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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-14
SMIDDY LAUGHS
At Charge OF
PRO-GERMANISM
Continued from page y

waste basket as soon as it reaches
ME about it. certainly will give my
side OF the affair
Back in May, 1914. prior TO his ap
pointment. Marshal Smlddy and sev-
craI other men perpetrated several
practical jokes On the sO-called Pau
ali street politicians Once, when
there was gathering In the office Of
7. J. Ryan, the marshal suggested
that several OF the pictures be turned
around with the faces toward the
wall This was done and all con.
cPrned had a good laugh on Ryan, who
even. up in the air" and elected the
crowd from his office.
1t happened that one OF the pictures
so turned was that OF President Will
son. and the marshal believes that his
political enemies have quietly circu-
lated a report that it was he who
turned this picture.
But, as a matter of fact, II was not
he. Marshal Smiddy says. who turned
the presidents picture. AS to it be
ing a pro-German act. Marshal Smiddy
simply laughs at that charge. He de-
clares it was nothing more than a
joke, and so does Albert Harris, clerk
CT federal court, who was there at
the time
Juen became bitter against the
marshal when the latter declined to
appoint him as chief deputy when he
took office. Harris got this position
and was later promoted to the clerk
ship. Heine. then second deputy
clerk, was given Harris position.
'Heine is just as loyal an American
AS one could find anywhere" declares
the marshal, commenting on the al
legation in the affidavit that the mar
shaI lis employing Germans"
Oleson, also said to be a signer Of
the affidavit, was discharged by Mar
shall Smiddy because he failed to do
his work properly as jantor in the
federal building Pierce is said to
have been "peeved" at the marshal
for the last several months.
District Attorney s. c. Huber, who
has been informed by the marshal of
the handing Of the affidavit to the
congressman, is strong in his praise
OF the manner in which Marshal
Smiddy has conducted his office. "He
has proved himself both loyal and
efficient in, all tasks l have requested
him to perform" declares Mr.. Huber.
I'm fact, / am sure one will find this
same loyalty and efficiency among all
the other federal officials"
Those who are purported to have
signed the affidavits are remaining
silent, but Marshal Smiddy asserts
he has nothing to conceal. 1t is re-
ported that more than one affidavit
have been sent to Washington, but
of this-the marshal knows nothing.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-14
SCHROEDER EVER
EAGERTOBOARD
China, IS GOSSIP
Deinat Big Rogue
CONTINUED from page y

was awful" one OF the port pilots d,
clared.
Deinat Big Rogue
The opinion was freely expressed
by others that Captain Deinat. or
BERNHARD, master OF the steamer Hot
satio, which was here ;or two and a
half years, was a bigger rogue than
was Captain Grasshot, commander Ok
the gunboat Geier.
%Those other fellows seemed 70 look
up to him for some reason" II waS
declared This may be explained BY
the fact that the Holsatio left Ger.
many in July. just a month before the
European war began. and may have
hal direct orders bearing on the con
duct Of the masters and crews Of com
mercial ships, and also those OF the
German navy In the event OF war
which nobody now doubts the German
war lords knew was coming.
Customs men believe the Holsatia
had a couple Of cases OF rifles aboard
and think they were not manifested
but were carried as a spec" for sale
by members Of the crew. SO far as
can be remembered these rifles were
not discovered after the seizure OF
the German boats and it is believed
they were thrown overheard outside
the harbor where the steamer was an
Chored for over a year.
1t is just year ago that the steam
er came into port during a kona and
tief UP at one Of the piers. permits
sioh afterwards being secured for her
to remain in until after Christmas.
She had a live snake aboard, curios-
itylhere which attracted much atten-
ton when exhibited.
- Later, when II was announced that
the government was going to have
pay for the wharfage Of the warbounj
German steamers, the master of the
Holsatia insisted that he be given
anchorage at a wharf, finally being
accommodated at the railroad WHAT
All. the small guns and shotguns
taken from the German ships have
been turned over to the army for safe
keeping, says Raymer Charpe Of the
customs force.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-14
ROYAL ARCH MASONS
ELECT new OFFICERS

At a meeting of Honolulu Chapter,
No. +, Royal Arch Masons, held last
evening, the following officers were
elected for 1918:
3 High priest, Thomas E. Wall; king,
Irwin Spalding; scribe, John A. Pal
-mer; treasurer, James r. n. Mac
Lean; secretary, James L. Friel; cap
tain, of the hosts, John K Clarke: prin-
cipal sojourner, Edwin Hughes; Royal
Arch captain, William Patty: master of
the third veil, Dexter Fraser; master
of the second veil, Benjamin Clarke;
master of the first veil, Clarence Ash
ford; tyler, Thomas Hughes.
Helen Brion, IS years old, teacher
in an infant school in Paris, has been
arrested, charged with carrying on an
ti-militarist propaganda.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-14
STORM DRAINS BARRED
!. TO SAFEGUARD CHILDREN

Bars have been placed across the
mouths Of the storm drains in the
Moiliili district where previously
children might have been swept into
the bitches. This work was perform.
ed by the city engineers department
following notification by a resident
Qf the danger Of leaving the drains
openeso that children could fall into
them.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-14
R0DlEK AND KLEBAHN
STILL MEMBERS C.. OF C.

George Rodiek and F. w. Klebahn
are still members Of the Honolulu
Chamber of Commerce and no effort
has yet been made to take their
names from the roll. This information
was obtained at the chamber this
morning
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-14
Patterns PhOne5777

With the issuance of the new tele-
phone book, Patten Co., Ltd, appear
under their own firm name with the
number 5777. Hitherto A. B. Arleigh
& Co., the old firm name only, has
anpeared.=AdY.
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WALL-DOUGHERTY
Will Be open
accommodation of Christmas shoppers.
ADV.

In order to repair a rambler of fire
hydrants in that district the water
will be shut off by the waterworks de-
partment from 9 o'clock to II O'Clock
tonight on Lunalilo street from Kapi-
olani to Pensacola, Victoria street
from Lunalilo to Green, Green street
from Thurston to Wilder, and Wilder
STRAIT from Thnrstnn To Eaaaumok,
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NEW SCHOOL FOR PALAMA

The PaIama Educational House VIII
build Z school to cost s132S and an out
house TO cost $500 en- theis mas.ka
side Of Parker lane near Lilihah strssL
The permit was issued this morning
by the building inspectors office.
William Meyers, Jr.I was granted "a
permit to build cottage to cost $500
on the south side of Monsarrat road
near Campbell avenue. James T.
Taylor is To erect flower house on
the Waikiki side of Park road near
Puiwa street to cost $500. o. Kubo
Was granted a permit to build three
cottages to cost $3.50 each on the
Diamond Head side Of Kanuwai street
near Waialae road. =. s..s.tt ~
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-14

Mr.. Richard Wilson has been select
ed mayor of Henley-on-Thames for the
ensuing year. He is a nephew of the
outgoing mayor, Alderman w. Hamil-
ton.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-14

The exhibition OF paintings of d
Howard Hitchcock at his studio al
Laniakea isl attracting much interest
from lovers Of good work. He has
some particularly fine beaches Of
windward Oahu. r.. =. HI.
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@4Ets!9s@8
HELP WANTED.

Clerks, apply letter or in lecson only.
Post laundry, Schofield. 6968-3t
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was awful" one OF the port pilots d,
clared.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-22
RILEY WAS SENSITIVE.
Why He Stopped Reciting One of fila
Poems In Pubic.

CAS- an illustration OF Riiey's sensi
tive nature" said Melville e. Stone,
"Jim and | went alone to the theater
longed to the Saints and Sinners Cor
ner. He was playing The Poor Rela-
ton In the play was q scene where
Russell took a young boy and put him
In q barrel while be removed his trot.-
sers to mend them. The audience
reared with laughter Mt the comic sit,
uatlon. Next to me in the box sat
James Whitcomb Riley, sobbing as il
his heart would break. He saw no
humor IN the plight of the little boy.
To him it was pathos.
he, like Eugene Field, was devoted
to children. He loved them, but he
loved them urtistIcally. / am not sure
that personally-that is. mind you,
hanging to a mans coattails-tlley Ell
Their of them wanted children around.
They lacked the patience necessary for
daily contact with children. Riley and
Field could write heartbreattng verse
in respect Of children and put into
lieln I'm DlOIIllidLG amount Oh human
sympathy, but so far as l know this
was at arms length from the young
sters themselves, especially In Fields
case. Riley was ever exceedingly sym
pathetic. One evening Jim was recit-
ing his poem, "A Happy Little Cripple
before Il large audience. lie had scarce.
ly begun the lines
I'm thist "a little crippled boy an never
goin' TO grow
An git a great big man at all. cause
aunty told me SO,
When l was thist a baby onc't l failed
out Of the bed
An got the curv'ture of the splne'-'at'a
what the doctor said
when he noticed a man and a woman
In the audience leaving the hall. He
made irquiry and found out that they
had a little lame child OF their own
much like the one be was describing.
he resolved never TO recire that poem
in public again"-New York Post.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-22
YOUR LAST CHANCE

Recently we published in these
columns an offer Of The Youths Com
panion and McCall's Magazsne, both
for a full year, for only So 10, lnclud-
ing a Mccall Dress Pattern. The
high price of paper and ink has OBJ
liged McCall's Magazine to raise
their subscription price February |
to 10 cents a copy and IS cents q year
80 that the offer at the above price
must be withdrawn.
Until March 81 u readers have
the privilege of ordering both puhli-
iicstions for a full year, including
the choice of any 10 cent Mccall
Dress Pattern, for only 50, 10,
The amount of reading. infoFma
ton and entertainment contained IN
the fifty two issues OF the Youths
Companion and the value OF twelve
monthly fashion numbers of McC8ll's
at 81. 10 offer a real bargain ~to,every
reader of this paper.
The two at-oue price offer includes:
The Youths Companion-52 issues.
2 1917 Companion Home Calendar,
3 McCall's Magaziue-l2 numbers.
a l5.cent Mccall dress pattern, your
choice from your Grat copy of Nc
Calls, if you send a 2-cent stamp
with your selection.
THE YOUTHS COMPANION,
s.. Paul St. Boston. Mass.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-22
WARsHlP FIGHTING TOPS.
They Are Now Mainly Used For Sentry
and Signaling Work.

and Signaling Work.
Lord Nelson was killed by a musket
ball fired from the crosstrees of his
French antagonist. Because of this
fighting tops came into existence and,
being developed to keep pace with
other parts Of naval construction, con
tinue to be a traditional feature Of the
worlds navies.
A century ago, when fighting men
marines, boarding parties, gun W
crowded the upper decks of a warship,
q sharpshooter posted aloft picked off
many a man. But a big ~battlesbip in
action today shows not u mark t, the
man In the fighting top.
In the days when it still remained
possible for boatloads of armed men
to swarm UP the sides and board q
fighting ship plunging shots were drop
ped from the lighting top. But with
great steel walls ~overhanging the
waves and never an accommodation
ladder swung out for their welcome it
ts impossible for unlimited guests to
set foot on the modern deck.
AAC Suplulu VI the lighting Top is
usually in control Of flag, semaphore
and Photograph signaling, leaving the
wireless to an invisible operator in
termed somewhere in the ships vitals.
He is the sentry against small iaquisi-
tive craft and may enforce his orders
by the rattle of a light quick firer.
He has the outlook, reports and cues
lions passing ships and has virtues as
q detective against spies. His func-
lions, however, are limited. He Is not
high enough placed to see the subma-
rine creeping along a score Of feet be-
meath the surface or to note it's wake
Of broken water.
The fighting top In In big cruisers
quite a massive affair and no longer
the tiny breastwork behind which the
picked rifemen OF the ancents knelt.
A duplicate set of range finders Is us,-
ally kept there and used to check Off
the work Of the experts in the fire con
troi tower. There are light quick firers
and machine guns, possibly also a high
angle gun or two for use against air
craft.-pearson's.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-22
RURAL CREDIT LAW
MAKES MONEY CHEAP
High interest Agencies Rush to
Reduce Rate to Farmers.
BIGGER LOANS AT LESS COST

Effect of New Administration Act
Strongly Felt, Although Law Is Not
Vet la Operation-Will Reduce In
terest on Land Loans to Less Than
5 Per Cent.
The effect of the new rural credit
law, passed by the Democratic Ad-
ministration, already is being felt in
lower interest rates, although the land
banks have not yet been organized.
Testimony to this effect is being given
at the hearings held by the Federal
Farm Loan Board in various western
cities.
AT the hearings in Nebraska, numer
Jus farmers stated that interest rates
in the homesteading section of that
State already have been reduced from
one to two per cent. by the prospective
competition of the thirty to forty-year
loans that the land banks soon will be
making.
The average loan that an insurance
company OF other agency would make
N a 64O-acre Kinkaid claim was ST.
600. The commission deducted from
this left the farmer $3.50. He'paid in
terest at from 8 to 10 per CEN for five
years on $1,000, making his average
net interest rate from II to 10 per
cent.
This now is. stopped by the coming
competition of the new rural credit
law. Loan agents are rushing into
Nebraska to make ive-year loans at
lower rates, to forestall the operation
of the new law. a
The farmers of the West. who have
suffered exorbitant interest rates for
years, are not worrying about the
banks. Their testimony before the
Farm Loan Board showed that they
are enthusiastic Owe the new law, and
ready to help put it In successful oper-
alton.
The new farm loan act provides
meats by which farmers can form Co
operative or joint stock associations,
and borrow from the regional Federal
Farm Loan Bank on the security of
their land. Ten farmers can form one
of these associations. They can Dor
row up to so per cent. of the value of
their land, for a period running up to
forty years,
The loan is repayable in small an
nual instalments. or can be paid in full
at any time, The estimated interest
rate is 3 per cent. The farmer who
b rrows will share in the profits of the
business, thereby reducing his interest
rate to Il still lower figure.
The Democratic National Committee
has issued from it's headquarters, at
No. 80 East Forty-second trcet. New
York, a pamphlet for free distribution,
fully explaining the rural credits law.
1t may be obtained from your Demo
cratic State OF County Committee.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-22
oriuina! Home of Wslshrnen,

Jutland was probably the original
home of our Kymric ancestors. rs vel
as Cat a later period of some so called
Saxon invaders. 1t was peoplel in
classical times by the Cimhri, iaenti-
fed by ethnologists with the Cymry.
or modern Welshmen. The Germans
magnanimously declined to annex Jut-
land with Schleswig-Holstein 1t was
then considered a worthless waste of
moors, sand dunes and marshes But
the industrious Danes have transform
ell what Il English traveller styIod "a
forsaken Wilderness" into the most
prosperous pastoral countries OF west
ern Westminster Gazette.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-22
Notice to Contractors

Sealed bids will be received at the
County Auditors office until 3 o'clock
p. 10, April 3rd, 1917, for engine to
pull elevated grader aud blade grad
er on road work on the automobile
road in east half of She county. Bids
must be for engine and al help re-
quired in running engine and grader
per hour. Bids may also be sub
mitted for doing this work per day.
j. 7. Erickson,
County Auditor.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-22
ne nPoor Land"

THAT land of yours was mighty poor
whom you bought it," Il friend of ours
remarked to the wide awake owner Of
a beautiful farm we passed the other
day, whereupon the owner delivered
himself Of a faithful saying aud wsr
thy of al acccptatton-or mighty near
" so. you're mistaken" he said
There's not any poor land when yoa
manage it right" 1t is Il true rule Chat
there is more in the man than there js
"a the l0nd."-progressiye Farmer.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-22
hnnleu and stannnsnn.

w. e. Henley once met Robert Louis
Stevenson aud found his friend dis
tressed because he was not a Voltatre
or a Dumas, though he had an equip
ment which ought to have made him
their peer. Stevenson put his failure"
down to the weakness of his lungs
Perhaps you are right, Louis said
Henley. I've always felt that if / had
not been d blessed cripple l could have
taken the earth in my hand and hurled
1t into the sun"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-22
CHAMPION TREE FELL-ERs.
Beavers Are More Expert Than the
Best Lumseriaeks.

Beavers Are More Expert Than the
Best Lumserjacks.
The most expert lumberjack is in
ferior to the beaver as a tree Teller.
He cuts down trees in the most scien-
tifc way. He can fell a tree so 1t VIII
fall toward the pond where he wishes
to construct his home, thus saving
himself unnecessary work.
After the trees are felled the CON
strUction work begins. He works
chiefly by night, for he is a nocturnal
prowler, The moon is his lantern, the
quiet of the night his inspiration, his
sharp teeth are his Ratchet and chisel,
and his little paws are his means Of
conveyance, his spade, his hammer
and his trowel. His hard, fiat hairless
and scaly tail is a propeller When
swimming and q balance when he is
cutting timber, for he stands on his
hind legs while gnawing down trees.
The beaver is a strict vegetarian,
and his diet consists chiefly of barks,
tender shoots and water plants.
10 flood low grounds the beavers
sometimes have to build a dam ex-
ceeding fifty feet in length. They
usually lay it out with the curve fac
ing upstream. The Foundation is built
of poles four or five feet long by an
inch or two thick. These they lay
crosswise, filing all crevices with mud.
The beaver digs up mud with his
fore feet, then holds it close to his
breast with his fore legs, swims to
where he has started his dam, and
! having deposited it in its proper place
beats the mud down with his paws
not with his tail, as has been believed
st. Nicholas.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-22
S Per Cent on Guaranteed
Deposits:

Interest payable semi-annually on
TIME CERTIFICATE of DEPOSIT
running six months, one year, or
longer. DEPOSITS in this Bank
are GUARANTEED against loss by
the GUARANTEED FUND of the
State of SOUTH DAKOTA.
AMERICAN EXCHANGE BANK,
Pierre, S. D.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-22
Raisins as Food.

AS a producer of energy the raisin is
a marvel. One pound Of raisins In this
respect, a.2ording to a doctor, will
more than equal "a pound OF beef or
five pounds of fish, two pounds of eggs,
four pounds OF potatoes, two quarts Of
milk, half Il peck Of apples or a dozen
bananas" And the advantage of the
sugar In the raisin is that it is almost
Immediately digested, assi1nilated and
transformed into energy.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-22
What Nothino is,

II any man thinks that he can cor
ceiye well enough how there should be
nothing, ] will engage that what he
means by nothing Is as much ONE
thing as anything that he ever thought
of in his life, and ! believe that If he
knew what nothing was it would be
in%tuitisely evident TO him that it could
not be. Absolute nothing is the ag-
gregate of all the contradictions in the
world.-Jonafhan Edwards.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-22

There are places where the direction
of a plumb line is not vertical. Irregu-
larities of density in the crust Of the
globe may produce this phenomenon.
A remarkable instance in point was
found in the island of Porto Rico,
whore the deviation from the vertical
is so great that in mapping the island
the northern and southern coast lines,
as shown in the older maps, had each
to be moved inward half a mile
Scientific American.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-22
Power OF the Press.

The productions of the press, fast as
steam can make and carry them, go
abroad through all the land, silent as
sncwaakes, but potent as thunder, It
is an additional tongue of steam and
Lightning by which q maj speaks his
frst thought, his instant argument or
grievance to millions In d day.-Chapin.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-22
Black Opais.

The gem most sought after is the
Australian black opal, which is found
nowhere else in the world. 1t appears
in limited quantities in the matrix Of
ironstone and sandstone in the Light
ming Ridge district of New South
Wales.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-22
E.ina e ,sonsn.

The Heavy hear that your inter
probation of Hamlet was Kissed ut the
High Forehead theater last night. The
Lead-Ah, yes! The performance was
billed as a Shakespearean revival and
I suspect some partisans of Bacon re-
sented it.-Puck.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-22
HURRY TRIPS By ACTORS.
Mansfield's Record Quick Jump From
New Orleans to Chicago.

Wansfieids RECORD QUICK Jump From
New Orleans to Chicago.
EnviOus persons have been known to
pOohpooh the actor who thinks that
his life Is not all cakes and ale. Many
gears ago we thought the limit had
been reached when e. l.. Davenport
acted at a matinee III Philadelphia and
duplicated the performance In New
York the mn night. Later came the
sensational jump of Lawrence Barrett
by special train from New York to
San Francisco in less than four days
and the Joseph Brook-Janalschek leap
from Milwaukee to Philadelphia be
tween Saturday midnight and Monday
In time for a regular performance in
the latter city.
Once Richard Mansfield's energies
comprised a hurry trip between New
Orleans and Chicago. On n Saturday
evening he presented Julius Caesar
In the Crescent City and on the next
succeeding Monday evening he repeat
ed the experience In Chicago. Mean
while he had Travelled n thousand miles
and transported all the ponderous i'm
pediments of his we'll remembered pro-
duction Of the Shakespeare classic.
This Is how it was done:
A special train In ten ears was under
steam in New Orleans at the close of
the engagement. AS soon as a scene of
the play vas worked Off it was con
He LOST HIS FRECKLES.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-22
All Ynurs,

All the books In the great libraries
are yours If you can read them. All
the paintings in the great galleries are
yours If you can enjoy them. Legal
ownership could only enable you to
prevent others from using them or en-
power you to give them up for money.
Youths Companion.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-22
Willie Did.

Willie, give ME a sentence
In which the term hook and eye is
used. Willie Me an pa went fishin'.
Pa told me t bait me hook, an l did.