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VIGOROUS WORK
Continued from, Page /.

| testimony and to enforce the produc-
! ton of all books and papers necessary
ttor proper to be examined in connec-
| ton with its work All subpoenas
shall be signed by the chairman OF
! the commission. Witnesses shall be
entitled to receive the same fees and
mileage as witnesses in civil cases in
the courts OF the territory.
Section 5. Any person who, having
been summoned as a witness by the
commission to give testimony or to
produce any books or papers relating
to any matter under inquiry before
the commission, willfully makes de-
fault, or who, having appeared, re-
fuses to answer any question peril
nent to the matter under inquiry, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
punishable by fine of not more than
$1,000 nor less than $100, or by inn
prisonment for not less than one
month nor more than twelve months,
or by both such fine and imprison-
ment. .l.*.. II.
Section g.. No witness before the
commission shall be privileged to re-
fuse to testify to any fact or 20 pro-
duce any papers respecting which he
shall be examined by the commission,
upon the ground that his testimony
tc such fact or his production of such
paper might eliminate himself, but
no prosecution can afterwards be had
against him for any offense concern
ing which he has testified An. off
cial paper or record produced by such
witness is not within such privilege.
Uneasiness among the friends of
Auditor Mcguire and other Hawaii
county officials was caused yesterday
when the news spread that Robert W.
Breckons, United States district .attor-
ney, has obtained leave of absence
from that office and accepted an APP
rointment as deputy attorney general
under Thayer, to take charge of the
investigation of the Hawaii county af-
fair. ..... -. w.. -......=.
Breckons' fearlessness and his repu-
tation as an unrelenting prosecutor, is
causing friends of the county officials
row in question to tremble for their
safety a...: j.. .... ........ H..
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HOUSE PROCEEDINGS
TUESDAY AFTERNOON
SieDed nv Goternof.

Signed nv Gov ernof.
Act $50 amend section 1893, r. L
H, as amended by act SO, S. L. 1907
relating to juries and trials by jury
IL. b.
Act 1O-To amend section 2296
chapter 149, r. L HIS. b. 49,
Act Ito authorize the appoint.
nent OF commission to compile the
statute laws. of the. territory of Ha-
walls. b..
Act ITO appropriate money for
the purpose of paying the AenIisted
men Of the National Guard of Hawaii.
who participated in the encampment
held at Camp Damon. Oahu, from
August 20 to September 2. 1912 H.
Il. 81.
New Bills.
Fl. b. l5S-Providing for the teach
ing, Of the Hawaiian language in pub
lie schools Committee
II, b. 159-To repeal chapter 147,
il. l., H., relating to dower-Silva.
III b. 160-To amend section 2595,
r.. Z. H., relating to descent Of prop
egty.- Silva.
Resolutions.
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e. Is
II. R. S0-Appropriating $4,000 for
! iaif and jailor's cottage at Pahala
Kau, acknowledgements Referred
to finance committee
H. r. 81 Appropriating $1,000 fol
Jail at Waiohinu, Kau, Hawaii.--Kau.
pike. Referred to finance committee
Communications.
From secretary of Hawaii, stating
governor had signed H. b. 20. as Act
8.
From trustees Of the Library of Ha-
wall inviting house to inspect the IL
brary.
From secretary of territory. stating
governor had signed H. b. 81 as
act u.
From senate clerk stating president
OF, the senate had appointed Senator's
Metzger, Judd and Baldwin to confer
with house special committee on Hilo
Trip.
From secretary of territory stating
governor had signed S. b. 43 as act 10
and S. B. % as act IL.
From president of the senate invit-
ing honse to attend funeral of the late
Senator G. c. Hewitt at Masonic Tenn
pie March Is. at 10 a. IN.
Second Reading
Requesting congress to amend sec
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II. B. p-To repeal act 1le, S. L
/, 1911, relating to close season fol
+ amaama-Roberts
H. B. 21-Appropriating money fol
the purpose of repairing and recon.
structing the Waimea, Kauai. river
embankment.-Sheld
ii. B. 44-Proyiding for. the teach
! ing of. Hawaiian in public schools
Poepoe. -. .=-
II. B, 60-To amend section 76,
chapter z. R. l. H.. by adding thereto
new section known as section 76A.-
Poepoe #* -
H. B. 69-Relating TO notice of fore
closure of. mortgages and affidavit af-
ter sale-TaYares
II. B. S9-Amending section 2l1, r.
l. n, as amended by act A, S. l.
1907.--Coney. =
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= sAEtrts - n tssstt ~ IL. 7Ses
j ton 73 of the organic act.-Paxson
public Lands.)
II. B. 129-To amend section o
act 81, s.. L. 1911, entitled "An act ere
TACT creating counties within the terri
tory of hawaii Lyman. Finance
|. H. b. 1S0AAn act relating to dsser
! tion and nonsupport of wife by hus
band, or of children by either father
or mother, and providing punishment
therefor Judiciary
Fl. B. 132-To amend section 1135
r. L. H., relating to the pay of the
kokuas at the ieper settlement-Ku.
pihea. Health)
III. B. 133- Sections 81, 109. III and
121, act f1S, S. L. 1907, as amended
entitledN An act incorporating the
city and county of Honolulu. -Kala-
kiela (Finance.)
H. b. 134-To amend section 7S4, r.
L. H., relating to the granting of pub
lie lands for railway purposes
ney. Public Lands.)
H. B. 1870 reimburse H. Kishi
for meals furnished detained aliens at
the United States quarantine station
at Honolulu from Dec. 30, 1911, to Jan.
81, 1912. inciusite.-Paxson. (Fi-
nance.)
H. B. 1870 amend sections 1649
and 2229, r. l. H., relating to divorce.
Sheldon. Judiciary
H. B. 137-An act to repeal section
1852, r. L. H., relating to poll tax
Kaupiko. (Finanee)
H. 3. 1870 amend section 203,
r. L H.-Poepoe tEducation)
H. B. 1S9-An act relating to pro-
cedure in divorce cases-Poepoe. (Ju-
diciary)
HI. B. 140-To, provide for the con-
.struction of roads to and upon public
lands opened for homestead, resi-
dence and other purposes Goodness,
public Lands.)
II. B. 143--Authorizing the territor-
ial board of health to pay any person.
suspected of having leprosy who is not.
a leper.-kaniho. (Health)
H. b. l44-To amend section "a, act
ll9. S. L. 1907, relating to the regula-7
ton of the sale of intoxicating liquors.
Silva (Police.)
S. B. 29-To provide for the COM
pilation and publication of a diction-
airy of the Hawaiian language. Judd
tEducation.) 4
S. b. 4S-Making it misdemeanor..
to defraud the proprietor or manager
OF a hotel, or inn, and prescribing the
penalty therefor.-Coke. (Police)
S. B. 56-To amend section 2451, R.
L. H., relating to conveyances of a,
portion of registered land and the fill
ing of plans Of same.-Judiciary Com
mittee.
S. B. 57-To amend section 245O, r.
L FL, relating to conveyances of reg
istered lano.-Judiciary committee.
Third Reading Deferred.
March Is, 1918.
H. B. 35-Providing for a place for
interment of the dead of the city and
county of Honolulu Kaniho.
April /, 1918.
H. B. 42-Granting to citizens free
usage and taking of fish and other sea
products of sea fisheries.-Kupihea
Measures Tabled. -.
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CANNY JAPANES
THWARTS THE
PROBERS

A display OF Japanese cannI1.
Ithwarted the Judiciary commfffo6
its further prosecution Of the KnI..
ella Investigation yesterday affern...
Chairman sheldon's temper was e.
certain and ne confessed 4
: Look what t1is fellow has don.
he exclaimed to the other member.
they gathered In the Committee ro..
He pointed to Togo Kawa. the Jan..
csc runner. who testified Monday
,eTnoon to collecting banana cla|
from his countrymcn and turn
them oversto kalakiela on the md.
standing that hc--Kawa-was to
cefve something In case the cI.|.
were paid by the legislature. fE1.
had given the committee a list
these claimants. and the Sergeant 4.
arms had been instructed to subp1..
them as witnesses for yesterdays
quiry.
when the sergeant-at-arms ca|'
on this man to give him the addts..
or accompany him SO he could find Fl
Witnesses today" continued Sho|I.
Kawa told him to 90 to the devil
The Japanese sat meekly I'm HIS c11|
nodding his head and grfnnfng she1
ishly
why did you do that?, storme1 Fl
chairman
I did not, was the reply. II 30.
much business, more time other w1|.
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HOUSE NOTES

4 The house received word from Presi
Gent Knudsen Of the senate yesterday
j afternoon that the funeral of the late
+! Senator George c. Hewitt is to be held
: next Tuesday morning. March Is, at
10 o'clock, from the Masonic Hall. Ho
tel and Alakea streets. Detailed ar
rangements for the attendance of the
entire legislature and all the territory
officials will be made in few days.
The school house question Of the
Puma district, Hawaii. was cleared
up yesterday in the house by the edu-
cational committees report on house
petition No. IL, offered by Norman K.
I Lyman. The petition asked that lot
for school purposes be set aside at 20
, Miles Volcano Road, an appropriation
for the construction of a school house
, and inquired why lot 5, section A,
set aside for school purposes, had been
!, sold to Mrs. S. C. Allen.
The committee reported yesterday
that so far as could be determined the
lot mentioned had never been set aside
for school purposes; further, that no
lots are ayailable for school purposes
directly on the Volcano Road, with
the exception OF the Koa Grove reser-
yation; also lots 3 and in section
Z of this tract, adjoining the govern
ment reservation.
House Bill No. 10s tSheldon), which
came up for third reading in the lower
branch today, was amended by the
educational committee. Originally 1T
proposed to amend Section 22S5 of
Chapter 14S of the revised laws. plac-
ing the majority for both male and
female at 20 years. The committee
amended it to raise the age one year
for the males and lower 1t year for
the females, so that girls will come OF
age at 10 and boys at 81.
Another investigation! This time
the public lands board. But the latest
is a variation from those that have
come before. 1t is made not in
spirit of criticism, hut of aid and
encouragement In introducing the
suggestion, as set forth in H. r. 79,
Representative Archer Irwin explain |
ed that he wants to- find out If the
board has power to open still more OF
the Waiakea Mill tract at Hilo for set
Element. The resolution asks the
lands committee to determine. what
authority tie board has to purchase
lands for homestead purposes, or to
guarantee the extension of lease of
public lands to the full period of
fifteen years in consideration of the
surrendering leases of certain other
lands held by this lease.
For the third time in. three consecu-
tive legislative sessions Representa-
tive Sheldon's bill to appropriate
money for eurbing the tempestuous
Waimea river on Kauai has met with
disaster. After a long and stormy de-
bate. in which he fought against over
odds and became eloquent
over the needs of his people. Shell
ions measure to appropriate $4,000
for repairing the Waimea river en-
bankment was tabled. On the two
former occasions the measure passed
both houses and was then disapprovedl
by the governor. 1t did not even es-
cape the house yesterday. T.
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The Japanese ambassador entertain-
ed at dinner at the embassy son
K street in compliment to the Secre.
tary Of War and Mrs. Stimson. His
other guests were the cffef of STAFF
and Mrs. Wood, the solicitor general.
Mr. Marshall BHlIitt; the assistant
secretary of war and Mrs. Oliver.
Maj. Gen. w. w. Wotherspoon ana
Mrs. Wotherspoon. Maj Gen. James
B. Aleshire and Mrs. Aleshire, Mai
Gen. Albert L. Mills and Mrs. Nils.
Maj. Gen. Ernest A. Darlington and
Mrs. Darlington, Maj Gen Frank Ne
Intyre and Mrs. Meintyre,, the as
sistant attorney general and Mrs.
Fowler, the counselor OF the embassy.
Mr.. K Shidehara: the military at
tache, Col Kazutsugu Inouye. and
aTr. Nagakage okabe. attache Of the
embassy, and Nine Okabe.
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Mrs. F. s. Armstrong. wife of Capt
F. s. Armstrong 9th u s. Cavalry. is
visiting her father. Brig. Gen. f. ID.
Dimmick, U. s. A., retired, at the
Cairo. .- >-s
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made and hopeful Of better conditions
as a result of the trip.
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STAR.BULLETIN GIVES YOU
TODAY'S NEWS TO-DAY
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Requesting congress to amend sec
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-05-09
SANE AND PRACTICAL SOLUTION
OF CONVICT QUESTION

Appearing personally before the
house of representatives in advocacy
of his plan for abolishing the convict
lease system, Governor Trammell had
the satisfaction of seeing the bill car
rying out that plan adopted by a prac-
tically unanimous vote of that body.
The bill goes to the senate, and it
is stated that its passage by that body
is assured
Governor Trammell has rendered a
service of inestimable value TO the
state in the care and labor he has be
slowed upon this measure, by which
the obnoxious lease system will be
abolished but without severe burden
upon the people or the heavy expense
that would have attended the work
ing out of other plans which have
been from time to time proposed
Under Governor Trammells' plan,
the lease system will be gradually
abolished. 1t provides that one-fourth
of the cOnvicts shall be withdrawn
from the lessees June 80, 1914; one
third of the remained on March 81,
1915; One-half of the remainder on
March 81, 1916, and all those remain
ing on December 81, 1916. In other
words, the last vestige of the convict
lease system in Florida will be re-
moved by the advent of the year 1917.
The prisoners, as they are with
drawn from the present system, are
to eallotted to the several counties
upon a relative basis of the total val
uation for taxation. They are to be
used by the respective counties Gin
building and maintaining public
roads" In the event that any county
has a larger number of convicts al
lotted than it can conveniently use.
it has the privilege under the act of
hiring to another county or counties
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RINGING WORDS FROM UNDER
WOOD

If ! could not represent my con
stituency and at the same time the
people of the United States without
involving myself as a special pleader
for interests in my district, l would
be unworthy of my position in the
house. l contend that when repre-
sentatives of the people stand in this
house exercising the power to tax
people of this country, that it is at
least unbecoming for them to display
a selfish interest in these matters.
The times has passed when the laws
of this country will be written for
special interests; when men can come
and ask for legislation to convert dol.
lars from the pockets of the masses
into their own that they may grow
rich. -Oscar w. Underwood.
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COL. WILLIAM C. GORGAS

Do you know who Col. William c.
! Gorgas is? He is the man Who made
the Canal Zone possible for health
! He was made colonel and assistant
/ surgeon-general by special act of cor
g"ess for yellow fever work in 1903
and has been chief sanitary officer on
the isthmus since March 1891 He
has done marvellous work in establish
ing health conditions in Panama and
! Colon and throughout the Canal Zone.
/ He has eradicated the mosquito from
that section, and instead Of the
course of the great canal being mark
ed by the graves of thousands Of
Americans, to mingle their dust with
the countless dead of the unfortunate
French, the district is one of the most
healthfuul of tropical countries and
the system of controlling health CON
ditions there is being copied by Coun-
tries al lover the world.
Col Gorgas is a southern man He
was born in Mobile October 3, 1854
and is a graduate of the University
OF the South, Sewanee, Tenn He is
the son OF Gen. Josiah Gorgas, chief
OF the ordnance department, c. S. A,
with headquarters in Richmond. After
the war Gen. Gorgas was elected in
1870 vice chancellor Of the University
Of the South In 1878 Gen. Gorgas be-
came president of the University of
Alabama, and when he died in 1888,
his wife was made librarian of the
university, a position she held for
twenty-four years She was a remark
able woman, and was Sc years of age
at her death, January 8, 1913.
Born and bred of the best of a gra-
cious and unique civilization, her
young womanhood, caught in the grip
OF a great revolution, was passed in
days of storm, and tragedy. The
strength of her middle life was spent
construction, and the rebuilding of
the land she loved. Her mature years
were devoted to an unselfish service
to the young men of Alabama, who
loved her with an unfailing devotion"
So Col Gorgas came Of a parentage
that should be expected to produce
man of his ability, and his accom-
plishments have given the south an
other distinguished son, who can be
classed with the greatest He has
taught the world how to eradicate the
mosquito and has made it clear to all
that the plague OF yellow fever is
something that can be controlled and
preyented.-M Miami Metropolis.
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PORTO RICO COMES IN AS FLOR
IDA GOES OUT

Just as the Florida oranges are go
ing out the new crop from Porto Rico
is coming in. We take the following
from the last issue of the New York
Produce Newc: "ReCoTG-breaking
prices are being realized for Porto
Rico citrus fruit, now that some new
crop oranges are coming in. They
are all wild fruit, but of fine quality.
Quite a few were offered at Wednes-
days sale. The wild fruit brought as
high as S435. while some half boxes
of excellent quality Brought $2.55.
The entire cargo realized the highest
prices ever known for Porto Rico or
anges. Auctioneer MacCarmack of
Brown and Seccomb, who secured
these prices, is considerably elated
over the sale. which receivers say is a
record breaker. High prices are due
largely to the scarcity of Florida and
California oranges, as we'll as the eX-
cellent quality of the Porto Rico
fruit" Where does the competition
come in, and how does the Porto Rico
fruit hurt the sale of Florida oranges
Will the pampered protectionists
please tell us?
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SIX PER CENT. LEGAL INTEREST

Frank Huffaker, one of the ITALIA
hassee newspaper correspondents,
says that the most interesting topic
at Tallahassee just now is the bill pro
vding for six per cent as a legal rate
of interest. The bill. he says, was re-
ported unfavorable by the judiciary
committee Senator Malone made a
mastery defense of his bill. as did
Senators Cone and Stokes. the latter
gentleman putting up an eloquent ex-
position of the present loan law, and
the benefcent effects that would flow
from reduced rates of interest. Sena-
tors Finlayson, Davis and Hines were
equally earnest and impressive in
their opposition to the bill and low
er rate of interest than is now allow
ed by law.
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SECRETARY BRYAN AND HIS
HIGH IDEALS

In a letter to Dixie. Representative
LEngle gives resume of an inter
view that took place between Secre-
tary Bryan and Senator Bryan, relat-
ing to the appointment of a United
States district attorney for this dis
trict.
Senator Bryan" said L'Engle,
asked the Peerless not to insist on
having ]. l.. Billingsley appointed
United States district attorney for the
southern district, giving as his reason
that there were other democrats more
qualified in legal knowledge gained
by experience to properly perform the
duties of the office, and that he and
Senator Fletcher had joined in rec
ommending a man for this position
well qualified to fill it. and suggesting
to the Peerless that it would not look
we'll in Florida for the recommends
ton of the two senators when joined
on one man to be set aside by the ap-
pointment of another. He also told
the Peerless that the Florida delega-
ton in congress were DESTROYS of
pleasing him, and would try to find
some way of taking care of his friend
Calhoun, not by giving him the best
job in Florida, but by giving him a
good job; but that he, (the Peerless)
ought not to embarrass his Florida
friends by insisting on having two
important appointments go to his per-
sonal friends.
The secretary of state replied that
Mr. Billingsley was his neighbor; that
they owned adjoining land in Miami;
that he was highly recommended and
endorsed by people in Florida in
whose judgment he had as much con-
fidence as he had in that of Senator
Bryan. and that it would argue little
for his influence in this administra-
ton if he could not get two of his per-
sonal friends appointments"
The appointments of personal
friends to important offices. merely
because they are personal friends and
without regard for their fitness for
office, is hardly in keeping with the
high ideals of the public service that
We have been led to believe Mr. Bryan
has entertained, heretofore.
While Miami would feel much fat
tered at the appointment from among
her citizens of a man to be district
attorney, yet there will be a distinct
feeling that Senator Bryan and not
Secretary Bryan, is right in this par
ticuular instance-Miami Herald.
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any number of them, under
ed conditions. The county
sioners of each county are 2
all arrangements for guardis
ing, housing and feeding me
allotted to that county. Ihs
to provide one or more prlso
clans and not, exceeding io-'
visors of cOnvicts. The stals
right to withdraw prisoners .,
county when it appears thai =
ty is not conforming TO the =
ulations for the proper car ?
ployment Of the cOnviets' y
to hire the prisoners thus ~
to any other county or coua'N
ing them.
The act also provides iof y
lishment and maintenance o. Z
prison farm in Bradford COZ p
10 be under the direct coniN
board of commissioners Of -
tutions and the commission"
culture. On this farm are
ployed the women and those
are unable TO do the haIu
CURED on the roads.-Tamia
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Yours truly
Mr.. McADoo's EASY WAY OUT
S. H. GAITSKILL.

Secretary McAdOO of the treasury
department has found a simple way
out of the old dispute over requiring
national bank repositories to pay in
terest on government deposits. He
will require them to pay it at the rate
of per cent, and if any banks now
holding public money do not want it
at this cost, he knows of plenty that
do.
These banks pay interest on private
deposits. They pay interest on depos-
its from other banks. here is no rea-
son, and there never has been any
reason, why they should not pay in
terest as we'll on government depos-
its. except the reason of their own
self-interest, which finally is to cease
being the dominant power in the con
duct of the United States treasury.
This step will mark the end of the
availability of the governments sur
plus money as a fund for the free
use at call of pet banks in politics and
Will Street banks in panic-breeding
speculation.-Wo
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FIRST ARREST UNDER THE RA-
do ACT

A boy was recently arrested in Bos-
ton, the first under the new federal
law governing the operations of anna
teurs in the wireless telegraph field.
AS the law is new and the boy plead
ed ignorance of it, the Judge permitted
him to go unpublished.
Under the radio legislation recently
passed, all amateur radio operators
are required to report their stations to
the radio inspector of the district.
Certain rules and regulations are laid
down for the operation of such anna
teur stations, the many spurious mes
sages sent out by amateurs at the
time of the Titanic disaster being the
cause of the law