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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-06

ed States, the reception held from 4
TO s o'clock yesterday afternoon at
the Japanese consulate general. made
a most impressive picture.
American and Japanese uniforms
blended tremendously, with occiden-
tai and Oriental dress worn by the
women guests lending a picturesque
environment to the scene, while the
training squadron's marine band and
the Hawaiian band played program
appropriate to the occasion.
The reception, which was the first
formal affair held In Honolulu since
the Tolxiwa and Yakumo arrived, was
given at the residence of His Impe-
rial Japanese Majesty's Consul Gen.
eraI Rokuro Moroi, honoring Rear. Ad-
miral Toshitake Iwamura, command.
ing officer of the Japanese naval
training squadron. X. s..
Those who formed the receiving
line were Consul General Moroi, Ad.
miral Iwamura, Capt. Naomi ,Tanigu-
chi Of the Tokiwa and Capt. Shichi.
CORA Saito of the Yakumo. Viee-Con-
sui Tadanao Imai assisted and the
staff OF the consulate general assisted
in receiving the guests. who were rep
government officials and
businessmen, Caucasian and Japanese,
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NEW YORK. N. Yin addition to
an art, collection valued at $4,000, 00o
bequeathed to the Metropolitan Mu'
scum of Art by the late Isaac Dudley
Fletcher, 1t is learned that the museum
win receive the residuary estate, val.
ued at $4,000, 900. .., 49,
Special requests amount approx,
mately to 100000. The largest OF
these, 100000, will go to a son, JET.
ferson Butler Fletcher, author and
professor at Columbia University,
Horace Fletcher, brother of the dead
millionaire and widely known as the
originator of 'Fletcherism," win re.
ceive an annuity of $4,000. =
Included in the beQuest to the Met
ropolitan Museum Of Art Is a string
Of pearls which Mr.. Fletcher spent ten
years in gathering and which, it is
said, is valued at 100000.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-06

Between Boards: Sales: 100, 20, 20
OIaa, a; 8 WaiaIua, ~.
Session Sales: Oahu Sugar, 2s.75;
10 onomea, "a.
DIvidsnds-June s: n, c. 4 8. (soc
extra), 75e; Hononnu, soc; Hutchinson,
zoe; Paauhau, zoe.
Latest sugar quotation: 90 deg. test
5.s3 cents, or $116.6o per ton.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-06

Iof en- intention of Far Eastern banks
to horde gold or to permit 1t to reach
Germany. ~
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-06
EoYPTs REvENuEs HIGH

CAIRO. Egypt Government reye.
nues in Egypt have this year risen to
the highest point ever recorded, and
this has been accomplished withou:
any war increase in direct taxation,
which Is the lowest In Egypt Of any
country comprised within the British
empire. There have been some IN
creases In indirect taxation, however.
Railway rates have been increased ten
per cent, telegraph and postal rates
have been increased IN some cases
100 per cent, and the taxes on tobacco,
Goal and construction wood have been
raised. ~.
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Smyrna times., 1917-04-04
POULTRY RAISING IN SUSSEX
Some Returns Reported Recently Show
Big industries

Some Returns Reported Recently Show
Big industries
That the poultry business is a pay
ing one despite the high price of feed,
and that the climate of this section is
especially conductive to winter laying
has been shown by Harvey Short of
Laurel. During January he received
from his flock of hens 3, 800 eggs, an
average of about 121 day. During
that month eggs were very scarce and
sold for 48 to so cents a dozen.
Figuring that they sold in the market
for four cents each. the flock brought
to Mr.. Short an average of $4.84 a
day, Of which he estimates So was
net profit.
Mr.. Short is one of the most exten-
sive poultrymen in Southern Delaware
and expects ~ put 1, 900 young broil-
ers on the market in a short time.
Besides attending to his poultry busi-
ness he is practical farmer, looking
after his large farm; also, he raises
strawberries. His farm is one of the
show places of Sussex county. For
years the average farmer in this Sec
tion has looked upon the poultry bust
ness as woman's work and allowed the
women to have all they made for their
private use. But now they are dis.
covering there is more money to be
made out of poultry than out of many
of their broad acres. and therefore are
enlarging the business and making il
one of the chief incomes of the farm.
Smyrna times., 1917-04-04
COUNTY SCHOOL HEADS NAMED
Governor Townsend Re-appoints all
Superintendents for Another Year

Governor Townsend Re-appoints all
Superintendents for Another Year
The following appointments by the
Governor, John G. Townsend, we're
confirmed by the Senate before ad-
journing sine die:
Member Delaware College Board of
Trustees-Former Governor Charles
R. Miller, Wilmington.
Commissioner of Education-C Charles
A. Wagner, Wilmington.
School Superintendent L.
Cross, New Castle County; j. E.
Carroll, Kent County; Renset j.
Hardesty, Sussex County.
Oyster Revenue Collector-James
C. Richardson, Little Creek. He sue
ceeds Howard Hutchinson, of Fred
erica.
Sealer of Weights and Measures,
New Castle County-Walter M. Silla-
toe, Wilmington. He succeeds Will
liam ]. Mcknight.
State Board Of Agriculture-New
ton L. Grubb. near Wilmington.
Justices of Peace-Howard &. Stew
art, Georgetown; Samuel L. Rogers,
Clayton; James K, Phillips, Seaford
Lewis S Cloud, near Christiana.
State Librarian-Earle D. Wiley,
of Bridgeville. He succeeds Librarian
Thomas Wilson. Mr., Wiley wal
formerly secretary to former Congress
man Thomas W. Miller. He nomi
mated Governor Townsend at the Re
publican convention last September.
Smyrna times., 1917-04-04
BIDS TO RAISE BARGE
Its Wreck is IN Sassafras River at Bet
terton

Its Wreck is IN Sassafras River at Bet
terton
Bids were opened in Baltimore
Thursday for the removal of the wreck
of the barge Florence O'Brien. sunk
early in February near Betterton
wharf, Sassafrss river. The bids,
which will be considered in the United
States engineers office. Baltimore,
were: P. j. Sullivan, Baltimore,
81, 700; Charles w. johnson, Lewes,
DEL. 1910, and Eugene BOehm, At.
lsntic City, 81. 942. N. B. Regis.
ter. Lewes. Del. 1923; Baltimore
Wrecking Company. 81, ATS and Free
Johnson Wreeking Company, 81, 900
When the barge was stink it was il
tow of the tug Enterprise, bound from
Severn river to Chester, Pa, wit
a load of sand. The Enterprise, whicl
was also sunk. was raised by the own
ers of the vessel and was taken t
Philadelphia for a general overhaul
ing.
Smyrna times., 1917-04-04
Ointment ad Diet for rheumatism.

For acute articular rheumatism the
following treatment is recommended
by a. writer in the Medical Adviser,
quoted by the Medical Record: An
ointment made of four drains each Of
ichthyOl, methyl salicylate and oil of
turpentine, mixed with four ounces Of
lanOlin, is applied to the affected
joints and covered with cotton and
oiled silk. The patient is put to bed
in flannel nightclothes and between
blankets for absolute rest.
His diet must be liquid, preferably
milk, together with fruit juices and
plenty of water. Elimination through
bowels, skin and kidneys must be at
tended to carefully. At the beginning
of the treatment a dose of calomel and
bicarbonate of soda is given and fol-
lowed after four hours by Rochelle
salts or a seidlitz powder. Rhubarh
and soda may be given to advantage
until the tongue is clean. Throughout
convalescence the patient must abstain
from all animal foods and alcohol.
Smyrna times., 1917-04-04
MARK M. CLEAVER DEAD
Prominent New Castle County Man
Dies After Lingering Illness

Prominent New Castle County Man
Dies After Lingering Illness
After having been connected with
the New Castle County Mutual Fire
Insurance Company for 49 years,
Mark M. Cleaver. 81 years old. one
of the best known Wilmingtonians,
died at his late home, 803 Jackson
street. Saturday morning, March "a.
after an illness lasting several weeks.
Mr.. CIeaver had been in poor health
for a year but had been confined to his
home only about seven weeks before
his death. Mr.. Cleaver was president
of the insurance company, having been
elected to that position in 1899. He
first became connected with the com.
pany in 1868, was made secretary and
treasurer in 1879 and vice-president
in 1897. He was also treasurer of
the Wilmington and Brandywine Gem
etery and member of the board of
directors Of the National Bank of Del
aware and of the Wilmington Saving
Funds Society. He was at one time
connected with the old Farmers Bank
of New Castle and served as county
treasurer sometime ago. He was a
member of the Temple Lodge A. F.
and A. M Of that city. He is sur
vived by his wife and one son, Samue
G. Cleaver. and one daughter. Mrs
w. j. Fisher. He was a member O.
a large family, only one Of whom
Mrs. Boulden. of Perryville. now sur
wives. Mrs. Cleaver was Miss France
Eiason, daughter of the late John D
Eliason. of near Summit Bridge.
Smyrna times., 1917-04-04
GOOD FEELING DISPLAYED
AS LEGISLATURE AOJOURNS
SPEAKER HERVEY p. HALL. PRE-
SENTED WITH A GOLD WATCH
President Pro Tenn Barnard Presented
With a Silver Pitcher - Budget
= of $4,000 Put Through


Delaware's ninety-siXth general
assembly, which has been in contin-
uous session since january 2 adjourned
sine die Wednesday afternoon at 5. .35
o'clock, after passing the general ap-
preparation and claims bills and the
usual exchange of courtesies from the
majority and minority sides of the
houses. Smyrna was inter ested from
the fact that Hervey P. Hall, Speaker
of the House received high encomiums
for his ability and fairness as a pre-
siding officer. AS testimonial of the
regard of the members, he was pre-
sented with a full jeweled solid gold
watch bearing the seal of the State and
suitably inscribed. Prior to adjourn
ment of the two houses, the presiding
officers appointed the committees
authorized by acts of legislature.
The legislative auditing committee, to
meet January, 1918. is composed of
Senators Long and Joseph and Repre-
sentatives McNabb, Welch, Messick.
The legislative. reunion committee
includes Senators Gormley and New
ton, and Representatives Peet, Ellison
and Jones.(N Investigation of plum
bers' supply association comprises
Senator Hoffecker and Gormley, and
Representatives Connolly, McNabb,
Ahern. The appropriations bills, as
passed, are based on the budget sys-
tenn, the revenues of the state for the
ensuing two years being estimated
and the appropriations made accord
ingly. The total estimated receipts
for the year 1918 amount to 1895, :
214 SIS, and total appropriations for
that year, $915. 118. 16. The total
estimated receipts for 1919 are ST.
O52. $50, and tie total appropriations.
81, ,029, ,060. The special legislative
committee appointed to investigate
the state board of health, submitted
its report to the general assembly
The report states that the in
vestigation shsws that the board is
doing constructive work and that the
committee can suggest no way in
which the board can be more eco.
nomically administered.
President Barnard Given Silver Pitcher
Governor Townsend sent to the
senate for confirmation the appoint
ment of Elisha c. Lynch. of Selby
Vile, to be state detective, for a tern
of four year, for Sussex county, t
succeed Oscar Thomas. the retiring
detective. At the close of the bust
ness session members of the senat
presented handsome silver pitcher
bearing the state seal and appropri
ately engraved, to President Pro TEN
Barnard, and the members of tn
house presented a fine gold watch
also bearing the seal, to Speaker Hal
as a token of their regard. Governo
Townsend sent a message to the tw
houses during the afternoon session
thanking the members for the mar
ner in which they had stood for col
structive legislation. and expressed
deep sense of gratitude to all VIII
had been instrumental in bringin
about much-needed reforms in De
aware.
Smyrna times., 1917-04-04
Nothing More.
ything doing in Plunkville?"

Anything doing in Plunkville?"
"Not a thing"
''But see by the paper that many
public improvements are contemplate
ed"
Contemplated is the word. Merely
municipal castles In the air."-Louis-
vide Courier-Journal.
Smyrna times., 1917-04-04
Ladies Can Wear Shoes

one size smaller by using Aliens Foot Ease, the
hntiseptic powder for swollen, tender achingf feet
1t makes walking delight relieves corns and
bunions of all pain, and gives rest and comfort
Sold everywhere, 25c. Don't accept any substi-
tute. sample FREE. Address, Allen 8. olmsted.
LIE Roy. n. Y.
Smyrna times., 1917-04-04
With Seven New and
Exclusive Features

STUDEBAKER NEW SERIES Is
CARS with seven new, special and excIu
Sive improvements, are fine cars, war
ranted by us to completely satisfy the
most particular and faStidious persons.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03

Thomas w. Churchill. former presl-
dent of the New York board of educa-
ton, said in a recent address that he
was opposed to any education that
harked back to a cultural past or
allowed its weather vane to be blown
by the breezes from antiquity" "This
old cultural stuff is not going to help
any mothers son make a living" he
said. II am not in sympathy with the
views Of college professors intrenched
in the marble halls of colleges endowed
by some rich benefactor. Until re-
Gently they have paid too much at
tention to the white shirt front and
ignored the o~veralls, and they found
their graduates starved to death. Gull
ture is a good thing, but it can be
picked up in spare moments where the
need may be. l admire your pretty
vase, but my y%oungster needs a soup
plate. The man who stands on the cor
ner and spouts Latin may get a repu-
tation for being erudite, but he won't
bring much of a salary home to his
wife on Saturday night"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03
A Doc in Court.

Mrs. Blanche Pierce, stylishly at
tired, appeared in the mems night
court before Magistrate Brough to de-
mand the punishment of Joseph Brown
of Nc. POI East Sixty-sixth street,
New York, who she said inhumanly
exposed a toy poodle to the cold and
storm at night in front of the Biltmore
hotel.
Mrs. Pierce told the court that she
was leaving the Biltmore in the storm
when Brown with the little animal in
his hand offered the dog for sale to
passers-by.
81 had him arrested" she said, "be-
cause such treatment and exposure to
a dumb animal is cruel and inhuman."
"Where is the dog?" asked the court.
Brown drew the dog. from his coat
pocket and placed it on a table in front
of the judge.
No soOner had Mr.. French Poodle
landed or his feet than he rushed for
the affidavit in his case and chewed
a corner off 1t, bit into a pollcemaH's
hat and barked defiance at the specta-
tors.
"That dog seems healthy enough
remarked the court when Brown cap
tured his dog and order had been re-
stored. 81 can't see that he has been
badly treated. 1 discharge the prls.
Oner."-New York World.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03
Mans Few Wants.

Man wants but little here below"
He wants his meals cooked just right,
and composed of the particular things
he likes to eat. He wants his clothes
kept in perfect order, and the buttons
sewed on. He wants to get up when
he gets ready, and then he wants to
swear because he misses his car TO the
office. He ant to be cross when
he comes home and not have it men
toned. He wants to leave his coat and
hat and shoes just where he happens
to take them off when he ONE in.
He wants his slippers right in a GER
tain place where he can find them
without effort. He wants to put the
ashes from his cigar in the most CON
venient place while he smokes. He
wants to yawn and go to bed when
his wife wants him TO go out with her
and make a call. He wants everything
as he wants it, and he wants no talk
about it.-Judge.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03
Fate Inevitable,

Harry Skunk, an Ohio product, who
has long been prominent in minstrel
and vaudeville circles, is fond of EN-
ploying his leisure moments in hunting
out characters and gaining odd side
lights on human nature.
AT a carnival in a southern town two
colored boys stood near the ledge of
a crowd that had assembled to watch
a high diver.
AS the daring athlete slowly mount
ed a tall pole to a tiny platform 60
feet in the air, a brass band IN the
ground played "chills-and-fever" music,
When the diver left his perch,
plunged head downward into a small
tank on the ground, and "%scooped' out
onto the ground like a flash, the music
broke into II lively strain.
The cOlored boys held their breath
until the daredevil feat had been ac-
complished. then one said to the other,
as they turned to go:
"SOme time dat ban am gonna play,
and dat nan amt a coma heah it."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03
RAT MANKIND's GREAT ENEMY
Rodents determination Would Be Of
lnestimable Benefit to the Whole
Human Race.

The bubonic plague of today is iden-
teal with the black death of the mid
die ages. Primarily n disease of ro-
dents, caused by a short dumb-bell
shaped microscopic vegetable, the pest
bacillus, it occurs in man in three
forms, the pneumonia, which has a
death rate of almost 100 per cent the
s~epticaemic. which is nearly as fatal,
and the bubOnic. in which even witt,
the most modern methods Of treatment
the mortality is about 80 per cent. 1t
is q disease Of commerce, spreading
around the globe in the body of the
Ship-borne rat. 1t is estimated that
every case of human plague costs the
municipality in which it occurs at
least $500. This does not take into
account the enormous loss due to dis
aStrouS quarantineS and the CONNER
cial paralysis which the fear of the
disease so frequently produces.
The disease is. now treated with n
serum discovered through the genius
of Yersin. This is used in much the
same way as is diphtheria anti-toxin.
Plague is transferred from the sick
rodent to the well man by fleas. The
sick rat has enormous numbers Of
plague bacilli in its blood. The blood
is taken by the flea, which, leaving the
sick rat, seeks refuge and %sustenance
on the body of a human being, to
whom it transfers the infection.
Since plague is a disease of rodents
and since it is carried from sick ro-
dents to well men by rodent fleas, safe
ty from the disease lies in the exclu-
sion of rodents, not only exclusion
from the habitation of man but also
from the ports and cities of the world.
Those who dwell in rat-proof surround.
ings take no plague. Not only should
man dwell in rat-prOOf surroundings,
but he should also live in r%at-free sur
roundings. The day is past when the
rodent served a useful purpose as the
unpaid city Scavenger. Rats will not
come where there Is no food for them.
Municipal cleanliness may he regard
ed as n partial insurance against
plague. The prayer that no plague
come nigh our dwelling is best an
swered, however. by rat-prooting the
habitatiOns of man. Modern sanitary
science has evolved a simple and Elf
cient weapon against the pestilence
which walketh in darkness and strik-
eth Mt monday, and the United States
public health service has put this
knowledge into practical operation and
thus speedily eradicated plague,
wherever it has appeared in the Unit
ed States.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03
AFRO-AMER|CAN CULL|NCS

Renewed discussion of the Negro
question" may be expected as a re-
suit of Mayor Mitchel's appointment Of
DR.. Il. z. Roberts to membership of
the board of education of New York.
Indignation will be expressed in quar-
tiers which are given to Outbursts
whenever recognition in accordance
with their deserts are given the Ne
groes, but enlightened, tolerant and
progressive people will applaud Mr..
Mitchel's action and wish Doctor Rob-
erts well in the honorary post to which
he has been appointed. 1t may be
taken for granted that he is qualified
ton that the very strangeness of his
position and the inevitable opposition
to his selection will prompt him to
greater diligence and more intelligent
effort than are given to the school
service by some of the other nearly
half a hundred members of the board.
If he does, he will confound the critics
of the mayor and considerably advance
the members of his race in popular es-
timation.
By the last census there were only
Of, 700 Negroes in Greater New York.
not quite . per cent of the population,
but a number sufficient to command
recognition in the selection of public
school managers, especially in a com
munity that is given to affording rep
resentation to almost all of its varied
elements in the conduct of public af-
fairs. But the main point for consid-
GRAFTON is that the Negroes are with us
on an equality of citizenship with the
whites, and if justice is to be done
them and the more numerous eau.
casians are not to pile up great trouble
for themselves in the future they must
be treated in accordance with their
merits. 1t is important no only that
they be made good citizens, but that
it he made worth their while to be
good citizens. Neither can be hopedzfor
if the Negroes are to be Disseminated
against Sc that honorable ambition on
their part is forever impossible OF
achievement. - Pittsburgh Gazette,
Times.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03
New Year Custom in China.

The Chinese have a custom of celes
brating the advent of New Years,
either by paying off old debts, or, if
they are creditors and the debtor is un-
able to pay, then by cancelling the debt.
Thus the new year begins with a clean
slate. Communities are all alike in
city is the problem Of a thousand 9TH
ers. We have too many unpaid ac-
counts on our books. Why nOt profit
by the Chinese idea and have a pay-up
week the country over, when the slate
shall be wiped clean and the new year
started free Of debt2-Argonaut.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03

to be disposed of before Easter. Ma
terials for skirts come in patterns de
signed for street and for sports wear,
and new patterns for skirts, in a great
variety of designs, make it possible to
dispose of this item Of the wardrobe
requirements. The same is true of
blouseS.
A One-piece frock of serge (good for
all-round sports weary like that shown
in the picture, gives the home dress
maker no u~neasiness. 1t is the most
livable Of dresses and is developed in
unbleached linen for everyday wear
and in heavy cotton as well as WOOL
ems. 1t is made with a loose blouse,
having n sailor collar. and a plated
skirt with panel at the front. The
sleeves are plain, with two rows of
white braid at the wrist, in keeping
with three rows on the collar. The
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03

Monroe Henson, a very successful
Negro farmer, who lives near Null
doom, is the first Negro in Fayette
county to own an auto. Here is an eX-
ample of progressiveness and thrift
that is seldomly shown by our colOred
friends and should be held up to them
by those of their race who believe in
making better citizens.
Monroe Henson has been a reader of
the Journal for the past % years, dur
ing which time he has never been pre-
sented with a bill, or had to be no
tilted that he was in arrears. Follow
ing closely the example set to him by
his good white friends, he has worked
hard, saved his money and titled the
soil IN his farm. 1t must be a pleas
ure to him, o that he is past the
best years, to be able to enjoy the
fruits of his labors and remain an i'm
mune to the wiles and pitfalls which
are ever ready and which are so gen
erOusly promoted by those who seek
to prey upon the ignorance and super
stition of the Negro.-La Grange
(TeX.) Journal.