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From M. F.t Shinyo Maru, Ja.n 10 For . .: Cbiyo Maru, Jan. 10. trum Yaorotivrrt Marama. Jan. 9. For Tauten Ttri Makura, Jan. 28. Kvening Bulletin. list. 1SS2, No. .",439. Hawaiian Star, Vol. XX. No. 640. 12 PAUES-HOXOLULU, TERRITORY OF HfWAIl, TIITh'SDAY, JAN. i, UlUi.-ll' PAOES " villi I s - I 1-1 I I I Ul lLUILMJ lit k.J. 4 Hawaiian Jurist Hands Down De cision Holding , hive Children Share Alike in Estate John arid Adolph Win First Round Here "A continued perusal of the 4 decision raises a feeling; of revolt -$ against the" force that uas seen $ used in order to arrive at the $ conclusion that there was no ac- tive duty Imposed upon ' the 8 trustees and that the result -was 3 a direct -devlfe- which. at- once. t vested , the fee cf - the estate ,'in ! the beneficiaries' 4:;.& -1 anj 'tmsble- tp agree .with, the, - Q result of the decision In the case s ? of . Spreckels vs. Spreckels as f 4 found by the supreme court , of fc California ' and respectfully de $ cllne to consider It. either as, a't a, controlling decision or a prece- Ion of this .case,",!: -7v fs&Tht noted Spreckels , will case O split-wide opca again. :; v' Refusing to f&llow ; the recent im portant decision ol the supreme cour ' of California,. Judge Henry - E. Coopei V of the first xircuit, court of Hawai. this morning handed down a decision that re-opens the famous controversy Under the California decision, in tbe case of Spreckels ;vs. 8preckels, 162 ; CaL .559, the will of Claus Spreckel was held to be valid la all of its pro visions. The bitterness, the strife, the alienations in the. family of the grim old sugar king are parf of the his tory of . Hawaii and of California When Claus, Spreckels made his will, he turned his facevfrom his sons Johi and Adolph. He wrote: "I make no provision in this . wlK lor my , son John D. Spreckels and Adolph B Spreckels for the. reason that I have already given to them a large pari of my estate." Unforgiving to the last, old Claus died in San Francisco on Decembe 26, 1908. His widow died on Febru ary 15, 1910. Under this will, the entire estate was riven" to ' his 'wife, Anna C. Spreckels and after her death the' es tate was to be divided into three equal parts, to be . given to his son? Claus A. Spreckels, his son Rudolph Spreckels and his daughter Emma C Ferris, wife of John Ferris of Kings wood. England. " This will was upheld by the eu preme court of California at the end of a long legal struggle. ThereupoT the losing heirs, John D. and Adolph Spreckels, transferred part bf their fight to Hawaii. They instituted ai action to quiet title to that part of the property estate situated in thr territory. The property consists of real estate and estimates on its value have been placed at from $500,000 tc li.ooo.ooo. The suit was brought in Judgf Cooper's court by the firm. of lrosser Anderson & Marx, representing John D. and Adolph Spreckels. The pre sentation of the case here occupied considerable time. Three days werr given overL.to arguments, and in sup. port of their contentions, the at torneys for the plaintiffs filpd docu ments aggregating several hundred typewritten pages. John D. and Adolph Spreckels were named a plaintiffs and as defendants are Claus A. and Rudolph SprecklUs. trustee under the will. Emma C. Ferris, .Tohr Kcrri. Scbuman Carriage Company Associated Garage. Hawaiian Star Newspaper Association. Justav Biork man. J H. Schnack. W O. Barn hardt, Albert C. Kiechler. M. T. Mar ghall and John Neill. the present ten ants of the property at Merchant anc Bishop streets being thogA named above in addition to the heirs. LL PULLING AND BOOSTING F0RY.M.C.A. "You can te6t th nio.lern com munity by the degree of its interest n its Vouns Men's Christian As sociation." Woodrow Wilson. Judged by this test Honolulu is a first-class community. The cordiality ( ( TO ASK VOTERS TO PASS ON PLAN Judge Whitney's Scheme for Installing Commission Gov- aaa ernment nere jurist Has a Skeletonized Draft of Pro posed Charter The voter of Honolulu will be called upon to five their sanction or disapproval of the proposed elective commission or short ballot system of municipal government if Cue sugges tion of Judge Wi'liam L. Whitney, who is a member of the charier revision committee, is adopted. Judge Whitney, as a member of the charter committee appointed some weeks age by the governor, was also j chosen a member of a sub-committee ! of that body, to draft the form of the LEGISLATIVElllUElL COMMITTEE ). Plans for the Coming Session of the Legislature Are Well in Hand SfMcmbers of the Republican Leaders Who Have Haq rthe Jask of Pre paring the WayTh Charge ; ' ti - If the coming session of the legisla ture fails to Accomplish ell (hat thr Ri-publican platform proTi'.eed it will not be the faalt of thfr legislative, or steering cominittee appointed some time ago, and1 of which! Senator Cecil 1tow is therhalrm-nl The commit tee. has all of Its plana- we'i In hand end such m:ai urea as a ptifcrc utili ties bill that will have teeth In it, s tfce;Pre8ident-elect?8sys, a' direct pri riury law, and a'tan and water bltf thatwill taI:e trfanv improvements BRICKS AT Wm SELECTIONS By C. S. ALBERT Special Star-Bulletin Correspondence J WASHINGTON. D. C Dec. 27. With six names tentatively suggested as virtually certain to be Cabinet .Min- proposed charter, and he Has now pre tJrTu"- Jared a skeletonised draft of the docu- sm of ,n thc . i.m o.,K,-f v k process of construction. ftob Shingle, a member of the com ment. It will be submitted to the sub- Am m le a a a i a MAAHnv f r ha V)aM fr f Governor Frear's ofHce at 4 o'clock lu 5 11 . T- JJ": Whitney's draft, intended prlmaray;Ibd,ulnf 11tlheamni!? Us a basis for discussion mtbt.!, ' ktructlon of the charter late v baa forj ijo 'J" ! !U feature- the preliminary Tefereirfum P"rt nd that os of them will of the subject to the people. Briefly. law oontf-.or lat. CHAItL8 K. FBAZIEB la charge of the. publicity work for, he T. SL, i. A. membership campalgm. of the charter to the Honolulu elector, that' will be one ofstte first to be sua- ate with which the.. "201". memberehip ampaign his been received by tbe citizens ,nas ; pleaaed the- workers of The people would then be called up on to cast their vote oa the question of hikted t the. comiBjf session. Chairman Browntsvid this morning that among other tCla which he has Whether they desire to try' the , new; been at wo upoa'aro. measures pr moda of city government. If they glvq! vWing Tor paymentot , banana an I : nnnrnvol th hartr t-AnM ' then h claims Of a- similar nature, a tana w. the association a'sout-m jnuch as did 'naased by the leglslatarevattha sain6water' bill anda apportionment Din meir spieuaia response co me cam-.tme repealing $h$ present ciwMMN j'iiiB w(i.-iv";-: palgu for . building funds three jears ; . judsa. Whitney's draft of the prtposvi?yEse4. at.Jhe last aesibHand upon. In choostcg themes to ,co-oper tt docum feht: contidns virtually ; aH, the -tfceenus.-It will vl pttX waenator ago. a If o (Continue I (Continued on Pajja 21 d on Paw 4) ED TOWSE A hard worker In the Y. M. C. AJ membership campaign. I ate with the association in this cam- fswjft. ' oaign. inirty or tne Dest soucitors in thc city were asked to serve on the Chillingworth Makes Address. Ad Club Organization to Enter Parade All the stage settings are arranged for the Floral Parade celebration for 1913. What is needec :s, community co-operation, enthusiasm and patriot ism to ,make the whole thing the greatest success of Honolulu's history. This is the gist of the very inter esting talk given by Director General Chillingwort'a at the noon-day lunch of the Honolulu Ad Club held in the Palm Cafe. Just to . show mat their hearts are in the rigTit place the members of the Ad CJST; votea to have a repre sentatkm in the parade either by a car or float, to be determined by a committee consisting of Chas. R. A. R. Gurrey and P. L. wo teams, and not a man refused .n the grounds of lack of interest or lnwiUingness. .lie few who did re fuse to serve had to decline on ac- ? , . Mr. Chillingworth gave a general description of the program for th. j celebration detailing the arrange I ments for the landing of Kamehameha ; to be staged at Waikiki on the beach inear the Outrigger Club. He told the story of Kamehameha's landing, his trip to Cavi having been made after he had mrt the king of Oabu in the , famous vn v of iao on Maui and caused the ..reams of water to run red with the blood of u:s enemy. The I king of Oaiiu returned after hi de feat, and on hearing that the war canoes of the great Kamehameha were approaching the island,' decided to receive the conqueror peacefully. Thus it is that the landing of Kameha meha on Oaau is 6uch a mixture of war-like paraphernalia and peaceful surroundings. Chillingworth also told that. Kamehameha the Great wore a queue, so tie adopted the style think ing it to be a mark ots honor-and dis tinction. Now the committee is won derlhK whether its Kamehameha should wear a queue and thus set all the . tongues wagging about the im possibility of such a thing being a correct representation. The committee has already done a tremendous amount of preliminary work, but there is much more to do. In the course or the general dis cussion Mr. Cheatham brought up the subject of accommodations at the reviewing grounds, especially for those who had taken part ih the par ade, and also the matter of prizes. Mr. Cheatham thought the workers should have first place before the lions of society who had done nothing but look on. He also declared himself against first, second and third prizes. He believes a very entrant should have a souvenir and the relative mer it of the floats and cars should not be passed upon by anyone except the general public, each person deciding for himself. i: r- 1 4 4 I' ;-. - : - , ..-i-v'.1;.. t.. ': t? HOUSE lllW coriniiioiis i . -.-v. iAall. olZkem ' The ' f oiWlitt f f f r v V - v - t - rerA: iX. Mitchell .sPflraerViOt -r- d-?--: u it . ,vft- ' m ' II I II I Utera aflerr Match A the Democrw l a t . .. a nave4Brr?i Lr!cR& ones wer Fennsylvafift to be attorney-gensral; Josephus Daniels, of North CaroTink. postmaster-general; Albert- 8. Burto- son, f Texas,-8ecretary of the-N4vy, WUliam lJ. Bryan, Secretary of Stat. Oladlah Gardner, of Maine, secretary of agriculture and Edwin L. Norris, of Montana, secretary of the interior.? While heavy mssaes were aimea ai thi heads of ' atf these gentlemen. Bryan and Palmer stopped the larger portion of them. : Daniels and Burlt- ton were criticised in a desultory: way. tut Bryan and Palmer were viciously RPRauea. ine iormai announcement ui telr selection would almost preclpit- Report to Confess Endorses the Re 1 commendations of" General Wood and Secretary of War' Stimson-Legislation Possible at Present Session--W. C.T.U.. Expected to Jump Again Into the Fight - ' ; ; tAasoeiafea rrmt Ciable .. ' rl..:.KA-?,;J; WASHINGTON. Jan. 9. In a formal report,fUd today, the houts mUt. : tary committee came strongly out In favor of the restoration af tha army cantean. , . , ...r V ' :: V-"-'. , In its report the lines suggested by General Wood and afterward by ' Secretary of War Stimson are endorsed. The ev!lstthst. it Is atlestd, fol lowed the abolition of the post canteen In 1899, were enlarged upon by both officials and the report of the committee deals In brief with the same r.a tarlaU It la believed hero that legislation restoring the. eanttsn la r:t ' impossible at tho present session, although rt is understood that the V.. C. T, U. and other temperance organizations have been. watching for the -report of tho committee and are prepared to fight any measures that may bo Introduced replacing tho old canteen.": tfriv; i.o.'.v-,- -.t't.; ... Furious Weather OtiPac inc SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. . From all parta Of tha North Paelflc coast com reports of furious weather, sweeping Inland from the gait cUti. ttaa off shore. The beaches of Northern California, Orsjon and VVaihJn;ton , are being swept by tremendoua breakers that have already drivtn four hsiv. ilyl loaded lumber schooners on the rocks and sand bare. Other vessels tiv- , reached port, beaten and bruised by the, hurtling waves, sttamsra havt c-.i limping In, encrusted with salt from the driving-spray ; v - Aahore conditions have not been much better, - In ner.h: n t l!:rs cf this state there have bsen fails of enow.'.and thte?V: ;i M f-j fruit; crops ' $row$ with every. houf cf, the eintiu-icc4.' r P SHANGHAI. China. Jan. 9-The govefhor ef this province t:lif cr. I ' ' - . m j i .. . . i - a ea tne execution or a woman aaaicxei 10 ine smomnj or, opium, .i. j r.j been, warned several times that, she must discontinue the use ef - the druj but persisted and will be dehcaded. I if .: ,. . '- sX This move la the most drastic In the war, upon opium which China la waging. From all over the-Republic come reports of the action of the. governmental Officials Informing the' central government .. of the difficulty they are having In their efforts to'stamp out the dffadful practice., ' More than slaty million dollars wcrth of opium shipped here from India Is lying In the great godowna of the Coast ports, waiting for a purchissr. It la likely to remain there a long time for the market. for the Cru has fcttn. practically destroyed by the recent repressive mtasures adopted by , the Yuen Shih-kal cabinet. , .'n J:t ' ; - :- "-Vi! (Continued on Page 3) TERRITORY NO W RAILWAY Powers Warn Turks To Quit LONDON, Jan. I. Representatives of the Powers hero today announced that their respective govemmenta are now considering concerted action to ward compelling Turkey to let go her holdings In Europe. The belief that it la time for the Porte to relinquish his former possessions has become gen eral and it is likely thataome action will be taken within a few days. ;' : ' - the attitude of Russia has had much to do with the feeling of uneasi ness that prevalla regarding the future of the Balkan states. -The Ciafe ministers have ordered the mobilisation of the large Black Sea fleet at Odessa, and it Is understood that the enormous, depou near that city are' being filled with munitione of war. s -v r , No Increase Of Japa nese Army TOKIO, Jan. 9. It was officially stated hero today that the new cabi net of His Majesty has formally decided not to increase the army In Korea by two divisions. This is a pronounced defeat for the militarists. It was . over this question that the Saionjl cabinet went to smash. Th fcablntt hi also decided to renew the alliance, offensive and defensive with Great Bri-, tain. a ; War On Auto Bandits 4 fi-, ous ! nr (Continued on Page 2) M TALLG.0.P. , STILL CRY SUPERVISORS GIVE POLICE 0 DEMOCRATS (Continued on Page 8) v. .;. Orv:iiizT oi nu-mher of the I. KIN IK r;i 111 p.i itrn lor V. M. ( . A. more Special prices on SAFES till Jan. 1st to make room for new stock. v II. F- IIEXTlKirK, LTDn Merchant and Alakea. Phone 264. count of Ijiiinet-s engagements mak ing It impossible. Wood row Wilson's tt show s" Honolulu 'o v O K Tlirre ;ire ivuv 1174 members in the if sot iat ion. T".t o liundred and one who an toitic to join tomoTou will bring this 11 timber up to l-T". There Tlie Df.ncc 'a ir county committee last night pave cvilence of its inten tion to "put none but Democrats on guard" b proviiins; a special commit tee to take U with the supervisors the matter of appointments and to convey 1 to the Democratic board the sense ol the committee that all Republicans now holding appointive office should bo removed and replaced by Bourbons. A resolution by Charles (Soapbox) Harron putting the committee again on record as declaring no candidate tor office eligible unless he were iden tified with the Democratic party was tassed, and later another resolution. also by P.arron. passed -1 sisrrsnn a th t iSMUKtrail Provision has been made in its semi annual budget by the board of super visors for eight additional policemen, two sjecials attached to the detective department and six foot-patrolmen. Sheriff Jarrett is to be given every opportunity by the board to make good in his department. The super visors, it is stated, are adding $3,780 to the expenses of the police department for the first six months of 1913 and aie carrying out the sheriffs wishes for a larger force. Incidentally, the supervisors point with satisfaction to the fact that though they are adding to the force, used is a reinvestment (Continued on Page 7) the committee : me money urns I of a saving in the cutting down of (Continued on Page 3) 'city salaries. Condemnation proceedings by the territory to acquire the marine rail way premises and a number of other properties along the Ho lulu waterfront which are needed for the development of shipping facilities at this port will be discussed by Gov ernor Frear and the board of harbor commissioners in the near future. At the commission's meeting yester day afternoon a communication from the B. P. Bishop estate, owners of the marine railway site mentioned, an nounced that that property was not ! lor sale at any price. The board had sought to open negotiations for its purchase, but on receiving the owners' pronunciamento Commissioner Wake field suggested that steps be taken to ascertain whether it would be possible to acquire the land anyhow, using the t government's privilege of condemna ! tion as a wedge to pry the owners 1 loose from the land. ' The board instructed Chairman H. j K. Bishop to arrange for a meeting be- 'tween the governor and the commis- bion, at which the practicability of the proposed step will be considered. Two opinions from the attorney general were received ; one informing the board that it has power to assess f damages against any vessel for injur-j ies caused by it to local wharves while docking, even though the ship j is in tha hnnrla nf A privom mont nilnt- the other approving, with a few sug- SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9.-1. G. Zumwalt th eested modification- the nronosed 1 " eeat in th house of representatives now held . .,4 i-t: . .u 1 1 I declared his intention of contestino the election tf oprcu 1 1- uiauuus iui uie uaruui, t .... . . . . .. Kf.,- k., -.- .. ed h i riva . He declares that Kent iDnt more than fifty thousand dollar few weeks ago. wrich Kent failed to report as required by law. ; The speed regulations will be dis cussed at next week's meeting. Co pies of the proposed rules are being sent to the pilots, federal authorities . .. ... . and shipping men. who are asked to 1 WASHINGTON. Jan. 9. The House committee on banking snapped tho appear before the board at that time whip in earnest today when it voted the citation of George Henry, one of with suggestions for alterations. New York's richest bankers, on a charge of contempt. Henry ia said to have Tho hrtarrt annmvoH n.vmiig onH i refuted to answer a auestion of the committee regarding the formation of a hilla omnnntincr tn t'll QIQO nrt aiu i cvndirate. The decision of the committee IS thorized their payment. tention of the body to order an investigation of national banks, CHICAGO, IIU Jan. 9. The police authorities, driven to action by thi increase in the number of auto bandlta and tho daring of the rofcberlet thti i class of modern highwaymen are responsible for, have orgs nixed a 'flylhju taxieab squadron, composed of picked men from the department. These rot it are to patrol the districts infested by tho bandits in tho taxlcaba. Eaelt policeman will be armed witn a rifle and will have orders to shoot down on sight any auto thief he may find at work. m es Teddy Opposes Fusion NEW YORK, Jan. 9. Roosevelt in a formal statement Issued today warns the Progressive party in the United States that there will be efforts on the part of the oider parties to form alliances with the new organization, wherever that party proved itself strong in the last election. He advises the local leacers of the Progressives not to pay he'ed to the call to join tho ; forces of either the Democrats or Republicans, birifto stand fast to their own party. m e DEMOCRAT TO FIGHT FOB SEAT ( perikeratic candidaJILfor y congratman rij, t defeated him anO elect- MAY PROBE NATIONAL BANKS believed to foreshadow tho )n- t t ':