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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-28
ONLY ONE Thing
MAY BAR ACTION
INLAND NATTER

4
II the reappointment OF A. G. NJ.
Robertson as chief Justice of the sH.
preme court is not confirmed, Circuit
Judge Thomas B. Stuart probably will
appeal TO the higher tribunal his suit
for mandamus against Governor Pink
ham and Land Commissioners Joshua
d. Tucker which was dismissed by
Circuit Judge Ashford last Saturday
II the reappointment is confirmed
however, the appeal may not be taken.
This is the summary of statement
which Circuit Judge Stuart gave the
Star-Bulletin today. when asked If he
intends to reopen the case.
do you think there is any question
that Chief Justice Robertson's reap
pointment will be confrmed?" the
judge was asked
He replied that he had no state
ment to make in this respect.
Il do not wish to talk about the land
case" Judge Stuart continued, until
determine on whether an appeal
shall be taken or not. After that is
determined shall be pleased to avail
myself Of your paper to answer the
many inquiries which have been made
concerning the case.
IF Chief Justice Robertson is rein
stated. shall probably not appeal. II
he is not, it may be otherwise. be-
lieve there is a more important ques-
ton for you to consider than the land
suit in its present stage.
1T was made plain by such visiting
Republicans as Cannon and the leader
I'm the mouse that the Republican party
would never consent to making this
territory a state. Nearly one-hah Of
our population is Japanese; nearly
one-fourth is Chinese. The native
born of these races become voters
when they arrive of age, and they
will very soon have the majority vote
in these islands.
They are a fine people. but never
the islands should be under the con-.
troll of the Japanese. Every intima-
ton we have of trouble is with Japan.
Should such trouble arise, very seri-
GUS question is presented.
AS we cannot get statehood, had
we not better have an amendment of
the Organic Act, get more delegates
in Congress II we can. put the islands
under the control of the general gov
eminent and make thSs free port?
1.-The ACCESSIBILITY Of free. port for
these islands. and the doing away
with the coastwise laws that apply to
them. would probably be the greatest
blessing they could ever have. At
least, it Is worth while for the news.
papers to present it.
Comment in circuit court circles to-
day was to the effect that there is lit
tie doubt but that Chief Justice Rob-
ertson's reappointmeEt will be con-
frmed. as win the reappointment of
Circuit Judge william T. Whitney 8
Circuit Judge Stuart had no state
ment to make as to why further action
In the land case hinges on action with
regard to Judge Robertson's office.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-28
Greek Shops
Wrecked By
Angry Mods
Sydney PopuIace Infuriated
Because Constantine Will
Not Aid Allies

AntiGreek sentiment in Australia.
resulting because Greece refused TO
join the Allies, eliminated in the ston-
ing of Greek shops at Sydney while
the steamer was there. according to
O.. Nordman, baggage clerk of the So
noma, In port today from Australia.
Mr. Nordman has written the follow
ing interesting account of the situa-
ton there for the Star Bulletin:
while the Sonoma was at Sydney,
on several nights mobs broke into
Greek FISH shops. breaking the win
dows and destroying everything pos
sible. A number OF Greeks are leay-
ing Australia on account OF, conditions
there. ;ss1
Il was told in Sydney by a number
Of Greeks, that they wonld never fight
against the Allies. We are well liked
by the French people, they said, and
we viii not FIRE single bullet against
the people Of France
The Sonoma left Sydney December
IS. with only 16 first-class, is second
and Is third-class passengers, and two
first, one second, and three steerage
passengers for Honolulu. The new
law prohibiting the military age men
from leaving Australia is responsible
for the Sonoma having so small pas
senger list this trip.
sttAt Page Page We took on 1891 bags
o. copra. Christmas Eve on ship
board concert was held. Honolulu
was remembered by a. cornet solo.
aloha De- On board the Sonoma are
animals and birds of all kinds, afforli-
ing much amusement to passengers
when they occasionally escape. > IS
Zone night two 'possnms and two
rats got away A wild chase to re-
cover them followed. Assistant En-
gineer keenan, was chief huntsman.
After two hours, one of the possums
was caught in the forenoon and the
other animals in the hold. The pas
sengers participated in and enjoyed
the pursuit" e.,,sz 81,
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-28
CHARGE
MAYBE BROUGHT
in MOORE CASE
Understood Grand Jury Win Be
Asked to Further Investigate
Death of Auto Victim

That Deputy City Attorney Albert
NJ. Cristy today began further inves-
tigation into the case OF Miss Dorothy
Spring, tourist, and DIR. John G. Pc
den, q physician at the Queens hos
pital, with view, il is believed, to
bringing them once more to the at
tention of the territorial grand jury, is
the report given out by an official in
the city and county attorneys office.
Miss Spring and DIR. Peden already
are under indictment on a charge Of
having failed to give assistance to a.
person injured by an automobile. The
person mentioned In the indictment is
Mrs. Mary r. Moore, who is dead as
the result Of. injuries received when
she was struck by an automobile in
which the defendants were riding,
Miss Spring having been at the wheel.
Il have every reason to believe that
a further investigation of the case by
the grand jury might result in the re-
turn of an indictment charging the
defendants with manslaughter," said
Deputy City Attorney Garden today.
A meeting Of the grand jury will be
held at o'clock tomorrow afternoon
and another on THURSDAY afternoon.
Died After Operation.
Following an operation to relieve
pressure on the brain caused by a
blood clot, Mrs. Moore died at 10
O'Clock last night ia Queens hospital,
where she was moved yesterday aft.
ernoon from the home Of her sister,
Mrs. Carvalho, on Liliha street The
operation was decided upon by Drs.
Murray, Kilbourne and Stroud after
Mrs. Moore began to sink rapidly yes
terday afternoon.
Mrs. Moore's death was due to In.
juries received December 20. when she
was struck by an automobile driven
by Miss Spring, who was accompanied
by DR.. Peden, on the NInanu valley
road.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-28
NATIONAL BIRD LAW
HELD UNCONSTITUTIONAL

Topeka, Kan.-The Kansas SUI
preme court held that the state law
forbidding shooting of wild ducks
from a motorboat is valid exercise
of the police power of the state, not
withstanding that the state and fed
eral laws regarding the shooting of
birds conflict In regard to the feder-
al statute the court held: Congress
has no power to prescribe regulations
for the protection of migratory birds
while within the boundaries of the
state. The natural flight of wild
fowl from point to point does not
constitute commerce"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-28
MEN De FIGHTING
AGE DETAINED Al
DOCK Al SYDNEY
csaaised rom Dass dns,
engers here. and her through passen-

sengers here, and her through passen-
gers are only 43. 4ae
The reason for this is a new mill
tary law which went into effect early
in December, and which absolutely for
bids men of military age leaving the
country without permission, and pre-
vents Americans and persons of other
nationalities from getting away unless
they have new passports signed by the
American consul.
Scenes Of the utmost confusion pre-
vailed at Sydney just before the steam
er sailed, according to passengers. Po-
lice officers, Australian military au-
thorities. and detectives. searched all
the passengers. Many young Austria
lians who were attempting to flee the
country to avoid feared CONSUMPTION,
were forced to leave the ship. One
American passenger of German an
cestry was searched twice, once at the
gangplank and again in his cabin, be-
for he was allowed to sail. Pages
were torn from his memorandum book
and several of his letters we're confis-
Gated.
Australians Taken Ashore.
Many Australian passengers who
had booked on the steamer were taken
ashore because they were of. military
age. Americans had to obtain new
passports before leaving and attach
new photographs to them.
On the Ventura's last call here, she
was filed with many young men, who
were ostensibly going to the front. but
who are now believed to have been
fleeing to the United States to escape
CONSUMPTION.
The Sonoma was late sailing from
Sydney December Is owing to the
search made on board for Australians
of military age. Purser Herman Holtz
said the authorities even attempted to
take off, some OF the steamers Ameri-
can round-trip passengers. I'VE would
have been full up this trip If it hadn't
been for the new law" he said.
The steamer sails at 5 o'clock for
San Francisco, taking only seven pas
sengers from here.
Christmas was celebrated on the So
mona with big, dinner and Christ
mas tree for the second cabin hddies,
as there were practically no children
in the first cabin. Capt j. H. Trask
reported fine weather until the last
few days. Included in the Sonoma's
cargo for here were so rams, consign-
ed to A. w. Carter of the Parker
ranch, for breeding purposes.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-28
MAY ASKFORNEW
BIDS ON KAKAAKO
PUMP MACHINERY

Because OF q rather complicated con.
dition of things relative to the five
bids submitted by local companies for
the furnishing of equipment to the
sewer pumping plant at Kakaako, the
Oahu loan fund commission may re-
feet all five bids and advertise for
new tenders.
Deputy Attorney General Arthur G..
Smith has the matter under advise
menf at the present time, and upon his
advice will probably hinge the action
OF the commission members.
When the commission called for
bids it placed a time limit Of 80 days,
70 which only two Of the bidding firms
adhered In making their offers on the
furnishing of the equipment. The PEN
atty set for each day over this time
in the plans and specifications was
SIS.
The complication arises therefore In
the question Of whether or not the
commission shall take low bids on the
actual cash basis, accepting the offers
that call for extra time, or take bids
within the 90-day offer, which are con.
siderably higher in cash offers.
Honolulu Iron Works bid on the pro
position s12,s60, asking 100 days for
the work. The Hawaiian Electric
Company offered to do the work in
100 DAYS for s12,9s2. The Won Hamm-
Young Company wanted $50 days for
the work and asked for it $I5,236. Cat
ton-Neill made 90-day offer for $l4..
500. and the Lynch Company asked
sl4,045 for q 90-day job.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-28
CONTRACTOR FILES
BANKRUPTCY PAPERS

A. A. Wilson. contractor residing
in Wahiawa. but who has been doing
the greater volume of his business in
Honolulu. filed in the local federal
court today a petition for adjudication
In bankruptcy The petition was
granted by Judge C. f. Clemoas, and
the case referred to Referee j. G.
Pratt. The petition saws that Wilson'S
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-28

DIR. JULIA SETON, lecturer for the
New Thought Alliance, arrived this
morning in the Manoa. She has been
lecturing this summer at the San Fran
cisco exposition and will be here for a
week, going then to Australia. Her
lectures here will be delivered at the
old Kilohana Art League building, the
first being tomorrow afternoon at 3.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-28

Reports from Lime, Kauai, state
that the same kona storm which
wrecked the Chilean bark Iyanhoe at
Port Allen Saturday night and
drowned two members Of her crew.
with a third man missing. trapped two
Japanese as well. The bodies of the
Orientals were washed ashore at Port
Allen yesterday afternoon. They are
believed to be fishermen.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-28

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
First Circuit, Territory of Hawaii.
At Cflambers-In Probate
In the matter Of the estate Of Torao
Matsumoto, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition
of Naomasa Matsumoto of Honolulu
the father of the above named, alleg-
ing that Torao Matsumoto of Honolu-
lu aforesaid, died intestate at said Ho-
nolulu on the Goth day of December,
A. d. 1916, leaving property within the
jurisdiction of this court necessary to
be administered upon, and praying
that Letters of Administration issue to
said petitioner, Naomasa Matsumoto.
1t is ordered, that Monday, the 31st
day of January, A. D. 1915, at o'clock
a. m, be and hereby Is appointed for
hearing said petition in the court room
Of this court in the Judiciary building
in the City and County of Honolulu,
at which time and place all persons
concerned may appear and show
cause, if any they have, why said Pc
tition should not be granted.
BY the court.
j. A. DOMINIS,
Clerk, Circuit Court, First Circuit.
Dated, Honolulu, Dec. %, 1915.
w. ]. Robinson. attorney for peti
toner.
6S5s-Dec. %. Jan. 4. II, Is.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-28

The trial of w. L. Peterson on the
first two charges of usury preferred
against him by the city attorneys Of
flee was begun in Circuit Judge Ash
ford's court today. The case has been
continued until 8 O'Clock tomorrow
morning.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-28

A Christmas celebration, with an in
teresting program. win be held in the
Nuuanu street Japanese church at
1880 o'clock this evening.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-28
LOCAL AND GENERAL

Circuit Judge Ashford's trial jurors
will be wanted in court probably at 8
o'clock next Thursday morning.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-28

Stricter censorship over mail sent to
America was established by Great
Britain
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-28

A spy. whose name was not given,
was executed in London.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-28
Loves
Bakery

assets amount TO $s2.ooa land his Tia.
bilities to se4.347.76.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-28
RAINFALL since
noon YESTERDAY
NEARLY 4 INCHES

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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-28

European war demands have caused
u shortage in the worlds supply of
materials used IN the manufacture
of White Tread Tires.
The color Of Goodyear Tires may
ultimately be changed from White
to Black.
Our supply Of the required materials
assures the. greater portion OF our
1916 season output OF tires beng
furnished with White TTeads.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-23
WEALTH OF STATE
SHOWN IN REPORT
BANK COMMISSIONERS MITCHELL
PRESENTS CHEERING FIG
uREs OF RICHES.
PER CAPITA WEALTH OF $40
Nineteen Institutions Started Bust
ness Last Year-Deposits Increase
and Bills Payable Show a
Falling of.


Jefferson City.
There was enough money on de-
posit in the state and national banks
and trust companies and the postal
savings banks of Missouri on Noyem-
Der 10, 1915, to give every man, wom-
an and child in the state over $140
according to the figures just made
public by Bank Commissioner ] T..
Mitchell.
AS compared with the returns for
October 81, 1914, there has been a
total increase in Dur of $751;
473,121.91. This set of figures does
not include national banks.
Changes in the principal items Of
resources and liabilities of state in
stitutions as compared with returns
of a year ago, are as follows:
Increases Loans and discounts:
S591,14S.28; in cash aud sight ex-
change, $9O,4S4, FOG 90; in capital and
surplus, $7,2O7 ,O96.55; deposits, $27,-
337,515.73.
Decreases-In bills payable, $685.
254.31
In 1914 there were 1852 banks and
trust companies, and in 1915 1873.
The new banks are all small, with
capital ranging from $4,000 to a little
more than twice that sum.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-23
Land Bank Committee Named.

The congressional district commit
tee which is to circulate Gardner land
bank initiative petitions to place the
constitutional amendment which is to
finance the new land bank, on the
ballot at the election in November,
1915, has been announced by Attorney
Samuel Rosenfeld, chairman of the
initiative petition committee
The committee is as follows: First
district, DR.. E. H. Bullock; second dis
trict, Charles w. Green; third district,
Floyd Tuggle; fourth district, Ander-
son Craig; fifth district, c. A. Win
frey; sixth district, M. P. Moody; sew
enth district, o. E. Jennings; eighth
district, A. T. Edmonston; ninth dis
trict, Fred A. Morris; tenth district,
P. P. Lewis; eleventh district, T. ].
Dalton; twelfth district, Samuel Ros-
enfield; thirteenth district, C. M. Blu
ford; fourteenth district, Judge w.
N. Evans; fifteenth district, Frank
H. Lee; sixteenth district, Charles L.
Woods.
Every member Of the committee
has accepted the task imposed on
him by the Gardner land bank state
committee, which consists chiefly Of
circulating petitions in their respect.
i've districts, and each will announce
his county committee In the next few
days, and the county committeeman
will then choose their township and
school district representatives.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-23
PANcHo HIMSELF PRESENT AT
COUNCIL.
Urged to End Opposition to carranza
Capital Goes Dry for
so Days.

FL Paso Texas. = The question
of terminating Villa opposition to
the Carranza de facto government, it
became known here, was a live issue
at a council of war in progress at Chi
huahua, at which Villa and his staff
are in attendance. This information
was given out by Americans who have
just arrived from the South.
Pressure is being brought to bear
on Villa to sAs2dca the fight, it is
said.
Meanwhile supplies are being "com-
Wandered" from Chihuahua city mer-
chants, it was said, to provision an
expedition southwark.
Troops r being concentrated at
the capital, coming from Juarez, Ma
dera, Pearson and Casas Grandes. 1t
was asserted the southern expedition,
if decided upon, would be directed to-
ward the state of J~alisco.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-23
PLEADS FOR HOME AFFAIRS Observation-Disclosures
TOO MUCH ATTENTION GIVEN
OTHER MATTERS.
Secretary Lane Fears They May Be
Overlooked in Carrying Out the
Preparedness Program.

Washington, D. CA warning to
the United States not to permit the
pressing need for national prepared
ness legislation of a dramatic" sort
to retard the development of our own
country was spoken today by Secre-
tary of the Interior Frank K. Lane in
his annual report to the president.
In presenting an outline of the
years work | make bold to express
the hope that no other policies of this
government may be allowed to stay
the internal development of this coun-
try" says Secretary Lane. There is
a fear. how general l do not know,
that this government will halt in car
rying out its full and needed program
of legislation affecting home affairs
because of the immediate need for
strengthening Dull national defenses.
This apprehension arises, | am conf
dent, out of no lack of sympathy with
the plan to increase the army and the
navy, but out of a feeling that the
government in both executive and leg
islative branches will be so immersed
in matters military and naval as to
overlook these matters of less ORA
matte and perhaps nc less immediate
Importance.
Of the comprehensive program for
legislation presented last year, Mr.
Lane says, all but two of the bills
were passed and today he urges that
congress enact laws covering the
omitted subjects, namely, a water
power bill governing the use of public
lands for hydro-electric development,
and a general development bill provid-
ing for q practicable method of dis
posing of our oil, gas, coal, phosphate
and potash without danger of monop-
oily or nonuse.
In Idaho, Montana and Wyoming
the government has under withdrawal
three million acres of phosphate
lands, badly needed in the West, but
which cannot be opened to the pub
lie until there is further legislation
governing their distribution and use.
The laws governing public coal lands
are poor and need revision, MI. Lane
says. The laws governing the oil
fields are anticipated.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-23
THREE ARRESTED
IN CANAL PLOT
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ACCUSED
OF PLANNING 10 BLOW UP
WATERWAY.
ONE CLAIMS TO BE AMERICAN
Details for Destroying WeIIand Water
way Said TO Have Been Worked
Out in 5uffaIo-Drawinus of
Plan Revealed.

New York.-Paul Koenig, formerly
head of the secret service of the Ham
burg-American line, and Richard Lyen-
decker were arrested by agents of the
department of justice, charged with
conspiring to attempt to blow up the
Welland canal.
Koenig was arrested at the offices
of the Hamburg-American line. Be
fore the war he was in charge Of the
steamship company's bureau of inves-
tigation, but since then it is charged
he has been the head of the German
secret service in the United States.
Lyendecker was taken into custody
at his office, 345 Fifth avenue, where
he has been selling antiques. The
agents Of the department of justice
declare they found in his office maps
and drawings of the Welland canal.
Both men are said to have admit
ted that they had been along on the
American side, but asserted that they
did not cross into Canada.
The specific charge preferred
against Koenig and L~yendecker is VIC
lation of section Is of the United
States penal code, which prohibits the
planning within the boundaries of the
United States of a military expedition
against a foreign power.
Lyendecker claims to be an Ameri-
a citizen and has admitted, it is
said, that he had been employed by
Koenig. Koenig took out his first citi-
zenship papers in this country ten
years ago, but never applied for his
second. The government agents as
sert that Koenig has been known by
many names.
Later two detectives connected with
the New York City comb squad ar
rived at police headquarters with
Frederick Metzler, 81 years old a
clerk in the offices of the Hamburg
American line, who, they arrested at
his home in JERSEY City, in connec-
ton with the alleged conspiracy in
which Koenig and Lyndecker are In
volved.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-23
Sat. erowtna ParsImonIous

2AaAl AQNAAl
The attorney generals office has
written an opinion to the state audi
tor holding that county collectors
must make settlement for the entire
amount of money collected by them,
and are not entitled to retain for
their own use the sum accommodating
from the collection of a full cent on
every tax bill ending in the fractional
part Of a cent
Auditor Gordon asked Attorney
General Barker for an opinion on this
subject after making an examination
of the records of former collectors Of
Cole county, and finding that they
had received considerably more
money than they had accounted for
in their settlements.
1t has been the practice Of collec-
tors of Cole county for many years
to pay into the county treasury a sum
equal to the total assessed valuation
of the county, multiplied by the tax
rate. Under the statute the collector
is required to collect a full cent when
ever a tax bill ends in the fractional
part of a cent. AS there are 10000
tax bills a year in Cole county, the
aggregate sum of the fractional cents
collected amounted to several hun
dred dollars a year.
The state auditor asked the attor-
ney general whether collectors could
be compelled to restore to the treas
ury the amount of money they had
retained as the result of the practice
of making no accounting for the frac-
tional parts of cents collected by
them, and has received the reply
noted above.