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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-16
s1s,6sS.52

| August, 1906:
| Balance on Hand ............$ S7S.2
l. Before a motion to file was put, Mr.
| Spalding asked if the report had beer
! audited, and was informed that tbs
chairman of the Finance Committee
had audited the books and certified &c
their correctness: there was a sligh1
error in the typewriter statement thai
would be corrected. The error was 8
transposition of figures and was cor
rected by Mr. Spencer when his at
tention was called to it.
SECRETARY SPENCER RESIGNED.
Mr.. Spencer at this point presented
his resignation as secretary and treas
urer owing to his retirement from
mercantile business in Honolulu, due to
the merging of the Pacific Hardware
Co. and f. Q. Hall & Son.
Mr. Tenney remarked that the by
laws co not provide that a member
must be in commercial lines and saw
no reason why the secretary should
withdraw. A section of the bylaws
was read by Mr.. Spencer which SEEM
ed convincing to the other members,
and on motion of Mr.. Morgan the
resignation was accepted and filed. Mr..
Morgan in making the motion said he
was sorry that the resignation was
presented, as Mr.. Spencer had been
valuable member Of the Chamber, but
if he insisted upon withdrawing there
was nothing to do but accept.
THE NEW OFFICERS.
The chair announced that he had APP
pointed a committee to select candi-
dates for office to be voted for by the
members. This report was in hand and
he took pleasure in reading the fol-
lowing names: President, Walter Nj.
Gifard; vice president, James F. Nor
gan; secretary and treasurer, H. p.
Wood; trustees, F. NJ. Swanzy, w.
Alex. CARVE, E. L. Spald-
ing. L. Tenney Peck, ]. r. Gait, Geo.
w Smith, E E. Paxton and w. A.
Bowen. When he had made the an
nouncement Mr.. Lowrey withdrew and
his. successor, Mr.. Giffard,
who, on assuming the office, thanked :
the members for the honor conferred
upon him and promised to bend his
efforts toward increased membership
and increase good. He hoped to see
more interest taken in the affairs OF
he chamber and that the members
would assist in continuing the work
hat had been undertaken by his pre-
lecessor.
WANTS OPEN MEETINGS.
Mr.. Tenney referred to the executive
ession and said he opposed them for
bvious reasons. The only way for the
mem bers TO know what is going on in |
he chamber is through the press and
e hoped the trustees would see their
-ay clear to have open sessions. He
eferred to the courtesy shown by the
eporters in not publishing matters
hat would be- injurious to interests If
hey were made public before the time
as ripe. The proceedings of the
hamber are interesting, he thought, F;
nd the rank and file could not keep !
touch except with what is in the | I
apers If the papers DO not fully re- {
ort, or do so incorrectly, the secre- t
Try win be able to rectify that !
Mr. T4owrey said the trustees had :
scided upon p. m. as the hour for {
olding the meetings. The morning I
aper was never represented and the '
.ternoon papers did not fully or cor /
city report the proceedings owing 70 t
lack Of time. It was decided then
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-16

city IN particular and the Territory as
Whole to greater degree in the
ruture than It has dene in the mast.
This should lie done on constructive
lines IN inauguratfng improvements as
wei as IN exercising a watehful care
that nothing detrimental is allowed
Proper representatives of the Chamber
should be In close touch with those in
charge of county affairs. and also with
territorial and Federal officers and our
experience has shown that in all cases
sueh men are willing to meet us fully
ia lf-Way. The opportunity to mate
rally assist in moulding public senti-
ment in the interests of civic right
eousness should be used to the utmost.
1 thank you all for your support and
assistance during the year. and hope
that under the new officers now to be
elected that year of greater useful
ness may be before us.
Respectfully submitted.
F. j. LOWREY,
President Honolulu Chamber of Com
meTce
Honolulu, August Is, 1906.
James G. Spencer then presented his
report as treasurer, which is as fol-.
lows:
REPORT, HONOLU-
LII CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
AUGUST, 1905. TO AUGUST, 1906.
RECEIPTS.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-16

aug USl ISUo-
Balance on Hand ........,....$ 4,2oo2 %
Received from Honolulu Ship
ping Agents ........... u, 10000
Received from Entrance Fees 5000
Received from Dues ...... 1.791. go
Received from Rent of Room 5000
Received from Merchants AS
ISOLATION for Joint Meetings 1888
Received from Militia Fund
Committee :. ............... 1871
GOO N
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-08
MOTHER ACCUSES SON
OF PAWNING JEWELRY

LONG BEACH, July 7.-Having
pawned his mothers jewelry in Long
Beach for $65, a young son of Mrs. E.
L. Hawley of 511 Burlington avenue,
Los Angeles, was enjoying life in the
beach city when arrested by the police
today
Several days ago Mrs. Hawley
pawned a diamond breach and diamond
ring valued at $3.50 for small sums of
money in Los Angeles.
Last Thursday young Hawley is said
to have taken the articles out of pawn
and come to Long Beach, where he
pawned them to a business man for
$65.
Mrs Hawley came TO Long Beach to-
day and asked the police to arrest her
son. Upon this request the police took
him into custody today. He admitted
his actions and informed the police
where the jewelry could be found
Young Hawley was released from
custody on the promise OF his mother
that she would not prosecute him. Mrs.
Hawley redeemed the jewelry and
mother and son returned to Los An
geles this evening
Cool. Comfortable Coronado Coast.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-08
RUN AWAY FROM THEIR HOME
Three Jacobs Children Start on Jour-
ney to San Diego, but Are
Put off Train

Yesterday afternoon, Ralph Jacobs,
13 years of age, persuaded his little
brother and sister to run &way from
home and go to San Diego with him.
Two hours after the trio started the
two boys were put off the train
at Capistrano, because they did not
have money to pay their fares. The
little girl was taken on to san Diego,
where she was detained by the police.
Late last night the parents of the
children went to the central station
and asked that an officer be sent to de-
tain the boys. Knowing that it would
be useless to send an officer in the
night to find the boys the father was
told the children would probably not
be found unit in the morning.
Mr. Jacobs, however, decided to go to
San Diego last night on the Santa Fe
route, and will endeaVor to find trace
of the boys, who are thought to be be-
yOnd Capstrano.
No reason is assigned by the parents
of the children why they should w~I5h
to leave home but it was said by the
father IL he found his oldest son he
would try to have him placed in the
reform school.
1t is probable, the police say that the
boys will be arrested before they reach
San Diego and Will be brought back
to Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-08

fought out in the courts to secure once
and for all a proper legal view of the
assessment.
Yesterday the board of equalization
listened to Byron Erkenbrecher, who
stated that his racing yacht was not
near so good as it would seem at first
glance and that therefore a few dimes
should be taken off that assessment.
Other minor claims were heard and
the board adjourned until Monday. 1t
is expected that next week the big
"kicks" from the corporations will be
entered and Assessor Ward is prepar-
ing to overrule the objections raised to
his assessments.
1t is rumored that he will insist that
the corporation books be shown to
the members of the board and that a
financial statement must accompany all
claims.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-08
NEWEST A|R5H|P
READY FOR TRIAL
J. B. MARTINS BUILT IN FIESTA
PARK
Whole Apparatus Weighs Less Than
Two Hundred Pounds - Man
Angel May Fly Next
Sunday

The newest airshp to be tried out Is
that of which J. B. Martin is the in
ventor and which has been in the
course of construction at Fiesta park
for four months.
A trial flight was to have taken place
yesterday and the bag was inflated
preparatory to the flight, but the en-
glne was found to heat very quickly
and before a start could be made so
that the speed of the machine would
cool the engine it was overheated.
The bag has been filled with hydro
gen gas for the past five weeks, and
accordingly the lifting power was not
so great as if fresh gas had been util-
lied, but LoVeland M. Francis, the
aeronaut found that he could carry
considerable amount of ballast and the
ascent would have been made if the
engine had not gone wrong.
The engine rs one of the most COM
pact that has ever been made for any
purpose.
1t develops four horsepower and
weighs less than so pounds The total
weight of the whole apparatus is less
than 300 pounds. The bag contains
about 10000 cubic feet of gas. which
has a lifting power of about SO pounds
per thousand. Thus there is consider
able surplus of lifting weight.
The engine, which has two cylinders,
will have to have one of the cylinders
bored out so as to allow for the ex-
pansion of the metal when it becomes
heated.
In addition to the flight of the un-
named machine there will be a flight of
Alva Reynolds Man Angel week from
today
The post tponed race with a White
steamer to Pomona will take place at
that time. This race was to have taken
place July 4, but owing to the poor
quality of gas it was found impossible
to make the ascension at that time.
Alva Reynolds positively guarantees
that the race with the White steamer
will take place at 3 o'clock Sunday af-
ternoon from the concession in the rear
of the Chutes theater.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-08
.LEPROSY WORKER
TELLS OF DISEASE
T. A. BAILEY WOULD INTEREST
AMERICANS
Man Who Has Given Life to AIIevia-
tion of Sufferers Says Great Cam
paign Is Being Waged
in Far East

Thomas A. Bailey organizing secre-
tary of the Mission to Lepers in India,
who is in the United States in the in
terest of the society, has arrived in
Los Angeles.
With him is his wife and they are
staying with her brother and sister-in-
law. Mr.. and Mrs. Weldon D. Whelan,
94S West Thirtieth street
Tie society which Mr. Bailey repre-
sents is an international and inter
demoninational organization and was
founded by his brother, Wellesley c.
Bailey, in 1874. Since that time fifty
homes for epers have been established
and 1000 people are being cared for
in India alone.
Il have come to America to further
interest the people here in the work
point a secretary to take charge of the
interests of the society in America, f."
said Mr.. Bailey last night.
1T was ten years ago that / visited
Los Angeles last and since that time
the work in India has grown as rapidly
as this fair city has grown.
New Workers in Charge
My chief work was done in New
York and a committee of New York
men was appointed to take charge of
the work i'm America. Work is being
done for our society through eleven
American missionary boards i'm India,
China, Japan and Sumatra. F-pm
America and Canada as we'll as Great
Britain we have received much support
but we feel confident that even more
will come from America when the peo-
pie learn the good that is being done
through their own missionaries.
Such men as w. J. Schieffelin, Flem-
ing II. Revel and Delavalan L. Pear
son, known not only in New York but all
over the country, are members of the
committee and l have no doubt that
through them much will come to us
from America.
"Our greatest work is done with the
children of India. The lepers' children
do not Inherit the disease and If they
are removed to the homes of the So
ciety they are educated and cared for
so that they grow up to be fine men
and women. At present we have twen-
ty-two children's homes and 500 chill
dren have been rescued.
There is perhaps no work in the
world among people so repulsiVe and
yet | cannot imagine any work that
can bring more relief to people who
are much afflicted. Even many of the
natives regard their afflicted country
men and women with great repugnance,
i'm some cases because of the loathsome-
ness OF the disease and in others be-
cause they regard their affection as the
outcome of divine wrath and punish
ment for sins committed I'm a previous
| life.
Stunned by All
The poor leper finds himself shunnsd
by humanity at large and believes him
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-08
SAN PEDR0'S SCHOOL
NEARLY COMPLETED
Contractor Gets Months Extension of
Time Owing to Delay in Materials.
Structure Will Cost $4,000 and
Have Innovations
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
SAN PEDRO July by the end of
the coming week it is expected that the
new high school will be completed,
pronounced by professors of the Uni
versity of California one of the most
complete and beautiful school buildings
for the money expended in the state
The new school building has a COM
plete block to itself between Gaffey,
Bay View, Twelfth and Thirteenth
streets, most slightly location and in
what is soon to he the center of the
school population.
According to contract it should have
been completed the first of this month,
but owing to inability of the contractor
to get material, he was given another
month. and will have 1t completed
some time before his limit expires this
time.
The building, which is practically
complete, win cost $4,000. 1t will have
rooms enough for more pupils than will
be required at first.
The basement is fitted up with play
rooms, lunch rooms shower baths and
lavatories, laboratories for all kinds of
work and a splendid gymnasium.
The first floor will have class rooms
and a beautiful library, in which will
he placed at once 1000 volumes of the
best works which will be added to as
fast a S possible.
The second floor is also built into
class rooms and recitation rooms, while
on the third is an assembly room with
a stage and $50 opera chairs.
The electrical room is as complete as
any in the state, fitted up with dynamOs
for the study of all kinds of currents of
the magic fluid
Cool, Comfortable Coronado Coast.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-08
Increase Is Remarkable

The increase is probably the most re-
marka BILE the county has ever under
gone, and even as it stands, according
to the statement of Assessor Ward. it
cannot possibly represent the full value
of county property.
In commenting on the increase yes
terday Mr. Ward said
with the exception of the increase
covered under the franchise item, this is
as near a natural increase as it is pos
sible to make 1t. The increase in real
estate is largely a result of the immense
number of new subdivisions in the
country, there being now little desirable
acreage unsubdivided south and west of
the city. A large area of the county
that heretofore carried an assessment
of $50 to 5000 an acre now, as result
value of from $3.50 to $500 an acre.
This. of itself, will represent a large
percentage of the increase.
"Then, again, quite a considerable
amount over last year is represented
I'm the steam roads in this county. AS
a result of the decision of the state
supreme court in the case of the San
Joaquin Valley railroad versus city of
Stockton, the county assessors have
assessed all realty, sidings. spurs, etc.,
outside of the nine-rod right-of
included in the main line. This alone
results in the increase of over 81. 600, 900.
"Then the franchise item will approx
innate a $f5,O00,O0O increase over last
years, after equalization. This Is not
a 'haphazard or guess work valuation,
but is reached after careful investga-
tion and with close attention to legal
decisions, of which / have many, to-
gether with data from all adjoining
counties as TO all interests owned by
the various corporations whose prnci-
pal place of business Is I'm this county"
The fight of the savings banks for
immunity from assessment on certain
branches of business was again taken
up yesterday and the argument may be
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-08
PERSONALS

James Fl. Mccullough of the Hotel
ST. Francis of San Francisco arrived in
Los Angeles yesterday and took apart
monts at the Hotel Alexandria. Mr..
Mccullough says that a temporary
Hotel st. Francis constructed upon
Union square and surrounding the
Dewey monument will be thrown open
to the public on July Is. Many of the
features that helped to make the former
structure famous have been Installed
in the temporary Hotel ST. Francis, in
cluding the grill room, and its chef
is still on hand.
William Prldham and wife of Los
Angeles, who have been touring the
United States for pleasure the past
three months, returned to Los Angeles
yesterday and took apartments at the
Hotel Van Nuys. They report pleas
ant trip and say they are in excellent
health and are ready to settle down
again.
January Jones. the Millionaire mining
man of Goldheld. New, arrived in Los
Angeles yesterday accompanied by his
wife, two children and Miss Eta
Rogers. They took apartments at the
Hotel Alexandria and later In the day
went to Catalina island
Talk Phone free. See the proposition
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-08

Talk Phone free. See the proposition
In todays Herald
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-08
To STRAIGHTEN
COAST LAND TITLE
NEBRASKAN PROCEEDS IA.
LO' 'ER CALIFORNIA
Former Governor Savage Lost Friends
Once by Pardoning DefauItina
State Treasurer-lntere
in Land Project
Special to The Herald,

Special 10 j ne IleId!u
SAN PEDRO. July For two days
San Pedro has been entertaining a dis
tinguished person in Governor +. p.
Savage of Nebraska, who was the guest
of Banker Charles Nicolai, they being
old friends in the Missouri river state.
The former governor was a famous
character in his state for years and
would, no doubt, be such yet if he had
not made an error while in office.
He was first elected six years ago as
lieutenant governor with Charles Diet
rich on the same ticket as his chief.
Later the Legislature took up the gov
ernor as a candidate for the senate
and elected him and Savage became
governor
In the years previous TO his election
w E. BARLEY, the state treasurer, had
been found short i'm his accounts a half
million dollars and had been sentenced
to the state pententiary for a term of
twenty years. Bartley's wife and 9TH
ers, with tears in their eyes, pleaded
with Savage to such an effect that he
finally pardoned the guilty man and
turned him free
People Were Indignant
At the time the people of the state
We're indignant over the action of their
chief executive and their love for him
was turned TO hate and when it came
time for the election of another gov
ernor his name was not mentioned, al
though he has long since been for
given for the offense
! good story has often heen told at
the expense Of the governor, which is
vouched for by nearly every member of
the state legislature at that time in
Nebraska. When he was selected to
the place Of lieutenant governor he
was occupied in ranching on a large
scale in the northwestern part of the
state and his terms were sometimes a
little horsey.
While the Joint legislature was in
session to elect a senator, he, as pre-
siding officer of the state senate. occu-
pied the chair. The interest was keen
and sometimes the crowd in the gallery
became so large that it became un-
manageab BILE.
At one time II surged forward so
strongly that many of the Spectators
leaned far out over the railing in front
Of the seats.
The lieutenant governor saw what
was liable to happen and I'm stentorian
tones beloved out, Get back, get back,
up there. l say. You are liable TO be
pushed over the dashboard"
He never heard the last Of that ex-
preston from the newspapers.
On Title Mission
Mr.. Savage Is one Of company which
owns or has title to a strip OF land in
Lower California beginning at the
lower end of the peninusla and extend
ing sixteen miles wide. up the coast
for 500 miles on the west side, being
the owners Of the greatest length Of
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-08
CANTEEN AT SOLDIERS
HOME WILL REOPEN
speclal to The Herald.

Special "a The IieraId'
SOLDIERS HOME, July IA tele-
gram was received here today ordering
The canteen opened. This will be done
next week. 1t has not yet been learned
why the closing order was counter
manded.
The homes are benefited by the can
teen sales, for the money goes into the
post sund. This goes to defray the
expenses of the band, library reading
rooms. ETC., and pleasures to the vet
erans
Hotel del Coronado" leads them all.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-08
summed by All

The poor leper finds himself Stunned
by humanity at large and believes him
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-08
Loot Cash Drawer

Louis Lanadao's store at 302 East
Third street was entered by burglars
last evening about 10 o'clock and SIS
vas taken from a drawer in the rear Of
the building. The case was reported to
the police. There is little hope of ap-
pretending the thieves.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-08
self to be banished from the favor of

self to be banished from the favor of
God.
This work among the lepers gives
the Hindoo a better idea of all mis-
sions, for it shows them practical
Christianity.
MY wife and I have spent most of
the last ten years in the work. AS
organizing secretary I have to travel
from one asylum to another, superin-
my righthand helper.
1T is certain that leprosy has de-
creased in the last few years and 1 be-
lieve that in time it could be stamped
out of India. The work of the society
in some other places of the east is
growing with as much rapidity as that
in India, and altogether there are sew
enty- eight asylums. The United States
and Canada contributed more than $12,-
900 to the society in 1906"
Served During Famine
Mr.. Bailey was assistant secretary of
the American-Indio relief committee
all through the famine of 1900, and
most Of the famine pictures that were
scattered over the country were repro
duced from photographs taken by him.
America did great work during that
famine, Sdlu ne. Every week we lc-
ceived $100 900 for the relief of the suf-
ferers and that is a large sum Of
money"
Mr. Bailey does not agree with the
conclusions reached by Jonathan
Hutchinson, the specialist, who says
that leprosy can be taken only by eat
ing decayed fish.
"Dr. Hutchinson has done much work
among the lepers and he has made in
vestgations, but l do not think his
theory with regard to the fish is cor
rect" said he. He investigated in our
asylums, but 1 visited the asylums di-
rectly afterward and the superinten-
dents said that not enough time had
been spent at each to make the inves-
tigation thorough.
Lepers Not Christians
"By far the greatest part of the
lepers who come to our asylums have
never tasted fish in their lives. He
saws that if the Catholics would not
insist upon their converts eating fish
instead of meat that there would be
less disease, but only one out of every
hundred lepers who come to us is a
Christian when he enters the asylum.
therefore that can have nothing to
do with il.
81 have been in a church with six
hundred lepers and have felt no danger.
l have continually come into close
contact with them and have never
feared the disease.
"We believe that the first thing that
needs attention about the leper is his
body and we work to care for this be-
fore trying to reach his soul"
Mr.. Bailey purchased some property
IN Olive street between Third and
For~th streets when he was in Los
Angeles ten years ago and since that
time Mr.. Whelan has erected at his
request the Wales apartments. The
property has increased much in value
and business interests as well as a
desire for rest in Southern California
brought the missionaries to Los Ange-
les
After a short rest it is probable that
Mr.. Bailey will speak on the work in
india before returning TO England and
Ireland. His home Is in Dublin, Ire
land, but his work carries him all over
the world.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-08
cast of any company or land in the

The title to the land has been ques-
toned and Mr.. Savage has been sent
to see that it is cleared up, as he is
famous for such work
He left for San Diego today and will
go at once to the scene of the trouble.
Hotel del Coronado" always pleases.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-08
On Title Mission

Mr.. Savage Is one Of company which
owns or has title to a strip OF land IN
Lower California, beginning at the
lower end Of the peninusla and extend
ing, sixteen miles wide. up the coast
for 500 miles on the west side, being
the owners OF the greatest length OF