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't Evening Bulletin From San Franclioo: Blcrra, Manchuria,, December 9 For San Francisco : Slurni Dec. 11 From Vancouver; Zcalandla Do-cmber 10 For Vancouver: Manuka January 20 Merchants who talk about honcit goods in an honrst, interesting way, in the advertising columns of the BULLETIN, seldom have slack times. 3:30 EDITION Xmas ads create Xmas wants that Xmas stocks can fill k ESTABLISHED 1882. NO. 4705. 10 PAGES. HONOLULU, TERRITORY OF HAWAII, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 0. 1010. 10 PAOES. PRICE 5 CENTS. ANOTHER McCROSSON SCHEME m Jfc I i i rft K'' I f ' 1 ! K ? 7 IS HATCHED Bold Coup Planned For Control of Oahu Water SUPPLY OF PLANTATION IS MENACED t Sudden Move of Irrigation Pro moter Sends New Bill Before Congress Washington, D. C, December 8th, 1910. Delegate introduced bill house, Clark Senate, granting McCrosson all water rights military reservation fifty years. Referred War Department. Tills brief cablegram received tills morning by Castle & Cooko is tbo bit,' r.cst bomb shell that John T. McCros-J miii mid his associates Imvo let loom' on tbo unsuspecting jicoplo of Hawaii for'innny months. ' I Tills cablo being Intorprotctl means Unit McCrosson and Ills nssoclntcs lire asking Cungrcbs to glvo them flay years' rights to nil tlio wnter sources of whnt Is generally known as tho' Wahlawa dam water. I . All tbi sources of tho water that, flows Into tho Wahlawa dam are on the inllltnry reservation. If McCiov Hin'BliouM'gct tho right to tho water on tlio rescivallon liOfWould hao tho water that goes Into tho Wuhlawn dam. I Therefore It need not surprlso any- one Unit K. I). Tcnnoy siicaklng for tho Wahlawa Wnler ConiMiny this' morning staled that tho Wahlawa Wu-I tor Company would opiso tho Mc Ciosson iiieasuio to tho fullest ex tent. Tho i khts anil privileges that nro bought by McCrosson Imvo onro been grnulcd to and are now being enjoyed by tho Wahlawa Wutcr Company. This latter company Is opeinllug un der rights given It In n law passed by Congress. Under Its arrangement with tho War Department, It gives tn the military authorities all Ihir-wn-tcr that may bo needed for tho mo of tlio military, and also constructs such bildgCH over tho gulches as may bo desired by tho military. Km (her than this tho Wahlawa Water Company under lis agreement with the Tcnltory Is under obliga tions to furnish water to tho settlers of tho Wahlawa settlement, and It Is miller tills arrangement that tho great 24,000 PLANTATION ACRES MUST GO TO HOMESTEADERS WITHIN NEXT TEN YEARS Within a period of ten years twenty -four thousand tiervs of cane laud will bo tul.on ocr for tlio uso of settlers under the operation of tho hoiiiestcadlug luv as provided for In the labt amendments to tho Olgunlo Act. This was tho calculation made this morning by Governor Frenr, In con nection with tho work accomplished during his trip on Hawaii, when a number of land drawings wore hold., Whllo on Hawaii, Unvornnr Freur was pnviont at four laud drawings, Klght hundred and ono lots had been advertised, borne In all the districts of tliu Island. Ono hundred and elghty-olght applications had boon made, and of that number twenty-, two selected lota. Forty-two nc (lulled lots under right of purchase lease, twenty-ono under homestead plneapplo district of Wahlawa has been built up. That Congicss should now go to work ami glvo theso wutcr rights to another coniimny Is' imbellavablo by Borne of tho icoplo Interested ami It Is hard for them to understand why MrCiosson Is making this attempt to get tho Wahlawa water rights and bring about n wholesale attack on tho rights and privileges already estab lished by law and through agreement with the Wur Department. What McCiosson wants Is not clear at tho present time unless his ninvu In a Echemo to get control of tho wit ter nnd ditch It across tho country, over tli natural water shed and to tho fields of tho Oahu plantation. "It Is a gum shoo proixisltlon," commented Manager Goodalo of Wal ulua plantation. '1t shows that you never know what someone will try lo do to you thiniigh Washington," remarked Mr. Tcnncy, for tho first that anyone of Ihoso Interested In tho Wahlawa Wa ter Company knew of tho whnt was going on was tho cablo received this morning showing tho McCrosson scheme to Imvo been carefully mapped out and well under way. Delegate Kuhlo declared this morn ing that ho Is absolutely unfamiliar Willi tlio details of tho bill which was Introduced In his name "I had It Introduced for Mr. Mc Crosson," says tho Delegate, "mid l really don't know what water rights nro referred lo, although I mipikiso it is theso on tlio military reservation Including I.cllehua. "Mr. McCiosson merely told mo ho had such a bill d railed ami I said I would Intrndiico It for him. I did not lease, and ulna umlor c,ush. freehold agreements. Ono person was found to lie untitled to u preference right, and tlitoo otheig to select lulu when certain mecessnry preliminaries aro 'implied "with.' Only' two 'forsons that appeared were found to be (US' qualified, and of thoso securing lots, 57 wore mules nnd 19 females. Governor Frcar expressed himself us well satisfied with tho results of his tllp to Hawaii. Ho declared that the opposition Milted In llllo to the terms of tlio MrCrossou lrill was based mainly on tho form rntlier than on tho principle Involved. Ho Bald some of tho opponents wanted tho bill miido specific and not general while others thought additional sufU' guards wnru nocossury tn prevent tho privilege granted from being abused by lis recipients. :: :j tt n, It "I don't know what the bill Is, M n and I had It Introduced only be- U J cause Mr. McCrosson asked me tt tt to. I don't know whether It is tt :: an attempt to control the water 11 :: supply or the Wahlawa dam or It tt not." Delegate Kuhlo. 3 :: tt :: n a u jj go Into tho mutter at all with him. It's tho Delegate's duty to introduce bills, and let them bo given a hoar lug. Tho bill will be taken up bo foro the committee on territories. I don't know whether It will bo push ed first in the sennto or tho house." Kuhlo was asked whether ho had seen the draft of tl.e proioscd bill or not mid said that ho didn't remember, whether-tho bill Itsolfhnd he'cii"'Buh mltted to him. Ho will examine It more carofully when lie goes to Wush. Ington, ho states. Tho draft of tho bill was drawn up In the ofllcus of Thompson, demons & Wlldor, nnd Frank 13. Thompson, who left for the Coast a few days ago, will probably npiear for the bill to gether with Mr. McCrosson In Wash ington, Judge Wilder said this morn ing Chat the firm has no copy of the bill hcio. He said tho bill was draft ed soveral months ago. News to Governor, The 111 ut knowledge that (iovernor Frenr had of tho pending hill was when ho was Informed of tho cable this morning, "I did not know that tho hill was to ho Introduced In Congress, nor did I know suMi a bill was In oxlstonco," Bald the (iovernor this morning. Ho Intimated further that tho action bo Moved to bo contemplated, according to tho brief explanation in tho cable, would bo unfair lo the Wahlawa dam people nnd would detract scrloilsly from tho valuo of their water supply. INSPECTORS ARE Tho election Inspectors who acted In tho sixth precinct of tho fourth dis trict on tho day of tho last general election nro taking sluing exception lo homo of tho alienations contained In tho second election contest petition that bus been riled la tho Territorial Supremo Court by Attorney (loorgo Davis. Ono of tho Inspectors stated this morning Unit if tho second contest over roach tho state of trial, which soems distinctly Improbable In vlow of tho decision of tho Supreme Court on tho merits of tho first contest covorlng, practically, tho saino grounds Hint ho will liistltuto 'per jury charges against John Wise, Cbuijes Costa and lien Mcmllola, who Inn'o sworn to the nftldnWt In supisnt of tho petition. Tho Inspector who niukes this prom Iso Is a Itopulillcan ami believes that his honesty has been brought 'into tho case In a rather doubtful light when It Is alleged that l0 know that over ono hundred fraudulent ballots had been cast. SON OF MEXICAN OFFICIAL IS HELD (AHxmlntf it Press CabK) SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Dec. 9. Mexican rebels have captured tho sou of tint Intro ('. Creel, minister of for. olgu affairs for Moxleo, and nro hold ing him as n hiK.tugo in Chihuahua. Ills futhiir Is a naturalized citizen mid In spite ,of ' law' 'unit "custom became governor 'of Chllimihua, MAY BE COTTRILL VET CHRISTIANS IN SYRIA ARE (.H?wlnt',lv lms Cattle.) CONSTANTINOPU-:, Turkey, Dec. !. Ilcdoiilns ha'vu massacred tho Turkish garrlnoif Sit Kernk, Syria, and have killed loa'chrlstlans, In re vengo for tho execution of ri Ilcdnuln captive. RS. EflDY HAS LEFT FORTUNE TO CHURCH ( Associated Press Cable.) 1IOSTON, Mass., Dec. 9. Mrs. Mary Iluher Kddv's will was mndo public today und It Is learned that tho founder of (Christian Science leaves n fortuuo tif a million and a half dollars, of which the bulk Is given to the churi.li she guided for so many years. HEALMEATEN FOR SEAT (Asnncliited Press CjiMc.) LONDON, Deo. n. In tho general elections, the (lovormiicnt has now won 211 eeats In tho llouso of Com mons mid tho Opposition 207 seats. Tho latest feature Is tho defeat of Timothy llealy, former Irish leader, by flic Itedniondltcs. NEW FIGURES GIVE TACOMA'S POPULATION (Sp-t'l.il 11 il I let I n Cubic.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 9. Tho census hut can today announced tlio following population figures: New Jcisoy, 2,537,167, Increaso thirty-four and sovon-teuths per cent.; Utah 373,3ii1, Increaso thirty four and nine-tenths per cent. Tho city of Tacoimi, whoso figures wcro thrown out us padded nnd n recount ordered, has 83,713, according to tho new returns. PORTER CHARLTON TO G0J3ACK TO ITALY (SlKil.il Ilu I lot In Cubic) WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec, 9. I'orter Charlton, tho young American accused of murdering his wlfo nt Uiko Como, Italy, was today order ed surrendered to the Italian govern ment by Secretary Knox, nftor ono of the most sensational llghtB against extradition on record, FRENCHMAN "SNOW PREMIERHIGH-FLYER (AhhucIuUiI l'UHs Cable.) I'AU, Franco, Dec, 9. Aviator l.e gngncux, In u monoplane, today es tablished a new world's iccord for altitude, teaching a height of 10,499 feet In a flight here. CIVIL WAR VETERAN AND HERO SUICIDES ( Aximc! (ted 1'rctH Cilliltt.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 9. Ilrlg.-Gon. Wallace v. Handolph, Civil War veteran and breveted cap tain In 18f3 for gallantry In defense, of Winchester, Vn., today committed suicide ut his homo hore by shooting himself. He was Blxty-nlno yearn old and had been In Ill-health for some time. Ho was mustered out of tho volunteer service In 1898. SUGAR SAN KUANCIHCO, Dec. 7. Sugar; 9fl degrees tei,t, 1.0.1c. Previous quo tation, lo. BAN VUANCIHCO, Dec. . Ilcots: 88 nnaljBls, (Is. 0 3-4d.; parity. 3.89c. Previous quotation, 9s. 0 l-2d. Charles A. Cottrill IBBBBBBBk bbbhbwi 1 FIGHT FOR BAND GETS STRONG I'livorfng an Increase of fuy or tlio members of tho Hawaiian hand If It Is necessary to hold that famous musical organization together, tho Hawaii 1'ioniotloii Committee at Its meeting yesterday afternoon wont on record ns urging Hint the hand be preserved for tho goixl of tho com- UlUllit, Tho conmilttco unanimously passed resolutions to this effect presented by W. II. Hoogs. Tho resolutions wcro no sooner submitted than they were adopted, and ocry member pre sent Individually declared himself strongly opposed to r.llow the band to bo disrupted, ns threatens to be the caso. The resolutions nro us follows: "Itesolved, by tho Hawaii Promo lion Committee: "Thut we rogard tho threatened (lis ruptlon ot the Hawaiian Hand on ac count of Inadequate pay for tho mem bers us a serious loss to tho entire community, taking away as It does ono of tho distinctive features of Ho nolulu life and ono of tho chief at tractions to tourists; "further, that wo lend our moral support and encouragement to the efforts now being made through the press and otherwise to preserve the band and. to aid It to an oven higher standard of efficiency; (Contrnufn on Page 2.) RIVERS AND HARBORS OFFICERS RE-ELECTED (Hi-IiiI Hull i-tin CabK) WASHINGTON. D. C. Doc. 9. The nfliccrs of tho rivers and harbors congress wbro nil reolected today. DID NOT LIKE HIS MEAL TICKET An attempt upon the part of Ka liaunaelo, ami several othor Hawaiian youths to bring a Chinese rostnurantor named I,mn Kuu to hook upon a char go of ussniilt, and battery failed this morning. Judge l.ymer dlscliarg oil tlio defendant nftor a longthy hoar lug of testimony which did not pro duce) siilllclcut ovldenco to convict l.iim Kail presides over a quick lunch and slt-up-and-oat placo of ro- froshment at Molllili.' Tho llawallans cnteied the place and ono nt least finished a meal and presented .a tic ket Unit did not look good to tho pro prietor. Ho remonstrated nnd do muuded his payment. Words lire said to hao followed. Kiihuminclo alleged that tho Chinese attempted to onfoice payment by the assistance of a soda water bottle and a broom stick. Judge Humphreys at tended to tho legal Interests of the Chinese and In cioss examination pat soern J witnesses to route through ronlllcllng testimony. Appointment of Negro Probable Delegate Kuhio That Toledo Man Is Right In Line Now Charles A. Cottrill, colored, of To ledo, O., may yet be named either (ollector of 'iistoms or collector of Internal revenue here. Ncw-b that his npiMilntmcnl Is still under consideration by President Taft reached Honolulu this morning In tho shape of n telegram from Georgo M. McClclIan, secretary to Delegate Kuhlo. Tho telcgrnm rends as follows: "Warhlngton, D. C, Dec. 9. 'Kuhlo, Honolulu: "Cottrill appointment Impending. Cablo President request to dofcr nc. Hon till your arrival. 1 McCU:i.I.AN." And on top ot this came tho.'dcr larutlon at noon tod'jy by the Dele.- gatc,Uat liejina.no.lntciitlou.-of.cu-, bling a piotest, He says that Ho nolulu has not been able to dccldo definitely on tlio man It wants for collector of Internal revenue and that ho has no single choice locally of a man to opprcn the nolorcd politician for the l'Vcle al Job, "The people hero have not been MORE STEAMERS ADDED TO ? BIG TRANSPACIFIC FLEET BY THE PACIFIC MAIL From two to three additional steam ers may mako Honolulu ns n txirt of call between San I-'ranclsco and tlio Orient, under tho management of tho Pacific Mall Company. Following tho separation of busi ness relations between Uio Pacific Mall and tho Toyo Risen Kalsha, the former steamship lino Is now declin ed as seeking u substantial addition to tho tonnago of Its fleet. According to u reixirt brought down from Sun Kranclsco by tho Oceanic steamship Sierra this morning, tho owners and agents of a number of steamers that visit tho Pacific const have been approached by tho officials connected with (ho Pacific Mnll with n vlow of securing the service of cor tnln vessels. General Manager Schworln has ar rived on tho coast nnd it la claimed that ouo of tho first matters that re ceived his attention upon gaining tho offices of tho Pacific Mnll was to took Into the legibilities of effecting a chnrtor with steamers of fair ton nage, to bo placed on n run to Japan liorts and Hongkong, with n sldo tilp IS Frank N. Payuo who Is handling tho lliimiiumnu Oil Company proposi tion In tho Klkliom Valley writes of tho work done: "This preliminary work was finish ed by tho wrller In Blxly days, haul ing nil material fifteen miles over ;i 2.1 per cent grndo Into a most ban en district known to tho oil fields. "In addition to the houses nnd well driving equipment, there Is n water well, four nnd halt miles distent, which was piped with a two-Inch line, giving us, over 300 barrels of wnler dally, nnd we now consider ourselves hooked up to complete the largest Gets Cablegram i able to nettle upon nny one man, and I can not take their wishes us final, In view of their actions In tho past few months." said the Delegate. "Therefore. I have no Intention now of cabling a protest. "Although I am atcrso to tho Idea of an outsider being given n Pederal appointment here, 1 do not feel like opposing tho wishes of tho President unless I have tho unanimous backing of tho people," So unless tho Delegate .suddenly changes hi mind, a protest, will not be cabled by him. Meanwhile, the uncertainty com Unucs us to whether tho customs or the Internal revenue department la to bo given a new head. Advices Jrom- Wiifch Ington Imvo. been almost consistently to tho effect that "tho j cuiieciur in customs ib ri'iurii'u i". However, the It u 1 1 o 1 1 n today re. cetved Information from Tuledo, O., which Indfcntes that It Is tho inter nal revenue Job whltji Is at Btake, conforming to tho generally accepted (Continued on Pace 4.) to Manila. , It Is now understood that it Is tho Intention to add tho steamers to tho H Far Kastern route by tho first part of tho year. Two vessels aro said to luno about passed to the charter 'of1 the Pacific Mall and all that remains, to bo done is tho final signatures pt, tho Intorcstcd parties. Whllo this arrangement lakpredlct cd as but teniMirary It would cnablo the Pacific Mali to malutnlii the pro sent schedule now In existence un.. dor tho Joint freight and passenger traffic arrangement with tho T K. K. When General Manager Schwcrln passed through Honolulu on tho voy age to tho Orient soma months ago, he talked quite freely concerning a pair of twelve thousand ton liners that would be built on tho Atlantic seaboard for tho Pacific Mall Com pany. At tho best theso vessels can not bo constructed and nlaced In com- J mission under two cnrs tlmo. Tho charter of other vessels will tldo over tho business until such time ns now steamers can bo built nnd placed In service. , ! 1 woll ever drilled In tho Midway dis trict. v "Wo Btartod with a twenty Inch holo und are down now approximate- . ly 100 feet, nnd aro commencing now to placo our fifteen nnd half Inch cas ing which we hoc to go 1,000 feet1 with and then continue, with twelve mill half Inch casing to tho distance or 1.S00 feet, which wo trust will -be sufficient depth to got tlio high grndo 32 gravity oil, which we im antlslled Is In our district. "We nro preparing n statement by. cxiwrt accountants horo, showing tho cost of ovory Improvement lu detail, whereby they will know how tho mo ney has bociroxpenilcrt. "Mr. John and August Hamburg' have spent two days with mo looking over our property, und wero very J much pleased with what they saw" and encouraged as to tho outconid.". Yours very truly, THANK N. 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