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Evening Bulletin. Est. 1882, No. 6379

Hawaiian Star. Vol. XXIII. No. 7420

12 PAGES -HONOLULU, TERRITORY OF HAWAIT, MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1916 12 PAGES.

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CUTS ESTIMATE

OF PLANTATION

DAfflGE 1(1 HALF

George H. Robertson, Back

From Trip of Inspection to

Wailuku, Says $50,000 Will

Cover Havoc Wrought By

Storm

ROAR OF WATER GAVE

v WARNING TO PEOPLE

Three Hundred and Thirty Per

sons in Need and 34 Fam

ilies Homeless, Are Official

Figures Given Out By Relief

Committee

That a total of , $50,000 will cover

the damages sustained by wailuku

plantation Is the belief of George II.

Robertson, vice-Dresident and manager

of C. Brewer & Company, who return

ed this m orninc from a short trip to

Maul, having gone over the scene of

the flood devastation of last week.

! There Is not so much damage as

we thought there might be," said Mr.

Robertson. "Much of the damage la

what mights be alled 'Invisible , of

course, and will be seen as time goes

on. However, I believe that 50,0o0

will cover everything.' . ' -j '

" About a dozen laborers' cottages

on the Wailuku plantation were wiped

out by the water, and . six or seven

acres of cane ' down in the stream

bed were completely swept away."

Mr. Robsrtaon says that the topog

raphy the river has been, changed

greatly by the flood, filling in here and

digging1 out-therc. with new channels

. cut in many places. -

Wailuku Not Unt?f VVaUrl.

" He says thaf Wfcluku was not . un

der four feet of water as was printed

elsewhere, and that Wailuku people

felt this was an unjust description of

their little village. The water did Its

damage down la ' the stream bed

proper, v V ' ' C" ''.'.

i wr PRniriaJlT imoressed . with

tie 'condition ? of ' Ihe" governmenft

roads," says Mr. Robertson. "In places

their- iacase iru very severe, thle

condition lasting for mile upon mile.

Culverts and bridges wer victims of

the flood in many places."

' . Letters received at Alexander, &

Baldwin's today confirm the estimates

of losses printed In the Star-Bulletin

last Thursday, and putting the figures

somewhere between 1100,000 and $200,

000, for the Hawaiian Commercial

plantation. . . . 'v

SpscUl SUr-Buatla OorrMpondtnc

.'j WAILUKU, Jan. 22. Conflicting re

ports and' opinions as to the number"

missing- are still prevalent In Wailuku

this morning. The coroner's Jury did

not hold a session before 10:30. ex

pecting that the , searching parties

working along the stream might find

the elght-yearold daughter ' of Mrs.

SodetanL . The girl Is still missing,

and in spite of the most diligent

search no trace of her has so far been

found.

Twelve" bodies have been reviewed

by the Jury. Members of that Jury

have expressed the opinion that ser

era! bodies are yet to be discovered.

Many of those who lost relatives and

friends are of the same opinion, and

the most careful search In all con

ceivable places is being kept up. The

calm sea of yesterday and today may

give up some of the dead at any mo

ment, for the torrent of raging water

was sufficiently strong even up to last

evening to carry away children, and

the stream Is still wide In many

places. It would not be at all strange

if the missing should yet be found to

be dead and caught somewhere in the

stream or had been waahed out to sea.

Were Warned by Roar.

;It is the unanimous opinion of all

the rescue parties and the police de

partment of Maul that had the cloud

burst occurred an hour earlier on

Tuesday morning that the toll of the

dead would be four or five times what

it is today. By half past 4 or 5 when

the river began to swell, many of the

families were stirring, about, and by

the terrible roar were sufficiently

warned to 'get out of reach of the

flood.

. The Spanish homes In Iao Valley

were washed away by the river cut

ting a new channel toward the Wale

Jiu side of the gorge. Trees and

stones seemed to more or less ob

struct the .natural bed, and conse

quently the violence of the water at

this point can easily be understood.

Here the loss of life waa the worst in

a small number of families. The river

took a similar turn Just above the

Waihee bridge. The pile of stones

that had been brought downstream by

the rush of the water gathered in a

mass filling the usual bed or the river.

The water was again diverted toward

Waihee. and came pounding down up

on the houses between the bridge and

the taro patches.

: One hew house was taken clear

across the highway. Other houses on

(Continued on page twoV

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Fury and Devastation of Maui Storm Are Shown In

Photographs Taken In and Around Town of Wailuku

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ever, show jow trongly-bullt houasa were swept hither and yon and shattered by the waters. Photo No. 1 shews a- bridge on the road toward WaN

hee, the water having lifted the blacksmith shop and set It half across the highway. No. 2 Raging stream where ; is usually dry land. No. 3 Iao

Valley water surrounding houses and carrying them down stream. No. 4 Houaeswhtch had been washed to their present position. " No. Boulders

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EXTRA 16720

Consideration of the Promotion

Committee's 1916 budget precipitated

spirited and at times acrimonious de

bate between Promotion Committee

members and Chamber of Commerce

men at a special -meetings of the

chamber this afternoon to discuss and

take action cn tho budget.

. E. 'Fixon Bishop started things

when he Introduced a resolution mov

ing that the chamber accept the bud

get in the amount asjeed for by the

Promotion Committee, $33,580, and

providing that a $6,720.50 surplus, now

in the committee's treasury be applied

on the budget, and not In addition

to it. . !. V ; --.

To this motion, E. A. Berndt, chair

man of the Promotion Committee,

took instant exception, hoi dlerg that

the surplus should go into a fund

which, when it reaches $15,000, be de

voted to a big mainland magazine and

newspaper publicity campaign adver

tising Hawaii. A. P. Taylor, direct

or of the committee, made a long

epeech upholding Mr. Berndt's atti

tude. : ';-'"

Fred L. Waldron, presiding, asked

Governor Lucius E. Pinkham, who

came in after the meeting had come

to order, whether he would care to

say anything. The governor replied

he thought not, as the subject was

not anything for him to take a hand

In.

At 3 o'clock this afternoon a, mo

tion to adopt the, report of the finance

and audit committee failed by a vote

of 6 for and 15 against. Chairman

Fred L. Waldron declared the motion

lost and adjourned the meeting. . : ;

President Waldron adjourned the

meeting immediately after the motion

was lost, without calling for a vote.

NEGRO AND WHITE WOMAN

ELOPE: HUSBAND THINKS

MURDER THREAT REASON

Associated Press by Fedsral Wireless

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan, 24.

Raymond Dodds, a negro, today sur

rendered himself to the police to

save trouble," he said. The police

declare that Dodds compelled a Mrs.

Viola Hood, a white woman of San

Diego, to elope with him. x

Dcdds denies that he used any

force to make the white w-oman ac

company him. He said the woman

suggested their elopemenL

Later in the' day the woman also

surrendered. She confirmed - Dodds'

story. . .'vv

LOS ANGELES. CaU Jan. 24. V.

L. Hood, husband of the woman who

is alleged to have been abducted by

a negro, does not believe that his wife

voluntarily eloped. He said that when

she went with, the negro, she left a

note saying that Dodds had threaten

ed to kill the entire family unless she

eloped 'with him. Dodds was form

erly Hood's chauffeur, but had been

discharged.

STILL MAY GET

nprsmwiv

GIVE TO STATES

BROADER POWERS

Associated Press y Tedersl Wireless

. WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 24.

The supreme court handed down a de

cision, today holding that the states

possess the pover to enact laws

authorizing the condemnation of pow

er sites and water rights under the

right of eminent domain.

The decision Is fir-reaching in its

results. ' ' .

f Associated Press by Federal Wireless

WASHINGTON, D. C Jan. 24.

Brlg.-gen William Crozier, chief of

ordnance, told . the house - milh vy

committee today that the largest uo

bile howjtser in the American army

is of 7.6 caliber, and that only pre

liminary plans have been made for 9.5

inch guns of this type. No designs

for a .16-inch ' howitzer, compar

able to :the German 42-centimeter

gun, have been made, he said,

and he jpommented that . American

military observers Indicate' that guns

of this size will be necessary to de:

molish entrenchments.

WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 24. In

an opinion handed down today the

United States supreme court upholds

the constitutionality of the income tax

law - "

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BUFFALO PLANT

U. S.NEEDSBIG

HIIVITZER OiS

U. S. INCOME TAX

UPHELD IN COURT

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'Associated Press by, Tedersl Wireless

BUFFALO, N. Jan. 24.

Fifteen persons were killed and

-f 15 others probably Tatally la- -f

f jured In an explosion today at 4

V the Kelker Blower Company's

plant .

v- The three-story building'crump-

f led and fire followed. There were

t- 22 persons In the buitding at the -t-4-

time of the fire. -f

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NEW Y0RK ST0CK : .

. . .MARkCT TODAY

: Yester

Today, day.

2Zy2 24 M

103 - 104',

114' 11314

W 127

108'8 . 108

07 109

91 947a

475 472

30 32

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Alaska Gold

A m e rican Sme-I ter . . ... .

American Sug. Rfg. . .

American Tel. & Tel.. v.

Atchison ....... f.

Baldwin . Loco, ex div.. . .

Baltimore. A Ohio . . . . .

Bethlehem Steel ; . . . . . .

Calif. Petroleum."......

Canadian Pacific . ... , .'

C M. & St P. (St. Paul)

Col. Fuel & Iron.... . . .

Crucible Steel . . . . . ..

Erie Common ..........

General Electric ... .

General Motors . . ......

Great Northern Pfd..;..

Intern'l Harv N. J...;

New York Central .....

' 93 99

45 . 462

65!4v- 66'2

38 39

172 :1734

480 bid 485

122 1234

109 110 bid

108 ' 109'

58J4 58

101 101 J,

152 154

58 592

134 135J4'

8318 848

118' 117

90 V- 90 bid

66 68

Pennsylvania

Southern Pacific

Stude baker

Tennessee Copper

Union Pacific

U. S. Steel ..........

U. 8. Steel Pfd,.;...;

Western Union

Westinghouse Electric

SUGAR.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Jan. 24

Sugar: 96 degrees test, 4.77 cents.

Previous quotation, 4.70 5 cents..

CRUISER SARATOGA

IS EXPECTED FROM

MANILA TOMORROW

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At daylight tomorrow morning the

U. S. cruiser Saatoga is expected to

prrive here for bunkers and water,

bound from Manila to Bremerton,

Washington, tiavy yard. . Nothing fur

ther . was heard from her today, since

her radio of Saturday that she would

arrive here early Tuesday morning.

Advices' to John Ef finger of the

Merchants' Exchange give the cruis

er's commander as Cmdr. Stanford

E. Moses. The Saratoga sailed Janu

ary If from Manila.

ROUND-ISLAND TRIP

j iO RintAf CACII v MAnc

TJurij

curists maklhg the aufb trip

around the island reached Haleiwa to

day with the emphatic statement that

thje roads are now all right and per

fectly passable, and that under pres

ent conditions it is perfectly feasible

?nd comfortable to make the trip with'

ut chains. One party said that notice

should be given the public that all

car3 can gel around.

INJURED JAPANESE BOY

IS LIKELY TO RECOVER

f Physicians at the Japanese hospital,

where Sakai Akeda, a 4-year-old Japa-

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yuess uw iuu uief riiusj uigui oy bd

iHto driven by :B. C Sulnn on King

street, was taken after it was found at

tSe Emergency, hospital the boy was

suffering from Internal injuries, said

tc3ay they considered the child out of

dagger. : .

Tnat the same rough weather w:hich

ma:ie the Sonoma three and . three

quarters hours late arfivlng today

frobi San Francisco, Is holding back,

thel Matson steamer Uanoa, Is indicat-

SAY CABLEGRAMS

The following cablegrams from of

ficial German sources were received

yesterday:'

"German- Headquarters, Jan. 22

Southeast of Ypres the Germans by

mines destroyed 60 meters of the

enemy's Frenches. The German "posi

tions between Moselle, Vosges and

several towns, behind the front were

shelled by the enemy without result

"On the." east front, artillery duels

are In progress before Duenaburg."

SUNDAY.

"German. Headquarters, Jan. 23

Near Neuvllle, north of Arras, after

successful . blasting operations .the

Germans occupied advanced enemy

trenches positions 250 meters long,

capturing 71 French. In the Argonnes

the Germans, after short hand-grenade

engagements, occupied a section of

the enemy's trench. Military estab

lishments east of. Belfort were bom

barded." . . ... .

The following cablegram from offi

cial German sources was received -to

day:" '. ;; ,;. ,.

f German Headquarters, Jan. 24 On

the west front there are lively artll

lery duels in progress and consider

able aeroplane action.

"An enemy aero squadron bombard

ed Metz, where .bombs fell on the

bishop's dwelling and in - the court

yard of the hospital. Two civilians

were killed and eight Wounded. One

aeroplane was shot down by the Ger

mans and the inmates imprisoned. r

"German aviators bombarded today

the railroad stations and military es

tablishments behind the front: in sev

eral air engagements .the Germans

had the upper hand. t

"On the east front north or Duena

burg, the German artillery set afire by

shelling a Russian railroad train.

"In the Balkans, an ' enemy's air

squadron coming from Greek soil bom

barded Monastir and killed and wound

ed several inhabitants." :

AFTER HOT FIGHT

: Associated Press by Federal, Wireless

v' ROCKFORD, 111, Jan. 24. Twenty

two men were arrested and taken to

jail here today, following a battle be

tween police and rioting V workmen

from the Shengler-Loomls plant- Th

riot was started by the workmen be

cause some of their numbers wrere

discharged cn Saturday.; In the melee

clubs and pistols were used, but the

injuries are - not serious on either

side. " .: ":

ed In a radiogram received this morning-

by Castle "& Cooke, " 'Matson

agents, from CapL Francis M. . Ed

wards, the Manoa's commander, stat

ing that the liner will not arrive un

til 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.'.;

RIOTERS JAILED

OUTIHW OUTWITS :

CRRRMZA

Bandit Chief Gets 1000 Men a nd 500 Horses as Nucleus for

Force Anxiely tor Americans

Associated Press Service by Federal Wireless.

EL PASO, Tex., Jan. 4. Gen. Ianello,, Villa, un

checked by the small force of Carranzistas in Chihuahua, is

assembling a new rebel army and will soon take the field in a

campaign of retaliation.

' Arrivals today from Madera report that Villa is at Santa

Ana and Babricora ranch, the Hearst property, and that in this

vicinity he is organizing his new army. He now has 11KH) liien

and 500 horses, and is killing 1200 cattle daily and drying their

meat for provisions. It is feared that he anil his men will kill

Americans wherever thev can find them.

ILLINOIS FLOOD

SITUATION NOV

GROWING WORSE

River Rises Fast and Lowlands

are Flooded, Inhabitants

i Fleeing : ; '

Associated Press by Federal Wireless

PEORIA, HU Jan. 24. The floods in

Illinois, so far from subsiding after a

week of almost daily Increase, are

now Aorse than ever, and have

reached the' proportions of a ore

menace. 1 '

The Illinois river is Hs:ng fast,

swollen by recent rains, an J the resi

dents of the lowlands are fleeing In

panto, many of them being forced to

leave behind most of. their personal

possessions. Hundreds have been res

cued from their marooned homes by

patroJ parties In boats. ; Jflanyhave

beeri suffering from, the exposure In

their flooded houses.. 'The 4ikes that

protect the low bottom lands are brok

en in "many places.

The Inundation of farms, villages

and small towns is causing enormous

damage to property, and there is a

great loss . in livestock of various

.ind,

One of the most serious of the in

dividual disasters Is the breaking

early ted ay of the Spoon River levee,

protecting thousands of acres below

Havana. The towns of Havana, Lew

iston, Duncan and Mills are isolated.

The water is the highest on record.

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SEATTLE, VVash Jan. 24. Six

hundred men are now employed in

clearing the tracks and the vicinity

of the spot where a Great Northern

passenger train was wrecked by an

avalanche last Saturday.

It is expected that It will take a

long time to find, the missing passen

gers, owing to the depth of the snow

into which they were hurled when the

coaches were swept from the track.

A fall of 25 degrees in temperature

has turned the rain into snow , and

averted floods in the entire lower Pu

get Sound country.

SAN FRANCISCO, CaK, Jan. 24.

Travel by land and sea is disorganized

because of the storms that are sweep

ing the Pacific and western third of

the United States. Rain, snow and

gales in western United States ' and

the heavy winds off the coast have

caused railroads and steamship lines

to modify or abandon their schedules.

The steamer Admiral Schley, report

ed off Coos Bay, Is now believed to be

safe, late wireless reports indicating

that she can live through tho gale.

The steamer Centralis, also reported

in distress, is likewise thought to be

in no danger' of foundering, though

she may be crippled and has lost her

deckload.

The North Pacific coast las: night

and today' was swept by a 94-mile

wind which caused much shipping to

hug the harbors and did some damage

to the smaller fleets.

Associated Press by Federal Wireless

PARIS, France, Jan. 24. A

s quadron of 45 French' aeroplanes

has bombarded Monastir, where

the Bulgarian-Teuton" forces are

quartered.' The bombardment did

much damage to ammunition de

pots, to the quaners "of the gen

eral staff and to the railroad sta

tion. 7- . 'v -v V''. v; ' -

KING OF ITALY MEETS

r MONTENEGRIN MONARCH

ROME, ; Italy, Jan. 24. The

king of taIly.today.jnet the king

of Montenegroj wno Arrived here

this morning, a refugee frcri his

FRENCH FLIERS

DO! MOltASTIR

country.

DEFENSE PLANS

IDE RUSHED

Other Legislation Must Make

Way for Army and Navy

Expansion

WASHINGTON, P. C, Jan. 24.

The administration's 'prepar

edness program" wiU ;be urged

strongly on Congress and other :

legislation must make vay for it.

This result of the; president's

ideas as based partly on the lesson

of the present war in Enrof e is

now plainly developing iu SV;ush

ington. It was announced today

that the president has d?cifcNd to

hasten' action on the .'appropria

tion ''bills -which are before Con- :

gress. " These bills ard to be clear- -ed

away and then the army and

navy bills, will come up.

; Considerable debate on ', these

measures is expected and by that

time the president will have tak

en one or more of his. proposed

speech-making trips on behalf of

the defense program. . ;

GREECE! GET '

LOAN BY ALLIES

LONDON, Eng., Jan. 24. A

despatch from Athens to Reuter.

Telegram Agency says that nego

tiations for a. loan to Greece by

the Entente Powers are progressing-

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Indications that the Allies and .

Greece will arrange a loan point

to a continuance of present rela

tions and that there is na danger

of an open break, though King

Constantine complains regarding

the Allies oppression of his coun

try. f'..:-' -;' '- ;-

REPORTED SICK

PARIS, France, Jan.,24. A de

spatch from Rome says that there

is grave anxiety in? Vienna dver

the illness of the aged Emperor

Franz' Josef. lie is safd to be ill

with acute chronic; bronchitis and

to be confined to his bed.-" - '

GERMANS SUCCEED IN

NIGHT RAID ON DOVER

BERLIN, Germany, Jan. 24.

The' German admiralty announc

ed today that German aeroplanes

have bombarded the station, bar

racks' and docks at Dover, Eng

land, again. The raid.?. are said

to have been made on the night of

January 22-23. ' .

BULGARIANSMAy MEET

ALBANIANS' AT DURAZZ0

PARIS, Francci Jan. 24. A

clash; ot Bulgarian'- soldiers and

the Albanians under Essad Pasl

is expected at jhirazzo, in the vic

inity of which both ere rc :rt:

today.

AT YASIIIiTON

EMPEROR JOSEF