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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-02-12
INTERESTED IN
FREE ZONE IDEA

That Honolulu be made "free
port, or "free zone," has been the
ideal of some of the public men of the
city, an ideal entered into enthusiasts.
cally by Francis r. LOOMS, head of the
u. s. Government Commission to the
Toxic Exposition, who made several
suggestions in the matter during his
last visit to the city This interest is
maintained by Mr.. LOOMS, evidenced
by the following letter and clipping on
the subject received from him last week
by III. p. Wood, of the Chamber of Com
merce. Mr.. LOOMS wrote:
81 enclose paragraph clipped from
a recent consular report which has
something to say about the proposed
free zone at La Plata. l thought it
might be of interest to you in connec-
tion with our talk on this subject in
reference to similar arrangement for
Honolulu. am going to have our
Minister or Consuls in Argentina send
some full information on this point. "
The clipping enclosed says:
"a London Times correspondent at
Buenos Ayres writes as follows in re.
gard to the establishment of free
zone' in Argentina;
/ CATER more than years delay the
committee appointed to study the prof
ect for the establishment of free
zone in the port of La Plata recently
presented its report to Congress. Ac-
cording ito the project drawn up by
the committee, the proposed free zone
will be divided into four different sec
tions-a commercial section, an indus
trial section, dry-dock and shipyard
section, and a section set apart for the
establishment of industries which re-
quire to be carried on under special
conditions. 1t is to be hoped no fur
Their time may be lost in the definite
establishment of the free zone and the
laying out of the necessary Enclosures
in the port of La Plata, as there is no
question as to the benefits they will
bring, not only to the port itself, but to
the country in general, for La Plata
will be made the port of transit and
the general warehouse of goods of all
descriptions destined, not only for the
interior of this Republic. but also for
Paraguay, Bolivia, and the interior of
BRAZIL
Manila Also Wants Free Port.
In this connection it may be noted
that the members of the Philippines
delegation on their way to Washington
on the Buford aud Tenyo Maru mention
ed while here that an effort would be
made to have bonded warehouses al
lowed at Manila, from which point
wares could be distributed throughout
the Orient
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-02-12
Atcherley Once More.

The constitutionality of the restraint
of DR.. John Atcherley was argued be-
fore the Supreme Court yesterday, At.
torney General Hemenway and City
and County Attorney Cathcart appear.
ing for the prosecution and Attorney
Magoon for Atcherley. The prosecution
defended the commitment of Atcherley
while in a voluminious brief and a
lengthy argument Magoon attacked the
statue which allows District Magis-
trate to commit citizen to the insane
asylum without jury trial.
The case was submitted and High
Sheriff Henry was ordered to bring
Atcheriey into court this morning when
it is expected that the Supreme Court
will hand down its decision and put
a final end to the case-
An order granting the petition of
Mrs. Helen Holt Cushingham for an
order allowing mortgage of $4,000 up
on the property of the Holt estate was
issued yesterday by Judge Robinson.
The eighth and ninth annual accounts
of Mrs. Cushingham have been approved
by NJ T. Simonton, master. In his re-
port Simonton suggests that the unpro-
ductive real properly of the estate
should be sold, the debt paid and the
estate closed up. This suggestion will
be acted upon.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-02-12
SCENE CAUSED
BY ACCUSED MAN
(From Thursdays Advertiser.)


With a wild cry George Kalekini, on
trial for his life in Judge De Bolt
court, sprang from his char just before
the noon adjournment yesterday and
ran toward the door. Assistant U. s.
Attorney Rawlins grappled with the
man and stopped his progress but Ka.
lekini struggled so desperately that he
was not subdued until Bailiff Hopkins,
John Marcallino and Detective Lake
came to the assistance of Rawlins. Ka-
lekini continued the struggle after he
was forced to the floor and his screams
could be heard all over the building.
With the assistance of several police
officers Kalekini was carried downstairs
to the patrol wagon and the court was
adjourned to clock in the afternoon.
At that time Kalekini was still in a
nervous state and at the request of
Attorney Achi for the defense the case
went over until Q p'clock this after
noon.
<hSSoiuihS W thS ihcoilVs VI thc
prosecution Kalekini is shamming in.
sanity and Criminologist Lake of the
City and County Attorneys Office had
bottle of ammonia ready which he
sprinixled over Kalekini in liberal meas.
ure. 1t was full ten minutes before
Kalekini ceased his struggles. Do. Col.
Inns was called to the courtroom at
the time and he will probably be called
as witness in an effort to enlighten
the jury as to the nature of Kalekini g
outbreak. Several days ago Kalesini IS
mother was the victim of fiji in the
corridor near the courtroom, The plea
that is being entered by the defense
in the case attempts to show that Ka'
lekini is the victim of hereditary in
sanity and was not responsible when
he killed his wife.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-02-12

It is stated that the Pearl Harbor
Traction Company win begin prelimi-
nary work on the railroad to Pearl
Harbor in very short time Material
for the road viii be rushed here from
the Coast as fast as possible.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-02-12
What Tullett Claimed.

WildI ullCLb SLdlluou.
Captain Tullett appeared before the
Merchant Marine Committee on jan
uary 81, to speak on behalf of bill
making it necessary for all sailing ves-
sells of three hundred tons or more to
have two licensed officer in the crew.
The Committee seemed disposed to look
upon the bill with disfavor and asked
the Honolulu Captain if he knew of
any vessel owner who favored the meas
ure. Captain Tullett's reply was:
81 am sure that the owners where
we are would favor bill of this kind;
in fact, am sent here this year and
supported by the Chamber of Commerce
and the community to which / belong
to support this measure, and also other
measures pertaining to the safeguarding
of life and property at sea-,
Chamber Knew Him Not.
This matter was discussed at the
meeting of the Chamber of Commerce
yesterday afternoon, in the course of
the discussion it being specifically sta
ted that Captain Tullett had no author
ity to state that he represented the
Chamber in any way, while Il. /. Spald-
ing, chairman of the committee to which
was referred the request that the Cham
Der endorse the sending of a delegate
to Washington by the local Masters and
Pilots, stated that Captain Tullett was
asked to confer with the Delegate in all
matters brought before Congress.
Prior to the meeting yesterday, let
ter had been sent to Delegate Kalani-
anaole by Secretary Wood, denying the
Captain IS authority. Nothing was
said at that meeting, wrote Mr.. Wood,
referring to the endorsement given the
plan of sending Captain Tullett, "or
at any subsequent meeting of the Cham
Der about delegating Captain Tullett or
anyone else to represent the Chamber
of Commerce in these matters. The only
representatives the Honolulu Chamber
of Commerce has in Washington, at the
present time, other than our Delegate
to Congress, are Hon. +. NJ. Hatch and
Mr.. Geo. b. Mcclellan.
The secretary also promised to advise
the Delegate fully any time any other
representatives should be sent, conelud-
ing by stating: "No action of the
Chamber of Commerce through its trns-
tees nor through any committee can be
construed by Captain Tullett to author
i2e him to do anything in our behalf
that would tend to make any one think
that he represented our body.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-02-12
HAWA||ANS IN A
SNARL A
CAPITAL

1T am sent here this year and sup
ported by the Chamber of Commerce.
Captain Albert Tullett, before Com.
mittee on Merchant Marine, House of
Representatives.
'No action of the Chamber of Com
merce can be construed by Captain Tul-
lett to authorize him to do snything in
our behalf that would tend to make
anyone think that he represented our
body. III. P. Wood, Secretary, Cham
Der of Commerce.
There has been a clash in Washing
ton between Delegate Kalanianaole,
George B. Mcclellan and Captain Tul.
lett as to who is authorized to speak
before the Merchant Marine Committee
of the House in the name of the Ho-
nolulu Chamber of Commerce and the
community. Captain Tullett, the repre-
sentative of the Honolulu Harbor,
American Association of Masters, Mates
and Pilots, told the committee that he
was authorized to speak in the name
of the Chamber of Commerce and the
Delegate and Mr.. Mcclellan want to
know. So far they have declined to
stand for Captain Tullett, while the
Captain, when asked to fl4 his creden-
tials with the House Committee, also
stalled.
81 have met with some embarrass-
ment through representations made by
Captain Tullett, of Honolulu, before the
Committee writes the Delegate to the
Chamber of Commerce, who further
states that he is placed in an awkward
position through not being notified of
any authority given to the Masters and
Pilots delegate.
''It is of course possible that no such
authorization was given at ALL" adds
the Delegate, who gives the following
advice to the members of the Chamber:
"This incident leads me to suggest that
when any organization sends a repre-
sentative to Washington on any special
mission relating to public legislation,
it would be in the. public interest, and
would also further the desired legisla.
ton, to have the Territorial Delegate
advised as to what extent the special
representative has been authorized to
speak for the organization sending him.
1t is my belief that Hawaii IS interests
here at the Capital will be better sub
served if individuals coming here on
special missions for any organizations
would not make statements before COM
mittees of Congress except after con-
sulting with the Delegate and after
making their arrangements for hearings
through him. In the present case L
knew nothing of Captain Tullett's in.
tentions to appear before this commit
tee until after the hearing had &C.
cured"
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-02-12
Mcclellan I'M the DARK.

George B. Mcclellan, secretary to the
Delegate and representative of the
Chamber of Commerce, also wrote that
the matter of Captain Tullett's author
ity had been put up to him, the com.
mttee having been disposed to question
tho authority
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-25
DON PEDRO.
LIN Z GiJ1NG.
IIowa Falls Sentinel

Iowa Falls Sentinel
Years ago, when many men in this
town were kids it was a familiar sight
to see crowd gather on the street
corner and from the center of the crowd
emanate the strains of an old familiar
tune while time was kept for the jig
by two pairs of rattle bones. The other
day this scene was enacted on our
streets and recalled memories of boy
hood days to many. 1t was the same
old tune. the same old jig and the same
old rattle-hones &c the last generation
and the center of attraction was Don
Pedro
Don came 10 town after a dong abb
sence and just TO show his oldtime
fliends that he had not forgotten the
old tunes he again sang Love Among
the Roses" ratified the bones with the
odtime vigor and danced the same
fantastic step he did when you and
We're kids. Don has grown old and
there are silver threads in his hair and
beard, but he is the same old Don Oh
yore. The years deal gently with him
now and in the evening of life, he secs
the shadows draw closer and closer, yet
he changes little and the sadness and
tragedy of his life is but another story
of the many who are tossed about or
the sea of life.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-25
SUGAR IN BREMEN.


There are about 1000 acres of sugar
beets growing in Bremen county for
the sugar factory in Waverly. In all,
the factory has between $500 and 5000
acres About 500 acres will be deliver
ed by wagon. The rest will come on
the railroads. At this time the beets
look all right and promise an abundant
crop. Manager Roseyear says the field
men this summer are the best this fac
tory ever had and they are doing salts
factory work. Many men. women and
children are busy in the beet fields this
week. Many farmers in this neighbor-
hood have learned by experience that
beet pulp is very valuable for feeding
purposes. We referred last week to
the fact that ]. H. Let's. of Let's,
Iowa, had contracted with the sugar
company to feed 200 cattle on pulp. II
they make satisfactory showing the
first month he will bring 500 more. He
will erect sheds on the company
grounds. north of the factory. Those
who have fed the pulp tell us it is
worth as much as good corn ensliage
All our people can we'll afford to en-
courage the sugar industry in Bremen
county.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-25
SHOWS FOR MEN ONLY"


We take it that the, show For Men
Only" which was driven out of Cedar
Rapids Tuesday morning will invade
some other community. it may be a
nearby community But it is to be
hoped that it will get the same recep-
ton everywhere that it received in this
city. There is absolutely nothing to
such shows If they are not indecent
then they are dishonest. They hold
out the idea that they have something
under cover that is indecent, that APP
,reals to men with low standards and
to the merely curious If after the man
has paid his money he finds that they
are 'al right, then they have deceived
| the public just why a lot of fakirs
should be allowed to gather a few un-
mentionable things together and go
around the country taking the money of
the gullible and the susceptible, is one
of the perennial mysteries. They salts
| fy no legitimate wants. They do not
make any community better, but some
OF them make some communities both
poorer and worse. The thing to do
with them is to cut them out.
The summer and fall will bring nu-
merous such fakirs out west They
leave the big cities and make tours OF
the country They have always been
| in great vogue at fairs and more espe-
cially at street fairs. The proper thing
for decent communities is not to toll
crate them. Cedar Rapids has tolerated
and did tolerate them in connection
with some of its carnivals, but the time
has come to cut them out. If fairs an6
learniva1S can NOT he made TO aDpea
to the people without the indecencie!
and the filthy being paraded, then lie
fairs and carnivals be abandoned.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-25
GET THEM OUT tooRs.

A Jail sentence that is simply a Jail
sentence is not reformatory to a high
degree to the class upon which it is
generally imposed. The average Jail
bird isn't reformed to a noticeable ex-
tent by six days or even thirty in Jail
Some discomfort attaches and there's
time lost, but are one recently ex
pressed it, there's worse places than
Jail"
San Antonio has just had little ex-
perience that proves the rule. The
comfortable, the jaiier, a man with
lots of the milk and human kindness
in his makeup and the regulations
heretofore permitted the prisoners to
make social calls on each other. As a
result there were high dongs in the
calaboose on such nights when busi-
ness was good. The police captain,
whose office happens to be over the
head of the Jail, had hard times hear
ing himself think at times so loud were
the musicales given in the sub-regions.
While about to raise subscription for
the purchase of piano that would
reduce the singing to a fixed pitch one
of the cops unwittingly informed May
or Callaghan of the true state of af-
fairs. The rock pile is the outcome.
The Jail and its vicinity is now quiet
oa,ghts.
Jails should be cool, clean-and
empty, at least in summer. The fellow
who is sentenced to Jail should be
sentenced to labor. He ought to be on
1 the roads working and working hard
every day it is fit to be out doors, win
ter and summer. He ought to be break.
ing stone behind wall on cold day:
in winter. He should be so tired a.
night that music would have Sigh
charm and the tinlsling of a piano
nuisance that disturbs sleep. His kan
caro- court should be abolished. H
should serve and serve In the sweat o
his brow, with enough to eat, a goo
place to sleep, but with hard wor
, from morning until night, every da
his sentence runs.
There is no occasion to make he'll
out of the jails-nor to make thel
summer resorts. A Jail should be
, shelter not a place where men ma
be immured, but a place where they ma
be securely kept when they are NJ
, working. The highways are calling fl
the jailbirds. The enforced idleness
= Jail life is one of the most profit
breeders of crime. The Jail bird doe
J not need pianos. What he lacks
, hard work out doors.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-25

for many years and has presented in
teresting facts with which the public
is not familiar. This is new treatment
OF new subject and the style of writ
ing and the illustrations make the ar-
ticle very readable.
Judge Walt Smiths friends are
urging him as candidate for speaker
of the house. The judges denunciations
of Roosevelt and his connection with
the Aldrich outfit generally seem to
have qualified him to aspire to the
Cannon succession. However,, Mr.
Smith may not be in shape to preside
after the next election.
The American Magazine is bringing
cut the right kind of fiction. Some
people are writing the lives of the
workers into the short stories of the
American. Such stories as "A Matter
of Nerve" are understandable by all
but they are the red meat of realty tc
every man who has climbed long lad
der or walked beam high in the air
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-25

fools brain buzzing with murderous
impulse. Then the public wakes up
and asks for shorthand report OF the
testimony and a word picture OF the
scenes in the court room.
We have improved on reports of
hangings. Such reports were once pop
ular. The emotional reporter went
dowN to the Jail yard and suffered
worse than the criminal who was
choked to death. When he came away
he wrote the graphic picture of the
legal killing before the cold sweat of his
horror had dried on his face. He de-
scribed it all from the pitiful stare in
the eyes that took their last look at the
world before the black cap shut out the
daylight to how the fuzzy fibers of the
rope stood out straight under the
strain when what had been human
being shot down with the drop and
swung twitching and struggling in the
final agony. People thought then that
they wanted this kind of description
They have learned better, so mucl,
better that some states deny the right
of the public prints to send the horror
of the scaffold or the electric chair into
the homes. 1t is time that the divorce
case was so censored. We do not wan
the detailed analyses of folly, crime
weakness and shame that constitute
the attraction of divorce suits to those
who crowd the court rooms and scar
the papers in search of the sensation
that salacity confers.
There actually is not as much rea
news about the whole Gould divorce
suit as in the statement that Thompson
painted his hen house.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-25
One Man Runs Business
of Tour, of Dexter, la,

Dexter, June 25.-WiIliam J. Pilking-
ton, Of Des Moines, editor of the Mer-
chants Trade Journal, is business die
tator for seven months Of the town of
Dexter in Dallas county, thirty-five
miles west of Des Moines. He is in
absolute control of every bank and bus
mess house in che city, spends their
money, superintends the buying,
authorizes retrenchments in different
departments and expansion in others,
places the advertising and regulates
the conduct Of the clerks, besides put
ting into effect his ideas on how ths
city government should be run in or
der to boost the town and bring peo-
pie to trade.
He was given control Of the town
by the unanimous consent of every
merchant and banker there that he
might show that with proper, modern
up-to-date business methods the bust
ness Of amy town can be increased
regardless Of location and competi-
tion. His control began on June ]
and will continue until January 1. II
the seven months intervening he ex-
poets to increase the amount of sales
double the profit OF every merchant
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-25
WHY A DIVIDEND TAXI

Why q tax on the dividends of cor
that Uncle Sam needs the money, 9TH
ers that corporations ought to pay for
their privileges and then there are
some who believe that the scheme TO
tax corporation earnings was con-
ceived in the desire to undermine bill
which sought to tax Individuals upon
their incomes. However, the proposal
to tax dividends has the o. K. of the
president which makes 1t more for
rnidable than some other scheme which
might be nearer right.
The only thing about a tax on divi-
dends that seems thoroughly equitable
Is the fact that the proposed rate OF 2
per cent is 50 low as to approach the
minimum Of consequence. Otherwise
there is no equity in taxing incomes
to the exclusion of incomes from other
sources nor would such a tax hit the
fellow best able to pay as accurately
as the proposed tax on incomes, for
the reason that IN the case OF the cor
porations upon which society would
like most to levy tribute the tax
would be shifted to the consumer. The
income tax has an advantage in this
respect. that it is levied upon the In
dividual regardless of the source from
which the income is derived. in fact
covers incomes from every source
whatsoever.
But both have the weakness of be-
ing dnquisitorial and to that extent OBJ
jectionable. Corporations as well as in
dividuals can justly object to exposing
the secrets Of their personal affairs to
the tax gatherer and yet we must
raise taxes and we should levy upon
those best able to pay. Why not add
more IN real luxuries and especially
liquors, adding encouragement ITO the
non-essentials of life while raising
needed public revenue. Why tax or
dividends when wines, and beer, anc
luxuries can stand enough more tt
keep the congressman's pork barre
reasonably full?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-25

ular than right; and the objectionable
sin is to be at variance with the ma
jority rule of the party. Now of course
it quite often depends upon which
faction of party is uppermost
whether a man is saint or "a nom
saint; 1T is question of point OF
view. MIR. Lacey surveys the field of
politics at large and finds that Mr..
Aldrich has the votes; therefore, Mr..
Aldrich must be right. According to
the Lacey view, the republicans OF
Iowa ought to get into line with Mr.
Aldrich because the senator's propos-
ais happen to be supported by the
majority votes. That this sort of thing
precludes state initiative seems not to
cause Mr.. Lacey much concern. For
tunately, however it does not follow
that because Dolliver and Cummins dc
not agree with Mr.. Aldrich in all
things they are not representing their
| constituents.