The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-06

h, AT first he looked after his mother
4 and removed her to a place of safety
i Then he got a wagon and helped some
Iother friends When driving into the
Lefty he encountered a soldier with a
gun. He was held up, and was told
that the wagon and horse would b.
conf1scated. The soldiers wanted to
put driver on the seat but Joe said
nobody else could drive the horse. So
/ he became an express wagon driver.
4 A Red Cross placard was put on the
I wagon and another on himself He
/ vas sent down into a ruined section
of the town and three women. who had
given birth to babies as a result of the
! shock, were placed in his charge. He
| drove these out to Jefferson Park,
where they were taken charge of by
! nurses, the first skilled aid rendered
them.
Joe was given a police star by Chief
| of Police Oman, and he got permits
from others in authority, and then rose
to the dignity of driver of two-horse
wagon. Finally he was placed in
charge of a bus.
He saw two men shot by the mill
tary for allegedly looting. Cohen says
! that looting was going on all the time
and that many. many people were shot
dead in their tracks. One man was
found dead and in his pockets We're
finger rings and earrings and even
fingers which had been removed from
dead women's hands.
One amusing incident he witnessed.
A soldier held up policeman and told
him to go to work on the brick piles.
The officer showed his badge but to no
purpose. Finally, when the soldier
turned his head, the policeman used
his club on him, put handouts on his
wrists, took his gun and marched the
soldier off to jail.
HAWAIIAN BAND
LOSES ITS CAPS.
Mr.. Cohen announces that the fancy
caps and puttees for the Hawaiian
Band We're destroyed in the fire The
caps We're manufactured by Lundstrom
& Co., Market street, San Francisco.
There were two styles of caps. and
Cohen announces that they were
dreams. The puttees were quite hand |
some affairs. Cloth may be sent from |
Honolulu to Oakland out of which new |
caps may be made. The uniforms are |
being made in Honolulu.
Mr.. Cohen arranged for the itinerary
of the band as far east as New York. |
He had engaged the Alhambra in San |
Francisco. and this building survived
the earthquake. Cohen thought he
had a monopoly, but his hopes were
dashed. for the fire swept along and
carried that structure away. The
band is to play in San Jose and
Stockton and then will go to Seattle
and Portland. thence to Butte, Salt
Lake City. Ogden. Denver, Omaha,
St. Paul, Milwaukee, Chi
cago, Buffalo and New York Kiaw
and Erlanger have the entire itinerary
in charge.
ITO my mind it would be infinitely
better if the people of Honolulu would
paying expenses for the Hawaiian
Band to give free concerts in san
Francisco" said Mr.. Cohen yesterday.
The military bands and all musical
have this in mind and
t is something of a relief to the peo-
lie to hear good music. OF course, any
we may have had for San !
Francisco are now cut out
The band leaves Honolulu for San
francisco and Oakland on May p.
IT. FRANCIS KEY
HIS SOUVENIR.
About the only thing Mr.. Cohen saw
d from the St. Francis is the key to
he room he occupied. He was one of
he first to get out of the building after 2
he earthquake He met people in cor ,
i'loTs running about without any idea =
f where they We're going. Women
-eari1i~ only nightdresses. bolero jack
= and plumed hats were frequently
nat. When Cohen returned 10 the no. :,
81 he found it burned and the key is =
treasured souvenir, to which a silver
all and chain has been attached.