The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-02-13
Flu Epidemic Seems
10 Be About Ended
Comparatively Few Cases Now In
Waikiki And Disease Is Not
Spreading Fast In Other Sections
-604 Cases, II Deaths

The flu epidemic in Maui seems to
be- very definitely on the wanc. In
| WailuNu district, which has been TN"
center of the trouble, the average
| number Of cases per day is from B to
$. whore two weeks ago it was from
80 to so or more. Nor has the disease
spread through the other districts in
2 viIulcnt form such as was cXperienc-
ed last year.
There have been in all in Wailuku
district about ij5 cases, ana CHIEF
Sanitary Officer Weights records show
enough from other parts of the island
10 being the total for Maui up to 60i.
There have been a total of II deaths
in Nailuku district and one or two
| moro deaths are expected 30 occur.
Camp 3 has a record of p cases;
Camp /, So cases; Kahului, b. In the
Hama district there have been IS
cases reported, none very cyere and
no deaths.
There are but 8 cases still in the
temporary hospital in the Annoy,
against about 40 a week ago.
There are no cases in Lahaina, al
.hough it is understood that quite OK
Iau,ive preparations have been taken
here to combat il if it does come.
One Death Today
The latest death occurred this morn
ing in the Nrmury being that of G.
rercira. a Portuguese labOrCr on the
Naiiuku plantation.
On Monday, at Puuncne, Mrs. Will
lam Maui, wife of a luna on the II. c.
4 S. Co., died from the disease.
Rev. William Alexander TAFT, of
Lahaina, delivered an interesting adj
dress at the Waikiki Union church
last Sunday evening his subject beins
Abraham Lincoln.
J. c. Blair, manager of the Island
Electric Co, went 10 Honolulu OF Mon
lay night to attend the hearing be
fore the public utilities commission Of
the affairs of his company, which was
to have been held last evening.
p. w. Eichinger, manager of the
Wailuku Sugar Co.'S dairy who was
seriously injured last week by being
gored by a bull, is reported to be i'm
proving but it will probably be sew
aral months before he is fully recover
ed.
James d. Dole, president of the
Hawaiian Pineapple Co., spent several
days on Maui last week returning to
Honolulu by the Claudineslast Satur-
lay night. While mere Mr.. Dole visit
I'd the pineapple sections and other
districts in company with II. w. Rice. !
Frank c. Locey and little Sol Pat
went to Honolulu on Monday night
,nroute 10 the coast where Mr.. LOcey
on business connected with the
Royal Hawaiian Sales Co., Of which
ne is the local manager. His place is
being filled by C. j. Schocning, who
over from the Honolulu main
flee last Saturday for that purpose.
The Rev. J. Lamb Doty, Rector of
he Episcopal Church, Hilo, will be
he guest of Rev, and Mrs. j.. c. Will
,rs, this weekend. He comes to Wal
uliu in the interest of the Nation
Vide Campaign, and will present that
at the service of the Church OF
he Good Shepherd on Sunday morn
ng, a service which should be of I'M
Usual interest.
J. Lightfoot, deputy attorney gen
eral, and Henry Smith, clerk of the
trst circuit court, Honolulu, arrived in
Naiiuku on Wednesday night to at
end the hearing in the 2nd circuit
'ourt yesterday morning for condem-
nation Of the NahaoleIua property in
-ahaina, desired by the territory for
he enlargement Of the K~amehameha
II school at Lahaina.