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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-30

That q mass meeting of Japanese
and residents of other nationalities
of Honolulu will be called early next
week to discuss the recent ruling Of
the United States supreme court re-
garding the immigration laws, as we'll
as matters pertaining TO the rights OF
Hawaiian-born Japanese, was the in.
formation given out this morning by
Fred Maxine, owner of the Hawaii
Hochi, who is making the arrange
ments for the gathering.
The idea Of the meeting will be
to first get all the Information neces-
sary and then apply to the Congress
or the United States for modification
of the law to the extent that those
Japanese who are alien residents of
Hawaii may go to Japan and return
to these islands at their pleasure"
said Mr.. Maxine. According to the
new ruling, the people of other ma
tionalities are affected as much as the
Japanese, and We want to get their
views at the mass meeting"
The matters of the value on the
mainland of those certificates held by
Hawaiian-born Japanese, as we'll as
the recent ruling OF the supreme court
with regard to the immigration laws.
are being made the subject of much dis
cussion in tie local Japanese newspa-
pers. All papers are protesting and
the Nippu Jill refers to the ruling of
the supreme court as matter which
is a greater problem than the passage
OF the anti-alien land holding bill in
California"
Under the heading "Immigration
Law Should be Amended" the Hawaii
Hochi says: 49,.
by the ruling of Justice Mahlon
Pitneyz of the United States supreme
court with regard to the immigration
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-30

a vehement speech, declaring that
Gompers had been discovered "aIori-
ously drunk" during the convention of
the American Federation of Labor at
Seattle late in 1918.
Mcdonald declared that he and his
wife had occupied hotel room ada
cent to that Of Gompers. He said that
the noise in Gompers' room kept him
awake and that he finally protested to
the night manager Of the hotel, who
informed the inmates Of the room that
they were disturbing the entire floor
and must Vacate the room. The noise
only increased, Mcdonald asserted,
and went on to say that'he had finally
entered the room and found President
Gompers at the head of a table, bottle
in hand.
The charges threw the entire con.
VentIon into an uproar.
Cheers for Mcdonald were ninoIed
with cries Of "Liar!" "SIanderer." and
the convention for a few minutes was
dIsorderly. Threats against Mcdonald
were shouted from among the dele
gates.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-30
ISIDOR JACOBS
SEEsBIGFUT,URE
FORP|NEAPPLES
President Cal. Canneries Com
pany Beams Optimism
and Confidence
SEES GREAT PROSPECTS
THROUGH PANAMA8CANAL
Declares Wilson Greatest Pres
ident and Predicts Sugar In
dustry VIII Survive

lsidor Jacobs, president of the Cali
fornia Canneries Company and
head of the Hawaiian Pineapple
Cannerles Company. who arrived
from San Francisco by the Siberia
Thursday, will appear before the di-
rectors of the latter company tomor-
row to outline his plans for the devel.
opment of the pineapple industry in
the islands.
In an interview with the Star
Bulletin this morning, Mr.. Jacobs
made glowing predictions for the Ha-
waiian pineapple. With the opening
Of the Panama canal, he sees it find
ing its way into European markets,
where il is almost unknown today
He sees also the country about to en-
ter into new era, an era of prosperi-
ty, and along with this predic-
tion he declares President Wilson the
greatest chief executive the country
has ever had.
The pineapple industry is des-
tined to be very much greater than
anticipated" he said. There has
been depression during the past
season, but this was natural and due
to the peculiar financial conditions
existing throughout the Warld. The
result or this depression not e41fS Eaf-
fected the safe Of canned ptneapples,
but every other commodity. The buy
ers throughout fhe. world would purs
chase only Of the hand-to-mouth
basis. notwithstanding, the lower
prices in canned piAes resulted lin en-
tirely cleaning up smany grades.
Predicts Bright Future.
Hawaiian. canned pines are ac-
k2owledged everywhere ito be the
highest type Of quality With the dis
tinctly improved financial conditions,
now beginning, due to the passage of
the new currency bill, new trade will
spring up in all directions, and a
Continued on mage three)
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-30
AUTO-OWNERS ARE
LACKING SPIRIT,
SAYS DOUGHERTY
Carnival Director Points Out
That More Machines Should
Enter Into Parade

Are the automobile owners of HO-
noiulu lacking in public spirit and in
civic pride? Is there something
about owning a joy-wagon that makes
its proprietor take the famous Van
derhilt view of the public? These are
questions raised by some remarks
made this morning by James D.
Doughcrty, director-general of the
Mid-Parific Carnival Mr.. DOugherty,
in fact, gave somewhat hot roast of
the automobilists as class and said
he was perfectly willing to be quoted
and back up what he had to say.
ASKED how the Floral Parade en-.
tries were coming on, as far as auto
mobiles we're concerned, Mr.. Dough
erty said that they were breaking all
previous records, but he went on to
add that they were still most shame
fully below what Honolulu could and
should DO in the way of entries.
We have about 1400 registered au-
tomobiles," said Mr.. Dougherty. and
anyone can figure how many of them
might be in line for a floral parade
such as is being prepared. We are
already assured Of more entries than
there have been for other parades,
and | am naturally tickled to death
with the showing that is going to be
made. But that does not at all pre-
vent me from being disgusted now
and then when | think Of what might
be.
One point l wish to make is that
owners of autos really ought to be
aDXiOuS to get in line-not waiting IN
be asked. The parade is a great pub
lie enterprise, for the benefit of our
whole territory, not merely in a CON-
mercial sense, but as a matter OF
civic pride and mutual enjoyment We
set ou, to entertain one another and
also 10 entertain a large crowd of
visitors, whom we have invited from
all over the world. We arrange for
great parade, one principal feature
of which is decorated automobiles.
Now, one would think that owners OF
good autos would fall over one anoth.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-30
MAY
REACH HONOLULU.
ON MONDAY Pm.
Should Effort Be Made to
Break Record Reception
Plans May Prove Vain

That the new Matson Navigation
finer Matsonia, on her maiden voyage
from San Francisco to Honolulu would
figure in speed trial was the belief
this morning following the statement
that there was a possibility that this
vessel would make her initial appear
ance in Honolulu harbor Monday after
noon or evening instead of Tuesday
morning, according to the schedule
set for the liner.
1t was pointed out that the Wilhel-
nina was put through the PAGES on
the occasion of her maiden voyage
from the coast to the islands.
Before the Wilhelmina sailed for
the mainland, it was given out that it
was the intention of the company to
test the machinery in the Matsonia
10 an extent that the late addition to
the Matson fleet might be crowded
for all the speed of which her engines
are capable. with view to establish
ing a record.
All plans and preparations now COM
E;eted or in progress for the reception
OF the MatsOnla at the port Of Homo
lulu have been made with the eXpecta.
tion that the vessel will reach destina.
tion al an early hour Tuesday morn
ing. Should the intention to hasten
the arrival Of the new liner prove cor
Iect, the several committees in charge
of arrangements will need to revise
their program.
Castle & Cooke, local representa-
tives for the Matsonia, were advised
today that the Matsonia in sailing
from San Francisco was supplied with
1900 tons of cargo for discharge at
Honolulu. while 24U tons of freight
will be forwarded to HilO. 1t is the
present intention to dispatch the liner
for the Hawaii port Thursday after
loon, to return to Honolulu Sunday
February s.
A lengthy wireless message has
been dispatched to Captain Saunders
advising him of the preparations now
under way towards a general recep-
ton to his new vessel and the large
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ed above, to the effect that the con.
tractors were held responsible for the
accident to the drydock.
We have received no further word
relative to the drydock,n said R. w.
Atkinson Of the Hawaiian Dredging
Co. this morning. we are rushing
work to get our equipment In shape
TO go after the drydoek again, as that
seems to be what's expected from this
end Of the eoncern. We have no news
as 70 the financial end OF the deal"
Mr.. Atkinson stated that work was
progressing on the salvage Of the
dredger George P. Denison, and the
Il was hoped to pick up the sunken
digging machinery some time today.
In the meantime the dredger B. F. Dill
lingham is being put into commission
to start work on Section 5 OF the dry
dock.
c1 The news from Washington that the
COCK is to be built on the original site.
and according to the original specifi.
cations, and that the loss would fall
principally on the contractors, is in
line With forecasts made in the Star
bulletin from time to time since the
disaster. based on the reports Of the
various naval boards of Investigation.
and on statements given out by the
In the minds Of those
well posted in naval matters. there
has never been any doubt as to the
ultimate construction of a drydock at
Pearl Harbor. g.. .-~'+.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-30
Chief NEED Of
MAUI At PRESENT
IS GOOD ROADS,
Other important Things Oh the
List But are More or Less OF
a Local Character
HIGHWAYS BADLY IN NEED
OF PROMPT IMPROVEMENT
Suggestions for Raising Funds
To Carry Out improvements
That Are imperative
IStaff Correspondence.l

WAILUKU, Maui, Jan. 21.-The
greatest and most imperative need OF
the island of Maui is roads. There
are other important things needed, but
they are all more or less local in
character. Even harbor improvements
and wharves, | believe, should take
second place-albeit very close sec
ond-to the completion of the belt
road from Lahaina on West Maui,
clear through to Hama at the extreme
end Of East Maui. The distance be-
tween these points is about S5 miles,
and about 15 of this distance at the
present has no vehicle road of any
kind Almost all of the present road,
however, is excellent as to grade. and
all is feasible to all kind of traffic
except during exceptionally bad
weather.
There is no question that at the
present time public opinion on this
question is far from unanimous; but
certain it is that it must become so
before Maui can begin to realize on
some of its greatest assets. But there
are evidences that the people Of Maui
are beginning to appreciate the get
tegether''t movements which have:
meant so much to Honolulu and Hilo,
and when this spirit is fully developed
Maui must cease to be an island Of
isolated communities badly separated
geographically and dependent for their
welfare upon their individual efforts.
AS it is at present there are hundreds
of persons living in central and west
Maui who have no first hand informa.
tion at all of a very &c portion of
east Maui. have L. I many who
have never been to Hama overland.
distance of some so miles from Wal.
luku, for the reason that some g miles
Continued on page four)
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-30
RADICAL Change
IN ROAD POLICY
IS AGREED upon
Supervisors in. Caucus Plan to
Concentrate Resources on
Shabby City Streets

A radical change in the policy of
the board of supervisors in the i'm
provement of roads, as agreed upon
at an important caucus of the supeF-
visors held yesterday afternoon.
The change calls for the switching
of virtually all the money in the per-
manent improvement fund, as well as
the money which will be borrowed
from the general fund for road build
ing, to Honolulu for the improvement
of the thoroughfares in the city pro-
per. This means that the SAC, 900 con
tract for the extension of the road
in the Koolaupoko district, for which
work John H Wilson put in the only
bid, will not be carried out
II also means that Beretania street
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-30
ATLANTIC BOAT LOST
SINKS IN TEN MINUTES
Passengers And Crew, Flinging Themselves Into
Icy Waters, Are Numbed at Once--Fatality
Comes More Sharply Than in Titanic or
Volturno Disasters Nantucket, Bow Smash
ed Makes Port sZ@@ss
rAssociated Press cableI

NORFOLK, Va, JAN 30-An ocean disaster less awful
i'm the of its death toll but striking with sharper fatal
y than those of the Titanic Vourno ortynne peo
pie their the waters Atlantic at an early
hour this morning
The NJ & NJ liner Nantucket at o'clock this morning
with dense fog hanging sea- struck the Old Domin
ion liner Monroe amiships Cut almost in half the Monroe
eeed blow the burst into the battered hold
and within ten minutes the liner sunk Twenty-Five of the pas
sengers and "a of the drowned
Thirty passengers and y-fve members of the
rescued ,..
The dead include Lieutenant lie Grand b. Curtis OF
the Coast Artillery; Charles Jeeff the welEknown play
wright; Hda Haviland leading lady the Aaearia Theatre
cal Company and George Lewis stage manager of the
pany.
At the time accident everyone save deck
asleep There was time lower the onroes boats
and not boat taken from the dayts
AS the Monroe lurche and roared down Into the waters
the Nantucket backing off few rods, flashed searelgt
the and picked up all who could
ter But the work largely made fruitess by the
intense cold of the icy chill striking the
and numbing them in a few minutes
Though the Nantuckets bow smashed, she able
to proceed to Norfolk under her steam
Responsibility for the accident has been determined
An investigation will be begun at
The suddenness with which the disaster completed is
almost unparalleled tremendous collision,
passengers and eaped from berhs and rushed to the
deck but many them rached it, being penned below
while the vessel sinking Those who able to get to
the deck the extent of the blow and many flung
themselves into the
The Monroe in the trade between Boston and New York Is
the Old Dominion line The dimensions 1886 tons net $40 feet
ssszs.s.sE
company of Baltimore
Of long
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were not inclined to favor il. saying
that the colors OF the emblem would
not harmonic wItn those Of the ma
tional red. white and blue.
The manner IN which the dec0ra-
tons committee has arranged its dis.
play shows that the eolors Of the eillE
sbIem and Of the nation form an almost
perfect. and exceedingly pleasing. coin.
bination. says Berndt The back ground
Of the window IS hung With American
and Hawaiian flags. and the green
and yellow wreaths have been ar.
ranged so as 10 bring the several
eolors into close contact The decofa.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-30
SAYS RED, WHITE, BLUE,
GREEN AND YELLOW MAKE
A PERFECT c0MBINATI ION

/. That the green and yellow Aloha
Wreath. the emblem adopted by the
1914 Carnival. will not clash with the
national colors. is demonstrated by
an attractive display which the deco
rations committee has placed in the
show window of Dimond & Company.
says Emil A. Berndt, chairman of tae
committee. Al number Of local bust
ness men. when seen 81 the commit
fzn ra1arsI;no = ,,ci,r fha Green And vel.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-30
LABOR Meeting
HEARS CHARGES
GOMPERS Drunk
Convention of United Mine
Workers Thrown Into Uproar
by Delegates Words
ILLINOIS MAN SAYS
HE SAW HOTEL DEBAUCH
Declares Veteran Union Leader
Was DisorderIy in Seattle
Last Year
TAssociated Press CaLl4.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. 80. -
Charges launched at President Sam.
uel.Gompers of the American Fedora.
tion of Labor today threw into tre-
mendous uproar the convention Of the
United Mine Workers, which is clos
ing its two weeks work.
The charges were made by Duncan
Mcdonald, Of Illinois, a delegate to the
convention. Taking the floor, he made
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-30
HAWAIIAN DREDGING co.
OFFICIALS HERE STILL
SOMEWHAT in. THE DARK

Officers of the Hawaiian Dredging
Company here stated this morning
that they had received no word from
Washington supplemental to the first
cable instrueting them to resume work.
They did not care to make any com
meat on the word carried in the Star.
Bulletins Washington dispatch print.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-30
Senate Committee Now Favors
Peace Pacts With Many Nations

WASHINGTON 3o-The
general
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-30
Pancho Villa Ready To i.
Press Attack on TorreOn
Associated Press Cablel

JUAREZ Mex 3oGen Psneho Villa head Of the Constitutional
SaitIIo
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-30
Wabash Railroad Will Be Sold
tAssoeiated Press Cablel

ST. LOUIS No. jan sorhe United States circuit court today suthor
$4,000
defauted 1906.
cable on tweye) =
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-30

This cabIcgraIn from the Star.Bul.
1etin's Washington correspondent
came today 10 President Harrington
OF the Merchants Association. On be.
half Of the association, the Star.Bult
1etin's Washington correspondent was
cabled to for The latest Information
on the drydock matter. The action
OF the merchants has resulted in def.
mite advices from Washington as to
the status Of the Pearl Harbor con-
struction and developments as they
occur.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-30
DANIELS MAKES HIS DECISION
CabIegram to Merchants As
sociation Says Noble Plans
win Not Be Followed on Ac-
count of Expense - Bottom
70 Be Put Down on Original
lines-Coast Structure Win
Not Conflict with Pearl Har-
Dor Scheme
nv special Cablel

WASHINGTON, ID. C., Jan.
20. The order to resume work
ON the Pearl Harbor drydock on
the old lines means that the con.
tractors are held responsible by
the navy department for the
completion of the work. They
have been ordered to replace
the bottom on the original lines.
The plans recommended by Al.
fred Noble, the engineering ex-
pert, are too expensive. Secre-
tary Daniels says that the de.
termination has been reached
not to abandon the Pearl Har-
Dor base, and that the plans for
a drydQet On the Pacific Coast
are sep.|II|t and do not conflict
with tl'e AaWaiian proposition.
G. s. ALBERT.
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MONUMENTS
ALL SIZES.

X. e. HENDRlcK, Ito.
hone 264s Merchant & Alakea Ets.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-30

additional cable on page tRelye)
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From 8. p,

ChiyO Maru. Feb. 2.
POI g. P:
Ntie, Jan. 81.
From vancouver!
Niagara, Feb. %.
For Vancouver:
Mariana, Feb. "a.
The herald., 1914-10-22
LOCOMOTIVE "a FEET HIGH
Western Railroad Now Has the lars-
est Passenger Engine In the
World.

The largest passenger locomotive IN
the world pulled into the La Sale
street station at Chicago the other
day. II is the first OF thirty monsters
building for the road. The locomo-
tive, with tender, is one hundred feet
long, the engine eighty-flve feet and
the tender fifteen. II is twenty-four
feet high and weighs $4,000 pounds,
or 100000 pounds without the tender.
1t can pull twenty passenger or
Pullman cars with ease. There are
four 69-inch driving wheels on each
side, the largest wheels on any loco
motive in the world. The weight on
the driving wheels is 224,OOO pounds.
The engine has a traction power OF
fifty thousand pounds and runs with
a steam pressure of 1S5 pounds.
New steel equipment necessitates
these powerful machines.
The herald., 1914-10-22
Rail Men Make Few Mistakes

If the total number OF accidents are
reduced to the basis of days we have
21.S4 each day due to error. This
would seem to be as accurate a figure
as possible 10 arrive at, OF the num-
ber of accidents due to employees mis-
takes, and the percentage is only a
little in excess Of the 63 per cent.
given by the interstate commerce
commission as due to error in 81 &C
cidents investigated
Thus we have 100000 employees
making a daily average of a little
over 81 mistakes. Let us consider the
chances for error that occur each
day to this army of railroad men. We
are confident that the results will
show that the training for efficiency
has not been in vain.
There is no accurate data by which
to compile the number OF train move
ments per day. some basis can be
reached. however, by regarding the
number of trains arriving and leaving
a certain station. From Providence.
R. l., city of 225,O 900 population, over
800 trains arrive and leave during "a
hours. To this must be added the
movement of switch engines about
ths yards. A conservative estimate
of the t-ain movements upon which
mistakes might result in accidents,
would be about 400 a day for every
100000 of population. or 1850 a day
based upon the population Of the Uni
ted States.
Each traie movement carries with
II upon an average so chances OF er-
rors, train orders or signals playing
the most important part. This would
make $4,000 chances the railroad
man has of mistake. and he makes
but %
The herald., 1914-10-22
BOY MISSING SINCE LAST THURS
DAY RETURNS.

Herbert Bertrand, youngest son of
Charles Bertrand of 81 AliX street.
came home from school at noon on
last Thursday and up till Tuesday
night that was the last time that his
father stepmother and sister Lillian
had seen of him.
Young Bertrand is about thirteen
years old. is a heavy set boy rather
large for his age; he was a pupil Of
McDOnogh School No. 1. The only
hope the parents had of the child be-
ing alive were some of the stories or
rumOrs that were being told by some
of his SchOOlmates, who recalled that
Herbert stated he was going to run
away from home He was last seen
in the vicinity of the Southern Pacific
shops about o'clock on Thursday
evening by C. D. Terrebonne of Alix
and Seguin streets.
Several other clues had been fol-
lowed up, but after investigation moth
ing tangible had come from the infor-
nation furnished 1t was also stated
that his school books were found in
the ferry house, but this rumor also
could not be confirmed.
If he had taken upon himself the
responsibility of making his living,
this would be nothing uncommon to
many of our young Americans, but the
fact that Herbert was not even in the
habit of going to the city unaccompa-
MED by an elder person, made his dis
appearance all the more strange.
But Herbert came back home Tues
day night after reading in the paper
that he would not be punished and
that his parents were much worried
about his whereabouts.
Herbert stated that he had been
selling papers in the city and had
slept for several nights in the Illinois
Central roundhouse, and afterwards
took up his abode in an empty build
ing in Camp street, between Julia and
Girod.
The herald., 1914-10-22

on the freight train, now drawing
near, we're at stake. and regardless OF
the risk to himself, Allen recovered
his balance and caught the pilot as
it passed him. Running like a mon
key along the footboard of the sway
ing engine he reached the throttle,
shut of steam, reversed the engine
and started it back north ahead OF the
freight train, the engineer of which
had in the meantime noticed the
board and had begun to slow down.
But for the timely stopping of the
wild" engine, however, nothing could
have prevented a disastrous collision,
which would. no doubt, have cost the
engineer and fireman Of the freight
train their lives, if not those of the
whole train crew, in addition to sew
eral thousand dollars worth of prop
erty.