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THE SAME
High Coat of Living Shows But
Little, If Any, Reduction Over
Year Ago in Honolulu; Christmas
Moat Higher Despite Fact
That Democrats Have Removed
the Tariff.
( liristnia dinners Will end just about
tin! same tliln j par as lnlt; In 11"s:Jft5
few tiiplPSi ilrc higher this year iii'siufo
tf tl.e concentrated efforts of the
party ill experimenting "'' '"'
tariiT. Tor iuManre, turkey ranges from
loitv to fifty wnli a iouml, luo'tly tlic
Iuttir, although the' iiro thirty cents
pound on the Count. At the territorial
marketing division at Queen anil
street. IcIanJ luthejs lire tor sale,
for lorty tents n pound, live; weight,
m the shops loity five cents per pnuild,
Tlio Metropolitan MmktH hri a
complete display ut all kind nt the best
meats mid Christmas delicacies, but for
the grcst majority of outiiblcs tlm price
Huh Christinas hmsoii aru the s.imo ns
last year. Mutton is cheaper for prime
cuts, edits u pound instead
of tint beer is dearer,
twenty eight instead ot twenty Ihe,
wtileiUiciis me rentes at sixty-live
rente each.
CUlcktus Aro the Same,
C hicl.ens are the iMue, forty cents for
milk twl mill thirty rcnis n iouiul for
the Itilul. Dgtts, however, are
much higher, lrcsh ramli tggs going ni
cents a duron instead of
e.
Henry May 4- Company are making "
fjieoialty tlds Christmas of fresh
ranch eggs at fifty eents h
having maile a ontr:((!t with u big
Snntn liosn poultry farm In mhuiico,
an J thin is iheaper than the Count price
itcelf. liiiily apples, however, aro now
twenty cents a ioiiml while Inst vcar
they were two pounds for two ints,
Otherwise prices aro very imlcii tlie
same for nil eanneil goods except incuts,
which are .lonsidorably higher.
Tl.c following tables will give housewives
an iilea of the cost ot foeal produce
ami Chriktiuas woods for the luble:
Comparative Trices.
11113
Turkey, dressed, Islanit .fid
Turkey, dressed, Coast. .10
Chicken, Ill
Chicken, . ....:m
Pork 31)
1 tit ton
Uui Us, each i. .,..1
Hutter .
.Ulll 0.0.-)
.45. ,
lgK" . "'
Potatoes, 2 lbs. '!"
Onions, 0 lbs 23
Mlsed Nuts 'J')
Apples, 3. lbs M
(irapc, 1 lb
( elery, per lillirh, front
l.ady Apples
Uest Kona Cotlee
Ve) loil Tea
Oranges
Ciiiiticd I'ruils
liaijlns, best quality. ..
Canned Meats
.13
.13 to. 20
.211
,30
.03
.45
1!H2
.no
AQ
.40
.311
.30
.28
Kiitne
43
.03
.2(1
.25
.23
.13
Same
.23
'.30
.(13
.40
ri.ituc
.2()trt.30 B.line
l.uwer
Committee Holds Meeting, But
Defers Action Until De- '
cember 30.
Although the special committed
nnuicd by the lteiubllcaii territorial
committee to revise tlio party rules has
been In eiisteuce for s,ouio inoiitbs, me
members uune together as :i committee
for tho lirst time Inst n!j;ht. Although
it hud generally l.cen Fitpposcd
that the oo'iiuiltteeiiteii nero furrowing
their brows iu the ovlihlnj: of iiinend
ments to the party constitution for the
party's .ood in view of tho .S(K) mill
ority the last election ue the party
on Ouhu it was, not until lust night
thai it lecnuie geueinllir Known that
the committee had done nothing.
It is true that a day or two follow
iug the naming of tho committee a set
of revised rules was out for the
consideration of the members of the
committee, but it is equally trite thiit
in some instances tho committeemen
respectfully returned the new rules
with the suggestion Unit they would
like to have, something more to say
about huw they should read.
The mi;etin( was held 111 Cecil
lirown's oflice in the Campbell lllock
to cousbler suggestions for the amendment
of the party julcs to make thu
procedure conform to the requirements
of the primary law. These sag-
-moms win lie loriuiilaleil tuul
milled for final adoption ul u meeting
of the leutrul committee to be held
December 30.
Tho election for delegates will be
called early in IVlirunry nml thu con
vention will bo held lVbruary SI. tin
der the apportionment us based on the
Mite for Delegate lit this lust election
tho number of delegates will be
lc thuu lit thu hint lomeiillon,
only 147 luitoud of 100.
bilvn, nu employe of tho
MoiiuuIiiu lltuirli win thrown from bin
liorse nt about four thirty o'clock
terilay afternoon and died nt the Port
Hlmflir IliMpltHl shortly lifter hvcii
u'cbmli litkt ulglil.
Hllvn was found ly iu In Hid lo.ld
liliCiiliktiloil by Ilovloi KehlltuMir 6f
I'mt filiutlir who look biui to tlm lm
pi till In )i uuluiMulille I'.urv effort
was limji) u -ii Hie mini's llfn but
be nxplii'i iiJli..ut limning
IiihiS, The puli. .' uio iniitllilini I lie
I HUSO nf III" l l.i.l ui' I vn liiquiml
w1l im bill I 1 1
MUfttWttiivwaw
nillltrO llfll'l 'La Follette Bill Believed
UII1IO HILL,
ABOUT
lulu would le one, of tho heavy
for It Is l.elle'viljhiit the
of the law would eoiflirel such blR
stenniers ns the Muiie'liiiria, ioiiKolla,
Korea and Siberia, now toucblni; here,
to o nut of tlio Oriental businesi.
'Iho'e vessels sio employment to hundreds
of officers, snilurs nml other eln
pieces. Thev lepresent u total nf (unity
Uionniid tons displacement and nh
outlay of pract It-ally ten million dollars
id their American owners. .Inpiiti
ese and oilier foreij;n steainslilii
freed frolu the requirements of
Ilia American Ian, would come in with
liielr elieup eool.o labor hod fl'dite a
niriiiniiolv on ii reat business Hint has
bum citrefullv built ni by Ainerlnitii.
The T'nclfie Maiiiui ltevlew printk llie
iiitori'ilinx rtBlmie of the La.
Toilette bill, Which phstcd Hi the
Octdber 23 last:
Tu 1 nniiotl' the Welfare of American
'aiiibii in tlie Jfeteliant Marlnh oC tho
United Slnles, etc., which liasscd the
Liillcil .States Senate Thursday, Octo-
J "Hil. if It becomes a law may, 111
eoiW'dlun with the laws of the United
y'tntes (.ertaiiiing to immigration tuul
Chinese elusion, deliver tlio entire
tratfle between Pacific porls
of tho United States nml the Orient to
the shis of the Japanese merchant marine.
H does not seem possible thai the
frame! unl (uomoters oT this bill could
Contemplate so disastrous a result, and,
jet, from u study of tho different
of the bill, It npjienrs Hint
the coildltlolis to lie complied with are
niieh that duty the .Tn(iailCse sleattishlji
linbs, officered and lnaiined by
nil sjiMkihiS n cotninbh Innlzilltge,
heaVll.v Hlil'siillil by the Jnpi.hese
Ooviriunent, enn fully and easily lileol
the requirements, wilhnul losing; any of
their )ireeut economie advantages
lliroiich lotv wages, ete.
Its el feet, therefore, would not only
lesult in the nettlhl dlsappenrancu of
Hie sli AlHeHinn iteiiult'ri now
lllg lb th'F trade, but nlp, would
Mm shliis of any other nationality
entering the (riide through inability to
comply with till- term of tho bill, ns
howli later, this would glvo to the
ships of .lslmn an actual monopoly of
the trade 1 etweeii Pnclfii' Const ports
of tho United Hlates uml tlm OrioiK.
Ilrleflj, tlio rinsons for xupijosiutf
that tllU it drlit 1 e the tffoil of tho bill
aro as follows:
Flrat.
All steamship? cierating in the
trade are offlccied by citizont
of (he country tnliU'r whose flag the
vescel operates 1 nt are manned In Hi
lifferfciit departments', 'by Chinese oi
lust Inillntis, with the execution of tli
line, two at which lire inniiuoj
wlio'ly Ly .Tnpanese mid one partinll)
by .Ifipunese and Chinese.
The h'll ilrovldes Hint no .bin of nut
natlomillty, "shall bb petmltled to de
plirt from any port of the United State
unless me iris en hoard a crew not les1
tlinn per centum of which
'n eacli deparlmolit thereof, nhi aids tr
understand any order given by tlr of
ticers o tuch vessel, nor unless fort
Ikt centum, in the first enr,
ver t'enlunl, iu the second vein-,
fifty per centum, iu tlm third yenr,
jier cutituni, tu the fourth
year after the passaeo of this act, uml
thereafter, s.lty.,fiu j'er centnui ot
her deck crew, exclusive of llcenred officers,
are of n rating not less (ban
able scalnen."
It would be impossibly for those
ships, of different nationalities, now
oiierating with I'urnpeau or American
oiriceis and manticd with Asiatic crows,
to obtain such crews, poi
centtilii (if which, lu each department,
would bo able to understand "any or
der" given bv the offloers bf such' ves
e s. it might l.o iiossi Iq to obtain
Oriental crews for Hie dork force ami
for the commissary department in
which at least 50vc!ity.fic per cent., it
not more, would understand nni hwful
order winch might lie given them by
their officers, but it wiuld be ubsoiutc
l impossible to obtniii such men iu tho
fire eooui force, which is tlm largest
department upon any oci. in-going
steaiuer.
A set of firemen or coal passers Who
would iirderstand the tbiglisli language,
or the Herman language, or the Trench
language, or the fysinlsh language, Is
not to be found, so Unit this language
qualification of the bill would prohibit
ships of other nationalities engaging in
huh iraue wiwi urientui crews as well
ns ships under Anioriran reuistiv. while
I it would not upply to diiiKinese sliliw,
1 1 1 1 ... I ... .!..!.. , .. T..'..
"iii.vini iiim in suiciy ity
ese, where the entire ship's company
pk a common laugunge, ami so iu
even- respect complying with all the
tonus of I ho bill.
The Kirtloii of the bill which perlnlus
to the per centum of iibhi seiimen,
quoted above, l null) filled, as there
urn iu iiihiij nblo hmlliil couipetenl men
among ,iuimneo enineii ns iiuioug any
oilier insii in the world. The lluanl of
Iik!I InspiH'tors. who "sliall Mtie to
miplicHut n (nrilfiMi of ton Ice, which
hull tw rttfllnod bv him imd be m
ecplfd n lirlimi facie eiblsiicn of Ills
nttiUK 'is alilti Milium," would niilv I hi
cHMiitMH tu emmUm Jiipniimo ullurs
M iu (Mr Mllllly fur lull riillni
iiiruugii lulviptsivrs. Ilm lniuuui
could mil tw diiriiiid of this Hub I !
It imiiliPUie ir, llil'iugli nil lliterpielcr
lie i ii uui iii'iiiuiikirmrd II
iiii't. iu
' mw7'a''11, ".VW MHTff ,-V-W ' W" ' .v
iiawmixM liimu in i mil K .'. wi.i
To Menace American Ships
United States Could Not Hopo to Compote with Coolio Labor and
Fcioign Vessels in Oriental Trado if'Mcasufo'Isdlnnctcdr t.
---Is Belief of 8hippinglMcnr i ih.
:priian Kkippers look w lb dark , tlio 1 1 lit to serve. n on nblo
un the ilnliiier of tlio en man oil n .lniilticr ship iiihIit. tin
nient of officers ,nri
I'liiiriri.d ultli
i'lS tt
If ti
!.'
nmlseuiucii ..dcspmiij,',
ies'tlnli JroW
i limit vettcis lit tlie l tilted Bttites in
totelgii itirntries altll ttit tllU HtfliM It till.
imprisonment of oflicers and
deporting, or charged with desertion
irom merchant vetsels of foieign iib
tli)ns in tlie United tftutea and Hie territories
mid possessions thereof and lor
the co-operation, aid nml protection tf
.oinpeteiil leal authorities Hi oirecdlllg
snjli UtrUflt or lmpHsonlnent, ' is to
mid lh.it tho rews of for. igi(
snips entering Tutted States parts
vdiihl have the iijjit lu "receno within
ight after dblnalol
fioni the master of Hut vessel to
vliicli he beloucs. part ot Hi"
wnges wdilcli rh.ill In dlio him," nnd,
niter recnivlng such wage, leave his
ihlp. without regard to any of tho laws
ol Ids l,wn country nlnler which lie in'
haVe shipped for a rouiuj voyage, nnd
without i en r ot hriesi tin, I i..
under the (liurge of disertiou, us
miMi charge under the terms nf tli'a
bill ei'ases to esisl, Xo foreign con
sill will haVe the right to eitforco the
shliipliiL' articles undir wh'lcli tli. mail
may luive shipped lu Ii foreien pott uml
lioili Wiich Hit1 Ii I rclcti'cs Iiim in nu
Ailierlean iiort.
Hner the ifniliichltion Iuwh of the
Uiwled Htrttes a sailor Is hot eonsideied
an immlgifiiil and he therefore Iris Hie
right th come nsliori' turner the rules
anil HgllhttioliK' established ly the
of Uibo'r and remain in
territory a rensoiiable time during
'vliitli Iio miiy reshlp ntul deiblt from
the United States. Theiefore, crews
(rom foreign ships have tlio right to
leave their ship, disregarding the terms
ot their shipping nttlcles, mid remain
in America Until thdy have cither
at h'ghcr wages, upon tho ship
they had Just left, or hno drifted to
employment on the ships of other
The Chinese .Act and tho
aglei'itieut with Hilt .lnpnhec
would Foem to put an eiitilcly
different plnse on the rondltion of the
C mm so or .Tupaiiese sailor who desired,
under the provisions of this bill, to ills,
regard his shipping obligations,
his and conic do shoro at an
Aitierleah portk iu order to demand
higher wages lor his service on the
voynge or tb seek employment on
some other ship.
It ih li (tuestloii If there would not
l(i a grave differeneo here between the
rights of Hie Kuroncrlii .sailor, under the
gelejiil Immigration law, and tho rights
et tne Oriental sitilclr. under the L hi
il'e I:m4u1ou Att, mid It is dciihtful
whether tho Department of Labor
would permit Oriontul sallois to corno
nshore in large number in Paiific
Cohst ports mid these men to remain in
iiott ilntll stub tihio ns (hoy saw tit to
leihlp. If tlese men were permitted to
come on shore it would be dlfiiciilt to
set tlieiii out ot tho coilntiy, cxce;ii by
.leborlatioii under the Uxcllm on Act
mill at the expense of tlitj ('overiiment.
i the lern.s ot this bill, mi
cut iiuieiig the ol'l""'S of Hi
national Seamen 'h Union would place
ne lomroi oi wo crews of all ships.
unlet the churgo of these leaders unit
nli crews n unlit be instructed to
"the half wages due," iiniler
lib terms of the bill, abandon their
uties, (.oiiio on shore mid the ship
futild I nvo to leiiiaiu iu port until a
iew crew worn provided or tho old ono
eshipjied, ot course' lit very much
than those nt which they wero
irlginnlly shlppid.
'lhe bill is a device to assist inembcrs
if tho erew in nil depaitineuts to phalli
higher wnges. Hut it is doubtful
vliether the .Inpanese sailor would
with the International
mid, iu view ot tlio puteruul
of tlio .IiipaucMi governmeiit iu tliu
iliijis nnd personnel of tho diiimnei.0
iiorchunt lunriiie, it is reasonable to
iippoo Unit the .lapanese governiuont
lould counteract any actiun of tills
kind by immediately" eiiiicting a law;
iiakiiig it a erihllii.tl otTeuso tut a .Inp.i
neso sailor to desert his thip in n tor
jbn po t. The Japanese sailor would
i"t dure avail himtolt llf Huh proijsioh
.i ino nut to iiiiiuliei) his li.iges,
imprisoiiinent on return to his uuh
country.
It is therefore apparent Hint the
owners uf .lapanese ships will be able
to comply with till the proiisious of this
oill and,' at the same time, their crews
would bo exempt trom nny ndvaucc of
wnge over that at which they had sign-
'd in their home oort, nor cotihl their
.vws be disturbed by labor agitation.
;rhird.
It is u well known fact that the
it to meet I iimprtltion i!rtiends largely
upon elliclenc.) and eouoiiiy.iif
iiidii. ,f are a prime rnctoi lu
operation. The wages of seamen out
.if Oileiitul purls am lower thuu tin'
.Migtw of nJiUiu'o nut uf any other ports
ut the world. Tho wages of Huriipeiiii
seamen out of i'licillc Coast ports, In
the dilTeruut ili.p.irtoHiiits of the ship,
will win Irom IU) to 3.1 pel month
fluted Mtuteii gold, while thu wngcR ot
Oriental mmiiicii out of Ortrulnl norts
I will vary 1 1 inn 47,011 In 411 gold. The,
rim uf leiMiuii the LuroptHUi sililor Is
.,0 Miiis uir ilium 1 tlie rust ul icedlug
Hie OriciUI sullor is 13 t'ohU Hr dleiu.
Kroui tins it must be nppureul Uml
iLeie in h vt ilillVrnHCi of iwouoiuy
IH Hie uucmtiuH uf riiuiiiollllvii viHwel.
In Hid nhuiv Orleulnl Irnile, where one la
iiitinwcj h) invii who rtirutie tlu Hileli
ml wiitfc, a. n.iiu.1 Hoi hip Hliivti I
in mile I l.i nun li,i ii.cive Hi ISufV
Ut ImU a pb'in UiitiuiiM Maitd
I'lm lopeil, thul I. wuaiiliul.li I ' ttlil M AHMiMM llltli U' I I
mull, I'lilillnl u II lilliHli littHm Mnm m ABMIts MW. u.
ull
OF
WIT Mm ar.LL
M i'" .;:.i'fi
By Ernelt O. Walker.
(Mil I Multil l TlteAUetisor )
Hm wider M,
of
nit, John W, .Ijdiiglav uf Krutmky, niil
Sen W,u dtefore . f Vork have been
f ,,u,or lg, gjgg ,
minV Hill. Introduced In the fnllct of flif intilitillltpili of Ihe com.
btntts Homlo in SenntS Ulll No. 130., jKorpnd,
On IIh fare Intolided lis n measure for f t w Mx,mi),Xfl n- iie intention nl
liroltctliix the Amerlenn sailor, it H the frnniers of tlis bill, tbt the treaty
ilnimed that it nlins nt tlio ery lieari non.iiiioiis vs.: or . me, nrrifi nil i ,i"iimyu
nf Ainer can shiiliiK mid its leiHsiiRfl
would result in practically drlvinjf tlio
American-1 lit;! off both ocfiins. Hono
laltlen.iiil terrltoriw tu take, in ehur;p
tl,e .lolmldetatloii nf nu Importniit
Miiimure nffivtlnir the tltthts
eise of tl.e Icnillhi railroad company
In tbi Territory iif llnnnfl. The liimo
nun unpin jrntifii c. ijijiii v.i)iii;ni
hils n Irnnelilsf which will run until
ilVltit 'Hih legl'liiture Of the Territory
of llnwuli bus extended this franchise
to IIHI) nnd otherwise amended the laws
nlfWlinl the (Oliipniiy 'I ho mattJr i
bcfuie tlie (Onllnlttie on teriitones In
the fyrth Ot a I ill to ratify, approve
ami confirm the net of the Jtuwalinu
'eginiaiute. me eiJiigrwiupii find it
iiicesnfy tli go Into Hie Honolulu
Rituation thoroiiulily lu order to
ileeldh tpoii the j.foper cottlso of ac
1 kUrJf
lepHil
tion, mid a lot scries ol sessious is
anticipated.
-
Doputy Vcaver Preparing Ordinance
to Carry Out Work
Started by Official Numberer
Murphy Dozen Years Ago.
The evils of n promiscuous numbering-
of houses, bnspd em the fancies,
and numerical superstitions of
their inmntea will loon be out of
date iu Honolulu, if Deputy City
Attorney Weaver has his way,
morning lie started to work
on a new onliunueo designed to Insist
Upon ah orderly numbering of
bouses as well ns nil effective one.
.tones will no longer be able to
avoid He figure 7, for instance, because
it has always proved an
ono in his grandmother's
family! providing, of course, that
his house hnppeiis tu fall in the
"7" square. Other vagaries will
iiilxu th give way to the dictates of
tih oflicial nunib'crer.
Mr. Weaver stated yesterday
that he was following A. K. Murphy's
system. Inaugurated In 111(10,
when tlie latter was bflieial
a position he held until sonic
hue got his number and abolished
tho position.
Tliiiytyslom Is being revised nnd
Iniprovfed by Mr. Weaver, who lias
fofeeeu tlio dlllieultios growing
about the present system, already
Hie subject of Protest oil the part
of the postal olhciats.
ji i.,
Christmas greetings by Uablo all the
way from, llrlsbittle, Austruliat came to
J. Walter Uoyie lu Honolulu yesterday.
Though V'e. distance to that thriving
Austruliuu city from Honolulu is only
a little more than four thousand mill's,
thu message wus Hashed under the sen
and over land a distance of more tlinn
ten thousand miles before, it finally
reached Honolulu on its journey of
good cheer. What is more, tlio message
ins dated at lJrisbane, December 24,
ami ruae'hed Honolulu , December, 23
one day 'abend of Itself, as It wore.
This, of I'ourne, Is iici'ouiited for by the
fact Hint in lot'ning from tho Antipodes
u (lay is lost iu crossing tho equator.
Volldwlng is thd route the message
tool. 111 Its lourncv note:
iHisbiino to .Norton;, SUP nines; Norfolk
to ttji, 00 miles; Fiji to Tanning,
1800 inlies; .Tanning to Vancouver
4000 miles; Vancouver to San
Tranclsco, 10(10 miles.; Sau J'rancisio
to Honolulu, 22110 miles total, 10,(100
miles.
ments (which It does Indirectly), it
txynlil bay, in so many words', that the
Ameriimi .Hhlp, in so far n.( trauspu'eifie
trade is loncernod, must go out ot
beiauso it Is nppuiout that, with
equal rates on freight uud pussenger
business, it could not inept the
conditions of tho ,liipaueso ship,
which Would huu not only the bcuijht
of till) chenjier ibst of oporiltioh, with
the cheaper paid crew, hut, the patriotic
sllll and assistance bf the Japanese gov.
eminent and .InpaneMi travelets and
shippers, ns wei as tho most generous
subsidies to nil their line's, ranging from
t23l,ll(J0 to $1,31(1,1)1111 gold per annum.
bo much for the American ship.
Would it be any more feasible tor
shipowners to operate ships on
the I'ai'iuc tu competition with
ihlps if t hoy wero coiupldled tb
man their Hiips with crews
and meet the I'otnpoHtioli of tho cheaper
operated and subsidized Jiipiiiiee
ihiis, with the Continual loss (if their
crews in American Cncllle Coast ports,
lhe veutuie would ho entirely too
doubtful and, therefore, It is apparent
Hint the field is left upofi entirely and
exeliiflvoly to the .llipniu'se shipowner,
the Aiue'.cau mid foreign ships having
been put out of business by the impossible
terms of the bill,
It must be singularly painful
to luiiteinplate, that liudei the condl
lion of this hill, so fur as trnnspnclnc
trallic Is concerned, tho Alner
ban or Kuropeuii stiildr is not to be
benefitted, that the Uiirnpean
ciiuuot participate In this trade,
either with Asiatic, or Ihiropcau, crows,
that the American ship must couso to
exist 011 that ocean, uud that this
trnimpucific trull'i' between PiiHIIc
Coast porls of the United Slates uud
tho Orient must of iiecoxity, under the
'Oililllioi or the bill, pint In the .111 "11
Nieto lines, giving them the
nAerelnity nf the I'aeilic Oiemi for
W'hii Ii Ciev Inivc long nuiglit,
TO CUHE A COLO IN ONE DAY
Vnku i.twatuo llruiini (Jiiinliii
laliluu. All ufuiiil
tlii ui'Hii'y if it imlu to euro.
U. W Orovu'ii klb'iintiifo Ii on
Mrh I m
41ilK't.'IH!I.M kuu t n .
"Peace Fleet' Feature of
Famous Carabao Baniquet
Btory of Happenings at Annual Dinner of Military Order Which
Peeved tho President, Started an Investigation and Has Wound
Up in Orders to-Secretaries of 'Army nnd Navy for Wholcsalo
Reprimands to Officers Implicated.
)l UllMlrt.' Ul u ,.
WAriillXU'lON, December 15. niitiired fun, but .was nmared that
lileiifWItion .formally, withdrew lonight ! to'ii'ii of the songs, with description
, , . . 1 lof the travesties, wero given out iu
inn ir.ivii ni. v'iviv . ,...,, "-- -"
tefshlp in ..tbopiilllllnry lOrder of the
Cnruiiao, nmioiil ofifgalnr and volunteer
lofirbrti.iof. tho urjuy and navy
who served. ,in tile Phllipplt.c Isbinds
in tho four ycnrs'iMier. coding tho Spate.
eainWiir. .
Kmlicr iti.lhn ebiy the President bad
ordered an, Investigation of vnriom sa
tires aiiditraM'sHen.liti.the admlnisUu obtained all the facts Hi the ease."
I
lidii's iollev tuwanVt, the Phlliptiliif
ait iiurliitypunt a balppiet of tlio
bno In W'nshiliL'tiii Jnst Thursday
nicht. The affair was nttl'iuted by
Secretaries lledficld, Datllel ml Post,
llurlesoh, Justices
and Vnndcveiitcr of the United
Stntes Supreme Court, iiuiny niembers
of congress rrad himdrciis 01 army ami
nnvy oftlcfrs.
Thu fleiuUnd for an invostipnlion, together
with iiitittiiltiou from tho Wliito
llcmo thai courts-mart ial and snvcro
re prima 11 ils Would not be cnrprlslng a
a rbselt of the banquet, caused a
lu army uud navy circles in thu
capital.
The incident first rnme to tlie Presi
dent' atteiitinu when he lead accounts
of It in the newspapers..
Through his secretaty ho coiumuiii
chted with various, members of the
Cabinet, ex; ressini; h's indignation flint
oflicers of the army and navy should
sing copgs containing profane epithet
toward U lieople which the United
Statep was endeavoring to assist to
self'ipivennnont and civilization.. N'o
Iffort, nce'oidinjf to White House official",
had been made to keep tho
banquet a private affair, copies ot the
song ani ili'scrirtioii of the travesties
howing opposition to the
I hillppine policy being given
to tho press generally in udvnnce.
It was mado pliiln ut tho White
House that while u general
of the administration's, penco policies
nnd . thrusts jit Secretary Jlryan nnd
other? were deeply 1)ccttuso
they c!nmo .from nrmy rind navy officers,
the chief objection was to tho
sp'rit o'' lostillty shown to Philippine!
indc'penilonrq a lhe problem I being
worked puj; by the present administration.
Swrotnile Dnrllels and Garrison
at length oil tho subject and
failed upon Tliomns T.
Hownrd, U. S. X., and James
AleMiiro, Ii. S. A., the two highest officers
of the'Carabrid, for an explanation.
They iiroinlsed to Vivo all tho
information ilcs're'd. Thev would not
ilir ear the incident fdr publication.
Uanlels and Oarnsoii confer!
fil early today alnl cn'llcl for a
statement of explanation from Hear-Admiral
Howard aipl
Aleslilre, the highest ranking;
officers at the dinner.
Secretary Daniels nt the same time
suggested to Admiral lldward that he
the presidency of the order, to
which he whs e!lccted Inst Thursday,
and infotmed him Jjhat tho song
"Dariiii, Damn, Damh the Insurroctos,"
which was mnif n't thu banquet, should
never bo sung again under tho present
administration with otf leers of the
navy present.
Hit fiird Tinners.
Tho President expressed his intention
to ntculbors of his cnbimd 1... l.ml
rfuil ptlbllfheil aecoilhts or banquet. He
telt iaitlciiarly illsplc.ibod over the
travesty on the iidmiiilstrution's peace
policy nlid critlcisliis aimed -at Secretary
Hryan ihen 'three six-foot models
if battleship, borne by concealed bojs,
w?ro carried into tlie banquet room, 'in
the iliuzzlaof the gnus were stuck
mill n dovo was perched,
on each fighting top. Thev were
named " lA i S. IVIlowshlp,'' '" U. S.
S. Trlendsbip" ;i,l "J. s. S. Piffle."
Atioll.er sntih" was a moving picture
'llin of a three-; ear pursuit of 11 Vilipino
oletnel, who tllho mid again hud escaped
Capture and hardly had been
when ho was made gnlcriinr of
a province.
Tho performance, according to ad
vance stutouloiils given out be the
Curabao Society, was designe'J to show
the "hick bf ympiithy for recent developments
and tendeucie iu Philippine
i;o eminent "
Pii'sulent V.ilt en hliiiself was not
lilllHxed tho diners, but he made it
jibliil tb Hint lib felt keen,
ly the buili'sqiies tin mouthers of Ids
cabinet. Secretary Daniel and
Cnrnsou shared the Proslde'iitV
feeling lu tho mattel. .Mr. Daniels said
today that he left the dinner
after, making bin iu order
to keep imotlier engagement nnd Hint
the song "Damn, Damn, Dntitii Hut
was particularly otreuslve
to him.
Secretary Daniels said thai hid ho
known the song was to havo been sung
he would have asked that it lie omitted
nnd had not t till t been ilniiu ho would
have declined lo attend Hi 11 dluiier.
Tho opinion of tlm President and
members of bis cabinet is that satires
cannot lie olilnctcd to wheli Cuming
from persons outside of the itovoriimciit.
but to permit to. go unnoticed the! criticism
of ollk'inl of tho nrmy mid navy
Is likely to bo iullutcrprcto',l iibiouil as
a severe lireaih of itUclplluc,
Talli Like a Bombshell.
Tlm nee, nf tho tiropo'ed
fell like 11 bombshell In nrniV nnd
niiw iliidiw. Then) were lniii.l:i'.l uf
ollltcrs priM'ul Hear Ailmlrnl lloniird
mid Mr. niinieiH today that Ibev hud
nag the ' lliilnu, Dinnn, ll.imii the
fur Ihlitien leurn, nml lihil
not n 11 1 with miy nbiei'ltnii. Mcrri'lnrv
Diiuni polnle.1 out llnit ofllreri of Hie
hiim mi imv; who w iih b bo epiH"lrl
10 ' ipftutl I lie mluiliillri)tli)ii't illy
mld m lm iHiiiulllotl to rbllriibi It.
If. Dtull "i" ni' bind to twke lulu
nulKblciulnni I hut Hie Iiiiii'Iiiiii win in
luilci ni mm ot Jullil) mid (piwl
advance and 110 eifuit mnilo to keep the
sill nir a private one.
Oarrlron Talks.
"I havo been im.tr vted by the Presi
dent,' said Sec.ctury Harrison, "tu us-certain
the tacts with relereucc to the
incidents nt tlio dinner to determine
whether tho facts wnrrnnt a Court-martial
or whether they warrant a
I rhall dif nothing until I have
Secreturv Unrrison mid that he would
seek to find out whcthei thu thltig that
occurred at the illiiner wcta in the nature
of a breach of discipline or whether
the eii tire affair Wan one of "b.ut
taste" without infraction of any
regulation, lie added that ho was
making a Inquiry of the
Whole thing.
What Dantcls Missed.
Secretary Daniel, wiio mado a.
speech at the banquut, but left early
to attend the congressional reception,
said ulterwurd that mine of tho
"stunts" inch us tho bringing in uf
tlib "peace fleet," composed of tho
model, "U. S. b, Cneudslnp,
U. S. S. lellowship and U. S. S. l'if
lie-," bad tukeu pluco while ho wits
present.
"While 1 wns theie," aaid Mr. Dan
iels, ''tho thing 1 thought una pm.iu
ularly offensive was tho hOn, '.1u.u1,
Damn, Damn, tho iusiirrectos.' ll.i .
1 Known it was to havo been iin.j I
would havo asked that it be eliminate I
from tho programme, or 1 would not
havo attended."
The chorus of the Eoug, which was
sung with great est by hundreds of
army and navy officers presont, was 11
folloiVs:
"Dumii, damn, dmnii tho Iusiirrectos,
kuklack ladrones.
Undernentli the starry flag, civilize
'em with a Krag.
And return us to oiir own beloved
homes."
The word 'Madronos" is tho Spanish
for "robbers" and "Krug" Is tho
army abbreviation for the
genscii rille.
"It was iu bad taste to sing Unit
song," said Mr. Daniels, "it isn't like
organizations independent of the government.
When 1 heard tho song 1
tiitned to Justice Vandovontcr ot thu
Uupremu Court, who was sitting be-
s'tilo mo, and said: 'This -will bo resented,
if it goes to tho Philippines.' He
(.aid with a laugh, 'Hotter omit the
if.'
''1 suppose tho officers inteiiited
merely to have 11 jolly time-, but they
wont too fur.'
Jt pointed out to the beerctnry
that tho song had been sung nt many
Carabao dinners in pruvious years mid
had originally read, ''Damn, Damn,
Damn tlio lMlpinos," but had been
amended.
'' 1n1y nnd navy oflicers havo 110
business singing either version," said
Mr. Daniels. "Ono naval olliier said
to 1110 that President Taft had heurd
tho song at a previous dinner mid hall
not objected. 1 told him that did not
mean it should bo sung after the November
elections of a year ago, as the
wholo Philimuuu policy of thu govern
incut has ehunged. this administration
making every effort to give Independ
ence to the Iilipinos when they are
ready for It."
Presidout Wilson's withdrawal of
honorary membership leaves; former
President Tnft tho only honorary
member of tho Carubaos.
"Only run," Says if oiler,
Dr. Joseph it. Holler, secretary of
tho Washington Corral of tho Carabng,
issued a statement tonight expressing
regret on behalf of thu order, pnrtieli'
luriy those who hud to do with Thursday
night's dinner, that any feature of
the programme had given uffehse'.
"'ihu members of tho order feel
sure" Dr. Heller said, "that the high
olheials present nt tho dinner must
havo observed tho spirit iu which
things wore done nml must reallre, u
tboy wero intended to realize, ' that
there wa no el fort to reflect upon nny
one or upon anything.
"I nm sure that ollicers of tho tinny
nnd navy would bo tho last men in the
world to ridiculo tho administration,
and if they wero so Inclined, a public
banquet would never bo selectod a
the place) for suih manifestation.
"At all of our pruvious dinners it
has been tho eustoiii not only to take
certain liberties with current
evPiits, but with ulso ollicers and
officials, most of whom be-long to tho
. .
'It is 11 uintter for deep regret that
our efforts at should have
aroused 1 riticism."
... .
Tho muttrr nf developing tho stroims
of the .Scottish highlands for power
K,.,.in In luive been lilmml entirely
overlooked until recently, when
11 ureat ileal of interest in
lhe possibilities of tho water power of
Hint countiy. Its high niniintnln ranges,
blebs fed from large drainage urn is, a
raintall ringing from sixty tu one bun
dred Inches per milium nt high
stiep and rabl Jlwn, good
Irunsporlntliin fmll ties, and sturdy Industrial
population teem to mink It out
lis 11 faviired situ fur li.MlronliM trie ml
ilertukiiiiv. A start has Ihuni miide at
nnd I'timi, where Hi
IliltUh .Miiiiilntim CuiiipHiiy (ilrwnlv
geniMiites nT,"boreHiiiiir, nml tlicin
ur 11 number nl Manlier lntnllalliin,
but fur tho moil twtrl tbla flsbl ! tin
jvnmUn nr thh
Itoiluu - "Money won 'I
Inn et ml lii I'll "
"Mv Ulll' tl'I'IIIS III ID V llilllil')
rtlll "
cuncYLi
WILL WORK
SUNVLY
Expected That It Will Take Ahout
Three Months td Get 'New Measure
Into Working Shape Act
May Result in Changing Money
Center from New York to Washington.
. 1 1
,By Ernest U.AValkor,
(Mnil. Special to 'i'ho. Advertiser.)
WA8HINT.TON, December II. -At
least two ur three .month will bo need-
cil, to get tho new currency law into
operation. The organization of tliOM'
legloual reserve) bunk 1 not Hit) work
of a ill!. This mumin a period of some
hesitation ntul Cnnftistuu, but
less, when the law has the President's
signature national the
land inn speedily tigtire out their particular
statu", They can tell uppruxi
inately how much they must prepnre to
pay into the regional reserves. They
fiii iiiiil.n to adjust themselves
to tho new conditions mid ascertain np
pio.xilnalely Vlial they stand to earn.
This bIiouIiI funds in pjnno measure
un t be to the profit uf business eu
terprise,
WDfon will be called upoli
to select his federal reserve board.
That board will bo most important to
the organization. One hears much tall:
ullout those' member ranking in dignity
mid powof at Washington with justices
of tlio United States Supreihe Court.
Tlioy will undoubtedly hao largo pow-en
Tho new enrrepcy sysleiii will be
judged milch by the Mini of men President
Wilton name's, It goes without
tajiiig lie will siJek the very best ability
ho enu edmmnlul. A more vital mutter,
however, tilt bo tho waj' tho board
works, when it ha been organized,
nntlbiinl bank iu tho lountry will
be w hUhing.
Washington a Currency Center.
Tho new law, of course, will make
Washington a currency center, just as
the interstate) commerce commission
made Washington ii center ill inilroad
administration interests.
New York will lose some of its
iu that connection. Xew ork
will likely loo control over large volume's
of idle money that heietoforc ha
been turned in there tor uso whoever
it could earn interest.
While President Wilsbn nominates
and tho senate eoiillrms members of the
federal board,. Uiere wl.ll bo, activity In
every scrliiuu ith a regional banlt ill
getting it started and It board nf
selected. The local brinks will
havo 111010 voice iu that mailer. Hankers
will take a licly interest in this
organi?atidn. There', again, it fib
charucter of men who heeifnte regional
directors and the manner in which they
perform their duties fur tho lirst few
mouths will influence public sentiment
ninterinlly remrding elliciency of the
new currency law.
Burden In Currency Department.
Tho bunion of administration will
full much upon tho treasury; department,
even as it wan with tho tarill
law and its income tax provisions. Duties
dl the comptroller of tho currency
cio much There 13 a vacancy
ib tin olUce. President Wilson has been
waitiui; passage of tlio Currency law- be
loru Idling it.
incldeiltiilly Washington Is becoming
ti city of boards, commissions unit the
like. Sumeliody will call a halt, 0110 of
these day, hint loll hoy much boards
mid commission mo eostiug. The Tnft
uilniiiilhtiutiuu brought two new federal
eourt to Washington, tho customs
nppi'uls and tho comineico court, the
latter of whiih is about tb bo disbanded
by the Democrat. Hot nn interstate
trade commission is iu prospect,
ft may bo authorized by the- present
inngicss. Interstate
cnininlssinuoih rale themselves a
almost as important as senators nnd of
quite even rank with members of Hid
cabinet. Thus it will bo With other com-
IllissloilCIS.
Seventeen Crates of Game Birds
as Well as Pheasants for
Maui .Mountains.
Xot tho lcat interesting of the "passengers"
un board tho T., K. ix. liner
Sliiioo Mam who arrived in Honolulu
veitorday from the Orient, were seventeen
crates of fancy gtliue fowl consigned
to H. II. 1 oris. The) will bo
turned loose in the mountains of Maui
and it Is huped they will breed iu rail
heieut number to tin 11 the mure
parts of Unit island into a fine
game preserve. f
The birds are pheasants and quail,
numbering n little over fifty iu nil.
Several vvcro foilnd Head yheit they
were taken out hn the whrirf ji'stord.ty.
The Sliiuyo arrived two hums Itefuro
It was reaching its wharf 11
little nfter eleven o'clock jeftenlay
Inreiinou, but it will sail ns Fiheduled
tbla morning at nine o'clock, with mall,
but ho passengers, lor sun I
There were twenty-live jmsseugeis for
Honolulu, milking into lit tlio Imgcst
lists of arrivals I nun the Orient 11 so-oral
months, With the oMcpltnu uf
I'veral returning Jupuuese reaideiits nil
were tourists 011 their wuy buck from
tlie Orb ut ot else on their wn.v around
tlm world,
The hhliivn dikihntgcil 11 liltb' over
(bin tons of freight 1111 lhe Mule a
nbnrf venterduy and has 11 full . argu
Uui UK thruuglr.
TllU OIIII.DHHN'H COLDH,
Witch th children's cobU mil ri
loin Ufure ihot t.juki'M ih" mi ulit)
IV" I 'isiiibrb ill's itlUBh Uviliedv frie
It Ii i piiii'illt tlf. Il I"" I" en
I 1 iliiniitU 11 nil ploumiuced fr.i
Hi ,.1 ll' rlHItttff RN't 10 I" b '
.1 'rib' I'. 1 nil b ill derail r. Hi n
on null. .. , u.i( rt Hvu'i
