The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-21
WHITE ALLIES
BACK THE
CAMP
Makiki Residents Get
Some Startling
Information.

The residents of Makiki have theil
backs against the wall, and through
the Kaahumanu Improvement Club they
are fighting to save their district from
being built up with Japanese camps
The gravity of the situation with
which they find themselves confronted
was shown last night at a meeting OF
the club, held at the residence of T.
J. King, where it was reported that
lumber was being hauled on the
ground for the erection Of big camp
on Beretania avenue, and that negotia-
tions were under way by japanese to
acquire title to a lot running between
Lunalilo and MatlOck avenue, on which
1t is proposed to erect another large
camp. These are in addition to the
one now going up on Piikoi street, the
legality for which is now being tested
an the courts.
A disturbing report was also made
at the meeting to the effect that Mr..
Ito, the builder of the Piikoi street
camp, was being backed up in his
building scheme by white, capitalists,
who were urging him to fight his case.
Mr.. Ito, it is understood, would be
willing to drop the matter now and
call it off if some arrangements could
be made to reimburse him for the ex-
pense he has gone to, but he is being
kept in the fight by his haole partners
and by his attorney, E. C. Peters. A
fee of $500, paid to Mr.. Peters, is one
of the items of expense Ito has gone
to. There was also a suggestion
thrown out at last nights meeting
that there might be damage suits to
fight, Ito having an offer from an at
torney to have suits against certain
Makiki residents brought on a contin-
gent fee.
That is the situation that the Ma
kikiites are up against, the situation
that they took steps to meet last night.
These steps viii consist in asking the
Central Improvement Club to call a
mass meeting of the members of all
the city improvement clubs to take ac-
tion in the matter of the Japanese
camp nuisance; to secure legal assist
ance and have a measure drafted to
present to the Legislature when it
meets in February next, prohibiting
the encroaehment into residential dis
tricts of undesirable tenements. and to
start a movement among the Makiki
property holders to pledge them not to
dispose of their property without max
ing it a condition of the sale that the
property is not to be used or disposed
of for tenement-house purposes.
The meeting was largely attended.
tV entyfOur representative residents of
the Makiki district being present. |
These were T. J. King. T. F. Lansing. |
Allan Herbert. James Bicknell, C. NJ |
V. Forster, w. L. Howard. r. L. Auer- |
bach, r. w. Podmore. F. G.. Rowe, J. |
]. Belser. c. P. Morse. R. g. Moore, |
John Walker, 7. r. Lucas, W. p. Fen !
nell, s. B. Rose. J. Lauder. c. A. Long, |
John Markham, Harry Foster. L. NJ. |
Vetlesen. John Traut, W. II. Gill and
J. L. Mclean.
Approved Thwing Roast.
:. Sheba, editor of the Hawaii
ShinPo. was present by request to rep
resent the japanese community, being
introduced to the meeting by Mr.. Her
bert That he might be better known
TO the club members as a man in svm-
pathy with the movement of the club.
4 recent editorial which appeared in
his paper was read by the secretary.
James L. Mclean. This was the roast
handed out by the Shinpo last Sunday
% the Rev, f. W. Thwing, voicing the
opinion of the Japanese that Mr.
Thwing's purity campaign had only re-
ulted in scattering vice throughout
he residential districts of the city,
where the influences for evil were mul-
iplied. The article stated that Mr.
living had done much more harm than
-Ood in Honolulu, harm which il would !
axe years TO undo. This article was
pnlauded by the club members and ]
several present voieing their :
entiments in accord with the roast, {
tating that the evil complained of by :
he ShinpO was what the Makikiites Z
ad now 70 fight. {
Mr.. Sheba stated that the japanese T
ress agreed with the people of Ma r
XXI in obieeting TO the building of r
anements in the parklike suburbs of /
be city. hut stated also that the de- y
armined fight now being made by the ;
iikoi street builder was being urged I
pon him by certain white partners he .
ad in the enterprise. the ones who v
ERE putting up the money. Mr.. Ito a
lmself was reluctant to 60 ahead with +
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