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persons we're arrested for various Of
lenses. In spite OF the absence OF
saloons, drunkenness showed an in
crease of 80 per cent over the previous
year, when there were 100 beer saloons
in operation in Chattanooga.
The prohibition state OF Georgia ID
having the same trouble with crime.
Atlanta and Macon experienced their
Z most bloody Christmas" to quote the
local dailies in. Atlanta, Christmas
morning, four men were dead at q hos
pital, as q result OF shooting, and
about 35 were suffering from gunsflot
wounds Some 30 men were victims OF
stabbing affrays. The number Of ar
rests in Atlanta, on Christmas even,
broke all previous records. amounting
to about 600. At Macon, 10 men were
taken to hospitals in one day during
the holiday season suffering from gun
shot Wounds Macons arrests during
the hplidays opportunities 300.
Alabama and North CarOlin6s as
shown by local newspaper reports and
police records, we're not far behind
Tennessee and Georgia In the matter
OF crime and general disorder.
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BRITISH TRANSPORT SENT
TO BOTTOM; $50 DROWNED;
FIVE NEUTRALS ALSO SUNK
fAs.oclAted Press 81 Paderal Wirsiss.

fAssociatsd Press By F4dsral wirslsssl
$ LONDON, Eng, Jan. 5.--A British
transport, the Iverna, 2220 tons. was
summarized and sunk yesterday with
the loss Of one hundred and fifty mill
tary officers and men. An official
announcement to that effect was Is
sued last night by the admiralty The
statement gives no details Of the loea-
ton Of the destruction Of the trans
port nor indicates the number Of men
saved when the ship went down.
One other vessel flying q belligerent
flag was torpedoed and sunk yester-
day, this being the French steamer
Leon. while five neutral ships were
victims Of the war; whether by tor
pedo or mine Is not announced.
The news OF the loss of these five
vessels Is contained in an official
statement by Lloyds, which names the
Spanish steamer San Leandro and the
Greek steamers Dimitrios, GouIanfis.
Aristotle and Icannou.
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SENATOR WORKS DECL ARES
PRESIDENCY Is DESP0Tlc;
WORSE THAN MONARCHY
tAssoelaled Press b FeaeraI wirsles.l


WASHINGTON. d. C.. Jan. 8.
recommendation that the idle rich be
compelled by law to go to work was
made by Senator Works Of California
yesterday In a speech which he began
and which he said was to be his vale
dictory address.
Senator Works speech was full OF
striking and unusual features, and In
leluded an attack upon President vii.
son. whose usuFpation Of power he de.
,clared had made the presidency prac.
ticaily a dictatorship He deplored
bitterly the tendency toward central
lied. unchecked and unlimited power
on the part of the president.
The presidency Is today practically
q dictatorship, despotism worse than
any monarchy" declared the Califor.
MIA senator. President Wilson's course
in Mexico. he said, has been arrogant
and arbitrary.
The reckless profiigacy of wealth
came In for tongue lashing by the
speaker. Men who have too much
money, he declared, are responsible
for many of the Ills from which this
country is suffering. The trouble
with them Is that they have nothing
to do and are not obliged to do any
thing The cure for the evil would
be for Congress to pass law COMPEL
ing the idle rich to 90 toswork.
Senator Works urged the formation
Of new progressive party to be
known as the Liberty party
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ny j. s. nonarho Of the College Of
hawaiil


HaWaii.l
From one point Of view, the lati.
tude allowed me In your request fol
some matter relative ~ the eclipses
OF 1917 IL gratifying, while from an
other e IS embarrassing, as It throws
the responsibility Of choice entirely
upon me. i shah be guided In the
choice by questions that have been
asked lately, and hope that the ground
may thus be fairly covered.
Year Has Maximum Eelipses
There Will be the maximum number
Of eclipses ID 1917, that Is. total Of
seven--f0ur Of the sun and three Of
the moon. We shall also have the
maximum number Of lunar eciipses,
but not the maximum Of solar, as five
eclipses Of the sun can occur in one
year As most of rs have seen, or
Ct least had q chance TO see, more
eclipses Of the moon than of the sun,
the impression Is very common that
lunar ecIipses occur more frequently
than solar The fact is the opposite,
however. Is about three eclipses of
the sun occur for every two of the
moon. Since each eclipse Of the moon
lis entirely gisible over. about three
eighths OF the earth's surface, and
partially visible over about one-fourth
more. while each eclipse Of the sun
q visible as total eclipse tif 1t is
total onlS from a very narrow band
of the earth's sufaee, and from very
restricted additional area as partial
eclipse, it follows that one who spends
most Of his life IN the same place will
usually have chance to see three or
more lunar eclipses to every two so
lar. :,
Cause Of Lunar Eclipses r.. RI
The cause Of q lunar eclipse is the
passage Of the moon through the
earth's shadow. This shadow is conf
cal In shape. tapering from q radius
of 1000 miles at the earth's surface
for an average distance Of $4,000
miles into space, and pointing exactly
toward the suns apparent path across
the heavens. that Is, toward the eclip-
tic. At the distance Of the moon the
average radius of the shadow Is about
ESQ miles. more than twice the radius
Of the moon. So when the moon is In
the direction opposite to the sun. that
Is at full moon, II any part Of her
surface Is less than $3.50 miles from
the ecliptic. that part Of the surface
win pass through the shadow and be
eclipsed. II the. whole OF the moon
is within that distance the eclipse
VIII be total. Twice month the
moon crosses the ecliptic. and she is
less than the radius of the earth's
shadow away from 1t for q little less
than "a hours before and after the
instant Of crossing. II the full moon
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ADVISE FIRE LIMITS
BE EXTENDED BECAUSE
OF GROWTH OF CITY

The annual feporf Of Henry Freitas.
huildin ginspectoH presented to the
board Thursday evening. called its at
tention to the Nct that with the In.
creased buildInE going on In Honolulu
the fire Unity should be extended In
Iwilei and part Of Punchbowl district
The reason for the former Is the
factories which have been built and
also the gas and oil tanks erected
there. which II they caught fire might
wipe out the district.
The extension Of the limits to the
Punchbowl district Is because Of the
proposed federal building which Is Il
be built there.
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ARTHUR A. Wilder
TAKES OWNLIFE
IVDESPONDENCY
Death of Former Judge, Well
Known Attorney, Shocks
Many; Funeral Sunday

After living in seclusion for several
months, although often receiving
the friends who called on him, Arthur
A. Wilder, former justice Of the su-
preme court. committed suicide at $3.50
O'Clock Thursday evening at the home
Of his cousin, James A. Wilder, at 2263
Kalia road. He shot himself below the
right eye with revolver, death prob
ably having been instantaneous. Des-
pondency IL believed 70 have been the
occasion for the suicide.
Judge Wilderis body was found by
an Oriental servant The attorney evil
IDENTIFY had stood before q mirror when
be fired the fatal shot The servant
Immediately notified City Attorney Ar
thur M. Brown, who lives near the
Wilder home. because OF his pro
l0nged secInsion friends Of Wilder had
expressed fears that he would take his
own life. He was divorced from his
wife few months ago.
Arthur Ashford wilder was consid-
cred one Of the ablest attorneys in
Hawaii and leaves 9 host Of friends
who viii be shocked TO learn Of his
sudden death. He was appointed TO
the supreme court OF Hawaii In 1905
and rendered many decisions upon
which the present interpretations of
the statutes are now based. Many Of
his minority opinions were upheld by
the supreme court Of the United States
and other appellate courts when APP
peals were taken. In 1899 Judge Wild
er was one of the organizers Of the
Bar Association, being its first secre-
tary, and In 1906 he assisted In the.
compilation Of the Revised Laws OF
Hawaii.
Ii FEBRUARY, 1906, Judge Wilder
married Miss Jane X. Giffard. In 1909
he resigned from the supreme bench
and Joined the law firm Of Thompson
& Clemens. Since then he has devoted
his time entirely to the private prac-
tIse Of law.
Born IN Honolulu on November 8.
1878, Judge wilder received his early
education here, first at the old Fort
street school and later at PuhahOa
Then he went % Yale where, ID 1897,
he Was Graduated with nigh honors
and with the degree Of bachelor Of
lanl In 7eoo, after.eG yeor Of poss.
graduate &6rk, he was given HE mast
er's degree. Prior % receiving this
defree he was admitted 20 the local
bar He then formed . law partner
ship with Chief Justice A. G. NJ. Rob-
ertson, which continued until Wilder
was appointed to the supreme court
! Judge Wilder was an ardent Demo-
crat and IN 1913 he was q candidate
for the governorship In 1910 he
was appointed regent Of the College
Of Hawaii and IN 1912 became mem
Der Of the park commission. He was
.keenly interested III aquatic sports
and was member OF the Myrtle
Boat Club. He was a1se 9 member Of
the Pacific and University clubs and
OF Hawaiian Lodge 81, Free and Ac-l
cepted Masona
Funeral services viii be held from
the Masonic Temple 1t O'Clock Sum
day afternoon under the auspices Of
Hawaiian Lodge No II, +. and A. NJ.
The paIlbearers viii be:
Hon A. @. NJ Robertson. Hon. Alex
anief Lindsay. Jr. Hon. Clarence W.
Ashford, Hon. A. 4. G. Atkinson, Hon.
0errit p. Wilder. J. s. Walker. Arthur
n. Brown. +. II Thompson.
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Little Joffre''
Is Welcomed By
Dr.. and Mrs. Judd


= Dr.. and Mrs. James r. Judd :
= OF Honolulu. now In New York.
= are rejoicing in the birth Of a I
= son yesterday. according to I
= cablegram received this morning 4
= by DR.. George Herbert.
= What Is more. the newcomer Is 4
= named in honor or Frances 4
y greatest living hero Gen. Joffre.
y The cablegram said Little Joffre 4
y greets YOU" DR.. and Mrs. Judd I
y for more than year were in
y hospital work on the west French
= front. and only recently returned I
\ to the United States. They are
= coming to Honolulu In March. 4
= II Is something of q coincidence Z
= that DR.. Grover Batten, one Of 4
y DR.. Herbert's partners in medical 4
= practise, and Mrs. Batten vel 4
= coined son last night also.
3 = $50 3 \ 4
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Or. Dole FINDS
THAT PEACE IS
PRACTICABLE
Noted Pacifist Delivers Lecture
That Holds Large Audience
Closely Interested

In Cooke hall at the Y. Nj. G. A.
last night Dr.. c. r. Dole, the well
known pacifist, author. speaker and
minister, addressed . large audience
and held them interested on the topic.
Els Peace Practicablegs In part, he
said: 5.
Yes, Of course, provided IN any true
sense you believe IN religion. Religion
bids US be humane at all times and
10 every one. Religion lays down the
golden rule. In the Hight Of your re
ligion you can never make out any
thing tolerable IN favor Of war, or an
international system Of war. That
people who profess the highest reli.
gion defend war shows that they do
not quite believe IN their religion.
Clear Away n,sun6srsfandinns
We need 10 clear away certain mis-
nnderttandines about peace. We can
sympafhise with those who are not
interested IN the subject. No live man
wishes 70 live IL Q world where no
thing Is doing" A world nicely fur
nished up like q garden lawn is tire
some % think az Life means endless
creation and recreation. We want ell
the qualities that 60 TO make an all
round man, courage. energy, faith, 10y
atty, and we want plenty Of exercise
for these qualities as long Is life lasts.
In fact, we ahhor war because It
cramps the highest manly faculties.
outs the highest powers Of All ont Of
commiseion, and runs OF the forces
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easily visible as copper-colored
globe until 10 p. m, when the light
ought to begin to appear. on the east.
rerH edge The shadow will have pass
ed completely off by ll:10 p. m. The
cepper-eolored glow of the totally
eclipsed moon is caused by the light
transmitted to 1t by refraction through
the earth's atmosphere and II, by any
chance the weather all around the
twilight band Of the earth's surface
at the edge of the shadow shoulc Le
cloudy. the glow would be much faint
er and the moon might become en-
tirely invisible.
II the duration OF the total eclipse
is very great number OF stars viii
pass behind the moon while It Is
eclipsed. The exact time of disappear
ance and temperance Is noted at all
fayorabIy situated obseryatories, and
from these data the exact position OF
the moon at the time Of the eclipse
can be computed.
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l1l.eeIslst 1lsll 81 Et1srsl Wirelsssl
AMSTERDAM. Netherlands. Jan. 5.
AdTicts from Germany report vide
spread suffering n the loWlands ada
cent 70 Cologne and the river districts
OF Westp1aI'a. due 10 heavy floods.
The Rhine n reported to have been
70 swollen BY recent rains that 4 has
overfIoVed ~ banks and Inundated
several large tracts o. country.
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CANADIAN RAILROADS TAKE
DRASTIC STEP TO GET GRAIN
AND MUNITIONS TO FRONT

. tAssociated Press by Federal Wfrelesst
OTTAWA, Canada, Jan. 5. - The
congestion ON the railroads Of Canada
has become so confusing through the
heavy shipments of grain and war mt-
nitions that the roads Of the Dominion
have decided to make wholesale cut
In the passenger service.
The action was decided upon in or
der to relieve thousands Of locomo-
tiyes to move the heavy grain and
munitions shipments for transport
across seas to the battle front.
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oliver " Bourke Albert q El1.|
ana Burt D. Wing have been 1'1I.|
on trial II the United states 1's.<'.|
court "a Chicago. CHARGED With |..
tplrsof to bfibe 4 federal Juror .|..
geaf6 ago.
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To know that which before Ms lies in daily
life IL the prime wisdom-M Milton.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-04-25
This Section Shows More Loyalty
Than Any Other Part Of the
Valley

Recruiting officer E. A. Holmstrand
is here this week receiving recruits
for all branches of the U. S. Army
services, infantry, cavalry, artillery,
engineers, etc. Last week the county
sent more than a dozen men to the
navy, and already the army recruits
are reaching more than double that
figure. And this is in addition to the
fact that Prowers county has sent the
largest company to the state militia,
Co. d being now recruited to almost
full war strength and all from this
county.
officer Holmstrand himself is "A
claimholder south of Lamar, and ex-
poets to make his home here in few
years when his term of service is over.
He has been twenty-five years in
the employ Of Uncle Sans army and
is naturally proud Of the showing
his country is now making. He will
be in Lamar for several days yet, and
all parties desiring to interview him
on the subject of enlistment can find
him here. He makes his headquar-
tiers as much as possible in the gov
eminent buildings, the postoffice and
land office.
All holders of claims should remem-
Der that service in She army secures
your filing against contest during
time Of service and also counts as
residence when you come tC prove
up. 1t is a splendid opportunity for
those who have to make residence on
the claims, and yet have not the
means to farm them in a profitable
manner.
Lamar is proving the best recruit
ing ground in this section of the
country, and the government should
lend encouragement to the continual
ton Of the good work by establishing
a permanent recruiting station here.
There is every indication now that
this country will as soon as they have
a fair sized army well drilled send
them to France to be in at the last
great round up, and those recruiting
now will have the privilege in all
probability of seeing actual service.
The Lamar Rifle club is now holding
drills twice a week on Tuesday and
Friday evenings and all citizens are
invited to come out and take part.
No obligation TO enlist or even join
the club is asked.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-04-25
CAN'T ovERsUPPLY MARKET
Safe for Farmers to Plant Every
Available Acre That Can Grow
Food Crops

Possible no state in the Union will
show a large percentage of increase
in crops planted n 1917 over 1916
than Colorado. The Centennial state
has responded most loyalty to the ma
tional appeal for greater food produc-
ton, and on account of its large acre
age of vacant agricultural land it has
been able to make an exceptionally
favorable showing.
Yet there are still many farmers in
Colorado who have hesitated to invest
heavily in seed and farm labor at pre-
vailing high prices because of 4 fear
that a sudden ending of the world war
or some sort of speculative manipula-
ton may force food prices down at
about the harvest time to such a level
that food growers could not meet ex-
penses.
Within the past few years steps
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-04-25

have been taken toward the regulation
of food prices that remove all danger
of speculative manipulation of the
market to such an extent as would
cause loss to farmers. In a public
address very recently, President Viii
son stated that steps would be taken
to curb speculation in the nations food
supply for private profit, and It is now
generally believed that both maximum
and minimum prices on practically all
agricultural products will be fixed by
the government long before the har-
vest time this year,
Such a move on the part Of the fed
eral government would remove all
danger from sudden speculative
slumps in food prices from any cause.
The only possible danger of unusually
heavy drops in prices would arise
from over-production, which any one
who has made a study of the food
situation will agree is impossible.
Here are some government figures,
showing food production in the United
States alone in 1916, as compared
with 1915:
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-04-25

alton OF all the civic bodies mentioned,
the raising of a suitable sum for
the financing of the undertaking, and
the employment of a paid supervisor
to teach the children how to plant
their gardens, what to plant, how to
tend them, and how to harvest and
market them when the season is over.
Assistance will be given by the col
lege in teaching the children how TO
can such of their products as they
may desire to keep for winter use,
this instruction coming, naturally,
later in the season.
The city of Fort Collins and seven
other cities have already adopted the
plan recommended to the other cities
Of the state, a fund has been raised
by local subscriptions, a supervisor
employed and the work of organiza-
ton is already well under way. It
worked with excellent success in
Greeley last year and has been proven
in number Of other cities Of the
state.
The city boys and girls will find
an added incentive TO meritorious per-
formances in the fact that they will
have highly efficient rivals in their
country cousins. For number Of
years the Agricultural College has
been carrying on a boys and girls
club work among the boys and girls
Of the rural districts, teaching them
how to plant and care for 4 garden
and how TO preserve their products
for winter consumption. Over 1000
boys and girls were enrolled in this
work last year and they are all hard
at work with many additions to their
ranks this year, on the very same un-
dertaking which is now being urged
upon the children of the cities and
towns.
A portion of the expense Of the or
ganization and supervision of garden
work in the cities and towns will be
met from the funds appropriated by
the recent session Of the legislature
for general extension wherever it be
comes necessary. Thus quickly is
Colorado reaping n benefit from her
for this work. The use
of federal extension funds is limited
to work in rural communities and
towns Of twenty-five hundred people
and under. - Colorado Agricultural
College News Notes.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-04-25


Attention. Sho-o-ulder hoes!
Right face! F-o-o-or-ward march,
Battalion haiti Pre-e-e-sent noesl
Charge!
The boys and girls of Colorado are
mobilizing. While the officials of the
army are modifying the young men
Of the country for actual fighting, the
children Of Colorado are mobilizing
for the equally necessary battle for
the production of food.
The farmers of Colorado have been
appealed to to increase their crop pro-
duction to the utmost in order that
a threatened shortage Of food next
fall may be avoided, and now the
boys and girls Of every city and town
in the state are being enlisted in the
work.
The Colorado Agricultural College
through its Extension Service and
state leader of boys and girls clubs,
has inaugurated a statewide cam
paign TO encourage the children of the
cities to plant and tend gardens on
the vacant lots. Copies of the plan
Of organization which has proven very
successful in cities where this scheme
has been carried out heretofore have
been sent to the superintendent of
schools, the chambers of commerce,
the women's clubs and the mayors of
every city and town and the mayors of
every city and town in the state, to-
gether with a letter calling attention
to the plan and offering free assist
ance in organizing. Besides the as
sistance in organization, the college
will further aid the work by sending
printed material and blanks for the
keeping Of records.
The plan contemplates the cooper
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-04-25
Fairview

Mrs. w. H. Haskins has spent the
last few weeks near Winfield, Kansas
at the deathbod of her step-mother.
She will return home this week.
Mrs. Rinard has taken her little son
Clifford to Great Bend, Kansas. Hope
that a change will improve his health.
Homer Guttridge has fifty feet of
water in a one hundred foot well.
Mrs. C. d. Woodruff and children
has gone to Dodge City for a few
months visit with her mother.
Our boys intend organizing a ball
team next Saturday afternoon.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-04-25

The exports Of all food products
from the United States from the 1915
crop were so heavy as to exhaust
nearly all the surplus from the phe-
nomenally big production of that year.
Exports have continued heavy from
the 1916 crop, short as it was, until
the per capita food supply in this
country is perhaps lower today than
it has ever been at any time since
the close Of the Civil war.
In the face of this condition in the
United States there is a shortage of
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-04-25

DR.. W. o. Shelter is having the
basement excavated for a new bunga-
low, which he is to build on his lots
on the corner Of Oak and Fourth
street, and the Doctor expects later
to build second residence on the lots.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-04-25

There were visiting delegations of
Masons present from the Holly, Ora
NADIA, Eads and Las Animas lodges,
end members from several other
places, including a number Of Knights
Templar. Many other visitors from
outside towns were also in attend
ance.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-04-25

Crop 1916
Wheat 639,S86,O bu.
Corn 2,5S3, PA 900 bu.
Oats 1881 $4,000 bu.
Barley 18O,927 900 bu.
Rye 1888 900 bu.
Potatoes 2s5, 437, 900 bu.
Sweet Potatoes 7O,955, 900 bu.
Beans S,S46,000 bu.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-04-25

Tramp, tramp, tramp, we go march
ingl
Marching forward to the fray!
And the gardens we shall make,
with the hoe, the spade and rake,
Will help our dear old Uncle Sam
to save the dayl