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, -i ,nnsnrs i as "'TIT What is Best for Maui is Best for the News If you wish Prosperity Advertise in the News i r VOLUME XX WAILUKU, MAUI, T. H., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1913. NUMBER 1 jg I llllWM I g mi nil .1 . , 0 6 More Lights For Streets Wnihtku will be better lighted in future iu fact the change be gan last Thursday evening. Theie was a rather stormy meeting be tween Manager Bond, of the elec tric company, and the board of supervisors on the day mentioned, and the result is that the streets of Wailuku are to be lighted from the time darkness sets in till day- licht next morning. If there' should be bright moonlight the lights will not be turned on. There will be an extra charge for the lights but it will be possible to walk down the streets without taking a chance of falling over a cow or some other animal. The new scheme is to be in force for one month. Then the cost of the extra lights is to be made up, and the county will know where it stands. The contract existing between the county an I the electric light company is not thought to be satis factory. The contract is being lived up to to the letter and that is the cause of the trouble. When the contract was signed, the county fathers did not take into consider ation the fact that the moon always sets behind the West Maui lnoitn- ' tains an hour or so before it would set on a le,vel plain. The lights of the town are therefore turned on some time after the whole place is iu darkness. The almanac says that the moon sets at a certain hour, and that is what controls the turning on and off of the lights. The electric company is within its rights, but the town gets it in the neck, say the supervisors. It is said that the supervisors were so anxious to get the electric . lights for the streets of Wailuku, that they did not go into details regarding the contract for lights. It was felt that the town needed the system, and that if the county did not agree to the proposed con tract there would be no electric plant in Wailuku. Man Is Blown Into Pieces There was a terrible accident up on the mountain side, where the extension of the Kula pipe line is beim: nut in. last Saturday. Oik Jnpanese was blown to pieces, and unother man was very seriously in jured. The explosion of some Giant powder that was left in a drilled liole, was the cause of the tragedy. It appears that the men were workiiifjon some rock which they had to blast away. As usual, holes were drilled in the rock, and then charges of dynamite were exploded by electric wires. One of the charges failed to go oil, and the men returned to see what was the matter. They thought that the charge had gone out, that is that the fuse had failed to connect with the powder. While the men were working over the hole and picking at the filling in order to withdraw the charge, the whole thing went oil and , tho two men wen! thrown several yards. It was at once seen that the man who had been stand ing immediately over the hole was killed. He was terribly shat tered and his body was torn to bits. His companion was badly smashed, and it is feared that ho has sustain ed internal injuries. The dead mull was named Tanaka and his companion Matsugaraha. Both tho men were known as skill ed powder men, and it is supposed that tho accident was ono of the kind that will happen from time to time on tho best conducted jobs. There were other men working cloao to tho placo where tho accident happened, and they at once render ed all the aid they possibly could. W. II. FIELD I think that tho new tourist scheme will bo a boon to Maui. In Honolulu i will ar range about coupon tickets that will carry visitors from the Hono lulu wharf to Maui and all over the island and then back to tho capital city. Tourists Plans Are Completed Manager Field, of the Maui Hotel Company, Ltd., returned from Honolulu Inst Wednesday. He re ports very favorably on tho proposed Maui excursions, and ho states that the biK party will come to M.mi on March 1. That party will be personally conducted over the new route from Lahaiua, and will take the Haieakala trip as well. While in Honolulu, Mr Field found that a pally of sixteen was just on the point of leaving for Maui and Ilaleaknla. Those parlir c.ular tourists hail to be sidetracked as far as tho trip up the big mount ain is concerned. Arrangements its to horses and other details still remain to be completed, and it was thought better to put off the excur sion till the guides, horses and vehicles had all been prepared for. The Irter-lsland Steamship Com pany and the Promotion Committee are doing all in their power to boost the beautiful excursions of Maui. The Honolulu newspapers are also working on tho proposition, and tlie. amount of space that they will giVo to writeups is only limited by the ability of writers to supply the riopuUhe. Many Honolulu old-timers are deeply interested in tho new series of MaUi excursions, and they have declared that they will, in the near future, take advantage of the chance to see that part of Maui that has, in the past, been an unknown laud to them. It is felt that the stream of tourists that constantly (lows into Honolulu, and from there on to the Volcano wjll be induced to make its wayl to Maui and "The Houseof the Sui." Mr. Field made all arrangements regarding coupon tickets and tne transportation of tourists, and he de clares that there will soon be a big flow of visitors to Maui. The whole district is expected to benefit from the visits, and there should .be a full house at the Maui Hotel for months at a stretch. Sheriff Has Many Curios Sheriff Crowell has collected a most wonderful and weird lot of weapons from the Filipino colony of Maui. Knives, daggers, lancets and even short swords have been gathered in. Some of the daggers are designed iu devilish fashion. A dozen or so are about as long as a pocket knife blade, and they are filed down to the thickness of a good size needle. The daggers are provided with a hook that can be attached to the sleeve of the own er's coat. The weapon can be "palmed" easily and then drawn up into the sleeve after being put to tise in some "gentle" fashion. The sheriff is after the burglars who have been going the rounds of Maui. At the same time, the head of the police, is taking away all the deadly weapons he can find in the. possession of the "little brown brother." A number of Filipinos are being closely watched and it is expected that arrests will soon be made. Kahului Looks Like Winner Kahului still leads in the billiard tournament and the totals now are: Kahului, 728; Wailuku 672 a difference of 56 points in favor of the bunch from the waterfront vil lage. In the game played last Thurs day night the Kahuluis put up a score of 173 to 150 which materially increased their lead in the whole series. The first team to score 1,000 points will be declared tire winner of the tournament and, from the looks of things, the Ka huluis appear to have the series cinched. There was the usual big crowd present to see the game on Thurs day evening and much interest was taken in the games. "STRIKE" STILL CAUSING THOUGHT AND COMMENT Masters Think They Have tractor Skips to Coasr Job-r-Good Show (Special Correspondence.) HONOLULU, Feb. 12. And the strike will not down. So much is being said by the lawyers in the case and so little by the company that one cannot get a definite idea of what is what. Listen to the company, and all is beer and skit tles, but turn your ear to the Har bor and there is a jovous sound to greet it. If the Harbor is losing out, no one in the county would believe it from the facial expres sions of the men. Yesterday afternoon I saw a big husky, in a grey sweater, walk to the corner of King and Fort streets where he enquired for the Odd Fel lows building, an indication that hewafe a malihini and not a mem ber oflthe local Harbor. He got right directions and disap peared up the stairway only to emerge iu less than a minute and make his way to the county offices. Then I lost sight of him. Whether he failed to find the men of the Harbor, or was looking for the mayor.to interview hiniafterreading that he was standing iu with the Schmidt Is Committed Lloyd Schmidt was, at the Wai luku Distrfct Court, committed to investigation by the Grand Jury, I on Wednesday last. The defend Kant is charged with a serious offense, alleged to have been com mitted on November 16 last. The defendant was defended by Attorney James L. Coke, and the lawyer contented himself, after all the evidence was in, by comment ing on the discrepancies in the evidence of the witnesses for the prosecution. He prefers to make his fight later on, if the accused is indicted by the Grand Jury. The evidence in the case was sensational, and went to show that the principal witness in the matter, was, on her own word, freely go ing astray with many men. Judge McKay set the bail of Schmidt at $600, which sum was quickly forthcoming. Old Officers Are Reelected At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, held on Thursday last, the annual election of officers was proceeded with. President F." F. Baldwin being awuy on tho main land, tho chair was taken by Vice President H. A. Wadsworth. The first business was the election of a president for tho year. Thi"o names were put in nomination F F. Baldwin. It. A. Wadsworth and II. W. Rice. Tho first named won, and the election was then made unanimous on tho motion of Judge Kingsbury. There would have been no contest at all, except for the fact that it was known that Mr. Baldwin did not wish to take another term as president. The members, how cvei, decided that ho should take ofiico again and so voted according ly. All the other old officers ofiicers were elected without opposition, and they will hold ollice till November next. Thcro was a good gathering of tho members of tho Chamber, and much interest was taken in the proceedings. Tho election of ofiicers should have taken place last November but tho stress of work entailed by the general elections made that impossible Chance of Winning Con 4fter Losing on Big Coining to Maui company, I kno not. I am satis fied the man I saw was one of the malihini mates brought down from the mainland for service which, up-to-date, has lot been performed. Attorney Ashford had a state ment in the Advertiser this morh ing that was quite intelligible to the ordinary man, and one that could be read without the aid of a dictionary or a professor, in de ciphering the meaning of the words used. For that reason the public has got onto something like the in side dope that is pulling them nearer to the Harbor, a position not occupied, by any one not a member, prior to the publication of the Ashford letter. It is all right for men to use big words, perhaps, but it is not satisfying to the man of only average education and limited vocabulary. And big words have failed to settle the strike. It looks just now as though there may be a change of feeling and a willingness on 'the part of a portion of the public to sympathize with the men who, by the way, are Continued on Page 2. Will Form Sporty Ass'n On Monday evening next there will be a meeting in the Wailuku gymnasium, and the object will be to form an association that will take care of and foster clean sports of all kinds. Something of the sort has been needed here for a long time past, and the men who are in charge of the movement will try to attract every man who takes an in terest in any kind of sport. There are many branches of sport neglected in Wailuku, and the object of the new association will be to get things going in pro per style. Billiards, bowling, tenuis, trap shooting, quoits, distance running audamateurboxingwill comewithiii the control of the new body. There are, of course, other sports that will also be catered for. The association promises to be a real live one, and it will do a lot of good for Maui. Six Houses AreRobbed Another burglary is to be report ed, and this time the robbery enters the ''wholesale" line. No less than six houses at Camp Five, Puunene, were entered and money, in all kinds of small sums, was taken from each place. In all, tho burglars obtained 855 and tho police, while holding strong suspicions, havo not yet closed the net on the robbers. Tho burglary, or series of burg laries, was a brazen affair, and the thieves went through all fivo houses while tho occupants were asleep in their beds Tho burglars seem to havo worked in conjunction, and tho theory is that each robber took a house to go through, and that the robberies were all committed at tho same time, by individual members of tho sang. In ono house a sum of 825 was found on a table; in another money amounting to 810 was found by the thieves. In tho other three houses tho amounts stolen varied from $2.50 to slightly larger sums. Tho burglars, however, in one house, overlooked a sum of 8500 in gold. This money was hidden in a box, and tho thieves never went near it. All tho money that was stolen was on tables or bureaus. Watches, rings and other jewelry were not touched, Reservoir Site To Be Visited There was quite a discussion on the subject of reservoirs at the meeting of the Maui Chamber of Commerce, last Thursday. A letter from Dr. J. 11. Raymond started the ball rolling, and there was much light thrown upon the subject iu general by the various speakers. Dr. Raymond asked, in his letter, that the chamber endorse the pro position of building a 3,000,000 gallon reservoir just outside 'of Olinda. The doctor told of tho scarcity of water, and stated that he had had spells of a week at a time when there was no water com ing to him from the pipeline. He declared that the reservoir would cost 850,000, and that it should be constructed. The pipe line had saved cattle to the value of 850,000, and the doctor said that on his ranch he would have lost at least 820,000 worth, only for the water that comes through the Kula pipe line. L. von Teinpsky stated that the site for the reservoir bus already been surveyed. He added that the site is the only logical one for such a purpose. W. F. Pogue said it would be better to increase the capacity of tho Waikamoi reservoir. That re servoir could be miido to carry 5,000,000 gallons of go'nl, pure, sweet clean water. He declared that the Kula pipe line was never intended to supply water for 365 days in the year. It would take SoU.Ul'U to do so. I'lenty ot re servoirs should bo filled, Mid then one or two weeks Bhortage of pipe lino water would do no damage Pogue said he was against tho Olinda site for a reservoir and de clared that tho Waikamoi site was the proper placo. Pure, clear water, is needed for drinking and bathing purposes and while a muddy reser voir is alright for irrigation pur poses. Pogue said that puio water would nut bo obtainable at the Olinda reservoir if built. W. O. Aiken moved that a com mittee of five to include two engi neers be appointed to look into the matter of the reservoir sites, and to report to tho legislative com mittee of the chamber in order that that committee can advise the legis lators of Maui as to what to work for in the legislature. This motion was carried, and tho chair appointed Messrs. von lemp sky. Fugue, Aiken, Howell ami Bruno, to take the matter up This committee met at six o'clock yesterday morning, and decided that there is a leak somewhere along the water line. The matter will bo investigated and tho proposed sites for tho reservoirs will also be in spected during next week Road Matters Are Discussed Chairman Pogue, of tho legislative committee of the Maui Clmmber of Commerce, turned in his report on the work done by the committee, to the general meeting last Th rs day. Several matter had been attended to, hut there is still a lot of work to bo done. With reference to the pro position to ask tho legislature to grant a special loan to construct roads to tho Haiku homesteads, it was thought that it would not bo reasonable to do so, as every county in the group would try for thasame thing for their homesteaders. W. O. Aiken thought that the matter might be managed, and money borrowed from tho banks for the pur poses of road buMding. Tho money Ciiild bo paid back when the home steaders paid for their lots. The matter was discussed for a short time, and then tho decision was arrived at to put the whole affair up to tho committee. The schooner Defender is at liana. She arrived with a cargo of general merchandise, consigned to the liana stores. The captain's wife is making the round trip with her husband. The Tpfnnilpr PAltlp fmM tlln fv,f itroT flmw Hawaii Wins core, 113 Last Wednesday the All-Hawaii polo team defeated the Coronado team by a score of 11 to 3. That is going some and indicates that our men have found their stride al ready. The team should give a good account of itself right through tho big tournament. Some of tho stories in the main land papers, about the All-lla-vaii players were very funny. Each re presentative of Hawaii was declared to be a feudal lord, and to havo a private pom ground ot ins own. The const papers also went on to say they wondeaed what would hap pen to the pampered lords when they wont up against the hard rid ing, hard living bunch of Califor nians and Canadians. Well, those innocent cub reporters know now what happened. The men from Hawaii probably spend more time in the saddle all the year round than do the "hard riding" Califor nians and Canucks. Man Injured In Runaway On Tuesday afternoon last there was a runaway that caused much excitement in Wailuku. John Abrou, who was driving the team, was thrown to tne ground from his seat on the wagon, and received painful injuries. Ho was treated by the doctor and is feeling bettor now. The runaway started on Main street and the horses soon got going at top speed. The animals were seared at tho way the wagon crowd ed on their heels, and they dashed madly down the hill. The driver tried his best to halt the animals but they only went faster. When opposite the Maui Shinbun ollice, the driver's seat, slipped and Abreu was thrown off on his head. The horses koptgoing till they reached the Wailuku depot gates. There one horse bore over to the right and, in an instant the pair were thrown down on their sides. This frightened the horses more, and they kicked the harness off and bolted a-fresh, but up hill, this time. Two mounted polico ofiicers were doing their best to stop tho horses and, finally, the animals were caught. In the meantime Abreu had been picked up and was taken care of till his son arrived with his automobile and removed tho old man to his homo and then to tho hospital. AmateurShow Was Excellent Last Wednesday night there was a fineshow at the Kahului Lyceum, and the amateurs who took part in the entertainment did excellent work. Some of the turns were well worthy of the professional stage. There was a big crowd present and the Kahului Tennis Club should benefit a lot from their percentage of the ' house." Mrs. Jones was the star of the evening, and her singing was a treat to the audience. "Billy" Lougher's turn was a masterpiece, and the crowd enjoyed his famous dance. Wren Wescoat was at his best in his recitation and he brought down the house. Mr. David Rattray he of the silver voice rendered a couple of songs in his well-known artistic manner. Miss Hoffman was at the piano all the evening and her work was in splendid harmony with that of the vocalists. Some fine moving pictures were shown during the evening. D. C. LINDSAY-yDr. McConkey and I had a good trip on Hawaii. Tho Pahoa firo was a big affair, anil a tremendous amount of damage was dono. Tho volcano was fairly active, and tl.o lava was many feet hiiihor than during tho weok pre vious to our visit. 4 'I 7 4 8 i. 'a- 1 A 1 i ..4 n mi JSTf