The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-28
w. O. Smith On Stand.

w. o. Smith on Stand.
W. o. Smith was the next witness
called by the prosecution. He was on
the stand only a short time, the efforts
of the prosecution being directed to.
ward eliciting from him statement
that Maxine, Negoro and Sega in an
interview they had with him before the
strike began represented themselves as
the officers of the Higher Wage Associa-
ton. The evidence along this line,
however, was not particularly strong.
Mr.. Smith said he thought such to be
the case but he was not absolutely
positive. The interview mentioned took
place after the publication in Mr..
Sheba's paper of an interview with
Senator Smith. Maxine, Negoro and
Sega went to Mr.. Smith to question
him concerning the statement published
in the Shinpo
Higher Wage Play.
Following Senator Smith, Terada,
manager of the Hawaii Shinpo, was
called to the witness stand by the pros,
ecution. His testimony was in refer.
ence to the Higher Wage drama pro,
duced at the Aala Lane theater on the
nights of January Is and 10.
Replying to a rapid series of ques>
tions propounded by Mr.. Kinney,
Terada testified that he was at the
theater the first night of the play,
which took two nights to present. He
saw Maxine, Negoro and Sega there,
sitting in the press box near the stage.
What was the performance" ask
ed Kinney.
~ object to that question. - inter.
posed Lightfoot. ''The best evidence
is the play itself, which has already
been introduced in evidence.
You forget, = retorted Kinney,
"that the play was given under the
auspices of the Higher Wage Assoeia.
tion'
.s'What Of it9' returned Lightfoot
- We are not responsible for every word
that may have been spoken by the
actors.'
Kinney withdrew the question but
tried to lead up to it in another way
later on.
The witness testified that Negoro
lives just back of his own residence,
and that before the play was presented,
he heard Negoro drilling the actors.
Kinney again asked what was in the
play, and again Lightfoot objected.
The evidence he said, S1shows that
the drama was skeletonized by Negoro
but that the players made up their
own parts. Unless it can be shown
that we eonspired to put improper
/ things into the play, we cannot be
held responsible for what the actors
said. OF course we know that We are
charged with almost everything Three
shots were fred at Iwilei the other
night OF course, they were fred by
Japanese But it is not evidence
what a particular actor said, unless il
can be proved that he said it in pur-
/ suance of conspiracy
| MEN can't form mighty organi
cation in this country replied Kin
ney, "set it in motion, and then, when
| it breaks out into violence, disclaim al
responsibility. They are responsible
1t is like a man dropping bomb in the
street and going on his way rejoicing
and then, when some one comes along
and runs over it and it explodes, saying
| / am not responsible; there was liz
one on the street when I dropped the
bomb. 1t has been shown here thai
the secretary of the Higher Wage AS
ISOLATION was training the actors him
self, and if it went beyond what hi
supposed, it's up to him to make what
excuses he can. -
Lightfoot's objection was overrulet
by the Court and the witness proceed
ed to tell what he could of the charac
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| said, man came out and announced
that many things in the play were hk,
what was occurring in Hawaii, and ad
vised the audience not to get violent a
what they were to see.
"Kill Sheba.''
The play was about plantation life
and showed what was supposed to b.
occurring in Hawaii. The actors rep
resented the laborers on the plantations
reporters, representatives of the labor
ers, and other characters. Sheba' : 7esi
dence was represented, laboceIs com
ing back from work, people ,lrinkin.
in tea houses, and other scenes. On,
actor was dressed and made Up 10 rep
resent Sheba, Another character we1
to this man and urged him to a lvocat,
/ HstSS95 Jul tlS supposed E@hSiis
refused, saying the time was too early
Then the audience yelled .'obeba
Sheba; kill him; fix him. - 'Tnc audi
enee got very excited, and so did tn
actors, who made signs of THROWN;
things at the stage Sheba. Maxine, Ne
gore and Sega sat still and did nothing
but some man dressed IN kimono stoot
up in the audience and tried to stop tn
people from exhibiting violence. A
the end Of the evening the whole audi
ence was very much excited and wa
yelling to pull Sheba down.
The witness had considerable diff
Guilty in expressing why he took tn
| character to be the representation 0
sheba, although it was apparent that h
knew in his own mind well enough
Lightfoot did not cross-examine.
Jill Utterances.
The next witness, and the most i'm
portant of the day, was Prof. ". Den
ning, of Japan, who, qualifying as al
expert translator of Japanese into Eng
hsh, stated that he had been sent TO
and employed by the government o
HaWan to act as japanese translator il
the strike eases. Prof. Denning's du
ties on the sand consisted chiefly il
Identifying and testifying to the ac
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