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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-11
CLAYTON URGES
CONTINUANCEOF
ALL SCHOOL WORK

A letter from P. P. Claxton, com
missioner of education, has just been
received by A. 4. -Larimer, secretary
of the local Y. NJ. G. A., calling at
tention to the desirability of all chill
dren continuing their school work in
spite of the unusual conditions caused
by the war.
Commissioner Claxton wishes to
have this matter brought to the spe-
cial attention of the labor organiza-
tons Of Honolulu.
The letter follows:
Dear Sir: For the protection of our
boys and girls against unusual tempta-
tons to fall into delinquencies Of
many kinds, and that they may be
prepared more fully for the work Of
life and the duties and responsible
ties of citizenship, it is of the utmost
importance that our schools shall be
maintained in full efficiency, both as
to attendance and standards of work,
during the continuance of the war, and
everything possible should be done to
increase their efficiency in both re-
spects. The various labor organiza-
JiOub anu tH6lT Iu6mDSIS IuTOuBlOuJ
the country can render most valuable
help In this respect. / am therefore
appealing to all these organizations to
use their influence and to urge their
individual members to do all they can
to the end that the standards of the
schools in their several states and
cities shall not be lowered in any
way, and that no children of school
age shall remain out of school except
because of absolute necessity.
"For the sake of this great cause, in
which feel sure you are no less in
terested than / am, I am. taking the
liberty of requesting you to bring this
matter to the attention Of all the Ia
Dor organizations Of your city. May
I also suggest that since schools in
many cities open very soon after La
Dor Day, it might be very helpful if
special attention should be given to
this matter on that day.
yours sincerely,
"P. P. CLAYTON.
Commissioner"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-11
new ATTRACTIONS
ATBIJOUPLEASE

The Bijou theater opened up Satur-
day evening with a double attraction,
but it is going one better tonight
when it offers three attractions IN
one. These are the Somewhat Differ.
ent Singers" Wright and Dietrich,
who are undoubtedly among the best
singers ever heard in Honolulu, and
whose engagement closes Saturday
night, and Professor Norwood, the
ever popular hypnotic entertainer.
The third and newest addition to the
bill is Miss Dorothy Reed, who will
assist Mr.. Norwood in a wonderful
test of mind reading. presented for
the first time in Honolulu. While
under hypnotic influence she will
answer questions and describe ar
ticles in a manner that is as sur
prising as 1t is interesting. All who
have seen the wonderful Anna Eva
Fay" will be interested in this work
as Mr.. Norwood, during the past
many years has proved himself not
only equal to her marvellous gift, but
with his hypnotic powers is able to
accomplish much that Miss Fay does
not attempt. 1t is doubtful when
there will again be such varied at
traction presented at the Bijou.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-11
Double SLAYER
ADMITS CRIMES,
THEFTSREVEALED
Continued from rage ~

q room above restaurant in Palama
he took SD on another occasion.
From a residence on Asylum road
he and the other Hawaiian boy stole
81 more. Again with Elsinore, he
admitted, he took a suit from a place
on kukui street.
Chief of Detectives Arthur MCDui,
fie obtained evidence of the man S
guilt in the development OF a series
of clews which reads like story
from Sherlock Holmes. He received
the first news Of the double murder
yesterday morning after breakfast
and after lunch lie had obtained eYi-
dence which he believed was sufficient
to convict the man. Farther investl-
CATION was carried on, however, before
charges were brought
Going 10 the scene Of the second
murder, a tenement house back o.
DR.. X. +. Lis residence, Chief Nc,
Duffie found 40 caliber revolver
under the bed in the room. He also
found a pair Of bloody pongec
trousers At the scene OF the first
murder, the Fulfil camp on River
street, he found two coat buttons and
a bullet that had gone through the
murdered mans arm. From DR.. r. u.
Aver, who performed the post mortem
examination, he obtained two .3S cali
Der bullets from the bodies Of the dead
men.
Just how .3S caliber revolver
could be shot from a 40 caliber re-
volyer puzzled the chief until just be,
fore noon when young Hawaiian boy
brought in a bullet which had been
found near the scene of one OF the
murders. The bullet was marked IS,
but fitted the revolver perfectly.
Furthermore. the long lead nose on the
bullet had been cut off so that it
would not protrude from the chamber.
The fired bullet found in the room
proved to have been similarly cut to
fit in the revolver. The shell which
was found also showed marks Of hay
ing expanded when the gun was fired.
The bullets used fitted into the 40
caliber gun, but tapered towards the
end. In exploding the shell expanded
20 fill the chamber of the gun. The
she'll fitted into the 40 caliber gun,
but the lead bullet was only .38 cali
Der.
Satisfied that the owner of that gull
had committed both murders, the
chief then took the pongee trousers
in hand He was told they had been
left in the room of the Filipino by the
Hawaiian boy, who had put on a pair
Of gray trousers instead. One Of the
boys in custody had on a pair of gray
trousers. When they we're removed,
his under clothing showed blood stains
almost identical with those on the
Dongee trousers.
Concluding that the pongee trousers
we're worn at the murder over the
same underclothes worn by the boy,
The chief followed the two buttons he
had in his possession. He found that
he coat worn by the boy was lacking
;wo buttons and that the third button
eft on the coat was almost identical
with the two found in the room of the
murdered man.
Upon this evidence and the conflict
ng stories Of the boy and stories Of
the chief was able to bring |
charges.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-11
ARMY OFFICERS PAY
VISIT TO DUTCH SHIF

Officers of Hawaiian department
headquarters this morning paid an Of
fetal visit to the Dutch cruiser Zee
land. returning the Call made yester-
day afternoon by the officers of the
varship. Those in the party today
were:
Col. l.. l.. Durfee. acting department
commander; Col. VIM. P. Kendall,
sanitary inspector; Lieut.-Col. Joseph
Wheeler, acting inspector general:
Mai. L. W. Redington, acting depart
ment adjutant; Capt. Henry C. Merri-
am, acting chief of staff; Lieut.. Har-
old F. Loomis, aide TO the commander.
Gov. Pinkham. accompanied by his
aide. Maj. James y Dougherty, also
returned a call this morning on board
tho cruiaaP
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-11
ASK YOUR FRIEND

There is hardly a neighborhood in
any city, town or hamlet in the United
States where women cannot be found
who have derived benefit from Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
For more than 40 years this botanic
remedy has been overcoming some of
the worst cases of female ills. AS one
woman has found help she has told
another, who has used it with the
same result; so the use of this great
medicine has spread from shore to
shore by the recommendation of those
who have found it good. Therefore,
ask your neighbor, let her tell you
from experience the benefit which all
ing women derive from the use of this
famous medicine.-Adv.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-11
MORE Than 5000
AREENROLLEDIN
PRIVATE SCHOOLS

approximately 1869 students enroll
ed yesterday in the large private
schools Of Honolulu, according to pre-
liminary figures made public today
In all of these schools the enrolments
show a gain over last year, and the
figures may be still higher as 1t is ex-
pected that further students will enroll
during the next two weeks.
Following are the Approximate en-
rolmeuts in the principal institutions:
Oahu College, 214; Punahou pre-
paratory school. sol; Honolulu Mill
tary Academy, 105; st. Louis College.
900; ST. Andrews Priory, 1874; Mine
School, 200: Kawaiahao Seminary.
1875; College of Hawaii. ia; Kane
hameha Manual school, 125; Kameha.
meha Girls school, lis; Kamehameha,
Preparatory school, Is.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-11
RETENTION OF
DRAWBACK item
BENEFITS ALLIES
Sugar Men Declare Senate'S
Action Means Entente Can
Buy at Lower Prices

Refusal of the United States senate
yesterday TO repeal tAe drawback
clause for the repayment OF duties
paid for the entry Of foreign sugar
after II is refined and then re-exported
will result in a lower price OF sugar
for Americas Allies engaged in the
war against Germany, think Honolulu
sugar men.
1T will mean the saving of great
amount OF money for the Allies in
the purchase OF sugar supplies, for
the refneries could have been ex-
pected to raise the price Of exported
sugar to cover what they paid out in
duties on foreign sugar, If the duty
drawback privilege had been re-
voked," says A. NJ. NOVEL;, secretary
Of the Sugar Factors.
The drawback clause, which is
simply the refunding of money paid
as duty on foreign sugar brought to
this country and refined and then re-
exported, has been in effect for a
Eumber OF years; think first provided
for in the Mckinley tariff act ex-
plains Mr.. Novel;. Sugar from the
Philippines, Porto Rico and Hawaii
oAO AAOI dIlSANCu IhC uld
clause, as the sugar OF Americas pos.
sessions is admitted free.
Mr.. NOVEL; thinks that II the draw.
back clause had been repealed 1t would
have had a tendency to cause the
Allies to try and use Java white sug-
ar, instead Of that refined In America.
BY the Java process the sugar is
made as white as refined. ii
Whether this could have been done
10 doubtful, he thinks. because Of the
long distance from lava to Europe,
and because much OF the Java sugar
Is exported to India, the greatest sug.
ar producing country in the world.
While India produces more sugar than
more than any other country, and
sometimes imports as much as several
hundred thousand tons year.
John Warehouse Of Alexander &
Baldwin holds similar views to those
or Mr.. NOVEL;. at is only a fair thing
TO the refineries to allow them the
duty drawback" he says.
Industry and trade should be en-
rouraged." He believes not only will
he elimination Of the drawback re-
peal provision save the Allies paying
the extra price for sugar, which would
have been added to cover duty paid
by the rehneries, but that it will tend
10 lower the price of sugar in an
other manner.
when the refneries can keep run.
ming &C full force the expense of re-
timing Is reduced and this brings a !
lowering Of the price," he says. "By
the importation Of foreign raws It is
possible for the American refineries
10 keep their plants fully engaged"
Both these men sum up their COM
ment upon the elimination of the pro- |
posed sugar consumption tax in the |
senate with the remark that at was1
the sensible thing to do" The con.
sumer would naturally have had to |
pay more for sugar, as the amount OF |
the consumption tax would have been
added to the figure set for the price |
Of sugar by the food administration,
they explain.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-11
EXPLOSION
THAT KILLED TWO

To determine the cause of the ex.
plosion Of boilers which led to the
death Of c. N. Weatherwax and John
Fuss at the Pearl Harbor drydock yes
terday morning, an expert will be en-
ployed by the Hawaiian Dredging Co.,
by whom the men were employed, to
make an investigation.
That the explosion was purely an &C
cident is the belief of those who made
an inspection at the scene of the ex-
plosion yesterday Several theories
have been advanced as to the cause
of, the accident, but none has been
substantiated. ."..=
I'VE will make thorough investi-
cation of the accident after which a
report will be made to the company.
We have no statement to make at
present" stated Walter Dillingham;
of the Hawaiian Dredging Co. this
morning. r..
Officer c. A. L. Wills of WATERFOWL
who led the investigation just after
the explosion stated this morning that
the bodies Of the men were horribly
mangled. He also stated that the ex-
plosion occurred just before the day
men came on. Sticks and pieces OF
iron were thrown in all directions, and
had the men been at the drydock more
would have undoubtedly been killed.
Mr.. Weatherwax is a nephew of
Charles w. Weatherwax, the photo.
grapher. He leaves a wife and family
who reside in Kalihi. Mr.. Fuss leaves
a wife and two small children who
reside on West Fifth avenue, Kaimuki.
Under the auspices of the knights
of Pythias, funeral services are being
held for the two men this afternoon
at o'clock at Williams undertaking.
parlors. ...
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-11
DIRTY UNIFORMS CAUSE
P0STP0hEMENT OF DRILL

Capt. Lawrence NJ. Judd, Machine
Gun Company. LIST Hawaiian Infantry,
las announced that the company will
not drill this afternoon owing to the
tact that most of the uniforms are in
the wash. -
The company spent Saturday night
and Sunday on Punchbowl rifle range.
and the red dirt gathered by the gun.
ners in that time necessitated sending
he uniforms to laundry. The next
irill will be Thursday, September IL.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-11
FREE PORTS TO
Be DISCUSSED

The free ports question will come
up for discussion at a meeting of the
directors of the Chamber of Commerce
tomorrow afternoon, a letter having
been received from the United States
traffic commission by Secretary Ray
mond C. Brown asking the local or
ganization for its opinion on the SUBJ
iect.
In another letter the commission
also asks for the names of five reput-
able businessmen of this city with
whom it can communicate in regard to
various territorial matters. Just what
these matter are the letter does not
say Both epistles will be read to the
meeting tomorrow
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-11
GIVEN SHORT VACATION
so He MAY "S0BER UP"

Il win give you something to break
your habit"
With these remarks Police Judge
Harry Irwin this morning gave John
Hesser, habitual "boozer," a vaca.
hon of three months in Jailer Punohu's
hotel on the reef.
The defendant told the court that
he has bad habit OF taking a small
drink" and that It always made him
drunk. .-.. ......
81 have bad habit, judge" said
the defendant, land that is / like to
drink just little" r.
Judge Irwin the, upon gave him a
vacation to help break the habit"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-11
nippon TRAINING
ship EXPECTED

Japanese residents Of Honolulu are
hourly expectiuS +he arrival of the
Taisei Maru, japanese training ship,
which has Is cadets ABOARD taking i
course which will eventually fl; them
as officers of commercial liners of
Nippon. Elaborate arrangements are
being made FOR the entertainment of
the officers and cadets during heir
stay in Honolulu. Captain NJ. kanno
is in command of the TaIsei Mara.
He was here during the latter part
of 1915. The vessel is expected TO
arrive today or tomorrow.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-11

NJ. Bratiano, the Rumanian prime
minister, has reconstructed his cabi-
net. There has been a Encouragement
OF portfolios, and the personnel re-
mains practically unaltered. NJ. Bra
tiano retains the portfolio of foreign
affairs. General Jancovesco becomes
minister of war.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-11

MISS ELIZABETH -DUTOT has
been appointed nurse at Oahu College,
her work to be carried OUT under the
general direction of DR.. E d. Kill
bourne. The school nurse plan is the
result of the DR.. G. F. Judd endow-
ment which was given during Puma
hou's 18th anniversary.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-11

and the next after that will be Tues.
day, September 49,,
Afterward the drills will be held
every Tuesday and Thursday until the
issue Of orders to the contrary.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-11

While on his way to the eastern
front the kaiser met the Emperor
Charles at Podgoritza, near Cracow.
A Vienna telegram says that the two
monarchs after a cordial exchange Of
greetings held an animated CONVEX
sation lasting about a quarter of an
hour" The Emperor Charles then
returned to Vienna.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-11

TWIGG SMITH. the artist whose
york attracted much attention here,
is now a member of A Co., 18th resi-
nent of Engineers, in training quar-
tiers in Washington, D. c. He left
in August to join the CamOufiage bat
talon. ".
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-11

Large numbers Of pamphlets are be
ing distributed among Polish work
men and German so diers declaring
the independence of Poland.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-11

The value of wood as food is be.
ing studied. G.. Harberlandt, the Ger
man who has made extensive expert.
ments in this connection, says that
the wood of the birch possesses nutri.
tive properties.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-11

STAR-BuLLE-IN GIVES YOU
TOD.aY'S NEWS TO-DAY
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-11
PERSONALITIES

MISS ANA K. HARRISON, stem
ographer in the office Of the attorney
general, is taking her vacation.
EUGENE MURPHY, Wailuku attor-
ney,' is visiting in Honolulu. He is
registered at the Alexander Young
hotel.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-11
NATIONAL GUARD CALLED
into ACTIVE SERVICE

The last step necessary to make the
entire National guard available for
duty in France was taken by President
Wilson with the issuing of a procla-
nation drafting the state troops into
the army of the United States on Au-
gust 5.
To make certain that the purpose of
the national defense act is carried out,
the proclamation also specifically de-
clares the men drafted to be dis
charged from the old militia status on
that date. In that way the restraint
upon use of militia outside the coun-
try is avoided and the way paved for
sending the regiments to the European
front
The National guard of New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia,
Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa,
North and South Dakota and Nebras-
ka will be CALLED into the federal SER
vice on July Is and sen, to concentra-
ton camps in the south, although the
draft will not apply formally to them
until August 5.
Similarly the state troops from
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Mas
sachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut,
New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland,
District of Columbia, Virginia, North
and South Carolina, Tennessee, Illinois,
Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Washing
ton and Oregon are called into the fed
eral service on July 25.
The first draft of Americas citizen
ship for war service will be for $751;
900 men, the war office announced on
Monday.
These will be singled out from the
great registration roll The number
recommended by the war department
is just enough to fill the regular army
to war complement, fill the national
guard of the country to war strength,
and provide the levy of 100000 for the
sixteen cantonment camps where the
men will be trained for the front.
About $4,000 men are needed to
bring the regular army to it's full war
strength. More than 10000 others are
needed for the national guard.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-11
CEREAL men
|NSPECTFIELDS
FOR DISEASE

The diseases Of growing grains in
this section of the state was the SUBJ
ject discussed at a round table con-
ference of grain disease experts at the
Commercial hotel Tuesday evening.
Forty men were in the party from var
ious sections of the United States,
having made trip from Madison in
automobiles during the day inspect
ing fields of grain and securing sam
plets on the way. 1t was the third an
nual conference of the Cereal Plant
Pathology Association of the United
States, and the general conference
was held in Madison. The men COM
prising the party left this morning for
points in Dodge county. r. e. Vaughan
one of the Madison members, stated
that he found crop conditions in this
section very good and reasonably free
of smut and other plant diseases.
The states represented by men from
the agricultural colleges and like
schools include Oregon, California,
Idaho, North Dakota, Indiana, Michi-
gan, Pennsylvania, Washington, D. G.
and Wisconsin. The men comprising
the conference, which was in session
at Madison three days are trained in
the agricultural colleges of the vari-
Gus states to study the diseases of the
spection each year of the growing
plants and upon these Investigations
and reports are based the methods of
control of the diseases and the better
ment of the grain yield. The cost is
borne by the states and the federal
government.
The study of the control of smut is
one Of the most important, this dis
ease being found in oats, barley and
wheat Among the experts in the
party were Prof. l.. r. Jones, head Of
the plant pathology department of the
Wisconsin University, M. A. Carlton,
Washington. H. B. Hughes, head of
agricultural experiment station, was
also in the party, as were also the
emergency food experts of Dodge and
Jefferson counties, and Prof. A. l..
Stone of Dane county.
Crops Look Fine.
Mr. Vaughan remarked to a News
reporter that the crops in this section
of Wisconsin were in most excellent
condition and with the exception of
corn, which still has chance to ripen
would be most bountiful yield. The
stands of rye, winter wheat, oats and
barley are most excellent and if moth
inf happens between now and harvest
will be bumper crops.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-11
ANWEILER TO
START GAME
NEXT SUNDAY

Bert Anweiler will be on the mound
for the Goslings next Sunday when
they will face the Mike Neuens team
of Milwaukee The latter have not been
making a track record of late but they
are expected here with a double load
of artillery with which to fetch down
the birds. WATERFOWL cannot afford to
lose this game, but if the Milwaukee
men can cop the game and like disas-
tiers follow in the State Central league
there is no telling who will be at the
top of the percentage column after
the scores are counted.
Manager Kronitzs is j arranging a
game with GAINESVILLE for Tuesday,
August IA. At least GAINESVILLE wants
Watertown there during the progress
of their race meet and fair. Whether
or not the Goslings will go will be de-
cided after the game next Sunday, as
it is a week day date and some of the
players may not be able to leave their
occupations.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-11
WAR PROHIBITION HITS
LARGE CHICAGO FIRM

Chaplin & Gore of Chicago, one of
the largest whisky manufacturing con-
Germs in the country, is going out of
business, according to announcement by
Charles H. Hermann, president of the
firm and directing head of the National
Distillers and Wholesale Liquor Deal
ers' association. The concern has been
in business there sixty years and in
recent years it's gross income was over
100000 year. Hermann declares
that the supply-about 200,O00,000
gallons of whisky-would not last
more than year. He predicted that
1000 saloonkeepers in Chicago would
be forced out of business. Charles H.
H. Hermann is native Milwaukeean
He is a brother Of Joseph and Adolph
Ornstine of Milwaukee, having chang
ed his name after several years resi-
dence in Chicago.