Statewide County HI Archives News.....Chronology of Hawai'i and the United States -- Part 16. July 9, 2008 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/hi/hifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Darlene E. Kelley http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00026.html#0006374 July 11, 2008, 1:50 am Keepers Of The Culture, A Study In Time Of The Hawaiian Islands July 9, 2008 Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Darlene E. Kelley http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00026.html#0006374 July 9, 2008 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Historical Collections of Hawai'i Keepers of the Culture A Study in Time, of the Hawai'ian Islands Hawai'ian Chronology and the United States -- Part 16 by Darlene E. Kelley +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++= Chronology -- Part 16. ++ 1921 --Congress amends the Organic Act to make a three year residence in the Territory a qualification for appointment to most Territorial and Federal posts. The Straub Clinic begins medical service in Honolulu. Capstone of Nawiliwili breakwater set. Yale swimming team competes at University of Hawai'i. Historic Home of Princess Ka'iulani's, in Ainahau at Waikiki, is totally destroyed by fire. English steam yacht, Cutty Sark, docks at Honolulu for a few days. July -- Wallace Rider Farrington appointed Governor by President Harding. Reclamation of Waikiki swamplands begins. Press Congress of the World brings Journalists to Hawai'i. Two groups of Puerto Rican laborers arrive in Hawai'i, a total of 676. New wharf for Hana completed on Maui. $73,976,000 worth of imports arrive in the islands; Exports total $ 73,020,000. United Worker's of Hawai'i organize under George Wright's leadership. Kilauea National Park, including the famous fire pit, dedicated. Five thousand seed oysters imported to test Haai'ian waters for propagation; 2,000 are planted in Pearl harbor, 3,000 in Kaneohe Bay. Two Navy seaplanes make 1,500 mile flight circuit of the Islands, visiting every harbor and bay in the group. Violinist Jascha Heifetz gives two concerts in Honolulu. Ancient Hawai'ian warfare impliments uncovered in caves and burial places in Haleakala Crater. U.S. -- Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian born anarchists, are convicted of armed robbery and murder in a case that stirs worldwide concern. ++ 1922 -- The Hawai'ian Pineapple Company, purchases the entire island of Lanai and develops it to supply fruit to its Honolulu cannery. The Federal Building in Honolulu is opened. January 7 -- Prince Jonah Kahio Kalanianaole, deligate to Congress since 1902, dies in office, and Harry A. Baldwin completes his term. Washingon Place, former home of Queen Lili'uokalani, is opened as the executive mansion of Territorial Governors. Congress enacts Hawai'ian Homes Commission Act, sponsered by Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalaneana'ole, Hawai's delegate to Congress. The Hawai'ian Homes Commission Act, set aside almost 200,000 acres in the Islands for homesteading by Native Hawai'ians. The desgnated acreage, a small fraction of Crown Lands taken from the Kingdom of Hawai'i at annexation, specifically excluded prime agricultural lands already occupied, primarily by Sugar Plantations. Under the Act, people 50% or more of Hawai'in ancestry were able to appy for 99 year land leases at $1.00 per year. The first leases were for 40 acre parcels, but later was changed to residential lots of a quarter acre. Approximately 6,500 families live on some 30.000 acres of homestead land. Federal Building in Honolulu opens. Lucius Pinkham, former Governor of Hawai'i dies. He'eia section of Kamehameha Highway completed on O'ahu. Palama Settlment buys eight acre tract on which to group their activities. The engine and 28 cars of a fruit train derails at Waikakalaua gulch on the Wahiawa-Schofield line of O'ahu Railway in the worst train wreck to date. The engineer, conductor, and the fireman are killed. Two Radio Stations in Honolulu, transmit their first broadcasts. KGU, owned by the Honolulu Advertiser and KDYX owned by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, both broadcast on May 11, 1922. Mrs. Albert Wilcox donates $75,000 for public library at Lihue, Kaua'i. Hawai'ian Pineapple Company purchases the entire island of Lana'i. Draft animals imported by Hawai'ian Pineapple Company. New Mala wharf completed in Lahaina. Ground broken for new Castle & Cooke building at the corner of Merchant and Bishop Streets. Chinese owned Liberty Bank Ltd, opens. $61,083,000 worth of imports arrive in Hawai'i; Exports total $74,689,000. Dr. Marie Faus becomes the first female intern at Queen's Hospital. First barred doves come to the Islands from Malaysia. Maui Agricultural Company installs larget high-lift pump in the Islands. A steam turbine of 12 million gallon capacity pumps water to 751 foot height. Takeo Ozawa challenges U.S. Naturalization laws claiming he is " white " by American cultural standards. The Supreme Court finds him and other first generation Japanese still non-white and ineligible for American citizenship. Contest for Hawai'ian War Memorial design awarded to Louis Hobart of San Francisco. William P. Jarrett is elected in November as delegate to Congress. ++ 1823 -- Territorial Legislature enacts " Hawai'i's Bill of Rights " to insure the same treatment from Congress given to the States. Hawai'i's population reaches 299,507. U.S. Marine Corps moves into Pearl Harbor barracks. First Nu'uanu Pali fatality in modern times claims the life of John Andrew of the U.S. ship Seagull, when he loses his balance in a sudden squall and falls a total of 1000 feet. " Illicit distilling and booze selling has been notoriously flagrant despite the effort of the Federal 'dry squad' to bring it under control." Palama Settlement's new home site is dedicated. Gigantic counterfeiting plot unearthed and authorities seize $300,000 in bogus currency plus a press and engraved plates. Chamber of Commerce of the Territory or Hawai'i forms. $63,955,000 worth of goods arrive in Hawai'i from the United States. Total imports come to $75,106,000 while exports are $102,667.000. Philippine government appoints Cayetano Ligot resident labor commissioner in Hawai'i to look after Filipino workers' interests. Dr. Nils P. Larsen selected as first Medical Director at Queen's Hospital. The Legislature designates the pua aloalo, or hibiscus, as the flower emblem of Hawai'i. Architect Hart Wood completes his First Church of Christ Scientist structure. Cornerstone laid for new Central Union Church at Beretania and Punahou Steets. Alexander Wetmore discovers the Nihoa Millerbird, one of the last endermic birds to be found in the Haai'ian Islands. U.S. Widespread Ku Klux Klan vioence occurs in the nation. ++ 1924 -- Congress passes the Hawai'ian Bill of Rights. An eight month strike in O'ahu led by Filipino Pablo Manlapit leads sugar strke. The strike eventually targets 23 of Hawai'i's 45 plantations. Another eight month strike on a sugar plantation in Hanapepe ends with the death of 17 strikers and 4 poicemen, 101 arrested. Workers are defeated by poor organization and the importatin of strikebreakers from the Philippines. Federal Immigration Act prohibits all immigration from Japan. between 1885 and 1924, a total of approximately 200.000 Japanese arrived in Hawa'i to work primarily on Sugar Plantations. YMCA acquires Laniakea portion of the Allen Estate on Richards Street. Korean baseball team arrives in Honolulu to play exhibition games. Ala Wai Canal dredged and Waikik wetlands filled in. Hawai'i swimmers win Olympic medals in Paris. Warren Kealoha wins Gold in the 100-meter backstroke; Duke Kahanamoku wins Silver in the 100-meter freestyle while his brother Sam wins Bronze in the same race; and Marchen Wehselau wins Silver in the women's 100-meter freestyle and helps the women's rely team earn a Gold medal. Francis Hyde Ii Brown, scion of a Kama'aina family, shoots 35-32-67 for a new record at St. Andrews golfcourse in Scotland while practicing for the British Amateur. One hundred seventy acres on Palolo Hill changes from Agricultural lands to residential lands. Hawai'ian Educational Association, predecessor of Statewide unions, forms to represent educators. Use of tarred mulching paper in pineapple fields increases; borrowed from the sugar industry, the paper protects and fosters young plants. Antonio Castro organizes Honolulu Finance and Thrift Company, the first island institution to award personal loans to wage earners. First Intern program at Queen's Hospital approved by the American Medical Association. $78,652,000 imports arrive in Hawai'i; Exports total $109,889,000. Explosive volcanic eruptions in Halema'uma'u at Kilauea throw rocks and hot lava 1,000 feet. Central Union Church built, one of Honolulu's most impressive churches featuring a Neoclassical design. Hilda Ortiz of the Big Island becomes the first Puerto Rican teacher in Hawai'i. Stephen Alencastre, son of Portuguese immigrants, named Bishop of the See of Arabissus and Vicar Apostolic of the Islands. Albert Wilcox Memorial Library building dedicated in Lihue, Kaua'i. Choral Society formed by prominent local musicians. Manuel Fagel founds Vibora Luviminda, a secret organization focusd on Filipino issues. U.S. -- Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall and oil tycoons Harry Sinclair and Edward L. Doheny are charged with conspiracy and bribery in the Teapot Dome scandal, involving fraudulent leases of naval oil reserves. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++tTo be continued in Part 17. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/hi/statewide/newspapers/chronolo9nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/hifiles/ File size: 10.0 Kb