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m "JP - 4 THIS WEEK'S MAILS wm r ' Semi-Weekly Maui News I From the Coast Thursday Persia Maru; Saturday, Niagara from Vancouver. To the Coast Wllhelmlna, tomorrow. To the Orient Persia Ma ru, Thursday or Friday. From the Orient Siberia Maru, Monday. "FOR THE VALLEY ISLE FIRST" SEMI-WEEKLY MAUI NEWS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1921. 22nd YEAR No. 1123. PRICE 5 CENTS WAILUKU WEATHER Date Max. Mln. Sept. 6 84 73 Sept. 7 83 73 Sept. 8 T 85 72 Sept. 9 84 73 Sept. 10 85 71 Sept. 11 87 71 Sept. 12 87 71 No rainfall. ! it Hundred of Lives Lost in Texas as Result of Floods Widespread Storms Extended From Canadian Northwest to Mexican boundary and Swept on Out Over Atlantic (ASSOCIATED PRESS) DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 13. Unof ficial estimates of deaths from the floods are this morning placed at 200. More than 100 bodies have been recov ered. Dispatches from San Antonio say that the Express of that city lias reports that more than 100 bodies have been recovered along the San Gabriel river in Wllllamston and Milton counties following the 20-lnch rainfall of Friday and Saturday. Dispatches from Chicago Saturday said that thunderstorms, tornadoes, rains and floods extended from the Canadian Northwest to the gulf. The greatest soverlty of the storm was In Central, East and South Texas. Houston roported Sunday that 10, 000 squaro miles of land was under water, and Bryan, Texas, reports 12, 000 negroes homeless In the Brazos river bottoms. San Antonio on Monday reported 47 dead and 200 missing. There were deep floods and 200.0 persons were rendered homeless; estimates of the dead ranged to 500. Other towns, as Alazan and San Pedron, on the San Antonio, wore swept by floods. St. Vincent, Windward Islands, re ported the entire cotton crop lost and the cano blown down. Port au Spain, Trinidad, reported two deaths and loss to shipping of $150,000. Sioux Falls, South Dakota, reported three persons killed and many farm buildings destroyed by tornado, and at Lincoln, Nebraska, hailstones as large as baseballs fell. Yesterday reports from Texas points indicated communication and transportation was being restored rapidly. U California's Alien Tax Law Is Held to Be Unconstitutional (ASSOCIATED PKESS) SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 13. Cali fornia's alien poll tax law, directed against Japanese and Mexicans, is un constitutional, it (Is held in the deci sion of the state supreme court, which was handed down this morning. The opinion of the court said that the law violates the 14th amendment to the 'constitution and Is In contra ventlon of the treaty with Japan. It holds that the treaty-making powers of the federal government undoubt edly include the matters involved In the case at issue. The prisoners who were arrested for the purpose of testing the law have been discharged. 8 Arraignment Postponed (ASSOCIATED PRESS) SALT LAKE CITY, Sept 13. Ar raignment of Mrs. Southard, brought back here from Honolulu and charged with murder of former husbands, was postponed until tomorrow. Following arraignment the defendant will have 24 hours within which to plead. Mrs. Southard is suspected of hav ing poisoned a child and scvoral men to whom she was married at the times of their various deaths. -tt- Underwood Slated as Conference Delegate (ASSOCIATED PRESS) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 13. Oscar Underwood says that he will accept tho appointment as delegate to. the conference for the limitation of armaments. Undoubtedly, he says, America favors limitation of arma- ment to a certain degree, but he added that the probable problem that will confront the delegates of this country is to convince others of the necessity, Others may bo brought to agree that it Is thoroughly wise to reduce arma- ments, and he believed others would be willing to mako concessions which will render agreement possible, which would relieve the world of much of tho armament burden. (ASSOCIATED PRESS) LONDON, Sept. 13. Delegates of the Methodist Church in session here passed a strong resolution in favor of world disarmament. The resolution is silent on the league of nations, ref erence to It being omitted after splr Ited debate and a motion passing that a further resolution on tho subject of the leaguo bo prepared for presenta tion. (ASSOCIATED PRESS) WASHINGTON, Sept. 13. Repre sentative Taylor of Kansas died here today of pleuro pneumonia. Testimony Against Arbuckle Damages Less Than Expected (ASSOCIATE!) I'UESS) SAN FRANCISCO, -Sept. 13. Some what different aspect has been put upon the Arbuckle case in the Investi gation being held by the gtand jury, the testimony being, it is reported, less damaging to the accused than the polico had led the public to ex pect. The district attorney Issued a state ment In which he says that he be lieves perjury has been committed by one of the prosecution's chief wit nesses, who gave entirely different testimony before the grand jury from what sho had told tho prosecution. and ho believed undue Influence had been brought (o bear. He said Miss Zay and Miss Bron, who also called the physician with Miss Bron, changed their testimony. He also said that Alice Blake, another witness for the prosecution, Is missing. Miss Bron Is under surveillance and the hearing by tho grand jury is to bo continued further. Mrs. Sadie Wirt Spreckles told the grand jury that shortly before the death of Miss Rappe the latter sent for her and among her last words said: "To think that I left my quiet life and got into such a party." Henry J. Boyle, assistant manager of the St. Francis Hotel, testified at the Inquest of Miss Rappe that a Mrs. Del Monto called him to Arbuckle's room, where ho found the girl uncon scious and moaning. Arbuckle told him she had only a few drinks. Tho physician who treated her said that nothing to indicate that violence had been committed was found until the autopsy was performed, when it was disclosed that Miss Itappe was injured internally. Ttnannn fPfillv" Arhitnlfln mnvinrr ' - ji ' nlr-tnrn Htnr comedian and owner of the Vernon baseball team, was ar rested by the Han Francisco ponce au thorities on Sunday and yesterday was formally charged with responsi bility for the death of Virginia Rappe, formerly a moving picture actress. Miss Rappo was taken from Ar buckle's rooms In the St. Francis and died Friday of congestion oi the lungs and peritonitis, following a "party" in Arbuckle's rooms. Tho management of the hotel says that after tho party Arbuckle was ordered to leave the hotel. Detectives are guarding wit nesses for the prosecution. The ponce assert mat tney uuve ;i clear ease against Arbuckle .that an naomiH wnH sittomutficl or nornelrated and that in addition to peritonitis and congested lungs tne nouy ol iuiss Rappe was badly bruised. Arbuckle .InnliM tlmt 1R wns SllOnG With lid". Miss Rappe is reported by the nurse who attended her to nave saiu mat sho took two or three drinks with Arbuckle and remembered no more, npt recollecting going to Ills rooms. Arbuckle is reported as reiusing io talk beyond saying that ho was "through with liquor." vooioninv vnrinns niovlnc tiielure theaters announced cancellation of xntitnnla tn slinw ArhllCkla fillllS. In San Francisco two theaters ordered such films off their bills. One oi tne tn..c.t nlntiirft thnntnrs in T.OS All- geles announced tho withdrawal of one of his films anu none oi ms pic tures was shown last night. The rf Mmlfnnl nrilnred Arbuckle numbers withdrawn, and tho board of censors of Tennessee oruereu picimes featuring the accused to bo barred from the screen. f A KKOniATED PRESS) i ns antrfhtcS. Sent. 13. Roscoe Arbuckle was dropped tram memuei- shlp In the Los Angeles Atniotic jiuu o iic Tnootincr lnst nicht. The or ganization is tho largest club in this city. Both Suspects in Chicago's Murder Case Tell Crimes (ASSOCIATED PRESS) CHICAGO, Sept. 13 Confessions of tho commission of brutal and bloody murder of Bernard J. Dougherty an nufnmnhiin Rnlpsman and Carl Aus mus, his chauffeur have been secured by the polico from both or tne sus nnnta In nnstnriv. Tho body of Doughetry was found hnnfionfferi. with throat cut and a 1 n..n.l l.lo 4t.rr.nt In ihn TtOK CUIU HIUUUU Ilia i i . i w n w.w 'planes river, Saturday. Tho body of Ausmus was not round, w tt rihiirr.il. a hrakoman arrest ed after a blood stained axo and two i.afa worn fnunil p.nnfessed todav 1 1 1. L U t, WAV Vvhort pnn frnntpil hv Leon Parks, who confessed yesterday. Church said tnev inveiKieu uougneriy iroiu w rar Pnrlra covered him with a revl troi- oml fnrpnil lilm toward nnd into the basement. There they beat him 'tn .1 no tli nn,l put lila thrnat after iinniipnfflni lilm . Meantime Ausmus waited In tho car. Later tnoy went out and killed htm also. Both bodies they threw into the river. 1 The motive given by Church was that they desired to escuro uio car County Library to Begin Its Service To Public at Once Will Open Tomorrow arid Use Old Library Rooms While Alterations Are Being Made to Us New Home. Maul County Free Library will bo- gin to function tomorrow nnd to ren der service lo the Maul reading pub lic. It will occupy Hie old library room in the Alexander House Settle ment building until alterations can bo made in the new builidng which Ihn nmintv tilli'iMinanil fm It ATteja Marlon Ross, the librarian, arrived by the Wilhelinlna on Friday and met with the library board Saturday afternoon. For tho time being the library will be open on Tuesday, Thursday !iml Kntnrilnv finti in p-a Tnnculm- mill Thursday afternoons and Saturday mornings. ine Miuiruay opening hours aro a change of policy, tho morning hours being especially for tne uenciit oi leacners wno come in from up country on Saturday and the Saturday evening hours' for the bene fit of those who have neglected to p-nt n hnnlf tn Inst thpni over Knndnv. until tii lnsii lni'nuio. wiipn the li brary enters its now homo the hours of service and use ot the library win be increased. Tim first ilnnlslnn rejiehrvl hv tile librarian and tho board was for the purchase of the books from tho old Maui library. Miss Morso looked tho Pnllnntlnn nvnr nnrl savs! It will make an excellent nucelous. She has started looking them over and listing them so as to uotermine wnai is nv.nllnhln linfnrn stnrHnc on tho list of now books, tho purchase of whlcn she will ask or the library Doaru. She will be glad to receive from tlinan wlin ilontrn fn llsn the Hbr.irV suggestions of books which they de sire purchased and sucn suggestions will receive full consideration in making selections for purchase though with tho funds available it will not be possible to buy au mat are desired at tho outset. New Building Plans Mica Afnrcp llilH sfnl'tpll On dIrUS for the alterations of the interior of tho building. These would remodel tlin limiKr. as there will bo a large reading and service room, a mens meeting and lounging room, a wom en's meeting and rest room, a ship ping room and tho living quarters of the librarian. Tho chairman of li brary board went before the board ot supervisors Friday and secured per mission for the county engineer to mnlin tlin nppessnrv alterations within the amount previously appropriated by the board lor tne purcnase anu re modeling of the building. Mr. Low says he will start work as soon as there is labor available, following the completion ot some oi the school buildings now in construc tion wiilnh will not be until well on toward tho end of tho month. The proposal to have meeting rooms p.i.. mnn mill fnv women Is a recent suggestion and tho carrying of it out is dependent upon voluntary contribu tions from those wno uesire to imvu the suggestion carried out for the It hpv fnnila nrn available for library equipment, books, maintenance and service and not lor tne lurmsmuB ui such rest or meeting rooms. ( Under the plans of cooperation tho in, nf TTnwnll will "loan" to the Maul Library books from Its Inter- Island department but sucn oooks ...in Jm in nil lmt name the nronerty of tho county library. Tho territorial institution will also supply from its shelves books for which application is made by Maui readers through tho Mnni lihmrv nnd which aro not in tho collection in tho county library but it is expected that such boons win uo other than notion wonts, geiiuiuuy. More Books Needed Questions of the character of books to be bought, tno proportion ui juvu niin i-nniiinn- pnrrent fiction and stand ard and referenco works is yet to be worked out as is tho question of the magazines mid periodicals mat win go into tho reading room. 'Plm llhrnrv hoard will be glad to receive and add to the library any and all donations oi oooks mat may Ijo given. It is believed that tliero aro largo numbers of residents of Maul who havo books which they havo read and may not care to keep longer, es pecially current fiction, nnd such works, in fact any and all books will bo a useful addition to tho library which lias available for use until Jan uary 1923 only $20,000 of territorial funds. THOMPSON APPEAL HEARD Hearing in tho appeal of tho case nf thn Terrllnrv acalnst Charles Thompson, alleged cattlo theft case, was had in Honolulu boioto tne su premo court, reports Knos Vincent, vtn rnnt-OHPIltPfl tlin attOrllOV KC11- oral's offlco In tho case and returned from Honolulu today. Ho says tho opinion Is expected to be handed down in tho course oi a ween. Fund Raising Starts for Press Congress; Plans Going Forward Raising of the necessary funds for tho reception and entertainment of visiting members of tho World's Press Congress, October 15-16, was started Friday when the board of su pervisors responded generously to the request of tho committee and appropriated $500, the amount asked. Chairman Gray of the committee pre sented the request to the board, ex plained the purposes and plans of the committee, the value of the publicity that will bo secured as a tourist get ting asset and more especially in bringing to tho attention of the vis itors Island conditions and needs. The members of the board were unnn imous in their action. L. A. Thurston wirelessed from Honolulu for the Maul program or entertainment to be sent him by yes terday's Mauna Kea and ho was for warded the program as outlined by the committee at its meeting last week. Acceptances aro coming in from tile various heads of departments and it Is expected that all will have been heard from this week so It is plan ned to call a meeting of the new and enlarged committee to be held next Tuesday afternoon. Wages of County Laborers Are Cut Reduction of 50 Cents a Day Will Come October 1; Wave of Economy On in Face of Fund Shortage. Pay of county employes engaged In road work and similar unskilled labor on days wages will be reduced 50 cents a day, from $3 to $2.50 bo ginning the first of October, it was de cided by tho board of supervisors at the meeting on Friday. Chairman Ka- lama is to make tho arrangements and to have the workers notified his action later to be ratified. Reduction of pay of county labor ers had been a subject of discussion at the two preceeding meetings of the board as a part of the policy of re cocuping and economy which the mem bers of tile board know must bo em ployed for the balance of the year, but the board members regretted the ne cessity for such action and were loath to take It. It is felt, however, that tho cost of living which occasioned the advance to ?3 a day has declined con siderably. It is the purpose of the board of su pervisors to end tho present year with a surplus in tho county treasury If possible because tho members ono and all recognizo that the revenues of next year will be very much less next year than this even with an increased tax rate. The incomes of tho planta tions this year are very much less than last year which will mean a very largo falling off in the assessed valuation. County funds wore not so much affected tills year becauso of the fact that tho special tax Tor the sanitarium and county hospitals made available money in tho geenral fund formerly spent for the support and maintenance of those Institutions. Next year tho same amount will be raised for such institutions but the reduced assessed valuations of tho plantation companies will mean tax receipts for the county thousands of dollars less than receipts of this year. It was evident in various ways at tho meeting this month thnt tho board will bo very careful in its appropna ttons for tho balance of tho year. It refused to pay rent for a teachers cot- tiiKo at Lahaina and though it author ized tho purchase of now automobiles for tho polico department that move was made to prevent large expenai' tures for repair of old cars and the purchase was regarded as absolutely necessary. The request of a contrt button of $300 for the Boy Scouts was refused with sincere regret, tho sentl ment being that tho amount was not available even for that worsiy pur pose. Recognizing that the wave of econ omy was sweeping In tho request for funds for athletic training in the schools was not presented as it had been expected that it would. Surrender of Plotters Is Demanded by Turkey (ASSOCIATED PltESS) CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 13. British authorities announce that they havo discovered evidences of a vast revolutionary plot in Turkey. Tho allies havo invited Turkey to surrender tho men involved in such revolutionary plot and to turn them over to the allies within a week and have announced that unless this is done tho Turkish government will be held responsible. British troops are guarding Turkish hcadauarters and the guns of British warships aro trained upon Stamboul. Raymond Ranch Will Be Incorporated; Greater Expansion Is Designed Vast Holdings on Haleakala to Go to Company, With Majority of Stock Remaining in Present Owners Dr. Raymond Will Enter Business in Honolulu. Raymond Ranch, the vast and splendid estate on tho slopes of Ha leakala, recognized as containing much ot the finest grazing lands on Maul, which means In the Hawaiian Islands, with all of Its herds of grand Hereford stock, Its equipment, slaugh ter houses and cold storage plants nnd its many acres of splendid agricul tural land, Is to be incorporated, to pass into the hands of a company, It is announced by Dr. J. H. Raymond. A stock company is to be formed and Dr. Raymond expects the now com pany will be operating tho ranch within 00 days, by the first of the year. Control of the company, a ma jority of the slock in new company, will be held by tho present owners of the property, tho minority of the stock to bo offered to the public, sub scriptions opened, it is expected, by the first of October. Reasons for Course In making the announcement Dr. Raymond said that ho purposes en tering business in Honolulu in the near future and that his son, Harvey Raymond, is to enter a mainland med ical college and 'will become a phy sician, ills tastes running in that di rection and being of a studious trend, rather than leaning toward ranching and agriculture. Ho added that plans for extension of operations, enlarge ments and improvements demanded much more attention than ho feels ho can give to tho project. Tho forma tion of a company for its proper and more profitable conduct appeared the best way out. For years Dr. Raymond has desired to incorporate but tho "thousand acre clause' in the Organic Act barred tho way, lor the holdings of himself and his wife, in the hands of their trust ees, amount to more than 25,000 acres of land in fee simple nnd more than 10,000 acres in leased lands besides Kahikinui. Now that tho Organic ct has been amended to permit cor porate holdings of more than 1000 acres, tho way for incorporation is cleared. It is about 20 years ago that Dr. Raymond secured by purchase UIu palnkua Rose ranch .formerly the Ma keo Sugar Company holdings, Auwahi, containing about C00O acres and the Kahikinui leased lands. He combined thorn nnd built up tho present spjen did estate. It is owned by himself and his wifo but js held and conduct ed by trustees who are C. D. Lufkln, D. II. Case and Dr. J. H. Raymond. Relations With Bank At that point Dr.- Raymond said that the now company is not being "promoted by the Bank ol Maul though the trustees of tho ranch aro directors of tho bank. Tho trustees will hold the majority stock in trust for himself, Mi-s. Raymond and their heirs. lie emphasized that the incor poration makes no difference with ills relations and the ranch's relations with Mr. Luikinkand tho Bank of Maui and said but that for tho splendid and continued support the bank had ac corded him in past years lie could not havo brought it to tho condition in which it now is, ranking among tho foremost In tho Territory. "So, whilo tho bank is in no wiso promoting the company, I want It understood that relations with it were never more cor dial than today,' ho said. Tho money from tho stock sold will go to redemption ot bonds and to en larglng tho scope of operations of Raymond Ranch, Dr. Raymond says Ho and Mrs. Raymond leavo practi cally all that they have in tho ranch and the new company anil in conse quenco his interests and her's are in separably tied up in it, their income boing dependent upon its profits. Magnificent Property In tho upper lands of t'lupalakua and tho other ranch holdings thero are acres upon acres of land that aro covered with cacti and kiawo which mako an ideal feeding range for cat tle at all seasons of the year, no bet tor to bo found in tho Valley Isle, and food thero being always in abundance. Tho herds aro wlilto faced Herefords, many of tho bulls being imported from the mainland, of the finest stock, for tho owners havo spared no ox nenso In improving tho stocks of tho herds and some of tho cattlo havo been shown In successful competition Willi tho best at the fairs. For 20 years ho lias specialized on llore lords. Ono of tho plans to bo put into ef fect will bo the planting of 200 acres to alfalfa, that crop having boen tried out and proved a success. It will bo used in fattening in connection with the present fattening feed of bean hay, cotton seed meal and corn, the bean hay and corn grown on the ranch, and will enable an increase in the herds by 200 head. In connection with the cattle raising and marketing of beef the ranch has its own slaughter houses and two cold storage plants, one at the ranch and one at the wharf ,and its own transportation in a steamer, these val ued at more than $30,000. There is a meat market In Lahaina, a concrete building with refrigerating plant owned by the ranch and much, of the beef goes to Honolulu where It is handled by the Territorial Marketing Division which is now putting in a now $15,000 cold storage plant to handle sucli meats. Market facilities and marketing of tho meat is assured and larger output can readily be hand led. Beans Increase Profits In addition to the cattlo raising feat ures of the property thero is much valuable agricultural land which was Included in the old Makee Sugar Com pany holdings. At present 500 acres aro planted in California red kidney beans now being shipped to the coast. Relative to a shipment received Aug ust 25, J. T. Sweetland, formerly man ager of the California Packing Cor poration and now head of J. T. Sweet land Co., wrote: "The Wllhelmlna arrived yesterday with 200 bags of kidneys. We sam pled them as soon as they were un loaded and they surely are as beauti ful a lot of beans as we ever have seen. In fact, If you can get the rest of your beans in as good condition as these two shipments it will not be long before we are getting a premium on Honolulu for we have nothing in California that can equal this qual ity." It is planned to increase the acreage planted to beans to 1500 acres. This branch of industry Is economically handled by leases to Japanese who plant and cultivate the lands, the leases being for 20 year periods and tho rental being 25 per cent of the gross crops. Such crops averago about 10 sacks of 100 pounds to an acre, sometimes running us high as 17 sacks, and sell from 7 to 10 cents a pound making an average yield of $70 an acre or better. Ranch Supplies Equipment Such cultivation is not by any means by hand for tho ranch rents to the lessees its splendid, farm equip ment, catterpillar tractors, plows, cut ters, harvesters, etc., and has a cable system that takes the beans to the houses and from houses to warehouses for shipment. Tho lessees pay for sucli assistance in beans "from their prop in addition to the 25 percent gross. An averago of 10 sacks an acre on the 1500 acres would yield $105,000 at only 7 cents a pound and would make then rental therefrom more than $26,000 at such minimum figures on that area. Dr. Raymond says the matter of in corporation is in the hands of D. H. Caso and Frank Thompson of Thomp son, Cathcart and Lewis. Ho expects to see subscription lists opened by the first of tho month and stock deli vered to purchasers by tho first of the new year. As yet the par value of the shares has not been determined. "Woro I a few years youngor, I should not think of carrying out my present plan." he said. "But there should be new blood and new depart ment heads and a thoroughly ener getic nolicy to mako the property what it can be, should be and will be made. McKAY LOSES APPEAL Motion to dismiss the appeal from Judge Burr's decision in the McKay citizenship caso is granted by the su premo court on the ground that his citizenship is a moot question nnd Its importance in the premises ended by his resignation and retirement ns dis trict magistrate. This leaves Judge McKay in the status of a non-citizen under the decision handed down by Judge Burr several months ago. STOCKS Ewa '. 2414 H. C. & S. Co Asked 33 McBrydo 7 Oahu 234 Olaa 5i Pioneer 18j Walalua 21 Engles 63 Walluku 23 Haiku Fruit Asked 2C New York Sugar 4.C3