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tf c. fr . i" ' 1 i tf" 'fr ') i Pram Ban Franeleeot i tlhlnju Mum December 1 II For Ban Franeiaool ;, Lilrllne ........December 19 it.rorn Vancouver, Atnkiirn . , January 3 For Varlcouveri Xcnlamllii January 2 ESTABLISHED 1882. No MRS. ATCHERLEY WINS 60-YEAR TAFT McCROSSON PLANS IMPORTANT CHANGE FOR ORGANIC ACT A proposed iiincndmcnt tn tlio Or ganic Act Iiuh been drawn by John T. AliCinssou, Hit' Irrigation magnate, Inm in I with tin uppioval of thi- tlovernor iiml Is lu liu forwarded to Congress Tin section to Imi nnieniicd Is No. f3, which allows corporations to holil only 1000 acres of limd null. The now ver hIom gives ii corporation ihtiiiIhhIoii to hold as ihiu'Ii limil a m It wnntx on tho condition that where tho holding it mil n thousand aires one-tenth of tho niuount imiMt ln given iii for home- Stl-Ulllllg Mtl pOSCS. Speaking of the matter this morn ing tin' (.ovcrnor snlil: "It iM sag- Rented to mo hy .Mr. J. T. McCrosaon ' ''l-"'",'. ninciecu nuiiiircu nun uhn had talked the matter over with M"'- h:M mncndcil hy adding lit tho - . . . . .. .'...! tlmr.s.if I lm' fnllowlni. Mime or niii menus. It was prcpnrcii I,v then, mid will irn to Cnnirrcss from1 litem iiml not from me. 1 can see no""11' domestic or foreign, may nc.Ulro ..lil.itl.m to tin. nronosed amendment. lis the present clause operates chlelly "'"' " ,n"? '"'" ""' ' "' " i.sn. log to business wlthu.t effcctiml- condition that said corporation et ly nirrj. Iiib out what It was Intended u"lop "nrt ",",iCM nviillnblu for homc ti. do In oilier words, there aru ways "ending Purposes at leant one-tenth of ..f Kilting around It. . "" ",I,,M ,,,,' ''' " nt,!Q '",,,",," "f,or ',,..--u...,. . fmieli acquisition, said one-tenth to he The Tien- iiineiiilnienl will' do away llol pm (lnln onn hundred 'ncres In area Willi llu. Idijif'ilmiiihle fiiitiue.i and at ulll, lo ,, Muiiihp for 'wild purposes, the minio.lliiiP. In no far ns It Is oper- un ?(, ;ornM milI conditions and nil vi'. will' Increase the. nren of land 1M1,iPr tich rllIl,B nllcl regulations nH lh.it may ho lionicstended." m. I)C prexcrll.ed hy the Commissioner The proposed amendment read on of I'lihlle Lands with tho approval ot followH: 'the Governor." if IIIIUIjII k ARMY AEROPLANES FOR HONOLULU One nf tho heal examples of tho fullllly lo Rot Ihe heller of Undo 8.tm vheii It initios In Him nnu or the niity, has como to Unlit hero within tlio last fow days In tho arrest of a tiooper of Iho nlflh Cavalry for do K'ltlnn from (ho navy. A marina (4unri was sent tn Loilolnia this inorii Ini; In conduct Iho prisoner lo Cinip Vuty, wheru ho will ho held 'nwnlt Iiir Iho order of Admlial Cowles for a general coiitt umrllul, Tlio trooper lit iii;stlon la said In haC taken French leinn of his ship irony months iiro, Wlirn ho enlisted In tho cavalry, tho fliiKcr pilutH of PR0SPEL71VE SETTLERS HERE; MANY COMING FROM NORTHWEST That farmers of Ihe Niuthwest tire tuinliiR their ee mom nnd more to wanl lluwiill, mid that the Turltory will have Tin trouhlo Bcttlnn plenty of peiuuineiit while settlers If It can of fer tin in cnouith hind to make u IMiik on, In proved -by the urnvnl hero last week or A. H.' ColTinun of Kelso, Wash., find It. JleiukTMiii of OrcRou. CoiuIur mi the Km en, these men urn prospee tle settleis nnd tell of conditions In the Northwest that ubsiiro Hawaii of plenty muru hiiiuII fanner), ir the lund Is fiii'thcumlliR. Ciilfnmn nnd Henderson linva already uppllid for houiesliud sites, iiml Coff uian snhl toduy that uruunil the south western i.it I of the State of WishliiR Inn nro miiny more lurmers who will Kludly come to Hawaii. "New homtsteadliiK Is prnitleully Imposslblo In WiikIiIukIou now." said .Mr. Ciitlimiii loduy, iIIsciishIiir the mat ter lu the otllee or ,S. T. r!tiirrett,'sil- pi riiitendeut or publlo inurketliiR. "Tho fat in l.iuils, have imnu loiiK iiro, mid mimt bo bi; i.i l,i t now ut u hli;h !- 4 . . I , .-"i :.., .&.'... . " , .. , Bkj ,. i,i i1ni ,tsT.. r 'ui 'Kr'yfmm&jamL .j-xt.'-i-ijA. n 'ui, i isswb iti rirt f i iirrn, n.i ii thm a aii EVENINO 3:30 EDITION 5111. 13 FOR NEW "An Act tn nniPiiil on Act entitled An Act to I'rovldo n tlovcrmnent for thu Territory of IIuw nil,' approved April thirtieth, nineteen hunilrcd, as nun nded hy 1111 Act approved Muy twent) -seventh, nineteen hundred and ten. "lto It enacted hy tho Senate tiud Ilimyc of IlcpicsciiLitlvcs of the United SlatiM of America In Congress anscm hied: "Thnt Section fifty-five of an Act en titled 'An Act to Provide n Government for tho Territory of Hawaii,' approved April thhllcth, nineteen hundred, an niueiided hy an Act approved May i... . . . . ... . i ,.-..- . "I'rovlded, further, thu.t any corpor nl"1 ll",,1 Tm PHtHt? ' '" "" - both hands worn taken, a'mp; wllli other HciitllU'UtUm nrirkp, ns Is tho Kcucral custom throiiyliout Iho ser vice. The Ihtimli and IIiikci- prints of every man who enlists In cither tho navy, niuilne coriH or winy, tiro sent to WnsliliiKtoii, whcie (hoy nro com pared by experts with the rocords al ready on llle. This Bounds nt first hearing, llko u Herculean tusk, but In loallty tho prlntH nio so syNtomatlc.il- ly clussllled and Huh-dllileil, that It Js not u very Ioiir Job to coniiarc now tmprcKi'ltuis with thoso of similar characteristics already on lllo. Ill Iho (Continued on Pa 0) while tho timber lauds have practically all hem taken up. "ir we can get hinds hcrntjiero will be plenty more' people from WushliiR ton nnd Ou'roii leudy lo come. I ("in speak on hi half of u number mound Hie, pait of the country I am from, who will bit ready to como If I can report that there Is suitable land here." For several weeks past the Increns Iiik number of applications for home stead", both by mull nnd personally, has been noticeable. Superintendent Ktarrett says tiat with a little en coiiruReintiit u Llu tldo of white set tlers cunliu turned this wny, i e mil micfahijAm: iiktti:k. ruble ndilccs today brought tho iiowb that F. W, Macfarlfiuc, wlui waa taken III In ludlmutpolls, Is com ales cent. I'chrnar) ii Is (lie dale uf Ihe mi nimi I'liiriil I'armlc. ' Itcmcmhcr II initl hcglu gillliifriiiilj mm. 14 PAGES. HONOLULU, lewers A cahli'Krnni to tho 11 u 1 1 e 1 1 n from Its WiiMihiKtou correxpondent this niornluu hrouisht the news to Hono lulu that Mm. Alary II. Atcherley has mm n.lxty-e.ir llitht for the pojmos iilon of n plot of land at Queen nnd Alapal KtrecU, I.ewir.s & Cooke, Ltd., tlao lost. It Is the noted "Atcherlev cane," one of tho most famouH of the many wcll kuoiMi euHci) hi the IckiiI annuls of llu uull. The history of It Is the history of UhiKH ami chlefleioieti, rourtH, land conunl.sslniiM nnd coininlssloners, nnd, ut a later date, of estates, corporations and a deeply-Interwoven muss of MM Kuthui. Alls. Atcherley comes out winner of a Milt liivnlilni; ownership of properly She Had a fl..- T M, 100 "1 respectfully report that Mrs. II J. llollvln, uf No. "00, corner Quarry nnd Alapal streets, ordered Overseer Clll bert iiml men from her yard, She snld that she would shoot tho tlrM IIIUIl that eiiine In iiRalu. ndbert says sho hud ii trull 111 her hand. Itespectfully, K. A. flHIIKH. Lieutenant.' " j inn is uie repori inriieii in ui s.ini- latluii heail'illarters today by Lleiiten- tint Fisher of Apun.i No. 2. It appears, that nelthir Overseer Oilbert nor uny! ot ms men lesieil tlio luarKsiuansiiipor Mia. llollvln by roIiir buck after she hud chusid them off with u Run. The inalter will bo luiestlRiitcd hy Dr. Mc Coy iiml his aide. Air. Klim-e, and If It Is found th.it the oerseer mid his men Went on the premises In the course of their duty, u complaint will ho laid beforii tho attorney Renernl, The "kickers" me Rett Iiik fewer mid fewir, but occasionally one makes vli: iiroiis protest. A I'.ilolo Valley resl ilint, Hideout, has objected III no un certain terms to what he considers In trusion. ? Not Yet "I'm iider Dr. McCoy. I'll send him mid Iho test ot you to (ho hospital!" With this ferocious remark, an en raged Individual, name mid ugu un known, rushed Into mid out of civic sanitation headquarters last Hat unlay. Or. McCoy wus out on tin, Inspec tion tour when (he bloodthirsty stranger uttered his dire threats, mid tho wmild-bo slayer did not try to carry his words Into effect upon miy of thoso tit headquarters. llolh Or. McCoy and Or. Marohall tiro largo, healthy gentlemen with square Jaws, mid built along athletic Hues, and they regret that (ho "bad man" has not rnmo hack when they mo ptesent. Not thut they would start miythlng, oh, no. ' llolh nro noticeably quiet mid Bolf-coiitulncd. Hut the chances a to If unybody comes In mid tries to send cither of thu two to tho hospital, that person will ha pinned up on tho wall alongside the Utile yellow tags marked "Stcgomplii Calopus." This Is iinoniclul. Acting Agent H. E. HENDRICK Corner Merchant and Alakea Street! Hospital ' t mkmti;m''L" -: IjUfe' ,ittU-. s - ... a. TERRITORY OF HAWAII, MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1911. & cooke (Hclal It u 1 1 e 1 1 11 (,'alilo.) WASHINGTON, D. C, DEC. 18. BULLETIN, HONOLULLU: ATCHERLEY WINS SUPREME COURT. C. S: ALBERT estimated nt about flO.OOO. Lewers & Cooke lose part of tho site of n liimher yard iiml pfiihuhly some ImprovemeiitH on It, iiecordlni; ti(,report today. Back to Kalakaua. Childhood. The story of this IckiiI hattle boos hack to the da)s-of l).i 1 1 Kalakuua, iiflirwnrds klni;, when, us u child of lender years, he became, accordlntf to the custom of the country, the adopted noii of Kiinlu. n chlcftess, Kanlu's huslinii'd as Klnlnmkn, Brnndfather ,of Mrs. Atcherley. Thu chleftess was her grandmother. Gets More i The Honolulu plantation arruiiKeineiits with Samuel has made At. Damon lo leise 180.120 acre! of land nt Moiinu- , , ... ..,. I luii for seven yours ut n rental of tlCSR I ' per yiur. Tho landjl part of thonliu- ptuiu of Alnanulii.i. vThe ricords were II led at the llurcati (If Comcyinices this morning. I I The terms of t1- lease show that .., ,.,,,,i , ... I.L.,5ti...l in .I.h ..lanl,. ,,on fo(, ws.vu yvnn lUirUlK ,,,,,,, lUne It Is to Keep In Rood repair nil build- ihi'is ut pretont on tho land or which ln.iv lit erei'teil fliirliiL? tliM tl nnre of . SHERIFF JARRETT TO DOUBLE Willi the Krnntli of tlio city mid In crease or the population of Honolulu, It Is Imper.ithe that the police force should be eorrespoiiillnijly strengthen ed, In lleves Sheriff Jurrett, mid he has made ii detailed estimate of what thu department lieuls, Hherltr Jarrctt has sugmltted n "bill or particulars" to Supervisor Hurry Murray, ilijlrniau of the police com mittee, asking that thu appropriation of tint police department be Increased to USUI) a mouth. lie ulao asks that one extrn truant olllcer, tight mounted policemen, eighteen foot police mid nine spiilul ulllcirs be mhled to the list of policemen. llesldes this, number. Jnrrett wants more police boxes, so that the police men on their beat can report to tho hcuihiuaiters more quickly mid without morning n young man who has been In losing much time. the country only u year presented him- Tim sheriff stated this innrnfiiR that self before Jarrett and asked for np the present folio of the pollen depart- polntmeut ns a policeman Tho sheriff men! consists of ono truant olllcer, advised him to make out mi uppllca elghteeii foot police, eight mounted and Hon and send It to him, The strangef nine specials. These ollleers, Jurrett was well dressed and appeared to liuya i Indus, are not enough to quell u big been u soldier. BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT IS GIVEN IMPETUS FOR GOOD WORK James A. Wilder, I). Howard Hitch- cnek. .Inileo Whltnev. Mr. T. Cllvo I nnves ,, Mr von )amm wore ap. pointed a committee of organization to name n scout council and formally btnrt the Hoy Scout movement lu this illy and throughout tho Islands' on n permanent basis. Somo fitly rcprosontatlvos men ot Iho city were nt tho luncheon given nt the University club this noon lit Mr, Wilder niii, Atr. Hitchcock who aie mid hnvo been (ho leading spirits ot hoy scout activities In this city, I Mr. Hitchcock acted ns Iho chairman of Iho assembly and Mr. Wilder after itvlowlng Iho purismo for which Iho J. AWllV't.tfrrl Bulletin Advertising Gives Immediate Prominence . RUSSIAN TREATY LOSERSlPeace FonHilo Man Tho licglnnlnir of tho contest over i the ownership of this land was at that time, hack In 1814. It appears that the laud was jjUen to Klnlmaki by Llllhn, On one side of the Unlit were Klnl uiiika nnd his descendants; on the oth er, Knlakuiia and his heirs. Kiiiilu died lu 1814, makliiR tin oral will lu fa i or ot Kalakaua, then n child of eluht years. The khiK dlmipproved the will iiml au a riled the land to Kl- nlinnka, nnd on Apt II 10, 18411, the land commission nlso uivordcd the laud to the ni.in. Deecendanta at War. Down the two dlvcrttlng lines of do- seeiichints came tho lluht. Klnlmakii left the land to his two sons and (Continued on Page 5) Cane Lands The plantation Is also given tho rlr.lit '' Inke coral, lime, rock nnd sand for ,he uc "f ",l" Iduntntlon from the uiN JolnhiK mal.iil hinds so lonR as Atr. ... . . , , , , Damon shall be In actual possession of t)l(. ,H, T,t portion loused to tho l'e.irl Harbor Traction Company ns rlKht-nf-wny I- lo be .scmpt from this last clause, The la'nd Is to be used for cultivation n. cwi,... ....I ...! ... ...r.tl .(... 1 k- Sllnlt fXcetl on tll portloni leased. If nt nny time the lessees full to pay the rent within thirty days of tlio tlnw frmn wlileli II mIihII tiernm ililp then . . ... . .., ASKS BOARD HIS POLICE FORCt disturbance should It ever brenlc out lit Honolulu, When asked whether he was lu favor of having his men go through u mili tary training, under it luuipctent olll cer, us was the enso during Sheriff IlrovMi's administration, he .aid that the police olllcirs ure being welHIook ed uflir by tho captains ot each watch. . Captain C. II. lluker nnd Captain Nelhon ure experienced police olllcer. They havti been In the police service for ninny years. Captain Duke Kaha nainnku Is u leteran military man, hav ing been a soldier during the days of thu monarchy. With Iho announcement that u Inrco appropriation would probably bo given Ihe police department by the Hoard of Supervisors, a number ot applications for positions as policemen hove been forwarded to Sheriff Jarrett, This meeting was called explained details of tho scout movement, , "The object ot this meeting is tn secure your cooperations In futtlier lug (lie scout movement ofHawall," raid Mr. Wilder. "I say furthering for ve are already at work In a small way. Already the efforts of scout masters are showing. Wo wish lo re double our efforts. We call on jou tn help us. "First, (o organize tliupaiiroil fashion, us lu other ureas. An mil line placed at tho pluto of each guest gives u general outline of Iho duties ot thu ollleers and council. (Continued on Page 2) 14 PAGES. LAND China Is Hope tAssoemtil mens rible I SHANGHAI, China, Dec. 18 The peace eonfereea assembled here today.' Both Wu Ting Fang and Tang Shao Yl, who la repretentlng Yuan Shih Kal, ' express hope that an agreement will be reached. Tang significantly stated that he Is representing the premier, not the throne. (Fli'S'llI llu I let In millet NANKING, China, Dec. 18. The revolutionists have elected Dr. Sun Yat Sen president of the new republic. SLOWLY DYING (Sisslnl nu I let In Cable.) FORT McPHERSON, Ga., Dec. 18.- Charles W, Morse, the New York bank- ..Mitnn n tinlMia tnm utAlallnn lVm national banking laws, Is slowly dying in the U. S. army hospital here, where n ln transferred from the At lanta lienltentlarv. LABOR LEADERS TO TELL JURY (Sisx-lnl llu I let in Ciihlo) L08 ANGELE8, Cat. Dec. 18. O. A. Tveitmoe, theAsiatie Exclusion So ciety leader and prominent labor union ist, and Labor Leader Clancy of San Franciaco, have arrived here. They are expected to give testimony before the Federal grand Jury as to the JVIcNa mara jury bribing. COAST PLUMBING TRUST ALLEGED BY GOVERNMENT (tjprclnl 11 11 I I e 1 1 n Cuhlfl.l LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 18. Al leging violation of the Sherman anti trust act, the government brought suit in the Federal court here today to die solve the Coast plumbing trust. TWELVE KILLED IN RAILROAD COLLISION ODESSA, Minn., Dec. 18 Twelve persons have been killed and many In jured In a collision of sections of the Columbian flyer. A. & B. RECEIVE LATEST NEWS OF SUGAR l Alexander & ilaldwln received this morning from their New Voik cot re spondent the latest news on the sug'ir sltuatlun. The 'Cablegram says: "Ituvv sugar market weiijt. One-sixteenth decline expected for spot or nearby sugars. Next month's ship ments rroui.Ctiba offered at decline "Favorable weather In Cuba, "Principal buyers lire holding off. In crease reported for Huropean crop, es timate or F. O, Llcht, 70,000 long tons. Hqventeeu centrals grinding lu Cuba." IJvcn with n declining inurket, the Hawaiian crop or 1911' Is beginning at u rcmnrkiiblo Increase over Iho prlcq for last year, tho first getting tu market lust Saturday nt 4.80 as compared with S.81 for lust year. r - The chief asset of a merchant la Is '! cenvlnca his customers thai he la tell- J Infl merchandise at fixed prices, and " making good on hit advertised state ments, i 1 I PRICE 5 CENTS. FIGHT Talks On Wharf That Ihe llllo hoard of tr.ulo Is Mt Islleil. Keiicr.illy spinkitiR, with tho slinplo form of agreement rnr tho bullilliiK of the llllo wliiitf was the statement that I). I. MetiRer, repro sciitliiR the hj.ird, made before tho harbor commission ut tho special nectliiR held tlilu afternoon, to dis cuss (lie subject. Air Me true I said thai thu Hoard had not taken up details. Tho contllctlng messages received rvgurdlnc the fate of tho agreement. Including thu now- noted wireless message that Superln Ulideiit Campbell bent, cnuBed him to como lo Honolulu to llud out what was doing, , The full haihcir board was present' and U A. Thurston, for th railroad, C. It. Hcnicnwuy for Uie lnler-lsland company mid Percy Alorse for tlio American-Hawaiian company, were iui also ut the hearing. R u s s i a ii Treaty Assoc! Ite.l I'rens bulile.l WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 18. President Taft today sent a message to the Senate on the Russian situation, in which he states that he notified Russia on December 15 of the Intention of the United States, under the term of the treaty, to abrogate the old treaty In January, 1913, and to negotiate a modern treaty. Senator Lodge, for the committee on foreign relations, o He red a resolution In the Senate today as a substitute for the Suiter abrogating resolution, to the terms of which there has been objec tion. Senator Heyburn of Idaho protests at the haste with which action ('being taken, and caused a postponement of consideration of the resolution until to morrow. HOLY GH0STER GETS TEN YEARS' SENTENCE (Special llu I let III Cable. V PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. 18. The Holy Ghost apostle, Sanford, charged with the death of several persons, was today sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. CRUISING RATE WILL BE MADE The Inter. Island K tea m Navigation Company may authorise a cruising rate for certain ports on Hawaii, .Maul and Kauai ut twenty-live dollars a round trip," stated Pretldeut and Clcneral .Manager J, A. Kennedy of that coin pah) lo a II ii I let I ii representative this morning. "Tho matter of a cheap exclirsliui ruto has been broifght tp my attention, mid this iniilter will bo taken up by do directors of the company nt a meeting to bo held at nn earjy date." Asked as to what plan had been out lined for conducting tho excursions. Air. Kennedy replied that ns fur as ho knew nt tho present time, the twenty live-dollar cruise culled for a, atop at three or the Islands In tho group. This very low rute of taro would call for Inside orJ-u-r deelt staterooms, bu. vv I til all rnlilii privileged and' iuble. It Is also stolid that a short' time limit, would be placed on all Ickcts sold under tills! Hduclloii. '-'.WiS 3 . MJJ1I! jf