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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-05

The Pole Engineering & Mac
Company of Baltimore receive
large order from the United 81
government for gun carriage.
heavy coast defense guns.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-05
BUSINESS PERSONALS
HYDRAULIC ENGINEER

Jas. T. Taylor. 511 Stangenwald bldg,
consulting civil 8 hydraulic engineer
6375-tf
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-05

Completely furnished cottage on Wal
kiki Beach. Tel. 1858, Cressaty.
G720-tf
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WANTED

NurseEir1, preferably one OF expert.
ence, to care for one infant in nice
family. Communicate with telephone
5404 6722-tf
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HONOLULU STAR-BULLETIN
DAILY AND sEMI-WEEKLY
Trade MARI Rex. U. S. Pat. or.

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cepted.
In replying TO Advertisements ad.
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phone your advertisement; we will
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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-05

Peerless Preserving Paint Co, also
Pitch and Gravel Roof Specialists.
still at the old stand. IS Queen st.,
phone 1881. II
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FOR RENT
FURNISHED HOUSES

Desirable houses in various parts Of
the city, furnished and unfinished,
at SIS, SIS. $50, $25, $50, S35, $40 and
up to 1925 a month. See list in our
office. Trent Trust Co., Ltd, Fort
street, between King and Merchant.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-05

On easy terms, $500. Nice big house
and lot; $40. Sixth avenue, Kaimuki
Inquire H. Knaack, phone 1882.
... r. 6711-tf
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UNFINISHED HOUSES.

Two bedroom cottage, mosquito proof
Apply 1922 Artesian street. Phone
2617. J. Eivichaves. 6721-tf
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-05

Saiki. Bar. boo furniture; 563 BerCta-
MIA at 607S-tf
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-05

Miss Margaret Ney of Queens won
4 verdict of -s1G.nn0 against George
Enen7r il, II Jra3oh al promise 90
marry.
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Two-bedroom cottage, near Beretania
car line, on Circle lane. Phone $40.
Apply 1928 LunaIilo street. 6724-lm
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DENTISTS

DIR. c. p. DoWSON-office hours: 8
to Il a. m, to p. m; evenings,
to 9 p. m; Sundays, . to IL a. m.
No. McCorriston Bldg. 656Sstf
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FRUITS AND PRODUCE

Nosan Shokai, watermelons, Aala lane
6099-tf
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New and 2nd-hdnd furniture bought
and sold. Phone 1898. 1881 Fort st,
6453-6m
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PAINT AND PAPERHANeINe

s. shiraki, 1902 Nuuanu; Tel. 41S7.
Painting and paperhanging. All
work guaranteed Bids submitted
free. k532S-tf
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-10-06

panolled Iuhn l. Daniel foreman
John 4. splnman. l.. u sadden, II A.
splllmaH. e. T Noteworthy, Z. e Nc.
Gehee, Harris Irvine, C. ID. Foikea.
n. II Daniel. ]. NJ Ben. j p Peterson
abs Mann
After being In session three days,
the grand iury presented tb" following
report. Wednesday afternoon, aud ad.
ionrned;
Grand jury Report
Ta the Honorable Judge
2tth Judicial District Court
We, the grand jury IN and for the
Parish Of West Ftliclaaa, beg leave TO
make our final report We have eS.
amined 32 epses, and find Is true bills,
s 40 true bills, sud . no action We
have examined The jail aud court
house and and same satisfactory, ex
eept that the sewerage outlet at the
lal il too smell. also now front steps
are needed a the jail
mo. |. DANIEL Foreman.
The following convictions were re
corded this week
John Williams. burglary and larceny
81 days In jail on the first charge
eighteen months TO three years In the
peniientiary on the second
Marshall Cotton. assault and battery
$50 aud casts or ca days 10 jail
VIII Dorsey. non-suppoFt sentenced
lo provide q home for his wife OF Il
pay SO q month as ali'noay
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-10-06

Ed Hampton. wonnding less than
mayhem, six months In jail
Assignments
Casea have bern assigned for trial
as follows
WIN. Dlgga. receiving stolen goo'is,
oct s.
Chas aud Fletcher Matthews, feat.
ing away timber, 5
Zach payton, burglary and larceny ..
Hy. jenkins. sevefing from the soils
Harry Allen, assault by shooting at,s
Everett Jackson, robbery, 2,
Riley Whitfield, severine from the
soil. .
| While Wilson. wounding less than
mayhem o.
Mandy Harris, cutting with intent To
lku, ..
! Harry Cant, assault and battery, =.
Tom Cage, woundine less than may
hem, 10
Harry Alien, cutting with intent 10
murder 10
Thornton Wilson, wonnding less than
mayhem, 10.
/ Bessie Robertson, "a ais. soundng
with dangerous weapon with Intent
| to xiii, 10. These three negro women
lare eonyiels on Angola. and are
chaFged with making a murderons aa'
saull upon another prisoner
VIM payion, carrying concealed
weapons. 5.
I
/ L. lin [ ltlln Adj for MANILA
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-10-06

HNIEA# az AitS AbF SUM VI e@s"""sh"s
and additional sums from time 10 time
az may be needed suggest that che
President and the Chairman of the
Finance Committee be authorized to
negotiate such loans as needed
WHITE SCHOOLS
In spite of the great shortage OF
teachers, All Of the white schools Of
the parish opened promptly GA schedule
time. An Ides Of the shortage of teach.
ers may be had from the fact that
received a letter from Parish Super
mtendent stating that be needed a
dozen teachers. A circular letter from
the State superintendent to Parish
Superintendent suggests that the Par.
ish superintendent appeal to lawyers,
doctors. and others who are qualified
by college graduation TO take ap the
work OF teaching as a patriotic dnty In
order TO supply the shortage Ia view
Of this condition OF affeirs, we are
fortunate in having eur quota of teach.
ers at the opening Of schools
All Of the schools are moving along
Iva a satisfactory manner and giving
evidence that this sill b. one Of oar
most successful school years,
CoioRED SCHOOLS
W. are tryiag oui this gear the new
plan with reference TO the eolofed
schools We propose 10 ran three
months public school and ask the
patrons TO make up enough money to
run an additional month In case Of
failure to make up this extra money
1.-THE school will be closed at the end Of
three months and the teacher trans.
ferred to another locality This neigh.
borhood. then, would not be favorably
considered for a school for the sue.
eeeaing year In ease the extra money
In made up and the school runs the
FnIl four months, an effort viii be
made 10 place a school IN such neigh,
horhood during each succeeding year
This plan has been explained 10 the
colored people and they seem TO be
taking hold 10 earnest with Tie tRten.
Ition II running their schools the full
four months n this plan succeeds
we Will be enabled 20 ran about one
third more eolored schools than for.
meriy. without any additional cost TO
the BOARD, We expect 10 eSpend The
tsaai amount for calored schools, but
| The heip received from the eolored
people themselves will increase the
number Of colorcd schools by one-third
PARISH FAIR
| Considerable interest Ia being mani.
tested in the schools In the Parish Fair
n recommend that the days Of the Fair
Thursday and Friday. be declared hell
days SO the teachers aad children mas
Ihaye an opportunity To take a part ~
| the educational features afforded by
the Fair
| am also requested by sunegintend
lent Harris TO declare October II
school holiday IN order that the teach
ers may register for var duty and
assist the committees oh registration
recommend that this be done.
! Respectfully submitted
a. n. CRUMp.
Parish superintendent
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-10-06
Registration Day
Wednesday, October II, 1917

Al the polling places i'm their respective wards
throughout the parish, all women above the age OF
sixteen years are expected to register their present
occupation or vocation, or make known their desire
to learn to do something for the Government IN
case of need. Those who are capable will get good
positions and good pay. While the pubic WORK Is
OPTIONAL the registration Is required by State law
Moreover 1t is n duty women owe their country.
The women of this parish will not be siackers' do
YOUR duty and register on October H.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-10-06
SCHOOL BOARD MINUTES
October g. 1917

faFihh nieI IN regular VuaIttti4 AtAatoh
Wednesday. October 3. 1917 Meeting
called to order by President Bowman.
All members present except Mr. Jao /,
Daniel. who was serving on the Grand
Jury.
Minutes Of last meeting read and
adopted ~ fead
superintendent quarterly report
adopted and ordered spread upon the
minutes. Same Is appended hereto
and made 3 part hereof
Petition from patrons Of the New
Hope school requesting that an addt
tlopai room be constructed for their
school read, Also letter from the teach
ef endorsing the petition After dis
eussion moved and carried that matter
be left TO hr spillmau and supertn-
tendent for investigation with view OF
rcmndyng conditions there.
Motion made by DF Barrow, second
ed by Mr.. Smith, that President Bow
man and the Chairman of the Finance
Committee, Mr.. Argue, be authorized
10 borrow two thousand dollars from
the Rank OF Commerce aud such addi'
tloual funds as may be necessary to
pay the current expenses OF the parish
schools. Carried
Moved and carried that October IT,
II and October II be declared school
holidays throughout the parish IN or
der that the teachers and pupils may
attend the parish Fair on the FIRST
dates and In order that the teachers
may assist In the work Of registration
OF women on the latter date. II was
stipulated that all teachers be paid
salaries for those days, ii they attend
To the business In mind for those days
ny motion The action of the commit
tee in paying the bin due East Felio.
lana Parish was approved
By motion. the SUM of tlftoen dollars
was appropriated to pay the expenses
Of two students at the Short Courst
held during the past summer.
Moved, seconded and carried thai
the sum Of thirty dollars, or az muol
thereof as may be necessary, be ap
pfoprlated to pay the expenses Of tbs
Superintendent on the occasion Of BIS
attendance on the Conference on Rufa
/ Education for the South Central States
lie be- held IN Hot Springs, Ark OF
Nov. 1914. the Superintendent ha'iht
been invited 90 attend this meeting
and to deliver an address at that Tins
to the Conference.
| Motion made that Superintendent b
authorized to correspond With Mr. War
moth about the matter OF a guarantee
on the motion picture machine o'fere'
for sale and II satisfactory in ihi
respect to sign contract fog the ma
chine
Moved and carried that the matte
Of transferring the Laurel Hill CHI
dren to Wakefield be referred to th
Superintendent and TO MIR Argue
On motion the Board adjourned,
JAS. p. BOWMAN, Pres
In. II. CRrMP, Secretary.
SUPERINTENDENT Quarterly Report
| To the Honorable School BOARD {
i Weat Felieiana Parish,
Gentlemen
i beg leave TO submit the foilo~ih
as my quarterly report on the eond
ton Of the school system of Yves
lFpllciana Parish
! Receipts
Epalanee on hand 1uly !. 1917 Nss1'
Irellec Jury appropriation. : mills lae..
Municipal appropriation s.s.,..' tfs.'
poIi taxes --....... .,s...rtt ttsftsst "
. donations fer libraries ,s,,t.,.., ~
, | sale Of piano boX ...,,..ss. -
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-10-06
COURT NEWS

The fail criminal term Of the Twenty
fourth judicial District Court for the
parish Of West FeIiciana convened
Monday morning, Judge Charles XII
bourne presiding
The following grand jury was en-
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-10-06
BANK OF COMMERCE

Located at St Francsville, Parish of West FeIciana
Report furnished to the Examiner Of State Banks by
the above Bank Mt the close of business Sept 25 1917
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-10-06

Use the Little Ads for results.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-10-06

tCohtinuea on page swoi
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-05

teach service for Others and unscIfsh
giving; il will stimulate interest in our
national government and its polici IS
during the war, and it will afford use
full release for the youthful energy which
is stimulated by the violent and morbid
aspects of war conditions, and if updi-
rcetcd, may cause under wrong condi-
tons great increase of juvenile de!in-
qucncy and crime. 1t is the success OF
tanned in many schools last year viii, Il
has decided the Red Cross to undertake
this important step. The vocational
classes IN New York state alone last
spring made over 10000 articles durimg
the last few weeks of the school wear Tor
the Red Cross Universal testimony
from the chapters showed that these
were IN every way mp &c the rigid st@nd
ards of the organization. Mrs. Talbot
director of vocational education for girls
I III the state, SAYS that in many eases shc
was told that their work was, if d6y
thing, better than that in the adult
work. =
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-05
WARM MAINTAINS INNOCENCE
Trooper Sticks to Story Told When
Girls Body Was Found.

ST. AIBANS, Sept. 5.-C. G. Austin
and Sons, who are to act as counse! for
Robert Warm, whose trial for tine al
legged murder of Jennie Hemingway is
to begin next Tuesday, are making e.
cry effort 10 have the defense read Tor
the opening days Of the September term
of Franklin county court. They seem
to be confident of Warm S innocence
and say that he makes no change in
his original story told Immediately after
the girl S body was discovered. Ever
thing that they have been able 10 DIS
cover corroborates his story. They
have made inquiries III his home town
of Pottstown. Pa, and II is said tha,
he had n good record there ana was
looked upon by his associates as a
kind good-natured boy. He Is net u
years old.
His parents are too poor to pay fol
counsel but his mother has written
his lawyers asking that they do al
that they can for her boy expressing
as her opinion that he is innocent
She SAYS that he was always kind
aud ohedicnt and she cannot conceive
Of his committing crime like the one
Of which he is accused.
Warm seems to eat and sleep well
| converscs with the other inmates Of til,
| iail, and passes much time reading.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-05
WESTMINSTER.

Weston Rankin has returned from, his
vacation.
Miss Florence Dinsmore spent Labor
day at her home in Walpole.
w. L. Nutting of Boston was 1t the
home Of his parents from Saturday to
Monday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Stoddard Of
New York city are guests at Nr. and
Mrs. +. /. Lane S.
Mr. and Mrs. George Batty of Spring
field, Mas, were weekend guests OF
Mr. and Mrs. G. II. Walker.
Mr.. and MIS-. William AshweH of
Springfield, Mass, have been spending
a few DAYS with Mr.. and Mrs. Thoma
Ashwoll.
Miss Nellie Fem has returned from
her vacation. She resumed her work in
the Brattlcboro high school building
this week.
Rev. and Mrs. A. L. B. Ward spent
the week end in Brattlebolo. They OK
pect to leave Thursday for their home
in Jonesport, Maine.
Miss Gencvicvc Hayes, who spent sew
| eral weeks with her aunt, Mrs. w. S,
Fem, returned to her home in Spring
field, Mass, Monday.
Mrs. Clinton Parvin and son, who
have been spending the summer with
| Mrs Parvin S parents, Mr.. and Mrs. f
j. Ward, expects to start Friday fol
their home in Bradentown, Floridc
After the morning service last Sun
dav six members were taken INTO tn,
| church, four on confession Of faith ant
| two BY letter; also the ordinance o
infant baptism was observed. The cerc
monv was one of unusual impressive
| ness.
Miss Laura H. Wild of Paincsvi!lc
Ohio. is guest of her brother, hev
L. w. Wild, and family. Miss Will
will 20 from here to Mt. Holyoke col
lcgc, where she has position at tn
head Of the biblical literature and his
tory department.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-05
Pioneer Toy Maker.

Morton T. Converse, who has died at
70 at Winchendon, was the pioneer i'll the
toy business and caused Vmchcndon to
be known as toy town, Mr.. Converse
was born at Rindge, n H., and like so
many other country boys of his time he
enlisted for service in the Civil war. At
the termination OF his period of enlistment,
Mr.. Converse returned to Rindge, and in
1867 engaged in the manufacture OF
pyroligneous and other wood acid products.
In 1873 he leased mill i'll which he manu-
featured light woodenware, and it was
there that the toymallmg industry which
has given him international fame was
conceived. 1t soon outgrew Rlndge and
was removed to Winchendon, which town
provided more operatives. In 1888 Mr.
Converse purchased the Menaduock Steam
Mill property, and another in 1921. IL
1898 his only son, Anterior ID. Converse
left Harvard College to enter the business
with his father, and the firm name bccam,
Morton E. Converse x Son.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-05
FORM JUNIOR RED CROSS.
$4,000, 900 School Children Eligible for
Membership in Organization.

A Junior Red Cross, to bc organized
by thoC,s and open to all of the %,
000,GO0 schoolchildren in the country,
is TO be established at once, according
20 an announcement made by Henry Z.
Dawson, chairman Of the Red Cross war
council. Whenever school has raised
y fund cqualing % cents per pdpli the
institution becomes a school auxiliary
of the Red Cross, entitled TO display
Red Cross banner. and every Pupil at
the same time becomes Junior member
entitled to wear the Red C.coss button
The school fund can be raised ny the
school, or collected by subscription In
some states it will be raised by cities
20 cover all schools in the city Districts.
I'm other states the campaign Will hc fer
q statewide fund and the curollucut Of
all the pupils in the state. ln every
ease, however the schools are to be as.
sociated with the local chapters of the
Red Cross through a teachers commit
tee of the chapter. The school fund will
be used for the purchase of materials
which the children will make up into
Red Cross supplies, and for other us 5
IN which the children will have a per.
sonal share. No part Of it is to go foi
chapter or general expenses.
Membership in the Junior Red Cross
will be developed bv states Division
managers will appoint membership coil
mittees and school activities committee.
for each state The membership com
Initt6c stimulates interest and raise
funds for the school supply fund.
will be composed Of some of the mos
influential persons devoted to educa
tional affairs. The school activitic
committee will bc made up of vocational
teachers and other school officials Tn
der It's direction patterns of articles {,
lw made and other instructions for us
IN the vocational classruoms, will - pr
pared and sent 10 all the schools. Tn
plan has been developed bv Prcsidcn
MacClackcu Of NaS>ar, in consultation
with school authorities and the Nationd
Red Cross br. Matchmaker said:
The work for the Red Cross u
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-05
PRIZE HARD-LUCK STORY.
A Bit Out CT the Life of Colonel Nc
Clellan CT Alton.

Cole Mcclellan of Alton tells the fol
lowing hard luck story on himself.
which the Empire justly terms a prize
winner:
Back in the days when motor cars
were Injuries and mysteries as well,
Mr.. Mcclellan owned "two-lungcr.
hut soon discovered that his repair bills
were eating up his bank account He
traded the machine for a buggy and
took a note for considerable sum for
the difference. To get the title to the
buggy clear, Mcclellan was Obliged ia
sign the other fellow S note to the deal
or from whom the buggy had originally
been purchased Well, Mcclellan had t.
pay that note. The other note he had
received on the car he didn t consider
worth much, so he put it in his coat
pocket aud forgot about it,
One day the fellow who gave the note
was caught uptown in a cold snap with
ont q coat, and asked Mcclellan e
| lend him one. He got tn, coat. ant
the note, too. That was the last ever
s.cn ct the note. and the story end,
mere with a soh.-knsas City Star.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-05
Outlines Purpose of Organ
izatiOn at National Con-
ference Now in Session
HELP COUNTRY
TO WIN WAR
Alliance of Labor and Democracy Will
Assemble All Moral and Material
Powers of Working Glasses Declare
ton of Principles.

MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 5.-Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor and chairman of
the American Alliance for Labor and
Democracy, which opened its national
conference here today, outlined the pur-
pose of the organization as the assem-
bling for the support of the government
''all the moral and material power of
the working class of the nation.
1T Ihall be our task, he said to
interpret America : democratic spirit
ana purpose in this conflict to our fell
low workers, especially those of foreign
birth, and to combat every form of
propaganda, no matter by whom /: may
be carried on, which tends to weaken
the loyalty and devotion of the masses
and their willingness to strive and
.acriice for the nation and its high
purpose.
The complete declaration of prinei-
pies as announced ~ Mr.. Gompers is
a. follows:
did vision of democracy and intcrna
tionalism, the fraternalism and soEdar-
ity of all peoples, we assert at this time
our unqualified loyalty to the Republic
of the United States OF America and our
determination to do all that lies in our
power to win in which it is engaged.
Loyalty TO the ideals of freedom
democracy and inteTnationaliSm requires
loyalty to America.
" Dislovalty to America in this crisis
is disloyalty to the cause of freedom
democracy and decentralization.
No national selfshneaS impelleG
this republic to enter the war. The
impeling motive was the consuming
idealism born with the establishment
of this republic itself to preserve free
dom not only for itself but for all ma
tions. great and small, and tine body O
international law which all the fire.
democratic nations of this world re
J spect and observe and only the bruta
autocracics seek to lishonor and de
strov I'm such a conflict real standar'
> bearers Of democracy and true inter
| nationalsts can have no hesitation il
/ supporting our Republic which has mad
t its own the cause and interests OF al
free copies It is therefore III trut
c not a capitalists war, but 4 Free
mcn 5 war
0 Full impre >Scd by these facts, rea
] ling that noble mtcrnationa
/ implicit in our American conception Q
5 national existence, it shall be our pun
pose to bring to the support of the GOV