The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-07-02

| Trustee for the Cooperative Home
Purchasing Society.
| ROBERT CLARK
In presence of
VIM. PAOAKALANI.
Although Strauch and Tschudi had
been careful to have the deed attested
by notary and filed for record they
did not have the agreement signed be-
fore a notary or recorded. although it.
is as important a document in the
transaction as is the deed.
Did you see Tschudi sign that?" ask
| ed the reporter.
No. said Clark, "-Strauch fixed that
up and took It down to the Custom
House and said that Tschudi signed it.
Then he said: This is your paper =
You are sure you did not intend to
deed your property TO Tschudi as Sc
curity for that 1oan?" again asked the
reporter.
No said Clark. they say mort
gage and 1 sign as mortgage"
WON'T ANSWER QUESTIONS.
An Advertiser reporter yesterday aft
ernoon visited the offices of Mr..
Strauch, manager of the COOPERATIVE
Home Purchasing Society, and found
large delegation of Hawaiians, men
| and women, occupying all the chairs
in theouter Office. The hall door and that
| leading to the outer office, closed the
inner sanctum of Manager Strauch
| from view. Inquiry elected the in
| formation that Mr.. Strauch was not
| in Mr.. Strauch, however, could be
seen from the Advertiser Office opposite,
| busy with a gesticulating Hawaiian.
| Later Mr. Strauch was seen, while
| he was doing some typewriting. He
was asked whether he had been able
| to make up the answers to the queries
propounded to him by the Advertiser:
I have nothing for publication re-
Piled Mr. Strauch pleasantly.
| DO you think you can answer the
questions in the near future?"
Il don't KNOW have nothing to say
| for publicati ton
| As all replies were to the same effect,
| the interview. such as it was, came
to an end, and Mr.. Strauch resumed
| his typewriting.
a VOTE OF CONFIDENCE.
| A spirited meeting of natives and Por-
tuguese interested in the Cooperative
Home Purchasing Society was held last
evening at the Society's offices, the dis
cussion at times attracting quite a
| crowd on the sidewalk opposite. The
books were gone over, the safe opened,
| cash deposited on a table and counted,
| and then a set of resolutions express
ing confidence in the manager and the
| company itself, was prepared by
| Strauch. The responsibility of the COM
pany was not gone into. The resolu-
| tions. as brought to the Advertiser by
George Markham, are as follows:
| Whereas the public has been aroused
by newspaper criticisms of the progress
of the Cooperative Home Purchasing
Society in the Territory of Hawaii. and
| Whereas, such criticism has been
brought to a focus through the medium
by coterie who are conspiring to ham
per the progress of said Society, and
Whereas, the development of the So
| ciety has been so rapid that these peo-
pie have become alarmed that it viii
| become a successful and responsible in
stitution and absorb a major portion
!! of their business, because it assists peo-
| pie to obtain and pay for homes at the
very lowest rate of interest possible,
| (only 1 per cent per year, and
| Whereas, we have examined the books
| of the Society and all its appurte-
nances appertaining thereto, its CO.
| operative contracts, its financial sta
| tus. and found them satisfactory, and
have had explained to US in a clear and
! lucid manner the method of conducting
the affairs of the Society; therefore,
/ Resolved, that we, contract holders of
4 ~.
feet confidence in the manager and
other officer of the Society, and con-
| denim in the strongest terms the at
| tacks on the Society by those who
| make accusations against the mana
ger. the security company, and the
| methods of conducting the Society be-
| fore they have informed themselves of
| the facts in the case:
(Signed) $ K, Lukua, H. Keahialoa,
j. P. Kauiaa, Robert Clark, John K.
Apio, William 4. Luther, NJ. V. Souza,
| Louisa kaaloa, L. K. Kakane, j. a
Victor, James Mathews.
The signatures above given were
| typewriter in the copy supplied the
Advertiser. George Markham, who
| brought in the paper, called this jour
nafs attention to the fact that in a
native circular, the Home Purchasing
Society says that the First National
Bank of Hawaii is its Kahi Hoahu or
Place of Saving AT a late hour
Cashier Cooper was called up and ask
ed if the Strauch Society had an ac-
| count with the First National. His
reply was: Not to my knowledge. All
know about the matter is that 1 de-
clined to act as the Society's treasurer
Furthermore Strauch took the money
that was counted last night out of his
own safe in the Waity block
WANTS TO BE A BANKRUPT.
Affairs of P. E. r. strauch and the
"Co-Operative Home Purchasing So