The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-03-06
STEAMSHIP LINE
MAY BE INVOLVED
District Attorney Breckons So
Hints in Lumber Trust
Investigation.

The investigation into the alleged
| lumber trust developed some acute sit
nations yesterday afternoon during the
time in which Percy Morse, agent OF
| the Observation-Disclosures Steamship
Company, was on the stand. During
the arguments it was announced by
United States Attorney Breckons that
possibly. later on, the American-Ha-
waiian company would be made par
Stanley requested Judge Dole to over
! ride the Commissioners and assume
charge of the investigation himself
Morse had appeared In court with
certain memoranda and books of his
company, which he had been requested
to produce. The first memorandum
offered was Immediately entered as an
exhibit by Breckons, in spite of the
strenuous objections from Morse and
his counsel, H. E. Cooper, who refused
thereupon to produce any more of the
papers or books. Certified copies of the
extracts required for the purposes of
the case they offered to produce, but
the originals, containing. other matter
of the firms business they would not
leave possession of. The numerous
counsels for the defendants in the in
vestigation also objected to the filing
of the exhibit as immaterial.
The matter was. finally passed I'D to
Judge Dole, before whom the District
Attorney stated that he would waive
the right of the government to be CIV
en- the originals provided certified cop
les were filed and the originals were
produced later when he would call for
them. This was agreed to by all con-
cerned
Stanley then argued before the court
that much better progress would be
made in the matter il Judge Dole
would hear the Investigation. The
matter had been running along and
very little progress had been made be-
cause there were so many matters
that had to be referred to him for set
Element. Indeed if the attorneys for
the defense had not been SO complais-
ant and allowed SO much to go unre-
ferred even less progress in the mat
ter would have been made.
Judge Dole refused to consider this
request. however. He promised coun-
sci that he would be willing at any
time to take his seat and settle the
differences as they arose, being al
ways conveniently at hand in cham
bers.
The investigation then proceed be-
fore Commissioner Hatch. Morse tes-
titled that in December, 1905, a cargo
of lumber had been imported, 1874, 900
feet for Hackfeld & Co. and $4,000 feet
for an O. fN<,x 49, -
a thousand being allowed throughout.
Breckons wished to show from this
that when the combined orders of the
three firms under investigation or of
two of them amounted to over $780, 900
feet the 81 rate was given. This pre-.
cipitated another argument among the
attorneys. Morse was under the i'm
preston that the rate was allowed be-
cause the shipment was to make up
shortages Of other orders.
Ae the rate che investigation is
proceeding it will probably be weeks
before the conclusion is reached.
DEATH May BEAT VERDICT
From the report of the Territorial
bacteriologist, DR.. Mcdonald, as to the
serious condition of Mrs. Kaipu, a pa
tient at the Kalihi receiving station, it
is probable that the test case as to
the segregation of suspects will prove
abortive. This case has gone through
the Territorial courts and is now up
to the United States Supreme Court for
decision Upon the verdict of the SUI
preme Court depends the fate of the
law of segregation, a most important
matter to the Territory
Word comes from the Kalihi station,
\, I, r. AZ.
pellant is so serious that death may
come to her at any time, and should
this occur before the Supreme Court
has moved in her case the matter will
be dropped at once.
CONDOR CITES SIXTH AMEND
MENT.
r. w. Condor, through his attorney
A. S. Humphreys. demurs to an
amended complaint issued against him
by District Magistrate Whitney, in a |
charge of interference with a police Of
fcer. The demurrer takes the same |
grounds as that taken in the case
against Joe Clark for Sunday liquor |
selling, inasmuch as the amended COM
plant is not specific in its description |
Of the charge so as to enable the ac- |
,used to prepare a defense, thus deny |
ing him the rights guaranteed in the |
sixth amendment of the Constitution |
Of the United States.
The demurrer has been noted on the |
for hearing before Judge Rob- I
nson tomorrow morning.
A DEAD MAN FOR CLIENT.
Judge Dole handed down a decision /
n the United States court yesterday
afternoon disFnissing the motion to /
override the libel in the admiralty |
natter of Weedeman against the S. S.
Nebraskan, in which the libelant asks I
or damages for being injured during
he unloading of the vessel in this port
n December last Regarding the point
'aised as to the constitutionality of the
aw he asked that counsel Breckons,
stanley and Davis file briefs before
March 25.
Following this decision w. L. STAN