The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-01-27
.BARONLEGAY'S s
RATING HAS
!. ARRIVED
With the Announcement Of New
Management for His Auto Sup
ply Concern Comes Flood Of
Light Upon An Interesting Ga
reer Of High Finance in Many
Places.

western Automobile Association OF
America is the name blazoned upon
the glass door of Room 400 Judd Build
ing, Behind which door sits George p.
Thielen. The name is the outward and
visible sign Of the very latest ''busi-
ness" house to commence operations
in this fair city. Mr.. Thielen IA not
responsible for the sign on the door,
except that he gave "Baron,, lie Cav,
the latest scion of nobility TO honor
Honolulu with his presence, permission
to paint in the letters. And thereby
hangs tale.
Baron lie Gay discovered, Homo.
lulu q few weeks, Announcing that he
represented about all the big things
ON earth, including the Six Power
Loan, the Standard Oil Company,
United States Steel, Yuan shih-kai,
Baron Rothehild and few smaller
people, including Krupps and Jardine-
Matheson. He opened an Office in the
Judd Building and labeled the door
Reform Iramng Association Of
China, " and, as noted above, decorated
the Office door of Mr.. Thielen. He also
placed several printing orders with
eonfding typos and took few news
paper men to his bosom for the sake
Of not having his light hidden under
any bushel, He established headquar,
ters at the Seaside Hotel and got busy.
Made Friends Easily.
For a man OF great connections he .
exhibited an exorbitant desire for locai
managers and partnefs. He lhid 4
scheme to absorb the automobile
business Of the Hawaiian Islands
before fellow passenger on
the Manchuria, which was the
baronial choice Of liners on the
way down, and generously offered
him the Hawaiian management Of the
Western Auto supply Company, In
eorporated (which appears to have q
variety Of names--and expressed a
willingness to let this new found friend
lin cheap The friend, C. o'Keslin,
said he would consider the matter,
and did, by starting some inquiries.
The Baron, however, went ahead and
had stationery printed with o'Kes-
Inns name included as "Hawaiian
manager. =
Another fellow passenger, a George
Fitzpatrick, had his name painted on
the door of the Reform Trading Asso-
citation and gave a real cheek for the
privilege. Fitzpatrick left hurriedly
and his check was either stopped in
time or dishonored, which was bad for
the Baron, as he had to dig up real
money to make good his endorsement.
Would Run Hackfeld Out. B
Other passengers on the Manchuria
were approached. To one was tender,
ed the position of secretary, provided
the purchase of block Of stock was
made by the secretary to show good
faith. Millions were dangled before
his eyes and he was assured that when
the Baron and his companies really got
to going in Honolulu they would drive
Won Hamm Young out of business the
first year and put an everlasting
Grimp into Hackfeld & Co. The hon
ored secretary.to-be turned the matter
over in his mind and decided to boz
come reporter on Tae Advertiser,
regular weekly envelope appealing
more to him than the millions the
Baron talked about.
Another Local Agent.
On Monday Of last week the Baron
| announced that he had looked over
all the bright automobile dealers Of
Honolulu and had decided to let Il. IT.
Lewis make some money. According,
| ly, for $500, cash in hand, he had made
Mr. Lewis local agent of his auto sup
ply company. he sent out letters to
! the local handlers Of automobile sup.
plies, ON Western Auto Supply Com
pany stationery, "Home Office 307.308
Underwood Building, 525 Market
! street, San Francisco as follows;
"Dear Sirs:-We have much pleasure
to inform you thai we have opened
branch here, and have placed our
branch under the management of Mr..
| Il. II. Lewis. 1t is the intention Of
the Western Automobile Association,
for whom we are acting as the purehas-
| ing agent, to keep stock Of accesso
ries, tires, etc, In Honolulu, so as to
supply their members (of which we ex-
pect to have about 1000 within the next
two months). The Honolulu Office viii
control all the other Islands,
Only Fair.
"We think it is only fair to you as
the local agents of the various manu-
facturers of cars and accessories, that
we should give you the opportunity TO
supply our demands, aud in granting
us the usual trade prices, instead Of
our head office in San Francisco. We
are quite sure that even if YOU grant
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