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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-06
NOW FOR
The Dam!
WHO WANTS TO TAKE UP THE
REST OF BIG NUUANU VALLEY
JOB?

1t was announced at the Office OF
the Department of Public Works this
morning that bids will be advertised
for tomorrow for the completion of
the Nuuanu Dam. for which through
the loan fund, $132,0O0 is now avail
able. The bids will be advertised for
80 days when they will be opened and
the contract probably let. Ever since
the new administration has been in
control work looking to the compile
ton of the Nuuanu dam has been in
progress. From the time it was as
sured that the loan would be floated
and the talking of office at the head
of the Public Works the first of No
vember by Marston Campbell, succeed
ing G. S. Holloway work of preparing
new specifications for the work have
been under way and have just been
completed. They put the job now in
exactly the position as a new job, and
the contractor who takes it will start
in under new specifications, and new
management.
Mr.. Campbell stated that there are
six or more concerns in Honolulu il
position to bid on the work, and it is
therefore probable that there will be
quite a contest to get the job,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-06
ROSENBERG IS
UP FOR TRIAL
CASE OF ALLEGED WATER FRONT
FAGIN BEFORE DOLE AND A
JURY.

The trial of Jacob Rosenberg on
charge of receiving stolen property of
the United States army was this morn
ing begun in the United States Dis
trict Court. The last Federal grand
jury found four indictments against
Rosenberg, who is a junk dealer,
charging him with having bought from
various boys a lot of brass and copper
fittings which the boys had stolen
from the warehouse of the U. S. A.
Quartermaster on Miller street. The
indictments were made on evidence
of the boys who confessed to stealing
the property, and who are now serving
terms for 1t. The boys at the same
time gave testimony which would in
dicate that Rosenberg was virtual
Fagin, at least to the extend of en-
couraging young boys to steal by buy
ing property which he we'll knew to
have been stolen, at pitance of its
value. This business it was said had
been going on for a year or more.
Rosenberg is represented by A. G,
M. Robertson as attorney, and will
probably make a fight on technical
grounds. w. T. Rawlins, assistant
United States Attorney is conducting
the case for the prosecution.
A Jury was secured without much
difficulty. only two challenges being
made and these by the defendant, and
peremptorary. The jurors thus ex'
cused were e. C. Bond and II. A. Bald
win. The jury as it now stands Is
made up as follows:
John Efinger, Chas. H. Atherton
John Cassidy, w. J. Dyer, VIM. F.
Heilbron, e. A. McInerny, j. H. Sch
mack. S. A. Walker, VIM. H. King
VIM. Lishman, VIM Chalmers and j.
j. Mcdonald.
After the jury was secured re
cess was taken until o'clock at the
request of the prosecution in order to
secure the witnesses who through
some Misunderstanding were not
brought from the Jail, but were sent
out to work with the prison gang as
usual
Rosenberg was also indicted by the
Territorial authorities on like
charge twice, the first indictment prov
ing defective under the prying eye oi
his attorney e. c. Peters, and on the
new Indictment, a question as to the
legality of the grand jury which found
the Indictment was raised by Peters
and is still pending.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-06
STRIKE ON
STEAMER
MEN FROM THE COLUMBIAN
WALK ASHORE AND DEMAND TO
BE PAID OFF.

Wipers and firemen of the American
Hawaiian S. S. Columbian this morn
ing struck work. walked ashore and
made a procession to the Office Of Ship
ping Commissioner Almy on Queen
street. At the moment of arrival they
found Almy out and poured into the
ears of the clerk story of starvation
that is pathetic if true.
I'VE don't get enough to eat" said
the leader, a Latin-American.
Later Almy arrived and they told the
story again. All they get to eat, it
appears, is beef steak, Irish stew, sal
mon, potatoes, onions, bread, coffee,
beans. hash, cabbage corned-beef and
other luxurious.
Sounds to me like the menu of a
summer hotter said Almy.
The strikers asked to be paid off,
nevertheless, and a consultation be-
tween Captain Colcord and the Com
missioner will ensue.
1t is supposed that there is another
reason for the anxiety to be paid of
and that the food excuse is merely d
preteTt.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-06
NO POLITICS SAYS
SHERIFF IAUkEA
ANNUAL INSPECTION AND AN AD-
DRESS TO THE LOCAL POLICE
YESTERDAY.

Sheriff Iaukea yesterday morning
held an annual inspection of police and
addressed the entire force in the Dis
trict Court room. He complimented
the various bureaus on the good work
of the previous year and stated that
the records showed for 1907, double the
number of convictions obtained in 1906
The sheriff stated that he expected all
employees of the department to eschew
politics and to refrain from that criti-
cism Of the work Of the department
which had characterized a number of
men who were no longer connected
with the force. He asked for the
same fidelity that those now with the
force had in the past observed and
hoped the praise which so generously
pervaded the community would be COR
tinued through the sustained efforts Of
the men under him.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-06
A CRATER
DROPS DEAD
SAN FRANCISCO, January 6-For-
mer Supervisor Thomas Lonergan, one
of the confessed bribe-takers, dropped
dead today Of heart disease.

Thomas Lonergan was one of the
good dogs who confessed to taking
bribes and were granted Immunity con-
tracts. Though not an active leader in
the grating he got his" according to
the testimony, and he was prominent
bribe-takers. There is a new Grand
jury in San Francisco now, and it is
said to be possible that it will not res
pect the immunity contracts, so that
Lonergan might have been prosecuted
after all if he had lived.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-06

VERY HEAVY COSTS

In Judge Robinson's court this
morning the Lowrie VS. Baldwin ct al
100000 damage case came up on mo-
tion to require the plaintiff to give
bond in the sum of> $4,000 for lne
costs. This motion, however was un-
contested by the plaintiff, and an or
der was accordingly entered, giving
them go days to file such bond.
The motion to have the plaintiff pay
some $4,000 in costs as attorneys fees,
etc, of certain parties of the suit who
had been eliminated by the plaintiff in
filing an amended bill, went over tor
As hours for argument on a motion OF
the plaintiff to quash.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-06
MIOWERA IS
36 HOURS LATE
CANNOT TAKE PASSENGERS FOR
VANCOUVER, BEING WITHOUT
AMERICAN LICENSE.

Canadian-Australian S. S. Miowera,
scheduled to arrive here Wednesday
morning from Australia will probab.
ly not arrive until Thursday evening
as she was thirty-siX hours late in
leaving Fiji. She will take no passen.
gers from here for Vancouver, as her
American certificate has not been re.
newed
Passing down again for Australia,
when she will be due to call here Feb.
ruary s, the Miowera will show her.
self here for the last time, for upon
reaching the Colonies she will go into
the coast trade and the new steamship
Mariana will take her place, being
scheduled to arrive here on her first
trip north from Australia on April 8.
S. S. Den of Ruthven, of the big
Den line, left Auckland about a week
ago for Honolulu and the Canadian
coast.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-06

The American army has been unable
to get recruits during the past year
and even officers positions have been
impossible to fill. The reason assigned
has been the smallness of the pay. The
recommendation of the Secretary of
War, if carried out, is expected to
fill the ranks again. His call for a
big appropriation to fortify the Philip
pines is in line with his utterances
while in Manila recently. The failure
to mention Hawaii is a surprise, but
Taft has always attached far more i'm
portance to the Philippines, of which
he was formerly governor, than to
Hawaii.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-06
WILL PRINT RULES.

Attorneys A. G. M. Robertson, w. A.
Kinney, and John w. Cathcart all
voiced their opinion before Judge De
Bolt this morning that the calendar of
work for the coming term of Circuit
Court should be printed. Judge De
Bolt thought that the cost of doing
this work would be too heavy, but the
attorneys urged that it would be false
economy not to do so, and as a result
the lawyers carried their points and
bids were at onca called for for doing
the work. The calendar will be bound
as a booklet with space for notes tc
keep track of continuances, etc. Il
will be published at once.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-06
TERRIBLE
TRAGEDY IN A
SAN JOSE HOME
Q + i i Il
*%%%O Q

= SAN JOSE. December 26.- :
81 Little Robbrt Hyde Summers, :
j. the fye-ycal-uld son of Mr.. and
j. Mrs. Robert 4. SJrmers of 1919
= Sherman street. believed in Z
= Santa Claus.
- So he got out Of bed in the
= middle of the night and crept
= to the place where, as his
l. parents had told him, Santa
y would leave the presents.
= Mr.. and Mrs. Summers awoke
J. and heard somebody in their
: room They believed 1t was
+ burglar. They saw in the dark
+ ness crouching form at the
! spot where they had left the
= little ones Christmas gifts.
+ They whispered that thief
= was in the room. The father
= of the child drew his revolver
+ from under the pillow. The
j. mother of the child told him
= to shoot Mr.. Summers fired.
= The form that had seemed to
= be crouching fell to the floor.
: Jumping out of the bed and
+ lighting the gas, Mr.. Summers
l. found-not the body of a dead
+ burglar, but the form of his own
= little son, lying lifeless among
= the toys that Santa Claus had
+ brought for him The fathers
= aim had been good. The shot
+ had passed close to the heart.
+ There was a Coroner's inquest
+ this afternoon. The father told
+ these simple, pathetic, tragic
+ facts. The mother could not
- attend. She could not be torn
= from her dead boy.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-06
WHITING BETTER.

THE condition of Judge Whiting
has greatly improved in the last twen-
ty-four hours, and at the present time
can safely say that unless he has an
other attack he will probably pull
through" This statement was made
this afternoon by DR.. Murray who is
attending the Judge
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-06

Il have lost faith in men," he said.
81 long ago lost faith in women Just
think, a girl who wants to do what IS
right cannot do it and keep a situa-
tion. l suppose there are places where
a girl can be good but it appears they
are all filled. l tried to get into big
establishments where they employ
many stenographers. That is protec-
tion but there were no openings"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-06

A yellow-appearing story was cabled
from Vancouver this morning, that
large numbers of Japanese army re-
serves were being ordered home, as was
done shortly on the eve of war with
Russia. There is a considerable num-
ber of the reserves here, but no such
orders have been reported, and there
is no unusual movement of Japanese
from here.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-06

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec 3O-Miss
Julia c. Dunkirk, a stenographer, who
wanted "a moral job" and sought it in
Chicago, has returned home.
She tried out four, the answers to
her advertisement, but the manner and
atmosphere of the men who declared
dinners and goo-goo eyes" were not
FOR them, so discouraged her that she
gave up trying and returned home.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-06

The San Francisco bank failure and
scandal has developed into as rotten a
scandal as any of the New York ones
developed by recent Investigations. w.
J. Bartnett and }. Dalzell Brown, the
bank wreckers now occupying cells at
the San Francisco City Prison, were
indicted December 10 by the Grand
Jury on two counts eacn, charging
them with the embezzlement Oh the
Cotton securities.
Bail in each case was fixed by Pre-
siding Judge Coffey at the instance of
Prosecutor William Hoff Cook at $780,
600 bonds or 100000 cash. Neither
was able to get bail.
The specific charge against the ac-
cused looters of the California Safe
Deposit and Trust Company is the en-
bezzlement of the securities belonging
to the estate of Ellen M. Cotton. Bart
nett is charged with the crime on the
first count as special administrator of
the estate and second as bailee. Brown
is charged with the same offense as
trustee and agent on the first count
and bailee on the second.
SANTA CRUZ. December 25.-Some
interesting figures are revealed in the
petition filed by Mrs. Caroline Cotton
Dahlgren in the Superior Court in sup
port of her claim as special admins
traitor of the estate of her mother.
From indications the loss in the bank
wreck may reach a total of 100000.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-06
PACKARD
IN DISTRESS
MONTEVIDEO. Jan. 5--The Ameri-
can ship B. F. Packard, bound for Ho-
nolulu, has put in this port in distress.
WAR TALK
IS DENIED

WASHINGTON, D. c., January C.
From Japanese authoritative sources
comes today denial of the reports
sent out from Vancouver to the effect
that Japanese in America or Canada
belonging to Japanese army reserves,
had been ordered back to Japan.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-06
BENEFIT TO sroREKEEPEPs.

BENEFIT IO STOREhEEPERS.
X. Yamamoto, the biggest importer
of Japan rice, is the only local mer-
chant who imports his rice direct from
the fields, thereby saving the middle
mans profit of which his patrons gets
the benefit OF.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-06

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has
been declared absolutely free from any
injurious substance by Government
and expert chemists, and mothers need
have no hesitancy in giving it to the
smallest infant. For sale by all deal
ers. Benson, Smith & Co, agents for
Hawaii.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-06

Mrs Dahlgren's claim against the de-
funCt California Safe Deposit and Trust
Company is as follows: Cash on de-
posit, 1857 90; cash received by Cali
fornia Safe Deposit and Trust Com
pany, from other San Francisco bank,
$6,7GO.4l; income which should have
been collected on securities since the
last report of Bartnett, S1O,469; bonds
deposited with the trust company for
safekeeping s2O5,OOO; stocks, for safe
keeping, SS9,S12. The total value OF
the estate in California is placed at
$4lO 1891, and of this amount all but
$1,000 is in danger of being lost to the
contending heirs.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 25-That
the Cotton securities were tampered
with previous to the fire in April, 1906,
is the conclusion drawn by the Grand
Jurors from the testimony to which
they listened before bringing in in
dictments against j. Dazell Brown
and w. J. Bartnett for embezzlement.
The story that some of these bonds
and stock certificates were partially
destroyed in the fire, which was at
first taken as fabrication Of the ac-
cused, is now well authenticated, and
with the establishment of this fact 1t
is also proved that the Cotton securi-
ties were not intact on the evening of
April II. 1906
That the vaults in the basement of
the California Safe Deposit and Trust
Company were not damaged by the fire
nor their contents in any way injured
was the testimony before the Grand
Jury yesterday. 1t was here that the
Cotton securities should have been on
the evening of April II, 1906. If they
had been there none of them would
have been destroyed.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-06
HONOLULU IS
BEING W0RKED''

4 Several Honolulu citizens had 1
I the unusual experience yester- (
= day of being accosted by a beg (
\ gar, a white man, dressed fair I
\ ly well but plainly, and appar- (
4 emily strong and healthy man. I
I He was in the vicinity of Cen (
4 trail Union church and the Alex (
\ ander Young Hotel. He asked (
4 for a quarter "to get something <
\ to eat" One man who gave him (
4 twenty-five cents in answer to (
4 the request saw him approach <
4 another citizen, and on investi- 4
4 eating found that the same ap- <
\ peal had been made,-for a
4 quarter to get meal. If tie .
4 police get track of him, the
4 beggar will probably get a
\ chance to eat in Jail, or in some
+ fo'csle where it is hard to get
4 men Just now
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-06

WASHINGTON, d. c., January g.
The Supreme Court has rendered de-
cision holding the Employers Liabil-
ity Law to be unconstitutional
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-06

SAN FRANCISCO, January 6.-The
Fourteenth Infantry sailed for Manila
this morning on the transport Sher-
man.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-06
BANKERS LOOT
WAS VERY LARGE
(Associatcd Press Cable to The Star.)

SAN FRANCISCO, January ct is
reported that Bankers Brown and
Bartnett, of the collapsed California
Safe Deposit and Trust Company, will
plead guilty Of embezzlement of trust
funds.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-06
THAW HAS
PLEADED
INSANITY

(Associatcd Press Gable to The starr
NEW YORK, January 6.-The sec
ond trial of Harry Thaw for the kill
ing of Stanford White was begun to-
day. Thaw pleads insanity
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-06

Chips, Tablets, Creams and Nougat
direct from AIegretti's Chicago fac
tory for sale by Benson, Smith 6 Co.,
Ltd.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-06

When down town quench your thirst
with New England Bakery's peerless
soda
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-06

THE ANNUAL JANUARY SALE
of underwear at the N. S. Sachs Dry
Goods Co. begins Saturday, January A.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-06

Nobody disputes the fact that the
Alegretti chocolates sold by Benson,
Smith & Co., Ltd, are the best ever
sold in this country.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-06
LIDDY GOES IN HILONIAN.

Sailors Union Agent j. T. Liddy
leaves Honolulu in the next Hilonian
to be relieved here by Robert Rollo.
Liddy expects to. return in another
capacity.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-06

SIGNED MEN IN hAlULUI.
All. S. S. Nevadan signed her crew
at Kahului to avoid quarantine res
trictions at this port. The Nevadan
sails on Thursday for San Francisco
with sugar, fruit and passengers.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-06

New England Bakery candies are
nourishing and delightful. Try them.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-06
LIGHT REFRESHMENTS

The right place for refreshments or
meals is the Alexander Young Cafe.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-06
DEATHS IN
FRISCO FIRE
SAN FRANCISCO, January c.
Three persons were burned to death
this morning in the laundry depart
ment of the French Hospital.
TAFT NOT.
FOR HAWAII

WASHINGTON, D. c., January G.
Secretary of War Taft has made rec
concentrations to Congress for an in
crease of pay for the army, and big
appropriations for defenses in the
Philippines.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-06

Fine Job Printing, star once.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-06
NO POISON.

O+++*+%++%+%++%+ + O
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09

reached the ears of Secretary Henry
of the Southern California swimming
association because of the fact that
Wilbur will not be present, to all OF
which the secretary replies that they
should keep their eye on Earl, assuring
them at the same time that he is any
thing but a novice at the game, and
if anybody should know, it is Henry.
To date there are but two entries to
the women's fifty-yard dash, but many
other women have signif1ed their in
tention of entering the event. A rush
of entries is expected during the latter
part of the week, and when the frst
race is started next Sunday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock it is expected that there
will be at least 100 competitors for the
different events.
There also will be an interesting
water polo game to entertain the
thousands of expected visitors. AL
though the lineup of the teams is not
yet completed, the teams will be made
UP of boys from the Los Angeles Ath-
letic club water polo team, the Bimini,
the Redondo. the Venice and the new
Long Beach teams. With such star
players as will be picked from these
teams the game certainly should be
classy.
Another interesting event will be the
diving stunts to be performed by Jake
CoX'S protegeS. They nave given many
performances of high and fancy div
ing around Venice, and the natives Of
that seashore town are proud of their
boys The divers are Duffy Garry
Clifford Bowles and Charlie Colt. Jake
Cox will edify himself with some of his
famous fancy diving.
The entries to date for the different
events and the clubs the participants
will represent are as follows:
Fifty-yard dash-George McManus,
Bimini; George Bromley, Olympic club,
San Francisco; H. NJ. Thomas, Bimini;
w. o. Malley, Ocean Park: f. r. Hol-
borrow, Venice; Earl Kyle, San Diego;
Jack Travilla, Avalon; Harry Leech,
Los Angeles.
1oo-yard dash-George Bromley Olympic
club San Francisco; F. P. Holborrow Ven-
iee).
22O-yard dash-George Bromley Olympic
club San Francisco; F. P. Holborrow (Ven-
ice); W. A. Abegg (Swizterland); Harry
Leeoh CLOS Angeles).
440-yard dash--George McManus (Bimin); r..
Holborrow CVenice); Ben Warrington CLOS An
seles A. c.; Walter Abegg (switzerland);
Charlie Bassett Santa Monica); George Brom-
ley Olympic club, San Francisco; Howard
Taylor CLOS Angeles; Harry Leech CLOS An
geles).
SSO-yard dash--walter Abegg (Switzerland)
Ben Warrington clos Angeles A. c.
50-yard puyenile dash-W. O'Maliey Ocean
Parle); Charles Holborrow (Venice) Earl Kyle
(San Diego; Jack Travilla avalon; Ford
Travilla (Avalon).
50-yard dash for wornen--Avis Gordon and
Dorothy Newkirk (Venice).