The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-02-13


Mrs. Jack London has accepted an
invitation to be guest of honor at the
Hilo AID Club on Tuesday, February
16. In celebration of the event, the
occasion will be made a ladies day"
to which every Hiloite is invited.
Ford Still MISUNDERSTANDING Lane
recently gave Alexander Hume Ford,
representing the ~Pan-Pacifc Union,
and Prof. II. e. Gregory, representing
the Pan-Pacifc Scientific Congress, q
three-hour interview at which plans
for the congress were discussed, a
letter from Ford just received here
states. Ambassadors of several Payi-
fc countries in Washington also as
sured Ford of support, he writes.
Pan-PaciHc Fund-One thousand
dollars has been appropriated by the
New South Wales government to.
ward the Pan-Pacifc congress in Ho-
nolulu in 1921, according to a cable
received yesterday at the Office of the
Governor.
An Insane Patient in the territorial
asylum at Honolulu was killed last
Saturday night in a cell by his cell
mate, a Filipino lunatic. His skull
was crushed by a heavy earthen ware
vessel with which he had been struck.
The hospital authorities refused to dis
close the name of the dead man. Ow-
ing to lack of room it has been neccs-
sary TO keep IS violently insane pa
tients locked in "a cells. Other
tragedies of the same nature are like
ly to occur at any time, its is said.
The campaign to raise funds to con
struct a new main building and to
make other improvements to the
Queens hospital, in Honolulu, which
has been under way for some time,
ended last Saturday when the desired
S25O,OOO was raised. Among the Maui
contributors are Mrs. Mary Dowsett
and Alexander McKibben, both of Ma
kawao, each Of whom donated $3.50.
Legion Raps Aliens-The Hilo Post
of the American Legion at its annual
meeting held last week, adopted a
resolution strongly condemning those
,1slr- j., tl., +.ryifnr-- a1friI1, To hn-
come citizens, but who fail to do so.
- also adopted a resolution advocat-
ing a law prohibiting the flying of
foreign flags unless the American
emblem is at the anne time displayed
above or with them.
Policeman Indicted-James X. Ka-
hue, a police officer of Honolulu, has
been indicted by the grand jury on
charge of eXtortion. He is alleged
to have obtained money from several
Chinese on threat of arresting them
for smoking opium.
Japanese Building Steamers -
Eleven new steamers, of which three
are 1S,00O-tOn vessels duplicating in
size and passenger capacity the .Anyo
Maru of the company's South Ameri-
a service, are now being completed
in Japan for the T. X. X, and the
first will call at Honolulu July 8, &C
cording to advices received yesterday
by the local office of the Togo Kisen
Kaisha and made public today. -Four
of these vessels will be placed on the
South American run via Honolulu and
Hilo on a monthly schedule each way.
The first of the new boats will be
ready in July.
Many Portuguese LeaVe-All but
two of the 81 passengers of the Mat
son steamer Sachem which sailed
from Honolulu last Saturday were
Portuguese.
HiIo May Have Poultry Show-The
members of the Hawaii Poultry Asso-
citation, of Hilo, is planning to hold
a poultry and rabbit show about the
latter part Of June.
Hilo Faces Water Famine-The wa
ter in the reservoir supplying the
town of Hilo was lower last week
than in over Is years. On Thursday