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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-25

for this purpose Thirty thousand
dollars had been allowed for the Cen
trail Gramm school and only >$2S, $50
expended. i" IF .~
Money To Be Transferred
! 1t seems to me and to my fellow
members on the board that by acting
on Mr.. Kinney's request we would be
performing public service worth not
ing. Pearl City was in immediate and
pressing need of a school building.
There was sufficient money available
in our fund with which to build it
and so on August IL introduced a
resolution before the board transfer
ring the sum of $3.50 from the balance
allotted for the construction of the
Central Grammar school to fund for
the construction of the Pearl City
school. H. -.......
Stand Taken by Deputy Garden
Mr. Garden of the city and county
attorneys office objected to this reso-
luton. He said that it was improper,
but he did not give the board and
never has given the board written
or formal opinion on the matter.
Notwithstanding Mr.. Gardens position
and the subsequent veto" of the
mayor, the resolution passed and the
work on the structure at Pearl City
begun. Mr.. Garden threatened the
board several times to enjoin this
work on the ground OF the impro-
priety, so-called, of the resolution.
His contention was that this money
saved from the construction of the
Central Grammar school could not be
used for any other school until the
two-year period of the appropriation
had expired. It did not occur to me
that Mr.. Garden would do anything
so rash and ill-adVised as to institute
an Injunction proceeding against us.
But / was mistaken. 1t had apparent
~ become a personal matter with Mr..
Garden, a matter of personal pride
which overcame his interest in the
good welfare OF the community. By
hanging tenaciously to a technical
point-a technical point which may be
differently interpreted by attorneys as
experienced and learned as Mr.. Car
den-he has succeeded in preventing
the completion of the Pearl City
school bungalow and succeeded as
nOII III hCCplu6 q 6SOlO vi wv Vi lOlo
in a wretched place for their les
sons In this Mr.. Garden may find
some qualification. II SO, he is vel
come to it, but to some Of US who are
able to see beyond dry technically
of law he has rendered distinct pub
lie disseryice. II j.
Question of Mathematics Now
The point Mr. Garden urged before
the board of supervisors was simply
that the school construction work as
provided for and set out in Act 1872
of the Session Laws of 1915 was in
elusive and that money saved in work
upon one school could not be used for
another until after the expiration of
the two-year period for which the ap-
preparation has been made. But it is
worth noting that in the Injunction
proceedings a different position has
been taken. The county attorneys
office endeavored to enioin the Pearl
City work on the ground that the $3.50
appropriated for the work was not
available at the time the resolution
was passed, so instead of bringing up
a nice legal point for determination,
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-25

schooIhoue blocked
by William
appropriation
i transfer from the school allotment
o =.
Injunction figured pentifuiy
side and the attorneys
children Of
Inadequate facilities :
few letters
children telling the serious handicap caused by this LEGAL ep
Of
building expenses appropriation madel
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-25
MONEY AVAILABLE IF
GARDEN HADN'T TIED
IT UP, SAYS H0LLlNGER
Honolulu T. H., Jan. %, 1917.
Riley H. Allen, Esquire, -

LoluLlCJ
Editor Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
Dear Sir: It gives me pleasure to
accept your offer and present through
your good offices to the Honolulu pub.
lice an account of the status of the
Pearl City schoolhouse and the com.
pletion of which has been enjoined
temporarily and the circumstances as
/ have seen them which lead up to the
ipjunetions proceedings instituted by
the city and county attorney.
The legislature biennfally makes an
appropriation for the construction of
schools in Honolulu. At the last ses-
sion an appropriation of $4,000 was
made for the purpose of erecting new
school buildings in the city and county
Of Honolulu. This money is placed
in what Is called the school fund
and is regarded as a special appro-
priation.
The board of supervisors has work
ed earnestly to secure the. best re-
suits possible in putting up buildings
cut of this fund As chairman of the
committee which has this work in
hand, / am quite familiar with what
has been done, the savings which
have been made and the more than
satisfactory manner in which the
schools have been erected.
Board Endeavors to Aid Schools
II seems to the board of super
vors that no matter what other criti.
cism might be made of it, its good
work with the school fund would be
snecially applauded Mr. Kinney as
of public instruction
time and again expressed his appre-
citation and admiration over the good
results that were obtained and many
ether persons in one way or another
connected with the schools here were
expressing themselves similarly. In
June Mr.. Kinney wrote to the board
to ask If it could put up a one-room
school bungalow at Pearl City, the
being that the money
saved on the construction of the Cen.
trail Grammar school should be used
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-25
DREADN0UGHT MlSSISSIPPT.
SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED

tAssoeisted Press By Hsderal wireIsss1
NEWPORT NEWS. Va, Jan. 25.-
The new superintendent MIssissip-
pi was launched here yesterday at the
yards of the Newport News ship
Building Company. She Is sister
to the Pennsylvania. and Is believed
to be one Of the fastest and most
heavily armored vessels afloat.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-25
GERARD AUTHORIZED
TO PROBE CONDITIONS OF
BEL CLANS IN GERMANY

(AHsocIatod pTe61 By FEDERAL Wirele6eI
WASHINGTON. d. c., Jan. 25.-
The state department last night
cabled authorization to Ambassador
Gerard to accept the German invita-
ton to the American embassy at Ber-
lin to investigate for itself the condt
tions among the Belgians in Germany.
The ambassadors instructions are to
look into the living conditions only,
leaving aside the justice or injustice
OF the deportations.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-25
Low OBJECTS TO CHARGES

Eben Low. superintendent OF the
Oahu Shipping Company, has filed a
letter with the board of harbor COM
missioners objecting to the wharfage
charges which he is required to pay
for his fleet. Low points out that he
has to pay one-half the regular wharf
age fees when his vessels lie along
side each other. This, he said, is
more than the war-bound German
freighters are having to pay. The
board has taken the matter under con-
sideration.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-25
ADMIRAL IJIcHI DEAD
(special CabIe . HavaII Hoehil

Especial Cable to Hawaii Hochi)
TOXIC, Japan, Jan. 25.-vfce-Ad-
miral Kosuke Ijichi died yesterday Ct
his residence in this city.
The admiral is well known among
Japanese In Honolulu as he had called
here twice as commander OF q Japan
csc training squadron.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-25

The Baldwin Locomotive Works r.
ceived orders for three maIlet type
locomotives from the Union Pacific:
two 10-wheeIers from the Jersey Cen
tral. and 80 Santa Re type from the
st Louis Z San Francisco Railroad.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-25
MlKADO PR0RO6Ucs
DIET; ELECTION SOON

Especial Cable TO Hawaii shinpol
TOXIC, Japan. Jan. 25.-The Mika-
do yesterday announced that he has
decided to prorogue the japanese diet,
and the session came to an abrupt
end A general election Is to be cali
ed soon, but no date has been set for
it as vet 4.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-25
ROSE CROIX
Degree TONIGHT

Members of the Ancient and Accept
ed Scottish Rite will assemble at the
Masonic Temple at 1880 tonight to wit
ness the comforting Of the eighteenth
degree( Knights Rose Croix). A large
attendance is expected.-Adv.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-25
NeedOur New
Building Pupils
Write Wistfuny

Pearl City school,. Pearl City, T. H.,
Jan. 10, 1917.
Editor Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
Sir: It will be much better here
when the new building is finished
The new building is not completed
yet When it Isl the small pupils can
go in it and study their lessons II II
is raining. We older ones could play
in the new building at recess in rain
ing weather
Yours truly, "
HUGH ROBERTSON.
Pearl City school, Pearl City, T. H.,
Jan. 10, 1917.
Editor Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
Sir: We want to have our new
building finished as soon as pos
sible.
1t would be a fine place for the
small children to go for shelter in
this room when it Is raining. And
besides we can nave some games in
it when it is too muddy to go out of
doors.
..... Very truly yours, 49,.
e.. WAH TSAU GUM
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-25

The Norwegian steamer Snetoppen,
bound from New York to Hayre with
a general cargo. put into port at Hall
Tax, N. s., with water In her hold.
boats damaged and one Of the crew
missing.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-25
Amount
.$S6,5O6.37 $3S,45O

Which means saving of $1943.63s
According to the report of James
Lloyd, deputy auditor, there is bal
ance in the school fund January II
of S596.71 The Pearl City school
building was to cost $3.50, leaving a
balance Of $46.71. ~. "
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-25
HOW THE FUND STANDS

( To prove mis- point that there was
money to pay for the Pearl City
school, Supervisor Hollinger cites the
following figures to show the amount
saved out of the appropriations;
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-25

Mr.. Garden has evolved a simply
mathematical question, which so far
as am able to see is answered by
the county auditors report on the
school fund, which shows that the
amount was available. 2 49,.
Legislature May Give Relief :.-.> .
The injunction suit as proceeded on
a point where issue Is Joined and is
heard on the merits. There is pos
sibility that the hearing will never
take place as the point has been
raised that as the legislature is about
to meet and It is probably to pass an
enabling act rather than expend more
money in carrying the suit through to
the supreme court. II, the legislature,
soon after it meets, passes such an en-
abling act the Pearl City school
should be finished by the last of Feb
ruary because there is only few
days work remaining to be done.
hope this explains the situation
and clears up any confusion which
may exist regarding the unfortunate
incident
Yours respectfully.
.. BEN HOLLINGER, 80
F. Supervise.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-25

Pearl City school, Pearl City, T. H.,
Jan. 10, 1917. -.
Editor Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
Dear Editor: l think If the new
building swas finished it would be
very fine because the little children
who come at IL o'clock could play
and study their lessons in there when
it is raining. We larger boys, too,
could go and play in it when it is too
rainy for outdoors. ...
Yours respectfully,
KAZUO HIGUCHI.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-25

Pearl City school, Pearl City, T. H.,
Jan. 10, 1917.
Dear Editor: We want to have our
new building finished as soon as pos
sible. Now we need very much the
new building because We have not
room enough in the lowest room for
so many. The children who go in at
IL o'clock will be all wet unless they
are crowded in because we have hard
rains. Then We could have some
games in the room, too, at recess.
Yours truly,
-. KO FA HO.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-25

Nicaragua is spending $4,000 in
gold on q road that shall connect
Bluefields with the rest of the re-
public.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-25
4DIssgcTloNs

@pIssEcToNs
blush
prescriptions" Medical Author Critic
follows Chiropracic..
F. c. MIcHToN, o. C. c. WEIRicK.
/ 2Ots Bldg t2l Beretania 81
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-25
HAvEMEYER REFINERY
WORKERS OUT ON STRIKE
fAssecisted Press BY Federal wireiessl

NEW YORK, N. Y, Jan. 25.-Five
hundred unskilled laborers employed
in the Havemeyer refinery of the Am.
erican Sugar Company, at Brooklyn,
walked out on strike yesterday, Grip
ping the plant. The men demand
shorter hours and more pay. The
salaried employees of the plant are not
affected by the strike.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-25

the corner near the other bungalow is
OF no use because the children can
not go in there and study when IL is
raining. If the carpenters would only
come and nail the floor and put on
the door the bigger children of Miss
Honan's children that are waiting till
1920. could go and study in it.
We larger children Of room 4
could go and play at recesses when
it is raining, too.
We hope the building will be finish.
ed quickly.
Yours truly.
@. NAOTO NAKASHIMA.
Pearl City school. Pearl City, T. H.,
Jan. 10, 1917.
Editor Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
Dear Sir: We need our school
building quickly because plenty more
children are wanting to come to school
but we have no room for them all at
one time so Miss .Honan has been.
dividing them in two classes. The
smallest ones come in the morning
and the elder ones come at short re-
cess. How good 1t would be to us IL
the carpenters cannot come, to give
US permission to nail the floor for
the little children who come at short
recess to play on it. How good it
would be if the new school were
built.
Yours truly
. TAXED HAGIHARA.
Pearl City school, Pearl City, T. H,
Jan. 10, 1917.
Editor Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
Dear Editor: We want our new
building finished as soon as possible.
On rainy days the little children who
come early and wait until 10:45 have
to crowd in room l or stay in the
rain and get wet. Sometimes this
causes them to get sick and th0s they
cannot come to school.
II that building was finished how
useful 1t would be. II they win give
US permission we might put the door
on and nail the floor ourselves.
49,. Yours truly,
MASEKATSU HANEMOTO.
Pearl City School, Pearl City, T. H.,
Jan. 10, 1917.
Editor Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
Dear Editor: The new building will
be much better II they finish it upl
because when. the rain comes the
smaller children are studying and the
bigger children should be out waiting
till IL. II the new building were
finished the children would not get
wet. They would be glad. And many
other children can come TO school
when we have one more teacher.
Yours truly,
7UTAKA 0HARA. 4
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-25

Pearl City school. Pearl City, T. H.,
Jan. 10, 1917. ...
Editor Honolulu Star-Bulletin. 49,.
Dear Editor: Our new building in
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-25

To speak III upon knowledge, shows want
Of charity; TO speak iii upon suspicion, shows a
want OF honesty.--Warwick
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-25

rty ValustIon Of 500, 600, 900
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-09-13

there were Just Is persons present"
l began to receive a glimmer of
where a Fourteenth Man. might
come in.
THAT arose which might readily
arise where one man of group is
superstitious. Such man was pres
ent-he was the man who died, Royal
Ludington. He was probably in a
mood for weird forebodings. Wanda
mann did not debate the point He
excused himself to his guests, put on
his hat, went out into the street and
apparently picked up the first man
he met to break the hoodoo."
And this man?" / asked
known to none of them, apparently
some city wreck on errors shore, a
freakish contrast in his attire to the
perfectly dressed guests, quietly took
his place at the table. maintained the
silence he was paid to maintain, ate
like the hungry man he was, and then
seemed to disappear. his paid mission
executed"
"And you now seek to find this
MANI
"He must be found" declared Marvel
positively.
"Why?"
Because am satisfied he can ex-
plain the mystery in this case"
There is a mystery, then?"
"A deep one. That matters not
now. I wish to show you something.
AS memento of the first meeting of
the organizers of the Copper Queen
Mining company, flash photograph
was taken. That is the group"
My friend drew from his pocket
a card four byseight inches and held
it before me.
THAT is Vandamann," he explained,
indicating the broker, whom recog-
nized-"that Ludington," / knew him,
too. THAT" and by some irony of
fate the forlorn,, frowsy figure at the
far end of the table seemed to have
been focused more prominently than
any of the others-"that Is the Four
teenth Man"
l studied the face with interest. It's
owner was apparently one of the stray
waits of the city to be picked up any
where in the crowded center within
a five minutes walk.
Come with me-" directed Marvel.
He hailed a taxicab as we reached
the street. 1t conveyed us to police
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-09-13

noios. there would 10 no hope OF
liQuidating the indebtedness at the
bank.
Resilius Marvel held a brief but
productive interview with Abel Wanda
mann the next day. Then he carried
to the bank twelve forged notes for
$4,000, and like amount in cash al
ready extorted from Mrs. I.udington
on similar forgeries. The bank there
fore, lost nothing, and the Ludingtons
were restored to fortune and lifted
from the shadow of great grief.
There is such thing as earthly
retribution," observed Resilius Marvel
to me one day.
A column In a daily newspaper was
the basis of the remark 1t told of
the murder in cold blood of Abel
Vandamann. A stiletto had dealt him
his death wound. so it might have
been woman. But his strong box
was rified. so it might have been a
man. The police never found out, for
the woman, Idalia, and the Fourteenth
Man had disappeared as completely as
though the earth had opened and swal-
lowed them up.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-09-13
FIRST AID FOR PAINTERS
Policemen of Washington Carry Tubes
of Spirits of Ammonia to Revive
Those Who Fall.

Every member Of the Washington
police force carries when on duty in
crowds pill box full of tiny glass
tubes of aromatic spirits of ammonia,
according to the Popular Science
Monthly. These are for reviving per-
sons who faint in the street.
The tubes are about an inch long
and slightly more than an eighth of an
inch in diameter. Each has a wrap
ping of absorbent cotton and over this
a silk gauze covering.
Slight pressure between the fingers
is sufficient to break the tube. The
ammonia is promptly absorbed by the
cotton about it, which also serves to
prevent the sharp particles of glass
from doing any harm. Held beneath
the nose Of the person who has tainted
the fumes of the ammonia soon revive
her. The tubes are stored in all the
patrol boxes about the city and are
carried in patrol wagons and police
ambulances.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-09-13
Now Make Dried Sour.

One of the beneficial effects of the
recent scare over threatened short
age Of tin cans was an extended inves-
tigation into other possible methods of
preserving food. The canned soup
manufacturers were among the most
earnest seekers, for they were threat
ened with having their tin supply cut
off at an early date. They have worked
out process for putting up dried
soup in powdered form in containers
Of heavy wax paper. Similar systems
of drying and packing vegetables are
already in use in Europe, but the soup
idea represents American enterprise.
Apparently, it will not come on the
market, because tin cans are going to
be more plentiful than was anticipated.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-09-13
"Gettinc BY the Editor"

Getting by the editor is the most
fascinating of indoor sports, says a
writer in the Atlantic. When I was a
journalist in the Freudian sense (that
is, as an unfulfilled wish), my chum
and I devised way to get money for
all our articles. Each agreed when he
sent out "story" to bet the other the
price of the "story" that 1t wouldn't be
accepted. That little arrangement took
the sting out of a rejection completely ;
and when you lost your pay, you had
the glory of the acceptance. Why and
how the scheme broke down, shall
not divulge.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-09-13
SPOKEN FINALLY.

sures me, of sufficient importance to
require your attention. You have
heard of Resilius Marvel?"
Il have read about him." was the
reply, shrinking and muffed.
IF you knew Mr. Marvel as knew
him, you would trust to his earnest
desire to be always helpful" I con-
tinued. HE seeks only to protect the
family honor"
Stop" cried Miss Ludington sud-
denly, sharply interrupting me, throw
ing aside her veil and presenting a
colorless, defiant face. What do you
know-what does he known"
Il, nothing" l stammered, fairly
abashed at the resolute challenge
''he, everything, probably. From two
to four--you will see him?"
II will see Mr.. Marvel" she said
slowly, and passed on her way.
"She was adamant to every attack
made to win one intimation, the
faintest clew as to what she and her
mother are holding back" Resilius
Marvel narrated to me the next morn
ing. This girl is spanning ten years
Of her life with the agony, the resolve
Of one. She is under some terrific
stress, and there is some influence
that Is holding these two women un-
der dreadful thrall."
"She would tell you nothing"
asked.
Until the last, absolutely nothing,
except to beg that I would not disturb
condition that only she and her
mother could remedy. She arose to
leave. Suddenly she fixed her eyes
upon me. / saw her studying me as
if to search me through and through
noted the flush of some impelling
force in her face. Mr.. Marvel she
said. you claim a wish to be helpful
to us, and / believe you, but this is a
case where help from your viewpoint,
instead of assisting US, might precipi-
tate a direful catastrophe. But you
are said to be. man who can find
where others fail, who from the
shadow can evolve reality. You can
do something for us, imperative, vital.
II you can inform us what we cannot
learn-the whereabouts of a certain
person-you viii bring US nearer to
| the light for the end
And the person." I inquired.
Resilius Marvel handed me worn
photograph. 1t was that of woman
loud of dress, bold of face, wicked of
eye. She had a certain wild beauty.
but her smile was that of one who
lures only to destroy. On the reverse