Show i. i GOVERNOR COVE NOR OF GUAM GUAMi i FORCED OUT OF JOBBY JOB JOBI I E BY LEATHERNECKS Much o of f a Martinet net to Suit Marines t and White i r 7 m tr TO Men Though Admittedly r C js Known a aHe as s Shoe e enl 1 Improved Condition of Natives He HC Has L B By Charles A A. A D alley Dailey for Universal Service Written of Guam Garo Aug W i The 28 28 The marines roa ha have e landed landed vi y I stand Island isla d A. A Leathernecks AGANA it from t the he t In in hand Take r Is 15 01 d ib bf h situation 1 on Captain Caplain W W. j jr W. W Gilmer naval governor i the jum urn l Il fl 3 got gol this tins month after ler being relieved relie rt r lo 10 the talc states a I relieved jOI nJ wn ho T r vin ran Cl turned C. C 11 cite Put nut the marines were ably J I 1 who have bout nisi b bY y the the tho governor JO eV ever e eyE i inisi I an as 11 out U t for Cor the Job yE a on cam of ht he have ha rye th they y I age age- fell ell W th The ch chIe chiPS Ie and le ft eAch chip carried And on thata this that 1 n And M Ilk oX k at t the a governor toPPled over CapI Cap Cap- a I J th ft el te burr burrand led out hero here or orr r I till nod and got on the jot 0 0 or Ii rs able ablo I Ctt kec iota way tas a C a 3 P IlI ie L. L i U teal I o over b his affairs scored Ras Ir In r f she or of t tho he foolish and r eU hame b om t some or of the tho g governor II orders I Ii sound Mu the Devil at t at t only natives Hero Here la Is one J at t the official hi i I In I- the e rs Vt f appears 61 52 aard r Order No o. o r C i re SP May lay 25 1920 or of Is ant anI an II t ite I t and irritating man dance must be discontinued b hi e ordered that no II f It b 15 therefore the theof shall bail within oo n city of A Agana t. t of the for a violation atlon of ot otI I penalty executive be on n hall haJJ I a doUd dollars exceed 4 five 5 g re r not nol t to uw ILL tL LL TOGETHER ER wonder thata that a It an any Is U n Tire who Vho kr marines tel of lr f t me Wired expired June Juno 26 6 6 tot to lo toRill d 1 on a truck ins board tho army t I Rill Fill and n J there driver 1 Induced the thc pIrt rt r s palace where where- t. t I the tto governors Jack of them burst man Yankee whistling of or strident t Mb Ill I'll say y It T 1 AAd Vi been other foolish Coolish lh N have 1 i lid nd tut all ton A 1 lot of ot the knockers put r wife wire I 1 on the governors governor's ehos TL 1 J sear hear an awful ful lot knoW ew but 1 1 m. m sport report l le 18 that she wears cm em emb mt c sort Rort been n has lias b Ed iM that the ton governor jd I 1 dont don't know Tw Again orderly trl y v III or All 11 Allt L listen to gossip I e to 0 that tho the to say eay Is 13 t I l am willing Hop Hilts and naval M contingent have a arCT I 1 r detail out here and two t years cars months hi li far too long Ions to bo be canI can- can I when one especially frt itt ept w I Mt whistle to keep his hia coura courage e up the itt It during war JI wU as all months t fed W to be Le done But twelve tel k I was w s satisfied not to sa say In twelve hours r JW Amt th then n the n. n These i He lit chiefly petty petty- UY officers ct who on comI com- com I n o of ot term terms of oC enlistment cn I i c t j her married natives and op ap In bu business often oaten the business of oC the tho natives natho i g f the exploiting I right here they thew ran counter to toi i Chimer Ilmer who sat Oat down on item hArd hird First 11 h he forbade the In- In In-I In 1 of ot the thc whites II and amI natives es esad mt at be the nUns notices joined him in r refusing I I b It recognize the offspring of or tho the nl a To atop further race mix mix- mix mix-I Ee he ht Or ordered that all an discharges I U h PI pare In the United States So It Ikse Sh men have sent all sorts rf sf back to Washington and and bUy things got 10 so bad Washington r h had to mesa mes in and a new ww was rushed ed out hero on onI I l or orders ers i TREASURER AWAITING TRIAL T TiM hse Sh made the mast of ot p t tit II cry rn o of nf an apparent shortage te f f. O in the accounts of or the h ir treasurer He Is now await await- w trial with an apparently e t chance c ne of ot the local post- post f I In prison In Manila Manna I F the l letter M in been convicted ot of l k nt Then there thereas was as Govnor Gov- Gov J nor w Climers Climer's tora foray Into the thc venture 1 0 f trying to cut the high cost CORt of ot I tor for tor the natives Leave it to toa tok a 9 Stamen who h have stores of ot L k r own own they made the most of ot Ott t I It Q that thal the thc L governor ro F Um Oata row j WM from the flank Bank ank of ot otea Oft wo an and nd Invested d It in gasoline in ea tanned d SOdS roods and In fn rice Water got cot mi 1110 th ships ship's p II hold the cans cane rusted Si i i of the e gasoline ran to waste sad AId i a k 10 lot of t tie the canned bh goods spoiled IJ If t the e r r ce Ct It lt wa wu that choice bed ed end and hulled kind that white rat sn t to Tho Th natives prefer to do their own hulling and have none I polishing so 80 they would t ton of or the rice And the vision of a profit on the tho venture turns out to be a loss of or Now that all tho the bad news Is out let lel us take up the governor He lie has done clone his best and he ho has hal not done so 60 badly The Tho natives and there aro arc on the thc island are oro satisfied and contented Their position has been Improved the death rate Is Is being lowered the schools are making progress progress proS proS' ress and slightly larger crops arc aro I being grown ro n A community spirit is 15 being developed d and district ct fairs held I l II and each year car are encouraging more moro better crops needlework weaving I poultry raising and better cooking I Progress Is b being made in combating I tuberculosis with which the tho natives nIU nearly all are arc afflicted as revealed by autopsies In the hospital and the and the tho next generation may bo be expected to profit by the thc courses In hygiene and san sanitation Ration I AT LEAST ONE GARMENT The people are most mal primitive Tho The civilizing Wand hand of or Spain did not nat extend extend extend ex ex- tend much further than the limits of ot Agana and did not work overtime I there Most of the tho adults now wear at least one garment The men wear I trousers and a a. shirt shirl of oC It Tho The women go so about In a a. lori long chemise which would trail the ground It If the If-the the tho Americans did not continually fight to have the garment clear tho the ground to avoid stirring up the germs A long skirt is often worn over this and for far dr dress 8 a transparent blouse of oC pina cloth Some of or these arc are very fancy tancy Girls and boys bos wear a n short chemise but the smaller ones One do not bother even with that The chief trouble with the natives is their disinclination to w work rk and their dread of or tho the night air They do not produce enough food for Cor their theirs I Iown own sustenance and import rico rice in great reat quantities t This with fish Js is their chief chie diet dit They Thol Tho bu buy this with th the Iho returns from the tho CO conra m. m The Inland lalands can cah produce excellent excellent- f fed d. d In In fact tact everything c that can cnn b be brownin grown brown rown I J JIn In the Ule tropics Three crons crops of or corn I ripen in a year ar But Dut the nat natives ves' ves cultivate only the smallest patches The Tho women spend their time rearing babies and the men rearing roosters for Cor the cockfights DEATH RATE HIGH Tho people live huddled lc In shacks a 35 as many ninny as OR a dozen Qt all nil I Q ages CS sleeping on the bare bar floor of ot a n. single room roam and in the tho habiliments of Or the tho clay lay time The They have hayo a n superstition superstition superstition super super- I that night air causes malaria and keep windows and doors tightly I closed Thus tuberculosis thrives which the neglect of or the children who I play all day In the dirt d develops clops or round worm The death rate from this is very heavy It is In improvement In hygiene In sanitation and In In agriculture that Governor Gilmer has made his progress progress r ress and even while not marked it Is sufficient to overbalance o the errors of ot omission and commission which have been carried tp Washington in such magnified form Corm I The new ne governor Co Captain Wetten- Wetten I I ger is a capable officer and has Jias had hadi i Important sea commands He Be Is no stranger to the Islands having ha been here as an V ensign when possession was formally taken b by the United I States Stales more than a 1 score of or years cars carsI ago He Tie Is It also In a position to workout work workout out the problem of or the development I I of ot Guam as a naval base |