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NUrara, Sept. 10. ,
Fer TiBroirert
Marama, Sept 8.
Evening; Dulletln, Est' 1S52, No. 5643.
Hawaiian-Star, 'VoL XXI. No. 6683.
Wilson's Nominee for Governor
Answers Every Ccniplaint of
Protests to Ccmmjttee
WASHINGTON, I). C, Sept.
'i.U'E.; Pinkham, President
Wilson 'k nominee for governor
of Hawaii, today drHveral to
the president a full reply to tl
. cnarp mauo i o , i no - Kwyrje
coinmitteo on Pacific Islands
( and Porto Rieo against iyf con
fi nu at ion, and re ferrety to .Hue
'president lyj CUaifiimti : SHaf
roth. ' ; - '-.
- 3f r. Pinlcham cxlainel et
.crythin" in: a etrjijilitfonvard
manner.
0. S.' ALBERT.
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urncctff-! 1 'y t! "t c ti 111 prport
Hp V." -I ;rv ! tariff. !.:::, In.
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; Yale men, members of th Chamber
or Commerce,' Merchants' Association
and dhcr local commercial organiza
i.cnB, will cooperate In arranging e
titling welcomoTor Francis Burton
Haniscn, v ho was recently nominated
by rrrsicnt V'ilson for governor-general
cf the Philippines, who is sched
uled .to arrive "ia Honolulu In the Man
churia Kcrtember 16, en route 'to as-
' eue his new duties In the Islands.
..During his brief stay in Honolulu,
the new governor will be the' guest
cf John R. Gait, a Yale alumnus, who,
in caso.tbe Manchuria arrlvCa In the
m-rnlr-, will take the diplomat on a
t'.ohts vng tour to places of Interest
In and about the city. 'A luncheon at
the University Club at noon Is being
planned, at which Harrison will be
tue guest of the Yal men of the city.
The afternoon is to be given over to
tue reception by the members of the
local commercial organizations.', V
- JYancis Burton Harrison is" a Demo-
; crat. & native .of N'ew , Y.ork city,' a
lawyer by profession, and has been a
representative in Bvp congresses, his
fret service being In the fifty-eighth.
'He was educated at Yale university,
aLd the New York Law School. - He
comes from a distinguished family, be
ing the son cf ..ra. Burton Harrison,
a well-known author. ' He is 40 years
of age, and wealthy, and is well known
In mainland; business circles and
smart set.'- . . N ll: .
A committee consisting of k. H. Par
is, chairman; C S. Crane and Charles
R. Frazier was appointed yesterday by
George G. Guild, vice president of the
Merchants' Association to cooperate
with James D. Dougherty, ' director
general of the 1314 Floral Parade and
Mid-Winter Carnival, in carrying out
the plans for next year's celebration.
E. H. F. Wolter, stipervisor and
chairman of. the health committee oi
that body, is still very ill at bis
borne. He is suffering from a dis
ease, which though not rendering his
condition critical, makes it extremely
doubtful if be can recover before an
ctiier fortnight He has already been
confined to his bed for two weeks.
SAFES-
H. C HENDRICK, LTD.
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CURRENT HAPPENINGS AS SEEN
for. thc avc court pt net
. L L f St I, 1 ' W II I 1 I .k kl 1 I IN -fSnfMal Rtr-Rulltln Corriinonden.u , i- v i ' ' l ' h N ' K f
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W K r r M M V I l.i P 9 . . P W It . -i T w . 7 1 ..'..-- - 1
7 - - ' . - -Kr-: 1 ; Tlsor "'James V. Lewis, thinks -f ' - t .. , f ; - -" :
Mrs. John Eills of Llassachusetts Issues Appeal
to worm ior ixace 01 xatue naugnrer -
Kidnapped by Father Honolulans r I
: Called Upon for Aid ; :
' Will HonolultTfurnish the doe that
is to -clear up . a mystery that has
baffled tb3 poli.ctr of three continents
for half a year?, Will" a father who
kidnaped his own ch!ld and' then dis
appeared us effectualiv as though the
earth had open-id sod shown him thf
sfcort'cutto. China, be brought to. Jus
tice through the medium of Honolu
lans; wi'.'i wsom he as thrown In
conU:Q. rturicg a voyase across the
Pacific? ' . " ; - : i ..
.It Is not 'unlikely - that such wlllba
the case, and if so, one of the most
sensational und 'daring abductions on
record will be uncovered and -the veil
cf mystery tat purrenrds the. .whole
peculiar case finally lifted. , '
On February 22 of this year, John
E'I!s,.,w!-3 r-rl. fcecn.at vario.ua tinies.
of . his life;' preacher," lecturer, stock
manipulator,, telegraph operator, and
half a dozen otHer things, kidnaped
his little daughter Olga, from their
Massachusetts )home, and leaving
his wife destitute, - fled . across the
country wifh little Olga, bound vfor
the Orient This was after a series
cf sensational episodes. In which he'
had first abused his wife, and then
"railroaded" her to ah insane asylum.
On April 9 Ellis and . his child took
passage on the Wllhelmina, coming
to Honolulu, from which place later
he sailed for Yokohama on the Man
churia. It Is the hope - of learning
something of "the kidnaper's plans
that friends of Mrs. Eills who have
Interested themselves In this extra
ordinary case have. written to Walter
Dillingham, who with other members
of the All-Hawaii polo team was a
fellow passenger of Eills on the' Mat
son steamer, asking him tot do .what
he can towards finding eut the par
ticulars of Ellis' stay here, and in
fact furnish' any clew thaf;may lead
OH Ore
Sn?rinfl5 FJpW Qliartpr Will Be
OPSCIOUS NEW UUaners ..Hill DB
Scene of House-Varming
and Lodgs Ceremony '
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A new chapter In the history of the
Loyal Order of Moose win be written
by the local lodge . Tuesday evening
At that time the doors to their new
home will be opened for a reception
and the guests of the club will be
shown through one of the most com
plete and attractive lodge quarters in
the territory. Vr '.
Sometime during the following
week the -evening has not been def
initely decided upon the eight; hun
dred - active members of the local
lodge will convene In their new club
home for a house warming and sol-
emn ceremony, which will really
mark the beginning of a new 'era in
the history of the Moose lodge here.
. But Just now the; entire attention
of the Moose Is fixed on the reception
for Tuesday evening. It promises to
be a gala affair, an affair m which
music and dancing will have ' . their
part ) The dancing of course will fol
low the reception; and the music, to
be I rendered by the Hawaiian band,
will be heard throughout the evening.
All the Moose and their friends are
invited to be present Many members
of the lodges on'other islands are ex
pected to be here when the new home
is opened to congratulate their Hono
lulu brothers on their progresslve
ness. ' ;1 ' ' : -' ' ':
It was only two years ago November-9,
1911 that the local lodge was
organized. In that time it has ao
ouired a membership of 1400. ; It is
now about to enter one o( the finest j
cluo nomes am uie lerniory -quarxers
which have been prepared to meet ev
ery need of an up-to-date club. ,
The writer was, shown, through the1
club rooms this "morning by Senator
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to locating the father and daughter.
Thelpolice also have been called upon
to aid . In the work. The Ellis case.
hat been taken up v by hundreds
throughout the - country, who" have
rorroea an endless cnam or workers,
all of whom are striving to return the
little girl to her mother. : ,
Circumstances Are Explained.-
Miss -L. B.Bridgman of 1715 La!
LomaT road, Berkeley, Can. is especial-.
hnm,-evplamlng the; circumstances' ot i
the abduction, is in; part as follows:.
Through the help of iCapt, Peter
Johnson of the wriheimifaa,. and'
Mr. Diericr or ;the- Matson wavigapon !
vmpanrTnave 'oeen-aDie lotracc
Mr. John- Dlls, .kidnaper, .to Hong
kong.- Beyond that port I - have r no
clue.' : ' ' -
.:Thefpa8senger list a copy of which
I Inclose,- sailing from San Francisco
April 9, 1913, on S.' S. .Wllhelmina,
rovas 42. contains your name, and it;
'is in; the hope that you may, during
the five days' voyage, have talked to
Mr: Ellis (please note that the name is
nots 'Ellis') or overheard some of his
conversation which might give a clueJ
as to his : intended destination, that X
am writing , to you and inclosing po
lice circulars- and -other important
Items of information. -1
'On this voyage Mr Ellis is listed
as 'Mr. J. Eills'. and the child Olga. as
'Nattale. Ellis'. May I not ask you to
help In ' one. or all , of the following
ways? ' ' -. ; . . .-;
Send to'me any clue you have
as to Mr. Eills possible "destination.
(It is not likely that he would tell
where . he .was going, but it is'a likely
(Continued, on page eight)
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P n otm 1 : : x reverse of usual ; : . i n n ? p
J II l T V IS DISCOVERED IMvW IE-' ll
WITH RECEPTION: TUESDAY
Ambrose J. Wlrtz, the past dictator.
He wig Ehown thnugh theUwo floors
wmcn me loage -wui occupy ui uio
Progress Block, at the corner of Fort
and Beretania streets. . L '
- The last toucJtea.fix-4ehigTrattO
(Contlnuedon page three)
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(Special cable to Japanese Chronicle.
japar mi
AWAITS WORD
TOKIO, Japan, Sept 6. The Japan- jFunston, discussing;a story, to the ef
esfi government ; has forwarded in- feet that the military authorities here
btructions to Ambassador Yamaza at' would demand restitution for land al
Peking, .China, ordering him to at leged to have been illegally taken by
once demand from the Chinese gov-;the territory for the improvement of
eminent indemnity for the loss of thee Queen street wharf. ,
lives" and property of Japanese, resl-j "I am the only one here who .could
dents at Nanking, and an apology for make such, recommendations,-and my
the outrages. The government here authority is extremely limited when
has made public the fact that it will ; It cornea, to war department affairs
take up arms against China in case and policy. A plain statement of fact
that country refuses to comply with? is all that will.be sent from this de-
the foregoing demands.
M0RITAR0 ABE DIED
(Special cable to Nippu Jiji.)
TOKIO, Japan, Sept 6. Moritaro
Abe, director of the political bureau
of-foreign, affairs, who was attacked j
by two unidentified assailants yester-
day and stabbed in the abdomen, is
dead. It is now. believed that, the
motive of the assassins was due to
Japan's altitude' toward China.1
TERRITORY 0 HAYAIi; SATURDAY, SEPT. 6, 22
Speal 8tr-Bulletln Correspondence
HlLO Sept S. Former Super-
Tlsor James p. . Lewis, thinks -f
4 be has a legitimate kick against
ne pu i iegutraa'.e kick ig&iaBi t
the newspapers. , He has ,de-
are quick to print anything de-.-fj
.-rogatory.. to: hitu and others that -f'.
-f they can .learn,1 but fail to men- .
-f tlon commendable incidents, that -f
occurred during; his term as su- '
pervisor. 5 v f vr L - 4
Lewis'. cause;for complaint at -f
this time is - said . to be cai?se
the graft , commission -recently
4- learned that he had saved $5.000 -f
-r lor- the -countyon the Honolil -f
road contract, iut that no -men-
1 -f tion has been made, of the fact
According to Lewis friends, the
, probe accountants found that the
Brown contract for. a 'portion 4
4 they 'made inquiries to clear up
this : strange Jtti unusual . thing
for Hawaii county, they .were in-
4 formed that' Le ids, -on account of. 4
? 4- beta ffiwiliia r ;nrith' 1 contract. 4
4. work,'- was, able' x to
Change' - the 4
4 Speclficatlonsso hat the .coun- 4
4 ty could save the 45.000; '4
4?' 4 4 4 44.-44i-4-4i.-f.4:.'
IHELIILili
j Suggestions of Star-Bulletin
, May Be Acted upon by
v 1 P. L.' Weaver
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- Acting on the, suggestions made in
an editorial appearing : in yesterday's
issue of the Star-Bulletin Jn ; which
certain objectionable features of the
dance balls as they "are now permit
ted to be run were mentioned, P. L.
Weaver, first deputy city and. county
attorney, : announced r. this morning
that an . ordinance ,would be . intro
duced before the board, of supervisors
soon to remedy many of the evils said
to be incident tor the public . dance
places of Honolulu. ;v""
With Weaver, in the preparation of
the proposed ordinance, . William P.
I (Continued on page three) :
"Yoxi may Quote me as saying that
no officer, here has the authority to
make the statement regarding the
Queen street wharf ; credited to "a
hteh armv officer and nubllahed in
this morning's paper,, said General
partment in regard to, the wharf prop
erty. I doubt if the -high army offi
cer quoted was of as high ranking as
a corporal.' " . ; ' .
General Funston reiterated his
statement published in the Star-Bulletin
two days ago; that ; the military
territorial authorities.were'on the
friendliest of terms, and that there
would be no disposition- to "hold np
the territory," or refuse to lease to it
lands not actually needed for military
purposes vn the part of the war de
partment V. '.;v':: ;'r.'-' - v;
Dffi HALLS
liEil. RJiTON
PLACES BjW OF
BY THE
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Gale, Ragmg 71th Cyclonic Fury, Snap3 Llizzen
Truck : and Renders
V','"' Transport Emeraes from Ocean
i " .Fury Badly Battered ' .
Battling for seven hours' in the- re
lentless and deadly grip-a -raging gale
of cyclonic fury, submerged for the
greater part of .that time by 'angry
seas, mountainous in their, volume,
the United States Army transport Lo
gan, steaming from Manila by the way
of Nagasaki, Japan; emerged from the
encounter with the Infuriated ele
ments. In "sorry plight" while her pas
sengers, 'including military and civi
lians knelt .In. silent prayer and gave
thanks for what they firmly believed a
timely deliverance from death. The
Logan' arrived here this mornings ;
: When Wednesday, September : 3.
dawned tor the several hundred II. S.r
army and navy officers, their wlves
and families JncludlHS-scores of littls
children, employees of tfietFhllitjrnd
insular government, and a large dele
gallon of enlisted men of the army
and .navy, returning. to the homeland,
from. a term' of service In. the Philip
pines, a scene of utter rula and deso- (
iation -ytfr spread before them.;-. :
: The mlzien truck, supporting V9
after-end of the large aerials for the
wireles uioiraent was snf.ppd - oft
near its base. . All wires in the equip
ment iwre torn from their sockets,
putting "the system of communication
entirely out of commission.
;
Along me upper aecu,
th.ntfni ftspneers. - '
ThL?teS
of a cyclone at eleven o'clock Tues-
dir nSt At five o'clock the fol-
lowingLing.7i; J veset was again
In comparaUve smooth water, with ya
sky overhead that gave promise, 01 a
fine and clear day.
SPLIT KHS
Simultaneously with the opening of
the new quarters of the.. local Moose
lodge, a petition has ' been - started
among members for the establishment
of a new lodge and according, to sign
ers br the. petition, "they are attempt
ing to break away, from their present
affiliations because, liquor is to be sold
in the. new clubhouse....,.
: j: S. Bailey, a signer ofthe petlUon
and .an active member of No:- 800, de
clared this morning that more than a
hundred signatures to -the petition al
ready have been secured.' :i,,v'.;v--x
"I am. a charter ; member of this
lodge but when it Bhows, very plainly
that its policy, is to make a profit from
liquor sold on the.' premises, and when
it begins to look as if drinking will
be very frequent in, the club, I cannot
remain silent . I. must voice my protest'-..
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"I: went to. a meeting last night
prepared to make my stand there-but
wus prevented and shut up so quickly
I could do nothing. Many other mem
bers think as I do, and we intend , to
esUblish a new lodge "If possible.
Two, and I think inreerpf the pres
ent officers of the lodge are signers of
the. petition. It Is growing rapidly.
We; are willing to assume a heavy
burden of expense . in : opening ; and
maintaining our handsonwf quarters,
but we certainly would . not t have
agreed to the plan had we known so
much was to be spent on a, nunet ana
bar fixtures and that the buffet would
be one of the principal features of the
dub.' 1 . :
. TThe selling of liquor is our reason
for objecting and we feel that It. is a
matter of which public notice should
be given. I believe In the? fraternal
spirit and Joined the Moose because
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CARTOONIST
CCWXX STABTS
: Virele:3Helplec3
Wreckage was found everywhere,
following the-gales and tremendous
volume Of water that swept over the
transport while but four days away
from Honolulu. Despite the combineJ
efforts and labors of all available men
aboard the troopship, the Login show
ed plainly" the effects of the encoun
ter, .when she' steamed to a berth at
the Richards street wharf this morn
ing..' . - : y ; -r- '
Several huge ventilators are. said
actually to have been lifted out of
their sockets, and" deposited some
distance away only -later; to roll with
great-. force aSalstt' the l!:tt raillr z
on the aide, and plunge into the Sa,
carrying all obstructions away. :.
i vAwcii ' were' strirped -fron tis
Stanchions and torn Into ribbons. The
rajs of -heavy canvas, . fluttered in
shreads, only to Csally part company
with the plunging steamship and sail
The. covers to all : life boats were
ripped from their lashings.
Nor were the small boats them
selves immune from the attack of the
waves fury. ; Several larger wooden
and metal crafts, stationed on the af
ter Meek, were .lifted '"from their
chocks. In several instances, a small
er boat was raised, through the ship-
- .t, ,
,nnM uwof wwl The
I There was- not a cabin along the
of the .vessel that e
caped a deluge of sea water,
-Woman and , men in scant attire
rushed from their berth, and sought
; aafety in the passage ways. Here al-
I. ; . (Continued on page two)
DUTYOFJVCCD
PULP MM
TO BEAT MIST
I - . (AocIatei Preis Cable J v
WASHINGTON, D. C Sept.
countervailing duty on wood pulp has
been stricken from the tariff bill by
the Democratic majority In the sen
ate. The principal argument favoring
this .held that the "wood pulp trust"
Is mulcting the newspapers of the
country In the-sum of a million dol
lars annually... : V ",
HAftYABD. TENNIS CRACK
WINS INTERCOLLEGIATE
TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
f Associated Press Cable t . '
ThaVERFORD, Pa, Sept Nor
rls Williams, the Harvard youth who
was a member of the Davis cup team,
won the Intercollegiate tennis cham
pionship today at the close cf the
tournament here.
TRAVERS RETAINS .
V GOLF TITLE WITH
v ; .' .-DEFEAT OF RIVAL
C. j: f Associated Pres Catla) ;'
GARDEN dlTYr Long Island, Sept
Jerome D. vTravers retained te
national amateur golf ckarrpi3r:v!?
today. by d.?eaing John Anjrson of
Eoston, four up and fivs ta play;
of the broad principle 3 on which it
is' founded, but I.am a!:j', a .Gcod
Templar an4 have teen .for
many years.1 and I epea'fcr a great
many of t", Moose when I say that
we do not "".I for the enccurae-
ment of dri-l..j.'
9Do .
PRICE FIVE CEKTS.
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R:"'j:st.fcr Permission to fa
I -.prMsbDsThrcshsJ Out -.
C:fcrc Tribunal'
' ' ' t Associated Press Cable
MONTREAL, Canada, C:?V 6
pllcatron for admittance to ball Is
pected to be the next move that c
el will make en behalf cf H;
Thaw. , .;'
Thaw will' probably r?ia t:
a full, bench when his. appeal c:
threshed out cn Its merits cn ; .
ber-15.- '-The "ground en w!-'-
appeal Is atked from tho d::
the Immigration authorities la r..t
known. ; ? ', "
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JEROME'S FAILURE TO
APPEAR. ANGERS just;: :
J' Associated rress 'CalteJ
;COATICOOK Cuetec.C'spt C.
William Travers Jerome, whs r
sents New York. state ; l.n tha T .
casa here, failed to appear t:.
his scheduled hearing t;f:r a j
of.the peace on the char;; cf
bling.growing out cf his :.'.
terday for playing penny-;-.'.:. .
justice bitterly. denoun::J ,t'-e
Ycrk attorney. Hli cass v. ji : . i
September 11.
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Jir.s ia- vr.izr ir.,;.
stats and national 1.
ready evidence li t:
to show that the" in
line la Indirectly reip
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terstats cemmerce x:r
holding an Inquiry and t' t:
Connecticut Is Invest:;;:;.'; , :
taneofsly, . -'
Engineer Miller, cf tve Whits- .'
tain Express, testified t:i:y t!"
had teen dsing ths worlc cf trr
for a week just prior to ths
The n!;ht before the e-rpr-ts
the Car Harbor Limit: d, is c'::
he had had but fo.r h;u ' t :
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.TOKIO, Japan, Sept. 6-'-Abe,
director of the polit!::! .V
of foreign affairs, who wss s'.
an affray attributed to ex;...
over the California al'en land esr.tr.
versy, died here today.
GERMANS LOSE LAST
FOR SOriDEH CUP TO
American yachts:.:::;
MARDLEHEAD, Mass., Sept. 6.
The German sonder yachts lost a:: '
today aad are now eliminated from 2
chance at the cup.
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league ns:ui;;:
S AMERICAN LEAGUE.
At St. Louis St. Louis 4, CMca-i
At Detroit Cleveland 3, C:trc,t ',,
At Washington Washlr;'.:n S, r;
York 1.
JKt Philadelphia Philadelphia
Boston 2.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
''At Chicago Chicago 5, .Cine!.---
3. .
At Pittsburgh Pittsburgh . 4,
Louis 2.
' At New York riew Ycrk C, r
2. .. ' ' : -
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