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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-27
IT'S SUMNER IN WINTER TINE AT
VERU, FLORIDA.

Vero, Fla, for health, wealth and
prosperity. Yero. Fla, doubled its
population in year. Low rate ex-
cursion to Vero, Fla, Dec. Get Vero,
fla, facts from Indian River Farms
company, 800 Putnam building, DAY.
export, Iowa.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-03-06
RODERIR .. MATHEsON. EDITOR
The GernlanRefugee Sh;psI

EVIDENTLY Washington does not intend to
~ do anything through the federal officials to-
ward protecting Honolulu harbor from the menace
Of the German refugee ships now anchored there.
Because the federal government. for international
reasons does not take action is reason how
ever, why the local authorities should not adopt
ordinary common sense precautions, without there
by giving legitimate offense to any one. q.
The territorial harbor board have entire control
OF the mooring of merchant ships in Hawaiian
ports. +. .. ',.. %. S-...,
Why can not, and why does not the board order
these ships outside the harbor; where If they are
blown up they will hurt no one but themselves !;
and il they are sunk, it will be in water deep
enough SO that they will not be menace to navi-
CATION If they are blown up in the harbor serious
damage to life and adjacent property will be DONE
and IT they are sunk there matter at what point
they will most seriously damage the port. AT the
very least the cost of removal will be large and the
time OF obstruction long. Lila ........-.&
There is an entire possibility however, that they
may be pulled away from their anchorages and
sunk in the middle OF the harbor, or even in the
entrance channel effectuay blocking the port for
months. ~. ~. - -. -
Our German friends have no reason to feel ag-
greived at this suggestion or the action proposed,
il 1t is taken. War is so close at hand between
the two countries that they may feel it their pa
triotic duty to despoil the potential enemy while
there is opportunity to do so, which opportunity
might be lost if they waited until after the final
break takesplace. h.aa...
Z The German foreign minister admits that while
at peace he was trying to get Mexico and Japan
to attack us, and justi6es his action as a proper
precautionary war measure, in view of the strained
relations between the two countries He even
claims that the action was mot unfrendly."
Such action is far more radical and aggressive
than would be the simple sinking by the Germans
of one or more of their own ships. ..2
Under these circumstances the people of Homo
lulu have the right to demand of the harbor board,
their servants that they forthwith take every pre-
caution legally within their power to protect the
life, property and commerce of this city.
Gentlemen of the harbor board, it is up to you
to do your duty and that duty is to get the German
refugee ships out of Honolulu harbor, forthwith
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-03-06
Filipino Criminal Record

THE statistics OF the chief Justice, in his report
- covering the two years 1ol5-16, show a
CHASTITY record for the Filipinos of Hawaii a
record that ought to be taken more than casual
cognizance of by the labor bureau of the Hawaiian
Planters Association, which is continuing in the
work of importing these decidedly undesirable
people to the Islands, undesirable because the ac-
lions OF considerable proportion stamp the
many.
There is hardly serious crime listed among the
convictions of the two years in which the Fill
pinos do not figure all out of proportion to their
numbers in the Islands as compared to the total
population. In the total number of convictions in
the criminal courts, the Fipnos have to their
dscredit more than twice as many as the Hawaii
ans, Chinese and whites and more than the lap
anese, who outnumber the Filipinos in total popu-
latlon by SIX to one. In comparison to population
the Fiipinos were convicted of nearly seven times
as many offenses as the Hawaiians, six times as
many as the Japanese, three times as many as the
chinese, three times as many the Porto Ricans,
six times as many as the Spanish and more than
three times many as all the "other whites" of
the Territory put together.
With population at the end OF June, 1916,
totalling only I'll per cent of the total popula-
ton OF the Territory, the Fipnos furnished
eighteen per cent of the number committed to the
insane asylum and twenty per cent of the
total OF convictions in the criminal courts of the
Islands. In the matters of carnal abuse, abduc-
ton conspiracy and indecent assault the FiIipinos
furnished ole hundred per cent of the convictions
during the two years, while this same I'll per
cent OF the total population furnished forty-four
per cent OF all the convictions in sexual offenses
4 From the report Of the chief justice it is also
figured out that this I'll per cent of the popuIa-
ton figured in the total of convictions in the fol-
lowing crimes follows:
Gambling, 34% adultery, 1870; ARRAY 3395 4:
common assault, $50; rape, 500 assault with
dangerous weapon 6296 intent to commit MUIR
der, 43&o; intent to ravish $780, assault and bat
terry, 2626; assault and battery with dangerous
weapon, 4o% 2; burglary, $3.50; concealed weapons.
ol%; escaping Jail, 800; fornication, 1870 ;
gambling, a37@o; gross cheat, 349o indecent as
sault, 2o90; larceny, 34&6; lascivious conduct,
2596; manslaughter, 1436; murder, 500; obscen-
ity, ll%o; sexual intercourse with female under
fifteen, 2696 sodomy, $3.50 vagrancy, 4636.
The appalling incorporation of crime commit
ted by the Filipinos cannot be blamed upon any
excessive use OF intoxcants by that race inasmuch
as the records show that the number of convict
ions for drunkenness is below the average as COM
pared to all the other races. II is not booze in
this case, it is straight Filipino. 81
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-03-06
SOCCER IS PLAYED !.
BykAUA|SCHOOLS
1917 Season Is Opened With
Three Games. One Being
Postponed

+ LIHUE, Kauai, February 26-The
1917 soccer season opened this week
and three games were played as SEIZED
uled, the fourth being postponed be-
cause the Kappa team has had no
grounds to play on. Kaleheo had to
take rest, but the game will be
played at some convenient date later
in the season. o..
The first game played was at the
high school grounds Friday afternoon
between the high and grammar teams
The first half was played without
either team scoring, but in the second
half Tadami shot a fast one between
the goal posts and won the game. JOS
eph ], the crack goal keeper of the
grammar team, made great effort and
almost led the score, but no one
could have handled so difficult ball
The final score was: High School l,
Grammar O.. Manzi ouye played a
spectacular game for Grammar School
On Saturday afternoon the Lihue
team went to Koloa and played a very
close and exciting game with the boys
of that school. The first half was
scoreless, but in the second half Lihue
made a goal when Mauna Kea fumbled
the ball in the goal area. The Koloa
boys then showed their fighting spirit
With a fierce attack they played the
ball up the field and a few minutes
later Caesar Gonsalves drove the ball
through the goal. 1t was fine kick
from difficult angle and tied the
ERnRa chat
made, but each goal was threatened
several times. For Koloa, Captain Con.
salyes played great game, as did Ka
maxi. KaOru, Lihue 3 captain, MOtOmi
and Yoshiake starred for Lihue. The
team work of both teams was good and
they were all in the game every min,
ute. After the game Lihue gave it's
new school yell, and they also had u
good school song A large crowd was
present AMI cheered for Koloa.
Waimea met Eleele at Waimea Sat.
urday afternoon. A large crowd turned
out to see the newly organized Waimea
team play its first game. The game
was exciting from start to finish and
the crowd was in constant excitement.
Eleele took over big truck load of
rooters and the cheering during the
game was spirited. Eleele showed that
Il has a real team for without any prac.
tise they made hard fight With a
little more practise Eleele will be heard
from. Eleele boys have always had a
good team, but have been more or less
unfortunate in scoring. Waimea
showed good play and good sportsman
ship. The final score Of ! to shows
how evenly the teams were matched.
Mr.. LOOMS refereed the game
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-03-06
GIGANTIC BUBBLE
MENACEDBU|LD|NG
Lava Formation lmperiIed Fede-
raj Structure N HiIo; Difficult
Problem Solved BY Contractors

Nov that the federal building in
HilO is nearly complete, the story can
be told Of how il was nearly ruined,
and all because of gigantic bubble.
1t was in the early days of the prog.
ress Of the building that there was a
sort Of cave-in under the basement,
due, it is reported, to some heavy
pounding done on the lava rock base
below the floor. when hit, the rock
gave forth a curious booming sound.
Then Il was discovered that the build.
ing apparently was being built over a
cave.
An Investigation followed, with the
result that an immense lava bubble was
found under the building. Really n
was a lava tube, extending, g is said.
from under the building nearly to the
sea and passing under the big building
Of Haekfeld & Co. in the Crescent
CITY. III 4.
!. report was rushed 20 Washington.
and II, L. Keer, architect of Honou,,,
made an investigation by order OF tina
chief architect, who later went over TO
Hawaii to see for himself. There was
the big bubble, caused when the hot
lava was flowing and the outside cooled
quic ker than the core, which kept on
flowing until IL left vacuum. What
was to be done was a puzzle. 4
Finally IL was decided to MI the
bubble with cement. But TO fill the
tube itself would take more cement
than could be shipped to Hilo. in ten
years. A solution was found when IL
was resolved to build wall below the
building and then pour the concrete in
and fill above this wall. Inspector of
Construction Herbert Cohen had charge
of the work. .l.Hsbg.
Then they began 10 pour, and the
more cement was poured into that bub
BILE the more it seemed was needed.
Shiploads of cement were rushed 70
Hilo, and still the capacious nav of
that lava bubble cried for more. At
last it began to FIJI, and after thou.
sands of dollars worth of cement had
been tamped down in that hole in tho
ground the building was declared safe.
But the expense had been greater
than was expected, in spite of the rock
which had been thrown into the bubble
along with the cement, with the result
that certain economies had to be made
in the plans Of the building. But now
the building is practically finished and
the grounds are being cleaned up, and
it is without doubt one of the hand.
soonest structures in the Territory of
Hawaii. Incidentally, much credit is
due to Inspector Herbert Cohen and to
Contractor Campbell for the work that
has been accomplished. =. n
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-03-06
.H|LO NEEDS LARGER
HOSPITAL FACILITIES
Present institution SO Crowded
That Patients Sleep On Lanais
tMail Special to The Advertissr)

(Mail Special to The Advertiser)
HILo, February 2s-There was a
busy meeting of the trustees Of the
Hilo Hospital on Monday at which the
question of appropriations for q new
concrete hospital, up.to-date in every
respect, was considered. Incidentally,
it developed that the trustees know
nothing officially of the bill introduced
in the legislature last week by Der.
nard Kelekolio for 100000 for hos.
pital in Hilo. .s.9...
The trustees appointed committee
of three, consisting of Henry j. Ly-
man, Secretary ID. s. Bowman and
Rev. Father Aloysius, to call upon the
board of supervisors at its next meet.
ing in March and discuss the ques.
ton of appropriations for the pro-
posed new hospital buildings. 0I-
Speaking of this matter yesterday
Chairman H. B. Mariner stated that
there is absolute need for new and
larger hospital, as at present there is
not room enough to accommodate all
the private patients who apply for
treatment and many are turned away,
while others are compelled to sleep on
the lanais.
The supervisors recently appropri-
ated $4,000 for a new addition to the
hospital, which will help. The trus-
tees have been so considerably treated
by the supervisors that they do not
want to go before the legislature for
appropriations which might in any
way embarrass the supervisors in their
plans for the hospital buildings.
A. p. Christian has been appointed
by the trustees as clerk of the Hilo
Hospital.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-03-06
JAPANESE MAKING
MONEY BY THE WAR

DIR. T. Takabashi, japanese agricul-
tural expert took a sample of Hawaiian
soil away with him yesterday on the
Korea Maru for analysing after he had
inspected several plantations and sugar
mills in this Island. ->'r5.
Doctor Takahashi who is a professor
in the agricultural department of the
Imperial University at Toxic, passed
through here yesterday on his way to
the United States and England. He
has been ordered abroad by the depart
ment of agriculture to inspect general
farm conditions in the two countries.
The samples of various soil he secured
in many different places in this Island
and they viii be analysed by him on
board the steamer and the result will
be reported to the department of agri,
culture and sugar planters in Formosa,
japan.
"Almost all sorts of agriculture and
manufacturing have progressed and
improved iH Japan in the last few
years, especially since the outbreak Of
the war" said Takahashi Yesterday.
"Ship builders and ship owners have
made their fortune in last two wears.
Mine owners and medicine dealers come
next. A large quantity of agricultural
products are now being exported TO
Russia, China and India. Brewing of
beer, wine, and soy has also greatly i'm.
proved in our country and they are
being exported to the South Sea Isl,
ands. -
~ am much interested in the study
OF brewing methods, and shall inspect
breweries in the United States. -
DR.. Takahashi viii spend three wears
in the United States and England.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-03-06
PERSONALS
(f'rom saturdar Advertiser

- From Saturday Advertiser.1 wv
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack B. Guard, of els
Oahu Avenue, Manoa, became the
parents Of daughter yesterday.
Supervisor and Mrs. Benjamin +.
Hollinger, Of 1l22 Eleventh Avenue.
Kaimuki, welcomed the arrival Of a
son yesterday hSthe Queen 4 Hispital.
Young Hollinger hab been named Ben.
jamin. = ~
(From Sunday ADVERTISER - s
Alex. Lyle, who underwent minor
operation at Queens Hospital this
week, has returned to his home at Wal.
kiki. --,| $50.
Guests at the Moana Hotel include
+. 7. Williams, a prominent steel man
Of Ohio, who is accompanied by his sis.
ter, Mrs. M. L, Mozier and Miss L.
@. Hail.. -l y -
John II. Clegg, manager of the
provision department of the Hawaii
Meat Company, left yesterday on
week 3 business trip to the island Of
Hawaii.
Jose g. Serrao, of Hilo, and David
kalani, of Honomu, Hawaii. were re.
turning passengers in the Mauna Kea
yesterday afternoon to their homes In
the Big Island. y 80
Henry Young and Miss Helen Pc.
hina were married at seven O'Clock
last night at Pearl City by Rev. solo
mon X. Oil. The witnesses we're Mrs.
Lizzie Wailehua and Miss Lydia Ka.
hoa. a (
John M. Kea and Mrs. Elizabeth X.
Davis were married last night by Rev.
Samuel X. Kamaiopil, assistant pastor
of Kaumakapili Church, Palama. The
witnesses were Thomas A. Low and
Mrs. Anna Kale. -.
DR.. 5. ID. Barnes left for Seattle by
the steamer Makura last night. He
goes to visit his mother and sister and
will also meet his wife in the. northern
city. He stated last night that ON his
return he would resume practise at his
old Office. -
Among passengers departing by the
steamer Mauna Kea yesterday we're
James B. Mann and Thomas Evans. sur.
veyors in the department of the terri.
torial encouragement Mann goes to
survey the Bepoloa. Milo homestead
tract, and Evans to make a resurvey of
the Haiku, Maui. homesteads.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-03-06

Link McCandless and the rest of the kaukau
hui of Pauahi Street are said to have become con-
verts to the municipal government theory Of the
chamber of commerce. Naturally they would,
The suggested charter backed by the civic organi-
cations is charter to place the entire government
of Honolulu in the hands OF whatever three super
vsors the fifth district may elect the district that
has distinguished itself by electng Willie Craw-
ford, Kupihea, Kalakiela and others various
public Offices. 1t is into the hands OF 'shch as
these the civic federation, Ad Club and Municipal
Researches would place the spending of all Ho-
MODULUS money, the handing out of all the city
patronage, the selection of all the executive off
GERS. Why shouldn't Link and his gang endorse
the idea?
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-03-06

Filters will be no novelty here in near future"
says headline. They have been no novelty ih
the past either, ever since the Hawaiian sucker
list secured circulation among the mainland pro-
moters. s,..; -r~.2&
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-23
A Time to Save

There is only one thing certain
about the financial and commercial
conditions that peace is going to
bring and that is their uncertainty.
1t may be that an era of great pros
perity may be upon US; it may be
an era of stagnation; it may be an
era of the severest competition we
have ever experienced.
1t involves a paradox, but in this
present time Of comparative CONNER
cial peace, for the great war has
largely stopped for a time the strug-
gle among nations for foreign COM
merce, it is a wise thing to prepare
for the economic war that will sue
coed the present worldwide war.
1t is we'll for every American citi-
zen to lay aside in some absolute safe
security something for that day that
is coming. If it be great prosperity
one will be able to take advantage of
it. If it be stagnation one will be
enabled to live through it. If it be
bitter competition one will be bet
ter able to withstand it.
No better provision could be made
for the future than an investment in
Liberty Loan bonds. They are alb
solutely safe and no possible condi-
ton can destroy their value; exempt
from all taxation except estate or in
heritance taxes the income from them
cannot be lessened; with a market
everywhere in the United States and
as competent financial authorities as
sert, market in every commercial
center in the world when peace comes,
they will be readily convertible into
cash. They possess all of the ele-
ments that would attract sound in,
vesting mind in times of uncertainty
More than that an American citi-
zen investing in Liberty Loan bonds
is investing in victory, for the pro-
ceeds of the Liberty Loan bonds are
to win the war and bring peace in
Europe and peace and safety to the
rest Of the world.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-23
Entente Governments Will Confer On
POpe's Proposals

Lord Cecil's statement in the Brit
ish Parliament Monday that the En-
tente governments would hold a con-
ference before replying to Pope
Benedict's peace proposals is under
stood at the State Department at
Washington, according to press
dispatch, as meaning that the gov
ernments will exchange views, not
that there is to be a gathering of
premiers or foreign ministers for a
formal conference.
So far there has been no occasion
for the State Department to join any
of the several conferences which have
been held in the capitals of the En-
tente nations during the war, though
American army and naval officers
have taken part in some of the delib-
erations of the technical men. This
attitude on the part of the United
States government is understood to
have been due to no lack Of sympa-
thy or determining to cooperate full
ly, but rather to the conviction that
so far these conferences have had to
do with strictly Europeans issues.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-23
Advertised Letters

List Of unclaimed letters remaining
in the Lumberton, N. c., post office
for the week ending Aug. 20, 1917:
Berdie Anderson, Mrs. Bob Blake,
Mrs. Annie Bayte, Miss D. L. Buie,
Bonnie Doyier, Paul B. Edwards, Min
ME Gilchrist, Mr.. Joel Inman, Rebee-
ca Johnson, Mrs. Annie Jones, Mr..
Grady Johnson, Miss Lille May
Jones, H. T. Killion & Co., Miss Rose
May Jones, Mr.. Colon Marshal, Mr..
Sow May Mcneil, Miss Emma Mo
nette, Miss Lollie Mcleod, Mrs. Mary
]. McNair, Miss Hattie Mckay, MIR.
Lusion Moore, Mr.. Geo. Monroe, Mr.
Bion Mobiles, Mr.. ]. S. Nichols, Mr..
Everette Page, Miss Agunice Price,
Miss Missouria Pugh, Mr.. fulton
Parker, Mrs NJ. J. Scott, Mrs. Vinie
Stephens, Miss Nettie Shaw, Mr.. l.
w. Smith, Mr.. Leve Reggins, Mr..
]. R. Tyner, Mrs. Dock Todd, John
Walker, Mr.. Rex Weavil (2).
Persons calling for above mail will
please say "advertised".
D. D. FRENCH, P. NJ.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-23
BIGGS SUCCEEDS JUSTICE
Raleigh Jurist Accepts Appointment
by Department of Justice

by department OF Justice
In a statement issued Monday eve
ming Judge J. Crawford Biggs Of
Raleigh said he has accepted the ap-
rointment by the Department OF
Justice at Washington to take charge
of the governments cases against
the Southern Pacific railroad pend
ing in the Federal courts Of Californ-
ia, instituted by the late E. J. JUS
tice.
He will leave for California in
! September, will retain his citizenship
in Raleigh and his family will not
accompany him. He will devote his
time exclusively to the completion OF
the preparation Of the cases until
heard, which will be some time next
spring. His headquarters will be
either in San Francisco or Los An
geles.
The suits were brought to cancel
on the ground of fraud many grants
held by the railroad company to
thousands Of acres OF oil lands. The
case as now on record has 16,0O(
typewriter pages and is known as
''The Billion Dollar Case, one Of the
most important and for the largest
| amount ever instituted.