The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-11-07
CROWDS LINE
UP To cash
CLAIMS
More Than Eleven Thousand Dol
lars Is Paid Out by Treasurer
on First Day Set for Payment
of Judgments Recently Con-
firmed by Banana Commission.

Two hundred and ten warrants in the
sum of $l1 ,0ds.40 were paid to banana
claimants yesterday by the territorial
treasury, this being less than one.third
of the number OF awards as well as
of the total damages adjudicated by
the banana commission. Today aud to-
morrow the commissioners will be at
the senate chamber where claimants
must call for the certified copies of
their judgments before the auditor will
lass out to them the warrants which
the treasury will cash on presentation.
Quite a number of claimants yester
day did not cash their warrants, this
being true especially in the ease of
cighty.one claimants who authorized
three banana attorneys to receive their
certified copies of the awards. About
three hundred certified copies of the
awards were given out during the day
by Commissioners Frank +. Fernandes
aud Manley G. X. Hopkins.
Banana jack Was There.
There was a continuous procession of
judgment claimants yesterday in and
out of the senate chamber, up to the
auditor Office and then down to the
treasurer s office. ''Banana Jack Ka-
lakiela and his japanese interpreter
with Harry T. Mills and n number of
others who represented claimants be-
ing early and steadily ON the job
throughout the day.
The claims paid yesterday varied
from dollar and fifty cents, the lowest
award made by the commission, to $3.50
which was the biggest claim the banana
commission has ordered to be paid
Rich, well-hXed and poor people were
on hand to receive the damages the
commission adjudicated should be paid
them.
Kalakiela had thirty-two certified
copies of judgments turned over tC
them by the commissions; Mills twenty
nine and George :. Curry twenty. This
was done through the presentation IL
the commissioners of orders, requests
assignments and powers of attorney
which thus defeated the earlier decision
OF the commission, approved by the at
torney general department. 1t wa
to the effect that claimants and non,
others should receive these certified
copies of the Judgments. What tn,
auditor will do when asked to turn
over the warrants is now moot ques
tion. a
Sample Of Assignments.
Banana jack Kalakiela wen
about the business in n systematic man
ncr. He had neat rubber stamp made
had paper cut to nice note size
pressed the rubber stamp to quite
number of these sheets and then leisure
~ filed the blanks out The ever
ready n. X. PulSui put his fist to tn
leit-hand lower corner of the reques
and the trick was done. This is sam
pile of Kalakicla s little game, so fla
as the wording is concerned:
"Hono!ulu, T. H., November 9, 1913.
''To the Yellow Fever Commission, lie
nallu.
"Gentlemen-Please let Mr.. J.
Kalakiela, my attorney, have my eel
titled copy of Judgment ON my clair
No. !24. | have authorized him to r.
ceve and receipt for the same. Your
respectfully,
"KALUAIMANU. HALUAPO."
an. X. Pukui.'
George S. Curry was not SO elegan
or precise in the wording of his lei
Ter of authorizations 1t was nc
quite as comprehensive as that of Nj
J. $. Kalakiela. Here is copy of h
legal document: ~
"To the Commission created by Act 8
of the Session Laws of 1913, {
81, the Territory of Hawaii.
"You will note that the followip
named claimants have directed that tn
certified copy of judgments, and tn
warrants issued Hereunder are directe
to be delivered to me-"
Here follows list of the number
and names of twenty claimants, at Il
end of which George S. Curry appen,
ed his own signature.
The show will 20 on again toda.
there being two performances, from te
TO twelve o'clock this morning an
from two TO four O'Clock this afte
noon. II is probable that about !
many more people will be paid toda
ms were yesterday.