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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-11
THE BELT ROAD
CASE ON APPEAL

On Saturday the records in the
loan fund commissions appeal from
Judges Whitney's decision in favor
of John H.. Wilson on the Heeia
belt road section contract matter were
entered in the supreme court
Two appeals to the supreme court,
in the same case, that of Fred Sack
WITT versus Elizabeth Goodwin, Char
els F. Sackwitz and the Bishop Trust
Company, have been filed in the SUI
preme court. Fred Sackwitz is the APP
pellant in each case. The matter con
Germs the ownership of considerable
amount of real estate, Sackwitz APP
peals from an order of the circuit
Judge quashing service by publication
on two of the defendants who live
abroad
In the matter of the estate of Anna
Markham, John M. Markham, executor
was on Saturday discharged by the
probate judge and his final accounts
approved He was also appointed the
guardian of the Markham minors.
Charles o. Maschke was adjudged
a bankrupt on Saturday by Judge
Clemens and the matter was referred
to w. W. Thayer as referee. About
half of Maschke's creditors are on
Maui and the rest on Oahu.
Three divorces, all for failure to
provide, were granted by Judge WHIT
ney on Saturday.
Henrietta Baker was granted a de-
cree from George E. H. Baker; Alice
Haynes was divorced from Clarence
E. Haynes and Reina Marks was grant
ed decree Of divorce from Manuel
Marks. g
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-11

Especial Correspondence of the Starr
WAILUKU, March 9.-Contractor
Marshall bid $4,000 on the new cleo
trio light power plant, which is soon
to be erected between Waikiki and
Kahului by the Island Electric Com
pany. ]. r. Davis bid $3.50 Hugh
Howell $3.50, K. Honda $3576. All
bids were rejected and the concern
will proceed to erect its own power
house. Two or three houses for the
employees of the company will prob
ably be erected near the new power
house. The poles are we'll distributed
over the roads to be lighted, and this
week the Maui Stables will begin the
erection of them.
WaIuku Hotel Sold.
George Trimble, engineer of the
Island Electric Company, has pur-
chased the Waikiki Hotel. The pa
pers were passed today Mr. and
Mrs. Trimble will conduct the hotel
along the same lines as it has been
so successfully conducted in the past.
Mrs. George D. Schrader, who retires
on the 18th of the month from the
Waikiki Hotel, has been a popular
hostess for many years. Her table
has been noted for it's homelike and
appetizing dishes. She has had many
steady patrons, who have roomed and
boarded with her, as we'll as many
of the transients in town Miss Mary
Hoffman, who has been with Mrs.
Schrader for several years, will prob
ably remain in Waikiki.
Japanese Settlement.
The Haleakala Ranch Company has
been trying to make definite changes
in the Kula settlement of Japanese,
who have had leases on a consider
able stretch of land. The change is
desired because the ranch feels the
need of the land for ranching pur-
poses. Two years ago the lease was
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-11
OUTRAGE IN NEW
YORK STREET

NEW YORK, February 21-R. E,
Shearer, a well known artist, was the
victim of three hold-up men, who
pounced upon him as he was passing
the Hotel Albany, at the corner of 4th
street and Broadway, early today. He
will probably die as the result of their
attack.
Broadway at the point where this
latest holp-up occurred is never desert
ed and always brilliantly lighted, but
the three thugs accomplished their
coup successfully and apparently with
out attracting the attention of single
one of the scores of persons who were
within a few rods of them at the time.
Shearer told the police that the
three men were standing directly in
front Of the hotel entrance when he
came along. They grabbed him, threw
him into a cab, that was waiting with
the door open, beat him with black
jacks and robbed him of his jewelry
and $50, all he had Seven blocks
down Broadway they turned into a
side street, took him out of the cab
and threw him down the basement OF
a small shop.
He was found some time later by a
policeman, unconscious and bleeding
from several wounds. At Bellevue Hos.
pital the surgeons reported that his
skull was fractured and that he
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-11

WASHINGTON, February 19.-The
nomination of Mahlon Pitney, chan
cellor of the state of New Jersey, to
be an associate justice of the Unite1
States Supreme Court, filling the va
cancy caused by the death of Justice
Harlan was sent to the Senate this
afternoon by President Taft. The
statement that Chancellor Pitney
would be named was made at the
White House after a call by John w.
Griggs, former attorney general of the
United States, and a delegation OF
New Jersey lawyers, all of whom
spoke of Judge Pitney in the highest
terms.
Tried to Keep Choice Secret.
Unusual efforts were made to guard
the secret and the President had
planned to send the nomination in to-
day as a complete surprise. Mr.. Taft
does not anticipate opposition to the
nomination in the Senate. Chancellor
Pitney long has been a prominent fig
ure in New Jersey.
In casting about for a successor to
Justice Harlan, Mr.. Taft first looked
beyond the Mississippi river. At one
time it seemed certain that he would
name Judge William c. Hook of the
| United States circuit court, and again
it seemed that Secretary Charles Ma
gel of the Department of Commerce
and Labor would be the President
choice.
Negroes Opposition Defeats Hook.
There was a protest against Judge
Hook because of his decisions in two
Oklahoma cases, one involving the 2
cent fare law and the other the "Jim
Crow car law, The latter case, in
which Judge Hook decided in favor o
the railroads and against the conten
ton of the negroes, is said to have
been the final cause of the President
turning from the Kansas jurist. Labor
orgat izations protested against Secre
tary Nagel on the ground that he hat
been too lenient in the enforcement
of the immigration laws.
When Chancellor Pitney has beer
confirmed by the Senate and has
taken his place on the Supreme Cour
President Taft will have had the ex
traordinary experience of having con
stituted a majority Of the highest tri
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-11
A SILENT SPEECH.

Washington Star: Legislators might
profitably ponder the example set in
the House of Representative yester-
day by Mr. Akin of New York, who de-
livered a silent speech" utilizing his
allotted five minutes by displaying on
the clerks desk a placard to illustrate
from his point of view the difference
in the fullness of the dinner pail in
1900 and in 1918. Representative Akin
probably gained more attention by his
five minutes of silence than though he
had spoken at top speed for his allot-
ed time and had then obtained leave
to extend his remarks in the Record.
AS a matter of fact, the shorter
speeches in the House make the big
gest hits. Sometimes a member gets
the most CONSPICUOUS headline of the
day by the utterance OF a mere para
graph. The public has little patience
with and takes small interest in long
winded discussions. Even the ora
tions and addresses of the most promi-
nent of public men are read with a
sense of duty rather than from con
Germ in the text. The great majority
of speeches delivered in Congress
could be condensed to one-quarter Of
the volume without injury either to
style or argument and the business OF
Congress would be greatly facilitated
by the process, not to mention the
economy in printing.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-11
PROFESSOR JOHNSON GIVES
HIS VIEWS ON CANAL TOLLS

would mean a saving of ten cents per
net registered ton for each day saved
in steaming time.
LAS regard all of the commerce
across the Pacific, tolls will be in
fuential in determining the use of the
Panama canal AS far as our Atlantic
and gulf seaboards are concerned "a
toll of fair proportions may be impos-
ed AS far as Europe is concerned,
the toll must be low if Panama gets
any appreciate portion of the COM
merce of the orient.
Tonnage and Displacement.
"The evidence that I have thus far
obtained points clearly to the adoption
of the net tonnage of the vessel as the
basis for the toll levied as regards
merchant vessels and of the displace-
ment tonnage as regards warships.
"I should say that it would be very
desirable for the committee, by law, to
name a maximum and minimum rate
of toll within which the executive
must fix the toll. l would give the
executive great latitude in the formula
ton of measurement rules
Taking the worlds shipping as it
runs, a vessel has a net register ton
mage of about sixty four per cent of its
gross tonnage, but by the rules of the
Suez Canal Company the net register
amounts to seventy-two per cent OF
the gross register tonnage. If we
were to adopt the Suez rules for Pa
mama we might fix a much lower toll
and get the same revenue we would
get if we were to adopt the American
rules with a higher toll.
Not to Exceed $3.50 Net Ton.
81 thing we would be perfectly safe
! in instructing the President to fix the
toll not to exceed $3.50 a ton net regis
ter 1t matters very little as regards
the competition of the transcontinen-
tai railroads whether the toll is 81 OF
$3.50. The railroads will be carrying
a large volume of traffic after the
/ Panama canal is opened, even if tolls
are below $3.50 net ton. suppose
ninety per cent of the tonnage of the
transcontinental railroads is tonnage
which they are certain to move re
CARELESS of Panama canal competition
THE Panama canal is being bull
CONTINUED on page tweIve.)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-11
THE PRESIDENTS NOMINEE
FOR SUPREME COURT BENCH

bunal in the land-a bench on which
it had been his most exalted ambition
to serve as chief justice. In addition
to naming five new justices of a court
of nine, President Taft elevated Asso-
ciate Justice Edward d. White to the
chief justiceship, making six Supreme
Court appointments during the three
years he has been in the White House.
The five associate justices named by
MIR. Taft was Messrs. Lurton, Hughes,
Van Devanter, Lamar and Pitney.
Sat in Congress and on Bench.
Mahlon Pitney was born at Morris
town, N. j.. on February 5, 1858, was
educated at Princeton university and
was admitted to the bar in 1882. He
was elected to Congress from the
fourth New Jersey district in 1894 and
reelected in 1896. He became state
senator from Morris county in 1899
and was made president of the senate.
He became an associate justice of the
New Jersey Supreme Court in Novem-
Der, 1901.
Iowa Labor Opposes PItney.
DIES MONIES, February ia. L.
Urick, president OF the Iowa Fedora
ton of Labor, today addressed Sena-
tors Cummins and Kenyon at Wash
'ington, protesting against the appoint
ment by President Taft of Chancellor
Mahlon Pitney of New Jersey to sue
coed the late Justice Harlan of the
Supreme bench
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-11
Int9r-ISland Happenings

he had a pistol and he saw bird,
and what boy could resist taking a
shot The horse was startled, gave a
jump, and forty eggs were scrambled
over boy and horse. Moral for boys:
Business before pleasure.
A certain young man of Multi, who
recently visited Honolulu, was telling
the boys of his wonderful trip. He
finally offered his services as guide, in
case any of them should go to see the
sights. q would take you to the
Young Hotel" he said, land you would
ride up in the cutvator"
The pine trees on the windward side
of Makapala school were topped off
midway, some time ago. Results:
wood, charcoal, clean roof, no
choked cutters, clean water. The roof
does not need sweeping; the trees are
getting bushy and make a better wind
break; the iron roof does not rust, nor
leaves accumulate on it during vaca-
ton. All school principals please note.
Union Church Sunday school began
last Sunday operating an autobuss, to
transport such attendants as have NO
means of conveyance. One of the
club autos has been engaged. The
attendance was %. This is a praise
worthy aggressive movement, that
may in time be extended to accom-
modste all who would like to attend
CCotinued on page ten.)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-11

WASHINGTON February 21.-The
House committee on Interstate and
foreign commerce, which is confronted
with the necessity of enacting at the
present session of Congress legislation
fixing the rate of tolls to be collected
on shipping passing through the canal,
has received the report of DR.. Emory
r. Johnson of the University of Penn
sylvania, formerly member OF the
isthmain canal commission and a rec
ognized transportation expert, who has
been studying the problem for the
committee.
"The fundamental question regard
ing the Panama canal tolls, as l view
it." DR.. Johnson says, "is whether
system of charges can be devised and
levied that will yield revenue without
unduly burdening American trade and
without seriously limiting the ability
of the Panama canal to compete for
traffic against the routes by way OF
the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the
Strait of Magellan, the Cape OF Good
Hope and the Suez canal. While 1t is
desirable that the canal yield moder-
ate revenue, it is more important that
it's traffic usefulness should not be re-
stricted. The canal is being built pri-
marily to serve commerce and INDUS
try and not to produce revenue. The
general level of Panama tolls and the
adjustment Of rates must be such as
not unduly to restrict the dement's
which the canal will confer upon Amer
lean industries.
Tolls Need Not Be Heavy
"The tolls at Panama need not be
heavy. They need not exceed hve OF
six per cent of the average freight
charge paid by shippers on traffic us
ing the canal l suppose it will be
agreed by every one that a Panama
toll equivalent to fifty or sixty cents
per ton of cargo in the ship-cargc
upon which the freight rate will aver
age $40 per ton-will not be high
charge"
DIR. Johnson submitted tables show
ing the number of days to be saved
vessels of varying speeds from Euro
pean ports to ports in Pacific Ameri
ca and New Zealand. He said it cos
ten cents a day per net registered tor
to maintain a vessel on the seas. This
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-11
REAL MERIT WINS.

There never was time when peo-
pie appreciated the real merits Of
Chamberlains Cough Remedy more
than now. This is shown by the in.
crease in sales and voluntary testi-
monials from persons who have been
cured by it, II you or your children
are troubled with cough or cold give
1t trial and become acquainted with
its good qualities, For sale by all
dealers. Benson, Smith & Co., agents
for Hawaii
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-11

Supervising Chemist Fl. Johnson left
on Wednesday, after an extended visit,
during which the Improvements and
additions to the mill made last off
season have been carefully tested
William Lennox intends leaving
about the middle of April for a visit
to his country of origin"-Bonnie
Scotland. He will bring back Mrs. and
Miss Marry Stuart Lennox with him.
Labor Strike.
The men loading sugar at Mahuko-
ma struck for 50 day last week. They
wouldn't work until they got it, and
they won out. They think the work
is hard, and their sweat is worth two
plunks.
Father Rollins, the Catholic mission
priest, has been holding services night.
ly at Halawa church with full houses
He goes to Kona this week. He has
had a call to go to Brazil
Chin Fook, the Makapala tailor, has
been making a large flag of the Chi
nese Republic 1t flew on Sunday
over the Chinese social hall
Serious and Otherwise.
Policeman Josiah Uaia took the
Union Mill Filipino gun man to Hilc
Jail, last week He may now shoot
cockroaches in the county hostelry.
A Makapala boy was sent on horse
back to deliver some eggs. He was
cautioned not to play on the road, but
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-11

should be granted by the agricultural
department in Honolulu. George
Cooper and Supervisor Drummond,
both Of the Hama district, were pro-
posed as new members.
The A. F. Coates brought big lot
of lumber to replenish the low lumber
yards of the Kahului railroad. This
lot, together with an order just placed
by the railroad, will make nearly four
million feet to arrive before the first
of May.
The Library Thrives.
Many friends of the Maui Library
Association have recently given the
library valuable donations of books.
Among the latest gifts is an excellent
set of Waverley novels from the lie
brary of R. A. Wadsworth. Mrs. b.
F. Dillingham; has sent several vol
umes, among which are Cape Cod"
a beautifully illustrated set, an attrac-
tive volume of Kate Douglass Wig
gins Susanna and Sue," and Now
bray's "a Journey to Nature" Dur
ing the two months the library has
been in existence a large number Of
volumes have been drawn. The Nom
bership is steadily increasing.
Local Improvements.
Samuel r. Dowdle has been working
on the plans for the remodeling OF
Mrs. H. P. Baldwin's house at Malu.
hal, which will be enlarged and
changed This will be Mrs. Baldwin's
permanent residence in the future.
For years it has been merely her sum-
mer home. The plans are complet-
ed, and the contract has been let to
Mr. W. Dingle who has done such ex-
cellent work on the new Union church
of Waikiki and has just completed an
exceptionally fine piece of work on the
bowling alleys of the Wailuku gym
nasium
The Makawao parsonage has been
thoroughly renovated during the past
few weeks. A large portion Of the
Continued on page twelve)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-11
AN HONEST DEPENDABLE MEDI
CINE

is Lydia f. Pinhamk Vegetable Com
pound. A root and herb medicine orig
mated nearly forty years ago by Lydia
e. Pinkham of Lynn, Mass, for con-
trolling female ills.
It's wonderful success in this line
has made it the safest and most de-
pendable medicine OF the age for
women, and no woman suffering from
female ills does herself justice who
does not give it trial.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-11

KOHALA, March 5.-CThe Kohala
Midget Motto, the well-known driver
of the Volcano Stables mail stage,
leaves at the end of February for
Japan, having been recalled by the
Japanese government in order that he
may serve the regulation time in the
army. Nskashima, the Volcano
branch at Hakalau, succeeds Motto as
driver of the mail stage.
Some residential lots at Hakalau are
to be thrown open. These are at Ha-
kalau-iki, being located on a narrow
strip of land along the government
road. Over twenty-five persons have
applied for the residence lots and the
land will soon be available.
Paauhau.
The crusade against rats is being
prosecuted with great activity, and I'M
der the efficient supervision of SAM
tAry Inspector Hayden the vermin will
soon cease to be a menace to the
health of the plantation and district
G. McConachie, who has been en-
gagged on the Kalopa section almost
since coming here, has transferred tc
Paauhau section-a change which will
knock off about an hour and hall
from his working day.
Mrs. Boughton and her two little
daughters have left for the Coast, aft
er a visit here with her brother DR.
Brown.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-11

Nine. Schumann-Heinck, now on the
Pacific Coast, is against woman suf-
frage. She says women would not
lift politics up; politics would drag
women down"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-11
Electric Company Rejects
All Construction Bids
Maui Hotel Changes Hands---Dicl1y
Davis In Poor Health---Kahului
Breakwater Practically
Completed

extended, and now as it is about to
expire Editor Sheba has been able to
secure an extension for one year
more. The ranch has allowed this
extension so that the Japanese may
have time to move and find for them
selves other lands and build their lit
tie homes. While Mr.. Sheba was on
Maui he made investigation into the
advisability of starting a Japanese
newspaper. He says he intends hav-
ing one here soon, and is making
various negotiations to further his
project
Personal and Social.
The many Maui friends of D. H,
Davis are sorry to learn that he is in
critical condition in a private hos
pital in Honolulu. For some time he
has been under the care of DR.. G. B,
Wood, who is doing all in his power
for him. His mother, Mrs. Sarah
Davis, is also in a very poor state of
health
Mrs. w. F. Pogue has undergone
an operation at the hospital. She is
much better now, and will be at home
soon.
Manager E. ]. Walker of the Pu-
unene store has been in the hospital
for week. He is improved in health,
and will probably be at the store in
few days.
A pleasant dance was given Friday
night at the Wailulu gymnasium by
the girls of the basketball team. 1t
was an invitational affair. A large
number of the popular young people
on Maui were guests on the occasion
Commercial.
The Kahului breakwater is practi
cally finished, as far at least as the
heavy stones are concerned. 1t is a
/ fine piece of work and makes the har-
Dor like a mill pond.
Work on the new electric plant be
tween Wafluku and Kahului was be
| gun this week.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-11

Dowager Queen Alexandra who has
been suffering from an attack of in
fluenza, is making a favorable recov-
cry.
rSSsSSSSoSCSSSSSSSS
wound probably die. He was revived
sufficiently to tell his story and then
lapsed into unconsciousness again.
Detectives who secured the neigh
borhood where the hold-up occurred
were unable to find a single clue to
the identity OF Shearer's assailants.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-11

Fine Job Printing az the Star Office
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-13

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