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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-17

tive J. J. Walsh Of Maui said that il
has been grown in kuia for the last
20 years or more.
1t has been Sold" he added. Who
has bought it Someone has"
The opinion expressed at the meet.
ing was that Honolulu merchants
must get together and use as much
home grown produce as they can. Il
was pointed out that this does not
apply solely 10 corn. but 10 all other
products raised in the islands.
Among those at the meeting were
J. F Child, assistant executive off,
Ger az the commission: James y. Dole.
chairman of the commission; Fred L,
Waldron. A. Hebard 'Csse. agent on
Kauai; William Moir. agent on Ha-
vail; F. G.. Krauss. agent on Maui:
Oswald IIshtfoot. acting superinten,
dent of the territorial market; Mr..
Rice OF Maui, Representative Walsh
OF Maui. Chun HOon. John Watt, AGA
for Oahu; F. W. Mactarlane. Lorrln
\. Thurston and W. D, Baldwin OF
Maui
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-17
MAUI SENDS 800 BAGS
OF WATERMEL0NS HERE

Three hundred bags Of watermelonI
were brought TO Honolulu from Maui
by the Inter,Island boat Mtkahala
which arrived early Sunday morning
on her regular schedule The ship
ment received Yesterday will be tbs
first Of a number which will be made
while the annual harvest continues for
the next two months.
The Mikalahal brought l. first
class passengers to Honolulu and %
steerage passengers. Besides the wa
termelonS, her freight consisted OF 300
bags of corn. eco bags OF salt, so bags
of charcoal, 167 bundles of beer bot
ties, As bundles of vine bottles. 50
sake tubs. 6 crates of chickens, 3 hor-
Ses, a hog, and 10 packages of sun.
dries.
She sails again for Maui on Tues.
day evening At o'clock.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-17
ROAD PROBLEMS
Considered FROM
VARIOUS ANGLES
CONTINUED from PAGE y


may discuss every phase OF this sub
iect as long as they feel inclined 10 Go
so. The results of their efforts will
b. ril, however. unless the design. con
struction ana maintenance OF streets
and highways are under the control OF
an efficient organization
This matter Of organization is, TO
my mind, the weakest point in the So
luton OF the problem on Oahu. We
HOW have our frontage tax laws which
require benefited property 10 stand a
share of the burden of good roads; ",
have an amended tax law which pro-
vides increased revenues for new CON
struction and maintenance after JaHu
airy l, 1918, but We have absolutely
nothing to guarantee the existence OF
any body Of men who are capable OF
doing the work efficiently.
There are many reasons why such
an organization does not exist today,
and will not exist until one or two radl-
cal changes are made in our present
form of local government. The regu-
lar biennial disturbances over appoint
ments which follows every county cleo
ton does not promote efficiency nor
does it insure any form of continuing
policy for road construction. The con
tinual change in personnel retards
progress in dealing with local prob
lens and costs the public a large
amount of unnecessary expense. lii
reference by politicians and laymen,
and host of other factors combined
tend to destroy rather than promote
efficiency.
In the first place feel that the
engineering and road departments OF
the city and county should be placed
under civil service.
secondly. the public should be edu
Gated. Children in our public schools
should be taught something about the
features of municipal government, so
that they may grow up to a full reali-
cation of their responsibility as citi-
zens of this community. The course
in highway engineering at the College
of Hawaii should be enlarged and de.
Veloped so that the engineering de-
partment of the city may draw upon
a supply of men trained in this partic-
ular branch of engineering An op,
portunity should be afforded for the
engineer of the city and county to visit
work on the mainland where millions
of dollars are being spent on modern
highway improvements so that he may
learn new methods and talk over the
successes and failures of various types
Of construction with the engineers in
charge"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-17

turns. Let the balance favor the ter,
ritory at this time.
Preparation for Defense
II assert no political division of the
United States of America has in so
early and foresighted manner earnest
ly endeavored to be prepared for the
defense Of the country whenever cali
ed upon as has the Territory of Ha-
waii.
ut was prepared for active service
| and so indicated to the war depart
ment in Washington during the Next
can troubles a couple of years ago. 1t
was again ready to respond to the na-
tons call and but for secret civilian
interference, might have been called
with the first drafted units. The
remedy will come.
"On every hand the Territory OF
Hawaii is girding herself for action.
She is nobly doing her work for allies
in the field and preparing for the day
her own countrymen will need the aid
their labors prepare. No other capitol
houses the Red Cross workers and
over no other capitol flies the flag Of
the Red Cross.
Armed with the physical power
and resources to become the arbiter
of this conflict, the United States of
America has entered this war de-
liberately, and. counting the cost. has
determined to place the world on the
basis of a democracy that will CON-
mand adoption and adherence by the
- LA
THE universal practice Of Christian
ethics has to be suspended while ma,
lions contend on the basis of an eye
for an eye and tooth for tooth
ITO save what may be saved, tc
perpetuate what may be fixed in per.
petuity of Christian ethics is the duty
and object of the United States Of
America
Gentlemen of this Civic Conven,
ton, what are you doing? What is the
blood Of your kin doing in this mael
strom Of world CONFUSION. Have yo':
taken oath in your Chamber TO assist
first, when your country calls, with
your life if need be-second. with the
lives Of those dear to you; then with
your means and finally with personal
sacrifice?
You are at liberty 70 ask Governor,
what have you done? and I will an
swer you.
My family have, from and before
the foundation Of this republic, taken
part in every war. foreign or domestic,
in which the United States of America
has been engaged. notably in the civil
war in which every eligible youth of
the family saw minimum service. three
of them shedding blood, and in the
Spanish-American war one met death.
Without persuasion Ut compulson six
are in this war because of the pres,
sure of keen conscientious patriotic
duty
This governor has worked to the
limit TO establish a sound military or
gsnization for Hawaii and is determsp
ed so long as his authority lasts, he
will strenuously labor to reestablis,:
an efficient, self-respecting, devoted
body Of soldiers at the service Of the
Territory of Hawaii and the United
States Of America"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-17
OUTSIDE ISLANDS MAY
BUY TERRITORY BONDS

According to report reaching the
Star.ulletin today, a delegation from
Hilo will take up definitely with the
governor the proposition of bur1g
territorial bonds for local improve
ments.
Hilo is said to be strongly back
OF the movement to purchase terri
torial bonds, as indicated by state
ments favoring such action at meet
ing of the board of trade several
weeks ago.
1t is also believed that Kauai peo-
pie are willing to take up some OF
the bonds.
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Prominent Islanders In Honolulu To
Attend Sessions Of Civic Convention

the left DR. Elliott Who d
= derdue rspone o address 0 WELDON +
mmn
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-30
BECKETT SAYS OREGON
TEAM IS STRONG DINE

EUGENE, Oregon, October u "
Oregon win have football team this
year that win make good showing
against any team in the Coast y or
Northwest conferences, is the way
John Beckett captain and tackle on
the university eleven last year, and
now leading the Mare Island marine
team, expressed his opinion of Coach
Bezdek Is men, following their fourteen.
to.seyen victory over Multonmah last
Saturday. ~ T
''They are light, but they havesmsre
fight in them than any bunch l have
seen for long time. They are espe-
cially strong on kicking and will give
us a close rub in Portland on Novem,
Der 8. - f7.
Beckett, who was on his. way back
from Camp Lewis, where he scheduled
a game fol-, the marines, stopped over
in Eugene only long enough to see
the game.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-30
STEAM PIPE BROKE; /.
CARS HAD A REST
Transit System Out Of Whack For
a Long, Dark Hour

With one of the main steam pipes
broken and all power cut off the Homo
lulu Rapid Transit Company street
Gears came TO a sudden standstill for
more than an hour last night. Patient
people and poor folks hung around and
asked the conductors, others took taxis.
The trouble occurred shortly after
eight o clock, Chief Engineer Maynard,
of the plant, explaining that pilikia
with a main pipe made il necessary to
shut on all steam pressure in all other
steam pipes. b." .E
Telephone calls were received by the
hundreds at the Rapid Transit office,
asking what the trouble was with the
/. ears. The clerk at the Office got hoarse
saying trouble in the power house,
Repairing was completed shortly af-
ter nine, and from then on everything
went well, During the delay passen,
gers were in darkness on the street
ears. This suited those who ordinarily
do their spooning in the semi obseurity
u the movie shows. ..:.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-30
SPO IL Is
MANY ENTERED FOR
MAUI LADIES' PLAY
Valley Island Tennis Enthusiasts
Staging Interesting Racquet
r Tournaments

+. WAILUKU, Maui, October 26--ThC
ladies singles tennis tournament will
begin Monday, the drawings having
been made today. From the number
of entries that have been made, evi
IDENTIFY considerable interest is being
taken among the ladies in the tourna
ment, this being the first of its kind
held on the island for several years.
Following were the drawings. Miss
Leilani Weight vs. Mrs. +. +. Baldwin
Mrs. +. r. Bcvins VS.. Miss Gladys Mel.
nicke; Miss Grille Hart VS.. Miss Doro'
thy Foster; Mrs. +. A. Campbell vs..
Miss Edith Baldwin; Mrs. J. G. Fitz.
gerald VS. Mrs. Robert Paris; Miss
June Mitchell VS.. Miss Mary Hoffman
Mrs, W. A. Baldwin VS.. Miss Mary
Couch; Miss Mary Myhand VS.. Mrs.
George Weight; Mrs. r. b. Dodge vs..
Mrs. w. S. Chillingworth; Miss Garnie
Rosecrans vs.. Mrs. Gray Zabriskie;
Miss Alma Wodehouse VS.. Miss Lucy
Richardson; Miss McAllister VS.. Mrs,
$. A. Baldwin. Byes--Mrs. II. NJ. GEES
ner VS.. Olive Villiers, and Miss Inez
McPhee vs.. Mrs, Thompson.
Mixed Doubles Good
The mixed doubles brought forth
some very good tennis this week, when
the matches between McKenzie-Mei
nicke and Deinert- w dollhouse. and be-
tween Baldwin McAllister and Rietow.
Vetleson were played.
In the first match Deinert WOde'
house took the first set, while the re.
naming two sets went to Mckenzie
Meinicke, only after some very hard
fighting. In the second match il look.
ed at the beginning of the game as If
Rietow-Vetleson were to win. they hav.
ing their opponents at one point of the
game four to one, but lost the next
three games, making the score four all
Then started the real fight for the next
two. games which was finally taken by
Baldwin McAllister, eleven to nine. The
next set went to the same team, six to
four. This puts this team in the semi
finals to play Mckenzie Meinicke
probably the early part of the coming
week.
In the Waikiki mill tournament the
match between Hogs and Hansen
which was started last week, was com
pleted, Hoogs taking the third set
Weight defeated Short two out of three
sets.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-30
MAUI WILL STAGE
SHORT RACE MEET

WAILUKU, Maui, October 90
Friends Of "the sport of kings" are
making plans for race meet at the
Kahulu track either Thanksgiving
Day, November 90, or one of the Sun
days on either side of that day. The
proposition is to have a small meet
with few races, but all of those on the
program to be good. 1t is planned to
make a charge Of fifty cents to get in
with no reservations, in the expectation
of making just enough to pay expenses
and for the purses,
lnasmuch as there has not been any
racing on Maui in several months
and there are several arguments to be
settled it is believed that there will
be no difficulty in making every event
a hummer.
The plans are still very incomplete
but by next Friday may be presented
in more interesting detail.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-30
HOW LAST SATURDAYS
TANK RACES RESULTED

The swimming races held Saturday
evening in the Y. NJ. G. A. tank re-
suited as follows:
Fifty-yard dash, novice-Frances Far
rington (Punahou), first, time, "a As;
Blanche Fernandes (PunahOu), third.
Twenty.yard dash, girls under ten
years-Cecily Cunha (Punahou), first,
time. 10 rs; Helen Vernon (Punahou)
second. ...5 ,...s.-.
Fifty-yard dash, open--Gerd Hiorth
(Punahou), and Edith Kenn (Palama)
tied, time, 80 As; Thelma Kenn Pa'
lama, next. On swim off Edith Kenn
beat Gerd Hiorth by six inches, time
80 As.
Fifty-yard dash, public schools-Julia
Kehia (POhukaina), first, time, Al Is;
Mabel Black Mckinley, and Annie
PaOa (Kaahumanu), tied for second
place; Edna Ludington mckinley
third.
Fifty.yard breast stroke-Madelin'
Chaplin (Outrigger), first, time, 40 fat
Rose ROberO (Palama), second; Agnes
Aud (Palama), third.
Two hundred. twenty-yard, open -
Kathleen Law Unattached, first, time
1888 35; Mrs. G. H. Paul ~. w. c
| Az, second.
Plung" for distance, open-Madehn'
Chaplin (Outrigger), first, forty.eigh
feet, five and seven. eighths inches
Thelma Sackwitz (Palama), second
Edna Ludington Mckinley, third.
Hundred yard dash-Scratched
Fiftyyard dash, girls under fifteen
Thelma Kenn Palama), first, time
"a 3-5; Edith Kenn (Palama), second
Elsie Aud (Palama), third.
Hundred-yard novice -. Elizabeth
Hurter (Punahou), first, time, l:46 l.5
Clara Raymond (PunahOu), second.
Diving exhibitiOn-Agnes Aud PA
LANAI, first; Male Wears (Punahou)
second; Madeline Chaplin .(outrigger)
third.
Ffty-yard baekstroke, open-Ger,
Hiorth (Punahou), first, time, 46 AS
Madeline Chaplin tOutrigger), second
Rebecea HaaheO (Palama), third.
Club relay race-Palama first, Puma
hou second; Y. w. G. A., third.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-30
WATSON BALLENTYNE
NOW AVIATOR IN .
CANADIAN SERVICE

Watson Ballentyne, former paying
teller at the First National Bank Of
this city, who left here few weeks
ago for Canada to enter n Canadian
organization for active duty in France,
has been transferred from the service
TO the aviation corps and is now in
Toronto undergoing the training course.
That young Ballentyne has already
been advanced in the service is evil
denced by the fact that when he was
transferred he was placed in command
of thirty enlisted men and four cadets,
and oficered them from Vancouver to
his new base. On completion of his
training he will join the Imperial Corps
and be sent to the British front. a
Watson Ballentyne, who was born
in Canada and never acquired Ameri.
can citizenship, is the SON of Thomas
q. Ballentyne, and nephew Of G. G..
Ballentyne, general manager of the
Rapid Transit Company. 49,.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-30
PACIFIC MAILERS
NOW SERVE ISLANDS
Colombia and Ecuador Receive
Permits To Operate Under
Coastwise Suspension

The first vessel Of foreign register
to benefit Honolulu under the suspen,
sion Of the coastwise shipping law, is
the Pacific Mail steamer Ecuador,
which received its permit to carry pas;
sengers and freight to- the Islands
twenty four hours before sailing from
San Francisco for the Orient. Al
though the Ecuador received a permit
to carry passengers and freight TO and
from the Islands for only one round
trip, since her departure from the
Coast, commissioner has been ap.
pointed by the United States Shipping
Board to receive applications from for
eign steamers and to issue permits to
them direct. Upon arrival back in San
Francisco it is probable that the Ecua-
dor s permit will be made permanent.
The Colombia of the same company
has also been granted the privilege of
carrying cargo and passengers to San
Francisco. Information to that effect
was received yesterday by Raymer
Sharp, acting collector Of customs, and
Stanley w. Good, who arrived from San
Francisco. recently to represent the Pa
cifc Mail in Honolulu. Mr.. Sharp re.
ceived authorization from the federal
shipping board to permit the Colombia
to take freight and passengers from
here.
Although the suspension of the coast
wise law win do much toward relieving
the local freight situation, it is not ex'
.pected that much freight business from
San Francisco to the Islands will be
solicited, for the Paicfc Mail vessels
are usually taxed to capacity with ORR.
entail cargoes. ..
In keeping with the Pacific Mail pol
icy of establishing their own offices in
various cities where they do business,
Mr.. Good will open an Office in the
Cunha Building on Merchant Street,
but until the new Office is made ready
for occupancy, bookings will be handled
by ii. Hackfeld & Co.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-30
maui HAS WINTER
SPORTS SCHEDULE
Baseball, voIleybalI, Dodge Ball
and Relays For Wailuku
Gymnasium

WAILUKU, Maui, October 26--Tht
following is the first half Of the series
Of games TO be played in the Gym
nasium this winter. The second hall
will begin on January 7, 1918. The
Athletics are Portuguese young mer
and the winners Of the koa plaque last
year, winning twenty.three games out
Of the twenty-four they played. The
Sox are Chinese boys and young men
The Cubs are Filipino young men from
the plantation and mill The Giants
are boys and young men and older mel
and IL is the team where several ma
tionalities propose to work together
Oct. 24--Baseball, Sox VS.. Athletics
Oct. 26-Volleyball, Giants VS.. Cubs
Oct. 29-Basketball, Athletics VS.
Giants. "
Oct, 3l--Bodgeball and Relays, SoS
.... VS.. Cubs. ..,.. t.@s
Nov. 2-Volleyball, Sox VS. Giants.
Nov. 5--Baseball, Athletics VS.. Cubs
Nov. Basketball, Sox VS.. Athletics
Nov. 9A-Dodgeball and Relays, Giants
.e.- VS.. Cubs.
Nov. l2-Baseball, Athletics VS.. Giants
Nov. l4-Yolleyball, Sox Ks. Cubs.
4NVNs ~ 7DVuSOUoll HhN HVAoysp IVA
VS.. Giants. .[.+.# ri.
Nov. l9-Baslaetball, Athletics VS.
Cubs. 's. 3D.. ... ". -
Nov. 21-7Volleyball, Athletics VS.. Sox
Nov. 23-Basketball, Giants VS.. Cubs
Nov. 26-Dodgeball and Relays, Ath
~ letics VS.. Giants
Nov. 2S--Baseball, Sox VS.. Cubs.
Nov. 30-Basketball Sox. VS.. Giants
Dec. 3-Volleyball, Athletics VS.
Cubs. 70. ''' r...
Dec. 5-Dodgeball and Relays, So,
VS.. Athletics. .I..
Dec Baseball, Giants VS.. Cubs.
Dec. l0-Volleyball, Athletics s
Giants. a.H .,... ...
Dec. l2-Basketball, Sox VS.. Cubs.
Dec, 14-Baseball, Sox VS.. Giants.
Dec. l7--Dodgeball and Relays, Ath
letics VS.. Cubs. ..
Any scheduled game will be forfeit
ed against the team not ready to play
at seven-forty- five. Should II be i'm
possible, however, for any team Il
play as scheduled change can FIRE
quently be effected if notice is giver
two days previously to the schedule
date Of the game. This applies t.
the members of the teams also as re
gard notice. ... D..
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-30
SILVER TROPHY FOR j..
BASKETBALL PRIZE

HII.O, October ed. r. Zimmerman
has received the beautiful silver cup
presented by John T. NOR for the
basketball championship and it must be
won twice by the same team in order
to retain possession of it.
The cup was procured by Mr.. NOR
in Honolulu on his way to Japan. 1t
has already been engraved and the
inscription reads as follows: "Basket
Ball Trophy, Presented by John T
NOR. 1917. To be won twice.
The cup stands about twelve inches
high and has very graceful lines. The
main body is of frosted silver while
the base and top are encireled by q
narrow border of hammered silver. II
win be on exhibition in the jewelry
store window Of J, d. Kennedy,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-30
AUTO WRECK FATAL
TO ARTIST WRIGHT
Car 0vertnrns On Lonely Noun
tain Road and Pins Philan-
thropist Beneath II

John Dunbar Wright, artist, well
known in Honolulu where he visited a
number Of times, was killed in an auto.
mobile accident on an isolated rain.
swept country road in the shawangunk
Mountains, eight miles from Port Jer.
Wis, New YORK, on October s. Miss
Helen Langford, New York artist,
who was with him at the time of the
accident narrowly escaped a similar
fate.
A mainland exchange of October Q
has the following TO say regarding the
unfortunate occurrence: H.. >......
Miss Helen Langford, New York
artist, was at her summer home in
Milford, N. Y, today, weak and shaken,
following her terrible experience in the
accident which yesterday ended the life
Of John Dunbar Wright, rich artist,
Of II East Fifty. FIRST Street. .....r.'
'aFor an hour Miss Langford stood
helpless on an isolated rain swept coun-
try road in the Shawangunk Mountains,
eight miles from Port Jervis, doing
what little she could to ease the .dy.
ing artist, who was pinned beneath a
5000 pound machine.
dThere was not q house in miles
around and the rain had driven travel
ers from the road. Finally help came
and the car was pried of the dying
man. He had succumbed when he reach
ed the Deer Park Sanitarium at Port
Jeryis. Miss Langford was thrown
clear of the machine, new imported
car, as il skidded on the wet road and
turned over. AT the haven she was
sympathetically surrounded by eight
Belgian orphans who were awaiting the
coming of herself and Mr.. Wright.
"Mr. Wright and Miss Langford,
who has been associated with him in
many Of his artistic endeavors, inspect.
ed Mr.. Wright new apartment at tho
Hotel des Artists, l West Sixty-seventh
Street, Friday morning. and then drove
from the city for Milford. They had
gone eighty-six miles from New York,
as the speedometer on the car showed,
when the accident happened. i
HMr. Wright was fifty-five years old
and the son Of j. Howard Wright, a
Standard Oil millionaire. The younger
Wright was himself in the oil business
in New York city for years, but the
calls Of art, which he had felt all his
life, because insistent in 1898 and he
retired and gave all his time to land
scape painting, amateur photography
and TO philanthropic work,
tsHe was director in the Children 5
Society and treasurer of the Working
Women's Protective Union. He was
quite an art collector. and is said to
have lavished 100000 on the new
apartment which he was ready to oc.
eupy in the new artists cooperative
apartment hotel. The wood in which
Il was finished was imported from Eng.
land, and Mr.. Wright had enriched it
with art treasures from all parts of the
world ~ " ..y
nMr. Wright was member of the
Automobile Club of America, of the
New York Yacht Club, the Brook Club,
the Aero Club and the Racquet and
Tennis Club. He had given exhibitions
of his own paintings, and in 1914 his
work was hung in the Folsom Gallery.