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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-07-08

A decision handed down by Judges
Murphy, Mandell and Hosmer. OF the
Wayne Circuit court, Saturday morn
ing. In the suit brought by Corpora
ton Counsel Hally TO enforce the pay.
ment OF rental of $500 per day BY
the Detroit United Railway for por-
tions OF the Fortst. lines on which
franchise rights have expired. IL q
sweeping victory for the city. The de.
|cision. covering 81 pages, Is remark.
ably clear and logical document and
was written by Judge Murphy.
As above indicated. the court holds
that the franchise rights on the por.
tions OF the line involved IN the con.
troversy, expired In June and July.
1910, as claimed by the city. II also
upholds the city's right to impose such
conditions as II sees AT for the com.
pany's continued use Of these streets.
The company IL given 10 days. a.
ter the decree is entered, 70 elect
whether It shall accept the city's
terms or vacate the streets, and the
court puts II up to the council to say
when the decree shall be entered.
II Is practically foregone conclu-
sion that the company win appeal the
case
The meat Of the decision is - fol-
lows:
The city has made out its right
to decree that the company n
without any franchise emitting
operation or maintenance IN the
affected streets. In view Of the
rejection Of the terms proffered
by the city, the complainant's
right TO an injunction restraining
such operation Is likewise estab-
/ lished. Further. the right OF the
city TO have the defendants physi-
cal equipment seasonably remoy-
ed from the streets having been
shown, such reliefs available 20
the complainant
BY the fourth prayer OF the bfii,
II is evidently contemplated that
the defendant may yet assent to
the city's terms. In that prayer
II IL asked that. upon the entry OF
tconfinucd ON Pare ssven-)
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-07-08
FATE IS
IN JURY'S HANDS
PoWERS-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Case Of Youth Charged With Theft
Of Money Orders Under Consid.
Grafton Since 10:45.

At 1850 thls afternoon the Jury
In the LeslIe Powers case was
stlli out. The Jury came Into court
about noon and asked that cer-
tain portions Of the testimony be
read, then retired again.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-07-08
BURNS PROVE FATAL.

Mrs. Mary crkal Dies IN ST. mary's
Hospital.
Mrs. sMary Crkal. rs years old, who
was badly burned when her dress
caught FIRE from bonfire In the al.
ley In the rear OF her home, No. 6f2
Clark-ave.. Friday. died. Saturday
morning. In st. Mary's hospital
UMBRELLAS A. :: .i;ssssss ns...-. . o.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-07-08
D. J.. R. ORDERED to-
. PAY RENT OR GET
OFF FORT ST.
Company Franchise Rights Hays
Expired, Rules Circuit Court
Road Given Ten Days in Which
To Make Choice.
HaIly and Council VIII Decide when
Decree l. TO Be Entered and
Take Eject.
WHAT THE COUNT hoLps.

WHAT the COURT HOLDS.
That the Detroit United RalI-
ways franchise rights on the por-
tIons Of the Fort-st. line Involved
In rental suIt have expired.
That the city has q right 20 I'm
pose the conditions under which
the company may operate on
streets where franchises have ex-
pIred, and that the company must
accept these terms or oct on the
streets within 70 days after de-
cree h entered.
That the city has no riQht 20
collect unpaid rent 20 date, inas-
much as no contract exIsted.
That there 10 no force IN the
company's contention that the
clty's failure to order u from the
street implies assent TO continus
operation.
That the rental suit u not sup-
ercsded by the injunction suIt
pending In the federal court, and
growing out Of the haiIy ordl-
nance.
That the railway officIals Ind
presumptive knowledge Of the
statutory prerequisites essential
to the grant Of franchise rights
and were chargeabIe with knovI-
edge Of the legal lncapaeity Of the
city implledly 20 renew or extend
franchise by non-actIon.
That the sovereign authority 20
exercise control Of the streets and
highways has been transferred,
under the new constitution. TO the
iocaci governing entities Subject
to the Limitation Of = reasonable
exercise Of the power.r
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-07-08
-FOUR SEAMEN DEAD,
OTHERS MISSING
IN SH|PWRECK
Many Passengers Have Not Been Ac-
counted for Since Steamer Santa
Rosa Broke To Pieces on Rocks
OF California Coast.
Heroic Sailors Give Their Lives
While Trying To Get Line To
Shore To Save Others.

(, SANTA BARBARA, CAL. July g.
That four seamen and twenty-five
passengers perished last night in the
wreck OF the steamer Santa Rosa on
Arguello Point. was the statement OF
survivors who arrived here on spe-
ciaf train today. Purser Carlton OF
the Santa Rosa who has also ar
rived. admitted that he Is unable to
check on the list OF passengers and
that he is by no means certain that
all Of the 2so passengers landed
safely.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-01
BOY killed :
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to a pulp. He was hurried to the
Queens Hospital but all efforts to
save his life were unavailing, and
within an hour or so after his admis-
sion to the hospital he expired, death
being due to internal injuries, as well
as to shock and loss of blood. The
poor fellow suffered terrible agony be-
fore he expired.
Round about where the lad was
playing before he met with the acct
dent which resulted in his death were
about sixteen similar gasolene drums,
all containing more or less of the fluid.
These drums are the property of the
owners of Japanese fishing sampans.
1t is the practise of the fishermen to
leave the drums on the shore close TO
the water, bring their craft close in
and with tubing replenish their gaso-
lene tanks from the drums, leaving
the halfemptied drums on the shore
until the contents are all extracted,
when full drum replaces the emptied
one. The practise seemed on the face
of it to be most reprehensible. ANY
youngster might inadvertently cause
dire misfortune by the careless use
Of matches in the vicinity of these
drums, and with the large amount OF
shipping in the immediate vicinity
tremendous losses might be entailed.
It is thought that some supervision
should be exercised by the harDor au-
thorities or by the police over these
fishermen who so carelessly expose
others to danger or course, the I'M
fortunate lad contributed to his own
death by his carelessness, but he was
only youngster OF about fourteen
years old, and could hardly have been
expected to have understood the ex-
plosive properties of gasolene. The
boys body was removed to the morgue
late in the forenoon.
The parents of the unfortunate boy
are Russians in poor circumstances
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-01

and the French Impartial at Tien-
tsin is a semi-of1icial organ.
Unfavorable comment has been
suppressed in so arbitrary a manner
in the past that a favorite plan now
is for the Chinese to apply for a char
ter of Incorporation from the British
Crown Colony of Hong kong, This
entities the newspaper company to the
protection of the British flag, although
the persons of the editors are still
subject To Chinese authority; and
many too outspoken editor has been
exiled to the bleak deserts of Mon
golia or subjected to punishment more
severe. In spite of this, journalism is
spreading so rapidly IN the interior
of China that statistics of the news
papers of the entire country cannot
be obtained. 1t is known, however,
that Shanghai has eight dailies, Pc
king and Tientsin five each, Hankow
three, and Foo chow two. As regards
the printing operations, human power
still being the cheapest, the presses.
which like most of the other equip
ment, come from Japan, are operated
by men who receive about two dollars
q month. AS the Chinese has no
alphabet the type is necessarily a
much larger item in the expense than
with us. To quote Mr.. Ohlinger fur
Their:
The paper is usually the poorest
quality of tissue that will hold ink;
it also comes from Japan. Even with
this saving, the poverty of the people
often makes original methods of cir
culation necessary. In some places
the same editions are successfully
distributed to different sets of sub
scribers, boys being employed to
gather up the papers as soon as they
have been read and carry them to
another set of readers. The
Chinese dailies usually sell for seven
of eight cash copy(a little less than
half a cent.
Notwithstanding the arbitrariness
of official interference, the criticisms
of the powers that be are exceedingly
free; one editorial, cited by Mr.. Oh
linger, going so far as to inform the
Provincial Assembly that whenever
the editors deem it advisable, they
will express their own views of the
course taken by the Assembly as a
whole or by any individual member"
Nothing could more wildly portray
the rapid march of events in what
was once slow old China.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-01
HONOLULU NOT
TOBACCO DUMP

When the last boat from the ORR
ent passed through here she left a
big consignment OF graded Philippine
cigars, the Philippines having quit
making of the Hawaiian Islands
dump for carelessly made and infe-
rior smokes. 1t will be remembered
that the better local tobacco concerns
put up a huge roar some time ago be-
cause the Philippines we're sending
goods here that We're not good, throw
ing on Hawaii brands that they would
not send to the mainland States. This
necessarily had a tendency to give
Manila cigars a black eye and particu.
lar smokers fought shy of the doubtful
weeds. Chinese small dealers and
other small dealers, ordering Manila
cigars, were supplied with the most
inferior brands at such low prices
that good business was cut into and
the sale of good Manilas was affected
because of the impression which start
ed to gain Roadway that they were all
alike.
Local dealers took the matter up
with the Philippine government with
the result that nothing now leaves the
Philippines in the way of cigars with
out careful government inspection
The first big shipment of fine graded
cigars in long time came in on the
Siberia the other day and Honolulu
will continue to get as good Manila
cigars as are delivered on the main
land.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-01
IN FEDERAL CIRCUIT.

One Chinese and two Japanese
were released this morning after they
had taken the oath that they were too
poor to pay their fines Kim Moon
sung was sentenced to eighteen
months Imprisonment for having i'm
personated a United States officer,
and at the same time was fined with
costs $595.S5. T. Fujimoto was. con-
victed of having forged a money or
der. He too was sentenced to eighteen
months with afine of S16164 and costs.
Fujikawa was sentenced to a years
Imprisonment for having harbored an
alien woman for immoral purposes.
His fine and costs amounted to $751;
81. Each took an oath this morning
that he had no money to meet these
fines and costs of court and all were
accordingly discharged from custody,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-01


While the Wailele also reports rough
weather, being unable to work freight
at Honokaa on the goth and 31st, the
conditions do not seem to be as bad as
those reported by the Claudine. At
Kauai easterly winds prevailed, ac-
companied by rains. Pmser Logan re
ports very rough sea at Nawiliwili,
also crossing the enamel. He also
advises being in receipt of reports
from eastern and northern Kauai
ports stating that rough seas prevailed.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
the club in this connection.
The matter of having sidewalk
grades established was discussed and
1t was determined to make a strenu-
GUS campaign to have the proper au-
thorities act in this matter.
The Alewa club is one of the most
active improvement clubs in the city,
and through its efforts a Jungle has
been converted into a garden in less
than three years.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-01
MAY PUT CAFE
IN ART THEATEH

Talk of a second theatrical merger
won't down and again is the asser-
ton made that Ed. Lord is going to
put up some of the money for the
completion of the Auditorium, the
great skeleton of which rises back
of the Art theater. One plan, it APP
pears, is to complete the Auditorium
and distribute the talent engaged for
that theater among the Art here, the
Gaiety in HilO, and possibly a theater
to be put up in Waikiki as previous
ly announced.
But there is also talk of the Palm
Cafe moving from its present site in
to the Art theater premises pending
the construction of the proposed
building on the corner of Union and
Hotel streets; the Gaiety theater in
Hilo is likely to get all its talent
from the Honolulu Amusement Com
pany, and there is little promise for
theatricals in Waikiki. The second
merger may dwindle to the Auditor
ium alone unless the Art is refitted
or another theatre is established
elsewhere in town.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-01
FIVE MONTHS
SENTENCE FOR
ENLIGHTENMENT

Judge Edings appeared in the police
court this morning, acting on behalf
of r. K. Pahau, who was under a
charge of enlightenment Edings ex-
planned to the court that the accused
wishe1 to plead guilty and in plead
ing for a lenient sentence Edings
said that the money embezzled by the
accused had been paid.
Judge Lymer said he understood
that though the amount on the charge
vas only $25, the accused had actu-
ally embezzled between $500 and 500
from the Hawaiian Meat Company,
and to this Prosecuting Attorney A.
Nj. Brown agreed, adding that friends
Of the accused had made reparation
for him.
Judge Lymer remarked that as a
general rule the court was inclined to
he very lenient in cases where a plea
of guilty was made, but here
the prosecution mad only brought
against this man one trivial charge
of $25 ENLIGHTENMENT, when a number
of greater charges could have been
made, under which he would have
been liable to the maximum penalty
He imposed a sentence of five months
Imprisonment.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-01
MURPHY GUARDS
ANSWER ROLL

Captain" Gus Murphy, commanding
the side-show forces of the great Elks
carnival, got his men together last
night and they answered roll call as
follows:
Electrical shower: Caldwell, An
drade, Williams, Dekum.
The Remarkable Maze: Mackin-
tosh, White, Johnston, Bachelor.
Geisha Girls: swallish, Howes, H.
Rycroft.
Electrical Photos: Ray Irwin, st.
John, T. S. O'Brien, Roger Taylor,
Wilder.
Hula: James Lynch. Murray, Lord
Muller, Hons, Baugh, Buffandeau.
Country Store (where they give
away an auto for 81: N. B. Young,
the Boy Scout, Dodge, Chester Irwin,
Boyer, Marsley.
Del Monte Restaurant: Frank Win
ter, Thielen, Barrere, Lansing, He'll
bron.
Freaks: Martin, Bergsrrom, Nc
Coy, Charlie Lynch, Wallace.
Voting Contest Ito send a lady to
the coast on vacation: ONeill, p.
Prescott, Buckley, Mcclellan, T. p.
O'Brien.
Lilliputians: Andrews, Ihayer,
and Quinn, The Big Four.
Vaudeville 1 Drake and Scully.
Vaudeville 2: Cohen and Sonny
Cunha
Apologize Court: Douthitt, Coke,
HOrner and Whitehouse.
Baby Elk Booth: BY the latest in
itiated Elk.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-01

and have been depending in some
measure on the earnings of thier son,
who followed the occupation OF
shOeblack and newsboy, The lad was
bright little fellow and spoke Eng
fish well. The parents have had great
misfortune since they arrived here
with their three children. There were
two boys and a little girl, but both
boys are now dead. Shortly after
their arrival here one of the boys was
taken into quarantine and there died
and now the second son has been TAX
en- away. ,s,'s
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-01
NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE IN CHINA

There are several so-called Western
inventions for which a more or less
satisfactory claim of priority can be
made for China; e. g. the telephone,
gunpowder, and the mariners com
pass. But China's claim to have the
oldest newspaper is beyond dispute.
For nearly twelve hundred years the
Tehing-pao News of the CapitaD, or,
as it is commonly known to Western
ers, the Picking Gazette, has been is
sued daily According to Mr. Frank
lin Ohlinger, who writes an article in
Worlds Work, (London), it's twenty
odd octave pages still make their
regular appearance, filled with i'm
perial DEGREES, notices of appoint
ments, and memorials from such high
dignitaries as have been accorded the
privilege of addressing the throne.
These leaves are loosely Stitched to-
gether in a cover of imperial yellow,
which distinguishes the publication as
the official organ of the Government
Though the Gazette had it's imita-
tors in the provincial capitals, there
was nothing in the way of criticism,
in the direction of molding public
opinion or of giving general informa
> ton. Not until Christian missions
were established in the Middle King
dom did newspapers in the modern
sense of the word come to be print
ed in Chinese. From the publication
of religious books the missionaries
soon branched out into journalism
OF their religious papers, the Chinese
Christian Intelligencer and the
Christian Advocate, both of them
published in Shanghai, are the prin-
cipal ones. These were so successful
that the Sin Wan Pao DAILY Chroni
cle) and the Tung Pao eastern
Timesl, L the oldest dailies of Shang
hal, were instituted.
1t was, however, the uprising of
1900 that gave the greatest impetus
to journalism in China. To quote
from Mr.. Ohlinger's article:
The occupation of Picking by for
eign armies, the flight of the imperial
court, and the terrible punitive ex-
petitions, all combined to shatter the
traditional notions of their own supe-
riority which had so long been en-
tertained by the Chinese. They
were now willing and anxious to learn
the sources of western efficiency
In 1905 it was estimated that no less
than six hundred treatises on scienti-
fic subjects had been translated from
foreign languages into Chinese. Stu
dents were sent abroad in great num-
bers. In 1897, Commissioner Nc
;Leavy Brown had established the
Chinese imperial post and had put
into effect a schedule of postal rates
which was probably Ine lowest in the
world. Thus, both the demand and
the facilities for secular press had
come into being.
1t was the Japanese who first APP
preciated the opportunities afforded
by the new conditions. A college,
where Japanese youths were instruct
ed in the geography, resources, and
commerce of China, had for several
years been maintained at Shanghai
by the chambers of commerce of
the leading Japanese cities, and
Japanese interest had owned the
Universal Gazette of Shanghai; and
now Japanese enterprise started new
journals at Foochow, Hankow, and
other important cities. At the pres
emit time the British and Germans
each control a newspaper in Picking,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-01
CHANGE OF MANAGEMENT.

Mr.. e. Wolff retired yesterday from
the office of manager of the Hawaiian
Star, and win leave near the end Of
February for Germany, via the Orient
to recuperate. He will return within
year Mr.. Wolff has been succeeded
by Mr.. l.. D. Timmons.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-01
100, 900 CLUB WANTS
CITIZENS To HUSTLE

The complete report of Secretary
c. A. Stanton of the Honolulu Hun
dred Thousand Club, to the chairman
and executive committee is as fol-
lows:
Since the organization of this club
on November 2Sth, 1910, we have
secured 30S members and received as
membership fees $332.5O and from
the sale of souvenirs $21 25, making
total of 1858 rs.
The money, together with list
of the members | have turned over to
Mr.. II, p Wood, treasurer of the
club.
The membership to date was secur-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-01
OCEANIC OFFERED TO RESUME
MAIL SERVICE TO THE COLONIES

At the meeting of the council of the
Auckland Chamber or Commerce re.
Gently letter was read from Mr.. f.
H. Samuels, assistant president of the
Oceanic Steamship Company, San
Francisco, confirming the cables which
were sent by the company to the
chamber in September last, relative to
the proposed resumption of the San
Francisco Auckland sydney mail SER
vice.
Mr.. Samuels, in his letter, stated
that as intimated to the chamber in
the companys message of September
II, they were about 10 submit a prop
osition to the Dominion for the re-
sumption of the former service, when
they were forestalled by the arrange
ment entered into with the Union
Steamship Company. The reason they
had not acted earlier in the matter
was that they were awaiting a thor
ough try of the Sierra, which vessel
was recently fitted for oil fuel. When
it was demonstrated over a number
of voyages to Honolulu that the oil
fuel was a great success, and that
there could no longer be any doubt
as to the fleet being able to accomplish
the former service with absolute
schedule regularity, the company took
up the question of the cost of CONVEX
sion Of the Sonoma and Ventura. BY
that time, however, they had ascer-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-01

tanned their plans were blocked by the
contract referred to.
After referring to the companys Of
fer to Sir Joseph Ward and his reply
declining it, Mr.. Samuels went to
state:
we were aware that our joint ser
vice with the Union Steamship Com
pany, via Papeete, was unsatisfactory
to your Dominion, and we were invit-
ed by the Union company to Join in a
through service such as has now been
arranged, but we would not do this
because of our belief that such ser.
vice would not satisfy either the
Dominion, the United States, or our
selves. If We eXpend 100000 on our
vessels we must have IN view the es
adjustment Of the best service that
the available subsidies and traffic will
allow, and the only service that would
seem to suit would be along the lines
OF our former one. The desire of YOUR
chamber of commerce comedies with
our own for the resumption of the old
seventeen-day schedule between Auck-
land and San Francisco over twenty
one days. We are sure that you will
never be contented with less and il
We ever undertake it again, you may
be certain as to regularity and vast
improvement over our former at
tempt" The letter was formally re-
ceived.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-01
ALEWA HAS A
LIVELY CLUB

At a meeting of the Alewa Improve
ment Club held last night it was def
initely decided to enter a decorated
automobile in the Floral Parade. The
ladies of the heights with Mrs. j. s..
Donaghho as chairman will form a
committee to carry out the plans Of
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-01

ed at a COST of SIS for the services of
canvasser in making a personal So
lcitation l1p to and including January
49, 1911. On this date ! discontinued
the service of the convasser for the
reason that ! found this method of
securing members Impractical and en-
urely too expensive in consideration
OF the small membership fee the club
charges. There must be a change in
our method Of securing members, and
! would recommend that the eXecu.
tive committee outline a system
whereby our Membership can be in
Continued on page twelve.)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-01

A message from london states that
the balance of opinion at Lloyds is
that the Parisiana caught fire, owing
to the oil and turpentine aboard, and
foundered, Optimists, on the other
hand, believe that she has broken
down. A fairly large volume of re-
insurance business has been transact
ed.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-01

The w. G. Hall brought in 1890 bags
of sugar, eleven empty gasolene drums,
four empty carboys, one package OF
coin and eight packages of sundries
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-01
DUCK SOON HIT SING.

Chung Song Sing appeared in the
police court this morning with his face
all daubed with blood, which evidently
flowed from a wound on the bridge OF
the nose and from a cut on the fore
head. Chung had had an alteration
with Duck Soon, one or his employees,
and Duck Soon picked up chair and
hit him over the head with it. The
case will be gone into tomorrow by
Judge w. B. Lymer