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The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-06-18
No TidingS Yet From
Lost Fishing Boat
SearcherS Return Reporting Weather
Conditions UnfavOrable See
But Short Distance If AflOat Men
Doubtless Alive-Search Continues

Although number of sampans were
out for four days, and a tug from the
naval station at Pearl Harbor spent 3
days in the search, all had returned
by Wednesday night without having
found any trace of tie missing fishing
sampan of Peruvia Goodness which
has not been heard from for 10 days.
The boat carried a crew of men, and
Intended to be out for but 4 days. 1t
left Maalaea bay, this island, on May
80, and carried but "a gallons of drink
ing water. This in itself, however, is
probably not yet a very serious mat
ter, in case the boat is still afloat, for
the weather has been showery ana be-
sides a considerable quantity of ice
was carried which would provid9 wa
ter r,r considerable time.
The boats crew consisted of two ex-
perienced Hawaiian fishermen, Lono
and Ka.una, and Korean engiueman
called King. The first named has a
large family of children living at Ma
alaea
The weather has been particularly
bad for the searchers for the reason
that most of the time it has been i'm
possible to see for more than a mile.
A careful search has been made of
the coast of Molokai, and the naval
vessel searched well in the vicinity of
Kauai and Niihau.
If the weather clears a little today
Mr. Goodness plans to leave today or
tomorrow with sampan and to go as
far westward as Nekar island, some
$50 miles west of Kauai, in hope of
finding the missing men in their drift
ing boat, or some trace of them.
The general belief is that the en-
gine of the boat has become disabled
and that little craft is drifting before
the half gale that has been blowing
for the past week or more. There is,
of course, the possibility of fire or an
explosion.
The Japanese who have been en-
gagged in the search have not given up
hope, however, and will continue the
search. They say that they have been
assured by one of their kahunas that
the boat is still afloat and the crew
living.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-06-18
ForeSterS Merry Way
Pleased Maui Bunch

Maui Foresters to the number of
more than 200, returned home on a
special trip of the Kilauea at an early
hour last Monday morning, from at
tending the big Merry Way of the
order in Honolulu.
The affair was declared to be a
great success and all the Maui repre-
sentatives report a very large and
busy time,
A. ]. Fernandez, formerly of Kahu-
lui, but now of Honolulu, was elected
one of the trustees of the Foresters'
district court of Hawaii executive
board. The court is to hold its meet
ing next year in Hilo.
The Hilo and Honolulu courts voted
to each raise $4,000 towards the new
$4,000 home which the Maui court is
preparing to build at Kahului. The
balance of the amount will be raised
locally.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-06-18
Attorney BevinS Is
Refused Recognition
Judge Burr Declines To Permit Him
To Practice Pending Proceedings
For DiSbarment - Arrested For
Not Paying Fine

In the second circuit court this
morning Judge Burr declined to re-
cognize County Attorney e. r. Bevins
as an officer of the court or as an at
torney before the bar
Bevins, who arrived from Honolulu
by the Wilhelmina this morning was
accompanied by H. Hewitt, an at
torney of the law firm of Peters &
Smith, of Honolulu. He addressed the
court in reference to the setting of
certain cases on the criminal calendar
Judge Burr stated that in view of
the proceedings which the attorney
general was instituting against Mr..
Bevins, he would decline to recognize
him in these matters, but would place
the cases in question on the calendar
upon his own motion.
The County Attorney made no de-
murrer or comment and the court ad-
journed until tomorrow morning.
Bevins Arrested
AlIOIney DeNlnS, WHO Hdu lelJ lOr
Honolulu last week immediatelyeyfol-
lowing the action of the Court in re-
commenting action against him to.
wards his disbarment, was arrested
in the courthouse in that city yester-
day morning by Deputy High Sheriff
Patrick Gleason, upon a mittimus is
sued last Saturday by Judge Burr for
failure of Bevins to pay the $50 which
he had been fined for contempt.
Through his attorneys Peters &
Smith, Bevins at once presented in
the supreme court a petition for writ
of habeas corpus, and he was &ter
released upon his own recognizable ce.
The petition is returnable for hear
ing next Thursday. The document
alleges that the Wailuku court is
without jurisdiction to adjudge him
guilty for contempt for the reason
that neither the records nor the find
ings of the court disclose any act by
him constituting contempt of court.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-06-18
Death Summons Pia
COCkett, Worthy Citizen

Patrick (Pia'O Cockett, county
supervisor, and life long resident and
exemplary citizen of Maui, is dead.
In failing health for a year or more,
but confined to his bed for only about
two weeks, the end came peacefully
| between 10 and II o'clock last Tues
! day night, at his home in Waikapu.
He had just passed his Goth birthday.
! The funeral took place from his
late residence on Wednesday after
noon, at 4 o'clock interment being in
the Wailuku cemetery. A very large
crowd assembled to pay last respects
to man very generally respected and
/ T. Fleming, Charles Wilcox, Antoine
Garcia, Walter E. Engle, Clement
/ Crowell and H. Streubeck.
| Pia Cockett was born at Waikapu
not far from the place in which he
died, and he spent all of his life on
this Island He was the youngest of
a family of 9 children, all of whom
are now dead. His father was Charles
Cockett, an Englishman, and an ex-
pert blacksmith, who came to the Is
lands three-quarters of a century or
more ago, and who for years bore the
title of kings armorer." His mother
was a Miss Shaw, woman of stand
ing in the community, of half-Hawai-
ian blood
The deceased was twice married,
but leaves no children His first wife
was a Miss Kamai Baker. His sec
ond wife, who survives him, was Miss
zelie Rogers.
Practically all of his adult life was
spent as manager of the Cornwell
ranch in Kula and Kihei. When the
ranch was sold a few years ago to
H. w. Rice Mr. Cockett relinquished
his active control on the Kanaula por,
ton, but was still in charge of the
&ihei division at the time of his death
Few men have had higher stand
| ing in Maui than did Pia Cockett. He
was the friend of many and the enemy
of few. His integrity was unquestion-
, cd, and his death will leave very real
void for many
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-06-18
Maui Phone Workers To
Receive Increased Pay

Word has been received from the
Mutual Telephone Company's Office in
Honolulu, that the new wage scale
which is soon to be determined for
the Honolulu employees of the COM
pany will also be made effective for
the employees of the Maui Telephone
and the Hawaii Telephone companies,
subsidiary corporations of the Homo
lulu concern.
The increase comes about through
request of the company to the public
utilities commission, following the
controversy which resulted in strike
in Honolulu some weeks ago. The
amount of the increase is not definite
ly known at present, though it will
probably be determined within a few
days.
In asking for the increase for its
workers, the Mutual officials also ask
ed the utilities body for permission to
increase its rental rate for service.
This will probably apply to Maui as
well as Honolulu.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-06-18
FILIPINO ENDS LIFE
WITH DOSE OF ACID

A Filipino laborer going by the
name of Daniel M. Alau, committed
suicide on Wednesday morning in a
house where he was living near the
Maui Soda & Ice Works, by swallow
ing a quantity of muriatic acid, used
for soldering purposes. According to
the police, the man had had trouble
with a woman with whom he had been
living, and had threatened number
of times to take his life before he
finally did So
The deed was committed about 6
o'clock in the morning and he died
some hours later, Notwithstanding
the efforts of a physician, who was
quickly summoned, to save his life,
The man was about 80 years old and
had recently been working for the Ka-
hului railroad. Prior to that he had
been working in the Haiku pineapple
district
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-06-18
Outlook Good For Maui
Fourth OF July Races

The outlook for the 4th of July races
Ito be held this year on Monday, July
- grows better all the time as the
time approaches, according to those
who have the matter in hand. Besides,
the results of the events in Honolulu
on the 11th inst seem to indicfte that
Maui horses are well fitted Ito hold
their OWE against Hawaii, oahu, and
mainland entries, all of wdfch will be
represented on the Kahp ui track.
Unless indications arG' all crooked,
The Maui races this yeap will not only
De far ahead in interest of those Of
previous years, but will be much more
satisfactory tfan those of the Polo
md Racing Club in Honolulu. Of
course the second day of this last
mentioned meet is to be held tomor-
row, and it's results will also have
some bearing on the outlook
Maui Horses Do Well
Aside from considerable dis
satisfaction with the starting of the
races, the Kamehameha Day RAGS in
Honolulu were good in all GEspects,
ccording to Maui visitorsIwho at
tended. DR.. Fitzgerald's TCopra at
tracted much attention by breaking the
|5/8 mile record for Hawaiian bred
horses, doing the distance in 1:0O2/5;
and this in spite of the fact that the
race was called off on account of a
bad start and had to be run over after
Copra had already made the circuit.
The Parker Ranch hol9es, of which
there were or entered, did credit
ably, one of them, Assagai Christine
breaking the Umpqua record on the
track for 7/8 mile, in 1929 AS. Johnnie
Carol piloted. Umpqua's record was
1870 1/5.
Frank Cameron's Malolo was also a
winner in the 5/S mile free-for-all, do
ing the distance in 1:01 1/5.
John O'Rouke, who recently brought
several runners from the coast, made
fair showing with them, considering
that they had just come out of quaran-
tine and had had no time to get
familiar with the track. These ami
mails, as we'll as the Parker ranch en-
tries and a number of Oahu horses
will be up next week to condition for
the big Maui event.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-06-18

At Lahaina three old cottages will
probably be torn down and the ma
terial used to build new ones-one
for mainland teachers and the other
for Island teachers. Combined they
will accommodate about 16.
1t is also planned to move the old
Camp 10 school to Kahului and to
erect two additional school rooms from
the materials. Besides the cottage to
be built at the Kaupakalua school,
the old cottage i9 to be converted in
to two or three rooms for school pur-
poses. The Halehaku school is also
to have some repairs.
Doubling Up Glasses
Because of the lack of money for
new buildings, it has been decided to
try doubling up classes in number
of the schools next year. This will be
done by conducting a part of the work
of different classes out OF doors or
upon lanais, thus permitting other
classes to use the blackboards and
other facilities needed in certain work.
Among the schools where this is to
be tried out are Kamehameha III, Paia
Makawao, Wailuku, Puunene, and pos
sibly Haiku.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-06-18
Motorcycle Struck
By AutO---Ride Hurt
Bad COlliSiOnIn Wailuku When Drivers
Try To Dodge Each 0ther-SerieS
Of Motor Accidents During Past
Week

George Freeland, of Lahaina, re-
turning from visit to Wailuku last
Saturday afternoon, was painfully
bruised when thrown from the auto
mobile in which he was riding. The
accident happened through the driv-
er's losing control of the car which
ran into the stone cliff on the Pail
road. Freeland's escape from serious
injury is considered remarkable.
August Freitas, an employe of the
Camp 1 Store, rode out of the lane
from his home in Spreckelsville, last
Sunday morning, on his motorcycle
for little spin. He did not see DR..
Durney's Chevrolet car driven by
Amura approaching and ran directly
in front of it. His knee was badly
hurt and he sustained other bruises
and contusions and his wheel was
considerably damaged He is now in
the Puunene hospital for repairs. The
police say that the automobile driver
was not at fault
Freitas' was but one of series of
more or less serious motor accidents
within the past week John Abreu, of
the Royal Hawaiian Sales Co., driving
a Coles car from Lahaina last Satur-
day night, collided with Nakano,
rent service driver just opposite the
Wailuku public school, Abreu was
near the center of the road and Ma
kano got the impression that he in
tended to stop or pass on the left hand
side. In the lodging match that en-
sued the two cars came together with
considerable force and both were
pretty badly damaged. Neither driver
was hurt.
j. p. Foster of Paia, had his car bad
ly battered about week ago when
he ran into machine driven by Mrs
Harry Baldwin. The accident occur
red near the Paia mill. No one was
hurt and the Baldwin car was not
seriously injured.
DR.. George Aiken, while returning
from Lahaina few days ago, had the
top torn from his car by the hurri-
cane of wind which sweeps down
across the Ukumehame flats at the
Lahaina end of the Pail road. He is
not the first autoist who has suffered
similar mishap at this particular place
Edward Smith, county painter whi'
on his way to Lahaina lass..'.ools 1r;,
off the road when blinded by tn,
lights of an approaching car. His owl
machine was overturned and badl,
wrecked, while Smith suffered
broken hip and other injuries. Th
accident occurred near the Khe
jonction with Lahaina road.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-06-18
NEW BANK OPENS NEXT WEEK

The new Bank of Maui building,
which has been delayed greatly in con-
struction owing to difficulty in secur.
ing vault fittings atd other materials,
is finally completed and taken off the
contractors hands. 1t will be formal
ly opened for business on Saturday,
June 26. A reception is to be held
during the day, and in the evening the
building will be open for inspection,
with dancing as a feature. 1t is re-
ported that the officials of the institu,
tion expect to make the opening a
very gala occasion.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-06-18
qe Room To Serve
Two Or More Classes

The school departments plan to
centralize the public schools on Molo-
liai is doomed to disappointment, at
least until the legislature provides the
money that the plan will require. This
was de lided upon by the county su-
pervisoIb 5 at their meeting last Satur-
day. It.is stated that the special ses-
sion Of -the Legislature next fall will
probal not take the matter up, but
that IN Ill be allowed to go over to
the regl Var session of 1921.
AS hiH been before explained,
school au horities have been advocat-
ing for some time that two of the
three Molokai schools on the south
side of the island be done away with,
the children being transported to one
central school by an auto service TO
be established. Apparently the chief
objection to the plan now is its cost.
1t is understood that there are various
other similar combinations planned
for other parts of Maui in the future.
Peahi School To Remain
The proposal to change the site of
the Peahi school to a more central
location in the Ulumalu pineapple
section, was opposed by a petition
signed by between 35 and 40 residents
of Peahi The fact also developed
that difficulty mad been encountered
in getting a suitable site in the pro
posed new location, so the matter for
the time being at least, was abandon
ed.
Several hours of Saturdays session
of the supervisors was taken up in
discussing improvements needed in
school facilities with School Com
missioner Lindsay, Supervising Prin
cipals Wells and Murphy, and Paul A
MacCaughey, principal of the Maui
High school.
New School Buildings
AS a result of the conference the
board has ordered tenders advertised
| for the following work, these bids tC
be opened at the meeting on July 8
Honokohua school-1-room addition
| Haiku school-1-room addition; kau
pakalua school-2-bedroom cottage
Halehallu school-1-room addition
Hama school-1-room addition; Kalua
ha school-1room addition; Mau
High school-work shop.
Besides this there is to be consider
! able repairing done to other schools
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-06-18
UNLICENSED DENTIST
FORFElTS BAIL

M. Kato, arrested in Makawao last
week for practicing dentistry without
a license, failed to appear for trial
when his case was called on Tuesday
in the Makawao district court, thereby
forfeiting $500 cash bail which he had
deposited. Besides this an elaborate
set of dental implements and ma
terials were seized at the time of the
mans arrest which are also forfeit
and which viii probably be sold at
public auction.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-06-18
Special Election To
Name New Supervisor

Because Supervisor Pia Cockett died
within less than IL months from the
time he took Office, it will be neces-
sary under the law to hold special
election to fill the vacancy. Had he
lived until after the first of July the
vacancy would have been filled by ap-
pointment of the board.
Supervisor Drummond is on the
coast, thus leaving but three members
bare quorum of the board to do
business. 1t is understood that a
meeting will probably be held today
at which a proclamation for the speci-
al election will be issued. The law
provides that such election may not
be held within 80 days of the first
publication of such proclamation.
There will be no primary election,
candidates in any number being priYi-
legged to have their names placed up
on the ballot upon petition of at least
25 voters and the deposit of $25
Speculation is already rife as to who
will be the next supervisor Among
those who have been mentioned in
this connection are-Worth Aiken
Charles Lake, Guy Goodness, Peruvia
Goodness and Angus McPhee. There
will probably be many more mention
ed" within few days,
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-06-18
Thompson Convicted
OF Cattle Stealing
Sentenced 2 To 10 Years Hard Labor
Boys Indicted With Him Ac-
quitted-Jury 6 Hours In Finding
Verdict Sensational Case

Charles E. Thompson was last night
found guilty by jury OF larceny in
first degree. This morning Judge Burr
sentenced him to serve not less than
2 years nor more than 10 years at
hard labor.
Willie Thompson, son of Charles
Thompson, Willie Malta and Malani
Morton, Jointly indicted and tried with
Thompson were found not guilty.
The verdict seems to have been a
compromise. The jury required al
most 6 hours to reach an agreement,
it being almost 10 o'clock before the
verdict was returned
E. Murphy, attorney for the defense
entered a motion for a new trial and
Thompson was released on $1,000 bail
Sensational Case
The case has been one of the most
sensational ones from number OF
angles that has been tried in the local
courts for many years. AS reported
last week, the indictment was found
by the grand jury on the presentation
of evidence by Attorney General Har
ry Irwin, who came fl Honolulu
and with assistance of Enos Vincent
as special deputy, worked up the case
without consulting with County At
torney Bevins.
The jury which tried the case was
secured last Monday. 1t consisted ui
Edward r. Lindsay, Koichi Okamu
ra, Manuel Castro, Charles Larsen, Il
A. Campbell, John w. X. Hose, Geo
Mason, E. Wilhelm, Jr., Tom r
Chong, and John de Freitas.
The trial was begun on Tuesday and
the arguments were not concluded un
til Thursday afternoon. A large mum
ber of witnesses were put on by bott
sides. 1t was pretty definitely showr
that the three cattle claimed to have
been stolen, the hides of which Thomr
son had sold to Angus McPhee, anG
which were seized on the Claudine
wharf by Attorney Vincent as they
were about to be shipped to Honolulu
with large number of others, hat
been caught by Willie Thompson, Ma
lani Morton and Willie Malta on the
government reserve above Edgar MGR
tons ranch.
The defense claimed that these were
wild cattle, but although they were
unbranded, the animals had been iden
titled by number of persons as be
longing to Edgar Morton as they werf
being brought down the mountain
The hides were also similarly identi
fed
Judge Burr in his charge to the
jury emphasized that the fact that The
cattle may have been on public lane
had no bearing on their ownership, no
would the fact of their being consid
cred wild This probably had import
ant weight with the jury in arriving
at the verdict.
Chief Forester Charles S. Judd, whC
was placed on the stand by the pros
ecution, refuted the claim of the de
fense that Thompson had had permis
sion to hunt wild cattle in the govern
ment forest reserve.
Although Charles Thompson, whC
alone was convicted had had no activ,
part in getting the cattle, the jur!
evidently believed that he was the in
stigator. The fact that the others ar,
all but little more than boys, also prob
ably played its part with the jurymen
The case attracted great interest
people throughout the trial.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-06-18
WlLHELMlNA BRINGS
FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS

Bringing more than 60 passengers,
most of them from Honolulu, and 941
tons Of general merchandise, includ-
ing four automobiles, the Matson liner
Wilhelmina arrived in Kahului at day
light this morning. She is taking on
$500 tons of Maui sugar and about 25
tons Of general merchandise, besides
a number Of passengers for the Coast
and a considerable list for Honolulu,
The Wilhelmina brought an accumu.
lation of mail since last Tuesday. She
expects to get away sometime Sunday
night.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-06-18

For the purpose of passing upon the
program prepared by the racing sec
tion of the Maui County Fair Rae
ing Association for the Fourth of
July, a meeting of the directors of the
organization has been called for next
Tuesday afternoon, at $3.50 o'clock.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-06-18

Edwrd Poepoe, formerly a Wailuku
boy who worked for Hugh Howell, is
on Maui again after an absence of
about three years. He is one of the
Hawaiian quintet on board the Matson
steamer Wilhelmina. He is hunting
up his old friends while his boat is
in port
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-06-18

Aki Tom, formerly with the Haiku
Fruit & Packing Co., who has been in
Honolulu for several months undergo
ing medical treatment, returned home
this morning.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-06-18

A meeting of Maui Post No. s, Ame-
elican Legion, has been called for
next Tuesday evening at the chamber
OF commerce room, Wailuku.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-06-18

Antoine Garcia returned home on
Tuesday from an absence of more
than month on the mainland. He
attended the national court of Forest
ers which met in Berkeley.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-06-18

Mrs. A. c. Rothrock and children
returned home last Saturday from
Kauai where they visited DR.. and Mrs.
E. N. Young for two weeks.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-06-18
NEXT EK's MAILS

From the Coast-Lurline, June
10; Matsonia, June %; Tahiti,
June 23.
For the coast-Makura, June 20;
Wilhelmina, June 90; Siberia
Maru, June 90; Lurline, June
26.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-06-18

"Never was the world so old, and
consequently so wise; but it will be
older, and consequently wiser, tomor.
row."