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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-12-12
FULLETTA-ELEVATIO N-BYRONERDALE
DON ENRIQUE-MAY AMELIA-IMpORT
LZBERG-HILDRETH ENTRY

andicap; s., 900 added; ? year olds:
ng. Remarks.
This looks like very tough and open
race. Almost every one OF the I3 con-
tenders must be conceded a chance on their
shorter races but their route going ability
remains to be demonstrated DR.. HoIzberg
negotiated mile successfully in the east.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-12-12

,ne-.25. -. I:l7 30. l:45 IL. 1852 L
place. 0-5 show; Curtis, 3 place, 8
daga- Marie Decca. Trained by j. A.
driving. High price-Spring Ban 4.
10 tie front and the horse galloped
races. Bill Curtis also improved. II
race he was on rail. Carmellna had l
spring Ban on rail all last quarter.
aud could not raise a gallop
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-03-03
CAPTAIN CORWIN P. REES
TO SUCCEED ADMIRAL VERY

Portsmouth, n. H., Times.-The re-
gret is general that Captain Corwin P.
Rees, U. S. N, who has been the popu-
lar, courteous and efficient executive
officer at this station since February
10th, 1906, is about to conclude his tour
of duty here having received prepara-
tory orders to sail from San Francisco
on April 14th for Honolulu, to relieve
Rear Admiral S. W. Very, U. S. NJ, com
mandant of the naval station in the
Hawaiian Islands. Captain Rees, as
executive officer at this station, has
done more to ornament and make clean
and tidy this yard than all the officers
occupying the same position that have
preceded him. The esplanade in from.
of the administration building, which
when he came here was little else than
a dusty, wind-swept desert, with Jagged
lodges protruding through the thin crust
of earth, is now covered with handsome
well kept lawns, traversed with walks
and edged with cobble stones. All the
thoroughfares and walks about the res
ervation have been regarded and made
smooth, trees have been set out, waste
places made clean, sloughs filed up and
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-03-03
REPUBLICAN, COMMITTEE
ENDORSES CHAS. T. WILDER

The endorsement asked by Treasurer
A. J. Campbell for c. T. Wilder, nom
inee for the post of Assessor TO succeed
Jas. Holt, over which the members of
the executive committee of the Central
Republican Committee has been quar-
reling for the past week, was voted by
that body yesterday afternoon on the
casting vote of A. G. NJ. Robertson, the
chairman. The vote stood four to four,
Lane, Kanuha, Crawford and AHA re-
fusing to change their position and ae-
cept the explanations that Wilder was
really and at heart good Republican,
while opposed to them were Harrington,
Kruger and Savidge, who realized that
to save their faces the committee had
better swallow their medicine and say
they liked it. G. W. b King, holding
the proxy of Arthur Rice, was also in
favor of sustaining the Governor and
voted his proxy accordingly. This left
the casting vote to the chair, with the
result that the way is paved for the an
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-03-03
'GOOD PRICES FOR
SOME CHINESE LOOT

NEW YORK, February 19.-The first
days sale of Mrs. E. H. Conger's COL
lection of art objects at the American
Art Galleries realized sS057. The sale
continues during the week. Mrs. Con-
ger is the widow of E. H. Conger, late
Minister to China, and now resides in
California. Her collection represents
part of the i.ot of the Peking palaces,
taken at the ettime of the Boxer upris-
ing.
The curio bA'uging the largest price
was chinesA imperial bell. taken
from the Temple of Agriculture, which
went for $3.50.
The Metropolitan Museum was prom
inent among the purchasers, buying,
among other objects, elephant trap
pings from the imperial elephant
stables of Emperor Chen Lung, for
$3.50; boxers red silk cavalry flag, de-
scribed as Captured on the City Wall
by United States Troops, August IA,
1900, when they entered the bes'eged
city of Peking," went fer $3.50.
Two very old and rare temple gongs,
cast iron, for use during Buddhistic
service, sold for s5O5 each.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-03-03

norncement of Wilder's appointment.
Before the voting there was much
talk and Governor Frear and Treasurer
Campbell had doubtless tingling ears
for the half hour that the wrangling
continued. There was warning that the
course of the Executive was forcing the
Hawaiians to take up the fight on a
color line basis and answering warnings
that they would be foolish to attempt
any such thing. Finally the matter
was smoothed over and some of the
bitterness of defeat modified by the
suggestion that the appointment Of
Wilder would leave a vacancy which
could be filed by Tim Lyons.
The practical discharge of Lyons
from the Land Commissioner s Office re-
Gently has been ranking in the minds
of some of the committee members,
particularly those who opposed Wilder
so strenuousiy. But if he can be landed
IN Wilder's old job, which carries near
ly as big salary as the assessorship,
things will not be so bad.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-03-03
THOUGHT THEY SAW
A WARsH|P SQUADRON

A party composed of Bookkeeper
Campbell of Kahuku plantation, Mr..
Scott of the Honolulu Iron Works, Hen
~ Davis of Honolulu, Ed. Hoare and
Mr.. Ginaca were at Makua last even
ing about sunrise and thought they saw
a squadron of six ships directly off
that place, on the far horizon. Mr..
Davis telephoned the fact to his son,
saying there was uncertainty as to
cloud effects but that all the party
saw what seemed to be ships. When
the Advertiser learned of this it call
ed up Captain Carter Of the navy, who
got in touch with the Makua party
and questioned it closely, reaching the
conclusion that clouds were to blame.
Captain Carter says that sundown
clouds are often mistaken for ships.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-03-03

the entire reservation made attractive
to the visitor and comfortable and
pleasing to those haxing to do with
this station. All this has been accom-
plished quietly and without ostentation
and with no expense to the government.
The prisoners from the Southery have
furnished willing labor, material gath
cred from the dump and refuse piles,
and the seed for sowing of the lawns
purchased by fund raised among the
officers through the enthusiasm of Cap
tain Rees in his work Dignifed and
OF commanding presence, courteous in
his dealings with all he has the respect
and confidence of the working and Off
eial force of the yard who will sincerely
regret his departure. The duty to
which he has been assigned takes him
to one of the most desirable naval sta
tions of the country, in the most de-
lightful climate Of the globe with tropi-
cal verdure and invigorating sea air,
yet withal one of the most important
stations of the government. Captain
Rees viii be the right man at Honolulu
In any important event which may Oc-
cur in the Pacific ocean.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-03-03
GENERAL BELL INSISTS ON
DEFENSE OF PEARL tlARBOR
WATER POWER
ON THE LANDS

Arthur c. Alexander, commissioner
in the. partition suit of May X. Brown
V. H. Holmes and others, relating to
the land of Makaha, Waianae, Oahu
has rendered a detailed report. After
discussing the land, the fishery, the
water and the appurtenances, Mr.. AL
eXander says:
so far / have avoided the latent
resources of the land. One riding over
it is struck by its undeveloped pos
sibilities, such as the increase and the
conservation of the water supply, the
raising of dry land crops like sisal and
cocoanuts on the lower flats, the uti-
lization of the elevation of the stream
for the development of power, and the
possible quarrying of sandstone and
other stone for building purposes. A
partition of the land would undoubt-
edly be prejudicial to the best and
greatest development of these latent
resources, and by no scheme of par
tition would it be possible to make an
equitable distribution of them
This summary and conclusion are as
follows:
Physical features alone considered,
1 believe. that an equitable partition
of the property included in the lease
hold could be made on the basis of its
present condition without prejudice to
the parties at interest; provided that
the improvements on the land We're
excepted from such partition by mu-
tual agreement and some central au-
thority were constituted for the con-
troll and distribution of the water sup
ply. Unless the improvements on the
land are excepted and some satisfac-
tory arrangement is made for the mu-
tual control of the water supply, an
equitable partition of the property is
not feasible.
The question as to whether any
subdivision requiring considerable ex-
penditure for surveying and fencing is
justifiable under the uncertain tenure
of the parties at interest, 1 leave for
your Honor to decide"
FEDERAL BUILDING SITE.
In the Territory's condemnation suit,
Superintendent Campbell V. Mahuka
and others, for land needed in the ex-
tension OF Bishop street, II. E. Cooper,
attorney for ]. F. Hackfeld, trustee,
Heinrich Wilhelm Ehlers and Paul j.
F. Ehlers, has filed a motion that the
trial of the cause, so far as these de-
PENDANTS are concerned, may be set for
a day certain. This action is an es-
sential part of the proceedings to es-
tablish the Mahuka site for the pro-
posed Federal building.
PLEADS WRITTEN CONTRACT.
Julia H. Along, by her attorneys,
Holmes & Stanley and c. H. Olson, de-
murs to the petition of Abram Henry
Along in which he claims $4,000 on
a promise. She says the only legal
shown in the petition is the
agreement of compromise in the orig
lnal Along suit, which does not appear
to contain the promise alleged in the
petition.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-03-03
PARADE BEAT
NICE CARNIVAL

''I have seen fetes and floral festivals
all over the world, in Nice, on the
Riviera, in the South and on the Coast.
but nowhere did l ever see such dis
play including so many original features
and so much dissimilarity of beauty as
that of your Floral --arade here
R. X. Bonine, the moving picture
man, who came here for the purpose of
enlarging his collection of Hawaiian
scenes and particularly to obtain views
of the Washington s Birthday floral
celebration, was the speaker. He is
enthusiastic over the parade and over
the splendid pictures he was able to
get, the day having been an ideal one
from the photographer standpoint.
These pictures he has already developed
and viii print positives off the rolls of
films in order to include some of them
in the next moving picture entertain
ment he will give here very shortly.
In all, of the parade, he has obtained
over eight hundred feet of film and
in addition has scores of stereOptie
views of the best floats. OF these he
expects to sell very large number of
copies, especially for the use of lee
turers. A large number will also be
sent to Europe for distribution.
"'What struck me as particularly
good about the whole PARADE he said,
twas the fact that it was not stereo-
typed, one ear so much like every other
in line, as is the ease so often with
such affairs In fact there were no two
ears nor floats in the parade on Satur-
day that were decorated on the same
idea. Flowers you can see anywhere
but such original floats as that of Ka-
mehara aeha, the native canoe, the Chi
nese dragon boat, the japanese ears
and large number of others were away
out of the common and all splendid.
The horseback features, too, were fine.
That pageant from Punahou, for in
stance, was as pretty and as elaborate
rs some of the historic pageants being
sven in the old English cities, about
which the illustrated papers are making
80 much. The pau riders also gave the
parade a distinctive touch. Altogether
t was splendid, much better than I
lad expected to see.
81 expect to place a good many of
ny pictures with men who will exhibit
hem to that part of the public that
has money to travel l have received
word from f. Burton Holmes. the eeie-
1rated lecturer, for instance, that he
will be here on the Korea on Monday
md wants to have copies of all my
Hawaiian stuff. He lectures to the best
'eople of America and in his hands
hese views will have a big promotion
Talue'
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-03-03
COME
FOR LOST SAILORS

Two letters were received by Unit
ed States shipping Commissioner Almy
yesterday, which recall in mournful
and pathetic way the tragedy Of the
American ship Eclipse and the ter
rible sixteen days at sea in an open
boat experienced by her crew. These
letters were addressed to Stanley
Ennis and Isidore Madec, two of the
three who died from their sufferings
from hunger. thirst and disappoint-
ment in the leaky boat that had been
their home for thirteen awful days.
The letter to Ennis was postmarked
at New Bedford, Mass, and was ad-
dressed to him at San Francisco, care
of the ship Eclipse. 1t was postmark-
ed November %, 1907, which was
about a month. after the Eclipse SAIL
ed from Newcastle, New South Wales.
The letter to Madec was postmarked
"Carnac- -Morbehan." France, in De-
cember, and it likewise was addressed
to Madec at San Francisco, care Of
the ship Eclipse. Evidently the writer
of each letter had received word from
them that they had shipped on the
Eclipse for San Francisco and these
letters were written to meet them at
San Francisco on their arrival there.
OF course, there is nothing on the
outside of the envelopes to show from
whom the letters are. But it is clear
from the fact of the letters itself that
each had friends or relatives who were |
interested in him.
The letters will be retur3ed to the
dead letter office, and from there TO |
the writers, if there is anything in
them to indicate who the writers
were. These letters, however, make
more certain than it was before the
homes of these two men, and their
effects and the wages due them will
be sent by the Shipping Commissioner
to the friends or relatives whom they
nave left behind them.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-03-03
THE CHINESE CONSUL
As EXPERT WITNESS

Chang Tso Fan, the Chinese consul,
was called in the trial of Lee Sa Kee
as an expert witness on behalf of the
United States. He gave evidence SINH
lar to that which he gave in the Dai
Fook case some time ago, relative to
the marriage and family customs of
his nation. Judge Dole, in the case
just mentioned, ruled that a marriage
in the Chinese manner was valid
whether a license had been issued for
it or not. Lee Sa KEGS case turns on
the same point.
The prosecution is still on, the court
standing adjourned until $3.50 Monday
morning. Thus far the trial has occu-
pied four days.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-03-03
HOW DIPHTHERIA is CON-
TRACTED.

One often hears the expression, My
child caught a severe cold which de-
yeloped into diphtheria," when the
truth was that the cold had simply
left the little one particularly sus-
ceptible TO the wandering diphtheria
Remedy is given it not only cures the
cold. but greatly lessons the danger of
diphtheria or any other germ disease
being contracted. There is no danger
in giving this remedy, as it contains
no opium or other harmful drug. For
sale by Benson. Smith & Co., Ltd,
agents for Hawaiian Islands.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-03-03

When Delegate Kalanianaole was re-
Gently before the Naval committee he
urged its members to invite Admiral
Dewey or some member of the Naval
Board to appear before the committee
and state personally in an executive
session some of their reasons for the
urgency of the work at Pearl Harbor
which they might not care to transmit
to Congress in writing. In connection
with this suggestion it developed that
Congressman Hobson had ventured in
advance to see Admiral Dewey and 9TH
ers who have studied the question, in
cluding General Bell admiral Dewey
recommended Captain John E. Pills
bury, of the General Board, as the man
TO represent it, and General Bell said
he would hold himself in readiness to
appear if desired provided his state
ment would be treated eonfdentially.
General Bell used Mereator map of
the Pacific showing the distances from
the Hawaiian Islands to surrounding
points and explained that Hawaii was
in the center of a circumference which
is approximately from 21OO to 24Oo miles
that touches Alaska on north, Caroline
Islands on southwest, Samoan Islands
at the other southwest angle, Tahiti on
southeast, San Francisco, Victoria and
Seattle on noreheast and Unalaska on
north, therefore dominating the Pa
eife.
If there were no Hawaiian Islands
the United States and Japan would be
on the same basis in military opera
tions. 1t would simply be a question
of a five or six thousand-mile trip
across and operating at that distance.
If there were many such island groups
in the Pacific the possession of any
one would be relatively unimportant,
but as there is practically the one
single group in mid-Pacifc command
ing the situation the defective posses
sion" of Hawaii-the Naval commit
tee was told-means that no hostile
feet from the Orient would dare pass
that strong base to attack the Cali
fornia coast. If Hawaii is econ
trolled d''-that Is, effectually occupied
by the American navy as an operat-
ing base it can defensively set out
the line of attack 1000 miles from the
coast. The naval committee was told
that scouting cruisers operating from
such an outpost-whieh is connected
by cable with the United States-could
be in constant communication, even
with the present. efficiency of wireless
telegraphy, with Honolulu and through
that with the mainland for the diree-
ton of operations for many hundred
miles. Army transports today, oper-
ating beyond Honolulu TO the Philip
pines have communicated for 500 miles.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-03-03

:, If offensive operations were undertak-
en- by the United States Pearl Harbor
could become the coaling base for the
entire fleet. The naval committee has
been informed that unless the United
States makes Pearl Harbor impregna-
bic this outpost would be captured by
Japan in the event of war and the
advantage lost by the United States
would go to Japan, which would then
have the mid-Pacific outpost.
General Bell explained to the com
mittee that the army is this year pre-
pairing to mount guns at the mouth of
Pearl Harbor. The fortifcations in
clude mortar station on the hill over
looking the harbor, a heavy rifle sta
tion at the mouth of the Honolulu
channel, another one at Waikiki, and
another one back of Diamond Head.
1t will take several years to develop
a drydock at Hawaii. Meanwhile the
plan is for the Navy Department to
furnish submarines and torpedo boats
for the coast defense of Hawaii.
The Naval committee has been frank
ly told that not one gun is mounted
in the Hawaiian Islands, that an Ori-
entail enemy can with one battleship
take possession of Hawaii in half a
day by landing troops and arms. The
army is in advance of the navy in
the little that has been done to pro-
teet Hawaii. Some emplacements are
finished but no guns have yet been
mounted. Some appropriations for guns
have been made. Secretary Taft is
urging very strongly this year that
Congress provide for the entire plan
of defense outlined by the Taft Board
report. The estimate submitted for
the emplacements which command the
approach to Pearl Harbor is 81, 100000.
The total estimates for the army for
tifications is about 81, 500, 600. The House
appropriations committee is being
strongly urged to make these appro-
priations but the Naval committee is
told that these Notifications will have
their value greatly diminished unless
something is done for naval base.
ERNEST G. WALKER.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-03-03
Submarines and Torpedo
ers to Guard us Pend
ing the Mounting of
Land Batteries.
mail Special to the Advertiser.)

WASHINGTON D. C., February 1s.-General ]. Franklin
Bell the ranking head the army Washington
General Staff that military service appeared
the House Naval Affairs before Navy
special confidential explanation
strategy battleshp
is going.
General Bell had with him confidential charts
the defense existing and planned by the War Department
the of American interests and explained these
Notifications detail Particular
Pearl Habor naval The
of the Naval committee after its conclusion.
Following White House during which
Roosevelt of
Naval Affairs and urged them
aio for large increase of the at this time the confer
all the
The House Naval Committee does deal with military affairs of
General Bell would ordinarily before that
He has nothing do with the naval but the
the chief authority
the focaions of the Pacific Coast the Philippines
Hawaii chief of the General Staff is thoroughly familiar
plans that
worked anticipation of wake contn
gences
Bell induced appear before the committee only
his would absolutely
confidential The that he made by Repre-
Hobson member the
who in favor of large because he believes
Japan inevitable General Bell told Representative
Hobson that he would before the and talk fully
his visit would be confidential
omng the usual enogaph record of his remarks
the stenogapher absent when
General Bell the conference with his charts of the Pa
cihc and its defenses.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-03-03

The basketball championship of the
American Amateur League will be
played for in San Francisco today.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-12-04
sTATENIENT BY PRIsoNER.
Dinisio Moore. Charged With Stab
bling His Brother-in-Law

This morning Dionsio Moore, the
aIexican charged with stabbing Vivian
Nieto. another Mexican, at the latter
home on last Monday night, to Her
aid representative who called on him
this morning made statement as
follows. He said that he called at the
home of Niete about nine O'Clock last
Monday night to see his children,
who are living with NietO, he being
brother-in-law of Moore's, that when
he knocked, Nieto opened the door
and began beating him (Aloore) with
tn butt of a whip which Nieto had in
his hand, whereupon Moore states
that he said: why do you hit me2''
To this query he says Nieto made no
reply but hit him again, whereupon
Moore, according to his statement,
jerked out a butcher knife that he
had on his person and stabbed Nieto
twice in the side. The mother OF Me
to then came out and at once caught
Moore by the arm, as if to keep him
from escaping. Moore states that he
made no effort TO fee but waited IN
til Christobal Nieto, a brother of the
wounded man, arrived and in COM
pany with another man whose name
cannot be learned. took Moore to the
county Jail and turned him over to
the authorities.
About two weeks ago Moore says
he and Nieto had a quarrel over the
payment of a trihing sum. and since
that time there has been bad feeling
between them which terminated in
the ARRAY of Monday night DR.. Lay
ton, who is attending the wounded
man, today stated that he is in a
very critical condition and that his
chances of recovery are small. The
wound which is proving to be the
dangerous one is in the left side just
above the hip. and of considerable
depth. the other wound, which is in
the ribs, being slight. Moore's face
plainly shows that he has received
beaten at the hands of some one, as
both cheeks are badly swollen and the
skin knocked of both ears.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-12-04
LATE PERSONALS.

Mrs. J. B. Holt and Mrs Annie
Farrell of Tacoma. Wash, arrived in
the city last night to spend the winter
Mrs. Holt is the mother of J. w.
Holt, a member of the well known
firm of Conway & Holt. Mrs. Holt
and Mrs. Farrell have secured rooms
on the corner of Levee and Ninth
Streets. Mr.. Holt met his mother
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. X. Goodrich are
expecting the latter's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. F. Newman of Bloomington,
H., to arrive eretonigbt to spend the
winter with them Mrs. Newman has
been quite i'll recently, but recover
ed sufficiently to make the trip to
Brownsville, and it is hoped that our
mild winter climate may soon restore
her to health entirely.