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. t !l': i ' ' ' t '. 7 . ' , ...... . - . ... ,...'..-. . ' . "'.' SAM KAMAKAIA Kl FOR BAGASSE SIC !ED STATEMENT Tells Ahahui. o ka Maluhia Jhat Assertion of "Princess",' . U False , v LED TO TELL TRUTH . ' .BY-STRANGE DREAM : r .- ' : - . r Is Willing To Go To Jail For'Sake ' - of Prince Kuhio, Rightful ; ' Heirs'of LiIiuokaIanir Amplifying the confession that he dld'not algtr the Queen' "new wll" dated August SO, 1917, and again der-r-l lag' the hffidavlt.be made to the effect ! that he did sign this dorumegit In the ' Oueen.'s ' presence, Hum up I . K. Kama- kaia,' whose recent disclosures led the ; attorney a for - the will in question to repudiate it, has issued a statement giving his iosition ' in the mnttor and .telling what part V Frinecss"';,TI,rcBa ,' played la connection with It.- -.- The gUteoMint . ;- . , ..f.Tbt etntement aa written by Kama kale-followst .-, , .. .,-.-, .. OTo' the -Flesh of My Flesh, the Bones i of ' My . Bone,' My Brethren of the Sooiety. of I'eaew'',: from Hawaii to v Kaaal,' Greetings: ' T ' - , -' v. Tike,, greatest, talk i. the English paper of thia City of 'Honolulu these day, concern to nothing else but to V. the I.at. Wni'and Testament only of bor beloved and departed Oueen . Lili ookatani, decerned. ' . Thia talk or eoatovery is between , Mrs. Owaha WSIcox Hollivcau on one u fide aad the' Uadernluned on the other; . ao that ia order thnf yon,' my brethren or tne Horiet Y of"Tee" may kno and ascertain' which 'tfrttf'.of is Oio truth, and by eur : being members' nf the "Ahahui O Maluhia'". I bny do ' te!i' the truth; and before Ood the 1 Father,, God . th'Mi,. God the Holy Ob out and la. the name of MelAhlae ' deek, that there- la.no truth lo what Mra. Owana Wjlcox Bellevwau'is saying " aboot ma, that is, that "I have sign . ed -the Lant Will and Testament before and" in th preseece'otf Dur beloved tueen, LiliuokalBoi. iT ; -- , . . I' am now . telling yorj this,-and fce eauae. we are both ahemWs ef '''Aha hni O Maluhia"-, but differing in this! ; She is a member that wants thia kind of -work,' and I am a membor that do trat -want -this, kind of "-work. ' 1' Emphatic ' ' ' I " .. It is.tnue that you have seen by siffna ture to that will which ia now being , eaid .that it waa signed before and in (he ' presence "of the Qoeen,' the truth la Nol Noll Noll! but. in my own boose .where I am staying and )n the ' presence ' and before the eyea.of my dear' wife; -. Vj:,r ' , -.'Many a times had Mrs. Qwana Wii '.iVt.jPeilijre(i. tried to turn ma ner ,sig that will at ber home, but I never consented, and I never went again- bo-fore-h'er presence eafterwards,' and for my hot coming to her anymore, ' she came personully with thot fraudulent Last Will and Testament made, by said Owana;' but a. aktor of mine of the "Ahahui Maluhia", so ia order that rhe would not bother me again, I sign--ed then, that fraudulent .instrument on my -dining, table and in my dining room, and not before the beloved eyes -. of Liliuokaloni; and that . signing by we, that, waa a wrongful act. and that waa my' first full td the Umptatloo of the Devit of the pieasest Gross Cheat through the Coercion of tbia Mrs. J owana w.ncox ueiuvenn. ; And at the proper time, and by el dream, I saw the Lord Jnwisx Christ washing the feet of bis deeiples; I awoke and turn on the eloctrieligut, it was S o 'clock 'Friday morning; Svoke my dear wife up and told her about the ' dream I nan of seeing the Lord wash ing.the feet of His Peciples. , ; Look at John' Kplatle 13:4 5. The only explanation and mottning of this dream as I view it ia for me to wash my hands from' Associating , wyseii lninis worn or cheating the person who 1 really entitled to the es tate; and nk.f to help the one who is not entitled. About 9 o'clock A. M. of thut Friday morning I denied' aigning that fraudulent Instrument prepared before hand; by some hitman biing. . That was the rent' washing of my hands from these dirtiest and mew ''at works.- ' . ' Acknowledges Wrong -"jv-' ; ' r .. And miw my dearest b'rethreiis of the "Ahahui o Muliiliia", t is true that : I have really fll in the sin of temple. , tiou of the Dvil through Owana Uelli veau, aud I lo acknowledge "of my wrong before (you, my bretlirena, that ; I have rcully siun'ud, and, humbly ask your, kiiKluuMi to piinton" me, so Cod vi)l pardon till ,of jus .Aanea, ,. ' It is also truo tli'ut l buvo answered Jl What John F. Colburn hoe question d me before Attoriioyi Andrews and Lymer eiwl John F. Colburn lsq,Mut these qu-stios arej.feiustiona thir anawers .wrt'aftel1y's.-,liiolod bcfor band, and all ef .those Answers wort) m4 ,from my ..own niiuJ, but were An. r swflrs t'iuaveyed to mn by 0ana,.Bolll. vesu, thut I have to talk so before the t'ourt. ! This la my first fall in thia kind of offiinwr of frau.l menn and Coward. V, That statement by Owana Bellivcau aboat h 50(X) lot tile 'house ot Koo lan, and 'the 10,)0 for the-Church which alie, the said Owwa elliveau is slating that I demanded that of her, that, truth is thut it waa Oyvnna Betli veau herself who spoke to me of thut. In mf mind it wns only a "Hot Air." 'Hi we woij this suit,' then the above . suma 'ahall be fulfilled.". ' ' (And s It wuW ho,rt diHtlre fb defraud so thut to succeed in her intention of 'Vfraudlug she spoke-to me of those j ainnuuta of money, as aforesaid. '.).' Thia la the very first meanest act I did, and is the meanest temptation whieh I nover did before, since the date of my birth, and now fully tit years of my age on the Jtth day of-September ''..' , lust. .-.'-. V,- '. '.'. .. i 1 'hererore, to my trttbr f'Ahulilii W Muliiliiu " l.i r A L believe that this. wa my 'A. ' - l ' ., .":. wit.t.tw.W i...t; FOR BAGASSE PAPER'CO RESULTS ARE GOOD 1 Manager Eckhart of 0!aa Back :' From Mainland Brings Sam-1 : pics Plant WTay Go Upr . Result of-teata in the making ef bngafine paper which have -been eon durted for Manager. C. JV Eckhlrt vt the '.Olna ' Wignr Company ae. "high ly antinfactory. These teti 'wer made In Bnaton, Mr.j Efkhart I k fnir cone there in eonneeHon tthhe pinna of the Olaa eompan to Install n hagiinfte . pnper plant on the. planta tion. The tent having heeft aatlafac- tory It is etpeeted that the mpaeyJ will now proceed with the plans which , Wahigton, to be distributed for medi were announced some weeks since- In leinal ones la the army and navy during Tfc- .-rtiser, before the departure the war , ' of Mr. Eckhart for the mainland. '. t There are 325 pounds of poppy juice I'lans thus far announced, by th,Jn the ahlpment, which Is "worth its Olna Hngar Company do hot go beyoad I weight In gold", nearly, at the prcva'.l the mnnnfactnre of a heavy! paper inK high prices. Indeed, it Is eohsid which i ised in flie'mulchlng system 'f red so valuable thnt.it ia bfine- shib- with which that company hna expert mented quite extensively and - with splendid success. The system is. one which .was , put.' In Operation by.M. Knkhnrt. . Heretofore the experiment hnve been wnh" asfihaltum' or felt pa pers and. ft was to seen re a paper of lower cost that the -Olna' eempany 'a plans for bagasse paper plant were de vised. The manufacture -'of '-"bagasse paper for other uses and purpose haa not "heretofore been seriously eoneid erfLbrVtho Company.'. 'VV " '' Under-the mulching system as used by Mr.-Eckhnrt at Olaa the-rows ar covered 'with the heavy -pnper, - The young cane is arranger than the weeda and the Intter Are killed by the lack of tight and air and extra heat thftt i-i engendered by the 'brack paper eov ering. . On the-other hand, the cane Is strong and sharp -pointed and generally cuts its-way through. Whre It does not cut - through, It raises - lump' on the paper' and these are nut -wifh a shem point after a certain period of weeks, thns allowing egress - for the young enne, This system has been found .to be an important labor savins -device ' at Olna and is to be continued on a larger scale. av uu intm uj nvn vcuiiuniir,- ally the directors determined upon the installing of a plant-aad thia brought v? I vuP !,i " ro?Jf ! there were any way in'whV one ?lt'J fainlBnd. P- eould trace the ownership of ttfrnajor. vhlch he haa just.retumed. He jlty of th. .tnMng,A fiet. WVe these t with him samples of therealiy known it was suggested that tt about from which brought mulchine. paper and samples ,6 -other VF3" pnpur mm went . .. ,., IS HIT BY mwuuNu WARHINQTON December oeja,tc4',1I'ress)TI'e. .Mnterstnte merce commisjion today anthorlsed the railroads not to. accept . export ship ments to Pacific porta unless cargo res ervations were made in. advance, and all port and vessel charges paid or guar anteed. '".' ' . . ' i with my own Idea f , i humbly boW be fore you with . my body, my soul and with my whole' atreagth i and proved that No. 1.., i '-.''", , i ," -- It is true that because I kavreome but to the public mud deny the truth of this Instrument, the lawyers are seek ing a way to put me ia Jail by the tes timony 1 have sworn in thd Affidavit I even told them that those state ments are , net of my own, but tbey-.are stiitementa taught to. me by Owana to ni'eirk so, and -not of my own -mind. Bo llelpujo (aod. - .c . , , x , . : i j . .! -AA Frayets : WHh' these proofs on my side, I do ask' your ' prayer, brethrens of the "Ahahui o Muluhia," for my aafety from the enlangleri)ents of this nature, throagh my telling the truth, and of (hat truth, It js hurting them, and are looking to put me, la trouble by those testimonies of mine which Owana has taught nut. : I have sinned gainat God by my consenting to It, and my guilty Would have been great if my God bus not .forbidden., me. And pethaps I would have really done this thing to ob tain that amount of $5000 for my house at Koolau jtnd 15,000 for building a Church, here in. Honolulu. But, so is n-t Will of God.- Ha has tbhfday washed my handt dean. Ana it my testimonies which Owana has tnught me. Not of my own mlnil, ie the foundation they - will put me In trouble, I do accept to borne .those trou bles, and give my aged body to be put In the Jail ( ''Kawa" for the bene fit f the Delegate, Prince Kuhio, the rightful heirs, of Liliuokalanl his Auuty. Ami not for any other, much less for Owana whose mouth is talking to the wind; the thing obtains is whirl wind. ' " ' ' ' . In closing my thought on this, sad not being able to press down, here is a" question to the reader; What was the real idusf of bringing to my house by Owaua and .Ahin . Chinaiuun a black suit of clothes and also a black hntt Nut only to- me but to J. N. Kealoba ulsO, and what la the" idea of thief And as we. were not members of the Queen's Kahili b"y, perhaps it waa for the love to Royalist waa the supposed Idea, and yet,.. to the rightful heir "Kalania naole" of Liliuokalanl, Is very much against, " , ; I now close with the hope that God will Watch and help His servant-sin the name of .Melchizedech, Amen. ' Kxplauntion:- The Prisoner which the Advertiser is speaking of,' is called h(ntnio. He Is the Vin-Prraident of the "Ahabul.o Maluhia," whose mem bership exceeds Four, Tbousanirs all over the group of Hawaii nei; aud was the one riom whom 1 rflneived some ad-, vices.. -Kvil is Evil", lastraetif that I received aud Kept, and 'observed Dy WO. ' . . " i- . - I , .1 y . ; In,. . i With these few rsmsfks . V.. , I remuiii' Vour 8rvanty . KKV. rJAMUKI.. KAMAKAIA, ' - . ' , . 2tOU.LilUia Ktreetl'uonul.1 Honolulu, Deo. 1. 1U17. .t. V . ' ' HAWAIIAN GA25TTE. ilRSGAIED OPIUM Instead of Burning the Drug It ;iWill Be Saved For Medioin- : J t al Use of Army and" Navy ' . Where in the past opiuiiy .ii Jjiaa Wft aelaed htre by.'tlie-loeat;rntbm offleiala ha made th nucleiii for- i hue bond re aomewhere i ft the vicin ity tit the'waterfront, new pree'ecTure ' l the handling of the .'whiV amoKe1" ! nM oeen. tnaugnratea. A larsre jtity of tlfo at u AY valued at 7S,000,all or which haa been eonnaeaten from trnffiekert-here, haa been neat' raeed and will be forwarded to the ttircpon general of the pnblie health eerviee at pe to wnsnmgton By express. . Smuggling Opium ; . -While there haa been ' a noticeable decrease In the amount of opium Hhlch has been smuggled Into the Islands dur ing the last few years, there are a num ber of sampans which are said to be doing nothing but meet incoming and outgoing Japanese liners for the pur pose of picking up the contraband as it is thrown over the aide of the ves sel, attaches? to a, light buoy.. Osten sibly the era ft are fishing- vessels but many are known to have left the hai- bof shortly after the departure pt Oriental steamers, overtaken them, picked up a package thrown frora. the deck of the ship, and proceeded around Din mond Head, where, it is presumed, the stuff was aent ashore. vNot a few of these sampans have returned with in a couple, of hours without a single flsh aboard, and yet they never leave the harbor, it la aaid, until the arrival of another Orientnl vessel." ' . The owners of the majority of those aaaipana are not on- record, and now as in 'the past, there .'has been . muck speculation amonir -those interested in- I the alleged t high prioe - of - fish, as to whom: these owners might be. . .. ; . i. WOO UWBS DJurtuBril V -T- . The ttuss'1' - asked yesterday might be possible to learn 'the names of -those wbo evideatly are reaping so rich, ar harvest in- the drug with the price .far beyond the reach of the aver age poor . man. - "It waa also suggested that if it were possible to Jearn the namea of those Controliinir these smaller .eraf t, it would onUU but little effort to eonnect some of them with the. numer ous opium dens which ore apparently flourishing so openly.' , : ' ' ' - - mi. i, f ' x ... ''GENEVA. Switiar1and" TJocnmhp i (Associated Press) Living proofs of the terrible economic conditions that prevail' throughout Austria were f ur nishea yesterday in the arrival at a frontier point, of severtl hundred ehil drcn, suffering irqm hunger and weakly and, emaciated,, the .children having been gathered Up in Vienna and other Austrian towns. Boms of these chil dren had .not tasted milk for months. They will be fed by the'Swla Interuu tional Bed Croat funds. : , ' ' '.' an Atlantic fort, December sa (Associated l,reas)-.Majo" General Bcott, former -chief of : staff, disem barked today,; . reaching: the ,- United states after a eonsi.lerable visit in Eu rope, conferring with- various AlHed ounciU and. commanders;' He has also been studying conditions at the front and will be assigned s chief instructor of the national anifes. , ';... KEEP ARMOUR PLANT . ,i i i. - -v- . . .;, WASHINGTON,' Pe.ember, go (As sociated . Press) Thatf the - company operating the stockyards at " Chicago bad offered a bonus to Ogden Armour if the big Armour plant were retained In Chicago waa told to . the federal trade eoinuiissiou by F. It. Hart today. Hurt said that the stockvards Coiniiaiiv had agreed to pay Armour ia excess of niue-Mrcet of its earnings to prevent a proposed removal of the plant to the west , ' . .. . ,'.. ' , .. .. . -SINK TWO SUBMARINES " ATHENS, December Jl (Associated Press French,, destroyers ipet enemy submarines yesterday ami iu the en gagement' whjnb followed two of the enemy undersea craft wereHunk. None of the destroyer .was seriously dam aged..' .. ' '''. A GERM DESTBOYER There Is 'ao" danger 'whatever from lockV jaw- or - blood - poison reHultiug from a" wound when C'huniberlniii 's, I'aLa Halm iat promptly applied. It is an ' antiseptic and destroys the yeriiiH which eause these diseases. -. lr ulso cause wouuds to heal without matura tion au4 in one-third the time required by the usual treatntoht. For sale l(y all iliwilers.- Benson, Hinith A Co., Ltd., Agts,"for Hawaii. Advonisomi'iit, fiOT TO BE WASTED BONUS OPFERflO FRIDAY DECEMBER 21, ! JOIIIISTOIIE BIS) 1 IHIERUAL REVENUE t,' i" Chief Deputy Collector; Resigns Position To Go Into Busi- V - i. ness With E. R. Cameron . ladling Crnleci( lr Isternal Eevenne tsAJ Chief Bepuiy Hslph . Johnstone, whd hat behn ,ln the Internal revenue sc'rvlce iu Honalulu for , the past fif teen years, yrsterday- terminated his en necio .with-, the service when he presented hit resignation to the newly appointed' tolleetoY, ' Colonel Howard Hathaway of ' Virginia and V Everett, Washington. -In' future he is to be associated with E. R. Cameron under the name, Cameron eV Johnstone, tax experts. ' ; -' ;i As acting collector, Johnstone be came the real head of the department on the tlenth of the former collector, John F. Haley, several months ago. It Is stated that ' throughout 'the entire Nation he is the only .Republican who was retained in an executive position in this branch of the revenue service. It ia frankly admitted that ha held this Unique "p't'on through abeer . merit. His long service snd intirnate. connec tion with all the ramifications of reve nue collections ia the Territory, as well as close study of laws and rulings of ids treasury department, equipped him with qualifications possessed probably I by no other man in the Territory. Although Johnstone haa fuTlv auali fled in every particular la the evea ot officialdom at Washington and in his ueaiings -.t with individuals nd - flrnrs aere, his. tenure of office in the ser vice In any capacity Was frankly' f e- Kuj-uru as a noooiiui tnmg. , xonples are not lacking in UonoJulo that urei sure of politics takfs no. accovfit of man's qualifications or record. ; ' Reluctantly Johnstone yejrterday ad mitted that this considers! ion was as important factor in determining him to leave the- service.- Shortly after the death of the former collector, indivi duals who had long had dealing with the office -of the 'internal-revenue col lector, recognising. Johnstone's merits, sought to-set ia motion a movement to nave nun:. appointed collector..' It was taea thought that 'his, peculiar quali fications for the office aad the in which' he was held generally through- vm ne aormory. would furnish suffici ent basis upon which to place a request wuu. me -jiowers mat be at Washing ton foe his appointment,' j . Discouraged More-. . t ' More dbsmailt 6f he trend of affair in the matter of governmental appoint-1M- th!an those, yvko appertd this purpose, Johnstone discouraged it. Al though it was arged. that hia, appoint ment here would satisfy all degrees of poJiticalv.bcM, : that. Democrats, as well as Republicans. V nfiwintr lh. mam. would approve-. auchr an appointment' Johnstone" himself ; smilingly said no. "They -Wt do, thUg,: that Way at Washington,'' he told.a friehd at the Wany whq had taken no particulai i.-ri in ine movement at that time held to the belief that' Johnstone would be- ohosen anyway on merit -alone, that Washington would have to recognize his abilities and give him-the appoint ment, .whter hia political faith. Thii ueuei grewi stronger as the months pass ' u successor lor ilaiey - wrai named. ,. ' .. , ....-.'., . ; ,t r-.iW . t The appointment of Colonel Hath away, announced a, week- ago by. The Aavertiser, came s a -real shock to many, but . Johnstone Vwaa. not among that number. Whether-.! the of evehta he. would have, retained the place he has.hald ao long, that of chief ui-puiy.-n inp omce, could never at any time be resarded as more than a nn. tion of doubt. Itv followed naturally l"M "B quit,. , Tells Experiences (Wrthlii the -fifteen years I have worked" for the eovernmeat I have de clined a number of -openings that have presented themselves from, i time, to Umi,'' Johnstone-eaiT yesterday. H sisneu .rerieeuveiy.r sou seo I war a good .deal younser their: I had dif feient ideas abont how faithful scrvu-.e might be rewarded, ,' . Ithouirht- the thing I held eventually must work out- better tnan tpe tniaga pfferedt - . , , . "My-idea then Was that.mise waa a high duty I was' performing, for the taxpayers. I waa fairly certain that hard work and ' study and all those things that make a man master of a particular klnd'of jvork waa the thing that meant success. I guess, too, that's true -enough in the business world. But business is npt poljtjes I began to un derstand, that fact-after time. "It's the way Die. gam is played. I've heard' a surprising number of peo ple express their views about the mattel o this office. I really didn't J-ealUc how many -were concerned about it aad expected what I never did expect, that I weulil 'go in as collector. : One thisg sure,", and Johnstone grinned broadly a he said it, " it suits me from the ground up the way it has fallen out. fr I'm trow sure- that I'm eatsrlngis bigger and broader field, of service, d will be more valuable to th ommunity and It will pay me better aa well, ) "I want to state, this, however," he nsjded. "I am leaving the- office with the best feeling in th world fer those I leave there -and tor my new, friend, ('wlonel Hathaway,. Probaldy.it is -needless for cue i to say that I aliall be at hi service at all timsa in straighteniag out the. snarls that are bound to-come up for a now man. Any information that I possess is to be at his service at any time and I shall keep In elos touch -with the -office, unoifaciuily, 1 ar loag a the need xiata," - "Not 'on of the hundreds of tax .returns that have been sent into this office," he declareil, "are correct," .While this ia true in eon action with luw that have leen, In .eperaUon. for some time, under, th multitude of pro visions of the new. war revenue act it is expected that the number of tax pay ert -will be more than quadrupled and the'amnuut of taxes to be eollecred Will iu mi from something over a million an nually to mor'. than seven millions a ypar- .s.,',s:-;.i,. . . .. . . ':' -:r'' ,:- r - '-. ... (. ;,'.:-,-;....' , '.' . 1917. . -SEMI WEER-tY. . : 1 WITHINGTON AND .'vBPElORSED One ftepubiTcan and One .Demo crat Receive Bar Associa- v .; lion's Approval v " ; r- u-r-r-',-;; -.: . David I- Withingtott, Republican, and Judge S." B.Kcmp, Omocrat, werl th choice of the Bar Association yes terday for recommendation- to Presi' Ident Wilson for. selection to succeed Chief Justice. A. 0. Robertson on the" Hawaiian sulirenv) ' court bench, thenawies being" 'cabled to Washington. test night.-' . , -' .-.'-: Four vUme were presented to the bar for cHkideration by a special com mittee apiHiinted on-Tuesday by Fresi--Jent'Jefin Catheart, "Jndge W. F. Freer giving the result of the commit tee' interviews with ' atrorneya -who bad '.consented' to permit their names being nsed. ' The quartette included D. L. WSthlngtrtK t"lrcu It Judge C. W. Ash ford, former Judge John T. DeBolt and Circuit Judge 8. B. Kemp. ' .-It' was si Bounced, also,, that Judgo Withingtsu bad consented to have his name uivd only for the chief justiceship snd not for any vacancy that might', occur in the associate justice-thil-a. There was considerable discussion as to-the manner in which a recommends tloa or recommendations should be made fur forwarding to Washinctoo. Uleorge A. Davis moved to vote upon e eanqinates, th highest to be recom mended for the- chief justice vacancy and the. next highest name to accom pany; it. Cornell Franklin snggested fceoommendihgtwo name, one Democrat and one Republican. He said that if it ia the policy of the administration to have three Democrats on the su preme : bench-, ': one- Democrat would" have been recommended. If it was the administration's policy -to have two Democrats and one Republican on the bench then one Republican would have been- recommended, for eonsideratioa. Thia plan wns endorsed by R. W. Breck-ona.-: Bobbins Anderson moved to pre eod to ballot, recommending those re ceiving a majority of votes., !,W, W. Thayer believed on concen trating en only one man. Be believed in the apportionment on the bench of two Democrats and a Republican, and s- a Democrat. believed in endorsing a Republieaa for the vacancy on the lench. This was opposed by W, O. Smith, who adhered to the Davis ploa. tt was finally decided to vote, on the Da-vis-Anderson plan.' On the first bal lot D. L. Withington received thirteen .rotes, which was a majority,' . '; '-On the -second ballot Judge Kemp received ten ot'es, Judge Ashferd ev im and Judge DeBolt, two, ' '. r ' D. L. Withington and Judge Kemp were' thent declared the unanimous Jhoice of the i association and the president cud secretary were given' au thority to cable the namea tt Presidant Wilson, the Attorney-Genefal of ,the Tnited Htatea and the chairman of (he- judiciary committee of the Cni .ed States senate.'- '" ' ; ' :, -t . '" ' , ' ' " ' ' . : . , tt i '.' ?' J"'''-' ' In a decision handed down yesterday y the supreme court in the matter of he estate of David P. Kaiona ques tion raised in the circuit court where the -will waa presented, for probate are utswered. The. i supreme oourt . rules hat the law giving oireuit judgos juris iiction "to deter ib. aa the heirs at law )f deceased persons and to decree the 1 distribution of intestate estates." does tot extend to eases where the defendant 'eft a. witl though there may be a par tial intestaney. .' , ...V Title t real estate," the ruliag lonttmies, ''vests at once on the death of the owner in. his heirs or devisees, and: without aff order of court. An executor takes no title to the real es tate of hia testator nor power over the same except under special cireumstan oes for a certain limited purpose." , ' . - CURTISTOWN, NEAR HILO, iN( IS'SOLj) BY A. G. CURTIS A. 0. Curtis has transferred his store and a part of his interests e'.even miles from llilo on the VoK-ano road, known us Kurtistown, to T. Dranga, Crescent City business man. The sum iuvolved in the transfer is said to be 10.000. The district was named after Curtis, Who waa one of the early day coffee riluaterst He has retained much of. hia valuable cane land, freui which he has already made a fortune. The buyer of Kurtistown "was formerly . engaged in the plumbing business in Hilo aud re cently conducted a second hand store there.' ' - , JUr. Curtis will luav shortly for the mainlund, where he intends to open a purchasing agency for Island putrons. ?RIVATE CONSTRUCTION . OF WOODEN SHIPS 0. K. WASHINGTON, December 21 (As oiated . Press) The shipping board has announced thut it would do nothing to discourage the construction of wood fin shipsHn American yard on private coutracts whare the work upon thrso vesstds would not interfere with the "arrying out of the government con itrpction work, - ; . t THORNTON HARDY WILL ' EDIT HILQ TRIBUNE Thornton Hardy has resigned from the Public Works Defisrtnient of the Territory, to assuino the editor-liip of the llilo Tribune, ami will leuve for the Big Islnud next Knturday to take up his new work. Mr. lliy-dv is a trainod newspaper man and for some time was a member of the Advertiser reportorinl stall. PROBATEQU SAYS HAWAII VlLb GluT s iOUCll SHIPS Shipping Board yvill , See .Thai -Territory Is' Supplied Wtlr" Vessels Avery Thinks " - ,. . :,.; Hawaii will get 'what It needs In the way of shipping tonnage to care for Its eommerje,' despite whatever the L'sited State (government requires on the At lantic, in the opinion of W. H. Avery, an official of the Toyo Kisen Kaisha line, who is now in Honolulu in con nection with the' business of his com pany. Also, he is strongly of the opin ion that the federal shipping board, at Washington, ia very much concerned about Hawaii, and will do it justice, tempered by. other war necessities. Mr. Avery is inclined to the belief that the federal shipping board, with the vast responsibilities placed upon it and the urgent demand by the govern ment for tonnage for government pur poses on the Atlantic; is in the position of a housewife just moving into a new house with her new and old furniture and because of many demands upon her attention, is attending to the out ride matters before getting - her own " -us in order. Mr.. Avery, savs that len the shipping board's own house is put in order, some one will mske a inquiry 'about Hawaii, among it per sonnel, and the entire matter will be settled at once..' '-..''' : Also, some one will probably ask "Why wasn't tbia dona . before f'.' an indication' that even now 'Hawaii' shipping problems could be settled. ' ' ' The Japanese steamship company representative leaves here early in Jan nary for Haa Francisco" and Washing ton and will appear before- the shipping board to discuss matters affectinir his own company, and the question of per mits being given by the united Mates Shipping Board to vessels of the T. K. K. line to do business between Hawaii and California. ; ' ' ' '' . . His company does' not earn to re ceive single permits for single trips, but wants them for at least six months' periods, in order that th proper and adequate results may accrue, which, in volves the opportunity a advertise properly the fact that Jts boats are carrying passengers and freight be tween Honolulu and San Francisco un der the .coastwise law suspension act. - t ' I. i i ,;Says;-; ;; In Resigning Quits Board of Regents As Pro test Against : Retention : of m : structors Who, .He"Says, Are ; NotPatrioiic; .. Fred L. Walditntr. tendered his res ignation yesterday as- a -regent' of th College of Hawaii as a protest against the action of the majority of the board of regents In keeping as a teacher Misa Maria Heuer, a German citiaen .who, Mr. Waldron says, has. In, writing ax pressed her disloyalty to the, Vited States. v '- '- - '' "-'' .r -.'. - ' "I refuse to accept responsibility for keeping' disloyal teacher in the col lege faculty,", said Mr., Waldron last nigit. - "There 'is at -least one teacher, and perhaps two, who are disloyal to the United State. We have the record in writing over their own signatures. I have insisted that Miss Heuer, who is a German citisen, should be dismissed from the faculty. - She has not been dismissed and I can no longer remain a member of the-board of regent. "I consider thatf the influence of pro-German' teachers add teachers who express disloyalty to. the United Statea cannot but be detrimental to the. pupils. They are paid with federal mouejr aad are federal employes,' and they should be dismissed,. . ; r . -' "Dr. Dean was quoted yesterday aa saying that all the. members of the faculty 6f the College of Hawaii are loyal to the United States of . 'America. I, cannot allow that statement to go uncontradicted. 1 They .are not .all loyal. "As for Dr. Dean himself,' he ap parently is a pacifist. He does not he lieve in .war,, and he place the. work of the college above the interests of the United tte-; . "MUs Heuer ha stated, over her own signature, and we have the .state ment, that she is loyal to no country that is, at war. .Th United State is at war. Furthermore, ah i a German citizen. . -, t My reeignation was placed in the mail, directed to 'the Governor, thia afternoon." . .' , , . ',..( . , ... . v, ' n". ; ... - ; John ,Awa; part-Hawaiian,, aid: an employe of the! Mutual Telephose. Com pany, W as seriously burned on the left leg by eoming in eontaet with a live wire while working i I wilai .yester day afternoon. ' The most remarkable part of ft all was that Jie waa working about twenty feet from the ground at the. time of the accident and although he fell from this height, he sustained uuly a few slight bruises. He was t routed at the emergency hospital aad was later removed to his home . at Eighth Avenue and Palolo. While it Is believed by the hospital stewards that it will require a consid erable time for the burn to heal en- tirt.1v thuv n r 1 m .,,.11 ........iu gaiu the use. of the Injured member. Vt SUGAR SHORTAGE ACUTE " I'reuse- eons-TV sugur," Is'a sign thut appears on sugar . bowls, iu: the mainland, is the report that Guy II. Ituttulph of the brokerage firm of Wll liamsuu 4 Buttolph brings bark from the Htates. He say that conservation days are being generally observed and the. sugar shortage was specially acute, TOUCHES LIVE WIRE ANO IS BADLY BURNED MAJOR LY0:i WILL ; - HAVECorsr.iAiiD of HUnUTDAI !IIMPPIH) mil uuni i-, 't,.:t; y l.:.r-: s v Commandant and Corps of In structors For Sthool Which i PPen? Next Month Named CANDIDiTEilxPErtlENCED BUT-TASK IS NOT EASY Selections f rofn . Regular ' Arny Announced But Guard List Not Yet Completed ' 1 rt- .M ' :: Major Robertt ff. -yon, Twenty-fif' I. Infantry, J.'M.' A.,1 is been seb-cf . 'I by General John P. Wisser, departiin i i commander, aa commanding officer the second' Reserve. Officers ' Train i .j Camp, at SchofieLI Barracks,' a h . i. will be opened on January 5, 191H. The roiiiniandant'is a mnn of v.i.1--military cxperieni-e and will tie a logi eal successor -to-the first training eatm. eoniniandants Major Klvld Hunt iii.i Major Leonard, who had one hundred men to .instruct in the rudiments - I' military science, Including intensive nirxlern warfare, boildisg them pro. t. rally, from the ground, up.. .. Task Not Easy : Major Lyon's task will be no I.- . difficult, oven though every . man l" joins the camp will have bad nnl.ii u training, ranging from a year to -;,- and ten year, as all are connected wi !. the regular army la the enlisted p. t sonnet, or from the Hawaiian Nut 101. at' Udanl. ? :,: .- lieutenant Oilman Named Of ' deep interest to-Islanders is ti.--fact -that Second Lieutenant Jo-., t ; Athertoa Oilman, Jr., Tweaty-flftli j'.i fantry, R .C.,' has also been apiniu i as an instructor on Major Lyon's hi; Lieutenant Gilmnn waa a nieinlx r the -first B. O. T. ramp, receiving I.,., commission November JJtJ. Having j.. finished ,u intensive three moi.il' course in the , hard work which given the ramp students, be -will 1- u valuable addition, to the eorp of in structors. ".'' . ' ... The full list of, mea selected follows:- " ' '."''''.: r. i- ' First Infantry Regimental Serur,:,t Major Melvln L. Crisp; Color Ser Beaat Mack Evans; Corporals ( Iim ! v. K. Bouvhan, Paul Kellam; S,.rv...i.,; Sy.lnor H. Elmore; Privates Jhku". s. Polhemis, Carl hchreiber,' Paul '., tirn retson, -Harold J. Kilty, Sergennt . -e. phen Tammaay, Corporal Giles i ait. r son,' Sergeant Hie! Van Cam-x-u. for poral Charlie Blake, Sergwint Jos. I. Kilroy, CpK Elmer J. Hurlev, SKt. A I axan-ler J. 81owitzky, Cpl. George ll.ul but, Sgt.-Edward B, Gunter, t'-4. Will tarn Jackson,; Cpl. 'Frank J. Butler. Cpl. Raymond P. Jones, - Sgt.. Allien Ishn, ITivate William, J. Suthcilinid. Fourth Cavalr)- First Sgt. Smoek, Sgt, J. Haley, HorsosUoer "j-nrv Esters, Opl -MeClala S. Coop r, rrt. Clair H. Lonsdale, CpL Albert 1m-I..), Bgt. Blaine Webb, Sgt. Edward Kr.-n per, SgtCharle Kubin, Cpl. Wiifred '. Ditto, Pvt. Edward. T. Kellogg, Pvt. Wade Rippee, Cpl. Samuel J.,Watkiii, Cpl. Leonard H. Miramoates, Sgt. L I ward J. - Mi-Intyre, Sgt Herbert 1'. Blaesing 1st Bgt. William E. Heist, Cpl. John E. Crosby, flgt. Rheinhart Smith, Sgt,! Honry Adams, Crdi i Howard Zimmer, Bugle gt.- Bolert A. Brewer, Sgt. Raymond M. Heckert, Sgt. Kov Dry son, Sgt. Harry H. Martin, Sgt. Otto & Messenger, F.vt Frederick H. Hock ert. ,.,,, , ... .. v,. , Thlrty-Sceond Infantry 1st Sgt. Wil liam' Shirley, 1st Sgt., William F. F.i: ell 1st Bg. Louie Norris, Hgt. WjlliMn K, Dean, Sgf. John Lee, Sgt. Edwir.l F. BreananSgt. Joseph, L. Hogwood, Sgt. I4twrene D. Butler, Sgt. Gussie i.. Pickett,( Sgt., Auton Engcbretson, H-,r. Joseph O. Zimmerman,. Sgt. . William Vylasek, Sgt' Emil Olson, .Sgt. Benju min, Fleishmftli, Sgt. James F. Boyle n. Sgt. Gusta .Park-May, -CpL Stanley Wiugus, Cd.,Ful N. Wilkersoa, Cpl. Tavi.'M. Fik. . ' ' .- -. Coast lArtillery lt Sgt Frank A. Zimmerman, 10th Co.- 1st Sgt. Felix M. Alexhuder, 5th' Co.? Cpl. Herbert 1. Tilgner, 7th Co,- Sgt. Neil van Overeu, 2nd- Co,- Sgt. Frank Mureskie, 10th Co. ; Sgt. Johq E. Anderson, 0th Co.; Mew Hgt. Watson' B. Copeland,.llth Co.; Sj-t. James N. Stewart, 1st Co.- Sgt. Thonia-i F.I Melody. OtiI..; Det-,' O, D. O.f r-fct. Charlie E.Tape,' 8th Co.- Sgtw Erri- jt E: Neice, 8tb Co.; Supply Sgt. Wilbur D. Feather, 13th Co.; - Sgt. Earl 11. Harnbergr, I2h Co,; Sgt..Timothy A. Mr.CJollau, Mh.Co.; Fireman Alex under Rollo, N. C. 8 Fort Buger, H. T.; lnt Sgt.: George R., Taylor, 4th Co.- 1st Syt. Thomas-C, Brant, 13th Co.. ' . . ' ' Kocond . Infantry Sgt. ' 'Albert !. He's, 1st Sgt. Robert A- Kemp, Sgt. Ed ward Leoney, CpL Walter JV Davis, H. S, hgt, Charlea )L tjoita, Sgt..Rulili li. Black, Sgt. .Jasper L. Harrington, lt SgtGuy 'M. Bartlett, Ctl. Frnnit W. Beebe, Hgt. Wm. E. Hoover, Cpl- J-nne-i J.-Quiun, Cni(Fred A..Fenn, Pvt. si CI. Roy Bedford, Sgt. Rowland Pr. -s-ton, Cpl. Walter L. Ueacker, Sgt. Vat the-v- N. Wroght, Jr., . Pvt. Glenn h.. Hoover, 1st Sgt. Bit-bard E. Jarvlt.. Hut . Grant C. CnrtRr, 1st , Sgt. James A. Scott, Sgt. Bert Scales, Sgt, pidnev It. Fergutoa, Sgt, Emory L. Bias, Cpl. j.l. ert E. Lee, Pvt. Harrold K. Kerry, Cpl. Arthur C, Hale, Sgt. Gust Magnus.m. . : Twenty-fif th. lufantry-r-Hattl. IJert.. Maj. Jesse Colemanr Cook Perclval (l. Carter, Sgt. Charles Mason, Hgt. Ja.-oh Sounders, Sgt.- Alton Williams, I pi. Walter - P.. Bentley, Sgt. Albert . J. Priggs, Sgt. Jesse E. Armstead, H-t. Obie Johnson, Cpl. Arthur Colenuin, Cpl. Clyde Alston, Sgt. Thoina Carrol', Cpl. Wilbur G. Perkins, Pvt. 1st f ,. Gsrnett G. Overby, Sgt.-Thomas IV -ger, Cpl. Denver Frasier, Cpl. H-ilx-rl. A. Holmes, 1st Sgt. Eugene M. Lee, S-:t. Harry M. Johnson, Sgt. Haley Mniiu. Cpl. Henry Golden, Old. John II tit. t,'.(. Stuart O. Thomas, Sgt. WUi;:im K. Kicks, Cpl. Ck'inmle W. Lad.l, ' l. FrHiik L. Thomas, Sgt. William 1 velle, Cpl. Wemlt-H D. Seolt, t'pl. W,l liam Ballatt, V Cpl. Boell W1U.,m, S -1 . Andrew McAdauis, Cpl. Robert W na.-i -i, Cpl, William Wilson. . . ' Medical Department Sgt. 1st C'l;is3 John A. Brush. . . ,