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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-01-12
GET YOUR MAIL
POSTED EARLY
New PosloffIoe Rule Goes Into
Effect Today-closes Half
Hour Earlier.
LION weane.day.. !. AdvellI.er.l }

tFrom Wodnosday's Advertiaer.)
II you are mailing letters today to
catch the Honolulan for the Coast,
which sniis AZ six this evening, get
your letters into the postoiice no later
thqo Lalf-past four. Unless you do
your letters viii stay in town until the
next Coast.bound mail boat, because
this morning new rule went into ef
feet, thus:
Beginning Wednesday, January
10, 1912, and thereafter, on all
mail steamers sailing from Homo.
lulu for San Francisco, California,
between o clock am, and 10 pm,
ordinary mail closes one hour and
thirty minutes before advertised
time of departure; registered mail,
two hours and thirty minutes be-
fore advertised time of departure.
On all mail steamers sailing from
Honolulu for San Francisco, Cali
fornia, at or after 10 o o'clock pm,
and before Z O'Clock, on the follow.
ing morning, ordinary mail closes
at . o o'cloek pm, registered mail at
$3.50 pm.
JOSEPH G.. PRATT,
pOgtma stpr
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-01-12
FRENCH CABINET IS
AGAIN DISRUPTE

PARIS, January l0.--Wlth the rosi
nation Of one cabinet minister alreai
rendered and accepted and the pre-
peel OF q general cabinet upheay
within the next few days, France Q
peets shortly she details 0f a dlpioH
iie sensation Ia which both ffeDeh a
GeFman diplomats are e9neeFned. n
causes are charges that fhe laa1il
hnaaelrEs u the 100 naii0ns paFmiii
secret negotiations haieees AafAs n
nfrlin rflailag ~ fhe analrs of Men
80 and fhq longn HinirifF ~ fafrll
Anair ~ selves " iAs fIenel eahlG
ls lAs fTfi = aneT ~ reslgnatler,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-01-12
Hundred Millions Involved in the
Burning Of the Equitable
Life.
FIRE STARTED IN BASEMENT
Ruins Stin Burning-Chief of the
Fire Department Dies
While on Duty.

NEW YORK, January l0-The Equit-
able Life Building is still burning and
it is now gravely doubted whether the
millions of dollars worth of securities
which were in the building can be saw
ed. The fire win prove, it is thought,
much more serious than was first sup
posed and is already assuming alarm
ing proportions from financial stand
point as the reports continue to come
in.
The building, which is occupied by
the Equitable Life Assurance Company,
was burned in one the worst confagra-
tions seen in New York in years which
is now definitely ascertained to have
started in kitchen in a restaurant in
the basement.
| William Giblin, president of the Mer-
camille Safe Deposit Company, which
also has its offices in the building, wal
caught in vault and was rescued from
the midst of the flames at the last mo
ment by firemen who were compelled
to saw the iron bars between them be
fore the trapped man could escape.
A hundred millions in securities OF
the life assurance company are stored
in the supposedly fire proof vaults
which are now buried deep in burning
debris and it is feared that they will
not be able to stand the heat.
Fire Chief Killed.
New York, January 9.-The buildinf
of the Equitable Life Assurance Com
pany. 12O Boardway, was completely
destroyed by fire at an early hour thii
morning
The damage is estimated at 5000, 900
at least.
Fire Chief Walsh and three watch
men were killed during the fight to saw,
the building.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-01-12
COMMITTEE ADOPTS
PERMISSIVE PRIMAR'

WASHINGTON, January 10. = Th
Democratic National Committee ha
adopted the permissive primary fo
delegates to the national convention.
WASHINGTON, January 9. = Th
vote in the National Democratic Con
mittee to decide which city shall hav
the national convention of the part
resulted today as follows: Baltimor,
%; st. Louis, IS; Chicago, 3; Denve
6; New York, l.
WASHINGTON, January 9. = Tn
Democratic convention Will be held o
June 25, one week after the Republica
convention takes place. The questio
of presidential primaries will be left t
States. Chicago has offered $4,000 fC
the convention and Baltimore a blan
check with instructions that it may b
made to any amount up to 100000.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-01-12


s**sAa X i. X X ,s.s X II ~;
frame. Should the steel be adopted,
the cost will be slightly increased. Ad-
iaeent to the horseshoe" area, con-
tanning the officers quarters, will be
the barracks. Each barrack will con-
tain a battalion, four companies to a
building, arranged in q hollow square,
the fourth side of the square to be
closed by building to contain all fur
ther accommodation required for the
regiment-th the band barrack, post ex-
change, guardhouse, administration
building, chapel or post hall, store
houses, and the quarters for the non
commissioned officers. The stables, in
the case of cavalry post, will be To-
Gated at a distance from the barracks
and win occupy space 400 feet square
The departmental action on this report
: settles a question which has been long
! pending and which has been the ocea
sion Of considerable discussion as tC
the details of concentration of bar
racks, quarters and other buildings
/ comprising the construction at garri
son. Many suggestions in this conee
ton have been made, some officers be
ing in favor of the erection of apart
ment houses, instead of separate quar-
ters or double quarters, as in the cast
of the quarters for company officers al
Schofield Barracks.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-01-12
T0RPED0ER CRIPPLED,
BUT ARRIVES SAFE

NORFOLK, January l0.-'fhe tor.
pedo destroyer Terry which has bee,,
battling for two days with storms on
the Virginia snd Carolina eapes arrived
here yesterday afternoon Ia q crippled
condition. neF onieefa and crew Cell
NJ ibnllinR hghi with tho storm in
shirh fbo vessel sas barely saved,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-01-12
is CONSTITUTIONAL.

MADISON, January TO- The State
supreme court yesterday handed down
n decision declaring the income tax to
be constitutional, upholding decisions
of lower courts. The case will have
far-reaching effects in similar cases
throughout the country.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-01-12

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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-01-12
Or. SUN YAT SEN
HOPE OF CHINA
Acknowledged as Absolutely in
Control Of All Factions
Is for Peace.

The extent to which are being aceep-
ted the claims Of the friends of DR.. Sun
Yat Sen that he is the foremost man in
the Revolutionary ranks in China, is a
most satisfactory reply to those few
who have been sneering at the propa-
gandist as "long- distance" leader
and as simply a magnified mendicant.
Under date of December 30 the AS
soeiated Press sent out the following
from Shanghai:
Dictatorship at Present.
ssThe Associated Press is assured that
il is not the intention of the reform
leaders to urge decentralization, but,
on the contrary, strong central gov
ernment ultimately viii be formed. The
present government practically is a
military dictatorship, and there is evil
erv evidence that Doctor Sun is the
most competent man available to head
it. He appears absolutely in control
of all factions, from students to con-
servativos He also is central hgure
in the secret societies in China, which
have a membership of 30,OOO,OOO.
h'The North China News, the leading
newspaper in China ands hitherto a
supporter of the imperialists, acknowl-
edges that Doctor Sun is the present
hope of China. The newspaper accepts
the Republic and comedies the abroga-
tion of the court, as it seems the final
close of the history of China. A new
era, says the paper, opens with 1872.
"The Associated Press has reason to
believe that within short time the
personnel of the prime movers for re-
vi nj Na1Kr fan
trolled under President Sun.
Message from sun
Immediately after the receipt of
word from Nankng that he had been
elected president of the republic of
China, DR.. Sun Yet Sen handed the fol
lowing statement to the Associated
Press, with the request that it be trans.
mitted to his friends in the United
States:
- consider it my duty 20 accept the
presidency. My policy viii he TO secure
peace aud stable government by the
promptest methods possible. My single
aim Is 10 insure the peace and content
ment Of the millions of my fellow coun'
trymen.'
Princes Seek Refuge.
PEKING, December 29.-The news OF
ahe selection Of Dr. Sun Vat Sen al
president of the Chinese republic reach
"a the members Of the onhinet by meani
of the Associated Press this evening
40 communication nf any nature AZ
rived from Tang Hhao 81, who is A
Shanghai attending the peace confer
ence AZ representative Of Premier 9ual
Bhi Kai.
"ft s believed that tba momhers o
the court VIII remain in pehnR untl
thr abdiehilnns ~ tlr empires d0Nnge
and the rhld emperor aTt aunplneed
which - considered only q mstteF %
dHFa,
HIi if undelsiooi that fDmf ~ ih
pnnfm haYf taken hoHsm Niihia IN
forriRH fGnfeHlNu m 1lfniFu aud
~ pfahaNlr iAHi hneFri hlIaHHfHri
haa hfen made ~ ila emperor ana il
empffaa apFHEsf ~ iahe flngp IH M
lfFailaH qHaHa ~ Posing ~
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-01-12
January 9, 1912.
Honolulu PostOffice,
MAN Business erOwing.
JOSEPH G. PRATT,
Postmaster.

The mail business of Honolulu is
growing faster than the postofice ia
eilities and Postmaster Pratt, however
regrettable he feels the change to be,
has been compelled to make the closing
hour for outgoing mails half an hour
longer before sailing time than hereto
fore.
Last month was the heaviest month
the Honolulu Office ever had, " said the
postmaster yesterday, and business all
around is quite half as much again as
it was a year ago. In December 1910
the receipts of the office from the sale
of stamps and such were $12, 500, rough
ly speaking. This December they were
$16,500, jump of one-third without
counting in the great increase of mail
to handle due to the presence of the
feet. The ships have postoffices aboard
and the greater part of the stamps used
by the naval men are bought on theiI
ships, consequently the business of the
fleet does not show in our receipts, but
we have to handle the letters just the
same, a great many thousand on eacf
mail.
"We simply cannot run the risk Of
Delng lhIe Win our mallDagS ana W.
do run that risk when we allow our
selves only an hour to prepare the las
of the mail for transmission to tn,
mailboats.
''If those with letters to post woul,
mail them early it would give us tim
to get in some early work, but the ma
jority of Honolulans seem to hold thei
letters until few minutes before tn
closing time for the mail; then the lei
ters simply pour in upon us"
A Hint of the Business.
In conversation with an Advertise
representative, recently, dealer in pic
ture postcards stated that his firm alon
had sold over the counter forty thou
sand cards since the arrival of the fleet
As this firm is only one of couple o
hundred selling these mailable souvenir
of Hawaii, some idea of the numbe
which have had to be handled by tn
local postoflice staff may be obtained
The local Office is cramped in man
ways, by lack of room, by lack of
staff big enough to handle an extrao,
dinary rush of mail and by lack of OF
portunity to increase it for emergencie
The main thing, however is to remen
Der to post your letters this afternoo
by half-past four.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-01-12

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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-01-12

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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-05-16

We wish to correct an inference
that has been drawn by several from
our editorial endorsing the candidacy
of Roy L. Marston for Representative
to the Legislature. We said His can
didacy, announced at the eleventh
hour, met the approval of the Republic
can Town Committee" We are advis-
ed that the committee took no official
action in regard to Mr.. Marston, as It,
in fact, had already voted not to en-
dorse or promote, as a committee, the
candidacy of any of the aspirants for
political office except that of the Hon
Forrest Goodwin for Congress. We
would, therefore. have been more pre-
else had we said that Mr.. Marstons
candidacy met with the approval of
majority of the members of the
Town Committee
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-05-16

Consider their whole treatment OF
the question of Prohibition.
Take their Public Service propo-
sition.
They lodged it,
AS Mr.. Heath pointed out, They
lodged it, they always do; they al
most invariably do nothing when they
could do something. They are not q
constructive party; they never were
And the end is in sight. There
isn't the ghost of a show.
With as great certainty as we are
now speaking. We prophesied the de-
feat of Bert NJ. Fernald. We will now
stake our reputation as prophets again
on the statement that Democracy in
Maine is living its last days, and that
Frederick ". Plaisted can never
again be elected to the office of Chief
Magistrate.
And why under heavens should he
Therein is the reason Why he is
now peeking over the brink of de-
feat
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-05-16

ference between Taft and Roosevelt,
Mr.. Knox asserted, centered in the
new nationalism proposed by Col
Roosevelt.
This involves" he said, "a new
conception by Mr. Roosevelt OF the co.
hesiye principles by which the states
are bound together to constitute the
United States of America.
we heard much OF new natlonai-
ism prior to 1861. 1t was also pre-
dicted on a false conception of the ma
ture of the Union. Its fundamental
weakness was that some states claim
ed the right to destroy the Union by
separating themselves from the Union.
That issue was decided by the most
tragic war Of modern times-a war
that carried grief into a million
American homes.
The new nationalism of Mr. Roose-
welt represents the other extreme II
is as violent an assault upon autonomy
of the states as the new nationallsm
of 1861 was upon the integrity OF the
Union
Who dares prophesy that the PEG
ple-the patient, undemonstratiYe PEG
pie whose full voice is never heard
except in great crisis Will not, Wheh
aroused to the danger of the substan-
tial loss OF independence statehood 1t
as great a cost defend the states as
they did the union?'
Mr.. Knox made an earnest plea that
President Taft be given second term
saying:
This has been the Republican rule,
without exception except one ePresl.
dent Hayes which so forcibly en-
phasizes the rule and unless the he
publican party has become the play
thing of one man prompted by his
whims. his imperious ambitions, his
vanities and mysterious antipathies II
will not break the rule now by refus-
ing a denomination to the man who
has the proud distinction OF having
received more votes than were ever
cast by the American people for any
other candidate for President.
ION the other hand, you have one
who has served two terms as Presi-
dent who would break the rule OF his
party and his country and his own
solemn word.
1T is for you to decide between
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-05-16
Another Good Prophet

IF scores upon scores of letters
which am receiving daily from every
nook and corner of this good old
State of Maine mean anything at all
and they do, because those letters
come from the hardy thinking men
then this unfortunate experiment
with Democracy which has been tried
upon the State for the past two years
is fast coming to an end"
In the above we have attempted to
quote from memory a thought ex-
pressed in a recent address by Hon
Herbert M. Heath. The substance is
there if not the exact words. We be-
lieve If he read the above quotation
he would willingly sign it as his own
He went on in that address to point
out that in everything the party now
in power had attempted to do the
party had either lodged or failed mis-
erably
1t is gospel truth.
Take the Special Session! Oh,
that special session."
1t will not down.
Take the promises of Plaisted be-
fore his election.
Compare them with his deeds after
election.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-05-16
No Need of Argument" Dan
(Kennebec JournaD

Representative McGillicuddy of
Lewiston. has returned to Washington.
In an interview he expressed the firm
conviction that the Democrats would
sweep Maine this fall. And here is
what he bases his prediction upon:
As far as issues are concerned We
shall begin right at home with Gov.
Plaisted's administration Never in its
history has the government of Maine
been in such good financial condition.
Gov. Plaisted has wiped out the debt
of the preceding administration and
the State is on firm financial basis.
Everybody in the State recognizes
what good work the governor has
done toward Strengthening out the H.
nancial affairs of the State. There is
no room for argument on that score"
1t is unnecessary to argue, friend
Daniel; remembrance of last years
taxes is amply sufficient. Here is
what one home owner said: L have
owned my home ten years. The taxes
on it have never been above $32, until
1911 when they jumped to $46,74."
Every property holder in Maine has
high tax complaint We wonder
how the genial representative from
the Second district can get around
that fact
We wonder If Mr. McGillicuddy
cares for argument on financial con-
ditions in 1908, 90 and 10, if State
tax on six miles had been collected in
all or any one of those years, instead
of three mills.
Our friend D. J. might have to adj
nit, if driven to his hole, that Cover
nor Plaisted's good work" in
Strengthening out financial affairs"
would not have been so brilliant if
his administration in it's opening
months had not had the five mills
State tax provided in the 1910 assess
ment and available in 1911
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-05-16
Some Sensible Comments

Secretary of State Knox in recent
speech made upon his return from an
extensive trip through the South
American Republic, has condensed
much into little on the Rooseyelt-Taft
controversy. What he said then, is
too good to keep from the readers of
the Independent-Repo Here are
some of the most pointed comments:
"Mr. Roosevelt claims that Presi-
dent Tafts actions have been inconsis-
tent with his declarations in 1908,
President Taft can point among other
examples to the following declara-
tons by Mr.. Roosevelt:
November 8, l904-'Under no cir
cumstances will | be a candidate for
or accept another nomination
December II, 1907 have not
changed and shall not change that de-
cision thus announced
February %, l912-'I will accept
the nomination for President if it is
rendered me,
The most conspicuous point of diff
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-05-16
THURSDAY. MAY is, 1912
Unfortunate Political
Blunders

AS time goes on, people are becom-
ing more aud more convinced thar
Theodore Roosevelt has made a most
unfortunate political blunder in fore
ing himself upon the American people
at this time
Theodore Roosevelt is fast pawn"
the way to the certain defeat of the
Republican party If nominated, It is
almost idle to express the belief that
he can be elected to Che presidency
His course has certainly not been
heroic
Having first proposed the name CT
William Howard Taft for the presi-
dency, and having supported him 10
political campaigns, the fact that he
now turns upon him in a strenuous eff
fort to defeat him, is not relished by
the majority of the people of the Uni
ted States
No matter what the causes may be
back of this strange turn-about of Mr..
Roosevelt, the people are not quick
to forgive or forget.
They do not like the attitude which
Mr. Roosevelt now takes towards Mr..
Taft. And that feeling will be shown
on the day of election.
1t seems a great pity that a man
like Mr.. Roosevelt could not be con-
tent with serving seven years and
more as Chief Executive of the ma
ton. That he and he alone Is needed
for the country now is little less than
absurd Previous to his last out
burst in the way of his announcement
he was looked upon by the citizens Of
this country as great American
a man who had served well his coun-
try. Since his announcement, he is
looked upon by the rank and file of
citizens as a man who is not content
with things unless he and he alone
can dictate 1t is doubtful If ever IN
American history one man has so
suddenly changed characters in so
snort space OIL tlme,-dnu changed,
too, to his own great injury.
On the stump now he is neither
credit to his country nor to his party.
Every day makes 1t more and more
clear that he is paving the downfall
of the Republican Party by making
certain the election Of a Democratic
President
And we say this confidently. and
even despite the allegiance to Mr..
Roosevelt that was shown here in
Maine. At the bottom of that mani
festation of evident friendliness was
a political game that centered not
around Mr.. Roosevelt but around
other individuals who wished to lift
themselves politically into positions
of larger political trust and response
bility.
1t will be a just verdict when these
men are sloughed off the political
map.
One thing is to champion the cause
of MIR. Roosevelt because of the revo-
lutionary ideas for which he stands;
the other thing is to champion Mr..
Roosevelt because of what that will
do for local political aspirants.