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HONOLULU STABBUIjLETIN, FRIDA X, APRIL 23, 1915.
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DIME OF
BOARD MEMBERS
ll ,' .:
Immigration Bureau Chiefs
Worn Yield on Legisla
tive Bill
"Nothing doing."
"Absolutely n.
That is the attitude of the territo
rial board of immigration in the mat-
ter of acceding to the wishes of the
senate concern Ins the payment of a
snm approximating $12,000 to II. Ki
shi,- Japanese caterer-contractor, for
meals furnished to aliens detained at
the.-United States quarantine station
So tHanolnhi.
A bill appropriating money for the
full settlement ot Kisbi's account has
"vs passed both houses of the legislature
ana nas been signed Dy ine governor,
Kishl wants bis money, which is more
than three years overdue. Bnt the
board of Immigration will cot approve
the payment, and until their approval
is secured the territorial auditor can
not issue a warrant on the treasury.
V All the members of the board were
cited, tq. appear before the senate this
afternoon, but they still declare
: "nothlfig doing" when the matter of
payment is broached. Several sena
tors j have -intimated that it will not
be Impossible to call for the resigaa
. Hons of the board members, a sugges
tion which Is also met by the latter
gentlemen, with a steadfast reitera
lkm of -nothing doing" and a grin.
Away back in 1.911, it seems, the
board of Immigration chartered a ves
sel to bring European immigrants to
the islands.-.. The .Immigrants, were
trough according to contract,1 and
landed, at .Quarantine island. Sovfar
so good (But .at the time t of, their
.landing measles and dyptherla were
: found among the erstwhile passengers
; end taere at the islana they were fle
; tained from December 29, until
January 81,. 1912, a period of more
than one monthr during which time
they were bountifully fed by KishL
Ko one denies that fact .. . ' .
wsCut-rNWd thirds'; th cause of the
dispute" and the legislation tht good
ship that brought the immigrants' had
. sailed -away long before the month
had elapsed had sailed avay leaving
. $20,000 1 hond with federal govern
..S ment, officials, a sum f which , it was
s thought 'would prove; ample to cover
all quarantine expenses. '-
- V.The quarantine food bill, howeec
--. amounted, to about. $29,000, and the
, excess' $9000, .with legal interest, Is
-hat Kl&hl hoped to recover by means
of the li,0QD . legislative, ..approprla
: tlon. , .0 - : .- y t... v l.-y:
'- The attitude of the board of immi
gration Is that they "would be glad to
see Kl&hi get his money, and would
have themselves, riid t him long ago
tad they considered the board morally
"""or legally responsible for. the debt ;
But the aad fact. Tot .Kishi. is , that
the charter contract expressly stlpu-
- lated that the ship owners were
pay all quarantine keep expense, td'
J- cover those expenses, they left that
$20,000 bond, which proved , lnsuffl
clent And the good ship ; haa not
- been seen In Honolulu harbor . since
she sailed -away after leaving the Im
migrants ia quarantine s v :
The board bases. iU attitude -on" a
decision quoteda on page 518, volume
2. 'Hawaii. Reports, , which qnotes :a
decision as .follows,-; The "Jegisla.
.ture has no right to make a gift I
i publlcfunds .to any private individual
rq, the absence of 4 moral obligation
to support the appropriation.",
'-r .: The board mkea an absolute denial
of any implied "moral obligation' tp
. eettle Klshl's bill, and . points, to the
,v fact that even tho federal law and
regulations absolutely ; require .the
ship to pay In full, such charges as
j thW in dispute. -V ' -;-v
Two years ago a bill appropriating
money -to pay, Kishl was passed by
the legislature, ,but was .vetoed by the
"governor. Again the legislature has
- voted the necessary funds, v This time
i.nother governor has signed the Mil,
v, but still Kishl waits, empty handed,
fof the warrant i cannot ; he . Issued
without ; the approval of he ; board,
and still sa-s:Mnoihing.dolng,,,). despite
-a summons to explain to the senate,
. end - hints that . resignations ; may be
... . asked, for.. . .. . ...."v vc-.' . "'
Each of the members, of ; the. board
has .in his possession a crisp new
parchment the official notification of
.appointment ratified oy' the senate,
; And, those new parchments hear the
X date of April 15, 1915.. - V . .
Itlchatd Ivers, EL H. Wodehouse,
-r Fred U Waldron, AT I Atkinson,
,: --"AL,, U. Johnson and- Secretary. R.. C.
Kearns are before the senate this aft
s erpocn, discussion on-the Question
liavlnjc started shortly before 3 o'clock.
Attorney-general Stainback and Audi
' tor Fisher also were called In at the
request of Senator Wirta.
..;EXT0RTI0N BILL'! IS . V"
. PASSED BY, THE HQUSE
Senitor.: Metzgers bill ( to make it
z'& extortion in the second .'degree, for
corportlons or. Individuals to, orce
payment-of money from .Other, corpor-
athjns or, Individuals ;was passed by
the house today, ,The measure . was
introduced j after James. C. Turner, , a
HUo electrician, .had filed a protest li
the house against the practise of the
Hilo Electric, Company in. forcing him
to pay. "Inspection JTees to that car
' pcration on .each -wiring Job perform
'"edby .Turner -.ibelore thacompanj
-y.would tura ohv the-current
Magnolia hotel t Pass ChrisUan,
Miss was destroyed by fire at a loss
Of, $50,000.
i
' k hiU: introduced In the New York
fenate provides for patrolwomen for
Nw Tork City. -
i f I PHICI flTIVC MHTPQ
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Hfniw Hill nni, relating to licences
for fiithinK boats, panned third reading
in the uiK;r house yesterday.
The senate has referred .House I Si 11
333, relating to the powers or the u-
pervivr, to the Oahu select commit
tee.
;iThe military committee of. the nen
ate has taken unler constderathm
House Hill :i7. which relates to the
parole of prisoners.
,. , .... ....
The shaker of the house said Unlay
that there is no clnnce for the leg
. .u , r . "c,"rv
of the COth day, Thursday.
House Bill 344, relating to the pow
ers and duties of the supervisors and
employes of the county of Maui, pass
ed first reading in the senate yester
day. The senate yesterday passed on
third reading House Bill 339, which
provides for an additional appropria-
tlon of $lrt.00 for the entertainment
w, .Luoomm,
at f riA t'lelf Ina AAnMoaman
Upon motion of .Senator . Wirta. the
senate yesterday voted to refer the'
governor message, aenverea at a
f" "
to the public lands committee.
Speaker Holsteih's annual dinner to
members of the house of representa
tives, although it will not be a "state"
dinner, will be served on the roof gar
den of the Young hotel at 7 o'clock
Monday night
nouw juini xit-iMjimioii pmviuin gle' Club flrt.
for the apMntment by the governor j NeVer before.has the cluli had bet
of a tax commission of five persons,! t tn .nH ihi. nrrwiii.tirtn win
phased second reading In the senate.
yesterday
and was referred
to
ways and
meaus roniniktee.
11 wise bills 329 and 331, relating to
payment of annual fees by the Hawaii
an Electric Company :and -Honolulu
Gaa Company, respectively, have been
taken under consideration by the ju
diciary committee of the senate.
Senator Quinn this afternoon intro
duced In the senate a resolution pro
viding for the approval of the counts
of the upper house following adjourn
ment The resolution was adopted:
Sjieaker Holsteln has introduced m
the hoase a resolntiom for the Dltctne
of a stone slab representing Hawaii
in. tae wasnington monument It was
referred to the education committee.
He also Introduced a resolution peti
tioning , Congress to amend' the Or
ganic Act ao that the governor of the
territory will be elected Instead of ap
pointed, by the president
The county committee, of ,the house
ot representatives' recommended that
Hcwse JUU J170. ,to jM-ohibit destrhc
tlcn' or taking of atixaama less than six
inches long, be pUfased. TliCcommlt
tee also reconynended bat , house bills
2S2. 212, 350 arid 201 be' fabled.'.' They
were. House Bill 201, had for its, pur
pose Ihje transferring ipf the duties, of
tax ; c611ectinig froia ; the territory 1 io
the various counties, excepting those
monies collected, pi territorial pur
roEcs. . . ' ...
BILL SEWT TO
Hereafter the person or persons
wl&hlng ; to . practise ; chiropractlcs in
the territory ' will have to secure a
license and,: tovsecurs , that ' license,
will . have to ne remarkably well
recommended. That Is ' If Governor
Pinkham signs shpuse blU, 262. This
was provided for In the senate yes
terday afternoon when the house bill
passed,. third reading t by ; a, vote, of Sj
.v;Do job went to tamper .with T thei
health of the . people . of, this , terri
tory 1 wai the Question fiuhg ; by
President Vhnitngworth at' '"Senator
Makekau. after, the latter had deliv
ered -ah ..eloquent address- 1$ f aeor -lof
the theasure Makekau smiled, 'put
said ttothlngn rom . the time "of the
health eofnmtttee'S report' on the bill.
President, t CJiilllngworth, .jV argued
against 1 18 Jpassage. - He declared that
among others , things ?U would Inter
fere" with the 1 practise - of Christian
Science; that k the. Hawaiian "lomi-lo-pii"
i would - become ' a i thing or the
past, and , that a Japanese masseur
would have to be. a; graduate of .a
school before he could practise his
art -.t . xr ' 'N v .
The bill provides that 'persons wish
ing 'to practise chiropractlcs..' In ; the
territory: must have a rewimraenda
tlon . from the"l6ard I-of health and
must present a cjertl Hod diploma from
a school of .ohtrppracttcs.j - t i ,
Representative Makekau's house bill
313, to exempt certain jrailroads from
taxation, passed the house on third
reading today, and will go to the aen
ate tomorrow Mt rs said lit house cir
cles that the bill Is S6 worded thai it
exempts 'the- Hilo Railroad Company
cnly. It applies to roads constructed
after 190$ and the exemption contin
ues tor a period of IS years from the
date of completten-of the road. . ,
On the roll call Alir. E.: J. Crtwtorti,
W. II. Crawford, Hale. Goodness. Kau-
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MGOVLIOR
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TO
HlLllrtlllLIIrt 1U
PRESENT GLEE
On Saturday, May. 15 Honolulu will
iiave a chance to hear the Kamehame-
ha hoys ia.what advance notice says
,8 the of lts krD! eveii
8taKed in Honolulu. For several years
these young musician have been sing-
ing to overflowing houses out at the
school, and have been heartily wel
comed when they appeared on other
programs. To respond to the frequent
and Insistent calls for a special per
formance the present program is being
prepared.
Andrus, who Is leaimg the boys, has
at his command a wealth of experi
ence with the Oberiia Glee' Club. This
concert Is developed along the lines
w vw-
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I nd Ainv of the hirffent hits will lie
staged.
The program will consist of three
partsrei classic "glees: - the "Kind
er Sympnmy;- and familiar college
tonfa. No fclub in the Islands pro-
duces the rbest American glee club
songs In so charming a fashion as the
cadets. The "kinder Symphony" as
rendered by the Royal Gypsy orchestra
la new and startling and though built
on classic lines. Is excruciatingly fun
ny.; The college songs lend AUtting
finale to a most enjoyable evening,
Rhow it it heC"-
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VESEtSaiT
FROM THE ISLANDS
(Special Tflretess tf Hertkaata'
YOKOHAMA Arrived, Aiwil 22, S. S.
Shlnyo Maru, hence April 9.
Radiograms.
S. S. COLUMBIAN Arrives from Se
attle at 4 p. m. today.
S. 8, HILONIAN Arrives from Se
attle Monday daylight; Cargo, Ho
nolulu. 1500 tons; Kahulul, 510
tons;: ftaanapan. 51 tons; Hilo, 34G
ions;, ipjrVtAiien, duu ions.
' Thlkatsap-steameiMaihoat left' for
Ka;anapall and Kahurai last evening,
it will, return 'Monday morning with
3500 tons of sugar in transit to Cali
fornia coast refineries. .
- The schooner Itepeat Is expected tQ
sail fof; Port , Blakeley tbmorfOW id
ballasi. The vessel has discharged
500,000 feet of lumber.
vThe Intef-rslahd hsfg een advlsfed
that' the ' HrlUsh steafaier "Egemoht
Castle With general cargo from New
York for delivery to" points In the
OHent is due at Honolulu early In
May to take bunker coal.
The Oceanic liner " Sonoma, - from
Honolulu to Australia, .'was TepOfted
iby wireless to the Tederal Telegraph
' Company, 1341 miles off the port, at
noon today.
The Matscm steahi'e Maftda," leav
ing fori the coast Tuesday afternoon,
will' take about n0 cabin passengers
in addition to a full cargo of sugar.
- .- -
Because of a large amount 6t cargol
the 0ceanc liner Ventura was de
layed an hour in departure to San
Frlnclsco last evening. It sailed at
S o'clock, taking about 40 cabin pas
sengers. ,
MODERN WAR.
tBy Rev. James B. Do! lard of Toronto
' Canada.)
Thife ! hurling bolts are screaming
Across the reddening skies", .
To meet the columns streaming,
. To death with eager eyes.
Along the far-flung trenches,
The spitting rifle drives,
A ruthless hail that quenches
Ten thousand human lives.
Uke mountain in convulsion.
That roof, the nether hell.
The siege-guns' vast propulsion
, - Coughs out the monstrous shell.
The shrill machine-guns splutter
Jn feline rage .and spite, :
The bursting shrapnels sputter,
,Bed death aleft and right!
The .wai-plines,; high! in heaven,
Like giant vultures ride; ,
The pitying skies are riven
To glut men's guilt and pride.
Of this our age of ages
Are these., the flow'r and gain?
What say ye, . modern sages.
Are all your vaun tings vain?
Aro. mercy dead and pity?
Are krve ami faith at loss?
Again through Zion's city
. Must Christ bear forth His cross?
iilkoNawahlne and KupUiea,-.were,Ah
only negative voters
: .Mjiny sfecipl tn this Town J
never really enjoyed, a meal until
we aanssa tnetnr to ta - -
before and after each meal. , Sold only
by us-2Se a bclx. - - V--Benson,
Srryth A Co. ttd.
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SB
ON PICTURES
In the January American Magazine
a writcT tells, a most Interesting ac
count of a new invention by which
moving pictures , of sharks and other
sea life are now takesf at great depths.
The Inventor, Charles Williamson, is
a sea captam of Norfolk. Va.. whose
sons. George and Ernest, are carry
ing ch the work. The essential of the
invention is a tube which is lowered
into the water' In which human be
ings are enabled to remain and do the
photography with the assistance of
powerful searchlights which they
carry. In tho following extract taken
frcm the article. Mr. MofTett relates
hfs'conversatioh with one of the Wil
liamsons as to the probability that
this new invention opens tae way
to. regain lost treasures at the lottom
of the: sea which amount to many
hundreds pf millions of dollars:
"Some say there is' more gold at
the bottonf of the ocean than there
is in circulation." remarked George
Williamson. "It is certain that gold
and silver have been sinking in th .
sea fcr centuries, mlFlfons a month,
going down like rain and never com
ing u1 agara. We think We have a
way ot getting some of this treasure
up.M
"With your deep seai tube?"
"Yes. My father is now working
out plans to salvage the Mereda.
which was wrecked off the Virginia
coast a few years ago. The board of
underwriters hare given him a con
tract to do this salvage work. The
Mereda Carried a large quantity of
silver hare, besides a safe full of, jew
elry In the purser's cabin on the up
per' deck."
"How far can you go down with the
tubef
"Competent engineers say to a
depth of 800 feet, and to go even deep
er la merely a matter of structural
detail. A depth within our immedi
ate reach is 250 feet We call that
otir commercial depth, and there are
wrecks enough within that limit to
keep - men working for a hundred
years. The Empress of Ireland, for
instance, lies in only 200 feet of wa-
tfrr. ; . . ....
Mr. Wm. G.
TAKENAT BREAT SEA-DEPTHS
co Alexander & Baldwin, Ltd.,
New York
Dear Sir:-
supplement to
INTERESTING.
'A nit m a.
All oi me UiD
Send Star-Bulletin Promotion Supplement to your
V t.
MAY SOON BE
"Suppose the treasure was
shut
up in the hold of a wreck?"
"We would blow up the wreck with
dynamite and then use the grappting
and hoisting apparatus. The great
loint is that the tube will allow us to
search the Itottom of the sea. where
the depths are not too great and to
stty down there comfortably, breath
ing good air. The rest Is merely a
matter of engineering detail, which
will be easily worked out hy human
ingenuity. How difficult would it be,
for instance.' to load' sponges and
pearls into lowered baskets if you had
the sponges and pearls right before
your eyes?"
"And the same applies to bars of
silver and chests of gold." I laughed.
"Exact!4, said Williamson.
SENATE PASSES BILLS.
The senate this afternoon passed on
third reading the, following measures:
House Bill 44. relating to the ditties
of the conhty auditor.
House Bill mi, relating to the com
mutation of prisoners.
Horrse Bill 265, relating to criminal
procedure in the circuit court.
House Bill 27,6, relating to unpaid
claims:
'DRY" PETITION KILLED.
On recommendation of the represen
tatives from the Big Islind, to whom
a petition for prohibition for that isl
and had been referred, the house filed
the petition late today without any
further action being taken. This ac
tion is taken to mean that tho Big
Island will not have prohibition this
year.
An tone Gomes, employed in steve
doring at the Oceanic liner Ventura
at Pier 10, yesterday received seri
ous injuries when struck by a heavily
loaded sling. A quantity of fertili
ser had been sent over the side of the
vessel. Gomes was thrown to the
floor of the wharf. When- picked up
he complained of pain in the abdomen
and a fracture to his left leg.
He is
WM.
A. HIGGINS & CO.,
Sugar
Cooke,
City.
Please accept my thanks
the Hdnolulu
Yours
mwn
A
BROWN BROTHERS & CO.,. BANKERS
. :., New York, Feb. 18,
William G Cooke, Esq v, Manager,
Messrs. Alexander & Baldwin, Ltd.,
82 Wall Street, New York City.
Dear Sir:- ...
Please accept my thanks for the supplement of the
Star-Bulletin" whicrh you were good enough to send me, and
HAVE LOOKED OVER WITH MUCH INTEREST.
Yours very truly,
(Sgd.) FLETCHER M.
THE MECHANICS & METALS NAT'L. BANK.
New York, Feb. 18, 1915.
Mr .Wm.rf.-G.. Cooke, New York Manager,
Alexander: & Baldwin, Ltd.,
New. York City. ..
My dear Mr. Cooke:
I have your favor of February. 17th, sending me, with the
cotapliineiits1 of your company supplement-of the Honolulu Star
Bulletin under-date-, of December 18th, 1914, in which various data
on the Hawaiian sugar and other industries are shown.
I SHALL PERUSE THIS EDITION WITH A GREAT DEAL OF INTEREST,
I assure you, and thank you for the kind remembrance.
Very truly yours,
(Sgd.) S. S. CAMPBELL,
Vice President.
. J AS. H.
Furniture and Piano Movers
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(Continued from page one
gear, and repeat the shoreward rush
and pendulum swing.
Were the slope of the bottom less
abrupt, ordinary pontoon methods
would probably accomplish results.
but the sea floor rises so abruitlv 1
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IN F-4 SALVAGE
that with an ordinary lift of six to ten ! Ming with his parents at Palama. met
feet, only a very short distance caniln8taat death by falling between load
be gained toward shore. jed fRrs on cne train on the Oahu
There is the chance that with the.Ra,,way thls morning,
tremendous towing power of the I Massa is reported to hvve boarded,
Maryland, something will be carried ! the middle of the train and taking a
away on the scows .or on the submar-1 piece of sugar cane, was seated at the
ine itself, but this Is a chance that ? rear of a car when he was thrown to
must be taken. It is figured by the the track. Several cars passed over
navy men that the tow line itself will : his body and legs. He was dragged
part before the four heavy wire , several hundred feet before the accl
cables which hotd the submarine In a dent was discovered by members of
sling will give way. fa crew stationed on a locomotive that
mm I had been following the cane train.
All motor manufacturing plants inj The frightfully mangled body was
Scotland were taken possession of by found about 200 feet from the Kallhl
the British government I slaughter, house. The boy died a few
StUe land valued at $3,000,000 will
be sold this month by South Dakota.
reported as recovering at the hospital j
today. 1
Brokers.
New York, Feb. 18,
for the very handsome copy of the
Star-Bulletin. IT IS CERTAINLY VERY
truly,
(Sgd.) J. D. HEUEMAN,
LOVE
Phone 1281
s
the" land, always fresh.
all Stores.
and Bread Co.
Lad Said to Have Boarded the
Train to Get Stick of
Cane to Eat
William Missa, aged 16 years, re-
minutes after the accident
Deputy Sheriff Asch haa cillcd a
number of railway employes to attend
an Inquest to be held at police head-
quarters tomorrow afternoon.
1915.
JR.
1915.
"Honolulu
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