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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-08-27
WHEN PRICES FALL.

In addressing his colleagues in the
House just prior to taking up his new
duties as a member Of the Federal
Reserve Board. former Congressman
Edmund Platt of New York declared
that the responsibility of the House
Banking Currency committee, and of
the House itself, will be as great dur
ing the next few years in it's relation
to financial matters as that of the Re-
serve Board. Mr.. Platt gave it as
his opinion that when prices begin to
fall "then the howl will be ten times
greater than it has been over the high
cost of living. That always has been
so in the past and it viii be so again
unless history fails to repeat ITSELF"
Mr.. Platt declared that men will be
needed in Congress able to compre-
hend the situation, and with the cour-
age to stand by their convictions and
hold back the agitation that is likely
to come.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-08-27
HOMER IN DOUBT.

Homer Cummings, ousted trainer
of the Democratic Donkey, is now try
ing to make up his mind whether to
campaign for Cox or run against
Brandegee for the Connecticut Sem
atorship. He is like the small boy
who does not know which to choose,
to be sent to bed Without his supper,
or take a spanking. Cummings has
no more chance of beating Brandegee
than Cox has of being elected, fact
to which our political Homer is not
blind, and so he is likely to be as the
Homer of old and ego from door to
door and sing ballads, with company
of boys about him."
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-08-27
ARTFUL DODGER.

Ana still candidate Cox finds it
convenient not to reply to the pointed
questions propounded by candidate
Harding as to his attitude toward the
league of nations. In the absence of
specific answers from Cox. the coun-
try must accept the statement issued
at the conclusion of the White House
conference. "What he (Wilson)
promised" said he, 81 shall, if elected,
endeavor with all my strength to
give" That is sufficiently explicit
All we have to do is to refer to the
many utterances Of the President, and
note the extraordinary pledges there.
in contained, for every one of which
the Tammany candidate paw. assume'
full responsibility.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-08-27

ELEVEN Special Sessions of State Legislatures
to ratify the Amendment were called by Demo-
cratic Governors to SIXTEEN Special Sessions
called by Republican Governors for the Same
purpose.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-12-31
Standard Oil Co.'s
New Plant is Open
Equipment Up to the Minute
And Delivery System For
Central Maui Put In Opera
ton on Monday Morning.

Standard Oil Company's new plant
in Kahului was put in operation on
Monday and at the same time de-
liveries, to be5made daily at Kahu-
lui, Wailuku, @Puunene, Paia and La
haina while to Makawao, Haiku and
outlying districts service will be as
near daily as road conditions will
permit.
After the rain, while other lands
nearby We're under water, it was sur
prising how dry the grounds of the
company were on Monday morning.
Practically all the center has been
macadamized and the part not so
treated had been filled in with sand
and a good drainage secured.
Upon entering the gateway there is
an office building to the left and be-
yond that large warehouse with the
railroad tracks at its rear. In the
warehouse many barrels were already
piled upon racks in one end while case
goods were being stacked row upon
row at the other end.
Across the stretch of macadam is a
long building devoted to garage and
truck storage purposes while in the
centre of. the grounds is a platform
and the pipes from which tanks are
filled.
/ In the rear of the grounds, just be-
yond the warehouse is the pump house
with pumps for the handling of three
products. Nearby, beyond the garage
building, is the large gasoline tank
with capacity OF 1880 barrels, near
ly 10000 gallons. Also there are two
smaller tanks, one for gas and one for
oil and three elevated stock tanks for
gasoline.
Concrete foundation with corrugat-
ed iron sides and roofings have been
the materials used for the new build
ings and the equipment is up to
the minute and as complete as
is required for a plant of the size.
The warehouse is a long affair with a
loading platform running full length
on the one side and the railroad tracks
on the other.
F. A. Hawkins, representative of
the company on Maui, will endeavor
to give the public a thoroughly salts
factory service and considers the
equipment all that could be asked to
meet the local situation. On Monday
a tanker arrived and there was pump
ed from it direct to the new storage
tank enough gasoline to fill the latter
to a depth of nine feet.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-12-31
MONEY FOR lao
ROAD is FOUND
Subscriptions For Bonds Sent
To Honolulu and Reopen
ing of Scenic Asset to Public
Is Assured.

lao Valley Road, washed out by the
great flood of five years ago, is at last
to be rebuilt Bonds for the con-
struction of the road have been taken
up and letters announcing the sub
scriptions for the $4,000 of territorial
securities were mailed to the proper
officials at the capital Wednesday,
For the third time within the past
three months Maui comes forward
with subscriptions for bonds for need
ed improvements within its borders.
Kahului Wharf, Mala Wharf, and lao
Valley Road is the record, and the
value of the securities is almost a
million dollars.
Announcement of the success of the
efforts to put through the lao Valley
Road project was made at a special
meeting of the trustees of Maui Cham
Der of Commerce held Wednesday
morning. Bank of Maui agreed to
take $4,000 and Baldwin Bank an
equal amount, of which it is expected
that Wailuku Sugar Company will
probably take half. H. B. Penhallow,
manager of the company had written
TO the officials of the company recon-
mending the taking of that amount in
bonds but had not yet received a
reply He had suggested making the
subscription direct to the territorial
administration and wrote Wednesday
as to the new arrangement. The
banks will divide up their proportions
with such other investors as are will
ing to share in the loan.
In the course of the meeting it was
explained that the probable reason for
the Governors desire to have subscrip
tions made before the first of the year
was that the borrowing capacity for
next year might rot be impaired to
that extent since the borrowing capa-
city this year has not been approach
ed.
1t was also explained by Mr.. Bevins
taht the procedure would be for the
county engineer to prepare plans for
approval by the department of public
works and thereafter the work might
be done either by the county or under
contract.
Mr.. Walsh told of trip he took
up the Valley with Col. Flagler and of
the latter's expression of belief that
Inrds at the stream were preferable
20 bridges. Mr. Rice told of how foris
as crossings were working elsewhere
on the Island Mr.. Penhallow favor
ed the idea.
Relative to the road Mr.. Penhallow
said there were two routes open and
there would be no difficulty in securing
right OF way from the sugar company
over Which ever shall be determined.
He said after passing the first cross
ing expense of clearing the old road
to make it passable would not be
great. The plan is to carry the road
as far as the $4,000 will take it.
Manager Penhallow received mail
advices this morning that his company
has acted favorably upon his recon-
mendation and will take $4,000 of the
bonds.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-12-31
Jurors for 1921 Term
OF Court are Drafted

Grand and trial jurors for the 1921
term of the circuit court were drawn
on Monday the pannels being % for
the former and 26 for the latter.
The grand jurors drafted are, James
T. Fantom, II. w. Baldwin, f. A.
,ufkin, d. W. Napihaa, Robert Nawa-
hine. Daniel Balch, M. A. Tavares,
Joe Smith Kaiama. Shirley Bush, John
e. Garcia, j. A. Robinson, John X.
Naeole, William Tougher, Caleb Bruins,
John NJ Medeiros, J. p. Foster, G. w.
Weight, Masake Watanabe, w. o..
Aiken. Joseph Whitford, George Ed
wards, A. w. Collins, Samuel p. Kaai.
The pannel of trial jurors called con
sists of, George X. Kunukau, Joe
Amaral, Henry p. Robinson, Jr., Harry
Holt, John Dolim. Aki Tom, Eugene
Bal, j. c. Blair Henry Long, August
Reimann, Jr., William Engle, George
Freeland, James M. Izumi, Manuel
Oliveira, William Mangsls, Thomas
r. Clark, Hans Fassoth, Edgar Morton
Sam Alo, Manuel Rodrigues, j. B..
Abreu, Manuel Coelho, Augustine Fran
co, II. M. Gesner and Angus McPhee.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-12-31
School Concert at
Hama Fine Success

HAMA, December 27-(Special Cor
respondence)-H Schools concert
held the last school day before the
Christmas Holidays, December II, was
a grand and splendid success. Hama
Community house capacity was taxed
to the limit, the attendance of be-
tween 400 and 500 being in excess of
it's limits, more, at least, than it can
hold comfortably, yet all seemed
pleased and well rewarded for attend
ance.
The program offered consisted Of
Christmas songs, physical exercises,
dramatic recitations and a tableau
representing the Birth of Christ" In
addition Joseph Herrscher, director
Kaeleku Sugar Company addressed
the audience Following the concert,
dancing was enjoyed.
The concert was in charge of
William Haia, principal of Hama
school, and his corps of teachers and
further credit is due to Mr.. and Mrs
George e. Lake whose efforts greatly
helped make for the success of the
entertainment.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-12-31
Lahaina Holds Tree
Overcoming Difficulty

OF exceptional beauty were the de-
corations of the Community Christmas
tree which was held at Lahaina We'd
nesday evening and which yielded up
it's fruitage of gifts to Santa Claus
who distributed them to several hun
dred children in attendance.
Originally the tree was planned for
the day before Christmas but the Kona
storm upset the tree and with it all
plans. Not a whit discouraged the
committee in charge of the celebration
secured new decorations to replace
such as were damaged by the storm
and the celebration, though five days
behind schedule was no less enjoy
able.
Santa had delayed his departure
from Maui at the request of the COM
mittee, too, and there he was with his
nose like cherry" his fund of good
humor, his reindeer "an neverything."
1t was a happy time for the Lahaina
lliddies and numbers of older folk at
tended and shared in the good time.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-12-31
Wailuku Children Have
Happy Celebration on
Day After Christmas

Wailuku held its community Christ
mas exercises and tree in the Armory
late Sunday afternoon and nearly a
thousand children braved lowering
skies and drizzling rains to be there.
Between 100 and 200 grown ups were
there also to see the enjoyment of the
youngsters. And those children from
outlying camps who were unable to
come into town because of muddy
roads or bad weather did not lose
their Christmas for bags of candies,
fruit and nuts, just such as were dis
tributed in the armory, were taken out
to them next day, nearly 700 of them.
Five O'Clock found several hundred
children gathered in the Armory at
the mauka side and a big, brightly
decorated tree at the makai side. A
few minutes later Charles Puck, chair
man of the committee, called the as
semblage to order and announced the
first number Silent Night" All pres
ent had been supplied with programs
in colors given by Maui News, and
how those children did sing
Next came choral singing by a choir
of mixed voices, young people of Wal
luku gathered together and trained by
Mrs. George Weight, Jr. They rem
dered "Adeste Fideles." Then came
another carol, away in Manger,"
followed by choral singing of There
Came Upon a Midnight Clear" then
Joy To The World, and the closing
song, America"
There had been a certain anxiety
latent among the children, would or
would not Santa Claus be there, but
the anxiety was swept away in wave
of joyful sounds as Saint Nick, him
self, with red coat and white beard
came down the stairs. The jolly old
chap had the children in roars of
laughter for few minutes and then
they were formed into line and filed
past the tree, each receiving a bag Of
good things.
During the exercises and still later,
other children arrived and before the
doors We're closed for the night thou
sand gift bags had been distributed,
There We're left about 700 for those
who had missed the exercises, the
tree and Santa, Mr.. Puck taking those
out by automobile next day and so
reaching a number who would other
wise have been neglected through in
ability to come even had the weather
been clear.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-12-31
Enforcement of Law
AS to Speed Limits
Brings Many Arrests

For violation of the speed ordinance
"a warrants were isued this week. OF
those charged with infraction of the
traffic law 29 were found in Kahului,
23 between Kahului and Wailul1u, 81
at Lahaina and q at Paia. Forfeiture
of S5 bail is the prevailing practice
of those accused though some continu-
ances have been asked and granted.
Frank Sommerfeld, who says he was
not at the place where it is charged
he exceeded speed rules, has appeared
by Eugene Murphy and demanded a
jury trial. In several instances it was
found the car owner was not in the
car and such cases were nolle pressed.
Since the charge is not reckless
driving, not the commission of an
offense of magnitude or which greatly
endangered public safety, Maui News
is not publishing the names of those
who have been summoned to court to
be warned by infliction of fines that
they must pay heed to the provisions
of the county traffic ordinance, except
in instances where the case is con-
tested and the affair becomes of more
public interest. This is done to enable
those caught for the first time to
avoid notoriety and unpleasant banter.
Kahului was the scene selected for
the first activities of the campaign for
the enforcement of the provisions of
the ordinance which forbid speeding,
and Monday was the day appointed.
The wires were arranged and timers
with their stop watches were there 10
secure the evidence. The first lot of
warrants was served on Wednesday,
made returnable yesterday.
On Tuesday the scene of activities
changed to the, road between Kahu-
lui and Waikiki, near the Wadsworth
soda works. Warrants for those
charged with speeding at that point
were served yesterday and made re-
turnable today.
On Wednesday long jump was tax
EN- by the officers and Lahaina had its
taste of law enforcement. And yes
terday the scene was again shifted,
this time to Paia.
Those who look upon the recent
police activities as a spasmodic, year
end movement, designed for effect,
have another guess comings. says
Sheriff Crowell. He says that the
campaign is to be resumed after the
first of the year and will be continued
and that speeding where there are
limits set, is going to stop.
Enforcement of the provisions of the
ordinances forbidding glaring head
lights is also coming with the New
Year. The test boards have been
erected and all is in readiness to de-
termine whether or not a light strikes
out beyond a line horizontal with the
lam1
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-12-31
Changes at Kaeleku
Plantation Appear to
Meet With Approval

HAMA, December 2S.-(Special Cor
respondence) Changes are the order
of the day az Kacleku Plantation.
Joseph Herrscher director, has sue
ceeded George Chalmers in the man
agement of the plantation and its
business affairs and the other changes
are following it. Gordon Errett has
resigned as bookkeeper and is sue
ceeded by Frederick Bense. William
Nevegold has become engineer of
construction.
Gordon Errett has been bookkeeper
of the plantation for the past four
years, has managed the theater and
been active in other community di-
rections. He and Mrs. Errett will
soon leave for the coast to make their
home.
Mr. Bense, who succeeds Mr.. Errett,
was recently discharged from the U.
S. Navy where he held a lieutenancy.
He served on the u. S. S. Leviathan,
transporting troops, and was attached
to the U. S. S. Tennessee which with
her sister ship the U. S. S. California
are the largest super-dreadnaughts.
He was detailed to that vessel when
she was still in construction and was
on her when she was placed in COM
mission.
William Nevegold, engineer of con-
struction, comes from San Francisco
and is reported to rank high in his
profession. In social affairs he is a
welcome addition to Hama residents
for he has an excellent voice, good
knowledge of music and will take
charge of the singing classes which
are to be held in the new community
house.
Mr.. Herrscher in his talk at the re-
cent community exercises on Christ
mas eve, sounded for Hama the slogan
"Watch Us Grow" 1t seems, we may
say it is assured, that a new life has
come to Hama. Such assurance is
borne out by Mr.. Herrscher delivering
the welcoming address at the COM
munity Christmas exercises. He told
the object of his coming to Hama and
pledgel his support to the community
and to its general welfare, TO make
Hama and its districts better places
to live in. His interest in affairs is
accepted as a blessing and the adop-
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-12-31
Celebration EnGl,,E
In Fatal Shooting
Shot Discharged During Scuf-
he Results in Death of Porto
Rican; Booze Had Flowed
Freely First.

In the course of a Christmas cele-
bration at Lilil1oi, above Haiku, Ro-
mando Rebeira shot and killed his
friend Juan CamaCho, Christmas after
noon. The tragedy occurred at the
home of Juan Lapolo and all of the
persons involved as principals or wit
nesseS were Porto Ricans. Rebeira
| is under arrest and a coroner's jury
on Monday brought in a verdict of
death from a gun shot wound inflicted
by the prisoner
According to the evidence in the
hands of Sheriff Crowell the prisoner
had no intention of killing Camacho
in fact he was the last one Rebeira
would have willfully injured. Booze
had flowed freely.
Christmas morning Lapolo went to
the house of Rebeira and invited him
to Christmas celebration at his home
The invitation was accepted by Rebel
ra and his daughter and they proceed
ed to the party. It is the custom of
Porto Ricans, it is said, to celebrate
Christmas with songs and discharging
of fire arms and Rebeira took his gun.
All went merrily and a luncheon
with plenty to eat and to drink was
served About that time Rebeira had
learned in conversation with a Porto
Rican named Pacho that Rebeira's
wife had loaned $5 to Pacho, without
Rebeira's knowledge. He asked his
daughter and she disclaimed knowl-
edge of the transaction whereupon
Rebeira lost his temper. His daughter
meantime, had the gun and he de-
manded it from her; she refused but
at length yielded to his insistent de-
mands. 1t is said he wanted to shoot
some one, but whom is not made
clear.
Seeing Rebeira with the gun Lapolo
and Pacho jumped to take it from
Rebeira, grasaped him and, in the
scuffle the pistol was discharged, the
bullet passing through the palm of his
hand. Rebeiras daughter thought the
shot was directed at her and screamed
Her shrieks brought in other Porto
Ricans, neighbors, among them Juan
Camacho.
The scuffle continued. Camacho
told the others to release Rebeira
81 am his best friend" he is quoted as
saying, 'and he will give his gun to
me-" Again the pistol exploded, the
bullet entering the body of Camacho,
passing through liver and stomach and
large blood vessel and lodging in
the spine. Then the police were noti-
fed.
Evidence tends to show that the kill
ing of Camacho was and accident but
there is said to be the testimony that
'Rebeira wanted to shoot some one"
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-12-31
Maui Will Play Part in
Saving of Children Who
Are Reported Starving

Maui is responding to the call of
the starving children of Central and
Eastern Europe. Harold w. Rice,
named as Maui representative by Ma
jor Alfred Castle who heads the COM
mittee that has in charge the raising
of funds in Hawaii nei, has accepted
the invitation and has been at work.
Already he has raised and sent to the
Honolulu headquarters of the Hawaii
Chapter of the Red Cross, more than
$4,000. The campaign here will be
principally conducted by committee
which will be headed by Rev. E. E.
Pleasant and on which, it is expected
other ministers of Maui will be repre-
sented.
Mr.. Rice figures that Maufs share
in participation in the relief work will
be about $1,000, though no quota has
been set SO far as he has been in
formed. But it is on that basis that
work is being undertaken.
The fund is being raised to carry
on and carry out the work started by
Herbert Hoover. He has estimated
that approximately $40 a child is need
ed to carry them through until such
time as the countries to which they
belong will be in position to care
for them.
In Honolulu liberal contributions
are being made and it is expected
Maui will not be found wanting in the
cause of saving nearly two and half
million children who will die of priva-
tions unless Americans help them.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-12-31
Joyous Welcome for
New Year Will Start
With Costume Dance
On with the dance!

On with the dance!
Let merriment and the carnival
spirit have full play!
Central Maui's New Years cele-
bration will begin tonight at the
Territorial building in the Fair
grounds. First there will be
game of basket ball between the
Jazz Quintet and the Puunene Semi
ors, leaders in their league, and
then the Kunewa orchestra will
strike up the music for the dance
and gay costumed figures will
throng the floor moving in rythmi-
cal time to the pulsations of the
music.
No changes in the program for
tonight, tomorrow, and Sunday are
announced by the committee. The
Saturday program will consist of
baseball, novelty contests and
horse races and on Sunday there
will be baseball and horse races.
Following the severe Christmas
storm all signs point to good wea-
ther for the celebration and wea-
ther sharps forecast it will be
bright and fair until the celebra-
ton is ended and Young 1921 al
lowed to go about his business.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-12-31
cHAULMooeRANoIL is
NOT sAcIFIc FOR 7. B..

From Washington comes the infor-
nation that the recently widely Cir
culated statement that the United Sta
tes public health service had found
that chaulmoogra oil was as efiicacious
in the treatment of tuberculosis as 1t
had been shown to be in that of le-
prosy is said by Surgeon General Cum
ming to be unwarranted. Experiments
made some years ago with the oil gave
no definite results. Recent expert
ments with the ester, or derivatives,
have been begun because of hopes
/ based on some similarities between
/ the bacili of leprosy and those OF tu-
| berculosis; but these have not pro
ceeded far enough to indicate what
| results will be obtained.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-12-31
Hama Holds Christmas
Tree During Big Storm

HAMA, December 27-(Special Cor
respondencsl-In a heavy downpour
of rain, With a Kona wind raging,
Hama held its community Christmas
tree at O'clock Christmas eve. But
the bad weather did not keep the
crowd away and the new community
house was filled by 400 children and
adults. Rev. George E. Lake, pastor
of the Hama Congregational Church
was in charge.
In the program were included vocal
musical numbers, conducted by Will
liam Nevegold while Mrs. Lake ac-
companied at the piano Joseph Herr
scher, director of Kaeleku Sugar Co.,
gave the welcoming address. AT the
close of the program the gifts We're
distributed and late rcame jolly and
enjoyable dance.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-12-31
WAILUKU FILIPINOS HAVE
RIAL DAY OBSERVANCE

In honor of the memory of their
martyr patriot, DR.. Jose Rial the ami
versary of whose death was yesterday
Waiiuku Filipinos observed the day
with a parade through the streets OF
town. In the parade was handsome
ly decorated float bearing pictures OF
him whose memory they We're assem-
bled to honor, two decorated automo-
biles and between 100 and 200 men
marching afoot.