Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1756-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities external link and the Library of Congress. Learn more
Image provided by: University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI
Newspaper Page Text
SUtJAU Haws, G.UO Bents, tio Ciili; Mkt. Stonily. . The. Garden Inland Keprcsents All Kauai. 'if ESTABLISHED 1904. VOL. 13. NO. 51. L1IIUE, KAUAI, TERRITORY OF HAWAII, TUESDAY. DECEMBER, 18, 1917 SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.50 PER YEAR 5 CENTS PER COPY t r Red GOAL: 3000 new members for Kauai. Every one must join himself and see that Don't let Kauai fall behind! THE COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS TREE The rehearsal on Snturdny at the Armory was a very pleasant and re assuring surprise. There were between 300 and 400 singers there made up mostly of the Lihuo Public Schools and the High: School, and the mass choral singing was astonishingly good, giving as surance of an inspiring and entirely successful affair on Sunday evening- Even if there were nothing else the singing of these mass choruses would he well worth coining to hear. " The Special Singing. The llawaiians will render three special numbers no farther guaran tee of excellence is needed. The Lihue Union choir have been doing a lot of faithful work under the leadership of Mr. Maser and we have reason to believe that they will do themselves much credit. The Japanese Sunday School will render some very effective motion songs, with little tots in kimonos. There will, be a Korean Sunday School contingent, also something original and unique from the Fili pinos. Illustrated Hymns. A series of Hymns to he rendered by the Lihue Union Choir will be illustrated by Tableau scenes pre sented by the Sunday School child ren. These will be effective and unique. A Crowd Wanted. The Armory will hold 1500 peo ple or over: it is expected that it will he filled to overflowing. The performers will probably ag gregate over 500: an absolutely full house is the program. If you can't get a seat, the stand ing will l)u good; and anyway it will be so interesting that you won't know you aro standing. Free For All. This is to he emphatically a de mocratic oceassion ; every one will be as good as everybody else, per haps a little better. A collection will be taken for the benefit of the national lied Cross. First of the Season The Lihue Hawaiian Sunday School had a Christmas "Party" Saturday evening at the Armory which was a huge success. It wa a sort of three-ringed circus affair with uproarious games and festivi ties going in everyone of them all the time. So much fun from such simple expedients has seldom been seen in this neighborhood. A gen erous Christinas bag of sweetmeats, nutSyfruit, etc, was given after tho games, to each and every member present as well as to the many guests. Change of Treasurer Mrs. Chas. II. Wilcox has been appointed treaeurer of tho Lihuo Red Cross Auxiliary vice Mrs. Philip l!ice resigned. All dues donations and money gifts, should bo-sent to her. ... i . It was hoped that tho pipo organ now in process of installation would be finished in time for this coming Sunday; it is now known, however that tliis cannot be. The myriads of lead pipe connections have to he very carefully tested winch takes time; and there may he delay about locating som- trilling leak. By tho following Sunday however it will be assured. Cross Drive Preliminaries of the Red Cross Drive The general committee to handle the lied Cross Drive now on, con sists of Fred Patterson, chairman; Th. Brandt, E. A. Knudsen, A. IT. Caso, James Spalding and E.W. Kopke. They held a meeting on Satur day at the county building in con junction with Mrs. C. A Rice, is land president, the county supervi sors and others. They formulated a plan by which they would organize the campaign in their respective districts, to can vas the various races and precincts so as to secure the most comprehen sive and absolute results. Upwards of three thousand new members arc required that Kauai may come up tho leyel of her requirements. This is no easy task and will call for the most faithful and strenuous endeavor on the part of all who can help. People must wake up to the emirna nmv rii1ti?rr nf n raf v?rt in duty, which must be faced, and should be faced cheerfully and gen- J erously. At this meeting there was a good deal of'discussion as to the mem bership buttons. It was generally agreed that this was a very impor tant factor of the drive and that unless some such tangible evidence of membership were fortli coining, it would be difficult to secure mem bers among the laboring classes unfortunately there was no assur ance that these buttons would be available. If they failed to arrive in Hono lulu, wo would have to go without them. Various substitutes were suggested but there was more or less uncertainty about them on such short notice. Finally a wireless was sent to town emphasizing the abso lute need of these buttons, or of some suitable substitute. In Aid of Belgium The following paper was read by Mrs. L. S. Mcsick at the entertain ment on tho church lawn last Friday: Famine and Distress Since the beginning of lime "the poor we have had with, us always" but never before have wo had with us a people whose distress has mea sured up to the distress of Belgium. Belgium's soil is noted for its ferti lityand its people havo been noted for their industry and their thrift But for three years it has been gripped by famine. It cannot find food for its hungry mouths and yet it is compelled to pay its despoiler a tribute heavy enough to bankrupt it even in normal times. Its best manhood is either dead, crippled or in prison and its women and chil are striving in every possible way to keep soul and body together from day to day amid conditions so de plorable that they count them selves fortunate in enduring a con stant state of semi starvation if they can escape the horrors of the wast ing diseases that ever follow in the wake of such conditions. These are the poor that we have with us now in addition to thoso others who aro always with us and I havo been asked to tell you, today of some of tho ways in which we are trying to help them. Day Nurseries In that portion of Belgium that has not been conquered, and in the other portions that Belgium is re taking from the enemy, day nur sories are being established as fast as conditions will admit of?" Each of theso nurseries has about fifty beds PROCLAMATION The people of the United States of America will be invited, beginning Monday, December seventeenth to and including De cember twenty-third, to join The American Red Cross. Trie Honolulu Hawaii Chapter desires of the people of this Territory to be more deeply interested in becoming members of the Red Cross and its work. No elaboration of the serious necessity of its work need be given, for the ovents of war impress themselves on us daily. I beg to urge Hawaii to make its membership in character and number as notable in The Red Cross as it has in other in tensely patriotic endeavor. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the (seal)' Territory of Hawaii to be affixed. DONE at the Capital in Honolulu, this 13th day of December, A. D. 1917. LUCIUS E. PINKHAM, Governor of Hawaii. By the Governor (Sgd) Curtis P. Iaukea Secretary of Hawaii. For The Belgians The afternoon entertainment on the Lihue Union Church lawn on Friday afternoon for the benefit of the Belgians for a Day Nursery was a very pleasant as well as successful affair,' financially as well as social ly. Young ladies sold the Belgian colors, artistically arranged as favors as well as leis, lemonade, etc. while an interesting and enjoyable musi cal program was given by the Sun day School girls and their friends. Mrs. Mesick gave an interesting account of the work which is being done in behalf of the Belgian suffer ers and made a strong plea for thorn. Thero was a goodly attendance and the sum of ninety dollars was realized which is being made up by a fiiend to a hundred dollars. and is presided over by competent nurses. Anyone who wishes to be come sponsor for an infant can do so by sending a gift of twenty dol lars to headquarters. This pays the day nursery expenses for the baby during its infancy and makes it possible for its mother to engage in some work that will bring her the money to lighten the burden she is now bearing. Thai Older Children Then there are the small Belgian girls and boys who have outgrown the infant class and no longer need the day nursery service and there are many of them. How many or phans there will be in the end we cannot know because we do not know, however, hopeful we may be, how long the slaughter is to con tinue. Tho majority of the war or phans aro the children of mothers without means The Belgian gov ernment, impoverished as it is, al lows every dependent child about ten cents a day for its support. Or dinarily, and witli care, this small sum would bo sufficient but Bel gium, witli the rest of us, has learn ed something about the high cost of living and tho sum allowed by tho government is only about half enough t o keep the child well enough nourished and sufficiently clothed to ward off the attacks of tuberculosis and tho other wasting diseases 60 prevelent just now in suffering Belgium. To help them sympathetic people all over our country have taken some of these little ones under their care. They do this by furnishing the other half (Continued on Page 5.) Development of the American Red Cross in Hawaii Several years ago, the first Ame rican Red Cross Organization in Hawaii was started in Honolulu, with our honored citizen and first governor, Judge Sanford B. Dole, as chairman. Interest in a large way lapsed to such an extent, that it was finally given up, much to the regret of a few of those most active. So it was, that at the time of the present war, there was no American Red Cross Organization in these Is lands. Soon after America's en trance into the war this spring, the re was of course renewed interest and a desire on tho part of many to immediately organize the American Red Cross in Hawaii A little hand ful of Lihue women have the dis tinction of being the first to start the movement of organization, the Lihue Auxiliary at largo being the oldest existing Red Cross Organiza tion in this territory. Correspon dence with Washington foi the for mation of this auxiliary was started in May of this year, and tho auxi liary was officially authorized July 1st 1917. The chanter in Hiln nrnv. ed itself a very close second to Li hue and next m lmecame the Maui Auxiliary followed by the Honolulu Chapter. Kauai and Maui Auxiliaries at Large have been ordered from Washington to come under th Honolulu chapter. This change, which goes into effect as of Decem ber first of the year, greatly facili tates the shinnincr nroblem nnrl Ins. sens the detailed work of the chap ter in Honolulu. The Honolulu Ha waii Chapter in its turn is under the Insular and Foreicn Division. which has headquarters in Wash ington, D.C. Tho new Kauai Auxiliary will be composed of two divisions tho Li hue section, which will tako in Un its from Kolon to Ilatmlni. and tlii West Kauai section whose jurisdic tion will reach from Homestead .to Kekaha. The Red Cross Flag Don't fail to see and admire tho Red Cross flag which floats over the County Building. It will remain there as a reminder of public inter est and public duty during the whole of this Red Cross Drive week. The flag is the handiwork of Mrs. C, A. Rice. Now How to Reach It: everybody else does. The Red Cross Drive A Statement. During tho present weok, in com mon with every community in the unitcu btatts of America, a Red Cross Membership Drive is going to be carried on all over tho Island of Kauai. The Goal. The Red Cross of America now has 5,000,000 members and wants 10,000,000 more so that it will be able to carry on the campaign which it is now waging on the battlefields of Europe Our quota is 3000. What The Red Cross Means. The Red Cross of America is th mother of over a million orphans. It is doing more for the sick and wounded on the battle fields of Europe then any other organization in the world. It is rendering assistance to hund reds of thousands of destitute and starving families on the European Continent. It ha3 and operates an ambulance service, together with hospitals and sanitoriums, direct to every battle field of the war today, and is saving thousands upon thousands of human lives. Disinterested Patriotic Service. The men and women engaged by tho American Red Cross all over the world are working and rendering their assistance without pay. Practi carly every person working for the Red Cioss in Europe today is tak ing as great a chance of loosing his or her life as a soldier at tho front, and they are rending their services in the cause of liberty and humanity without one dollar's pay. Are you going to help oris this great and splendid work going to perish for lack f funds. Your Duty. 1. To become n incmbt1,' of the American Red Cross for tho year 1918; and your membership should be of such a character that it will mean something. The laborers of the Island are subscribing for tho one and two dollar memberships with some as high as live dollars contributing members. It is the duty of every person on this Island who can possibly afford to do so, to take out a life membership of the Amer ican Red Cross as a Christmas to the cause, of humanity.and as a help to the soldiers on the battlefields who are giving their lives for the cause of humanity and liberty. Get Others To Join. 2. It is your duty to secthat these membership cards are sold. Do not wait until some one comes around and asks you to sell some cards; apply yourself to the differ ent district committee men for as many cards as you can sell. Don't think that some one else will do it but do it yourself. (By yourself is meant tho person reading this arti cle, man, woman, or child.) Make Membership Christmas Presents. Buy a membership for your friends and present it to them on Christmas Eve. Buy a membership for your chil dren, and when they grow up they will know that they took a part on the side of humanity m the great war. Every-Body Help. This campaign can only bo made a success by tho united effort of every body on the Island, and it is earnestly requested that every body will come forth and do what they can to make this campaign a suc cess, and something of which tho Island can be proud, On E I The activities of the police force of late seems to have had a deter rent influence on tho gambling fra ternity, only one bunch of ten gamblers being nabbed last week. Eight forfeited bail in the sum of $80.00 and two were sent to the County Hotel for 21 days each, having no money to pay their fine with. The case of Ben Ohai charged with furious and heedless driving came up for hearing on Satuulay. Ben evidently thought discretion the better part of valour and stayed away, forfeiting his bail of 810.00; a brothsr in misfortune having been fined 25.00 and cost, Ben evident ly figured out, that by staying away he would be $10.00 in, which prov ed correct this time. Steamer day at Port Allen on Fridays proves a fine field for catch ing overloaded autos. Deputy She riff Lovoll happened to Ix; over the re and one Kim Nag Yuri, a soh'bf the Hermit Kingdom that used to be, showed up with an immense load; $10.00 bail was demanded anil prointly paid over and as pro mtly forfeited on Monday morning when his case was called. One K Kiinata was caught at Koloa and his SI 0.00 went aglim- mering in the same manner. One Yata Koso of Hanamaulu was brought into court charged with attempt to assault with a deadly weapon, to wit: a eaneknife. A mild flirtation between hiswifoand a would be friend brought on the rumpus, but Yata was prevented from carrying out his hearts desire to carve up his opponent and was lodged in jail. In the absence of County Attorney S. K. Kaeo, the caso went over until Tuesday. Four prominent Hanamaulu Portugucso were involved in an As sault and Battery case on Sunday also. A warrant for the arrest of 2 of the gentry is expected and the case will be heard tomorrow also. Membership Cards Obtainable Cards can bo obtained from the following persons: Mr. Brandt, Waimea; Mr. Knud aen, Kekaha; Mr. Roendahl, Ele ele; Mr Walter McBryde, Homo stead; Mr. Jacobs, Koloa; Mr. Case, Lihue; Mr. Kopke and Mr. James Spalding, Kealia; Mr. Myers, Kilauca; Mr. Menefoglio. Hanalei. Some Mighty Good 4 Examples. Mr. Ishii of tho Lihue Store and Mr. Yamasaki sold twenty mem berships out of twenty-five Japanese to whom they made application. Let this be an example for the rest of us to follow; both as to the sales man and as to those who purchased tho membership. The Good It Will Do. Stop and think that ninety-fiye per cent of the money which you nut into this fund will be used in stop the flow of blood from tho wound oi some poor unfortunate on the battlefields at Frnnen. nnil nna. sibly some of those who are even now leaving this Island ; and then think of the bettor fooling vnn will have at Christmas time when you know that you yourself are actually helping to do this great, generous, and humanitarian work. Fred Patterson, Chairman, Membership Campaign. n Mrs. Morrell and her Hull daughter Katherine left by the Kt nau on Friday last. Mrs. Morrel is transferring to Honolulu. NEWS