The Hawaiian star. [volume], September 30, 1911, SECOND EDITION, Image 1

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HAWAIIAN STAR.
Telephone 2365 Star Business Office.
SECOND EDITION.
VOL. XIX.
TWENTY-FOUR PAGES.
HONOLULU, HAWAII. SATURDAY, SKITEMl'.KR 30, l'Ml.
TWENTY-FOUR PAGES.
No. 6066.
POLITICAL
ITALY MOVE
OVER BELT ROAD nor at FfiyTtT
Ail PRFPARFfY "L UUli I LO I
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Reports today are that the Loan j
throwing out all the bids for the belt
road contract arid beginning all over
again. They have come to the con
clusion that the specifications were
too elaborate, and will call for bids on
another kind of road. In the mean
time the fund lies Idle, and no work
is being done on the road. The low
est bid for the work as the commis
sioners planned it was $10,000 a mile,
and most of the contractors, who bid
much higher, say the work cannot be
done for 'that. It has been figured by
some that at this rate tho eighty odd
miles of Oahu belt road would cost
over a million dollars, but, say the
supervisors, two-thirds of the belt
road is already complete.
Tho Belt Road Commission, as the
Loan Fund Commission has come to
bo known, has announced that It will
take a few days to think over tho
bids on the first section of the road,
and thereby hangs a tale which may
lead to ono of tho liveliest rumpusses
Honolulu has seen for many a day.
For Johnny Wilson, whose backer is
Link McCandless, was the lowest bid
der, and Link is quoted as saying
that if the commission turns Wilson
down ho will start a scrap that will
tie tho Whole thing up for ten years.
As usual with Link McCandless en
terprises, it Is said that thore is pol
itics In tho belt road bid. His' com
bination with Johnny Wilson to land
the belt road contract is stated to
have had a nice little side Issue in
the shape of a plan to create a Link
(Contmuea on page eight.)
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The Star today announces something' new In the contest line,
offering prizes on a scale never before equated here, for a subscrip
tion contest. The first prize is $750 In gold' coin, to be won by a few
weeks' work, and the conditions of the contest are so arranged that
everyone who hustles In the competition will get something.
The plan Is described In detail in an advertisement on page seven O
of this Issue. There are fourteen prizes In all, and every one of them O
Is a good one. The award of $750 heads tj?'e list. Then comes an O
offer of a building lot in a choice residencetdlstrlct, and a savings O
bank account of $300 cash. O
The fourteen' prizes represent the biggest offers of the big of- O
fer. Under the conditions set forth, contestants ma get ready to O
work on Monday. Owing to the necessity of hearing from the other t)
islands, the date of closing entries for the contest has. been made O
October 20, three weeks ahead. Q
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ANTEEN PRACTICALLY
REVIVED AT SCHOFIELI
The fact that Sergeant John A. Me
ntation was drunk, or at least was
known to have been drinking during
tho afternoon proceeding his killing
A. N. Cederlof, at Scholleld Barracks
on Thursday evening, is expected to
.result in a stringent investigation be
ing made of the liq-.ior traffic ns it
exists on and in th0 vicinity of the
Jeilehua military rcsen tvtion. It has
' aiot yet been ascertained., where Me
diation secured his liquor.
Intoxicating liquors of any kind, in
cluding beer, are not permitted to be
sold on any military reservation, nor
are enlisted men allowed to have
thoin in their possession. That there
Jias been more or less "bootlegging"
or blind pig business conducted at
Lellehua, However, is a matter of
record from various convictions in tho
past, and both federal and territorial
officials have lately been busy in try
ing to bring to book certain other
parties who are supposed to be In the
business at the present time.
Although tho nutlonal army anti
canteen law, passed by congress some
years ago, prohibits the salo of beer
or other intoxicants in army canteens,
the post exchange at Schofield Bar
racks has permitted tho sale of "near
beer" to tho soldiers. This product
is supposed to contain less than two
per cent of alcohol, and as such Is
not subject to the Intenial revenue
tax. There has been somo question
a number of times regarding tho
"nqerness" of the near-beer sold at the
Lellehua canteen, and not many
months ago on the report of tho ter
ritorial food commissioner, fifteen bar
rels of tho product was shipped back
by the canteen officer to the brewery.
License Inspector Fennell and Food
Commissioner Blanchard paid a visit
Mainlanders Surprised
And Incredulous Over
Hawaii's Financial Showing
Treasurer D. Lloyd Conkling, dur
ing his recent bond-floating trip. to the
financial centers of the Eastf did
more thai; simply get tho money, with
all due credit to. tho importance of
that accomplishment. As a publicity
man or press agent Conkling is a live
wire, and tho facts concerning Hawaii
which ho turned loose among tho be
nighted hordes on Wall Street and in
tho National Capital not only raado
an impression, but are traveling yet.
For Instance, an Interview whlcJi
he gave a reporter of the Washing??
Post
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and recopied by newspapers and
magazines in all parts of the country.
Conkling told tho Post such facts as
that the -Territory has paid into the
National treasury $15,000,000 in the
time since annexation, or only $70,000
less than paid in by the state of
st, concerning the financial ,rnuid
jTrt this Territory, hus been Copied
Washington through Its ports of Se
nttlo and Tacoma, and its internal
revenue offices and posloffices.
Think Hawaii a Burden .
"It was a part of the work of get
ting those bonds sold," said tho Treas
urer yesterday, in commenting on a
newspaper clipping of ono of his inter
views'. "It is hard for a Hawaiian to
realise how almost Impenetrable is
the ignornnco and misconception
whicJjj exists throughout tho Bast con
cernlus Hawaii. Almost everybody
tft&ftd takes it for granted that Ha
waii Ift,'sJrnply being carried along by
tho Umted Seated asvan incubus -upon
tho national treasury. It took solne
very positive evidence to convince
the money market that this was
not so."
Mr. Conkling in ono of his lntcr-
(Continued on nsge eight.)
; TURKEY
ASKING FOR HELP
War between Italy and Turkey began at 2:30 p. m. yesterday. The first
event, as reported by the morning press, was an engagement between a
squadron of Italian cruisers with six Turkish destroyers off the coast of
Epirus in Albania. Attack was made by the Italians and the Turks were
defeated. Four of the destroyers escaped, owing to superior speed, one
was damaged and took refuge in the harbor of Nicopolls and one was de
stroyed at the entrance of the Bay of Arta.
While this was going on an Italian officer, under a flag of truce, was
landed at Tripoli, where he demanded the surrender of the city. The Turk
ish military commander refused. Foreigners from the town are camped on
the beach, In peril of marauding Arabs and eight hundred have taken ref
uge on the Italian'transport Hercules. Italy Is said to have already landed
a large body of troops near the capital.
The Turkish fleet I heading for the Egean sea under orders to engage
the enemy. The Russian fleet Is massing in the Black Sea, apparently to
take advantage of Ottoman weakness. At Constantinople work is being
ruched in warlike preparation. There is fear of a massacre of Italian denl
aehs of Turkey.
Admiral, the Duke d'AbruzzI, is believed to have been slated for gov
ernor of Tripoli.
Following Is the afternoon report of the situation: '
BOMBARDMENT' OF TRIPOLI.
(Associated Press Cables to The Star.)
TRIPOLI, Sept. 3". The bombardment of the fort defending the' har
bor of this city has begun. '
Persia Also Bombarded.
SALONICA, Sept. 30. Persia Is being bombarded by Italian ships of
war and the government house has been destroyed. A Turkish, torpedo
destroyer has been sunk. -
Turkey Cries for Help.
CONSTANTINOPLE, SepU 30. Turkey has appealed to the powers
against the aggressions of Italy. The government has also asked the Unit,
ed States to take Turks residing In Italy under its diplomatic protection.
The Big Strike Begins
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 30. Tho shopmen of tho Hnrriman system.
Including' the Illinois Central, havo struck on an order which is being gen
erally obeyed. Over 20,000 men are out in tho principal cities, 4000 in Chi
cago, 2000 In Los Angeles, -100 hero nnd r.00 in Oakland.
Portuguese Monarchists Active
LONDON, Sopt. 30. Anothor monarchist plot lias been discovered In
Portugal.
(Continued on page eight.)
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ENTERS A DEMURRER
The Lord-Young Engineering Com
pany are the lowest bidders for tho
construction of-the new buildings of
tho College of Hawaii. Their bid is
65,700.
Four firms submitted bids, the bid
of tho Honolulu Planing Mill at
$73,750 being the highest. The Pa
cific Engineering Compajiy placed the
figure at $05,725, and the Concreto
Construction Company estimated that
it was worth $09,090.
The bids wero advertised to bo
opened at noon today. At that hour
Judge Cooper, president of tho Board
o Rgents of (he College of Hawaii,
was not present in the office of Rip
ley & Reynolds, whero tho opening
wns to take place. Mr. Riploy stated
that he had not been able to got in
touch with him. At about 12:15 Jack
Lucas of tho planing mill rompanv.
who was waiting in an anto-room, be
gan to get impatient, and remarked
that tho bids should bo opened on
time.
Through an open door It was then
seen that Mr. Ripley was opening the
sealed bids in ills private office in
tho presence of Professor Gilmoro.
Mr. Lucas and tho newspaper repre
sentatives thon forced tneir way in
and demanded that tho bids bo read
aloud as opened. Mr. Ripley stated
that he believed ho had no right to
read tho bids, as they were addressed
to Judge Cooper, who ws not pres
ent, though he did not explain
whenco came his authority to opon
them. Ho finally said that he would
plvo Hie figures out when he was
good and ready, and that his hand
could not bo forced. ,
Mr. Ripley got good and ready very
quickly, however, and gavo the fig
ures to .Tack Lucas and the press rep-resentatives.
W. B. Smith, , otherwise known as
M. B. Smith, according to the Federal
grand jury's identification, and still
otherwise known or describing him
self as Norman B. Smith and James
Ii. Smithy appeared before Judgo
demons for arraignment this morn
ing, attended by Frank K. Thompson
as his counsel.
Tho Indictment wns read by Clerk
Murphy notwithstanding a waiver of
its reading offered by defendant's at
torney, and then Mr. Thompson ad
vanced and filed a demurrer, also a
notice of motion for a bill of parti
culars. Judge demons said ho would
overrule tho ""demurrer forthwith If
SAY CHINESE ARE ONCE MORE
C0W1PELLE0 TO WEAR QUEUES
Local Chlnoso say that tho latest
malls from tho Emplro advlso,that the
recent Imperial edict permitting his
subjects to, cut off their queues hna
been withdrawn by tho emperor. Tho
reason assigned is that as soon as aj
Chinese loses his queue ho seems to
become at onco obsessed by the devil
of reform and rovolutlon. Therefore
tho Imperial council has thought It
best to promulgate a second edict ab
rogating tho former.
Tho withdrawal of imporlal sanction
of quoueless Chinnmon, say Honolulu
Chinese, will havo no effect In Hono
lulu, as most of the Chinese residents
horo long ago discarded the qiiouo.
argument was not desired, tho court
having previously ruled upon a simi
lar domurror. Air. Thompson said it
was the same In effect as tho other
one mentioned, but ho asked that the
matter go over to Wednesday. This
was allowed.
Tho grounds of demurrer are that
"the indictment, if it charges any of
fense against this defendant, charges
soparato and distinct offenses nnd is,
for that roason, double." Also, "that
said indictment Is fatally defective
In substance in that It does not In
form this defendant of the nature and
the cause of the accusations against
him as required by tho Constitution
of tho United States, amondmont G."
STRIKING DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
BERLIN, Aug. 25. The Doutscho Montngzoltung prints tho following,
for the authenticity of which It solemnly pledges itself, ns an extract from
a letter of King Manuel to a woll known English financier:
"For that reason it would be really childish precisely at tho present mo
ment to abandon hope that all will soon change for the good. You see tho
successes of my bravo friends, which Increaso in nmnbor from day to day.
Moreover, all Portugal, as I am continually assured, is tired of tho rulo of
tho revolutionaries. Formerly I was always called, even in tho royalist
papers, tho -ex-King.' Now all of them, even tho Socialists, call- me 'King
Manuel.' Those who still ndhoro to the rogimo of the Republicans simply
do so because It is tho regime. The present government has practically no
really honest and self-sacrificing friends among the people. No nation Is In
its wholo nature so adapted for monnrchlal rulo as mine. That is not to bo
undervalued.
"You aro certainly right when v ou say that the help of England is
no longer to be counted on. T ho case Is otherwise with Spain and
tho German Emperor. Especially as far as tho latter is concerned, I havo
firm confidence that the Emperor Wil Ham, the only Idealist among Euro
pean princes nnd diplomats, will in n certain' eventuality not abandon mo.
I know why I said that. Therefore, dear friend, so fnr as you havo In
volved your nffalrs with mine, ho o f good courage. I put my trust In
God. I feel freo from tho reproach of having dono anything to Injure my
country nnd my beloved people, and therefore it ennnot he the dispensa
tion of God to deprive mo permanent ly of my hereditary rulo. Thank you
for and for your efforts In tho c irclo of English diplomncy. But I
know that you would havo no success'."
A curious story Is told by the LI sbon correspondent of the Kolnlecho
Zeitung. Ho wns told bv a trusted I nformnnt that three weeks ngo tho
cruiser Adamastor left the harborof Lagos in pursuit of a mysterious
wnrshlp,' nnd that a few days lator sho returned with her funnels and
stern anchor seriously battered, as if by shell fire. Great precautions, It
Is added, havo boon taken to keep th e affair secret.
WIN
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ASSESSMENTS
Tho Bishop Street Extension Com
mission has filed Us report with the
governor.
According to this document, tho
commission has accepted tho valuation
of tho owners on tho various pieces of
property involved, which amount in all
to $198,582.50.
Tho value given by tho commission
to tho Territory's holdings Included in
Union street nnd Garden lano, which
will bo closed upon tho opening of tho
new street, Is $1G8,207, thus leaving n
difl'oronco of $30,375.50, which must
bo made up in spmo manner in caso
the commission's recommendations
aro acted upon.
In commontlng on tho report, Gov-,
ornor Froar shld:
"An Interesting foaturo of this re
port is a comparison of tha claims
jmado and tho assessed valuation of
I tho snmo property. It must bo remain
j bored that under our law property Is
supposed to bo returned for taxation
at its nctual value. Complaints nro
freqiiont'iy heard that assessments are
too high, and In somo cases they prob
ably nro; and again It is also prolmblo
that tlioy aro not high enough."
Tho total assessed valuo of the
proporty In tho aggregate Is $137,080,
loss by $C0.902.50 than tho claimed
and allowed valuation; or, ns Govern
or Frear pointed out, It Is about -U
por cent loss than tho ownora aro
willing to soli for.
"Tho most exaggerated caso in the
(Continued on page eight)
tain Tripp will bo succeeded as Har
bormaster by tho recently appointed
Captain W. R. Foster. Thcro will
probably not bo nny groat coromony,
although it is understood that most
of tho members of tho Hnrbor Com
mission will bo at tho Harbormaster's
office at tho Alakoa wharf, to soo tho
formal trnnsfor of tho books as tho
Monday morning.
The Territorial grand jury made a
partial roport yostorday afternoon,
Indicting William Rlchnrd Johnson
for burglary In tho first ilogroo, Mnn
uol Ramos for assault with n doadly
woapon, Joseph Vlvoiros twlco for
larceny in the first dogroo nnd John
Duart for nssault with Intent to com-
duties to tho now incumbent. Captalnmlt robbery.
Morning Cable Report
DENVER, Colo., Sept. 30. Formor Secretary Richard Balllnger of tho
Interior Department, who is nttondin g tho public lands convention now In
session here, stated last evening that ho would not outer suit against Gilford
Plnchot, former forester, ns It would simply moan the renowal of the con
troversy and a beclouding of tho administration Issuoh.
State rights in the grnzlng laws wore advocated at the public lands con
vention yesterday. Prosldent Tnft will address tho convention noxt Tuoe
day. DES MOINES, la., Sopt. 30. Pro sident Tnft spoko in this city yester
day before an immense throng. Ho will mako nddraeses today at Moborly,
Sedalla and at Kansns City, Mo. Sundny ho will spond at Omaha, Nob.
At four o'clock this nftornoon Cap-I Foster's nctual work will begin on
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