The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-11-30
UNVEILS
JACK LONDONBU
Tributes Paid To Author Friend
Of Hawaii At Gathering At
Pan-Pacific Club

. . nc 7 NH'I Hclnt, NIub hnNelleU l1tc-
like bust Of Jack London AZ Lauiakea
lanai last, night in the presence Of a
distinguished gathering including the
members of the Congressional Party.
the Governor Of Hawaii, former gov~
ernor of the Islands, and large mum.
Der Of members Of the club represented
by Hlawaiians, japanese, Chinese, no
rcans aud Filipiuos. f.
As fitting tribute 70 the state whicl
called Jack London its own sou, Rep
resentative Arthur Elston of Berkeley
member Of the Congressional Party
unveiled the bust, which had beer
draped with n Hawaiian dag, the gifi
to the club of the late Queen Liliuo
kaIani. As the folds of the flag which
London loved 20 well fell away, tho
bust, reposing on marble pedestal
fairly glowed as the real Jack Lon
don - under the food Of lights. II wa,
the gift Of Mrs. london TO Hawaii
which both she and her husband had
come to call their own. ..E
Ford Presides E.-
Alexander Hume Ford, the presiding
genius of the gathering and whose in
III HlN lIlfnl lOU
don, was the real cause Of Mrs. Lon
don s desire TO send the bust to Hawai-.
in memory Of her many visits here
spoke of London as one of the factOri
in building up the fabric of Pan Paci
ficism, and rs such was rrvcred' by. tn,
club. ->....
Mr.. Elston. before drawing the nal
back from the marble features, statec
that he had known London in his young
manhood at the time he was absorbed IL
and obsessed with socialism, of the, typ,
which was arrant but which he ,modi
fed in later years. He felt that Lon.
Ion = genius was q genius for the bene
iit Of the world
The Governor spoke Of his long per.
,Oral acquaintance with London anc
ave some interesting data concerning
he permission which he az the presi
lent of the Board of Health had giveI
to London TO visit the Mookai Settle
meut, and was satisfied that his descrip
tion of life there had the effect of bet
ering the world : understanding
he life of the people there.
r. o. Matheson, editor Of The Adver
tiser, said he had been an intimate
friend of London 5 for wears, and thi
friendship grew out of what at th
beginning was an ennIity caused by q.
editorial he had NIitten cOnccrnin'
his literary works. Their friendshi
began during an Inter Island cruise
and lasted until London 5 death. As :
visitor at Glen Ellen for a week he ha
hal opportunity to become abSorbe
in London s life and to know his great
ness of heart, his charities, his lttl
kindnesses to people, his loyalty to hi
friends and his vast breadth of mind
He asserted that had London lived :;
few years longer he would have bee.
hailed as the TOlstOi of America. II
lied a socialist but with the wild-eye
propagandas of his early life elimiRat
I'd. He had not an atom IN his bein;
If race prejudice and believes that tn
real man dwelt beneath the skin an
lid not concern the color of the ski
nOr the slant of the eye.
Hawaii's Problems
Representative Oscar l.. Bland,
Indiana, spoke of Hawaif's problem
which, the people of Hawaii must keel
before the congressman and help con
ress TO solve them. He said he ha
lot previously spoken on local issues
ut as a lawyer he had to keep silen
until the evidence was all in. He ha
ieard people talk of Hawaii IS problems
who had an axe to grind; from som
who were well posted aud others VIII
we're not. but he believed these prob
lens could hr worked out satisfactory
to all the people of the Islands. II
aid q tribute to the loyalty of tn,
Islanders to thel Flag, n loyalty
strong as that of the descendants OF
the mainland of those who fought tt
raise the Flag over the Republic o.
1875.
". r. harrington spoke mostly o.
the pie belt Of the United States be
ause he came from Maine, a part o.
the belt. and then proceeded to Gu
he biggest pie ever made in Honolulu
pie made from the largest and thu
Drize pumpkin of Santa Clara County
'aHforu'a. which had been sent to Ho
nolulu especially for use at the unvriI
ny ceremonies on behalf of the Jaci
London hust He cut the first piece
and then an army of walters cut il int,
enough pieces to supply the dozens @
quests. The seeds would be distrbut
1t. he said to the schools to plant.
those Present
Hon Henry Lee Myers, japanese Con
ul R. Moro, II. o. Matheson, Port
guesp Consul A. de Pessoa, Hon, job
\. Elston. Chinese Consul Woohua,
Tszung. W II, harrington, Hon. JosepI
Fern. Hon. Miles Poindexter, Primo
Xuhio. Governor l.. +. Pinkham. Plu
lido Alviar. D. I. Mori, Hon. Waite
q. Frrar, VIM. zap Kwai Fong, Hon
Oscar t. Bland, Hon. VIM. H.. Thomp
son. &, X Al, JnO. M"Candless, Chas
"hilfngvorth. NJ. c. Pachec0. A.
Castle ~. Tmai, Link McCaRdless. Hon
Peni +. Weltv. X. YamamOto, r. Ka
wasakl. Hon. John c. Lane. Hon Jane
v. McCHntic. Mr.. Chuck How, Geo. \
Brown. Rev. S. G.. Park. Y, Sega, Geo
I" Orunisor 4, y. Castro. Hon, The
Gallagher, Wong Lung. John Guild. A
v. r. Nierra, w. G. Tong, d. b. MuI
loch. H. l.. Holstein. Hon. VIM.
carter. Hon Saul. J. Nichols, Rev.
Mana. r. II Trent. r. =. Lee DIR. d.
ven Chnug. F. +. Blake, NJ. 0kuhu,.
Vou Edmund Plat, Hon. Henry "
T,mule, Ho Fon, Gen. sam Johnsor
-"hiroro Snmontp. X. Yasumori. Mr
Mcclellan Mr.. Kinney. Hon. Louis r
Goodall. Hon. Allan r. Treadwav, Kin