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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-12
DObynS I}isniisscd.

The case against Y. T.. l,obyns charr-
cd with rccklcSsly driving an ANTONIO.
hllc through tho strcctS. was dismiss.
cd III the Police Court ycStcr,iay
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-12
CITY AWARDS CONTRACTS
FOR BELT LINE WORK
VIII Install Temporary Sewers IN
Parallel Streets at Cost
Of S5,SS8.15.
WORK is TO PROCEED At ONCE
Last Obstacle Has Been Removed.
and Only Detailed Work OF Carry
ing Out Adopted Plans Remains
Bcfore Avenues Are Opened.

/ Contracts for the installation OF
temporary drainage facilities IN the
section surrounding Tho Belt Line Rail
road to carry off all surface water,
! penang tho depression of these tracks.
were awarded yesterday by tho idnin
letrative BOARD. and tho work will he
Alarted at once. The action OF tho
! "oafd in carrying ont Tho ciiys part
"t inc agreement. marks the end of
al prc'hninarics to tho extension OF
Monument Avenue and Other West End
streets across tho tracks OF the rail-
road
The Richmond. Frederick shmrs and
Potomac Railroad Company has already
awarded the contract foc The dcprcs-
sion OF the Belt Line tracks. and the
contractor. Winston and Company. is
| prepared TO start work on til" project
AT once. The railroad il exceedingly
anxious. officials said YESTERDAY. TO have
work started at once. that tho entire
undertaking may he completed as
quickly as possible. and that some
Roadway may he made h"fore the un-
favorable fan weather sets in.
Work by tho railroad compauy, how
ever. had been held ~ by tho delay
of the city i'm providing adcIuai" drain
age facilities for all surface waters. en-
eincers of tho company staring tina, it
would he detrimental =" their inter
'sts to start work under tho existing
conditions. MI surface water this fall.
they said would drain into the cNca-
NationS tho COMPANY Nould Il" forc".l -
make. causiua delay ana nlnvin:
costly experience fu; tho r;.ilrv.,G
COMPANY Will rNOt FED
AS soon tS DRAINS ltE HI:tDI
1t was stated Yesterday that tho ,.nu,-
pauy would have its contractor 20 for
ward with tho depression OF Tho tracks
just as soon MS tho drainage facilities
had been installed 10y tho city. Mem
hers OF tho Administrative. Board said
tina the work t. he don" hy the city
could be completed in a few days and
the contractors were instructed 10 lose
no tiisc on the project.
The contracts lot yrstcrday ny the
board as follows:
For tho excavation Of an "pcn ditch
in Hanover. stuart and I<cuSincton
Avenues. from Diilnour street "a the
east line of til" ltici,moud Frcd"ricke-
burg and Potomac Railroad right Of
way. hotb s.d"s az Patterson Ave-
nuc, from the ':,tlroad 10 l. street. tud
thence t. kcus:nct"u .\vcrt". With :,
twenty four inch corrugated iron pine
ili Patterson .>N"uG" !" Nicholas &
licnlo,. Tho lowest bidders. at their
bid Of 81 .""G.lo,
For III" excavation Of '.lu open ditch
iu ( street from Floyd Avenue TO
Franklin street. ald tho installation
al 81 tbutN-'uch corrugated IRON pip.
under l'l"Nd. Grove and Patterson
Avenues Ia y. w. Ma uard. this Lowest
bidder q, hi- bid of sass
For tn" excavation or an "pcu ditch
lr Graz" street, from the cas-; line Of
the Eclt g. e" tracks to |: street and
in II S;r,ot. from Monument 10 cut
shaw tv"tu", and in cutshaw Avenue
FROM l. Street 10 tn" cas-; line Of the
Eoscn"aih Road. Win = twcniy-f"ur
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-12

The Board of Aldermen will hold its
first regular meeting since rcorGaEi-
cation tonight At o'clock
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-12

school Crayons, &c a
box.
School Bags, 25r, 1oc,
7Jc. $500. Si.50.
Blank Books, &c To 50c.
school Book Straps,
:oc. Toe and 25c.
Wax Paper for Wrap
ping Lunches, put up in
rolls Of So feet, for 30.
Folding bunch Boxes,
zoe.
school Erascrs, &c and
Toe.
WcbStcr's Dictionaries.
for home or office use.
soc.
school Tablets. 30 and
400 sheets each, for Sc.
Ink Tablets OF ="
sheets, 10c.
Typewriter Paper. one
rcam, or 400 sheets in II
package, for d0c.
Lead Pencil Boxes, at
tractivc assortment. Poe
to soc.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-12
SIGNAL CORPS TRANSMITS
/. MESSAGES BY HEL|0CRAPH
tIaSh Signals for Distance of Ten
Miles, From Chesterfield
to Richmond.
BATTERY y ON PRACTICE MARCH
John y. Augustine Chuscn First Lieu
tenant in Troop Is, Hlucs' Squad
ron, Succeeding Lieutenant l.ucicn
-. IInSS, Resigned.

Members Of tho Signal t"rrs demons
Stratcd their efficiency yesterday by
transmitting messages distance or
ten miles. from ~ point in Chesterfield
County to Richmond. 10th instru-
mcnts and men worked perfectly. ac.
cordin. TO the officers who commanded
the squad. Although the work yes
tcrday the upSt severe test the
Signal Corps has stood since going into
Camp stuart last June IL Is now
planned TO go 10 Petersburg and Eope-
we'll ON some clear days in the near
future and attempt Z" communicates
with Richmond from there. Tho COM
pany is confident Of success in that
more difficult venture.
Yesterday afternoon the signal men
used the hclioGrarh, catching the SUMS
rays on mirrors snd uSin: them TO
fash their messages ~ night they
used acctylcuc lanterns The station
in Richmond in the afternoon WAS on
the First National Eauk Building. and
at night on the Travellers Building.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-12

StaifOrd's Libra
Paste, fills the great de-
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sive: keeps paste and
brush always ready for
use. 23c.
Lead Pencils, the AR
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n dozen.
Waste Paper Baskets
wire baskets for the
schoolroom or office, 45c
and SOC.
Carriers Writing Fluid,
:-oz. bottles for Sc.
Carriers INK. 4-oz. bot
ties for Zoe.
Carriers Writing Fluid,
one pint bottles for 6Oc.
Higgins American In
dia Ink for waterproof
drawing, = OF. for pc.
Black Leather Writing
Port folios, with tablet.
;oOc.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-20
BIG CHUNKS OF
ROAD DROPPED
OFF OF CLIFF

ut was an interesting trip, and ]
think saw more water than ever be-
fore in my life,' said George H. An
gus today when asked by a Star-Bul-
letin reporter for an account of his
experiences on Maui with the other
Promotion Committee members who
returned today on the Claudine.
Mr.. Angus stated that "A houses
had been washed away by the cloud
burst in the lao Valley and that IL
bodies had been recovered when the
party left there, including Chinese,
Japanese, Hawaiians and Portuguese,
several of them small children.
eThe' Lahaina road is all washed
out" said Mr.. Angus. They told me
it will take at least two weeks to build
even a temporary road from Lahaina
to Wailuku. Along the Pail section
of the road. whole chunks of the high
way have just dropped from the cliff,
according to rumors / heard yester-
day.
i',.One entire family of five persons
and another of three had been unac-
counted for yesterday afternoon. after
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-20
WORST STORMIN
81 YEARS, SAYS
emil A. BERNDI
CONTINUED from page one)

material from Honolulu can come in.
About Ice acres OF cane are covered
with soil and wreckage deposited by
the raging waters and landslides.
Not only has Waikiki been without
telephone and electric light service.
but also water service. as the mains
have all carried away. Drinking water
is permitted only during certain hours.
as the contents of the. reservoir is all
the water available. Only horseback,
riding can be resorted to as means
of communication because the bridges
at river crossings are gone and the
waters are too high and dangerous
for autos to ford. This afternoon the
refugees were given food and clothing
by the Maui Dry Goods and Grocery
Company to relieve their suffering.
Manager joaquin Garcia. the head of
this institution, is being praised every
where for his kind-heartedness. A
subscription will be gotten up imme-
diately to give succor and the board
of supervisors of Maui has called a
special meeting for ? p. m. tomorrow
to take action to assist the homeless
and destitute
Late this afternoon the waters of
the lao river have receded somewhat,
but the back of the storm is not yet
broken. Heavy showers. accompan-
led by thunder and lightning, con-
tinue and more havoc will undoubtedly
be coming from this storm.
Lahaina Cut Off.
At Lahaina travellers are storm-
bound, being unable to come to Wal
.luku. Nor can they take any of the
Inter.Island steamers passing the port
as under the present conditions it
would be the height of folly to try
and have the small boats make a
landing.
The damage to the county roads will
take weeks to repair, the road super
visor estimating three weeks job on
the Lahaina- Wailuku highway. Sever
al attempts have been made today to
go over the pail. but all we're unsuc-
cessful. The Olowalu gap is also inn
passable.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-20
Sheriff Takes Prompt Measures to
Keep Order; Engineer Is Energetic

On all sides credit is given to the
county officials for prompt action to
make the best of bad situation.
Sheriff Glenn Crowell put the lid
on" all drinking as soon as the Sc
riousness of the situation was appar-
ent. No liquor is allowed to be carried
out OF any of the saloons and no liquor
can Be taken into the section OF the
flooded district where the worst dis
asterz occurred. Sheriff Crowe.l
takes the position that booze is dan
ger0us in a crisis such as this. He
fears that the poor people, alreadv
half-crazed with misfortune. viii
drink to forget their troubles and COM
nit suicide or run amuck
Crowell reports the greatest cooper
alton on the part of all classes and no
serious trouble has arisen. Twenty
two county prisoners were yesterday
working with him, in addition to vol
unteers. and the regular police force
IS credited with doing great work.
In addition to handling this trying
situation, Crowell is also acting cor.
oner. Working straight through the
worst of the storm. he took no sseep
for two days and is generally given
credit for handling the emergency
splen1idly
In the lao river the water rose
four feet again on Tuesday night
cFQNelI aud bis men, WHO were SUI
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-20
PAIALUCkY BUT
HA|VAGETSFULL
FORCE OF STORM
Maui Agricultural Sustains No
Great Damage; Craig Re-
ports to Harbor Commission

Though the storm was severe. at
Paia, the home Of the Maui Agricul.
tural Company, by no means was the
same amount of damage done as was
done at Waikiki.
I'VE had several railroad fills wash.
ed out" said Harry Baldwin, president
and manager of the Maui Agricultural
Company, this morning. Telephone
lines are down everywhere. but the
damage was not so severe as at Wal.
luku."
Mr.. Baldwin believes that the dam
age to property will be fully offset in
the good to be derived from the soak
ing that the land has received during
the storm.
Fortunately for the harbor board
McGregor's Landing, which is report
ed to have been swept away complete
ly by the storm, was abandoned sew
eral months ago, all shipping being
removed to Kihei instead
Big Damage at Hama.
Charles J. Mccarthy said this morn
ing that the harbor board has had no
word by wireless in regard to any
damages, but a letter to the board
from Robert R. Craig under date Of
yesterday tells of severe damage to
property at Hama on Monday and
Tuesday. Craig was sent to Hama by
the harbor commissioners several days
ago to repair the wharf from a pre-
vious Storm
The storm of Monday and Tuesday
did huge amount of damage here,
writes Craig, "a number of houses be-
ing blown down The new county
stables were destroyed
1.-THE entire roof on the outer shed
of the wharf was blown into the bay"
No official word of damage had
been received by Governor Pinkham
this morning, but the, governor ex.
pressed his regret at the loss of life
and property.
The government will do its duty
as it always has to those who are suf-
fering," he said.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-20
PENHALLOK REPORTS I5DEATHS;
BRIDGES And HOUSES WASH away

sable to Waihee and Waikapu, both
sections being badly washed. At Wal
kapu the stream jumped the road and
damaged the houses near the bridge,
and at the present time most of the
stream is going down the government
road and through the cane fields into
the big reservoir below the road,
May Lose Reservoir. -
We do not believe we will be able
to save the reservoir although it has
held until up to this forenoon. We
have not been able to do much work
in that stream to divert the water
into the regular channel under the
bridge owing 70 the quantity of water
coming down. 49,
I'm Wailuku number of houses
near the bridge have been washed
away. as the water jumped the road
CT the Waihee side of the bridge.
"The biggest damage was done
early Tuesday morning at about day.
break. From all accounts this has
been the worst storm that has oc-
Cured here for at least "a years, and
the thunderstorm last night was about
as heavy as ! personally have ever
experienced. a.. r
"All the plantation people who have
been made homeless by the flood are
being taken care Of We have seen
that they are being fed and sufficient.
ly clothed, most OF them having lost
an their belongings when their
houses were washed away. Some OF
these were from our own camp, and
some lived in outside houses"
C. Brewer & Company this morning
would hazard no estimate of the
amount of damage. beyond the guess
that the loss of so acres of cane on
the Waikiki Agricultural Company's
property would run easily to $4,000.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-20
Loves
Bakery
PROMOTIONMEN
DEDlSEARCHERSI
FOR MAUIDEAD

Experiences of all kinds, ranging
from being stermbound on the sum-
NIT OF Haleakala In the midst Of a
blizzard to helping search for the
bodies of plantation labOrers and their
families drowned in the lao Valley
cloudburst on Maui. we're encountered
by the Hawaii Promotion Committee
members from Honolulu. who re-
turned on the Inter-lsland steamer
Claudine from Maui this morning. af.
ter their meeting on the Valley ISL
and
Arthur r. Wall, one OF the four COM
miateemen from Honolulu. the others
being A. p Taylor, George Angus and
Emil A. Berndt, gave a thrilling ac-
count Of the party's adventures when
seen this morning.
He said snow on the summit of Ha-
leakala was three feet deep in places,
and that coming down the trail the
blizzard ragged so Monday morning
that II was difficult to see more than
100 feet ahead. owing to the hailstorm
which pelted the travellers.
On getting below the snow line. the
hail and snow changed to rain. Ey-
eryone was drenched TO the skin by
the time Wailuku was reached. The
party had expected to catch the
Claudine at Lahaina. but IL was too
rough for the boat to take on pas
sengers there They rnotored to Ka-
hului. and managed to get aboard.
Eleven drowned bodies had been
found yesterday afternoon at Waikiki
before they left.
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Waikiki, Staggering Under Blow,
Organizes Relief Work Rapidly

houses were soon under water and
the residents took refuge in Lahaina.
No lives were lost here.
1t was al this point that most of
the bodies were recovered, having
been washed down from the upper
valley.
At noon Tuesday Manager H. B.
Penhallow Of Wailuku plantation
made rough estimate that the dam.
age to his plantation was at least
$4,000 Later damage materially in.
creased this figure The greatest loss
was in the growing cane, which was
entirely washed away.
Following the lao cloudburst, Wal
luku lost both water and light utili-
ties. The electric power was shut of
for public safety. The pipeline into
the reservoir supplying Wailuku with
water was broken. and the water in
the city mains was shut of. A notice
was posted by the county officials
warning the nublic that only drinkfne
water could be secured and must be
used sparingly. Water for drinking
purposes was available only between
s and z a. m, 1880 and II M and 5
to 6 D. M A gang Of 100 men was inn
mediately put to working night and
day to repair the pipes and mains
and avert the threatened water fam.
ire.
Relief Committee Organized.
Maui rose to the emergency in
splendid stvIe JOAQUIN G.. Garcia, as
sistant cashier of the First National
Bank and A j. De Souza organized
relief committee, with headquarters at
the Maui Drygoods Company store
More than 200 persons were clothed
and fed here by O'Clock Tuesday
night
Manager Penhallow of Waikiki
plantation was another of the leaders
in the relief work, organizing sys-
tematic relief measures for the des-
titute and sufferers Of the plantation.
Waikiki has vet little KNOWLEDGE of
what has happened in other sections
Of the. island. owing to the fact that
communication is almost totally i'm
possible. Telephone communication
is disorganized But meager reports
from other sources show that the
greatest damage was in the neighbor-
hood Of Waikiki. At Paia. Kahu1ui
and other places the damage, while
material, was not so appalling.
Absolutely no news had been re-
ceiyed from Lahaina up to last night
and reports today say that it is I'M
likely the communication between the
two towns has yet been restored.
Since Monday morning Waikiki has
been out of touch with the outside
world Tho falaphona cvrfonn ho;no
out of order to Lahaina. and the wire
less plant being at Lahaina, Waikiki
is in isolation.
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The widespread destruction on Maui
caused by the storm is emphasized in
stories brought to Honolulu today by
local residents who we're in Wailuku
or Lahaina when the storm was at its
height.
The worst Of the storm was late
Tuesday night and early Tuesday
morning. II was then that lao valley
was deluged and the water rose so
high that deaths came with appalling
rauidity.
News is brought of the narrow es-
cape OF John Ferreira, deputy sheriff.
from his inundated home in upper lao
valley. The house had only recently
been finished. At o'clock Tuesday
morning Ferreira was awakened to
find the water deep on the floor Of his
bedroom. He succeeded in getting HIS
wife and one of their children from
the house and carried. them through
the rushing waters to the higher road
way, so yards distant He then re-
turned for the two other children. BY
this time the water was up to his
neck and II was barely possible for
him to keep his footing. BY tremen-
dons exertion he got into the house,
reached the other two children and
cot them to the road, halfswimming
and half-walking.
This experience Is illustrative OF
tie great rapidity with which the wa
ter rose after the cloudburst. At
many points in the valley the water
went up four feet in less than five
minntes
Dcbris damned az WalIuku Bridge.
At Waikiki Market street bridge
the debris carried down the valley
TANNED into great mass of wreck.
oGe. This is at the center OF Wal.
loku. In this vicinity at least 20 small
stores and dwellings went under wa.
ter or were smashed In by the force
Of the torrent and the boulders
brought down from above. A new
store near the bridge, Just completed
Ct q cost Of $4,000, was completely
wrecked and its contents destroyed.
At Waihee the damage was consid-
cradle. The plantation bridge oppo-
site the mill connecting with Waihee
was carried away. waihee was under
water yesterday and no communica-
ton was possible. The greatest dam
aee to cane Is in this neighborhood,
say some reports.
All the bridges between wailuku
and Maalaea Bay have been washed
ont Beyond this information, Wal
luku has no knowledge of what has
happened In the Lahaina section, as
communication with that town is i'm.
possible.
Settlement Under Water.
The Pihana settlement. a small
group OF houses below Waikiki, near
the beach, was inundated. Seven
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on duty after working through the
night and day previous, feared retur
renee of the early morning disaster.
AT 1:45 p. m. there was a de;uge
which kept up to a. M, when it sud-
denly subsidized and a. terrific wind
storm lasting until 6 a. m, sprang ur.
At O'Clock Wednesday afternoon
there was search party of so Jap.
anese from Waikiki, Kahului and Wal
kapu searching the debris and drag
ging the river for more bodies.
Another county official who is do
ing fine work is Engineer ]. B. Cox.
Though the road between WailaRu
and Lahaina was almost destroyed, he
went through on Tuesday. II was an
experience full of hardship and SIX
miles of the going was SO bad his
horse couldn't make it dnd he went
on foot. He got back with one hand
injured, but still full of energy.
Engineer Cox reports that between
the two towns six bridges are down
and out, much of the Pail road ruined.
and six big washouts on the roadway.
BY Wednesday the road was entirely
impossible.
Cox brought to Wailuku the first
news of the extent of damage at La
hama. The Lahaina waterworks was
put out of commission and much other
damage done.
On the road was grim evidence Of
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-20
Many Plantation People Made
Homeless BY Flood; II Bod
les Recovered Yesterday

Giving a graphic picture of the de
struction wrought on Maui by the
kCna gale, a report was received this
morning by mail by G. Brewer & Co.
from Manager H. B. PenhaIlow of the
Waikiki Sugar Company II is dat
ed yesterday and reads, in part, as
follows:
Roughly speaking. about so acres
o. cane have been washed out or
buried, distributed over the two crops.
and number of concrete fumes on
the Waihee ditch and other bitches
have been washed out. All the ditch
heads have been badly damaged.
"The longer of the two railroad
bridges across lao stream BEND the
mill has been carried away, and one
OF the piers under the Waiehu rail-
road bridge is undermined so that 1t
may go before the volume Of water
in that stream decreases sufficiently
to allow US TO do any work to save
II.
Seven Dead In One Camp.
$50 far the railroad bridge across
the Waikapu stream has stood. The
entire valley bottom here in Wailu.
ku has been flooded and numerous
houses carried away, among which
we're several camp houses in lao val
ley at the foot Of the hill by the
town reservoir. In this camp seven
persons were drowned. Besides this
there was loss of life in the valley, in
all about Is. So far, II bodies have
been recovered.
THE government road is impas-
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-20
JAP ANESE DIES,
Who PRAYS AS
STORM COMES ON
He Told People God Would Not
Let Waters Hurt Them If
~" They Stayed Home

What terror was struck into the
hearts OF the poor householders Of
lao valley, many of them ignorant Ia
borers, is shown by the stories which
later came out
Suyetake Jitsu. Japanese minis
ter. was warned by the neighbors Of
the onrushing food coming down the
valley. He came out on his little
porch, returned to the house. rut on
priestIy robes and emerging again, al
monished the terrified people who
were flocking around him to STAY
where they were He told them that
God would not allow the waters to
harm them. Then he knelt in prayer
and it was while he was bending de-
youtly that the food caught him, JAM
ming his body between. large tree
and the house He was killed almost
instantly. A few minutes later his
house was carried down the river
Jitsu's body has been recovered and
Is at the Wailuku morgue.
A Spanish family lived quarter of
mile below the Ferreira house.
When the cloudburst struck this sec
ton the father got his wife and one
child from the house and then went
back after the other child, small
baby In plain sight of the mother
and older child. the father and the
babe were carried away on the tor
rent The bodies were recovered two
miles below.
On Tuesday night the river went
down considerably but heavy cleo.
trical storm broke shortly after s D.
M, which lasted through the night
and morning. The thunder and light
ming terrified the poor people for long
hours. Many Of the ignorant pro-
pie proclaimed that they believed the
end of the world was at, hand,