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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-31
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 6T HE south is used to open winters, H but this winter is milder than usual. The closing days of January have been more like spring or early autumn than the season of Boreas. Here in Jefferson county mustard greens" that we look for toward the end of March are now ready for the table. Outdoor violets are in full bloom and have been for several weeks.
 If this temperature continues few days longer people will start to mak- ing their gardens. But a cold snap is due and the goose-bone prophet says it will not be much longer delayed.
 Yesterday was delightful day to look upon, but the great majority of the inhabitants of the Birmingham district would much rather have it cold. It was good day for the poor who are without fuel, but an unprofit- able day for the coal dealer or the clothing merchant-the latter with heavy suits for sale.
 When the drop in temperature comes it will not only be welcomed, but we will have our most substantial spell of winter. The seasons average as rule, when winter is slow in coming it usually makes up for it by more severity.
 Next month may not bring zero temperature, but it will not be far from it. The coldest record ever known in Birmingham was in Febru- ary, 1899. We had had some freezing weather ill December and January, but on the whole those two months will be recalled for their high tenn pcratures. February, however, wit messed heavy fall of snow and the thermometer ten degrees below zero. And it stayed "bitter cold" for several days.
 We will have plenty of winter be-  twixt now and St. Patrick's Day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-31
A HORRIBLE EXAMPLE

While music hath it's wondrous charms, fact there's no denying, No kindly thought my bosom warns
 When amateurs are trying To draw sweet notes from instruments, But do not prove successful. Discounting all their good intents,
 The sounds are most distressful. Let cats lament their faithless loves
 While half the world is sleeping; However great the discord proves,
 A din internal keeping, Iris far more pleasing to mine ears
 Than "hit-or- miss'' tromboning, The which a mortal seldom hears,
 But straightway falls to grooming.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-31

MAKES WOMEN LOQUACIOUs From the New York Herald.
 If the friends of the imprisoned birth control" exponent could adopt some form of talk contror' the public would be able to put into use some disgust control"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-31

Woe to the land that's governed by a child! -Richard iil'
 s. ;.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-31

Julian Street, in Golfers Weekly.
 @ R, again, take Possum Dick, the II U ancient and mysterious negro
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-27
OFFICERS IN
PROMOTION TESTS

CASTNER, March 24-The board Of
officers for the examination of officers
For promotion completed the examina.
lions of seven officers, one for major
~ and six for captaincies, on Wednes
iay. Lieutenant Bonesteel, the in
Observation-Disclosures of the national guard
m Hawaii, left today for. the Big
Island, having been one of the seven
Ulcers examined. -
First Sergeant James l.. Ballard
fompany A, First Infantry, was trans
erred to the headquarters company and
made battalion sergeant major Of the
'rst battalion, vice Sergeant Major
'Aundt, appointed first sergeant of the
. company. First Glass Private William
loty was appointed corporal in Com,
amy A. ~
On Friday Companies E, f, @ and H
lnder the supervision of Major Tupes
iad combat firing on the B range. Ma
or Tupes provided the problem, which
'ombined. the elements of flank guard
nd outpost protection. The firing de.
'eloped splendid mArksmanship ON tn,
art Of the men participating, the hits
n every case exceeding the number to
"a expected of good shots, according t.
he School If Musketry tables. - ,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-27
GERMAN Ships,
NOT PERMANENT
F|KIURESAI ALL
Can Be Moved When Agents Say
So, As Evidenced BY the
Developments Yesterday
sETos CONSENTS TO
OCCUPY NEW BERTH
-
Now Only One Slip viii Be Put
01t Of Business When
Order Comes To Sink J.

Making the best Of a bad business,
and calculating that one new berth was
better than none, the German refugee
steamer Setos, one Of the. notorious
eight, was yesterday morning shifted
from Pier Is and mooreo alongside the
spommern at Pier Il
J II. Hackfeld g Co.. agents for tn.
vessels who have been heading a sue.
cessful campaign against both the gov
eminent and the business community in
an effort to prevent the former from
properly disposing of the ships, we're
willing to make the change. Their
permission having been secured, the
government was enabled 70 move the
craft where it would do less damage TO
the port.
Between a choice of mooring tho
Pommern alongside the Setos ut Pier Is
or mooring the Setos alongside the
Pommern at Pier a, the harbor officials
were compelled to adopt the latter
course, although they got by IL the
least desirable berth. II was explained
yesterday that because of the filing in
of the Pier Is slip by the freshets the
Setos could not have been shifted fur
tier up her berth to make room for the
Pommern aft of her. Had the Pom
mern been moored at Pier l6, under
those conditions, her stern would have
extended 100 feet beyond the pierhead
into the harbor.
On the other hand, if the Pommern
had been moored alongside the Setos, il
was explained, il would have closed the
end Of the slip to the sampans, the
Oahu Shipping Company's fleet, and in
either case would have made the slip
inaccessible for the Matson boats.
Tho ship was shifted yesterday
morning under the direction of Assist.
ant Harbormaster Curtis. The tugs
Intrepid and Makaala, the former
made fast to the Setos stern and the
other towing, supplied the power, and
the shift was made without accident.
"a The Setos was able to get steam up in
her donkey boiler with which to work
her winches and handle her lines. Her
main engines and boilers, Of course,
are useless, having been wrecked by
her crew on orders from their owners
and government at the time of tho
breaking of of international relations
As she is an EBglish-built boat, how.
ever, she had to conform to the British
shiprconstruction laws, which require an
auxiliary boiler. The Pommern would
have been unable to have got up even
this much steam. !.
: II is the belief Of the harbor officials
that the two vessels, bones of conten.
ton for weeks, will remain where they
are until the United States navy de.
IN rtma M sens l;obt n nd tolras oha,r,,, ~
them. ',.t
The agents of the vessel also benefit
BY the change, saving about 500 a
month on wharfage dues. Under the
harbor regulations, ship moored out.
side Of another line pays half wharfage
which will amount TO about that much.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-27
AUTOMOBILE runs
DOWNH0RSE RIG
---
Poor Beast Badly Hurt In Acct.
dent Late Saturday
Afternoon

Fred Maxine is the owner of tn,
horse and brake which was run into o.
Saturday afternoon about half.pa fly,
O'Clock, by an automobile, on kim
Street near Keeaumoku Street. The
horse. which was so badly injured tina
it had to be slot in the street by DR.
:. A. Norgaard, was valued at 5000
Che brake, was slightly damaged.
Sugisi, the driver Of the rig, and VIII,
,scnpcd unhurt, Is said TO, be a carefu
riw'r, ana has been in Makinoys ser
vice for the past seven or eight years
The accident happened as Sugia wa.
irving to town and AUTOMOBILES No
1000 proceeding in an opposite diree
ion. Aftcr>the smash the oliver of III,
ar ran away, leaving his machine be
lind. The car was later taken to tow
by someone from the Sehuman Carriag,
TO
The chauffeur was cut about the fac,
by th" glass from broken windshield
Up to last night no arrest had beer
m'd" and the police had apparentl,
taken no steps in the matter. NV
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-27
Fifty Have Already Taken Their
Examination For Their Com
missions In Corps
FORTY HAVE, PASSED AND
MORE ARE EXPECTED SOON
Major Lincoln In Charge Of Work
is Proud Of The
( Showing

The enrolment 0f men as officers in
the Army Reserve Corr is going on az
a rapid rate in Honolulu. when seen
yesterday Maj. Charles S. Lincoln was
enthusiasts over the manner in which
local men had responded to the cali.
"Taking into consideration the pop
ulation,'' he said, 1--WE feel that the 70.
sponee over here compares very favor
land. . =.
day Honolulu business men have
hlread taken their examinations FOR
vommisS,ons. Out OF this number
forty have gone through and the re-
mainder are expected to pass at an
early date. =" -.
In addition, about two hundred men
from the national guard and regular
army, with a sprinkling of civilians,
are expected to pass for commissions
withinsa month. hu. 'ya
Major Lincoln and other officers Of the
regular army who have charge Of the
xamination work have great praise
Tor the type Of men who are seeking
reserve commissions Most of them
have had previous military experience.
The sections in the Officers Reserve
Corps applied for by men here are in
fantry, cavalry, quartormaster, engi.
neer, ordnance, inspector general and
judge advocate. A number Of Others
are nav training for work in the sig
nal corps. a ~
Examinations for the infantry, cav
airy, artillery sections, ordinances and
signal divisions cover, in addition TO
general subjects, those pertinent to the
particniar section in which the appli-
cant i seeking admission. Knowledge
OF a technical and special nature Is re-
quired In the ordnance aud signal divi-
sions. The same holds for the adiu-
to-. Judge advocate aud inspector gem
eraI 8 departments.
Applicants for the quartermaster
sections are examined for duties that
require knowledge Of administrativc
and clerical details or special services
Of professional or business nature re.
quiring no special military knowledge.
In the event Of the United States
having to raise huge army, at least
10000 additional officers would be
decided by America, and number of
officers would Of necessity be drawn
from those commissioned in the off.
cers'reserve corps. In case Of war
many of these officers are likely to be
assigned to the regular army, or, on
the other hand, they may be assigned
to the volunteer. corps, OF TO any other
special duty which the President might
direct.
Major Lincoln was profuse in his
praise OF the excellent response here
and II is hoped that before the end OF
\ April many more men win be added "a
| the ranks of the corps.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-27
CUT FISH LINES
..:. !. ]. WIFHsTHE|R TAILS

. HILO, March 22-Double lengths of
,iano wire are now being sought for by
ocal big game fishermen, for they have
found by experience that the shorter
lengths are no special protection to the
line itself when allarge fish is hooked.
The reason for this is explained by
George Richardson, of the Hilo police
department., and Richardson is backed
up by sheriff sam Pua, who asserts
hat H. Gooding Field, secretary of the
laval Tuna Club, told him the same
thing recently. ~ p,
In other words, it has been discov.
red that one reason why so many of
the big fish hooked are lost after a
'trike is because the moment they are
hooked they turn complete somer,
sault and strike the line above the
leader with their tails and cut it in
two, and thus escape. .>...'. 80.
This has happened SC. many times
here, especially along the Kona coast
that fishermen now seek for double
length leaders to prevent the tuna OF
maimai cutting the line with THEN
tails. Js.<. ss3t,E.... ,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-27
.MAR|ONCH|tCOTT
BEATS HER TINE
.' - .r.7ss aat .'a E..a.
Full-Rlgged Tanker Hanging Up
Season Records Arrives
&C.,. From Coast

Reaching port Saturday noon from
San Francisco, the full-rigged ship
Marion Chilcott, of the Associated Oil
Company, hung up a sailing record for
tho season of thirteen and half days
between San Francisco and Honolulu,
outward bound. This beats her tina
on the previous voyage, which was the
season record up to that time.
The Marion Chilcott, says Capt. @. o,
Anderson, made the last trip to the
Coast in the same time, thirteen and u
half days, although ii was reported ana
commented on in San Francisco papers
as a voyage of twelve days, and so re,
peated here. If he had not been de.
layed in San Francisco loading, states
Captain Anderson, he would have made
the round trip here in twenty eight
days, but was held up five days in the
Coast port, and made it instead in thir,
ty-two days, #s. I'll.
~ The Marion Chilcott brought in If.
teen thousand barrels of oil and six
hundred and fifty drums of gasoline
and distillate. She win take molasses
in bulk out, Part Of this cargo Il
waiting for her here aud the balance in
Hilo, but she will not make the latter
port unless she can get a tow down
The vessel expects to get out on Tues
day, ..r 49, 'fHu. .....s Is. o.. .
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-27
Folk of M0Iokai
Find Diamond Mine
On fhe Lonely Isle

A diamond mine has been discovered
in the Island of Molokai, or, rather
the mine discovered itself. Such is the
belief of the HAwaiians on the Lonely
Isle and no one can convince them
otherwise. Full of the belief that they
have stumbled on a bonanza which will
enrich every man, woman and child in
Molokai, one of the Hawaiians there
has sent to Johnny II. Wilson, Demo,
cratic national committeeman, mum.
Der Of the so-called precious stones.
The recent torrential rains caused o
mighty landslide at one point of the
coast in Windward Molokai couple
Of weeks ago. The debris slid into the
ocean and disappeared, but Hawaiians
out fishing in their canoes a few days
later were startled to see ON the storm
torn bit Of coast dots of extreme bril-
hancy. As the morning sun rays
glanced on the bed Of the land slide
these fishermen mafveled at the sight
Kaimana, kaimana, kaimana, .
yelled the scaler and he began TO die
with his fingers and drew out shiny
little pieces of stone, some OF which
he threw to his comrades in the canoes
below. +.
. 'oure, kela, exclaimed these, OK
aiming the bits Of pohaku, which
shone as the light struck them. "Sure
kela, kaimana no kcia, sure, kela!" r.
Johnny Wilson received the Other
day the first consignment Of these
diamonds" from MOlokai. with a re
quest that he act as the agent of the
Molokai millionaires in disposing OF
their precious stones One look salts
fnd Wilson that he was in possession
Of bits of crystal rock, such as is com
mon in many parts of the Islands.
"These precious stones may bring
four dollars and six bits tom vii
son told Marshal Smiddy Yesterday
"and at this rate ! don't believe IN,
Molokai diamond hunters would max,
much of fortune. It's really too bat
that these things are not real dia
nonds. Why, the samples presented
to me would make me a millionair
and | could with case finance alone tn,
whole coming Democratic county cam
paign," s@.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-27
MANY IN FIRST
!. INFANTRY QUALIFY
Examining Board Finds Seventy
Six Enlisted Men Prepared To
Receive Commissions

\ GASTNER, March 2i--The board of
oflicers. convened to determine recon-
mehdRtions for commissions in time Of
war Of enlisted men Of the First In.
fnnry, has completed its labors, and,
as a result, finds sevehty!six mes pos
sessihg the qualifications deemed re.
quislte by the board. Thirty-two Of
these are further adjndged worthy of
Recommendation for commission in the
oificers' reserve corps, subject TO ex-
amihation, Colonel Hodges, Captains
Catkh and McCook, and Lieutenant
Schneider constituted the Board.
Their report goes to Washington,
whore lists are kept of these deemed
eligible for commissions in time of war.
The recommendations for thirty-two
me5 TO be examined for commissions
in the officers, reserve corps will also
be passed upon In the war department.
ooHibat Firing ntftsAsfi
The First Infantry is TO 60 onto the
"AP range for the purpose of doing
some combat firing as a part Of the
field training Of the regiment. The
IN w ~ PuBNANAo'd ny Nuot w
riobs battalion commanders, who viii
also supply the problems to be worked
ont by their companies in those firing
! tests. The firing is 70 be completed
by March 81, $780,
Relief Troops For Navy Post
six companies Of the Twenty-ffth
Infantry are expecting orders TO make
UP the next relief Of troops in the field
at Pearl Harbor and Fort Shafter. The
companies of the Twenty-ffth are full
strength, so that the number OF troops
will not be much redueed by the send,
ing of but six companies,
The troops Of the Thirtyisecond
camped at Fort shRfter are suffering
all manner of Inconvenience and un.
pleasautness as result Of the mud
caused by the kona storms of the past
few days. re, r4
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-27
|H|LO GIRLS TAKE
Up GOOD WORK
Preparing For War BY Learning
Duties Of Nurses-Flrst
I Aid Classes Formed

Several girls Of the younger set Of
Hilo have organized a tirst aid club
This action has been taken, says the
Hawaii Post, in consequence Of the
news that all should prepare for war
When the, club was organized about
three weeks ago, the young ladies' were
puzzled as TO how they could obtain
the necessary instructions In first aid
but Mrs. w. Scott Wise has agreed to
act as. sponsor, and the club is begin
ming to make rapid progress.
Miss II. Longesan and Miss X. Sad
Ter, who have had valuable experienced
in this work, have consented 10 assist
Mrs. Wise and a demostrative lecture
is given the enthusiastic members once
aweek. Hs 49,
First aid in resnscitating the ap
parently drowned, caring for wounded
and the various things necessary for .
nurse to know have already been taken
up with success.
~ Is commended that part of a nurse 4
duty is 10 be happy and cheerful, and
as most of the girls are accomplished
musicians, abortion Of the time is be.
ing spent in singing and playing
various instruments.
IA Hui Lima Aloha (The Club VI
Loving Handsl is the name adopted hy
the organization. This was decided
upon at meeting held at the residence
Of Miss Jean Walker, March 20, when
the following were present: Mrs. Scott
Wise, the Misses r, Longeyan, X. Sad
Ter ID Ansfin r Tonn;nr. u u,o.k..
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-27
TRACTORS ANDTRUCKS
COMING FOR GARRISON
Large Shipment Now On Its Way
To Oahu

Large shipments of tractors, Ford
automobiles, motorcycles and more thar
fifty fOhr-wheel-drive trucks, the latter
being manufactured by the -Four Wheel
Drive Auto Company of Clintonville
Wisconsin, have been shipped from thu
East, via rail to San Francisco, from
which point they, will be transported t.
Honolulu for use by the troops of thu
local garrison.
. These four-wheel.drive motor trucks
frequently called "Centipedes, y be.
cause of their great power and Traction
on all four wheels, together with til,
other equipment win be used in Ha
waii by the Ninth Field Artillery, a,
Schofeld Barracks. Thirty-six of tn,
four.wheel-driye trucks will be used l.
haul ammunition; three of the ~others
will be equipped with complete ma
chine shops, blowers, FORCES, dynamos
motors and complete setsgof blacksmith
and machinistsi tools, These tools will
be used in repairing guns, tractors ant
trucks, in addition to the Ford cars
which it is Understood will mount ma
chine guns. =.
Other four wheel-drive trucks will b,
used for general utility purposes, haul
ing of provisions and army supplies.
Several skilled factory, mechanic,
will assist in getting the trucks. in ae
tive operation, and in teaching the gov
eminent officers and drivers how +,
drive and take care Of the trucks.
1t is not known definitely Just when
these trucks will arrive in Honolulu
but II is possible that they may be
here within another. month, delay being
caused by the congestion Of freight
shipments Throughout the country.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-27
ARRESTS YESTERDAY

Yesterdays arrests included the fol
awinpi Investigation Emily Pa, D
" Crawford, Fourth Cavalry Band
"eodoro Ventura. Drunkenness Helen
iguel, M. Oliveria. u. Peterson
Thomas Foster. Kalani Pun, John Rich
ird, Dennis o'Brien, Detained by pro
yost guard-R- r. Bedington, Fourth
Cavalry Band. Gamblipg-A. d. Vie
tor, John Naihe, John. Kapihi, X. Cana
ID, Phillips, John Comes, r.. Ferreira
Henry silva, Q. W. Young, Alex. Hoa
Pill. che'fa tickets in possession
Ayau.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-27
GREAT NORTHERN HAS
LIGHT PASSENGER LIST

A radiogram from the Hill steamer
treat Northern, en- route from San
francisco and San Pedro TO Hilo and
honolulu. said that she had 1873 first,
'abin and twenty-four second cabin
passengers (no mention was made OF
'hird.cahin passengers); 2606 tons OF
cargo, including twenty-nine automo
Ailes; thirty eight sacks Of mail fol-
Hilo and 423 for Honolulu, She Is due
% arrive here from Hilo Friday morn
ng, The unexpectedly small passeu
ror list has only one apparent explana
tion; The imminence Of war with Ger
many is keeping persons at their homel
in tho states. |I,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-27
weekly MARKET LETTER.
wholesale only.

Island butter is still in great demand
There is very little change in the price
Of eggs. There is a good demand for
all kinds Of poultry 10 good condition.
Now is the time TO ship.
All green vegetables are scarce and
bringing very high prices. Corn, beans
and rice are all high, During the past
week, rice has advanced considerably.
Island Irish potatoes are scarce and
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-27

bringing good prices. There are very
few sweet potatoes in the market. ~, +.
There is good demand for live o.
dressed hogs, and prices are very good
also.
There has been no change in the hide
market for some time. ..ss.
Nearly all food prices have advanced
during the week. ...s
A. t. LoNGLEY,
Marketing Supt.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-27
TRouRLE AvERrrn

That little cold and sore throat of
s"'n must be checked at once or il
may develop into something worse.
'nE, = few doHes Of Chamberlain, >
"o,~n Rcr,edy and your troubles viii.
soon vanish For sale by all dealers,
Benson Smith 4 Co., agents for Hawaii.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-27
Honolulu Wholesale Produce Market
% % Quotations @ g

March 23, 1917
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-29
LESS ACTIVITY ON
 COTTON MARKET
Farmers Hauling Cotton Home Rather Than Sell
 on Decline

New York, August 2s.-The cotton market was less active today and fac tions were less violent, but after touching 22.25c early, December con tracts sold off to 22.05c and then ral- lied to 2244c, closing at 22.35e. The general list closed steady at a net advance of 26 to 31 points. The mar ket opened steady at a decline of
 point to an advance of 10 points and
 sold about IT to 2S points net higher after the call on a continuation of
 yesterdays covering movement. An
 other private crop report making the condition 6S.8 and indicating a loss of
 3.9 for the month probably promoted
 the early buying, while there were also renewed reports that farmers in the
 southwest were hauling home their
 cotton rather than sell at the de-
 cline.
 There was realizing by recent buy CTS on the bulge and the market
 turned easier during the middle of
 the morning on private reports of rain at one or two points in Texas and | second crop report making the con- dition 701 and the deterioration 2.4 per cent. This was more nearly in line with bearish ideas than previous reports and the market eased off to 22 05c for October and 22.07 for Jan ! uary, or back to within or points of last nights closing figures The market then steadied on renewed COW ering and there was sharp advance during the afternoon, encouraged by | a revival of peace talk.
 | Southern hedging was reported dur I ing the morning. but there seemed to ! be little pressure from such sources during the afternoon, when trade in terests were moderate buyers. October l sold up to 22,40c and January to 22.43c, i with the general list showing a net 1 advance of 35 to 40 points.