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HONOLULU, HAWAII. THURSDAY. X ATM HER 0, 1911
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BANANAS YIELD
NO MOSQUITOES
IN CANAL
Dr. Ramus was asked at a late hour this afternoon if any
thing had been heard from the Hongkong Maru. He replied :
"Yes, we hear by cable that no cases developed after the
steamer left this port. The Chinaman who was sick was ex
amined by Japanese physicians at Yokohama and declared
never to have had yellow fever."
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AT EM.PIRE ON THE CAN
AL ZONE I SAW BANANA
TR.EE3 WITH FRUIT WITH
IN A FEW FEET OF A DWEL
LING HOUSE IN
VILLAGES NOT UNDER THE
CONTROL OF THE PANAMA
CANAL COMMISSION A
DENSE GROWTH OF PALMS,
BANANAS AND OTHER
TROPICAL PLANTS FLOUR
ISHED UP TO THE VERY
DOORSTEPS. THE HOUSES
WERE NOT SCREENED.
DURING. MY STAY ON THE
ISTHMUS I SAW NEITHER
DAY NO NIGHT MOSQUI
TOES. From Interview wllh
Manager Goodale of Walalua.
the villages occupied by the employes
on the canal have a very close rcsein
bianco to lawns In tho residence por
tions oT Honolulu, with shrubbery,
vines and foliage plants near tho
houses. The grass on the lawns was
cut short.
"The dense growth of vegetation
Hint people called the jungle resem
bled very closely tho cleared spaces
around tho houses and was as denso
as the most impenetrable parts of the
Hllo forest.
"While waiting for a train at Em
pire I saw banana trees In fruit right
across tho railroad track from the
Panama Itailroad station, and with
my party I counted the fruit in the
bunches. These plants were within
O a few feet of a dwelling house.
OJ "All the way across the Isthmus
O tho jungle was within a few feet of
the rails. Small villages on the line,
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part where there aro houses and stores not
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"I spent three days the early
of September along the line of the , under the control of tho Panama Canal
canal at Panama, and Ancou and , Commission, tho buildings are much
Cristobal," Said W. W. Goodale, man-hike those in any of the country dls
ager of Waialua plantation, to a Starjtricts of Hawaii ten or twenty years
roporter this morning. ago all kinds of stores and houses,
"As that was before tho dnto of, some of thorn with thatched roofs,
(Special Cable to tho Star.)
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 8. A Regiment of infantry and one of field ar
tillery may be ordered to Hawaii in the next few weeks to live in
tents pending -buildings . It is believed Major General Murray's
sailing on the transport Thomas will result in the issuance of an
order. It is known that the state department is anxious to im
mediately strengthen the garrison of Oahu on account of trouble
in. the Far East. J. A. BRECKONS.
FALL OF PEKIN
IS REGARDED
IMMINENT
Hankow Is said to bo a wreck with 100,000 people destitute and $50,-. 41
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uui.uuu uumago uouo. iNniiKing, nccoiuing 10 mo morning cnuics, sun
holds out. Tientsin reports that tho Manchim refuse to surrender Pokin
and that International troops may march there. Foochow has been e
tured by tho. rebels but tho foreigners aro safe. Canton Is expected to vre-
volt tomorrow. The assassin of Goneral Wu has proved to bo a Mnnchu.
The throne announces that it will use the private fortune of the Empress
Dowager In place of a foreign loan.
More Men Are Needed
the fever scare in Honolulu I bad no
special reason for observing sanitary
work with reference to conditions in
Honolulu. In,fact "nw the Hong
kong Maru b'ing at anchor In Iquique,
ttyli, on August 22. ,
t'Whllo in tho canal zone I noticed
that . the open cleared spaces around
that might -have been moved bodily
from Pnia, Konu or Koolau. A denso
growth of palms, bananas and other
tropical plants flourished up to tho
very doorsteps. The Canal Commis
sion houses in such places, however,
are carefully screened.
(Continued on Pf.ge Eight)
(Special Correspondence of Tho Star) i enough to man the ships, and many
Dr. Wil
Finds No mm
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Banana Stalk
Fullaway Find
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Mr.
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An opportunity to find out definitely
.and "from a scientific standpoint
whether or not the banana plant
really Is a menace to the health of tho
community as a mosquito breeder is
offered through a proposition made by
Br. 13. V. "Wilcox of tho Hawaii Ex
periment Station.
Dr. Wilcox made tho statement yes
terday afternoon that, if ho were re
quested by the sanitation authorities
to do so, he would be willing to set
his force to work making a thorough
investigation to discover to what ex
tent, if any, tho mosquito breeds at
the base of the banana leaves.
This morning Dr. Wilcox an
nounced' that tho investigation would
proceed forthwith.
David T. Fullaway, tl'o station en
tomologist, Is in fact starting the
work.
"I have carefully examined banana
plants for several years," said Dr.
Wilcox, "with a view to discovering
whether or not the mosquito breeds in
them. 1 will confess that I at first
thought it probablo. Put, though I
, have examined groat numbers of tho
plants most carefully. I" have nover
discovered a single mosquito wriggler
in any of them.
"As I say, I have never found mos
quito larvae myself In banana stalks,
though I have mado a pretty thorough
search. My assistant, Sir. Fullaway,
has found sonio larvae, but couldn't
say as to tho percentage. What I nm
doing now Is to find out what propor
tion of banana stalks aro infested,
whothor there Is a differenco between
bananas in this respect, and all about
tho breeding places of the mosquito.
"I do not wish to say positively
that the mosquito nover breeds in tho
banana plant, but I do say that my in
vestigations hnvo practically con
vinced mo that such Is not tho case.
certainly think that a more careful
Investigation should be made before
tho sanitation committee takes any
such radical step as destroying all the
banana plants."
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2G. The send
ing of troops to Hawaii and Panama
thlswinter is to be made tho signal
for renewed efforts on the part of both
war and navy departments for the
authorization by congress of tho in
crease of the enlisted forces, In both
arms of the service. Tho Infantry and
cavalry arms are particularly In need
of Increases, it is said, and Secre
tary Stimson will strongly urge the
necessity of enlarging these branches.
The coast artillery Is said to bo al
ready large enough, and in some quar
ters complaint is heard that It Is oven
developed to n degree disproportion
ate to Its relative Importance.
The Secretary of tho navy will ask
tor an Increase of nt least 2000 nyjn.
In preparing for tho great mobiliza
tion in New York harbor, great diffi
culty was experienced in finding men
of them were manned by insufficient
crews, from a war basis standpoint. .
Tho completion of now battleships In
the near future will make heavy de
mands upon the navy, and with other
and larger ships contemplated, it is
b.olieved congress will see the neces
sity for granting Secretary Meyer's re
quests. ,
Secretary Stimson, jyho recently re'
turned from a tour of inspection of
tho southwest, is more than ever Im
pressed with ttie need of more men
In the t army, and will ask for a sub
atantial Increase. Tho movement of
troops to Hawaii and the Panama
Canal, It is believed, will warrant a
considerable increase In the arm)
although there is expected to develop
the Usual opposition from those who
think the army already too large for
a nation ado'ating universal peace.
.1. A. BUKCKONS.
Dr. Currie
Going Away
Pekin And Nanking
(Associated Press Cables to The Star.)
PEKIN, NOV. 9 THE FALL OF THIS CITY IS IMMINENT.
THE LEGATIONS SAY THAT MANCHU HOPE HAS VANISHED.
NANKING, NOV. 9. THIS CITY IS YET UNTAKEN. IN YESTER
DAY'S BATTLE THE REBELS LOST 1000 MEN AND ARE NOW SHORT";
OF AMMUNITION. THE REBELS HAVE A FORCE OF 25,000 AND THEM
MANCHU'S 600.
HONGKONG, NOV. 9. CANTON HAS DECLARED ITS INDEPEND
ENCE. THE REBELS HAVE TAKEN FOO CHOW, THE CAPITAL OF
FOKIEN PROVINCE, WHICH MADE BUT SLIGHT RESISTANCE.
Dr. Currie nas recehed orders to I
report for duty at San Francisco. He
will take the place of Dr. lllue, who is
to arrive tomorrow morning from the
mainland. Dr. Currlo will bo relieved
here by Passed Assistant Surgeon G.
W. McCoy. When Dr. Ulue returns to
the mainland, ho will resume his old
position and Dr. Currie will be his
right hand man.
Dr. Currie, who Isnow conducting
tho mosquito fight, has been almost
five years In Hawaii, and ho Is a very
popular officer. He expressed himself
this morning as being sorry to leave
Hawaii, whero he has formed many
friendships.
Surgeon McCoy will study leprosy
while here, and he will liavo a lot to
(Continued on Pago Eight.)
Russ Woman
Badiy Stabbed
Victim
eeks Relief
Diphtheria Is
Under Control
Principal H. C. Urown, of Wnlmea
school, Kauai, has written Superin
tendent Pope to tho effect that tho
outbreak of diphtheria at Mio Garden
Island Institution has not resulted In
(ho closing of tho school.
Anti-toxin has boon sent down to
"Waimea, and all tho children aro
watched closely for further spread of
tho disease It is not thought neces
bary to close tho school. In fact, tho
Idea is that tho children can bo bet
ter Inspected dally at school than if
they woro spread all over tho conn
jry.
Alleging that when Bile married
Henry C. Long on November 21, 1910,1
believing him to bo an unmarried 1
man, he In reality had another wile
living, Annie Keith Robinson Long
has filed In tho circuit court a peti
tion to declare null and void her mnr
rlago to tho ex-policeman who was re
cently convicted of bigamy and who Is
now serving tho first days of his. peni
tentiary sentence
Thero Is one child as tho result of
tho supposed marriage, a boy, threo
months old, but nothing is said In tho
petition as to Ills custody.
James William Hobortson, adminis
trator of tho estate of Hose Hobort
son, deceased, lias filed an Inventory
of tho estate, placliig tho total value
at fSCBC. Of this amount $C1S0 Is
real ostato and tho rest personal prop
erty.
In tho matter of J. Auliko Paakiki
vs. Samuel Manuka Spencer and Alice
Kahaulani Spencor, a bill to sot nsido
a doed, tho defendants havo filed a
plea In abatoment, basod on tho death
of the plaintiff In the action.
he police were called by phono to
a three-story tenement at tho corner
of Iloretanln and Hiver streets thin
afternoon, the report stating that .i
woman had been stabbed.
Officer Nobrlga proceeded to the
scone and found a Kussiair woman on
the lloor of a "room bleeding profusely
from a deep gash in the neck indicted
by a table-knife which was lying
close by.
Neighbors stated that they had
heard calls for help and on looking
into tho room had seen tho woman
on tho floor with a Itusslan man nam
ed Zizlcoff leaning over her with a
knlfo In ills hand and another Rus
sian named Alexis Vlssen standing by.
Zl.lcoff mado good his escape but
Vlssen was arrested by Nobrlga and
taken to tho polIce-Btntlon.
Tho woman Is lying if) Queen's Hos
pital in a precarious condition. '
Commerce And Labor
orrects
bout Hawaii
Department C
Mistake
Department of Commerce and Labor.
Hurcau of Statistics.
Washington. Oct., 23, 1011.
Dear Sir .My attontlon has been
called to a clipping from tho Hono
lulu Star relative to the inclusion' of
Hawaii as a port of "foreign" destin
ation in our Ilullotln of Sailing Dates
for September. In that article tho
writer critlclsos the fact that Hawaii
Is mentioned as a foreign country nml
that it is given as a point of final des
tination. Tills was a matter which
has already recoivod attontlon In tills
bureau, and in tho Ilullotln just print
ed tho heading statcB that "foroign
ports named aro those of final destin
ation and principal Intermediate ports
of call," while a footnoto further ox-
Mrs. Nakuina Interviews
The Governor On Bananas
plains, "For tho convenience of the
commercial public, sailings for the
Hawaiian Islands and Porto Hlco are
included among tho sailings for for
eign ports." This will, it is bolloved
meet tho objections pointed out In
tho publication above referred to.
thank you, howover, for bringing tho
matter to tho attention of tho de
partment, and trust that you will
kindly call the attontlon of your homo
olllco to" tho corrections now appear
ing In tho Sailing Dates Ilullotln. Tho
form of this Ilullotln has been, up to
tho present tlmo, somowhnt export
montal, slnco its first Issue only hC'
gan with tho month of August of the
curront year. Respectfully,
O. I'. AUSTIN.
Chief of Hurcau.
Mr. J. A. Urcckons, Correspondent Ilo
nolulu Star, 700 Met'l Hank Hulld
Ing, City.
Tho foregoing communication, for
warded by Mr. Drcckons, Is self-ex
planatory. , . f . ... ,
'I have called on your Excellency .healths In connection with tho yol-
to ask for the withdrawal or modifica
tion of that Iniquitous order command
ing tho wholesale destruction of tho
banana plants of tho city."
"I nover signed such an order," said
our very iillaiilo ciuei oxecutivo.
Your correspondent told him that
there was weoplng and waiJIngMu tho
Knlihl district on account of tho ruth
less destruction of valued bananas.
That tho bananns woro chiefly planted
around tho houses of people of small
menus and occupying small lots lOOxfiO
and decreasing in size from that. Now
tho understood order from tho wlsn
doctor temporarily in charge of our
low lover, is, that "all bananas within
150 feet of a human dwelling must
go." This order practically means
that all people of small means must
rorego tho raising and eating of ba
nanas. Bananas form a material por
tion or tho almost dally food of tho
children of tho aforesaid peoplo of
small menus. Tho children generally
having a banana or two to tako to
school for lunch Or ns Is most gener
ally the case, they go without uny
thlns until they got homo, when the
frugal mother will glvo a banana or
two according to size or number of
(Continued on Page Eight)
Revolutionary Bulletins
(Special Cables to The Liberty News.)
SAN FRANCISCO, NOVEMBER 9. THE REBELS HAVE CAPTURED'
TIENTSIN AND ARE MARCHING ON PEKING.
SAN FRANCISCO, NOVEMBER 9. NANKING HAS FALLEN AND
THE REBELS HAVE BURNED THE VICEROY'S YAMEN.
HONGKONG, NOVEMBER 9. THE REBELS HAVE 'ATTACKED
WAICHAU, A CITY ON THE EASTERN RIVER, EAST OF CANTON.
HONGKONG, NOVEMBER 9. THE REBELS HAVE OCCUPIED
HEONG SHAN AND SUNON, TWO DISTRICTS ALONG THE LINE OF
KOWLOON AND CANTON RAILROADS.
THE GENTRY OF CANTON HAVE ELECTED CHAN HING Kl, FOR.
MERLY IMPERIAL VICEROY OF KWONGTUNG AND KWONG SI PROV.
INCES, TO BE THE GOVERNOR OF CANTON AND DECLARE THEIR
INDEPENDENCE OF THE CROWN. THE PEOPLE, HOWEVER. DE
CLINE TO RECOGNIZE THE APPOINTMENT.
At Lincoln's Birthplace
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iiuuuniiui.c, iy .ov. v. rresmoni inn louay iieuicateu tne kin-ffgM
coin Memorial building on the spot whero tho log cabin stood In which1!
Abraham Lincoln was born. Governor Folk of Missouri spoke.
The Public Must Pay
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. Tho testimony at tho hearing 6f the WorkV
mens umponsaiion commission loivsnauows railroad rato increases topjog
vido a compensation fund for
the Injured.
The Cotton Corner
WASHINGTON,' November 9. The cotton corner organized by'Patipil-
and others Is up in tho Supremo Court on a question of conspiracy.
Want Reciprocity
WASHINGTON, November 9. Norway and Sweden ask tho samterg
clprocity privileges offered Cnnodo, on wood pulp print paper. i
Maeterlinck Wins
STOCKHOLM, November 9.
nry prize. ,
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-Mnntfinllni'tl.' lino mnl.'.v.l TI.1 1ti.
Tobacco Stocks Improve
."EBB
NEW
stocks.
YORK, Nov. 9. Tho tobacco decision has boosted
Sholto Douglas Living
SEATTLE. Novembor 9. Lord Sholto Douglnsa is hero alive,
METCALF STREET SEWER.
Tiiero .wub a wonderful dlfferen .-o
in some of tho bids mado for tho
iwork of laying tho sower pipes on
Motcalf street. Four concerns bid
for tho work. Tho figures were as
follows: Lord (c Young Engineering
Company. ?U.G33.03; L. M. Whlte-
lious, $1S,579.87; ,1. II. Wilson. $23,-
91.1.S3; Concroto Construction Com
pany, ?3,512.0t.
Lord & Young woro nwardod tho
contract. Their Ilgtiros ur Just about
half of tho highest bidder. The big
differenco in tho bids is accounted
for by tho fact that for 3037 feet of
rock work the lowest blddora put
down $2.30, while tho highest esti
mated tho work at $5.G5 per yard.
Morning Catile Report on' Page Two.
Will Consider
Rose Matter
AttoiiK' General Lindsa stated
tills uttoinoon, at two o'clock, that
no stoim had boon takon In regard to
having Deputy Sheriff Rose arrested
for disobeying tho orders of the mos
quito cnmaign ovorsoors.
"The matter will bo discussed at
tho meeting of tho Hoard ot Health
this afternoon," said the Attornoy
tiunoral, in answer to a question.
"Rulos to fit the situation will bo paWs?
ed, nnd tho matter will then be. proVf
It Is felt' in certain quartors that
tho law regarding the poworg ot tho
Hoard of Hoalth aro not vory strong.
the tobatcp.a
MR. SPALDING DECLINES.
E. 1. Spalding, manager of the Hank
of Honolulu mid prosldout ot thg
Chamber of Commorco, has dealinsd'
to accept membership in tho Hoard ot j
Hoalth, lu place of James F. Morgan
resigned. His muny business cares!
and tho stato ot his hoalth aro hljl
reasons for declining.