The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-09-24
On The Other Islands

~ oN' 70 wv
er conditions last summer and the
loss of a large area of Government
land.
Will Succeed Porter.-Miss May
Weir, who has been secretary of the
board OF health will succeed Kirk b.
Porter on the board. Who will be
Miss Weir's successor has not been
announced.
Bank Deposit Stolen.-Theodore A.
Dranga's store on K~amehameha We
nue., Hilo was robbed of $3.50 in green
bcks. The money was lifted while
Mr.. Dranga was upstairs with a Gus
toner. He had prepared his bank
book for deposit and laid $3.50 in bills
inside its cover.
Normal Seniors Teach. - Twenty
members of the senior class of the
Normal School are being distributed
throughout the Territory to take the
| places vacant in many schools owing
% the shortage of teachers. The trans
port Sheridan arrived without any
teachers on board.
Campbell Acquitted.-In the circuit
/ court, at Hilo, the case of the Terri
tory versus Max Campbell, who was
charged with embezzlement, was
heard before a jury. Deputy County
Attorney A. G. Correa appeared for
the prosecution and Russell & Pat
terson for the defendant. Judge Gle
ment X. Quinn, on motion, directed
the jury to bring in a verdict of nor
guilty as there was not sufficient evil
dence to sustain the charge.
Judge Will Not Decide.-Circuit
Judge James J. Banks has refused the
request of two Honolulu attorneys
that the court determine the value Of
their services and order the trustee
of Hackfeld & Co, to pay the amounts
out of the trust funds, incidental to
the reorganization of the firm into
the American Factors, Ltd.
Fatal CoIlision.-Manuel Moniz and
Joe TeXeira, dairy mixers, while rid
ing a motor cycle, ran into a milk
cart on Kapahulu road, Honolulu
.Moniz was instantly killed, his brains
dashed out and TeXeira horribly in
jured a shaft of the wagon being
driven through his body so it pro-
ruded a foot beyond.
Belated Ones Observation-Disclosures
bers of voters who believed they had
registered in the closing hours will
be disfranchised at the primaries if
the decision of County Attorney Heen
is upheld. He rules that aftidavits
which did not reach the county clerk
| ,,,ti1 ALTON tI, Iofa.pf nUpiratinn of
registrations cannot be legally enrol
ed.
Trustees Resign. -t.~orney Fred
Patterson has resigr<d as trustee Of
the Waiakea homefteaders association
Attorney C. S. Carlsmith resigned sew
eral months ago. The homesteaders
were TO meet this week and elect two
new trustees.
Military Road System.-Mayor Gen
aral Morton says a $4,000, 900 military
road system has been approved by the
War Department. AT the last session
$500, 900 was asked of congress and
Sis 900 was appropriated. At the
next session he hopes to get a sub
stantial increase. Work on the first
unit of construction was recently
started.
Air Observers Hurt.-While aloft on
Tuesday afternoon of last week in
the basket of an observation balloon
directing shell fire Of Fort Kamehame.
? ha batteries, two members of the OBJ
e ~servation crew are reported to have
/, been injured by pieces of shell burst
l ing near them. Army headquarters
confirmed the fact that an accident
! had occurred, but gave no details.
Registration On Oahu.-With q
5 great rush of enrollments or the clos
ing day the register III the office Of
: the clerk of the city and county Of
| Honolulu shows 1892 men and 129t
; women eligible to vote at the prim
= mi, = TESS. Il is a remarkable cir
4 Cumstance that there. are exactly two
E men to Jnr woman egistered
F. c. Paetow DieL AT Kohala hos
t pital, Hawaii, f. C. Paetow, for more
! han 20 years bookkeeper at Niu
plantation died last week following {
3 stroke of paralysis about two weeks
0 previous. Mr.. Paetow was So years
If age, a native of England and al
Elk and a Mason.
=
- Jealous Jap S os.-As result of
e quarrel over a oman at Kaiwik
camp, Ookala, / wall, Uweda Daigu
chi stabbed Tahafa Shigataki, inflict
ing probably fatal wounds. h as
j salient found %Shigataki in his HON,
} and attacked him with a pocket knief
He is in custody.
For Kuhio Misunderstanding witt
/ him Kuhio Wharf plans, Lyman II
Bigelow, superintendent of the depart
u ment of public works, was in Hilo las
5 week and took up the proposal tina
Hilo interests shall take up the $500.
5 900 in territorial bonds immediatel.
necessary for the project.
, Travels On War Ship.-Governo
l Mccarthy left Honolulu last night o.
Il he dreadnaught New Mexico, going t