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If, w 1 .1 S SUGAR: Raws, !5.0t Meets, :i,5'MJ Mkt. Finn The (iarilcn Island IiplV)MtS A!! Kauai. 1 ft' i'. 8 ' i u I. l i. ESTABLISHED 1904. VOL. 10. FILL1P1 KILLED AFillipinojuinpcdfrotu a moving hatul-car on the plantation raihvav at Kilauea vestcrd.iv afternoon, went over a trestle and laned forty feet below. Death followed short ly after. Tlm:e Portugese and four Fili pinos were riding on the ear. They were going at a high speed, and when near the trestle it was noticed that a stick of wood was lying across the track. It was too late to stop, so the car struck the timber, knocking it off; but in the excitement the Filipino leapt from the car, and went down into the . gulch a few feet ahe".d. A suspicion that the timber was i put on the track mali?iously caused ' an investigation by Sheriff Rice. J It was found, however, ilnt it had i fallen from a train which dab pass ed that way oulv a short time be-j fore. I Deputv Sheriff Werner is hold-1 ing an inrjuest today and the find-1 ing will likely be as above staled. UTGHER Si OFFICE BUILDING The building at the entrance to the new county building, at one time used as a butcher shop, will be remodelled, renovated and will hereafter be used for office pur- j poses. Work of altering the struc-1 i i , : : :.. . 1 I uire ami puK-mi: n in iitui unu at tractive shape will begin at once. S. E. flauuestad, lawyer, will oc cupy the building, he moving to it from his present location across the street. The harness shop building, next to the butcher shop, will be moved down to a position behind Tin; oaudkn Island office, It is expected that the locality around the entrance to the county building will b e neatly cleaned and primped up, m that entire neighborhood will be pleasimr to the eye. LIE Hi KAPAA El The Lihue baseball team was shown its weaknesses on Sunday when it came up against the aggre gation lrom Kawaihau, a'ld went down to defeat to the tune of 12 to 5 in a practice game. The game was played on the Lihue diamond, and a similar practi e game will probably be played between the same teams on the Kawaihau field next Sunday. Lihue's weak ness is chiefly in the lack of a com petent pitching staff. Afong fail ed to show up, and a large number of hits were made off both Robert son ami Morrow. The game was slow and practically featureless. Hits and errors were plentiful on both sides. It is to be hoped that both teams, and especially the Li hue team, will manage to pull themselves together before the commencement of t h e League sanies on the 17th. The two teams lined up as fol lows; Kawaihaus, I. Soarts c, Wilcox 2nd. Kerr ss., Sada 1st, Ambrosia 3rd, Kai p., Palmer l.f., M. Soares c.f., Freitas and Gracia r.f. Lihue, Malina 1st, lillis c, Yokoiuoto 2nd, Makauani s.s. , 3rd, Morrow 3rd, p., J. Fernandez c.f., Ahaua l.f., s.s., Waiau r.f., Robertson p., l.t., W. Fernandez l.f. The score by innings was as fol lows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total. Kawaihau 3 1 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 12 Lihue 000130010 5 10 10 IEEI ON DIAMOND NO. 17, Scenes In ill- ' ; Emm 1(3 1 jill 7:T----7- - : : - , .T . . -T- , 10 Tl BiPHE Tuesday, May 5. Sugar: Raws, 3.04; beets, 3 536. Honolulu Superintendent of Ivducation Kiitnev is uukingan in spection of the schools on Oahu. He will probably visit Kauai next. John Costa was arrest c: on arrival of Sierra from San Pinwisco Representing himself to be John Silva. of Honnlulu. he wnite the lut ter's mother and secured money, as her son, to pay his transport ! lion to the Islands. The Woman's Auxiliary of the Outrigger Club has voted not to amalgamate with the men's organization. Miss Margaret Frances Maroni, pioneer missionary and teacher, died yesterday. The sugar crop ol the Islands is now estimated at 600, 0(o tons. Judge Cooper has resigned as regent of the College of Hawaii. John Cassidy nud Mrs. Cress.itv had a battle over the pier built in front of their property at Waikiki. and the formei was" arrested for assault and battery. Vera Cruz A woman, said to have killed eight of the seventeen Americans lost in the fighting at Vera Ciuz by snipping them from a roof has been captured and will answer todav to a charge of murder General Zapatas has issued a proclamation that he will begin an attack on the City of Mexico today. John IMlnian, American consular agent, is held in jail by General Mass and U thrcuU-ued with death to day. General Velasco, dissatisfied with the tttatmtnt he has received from the Mexican government, threatens to lead a revolt against Hu erta. City Of Mexico (This is not clear) American representative has arrived and has been turned over to llrazillian Minister and ordered out of Mexico. He will be sent to Tnited States as early as possible. Washington Mediators have withdrawn invitations to Carrauza to participate in further negotiations for peace. I Inert a has named Rambassa and Calindo, the third to be named later. Carrauza wants information as to nature of conference, whether it is limited to the controversy between the United States and Mexico and settlement, or if it includes settlement of internal difficulties. The cruiser Washington hps lieen ordered t o Santo Domingo where foreigners are reported to be in danger in consequence of the bombardment of Pucrta Plata. Denver Legisltaure met today to consider strike situation. Ru mored that Governor Amnions may be impeached. Continued on page 6 LHIUE, KAUAI, TERRITORY OF Mexican City Where Present Crisis Was Precipitated M SCI' AMR HAWAII, TUESDAY. MAY 5 1914 jSPixsne&S center An unusually well attended and enthusiastic meeting of the Kauai Athletic Association was held in tho offices of the Lihue Plantation j Coii.any Snturdav evening. The lohk . rs present were: President H. l. iialdwiu, of Makaweh; Vice I'j.sident G. P. Wilcox, of Kealia;; Secretary A. R. Gla'sver, of Li liae; Tieastiter C. 11. Gray, of Ka p.vi The clubs in the League were represented as follows: Kilauea, by Mr. Ahrc::-;. Kawaihau, by Allan Wilcox and' Henry Sheldon, j Koloa, by Henry Honcm and James Donald. I McBrvde, by R. L. Hughes, Joe Costa, K. Roendahl, Pacheco and W. Miller. Makaweli, b D. K Hayselden, Clem Akina and Douglas Ilaldwin. Lihue, by II. D. Wishard. FINANCES O. K. Gaylord Wilcox, chairman of, the Finance Committee, made a; very satisfactory report. He staled ' that it had been decided to have , each clu'i finance and attend to I the matter of transporting its own i team to games th's ear, in addi tion to which the cUilw would pay entrance fees of $25 each, These burdens lifted from the shoulders of the committee, it liecanie neces sary to raise only alout $350.00. All of the districts had been can-v.i-sed except one, and the ies- ponse to the call for funds had 1 been so ready and liberal that the ILL ROW Hi htMliio I i i i SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.50 o 7a.rnpico. committee felt itself to be on the safe hide already. The Schedule Committee report ed a scheme of games which allows of only two each Sunday, except for the last Suudav of each series, which the Committee co-sidercd to be an improvement on the old plan. The report was as follows: SCHUDULK OF GAMFS I'm ST SiJKiiiS May 17 Lihue vs. K A. C, at Knpaa Koloa vs. McUrvde, at Kleele May 24 K. A. C vs. Kilauea, at Kilauea McBrydevs. Makaweli, at Makaweli May 31 Makaweli vs. Lihue, at Lihue Kilauea vs. Koloa, at Koloa June 7 Lihue vs. McHryde, at Kleele Koloa vs. K. A. C, at Kapaa June 14 McHryde vs. Kilauea, at Kilauea K.A.C. vs. Makiuvcli, at Makaweli June 21 Kilauea vs. Lihue, at Lihue Makaweli vs. Koloa, at Koloa June 28 Lihue s. Koloa. at Koloa McLivde vs. K. A C, at Kapna M; ki.wi H vs. Kil utea. at Kilanca bi?c)Nj Si-kius Julv 12 K. A. C. vs. Lthne, at Lihue Koloa vs. Mcllryde, at Koloa July V) K. A. C vs. Kilauea, at Kapaa Mi l'.r dt v- Makaweli, at Mcllryde Continued oa page 6 PER YEAR 5 CLNTS PER COPY APPROVAL OF NEW 001 The Kauai Loan Fund Cotnmis ii.ni met la-'. '! ue-d .iy and condi tionally approved tlte new coi.nty f'tiildiug, us noted in Thk Gak disn 1st. nd iii.it dav. Follow ing is a full re.-orl of the meet 'ig, as prepared ! v the secrctarv: Meeting c died to order bv Chair in n H. 1. Wisliard. Present: F'tt'icis ; iv. A. Mc'tufoglio and vV. I). " cH, du. A'ctit J. H. ' ior igne, etig 'leer. Mi utiles of the previous meeting read a. id upon i..o:inn dulv ap- 'i'OV -n . , The 1 a., .nan ,t,t ' t':at .he tnecti " u iee- called ,t the re (I'lv-'st . Cotltr.lC'.ora, Mes ''! liiitie't ' ig C" tiivj h I) k-U'U tl:e Hm l " is per tr.,c'. ... I .-'e di-s '( if' i : nccei. -d . t'-e , - -l. He .i ,nn i leii ..i 'ti D ivis, .i Mv - -s R,p''-v : an hoe. is, Inr ,iifo: ...... 1 . .u p i t. Mr. D-ivi., cTcl aeutirii .o C'. i un min r delects ,nicli 'ie bad anv.iiiy e..i I lined and pointed out to i lie boar 1 when making their pel -oiial inspection of the building and wln'fh would be remedied by the ci.i ti actors. After further ex planations he reconimended to the biiud li.eir acceptance of the build ing, conditionally, that these cer tain minor delects be remedied forthwith and that the sum of one thousand dollars ($1000.) be held o t from final payment until thev had been completed to the satisfac tion ot the Architects as represent ing the board. Mr. Skinner as representing the contractors said that the defects were as apparent to lum as they were to Mr. Davis and assured the boaid that thev would be Immediately- remedied; he agreed to the conditions as stipulated of the holdinir out of the sum of $1000, until the work was completed to the satisfaction of the Architects and further agreed to the payment of the sahrv of the Inspector for the month of April and to the pay ment of the amount of office rent as exi .-nded bv Je Count v of Kau ai during the month, in the amount of $10. MOTION TO ACCEPT The following motion being duly seconded was passed unanimously by the board. "That the Kauai Loan F u n d Commission accept from the contractors, Messrs. Lord Young Engineering Co., the County Huildirg, as constructed by them under their contract with the Cominisssou, Conditionally, that certain work just under dis cussion . he completed to the satis faction of the Architects, Messrs. Ripley & Davis as representing the Commission and that the sum of $1000, be held out from final payment pending the completion and acceptance of the said work." INSPECTOR The Secretary was instructed to notify the Inspector that his ser vices would no lotu'er be required by the Kauai Loan Fund Com mision, the County Building hav ing been accepted, conditionally bv the s iid Commission. FURNITURE AND FIXTURES The Lord-Young Engineering Co, being the lowest bidders for the supplying of the furniture and fixtures tor the County Building as advertised according t o law, were awarded the contract upon the following motion duly second ed and passed unanimously. '. That the bid of the Lord Voung Engineering Co. of S3684, for the supplying of the furniture and fixtures for the County Build ing as duly advertised, be accept ed and that the board enter into a written contract with them for same." The matter of the drawing up of a satisfactory contract was left in the hands of the Architects, Messrs. Ripley & Davis. PAYMENT OF BILLS ITjmii motion duly seconded the following bill was approved and ordered paid: No. 20 Lord Young Engineering Co. $10,000 Upon motion dulv seconded the i meeting adjourned subject to the 'call of the chair. J