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,1. , -vr,r-vjl7r-??.frr- "'''''''tTJ ri .i "I Evening Bulletin ."$ This la the season when It la Import ant to establish the closest kind of re lationship between the merchant and the public This can best be done through the EVCNINO BULLETIN. 3:30 EDITION Plain Straightforward Advertising Pays ESTABLISHED 1882. No. 5130. 10 PAGES. HONOLULU, TERRITORY OF HAWAII, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1912. 10 PAGES. PRICE 5 CENTS. From San Franclaooi Hlcrrii, Virginian Jnmtnryl! For Ban Franclaooi lliiiKihiliui Jiiminry 10 From Vancouver. Xeulmidla January 31 For Vancouvarl Mnrnina Jnnunry 30 MURRAY. ON STAND, DECLARES HE WAS SOBER BHaiMMMMPjaaMajvjaaiaMaBMpapjaaBBBPMaiia CARNEGIE ATTACKS U. S. BANKING R. T. LinejU. 8. WILL BUILD To Pearl Harbor Delegate Kulilo will boom reintro duce in fongtcss tin- franchise hill for '.he promised Ituiilil Transit iitroct rail vuy extension from Its present Kin;; street terminus to I'earl harbor. TIiIh itnlotncnt waH authorized this morn f'liiB liy President U T. Peek of the ilupld Transit eonipany No news that tho 1111 has yet been iiiliodticecl has been reielveil here, lint It Is ptobablo that Kulilo will tithe action on It shortly. The hill us llrft introduced hail some eonsltlprutloii, nit matters did not como to a heud during the laet session nnd It was never reported out of lommlttee. In volved In this proiwsed extension In tho grant of right to cross the mili tary lescivntlon at Kort Shatter. With the rnjild develo) nt of the Pcurl Harbor Motion, and the enor mous umoiint of work In be done on permanent buildings, yards and dock 1 11 1 re In the next three jears, largely Increased (rattle Is forebeen, for liuu-li ol tho work will be done by day-lab orers unci many, who, .are employed there will wish to travel buck an I :ortli to Honolulu. Tho Ilupld Transit extension will give them tho transfer privilege to any jimt of the city, which will be n big factor In handling the trallle. EQUITABLE LOSS NOT SO SERIOUS f Assiwlnlcd Press 'ililo 1 NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 10 The great vaults of the Equitable Life As surance building are buried in a seeth ing furnace still, but it Is believed that 175,000,000 of collateral securities are safe. Tho file department is pouring water on the budding in steady streams. (Hi.t'Cliil II u I let I a Cuble.) NEW YORK, N. Y, Jan. 10. Tho Harriman records and tho names and addresses of 40,000 stockholders have been lost. "The entire win king olllees nf tho Hiiultiihle me In the lla.cli building, ut thu corner of (irociivvkh and Cedar Ktreeiu." Hiild Mr. Mouuev. iu.iii.iuer uf thu i:iultiihlu for tile lllsluip Insuiuiicii' ....l.tll... '"fllM 1,111, (.M III III,, STllllltlltllU i.. .nan... ... fin tir...,.ii ,. .., r,i- tiw.liuake It u law directors, tho medical staff and. geuer-1 .. i, i , i, i ..r II,,,' eonipiny's business. Tho two tup1 ' ..t.i i. ,i,.. i .,,, ...i c.,,1, ti... vault, for Hie i.rliiclnalse. curllles mid nil the reiords nt Ihe peil - ...i.i i.. ,1... ii. ...... i.,,u. Hi,,- ,, ., , ,.i,i..i, ii, li'yili'iiliin nil, in nii un ,..,,,,.,,.n. i iiimiiiuviiio ., ,..i. i. ' pollej holders lire most vitally lute-rest ed have been untouched by thu lire. Uven If tho securities were burned, uv cry seeuilty that the lultithlu pus sesses Is I'cglstirid with Ihe lusuriincii commissioner of New Voik under thu laws of the Ktnle." AT Tho Second Infantry Hand, stationed Jit Kort Shatter, will glvo u band cun-j cert ut tho Moulin. Hotel tonight, bo- KlmiiiiK at 7;:it) o'clock. TO RENT 1 8TORC ON FIRST FLOOR 1 HALL ON SECOND FLOOR Olfices, Single or en 8ulto H. E. H E N D R I C K Merchant and Alakea Streets HEADQUARTERS FOR ARMY IN That the War Department will con struct In lloTicilciln it large army head quarters building, to concentrate de pnrtuient headciiarters olllees, and the ulllees uf the depot iiuurternmslcr, de pot commlisury, pamiifiter, signal of lleir anil engineer otllcer under one I oof, Is Indicated by advices received vcstcrilny from Delicate Kulilo, now In Washington. The Delegate writes to Colonel Jones, adjutant general of the National Uuard of Hawaii, that the board having the drlllshctl lot matter under consideration will report In fuvur of turning a por tion of It back to tho Territory for an armory site, but that part of It Is to bo reoerved for an aiiny building. This Is eunildereil extremely slgnllleant by arinj oillceis here. rolliivvlug Is u copy of Deltgate Kit hlu's letter. "(iiiunltteo n tho Territories. "HolIKo of Iteplesentutlveb, II H "Washington, 1) C, Dee. 28, 1011. "Col. J W. Jones, Honolulu, Hawaii, "Dear Colonel: Hlnee my arrival hero I have taken up the mutter covered In your letter of November IT. In re- gun! to Ibii ililllshed lot, uud have ills cussed the miittrr at considerable length with the War Department. 'The board having the mutter In charge has promised me to reeomuicti'i Iwu hundred feel uf the fiontage of tho lot on Ihe Hotel street side, mid u much uf that width as reaches tluoug'i In lien t.iul.i shall be turned buc, to the Territory for an nrmury site They Fern May Veto It Major J. J l'em does not approve uf till the provisions Incorporated In (he new municipal appropriation1 bill .mil ho Is understood will veto one or mure of Its duuscs, Is thu opinion mound "city hull." Ills Honor In to go over the una sure with City nnd County Auditor James lllckuell In faro nllKIng his name to the iinettuieui wiueu will M"Jr l'" lakes the slmi.l llial Ihe iipproprlatlou which passed tu a '" ,''''" K M' a nti.Jorlty volii o Hie boiiiel uf supervisors last night '"" "'t "',w ,"r'll,,,'l """I fl,r " . M,pP"-"l,l'Jr I Ho nellc Ho heljevi'H that a sum' should he , . ,, ... , . , . ,., . , M'l Iisiue suuieieiu iu iiiuvuie inr uuy l.!l..v will, I, in lei, I nrlki! I ...... ...n. ,.-v ....,,..- tliroiigh mi exigency brought about, by tho action uf a heavy storm which . i .night carry away large sections of ro.idwny or demolish one or uiorii bridges, throughout thu city or thu iiiunty. Would Cut i:travagaiicei. Tift! Item calling for twenty thou. m ml dollars to bo expended for unto lire Inn Us and police wagons Is one which Is iinilerstoud, dues not meel with tho ma.voinlty approval. The appropriation bill passed through three readings before Ihe hoard with thu nulled support of .Mur ray, MiClellnn, Kruger, Aninnii and Arnold. Supei visors Low and Dwlght nntios- ed the measure which they claim calls for tho expi'iicliluie of twelve thou sand dollars more than Ihe estimated leventiUH tec el veil by Hie city mid louiity. In event of Mayor Kern's veto lo the measure as u whole or Individual Hems Incorporated within It, Hie city gtuernnii nt Is said will not lie gieatly inconvenienced thiough link of funds, as tho bills for the month ut January can lie met by monies now on hand In tho lieasury this sum being the balance reiuuliilui; ut tho closu of tho car lilll. HONOLULU Miy It will be necessary to retain a minor p.nt of the lot for olllees uud ilipartmenlnl headiiuarters for the army, mid they seem to think that the two hundred feet would glvu ample space for constructing thu new ar- lunry 1 hope we shall be able to get (leiieral Wood's consent to this ur raugeineut so that the good work you have done toward securing an armory may tesult In Us earlv cimsti action "Willi btst wNhes, 1 inn, very truly Jours, "J. KAI.ANIANAOI.I:. "Delegate In Congress" "This allowance would give us a lot of about 200 by 210 feet. Including a small 'panhandle' through the llerelaula street," said Colonel Jones this morn lug. "On this we could construct the kind of armory we want, although the original illnicnlous would have to bo altered somewhat. The news is ninit encouraging, and 1 feel tliat the tlgbt Is M" K"'tl US won In legard to thu proposed army building, Cieuernl M M. Macomb, de partment commander, said: I have strongly recommended that the ilrlllshctl lofbe turned back lei Hie Territory, but the suggestion to re I" minister of foreign affairs. serve, u portion of It for mi nriny build- J ' Ing did not come from lids olllee. Iti IHiwpIiI Hull "tin ruble t would bo u good tiling for the depart-. fia, r-r., Jan. iu. union riots do incut, however, lo lme nil the, various 'came so bad here today that the mill olllees together The plan seems to tarv reserves and special police were bring two buildings. Hie armory and Ihe headquarters, close together, but, of I'otirse, that's a ditall that would have to be worked out on paper 1 have heard nothing otllchil of tills plan for an army probable" building, but It sounds Big Bank Profits facts mid figures showing remark able growth mid prosperity vveru pre sented tu thu sluekholders of thu l-'lrst National Hank at the bunk's annual meeting held yesterday afternoon The repot t of Cecil llrown, president, shows that thu actual piollts of the bank since I la organization In Ituaj have reached u total gi eater Hum thu capital slock of half it million dollars, Dividends umoiint lo the splendid figure of over ':' I.Otiu, uud thu surplus on January 1 was tlilO.uutf. The it-port throughout showed thu business ability with which thu alfalra of the bank have been administered The le was u huge icpieseulutlon of thu stockholders, uud ollletrs uud dlieeturs Were 111! leelected, us follows: Olllcers Cecil 111 own, president; M. Kohluson, vhe-pu-sldeut; L. Teliney Peck, ciishlir. Directors Murk P. ltoblnson, I, Teu- uey reck, lleoige N. Wilcox, (I 1'. enti tle, (Veil llrown, II. M vou Hull President llrown's report Is us fol lows: To the KlockhohltrH of the First Na tional Dank of Hawaii, ut Hono lulu. "Oeiitlenien: This being thu second Tuesday In January, wo meet for our annual meeting, tit which wu urn tn elect our directors, who In turn ehct the olllcers of thu association for tho ensuing year. The present directors are Oeo. JC. Wilcox, M. P. Itublusou, I, T Peck, H M von Holt, (leo. P Cm Ho uud Cecil 111 own, who are ullglbhi (Continued on Page 3) Somu uld bachelors are afraid they will get married, and sumo spinsters are afraid they won't. A boy seems lo think that much of Ills badness should bu excused on Ihe grounds that "buys will bu boys." Carnegie Denounces Ranking f Asmrlutnl I'n-n CiiMk ) I WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 10 An- drew Carnegie, the aleel king, toja testified before tho committee invest!- gating he steel truat. The feature cf Carnegle'a testimony waa an attack upon the banking ayetem of the Unit- ed States, which he denounced as a ats- grace to civilisation. He urge, leijis- latlon to carry out the plans of the A'drich currency reform idea. i (Ki-clal Un I l-t In I'.il.t.- I WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 10. Car- ncgie told on the stand today the story of his career In the steel industry. QUITS (Associated l'r-si Cnl'l.) PARIS, Fr., Jan. 10. The French cabinet has resigned In the midst of the row over the appointment of Delcasse cauea out. (AKsnot-tieti I'rnei r,iiitni WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 10. Senator Lorimer concluded his test!- through thu timely assistance reliil mony today before the investigating ,, uy join Kamalit, un lluwiillim committee, denying tho charges of .fisherman, who limine,! lot n Mm wnlnr bribery in securing his seat OLD SOLDIERS ARE POISONED f AHHOclnled Press Cithl.) LEAVENWORTH. Kan, Jan, More than 150 Inmates of the National Soldiers' Home here have been taken seriously III with ptomaine poisoning. Many of them are in a dangerous con- dition. ARMOUR EVIDENCE IS ORDERED STRICKEN MwH.ll It ll I Ik I In C.lMc ) CHICAGO, III., Jan. 10. Armour no tations and papers were ordered ttrick en from the evidence of the packers' trials today by Federal Judge Car penter. MANY WITNESSES CALLED IM nVMAMITIMR PROBC uiiiniiniinu "uuu . i i, 1 1 , i . 1 1 INDIANAPOLiB,1 lid, Jw! 10.- Scores of witnesses In the dynamiting cases have been subpoenaed from New v.l. p.nn.uiu.ni.. niinni. riH i.u... KILLED IN SNOWSLIDE IKm-el.tl liu I latin Cuble.) SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 10, Several persons are believed to be killed in a snowslide at Cutbank, Mont. .-..,, .irt-r-ir-n-r. " B believed In nriny circles here POWERS ARE NOTIFIED 'Unit the troups ordered from the I'lilr HHIlMA HA? REPUBI IC Hj'Plin'S ore a portion of the Fifteenth umiMtt rma ncruDLii, ' mry wllllll wlu11 lt 1)afc9ll .Asscclat.d Press Cable.) tliroiiKlt Honolulu a short tlnio ago NANKING, China, Jan. 10. The pow- vns recrulled to full war btrength and ers have been notified that tho organ- r'ly '"' China duly Tho llfteenlh iiation of the provisional government bus otixllllarles In the form of small is complete. ' detachments of Held artillery and cuv- , m , elry, ami also hosjiltal and signal Tho easiest way to ncqulie a for- corjis, tune Is lo liihetit It from your father.' (Continued on Page 2) DID CAMPBELL PLEDGE BOARD TO PAY DAMAGE? Chairman Campbell of the board of lnTlllir l.1,lll,HI,l.ra may hae In dig '1"1' l,lt" ,,ls ,m" '"hUH lo ,,,e "'"H of something like $100 unless he can persuade the local ngeiits of the Jap- un0M, ll(.r siilnjo Maru thut hu did nut .... , , ,. , . . l'lK" the cummis . to pay Ihcda.n- B- bill uccrulitg from a slight culllslun between the steamer and Alakea dock. According lo Information that has , , , , , .. , , feat heil several inembirs of thu board. Campbell, without any authority of thu commission whutevtr, told Castle it Couke. the T. K. K. ugents, that the harboi lomuilsslou would foot the bill. And the commission has learned that, acting on this understanding, the T K. K. people were uoltflcd that the Ter ritory, through the commission, would stand the expense This was earl) lusl week. It Is said. Uut larl Wcdnesd.i) the tuiumlsslnu, In spile of Campbell s Ideas on I lie sub ject, decided that It I up In the steam chip people In foot Hie bill, having SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE David C Irvine, it seafaring man, who arrived at Honolulu on tho last trip of tho Oceanic steamship Sierra, made an insiiccessftil attempt tu take ! his lifo by Jumping Into tho waters of the harbor this morning. After lenialnlng there with body partially submerged, for nearly live minutes. Irvino was taken to the aliurci and miccecded In dragging tho man Into u boat. Although it was llrst believed that there was u good change the man would recover, ho tiled tit IM o'clock, David Irvine sauntered down to tho Klnatl wharf this morning shortly uf- ter 10 o'clock, ut a tlmu when the dock was apparently deserted, and deliberately leijied from thu Wulklkl I..I.I.. . i it (Qtmiuu ui me Diiiiciuin nun hid nniimiy. a passer-oy noieu tuu uoaiiug nouy "" "'" silt face of the harbor nnd nt Hl'st believing that It might be the remains of an animals, vailed tho at- -imiii naaaaawaaBi FLEET SEES REASON FOR STAYING Tho ordering of M10 troopx from Munllu to China, to keep open rull rouil communication from Peking tu tho sea. Is considered by olllcers uf the I'ac Hie Heel un added point In fivor of holding the Heel In Hawaii mi waters In readiness to proceed lo I tl l'"nr Kast, If needed. Tho general "llnoil U that the Navy Department, nr ,ll'u, h'a u It'ljnrtliiHt. or whoever l s lJ,al1 '" workliip; the Washing on i' "f H" falili. UI seo to It that thu crullers stand by here until things have iulcted down In China, or until the situation has becume so ucttte that the licet Is ordered out on short no tice to take a hand Iu thu Interna tional mix-up! All thought that or ders lo Ball for thu Coast will he re. i cived soon have been discarded. found after an Investigation that the Million .Main whs In blame Mtinbeis llei mil. Mel 'in thy mid Wakilleld all Invetllgnted the circum stances leading In Hie tnlllslon, and stood together In the tliullugs Whin they illxcovtrtd that Cumphtl! was uuderflniid In have told Castle & Coolie that the i (iiumlssloii would pay the bill, there was some hottlcd-up wrath And when the cummlssloneis learn that, nfur u weik, Cumpbill still has not iintlllid Castle A. twke of lite commission's lu'llnii, tin re will be more wrath. Campbell has denied prnmHiig Dial the 1,111 would be paid, and yet It was slated Ibis afternoon tli.it Castle .V Cooke have not ),-t been olliclally In formed uf the eomuilsslon's resolution returning Hie bill to the steamship agents. I low iv cr. Ibe Hhlnyo Mam will be. back here IVhruary H, mid mi effort will be made In bold the mailer 111 abeyance until Captain Smith can give hi" side of the alTalr tendon tit Chief Clerk Oliver Scott nt Klnatl wharf to tho object. Mr Scott. Purser Kllillue of the I'laudlne, uud several other Inler-ls-land men soon hail one of tho shore boats out to tho assistance of Ihe man, who has ceased his struggles and was lloatiug head duvviivvard un thu surfaco uf the harbor. Prior to attempting to take his life. Initio remove-d several letters uud papers from his clothing, and these were afterward picked up by tho of ficers. Harbor Olllcer John Weilay led thu police In their hurry cull In the scene of drowning, tho patrol responding within a very fow minutes utter the aurm hud been sent in by Chief Clerk Scott Irvine was attended by Dr. l.tuer- mm, the police surgeon, uml liu was removed to Oueen's Hospital. j.. .. ... . . inu niau is miegeu to iiuve uecome uesiioliueut. He is said to nave at- tempted lo ship away on one or more departing sailing anil steam vessels but without success. BREWER ESTATE WILL PUT UP Within a few days tho Urevvcr m tato will tall for bids on a two story concrete building to be erected on lis property nt Hotel and Union sttceU, Mid to bo occupied principally by A. II Juugiiuus, proprietor of the Palm The, building is to be modeled )artlcularly' with regard lo modern cafe ami restaurant uses, Ihe kitchen being up to date In every respeil, nnd the Palm will occupy II. The llrewer estoto has conm to the decision to proceed with this building after wultlng over months while the Union stiee-t tangle was being thrash ed over ami mulled over. J. It. flail, manager uf the Hawaiian Trust coin (Continued on Page 2) Four Men Say Was Not Drunk Witness after witness, mid lln.illy Supervisor Murray himself, sworn upon Ihe Maud In t, -lire court this afternoon thai .Murrc) was sober on the night of December 111. when he leaned from an uulotuobllc uud, un intentionally as he siih. knocked down the Porlo lilt an, Tltnoleo Her uaiidcr Murray went on Ihe stand nt 2:30 o'clock, and from then fur half an hour was in copied In telling of the events surrounding tho tragic death. He said that the day beforo tho evening Iu iuestlou. ho had slept at the Young Hotel from 11 In tho morn ing until 11 at night, had then arisen, gone to Ihe Union drill uul eaten, and that he had taken four drinks. Ho told about getting the autu to go lo u loan at lluckle'H home, and said that while the auto was on Its wny ihere, he had Been the man In front lie testllled lo seeing the man staggering, and lo the fact that he cautioned the chauffeur lo go hIow, which tho chanffeur, Ilolln, didn't. He told of putting out his arm to sweep the man out ut dangorr - - Murray's story on the stand ut to the facta or Ihn accident Itself la th. same story he told Hie coroner's Jury mid an llrst given out In thu liulle 1 1 ii. Supervisor Hurry Murrij'a attor ney, K. c. Peters, called to the stand several witnesses this afternoon tn mi effort lo prove that Murray wits sober on tho night the Porto Itlcati, Her nandez, was killed Those railed werti Jack Doyle, Ceorgo (lerasnilth, of the Union drill, W W Iluckle, to whose house .Murray went, and A I.. C. At kinson. All testllled to the supervisors bo borlety on the night In iiuestlon. Banana Boomed Ilck'lnlilnir I'ebruurv 1. Ilm Territorial marketing division uncle r tho chare;,, of Kuperlulcnilcnt 8 T Sluilett will In augurate the shipping of bulimias to California, and If Ihe buiianu-rulsers of Ihe Turltnry leipouil lo Ihe oi)iur- linilt) that Is tu be offered them, It Is hopul lo build up ii b g trade In thu fruit through guvirmiicnlul uld mid with governmental Inspection. According- to the plans now being winked nut, Ihe Inspection at this port will be mi thoroiiuh uud bear sucli ii stamp of ullleiiildoui that fumigation of the Irult on the. Coast will bu uuneces sury This Is one of the most Import ant natures of the plan, us banana'! will knp but u cr short time after fumigation, mid ahead) several ship pers here have nut with heavy losses on account of failure In dltposo of their product as soon us It had been fumi gated. The tlgld Inspection uud fumigation are on account of the prevalence, herti of Ihe Mtdljerraneuu fruit lly unci the pre caul Ions lo keep It from getting u foothold Iu California. The marketing division will net Iu nallU us I'oiumlsslou handlers, but without charging n commission r,.o. The fee will be probably only u cent or two u btimh, Just enough to ceiver the cost of liiKpcUlon and li-tiidllng here It Is the aim of Huporluteudent Star (Continued on Page 41 Port regulations did not conlo be fore tho harbor tommlselon this aft ernoon Chairman Campbell's request Unit they bo put off. having been granted. Arrangements were made at HiIb afternoon's session to Install sov. eral Hie hydrants along tho vale--front. It lakes n gltl with a collego edit 'ration lo misspell her front namo. 1 1 V V ft .'i: N-.S, 11 p j? Ji,4 "IP Jawi-. . . ... . ., k - :."!-- "- " -J