The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-04-18
DECEIVE BOARD
BY CONSPIRACY
HAwAuANs THROW EVERY HIM.
ORANGE POSSIBLE IN WAY
OF OFFICIALS
lFrom Monaay . AdyerlIaor.l

Vnt moro case OF chulOfh was added
20 the new list yesterday when Ka-
huna Kamaha, road isboror in Kappa
lama, died. His case was discovered
Saturday afternoon aud removed to
the quarantine hospital as suspect
death coming yesterday morning. His
case has been proved.
HIS death has shown still more clear
ly the condition that has been facing
the health authorities tor the past
month, that being that the Hawaiians
are joined in an understood and eohi-
plete conspiracy to withhold all posi-
BILE information from the board of
health aud its agents, and to hinder
them in every way possible with
wrong information, even going 50 far
as to conceal cases. Saturday s and
yesterdays developments took new
turn, that of attempting 20 nislead
the federal doctors concerning the
source of infection.
DR.. Donald IL. Currie, who, with
Moses I. Clegg, is cooperating with
tho board of health ON orders from the
| federal government, in its endeavors
to trace out the source of infechoi,
reports that the tracing of the past
few cases have been attended with all
the hindrance that could be thrown
in his way and with what appears to
be deliberate design to affect the
Kalihi poi factory. 1t is well known
that the Hawaiians have recently be-
gun 30 claim that the Kalihi factory
poi is the worst in the city, most of
them preferring the Chinese made
product, and charges we're made yes
terday, probably totally untrue, that
the hands of the workers in that fac.
tory were covered with sores.
The last case on Punchbowl street
gave vivid illustration of this fact.
The wife of this victim swore that they
had taken their poi from the Kahhi
factory, notwithstanding the fact that
there was poi shop right next door in
operation. II was so extremely Doubt
full that the man should spend ten
cents carfare to 90 that distance for
! fifty cents worth of poi that the Off
cials, knowing the character they were
dealing with, fatty disbelioved it, and
afterwards proved that it did come
from the poi shop next door and not
from Kalihi.
The deceit practised is not only ex-
tended to poi, bat to the actions of
everybody concerned, and in question
ing the contacts as to the places visit
ed by the unfortunate patients they are
often told of places to which the
affected ones had not been for months.
This was particularly the case during
the previous epidemic and caused end
less trouble, worry and expense to the
officials
Yesterday Sheriff Jarrett and Doctor
Shepard made an attempt to locate the
place on King street, opposite the
Waipilopilo pumping station, whore the
last case developed. They found it
after some difficulty and passing
through the quarantine found the sick
man in the front room of the house.
After an examination they left with no
information that another, man was
fatally sick in another room, which
fact was carefully withheld from them
| by the other inmates. This second case
was afterwards discovered by Doctor
Pratt, general health officer of the
board of health.
These people swore that they had got
their poi from a neighbOring house and
that these people brought their supply
from the Kalihi poi factory. The lat
ter fact was proved and every one else
in the neighborhood hocled around TO
volunteer the information that the pa.
tient had indeed taken poi from the
neighbor IS house. The officials were
finally about to be convinced when a
little Portuguese girl inadvertently ad-
mitted that a Chinaman had been de-
livering poi to the house. This quick
ened suspicion and Sheriff Jarrett
placed one Of his men on the job with
the result that it has been proved that
a Chinaman had taken poi to that
house, as the girl said, and that their
supply did not come from the Kailihi
poi factory.