Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-06-21
Likes Honolulu But is Intent on Gathering $4,000
Prize For Hike Around Globe

Mayor Fern on Thursday, obtaining
mis- seal ard signature. He wrote
something to this effect under his sig
nature: .Me ka kokua ka Haiku
Mana Loa la oe kou kaapuni ana ke
40 nei." / was also introduced to the
mayors secretary who inyeigled me
into a conversation wherein he re-
uuested mehto ship him from Austria
liza, should II touch at that port, a
carload of FlaughiEs packasses. He
claimed it was a sort of bird, but l
couldn't fan for his line of talk. |
also find that the Elks of Honolulu
ere a splendid bunch of fellows and
they have treated me royalty, giving
ne their seal and best wishes.
Now on Second Tour.
Recountifig the first stages of the
second triH which he IS now making,
Pittsie said:
II left Edmonton, Albert, April 2S,.
1912, in company with seven other
newsboys OF that city, on a walking
tour around the world. The other fell
lows. however, soon tired of the siren
uous pastfme and dropped out. leaving
re to hoof the road alone. From Ed
monitor went east, touching at Win
nipeg, Toronto, Montreal, Quebec, and
finally crossing the line into the
United States and pulling into Port
land, Maine, July Is. From there
went to Boston, into New York, Phil
adelphia, back to New York and
through the state to Warren, Pennsyl-
yania, stopping after had left that
city at Pittsburg, Cleveland, Toledo,
and down into Indiana. From Indi-
ana passed through Illinois, through
Kentucky, and from there to Mem
phis, Tennessee After stay of a
few days in the last named city, / set
out for jackson, Mississippi, where l
visited Governor Brewer.
Lively Time in Mexico.
Following short stay in Louisiana
/ went down into Texas and finally
crossed the line into Mexico just in
time to find myself encompassed by a
led hot revolution. That listened
good, too / went direct to Mexico
City where, instead of selling news.
papers as | had been doing in all the
other cities which visited, ! carried
messages. for the Associated Press.
No sooner had | started on this work
than a couple Of greaser soldiers ar
rested me on the charge of being a
spy, took me before court martial,
where was given IA days in one or
those ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS % Next
can prisons, where they fed me Or
friioles and water twice day. A visit
to the Jail by the late President Ma
Zero secured me a speedy release.
After my release journeyed to Chi
huahua, where | was again arrested
, as spy and sentenced to serve a
month, which / did not do. | succeed
cd in knocking down the guard one
! morning: and making my escape over
a stone wall which surrounded the
prison. j decided that. iails were not
TO my liking, especially Mexican jails,
so | hied me for Naco, Mexico, and
later landed in the town in Arizona
| which bears the same name. Believe
NE, was some glad to get back to
the little old L. S. A. again. !.
Following his trip to Sacramento,
Pittsie returned to the bay city and
! caught the Honolulan for Honolulu.
He will remain il this city until July
| 6 or S, when he will leave for Manila.
In Manila he intends remaining ten
days and will then leave for Japan
! and China. .=..:... .... Il. r
II have sold post cards in these two
countries" continued the globe-trotter,
.,Eut. never newspapers, and | guess
that it will be hard game, but I