The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-04-19

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Ia Manila, April II. q
u Advertiser, Honolulu; q
liz A. T. Thayer, representing Ha- ID
n waiian interests, has purchased ten u
% thousand acres Of the Caiamba %
Il Friar estate, Laguna province, %
| q near Manila. The terms of the %
q sale are the same as those upon %
q which the Havemeyer interests re- %
| q Gently acquired another tract Of %
q the Friar lands, $3.50 per acre, %
u with interest added from the time. %
q when the Philippine government q
] q got title to the lands. q
lE The lands purchased by Thayer O.
q are rich sugar lands. Thayer says b
u that he expects to make some adj ID
q ditional purchases in the near fu- %
| q ture. q
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Afford Finlay Thayer, referred to in
the above cable, left Honolulu in Jan.
nary for Manila. He stated to mum.
Der of people that he was going to look
into the possibilities of buying friar
lands in the Philippines, representing
the planters of Hawaii. Others were
told that he represented the B. F. Dill
lingham Company. He left with a good
supply of cash-$15, 000-at his dis.
posal AS both the planters and the
Dillingham; company appear to have no
connection with mis- activities, his back
ing is a mystery.
| In Manila, Thayer represented that
he was acting for the Dillingham; COM
pany. Yet all the representatives of
that company here deny that they have
anything TO do with his work, and
Just after he left they denied connec-
ton with him. Manager Walter Dill
lingham is away just now, but the other
members of the firm, familiar with its
affairs, are positive that he has moth
ing to do with Thayer's landlbuying
schemes.
Prominent men among the planters
association express themselves also as
not at all in touch with Thayer. J.
P. Cooke of Alexander & Baldwin, who
is as fully informed about planters
matters as any man in the Islands, was
asked last night about the Thayer deals
and said that he didn u know anything
about them. He was told that it was
reported that Thayer represented the
planters of Hawaii. "I know abso.
iutely nothing about it, Mr. Cooke
said, Hexcept that none of our firm are
interested in the matter"
Mr.. Cooke was asked if he knew Of
any other local sugar men being in the
deal, and said he had not heard of any
F. Klamp of Hackfeld & Co. also sale
that he didn' It know anything about
Thayer's land-buying. 1t was not fol-
any sugar interests with which he hat
any connection, and he didn u know
of any other Hawaiian people who were
employing Thayer to buy lands foi
them in the Philippines.
A rumor that r. j. Lord was spenu
ing his money through Thayer brough
similar denial. His attorney and asso
ciate, F. F. Thompson, said he know
nothing of any Honolulu coin being
spent through Thayer in the Philip
pines.
The fact remains that Thayer, whit
was for time a reporter on loca
paper and then took n position unde
DIR. Victor S. Clark in the census bu
reau, left here with $4,000. He state'
that he was going to buy friar land
in the Philippines, and now comes
cable telling of purchase amounting
to about 100000, His departure fol
lowed closely upon the news froi
Washington that Acknowledgement
Wiekersham had made ruling sustain
Havemeyer interests. This decision
left the way clear for acquisition o
title to many large areas of land. Ar
nouncing to many people that he repre-
scented the planters association of He
wall, Thayer hastily packed up and LEFT
and now he is buying land, and N
one in Hawaii seems to know where tn
money is coming from, or where he GO
the $4,000 with which he left.
Thayer was considerable of land ma
before he came here. He had to d
with the famous Oregon land frauds
as newsbaperman, and after comm
here wrote a novelette, of which Ian
graft is the main theme. An intel
view in a Manila paper quotes him q
quite freely discussing how far tn
Dillingham; company of Honolulu woul
go ahead with their investments. II
apparently discussed the matter wit
a reporter at some length,
The Manila Cablenews- American il
terview of February twentyfourth wa
rs folloWsi
"That The sugar lands of the Philil
pines are attracting millions Of dollal
"a from the United States was again pro-
en- when news Of two important proiec
s. got out yesterday-the purchase of IL
)t siboni valley for capitalists in the I'm
ie ted States. and the definite assnrans
!, that the u. ~ Dillingham; compan
= Ltd, of Honolulu, win soon buy a
10 immense tract of land equal 70 II
le recent purchase Of tho Poole syDdleal
~ la Mindana0, The DillIngham agel
here, Afford finlay ThayeF. autLof
~ The Forest Empire, confirmed Oh
yesterday.
i. - NJ, fbayeT came an the Korea fe
- Tuary q, but AZ that tima he absolute
u refused 10 talk for publication. i
le left a. anea for the provinces 70 iuspe
y sugar lands Ate 3 nnmher u I'll
= b. u back 10 Manila, and sas ipie
viewed By febianaws Americas Tepf
sentative YESTERDAY lie aaid
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