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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-09

cash which is this day deposited In
the local banks and only drawing
per cent interest per annums is one
and one-half million dollars.
Among the most vital needs of the
day are good roads and eontented
farming population tilling the soil and
making a good honest living. How
are we to have them If the Govern
ment does not come through with the
capital and assist them? A man who
takes up a homestead needs assist
ance and the Government is the one TO
give il to him. We appropriate hun,
dreds Of thousands of dollars annually
to bring immigrants into the coun-
try, borrow millions for public i'm.
proyements and wharves, but not one
cent for assisting the hemesteader
who is struggling for an honest living,
trying to bring up a family, perhaps,
of from four to ten children who are
citizens of our country, and also try
ing to raise produce for the markets
1.-THE intent of this bill is to assist
homesteaders and even IL it does
only assist twenty families as stated
by the majority report, is it not better
to aid twenty families in making a
good living rather than to have their
children brought up in poverty ana
be confronted with the probability that
finally during old age some Of them
will have to be sent to the several
institutions for the poor. ETC., at the
expense of the Government and the
people? Is it not better, that twenty
families be added each year to the
list of those who can care for them
selves rather than, not assisting any
as at present? Should the expense
be considered when 1t is a case OF
assisting your neighbor to make an
honest living and more especially
when the loans are well secured by
the property and the improvements
thereon as provided for by this act?"
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ISLANDERS Held
HERE;IFORHOU
s..- HI" Hh UEH HI"IH

From IL O'Clock this morning suntl
noon a dozen MafshsI; islanders VINO
arrived today frohi San Francisco; on
the Oceanic liner Sonoma were held
under arrest by customs inspectors,
until it was deteItnined that they are
not Gsfinail shb5e3s. They were then
released sto.go wherever they desired.
The men, all seamen, are members
of the crews of the refugee German
merchant yesseI8 aHeptdne and .tlas,
tied up at Sausafito Bay, near San
Francisco, since the war began.
Their Boats Were Sold
Recently the two boats were sold
and the crews paid off. The sailors
said they could not stand the cold ell
mate of San Francisco and asked I'm
migration officials If they could not
come 70 Honolulu, to make their home
aboard the gas schooner Hermes here,
the latter vessel''being owned by the
same firm as the Neptune and Atlas,
the Jaluit Gesellschaft. - y
Status Not Enemy Subjects -
After the islanders sailed on the
Sonoma for Honolulu, the United
States declared war on Germany. This
made the men, who look extremely
like Hawaiians, technically enemy
subjects. Because of the fact that
the Marshall group was captured by
a Japanese expeditionary force from
the Germans and is now Japanese ter
ritory, the men are new Japanese
subjects. They were freed at noon ON
instructions from Collector of the Port
Franklin and Richard L. Halsey, in
spector in charge of the U. s. imm1-
grafton station at this port. ".c
Cannot Live On Hermes ...,a.-
According to Boatswain Lankas Man
tala, of the Neptune, his fellow Mar
shah Islanders include cook and 10
sailors. They will not be able to live
on the HeFmes as they had hoped, as
she has been taken over by the gov
eminent, her crew now being in de-
tention at the federal immigration sta.
ton together with the crews from the
seven other refugee German merchant
men here. The islanders will try to
get work here las sailors. Mantala
was employed here at one time by
the Inter-Island.' p. ~
Inspector Halsey said at noon there
is no change in the status of the Ger
mans in detention here since war was
declared last week. 1t is believed they
will soon be sent to Schofield for
internment as enemy subjects when
it is found how many are German
reservists. Those not reservists may
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-09
WOULDSIOP INfLUXOF BlLLSON
FIFTIETHDAY OF session OF House

house from the senate today and Is
lying on the talle until printed copies
are forwarded II will be referred tc
the judiciary committee. " IT,.
Representative Kelekolio's bill tc
INCORPORATE the city of Hilo was tabled
today on the ground that there is nc
sense In this bill. @ #a
Many Bills introduced
The following bills were introduced
today:
House Bill 4o4.
Appropriating $4,000 for the preser.
walton of Pun Hawaii cemetery.
Substitute bilI.-Judiciary Committee,
House Bill 405.
Providing for the establishment OF
a vocational school at Lahainaluna.
Substitute bill. Education Committee.
House Bill 4o6.
Appropriating $1,000 for widening
the Pail trail, Kalaupapa, Molokai.--
Brown.
House Bill 4o7.
For the establishment of a school
for defectives.-Ahuna. "
House Bill 400. tzsa
Appropriating $4,000 for a home
for mental detectives Ahuna.
House Bill 409.
Providing for the opening and dis.
position Of public lands at Piihonua,
Hawaii.Lyman
House Bill 40.
For the establishment of a voca-
tional trade high school, Honokaa, Ha-
wall. Lyman. -
House Bill All.
Providing further penalties for heed.
less driving Andrews.
House Bill Az.
Relating to appointment, removal
and compensation Of circuit. court In
terbreters Andrews.
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FIND CONDITIONS AT
KALAUPAPA EXCELLENT

Representatives Wilder, Miles and
Brown of the health, police and SAM.
tary committee of the lower house,
have returned from Molokai where, in
company with a committee of the SEN
ate, they made an investigation OF the
Kalaupapa settlement.
Members Of the house committee
say they found conditions at the settle
ment to be excellent They probably
will report on the investigation to-
morrow. The report will be a lengthy
one and will thoroughly cover the trip.
The trip ur and down the trail
especially proved almost a
hardship on some of the legislators as
stiffened joints still attest today. Sen
ater Desha, who is not as young as he
used to be, probably suffered more
than any of the others from the horse
back ride.
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HOUSE EXPENDITURES
WELL WITHIN BOUNDS

With the house Of Representatives
on the last lap OF the session. Speaker
H. L. Holstein today reported that.
from the federal appropriation. the
house has spent $9,125.70. leaving a
balance Of $S.S74.30. and $16.154.5I
from the federal appropriation, leaving
a balance OF S13,245.49.
Four hundred and three bills have
been introduced in the house to date.
OF this number LOG have been tabled
Seyenty-nine house bills have been
sent to the senate, and 10 are now in
the hands OF the governor, who al.
ready has signed 81 house measures.
Twenty days remain from now until
the end of the session.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-09
committee ON
KUHIO WHARF
i. MAKES REPORT

That the legislature allow an appro-
priation Of $350,000 for proposed new
piers at Hilo c. the ground that the
Crescent City is a much congested
port, Is one of the recommendations
Of the public lands committee in re-
porting out on its Investigation of Ku-
hio wharf = = r. %
Tie Investigation was to determine
why the Great Northern and vessels
of the Matson fleet do not use the
wharf In its report the committee
says, in part: e..
Your committee finds that Kuhio
wharf is an up-to-date substantial
structure That it is built in the
wrong position, having been put up in
q position opposite to the prevailing
currents and thus in bad weather,
which is about one or two mouths in
the year, an undertow is caused which
your committee believes will De OBJ
Waited when the breakwater is COM
Melted. II the wharf had been con-
structed facing the current and not
broadside to Ii the undertow would
have no effect Your committee re-
comTnends that whenever any piles
are. removed they he replaced with
concrete piles so as to make perma-
nenf structure, as some of the ohia
piles are now rotting.
Your committe further recon.
.mends that the dolphin piles be re-
moved or cut to tile. level of The wharf
f* e and that at the end of the
wharf, where there is a depth of 90
feet of water slip be constructed so
that lumber vessels can tie up there
and discharge. As it is there is con-
siderable loss of space at this point.
We believe that the present wharf
age charge throughout the territory is
to cover running expenses
and the payment of interest on the
amount of money invested by the gov
eminent in its wharf properties, and
therefore conscientiously recommend
the Wharfage rates be increased from
cents a ton day on the net register
ed tonnage of the vessel to 21a cents;
and your committee recommends that
house resolution be accepted and plac-
ed On file and that a copy of this. re-
port be sent to the board OF 1arbor
CONN iohefs. NfS
% ~ II - - 81 - 81 Il
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SENATE COMMITTEE TO
LEARN OF GOOD ROADS

The loan fund bill and good reads
will be the subject o. hearing to-
night by the senate ways and means
committee The meeting will begin
at 7:30 O'Clock.
Having finished the work on the
general appropriation bill and sent
the measure over TO the house. the
senate is now turnin gifts attention to
the loan fund and the school budget
Tomorrow night it will take up har-
Dor board projects to be paid for I'M
der the loan fund
The Rotary Club, Ad Club and Auto
Club urges members to attend the
hearing as representatives of such
clubs
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Survey CONTROL ]
!. MAY NOT CHANGE

likelihood that the present legis.
lature will approve Senator Shingles
plan of placing the office of surveyor
general under that Of land comm, seipn.
err seems fading as the last - dats
Of the session begin.
!. Opposition that number WsseH3
tors feel toward such af4fabsf efsk6f
authority was evident during the DIS.
cussion OF the general appropriation
bill when Senators &C fllitswprth and
Castle, especially, argued against it,
Though these two used the Organic
Act as the basis of their argument,
one report has II that the legislators
are also opposed to the move on politi-
cal grounds.
Surveyor Wall is good Republi-
can, according to report, and to put
him under the land colfmis pnef,
who is q Democratic appointeW You'd
be ungrateful Of a Republican legs
lature. to say the least Wall hhh,
self is heartily opposed to such a
change, though he says his. objection
is not from personal motives.
One Of the interesting things about
the situation is that Wall does not
know whether he will be given re-
appointment, and RivenburgH. while
appointed by the governor, has never
been confirmed. It is Rivenburgh,s
confirmation that the present senate
is holding up week by week awaiting
the time when Governor Pinkham
shall send down other Appointments.
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4 GOOD WINTER habit

Many people dread winter because
the sudden climatic changes bring
colds, grippe, rheumatism, tonsilitis or
bronchitis. But thousands of we'll
informed men and women today avoid
much sicknessfor themselves and their
children by taking a few bottles of
SCOTS Emulsion to make richer blood,
fortify the membranes of the throat
andchestand create body-warmth tore
sist sickness. Soldiers at war receive cod
liver oil; it viii also strengthen you.
scott & Hsune. Hloom6eid. Nj. tra
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The senate resolution providing that
the flag be displayed, and the pupils
sing the natioEal anthem, as q pare
OF the morning exercises in the pub
lie schools, has been referred to the
education committee of sthe house
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With New to stemming the tide
OF Bills that are flowing into the
house each day, thus allowing the
house 10 days in which to clear its
calendar and thus avoid the POSSIBLE.
~ OF an extra session, Representative
Cooke to6ay Introduced the foregoing
resoltitiOn.s g
III we are going to close this ses-
sion at the end Of so days we have
got TO put q. stop to the introduction
Of bills Somewhere" explained
Asks 40 to Legality
Whether the senate's action on the
emergency fund is legal is asked in a
resolution introduced by Representa-
tive Andrews. II asks the attorney
general TO settle the point. reading as
folIows:
BE n resolved that the attorney
general be requested TO inform this
house In writing as to whether a bill
setting aside an appropriation to be
territory Of Hawaii, with an approval
Of certain members OF the legislature,
Is illegal, or Whether such q rider TO
an appropriation item. II inserted in
the appropriation bin, is Illegal or In
consistent with ~ provisions Of the
Organic Act"
Representative Lyman introduced d
bill eppropriating $4,000 for the es-
tablishment OF a home for mental de-
fectiyes, as follows: Erection OF four
small dormitories, workshop. dining
and school rooms, lalr dry, furnit1fe.
etc. S1E, 900; maintenance and re-
pairs $4,000. Another bin by Lyman
provides that the home shall be UNI
der TIE jurisdiction of the board Of IN
dustIial schools and shah be main
tanned on the colony or cottage plan.
Needless DRIVING Bill
A,bill by representative Andrews
provides that the distpiot MAGISTRATE, !,
aside from al other penalties. may i'm.
posela prison sentence not to exceed
one Year on persons convicted Of heed
less tiriying. ef
Rebfesentatisc Lymaiss Resolution.
providing that the board OF health.
maze an immt date Investigation to
ascertain the cause Of the rise IN price
OF fool supplios in Hawaii was favor
ably reported on by the agricultural
con1ittee.
The report az the Judiciary commit
tee On the substitute prohibition bill
VIII be taken up in the house tomor-
row. The committee will recommend
that the measure pass.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-09

Cadillac roadster, good running order,
top, windshield, self-starter, electric
lights, power pump, electric horn,
weed chains, tunes. tools, ETC., $500.
Box 592, Star-Bulletin. 6755-3t
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The bill setting forth grounds on
which the licenses of physicians and
surgeons may be revoked, passed third
reading.
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SKIPPER OF KESTREL
JOINS NAVAL RESERVE

Following the lead of other steamer
captains and officers of merchant YES.
sells here, Capt. F. E. Ferris. master
of the British steamer Kestrel, today
said he intended to visit the Pearl
Harbor naval station and be enrolled
IN the United States naval reserve
Captain Ferris said he understands
numerous other captains of American
steamers, including local vessels ply
ing between island ports, have enroll
ed, and that he wants TO do his share
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be held as aliens instead of enemy
subjects.
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M2e|Fl41@szzISaD
FOR SALE.

Il. FOR SALE.
Motor generator set; 10 volt alternat-
ing current; 2 h. D. motor: 600 watt,
80 volt, direct current generator,
$50, complete: excellent working
condition. Smoot & Steinhauser.
6755-2t
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Cooke Wants Lawmakers to
Have Ten Days to Clear
Up Their Work


y Resolved, that on end after the =
\ 5Oth day Of the session OF the =
= legislature no notices Of intention =
= to introduce bills, and no further =
= bills shall be introduced, unless \
= by unanimous consent =
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-10-25
LAMOURE PROUD
OF ITS RECORD
County Asks "What Have
You Done," !" Pointing
To Own Achievement

LaMoure, N. d.. Oct. 25.-LaMoure
county-the county with a 200 per
cent Liberty bond issue record-the
county that placed every bond it
sold into the hands of the peoples
pardonably proud of its achieve
ment.
Just now local boosters are en-
closing the following card in their
mail matter. to show the world
what they have done. Since this card
was printed, the bond issue sales in
the county leaped to 100000.
"LaMoure county. North Dakota.
with an allotment of $15O,00O. sub
scribed $160, 900 to the second Liber-
ty bonds of 1917 during The first two
days." reads the card. Her totnl
subscriptions will exceed a quarter
of million dollars. The city of La.
Moure with population of 1000,
subscribed $4,000. What did your
county do?
"LaMoure county is a good place
in which to live. to buy land, to in
vest. Her people ARE prosperous and
happy, Whatever her task, she all
ways Puts 1t Across"
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-10-25
Spirit of french
Holds Soldiers to
Their Great Task

Ada, Mimi. Oct. 25.-The spirit
OF the trenches-the spirit that
bids men do and die on the fields
of northern France. is aptly pic
tured by B. Gordon, 56, Company
G. +. G. Of Winnipeg, in a letter
written to his niece, Mrs. b.
Brooks, OF this city.
''I see the United States is
preparing in great shape, and
hope they will get here soon, so
the allies can finish this job and
drive the Germans back whence
they came.
They (the French) helped us
when we needed IL. and we will
help them to a finish, which they
appreciate, and they cannot do
too much for an American or
Canadian who has left his home
thousands Of miles away to stand
by their side to fight a common
enemy, and we will stay oy them
IL we have to blow the enemy out
of their trenches and build
bridges across the craterB to get
after them,
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-10-25
DICKINSON HAS 400
MEN READY FOR DUTY
Home Guard Launched This Week
With Membership Of 100 and
10 Expected to Reach $50.

Dickinson, n. D., Oct. %. A
home guard has been launched here
with a membership of over 100.
When the ranks are completed IL is
expected that the guard can boast OF
I50.
Company X and the Dickinson ma
chine gun company have nearly ESQ
men at Camp Greene and now with
$50 more for home defense, the little
queen city OF the prairies" will
show North Dakota a body OF 400
loyal men ready for service
Major Osborne, who has helped in
the drill of the machine gun com
pany, was unanimously chosen as
captain: 4. F. Tollefson, first lieu
tenant, and Roy Baird as second
lieutenant.
The first and last Of these officers
have seen actual war or at least
have been stationed for war pur-
poses. Captain Osborne was in the
Philippines and returned as major.
Roy Baird was recognized as the eff
cient supply officer at the border, and
Lieutenant Tollefson was the captain
Of Company K before its entrain-
ment for the border in 1915.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-10-25
SUGAR FAMINE
IS BROKEN BY
BIG PURCHASE
Louisiana Supply Will Be
gin Moving NOrthward
Early Next Week
LOWER PRICES
IN PROSPECT
Retail Price In Northwest
Should Not Exceed 8
Cents By Jan. l
(By Associated Press. }

Washington, Oct. 25.-TwO hun
dred million pounds OF Louisiana
cane sugar was contracted for today
company and will begin movement
northwaTd next week to relieve seri-
Gus shortage of the eastern states.
IL the eastern consumer had been
compelled to await the coming of
this years supply from western beet
and Cuban cane fields there would
have been no relief for existing near
famine conditions until late in
November.
For the 200. .OO0. 900 pounds the re-
fners paid about $4,000. 900. or ap-
proKimately 615 cents a pound. Aft
er adding cost of transporting and
refining IL is estimated they will be
able to sell to the wholesalers at
steadily reducing prices, beginning
at s.35 cents. eastern seaboard and
dropping TO 1875 cents by the end of
the year. The latter figure is the
seaboard price previously fixed by
agreement for Cuban, Hawaiian and
western beet sugar. and the price
the food administration expects TO
maintain.
With the refners' price at s.35
cents. the food administration an
nounced, wholesalers in the north
east should sell at about $50 cents.
with the price decreasing proper
tionately with reductions by the re-
finerE. This. it was said. should mean
a price of 8 cents to the consumer at
once. and OF not more than s cents
by the end Of the year.
The big deal for Louisiana sugar
was, announced last night at the food
administration after a two-day con-
ference among producers, headed by
John NJ. Parker, federal food admin
s eator for Louisiana; Earl d. Babst.
president of the American Sugar
Refining company and officials OF the
The administration plans to cut
off the supply Of retailers who insist
on taking war profits.
In anticipation of the sale, the
division of the food
administration already has arranged
Tor sufficient shipping to transport
100. 10000 pounds OF the sugar to the
Boston and New York
re1neries. The first cargoes leaving
next week. will go to New York.
With the wholesale market vir-
tuAlly out of the way, the admin
stration now is turning It's atten-
ton to retailers.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-10-25

The premier talked for an hour,
running the gamut of emotions from
despair to hope. He was applauded
on all sides. 49,,
we are not fighting for political
ends, but for the very existence or
Russia. he declared. 'The army in
the trenches seems to have lost the
sense of duty and honor, although at
some places 1t is filled with a new
spirit. The batteries on Oesel island
gave up without a struggle. while the
little Dago island forces fought
bravely".
M. Kerensky defended the govern
ment against charges made by M,
Markoff, radical. who blamed officers
for the decentralization Of the army
and limited at monarchial plots. He
said the Korniloff revolt was not
monarchical but a mere attempt at
a dictatorship, as also was the Boil
sheviki revolt of July.
Peace has been postponed by the
Clisintegration Of the army by forces
which are continuing the work or the
old regime. he said.
! other ministers were subjected to
a heavy fire OF questions. General
-Verkhoysli, minister of war, said the
front was not being helped by the
rear and that no army could fight
when it was hungry and cold.
cit seems to be possible to end
anarchy only by German bayonets"
he declared.
The minister urged that the army
ba reorganized and that severe
punishments be authorized.
General Alexieff, former chief OF
STAFF. advocated the reinstatement OF
10, 900 army officers who have been
expelled. saying they were needed
greatly and had been dismissed on
improved charges. These men, he
asserted, should have a new chance.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-10-25
FRANCE IS AROUSED
BY .PETATN'S VICTORY
Fort Be MaImaison Is Key 20 Whole
RIDGE Extending As Far
As Craonne,
(Bv AssocIated Press. )

Paris. Oct. 25.-It would be hard
to exaggerate the enthusiasm arous-
ed throughout France by yesterdays
splendid achievement OF the French
army on the Aisne front, falling on
the anniversary of the recapture Of
Fort Douaumont by General Petain.
The blow apparently fell with all the
force OF surprise for IL is under
stood that Il. German general stan
held the op..lion that. after his in-
complete success in the spring offen-
sive, the French leader would not
find ii advisable to resume offensive
operations before the end Of the
year and this opinion was shared by
many Frenchmen.
The military commentators empha-
size the great Importance Of the cap
ture Of Fort De Malmaison, the key
TO the whole ridge extending to
Craonne. The French, from their
new positions, are able to endladB
the German positions not only along
tho Chemin- dea- Danes iine but At
Anizy -le- Chateau and to direct their
ire directly along the valley to Laon.