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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-10
GREAT BRITAIN SEEKS
10000 CHINESE LAB0RERS
INV Associated PrsssI

kTSINANFUs China. British consuls
in Shantung province have been IN
structed by their home government to
recruit ten thousand Chinese laborers
at Tsingtau. iChefoo and other ports
in their province within the next three
months. These laborers are to be sent
tc England for work In manufactur-
ing plants. They are to be paid a
monthly wage Of twelve dollars silver.
together with q monthly allowance of
ten dollars silver for their families.
Passage money will be betrayed by
the British government. and the terms
of service is to be three years.
British army officers have been re-
cfuiting laborers at Wefhaiwei for
some time. Barracks have been erect
ed there for the accommodation OF the
laborers, and that port will also be
used as a point from which the Chi.
nese coolies will embark for England.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-10
House Cleans Up Pile of Work
as Last Day of Session
Approaches

An appropriation OF $4,000 for EN-
ploying necessary temporary substi
tutes In all departments of the terri
tory In which officials, subordinates OF
employees who are members of the
National Guard are liable to be called
into active service, is provided for in
a bill introduced In the house today
by Representative Lyman.
The house already has passed a
measure providing that the salaries OF
government employees who are called
to the colors shall not be reduced, nor
shall they lose their positions. To
days bill is, in part, as follows:
Section /. The head Of any de-
partment or bureau Of the territory
is hereby authorized to employ such
temporary assistants, subordinates
or employees as may be necessary in
case any such head or any assist
ants, subordinates or employees shall
be called into active service as mem
bers Of the regular army or the
National Guard. 49,
Section g. The sum of fifty
thousand dollars $4,000. 00) is here
by appropriated out of the general
revenues Of the territory to carry
out the purpose of this act; pro-
vided, however, that in no case shall
the salary or compensation paid to
such substitutes be greater than that
fixed by the legislature for the same
position or class of employment.
Section 3. Amy appointment or
employment under this act shall be
made only after consultation by the
head OF the department or bureau
with the governor and only with the
approval of the governor.
section 4%The said sum of fifty
thousand dollars CSC, 100000 or so
much thereof as may be necessary,
shall become Immediately available
when any of the aforesaid heads, as
sistants, subordinates or employees
shall be called into active service"
Victory For chiropraetors +.
Chiropractors won another victory
his morning when the house voted ltu
dopt the majority report OF the
Iealth committee Recommending tne
'assage of the bill giving .chirpprac-
VI . tic AA6nS W plaSS4SC Al tttS l-Itl-
DRY. Representative Miles, who led
he opposition, said the bill iti no.
'royide for the proper Safeguard of
he health of the people. ~
- Are we to be stopped By the .ioc.or
rust from consulting these people,"
Representative Andrews I'm
lengthy speech in favor o. The mea-
pre. III one Hldssthat this tfeatment
rs been Of benefit TO him. has ne got
o stay away from it? Ara the people
o be denied this treatment because
{ the czarism Of the board Of health
The measure VIII come up on third
eading tomorrow
'cfcol Survey Changes Pass
Amendments made by the senate to
representative G. H. Cookies resola
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-10
new ZEALAND :.
PAYS SOLDIERS
HIGHEST OF ALL
NV Assoe,n.ed Pressi


WELLINGTON, New Zealand
From the fact that New Zealand sol
diers in this war may now be paid
up to $40 week above their ordinary
wages il is asserted in the. dominion
that they are the highest paid soldiers
in the world. The special allowance is
for men who can establish that their
civil obligations justify their receiv-
ing it And it is payable alike to
went and "sent"-as volunteers or
drafted men are called. One OF the
grounds emitting a soldier to addi-
tional payment is: Expenses in re-
spect Of the management Of his bust
ness during his military service"
Prior to the new grant the weekly
rate of pay for married private in
the New Zealand expeditionary force
ranged from $1050 for a man with
wife only to support to ST. for a
man with wife and five children.
Sometime ago the Recruiting Board
decided to refuse enlistment to any
more married men with more than
three children. Under the new scheme
a private with a wife only may re-
ceive $2050 a week.
The first draft of the dominion's
compulsory enlisted men to the num-
Der over 1000 went into camp the
latter part of January. These men
we're chosen by the ballot" or draft
ing system; that is by the use of num-
bered marbles and card indexes. They
are no 5diffenent ir, appearance or in
any other detail from voluntary re-
cruits. Meantime voluntary enlist
n,ents continues in some districts. il
the full quotas are obtained that way,
the ballot system is not applied there,
The men drafted with but few ex-
ceptions respond cheerfully, and many
of them plainly welcome system by
which the government shouldered the
responsibility of deciding that they
were to take up arms. ~: r.
With over $4,000 men in the field
or in training the civilian walks Oh
life in New Zealand have been depict
ed to noticeable extent, but the
general opinion is that as long as the
major part of these men return the
temporary loss of man-power will not
have been too heavy a price to pay
for the establishment of future la-
tional army. The dominion's popula.
ton is about !, 100000. -
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-10
FIND PHEASANT
PLACE TO REST
lRY Associa.sd Pfessl


BASRAH, Mes0potamia. Naa.
NAH is the Mecca, of the wounded, sun
scorched officer sent down from the
Mesopotamia front to the base at
Basrah. ~ a. -. e. Of.
Belt Naamah is indeed pleasant
place, compared with what the officer
has been used to at the Mesopotamia
front. There are clean, white beds,
electric fans, and a broad roof on
which the convalescents lie beneath
mosquito netting and awning and en-
Joy the cool breeze. .@= H..
The hospital stands about twenty
Yards from the right bank of the
Shattel-Arab and occupies some two
hundred yards of the river front. Be-
tween the main building and the river
is a grove of orange trees laden with
fruit, and on the north side another
garden produces grapes, pomegran-
stes, and figs. ~. ----f
The main building is constructed
on the oriental plan of courtyards, OF
which there are three-the mems, the
larem or women's, and the outhouses
with the hammaInor Turkish bath.
All are built around square gardens
Of orange trees. ~
When it was decided to convert the
long-standing Belt Naamah into a hos
pital the nucleus of the staff arrived
and encamped in the court yard. The
house was full of Arabs and the
women were still in the harem, while
the sanitary conditions and general
filth of the place were uncomfortable.
Arabs, women, furniture and all were
cleared out, and everybody turned to
the work of housekeeping with will.
A whole village behind the main
house had to be cleared away, cesspools
forty years old had to filled up, rooms
were scrubbed and whitewashed, wa
ter supply, drainage, kitchen and sani4
tary arrangements planned and execu-
ted, and scores of minor matters
attended to. Gradually stores and ap.
pliances were accumulated, and in
about a month the hospital was ready
to receive patients. --s .... .-.
Every evening nowadays a row OF
convalescent officers may be seen on
the embankment under the, orange
trees, peacefully fishing. There is a
fine breeze off the river. and the air
is free from dust. Many avow that
here is the. only spot in Mesopotamia
which is really free from dust.
| The chief event of the days routine
is the arrival Of the steamer, officially
known as "P-33". When her whistle
is heard from beyond the bend, every
one who is able to walk rushes down
to meet her. Always there are few
new patients on board, sometimes the
latest war news, and sometimes letters
from home. ~. : -.
AS hospital center. Belt Naamah
has been the most successful expert
nent of its kind in the East Eighty
per cent of its patients have been able
to return to duty. instead of having
T to be sent home or to India to recu-
Eperate. ~. H.. ,,.~..>,... S..
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-10
Provides $4,000 FOR SUBSTITUTES
FOR GUARDSMEN CALLED TO ACTION

! ton providing for federal survey Of
the schools were agreed 20 in the
house without argument today. Rep
! resentative Cooke explained that he
thought the amendments were wise.
as they provide that the governor and
the superintendent Of public instruc-
ton shall request the survey, and that
the survey commission act in ccoTera-
ton with the local school board. by
putting in the amendment regarding
the local school board. he added, lit
was his opinion that many of III, Sc
who mad fought the measure in its
original form would now agree 20 It.
Representative Kelekolio was the only
person to vote against eoncurrinS.
Representative Fernandez introtuc-
ed a bill fixing the following circuit
court salaries:
Salary Raises Provided
Chief clerk, $27OO; assistant. $500;
second assistant, 1920; three clerks,
$175 each, $4,000; three clerks, $50
each, $5400: three shorthand report
ers, 5000 each, a raise of $25, $1,000;
probation officer. $500. a raise OF SIS;
probation officer for girls, $500;
court expenses, $4,000: Hawaiian and
Japanese interpreters. each S175: Chi.
nese interpreter, $3.50; other interpre-
tiers, $500; matron, shelter home,
1920; maintenance, shelter home,
$500; care dependent children, $4,000.
The agriculture committee reported
out on the bill for the eradication of
bovine tuberculosis, providing an APP
preparation Of $20,000 for the indemni-
fication of owners. of infected cattle
that are destroyed, and further pro-
viding that all cattle over six months,
old be tested for the disease. The bill
passed second reading. Representa-
tive Wilder's bill for the protection of
frogs and tadpoles passed second read
ing. Senator Pacheco's resolution pro-
viding that, as part Of the morning
exercises. the a5tar Spangled Banner"
be sung by the school children and
that, at it's conclusion, they salute the
Flag, was favorably reported on BY
the education committee.
The following bills were introduced
today: .-.,
p. -. House Bill 413
Relating to leases.-Kula.
House Bill 414
Providing that the annual fee fos
carrying on a stock and share bust
ness shall be 500 in Honolulu and
$50 in any other portion of the terri.
tory-Lyman. r.. l.. ....s -.
House Bill AIS - IN - &
Relating to powers and duties OF
boards of supervisors. Lyman.
House Bill 416
Appropriating $60,6U0 for substi,
tutes for territorial employees called
into active service. Lyman
House Bill Az II
Relating to salaries and expenses, ]
circuit courts. Fernandez.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-10
CO.'S wITHo1T BREAD

BUDAPEST.-The Hungarian food
dictator. Baron Knerthy. has had the
unpleasant experience of spending a
week without bread.
The Baro1'liyes atithb Hotel Bristol.
A few dfye aEo ethsd dinner with
some friends, and ordered his usual
portion. When the waiter asked him
for bread ticket, Baron KlIrethy
seafchedF MI - RtEsIn vEiH ff1e had
evidently lost h.s little book OF COZ
bcns. One OF bis Aomp1nions offered
him HIS, but as it is distinctly stated
en- each book That the tickets are not
ttankfefabie. the waiter refused to ac-
cept 4. and the Baron himself was Too
conscientious to adopt any such means.
At last he decided TO do without bread
until the following week
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-10

HOUSE NOTES
This is the 4lst day of the session.

This Is the 41st day OF the session.
No more bills will be introduced
after the 50th day. according to, a res
olution by Representative Cooke.
Frank Godfrey presented a petition
asking to be reimbursed in the sum
of $717.25 for alleged damage to prop
erty during the Kewalo reclamation.
The Hawaii supervisors have passed
a resolution asking the legislature to
provide ways and means whereby
electors may vote, If called away from
their respective precincts on active
military duty.
The conference committee on Sem
ator Desha's bill relating to private
schools reported today that it had
been decided to recommend its pas
sage in its original form.
The lands committee has recon-
mended the passage of bill relating
to public notices of sales of public
lands at auction.
A resolution providing an appropria-
ton of $4,000 for widening the road
duced by the lands committee.
Representative, .Tavares introduced
a resolution appropriating $500 for
the purchase of an auto truck for use
by the board of health at the Molokai
settlement.
A resolution by Representative Ka-
waha directs the auditor to give the
house ali-the Information he has con-
corning the expenses incurred by c.
r. Forbes while in Washington in
1856 i.
Representative Lyman introduced a
resolution appropriating 100000 for
the purchase of land in Waiakea and
the construction Of retaining wall
and road.
The bill. appropriately $4,000 for
the preservation or Pun o Hawaii
cemetery has passed second reading.
The bill to create a vocational
trade school at Lahainaluna- passed
second reading.
BY vote of 10 to the Farm Loan
Bill passed third reading today.
The bill providing for the opening
of public lands at Hanapepe. Kauai,
passed third reading.
Representative da Silya,s bill set
ting aside a tract of land. South Hilo,
as a public park, passed third read.
ing. ..-f.E..- .-.,.:.. 49, ., -. -.
At the request of Speaker Holstei1s
consideration by the house of the re-
port of the judiciary committee on the
substitute prohibition bill has heen
deferred until tdT6rrow.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-10
GERMANY BUYS ITS
-. TOBACCO ON CREDIT
FROM DUTCH DEALERS
TBy Associated Press1

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, - This
years export of tobacco to Germany
is to be financed by the Netherlands
Association of tobacco dealers, COM
pany especially formed here for that
object with a capital of $4,000, 900.
With view to maintaining its ex-
change rate, Berlin stipulates that
German Treasury Bills Of two years
term shall be taken in payment Tor
such goods, the bills being guaranteed
by the Reichbank and six other lead
ing German banking institutions.
Should the present shipping stagnation
continue, or the shortage of cargo
space become such that the Neither
lands East Indian tobacco crop cannot
be transported to the Dutch market
endeayors will doubtless be made to
ship the tobacco, or large part there
Of, to America This would obviate
the customary pilgrimage of American
buyers to the Amsterdam sales. "
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-10

The Car Kolokol-the great bell of
Moscow--is said to be the largest in
the world 1t weighs nearly 200 tons.
An English inventor has patented a
device to push pressnan- hands out
of danger while feeding a platen press.
Welsh coal owners have refused the
workmen's application for a new audit
of their books to regulate wages.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-10

! Twenty-Five hundred students and
also number of professors In Cornell
university hit the trailP at three ser
vices Billy Sunday conducted at Ith-
AGA.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-10

Rear Admiral William S. Benson,
U. S. N, was selected as the recipient
for the Laetare Medal for 1917, by the
faculty Of the University Of Notre
Dame 4ssFs. s. -. ..- -
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-10

STAR-5uGEETIN GIVES YOU
TOpAY'S NEWS TODAY
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-10

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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-10

No more bills will be introduced
after the 50th day. according to, a res
olution by Representative Cooke.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-07-24
UNLIMITED POWERS
 GIVEN TO KERENSKY
He Is Made Dictator To Restore Order in Russia. Counter Re- volt Is Feared.-WhOle cOun- try in Danger.

PETROGRAD, July 23.-The coun- cil of soldiers and workmen's dele gates and peasants of all Russia voted today, after an all night session, to grant the government of Premier Kerensky unlimited powers under the title government of national safety" for the re-establishment of public or der, both at the front and at home.
 The sweeping new powers were granted to the provisional government in resolution adopted" by com bined sitting of the executive commit tees of the council of workmens' and soldiers delegates and the council Of pheasants' delegates. The resolution, which was passed by 252 to 57, read:
 Recognizing that the country is menaced by military debacle on the front and by an anarchy at home, it is
 Resolved, First-That the country and the revolution are endangered.
 "Second-That the provisional gov ernment for re-establishing the or ganization and discipline of the army and a fight to the finish against the enemies of public order and the first realization of the whole programme embodied in the governmental pro- gramme just announced"
The Prescott daily news., 1917-07-24
ARKANSAS FIFTH STATE
 IN REGISTRATION
22nd State to Announce Ready For Draft-Number Young Men at State Capitol Fall Un- der Selective Draft.

Little Rock, July 24.-Arkansas was the fifth state in the Union to complete its registration. It was the 22nd state to announce ready for the draft, and would have been among the very first had it not been necessary to wait for six days to secure the necessary blanks and forms.
 About sixty members of the Boards of Exemption, of whom there are 237 in the state, have been dropped from the rolls on account of their falling within the limit of the selective draft ages. Substitutions are being made for them.
 There are large number of young men at the State capitol who have fallen under the selective draft, but c. c. Smith, of the Auditors office is the only one who is caught in the first draft. He is married and has three small children. Among those who are included in the second draft are George R. Ely of the Agricultur- al Department; w. T. Reynolds and Van Simms of the State Comptroller department; A. H. Little, Secretary of the Fish and Game. Commission, are in the third draft; Roy Wood, secre- tary to the Governor, is in the 4th Guy Freeling of the Secretary of States office, is in the 5th, MT. Mar tin of the Land Office in the 3rd, and w. L. Fulmer of the Secretary of States office; in the second.
 There is much speculation as to how far it will be necessary to go to secure the first quota of 675,000 men. Some have estimated that the exempt ions in the first draft will be as high as so per cent, in which event it will it will be necessary to call upon the third and possibly the fourth draft men to secure the quota.
 Wallace Davis, former attorney general, and son of the late Senator Jeff Davis, is in the fifth draft.
 The opportunity is still open for those who have been drafted to volun- teer in any arm of. the service.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-07-24

FORMER SENATOR
 HAMILTON IS DEAD
Had Been HOnored With Many Offices by Ouchita County Residents.-Served in Con- federate Army.

Camden, July 23-Archibald Ham, ilton, aged 70, former state senator. died at his home here today. He was born in Alabama and came to Arkan- sas when young man. He served in the Confederate army, and was a member of the Klu Klux Klan. He was sheriff of Ouchita county from 1890 to 1898, and a member of the House of Representative two terms. Later he was elected state senator from this district, but resigned during the last session of the legislature on account of ill health. He is survived by his wife and three sons. The fu- neral services will be conducted to- morrow from the family home by the Rev. William Wright.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-07-24
TREASURER RECEIVE ONLY
 S50,000 FRANCHISE TAX

Little Rock, July 24.-Up to the present time the State Treasurer has received only $50, ,000 of the franchise tax, which is expected to reach $230,- 900 this year, as compared with about S1SS,000 last year. None of the larg- CT corporations, including the rail roads, has paid yet Aug. 10 is the last day for the payment of the tax without the penalty.
 About half of the county collectors have settled with the state, reducing the outstanding indebtedness of the state to about S300,000.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-07-24
FMMET SHIPPING
 CARS OF TRUCK
Emmet Truck Growers Ass0cia- tion One of the Largest in the State.-Includes One Hundred Growers.

With the advent of the truck ship hing season, Emmet, the busy little city eight miles south of Prescott, is making itself known to Eastern and Northern truck buyers as one of the leading shipping points for all kinds of truck grown in this section of the South.
 The Emmet Truck Growers Asso- citation, composed of 100 progressive planters, has shipped already through the Emmet Mere. Co.,, selling agents, and T. L. Garland, President and general manager of the association, 15 cars of cantaloupes by freight and one car by express. They expect to ship ten or twelve more during the season. The association uses the we'll known Rockford seed which has pro- duced a larger yield per acre than that of any used in this section. The cantaloupe being sweet and of the finest flavor. The association has re- ceived around $1 50 per standard crate F. o. B. Emmet, which is near $500. per car for the product this season.
 At times this year the shed at Emmet has employed 50 men in- cluding expert packers from Flordia and home labor. The cantaloupe ship ments began the 18th of this month.
 Other truck shipments which are placing Emmet at the head of the list are watermelons, of which they will ship about cars, shipments to start the 30th of this month, GOO bushels of beans, which net the grower SIPS per bushe; 250 bushels of peas for which they will receive S1.15 per bushel; 525 barrels of radishes at $3.50 per barrel. A car of Irish potatoes for which they received from $2. to S2.50 per bushel.
 The Emmet branch of the Bank of Prescott, with Douglas McSwain as cashier, is looking after the financial end of this profitable business and the amount of business done by this in- stitution in a year speaks well for the trade territory of Emmet.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-07-24
SHORTAGE OF CLERKS
 IS BEING FELT

Little Rock, July 24.-A note of warning is being sounded by the State Free Labor Employment Bureau. The effect of the withdrawal of so many of our young men from clerical posi- tions throughout the state for mili- tary service is already being felt. It is requested that all clerks, book keepers and accountants, especially men, who will be able to fill such posi- tions, list themselves at once with the Bureau, as requests are already be- ing made for men.