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POLICEMEN ALL
AROUND, man
TRIES MURDER
Fireman Shoots at Skipper on
Wharf, Attempts Killing
Again at Station
FEUD BROKE INTO FIRST
OPEN FIGHT YESTERDAY
CAPTAIN of Norwegian Freight
er Twice Has Narrow ES-
cape from Death

Standing within six feet of Captain
P. Sorenson, master of the Norwegian
freighter Guernsey, this morning, John
Labona, fireman in that vessel, fired
point blank four shots from a brand
new thirty-two 1yers Johnson revolv-
er, each bullet narrowly missing the
skipper, who, through lodging, escap-
ed death at the hand of the would-be
assassin. The trouble that led to the
attack originated yesterday afternoon.
Fifteen minutes later Labona, fol-
lowing the captain of the Guernsey to
the central police station, where he
intended to enter complaint, again at
tempted to take the life of the master
Of the vessel and was only prevented
through the prompt action of Captain
Nelson, on duty at the station, and
Special Officer Fred. Weed, who
sprang upon the armed man and, floor
ing him, removed the weapon from his
hand Z. ....-.
Shooting Was Premeditated.
That Labona deliberately planned
to take the shippers life is the claim
made by the police who set to work
to Investigate the case. In effecting
the arrest Of the fireman the officers
believe that they have dangerous
nan, who may have become tempor-
arily unbalanced over the trouble that
occurred on board the vessel yester-
day afternoon Il
- Ege-Ssitpesses to the shooting that
occurred at the entrance to the Inter
island Steam Navigation coal wharf,
declare that Labona followed close in
the wake of Captain Sorenson and a
companion named Arthur Freeman.
Conductor j. Darcy and Motorman
]. III. Pasco of the Honolulu Rapid
Transit line, were within 100 feet Of
the shooting. The car had just left
Works on Ala Moana road and was
slowly proceeding in the direction Of
Fort street when the sharp report of
a revolver arrested the attention of
the street railway men. As Pasco
halted his car he saw the fireman with
smoking revolver in hand take care
full aim at a man standing just within
the gateway that guards the entrance
to the coaling plant, to which the Nor
wegian steamer Guernsey is moored.
Altogether four shots were fired
from the gun held by Labona at the
captain of the vessel, who was seen
to attempt to flee by lodging behind
the heavy wooden supports at the
coal wharf. s
BY the time the final shot had been
fired at the wharf Captain Sorenson
saw the approaching car, then turned
and climbed aboard in order to go to
the police station, none the worse for
the dramatic attempt upon his life.
The skipper proceeded to the police
station and there filed a charge of at
tempted murder against the fireman.
Fireman Makes Final Attempt to Kill.
Captain Sorenson had not been at
the central police station more than
ten minutes before Labona stepped
into the building, entering by the main
stairway. AS he gained the corridor
leading from the sheriff's office to the
receiving station, Labona spied Cap
tain Sorenson talking with Captain
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NOT
FIGHTING
FREAR
Says His Battle i'm Congress
Not on Personal Basis
Now q

- 'I myself and everybody else !;
= I suppose that was present heard =
q Kuhio say in his speech at Wal <
. pahu last night that he has no :
q objections to Governor Frear's =
= reappointmert. He has said the q
q same thing throughout his isl 3
q and tours. Robert W. Shingle, y
. chairman Republican territorial 8
y central committee. 9
g =
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. = q
Leading the Republican ticket,
stumping for reelection as Delegate
10 Congress, Prince Kuhio Kalanian
cole last night, at a mass meeting at
Waipahu, delivered q significant and
telling speech before some fourteen or
fifteen hundred people.
II was one Of the most eosnopoii,
tan gatherings that has been seen
since the opening Of this very strenu.
Gus campaign. All classes were re
presented and all nationalities. There
WIS the private family auto party
from Honolulu, and the laborer anC
his family nom the plantation.
special train. leaving the ctr at $50
picked UP three hundred people at the
way stations, and another speciai
brought in g bunch from Eva ORR
entails, haoles, HaNaiians. Russians
and Portuguese thrbnged in front or
the gaiiy lighted and decorated base
ball stand, hundreds or them having
been provided with seats, and hun.
1fe1s more were standing. EN-. SEQ
Vile, chairman Of the precinct club,
had arranged everything. He intro
duced John Lane as the chairman OF
the meeting and the candidates, theii
speeches sandwiched with good mu.
sic, set the welkin ringing and the
crowd tingling with their straigh,
talk
II was late when Prince Kunio was
announced, but the crowd knew he
was coming and waited for him. A
special song was sung in his honor
by Mrs. and Miss Bishaw.
Ladies and fellow citizens" he
said. Il believe that / should tell you
something Of where stand and should
speak to you concerning my fight
with Governor Frear. am mol
ashamed of that fight, for it is an
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A blaze started in box car in
which tramps we're sleeping, caused
$4,000 damages to the Southern Pac-
ific wharf at San Francisco
Three young girls, all the daughters
of ranchmen, won a $1,000 prize by
walking from Madison, S. D., to Chi
cago in three months and four days.
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TEDDY retains men "
/. TO GUARD THE POLLS
Famous New York Attorney And
Burns And His Detectives En-
gagged
TAssocIated Press t,abiel

N.
attorney o
10 notd de Of any votes - & -
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Big Graft In Atlantic Fleet
IAssoclated Press cahlel

WAsHNGToN octohes 30AdmlraI Hugo sosehaus
Chief Davis f
Atlantic
impBeated cons
official
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The Duchess of Marlborough, for
merly Consuelo Vanderbilt. is to un.
dergo an operation for appendicitis
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BALLOTS ARE SENT TO
OUTLYING PRECINCTS

Ballots to be used in the coming
election are now being distributed
among the precincts of the Territory.
The first batch was sent out to East
Hawaii yesterday, and all those for
the outlying districts of Oahu were
distributed. Those for West Hawaii
and the other islands will be shipped
tomorrow. All ballots must be in the
hands of the election inspectors two
days before the date of the election.
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IIl1E ARESID
zsxzES S. sStE2A4K
[Associated Press cablel

UTICA, NJ. Y. Oct. 3c.-James s.
Sherman. vice-President Of the Unit
ed States and q candidate for re-eiec-
ton next Tuesday, is sinking fact to-
ward death at his home here. The
Republican Nce-President is in 4
conatese condition, seldom recosniz.
ing those around him. His kidneys
have refused their functions and the
pl1ysicans have frankly abandoned
hope, admitting that death is expected
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Mail will be dispatched for San
Francisco In the Pacific Mail steamer
Siberia as well as the Oceanic liner
Ventura, both vessels being echeduled
to depart for the coast on or about
Friday evening.
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Heroic Charity Sisters Burned
[Assoclated Press cablel

ANTONIO, sosk Sisters burned
which
ii 81 children.
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YORK. Y, PhH'
pied
dsferred
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Becker Sentenced To Die
fAssoclated press cablel

NEW YORK n " October Lsuen.rt Charles Seeker
gambler branded ringssder in the police pos that
by ooff
today conveyed . Sing Sing prison. g
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Ventura, Nov. /.
From Vancouver:
Mariana, Nov. 6.
For Vancouver:
Makura, Nov. 6.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-12

under tho recent Gould cons olidation
the car lines In both cities are
operated by one company, whose home
Office Is in Richmond.
An analogous result would follow In
Newport News, he said. The electric
lines of that city arc owned by Il cor
poration, the home Office of wnich is
located iii Elizabeth City county. To
veto the law. said Mr.. Alassle, would
mean that the county Of Elizabeth
City would continue to enjoy the tax
on rolling stock policcd and protected
from fire, by the city of Newport News.
TO Lct the Courts Decide.
S. II. Evans, member of the House
from Caroline county, took the stand
that most of the points brought out at
the nearing were sufficiently aired nj
the committee meetings and OH the
floors OF both houses, and that the
Governor should therefore sign the
bill and leave ii TO the courts TO de-
eide as to its constitutionulity.
To this IT was objected by the OPP
position that decision could not he
secured in time to prevent the loss OF
a years revenue, Secretary William
Ar Martin, OF the Petersburg Chamber
of Commerce, was member of the
dcputation appearing against the bill.
Governor Mann admitted that the
bill would place the state in the posi-
ton OF levyiig taxes on the same class
OF subjects at different rates, but re-
served decision until he has had time
to examine further into the matter.
lie Will probably deliver an opinion on
the bill Tomorrow
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-12

tho terms of court for the various
judicial circuits of the State was un-
constitutional because OF q defective
tue 1t was then too late to remedy
.he aetect, 1t is a great wonder that
IN the short session and the hurry
Incident to its close, there arc not
more such instances
Even as we go TO press. II Is re-
ported that the Governor is consid-
ering the veto of the rolling stock
Dill, which passed both bodies by a
large majority, because OF its alleged
unconst1tutionallty, arising principally
from an amendment put on the bill
by committee of conference. If it
should turn out that the bill is un-
constitutional for this reason, IT will
demonstrate the liability OF conferecs
pressed by hundreds of other matters.
however good their intentions may be-
TO commit errors OF a fatal nature in
preparation of their reports.
y great number OF bills, passed dur
ing the closing days of the session. go
to the Governor after the cessation of
active work by the Legislature, though
the nnal adjournment may not occur
until SIX days later. In that event,
IL should veto 4 bill. even though
lhcrc should be 4 two-thirds majority
In us favor in both houses, II would
~. ipiN " cdii SuUlClGnt num-
her Of the members back from their
homes 10 take the action necessary
to override the veto.
The last sentence of section IS of
the Constitution is as follows:
III any bill shall not be returned
by the Governor within five DAYS
SUNDAY eNceptedl aftor 1t shall have
been presented TO him, the same shall
be a law in like manner as If he had
signed 1t. unless the General Assem-
bly, shall. by final adjournment, pre-
vent such return, in which case 1t
shall be law Il approved by tho Gov
ernor III the manner and to the extent
above provided, within ten days after
such adjournment, but not otherwise"
Thus IL appears that the Governor
may send a veto to a Legislature
which has not finally adjourned, but
which may have adjourned for all
practical purposes. Also 1t Is appa-
rent that IL there is final adjourn
ment within less than five days after
any bin shall have been presented TO
the Governor, nc may let it die by the
simple eNpcdicnt of withholding his
signature.
IT would therefore, seem that the
only way for any Legislature TO enjoy
the full exercise of It's constitutional
powers would DC for It TO remain in
fun session until after the Governor
shall have given final consid grafton
TO every bill enacted by the General
Assembly
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-12
LEGISL ALIVE COMMENT
BY LEWIS H. MAcHEN.
THE AFTERMATH

The halls OF the State Senate and the
House of Delegates yesterday looked as
though both bodies had been in the
throes Of free fight, III which waste
baskets fnll of loose bills had been em-
pioyed. AS n matter of fact. both
houses held two nominal sessions yes
tcrday TO dispose OF routine matters.
At one time the Lieutenant Governor
and two Senator's constituted the up
per house, and the Speaker and two
Delegates were the whole OF what the
Constitution calls the more numerous
branch OF the State Legislature. AT
other times dozen or SO members OF
both houses struggled in and out OF
the desolate. chambers. that so recent
ly resounded with the rercrberations of
wordy warfare.
Among other reasons for this nomi-
nal extension of the session is the ne
cessity that the Lieutenant Governor
and the Speaker of the House should
sign enrolled bills in the presence Of
the bodies over which they respectively
preside. All during the session. what
ever may have been the business before
the two houses, it was necessary for
ii to be suspended from time to time
10 enable these presiding officers to
sign the bills, while the clerk solennly
tead out the titles, After each pcl--
formance of this kind, il was Impossible
loi ally NlcinDel 10 say exactly what
bills had been signed. This constltu-
tonal provision was presumably. In
tended TO pre-cmpt the possibility that
bill which the Legislature had not
passed would be signed. It is not
known that such Il thing ever occurred
III the history of virginia. No 80
ever supposed that the President of the
Senate OF the Speaker of the House
would be guilty of such "a wrong in
tentionally and, if he were so in
cilncd. he could commit the crime as
wen under the new system as under
the old. If il was an uuin territorial
mistake that was sought to be avoid
Ell, 1t is apparent that there is "a great
present plan than if the bills could
first be examined by the presiding of
fcers in private and nj leisure How
ever, this is only one OF many mex
plicable things to be found in the leg
islative chapter of the new Constitu-
ton.
While only few of the members
of the two houses remain TO see the
finishing touches put upon their work
these few ara generally in trepiiatlon
lest they may have disclosed to their
bewildercd gaze some joker that had
crcpt into an apparently innocent
measure. or some fateful omission
which might render some important
law imperative. For example, after
tho Legislature adjourned in 1906 i'll
was discovered that a bill which un-
dertook to fix the commencement OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-12
MISS DOCK no TALK AT
SUFFRAGE HEADQUARTERS

Misses E!oise and corn!ie Johnston and
af1f, ID. 3D. valentine LETT last night for
Lynehours, where tho annua! convention o.
the state Surses Association is being held
Tho party Will return TO Richmond to-inor-
gov evening IN company With Miss LAWNS
L, Dock. Q, Henry settlement Now York
City, who Wall address nsmoe., OF III.
Equal Suffrage League OF Virginia in oub.
Tic meeting IN league headquarters. seo Fast
Broad street, Thursday evening a: o'clock
Mrs Dock IL ono o, the hr., writer's o:
tho day on sociological questions. and 10
famous for her success as settlement
worker and n lecturer on socta. and scieE-
tile unest.ons. Members OF the league aso
glad 10 give others an oDportunii? to hea:
In American wo;nsh5 Who is Az authority In
her professions.
As a result OF Tisi,s paid Frcdeiicksburs
ana Alexandria last week excellent leagues
were FORMED a, both places. Miss JaEettH
I't;zhush, Of F'redertcksburs, and MFs. Hat
waller Barrett being presidents o: these
latest formed suffrage organizations.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-12

leum engine. Chief Engineer Suderels
says it has not once gone wrong in
the course OF the voyage, Several Wis.
itors from shore were allowed on board
the Fran to-day for the first time since
the vessels arrival. The craw VIII have
chance Of getting run ashore in
the next few days. None seems TO
have suffered. The four men who ac-
companied Captain Amundsen are all
bronzed and healthy and do not APP
pear to have suffered any III effects
The dogs which returned from the pole
trip also look we'll.
a dinner was given in honor OF
Amundsen tonight by the Norwegian
consul hare. Admiral King-Hall. reps
rssenta,lve ofthe government and tho
Royal Society, and the consuls for
France, the United States. the Nethc-
lands. Sweden and Germany wcre also
present. Much enthusiasm was dis
played.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-12

cabin, little box six feet by six feet
The officers and men have separate
quarters, we'll warmed and lighted and
made very comfortable.
In the officers quarters is a piano,
decorated with stencil work Represent
Ing flowers, presented by the women Of
Horten, Norway, Captain Amundscns
birthplace There arc also other
touches OF home
captain A'nundsens own room, which
formerly was occupied by Captain Nan
sen is very mn.h replica of tho 9TH
ers' but little larger. 1t contains
charts showing the route 10 the pole
and sketches Of how the dcppts and
cairns were laid down and how tho
observations or liking the pole wers
carried out.
Canary Made journey.
In tho seamen's quarters there is y
canary named FridtJof. which accom-
panied the Fran all through tho voy-
ass since the vessel left Norway.
the F'ram's motive power is supplied
ny an eighty horsepower Drexel retro
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-12
DEEPLY REGRETS
FOOLISH RUMOR
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parently level area with "a slight slope
away southwark shown by the in.
struinonts. but not perceptiblc 10 the
eye.
I'm general sense 1t is of course
part or the same elcvato3 area as thrt
named by Sir Ernest Shacklcton. but
ii is certainly not the same plateau.
We had every right to name the
plateau at the pole.
II consider the place where we
crossed the mountain range much
easier than the Bearduorc Glacier,
which has been found to have many
dangerous crevasses. We crossed ere
vases, but they were not numerous
nor We're they particularly dangerous
Beyond the Devils Glacier is L
have already said, we came 10 Il place
which we called the Devil's Dancing
Han. owing 10 the fact that the hollow
ice echoed strangely undcrfoot
In determining the position Of the
pole we took the greatest precautions
Five miles short of the pole we stoppcn
and took rcckonings and then a6-
vanced and took observations to de-
tcrminc the exact position. These OBJ
servations We're taken both by my
self and BY my companions. Naturall.
we could not determine tne position
with the exact gertrude possible 10 Il
man In an observatory, but l am con-
WINGED that the error, If any. was very
slight and of course any error in the
instruments can be corrected"
Lieutenant Prestrude's story.
Lieutenant Prcstrude. who command
ed the party detailed TO go eastward
10 visit King Edward VII. Land. gave
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-12
GOVERNOR URGED
NOT To SIGN BILL
lContinMed FROM lEirst rage.l

.
tutional and wrong in theory He
could conceive of no good reason, he
| said, why the roadbed should be taken
as a unit for Il division of taxes on
such thing as rolling stock. The
; twc, he said, bear no relation to each
other, and cannot be correlated
An Unheard of Anomaly.
In The Sl25 tax rate of Roanoke"
said Attorney Graves lis Included
20 cents for the public schools of the
| city. The bill proposes to levy This
rate upon the rolling stock OF the
: entire Norfolk aid Western system
and TO distribute IL then among the
; counties, cities, towns and school dis
tricts of the State on the basis OF the
value OF the roadbed they contain it
proposes, in other words, the unheard
OF anomaly of a State school tax levy
Tor local distribution, which is in VIC
lation of another section of the Con-
Htitution forbidd'ns general taxation
J for local purposes"
Il On the ground of cNpediency, thought
1 Sir. Graves, the law is likewise open
TO serious objection. More than one
fourth OF the entire revenue OF the
city of Roanoke, he said, would be
wiped cut If the bill became law. lie
went over the arguments presented
before the House and Senate commit
ees to show that the counties are al
o;ldy receiving tho lions share of the
}come from the railroads, and that
nc cities are entitled to the rolling
fock tax because of their service us
eders to the roads, and because they
il trnish practically all the fire and
iice protection TO the rolling stock
k!n on aidetrack.
Cannot Meet Argument.
h,cakcr Richard Evelyn Byrd ar
Hg for the enactment of the bill
IS law, admitted at the outset that
III tSvas unable TO offset the consti-
EHnal point raised by tho opposi-
ID lie was present. he said, on he
Il of Martin Williams, who was very
much Interested in the passage of the
bill in the House, and had come un-
prepared to argue its constitutionality
II seemed 10 him that the State could
step in, and by virtue OF its sovereign
power validate any scheme of collec-
lion and distribution 1t chose to put
into effect, Since 1t was generally ad-
united that the General Assembly Of
l9l2 was glven power By tha Consti-
tnuonal Convention, to franc Il law
reapportioning the rolling stuck tax,
!; seemed TO Mr.. Byrd that it might
with equal propricty select It's own
plan II leVying and distributing the
tax.
i am not in a position to answer
the constitutional objections raised by
che opposition" said Mr.. Byrd. 1T
would be useless for me TO attempt
II, aud may as well admit it,"
Veto Would Hurt Norfolk.
I Att rney j. Massie. of Newport
News. directed the Governors atten-
ton 70 the CLAUSE, in the bin which
extends it's. pravisi6ns to electric rail
ways operating suburban lines.
TO veto the bill because OF It's an
constitutionality as regards the rail-
roads. he said would mean of course
the death of the clause touching cleo
tric railways, against which no Oh
lection had been entered. This would
mean, ne said that the city Of Rich-
nlord would continue to enjoy the
taxes on the rolling stock used by the
Traction Company in Norfolk, since
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-12
An Especially Good Number Of
The Times Dispatch Magazine
The Best There Is in Sunday Reading

The Green eyed Ladys efforts Mary White Johnny
Black Redpor form the Of
in the series, 81 Can Marry Anyone by Geett Burgess
Read
Every Man in America likes read about the Men
whose beginnings than his. Next Sunday
we learn OF distinguished Congressman who humble
school teacher 49, handled
pick railroad, who is worth hundred milons
Russell Janneys thrilling GA Case of Suicide,
dramatically concluded Sunday The second is
better than the first
Appropriate March 18th, Sundays Magazine will
contain interesting facts about ST. Patrick
clever by "Jack' Ormsby entitled "The Marching
Tunes of Ireland"
How Automobile Racers drive like demons until the
donewllat chances they take dangerous tracks-by
what margins they death-are described by
Edward Lyel Fox his stirring article The
in Sunday TINES DISPATCH.