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Ti' r w U f i', K From San Franclscol I.urllno June 5 For San Franclscol Nile Juno 4 From Vancouver! Mnkura June 19 For Vancouver! Znalnndla June 18 evening Bulletin 3:30 EDITION Is Pre-eminently the People's Paper Do you realize what It meant to your business to have thoughtful, Intelligent, diplomatic, courteous salespeople In your store, backed up with EVENING BULLETIN advertising? ESTABLISHED 1882. No. 5254. fepAC 12 PAGES. HONOLULU, TERRITORY OF HAWAII, MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1912 12PAGES. , J?3L PRICE 5 CENTS. OCEANIC COMPANY W BIG AIL CONTRACT AMERICAN FLAG RESTORED IN COAST-AUSTRIALIAN POSTAL SERVICE LINDSAY EI 10 PA1G APPEAL Attorney-General Wants Action; Don't Believe Can Get It Soon In U. S. Supreme Court The Rapid Transit company may not time nml labor, Lindsay, after perns In. permitted to iiipent to the Supremo lug the document, nays lie ban found Court of tho irmtttl States from the that In effect It Is a writ of niandii- reeent decision of tho Supremo Court of the Terrltorj, concerning the com plin) 'h duly to pave between the trucks of Its lines. This new phase of the situation do Mloped this morning on tho announce ment of Attorney General Lindsay that he may object to tho entering of Judg ment by tho Hupreme Court In lie eordnnco with Its it cent decision. Ills reason for this, ho says, Is that If judgment Is entered the company will be enabled to appeal Immediately. If the appeal Is mado It Is iulte ecu mils, ordcilug the (omp.iii) to do the paving Should this be placed on rec ord, the company would bo at liberty to miiko the appeal und then the work of pitxlug uouhl be IndellnlUly post poned Win tin r this Judgment wilt be en tered probably will be determined next Wednesday morning, when tho matter will be heard by the Supremo Court. "Ah ii matter of filet," mild Lindsay tltl morning, "we have not asked tho ourt fort n Judgment ngnliist tho eomp.iny. We agreed with the eom- erallv coiicedid that llual JiidKinent by .i.iny'H counsel on n stipulation of the Supiemo Court of the United i facts, and presented these to the court Slates can not bo expected within two, merely for an opinion as an Interpfe- ito live years, .In tho meantime tlieitntlon of the law, - TcVrllofy"would bo powerless In thoj "We now hue that Interpretation, case and the company could not be; We also liuxc n statute that compels compelled to do the paving for that, tho company to do the p.ivlnir. witn leutllli of time. The form of tho Judgment, tho re sponsibility for which Ilea with the at torney gent nil, already 1ms been drawn, said Lindsay today, by Attorney D I WlthlnRton, counsel for the Knpld Transit company, ostensibly to save the attorney general and his staff some ilia proviso that If It doesn't, tho coun ty tan do the work und assess tho expense against the Itnpld Transit "We bud Intended holding the hear ing on the Judgment this morning, but Iiiimj asked that It be postponed be cause we don't know jet whether the (Continued on Page 4) YOUTHFUL ATTORNEYS STIRRING UP SENSATION IN SEWALL CASE y j VALUATIONS INCREASED; TREASURER IS PRAISED Tho assessed valuation of tho Terrl- Tho total tax: assessment for tho lory of Hawaii shows an In'ereaso of at Territory la $177,792,911. Tlio amount least $10,33r,.r.l8 over tho llgures uf Involved In appeals Is $G.S73.(S1, leav last year, This does not Includo the Ing n clear total xaluatlon at present ruinations assessed In tho cases ap-jof $170,919,550. pealed and now pending, while If tho valuations as now set aro held good by the appeal boards to whom they aro to bo icferred the lotal valuation of tho teal and personal property In tho Islands will inn mnro than $23,000, 1)00 abnxo that of 1911 figures. Acting Governor Mott-Smlth and Territorial Treasurer Conkllng finish ed tho compilation of tho llgures this morning preparatory to cabling tho totals to Governor Prcur, who now Is at tho National capital. "This great Increase In tho Terri tory's assessed valuation Is highly gratifying," declared tho Acting Gov ernor, "as showing tho Increased pros perity of the country and In giving tho Govornmant a material adxancomont in revenue. "And Treasurer Conkllng is to bo jirnlsed for his work. Tho advance ment In valuations Is duo largely to Ids cfforlB." VICTORYTEDDY'S FOR U. S. SHIPS (Special Itutletln Cable.) WASHINGTON, D. C, June 3 Pottmaiter General Hitchcock today accepted the proposal of the Oceanic Steamship Company to carry the mads from San Francisco to Australia. Dy tins action the American flag is restor ed in the poctal service on the Pacific. IN IN LURCH ? HOUSE PASSES BILL TO PROTECT SHIPPING coKus?1 Burtons opening t Associated T"ts r-abin. COLUMBUS. O, June 3 Tho Re publican State convention opened to day, with the Tatt forcej claiming 408 ' out of the 7S4 delegates elected at the recent primaries. They claim to have eleven votes, giving them control of the committees and of the formation ,1 of the next State central committee.' ,The Roosevelt forces have nine. Sen ator Theodore Burton, temporary chair man, says tho fight is uncompromising. (Rrx'dnl Hlllll'tln Cable.) ! . WASHINGTON, D. C, June 3. The Hfliii tnrlav naar4 thai hill (n nr-ntrt thlnnlna. to refuse clearance to -trust- . dec,"d th1 th hl8h ''"B problem. I ... ..... ' la nnl attrihiitatd In it,- f,mIIu. I Kiln Cable.) June 3. Senator,, speech before the, State convention today Is believed to.! foreshadow the Chicago platform. Hiij owned" ships, and providing fines, con fiscations and penalties. tariff and urged scientific monetary and i tariff reforms. ! Tim assessment hv Islands Is as fol lows: Oahu, $84,14li,7G7; Maul, $33,- 741,115; Hawaii, $39,891,700; and Ka Mill, $20,012,9.19. The appeals at Issue at present are, by Islands: Oahu, $1,- GSfi,S9.p; Maui, $801,121; and Hawaii $4,382,315. Tho llgures gathered this morning also show that the amount expended, out or tho present loan fund of !, 500,000 totals $1.10l,9S0.'li;. The notlceablo featuio of tho assess ment this t'ur Is that it Is materially higher almost In every instance, mid whllo tho Territorial Treasurer has Incurred a largo number of appeal cubes he has made big money for tho Territorial Government, eon If ovory raso should be decided In tho appel lant's fn'or. All theso facts, condensed Into a cablo message of Prominent figures In unique libel suit brought against ship Edward Sew all. Photograph above Is that of Frank Sullivan, seaman suing for $30, 000 for alleged Injuries. The large pic ture above shows the three "million aire tramps" who shipped as foc'sle hands on the Scwall from San Francis co to Hawaii. At tho extreme left Is A. R. Dupont, scion of French royalty; next him Is George O. Little, son of a St. Louis capitalist and admitted to practice law in this Territory so he could go into the libel suit as attorney for Sullivan. George S. Curry, Hono lulu attorney and associated with Lit. tie in pressing the .case, Is seated be side him. Next is Sidney R. Francis, son of ex-Governor Francis of Ml tourl. Second Mate Schneider, whose orders sent Sullivan aloft on the day he was hurt, Is at the extreme right. In the lower picture are Little and Cur ry, the two youthful proctors for the libell.int. Photos taken aboard the Sewall, The case comes to a crisis in the Federal Court tomorrow. (Asanclntrl rreaa Cable.) I WASHINGTON, D. C, June 3. The ! House approp'rfation committee today eliminated the provision for tne Taft tariff board in the sundry civil appro priation bill. Heavy reductions were made in the appropriations for the Pa- ' nama Canal and for public buildings. I Twenty-five thousand dollars is al- i lowed for tho President's annual trav eling expenses. two battlIHTips back on program 4rM-lated Pri-ar f?nbtp.) WASHINGTON. D. C, June 3. The Senate today restored the two Initio ship provision in the naval appropri ation bill which was killed by the Hfiute. GERMAN FLEET ::DR. WILCOX ASKED 10 GIVE OPINION ON FRUIT-FLY WORK THREE BULLETIN E 1'The purpose of the Board Is-to court a free and full Investigation of the subjtct and to secure an Independent and unbiased opinion on whether or not the work of controlling the fruit fly Is being carried out on system atic and scientific lines. ... If the Board is doing the work as thoroughly i.s can be expected in view of the comparatively small appropriation at Its command, the public should be so Informed In order to refute the charge MORE SUGAR HISTORY (Special nnflt-ttn Cabl.) NEW YORK. N. Y.. June 3. A let ter from Che:ter S. Morey of Denver was introduced in evidence in the sug ar case today. In it Havemeyer said, "Anything you and Oxnard do Is satis factory to me." The government sought to prove by this an agreement between the beet-sugar and cane-sugar interests. lAaaorlntn Prwaa r-T,i, ' FORT MONROE, Vn, Juno 3.- President Taft today received the ar mored cruiser Moltke and the protected ; cruisers Bremen and Stettin, the Ger man warsnips which nave arnoa on their American visit. The third Pul sion of the Atlantic fleet met the visit ing ships. . RUEF FINALLY DISBARRED i rttrlnt,i1 Press Cnbl.) SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 3 i The State Supreme Court today for mally disbarred Abe Ruef, the ex-boss. ARIZONA G. 0. P. SPLITS fflnwlnl Ho llel in Cnblr ) TUCSON, Ariz, June 3. The Taft inH Rnoifswlt fn rrti In fh nnnhllran 1 which has been made through the public press that the present method of state convention have split, each elect, control was a farce" ,na ,x de,fl,te, t0 the nation, con. " "" " vention at Chicago, rresideiit V. M. Glfrnrd of the llu Honolulu, Juno 1, 1912. , , ', . icau of Agriculture and Porosity has l)r II. V. Wilcox, Honolulu. nciMIAMn nc CAMC ic lled Dr. 13. V. Wilcox, til- Dear Sir You aro cordially Invited ul-"'"':" .Y'1 "'J. ' by (ho Hoard of Agriculture to make UblblMbU 1U IN TnlbLU formal!) hiNlled Dr. 13. V. Wilcox, til- 'lector of the I'edeiul experiment sta tion, to addicbs a public mectlug of an address before u public meeting of ,, , , , .. , ... ., .... . . (Associated !ree Cable.i uio iiouiii on i mi Biiujeci in ciiiiuJuiniK mm niniy on mo moiuous 0 roinuat- SAN FRANCISCO Cal June 3. As llfty-slx words, aro thousand papers is tho astonishing l1"" MC""L,rrft"c'lm ,rml " l,c" am '" ,l10 Mediterranean fruit lly in Ho- , rut 0f the revolt against the long- I I , .. .. '' " i"" '"" ..-.vw-..... . itw .., tin i.u,ii:i win. i,j uiu lumiu Q no HOn l-rinc ICO hall learn. Wil. 1 lie result Is hoped to ho a public ' -Miuimner last. Tlio Hoard Ham Reidy, well known as a former OLD WHALING CLAIM IS UP ai historical I.Ike u leaf from musty times, recoiiutliiR the blood-thrilling- war romances of flfl years ngo, reads a. document on which John F. HiickS .-mi i iu an- ins urposiiion mis al Showing u total s.iio of 0wr ton! being cabled across to Governor Krenri record this afternoon. u-rnoiin and ns tho result of which ho iiiiij rteelxe- n ery largo portion offii: fund of llG7,S2i:7. , j; The document is a petition naktni? hnvii In Hwi mnni'iiiv nn.,ui... iu, '1 lie result Is liniH.nl to ho a Public since NoMiniber last. Tho Hoard Ham Reidy, well known as a former fur tb. ihu.i divi.in,. ni 11,1. u,,, .' - " tnismi nun nun; vuiiiini . , "- - ni buii nuif i Tul Kong secures the first prlzo. hav-l1'1"1011"'111 "Bm nl1 impainni oxpen m i '" i i uiiioui nan piayer, nas supplanted Panny Long Held bj the t'nltcd Hlate-s Rovcrnment.J at 'three linllotln nows- (Contlnued on Page 3) iTPAY MORE FOR GOVERNMENT LEASES ,i lias over promliiently figured more correctly, llnlshed Henry Peterson, who was thltd In tho Anil) contest, ust munuged to get the heconil prlzo I with u leeonl of clglity-elglit moio papeis sold than by Joseph Ak.ma, Government land held under lease marked contiast to tho $3 and $1 and tho earnor of tho third award. Peter by plantations Is showing u rapid In-( $,'. uii aero at which luuds has been sou's total was 3181, Akumi's. 2090 Knmiin In viilni,. Hitd members uf the held in liiuiiv Instances. . I Thn nrlzn n!Ti,i- Is n nvi.nl r innrli Uind Hoard believe that thousands of Of dliect bearing on the futuro linportuticu to tho nowsboys, It being dolluis extru will bo turned In to tho rentals that tlio land board will feel iiiiulu at tho beginning of cury government In tho form of rentals. justified In asking -was u statement month, nil of the boys taking u gieat1 from now on. made berore the board that Y. Ahln, a deul of Interest In tlio limit outcoino What Is likely to prove an Import- Chinese farmer, pu)s $10 u year' per Tor the month of Juno prizes hao nnt1 precedent In establishing tho'uero for tlio Palnina cnno-llclds that been offeied to eery body who sells prlcu to bo paid for gooinincnt leases, were formerly rlco-putches, mid that it certuln uiuniuil of papers. Tills ,lf the llguro agreed upon recently by,hu Is clearing $00 up acre each (cnr. gives nil tho bojs an opportunity In tho land board and Honolulu I'lnntu-j It was stati'd and noted by the board sccuro u prize und at It-ast llfty of Hon for land at Aleu, Sonio 200 ucies tliut In two scars this Chlnauuiu has the oiingHleis ilciliuo tliey will bo was leased at $IS un ucie. This Is In'clcaicd $19,000. Juno uwuid lunula. lug bold an men four thousand n.i-to the cllli.iey of tho present methods pers. In political circles Jio would which huo neon attacked iiy t'rof. - - - bo designated a dink liorso us this Islllcnrj Severln of tlio College of llu-. Decieo of abkoluto dhorco was gl)- tho first nowsboy contest In which hefwall, now on his way to tho Coast to Cn I'redetlck Hedegnnrd by Judgo picsent his own statements to tho Whitney this morning from Silvia California authorities. . I lledeg.i.ird, on tho grounds of descr- Tho date und placn of tho meeting, Hon have not been decided upon, but will ' i bo announced shortly, , j ID erbal Imitation. l)r, Wilcox will also touch upon tho subject of tho cul ilwiilon, riclcetlon and lnarkctlug of banuuiiH and other fruits. While tho Hoard of Agrlciilturo Is not directly coneeiued In tho hitter subject, still it Is cousldoied an opportune time for tho Hoard as an agricultural body to hear Dr. Wilcox speak, and It Is hoped that theie will ho a number of banana- groweis present. Piesldent (llffuid'H lettur of Invita tion, which Is sulf explanatory, leads us follows: . Phone 2648 as manager of the Seals. SUGAR SAN KltANCIHCO, Hi its bS analysis, lis 4 49c Previous iiuotatlou, MEMORIALS We have the largest stock In the city of both Granite and Marble. Orders will have our prompt attention. H. E. IIENDRICK, Ltd., Merchant and Alakei to be apportioned among tho heirs of, the three original owners of tho w hai ling esscl Harvest, which was sunk by the I'onfedrruto ship Shenandoah" Oil, June 3. In Miireh, UCS, nt Ascetuduu Island, s Sd.; parity, The llnrni-t at that tlmo was own- 12s Id M'd li Henry llackfehl, James I. Dow- sett and rrunk Moltcnn and opernleil b) them as a whaling schooner, largely In northern wuterx. She was sailing under tho colors of tho Hawaiian king dom, but ns ulio lay In thn hurbor 'at Ascension Island, together with threo The const artillery will bo i.ivcn pruetlso for tho first tlmo with tho big siege guns which arrlxed hero nearly two years ago, mid which nro n-v stored in a shed at l.ellehua Original ly thesi guns wero taken to ".-ort llu- other ships of tlio United Slates,, tin, ger. but there was no proper place to Khennudo.ili, owned and operated by keep them, and they were rmroied to persons working for tho Confederacy,'' 1dlcliuu 'killed in from Melbourne, Auitraltuj heptcmner Is the dale set 'or the and after u shorn llcht took nues slego gun practise, und the coatt.nr-.slon of tho other vessels and Included tlllirymen will go to Schnllebl liar- the lliuet, believing ho was oper racks one company at n tlmo to work ntlng under tho charter of ;ho United thn plectV. Service pruetlso with tho States government. ;&, mnrtnr Imttery at uiiger Is set for mid-' An International (uestlnn with GreatJ August. (Continued on Page 3)