Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-20

ernment and our friends who have so
unstintediy assisted and encouraged
US in the fnifilment of our pledge.
First. to provide effective means for
the prevention or cruelty to children
throughout, the territory OF Hawaii;
to provide temporary homes for va.
grant, destitute and exposed children
Of tender age and of providing for
| them such other and further relief as
may be advisable to rescue them from
moral ruin.
Second, - to prevent the inhufnane
treatment of animals: to secure the
enactment Of further legislation and
the enforcement 6f the present laws
for the prevention. of cruelty to ami
mails"
Humane Officers Report.
Miss Ward's report as humane ofh,
Ger was OF much interest. 1t follows:
AS officer OF the Hawaiian Humane
Society 4 respectfully submit my re-
port for the year ending September
80, 1915. The following shows 913
cases which came to my attention, POI
OF which were ehildren's cases, and
zoe were with animals, namely:
Overlooking, 50; eoiiar.gaiis, IL;
sore and emaciated, I3i beating, 10;
shot, Al; checkreins, $50, arrested and
hned. Is; unshod' III. lame, $50: chic
reformed, 80; injured, s.; total 706. ,
This is exclusive Of the many warn.
ings given, which have often proven
as effective as prosecutions In cases
OF overlooking It is: most surprising
how some Of the firms allow their
drivers to load the drays to the at.
most, having their overwoTked, poorly
iioirished animals struggle under their
burdens. ~ -
Il drew the attention of the man
agers-who hardly know q horses
tail from its. head-to the treatment
their animals we're receiving from
some of their drivers, and this they
absolutely denied, saying their drivers
were all Trustworthy Perhaps pub.
fishing the names Of these excellent
90 Treated by Parents.
"0f the 207 cliiidfen's cases / found:
III treatment by parents, 4s; homes
found, 13; placed in KauikeolanI hos.
pital, 12; Queens hospital, 4; Leahi
Home, 8; PalaI1a Settlement. 4; sal
tation Army Home, "a; Castle Home,
| 4; Lanakila Hale, l. neglected. %;
forced to marry, II.
Besides these mentioned above,
several have been taken TO the juve.
nile court and placed either on proba.
ton or out to fine Girls Industrial
School Or the Boys Reform School
In tubercular cases. may | again ap
peal TO the different ice companies to
protect their employees against the
white plague?
| These boys start out at and )
O'Clock in the morning, never return
ing until II or II, being in their wet
clothes for six, seven or eight hours.
A boy was examined today and pro
nounced tuberculous. this being the
! fourth case have had with ice boys
two having already succumbed.
Il Wish at this time to thank the
Palan1a nurses FOR their untiring eff
forts and cooperation in this humane
work, also the police for their kind
ness and consideration by their prompt
response to my calls
/ The following committees were
named this morning:
Education. Mrs. W. ". Thayer Ed
gar Wood, Mrs f. w Jordan; Child
Welfare, Mrs. A. Haneburg, Mrs.
Bernice Walbridge, Miss Alice Cooke;
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Mrs. E. Dekum. Miss w Tenney, G.
P Wilder, Miss Mabel Phillips; Fin
ance, Mrs. K. D. Mead, Mrs. r. C..
Brown, Miss Harriet Hatch.
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