Evening Star Newspaper, February 28, 1932, Page 18

B—2 * THE SUNDAY STAR, —PART ONE. HAWAIIAN ATTACKS | LAD TOLAX OLE Politics and Aloof Federal Officials Held Cause of Conditions. This is the first of four dispatches pre- senting conditions in Honolulu leading up, to and resulting /1 asste case. soor to Gispatches cre writt detached point o spondent sent 0 Hon. pose. BY RU! By Cable 1o The Star HONOLULU, February 27 (NAN.A). —Recent assaults on white women in Honolulu and the murder of a Hawaiian which followed are the inevitable result of conditions brewing in the Island of Oahu for years. There was a time when any white woman was safe in any part of the islands, and so long as she uses ordinary discretion she is still as safe ! y American mainland city a growing list of sex crimes over a long period, an indifferent and inefficient police force and all the com- plications of politics which made them inefficient, it Was only a matter of time when a prominent white woman would be attacked. The complex social, racial and politi- cal entanglements of these islands are almost incomprehensible to an outsider. In a polyglot community where power is held by a few men, where money has been made easily and there is a natural tenden: ; to let things slide, is found a view by a Ter olulu for this pur- ELL OWEN. i | | i bewildering diversity of thought and | opinion on recent occurrences | Public Opinion Aroused. ‘The only unanimous feeling seems to be a righteous indignation which has at last been aroused, and a determination to clean up Honolulu without help from the mainland. Not onlv does this arise from the natural revolt of people who | have demanded for years & more severe enforcement of law, but also Hawaii has been humiliated, pocketbooks have been | hit and business has suffered | In a few weeks greater efforts have | been made to correct conditions here | than in all the previous years of the territory's existence. The passage of bills affecting the Police Department and the prosecutor’s office, the death sentence for rape, and the definition of the loitering law have been accom- panied by the drafting of able men determined to clean house immediately. ‘True, the fear of congressional inter- ference, of investigation from the main- land, has been a factor in this action, but so drastic has been the demand of public opinion that any measures | would probably have gone through | the Legislature in order to pacify an outraged people. The attitude of the better element | here, whether “Haoles,” as the whites | are called Hawaiians, Japanese, Chinese, | or other races, has been one of abhor- | rence toward sex crimes. The news- papers for years have been full of | editorials and letters denouncing the | apathy of the police and those holding public office who had it in their power to curb crime. Deplored by All Races. | Tt is said that among some races | there has been a tolerance of some sex crimes, and that statutes founded on the s of Moses are hardly suited | to govern an Oriental people. However | that may be, there is no condonation of rape by the majority of any group in this cosmopolitan community. | It is impossible to understand h(mi the present situation eame about with- out examining. at least superficially, the political alignment in the islands and the source of political power. | Despite the large influx of Orientals | in recent years the voters are still pre- dominantly Hawaiian. The only figures available sho wthat the Hawailan vote increased tremendously from 1902 to 1926, and that although the Haole and Chinese vote, and lately the Japanese vote, have also increased, Hawalian in- fluence is still predominant. As a result a majority of offices have been held by Hawailans and the police force has been one of the rewards for political service. By nature indolent and carefree, the Hawaiian is, perhaps, the last person in the world to make a good policeman, unless ruled by the strictest discipline, and discipline in Honolulu has not been strict. The Ha- wailan policeman is adaptable, but has never been taught what to do. There | are many good men on the force. | Used Blacksnake Whips. There has only been one sheriff in recent years who has tried to clean up the street gangs, out of which grow assaults on women and girls, and he did it with blacksnake whips, much in the manner in which New York police- men years ago cleaned up the street thugs with nightsticks and fists. It worked, but for other reasons he was not kept in office. Incidentally, he was an Hawailan, and was unigue in his energy and courage in putting down ' this kind of crime. During all the years this situation has been brewing the territorial offi- cers, from_the Governor down, have pursued & hands-off policy, having felt they could not interfere too much in local affairs. The city and county at- torneys—city and county officials are one in Honolulu—have tried at times to clean up gambling and the gangs, but never have been able to get evidence to convict. ‘The gangs of Honolulu are not gangs as they are known on the mainland. They do not fatten on protection to bootleggers and speakeasies, or by in- timidating business men. They are | street corner loafers, toughs who have | nothing to do, and who with the aid of a stolen car and some “oke"—the local firewater—stir up all sorts of rows. There have been {requent street fights in the past between such gangs anéd men of the military services, and when they have nothfng else to do they h They are of every mixture of the islantl races. And it is by them that most of the crimes against women have been committed, although a few of the most atrocious have been by escapea convicts. Learned Foreign Ways. Going back through the local news- paper files it is obvious that the con- ditions which temporarily robbed Ha- wail of its reputation for tropical peace have existed for years. It is equally true that the Hawailan has learned his | bad ways from his white cousins. One of the first laws ever passed in Hawaii was to protect Hawaiian girls from white men. In the days of their primitive inno- cence Hawailans gave little heed to moral conventions as we know them, but despite naive social behavior among themselves, and assaults by white men on native women, there was no tendency by the Hawalians to attack white wom en during all the early years of the settlement, and even in the first days of Territorial control. The late Lor- rin A. Thurston, owner of one of the Jocal papers, once wrote: “In the early days before Honolulu was ‘clvilized’ my grandfather, Judge Andrews, lived up Nuuanu Valley op- posite the royal mausoleum. The fam- ily of Dr. Judd, another of the old- time mission families, lived at Judd and Nuuanu streets. There were young girls, members of both families. They went from one house to another to; lay, the hours of play frequently last- g _through until after dark. “My mother told me that in return- ing home from the Judd's after dark she and her sisters frequently heard voices of passers-by as they passed the intervening graveyard. Invariably they stopped and listened, and if the con- LANS for the monster concert to be given in Constituti rican Red Cross were discussed group. , Edwin Frar Bandn the time of the concert: Curtis Hodges, director o under auspices of the A a meeting of the sponso: Zella Barnes of the Red the National Association of Committee of the Washington B: of the United States Navy Band the concert. The three service bands—Army, Navy and Marine Corps— Confer on Red Cross Concert n Hall April 17 Tiday (left to right): M o Goldman, president of which §s convening here at Phot te: 1 play —Star Staff Photo. conspired to moke yestarday’s children’s concert by the National Sym- phony the most exciting of the on The audi e had increased to unheard-of size. r Kindler and the orchestra played as if possessed by a new musical muse. Ann Sugar, the as- tonishing 12- year-old prod- igy, played like a “grand seig- neure” the Mendelssohn “Piano Con- certo in G Mi- nor.” Asacom- plete surprise the Chickasaw princess, Ata- loa, sang and danced. And moved by the prevailing spirit the children sang “London Bridge” so vig- orously that not so much the bridge but the roof ef the auditorium seemed to be imperiled. To reiterate too often Mr. Kind- ler’s extraordinary insight in pro- gram making would seem to make the point lose force. Yet once more it must be said. Illustrations of the Dance Form were played from the time of Haydn and Boccherini when a Minuet was the “accepted classical dance.” Contrasting heights of sophistication were seen in the “Concerto.” Then the audi- ence was led back to the Dance Forms again in Saint-Saens’ fan- tastic “Danse Macabre,” to a simple popular dance in “London Bridge,” and finally up to the most gloricus waltz of all time, Strauss' “Beauti- ful Blue Danube.” The jollity and peasant-like roughness of Haydn's “Minuet” from the “London Symphony” was excel- lent, but the orchestra surpassed it- Ann Sugar. Music and Musicians Reviews and News of Capital.s Programs. finesse, the delicateapre- of e muted strings “Minuet."” completely oblivious c te of a ball, exchanging in- les with the conductor t led the audience by her musical interpreta- tion of the Mendelssohn. Even younger virtuosos have been heard who played all the notes correctly but her art was more than mere technical facility of fingers, Bril- liantly she opened the “Allegro con fuoco” and lovingly she drew out the theme of the “Andante,” care- fully emphasizing a phrase here and tightening it elsewhere, according to the spirit of the music. Even the musicians of the orchestra marveled rolled play- fectious at the Greater National Capital d of Trade, and Lieut. Charles Benter, leader in NEW TRAIL BLAZED BY CREDIT BOARD :Reconstruction Loans Near | 30-Million Mark in Less Than Month. Working day and night, struction Finance Corporal i | barked upon its program for bolstering the economic structure of the United States with speed that in all likelihcod |is without parallel in Government annals. This agency, which is charged W the admnistration of a fund of two billion dollars to be turned into com- mercial, industrial and egricultural channels, came into existence on Jan- uary 22." The board of seven member which directs its operations was swor in on February 2. With less than a | month behind 'it, the corporation hes| | an organization extending throughout the country and has made loans reich- | | ing into the millions. | The _corperation authorized to make loans to banks, savings banks,| trust companies, building and loan as- | insurance compainies, mort- n companizs, Federal land | , joint-stock land banks, Federal | rmediate credit banks, credit unions, ricult credit corporations, live | stock corporations and raiiroads | ances thus far, as shown by th | dail statement yesterday, | | total $29,650,862.54. The board does | not make public the identity of those| financial concerns which have applied for or have obtained . In_the| case of railroads, whose fiscal affairs | are supervised by the Interstate Com- | merce Commission, loan negotiations | are being made public by the com- mission. To date advances have been authorized to two carriers, the Wabash, | which is in receivership, getting $7.- | 172,800, and the Missouri-Pacific, $1,- | 500,000 | The Finance Cdfporation vwill make quarterly reports to Congress which wiil | show th: amount of loans by classes and by States. | Aprlications for loans are being re-| ceived by the corporation through | agencies set up over the country. |, These agencies, located in cities where | there are Federal Reserve banks or Re- | | serve bank branches, were created to} | facilitate the work of the corporation. | At present there are 30 of these, which | | virtually completes this phase of or- | ganization. | At each of these agencies there is a manager and advisory committee, | named by the board, to pass on all ap- | plications for loans and decide as to. the acceptability of the collateral of- fered for the advances sought manager and committee then mmendations on each case ard for action c all but the railroad loans, the acts as sole judge. For the car- however, the approval of the In-| te Commerce Commission is a pre- | requisite. In this fleld the Finance Corporation | | supplements the efforts of the agency |created by the lines themselves—the Railroad Credit Corporation—: | distributing the freight rate “pool” es- | | tablished to assist weak carriers in| meeting their fixed charges. | The Credit Corporation cannot, how- | ever, make loans to roads in receiver- | ship, and this class is dependent upon | the Finance Corporation for support Cathedral Is Enriched GREAT WINDOW STIRS ART CRITICS. ‘ ) W RT R (e s b aF Designed and executed by composition. BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT. HE history of Christian progress through nearly 20 centuries is represented in a magnificent stained glass window, 65 feet high, recently led in the Earl Edward Sanborn stained glass window in the apse of W: | veritable torch of opalescent light in the east which is | Praver on Mount Bt. Alban. This {llustration represents one-third of the entire While the Finance Corporation is say- ing nothing for the present concerning the extent of its operations, an idea of ing of the encore, Chopin’s “Fantasie in C Sharp Minor.” The children’s education in musi- lerance to the Chickasaw her simple clea y learned the earnestness of a young man's prayer to the Great Spirit, the solemnity of a ceremonial dance and r of a boy's bitterness as his little girl friend that she does not look pretty to him any more. Ataloa made a striking pic- ture with her beautiful features, long black braids and white Tobe. Once more came the announce- ment that the essays are due at Mrs. Wilson Greene's office at Droop’s not later than Wednesday morning. The medals, which are being cast in New York, are to be given out next Saturday at the last children’s conce: D. C. it by the organ to carry on is g tions needing funds ed from the activity of Commerce Building. Radio Mass Held Invalid for Time Being by Vatican Question Raised Like That of Confess Telephone. ons on La Mar Recital Postponed Two Weeks. "THE song recital by Ma erican contra nounced by Mrs. Walter C this evening at 9 o'clock at Caroline McKinley Studio, has been postponed and will take place on Sunday evening, March 13, VATICAN CITY, February Hearing mass by radio is considered in. valid. ecclesiastical authorities here said today, but Fa! ianfranceschi, di- rector of the Papal Radio Station, said P FORD PRODUCTION Newspaper of Anti-Hoarding Chief Urger Others Follow. to By the Associated Press CHICAGO, February 27.—The Daily News published by Frank Knox, chair- man of President Hoover's citizen’s re- construction organization to end hoard- ing, commenting today on Henry Ford's plan for a vast automobile building and marketing program said: Good Results Predicted. “With Henry Ford sweeping into pro- duction at a rate he himself says ‘will challenge depression if he risks his last dollar, the attack on hard times which began with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation of all industry. It will do more than merely take hold, for, after more than two years of delay and false principles, economic problems are now being fought on the common sense basis of reducing costs in line with the unavoid- able reduction in popular income. * * * Valuable Example Seen. “If every manufacturer will follow the example of the automobile industry, in making the best possible product at the lowest possible cost, there will be an end to unemploymeny, for even | the smaller number of dollars will pro- vide jobs for all. At the same time the powerful means taken to expand credit are building up an increase in, buyving power which the corrective steps will make doubly effective.” tombstones until the conversationalists had passed by. “In those oid days of ‘non-civiliza- tion’ such a thing as a charge, on the fense was practically unknown.” But with the coming of the gangs large numbers of foreign laborers, the were frequent attacks on girls. many of them very young. Most of them were Orientals or Hawaiians. There was no great public demand for punishment until a few years ago, when assault became so common that in the few years from 1925 to 1929 there were 284 arTests for rape, intent to commit rape or indecent assault and 100 convictions for these offenses. Still there were no white women attacked, or if so it did not become known. versation was in Hawaiian, they con- tinued on up the street feeling perfectly safe. If, on the other hand, the con- wersation was in English, they siipped into the graveyard and hid among the the actions of white men and women themselves began to be a factor in the situation. ht, 1982, by e North American Comrie N iber ifice Fae) attendant upon the importation of | PROGRAM PRAISED : the anti-hoard- | Performed ing campaign is beginning to take hold | under the lights of an automobile that police records, of rape or similar of- | situation began to change, and there | And at this point | he thought it was a “question that may some day be examined.” H This question, as well as the question | of confession by telephone, was brought up by the newspaper Il Mattino of Naples and aroused considerable discus- sion. Ecclesiastical authorities here also sald confession by telephone was in- valid, 11 Mattino, however, published inter- views with two churchmen, Cardinal Ascalesl of Naples, and M~r. Alfonso Carinci, secretary of congregation of rites, in which they explained that the fulfillment of the Catholic duty to hear mass requires personal presence. Cardinal Ascelesi said the church rule is that the person must not be more than 10 steps from the church except | when there is an overflow crowd which | constitutes part of the congregation. | Mgr. Carinci said the congregation of rites previously ruled against confession ! by telephone “because it lacks the in- dispensable requisites of physical pres-| ence and secrecy.” Father Gianfranceschi. besides di- recting the Vatican Radio Station, is president of the Pontifical Academy of | Sciences. He called attention to the approval by Pope Pius XI of many modern things. “A decision on such a delicate sub- ject, however,” he said. “could be taken only by the Holy Father himself. In special cases, such as for the sick, who | now are dispensed from hearing mass, | he might now require them to hear | mass by radio when there are facili- ties for it.” Births Reported. The following births have been reported the Health Department during the last | ars m L. and Virginia Stone, boy twins r N. and_Winifred Armstrong, boy. Theresa_Ahmay, boy. aisy RAmsburg. boy elyn Randolph, girl. joffman. Posey Condolon, ace Marion, w boy ht, boy rdy, bo; nevieve Pitts. boy. d Elenor Harris, boy and Bessie Davis, g fary Deal, Eirl dna_Jones, girl Charlotte Jackson, boy. Theodore and C adie Miller, and Dorothy W Stella Sim Doctor Operates by Auto Light. Dr. C. J. Welling of 8t. Louis, Mo, an emergency operation | had struck a pedestrian. Honor Retiring Employ AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT VETERAN GIVEN PURSE. the burden which has been thrown upon | at headquarters in the old Department | f of Washington Cathedral The composition is the work of the eminent Boston artist, Earl Edward Sanborn. Besides depicting the nd characters of Ol century aj principal event Lvistian histo o the presest istrates the old of disseminating At the bottom = an oar-propelled end new t Christian teaching. camel caravan and galley, such as were used by the evan- gelisis of the primitive church, arc shown, while at the top an airplane and & radio michrophone, symbolizing the most modern means of mission en-| deavor, appear. The window fills a Gothic frame in the south side of the Cathedral apse, | or eastern sanctuary of the edifice Competent critics have called it one of | the most beautiful modern windows in| the world. A similar window is to be | installed on the north side. Together. the two compositions will have a major | part in a general plan for the decora- t and embellishment of the apse. bolizing the > Deum” of praise thanksziv which is a centrs theme in the sacred liturgy of the church. The south w represents the phrase: “The holy church through- out all the world doth acknowledge Thee”; the north window will illustrate | the phrase: “The glorious company of the Apostles, the goodly fellowship of the prophets, the noble army of mar- | tyrs praise Thee.” | Beginning with the day of Pentecost, the recently completed window re- counts in its detail of brilliant ‘mosaic | glass the development of Christian in- stitutions up to the present time, show- ing in historical sequence the most im- | portant events and personalities in the | gradual spread of Christian doctrine throughout the world The window, a veritable torch of opalescent light, is divided into thfee d | sections, the first of which covers the period from Pentecost to the eleventh century, the second from the eleventh to th enteenth and the third from the seventeenth to the current time. In the first section are portrayed the figures of the first evangelists: St. Peter, preaching on the day of Pentecost; St Philip, baptizing in Samaria, the first mission of the church; the four writers of the gospels, Sts. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, and St. Joseph of Arimathea, the apostle to England. The A regular $40 to $60 job, done with Finest Sher- win Williams Products. Two or more body col ors—wheels—top —fenders and in- terior expertly repainted. HEN Clarence Bean (center) retired trom the Agriculture Department after 36 years' service, fellow workers in the Extension Service pre- sented him with a bilifold and sum of money. Dr. C. B. Smith (right), assistant director of the Extension Service, made the presen- tation, assisted by Dr. Walter H. Evans (left), chief of the division of insular experiment statiéns. Mrs. Bean is shown beside her husband in the above picture. The couple live at 728 Taylor street, ” v Boston artist, the new ral is 65 fect high, a of the great house of ashington Ci other great figurés in the early annals of Christianity represented are: Bishop of Cesarea, th first Christian hospital; Eusebius, the celebrated historian of the church; St. istine, Bishop of Northern Africa; and St. Patrick, patron of Ireland. Finally a_number of national rulers of the era, famous for their zeal for the church, are commemorated, the group including: Constantine the Great, the Roman Emperor under whom Chris- nity became a state religion; Clovis, Franks; Alfred the Great, West Saxons, and Charlemagne. The center section records the rise of Christian scholarship and the de- velopment of the universities and schools in the Middle Ages, as well as the progress of national ideals and the evolution of social freedom. The Cru- sades, the Magna Charta and the ca- thedral builders are recalled in this portion of the design, and many of the memorable personalities of medieval times are depicted. At the top are the cpen Bible and prayer bcok. In the third section the peoples of stern Hemicphere, including the c, Japan , Arab, Latin nel, with t n Hemisphere, including the American, Canadian, Indian, South erican and Eskimo, in the other— 1 in attitude of worship. Maps of the graphical background of each of the two groups are shown upheld by angels. The topmost figure of the entire win- dow is a representation of Christ in His majesty. Altogether, the window is a very mo- table addition to the steadily growing beauty of the new cathedral Deaths Reported. The following_deaths have been reported to'the Health Department during the last e 89, St. Ellzabeth’s Hos- 88. 3525 O st. 10 V st t nd Saxon, appear in 8 1st st 63, 2120 Kalorama rd. 48, 23 Franklin st. ne. wolfe, 46, Sibley Hospital grove. 5. Gallinger Hospital . 71, Home for Aged and In- Alice Brown. 50, 635 T st. Lucas, 50, Georgetown University Thomas Ad . 11N at Cat 24, Gallinder Hospiia 10. Freedmen's Hospital. | s Harrison, 6 days, Gal- Basil, | founder of the | Martin, militant Bishop of Tours, | Africans, Slav, Hin- | e inhabitants of ‘the | OHI0 INDUSTRIES Survey of State Business Re- veals Many Plants Ready to Resume. { Special Dispatch to The S { CLEVELAND, Ohlo, February | Industrial activities are slated to stridc ;fon\am in Ohio next w | A general survey cf business condi- tions revealed that many plants in widely separated secticns of the State are ready to resume operations and to j recall employes | Approximately 7.500 workmen will { g0 back on jobs Monday and additional thousands are expected to be recalled later in the week and during the latter part of March. Mansfield Most Optimistic. The most optimistic news came from Mansfield. where it was announced that about 1,000 men would return to their jobs next week. Plants of the Empire Steel Carpor tion at Mansfield are adding hundre of former employes, while the Westing- house Electric & Manufacturing Co, and other concerns are making ange in- creases in their employment personnel Speeding up of operations at the four plants of the Homer Laughlin China Co. at Newell, W. Va. across the river from East, Liverpool, Ohio, will benefit the Ohio ceramic center, where most of the Newell workers live ‘The Homer Laughlin plants will go on a full-time basis. reflecting a pick-up in demand for pottery products and more than 600 skilled workers will re- turn to their jobs Plant No. 6 of the group, shut down since last July, alone will put 450 men to work and will boost the employment roster of the company. declared to be the largest in the work in its line, to The Robinson Clay Products Co., tile manufacturers, which has been idle since last June, will resume operations jon a fair scale next week. About 450 workers will be employed five days a week. Many to Work on Sewers. “twin _city. men to work in the construction of storm sewers, which will be paid for | from the $60,000 bond issue ap- proved by the voters last November. The American Shipbuilding Co. plant !at Lorain expects some work on lake | freighters preparatory to the reopening | of the Great Lakes shipping season and | former employes will be recalled some | time next month, Steel plants in Massillon, Canton, Youngstown and other cities are now operaging considerably below normal tand executives of the companies stat- | Dover, which is New Philadelphia’s | will put several hundred TWO ARE ELECTED Selection of W. W. Everett and Willi-m N. Payne, Jr., Announced. w W. Evereit, business William N. Payne, jr., banker and official, have been elected mombers of the Board of Managers of he Washington Young Men's Christian Acsociation, it was announced yester- day. executive, ance Mr. Everett returns to the governing beard of ‘the association after an ab- ence of several years. He succeeds the William Knowles Cooper, for- T general secretary of the Y. M. C. A., 0 became a board member upon his nt as secretary. Mr. Payne N. Brawner, jr., re- Mr. Everett is vice president of Wood- ward & Loth and a past president of the Washin on Board of Trade and Rotary Club. He is an active mem- ber of Calvary Baptist Church and long has_been work of the Y. M. C. prominent in Ma- onic " circ a member of the 1 Revolution and ry of the Eastern on and the Na- ce Co., a trustee ashington vings Bank, st chairman of the ard of Gov= rnors of the Underwriters' Association of the District of Columbia and past president of the Insurance Club of Washington He is a member of “the Board of Trade, the Masonic fraternity and the Lions Club. He has been active in the Congress Street Methodist Protestant Church beirg a member of the church board and vice president of the Harri- son Bible class ed that increas the nex | Books Large Orders. | town Skeet and Tube has booked several large orders it was re- ported, and may recall some former employes by the first of April. 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