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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-27
Preliminary Doings.

WASHINGTON, December H.
President Taft will tomorrow abro-
gate the treaty of 1882 between the
United States and Russia as an act
of executive initiative He will not
await an action of Congress, but as
sumo that as the primary treaty max
ing power of the government he has
ample authority.
A special meeting of the cabinet
was convened shortly before eleven
o'clock tonight to consider the deter
mination reached by the President.
All the members were present except
Secretaries Stimson and MacVeagh.
The intention of the president is to
notify Russia of the termination of
the treaty at the expiration of. one
year after January 3. Then he will
inform the Senate of the step taken
and request approval
The President will go on the as
sumption that as he must negotiate
all treaties and submit them to the
Senate for ratification it is likewise
within his province to denounce a
treaty and request the senate to ap-
prove his action. The purpose in
wolves many new and novel points
and will precipitate much discussion,
Would Eliminate House.
BY taking the course indicated, the
president will eliminate the House
from all participation in the matter,
His action will necessitate co-opera-
ton only between the President and
the Senate. All necessity for perfect
ing the Sulzer resolution may be multi
fed by the Presidents course.
The President indicated his deter
mination to take executive action 20
but few senators and to no members
of the House, Those taken into his
confidence late tonight are divided in
opinion as to the propriety of the step
Some experts on international mat
ters declare the President can not act
alone.
President Taft, it is said, will veto
the Sulzer resolution If it should be
forced through the Senate tomorrow
without modification. Nothing tha
can be construed as an offense to Rus
STA viii be permitted, if the Presiden
can help it.
WASHINGTON, December Isl
his message to the Senate Presden
TAFT transmitted a copy of the lette
American Ambassador Guild az ST
Petersburg had transmitted to tn,
Russian foreign office In it was eX
pressed the view of the United State
that the old treaty no longer met tn,
political principles or commercial
needs OF the two nations and shout,
be terminated The American govern
Continued on page twoIye)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-27
KNOX PROPOSES REPRISALS
AGAINST SOME COUNTRIES

exports, destructive of American trade
in neutral markets; freight rates on
state railways much greater east
bound than westbound on the same
commodities, materially advantageous
to Austria and Russia, as compared
with the United States.
Italy Manufacturing tax on i'm
ported cottonseed oil, dstinctively an
American product.
Austria Hungary-Tariff on cotton
seed oil, double that applied to any
other edible oil with which cottonseed
oil completes; unequal and oppressive
government measures applied to
American investments in Austria re-
specting conversion of crude oil into
refined OIL proposed legislation that
would destroy a great part of the
American petroleum trade in Europe
acknowledgement denaturing Of
cottonseed OIL when imported, making
it unfit for human use
Portugal--Practical prohibition of
.cottonseed oil imports.
Spain-Imposition of rates on cot.
tonseed oil to treble the duty applied
to competing imports; denaturing of
cottonseed oil, when imported.
"Venezuela-Surt of thirty per
cent. ad valorem upon West Indian
imports, including Porto Rico, which
would seem to be entitled to the same
tariff treatment as the states of the
Union
Secretary Nnux sad the amend
ment doubtless should originate in
the House, and he therefore ,cS1muni-
Gated to the Ways and NJ Conn
mittee a tentative draft OF pro
posed amendment which would pr(
vide minimum of five per cent, a
valorem and a maximum of twenty
five per cent, applicable by proclama-
ton when the President is satisfied
that another nations laws or prac-
tees are inimicable to equal oppor-
tunity for American enterprise"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-27

WASHINGTON, December 19.-Sec-
rotary Knox has written to Senator
Curtis of Kansas a letter giving in
formation compiled by the Govern
ment which, in the opinion Of Knox,
would justify legislation to provide q
graduated means Of meeting various
determinations by foreign countries
against American commerce
The Senator has framed bill cal,
culated to meet the situation
The problem" Secretary Knox
said, lis to provide for the removal,
so far as practicable, of such features
in the practice of some foreign ma
tions as may be found adverse to our
export trade development, and of Sc
rious import to those American en-
terprises directly affected"
Secretary Knox cited some of the
more important instances to which
the attention of the State Department
has been called, but which properly
may not be considered as falling un.
der the classification of undue dis
elimination
Senator Knox's list of countries
making determinations, which, how
ever, he said he did not consider as
properly speaking, undue follows
in part:
'Belgium-Failure of state railways
administrator to permit the Cont.
mental Petroleum Company o. Ant
werp, representing a Texas oil export
ing concern, to bid for supplying the
state railways with lubricating oil OF
American production.
Administrative embargo
on American meats, legislation re
stricting the potash output and SC
taking the surplus production as to
make valueless certain advantages oh
tanned by Americans under contracts
with German mines in 1906 and 1909
Export certificate practices, which
provide for equivalent of bounties or
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-27

day before the Senate investigating
committee. John L. Flanagan of East
st. Louis, a lawyer and member of
the Illinois legislature, denied Whites
sworn testimony given at a previous
hearing in which White declared that
Flanagan had declared 1T would
take lot of money" to pass certain
street railway Legislation in Illinois.
Fabulous capitalization of corpora
tons is the trouble with the bust
ness according to F. w. Kelso,
business man o 1 economic student
Of Orange, N. j., who today addressed
the Senate interstate commerce COM
mittee, which is investigating the
trust problem
special meeting of the cabinet to
revise President Taft's wool message
will be held in the White House late
this afternoon. The message is un.
derstoOd to be short and friends of
the President regard it az important
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-27
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
AND Senate RESOLUTION
ADVOCATING TREATY

tons of historical instances of treaty
Examinations by executive act
Every Senator who spoke voiced
his advocacy of Congressional action
to meet the Russian discrimination.
They were unanimous for the termin.
alton of the treaty, but showed a wide
divergence of views as to the manner
in which that should be accomplished
Among those who held conflicting
opinions were Senators Shively of n.
diana, Poindexter of Washington
O'Gorman of New York, Stone of Mis-.
souri, and Williams of Mississippi
The Lodge Resolution.
The resolution presented in the
Senate by Lodge reads in part:
Whereas, on the 18th day of De.
cember, 1911, the President caused
to be delivered to the imperial Rus
sian government by the American am.
bassador at st. Petersburg an official
notification on behalf of the govern
ment of the United States announc
ing intention 20 terminate the oper
alton of this treaty upon the expira
tion of the year commencing on the
1st of January, 1912; and
Whereas, said treaty is no longer
responsive in various respects to the
political principles and commercial
needs of the two countries; and
Whereas, the constructions placed
thereon by the contracting partie'
differ upon matters of Fundamental
importance and interest to each;
therefore he it
Resolved by the Senate and Ho1s'
of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress rs
sembed, that the notice thus givel
by the President Of the United
States to the government of the EN-
pire Of Russia to terminate sait
treaty in accordance with the term
of the treaty, is hereby adopted ant
ratified. -"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-27
WILSON HOPES AMERICA
GAN GROW HER OWN TEA

"The difference of cost of labor,
which would appear to condemn the
to establish a tea industry
here, does not exist to the extent gen
orally believed"
In discussing the cost of importa-
ton of the seed, Secretary Wilson
said:
"In establishing a tea plantation
there is nothing more important than
the selection of the seed, especially
when imported. AS about only one in
every three shipments arrives in good
terminating condition, the cost of inn
portation assumes a high figure. When
gardens become general in this coun-
try the expense of importation will
become unnecessary, and even now
tea seed gathered from Pinehurst, S.
c., costs less than IS a hundred
pounds, as against $50 a hundred
pounds for imported seeds"
OF the worlds annual consumption,
exclusive of the large local use in
China, the extent of which can not
be determined, amounting to about
7O0,0O0OOO pounds, 15O,O0O,OOO is pro-
duced in China The recent revolu-
tionary troubles there are bound to
interfere to a great extent with this
industry and will, in all probability,
bring about a readjustment of the tea
trade of the world.
While considered a coffee drinking
nation, the people of the United States
consume annually upward of 10000.
600 pounds of tea, for which $4,000.
600 or more are paid. Imports of tea
for every fifth year from 1853 to 1908,
inclusive, show a general increase in
the quantity of tea imported, and it
is possible, by establishing a tea in,
dustry at home, to greatly increase
the consumption, as has been done in
Great Britain since tea became a sta
pie of her colonies in the East Indies
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-27

WASHINGTON, December H.
American tea is by no means an inn
possible product of the future said
Secretary of Agriculture James Will
son recently, he being of the opinion
that the obstacles in the way of this
achievement may be overcome by per-
sistent effort. The work in tea cul-
ture carried on at Summerville, S. c.,
has continued to give favorable re-
suits and, although this season was
somewhat discouraging from the
standpoint of rainfall, the year has
been satisfactory. A machine to prune
the plants, either in the fiat or convex
type of cut, has done much in decreas-
ing expensive hand labor, and tea
picking apparatus is receiving consid-
cradle attention, it being the opinion
of the secretary that when these two
operations are successfully done by
machines the labor problem in the
American tea raising industry will
have been solved.
THE ability of the tea plant to
adopt itself to a wide range of con-
ditions is exceeded only by wheat
said Secretary Wilson. THE climate
of the southern states is in general
fairly we'll suited to it's cultivation,
for, although the rainfall is much less
than in most of the tea producing
countries - namely, India, Ceylon,
China and Japan-the average annual
temperature is lower, hence there is
less evaporation and less rainfall is
needed.
For its successful growth the tea
plant requires a deep, fertile, well
drained, friable and easily penetrable
loan containing a large quantity of
well decomposed organic matter, SUCH
as is found in much of the southern
territory.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-27
BISHOP kENDRICk DEAD,
WIFE SERIOUSLY IL

LOS ANGELES, December TO-
Death came suddenly today to Right
Rev. John Mills Kendrick, Episcopal
Bishop of Arizona and New Mexico.
The circumstances of his passing are
particularly distressing, because Mrs
Kendrick now lies dangerously i'll at
Oceanside. 1t is feared she cannot
recover. His daughter is also crit
ically i'll in Phoenix. Several weeks
ago Bishop Kendrick came up from
Oceanside to seek medical aid for
himself and was taken with apoplexy
Bishop Kendrick was a veteran of
the Civil War, and broke his health
in the service of his country. He has
done a remarkable work as Bishop of
Arizona and New Mexico.
He was seventy-fye years of age, a
native of Gambler, Ohio. He was ad
mitted to the New York bar in 1858
and entered the Civil War as a first
lieutenant of the volunteers in the
Thirty-third Ohio infantry. He te,
signed year later because of i'll
health.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-27

WASHINGTON, December IA.
President Taft today sent to Congress
a brief formal message transmitting
the full text of the report of the in
vestigating board which found that
the battleship Maine was blown up in
Havana Harbor by an external ex-
plosion. The board was headed by
Admiral Vreeland of the Navy, and
included Colonel William M. Black of
the corps of engineers of the Army.
1t began work on the exposed wreck
at Havana on November goth and
found that the injuries to the bottom
of the Maine were caused by the ex-
plosion of a charge of low form of
explosive exterior to the ship between
frames twenty-eight and thirty-one on
the port side. This resulted in igni-
ton and exploding the contents of the
siX-inch reserve magazine.
The more or less complete explo-
sion of the contents of the remaining
forward magazines followed.
The board, in it's report, emphasize
ed that it found that what is called
the port cardboard strake-a continu-
GUS line of planking running from
stem to stern-was "dished upward
as much as twenty-four inches from
a straight line that another strake,
technically called CO., was displaced
upward and inward for 100 square
feet" and that part of the inner bot
tom plating was displaced upward
and left approximately six feet above
its original position.
The destruction wrought by the
two explosions Of distinctly different
character" was found to be much
more extensive than had been antici
pated." The report, in technica
terms, described how plates were
crumpled, how some portions of wha
had once been a great battleship were
turned inside out and how parts O
the bottom works generally were dis
placed.
The debris of one-pounders, six
Founders, siX-inch and ten-inch am
munition was found widely scattered
through the wreck" the report said
"The location of much of this mater
ial bore little relation to its origina
stowage condition. Powder tank
were torn asunder or crushed ant
fiattened.
The condition of the vertical kee
and fiat keel at frame eighteen wa
ascribed by the court of inquiry o
1898 to tho direct effect of an explo
sion exterior to the ship in that Vi
entity"
Because of it's better opportunit'
for detailed examination OF thi
wreckage, now fully exposed, the pres
ent board concluded that the sxtsl
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-27
TAFT BELIEVES THE G. Q. P.
STILL FIT FOG GOVERNING

NEW YORK, December 19.-Presi-
dent Taft completed here tonight a
round Of speaking engagements, three
in number, in which he touched on
peace, politics and Puritanism
His political speech, scheduled to be
the chief address of the evening, was
made before the Young Mems Repub-
lican Club of Brooklyn, where he told
his audience that although there came
times when the old party seems lit
tie weak and staggers from blows re
ceived from the inside and out its
principles are strong enough when the
issue is drawn to carry on the gov
ernment."
The Presidents first speech was
made before the Economic Club, where
he reiterated his arguments in support
Of the pending arbitration treaties,
From there he was whirled over to 9
dinner Of the New England Society OF
Brooklyn before whom he spoke in q
humorous vein on his Puritan auces-
try
Until he reached Brooklyn the Presi.
dent had no municipal police protec
ton, with the exception of two bicycle
men, who did not Join the presidential
party until IL had left the residence OF
Henry W TAFT, the Presidents broth
en- where he Is stopping during hit
two days in New York,
There was not even q detail Of 20
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-27
CLOCK NEVER WOUND.

Frederick Bamgerter of New York
has made a clock which never has 10
be wound up The motive power is
furnished by a coil of zinc wire 5000
feet long. Each change of temper
ature causes this wire either TO eX-
pand or contract, and the mechanism
Is so arranged that a change either
way will operate TO keep the wheels
turning.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-27

ton on a basis more perfectly respon-
sive to interests of both governments
! am directed by the President at the
same .,le, to emphasize the great
value attached by the government Of
the United States to the historic rela-
lions between the two countries and
the desire of my government to spare
no effort to make the outcome of the
proposed negotiations contribute still
further to the strength and cordiality
of these relations.
q avail myself of this occasion to
offer to your eXcellency the renewed
assurance Of my highest considerl-
ton"
| now communicate this action 70
the Senate as a part Of the treaty
making power of this government
with a view to its ratification and
approval
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-27

lice at the H eel Aston, where the
Economic Club diners held forth, but
this was re, .edied when the President
arrived at the two Brooklyn dinners.
some one having assigned a consider
able squad to duty there.
Before the Economic Club the Presi-
dent had considerable to say about
what the senate calls its prerogatives
Executive Has Advantage.
81 like to remind my friends, the
senator's he said that their powers
or prerogatives, or whatever name you
may give to the faculties that they
get from the Constitution are not any
more sacred than is the power of the
eNecutive-because the source of the
power in each case is the constitution,
and, in respect to foreign matters, the
executive has the advantage of she
. senate a little in that the senate can
not begin to act until the executive
shall say it may,
In other words the initiative in
foreign matters is with the executive"
The President said that If the treat
les with England and France could be
/ concluded he had no doubt that they
could be made with many nations,
and when we had made them with
many other nations then those ma
tons may be induced to make them
with each other"
Continued on pSgs twSlvS)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-27
WILLIAM II. TAT
Unanimously Adopted.

WASHINGTON, December 1.-THE
Senate by a unanimous vote tonight
formally ratified President Taft's mott
fcation to Russia of the termination
of the treaty of 1892 The Lodge
Joint resolution, reported by the For
cign Relations Committee as a substi-
ute for the Sulzer resolution That
passed the House 300 to /, was adopt
ed after an all-day debate over Rus
sian discrimination against the Jews
of America. The House tomorrow is
expected to agree to the Senate meas
ure
The resolution was adopted at 7:10
p. m. 1t was introduced for the com
mittee by Lodge of Massachusetts rs
the measure couched in the language
most satisfactory to the Washington
administration, which sought to avoid
giving orIense to the ST. Petersburg
government. The final action came
after two substitutes had been voted
down. 1t was the climax Of notable
proceeding in the chamber which
guards tealously the traditional pow
ers to make and break treaties. All
through the symposium of views, to
which many Senators contributed
throughout the day, there were cita
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-10
BURNHAM.

The Burnham Sunday school is -four
ishing and work is progressing finely.
The junior and young peoples classes
are being organized into clubs for the
development of the Sunday school. The
Girls club is called Daughters of the
King. while the boys b. c. No. 3, the
junior class the Juvenile club The
classes hold meetings regularly and
have very interesting evenings. Any
one wishing to join the clubs must
first become a regular attendant at the
Sunday school. Everybody is cordially
invited to attend Sunday school, which
is held in the Burnham school house at
ESQ p m.
Mrs. NJ. f. Shaver will give a valen-
tine party for the Juvenile club on
Feb. IA, at her home on Park avenue.
r. c. Pierce of Hammond spent We'd
nesday afternoon in Burnham on bust
ness.
Rev J.. W. Applegate, the Episco-
palean pastor of Gary. viii preach at
Burnham Sunday afternoon at 3:15.
The Hammond visitors Wednesday
were Mrs. Hayes. G. Kosin. James Fav-
erty Miss Elizabeth Patton and VIM.
Bea1.
Sunday school board meeting is to be
held at the home of Mrs. George Phil
lips of Center avenue. at 1880 p. m,
Thursday.
Painting. paperhanging and calcimin-
ing. 324 Park avenue. Burnhams Ill.
Phone all 2-9t
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-10
ST John

Alois Portz of Hammond is the guest
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
PortZ
Ben Klein made a business trip tc
Crown Point Wednesday.
Peter Thielen was a Chicago visitor
Thursday.
Albert Dewes transacted business in
Hammond Thursday.
Mesdames Vincent Thielen, Joseph F.
Gerlach and Miss Lena Schumacher
spent Thursday in Hammond the CUES,
of relatives.
Mrs. Joseph NJ. Gerlaeh returned to-
day from Ocheyedan. Ia. where she
spent two weeks with relatives.
Otto Hitzeman from Bemis transact
ed business here today.
John Miller. Jr.. made a business trip
to Chicago today.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-10
HEGEWISCH.

The card party given by the Rebecca
lodge at Cranes hail Wednesday even
ing was grand success A large crowd
attended and a good time was enjoyed
by all who were present. The evening
was spent in palying pedro. After
several games were played, prizes were
awarded, as Follows.
| Ladies' first prize-Mrs. westfalI.
| Ladies' second prize-Mrs. A. A.
Kuss.
Ladies' consolation-Mrs. E. n. Hurd.
! Gentlemen's first prize-F'rank Wei
land
Gent1emen's second prize A. A.
kuss.
| GentIemen's consolation-H. Cheney.
| Light refreshments were served. and
a good time reported
! Miss Louise Kunert of Hammond was
the guest of Miss Marie Bristol We'd
| nesday evening.
| Mrs. d. Jordan was a Hammond Wis
itor yesterday afternoon.
| Mrs E. H. Miles of Englewood spent
yesterday afternoon with friends here.
/ Miss Ruth Berg was a Chicago shop
per yesterday afternoon.
Mrs H. B. Reed and little daugh-
ter of Roseland spent Thursday and
Friday here visiting relatives
Mrs. Frank Bristol of Ontario avenue
spent yesterday afternoon in Ham,
mond.
Mrs Frank Bristol of Ontario ave-
nue. spent yesterday afternoon in Ham
mond.
Miss Florence DERRICK OF Buffalo av-
enue attended the dance at Longs hall
in Hammond Wednesday evening.
Mrs William Sipple of Buffalo ave-
nue. is entertaining her sister and
children from Knox Ind, this week
The latest report from Mrs. r. x.
O'Connors tells that she is some
better and improving slowly.
Jerry Bundy is here from the east
spending this week among relatives
Frank Bristol. now of Chicago. spent
Wednesday evening here at his home.