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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-23
APPROPRIATION BILL NOW
IN THE COMMITTEES HANDS

The members Of the joint conference
committee on the appropriation bill are
discovering that the problem OF terri
torial finance is bit complicated. They
have made the same discovery u re
gard to the rules of parliamentary pro
cedure as applied to joint conference
committees in general and the one on
the appropriation bin in particular.
Representative Joel Cohen is the
chairman of the committee and he is
doing his best to smooth out the oh.
stacles that seem to confront the com.
mittee in its attempt to reach an agree
ment on the provisions of the appro-
priation bill.
The differences between the Senate
and the House on the methods of max.
ing the territorial expenditures come
within hailing distance of the revenues
are very pronounced-so pronounced
that it will require all the diplomatic
talents of Chairman Cohen to guide the
conferees away from the shoals of fruit
less discussion and dispute.
The joint conference committee he
gan its work Monday and consideration
of the salary appropriation for the new
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-23
RICE EXPLAINS THE
COUNTY TAX BILL

"Much of the opposition to the Coun-
ty Tax bill comes because the prOvis
ions of the bill are not clearly under
stood, - said Representative Rice, chair
man of the House Finance committee,
yesterday. SAT least, it appears SO to
me.
1.-THE bill as amended is one to which
exception cannot very well be taken,
although so much opposition is shown
that l do not know whether it will pass
in the House or not. As matter of
fact the bill ought to be looked upon
as one to bring into force the law passed
at the last session of the Legislature
to give the counties the power to raise
money for improvements, on bonds.
That law was declared TO be unconsti.
tutional, you will remember, on the
grounds that as the counties had not
the power 10 raise taxes they could not
have the power TO borrow.
1.-The bill, briefly stated, is this: If
fiye-sevenths of the Board of Super.
visors desire to raise special tax fund
for special purpose they may pass an
ordinance specifying for what purposes
| the money is TO be spent and the tax
! rate, not to exceed "A quarter of one
1 per cent on the full cash value of the
properly in the county. Before sucl
| an ordinance can come into effect il
| has TO be submitted to the Governor
who can veto it as whole or in part
Should he agree that the objects named
in the bill are worthy, the territorial
tax assessor and his deputies collect
the county tax. The whole matter il
left to the Governor for his approya
and the collection is left with the Ter
ritory, so that no expensive system OF
county assessors or collectors is neees
sary.
"'Now that we have turned tn,
schools, iails and other things over t,
the counties, there ought to be SOM
way whereby the counties can raise
special fund when it is necessary t.
replace a sehoolhouse or undertake an,
extensive system of new road building
the opening of new streets and sue
! things"
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-23

Office of Adjutant General showed at
once that il is going to be hard work
for the Senate and the House TO reach
a compromise upon any question in
which there is a decided difference of
opinion. in the appropriation bill as
it was passed by the House, the salary
attached TO the office of Adiutant Gen
eral was 5000 a month, in place of the
1925 recommended in the estimate sub.
mitted by the Governor. The Senate
Endorsed the figure recommended by the
Governor When the bill was taken up
in the conference committee, the House
majority were insistent that 5000 was
the proper salary for the head Of the
militia department. 1t was passed at
that amount, but with the advocates
of 1925 discontinued and uneasy.
Another question is whether the
minority is bound by the action of the
Notwithstanding a majority vote ap.
pear as the unanimous opinion of the
committee. Senator Chillingworth
brought the issue up yesterday after.
noon and there seemed to be n decided
difference of opinion as to whether the
minority should fall into line with the
majority or have its dissenting opin.
ions go on record.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-23
Women
PLENTY OF THEM IN HONOLULU
AND GOOD REASON FOR IT.

Wouldn't any woman be happy,
After years of backache suffering,
Days of misery, nights of unrest,
The distress of urinary troubles,
She finds relief and cure2
No reason why any Honolulu reader
Should suffer in the face of evidence
like this:
Mrs. N Joseph, corner of Liliha and
King streets Honolulu, Hawaii, says:
81 was troubled for seven months with
a lame back and was also bothered by
chills Doan's Backache Kidney Pills,
which procured at the Hollister Drug
Co., gave me permanent relief in a
short time. have not the least hest.
tation in recommending this splendid
remedy"
Doan's Backache Kidney Pills are
sold by all druggists and storeeepers at
so cents per box (six boxes $500, or
will be mailed on receipt of price by
the HOLSTER Drug Co., Honolulu, whole
sale agents for the Hawaiian Islands.
Remember the name, Doan s, and
take no substitute.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-23
Powerful Wireless Systems.

BY an agreement reached between
Secretary of the Navy Meyer and rep
resentatives of the National Electric
signaling Company of Plttsburg, the
naval establishment IL TO be furnished
under contract with wireless appara-
tus which VIII transmit messages Tor
distance of 5000 miles day or night.
tand two ships are TO be furnished
with similar apparatus capable OF
sending messages for a distance OF
1000 miles. The apparatus, il is said.
viii be three times as powerful as
those in ordinary use. This will en-
able the department to communicate
with its vessels practically across the
Atlantic Ocean. and II successful win
mark one of the greatest achieve
ments in naval practise. The tower
IN whs'h the apparatus is to be in
stalled will be constructed probably
| by the government
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-23
MCCLELLAN ON THE
PINEAPPLE TARIFF

The meeting of the Chamber of Com
aeing devoted largely to the reading
of minutes of several meetings. In the
absence of President Morgan, Richard
Avers assumed the chair. He appoint
ed committee of three consisting of
u. A. Thurston, Il. +. Paxton and 7.
II. Petrie TO draw up resolutions in
memory of the late Henry r. Maefar.
Aane, an oldtime member of the cham.
Der. The following letter from George
n. Mcclellan, secretary to Delegate Ka.
hnianaole, on the pineapple tariff, was
sead:
Washington, D. c., April 3, 1909
The Chamber of Commerce, Honolulu,
Hawaii.
Dear Sirs: Acting on your instruc-
aions to keep you advised by cable of
any important developments here,
lave just cabled you as follows:
Strong lobby, importers and can
aers, fighting pineapple rate. Request
authorization hundred dollars for type
writing and printing. Esteben.
As stated in my last letter, the i'm
portefs and Gamers have sent men here
who are constituents of three (instead
of tw0) of the members of the WAYS
5nu Means Committee. i am now in,
formed by two of our friends on the
zonnittee that those three committee
men Gncluding Chairman Payne), to.
sstber with those formerly opposed ia
as, have forced through vote to re-
port committee amendment on para,
graph 275, giving a rate of eight cents
per cubic foot on fresh pines. As
tAere is an average of nearly fourteen
3fnes to the cubic foot of the Cuban
importation, this amounts 10 a Teduc
lLSu Of almost thirty-One per cent. from
tie rate per thousand.
The absolute injustice of such an al
teKnative rate has been clearly Sc
forth TO the committee members, bu
As one of my friends on the eommittc,
safd to me yesterday, "The fight ha
how gotten to the place where equa
Jshstice does not control; il is now
struggle between conflicting interests. ,
1t is unlikely that we can proven
the adoption of this committee amend
nent in the House, and we shall nol
transfer our main fight to the Senate
We shall use every available mean
zot only to have this rate correete
m the Senate, but also TO have tn
basic rate increased TO $40 per thol
sand. If that were done, it might b
sedaced TO eight dollars again in cor
ference, but by that means we woul
be assured of the latter rate as III
minimum, and with IL cubic fot
sate that would be real equivalen
instead of being "joker' as ii no
Is. Very truly yours.
GEO. b. MCCLELLAN.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-23
RUMOR THAT SHIP DlRlGO
IS ASHORE ON MOLOKAl
SENDS JAMES Make OUT

Runor had u last nlshi that a v,a
sd had been wrecked On the cool
~ Mulokak and although the rtorf
could not be- traced 10 a definite souros
captain Miller dispatched the nttl,
steamer James Make,. captain McAl
lister. on a hurry up run 10 the island
last night on the chance that the
ship Dirigo. bound from DelaWar'
Breakwater for Honolulu. Is now a.
days out. and may have gone ASHORE
on the Molokni rocks.
Captain Miller said last might iha'
he had secured his Information from
some OF the customs officials. but IN
Investigation II was found that one
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-23
WASHINGTON WILL
SETTLE DISPUTE

ff'ih WfANftNaN = ANNfftltffl
The whole question Of the legality
Of The nee 81 tine Hawaiian language
in the Legislature, 30 far a. the use
Of Federal money 10 pay FOR IL is con.
cerned, u to b. referred 20 washing.
ton and the decision Of the Comptroller
Of the Treasury accepted as final.
This was decided upon yesterday in
the course Of the passing on the vouch.
er presented from the House against
the Federal appropriation TO pay PHI
ahhla for translating the House journal
INFO Hawaiian, the Speaker. Represen.
thtive Castro and Secretary Mott Smith
having deiberated over the question
after Piianaia = voucher had been held
up ana payment resdsed. In the mean
while the translator will be paid out
Of Territorial money.
lhis was brOughi to a head yester-
day, when Secretary Mott-Smith wrote
the following communication to Repre-.
sentative Castro:
Your note of the 2Oth instant with
copy of letter Of the 18th instant adj.
dressed by II. J.. Holstcin to yourself.
in regard to the duties of Mr. A. ST.
{, Piianaia as Assistant journal Clerk,
has been received.
"until | have had opportunity of
referring this matter to the Comptroller
of the Treasury for his opinion. the
course suggested by Mr. Holstein would
appear TO be the better one to follow;
that is, that Mr.. Piianaia be appointed
Hawaiian translator and his salary
charged against the Territorial and not
to the Federal appropriation for legis-
lative expenses.
- shall also take the opportunity of
asking the opinion of the Comptroller
on the general question, whether cost
of translation and printing in the Ha-
waiian language may be charged to the
Federal appropriation on the broad
ground that the words, Legislative
Proceedings, as used in the Organic
Act are confined in their meaning TO
the actual proceedings on the floor, the
presentation, reading and passage of
motions, resolutions. bills and the like
and do not include translation and
printing in the Hawaiian language
which is ordinarily done for the con-
venience of legislators in preparation
for Legislative Proceedings. -
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-23
MOSQUITO WAR
TO START AGAIN

ANfun huFtnNN NdNtftlNifl
Business ~ q foHilne mature whs
tDhneioiod nj The meeting If she Tern
idkial board 0f Health yesterday nftef.
noon. one 81 she foaiufes ~ which was
the verbal report ~ President Mafk
J.. Robinson 10 che effect that there
were bot four eases ~ diphihcria o..
ported during the past month Mr.
Robinson stated that Dr.. Judd had
brought in news that there were four
cases Of typhoid fever on the Koolau
side Of the Island. and he recommended
that. az the eases we're confined 10 the
members Of one family. q nurse may
be- sent TO take care IT them. This
was done. and Or. Pratt il now hand
ling The ease,
The mosquito campaign, which has
been discontinued Of late on account
Of scarcity of funds, will Doe taken
up once more, for II was reported at
the meeting Yesterday that the Ship
per Wharf Committee had decided to
come through with the necessary
money. Mention was made of the real.
" remarkable work which had been
ACCOMPLISHED In the war against the
mosquito, and notice of how the swarms
of the insects were returning to dis
turb people since the campaign had
closed was taken. The money for the
rat campaign has also been furnished
by the Territory, and the war against
rodents will be taken up with renewed
vigor.
Secretary CharIock called attention
to the fact that Mr. Bowman of Hilo
the agent of the Board of Health there,
L. h. haI
caught one plague rat on March 9, and
one ON March 10. The situation IN
llilo is not serious, however, rs very
effective campaign against the bacilli-
bearing animals had been conducted
lately.
There was some little discussion of
the new leprosy bin, recently passed
by the Legislature, and the matter of
notifying the various government
health agents on the Islands regarding
its meaning was referred to the Com
mittee on Leprosy Investigation. Presi
dent Robinson reported that Mrs. Hapai
had resigned AS nurse at the Kallhi
receiving station, and that he had APP
pointed a woman in her place. The
appointment was very satisfactory to
the board.
With regard to the resolution OF the
House of Representatives that a pub
lie cemetery be placed at Waiakea, the
matter being referred to the Board of
Health by the Superintendent of Pub.
lie Works, Bowman reported that the
site named at Waiakea was totally un-
fit for a cemetery and that it would
be almost impossible to dig a decent
grave there. The representative of the
Board of Health will look into the mat.
ter and recommend suitable site.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-23

thcse bad learned ,he story Indirectly
nom one of captain Miliers sailors On
the Make.
The james Mnkec LEFT "a 10 20 last
night and win arrive at Molokai az
day break Miller gave his men In
siructlons 10 look on the weather ~
Of the island. There IL very little wind
outside. and has been but little the
last forty-eiRht hours. according 10 a
report brought In by the schooner W.
~ Marston yesterday.
while no fears have been felt FOR the
safety Of the Dirigo a. yet. she is on
the due list ana has been expected 10
arrive here any day. Captain Goodwin
is her master.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-23
PASSING THROUGH
HONOLULU

The p. = marama II the Australia
vancouver line. due hero on the flih
inst. has among her passengers some
twenty antipoaean Journalists. who
ARE on their way 10 London. to take
Part In the nrst Imperial Press con.
terence ever held. which u II claimed
will be- the greatest and most dlstin'
ruished assemblage " journalists the
world has ever Witnessed. The confer.
sniDe Il to last three weeks. and will
BE- attended by about eight hundred
newspaper men from all parts Of the
British Empire. Outside ~ the pa
pers read and debates and resolutions
considered, there Is great scheme
u entertainments for the press men,
Proceedings win open on June By 4
banquet given 10 the delegates by the
press Of the United Kingdom. at
which Lord Durham. principal pro-
prietor of the London Daily Tele-
graph, and president OF the confer
ence, viii take the chair. This viii be
followed by a garden party given by
the Prince OF Wales a banquet given
by His Majesty's Government, another
by the Lord Mayor OF London, and
an evening reception by the Duke and
Duchess OF Sutherland. The visiting
delegates will also make numerous
tours to scenic and industrial centers.
The Honolulu Promotion Committee,
in conjunction with local journalists
is seiEing the opportunity to be the
"A.
cling journalists, and on the arrival
Of the Mariana will meet and WELDON,
the visitors. The program OF enter
tainment includes auto excursions 10
all the points of interest around Ho.
nolulu. When they reach Vancouver
the Australians will be feted by Ca
madam journalists; and on their way
across the continent will have similar
demonstrations gathering into their
party the Canadian delegates TO the
great conference in the imperial me
tropoIis.
When last mail left Australia, the
following delegates (whose number
will be added toy had been appointed
and may be expected on the Mariana
Australia-J. o. Fairfax, proprietor
Sydney Morning Herald and Sydney
Mail; +. w. Ward editor. Sydney
Daily Telegraph (also represents Bris-
bane Courier, Queensand); c. Ben.
nett, trustee, Evening News, sydney;
f. S. Cunningham, editor, Melbourne
Argus; Theodore Fink chairman of di
rectors, Melbourne Herald; a. Mac
key, representing Bendigo newspapers;
N. Clarke, representing Ballarat news
papers; r. Kyfiin Thomas, senior
partner, Evening Journal, Adelaide
Sir Langdon Bonython, proprietor
Advertiser, Adelaide (uncertain); DIR
Hackett, NJ l. c., West Australian
Perth; j. w. Kirwan, NJ. L. e., Kal
soorlie Miner; A. Lovekin, Daily
News, Perth.
New Zealand-Henry Brett, propri
stor, Auckland Star, N. u. Graph,
and N. z. Farmer; w. S. Douglas. ed
TOR. N. u. Herald. Auckland GresleS
Lukin, editor. Evening Post, yelling
ton; Fred. Kirby, assistant editor, n
z. Times. Wellington; j. Mcdonald
director, Christchurch Press; Georg,
Feuwick, managing director, Otagc
Daily Times, Dunedin; Mark Cohen
sditor, Evening Star, Dunedin.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-23
Makee Back Saturday.

With "Buecaneer Ben" on board as
snpereargo when she left here Tuesday
night, the little steamer James Makee
is expected to return to Honolulu on
Saturday. While the steamer went out
to look for the alleged wreck ON the
Molokai coast, she had also other bust
ness, namely that of picking up lost
anchor, ON the other island, This will
be done before the boat returns.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-23
LINGERING COLDS.

The longer a cold hangs on, the more
it weakens the system. Do not run the
risk of an attack of pneumonia by neg
Letting it. Chamberlain S Cough Rem
edy will cure your col and all danger
from this disease win be avoided. For
sale by all dealers. Benson, Smith 4
Co., Ltd, agents for Hawaii.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-23
PILES CURED IN 8 TO - DAYS.

PAzo OINTMENT is guaranteed
to cure any case of Itching. Blind.
Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 9 to
10 lays or money refunded. -Made by
F is MEDICINE CO., Saint Louis.
u 5 of A.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-23
Cheap Gravel for Roads.

Chairman Quinn of the Road Com.
mittee showed the county an oppor-
tunity to save money by spending a
little. There was a lot of gravel on
some land of Mr.. Swanzy's in Kooau
which Mr.. Swanzy was willing to let
the county have at a very low price,
and Mr. Quinn stated it was just the
right kind of gravel for the roads. If
it was used the road would cost few
hundreds of dollars instead of the thou.
sands it would take to cart the gravel
in from another location. The board
approved of the suggestion, not with
out lot of childish wranglng, and the
road overseer of the district is author
lied to receive gravel from Benny
Judd, who negotiated the deal. The
price will be fixed up later.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-04-23
Bids for Machinery.


Bids for Machinery.
Bids for supplying twenty horse
power engine, a petrolithic roller tam
per, spike disc, harrow and cultivator,
were opened, tenders being offered by
the Won Hamm- Young Company and the
Honolulu Iron Works, The Won Hamm-
Young Company offered to furnish the
engine for $104s on wheels and for
$3.50 on sldds; the petrolithic tamper
for $500; disc harrow for 800, and cul-
tivator for about the same price. The
Iron Works bids were $ll57 for the
engine; petrolithic roller $7s3.75; disc,
$77 and cultivator $77.
As the board members knew little
about the merits of the machines the
matter was passed to the engineer for
report. AHA raised laugh by ask
ing seriously if this machinery would
tend to reduce the number of men on
the road work, as was the case with
the Island company's coal hopper
which he said was responsible for lay
ing off sixty-seven men.
Politics Again.
The political bugaboo came up dur
ing the course of the meeting with
reference to road workers being dis
charged by the road supervisors and
Supervisor Logan, after making an i'm
passioned statement that discharges
having a political basis must cease, said
he wanted full and thorough inves-
tigation of petition from discharged
road workers, ending in Kane offering
the following resolution, which was
adopted:
'FBe it Resolved by the Board of Su
peryisors of the city and County OF
Honolulu, That no employee of the City
and County of Honolulu shall be dis
charged ON account of his political aft
fliation, and be it further resolved
that the clerk of the City and Coun
ty be and he is hereby ordered to trans
nit copy of this resolution to eacl
of the various departments of the City
and County and to each of the road
district overseers.
The matter was brought up through
petition signed by about twenty Ha
New-York tribune., 1909-01-16
TO PLANT 9,OOO, ,O0O ACRES.
English Roya! Commissions S Plan to
.SOlre Unem pIOYcd Problem.

London. Jan. 16.-The ROYAL Commission ap-
pointed to consider the question OF afrorestation
as a palliative Tor unemployment has issued its
report 1t recommends a plan for the planting
Of 9OOOOUO acres in Great Britain and Ireland
over a period of eighty years. about laOoo
acres to be aforestcd annually and the Work
TO employ 1900 men I'm the winter months
The report SAYS that Parliament could be asked
TO grant the necessary powers. ana that the
scheme should be financed by a loan, the in
te1est Of which would be betrayed by taxation
It is estimated that the forests would be self
supporting after the fortieth year, and after
eighty years the income from them would reach
S7.-U0OOO The commission included among its
members II. Rider Haggard. the author
II is understood that the government. prob
ably at the next session of Parliament. will take
steps to obtain approval for the scheme laid out
by the Royal Commission. This is hailed edi-
torialIy by all the morning newspa pers as an
important and busin"sske proposal especially
In view of the great advance in the price Of
timber in recent years and the fact that Great
Britain in 1907 imported timber to the value Of
S160VOOHn, of which twenty varieties could be
grown in Great Britain.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-16
IONGBOAT CATCHES HIN.
Tenderloin Chase Ends 1buptly
Uhen "TOm" Enters Race

Tom" Longboat the Indian Marathon runner
used his speed yesterday morning TO bring into
the hands Of the police James Smith, negro
who. it is charged. tried to steal coat from
Tenderloin tailor shop. Sixth avenue in the
netghborhood of 3Oth street was treated TO the
sight Of the famous long distance runner giving
public exhibition without charge.
Paul Pashkin a tailor at No. 145 West 31st
street told the police Of the West 30th street
station that Smith had pluCked a coat from
line and started toward Sixth avenue. Pashktn
ran only small part OF a Marathon in pursuit
before he was winded. At Sixth avenue Smith
and the coat went south toward 30th street
Longboat and his manager were at 3lst street
and Sixth avenue when Smith was turning into
sOth street going toward Broadway Before the
short block had been covered by the man with
the coat the Indian speeded up behind him and
took him by the collar to Patrolmar Hasserty'
Of the West 30th street station.
The discomfort of being held on a charge OF
atter,pted larceny was lessened when Smith
learned that he had a distinguished captor-