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(HIT" 12-3121 ESTABLISHED 1904. YOL. 17. NO. 40. LIHUE. KAUAI, TERRITORY OF HAWAII, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 11, 1921 SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.50 PER YEAR 5 CENTS PER COPY 7 PRESS CONFERENCE MEN COMING 28TH Pinna for tho NawlHwlli break water celebration and tho entertain ment of tho Press Conference dele gates are beginning to take more definite form. It has been defi nitely decided to Invito tho dele gates to come to Kauai on the Klnau on tho morning of October 28. They will probably return on Saturday afternoon, October 29. It is now planned that Kauai citl zens will meot tho delegates at tho boat and tako them to their homes for entertainment. After tho clti zens have had a little tlmo to rest and have had breakfast, they will be taken wherever, their hosts wish to tako them to sco some of Ka ual's beauty spots. They will prob ably bo taken to the Haena side of tho island one day and to the Waimea aide the following day, or vice versa. Tho breakwater celebration will, in all probability, bo held tho at tornoon of October 2S. It will be necessary for all people to arrange to' have their guests back in Li hue in ample time for this occasion. Tho celebration will bo held at tho breakwater. As tho big crane drops the first stone of tho break' water, Governor Wallace R. Far rington will mako an address of the day. Tho ropo which will release tho first stone will probably bo pull ed by a Kauai man whoso Influence has counted heavily in gottlng the breakwater started. After this celebration tho editors will probubly bo taken to tho vari ous houses to which thoy will bo assigned and allowed to got a lit- tlo rest before tho evening's activl ties. Tho evening's program will bo held in tho Llhuo armory. Tho la dies of tho Mokihana Club are to bo asked to handle tho dinner prop- osition. A number of speeches will bo made by tho most promlnont visiting delegates and by ono or two promlnont local men. A regul ar smoker and general good time for all is promised. NEW SALVATION ARMY MAN STATIONED AT KOLOA Adjutant O. II. Kennedy, who has boon stationed at Koloa for tho past five years, doing Salvation Army work, has been transferred to San Francisco. Ills place at Koloa is being filled by Lieutenant Haan, who recntly graduated from tho Ar ray's San Francisco training college. Liuet. Haan comes to Kauai high ly recommended by Drigadier C. AV. Bourne, who is in charge of all tho Salvation Army work of Hawaii Brigadier Bourno states that Liuet. Haan is an energetic young man with more than usual personality and that undoubtedly ho will make good on Kauai. Lieut. Haan wishes to thank Ka uai residents for tho support thoy have given the Salvation Army In tho past and he asks that tho samo kind of support bo continued. SUNDAY-SCHOOL CLASS PICNIC AT KOLOA BEACH Mrs. II. D. Sloggott entertained hor Sunday-school class at Walhal on tho Koloa beach last Saturday afternoon. About a dozen members of tho class wero present. A good lively indoor baseball game was enjoyed for 'an hour. Then a fino swim came. This was a much-enjoyed event for tho di minutive girls of Mrs. Sloggett's class had tho joy of giving their Sunday-school superintendent a good ducking and a plastering with wet sand. After a dollcious picnic supper tho party motored back to Llhuo by moonlight. :: M. R. Agular was a returning pas senger on today's Klnau. Kapaa Notes Court Wnlalealo, local order of An- c ent Foresters, celobrated tho first a lnlversary of Its existence with a grand Hawaiian luau at tho Hawaii a.i hall on Friday ovening. Four ta bles, neatly decorated with ti-leaves awaited the members of tho order, tl.oir wives and friends, totaling In all about 125 persons. Brother Reed, cdef rangor, from San Francisco, Brother Charles A. Roso, chief ran gar of Hawaii, and Brother J. Or djnstein, wero tho guests of honor. Tho Makeo baseball team, twen-ty-fivo strong, including mascot, scorer and manager, departed on tho Klnau Saturday to invade Maul v'a Honolulu. This is tho first tlmo In the history of Kauai that a base- b.lll team has been sent away to seek additional glory on foreign fields. Mrs. A. Horner Jr., accompanied by her mother-in-law, Mrs. Albert Hornor Sr., arrived from Honolulu last Friday. Mrs. Horner Jr. has boon visiting her parents at Pasa dena, California, and only returned to Honolulu a week ago. Mrs. Hor ner Sr. is hero to visit her sons, Foster and Albert Homer Jr. There is much joy locally, but particularly In tho region of tho homesteads, as tho dry spoil has at last been broken with four days of ruin. Local supporters of tho Makees who arc taking the trip to Maui in clude T. Yamamoto, John Rodrigues, H. Nagahisa, and others. Among tho players' wives, Mrs. Dan Arcia was the only ouo fortunate enough to persuade her husband to allow her to mako tho trip. H. Wolters, manager of -Maltco Sugar company, departed on tho Mikahala Saturday on a business trip to Honolulu. Ho expects to return Tuesday. Yoshitomo Nagahisa, expert wield er of bamboo sticks and a teller in tho Bank of Kauai, Ltd., joined tho .ranks of tho benedicts last week, tho bride being Miss M. Tanaka, daughter of S. Tanaka, local dry goods merchant. Tho couplo de parted on tho Klnau Saturday for a short honeymoon in Honolulu. At a meeting of the Kapaa home steaders association held last Sun day, tho question of signing up witJi East Kauai Water Co. for water for irrigation and other purposes was taken up, and after considering tho matter carefully, tho association se lected Joseph Correa Jr. and J. F. Bettencourt Jr. to proceed to Ho nolulu this week to confer with tho proper government officials bo foro taking action. The main ob jection of the homesteaders seems to be based on provisions in tho contract providing for certain rights to bo given tho water company, for which they claim no adequate com pensation is being made. :: LIHUE UNION CHURCH Tho Biblo school meets regularly at 10 o'clock every Sunday morn ing and is thoroughly reorganized under the leadership of tho new superintendent, Olen C. Markwoll, physical Instructor of the Kauai high school. An adult Biblo class is being organized this coming Sun day morning. Anyone interested in a study, not about tho Bible but of tho Bible, will bo welcomed. A midweek devotional service will bo conducted in this church ovory Wednesday night at 7 o'clock. Tho first meeting will bo October 12, Regular services next Sunday morning to which tho pcoplo of tho community aro cordially Invited. It. W. BAYLESS, Pastor. COUNTY LIBRARY TO BE ORGANIZED A mass mooting of tho Interested citizens of Kauai is to bo held next Saturday afternoon in the Mokihuna hall, Llhuo at 2 o'clock. Tho ob ject of this meeting is to organize a county library association. Each community on tho Island Is re quested to sco that it is represented so that tho island needs may bo carefully considered. II! S DRIVERS ESCAPE Calamity Corner near tho Llhue school house was again the scene of an accident last Friday. Two cars, one being Grove Farm bound, and the other for Koloa, camo together with a resounding crash .turning the larger car ovor in tho ditch. Fortunately no ono was hurt. If drivers would use a little moro discretion and judgment on these so-called bad turns, these turns would lose their reputation for bo ing the scene of accidents. It is only fair to note that neith er of the drivers in tho abovo ac cident was an - oriental. Tho Kauai Automobile Club has arranged with Mr. Pugh to havo this curve marked with a danger sign. But all tho signs in tho world will not prevent accidents if auto mobile drivers refuse to uso com mon senso and oboy tho rules of tho road. .j. ; SOCIAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED Tho Social Servico Association of Kauai was organized at Mokihana hall last Saturday afternoon. There was a good attendance quite repre- sentatlvo of the people of the island interested in such work. Tho constitution was adopted and tho officers were elected for tho on suing year. The association officers are as follows: Miss Elsie Wilcox, president; Dr. R. H. Hagood, vice president; Rev. Royal G. Hall, sec rotary and treasurer; Miss Margar et Popper and Mrs. M. C. Sisson, membors of the executivo commit tee. Tho association was favored in its organization meeting by tho pres ence of Miss Bergen, director of tho Social Service Bureau of Hono lulu. She spoke briefly from her rich experience in such work and of the value similar organizations had proven both in Honolulu and on the mainland. It is the desire of tho association to enlist all those interested in charitable, philanthropic, education al and institutional work hero on Kauai. Tho association has a three fold object tho development of co operation among all social workers, to servo as a clearing house for tho discussion of subjects relating to social work and tho fostering of community interests in social work. It is planned to hold meetings at least once a month. Tho association has made a good beginning and it Is hoped that it may provo a vital factor in tho making of a better Kauai. : MOKIHANA CLUB HOLDS MEETING The Mokihana Club hold its first mscting of tho season last Wednes day afternoon. A largo number of ladies attended. Eight new mom bers wero elected. Tho club decided to hold Its reg ular semi-annual rummage sale in November. Considerablo money is always realized by this means and many people get very good mer chandise at low prices there. Peo ple who havo salablo things which thoy can givo should start saving them up and getting them ready to givo. The governor's clean-up week was emphasized. Tho ladles determined to help mako this wook a success. And surely no more worthy cause could bo backed by this leading club. Miss Culbcrt of tho Llhuo gram mar school entertained with two much enjoyed readings. Miss Ir win of tho Kapaa school delighted her hearers with a beautiful saxo phone solo. Then tho cake was serv ed and tho husbands waited' at homo with tho customary remarks: "Well, did you bring uny of that cake back homo? Just as I ex pected. I wish I had cut a hunk out of it before you took It." FOUR INDICTMENTS QUASHED ERROR Four indictments wero quashed In the fall meeting of tho Circuit court this morning. All four indictments wero thrown out due to errors in tho drawing of the indictment, tho court holding the county attorney's office responsible for tho errors. In tho case of the Territory of Hawaii vs. Louis Rego, Wm. Rol lins, attorney for tho defendant, moved to quash tho indictment, on tho grounds that the defendant was indicted for murder, whereas tho ovidenco in tho Indictment showed that tho charge should have been manslaughter. The court sustained motion and tho defendant was dis charged . In the case of the Territory of Hawaii vs. Paleman Albanto, who was charged with assault and bat tery with a weapon obviously and imminently dangerous td Ufa and limb, the indictment stated that the crime was committed In tho year 1001. Philip Rice, attorney for the defendant, filed a demurer on statute limitations. Demurrer was sustained and tho defendant dis charged. In the third case, Territory vs. Claudio Siviliano, with tho samo charge as above, this indictment al so stated that tho crime was com mitted in 1901. Charles Dole, at torney for the defendant, filed a de murrer on tho samo grounds. Tho demurrer was sustained and the de fendant discharged. The fourth case, the Territory of Hawaii vs. Venturo Lablno, on a statutory offenso .also stated that tho crime was committed in 1001. Abo Kalaukou, attorney for tho de f'eiidant, entered a plea in bar on tho samo grounds which was sus tained by tho court and the defend ant discharged . , After he had sustained tho last plea, Judgo Achi arraigned tho county attorney for theso palpable errors in the indictments and said in part: "I suggest that tho county attor ney bo more careful In his future indictments before they aro pro sentcd to tho grand jury. It strikes me that tho county attornoy has shown a lack of attention in the discharge of his duties." All four defendants wero immed iately re-arrested, tho county attor ney having anticipated their dis charge, due to tho errors in Indict ment. The grand jury has been recalled and will meot Wednesday morning at 9:30 for further proceedings in theso cases. WORK STARTED ON WILCOX MEMORIAL Work was started on Monday mor ning on tho new community house in tho Llhuo church yard. Tho house, which is being erected by air. and Mrs. S. W. Wilcox as a memorial to their sons, Ralph and Charles, will probably bo completo in about six months. The community house as tho name Indicates, Is being erected by Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox for tho uso of tho community and the church. It will havo a largo auditorium, a good stage, a fully equipped kitch en, several smaller meeting rooms and a fino largo lanal. Tho work is being dono by S. Goss, Llhue architect and contrac tor. Mr. Goss states that If ho can get the material as soon as ho thinks ho can, the work can bo dono in a much shorter tlmo than tho contract specifics. Hurun Noshl sustained painful In juries when tho truck he was driv ing went off tho road and turned over, Sunday night, near Kipu. It was found that tho accident was duo to a defective steering gear and not to any carelessness on tho part of tho driver. Another Japanese, who was a passenger with Noshl, escaped with slight bruises. :: Charles Amalu, genial salesman of the von Hamm-Young Co. of Kapaa, has been a busy man during tho past week, making delivery of now cars to customors during Walter Eklund's absenco In Honolulu. 1 er s onais i Charles A. Rice returned from Honolulu this morning. Mrs. R. D. Moler gave a delight ful afternoon tea Monday after noon to a number of her Lihuo friends. Miss Edith Rice returned to LI huo last Friday after an extended sight-seeing trip to Europe. A num ber of Miss Rice's entertaining and descriptivo letters havo been print ed In the Garden Island during 'tho past fow months. Mrs. A, Horner Jr. returned on the Kinau last Friday from an ex tended trip to tho mainland. She was accompanied to Kauai by her mother, Mrs. A. Horner Sr. E. Giescke, well known piano man of Honolulu, arrived at Lihuo last Friday morning. Mr. Gleseko will remain on the island for a week. Mrs. 1. J. Hogg and daughter Isa belle returned this morning from a two months' trip to tho mainland. Judge Lyle A. Dickey returned from a short business trip to Ho nolulu this morning. Karl Jensen, Kapaa homesteader, was a passenger on Tuesday's Kl nau. Mi&s Jiillet Rice returned Friday from a short trip to Honolulu where she hud gone to meet her sister Edith, who has roturnod from nn extended trip to Europe. Sam Decker was an Incoming pas senger on tho Klnau lust Friday. Mr. Decker Is visiting his sister, Mrs. Fred Trowbrldgo of Kealla. Miss Ebellnn of Makawell return r ed to her homo last Friday after soveral months In the metropolis F. B. Cook of Waimea, who has been In Honolulu for a short bust ncss trip, returned to Kauai last Friday morning. Walter Eklund, salesman for von Hamm-Young, is making a business visit to tho Garden Island. P. H. G. Deverlll of the Bank of Hawaii Is taking tho place of Frank Crawford in tho Llhue branch of tho Bank of Kauai, whilo Mr. Craw ford Is convalescing in a Honolulu hospital. R. E. Hodgson, of the American Factors, Is on Kauai this week beat ing up trado. : bachelor dinner for dr. Morgan Friends of Dr. Morgan entertain ed him with a stag dinner at tho Lihuo Hotel last Friday ovening to mark his last few hours of bachelor hood. A few appropriate and previous gifts and plenty of advlco wero pre sented. Tho seriousness of tho step ho was about to tako was impress ed upon him by many of tho mar ried men. It must bo said for him that he showed no signs of falter ing. After tho dinner tho ladies wero brought forth and dancing until a lato hour was indulged In. KAUAI COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA A special meeting of tho Kauai Council is called for next Saturday afternoon at 3:30 In tho Mokihana Club, Llhue, Kauai. This Is a very Important meeting since tho futuro program and policy of tho Scout movement will bo de cided upon at this time. All mem bors of tho Scout Council and any others Interested in this typo of program for boys, and young men aro urgently requested to bo pres ent. :: KAUAI POSTMASTERS NAMED BY PRESIDENT Nino postmasters of Hawaii wero confirmed last week by President Harding. Thoy are all holdovers from tho democratic administration. Tho administration is to bo congrat ulated upon letting politics play no part in local appointments. Tho two Kauai appointments aro Maria Silva for Eleolo and II. D. Baldwin for Makawell. GYMKHANA, FEATURE ARMISTICE Plans for tho American Legion Armistice Day celebration are near ly completed. The only part of tho day's sport in which tho plans aro not doflnlto Is in regard to tho steer-roping contest. Tho usual pro gram of races will bo held in the morning, Tho program for the Gymkhana aro as follows: Potato race. Doughnut eating on horseback. Saddling race. Bending rnco. Egg and spoon raco. Dressing ruce. Musical chairs. Balloon spearing hurdlo raco. Hand in hand raco. Cossack race. Pig sticking race. Each entrant for tho potato raco will bo furnished with tho spear and ho will run fifty yards to a box containing three potatoes and will bo required to bring ono po tato at a time on a spear to tho starting place. First man to bring tho three potatoes will win. Tho doughnut eating race, each rider will run fifty yards and thero eat a doughnut hanging from a string upon finishing eating tho dough nut he will run back to tho starting place. Tho saddling raco, each ridor rid es one-eighth of a mllo on bare back, saddles his horses und re turns to tho starting placo. Tho bending race, poles will bo sot up overy 20 feet for 25 yards, and each rider will weave his horse in and out by tho poles. Any rider who knocks down a polo will be disqualified. Tho egg and spoon race, each rider will carry an egg in n spoon for fifty yards. The dressing race, each ridor rides fifty yards and dismounts, puts on a holoku, a sun bonnet, opens a parasol, mounts his horse and rides back to tho starting place. The musical chairs Is tho same as tho parlor game, each to play on horseback and when tho music stops each rider dismounts and holding to tho reins scats himself in tho nearest chair. Tho balloon spearing hurdlo race tho obstacle consists of a two foot hurdlo and just on tho far sldo Is a balloon which tho rider must spear. Each rider will Jump three hurdles and break threo bal loons with tho spear. Hand-In-hand raco will bo in pairs. Two riders hold each other by tho hand, raco 100 yards and return. They aro not allowed to loso clasp at any time during tho raco. Tho Cossack race the rider will cross the stirrups and rido one eighth of a mllo standing up. In tho grand finale which will bo the plg-stlcklng contest, each rider will be equipped with a spear and pursue a man on horseback draw ing a gunny-sack filled with straw. First man to stick a "pig" wins. These races aro to bo ridden with English or army saddles only. Each rider will bo allowed only ono horso for the gymkhana and will be al lowed to enter as many events as ho likes. All tho entries will bo post entries. First place in oach event will bo flvo points, second placo threo points, and third placo ono point. Tho rider winning tho most points in tho Gymkhana will win tho prlzo, a handsomo sllvor cigarette case. All Jockoys, cowboys, and stable boys will bo barred in entering tho Gymkhana. They will bo allowed, however, to enter any of the ro deo ovents. : MR. CRAWFORD SICK Frank Crawford, vice president of the Bank of Hawaii, and manager of tho Llhuo branch, wont to Hono lulu last Tuesday night on tho Kln au. On Wednesday he was operat ed upon for appendicitis. Mr. Crawford Is geoting along nicely and his Kuual friends hopo to see him back with us In the near future.