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DON'T BUY YOUR VEGETABLESGROW THEM!
MAILS NEXT WEEK
(To ArriTe and Leave Honolulu)
LATEST SUGAR QUOTATIONS
Cents Dollars
per lb. per ton
Today's quotation 6.20 $124.00
Last previous 6.27 $125.40
From Coast: Venezuela, 8; Manoa,
10.
For Coast: Unkal Mru, 8.
From Orient: Unkal Maru, 8.
For Australia: Venezuela 8.
EIGHTEENTH YEAR
WAILUKU, MAUI CO., HAWAII. FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1917.
NUMBER 904
MURPHY'S REPUTATION
INJURED JMOO WORTH
Supreme Court Finds Maui News' Story, Taken From
Court Clerk's Files, Libelous Decision A Sweep
ing One Affecting All Island Papers Can Only
Print Part Of News Now
HONOLULU, July 6 Supreme court sustains libel decision of circuit
court giving Judgment of $1000 against the Maui News In favor of Eugene
Murphy. Opinion states that the publication of an affirmative containing
per se libelous matter prior to judicial action on same, is libelous. Associate
Justice Coke concurs but notes an exception in effect that this rule, when
applied to criminal proceding does not apply to publication of information
gained from papers on file when report does not assume the guilt of the
accused, and is not otherwise defamatory.
This is the final outcome of the publication by the Maul News the gist
of certain papers on file In the circuit clerk's office. .The plaintiff maintain
ed that the newspaper had no right to publish the facts, .and the courts
have also so held. The decision will affect seriously every paper publish
ed In the territory. Murphy sued the News for $20,000.
Fourth Of July Big
Race Day For Maui
Splendid Program Carried Through
Without Hitch Jockey Fined For
Rough Work Big Crowd Enjoys
Snappy Sport
In 30 years Maul had won an en
viable reputation for clean, sports
manlike horse racing under the old
Maui Racing Association. She lost
none of it through last Wednesday's
meet held under the auspices of the
new organization, the Maul County
Fair & Racing Association. As a
matter of fact the 1917 Fourth of
July races In some ways may have set
an even higher standard for the Ka
hulul track.
Anyhow the affair was a big success
and everybody is pleased. The crowd
was near a record breaking one and
accounted for some $2000 In gate re
ceipts. This with between $700 and
$800 as entry fees will insure a small
balance after accounting for the
purses and cups.
Management Good
Much credit for the success of the
meeting is due to the committee which
handled all the arrangements consist
ing of F. D. Cameron, Dr. F. C. Fitz
gerald, and Dan Carey, particularly
for their happy selection of track
officials who, for perhaps the first
time in history handled the races
from the spectators' standpoint rather
than from that of the horsemen, with
the result that the 13 races on the
program were all run before 2 o'clock,
the first having started at 9:40 o'clock,
and 45 minutes allowed for lunch.
The oilicials were Judges: H, W.
Rice, S. S. Paxson .and W. A. Clark;
Starter: Frank Howes; Clerk of
Course, J. J. Walsh; Patrol Judge:
Angus MacPhee; Time Keeper: Joe
Oliveira; Clerk of Scales: Lorrin K.
Smith; Veterinary, Dr. J. C. Fitzgerald
Surgeon, Dr. P. C. Durney.
it tnnk hut two heats in the free-
for-all trotting and pacing mile heat
event between F. Urugheiirs JM ura
(Continued on Page Eight.)
Draft Registration
Means Much Work
Local Board Getting Ready To Pre
pare List Of All Liable For Army
Duty Volunteer Workers Want
ed
Sheriff Clem Crowell, who with
County Clerk Kaae and County Physi
cian William OHiners form by law the
Maui board of registration for the sel
ective draft to be taken, went' to Hon
olulu last night to obtain full instruc
tions as to the duties of the local
board.
It is probable that the registration
for the territory will be held on July
31, and the board has a big lot pf
work ahead of it in way o prepara
tion. Partically all of the work is to
be done by volunteer workers, and
these must be appointed and instruct
ed before that time.
All Nationalities Must Register
Every man, no matter of what race
or allegiance, between the ages of 21
and 31 years, must register. The re
gular voting places are to be used for
taking the registration.
The plantations are expected to help
in this work, and everyone who can
act as an interpreter or clerk for the
day, should send his name to one of
the members of the board.
Uahinui's Election
Now Before Counts
Democrats Claim Molokai Supervisor
Was Not Elected At Primaries
Supreme Court To Decide Writ
Of Quo Warranto Last Saturday
Whether or not J. N. Uahinui, of
Molokai was legally elected an mem
ber of the Maiii board of supervisors,
is to be decided by the territorial
supreme court. T. B. Lyons, the lone
democratic candidate for tho board at
the last rrimary election, is the peti
tioner in the matter. In case Uahinui,
who qualified and took his seat for the
new term last Saturday, should be
declared to be holding the place ille
gally, it will mean that a special elec
tion must be held to fill the vacancy.
The contest action was brought
through a quo warranto writ granted
by Judge Edings, of the second circuit
court, and served on Uahinui last
laot Saturday afternoon. An answer
was filed through County Attorney E
R. Devins on Tuesday, and by stipula
tion submitted. Judge Edings reserv
ed the question directly to tne sup
reme court.
Question Of Rejected Ballots
Lyons, who is backed in his fight
by the democratic party trgi.nistiou
of tne territory, holds that in deduct
ing 190 rejected ballots in the primary
in arriving nt the conclusion tht
Uahinui received more taan half of
the bnlli is f lift, the countv clerk was
in error. The law specifies that in
case a candidate for nomination in
primary election receives a majority
of all the 1 ai:c t.) cast he shall be de
clared elected. There were 1917 bal
lots cast, but IS;1 of these were throw r
out by tho julges of electlni an being
defective. Lahinui received !1') votes
or less than a majority of the 1917,
but more than a majority if the 190
spoiled ballots were not counted
Lyons, who received 473 votes, de
manded that his name be placed on
the ticket for the general election, but
was denied, on ground that Uahinui
was elected. J. 11. Lightfoot, of Hono
lulu was in Wailuku last week as at
torney for Lyons in the matter.
3
Names Of Maui's
Orphans Received
Fourteen Girls And Ten Boys Are
Wards Of This County Maui
People Thanked For Generosity
Towards Fatherless Mites
Maul has adopted 24 French war
orphans, and has sent forward $1780.
80, which Is sufficient to provide for
the tots for two years, with $28.80
over. Mrs. Frank Baldwin, who had
the direction of the subscription list
for Maui, has received a letter from
Mrs. A. G. Hodgins, chairman of the
"General Jofl're memorial fund for the
fatherless children of France," thank
ing Maui people for their generosity,
and including a list of the babies for
which Maui stands sponsor. These
are as follow, together with their ad
dresses: Lucienne Auzon, born May 13, 1914,
Saint Leonard. (Seine-Inferieure.)
Adrlenne Auzon, born April 11, 1917,
Saint Leonard. (Seine-Iuferioure.)
Rene Auzon, born, May 19, 1911, Saint
Leonard. (Seine-Inferieure.)
Alice Auzon, born April 8, 1905, Saint
Leonard. (Seine-lnf erieure.)
Bernard Dellonele, born March 13,
(Continued on Page Eight.)
Tag! You'll Will Be It If
Your Auto Tax Is'nt Paid
If you walk up to your auto
mobile one of these fine days,
where you have left it standing
by the curb, and find a big white
card with starey red letters on
it fastened to the steering wheel
you will know (and everyone
else will also know) that you
have neglected to pay your
taxes.
Assessor J. H. Kunewa has
just received a bunch of the
cards which have been creating
so much excitement in Hono
lulu, and very soon his deputies
'will begin running down the de
linquent Joy-cars. A car with
one of these tags on it may not
moved on penalty of a heavy
fine. Also there is a fine for re
moving the cards.
National Guard Not
To BeJIobilized
War Department Sends Word Local
Troops Will Not Be Used Officers
Much Disappointed Try To Have
Decision Reconsidered
In spite of the recommendations of
Brigadier-General Strong, U. S. A.,
and of Adjutant General Sam
Johnson, of the national guard, the
Hawaii national guard is not to be
mobilizied, even in island encamp
ments as bad been planned. A letter
from General Mann, chief of the bur
eau of militia affairs, Washington,
states that the matter has been
thoroughly considered and that it was
decided for the best interests of all
concerned that Hawaii's guard should
not be mobilized.
Considerable disappointment is con
sequent among national guard officers,
and it is said that urgent messages
have been sent to Delegate Kalania
naole to try to have the matter recon
sidered. HOLDS COMPENSATION
LAW INVALID
In a decision of Judge Ashford, of
the first circuit court, Honolulu, hand
ed down last Friday, it is held that the
territorial workmen's compensation
law is unconstitutional In that it de
prives injured employees of right to
trial by jury.
Exciting Baseball
Opens New Series
Fans Will See Good Sport Next
Sunday Also New -Teams Show
Plenty Of Ginger But Show Lack
Of Practice Also
Lack of adequate advertising pro
bably accounted for the small crowd
which turned out last Sunday to wit
ness the opening of the Maul Athle
tic Associations first games in some
two years or more. Those who were
there however, saw two lively games
which lacked nothing in interest
even if the scores do Indicate that the
pitchers were somewhat wild.
The Chinese and Portuguese teams
played the first game, the first named
winning at the cIobb of the 6th inning
when the game was called, by the
close score of 9 to 8. The Hawaiis
then trimmed the A. A. Cs. 16 to 14.
Good Games For Next Sunday
Next Sunday's games promise to be
much better than last and should
draw a big crowd. The first will be
played by the Japanese and the A. A,
Cs., beginning at 1:30 o'clock, and the
second between the Hawaiis and Por
tuguese at 3:30. This will be the
Japs' first appearance.
In last Sunday's game the Portu
guese seemed to be somewhat the
stronger at the start, but Manager
Sam Alo, of the Chinese got busy and
coached his team to victory when the
game was called at the close of the
6th inning, in order to make way for
the second game. The Portuguese
are in no way downhearted for the
game was an exciting one whilo it
lasted, and the score was close.
Secoiid Game a Batting Contest
The second game started at 3.30
P. M. sharp. The Hawaiis were first
to score when they touched Bill Han
sen for four runs In the first inning.
Their opponents evened this up by
scoring three in their halt of the first.
Then started a batting contest be
tween both teams as the boys became
acquainted with the deliveries of
both tHaton and Hansen of the re-
Continued on Page Eight.)
Maui Crowds Spend
A Sane Fourth Of July
No arrests and no notice
ably intoxicated holiday-makers,
was again Maui's Fourth of July
record. With one of the largest
crowds ever on the Kahului fair
grounds there was absolutely no
drunkenness or disorder. No re
straint was put on the saloons
by the liquor board, but the
Kahului Liquor Company was
closed voluntarily most of the
day, as were also a number of
other liquor establishments.
Sheriff Crowell states that the
day was uneventful as far as
the police were concerned.
Official Visitors
See"BrockenGhost"
National Parks Writers Witness Rare
Phenomenon On Haleakala Are
Enthusiastic Islands To Get
Valuable Advertising
Maul's scenic wonders may get
some effective government boosting,
it the visit last week of Miss Edna
M. Peltz and Miss Agnes Andreae, of
Washington, D. C. comes to anything,
MUs Peltz is an exceedingly capable
writer who is connected with the nat
ional parks bureau, and who has been
in the islands for several weeks garn
ering data concerning the nation's
new park reservation which includes
Kilauea volcano and Haleakala.
Under the guidance of Worth Aiken,
the visitors toured Maui for several
days, spending a night on the moun
tain top. They were especially for
tunate in conditions, being permitted
to witness that rare phenomenon
known as the "Specter of the Brock-
en". in which the observer sees his
shadow in huge proportions outlined
upon the clouds. Miss Peltz was
enthusiastic over her trip, and the
material she had collected for her
booklet. The parks bureau has al
ready published eight or ten beauti
fully illustrated descriptive books,
each dealing with one of the national
parks, and it is the intention to make
Hawaii's park one of this series. Most
of the books were published from the
government printing office last year,
and are distributed on request in a
neat portfolio free of charge.
Police Defeat Guardsmen
In Close Rifle Match
The Wailuku police rifle team de
feated the crack national guard team
in last Sunday's match by an average
of 134 to 124 out of a possible 150. The
total score of the police was 892 to
the guardsmen's 872.
The individual scores were as fol
lows:
Police William Vlela, 134; George
Cummings, (capt.) 130; E. R. lievins,
128; P. J. Goodness, 126; Frank Sylva,
125; George Kauwenaole, 125; J. H
Waiwaiole, 124.
National Guard Lt. W. S. Chilling
vorth, 140; Set. Maxtmin, 131; Sgt.
Kama Apo, 125; Lt. It. B. Walker,
124; Sgt. Wetzel (capt.) 123; Capt,
Frank Lufkin, 116; Capt. A. C. Betts
113.
Anthrax Gives Aiken
Cinch On Mountain Trips
By virtue of tho fact that he has the
only horses or mules on Haleakala
above the anthrax quaratlne district.
Worth Aiken for the time being, finds
himself with a hard and fast corner
on the Haleakala trip business. If
you want to go to the top of the moun
tain you have the choice of walking
up the 8 miles from Olinda or riding
on one of Aikens animals there is no
other way. Because the road up the
mountln runs through a large lot of
pasture lands,' the board of agricul
ture will permit no animals from the
lower lands to be taken up the moun
tain for fear that the disease may by
spread.
It is still possible to make the trip
to Olinda by automobile, as hereto
fore, but not by horseback.
-ft -
Attention is called to the first pub
lished statement of the Dank of Maui,
Ltd., with main olilce at Wailuku, and
branches at Lahaina and Paia. The
resources are above a million dollars,
and since commencing business on
May 1st, 1917, the Hank has been able
to declare a 3 percent dividend besides
adding quite materially to its surplus
account. '
CIVIL WAR IN
SURE SAYS MINISTER
Believes Attempt To
Fail-Picking Men From Draft List To Start
Soon Vast Spy System Uncovered In U. S.
American Troops In France Start For Camp
WASHINGTON, July 6 Minister Reinsch cabled from Peking
that many northern armies arc already in the field against the monarchy
and Premier Chang Hsun, while the southern provinces are discussing
a provisional Republican government establishment with Nanking as
capital. All indications are that
be a failure.
HONOLULU, July 6 Local
decide $150,000 voted by legislature for wharf at Ililo will not meet
requirement. Legislature stipulated money should not be expended
without pledges that shipping firms would used the wharf. All princi
pal firms were represented at meeting.
NEW YORK, July 6 Artillery
tro-Italian, Roumanian, and Macedonian fronts. Evidence accumulates
that Rumanians have been strengthened and are ready to resume offen
sive. Will probably follow Russians.
Haig's troops have attacked Germans south-west of Hollebecke
in Flanders along Ypres canal and northern end of Messines ridge forced
Germans back for considerable gain.
General Maurice declared on Thursday that British did not lose
a single gun since April 1915. Since hostilities began have taken 739
guns, lost 133, and retook 37.
EL PASO, July 6 Since universal influential Mexican papers be
gan a campaign for diplomatic break, between Mexico and Germany,
the sentiment is strongly developing throughout northern Mexico des
pite strong interests. At Chihuahua the manager of a German firm
which overcharged Francis G. Gonzalez was arrested. On refusal to
rebate the overcharge. The German consul demanded the release in
name of the imperial government and kaiser. Gonzales sent back the
message "Imperial government and kaiser may go to hell."
ROME, July 6 Italians lost
submarined week ending July 1.-
arriving.
WASHINGTON, July 6 Independence of Poland and a wide de
gree of self government for Finland is the object of new government
says Bakhmeuff.
Dueling in senate debate over food control bill Thomas, of Colora
do, referred to the East St. Louis riots and said it must be remembered
that negroes f.rom a tenth of the population. Their loyalty in present
crisis is an essential to success. Senator Sherman blamed riots on
saloons and I. W. W. agitators.
EAST ST. LOUIS, July 6 Work resumed but in some factories
labor is scarce. Hundred of negroes fled. Militia patroling. Cham
ber of commerce is urging negroes return, promises protection and all
jobs back.
PETROGRAD, July 6 Russians are holding all Galicians have
gained. Indications of other big drive along northern section of Russi
an front.
PARIS, July 6 Careful French computations shows German dead
up to March to number a million and a half.
BALTIMORE, July 6 Chairman Ames of commission study war
in France, states that the United States must furnish 10,000 pilots with
two planes each in 1917.
WASHINGTON, July 6 Secretary Baker and General Crowder
are working out steps for exercise of selective draft, but date of this
is not announced. Selectionjs to be held in Washington. Date will
be announced in a day or two Great care will be used to prevent selec
tions being made known publicly until officials are ready to announce
them. Drawings will be by number only. No names will be used.
HONOLULU, July 5 Among ten ordered for Prescidio training
is Jack Atkinson, Lawrence Judd, and Bill Hampton.
A test plant is being erected for manufacture of sugar bags from
banana leaves to replace imported jute. Plant makes fiber only. Weav
ing will be another process.
TIESTSIN, July 5 Clash between imperial and republican troops
is imminent. Peking garrison is in open revolt against new premier
Chang Shun. Troops in Chili province mobilizing for march against
Peking. A number of executions of former high officials is reported.
WIRELESS MARKET QUOTATIONS
SESSION 10:30 A.
Sugar Price at N. T. 96 degrees
Ewa Plantation Company
Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co
McDryde Sugar Company
Uahu Sugar Company
Olaa Sugar Company
Pioneer Mill Company
Walalua Agricultural Company
Honolulu Brewing t Malting Company
Mineral Products Company
Honolulu Consolidated OU Company
KngeU Copper Company
Mountain King Mine
Hawaiian Sugar Company
Onomea Sugar Company
Hawaiian Pineapple Company
Oahu Railway & Land Company
Mutual Telephone Company
San Carlos . ,
Honokaa
Montana Bingham .'
Madera
CHINA
Re-Establish Monarchy Will
Chang Hsun s coup will eventially
shipping men meet harbor board and
activity increases on entire Aus-
1 steamer, 8 sailing ships, 4 fishers,
Cleared from Italian ports, 540, 610
M. JULY 6, 1917.
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