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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-16
JACK ATKINSON
FAvORs SMITH
Believes President OF Senate
Should Be Successor
Of Kuhio.

= s
w. o. Smith is the choice Of Chair
man A. L. G.. Atkinson, of he Repub
lean Territorial Central Committee, fol
Delegate to Congress, should Kalani
anaoIe finally decline to stand for re-
election. Atkinson expressed himself
very plainly yesterday afternoon il
conversation with an Advertiser re
porter, and Senator Smith IS name was
the only one suggested by him as 9
possible successor to Kuhio.
81 think that Delegate Ka1aniana
ole S retirement would be distinct
loss to the Republican party said At
kinson. II hope that he may conclude
not to retire from public life at this
, time, for the Republican party in Ha
waii is not as firmly established as il
| should be.
We may find that we are to have
hard time supporting our Republican
Governor S veto, and an even harder
time maintaining our Republican ma
jority in the Senate. We must not
lost track of any o., these matters when
| considering the present political status
H.That Kuhio's personality has lent
strength to the Republican party in
Hawaii no one can deny. His success
| as Delegate to Congress has been
phenemonal. He has secured remark,
able number of appropriations for this
| Territory and, altogether, he has
proved a public servanb of whom the
Republican party can well be proud.
If Kuhio wants the nomination
again, he should have. But if he should
decline to accept it, we must look
about for some one to succeed him. 1t
would be worse than folly to nominate
q man who could not be elected. Some
one must be chosen VINO can command
as great a following as Kuhio, who
has the ability, the honesty and the
inclination to work for the interests
Of the Territory, and not toward selfish
ends.
There is just one man who fGlfls
those requirements to my way of think
ing, and that is the Honorable w. O.
Smith, president of the last Territorial
Senate. Should Kuhio decline to stand
for reelection, Senator Smith would be
the man to nominate in his stead.
CIV. o. Smith is a man of known
ability, skilled lawyer, an able diplo-
matist. knows Hawaii as few other
men do, and has a strong following.
His services to this Territory have
been of the greatest value, and I be-
lieve that we should show our appre-
citation by sending him to represent
US in Congress.
81 repeat that I hope that Kuhio
will not step down and out, either
because of a minor disagreement or on
account of private business. -
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-16
PERELsTROUs IS
PLEASED At EVA
Enjoys Visit to Plantation and
Praises Homes OF
Workmen.

Delighted with what he had seen, and
very enthusiastic over Hawaii and its
opportunities, A. W. Perelstrous, the
Vladiyostok contractor, who may ar
range to bring several thousand Rus
sian immigrants into this Territory, re-
turned from Eva plantation last even
ing. Assistant Secretary Savidge of the
Board of immigration and Chief Clerk
Matheson of the Executive Department
acted as guides to Mr.. Perelstrous on
his trip.
The visit to Eva was planned for the
purpose of giving Mr.. Perelstrous an
opportunity to make up his mind
whether or not it might be wise to ar
range for the bringing in Of eolonists
from the agricultural districts of Rus
STA. Though he did not say last night
just what decision he had reached
with regard to immigration, he seemed
very enthusiastic over what he had
seen.
When Perelstrous and his guides
reached Eva yesterday morning, they
were met by Manages Renton, who
placed locomotive and coach at their
disposal, and instructed an official of
the plantation to show them about the
estate. Visits were paid to the cane
fields, to the homesteaders colonies,
and to the other points of interest. Mr..
Perelstrous was given an opportunity
to see all of the operations IN connee-
ton with Phe growing and harvesting of
cane, and was provided with. every
facility for securing correct data.
The homes of the Portuguese colo
nists particularly pleased the visitor,
and he stated that they are better than
the general run of homes occupied by
the Workmen of the agricultural classes
in Siberia.
In the fields, Mr.. Perelstrous found
much to interest him. He asked to be
shown the lightest as well as the heav-
lest work about a plantation, and made
many inquiries with regard to pay for
the different kinds of work
He expressed the belief that the Rus
sian peasants would be able to make a
good showing at any of the work. He
seemed to think that in the heavier
labors they would be the most useful,
however, explaining that they are large
and powerfully built.
After watching the Japanese loading
cane cars, and ascertaining how they
are paid, Perelstrous expressed the be-
lief that Russian laborers would be able
to make at least $40 month at the
work, owing to the rapidity with which
they would be able to load
Some day next week Mr.. Perelstrous
will visit Waialua in order to see how
work is carried on there. He may visit
some of the other plantations on this
island before starting for Kona, where
he expects to make some investments.
Continued on Page Four.)
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-16
BLOODY'DUEL IS
FOUGHT 1T A|EA
Porto Ricans Hack Each Other
With Razor-Edged
Machetes.

With all of the enthusiasm. if not
the punctiliousness, that used to mark
the feats of arms among the gallants
of the olden days, Pedro -Capa and
Ramon Martinez cut and slashed at
each other last night until Martinez
fell, suffering from dire wounds.
The two men are laborers, employed
in the cane fields of Aiea plantation,
and machetes of razor keenness were
the weapons used. The quarrel arose
over the quality of the cooking and.
without going through the formality of
giving and accepting challenge, the
two set to.
When Martinez fell, Capa made a
getaway as fast as ever he could But
Chief Leal had been notified and short
ly afterward he arrived on the scene,
per motorcycle, and soon Capa was in
duranee vile. Martinez is in the hos
pltal, in serious condition, and Capa
Is in jail
Leai says that both men are inclined
TO be troublesome at times and that
Doth have police records.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-16
BUHACH FLOWERS
MAY GROW HERE

DR.. A. Marques has just placed in
the hands of the Promotion Committee
package of seeds of the pyrethrum
cinerariaefolium, the variety of chrys-
anthemum from which the best grade
of buhach is made. DR.. Marques says
that in Dalmatia, the present center OF
production Of the plant, the crops yield
from 5000 to $1,000 an acre each year.
This plant has been successfully rails
ed in California, and DIR. Marques be-
lieves that it could be advantageously
cultivated here. 1t is claimed that
there is always market for the seeds
of the plant. as it is used in the manu-
faeture of many kinds of disinfectants
and insect powders.
Some of the seeds furnished by DIR.
Marques have been placed in the hands
of DIR. Wilcox of the Experiment sta
ton.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-16
LIGHT A PERIL,
SAYS SURGEON
Army Doctor Urges That Too
Much illumination Be
Guarded Against.

Light, not heat. is the cause to which
Major Charles Edward Woodruff, Medi-
cal Corps, U. 5. Army, ascribes the COM
paratively heavy death rate among eau
casians from the temperate zones resi-
dent in the tropics. Major Woodruff
is now on his way to the Philippines
where he has been ordered for duty.
He has spent considerable time in the
Orient and his theories are the result
of careful observation and compilation
of data Yesterday afternoon he ex-
plaineQ to an Advertiser reporter some
thing of his theory regarding the effect
of tropical light on the white man.
"Nature is brutal about this sort
Of thing said Major Woodruff Amy
type of plant or animal which does
not seem suited to its environment, she
kills off without hesitancy. This is
equally true with regard to the human
race ~
''The glare of the tropic light seems
much more injurious to blondes than
to brunettes The only part of the
earth where the blonde has survived is
in Northern Europe, where it is foggy
and where, in consequence, the light is
far less intense than in a part of the
world where the atmosphere is clearer.
'"Take in the tropie zones. There
you find dark complexioned people. The
same is equally true of the Arctic
regions, where the light reflected from
the snow is intense. The blonde has
not survived.
ssI have found in the United States
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-16
AFTERNOON CABLE REPORT

PEKING July 15An imperial edict issued today appoints the
commander of both the and the
delegates military powers Prince Yulang.
SAN DIEGO July Isl D. Spreckels has purchased the Cuya
railroad.
PITTsBURG July 1s-Thee twenty-five thousand
strikers in section today.
CROMER, England July 15-A British submarine today
collision with freight steamship. Thirteen
drowned.
TEIERAN Persia July IThe surrender of the Cossack
Russian officers peril
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-16
POSTAL CLERK IS
CHARGED WITH THEFT

/. Harry Hanakahi, a night clerk at the
Honolulu postoffiee, has been arrested
on charge of stealing stamps to the
value OF $25 from the postoffiee.
Hanakahi was caught in the act of
the theft last night by Postal Inspector
Hare, having broken into the cage of
the stamp clerk, forcing the door open
with screw driver.
Mr.. Hare had reason to suspect the
youth Of violating the trust attached
to his position in the postoffiee depart
ment and last night the inspector con.
eealed himself and from a point of van
tage saw Hanakahi force an entrance
to the stamp clerk S cage and commit
the theft.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-16
GRATEFUL For MAPS.

.. Z. Pratt, recorder of the Teachers
ooiiege of Columbia University, writes
10 the Promotion Committee as follows:
Let me thank you for the two maps
winch reached us this time in good
shape We are hoping to send two of
our graduates to Honolulu next fall.
.ea. Sincerely yours,
lolgned) j. C. PRATT, Recorder. y
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-16
BRINGS
DEATH To MANY IN
CREC|AN PROVINCE
Evelyn Thaw Says Harry Thaw Threatened Her
Life-.-tieir Born to De Sagan Title.
Shah FIees
ASSOCIATED Press Cablegrams.)

ASSOCIATED Press Cablegrams)
ATHENS July 16Sever villages destroyed and many
killed wounded by earthquake which shook
Province of Ellis Yesterday.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-16
HER LIFE IN DANGER

WHITE PLAINS, New York July I6.-Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
testified yesterday during the proceedings the release Of
Harry K Thaw from the asylum that her husband
threatened kill her
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-16
MEXICANS ENTHUSIASTIC

CITY OF MEXICO July oGreat enthusiasm is being evil
denced here the coming conference between President Daz
and President Taft.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-16
DE SAGAN HEIR BORN

PARIS July 16The Princess Sagan formerly Miss Anna
Gould, given birth o a
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-16
FIGHTING IN STREETS

TEHERAN Persia July 16-Fightng continues here in the
The Shah has taken refuge in the Russian legation
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-16
SIGNS OF DISCORD BETWEEN TAFT
AND CONFEREES OVER TARIFF BILL
President Refuses to Countenance Elimination
of Corporation Tax---t1eavy Bond
Issue Asked for Panama Canal.
ASSOCIATED Press cablegrams.)

WASHINGTON July I6Friction between the President and
the conferee the tariff becoming NJ Taft has
the striking the corporation amend
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-16
FORTY MILLIONS ASKED

WASHINGTON, July 16President Taft will ask Congress
authorize the of
Panama Canal during the fiscal year.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-03-03
PRESIDENT BLOCKS
HARTMAN SCHEME
Places 100000 Acres in Forest
Reserve to Prevent Acquire
ment Of Water Power

WASHINGTON. March 3.-Fol-
lowing the discovery of what is be-
lieyed to be a gigantic scheme on the
part of Z. II. Hartman and his in
terests to gain control of the electric
situation in northern California and
Nevada by purchasing options on all
the available power sites on the un-
appropriated lands, President Roose-
welt today signed a proclamation
which adds 800, 600 acres of land to
the Tahoe Forest reserve. The pres
ident took the action after a thor
ough investigation of the situation
had been made by the government
agents, and 1t is said that 1t deals a
staggering blow to Hartman.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-03-03
ITALIANS DEAD
BLACK HAND DEED
Set Fire to New York Tene-
ment House and Ten
Persons Perish

NEW YORK, March 3.-Ten Ital-
ians dead, a score more suffering In
the hospitals from burns and broken
limbs, was the result of the latest
toll exacted by the Black Hand So
cIety when II set the Seventh Ave
nue. tenement house on fire this morn.
ing.
The fire started at an early hour
and so rapidly did 1t burn that II
seemed as though the whole building
was enveloped In flames in an In
slant. An examination OF the ruins
after the fire was extinquished indi-
Gates that the five story building was
flooded with oil from top to bottom
and that this accounts for the rapid
manner in which 1t burned WheT
the fire was extipguished the charred
corpses of ten Italians were found Oh
the stair landing. and three of thest
were burned beyond recognition
Many of the Italians who made theil
escape we're found in the neighbor
hood of the building kneeling III
prayer-praying that God would pro
tect them against further reveng'
and freedom from the dreaded or
ganization.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-03-03

ter should be investigated with the
view of ascertaining as to whether
or not this additional tax could not
be collected from those who paid
when the assessment was made, and
before a levy had been fixed.
Registrars Appointed.
The council listened to the read
ing of a communication from the city
attorney advising it of the necessary
legal steps to be taken in preparing
for the coming spring city election,
and 1t was placed on file. The coun-
Gil then appointed the following reg
lstrars: First ward, J. c. Cauvel;
second ward, s. Carnahan; third
ward, James Russell, and fourth
ward, T. A. Daughters. The city
clerk was instructed to prepare a
statement of the cost of the construc-
tion of the city hall, and to have 1t
published.
Transfer Money From Funds.
A resolution was passed resembling
the councils action In transferring
in February, $3.50 from the sinking
fund and $1,000 from the bond and
interest fund to the city hall fund,
and then number of resolutions fol
lowed transferring money from var
ious funds. One thousand dollars
was transferred from the outstanding
warrant redemption fund and into the
city hall fund; five hundred dollars
from the bond and premium and in
terest fund into the same fund. and
$726.67 from the bond and Interest
fund, and $4,000 from the sinking
fund for the outstanding warrant In
debtedness into the bond sinking
fund. An adjournment was ther
taken.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-03-03
NO GRAFT IN
NEW CAPITOL
So Report Of Majority of Inves-
tigating Committee

BOISE, Idaho, March 2.-The
tenth legislature will not have COM
pleted its work when the time for
adjournment comes Thursday and 1t
is likely the session will be extend
ed until theselose Of the week. 1t Is
the present plan to present joint
resolution to extend the session two
days, requiring that the legislators
work the extra time without COM
pensation in the hope OF disposing Of
all matters which cannot possibly be
disposed of by tomorrow night.
Say Extravaganza Not Proven.
Majority and minority reports will
be received from the senate state ar
fairs committee in the upper house
on the investigation into the charges
of extravaganza and mismanagement
against the capitol building commit
tee and members of the first com
mission, who are charged with at
tempting to extort money from Con-
tractor A. S. Whiteway to assure
him a contract on the building.
Both reports will exonerate the &C
cused members of the board and the
majority report w2l declare that the
only substantiation of the charge
that the commission had been ex-
travagant lies in the fact that the
building, when completed, will have
cost more than at first anticipated
a circumstance which the report will
state is quite common in the erection
of buildings and which gives no evil
dence of extravaganza.
Kerns of the judiciary committee
and Macbeth OF the state AFFAIRS com
mittee have accepted the testimony
Of those accused by Whiteway al
against that of the Moscow contract
or and in their minority report will
state the evidence did not show tn,
guilt of any OF them. The report viii
state, however, that the testimon!
adduced showed that the commission
was extravagant and mismanaget
the states affairs in the construction
of the new capitol.
Membership Bill Passed.
Lieutenant Governor sweetser ha
: affixed his signature to house bill
40 and 1876. The first is a measur
regarding the election OF trustee
and the second, by Kerl, declarin
Decoration Day and Labor day lega
holidays.
The two most important bill
passed were those of Sweeley, limit
Ing the number of representative
to so and the number of senator I
one to each county; the Spaulding
: Whitaker bill. creating the Eight
! Judicial district out of Bonner an
, Kootenai counties and the appoint
. ment by the governor and later tn
election of judge to preside owe
: the same. This bill was passed afte
: the three senators from the extrem
+ northern counties had agred TO 1
Tn Jordan bill providing for tn
erection of bridges over the river
through boundary counties with tn
= assistance Of private corporation
3 was passed. II is understood tn
I bill was drawn for the express pa
, pose of exerting the highest suspeI
: sion bridge in the world over tn
$ Snake irver at Shnshooe fall and col
n Meeting Lincoln and Twin Falls coul
q ties.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-03-03
MAY TURN DOWN
BIG LAND GRAB
Inspectors in the Field Making
Examinations

II a report reaching the city from
the St Maries country is based on a
good foundation, and 1t seems to en-
anate from a reliable source, the
Washington Water Power company's
easement secured from the depart
ment of the interior for the purpose
of flooding thousands of acres of land
on the st. Joe river, may be revoked.
The company first attempted to Sc
cure the passage of a bill through
congress for the purpose of flooding
these lands, but failed, and on Febru-
airy secured an easement on condi-
ton that they pay to the department
damages to the extent of 1925 per
acre.
Government Inspector In Field.
According to the report that
reached the city today a government
official is now in the field, and has
been for several days, making an in
spection of the lands that will be ov-
erfiowed by the terms of the ease
ment granted. aud as soon as his
labors are completed will submit his
findings by way of a report to the
department. According to the re-
port, the inspector is said to have
stated that the company. in making
/ ifs anDlication to the dpDartment rem.
resented that the land IT sought to
overflow was a vast swamp and OF
practically no value, and that the in
juries that woIld follow to the PEG
pie residing in the district would b.
inconsequential The inspector II
now said to be also engaged in taking
afFidavits from the settlers in the ter
ritory where they are situated setting
forth the damages and injuries thai
will come to them by reason of the
land being oyerfowed. The inspec
tor during the course of his investi
cation, is also said to have expressed
the opinion to St. Maries parties tina
be was fully convinced that as sooj
as his report was filed. and consid
cred that the easement would be re
voked.
Lands Valuable.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-03-03
OLISH STATE
| LAND BOARD
pe for Election of Land
nmissioneP IS Proposal of
Legislative Resolution

Use, Idaho, March "A reso-
was presented to the senate
by the judiciary, committee
b as its object the abolition of
ate board of land commission
I'D the substitution therefor of
he land commissioner. The res
IN provides that this may or
bot be accomplished by submit
o the people the question of
hing the constitution. Members
committee are united in the
that the question should go to
ectors.
he state stands to lose 1,000,-
ores of first-choice lands" said
mber of the judiciary commit
through the inefficiency of the
board. We propose to put the
land business on a sound ba-
resolution provides that
shall be elected at each gen.
Election state land commits
who shall hold Office for two
beginning on the first Monday
nuary after each general cleo
hnd who shall have the control
opposition of the public lands of
tate under such regulations as
be prescribed by law.
shall be the duty of the com
pner to provide for the location,
elton, sale or rental of all lands
ofore or which may hereafter
|anted to the state by the gen.
overnment, under such regula-
as may be prescribed by law
n such manner as will secure
haximum possible amount there
provided that no school lands
be sold for less than $40 pei
b law shall ever be passed by
legislature granting any priv
to persons who may have set.
hpon any such public lands sub.
mt to the survey thereof by the
al government by which tht
mt to be derived by the sale OIL
disposition of such lands shall
minished directly or indirectly
be legislature shall at the ear
practicable period provide by
hat the general grants of lanC
by congress to the state shall
l1iciOusly located and CAREFUL!
we'd and held in trust subjec
posal at public auction for tn,
nd benefit of the respective OBJ
for which said grants of LIANT
made, and the legislature shall
ae for the sale of lands from
to time and for the sale of tim
n all state lands and for tn
ul application of the proceed
pf in accordance with the term
d grants. provided that not t
d 25 sections of school land
be sold in any one year. and t
Id in subdivisions of not to ex
$50 acres to any one individua
mpany or corporation.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-03-03

F. M. Gadd, of Los Angeles. Cali
fornia, has rented the east room Of
the lower half of the Nixon block.
Mr.. Gadd will install in the room a
complete stock OF gents furnishing
goods. He is now in the east pur-
chasing the stock, and expects to
open the doors of the store to the
public March, Is.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-03-03
RENUOUS DAY
FOR ROOSEVELT
IDS ThrOng White House
rounds and Shake Hands
With President

ASHINGTON. March 3.-Today
esident Rooseyelt's last day in
and it has been the most siren
of his whole administration
e the hour of 10 o'clock the
House grounds were crowded
people. and scores of them
ned about the cabinet rooms.
president took a position where
build shake hands with all and
each a cordial greeting.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-03-03

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Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-03-03
CLUB CONTESTS.
ganization

IlWAIlIE W7lW WTU8IIIHN IIIlUt8 1T
Catholic Hall.
A meet between the Cooks Gym
nasium Amatuer Athletic club OF
Spokane. and the Catholic Athletic
club of this city. will be held at the
Catholic hall tonight An interesting
program has been prepared for the
occasion. Two or three wrestling
matches are on the program. and also
% round boxing contest. Medals
will be awarded the winners.