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The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-04-11
Dear Nam:

jail " -
Dear Nam:
Your greatly enjoyed annual letter
came on Christmas day. Many thanks.
You wanted me to tell you of my ex-
periences, that on account of the
censorship, l couldn't write about be-
fore. Honestly I've got darned few
secrets. You see I've always sized up
the censor, and I've figured it was
pretty much a bore, reading every
letter to the very word. So l watched
him (the BIN doctor censors all our
mai) and noticed that all he did was
to sign his name inside and out and
seal the envelope. So outside the
name of towns there is very little
that l havent's mentioned, except little
things-like my coolies; after l had
gone about six weeks without a bath,
counted up in the hundreds. (Which
sounds awful, l suppose.)
Like when l was in a certain ravine
just outside Very, south Of Scissor,
a six-inch shell landed less than five
feet from me and killed four lei that
| had been talking with-tore them
up fearfully-and left me alone, cov-
cred with mud and very thoughtful.
mat lHy ldHOIlIS way W SCI Jump
ed off was the way Brown, Sd B'ncorps
man, got his. Shot through the heart
by a sniper while was dressing a ma
rine in no mans land. He got a D.
S. c. for it.
That little l was recommended for
one.
That there's not more than twenty
of the original 10th left.
That l like the outfit fine, and have
never regretted my job for a minute.
That soon I'll write a letter with the
name of every town I've been in it.
That I've just put in for a discharge
from the naval service, and you've got
to help me get out.
Which brings me to the point. ]
was enlisted for four years, but I'll
be darned if I'll stick it out when ]
can be just as useful as a civilian
I've started work from this end by
putting in my request but you and
Dad will have to work from that end
or no telling when I'll get out. Don't
delay.
This is a very terrible excuse for an
answer DO that dandy letter of yours,
but y see, for the last four days ]
had an awful dope on-not enough
ambish to go after chow, and the vel
low lenders or yaller ianders to boot
I'm just swapping out of it, and I'm
way behind in my letters. So long
for now.
(Signed) Nat.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-04-11
Some Reasons Why
You Should Back
The Victory Loan
Communicated

The Territory of Hawaii showed
the western world on the last Liberty
Loan hat she had a place on the
map. Not only that, but she was able
to lend a helping hand to the City of
San Francisco who stood in danger
or not going over the top with the
fourth Liberty Loan.
Today the people of the Territory
are asked to subscribe to a Fifth Lii
berty Loan. This is to be called the
I Victory Loan and is to be a loan sole
ly of the people. The banks have ex-
tended credit to the Treasury to
such an extent on previous loans that
they will not be able to carry this loan
extensively, and it is therefore UP to
the people to pay the debt. We
went into this wal and we won this
war, and now it is up to us to pay for
this war, for it isn't all paid for yet.
Your liberty bonds are not good
money thrown after bad. 1t isn't as
though you were investing in mining
stock. You are putting away for the
future. Your children will grow up to
thank your foresightness. And what
is more your money will be working
for you.
Any miser can save money and put
it away in a crock and bury it in the
backyard. He can leave it there for
ten or twenty years, and there will be
just the same amount of money in
the crock when he unearths it as was
there when he buried it. But the wise
man who makes his money work for
him is the man who is able to send
his children to college, to take trips
around the world, to buy property and
have a home for himself in his old
age. This is what the Liberty Bonds
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-04-11
FRENCH STAND IN LINES FOR
HOURS TO GET CHOCOLATE

PARIS, February 20-(Associated
Press Correspondence - Children
born in France since the beginning of
the war have just made a glorious
discovery. They have tasted chocol-
ates. In a congested quarter of Paris,
writes an Associated Press cores
pondent, a line stretching for more
than a hundred yards wanted a chance
to enter a grocery store. -Four police
men were keeping order among the
crowd and I'M were actually
struggling for a place in the line.
What are they fighting for?" a
policeman was asked.
THE store is selling a quarter of a
pound of chocolate to each one, re-
sponded the officer. THAT is the
reason why you see so many women
bearing their children in arms, they
are allowed half a pound then"
The correspondent asked n of the
women who had with her a fine child
and was stubbornly holding her place
on the slippery, slushy sidewalk,
whether she thought it was worth
while to risk pneumonia in order to
get half a pound of chocolate.
You see", she replied, this baby
has never yet tasted chocolate"
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-04-11

will do for you. They will make your
money work. One hundred dollars in
vested at four per cent almost doubles
itself in twenty years. One hundred
dollars buried in the cellar in twenty
a is just one hundred dollars; no
more no less.
Show the world that the people of
the Territory Of Hawaii are not misers
but rather men of good sound bust
ness sense, willing to help their coun-
try out of debt. and thrifty enough to
provide a sound future for themselves
and their childr en-. Get behind the
Victory Liberty Loan and save and
pay up"
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-04-11
A Soldiers Letters
You Will Appreciate

IA Waikiki resident has a kid ne
phew who has been through the Big
Adventure and who writes about it
and his connections with it, to his
parents in Minneapolis, in a style
that doesn't require close relationship
to make interesting. The boys faith
er sends these letters on to his BROTH
er in Maui, but they are too good 20
keep in the family and so the MAUI
NEWS has the privilege to give one
or two of them to it's readers. The
boy, who is about 81, is connected
with the medical corps of the famous
Second Division, and of the 18th re-
giment, which was all but annihilat-
ed in some of the most terrible fight
ing in which our troops engaged. He
is modest, and indicates rather than
tells about the horrors he has been
through, and the work he himself did
that got him recommended for the
service medal. Those who read Just
Eats" in these columns a few weeks
ago, will enjoy these letters, for they
were written by the same kid.-Ed.]
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-04-11
At The Theatres
THE Hun Within"

- ne Hun Wlthln"
A striking exposition of the SPY
menace in America is revealed in Pa
ramount-Artcraft's production of 1.-THE
Hun Within" under the direction of
Chef Whitney. 1t carries a splendid
patriotic appeal, interpreted by an ex-
ceptional cast of Paramount players,
and gives a phase of the wal that has
hitherto been untouched by producers
for the silent drama.
George Fawcett, one Of our most
popular character men, and Dorothy
Gish, who was seen in "The Great
Love- and Hearts of the world" have
the principal roles. Douglas Mclean,
whose rise to one of the screens
most talented juvenile actors was al
most meteoric, has the leading juve-
nile role. Others in the cast are
Charles Gerard, Bert Sutch, Max Dav-
idson, Lillian Clarke, Robert Ander-
son, Eric von Stroheim, Adolph Les
tina and Kate Bruce. A more com
petent and capable cast of characters
has seldom been listed for any one
screen drama than the one found in
THE Hun Within.
This is a war drama without battle
scenes and without the usual horrors
If war as depicted in the average wal
drama 1t has a powerful appeal to
the patriotic, and from a sheer dram
attic standpoint it has few equals in
the list of screen dramas seen during
the present year.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-04-11

where we must say instead of bon
.jeur monsieur, "Guten Tag, mein
Herr.
The people are everlastingly good
natured and laxative and Industrious
and full of fun. They are glad to be
rid of the Germans and glad to see
the Americans, though of course 1t is
not like things were in Belgium. They
are eager to please us, but they are
so short of chow themselves that it
IS pretty hard to get things. From
each cow a farmer owns the govern
ment collects 25 liters of milk per
week and returns a pound and a quart
er of butter. They lose their COW if
they disobey. A pound of pork-fat
costs 25 marks; a three weeks old
pig 1926 marks; honey 10 marks a
pound; girls shoes, 255 marks; spool
of thread % marks; mems clothes,
not less than 1000 francs a suit.
Honestly l can not see how they make
it go.
The Luxemburgers are as jolly and
good natured a tribe as you find. They
try hard to make themselves agree
able, and they surely succeeded. 1t
tickled them when a little German re-
turning from an American prison
camp showed them a note from the
Yanks saying that he should be sent
to school and given a chance to grow
mp before being put into the war
again.
Lots of these folks have relatives
in America, and most of them, it
seems, have an ambition to go there.
W. u-oro MOO Wv Ennnlnd off nIIr foot
lust after we crossed the border. A
lieutenant thought he heard a word
of English from the mouth of a lone
farmer by the road side and shouted
in plain terms Hey, where do you
get that English?" Ivy Student l
spik English? l was in die United
States already. va, und lifted in Chi
cago." And he added there was only
one U. S. and that he was going back
loot sweet, or gans schnell or some
thing like it. If you havn't heard En-
glish except from an o. d. uniform for
as long as we have maybe you would
have been startled too.
Since l started this the second time,
Thanksgiving day has come and gone.
And surely our hearts are fuller than
ever before of undying thankfulness.
Just now we are at Dillingen, near
Beaufort, on the Sauer River. From
what we can see of Germany just
across the river it is quite a. pretty
country. Luxembourg has shown it's
self to be beautiful in spite of the cold
and rain. A day or so and we start
on the last half of our trip to the
Rhine.
More than this please don't expect
any Christmas presents, and for my
self I've got one, and that's a whole
body. So you see I'm satisfied. Paper
IS scarce and pencils, so eve if l have
time now and then. 1t is a hard job
to get letters off. And l owe so ma
ny. If you can, will you make this
do for my aunts, uncles, and cousins,
if you only send them my greetings.
Dearest love to you and Dad and the
rest.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-04-11
"Women's Weapons"

OiHSH s weapons
The happiness of Anne and Nick
Elliot's married life is marred by
Nick's infatuation for Esmee Hale, an
artist who illustrates one of his books.
Esmee is looking for a soul mate and
decides upon Nick. Esmee is quaran-
tined with the children, who are i'll
with scarlet fever, and Esmee i'm
proves the clear field. Meeting her
demands impoverishes Nick, but An
ne has money in her own right and
they go to the shore to begin work on
a play. Nick takes Esmee with him.
Anne let's her come, but pretending
to have sprained her angle, she
throws the homework upon Esmee,
whose slatternly habits kill the love
of the fastidious man. Woman's guile
has worked against woman's wiles,
and Anne m into her own again.
1.-THE Firebrand"
The Princess Natalya falls in love
with Julian Ross, an American writer
of Russian family. He is a leader Of
r~evolutionists, and believes her to be
a g%overness in the home of Prince
Andrei, who is really her uncle When
Ross is captured she secretly has him
freed. Her brother is killed in battle
through the treachery of ~aristocrats
who give the soldiers bullets that
don't fit their guns. Ross learns that
he traitors are Andrea and his ION,
Boris. Using the servants pass that
the princess had given him ne kills
Andrei. This turns the princess
against him, and she plans to kill him.
She fires a shot, but it only inflicts
a slight wound. Ross then proves to
her that her brothers death was
caused by Andrea, and she forgives
him and nurses him back to health
and happiness.-Adv.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-04-11
"Out OF A Clear Sky"

"Out or a Clear Sky"
Mutterings of the great storm in
Europe are heard family in "Out of
a Clear Sky, a fve-part Paramount
picture, adapted from a story by Ma
ria Thompson Davies by Charles Ma
igne and directed by Marshall Neilan.
The novel is a romance of the George
Barr McCutcheon type, where the it'll
ed heroine marries the sturdy Amer
lean hero. 1t is quite as improble as
any member of that school of fiction
and quite as pleasing. We know
that the whole kit of yarns are moth
ing but over-grown fairly stories, but
that does not lessen our enjoyment.
Marguerite Clark makes a dainty and
charming Belgian countess, who re-
fuses to wed a German princeling and
runs away to America to avoid being
forced into the alliance by her uncle,
an unbelievably depraved gentleman
who sold himself to the Germans.
Once in this country with her En-
glish g~overness, the Countess Celeste
DeBersek takes a train for the South,
and jumps off at a water tank when
she discovers that her uncle is on the
same train. Celeste lands in the arms
of Robert Lawrence, a nice looking
young 'Tennesseean, and finds she
couldn't have done better If she had
picked him out before hand. Law
renee helps her to evade pursuit and
takes her hear his home.
While he is trying to arrange with
some mountain people to hide her the
countess is caught in a hard shower.
She seeks shelter in a cottage, chang
es her dress, starts with a small boy
to find his mother, and narrowly es-
capes death. The cottage is struck
by lightning, and then blown to atoms
by a box of dynamite stored in the
place. 1t is easy after that to con-
vince her wicked uncle she is dead;
so the countess discards her old
identity forever and becomes an Am
'rican citizen by marrying Robert.
The serious part of the story need
not be taken too seriously, but the
author has filled the tale with a liber-
al supply of homely touches and hui
man types. 1t is a sorry soul that
will not rejoice at the happy ending
md the marriage of Robert and Gel
este.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-06-16

las and Robertson counties. His faith
er. DR.. B. F. Reynolds, formerly rep
resented the district.
Andrew f. Cox, of Greeley, Repub-
lican, has announced his candidacy for
representative from the Ninety second
district, composed of Breathitt and
Lee counties, on a platform advocat-
ing a change in the present method
of selecting textbooks and the abolish
ment of the State Text Book Commits
sion. Another of his planks declares
for the repeal of the present tax laws
and an amendment to the dog tax law
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-06-16
EDUCATORS and
| Pen PUSHERS WILL
MEET JOINTLY
Joint Session of X. A. L. and X. p. A.
to Be Held at Louisville on
June 2Gth.

The big event of the X. E. A. this
year is the Joint session on Thurs
day evening, June 26th, of the Ken
lucky Educational Association and the
Kentucky Press Association. 1t will
be the first time that the teachers and
editors have met together. These two
organizations represent greater power
than any others in the State, and their
coming together on June 26th means
that they are in earnest about the re-
construction problems which face us
and will pull together to accomplish
the tasks they see ahead.
Is Governor Henry j. Allen, of Kansas,
is the chief speaker on the X. E. A.
program this year. He was once
known as the great Western orator,
but is noY known as the great orator
of the United States His work in
France during the war and his NOM
nation and election to the office of
Governor in his absence make him a
peculiarly distinguished figure. Gov
ernor Allen is on the Education Com
mittee of the National Security League
and is having large share in the
new educational program. He has
toured this country in the interest OF
the Red Cross, suffrage and various
other causes, and whatever his sub
ject or wherever he speaks, there is
usually an overflow meeting.
Kentucky's Governor, one of Ken
tucky's editors and Mrs. Cora Wilson
Stewart will compose the Kentucky
talent on the program that evening.
There are eleven thousand teachers
and about five hundred editors In the
State. The First Christian Church
Louisville, In which this final great
program is to be given, may not sea-
them all but arrangements will bt
made to take care of the overflow ant
to have duplicate programs II neces
sary.
RE. Williams, Secretary Of the X
u. A. and J. c. Alcock, Secretary o.
the X. p. A. expect this to be rec
ord breaking meeting.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-06-16


don brokerage has been practlced In
Kentucky as business, he owes 1t to
the citizenship to give such facts as
will reveal the activities or furnish the
basis for an investigation. A business
cannot cease" that has not been
Heretofore practised, and Governor
Black at Central City specifically used
the expression that the the occupa-
ton of pardon brokers would cease. "
Papers of the State are still calling
for an explanation Of his & N. let
ters" from Governor James d. Black,
who remains silent after the yelled
challenge of his opponent for the
Democratic nomination for Governor
Judge John d. Carroll. In reply to
question from Governor Black as to
whether he was responsible for the
printing and circulation of two edi-
torials condemning Black for attempts
at "jury packing" and working in the
interest of the ouisville & Nashville
railroad while holding the office of
assistant attorney general, Judge Car
roll said that he had nothing whatever
to do with the circulars. He contin-
ued:
81 feel sure, however, that am JUS
titled in saying that it seems more i'm
portant to explain and justify this let
ter If this can be done, than to devote
time to inquiring as to its circulation
If this letter is an innocent one, and
contains nothing which would justify
criticism of Governor Black, how vii
a knowledge Of its contents by the
public injure him?"
Colonel H. H. Denhardt's withdraw
al from the race for the Democratic
nomination for governor, because o
the superior advantages of his oppo
, nents who have been in the race long
er, will lead to several changes in thu
/, alignment of politicians, his friends
. claim. In his statement, Colonel Den
hardt said that during his candidac.
, he had made no combinations or deal
with any other candidate, directly o
: indirectly, and pledged himself to sup
: port the Democratic nominees in tn
November election.
q The withdrawal of the Bowlin
n Green candidate is said to be the re
: suit of conference of his campaig
r manager Dan O'Sullivan, with Cover
h nor Black, in which the latter agree
to make every effort to cancel tn
q Bingham tax contract, release the spt
J.. cial attorneys, demand the resigns
q ton of the Text Book Commission an
q do other things, which Denhardt ha
>. advocated in his campaign speeche
n Changes in state Offices are expecte
n by many politicians, some OF who
y predict that some Stanley appointee
10 whose removal has been demanded /
r. state papers, may lose their offici
ts positions as the price of Denhardt
p withdrawal.
re The Somerset Journal says of Go
r. ernor Blacks apparent agreement n
ar to interfere with the Stanley a
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-06-16
Clean Up
Paint Up
STATE NATIONAL BANK
Put Pig In Window

A handsome purebred gilt was used
for display advertising in show win
dow on the main street Of Lawrence
burg, KY, this spring. The county
agent, who was boosting membership
in the Boys and Girls Agricultural
Clubs, told your correspondent when
asked about the display, 1.-THE pig at
tracted much attention and created
very favorable comment.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-06-16
Kentucky Politics As 1t Looks Today

The Louisville Times and Evening
Post have called upon Governor JAZZ
d. Black to explain the inference Ill
his speech at Central City last week
that a pardon brokerage" has been IN
operation in Kentucky. The sentence
in question was:
"They (some Of Governor Stanley
friends) are boosting Judge Carroh
because they know that If l shall DC
elected Governor next November the
occupation of pardon brokers Will
cease" ;.
The Times, in commenting upon II
as the most striking statement made
bv the Governor and the most I'M
nortant utterance of recent times III
state politics, asked him the follow
ing questions with the view OF OBTAIN
ing information for the people OF the
State:
"You are already Governor OF Ken
tucky. Surely no pardon brokerage
goes on at present, since its obliga-
tions could be paid only by you. you
would not have to wait until Decem-
her to smash such ring. And do you
noan that these men are supporting
Judee Carroll because they believe ne
will reinstitute pardon brokerage?
"Who are these men and how 90
they operate? Was there a system o'
pardon brokerage under Governor
Stanley, as has often been charged
Since YOU assumptively state tha'
there was, the public and the party
are entitled to all the information II
your possession"
The Louisville Evening Post says
that the Governor implied the exist
ence of a pardon trade, calls upon tn
Governor to give the voters all tn
facts concerning it, which he mas
calls attention to the fact that severa
former Governors of the State are nov
living who should be intereste'
enough in Governor Blacks statemen
to ask him for the information he pos
sess, and declares that If nothing NOR
ia said about it the voters will feel
sense Of dissatisfaction and distric
which will inevitably operate agalns
the party in power. The Post says;
'rUnder the Constitution the sol
pardoning power is the Governor /
establish a system of pardon broker
age, agents of a Governor with powe
to deliver his action would deal wit
persons seeking pardons, or with the
friends, and on trading basis OF SON
sort Justice would be fouted and erin
inals turned loose upon society III
work of the courts would register
blank, and the most nefarious profe
sion imaginable would be practice
by State officials. Unless a Governt
we're in some way privy to the neg
tiations of his agents-or unless
were in the habit of granting any pa
don that certain friends or agen
might ask-the system would fail b
cause to be successful it must ha'
the iconnivance or aid of the Cove
nor. If Governor Black or any 9th
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-06-16
Start the Little Chicks Right on

Pratt's Baby Chick Food. We have a
complete line of Baby Chick Food and
Beef Scraps. FRED CABLlSH,.
No. 8 East Third Street
Molasses, while they last, 81 per gal
Arizona republican., 1919-11-28
By Gladys Cleone Carpenter

Peggy was frightened, Tt is won derful that you can do so many things that others are not able to do. What else can you dor"
 The mantis was at once appeased- Why" she bragged, T can fight. l had rather fight than eat"
 What do you eat?" asked the child, hoping to change the subject Almost anything that's meat. l might eat the eggs or body of butterfly. But, per- haps, my favorite dish is grasshoppers.' Now Peggy understood why the two grasshoppers left the meadow so quick ly, understood why Mourning Cloak flew in the opposite direction from the popular tree.
 T believe" said the mantis, T was talking about fighting. In some coun- tries people watch two mantises fight and bet money on which one will win. ' We like to get up on our hind legs and fight In China, boys carry caged mantises about and amuse themselves by getting the insects to fight each other"
 What do they do when the fight is over?"
 They have something to eat, of course. You see, as long as the one they have been fighting with is going to die anyway"
 "Oh, do they fight to kin?'
 Certainly. And then as long as the defeated one is going to die anyway the victor eats him. Before I left the south, ate every member of our fam ily-brothers, sisters and all."
 "Oh," cried Peggy, shuddering. "Oh goodbye. I believe I must go." Quick lily she darted through the hop-fields toward the home where people loved each other.