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Vol. VI . Nn 187 HONOLULU, HAWAII TKKRITORY, FRIDAY, DUCHfMIIISKr 20. lJl.f WKKKLY. WHOLE NUMBER 3871
CHRISTMAS IN '
HONOLULU 6
UNIQUE
Nowhere Else in the World Is
There Just Such a Celebration
on tho Eve of the Day of Days
Thousands of Persons Take
Fart in Carnival Scenes in Center
of City.
CAil SINGERS E
Ancicnt Custom Revived and Old
Songs, Sweetly Sung Throughout
Residence Districts Pala-ma
Settlement Has Christmas
Tree and Music Church Services
at Midnight.
Nowhere cite in ull tlio world is there
just such a celebration ot Christmas
j.vo us in llonglulu, nowhere Is the joyous
spirit ot the iluy ijuito so completely
inunitcstcd in the general out-
jiuuriiifr ot the people, neli ami poor,
vjcciueuttil iinil Oriental, us tukes plum
ut this tune in the Crossroads ot the
l'aciiie.
Honolulu's unicjiic Christmas celebration
really Lcgim early yesterday e cuing,
tho Clirisunus Lo lcstivities merging
without a break Into tho Christinas
morninir services und the programs lor
today continue the observance ot tho
Day of all Days until tonight.
(shortly after six o'clock last evening,
thousands of Chinese, .Inpanese,
Koreans, llawuiiuns, Portuguese,
Spaniards, ans",
English, uud jiicrjuins, tho
tomobiles, riv erf lowed irom other sec
tions of tho city into that city contci
district within the boundaries t Hisli
op, Hotel, Nuunnu und King streets.
Hut it was on tho block trom Hotel
to King street on Tort street, then
around on King to Dcthcl, to Hotel
und back to Tort streets, that the human
stream flowed, with whirlpools
of humanity nt the corners, and nenrlv
over body had eonfottV to throw, feather
ticklers to tickle with and bonis,
rattles and Miriam othor ingenious contrivances
including cow-bells, to make
u noiso with.
Carol Singing Is General
Meanwhile throughout tho city the
( linstinas carol srngers revived tho ancient
custom of songs of praise, a custom
which once prevailed in Honolulu
in the dnjs of King Kamehamelm the
J'ourth, who was ulwajs ono of the
singers, taking with him through the
city a fine choir of srngers in Hawaiian.
At thu school thero
wcro special carol services with a number
ot glee clubs and groups taking
part in the musical festival. Tho Normal
School girls, under tho leadership
of Mits Mary Winne and Miss .lane
Win no, were heard in u number of districts,
including Ilminii street and Km-ma
Square They wero probably the
best trained hjuccrs of carols that there
were last evening.
The I!o. Mi A' aim anil his glee
lojs made a distinct hit, not only in
tho district singing, but at tho Christ
mas tree celebration at 1'alama Settle
inent. In Kuimuki the carol fingers oi
the Honolulu bcho61 for Uoys and the
children of thu I.llioul.nbmi School won
pruiso for their sweet singing, while
in Manoa tho,inUol choir of boys and
girls from tliq ,M(l)s Institulo celebrat
I'd tho evening , with song.
In fact, there wus music everywhere
.vesterday. The Hawaiian band, led b
Captain Herder, phijod from nine t'
eleven o'clock nt tho residence of
(juiH'ii l.iliuokalani, then from three te
live o'clock at tho (luldrcn's lla)
ground and again from seven to ten
ti'elotk in llishup Kquuro opposite tlr
Young Hotel. This inorniiig tho baud
will play from nine o'clock at the
Miilihini Christmas Trie. Tie Tirst In
fantrj Orchestra from Hclmfleld Har
rucks took up the niiislcul burden at
nine u 'clock on Hie Young Hotel roof
g.irdcu ami pbt)o. until after eleven
o 'clock,
Palama Sottlement Celebration.
Therii uiui wily ono big Christum
I.'ut Christina lice mid Unit wus ut
) ti lu u it fctllemtdil. uiicrititondciil
lfntli wus laid up t the I moment
alter muiiy tlu nf Imrd work, itnrt
Mrs. Until took full clmrg nl tho role
lirutiuii, ntsltted b Alls Laura Top
limn.
Tin mini singing l her uud tdstmhari
was ekcalleut, nil Joluiug in tint uliorut
il llmt bli) Irtish rural, begiumnji,
"iiml rtml ymi, wsir.t
"(I liljlugs (if lUHlfoM u Ull Joj
I'fll JrtlW I hrll uur HNtlur
Whj I will ii u i liruiiiui. li
MlM lllcbil .lulu. . ,t, u, .,i,i4
nisi MtuJ MJUM ' iiir mm lit
"I I ICW) Ml I ) Uud M"'- rflu . i b Ik
kllHlW8l0 thlllfrii til., I, I. it
luIU, tton iln iiii i n
ll r At "nn hi " h niuiig ijuur
i4 lit i'iil I i, .. H i i i i, . V"i
Mbib ms tnm m ti4N) It
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mtERRY CHRISTMAS!
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w&. wF -7 I .Jb'Ji L'MmsiSL
Normal School girls, tho girls of tho
ICaiiilaiil fcchool. in chargo ot Airs. Hay-
vatd, and ,tho Scttlomcnt glee club
igltin. Wnllace SaiTery acted as Santa
'l.'ius and all the hundreds of children
present had a line time.
Another of the carol singing parties
was that of tho Y. M. C. A. boys under
Glenn 0. r1ujIon. In fact there was'
..1 ...- !.. .11 41, . .,-!n..d nal,l..,n
Bllllll III .III UlU lllllUUn
tricts of tho city toy ono or more groups
of gleo clubs.
Practical Observance of Day.
Hut jollification and song was not
the only oLservnnce of the day. As
usual the jtahutibn Army looked further
than that, and under tho supervision
of Colonel Hlancho Cox and Ad
jutant Susan Manhart, with moneys)
raised Irom tlio bantu ijuus pots
around town, the Salvation Army
jought and filled 171 baskets of Christmas
dinners, eacli basket holding
ouoiigh food for nine people.
In each basket was n win of corn,
j can of milk, one pound of coffee, one
pound of ten, five pounds of potatoes,
threu pounds of onions, live pounds office,
one pound of 'sugar, one glass cf
Jelly, two loaves of bread, four pounds
of roust leef and ono pineapple. Theso
baskets were distributed only to thoso
families which would otherwise hnvo
.rone without any Christuins dinners,
'bkcs which had been careful;,' investigated
in advance. It was a worthy
celebration,
SEfENlsTulicTTO
GET LAUPAHOEHOE LDTS
(Hy -Mall Special to Tho Advertiser)
H1I.O, December 23. There wero
several disugreeuble surprises in store
for some of the people who had drawn
lots in tho drawing for tho homestead,
and town lots at hnupuhorhoe Inst Saturday.
Seven uumeit wore thrown nut
of tho drawing for various reasons, in
somu cases himlmud and wife hud cuch
lniin a lot, thus trying to double their
ilium o for u lucky number. This is
not allowed where lots In the same ills
trlcl ure concerned.
Among those who were thu.
was W, II. Ci oiler, who drciv
number one ut tho drawing, who ruler
oil it protest, but u given no lot.
Others were Jlnipiullfied becuiuu they
hud liufnre laden up u liunieslrml uinler
thu iipw law iiml then Mbsudont'd it,
while still others hud Iruimferrml then
iwriiitr liuiiii'slruds In others.
.Ml of I lir MppllruuU I link iumii lots,
of wblfli llilrty Inu were lukeu. hunie
uf I he HiplU'Uils iDok pne huineiliMil
y, ol lints inu, mill some poiia m l,
lu Ml) forty lulo of )if. nirn tj
f, Nlhl M fH iiuij hlivv lieen f)ktiH
fi aliwr ? 'f'iibfRli Hum
ItnukiTi liiir maiu fullncl
ihflw un. liifllisljp hrtHUM i,' hsd
4HMB llM WUIubf(,
TRAIN RHRRFR JAIHe SDUNDI
I llllllB II W U U m 1 1
ADMTS CI E1
John Bostick Confesses to Holding
Up Train and Killing
Ono Passenger.
SAX I'KAXClSro, Dei ember U.I.
(!!y Associuted I'ress Cable) 1'itc.ed by
Iositivu identificatluu by n number f
his victimtr, including Dr. A. 1). Ciar'c,
a Honolulu dentist, .Inliu Bostick yes
.terday broke down and confessod tlmt
he is the lone bandit who held up a
Southern Pacific express train at VA
Monte, in Southern California, Decern
ber I. end killed .lames Montngue, u
traveling salesman, when the latter tvas
slow in raising his hands above ids
bend as commanded.
The confession was ruiido to ShcriU
Hummel!, llostuk going into all tin do
tails and describing Ids movements fur
a mouth or morq previous to tils last
crime, Tho coufefsion included an admission
that he attempted to hold up
u passenger train nt I'oint itichinoud
November H last
Sherlll Hauimell unnounvti that he
would see to it that Mrs. Colon, one pf
the bandit's victims, the woman who
identified JIastick in a irovvd hero Slon
day night, will be given the reward of
i'.lOO which had been olfured for the
arrest of the train robl.er
In charge nf Hderill Hauimell mid
deputies, Hostlck was started for l.os
AriKeles last night, lie will bo tried
in that city. t
TRUSTEES ELECTED
FOR HILO LIBRARY)
(Mini Special to The Advertiser.) I
HII.O, December ii.'l -At the iiiiiuial ,
meeting nf the llilo llbruiv iissiiiiatloii,
wili li wus held Just Hiitiirilny i'vhiiiiiKi ,
Hie coiistltiillnn was amuriilinl to meet I
the. t limine nf conditions rntisciiunnt to
the rstiibl uluncnt nf the fre imbliy li ,
brury as n brum h of the Ubrtiri of
llnvvmi. (loelor Wetiuore mid A. Mud-Ml
wero rcdcilcl rutin., ut lltir
terma hud implred. I
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"Alnhu to JTunnlbiii uu, fwryluidy
Ihrrc," in brief U the ixiiiUiiU of a i
i hrlttmus li'iivr from A. I1.
Tuylor In thurii nf lht fcmi I'rdsnlw
otllce of I he llswul) l'fuiiiUmi Cmunul
c l Might. Mr, Vytei Join-. i
with )i m In tin grwtttiw iul in.Ui . '
lttWi k iliniirv 0 UU iMMTh Slid Ink.
"jri In i he (lirbluw llv i i."
lld'! milv IIumUIjjm ini wr uini urn
klilll til filu. "J WMh w Mm Hi. ii
lu ;' t WuUlilul flS'x'1'"" '
buiJihJI Tuyiw'i liiUf,
;oto
By ie
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INDIANAPOLIS, December '-.-.. v
(Hy Associated Press Cablo.)
Vice President Marshul, tired
ter ten months' session as
dunt of tho United States somite,
is vacationing in Ijidiauapolis. Ho
sounded hrs opinion lust night In
stating that he belies ch the nu
tiou bus had enough legislation
and that for tho present at least
tho Democratic purty should not
undertake any further 'law making,
At this time, said Vice President.
Marshall further, thero Ib no no-
tcssity for uuy anti-trust
lion.
jeM
SPARE NONE, IS
'S
Rebel General with Forty two
Hundred Cavalrymen Starts to
Give Battle to Foderals.
IIHItMOhll.i.A, Mexico, Doicmler
2.V (II.1 Acsiiciutoil Press tMldwJ don
oral Villa, with u force of forty-two
hundred well-armed iitvulrv men, If 1 1
hero today lor Ojluugu to give Imttl'
to (leuorul Ortegn nud the strong IVd
urul force now loiitrnlllng that tlty.
It Is to be li buttle to tho death, for
Vitlu has issued orders that no ipiurtur
is to r.)f shown mid tlmt nu prisoners
urn to b. tnkmi; Hint (lie lighting shull
not und until one side of the other U
in Might or timid
The rubers lire oipilppoil with ten run
nnu mid Hi iiiimlirnt) K"n,
The iMlerul furi'" urn inindi Jeniur
ulUiid in Northern MiixIkd, l.ieiilrruiiil
nlonel I'wlro of tin IVijerul fanmi,
mill fif twn men. surrniiilnrvil to th
iilwl wuliiuvli lmrr yi'tterduv At
llociMM III I'mlwuls liutlt WIlhillUHH
Ihrir wutMWla, It In rtJKjfliji, Imhuum of
l In- fm I thu I rHlUill' lis wwtluHls
hit ti lfu uu duly l)if hv id
M tied In the rrlwU.
Hum fiulitluu Ihhi bU glli it i
I hi n nn Mure lima tut) ttiUpad lrup
mi 'IIJIIIUiil hot lUri iSSJl Is iimI
i i ii ii lien i iiwIHmiblifTjill bj djlunr
..I . I lii.uiiM ut Ihimuv'ijMl llMltnl
..,i, i.;.'iii u iMlTiI., nn
tuiMky llt mt.
Trail, of
"Bootleggers" at Leilehua
Violation of Law Said to be Common
Practice; Wells Fargo Company Official
Denies Participation; Railroad
Company Officials Also Make Statement
On Conditions.
It Is nude stood that a special investigation
has been pet on foot by tho
military authorities,, tin) collector ot internal
revenue, mid other interested
parties to devise wa.v.s and moans for
putting uu end tu the illlclj sale of
liquor on or near the United States
military icservatioii at I.cilchuu,
. Tho tole interest ot the treasury department
h rep.eseutative is to ensure
tho payment ol the dollars
aiiuiutl tux that is impocd li law uu
all retailers ot nlcoiiolii bevuragus.
About ol the reveuuus ul
government, nn average of 4"JJU,UUil,i)U0
per y car, is collected irom tho
s.tlu ol alcohol, Tho ruokers
mill ilriukeis m the country pay, between
them lor the entire intlltur bud
get tho whole annual tost uf tho nrniy
mid nitv; us tar as tho lluttu 1 btiilct
internal revenue burcnu Is iiinccrueJ
the rumiutacture .mil sale of llipior liro
absolutely legitimate bunini'Miw, mill
fam's intonwt in their conduct
reuses when every cent uf the tux that
ought to be coileiited hns been puiu
into the treMiiir.v.
As Iht us the tinny is eoiii'uruud, It
is a longroMlaiiul tuiuttiriHiit tlmt
shtll not be .old oh m ledfllltl til ill
Ihiv retcrnillun ll thumforo Jul lows
thut when Unit rUiulriiped km w us
"lliud pig" llourlihes uud inuitlplli's,
mnl visual imllrutliiu Iratls the
oijiinner to urmim tbul liquor
is beia pe Idled, biiullrggrd " uu I
utliiirwite illiclil disj silted withiu tli
limils of h inllltury ivmuvuIuhi nil ftf
urul olUi'liiU wlto dull Ir i 1 1 pm
veut or iniUlsh IuJiih In n wl U in.
lulnresled IN iriuniiu tin uiritt uiid
I'UUVIlllOU Ul Mi ulli'i'la ill
lit U, i ! iii iii ' Li. n not ii
lri'lU ill Ml iiuli"i. ul Ijltst w.ii I
II) uf the rttsv I'lie l su (Iwl bij
nor shall ii ul In ilimiiiiil uwlil u Ins
has Inn imiil , win. I. U fai n lln'
lulrruu) n irltilt nib li.t lv i.iiieiu.il
I it las. sift" sttts I littl nii'il mil in1
I i sold nu .1 llnlllsi i . ill ' I I I '
. HI Ull' Ul' I Ill
lUllruntl Common I'mnei
Til UM Jlla) pa) i --,.
ti.tny would prefer not to handle any
shipments "t liquors on their truins.
Under the law they are common carriers
and ns common curriers tlicv are
drilled the i.ght ot selection of either
the goods to liu transported ur uf the
perilous whom they snail serve lu the
transportation ot lreight. Three of the
olllters of the (Jnhu Kuilvvuy and J.aud
c ompany, superintendent ueorgo r.
Deuisoii, I'relght arid I'usseiier Auditor
Joseph rrench .Ir. and Uenerul 1'ns
euger Agent l'reil (.'. Hmlth, assure i
'Iho Advertiser in an interview
that the railroad would prefer not
to haiullo tho liquor transportation truf
lie but that under the interstate comment'
commission's interpretation nt
the latvs governing the aits of common
carriers tho company bus no choice In
tlio mutter.
It is not the military authorities
alone who are Interested in tho suppres
ion of this lorm of organized vice.
The iiiauiigemeut ol the pineapple pi. in
tatious at Wjilii.'twu find I'earl 1'ity and
ol the sugar pluntittious, in the vicni
ity. nl i'eurl llurlmr and across the isl
und complain oi thu bootlegging o( liq
uor lt tlieir liiborers ami eiuplojea.
WIioUniIo Liquor Houses Interested.
Thu wholesale liquor house lire inter
estisl in Unit under the provisions of
the liquor luws nl this Termor ihev
wimlil nut dmu risk the ba of their
llrensea by telling to individuals whom
llicy know to be eugugeil In llllcll trnf
iic 'Un-) .ell Inr I'lui' ur on credit to
ostium rs just us olhsr nieliliiilita sell
uv other il.itte. ot illerfhuiidlie, they
u,v
UxpreM Uompxiiy' l'osltlon.
It Iiup Iicsu iuriull reiHtiled by u
i, nu 1 1 1 i rhH' (tho urn lulrrsltl in
II. I ' -i .in of III lllll'H liquor
irtiu. ili.i . i.j Ije. uf Iht' U'it I'eruu
ISiiiu uwHjuy nt "ounlfirul vt. If
I lie hmi' uol IhHTN ItllUtllly 6IJUjtf III
Un illitii ur biHillnjlliJg buiM 'I'll i
iiiiiiiui. III-1 lh ruilMMtifi is u rum
Muni .air. 1 1
III .III. ..Il- ill tin' Uuliu Uilm in I
I ..I. I .lliillt aliutli IIIKUlllllll I -III'
i ii i !i"' uf llit'lr iihii I.H ii
I, ll. t lln tut lliu I uf I III l I. I
SEVENTY FOUR
LIS LUST
N NIC
Seven Hundred Men, Women and
Children Attending Christmas
Exercises Becomo Fear Maddened
at Drunken Man's Cry
of "Fire" and Nearly Four
Score Deaths Is Toll.
PITIFUL SCENES US
DEAD ARE IDENTIFIED
Victims Include Thirty - seven
Girls, Five Women, Nineteen
Boys and Thirteen Men Who
Make Up tho List of Sad Holi-day
Tragedy Only Exit
to Ceiling with Corpses.
CALU.ME'P, Jlichitjiiii, December
125. (Hy Ahsocinteil Press
Cnble) Tlio lives of
persons was the toll of n drunkeit
tnitn's ei'y of "lire" in it erowded
lutll duriiiir Cliristinni exercises
here lust night. The (lend
,'irls, five
nineteen boys and thirteen
men.
Scenes I'olluwinir tho terrible
ilVair were
4,. ., ...i.t i.iiinilu nt flet irllmtifv'itli
t.ii&vii i'.ii'.iii'' in .p
Sfrpses of home of thu children us
own. hiivmir. tho
lo iisdnvctln.'ir'JKftnka
nil mm ineir ihvii eunuren nnu
I'jeiijii'c! the fate of thu
lltl'S.
The exereises were held under
tho atisiiicch of tho Women's Auxiliary
of the Western Fedomtion
of Aiincr.1. More than seven
persons had crowded into
the hall, ablaze with liidita nnd
i mass of Christmas foliage.
It was during the middle of the
exercises that a drunken man
aiose in the audience, shouted
"lire" and it a moment tho wild
rush for the narrow stairway followed.
The passageway was speedily
blocked anil the panic-stricken
men, women and children, jumped
and trampled each other to death
in their wild efforts to get out.
When fear had finally passed,
and it required but a few moments,
the entrance was packed
as high us the ceiling with the
corpses of those who but it few
moments before were happily enjoying
the holiday festivities.
In a number of eases the
thus had been trampled to death,
but most of the victims had been
suffocated in the jam.
1 VESSEL IN HC1
HIjIimiN, Norway, December 25,
(Hy As'oclnted I'ress Cablo) The first
"H, O. 8." call to bo reteivod front
the Arctic Oi can by wireless wus picked
up here last Tuesday, and will probably
result in the saving of the lives of
those rilmiird the Norwegian steamer
Sngnvrild .Inrl. Tho vessel Is ashore at
l.uicden Isluuds. A vessel has been
illspatchisl to the nld of tho stranded
vessel nnd i row.
j HAN VltANf'IrTO, Dornmber 25'-
(lly Associated I'ress (ablet With
preparutliiiis I'oiiiplotu for tine of the
biggest ( hrntmiis Kvo celebration
ever held in bun I'raiiclsco it is tti
muted thut two hundred thnusHiid per
sous went illtHpjiolritad lust niulil be
Slilisu uf u ruiu alorui. It beuun mill
I lug I'urW lu lbs uflsruiiun uml ion
' tlimod Ihiiiiiuhiitil tin iiluht Tliuugli
l tjl MMHlhi'l ttlta MUilll till' iln.isllinl
inudf it iiupiwsiiiii in huld lli minister
' uwu an ii unit uu. I Ilia mini siuvjing
was i an ie. I .iii i.ilt I y stun 1 1 i(iuup
hllMHil IiiikhiIi umhiiu
Tlia lam i .( .! tLrwuubuut thu
IIMIUHi III. I i I in i. li tslui. tu lliu
avii i .iM nut ' i-ii-i
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ir un a iiuif iliitfuvjb
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