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The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-02-29
.tU .C|'!| |: / LOOKING .
FOR more STEAMSHIPS

j. l.. Luckenbach, executive head of
the Luckenbach Steamship Company
of New York, which operates a great
feet of steamers in the coast to coast
trade, has been in Seattle in an eff
fort to place contracts for additional
cargo carriers. Mr.. Lukenbaeh was
in conference with J. V. Paterson,
president of the Seattle Construction &
Dry Dock Company and may build at
least one big freighter at the Seattle
yards.
The Luckenbach Steamship Company
has placed orders for six big steamers
on the East Coast and because Of the
crowded condition Of yards on the At.
lantic seaboard has been forced to come
to the Pacific for new steamers.
1t was reported that Mr. Luckenbach
Will close contract for 10000 ton
.frcighter with the Seattle Construction
& Dry Dock Company. He rs ON a
tour of the North Pacific shipbnildihg
yards in an effort to place additional
contracts. . .'.'
The Luckenhach line operates be
tween New York and San Francisco
but it's service has recently been cor
tailed because Of the closing of the Pa
mama Canal. The principal vessels
owned by the company include thu
steamers Harry Luckehbach, Florenct
Luckcubach, Lewis Luekenbach, Fred
erich Luckenbach, Jacob Luckenb0ch
Edgar Luckenbach, Hattie Luckenbaeh
J. L. Luckenhach. s. V. Luckenbach
aud the steamer Pleiades.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-02-29
STEVENS is SENDING
FL .I|'II'IS' 10 CO d
= = ~ " ~ = .. N
Former AuGtioneer Has Big Plans
For Oriental Labor

Advertisements in Filipino news
paper have called the attention Of the
FAipinos in Hawaii to meeting
which was to have been held in the
Offices of o. A. Stevens. A delegate
from each plantation in the Territory
vouched for by at least twenty of his
rOuntrymen on the plantation which
he represented, were invited to meet
TO discuss the matter of scheme Ia
ship three thousand FiiipinOs to Can
fornia to work IN Imperial Valley and
possibly to communicate to South
America for the mines and other de
vclOpment work.
The meeting was held and about
th.rty-five Filipinos were shipped in
the Great Northern Saturday night for
California. Among the steerage, pass
engers also were several Portuguese
families who viii take up the PROPOSE
tion of the immigration agent and
look for new homes in the Golden
State,
Stevens is authority for the state
ment that he has the backing of Gen
Harrison Gray Otis and the Chimes
Mirror" of Los Angeles in his coloni
Zation scheme and that he soon will
leave for the Philippines with the oh
iect Of turning the tide of Filipino i'm
migration from these Islands TO Cali
fornia. He is endeavoring TO enlist
three thousand laborers here for WORK
in California and expects TO send for
ward about one hundred at time
The first lot went by the Great North
ern aud others will follow shortly.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-02-29
NO LICENSE, BUT .
: DROVE BIG TRUCK
Ended Unlawful Course by Rum
ming Over Street Sweeper
-Four Accidents Noted

Frank Costa, driving an eight.ton
auto truck belonging to the Standard
Oil Company, who, according to the
police, has not license to be operat.
ing an auto under any circumst a noes,
and who, according to the further
statement of Police Officer Sanders,
was not even looking whore he was
driving his juggernaut, Saturday ran
down and over Henry Haole, Hawa-
ian street sweeper. The accident took
place about two o'clock in King street,
near the corner o. Bethel Haole has
a badly crushed leg, his injuries being
stch that the Queens Hospital sur
geon believes amputation will be me-
cessary. -H
Costa, according to witnesses Of the
accident, was blissfully watching .
friend on the sidewalk as his truck
neared the street sweeper, who was
bent down, back turned, attending TO
his business. seeing the accident inn
minent, several shouted at Costa, but
failed to attract his attention, and his
truck knocked Haole down and kept
on going over him. At the police sta.
ton Costa is charged with needless
driving. If Haole should die, the
proper charge to bring against the
driver will be manslaughter, inasmuch
ms he was breaking the law when the
accident happened. ~ a.
There were four auto accidents Sat
turday, and only one of them at the
auto races, although DR.. R. II. Aver
Of the emergency hospital had two
anibulances and his crew of first aid ex.
perts alongside the Kapiolani track
10 pick up and care for tho dead and
fallen. The one accident happened to
Henry Hustace. While patrolling the
track at Kapiolani Park, Hustace failed
TO notices. wire that was suspended az
a boundary line, and rode his machine
into il, sustaining rupture of the
ligaments of his neck. Hustace was
picked up unsconscious and taken to
Queens Hospital. He was later on
removed to his home. p ~
II. L. s. Gordon, british consul here,
ran his automobile on the sidewalk at
noon, in an effort to avoid collision
with a motorcycle. The car crushed
M. Komahau, a japanese gardener, I'M
der the wheels, Komahau sustaining a
broken leg and a severe bruising as a
result. The injured man was taken to
Queen s. Hospital by Mr.. Gordon.
William Makahu, a motorcyclist, fell
while tuning up his machine on the
course a, Kapiolani Park before the
races started yesterday afternoon, and
was thrown distance of twenty feet,
HIS face was considerably abrased and
after being treated by Doctor Aver he
was sent home. -
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-02-29
SAMUEL KELNN0I AND
MRSLYONS Married

Taking n few ultimate friends into
their confidence, Samuel Keliinoi, city
road ONcisc"r. and Mrs. Rosalic Enos
Lyons, forme " of Waikiki, Maui
made a quiet visit to Pearl City last
Sunday.
When the couple returned to Homo
lulu they were Mr. and Mrs. tKeliInoi
the nuptial ceremony having been rer
formed at Pearl city that doy bv Rev
william Kamau, pastor of the Congre
rational Church of Eva. The witness
go were +. G. Watson and Ella FOstel
Hardy.
The Keliinois are both prominent in
Hawaiian sOciety. Mr.. KelHnoi was
formerly n travelling government ~hoo
inspector and later served numh"T OF
terms in the Legislature, representing
Maui in the house Of representatives.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-02-29
JAPANESE EDITORS GO
ON WARPATH ANEW

Excitement is promised in the Jap,
unese newspaper circle. In leading
article Yesterday morning, the Hawaii
ShImPo controlling interest in which
was sold Friday by S. Sheba to II
Tsuru~hima, stated that its issue this
morning would attack Fred Maxine, pro
prietor Of the Hawaii Hochi.
The II"chi has been publishing n sc.
rirs Of attacks OF its own. IrpanrS,
ueM -pnpers do not mincp words when
they start after each other, and some
warm articles are certain.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-02-29
DON'T COUGH.

1t is absurd to allow cough TO hang
on and sap your vitality when Cham
berlain s Cough Remedy will cure y"u
You don t know where a persistent
cough will land you. You cant afford
to allow your throat and lungs to be
come diseased when it is such simple
thing to step into a chemist 5 shop and
get bottle Of Chamberlain y Cough
Remedy. For sale by all dealers Ben,
cen, Smith & Co.. Ltd, agents for Ia
wan
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-02-29
SANTA FE AGENT
BECOMES A RESIDENT

That Honolulu is regarded as tour
list center Of increasing Importance is
evidenced by the arrival in this city
of IL, Z. Vernon, general agent of the
Santa Fe railway system, who has leas
ed from Fitzpatrick Brothers IA part of
their store at 926 Fort street, where
offices will be opened March |.
Mr.. Vernon arrived recently from
Portland, Oregon aud with his fam
lily will reside In "ManOa Valley
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-02-29
TRANSATLANTIC CABLE
LETTER SERVICE RESUMES

w, Y. Motley, manager of the Homo
mln Office of the Federal (wireless)
Telegraph Company, received a mess
age yesterday from San Francisco ad-
vising that Transatlantic cable letter
service, has been resumed, except to
France, Germany, Austria II ungary
Belgium, Luxembourg Turkey and Bull
gaTia.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-12
GIRL, Id, SAYS WOMAN
TAUGHT HER TO STEAL
Dutch Army Captain Lost
$1,000, Police Allege

Gertrude Hlten, a small but mature
Girl Of fourteen, arrested yesterday on
complaint of Richard Nerbugge, cap
tain in the Dutch army, signed a state
ment, the police say, accusing Ruth
Howard. woman of twenty-four, OF
teaching her to rob men "for the gang
The Howard woman, who, the police
saw. is known as Billy is a cabaret
singer. She was arrested at her home
in the Hotel Lenox, on West Forty
fourth Street. charged with grand lar
ceny and harboring a minor for I'M
Captain Verbugge. who lived at the
Hotel Wolcott until he returned 10 ms
own country on Saturday. told the po-
lice. according TO detectives, that ne
met the girl and the Howard woman IN
a restaurant on Wednesday and was
robbed on an automobile ride.
Gertrude. according TO the story told
by the police, said that the Howard
woman had first made sure by playful
bet that Captain Verbugge had consid-
cradle money. During the ride, the po-
lice say Gertrude told them, the now.
ard woman got the captains sl,ZOo ana
passed Il to Gertrude. Gertrude, the
police say, she told them, then leaPed
from the car, leaving the captain, after
he had discovered his loss, to drive an
indignant and moneyless companion TO
the station house to be searched.
Gertrude was taken 10 the Children's
Society. Her companion will be held
until Verbugge returns.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-12
S6,OOO,OOO WAGE
RAISE ANNOUNCED
General Electric Co. Joins
Bonus List-Standard Oil
Opens Purse Again

-Four important industrial concerns
in the East yesterday announced in
creases in wages, granted 10 their en-
ployes TO aid them in coping with the
RAPIDLY rising cost Of living.
Sixty thousand employees of the Cen
ersl Electric Company, which has its
central Offices in Schenectady, n. "
will benefit BY an increase announced
by that company. The raise affects all
employees receiving less than $4,000
yearly, and is granted as q bonus, TO
be discontinued at the company's
pleasure 1t amounts to 10 per cent
Of the salary Of each employe affected,
and will add S6,gOO,OoO a year to the
General Electrics payroll
The Standard OIL Company Of New
Jersey, to aid employees who were
not included in general advances re-
Gently made, announced an increase fo-
salsried workers receiving less than
$1,000 d year. Salaries Of men receiy.
ing less than $1,000 a year are to be
increased 20 per cent; those receiving
between SliUUV anu o@iVOO Will gam Il
10 per cent increase; those receiving
between $4,000 and $4,000 will gain 10
per cent.
H. Jacob & Sons. manufacturers Of
leggings, CATERS and sandals, at IS
Fifth Avenue, New York City, an
nounced that all employees would re-
ceivc a temporary bonus amounting 70
10 per cent of their monthly pay. The
Champion International Company,
paper manufacturers A. Lawrence
Mass, gave notice of a similar increase
to between 500 and coo employees.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-12
Villa Says He'll Drive
Pershing Out of Mexico

Francisco Villa says that he will
drive every American soldier out OF
Mexico and make e gap between the
two countries 90 wide that no Ameri-
cano will eye- be able 10 steal Mexican
land, gold or OIL" according 70 Thor
kel Flood Mortensen, who interviewed
him on the second day of the occupa-
ton of Chihuahua, and whose story
was printed in THE Evening World
yesterday, The bandit chieftain walks
with limp. due 10 a wound received
in the Guerrero battle.
DO you know Pershing" Villa is
quoted as saying. "pershinr is violat-
ing the sacred right. of Mexico and
has TO get out. Do you know Wilson?
7 was his friend. I liked him, but at
Aqua Prieta he turned traitor 20 me
and the cause | represented and helped
Carranza, the bad man Of Mexico. Is
II any wonder that | chase the Ameri-
cans out of Mexico?"
Villa also accused the Mayor Of FL
Paso of having taken his wife's dia-
monds and rings when he chased her
out of the country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-12
ADAMSON CASE
HEARING JAN. 8
Supreme Court Decision
Expected in Time for
Action by Congress

Washington. Dec. II, DIFFERENTIATION
bv the Supreme Court Of tht constitu-
+orsN.y Of the Adamson law in time
for Congress TO enact any desired sup
Elementary legislation az this session
va. REGARDED as assured to-day, when
tbs court advanced the test case for ar
eunen. on January S.
The court granted the governments
motto. 20 expedite the Missouri, Okla
boma & Gulf Railroad case, in which
Federal Judge Hook neld the Adamson
a,. void. Hearings we're set for imme-
5...ely after the Christmas holidays
and ahead Of other important cases al
ready assigned.
There had been some hone Of having
.ts case heard before Christmas, as the
b5amson act becomes effective January
Ar interests are believed &c be con-
se-ved PENDING tho courts decision
however,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-12
In First Interview Since
Mans Arrest, She Calls
Him Fraud
SISTERS JOIN HER
IN REPUTATION
New Trial of Girl on Per
jury Charge Set for
January 2

Charles n Wax may be "Oliver Os-
borne" 70 the butcher, the baker. the
candlestick maker and to the woman
he married, but Rae Tanner, whose
breach of promise suit against James
". Osborne started the hunt for him,
insists that he Is not her "0liver."
She had seen WsT's picture often
enough In the newspapers, she says,
10 be sure of IL. To reporter for The
Tribune yesterday, in the first state
ment she has made since Wax's capt
ure, she said:
"He may have been the man that
those other girls knew. but that isn't
any sign that he is the man that /
knew as Oliver Osborne. There are
lots Of men such as this man Wax
brags he isl Girls are always running
up against men like that who always
try to hirt with them.
81 wouldn't know a man who looks
so much like bum as that man looks.
He's nothing but a bum! / wouldn' I
even know a man who goes around
Dragging that he stole money from
girls!
Hes telling 4 lot OF lies! How
could he lend me money, when | never
saw him and never went anywhere with
him? ! wouldn't have taken any money
from him, even if / had known him.
I loved Oliver Osborne, and he said he
loved me. This man Wax is q mean
liar! He ought to be ashamed OF him
self to say such things about a girl he
never saw"
Rae's sisters were equally positive
that Wax was deceiving the United
States officials who had him in charge.
They produced in evidence the soup
plate from which the real" Oliver had
eaten, adding that he had spilled soup
on his wastcoat and made a spot.
Rae will be put on trial on January
., on the perjury charge growing out
Of her identification of James ". Os-
borne as dear Oliver" The trial will
be in the United States District Court
81 wish they would let me alone she
said. "They work harder TO send me TO
Jail than they ever did TO convict any
one else"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-12
MEXICO EXPECTS
u. S. TO DEPORT
CARRANZA'S FOES
Cabrera Says America Would
Be SO Bound if Protocol
Is Signed

FL Paso, Tex, Dec. Tiff the proto-
col drawn by the MexicanAmcrican
Joint Commission is signed by repre-
sentatives Of both countries, all aliens
in the United States who engage in
revolutionary activities in Mexico are
expected to be deported by the United
States officials as "penicious foreign
ers," according to a message received
by Andrew Garcia, inspector general
of Carranza consulates in the United
States. from Luis Cabrera, Minister Of
Foreign Relations in the de facto Cabi-
net.
n the protocol is signed 1t is ex-
nected here that the embargo on am
munition also will be lifted at once.
villa Scorns Woman's Appeal
Los Angeles. Cal, Dec. II Details OF
nersonal appeals to Francisco Villa fer
consideration at his hands while he
was in control Of Chihuahua City are
recited in letter received to-day from
Mrs. Barnett Dannis, whose husband is
proprietor OF general merchandise
"Three times went to Villas head
quarters and asked him personally
that he not disturb at least our house
hold effects" Mrs. Dsnnis wrote. villa
treated me with utter contempt He
said that everything Americans pos
sessed in Mexico would be taken away
and that what could not be taken would
be destroyed.
After footing the city and making away
r;tb about $500. 900 in merchandise, de-
s.rovinc and burning every building
mat belonged 20 foreigners, Villa de-
rnanded 900 600 pesos in silver Of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-12
FLEET HERE FOR HOLIDAYS
Many officers and Men to Get Leave;
Trees Aboard Battleships

New York will play host 20 the At
iantic feet during the holiday season
and thousands Of Uncle Sans sailor
boys will have chances 10 visit their
homes. Seven battleships, accom-
panied by fotillas Of destroyers and
submarines, will I'll the New York
navy yard almost 20 its capacity from
December 20 until January 8, the yard
officers learned yesterday through
Washington dispatches.
Flying the flag of Admiral Mayo, the
Pennsylvania will lead the feet
through the Narrows, the Arizona,
New York, Texas, Wyoming and Ken
lucky following Several other battle
ships will anchor in the North River,
of Riverside Drive. The Arkansas is
at the navy yard already.
Shore leave will be granted every
officer and man who can be spared.
For the men who must be kept on
board for routine work, Christmas
parties will be arranged. Each battle
ship will have a Christmas tree and q
turkey dinner.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-12
Garretson Loses Debate
Over Strike Regulation

The sves had q, by two 20 one last
night after the Economic Club Of New
York. following its thirty-seventh quar-
,erlv dinner in the Hotel Aston had
followed through g three-hour discus
SION on the topic, Should the Right to
strike Of Public Service Employees be
Regulated by Law
In favor Of such regulation, which
was bitterly opposed by A B. Garrett
son. president OF the Order OF Railway
Conductors OF America, stood DI'
Charles +. Van Hise and Elisha Lee.
The latter, IS chairman OF the "a
..orsl Conference Committee OF the
Railways, is habitually on the opposite
side Of the economic fence from Presl-
dent Garretson.
DR.. Van Hise. who az president OF
the University of Wisconsin ana is re-
r-embered as chairman of the board OF
arbitration which settled the engi-
rcers' strike against the Eastern rail-
roads several years ago, suggested two
chcnes for seeD.ng the wheels turn
irg through future bargaining between
roads anu men.
Asks for Amendment
First. I would amend the Newland'
act." he said, $50 as 20 prohibit
ilwsy strike until after an investi-
caticn Of the controversy and recon-
cndation concerning its settlement.
Secondly. as q rnal solution, / woulo
create a wage commission, either as
branch Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission or as an independent
lody"
Mr. Lee complained that whereas the
railroads are under rgid Federal con,
mol and are charged with the duty OF
operating continuously under whatso-
over conditions may arise, the men
have d legal right 10 walk out stimuli
taneously or every line Of railway in
the country. .
rs not this unrestricted right Of
The railroad employees 70 quit work IN
d body q menace 20 the public vel
tarel" be asked the 100 economists
essembled az the dinner. Does not
The individual who chooses 70 earn his
livelihood in the public service OF
'r--sp ortation assume duty 70 help
.eep open these vital arteries Of com
"tIce-a duty greater than the rlght
Soc striker
Ice laVors Modified Regulation
NJ Lee, as he cited the fact that
nearly two-thircs OF railway expenses
are discussed So the form Of wages,
seemed 90 favor = modified form Of
wage regulation.
Against this proposition the presi-
dent Of the Conductors Brotherhood
was O. firm as no was In his stand that
here should be no curtsilment Of the
ght 20 strike.
French Settlement Cited
Or. Van Hise had referred 70 Min
ser Brands settlement Of the French
'ailway strike IN 1910. when the strik-
'.s were ordered % mobilize as sol
crs and then. as soldiers and facing
'a- military punishment for disobeying
orders. were set 20 work running the
trains
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-12

chairman OF the Democratic National
Committee. may be placed in charge OF
the War Department
In the Attorney Generals case the
reports have been circumstantisl, and
have been generally accepted, although
he has given no indication Of his in
tentions. The President has offered Mr.
Gregory seat on the Supreme Court
once. and should another vacancy occur
il g thought probable he would be seri-
ously considered again.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-12
Authors Former Wife
Says Love Impelled Her
, 10 Testify Falsely
FEARED CORRIGAN
WOULD HARM HIM
Frightened When She Told
of Libel Talk, Woman
Tells Court

Love for her former husband George
Bronson Howard, author and play
wright, whom ghc divorced, impelled
Mrs. Margaret Savillo to confess yes
tcrdsy that she had given perjured
testimony IN the Supreme Court on
Friday IN tho libel suit which Msgis-
trate Joseph T. Corrigan has brought
against the Bobbs-Merrill Company for
100000 damages, based on the novel
Gods Man" written By Howard.
Warned by Justice GoF when she
again went on the witness stand yes
terday. Of The seriousness Of the Of
fence Of which she was accusing her
self and asked by the justice whether
she understood her position, Mrs. Sa-
Vile replied: Eyes, but l love Mr..
Howard and would do anything l could
70 save him"
However, on Friday Mrs. Saville was
Of different state Of mind, caused, she
explained yesterday, by the intimation
given to her at the Townsend House,
in Port jefferson, Long Island, by Hans
johnson, IT., and ore Mr.. Mingard
that Magistrate Corrigan would be the
next Mayor Of New York City with
the backing of Tammsny Hall and that
he would be a great power for or
against a person.
Admits Testimony Was False
Mrs. Ssville hso testified as a Wit
ness for Magistrate Corrigan that she
was present in the ofice Of the Bobbs-
Merrill Company, publishers Of How
ards book. when the author and John
=. Curtis, vice-pres dent OF the COM
pany, discussed the possibility Of a
libel suit By the court official. She
quoted Curtis as saying that he did
not fear libel suit and that u would
help advertise and sell the book. Cur
It's on Friday. made denial that sucn
conversation took place. Mrs. Saville,
10 the amazement OF the court, ycster-
day repudiated that testimony.
"Do you want 10 change any Of your
testimony" John L. Lockwood. counsel
for the Bobbs-Merrill Company, asked
her.
yes" replied Mrs. Ssville; 81 came
here of my own free will to right q
wrong. ] want TO say that all that |
said about that conversation with Nh.
Curtis was untrue. The word libel
was never used in that conversation.
None Of US said one word about the
possibility of Judge Corrigan bringing
a libel suit"
Then why did you give such testi-
mony?"
Because there was one thing that I
feared more than anything else in the
world; it was that Mr.. Howard would
be put in prison. love Mr.. Howard
and would do anything to save him.
You know why lied" she said to Mr..
Arnold, counsel for Magistrate Corr
gan. NO, don't know" replied the
lawyer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-12
Denial from McAdoo.
Baker May Be Shifted

Although Secretary Baker has been
credited with desire to leave the Cab
met, it is learned that in all likelihood
he will remain. II Is understood, how
ever, that there is possibility that he
may be shifte! 20 ,ne Department Of
Justice if Mr.. Gregory insists on re-
signing, and that Vance c. Mccormick