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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-06-05

its own in the way OF pleasing
crowds and those who have visited the
park are surprised TO find that II IS
bigger and better than ever. All the
amusements are in excellent shape and
are entertaining thousands of per
sons.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-06-05
ITALIANS RETURN no WORK.

Fifty Italian ringers who have been
on strike at the plant Of the Pussy
and Jones Company. returned to work
this morning They say their demand
for a slight wage increase has been
met.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-06-05
PRIVATE SHOWING OF "BIRTHr

At che Majestic Theatre this morning
there was private showing Of the mo-
ton picture Birth before an invited
audience Tho picture is a scientific les
son on the care of children. The show
ing was arranged Tor the benefit Of the
Board of Health
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-06-05
CAR LIGHTS roo STRONG.

In response TO cdnplaint of the
Street and Sewer Department about
the glare of head lights on traction
company cars. the company sent the
board letter today promising to re-
duce the glare as rapidly as possible
by changing the globes.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-06-05
no ny TAX PATE

The financial committee Of the Levy
Court will begin work on the 1917 bud
get for New Castle county this week
No one knows what the tax rate will be
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-06-05
MARRIED ny MAYOR.

Carl scerbo and Rosie Vitri were
married by Mayor Price at noon today.
in his office in the Municipal Building
The young folks departed for a
honeymoon at Atlantic City.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-06-05
KILLS HIMSELF RATHER
THAN register TODAY
BY The United Press.

BY The United Press.
+ WARREN, Pa, June 5-Rather than
enroll. Charles Rea &c, committed
suicide i'm his home near Shefheld near
here today. He drank carbolic acid.
Roa's suicide was the hrst re-
ported today with fear Of enrolment
given as the reason
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-06-05

j. Leslie VANDERBILT of Charleston, w.
Va. spent few hours in this city yes
terday with relatives.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-14
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
OLOWACU COMPANY

At the annual meeting Of sharehold-
ers of OLOWAI.U COMPANY. held
at the office of its Agents. C.. Brewer
& Company (Limitedl, in Honolulu,
T. H., upon February 18th, 1917, the
following Directors and Auditor were
elected to serve for the ensuing year,
viz: -..
Richard Iyers. w L. Hopper, E, Il
Spalding, H. NJ whitney and +: F.
Bishop, Directors. Fl. Glass, Auditor.
At subsequent meeting of the
Board of Directors held the same day,
the following Officers were. appoint
ed to serve for the ensuing year, viz
Richard Ivers .........-. President
WI HorDer.. .Nlce-President
f. I. Spalding Secretary
II. VI. Whitney -. Treasurer
IT,. E. ]. SPALDING,
~. Secretary, Olowalu Company.
Honolulu. February "A, 1917.
l. 6I09-3t !. =. =. .-
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MISSING WIVES
FOUND BY Police

Wife stealing in Honolulu has re.
Gently become a pastime of sufficient
Importance to cause the police con-
siderable trouble and Filipino and
Japanese have Capt McDuffie to
thank for the tine!: discovery of
their wayward spo&ses' Whereabouts.
One was located YESTERDAY and the
other the day before Whether the
Borrowing husbands will be made com
pletely happy by the return of Their
life companions is yet to be seen.
McDuffie learns that the Filipino
woman is at Waimanale; that She
was kidnapped from her home in Eva
and spirited away against her will
He has ordered that she be brought to
Honolulu. where she will undoubtedly
be given back into the hands of her
husband The captain says kidnap-
ingn wives is comomn practise
among the Filipinos Recently band
organized for that purpose was broken
nn and captured by McDuffie and
given long prison terms.
In the case of the missing .Iapanese
girl there are, however. more cOmpli-
cations. The woman was not kid
Haped but ran away from her law
full mate here McDuffie has learned,
that she Is in Hilo, living with another
of her countrymen but he says it is
not his duty to arrest them.
Wants McCuffie's Help .....
The Japanese who has lost his wife
wants McDuffie to send an officer to
Hilo to arrest the woman and return
her to him. This McDuffie declines to
do. declaring the woman has com.
mitted no offense in his district. -
IF she is living contrary to the law
in Hilo she undoubtedly should be ar.
rested" says the captain. and | have
given the JaDanese a letter to the Off.
GERS there wereby he may have her re-
turned to him if he goes after her
Whether, the Japanese values his
wife as much as trim 10 Hilo and
return NAV he another STORY; the mat
ter rests here.
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ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
HoNUAPo AGRICULTURAL COM
-. PANY LIMITED


At the annual meeting of sharehold.
ers of the Honuapo Agricultural Com.
pany. Limited. held at the office OF
c. Brewer & Company CLimited). in
Honolulu. T. H., upon February 18th,
1917, the following Directors and Au.
ditor were elected to serve for the
ensuing year, viz: 49,. 49,. e.. ~.
Z. F. Bishop, r. Iyers and H. NJ.
Whitney, Directors; H. Glass, Auditor.
At subsequent meeting of the
Board of Directors. held the same day,
the following Officers were appointed
to serve for the ensuing year: H.
" +. F.: Bishop ...-...... President
Richard Ivers 49,. Vice President
H. NJ. Whitney. Secty. & Treas
>. H. NJ. WHITNEY.
Secretary rHonuapo Agricultural Com.
panI, Ltd. 49,. 49," r. -.
Honolulu, February 14th. 1917.
: 6709-3I .t... s,...s +,
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CARNIVAL WEEK FEATURES
MANY BANDS Will FURNISH music
DURING GAY CARNIVAL PERIOD

Mayor Lane and Duke Kahanamoku
are busy arranging details of the surf
riders float. on which Kahanamoku
viii ride in the Pan-Pacific as king o.
the Carnival. A great wave 80 TO Al
feet will bear implanted Hawaiian
canoes and surfboards. kahanamoku
will wear leather cloak, said Alex,
ander Hume Ford, who is in charge OF
the Pan-Pacific pageant =
Announcement has been made By
the Carnival headquarters as to music
during Carnival week. The following
bands will play: Hawaiian, Salvation
Army, Industrial School, Artillery Bri.
aade. 18th Infantry and 4th Cavalry
Schedules have been arranged by
Capt Norris Stayton. r 49,.
The Hawaiian, Industrial School ana
4th Cavalry bands will play during
the afternoon of February -, when
the Pan-Pacific parade Will open the
Carnival. Monday evening the Ha-
waiiar Band will give concert at
Aala Park, beginning at 4: 30 o'clock.
At the ball OF all nations at the
capitol grounds Monday evening the
Artillery Brigade and the 18th, Infan-
try bands will play from S to II
o clock. ..:.. = .... - r..... . IL. II:
For the Hawaiian pageant at Kapio-
lani Park the afternoon of February
%, the Hawaiian Band will play. That
day the other bands will give concerts
the city as follows: Fourth
Cavalry at Bishop Square, 10 to IL
o'clock in the morning; Industrial
School at Aala Park, $50 to S:15
o'clock in the evening; Salvation
Army at Capitol grounds. 1880 to SIS
C clock in the evening; 18th Infantry
at Capitol grounds. 4 to ) o'clock IN
the afternoon b.. -..,.-s,s-. 80
The Hawaiian Band. will play at
Bishop Square from IL 80 o'clock in
the morning to II: 80 o'clock February
81; the Industrial: School band at the
Capitol grounds from to O'Clock
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.ENGELS COPPER CO.
EARNINGS RUN OVER
HALF MILLION DOLLARS

That net earnings of Engels copper
Company will be found to be in eH-
cess of half million dollars for the
year 1916 is information contained in
a letter received yesterday afternoon
by Bishop g. Company, agents for the
local mining company. from Manager
Il. f. Paxton. These net profits, he
says, will be over 100000 in excess
CT early estimates. The reason that
figures are not now at hand he does
not give. but il is undoubtedly be-
cause of shipments of high grade ores
instead of concentrates. Il is mat
ter of several weeks before returns
are made on such shipments. The re-
port, he says. viii be printed in the
course of three or four weeks.
Local stockholders of Engels Cop
per Company today said that the i'm
formation in the letter from Manager
Paxton was no surprise. They fur
tner pointed out that he was very con-
serRatf4e and that while what is re-
ported as net earnings would be in
the amount he says. the expenses de-
Quoted from gross earnings include
items not usually charged against pro-
duction. For this they credit him and
do not criticise adversely. II is a
fact they allege, that expenses of
work that has been exploratory and
for development, and in some instan-
ces, permanent improvements have
been charged to production costs. 1t
makes the showing all the better,
they assert.
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then went to Punahou, where he grad
uated. His mind turning to Jaw, he
went to. the University of California
and spent a year there in 1904.
Returning to Honolulu he studied
law to qualify for a degree. He was
in the office of Lorr;n Andrews when
the latter was attorney general of the
territory, and later went to Shanghai
with Andrews for three years.
Coming back to the territory he was
for six years deputy county attorney
for the county of Hawai-, having taken
up residence in Hilo. In this office
his work in prosecuting the Hawaii
county grafters in 1894 attracted
wide attention. R. w. Breckons was
a special deputy attorney, handling
the investigation with the socalled
graft commission" of three, appoint
ed by the governor. and he and Heen
worked together. Heen handling most
Of the prosecutions.
Won Credit for His Work
As a result of this work he won con-
siderable credit. This attracted the
attention of the present territorial
Democratic administration, which
found an opportunity to make him a
deputy attorney-general, in which ca
pacity he has served for about year.
Recently he was counse! for the Oahu
liquor license commission in prosecut-
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v. H. HEEN and SAMUEL B. KEMP
NAMED CIRCUIT JUDGES FOR HAWAII

ing the socalled 'slop-beer' cases.
Delegate Ku4io and Breckons re-
Gently called on the U. S. attorney
general in Washington to discuss the
vacancies in the Hawaiian judiciary,
and it is understood that they favored
Heen for one OF the positions. ri
Mr.. Heen IS, married and has four
children. He IS Democrat in poll
tics. !, ,ed ,it,s,Es.. - ..... ..-....-
Judge kemp's. Career =. ...e...#*..~
Judge Samuel B. Kemp, who was
born in Austin, Texas, received the
degree OF LID, at the University of
Texas in 1900. Following his gradua-
ton he entered, private law practise
at Austin and continued in this work
until 1908, when he removed to Rob-
ert Lee, Texas, where he practised I'M
til 1914.
In 1914 Judge Kemp was elected
county Judge of Coke county, Texas,
and resigned. following his apopint-
ment as assistant U. S. attorney Tor
He district of Hawaii. He arrived
in Honolulu a year ago last Thursday
and was associated first with Horace
W. Vaughan. now federal Judge, and
later with S. c. Huber, the present
district attorney. Mrs. Kemp and her
daughter accompanied the judge to
Hawaii ..-..... .~<
Since coming to the islands Judge
Kemp has made many friends and he
is well liked in legal and court circles.
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the same afternoon; the Salvation
Army band at Aala Park from I,30
10 S:l5 in the evening, and the oath
and 4th Cavalry Will play at the army
and navy ball. National Guard Armory,
at o'clock in the evening.
The evening of Wednesday. Feb
ruary 81, there will be the most i'm
portant concert of the week at the
Capitol grounGS. The orchestra from
the Hawaiian Band will play old Ha-
waiian music only. alternating with
the Artillery Brigade, which will play
the first number.
The Artillery Brigade band will play
at the swimming meet Thursday. Feb
ruary %. and at the mask ball in the
armory that evening. The Hawaiian
Band Will also play at the swimming
meet and mask ball. ..~. -. -
For the Japanese lantern parade
Thursday evening the 25th Infantry
4th Cavalry and the Industrial School
bands will play, beginning at Aala
Park al 100 o'clock 49,. H.. -
The Artillery Brigade band will play
at the Capitol grounds from 4 to )
o'clock FRIDAY afternoon; the Ha-
Naiian Band Viii play at the children's
festival, Punahou, at O'clock Friday
afternoon; the 18th Infantry will give
concert at Bishop Square from ~
to IL o'clock Friday morning: the Sal
walton Army concert at the Capitol
grounds from to 8 o'clock the same
evening and the 4th Cavalry concert
at Aala Park from 1870 to SIS o'clock
the same evening. r. ~.... t..
For the water pageant Saturday
evening. which will close the Carnival,
the Artillery Brigade, Hawaiian, 18th
Infantry, Industrial School and 4th
Cavalry hands will play The 25tE
Will be at Pier s and the others on
water floats. The Salvation Army
band will give a concert from to :
O'Clock Saturday afternoon in the
Capitol grounds. :..- -. III +. -
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ELECTION OF OFFICERS
WATMANALO SUGAR COMPANY

At the regular annual meeting oil
shareholders Of the WAEMAEAl.9
SUGAR COMPANY. held at the office
of its Agents, C. Brewer & Company
Uimited), in Honolulu, T. H., upon
February IA. 1917, the following Di-
rectors and Auditor we're elected TO
serve, for the ensuing year, viz: -.
I'D. Spreckels, Richard IVers, +.
l.. Spalding, w. i. Hopper, H. N. Whit
ney and f. F. Bishop, for Directors;
H. Glass for Auditor. .s 49, ~
At a subsequent meeting of the Di-
rectors, held the same day, the fol
lowing Officers were elected TO serve
for the ensuing year, viz: -. ...~. ..
J. d. Spreckeis ........... President
Richard Tvers ...FIce-P sideHt
H. NJ. Whitney. .....Treasurer.
E. l. Spalding -. =. SecTetaiN ..
- Ell. SPAI.DING, .,
Secretary, WaImanalo Sugar Company
Honolulu, February H. 1917.
-. -. 6709-3t r.. .... -. .
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Will
BE INVITED TO
Come TO HAWAII

President Woodrow Wilson will be
invited 10 attend the celebration al
the time Of the opening Of the Pearl
Harbor naval station in 1918. II II
expected that the committee which
will be In charge of the celebration
will invite the president and cabinet
officers and the legislature OF HAWAII
will be asked to send the invitation
through the proper channels.
Albert p Taylor, secretary OF the
Hawaii Promotion Committee, the
father of the movement, has sent in
vitations 10 the various chapters OF the
Spanish War Veterans asking them
10 participate in the celebration which
VIII mark the opening of the naval
station and in addition will mark the
twentieth anniversary of the participa.
ten OF the troops in the Philippines
Twenty years ago the volunteers
raised through Honolulu on their way
TO the Philippines and We're so pleased
with Hawaii that many Of Them have
come back A united effort will be
made to have many Of the veterans
present at this time The year 1918
will also mark the anniversary OF the
annexation resolution and this point
VIII be brought out forcibly il the
literature that viii be sent ont
Taylor will write a letter TO Dele.
gate Kuhio asking him 10 inquire az
10 when the naval station will be com
pleted. As soon as>this information
has been received a committee will
begin active work in promoting the
celebration. which promises 10 be one
of the biggest events in the history
OF Hawaii
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Continued from page one)
nations around the Pacific-will not
land from canoes and other craft
manned by the various boat clubs, but
will assemble at Fort Armstrong
shortly before 2 o'clock Monday to
join in the great Pan-Pacific pageant
which half an hour later will vino
through Honolulu's streets to Thomas
Square
While the pageant is completing it's
assemblage at Fort Armstrong, the
opening gun of the Carnival-liter-
ally-wil be fired uptown. This is
tie old Western stage coach scene
and attack by Indians to be produced
in the Capitol grounds in front of the
large grandstand. which viii seat
thousands of spectators.
Promptly at the old stage coach
will move from 'Pan-Pacific Square, I"
as Bishop Park is to be called for the
Carnival, up to the Capitol grounds.
There il will be attacked by the wild.
est Of willy redskins that ever took a
scalp or beat a squaw Then will
come thrilling finale when a cavalry
perses the cruel Apaches.
This is all just sort of overture for
the big Pan-Pacific pageant which is
To start from Fort Armstrong at 2:30
After the redskins have been defeated
they will retreat toward the water
front. followed by the troopers, and ali
will join the Carnival pageant.
The pageant will move from Fort
Armstrong along the waterfront to
Fort street, thence to King street to
Bishop street, up Bishop street 10
Hotel street, along Hotel to the Capt.
tol grounds, through the Capitol
ground TO King street, and out King
street to Thomas Square, where the
great floats will be parked and spec
tators can admire them at leisure.
Alexander Hume Ford, in charge OF
the pageant, announced this morning
that lo1 floats have materialized and
he expects every one to be in line.
They are being made principally in
two spots-by tie Hawaiian Opera
House and at Fort Armstrong, Scores
and scores are now getting the finish
ing touches. Grass houses, pagodas,
old mission homes and churches, Japa.
nese temples, toriis, volcano scenes,
totem poles of the Pacific Coast In.
dams and countless other symbolic
structures are mounted on broad plat
forms, ready to be moved upon trucks.
They will be drawn by horses, two
or four, as are needed. and will con
stitute gorgeous procession
At the head will be Duke Kahana-
moku. Hawaii's champion swimmer, as
the Hawaiian king, attended by his
court of Hui Nalu (swimminy club
boys. All will be in the traditional
Hawaiian malo or breechclout They
will be in a canoe upon monster
wave. This wave. tremendous affair,
is now being constructed at Fort Arm
strong
With Duke at its head. the Pan
Pacific pageant will depict the races
around the Pacific. each in character
istic form. Most of the floats are en-.
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Calling GUNS
HERE FOR GUARD

~ Two machine Guns OF the Calling
type which have arrived here for the
use of the Machine Gun Company OF
the lst Infantry. National Guard. will
be opened and examined tomorrow
afternoon al the drill OF that ergani-
zatinR in the arm6ry. .... =:
With the recent OF these two the
company noW has four machine guns
two Calling and two Vickers- Maxim
machines. As is generally known, the
Calling gun is nov almost out OF date,
but these have been loaned 10 Hawaii
because of the lack OF a sufficient
namher Of more modern ones. As
soon as the number has been in.
creased sufficient! the MaXims will
be sent here. .--...: -. -.
At the: drill tomorrow instruction
will be given in platoon movements
with the fou- guns in preparation Tor
the Washington Birthday parade.
Special drill Of the company is TO be
held With the whole regiment on Tues
day evening, February 20. -: -. :
Dried hydrangeaS are very pretty
for a,Grptn 49,. E..
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ANTlDoTEs FOR
BODILY P0lS0NS
(Ry h. H. Smith. M. p.l


The victims of administration are
many thousand every day. By reason
of the toxins, or poisons bred in the
intestines, these poisonous bacteria
are sent all through the blood chan
nels and the victim feels tired, Sleepy
anG headaohy, or the brain doesn't
work as, usual. The best treatment
for this is to drink hot water before
breakfast-plenty of water all day and
procure simple laxative. made of
May-apple, leaves of aloe, ETC., with no
calomel and entirely vegetable, which
can be obtained at any drug store,
known as DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
Equally important is it to cleanse
kidneys and bladder, and drinking
plentifully of pure water will cleanse
them to a certain extent Then obtain
at the drug store a little Anuric, which
was first discovered by DR.. Pierce of
Surgical Institute in Buffalo, \. Y.
Anuric double strength should be
more potent than Ethia in throwing
off the poisonous Accommodations OF
uric acid =. .. III.
Through failure OF kidneys to act,
through congestion, Inflammation, any
persons condition is ripe for disease
to fasten its hold upon the system.
Anuric has been tested for the past
few years for kidney, bladder. uric
acid troubles, rheumatism, govt and
such ailments as follow, and SO many
cases both acute and stubborn have
yielded to this wonderful remedy that
do not hesitate to recommend it.
dI *.....
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Five hundred people are expected
to sit down AT the Pan Pacific dinner
on Saturday night that will formally
open the impromptu Pan-Pacific build
ing new being completed at bishop
park, opposite the Young Hotel This
will in reality inaugurate Carnival
Week. though the formal entry Of the
merry season Festivities does not
come until Monday. .-:.
Alexander Hume Ford, guiding spir-
il of the Pan-pacific movement. made
the following terse announcement this
morning between sorties back and
forth on various pieces of preparation
for Saturday: r.
"Pan-Pacific Hall and pan-Ameri-
can Hall in the Pan-Paeific building
will seat $50 each.
n Pan-Pacific Hall all the races
around the Pacific except those which
are English-speaking are invited TO
join in IN evening of get-together' fell
lowship. There will he no speeches
in this hall. for the reason that the
differences in language make IL inn
practicable. but am assured the pro
iect of an exchange of friendly greet
ings is much appreciated. The Royal
Hawaiian band viii play here.
In Pan-Pacific Hall there will be
the speeches. This event is open to
all English-speaking men and women,
no matter from what country. That
is, open UP to the limit of $50. There
will be a number of invited guests
Tickets are ST each.
"All day Monday the Pan-Pacific
building will be open for the general
public
ON Tuesday and Wednesday the
hibiscus show will have the building
or its display, admission fee % cents.
"On Thursday there will begin the
installation Of the Pan-Pacific exhibit
and from this on the building will be
open as long as it remains standing.
Ii will be available for all sorts of
meetings and dinners, for all races.
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POLICE COURT NOTES

X. Maikai. accused of gambling.
was committed to the juvenile court
Tong Song. a Chinese accused OF
assaulting his brother. Tong York,
on February 10, with a piece of lead.
was arraigned in police court and his
case stricken.
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tered by business houses. Tndiyi-
duals have entered some and still
others are entered by groups of PEG.
pie from various nations or points on
the American west coast The floats
have been constructed under Ford's
direction, being almost uniform in
siZ e. .- ..a ....-..-.
Monday night cares the ball of ali
nations at the Capitol, or palace
grounds, and thus the Carnival will
be formally open. ... =
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LIEUT.. H. d. MCGUIRE, U. S. N,
who arrived yesterday on the trans
port Logan. will inspect the compasses
on the four submarines at Pearl Har
Dor, having been ordered from Wash
ingtcn for this WORT
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MRS. C. II. brown has accepted
position as stenographer at head
quarters OF the national guard.
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PERSONALITIES

y. Al CHANG today began duties as
messenger in the offices of the attor
ney general