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MAILS NEXT WEEK LATEST SUGAR QUOTATIONS From San Francisco Korea Mam, April 19; Manoa, April 20. For San Francisco Sierra, April 16; Colombia, April 17. Caata Dollars yerlb. pertaa 6.005 $120.10 6.00 118.40 Today's Quotation Last Freviou3 . . . . EIGHTEENTH YEAR WAILUKU, MAUI CO., HAWAII, FRIDAY, ArRIL 12, 1918. NUMBER 944 of Big Rains Tie Up Rahului Railroad Earth Slides Delay Traffic In Haiku Section Almost 20 Inches 0 Rain In Ten Days Deluge Tues day Night Unusual Year Almost 7 Inches of rain fell at Haiku within 12 hours last Tuesd night, according to the records of the Haiku experiment station. Almost equally heavy was the rainfall at oth er Dolnts In eastern and central Man durine the same time. Considerable damage resulted at various point from earth slides and from washing to farm crops. The Kahului Railroad lino was put out of commission all day Wednt day and Thursday by a big cave-in n deen wit lust west of Pauwela st tion. Many tons of earth had to be removed before trains could pass through. A number of smaller slides occurred at various points between Pain and Pmiwela but these were quickly cleared up. Roads Suffer Damage A number of heavy slides have oc .urrari nn ii now macadam road through the homesteads east of Hat caused the storm of Tuesday night to do some damage to the macadam In various places. The belt road near Pauwela w also blocked by a big land slide. All of the roads east of Paia and In the Makawao section, except the .., n nmniini nf mnradamed tho- m i ui 1 1 niiivunb rouchfare. have become almost im passable during the past week on ac- (Continued on Pago Eight.) - Polo Still To Be Played On Maui Ponies, However, Will Have To Work For Their Living As Cow Ponies- No Fancy Imported Oats For Them No Inter-Island Contests Polo will not be abandoned on Maui this year, as had been decided unon some time ago as a war con servation measure. Frank Baldwin, president of the Maul County Fair & Racing Association made this an nouncement at the meeting of the or ganization yesterday afternoon. But the game will probably not be so fast as heretofore, for the reason that the ponies will not be trained on imported feeds as in the past, anu maintained in luxurous idleness be tween games. Mr. Baldwin stated that of his 20 head of ponies, 10 have been turned out to pasture, and the other ten have been given to the stockmen of tho plantation to be used regularly as cow ponies in place of the usual mounts. This, it is believ ed, will keep the animals in fair con dition for playing from time to time. There will be no big games, but there should be some interesting con tests between local teams, Mr. Bald win thinks. It has also been suggest ed that an admission fee be charged to the games, the proceeds to be turn ed over To tho Red Cross. Wailuku Postoffice To Have Telephone The Chamber of Commerce yester day voted to pay the cost of main taining a telephone in the Wailuku postoffice. With the Thrift Stamp campaign on such an instrucent is almost indespensable, it was stated. The postoffice authorities had notified the Chamber that there are no funds by which 3rd and 4th class offlces may be supplied with telephones, and that therefore Lahaina, Kahului, Pa in, and Wailuku must get their phones some other way or do without. Under a previous administration, it was Btated, such phones had been supplied in a lew cases through a sort of "juggling with accounts" which can no longer be employed. n- A game of basketball between the Kahului "B" team and Wailuku "B" team will be played at the Alexander House Gymnasium, this evening. Booze Interests To Fight Dry Ruling? That the liquor men of Mnui are preparing to pool interests and to contest in the courts the decision of the local liquor board to refuse to grant any licenses after the first of July, is a rumor that is current in Wailuku. The report goes further and declares that in case the booze men win out and compel the board to recind its ruling that action for damages against the commissioners as in dividuals will be instituted. Whether or not there is any foundation for the rumor cannot be learned. The alleged threat of suing the members of the board for damages, however, has aroused considerable indig nant comment. m-tt- Modified Race Meet For Fourth Of July Association Approves Plan For Day Of Sport Prizes To Be Liberty Bonds Untrained Horses Only, No Imported Feeds The Fourth of July race meeting which has been a feature on Maui for more than 30 years, will not be sus pended this year as had been talked for some time past. This was fornv ally decided at a meeting of the direc tors of the Maui County Fair & Rac ing Association held yesterday after noon. But the celebration this year will bo considerably modified in that it will consist entirely of amateur events and no specially trained horse will be eligible for entry. The Kahului track stables will bo locked up and no horse will be permitted to be conditioned there. Aside from the quantity of bailey and alfalfa meal contained in mixed feeds commonly used in the is lands, no imported feeds must be fed The aim is to save entirely the special imported feed products with which horses are usually put in trim for acing. Animals not fed according ly will be barred. Tentative Program Approved F. II. Cameron, chairman of the rac Ing committee of the association, sub mil ted a rough program which prom ises a day of fine sport without any of the professional flavor usual hereto- (Continued on Page Eight.) Turtle Fisherman Making Good Mohey apancse Leave Business To Okina gans On Account Of Superstition Bad Feeling May Result In Clash Okinaga fishermen on the Lahaina side of the island are said to be mak ing a profitable business lately in catching turtles along the leeward coast which they sell in Honolulu for cents per pound. Several tons a ny are being thus taken, according to those who have kept track of the matter. The fishing is mostly done with large nets and by diving after the animals. It is reported that the regular Jap anese fishermen have a superstition about turtles which prevents their molesting them, but tho Okinagans have no such scruples and are reap ing a harvest in consequence. Feel ing is growing bitter over the matter, it is said, because the Japanese fisher men ascribe the long period of stormy eather, which has interfered with fishing, to be due to the killing of the turtles. A clash between the two classes of fishermen is predicted. Saturday, May 25, between the hours of 5 and 8 o'clock p. m has been set as the time for holding the democratic party election of precinct lul) officers and territorial and coun ty committeemen. LOCAL JAPANESE TO FEEL IMPORT RESTRICTIONS Many Products From Japan Barred From United States After Nex Monday By Order Of War Trade Board Food And Clothing Tabu LIST OF RESTRICTED ARTICLES That the Japanese residents of these islands are going to severely feel the effects of a recent order pro hibiting the importation into the Unit ed States of various articles after April 15, is the belief of those who have looked over the list of restrict ed imports lately published by the War Trade Board. Inasmuch as lo- cal Japanese have been in the habit of depending to a considerable ex tent upon food, clothing, and other articles imported from Japan, the shutting off of many of these products by the new order is likely to prove upsetting. The object of the restriction is of course a measure of consck-vation largely, and is made up of articles which the mainland can most easily do without or obtain suitable substl tutes. It will be harder here in the Islands. The list is the first issued and it is intimated there may be more coming. It includes most food products ex cept beans and peas, all malt liquors, (Continued on Page Two.) 8 "Hello, Central, Give Me Honolulu" Balch, Of Telephone And Wireless Fame Planning For Future Wire Connection Of All Islands Few Years More Will Solve Problem He Believes Within. 5 years Maui, Hawaii and Kauai will be linked with Oahu by telephone is the expressed belief of J. A. Balch, directing genius of the ef ficient Mutual Telephone Company, of Honolulu, and inaugurator of the in ter-island radio system, now control- ed by the U. S. Navy department. The system will be submarine cable, in Mr. Batch's opinion. He does not ex pect the government department to relinquish the radio monopoly follow ing tho war. Mr. Balch, accompanied by Wallace D. Stone, manager of the Hilo Tele phone Company, an auxilliary of the Mutual Company, is on Maui this week in connection with the taking over of the Maui Telephone Com pany's business by his company, (Continued on Page Eight.) -tt- Chamber Not Keen On Tourist Campaign That the Chamber of Commerce has no funds available from which to pay the $2000 suggested by the Honolulu chamber of commerce towards the 150,000 tourist fund now being raised, was the sense of a motion made and carried at the meeting held yesterday afternoon. The Maul chamber was clearly not sanguine on the matter of encourag ing tourist travel at the present time, despite the assurances of W. O. Ai ken, of the promotion committee, that ho national government was fully sanctioning such travel, and that Cal ifornia today has the biggest crop of tourists on record. Transportation uncertainties and difficulties were the chief arguments against tho matter. GOOD RESPONSE TO LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN Maui subscriptions to the third Liberty Loan amounted to $55,000 last Saturday, and the members of the committee are gaining considerably more in their campaign over the is- and. Chairman C. D. Lufkin stated that he expects at least $10,000 more in subscriptions before the campaign ends on May 8th. I aStSwiGREAT BATTLE IS STILL Following is the new food program for public eating places and tho home: Monday is Wheatless. Tuesday is Meatless. Wednesday is Wheatless. Saturday is Porkless. One Wheatless meal every day. One meatless meal every day Wheatless means no crack- ers, pastry, macaroni, break- fast food or other cereal con- taining wheat and no wheat flour in any form except the small amount needed for thick- ening or a binder in corn bread. Meatless means without cat- tie, hog or sheep products. On other days use mutton and lamb in preference to beef or pork. Forkless means without pork, bacon, ham, lard or pork pro- ducts fresh or preserved. Use fish and poultry. Red Cross Workers Wanted In France Men Over Draft Age, With Business Ability, Who Can Pay Own Expen ses Have Good Chance For Job Mrs. F. F. Baldwin, chairman of the Maui branch of the American Red Cross Association has received notice that competent volunteer workers with business experience and beyond the draft age, who will pay their own expenses, are wanted urgently in Pa ris. It is understood that there are several persons in Honolulu who are considering accepting the oirer, and there are doubtless many others both here as well as in other parts of the erritory who would bo glad to vol unteer without salary but arc not in position to pay their own expenses as well. -tt Auto Killed Calf Owner Is Fined John Telles, owner of a herd of cattle which he is alleged to allow to pasture along the road near the clecr1. trie power station, was fined fltPtfnd coots in tho district court this morn ing for maintaining a common nui sance. Many complaints have been made about the cattlo on the road, but it remained for Robt. Miller, a Filipino driver for Santos, to run in to a calf, kill the animal and smash up his car, before the matter was taken up by the authorities. Complaint was made in the cham ber of commerce yesterday to the stray cattle which are permitted to graze along the highways. It was tated that considerable damage had been done by such animals on the Pa-la-Makawao road where they have de stroyed young shade trees planted tlirough the efforts of ladies of the community and the plantations. RAGING WITHOUT RESULT German Gains Made At Terrific Cost Of No Real Value-Strategic Points Held Firmly By Allied Troops -Americans Repulse Fierce Assault Lasting 42 Hours-Hawaii Workers To Go To France For Red Cross Honolulu Judge Vaughn sentences Sergio Tavarcs, a Portuguese of Maui to 30 days. Con tossed lie was a slacker. Said he refused to iMT ui'uuse nc was at raid to be sent to France and shot hv Germ. ree SELINSKY RECITAL ENJOYED BY LARGE AUDIENCE The violin recital by the noted art- st, Max Selinsky, under the auspices of the Maui Music Club, given at the Paia Community House on Wednesday evening, was greatly enjoyed by a irge audience of Maui music lovers. The concert had been postponed from Tuesday evening on account of rain. Mr. Selinsky was assisted by Miss Gretchen Falke, pianist. Arrangement has been made for Mr. Selinsky to play a number of selections at the Wailuku Orpheum this evening, before he leaves for La haina to take the Mauna Kea for Honolulu. Sheriff Crowell has appointed Se- gundo Francisco, special police officer for Haiku, Ulumalu, Hamakuapoko, and Pala; Eugenio San Juan, special officer for Lahaina district; and T. Kanaka, special officer for Wailuku. These officers are to assist in running down draft delinquents. Alfred Castle gets telegraphic request to send immediately, thr vni-.nrr lip.i ltliv mmi f,-..- T.'l f. -i r . ' ...v... ium, si-ivut auroau. iiust oe ot proven loyalty and able to pay own expenses. Castle has several in view. I wo will probably sail on Sierra next week. BRITISH HOLDING THEIR OWN New York Swinging his heaviest legions and heaviest guns to far .lortli l Picardy, Ilindcnburg is now driving at British between Arras and Y pres. Charges arc being made behind tempest of explosive gas shells. He has succeeded in penerating sections of the British front just south of Ypres but British still grip on Wytschaete Messines ridge and Ploegstreet woods and line from llollebecke to Arras is still not in danger. This attack is a main operation of the part of the Germans who are not counting their losses but makinir attacks. Their trains are so far without TERRIFIC EXECUTION BY BRITISH r.TTVS London Reuters reports the Germans launched new formidable attack against Belgium lines Hollobccke 5 miles southeast of Ypres. Lame foreward in masses but were completely repulsed. After ter rific execution from British guns. TO GIVE $30,000 TO RED CROSS Philadelphia It is semi-omciallv announced that the G prm.in.Am. erican Alliance will disband and give $30,000 which is in treasury to the Red Cross. ANOTHER BIG LOAN TO ALLIES Washington Presidential proclamation takes over several eastern coastwise shipping companies at noon Saturday. It empowers Mac- wmi.ii hum upline uuimg liiLiuuing terminals. France yesterday loaned 125 million, makinfr total hillirm mil- lion. Total to all Allies to date is 5 billion 285 million 600 thousand. War trade board authorized immediate Shipment of two shinlnarls of grain to Holland. TRENT NOT GUILTY Honolulu Jury returns verdict at 11:00 Trent not milt v. Stood 9 to 3 for acquittal till last ballot. LIBERTY LOAN FIGURES Washington Liberty Loan $275,919,000. (Official) Trobablv 00 million actually. SWIFT DECLARES 50 MILLION DIVIDEND Chicago Swifts to declare an extra stock dividend of 50 million to care for increased business. Subscribed at par. l'OUK BILLION IN REVENUE Washington Estimated that the revenues from income tax and war excess profits for June may reach 4 billion. Treasury may recom- menu payments in june, migust anu uctohcr Oth. MORE JAPANESE KILLED IN RUSSIA Harbin Refugees from Blago Yiestchensk tell that 200 noncom- batants were killed in orgies and rioting. Bolsheviki attempted to dis arm Japanese who had armed for self-defense. Cossacks aiding Japan se lost 100 and 80 Japanese and 2 Chinese killed. MORE FRENCH OFFICERS TO AID TROOPS Washington Additional French officers to train troops have been requested by General March through French embassy in order to hasten the movement of troops over seas. PORTO RICAN LABOR FOR ISLANDS Honolulu Royal D. Mead report that federal government agrees t furnish Porto Rican labor to be drawn from the agricultural sections sufficient to meet Hawaii's need for labor. Some details are yet to be completed and agreed upon before the offer can be definitely accept ed Mead says there is no prospect for Chinese labor legislation going through this year. . i i i ISLANDS' LIBERTY LOAN QUOTA FIXED " " Details concerning Hawaii's quota of Liberty loan has been receiv ed from the Coast, based on bank resources as follows: Hilo, $341,000; Honolulu, $305,500; Kahului, $09,000; Schofield, $56,000; Wailuku, $93,000 nased on parent banks. Local committee meets today to fix islands' quotas on these bases. A GOOD MAN GOES BAD City Clerk Kalauokalani has been arrested by Marshal Smiddy on a statutory charge on complaint of his wife. The arrest was made at other woman's house last night. (Continued on Puje Seven.) WIRELESS MARKET QUOTATIONS SESSION 10:30 A. M. APRIL 12. 1918. Ewa Plantation Company Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co McBryde Sugar Company Oahu Sugar Company Olaa Sugar Company Pioneer Mill Company Watalua Agricultural Company Honolulu Brewing & Malting Company Mineral Products Company Honolulu Consolidated Oil Company .. Engttls Copper Company Mountain King Mine Hawaiian Sugar Company Onoraea Sugar Company . Hawaiian Pineapple Company Oahu Railway & Land Company Mutual Telephone Company San Carlos Honokaa Montana Bingham Madera 10.00 33.X 24. 13.00 35 00 46.00 43.X 19.00