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-! . Hs-"vf 7 3 From San Francisco: Korea February 3 For San Francisco: Wilhelmina '..February 1 From Vancouver. Miikura . .February 3 For Vancouver: Moana j. Murch 1 ;': !;:: isjAjadsHeb m. no.. f ljm : I JJ, aim '' ! M'QUAID PRONOUNCED olden Gate Is 1915 Fight On Floor of House Is Won By Aggressive Calif ornians i. Associated Press Cable.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 31. By a vote of 259 to 43, the House of Representatives today decided in favor of San Francisco for the Panama Pacific exposition of 1915. Tho deciding vote was taken on tha adoption of a joint resolution giving government recognition to the exposition planned by San Francisco and of ficially extending an invitation to all nationj to. participate. ' Previous to adopting the resolution, the House took a preliminary vote on the rival claimants, San Francisco and New Orleans. The vote was -188 to 159 in favor of the California city. This decided the fight, and on the vote on the joint resolution most of the New Orleans supporters cast their ballots for San Francisco. The resolution will now go to tha Senate, but this is looked upon as hardly more than a formality and San Francisco is sure of success. Following tho recclit of the news, the Chamber of Commerce and Promo tion Committee both sent telegrams of congratulations to Sun Francisco. The Chamber. of Commerce, addressing the San Francisco chamber, said: "Heart iest. Congratulations on securing Pa nama exposition." The Promotion Com mittee cabled: "Sincere congratula tions. Ilest wishes for your success ful exposition." 400 DEATH-TOLL (Associated Press Cable.) MANILA, P. I, Jan. 31. Over whelmed in the flood of lava, or killed under falling houses, four hundred peo ple have perished in the eruption of Mount Taal, and the number grows hourly.. Five hundred and thirty-seven distinct shocks have been recorded. , . - (Associated Press Cable.) " NEW YORK, Jan.. 31. The Union Paoifio and Southern Pacific railway companies have decided to double track their lines from Missouri River points to San Francisco, and will also double-track lines into Oregon. It is estimated that the cost of this work will exceed $75,000,000. VOLCANO TAKES GREAT RAILWAYS TO DOUBLE TRACK CITY HALL A POSSIBILITY IF BONDING ACT IS PASSED BY LEGISLATURE A modern fcity and county build ing to cost between one hundred and and, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, to adorn the so called 'Gore Bit, Is a possibility with the passage of a bonding act at the coming session of the Territorial Leg islature. . "We are at. work on a bonding act that is to be Introduced before the legislators at their session this spring," observed, Chairman Murray of the U'giHlaUve Committee of tlie Hoard of City and County Super visors, this morning. "Tho measure will permit the coun ty to bond itself In a sufficient gum to 3:30 EDITION 4838. Fair Site NAVAL OFFICERS UP FOR PROMOTION .Special Bulletin Cable.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 31, The nominations of Colonel Biddle for commandant of the Marine Corps and Colcnel Robert Evans as brigadier are before the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs. """'" 'l :" ' ''. Cilontl ttldit.lq liasfjjeen attached to 'marine lioadijuai'ticrs ih ' Washington siiico last May, and has been acting commumluntt, when that officer was ab sent, iind j,sincei,tiie retirement of Col onel -Klliott, Avliom he succeeds. He served recently in tlie Philip pines us commandant at Cavlto, after wards going to Panama In the Nlcura guan expedition, which he commanded, and from there was ordered to League Island, Pennsylvania. He was ordered from League Island to marine headquarters at Washington, and lias been there for nearly a year. PARLIAMENT HAS CONVENED (Special Hulletln Cable.) LONDON, Jan. 31. Parliament opensd today and it is expected that an exciting session will follow in relation to the political differences that have arisen through the recent elections. RIVERS AND HARBORS' : BILL PASSES SENATE .' (Associated Press table.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 31. The Senate todav nassad tha rivara and harbors bill, in which are items for the' improvement of Hawaiian harbors. allow for public improvements. With the passage of this act, the city and county of Honolulu can then enter into the construction of a suitable building to house all of its depart ments,' There will be a material sav-' ing of rent now being paid to local landlords. ' : I "A hundred thousand dollars should put up a good building for the city and county," replied the Supervisor in response to a query as to its prob able cost. Another feature that would result from the bonding act would be the carrying on of permanent street improvements. BCD BULLETIN PHONES 5VENIN0 Bulletin 12 PAGES. HONOLULU, TERRITORY OF HAWAII, TUESDAY, JANUARY 31 1911. W Everybody Smiles When News Comes That 'Frisco Gets Fair "CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES FOR THE GREAT SHOW IN 1915." Cablegram sent by President E. O. White of Merchants' Associa tion to Merchants' Association of San Francisco." "The awarding or the exposition to San Francisco will be a great thing for Honolulu 'and Hawaii generally. We will naturally be more Interested In tlie exposition than if It were to be located lit New Orleans, and will be ubje to make a fine exhibit of Hawaii's industry and progress. Honolulu should profit by people coming here who can be expected to continue their trip from San Francisco. It will be a line thing for Hawaii In many ways." Governor Frear. - "The Chamber of Commerce is more than pleased that San, Francisco Is to get the fair. It will be of benefit to Honolulu and the Territory, and wo join In the general expression of sat isfaction." President J. F. Morgan of tile Chamber of Commerce. "The Merchants' Association feels very glad that San Francisco has won the light, and we have extended our congratulations. It means a great deal to Hawaii." President B. O. White of the Merchants' Association. "Hooray for San Francisco! That will help some." Secretary Stanton of Honolulu Hundred Thousand Club. "ThoPromotlon Committee Is just as glad us everybody else."- Chairman G. Fred Rush of Committee. Hawaii j Promotion Honolulu wears a smile today over the news that Sun Francisco has been Kirmess jTkes Precedence1 v Of The Gr6at American Hen Poultry Association Directors Can Find No Hall For An-i nual Exhibition. A serious reflection on the standing In Hawaii of that great American in stitution, the Hen, was brougc. out yesterday afternoon when the directo s of the Poultry Assocatlon made' their report on the show that was planned to open on February 15. Th? report In brief Is that no hall can be seeureil for next month, and, in fact, probably, net for some time thereafter. Hence there will be no poultry show this spring, and, probably not this year. It. C. Drown, speaking for the direc BILL IS NOT Tlie direct primary law to be sub mitted to the next Legislature will go to the Itcpublican caucus as applying to all elective offices on the Island of Oahu except that of Delegate to Con gress. Tills was decided by the Republican legislative committee lust night. . The committee does not believe thut the question of constitutionality raised is a serious one. This question is wheth er or not a law which provides a dif ferent method of election for , Oahu from that in filrce on tlie other is lands can lie sustained. Chairman A. I). Cooper of tho legis lative committee sald today that the committee is willing to take jtlie chance that Its plan is constitutional. "We do not believe that the plan is defective," he said, "anil accordingly the bill to be submitted to the caucus of the Oahu delegation will be ns pre viously outlined." DIRECT PRMARYiDR CHANGED ARE THE SAME FOR Advertising awarded thu Panama-Pacific, exposi tion of l'Jlo by. the House of Repro of..,... .,.u.u .,. fight for San rrunelsco and has al - team cii.i..cu i....b..iimtiiima iU me ,, is recorded in a report made this Golden Gate .City. j m'rnulg U) the exciiitive committee by The news that Sun Francisco hud i Charles A. Stanton,' secretary. The secured the exposition was first ' committee met at tho Promotion Coin brought in a cablegram to the murine ! mittee rooms, with Chairman R. W. exchange here from the Sun Francisco murine exchange. It simply said: "We get the fair." essary. Notning more was nee- In fifteen minutes ulniost everybody directly in line with the "clean-up" knew it, and everybody who hoard it .campaign- now being waged by health began to smile. Business men believe authorities. that .Honolulu ami tho Islands general- The newspapers and magazines of ly will benefit a great deal by the Sun the city are given special commenda Fruncisco fair, and there has been a tiuii for tlie free space' given tlie club. lot of hope that tlie California city would be successf ul in her brave battle curried out upon the lloor of Congress after unfavorable action by the House committee. ' ' Up at the Promotion. Committee rooms this morning the executive com mittee of the Hundred Thousand Club was In session when A. N. Campbell of the Waterhotise Trust Company came In with tlie news. Instantly every man was on his feet with a yell. It was a ren ?u t'.Vi Mo expression of the joy that Honolulu feels. E. D. Tenney of Castle & Cooke to day received a cablegram from Cap tain Mutson, head of' the Mutson line, confirming tlie report, und adding the vote. It was 174 for San Francisco and l.'ifi for New Orleans. tors, said today that neither the old llshmurkct nor tlie urmory sometimes called the shooting gallery can lie se cured, and no other halls are available. The lure of the carnival, the kirmess, the Shrners' excursion and the Floral Parade, all coming In one month, has proved too much for the staid and re spectable hen. The kirmess will be held at tlie old lishhinrkot, and there will be too much doing along military lines to allow the use of the National Guard armory for the dates wanted. "The show was indefinitely postpon ed by the association," said Mr. Brown, "and that irnbnbly means that one will not be held this year and the next exhibition will be nt the usual time, In January, 1!M2." IS DEAD Dr. Francis Wake Hutchinson, once a prominent resident of Honolulu und former member of the Hoard of Health, died on September 16 last in Ostari etta, Switzerland, according to news received today by A. L. C. Atkinson. The news came by the roundabout way of Wellington, N. Z. ' Dr. Hutchinson lived here for sevr erul years prior to 1SS8, when be re-' moved to New Zealand. He was born in Kngland, educated In London and had received degrees in America as well. He was twice married, and leaves u widow, two sons and three daughters, all of whom are well known here. He was visiting Swit.erland, the home of his second wife, when death overtook him. I 8it8i: ix xt utxnuutiunuu Judge W. L. Whitney, who Is aiding In drafting tlie bill, was present at the legislative, committee meeting last night. HUTCHINSON KNOWN HER ALAKEA STREET OFFICES is the "Open Sesame" to success t i hi SANE; IS FREED milium u is OUT FOR CLEAN Kapid and substantial progress in 1 lhe hln(ireu Thousand Hub of Hono Shingle presiding Mr. Stanton reviews briefly the growth of tho club and makes import ant recommendations. One of them is Secretary Stanton recommends the employment of un assistant secretary Tor the detailed work. Mr. Stanton re ceives no compensation whatever, und tlie committee accordingly decided to secure an assistant. "Since the organization of this dub on November 2X, 11)10, we have se cured 1)08 members und received as membership fees $:i:S2.jO and from the sale of rouvenirs $21.2ii, making u total of $:l:i.75. -, '".' ' ; "The money, together with a list, of the members, I have turned over, to Mr- It. r. Wood, treasurer of the cub, and attach hereto his receipt for same. "Cost of Membership. "The membership to dato was so- cured lit a cost of 7 f"r the services " TContinued on Page 3) CHILDREN IN LINE Floral Parade Will Have All Schools Represented in Foot Section. Reports, brought to the executive committee of the. Floral Parade at Its meeting yesterday afternoon were to the effect that there would be about 2000 school children In line for the pa rade on February 22, several hundred of this number forming u great Amer ican Hug. One thousand children from the Royal and Central Orummar schools and will probably wear 'flower leis about their necks. The time of the committee yesterday afternoon was taken up almost wholly with the discussion of the problems of bow to handle this crowd of children, and It was still under consideration when the committee adjourned. Hoy Scouts and several hundred ca dets from the Kaniehameha Schools will be In line, and from the other public and private schools there will come delegations to the foot section of the parade: An important point decided was that of offering two easli prizes for tlie best automobiles decorated in natural flow ers, the first prize to be $.10 nnd tlie second J2T1, the automobiles to be judged Irrespective of class as outlined In the decision of the automobile com mittee at its lust meeting. ' SJJGAR SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31. Sugar: i'8 degrees test, I!. 45c. Previous quota tion, 3.42c.' Meets: XX analysis, !s. Id.; parity, Jl.fiOp. Previous quotation, 9s. IN FOREIGN PORTS. Tuesday! Jan. 31. YOKOHAMA Arrived Jan. 2l: a. S. AmorlcH Main, Jan. 19. SAN FA NCI SCO I Arrived Jan. 31. 7 a. m.: S, S. Sierra, hence Jan. 2.1. Cable from S. F. Merchants' Kxchance today rh.vs: "We Get Fair." HONOLULU HUNDREDS OF 12 PAGES. McQuaid Sane Says Commission Discharge Ordered This Morris ing By Judge Cooper Driver's Trial Feb. 13 It took proceedings of about twenty live minutes' duration this morning to free William McQnuid from the sus-' pli ion of Insanity that accompanied the verdict of not guilty yesterday byt a Jury in Judge Cooper's court. A commission consisting of Dr. C. 1!. Wood and Dr. N. H. Kmer.on reported to Judge Cooper that, after a care ful examination us to Mctjiiaid's men-, tul condition at the present time, they adjudged him perfectly sane and in lull . possession of his mental faculties. Oil-, this report Judge Cooper ordered his! discharge from' the custody of Detec tive Harry T. Lake, to whose" custody ! he hud been committed by order of court yesterday, unit "McQuaid was' then clear of the hi'st legal entangle ment 'us' a result of shooting V. C. IYAHIA1VA JAPANESE DEFYINIj ,i SCHOOL LAW; FACES ARREST, FINES AND IMPRISONMENT Charged with keeping his daughter from attending school, Toshinm, a Jap anese, of Wahlawu, was arrested and uppe;ir .' In police court before Judge Lyme:- fills morning. In defense of his action, Toshlma declared that not only do the. Japanese of Wahlawu believe that they do not have to obey the Tei-' ritory of Hawaii In sending theirchil dren to school, but that any attempt to enforce the law may result In general trouble. ) PLAN CHANGE IN CLERICAL r DEPARTMENTS OF CIRCUIT f -" . AND THE SUPREME COURT A plan for the segregation of the clerical departments of the Circuit Court and the Territorial Supreme Court will lie submitted to the next session of the Legislature. Tlie plan as outlined will provide for the abso lute divorcing ol tl(e work oif the Cir cuit Binl Supreme courts, which Isron sldot eit ,by several judges tpt be liU'ed lessly cOuipliPatefl ' under the present system, where clerks of the Supreme Court act In a similar capacity for tlie Circuit Court. " The proposed change does not In any John Wise, clerk of the upper house; Kd. Woodward, clerk of the lower house. These are the leading candidates for the two Important positions to be fill ed with the organization of the next Legislature, and both of them are con SCRAP PROMISED FOR CLERKSHIPS The best thing for the business of any merchant is ADVERTISING but it must be gone at with courage and persistency. PRICE 5 CENTS. 'Driver on the morning of November A last. McQuuid sailed on the Mauna Ixa for Hawaii today,' and it Is reported that he will take up some work there In connection with au extensive com mercial enterprise.' McQuaid was brought before Judge Cooper, in chambers, by Hurry Lake early this morning. McQuald's attor neys, Douthitt, Coke and Judge Stan ley, hud asked for an early hearing be cause McQuaid was anxious to leave for , Hawaii on the Mauna Loa, and no time was hist in hearing tlie statements of the physicians and the signing of the order that freed McQuaid from the temporary custody Of Lake. ' The trial of V. C. Driver, also lndlct d on a charge of assault to murder. Is set for February 1.1. Mrs. 11. C. ltrown, prlnclpul of the Wahlawu school, was on the witness stand also, detailing the circumstances. According to Mrs. Hrown, tbff Japanese. . hud been given repeated wirniijgs, but failed' 'to comply "With the liiw. Judge I.yincr gave Toshima' a stiff lecture ami ordered him ,'trj spread the news among 'tins, ' Wahlawu, ' Japanese that 'st Iff Ijims and Imprisonment await those who defy the school law. way Involve the status of the clerks serving in the Circuit courtrooms, but the Judges believe that the-lfling and general record department of tho two courts should be entirely separated and administered by different men. Th plans for tlie remodeled Judi ciary building Include a room for the head Circuit Court department, ami t with tlie strong endorsement that the proposal has received. It is probable that there will be no serious legislative opposition to Its adoption. t; sidered by tlie Republican leaders as a fairly safe bet. At that, It Is practl- ' j t ally certain that there wilj be some iim'i.v scrumming h noin laiji The Fifth District Republican)! say there will le a scrap If Wise nnd Woodward ale slated for ' tho two clerkships. Huth men are Fourth Dis trict residents, and the Fifth District wants nt bust one clerkship and will tight to get It The appointments will be threshed out before the Republican caucus that precedes the opening of the .Legisla ture, and It promises to be an Interest ing caucus. FAIR JUL Zi j J j .1 .v