geon, U. S. P. H. service; territor-
ial government physician; physician
Puumaile Home for care and treat-
ment pulmonary tuberculosis. Ma-
jor, Medical Corps, N. G. H. Mem-
ber Hawaiian Medical Society, F.
& A. M., Shriner.
SHAW, CHARLES RICHMOND,
business agt., Wailuku, Maui; born
Niulii, Hawaii, Jan. 13, 1884; son of
James T. and Sarah (Hussey) Shaw;
married Helen Leinaala Watson, at
Hilo, Hawaii, Aug. 24, 1914; five
children: Alma Leinaala, Helen No-
elani. Hazel Leocadia, James Thom-
as, Sarah Elizabeth. Educated St.
Louis College, Honolulu. Bookkeep-
er, Spreckelsville Store, Puunene,
Maui, 1904-06; in auditor's office,
S. P. Co., San Francisco, 1907-10;
asst. bookkeeper, S. N. Wood Co.,
San Francisco, 1910-11; bookkeeper,
Kohler and Chase, San Francisco,
1911-12; asst. bookkeeper, Hawaii
Consolidated Ry. Co.. Hilo. 1912-13;
asst. bookkeeper, Hilo Sug Co.,
1913-19; business agt., Hilo and
Wailuku, 1919 to date. Is agent
for N. Y. Life Ins. Co., Maui Rep-
resentative for J. R. Watkins Co.,
San Francisco; manager Interna-
tional Investment Co., Ltd., Maui
branch. Served as member of
board of appraisers, Hawaii Coun-
ty, 1919-20; former board of prison
inspectors, 4th Jud. Circuit.
SHEPHERD, IRWIN JAMES,
physician, Honolulu; born Lebanon,
Del., Feb. 23, 1874; son of James
Henry and Mary Jane (Jester)
Shepherd; married Logan Hocker
Warner, at LaFollette, Tenn., June
3, 1903; three children: Logan
Mary, Carolyn Warner and Eliza-
beth Morrison. Graduated Dela-
ware City high school, Delaware
College, Univ. Penn., med. dept.,
M. D., 1899; internship, U. S. M. H.
S., Stapleton, Staten Island, N. Y.,
1899-1900; phys. and surg., LaFol-
lette Coal, Iron & Ry. Co., Tenn.,
1900-1905; local surg. Southern Ry.
Co. same period; practised Wil-
mington, Del., 1905-10; was on
medical and surgical staff, Dela-
ware hospital; visiting physician
children's hospital, Wilmington.
Del.; medical referee Mutual Life
Ins. Co. of N. Y.; came to Hono-
lulu, Oct. 1910 engaging in private
practise to date and holding posi-
tion as health officer for the terri-
tory until 1912. Capt. Med. Corps,
U. S. A. Oct. 1918-Aug. 1919.
President Med. Society of Hawaii,
1917. Member Medical Club of
Philadelphia, University Club, Ho-
nolulu, Oahu Country
Medical Assn.
Club, Amer.
SHERMAN, EDWIN TAFT, min-
ister, Honolulu; born Sept. 2, 1871,
at Cleveland, Ohio; son of Charles
M. and Elizabeth (McChesney)
Sherman; married Edith Emogene
Freeman, at Pasadena, Calif., April
17, 1907; three children: Charlotte,
Harold and Eleanor. Educated
Cleveland public schools, Y. M. C.
A. college, Chicago; Hanover (Ind.)
college; Chicago Univ. English Di-
vinity school, and Chicago Theolog-
ical Seminary. Pres. Sherman Stere-
optican Co., 1905-1908; dept. secy.
Chicago Y. M. C. A., 1900-1904; or-
dained, Chicago Congregational
Assn., 1907; asst. min. 1st Cong.
Church. Pasadena, Calif., 1906;
min. First Cong. Church, Brook-
field, 111., 1907-1910: min. First
Cong. Church, Corvallis, Oreg., 1911-
1918; assoc. min. Central Union
Church, Honolulu, since Dec. 1920.
Army Y. M. C. A. secy, during
World War. Member Masonic Lodge,
Odd Fellows, Phi Delta Theta fra-
ternity. Pres. Honolulu Alumni
Chap.' of Phi Delta Theta.
SHINGLE, ROBERT WITT, finan-
cier, Honolulu: born Cheyenne,
Wyo., Aug. 10, 1876; son of John
K. and Mattie M. Shingle; married
Muriel Campbell, daughter of James
Campbell, one of Hawaii's busi-
ness pioneers, in Honolulu, 1907;
educated in public schools of Chey-
enne; entered editorial department,
Cheyenne Tribune, of which his
father was publisher; became state
house and railroad reporter, Den-
ver (Colo.) Republican, 1893-96;
came to Honolulu as city editor of
Hawaiian Star. 1896; appointed by
President Dole of the then Re-
public of Hawaii as representative
of Hawaii at Trans-Mississippi
Exposition, Omaha, Neb., 1898;
served few months on reportorial
staff, Pacific Commercial Adver-
tiser, Honolulu; joined firm of
Henry Waterhouse & Co., Ltd.,
1899, and following organization of
the Henry Waterhouse Trust Co.,
Ltd., in 1902, became its secretary;
on death of Mr. Waterhouse was
elected president. Elected Repre-
sentative to Territorial Legisla-
ture from fourth district, 1909, and
was chairman of committee on
agriculture, forestry and immigra-
tion and member finance commit-
tee; elected treasurer, City and
County of Honolulu in 1911 for
two years' term; appointed super-
visor, City and County of Hono-
lulu, by Mayor Lane, June 2, 1915
to succeed Jas. C. Quinn, deceased,
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serving until elected Senator to
Territorial Legislature for four
years from fourth and fifth dis-
tricts, November, 1916, and was
chosen chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee; at Republican
National Convention in Chicago,
1920, was chosen Republican Na-
tional Committeemen to represent
Hawaii for the ensuing four years.
Member of Pacific, Commercial,
Oahu Country, Outrigger, Automo-
bile, Ad and Hawaii Polo Racing
clubs, Masons, Shriners, Elks,
Knights of Pythias, Eagles and
Chiefs of Hawaii. Plays polo and
is a shooting and fishing enthu-
siast.
SHIPMAN, OLIVER TAYLOR,
tax assessor, Hilo, Hawaii; born at
Waiohinu, Kau district, Hawaii,
Dec. 15, 1857; son of William Cor-
nelius and Jane (Stobie) Shipman;
educated, Knox Academy, Gales-
burg, 111.; Williston Seminary, East
Hampton, Mass.; Amherst College,
A. B. 1879. Married Hannah Nae-
ole, at Kau, Hawaii, Nov. 5, 1893;
children: John, Frank and Jane;
married Mary K. Lo, May 7, 1908.
Attended St. Louis Law School,
Sept., 1879-Jan., 1881; manager of
lumber business, Hilo, Hawaii,
1881-85; started and is still owner
of cattle ranch, Kau, Hawaii, 1885;
deputy tax assessor, District of
Kau, Hawaii, 1889-93; county super-
visor, County of Hawaii, July 1,
1905-Jan. 1, 1911; tax assessor,
Third Division, since Dec. 15, 1914.
Member of Seaside Club, People's
Club, and B. P. O. E.
SILVA, JOHN IGNACIO, mer-
chant, Eleele, Kauai; born Ponta
Delgada, San Miguel, Azores, Por-
tugal, Oct. 15, 1868; son of Jose Ig-
nacio and Angelcia de J. (Gomes)
Silva; married Maria Martins Gou-
veia, Eleele, Dec. 5, 1903. Educated
Laupahoehoe school, .Hawaii; St.
Louis College, Honolulu. Clerk, P.
A. Dias store, Kapaau, Kohala, Ha-
waii, 1885-87; clerk, A. Enos & Co.,
Wailuku. Maui. 1887-90: salesman
Gonsalves & Co., Island of Maui,
1890-93; traveling photographer,
Gonsalves & Silva, Honolulu, 1893-
94; estab. business of Frias & Silva,
Eleele, 1894; bought out partner, Jos.
Frias, 1896; manager and proprietor
Eleele Store since 1896; postmaster
1898 to Nov. 1906, since which time
his wife has held that office; rep.
Terr, Legislature, 1907-08. Treas.
Kauai Chamber of Commerce, mem-
ber Portuguese Benevolent Society,
St. Antonio Society.
SIMMONS, EDWARD K., dist.
magistrate, Laupahoehoe, Hawaii;
born Lapahoehoe, Nov. 28, 1873;
son of John Alver and Hana
(Paele) Simmons; educated public
schools and at St. Louis College,
Honolulu; married Maria K. Ka-
manonui (deceased), at Kihalni,
Hawaii; married Annie I. Makaike,
at Honolulu, Apr. 13, 1909; six
children: Annie, Henry, Hannah
Eva, Theodore Roosevelt, Alice
Kuualoha, Victoria Kawaipuilani.
Began as machinist apprentice, Ho-
nolulu Iron Works, 1890-91; em-
ployed as engineer helper when
Ewa Mill was first put up under
contract by the Union Iron Works;
employed at Laupahoehoe Sugar
Co. mill as engineer helper, and
held similar positions later at Ha-
kalau, Pepeekeo, and again at Lau-
pahoehoe. Was captain of police.
N. Hilo, 1903-05, during which per-
iod he served for a time as acting
deputy sheriff; later served as
supt. of Laupahoehoe water works,
road overseer and police captain at
various times. Was appointed
deputy sheriff, N. Hilo. 1911. hold-
ing this position until appointed
dist. magistrate of that district,
1918, which position he now holds
under reappointment; also was
clerk to County Treasurer office.
County of Hawaii, during mobiliza-
tion of Hawaiian Infantry, 1919;
attorney at law since 1917. Vice-
pres. Papaaloa Mercantile Store,
and member board of directors;
pres. N. Hilo Improvement and So-
cial Club; Ancient Order of For-
esters, Owls, Chiefs.
SIMPSON, ALFRED MERVYN,
superintendent of Honolulu Iron
Works Co., Honolulu; born in Auck-
land, N. Z., May 12, 1883; son of
Theo. A. and Ellen F. (Empson)
Simpson; married Dorothy Podmore
at Honolulu, Aug. 30, 1918. High
school and technical education.
Served apprenticeship with Catton,
Neill & Co., 1897-1904; machine
shop foreman, same, 1904-06; mas-
ter mechanic of Hawaiian Commer-
cial & Sugar Co., Puunene, Maui,
1906-08; chief engineer Waianae
Co., 1908-17; superintendent Hono-
lulu Iron Works Co. since 1917.
Member Commercial Club, Harmo-
ny Lodge, I. O. O. F. ; Hawaiian
Lodge, No. 21, F. & A. M. ; Aloha
Temple Shrine.
SIMPSON, H.STEPHENS, school
principal, Lihue, Kauai; born in
Washington, Ga., Mar. 29, 1870;
son of Franklin Troup and Mary
(Hester) Simpson; education, Ers-
kine College, Due West, S. C., grad-
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H. STEPHENS SIMPSON
CHARLES R. SHA \V
EDWARD K. SIMMONS
ANTHONY Y. SETO
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1\1
ALFRED M. SIMPSON
ROBERT W. SMYTHE
FRANK F. STARK
HAROLD G. SPENCER
362
MEN OF HAWAII
WILLIAM O. SMITH
ARTHUR G. SMITH
DR. A. N. SINCLAIR
E. WESLEY SMITH
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uating 1890, and following year took
special work in biology, chemistry
and Latin at Univ. of Georgia;
married Susie Felder, in Hender-
son, Ga., Aug. 12, 1894; six chil-
dren: Emma, Mary, Joseph, Her-
bert, Allis, Hazel. Has been en-
gaged in school work entire time
since graduation. Was principal
hi^h school, Lincolnton, Ga,, 1893-
95- at Cordele, Ga., 1895-97; at
Yale, Ala., 1897-99; supt. city
schools, Phoenix, Ala., 1899-1903;
supervising principal of public
schools, Province of Leyte, Philip-
pine Islands, 1904-10. School work
in Terr. Hawaii as follows: vice-
principal, Kapaa, Kauai, 1910-11;
manual training, same, 1911-13;
principal Ewa, 1913-19; principal
Lihue grammar school, since 1919.
Member Masonic Lodge, Hawaiian
No. 21; Republican.
SINCLAIR, ARCHIBALD N.,
physician, Honolulu; born Jan. 20,
1871, in New York City, N. Y.; son
of Archibald and Mary (Mclnnes)
Sinclair, who located in New York
from Glasgow, Scotland, in 1869;
married Flora Margaret Perry at
Honolulu Jan. 1, 1900; one child.
Miriam Elinor. Educated Oahu
College (Honolulu) 1889; Glasgow
University, M. B. and C. M., 1894;
commenced professional career in
Yaxley, England, Nov., 189 l -March.
1897; city physician, Honolulu.
March I/ 1901-March, 1908; bac-
teriologist and pathologist. Board
of Health, Territory of Hawaii;
formerly director anti-tuberculosis
bureau; acting asst. surgeon.
United States Public Health Serv-
ice, 1901-19: medical superintend-
ent Leahi Home (tubercular"), Ho-
nolulu, since March 1, 1902. Is
specialist on tuberculosis. Charter
member American Association of
Immunologists Oimted to 100 mem-
bers chosen for original work) ;
Lodge No. 2, K. of P. (district dep-
uty supreme chancellor, 1900-04) ,
Hawaiian Lodge No. 1, A. F. & A.
M.; A. A. O. N. M. S. ; University
Club, Hawaii Territorial Medical
Society, American Medical Asso-
ciation; member American Con-
gress on Internal Medicine; has
contributed a number of valuable
scientific and medical articles to
leading medical journals.
SLOGGETT, HENRY DIGBY, as-
sistant manager, Grove Farm Plan-
tation, Lihue, Kauai; born in Eng-
land Sept. 18, 1876; came to live
in the United States in 188:- son
of Dr. H. C. and Annie (Ellery)
Sloggett; married Etta Wilcox,
daughter of Hon. S. AY. Wilcox of
Lihue, Kauai, June 3, 1904; five
children: Richard, Margaret, Doro-
thea, Edith and Arthur. Attended
grammar schools in various states
of the mainland, and University of
the South, Sewanee, Tenn. Worked
in the salmon industry, Puget
Sound dist., Wash., 1893; came to
Hawaii, 1896; took up plantation
work, Lihue Plantation, 1900-08;
Maui Agricultural Co., Paia, Maui,
1908-20; associated with Mr. G. N.
Wilcox on Grove Farm Plantation,
Lihue, since Sept., 1920; is mgr.,
Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hos-
pital, Kealia, Kauai; treasurer Ka-
uai Telephonic Co., secretary Lihue
Ice & Electric Power Co, Ltd.;
treas., Garden Island Publishing
Co.; and treas., Lihue Hospital.
Served as captain Co. M, 3rd Reg.
Hawaiian Infy., National Guard,
April 19, 1917. Member Pacific
Club, Honolulu; Masonic Lodge No.
472, Kahului, Maui; 32d degree
Mason and member of Aloha Tem-
ple, A. A. O. N. M. S.
SMITH, ARTHUR G., lawyer,
Honolulu; born at Tenant's Har-
bor, Maine, January 3, 1882; son
of James M. and Annie S. Smith;
educated at Colby College, Water-
ville, Me., 1900-02; Harvard Uni-
versity, A. B. 1905; Harvard Law
School, B. L. 1908; married Helen
Chase Fessenden in Boston, Mass.,
April 28, 1910. On leaving law
school, entered law offices of Myers
& Brooks, Boston, 1908-1910; with
Kinney, Ballou, Prosser & Ander-
son, Honolulu, six months; ap-
pointed deputy attorney general.
Territory of Hawaii, Nov. 1910; at-
torney general. 1918; became mem-
ber of law firm, Peters & Smith,
Honolulu, in 1918. Member Oahu
Country Club (president and direc-
tor), University Club, Outrigger
Canoe Club, American Society for
Psychical Research. Member Yes-
try of St. Andrew's Cathedral; mem-
ber board of directors and chan-
cellor of Protestant Episcopal
Church in Hawaiian Islands; vice-
chairman, board of regents, Uni-
versity of Hawaii.
SMITH, AUGUST MALUHIA,
sugar chemist, Kailua, Hawaii;
born Honolulu, Dec. 5, 1888; son of
Henry William and Mary Ann
(Weight) Schmidt; educated at
Punahou Preparatory School and
Honolulu High School. Was asst.
chemist, Ewa Plantation Co., Oahu,
1906-13; chemist Waiakea Mill Co.,
1913-18; served in Co. M, 1st Hawn.
Inf., U. S. A., at Schofield Bar-
racks, July 1918-Jan. 1919; chemist,
Kona Development Co., Kona, Ha-
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waii, since 1919. Member B. P. O.
Elks, Hilo Lodge No. 759; Hawn.
Chemist Assn., Kilauea Council,
Boy Scouts of America, and the
American Legion.
SMITH, ELIAS WESLEY, farm-
er and minister, Honolulu; born
Laie, Oahu, Apr. 21, 1886; son of
Joseph F. and Julina (Lambson)
Smith; married Mary H. Smith,
Dec. 15, 1910, at Salt Lake City;
three children: Eloise, Elias Wes-
ley, Donald Eugene. Attended
Utah Univ. 1902 and 1903; Latter
Day Saints College, 1904 and 1905.
In U. S. postal service, 1906; or-
dained, 1907; minister, Island of
Hawaii, 1907-09: Kauai, 1909-10;
associated with three brothers in
farming and dairying. Utah, spe-
cializing in blooded Jersey herds.
1910-14; minister, Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-Day Saints in
Districts of Venice, Ocean Park,
Santa Monica. Sawtelle and Culver
City, CM., 1914-19: ordained pres.
Latter-D^y Saints, Hawn. Mission.
1919. Charter member Brentwood
Country Club. Santa Monica. Cal. :
member Southern Cal. Automobile
Club.
SMITH, JAMES WILLIAM, den-
tal surgeon. Honolulu; born in San
Jose, Calif.. Sept. 20. 1891; son of
Donald Cameron and Margaret Ann
(Scanlon) Smith; education, gram-
mar and high schools, San Jose;
took pre-medical course, Santa
Clara Univ. and graduated from
San Francisco College of Physi-
cians and Surgeons, D. D. S., 1915;
married Lillian Donnelly, in San
Francisco, July 3, 1921. Prac-
tised profession in San Francisco,
1915-17; commissioned first lieut.
U. S. Army, July 1917; discharged
Sept. 1919; began practise, Hilo,
Hawaii, Oct. 1919: moved to Ho-
nolulu. Mar. 1921; took three
months post-graduate work in Cal-
ifornia, and opened offices, Honolu-
lu, July 1921. During period in
army served at Angel Island Hosp.,
San Francisco; Camp Kearny, Cal.;
Vancouver Bks., Washington; Trip-
ler General Hospital, Honolulu.
Holds commission as captain Re-
serve Corps. Member Elks Lodge,
Psi Omega national dental frater-
nity, Union League Club of San
Francisco, past commander Hilo
Post No. 3 American Legion.
SMITH. JARED GAGE, agricul-
turist, Napoopoo, Hawaii; born in
Scottsburgh, N. Y., Sept. 13, 1866;
son of Prosper Adams and Delia
(Spencer) Smith; married Grace
Werner at Coolabah, N. S. W., May
15, 1894; children: Charles Werner
Spencer. Educated public schools,
Lincoln, Neb., University of Ne-
braska, B. Sc., 1888, M. A. 1892,
Sigma XI. Began career as asst.
agriculturist Neb. Agri. Exp. Sta.,
1888-90: traveled in Europe. Aus-
tralia, Mexico, 1890-91; Neb. State
Bd. Agr., 1892; asso. botanist Shaw
School of Botany, St. Louis, 1892-
93; bot. asst., Mo. Bot. Gardens,
St. Louis, 1893-95; U. S. Dept. Agr.,
Washington, asst. chief, Div.
Agrostology, 1895-99; asst. Div.
Bot., 1899-1900; chief, Section Seed
and Plant Introduction, 1900-01; or-
ganized Hawaii Agr. Exp. Sta ,
Honolulu, and spec. agt. in charge,
1901-08 (resigned); tobacco plant-
er, Kona, 1908-13; ed. staff P. C.
Advertiser, Honolulu, 1913-16;
prof. Agr. College, Hawaii, 1915-16;
tobacco planter. Kona, since 1917.
Member American Defense Society,
1918; Draft Board and Selective
Draft, South Kona, 1918. Has
written many agricultural bulletins
published in Washington and Ho-
nolulu.
SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY, law-
yer, Hilo, Hawaii: born New Ha-
ven. Conn., Feb. 20, 1866; son of
William C. and Minerva A. (Mon-
son) Smith; married Elvira M.
Richardson, in Hilo, March 1. 1904.
Educated Dickenson Academy,
Deerfield, Mass.; Amherst, A. B.,
1890; A. M., 1893. Editor Hilo
Tribune and Hawaii Herald, Hilo.
1897-1902; studied law in private
law office, Hilo, and admitted to
practise in Supreme Court of Ha-
waii, 1902; practised law, Hilo,
later going to Columbia Univ. for
special law course, 1904-06; admit-
ted to Supreme Court of United
States, 1909. Author of a mono-
graph on Polynesian languages,
published 1893; has been a com-
missioner of public instruction
since 1912; chairman local Draft
Board, Hilo, 1917-18. Member
American Bar Assn., Bar Assn. of
4th Circuit, Hawaii; University
Club, Hilo Yacht Club, K. of P.,
Phi Delta Theta, Phi Beta Kappa.
SMITH, WILLIAM OWEN, law-
yer, Honolulu; born Aug. 4, 1848,
at Koloa, Island of Kauai, Hawaii-
an Islands; son of James William
and Melicent (Knapp) Smith; mar-
ried Mary Abbey Hobron, March
23, 1876, at Honolulu; five children:
Clarence Hobron, Ethel Frances,
Pauline Melicent. Anna Katherine,
Lorrin Knapp. Educated, Rev. D.
Dole's school, Koloa, Punahou
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School and Massachusetts Agricul-
tural College; commenced profes-
sional career in law offices of
Judge Alfred S. Hartwell; served
as sheriff of Kauai, 1870-72; sheriff
of Maui, 1872-74; appointed attor-
ney general and president Board
of Health. 1893-99; served 20 years
intermittently in Hawaiian Legisla-
ture, 1878-1912: president Bishop
Trust Co., Ltd., of Honolulu. Mem-
ber Pacific, University and Oahu
Country Clubs of Honolulu.
SMOOT, PERRY MYERS, busi-
nessman, Honolulu; born April 22,
1882, Washington, D. C.; son of
Benjamin S. and Mary G (Moore)
Smoot; married Mary C. Henry,
Washington, Nov. 29, 1905; four
children: Christy K-, Richard
Henry, John van Der Poole, Robert
Moore. Educated Washington pub-
lic schools and Columbia Univ.;
entered employ Amer. Bicycle Co.,
salesman, 1899; Pope Mfg. Co.,
1901; General Elec. Co., 1902; Natl.
Elec. Supply Co., 1904; Angier Auto
Supply Co., Boston, 1905; Goodyear
Tire & Rubber Co., 1907; mgr. Mit-
chell Auto Co., 1908; Chancellor &
Lyons Co., Pacific Coast salesman,
1912; Associated Garage, Honolulu,
1912; mgr. auto supply and tire
depts. Schuman Carriage Co., Ho-
nolulu, 1913-16; pres. Smoot &
Steinhauser, Ltd., Honolulu, 1916;
mgr. Kahuku Plantation store,
1920; manufacturers' agent, Hono-
lulu, since.. Served Naval Militia.
Natl. Guard of Hawaii; capt. U. S.
Army, serving with Infantry during
war. Member Commercial Club,
Outrigger Canoe Club, American
Legion. Lodge le Progres de 1'Oce-
anie F. & A. M. Is captain Re-
serve Corps, U. S. Army.
SMYTHE, ROBERT WILSON,
banking, Kohala, Hawaii; born in
Kilauea, Kauai, Aug. 24, 1894; son
of Harry Russel and Jennie K.
Smythe; education, public and pri-
vate schools, Kauni; was with
Maui Agricultural Co., Paia. Maui.
in various capacities from 1911
to 1918; served in U. S. Army,
1918-19; mgr. real estate dept..
Security Trust Co., of Hilo, Oct.
1919 to May 1920; appointed asst.
cashier. Peoples Bank Ltd., Hilo,
May 1920, which position now holds.
During army service held commis-
sion ns 2nd and 1st lieut. Treas-
urer, Kohala Civic League.
SOGA, YASUTARO, newspaper
publisher, Honolulu; born March
19, 1873, in Tokyo, Japan; son of
Kisaburo and Kura (Hoshina)
Soga; educated at Tokyo Phar-
macy School and English Law In-
stitute, Japan; married Sei Tan-
izawa in Japan; one son, Shigeo.
Began in the employ of a silk ex-
porting firm in Yokohama, Japan,
three years; clerk and later mana-
ger of stores operated by C. Shio-
zawa, at Waianae and Waipahu,
island of Oahu, and at Kaunaka-
kai, island of Molokai, 1896-1899;
asst. editor, Hawaii Shimpo, Ho-
nolulu, 1899-1906; editor, Yamato
Shinbun, the name of this news-
paper being changed later to Nip-
pu Jiji; became president and edi-
tor of the Nippu Jiji. As the
result of the stand taken by the
Nippu Jiji during Japanese labor-
ers' strike on the island of Oahu
in 1909 and 1910, was imprisoned
with three other Japanese leaders,
March 1910; pardoned by Gov.
Walter F. Frear, July 4, 1910; fol-
lowing the pardon returned to
Japan for a six months visit; at-
tended Panama Pacific Exposition,
San Francisco, 1915; visited Japan
in September of the same year to
see the coronation of the present
emperor; returned to Honolulu.
Feb. 1916; inaugurated the English
section of the Nippu Jiji, Jan. 1919,
the first among Japanese news-
papers outside of Japan to publish
a full page daily in the English
language. Member of Board of
Instruction, Local Boards for Divi-
sions 1 & 2, during the European
war; member of the Executive
Committee of Pan-Pacific Publicity
Council; International Publicity
Committee of the Pan-Pacific Edu-
cational Conference; member of
the Associated Press; director of
the Prince Fushimi Educational
Fund Committee. Member of Ho-
nolulu Ad Club and the Honolu-
lu Golf Club.
SOPER, JOHN HARRIS, busi-
nessman, Honolulu; born at Ply-
mouth, England, Nov. 17th, 1846;
son of Thomas Harris and Mary
(Kipling) Soper; came to U. S. in
childhood; educated Normal Uni-
versity, Bloomington, 111., 1857-61;
married Mary Wundenberg of Val-
lejo, Cal., Sept. 11, 1871; children,
John F. (deceased). Will H., Jos-
ephine M., Blanche E., Ruth C.
Was miner, prospector, farmer, and
plantation manager, 1863-84; pres.
Hawaiian News Co., Ltd., Hono-
lulu, since 1886. Marshal, Hawaiian
Kingdom, 1884-6, 1888-90; comdr.-
in-chief military forces, Provisional
Govt. of Hawaii, Jan. 17. 1893;
adj. -gen., chief of staff, 1894-1907;
retired April 2, 1907, with rank of
Brig. Gen. N. G. of Hawaii, by
authority of War Dept., Washing-
MEN OF HAWAII
WILLIAM H. SOPER
SAMUEL M. SPENCER
JAMES STEINER
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ton. Is honorary vice-pres. Societe
des Sauveteurs clu Dernier adieu;
received diploma and croix Rosette,
1894. Mason, Republican. Member
Honolulu Ad Club.
SOPER, WILLIAM HENRY,mer-
chant, Honolulu; born Middletown,
Cal., June 6, 1874; son of J. H. and
Mary E. Soper; married Alice M.
Gaskell-Luce, at Honolulu, 1905.
Attended grammar schools, Honolu-
lu; Stanford Univ. 1894-97. Em-
ployed by Lewers & Cooke, Ltd.,
Honolulu, 1893; Catton, Neill & Co.,
Ltd., Honolulu, 1898-1908; with Ha-
waiian News Co. since 1908; treas-
urer and manager, 1919, to date.
Member Nat. Guard Hawaii, 1893-
94, 1897-99; 1st Hawn. Artillery,
N. G. H., 1918; served on Hono-
lulu draft board under Selective
Service Act, 1917-18. Member
Chamber of Commerce.
SPALDING, EDWARD IRWIN,
banker, retired, Honolulu; born
June 3, 1854, in Honolulu; son of
Josiah Chapman and Elizabeth
(Irwin) Spalding; married Marie
Kahler Long in Oakland, Cal., June
7, 1880; six children, Irwin, Ray-