Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-01
Cheering Croud To
Greet Honolulan
AfeH HTriunphs

With an ubar of mighty whistles
throughout thl length of the harbor,
the playing oAhe Hawaiian band, the
songs of his hi Ealu comrades and
great shoutint Of thousands Of his
friends who tfonged the waterfront
at the Matsoi pier, Duke Kahana-
moku. Hawaiifworld champion swim
mer, was giyeia ROYAL welcome early
TINS mornfne SJiiE steamer Nilhek,
nina moved slEiy up the bay to. her
berth, and thebest swimmer of them
all returned atin to his native land.
With the iSpressible glee of a
youngster, thl worlds champion
jigged ragtims on sthe upper deck,
|laughingly wasd his hat to the
crowds and shlted delighted greet
ings to his "Hs,s' Of the Hui Nalus
the boys with Ehom he once trained
and talked andireamed of the glory
that was to COB to him.
Honolulu awe to the coming of
her hero this lornfng with such
demonstration has seldom, ii ever,
been seen heretofore AS the first
rays of the riAg sun streaked the
horizon, the Wtelmina, fittingIy ar
rayed in honor the occasion in the
Iinnumerable fSs of all nations,
streaming fromsiie masts, appeared
off Diamond Had, Booming guns
from the fort aBunced that fact, and
few momentllater half a dozen
small craft werdnrrying out to meet
her, all loaded 1.-The gunwales with
crowds of the. cAIpion's friends.
Father Gets Nes
The quarantinkug was first to the
ship, but mdsnt later the Gus
toms launch, cakmg Duke Kahana-
moku Sr., the faer, and the recep-
tion committee, wung in near the
vessel; that wa quickly Joined by
the launch HukHuki, carrying the
Hui Nalu club sft,rs. and the launch
Kulamanu. ALI hg as near the ship
as possible, whilae champion, dress
ed in blue and learing around his
right arm the yelw and black badge
/ of Hui Nalu, Shout greetings to them
all, while the bd OF the club sang
Hawaiian meloditand popular songs.
AS soon. as tfdoctors had COM
pleted their worl&e members of the
party. aboard thGustoms tug were
permitted to claier up the Jacobs
ladder, and theyTnmediately Joined
Duke on the dec The Huki Huki,
carrying her loapf rollicking chor-
listers, steamed 1.-THE harbor along
side the big shipntn abreast of the
Matson pier, whethe tug hurried up
to the opposite le and the crowd
jumped out and ned the throng of
probably 1000 peons massed there.
serenade o. Whiss.,
AS the Wuhelna reached a point
opposite the Heani boathouse the
water craft begs the serenade of
mighty sound, wlh was soon taken
up by every engi along the water
front and turnedhto a bedlam of
noise. This coISued fully twenty
minutes, until theSilhelmina docked.
When the ganay was finally in
place, Duke, accpanied by w. T.
Rawlins, chairmatof the reception
committee, was first to rush
down. AS he appfed at the top of
the last flight andkpsed, waving his
hat and laughing, sshout that went
up threatened the fety of the roof
overhead. Then hsRs seized by the
Hui Nalus, throwngh up on their
shoulders and carre down the pier
at a run, out inolhe street and
handed into the autSAbile which one
of his friends had iced at his ser
vice for the ride to home at Wal
kiki
At the machine hparents Joined
him. And almost tthh asst, but by no
means the least, OF tie to meet and
clasp his hand was hmother, fearful
and voiceless with 6tion. AS she
was lifted into the I'd eau she mere
''ly stretched out her as to her boy,