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YESTERDAY'S WEATHER t. S. WEATHER BUREAU, MriT.h 12. H'ls' Last twenty four hours" rainfall. .14.

Ti'ini 'orature, M'in. iiti; Mar. 75. Weather, cloudy, Second Section Pages 1 to 6 HONOLULU, HAWAII TERRITORY, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1918. I0ANU 0 HAVE LARGE SUM GIVEN QUEEN'S HOSPITAL IrtfiTNESSES TESTIFY CHIN By HEAD IS ANN NG Charles 1.

Hopkins, Beloved Hawaiian, Answers Last Call Funeral Rites Will Be Held Today For Court Interpreter Who Was One of Most Prominent. Honored and Respected Men of His Race BIG PROVEINTS FEINLER WAS PRO-GERfflil if Mills School Exceeds Expectations In Campaign All Committees Hard At Work NUUANU Y. M. C. A.

CAMPAIGN Close of Second Day $2610.00 -'m, Mills School exceeded all expectations in the campaign for funds for the Nuuanu V. M. C. A. yesterday.

Their local committee had set as the goal for the school. The large thermometer was set for that amount. The thermometer went "over the top" in a very diort time and vesterdav afternoon the total of had been subscribed. A great deal of rivalry between the classes was aroused The boys connected with the Mills School campaign are. Charles Yap, 1 chairman of the whole committee.

Kang I representative ot the Junior class, Edward Ha, of the Sophomore i FOR NUUANU Utterances Reeked of Treason, Savored of Hun Propaganda, Is Testimony; Urged Enlisted Man To Obtain Prom Colonel Confidential Letters IUIIIjL 1 11LU At An Automobile Child Only Slightly Wounded But Has Narrow -Escape From Death Identity of Person Who Shot Is Not Known; Police Puzzled Fired by-dent mania behind the some person with an evi-against automobiles, from billboards on the Kalihi cane fields on King Street, side of the a bullet grazed the face of the infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hough, held in the arms of its mother, as they were riding through the Palaina district in an automobile Sunday evening. The bullet passed through the blanket wh'eh thp child was wrapped, tear- ing the covering from about its head by the forte of the shot. The face of i the rmhv was covered with blood from the shallow seam cut along its face iust annv me terr.

ear. ine mother scream-ed with fright and was threatened with nysterir-s, so certain was she the child had been killed. Hough had heard the report like he discharge of a gnu mid as Mrs. I Hough first screamed be turned to his wife jocularly inquiring, as he did not know pened, if she what had actually hap- had been shot. She re- sponded.

"no, the Narrow as was baby." the child's escape! i I STATEMENTS foundation for the sergeant to gain the ronfideiice of the chaplain, resulting in -nS 'onierninff the ar and the ties, and systems, which boiled down briefly, gave the sergeant the impres- i. i. 11 oeaiuig wirn a iter- cliapla.n who mil Cer- mail at heart, ho believed tYm ermon forces would become masters in this war. and that everything the Amer- "lu lrom me rresi.ient ana ion- iiown inrougu ine army ana navy, even to the last private was ridiculous. Tie suggestion that the aggrieved demoted sergeant secure iios.scs.sion of the conlidential letter repo-dng in tbe strong box at Colonel Bolles' headquar ters.

and bring it to the chaplain to read and theu replace it, was one of the boldest pints of the story told upon the witness It was a daring suggestion eveu as it was told by the. sergeant, but when this was confirmed I word for word -by. an army captain, it, assumed pioportious which, even though disconnected from the present charges) of dislovitltv, would be a serious of fense under army Sessions Are Loug DISLOYAL i sff-r mrrvi I I l.lill .1 1, 1I I i ii-niiiiiii -II it i i mam building will follow a little laer. class. Ishimura ot the dranimar School I i I lans anil specifications are now I e- for Bovs spoke at the morning i ing drawn tor the new hospital bull I- assemldv exercise.

In addition to the 1 I ings. Owing to the cost of ma-above, were K. N. Kurakawa, president i 1,1 (What the Tiie no Yesterday's military court session I lasted from nine to twelve in the noon and quarter past one to live in ARTESIAN WATER Supervisors Vote To Set Aside i Fifty Thousand Dollars As First Unit spensing with the usual procedure of referring new expenditures to the ways and means committee, the board of supervisors adopted a resolution last night setting aside as the first unit in an outlay fur pumping artesian water to the higher levels of the Xunauu Valley to replace the use of era mage water which was condemn ed bv Dr. John S.

H. Pratt of the r- riro ial board of liam Hohdv a eaith being HIli a I Dr. Wil-nienai-e to the health of 1'nder The if no action heal'li would Honolulu. thinly veiled threat that. taken the board of condemn the water now in use nu without thereby leave 22.00O people water supply, the board of supi vigors took quick action and the measure emo ion was pascii a unit a tervor or mil without a dissenting vote.

Th oard room ws crowded to uvr- flowing with the people win to see what disposition was were eager to be made of 1he matter and to I nd their voices change; among women whose to the support of the the crowd were severa presence i iiassa rated stroitgiv the Plan Is ect as outlined in the reso lution of Supervisor Petne of the health committee, contemplates the quiring of property, the sinking of wells, the acquirement of machinery and buildings, pipes and reservoirs. His report which accompanied the resolution stated that the Hawaiian Electric Company is ready to enter into a contract to pump three million gallons of artesian water to an altitude of four hundred feet at a rate of pr million gallons. This t.gree- merit included the installation of pump- insr machinery at the expense of the Hawaiian Electric. inter tins plan the city is to lay an eighteen-inch water main from the plant of the electric company to School and Nuuanu Streets. The concrete reservoirs which will be built will hold a million and a half gallons of artesian water and the pump to be installed wHt have a capacity of one million gallons.

Nuuanu Water Impure In the statement of Doctor Pratt in support of the project he furnished statistics which 'show that the chemical analysis of the water of" the Nuuanu Valley is at present so impure that twelve percent of the people of the city are rendered carriers of typhoid. If was only on being pressed by E. Faxon Bishop, head of the Nuuanu Water Consumers Association, that he admitted that territorial laws would back iiim in condemning the present water supply. A stirring speech which wf.s made by Dr. Hobdy placed before the board the information that there are fifteen times as many bacilli in the Nuuanu water as the public health servit-e of the United States will allow at any part of the mainland.

He pointed out that the purity of the artesian water is the same as of any distilled water. Doctor Pratt asserted that the Nuuanu, water has never come up to the test of the water that was' made a year ago because of the fact that people ''on their way to the greatest view in the has trespassed over the watershed. He declared that this potent influence in the contamination of the Nuuanu water could never be entirely checked by armed guards and that, in fact, the supply could never be adequately guarded on account of the area from which it receives contamination, lie said, however, that since October the water has shown some improvement owing to the chloriniza-tion methods but that these have not made the water safe. He said that the chlorinization was the only thing that had prevented serious results. Doctor I'ratt cited similar problems of war time expenditures on the mainland in which the public had universally supported a program of going aTiead with all projects that involved social welfare and service.

Money Wasted "The that has been expended for guarding the watershed alone would have gone a long ways towards putting in a plant to lift artesian water," he asserted. In adheranee to the general principle which was laid down by Doctor I'ratt, the board members who spoke on the matter favored curtailment of expenditure in almost any other field in order to provide for the pressing matter of Nuuanu water supply. Supervisor E. A. Mott-Smith demurred to the resolution on the grounds of methods of paying for it but offered no opposition to the project itself.

In support of his resolution Supervisor Petrie pointed out that the entire amount for the project need not come from the taxes of 191s on account of the fact that delivery of necessary pipe cannot be had until lie gave assurance that the Hawaiian Electric will be capable and ready to stand up to their end of the project. By unanimous vote the measure passed its fi rt reading and was ordered to be printed. MAINLAND DIRECTORIES Through the courtesy of the Pcdk-Husted Directory Company, the following new directories arc now- on lue at the office of the promotion committee: Sacramento, California; Lincoln. Ne brn-ka: Toledo. Ohio: Sioux City.

Iowa; and Tulsa, Oklahoma. New Main Building That Will Cost $300,000, With Other Structures Are Included NOISE TO BESTOPPED, SAYS SUPERINTENDENT Moses T. Clegg Intends To Make Institution Equal of Any In Country, He Asserts A new main building cost tO0.Oui) and wings built on the unit system to st each, are among the plan tor the Qecon's Hospital, said Moses X. the new iv sujierintendent of the institution, vesterdav. Work on one of the units is soon to be started, and the (CllitlT, iliJ'l ill 4111- 11111- 11 mav be decided to delav construction a planned Honolulu will have a modern hospital second to none in the I'nited In the meantime the new superintendent will put into execution plana which will much improve the present administration of the institution, according to plans outlined yesterday to The Advertiser.

There are many handicaps to work under in the present buildings and administrative arrangement, but they will be taken up and done away with as far as possible. To Stop Noise "The first thing I am going after is noise," said Clegg. "There is a great deal more noise than there should be in a hospital. Rubber carpet for the corridors which do not have it at present lias been ordered, and other measures will be taken to insure the largest measure of quiet possible." Recent patients at the institution have complained of the noises which interfered with their rest daily and nightlv, one woman patient having gone home a few days after an bees use -she could net sleep on ae- fount, of the inntiy footsteps, ticlls. talking, and other disturbing noises.

The large signs saving "Keep yuiet have not seemed to have any effect far. but Superintendent Clegg is going to explain to everybody just what they mean, and see that they are observed. The hospital is to be divided int different working departments with a single head over each, said Clegg, and the head of each department such an nursing, diet, and so forth, will be entirely responsible for the conduct of her especial field. to now the hospital has been run as a one-man institution, he when as a matter of fact, it is too large for one man to administer unless the department plaa is followed. Nurses Needed At the present time many of the complaints of lack of attention coming from patients are due to the fact that there are not enough pupil nurses ae for the many private rooms and wards.

The hospital lias been running full, and the force of girls could not attend to the number assigned them. A few weeks ago there was one pupil nurse as night nurse on one of tbe floors who had under her charge each night from fourteen to sixteen patients It is almost a physical impossibility for one girl to attend to that number of patients in private rooms, as these ere, but this girl on duty night after night from seven p. rn. to seven a. m.

Tliis condition will soon be improved, as Superintendsnt Clegg said that new class of twelve nurses will be started the first of next month. The pupil nurses' home is also to improved, in order to give the girl some form of social life and make their hospital quarters more comfortable. A reception room, lecture room, and new-dining room will be added for them at once. Thev have now no reception room in which to see friends or relatives, nor any lecture room in which their freonent evening lectures can be given. They are using their old dining room for their studies.

Will Take Time "To bring about any noticeable improvements here will require time," said Clegg. "and though everything possible will be done to bring up th standard of the institution as it stands, the hospital 'can never be what it ought to be until it has the new buildings. "These will be planned after the most approved hospitals of the east, and will be built with the diet kitchens on the top floor, to avoid all kitchen noises and smells. The first building to be put up will be one of the units which will latfr form a wing of the main building. It will contain twenty private rooms, and it is my intention to rent them for the smallest sum at i expenses may be covered.

It i) hardlv possible to feed and lodge a pati- ent under three dollars and a half or four dollars a day. but we shall try to keep as near those figures as possible. "This hospital is peculiarly a community institution in that it serves practically the whole public of Honolulu and a large proportion of the residents of the other Islands and it should be an institution in which the community can take real pride and such a hospital, and I am sure that in such ns hospital, and am sure that in time it can be done. With tiiii. piessed lips Chaplain Fran.

Feinler, an. I ashy face Second Infan- i frv. born in German and who swore 1 allegiance to the American Republic, heard direct accusations from the it- i 1 1ICSS land of the military court at Fort I sliafter erdav that he was I loyal, that hi utterances reeked of treason to tlie country of his adoption, I an that was distinctly pro-Ger- man in his sentiments. That his attitude was insidiously anti-American and that his utterances Mvnred of German propaganda, and if an! bv jicrsons outside the army persons iM.uld have tended to raise doubts in tbe minds of American citizens that America could win this war, was asserted by witnesses whose opinion could not be shaken under the most rigid cros-esami nation. Liberty Bonds Knocked Liberty bonds were things which Americans should not purchase and those who did were was one of the statements it was testified he ma ile to Battalion Sergeant Wright.

Second Infantry Major while 1 ft the same time he "Tokio bonds" were merit. The mention of Bitiienred to be the kev which unlocked the sentiments of the chaplain and ftnicd him to divulge to men of his regiment his inner feeling concerning the war and to utter things tending to Americans" from the belief that they were in this war justly or wouhf win it. while praising the German armv and the German system. It was the reference made to "Tokio bonds" bv Sergeant Major Wright on an evening when the soldier visited the thardain's quarters that caused the chaplain to also become deeply interested in the information that certain letter was at the post headquarters relating to the chaplain. Because it was from France, the chaplain urged the soldier, according to the testimony, to procure the letter from the strong box which the letter which was confidential was kept by Colonel F.

C. Bolles, regimental commander, that lie misfit peruse it. Day of Sensations This was one of the mild sensations of a day full of sensations, for it ydac-cd the chaplain in a position of conspiring with an enlisted man to xrocure by stealth a confidential document from the headquarters of the regiment, access to which he was not cntilted find had no right to its contents. Had it not been that Sergeant Major Wright was on special detail from the intelligence department of the army, the attempt might not have come to light in important a manner as at present. Sergeant Major Wright had been 'reduced to the grade of private, purposely and under instructions from his superior oflicer.

He was on military duty in the effort to gain a real understanding of Chaplain Feinler's sentiments toward America and to prove his loyalty or disloyalty, and said upon the stand that he felt it was a proper and legitimate duty and one which was entirely legitimate from the viewpoint of his commanding officer. Wrieht Star Witness The sergeant-major proved to be a ftar witness. His testimony unshaken throughout, and. with an intelligence that stood him in good stead, he presented in a clear and concise manner tbe evidence he had obtained. Although the nine conversations which tlie ser-Ceaut-mnjor had had with the chaplain had to be written out afterwards, they were all confirmed by an officer, who had opportunities for recording every word that both men used in their conversations, although this was tin-Innwn to the hardatn at the time.

Captain F.rnest Fly, 1. S. Second Infantry, who obtained this gave damaging evidence against the chaplain, and when placed squarely up against the wall as to whether in Ids opinion what he had heard was loyal or disloyal, had no hesitancy in Kaying that it was disloyal and unpatriotic and thoroughly pro-German and Testimony Dramatic i The testimony read like the pb-t of an unto-date war secret-service story, so replete was it with ruses, and camouflage, niht visits, and devious methods of obtaining confirmatory evidence. There was the sertrea nt-rnn ior, reduc ed to the ranks presumably for a cause i which he did not know, a man with aj grievance, who finally went to the I chaplain and told him his tale of woe. The procedure of writing a letter, a I copy xhr colonel and the original to the commanding general of the depart-moi, lne chaplain's suggestion I of getting the colonel, who wa lil'l r.

on rMtcr iV.o m.t up" the sergeant, laid the I 1 declared that good invest- bonds" Vrnili mo 1 .1 ,1 1 I (if the Senior clfius 1 Ifinnka. nresi- dent of the Junior. Kin Voon Ock. pres- pres- ident of the Freshman class and K. Doi, the president of the literary society.

Big Sum Raised Speeches were also made by Mr. H. M. Blowers, principal of Mills School and Dr. R.

D. Williams. The assembly was in charge of R. E. Stone.

Following the assembly, the classes met separately, the pledge cards were distri-" buted as a result of the one day's work, $iS was raised. The effort was made to stimulate class competition, especially with the thought of attaining as high a percentage as possible over each class. MeKinley High School is working very industriously on their campaign. C. Tsukiyama, the chairman, reported today that most everyone in the Junior and Senior classes had subscribed, and that the lower classes were being called upon by their committeemen.

About $100 has been given at MeKinley. Chinese Start Tomorrow The -Chinese committee had their organization meeting yesterday at tvyo o'clock at the Chinese-American Bank. They divided into four teams with C. K. Ai.

Chuek Hor. E. O. Farm and Ton? Phong as captains. Thev have divided the city into districts and will begin begi active work tomorrow.

The Japanese committee reported activity on the part of aTl their members, but the smounts received have not been turned in to the chairmen yet. The American committee, under Char, les R. Frazier, with its two captains. P. Pond and Harry Hay ward were busy all day yesterday and reported a great deal of success.

Those in charge of the campaign are expecting the total amount of to be raised bv the close of the campaign on March 20. -M Officers Are Re-elected and Reports Are Submitted At Annual Meeting Net earnings of the McBrvde Sugar Company for the year ending Decem ber 31, 151. amounted to 0im.T1 s.2. according to reports presented to shareholders yesterday at the annual meeting of the company. The officers and directors of the company were reelect ed at the meeting, which was held in the offices of Alexander and Baldwiu.

The officers are: President, J. P.Cooke; first vice president, H. G. Dillingham; second vice president. II.

M. von Holt; treasurer, J. Waterhouse; secretary, John Guild; auditor. D. B.

Murdoch; manager, F. A. Alexander: directorate. J. P.

Cooke. H. M. von Holt, R. W.

T. Purvis. II. G. Dillingham.

C. R. Hem-en way, Fred Harrison and J. Water-house. Alexander and Baldwin are agents of the company.

Treasurer's Report According to the treasurer's report, the net receipts for sugar for the year were $1,97,21 T.32 which with sundry earnings bring the total receipts to Expenditures in the year totaled One of "the items of expenditure is income tax. amounting to sflfi.717.24. Included in the company's assets are: Permanent improvements. growing crops. supplies.

27.7i4.22; investments. Kauai Electric Company stock, $261. 500. The company has outstanding stock valued at 3.2f,fi4. of which is common stock and 00,000 preferred stock.

Outstanding bonds amount to Crop Is Heavy In the report of the manager it is stated that the 1317 crop was heavy and ran over estimate, making 17.503 tons. It is explained that the com pany's transportation facilities were taxed due to the fact that outside planters increased their planted areas. The company began grinding with the 191 crop December 17 and up to the middle of February hud manufactured tons of sugar. It is reported that the fields thus far harvested (Continued on Page 3, Column MBRYDE EARNINGS i i I Charles L. Hopkins, who died yesterday.

East rites will be said today- for Charles Hopkins, who for years has been Hawaiian interpreter of the cir cnit court, and who was one of the foremost and best loved Hawaiian fig ures here, both under the old roval i regime and in recent days. Apparently in the best of health in the past few-days, his death came with shocking suddenness at six o'clock yesterday-morning at his home, Young Street. followed a stroke of paralysis which he had suffered a few hours before. The funeral will be held at three-thirty o'clock this afternoon from the home and the interment will be in Ma-kiki cemetery. The pallbearers are: Henry Smith, Col.

Curtis P. Iaukea. W. E. Whitney.

High Sheriff William P. Jarrett, Circuit Judge W. Ash ford and Circuit Judge William H. Heen. Loss Will Be Pelt Mr.

Hopkins' death removes a gracious and kindly presence from the Judiciary building where he had long been a familiar figure. Few men achieve the degree of respect and affection that was accorded to him by all who knew him. A courtly, dignified figure, reminiscent of the great days of the past, he practised a simple eourtesy that stamped a lofty character and won quick confidence. His friends came from every walk in life and all loved and respected him. It is probable that no one with an equal knowledge of old Hawaiian, laws, language, customs and usages survives him in the Territory.

He was born at Koolanloa sixty-four years ago and, being of an ambitious turn, while he was acquiring his -education in the public schools, he trained himself especially in a knowledge of English and with it made a close study of Hawaii and Hawaiian from the earliest davs. Wins Recognition His talents won early recognition and in 1-SS3 he was made chief clerk to C. Parke, who was then marshal of the kingdom. Soon after this he became deputy marshal and then marshal of the kingdom. Through all the great period of the reign of Kalakaua he remained a favored intimate of the monarch and after the king's death, as marshal in January of 101, he proclaimed the accession of Queen Eiliuokalani.

In 1SH2 he was elected to the legislature as a noble from the Island of Oahu under the terms of the constitution that had been imposed on King Kalakaua by the reform cabinet of ss7. He sat through this session of the legislature, the last that was held under the monarchy. After the passing of royalty he serv- (Continued on Page 3. Column 3) Banks Notified New Issue of Treasury Certificates Coming San Francisco. March 12, lfls.

Lewis, Bank of Hawaii, Honolulu. New issue Treasury Certificates, dated March 20, due June IS. Interest four and one-half percent. Detuoniuations, five hundred, to one hundred thousand dollars. Exempt from taxation.

Will be accepted in payment of third Liberty Loan subscriptions. lay- ment may be made by credit. subscriptions not later than Maich 22. Notify other banks in Hawaii. FEDERAL RESERVE BANK, San Francisco.

The above cable message from the Federal Reserve Bauk of San Francisco was received vfes'Serdav by A. Lewis, vice-president and mana- ger of the Bank of Hawaii, an-j nouneing another issue of L'nited i States treasury certificates'. The terms are similar to the issue which was announced a few weeks ago. 1 am. me gun snot injury was not serious.

Ilough reported the firing of the shot to the police, but after an investigation made by Patrolman Ml. C. Men-denis. he reported that he had been unable to lpd nv one in the neighborhood who had heard the shot. It is reported that this is the second time in two weeks that a shot has been fired at automobiles in this fame vicinity.

A week ago last Sun day another automobile passins? this i spot had its too punctured bv a bullet 1 i which passed through it, while moving I along King Street. M. nnd Mrs. Houtrh's baby grandchild of R. S.

Robinson, the Husted directory man. is a Polk- ARMY CHIEF GETS fill 1 1 BOOZE ORDER President Wilson's Proclamation Abolishing Sale of Liquor Goes Into Effect April 10 Messages from Washington sent through oflicial channels and received yesterday by the Hawaiian Department indicate that April 10 will be the day on which President Wilson's order banning liquor from the Island of Oahu will become effective. According to the" notice sent to the Hawaiian Department by Adjutant General McCain the order itself directs that it shall go into effect thirty days after publication by general order or by bulletin of the war department. The order was published yesterday in Washington in Bulletin 1.1. and thirty days after this publication would be April 10.

Text of Order The text of President Wilson's order as transmitted to the Hawaiian Department by Adjutant General McCain is as follows: "Wisser, Honolulu. "Bulletin 11, March 11, 10 IS. publishes following executive order: Tinier the provisions of section 12 of an act of congress approved May IS, authorizing the President of the I'nited States "to make such regulations governing the prohibition of alcoholic liquors in or near military camps and to the officers and enlisted men of the army as he may from time to time deem necessary or advisable' the following regulations are established for the Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, and shall become and be effective at the end of thirty days after the publication thereof by general order or bulletin of the war department. 'Within the Island of Oahu. Territory of Hawaii, alcoholic liquors, including beer, ale and wine, either alone or with anv other article shall not be sold, bartered or served, or knowingly transferred or handed over from one person to another and to any place within said island shall not knowingly be or be caused to be sent, shipped, transmitted, carried or transported, except that this regulation shall not apply to the giving or serving of such liquors in a private home to members of the family and bona fide guests other than members oft he military forces, or to the fending, shipping, transmitting, carrying or transporting of such liquors to a private home for use as aforesaid, or to the docks or wharves of said island for transhipment in original packages and under original billing to points or places outside of said island or to the sale of such liquors by regis tered pharmacists to regularly licensed physicians or army, or navy surgeons for medical use or tothe administration of such liquor by or under the direction of such physicians or army or navy surgeons, or to the purchase, retention and use of wine for sacramental pur- jOses ny cnapiains or me army di nav or by regularly oriainea ministers under iha rules of their respective church organizations.

WOOfiriOW it CAIN." I the afternoon. Col. Joseph Wheeler, C. A. C.

is president of the board, with twelve other high ranking offi t-ers sitting with him. The prosecution -has been iiexteronslv handled bj' Capt. Byard Sliced, judge advocate, and Cap tain IVale, assistant judge advocate, while the accused chaplain's cjise rests in the keeping of Major Heidner and First I.ieut. Philip Rice. S.

both of whom are ably handling an exceedingly embarrassing situation, and defending their client in a most capable manner. Just whom they plan to place on the witness stand for the defense. Continued on Page 3. Column 1) Troubles of Alewa Heights Aired Before Supervisors Warring Factions Stage Dramatic Fight At Board Meeting Over Improvement Project; Coombs Blocks Coup With Petition One of the most dramatic fights that any of the improvement projects of the present board has brought out, occurred last night at the meeting of the supervisors on the Alewa Heights Improvement District hearing, when legal lights and many of the wealthiest property owners of that part of the city lined up against each other upon the city's plan of road improvement. A fevered debate on questions of benefit and theory of municipal drain ige, and plain squabbles about the way the uphillers erf tryinsr to put it over on the down hillers, came to a climax when W.

R. Coombs, secretary of the Alewa Improvement Club prevented a coup to block the whole scheme for six months by springing upon the supervisors a petition representing fifty percent of the area in the up hill division in favor of the city's plan. However, the opposition to the plan was so strenuously set forth that the board voted to continue the hearing until two weeks from last night in the hopes of finding a solution to the. tnnale of interests. Speeches were made from different angles and with varying degrees of support bv E.

C. Peters. Wade Warren Thayer. C. Andrews.

L. MeC.md less'and W. R. Coombs. Mr.

McCand less raised a cry that agreed with that of C. H. Andrews that property that lies on a dope should not be touched for as much on improvement projects as more valuable property that lies on a level. He said war time is no time to lie spending people's money for roads and things. Mr.

Peters declared that Puunni had been tacked onto Alewa as the tail of the kite and asked that Puunui be allowed to take care of its own affairs, particularly the matter of drainaze, without being made a party to the road ambitions of the up-hillers. He said it was bad enough to be insulted with the runoff of water from the up hill part without having to hake hands with them on roads. Mr. Thaver asked also that Subdivisions A mid be trranted a divorce so that each could look after its own troubles..