The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-06-14
DR. VIVA" Of HONOLULU LAND LIMIT TO Be ESTED'
TAKES THE NAME OF A LOCAL.
ATTORNEY.
Has a Royal Time and Stirs Up a
m
Scandal-Identity of the Supposed
Fake Doctor Explained.

A sporty individual calling himself j.
M. Nlvas of Honolulu appears to be
having a royal time IN san Francisco,
posing as a heavy Hawaiian plantation
oNHer. He goes Uuder the title OF
DR. Niyas, it appears, and not Rivas,
as published in the San Francisco Call
J. M. Nivas is a local attorney and is
now in Honolulu. He says that his
NiNas family is the only one in the
world and that the enterprisng doc
tor in San FRANCISCO is a fake.
IN the Portuguese language the term
lawyer is not used. Members of the
bar are doctors of law" and it is
though that the San Francisco DR.. vi
vas may DE some Portuguese who got
acquainted with Nivas here and is using
what he knows about Honolulu in the
old, old way. Everyone VINO goes to
the mainland from Hawaii to do graft
ing always owns several large plan
tations" and DR." Viyas is not behind
the rest.
DR. Vivas came into notoriety
through a sudden engagement to wed
Miss Rosamond Rodkinson expert in
Hebrew. Arabic and other tongues.
The lady, who is young and beautiful,
signed an agreement to wed him, at a
dinner party. on the first day she met
him, which goes to prove that the doc
tor had himself and his Hawaiian plan
tations well in hand. But the next day,
when she saw an account of her adven-
ture in the papers, the name RiVas be-
ing given by mistake, Miss Robinson
tumbled, and she declared that she had
been buncoed by reporter. The Bulle-
tin says:
"The man responsible for Miss Rod
kirfsoti's grief is described by her as
reporter of medium height and Oriental
features; has bow legs; wears glasses;
sports a black. pointed beard; talks in
a large and important way; says he
was born in England and graduated
at Oxford; flashes a gold fire badge;
claims to own large plantations in the
Hawaiian Islands; says he was engag
ed formerly in the theatrical business,
though not as a player; speaks occa-
sionally of a brother said to be India;
is member of the regular staff of a
morning paper and was known to Miss
Robinson until this morning when she
I learned his true name and all about
him. as DIR. j. M. Vivas of Honolulu.
"The morning paper on which the re-
! porter Is employed contained this morn
ing an article charging that Miss Rod
kinson, who came to this city with let
| ters to many prominent people, was
having gay times sub rosa and alleging
particularly that yesterday she went
to dine with a DR.. j. M. Rivas of Ho-
| nolulu, who had introduced himself to
her by telephone and whom she had
never seen or heard of before the time
at which the dinner engagement was
made. The paper stated that at the
dinner Miss Robinson signed paper
agreeing to marry DR.. Rivas at o'clock
this afternoon and that the couple then
went to the Cliff House, where they
played cards in a private room.
miss Rodkinson's story is that the
man styling himself DIR. Vivas mot
Rivas) presented a card of introduction
from Charles F. Heinlein of Yokohama.
Although she did not recall Mr.. Helm
lein, Miss R6dkinson supposed that he
was some acquaintance at Yokohama
whom she had forgotten. She travels
| for her father. who is celebrated
translator of Semitic writings and
meets a great many persons. Natur-
ally she cannot remember the names of
| all her acuuaintances in various parts
of the world However, DIR. Vivas' was
presentable and affable. and when he
proposed dinner she saw no harm in
asserting. They dined, she says, in
the public dining room of well-known
French restaurant. DR.. Vivas' was
very companionable and hospitable.
They talked of marriage and he jocu-
larly asked her to become his wife. She
! iocularly said yes He wrote on
card the agreement published and she,
| in a spirit of fun, signed 1t.
CDR. Vivas.' after dinner, remarked
that he had seen all the plays in town
and suggested visit to the CHI House
She agreed to go and they went to-
gether. On the journey he told her the
story of his life with many details. He
had had a remarkable career, accord
ing to his story, and was now quietly
travelling about the world. He possess
ed a beautiful home in Honolulu where
he had had principal part in the cere-
monies following the announcement a.
Honolulu that the islands had been an
! neXed"