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1 USE MORE GRAHAM FLOUR AND HELP WIN THE WAR- -Maui Women's Food Conservation Commission. MAILS NEXT WEEK (To Arrive and Leave Honolulu) From Coast: I,ur1ine, 13: President, 15; Persia Maru, 19. For Coast: Grollua, 17; President, 19 From Orient: Grotius, 17. For Orient: Persia Maru, 19. LATEST SUGAR QUOTATIONS Cents Dollars per lb. per torn 0.005 $120.10 6.00 118.40 Today's Quotation . . . Lnst Previous EIGHTEENTH YEAR WAILUKU, MAUI CO., HAWAII, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1918. NUMBER 931. ft I. II' THE FIRST RURAL MAIL CARRIER Will Start From Haiku On Twenty Miles Among The Settlers, Doing A Regular Postoffice Business Those On The Route Required To The postofflce department has or dered a rural mail carrier route started from the Haiku, Maui, post offlce on March 1st., the carrier to go over the route Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, provided written agree ments to put up approved mail boxes are signed by the people living along the route. The Haiku postmaster has blank forms for this purpose, and persons living along the route should go to the Haiku postofflce as soon as possible and sign agreements to put up boxes. To get the boxes at the lowest cost the Haiku postmaster will order them to be shipped from the coast all at one time. The small boxes are large enough for letters and magazines and will cost about $1.50 delivered at Haiku. The large boxes, for letters, magazines and packages, will cost about $3. Patrons are expected to pay for whichever box they want at the time of signing the agreement to put up a box. " The cost of the box is all that the patron on a rural carrier route ever pays for the service. This route from Haiku will cost the government $600, a year, and the carrier will do any thing for a patron that a postofflce Giants Defeat Beauts In First Paia Game The first games in the Paia Winter i Baseball League series were played at Paia last Sunday afternoon, and attracted a very large crowd of en thusiastic fans. There were no charges for admission. Father Francis was in general charge, and threw the first ball over the plate. Mr. F. P. Rosecrans was to have caught, but was not able to be present at the time, so Sam Kaleo took his place. Henry Robinson swung the willow. The first game was between the Filipino and All Japanese . team and was quite sharply contested, although a trifle one sided. The score at the end was 7 to 1 in favor of the Jap anese. The big game of the day was be tween Medeiros' Beauts and the Giants. This was quite exciting. Dutra, of Wailuku, pitched for the Beauts un,til the last inning when he was obliged to retire. The score was then tied, 3 to 3. A new pitcher was put in, and the Giants found him for two runs, giving them the game, the score being 5 to 3. The start of the series was very promising and undoubtedly great in terest will be taken In it. The con test Is for a silver cup being put by the Paia Store. There will be another game next Sundry. Japanese Is Drowned In Sea At Kahului The body of Sunkuro Tokuhisa, aged 45, stevedore, of Kahului, was found floating in the saa between the beach road and Kahului wharf at an early hour this morning. Dr. Wm. Osmers examined the corpse and, he finding no marks of vio lence, the police decided not to hold an inquest, suicide evidently being the cause of death. Tokuhisa had been ailing a long time and was under treatment of Dr. Ohata, of Wailuku. Last night he was very restless and was waited up on by his wife until she fell asleep at about 12 o'clock. About 2 o'clock the woman woke up to discover that her husband was not there. She gave the alarm and a search was in stituted, but without result until this morning, when the body was found, ls stated above Deceased leaves a widow and five children. One of the sons Is the well known baseball player and athlete, t Manao, who Is a truck driver for the Kahului Store. LIBERTY BONDS HERE , The Bank of Maul, Ltd., have Just received their quota of Liberty Bonds I (second issue) In denominations of $50. $100 and $500. Clients of the bank are requested to call and receipt for their bonds. This Is the first al lotment of Liberty Bonds received on Maui. ROUTE SOON March 1 And Circle Around Have Mail Boxes will do sell stamps, collect and de liver mail, attend to money order and registry business, yet the patron. like the person living in the city, pays nothing for the service but the first cost of a box. This rural route reaching into the farm section opens a fine opportunity for the town people of Maui to get fresh eggs and other farm produce shipped to them at a very small cost for postage, and gives the farmer the mail service of a city dweller. People living away from the route may put up a box anywhere along the road and the rural carrier will attend to their mail the same as though they lived near the road. The route runs as follows: From Haiku postofflce across the home stead crossroad to Cooper's corner, then down the W. Kuiaha road to the belt road at Wilbur's, then along the belt road to the E. Kuiaha road, and up same to the winery, then to wards Kokomo to Aheong's, then down the W. Kuiaha road to Cooper's corner again and back across the homestead crossroad to the Manning road at White's corner, then up this road to Kokomo and down past Aiken's to the Haiku postofflce about 20 miles. Good Rains Continue All Over The Island More than twice as much rain fell on Maui last week as the week be fore, the total for Wailuku, for In stance, being 1.28 as against .63 for the preceding seven days. The greatest precipitation was on Tues day, when .83 fell in the period from 4 a. m. to noon. The Wailuku re port, prepared by Brother Frank, wub as follows: Temp'ture a 3 u at Hi lis l q B i-i a. g u o 3 84 64 .09 N. E. Cldy. 4 77 64 .03 N. E. Cldy. 5 80 63 .01 N. E. P. C. 6 80 67 .00 N. E. P. C. 7 82 60 .02 S. P. C. 8 76 67 .88 N. W. Cldy. 9 78 65 .25 N. E. Clear Averages 79 64 1.28 Filipino Is Buried Under Tons Of Sugar An unusual accident happened at the new sugar flume of the Kaeleku Sugar Co., Hana district, Monday af ternoon, but fortunately no one was killed and only one man injured. It appears that while men were working around under it, the bottom of the box gave way and several tons of sugar came down on them. One man, a Filipino, was completely buried, and it took twenty men about four minutes to dig him out. When brought to the air he was almost suffocated. The doctor happened to be near and rushed the fellow to the hospital where he received prompt treatment. The next day he was out of danger. The man has since been released from the hospital, none the worse for his experience of being buried alive in a mass of sweetness. He will pro bably not care for sugar In his coffee, however, in a long time to come. Carried Wealth In Small Tobacco Bags Monday evening the daughter-in- law of an old Chinese woman, living in Wailuku, made complaint that the former was acting queerly, creating a "rough house," etc.. so the mother- in-law was taken to the police sta tion for investigation. Upon being searched it was found that she had $800 in gold on her person, the money Deing concealed in small tobacco bags and pinned to the inside of her skirts. It not appearing that the woman was mentally deficient, she was per muted to go. Maui To Witness Some Big Tennis Champions And Near Champions To Appear On Puunene Courts Maui will quite likely witness some classy tennis early in February, if the plans of Mr. D. C. Lindsay can be successfully worked out. Al Castle, wno is now on the coast, has been working on the general features of a plan for a visit to the Islands of some of the best racqueteers, and, at the re quest of Mr. Lindsay, Maui is to be considered in making up the Itiner ary of the players. Two of the noted American Tlln vpra expected are Miss Mollie Burstedt and Miss Mary Browne, the former in the championship class and the lat ter a close second. The mpn'a rtmi. bles champions of California will also De nere. The tournament will take nlacp nn the Puunene courts, and the dates will be February 9, 10 and 11. Al. Castle and W. H. Hoogs, Jr, will accompany the visitors from Ho nolulu and will, also, play. in aauiuon to the scheduled pro gram, there will be ladies' exhibition games. The regular schedule will nrohnhlv include two mixed doubles and two gentlemen doubles. In event of Miss Burstedt not hofnir able to come, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bundy will be here and the latter will take her place. (Mrs. Bundy, it will be remembered, was May Sutton, champion). This program will form the bieeest tennis event of the vear. Further tn. formation regarding it will be publish ed next week. Mrs. Lindsay Dies After Short Illness Mrs. Eulalia Lindsay, wife of Special Officer Samuel Lindsay, of the police department, died at the late residence on upper Main street, Wai luku, at 5 o'clock Sunday morning of pneumonia. Deceased was a native of Honoko lani, Hana, Maui, and left, besides her husband, three small children. The funeral took place Sunday af ternoon at 4 o'clock, Rev. Mr. Kaume heiwa conducting the services. In terment was in Iao cemetery. Sher iff Crowell and a squad of eight po licemen officiated as an escort of honor. Bankers To Banquet At a meeting of the directors of the Bank of Maui, Ltd., the annual meeting of stockholders was set for January 19th., at 7 p. m. at the Grand Hotel, where a sumptuous banquet will be tendered the stockholders in commemoration of the passing of the million dollars mark in deposits. J REMARKABLY HIGH TAX COLLECTIONS IN 1917 Receipts Under All Heads Same Items For Previous Year And Grand Total Is $84,547.15 Higher Than In 1916, Despite The Lower Property Rate A remarkably fine showing in tax collections lias been made by the Maui division in the year just closed. Despite the fact that the rate on property taxes was reduced from 1.332 in 1916 to 1.26 for 1917, the total actually collected ran $84,547.15 ahead of the previous year. There was a gain in every subdivision of taxes, all the way from real estate to dogs; and the year closed on the biggest collections in the history of the division. The totals collected in the years 1916 and 1917 were as follows: 1916 1917 Real and Personal Taxes $494,182.51 $546,720.38 Road Taxes 32,549.85 39,0o9.17 Poll Taxes 9,027.89 9,561.58 Dog Taxes 611.48 1,200.81 School Taxes . 18,057.47 19,124.64 Income Taxes 72,925.90 88,175.63 Special Taxes 34.5W.09 41,659.13 Total ;. $661,864.19 $746,411.34 RESERVOIR IS INSPECTED BY COUNTY HEADS Who Travel Through Showers To 0b serve A Big Lot Of Rain In Bulk ROUTINE BUSINESS FINISHED U The county supervisors met Wed nesday afternoon for the January sit ling; nem a second meeting jester day and this morning wont in a body to the new Olinda reservoir for the purpose of inspecting it, being ac companied by the county attorney and others. If there is time, the fina session will be held this afternoon If not, the remaining business on the table will be disposed of tomorrow YESTERDAY'S MEETING Mr. Drummond was again absent on Thursday. Mr. W. K. Pogue communicated with the board in regard to road con struction as recommended by the Sixth Annual Civic Convention. Ac tion deferred. Various reports were read. Mr. Fleming moved that the bond of J. Martin Lee as Superintendent or L.aliaina Vater works in the sum of $2,500.00 by tne Home Insurance Company, bo approved. Seconded by Mr. L'ahinui and carried. Mr. Uahimii moved that Mrs. Wil son bo allowed to lay a concrete pipe across the Government road to Ka- uialo in accordance with the instruc tions of the District Overseer of Mo- lokai. (Continued on Page Eight.) Lmtan Appointed Circuit Court Clerk T. B. Linton, proprietor of the Maui Bookstore, has been appointed by Judge W. S. Edings to be clerk of the circuit court, succeeding V. C. Schoenburg, resigned to take the post tion of manager of the bank at Scho fleld, Oahu. Mr. Linton will take office next Monday. The new man is a native of Canada. American citizen. Democrat and came to tne islands to take charge of a bookstore in Honolulu, but preferred Maui, so settled here. The bookstore will be carried on as before. INSPECTION N. G. H. General Samuel I. Johnson, Captain G. J. Gonser, U. S. A., and Capfain Edward F. Witsell, U. S. A., will ar rive on Maul on February 12 to in spect the local battalion of the Nation al Guard, coming from the island of Hawaii. They will return to Hono lulu four days later. This will be the annual, official inspection upon which the standing of the units will be based. Run Considerably Above WOMAN SUFFRAGE GIVEN A SUDDENBOOST AHEAD The Weight Of The President's Influence Thrown In Its Favor Makes Votes For Women Practically Certain-English Lords Also Change Front On Question-Volcano In Ecuador Erupts -Hindu Cases Washington The House of woman's suffrage measure. SUFFRAGE SCORES IX ENGLAND London The House of Lords vesterd .'IV rCTf'rfl'fl T.nivl T nrnl.ni-nV .-intendment to the new franchise woman suffrage. Guayaquil Tungurahua volcano, situated in the province nf tW same name in the center of Ecuador, has been in eruption for several clays. Reports state that the country at the foot of the volcano has been lestroyed. GERMANY, CHINA AND JAPAN San Francisco Documentary evidence introduced in the Hindu conspiracy cases shows that it was planned to use submarines with which to transport arms from China to India. The eonsnirritnrs had subsidized two Japanese newspapers to propagate a secret treaty be tween China and Germany whereby the integrity of China was to be maintained during the war and five years thereafter in return for iiiit-se paiucipaiion in me jnuia STEAMSHIP New York The U. S. district Banz, Adolph P.ackmeister and Joseph Popenhouse, Hamburg-American ne oinciais, charged with violating lo German cruisers early in the war. RUSSIA TO BE DEFAULTER The Manchester Guardian's correspondent at Petroirrad tclesrranhs that the Bolsheviki government of cancelling the national debt. NEW DEAD NAVY LEAGUE New York Cameron Forbes, former trovcrnor-trcneral of the Philippines, has been elected president of the navy league, succeeding Col. Robert M. Thompson, who quarrelled with Secretary of theNavy Daniels. SNOW HELPS YOUNG WHEAT Chicago The heavy fall of snow in Texas promises to save millions of dollars in winter wheat, and is Nebraska. WOULD RESUME PEACE TALK Amsterdam The Russian peace delegation has announced its readiness to resume peace negotiations at Ilrest-Litouvsk. Thursday nrn.xixc Honolulu Dr. Hayes was acquitted in eleven minutes. Much evidence expected by the public, was City Attorney A. M. Brown says the cases of "Princess" Theresa forged will. No warrants issued, ippear in court on Saturday. Ihe Star-Bulletin publishes a uicsted the resignation of the assistant to the adjutant-general, Major Will. Wayne. Neither officer will Ihe Rotary Club votes unanimously for a dry Oahu. The board of governors of the Country Club get recommendations from the house committee to close the board will so order at the next Postmaster MacAdam has been )Usincss. lie declines to state its (Continued on WIRELESS MARKET QUOTATIONS SESSION 10:30 A. M. Ewa Plantation Company Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co McBryde Sugar Company Oahu Sugar Company Olaa Sugar Company Pioneer Mill Company Waialua Agricultural Company Honolulu Brewing & Malting Company Mineral Products Company Honolulu Consolidated Oil Company Engels Copper Company Mountain King Mine i Hawaiian Sugar Company Onomea Sugar Company . . . , , .. Hawaiian Fineapple Company Oahu Railway & Land Company Mutual Telephone Company San Carlos Honokaa Montana Bingham Madera KAHULUI SHIPPING Inter-Island shipping has made iu the total of harbor business at Ka hului the past week, the exception being the departure of the schooner Wawona, in ballast, on Tuesday for San Francisco. The Lurline will be due to arrive at Honolulu on Monday, and it in assumed that she will reach here next Thursd ly or Friday. Representatives today passed the bill whereby he sought to exclude revolution. MEN "STUCK" court upholds the conviction of Carl customs laws m sendiivj sunt dies Russia will soon issue a decree also of great benefit in Kansas and not produced at all. that no leniency will be' shown in and the two witnesses to the alleged but defendants have been ordered to report that General Johnson has re- confirm or deny the report. the club liar. Indications are that meeting. ordered to Washington on official nature. Page Eight.) JANUARY 10. 1918. .... ...... 31.00 9.00 32.'i5 31. H 2S.y2. .10 4.90 5.25 .15 32.00 37. 145.00 20.00 .32 .33 COUPLE OF ROB6ERIES A few days ago a thief entered the ." home of Joaquin Vincent, principal ' of the Kcalahou school, and stole an ukulele und also $10 in coin from the. teachers' cottage. The police are working 011 the matter. Tuesday night someone entered the small store of Peter Davies, at Ko komo, and got away with five to nix dollars in cash.