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The Washington times., 1917-08-13
Knox Hurries Away.

He turned away. unable TO endure
the sight. white as death. sick with
fear and dread. he took a step
toward the exit-hIs ono idea to es-
cane before he should hear tho thud
and splash that must mark the end
Of Pearls worldly existence.
The High Priestess smiled ana
made no attempt TO stop him. But
she called after him with grim en-
phAGIs these words:
what Is happening TO her Is the
penalty for treachcry 20 the sacroo
order of the Violet God''
"But she hasn't the diamond and
neither have /. Richard Carslnko
has IL! Why don't you mRks him
payT" Easped Knox from the
threshold.
The High Priestess waved aside
his words
Richard carslake's time will
come" che said. Meanwhile. re-
membsr-thIs Is your last day"
With an effort he tore his eyes
away from the resolute Priestess-
from the determined Arabs who sur
rounded her-from the helpless Eirl
who hung there over the steaminE
boiler-and. trembling with fear. he
ned.
The Washington times., 1917-08-13

The cause for this outburst7
Gertrude applied for position In
the movies recently. She suddenly
set her heart on the work and de-
termIned that all her chance lay
there. At first glance her test pic
lures looked most. attractive-and
then q tragedy was revealed. There
was a slight cast in Gertrude's eyes.
No one who looked at those marvel
lous blue eyes had noticed it-but
the camera told the story. And
Gertrude had a new chance for
misery.
tia all a matter of accident. II
life happens to shut you off from
one Of the things you want prob
ably II makes possible for you sew
oral of the other desires OF your
heart II you are one Of those
people who has one great, supreme
desire you will get II. But II you
are OF the diffused and uncertain
modern type and want q dozen
things. why torture over the fact
that seven or eight OF them are out
OF your reach7
An otherwise charming young
woman OF my acquaintance has a
bad habit OF having a new trouble
about which to rail and rave each
time you meet her. At nrst you
pity her-she seems picked out for
martyrdom-a modern and feminine
edition OF Job. Then you wish she
hadn't such an unvarying contribu-
ton OF gloom to bring to the at
mosphere. Next you get a little
bored and annoyed. and finally you
go miles to avoid the svsr-cOm-
planning Eleanor.
There are women who make
themselves perfectly miserable over
a wrinkle in the back OF the new
dress. There are individuals who
manage to look on the black side OF
everythinE-but most OF them are
women. Nine men out OF ten are
irrepressibls optlmlsts about their
own luck. In the face of failure
upon failure, they 20 on expecting
to work things out right some day
to have a lucky bunch" next
time.
And women galore criticize tAA.
The Washington times., 1917-08-13
Anecdotes of the Famous

"oh. look at those rough Iadsl
That's Father stanton's influence"
1t wasn't my influence at all: II
was the influence OF the buns and
the glass OF milk.
Then the service began. and we
had that Litany of Monro's CThe
Story OF the Crosse. and they ALI
sang II. and when we got to the
last section beginning:
"oh. I will follow Thee.
Star Of my soul.
Through the deep shades OF life
To tho goal"
They all sang tho last word as
"gaol:" and. upon my word. before
tho next Good Friday every one OF
EN- had been in gaoll
The Washington times., 1917-08-13

(ENERTRUDE is pretty girl
- 1t might almost be safe to
" call her a beauty. She Is
clever and she has thoroughly con-
genial work to do. 1t pays her well
and she knows how to spend the
money to her own Identification
and for her own enjoyment. She
has soft blue eyes which look up
with an appeal guaranteed to get
almost anything from anybody.
She has wonderful black hair which
arrests attention and gives her the
centre of the stage.
Gertrude never notices the hair
and eyes. She IL short and she
rather mIserRbly longs to be tall.
She has no social position and she
wildly yeArns TO know the best
people" Her own family is rather
lacking In cultue. and Gertrude
breads the day when a world which
appreciates her cleverneSs shall
realize that her own people are not
brilliant and cultured.
Gertrude has health and con-
genial work and brains and charm
of manner and friends. She has
everything in the world-sxcept a
capacity for happiness.
There are q great many Ger
trudes In the world. and all OF them
have an absolute genius for ex-
tracing the full measure OF misery
out of their situation.
II there 10 one man on her hori-
son who is completely indifferent
to Gertrude. on him she must set
her heart and over him she insists
on breaking II. II there Is one po-
sItlon to which Gertrude cannot
possibly aspire that Is the one she
must long for.
Fate never gives me anything.
All the prizes are given out when
I'm not around, and II / were I'd
never get the one ! want" says
Gertrude. bitterly. / just naturally
have all the bad luck there IL. I've
only got to want a thing in order
not to get It. l tell you fate's
against me-" she murmurA. diScon-
SolAtsly,
The Washington times., 1917-08-13
Queer Army Superstition

The most gsnsrAlly-scceptsd super
stltion among soldiers IL that OF the
danger Of using one match to light
three cigarettes. II IL q crime al
most for anyone to light the cigarettes
OF two companions with the match he
has Just used to light his own. The
reason. It 10 said, 10 that such an
action means the speedy death Of
one II not all three OF the group.
In proof many stories are told, but
one In particular. A group OF mSn
was bleted In q house Iar back from
the battle-lins There had not been
. shell dropped In the village for
several weeks 4 recruit suddenly
passed a box Of cigarettes among his
nCWly-found friends He struck q
match. and before any In the group
had realized II three cigarettes had
been lighted. When Il dawnsd on the
group what had occurred there was
a deep silence for fully a minute. ThO
offender on being reproved tried to
laugh bis fears away but he couldn't
Two hours later the nrst shell in
weeks struck the billet. and the light
er Of the three cigarettes with the
one match was instantly killed
The Washington times., 1917-08-13

VToU and 1 would not like boys to win their
spurs this battlefield in spite Of the fact
- that we give our fullest admiration to this
keen and energetic little tradesman.
He Is an expert in his line. He slips through the
moving traffic. lodging between automobiles. duck
ing under heads and sells his paper under the
very nose Of a rival vendor.
His shrill little voice rises above the rumble
clangor screech and thunder that constitute the med
ley OF the city street. Wherever a penny is to be
made he makes It Whatever energy grit, persever-
ance and determination accomplish in the sell
ing OF newspapers. he accomplishes. We can all
The Washington times., 1917-08-13

In the Right Hon. c. W. Russelrs
recently published life Of Father
Stanton there is a capital story of
how the famous curate of st. AL
bans coaXed a number Of lads from
the slums of Saffron Hill to a Good
Friday service by the gift OF a
couple of hot cross buns and a glass
of milk apiece.
They all turned up (said Father
stanton) clean and tidy as I'd never
seen 'em before. and they all
marched Into church into front
row. and all knelt down q can't
imagine who taught them; Ihadn't).
and one OF the good sisters who
saw them said:
The Washington times., 1917-08-13

take a leaf from this boys book when have DIFF
ncult piece Of work ahead of
The boy in the picture has been practically self
supporting for several years. He has q perfect
genius for avoiding the compulsory education law.
but his education has stood still for all that He
could give you the personal history and professional
record Of every baseball and prize ring champion in
the land.
His active little brain teens with the doings Of
the devotees Of football. hockey, diving. swimming.
running and all that he CLEAN from his papers
the science Of aeronautcs is the tip OF his tongue
In fact, everything that this enterprising little
citizen has had opportunity to learn he has
learned. 1t is for this reason that count him
among the Best Society--the society composed Of
those who do their best
The Washington times., 1917-08-13
Mirage.
By Jane Mclean.

r ordinary city street.
SPRAYING its dusty length beneath the sun.
Its pavement grilling in the Summer heat.
Deserted and untrod by everyone.
But suddenly a shaft OF rosy light,
Caught from q parasol far down the way,
Made all the dingy atmosphere seem bright,
And touched with flame the city's sordid gray.
Long after II had vanished down the street.
A rosy softness fingered all about.
II one whose life is barren inds 1t sweet
70 build air castles when the lights are out
The Washington times., 1917-08-13
SYNOPSIS

Pearl standish, richest girl in
America. is accused OF having in
her possession The Violet Dia-
mond Of Daroon." She knows moth
in of the gem. which Is eagerly
sought by the followers OF the
Violet God OF Daroon. led by tho
High Priestess Of the order. They
dispatch one of their number.
Nicholas Knox to get the gem or
suffer death. II holds up Pearl. and
she promises TO help him. Knox
has the setting. and Pearl. knowing
that her father bought the stone in
the Far East. asks Richard Carslake.
his secretary at that time, TO call
and tell her about Il. Carslake
calls, sees the setting and takes II
away at the point OF a gun. Later
the Priestess and her Arabs ap-
pear and he loses It Pearl and
Knox In their search for the dia-
mond have many narrow escapes.
Tom Carleton. a reporter. saves
them. Tom persuades Pearl to draw
Knox out in an effort to learn the
mystery connected with the Violet
Diamond. but she IL not successful.
Meanwhile a mysterious lady calls
on Knox and tells him the new
whereabouts OF Carslake. Pearl and
Tom ind him and secure the Violet
Diamond. Pearl insists on going
10 the temple with II. There Knox
tries 70 take II from her. but she
puts Il IN a vase and hurls the vase
TO the street, where Carslake picks
up the gem. Meanwhile Pearl IL
held for punishment by the Priest
ess-
lNoY.lIE.d from the Paths Photo.
The Washington times., 1917-08-13
Mars Nearing the Earth.

MARS which haven't heard much about lately Is be-
ginning to nearer the earth again and, before
sunrise morning. will be only about threequar
tiers of degree north of the waning old moon 1t is
conjunction worth seeing.
The Washington times., 1917-08-13
By Fred Jackson.
Episode vi.

Ecspyr4Eht. 1917. b. Fred JEekSoa. all riEhtS
ressrvsd.l
ToM CARLETON came to in the
street outside the Temple OF
the Violet God. to sit up
slowly and stare about him In oomi-
sal dIsmRy. Al first he HAD not the
GliEhtsdl idea where he was or why
he was there. Then-as things
bsEar recurring to him vaguely
As he began 10 rscall-a scream
from Pearl inside the Temple
brought him swiftly to his feet.
Now he remembered!
a ssOSRd scream. more shIlll aud
The Washington times., 1917-08-13

laden with terror than the nrst
stirred him to action.
Investigating. he discovered that
the sound came from a barred win
dow some distance above him. and
he began instantly to climb the
wall nearby.
At the first and second attempts
he failed to make Roadway. but the
third time he tried he succeeded in
clinRing to the windowslll Of the
very room in which Pearl was held.
And as he chung there he slowly
raised himself until his head came
above the level Of the sill, and he
was able to see within.
The sight that met his eyes
chilled his blood.
Pearl, bound and gagged now, so
that her screams could not attract
possible rescuers. hung over the
caldron OF boiling lead. The rope
which was fastened TO her ankles
and by which she could be raised or
lowered. according to her cRptors'
pleasure. now ran direct direct from
the pulley IN the ceiling through the
doorway into the adjoining room.
There was no one in the room with
her.
The Priestess had hit upon q
devilishly ingenious manner OF
drawing out the agony and stlll in
surfing PEARLS certain death by I'M
mersion in the boiling metal. After
Pearls FIRST scream. whsn 4 silken
scarf had been brought to gag her.
the High PrIostess had ordered:
A Terrible Threat.
Bring the cage OF rats-and a jar
Of the sweet paste that they like so
muohr'
Two OF her AdhsFents hurrisdly
obeyed her commands. and when the
rats and the sticky paste had been
brought before her she had directed:
Garry the rope into the next
room and nail the end to the moor
Let Il run through the rat cage In
it's course, and let that part OF tho
rope which runs through the caEo
be smeRrod with the sweetIsh
pAster
Knox IIstsnsd with terror to these
orders
what IL your intention now?''
he asked nerVously. unable TO MAIN
tain q discreet silence.
You shall seer the Priestess had
replied ErImly. and what you shall
see may perhaps inspire in you An
sAgerness TO carry out your mis-
sion snd recover the violet diamond.
For q death ne lSHG awful than this
The Washington times., 1917-08-13
The Surrender of Manila.

JUST nineteen years ago to-day Manila surrendered to
the Americans having held out from the first of May,
when Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet In 1874 Manila
sacked by the Chinese and in 1852 sacked by the
English. Under American protection it has made vast
strides in municipal improvement
The Washington times., 1917-08-13

lNoveliEed from the Paths Photo
Play The Fatal RinE")
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EDITH CAVELL
FUND STARTED

At a regular meeting of the Graduate
Nurses Club of Honolulu last night,
fund was started for an Edith Cavell"
bed to be kept up by this club in the
creche which Honolulu proposes to
support in Belgium for Belgian babies.
Mrs J. S. Emerson, whose work in
allied war relief causes never ceases,
addressed the nurses on the great need
of Belgian children. Mrs. Emerson
laid stress on the fact that this creche
is not to be for the illegal children of
German officers and soldiers who have
forced motherhood on many Belgian
women, but for the children of Belgian
men and women in that portion of Bel
GUM which has not been conquered.
The fathers Of many of these children
are at the front The nurses respond
ed by contributing each one her share
of the fund. That the entire amount
necessary to buy the bed and bedding
was not collected was due to the fact
that it was the wish of the club to
allow the members who could not at.
tend last nights meeting to make their
contributions, as the bed is to be the
gift of the entire club
After Mrs. Emersons address, all
visitors. withdrew and the business of
the meeting followed. Miss Elizabeth
Dutot, as the president for the ensuing
year, was elected without opposition.
Other officers will be elected at the
next meeting.
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MAYOR BACKS
HOLT FOR JOB
OFPARk SUPT.
Fern Thinks 1t is Expensive to
City to Keep Vierra in
Position

Public discussion az to the rei9iTe
merits OF the two aspirants for the
position of park and Fairgrounds
superintendent Is earnestly desired BY
Supervisor e A. Mott-Smith, upon
whose vote hinges the reappointmsnt
OF A. X. Vierra, the present superin-
tendeEt. A meeting to discuss this
matter was held Saturday afternoon
in Mr. Mott.Smith's office. Present
were Mayor Fern and Supervisors
Mott-Smith. Petrie, Mcclellan and
Bellina Supervisors Hollinger. Arnold
and AHA, not having been notified OF
the meeting, were absent.
In the discussion Mayor Fern
made clear his reasons for not wish
ing to reappoint A. X. Vierra, which
reasons have to do not only with the
fact that he. as mayor. has a right to
make his own appointments. but with
his belief that a change would be an
economical move for the city.
Under the present plan." said the
mayor. the park superintendent, MIR.
Vier-a, has to keep o man at kapio-
lani park at a big salary - AI5 .
month-to do the work that should be
attended to by the park superfnten-
dent himself. while he. the park super
intendent, takes from the building In
spector duties that rightly should be-
long I, the inspector Of buildings,
leaving the last official too little TO do.
My idea 10 to give back to the build
ing inspector the right. to appoint
tanitors and oversee all the school
and other county buildings, and put
man in as park superintendent who ~
capable OF supervising the planting or
trees and the general work OF keep.
ing a public park in condition. Valen-
tine Holt, have been reliably INFORM
ed, IL capable OF doing this work.
Seen this morning the mayor con-
iirmed these remarks, and added tn
he wanted to be perfectly Just and @
make no move, that would not be TO
the cityss advantage. He believed, he
said, that by appointing Val Holt the
position now held by John Wise could
be eliminated, and the city saved the
amount Of Mr.. Wise's salary.
Mr.. Mott-Smith, caught Just a. he
was getting ready to leave for Ha.
wall, said: SsThe meeting Saturday
was to decide, II possible, upon a park
superintendent. Personally, my choice
lies between Vierra and Valentine
Holt. l should like very much to
have publicly discussed by the people
and in the papers the comparative
merits of these two men. want to
see the position held by the better OF
the two men, but so far have been
unable to decide whether Mr.. Vierra
or Mr.. Holt is the better fitted for the
Job. / should like to havesthe matter
summed up for me while I am aways
so can make a decision az soon % ]
return" -'-: -. Z. z-es-.s-s -
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DREDGING WORK
Limited To 8
HOURS, ruling
Harbor Board 0verruIeS Chair
mans Request in Behalf
of Hawaii Company

Against the advice of its chairman,
W. r. Hobby, the territorial har6or
board at a meeting shortly before
noon today. refused to grant request
OF the Hawaiian Dredging Co. to work
"a hours instead Of eight hours a day,
thus establishing what is considered
a most important precedent.
Speaking to the board just before
votes were taken, Chairman Hobby ex-
pressed his belief that the boards de-
cision would count decidedly in the
future in the cheapening or raising
of contractors prices, and he urged
the board, despite objections which he
believed were in the Hawaiian Dredg-
ing Company's request, not to go on
record as refusing 24-hour permit.
Walter F. Dillingham;. president Of
the company, spoke at length In the
meeting, and declared to the commits
sioners that refusal of this sort would
fold back" on them, and that they
would eventually pay for it.
Commissioner W. H. Mcclellan
stood with Chairman Hobby, and
against them were Commissioners
James Wakefield and c. ]. Mccarthy.
Mr.. McClellan's motion that the re-
quest be granted was lost for want OF
a second. while a second motion from
Commissioner McCarth that the re-
quest be not granted met a tie vote.
Thus it was that a previous decision
OF the board opposing the granting
Of the request proved the final decid'
ing factor in the case.
Charges that the Hawaiian ,Dredg'
ing Company had loitered for months
on the job, between Piers Is and Is,
were fired across the gallery rail at
the company officials by Commits
sioner Mccarthy. t
81 am absolutely opposed to grant
ing anything other than what is in the
contract" declared Mccarthy. II don't
consider. that the company is entitled
to such permission as 1T seeks here. "
Mr.. Dillingham; stated that 1t was
the first time in Is years work for
army, navy and territory-work which
had mounted to more than $4,000, 900
that such a request Lad been re.
fused.
There was no other place that he
knew Of, Mr.. Dillingham; said, where
the 24-hour' request was refused. The
eight.hour clause was inserted merely
to insure announcement by a dredg-
ing company Of its intention to work
at night.
Commissioner Wakefield said con.
tractors are always coming in for spe-
cial requests and that he, for one was
heartily tired of it."
Mr.. Dillingham; asserted emphaticaL
ly that no special request" was be.
ing made, and that the work would
be finished on time-December Is.
The general opposition expressed by
board members to the request was
that dredging had not been continued
steadily in the six months allowed.
but the company officials argued this
point was not at issue 80 long as the
work is finished on time. Dredging
had been done at the start where
needed, they said.
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CHARLEY DOLE
E|NLISTSIN ARMY
TO do HIS Bit
Arguments Fine War Service of
Long Line of Brothers
Noted in Athletics

Charles C. Dole, atatorney of Kauai
nephew Of Judge Sanford B. Dole, and
member of the famous Dole family OF
college athletes, is enlisting in the
regular army in his determination to
get into active service for his country.
Charley" Dole, as he Is widely
known throughout the islands, came
from Kauai with the national guard
for the recent encampment, and re.
NAMED here because of his resolve to
enlist. He has been passed physically
for enlistment in Company NJ, End In.
fantry, Fort Shafter.
Dole was first OF the song line of
Cole boys who helped Stanford Uni.
versity's athletic teams to many a vic.
tory en- the football and baseball field
on the Cin3er track and in the rowing
she'll There are 10 of these boys,
every one Of them an athlete of cham.
pionship cabiler. The first two went
to Cornell, the family living in Hawaii
at that time. Charley was the first OF
the brothers to attend Stanford. Later
the Doles moved from Hawaii to
Riverside, California, and from the
pioneer days Of Stanford up to a couple
Ct yeats ago, there was always a Dole
or two attending college and making
not only great athletic but fine scholar.
ship records.
OF the 10 boys, more than half are
row in active service for Uncle Sam
during the war. Every week or so
Charley hears of another brother who
hae gone into some branch of war
activity.
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faeture bread and cell Il only In tho
following specified weights, OF null.
kipIes thereof which shall be net
weights, unWrapped, II hours after
baking:
10 ounce units (not to run over II
ounces).
% ounce units mot to run over 25Ia
ounees).
Rule 2. The Iieersee shall manu-
facture rolls and offer them for sale
only in units weighing from I to
ounces, but no rolls shall be manu-.
featured Or offered for sale which
shall weigh, unwrapped, 12 hours after
baking, less than I ounce or more than
3 ounces.
Rule 3. The standard weights here
in prescribed shall be determined by
averaging the weight Of not less than
rs ioaVes Of bread Of any one unit, or
five dozen rolls Of any one unit, and
such average shall not be less than
the minimum nor more than the maxi.
mum prescribed by these rules and
regulations for such units.
ingredients Limited
Rule 4-The Iicensee in mixing any
dough for bread or rolls shall not use
the following ingredients In amounts
exceeding these specified below, per
unit Of 1856 pounds Of any flour, or
meal Or any mixture thereof:
Sugar: Not to exceed 3 pounds Of
cane or beet sugar or in lieu thereof,
3La pounds Of corn sugar. Where
sweetened condensed milk is used, the
Iieensee, in determining the permitted
amount Of sugar, shall deduct the ad.
ded sugar contents Of such condensed
milk from the net amount of other
sugar, Of the kinds herein designated.
Milk: Not to exceed six pounds Of
fresh milk from which the butter fats
have been extracted, or the equiva-
lent thereof.
Shortening: No shortening shall be
used except as follows: Not to ex.
coed 2 pounds Of "eompounds" con.
tanning not more than Is per cent Of
animal fats.
In lieu Of such "eompounds" the o..
eensee may use not to exceed
pounds Of vegetable fats.
The icensee In making any bread or
rolls shall not add any sugars or fats
to the dough during the process Of
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sTAR.sulLETIN GIVES YOU
ToDAYs NEWS TODAY
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MAUI

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