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ESTABLISHED 1882. NO. 4804.
11 PAOES HONOLULU, TERIUT)RY OF HAWAII, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1910. 14 PAGES.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
FIGHT
PROHIBITION
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Plebiscite Is
:,. Will Of People
Governor Frear and Others De
clare Against Reviving
Curtis Measure
J 0 Woollev'a attempt to force
prohibition on Hawaii 1 the rclntro-
ilnctlcm or the Curtis bill In Congress
wlJJ meet with llio most vigorous op
lioiltlon from llio outHCt am) If theio
stems any likelihood that the hill will
become a law, prompt measures In
licul It off will be taken here.
Tho Associated Press cablegram
jesterday that stated .mother effort 1b
to be nmilo to get prohibition legisla
tlon through congress nai the first def
inite assurance that Woollcy had been
able to do anything, although there
bia,heen unsubstantiated' rumors of
It ham time to time. Toilaj the; ef
fort Is generally condemned, as tho
result1 of the plebiscite shnwetl Con'
cliisUcly whntthe people of (he Ter
rltoiy think about It.
Governor Krcar this morning char
acterized as unfoitunato and unwise
tho relntroductlon In Congress of the
' Curtis prohibition bill for Han nil.
The (lotornor declared Hint bo was
entirely out of sympath) with tho ef
foil to bring tho prohibition question
tip again,, declaring that It had been
finally and conclusively settled, as
far as present conditions nro concern
ed, by tho plebiscite that was held
last July.
Tlie Governor stated that llio jico
plo of Hawaii aro Justified In going
before Congress with tho results of
tho plebiscite as an absolute expres
slon of public sentiment by tho cltl
zens of tho Territory
Tho Introduction nf the Curtis bill
again cannot bo duo to the Influence
of an) one In tho Terrltor), In the
opinion of Governor Prenr. Tho
Chief Hxecntlvo believes that all In
toiests hno wilting!) nccoptcd tho
results of tho plebiscite as final and
would do nothing to overturn tho will
of tho peoplo ns expressed nt tho polls
list July.
"Do you bellevo that tho pleblsclto
as held In July was a fair and conv
pleto test of tho sentiment of the
SECRETARY OF WAR FOLLOWS
ADVANCE OF TIMES IN HIS
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AEROS
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(Ily Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D C, Dec. 13.--As
might h.ie been expected after
his personal flights In nuioplnnes In
rmiiru Socrotary Dickinson comes
out In' his annual rcpoit with u
ttliong Indorsement of the flying mn.
chine and with a recommendation to
Congress for an appropriation to pro
lde the Signal Corps with a re.i
tunable number of thu better t)
of machine for Instruction purposes
nnd Held work.
He leculls the fact that tho Unit
ed States was the first nation offi
cially to -ecognlzo tho aeroplane for
military t urposes and conducted at
Port Mjor In 190S the IlrBt public
flight of n heavier than air machine,
jil tt has time that date made no
nddltlon to Its aeronautical equip
imint, which nt present consists uf
one Biimll dirigible bulloon, one
Wright aeroplane, nud three bhuiiI
captive balloons Nor lias It added
to Its trained personnel, which nt
in omit ttuiBlsls of mo Signal Con
lieutenant ami nluo enlisted men, nil
ilut) In connection with aeronautics,
Tlieio Is nnl one nlllcor who Is a
Hi eased pilot for flee balloons.
Congress Is asked to nut bonze- an
expenditure of 119,510,813 fur tho.
COMMUTES
people on the question of prohibition,'
(oernor Prcar was asked.
' I do," responded tho Governor, "as
far ns prevailing conditions are con
corned Wo have plenty of Important
problems bernio us and tho July
plebiscite was a fair reflection of pub
He sentiment."
This morning n cablegram was re
coiled from George M. McClclian, se
cretarj to Delcgato Kuhlo. McClcl
lan's cablo simply reads: "l'rohlbl
Hon bill sleeping" Whether this
mentis that It Is not a ilvo Issuo nor
likely1 to be, or whether It means
that it Is likely to bo awakened nt
any lime, is not apparent.
W. It. Cjstlo; who beaded off Wool
ley's "movement to' get the Amcrlcnn
Hoard to endorse prohibition for Ha
waii said today that Wool ley nsBert-
ed at that time that the Curtis bill
would be reIed nt this session of
Congress
"However," Bald Mr. Castle, "I was
a member of tho committee to which
the resolution Woollcj tried to put
through the board was sent, and when
I told tho chairman that In my opinion
prohibition Is not tho thing for IH
wall, ho killed It by putting It In h's
pocket."
Secrctar) Hermit, ot the Merchants'
Association, this morning declared
that If (hero seems any probability ol
prohibition for Hawaii being serious
h' considered by Congress, tho Asso
ciation will nt onco act on the mat
ter, "The plebiscite showed conclu
slcly Hint Iltwnll Is agj'nst orohl
bltlon," said Mr. Hermit, "and If Con
grcss seems disposed not to regard
this ns final, tho commercial Interests
will undoubtedly feel Justified In tak
Ing a hand."
While tho liquor Interests havo so
fir taken no nctlon, they will do so
qulckl) If prohibition Is threatened,
and the retention of somo nttornrv
to fight the enso In Washington will
1 naturally follow.
Panama Canal, Including the con
struction of pouts for the permanent
ganlson, and $7,000,000 of this sum
should be mado available Immediate
ly in order to complete tho project
within three jears. The additional
sum of $.',000,000 is also wanted Im-
medlntel) to bo applied townrds the
creation of naval establishments In
the Canal Zono as a necessary part
of the defense, of the canal.
The sccretarj notes with grattflca
tlon a reduction by 30 C per cent. In
the number of desertions last year
compired with tho preceding jeur.
Altogether there were 34G1 deser
tions, or a percentage of 3.C6 o( the
strength of the nrmj, which was leai
than any fiscal year slnco 1890. The
decrease was most marked In the en
gineers Held artillery and cavalry.
This' Is bollecd to bo the result
of tho extraordlnar) effort nindo by
the department In tho direction of
prompt and vlgoious pursuit of n de
serter bs means practically rertnln
to result In his apprehension nnd
subsequent punishment as u military
innvlit under tho hard and rlgoroui
conditions of prison discipline
The death rato in tho army last
sear was the lowest that bus ever
ocuirred, the total number being
370
uf wlili h 228 were from illse.isa
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His Life Is Christmas Present
John Wynne Saved From Gal
lows By President
Taft.
John Wjnne Is not to hang for the
murder of James Macklnnon on the
oil hIiI ii lloKLcrans In Honolulu har
bor In 1U07.
A cable was received this morning
li United Statce Marshal Hendry
from Attorney General Wlckorshani
stating that Piesldcut Taft has com
muted the sentence of Wjnno to life
impilHoument.
This cable was confirmed by a cable
from the Associated I'resH which stat
ed tint President Tuft had commuted
Wjnne death's sentenco and contain
ing the fin f her explanation that the
President considered the man's Intoxl
cation In the light of extenuating clr-
mitnatnufrfia
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Wvnno wn broiicbl to Km Jmllrlnrv'
building this morning but as court
was not In session no formal proceed-1
Ings wore held In connection with the
receipt of the cable.
Wjnno wns plainly affected by the
receipt of the news.
"I have waited a long time." was
his remark, "and It Is a mighty good
ChilRtmas present a man's life."
EMBEZZLER GETS
NEW TRIAL ON
APPEAL
(Ammliitrd l'riss Cable.
SAN PUANCISCO, Dec. 20. The
Appellate Court today reversed tho
Judgment of the Circuit Court" In
the case of Walter Il.irtnett of the
Callfornli Safe Deposit & Trust Co.
Ilartnett was convicted of embez
zling securities belonging to the Cot
ton estate, and was sentenced to ten
jeara' Imprisonment. Tho Appellate-
Court orders a new trial of the
moils case.
REBELS IN MEXICO
ROUT DIAZ' TROOPS
'"wilii! Hullo tin Cablo)
CHIHUAHUA, Dec. 20. The rebel
forces today routed n troop-train
containing government soldiers at
Mn)paso. Twenty-one of tho govern
ment soldiers were killed .ten nro
missing and fort) -two were wounded.
STEAMER OFF ROCKS
WITHOUT DAMAGE
(Special Ilullnttn Cnlilr.)
VA.NJCOUVI.'H. II. C,t Dec. 20.
The steamer Prlnco George, which
went on the harbor rocks here, has
been floated and thn damnge has
been found not serious.
WILL PAY FEES
Japanese Fishermen Forced
To Make Good to the
Territory.
Orders from Siiorliitcndont of Pub
lic Works Campbell that tho Japan-
ebO sampan fleet should bo denied
local wharfage facilities hecauso tho
owners of tho sampans have refused
to pay wharfage feea woro followed
by quick action among the Japanese
this morning When they saw that
hey could no longer bluff the matter
through, they decided to pay up.
Practically all thn Japanese fisher
men will pa) up their eharo of thu
w barrage Tecs. savs T Mltamura. pro
sldont of tho Hawaiian PUlierlcs Corfbelng responsible to the people that
Ltd, nnd Dr K Halda, president of
the Pacific I'lshlng Co.
Tho Japanese sampans havo been
docked nt tho entrance of tho chan
nel for some time Somo of tho own
ers of tho boats luwo refused nhso
Intel) to pay for tho whaifago facili
ties, hoc iiiito they claimed, tho wharf
belonged Hi the gournment ami
llierefiin tile)' Had u perfect right ft
(Continued on Fage 4)
WYNNE'S
Attorne)-Gerternl Wlckcrsham's an
nual report to Congress makes the
following referen e to the case of
John Wynne.
"Wjnne wns convicted In the Dis
trict Court of the United States for
tho Territory of Hawaii of murder,
committed on hoard the steamer
Knsecrnns, nil AmerUnu vessel while
blng In the hnrbor of Honolulu. The
Indictment wns founded upon Bee.
tlon nasi), ilcyjsed Statutes. Plain
tin In error maintained that no of
fense was charged within the Juris
diction of the trial court; that the
words 'out of the Jurisdiction of nny
particular Stato' as used In section
C.330 did not refer to the States of
the Union, but to a separate political
cnnimunltv, and that Hawaii consti
tuted such a community. The Su
...
lrcme Conn looh me opposite view
nowever, determining mat qutsiion
nn" several oiners raised uv piainun
In error In fnor of the Government.
The s) Habits Is as follows:
" 'Tho words "out of the Jurliillc
tlon of nny particular State" as used
In section Ii339, Itevlfed Statutes.
refer to tho States of the Union nnd
fCnntinned on Pare 4.
SEVEN YEARS IN
L PRISON JOR
(AMMoc'utrri PrH Cablf 1
SAN l'HANCISCO. Dec. 20 For
mer Pollco Captain Mlihncl J. Con
boy, who shot nnd killed a man
named Lagen, was today sentenced
to seven j cars' Imprisonment for
innnsl-iuglitcr. Conbo) shot tho man
while under the Influence of drink.
,W. R. CASTLE IS
REAL OPTIMIST
"lluntombe, bunconila all bun
combe!'' ,
With these words W. It. Castle
laughlngl) dismisses the reports that
a Democratic revision ot me innu
will hit Hawaii through the sugar
Industr). Hack from an extensive
trip on tho mainland, he declare
that neither at .this pretcnt session
nor the next Is Ibero any danger that
tho tariff on sugar will he pruned
or removed, nnd ho advances plentj
of reasons for his statements.
"In tho first place, there will not
be any reIslon of tie taiiff during
the short session because tho com
plexion of Congrei-fl Is ltepubllcnn
enough to defeat It," he sais. "Nor
need anyone worry If perhaps a bill
Is Introduced that looks llko a sweep.
Ing blow at sugar. It will not be
passed now nnd Ub mere Introduc
tion will not hurt anybody, because
It will probably be doue with an eye
to Its effect on the next elections.
"Now as to tho next session of
Congress The House, It Is true, will
be Democratic but tho Scnnte nnd
tho President 'will be Hepubllcan,
and this in Itself would probably de
feat any important divergence from
the Ucpublitan doctrine of protoc
tlon,
"However, the Democrats them
selves do not want the tariff on sug
ar removed. Look at the Democratic
members-elect. Tlioy tome from the
South, where cane sugar Is a great
Industry, as In Louisiana, and from
llio West, where tho beet sugar In
dustry is centered. They would not
dura to remme tho tariff on sugar,
elected them
"No," concluded Mr, Castle, "there
seems to have been a great deal of
iiunecessar) nervousness in Hawaii
oior what nitiv happen to tho tariff.
It won't hurt Biignr, )ou mil) depend
upon It,"
Jinlgn It P, QiiaileH will leave tin
morrow on thn l.urlliio for Idaho his
formor home.
VACCINATION FOR
ALL COMING
Varioloid Appears Amonq
Puunene Laborers Says
Wireless.
HEALTH BOARD PLANS
QUARANTINE REGULATIONS
Conference With Physicians
of U. S, Marine Hospital
Service By Dn Pratt,
As the result of a wireless receiv
ed this morning from Maul, stating
hat two lascu ot varioloid, n form
of smallpox, have developed nt Pun
neiie. Dr. Pratt, acting president of
the Territorial Hoard of Health, de
cided to call upon the United States
Marine Hospital Service for assist
ance In maintaining a restricted
quarantine of Maul.
Thu wireless wus, received from
Chief Sanitary Officer Chnrlock, who
went to Maul to assist In the cam
paign against the serious, diphtheria
epidemic thnt now' totals nearly a
hundred cases. Tho wireless slates
hat only two Filipinos have been
trl'ken with tho disease, but the
cport produced quirk nctlon upon
the part of the Hoard of Health,
Tho quarantine rcgula'lons as now
outlined will include a fumlgitlon of
all vessels from Maul ports, both to
Honolulu nnd other Island ports, the
fumigation of baggage and the vac.
i liiatlon of nil passengers.
The plan for n quarantine wns ten-
tatlvelj outlined by Dr. Pratt this
morn flnn' nctlon being held In
abeyance pend'nr n consultation
with the phsslclans of the United
Stntos hospital service and membera
of tho Hoard of Ileiltb.
Dr Pratt Is hopeful that cxtrome
quarantine methods will not bo nec
essary, not wanting to make the peo
ple of Maul suffer hnrdshlia unless
It Is found absolutely necessary to
urotect thn people of Oihu and tho
other Inlands.
HAS NEW PLAN
TOPAVECITY
Supervisor-Elect H. E. Murray
Would Adopt Definite Sys
tem of Appropriation.
Supervisor-elect llurr) Murray bus
u plan for paving the streets of Ho
nolulu that he believes will not only
leiult In model thoroughfares within
two )tais, but will settle for ull time
the kind ot paving that is best for
use hero, in brief, his plun Is to
set aside each mouth from the couu.
ty'a revenues u definite appropria
tion for naviug nnd then to Invite
paving companies und contractor
who are experts to lay sample blocks
or portions ot blocks In order to seo
which kind ot process stands the
traffic- beet.
Mr, Murra) sas he has no objec
tion to the bltullthto paving now
laid on Port street, but he wuuts to
see various kinds given a trial here,
nud he thinks it can bo done in a
cry few months. He thinks the
board should adopt somo definite
plan of paving tho entire clt), and
thorefoie suggests that each month
an appropriation be mado for the
purKie
He Is also In favor of tho uso of
street Hushing machines on the
paved streets lu order to clean them
thorough!)
He has a number of Ideas as to
municipal Improvements that will he
ndtniircd as soon as tho new board
laivi's us mai.
SENTENCE
East Awarded
Navy Contracts
Alberger Pump
Job For Machinery At
Pearl Harbor
f AumtrliitM I'nfs
WASHINGTON, D C. Dec. 20
Lantern firms were sucttssful today
In bidding for two big nival con
tracts, one of which affects Hawaii.
Tho Newport News Shipbuilding Co.
was awarded the contract for the
l ew b ittleshlp Toxns, the flguro be
ing Sr,820,000.
BILL WHICH GRANTS WATER
RIGHTS ON RESERVATION TO
M'CROSSON
A copy of the bill granting John
T. McCrouuu mid his associates
water rignts on tlie military rcsera-i
tlon has been lenlvid by Thompson,!
demons i. under, und is hero pre.
Kcntod for the first time In full
Tho
bill
Is technlcallj known as H. H.forts cnrolng mah water rlkhte, nnil
0, uud Is entitled, "A bill grunt-, to continue tlieiuefortli for n term
27590,
ing to J. T McCrosson, his associates of not Icsa than fifty jears. nil wo
und assigns, certnln water rights on. tors of tho United States within tho.
the military resenatlon nt Walauae
Uka Island of Oaliu, Territory of
llaw'ull "
The bill makes Is obligatory upon
Met' o n and his associates to de
liver treo of charge all the water
needed for post oi encampment pur
poses and to build nt their own ex
pense such pipe-lines and resenolrs
as uin bo needed to delher the
water.
pi luted
On tho hill appears this
notation:
"Mr. Knl.inlnnnole Introduced the
following bill; which was referred to
the committee on territories nnd or-
tiered to bo prln.tod."
Tho toxt of the hill is as follows:
"lie It enacted b) tho Senate nnd
House of Representatives of the Unit-
ed States of America In Congress
assembled, That J, T. McCrosson, of
Honolulu, Territory of Hnwall, his
OAHU ENTITLED
TO MORE SEATS
A now apiiortloumeut of reprcscn
tatlon In the Territorial Leglslatum
Is almost stiro to follow tho census ot
citizens In tho districts, tho figures of
which nro expected to bo rccehed by
Goornor Krcnr in the near futme.
These figures will form tho basis Vif
a bill for reapportionment to be In
troduced nt tho next regular session
of the Legislature- In lVliruar).
Tlie Orgnnlc Act provides Hint the
legislature shall provide rcprcsentn
Hon in puqiortloii to tho number ot
citizens within llio election districts
There has been an Increase of approx
imately 24,000 peoplo on Oahu
since llio last censijs nnd the increase
In citizens has also been high
UKn this hiiBls It Is hello veil that
Oahu is sure to bo granted additional
repicsentatlon In tho Legislature,
"I am going to fight prohlbl-
tlon much harder this tlmo than
I- I over did before I think it Is
wrong for Woolloy to agitato
that bill again In Congress, after
tlie peoplo of Hawaii have shown
their imposition to it, through
the plebiscite" J K Knlaliln-
naole, Delegate tn Congress .
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Company Gets
Calilo )
The Alberger Pump Co. wnsawnrd-
ed the contract for furnishing the
pumping machinery for the grett
dndocks under construction at Peat I
Harbor, Hawaii; Ilrcmcrton, Wash,
and New York The figure for the
three sets of nnchincrj was $323M
ono,
FOR FIFTY YEARS1
nssoclatcs nud assigns, be. nnd ara
licrcbj, granted the exclnsho right
to take, use, Impound, and carry
uwa, at and upon tho expiration
or sooner determination 'of nny out-
ttandlng lease or leases on said prop
limits of that
certain military reser
vation made by the order of thn
President July twentieth, elghtecil
hundred nnd ninety-nine. Betting
aside n portion of Wnlanno Uka, III
the Island of Oahu, Territory of 'llrf-
wall, and as published In General .
Orders of the War Department Num
bered One hundred nnd forty-seven.
uud dated August tenth.
eighteen
hundred und nlnety.nlne, nnd for
such purpose to enter upon -surjj 'res?
lenntlon nnd make sunejs thereof
for nnd construct nnd maintain
dams, reservoirs, canals, ditches.
flumes, tunnels, and pipe lines, nt
such places on sild land ns ho or
thoy may select. Including nlso tho
right to take from tho lands of tlit
United States adjacent thereto earth
nnd stone necessary to tho construe
tlon thereof: Provided. That tho
(Continued on Pace 8)
FINALLY ENDED
Rev II II. Parker, tho aged pastor
nf Kawalahao chiirrh, consented to
have a board of trustees apKilnted. To
morrow night, ho nnd tho Insurgents,
headed by J, K. Kamanoulii, will &in
grcgate at Kawnlafiaa church to "se
lect men tn serve on the board. S
Tomorrow night Is tho date for the
regular meeting; hut owing to the se
lection of tho board, other business
will bo suspended. j
Tho controors over tho appdliirt
incut of tho board has been going on
for some time Itcv Mr Parker did
not want the Hoard to bo uppolnted
Immediate!), but since he has had
conferences with prominent church
workers, ho decided to submit to tint
wiiliis of tho members.
I Kamnnoulu who heads the "Insurg-
(cuts" staled that he does not caro
w bother ho is appointed on tho board,
or not ns long as tho board of trustees
Is named
"I don't care licllier I nm npimlnt
ed us a member ot tho board or lull.
What do I want to seo is n board, nud
ns long ns Mr Parker nnd the rest of
llio members of tho church huvoilonu
uieir iimy in selecting men to servu
on tho Hoard, 1 nm satisfied "
KAWAIAHAO ROW
M
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fortlfUatloiiB of
tho termini of tho
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