Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-19
COANING SAYS
VAR KILLED THE
SALE Of BONDS
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taken a German possession in the
Carolines. and still another that they
had taken the Marshall islands. What
part Of Hawaii are these places? In.
vestors asked me. Then came that in.
teryiew In Seattle newspaper with
the returning German ambassador
| from Japan, wherein he said the Mika.
dos people were prepared to strike
at the United States at any moment
That story was picked up and pub
, lished throughout the country. or
course the German ambassador denied
it1 authenticity when he reached
washington, but the effect on the pub.
brought to the notice or men who
were being asked by us TO place three
quarters CT a million dollars in the
islands, caused them 10 look askance
at the money Leaning proposition so
far as Hawaii was concerned" - y
Conditions Bad on Mainland.
The treasurer did not bring any Of
the bonds home with him, consequent
" the 100000 worth which were bid
fer BY local investors at an accept
able figure must be sent for. II IS
likely that an additional lot viii be
ordered sent with them, and that the
additional bonds win be placed on the
home market
~ guess Hawaii Is one Of the best
fixed communities financially in the
world today said Conkling. "Gondi-
tons certainly are not promising on
the mainland. There are easily 10000
unemployed waterfront workmen in
New York, filling the bread lines,
Forty-two hundred employees of the
brokerage and other business firms on
Wall street have been discharged;
Wall street Is virtually closed. desert
ed and for salase In ordinary times
there ara IS to 4eabig Slips arriving
or departing from Nswp Work harbors
today there are not more than three
or four departures inf24 hours. aattsta
Discussing ahis political Campaign
hero, which was inaugnFated during
his stay on the mainland and resulted
I'm his nomination at thecpriInafgl as
Republican candidate furIc0unty trssss
urers Conkling Haid:nt ~, liEtsnsff ~
May Retire November !. rlsi'ts
Il realize III be a lucky man IL
win In November Manley Hopkins,
my DemOoratfe opponent. will run a
strong races He's a young ciean-cut
fellow. Industrious aattpery popular
However, as Senator Sorghum says,
I'm IN the; handssof my friends I'm
looking forward with great excitement
te my maidenseffOrt as stump speak.
Ter. Ycuaknuw I've never made q
speech in public yet.sss sinF sls.ss =
i ConkliHg probably will retire from
the office of territorial treasurer about
November 1, and Col C. ]. Mccarthy,
who now Is county treasurer, has been
chosen to succeed him.
! Despite his lengthy visit in the east
during the hot season of the year, and
the fact that he spent more than three
weeks in the hospital following an
operation, Conkling returned home,
lcOking rugged and healthy! He lost
several pounds In weight, which he
has not yet Fegained, but declares he
hasn't felt better In years
Education Not conpleted.
As ON former trips to the Atlantic
sseabOard Conklfng had many amusing
experiences with persons otherwise
apparently intelligent and educated.
who seemed to have no conception OF
the Hawaiian islands. One of these he
encountered at the treasury depart.
.nient at Washington. where dialogue
somewhat as fellows occurred:
BY the way, how far is il from
Honolulu to the city?s
What city,
Why, Manila, of course,
oh. we're about 5000 miles from
Manila.
Gosh That Philippine group cers
tainly must be a place of magnificent
distances.
On his way from San Francisco one
of the Chinese baseball players exhib-
tied to him a huge advertising placard
distributed in one of the eastern cities
in advance of the Chinese teams COM
ing. The bin bIazoned forth the fol-
lowing legend 2
. IIiwel1a, Honolulu, Philippines.
! At San Francisco ConkIing met Ce-
ell Brown, whom he reports as conval-
#eseent and evidently recovering nice
sly During his brief visit there he also
Smet several newspapermen formerly
of Honolulu, among them Ed Irwin, at
present on the staff of the Oakland
Enquirer, and TT. q. Wafer, on the
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