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I re a fi. r.x Lurline, July' 31. For S. t.i China, July 20. From TfincoBTrn Marama, Aug. If. Ycr Tancoaie n Makura, Aug. 13. X". " 4 V Evening Bulletin. Est. 18i2. No. 5300. Hawaiian Star. Vol. XX- No. 341. HONOLULU, TERKITOKY OF HAWAII, MONDAY; JULY 29, 1012. 14 PAGE& ' prici: fivi: C r n7- 1 nr LiU UL U u iJ LJ iL-T. I i i rr rr 1 Li r r n r r r " Q Q " r f fj t v .'kudluyd)- i L L Undervaluation Scandal Vill Co Unearthed by Agent, . Is Report Ifpocljil Star-Bulletin CableJ WASHINGTON, D. C July 23. It wis learned here today definitely by the CUr-Culktin correspondent that 'the Investigation that Special Acent Peyton Cordon, cf the Department cf Ju:tic:, hss te;n tent to. make In Ha .wall hat to do with alleged underval uations cf importations from Japan to Honolulu, Can Francisco and ether American ports. Ccrcfon is expected to obtain evi dence for cre::ntaticn to the federal crs-.d jury in Honolulu, and it is learned th:t.th!s evidence is expect ed to turn anlnst Hawaiian Import trt, C. G. ALCCflT. V rcy The Inronr.atioa above has been ' pected in Fr.rr.a .Quarters here, 1 there have Lccn Intlrr.atictis that ' o Tcc!al rrcr.t v.culi also taka upctl :r Trnttcrs. The matter cf undenjrv ticn cf i in ports, It Is t!:ouht, has be::: revealed through the work cf W. II. Ti dwell, cf the Treasury Department, v1' c - - : : - 1 a quiet Bleuthins tr; :r.a t:.3 i. :ar.u3 ec:::o v.eca ao. a!J:d lafcrmatloa could be ob 1r.! - ! tod-y cn this Eubject from Co..rr-- I'r-r.'U. S. District Attor- .:::3, cr Customs Cqj ' ,1!:, th? t-o last : to c' cu: 3 U.3 nows, ;h iafcrmatlca.must be r-incd frcn the Epeclal aent or from the Attorney General at Washington. It is Intimated la other sources, however, -that during the trial of one man here tome time ago on the charge cf undervaluing Imported racr th;.::dlo, the defendant testified in tfCcct that "everybody . was doln'" it,'' or that It was a common practice, and thr.t further investigation on the ftri.r.gth cf this hint had developed the fact thct there was more or less truth In tl.3 defendant's assertion. It 13 raid that Cpeclal Agent Cor don's' evidence will be largely the re sult cf thc?e later investigations. Just how far-reaching the inspection and the evidence-may be, probably will not la f.;!'y Lnown until it. has been presented to the federal grand Jury end . that tody has taken action. 3 $ ? S $ s $ Marquez Threatens to Enjoin Letting of Contract to . Another ; - LOWEST BIDDEu'DOES NOT GET THE BUSINESS Turned Down, He Maintains the Specifications Shut Out All but One Firm i - The Hawaiian News Company was awarded the contract for school desks by the Oahu Loan Fund Commission this morning, although Its bid was the highest of three, being, .$2957 against $2339.60 bid by-Arleigh & Company and $2814.65 bid , by the Office Supply Company an excess of $14.70 In one instance and $142.35 in the other. The matter was decided on a strict construction of ' the specifications. wmm mm 11 M lLjdlL-Lh F5 Report First Denied And Then Completely , Confirmed g p $ g 4 J 3 8 ; ' , The first news of the death' of the Mikado was given to Ho- r nolula by the Star-Bulletin1 short- $ p ly after nine o'clock on the re- 4 ceipt of a ."flash" by Associated b Press cable. The report of the S g Mikado s death was formally de- $ "nied - by. the Japanese consulate upon receipt of cabled news from s Washington, but within a short 3 time the consulate also received 3 the" report of the death. , . $ & & Q DEATH FOLLOWS TIVO : WEEKS' OF ILLNESS Associated Press Cable 'I . T0KI0, Japan. July 29, 4 4 4, 4 4 44444 tinges, and the specifications it Is EmpCrOr UUuUilltO QICCJ at declared, were plainly intended to M 2.43 O'clock and CrOWn shut ont an desk but the "Peabody;; p . Ynchihitn has hfifin nrn- me Kino, ouerea vj me B.uccessiiui niww wv,. r. w LI 'der. There was Ju6t one opening fu a dispute in that regard, being the words "or its equivalent" follow ing r.-prescription of one of the two cr t '. ree "Peabody" types of attach mci.ts. : I"" - (Continued on page 2) HACKFCLD CADLE GIVES STATUS OF SUGAR BILL $ & $ s $ II. ltackfeld & Co.. Ltd.,re-ccived-the following cablegram from Its New York office this morning: : "Sugar bill has passed the Senate, 52 agalast S. Propost duty 75 degrees, 95 cents. , -Additional for each degree; two and three-fifths cents. Po larixation " 100 figures $1.60. Cuba 20 per cent less. "Dutch standard and refined differential abolished. " "Bill will likely pass House, with the probability that it will be signed by the President of the United States." Two thousands persons are home less from floods at Salamsnca, Mexico. THE MULTIGRAPH A Machine of Economy - I! . . r: ri- - r H. C. KCNDRICK, LTD. Ccrr.rr Merchant and Atakea , r r T The Home Rulers today postponed the nonlnaUon cf a delegate to Ccn. grcss until next Septeraber. Accord Ins to the sentiment at the 'closing- of the meeting today he Home Balers will support Kuhio for delegate. . ' "Let the people 'have free hands" With the above statement sounded through the convention , hall, and with President Chas. K. Notley seated in his chair on an elevated platform, the eighth convention of the llbme Rule party was called to order at 10 o'clock this morning in Notley Hall on Kukui street. .. v - v . . Notley, who will unquestionibly be nominated as a candidate for Dels gate to Congress on the Home Rule ticket, said this morning that he his always been In favor of letting tLa people have free hands in political matters. He believed that It is wrong for any party leaders to use coercion, as he said was evidenced during the Republican convention. This morn ing he told his Home Rule friends that they could nominate another man for Delegate to Congress on the Home Rule party, If they saw fit to do so, tut as the committee on credentials, consisting of Jno. A. Baker, W. N. Kauahipaula and one other, failed to make its report at noon today the convention took a recess, subject to Jthe call of the chair. ; Unlike former years, the convention of the Home Rule party was not Im posing. The hall, which was filled to (Continued from Paqe 3) claimed emperor from the stcos of the nalacc. All the im- ocrial orinccs were present and a va:t crowd heard the procia mation. ; . . '" -V Associated press Cable , TOKloi'- Japsn, -Jvly 23 Emperor f.tuUuhlto is desd, and.'Ycihihltahia ten reigns In his stead. r -Ti :z r.h cl the monarch at 42:43 p. m. fcllcwed two week's cf ;illnts d-r!r.a. which time the greatest phy-c'-.hr.x cf the empire have been In at-t:r.-;nce and every- recourse known ts rr: ileal science has been used in tha tattle for his life. . ; , Yc:tsrday afternoon the emperor re li;;:d Into a coma and It wat announc ed by the attending physicians that death was but th matter of a few hours. The minister of ttate with the member of the Imperial famlllet kert vigil through the night at the paL:. The crown prince Yoahihlto cliuhied the sceptre as death closed hit father's eyes. Mutsuhifo was the 121st ruler of an nriuroken dynasty founded 660 B.C. and i he was probably the VMiit famous of his line. Under his reign which be-1 gsn in 1S68 when after a brief war he! overthrew the Shogun, Japan broke solitude in which the nation had, held itself ;fbr centuries ! and became one Of the greatest of the world powers. Waged Two Wart. During his career on the- throne Ja pan waged two great wars, one wth China and the second and last with, Russia and was victorious In botn con flicts. V' : - ":-. Mutsuhito was born at Kyoto, Nov. 3, 1S52, and succeeded his father Ko- mei Tenno in 1867. He ,was married j Dec. 28, 1868 to Princess Haruko, j cient. and regular law of succession the crown devolves upon the etd est ton. ' ' ; ' . - That Japan has a constitutional gov--l emment f,i dwe In . a great measure j to the initiative of Mutsuhito. When j he succeeded to the throne the power j of the Mikado was absolute, although ; its exercise was controlled to some extent by custom End public opinion, but In 1875 when the Senate and Su preme Judicial Tribunal were found- EMPEROR 2IUTSUIIITO OF JAPAN, WHO IS DEAD IX T1IU F02TY- , . : v FIFTH YEAR OF HIS REIQX. i . 44 4 4 4'444444444 '4 ! J 4 ! 4 4 4 4 '4 4 v 44 4 J (Continued from Page 2) Be .in m BGsauss of Bio's iiUGii, LJ I' B H YOSHIHITO, CBOWX PRIXCE OF JAPAX, WHO SUCCEEDS TO -I3IPE ' - RIAL THROXE OX DEATH OF FATHER Bijou Changes Bill' After Vain Attempt to Remodel Fa-v:':- mous Opera News of the death of the Mikado of Jcpan createc consternation at the Bijou theater where all arrangements had been mad for the presentation of the comic opera, "The Mikado" by the Pollard Luiputians tonight Aware of the fact that'the last re vival of the Gilbert and Sullivan opera in London almost ccused a riot on the part of the Japanese there and was made tee subject of diplomatic representations, resulting in the, with drawal of the piece from the boards, the management of the local theater was in a qutndaryv . "If the opera was' regarded as an insult to he Mikado living, what will his subjects consider It, if presented on the day of his death; was the question up to he management. . AN APPRECIATION OF M UTSUHIT0 By PROF. M. M. SCOTT. (Mr. . Scott; was decorated two months . ago by "Emperor - Mutsuhito. with the Fourth' Order of the Rising Sun.) ' ., . Then there was another question. If we do not put on the Mikado wnat can we put on? The answer to this wes that the company was not pre pared to offer a substitute.' J ' The deceased Emperor of Japan as- Finally it was determined to adopt jcended the ancient throne of "his an heroic easures "We will commit j cestors in the year 1868, at the age of sacrilege," said Manager Kipling, and Ji5. ne has. therefore, reigned for 45 change the opera, substituting tne Lord Mayor for the Mikado and lea v-j years, and yet was not by any means an old man. His reign . during - this time was the most momentous and far reaching of any in 4hls ancient em pire perhaps the most remarkable In the changes that have gone on during that time of any nation in history. He found his country beset with grave difficulties, both internal and ex- Ing out 'all reference to the upl erne ruler of JaDan. D8t or preLent. The noted composers may turn in their graves at the Idea but It is better so hetter than some other things might happen? ' ' ' So it w as decreed, and a busy staff went to-work with shears and prun- ternal. For seven hundred years there ing hooks, eliminating al' reference 'existed, In Japan a feudalism, the most to the Mikado from the various parts, j unique and perfect that the world has Late this afternoon Manager Kip- ever seen. It was his glory to see ling telephoned that all his plans were this ancient feudalism changed into a la vain. He found the 'opera so per-j strong, united national government In . j addition to this,' foreign complications (Continued oh Pag 4) were settied and perfected on an hon orable and perfect basis, giving Japan entire supervision over her - external affairs. With all her poverty, an ad mirable system of schools and univer sities has been organized, as well as an efficient , army and navy ' that are recognized as among the world most perfect organizations. A parllamenj tary s-stem of government unifying the laws in accordance with those of the most advanced nations, has been established. Scientific investigations that Japan's students have made are recognized the world over. X Indeed, changes have gone on so rapidly in Japan during his reign that some witty statesman in Europe said that Japan was the only nation In history that had "jumped out of her own skin." All these changes, and many more of a like naturef)have been made .during the forty-five years upon the throne of the deceased Emperor. The Japanese people and her states men had already begun to - look for- 1 t lAsrocIatPtl rrrs CaMeJ SAN FRANCICCO, Cl, July 20. Robert CxmrJ. V eu;ar minata, taday tastiHed fctfera tho tu;jr tru:! . :; Havomeyer bejan a cam?ai;n in K3t to cru;!t t' j A :ri ducera, th Mitsouri river valley territory ttinj I 'i r :rl.-;. H said that ho himsslf wai csnfrcntcJ v,iti V 3 pr half cf his atock or coin3 out of businc:. A hit..- irz-y Ctillman, tht Ntw York banker, waj intrcJ-::, in v.! .': ho was ready to establish a community cf i.-.'.:-::t vsi.'i t ing that they would transfer half cf ti.ilr ttrck. 'i I! '3 C NOV! 7rf", t , ' ! t Special CaLlo to Star-n-tJ LC3 ANGLL- Cal, July ::-Jur:r LcavlLt v. : 5 t by illness from .furl.. er aervica in tha Cirrow c;:i zr 1 serve juror, substituted. :$50,CC0 Pries cf I T. 7. IrvJaI Cable to tar-n.:'.:-tr.nl UZ7 YORK, July it la ttliev:d r;r; th:f t' ? murd;rcrs of Hermrn Cc;:nthji, ths tcra zm"-'- 5 : thrtitened to reve:l p::i:s corruption, ii crrUin. Fifty t is said to tt ths pric? cf ths killir:. Americas A: . . :,, ' hrci.ii catie to t.ir-i:.;:: t: EL PASO, 'Tex July i:. r.:exi:sr, r:f:::3 r-y t 1 rebel leadsr, has Issued an crJir.to kill z. Ar-..-;: -. . terventlon within a, few days. young -rrLCUT'iLr: r.ir: v. "la::c Fcr.r'iT, i :u July y hip. . . , ki W M W w - Fin:r.ci:1 5ict:ra:nt Ju-. " ReccrJ (Continued on Pass 4) Oahu College's debt has been wiped out and a year of remarkable progress made, according to a report that kha.s been prepared by P, C. Jones, treas urer, for the president and trustees of the Institution., .The report which is very compre hensive and which shows the finances of the college and Puhahou Prepara tory School in the smallest detail, is one ! that few educational institutions J oJ the United States can equal. In fact" when .Dr. ..Eliot, president emeri tus of Harvard, was taken to see the college and told of its successful fi nancial year by President Griffiths, he remarked that it was a splendid record and that Harvard could not equal it but was running some hundred of thousand cf c! ,r ? "Tlie ye;ir j": t t" Jones in h!.; r ; : t. ' moU succt s.-fi;l ia .t:."1 1 college. Notvith:,tan i::.- t'.. FUJtair.o.i y t. t ; ! ' fire of Castle Hall.c ; . we have hail a r ' t ; and the. value of t!.1 i little over one . mKIi- ; final balance of all : r ' and receipts for t!. : r credlt balance of izr.r.l '; the coliro June C). 1M1. 871.72. ThU has teen c out . " "The' loss and iln accr the- beinnin,T of t!. jr J341.6i5.4D. To! iy t! 'i i:( a credit 'of Jl0r.:'J3.r,. u ; the year of JCc: LC V Taking up in fMjil t:." the college, ?Jr. Jon rtf.: length to th5 succf s -f ul 5 (CcntinuscT cn P;;3 Z) Lfckii k v t-" 7 Public Is Waking Up and Dona- tions Are How Coming Through Faster More than one hundred dollars has been added to the Duke Kahanamokv fund and at last the public Is begin ning to respond in a way that gives promise of speedy success for the plac to buy the, Hawaiian boy who has won the highest swimming honors in the vorld a house and lot as an apprecia tion of his efforts and the advertising tit has given this country. , Never was toere a donation to the fund that meant as much as one or 147.03 that arrived at the citar-Bulle tin odce this morning from the lepe: settlement When It is realized wha a big percentage of their. scanty al lewance the people of the Molokal sat tlement have made, their generosity and desire to see the fund grow wili be appreciated at Its real value. Many oi them gave every cent they had. In the world. : : ; he list of those who gave to fund from the settlement is as follows: Geo. Kahoukapu ...............I 5.00 S. K. Kaunamano ....... Wa Notley Wm. Kapela ........... John Haulanl Jas. Hatchie Tommy Ninl C. A. Akini 5.00 10.00 2.50 2.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 John Kiiafpuni John S. Wiln.:. :t-n Henry Ma .........4. Wm. JC Kapr!.i Jr Keaioba Keawcamahi Ah Fa Akamu Lul Hoolapa Chas. Palauale'o L. Nailima John pe Coitu Paull ........ Sylvester Tachco JIaninl.r. '. Kekona... .',...-. Mattron Peter Richard . Sol. Moatnoi1 D. Nawelu Kalanlwahine . . Kaleikini .. . Houpo .. D. Kapoe . . Pilipo - - Hukia . Joe Souzh .............. John Waiwaioie - Hamakua .. Geo. Kanewa .... Sam P. Iona .... This morning the Star-F: celved a telephone mcs5a , f: plantation that a substant: been raised at the pUr.i t: (Ccnti.iuti ci T