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VOL. L., NO. 8464.
HONOLULU, HAWAII TERRITORY, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1909.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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ANY SPECIAL
CLERKS AR
Three Thousand Extra
Men Required for
Census.
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WASHINGTON, D. C, September 6.
Approximately 3000 temporary clerks
will be appointed in the Census Bureau
for the thirteenth decennial United
States census, and tin date of the first
examination will be October 23, next,
throughout the United States at vari
ous cities; according to a circular an
nouncement, relative to the examina
tions and appointments, which will be
issued jointly by the Department of
Commerce and Labor and the United
States Civil Serviee Commission.
Blank application forms and the cir
cular of instructions may be obtained
after September 10, by addressing the
Civil Serviee Commission, Washington,
D. C., the Bureau of the Census, Wash
ington, D. C, or the secretary of the
board of examiners at the following
named places: Postoffice, Boston. Mass.;
Philadelphia, Pa.; Atlanta, Ga.; Cincin
nati, Ohio; Chicago, 111.; St. Paul,
Minn.; Denver, Colo.; San Francisco,
Cal.; Custom-house, New York, New
Orleans, La.; Old Custom-house, St.
Louis, Mo.
Very few appointments from the
October examination will be made be
fore January 1, next, and not many
will be made until April, 1910. The
maximum force will be drawn August,
next year.
These 3000 appointees will be given
salaries of $600 per annum at the be
ginning, but promotions to $900 per
annum, at least, will be reasonably
rapid for those who render satisfactory
service. All appointments will be on
probation, subject to termination at one
cionth or any later period if the ap
pointee does not come up to the re
quirements. In every case the ap
pointments will be temporary and sub
ject to termination as the exigencies
of tie service may require. All ex
pire iy operation of law on June 30,
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NEEDED
GENEROUS ENTERTAINER
RECEIVES AMOUNT OF BILL
E. E. Elgin, the generous railroad
manager of Mahukona, Hawaii, who
-valued his hospitality to the visting
Congressmen and committeemen two
weeks ago at $17.S5 and sent a bill for
that amount to the entertainment com
mittee, has been paid ia full. A money
order for that amount was sent him
yesterday, accompanied by the follow
ing round-robin letter:
Honolulu, T. H., Sept. 23, 1909.
E. E. Elgin, Esq., Mahukona, Hawaii.
Sir: Understanding that the commit
tee on entertainment has refused to pay
jour bill for various sundries furnished
the visiting Congressmen recently, we
who were "butters-in" feel that" it is
due us to make good. The entertain
ment furnished was all that could be
desired, and we feel that you should
be recompensed for your outlay.
Respectfully,
COOK
1 & I Henshall
V PEABY
This will probably hold Mr. Elgin for
some little time to come, with the help
of his friends and neighbors, who will
hardly let the opportunity escape to im
press upon the srenprons mnHomon tt.;.
ideas as to his hospitality, which he
, ior at tne expense
of others. The sundries referred to in
he letter include the $6.50 worth of
GOV. FREAR IS
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Succumbs to Prevailing Fever
and Will Purchase a Buzz
Wagon.
Governor Frear and Claudius Mc
Bride went out yesterday to try an
automobile with a view to purchasing
it if it proved satisfactory. That is
to say, the Governor will purchase the
machine if it proves satisfactory, and
he took MeBride along to pass upon
the degree of satisfaction which the
buzz wagon is liable to give. Claudius
is an expert on automobiles. He ad
mits it himself, and those who saw
the way he handled one on Hawaii re
cently when he was there with the
Congressional party say freely that
there is no one who can handle a gaso
line buggy the way. MeBride can.
Which may be fortunate.
At any rate, the Governor and his
private secretary went out yesterday
afternoon to try a new machine, and
at the hour of going to press no. ac
cidents had been reported, so it is sup
posed that Mac confined his attentions
to instructing the Governor as to the
general make-up of automobiles.
The Governor is almost the last
member of the Territorial government
to get the automobile fever. Secre
tary Mott-Smith succumbed some
weeks ago and now reeks of gasoline
as if to the spark plug born, lreas
urer Conkling owns two motor cars
In fact, there are so many automobiles
about the Capitol that it is not neces
sary to oil the macadam frequently,
as the drippings from the machines
are sufficient to lay the dust.
There were some wagers offered
about the Capitol yesterday that Me
Bride would use the new machine more
often than would the Governor, but
there were no takers. Mac looks fine
behind the steering wheel.
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IN' WOULD .BE
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE
Captain Bent, of the Tenyo Maru,
is rather pessimistic with regard to the
suspension of the coastwise shipping
law. From his point of view it woulc
be too good to be true, for the mag
nificent liners that his company owns
would, be certain to book large pas
senger lists for Honolulu.
When told of the reeent visit of the
Congressional party and the sentiments
the members expressed with regard to
that same matter, he smiled and said
that he hoped very much that they
would do something, but that he would
be a happy man when he left San Fran
cisco with a big passenger list for Ho
nolulu. booze which he claims was consumed
during the short time the national law
makers were with him.
It still remains a mystery, however,
what was done with the ten pounds of
flour for which Mr. Elgin sent in a bill
to the entertainment committee, and
those interested are anxiously awaiting
Mr. Elgin's explanation of that item..
It is also considered strange that no
charge was made for wear and tear on
the furniture. Those who decided to
pay the bill seriously contemplated
making the money order read for $18
even, to cover any damage of that na
ture that might have been done, but
they finally decided to allow Mr. Elgin
to contribute that amount himself to
the good of the cause. ; "
The entertainment committee, as
previously reported in the Advertiser,
refused to pay the bill, contending that
such action on its part would be en
couraging the running of "blind pigs."
But Mr. Elgin may be happy now. He
will receive his $17.85 by the next
steamer to Mahukona.
LUMBER COMPANY TO
GET
The Pahoa additional lumbering li
cense will be advertised on October 1,
Superintendent Marston Campbell
states. This license is for the lumber
ing of 12.000 acres of ohia in the Pa
hoa, Puna, district
The tract, Mr. Campbell says, will
be lumbered under strict forestry su
pervision, the first time this has ever
been done in this part of the countrv.
As fast as the land is cleared off,
it will be opened to homesteading. It
is expected that the Kaohe homesteads
will be put on the market in a 6hort
time.
KALUANUI ROAD
BUSINESS
Mayor and Supervisors
Will Inspect the
Work.
Mayor Fern, Supervisor Quinn and
the other members of the road commit
tee of the Board of Supervisors will
go to Kaluanui beach early this morn
ing to look over the work which the
Chinese lessees of the land along the
right-of-way have done in regard to
the moving of their houses and thresh
ing floors.
The money is now available to reim
burse the Chinese for the expense which
they have gone to in moving buildings
and floors, ibut it can not be paid over
until the proper authorities have ex
amined the work and approved it. This
will be more of a formality than any
thing else, and the necessary authority
for the paying of the money will be
granted at tonight 's meeting of the
Board of Supervisors.
When the survey for the new Kalua
nui beach road was made, it was found
that almost without exception the
threshing floors and buildings ereeted
by the Chinese tenants on the land
through which the new road will pass
were on the right-of-way. After some
negotiating the Chinese agreed to move
the floors and buildings, the county to
reimburse them for the expense. Thus
the necessity for instituting condemna
tion proceedings was obviated.
While they are out, the municipal
party will inspect the roadwork now
going on in the district, and it is pos
sible that a run may foe made into the
adjoining districts.
ASSISTANT MANAGER
AVERY JSJETUBflWG
W. II. Avery, assistant general man
ager of the T. K. K. Steamship Com
pany, is a passenger on the Tenyo
Maru that will leave port this morn
ing for San Francisco. Mr. Avery
has been on a visit to Japan to look
into the details of management at the
other end of the line and has had a
very busy trip of it.
Last night be was busy with the
local ageDts of the line and had no
time to say much except that every
thing is looking well for the company.
When asked about the coastwise law
suspension, he smiled but said nothing.
Mrs. Avery accompanied Mr.' Avery
to Japan but did not return on the
Tenyo Maru .as she is making a trip
to Peking and other China ports and
will return probably on the next east
ward voyage of the Tenvo Maru.
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TILLER GETS PULL SHARE
OF DESIRED NOTORIETY
G. F. Tiller, who tried to force his
way into the limelight by claiming the
credit for capturing B. Joyce, the al
leged highwayman and burglar, is get
ting all of the publicity that he wants.
Yesterday two charges were placed
against him on the police station blot
ter: One charging him with assault
and battery and the other with larceny
in the second degree.
FOUR MILLION MANILA
CIGARS ON SIBERIA
(Associated Press Cablegrams.)
MANILA, September 24. The immense demand for Manila
cigars on the mainland since the duty was raised was shown by the
cargo shipped aboard the steamer Siberia yesterday. It consisted
of four million choice weeds.
RAINS WORK HAVOC
HOMS, Syria, September 24. Torrential rains and high winds
yesterday wrought havoc all through the country. Late crops were
destroyed by force of the wind and rain and the people are in a state
of panic.
WASHINGTON, September 23. Lee McCIung, treasurer of
Yale University, has been appointed treasurer of the United States.
PINES, FEATURE
OF THE F
Hawaiian Building Visited Daily
by String of Regular
Customers.
"During the dullest days the aver
age sales of pineapples at the Alaska
Yukon exposition averaged $162 per
day," said Acting Secretary Will J.
Cooper of the Promotion Committee yes
terday. "On Seattle Day we opened
2000 tins."
That the Hawaiian exhibit at the
Alaska-Yukon exposition "has been of
incalculable value to the pineapple in
dustry in this Territory is the general
conviction among those who are in
touch with affairs. In fact, many per
sons who have heretofore been rather
skeptical in regard to the future of
the pineapple industry have been won
over by the remarkable success of Ha
waiian pines at the fair, and are, now
among the most enthusiastic boosters
of the industry.
No one who has returned from the
fair has had other than optimistic
views on the future of the pineapple
industry. J. P. Cooke, who for some
time was rather doubtful concerning
the advisability of investing any great
amount of money in the cultivation of
pineapples, has become one of the most
enthusiastic pineapple optimists, says
Cooper.
Cooper saya that the sale of pine
apples at, the fair, from day to day,
bore a pretty exact ratio to the number
of persons visiting .the Hawaiian build
ing, and that there is no question re
garding the continued popularity of the
fruit Many persons, day after day,
went out of their way to call at the
Hawaiian building for the express pur
pose of getting sliced pineapples. In
fact, so great was the demand for the
fruit that concessioners who had paid
motto ior the privilege of selling vari
ous ,fcrtiefes"rin the fair grounds, were
intensely jealous of the success of the
Hawaiian j commissioners, and tried in
every way to embarrass them.
Whatever deubts may have existed
in the minds of the members of the
Promotion Committee regarding the ad
visability of establishing a promotion
office at Atlantic City, have been wiped
away by Cooper's report. "Why, in
one year's time the sale of pineapples
al ne will, have grown to such a figure
that the exhibit will be self-supporting,"
said W. H. Hoogs, yesterday.
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Edward Ehrhorn, the new entomo
logist of the Board of Agriculture and
Forestry, who comes to take the place
left vacant by the death of Alexander
Craw, will arrive on the Alameda this
morning and will be almost immediate
ly initiated into his new duties. At
2:30 o'clock in the afternoon there
will be a meeting of the board, at
which Mr. Ehrhorn will be afforded
an opportunity to meet the members.
He will then be taken out to the sta
tion and shown around.
MAYOR NAILS POLITICAL
CANARD MERCILESSLY
Tomorrow Mayor Fern will be thirty
seven years old. His Honor emphatical
ly denies that he will be thirty-eight,
as alleged in an afternoon paper, and
says that the statement is a base can
ard, concocted with the evident pur
pose of placing him in the Oslerite
class and thereby eliminating him from
the list of political possibilities. "I
was born in 1872," said the Mayor
yesterday.
ENTOMOLOGIST
FIC STORMS CARRY
DEATH TO HUNDREDS IN
TURIEY'S CAPITAL CITY
Chinese Is First Successful Aviator on Pacific
Coast-Cook Says There Are Honors
Enough for All.
(Associated Press Cablegrams.)
CONSTANTINOPLE, September 24. A terrific hurricane with
tremendous rains swept over this city yesterday. The waterfront
was devastated by the tidal wave that was forced up by the wind,
and 500 houses were destroyed. Hundreds of persons were drowned
or crushed by falling ruins and thousands are homeless and wander
ing through the streets of the upper city without food or shelter.
IMMATERIAL WHO FIRST
FOUND POLE, SAYS COOK
NEW YORK, September 24. A thousand members and guests
were present at the banquet given by the Arctic Club of America
to Dr. Cook last night. Dr. Cook described his voyage and adven
tures in detail and deprecated any argument between himself and
Peary. He stated that the honors are sufficient for all and that it
matters little who happened to find the pole first. 1
CHINESE AVIATOR FIRST
ONtTHE PACIFIC COAST
OAKLAND, September 24. Fung Guey, a Chinese . aviator,
made the first successful flight in a motor-driven aeroplane ever ac
complished on the Pacific Coast here yesterday. The distance he
traveled was half a mile. Both the start and alighting of the ma
chine were quite successful.
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RIOTERS ATTACK PROCESSTION
BARCELONA, September 24. A religious procession parading
the city, was attacked by a mob of fanatical rioters here yesterday.
Before the police could quell the riot, two were killed and fifty-six
wounded.
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! SEVERE STORM AT PARIS
PARIS, September 24. A severe wind storm accompanied by
earthquake, crossed almost the entire country yesterday. In the
South there was considerable damage both from the hurricane and
the earthquake.
ARBITRATORS FOR SUIT
PHILADELPHIA, September 24 Judges Wilson and Auden
reid yesterday were agreed to as arbitrators in the thirty-million
dollar suit brought by the Pennsylvania Refining Company against
the American Refining Company. -
TAFT TO SALT LAKE
MONTROSE, September 24. President Taft left here for Salt
Lake City yesterday afternoon.
MONTROSE, September 23. President Taft spoke at Glen
wood Springs and Grand Junction today. He also participated in
the opening of the Gunnison tunnel here.
AFTERNOON CABLE REPORT
SEATTLE, September 23. Two persons were killed and four
seriously injured in an automobile accident here today. The ma
chine went over a trestle and an explosion of gasoline followed the
wreck.
KIEV, September 23. The reported massacre of Jews is
denied. !
NEW YORK, September 23. The warships to take part in the
great Hudson-Fulton celebration are assembling on the Hudson.
British and German men-of-war are now due.
NEW ORLEANS, September 23. The total loss of life as far
as recorded, as a result of the storm along the gulf coast, reaches
one hundred.
ST. PAUL, September 23. The remains of the late Governor
Johnson were interred here today according to the services of the
Presbyterian church.
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