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ffi&ttt If you wish Prosperity Advertise in the News What is Best for Maui is Best for the News VOLUME XXI. WAILUKU, MAUI, T. II., SATURDAY OCTOBER 24, 1914. NUMBER 36. Rapid Fir Justice In Circuit Grand Jury Begins Work Wednes day, Finds Nine Indictments, and Calendar is Clear Friday Night. Something of a record was estab lished In the handling of criminal work' In the Second Circuit court tuis week. The grand jury, which was sworn In for the (regular October term at ton o'clock on Wednesday morning, handed In Us final report at noon on Thursday, and was dismissed. It had found nlno Indictments and re turned ono count as not a true bill. The trial jury got to work Thurs day afternoon, and disposed of Its criminal calendar by Friday evening. Most of the defendants pleaded guilty. Llandro Motri, who chopped Ills wife with a cane knife, was con victed by the jury, while IIoso Pele kal, charged with a criminal offense against a young, girl, also stood trial. Ho was found guilty. Following is a list of the cases on the calendar and their disposition: Hose Pelekai, charged with having sexual Intercours-e with female under fifteen years; convicted. Will be sen tenced today. Cecilia Hodrlgues, charged with In tent to commit murder. Plead guilty to assault with dangerous weapon and was sentenced ot two years at hard labor. Llandro Mota, charged with assault and battery with wearon obviously and imminently dangerous to life; convicted and sentenced to from 20 months to two years. Sam Kaplioho, charged with forg ery, pleaded guilty, and sentence was suspended for thirteen months. Vicente Supisencla, charged with as sault and battery with weapon ob viously and imminently dangerous to lifo; plead guilty and was sentenced to two years. Dallentln Diasis, charged with as sault and battery with weapon ob viously and imminently dangerous to life, plead guilty and was sentenced to two years. Neo Jltsumosuke, charged with lar ccny in first degre'e, plead gujlty and waa Bentenced..to from 18 months to 10 years. Marcelo Serilo, charged with as sault and battery with weapon ob viously and imminently dangerous to lifo, plead guilty and was uentenced to from S months to two years. Camala Paallsin, charged with as yault and battery with weapon ob viously and Imminently dangerous to life, plead guilty and waa rentenced to from 1G months to two years. The jury found no truo bill In the case of Domingo Bores, charged with nssault with Intent to ravish. Opium Gang Is Operating From Hana Is Belief of Revenue Men Who Have Been Making Investigation Re cently East End of Island Under Suspicion For Long Time. Opium smuggling on an extensive scale, through the port of Hana, is said to have been the occasion for a visit to the Hana district this week by representatives ot tho Customs ser- vice. Whether or not anything m learned by tho sleuths is not known, It is claimed that tho dopo Is dropped overboard from Matson or American Hawaiian freighters as they pass tho east end ot tho Island, to bo picked up later by confederates in small boats. Kerosene oil tins, It is alleged aro used as containers. numors of this Illicit business at Hana have been rlfo for a year or more, bul up to the present timo no Court V evidence7 has been secured, apparent ly, that would warrant an arrest being mado. Maui Fol Working For Relief Fund Mrs. F. F. Baldwin Starts Lists in This County Chairman Castle Reports $4000 Sent Away This Week. W. R. Castle, chairman of tho War Relict Committee which is collecting fundR for the velief ot tho widows and orphans caused by tho great Euro pean war, has issued a statement showing that up to Wednesday of this week tho sum of 37G31.05 had been received from voluntary subs criptions. Through Mrs. F. F. Baldwin, subs cription lists were this week opened on Maul, and C. D. Lulkln and II. B. Penhallow are revolving contributions to tho fund. In his statement Mr. Castle says: "By the Matsonla, which Balled Wednesday, tho committeo forwarded $4000, as follows: For Belgian relief 11000 For French relief 1000 For Servian relief 1000 For Austrian lellcf 1000 "Wo have yet to hear from Quito a largo number of localities to which letters have been sent, and tho com mliteo hopes that tho response will be as generous as It has been up to date. "In view of tho fact that tho com munity has already been canvassed for aid specifically to tho Germans and specifically to tho English, and that a considerable number of others than those nationalities have paid In money, it Is quite likely that the com mittee may not Immediately extend rt-llef to those two nations, "as ie un dorstand that tho amount Bent tor- ward to each is far In excess of our entire collections to date." HALEAKALA REST HI COMMITTEEWANTS IDEA! Tentative Plans For Comfortable Structure That Will Afford View of Crater Without Exposure to Cold Caretaker Wanted Committee Invites Suggestions The Chamber ot Commerce commit teo which has in hand the spending of tho ?1400 raised by general subs cription at the Civic Convention a few weeks ago, for the Hal'eakala Rest House, wants suggestions. It also wants to find a man, or a man and his wife, who would like tho Job of living on top of Haleakala and taking care of tho rest house to bo built. Anyone who has any Ideas on either of these subjects, is assured of their receiving a carelul consideration if they will but submit them. Tho first formal meeting, of the committee was held last Saturday, with tho full committeo present: namely, C. D. Lufkln, chairman, W. II. Field, Hugh Howell, L. von Tempsky, and W. O. Aiken. Mr. Aiken was ap pointed secretary of tho committee. Tentative plans for tho rest house were considered, and figures aro to bo secured as to tho cost of several forms of construction. Tho virtues of stone. Iron, and "Hy-Rlh" construction were discussed, the committeo being vather Inclined to favor tho latter. Tho houso will bo Intended to houso com fortably, twenty persons. , House Will Command View. Tho tentative plan calls for a house 1G by 40 feet, with Bleeping bunks, ar ranged like steamer berths, In one half of tho houso and tho other de voted to the llvlmj and eating arrange ments.. Tho houso to bo fitted with long windows on both sides, and locat ed bo that ono side looks direct to wards tho sunrise and into tho crater and tho other down tho valley of Maul towards tho West-Maul mountains. Tho house as near tho crater as pos sible, so that tho sunrise and tho vlow can bo observed from tho In terior of tho house, without having Rubb Fir r About To One of the Original Nahiku Projects Finally Reaches End of Career Creditors Abandon Hope of Its Ever Paying and Will Foreclose. Tho beginning of tbo end has come for the Koolau F.u er Co i-pany, Lim ited, It is stated, in iho notl:o of in tention to foreclose) t.. mortgage held against Mm properly of the company, which appears under a "By Authori ty" head In another column of tills issue of the Maui News. The mort gage in (ucstton Is held by the First National Bank of Wal'uku, as trustee, and is to secure payment of J30.000 in promissory notes given to tM; bank and to some eight or ten individual creditors. It Is unati stood that with tho foreclosure, the company will probably go out of business. The Koolau Itubber Company was organized some eight or nine years ago for the purpose of planting rub ber in the Nahiku district of this is land. It was ono of the several com panies started at about the same time during the rubber "boom " Tho prop erty consists ot some 300 acres ot land on which a largo number of tre.es were planted. Now that these should be producing In paying quantity, tho price of rubber Is so low that it does not warrant tho cost of tapping. It is understood that a comparatively small number of the shareholders have been carrying tho company along up to tho present time, but feel that they can no longer afford to do so, and henco have taken steps to wind up the affairs. For the past several years, tho management of the planta tion has been consolidated with that of the Nahiku Rubber Company, with W. A. Anderson in charge as manager, to go out Into tho bitter cold that generally picvnlls. For heating purposes the r.ommltce favored both an air-tight steel stove and kerosene oil heaters. Tho long windows of tho hoii30 to be protected by Iron shutters bolted insido when not in use, and that would swing down when the houso was In use. Caretaker. It was the unanimous opinion of (ho committeo that a care taker should bn maintained at the rest houso If possible, and that appli cations for such position bo intited. Ownership and responsibility. Tho committee were unanimous that the formal ownership of and the rcsponsi blllty of tho rest houso should vest ofllclally in the Maul Chamber of Com merce, and that tho Chamber should got behind tho matter of a caretaker and tho proper upkeep of tho house in n vigorous manner. Tho committeo will meet again as soon as plans and estimates of tho proposed house aro received. Will Open Homesteads On Haleakala Says Tucker Land Commissioner Tucker, who spent tho past week on Maul, returned yesterday morning by tho steamer Claudlno. Whllo on tho Valley Island Mr. Tucker looked generally Into homestead conditions. Ho reports that a largo tract of government land between tho Haleakala Ranch, on Hie slopca of Maul's highest mountain, and Olluda, tho now Maul summer resort, will shortly ,bo oponed for homeiitcnding into lots ot from thirty to fifty acres. Tho land commissioner Is now taking up tho question with Governor Pinkhnm. Advertiser. m Be Out Closed Oood Start Is Made On Haiku Roads 'risoners and Teams, Together With Dry Weather, Are Rapidly Get ting Thoroughfares In Passable Condition. Engineer Hugh Howell mado a good start this week towards Improving road conditions in tho Haiku district. Comparatively dry weather for nearly two weeks has In Itself greatly im proved conditions In tho district, and the gang of twenty-five, territorial con victs loaned to the rounty last Satur day, are giving an excellent account of themselves, according to Howell As yet the work done has not been on the homestead roads proper hut on tho Kokomo road above tho Haiku cannery, which was one of the worst roads in the district. A largo part of the cannery's fruit comes over this road, and the heavy hauling a few months ago rendered It utterly Im passable. Work Is to begin at once, Engineer Howell states, at the upper end of the main homestead road, working down towards the cannery. Sqmo fifteen teams of county mules are being used by tho piisoncrs and several bullock teams are to be press ed into service, to plow the heavy soil' ahead of tho scrapers. The work of putting the roads back in snapc lias been a sort of coopera tive affair. The prisoners are being furnished by the Territory; the teams, lunns, tools, and feed for man and beast, by the county; while the Haiku Fruit & Packing Company in supply ing without cost, quarters for tho men and teams- The Kahului Railroad also did Its part in the matter of free transportation. Probable List of Players Who Will Make Trip Venice Team to Play First Game November 1 9 Nationals, December 2nd. HONOLULU, October 21. Accord ing to wireless despatches received hero by II. G. Lowry who is to pro mote tho Hawaiian Islands invasions of tho -Venice Coast Leaguo and tho All-Amerlcan and All-National Leaguo teams, all thrco teams aro ready to make tho trip to Honolulu and will leavo San Franciico on tho dales ar ranged for them by Lowry. Venlco will bo tho first to come, leaving San Francisco November 10, in tho Sierra and arriving here Nov ember 1G. They will play their first game at Schofield Barracks November 19. Following this tho team will play at Honolulu on November 21, 22, 24. 2C, 28 and 29 Tho AU-Nntionals and All-Amerl cans aro to leavo San Francisco in tho Manoa November 24, and will play their flrut gamo in Honolulu Decern ber 2. nt Molliill Field. Whllo tho exact lineup of tho major leaguers Is yet to ho completed, Frank C. Bancroft, vkiio will manago tho All-Nationals and Is arranging luo details of tho trip has advised Lort'ry that ho has signed tho following play ers: All-Nationals: Tcsreau, N. Y.; Aloxandcr, Phlla.; James, Boston; Vaughn, Chicago; Killlfor, Phlla.; Clark, Cln.; Miller, St. Louis: Groh, Cln.; Fletcher. N. Y.; Byrne, Phlla.; Snodgras, N. Y.; Carey, Pitts.; Burns, N. Y ; F. O. Bancroft, manigcr. All-Araerlcans: Bender, Athletics; Bush, Athletics; Mitchell, Clevc.; Schang, Athletics; O'Neill,- Clove.; Hoblltzol, Boston; Chapman. Clove.; Bush. Detroit; Moriarity, Detroit; Walsh, Athletics; D. Lowls, Boston, Murphy, Athletics; Connio Mack, Manager. Big League Game Dates Are Fixed IERCE FIGHTING AND HEAVY LOSSES CONTINUE Outcome Still Matter of Doubt -Reports Contra dictoryEngland Expects Attack From Ger mansRussia Seems to Be Losinti. GERMANS BEING LONDON, October 23. Germans In Belgium. French center made substantial advancec towards Longway. Desperate fighting near Lille. Allies artillery bombarded city and drove out German garrison. Germans retreating through burning villages of Schooten, Lettinghe, Wilsklrke, and Slyte. Germans are entrenching and Installing heavy guns at Zerbruge, where it seems evident they Intend to assume Before retiring from Ostcnd they with 6000 bottles of wine. Lille Is a mass of ruins. Germans troops captured 7000 prisoners, three back from Chalons sur Marnc, towards VON MOLTKE SAID TO BE DYING. LONDON, October 23 It Is reported that General von Moltke Is dy'ng from liver affection. DESPRATE FIGHTING IN GALICIA. There have been desperate engagements In Galicla. Advance of Russians towards Vistula is strongly contested. GERMAN CRUISER LONDON, October 23. The Karhlsruhc continues to sink vessels on Atlantic. Her prey now numbers thirteen British merchantmen. A marine base on an uninhabited island, In Shetland group, has been destroyed. MEXICAN EL PASO, October 23. Peace convention has ended a failure. CLAIM RUSSIANS LONDON, October 23. According to Warsaw dispatch, Kaiser and staff have retreated to Silesia, in direction of Brcslau. Presence of fighting troops from Siberia Indicates that mobilization In remote parts of empire has been completed. Success of Russians In Poland, while not decisive may prove turning point of war. SAYS ITALIANS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED. VENICE, October 22. Unconfirmed been landed at Avalona, Albania. ALLIES HOLDING POSITIONS. PARIS, October 22. Position of Allies In Belgium and northern France, Is everywhere being maintained, despite violent attacks. GERMANS LEAVING ANTWERP. ANTWRP, October 22. German garrison here greatly reduced. Ten thousand marines left for south Tuesday night. WAR OFFICES LONDON, October 22. Official silence in Berlin today prevents official comparisons being made of different war offices. One terse French bulletin Is the only official statement given out today. Berlin and London are quiet. BRITISH FLEET BOMBARDING OSTEND. Many news dispatches today report Germans have evacuated Ostend, although this is unconfirmed. Berlin admits that British fleet is shelling town. Cerman battle line has bent backward to Thoroult, west Flanders. RUSSIANS DRIVEN VIENNA, October 22. Official announcement says Russians have been driven from Hungary. Austrians have re-captured last half of Carpathians, which Russians had previously crossed. BERLIN, October 22. Krupp's THINK GERMANS PARIS, October 22. Sporadic activity on various parts German line, elsewhere than on right, are taking place. Some arc intensely fierce. Evi dently a concerted plan to divert attention of Allies and prevent them from reinforcing left, while German full strength Is being pressed southward along coast. ALLIES MAINTAIN POSITION. WASHINGTON, October 23. Reports received yesterday agree that main fighting of day was along line taken by Allies in southwest Belgium, extending from seacoast to Yser canal through Dlxmunden, this line being continuation of main line of Allies left wing. Germans reformed by practically all their available troops in Belgium, and by detachments of marines sent to front from AntweVp, hurled their columns against Allies line attempting to break through. In no place were Allies forced to give ground. Germans were repeatedly repulsed with heavy losses. Fierce artillery duel along line In Belgium. British fleet is operating northeast of Nleuport, towards Ostcnd, while fighting progresses along Yser canal. General von Trip Is among German slain. - CONGRESS HAS ADJOURNED. WASHINGTON, October 22. Congress has agreed to adjourn at six :'clock tonight. h MANY GERMAN PRISONERS, SAYS RUSSIA. WARSAW, October 22. Constant stream German prisoners being brought here from Russian border fighting. Among latter is a general who was carry ing gifts from the Kaiser to the troops. FORCED BACK. were defeated In attempt to advance defensive. sent order to civilians to supply them still hold position west of city. French guns and 31 flags In driving Germans Lonewy, on Luxemburg border. DOING MUCH DAMAGE. PEACE FAILS. ARE WINNING. report says that Italian marines have SILENT TODAY. FROM HUNGARY. factory is making 500 guns for Germans. ARE WORKING RUSE. '.a HI Av3 m 1 v-JtfjiKki..