Statewide County HI Archives News.....Hawai'ian Chronology and the United States -- Part 14. July 6, 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, 1:48 am Keepers Of The Culture, A Study In Time Of The Hawaiian Islands July 6, 2008 Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Darlene E. Kelley http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00026.html#0006374 July 6, 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 14. by Darlene E. Kelley. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Chronology -- Part 14. ++ 1907 -- The Legislature passes a law creating municipal administration for City and County of Honoulu, which repalces O'ahu County government at the opening of 1909. Fort Shaffer, Army headquarters in the territory, is the first permanent post of Federal Troops. With only five students, the College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts is founded and opens at Thomas Square. It is renamed the College of Hawai'i in 1911 and later known as University of Hawai'i in 1920. At opening it had a faculty of twelve. Alakea wharf is completed. WALTER FREAR appointed Governor by President THEODORE ROOSEVELT. The " Gentleman's Ageement " attempts to check the flow of Japanese labor into the United States and its territories. May 21, JACK LONDON and wife, CHARMIAN LONDON arrive in Ketch Snark to begin a four month tour of the Islands; the LONDONS return in 1915 and 1916, and both write much about Hawai'i. JACK LONDON publishes article titled " A Royal Sport; Surfing at Waikiki," intrducing the sport to a wide American reading audience. Ancient sport of surfing revived by GEORGE FREETH. GEORGE FREETH invited to California to demonstrate surfing; JACK LONDON dubs him " a brown Mercury." May 31 - Mid-Pacific Institute, combining Kawaiaheo Girl's Seminery and the Institution started by FRANCIS W. DAMON and MARY DAMON, opens its doors in Manoa Valley. Hawai'ian Pineapple Company produces its first pack of Pineapples at Iwilei. Sugar Plantations turn out banner crop, producing 440,017 tons of sugar. Passage of Gentlemans agreemant Act prohibits laborers from leaving Hwai'i and migrating to the mainland. One hundred fifty Filipino recruits arrive to work on Hawai'i's Plantations. Wainanae Lime Company erects double kiln in Iwilei capable of producing 200 barrels of lime every 24 hours. Lime rock from Lualualei, Waianae supplies the venture. To supply local needs, Love's Bakery expands and installs new biscuit, cracker and fancy cake machinery as well as a modern Ferriswheel oven for bread. Interest in growing rubber trees increases and the Hawai'ian Rubber Growers' Association is formed on Maui. $18,587,000 worth of imports arrive in the Islands; Exports total $29,302,000. Mediterranean Fruit Fly reaches Hawai'i from Australia and quickly becomes a notorious hazard to self-pulped fruits. Eruption takes place on flanks of Mauna Loa, preceeded by numerous earthquakes Members of 24 Korean organizations meet in Honolulu and form Hapsong Hyop-hoi ( United Federation ), the first group to include all Korean organizations in the Islands. Operating out of 47 branch offices, the membership totals 1,051. U.S. A financial panic results in national suffering. Fortune Cookies are invented in San Francisco, California. ++ 1908 -- Congress authorizes construction of Naval Station, Honolulu, at Pearl Harbor. The Hawai'ian Pineapple Growers' Association organized " to secure greter economy and improvement in the methods of cultivating, packing, transportation and marketing of pineapples and the products thereof." The Association begins a campaign to popularize use of the fruit. Island poniolo ( cowboy ) IKUA PURDY wins world steer-roping championship in Cheynne.Wyoming. City and County of Honolulu formed; JOSEPH FERN is first mayor. Corner of McKinley High School laid. Contract work on $410,000 of improvements to Honolulu Harbor. W.O AIKEN of Paia reconstructs rest house at Haleakala for tourists and sightseers. $19,721,000 worth of imports arrive in Hawai'i; Exports total $42,238,000. Bureau of Labor and Statistics established. September -- The Great White Fleet of President THEODORE ROOSEVELT visits the islands en route around the world to show the American Flag. A Vortex Cyclone tracked in the North Pacific. Over 1,000 plant seeds brought from Mexico by GEORGE EWART to raise " mocha " coffee at experimental grounds of the Board of Agriculture and Forestry. Island of Hawai'i experiences heaviest earthquake shock in many years; a slight tidal wave and tremor are experienced in Honolulu about the same time. Outrigger Canoe Club founded to " make Waikiki always the Home of the Surfer." St Andrew's Cathedral enlarged by addition of two bays. The Christian Moniter begins publication in New York. ++ 1909 -- Schofield Barracks is established near Wahiawa and grows to be the largest permanent Army Post under the American Flag, named for J.M. SCHOFIELD. The First major plantation strike lasts three months. Organized by ISSEI ( first generation Japanese ), the strike is unsuccessful when management pits oter ethnic groups against them. Hawai'ian Sugar Planters' Association begins full scale recruitment of Filipino workers. Kauai Railway Company operates its cars over 17 miles of track from Port Allen to Koloa. First Russian immigrants arrive from Harbin to work on Plantations. $ 21,814,000 worth of imports arrive in Hawai'i; Exports total $ 40,517,000. Higher Wages Association formed by pro-labor merchants and journalists in Honolulu. The rejection of their demands by HSPA, prompts sugar workers to strike. Hawai'i's first Marathon held. Northwest Hawai'ian Islands designated the Hawai'ian Islands National Wildlife Refuge by President THEODORE ROOSEVELT. New detention station hospital erected at Kalihi for leprosy patients. Visiting scientist THOMAS JAGGER,JR., suggets Massachusetts Institute of Technology establish an observatory and laboratory at Kilauea to study earthquakes and volcanic phenomena. Lighthouses established at Kukailimoku Point at Kailua ( Hawai'i ), Kalawao, Moloka'i, and at Makapu'u Point on O'ahu. September -- Sacred Hearts Academy, Catholic girl's school opens in Honolulu. October 23 -- The first football game by the College is played at Alexander Field on Punahou School Campus, defeating McKinley Haigh School 6-5. Revival of surfing sweeps into its ranks by a former territorial governor and several judges of the Territorial Supreme Court. New Royal Mausoleum -- for which $25,000 was appropriated -- nearly completed with only marble finish and final monument left to complete. First Theatre built in Hilo specifically to show moving pictures seats 700. Permanent lighthouse on Molokai's Kalaupapa peninsula features a Fresnel lens. Placed 213 feet above water, it is the brightest light in the Pacific, vsible 21 miles out to sea. U.S. -- The North Pole is reached overland by American explorers ROBERT E. PERRY and MATTHEW HENSON. Ford Motor Co., begins reorganizing assembly process to set up a continuous flow of automobile production. ++ 1910 -- The census of 1910 reports a population of 191,909. People of Japanese ancestry form the larest ethnic group in Hawai'i. Puerto Ricans in the Islands number 4,890. Census counts 4,500 Koreans in Hawai'i. The Steamer Wilhelmina begins its run as a Matson Line passenger ship betwen Honolulu and Pacific Coast. Cutter Thetis captures 23 bird poachers on Layson Island with 259,000 bird wings bearing plumage valued at $112,000. The poachers are brought to trial at Honolulu. The Boy's Work Committee of Honolulu YMCA forms the first Boy Scout Troop in Hawai'i. RAY JEROME BAKER, early photographer, opens a shop in Honolulu. Honolulu becomes one of the first cities in the world to have the dial telephone service. This happened about August 28th but the last manual phones are not phased out until 1957. First airline flight in Hawai'i takes place at Moanalua Polo Field. Built largely in response to the approaching Halley's comet, Hawai'i'i first astronomical observatory opens at the College of Hawai'i. The Big Five -- Alexander & Baldwin, Amfac, Castle & Cooke, C. Brewer and Theo Davies -- control 75% of the sugar crop. ON YONG begins growing pineapple in Wahiawa. He later sells his holdings to California Packing Company for $350,000. Spreckles & Company's bank changes its name to Bank of Honolulu. $25,166,000 worth of imports arrive in the Islands; Exports total $46,490,000. Tuberculosis Bureau establshed. Nu'uanu Reservoir No. 4 built to supplement earlier lower elevation reservoirs. Prompted by a growing Honolulu, th reservoir provides the added water pressure needed to reach higher stores in buildings. December 31 -- The first airplane flights to curious islanders are given by J.C. ( Bud ) Mars in a Curtiss P-18 biplane from Moanalua Polo Field. Over 3000 spectators in attendance. U.S. -- The Boy Scouts of America is incoporated. Halley's Comet flashes over the earth's sky. ++ 1911 -- The AUU declines to recognize Hawai'i's first major swimming event, an Amateur Athletic Union sanctioned competition, held at Honolulu Alakea slip. DUKE KAMANAMOKU swims the 100-yard freestyle in 55.4 seconds, a world record. The Hawai'i Volcano Research Association is founded by DR. T.A. JAGGAR. College of Agriculture and Mechanics Arts renamed the College of Hawai'i. Old JUDD homestead at corner of Nu'uanu and Judd Streets, called " Sweet Home " and for years the center of Honolulu's social life, is torn down. Old " zoo " property at Waialae Road and Kokohead Avenue purchased with intent to build a public school. Corner stone laid for new YMCA at Hotel and Alakea Streets. Richards Street wharf -- Pier No. 1 -- constructed at a cost of $27,882. Broom factory on Liliha Street produces four grades of broom from imprted materials. Hawai'i's commercial papaya is developed from seeds sent from the Barbados $27,116,000 worth of imports arrive in Hawai'i; Exports total $41,938,000. September 25 -- The first Pan-Pacific Conference, organized by ALEXANDER HUME FORD, is held in Honolulu on Balboa Day. Cholera outbreak hits only Hawai'ians and is thought to be originated from certain taro patches in Manoa. Hui Nalu surfing club established, catering only to Hawai'ian surfers. U.S. -- Irving Berlin publishes popular song, " Alexander's Ragtime Band." First Hollywood film studio is being built. ++ 1912. -- Duke KAHANAMOKU is Hawai'i's first Olympic champion, winning a Gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle at Stockholm Olympics in Sweden. A W CARTER, trustee for THELMA PARKER SMART, buys the late SAM NORRIS' 180,000 acre Kahuku ranch for $90,000. Lani has only one grass house left on the island. Corner stone laid for College of Hawai'i in Manoa. Horse racing in Kapi'olani Park is revived on September 2nd, Queen Lili'uokalani's birthday. ALICE MACKINTOSH memorial bell tower completed at St.Andrews Cathedral. Outdoor Circle formed. Wailuku Union Church completed. FREDRICK MAKINO founds Hawai'i Hochi, a local Japanese language newspaper. Agricultural products include Irish potatoes grown on Maui and O'ahu and Big Island's cabbage, cauliflower and celery. Inter-island travel stops when Inter-Island Navigation Company workers go on strie; their demands are met aftr four days. Hawai'i exports $53,989,000 worth of goods to the United States. Total exports are $55,449,000 while imports come to $30,251,000. First attempts at air conditioning is made at the Hawai'ian Opera House when electric fans are placed behind large tubs filled with blocks of ice to blow cool air towards the audience. W.C. WEEDON brings seventeen pheasants of three varieties from Canada and California. U.S -- First Parachute jump from an airplane happens over Mohave desert in California. The Broadway show " Bird of Paradise " helps introduce Hawai'ian music to mainland audiences. ++ 1913. -- The Hawai'ian Star is merged with the Honolulu Bulletin to form the present evening Star-Bulletin, with WALLACE R. FARRINGTON as vice president and general manager. The Library of Hawai'i ( later the State Library of Hawai'i), the first true public library, opens in Honolulu. Considered as the first Territorial Library in the Islands. LUCAS E. PINKHAM appointed Hawai'i's 4th Governor. Foundation of the Naval drydock at Pearl Harbor collapses. The renewed project is not completed until the summer of 1919. First military aircraft arrives by ship Two Curtiss seaplanes, accompanied with aviation personnel.. The first of many Hollywood productions made on location in the islands are two single-reel, hand-colored films. " Hawai'ian Love " and " The Shark God." In Hawai'i's first college basketball game, the College of Hawai'i beats Mckinley High School at the Honolulu YMCA. Hawai'i's polo team --W.F. Dillngham, Arthur Rice, Harold Castle and Frank Baldwin -- win the junior championship in the international tournament held at Coronado, California. The Underwood Tarriff leaves sugar producers unprotected and the price drops to 2.28 cents a pound Work begins on Waihole tunnel project to bring water through Ko'olau range to leeward O'ahu plantation lands. Kahului railroad extended to Haiku; first freight and passenger trains cross Maliko gulch in February. $37,520,000 worth of imports arrive in Hawai'i; Exports total $43,472,000. " Ginaca Machine " invented to speedily remove the shell and core of pineapples in canneries. Licensed automobiles in Hawai'i number 2,235. SYNGMAN RHEE establishes Korean's Girls' Seminary in Honolulu at the corner of Beretania and Punchbowl Streets. Hawai'ian Philatelelic Society sponsers first stamp exhibition in the Islands held at Games Hall of the YMCA. U.S. -- The Sixteenth Amendment is passed by Congress, instituting a graduated income tax. A bill creating a Fedral Reserve System becomes law. Ford introduces the Model T. Ford and starts production line in Detroit,Michigan. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Continued in part 15. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/hi/statewide/newspapers/hawaiian6nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/hifiles/ File size: 14.8 Kb