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The broad ax., 1917-01-27
HOW Some Insects Multiply.

The fecundity of certain insect forms
is astounding. The progeny of one lit
tie insect. the hop aphiS." sees thir-
teen generations born to it in a single
year and would, If unchecked to the
end Of the twelfth generation, multi
ply to the inconceivabIe number Of
ten sextillions Of individuals. If this
brood were marshaled in line, ten to
the inch. 1t would extend to a point so
sunk in the profundity of space that
light from the head of the procession.
travelling at the rate of $4,000 miles
q second, would take $500 years to
reach the earth. In eight years the
progeny of a pair of gypsy moths
could destroy all the foliage in the
United States If unchecked.-Popular
Science Monthly.
The broad ax., 1917-01-27
: =. ~
Teaching Birds Tricks.

A professor of natural history ne
flutes the statement so frequently made
that teaching a bird to draw water
needs apparatus and that the learning
is cruelty to the bird.
'aThe following experience of mine"
he says, proves that it is not so by
any means. We bought young bird
last January, so wild that on our ap-
proach 1t few madly round the cage.
We hung the cage low and by patience,
after the bird got used to our proxim-
ity, induced it to take groundsel, first
held at stems length, then between the
fingers. finally from the lips. We used
to let him out freely, and he would
perch on the loaf next me at break
fast. His perch projected through the
wires. and here was his favorite seat
when at liberty. Then tried hanging
a bit Of groundsel by a short string to
the projecting stick. After inspection
he pulled it up with his beak. On
lengthening the string with a fresh
bit of his preferred weed 1 had the
pleasure and interest Of seeing him
pull ND the string with his beak till
the flower head was within reach,
catching the slack after each pull with
one foot and then transferring it to
the other, so that the coils were quite
neat."-London Globe.
The broad ax., 1917-01-27
Wedding Party; No Bride.

Allentown, Pa.-Andrcw Mireck the
other evening hunted up Arthur
Koenig, Allentown's license clerk, and
returned a license which. he said, was
no longer any good. The day before
Mireck and Mary Novatny, a comely
girl. had appeared arm in arm and OBJ
tanned the license. The next day she
left him waiting at the church, priest.
attendants, guests and all. After wait
ing several hours the guests disappear
ed In disappointment, and when Mi
reck got home for dinner there was n
telegram from the girl in which she
stated she mad changed her mind and
would NOT marry him.
The broad ax., 1917-01-27
ALIENS TO LEAVE
That May Happen at End OF
Great War.
ALL AVAILABLE LAND GONE.

Commissioner of immigration Howe
Predicts That United States Will Be-
come an Emisrant Rather Than an
Immigrant Nation at the End of Hos
tilities In Europe.
New York. A prediction that the
United States would become an ''emi-
grant rather than an Immigrant ma
ton at the close Of the war was made
By Commissioner Of immigration Fred
eric G. Howe at the Sunday evening
forum Of the Free synagogue.
Mr.. Howe took the stand that immi-
grafton was purely an economic Ques-
ton and declared that 1t had been
such from the beginning. He said that
those who opposed immigration did so
because they desired to limit the COM
petition of unskIlled foreign labor; {;
those who favored the wide open door
did so because it made labor cheap.
He said the immigrant no longer
went to the farm because all the avail
able land Of the country had been TAX
en- up, hundreds Of millions Of acres
being held for purely speculative pur-
poses.
1.-The immigration problem never ex-
listed so long as the land was free for
the asking" said Mr.. Howe, land 1t Is
this scarceness Of land which makes
immigration an economic question.
at Is a matter Of freeing labor on
one hand from the competition Of the
incoming labor groups from Europe
and of insuring to the immigrant an
opportunity to work for himself rather
than for an employer interested in Sc
curing his services at the lowest pos
sible cost
81 keep more or less in touch with
the centers to which go most Of the
men who pass through Ellis island.
am told that everywhere the men now
employed in our shops and factories
| who at home worked as farmers are
saving their money to return to the
old country. They have always wished
to own their own farms-they came
here for that purpose-and they figure
| that after the war land will be cheap
In the countries overseas. This senti-
ment, spreading among our workers,
will result In a serious crisis In our
Industrial life"
Mr.. Howe also discussed the servant
/ question. He said that since the war
there had been practically no servant
girls coming to this country and that
many of those who were in service had
left it to enter munition factories and
offices, while others had married OF
died.
To regulate the tide Of oriental i'm
migration and, in fact to check in some
measure immigration from any land
DR.. Sydney L. Gulick, an authority Oh
Japan, suggested that, for example, II
q thousand Syrians came to this coun
try in 1900 and ten years later all had
taken out American citizenship theT
another thousand might be admitted
If, however. only 800 had applied fol
naturalization papers the decision OF
the remaining 700 to still be Syrian:
automatically would keep an equa
number OF their fellow countrymen fl
Syria.
The broad ax., 1917-01-27
GIRL ULTS ARE FALSE,
SAYS PROFESSOR SHAW
Don't Believe Her When She Says
She'll BE Your Friend.

New York.-"When a girl says, i
cannot be your wife, but I'll be your
friend she tries to speak the truth,
but utters a psychological falsehood,'
declared Professor Charles Gray Shaw,
head of the philosophy department OF
the New York university. in a lecture
at the institution.
Professor Shaw argued that no wom-
an could be a friend to men or to
women. because a friend requires
clear cut personality and a disinter-
ested outlook on life. Both OF these.
he asserted, women lack. He also de-
clared that friendships between men
were passing from the earth.
"Woman cannot be friend because
she is never an individual, for to be
an individual one must stand alone,
be said. "Only those who stand alone
can come together"
Professor Shaw said that woman was
like a planet-well adapted to revolVe
about some center, "but not organized
In such a way as to stand alene."
unfortunately, masculine friend
ships are just passing from the earth
and in the course Of time friends will
be found only in museums, along with
other aboriginal products. This mel
ancholy situation is due to the fac1
that modern life tends to destroy per
sonality and a philosophic view OF the
world. Man is bound to man not by
ties Of friendship, but by bonds of pro
fessionalism which are usually OF
commercial character"
The broad ax., 1917-01-27
Greek Fire Gunpowder7

NJ. Zenghelis told the Academic des
Sciences in Paris recently that he had
been studying the "Greek fire. used In
war by the Byzantines. The descrip-
tions of this say that 1t was hurled
from a copper tube with sound like
thunder and with a great cloud OF
smoke. From this he concluded that
the Byzantine Greeks had real cannon
In which they used explosive mixtures
with nitrate as a base. Therefore the
honor Of the discovery of gunpowder
must be given to the engineer Callini-
Gus Of Heliopolis, who first used 1t, de-
stroying q Saracen feet with it In go
A. d.
The broad ax., 1917-01-27
Bank Robber Returns SIS.

Scranton, Pa.-A letter with s. In
closed has been received by the Pine
Brook bank. The letter said that the
writer held up the teller and took the
money at the point Of revolver. 81
am taking the first opportunity to pay
1t back" said the letter, which was
postmarked Moscow, Pa. The bank
officials will have the missive framed.
The robber entered the bank and point
ing a revolver at the teller, George
Browning, demanded $25. Browning
handed out s.. which satisfied him.
The broad ax., 1917-01-27
That Midniqht Oil.

81 suppose" ventured the interested
friend of the family. that John is
still burning the midnight oil at COL
Iege?"
Yes. indeed" replied the fond but
puzzled mother, but the college must
furnish a very inferior quality of oil.
John writes me that some midnights
the light is so very poor that he can
hardly read his hand" - Pittsburgh
Chronicle Telegraph.
The broad ax., 1917-01-27
What Worried Him.

Papa, DEAR" said the anxious
daughter, "you must not worry be-
cause Harold is going to marry me
and take me far away from you and
mamma"
"Oh, a little thing like that isn't 60
ing to worry me-" replied the fond
parent, "but If he ever does anything
that will cause you to come back to us
again I'll certainly do him bodily in.
jury."-St Louis Post-Dispatch.
The broad ax., 1917-01-27
RABBITS TO BE "H0T DOGS"
Texas Plant Soon to Make Animals
Into Sausage.


Austin, Tex.-A plant for the manu-
facture of sausage from the meat OF
the Texas jachlrabbit is to be erected
soon and put into operation in west
Texas, according to an announcement
made by Fred w. Davis, state commits
sioner of agriculture. Promoters Of the
plant expect TO handle most of the an
nual rabbit crop in their mill.
The Texas state department OF agri-
culture has decided TO attempt to Gre
ate a country wide demand for rabbit
meat.
1t is expected that not less than a
million rabbits, Texas born and reared,
will be shipped to New England and
eastern markets during the next few
months. Commissioner Davis says the
rabbits are quoted in some cities at a
higher price than turkey or chicken.
The broad ax., 1917-01-27
HE KNEW.

Austrian Tells Who Il Is That Elects q
President.
Hammond, Ind.-Jorn Bosovich, late
Of Austria, applied to the federal court
for citizenship papers. Clerk Hem
stock put the questions and got these
answers:
"Who is president of the United
States?"
"Mr. Wilson"
"Who makes the lawsT
'The congress"
"who elects the presidentT
California"
he got the papers.
The broad ax., 1917-01-27
BIRD DOG WEARS GLASSES.
Georgia Setter Does Good Work After
Visit to Oculist.

Moultrie. Ga.-Fanny. a thorough
bred setter, wears spectacles. She was
fitted with glasses by an Oculist, who
found that she had astigmatism.
For years Fanny has been known as
one of the best hunting dogs in this
section. Before the opening Of the
quail season this year she went to the
fields by herself and on returning
showed evidence of bad falls. Fanny
could not help falling into bitches and
running into trees. Then 1t was dis
covered that her eyes had become af-
fected.
1t is believed the glasses will correct
the trouble. At least Fanny now is do
ing her work as well as usual.
The broad ax., 1917-01-27
The Silent Moon.

Dead silence reigns on the moon. A
thousand cannons might be fired and
a thousand drums beaten upon that
airless world. but no sound could come
from them. Lips might quiver and
tongues essay to speak, but no action
Of theirs could break the utter silence
of the lunar scene.
The broad ax., 1917-01-27
Time TO Quit Then,

DO you expect to spend your whole
life in the wicked pursuit of richesT'
asked the aScetic person.
"No," replied the brisk individual.
'1f I'm not rich by the time l reach
afty years Of age l shall consider my
self an ignOble failure. birmingham
Ge-Herald.
The broad ax., 1917-01-27
NEW COINS ARE HELD UP.
Quarter and Half Dollar Won't Be Out
Until First of Year.

WashingtOn.--ISSue of the new half
dollar designed by AdOlph A. Vein
man, creator of the new dime, and the
new quarter, designed by Herman A.
MacNeil, both considered by experts
coins of great beauty, was ordered de-
ferred by the treasury department un-
til the beginning Of 1917.
The extraordinary demand for sman
coins-cents, nickels and dimes-is tax
ing the facilities Of the mints, and Off
cials believed calls for the new quarter
and half dollar would swamp the mints
II they were issued now.
The broad ax., 1917-01-27
TMo SorroMs.

The sorrow Of the woman who cries
out her grief on the kitchen towel
somehow seems more sincere than that
of the woman who puts on pretty
gown, arranges the sofa cushions and
turns the lights low before she begins.
Exchange.
The broad ax., 1917-01-27
College Faculty.

From the letter of a father to his
son at college:
Dear Harold-Your brief letter came to-
day. / am inclosing the check for the
amount you requested. I have heard a
great deal OF the college faculty. / take
Il to be the faculty for spending money.
Affectionately. FATHER.
New York Post
The broad ax., 1917-01-27
Roundabout Way.

st see where an aviator contrived to
have the last word with his wife"
"How on earth did he do it,"
HE didn't exactly do 1t on earth"
MOP"
"He rose 1000 feet in the air and
dropped her a Observation-Disclosures
Age-Herald.
The broad ax., 1917-01-27
Fussy.

Bank Manager-Now please under
stand, Miss Jones. you must make the
books balance. Miss Jones-Oh, Mr..
Brown, how fussy you are!-London
Punch.
The broad ax., 1917-01-27
Tb. Experienced Husband.

"She threatens to sue for divorce"
"What's he say to that?'
Nothing When their quarrels get
to that point he always keeps still.
Hes learned from experience that the
next move will be a food of tears
Detroit Free Press.
The broad ax., 1917-01-27
Sound and Sound.

"That young Hercules over there Is
q great musical composer"
"a sound mind In a sound body, eh r
St Louis Star.
The broad ax., 1917-01-27

It Is generally more profitable to
reckon up our defects than to boast Of
our ADMINISTRATIVE.
The broad ax., 1917-01-27
Puzzled.

"Women are so awfully hard to un.
derstand!'
whats the matter nowT
The broad ax., 1917-01-27

.-A-IsSs.s EHkT IKWINHifN
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28

Sgt. Lawrence w. Fagg, Sgt. viii
liam c. Hanna and Sgt James NJ.
Palmer. all of the Medical Depart
ment, have received notice from
Washington that they have been APP
pointed second lieutenants, and are
receiving the congratulatioRs Of their
friends.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28
new DISCOVERIES
MADE At VOLCANO

Word has been received from the
Volcano of Kilauea that the lava lake
is rising again at rapid pace, and
has already reached point sufficient
ly high for resumption Of the series Of
daring experiments which were COM
menced in January last. Several des-
cents into the fire-pit have been made
bys> Professor Jaggar and assistants
and some remarkable discoveries are
being added to the already long list
CT scientific wonders which has been
furnished by Halemaumau.
Among the more important of these
is a presumably clear proof that there
is a direct connection between Kilauea
and Mauna Loa. This has long been
surmised, but the appearance of new
island in the lake with q base compos-
ed of the type of lava elected from
Mauna Loa during the great eruption
Of May last year, type entirely for
eign to the lake lavas in Halemaumau,
points to the connection already allud-
ed to, and special series of tests will
be made in support OF this assumption.
1t is anticipated that the series of
personally conducted tours to the vol.
cano, which leave Honolulu on Satur-
days, and of which full details are al.
ways to be found in the advertising
columns will be still more widely pat
ronized than before, as visitors ap-
preciate the advantage of seeing the
volcano under the guidance of one
who is thoroughly familiar with its
many phases and points of interest.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28
ARNOLD REPRIMANDED FOR
USING STRONG LANGUAGE

Supervisor Arnold said damn" sew
eral times Tuesday evening and on
each occasion was severely repri
manded by Mayor Lane.
The first time he cot hot under the
collar" because Larsen declared that
the road department got stuck on its
asphalt deal when 1t paid SO a ton.
Larsen said it could be purchased at
San Francisco for So a ton and with
the freight at about $6 it should have
only cost the city SIS.
: THE city called for bids which were
much higher than 49," answered Arm.
old. The coast company did not bid
and therefore If We had not ordered
the asphalt under the old contract we
would have had to pay great deal
more. You see, therefore, that the
city was not stuck damn bit. !"
The other occasions were when he
was arguing with Hollinger over the
budget. Finally Logan suggested that
il Arnold wanted to say something
real bad he might use the term res
eryoir No. A."
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28

First Lieut.. Samuel j. Heidner, who
has recently arrived at this post. has
been assigned to Company II, I'd In.
fantry, and LIST Lieut. William H. Jones
has been assigned to Company L, I'd
Infantry.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28
MExIcANs ROB PRosPEcToR
AND BURY HIM WHILE ALIVE

PHOENIX, eAriz Buried alive by
two treacherous Mexicans who thought
they had killed him when robbing
him of his last IS, Chris Rasmussen,
a prospector, dug himself out of his
shallow grave four hours afterward
and staggered into Crown King, miles
away.
Armed posses are searching Crown
King hills for the two thieves.
Rasmussen, in company with the
two Mexicanss wasvon prospecting
tour of the mountains. Miles away
from any camp, theEMexicans sudden
ly attacked Rasmussen and beat him
insensible. Then they buried him
and fled. $500 =
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28
RECRUITING FOR
navy GOES we'll
Officers Aboard ST. Louis Sa,
Progress Here is Quite Up
to Expectations

Since the call Of Secretary OF the
Navy Josephus Daniels appealing for
new recruits for the United States
navy was published In the Star-Bulle-
tin Monday about q dozen men have
enlisted, according TO officers Of the
4. s. S. 81 Louis recruiting station
today.
When the population Of Honolulu is
considered this is equal TO 400 or 500
men IN q city the size Of New York.
The ST Louis executive officer said
today he Il ready to talk to applicants
az any time aboard the cruiser, at
Navy Pier No. ?, Allen street.
We are very anxious to get all the
recruits we can" said The executive
officer OF the St Louis this morning.
I'VE received practically the same
message from Secretary Daniels that
both papers printed.
The requirements for enlistment
are that applicants must be American
citizens. by birth or naturalization.
must be between Is and IS years Of
age (if III consent Of parent or guard
ian must be securely and must be able
10 read. write and speak English.
OF birth In the territory or present
satisfactory evidence that they were
born in the islands.
Unless applicants are qualified in
any trade or are Of seagoing profess
SION we will ship them only as APP
prentice seamen, for transfer to San
Francisco Goat Island Naval Training
Sfation) by the first available trans
port for further training The pay
Of apprentice seamen Is 1880 .. q
month and found.
Mechanics Specially Sought
We are particularly anxious to
ship mechanics-electr or ma
chinists--who can by examination
f|ren on board the ship show that
they have at least the fundamentals
az their trade. without seagoing ex-
p6fience such recruits will receive $44
month and found. With one years
teaeoing experience the pay is, $50 a
month.
All men enlisted are at once credit
Cd on their accounts with $50 cloth
ink order, which IL almost always con.
s|derably IN excess OF what is neces-
Iary for them to draw.
f'remen Also Wanted
Another class OF recruits we are
anxious to obtain Is that Of firemen.
Any applicants OF q 10 30 years Of
1Ee OF robust physique. can be signed
Oh as firemen third class. at 1870 !
Ironth with good chances for promo
||on to second and first >class. All APP
I.icants IS fireme1 do not require
..nI,sfn<. - ffo. ~ 81 ~ ofios The a
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28
sTiNeY HUSBANDS POCKETS
HELD FAIR GAME FOR WIFE

NEW YORK, N. VA wife whose
husband withholds q sufficient allow
ance on payday. has perfect right,
according to decision by Magistrate
Cornell of the New York court OF
domestic relations, to go thru his
pockets when he Is asleep.
Mrs. Samuel KeIl testified in court
that her husbands weekly wage was
but SIS, but that for nine years he
has given her but 81 or IS a week to
run the house and care for their two
children.
Last Friday night, she said, she
took SIT from her husbands trousers
pocket while he slept. Then Kell
sewed up his pockets and took his
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28
UNIFORMS LATER
FOR PUN. CADETS
Especial s.ar-Burletin correspondence,

Especial Star-BuIletin COrresDoldencel
OAHU COLLEGE. March 2S.-At q
recent meeting Of the trustees of the
Oahu College 1t was decided to post
pone the purchasing of new uniforms
for the cadets until the next fall term.
At that time it h hoped Punahou may
have regularly detailed army Off
Ger and a non-commissioned officer,
and regular standard equipment. such
as the government issues for use OF
those schools willing to follow the
course of study prescribed by the sec.
rotary of war.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28
JARRETT FINDS
some CONVICIS
DO GOOD WORK
High Sheriff Thinks Some Pay
Would Stimulate to Still
Better Efforts

| Sidelights on the territorial prison
Investigation flashed up last night dur
ing a meeting Of the ways and means
committee. called to discuss the pro-
posed prison appropriation with High
Sheriff William Jarrett. s"
Chiliingworth swung the discussion
to the construction work on the Duild-
ing and repeated his assertion made
in the senate last week that contract
work would have proved saving. He
compared the cost of additional hired
labor with that at Schofield Barracks.
You can't compare those two jobs. >
put in Senator Quinn. The Schofie1d
job Is different matter and is no
criterion to go by" -
Quinn lapsed. to siience and Single
began questioning him. DO you think
II has been a SUGGEST" asked Single.
Il prefer not to answer on my
views until the proper time" replied.
Quinn. II am under fire on this pro-
position and what statements / have
viii go to the committee at the proper
time" r.
Single, who is an old newspaper
man, tried another method.
suppose" he said, that you we're
erecting an office building down town.
What would you do personally, get
contract or hired labor"
Contract every time. sure" Quinn
answered hot off the bat But no
contractor in town would give you the
job you've got out there at that build
ing. There were plans and specffica-
items for it but they were not properly
drawn. The work had to be altered as
1t went along
Sheriff Jarrett stated that there.
have been an average of so prisoners
working on the structure since it
started.
Jarrett also suggested his plan OF
compromising prisoners for work they
do, giving them very small allowances
when they show their worth. 1t would
boost the value of the work 100 per
cent, he said.
Right out at the prison We have
prisoners working alongside expert
mechanics said Jarrett, +and doing
as good work 1t is discouraging to-
ments in that organization: Cpl. Lem
G. Tucker to the grade OF sergeant,
vice Sgt. Henton, discharged, and Pvt.
LIST Glass George Z, Taylor to the
grade of corporal to fill vacancy left
by Tucker being promoted.
- -
The hour Of retreat at Fort Shafter
has been changed from 5 pm. to $50
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28

George w. Titus, civilian. 511 Stan.
genwald building. Honolulu. was ap.
pointed to the grade Of second lieu
tenant infantry, March %.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28
DANCING GLASSES

Learn the latest New York dances
from MADAME LESTER, Honolulu's
leading teacher: Tuesday evening.
Club; Friday evening. Punahou Class:
Saturday morning. Children's Class.
Fancy and stage dancing. private les
sons by appointment. Phone i162. 1. q.
o. F. Hail. Res. s675. The Romagoy.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-28

The hour Of retreat at Fort Shaftel
has been changed from 5 pm. to So
b. m. $3.50