The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-08-20
On The Other Islands


Fires Thought Observation-Disclosures
Gus fires which have occurred in Eva
plantation cane during the past week
are believed to be %incendiary and to
have some connection with the dis
charge of a leader of the Hawaii Lab
orers' Association say plantation Off
Gals. The outbreak Of the fires soon
after the discharge may be a coinci-
dence but plantation men are doubt
full.
Using U. s. A. On stationery-"Ho-
nolulu, Hawaii, U. S. A." will here
after be printed IN all the stationery
of the Army and Navy Y. NJ. c. A. TO
emphasize the fact that the Islands
are a territory of the United States.
The suggestion was made by Vaughan
M~acCaughey, Territorial superintend-
ent of public instruction.
Asylum Bids August 29-Bids for
construction of the new home for fee
ble-minded at Aiea, Oahu, will be re-
ceived at the department of public
works on or before Saturday, noon,
August %, when the contract will be
awarded. The buildings to be erected
include a superintendent cottage, two
one-story frame dormitories, two
l%avatory buildings, a mess cottage,
laundry building and septic tank. A
hot water system will also be install
ed.
Mcbride Case Postponed-Attorney
Claudius Mcbride, indicted on two
criminal charges, will not be arranged
in the circuit court, Honolulu until
the return of Judge J. T. De Bolt from
Maui. The ~arraignment was scheduled
for last Saturday. Mcbride is charg.
ed with attempted bribery of a jury
man in a recent damage suit and with
an attempted assault on a young wo-
man in his employ.
Report of Y. M. B. A.-The Young
Mems Buddhist Association secured
2,134 members during theppast twenty
years and appropriated Tor various eX-
penses $26,12S.34, according to a re-
port made at the anniversary gather
ing of the Y. M. B. A. members in Ho-
nolulu last week says the Nippu Jill.
Big League Players Coming-Two
teams composed of National and Am
erican League baseball players, book
ed to pass through late in October on
their way to a tour of the Orient, will
stop off for a game in Honolulu, ac-
cOrding to private advices received
from Buck Weaver, who is in charge
of one of the teams.
Fishermen Ask Higher Prices-Jap.
anese fishermen for the California
Hawaiian packing company, Honolulu,
have demanded an advances of two
and a half cents a pound for aku ow-
ing, they say, to the increased price
of gasoline. The fish formerly were
bought for four and a half cents d
pound. The company has taken the
demand under consideration.
Pioneer On Oahu-Hawaii Run-Eben
Low, of the Oahu Shipping Company,
%nnounce that, in conjunction with
the City Mill Company, he was plan
ming to place the motor schooner
Pioneer on the run between Honolulu,
Hilo and Kona ports, the service to
start within The next two weeks.
Oahu Poi Costs Mo'e-Jonah ku-
malae, Honolulu supervisor and poi
manufacturer. that owing
to the labor situation it had Deen
found necessary TO advance the p~.ce
of poi from 20 TO 40 percent.
Service To Observation-Disclosures
McAdam announces that a c. o. d.,
parcel post service is to be opened at
once to all money order post offices
in the Philippines.
Cadets Win Praise At kearny-The
Punahou-K amehameha cadets return
ed on the Madawaska from training
in Camp Kearny, California last week.
Col. ]. X. Particle, senior instructor
of the camp wrote General Morton
that the boys were rs good, if not the
best material in the camp. Fuller, of
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