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The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-02-25
Checks Sent to kahului
Fail to Reach Destinations
Mystery Surrounds Disappearance of Letters and Packages;
Financial Loss Results But Much Inconvenience and An
noyance and Some Confusion; Sheriff investigates Post
Office Officials at Honolulu Are Notified.

More than 400 checks for between
$4,000 and 100000 contained in pack
ages or letters addressed to business
houses of Kahului have disappeared.
The sheriff's Office is investigating the
matter. The post office at Honolulu
has been notified and has replied that
the subject would be given attention
but, so far as is known on Maui, is
making no investigation. No com
plants of losses of currency have
reached the sheriff's office but in at
least one instance small sums of
currency, addressed to Kahului bust
ness houses did not reach their des-
tination So far as the disappear
ance of the checks is concerned there
has been no financial loss, no effort
made to cash any of them. but there
has been much Inconvenience and an
oyance.
News Breaks and Spreads
1t became known that something
unusual had occurred when recently
letters were received by some patrons
OF the Island Electric Company telling
them that deposit of checks for the
Baldwin Bank, mailed from Puunene
on December %, payments for bills
rendered by the Electric Company
and by that Company turned over to
Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Com
pany, had not reached the bank. Re
cipients of the letters were asked to
send duplicate checks as is requested
in an advertisement published in this
issue of Maui News.
Inquiry resulted in learning that
the loss of the checks mailed by the
II. Z. d S. Co., is not an isolated in
stance. package of dividend checks
was sent down from the Haiku Fruit
Company and never reached the bank
Two packages of checks from Hama
mailed to the Baldwin Bank disappear
package of checks drawn on the
Baldwin Bank and cashed or deposited
in the Bank of Maui did not reach
the Baldwin Bank. Other checks sent
to the Kahului Railroad and the Ka-
hului Store and other concerns failed
to reach their destination. 1t is not
the Baldwin Bank alone that has been
annoyed. There has been no financial
loss in the reported instances, how
ever. Some warrants of the county
were not received at the bank though
mailed and letter containing war
rants and addressed to Supervisor Ua-
hinui on Molokai never came to his
hands.
Sees Letter in Pouch
In one instance a package was to go
to the Baldwin Bank from Haiku. The
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-02-25
Bringing New Life to a Dying Nation
Is Splendid Undertaking of America

Saladin and other Mohammedan lead
ers. In their extremity they found
hospice and redress and homes and
food at the hands of this little Chris
tian people.
Marvel of Bravery
Then came the Saracen hordes
across the land. The followers of Mo
manned, with their false relirIon,
with the Koran in one hand and the
sword in the other. To all they said:
Worship Allah, and his prophet Mo
hammed, or accept the sword" The
whole of the East at that time was
nominally Christian; and the Saracens
went into Egypt and said to the an
cient Egyptians: "Who will you wor-
ship-Christ or Mohammed?" They
said: 1--WE will worship Mohammed." +"
The hordes swept over Arabia with the
same answer, over Syria and Africa
and down into India. Everywhere they
were victorious, for men thought more
cf their lives than they did of their
religion.
But while this was going on there
was one little nation in the heart of
that land that would not recant, that
would not give up it's faith. While
Others almost universally said: Give
us your Koran and give us life," there
was one sturdy group who said: Give
us your sword and give us death; for
we are Christians, we have lived
Christians, and we will die Christians"
These were the Armenians who, ten
millions strong in the time of Peter
the Hermit, Richard the Lion hearted,
and Godfrey and Baldwin, bowed their
necks to the cruel sword of the Mo
hammedans, and from ten millions, q
thousand years ago, have been decim-
ated and destroyed for their faith, un-
til just before the world war there
were only four millions left.
Side With Allies
When the war broke out, the whole
world took sides. The Turks and the
Arabs came to this little subject race
and surrounded them. Let us suppose
that the people of this State were
worshiping the only true and living
Continued on Page Seven)
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-02-25
Chamber Committee to
Look into Needs for
Sewers for Wailuku

Before giving approval to sewer
project for Wailuku the Chamber OF
Commerce wants further information
on the subject and committee OF 1ve
composed of William Walsh, Z. ID.
Lufkin, e. II. Bevins, George Weight
and County Engineer Low has been
named to investigate and report. 1t
is possible that the committee may
recommend the inclusion of an appro-
priation in the loan fund bill and con-
tinue Investigations relative to a
system which would cost less than the
one for which plans were shown to
the board of supervisors at its last
meeting.
Following the reading of letters on
the subject of Wailuku sewer system
from Il. r. Bevins of the Legislative
committee and County Clerk kaae,
President Penhallow, at the meeting
of the chamber on Monday asked
Chief Sanitary Inspector George
Weight to explain the need of sys-
TEN. Mr.. Weight said a system was
needed, not so much for the resident
ial system as for above and below
Market street. He cited an instance
in that vicinity where two cesspools
had been dug and a third was needed
but would require demolition OF the
building to put it in.
Need Explained
Mr.. Weight said the soil OF Walluku
was not porous and the situation was
aggravated by houses not using grease
traps, the grease flowing into the cess
pools and forming a coating which
made the soil still more impervious
to water. The proposed system was
estimated in July last to cost about
$500.
President Penhallow asked if one OF
more odorless eXcavators would not
answer the purpose and Mr.. Welght
replied that he thought not and cited
an instance where week was spent
in cleaning a cesspool and two days
later it overflowed again.
Mr.. Walsh told of Kahulups expert
ence with an odorless eXcavator but
said drainage and seepaSe through the
soil was good in Kahului.
A. w. Collins suggested that per
haps a system for Market street run
ming into one or more settling tanks
and salvaging the overflow for cane
field irrigation might be used.
County Attorney Bevins told of the
law relative to counties putting In
sewer systems. Said he, the county
cannot put in a system and assess
against benefited property owners
but must act through the loan fund
or from it's general fund. He feared
that if a committee be named to in
vestigate the delay would prevent the
necessary legislation.
Will investigate
To such objection President Penhal-
low replied that the committee could
render an early report on the advisa-
blity of securing legislation and con-
tinue its Investigations further. 1t is
not necessary, he said, to use the ap-
preparation in full if one be secured
and he thought that action could be
secured early enough so that legisla-
tion would not have to go over for
two years. The motion for appoint
ment of a committee then prevailed.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-02-25

messenger was late in receiving the
package and went to the train. He
was told that the mail pouch was clos.
ed. A package of checks drawn on the
letter going and said Mr.. ID. c. Lind
say was awaiting its arrival. The
messenger saw the pouch opened ana
the letter placed within, he says. Fit
teen minutes after the mail arrived
at the Kahului postofIice Mr.. Lindsay
opened the banks letter box but there
was no package from Haiku. He tee
phoned, was told the letter had been
mailed but it has not been received
yet.
In only a single instance has
check reported lost been recovered
That was 4 check drawn in favor of
Nahului Store fUT more than S400 and
il was found and turned into the store
by an employe.
There is no evidence that the losses
occurred in the post office and it
should be said at once that no sus-
picion has at any time attached to the
kahului postmaster. There has been
suspicion that children were tamper-
ing with mail boxes and two or three
grown persons have been under sus-
picion. All Of the losses occurred in
December and January and none have
been reported recently.
Cashier d. G. Lindsay says that his
bank has received notification to stop
payment on some 400 checks and has
done So. TO keep track of so long
list is no small undertaking. So far
as he is informed no currency sent to
the bank failed to arrive and as Il
result of the losses of letters and
packages of checks neither his bank
nor any Of its depositors have been
financial losers. 1t has merely caused
annoyance and inconvenience, moth
ing more serious than to draw
new checks for those that have dis
appeared.
All in all there is much mystery
that attaches to the whole affair and
no satisfactory explanation has been
offered since there is nothing to show
that The missing letters and packages
disappeared in the posoffice, in transit
to the postoffice or from the boxes
after distribution of the mails. One
assumption is that some one has been
opening letters and packages in the
hope of securing currency and has
destroyed the checks when it was
found there was no money in the con
tents.
Maui News heard yesterday of a
the mail on two, or three occasions
that failed to reach the addresses on
the envelopes.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-02-25
Additional Hundred
Feet For Mala Wharf
Favored by Chamber

Extension of Mala wharf 100 feet
beyond present plans is favored by
the Chamber of Commerce. 1t would
mean first unit of 800 feet in length
instead of about 200. If done in con-
nection with the work contracted for
large saving in cost would result,
it is said.
At the special meeting of the
Chamber on Monday A. w. Collins
was asked for information as to Mala
wharf and replied that Ed. Lord, the
contractor had said if it could be ar
ranged to continue the wharf on out
he would be willing to add another
hundred feet beyond what the plans
call for at an additional cost of $780,
900. Mr.. Collins said that figure was
about half of what costs would be If
the wharf building equipment were
moved and brought back. He also
said that he understood Lord had
taken up the subject with some of the
legislative members, among them Sen
ator Harry A. Baldwin.
Having heard the report the Cham
ber passed a motion that the secret
airy ask the Maui Legislators to take
the subject up with the superintendent
of public works with view to secur-
ing the necessary legislation if the
proposal be approved by him.
Plans for the wharf call for one
that can be used by Inter-Island
steamers and for later extensions, af
ter studying tides and currents and
their effect on shipping at tn J wharf,
so that large steamers may load sugar
there direct from teh wharf.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-02-25
HIGHER PAY FOR
MAUI OFFICIALS
Bill Introduced by Represen-
tative Joseph Provides For
Increases Ranging up to
$50 a Month.

Increased salaries for Maui county
officers, the increases ranging from
so to $50 Il month are provided in
house bills Nos. So and 81, both in
troduced by Representative Joseph
The second of the measures refers to
the chairman of the board OF super
viSors only
Under the provisions of House Bill
No. SO the following changes in sal
aries would be made Sheriff, from
$1,000 to $4,000 yearly, monthly in
craese of $25; County Clerk, from
$2400 to $2700, monthly increase OF
S25; Auditor from $4,000 TO $500, $50
monthly increase; County Attorney
from $4,000 to $4,000, monthly increase
$50; Treasurer, $4,000 to $4,000, $25
monthly increase; Deputy Sheriff
Lahana $500 to 1920, $25 month
ly increase; Deputy Sheriff Wailuku
$20iO to $24O0, monthly increase
$50; Deputy Sheriff Makawao $500
to $2160, monthly increase $50
and Deputy Sheriff Mololai $1,000 to
1920, monthly increase $40.
For the chairman of the board of
supervisors an increase from $4,000 to
$4,000, monthly increase of S25 is pro-
vided under House Bill 81.
In the circuit court salary bill there
is a provision for increasing the sal
airy of the clerk of the court in this
county by $25 a month and for sal
AIRY of $125 for a deputy clerk but no
provision is made for increase in the
pay of stenographers.
For the tax assessor there is pro
vded an increase of $75 monthly in
the administration salary bill so that
it appears probable that j. II. Kune-
wa will fare better than any other
official on Maui.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-02-25
Carnival Will Reign
At Lahaina Tomorrow;
Fun Aplenty Promised

From four o'clock on, tomorrow
afternoon and evening, it will be car
nival time in and about the Kameha-
meha III School grounds and fun and
frollic will be the rule. There will be
more than score of shows and
booths of all sorts, all of the attrac-
tions of a county fair or carnival
amusement street will be there and
many others besides.
One of the most attractive features
of the carnival is sure to be the hula
dancing, housed in a cocoanut and
grass enclosure. The dancers will be
Hawaiian girls anZd boys, clothed in
grass skirts and with all hula equip
ment and the best of Hawaiian music
for accompaniment. There will be
folk dancing, too, in another enclos-
ure, a carnival of song where choral
singing will feature, a minstrel show
of burnt cork artists, hypnotist
Grained at the SCHOOL,, performing
animals (also trained at the schooD,
and not to be forgotten is the "Jitney
Dance Hall" for which a large room
with good floor has been reserved and
an electric piano provided. Dances
will cost a jitney.
Other booths and amusements will
include Soak the Niger" ring a
cane, novelty booth with stocks of
confetti, serpentine, balloons etc, a
merry go round and Gypsy queen
fortune teller.
And the eats? Sure; they have not
been forgotten for there will be booths
for the sale of ice cream, candies,
cakes, soda water and other goodies
and a tea garden that will be veri-
table bit of Japan.
Principal and teachers and the
scholars all extend an invitation to
Central Maui as well as the Lahaina
district to come and join in the fun.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-02-25

gree of accuracy how much demand
there is for another change of phone
charges and what degree of satisfac-
ton or dissatisfaction exists with the
charge system now in operation and
asks that expressions on the subject
be mailed to ]. H. Gray, or j. Garcia
Wailuku as e. X. Bevins, the third
member of the committee, will be in
Honolulu much of the time for the
next two weeks.
The committee disclaims intention
of stirring up dissatisfaction with the
present arrangement and expresses a
desire to know exactly what the real
sentiment is and then to cooperate
with the telephone company in secur-
ing for ii a charge system which will
produce a fair profit and at the same
time give satisfaction to the Maui
using public.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-02-25

From the Coast-Tenyo Maru, to-
day; Matsonia, Tuesday; VOL
VERNE. Thursday
To the Coast--Shinyo Maru, Sun
day; Wilhelmina. Wednesday.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-02-25
Committee Ready
With Phone Plan
Experimental Period Will End
April l and Expressions
From Subscribers Are
Sought by Members.

Five months of the six months ex-
perimental trial of the tolls telephone
charge system on Maui will have ex-
pired next Tuesday and a month later
it will be for the board of public
utilities to decide whether the system
that has been tried out shall be con-
tinued. The committee of the Cham
Der of Commerce recognizes that only
a month remains to offer a counter
proposal and is in favor of a proposal
which would be based strictly on the
service furnished by the company 1t
met on Monday to consider the situa-
ton and will be ready to furnish a
report to the chamber at it's next meet
ing.
Briefly the proposal of the commit
tee is that number certain of calls
be allowed to each house phone and
charged for at a given rate whether
used or not and another certain num-
Der be allowed to any business phone
at business house rate. Where a
call is from Wailuku or Kahului or to
Lahaina the subscriber would be
cahrged with three calls against his
monthly allotment, and all calls over
and above the maximum provided for
the month would be charged for pro
rata on the same basis so also with
Makawao.
Proposal Explained
Explaining this the committee gives
an example. A subscriber allowed so
calls uses five to Lahaina and five to
Makawao and 80 in Wailuku, Puunene
Kahului and other sections of central
Maui and his allotment is exhausted
Thereafter he would pay for addition
al calls at a proportionate rate, calls
to and from Makawao and Lahaina to
central Maui points always being
charged as three regular calls.
Officials of the telephone company
say that not so many telephones We're
taken out as was expected at the out
set, that the company is on paying
basis through its operation and that
subscribers, as they have come to un-
derstand the working of the plan now
in operation are satisfied with it.
They also say that the use of tele-
phone by neighbors of the subscriber
has been much reduced by the work
ing of the system
The chamber of commerce believes
that if its proposal were put into
operation use of telephone by non
subscribers would be still further re-
duced and more subscribers would be
secured in consequence for a sub
scriber whose service is limited in
number and charged for added service
would watch the calls made over his
phone more carefully.
Opinions Are Sought
Before presenting a report to the
next meeting of the chamber the COM
mittee desires to know with some de-
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-02-25

kilauea to Dry Dock-Announee-
ment is made by the Interlsland
Company that beginning this evening
the Mauna Loa will relieve the Kila-
uea ON the Honolulu Maui run while
the latter steamer is on the dry dock
for an overhauling. The change is
for one round trip only.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-08-05
SID HATFIELD KILLING.
Deputy sheriHs Held Pending investI.
cation OF Shooting.

Bluefield. w va.-Reports from
Welch say that five men, including c.
E. Lively, private detective. are be-
Ing held in connection with the shoot
ing of Sid HATFIELD and Ed Chambers.
The others held are H. H. Lucas, dep
uty sheriff of Mercer county; Robert
Day, William Salter and Buster Pence,
deputy sheriffs of Mcdowell county.
Lively also is Mcdowell county dep
uty sheriff.
Prosecuting Attorney G. L. Counts
stated that he expected that investi-
cation would narrow the list to Lively
and Pence.
Accounts of the shooting differ. ac-
cording to telephone advices. Some
say that Hatfield fred the first shot.
while others who said they witnessed
the shooting could not state positively
whence the firing began
Both Mrs. Hatfield and Mrs. Cham
bers said their husbands were un.
armed and that the other side be-
gan the shooting. According to other
witnesses of the affray pistol (which
had been emptied was found along
side Hatfield after he fell, while an
other was in his trousers pocket. It
was further stated that pistol con
tanning four empty shells was picked
up near the body of Chambers.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-08-05
BIG MAIL Thief.
PLOT CHARGED
Score Of indictments and Two
Arrest Announced
SECURITIES MEN INVOLVED
Ramifieations OF The Plot To Dispose
Of Alleged Stolen Securities Ex-
tended Throughout The
Nation.

Chicago.--A score Of indictments
disclosed by the arrest of two of the
indicted men are declared by John V.
Clinnin, Assistant United States Dis
trict Attorney. to Clear UP mail rob.
berries throughout the country aggre-
eating nearly s5,O0O,0Oo
The men arrested were John w.
Worthington, president, and owen I,
Evans, vice president, Of the Central
Securities Company, of Chicago. This
securities company. it is charged by
the Government, was used for the
disposal Of securities obtained in rob
berries, including Liberty Bonds
which, it is alleged, were altered to
make them saleable.
Mr.. Clinnin declared that the rami-
heations of the plot to dispose of al
legged stolen securities extended
throughout the nation This is one
of the biggest round-ups this office has
ever tackled he asserted "The ar
rests of Worthington and Evans
though of utmost Importance, do not
scratch the surface. The arrests were
made only because we felt it would be
unwise to wait longer
Among the mail robberies with
which the authorities declare Worth
ington and his associates have been
connected are:
Toledo, February IT, 1921. s1.0oO,OO0
Pullman, Ill, August 80, 1920, 500,
900.
Dearborn Street Station, Chicago
April 6, 1921. sS5O.0OO.
Mount Vernon. ILL.,, January IA, 1921
s2i2'e9g
Chicago Avenue Postal Sub-Station,
March 4, 1921. $4,000
Toceoa, Ca. September 10, 1920,
100000.
Council Bluffs, Iowa, November II,
1920, sS,50O,00O.
Minneapolis, Minns December 3.
1920, $4,000
centerville. Iowa, March % 1921,
$4,000.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-08-05
PROHIBITION AND INSANITY.

New. rk-"Prohibition has, l be.
lieve, caused more insanity than tn,
World War My observation shows
that insanity is on the increase. and it
is largely due to the character of the
liquors drunk by those who, hitherto
addicted to alcoholic stimulant. now
drink whatever they can get.
This statement was made by DR..
Perry .Lichtenstein. resident physician
at the Tombs prison, after testifying
before a commission inquiring into the
mentality OF Philip Murba, As years
old, under Indictment for assault, He
stated that he believed Murba to be a
victim Of alcoholic insanity.
"Murba's case was one of many
we've had since prohibition went into
effect" he added, "The alcoholic drink
now obtainable is. in many instances
full of poisonous by-products. 1t fre
quently produces commissions and
makes people crazy
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-08-05

Baltimore The active campaign for
fire. prevention in Maryland was begun
with the announcement by Chairman
B. s Mace Of the personnel Of the ex-
ecutiye committee. While all are Bal
timoreans, several yice-chairmen and
many committeeman will be selected
from other cities in Maryland, and sew
eral section chairmen will .also prob
ably be named. Each member of the
executive committee will be chairman
of subcommittee and will have a
particular phase of fre-prevention
work under his supervision.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-08-05

Cumberland. William E. Alt,
farmer of MurIeys Branch, near Flint
stone, was held in $4,000 bond by Jus
tice John Craddock, charged with as
sault with intent to kill the Rev. Wal
ter Long. pastor Of the Rentecostal As,
sembly Church, before daybreak on
the morning OF May 20 when two dyna.
mites sbombs were exploded at Longs
house. The pastor was up with sick
child and noticed the lights of an au-
tomobile coming up the lane. He says
bomb with blazing fuse was thrown
out of the automobile at the house
and another at the barn, He pursued
the machine. but was unable to over
take it. Neither Long nor his prop
erty was injured by the explosion.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-08-05
AMERICAN YACHT THIRD.

Cowes, England-The Americans fin.
ished third in the yacht races for the
British-American Cup at the Cowes
regatta. The British craft Polly was
first, the Flya, also British, was sec
ond, and the American boat Sheila.
third. The crafts were of the six
metre class. There was brilliant
crowd of spectators. including King
George. Queen Mary, Princess Mary
and the Duke Of Connaught.