davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28
LETTERS
SOLDIER DENIES DETECTIVES
STORY

4
Fort Shafter, H. T, March IS, 1917.
Editor Honolulu Star-BuIletin.
Dear Sir: Seeing that you granted
space for what can rightly be termed
nothing better than a black-faced lie
in column on page two OF your even
ing edition of your paper On the 26tl
I inst, il is the writer's earnest desire
! 10 be given a similar writeup in the
next available issue of your paper.
The writer. is the mentioned escaped
military prisoner doing six months ii
Fort Shafter squad-house, and nont
other than Private Frank Roberts, Co
Fl, I'd Inf. H.
To begin with let US state that ]
certainly was an honorable mention
for Mick" when ii took a squad o
men in surrounding formation
place in custody one man searceE
five feet in height and lacking niue.
il weight in comparison TO this meas
urement s-:g. .zs~ ,,-
To get right down to facts, 'Detec-
tive" Carter personally came to the
front door of the prisoners home at
Kaimuki and asked a small boy If his
mother was at home. This itself a
splendid exhibition of "Nick's" de-
tectiye ability when the party In
search happened to be a person di.
rectly inclined toward the masculine
gender and who did not happen to be
the father OF this boy. a
Neither was the part.Ffawaiian lady
involved in the matter, person who
could be eliminated from this narraz
tive, but was the loved, lady-like,
legitimate wife by proper marriage in
the city and county of HonoluluS> by
prescribed authorities for performing
this work, of Private Frank Roberts,
Co. H., End Inf.
We leave it to common reason and
human observance en- the part of the
gentle readers of this article as to
whether or not this writeup, which
prompted Roberts to be such a notori-
Gus criminal-at-large, was anything
more than direct insult on the feel
ings OF the soldier" who was helpless
when 1t came to avenging such slur.
AS most local residents of this city
know there is reward of $50 stand
ing for the capture and conviction OF
a deserter from military service. To
make long story short We will state
that the plea given by. Roberts at his
trial will decide whether mick" gets
this bonus, and you can be assured
that "Bobby's plea will silence any
hopes of Carter getting a nickel.
From the military side of the story
Detective Nick Carter is one brave
human who, Ii met by people much
smaller than himself. would he forced
to sit up and take notice. d
For the present Carter can rest but
soon Roberts will be tried by general
court martial and there before II OF.
ficers in the service acting as board
of investigators these clippings win
be rendered for reference.
Freedom of press is free and so is
ones range and expression of opinion
Thanking you in advance for the
favor bestowed. am,
FRANK ROBERTS,
= Co. III. I'd Int
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28
HOUSE COMMITTEE
WILL PAY USUAL
VISIT TO MOL KAl

There is no DISPOSITION on the part
of the house of representatives to
abandon this year the customary trip
70 Molokai settlement
This does not mean, however, that
all the members of the house will
make the trip, but the committee on
police. health and military is going to
tie island at an early date, it was
definitely announced today.
I'VE are going to go and there Is
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28
no DENIAL OF THIS.

The world has been again shocked by a catalogue
of alleged atrocities inflicted on defenseless women
and old men by German soldiers. Germany indig-
nantly denies the allegation. Be that as it may,
there is one fact that has never been denied apollo
gized for. That fact is that German sailors deiib-
erately, and at the direct command of the German
government, drowned over two hundred women and
children in the Atlantic Ocean without giving them
chance to escape or in any way trying to rescue
single one Of them. Germany has not only never
denied the fact but celebrated it,
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28

no getting around it." says Chairman
Evan da Silva. @we have got to make
the trip"
No date for the departure OF the
military committee has yet ben an.
nouneed.
Several measures relating directly,
to Molokai are now before the house.
but the military committee probably
viii make the trip for Investigation
purposes only and not to make In
quiries about bills. A petition has
coTe to the house asking that the ffa-
waiian Band accompany any legIslg
tive body that visits the. settlement,
but whether this,request viii be COM
piled with is not known.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28
VIXEN WILL THE WAX ENDf

The ending Of the present war is a problem Of
much interest especially 50 to those who have saked
labor Of money in war ventures, expecting large
turns before peace is declared.
According to strategists and the worlds most
practical Insurance men, the chances of the war
ending this year are very good, hoyd'sy probably
tue largest firm in the world whose chief source of
income Is derived from premiums insurance poll.
cies, isetaking chance on insuring businessmen
AGAINST possible losses that sure to occur il the
1reat inteihational struggle should be declared off
before The end Of the year But Lloyds does not
take any chances that not the result Of careful
calculations and to this end is charging 20 per cent
premium THAT means, figured out along better
ines. that It is gamble Of to3 that the war will
end before 1918.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28
CITY sALARY-RIsING.

The board Of supervisors plans salary-raising at a
rate that totals about 900 ayear This proposal
to the Star Bulletin to be absolutely unjusi
fed The ctys finances certainly do not justify it.
Some raises were due faithful employees on small
salaries but not the cutting Of $40 900 melon How
does 1t strike others?
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28

Thomas A. Edison, who gets as much newspaper
advertising as any man could want, is now reported
10 be on top of Eagle Rock at Orange, J., where
he is specially guarded while he inyents something
for the navy Perhaps it is for the use of ships on
mountain tops-Hartford Courant
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28

mainland in the Manoa and her hns-
band Will leave next week In the
Flaurence Ward for Midway Islands.
He Is connected with the Commercial
Pacific Cable Co
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28
DIED..

MEYER-In the Queens Hospital. Ho-
nolulu, March %. 1917, Mrs. III. r,
Meyers of Kalae. MoIokai. native of
Honolulu So years, 3 months ana
days old.
Honolulu, March rs.
1917, Alfred. Infant son of Mr.. and
Mrs Juan Mendoza OF corner Liliha
and Kukui streets.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28

' MRS. C. C. sCHELI4 OF Gilroy. Cali,
ornia. who is visiting for several
months in Honolulu has written home
ONE interesting letters of the Islands.
Some of which have been published.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28

the Big Island by plantations and
bags. is as follows. according to Purser
Mitchell of the Mauna Kea: Olaa, AZ
$50; Waiakea, 10000: Hawaii Mill. 300;
Hilo Sugar, $500; Onomea, 21.43S: Pc
peekeo. 1900: Honomu. 1850: Haka-
lau, $685.; Laupahoehoe. 1921; Kali
wiki. 1887: Kukaiau. 10,477; Hamakua
Mill. 1870; Paauhau. 14,107; Honokaa,
% 900; Punaluu 17S5
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28

J. @. SILVA is listed as a passenger
on board Overland Limited train
recently delayed by snow in wyoming
He Is bound for San francisco.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28

PROFESSOR A. IL. SApCE. the noted
authority upon early Egypt. Assyria
and BabyIonia, will leave by the Mat
sonia tomorrow for a short stay at the
Volcano. He win consult with Profess
;or Jaggar upon matters of mutual In
terest and will return 10 Honolulu
early next week ~
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28
HARB0R NOTES
The bark Bei1ga salleti from port
len Tuesday for San francisco.

7 The bark Beluga sahed from Port Al
len Tuesday for San Francisco.
At s o'clock tomorrow afternoon the
Matson flagship Matsonia will steam
for Hilo from Pier 10.
Repairs to the cracked tail shaft OF
the Matson steamer Enterprise having
been put through in short order, the
liner left San Francisco Monday after
noon for Hilo. She was towed to the
coast BY the Luriine.
The Matson steamer Lurline left San
Francisco on time Tuesday afternoon,
according to marconfgram today to
Castle & Cookies shipping department.
Her cargo is heavy. 5649 tons for Ho-
nolulu and 222o for Kahului.
The U. S. navy collier Orion. an ar
rival here Tuesday from Manila, NOV.
ed from anchorage to Pearl Harbor
early this morning she win probably
fore leaving for Norfolk navy yard via
Panama,
The Americans Hawaiian freighter
Mexican will arrive from Pearl Harbor
hOcal agency. She will load 1900 tons
of sugar here and steam about Friday
night for Port Allen. Kahului and Hilo.
reported today by the Inter-Island
steamer Mauna Loar to be as follows.
by plantations and bags: Makee, 1880;
Gay & Robinson. 2S.961; Kilanea. $500;
Kekaha. 657S; Grove Farm, 1907.
The commissioner of lighthouses has
sent notice to mariners here that on or
about May the Colombia River light
vessel will be moved to point about
one and one eighth miles $50 degrees
true from its pre- Setft position and
moored in 35 fa4homs of water on the
main channel range iipe. The notice is
dated March z and comes from Wash
ington
Radio advices received by c. Brewer
& Company today from the Oceanic
liner Sierra say she has on board four
first cabin and two second cabin pas
sengers for Honolulu and Z bags of
mail She will have plenty of passen-
ger room out. but her cargo space
available for freight out for San Fran
cisco is only $50 tons.
Mail for Canada, Europe. with the
excePtion of the Teutonic Allies coun-
tries, and all the United States except
California. Nevada and Arizona, will be
despatched by the Canadian-Australa-
sian liner Niagara Friday about noon,
the railway mail service announced
today. A full despatch for all the states
no made nv the Great Norfhar,
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28

There is some reason to think that the American
eagle is capable of emitting other notes besides the
familiar twitter of alarm Chicago News.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28

The British freighter waihemo. own
ed by the Union Steamship Company
of New Zealand. owners of the Ma
kura and Niagara,,is several days over
due with q cargo of 5000 tons of coal
for the Inter-Island from Newcastle.
She should have arrived Sunday. The
Inter-Island has barge laden with
1000 tons of coal now en- route from
Comox, b. c.. which port the barge
left last Friday. towed by a Hind
Rolph tug.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28

The food brokers say that the only way to avoid
the high prices is to quit buying. And by adopting
this policy oucan also save the time lost in eating
Indianapolis News.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28
VITAL STATISTICS
BORN.

Honolulu. Feb. ,. 1917,
to Mr.. and Mrs Juan Mendoza of COR
ner Liliha and kukui streets. a SON
Alfred
HIFF-In Honolulu. March %. 1917, to
Mr. and Mrs. A. Riff of Kapahulu
road and Campbell avenue. son,
DENIZ-In Honolulu, March "a. 1917.
to Mr. and Mrs Louis Dentz of 1913
Luso street. daughter-Lillian.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28

Berlin explains that positions in France are being
evacuated for special reasons The British pursuit
is probably one of the very special ones Baltimore
American.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28

= It's lucky for some Of us proud descendants Of
early colonial forebears that they didn't run against
a literacy test on their arrival here.-Boston
Traveller.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28

Stop, Look, Listen! Maybe your salary will be
the next to aviate
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28

MRS. JAMES II. HAKroLE aud her
daughters left this morning ia the
Mauna Kea to visit at Lahaina.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28
PERSONALITIES

CANON JOHN UsBakSE Is reported
recovering slowly fr0h his recent ill.,
ness
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28

Speaking about preparedness: When did T. R.
ever have to get ready?
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28

which steams TOT San FFanCIsc0 at ~
q. m. Tuesday.
Bringing 90 cabin and 30 deck pas
sengers the Inter-1sland steamer Ma
una Loa arrived at 1853 this morning
from Kauai ports. She brought as
freight 1890 bags of Iihue Plantation
sugar. 1000 sacks of Grove Farm. 20
bags of coconuts. 10 bundles of hides.
three crates of chickens, three cases
of eggs and so sundries.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28

Francisco on time Tuesday afternoon,
according to marconigram today to
Castle & Cookies shipping department.
Her cargo is heavy. 5649 tons for Hoo
no1ulu and 2220 for KahuIuf
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28

The U. S. navy collier Orion. an ar
rival here Tuesday from Manila, NOV.
ed from anchorage to Pearl Harbor
early this morning. She will probably
take bunkers at the naval station be-
fore leaving for Norfolk navy yard via
Panama,
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28

Repairs to the cracked tail shaft of
the Matson steamer Enterprise having
been put through in short order, the
liner left San Francisco Monday after
noon for Hilo. She was towed to the
coast by the Lurline.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28

At 5'o'clock tomorrow afternoon the
Matson flagship Matsonia will steam
for Hilo from Pier 10
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28

which steams for San Francisco at 10
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28

The Observation-Disclosures freighter
Mexican will arrive from Pearl Harbor
about noon tomorrow, according to the
lDcal agency. She will load 1900 tons
of sugar here and steam about Friday
night for Port Allen. Kahului and Hilo.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-22
PLAY GAME

(By Clinton Scotland of the vigilantes)
(Author "voices and Visions" "Prc
Patria," Songs of a Syrian
Lover" etc. f.
Play the game! Play the game!
For the games t~ug-o'-war;
And to win-that's the aim
We are all fighting for.
If we yield, ours the shame!
Hold 'em firm! Hold 'em fast!
Till we triumph at last,
Play the game! Play the game!
That was Washington's way;
That was Marion's boast,
And Decatur's that day
OF the Barbary coast!
Sound the tattoo Of drums!
Let the shrill fife acclaim!
Until victory comes.
Play the game! Play the game!
Girdle up! Buckle to!
Never quail, eve quit!
Show 'em what we can do
With our staunch Yankee grit!
With a don't r. a 49, slam
Fol reward or for fame,
Just for old Uncle Sam,
Play the game! Play the game!
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-22

Whenever the German spy system
! England reports Lloyd George
sitting up late O nights listening for
ers gets a bit uncomfortable.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-22
BUSINESS MEN
OF COUNTRIES
MAY COMBINE
Allies and United States will
be Brought Closer Be-
cause Of War.

|" HLNt ..H.a. H.' .LFH
Rome. June 22.-(Correspondence)
Talk, words. won't whip Germany
in either in a military sense now or
in a commercial sense after the war;
said Edouard Herriot, senator of
France, wal Mayor of Lyons, mem
Der Of the French Economic Council
and a delegate here to the 1nterna-
tional Commercial Conference.
$50 far as concerns France and the
United States, I want to see the bust
ness men Of the two nations get to-
gether o and talk business and do
business in a big way. 1 have been
invited to the United States and may
go there in August or September. I
ave never been there. but now that
meet people and understand h
country better. In the Lyons Fair
which we have now held for two
years and which we will again hold
next March. there will be an especial
branch for business men,"
"Only since the United States be-
came an ally have we determined to
establish at the Lyons Fair a branch.
to be known as the Business Mems
Exchange. This branch will not be
for takers but for doors. I am said
to be more like an American h 4
Frenchman. and l want to get Ameri-
can men Of action to come over to this
fair. Last March Americans did BUSH
ness to the amount of forty-eight mill
lions there. and I hope this next
March they will do more. Americans
need to know more about the things
we have to sell in France, and we i'll
particular need the heavy machine
parts made in America for construc-
ton work. We need to be taught
some of the Americans ways of or
ganizing business, of doing it quick
ly."
This Business Mems Exchange will
give Americans a chance to do bust
ness not only with us. but with
Italians, with Englishmen, with
,S%paniards and others. For instance.
it might lead to the building OF the
projected canal from Geneva, Switz-
erland, to Lyons, the center Of in
dustrial France, or down to Mar
%seilles. connecting with the great river
Rhone-Marseilles canal now being
completed. This exchange ought to
lead to the Identification Of some Of
the French and Italian railroads, to
the building Of plants to utilize the
water power of the mountains streams
OF these two countries.
There's plenty of big business do
ing over here and we want the big
business men of America to help us,
to share in it."
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-22
Miss Ruth Gruser oeft, and Mrs. Grace Hun,ston.

New York. June 2O.-Mrs. Grace
Humiston, the woman lawyer who
solved the tangle surrounding the dis
Of Ruth Cruger in the
face Of scofing and opposition by the
New York city authorities and
Body after 70 p .sees tim e'r a tansle Of
police red tape and ,oflcial discour-
believes that the girl was
murdered by two or more depraved
who have made 1t their business
to lure young girls to their doom.
Ruth Cruger's body was found by
Mrs. Humiston buried several feet be-
low the floor Of the cellar of Alfredo
Cocchi's bicycle shop. Here the girl
had gone to get a pair Of skates which
c I had sharpened for her; She
at first taken into custody by tho
He was freed on his
statement that he was guiltless. On
gaining his liberty he took the next
boat for his native Italy. An attempt
will be made to extradite him.
After roundly denouncing the dis
trict attorneys ONCE and the police,
actly the same clues that the police
had discarded as worthless. carried on
the search that led to the recovery Of
the girls body.
There was no anonymous letter
which gave me the tip and which led
to h solution of the mystery" Mrs.
Humiston said. IT was satisfied from
the first time I read about the case
that Cocchi must know about it.
II began searching morgues, ceme-
teries and hospitals. The trail led me
to many underground dives. I may
say now that 1t vas my hunt for Ruth
Cruger's body which forced me to the
conclusion which I had been forming
slowly in my two years Of ~investiga-
tons Of this kind that this Tragedy
was the direct result Of the white
slave traffic in New York.
"As soon as Cocchi was arrested in
Italy the entire case snapped into
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-22

place in my mind and was compare
lively simple. although 1t did take
some time to work It out.
Ellis statement that he had heard
she had been kidnapped and taken to
Europe was perfectly clear evidence
that she had not disappeared volun-
tarily. that she was a victim and that
his having heard meant he had con-
federates In his work. Then my
bunch became absolute conviction
that Ruth Cruger had been killed and
her l(ody disposed of. Naturally there
was only n conclusion. that her
body had been made away with some
where around the Cocchi place.
Then followed the search for the
body made doubly difficult by the red
tape and Official interference"
That Mrs. Humiston's investigation
into the disappearance Of Ruth Crug-
or disclosed to her the disappearance
of twenty-five other girls. still miss
ing, has been made known by mem
bers Of the group that financed her
search for Miss Cruger. This has re-
suited in the announcement Of Mrs.
Humiston's decision to give UP her
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-22
AMERICAN FLAG
IS STANDARD OF
PARTISAN GIRLS
Stars and Stripes are Be.
coming, They Declare,
During Recent Strike.

Paris, June 22.-(Correspondence.)
American flags were worn by q
greEt many Of the Partisan sewing
girls during their recent strike. Asked
why they chose the Star Spangled
Banner as the standard of their re-
cause we demand the .semaine ang-
laise' (the English week with satur-
day half holiday
Then wouldn't the British flag be
more appropriate? ?" it was asked.
Perhaps. but the 'drapeau etoile'
(the stars and stripes) are much more
becoming"
That was a real Rue de Ia Paix
reason, but there was another, en-
tirely unconnected with coquetry; II
was the new meaning the United
States Of America have required in
France.
To the French common people in
general. who travel little and are not
very strong on geography, America
mad long been a country in the vague
distance, celebrated for its bilionaires
and from whence long absent rela-
tons returned with fabulous wealth
to save the financial situation of their
families. The "Uncle from America"
became legendary through popular
fiction and sentimental drama. George
SoAAp lIO "11bOA dT0
now taking his place in the French
mind.
France learned much about the
United States during the first two
years Of the war through American
motor ambulances and hospitals,
American comforts and relief of ali
kinds sent to soldiers and civilian suf-
ferers, and through American tobacco
of which nearly every soldier had a
share. She was all ready to pour out
heart to America, which she has
done freely since the United States
became her ally.
No one in France has the advantage
OF h Partisan sewing girl or 'midin-
as they call her. in either senti-
or patriotism; no strike in the
French capital ever had so much sent
there was nothing more natural than
their choice of the colors Of their new
ally.
Music dealers say that it was the
"mtdinettes' who helped most to ex-
haust the. available supply of Ameri-
national airs in sheet music in the
first few days after the United States
declared war on Germany. The sew
ing girls could be seen during their
noon hour at certain street crossings
and up tranquil courts. gathered
around that old familiar institution
Of Paris, the street music vender.
With a sheet of words without music
in hand, they were learning a French
of the Star spanrled
Banner to the air played BY the
music vendor on his violin. None of
the parliamentary, sorbonne. acade-
mic or official functions was a greater
tribute to the United States Of Ameri.
Many Of them can hum the "star
Spangled Banner" Columbia" Ia less
known, and America" utterly neg
lected because the air is the same an
that Of God Save the King" Yankee
Doodle" on the other hand, is some-
thing of q favorite. being familiar to
the French people as the air Of an
old French revolutionary song