The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-09
The Manila Times says:

| The Manila Times says:
Mr.. j. F. Kennedy, business manager
of the Far Eastern Review, has ten
dered his resignation, and will leave for
Yokohama in q few days to reside per
manentlv there. where he has secured a
| long lease of the Japan Daily Adver-
! tiser. the most influential newspaper Al
Japan.
Mr.. Kennedy has been in active
newspaper work in Manila for the past
| four years, and mas won the respect and
| confidence of the business community.
| During his connection with this pa
per. Kennedy proved himself a valua-
| BILE man by his close and conscientious
attention to mis- duties.
| When seen this morning by a Times
| representative, Mr.. Kennedy expressed
regret on leaving his field of labor here,
| but stated his principal reason for his
departure was the fact that his wife,
who has been on the Coast for the
past II months, can not reside in these
| islands and retain her health, and as
he saw a splendid opportunity in Japan,
| during his recent trip, for advancing
American journalism along modern
| lines, he decided to make a change, and
sacrifice his interests here.
When asked his opinion as to Ameri-
can journalism in Japan, Mr. Kennedy
replied that as il people, the japanese
are very eager to learn English and
keep in touch with world wide topics,
as commented upon by American pa
pers, which they recognize today as the
foremost in the world
The Pacific Commercial Cable Com
pany expect to have their line from
Guam to Yokohama in operation by
April l, which Mr.. Kennedy states Will
put Japan in much closer touch with
the United States, and enable him to
give his readers a splendid caole
service.
The Times joins with Mr.. Kennedy's
many friends in wishing him success
in his new field of enterprise.
The Manila Cablenews prints good
picture of Mr.. Kennedy, d. d. G. S. of
the Odd Fellows, with the following az
count of jollifcation of :he order:
There was joyous time last evening
at the reunion of the members of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows IN
the Philippines, which was held in he
spacious hall of the Manila Lodge, No.
/. There was music, speeches, songs,
recitations, anecdotes and a collation..
The program was as follows:
Address of welcome, by ]. F. Ken
nedv, D. D. G. s.; ''Our visiting
brothers," by w. Dallas Green, who
was also chairman of the occasion; the
response was by Mr.. Bourne, of Wash
ington, D. c.
The toasts were, "Our Order by
DIR. Eugene III. Stafford; response by
Major Bishop; "Our Flag by Mr..
Hinkley, and response by Mr.. Berry.
Mr. Hitch amused all with funny say
ings and Mr.. J. C. Howe played the
piano
The following was the address of J.
F. Kennedy, the District Deputy Grand
Sire:
"Mr. Chairman and Brother Odd
Fellows: 1t is a great pleasure and an
honor for me, | can assure you, to be
here tonight, not alone in my capacity
as District Deputy Grand Sire. but as
a brother Odd Fellow, member of
one of the grandest and strongest fra
ternal societies in the United States
eve are gathered here tonight for
an excellent cause, a grand reunion of
all the Odd Fellows within the Philip
pine Islands. who gre able to be with
us. The real purpose of this reunion
is to explain to some of You present, a
recent order of the Sovereign Grand
Lodge, drawn up and passed q. its an
nual session, held in San Francisco last
year, and which took effect on January
18th of this year.
Out here, ten thousand miles away
from the dear old homeland, We are la
BILE to become careless in our obliga-