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' ill t 'P'fMWP" HAWAIIAN wHMr W W TOKHr W BBr vHHT W wflw Telephone 2365 Star Business Office SECOND EDITION. TWELVE PAGES HONOLULU, HAWAII, THURSDAY. APRIL 27, 191 1. TWELVE PAGES No. 5944 d ' VOL. XIX. ft 4 HILO SCANDAL DECISION I "NOT -The Board of Education Conimt -sloners this morning concluded their deliberations following the Investiga tion of the Hllo High Schol scandal, and rendered the decision at one o'clock. Owing to the fact that Mrs. Compton was not at her hotol at that tlmo the news was withheld from tho newspapers and the public until juc.t on two o'clock, Principal Richmond in the meantime having been notified. Tho findings were as follows: "The Board finds that the charges made against Mr. F. A. Richmond, principal o the Hllo High School, of Immorality, Improper familiarity with pupils, and tho Immoderate uso of liquor have not been substantiated. The Board finds, however, from tho statements made before it, as to the conduct of tho school and the disci pline maintained thereat under his ad ministration, that the efficiency of tho Will Of Mrs. Janion, The Largest Shareholder In Honolulu Iron WorKs An Item In the Illustrated London News tells qf the proving of the will of Mrs. Domltlla Rodriguez Janion, wHow, of Woolton Grove, Gateacre, near Liverpool, who died on January 29 last The value of tho property was sworn at 98,G47, or $493,235, and among the bequests are mentioned her shares In the Honolulu Iron Works Company, to three daughters and a grandson of the testatrix. Mrs. Janion was the largest individ ual shareholder in the Honolulu Iron Works, being the possessor of 162G shares. Tho par value of these would be $162,000, but the actual value probably twice as much. Mrs. Janion was a sister of the late D. R. VIda, her sister-in-law being Mrs. Vida, a JOSH TUCKER MAY BE THE NEW PUBLIC LAND COMMISSIONER Josh Tucker Is being talked of as the coming land commissioner, which officer Is supposed to come into being on July 1. In the meanwhile Marston Camp bell, in addition to being Superintend ent of Public Works ind In charge of the wharves, Is also land commis sioner. Governor Frear today stated that It was too soon to talk about the ap pointment, and Campbell merely stated that he was at present In charge. Josh Tucker Is silent C. R. Homenway has refused the Queen Lllioukalam entertained the members of the legislature this morn ing at her home at Washington place, and the function was a very inter esting one, indeed. The Queen, who received in tho front parlor, was dressed In lavender broeaded satin with sliver laco over It, and she wore crescent gold In her wan attended by I'rlnee Jonah Kuhlo hair. She looked extremely well. She Kalanlanaole and Mr. C. P. Iaukea and Mrs. Irono II Holtoway, ladle In waiting. The visitor wor presented by Colenel CtUl V. Iaukea. Among tboe who sailed were Gov enter Frear, Mayor and Xri. Hern, QUEEN EHTERTAINS PROVEN" Department of Public Instruction will be promoted by transferring Mr, Rich mond to another school and such transfer will accordingly bo made." "Tho Board finds that tho charges preferred by tho principal of the Hllo High School against Mis. Compton have in tho main failed of proof. Sev oral acts bordering upon insubordina tion on her part have, however, been established to tho satisfaction of the Board, and during the present school year there has been amongst tho teachers at tho school a lack of har mony for which Mrs. Compton was to a largo extent responsible, for the discipline of tho Bchool has been seri ously Impaired through this lack of harmony. 'The Board therefore finds that the efficiency of tho department of pub lic instruction will be promoted by transferring Mrs. Compton to another school, and such transfer will accord ing! be made." well-known resident here now. She left Honolulu to reside in England somewhere around tho year 1850. Her husband was senior member of the oldtime firm of Janion & Green, successor of Starkey Brothers & Jan ion, which in turn had succeeded Starkey & Co., the senior member of which was T. M. Starkey, some years ago prominent in musical and social circles here. That firm was doing business In Honolulu before San Fran cisco was built up. It was Mr. Janion who sent the late Theophllus A. Davles out here, who established tho firm of Theo. H. Da vies & Co., now for some years past a corporation, which succeeded to the business of Janion & Green. office and sdme of the legislators are talking of Tucker, Inquiries being made as to what kind of a land com missioner he would likely make. Senator Hewitt is one of the solons who suggests Tucker for the position. Attorney General Lindsay remarks that the man who 'takes the job will have to take adverse criticism from both sides, rich and poor, corporations and small farmers, vested interests and prospective homesteaders.. He doesn't envy the incumbent, whoever he Is to be. L E Chief Justice Robertson, ex-Governor George R. Carter, Hon. S. M. Damon, Hon. W. O. Smith, the Senators and Representatives. Large and small kahilis and a marble bust of King Kalakaua were among the most notable decorations of tho reception room. Tables for four were set upon carpets in a largo marquee tn tho gardon, and tho Hawaiian onslgn and tho Royal Stand ard wero tho forms of decoration. Pottod plants wero distributed around, while a vaso of flowers, daisies pro dominating, was on each table. The Hawaiian band was in attend anoe, and plsyod an excellent program of rnHlc during tho reoeptlon hour. EG1SLATUR BRIG.-GEN. JOSEPH W. DUNCAN, U. S. A. In command of the Department of Texas. toi After sending a spy on board the schooner R. C. Slado to discover, it the seamen employed thereon -were non-unionists, a ,band. of between twenty- and thirty union seamen, led by sailors from the bark Coronado, rushed on .board the schooner R 0. Slade last night and fiercely attacked the non-union men on board. For the space of a few. moments pandemonium reigned supreme, and when a knife was used by one of tho attackers it looked as though serious consequences would follow the attack. But tho weight of a demijohn, handled by the husky carpenter of tho schooner, ef fectively silenced tho man with the knife and a report that the" police had been sent for infused fear Into the hearts of the unionists and they van ished Into the night, leaving threo of their number to fall into the hands of the police. Attack Was Planned. The attack was evidently a woll planned one, but tho stubborn resist ance offered by the sailors of tho schooner R. C. Slade and the timely warning sent to the police by the cus toms officer on duty at that point, pre vented the assailing party from ef fecting their purpose, which was, In short, to beat up the non-union men. The fight took place at about 10:20 GOT II L 111! LOST One of the unforeseen incidents of the closing session of the House was its right-about face action on tho question of reapportionment. What was at the bottom of It, originating in the Oahu delegation as It did, was a mystery that none questioned on tho subject could or would explain. All of Saturday afternoon had been wasted In committee of the wholo over the matter, the Mnul delegation with one oxcoption aligning itsolf with tho solid Oahu delegation to force through, against filibustering tactics of tho Hawaii and Kauai mem bers, the House concurrent resolution to petition Congress to enact reappor tionment of members on tho basis ot I electoral registration Instead of that of citizenship prescribed by the Or tganlo Act. Having sllppod up through a tactloal blunder on tho House reso lution, tho House on Monday took up the Senate resolution of llko purport EMON KAUA 1 I last night, but earlier in the evening sounds of hilarity were heard coming from the schooner, where E. G, Scott, one of the men now under arrest, was being entertained. Scott went on board the R. C. Slado early In tho eve'Rlng.nd .engaged in conversation with members of the crew. He seems to have gained their confidence- and friendship, foi- ho was treated to sev eral drinks and the men chatted freely to him. Shortly nfter ten Scott left the schooner and walked along tho Hackfeld dock to where a group ot men had congregated. These men had arrived singly and In goups of two and three, but their clustering in the vicinity does not seem to have aroused any suspicious. Said They Were Scabs. When Scott reached them, it Is al leged that ho Informed them that tho men on the R. C. Slade wero "scabs", and proposed an attack on them. His proposition was hailed with satisfac tion, and with a determined rush tho men dashed along tho wharf, passed the guard on duty at tho schooner and scrambled aboard. Several of tho sail ors of tho schooner were on deck and they wore attacked, the union men punching right and left. Immediately (Continued on pago eight.) ACi AND IS STILL UN TOP and put it through. Marcallino last night moved to re consider the action of tho House on Senate concurrent resolution with re gard to reapportionment, and the motion carried on tho following vote: Ayes Affonso, Archer, Castle. Coney, Correa, Fernandez, Hale. Hoi stein', Huddy, Kamanoulu, Kanekoa, Kawewehl, Long, Mahoe, Makekau. Marcallino, Moanaull, Rice, Rlckard, Sheldon, Waiaholo, Vatos 22. Noes Cockett, Cooke, Kawaakoa, Keltinol, Tavares, Towse, Watklns. Willlamspn 8. "That's where Oahu handed a lemon to Maul," one of tho minority re marked nt tho next recess. Tho ac tfon nullified the triumph tho Oahu and Mnul combination had gained ovor that of Hawaii and Kauul on Monday after the former had hart oiitmnnouvnred In laotlcs on Hatur day. OLD ENEMY OF DIAZ STARTS FOR MEXICO (Associated Press Cable to tho Star.) PARIS, April 2". General Reyes, for somo tlmo an exile hore, has started for Moxlco. A Longer Armistice. EL PASO, April 27. The nrmlstt ce has been extended five days. There are many deserters from Madera's nrmy. Mazatlnn in Danger. NOGALES, April 27. It Is reported that Mazatlan Is surrounded by rebels and that the water supply has been cut off. SOCIALIST ON THE RAMPAGE. WASHINGTON, April 27. Representative Berger has Introduced a res olution proposing a-constitutional amendment abolishing tho Sonato, tho President's veto power and tho authority of tho courts to Invalidate legislation. FRYE DROPS A BURDEN. WASHINGTON, April 27. Senator Fryo of Maine litis resigned tho presidency pro tem ot the Senate on account of illness. McNAMARA DENIES ALL. LOS ANGELES, April 27. James McNamara asserts his Innocence of the dynamiting and says he has confidence in his acquittal. It is reiterated that McNamara has confessed. FRANCE AND MOROCCO. PARIS, April 27. The powers Have been notified that French Inter vention in Morocco is necessary to restore order. HIGH PARTY COUNCILS. WASHINGTON, Aprl 27. President Taft is conferring with the Repub lican party leaders. BASEBALL RECORDS. SAN FRANCISCO, April 27. American League: Chicago, 14; St. Louis, 4:" Boston, 3; New York, 4: Philadelphia, 9; Washington, G; Clovelanrt, 3; Detroit, C. National League: New York, 12; Boston, 5; Brooklyn, 2; Philadelphia, 4; Cincinnati, 4; Chicago, 2. Democrats Plan To Attack The Fairchild Plan In Washington The Fairchild public lands plan, which was approvea by the legislature after much discussion and tho failure of the legislature to pass the "belt road" appropriation, Just as It was placed In the Republican platform, aro tho principal matters which Demo ciats are discussing today as tho basis for their coming two years of work for control -of tho next legisla ture, f Among tho Democrats tho proposi tion has already been brought up of sending a man to Washington to op pose the Fairchild resolution. Con gressional action is needed to mako tho resolution passed hero effective. Congress will have to amend tho Or ganic Act to withdraw the developed plantation lands from homesteading, as contemplated by the author of tho resolution. Delegate Kuhlo is order ed by tho legislature to work for such an amendment and tho local Democrats may send h. representative to Washington to work the other way. Waller Talks Land. G. J. Waller, a Democratic leader, admitting that tho legislature has ac complished a great deal of excellent work, regrets what ho believes to ha.vo been a most serious mistako made by the lawmakers, namely tho fact that thoy did not kill the Fair child land measure which provides for the leasing of public lands to planta tions and other interests for tho sake of revenue for tho schools and for the encouragement of homesteading. He does not believe that tho law will In any way benefit the homesteader or advance tho welfare of the Terri tory. He is gratified because of tho school and health measures Js to the drastic emigration laws iio is exceeding doubtful, remarking: "'Were they not a little high-handed?" Mr. Waller Intimated that a Democratic legislature would not have enacted such laws. Maul Sympathizes With Fern. Edmund Norrle, who has a Demo cratic weekly paper Just a week old, says he will say what he thinks of the legislature in his next issue, though ho Is willing that a yearning public should get this much expres sion of Democratic opinion in nd vance, to wit, that the stripping of tho Honolulu mayor of his powers wns a piece of political mounness, dono for tho purpose of paralyzing a good Dom- ocrat. "Tho legislature did lots of good," says Norrle, "but it also did somo queer and surprising things." Frear Commends Legislation. "Not only did tho legislature, just closed, pass a great number of Im portant bills," said Governor Frear this forenoon, "but there was so very little that it ought to have dono that It did not accomplish. Most legisla tures no matter what great things thoy do, usually leave unaccomplished matters of considerable Importance which should have been consum mated. There is comparatively little that tho last Hawaiian legislature fnl'ed to do that it should have done. "I would like to havo seen a larger salary allowed for the land commis sioner, something In proportion to tho magnitude of the work expected to bo gotton through with, and I would llko to have seen comprehensive provis ions for the conservation of natural resources, agriculture, Irrigation, ex perimental farming, nnd the like, but thero is so much that the legislature accomplished along other lines, that what was loft undono sinks Into com parative .insignificance. "The bills that came to mo for sig nature were In better shape than was the case during the preceding session, In better shape thon has over been tho case In any other session, I be lieve. "The committees of tho Senato and House, especially the Judiciary com mittees, did splendid work In putting the bills In tho proper shape, both in regard to langungo and In the matter of avoiding legal difficulties. "It Is a llttlo difficult to say what was the most Important work of the legislature. Thero are several groups of very Important matters. Thero are tho school bill and tho group of health bills, all vitally Important nnd all for general welfare. "I'm not sure, as time goos on, but that it will be found that the group of tax bills will prove to bo tho moHt Important, it will at least bo one of the threo most Important of the groups of bills. Tho tax bills are closely connected with the differen tiation of powers of the counties and tho territory. "Much has been done to perfect county government nnd to put the counties on an Independent, solf rolylng basis." f m 1 IS