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(JAILS NEXT WEEK 4fftt4 LATEST SUGAR QUOTATIONS For San Francisco: Manna, .''ninotra, 28. From San Francisco: Rpnibrnndt, 2"i: Nippon Mn ill, 30. pr lb. r tern Today's Quotation 6.005 $120.10 L-st Previous 6.00 118.40 NINETEENTH YEAR WAILUKU, MAUI CO., HAWAII, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1918. NUMP.ER 950 LAHAINA SURF NEARLY CLAIMSNEW VICTIMS Passengers Struggle For Lives When Ship's Boat Swamps Lahaina Woman Long In Peril J. F. Durao Suffers Injuries Near-Tragedy Much Like One Three Years Ago Safe Landing Im perativety Needed Thrown into a boiling surf when llioir boat was swamped by a bit? breaker, Mrs. II. K. liruss, of Lahai na, Joseph K. Durao, of Honolulu; and Oshiro Piimpei, ' of Honolulu, escaped death as by a miracle, last Saturday nifiht. The npar-trapedy occurpd off the Lahaina landing, almost at the identi cal place where two lives were lost in like manner just three years ago. The victims of the accident were passengers of the Inter-lsland Steam er Mauna Kea, and were coming ashore in one of the Bhip's boats at the time. Besides these just named there were five other passengers in the boat at the t'me, but they managed to cling to the thwarts of the boat until it righted itself. They were Ben Williams, Puunene; E. C. Mellor, Wailuku; John 0'Roukev Honolulu; George M. Collins, Honolulu; and H. Lemke, Honolulu. All the . members of the boat s crew except two went overboard when' the boat careened. The surf carried the swamped boat rapid ly shoreward leaving those in the wa te struggling for their lives. Rescue Slow For some reason yet unexplained, It was a very long time before the passengers in the water were finally picked up by a boat from the ship Maui Liquor Men May Withdraw Requests License Board May Grant Licenses If Any Care To Pay $500 Or $600 For Few Weeks Privilege Fed eral Law Changes Situation Whether Maui will go dry on July 1, or whether the agony will be drawn out for six weeks or so longer, may be left for the liquor men them selves to decide. There Is now a liKetlihoQd jfchat thei liquor commits- sioners may recind their previous in tention of refusing to issue any 11 cenes to sell liquor on Maul after June 30, and may renew the permits of the present dealers II any of them care to have them. This new. phase of the situation is brought about by the passage last week by the Congress of a bone-dry prohibition law for Hawaii, which will go into effect for all the Islands 90 days after the President signs the act, or probably the latter part of August. That the extra time be given the dealers to dispose of their stocks on hand with less likelihood of serious loss, was suggested at a meeting of the license board held on Wednesday. High Price To Pay The meeting was for. the purpose of receiving applications for licenses, and 12 were received at that time. This represents all of the license (Continued on rage Two.) Judge Burr To Have New Court Officials T. B. Linton, clerk of the second circuit court, has been asked by Judge L. L. Burr for his resignation to take effect the first of June. It is also stated that Court Reporter W. S. Chilllngworth is also slated to lose his official head but not until after the June term of court. .It is reported that Harry C. Moss man, deputy in the Wailuku tax office, is to succeed Linton as clerk. I' is not known yt who will succee lingworlh. WORKMAN TOUCHES I WIRE DIES FFi Tamura, a Japanese ei the Puunene mill, while eu a number of other workm ing (he ceiling of the n grasped a live electric o'clock yesterday morn' recovered. A fellow tried to remove the bod severely shocked. It to cut off the power lunate man could bt dead man is married a resident of Pmiiic of years. and brought ashore. There were two boats from the ship already at the landing, and only 1!"0 or 200 yards away, but they did not go to the res cue. It is staled by pprsons on the landing at the time, that it was be tween half and three-quarters of an hour after the accident before the victims of the accident were finally landpd. How they managed to escape being drowned in the battering breakers is hard to explain. Mrs. Bruss is a good swimmer, but encumbered as she was with clothing she was completely ex hausted when help finally arrWed. The Japanese Pampei, was also able to swim. Passenger Hurt Durao is not a swimmer, and he suffered most severely of all from the accident. The fact that he could touch bottom between waves, gave him the courage, he says to keep up the fight until finally rescued. In being pitched out he was struck by the side of the boat sustaining a broken rib and a severe contusion of the right leg. He was brought to Wailuku on Sunday morning and was in Malulani hospital until yesterday morning. The broken rib is believed to have penetrated his right lung for he has had a number of small hem- (Continued on Page Three.) Noted Speak Kers From Front Coming W. J. Sherman And Capt. A. J. Pequegnat To Arrive Tonight For Series Of Free Addresses. Vigi lance Corps In Charge BIG MASS MEETING SATURDAY NIGHT W. J. Sherman, for three years a V. M. C. A. worker at the front in France, and Capt. A. J. Pequegnat, a Canadian army officer who was with the first Canadin. contingents to reach the battle lines,' and who was inioiiR one of the first to be gassed when th.p Huns adopted this system :f fighting, will arrive tonight from Ililo for a series of meetings on Maui. They are coming to Maui un der the auspices of the Maui branch f the Hawaiian Corps, American Dp. fpnse Society. Both speakers are considered to be among the best of the great corps of speakers now working for the Allies in the United States. Maui people who have heard these men in Hono lulu are enthusiastic over their com ing here. Both speakers are accompanied by their wives, and they are in charge of W. A. Horn, secretary of the army and navy Y. M. C. A. in Honolulu, who also ha3 his wife with him. The party is to arrive by the Mauna Kea (Continued on Page Eight;) Democratic Primary Tomorrow Evening Considerable interest is. being tak en in the democratic primary election which will be held tomorrow even ing from 5 till 8:30 o'clock in all the precincts. The election will nominate and elect 6 members of the democra tic territorial committee and one member from each precinct for the county committee. While there is some little local rivalry, there is no factional fight in the local party this year as there years ago, and the election ' to be a very tame and iir. ON VIEW has on he hall nber ' is Paia And Wailuku Play Great Game Every Man A Star In Almost Error less Game- Plenty Of Excitement For Fans Stars Down Cubs In Junior Came The story of the game between Paia and Wailuku nppds no words to tell it. It can best be read in the box score. Up to the end of the eighth inning not a run had beeu scored by Paia, nor had they even made a hit, and except in the second when Bal walked two men, no one safely reached the initial sack. Wai luku played errorless baseball. It was not a pitchers' battle, for Bal and TiObinson each struck out S, and walked two; but it was a battle from start to finish with nine men fighting on each side. Of those who deserve individual mention, Yanagi comes first, for out of 12 chances hi; only missed one, and many of them were not anywhere near the range of an ordinary first sacker. He reached out, up, and down, and pulled th?m in fom anywhere, and if once they cwino near his mitt they were drawn to it and were stuck as if Goldin were were directing their movements. Shim and Silva showed speed and judgment in chasing the flies which came into their gardens, and Kod rigues at third, handled his six chances with grace speed and preci sion, fielding perfectly, and throwing accurately, except for one in the last lound. Paia opened her game in the field with a dazzling double play, Kugiya-Yemolo-Rocha, retiring Wailuku be lore they knew what they were in for. But in the second rounl, Paia began to crack. With twe out, and a chance to retire the side, Ku giya let a grounder through which gave Cockett second base. Shim came up next and Robinson gave him a walk, evidently with the idea of getting Yanagi. But Yanagi fooled 'em, by putting a clean two base hit right over second. The result waa (Continued on Page Two.) Polo Practice Has Started On Maui Pukalani polo grounds in Makawao as far as general setting and moun tain scenery are concerned is one of the most lteautiful sports in the Ter ritory and on Saturday afternoon (Hie IStli) under perfect weather con ditions was revcr more attractive. It was only a practice game of polo "just to knock the ball about". The players were far from tourna ment form i: ii d the ponies, according to the spirit of the times had not been "kept up" but were juc.t in from pasture but both men and ani mals knew the game and made the play enjoyable to on-lookers. F. F. Baldwin. "Pat" Collins and Dr. Fitzgerald played against Caleb Burns, W. A. Clark and Edward Bald win. No score was given out. Sever al autoes were parked near the side lines. Haiku Fair Promises To Be Big Success The Haiku Community fair, which is to be held at the Kuiaha school houre tomorrow afternoon and even ing,' is attracting considerable inter est o:i account of ils novelty, and in dications are that it will be largely it ten led. Th fair was intended solely as a local enterprise for the purpose of bringing together the farmers and other of the district with their imple ments, methods, etc.,. in order that all may have the benefit of a general exxchange of ideas. Those who attend 'are asked to go to the Haiku experiment station (F. (J. Krauss') first where a demonstra toin of farm machinery will be made. The main features of the fair will lie a. the Kuiaha school house. Arrangement has been made for addresses from Secy. W. J. Sherman and Capt. Pequegnat, the win speak ers who arrive tonight for a series of meetings under the auspices of the American Defense Society. A PEANUT PARTY The Young Ladies Class of the Ma kawao Union Sunday School, were invited last Saturday, by their teach er, Miss Fannie G. Bradford, to a peanut party. They came sixteen strong. Peanuts were the center of all activities for the afternoon. In the hunt peanuts seemed to grow in he most unlikely places. It was rising how many words were ed up in the word "peanu " "drums could be brought nuts were shelled. the prizes in the vari- Light refreshments KAHULUI HARBOR DREDGING SURE SAYS McCLELLAN Kalnilui Harbor dredging, under the direction of the United States army engineer corps, will be authorized by congress, Cenrgp McK. McClollan re ported yesterday in a letter from Washington to the chamber of com merce. He said that at the time he wrote the project was teinior:nily held in abeyance awaiting final recom mendations from the local army eng ineer. The work, he said, will he undertak en without fail. For this project about l(in,0iiii wi'l be expended. The dredging is planned to pnlargp thp harbor so that vessels may maneu ver more safely, particularly in stormy weatheft, and is being undertaken largely to eliminate possibility of marine accidents. Kahultii is one of the important ports of entry and de parture in the Islands and ships a valuable portion of the Territory's output of sugar. P. C. Advertiser. Big Crowd Greets Opening Of Theater New Kahului Theater Pleases All With Its Many Attractive Features Has Most Modern Machinery Is Fireproof The opening of the new Kahului Theater, last Friday night, was cel ebrated by a.n audience that packed the pretty playhouse to its limit of capacity. It was a representative Maui crowd and its evident apprecia tion of the attractiveness of the new theater should have been most grati fying to H. B. Weller, the proprietor, and W. F. Wallace the manager. The feature of .the erming, Geral- dine Farrar in hdr masterpiece "The Woman God Forgot1' was enthusiasts cally received. From the, proceeds of the opening night MTrweiier donated to tne uea Cross branch of Maui the sum of $100. The new Kahului Theater opened it doors to the public exactly six months after the fire Which destroyed the old Kahitlui Lyceum. It is the enterprise largely of H. B. Weller, the leasee of the theater, and repre sents an outlay of 840,000. It is a thoroughly up-to-date theater, of ex ceptionally pleasing design, and being of solid concrete is absolutely fire proof. It has a seating capacity of about 750. The building was erected by the Kahului Railroad Company, under direction of William Walsh, superin tendent, and the actual construction was in charge of Hugh McMcol, man ager of tho building and construction department of the railroad company. 'I he theater is equipped with the n st modern projection apparatus, in duplicate, the machines being motor driven, thus insuring perfect steadi ness ot speed.. The screen is the latest thing in nitro-silver patent sheet, improving the character of the pictures remarkably over the ordin ary screen. W. F. Wallace, who came to Maui about 3 months ago, superintended the fitting up of the theater and tho installation, of the machinery. He will remain as he permanent manager of the Weller-Vasconcellos business. MAUI MUSIC CLUB TO GIVE FINE PROGRAM Tho Maui Music Club will hold its May meeting on next Wednesday evening, May 29, at uie ;m;ik;iwuu Union Chuich. The alfalr will tie open to the public by invitation, and promises to be one of the most en joyable concerts the popular organi zation has yet given. The concert is given m the cnurcn for the reason that an important fea ture of the program is a number of pipe organ nunibi rs by Mr. Courson, of Kula. Others who will nave a part in the evening's entertainment ire well Maui musicians, among them being Mrs. L. C. Jones, H. W. Bald win, Miss Hoffmann, Mrs. A. C. Hat tray, Miss Drinkle, C. 1). Lufkin, F. N. Lufkin, David Uattray, II. 1. Sloggett, and Wm. Phillips. An offering is to be taken, the pro ceeds of which will be given to the lied Cross. 8- NEW VIGILANCE CORPS MEMBERS New members, Maui Branch, Ila- .waiian Vigilance Corps, American De- fense Society L. F. Jones, P. W. Alston, Bessie Dale. O. J. Whitehead, Mrs. H. M. Wells, Emily F. Wells. J. II. Nelson, Miss Emma II. Napoleon, Mrs. May B. Murdock, Miss Grace P. Haven, iMrs. Elizabeth A. Truner, D. S. Wads- ! wo. th, Miss Laurena Merriman, Miss . Clara Mosser, Mrs. E. O. Born, Angus I McPhee. HUNS TO STRIKE SOON ALLIES ARE CONFIDENT Much Fighting In The Air, With Results Favoring Entente Airmen Trent Says German Propa ganda Back Of Hackfeld Rumors-Louisiana First State To Repudiate National Prohibition Amendment-Homestead Bill Fight Now On CUPID SAID LIPERTY MOTOR W AS FAILURE ... ,Kcw May 2 Air mail delivered in 135 minutes from Washington. I wo planes with Liberty M(,trs (vw fasU.r ,,ni, ,wo tTiilos a minute. German preparations for resumption reported complete. Huns are awaiting the command to launch thcmselvis. Allied commanders relieve drive will come in a few davs and are uaitimr lit, c, Idencc. NEW SUGAR MILL FOR PHILIPPINES Honolulu, May 24 Catton-Xeill ( imnnilV. linn rlniwl ivinlrml fr. furnish sugar mill to the Isal.ella of Negros, Philippines. W ill he C.KK.MAX PROPAGANDA, SAY TRENT Trent denounces present niicstioning nf power of alien enstodinn to reorganize Hackfclds as having aganda cinenating trom some force which would like to make it as difficult as possible tor the United States government to really Ameri canize the Hackfeld & Co." He says he received a cable ,f rleni.-,! from P.allou that he made any statements reflecting on the president's reorganization plan in letter to planters. Queens funeral bill has passed m the Senate. No open opposition. Letter from daughter to Governor Carter described Tom Skeyhill formerly blind, seeing photograph of people and places in Hawaii. Says Skeyhill spoke at Carrangie Hall, being introduced by Roosevelt. Skeyhill intends to rejoining Anzac command at American-New Zea land army camp for another whack at the Huns. TEDDY RETURNS TO FOLD New York, May 24 Roosevelt reinstated in the Republican club. IRISH P.AEK AT CENSORSHIP London, May 2-1 P.erlin dispatch denies attempt made to assasin iUe Hindenburg and EudencrotT. Refugees rcixirt 1700 executed in Finland by White Guards under German regiment. Pal tour writes anti-conscription con feres in Dublin that a pass port will be denied the lord mayor unless the documents he proposes taking be submitted to the Pritish authorities. The mayor refuses to submit. Message was being taken to Wilson and departure has been delayed. Eighteen tons of bombs dropped on enemy airdomes and bullets. 13 enemy planes downed, 3 Pritish missing. Sir Henry Joseph Wood accepts eonductorship of the Jloston Symphony Orchestra. WOMAN ARRESTED UNDER ESPIONAGE ACT Kansas City, May 2-1 Rose Pastor Stokes, lecturer and wife of wealthy socialist, convicted under the espionage act for statements in Kansas City announcing that government is only for profiteers. LOUISIANA REFUSES' PROl 1 1 lll'ITON AMENDMENT llaton Rouge, May 24 House passed federal prohibition amend ment and Senate tied in vote, thus defeating measure. Louisiana is the itrst defeat. Ten stales have already adopted it. CONSTANT AIR FIGHTING NOW French Army, May 24 Thirty-seven Germans planes destroyed, 1.0 forced down out of control, eight balloons destroyed by the French aviators since weather cleared between May 15th and 18th., there have been 105 aerial combats. FLOUR GETTING QUITE EXPENSIVE San Francisco, May 24 Shriners' sack of flour was auctioned in Oklahoma for !?50,(X)0. Islam Temple advises that total receipts now amount to $1()0,0(X). The flour is now enclosed in raw hide. RAILROADS TO GET HIGHER PAY Washington, May 21 MacAdoo has send to the printer orders raising railroaders' wages, to be issued in a few days. It is estimated increases will exceed $300,000,000. WOMAN .MAKES LONG AIR FLIGHT liinghamton, N. Y., May 24 Kathcrine Stinson alighted after "light of 783 miles from Chicago with government mail was out of gasoline. CANADIAN SHIPP.UILDERS STRIKE Vancouver, P. C, May 24 Ten thousand ship builders struck last night. Union officials announce purpose to compell imperial muni tions lioard to grant pay equal to that paid in the United States. (CoHtincJ on '(';' St'ven.) WIRELESS MARKET QUOTATIONS SESSION 10:30 A. lCwa Plantation Company Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co McBryde Sugar Company Gahu Sugar Company Olaa Sugar Company Pioneer Mill Company Waiahia Agricultural Company Honolulu Brewing &. Malting Company Mineral Products Company Honolulu Consolidated Oil Company . . Eugels Copper Company Mountain King Mine Hawaiian Sugar Company Onomea Sugar Company Hawaiian Tlneapple Company Oahu Railway & Land Company Mutual Telephone Company Ran Carlos Honokaa Montana Bingham Madera Apair Company at Occidental, Island a 500 ton 12 roller mill. "All the ear marks of German iro- the House, and its (irt re.-wllmr M. MAY 24. 1918. 28. ' 42. CO 32.00 S-V 26.00 11.00 5.00 45 00