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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-17
STAR BULLETIN'S
GARDEN CONTEST
TO BE REPEATED
Food Commission and School
Department Point Out Sue
cess of Experiment

So successful were the home and
school garden contests recently con
Quoted by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin
and so urgent has been the demand
for a continuation Of the work fol
which the foundation already has
been laid, that this paper has decided
to repeat the contests during the com.
ing school year. =&#..>. i.
One OF the first requests for q -.
tition of the contests cams recently
from Henry W. Kinney, superinten.
dent Of public instruction, who wrote
10 Wallace r. Harrington, general
business manager of the Star-Bulle.
tin, in part, as follows: II.
The time is growing near when
the schools win reopen. 1 believe
that the Star-Bulletin is willing to re.
peat the garden contest which proved
such q success last year, or at least
q contest of very similar nature
Mr.. Harrington replied to Super.
intendent Kinney, In part, as follows:
1 am pleased to inform you that
II Is our intention to repeat the school
and home garden contest during the
hCAb oSuOOA year. oudIl uO very
glad to hold q conference with you
q any representative Of the depart
ment you may select In order to de-
termine the best methods of handling
the contest We believe the work Il
very much worth while, and we shall
be highly pleased to receive the CO.
operation Of the department. 49,
The territorial food commission has
also urged that the Star-Bulletin re.
peat the contests, and ]. F. Child,
assistant executive officer, said today
that the commissions agents on the
various islands win be pleased to CO.
operate in every way possible "a. + I.
The agents have reported to the
commission that the Star-BulIetin con-
tests have done more good than any
thing else toward educating the
school children and their parents In
agriculture and the necessity Of
growing food at home during the
war; says Mr.. Child. THE food com.
itself stands ready to assist
as far as It is able
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-17
too MUCH TALK
IS IRRESPONSIBLE
FOR RUSS CRISIS
Scotchman Says When Curb is
Put on Freedom of Speech
Trouble Win Cease

Unembellished conversation, or IN
other words Just plain talk, Is respon,
sible for q great bit of the internal
trouble and unrest In Russia at pres.
ent. At least. this ID the assertion
fof J. Riddell, q Scotchman, who has
lived Is years IN Russia He does
mot make this assertion as joke, but
with all sseriousnees, as he thinks q
dissemination TO expel much converse,
tiQn - q characteristic trait of the
Russian people. Anyhow. that Is
what he ways.
Russia win be all right when her
people get through talking. The Rus
SLAMS are fine people and are all
right when they get going. But they
are great ones to talk. That's what
Russia Is doing now. She's still talk.
Ing over the revolution, her new gov
eminent and the men who are In
power. he declares.
Mr.. Riddell has been at the head Of
the Russian jute commission at vladi-
yostok ever since the war began. He
passed through here q few weeks ago
on the Eucador and has been to the
states to interest American, capital In
the iron and coal mines Of Russia
His mission was successful, he says.
After he reaches Vladivostok he will
resign his position with the Russian
government, as he wishes to return to
his native country and enlist In the
military fight against Germany. IT
hear my country needs engineers and
am going home to enlist. ais an,
mechanical engineer he says.
Although for Is years Mr.. RiddeIl
has been speaking Russian. as well as
several other languages, he still rolls
his RS in !. manner that would de-
light any native OF Bonny Scotland.
Mr.. Riddeli Is confident that Rus
sia has strong men at the head of her
new government and that she will
DO her bit" when the Russians get
through talking, he reiterates.
He considers II quite q coincidence
that he was In both Petrograd and
Picking the first day the recent revo-
lutions started in Russia and China.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-17
URGE JAP ANESE
women TO AID
FOOD CAMP Align

Advice to young Japanese house
wives on the conservation Of food will
be featured in the September issue
of : The Hawaii Katei Zasshi,' or
The Hawaii Home Journal" Jap.
anese magazine published in Homo.
lulu, according to a letter written by
the editor to the territorial food com
mission. g.
Practically the entire magazine will
be devoted to food conservation and
suggestions as to how the Japanese
women may do their "bit" by cooking
and serving food in an economical
way and eliminating waste. The mag
abine viii also urge the Japanese
housewives to grow rabbits for food,
and the editor asked the commission
for data on the raising of the ami
mails for market purposes.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-17

Mexican boatmen have gone on
strike for higher wages. The men are
members of the |. w. w.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-17
GOOD TIME ON STOLEN
$3.50 LEADS TO CELL
At POLICE STATION

Charged with stealing $3.50 and hay.
ing . general good time with it, and
then occupying cell in the police
station. is the experience Of Raymond
Merlin, Filipino who was before
Police Judge Irwin this morning. His
trial has been set for August 81.
Detective Belmont, who made tho
arrest. said this morning that fifteen
minutes after he arrested the man, he
found q sweater, new pair OF shoes
and other valuable articles on his
person. The money was stolen from
Nicholas Africans. an employee Of an
army officer at SchofieId barracks.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-17
LOCAL AND GENERAL

Harry T. Lake, detective in the city
and county attorneys office, returned
today from a two weeks vacation
Mary Sproule, stenographer in the of.
flee, also returned.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-17


Mary Sproule, stenographer in the of.
flee, also returned.
Abraham G. Kaulukou. county treas
urer Of Kauai, is visiting in Honolulu.
He will leave for Kona next week.
Kaulukou is a lawyer by profession.
His home Is at Lihue.
i s. Awoki, manager Of the Yoke
hama Specie Bank, who has been en-
ioying q vacation at Haleiwa with
his family, returned yesterday morn
ing.
Federal Judge Horace W. Vaughan
has taken under Amusement the petit
ton Of Tamayo Kaneko, an 1S-year-
old Japanese girl, for a writ of habeas
corpus to obtain her release from the
local United States immigrant sta
tion and her entrance into the terri,
tory s. ..' l. = -.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-17
ARMY ORDERS

Capt. Thomas r. Harker. paymaster
of the Hawaiian department, has just
received his commission as major.
Second Lieut.. Wade H. Johnson, ap-
pointed from the medical department
on August Z: from grade of private,
has been attached to the I'd Infantry.
Second Lieut. Owen G. Fowler, cav
airy. appointed from grade of private
in Company B. Sd ENGINEERS, is at
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-17
RUesER.

At the Singapore Rubber Auc.
tons held this week commencing
! Wednesday, plantation pale crepe
realized 5S.s61k cents per pound.
The New York price for the cor ,
) responding date was S. cents. :.
H.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-17
taehed to the 4th Cavalry.

Second Lieut.. r. L. Herr, appointed
from private in Company M, 32d In
fantry, has been ordered to report to
Schofield Barracks for assignment to
regiment.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-26
FAMINE AND. PEsTILENCE.

- ! -.
The statement that thirty thousand
cases-of smallpox exist in Germany,
and that the disease is spreading
adds ipestilence to famine in that
country. Upon the heels of this an
nouncement comes another that the
bread ration must be still further re-
duced in the land of the Kaiser.
Smallpox has long been Teutonlc
horror. In the days of Joseph II this
disease was as much dreaded as the
cholera. It seemed to have a special
preference for royalty. Maria
Theresa, of Austria, was the mother
of twelve children, one half of whom
died from smallpox. Joseph, heir APP
parent, fell in love with the Duchess
of Parma, ore of the prettiest women
of her day. During her short honey
moon she was attacked by this insidi,
Gus disease, and having premonl-
| ton that she would die, the aid OF tne
best Vienese physicians was futile ir
attempts to drive away the destroy
| ing angel. It was another case OF
Orpheus and Eurydice-Joseph never
forgot his Isabella of Parma.
Later, for political reasons, Joseph
married Josepha, inferior in body anc
mind to Isabella. She, too, was
stricken with smallpox and died.
Maria Theresa's turn came next
She did not die, but with her recupe
ration passed away her beauty-she
was no longer one of the most hand
some women in Europe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-26

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came necessary 49, -.
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COIN iiau iiot VIC i.'''''.,' ,'..,'.''.,o 80
S0Spei'i's 'NS 'C' - 80 -, i
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-26
UNHAPPY BELGIUM.
Baltimore SUM.

NNiAl'
The German submarine has moi
only slaughtered American citizens
on the sea, but it has torpedoed
American charity on land. A silver
lining to the black clour of war has
been in the work of physical saliva
ton which we have hitherto been
permitted to do in Belgium and parts
of France. Now American workers
are forced out of Belgium by the
same hand which threatens us on the
ocean.
We shall still WORK to keep alive
the millions for whom American Or
ganizing genius and pity have done
so much, and We shall hope that the
money and supplies we send will
reach them and that those who are
to take our places will be allowed to
extend succor to these unfortuna,es
But darker days may he ahead of
Belgium. No one can tell what
blacker horrors the fates of war may
have in store for. her Poland and
Armenia in vain stretched out their
arms to us for help in their hour of
mortal agony. We have tried to save
Belgium from a similar extremity
under the white flag of mercy and
peace. It may be that the only
way to rescue those helpless multi
tudes from destruction will be
through Belgian relief corps equip
ped with 5ayonets and heavy artil-
lery. We cannot sit still and see a
whole nation murdered, nation in
nocent of any wrong, except the
wrong of refusing to aid criminal
power in its attack on neighbor.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-26
MEMORIES OF LONG AGO.

The Alexandria County Monitor
calls attention to the fact that old
St. Asaph race track, short distance
north Of Alexandria, which years ago
drew lovers Of horses and others
from all sections Of the country
during the racing season. is now
being converted into cornfield. Fire
from time to time. destroying the
buildings until only the big grand
stand was left. This was burned a
few years ago.
st. Asaph race track and that
which was operated at AlcxanGer's
Island, near the southern approach to
the Highway Bridge, took their rise
about the same time. and during the
few years they flourished attracted
thousands of persons daily. The pa
irons were transported by steam
railway trains, and specials composed
of q dozen cars were landing persons
at these tracks during most of the
day.
The present electric railway had
been completed from Alexandria TO
Mount Vernon about that time, but
it was not until 1896 that its present
Washington extension was opened for
travel \ spur tract; extended north
on Payne street from Cameron, and
Alexandria patrons of the race pat
ronized this line. The tracks passed.
close to the poor house and their
terminus was St. Asaph.
War had for some time been de-
clared on the race tracks. Delegat
ticns of Alexandrians visited Rich
snond while the legislation was in
session and succeeded in having laws
passed which eventually closed the
race tracks. They are now but mem
cries. !,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-26

overt acts at any moment. There Is
an old adlm.on n Beware Of the
wrath of a patient man." The United
States has suffered long from the
present representatives Of the Ger
man people. When the Rubicon shall
have been crossed tine cry The
president! Not the Kaiser!" will
send it's echoes across the Rocky
Mountains and on to the Orient.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-26
Samuel Fl. Lunt, Auctionecr.

Samuel Fl. Lunt, AuctiOnecr.
AUCTION SALE OF UNREDEEM.
ED PLEDGES, ON WEDNESDAY,
MORNING, MARCH %, 1917, Ar
10 O'CLOCK.
I will commence to sell at the es,
Enlistment Of E. Hiedenheimcr, sos
King street, Alexandria, Va, all
pledges upon which the interest is
ovcrdue up to this date, consisting OF
Diamond Rings, Earrings and Studs,
also Gold, Silver and Metal
Watches, all kinds Of Fine Jewelry,
Guns, Reyolvers, Silverware, Books,
Umbrellas, etc., together with line
of goods generally found in a loan
Office. Ticket holders kindly take
iotice.
E. Heidenheirner
e9-6t Broker,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-26
THE COUNTRY'S CALL TO ITS
YOUNG MEN.

The hour has arrived when the
vouno men have the opportunity to
resnond to the call of their country IN
its time of need. The United States
Navy offers exceptional advantages
TO the young man of ambition and
patriotism who desires to serve his
country in the defense of its prmcl'
pies of liberty and freedom upon the
high seas as wei as at home.
AS may be seen by the telegram
from the Secretary Of the Navy, ap'
pearing in another column of today's
Gazette, President Wilson has ISSUED
an order, as empowered by Congress
asking that the navy be increased
from seventy-four to eighty-sever
thousand men and the need is imper'
ative.
Since Congress adjourned there
has been an increase of over Sin
thousand five hundred in enlistment:
in this branch of Uncle Sans service
and it is hoped that the additional
number required will be secured with.
out unnecessary delay.
The time and opportunity is here
for noble, patriotic service. Let il
not be said that our young men have
failed in the hour when duty tt
country calls them.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-26
NOTICE

Notice is. hereby given, that in con,
sormity with the provision of an AcI
Of the General Assembly Of Virginia
approved March 10, 1916 tActs 1916
Chapter 146, pages 219-223-224}, the
undersigned will on the Ninth day
Of April 1917, apply to the Corpora
ton Court of the City OF Alexandria,
for license to purchase, store, and
Sci wine for sacramentaT purposes
pure whiskey and pure brandy and
pure fruit, ethyl and grain alcohol,
for medicinal, scientific, mechanical,
and pharmaceutical purposes; and to
purchase and use ardent spirits and
alcohol for the manufacture Of flaw
o:iI:g extracts, toilet, medicinal! and
intisceptic preparations or solutions,
and patent and proprietary medicines,
as provided in the said Act OF the
assembly.
LEADBEATER DRUG CORPORA
TON. z. s. Leadbeater, Presi-
dent. G2-3w..
March 20, 1917.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-26
THE EMPIRE OF DEATH"

Major Moraht, German military
critic, writes in The Berlin Lokal An
zeiger:
Long strips of territory having a
width of from six to eight miles, and
running along the whole Of our posi-
tons, have been turned into dead
ground. No village Or farm remains
standing on this glacis. No road IS
passable, and no bridge, railway line
or embankment remains. Before our
new positions runs, like gigantic
ribbon, an empire of death"
The Philadelphia Record says 1t
has been fond delusion Of the Ger
mans that people in neutral countries
do not understand them and swallow
whole the inventions of their enemies.
Thew seem to be incapable of under
standing that they are indicted at the
bar of the world, not on the charges
of their enemies, but on their own
statements. Their responsibility for
the war is shown by their own diplo-
matte publications. The ferocity OF
their treatment of the Belgians and
of other people in conquered territory
is sufficiently established by their
own statements, though the testi-
| monv of neutrals and OF their enc
mics supplies many important de-
tails.
1t was of brutal Russian general
more than century ago that it was
said that he created desert and
called it a peace. The Germans pro-
TESS to be the bulwark to save civili-
cation from Russian barbarism, and
! the German warfare of the twentieth
century does not fall far behind Su-
warrow's methods in the eighteenth.
AS the Germans fall back they must
of course, destroy railroads and
| bridges and obstruct highways with
fallen trees. But why destroy every
village and every farm?
The general fact admitted by Major
Moraht is participated by reports
from the French and English. Every
fruit tree in outlying gardens has
been cut down. Where fire did not
do its work furniture was smashed
and houses filed with filth. Filth
has been thrown into wells.
Young women were fOrclbly
carried away by the Germans
retiring from Noyon. What
is the use of disputing the most
, frightful of the charges regarding
the excuses of German officers and
men in Belgium? But Rev. Dr. Har-
mack and Professor Langemann will
see in that empire Of death" left
behind them by the retreating Ger
mans only additional evidence of the
! superiority of ''kultur" and the re-
gfettable refinement and sentimental
ity of the German moral heroes"
who have been defending the Father
land from the English and French
savages and defending it in foreign
countries b. methods that have been
prohibited by civilization for two CEN
turtles.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-26
CHURCHMAN'S, TO ARMS! WAR
HAS BEGUN"

The action Of Governor Stuart in
calling out several regiments of Vir-
ginia soldiers for the purpose of TAX
ing preliminary measures to meet a
more serious call which seems now
ineSitable. had been anticipated.
Germany has refused to accord the
United States any rights and our
country has but one recourse we
must fight again for our freedom. as
we did on two occasions with Eng :
lana. After reading the call sent by
the federal government to Virginia il
reproduced scenes enacted nearly SO
years ago in Alexandria, and brought
to our mind the words in the head
line.
Major Robert Anderson had re-
fused to surrender Fort Sumter to
the South Carolinians, and an engage
ment between the garrison in the
fort and the land batteries followed.
When this news was flashed through
"DiXie' huge poster was printed
in Richmond and copies sent in every
direction. One was received in the
Gazette office and it was immediately
placed upon the bulletin board. 1t
bore the legend at the head of this
article.-"Virginians, to arms! War
has begun"
The convention then in session in
Richmond, although composed OF a
majority Of delegates opposed to Sc
cession, voted the state out of the
union within a few days, and -Alexan-
dria became part of the Southern
Confcderacy, then in it's formative
state.
Within the next few days our head
line though now premature, may
again be in evidence. War may then
ne in progress. Let US all pray that
We keep our heads and while our Teu-
ton would-be oppressors assume God
is with them, let us have for oar
motto "Pro Dec ct Pro Patr!a."
We referred to scenes in Alexan-
dria SO years ago. Our people firmly
believed their liberties were menaced
hy the election of Abraham Lincoln
as President with majorities of re-
pnb!icanS IN both houses of Congress.
Whether this was an illusion or not
they believed it. and were ready 10
fight for their rights.
About this time certain misguided
men of this city, constituted them
selves committee of public safety,
and any man in our midst who chanc-
ed to have been born north Of Mason
and Dixon's line was approached and
asked what he proposed doing during
the great crisis. There was no re-
corn;tion of neutrals-those not for
lis were against US. Several northern
men left the city, fearing they would
be mobbed. 49,, |
Comparatively few persons now
living are aware of the fact that such
scenes were ever enacted in Alexan- |
d9ia. But they were. When coun- |
try IS once aroused there is danger OF
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-26
NO DIVIDED LOYALTY.
philadelphia Recordl

If Germany insists in forcing war
upon the United States by its lawless
course, it will in all probability be-
come necessary to impress upon GER
tain skeptical minds the very import
ant truth that in matters affecting
its self-preservation and honor, re-
public can take just as drastic and
vigorous action as monarchy or an
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-26
Notice &c Tax Payers.

Having received blank forms fol
listing personal property, incomes ,and
capitation taxes for the year 1917
I am now engaged in making the as.
scssmcrt and rs this duty compc.s nc
10 be out OF the Office during business
hours to expedite the work, the Com
lNissioncrs Office, Room +, City Hall
will be open in the evening from
seven to nine o'clock, Cameron Stree:
entrance,
CHARLES Il. CALLAHAN,
Commissioner of Revenue.
As stated above tie Commissioner
Of Revenue of this city is engaged
in making the aGnua! assessment, and
as his ti.nc is limited by law We carn-
cst!y request that the tax payers will
promptly list their property and re-
turn SAID list 10 the Commissioner
duly sworn to before some one auth
oriZed 20 administer oatils, not later
than the first day Of April. Those who
desire the Commissioner to assist
them IN The preparation OF their re-
turns Wi! find him in his Office every
evening from seven to nine o'clock.
but unless weather conditions prevent
he will be out making his rounds dur
ing the day, in view Of which the OBJ
portun;ty to file reports in the even
ing should be promptly accepted.
ROBINSON MONCURE,
E. E. LAWLER,
CLINTON S. BALLENGER,
"2-1Ot. Local Beard Of Review:
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-08
GERMANY TO MAKE
EHN PEACE OFFER

The Hague, Netherlands. May l
iva London).-Dr. Won Bethmann-
Hullweg. the German imperial chan
cellor. will make another peace offer
in TIE reichstag on Thursday OF this
week, according to an announcement
made today by the Berliner Tase5latt'
THE world will be astonished BY
the moderation of the German peace
terms" said The General Anzeiger OF
Dusseldorf, Germany, quoting IN
recent dispatch from Berlin a state
nent given out to foreign correspon-
dents :. in Berlin. For several weeks
il has been intimated that Germany
might soon make another peace Or
FER sad recent information from ber-
Tin showed that Chancellor Won Beth
mann Hollweg was expected soon to
make an announcement IN regard to
international questions, although
heretofore no statement has come
from "a responsible anarter that a
neace offer actually wenld be made.
The announcement Of 1.-The chancei-
sor's plan to make q peace offer on
Thrrrsday is given added weight by
the fact shat 1t appears IN The rage
t,3,sfss eue,os the most widely circulat-
ed German newspapers