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The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-22
Intimate Details of
Uplift Work on Maui
Told by Miss Turner

Experiences in the schools of the
Islands more than 80 years ago other
experiences as a pioneer in welfare
work among the Chinese of Maui were
narrated by Miss Charlotte Turner to
members of the Historical Depart
ment of Maui Womans Club and their
friends last Friday afternoon. 1t was
an open meeting of the department
with Mrs. Millie B. Hair presiding and
Miss Turner held her audience deeply
interested as she told of her expert
ences after coming to the Islands as
teacher 35 years ago and as teacher
and worker among the Chinese on
Maui 27 years ago and later.
There was an intimate and personal
touch to her subject as Miss Turner
handled it and a charm attached both
to style of her paper and manner of
delivery. Those who listened We're
able to visualize, almost, the incidents
and events of which she told.
Miss Turner told of the volunteer
ing of a party, back in Massachusetts,
OF which she was one, for missionary
work: of her voyage to Hawaii; OF
work in schools at Honolulu at first
and then coming to Maui and teaching
at the Waiehe school. AT that time
Waihee appears to have been more
important and populous community
than was Wailuku. And then came
the opening for work among the
Chinese which Miss Turner accepted
She told of the settlement work of
those days and she related incidents
of her experience, some in numerous
vein and others with deep and tend
er feeling.
Among the Chinese whom Miss
Turner met was Sun Yet Sen, then
living in Kula with brother. She
gave a little sketch of him as she
knew him. She told of rescue work
and with graphic words pictured her
self acting as a go-between in arrang
ing a marriage for young Chinese
girl.
AS time went on and Chinese i'm
migration ended there came an influx
of Japanese. Necessity for work
among the Chinese decreased and
needs for the welfare of the Japanese
immigrants replaced them. 1t was
then Miss Turner directed her efforts
to that trend. She told of the estab-
lishment of the Japanese Girls home
and of the splendid work it has done
and of its growth to the present time.
Her paper gave an insight into life in
Maui for nearly three decades such
as few could picture.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-22
MAUI ELECTRIC
COMPANY WILL
ENTER FIELD
Articles of Incorporation and
Bylaws Adopted and Off
GERS and Directors Chosen
Al Meeting.

Maui Electric Company, Ltd, was
formed Wednesday when subscribers
for the stock in the company that is
TO form met at Baldwin Bank in Ka-
hului. The company will purchase
the former property of the Island Elec
ric Company which was bought in
by the bOndholders under foreclosure
and will furnish electricity for light
ing and power in the districts of Wal
luku and Makawao
In person or by proxies more than
80 percent of the subscribers for stock
in the new Electric Company were
represented at the meeting which was
called to order by ID. G.. Lindsay who
made a proposal for the bondholders
for the sale to the new company. The
offer was to sell their holdings for
$4,000 either as of April /, or of May
l. In the first instance the new com
pany would assume the Obligations as
of April l and would receive the earn
ings for the month. The first proposal
was the one that was finally accepted
Organization Proceeds
Then followed the adoption of arti-
cles of incorporation which, as pres
ented, were those that were prepared
for a proposed new company about a
year ago. Several changes We're made.
provision was inserted so that the
company may, if 1t desires, enter the
field of furnishing gas as utility. There
is no provision in the franchise that
is being purchased for such business
but a new franchise has passed both
houses and is awaiting concurrence
on amendments which might be pur-
chased at a later date. Other changes
Were for the election of officers by
the stockholders of officers instead of
by the directors. Capitalization is
placed at $4,000, fully subscribed, but
it is expected that in the course of
a few months there will be an in
crease so as to permit of enlarge
ments and betterments. The present
capitalization will suffice for immedi-
lte needs and present plans.
Next bylaws We're adopted, again
using what had been prepared year
ago but amending them to meet the
new conditions.
Officers Elected
Election of officers and directors
was then proceeded with and ID. G..
Lindsay, president; C. ID. Lufkin, vice
president and William Walsh, secret
ary-treasurer were unanimously sell
| ected to form directorate with r. A
Wadsworth, f. p. Rosecrans, ID. T..
Fleming and ]. H. Gray.
As TO the purchase price, the bond.
holders bought the property for $34,
| 005 at the sale on March 2S, but at
| that time it was announced that there
was a deficiency of about $4,000 and
the price asked by the Dondholders
| merely reimburses them and is not a
| profit on their purchase.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-22
Formation of Society
OF Psychical Research
On Maui Is Suggested

Formation of Maui branch of the
Hawaiian Society of Psychical Re
search is proposed and letters on the
subject have been sent out to those
who are known or thought to be in
terested in the subject.
Recently a communication was re
ceived from Mrs. j. M. Dowsett, Sec
retary of the Hawaiian Society of
which Judge Dole was the first presi-
dent and of which numbers of the
best known Honolulans are members,
asking as to the possibility of form
ing a society or a branch on this Is
land. Mrs. Dowsett said it would be
possible to secure the services of DR..
J. H. M. Le-Apsley for the summer
months of June, July and August and
that arrangements might be made
whereby he would come to Maui from
time to time, say once month"; in the
winter season. The terms upon which
the Hawaiian Society would let Maui
have his services were surprisingly at
tractive.
DR.. Le-Apsley has been most i'm
portant factor in organizing in Homo
lulu. He speaks and assists in the
conduct of each weekly meeting and
takes an active interest in the separ-
ate neighborhood groups there that
meet on other evenings for expert
mental work. AS a speaker he is en-
tertaining, gripping and convincing. A
student of psychology for years he
has a reputation in the United States
in Great Britain and Europe of being
sound and careful thinker, one who
holds to "brass tacks" and does no
soar into the realms of imagination
and mere speculation. He was pro
fessor of psychology in Edinburgh
University before coming to the Unit
ed States and short time since was
awarded one of the highest degrees
in the gift of that university. He ha!
been on Maui, two or three yeari
since, and there are some here whit
know him personally.
In the near future it is planned t
call a meeting of those intereste'
with the idea of forming a society ant
it is asked that any who feel inter
ested and would care to join sem
their names to DR.. j. Y. Ting or j
II. Gray, both of Wailuku, that the,
may be notified of the date of tn
proposed meeting.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-22
WILL END CONTROVERSY.

Carrying a pension of 500 month
for W. A. Mckay because of his long
services as District Magistrate in
Waiuku bill has passed both houses
of the legislature and has been signed
by the governor.
The pensioning of Mr.. Mckay will
end the controversy over his right to
hold office for it means his retirement
before the pension becomes operative.
This will mean the abandonment OF
the appeal from the decision OF Judge
Burr relative to Mr.. McKay's citizen
ship and right to hold Office.
Harry Mossman, clerk of the circuit
court, is most frequently mentioned
as the probable appointee to the office.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-22
Chinese of Maui Are
United In Celebrating
DR.. Suns Inauguration

Inauguration of Sun Yat Sun to the
presidency of China last Tuesday was
celebrated on Maui with a feast and
a discharge of fire crackers which will
long be memorable, and equally mem
orable is the fact that, probably for
the first time, all factions, all sec
tions and all societies united in one
great celebration. No one society con
Quoted it and it appeared to be a
spontaneous expression of satisfaction
and of the hope that difficulties and
differences and dissension, rebellions
and bloodshed would end with the ac-
cession of the Hawaiian born Chinese
president.
Prime movers in getting up the eel
ebration We're, l.. Apana, Look Chang
and Chock Chong. 1t was through
their efforts that unity was achieved,
the banquet prepared and great store
of combustibles. more than 100 boxes
giving more than a million separate
explosions had been contributed and
gathered together. The explosions
continued over a period of two hours
and the racket was almost deafing
during the whole time.
Az lHe DdllquSJ lHeGe were COuuly
officials and other prominent haoles
and Hawaiians present and the din
ner was served to about 250. And
such a banquet. No one but Chinese
epicure could even name the various
and many delicious dishes, it was a
revelation in the art cuisine.
In the course of the dinner speeches
were made by L. Apana and Sun
Kwong Tong, the former waxing parti-
cularly eloquent and drawing repeat
ed applause from his hearers.
China's new president was born on
Oahu, came to Maui later and lived
with a brother in Kula. He was
educated in Iolani School and later
travelled the United States and Europe
He went to China with strong ideas
as TO democracy, was a leader of the
revolution, was the republics first
president and then stepped aside in
the belief that a strong military lead
er could best establish order. There
is a confidence felt that he will be
able at length to unite his strife rid
den country and lead it into prosper
ity and progress.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-22
CASE CONTINUES ON

Further hearing nthe case of Isaac
Wallace against e. r. Bevins, man
damus proceedings brought to secure
payment of witness fees in the
Thompson case, was had before Judge
Burr in the circuit court yesterday,
The court ruled that a reply was a
proper pleading in the procedure but
several other points such as the pro
priety of the particular reply and
whether the motion to strike should
be more specific were taken under
consideration and the case continued
to a date that is to be set.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-22
IF 'TWERE TRUE

Honolulu is the grandest place in
the world to live" said George Ross
of Honolulu, H. l. Registered at the
Multonomah hotel, as reported in a
Portland, Oregon, paper. "A person
doesn't realize the pleasure of living on
the island until he gets away from 1t,
for already I'm longing to get back.
And it's the cheapest place that
know of to live in. One can live
spelndidly in Honolulu for one-third
of what his expenses would be in the
states. | rent a beautiful bungalow
keep up an automobile, eat in luxury
and dress up to scratch on S55 a
month. 1t would cost at least Sl75
month for the same type OF living
here. Bananas, grapefruit, guaVas anc
cocoanuts are dirt cheap. Breadfrul'
wastes on the ground and many vege
tables and other fruits are almost no
thing in price. But greatest OF all Is
the way everyone lives on the island
There is none of that hurry to get the
almighty dollar that pervades th'
states. Office hours are far easel
there than here and the islanders ge
much more enjoyment out OF life
| Nearly everyone enjoys some type o
sport each day The white race is
cemented unit in Honolulu and every
one is acquainted. 1t is just like on
huge family. Honolulu is certainl
much more care-free than any states
city. 1t is the ideal spot of the globe.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-22
NEW BANK OPEN

Monday morning the doors of the
Wailuku Branch of the Baldwin Bank
swung open to the public for the first
time and A. X Tins and two assist
ants were kept hustling by volume
of businvSk which exceeded expecta-
tions.
The new banking offices are on the
makai side of Market Street a short
distance Waihee of Main Street Tehy
are comfortably fitted and will serve
the purposes of the bank and its
patrons until new, concrete building
is erected for its occupancy
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-22
RENOVATING BANK

Extensive alterations, renovation
and new decorations are being made
at the Paia Branch of the Bank OF
Maui. During the progress OF the
work the bank has opened headquart
ers in the Paia Branch of Maui Dry
Goods Company 1t is expected thal
the changes and improvements VIII
have been completed in week to ten
days.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-22
AlONZC GARTLEY DIES

Wireless advices to Wailuku Sugar
Company this morning announced the
death, following a surgical operation
of Alonzo Gartley, ce-president and
Manager of c. Brewer & Company,
last night. Mr.. Gartley was in his fifty
second year, has been resident of
Honolulu for 81 years and during all
that time has been prominent in bust
ness affairs
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-22
PETERSEN CASE UNFINISHED

Final hours of teh Petersen case in
the Federal Court have come. 1t was
expected that the case would go to
the jury about noon today.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-22
SHlNGLE FOR GOVERNOR

Mail advices from Honolulu this
quote Andrews as saying
that Robert w. Shingle will have the
endorsement of the Territorial Com
mittee for Governor and his selection
will have the approval of the delegate.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-22

For Territorial Building-The bill
appropriating $14,1S7 for reimbursing
the Maui County Fair and Racing AS
sociation for expenditures made for
the Territorial Building has passed
both houses of the legislature and
been approved by the Governor.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-22
NEXT EEK'S MAILS

From the Coast-Korea Maru,
Monday; Matsonia, Tuesday.
To the coast--Tenyo Maru, Sun
day; Niagara, Tuesday or We'd
nesday (for VancouveD Creole
State, Tuesday; Wilhelmina,
Wednesday.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-04-22
WAlLUkU TEMPERATURES

No rainfall during week.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-05-06
LANE SAVED CITY
 MONEY ON OIL
 AND SHRINKING
Effort to Criticize Director Not Borne Out by Actual .,
 Facts.

Simply boiling i'll oil' seems to be the situation of certain persons endeavor1ng to stir up a pot of trouble for Director of Public Works Lane for awarding the contract for street oils needed this year to the New Haven Gas Company. It is charged that MT. Lane wasted a lot of the city's money by not going outside the city for the oil, but as a matter of fact, investigation shows that Mir. Lane has actually saved the city money. In addition, by holding up the sprinkling of the city streets which has usually started on March Is, he has saved $500 week and been enabled to give employment to 100 extra unem- ployed men week by these savings.
 According to the agitation on the oil contract the city would stand to lose even ii the figures were correct, as they are not, $275 i'll the whole season by MT. Lanes award of the contract to the local firm As a matter of fact the conditions are that by saving railroad demurrage charges, cost of labor i'll pumping from tank cars, the city will be saving nearly a cent on every gallon used by giving the job home locally. It IS the intention to use very little road oil this year, be- cause of the complaints against 1t and the less need, g miles of streets formerly oiled now being permanently paved.
 The zeal of the agitatOrs to save the city money isn't borne out along other lines. The entire loss of $275, if there would be a loss, isn't as much as an in- crease in salary one of the agitators IS asking the city to pay him now.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-05-06
The Antnn Iheatrea
THE BIJOU.

Tom Mix in the saddle at the wheel ot hls racing car, doing stunts with the a1d Ot his horse, Tony, and 1eaping a river in his car in addition to winning the hand of the prettiest girl in the coun- ty, all go to make the Road Demon" which IS the big attraction at the Bijou theater Sunday night, the sort of an at traction which will cause the display of the ;. K. 0. sign early in the evening"
 T he Road Demon" however, is only one-thlrd of the big program which will Road DemOn' IS a thrilling, speedy con- edy of Western life and is considered the best that Mix has ever made He begins by swapping his horse, not Tony, Ot course, tor a broken down automobile on the desert. Finding the steering wheel broken he uses his lariat to guide the pesky thing. He finally gets it going and rides back to the ranch. Then he cant stop the thing. He rides through fence and then barn, and at length has to yell to this cowbody friends to shoot a hole in the gas tank to make 1t halt. The pace set Ill the opening scenes IS maintained througout the picture. The extra added feature for Sunday night All Dolled Up" and features Gladys Walton. Gladys Walton IS said to be at her best in the stellar role of Maggie Quick, while her principal support is Florence Turner, who plays the part of splnster with the fire and humor for which she is loved by millions of fans Still third attraction on the bill Is the Eth episode of "Double Adventure" starring that intrepid star, Charles Hutchinson. There are only four more episodes to this serial and everyone of them is a real winner. One of those laughable Billy Franey comedies that have been making such a hit on Sunday night is also on the bill, along with the latest Fox News
 "The Road Demon" and "Double Ad- venture," will remain at the Bijou for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, along with bill of vaudeville headed by one Ot the most sensational acts of the sea- | son, Princess Wah-Letka, the famous mind reader, who was one of the big fea- lures of the Ziegfe1d Folies this winter. | Princess Wah-Letka is Cherokee She had a supernatural ability to foretel things and to see into the future. She was sent to Carlyle, where she later graduated, and this faculty developed ab- normally. There was apparently nothing that the Indian school girl did not know It IS said that she will tell you anything and apparently she does Her perform ance is astounding and is made picture sque because garbed in her native cos tune and with her attractive accent her appeal is materially enhanced. She will remain at the Bijou theater for the en- tire week
 The day of days in a small town, whether the town be in Georgia, Wash ington, or Maine, is circus day, and in "A Circus Day in Georgia Gruet, Kramer and Gruet, have a live up-to- the-minute satire on that great American institution, the circus. Fred Lewis, the ever popular comedian, is also on the bill. He brings with him a brand new line of comedy merchandise that cannot fail to win dozens of hearty laughs.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-05-06
RATE RAISE BY NEW HAVEN ROAD
 IS OBJECTED TO
New England Governors Commit tee Disapproves Further In
 creases in Formal Report.

DlsapprOval of the proposal of New England railroad executives for an inn mediate increase of 10 per cent. in freight and passenger rates was reCom- mended to Governor Lake this week by the joint committee appointed by the governors of the New England states The report was handed to the governor by Chairman E. Kent Hubbard of the Connecticut delegation, while 1t was pre- sented to other New England governors by their own delegations.
 Figures are included showing that the New Haven" road IS losing at the rate of almost $2,OOO0OO month.
 The report recommends that the%sfed- eral government "be asked to give assistance to the railroads in their ex- tremities not as an act of information but as all act of justlCe,' because the govern ment's failure to return the railroads i'll the same condition in which they took them over Is considered to be largely responsible for the emergency which aCtuated the proposal for a rate increase.
 Not only has the advance been ob- jected to on general terms," says the re- port but 1t has been pointed out to us i'll many instances that the competition between the Middle States and New England IS such that If this increase IS granted even for short time industrial managers who are thinking of making further development in our community will consider seriously the prospect of erecting places of business west of the Hudson river"
 There is at stake i'll this matter a very large proportion of the prosperity of the New England states,'' the report continues. The idea of New England as distinct district for rate-rnaking purposes has been resisted heretofore by the New England public, will be resisted hereafter and ought, in our opinion. to be objected to upon every occasion when DrODOsed"
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-05-06

(AOIlIl1luGQ 11O1Il I age O1lCJ
 later, however, the bricklayers came i'll and the progress continued until finally all trades and building firms in the dis trict were made parties to the plan. Agreements have been signed every year since and in all the history of the agree ments only four times has it been neces- sary to have the board call for a de- cision on disputed points and i'll only two or three isolated instances. involv ing individual claims rather than union disputes, has the services of an outside umpire been needed.
 Through the amicable arrangement be- tween the employers and employees the wage question has been carried on with out dispute In 1908 when the plan was adopted the carpenters received AZ cents an hour and that was the high average for building trades workers. This con- tinued until 1910 when increases of three or so cents an hour were granted, making the high scale in the district 564 cents an hour for bricklayers, and 50 cents the average for other trades.
 As costs of living increased the en- ployers gradually increased the wages raid agreements finally being concluded to cover every trade in the city. When in 1914 the great war broke out and prices began to soar, the employers and employees committees got together and kept pace with them. Thus i'll that year another increase of three cents an hour was granted. i'll 1915 another like in- crease established and followed by an- other increase in 19l6 Americas entry in the war then caused great imitation of everything and the employers reCOg- nized that and promptly, under the joint board plan, met them for the workers. Tn 1918 the carpenters wage was made 6 cents an hour with the briCklayers getting an increase prOpOrtlOnately and in 1920 the average pay was made Sl an hour and continued throughout last year. with the briCklayers getting $l.O64.
 When the new agreements came up for discussion this year to provide until 1922 the employers promptly agreed that liv- iry costs had not dropped as claimed and instead of asking the workers to submit to a decreased wage as Is being done 1 elsewhere about the state in the Ope1 shop drive, actually granted an increase and made new agreements that hold until i May 1. 1922.
 That the union men do not dominate the situation but simply have joint say with the employers, the makeup of the permanent board shows. J. R. Crosby mayor of Greenwich and building con. tractor by business. is chairman of the joint board, while George Chandler, sec rctary of the state council of carpenters is ccrctary-treasurer. The others on the board are Morris SOntumacr, Charles Peters, Peter Rainey and Wilbur B Peck, representing the employers side and Herbert Bennett, Joseph Lewis Nicholas Sole and Arthur Benoit repre- senting the several trades.
 The success of the plan has been sucf that similar plans could be commended elsewhere about the state, and work fOl the interest of not only the employer: and employees but for the general public ! and trade.