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1 Yl 1'rom s. F.j Sonoma, July S Vor S. I: Lurllnr-Korrajuly d From Tantnairr: Zealandia, July 17. For Yunrvtntri Marama, July 16. i. AS? . r. v.vv O Hawaiian Star. Vol. XX. No. 6321. I venlng bulletin. KsL 18S. No. f,2S0. . 14 I'ACSKS. HONOLULU, TERRITORY OF HAWAII, FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1912. 14 PAGES. PRICK "FIVE CENTS nn 1 T : - h ? -V I I I I ) J I J I u uuu A:- V WW MV iMu lULIO y. FrdfTal officials' who are looking for (Jf'frge C. Hodges, the OrcRon promo j) U-r undtr Indictment In Portlund by a . '-Ff dcral grand Jury on a charge of lin ing the malls to defraud, believe they have found a clew to the fugitive in a iorge C. Hodges who lived for a tinre ' ,,Ht the local Y. M. CV A. building, goliu rorn thla place to the. Wahlne-Kapu . apartments. He left his rooms at the latter place in April, after, paying his Mil, and told no one where he was going. ;.; The George Hodgest who lived at the a, M. C A. and who Federal offieljls lellevc Is the (Jcorge C. Hodges want ed in Oregon, arrived In Honolulu on he Hierra, October 21, 1911 in com lany with Herman 11. Herz, who later , took charge of the boys club work at ".Kakaako Settlement. Along with Herz, Hodges went to the local Association building, where' he presented a Port land, Ore.,- y. -M. C A; membership card. He al?o told Secretary " Super . that he was a newspaper man, and on this recommendation was given a room in the y. M. O. A. dormitory. ' According, to A. II - Larimer, during the time that he roomed with '1 Jet., HodgP8Tncvr talked "of his hulnos a?Ide from paying ". that he i'as inn r (Med in Oregon real estate. He' paid his mom rent up to Xove n : ber l&,rbVtirr November 9 fcaVe up his room without asking for any reiate, saying that he was.ln delicate .health and was going to nee a quietor neigh borhood. ;v. - ' ' Larimer says Hodges was 'a ' quiet, unatsnumlng sort of man. He va3 con tinually receiving cablegrams and was Silweys making inquiries concerniiLj the mails.-, " . . '' . Led Quiet Life. ' - .2 During lils ..stay in Honolulu he is ( not known to have made any attempts to sell Stock or to float companies, but Kcems to have led an ordinarily quiet, unassuming Ufe while here. ' He was well liked atthe.Y. M. C. A., and when ho left was given a dinner by a few Tconvhial spirits of the dormitory who were, his intimate friends. Herz has since left for . Yokohama, and there' is no one in town now who knew Hodges intimately enough to be , able to Kay anything about" his habits. From the . Y. M. C. A. he went to. the Wahlne Kapu. . whero he met with an - accident which confined him to his bed for three weeks. In April.Hodges paid his reckoning ut the Wahlne Kapu.. said gooy-bye, without mentioning where he was go ing, and disappeared. No one was In terested enough at the time to make any Inquiries as to where the quiet 'young man with the dreamy eyes pro posed to go. ; George1 C. Hodges was the business as5ociateind companion of WVE. De Ijjrm, a promoter whose high finance . oierations placed him in the J. Rufus Wtllingford class. (Continued on Page 2) Underbidding their " nearest com rctitor by J200, Freitas and Fernan dez today received the contract for constructing the concrete 'culvert . over the Makiki stream, leading to the newly opened Makiki tract sold by the government. Freitas and Fer nandez bid was $S75.- The Lord Young' Engineering Company's tender was $1090; the Honolulu Construc tion Company, $1049, and Henry 'De fries' I18SG. Wisconsin women are organizing to fight the suffrage movement ... ; ri" ; - -. ' Special Sale of Safes li. E. HENDRICK, Ltd , Phone 2643 Merchant and Alae ressives WorEtln The Progressive Party 'the outcome of the Chicago convention fight, is to be launched in Hawaii, according to tentative plans brought back from the mainland by. former ' Governor George R. Carter and A. L. C. At kinson. In answer to a question by the Star Bulletin this morning, Mr. Carter stated that advices' from, the organiza tion committee are now awaited, and that these will determine. the proced ure here. , ' "We have asked the organization committee to notify ussome one of us as to the plans of the conven tion, when and where it Is to be held, and we are Jioping to send delegates from Hawaii to tbis convention, said Mr. Carter. . " - . ..'.-,'. V-"- '' "It Is barely possible the Progres sive convention may indorse Wood row Wrilson, uie Democratic nomlnefe. This convention Is to be held prob ably and preferably near the end of 'July..- ." . ' ' , ' . . Carrying RooseveIt badges, souve nirs and emblems by the score, witli newspapbr accounts of the conven tion,. Its prelude and its aftermath, by the" bundle, and voicing indignation at the treatment given the Roosevelt delegates, Carter and 'Atkinson-camp, back on the Mongolia yesterday morning and within twenty-four hours there are . signs pointing plainly-' to the possibility., that the' Progressive movement here may, be tied up with Kuhio's t recently announced fight against Frear. Want Local Strength. -" :- Kuhio's strength Is wanted to lend local strength. ,: to the Progressive movement. : . -. . : ; ' Though both Carter and Atkinson are uncertain as to. immediate devel opments locally, the Star-Bulletin can &tate positively that , already feelers have been put out. to test the possi bility of a combine with Kuhio's forces. : - K :.J, - .. . On the same - steamer; that b'rough! back the two Roosevelt, enthusiasts,: ihere' came Charley Rice of Kauai, Col. Sam Parker, John Wise and A. O. Marallino . dpleeatps altprnntpai or onlookprs at the hlsr nnlitiral show, In Chicago last month. v" - j Stories by the wholesale as to the convention and Hawaii's part were let loose when. airthe politicians, got on terra flrmaJ ,On r , one hand; thq Roosevelt, men . declare -with ?HndIgmv tion that right and justice was tramp led on flagrantly. vat' Chicago, that Taft is -already beaten, that. Roose velt is a sure winner If the" Progress-' . 1 1 t. a 2.1 v : ' i .1 ie mvtuuuii iiuuimai es linn, mar Hawaii ought to jump in the Progress ive ranks. (Continued on Page 2) U.S. GRAND JURY On Instructions direct from Attorney-General Wickcrshara, an order wasj Issued today calling the federal grand Jury together July 13; a spe cial agent, who will have charge of the investigations by 'the jury is! thought , to be enroiite to Honolulu.! end Secretary of the Interior. Fisher h.w weeks " - m n r tint' u No, I dont know -what it means." cf!H ITnifoH Clotne ti:,.,., i(( ' liaraii FOR FISHER morning tor an explanation of this ap- "7,, V . , ifr parently sudden activity on the part 'r. Underwood fu ,sa of-the federal government ce this morning, that he la ; not in "1 have not. been informed as lot favor of fFee sugar and that he is in what is to be done, have received no j favor of a modera,t revision of the instructions, am left only the Kuec3 ! sugar tariff that will be certain not to lhat whatever is done will be under J nipple the industry. He told usthat the guidance of a special agent f-om ' on the Democratic bill in this Con Washington." I gress he was outvoted by the Demo- i ne can lor the grand Inrv ha i come directly from Washington .and ssr I have received no further infor mation I judge that a special agpnt is to be sent to take charge of the work." , y. ."; . He was unable to say whether the proposed investigation would include the activity of the present admi lion in the Territory In the land and' EX-OOT. GEORGE R. CARTER. HAWAII'S VOTE AGAINST ' ROOT WAS FOR POLITICAL REASONS, SAY DELEGATES ' hat the Hawaii delegation voted against Root and for McGovern as temporary chairman at Chicago for political reasons Is the explanation the now-famous "six. for McGovem" vote, brought back by the men who were at the big convention, v Incidentally, it develops Uia a. mem ber at ,tke delegation sent a cable gDUTL;lbJl4waii shortly fter this vote; $aying ih substance "the vote was .for ' good, political reasons. Ha waii for 'Taft first, Jlast and , all the time : : l: C I U .'' That the. vote was a protest against th.e steam-roller.,; methods by? whlwh twd delegates "were grabbed from the California Roosevelters and. by; which other Roosevelt men were '-blocked from the ' convention, is said to .be only partlj true, and that. Hawaii ,had somethlngelge besides this -.in. mind. The' local delegation,1 going instruct ed so far as Taft himself was con cerned, couTd : not jockey, on the- no mination but could maneuver in the other skirmishes, . ' V ' The Chicago Daily News T caught Jack, Coney of Kauai in a communica tive mood and published the follow ing story on Saturday, "June 22: i There is one group of delegates on the floor of the Coliseum who havea "missionary conscience." They are the Hawaiian; . "Some of tne things done here look pretty rotten, to us," said John H. pretty & Coney, member of the delegation, to -day, when, asked what the Hawaiians, who are instructed for Taft, thought of the proceedings at the convention. "We are instructed for' Taft" con tinued Mr. Coney, "but we don't levl we can endorse all the. Taft people do here. ; That is why , Hawaii's six votes, have been cast so variously. We (Continued on Page 3) AGAINST FREE SUGA Oscar W. Underwood, chairman of the HOuse Ways and Means Commit tee, is strongly against free sugar, and Rn rfpelared himself to a delegation of iiaa-oiiane mha vkitPij ".him a few r " Watson piloted . the legation, which consisted f ChaHes A. Rice of Kauai, Harry Irwin, the .... j.i . un - LWUlOLiailC. UClcgttic nuui ijiiv, crauc caucus. The Hawaiian businessmen who saw Ufaderwood were impressed with the fact that he appreciates Hawaii's posi tion and that the next Congress will find him against free sugar. '-- labor matters, as has been frequently taA '.. r tnnriontinn With the visit of the Secretary of the Interior. ilMERWOOD Cart left By GEORGE R. CARTER. . The suicidal success of the reaction aries in the Republican party, was complete. No mart who stands for a truly representative party . caa r stand any longer in the Republican party. The national committee, with its power of initiative defied public opin ton. Ignored justice, reversed Its own decisions, set asld i Its own rules, seat ed its tainted dele Vates, arid openly de termined to rule t ruin. ... . .. . . Its dishonest n.ijority; elected him, and VJr. Root proved true to his clients, The clearly-expressed wishes of the taajorlty of Republican voters in Penn sota, Maine, Wisconsin, ' Maryland, Kansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Nebraska and West .VIr ginia have been ignored. , Sovereign States have been wrong fully deprived pf their full representa tion in a Republican, convention. It is no longer a question of policies or of men, but a great moral question has arlse'n. It is nd new issue it was nanaea down, to us ,Trom Sinai, and Is expressed in the eighth commandment. "Thou shalt not, steal? . . - The vjtal questlcoxlearlK t.Jssu.isr Shall the people rujet? The' crisis is best expressed in .Lincoln's words when he said: : ,x : ; - . v 4 , ? "I am; not bound to win, but ! : am bound to be true; Yam not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to the light I have, and I must stand with anybody that stands right: stand with hlrrv jvhile he is right and part with him when he goes wrong. V ; A oiew party has been born. It earned forth, out, of. those en dark days In Chicago, where bosses'; -beaten In their own districts, lighting for their polit ical existence, deliberately ' stole , the nomination of a President, dishonored themselves and their candidates, who with their, followers are still silent as to their responsibility in accepting the benefit of a moral wrong. - To acquiesce or adopt the result of the Chicago convention Js to endorse fraud, to submit to gag rule, to yield hope for or; in representative party government. The new Progressive party a j unite " all sections North ' and ims to South, East and West in demanding social and industrial justice. - ; ' Its cry is, Injure no man, but let no man injure you." 'Its goal is that which has ever been , the aim of the Americaji people and the hope of the world a true democracy, which avoids the tyranny of the minority as well as the tyranny of the majority. We in Hawaii can not avoid this issuewe have got to meet it. ' :-: - ; Allan Herbert, member of the Ha waiian delegation to the Democratic cenventiori at Baltimore; was unable to go to .the convention on account of illness, and, instead, went to Arrow head Springs, Cal., to recuperate. This news was received here by friends of Dr.. St. D. G. Walters, Dr. Walters writing that Mr. Herbert is showing every sign of recovering from the strain of traveling. He was ordered to take a rest. 'The- news came' from California the latter - part of June and therefore Mr. Herbert's friends feel cetain that there is no need for worry. There was a . report some time ago as to Mr. Herbert's condition, bu the letter- from Dr. Walters Is the first definite word that Mr. Herbert's many friend8 have had. ; ; M. Herbert would have been, it js said, the oldest delegate at Baltimore. Land Commissioner Joshua Tucker will sell at public auction tomorrow several land leases, one of -250 acres at Alea and the other a number of government -remnants on Maui, con taining a total of about . fifty-nine acres. The sale will be held- on the steps of the capltol building at noon. ALLAN HERBERT RECUPERATING IN CALIFORNIA 0 or? I Slayer Held at Police; Station Tells of Desperate Combat for the Possession of Fatal K nife Late Tuesday rjight- He Claims Killing Unintention al Combatants . Rocked' To ; and Fro.for Over an Hour Fighting for the Blade. One man was killed and his wife ' There was a difference.of opinion, dangerously wounded In a stabbing af- ylTS souza took her husband's side fray late Tuesday night as. the result argument-waxed wanner, of a discussion regarding the-advisa- "u a K billty of Portuguese entering,, the- the contesUnts grew more bitter, Fourth of July parade. I What happened after this Is what tte Manuel Souza and his. wife were the police are; trying to find out yicUms and F'.Btl It was "after midnight when neigh the police as the man who did .the, , stabbing, which occurred in a Miller; bors caDed the police when a wagon street tenement There were no other load of ; detectives arrived, they found witnesses except the three concerned Souza an(j wife lying upon the floor and according to the story told by ,n a pool llood while Mosquetl was Mosqueti, the three rocked to and fro running aimlessly apout the roqm. for over an hour locked in deadly com- wrlnglng hja handg. The knife was Vr" e.possessk)n .of .the tolferj , the floor - , ; . wnicn nnauy enueu . AWoHw, " "Tf . " . r . , pouce uCa tut itTt Iht Placed Mosqueti under arrest intentionally but declares that the g Hospital wounds were inflicted in the struggle ,u 3,f0lfnd that Souza was dan over the .weapon. ' gerously wounded about the chest According tp the story which Mos- and stomacnt ; whiie 'his wife had re queti tells, he dropped in Tuesday cdved geveral cuts about the shout night to pay Souza and his wife a ders .... visit. ' . .. .. " . ; gciiiza died 'late' last" night without Quarrel'Over Parade. - ' :' . regainbs consciousness : and hl3 body , .The conversation gradually worked wag taken to the government morgue around tp the subject of s the Fourth this morning. Mrs. Souza Is still liv of July, parade and immediately the ing and it Unexpected thit she will question was introduced as, to wnetn- recover, - ; ,; ; er it would be avlsable.for, the Portu- . , Mosqueti 13 ; beir. - he"ld at the .;ipo guese to enter a parade commembrat5 lice station while Captain Kellett and ing an event in thehlstory of another pntitv p"t r-Ktln- mwsm 1 IIREASESIIOT Possibly" no other internal revenue district in the country outs!de New York City will show a greater Increase-' in business during the lst year than tawa.. C. S. Albert the Star-Bulletin's Washington correaoon- dent reported several weeks ago that ori the first ten months' business Ha waii stood fifth' among the: districts of the United States. v " The report of Internal Revenue Col lector Cottrill Xor the' fiscal year end ing June 30 has been forwarded to the national capital, and while the figures cannot be given out here, he states that they show an Increase of 20 per cent over the collections of any previous year in the Territory's history. It is thought that when these revised .figures, ; showing the entire year's work,-are compared with oth ers they will show larger advance than any other, excepting posaibly those of the New York City office. Cottriir8 report also contains , an unique feature. It shows that at the close of business Saturday afternoon, June 29, there was not a cent of cor poration tax remaining to, be collect ed. All liquor taxes were also col lected, following the. new rule placed in effect a year ago requiring ill these to be gathered onor before the final business day of the year. Here tofore it has been customary to pfr mlt payments to lag behind, extending into the latter part of July. The new rule demands absolutely prompt pay ment'"' V ; '' :. ."' ;,;-:." ' . RUSSUE Dr. Victor S. Clark, Commissioner of ; Immigration, cabled to the Board today that forty-five Russian laborers are coming on the Shinyo Maru from Manchuria, : arriving here from the Orient on July 16. ' While it is not definitely known, it is presumed that these were booked under the former arrangement with the Perelstrous immigration scheme, the agreement being now terminated. The Russians coming, it Is believed, were found by Dr. Clark to be suit able for Immigrants. r . The crew of the navy tug Navajo is in for what Is practically a w jk's vacation, comencing tomorrow. The tug, Captain Babson, is to . sail for Hilo, to give all the men liberty and a chance to see the volcano. , CLARK CABLES 3 I Souza and his wife' were hurried to! the Queen s nospitai wnue uie poncej ILLIO:.' D2LL.'r.3 OF PIOIJEER DOr.'DS TO 0E REDEEMED Pioneer Mill Company, Ltd., Is about to redeem its million dollars of bond ed indebtedness, refunding half of the amount at 5. per cent instead of 6 per cent as the old bonds carry. Kotice of a special meeting of the Pioneer stockholders on July 17, to consider two propositions on the lines stated appears In this issue. "The, old bond Issue will be paid back 'on the first "of October this vear," said' JF. Hackfeld this after noon, "and very likely new bonds will be issued to the amount of $500,000 at 5 per cent The old bond issue out standing is about $1,000,000. "Yesr Pioneer 19 In very good condi tion at present" -V FISHER ffiB EI v Secretary or the Interior Fisher isl coming to Hawaii on his mission of investigation early in Augusti ? The San Francisco booking ofnees. the ' Star-Bulletin has ascertained. have Fisher booked "on ' the Shlnyo Maru, leaving the Coast on August 3, and if he takes this foreign steamer, he must pay-a .fine of $200. He Is also said to be booked on the Hono lulan, to arrive here-August 13, and on one other boat - ATCHERLY DAUGHTER -CHRISTENED IN B. C. : Special Star-Bulletin Cable 1 ' VANCOUVER, B. C, July 5-Vie- tona Kaiulani Atcherley, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. John Atcherley, and granddaughter of Queen 'Liliuokalani, was christened here- today. Mrs. Atcherley is related to the Ka lakauas by adoption. TROUBLE IN CHINA; . ASSASSIN IS ACTIVE i Special SUr-BulIetin Cablel TIENTSIN, China, July 5. Tang Shao Yi barely escaped death at the hands of 'an assassin introduced by former Taotai Chang Chun. 0AHU RAILWAY'S - . NEW DIVIDEND S S $ , S S - At a meeting of the directors fr of the Oahu Railway and Land 4- . 4s Company held this morning. It was voted to pay a dividend of , sixty-five cents a share monthly beginning July - 16. Thi3 Is an i ? increase of $30,000 In 'the divi- dend, and is equal to 5 per 3 cent on the present quotation of S the stock. v $$ S $ S $ $ AUGUST; 7 J ijiJ j UUa - Iowa Senator ancl L"::::i:ri Governor Against Th;rd : Party Movement. AnAochited Yrva t'al le J WASHINGTON, D. J'uly 5. C:n ator A. D. Cummins of Iowa, lats c;i didate for the Republican prti!J:.-.,.".-l nomination, has decided nit the Roosevelt Prosressive movement t. HADLEY DOiri' IT, TOO Associated Prt-ss CableJ 'JEFFERSONVILLE, Mo, July 5. Governor Hadley of' f.!i::3uri, t! Roosevelt floor leader in the CSi::- convention' said today that -t!-.:re v. A be no fthird party" in r.!i:::-ri. Tl State, organization is prc;r::;iv ' 3 ii t 4 ll-- .-i- ' FpecUl t?tar-I)ullcti.n C.' '. "LINCOLN, Neb., July S. Vi::' Jennings Uryin , said t:- t t Champ Clark had coms irtD t' s c, in Baltimore in his attitudi ci i . j Parker, the result of the might have been difrerent. c : .i v AdA. SpecUl Star-Bulletin Ciil'l LEIPSIC, Ger, July 5. Le:;:!J Cil ers, a . naturalized American L:rn in Heligoland, was today s:nt:-:: i tj six years for esoionacs. It is chr .J that Eilers was spying for the Critiih. PRO nifJENTCLUBWOMA !i . SERIOUSLY ILL l.'J S. F. . Associated Press Cable SAN FRANCISCO, Cat, July 5 Sarah Piatt Decker, ex-president of ths General Federation of Women's C!'.j of America, now in convention h:r, was operated on today for a sudi:n at tack of intestinal trouble cau::i by obstruction in the intestines, anJ h:r situation is very critical. ' The clubwomen in their conventisn today defeated a suffrage plank. MP.CARFY RFFIJSFS w w m m m w mm w mm -W0LGAST THE GELT Associated Press Cable LOS ANGELES, Caf, Juiy 5. Tom McCarey, promoter of the Vol;ast Rivera fight, refuses to give Champion Wolgast the diamond belt on account of the conditions under which the de cision was given, both men being prac tically knocked out.. mm m ' REBELS LOSE ANOTHER TO MEXICAN FEDERALS AHsoclated Pr- Cable EL PASO, Tex, July 5 -The defeat ed rebels have abandonee Chihuahua and retreated toward Juarez. Associated Press Cable J WASHINGTON, D. C, Jwy 5.By a vote of 43 to 12, the Senatw today car ried through the two-wteship pro gram. TODAYS DIVIDENDS Hawaiian Commercial . and Sugar Co. pays a dividend of this date, of 25 cents a share, or $100,000. Oncmea pays 40 centi a aha re, or $20,000. Honomu pays $t.50 a share, or $1V 250, announcing at the sam t'"t this will be continued mommy until further , notice. Pepeekeo directors annour:; a r:; ular monthly dividend of 2 a sh;r:, or $15,000. beginning July 15.