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TE MAUI NEWS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1918. FIVE Are Philippines A Part United States Insurance Company And Oahu Acci dent Board Say No Maui Board And County Attorney Say They Are Kipahulu Case May Get To Courts Are the Philippine Islands mil side of the I'nited Slates? This Is a question that may have to he fought out. in the courts in order to settle the question of compensa tion due to dependents or laborers in Hawaii who reside in the Philippines. County Attorney E. !. Jlevlns, in an opinion prepared for the Maui indus trial accident hoard, holds that the far eastern Islands are within the United Slates. The Maui hoard has already so held, hut accord ing to repoit the Oahu accident board has taken the Alternate position. The workmen's compensation law provides "An alien shall not he con sidered a dependent within the mean ing of this Act unless actually resid ing within the United States, and any alien dependent leaving the United States shall thereupon lose all rlKht to any benefits under this act." Kipahulu Case Involvrd The matter came before the board In connection with the death of a Fili pino laborer at Kipahulu who left a wife and two children In the Philip pines. The board held that these de pendents were entitled to compensa tion under the law, hut the insurance company which carries the risk of the Kipahulu Sugar Co., ihe employer, re fused to settle the claim on the grounds that the Oahu board had held that the Philippines are not within the United States. County Attorney Berins, who then considered the mat ter, and who cites a number of au thorities, is convinced that the Oahu board Is wrong. Whether the matter can be pushed to a termination on this case, how ever, is uncertain at present since it U not known whether or not the dead man's family can be located, the acci dent in question having occurred over a year ago. The secretary of the ac cident board has been instructed, however, to take the matter up through the governor-general of the Philippines In an endeavor to locate theBe dependents if possible. In case they can be found and their right to compensation established, excepting the residence clause, the board ex pressed Its Intention at its meeting last Tuesday to pnsh the case against the employer and he Insurance com pany to final conclusion. Government Should Keep Telephone And Telegraph Burleson WASHINGTON, December 5 (By Associated Press) Telephone and telegraph lines of the country, now under government control, should be come government owned at the con clusion of peace and the expiration of the provisions of the act under which the utilities are now controlled, Postmaster General Burleson declares In his annual report made public to day. The war has shown that govern ment ownership of telephones and telegraphs "Is not only sound but practicable," the Postmaster General says. In repeating the recommenda tion which he has made in previous reports but which he makes for the first time as head of the government agency controlling the land communi cation lines. "The experiences as a result of the present war have fully demonstrated that the principle of government own ership of the telephones and tel egraphs is not only sound but practi cal," Mr. Burleson says. "It has been necessary as a war measure for Con gress to consider legislation authoriz ing the President to assume control of the telegraph and telephone sys tems of the country. While such con trol is temporary, and will exist only until the ratification of the treaty of peace, yet the beBt results can be ob tained only when these systems are owned by the govrnment, made a part of the postal establishment, and oper ated solely with a view to serving the public and not making profits or guaranteeing returns on the invest ment. Government ownership of the telegraphs and telephones should not longer be delayed, and the action of Congress In this matter Is urgently recommended." JUNEAU, Alaska, Nov. 10 (By Associated PreBS) (By Mail) Even Alaska natives are becoming alarmed at the rapid growth of the territory's ever increasing dog population. A native council at Hoonah, an Indian village near here recently passed an ordinance levying a tax on all dogs in the village. The marshal was Instruc ted to shoot all unlicensed canines. ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov 1 (By Associated Press) (By Mail) Twen ty big sleds are part of the winter equipment by the Alaska Engineer ing Commission in building the gov ernment railroad between Seward and Fairbanks. CARD OF THANKS The Executive Committee of the Mmui Red Cross Shop at Wailuku, desires to earnestly express their sincere thanks to all who in many ways gave assistance to the shop, in donations, service and in buying. It is impossible to thank all individually and the committee hopes that in this way every one who has rendered aid will feel that the success with which the Shop has met is clue to their co operation and is deeply appreciated by those who had charge of the work. Advt. Primary Equipment By MRS, E. A. BROWN, Puunene (One of the interesting and instruc tive papers read at the annual meet ing of the Maui Teachers' Association, at Lahaina, on December 6.) The subject, Primary Equipment, Is a broad one and there will be time to touch on only a few phases of it. I propose to speak briefly of the fol lowing: picture books, pictures and printed charts, educational magazines, pedagogical books, miscellaneous ma terial, and teachers' notebooks. The primary teacher needs a great deal of equipment. Some of it can be purchased nut much of it must be mnde or collected by the teacher. Pictures and charts ore silent teach ers. They are attractive nnd they save time for the teacher and pupil. The time spent In putting drill work on the board many times during the year might better be spent In teach ing. They are always ready and may be used to fill In spara moments. They save board space. "Pictures gain the child s interest and catch his attention fast enough to hold it a f''at by no means easy with the avi ni small child." They are of ine. value in helping pupils to lea 1 1) words and grasp Ideas and they have an important place in the teaching of foreigners. I am hav ing distributed some picture books that the children enjoy. The pictures In most of the books would not bo classed with the best in art. Many are taken from advertisements. But they represent animals, the family, and scenes of child life in all of which the average child of the primary grades is interested. The books on the "Family," "Domestic Animals," and "Domestic Fowls and Household Pets" are used in geography classes. Dictation is a moBt effective way of teaching language to children of foreign ancestry. Many pictures In these books will suggest material for dictation in the language period. A few sentences about important wild animals and well known birds are pro fitble exercises of this sort. Names of holidays are easily taught with pictures to illustrate each day. Pictures of other lands which show marked differences in seasons help the pupil in Hawaii to grasp the idea of the seasons. M'other Goose pictures and others by Jessie Wilcox Smith may he pur chased for twenty-five cents each and will serve admirably for schoolroom decoration. Stout wrapping paper was used In making my books. My object In put ting the pictures In bucks was to get them into some readily accessible form which would tend to keep them In good condition. They are hung from & wire by means of small hooks. It is my plan to put up at least one new picture each day.' The teacher my call the attention of the class to some of the pictures but on others no comment should be made unless the pupils call for it. The only charts that I have used in hygiene were picture charts to teach such subjects as care of the hands, hair, teeth, things I use every day, exercise, etc. Some material may be secured from Colgate & Co., and other companies mentioned later, from various departments of the U. S. Government and from state boards of health. In the first grade, picture charts of fruits, vegetables, kitchen articles, household furniture, articles of cloth ing, etc., may be used to enlarge the vocabulary of the children. Wonderfully interesting pictures may be obtained for use in book or chart- form in the geography work. Many ways of using her pictures will occur to the wide awak. teacher as the year progresses. Pictures of islands, hills, mountains, valleys and bays may often bo found in the Geographic Magazine, Travel, and in folders issued by transporta tion companies or chambers of com merce. A border of pictures illustrat ing the subject for study may be plac ed on the wall. How the wind and rain help us and what harm they do are easily told by pictures. Pictures may show the two main cources of heat, what we use heat for in our homes, other uses of it, kinds of stoves, etc. Snow scenes and scenes of life in the tropics will teach the re lation of climate to the sun. The wanner clothes needed in winter in some lands and the cotton garments worn in the warmer regions of the earth can be shown by pictures. To make the lessons on materials for clothing more interesting, use pic tures of the plants and animals that give us these materials, of the manu facture of the raw materials into cloth, and of articles of clothing made of these materials. Black and white and colored pic tures of birds that injure our crops and of birds seen in our school yards may be secured from the Perry or Brown pictures companies, or from Latta. Pictures of the beneficial insects and of the injurious ones may be pur chased or made with crayon or water colors. The work on "Government in Re lation to the School and Home" may be vitalized by the Ube of pictures. Gather pictures of the family, the home, and the work of the members of the family. At this time show pic tures of our first president, Lincoln, Wilson, our governor, federal and ter ritorial capitols, our flag, nnd of what our government does for us. Provide pictures to teach lessons on "Local Transportation and Communi cation". To teach tho "Hous-s Fly In Relation to Health" make a set of charts on muslin or paper from stencils pur chased of the International Harvester Company. Picture charts may be made of material gathered from their book of lectures entitled "Trap the Fly", from government bulletins, from tanglefoot advertisements, and from magazine articles on the prevention of typhoid, tuberculosis, etc. The Metro politan Life Insurance Company of New York has for free distribution Rome helpful literature on the subject. The boards of health la some states have excellent pamphlets on this and similar subjects. Charts of some of the important oc cupations and the tools used in each are Instructive. The geography work on occupations and .he family should be correlated with the language work. For suggestions as to methods, exa mine the text books used in teaching English to foreigners in the evening schools of our big cities. Of course, objects and 'ive animals are to be preferred to pictures. The pictures may be used when 'the ob jects or animals cannot be secured conveniently. It is possible to grow cotton and flax plants. Very interest ing material to be used in teaching about cotton and wool may be obtain ed from the Amoskeng Manufacturing Company. A case showing the life history of the silk worm may be used to advantage. An insect cage for ot- serving life specimens may be made. A bulletin by the Smithsonian Insti tute telling the teacher how to kill, preserve, and mount Insects should be in the library of every nature study teacher. Maps of the school room and school ground may be drawn by the teacher and hecktographed or mimeographed copies given to the pupils. The teach er would find this map work easier If the pupils in the primary grades were provided with rulers marked off In to Inch and half inch lengths. The many marks on the rulers are confus ing to young pupils. The school may be modeled in sand, plasticine, or paper pulp. Printed charts require much less time than picture charts. Tough wrapping paper, black and red mark ing pencils, and a ruler are all the things needed for chart making. The printing may be done with a set of rubber type and black ink but the ink is expensive and th typing involves much time. If the teacher has kept a full notebook of the material she uses for drill during the year, the ac tual making of the charts is no bur densome task. Much of the teacher's time will be saved if an older pupil is employed to cut and rule the paper. Two wire nails will be needed to hang the charts on. Holes may be punch ed in tho charts and strengthened with circles of gumm'il cardboard, or braE3 rings may be fastened to the charts with gummed paper. There are many topics in the langu age work for the second grade which may be taught easily with printed charts. Printed charts may also be used for drill on the phonic elements nd word lists and picture charts may be made for the phonic type words. (See English for Beginners, Fisher & Call, p. 222 ff.) Use flash cards al so to drill on phonier In arithmetic, flash cards are help ful in teaching the combinations. A complete set of them may be bought for $1.75. (Here is a home-made set of flash cards with the answers in ad dition and subtraction indicated on the back. The red figures are the answ ers in subtraction.) Sets of picture flash cards and large size domino cards are used in the first grade to teach numbers and their combination. Picture cards of smaller size with the figure and name of the figure on the back are useful for seat work In teaching beginners. Small size domino cards for seat work may be purchased or made with the heckto graph. Cards about, an inch square with the numerals and arithmetical signs are of great use. The first grade tea her needs also alphabet cards for spelling, word cards for language, colored seeds, col ored crayons, and colored sticks. The Normal Instructor and Primary Plans and Primary Education are probably the best magazines publish ed for the primary teacher. But good suggestions for work in the lower grades can be found in the Popular Educator which is intended for the grammar grade teacher. The best help that I know of for the teacher just beginning first grade work is the little book entitled "Five Messages to Teachers of Primary Reading". The "Primary Plan Books" by Marian George are very good. Her "Intermediate Plan Books" contain an outline on "Domestic Animals which may be simplified and adapted for the Primary grades. The books used in teaching English to foreigners in eve ning schools are full of suggestions for the teacher of primary language in Hawaii. The two volumes of the McFadden Language Series are the most helpful of any language text books that I have. Books of games for teaching language and arithmetic are useful. Drawing is one of the most effec tive means of teaching geography. Augsburg's "Easy Drawing for the Geography Class" contains outline sketches for copying. Every primary teacher needs to have books of fables, folk stories, and fairy stories in simple language for reading or telling to the children and for dictation. Mrs. Thorne-Thomsen has published an excellent list of stories and poems suitable for chil dren. Sed catalogues and department store catalogs abound in material for picture cards and charts. We have a school library from the Library of Hawaii. The books are In great demand. About half of the books are some of the very best first, cecond, and third grade readers. The vocabulary is such that the children can read the books without much help from parents or teachers. It is a great satisfaction to them to be able to read the books so easily. If primary teachers could have suitable books In sufficient numbers to use for supple mentary reading at school and at home, the English vocabulary of our pupils of foreign anctstry would grow faster. A loose leaf notebook is a very valuable part of the primary teacher's equipment. The teacher who expects to follow the profession should own a typewriter. A hecktograph or a mineograph is a time-saver, too, when many copies are to be made. Some of the Puunene teachers have so felt the need of a manual or full outline of the various subjects of primary work that they are planning to put the material in such shape that it will save much time for the teacher and so make it possible for her to do more and better work with the pupils entrusted to her care. We hope to secure enough material to in clude sentences for supplementary reading lessons from the board and for language lessons. Lists of word drill devices, of material for charts, definite suggestions of practical equip ment, and patterns useful in making posters are to be included. When completed, each of our primary teach ers will be given a copy. It is a tremendous task but one that will he worth more than It costs la time and labor. If all the Maui primary teachers of training and experience were inter ested and would lend a hand in com piling such notebooks, the results would be much better. Committees might be formed to work out the dif ferent subjects and the entire set sub mitted to higher authority for correc tion and approval. RED CROSS NOTES ,,.......,,.,. ...g MUST KEEP UP WORK That the demands upon the Ameri can Red Cross have not been dimin ished by the German surrender is the opinion of John A. Britton, chairman of the San Francisco Chapter, and he urges all members of the local or ganization to allow no slackening of their ctivity in behalf of the Red Cross. Britton says: It will take three times ns long to bring our overseas forces home as it took to enroll, equip, train and trans port them, and there are thousands of wounded, disabled and convalesc ing American soldiers who must be cared for by the Red Cross. There fore the supply of nurses and the production of knitted goods and hospi tal garments must not be reduced. Our civilian relief bureau must con tinue protecting dependent families of enlisted men and be prepared to have its task steadily increase. In addition to those duties of the Red Cross, there are millions of needy people in the devastated coun tries who must be helped until nor mal conditions are restored. This means a continued output of refugee garments and other necessaries which the Red Cross has been supplying. So the women of th-j United States, can find Red Cross work to do until our last soldier has been brought home and returned to his pre-war use fulness and the last European victim of brutality is no longer dependent upon American aid. Those women who have been deprived of Red Cross occupation by the closing down of surgical ' bandage making can find plenty of knitting or sewing to fill their spare time. On November 30th, 1918, 15 cases of Red Cross supplies were shipped from Maui Branch, A. R. C, direct to Vladivostok on "S. S. Venezuela." These cases contained: 14.625 gauze compresses. 17,950 gauze wipes. 215 pajams. 693 hospitals bed shirts. 155 handkerchiefs. 180 comfort pillows. 139 pillow slips. 260 undershirts. 48 layettes. A very pleasant party was held at the home of Mrs. Hair, Ilamkuapoko for the Red Cross workers of the Ha makuapoko Unit on Thursday, Decem ber 12th. A most enjoyable time was spent In playing games and singing after which delicious refreshments of ice cream, cakes and nuts were nerved. This unit has turned out during tho year the following garments: 1,318 undershirts. 646 khaki kit bags. 181 pair operating leggings. 106 pair hospital socks. 44 pair bed socks. 143 hot water bag covers. 21 suits pajamas. 5 pair trench drawers. 209 handkerchiefs. Total 2,676. Grove Ranch (average 5 workers) made in 9 months 383 pair trench drawers. Grand total 3,059. The Grove Ranch workers were un able to be present at the party on account of bad roads. DOUGLAS, Alaska, Nov. 10 (By Associated Press) (By Mail) Taku Glacier near here has been unusually active lately. Marines report Taku Straits a mass of icebergs evidently dropped from the big frozen river. Old timers say they never before saw bo much ice in the straits at this time of the year. B. B. C. Gives Health, Strength, Pep And Nerve Power That Remarkable Remedy 0) 3)n fo) 15), Endorsed by many leading phyii. ciant and people in public life. B. B. C. Is a marvelous recon structive tonic. It infuses the sys tem with the iron force of health and vitality of youth, building up the body stronger than sickness and disease, and that is all there is to it. If the body is strong and normal and tho organs of it well regulated and performing their functions, there is no sickness. B. B. C. does that very thing builds up your body and makes it stronger Fair Retail Prices On Maui November 1C, 1918. The Maui Fair Price Committee, appointed by the United States Food Administration, Issues the following list of retail prices which are deemed to be reasonable to both consumer and dealer. The difference In prices given are Intended to allow for the difference in cost to merchants in different localities on account of freight, deliveries to customers, etc. The list is based upon cost figures submitted by dealers In all parts of the county and Is subject only to changes which may have occurred in wholesale prices since the above date. SPECIAL NOTICE The Fair Price Committee has had tome few complaints that they have been charged higher prices than indicated In the Fair Price List. The Committee will be glad to have complaints of this kind with all particulars concerning the transaction. When possible a dealer's charge slip should be sent. MAUI FAIR PRICE COMMITTEE, U. S. Food Administration, Wailuku. COMMODITY Cost Del'd. at Store Selling Price Wheat Flour, per 24tt-lb. bag .... 1.59 to 1.68 1.70 to 180 Wheat Flour, per 49 lb., bag 3.20 to 3.35 3.59 to 3 65 Wheat Flour, per 101b. bag 65 to .t!7'4 .70 to .75 Barley Flour, (bulk) per lb 06V4 to .07 .07', to .08 Rice Flour, (bulk) per lb 08 to .10 .10 to .12 '4 Corn Flour, size (....) per lb 05 to .08s .06 to .10 Corn Meal, size (....) per lb 06 to .07i .06 to .09 Rolled Oats, per pkg., small Rice, (Hawaiian per bag Rice, (Hawaiian), (bulk) per lb Rice, (Japan) per bag Rice, (Japan), (bulk) per lb Beans, (white) per lb Beans, (Maui Red) per lb . .. Potatoes, (Maui) per lb Potatoes, (California) per lb Potatoes, (sweet) per lb Onions, per lb Butter, per lb Eggs, (fresh Island) per doz... Cheese, (American) full cream, p. lb. Milk, (Evaporated) 16 oz., per can Milk (Evaporated) 6 oz., per can .. Milk, (Condensed) Eagle, per can. Lard Compound, No. 3, per can ... Lard Compound, No. 5, per can... Lard Compound, No. 10, per can... Crisco, Small, per can Crisco, Med., per can Crisco, large, per can Crisco, large, per can. 6-lb Salad Oil, (glass) per qt Canned Salmon, No. 1, pink, per can Canned Salmon, No. 1, Med. red, p. c. Canned Salmon, No. 1, Sockeye, p. c. C'd Salmon, No. 2, Sockeye, p. c, s. Sardines, No. 1, Oval Tomato, per c. Sardines, Domestic, Canned Tomatoes, 2H, Stand., p. c. Canned Tomatoes, 2V4, sol. p., p. c. Tomato Hot Sauce, small, per can Corn, No. 2, Stand., per can Peas, No. 2, Stand., per can Corned Beef, No. 1, per can Deviled Meat Ham Flavor, 4. P. c. Vienna Sausage, per can Bacon, whole piece, per lb Bacon, cut, per lb Ham, whole, per lb Ham, cut, per lb Salt Salmon, red, per lb Sugar, washed, per lb Sugar, Granulate, per lb Bread, Mb. loaf Catton, Neill & Co., Ltd. ENGINEERS Works 2nd and General Offices Merchandise Department. Electrical Department Hawaiian Representatives for JEFFREY MANUFACTURING CO'S LINK BELT CHAINS CONVEYING MACHINERY PULVERIZERS ALGAROBA BEAN, LIMA, CORAL, ALFALFA. CHRISTMAS j Gift Suggestions 1 CARVING SETS KNIVES TOOL SETS SHEARS RAZORS MAIL ORDERS Lewers & 169-177 So. King Street JJJJ.,tJ.JJ..u.XJ.t..J..a.,...w..v.J..JJ than the ailments that assail it and they are beaten and utterly routed, and health is the result. That's why rheumatism, blood impurities, sick headaches, nervous depres sions, sleepless nights, aenemic and run-down condition, billious ness, torpid liver, constipation, kidney and bladder ailments give way to an extended course of B. B. C. even in cases of long standing and the body vibrates with health. The extraordinary merit of B. B. C. is proved by the many prominent local people who have testified to that effect. B. B. C. is a bottled liquid, therefore far superior to tablet remedies which lose their strength and are often soiled In handling. B. B. C. i sold by all druggists, plantation stores and dealer. $1.25 per bottle; 6 for $7. We pay ship ping charges on all $7.00 cah order. B. B. 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Cooke. Ltd. : : HONOLULU twites Ben Brunt, tropical traveler, whose B. B. C. Medicine cures have made the whole country talk.