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The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1921-12-20
POLICE CHASE
MASKED BANDITS

Masked bandits, hold up at the
point of a revolver, an automobile
chase police with shot guns and
the final capture of the bandits. 1t
sounds like a mail robbery in New
York City or else movie scenario
but it is neither-it is an actual oc-
curance on Kauai.
Tuesday evening, the two masked
bandits held up the pay1 n
off of tannemushi in Hanalei
about 10 o'clock. They lined up the
Japanese who were taking part and
took the proceeds. After telling the
Japanese to remain quiet, they dash
ed for an auto that was waiting
outside the house. The machine
started toward Kapaa and the jap
anese hurried and informed Deputy
Sheriff Werner of the hold-up. The
lights of the car could be seen on
the hill climbing out of the valley.
Sheriff Werner telephoned Deputy
Sheriff Hano at Kapaa and he i'm
mediately called his men and started
to meet the car The first two men
had just got as far as the old chin
ney on the Kapaa flat when they
saw a car coming toward them at
rapid rate of speed. They ordered it
to halt but it dashed right by them
without stacking up. Officers Kaiu
and Lono were about quarter OF
a mile behind the first two officers
They also ordered the car to stop
and when it showed no signs Of doing
so, opened fire upon it. Lono had
a shotgun and Kaiu revolver
They chased the car and in going
through Kapaa mistook the car OF
Lester Alexander for the bandits.
They overlook Alexander and he
told them that the car had turned
mauka at the Kapaa post office. The
police then started mauka and met
a car of the same make that was
used by the bandits and asked the
driver if he had passed car. He
said that he had passed a car with
out any lights going mauka at a very
fast rate. The police commandered
his car and secured all over Kapaa
homesteads but could not find trace
of the bandits or their car.
Finally near daybreak the police
returned to Kapaa and Sheriff Hano
had become suspicious of the actions
of the driver of the commandeered
car and decided to investigate. He
found one side of the car riddled
with shot from Lonos gun. He placed
the driver under arrest and the boy
broke down and confessed, implicat
ing a number of Filipinos.
The police got busy and before
long had rounded up the whole gang
William Opio was the driver Of the
car and he will be the principal wit
ness for the prosecution at the trial
The Filipinos arrested and com
mitted to the circuit court for trial
are Mariana Milan, Rofino Maxim,
Casamiro Aragono, Francisco Filipe.
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1921-12-20
DR.. HARADA MAKES
SPEAKING TOUR, KAUAI

DR.. T. Harada, professor Of Japan
ese language and history in the
University of Hawaii, arrived on
Kauai last Friday morning. Rev.
Patrick Takahashi, pastor of the Lii
hue Japanese church, met Prof. Har-
ada at the landing, and after break
fasting and a short rest, conducted
him on a short tour of calls upon
the principal people of the COM
munity.
In the evening the leading Japan
ese of /, the Lihue district rendered a
banquet at the Lihue hotel after
which they adjourned to the Tip,
Top Theater, where Prof. Harada
delivered a lecture in Japanese on
Japanese nationality; Past and Fu-
ture."
Sunday morning at the Lihue Jap
anese church, Prof. Harada deliver
ed sermon on Trusting God" At
900 o'clock in the afternoon at the
Tip-Top Theater he gave an intense
ly interesting lecture on Religious
Reconstruction in Japan" the text
of which is as follows:
Prof. Harada spoke at Wahiawa,
Monday night, To night he will
speak at Hanapepe, Wednesday night
at Makaweli, Thursday night at
Waimea and Friday night at Keka-
ha. He returns to Honolulu Friday
night.
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1921-12-20
Persona n a Is

ste y 4 - r
Mrs. w. N. Stewart returned to
Lihue last Friday after two weeks
vacation in Honolulu.
Louis and Sam Wilcox are visit.
ing with their grandparents at Grove
Farm.
Mrs. X Jensen of kapaa was a re.
turning passenger on the Claudine
last Friday.
William Searby of the American
Factors Ltd, spent two days on the
Garden Island last week.
Dr.. T. Harada, of the University
of Hawaii, returns to Honolulu on
the Claudine Friday.
e. A. knudsen returned to koloa
last Friday from short business
trip to Honolulu.
Josephine Morasne, senior student
at Punahou, is home for the Christ.
mas vacation.
Walter EkIund and wife are again
on the Garden Island, after a few
days visit in Honolulu.
Chas. s. Dole is among the IA
uaians leaving this evening to spend
Christmas in Honolulu.
J. II. Hall, electrician for Lihue
Plantation, is leaving this evening
to spend the holidays in Honolulu.
Mr.. and Mrs. X. c. Hopper are
again on the Garden Island They
have spent the past four months
touring the western states.
w. F. Sanborn, manager of the
Hanalei ranch returned to his home
last Friday from a short business
trip to Honolulu.
Miss Martha Wolters, who Is at
tending Punahou school in Honolulu
is spending the Christmas vacation
| with her parents at Kealia.
M. Melancon, sugar boiler of the
| McBryde Sugar company, returned
to his duties last Saturday after a
| few days in the big town.
Mrs. Herman WoIters, wife of II
| Wolters, manager of the Makee Su
| gar Co., returned to Kealia last Fri
| day after month in Honolulu.
Jack Sanborn, student at the Ho
nolulu Military Academy, is spend
| ing the holidays with his parents at
Hanalei.
Richard Quinn, government engi.
neer in charge of the Nawiliwili har.
Dor project, arrived on the Claudine
Friday.
Richard SIogsett is home for the
holidays. Dick has been making
quite a name for himself as a foot
ball player at Punahou.
Mrs. r. II. Hagood of keaIia re-
turned to the Garden Island Friday
She has been visiting friends in Ho-
nolulu for the past two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Christian and
son, Stanley, are leaving for Homo
lulu this evening where they will
spend the holidays.
George Armitage, secretary of the
Hawaiian Promotion Bureau, return
ed to Honolulu Saturday after two
days promotion work on the Gar
den Island.
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1921-12-20
INMATES OF MAHELoNA
HOSPITAL TO ENJOY XMAS

Through the kindness of many
good friends of the Samuel Maize
Iona Memorial hospital, the inmates
OF that institution will have an en-
joyable Christmas with a tree, ap-
propriate exercises, music and ev.
erything that goes to make the Yule.
tide time of joy.
For several days past cars have
been arriving at the hospital, de-
posting packages and bundles that
are destined to make those hearts
glad.
The Y. M. C. A. will send out an
orchestra to make music for the
occasion,
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1921-12-20
JAPANESE MAN
KILLED IN MILL

A Japanese mill man was instant
ly killed last Thursday morning at
Kilauea when the loose end of his
sweater got caught in a cog-wheel
He was drawn onto the big cogs
and crushed to death.
The coroner's inquest reported
an accidental death
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1921-12-20
NEW YEARS RACES
BEST THIS SEASON

Entries for the big racing program
on New Years are beginning to come
in and on paper the card appears
to be the best yet held on the island.
Interest is centering around the mile
and a quarter free for all, in which
Termont will meet Bridgeplayer and
Dinner Bell. Termont gave the Fer
nandez mare a great race last year
with very little training and as the
Princeville stallion has had the best
of conditioning this year, many fol-
lowerS of the sport of kings, expect
Termont to have the honor of being
the first horse to defeat Bridgeplay-
er on Kauai.
= Termont will meet Gold Bryan and
Bridgeplayer in the mile, and this
race is also expected to be one of
the best Of the day
One of the best races of the sea-
son will be the three-eighths in
which Sky Boy, Pegasus, Gold Bryan
and Golden Spray will meet. These
four horses are the best on Kauai
for this distance and experts are
stating that blanket will cover all
four horses at the finish.
There are so many horses training
for the Japanese and Portuguese no.
vice races at Waipouli that Jimmy
Spalding has been forced to ap-
point Johnson as traffic cop to keep
the track from being congested.
Johnson has a busy time keeping
the traffic from getting blocked when
some Japanese jockey wants to run
his horse the wrong way. Johnson
says that Eddy Fountain has a cinch
directing traffic at the Lihue cor
ner on boat days compared with this
job.
The complete program with the en-
tries to date is as follows:
| First race-3S mile Hawaiian bred
First $40; second $40; entry So.
Sky Boy-Tashima.
Pegasus-Amorin
Gold Bryan-Fernadez
Golden Spray-Rikemaru
Second race: 1 IA mile. First $3.50;
second $50; entry SIS.
geplayer-Fernandez
Dinner Bell-Sakamoto
Termont-Sanborn
Third race: IL mile Japanese own.
ers and riders. First $50; second
$40; third S..
Charlie I-Isbikawa
Maui Girl-Masuda
Wal Tai-Nekonishi
Waipoul Girl-Arakaki
Lady-Arakaki
Fourth race: IA mile Hawaiian
bred. First $40; second $40.
Sky Boy-Tashima
Pegasus-Amorin
Silver Dust-Fernandez
Fancy-Spalding
Fifth race: IL mile Portuguese
owners and riders. First $780, second
$40; third $5.
Blue Bird-M. Rapoza
Carrie-John Rapoza
Fly-Reis
Sixth race: 3-S mile for horses
never having won race. (Urabi bar
red). First $40; second $40, third
IS.
Wal Tai-Nekonishi
Mary J.-Higa.
Maui Girl-Masuda
Waipouli Girl-Arakaki
Seventh race: l mile free for all.
First. $100; second 500.
geplayer-Fernandez
Gold Bryan-FernandeZ
Termont-Sanborn
Eighth race: 3-4 mile. (Bridgeplay-
er, Gold Bryan, Termont, Dinner
Bell, Golden Spray and Sky Boy
barredD. First $50; second $25.
Bootblack-Fernandez
Silver Dust-FernandeZ
Fancy-Spalding
Bubbling Water-Spalding
Pegasus-Amorin.
Ninth race: l mile Japanese horses.
First 500; second S25.
Dinner Bell-Sakamoto
Golden Spray-Rikemaru
Sky Boy-Tashima
Tenth race: l mile cowboy race.
First SO.
Eleventh race: l mile cowboy re-
lay. First $40.
More entries are expected by the
committee especially in the Japan
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1921-12-20

Mrs. G. w. klrkaldy and daughter,
Miss N. Kirkaldy, are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. C. ]. Brenham of Port
Allen during the holidays.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-23

The explosion occurred in a small building used by the highway de- partment and the adjutant generals s office. Indications point to the fact that the explosive had been placed in an old and broken safe in which were stored a few worthless papers. The floor of the safe was driven two feet into the soil by the force of the explosion, and other pieces of the safe were found block and a half away from the plant.
 BuiIdno Blown to Bits
 Where the frame building stood is now only a depression in the ground-not a stick of the structure remains. The force of the explosion may be gauged from the fact that it hurled a 20-foot section of 1S-inch I-beam 30 feet through the air, bend ing it into right angle and casting it through the roof of the airplane hangar which is used for the storage of trucks by the highway depart ment.
 Every window in the new highway department building was shattered by the explosion. Nine windows in the state capitol were blown out Houses two blocks away were rocked by the force of the explosion, the damage done to residences outside the plant being reckoned at about $500.
 The highway department ware house south of the highway de- partment building, sustained the greatest damage. All the windows in this structure were shattered, and pieces of the galvanized iron roofing were torn away. The airplane han gar was ripped to bits in places while huge splinters of wood were driven through the sides of the auto- mobile trucks.
 Timbers, pieces of iron, parts oi equipment scattered throughout tho yard were thrown about like chaff Flying pieces of material cut through six high-power tension line running parallel to the lot on the south, snap ping them like strings cut by 2 knife This put out of commission all high tension lines coming from Prescott to Phoenix and serving Av- ondale and Litchfield in addition tc this city.
 Light Service Interrupted When the lines went down tho plants of the Salt River Valley Wa ter Users association here and a | Roosevelt picked up the load. Int city lights, which had been cut of by the explosion, were in commission | again within eight minutes. Stree car service was also restored within short time and before 10 o'clocl
Arizona republican., 1921-12-23

plosion at the D. ant of the highway department at Seventeenth avenue and Jackson street early in the morning which completely wrecked one small building, damaged several others and broke windows as far away from the plant as Seventeenth avenue and Monroe street, the mys- tery was unsolved last evening.
 Theories that the explosion had been caused by members of the h. dustrial Workers of the World; bys discontented workmen employed by the state highway department, or by individuals who had become inflamed against the department or the state government by real or imaginary wrongs, remained only theories dur ing the Investigation. The damage caused by the explosion and the im- possibility of deter mining either the nature of the explosive used or the identity of thcs. who had placed it in the buildin@ made the task of the investigation difficult one
 X theory that the explosion had been caused by powder or dynamite in the building which had been ig- nited by spontaneous combustion or by a broken electric wire were dis counted by the declaration of Tom Maddock. state engineer, that no ex- plosives have been stored in the building for more than IS months. It is admitted however, that it would be easy to introduce explosives into the building in question, despite the fact that the plant is guarded.
 To Continue Investigation
 The investigation is to be con- tinued, but it is believed by those concerned in it that unless some definite clue IS uncovered or some information obtained which is now unavailable to the investigators, the reasons for the explosion and the identity of the perpetrators. if any. will continue to be an unanswered riddle
 The explosion, which was heard generally throughout the city, oc- cured at 7:50 o'clock yesterday morning, just a few minutes before crew of workmen at the plant was to begin the days labor. At the time of the explosion a Santa Fe train, coming too Phoenix from Ash Fork, was due to pass the plant Yesterday morning, however, it was late, and this fact, in the opinion of those acquainted with conditions at the plant is all that prevented loss of life from this source, while if the explosion had been delayed a few minutes longer, or even a half hour or 45 minu' es, number of deaths undoubtedly would have been the re- suit.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-23

piano in her home to see what effect the concussion had upon it. Pieces of rock and sheet iron, she said, rained against and on top of the house for several seconds and Il e cleaning of the house following the explosion took practically all the morning.
 A Hint in Phone Call
 An hour or two after the accident some one called The Republican by telephone and asked what in its story would be given as the cause Of the accident. A reply was made that no report had been made to this office as to the cause.
 "I suppose" said the voice. you will say that the outrage was com mitted by the Reds "Certainly not" was the reply, unless there is some basis for s'lch a statement; we have not yet heard it hinted that Reds had anything to | do with it.''
 But" continued the voice. news papers always blame the Reds fol l this sort of thing" | The voice then went on to speak of the explosion on the Superior read recently. and it added: "But that was not caused by tho Reds but by cheap 'scab' labor" Herein was the first suggestion 1 that reached this office that the explosion might have had a c-imi- l nal origin.
 Planet Venus is only about 3Ot miles smaller than the earth in diam ! eter.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-23
FIXING THE BLAME

Do you think the chaps who paint these futurist pictures are insane -
 Not necessarily, but the people who buy them certainly are."-New York Sun.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-23

First New York to Chicago tele- phone communication opened Feb. z, 1892.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-23

Nineteen million disaddessed let ters annually go to the dead letter or flee in Washington.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-23
HIGHWAY PLANT IS DAMAGED BY
 MYSTERY BLAST
No Cause for Mysterious Early Morning Explosion Found = Shatters State Plant and Breaks Win dows for Blocks Around

Although police authorities con- ducted careful inquiry yesterday into the facts surrounding. an ex-
Arizona republican., 1921-12-23

Planet Venus is only about 300 miles smaller than the earth in diam eter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-27
Great Interest in
the Newly Formed
Farmers Exchange

The Department of Agriculture off,
Gals interested in and connected
with the organization on. Friday in
this city of the Maine Farmers Ex-
change are very enthusiastic over the
results Of the meeting. the enthus-
iasm shown and the prospects for the
future of the New Central Purchas-
ing organization. 1t is to be noted
that Aroostook. Washington and York
counties were represented by large
delegations, showing that the inter-
est is Statewide and not confined to
any one section. People came from
Presque Isle on the north and from
Newfield, away over against the New
Hampshire line.
Every county was represented and
every county that has subscribed to
the new Exchange has an active Or
ganization within it's borders. 1t is
also noted with great satisfaction
that from four to five times as much
capital has been subscribed for this
undertaking as was ever before SUBJ
scribed for a cooperative organiza-
ton in this State.
with their addresses follows:
Androscoggin-A. S. Merrill. Lis
bon Falls.
Aroostook-J. F. Guiou, Presque
Isle.
Cumberland-D. D. Trumbull
Westbrook.
Franklin-G. H. Thomas, Farm
ington.
Hancock-S. S. Estey, Ellsworth.
Kennebec-C. B. Washburn, Litch-
field.
Knox-Walter E. Swift, Thomaston.
Lincoln--W. D. Peaslee, White
field.
Oxford-C. W. Buck, Norway.
Penobscot-F. A. Potter, Bangor.
Piscataquis-R. j. Speed, Milo.
Somerset-Gcorge Tibbetts, Hinck-
ley.
Sagadahoc-E. l.. White, Bowdoin-
ham.
Waldo-L. A. Payson, Belfast.
Misunderstanding r. Sprague.
Princeton.
York;. P. Hamilton, WATERFORD.
The directors on Friday also met
and elected the following officers:
President. F. A. Potter, Bangor;
vice president. G. H. Thomas, Farm
ington; treasurer, r. J. Speed, Milo.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-27
Internal Revenue Has
First Field Day at
Salmon Lake House

Income tax duties and the like rest
ed for while. Saturday, when about
20 workers in the Internal Revenue
department went to Salmon Bake and
there enjoyed a general good time in
the form of their first field day. Col
lector of internal revenue for the
District of Maine, Leon Tebbets was
really the chairman of the committee
on arrangements and his assistants
were all the others in the party. The
Office force and the field workers COM
prised the party Saturday.
Boats and canoes at Salmon Lake
were at the disposal Of the guests.
Some enjoyed fishing and some just
plain boating and canoeing. A ball
game played between the Office boys
and the field boys resulted in a victory
for the field boys with a score of
about to 9. Wilfred Cloutier of the
Portland district was pitcher for the
victors while John McDonough of the
office boys did nobly for the losers.
The entire party went to Great pond
where they enjoyed dip in the re-
freshing water. Then they went back
to the Salmon Lake House where a
splendid dinner was served about 5
o'clock. The menu included soup, fish,
chicken dinner. apple pie. ice cream
and coffee. The party returned in the
early hours Of the evening. every one
voting the day to have been the best
ever.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-27
Summer Schedule of
Trains Is Effective

The summer schedule of the Maine
Central railroad went into effect this
Monday morning and will continue so
until October.
West bound, week days-Train No.
8. 80 A. NJ. Boston; train Nm. A,
GIG A NJ, Boston; train No. 81, $40
A. NJ. Boston; train Nd. 16, 800 P.
NJ, Portland; train No. 102, 4.O5 P. M,
Boston; train No. 112. 6.1s P. NJ,
Portland and New York; train No. 2,
1851 P. NJ, Boston.
South Gardiner Only-Train No. "a,
AIS P. NJ.
Eastbound. week days-Train No.
II, 1.24 A. NJ, Bangor and St. John,
except Sunday, then to Bangor; train
No. 127, 2.32 A. M. Bangor and Calais:
train No. 1. s.3s A. NJ, Bangor, daily
and Sunday: train No. 3. LOG P. NJ,
Waterville only; train No. II, 2.42 p.
NJ, Bangor and Bar Harbor; train No.
rs. GAO P. NJ. Bangor.
West bound. Sundays-Train No.
764. 1913 A. NJ, Boston and Portland:
train No. 712. $40 P. M, Portland and
New York; train No. 2, 1851 P, NJ.
Boston.
Eastbound, Sundays-Train No. 1,
1888 A. NJ; train No. I'll. 3.11 A. M.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-27

Board of Prison Commissioners. This
took over all the old time duties OF
the inspectors of prisons and jails
In addition to that, it had charge OF
the selection of officials and employees
at the States prison.
Frank J. Ham, because of his OK
cellent record as warden in 1918 and
1914 and because of his efficient
work in heading the successful Re-
publican campaign in 1916, was chos-
en- by the new board as the warden OF
the prison and has since held it. Manv
improvements. not only in the ap-
Dointments Of fhe prison, but also in
the work of caring and treating the
prisoners, have been made under his
direction.
AS IN organized there have b2an
few men equal 10 Frank j. Ham in
the history of Maine politics. F'rsrn
being the Kannebec county member
of the State Committee, he was chos-
en- to be its chairman. He brought to
the Job natural Yankee shrewdness,
9 keen insi5 h. into the motives and
feelings of men and a whole lot of
practical political experience. when
ne ran for sheriff, he'toured the coun-
~ for days on end with a horse a~l
buggy. for t!'at was before the al
vent of the auto mobile. The foun6a-
ton of his future success was laid
during those Jogging trips to the
country sections.
Mr. Ham. since then, has applied
the same methods of approach to ev-
cry part of the State. He knows ev-
eryone. He is trusted by everyone.
and he is popular with everyone His
ability as ano rganizer was evidenced
IN 1916, when Gov. Milliken was chos-
en- by majority of $500 over Dem
ocrat seeking reelection and with
the backing of the national Demo-
cratic administration. With practi-
cally no campaign on the part of the
Republicans in 1918, the State was
again carried for the ticket.
In 1920, the late Col. Frederic II.
Parkhurst of Bangor, in a four-cor-
nered fight at the primaries won the
Republican nomination for Governor.
Chairman Ham at once began his
plans He had premonition that the
women would receive the ballot and
at once began the organization of the
gentler sex. The federal Suffrage
amendment was passed within only a
few days of the State election In
September. 1920, but so well had
Chairman Ham done his work. backed
by Gov. Milliken, who called a spe-
cial session of the Legislature to Ell
rect any law changes that might be
necessary, that the State was carried
by the Republicans by a majority of
$4,000 This was the greatest maior-
lty ever given a gubernatroial candi-
date in Maine. The votes of the wo-
men did and Mr.! Hams wonderful or
bought out the women.
what he has done in the way of or
ganization in the past will help Mr..
Ham in his administration of the Of
nee OF collector of internal revenue,
Ftfty-two employees will ,be under his
direction. including 16 deputy collec-