The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-09-11
PRINCESS OF LAYSAN
and OLSON'S DISAS TER
PRINCESS MARY AND PRINCE MAXWELL WE'RE
WORRIED ABOUT KING HLEMMER-sAYs MOI
SURPRISED ISLAND DID DO THE OLSON STUNT AL
ANY TINE.

BERKELEY, Aug 31-Miss Mary
Schlemmer, real princess of the Lay
san Island, which was reported as hav-
ing disappeared, is busy nowadays re-
! ceiving congratulations from scores OF
admirers. Although she had received
the news Of the disaster that had be-
fallen her home she bore up bravely.
Her parents, she knows, were on the
island, and with it they must have dis
appeared. But her fears were finally
dispersed when an American cutter
cruising about the Pacific discovered
the Laysan island. This news convey
ed to Princess Mary brought her great
joy. A few weeks after receiving the
glad news she was joined by her broth
err, Prince Maxwell
The story of Princess Mary's adven-
lures on the Island of Laysan, 800
miles 'from the Hawaiian group and
hundreds of miles from nowhere read
| like an admirable book of travel 1t
is story replete with interesting in
cidents, and one which tells of the
charming life of the Schlemmer fam
| lily and its horde of workers. King
! Schlemmer, who not only owns the
Laysan Island, but the Lisianciko Isle,
several hundred miles away to the
southwark, is the supreme being of his
little kingdom. His Japanese work.
men and others must obey his COM
mand, lest they be deported, or, under
rarer circumstances, shot to death,
which is in the latter event is looked
upon as a justifiable act, although the
Laysan monarch is under the indirect
control of the United States
Prince Maxwell Schlemmer. another
member of the royal family, arrived
here on the steamer Alameda The two
are staying at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sturgeon, at 1887 Spring street, in
this city. The sister will continue her
musical career, while Prince Maxwell
will confine his attention to Investigate
! ing American customs which may at
some future time be incorporated to
inaugurate a better system of govern
ment on the island.
| Maxwell | is a typical specimen of
the hardy youth of German parentage.
| Fall, muscular and light-haired, the
fact that Morse blood flows through his
veins is evident. While King Schlem-
mer looks after his interest on the
broad Pacific, Maxwell and Mary Sch
lemmer are drinking in American life.
Peculiar things happen on the Lay
san kingdom Twenty-seven varieties
of birds come and go with the sea-
sons, and other fiocks of birds remain
| there year in and year out. and this
species is believed to nave had its ORR
gin there The most common of the
Laysan native birds is the finch re-
| sembling greatly the paroquet of Mex
leo, but whose sweet notes are far diff
ferent from the chatter of the green
pest of the south.
Goonies, shy-albatros terms, black
g0onies and a score of other species
constitute a greater portion of the pc.
pulace. So much leisure time has Cap
tain King Schlemmer since he estab-
lished his colony on the island that he
has studied the birds, knows when
they will arrive and their peculiar
habits. He will tell of the cakewalB
of the goonies, the duets and entertain
ment INDUCED in by this fat and indo-
lent bird. The goonies of black and
white species dance the lancers about