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HONOLULU BTAR-BULLETIN, TUESDAY, JUKE 17, 1013. mini RILEY H. ALLEN EDITOR TUESDAY 7 am fori u n t v! If I hare any errors, people arc sure to know ihCm. Confucius. CUBA IS 'JUBILANT Iifs1ilrnf 'WilsonK Jittitiiilf "on lltf siir:ir rnr- jiff qmvlioii is ''jrcetwl with sincere iK'light by the ' Cuban planterH. Why not? Cuba stands to be the leiieficiary direct of free-trade in this com modity, -i-7, V;i- ;f .Writing to a fr,iend in Hawaii, George Ross, who has recently visited Cuba ! on a business trip, says that the Cuban . planters are jubilant, feeling that free trade will cripple competition on the part of American producers. "Wilson is playing into' Cuban hands at the expense of the domestic producers," ig the way Mr. Koss sums up the situation, and it is a significantly apropos statement. - '". . . f, THE-JOLO SITUATION General PeihingV engagement with the Sulu Moros marks the most importaut battle in the Philippines for. a long time and lias awakens! great interest both in military and civilian cir-j cles. The latest dispatches indicate the routing! of thn outlaws .but Extermination, it aooears. is about the only way to end the guerilla warfare that these dattus and their followers will main tain ':';.; V I: 'j The disarmament of the Sulu Moros has been in progress since October, 1911, and there was no serious. resistdiice to the work in the archipel ago south of Jolo. The Jolos, howevershowed! a different spirit and there have been several minor outbreaks against authority. In Decern1 her, 1912, the disarmament was renewed, and from that time to the present it is estimated I hat 2,500 guns, most of them in serviceable condi- uon, uaye oeen laKen ami smppLu 10 Aamuuaua. The Jolo outlaws, it is asserted,; .are remnants 1912, followers . of Auiil,- the '- leader report etl killed m the ' fight of last week, collects at ;Amil!s home at Mount Landupsan and defied the authori ties. From that time until last week 'they remained in tlieir mountain strongnoius. liiere ensued several weeks of negotiations between the American authorities and the dattns.- ;The latter promised to urge their followers to lay down ;their arms, but the dispatches indicate1 that A mil and other of the leaders did not live up to these promises, for there was comparatively little IK'aceful1, surrender of guns, and finally the ma rauding baiids committed so many outrages that the troops were forced to take the field with a punitive expedition. - jj . DAVAll'S' FOREIGN TRADE . V Among the comiK'nsat ions for t,he crisis in the sugar industry now existing pnbably none is mhro nhrimiss tlinn 1 1 r PYminsinn in tbf direct .foreign trade of Hawaii nTealetl in the Official last. That this commerce should have increased by more than one and one-quarter million dollars in three-quarters of a year, with the ratio of .ex--ixirts advanced G3.23 ner cent in excess of that - . . . . . . . of imports, as the figures show, is fsurcly an en- I II I I l 111. M.A La 1 1 II V VIV.B & - V ' . ma m : C tf : ' ".. . lion of the foreign imports are represented - by necessary supplies for the sugar inaustry---ier-tilizers to enrich the soil and bags for marketing the product,- these items from Chile and the East Tnilifs fpsmi-tivilr brin tbo third and fourth largest in the import tablcv-a fact that makes the general showing the more striking. It is a JMIJilllUIl mUirUIllg:llIUl;iIlll 1,IU11UI tries vanned pineapple, pineapide extract, cof fee and honey are steadily finding an outlet in rworjd markets. Kulber and tobacco give prom-: ise of being added to the category. It seems a pity that, with the suitability of Hawaiian soil to the growing of fiber, plants, the sugar industry could not save the more than 000,000 a year now spent on sugar-bags. T- There are some encouragingly suggestive ex-i hibits in the figures of Hawaii's direct foreign trade for the period under review. Of the Jwelye ...mnfrU tn ivliicli domestic merchandise Was shipped only oneVshowS a decrease in its pur- JUNE 17, l9i:V chases, while among the jjeven highest n the list UIC SraillM aiv vr Miuuuiuai. aim an.sMiv."" alKve, the ratio of increase is very much greater in the case of exports than in that of imports. Highest on the list of purchasers of Hawaiian merchandise is the Philippine group, to which ffhu-nir sliinnffl i)AtS wort 1. beillir ail 111- crease of ? 120,900 probal ly due to t he sugar machinery built here for those J si a mis. From the Philippines in return we imported goods to the value of 11)5,013, an increase of 44,557. To the Unitetl Kingdom was shipped a value of 13(,957, an increase of 55,894. From the Ilritish islands Hawaii made purchases of 013, 721, an increase of 122,729. : : " " .. Japan, our t Iii rd best customer, took 105,S9o worth, an increase of 89,323. The Kising Sun empire stands first in exports to Hawaii, with a value thereof of 2,172,775, being an increase of 412,848. . Vv;:.:; K.. :,-- - Germany bought 80,982 worth in the 1913 period," which is 17,920 less than ju the previous corresponding in-riod. Hawaii imports from Germany, however, were 47,252 in advance of last year, the amount being 4Q9,314 for the nine mont h s ended this year. Canada, with purchases of 57216, was a bet ter customer thanthe year before by 21,211. From that country Hawaii received goods to the value of 18,401, "an increase of 2,099. ; - France was a customer of Hawaii to the amount of 10,382, an increase of 1,538. From the same country we bought 14783 worth, an increase of 1,490. H . : . . British Oceania took 13,957 of our products, a gain of l6,032 From those dominions we took 370,050, an increase of 117,854. . V The Netherlands; bought of. Hawaii; 8,055, a gain of 3,511, and sold to it '12,535, an increase of 10,945. V : v: -:- . : V China's purchases amounted to 4,893, a gain of 230,' and those of Hongkong to 2,29, a de cline of 905.- From Hongkong the imports were 285,783, an increase of 19,4G0. ' -- Shipments to Belginni were 4,3G4, an in crease of 3,401, against imports'of f2,440, an increase of 48,784, from that country. Mexico, buying nothing in last year's period, took 1,050 worth thy year. ; ; . From the East Indjes we imported merchan dise to the value of 521,000, an increase of 135,703; Chile, 404,414, an increase of 11, 673 ; : French Oceania 20,713, a decrease of 8, 099; Sweden, 4,2S4, an increase of 435;! Italy, 3,14(i, an increase of 307. The figures of a to ot her countries are negligible. ; v ; For the nine months in question the aggregate direct foreign trade of Hawaii was 5,730,734, being 1,203,444 greater thau for the correspond ing period ended in 1912. Imports amounted to 5,115,178, an increase of 977,339, and exports to 015,550, an increase of 280,105. Of the ex erts the latter nine months 14,091 "were of for eign merchandise, showing that nearly 001,000 of Hawaiian products were disposed of in forr eign markets. " 1 !. The. Star-Bulletin invites free and frank discussion in thi3 column on all legitimate subjects of current interest Communications are constantly, receiv ed i(x which no signature is attache 0. Th.is. paper- will treat -as. confidential signratures to letters if the writers so desire, but cannot give space to anonymous communications. iEnHEl - -Before bringing two professional Coast teams here for aperies next spring, Honolulu ought to work the recall on the Hawaiian ball-players now populating the mainland.. V . 7?.:. ' '-mm Carnival AVeck, 1914, begins auspiciously with the appointment of James b: Dougherty, as director-general. Now it' up to Hawaii to boost boost boosts '''": " : : Plucky Great Britain pedoists will issue an other challenge They must have the Lipton habit r :'y: Possibly Bryan's -interest in the currency bill is . 'limited' because it has "no sixteen-to-one feature"- r '' '.-;::.:; v- The natimal administration seiins to think it lias a ; "duty? to unperforni. T : V -. The 1914 Floral Parade starts off with a flourish. "'v-7- The best stage for Djjke is (the diving plat form. ' ' :.' ; ; ; v .-7- ' - . It will probably be a Democratic vaucuss! There is a sfiglit duty on bananas, any way, on CIO Q1 A- APPI PC Q innul report on the production. OU,DfO!Olt' HrrttO 0 v 'Bumper' crops in such states as TOTAL FOR LAST YEAR Michigan. Missouri and Arkansas out- .. r : weighed rthe decrease in production in 'V fBy litwt Mail r svcl States as Ohio. Indiana and 1111- : A' - ' v . t m ndis. 'The-qnantity shipped out of the "WASHINGTON. - Th? total.. fom-. state?;wa8 J2.r.04.513 bushels, mei-cial. movement of apples from 6ri iCcreaso of per cent over 1911. during regions during 1912 wa3 o0,643,-. . : , 4i4vbushels, the department or agn-j secona an-i culture anr.our.ces in its Star-Dullctln today's news Tday. SON. BORN TO MRS. F. B. DAMON. TREE PLANTING AT FORT KAME .. T ... HAMEHA. Fred B. Damon, cashier of the Bank cf Hawaii, is. today receiving t he -very hearty congratulations of his friends over an addition to his family. A son was born to Mts. Damon' yester day, at the Damon , home in Manoa valley. : j :; j: ; ;--: Fort Kamchameha. H. T., . June 14, 19i:j. i Editor Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Sir: Permit me to extend through your columns the thanks of this gar lison for the kindly and helpful In terest shown in our welfare by Mr GerriL Wilder and the children and ttheri accompanying him, who this morning brought out and planted 50 trees on Fort Kamehameha. We: shall use our best endeavors to care for each and every, tree, and I trust that the children may retain for many years a keen Interest In the work, their hands have started. Yours very truly, -F. W. COE, . . t , Major . Coast Artillery Corps , Commanding. ' ' m . .'.: j W T. HAWUNS Duke's records Sip to and including the; quarter-mile are faster than the best records they ; have made on the Pacific Coast. We j hope to te able to land many first f places on our trip. JAMES . DUUOiic.ni cf professienal ball teams here dur ing our next carnival week should be a good-drawing card for the fans. In fact, we can nxake several features of the carnival self-supporting. JOHN EFFINGEK There is abso lutely no politics in my .trip to the mainland now. .'Mrs. Efflnger and I are celebrating ur twenty-firth wed ding anniversary and I don't expert to get further than Chicago. I am a Democrat who is not a candidate for office and my. trip isn't to promote the prospects, of My thlngsor anybody. PERSONAL ' LZEN-TION MOSES RAYMOND; of Burlington, Iowa, has written friends here that he expects to visit during the next Floral P&reLdc J. T." WARREN, proprietor of the Honolulu Photo Supply Company, is registered at the "Hotel ' Sutter, ; San Francisco. V F. P. ROSECRANS of Honolulu, ac companied by Mrs. Rosecrans, arrived in, Seattle June 2 and are registered at the. New Richmond hotel. : MISS MAY ZUMWALT, who attend ed school, in Honolulu during the win ter 'and specialized in domestic sci ence, is teaching at Colusa California. FRED' W. MILVERTON, formerly deputy city and county attorney of Honolulu, arrived In San Francisco on the Sierra June 6 and is registered at the Hotel Sutter. " H. P. WOOD, secretary of the Ha waii promotion committee, arrived in San. Francisco June 6 and is regis tered at the Hotel Stewart lie is ac companied by . Mrs. Wood. V LIEUTENANT ROSS KINGSBURY, wha has been on duty at Honolulu for the past few years, left San Francisco June 7 for Charleston, S. C. He is accompanied by Mrs. Kingsbury. ; CAPT. C. MXACHLIN, a British ar my officer, who has been extensively touring Japan and China, arrived, in the liner Chiyo Maru and will remain here for Borne weeks before proceeding to the coast.: : ' ; DR. B. F: 3ANDOW, superintendent of the Waimea Hospital, Waimea, Kauai, . has - returned to Hawaii from a visit to Hawaii from a visit to Cali fornia. ,He : is accompanied by his daughter,'. Margaret MRS. GEORGE E. HOWELL, an aunt of Lewis Underwood of. Lewers & Cooke, - will arrive in Honolulu in the Siberia and will be a guest at the Underwood tesldence, Kaimuki. Mrs. Howell visited ; in Honolulu twenty years' ago. . C. G. HEISER, stock broker for the Trent Trust Company, is , spending a few weeks in San Francisco accom panied by Mrs. Heiser. They recently, attended the Rose Festival - at Oak land given under the auspices of the Oakland Commercial Club. 1 C. H. BROWN, manager of the Ho nolulu Scrap Iron Company, will be a departing passenger in the ,Wilhelmi na Wednesday for Washington, D. C. Be will spend several months in the east and' will be accompanied by Mrs. Brownand their daughter. GEORGE J. O'NEIL and Mrs. O'Neil of- this city returned- from an extended trip to the far east as passengers in the Japanese. liner thiyo Maru. Mr. and Mrs. O'Neil spent some time in touring the scenic points of interest in Japan, China and the, Philippines.: ; JOHN EFFINGER, accompanied by Mrs. Effinger and their two children, will sail on the' Wilhelmina tomorrow morning for the Coas.t, After a visit to Portland, where they have a home, they will go east as far as Chicago. Their trip is in celebration of the twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. W. B. THOMAS, president of the American SugaF Refming Company of New York, arrived in Honolulu yes terday in the Chiyo Marn en route to his home in the east after a tour of the world. He was accompanied by his wife and daughter, and during his. stay here was the guest of E. A. R. Ross, treasurer of CJ3rewer & Co." IIANFORD CRAWFORD, a promi nent banker; o St. Loins and presi dent of the Young Men's Christian As sociation of thjft city, was a through passenger yegrlerday in the Chiyo Maru en rdutj from the Orient to San (Continued from page one) the Judge in gjving a review of the Cain the court room as Maguire heard the words that will deprive him- of his liberty for at least five 'yeatfs, there were many county officials, attorneys and Rev, Cullen and his wjlf e of the English church. Almost every specta tor, whether court attache or notr had in past years been on terms of inti mate acquaintance "with the prisoner and tense was the feeling evident during the moments proceeding the imposition of the sentence. .- " Mrs. Cullen wife of the Pauailo minister, who is billing the pulpit of the church of the Holy Apostles dur ing Reverend Fenton-Smith's absence, was the only woman in the court room. This Is he church at which Maguire has been a regular attendant and financial contributor. They sat a- little apart from the prisoner, he being alone. As different people walk ed 4nto the building before the call ing of court, he nodded to all ho looked his way and greeted him. v ;. When Judge Parsons -had bpn seat ed, he informed the special prosecu tor that he would like to hear from the representative of the territory' Breckons called to the attention of the court that on account of the great publicity w hich the case had received, the judge was probably -very well In formed regarding1 It. He stated t,hat the embezzlements had started" in 1907 and continued until 1912, most of it being money taken from the general "fund which had been issued as "pay of police." "So far as punish ment 4s concerned, the-territory has nothing to say as that is a matter fully up to the consideration of the court," was a concluding statement of, Attorney Breckons. - Attorney Carlsmith arose and said, the attorney for the territory ; - has fully set forth the facts of this case They are facts that would have been brought out before a Jury.. When. I took this case" I was confronted with a. signed confession and a preponder ance of evidence as to facts of. the case, but I felt that there were legal noints unbn which to make a' defense. But. Mr. Maguire consulted " with friends and decided to enter, the plea of- glrflty. ; It was not upon my ad vice. Like the territorial attorney 1 feel (that I have no right to make "recommendations to the court as re gards sentence. That is a matter that is fully within the judgment of the court After the remarks of Magulre's at- Francisco. During hi3 brief stay here Mr. Crawford made " the trip around the island as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Super. - . : ; F1ELYDEN J. KINLEY, of Santa Rosa, California accompanied' by Mrs. Kinley and their daughter, Miss Juliet Kinley, are visiting In Honolulu In an ticipation of spending several months in the islands. Mrs. Kinley was for merly Miss Connie Fassoth and at the time of her marriage was a - resident of Honolulu. Her parents stnJ reside In the islands. . ' MISS ETI,IEL CARTER, steno grapher in the public works depart ment, returned on the Honolulan this morning from a two months' vacation in California. The fear of her friends that she was among those Injured in the collapse of .the grand stand at Long y Beach, Cal.,c a few weeks ago wps allayed several days ago by a letter ; stating ; she had : visited the scene after the accident Pjjnaheu 4 bedrooms furnished.'- Tantalus 3 Sedims , furnished. FOR . . :" : Residence' Alewa Heights. ... . Residence Wilder Avenue.... . Residence Anapuni Street.... Residence Anapuni Street..., Residence Piiko Street. .... . , .$8500 Residence Palolo ............. 3500 . 7500 Residence 14th Ave., Kaimuki.. 7500 . 4500 Residence 13th Ave., Kaimuki.. 4500 .. 4350 Residence Young " Street . J . . 40ft0 ;J 6500 Residence Young Street ...... 3000 Guardian Trust Go., Ltd Second floor Bank of Hawaii Building A H oward! Watch The supreme gift for the young man jmt entering business ranks.: ' i WlCHM.AN GQ'tm torney, the prisoner was called to the bar, the bailiff using the wordsv "Mr. Maguire." Following this Judge Par sons asked the question: "Have you anything to say why sentence should not be imposed?" And Maguire gave the answer In the words and manner as above stated. , Then the Judge said: "I sentence vnn tn not less than five vears nor more than ten years imprisonment at hard labor. ' , Shortly afterward Breckons said that he had had a consultation, with the attorney general and they had thnntrht that after a suitable sentence had been given it would be sufficient reason to move for the entering or a nolle prosequi on the . other indict ments.' There was no ostentatious taking of the prisoner into charge following the' sentence. O. T. Shipman a prom inent Hilo Democrat a few minutes after calling the sentenced' man out side on the lanai where he conversed for some time, whiie the court called for sentence the next case on the cal endar. : - ,- ' ' The only marked comment after the spectators left the court room, among whom were first the minister and his wife, was that upon the feeling shown by Attorney Breckons. - While ten or fifteen men afterward discussed the sentence they seemed to all agree with the statement of one who said, in reference to Breckons: "He has had much contact with 'Charlie' since this matter came up and we all know that Charlie was a mighty likeable fellow whatever his faults' may be. 1 Maguire Is to be taken to the vol cano jail tomorrow morning and so ends the first chapter in the Hawaii graft case which a few months ago attracted so much attention following the report of the auditor's employed by the Senate holdover committee, , .; o "; . The suite or worKmen ror tne i'a clfic Gas and. 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