The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-11-05

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Today, both by the events planned
for it and by the official proclamation
of Mayor Fern, issued yesterday morn
ing, is "'Tuberculosis Day" when the
greater part of the English-spealSing
community will pledge ''some small
portion of its time" to a consideration
of the Great White Plague. On the
initiative of the churches through their
Inter Church Federation the giant
mass meeting that is arranged for the
Bijou Theater tonight will be the big
event of the day, most of the churches
closing their doors tonight that their
congregations might attend.
Governor Frear,. who will preside,
will call the meeting to order at half
past seven. The speakers of the even
ing viii be DIR. A. N. Sinclair, admins
trative officer of the Anti-Tuberculosis
League and superintendent of the Lee
ahi Home, and james A. Rath, head
worker of the Palama Settlement.
First Big Step.
The meeting tonight marks the first
big step towards awakening interest in
! the tuberculosis work which must be
carried on before Hawaii can expect
to forego the four hundred deaths
which it pays annually as toll to this
plague, which wipes out, more lives each
year than epidemics of plague and
cholera have in the last twenty
In this campaign territorial and
municipal aid win be asked for event.
ually, both in laws and money, and
volunteer aid will be requested. Under
the direction of the board of health q
publicity campaign has already been
spread to each of the main islands OF
the group and officials and the press
are eagerly assisting.
Press Cooperating.
. The Advertiser and the StarBulletir
. ON Oahu have both commenced II
spread the gospel of anti-tuberculosi'
in English. The "Garden Island" OF
Kauai and the "Maui News" at Wal
, luku, under the direction of Editor
. Stevenson, are carrying on the public
, ity campaigns in their districts and arr
, obtaining splendid results in awakened
!, interest.
On Hawaii, Henry w. Kinney, edito
of the Hilo Tribune, has taken up thu
publicity work for the Island of Ha
wall, according to a letter received
from him yesterday. He is now hand
, ling the anti-tuberculosis publicity il
that county and assisting Doctor Sex
ton, the board of health's agent il
Hilo, in mapping out a campaign tina
win reach into every corner of Hawaii
Editor Sheba of the Hawaii Shinpo
i the leading japanese paper of the Ter
rtory, took up the campaign among hi
countrymen three weeks ago, under tn
direction and with the assistance of tn
board of health and the Anti.Tubercu
losis League, and has sowed seeds tina
will bear considerable fruit when tn
time cones to call on the japanese TO
their active assistance in stamping on
u tuberculosis.
u The campaign has also been sprea
: to the Portuguese, Editor M. A. Silv
: of the o Luso of Honolulu and Edito
: A. S. Costa of the A Setta, Hilo, di
recting the publicity work in their re
, spective publications and performin
d service that last week won the pei
sonal thanks and appreciation of Doc
c tor Sinclair and others in the Amt
Tuberculosis League.
The "Nupepa Kuakoa" and Senate
, Kalauokalani g paper have been work
ing among the Hawaiian portions o
:. the community along the same genera
y lines.
. The Newest knowledge.
Doctor Pratt, president of the boar
of health, has just returned from th
congress of hygiene and demography a
Il Washington with an immense amour
4 of data on educational campaigns, an
t particularly in regard to tubereulosi
!. and this will be applied practically
!, Hawaiian affairs at once.
II The present campaign is merely
G beginning, started along wellthought