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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-23
PARDONS CONE
TO CONVICTS

Two pardons and one Communication
of sentence comprise the Christmas
gift that Governor Frear will be
stow upon members of High Sheriff
William Henry's family next Wednes
day morning. The recipients are
Ichara Ichigoro and All Chin, who
receive full pardons, and Takada,
who gets Communication of sentence
from life to twenty years, leaving him
thirteen years more to serve.
All three were convicted in the
First Circuit Court Ichigoro was
convicted of murder in the first de-
gree and got the extreme penalty
Although he was convicted and SEN
fenced on May %, -S99 to hang for
his crime. he subsisted on prison
fare, virtually in the shadow of the
gallows. for nine years, or until 1905
when the death penalty was COM
muted to 20 years Imprisonment.
All Chin was convicted Nov. II,
1906. Of first degree burglary and
to ten years in the peni-
tentIaTy. Takada was found guilty
of murder in the second degree.
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RAILROAD MEN ARE
INDICTED By UNCLE SAM
rAssnciated Press cableI

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-The United
States government today began legal
proceedings Of criminal nature
against some Of the most prominent
railroad men in the country, charging
them with "a ronopoIistIc agreement
in restraint of commerce ana IN viola
ton of the statutes Of the United
States" =.
The accused are President MelEen,
head of the New York, New Haven 4
Hartford, and its numerous allied
lines. President Chamberlain, head Of
tie Grand Trunk, and Alfred Smith
ers, chairman Of the board Of direct
ors of the last named road.
In all there are seven Federal
counts against the accused men, but
the gists CT the charges are nioncpo-
iistic restraint of interstafe eommerce
in violation of the Hepburn lau and
the otncr Federal statutes against
comb nation. The proceedings are
regarded here as the most important
the government has Undertaken to
date.
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MEASURE SKATERS PARTY LINES
Burnett Dillingham; Measure
Starts Bitter Debate Hayes
Amendment Hits Asiatics -
Japanese Government Plans
ProteSt-Europeans Are De-
Tended
Especial STAR Bulletin carrespomb-ncel
By C. S. ALBERT

WASHINGTON. d. G., Dec, "a
The Dillingham; immigra ion
bill now before Congress is snatter.
ing party lines, Calling out one OF the
bitterest fights OF recent years and
stirring industrial circles all over. the
country. -, =
il is freely predicted IN The capital
that the bill cannot pass Congress. In
its present form IL would hit immi-
grafton to Hawaii a hard blow. for il
would make The "iiteIacy test eper-
atiye on the Portuguese anG Span
iards that the Territory is bringing
from Europe. y ~. -.
Would Hit isiatics. e~.. r.
WASHINGTON. d. &c, December IA.
Japanese and. all other Asiatic rae
es viii be barred from en;erIng the
United States as Immigrants If an
amendment to the Bernett immigra-
zion bin by Representative fIayes. to
be offered by him next Tuesday, is
Incorporated in the bill and the meas
ure passes the House. a. " #
The Hayes amendment provides
that 40 person shall be admitted as
an immigrant toS this country who
cannot become citizen under: pres
ent naturalization Jaws. Under these
laws no Asiatfc can become citizen
A big fight will be pfecfpitated in
the House when The amendment is
offered. The Immigration Committee
is only able by anna jority of one to.
fayoTably report the Burnett bill, the
principal clause d which prohibits
immigrants from ontefing the United.
States until they can READ and write
their own language Representative
Hayes made an effort in committee,
before the bill was reported, to amend
it SO that Japanese and other Asiat-
les would be barred under the natur-
aliZatien laws. The amendment was
defeated by one, vote. Hayes is now
tokins the fight to exclude Asiatics
to the floor of the House.
Bitter Fight over TBiH. =
CONTINUED from page two.)
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CUTS !.
INTO STREET
PAVING MONEY

Mayor Fern hit the board OF super
visors a crack in the solar plexus
this morning, when he announced his
veto OF ordinance TAT, which appropri.
ated $15e0 for the construction of a
bridge over the hair pin turn at Wal
mea, and by cutting out the appropria-
ton contained in resolution 74S, pro-
vidiHg for road work III Kaimuki and
on King street
In speaking of the vetoes Mr.. Fern
said this morning, that he believes it
still necessary to keep down the ex-
penses of the board despite the re-
funding of the $4,000 charged against
The county by the Territorial auditor,
and that his action had that object
in view. .a ...s... -.
The resolution number TAI, provides
for the spending of $500 for a bridge
over what is called the hair pin turn
at Waimea, and Fern admitted that
his work is necessary. Indeed was
among the first to point out its neces-
sity, but it is work that will be done
Under the direction of the incoming
board of supervisors, and that body
may wish to build a better bridge than
could be done with $500. 1t may
llso have number. of other ideas,
with which this resolution might con-
flict. believe that the supervisors
elect should have the say-so regarding
such matters. E.... .... -... -.
Pretty much the same reasons ex-
st for my Vetoing the appropriations
(cont!nued on Page y
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HAWAII HEIRS
TO FRIEDMAN'S
ESTATE beaten

A twelve-year contest over the will
II Caut. Julius Friedman of Homo
uiu and San Francisco, was ended on
December IA when Superior Judge
Graham of San Francisco awarded the
Cillion-dollar estate to the Hebrew
lone for the Aged Disabled.
One hundred and nineteen purpo~t-
Il heirs, including, it is said. three
rom Hawaii. are declared by the
curtis decision to have failed TO es-
ablish any kinship with the deceased
r anv valid claim to the estate.
Capt. Julius Friedman. weli-knoWn
D Honolulans Cf a score of years ago.
led at the Palace Hotel on January
81. 1900. For Eome years he had been
engaged in the import business be-
tween California and the Hawaiian iS-
IaIds. He left an estate valued at
close to a million, and it has since in
creased in value. The Hebrew Home
fer the Aged Disabled, of San Fran
cisco, has already received $4,000.
Six hundred thousand more will be
turned over in a few days. under tn"
recent decision of Judge Graham. II
IS not known here who the local claim
ants are.
The San Francise Examiner of De
cmber ) contains tull particulars OF
he -ase. According to the Examiner
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.INDIA'S VlCEROY
VICTIM OF BOMB
IAssocIared l.ress cable1

DELHI, India, Dec. 23.-4 bomb,
thrown from a house top IA one %
the most crowded quarttrf of the
city, caused severe injuries 70 the
viceroy, Baron Charles Hardjnge, and
the death of his personal bearer, and
seriously wounded another. Lady
Hardinge was in the carriage with
ner husband, but escaped uninjared.
Sir Charles was cut BY the flying
fragments Of she bomb, and was g.
moved to the hospital at once, where
his cuts were attended to. He is not
in danger.
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EXPLOSION IN MINE
ENTOMBS THE WORKERS
Associated Press cabiel

TOXIC, Japan, Dec. 23.-Two hun
dred miners were entombed in one Of
the coal mines in the southern part
of the kingdom today, waen an ex-
pIosion of gas shook down part of the
roof of the gallery "nere they were
working. It has been impossible so
far to communicate with the men and
it is feared that they will have per-
ished before the working, parties can
reach them. The scenes, at the pit
mouth are described as heart rend-
ing and the officials have issued or
GERS to keep the women and children
away as much as possible. Tne gov
ernment is sending troops 20 aid in
the work Of rescue.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-23
Prime Minister OF
The Dual-Monar-
chy Informs Other
Powers That The
Serbs Request
For Port On The
A driatic Meets
With EmpefOr's S
Approval
[speclaI star- BulletIn rahlel

LONDON. Dec. 2s,-The foreign o..
flee has been officially Notified ~
the ambassador to Great Britain from
Vienna, that the austrian govern.
aent Is willing to aceeds to the d.
mand for port On the Adrisiic.
made BY the little kingdom of ssrvI..
and over which Il was feared : sen.
eraI European war would break forth
The formal note states that sAustrla.
hungary is satisfledv with the sehsms
as outlined BY the Belgrade govern.
nnent.
II is believed here that this move
on the part Of AustI;a put an end u
40 fear Of ~ Epropsap conslici.
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Isidor- Jacobs, a prominent

. Isidor Jacobs, prominent
&: capitalist and political reformer
> of San Francisco, arrived in the
/: Sonoma this morning to stay
= about a month. during which
. time he will look into the pine
. apple canning possibilities on the
:. different islands. He is presi-
{: dent of the California Canneries
F.. Company and close friend of
:, the Wilson administration, hav-
> ing been one Of the leaders in
. the Democratic campaign in Cali
:. fOrnia. In an interview given to
: a Star-Bulletin reporter this. af-
=: ternoon, Mr. Jacobs predicts a
/: tremendous development of Ha-
. waiian commerce and industry
.. from the opening OF the Panama
. Canal, and expresses the firm
. conviction that the reduction of
I. the sugar tariff will not be made
:. below a duty Of one cent a
= pound.
, Il. q 4 - 4. q i. {. Z a :, q q a
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ALLIES PROPOSE
TURKEY YIELD
WITH ALL HONOR
fAssocIated Press cable

LONDON, Dec. 2s-sFfoposa:s were
made to the Turkish p;enlpotentIarie
here today that the Sublime Porte
Surrender with al the honors 81 war,
and march out Of the citiss 81 ccn-
tari, Janlna and Adrianopis Wfth FLAGS
flying and the troops refalpln1 their
arms. The proposal also considers
the question Of the evacuation Of the
Balkan peninsula az far as the city
Of TchataIia, and the annskation BY
Greece Of the Aegean Islands ineiuo,
ing Crete. The proposals also ineiud5
the payment Of an Indemnity by the
Porte. The Turkish ambassadors re-
tired to discuss these terms in prl-
yate.
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GRANTS
SERV|A'S DEMAND
FORTY SAILORS
DIE IN GALES ON
ATLANTIC COAST
[speeiaI star. .Bnlletin cahlel

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-Gisantic
gales have swept the Atlantic coast
from Cape Anne, south to Cape Hat.
teras during the last few days and
according to reports at least two
score sailors. manning ali sorts Of
craft have been drowned or other.
wise killed as result of the storms.
The Wreckage Of more than fifty
barks strew the coast north Of Cape
Cod, and number are reported to
have foundered at sea, on which there
on the part of Austria puts an end to
ate figures.
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!. - y u y q !: - !: :: :: !: - :! y u .;
}: ::
J: Plans for the improvement and ;;
!: Identification of Palace Square 8
2 are expected to be presented to- !;
= night by women OF the Outdoor :;
!: Circle of the Kilohana club to !;
2 the Oahu Improvement commit =
): tee. The committee has called a 2
): meeting for. 7:30 o'clock at the ::
Z Merchants association rooms, !;
): Young hotel. Much interest has ::
): been shown in the proposals to ;:
): beautify Palace Square, the :;
J: plans for which, it is stated. will ::
. be presented by Mrs. F. J. Low !:
!. rey and others
J: Action on the withdrawal Of !;
): The Kaimuki improvement club =
!: from the central committee will =
= also be in order at tonight's !:
= meeting The committee gave the =
}: kaimuki club chance to recon- =
): slider it's withdrawal. but the club ::
): by majority vote decided to let !:
}: the withdrawal stand. !:
): :: :: :: :: :: :: :: I! .; = :: ;: ): !: :: ::
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-23
PUSHING MAHUKA SITE BILL
MAY PASS AT THIS SESSION

terest, have reached a definit undc :.
standing with U. s. Attorney Il. w
Rreckons concerning a valuation. nG
that parcel is not known. 1t is be.
lieved however. that the payment oil
100000 to the owners and OF some
thing like $4,000 or $4,000 to the
lessees would satisfy both.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-23
SOLDIERS BEING
RUSHED TO OAHU
CoIored Regiment Will Go To Scho-
field, Two More Companies To Ruger,
And OneTO Kamehameha-- Disposition
OF ArtiJleymen A Surprise
- %@%]<<xi%x% &<%@ <<<<@<s< = y =
Special Star.Bulleffn CORES espondence

Special Bulletin Correspondence.
WASHINGTON, d. G.. Dec. l3--Orders
the troops
Francis January and TO- 1913
prepare assignment
The 18th companies of
the Artillery.
and 6Sh companies will o
q ameha
The
G.. A. Taylor 18th Jones'
Baker: Morgan Alabama
The 25h Infantry Will be starioned schoned Barracks
C. S. ALBERT
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1ST WIFE ON THE HUNT,
HE WEDS End WIFE HERE

According to news that arrived to-
day from the Coast, J. Clark, the
streetcar man arrested here for big
amy. was married in October; 1908, to
Miss Teresa Sciaroni OF San Francisco
He went under the name OF John c.
Steele in San Francisco, where he
was employed by the United Railroads.
His wife recently went to Oregon to
search for him.
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Owing Lee and twenty-five others,
accused OF gambling, entered pleas OF
guilty before Circuit Judge Robinson
today and were fined IS each.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-23
WOMEN WILL PRESENT
> BEAUTIFiCATI0M PLANS
FOR PALACE. SQUARE

;: ::.::: ::.: e: : p. :: :;
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Continued on Page -
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From s. p.

Lurline. Dec. Is.
For 8. F.;
Shinyo Maru, Dec. II
From Vancouver:
Zealandia, Jan. /.
For Yaneouyer3
Mariana, Dec. 81.
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tcontinued on PAGE a.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-01-01
RANDOM CLIPPINGS
Reclamation in Missouri


Between Cape Girardean, No, and
Helena, Ark, there are 240 miles of
swamps covering some 5000 square
Ialiles Of soil. Some years ago the
question on draining this, vast area
was agitated and as far back as 1893
Arkansas and Missouri began build
ing levees along the Mississippi River
to keep out the overflow. The FNf-'
eral Government paid part of the
expense and in 1907 the work. which
embraced some 210 miles of levee,
was completed and the Mississippi
was shut out
With the completion of the levees
the work OF drainage began to take
practical form and at present one of
the greatest reclamation enterprises
In the United States is under way.
This undertaking is comprehended in
two proiects--the Little River drain
age system and the st. Frances River
system. The Little River ditch IS
known as "Missouri's Panama Ca
nall and is being dug at the rate of
fifty miles a month, It's cost being
estimated at 100000. with it's
branches it will reclaim 100000
acres of land almost Incompatible in
fertility. The St Francis project Is
of still larger dimensions and will
reclaim some 1,6OO square miles of
swamp It's estimated cost is ST.,
COOS
The fame of Southeastern Missouri
is spreading in consequence of its ac-
tivity in drainage. II was no longer
than fifteen years ago that the first
reclamation ditch was dug in New
Madrid county. New Madrid and
Mississippi counties constitute that
section OF Missouri which adioins
Kentucky, being separated there
from by the Mississippi River Both
these counties have been the scene Of
extensive hrainage activity The
original New Madrid county ditch is
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-01-01
Two Edison Ideas.

AS Thomas A. Edison grows older
he seems ever more prolific OF ideas
and inventions. His two latest con
Germ publicity. At least they are
the latest at the moment this is be-
ing written, In a brief hour he may
have new crop.
The first OF the two Edisonia
ideas aforementioned relates to
books, The inventor objects that
there are chemicals in the paper
now manufactured which turn 1t
yellow in few years. Moreover,
the sources Of pulp supply are being
exhausted. Therefore man must
seek some other material on which
to print his burning thoughts. Mr..
Edison proposes nickel. He says
that the nickel can be rolled into
sheets thin enough so that a book Of
10000 pages would be only two
inches thick He has contriyed a
method by which print on these
nickel pages may be as easily read
as on paper. Better than all, the
material would be indestructible, or
perhaps II would be worse than all,
depending on the character Of the
book.
The second idea Of the great in
ventor Is yet more startling. 1t is
ITO have campaign speeches canned
mot canned in the sense that a
dog Is canned, understand, but as
Smbaln1ed beef II canned. Not only
ould ~ have these speeches repro.
cfd w 1h ngrnn would
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-01-01

twenty-nine miles long and forty
feet wide Since its completion one
drainage project has succeeded an
other with uch-raplditythat the ag-
gregate length of the bitches has
reached nearly 1000 miles and is
constantly increasing In all fully
100000 acres of useless. inundated
soil has been converted into tillable
land capable of tremendous agricul-
tural production.
Farther up the Mississippi River
in Cape Girardeau county, which ad-
joins Illinois, a diversion canal was
dug thirty miles long by which the
waters of six small rivers were di-
verified from the swamp to the Mis-
sissipp, Mixer, south/of this canal
lies tn basin of Little River, which
is nowvthe center of operations. 1t
is ayswampy bottom ninety miles
long Md ten to twenty miles wide.
1t has Dxen under water "since the
memory man runneth not to the
contrary.3 The project involves the
digging }of sehannel eighty miles
long. with 600 miles of lateral
ditAhes This will straighten Little
River. drain the swamp and carry
the main channel to the now ambi-
tious St. Francla River canal, which.
in turn, viii carry it on to the Mis-
sissippi River, near Helena, Ark.
Some of the results of these extern
sive drainage operations of the past
fifteen years are summarize d by a
special correspondent of the Kansas
City Star. 1t is stated that New
Madrid Is the fastest growing county
in. Missouri, its population increasing
~ per cent in the last decade, as
shown by the census of 1910; that
in the eight counties of Southeas,
Missouri the population increased
1858 in the same ten years; that
Scott county increased II per cent;
that Pemiscot county increased 81
per. cent, aud all the others made a
splendid showing that many nsw
towns have sprung up; that land
near New Madrid that sold six years
ago for So an acre is now worth
SIS; that land south of Morehouse
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-01-01
LATEST IN VELVET SHOES
Louis XIV. and Louis XIV. Lead The
Way in This Seasons
Styles.

In house and evening shoes there
are the most exquisite things
Louis XIV. and Louis XIV. models
lead the way, with heels so high that
1t Ii dangerous to make brusque
movement. They must be in exactly
the same material as the dress win
which tney are worn, and they must
have exquisite buckles or buttons in
fine silver, paste or enamel, with one 8
monogram, as one likes.
A violet velvet frock trimmed with
fur and lace would have violet velvet
shoes and real lace stockings like the
lace on the frock, and so on through
all ones wardrobe. Naturally. women
with small incomes cannot do this
sort of thing to any extent, but they
can follow modestay, and it is quite
well worth while to give some atten-
ton to the detail Of having the right
shoes and stockings for each gown.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-01-01

valued in 1904 at So an acre sold
last summer for $l05 an acre; that
a forty-acre trace in New Madrid
county, which was bought ten years
ago for $1.25 an acre is now held at
hgutes in excess of SIS; that in the
same county a man ten years ago
paid $500 for Gao acres OF land,
selling it six years later for $4,000
and that the present owner last year
refused an offer of $41,600.
The same correspondent tells a
number of stories equally wonderful
in regard to the fertility and produc-
ing power of the reclaimed land.
Alfalfa yields five crops and on some
farms three crops, onions, corn and
peanuts are cultivated at one and the
same time in alternate rows. The
farmers harvest wheat in June and
then SOW cowpeas, which are gath
cred in September. The land is i'm
mediately plowed and wheat drilled
in. This is pastured during the win
ter. the wheat is harvested the fol-
lowing June and the same round re-
peated. In Dunklin county there is a
colony of Catholics occupying 10000
acres. Practically all this land was
under water a few years ago, but is
now producing splendid crops.
The development that has come
about in Southeast Missouri in
consequence of these improvements
is little short of marvellous 1t is one
OF the best illustrations anywhere to
be found of the possibilities of
swamp reclamation - Louisville
COurier-Juornal.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-01-01
FIXING UP GIRLS DEN
CLEVER YOUNG LADY PRODUCES
CHARMING EFFECT.
Artistic Taste Enables Her to Work
Wonders With Materials Of
Triflng Cost--Any Girl
Can Do as Wen.

Brown, or rather natural colored,
linen, very coarse In quality, and
therefore the moTa effective, has been
manipulated into window hangings
and upholstery covers by clever girl
who was given generous amount q
money with which to do over her own
den in the country house.
Being clever with her fingers, TIE
girl decided to do her room herself,
and, having an economical turn or
mind, she wished to have the best I'll
fects for the least money. The result
is most charming In tan and pink.
with touches Of green, and the hang
ings are likely to wear forever.
The linen she bought by the piece
of 60 yards at wholesale and because
it was cheaper she selected that which
is stffened and is used in the making
of mems clothing The home laun-
dress washed the stiffening out, and
the girl had a material not unlike Rus
sian linen, but costing decidedly less.
On the walls of this room, which is
high among the treetops, she had a
paper covered at regular intervals
with very small lunches of tigg,
round, pink roses, showing the mer-
est suspicion of foliage.
The floor was of plain hardwood,
The linen was made into straight
draperies, with four inch hens that
fall, unlooped to the sill. There il a
shallow valance, with similar hem but
no heading is used above that through
which the small brass rod is run The
object of having q shallow valance IS
that the view of great trees shall not
be destructed.
A box II inches high, leo long aud
25 wide serves as a receptacle FOR in
frequently worn dresses and window
seat. 1t is done with the linen THO
sides and ends are concealed by tie
material hanging in box pleats. On
the top is a separate cushion, the case
for which the girl made, but the cush-
ion itself, that it might be even and
nice, was done at an upholster's. The
box is placed beneath two windows to-
gether, and near it is round mahog-
any table on which are books, jar OF
flowers, q lamp and the other et-
ceteras one would have in such q
room.
An old wing chair, discarded by her
mother for several years, the girl had
bought from the stables and covered
1T herself. using brass lacks as en-
ish. The work took time. but was not
difficult, for the old cover was nsed
for a pattern in cutting out the new.
A mahogany side chair and steamer
chair were given linen cushions, made
on!
The necessary color was introduced
by pink and green figured cretonne
cushions on the window seat and IN
the chairs. The paper lamp shade S
pink. On the floor are pink and green
rag rugs. The room Is restful and
cool for summer and the cost of do
ing 1t over was so slight as to MAKE
it possible for any girl whose income
is small.