Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-25
Stone HEARS OF
CITY'S GOODWILL
TOWARD HIS ship
Share of Hotels in Caring for
Tourists Praised at Dinner
for Great Northern Man

Honolulu's gratitude for the magni.
ficent service which the islands are
being given by the Great Northern
Pacific Steamship Company was clear
ly shown from five distinct angles last
evening, when the attitude of official
Honolulu, the Chamber of Commerce
the Promotion Committee, the hotels,
and the daily newspapers was voiced
at a dinner given by 7. B. Thiele,
manager of the Territorial Hotel Con-
pany properties, in honor of Cal Il,
Stone, the company's passenger traf-
fic manager; Capt A. Amman of the
Great Northern, and Capt A. F. Hunt
er of the Northern Pacific.
Covers were laid for IL in the pri-
vate dining room Of the Moana hotel,
and service and appointments were
perfect. In the center Of the big
round table was an effective massing
of American Beauty roses and maiden
hair fern, around the edge of which
rose-lights glowed softly. Hand-paint.
ed place cards showed the giant liner
Great Northern in waters OF tropi.
cal blue. 8 ., sers
One striking feature of the menu
was an ice cream ship for each guest,
In two colors, the ship being on base
of green ice cream representing toss
ing sea waves.
First Cargo Of Sweets.
The Great Northern has not yet
borne a sugar cargo, but last night a
two-foot replica of the ship had her
decks covered with sweets. When the
model of the liner was brought in, fly
ing the house flag of the line, and
with the portfolios blazing with cleo
trio lights, there was spontaneous
applause from the diners as the other
illuminations of the room were dark.
ened, with the exception of the rosa
lights.
Mr.. Stone, in frank and informal
talk, spoke of his line being welded
to the islands," and made no threat OF
immediate divorce. He said definite.
ly that the ship would continue on this
run until May, but beyond that date
he could make no promises. H. p.
Wood, formerly the San Francisco rep
resentative of the Promotion Commit
tee, was given large share of the
credit for the inauguration Of the
Great Northern service here.
Helped This Years Carnival.
Capt Hunter told story about
whale, and Capt Amman countered
with whale of a story, after which
Mayor, Lane expressed officially the
city's pleasure at the coming of the
great turbiner, and commented on
how greatly the service contributed 70
the success of this years Carnival
Emil A. Berndt, chairman of the
Promotion Committee, emphasized the
fact that Honolulu will eventually
show it's appreciation of the Hill line
by giving adequate support in the mat.
ter of tonnage. Mr.. Berndt also paid
a graceful compliment to the host of
the evening by praising the service
of the local hotels and the spirit in
which that service is rendered to Wis
itors.
Mr.. Berndt then introduced" Mr..
Thiele. who touched on how his com
pany had managed to cope with this
years unprecedented flood of tourists,
and promised that if the Great North.
ern continues coming to Honolulu his
company will enlarge its establish
ments so as to be able to assure salts
factory accommodations for all.
Fred l.. Waldron, president of the
Chamber of Commerce; r. o. Mathe-
son, editor of the Advertiser: l.. de
Vis-Norton of the Hawaii Publicity
Commission, and Riley H.. Allen, editor
of the Star-Bulletin, also spoke briefly.
Those who enjoyed Mr.. Thiele's
hospitality last evening were Cal E.
Stone, Capt. A. Amman, Capt. A. F.
Hunter, Mayor John c. Lane. F. L.
Waldron. Emil A. BernGt. r. O. Mathe-
son. l.. de Vis-Norton, A. p. Taylor,
Riley III. Allen and Hallett E. Abend.