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The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-27

Mot at all. He acted for others, and others, or rather one other, re- ceived the bulk proceeds of the clever satchel robbery. This same person received also the $50 900 from the sub treasury package. The work was done by another of his efficient aids Miss Vera Tiehenor."
 The man who holds the strings in this double footing of the Unity Ma tional, continued Marvel, "is Malachi Purvois, banker.
 The head and front of the combi- nation is Purvois," he re-asserted. This is for private use only, of course, as We want no premature ex plosion. Now, then, social end comes into this affair. You know how far I am away from that phase of activity 1 have sent for you as an empirical co-efficient. You will cultivate Pur- vols, you will be invited to some so- cial function, you will meet Miss Tichenor, possibly Ferret, in a new guise, certainly Alison Ransome."
 When you have visited the inner social circle of the tribe Purvois," pro- ceeded Marvel tersely, report to me. l especially expect close study and analysis of this Miss Tichenor's eyes. Particularly note how far this foolish, but ingenious young Ransome is in fatuated with her. This is all new to you. It will be very old to you in a week, after the mine is exploded"
 1 left Marvel, feeling somewhat thoughtful. I knew I left him just as he would wish. He had given me a mission to perform, with explanations, if necessary, to come later. I knew his methods so we'll that I accepted directions and prepared to follow them out.
 Now as to Malachi Puryois, this much was interesting to me: he cleared his small private bank through our institution. He was a newcomer in the local financial community, but so precise, prompt and reliable in all his dealings that he had won consid- erable notice as a coming scalper on the outside of the legitimate banks. Some of his dealings had been large. His balances were not bad, he collat- eraled everything securely and seemed to have ample capital. So far as I could surmise he was too shrewd and going man to commit
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-27
l MUST SAY SHE WAS VERY ATTRACTIVE. BUT MORE IN MANNER THAN IN BEAUTY.

the folly of even knowing a Tod Fer ret, or seeking as an intermediary a female bank looter, or having any use for a bank disappointment like Alison Ransome.
 But Marvel knew-he always knew. There was zest in collaborating with that great man, for in the end there was a gratifying blaze of discovery and fruition so far out of the ordinary that it was worth effort and was an enjoyable event to participate in.
 It was not difficult to follow out my friends advice as to cultivating Pur- vols. He had an eye to business, and a spacious professional cali from my self, the secretary of his clearing bank, led to cigar. then to lunch. made a pretense of wanting his opin- ion as to some Russo-Siberian bonds. familiar with these, for he had orig. inally come. l understood. from a part of the czar's dominions. where such as he had been baited and driven from pillar to post for generations. At the end of week. in a cordial way. he in- vited me to a small social function at his home.
 There was my wedge. Behold me. one evening. in the reception room of a gaudy apartment floor. Everything suggested the. ephemeral. just as his banking quarters had-a furnishment easily convertible into cash, readily re- moved. of light compass and light value. but glaring and impressive in a popular sense. There were some twenty guests present. One was . leading scrap-iron nabob of his class. Another borrowed at the bank on bills receivable discounts. A third was an insurance adjuster for the assured all men of some means at the tip-top of what was best in the commercial Queer street.
 T had care only. however, for the pt rsons Marvel had named I did not Il get Ferret at all. At the table 1 sat next to young Ransome. He flushed at tie first Then faucied ' .dhtected sort Of appealing eager9esI
 1pdly. At his right sat ee
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-27

and insurance companies, and when the cane was shown me l guessed that its end had been used to lift the screw in the car floor so as to give the schemer an opportunity to stumble over something. When I ran down this alleged William Goldsmith and had look at him, recognized him as an old-timer long off the local books. but now apparently returned to his former harvest fields. He had come back, it seemed, with a new repertoire. His former prize dodge was the lost eye"
 ''The lost eye?" 1 queried in amaze ment
 "Yes. It is a trivial element in the great aggregate. but to explain briefly William Goldsmith, alias Tod Fer ret. originator of quite a clever scheme for raising the wind when in need of funds. He would approach a fruit stand and make some slight pur- chase, Suddenly he would put his handkerchief up to his eye and ap- pear greatly distressed. while pulling over the stock in a frantic search. He would inform the proprietor of the stand that he had lost his glass eye. and after a search would tell him to make a closer look and he would call again and gladly give twenty-five dol lars If he found the eye. In about an hour an accomplice would appear. also make a purchase. pretend to find the eye. disclose 1t, and the stand man having in mind the reward offered for it would bargain for 1t at ten or fifteen dollars
 And this Ferret?"
 This glass eye specialist" pursued Marvel is also the owner of that cane. He is the man. who stole the $50,000 from the satchel young Ran some and the bank officer carried on the suburban train"
 'Oh. you know that?"
 And considerably more"
 ''1 can realize that. for you never waste time on preliminaries that have not a final important focus. l pre- sume this Ferret has retired from hi3 professional dttiea to e:.iaY asan N man of veal.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-27

Good Humor Appreciated.
 Good humor may be said to be one of the very best articles of dress one ls2a2 year h society,"" Thackeray.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-27

JIG, he said.
 He led me three squares away when l had joined him. 1 noticed that we passed the pretentious gilt and glass plate front of the Purvois banking house. Then. where court intersect- ed the street just beyond the place,
 Marvel took the lead toward gloomy, boarded-up structure that had once
 been 8 warehouse.
 Four men sprang suddenly into view as Marvel pushed open a door, but drew back as they recognized my guide. Then ap two flights of stairs
 we went and into lighted room. It's door was as we'll guarded as be- low. Again Marvel was in himself . password. AS we came into the room noticed two professional looking men standing near cot. Upon 1t. white and motionless, lay Allison Ransome. could not control the wave of pity that involuntarily swept over me. The rigid calm of that handsome young face was apparently that of death. Then I knew more, for my friend asked one of the physicians: 1lo-v will it end, doctor?"
 He will live, I think" was the re- bnse, made guardedly. Some de- blessing narcotic. subtle as the old a@lua tofana has been administered \ Tb4 purpose seems to have been to reduce mind and body to . permaQs(ni
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-30
The Prohibition, Joker

T~HE fact that the judiciary committee of the
u house is reported to have uncovered the mig
ger in the wood pile" in the so-called Prohibition
Bill, and will probably report recommending the
tabling of the measure in its present form, is a
good thing. ...s..
The Advertiser has never been able to shake off
the doubt with which the Chillingworth Bill first
inspired it. We have never been able to convince
ourselves Of the sincerity of the men behind that
bill, nor Of the complete honesty Of the motives
which produced it. Neither have we favored the
plebscte feature Of the proposed legislation, hav-
ing lively recollections of the unsavory methods
brought into play when last the voters were asked
to express their sentiments at the polls in the mat
ter Of prohibition. a.a...@ -........4
Should the report of an unfayorable recommen-
dation from the house committee prove to be true,
the measure will undoubtedly be tabled, If the
judiciary committee is convinced of the unconsti-
tutionalty Of the measure as drafted, it should be
tabled, and if it is all sincere prohibitionists will
have reason to rejoice. .-..
The killing Of this bill will enable those of the
senate who backed it to prove their sincerity be-
yond question by declaring for the enactment of a
congressional bill for Hawaiian prohibition and by
taking such official action as will make the pas
sage OF such bill certain. This can be done by
the adoption in the Legislature of concurrent
resolution urging the passage of the Prohibition
by Plebiscite Bill to be reintroduced into congress
not later than the next regular session.
If the senator's really desire prohibition and the
wiping out of the curse so many of them referred
to in their speeches, there will be this accurate
test to pass. From present appearances, it will
soon be up to them again to make good on their
words or to swallow them in the sight of the Ter
ritory.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-30
NEW INSURANCE CODE
MEETS NO OBJECTION

Practically no objection to the pro-
posed insurance code under considera-
ton by the senate judiciary committee
developed at a public hearing held yes.
terday afternoon in the senate cham.
Der. In an outline of the bill and its
history, Treasurer Mccarthy said ii had
the united support. with the exception
of one clause, of the chamber of com
merce, the insurance department and
the insurance companies represented in
the Territory. ...-
NJ. B. Henshall, of Thompson, Milver.
ton and Cathcart, said the under
writers committee was solidly behind
the bill except for the clause referred
TO, which allowed local companies five
years wherein to rearrange their affairs
in such wise as TO bring them within
the prohibition against placing more
than ten per cent Of the assets behind
any one policy in any one investment.
rhree-quarters of the States already
had forbidden such Investments, he
said, without qualification.
However, the committee, though not
in favor of the clause, had decided not
to oppose it. aisg
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-30
.SOL0N FIGHTS FOR
VISIT TO MOLOKAI

Opposition already has developed to
the proposed recommendation Of the
senate health committee that the legis-
lature abandon its biennial trip to
Kalaupapa, sending joint committee
instead. Senator Pacheco said yester-
day that he should oppose such de.
cision for sentimental reasons.
"The inmates sof the Settlement"
he explained, "have no complaints of
any Importance to make, but they are
there through no fault of their own
and they look forward through the
long months to the visit of the legisla-
tors. 1t is their only contact with the
outside world, and they prize IL highly.
Wasting money as we do here on
clerks and assistant clerks at $3.50 a
half day, 1 think it little becomes us
to pinch on an expenditure that is as
rightly made as any voted by this
body ..".. FIX. 'F st
Senator Robinson said he felt hostile
to the proposed recommendation on the
ground that the legislature, in his be-
lief, should not appropriate money for
the benefit of few of its members.
If the legislature as body was to
abandon its trip, he should wish to see
the joint committee pay its own way
or stay home with the rest of their
associates. ~.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-30
.KAMEHAMEHA CADETS
:. 10 VISIT VOLCANO

The trustees of the Kilauea Military
Camp have granted the application Of
the boys of the Kamehameha School for
the use of the camp in the Volcano dis.
trict for vacation and training period.
The boys will leave Honolulu on satur-
day, April IA, and will remain in camp
for several days, afterwards returning
for short stay in Hilo
Both during the journey and in
camp the boys win be lodged and fed
under true service conditions and will
be given thorough tryout under
proper field supervision. .s.s...,
Principal Webster will leave for Hilo
a few days in advance in order to err.
range for the commissariat of the or
ganization, and 1t is hoped that good
program of exercises and amusement
can also be arranged for while the boys
are in Hilo. ..- ......'
The Kilauea Camp is now being an.
piled for by many organizations, but
the trustees have announced their in
tention Of adhering strictly TO the FUR
poses for which the camp was built,
and il will be held at the service of the
regular forces Of Uncle Sam, the ma
tional guard and other bodies of mill.
tary nature or which are run on mill.
tary lines. 1t is understood, however,
that the extensive camp buildings will
be available for the holding Of conven.
tons or other meetings, provided there
are no troops in residence at the time
covered by the application. Co.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-30
PEACE

A man wished for peace,
And flung away the sword which was given to
his hand; .-4.=E l
Then Evil came as IL to srnite him;
But Il ,sHlote him not. ..s 4
II smotk inated the little children who had crept
under his shadow,
And the woman he had sworn to guard
The old, the helpless, the innocent. ....'
So the man stood alone among ruin and sorrow.
He stood at peace; r" ~
But war and bitterness were in his soul. -ae "a
NJ N ....l I#
man wished for peace;
And he held the sword before him ~ 49,,
As pillar of cloud and FIRE; l&
And as it moved it made light around him;
And the little children crept into the circle of
light
And when Evil came against him the man struck
with all his power, ."
And they closed in mortal strife.
The sword drank blood, &c.,. 1sr., -.'sa
And Evil skunk away vanquished; ..m
But the man fell IA. 48s5
Then the helpless ones looked on him with shin=
ing eyes; ~
The Future looked on him in. their eyes,
And love and hope and beauty were saved.
And the mans soul went out in deep peace.
FL MARION CoUTHOUY SMITH,
3 in New York Times. @a#
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-30
COURT SETS
CALENDAR FOR MONTH

The supreme court has set the fol-
lowing cases and motions for hearing:
M. +. Scott, ct. al. v. +. N. Pilipo et
al, motion to tax plaintiffs bill of
costs, set for next Tuesday. The mat
ter of the petition of Frank Andrade
to register title, motion by petitioner
TO place cause on the calendar and dis
miss appeal, set for Monday; Mrs. Ma.
mai Leialoha v. Mahiai, error TO cir.
cult court. second circuit, set for Mon
day; the cases Of the Territory versus
Lam Bo and T. w. Ferguson for Tues.
day; the case of the Maui Meat Market
v. j. w. Kalua, set for Monday.
The balance of the calendar is as
follows: '. NE.,....s -
Alfred w. Carter, Trustee v. Terri.
tory of Hawaii, ct. al Cross appeals
from Circuit Judge, Third Circuit. .,
Lila Nua v. Luhana MahelOna, ct.
al. Exceptions from circuit court, first
circuit. .... 81 ~ =. D.,
| ~ g, Henriques v. z. P. Kaiokuoka.
MALE, ct. al Exceptions from circuit
court, third circuit. NJ" mn Z. H.:
The First American Savings and
Trust Company Of Hawaii, Ltd. v. Eben
p, Low. Reserved question from cir.
cult court, first circuit. .
Caroline J. Robinson v. Lorrin, A.
Thurston, ct. al. Executors under the
will Of Eliza Roy, deceased. -. g.
Kawainui Hueu v. H. X. Gregson.
Appeal from circuit judge, third cir.
cult. ~ ..,. ".. ~ ..- .,."
Territory of Hawaii v. Kcola Nalu.
n Oh
third circuit. ~, a..
Levers & Cooke, Ltd. v. Joe Fer.
nandez, ct. al, Exceptions from circuit
court, first circuit. p, %;.,
| Wong Wong, Trustee v. Joe Fer
nandez, ct. al Exceptions from circuit
court, first circuit. .-~
| J. b. Enos v. Joe Fernandez, ct. al.
Exceptions from circuit court, first
circuit. 70.
Honolulu Planning Mill, Ltd. v. Joe
Fernandez, ct. al. Exceptions from cir
cult court, first circuit.
| Nettie L. Scott v. Esther N. PilipO,
ct. al. Exceptions from circuit court,
first circuit.
Helen X. Kinney v. Oahu Sugar Co.,
Ltd. Error to circuit court, first cir
cult.
| Territory Of Hawaii v. Lum Dim
alias Lum Tim. Exceptions from cir
cult court, third circuit.
| Waianae Company v. Kaiwilei IVY,
Exceptions from circuit court, first cir.
cult.
| Tokino Yoshiura " M. Saranaka.
Exceptions from circuit court, first cir,
cult. .-- r&
Meleana Kalehua v. Henry Clark.
Error to circuit court, first circuit.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-30
ROOF OF FAMOUS T..
CATHEDRAL MENACED
tBy The Associated Prsss)

AIX.LA.oHAPELLE1, March 29--Ths
constant procession of heavy automo.
bile trucks past the famous Aix.la.
Chapelle minister, has 80 shaken the
historic structure that the roof, par
ticularly the vault over the choir,
threatens to fall inward. ..-
The discovery of the preeariOus con.
dition of the arehed roof was made
recently when the work of repainting
the choir vault was undertaken. Care
full investigation revealed that unless
steps are taken Immediately, iPepar-
able damage may be done. The State
has been appealed to TO furnish the
necessary funds, since the "Charle'
magne Society" which cares for the
ediiice and was arranging for the re-
painting of the choir, does not feel it.
self able to finance so serious an uR-
dertakiug as the repair Of the entire
roof. .".,.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-30
PERSONALS
From wednesday Advertlaer.

IA. AAtoi" ''CNnCbuoJ huNeItlttTs) "
Jennie Wood Chapman has applied
to the federal authorities for pass
port to travel in japan and China.
Canon osborne Is gradually recover.
ing from bis recent serious Illness The
progress lis very slow, but il IS thought
that he will be quite well again in a
few weeks.
Mrs. @. @. Seong leaves for her home
in Lahaina by the steamer Mauna Kea
steaming this morning. She has been
visiting friends in Honolulu for the
past month
Mrs. Ross Dryer left for the Coast
on the Manoa yesterday, and Mr..
Dryer who is connected with the Com.
mercial Pacific Company, win leave
next week for Midway Island on the
Flaurence Ward.
Christian J. Hedeman, general man.
ager of the Honolulu Iron Works was
a returning passenger yesterday on the
liner Matsonia after an extensive tour
Of the East and of Cuba in the bust.
ness interests of his firm.
(From Thursday Advertiserl
Willard s. Terry, the "Coffee King,
of Hilo, who spent the past few DAYS
in the city, returned in the Mauna Kea
yesterday morning TO his Big Island
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew L. Bushnell, of
No. Oahu Place, of South King
Street, welcomed at their home last
Thursday the arrival of daughter,
who has been named Muriel Huida.
Brother Andrew, Of the faculty Of
st. Louis College and basketball
coach Of that institution, underwent
an operation for appendicitis at the
Queens Hospital on Tuesday after.
noon. He is doing nicely. ..-.i
~ (from Friday Advertiser)
Attorney Leon straus, who has been
laid up with kidney trouble for the
past few days, expects to be at his of.
fee again this morning.
Brother Louis Of st. Louis College
who has been recuperating the past
four months in Waikiki, Maui. returned
in the Claudine yesterday from the
Valley Isle.
An urgent message has called DR.
George Herbert away to Hawaii. He
left on the $. s. Matsonia last night
and will probably return in the same
steamer next week.
Harry Bailey, w. H. Blacow and Mr..
Brown Of Cleveland, fishing of Koko
Head last Sunday, caught kaku
weighing between eight and ten pounds
Six strikes in all were had. The water
was rough and conditions generally un-
favorable.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-30
Relieving the Strain

THERE is so much that is tragic, hard and
u cruel in the stories concerning the details Of
the great war that it is relief to the strain to
now and then come across an incident showing
that hardness and cruelty are not all-pervading.
Such an instance was cited yesterday by DR..
lanes Judd in his address to the Ad Club con-
corning his experience at the front somewhere in
France" for nearly two years past. He stated that
the French were the most chvalrous people in the
world today as indicated by the fact that the stand
ing orders at the French front were that German
prisoners who were severely wounded should first
be taken To the hospitals, the French wounded
awaiting their turn.
THAT is more than we Americans would do,
said Doctor Judd,
Another incident along this line was that at the
conclusion Of yesterdays Ad Club meeting, a
number of the members fingered to shake hands
with the Doctor, whereupon "Herr Berger" went
to tho, piano and played the Marseaise, for which
he redsiykA liberal applause.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-30
AFFIDAVIT OPEVSg
III UP KINNEY SUIT
Attorney Declares Partners Knew
Of His Plan To Attack
Former Governor

Asserting that Mason F. Prosser, b.
L. Marx and Robin Anderson, former
law partners Of William A. Kinney,
were cognizant Of the latter s efforts TO
prevent the denomination of Governor
w. +, Frear and that they took no
steps to prevent him 80 doing, Attorney
William b. Lymer yesterday fled in the
circuit court an AFFIDAVIT in reply 10 the
answer Of the former partners in a
suit brought by Kinney for an eouit.
able distribution of the firm = profits
during his membership.
The real reason for Kinney's expul.
sion from the firm, asserts Lymer, was
a demand to that effect from Alexand-
er 4 Baldwin and not any inherent feel
ing among the other partners that Kin
ney was hurting their business by at
lacking Frear. gs
On the other hand, says Lymer, quot.
ing letters TO sustain his claim, Kin
ney was doing such great deal of
work and turning so much money into
the firm Golfers that he was repeated
ly earning the thanks Of the other
members and was eventually granted
a three months vacation by them. He
also quotes letters to show that there
was even mention of their partnership
continuing on the old basis after the
dissolution had already been talked
over. Y
1t was while Kinney was on this
vacation, says Lymer, thinking that
all was well with the world, that his
partners arbitrarily cut him of from
his income at the source. Lymer quotes
a letter from one of the respondents in
which IL Is stated that Alexander q
of $4,000 to the legal firm under protest
because Of Kinney's connection with
il and the statement that the firm de-
manded Kinney's retirement from it
was also made.
A volume of correspondence is quoted
to show that the work which Kinney
was doing in Washington for the firm
at the same time that he was opposing
Frear was satisfactory to both the firm
and its clients. Incidentally, this
quoted correspondence gives the opera
tons of Honolulu big business in some
detail. .-
The only mention Kinney makes in
these quotations, to his anti-Frear pro-
paganda is in the following extract
from a letter to his partners: "The
Lowrie case is likely now to run to
the middle of April, suppose Joe
Cooke is thinking that am staying
on to do politics. The truth
is That am dead weary of the whole
proposition they can call
me of at any time TO my own relief by
sending cable to that effect"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-30
What Can We Do?

VETHAT can we, Of Honolulu, do to aid Pre-
w paredness% r'"'
Some of us can volunteer as members OF the
national guard and naval militia but Doctor Judd
stated yesterday that in France it takes eight per-
sons behind the line to every in the trenches,
One thing that every person should do toward
forwarding Our preparedness" status is to learn
how to administer first aid to the injured. This
knowledge is of value not only in of war, but
in every day life. first class opportunity is
presented to become posted upon this subject at
the Y. NJ. c. A. which starts FIRST aid class"
next Tuesday evening, April B. .,tE@Et A
This class will be taught by DR.. Harry Nickel
lar, former United States army surgeon.
small charge for the course will be made, simply
enough to the absolutely necessary expenses.
Detail information concerning the subject can be
obtained at the Y. NJ. c. A. secretary's Office &