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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-22
QUEBEC SECEDE,
SUGGESTION OF
RADICAL MEMBER
(A.,oeist.d Press by U. S. Naval wir.I.s,.)

QUEBEC, Canada, Dec. 2-.--J. y.
Francoeur, member Of the legislative
assembly at Quebec, has presented a
motion Defore the legislature in which
the proposal is advanced that Quebec
lshould secede from the Canadian con-
federation and an independent gov
eminent be set W. The motion has
been laid on the table 10 be taken ur
for debate after the Christmas recess.
the date OF the debate being set for
January s.
The question of secession has been
before the voters OF Quebec more or
less during the past two years. attain
ing some prominence as an issue in
the last general election, being held
out as a threat to the rest of the
Dominion in the event that Quebec
should be overridden in the matter OF
cOnScriDtiOn
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-22
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The General Film Service

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HoIidays) from 100 to 400 o'clock
Saturday end Holiday Mattress from
1000 a. m. to 400 O'clock.
Evenings 1.-TWO shows) $50 and s:45
S'cIock.
PICTURES CHANGED DAILY
Prices: 10, 20 cents
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-22

Go to Thrum's for Gentlemen's Desk
Calendars.-Adv.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-22
R0LPH LAYS INCREASED
SUGAR CONSUMPTION IN
PART TO BOOZE DECREASE

WASHINGTON. D. c.. Dec. o.
Chairman Rolph of the national sugar
commission yesterday offered an in
teresting explanation of the sugar
shortage when be assigned prohibi'
tion as one of the real reasons for d
greater demand and consumption. Els.
pecially was this so. he said, in the
army training camps Of the south. In
lieu of the alcoholic drinks to which
many of the soldiers had been accus-
toned and which they now find it ina
possible to obtain, they now use soft
drinks" candy and chewing gum, all
Of which require quantities OF sugar in
their manufacture.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-22
U. S. TO SEND FOOD
TO STARVING Firms

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-Some re-
lief for the starving in Finland will be
granted by the United States. Upon
having received definite proof that
thousands of Finlanders are actually
starving the food administration has
determined to issue the necessary IL
censes for the expectations which will
at least relieve the most immediate
necessities.
Forty Thousand tons Of corn anG
oats will be allowed to go to Finland
under the permits which it is agreed
shall be issued.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-22

Go to Thrum's for Christmas Cards.
ADV.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-22
ENGLAND TO USE HUN
PRISONERS AS LABOR

LONDON. Dec. 22.-Premier Lloyd
George. addressing a gathering Of
farmers yesterday, announced that the
government had plans we'll under way
for the employment of German agri
cultural laborers, now held as prison
ers, in the tilling of the soil in Eng
land and Scotland. There are now
thirty thousand prisoners who may be
utilized in helping increase the farm
crops of Great Britain, he said
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-22
CANAL ZONE GOVERNOR
WILL GIVE TESTIMONY

AN ATLANTIC PORT, Dec. %
Lieut-Col. Chester Harding, governor
of the Canal Zone, arrived here yestcr
day en- route to Washington. where he
will appear as a witness before the
congressional appropriation commit
tees.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-22
DENMAN- COCKTAILS ROW
COSTS COUNTRY VESSELS

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 22.-Be'
sides delaying construction work the
Denman-Goethals dispute cost the
government the loss of more than a
dozen ships which it might have Sc
cured.
Chairman Hurley of the shipping
y -ard was the witness before the com.
mittee yesterday afternoon. His testl'
mony as to the Denman-Goethals dis
pute and its serious results came to-
ward the close of the session. He said
that by reason OF the dispute and tho
subsequent delays more than dozen
ships which might have been COM
Wandered had prompt action been
taken had gone to foreign owners and
had gotten away from possible control
before action was taken.
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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-22
AUSTRALIAN C0NSCRIPTION
DEPENDS ON SOLDIER VOTE

MELBOURNE, Dec. 22.-It is GER
tain now, unless there is a heavy SOL
der vote to offset it, that conscrip
ton has been lost in Australia by a
majority totaling a hundred and
fifty thousand.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-10
Lofty HimaIaya.

Himalaya. in south central Asia, is
the most elevated and stupendous
mountain system on the globe. 1t is
not, as sometimes represented. a sin
gle chain, but a system, consisting of
several parallel and converging ranges.
with a vast number Of rugged, snowy
peaks, separated by great elevated val
leys and plateaus. On the north the
system descends to the elevated pla-
teau of Tibet, on the south to the de-
preston drained by the Ganges and
the Indus. The system starts with
the Karakoram, in the Pamirs, whence
it trends southeast and east, sweeping
in a broad curve, convex, southwark.
The mass Of the Himalaya proper ex-
tends from the great bend of the Indus
in the west to the great bend Of the
Brahmaputra in the east, distance Of
nearly 1.500 miles.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-10
81. Louis an APain court.s

Not many people of today would rec
ogntze the metropolis of Missouri by
the name pain Court" yet that name
was quite generally applied to st.
Louis In its early days. Laclede, who
founded it in 1764, Loyalty called ii
after his French sovereign, Louis XIV.
But the people Of the other villages
up and down the Mississippi and along
the Ohio and the Wabash derisively
n1cknamed it Pain Court. 1t appears
that the French settlers of St Louis
neglected agriculture and devoted near
ly all their time to hunting and trap
ping and trading with the Indians. On
this account and because a considera-
BILE garrison was maintained at the
tort provisions were scarcer and high
er priced than they were In the other
villages. The people of the latter, who
frequently went there to trade, took
note Of this, especially the high price
and scarcity Of bread, and dubbed the
place Pain Court, which In French
signifies short or scant bread. - Elk
change.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-10
First Horse Omnibus,

The first horse omnibus was seen In
the neighborhod of Nantes in 1926 and
ran to facilitate access to a bathing
establishment which NJ. Baudry had
set up in the outskirts of that town.
'The name Of these vehicles" NJ.
Baudry said, shall be omnibus-that
Is to say, open to all" The venture
was so successful that a limited COM
pany was formed to inaugurate SINH
lar enterprise in Paris. The Partisan
experiment was at first failure, but
after its originator had manifested his
disappointment by drowning himself
in the Canal St Martin others reaped
q rich harvest from his ideas.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-10
Taking Him Down.

A lawyer with liking for billiards
had occasion recently to visit small
town In the west Of Scotland. While
there, seeking to pass the time, he
found a new and excellent billiard Ia
BILE. Upon inquiring If there was any
body about who could play the land
lord referred him to one of the natives.
They played several games, but the
result was against the lawyer. Try as
he might. the countryman won every
game.
Mr.. -" the lawyer remarked,
1--we quite a reputation at home.
They consider me a good billiard play
er, but I'm not in your class. May I
inquire how long you have playedT
"Oh. for awhile back" replied the ma
tive. But, l say, 1 dinna want to
hurt yer feelin's, but you're the first
fellow I ever beat!'-London Tit-Bits.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-10
The Famous MosIem Kasba.

1t Is a curious fact that the kaaba,
which is one Of the great attractions to
the pilgrims who go to Mecca and Me-
dina, antedates Mohammed as an in
st1tution and consequently is of pagan
origin. 1t Is small building, in one
wall Of which is set the famous black
stone, probably a meteorite, which the
pilgrims all seek to kiss. The structure
has actually been rebuilt more than
once since Mohammed, but its old pa
gan form has been preserved. 1t was
originally a heather temple, of such
standing among the Arabs that Mo
BANNED felt compelled to adopt it into
his new religion and even to permit
the continuance Of ancient customs
concerning it. He did destroy the idols
1t contained, but he made a great con-
cession to the old prejudices of his
converts by making the observance of
an old pagan feast Of Mecca one of
the five great precepts Of the new faith.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-10
GET TOGETHER FOR
PERMANENT PROSPERITY.

Every man and woman engaged In
American factories, mills and mines,
whether they know English or speak
It, are naturalized or intend to be
come citizens, have a direct interest
In maintaining industrial prosperity.
When times are good, all workers
should not only be thrifty In habit and
lay up little something for possible
rainy days, but they should do all they
can to keep the good times with us.
Simply because your language Is diff
ferent from that Of the foreman, over
seer, superintendent, manager or owner
Of the plant In which you earn living,
Is no excuse for misunderstanding your
own common interest In prosperity by
hating your partner in your own In
dustry or listening to and following
the gospel of dissension and violence
which selfish agitetors so often preach.
Do not blindly follow the man who
tells you how hard your lot is. Often
he Is doing so untruthfully and for the
purpose Of getting you to contribute
membership money for his own support
In idleness. Agitators get rich by prey
ing on the men in American industry,
whom they urge into unlawful or harm
full acts by misrepresenting conditions
or holding out foolish and false prom
ises Of better things IL they follow
their orders. You know conditions
yourself, and you know or ought to
know that the man or men whom the
agitator who pictures your employer as
on inhuman driving machine Is actual
ly a partner with you, interested in
having the plant or industry successful
The more successful your plant or
industry becomes, the more room for
you to grow with it there will be. 1t
should be your feeling, then, that you
will not do as little as you may find it
convenient to do, but to do just as
much as you possibly can do, and then
reasonably expect to share in the re-
wards that always come to the efficient
worker.
Do not be a clock watcher in the fac
tory. Those who wait for hours to
strike or whistles to blow and soldier"
at the bench, machine or in the Office,
never get ahead In the ranks of in
dustry. They never get any more pay
because they are not worth any more,
and often are worth less than they get.
Remember the old adage that a man
who never does any more or as much
as he gets paid for, never gets paid
for any more than he does.-Industria
Conservation, N. Y.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-10
Drier Than the Camel.

The wild cow" of Arabia, in reali-
ty an antelope, the Beatrix oryx, is
said never to drink, which is probably
correct, for unless these animals can
descend the wells they can find no
drinking water for ten months in the
year. There is no surface water, and
rain falls but precariously during the
winter. Only once during my journey
did l find pool Of rain water, caught
In hollow rock, and even this /
should have passed by without know
ing Of its existence had not my camels
shifted it from a distance and obsti-
nately refused to be turned from going
In that direction. These antelopes,
however, are provided by nature with
curious food supply, especially de-
signed as a thirst Quencher. This is a
parasite which grows on the roots of
the desert bushes and forms a long
spandix full Of water and juice. The
antelope dig deep holes In the sand in
order to get at these-Wide World
Magazine.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-10
Arkansas the Mighty.


III all the rice in Arkansas were one
grain 1t would take Grand canyon to
store 1t If all the corn In Arkansas
were one ear 1t would take the COM
blned force Of all stump pullers to ex-
tract one grain from that ear. II all
the chickens in Arkansas were one
chicken it would straddle the Rocky
mountains like colossus and its crow
would shake the rings from Saturn. If
all the hogs in Arkansas were one hog
ne could stand with his hind feet on
the island Of Cuba and his fore feet
on the isthmus of Panama and dig the
canal with one stroke of his snout. If
al the cows in Arkansas were one COW
she could Craze on the evergreens of
the tropics and switch the icicles from
the north pole 9th her tail and it
would take a canal from the great
lakes to the gulf Of Mexico to carry
boats laden with her butter and cheese.
II all the mules in Arkansas were one
mule he could stand with one fore foot
ON Mexico and the other fore foot on
Canada and kick the man out Of the
moon.-H. s. Taylor, Inspector United
States Indian Service.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-10
Art of Poiiteness

All truly artistic effort is a labor Of
love, and love never counts the cost
Art has no price arC makes none.
A perfect art Of politeness ever in
wolves in one respect or another acts
Of self abnegation.
There is the famous example of Lord
Stair and Louis XIV. when his lord
ship, being hidden by the king to pre-
cede him into one Of the royal car
riages, Immediately complied.
The pohteness was equal on both
sides. The French sovereign gave
proof Of so magnanimous a monarch
by abandoning his prerogative Of pre-
cedence In his own dominions to the
Scotch viscount.
The English ambassador returned the
compliment by yielding immediate ODE
dience to the behest Of a king who
was not his master. Neither sacrifice
was outdone by the other.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-10
PUTTING BUSINESS RIGHT
WITH THE PUBLIC.

A few years ago some big industrial
organizations and certain railroads en-
ployed business tactics which, accord
ing to the popular idea, would make
the financial adventures Of Pizarro,
Morgan or Captain Kidd look as anna
flourish as the verbal exploits Of Bobby
Make-Believe.
All are more or less acquainted with
the details. We will concede that there
were some glaring abuses, but the pub
Lie when it came to apply a remedy ig-
nored the fact that these were peculiar
to comparatively few institutions and
instead of tackling the trouble where
it lay furiously assailed everything
classiiable as business-the trust mag
nate, the independent manufacturer
ready and anxious to obey the law, the
full citizen-the innocent and the guilty
suffering alike. Seemingly the law was
invoked not to regulate, but to perse-
cute.
There could be but one result. Bust.
ness was demoraliZed, and the whole
country has felt the evil effects. Now
the public Is beginning to realize its
error and In rather grudging way Is
making some concessions.
Business Is being permitted to speak
for itself, and movement has been In
stituted by the leading business men
OF the country under the title Of the
National Industrial Conservation Move
mant for tho Durpoca of rama ripv tbo
damage that has been done. Nothing
revolutionary Is contemplated. The
plan Is simply to educate the public by
taking 1t into the business mans conf
dence. Meetings will be held in vari-
GUS trade and Industrial centers. All
classes Of citizens will be invited. The
purpose Of these meetings Is to give the
public new and correct viewpoint as
to the effects Of drastic legislation and
restriction of business on the prosper
fty Of the country. Every effort viii
be made to give the public clear view
Of the problems and difficulties which
beset business.
Special favors are not sought through
these meetings, only fair play. 1t Is
believed that once the citizen grasps
the situation his whole attitude toward
business will change and that he will
readily cooperate toward bringing
about better conditions.
Commercial and other civic organiza-
tons and the local press are already
showing great interest In this move
ment, and it Is reasonable to believe
that much good will come from IT.
Industrial Conservation, N. p.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-10
John Bull.

For many generations England has
been nicknamed John Bull" John
Bull" means beefy, brawny and OBJ
stinate. 1t is a popular personifica-
ton Of the English people. He is rep
resented as bluff, corpulent, irascible
old fellow, clad in leather breeches and
top boots and carrying a stout oaken
cudgel. The nickname is derived from
DR.. Arbuthnot's satire entitled 1.-The
History of John Bull" a political skit
on the subject of the Spanish success
sion, first published In 1712 and after
ward reprinted complete In Pope's
Miscellany" in 1928.
Arbuthnot thus describes John Bull:
In the main he was an honest, plain
dealing fellow, choleric, bold and of
very inconstant temper. Very apt to
quarrel with his best friends, especial
ly If they pretended to govern him. If
you fattered him you might lead him
as child. City Star.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-10
Chimneys.

The chimney is something that Is
relatively new in architecture. Many
Of the old castles and other buildings
Of Europe which were constructed be-
fore the fifteenth century have no
chimneys. In some of them a f1ue
leads from the back and above the
fireplace through the wall to the outer
air. 1t was somewhere about the thir-
teenth century that in certain build
ings the masons began to run the flue
to the top Of the building, but the
chimneys Of that period had openings
in the side, the top being rooted over
1t was about the fifteenth century that
masons began to build chimneys that
extended above the roof Of the house
and to leave the top Of the chimney
uncovered.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-10
Victor HUGO.

Victor Hugo was born at Besancon.
France, Feb. &c, 1902; died May %.
1885. He began his literary work at
fourteen. and by 1927 his reputation
was continental. In 1852, on account
of his democratic sympathies, he was
an exile in the island Of Jersey. but aft
er 1870 he returned to France. Forced
into politics, he soon became Disguised
with its insincerities and resigned his
seat in the assembly to which he had
been elected. In 1876 he was made
senator, but never accomplished much
on account of his uncompromising hos
tility to every form of official trickery.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-10
Early RaiIroadinq.

Some seventy-five years ago when
two trains of the Western Atlantic
railway met on the roads single track
line violent discussions ensued be-
tween the conductors as to which train
should back up and take the side
track, and the engineers frequently
joined in the dispute. Rule IA, issued
March 1, 1852, says: "As a general rule
when trains meet between stations the
train nearest the turnout will run back
Any dispute as to which train is to
retire is to be determined at once by
the conductors without interference
on the part of the engineman. This
rule is required to be varied In favor
of the heaviest loaded engine or worst
grades if they meet near the center"
Conductors were admonished never to
leave either terminal point without the
mail or at least first sending to the
postoffice for it.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-10

I'm Northern France,

It Is strange and terrible to visit
Paris-and no one can be happy-but
to one who has loved France 1t Is far
worse to visit the lovely northern
country. There Is here a sense Of
emptiness, as If terror still hushed the
normal cheerful noises OF mankind
The people Of these regions have lost
everything. Their houses are burned;
their animals, even the rabbits, are
gone; their farm implements are shape
less pieces Of grotesquely melted iron.
They live in temporary, patched shell
tiers and In the houses built by the So
ciety of Friends or mass themselves
In some nearby village that escaped
destruction. After time In this silent
country one gets the sense that de-
struction Is normal, and tears start to
ones eyes at the sight Of an unde-
stroyed French village smiling In the
sun. So changed are all values that l
could feel nothing strange in the
words of the woman who told me:
Fortunately my husband is bunch
back. He can't go to the war."-Mary
Heaton worse in Century.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-10
Bows and GfrIa


The difference is apparent early: A
boy has as much fun In stoning q cat
as a girl has In hunting for violets.
A boys curiosity Is directed to the ice
box; girl would like to see what IL
In the top bureau drawer.
A girl can give the impression when
away from home that her parents are
wealthy; boy cannot.
Every boy Is old enough to be vel
come to sit in the neighbor girls par
lor many years before his sister thinks
he Is old enough to sit in the parlor
at home.
A girl is never so young that she will
reveal to guests at a party that the
spoons are borrowed; a boy child never
grows so old that he fails to.
Give the boy a dollar and he will
eat it; give his sister one and she will
wear it.
A brother and sister may have hair
OF the same shade, but the boys is
called red and the girls auburn.
When brothers fight it is over the
larger share of pie; when sisters quar-
rel one has worn something belonging
to the other without asking permits
s1on.-Youth's Companion.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-10
LACE GROWS ON TREES.
Panama Product May Take Place of
Mosquito Netting.

New Orleans, La.-Lace grows on
reeS on the isthmus of Panama, and
tne trees grow wild in the swamps.
captain L. w. Richards of the steam
snip Norwalk brought a fine sample.
not merely as curiosity. but to induce
tests as to the probable utility Of the
pant or the tree in this section.
When the bark of the limbs is strip
Rd there are rolls Of filmy substance
va texture very much like mosquito
netting. The size of these layers in
ueaSeS with the size of the tree, the
AfseSt being about a foot in diameter.
tae fabric is strong and can be sewn
Without tearing.
Ihe natives use the stuff in making
sarmentS Captain Richards believes
Wst by cultivation the trees may be-
wne verr valuable, and if the lace
N!efS cannot be enlarged some process
Isy De perfected by which they can be
!Uned into a fabric which will make
'ue nneSt mosquito bar and may even
serve Tor summer raiment.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-10
Abused SuperIatiyes,

1t Is hard to make people understand
that the adjective almost invariably
weakens the noun and that the word
very" for instance, does not strength
en- a statement, but qualities 1t. But
the use of the superlative Is even more
abused. We talk Of the "unimpeach-
able" honesty Of somebody or other.
knowing perfectly well that anybody's
honesty may be impeached. What
seems to be required is a readjustment
Of our habits Of thought and better
teaching of the value Of words and
even Of the usefulness Of grammar. A
superlative necessarily involves an ak
iom. 1t commits you, like saying that
the sum of the angles Of any triangle
Is equal to two right angles. Your di-
lemma arises when you try to prove it.
"Tmpregnability" and ''invulnerability"
and all other superlatives In general
use are posing as axioms when they
are mostly fallacies.-Wall Street Jour-
nal