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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-29
OFFICIAL DENIAL OF
STRIKE RUMORS BY
RAPID TRANSIT MEN

A positive denial of the existence of
any strike sentiment among the en-
ployes of the Honolulu Rapid Transit
Company was given out last night by
a committee of the men, who called
upon the Advertiser for the purpose
of issuing an official statement of their
position and to contradict the reports
which have been appearing from time
to time in the afternoon papers. In
the committee were C. w. Pemberton,
Robert r. Craik and P. E. Tosh.
I'VE wish to state that the mislead-
ing and misehievous articles in the
afternoon papers. alleging that there
We're strained relations between the
management and the men of the Rap
i'd Transit Company are utterly. with
out foundation said Mr. Tosh, who
acted as the spokesmen for the dele
CATION. I'm view of the appearance
of those articles the men have thought
it necessary to call a meeting and ap-
point a committee to call upon the
management and bring the matter to
a satisfactory conclusion. This meet
ing appointed us three, c. W. Penn
DeGIO0, ESOpefI H. OTalh anu L. II.
Tosh, to confer with the management
with view of giving a clear and def
mite expression Of the views of the
men IN connection with the Lockwood
case, which appears to have been the
matter at the root of the whole thing
and over which all the reports and
rumors arose. We were authorized
also to issue a public statement re-
garding the position of the men over
this case and their position with the
management.
Our committee met Mr.. Ba1lentyne
this evening and went over the whole
grounds, discussing the question in all
its aspects. We expressed the view TO
the management that in taking up |
the collection for lockwood we meant |
in no way to express any resentment |
against the management for their /
prosecution of Lockwood, but passed /
around the subscription paper simply |
to afford financial assistance to Lock- |
wood, knowing that he was in need Of /
such. In view of this explanation it /
was stated on the part of the manage
ment that no resentment was felt on /
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-29
STADIUM BEHIND
NORMAL SCHOOL
Mckinley Memorial Committee
Has New Plan for
Amphitheater.

An interesting and important meeting
of the Mckinley Memorial committee
was held yesterday afternoon at the
Bank of Hawaii at which the following
members were present: Judge Sanford
B. Dole, J. A. McCandless, Superintend-
ent of Public Instruction Babbitt, c. II.
Cooke, Governor Cleghorn, T. Give Da-
vies, Rev. w. D. Westervelt, f. A.
Schaefer, Principal Wood of the Nor
NAL school, and Architect Kerr.
The matter taken up was the pro-
posed building of memorial in the
shape of an 'amphitheater to be erected
behind the Normal school, The matter
was talked over and the plan made by
Mr.. Kerr was looked into by the COM
mittee but it was decided to defer ac-
tion till time was given for the seere-
tary of the committee to write to
Berkeley, California, for plans of the
amphitheater there, which has been a
great success.
The plans of the building, as submit
ted By Architect Kerr, were for struc-
ture which would hold 5000 spectators
and would cost in the neighborhood of
$4,000, the labor to be done by the
Territorial prisoners. The cost, if the
work should be done by contract labor,
would be about $4,000 more. a build
ing which would seat 1000, of the same
general character, the architect stated,
would cost about $4,000, including roof,
but with no statue of the martyred
president.
Considerable discussion was raised on
the matter of a statue. Judge Dole, |
who presided at the meeting, stated |
that he thought that the building itself,
With the word Mckinley written at its
base would constitute a memorial |
which would be lasting and would show /
he purpose for which it had been erect
ID. To place a statue in front of the
Continued on Page Four.) |
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-29
WAIALAE LINES
NEW SERVICE
Through Fifteen Minute Cars
Next Month---King Street
Line Extension.

Next week the Waialae, Kaimuki,
Palolo and Noiliih suburbanites viii
see the beginning of work by the Rapid
Transit Co. to give them fifteen-min-
ute service The work will be the in
sertion of the switches necessary for
the change of schedule.
4 Cars will run through between WyIlie
street, on Liliha street, to the Waialae
road terminus each way every fifteen
minutes. Every alternate car will con-
meet at Pawaa junction with the ten
minute cars on the King street and
Punahou lines. For the intermediate
cars that will not so connect, the waltz
ing time at the junction viii not be
very great.
There are three switches to put in
and two to remove. The new ones will
be at the foot of Liliha street, on Bere-
tania near Makiki street and at Moili-
iii in the vicinity of the church. Those
to come out are the sewitches on Lii
ha near School street and on Hotel
street OeGf h1NHT SAICCts AoCApAC tAS
end of September the new schedule will
be in operation.
Besides the advantage of more fire.
quent service the changed schedule viii
do away with Liliha street transfers
and facilitate the operation of the
King street ears, as there viii be no
connection TO make at King and Lillha
streets.
In addition to this notable improve
ment of the so-called Hotel street ser
vice, the company has in contemplation
the extension of the King street line
to the Moanalua boundary. The track
viii be carried to the Eva side of the
main entrance to Fort Shafter as soon
after the completion of the grading Of |
Kahauiki hill as possible. This i'm
provement viii be valued by the gem
eral public and great convenience to
the garrison of Fort Shafter.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-29
PEARL HARBOR
RESOLUTION
PASSED
Chamber of Commerce
Endorse Admiral
Very.

Whereas, there is an immediate de-
mand for dry dock facilities in Ha-
wall, the strategic center of the Pa
cific, both for' commercial and naval
needs, and
Whereas, Pearl Harbor, near Homo
lulu, one of the finest natural harbors
in the world, completely landlocked
with an extended area of safe anchor
largest vessels afioat, is admirably sit
uated for this purpose, and
Whereas, the building of a suitable
dry dock, no matter how quickly en-
tered upon and diligently prosecuted,
cannot but consume much time in
completion and will, in fact, scarcely
be in readiness for the opening of the
Panama Canal.
Now therefore be it resolved by the
Honolulu Chamber of Commerce, that
the early widening, deepening and
Strengthening of the Pearl Harbor
channel, which is absolutely necessary
in order to make this splendid harbor
available for deep water vessels, is
a matter of the greatest Importance,
not,simply to the navy orr to the COM
mercfal interests of the Territory of
Hawaii but also, in our opinion is an
absolute necessity for the proper safe
guarding of Transpacific Commerce,
which is now witnessing such a rapid
development, and
Be it further resolved, that duly at
tested copies of this resolution be sent
to the President of the United States,
the members of the Cabinet and to
every Senator and Representative in
Congress.
If there had been any stronger way
of endorsing the good work being done
in the matter of securing Congressional
appropriations for the work of dredging
Pearl Harbor and the establishment of
a drydoek there, the good work launch
ed by Admiral Very, than in the resolu-
tion above, it would have been done at
the meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce yesterday, as, after the explana-
tions made by the Admiral and the ex-
plantations entered into by Captain OF
well, whatever lingering opposition
Continued on Page Three.)
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-29
LANDS
SUBJECT Of
DEBATE
Officials and WouId-be
Purchaser Talk
Over Plans.

The Executive chamber had maps
spread all over the floor yesterday.
Governor Frear took up the matter of
the Kapaa lands-so called-with Land
Commissioner Pratt, Col. Spalding
who owns the Makee Sugar Company.
Secretary Mott-Smith and Attorney
General Hemenway. The maps were
detail maps of the six ahupuaas on the
windward coast Of Kauai involved.
Four Of these have been under lease
to the Makee Sugar Company. The
lease of three of them expired last
April. The lease of the other expires
in a year or so. When the leases ex-
pire all the buildings and other i'm
provements including the bitches and
other irrigation works revert to the
government. Now the question arises
what shall be done with this land
which has now and soon will revert
to the government? 1t includes all
kinds of land-cane land, pineapple
land, rice land, taro land, fiat land
suitable for town sites, school and
church sites. landings. railways and
rights of ways and everything of the
kind that makes land valuable.
Col. Spalding wants to lease the
cane lands again, or rather he would
like to buy them as under the law
they can be leased for only five years,
and it is claimed that only one crop
on some lands and only two crops on
others can be counted on during five
years.
To make the situation clear, the Ma
kee Sugar Company plantation oecu-
pied these six ahupuaas, beginning
with the northern line of Lihue plan
tation: Olehana, Waipouli, Kapaa,
Kealia, Kamalomalo and Anahola,
with the exception that a small part
of Olehana is under lease to Li1lue
Plantation. These ahupuaas are eaeh
approximately a mile wide and extend
from the sea to the mountains several
miles. The southerly one, Olehana, be-
longs to the government. The next
one to the north, Waipouli, belongs to
Continued on Page Four.)
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-29
Situation in That Country Growing More and
More Serious---France Ready to
Send More Troops

(Assoeated Cablegrams)
LONDON
Morocco,
PARIS, 29The decision
MooRS
maneuvering troops in
soldiers battle
TANGIERs, Morocco
il defeated.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-29
STEAMSHIP NEED
SQUARELY UP TO
THE COMPANIES
Chamber of Commerce Asks American Owners
to Speak Now or Forever Hold
Their Peace.

The American shipping companies
now doing business with Hawaii are
) 20 be given one more opportunity to
secure fhe passenger trade of the
islands, the trustees of the Chamber of
Commerce having resolved to address
a letter to each of the companies inter
ested pointing out what are the condi-
tions here and asking squarely what
the steamship men propose to do
about it.
The letter, as suggested by special
committee, viii be as follows:
NOW OR NEVER.
Within the last quarter of a century
the agricultural output of Hawaii has
increased nearly, if not quite, four
fold, and within the same period the
population of these islands has been
more than doubled. While ample pro-
vision has been made by the inaugu-
ration of a line of modern freight
steamers 20 handle the increased crops
OF the Territory during this interval,
no adequate provision has been made
LONdIuE the DSlLSEAnenI OF the pas
senger service TO and from the main
land.
The addition of several large modern
passenger vessels placed upon the Ash
attic run by one of the steamship COM
panies engaged in the island passen-
ger business, has proved of little prac-
tical relief 10 this Territory, as the
accommodations upon these vessels
ore usually filled with through pas
sengers. leaving few, if any, berths
available for passengers to or from
this port, so that, at the present time,
Honolulu, for the above reason, and
owing further to the application to
this Territory of the Cos.stwise Ship
ping Law, has a poorer and more in
frequent passenger service with San
Francisco than ct any time within the
last twenty years.
Under these conditions, not only
have our local residents suffered great
personal inconvenience, but the Ter
ritory itself has been subjected to a
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-29

account of such subscription having
been taken up, the manager commend
ing the spirit which prompted the men
to assist any of their fellow employees
when the same We're in need of as
slstance. 1t was made evident at the
meeting that the management and the
men We're in perfect accord in the de-
sire of each to protect the public, to
protect the carmen and to maintain
the high efficiency of the service.
I'VE wish to state most emphatic
ally that there never. has been any
thought of a strike or any organiza-
tion towards a strike or any steps
taken to bring about one. The first
the men knew of the strike talk was
from reading the columns of the even
ing newspapers, as among the men
themselves there had never been any
thought of any such thing.
Neither has there ever been, as
stated in these reports, any dispute
between the management and the
men themselves with regard to any
schedule of hours or arrangements
about days off. Up to the present
time there have been no regular days
off, such being secured on the special
requests of the individual men and the
matter has been left altogether to the
men themselves, receiving days off on
their request whenever it is possible.
we also assured the management
that in extending financial assistance
to Lockwood we did not thereby ex-
press any approval of the actions of
Lockwood in the assault he made on
his passenger, the assault for which
he was prosecuted.
Whatever misunderstanding there
may have been on either side in this
or any other matter We're cleared UP
at the meeting tonight and perfect
harmony now exists.
I'VE wish also to state that the pub
lished reports that a vote of censure
was passed against the management |
at a meeting of the night men is ut |
terly without foundation in fact. As |
a committee representing all the men |
of the Rapid Transit company we wish |
also to state that the published re- /
ports of trouble existing between the /
and ourselves are resent /
ed by the men as mischievous and !
in any way"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-29

heavy financial loss through the fact
that tourist travel to the islands.
which was becoming an important fac
tor to many of our local industries,
has been diverted to points where
transportation is more readily OBJ
tained.
This state OF affairs has become so
intolerable to the commercial inter
ests of this community that there is
a strong movement on foot to petition
both the President and Congress for
relief, and ask for a suspension of the
Coastwise Shipping Law, as it applies
to passenger traffic between these is
lands and the mainland.
Before taking any action towards
this end, however, the Honolulu
Chamber of Commerce would thank
you for reply to the following ques-
tions:
l. What definite plans Gf any has
your company for inaugurating and
maintaining, as a local boat, a first
class, thoroughly up-to-date passen-
ger and freight steamer, having q
capacity for say three hundred 5000
cabin passengers, and a speed of not
less than sixteen C6) knots, or fast
enough to maintain a reliable six day
schedule between, say, Honolulu and
San Francisco, at intervals of not ex-
ceeding four weeks.
2. If sugar freight were guaranteed
you from this end of the line, would
you take immediate action towards
placing and maintaining a vessel of
this description upon this run?
DOCTORS FOR AMERICAN-HA-
WAIIAN.
The report of the committee, which
was accompanied by the letter quoted
above, dealt also with another import
ant matter, the necessity Of having Fed
eral doctors on the Americar-Hawaiian
boats operating direct between this
port and Salina Cruz, as recommended
by DR.. Cofer. The report, which was
adopted, was:
Continued on Page Four.)
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-29
STRIKE BREAKERS LOSE A HOME.

CITY, of the Western Union
Telegraph destroyed by fire yesterday morning
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-29
MOONEY RESTORED TO HIS POSITION

dscharg
the tendoin district
fpoIce ssioners
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-29
DEATH AND SUFFERING
IN CENTRAL JAPAN

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missing.
situation.
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by the yicef m
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-29
GENERAL CARTER'S SON KILLED.

CHICAGO
yesterday By an
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-29
DIAZ OFFERS SERVICES
TO SETTLE DIFFICULTIES

services
existing
andN Nicaragua
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-18
THAW's SCHOOL
MATE AIDS HIM.
Gives Out Statement That the
Prisoner Was a Model Lad
at Wooster College,
COUNSEL AGAIN DISAGREE
Hartridge Asked Question and
Got Mixed Up, Much to
Dclmas's Disgust.

. d 8 / &. | d q
NEW YORK. March Hilary *.
Thaw spent q quiet Sunday in the
Tombs. This afternoon Lawyer Dan
O'Reilly visited Thaw and helped him
prepare In duplicate a statement sent
from Lewellyn Gilliland, OF Van Vert,
OHIO. In which the latter denounces as
an Injustice the stories which he says
We're sent out last summer from Woos-
ter, Ohio. where Thaw and he were
schoolmates at the Wooster Unlver-
sity,
AS Mr.. O'Reilly was leaving the
Tombs. he gave out copies of the state
ment sent out by Mr.. Gilliland, who
signed note to the effect that the
interview was authentic. ,
Mr.. Gilliland says: 4a
"The college escapades of man
whose life is regarded as success
are looked upon by the world as good
iokes; let that same man afterwards
fall from grace and those same pranks
are regarded as crimes. and thus 1t is
that the escapades of Harry *. fThaw,
Who Is now on trial In New York City
for the Staying of Stanford White last
summer on the roof OF that noted ar
ciiitect's most famous structure, arc
being depicted as criminal, and that
Thaw's career as such was begun
while Ind In knee trousers in his
carly college days at Wooster, Ohio"
Mr.. Gilllland then, at considerable
length. reviews Thaw's school life,
printinE out that Thaw has been cred :
ited with many pranks In which he
never participated, and that as a mat
ter or fact tho prisoners life at Woos-
tnr was IN every way praiseworthy
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-18
OIL King Will Leave This.
Immense Sum for
Public Benefits.
TO GIVE NEW YORK
FIFTY MILLIONS
Bulk Of the Gift Will Be to I'm
prove Living Conditions.
Churches to Get Only a
Small Part - All
Glasses Will Re
ceive Benefits.

NEW YORK. March 1.-THE Herald
will, tomorrow say that according to
member OF John ID. Rockefeller, Jr.'s
Bible class and who Is also per-
sonal friend OF John y. Rockefeller
and in n position to know OF his af-
fairs. the latter proposes soon to make
q princely gift to the city OF New
York. 1t will amount to at least $60-
100000. 1t will be partly charitable
and partly educational
The Herald will add:
This man informed n Herald repor-
ter that when Mr.. Rockefeller was
comforting with his son at Lakewood
was not for the purpose OF discussing
any immediate gift. but was On the
subject of Mr. Rockefeller's Will, which
document the oil king was then COM
pleting with the aid of his son and
his lawyers 1t was said that this
document will nstonish the world
when It Is made public
1t will, 1t Is declared, donate no less
than s250OO0,0o0 for charitable and ed
ucaton purposes, and 1t will be so be-
slowed that the benefit therefrom will
almost be perpetual The manner in
which these requests will he bestowed Is
said to be mainly educational and char
itable. While there are some contribu-
tions for religious purposes, 1t Is stated
that Mr.. Rockefeller does not thlnk ~
necessary to extend any great financial
aid to churches, TO his manner of
thinking tho churches are growing
stronger and stronger, and there Is no
danger that they will ever need any
great financial assistance from one man.
"Mr. Rockefeller. however, Is said to
be much In favor of the growth OF edu-
cation, and to the furtherance of this
end he has done much, in his WILL
"He believes that education will
K make this country tho greatest in the
world and that every cent contri-
bIted toward that object will help to
make better citizens and batter Chris-
tiGns,
las to the charitable requests, 1t was
Raid some time ago that Mr.. Rocke-
fellor had In mind building model
tenonlents for the poor, such as have
beon erected in some European cities
In his will, the Herald's Informant
states Mr.. Rockefeller has provided
those three thlags; Bequests for re-
iig,cua purposYs, though not Of large
sums: liberal requests for education
K ami what are described ms prlncely be-
quests for charitable purposes 1t Ii
said there is scarcelyAa man, woman
\ or Child that will not beneHt In some
way by these prospective donations,'
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-18
Richmond Architect Makes Draw.
ing Outlining Scheme Pro-
posed Government Archi- A
tcct Will Be Here
This Week to Go II
Over Ground,
CAN GET BUILDINGS
WITH UNITED Eff

"The drawing made by. Mr.. Noland
gives an excellent Idea OF what 10 pro.
posed. have been about the streets
Of Richmond for the past wssk, and
with one exception, every one 70 whom
I have mentioned the matter has
heartily approved. N the citizens OF
Richmond Will get together on this
{, proposition, for the benefit Of the
whole city, rather than any one street.
we Will be able to carry Il through.
Assistant Supervising Architect Charles
e. kemper Is expected here almost any,
day. and ! hope to be able TO show
him that this ls really what the people
l OF Richmond want. believe that with
a mutual effort backing me, we can
succeed In securing the appropri atIons
for tho additional ground and for any
extra cost Of building over the present
100000 avaIlable."-captaIn John
Lamb, In statement made yesterday.