Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume], December 24, 1917, 2:30 Edition, Page THREE, Image 3

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GEMS GIVE
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GEMS IN
HACKFELD CO.
TO BE OUSTED?
A instant, stream of German and
proGerman residents poured into the
shipping office of l. Hackfeld & Co.
this morning to extend their welcome
and greetings to V. W, Klebahn, who
returned yesterday from San Fran
cisco where he was called as a gov
ernment witness in the Hindu con
spiracy cases, in which Georg Rodieic
and H. A. Schroeder pleaded guilty to
baring been Implicated.
One of Klebahn's congratulatory
callers was heard to say:
"I was worried about you."
Evident satisfaction was written on
the faces of the others who shook
hands with the returned witness.
According to one of the waterfront
men, "half the German colony was
down to the wharf to greet Klebahn
when fce arrived yesterday."
It was not generally known to the
American public that Klebahn was on
bis uay back to Honolulu.
Klebahn told a boarding officer on
the steamer that he had heard by
wireless V that Georg Rodiek : had
escaped with a fine, but said he had
not heard anything about the Grass
hof diar?.. He then changed the con
versation to tell of the pleasant voy
age he had on the steamer from San
"Francisco. - - y . ,:
When Klebahn was approached tNs
morning and asked to explain a refer-
. cnce to . him in the Grasshof diary,
wbie? stated he had - knowledge of
guns stored on . the Pommern, he re
plied: ...
. "! have not yet read the diary. When
I do, and if I think it necessary, I will
then issue a statement"
lie denied that he was detained on
Angel island while held as a witness
in California, as reported here. "I was
not." be emphatically answered, with
a satisfied smile, when questioned if
this report. as true.
- Asked if he had any statements to
make regarding ' the Hindu case, he
said to the newspaperman questioning
him; . - ; ;-v . . ;
"Yon ' know , more about the case
than I do." ;
Witness in Conspiracy Case Former Governor Carter Says
Says He Has Not Yet Read Frisco Report Was Rodiek
Grasshof Diary Intends to Return
George Rodiek. former German con
sul here who was found guilty in San
Francisco recently and last Saturday
fined f 10.000 for complicity In the al
leged Hindu plot, will return to Hono
lulu shortly, it is reported, to reorgan
ize the H. Hackfeld Co., turn out
every German in it and make it a
purely American corporation. This
report was brought back from the
mainland by former Governor George
R. Carter, who arrived home yester
day. I saw Rodiek in San Francisco but
he did not tell me that I heard it lat
er from other sources. At the time )
saw Kodiek in the Hotel et trancis
he had not been, sentenced and he
spoke as if he did not expect to be
fined. His plans appeared to be in
definite but it is possible that what I
heard is Just what he intends to do.
Be sure and make it plain that Rodiek
did not tell me this but that I heard
it from other sources," declared the
former governor. :
"I haven't seen anything in the pa
pers about it but if Rodiek is sincere
in his Americanism he might have
made a wise -move by Issuing a state
ment reaffirming his allegiance to the
United States. This, as far as I know,
he has not done The trouble is that
our German friends, and by that I
mean Germans who were our friends
before the war, do not realize how
much doubt is cast upon them by their
attitude of seeming to .think that we
should be satisfleld ot their loyalty
without Investigation. They ought to
take steps -themselves to allay our
suspicions. "
" ?The public, too, is somewhat to
bla-me.- They don't appear to realize
that we are at war. They look upon
a statement that German friends can
do us harm as radical The point Is,
Would you deal ; knowingly with: a
criminal? '
"It is time our people understood
that Germany has been indicted tried
and found guilty. If a German pro
fesses to adhere to Germany then he
is as much a criminal as Germany is.
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Would any firm employ a criminal c
would you deal with a criminal?
I personally called the attention c
Secretary of the Treasury McAd.
to the fact that there are many j
cons now living in Germany, forme
iy residents of the Hawaiian is lane
to whose credit large 'dividends a
placed that are derived from revenut
from sbgar companies here. I told hi
that these arrourys should be turnc
into Liberty tonds and the latter he
for these men until after the war.
- "It was found on the mainland thi
Germany was receiving ast sua
through insurance companies who
head houses were all in Germany. A.
though the money could not be sen
to Germany, it was being transform ec
into Brazilian bonds and these bond:
being negotiable were being used b
German propaganda In the Unite
States. I suggested the appointment
of a custodian for these funds anr
when Germany heard of this activity
on the part of the United States gov
ernment towards this end she began
series of reprisals chief of which was
the seizure of American property ir
Germany."
Speaking of an interview with hi:i
which appeared in a mainland news
paper concerning Hawaiian sugar an?
the responsibility of the general short
age as a result of the fixing of the
price on raw sugar, the former gove
nor sald,that it had been found nece?
ary to force economy upon the Amer
lean people. He added that as soct
as the January crop came in there
would be no shortage if the people
weer schooled by that time in the prac
tlce of economy.
Governor Carter went East to be
present at the marriage of his daugh
ler Elizabeth to Ensign Bogardus ot
the United States navy.
COLBURN MADEGUARDIAN
OF KAWANANAK0A MINORS
Over the protest of Attorney JC. M.
Watson, who was asked by Princess
Kawananakoa to protect the interests
of her children. Circuit Judge C. W.
Ashford today appointed John F.. Col
burn as guardian ad litem of David
and Helen Kawananakoa, minors, .in
preparation for any part they may
play in probating the 1909 will of the
late Queen Liliuokalani.
In making the appointment, the
court acted on a petition filed by Col.
Curtis P. Iaukea, surviving executor of
the queen's estate, who requested that
"some suitable person" be named. . At
torney Watson was appointed guard
ian ad litem of Kapiolanl Campbell,
also a minor. Colburn is trustee of
the estate of the Kawananakoa
minors.-,
In court today it was agreed .that
the deposition of H. C. Carter of Sierra
Madre, caln one of the witnesses to
the will of 1909, might be taken. Mr.
Carter will testify that the late queen
was of sound mind when the document
was executed.
All matters pertaining to the estate
of the late queen have gone over until
January 10. The next hearing will be
on the petition for the probate of. the
will of 1909, and the petition of Dele
gate Kuhio that he be appointed .ad
ministrator. It is expected that the
Kawananakoa minors will attempt to
establish relationship to the queen. .
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bltt for two hours) Right about face.
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brdrm right about something -at
last Puck.
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS,
, MUTUAL TELEPHONE COMPANY
Notice is hereby given that the
stock nooks of this company will be
closed to transfers from Wednesday,
December 26, 1917, to Monday, Decern
ber 81, 1917, both days inclusive. U
MUTUAL TELEPHONE COMPANY,
; , - r By Its Treasurer, .
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Honolulu, t:-K, Dec.' 24, 1917. t
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A Christmas filled witK tHe joys of friend
snip and love; and a New .Year rich with
the promise of health, happiness and
prosperity.;
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of Fort and Merchant
SEEKS HUS
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BELIEVED HERE
"Jchnnie often looks at your picture
nd talks about his L- iddy. and Altert
s the sweetest littl fellow in the
world. Everybody lo es him."
This is the closhv; paraeraph of a
etter which Mrs.. Mary Burkett cf
Balbca, Canal Zora, has written to
her husband, J. D. Burtett. supposedly
n HaVali, urging him to write to her
?r to come home.
In an appeal maie to the governor by
a neighbor worr.an of Mrs. Burkett,
the letter to the ii us band Is enclosed,
and it is asked thar. if Burkett's right
address is known an effort be made
to get the letter to him. Col. C. P.
Iaukea, to whom the matter has been
referred, has wjitten to the police pf
Hoopuloa, Hawaii, where Burkett is
supposed to lw. It Is said he was
seen there on July 4.
Down in tropic Panama, meanwhile,
a little woman who has endeared her
self to her neighbors by her bravery
and patience since her husband left
months ago, is eking out an existence
for herself snd two small children at
$25 a month.
You cannot Imagine hew terribly
lonesome I have been without you."
writes Mrs. Burkett to her husband.
"Whenever I; look at our beautiful
boys I think' how proud you would be
could you see-them, and I am hoping
it will not be long till you come to
me or send for me,"
"She seems to be a s-weet. modest,
loving little mother, bearing a burden
that woujd stagger many who are
stronger than herself," writes the
neighbor woman of Mrs. Burkett. "For
the sake of the little mother who has
written the enclosed letter to the hus
band wfco deserted her before the
younger of her two sons was born I
am asking your advice and help.
"My acquaintance with Mrs. Bur
kett began but a few months ago
when.-my husband and I moved into
quarters next door to her. She soon
told me of the struggle she was hav
ing to. support herself and two cons
Kne 'about three, the other a little)
over one year of age."
WiUiam Morris, second officer of
the Venzuela of the Pacific Mail llno,
has been called to the naval service
by the government.
The steamship President on her' re
cent trip from Honolulu to San FYan
Cisco made the vcyage in 5 days, 1!
hours and 30 minutes.
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Another recruiting campaign for
Britishers to join the Canadian and
British fortes will start here the tirsi
of the year, according to E. L . S.
Gordon, British consul.
May Your
Stockings be
Failed
The Ever Welcome cluN is to en
tertain it3 members and friends vith
dancirg at the academy of . adiimJ
-ester on New Years Eve. Vlrdody
250 invitations have been issu d. -
A meeting of the federal grind ;ury
i3 to te held Wednesday movnlnp. at
which time, it is presumed, the jury
men will report to the court on a mat
ter which has been undet investiga
tion for several week?.
For the first time in thi his.tory of
the lodge, children of members or
Leahi Chapter So.. 2. Order.- of Eastern
Star, were entertained at a delightful
Christmas festival in t ;te Masonic
Temrle Saturday evening.- Gfts, fruit
and candy v.-ero distributed axaong the
50 children present.
with all the gifts you've longed
for
May your davs be filled with the joy
of seeing and hearing from those Mi
you lore.
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Bishop & Company
Savings Department
Gec-g Rodiek. former German con-j the club a member under any charge
sul, i3 beinR notified by the secretary! nust.Te notif.ed. The charges against
of re Commercial club That charges! Rodiek are similar to those to whica
lave been filed with tl p board of i tie pleaded guilty in the courts In San
direc'ofS cf the club ; .gainst .him. J Francisco, cf having violated the neu
Fnder the constitute n a id by-laws of trality of the United States.
"I never could understand why h
was so callous as not to get aroused
over German f rightfulness."
"But now?" . .
"I just learned that he's a veteran
firstnighter." Buffalo Express. -
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING.
the; army national bank of
SCHOFIELD BARRACKS.
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Notice is hereby given that the
first regular annual meeting of the
shareholders of The Army National
Bank of Schofield Barracks will be
held at the bank building at Scho
field Barracks, City and County of
Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, on
Thursday, January 24, 1918, at
11 o'clock a. m. for the purpose of
electing directors, for the ensuing year
and for the transaction of such other
business as may be brought before
the- meeting. ,
O. N. TYLER,
Cashier.
6976 Dec 31 l177Jan. 7, H, 21, 1918.
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Its curative . OIL-FOOD soothes., the
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Silver Novelties
For Xmas Gifts
We have a most excellent assort
ment of Silver Novelties for ChrlsV
mas Gifts. -
H. Gulman Co., Ltd
; . ,1112 Fort 8L
Christmas This Year
finds our little island happy and bright in spite of the
fact that we are enlisted to do our share and more
if necessary, in the service or our country at atirne
when all her energies are bent to win this, the most
righteous war that has ever been waged for the
cause of humanity.
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We draw away from the -task at hand lonenough J.
to thank our friends and customers for their generous
patronage throughout this year and to join in the
spirit of this Day of Days and wish you
The Season's Greetings
JEWELERS
OPTICIANS
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ALEXANDER YOUNG BUILDING
We wish-you a day of gayety
-and plenty of blessings on
Christmas
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