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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-20

KOHALA, Nov. 15.-Midget: The
Third Circuit Court is dragging out a
weary term. The grand jury finished
it's work the first week, and some Of
the Kohala members and others &C.
cupying a cottage together, with some
witnesses, celebrated with a banquet
at which p w. p Bluett distinguished
himself as a most entertaining and
versatile host.
The grand jury found FIVE indicL-
ments, two bills for assault, one for
rape, one for murder and one for per-
jury. One was Russian, three Orien-
tails, learning the devious ways of
Western civilization by hard knocks,
and one was an old Hawaiian.
The first case of assault with danger.
Gus weapon-the Russian tapped a
Chinese on his cocoanut with a guava
stick-consumed three days and re-
suited in a mistrial The prosecution
made out too good a case; It's wit
nesses agreed to the dots over the is,
like automatons.
Among the learned counsel present
are Mcbride, Rolph, Kaumoha, Poepoe,
Ala, Correa, Ashford and Lightfoot.
1t was necessary to draw a second
venire of jurors. The jury system is
an onerous tax on our island, where
distances are so long and roads SC
wretched. The sessions of the court
seem always to be dated to give the
Kau attendants the advantage of the
Mauna Loa trips, while the Kohala
side may walk or fly. One Kohala
juror got his summons Saturday after
noon, and drove all that night and all
day Sunday to obey the court. The
fees are not enough to enable hirina
an auto. Many of the jurors who dc
so are out of pocket; but their time al
home is valuable.
Most of the cases tried are petty
pilikias, in which Orientals or Fill
pinos are the principals. Is it worth
while? Society must be protected, the
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majesty of the law indicated, and
these new corners educated to our
standard-yet It comes high.
There are between forty and fifty
trial jurors at Kailua at present, and a
long term is expected. Most Of the
jurors are staying in Kailua, and
boarding at "Ah Lap's"-a restaurant
and coffee shop which serves as the
Young Hotel" of this Kona village.
Very few jurors are being excused
by the judge, for he realizes the i'm
portance of retaining all he can, for in
telligent Jurors are hard to get in Ha-
wall these days, and for one reason
or another many are excused tenn
porarily making the matter Of jury
selection no easy task.
From Coffee Land.
Messrs. Wight and Renton Hind re-
turned from a Kona trip on Thursday.
They report a very agreeable stay in
coffee land" and found the roads
worse than they had expected. The
road to Waimea is getting to be al
most impossible, especially for about
four miles on the Kona side. They re.
fused to talk about the Keaumoku
road, as their vocabularies were made.
quate to describe it's terrors. From
the Keamoku gate to Huehue the road
is of the best, save for a few hundred
yards at Puanahulu In South Kona
the road is very bumpy, except for a
fine stretch when nearing Holualoa
from the Kau side. 1t is not the fact
that the roads are not ballasted that
causes them to be so bad, but that
the rains have washed away the TOP
dressing and thus exposed the rocks
and boulders beneath
Evidently politics is keeping the
Kona roads, like our own, in repair
judging from the amount of work that
is being accomplished.
They report that the coffee crop is
short this year-probably little more
than half that of last year, but that
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1t is safe to say (says the Calcutta
Englishman) that we have not yet ar
rived at any final decision as to the
various media for the transmission Of
plague. Some Investigators, notably in
Calcutta maintain that the unfortun-
ate rat Is a much abused victim; that
really he is not the carrier of plague
infected feas; and the campaign for
/ his determination is a useless and eX-
Ipensive institution. In Western India,
on the other hand, the investigators
are equally emphatic that the rat is
the principal, if not the only, carrier
II of the infection. We have the testi-
mony of the directoE of the local
/ meteorological laboratory, in addition
to other Independent investigators, in
support of the rat theory. Be that a3
it may, all our preconceived ideas re-
ceive a shock when plague breaks out
in centre separated from the nearest
source of infection by % days jour
ney. This was the case in an outbreak
at the end of 1905 in Seistan in Persia,
among the Sayyads, a nomadic race,
! inhabiting the Nazir bordering the Ha-
nun of the Helmund, The first man
attacked, together with his wife and
/ family, all died; and several neigh
bors took the disease, and nearly all
died. The population was reduced by
half by the epidemic, which spread
south to the mainland. There was
/ something so extraordinary in this
outbreak at a place removed many
hundreds of miles from the nearest
sources of infection, that there was
much speculation as to its origin, and
four theories were put forward, viz .
/ % that it was due to an indigenous
variety of plague in Persia; but none
such is known; (2) that the disease
might have been PESTS minor, a view
held by the Governor-General OF
Khorasan and Seistan; but a disease
causing 90 per cent of deaths can
hardly be so denominated; (3) that
the disease was spread from cattle
among which there had been an out
break of disease called "Tufangi,
which, however, turned out to be an
thraX; and ca that it spread from d
previously infected area, as a con
uignuont Of oacon6-baud plOthaa had
arrived a month previously from Kara
chi. But the medical officer who wrote
, the report dismissed this last on var
, ious grounds, and fell back on the
= novel theory that numbers of infected
pulex cheopis or other species Of feas
p were imported on wild ducks tina
i were at that season migrating south
ward from the direction of Astrachan
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PAVING IN FLU.

Western Pacific Herald (Suva):
With regard to the controversy
which agitated municipal circles on
the best material for pavements, it is
interesting to learn, from recent is
sue of the Sydney Evening News, that
we have selected the most economical
method The overseer of works for
the Willoughby Council, after investi-
cation, says that in comparing the rela.
tive cost of asphalting with other
modes, ii has to be remembered that
while. asphalted pavements require
periodical renewal those made either
OF bricks or blue metal screenings last
for thirty years, and are thus the
cheapest in the end Our discerning
Council is using blue metal screenings
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-20
OTHER SIDE OF THE DUTCH
PLAN OF COLONIZATION

Below are extracts from specai Cal
cutta correspondence of the Manila
Cablenews-American, which may be
food for thought to critics of Ameri-
can administration in the Philippines:
Unfavorable criticism of the Filipino
and of the American administration of
the Philippines, is a comon thing
throughout the United States, where it
emanates both from those who have
lived and worked in those islands as
well as from those who know them
only through the columns of their pa
pers and magazines. The structures
Of most of the latter, based as they are
on second hand opinion and informa-
ton, except in it's unfair influence on
the opinions of others, is not worthy
of serious consideration; the criticism
of the former, as insuffciently prem
Used as most Of the contention is, can
not thus slightly be dismissed. The
most persistent Of this class Of criti-
cism comes from those who are ad-
mirers of what they fancy is the
Dutch regime in Java and the other
East Indies
Criticism Without knowledge.
Doubtless there is much about the
people and the administration Of the
Philippines that is open to honest cri
ticism; SO also is there in the people
and government of America, or Great
Britain, or Germany or any Other
country. But that much of what has
been considered by many as "irrefut
able argument" in favor of the inaugur
alton in the Philippines a policy akiI
to the Dutch East Indies is not based
on comprehensive knowledge the last
few months have made so clear to me
that ! have deemed some of the facts
impelling to that conclusion worth set
ting down. This article is not a de
tense of the American policy in the
Philippines, but merely very sketchy
picture-hastily drawn and incomplete
doubtless, but nevertheless, trust, II
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-20
SECRETARY WOODS INVITATION
TO THE PAN-PACIFIC CONGRESS

Under a three-column flash head the
Manila Cablenews-Amerlcan prints the
following:
The following has been received by
the Cablenews-American and others
here:
Honolulu, Hawaii, Sept Is, 1911.
A special invitation is hereby ex-
tended to you to be present in person
or to send one or more representatives
to participate in the second session
of the Pan-Pacific Congress to be held
in the rooms of the Chamber Of Com
was dropped and the name Pan-Pacific
"a, 1912.
When the call for the 1911 meeting
was issued, the idea of a Convention
for the discussion of travel conditions
on the Pacific was chiefly in mind.
The developments of the first Con-
gress made 1t clear, however, that the
work should be broadened, and after
due consideration, the word travel
" db hlOppVu anu JlC hulllG 4 ellA-A hNAlAN
Congress adopted with the idea that
the organization should stand in the
same relation to all the countries
bordering on and tributary to the Pa
cific as the Pan-American Union, for
instance, does to the Republics of
North and South America. In other
words, the scope of the work should
be so broadened as to include every.
thing that might in any way tend to
the development and exploitation of
the Pacific, thus creating a clearing
house for ideas and plans looking TO
the betterment of conditions and the
further increase of trade and travel on
the Pacific.
Among other subjects which have
been submitted for consideration at
the second session of the Congress
are the following:
The Cross Roads of the Pacific.
The Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the
new trade route.
The Panama Canal.
The Great Ports of the Pacific.
Hawaii as a Mid-Pacifc Clearing
House.
Trans-Pacif1c Transportation.
The United States Consular Service
The 1915 Panama Pacific Interna
4ional Exposition.
International Maritime Law-Need
ed corrections.
The Sanitation of the Pacific
The South Seas.
Japan.
China
The Philippines.
Development of Commerce on tn,
Pacific as it concerns the Latin Am
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Eliminating in its way-Of present con-
ditions in the Dutch East Indies.
THE Dutch have been handling Ma
laysian colonies for upwards of three
hundred years, and you Americans
have been at it for ten," said a British
official to a Yankee tourist in Singa-
pore recently. Look at the success
they are making of their islands, and
then consider the trouble you are hav-
ing in yours. Don't you think that the
Dutch have learned more in three CEN
turtles than you have in a decade? Why
don't you learn wisdom of their ex-
perience and run the Philippines as
they run Java and Celebes and Suma-
ira? Forget your ideas about higher
education for the Filipino and put him
to work"
Yankee Tourists Answer.
The Yankee tourist knew just about
as much about Java as he did about
the Philippines that both were separat-
ed by upwards of FIVE hundred miles of
not always peaceful seas from the
route of the comfortable mail boat up
on which his round-the-world ticket en-
titled him to travel, but his answer
showed a keener appreciation of the
situation than has many man who
believes he knows all the ms and
outs Of it. He replied that We Amer
leans had run Just about everything
/ in the little old United States, except
the New York 400 and a corner OF
Pennsylvania, for nearly century and
half without the assistance of the
Dutch" and he reckoned that those
who had in hand the little business OF
the Philippines could get along with
out calling them in at this late hour
The comparison of the conditions in
the Philippines-to their detriment-
with the fancied conditions in the
Dutch Indies l heard in endless itera
ton during my stay in Manila, whether
it was the growl of dissatisfied civil
CONTINUED on page twelve.)
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erican countries bordering on the
great ocean
Meteorology Of the Pacific.
The best methods of establishing
and maintaining between the various
commercial, industrial and agricultural
associations of the Pan-Pacific Terri
tory and the Bureaus of the United
States Government, the closest rela-
lions practicable in order that the full
value of the many activities of the
Government for the promotion Of the
general welfare shall be received.
Packing for export.
Mosquitoes as carriers of diseases
and the necessity for their extermina-
ton.
The value of the destruction of rats
from economic and health standpoints.
The difficulties occasioned the
tourist by the vagaries Of currency and
exchange in the Far East.
Excursion trips on the Pacific.
The building of Southern California.
The developmentof the northwest.
Australia and New Zealand for home
builders.
The policy to be followed by Hawaii
in the treatment of other races.
What can be done to promote the
coming Of students from Japan and
China in greater numbers to the Uni
versities and Colleges Of the United
States.
Desirability and necessity for an
American line of steamers between
San Francisco, New Zealand and Aus
tralia via Honolulu.
Further suggestions will be vel
coined.
The present material progress OF
the Pacific, the great opportunities
of the future and the necessity Of
getting ready for the Panama Cana
all emphasize the holding of confer
ence of this character, which it is in
tended shall be practical, useful ant
comprehensive.
1t is urged that Governments, Slater
and Territories, Commercial and othe
interested organizations send men O
ikeen intelligence and training WHIT
can return home and become centeri
and authorities for the proper use anC
Idicoapnfu of{Or ~ tho hrnad lypoulodo,
they should acquire at this gathering
Please act at once upon this sugges
ton and kindly inform me as soon al
possible whether you will accept THU
invitation, and if 80, how many repre-
sentatives will be sent, giving thei
names and post office addresses.
} Respectfully yours,
H. P. WOOD, Secretary.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-20
WHERE BANANAS STILL THRIVE

There is a maximum of bananas at
Haleiwa and a minimum of mosqui-
toes; cause unknown, and as long as
it is so there will be no investigation
as to why mosquitoes do not invade
the bedrooms of the guests. Visitors
will tell you it is because the rooms
are all mosquito proof, and Manager
Kimball will smile. This is one Of
the enjoyable features Of Halewia,
The CUISINE and service are both eE-
cellent and the bathing excels that in
Honolulu because the beach is so
good and there is no muck coming
down from the mountains and empty
ing into the sea just at the bathing
place. Trains ION the o. r. & L. rail
way go to the lawn at Halewia, and
the trip is delightful.
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Intor-ISIand Happenings


the good prices will help to tide over
until next year, when a good crop is
expected.
Personal Mention.
c. Bomke, one Of the handsome Ku-
kuihaele bachelors, returned by We'd
nesday's Mauna Kea, after a couple of
weeks vacation in the metropolis and
Kauai He looks well and happy, and
he tells that he spent a well-earned
vacation
Conradt Ahrens also returned sur
.prisingly by Wednesdays Mauna Kea.
But this young man hailed from way
over Frisco-high, and he is full Of
Sacramento's and Standfordious gay
stunts. There's no telling that young
Ahrens will surprise the Hamakuaites
with an airship flight Come on with
1t, Connie!
Mr.. Daniels of the Kona Tobacco
Company left Monday on his way 10
the Coast to put some Kona tobacco
on the market Mr.. Peter Daniels will
take charge Of the plantation during
his absence. Mrs. Daniels accomp-
anied her husband.
Maui Railroad Extension.
! HILO, Nov. 17.-Herald: The Ka-
hului Railroad Company directors
have decided to proceed Immediately
with the extension of the railroad
tracks to the Haiku pineapple cannery
and in doing the work are preparing to
Guido the Hamakua branch of the Hilo
Railroad in regard to the height of
the bridge work necessary. The big
gest work to be done on the extension
which is ten miles in length, will be
the construction of bridge two hun
dred and fifty feet high and nine
hundred feet long, across the Maliko
/ Gulch. This will be the highest rail
road bridge in the Territory, it is ex
pected 1t is located four miles out
from Paia, where the extension will
start.
(Cotinued on page ten.)
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city. with hundreds of friends who
wish both him and has young wife
every happiness.
irrigation Work.
One of the most interesting features
of the work of the Bureau Of Public
Works during the past year has been
the attention paid to problems and
projects of irrigation in the Philip
pines. The sum of 100000 has been
expended by the irrigation division o.
the bureau, of which c. w Wrentmore
is chief. and substantial results have
been obtained, although a law is need
ed that will make possible the eNten-
sion of irrigation systems on a large
scale
The cost of irrigation surveys, dur
ing the year was $4,000, according
to the graphic table for cost Of irriga-
ton surveys included in the report OF
the director Of public works. The to
tai number Of hectares surveyed was
1896 A part of the work OF the
irrigation division is that Of gaugins
rivers and also rainfall. During the
fiscal year ending in June last, 1908
river gaugings were made at a cost Of
.$43,91416, the cost not including con
struction expenses. The cost OF rain
gauging was 15,943.73 and, again, this
figure does not include construction
expenses, while it does include repairs
while gauge is operating.
A glance at the maps showing irri-
CATION progress indicates that work
has been done in many different parts
of the islands. Extensive construction
work has been done in Iloilo and
IPangasinan. There is no large prov
ince in the islands but has been Sc
lected for extensive construction work.
Investigations with irrigation projects
in view have been made in Capiz, Anti
que. Occidental and Oriental Negros,
Leyte, Ilocos Norte, La Union, Bataan.
Laguna and Rial.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-20
PHILIPPINE GENERAL NEWS
AND DEVELOPMENT NOTES

city. with hundreds of friends who
wish both him and has young wife
every happiness.
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Goodrich In Accident.

c. Lacey Goodrich, the well known
shipping man now in Manila on bust
ness, had a very narrow escape Fri
day evening (Oct. 2O) from what might
have proved an exceedingly serious ac-
cident. On his way from his hotel to
attend the reception in honor Of Ad-
miral Murdoch at the Army and Navy
Club, the driver of his carriage went
to sleep and ran into an electric light
pole, wrecking the carriage and tang
ling Mr. Goodrich up with the wreck
age and the team which ran away,
dragging him for some distance. Mr.,
Goodrich emerged from the accident
with nothing worse than torn clothing.
Continued on page Jwelve.)
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CFrom Latest Manila Files)


One of the divisions of the Bureau
Of Public Works which covers the 81
Christian provinces is the we'll drill
ling division. A force of well drilling
experts and the machinery necessary
to operation is kept in the field all
the time and wells are drilled accord
| ing to a schedule. During the past
year wells were drilled in &c provinces
at a total cost of PS6,143.5O. The total
numbers of meters drilled was 1865.
| The cost of drilling varies a good deal
according to the nature Of the soil In
the Mountain province the cost was
P1S.47 per meter and in Surigao,
P1S.72 The least expensive drilling
was in Bataan at P2.9O per meter.
Artesian wells include those the wa
ter of which must be pumped as well
as those which have a surface flow.
A well is considered a success in any
case If the water is potable. The to-
tai number of artesian wells drilled by
the Bureau of Public Works to June
80 of this year is 59S. OF this mum.
Der 40 are jet wells and 6S deep
wells. Bulacan has the largest num-
Der, the figure being 109.
1t is asserted with little fear of
contradiction that wherever there are
successful wells health conditions
have become decidedly better. In
Pangasinan which has several flowing
wells there has been no new outbreak
of cholera during the past year. Dagu.
pan, which has suffered severely from
cholera at certain times in past years
has two wells with strong flow OF
water. The people come from great
distances to get uncontaminated wa
ter and in proportion as the people
form the habit of coming to the wells
the expense of health guarantees be
come less. One of the Dagupan wells
and several others in different parts
Of Pangasinan, have a slight minera
taste which has proved pleasing tx
the people.
Aviator Mars to Return,
The Carnival Association has re
ceived a communication from Captain
Mark Scott, of the Manila Police De
partment, who is at present on leav'
in the states, stating that CaptaiI
Frank Baldwin and Bud" Mars, WIN
made the thrilling aeroplane flights a
last years big show, have offered t.
again come to Manila next year anC
make two flights per day during thu
eight days of the annual fiesta for th'
sum of eight thousand dollars gold
The aviation committee, of whicl
Judge D. r. Williams is chairman, viii
meet on Monday afternoon at Carniva
headquarters to discuss and act OF
this offer.
San Francisco Girls Marriage.
The marriage of Miss FitzhenTy o
San Francisco and Robert e. Murph
was celebrated last night, (Octobe
I21); at Z o'clock at the Archbishop
Palace, Rev. ]. ]. Finnegan officiating
The bride was attended by Mrs. Cal
son Taylor, as matron of honor, an
Charles A. McDonough, a prominen
young attorney of this city, was bes
man.
. Miss Fitzhenry is a charming an
accomplished girl, whose advent her
:. will be a decided acquisition to loci
! society circles. Bob" Murphy, as h
! is affectionately known to his man
=, friends here, is one of the most POI
ular and esteemed young men in tn
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Or. Gregg Resigns.

1t was learned last night (Oct. 2il
from reliable sources and on excellent
authority that DR.. Donald Gregg, Of
the staff of the Philippine General
Hospital, had rendered his resignation
the same to take effect Immediately.
An attempt was made by the Cable
news-American to reach DR.. Gregg at
the hospital last night, but he was out.
so the report could not be confirmed.
No definite reasons were given why
DR.. Gregg resigned, but it is supposed
that his action is the result of the in
designations now being conducted by
the Hon. Dean C. Worcester, Secretary
of the Interior, into the administrative
methods in vogue at the general hos
pital.