The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-07-30

daughter Beatrice i~uaikalani to Nor.
man De Mile Ross, of Palo Alto, Cali
forn.a. Ross is the champion long dis
lance swimmer. 1t is expected that
Ross will come to the islands, and
that the young couple will make their
home at the Alika ranch on the island
Of Hawaii.
'.unas To Have College Course
The planters association has arraIg
ed a two weeks course of lectures at
the University of Hawaii for the bene-
fit OF lunas and chemists of the sugar
plantations. Each plantation is eX
pectcd to send one or more men.
Honolulu Expects Big Population
Governor Mccarthy today urged the
construction of water and sewer sys
ems in Honolulu 70. meet the needs of
a population Of 100000 pc sons
Hart Home To Be Razed-The home
of c. f. Hart, Kapiolani Park, owned
by the city and occupied by Colonel
Sam Parker until his death, will be
torn down soon. The land is to be-
come a part of the park system.
OrientaIs Born Here Soon Vote
The territorial s~ecretary's office re-
ports to the governor that there are
1000 Japanese in the territory eligi-
BILE to vote. There are 1882 Chinese
also eligible to cast their votes.
Should the vote be given women of
the Territory there will be 27S Jap
anese women and CSC Chinese women
able to vote at the next election.
Fish Prices Soar-Following U. S.
District Attorney Huber's announce
ment lifting the maximum price form
erly established on fish, in order to
let the law of supply and demand
operate, the price of akule jumped
from 81 to so cents at the first public
auction in Honolulu last week.
$4,000 Deficit In School Funds
At the end of October, there will be
a deficit of. 500, 900 in the school cur
rent funds, according to the report
just rendered the governor by Acting
Treasurer Hapai. Governor Mccarthy
said today that it vas the usual thing
to have a deficit in the school fund
but the current fund deficit is a new
problem. All departments were or
dered to curtail.
Oahu Treasurer Warns Big Business
County Treasurer Conkling announc
es that many big business houses of
Honolulu are delinquent in their
license taxes and unless they speed up
in the matter of payment, prosecu-
tons will be instituted.
Swimmers Sailed LAST Saturday.
If the program arranged some time
ago is carried out, the Hawaiian
swimmers sailed for Antwerp on Sat
urday. The governors of the Hawaii
an branch of the A. A. U. cabled their
aloha to the Island swimmers.
Excess Labor On Oahu-Oahu plan
tations report 12,203 laborers at work
on Tuesday, more, they say, than are
really needed.
Nebraska Bans Language Schools
DR.. S. S. Bunker, head of the school
survey commission which recently
visited Hawaii, writes to Vaughan
MacCaughey, superintendent of public
instruction, saying that the supreme
court of Nebraska has established a
precedent ~justifying the Hawaiian
legislature in abolishing foreign Ian
guage schools in the territory. That
any such act by the territorial legis-
lature would be declared constitution
al, is the opinion of DR.. Bunker, based
upon the Nebraska incident.
Gas Short Honolulu and Hilo-The
manager of the Standard Oil Company
here that owing to a short
age of gasoline, Honolulu and HilC
must be rationed until the tanker
Colonel Drake arrives from the main
land. She is expected to reach Hilo
August 3.
Veterans To Honor Dead - A
Frederick Funston Post, Veterans o
Foreign Wars, has voted to launch
campaign for $4,000 to purchase
plot in Nuuanu cemetery and erect
monument to veterans who died her
and those whose bodies lie i
france.
To Investigate Suicides Books
special Deputy of Treasury Depar
r,.nt l. cnminp hnrn frnm Washing