The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-10-04
HonoluIans Gather to
Honor the Lad Who
Honored City.
Glad to Return Home
--.Thanks His Many
Friends.
(From wendnosday Advertisory

Duke Paoa Kahanamoltu is home
agaIn
Thousands of Honolulans thronged the |
Matson Navigation Company's wharf |
early yesterday morning to see Duke !
Kahanamoku and welcome him home. |
1t was democratic crowd of the |
world s short distance swimming cham.
pion s admirers that waited breathless. !
ly for sight of the game island boy, I
who, alone and in a strange land thou
sands of miles away from his native
home, captured one of the most coveted |
honors competed for at the recent
0lympiad.
The moment Duke landed he was ta.
ken up on the shoulders of a bunch of
husky and stalwart fellow.members of
the Hui Nalu and carried through the
wharf to waiting automobile where his
mother was given her first chance to
greet him, though the lady had been
right at the foot of the gangway when
Hawaii s favored son again touched
his native soil.
In the automobile Duke shook the
hands of those nearest him and as soon
as the machine could get away he was
driven to his home at Waikiki.
Duke OH Waikiki Early.
The good steamer Wilhelmina was off
port bright and early yesterday morning
and laid off quite inshore of Waikiki
for a considerable length of time. The
boat was gaily decorated with every
piece of bunting to be found aboard.
Following the quarantine and customs
boat the Kulumanu with members of
the Kahanamoku Fund Committee and
representatives Of the press were soon
alongside as the Wilhelmina stopped at
the harbor entrance. The launch Huki-
huki with members of the Hui Nalu
and stringed quintet club was also on
hand and Duke again heard the, soft
and sweet melodies of Hawaii waited to
his ears in strains like nowhere else
in the world could be produced.
At about half.past seven the Wilhel-
nina poked her nose into the harbor
channel and as she passed the light
house her deep whistle gave the signal
which broke loose every steam whistle
in the harbor and city in bedlam of
noise the like of which has not been
heard here. 0ceangoing passenger
steamers and tramps, coasting steamers,
launches of all sizes and descriptions,
and locomotives on the Railroad
wharves, joined in the noisy welcome
with the factory whistles of the city.
Aloha oe and Hawaii Ponoi.
As the steamer went alongside the
dock the Hawaiian Band played Aloha
De like no other band in the world can
play it and tears came to Dukes eyes
in grateful recognition of Honolulu s
welcome. Hawaii Ponoi followed and
Dukes hat was the first removed out
of respect to Hawaii s old.time anthem
The wharf was crowded and it was
with difficulty that one could move
about Duke was the first passenger
ashore and the moment he reached the
foot of the landing cheer upon cheer
broke loose from the crowd and the
young world champion was caught VI
and carried on the shoulders of his wait
ing fellow IIui Nalu members. tai
and husky Hawaiian foot policeman
forgot everything else, deserted his pos'
of duty, and was soon in the middle OF
the Duke bearers. His arms held the
island boy the highest.
After having spent few hours a
home with his folks, Duke came bact
into town and it was with difficult!
that he was shanghaied into Attorney
w. t. Rawlin s office where newspa
per men awaited him for n little chat
Thanks People of Hawaii.
"'Tell the people of Hawaii for me
that / feel more than l can express
my gratitude to all for their kind
ness during these months and thei
warm welcome aloha given me toda.
on my return to dear old Honolulu an
my native Hawaii, " said Kahanamokr
alt was too bad that 1 was alon
over in Europe for many people woul
ask me any amount of questions abou
this city and the Islands and it wa
impossible for me to answer every
thing and everybody.
"Say, but il feels good to get bac
10 Hawaii again. / had a pleasar
time every moment since L left HON
eight months ago and cverybod
treated me WE'LL
"Do you want to 90 TO the mes
Olympic meeti' was asked him.
ayes, if ! may. ] want to do th'
and will keep in trim until that tin
comes, but. before that, ! want
have relay team of Hawaiian swiI
mers and some divers for the grei
water carnival which will take pla,
in san Francisco AT the time of Il
1915 exposition. Hawaii can have
team there which will beat the world.
Poi and Royalty.
"Poii'i and Duke gulped, "Well
had the first taste of real poi at hon
this morning after landed. / tast
something like poi in New York VIII
/ came across Benny Jones and I
Bird Of Paradise people one cveniu
but IL was n tame article alongside I
real thing"
From poi, the reporter skipped
royalty and asked Duke how ma
crowned heads he had met over IN {
Europe.
con, well, I met two or three Kin
and crown princes. ! am sure q
was q king aud another queeni
other was crown prince of son
whore. bat I forget Of what was
unaffected ana astonishing reply
the lad whom the royalty had inl
by the hand aud h0norei when
swan bic say into one of the worl
mosi coveted athletic titles,