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only. That is why it looks so
well and lasts so long in spite
Of the wear and tear and con-
slant washing a floor must get.
A general all-around varnish
will not stand up. Get Mar-not
and watch it wear and hold
its lustre.
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The filing by OzaWa OF his naturali-
zaticn petition late in January. 1918,
created Intense interest not only in
local federal court circles but among
persons who have Uade a study Of
the naturalization laNs and who are
familiar with the many questions arts
ing therefrom.
At that time the case Was in the
hands of Hon Sanford B. Dole, the
initial hearing being set for January
30. 1915 On that day OzaWa was
present in court with two witnesses.
The questions put to him by Judge
Dole regarding the American govern
ment system were quite fully answer
ed, but Judge Dole, hesitating in rul-
ing at that time, noted formal pro
test from the district attorney and
postponed the case.
Ozawa, was told that he might file
a brief Setting forth the grounds on
which he was entitled to American
citizenship This brief was filed, Oza-
va stating, among other things. that
he had been educated in America,
that he was a firm believer in the
principles Of American government
and that he was ready to renOunCe
allegiance to the emperor Of Japan.
In open court he made a statement
to the effect that while. by nation
ality, am a Japanese, yet at heart l
am an American"
Threatened Trouble.
In one part of Oza~a'S first brief,
however, it was stated, in substance,
that the United States might become
involved in certain international
trouble providing the Japanese were
not given the right to American citi
zenship
This rap" brought forth reply
brief from J. Wesley Thompson, then
assistant district attorney, which
sternly protested against the admis-
sion of Ozawa to citizenship. Ozawa
thereupOn filed a second brief, set
ting forth more reasons why he be-
lieved he should be made citizen.
Following the filing of the second
brief. the case lay dormant for sev-
eraI months, pending the issuance of
a decision by Judge Dole. When Judge
Dole went out of office last DeCPm-
her. the task of preparing the deCis-
ion in the OzaWa case fell t0 Judge
Clemens, who has given considerable
thought, and attention to the matter.
Ozawa's case has been pending in
federal court for nearly year. At
the request Of the court he filed two
briefs setting forth his reasons why
he believed the privileges Of citizen
ship should be extended 10 him. These
were followed by a brief by J. Wes-
ley Thompson, former assistant dis
trict attorney, who argued that Oza-
wa. being a member of the Mongoi-
ian race, was not entitled to citizen
ship.
About two months ago, when the
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case vas again called up in court.
District Attorney Horace W. Vaughan
filed a brief arguing against the ad-
mission Of either japanese or Filipi-
nos to citizenship.
Attorney Vaughan merely cited the
naturalization law, which is TO the
effect that only free white persons
or persons of African descent or ma
tivity" may become CitizeLs Of the
United States.
As he recently stated to the Star
bulletin Attorney Vaughan has in
structions from Washington TO take
such an action in case the court finds
in favor Of the petitioners CanCeha-
ton proceedings will automatically
throw beth cases before the United
States supreme court at Washington.
Ozawa is. Japanese OF unusual in
telligeRce At present he is employ
ed at T Fl. Davies & Company. Al
though born in Japan he received the
greater part of his education in Amer
lean schools, and spent some years in
Stanford University. He is father of
several children, the latter being sent
to the local public schools
Soils and De Guzman, the F'ilipnos,
are members of the crew of the I. s.
coast guard Thetis Objection to
their admission as citizens was made
by District Attorney Horace w.
Vaughan in brief filed several weeks
ago. Mr. Vaughan pointed out that
the naturalization law provides that
only free white persons and per
Sons of African descent or nativity"
may become citizens of the United
States
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1905. and. the act BECAME effective Au-
gust IS. OF that year. Contemporary
executive construction. and particular
" by those in high office and having
peculiar duties in relation 10 the
proper administration of the act. is
OF very Fersuasive authority. The
attorney general says
This section sePMs 10 have been
formed expressly for the people OF our
insular possessions. who are there &C
eurately described and 10 whom alone
the section can refer
1T Was this clear opinion that guild
ed me June -, 1912, in admitting to
citizenship Pauline Netto. a person Of
half Filipino ART ha,t Spanish birth,
And the attorney generals view is
supported 10y District Judge Rose in
the case Of In re Eiralde 226 Fed S26.
in which native OF Porto Rico was
admitted without previous declaration
Of intention, under the special privi-
lege extended to sailors in the United
States navy.
Justice Gouid's Ruling.
And a still More recent decision,
that OF Justice Could OF the supreme
court OF the District OF Columbia rem
dered December 13, 1915, in the case
of In re Monico Lopez. sustains the
view of the attorney general so sue
cinctiy and convincingly, thath | am
content to quote from it quite largely:
The application is based upon
section 80 of the Naturalization Act
of June %, 1906, which reads as fol-
lows:
'All the applicable provisions of
the naturalization laws of the United
States shall apply TO and be held To
authorize the admission to citizen
ship of all persons not citizens who
owe permanent allegiance to the
United States, and who may become
residents Of any state or organized
territory of the United States. with
the following notifications: The ap-
plicant shall not be required to re-
nounce allegiance to any foreign SOW
ereignty; he shall make his declara-
ton of intention to become a citizen
of the United States at least two
years prior to his admission; and resi-
dence within the Jurisdiction of the
United States, owing such permanent
allegiance, shall be regarded as resi-.
dence within the United States within
the meaning Of the five years resi-
dence clause of the existing law"
THE present view Of the govern
ment may perhaps be indicated from
the letter of the commissioner of nat
uralization dated February 18th trans
hitting in compliance with my re-
quest d copy of Judge Gould's deci,
sion
Request was made by this depart
ment that steps be taken with view
to the review of the decision by the
court of appeals Of the District of Co
lumbia, but the department of Justice
declined to take such action, and stat
ed, in part, as follows:
'''"It is to be noted that in the
case of Lopez the applicant had resid-
ed in this country since 1894, while
in the Alyerto case, . there appears
to have been no showing that the ap-
plicant had ever resided in any state
or organized territory of the United
States, which, of course, is a prerequi-
site - - 49," ..-5. T." 80. -: -.
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FOR TOURISTS

For the visiting tourists now in the
city BONNIE is to give an exhibition
Of his famous lava ian moving pic
lures in Bishop Hall. Punahou, next
Friday evening, the 31St inst, aud
will comprise his celebrated Volcano
Of kilauea. of which Madame Melha
recently paid such high tribute; also
his recently made film of the M0lO-
kai Ieper settlement, showing their
Carnival event. which took place the
ith of July last; a trip through the
wonderful crater Of IIaleakala, the
great native lau-f shing event that took
place here on Oahu a year or two
ago. his famous ranch life and ma
tive scenes and the two reels of mill
tary life in Hawaii. recently made at
the various military stations Of this
island Gen William H. Carter said
these were the finest set Of military
scenes ever made in America,-Ad
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admitted, but none of which have fur.
nished us withIa- carefully considered
decision.
The early lawmakers of Congress
and those of 1873 may have been in
error as to the chronological divisions
OF the human race, but their contem.
porary works of general reference bear
ont the unobstructed current of deCi-
sions that white persons" did not
and does not contemplate the Japa-
nese, There is truth in DIR. VIM. FL
liot Grifis' view that:
There is no necessary distinction
between the Oriental and Occidental.
the brown and the white man. That
the yellow brain and the Japanese
heart are ultimately different from
those of Yankee or the Briton is the
notion of tradition, not the fact of
science"
But the question is not the worth
of the Japanese, their moral and intel.
lectual qualifications, but whether Con-
gress had them in mind in its proyi.
sion for the naturalization of free
white persons"
And Captain F. Brinkly, called by
DIR. Griffis one, of the English scholars
of the Meiji era who have made obso-
lete most of the old European learn
ing about Japan Tylor, the eminent
authority on ethnology (Anthropology,
pages So, $500, and the Encyclopedias
Britannica, class the japanese as of
the Mongolia or yellow race1, I'D,
vol. 9, page S51; vol. Is, page 1861.
'sAs lately as 1905, Congress went
over the whole law, and yet In view OF
the well known rulings Of the publish
ed decisions, this particular section o.
the law was left just as twas. That
Is a very persuasive reason for the
conclusion that Congress acquIesced
in, and adopted the Interpretation
which the courts had put upon their
own work.
"The remedy lies with Congress,
and our alien friends should through
their friends, or directly, seek that
branch of the government, and II they
show such devotion 70 the United
States and its constitution as this pc
titioner has shown in his twenty years
of complete surrender to our customs
and institutions, his petition should
not fall on deaf ears"
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pecIs,sa ON FiIiplnos.

Decisiar on Filipinos. g.. "a
Judge Clemens decision holding
that F'ilipinos are entitled to American
citizenship is. in fli1L as follows:
"In the case Of Mr., Soils, the dis
trict attorney opposes the petition in
reliance upon the decision of District
Judge Thompson in the case of In re
Alverto, 1873 Fed. $50. But the error
of that decision is apparent on its
face; for, noting that prior to the Nat
uralization Act of 1906 citizens of the
Philippine islands or of Porto Rico,
we're not capable of becoming
naturalized citizens for two reasons:
First, the naturalization laws of the
United States applied only TO aliens,
which they were not; and. second,
they required a remuneration of for
mer allegiance the learned Judge
says the effect of section 80 OF the
act was to make applicable to citizens
of the Philippine islands and Porto
Rico those provisions which had
Heretofore applied only td alieHs.'
Must Apply to AL - ~
And, he continues, If the limita-
tons OF section 1859 apply to one pro-
vision of the naturalization laws, they
must apply to all and, consequently,
TO section 80 Oh the act of 1906 and
this view disregards wholly the pro-
vision Of section 80 that all applicable
provisions OF the naturalization laws
shall apply 70 and be held to au-
thorize the admission to citizenship
of all persons not citizens who owe
permanent allegiance to the United
States, and who may become residents
of any state or recognized territory of
the United States, aud the further pro
vision of the same section and con
text. that residence within the juris-
diction OF the United States. owing
such permanent allegiance, shall be
regarded as residence within the
United States within the meaning of
the five years residence clause of the
naturalization law "A
And the unsoundness of the Al
verto decision may be shown by the
simple question. Ii the special provi-
sions of section 80 do not apply to
those Filipinos end Porto Ricans Ow-
ing permanent allegiance to the Unit
ed States, then to whom do they ap-
ply? The AIYerto decision is not at
all convincing. /
Quotes 5onaparte. 4
"As against Judge Thompson's
en- July 10, 1905 by Attorney General
Bonaparte who assumed that office al
most contemporaneously with the TAX
ing effect of the statute in question:
Tor he waa appointed December II,
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STAR-BULLETlN GIVES YOU
TOpAY,S NEWS TODAY.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-25
The Afro
Lantern
Makes Nightly Work Easy

The Air-o-Lantern supplies a great
need. On the farm it is indis,
pensable-for the barn. the feed yard
the granaries. and for all late work
about the place, It's what the dairy
man, pouIterer and plantation man
has long wished for One 30G-eandEG
power light shines the full length OF
the largest stable, and, hung up eighe
feet from the ground, will illuminate
barn yard 600 feet square.
The Air-OLantern makes it's. own
gas from gasoline and is perfectly
safe, very difficult to blow out, has
perfect regulation and is steady as the
sun under the most trying conditions
Price complete, $1,000.
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1916-06-20
TODAYS AND LATEST
NEWS BY WIRELESS

6.2
Honolulu-Word the effect that Art Smith, the
The japanese first pel him with stones him with
medals He will home the idozed visited
the Mkatos realm.
Eva Plantation Company has declared dividend of two
cent which will he paid in addition the regular monthly
dend. The total to he paid out will he s15OOOO.
Money Needed By City
The proposed bond issue is inadequate
geer will present to the supervisors estimate that far exceeds $780,
proposition alone would take than million dollars
Wilson Will Start The Muss
WaslingOn-PrYsiden Wilson will rebuke President
Mexico in curt note The utnatum will he of such
to cause or bring about understanding and
The Wilson In
Americans blamed for
States in the punitive expeditions questioned.
Mexicans Begin Trouble
San Deg-One Mexican State begins and detained
Reports to Admiral Winow indicate that there
coast in which American wounded and prisoners
Pershng Going Ahead
Despite Mexican threats, Persllng is going ahead.
Disposition OF National Guard
The National Guard will he
be needed by General Funston Guarmen of every
lied and drilling for field work.
being Mexican cities calling the
people against the United States Authorities
have ordered the and imprisonment of all Americans
Refugees trying reach the L. 5. cruisers Glacier
land. All foreigners fleeing from the warike conditions.
CanaMa Soldiers Active
E sSix thousand soldiers
Neuvo Laredo ana l@mPna
American Consul j. H. johnson, of Browns
vile yesterday.
President Working On Note
Wasingon-Presilen Wilson preparing his the de
of Mexico War imminent the
ing with that eventay in view All demands and forth
the note of Carranza will be ignored utterly.
Continued 81
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WOMAN
SLkSHEO TO DEATH

At about $3.50 O'Clock Tuesday
morning in Camp 4. Makaweli. a
Filipino woman named Emilia
Blancahor was literally cut to
pieces with a knife, said to have
been in the hands of a man named
Braulio Gomez, with whom she
was livinc.
Gomez had been sick and was III
a bad mood. 1t is claimed by the
police that he accused the woman
of neglecting him. Just before the
tragedy the woman had taken a
walk and. returning sat on the
steps Of the house. Gomez came
out of the house with huge knife.
The woman realized her danger
and ran away but was cought
and slashed to death. Neighbors
notified the police and arrest fol.
lowed. Gomez has been charged
with mui der and the case will &c
taken up by the grand jury at its
next session.
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1916-06-20
SPORTS PROGRAM PLANNED
FOR THE GLORIOUS FOURTH

Captain Morrow reg gimental ath-
letic officer of the Fourth Infantry,
last week prepared the following
for the preliminares and the big
events on July Fourth:
Lihue, June 13. 1916.
The following program of events
for the military tournament to take
place at Lihue, Kauai, on July 4th +,
1916. is submitted for considera-
ton and suggestions:
Official Program will be furnish
ed on Tuesday, June 27, 1916.
It is proposed to hold two pre-
liminary events. one OH June 18th
at Kealia and on the 18th of June
at Lihue Park for the purpose of
eliminating the poor class of ath-
letes and getting things in condi-
tion generally.
Each captain is requested to NIL
in Il lmes of competing men on a
specially prepared list of events
with instructions attached.
It is suggested that short
parade and review be held pre-
vious to the beginning of the COM
pany drills.
The following is the list of
events in the morning:
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1916-06-20
TENNIS EVENING
PLEASING AFFAIR

The tennis entertainment given
last Friday evening at the Lihue
Social hall was we'll attended by a
very appreciative audience, among
whom were a Roodly number of
people from other parts of the
island.
Mrs. Lindemann opened the af-
fair with very entertaining over
ture, 'Potpouri from Don Juan"
followed by farce entitled Mr..
Bob. Mrs. William Henry Rice
sang 4 hear a Thrush at Eve"
most charmingly, and in conclud-
ing the program Mr.. Danielson
rendered the Aria from L arlesi-
enne" in very pleasing manner.
Dancing followed. music of a
high order being supplied by the
Nawiliwili stringed orchestra.
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1916-06-20
SMALL BLAZE At
FA|Rv|EW HOTEL

During the dinner hour at Hotel
Lihue Wednesday evening there
was an alarm of fire, and the
guests rushed out to find the blaze
in one of tn. cottages back of the
main building. About that time
Major Rice and the staff of the
hotel appeared OH the scene. arm
ed with Pyrene extinguishers. The
fire was out in a few seconds.
When first discovered the FIRE
had burned away mosquito net
and had enveloped the bed in one
of the rooms. The walls were also
being charred. A few minutes
more and the building would have
been in flames.
The cause of the fire is unknown.
but general circumstances point
to man. a cigarette and careless.
ness.
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1916-06-20
NEAR MURDER IN
MAXWELL CAMP

Last Wednesday night at Camp
IA, Makaweli. a Filipino named
Lorenzo Owen chased after an,
other Filipino named Damiano
Ocbania and practically cut off
one of his hands with a huge knife
which he was welding.
The assailant was in liquor. and
a qnarrel of small consequence de-
veloped into the murderous attack.
The hand was left hanging and
had to be mputated by surgeon.
Owan was arrested and has been
charged temporarily with assault
with a weapon obviously and em-
inently dangerous to life. The
case will come before the grand
jury.
In this case iaw-abidinp Fill
pinos of the neiahborhood were Of
much assistance to the police in
assembling facts,
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1916-06-20
BATTALION DRILL
At KEAL|A SUNDAY

The second battalion. Fourth
Infantry, composed of Companies
E and F, of Keal:a, and G and H,
of Homesteads and Eleele. under
command of Major w. D. Nc
Bryde. had highly interesting drill
and maneuvers on the fiat near the
kapaa cannery Sunday afternoon,
beginning at 2 O. clock. The Fourth
Infantry band (Kapaia) was in at.
tendance. Quite large number
of people, in autos and otherwise,
from the neighborhood and from
all parts of the island, lined the
field. Many officers of other batta-
lions were also in attendance. in
uniform, adding to the martial as.
pect Of the scene.
Colonel Broadbent was the re-
viewing officer, he being accom-
panied by members of his staff.
There was first inspection. next
review and then drill of the batta-
lion as a whole under Lieutenant
Horner. The program concluded
with an exhibition drill by Cap
tain Kopke's company, of Kealia,
during which the movements in
cluded in the program for compe.
titive drill OH July Fourth were
gone through with.
The battalion made a very fine
showing, indicating hard work on
the part of the officers and dill
gence on the part of the men.
The companies from Home
steads and Eleele were moved to
and from Kealia in five big trucks.
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1. Company competitive drill:
Each battalion will be represented d
by two companies; time allowed
for e'ch company, Is minutes.
Company movements will be given
later. The first company of 1st
Battalion has to be ready at $50
a. M. Second company of same
battalion to follow at GAS and
prizes to be announced later.
2. Squad competitive drills;
One full squad from each company
will participate in this event. Squad
movements given later. Prizes to
be announced later.
After completing competitive
squad drill an appropriate speech
will close the morning events.
IN THE AFTERNOON
l. Wall Sealing: teams, one
from each battalion, men to a
team, will compete, S minutes al.
lowed for entire event. N. G. H.
Uniform: Service, no hats or coats
no arms or equipment to be car
ried, stiff soled shoes, gymnasium
shoes not permitted. Squad form
40 it. from wall and finishes 4Oft.
beyond wall; wall to be loft. and
loft. and 1st. Time from pistol
Continued on page y
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1916-06-20
FINE CONCERT BY
KAMEHAMEHA BOYS

The concert and social held in
the I.ihue Social hall last Wednes-
day evening by the Lihue Ha-
waiian Sunday School turned out
to be agrand reunion of all the
Kamehameha students on Kauai.
The affair was held in honor of
George Andrus. of the Kameha-
meha school faculty. who came
here in the interest of the local
Y. NJ. c. A. As result of the
school spirit awakened at this
gathering the Kam.hameha alumni
are planning to make the occasion
an annual affair.
The program was of an im-
promptu nature and for this rea-
son seemed to be all the more en-
loved. Some Of the old Kan"
bows saw their classmates for the
first time since leaving school
years ago. They all remembered
the old school songs and delight
ed the audience with their sing
ing.
The committee that worked up
the concert was headed by A. G..
Kaulukou. Mrs. Anna c. Will
cox. Hon. w. Fl. Rice, Mrs. W. +.
H, Rice and Chas. F. Loomis
were the other members.
The Kamehameha representa-
tives present were: Messrs. Kahe.
leiki, Vim. Werner, Sam Amalu,
| ]. l.. Hudd,, S. w. Meheula,
Lcno. !. Kealoha. Sam Kaahu,
Won Ekekela, A Gandall, Ernest
Fountain, Ernest l.. Manase, Har.
nv Opunui, John Makanani. Wm.
Ellis, Jr., \. G. Kaulukou, Ed
die Fountain, Sam Peahu, Albert
Mitchell, William Wright, VIM,
Waialeale, Luther Waiamau Rich
ard Oliver. Solomon Kaiawe, An
drew Richmond.
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1916-06-20
SEVEN TYPHOID
CASES ARE FOUND
Children Near NawilIwiIi De.
veIop The Disease---A
Cleanup Wanted

Seven new cases of typhoid fever
have developed in the past few days
in the Nawiliwili neighborhood.
All are children. Five are children
of a Japanese named Matsuda and
two are children of Joseph |, mail
driver on the Hanalei route. All
have been taken to the Lihue hospi-
tai where they are being treated.
The Matsuda and houses are on
the left side of the road coming from
Nawiliwili toward Lihue. and are
backed by the rice field. They are
just outside of the more thickly pop
ulated section of the town.
Two cases appearing few months
ago not far away on the Grove Farm
road enlisted much concern, and
the presence now of cases by whole
sale has created genuine alarm The
medical authorities feel that h e
source of infection must be gone
after at once and vigorously, and
steps to that end will be taken
without delay.
lnasmuch as typhoid fever is not
contagious in the ordinary sence,
quarantine is not called for. The
fight is against the source of infec-
ton, which, in the present case, is
probably on he premises from
which the cases have been removed
or in the neighboring rice field.