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VOL. XIX.
TWENTY PAGES.
HONOLULU, HAWAII, SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1912.
TWENTY PAGES.
NO. 6222.
CARTE
PREFEREN
M'CARTHY OUT FOR DELEGATE AGAINST M'CANDLESS
CE
IS THURSTON
NAWILIWILI
CHOSEN A:
I PORT
WASHINGTON, March 9. The secretary of war has aBkeJ Congress to
appropriate ono million ono hundred and elghty-slx thousand dollars ($1,
186,000) for the construction of Nawillwlll harbor, Island of Kauai.
It Is proposed that two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) be made
Immediately available, and ,two hund red and twenty thousand dollars ($220.
000) yearly thereafter.
Because of the rival claims of Nawlllwlll and Port Allen the board of
engineers recently declined to recommend either, but Brigadier General W.
H. Blxby, chief of engineers, concurs with the recommendation of Nawlll
wlll by tho division officers. J. A. BRECKONS.
BOARD OF HEALTH IMMUNE
M
BANANA
DAMAGE
ACCORDING TO MH. LYMER
Judgo Lymer is pursuing the even
tenor of his way as regards the gutter
and other mosquito breeding places of
tho city. He Is still biwy In tho busl-'
ness section of the city, and .this morn
ing was Interviewing property owners
and tenants In the heart of tho town.
"Tho banana decision is just what
I told you in confidence some time
ago I expected," ho remarked to a
Star representative thl.3 morning. "It
makes no difference to tho present
work, which is to rid the town of pos
sible mosquito breeding places. As
far as damage suits against the board
of health go, they can not be brought.
Tho legislature might, possibly, pass
a bill to pay for damage done to ba
nanas, just the same as the China
town fire claimB were settled."
Till Dr. McCoy returns from Ha
waii, Deputy Attorney General Lymer
will bo in charge.
onoiuiu ttaie uonsiaere
For Commercial Palace
0OOOOOQOOOO
The several commercial bod- O
ies of the city, acting jointly, O
are considering making an of- O
fort to obtain the Honolulu O
Halo property from the Terrl- O
tory as a slto for their pro- O!
posed new building. O
The Bishop Estate has inti- O
mated its willingness to con- O
eider propositions for the de- O
vclopment of tho park lot oppo- O
sito the Young Hotel.
The outlook for the carrying Q
out pf the plans for a splendid O
commercial building are con- O
Bldercd brighter than they have O
ever been. O
oooooooooo
Joseph Cooke Makes
tatement
arding
armony Situation
There was a rumor on the street to
day that tho antl-Frear men, who are
laying their plans to capture the con.
vontlon, wero trying to find a way to
get away from their Taft obligation.
Joseph P. Cooke was asked about it.
He had heard it, too, and said:
The Trick Explained.
"The members of tho Taft Repub
lican League are endeavoring to get
the Taft men in each precinct to
make an organized effort to send Taft
delegates to tho April convention.
When I say Taft Republicans I mean
men who are working to support Taft
first, last and all the time, I have
learned that some so-called Tatt men,
who desiro to .go to the Chicago con
vention, will consider that they havt
done their duty if they support Taft
on their first ballot. This Is not the
interpretation that tho. Taft League
gives to tho words 'instructed delega
tion.' Wo interpret it to mean that
tho Instructed delogates should work
and voto for President Taft as iong as
his name is before the convention, and
if our delegates are In tho majority In
tho local convention, tho delegates to
Chicago will be so instructed."
Some Kinney History.
Thero was but llttlo talk about the
Kinney argument which Kuhio hal
said was that of a hired attorney and
which was recognized also as Demo
cratic politics. Ono man, however,
said: "Kinney got through an ex.
change of McBrydo land with the Ter
ritory and many unbiased people be
lieve that Kinney got tho long end of
tho deal. It was tho only one I ever
know tho governor to mako that espe
cially favored tho plantations. After
having secured that deal Kinney be
gan to find fault with Governor Frear.
As long as ho had anything to gain
from Frear ho was friendly."
Wants Thurston for Governor.
Tho rumor comes back from the
East that ex-Governor Carter wants
(Continued on paro Five)
M'CARTHY Y
IELDS
TO STRONG PRESSU
MAUNA KEA NOT
RE BADLY DAMAGED
mill nitiAH
mm.
As forecasted in the Star several
days ago, tho Bishop Estate trustees
havo Intimated their willingness to I
consider the development of the splen
did business block on Bishop street,
opposite tho Young Hotel:
This fact was stated this morning
at a meeting of the joint committee
of the Chamber of Commerce, Mer
chants' Association and Commercial
Club, which was appointed some tlmo
ago to consider the mattor of a elto
and to recommend plans for a four
s.
to six-story building suited to domi
ciling these several bodies, and also
furnishing additional accommodations
for various retail businesses and
offices to help pay tho cost of such a
structure.
Wants Six Per Cent Guarantee.
The committee has had its eyes
fixed on the Bishop property from al
most the first, but until recently the
estate showed no disposition to con
(Continued on pago Five)
M'CANDLESS
DENIES LOCAL
DEMOCRACY FAVORS FREE
SUGAR
L. L. McCandlcss, who is bidding
for tho Democratic support of his can
didacy for delegate to Congress this
fall, seomed very much alivo this
morning when asked about tho state
ment given out by tho Advertlsor this
morning to the effect that his political
boom was dead.
Notwithstanding tho fact that tho
Advortlser had him dead, buried and
on his way to realms beyond, tho per
severing candidate managed to rouso
himself from his grave sufficiently to
denounce "misquotations made by
Bomo people in the papers," to qualify
tho Advertiser's statement regarding
T. J. Ryan's stand on the free sugar
question as being "absolutely wrong,"
and to declare that tho Democratic
party was for Hawaii first, last and
for all time.
In an Interview given to the Star,
Mr. McCandless outlined tho stand of
tho Democratic party and its attltudo
toward 'industries In Hawaii and tariff
revision. .
His full statement is as follows:
"In its report of the meeting of tho
Democratic central commltteo last
night, the Advertiser quotes that T.
J. Ryan camo out for free sugar. That
statoment Is absolutely wrong. What
Ryan brought out was this:
"The Democratic natloual platform
of 1908, which was adopted by tho
Territorial convention In 1908 and also
1910, has this to say: 'Wo favor im
mediate revision of tariff by reduction
of import duties. Articles entoring
Into competition with trust controlled
prodticts should be placed upon the
freo list'
"Mr. Ryan brought out that by hav
ing an earlier convention or by adopt
ing a platform, before tho national
convention meets, if it should have a
clause in it favoring freo sugar, tho
Democratic platform In Hawaii could
bo so drafted at tho present time that
wo would not bo tied down to freo
sugar.
"And, In doing this, tho Democrats
in Hawaii could go honestly before
tho people with a platform not pledged
to free sugar,
"That was Mr. Ryan's argument.
And I also for myself am not In favor
of free sugar or otherwise taking off
tho tariff on Hawaii products.
(Continued on pago Five)
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Honolulu, March 9, 1912.
- Hon. L. L. McCandlcss. O
Dear Sir: In view of -your O
action at the meeting of the O
Democratic Territorial Central O
Commltteo held last night I O
hereby withdraw any support O
which I havo promised you, and O
I further announce myself as a O
candidate, at tho hands of the O
Democratic party, for the nomi-O
nation for Delegate to Con- O
gross.. O
If you are successful before O
tho convention, I promise to O
support you at tho polls, and I O
expect tho samo service from O
you if I should be tho nominee. 0
Yours respectfully, O
C. J. MCCARTHY.
'ooooo'ooooo
Rose, Supervisor McClollan, Clem
j Qulnn and E. P. Irwin, the latter be
(lng present not as a Democrat but
es editor of tho Crossroads aud a sup-
iporton ot.CQl. McCarthy.
McCarthy's -announcement of "his
candidacy comes as the result of a
( conference held between him and L.
L. McCandless yesterday afternoon in
; which McCandless virtually stated that
he would do a ho pleased in re
gard to Democratic affairs, and in
'which, at tho lnsistanceof tho editor
of tho Crossroads, who was present,
,he relersed Col. McCarthy from tho
jlatter's pledge not to bocomo a can
didate for tho nomination so long as
I McCandless was In tho field and try-'
ing to make himself tho candidate.
I Mayor Fern, who has been promi
nently mentioned as out for the noml
(Continued on Pago 5)
Tho accident to the Mauna Kea on
tho marine" railway this morning, as
reported on tho shipping page, Is not
nearly so serious, according to tho
stftcmcnt of Inter-Island officials, as
it is reported throughout tho city, nor
so bad as it looks from tho water
front. The Mauna K'ea, after sliding
down the railway and shooting across
to quarantine Island, did not knock a
hole in her bottom, as is generally
supposed, but opened the seacocks
and, let In quite a good deal of water.
Aside from tho water damage, the
Inter-Island people claim that tho
steamer is Intact and will be pumped
dry and floated freo of the mud banks
In short order.
Colonel Charles- J. McCartny, at a
conference of halt a dozen of tho lead
ing Democrats of tho city held at noon
today In Col. McCarthy's offico In tho
Wavorley block, formally announced
hVj candidacy for tho Democratic no
mination for Delegate to Congress.
Those present at the conference,
besides Col. McCarthy, wero Mayor
Fern, Sheriff Jarrett, Deputy Sheriff
The regular monthly meeting of the
Board of Commissioners of Agricul
ture and Forestry will bo held In tho
Throne room, Capitol building, on
Monday, at 2 o'clock p. m.
Old Government
About to B
uildin
e Demolishe
The Greater
Harbor
Plans
In the extensive Improvements
about being made by the Brewer Es
tate at the angle mado by Hotol and
Union streets, the old frame struc
tures havo been razed, and soon tho
old coral structure which has In Its
tlmo served as everything from a resi
dence of the royal family to a car-
VAWW.W.VAV.V.V.V1V
tervlew With a Star reporter this
morning, told what she could remem
ber about th'o old building, where
many affairs of stato wero transacted
! in the early part of tho last century.
"Tho first person that I can remem
ber who lived in tho building was
Doctor Rooko, tho foster-father of
Queen Emma," said Mrs. Pratt.
Thero will bo a meeting of the har
bor commissioners this aftornoon at
2:30 o'clock. Tho principal matter to
como up will bo tho- discussion of the
proposed plans for tho Honolulu
waterfront Improvement. Somo decis
ion is expected to bo come to regard
ing tho matter, and somo definite plan
will bo drawn up for discussion at ttip
public meeting which is to bo held
next Wednesday.
Tho Mauna Loa wharf will also ro.
colvo consideration, the plans for
which will bo looked over and dis
cussed. Tho chairman of tho board has re
ceived a map of tho Boston water
front, whereon all tho wharves aro
shown. Tho majority of tho places I
for vessols to berth aro "slips." There
aro a few bulkhead wharves, but they
are very few In number. Plans of the
San Francisco waterfront will also be
laid on tho table this afternoon, and
tho whole matter will bo threshed out
as rogards making a doflnlto sugges
tion for Honolulu harbor.
Tho Chinese relief fund' la nearly
18000.
OLD GOVERNMENT BUILDING.
rlago factory shop, will soon be only a
memory.
There are fow persons In tho Ter
ritory oven among tho oldest kama
nlnas who can remember tho ontlro
history of tho decayed edifice prior to
tho days when Dr. Rooko, tho foster
father of Queen Emma, roado It his
homo.
Mrs. Ellzaboth K. "Pratt, in an in
juring her girlhood, prior to her
marriage to Kameharaoha IV, she re
sided In a cottage at the rear of tho
structuro and her cousin, Peter Young
Kneo, lived In tho larger building.
"Later tho building wns used for
tho government offices. Tho finan
clal department and tho department
of the Interior wero situated here for
(Continued on page Four)
HOUSE WILL
INVESTIGATE
HIP TRUST
(Associated Press Cables to the Star.)
WASHINGTON, March 9. The House nlans &I1 itlVCRtJimtlnn nf ihn
shipping combine, Including tho relations of tho Pacific Mall with tho
Southern Pacific railroad.
TENNESSEE REPUBLICAN POLITICS.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., March .9. Tho Roosevelters outnumbered their
opponents in tho Second Congressional district convention anil tho Taft
men withdrew to another hall.
Thero. aro two meanings to the above in tho original: "Knoxvillo Roose
velters outnumbered Second Congressional district convention. Tatters
withdrew other hall."
THE PANAMA CANAL TOLLS.
WASHINGTON, March 9. Tho Houso Interstate commerce committee
agrees to tho canal bill authorizing tho President to fix the tolls at $1.25
a ton.
WASHINGTON, March 9. The canal bill would prevent tho use of the
canal by railroad and trust-owned ships.
ATELL AND MURPHY.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 9. The twentv-round ficM botwenn Affnll
and Murphy is proceeding. At the end of tho third round Murphy had a
shado tho best of it.
GERMAN MINERS MAY STRIKE.
BERLIN, March 9. Two hundred thousand socialist minors of tho union
say they will strike unless they get a 15 per cent increase of wages.
BIG LOAN TO CHINA.
PEICIN, March 9. An International syndicate of bankers has acreed to
advanco $4,900,000 to China within three months.
tO
CALIFORNIA'S R003EVELT CAMPAIGN.
LOS ANGELES, March 9. Governor Johnson will open tho Roosevelt
campaign In this city tonight.
, A TENEMENT TRAGEDY.
CHICAGO,"March 9.. Six aro dead and four dying as a result ofisa
tenomcnt houso firo - t- -i.
DARROW TRIAL. "
LOS ANGELES, March 9. Tho Darrow trial will occur March 14.
f
PITNEY IS CONFIRMED.
WASHINGTON, March 9. Tho Senate has confirmed Pitney.
(Morning Cable Report on Page Seven.
PROFESSOR SEVERIN BELITTLES
CLE
CULTURE
METHOD
OF
ERADICATING FRUIT FLY
Professor Henry Severln of the Col-
lego of Hawaii, assisted by William J,
Hartung, a senior in tho'collcgo, lias
been conducting a series of expert'
ments to determine tho migratory
tendencies of tho fruit fly. The tests
which ho has been conducting slnco
February 21 demonstrate in a prac
tical fashion that the fruit fly travels
with tho wind, over distances exceed
ing a mile, and comes down from the
mountains Into the low country about
tho city of Honolulu. Clean culture
MAN
S
SHOW
put
se
PLAGUE
SGS
Word was rocolvod from Dr. Pratt,
president of tho Board of Health, this
morning. The Uoctor and his party,
consisting of Dr. McCoy, Dr. Shophord
nnd Chief Inspector Bowman of Ha
waii, aro now at Honokaa.
Extonslvo examinations aro being
mado of captured rats, and although
over six hundred of the rodonts havo
so far been examined, not ono has
shown suspicious signs.
Tho party Intend working back to
HUo from Honokaa, am oath planta
tion wm do taken up m turni Tho
rat campaign Is resulting In tho kill
ing of thousands of tho animals, and
In this way It Is hoped that any fur
ther caeca of sickness will bo avoided.
Every plantation along tho Hama
kua coast Is holplng out, and rat
catchers aro at work all tho tlmo.
consists in picking up fallen fruit,
plucking Infected fruit and treating
, these in such a way as to destroy tho
I ninrmtH Prnfnaani- SaiTArln'a
1 --w.h.ww. Ut..llU U UIVll-
j ments would Indicate that, as long as
there aro fruit files breeding In the
i fruit In tho mountains and as
.long as thero Is wind from tho
mountains and files travel with
It. clean culture Is of little avail In
checking .the devastations of tho pest.
Tho entomologist, who has been
breeding tho fruit filos In jars, liber
ated a number of thom under a
tent mado of cheesecloth,
thom In small phials nnd
looted at different tlraos about
2000 male flios. These files he marked
by cutting off a log, handllug them in
such aVashlon that the wings wero
not Injured. With some he ampu
tated a front log, with others a mid-
dlo log, and with others a hind leg.
Armed with fifty koroBone traps ho
and his nsslstant proceeded to a largo
taro patch In Manoa, walled In by
mountains on all sides opening only
toward tho soa, and strung his
traps up In troos In a com
plete clrclo around tho patch. Tho
first files that ho liborated shot to
ward Honolulu with tho northeast
wind, bo ho moved tho traps to tho
leoward sldo of tho taro patch, ar
ranged them In a somi-clrclo about a
mile from tho mountain and liberated
tho files. Ovor a 'period of a week
lib lot 2000 of his marked male
files go, and during and slnco that
tlmo ho has been moving tho trapB
farther and farther toward tho
city away from tho points whero
the flics wore released. Up to
(Continued on Pago Eight.)