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Im EWe Wilcox While Some One gives his LIFE what are YOU giving? When you buy War Savings Stamps you do two things, you help your country and yourself. Put your money in the govern ment's hands. think a minute All of the Red Croi War Fund goe for Wtr Relief ESTABLISHED 1904. VOL. 15. NO. 9. L1HUE, KAUAI, TERRITORY OF HAWAII, TUESDAY. MARCH 4, 1919 SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.50 PER YEAR 5 CENTS PER COPY THE INFLUENZA SITUATION Apparently wo have not yet readied the peak of the pilikiu as far as the influenza situation is concerned. The disease is still on the increase in that it is spreading to new centers, and that the numbers are still piling up in the old ones. Makaweli Camp 1, one of the largest on the place, which has been free heretofore is now seriously affect ed, and large numbers are coming in daily from there. Yesterday there were 1!) or 20. The aggre gate number of cases thus far is, (iOO; deaths JJO; cases dismissed as cured o()0. One additional ward has been added to the equipment during the week and a lot of ad ditional beds and mattresses have been secured from Honolulu. Miss Paul, the new child welfare nurse, is an invaluable asset in dealing with the situation. Lihue At Lihue there are three hos pital institutions: the original hospital with the Parke children's ward, the Armory, and the con valescent hospital at the Arthur Rico residence, makai of the hotel In the former there are SO, at the Armory J!), and at the Convales cent ;:$, making a total of 102, but of course, these numbers change from hour to hour. No deaths have been reported thus far, and 58 have been sent home recovered. Saturday morning six men -nurses and assistants arrived from Honolulu to help handle the situation, and were placed mostly at the Armory. This has relieved the situation very much, as the local nurses and helpers were breaking down under the strain. Two or three days of strenuous service has been about all they could stand. Miss Castleinan, Mrs. Hay, Mrs. McGreggor, Miss Me In tyre, Miss Sidlowski, Mrs Bergstrom and Miss Corlett, have given out, mostly being victims of the ilu. Miss Cottrell, a nurse from no nolulu, came this morning to re lieve the strain at the hospital, where Miss Brewer and Mrs. Lyd gate have been "holding the fort" for some days. Miss Tangley, trained nurse from town, is in charge of the children's ward. Koloa At Koloa there are 2 cases, in eluding one of the teachers in the public schools. A special new in Huenza ward has been built, about the same size and style as those at Makaweli. It is located in the hospital grounds so as to be con venient for medical and nursing assistance. Thus far the cases have come in gradually, and none of them have been very serious, Miss Armstrong, of the public schools is rendering valuable as sistance and Mrs. Farley is in re serve. The situation is well in hand, ami unless an avalanche develops Koloa will be all right Mcliryde At Eleele some 10 cases have been reported, mostly of the mild type. Provision is being made in advance to handle the situation in case conditions become worse. as they probably will, and mean lime they are resting easy. Waimea and Kekaha Waimea reports a few lingering cases up the valley, where there have been a few for some consider able time. None are reported from llie town. A few cases have developed. at Discharged Soldiers , To Get $60 Bonus Extra pay to the amount of 00 will be given every soldier of the United States army upon dis charge as well as every soldier who has received his discharge since April 0th, 1!)17. This information has been re ceived at department headquar ters from the war department in Washington, 1). C, and made pub lic by Maj. E. P. Witsell, chief of staff. All oflieers and enlisted men will receive the gratuity with their final pay and all the dis charged ollicers and enlisted men will receive it upon application to the zone supply ofticer in Wash ington, D. C. Following are instructions is sued by the department: Vll persons separated from act ive military service from April 0, 1!)17, to date of receipt of these instructions, who are entitled to the sixty dollars bonus in refer ence and who have received their final pay will forward claim for such bonus direct to the zone finance ollicer, Lemor Building, Washington, I). C, who is hereby designated to settle such claims. Such applications must contain: (a) The discharge certificate or order for discharge or relief if no certificate was issued but both certificate and order if both were issued, the paper bearing indorse ment of final payment being re quired : (b) A statement of all military service since April 0, 1917, show ing place and date of reporting at first military station : (c) Address to which check is to be sent. "When settlement is made all personal papers will be returned to applicant with check. No fur ther correspondence is necessary except to advise of change in ad dress of applicant. No other dis bursing ollicers are authorized to pay claims covered by this para graph. Local "Y" Campaign Kauai Young Men's Christian Association is planning to con duct a campaign during the last week of March for funds to com plete the- amount of the budget estimated as necessary for the year l'Jl!). The campaign will in elude a membership drive along with the effort to increase the financial resources. Kekalia, but no serious outbreak is looked for. Keulia-Kapau . In this district they have only three cases of the real tiling, the infection having been brought di rect from Makaweli. Otherwise this region is free. They congrat ulate themselves that they got theirs a few months ago, and are now in a measure immune. Kilu ucu Kilauea reports that they have only two cases, and they are very mild. The current reports of large numbers being affected there, they say, are without foun dation. No cases are reported from Haualei. The Koloa, Eleele and Kalaheo schools were closed yesterday and will remain closed until further orders. The Hanamaulu school was closed last week. IE WILL KEEP LIHUE ( From the Xlur-llullelin ) Agency of Lihue plantation will remain with the American Fac tors, Ltd., for another 10 years, at least. This is the upshot of the con troversy regarding Lihue and which was carried to Washington It was settled by decision of A. Mitchell Talnier, custodian of al ien enemy property, who, in a cable made public today, instructs R. H. Trent to enter into a con tract with the American Factors on behalf of Lihue for the period mentioned above. Mr. Trent is enabled to do this by voting the shares formerly held by alien enemies, the proxies for which were sent here by Mr. Pal mer and arrived in last night's mail. These proxies together with other stock friendly to Amer ican Factors gives Mr. Trent the controlling votes. The same mail also brought in structions to Mr. Trent to vote the following new officers for Lihtie : Frank C. Atherton, president. George Sherman, vice president. C. K. llemenway, ,2nd vice pres. R. H. Trent, treasurer. Gaylord Wilcox, secretary. F. J. Lowrey, director. A. W. T. Bottomley, director. Senate Takes Hand In Lihue Directorate ( From ilu', Advertiser ) Securing the cooperation of the senate in opposition to the plan of A. Mitchell Palmer, alien property custodian, to completely change the personnel of the board of directors of Lihue Plantation, because of the ousting of Charles A. Rice, of Kauai, who is serving his second term in the senate, his friends yes terday introduced a resolution re questing Mr. Palmer to delay ac tion on the ground there is no foundation of cause for the removal of Mr. Rice. First Effort Fails The first resoltion was introduced by Senator II. W. Rice, of Maui, who said the stand taken by Mr. Palmer was undemocratic; that Senator Rice and Clarence Cooke had "worked their heads off" for the government during the war and should have been given a hearing. 1 President Chillingworth asked for a recess to consider the resolu tion informally, saying it was a serious matter in which the senate should look into before taking ac tion. The recess was taken. Upon reconvening, after half an hour of consultation between those especially interested, consideration of the resolution went over until the afternoon session. At that time a new resolution was introduced, somewhat modified in form and language, which passed unanimous ly, except for the vote of Senator C. A. Rice, who did not vote. Text of Resolution "Whereas that portion of the capital stock of Lihue Plantation Company, Limited, owned by alien enemies residing in Germany, and amounting to approximately S'971 shares, out of a totol of 150,000 shares was, during the war, taken over by the alien enemy custodian in accordance with federal law, and during the month of January, was offered by said custodian for sale at public auction, which sale (Continued on Pago 2) AMERICAN FACTORS NIIL1LI TO GET 0 TON That Kauai is about to realize her greatest ambition, a hai-fror at Xawiliwili. is evidenced by the following item published recently by the Star-Bulletin: A survey of Honolulu harbor, carrying with it an appropria tion of 100,000 has been author ized in the passage of the river and harbors bill, according to a cable received by Governor Mc Carthy last week from Delegate Kuhio. The bill also authorizes a harbor for Kauai but fails to take care of the breakwater for llilo, the delegate cabled. Information that the state de partment has advised Kuhio that the president will soon issue a proclamation nullifying the pres ent travel permit regulations for passenger traveling between the mainland to outlying possessions is also given in the cable. Governor McCarthy was opti mistic that a solution of the har bor problem would be forthcoming as a result of the long fight made for improvements. The recom mendations, already generally un derstood, provide for the disburse ment ultimately of 0,000,000 by the territory for Honolulu harbor improvements, and ;i,000,000 for the dredging of of Kalihi channel. Xawiliwili will cost approxi mately 100,01)0, Congress by the appropriation giving 250,000 and the territory 200,000. Interschoolastic Athletic "All baseball games scheduled in the Inter-school series have been postponed until further notice on account of the flu. The interest continues to increase however just the same. Basketball courts arc being installed at the High School, Lihue Grammar, Hanamaulu and, Kalaheo. The latter school bene fits by the action of Lawai Y. M. C. A. club, the boys agreeing to allow the teachers and children to use the courts for the use of the school ground. Tne Lawai young men have raised over 850 for this purpose. The playground at Mr. Mohler's field is Hearing completion with fine basket ball and volley ball courts. Facilities for other games are also provided on the space used foi these courts. Beautiful shade trees over- hangtho playground and will make the place most delightful. :0: A Lihue Boy Back Again Ashton Hogg returned to Kauai this morning after an absence of eight years, bringing a wife and family, acquired in the meantime. Ash ton lias grown some in the in terim and has acquired that dig uity and poise that conies with maturity. Of the eight years that he has been away, he spent three at the Oregon State Agricultural Col lege, .completing his education, and the balance in the automobile business in Baker City,-Oregon, where he had charge of a large garage. lie knows the automobile business practically as well as theoretically and will aim to give satisfaction here, in fvery respect. He will have charge of the Kauai Garage, and will see to it that the best of work is turned out. :0: G. F. Winter, chief engineer of Lihue Plantation, returned from Honolulu by the Kinau Friday, 1 M Gathered from here and there .j. :--:"j-4'-t"!i4":-4":":"-:-M--:' 11. P. Fnye, manager of Kekaha, returned to Kauai last Friday. W. F. Frear came to Kauai by the Iviuau Friday morning. W. F. Sanborn of llanalei, was among returning passengers Fri day morning. Miss C. Pearson of the McKin ley High' School, came to Kauai by the Kinau last Friday. Mr. G. X. Wilcox was among the passengers arriving by the Kinau this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Everett are back from their little vacation in town where they had a very enjoyable time. 11. W. Laws, the popular roof ing man so well known on ICauai, arrived by the Kinau thi's morn ing. Mrs. Isenberg went to town on Saturday, wither she was called by the serious illness of her broth er, D. P. R. Isenberg. Mrs. Philip Rice spent a few days recuperating at Ilaena after some days of strenuous service helping out in the ilu epi demic. Miss Elsie Wilcox is in charge of the children's convalescent hos pital in the Arthur Rice home. She is assisted by Miss Cowdry, Mrs. C. n. Wilcox and C. S. Dole. G. W. McNcar, Jr., of San Fran cisco, is departing this afternoon for Honolulu after a week spent in hunting goats, lie likes Kauai and savs he is surely coining back again some day. Miss A. Cottrell, trained nurse of much experience and ability, arrived from town this morning and takes charge of the Lihue Hospital, relieving, at least in part, Miss L. Brewer, who has been substituting there for some days. Mrs. J. R. Bergstrom, who has volunteered so generously to help out as a trained nurse in the Airmory, has succumbed to the disease and is now in the hospital. She is doing well. Miss Paul, who arrived last Aveek to take the position of child welfare nurse at Makaweli, comes at a very opportune time and is doing very excellent work in deal ing with the flu situation there. Alterations and extensions are being made to the Xawiliwili Garage, under the new manage ment of .1. K. Cockett. The plan to build a large warehouse that would pretty well swallow up the open parking space at the land ing has been postponed for the present awaiting lower prices of material. THE HOOGNK RETURN Miss A. .1. Booge, homesteader of Kapaa, returned, accompanied by her mother, from Honolulu last Friday. The Booges have been absent several months visit ing friends and relatives in Cali fornia. Mrs. Booge unlortunately caught a severe cold on the way down from the Coast, and was seriously ill in the hospital in Honolulu with lmeumonia. She is now quite herself again. ::- A beautiful new plantation tennis court was opened on Wash ington's Birthday by the hospital ity of Mrs. E. Cropp, of Koloa. About fifteen guests were present. The setting of the court is except ionally attractive among the fine old trees, and amid the historic surroundings. This means of recreation and social intercourse will be very much appreciated by the Koloa community. THE RED CROSS THE FLU The avalanche of patients that have been thrown onto the hos pitals in the present Ilu epidemic have taxed their resources beyond their limit, especially in the mat ter of sheets, bed shirts and children's diapers. With characteristic prompt ness and olliciency the Red Cross units have come forward and fur nished the supplies as needed, very much to the relief of the hospitals. The Lihue unit immediately re qtonded by contributing from their stock, already made up, X bed shirts with a handkerchief in every pocket. These were for adults. They have since made up and turned over 200 children's bed shirts, also 120 sheets and 21 dozen children's diapers. They have also made up several hund red gauze masks. Much of this was from Red Cross material. The rest was from goods supplied by the hospital. The needs seem to be unending and calls are still coming in for more supplies. The item in (lie last issue of the Garden Island re rare coins re cently come to light elicits infor mal 'on that some years ago in breaking up a tract of new land over adjoining the Wailua river niaiika a cache was- broken into by the plow, which contained a number of French coins of the date 1811. Mr. Weber, the man ager, distributed them among his friends and persons interested, and this one which has just come to light may be one of them. :0: Death of W. E. Davis Mail received this morning con firms the previous report of the death of W. H. Davis, formerly of Lihue, and who, with his wife and baby daughter, departed last December for their home in San Francisco. The following ac count appeared in a San Fran cisco paper: William Eilert Davis, beloved' husband of Evelyn DoWolf Davis, father of Barbara Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs.'W. F. Davis, and broth er of Catherine Davis of fiot) Second avenue, passed away after a few days' illness of pneumonia. Mr Davis was a native of Califor nia, 27 years old. He was a grad uate of the University of California. Two years ago he was married in Honolulu to Miss Evelyn DoWolf, daughter of Mrs. Mary DeWolf of Sixtli avenue and the late Win. M. DeWolf, the well known real estate and insurance dealer. The happy couple had a pretty home in Hawaii, where the young husband had a responsible position as civil engineer. Little Barbara was hoi n a year ago and added to the home happiness. Just before the holidays Mr. and Mrs. Davis and little daughter re turned to this city, as the climate of the islands did not agree with Mr. Davis. They had not definite ly decided where they would locate and had been visiting at Hie home of Mr. Davis parents and Mrs. Davis' mother. In the meantime William Davis was in the employ of his father at W. Davis & Sons, wholesale saddlery and leather goods, at !:: .Market street. The sudden death shocked the re latives and many friends of the young couple, who had just wel comed them homo ami rejoiced at their return to this city,