The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-03-09
TAMPico, MENAcED BY LII
SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC

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Associated Press by Federal wircless.j
WASHINGTON, March s.--An,i cpl.
demic Of smallpox has broken out At
Tampico and the disease is spreading
In me past three days there. have been
twenty .nine cases discovered and sent
to the isolation hospital Already
there have been eight deaths from the
diseasr h. Z
stand. He said that Kupihea had
asked him TO get bunch Of soldiers
away from his house. When he got
there he found the men with Mrs.
Kupihea and Mrs. Kuhlmann. AZ ..
nKupihea told me that the soldier
were drunk and raising disturb,
ance, = said Kealoba. tt.'I did not fn5
the men drunk; neither were they
raising disturbance i saw q derii,
john on the door. Mrs. ;, Kupihea did
not seem TO be drunk and neither wat
Mrs. Knhlmann. 1 told the men "
leave the place and after some argu
ment they did. so, but, only after J
told them that IL they did not do 81
would nse my club ON them.' y
wife To the Rescue : II z
! Mrs. Kupihea, being called, sale
that Mrs. Kuhlmarn had gone To hei
lhouse first and that the soldiers FOL;
lowed her with a demijohn. OF wine
kupihsa then arrived from the marked
and scoided her for allowing the meI
Ia, be there, 1H, w. .S. "a sisl
| ttHe asked me who had inyitec
them, n said Mrs. Kupihea, land }
told him that they had come with thi.
woman. My husband then said this
was not right: He did not want ths
soldiers around, especially as there
were children around the house. HI
never brcnsat soi,hcrs into th. hans.
to drink with them. = 4 - IN
Kupihee's wife denied ever hayint
been to- the detached -cottage when TIL
soldiers were earolising, much less dur
ing the Christmas ,festieitieG 81,
said, further, that she got along ~
fright with " her } stepdangh TIL
laughter, Eva, when on the stand pre-
yiously had stated that they could. no
get along with their stepmother.
Faithful Retainer iIsgs W. ,'''sl
Kanohonaele, a Hawaiian retaine
of Kupihea's knew nothing against hi
employer, Kupihea. q Had never seei
him in the company of or drinkin;
with the soldiers, he was sure, an,
never saw any booze at all. Kanahon
aele's wife was called to the stand
but both sides agreed that II her test
mony was like that of her husband
1t could be recorded as such. This set
tied the case Oh tne retainer 2 we a
iar "S her 'eS'iiilony Vas ~ ne ~
A Dandy Loop Hole
II At this point Chairman kawIins, al
ter short conferences with the othe
members Of the committee, announce
that they had had about Al they want
cd. He emphasized the fAet that n
Testimony had been brought out t
bear out Judge Asmord charge tina
gambling had taken PLACE fins knpihea'
house or houses. The eonimittee woull
next, said Mr.. kawhns, visit the Local
ity and take look around TO place 4
their minds some OF the testimony a.
ready adduced. Inc eommittee, In
seven scatter, motored later In the al
tenoon down to huPiheas mansion.
Judge Larnacn, VINO questioned tn
witnesses on oenah OF the public n
the previous slttngs OF the committee
was not present yesterday, being az
tanned IN court as Judge stuart IN
sisted IN holding court on Saturda
afternoons George 3. Curry, who ha
assisted Judge LaEnach, eonducte
some OF the eAaminations OF the WI
, nesses. F. q,
Boy Soldiers "BuIhs'' 49,.
At the conclusion Of ! the bear;p
Lorrin Andrews made his fiery tain
He called The soldiers a drunk an lot 3
buns. who boosted Of goipo IN Kun
bea "a place TO eet beasflv drunk an
gave no thought TO the fact chat the
iisyraced and were Disgrace 10 M
uniform thev wore. The enlisted me
present in the hall Of representative
and out in the lobby squirmed visibl
at Andrews fervid denunciation.