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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-24
David Hastings MacAdam
Knows ALI the Ins and Outs
of Postal Service, Though
He is a Veteran Newspaper
man
fspseial s.ar .BalIesia corTespoedeneel

Especial Star Bulletin C0rTespondencel
WASHINGTON, ID C.. Feb. a.
David Hastings MacAdam. the new
postmaster OF Honolulu, was selected
the postmaster-general, with the
Endorsement Of the president and the
United States Senate. solely because
Of his efficiency Mac" as he Is
called By his intimates in official
Washington and newspaperdom
knows all the ms and outs of the sery.
ice. and had a great deal to do with
the pioneer work and early develop.
ment OF the postal savings. the parcel
post and the movement TO reduce the
cost of living by having the farmers
sell direct TO the housewives through
the parcel post
His position with the department
here has been that of official mouth
piece and the chief stir-up OF en-
thusiGsm among the people for better
laws for the service. In other words.
he has been the departmental press
agent, or to make ii more direct. the
promotion committee OF the whole
United States postal service.
There is little II anything, that
Postmaster MaeAdam has to learn
about the service. For this reason,
he was NAMED by Postmaster-Ge General
Burleson To take up and carry to 4
successful conclusion the work OF
undermining the Hawaiian service.
The department Is looking for effiei-
ent men for responsible places every
where and with regard to the appoint
ment of postmasters. II is efficiency
and not political backing that is given
sole consideration by the appointing
powers.
Is Veteran Newspaper Man
Postmaster MacAdaIn is news.
paper man. He is not an old timer
in years, but one in experience. He
was born sS years ago in st. Louis,
Mo- AS is customary in Missouri.
he went to school and kept going.
absorbing knowledge all the time,
until he graduated from high school.
Then he struggled along at Wash
ington University for a year and q
half. His artistic temperament then
took possession of him and he severed
all relations with the university and
its academic training. After the rup
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-24
Honolulu's New Postmaster Selected
For Efficiency, Says Washington News
Appointee Of President is Artist,
Writer, Dramatist and HUI
m0riSt; Selection Meets
Praise in National Capital

10 years OF that time being the
political reporter and Washington
correspondent OF the ST. Louis Re-
public.
Didn't Take Either Job
The postmaster finally admitted
that he did not take either Of these
jobs that lay before him. What he
did get as q bread and butter ticket
was the job Of county reporter for
the st. Louis Republic. It was q job
where he worked on space. He re-
ceived the wonderful remuneration OF
SIS a column for all the news that he
could discover and turn in and then
get printed. He had no liberal ex-
pense account that he later had when
travelling around the country writing
learned pieces on political and ma
tional topics. As there was only about
SIS worth OF real news per week In the
district TO which he was assigned.
Mae began to invent stories for the
Sunday newspaper. He was enthusi-
astie and artistic. His first success
full story was the rewriting Of
"Evangeline" into st. Louis language
and he laid the scene OF his story,
made immortal by Henry Longfellow,
in st. Louis county. II made great
hit with the Sunday editor of the
paper. MAC" began to rewrite all the
classics and hitch them to some
locality Of his beat for local color.
The auditor OF the paper found that
he was making $25 week as q sDace
man. This was too much and from
then on he became a regular reporter
NJ the splendid remuneration OF $50
per week.
Came to Washington In 1908
In 1908 MacAdam. still with the
Republic. came to Washington as the
head of the Republic bureau. He re-
NAMED with the paper for 10 years.
severing his connections for the
magazine field.
1t was shortly after this that the
acknowledgement secured his serv-
ices for the postal administration.
Postmaster MacAdam is married
and has one< child, q little boy four
years old He Is enthusiastic about
his new job and is anxious to go to
Honolulu as soon as possible. His
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-24
Sugar Factors
Commission Merchants
Insurance Agents

American Central Insurance Company
The Home Insurance Company, New York
New Zealand Insurance Company
Commonwealth Insurance Co. Of New York
German Alliance Insurance Association
Switzerland Marine Insurance Company, Ltd.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-24

wife is an accomplished musician
while the postmaster is some fellow
at golf
His selection has met with words
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-24

Of praise from all quarters IN Wash.
ington where 1t Is known that II was
won on merit and not based on
politics.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-05-11
PACIFIC COAST NEWS

The uncertain fate of Captain
Friedrich Jebsen master adventurer"
of the Pacific, is a matter of grave
concern for Uncle Sans intelligence
department.
Orders for the immediate organ
ization of reserve engineer regiments,
composed of all classes of railroad
employees, were issued this week by
the secretary of war, according to an
announcement made by officials OF
the western department of the army
w. D. Skinner, railroad man, sus
tanned injuries which examining sur
geons later said might prove fatal
when an automobile driven by Wilbur
e. = Conan, manager of an Electric
company, skidded Saturday near Port
land and crashed into a telephone
pole.
On April 9 the Supreme court OF
the United States rendered two deci
sions whose effect upon Industrial
conditions is important. One de.
cision concerned the Oregon law en-.
acting minimum wage for women
The other related to the same cem-
monwealth's law fixing the hours of
labor at all manufacturing plants
Both laws were sustained by the
courts and pronounced constitutional
AT Los Angeles, California, Saturday
three men were convicted under the
Mann white slave act in the federal
district court in what was said to
be a test case, as the element of pros
titution was eliminated. Dan Malone,
r. B. Boyer and Warren Fabyan were
found guilty, and Lawrence j. Char
tran were acquitted. Judge Oscar A..
Trippet in charging the jury held
violation of the spirit of the law
constituted guilt
A.. ]. Wilkie of large lumber COM
pany, who was found unconscious Fri
day beside the dead body of his wife
in their gas-filled kitchenette, in Sc.
attic, died Sunday morning without
regaining consciousness. Police be-
lieve the two made suicide pact and
that financial reverses were the cause
Wilkie told an acquaintance that he
was formerly contractor in San
Francisco, and had recently come to
Seattle from Valdez, Alaska.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-05-11
YOuTS very GfuIy,
MRS. MELINDA MILLER.

NorE: You've all undoubtedly heard
of the famous DR.. Pierce and his we'll
known medicines. Well, this prescrip-
ton is one that has been successfully
used for many years by the physicians
and specialists at DR.. Pierce's lnvalids
Hotel and Surgical Institute, OF Buffalo
n. Y, for kidney complaints. and dis
eases arising from disorders OF the kid
neys and bladder, such as backache,
weak back, rheumatism, dropsy, conges-
ton of the kidneys, inflammation Of the ne
bladder, scalding urine, and urinary
troubles.
been on sale to the public, but by the
persuasion of many patients, Doctor
Pierce has finally decided to put it in
to the drug stores of this country
within immediate reach of all sufferers,
or send 10 cents for large trial package
and free book.
Simply ask for Doctor Pierce's Anu c
Tablets. There can be no imitation.
Every package Of rAnqrie " is sure to be be
on the package just as you do on DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription, the ever,
famous friend to ailing women, and
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
proven by years to be the greatest gem
eral tonic and Reconstruction for any one,
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-05-11
SUMMARY OF THE
WORLDS EVENTS
IMPORTANT NEWS OF BOTH HEM.
SPHERES BOILED DOWN TO
LAST ANALYSIS.
ARRANGED F0RQUICKREADING
Brief Notes Covering Happenings In
This Country and Abroad That
Are of Legitimate Interest
to all the People.

Four and one-half inches of snow fell
at Denver Saturday.
Chicago's bakeries and bakery wag-
on drivers strike has been called off.
Grave rioting has occurred in Mainz,
Germany, according to a report.
About 10000 school teachers in Eng
land have answered the call to the flag
since the war began.
The absolute prohibition of absinthe
throughout France has had excellent
results, says an official report.
1t is reported that Count Won Bern
storff is about to be appointed minis
ter to neutral country by the kaiser.
Baron Friedrich Won Falkenhausen
has arrived at Brussels to take up his
duties as the new governor general Of
Belgium.
Enlisted men of the national guard
who are to attend officers training
camps will not be ordered to camp be-
fore May 20.
Prevailing retail prices of anthracite
coal are unwarranted and the supply
for next season is adequate, the fed
eral trade commission states.
The national service bill which is
now before the senate provides for a
census of all male residents in France
between the ages of 16 and 60 regard
less of nationality
Jews in Palestine are threatened
with massacre, according to cable
gram received recently by Adolph
Kraus of Chicago, international pres
ident of the Order Of B'Nai Birth.
Premier Lloyd Georges correspond
ence is more than ten times as large
as that addressed to the head OF any
other department Of the British gov
eminent Sometimes it exceeds thou
sand letters a morning.
In the metropolitan area of Berlin
there are now twice as many women
and girls engaged in industrial plants
as men and boys, the number being, re-
spectively 275,000 and 10000. The
number of male employees has decreas-
ed from 10000 year ago.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-05-11
Arizona Murderer Lynched.

Phoenix, Ariz.-Starr Daley, who
killed James Ray Gibson, travelling
salesman, near Mesa, 10 miles east of
this city, May 8, was taken from dep
uty sheriffs Sunday morning, this
side Of Florence, and hanged by a
party Of Phoenix and Florence citi-
zens. The deputies were spiriting
Daley, alias Ashmore, from the coun-
ty Jail in this city to the penitentiary.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-05-11
Why SUFFER Wl1H BAcKAcHE,
kidneys OR RHEUMATISM Now |

letter Tells of Long Looked for Prescription.
Dear Readers Il am making per
sonal appeal to those of you, who
are bothered with kidney and bladder
trouble, that you give up the use q
harsh salts or. alcoholic kidney medi
cines and in their place take a short
treatment of rAnuric." | have. taker
many of DIR. Pierce's medicines for the
past twenty five years with good results
1 suffered with kidney trouble for some
years. l recently heard of the newest
discovery of Doctor Pierce, namely, his
sAnuric" Kidney Tablets. After using
same 1 am completely cured of my
kidney trouble. recommend, heartily.
all sufferers to DIR. Pierce, for what he
has done for me cannot be estimated toe
preserved woman for my age, all due,
believe, to DIR. Pierce's medical aid.
Yours very truly,
Mrs. MELINDA MILLER,
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-05-11
our Cash to Belgium.

Havre France.-The Belgian gov
eminent has been advised that the
United States will devote $150,000,00O
for provisioning the population of the
occupied districts Of Belgium and
France. OF this sum $90,O0O,O00 will
be devoted to Belgium 1t is estima-
ted that the cost of feeding Is ap-
proximately 100000 monthly.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-05-11
Convict Captured Bloodhound.

Charleston, w. Va.-A bloodhound
valued at 5000, sent on the trail of
prisoner who escaped from a convict
road gang near here Saturday, made
friends with the fugitive and was ia.
ken into the mountains according to
the authorities.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-05-11
Will Not Free All Belgians.

Copenhagen.-It is officially point
ed out by German newspapers receiv
ed here that the recent order of EN-.
peror William concerning the depor
plate the revocation of the measure
of the return of all the persons de.
ported, but only of those who were
able to prove absolutely that they had
been unjustly classified as unem.
plOyed.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-05-11
Special Cancellation Stamps.
NEW MOVEMENT TO CHECK
GERMAN U-BOAT MENACE
American Naval Consulting Board
Submits Plans to Defeat the
Awful Carnage.

New York.-w. l.. Saunders, chair
man of the naval consulting board,
announces that the board had for.
warded to Washington plans for deal
ing with the submarine problem
which it was believed mad solved the
problem successfully.
cit looks as though the submarine
problem has been solved Mr.. Saun
ders said, mot only in theory, but il
strength of practical tests on the At
lantic coast"
For several months about IS inven
tions a day have reached the board
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-05-11
Cuban Negroes in Revolution.

New York.-Charges that Cuban me-
gro rebels are burning and pillaging
the homes and properties of Ameri-
cans and other foreigners in the dis
tricts of Palmarito, Bayate and Mi
banda, Oriente province were made
by "a American and British refugees
who arrived here Sunday.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-05-11
BaIfour Addresses CONGRESS.

Neutrality-suspicious. Minister Bal
four made speech before the house
Saturday. President Wilson was one
of those who applauded loudest as
Mr.. Balfour began speaking. He re-
moved his gloves and entered into
the handclapping with vigor.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-05-11
cisco, $5,65o,oO9; Seattle, $15o,oOO.
Suhscrin+ions Come Fast.

The gold flood of subscriptions to
the Liberty loan continued Sunday.
Officials estimated that since 2 p. m.
Saturday, when the last compilation
was made, offers had been received
by wire totaling as much as the big
aggregate made public Saturday night,
$172,000,000 Should this estimate be
correct the total thus far approaches
po00,000,000. Thus far only the banks
and wealthy individuals have been
heard from.
Special Cancellation Stamps.
Every letter of the millions that
pass daily through the mails soon is
to bear a special cancellation stamp
of striking design to notify all per-
sons receiving mail that the nation
is calling for contributions to the big
bond issue.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-05-11
GERMAN-BORN PEOPLE
IN THE UNITED STATES
immigration Figures Showed Falling
off in the Last rs Years-Scan-
dinavans Move.

Washington ID. C.-The National
Geographic society, from it's Wash
ington headquarters, has issued a bull
people in the United States. The
bulletin also includes other statistics
of vital interest in the present sit
uation.
During the last quarter Of cen
fury there has been startling fall
ing off in the percentage of Germans
in the total number of immigrants
who have come to our Shores" says
the bulletin. with more than IT,
100000 immigrant arrivals since1890,
only 1,023,000 have been Germans,
whereas in the ia years between the
establishment of the American re-
public and 1890, out of a total of 49,
$4,000 immigrants, there were s.
$4,000 Germans-every third arrival
Teuton.
Most are Here Long.
"If from the 1,O23,OOO who have
come to America since 1890, the pc
riod of greatest influx of foreigners,
proper deduction is made for those
who returned to their home land and
those who have died since their ar
rival it will be seen that there are
fewer than a million former subjects
of the kaiser in this country who have
not been here more than 26 years.
OF more than 100000 people Of Ger
man birth and immediate ancestry
among us, less than 100000 fail to
have the background of birth or long
residence in America behind them.
Great Number From Austria.
can examination of the statistics of
| American immigration shows that
since the foundation of our govern
ment the united kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland has contributed
100000 of her people and Germany
more than 100000. Ireland, with
more than 100000; Great Britain,
with a little less than 100000, and
Scandinavia with something less
than 100000, have, together with
Germany, contributed more than
half of the total immigration to our
shores since the beginning of the
revolutionary war.
"Austria-Hungary stands next in
the list of contributors to the immi-
grafton stream that has flowed from
Europe to America Although Aus
tro- Hungarians began to immigrate
in considerable numbers only when
the arrivals from western Europe
had begun to fall off, sufficient have
come from the dual monarchy to
populate the state of Texas to it's
present density. Italy has sent us
enough of her people to duplicate
the population of Montana, Wyom-
ing, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, Utah,
Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.
1.-The Russians who have come to
our shores number 3,419,0O0 They
could replace one-half of the popu-
lation of New England
one-seventh Foreign Born.
Although the people of foreign
birth constitute only one-seventh of
the country's population, they con-
tribute nearly one-fourth az per cent?
of the arm-bearing strength of the
nation.
Foreign Born Now Peaceable.
| Washington.-Hi praise for Amer
ica's foreign born citizens is given by
Attorney General Gregory in state
ment this week revealing that only
LIS alien enemies have been arrested
under the presidents proclamation.
| About half of those arrested were
charged with espionage, or attempt to
foment disloyalty or disorder.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-05-11
NOTED PERSONS DIE

Joliet, Ill.-Francis B. Young, IA
years DID, a civil war veteran.
Dubuque, Iowa.-John H. Smith, one
of the publishers of the Dubuque
Times-J ournal.
The Rev. Henry Lyman Morehouse,
aged "a, for many years corresponding
secretary of the American Baptist
Home Mission society.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-05-11
tions as to convenient method of
registration.
Those in Jail Provided for.

"The wardens of jails, penitentiar-
les and reformatories should apply to
the county or city clerk for instruc-
tions on the sixth day.
Give days after the date of the
proclamation complete regulations
will be in the hands of all sheriffs
and of the officials of cities of over
10000 population.
"The president is authorized to
call upon all public officers to assist
in the execution of the law. The
plan is, however, to rely on the people
for the proper execution of the law.
1t is expected that patriotic citizens
will offer their services free as reg
istrars. Such services will be CRATE
fully acknowledged. Volunteers for
this service should communicate i'm
mediatly with the proper officials"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-05-11
Enaineers to French Front.

Washington.-Nine new regiments
of army engineers, to be composed
exclusively of highly trained railway
men,, will be the first American
troops sent to France.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-05-11
PhiIipinos Show Loyalty.

Manila.-A great parade of the FIJI
ipinos of Manila was held here Sat
urday as a demonstration and pledge
of their allegiance to the United
States.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-05-11
President to Address G. A. r.

President Wilson has accepted an
invitation from the Grand Army Of
the Republic to deliver an address at
Memorial day exercises at Arlington
National cemetery.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-05-11
MISSOURI GROWS MORE CORN.
Wheat Conditions as Of May 1 Esti-
mated at SIG.

Columbia, Moan increase in the
Missouri corn acreage of about $780,
900 for this year was indicated in the
monthly crop report issued here this
week by the state board of agricul-
ture. The wheat condition in the
state was placed for May l at 51.9, as
against 500 month before and a 10
year average of 82.6.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-05-11
PRINCE OF WALES is
TO MARRY FIRST COUSIN
Heir Apparent to British Throne Will
Take Princess Maud Daughter of
the Duke of Fife

Take Princess Maud, Daughter OF
the Duke of Fife.
London,-Prince Edward Albert of
Wales, heir apparent to the British
throne, has answered for himself the
question of whom he will marry. The
prince has decided he will ask for the
hand of his first cousin, Princess
Maud the youngest daughter of the
princess royal and sister to Princess
Arthur of Connaught.
The young princess is IA months
older than the prince, who is %. She
has lived retired life, the INSOFAR
able companion Of her mother. Her
father, the duke of Fife, was the clos
est pers onal friend of the late King
Edward.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-05-11

London.-An order will be issued
in the near future providing that the
waste of any kind Of food shall be a
punishable offense.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-05-11

r Advices from Washington, D. G., are
to the effect that Spokane has been
granted branch of the Federal re-.
serve bank at San Francisco.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-05-11
From Cities.

Subscriptions received during the
two days from some of the chief cities
of the country were s follows: Chi
cago, $21,565,000; Cincinnati, $685.
900; Denver, $1,125,000; Kansas City,
$635,000; Los Angeles. s4OO,OOO Min
neapolis, $695,0OO; Milwaukee, $780,
600; Portland, Ore, $4,000; st. Louis,
st. Paul, 100000; San Fran
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-05-11
Foreign Born Now PeaceabIe

Washington.-High praise for Amer
icas foreign born citizens is given by
Attorney General Gregory in a state
ment this week revealing that only
LIS alien enemies have been arrested
under the presidents proclamation.
About half of those arrested were
charged with espionage, or attempt to
foment disloyalty or disorder.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-01-01
ANNOYING KIDNEY ILLS
Make Life Miserable For Many Mar.
tinsbura People.

There's nothing more annoying than
ddaey weakness or inability to prop
crlE control the kidney secretions.
Night and day alike, The sufferer Is
tolmented aud what with the burn.
irE aud scalAing. the attendant back
erhe, headache and dizziness, life ia
indeed, a bu den Doans Kidney
Pills have given peace and comfort
TO many Martuahurg people Profit
by this Martinsbnrg mans experience.
=. G. Armstrong formerly railroad
z ueer. i2l N. Centre St, Martins.
bu X, Says "Maat railroad men suf-
fer more or less from kidney trou.
be and was no exception. sup.
pose rs the jolting that wears the
kidneys ut The kidney secrctions
passed too frequently and caused me
great deal of annoyance AID pain
Besides, | had lame back |, had
lre spots In the small or my back
M severe pun. particularly when
lifted anything or bent ovesa
used different mdicmes, but none
helped me u1til TOOK d ans Kidney
ritla They soon put a stop to the
pains and dove the soreness and
lnmcuos scout Of my back My kid
ness HOW act regularly"
Price soc, al all dealers. Don't
imply osk fra kidney remedy-eet
Doan's Kidney Pills the same that
Mr.. Armstrong had Foster MIlbu"n
Co. Props buffalo, n. Y. cod lw