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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-28
Gave Congress a Surprise
FREAR WRITES OF
WORK UNDER WAY

Acting Governor Mott-Smith re-
eeived letter from Governor Frear by
the Alameda touching on number of
matters of interest to this Territory
The Governor has secured a recogni-
tion of Hawaii s right to share in the
appropriations for photographic and
geographic surveys. In conference be
tween the Governor, Secretary Garfield
and the heads of the photographic and
geographic surveys it was decided that
the chief of the photographic bureau
should come to Hawaii as soon as pos
sible and look into conditions. This is
distant but not uncertain promise of
the undertaking of some reclamation
projects here by the United States gov
ernment.
The matter of leaving Hawaii out of
the penny postage arrangement with
Great Britain was to have been taken
up by Governor Frear with the Post.
master General the day after the let
ter was written. The Third Assistant
Postmaster-General ruled against the
Territory in the matter of sending the
election ballots through the mails un-
der a frank. This would have saved
the Territory about $500.
The Governor addressed the public
lands committee of the Senate on De-
cember II, and appeared on the same
subject before the House committee on
December A.
Governor Frear expresses himself as
very much pleased with the action of
the Chamber of Commerce on the coast |
wise navigation law, though the situa- |
ion is somewhat bewildering. Before |
news of the action of the Chamber of |
Commerce was received, Senator Piles, |
who introduced and is fathering the |
pill to suspend the coastwise laws be- |
ween here and the Coast as far as re-
ates to passengers, had referred the |
lill back to the committee, and it is
low in danger of defeat.
The Governor thinks that by calling |
or competitive bids for the Federal
building seven or eight months will be
aved.
The Governor has had very little time
o attend the meetings either of the
Commission or of the
Rivers and Harbors Conference. Di-
eetor Newell of the Reclamation Ser
ice appeared in the Rivers and Har-
ors Congress as representative from
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-28
CANNOT GARnISHEE
WAGES Of SEAMEN

WASHINGTON, December 12.-The
question whether the wages of a sea
man can be garnisheed was decided to-
day in the negative in the Supreme
ourt of the United States, in connec-
ton with the case of James L. Holt,
tax assessor and collector for the
First Taxation Division of Hawaii, VS..
the Inter-Island Steam Navigation
Company. Holt sought to attach the
wages of a seaman named Tullett, who
was in the employ of the navigation
company.
S4ss3 s3ss&sS &&.sS&s&S&
Hawaii, and read a paper on the sub
ject which attracted much attention.
According to a cable, the Governor
spent Christmas at Manchester, Yer
mont
Mrs. Augustus Knudsen was the dele
gate from Hawaii to the Woman s
Rivers and Harbors Congress, and she
made an address on Hawaii.
e. The Governor writes: fWe have not
vet decided whether 10 introduce an
bill this session.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-28
JARRE 7 7 HAS
LOOK OVER
HIS MEN
Police Applicants File
Past for a Mental
Size-up.

Saturday night at Democratic head,
quarters was review night, when the
men whom the committee had endorsed
for positions on the force had to pass
in review before Sheriff elect Jarrett
and Deputy Sheriff-eleet Rose The two
officers thus had an opportunity of siz-
ing-up the men and ascertaining whether
the man with long, big sounding name
lived up to it in avoirdupois.
1t is said that the new Sheriff wants
big men on the force, something on the
style of the present chief Of detectives.
The committee went over some new
applications and the Sheriff elect was
enabled to arrive at decision as to
how the personnel of the new force
would be made up.
The Sherif-elect is said to have been
pleased with the review and about all
of them passed muster as to appearance.
It is practically decided that the
Deputy Sheriff will be in direct com
mand of the foot and mounted force,
and this presages the retirement OF
Captain of Police Parker, who has been
new sheriff and his deputy, however,
intend to elevate the rank of the Of
fcers and propose to have a captain
for each watch, instead of a lieutenant
as at present. This is a return to the
old monarchial style of titles, depar-
ture from the Jeffersonian simplicity
of things. There will also be a sergeant
to each watch, and the title of lieuten,
ant will be dropped In this connection
few other police departments have SO
many captains on duty at any head
quarters building.
For chief of detectives-which title
will also be retained-the incumbent,
Jack Kalakiela, is said to be the choice
of the new sheriff All the appoint
ments may be announced by Tuesday
or Wednesday, in order to give the men
who are to be retired, an opportunity to
look around for new jobs before their
county pay ceases.
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Hundreds of japanese rose to their
feet with shout last night when the
above resolution was adopted with ae-
clamation at a mass meeting held in
the Asahi theater, Maunakea street,
concluding a demonstrative meeting in
favor of higher wages for plantation
laborers on all the Islands. The meet
ing was enthusiastic and was presided
over by Fred Maxine, as chairman.
The opening speech contained the
word s1strike' score of times, and
often its use was greeted with shouts
and applause. Incidentally, the Japa-
nese newspapers who are not backing
up the principal agitators IN the de-
mand for higher wages, were roasted
by the speakers, the editor of rival
paper taking the opportunity to fling
sarcasm at his brother editor.
The theater was packed from or
chestra TO doors, the gallery, even, be-
ing filed. Chairman Maxine opened
the meeting giving the reason for the
call. AL the beginning of his speech
he called attention to three letters he
had received from plantations on
Maui, in which the writers stated that
if the demand for higher wages was
not met, they would strike. Mr.. Ma
kino repeated this suggestion several
times and then told the people that
President Roosevelt had once said that
a strike is a legitimate weapon of
labor. He said, however, that strike
was not wanted. Strikes should not
be thought of, even as a last resort.
However, the strike feature was prom
inent throughout the meeting and was
greeted with applause.
Mr.. Maxine went on to say, how
ever, that in former days, when the
japanese could have passports to go |
wherever they pleased, strikes would |
be very well for the purpose, but TO-
day the condition of the japanese was !
different. The strike business, he said,
doesn't pay. Should they strike now
and be out of work, they could not
board a steamer and 60 to another
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country as they chose. Therefore, a
strike would not serve the purpose,
The better way would be to attain
the end sought for in a peaceful man
ner, and the word strike should not be
mentioned.
Then Mr.. Maxine turned his guns on
the Hawaii Shinpo, the Jiyu and the
Daily Chronicle, all japanese papers,
which, he alleged, were opposing the
effort to obtain higher wages. He
roasted Editor Sheba and said he was
unfriendly to the japanese in this at
titude. The speaker said that he own
ed a store, but everybody prosecuted
him for his efforts on behalf of the
Japanese laborers, but still he advo-
Gated higher wages and would con-
time to do so.
Mr.. Yamagi, proprietor of the Ono
saloon, followed with a continuation
of the roast on the ShinpO. He said
that this paper accused the men be-
hind the higher wages movement as
vagrants" (the term used by the in
terpreter). He thought the editor of
the Shinpo was half asleep when he
wrote that and wore colored glasses at
the same time. He said that every
one connected with the movement was
a gentleman of high ideals. He felt
sorry that the editor of the Shinpo
was not on the platform to MAKE a
speech.
Mr.. Tasaki, editor of the Nippu
Jill, introduced as the editor of the
only japanese newspaper consistently
advocating the higher wages move
ment, said he was sorry all the papers
were not backing the movement. The
laborers, he said, were not satisfied
with the present wage schedule, to
wit: at the rate of $1S a month for
twenty-six working days, or 90 cents
a day. To say Iaborer received $1S
4 month was misleading, because no
aborer was able to work twenty-six
lays in month. They are now be-
coming resident laborers of the Terri
.ory and no longer migratory as be-
'ore. and this new condition demands
Continued on Page Ten.)
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CONGRESS. IS
READY To
FIGHT
Presidents Joke at the
Legislators Not
ReIished.
BY Ernest G.. Walker.
(MaiI Special to the Advertiser.

(Mail Special to the Advertiser.l
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dee. 14.-Just
as Mr.. Roosevelt's presidential sur is
setting, the first real live prospect OF
war between the White House and
Congress appears. All during the seven
years of his two administrations there
have been rumors of active hostilities
between the legislative and executive
branches. The President has been at
outs with the Senate and House lead
ers. He has fought them without
gloves, conducted crusades for legisla-
tion that he wanted and that they did
open breach. Compromise has followed
scrapping and the President has always
gotten at least half loaf.
But now the die has been cast and
if the President chooses TO press his
fight the Goth Congress and the second
administration of Theodore Roosevelt
may close, ranged on different sides
of chasm. The cloakroom mutterings
and the fierce statements of Senators
and Representatives which they would
not stand for in public print may bloom
at last into formal and official declara-
tions.
The quarrel is at present probably
only in the incubating stage, but the
House of Representatives in most i'm
pressive manner, has adopted resoiu-
tion that reflects upon the President.
It comes from legislation regarding
what has been called "the black cabi-
net.''
Gave Congress Surprise.
When the annual message went to
Congress on Tuesday, December s, it
contained a page and more devoted to
the topic of 'fSecret Service" Tt was
very much of surprise that the Pres
ident should discuss the Secret Service
at such length or at all N an annual
message. He pointed out that Congress
CONTINUED on Page Two)
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WANT RAISE IN
WAGES AND WANT
IT RIGHT AWAY
The Japanese Listen to Speeches Concerning
Their Oppression and Pass a
Wordy Resolution.

industry the
hands inadequate
bushes
senlavery but
utterly sefrepcing labor;
necessities advanced at least
percen present
married
Whereas schools
the physical and
held the Ash Theater this
of December,
the plantation hands
entirely
dignifed
abore of high
a membe of a community;
the present a
be
Wages Association
Association
socatio through
by the
the H,
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WASHINGTON, December 14.-AIl
japanese immigration to the United
States is to be stopped by the Japan
csc government. When the japanese
Diet meets. a few weeks hence, Baron
Komura, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Will make official announcement that
the government has decided to prohibit
all emigration to the United States
after a given date. Thus will dlsap-
pear the last remaining difference or
possible cause of trouble between the
United States and Japan.
Though the announcement in Toxic
may be made upon the assumption that
the japanese government has volun-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-28
mo EMIGRATION" POLICY
ADOPTED BY JAPANESE

tarily agreed upon this course, as a
matter of fact the decision was reach
ed through long series of negotiations
between Secretary Root and Baron
Takahira, the japanese ambassador to
the United States. The order of the
japanese government will prohibit all
emigration, but viii, of course, leave
travel free, so that merchants, students
and tourists from Japan may visit
America at will under the passport
agreement with the United States
In settling the immigration matter,
it is understood there is no treaty, nor
even an exchange of formal notes, but
that none the less the sOcalled ''yel-
low PERIL is a ghost laid to rest.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-28
DREDGING CONTRACT WAS
SIGNED LAST THURSDAY

the dredging company will now begin
commencement Of the great work,
$4,000, GOO
George Denison Of the Oahu Rail-
way Company. who was in Washington
with Mr. Dillingham; when the dredg-
ing company was awarded the contract,
was in Cincinnati last week. and is
probably on the way home.
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On Thursday caBlegram was re
ceived from Walter Dillingham; by the
Dillingham; Company, advising the lat
ter that the contract for the dredging
of Pearl Harbor and channel, for which
the Hawaiian Dredging Company put
in the lowest bid, which was accepted,
had been signed by representatives of
the government and Mr.. Dillingham;.
This act clinches the bargain, and
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-28
MONTANA TOWN SHAKEN
BY SEVERE EARTHQUAKE


yesterday buildings
a
thirty during past
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HENEY MAY GO TO pITTSBURG


President
persons O completely
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JEFFRIES WILL NOT MEET JOHNSON

Los ANGELES 28-Damage a
thousand dollars
a principal
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LABORITES PLAN GREAT DEMONSTRATION

YORK of
sentencing
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CLAUS SPRECKELS' FUNERAL
WILL BE A SIMPLE ONE

SAN FRANCISCO sprecks
will private
be in the Cypress
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GENERAL SMITH
MAY BE SENT TO
COMMAND HERE
Now Commanding Department of California
Earthquake in Montana--New York
Unions Plan Protest.
ASSOCIATED Press cablegrams.)

SAN FRANCISCO December
Frederick Smith, California
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ANTI-OPIUM RIOT AT Annoy

Annoy CHINA the for the
planting poppes
the riotr werek
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SCOM'S RESIGNATION CONFIRMED

WASHINGTON GriscOm
confirmed.
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BIG BLAZE IN LOS ANGELES

LOS ANGELES, December 28.-Damage OF a
thousand dollars yes
The gold leaf., 1908-02-27
Learn to Save.

The First Step Toward Free
dom and Independence is
Economy Have Bank Ac-
count and Put Aside Part
of What You Earn, However
Small the Amount May Hap
pen to Be.
4 writer on the subject oi saving
ard spending says this:
Volumes have been written, sermons
have been preached and even songs hove
been sung from time immem morial regard
ing the different classes into which the
human race is divided, but after all,
there are only two classes bet ween whom
there is a real and distiet dividing line:
the spenders and the savers.
The accomplishment Of the works OF
any age-the building of the houses, the
mills, the bridges, the railroads, the
ships and everything that has furthered
! mans advancement and happiness has
been done by the savers. The spenders
carried up the bricks for The savers who
built the house.
The man who never has n dollar laid
| away for the proverbial rainy day,
| or in readiness for opportunity S knock.
is slave. He cannot help being n slave.
| for he is in constant peril of falling under
| the bondage of those Others who have
money.
The first step toward freedom and in
| dependence is economy. Economy means
| rho void n Of IL fra \ 81 nd
| the application Of money to the best ad-
| vantage. The starting point ofeconomy
is the first nickel, dime or dollar that i-
saved as nucles around which the whole
future may be built.
The trouble with most men is that
they are not willing to climb the road to
| wealth by industry, temperance, ,frugality
| and honesty, but spend all their time
| looking for the royal road that will en-
| able them to attain the desired goal
| without sacrifice or effort on their own
part, Consequently, they 60 through
life dragging after them load OF debt
and obligations that cirpples their indie
pendence and makes OF them servile,
cringing creatures who cannot stand up
boldly and look the world in the face be-
cause they have not n dollar in their
pockets and the independence that goes
with it.
1t does not require superior courage or
virtue to pe economical. Economy il
8 ,tisfied with the ordinary energy and
effort to the ordinary mind. Economy
means to do without some little thing
today, SO that we may have something
greater and better in the future.
Let Us look back Tor ten years over the
life oi the spender How ensily he could
! have saved IA dollar each week, without
depriving himself oi oae single comfort
or pleasure Had he done SO, his bank
account would now amount to 5000
plus the interest. No matter how small
the income, a portion of it should be re-
ligiously saved.
TO the spender | say: Begin now-to-
day, at tonce-purchase independence and
throw off the yoke OF slavery by starting
| bank account. If you cannot spare 80,
start it with 81. If you cannot spaIe a
whole dollar, begin it with 10 cents, and
before another year rolls around you
will know how good it feels to have n
real bank account.
The gold leaf., 1908-02-27
Head Of Vance Represents Caucasian
Type in Maury's Geography.

Black Mountain Dispatch to Charlotte
Observer.
All of North Carolina and more es-
ppcially Asheville and BuncOmb coun-
ty, are interested in anything con-
cerning their beloved statesmen, Zeb-
ulon b. Vance. The president of the
University Publishing Company, of
New York. in getting out a new edi-
ton of the Maury geography, de-
cidrd to make numerous changes
Among Others Was "a determination
to secure a we'll proporrioned head
and face to represent the Caucasian
race. After all the other types we're
satisfactorily placed, the strong eau
casian head had not been found.
when the president of the University
Publishing Company made a busi-
ness trip to Raleigh, and there he
spied IA photograph of Zebulon b.
Vance. This" he said. lis what |
have been looking for So now all
the children of the United States
who study Maury's geography are
taught that the head of North Caro-
lina'S greatest statesman represents
the finest type of the Caucasian race
The gold leaf., 1908-02-27
The Biggest Man Ever.
Nashin gton Herald

"I'Il bet none OF You folks know
that the biggest man that ever lived
was born and raised in North Carroll
na,' said a Tar Heel 1T the Hoffman
House the other night His exist
ence and dimensions are vouched for
in the American Encyclopedia, says
the New York Press.
His tme was Miles Darden He
was seven feet, six inches high, and
in 1915 weighed 81 pounds He
WAS born in North Carolina in 1913
aud died in Tennessee. January 23,
1889 Until 1858 he WAS able to 20
about his. work in an active manner.
but his weight increased 80 fast that
year when he wanted to move about
he had so he hauled in Iwn-horse
wagon. In 2,S39 it was chronirle,i
that his coat was huttOned around
three men each weighing more than
200 pnnndS who walked together
down the streets of Lexington; \. {.
At his death he Is said to have
weighed not less than 1000 pounds,
his coffin was s feet long 50 inches
deep, 32 inches across the breast, Is
across the head, and Il across the
feet. These measurements were
tanken ar the tins and are matters
of historical record
The gold leaf., 1908-02-27

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indicate questions, the obnoxious eN-
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ments. which some physicians consider
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women. Yet, II help can be had, it is
better 10 submit 10 this ordeal than let
the disease grow and spread. The trouble
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Thousand ands\Sf women who have been
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than any amount of the ordinary lay, or
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The most intelligent women nowadays
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lot of young birds and gulping down
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makes weak women strong and sick
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il sick consult the Doctor. free Of charge
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