The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-01-23

~ ntiS HnltoF ana tf1nt.
ing Firm Worry for Bills On.
paid.
The Sentinel sIecpcth General l.. d.
Bridgewater paypaster, quartermaster,
sergeant major and several other thioes
m the peraonnol that formerly went Il
make up the forces that comprised ali
that the Sentinel consisted Of. a AZ
Kauai, his former rendxyous, making
2 valiant effort, i is believed, to gather
together sufficient munitions 20 return
70 Honolulu, face an unpaid editorial
staff and meet crowd Of anxions cred.
itprs and iFate prize winners. y
bridgeweter left for the Garden Island
this week and had number Of credi.
tors On his trail just as the steamer
pHlled into the stream.
Bfideewater came here from Kauai a
few months ago, announced, he had
purchased q complete printing plant
and pending its arrival made terms
with IN afternoon newspaper to set The
type and print a weekly newspaper
called the sentinel The plant never
arrived. The Sentinel was intended.
said Bfidgewater to cover the doines
or the army men on Oahu. He made
many promises and among other things
started two motorcycle contests, giving
motorcycles to the street car employe
receiving the greatest number Of votes
and one to the soldier voted the most
popular man among the troops.
Lands Motorcycle
The contests closed during the past
few weeks. Hannibal s. Canario. con
ductor employed by the Honolulu Rap
AZ Transit 4 Land Company. won the
street car contest Last week Bridge. |
water asked Il. Q. Hall b Son TO allow
him 10 take a 1870 motorcycle from
the store ON which to photograph the
winning street car candidate and on
the strength Of this photograph to
arouse more interest in the tagging
soldier popularity contest, He not only
took the Photograph but presented
Canario with the motorcycle and began
whirlwind finish Of the soldier con
81 IN the meantime f. q. Hall & Son be-
gan worrying about the whereabouts Of /
their machine and investigation dis
closed the fact that Bridgewater had
presented il to his prize winner. Thel
ambitions Journalist was then called
upon for an explanation aud ayerted
trouble by signing an agreement to
purchase the machine Canario was
Warned that the motorcycle had not
been paid for and yesterday a writ Of
repleyin was secured by K. o. Hall &
Son, according TO that firm, to compel
its return to them.
Collected Considerable. 1
Bridgewater is reported to have col
lceted considerable money on his soldier
contest at the posts, but spcceeded in
allaying uneasiness to the winner OF the
soldier prize by promising 10 bring the
machine put to the post. II was while
he was trying to avoid the soldiers, il
IS claimed, that he decided to make
a trip to Kauai.
Clifford n White, with u, o. HALL
q Son, admitted yesterday that his firm
had considerable difficulty with Bridge
water, and they have been compelled
TO secure q replevin to secure the re-
tntp' Of the motorcycle he took from
their stpre and failed TO return.
- >. faxson, manager of the Schu.
man Carriage Company, was also amongl
those who fell for BridQewater Is /
,fquek touch methods, The latter
bought a new automobile from Paxson.
got away with the marhine for few
days, and finally when Paxson over
took him, SO Paxson said yesterday,
bndgewater arranged through n Kauai i
aeauAlntance with tho Watorhouse Trust
company for q loan of $780, This no
paid to Paxson, but the other payments
were not Forthcoming and the ANTONIO.
bic was taken away from Dridgewater
on January last. 81 got back what
was left Of the machine, said Paxson
Yesterday, and was glad even to do
STAR without Pay.
The man who did the writing on the 1
sentinel, ~ is claimed, has bill for !
three weeks back salary coming. and
.ould not get ten cents on the dollar 1
for his account when he tried 10 sell
/ recently.
u Is even worse with the trusting 2
fierncOn publishing house who accom-. 4
aodateh Bridgewater, il Is cIaipied \
y course il is difficult to estimate the
ln;onDt Of their bin against the sus A
ended paper. II is said, however, TO 4
mount to anywhere between $500 and !,
y brlfegwatcr made no announcement Il
N leaving as TO whether or not he in. Ii
ends TO resume publication. =
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