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FIRE CHIEF AssAlLD
Continued from page H.

pu5S ~
sure it because the rates are so high.
That does not speak very well Tor the
efficiency of the fire department, or at
lest for the confidence OF the board OF
underwriters in the fire department.
IT. concluded Mr.. Trent" any OF
these things that are being urged
asainst Mr.. Thurston are not true /
would like to see him deny them over
his signature in print. If they are
true, however, / think it belittling in
him now to cry politics when there.
seems to be some possibility of his be-
ing asked to lie in the bed he has
n ade for himself" > T.. ..@a.. r.
Thurston Replies
:. In reply to the above statement OF
Mr.. Trent, Fire Chief Thurston said
this morning:
'Mr. Trent intimates that am
compelling firemen to live in cottages
own near fire stations. There is not
a word of truth in this. Take the
seven cottages own near the Palama
station. Three firemen occupy three
of these cottages. | charge them
fifteen dollars month rent. Similar
cottages across the street rent at
higher figure. On the Asylum road
there are two cottages that are
duplicates of mine. They rent, so
lam told, for twenty dollars a month.
! coul dget more money for those cot
tages of mine, but | hav enot the
heart to raise the rent on the firemen,
and without doing that | can not raise
the rent of the other tenants. AS a
matter of fact the firemen are but too
glad to get these cottages. They are
thus enabled to have their families
close by, and the arrangement is good
for them, and good for the department
as well, as the men are always close
by when an alarm sounds. Ii any
one doubts this statement let them
ask the firemen who are. living in
those cottages. ~
while am on this subject | want
to say that built those cottages at
the suggestion of the firemen them
selves. Several firemen wanted to
live near the fire-station and could
not afford to pay the rents in such
places as Palama and Makiki, parties
ularly the latter. / was asked if there
were any way in which they could get
cottages cheaply. ! thereupon took
up the idea of building these cottages
and renting them at a low figure, and
defy any man to show anything but
good results to the department from
this policy l don't make money out
of the cottages as / could if | rented
them to others than firemen."
No Politics
The charge that l lined the fire
men up and pinned Parker buttons on
them, is either political statement
without a ray of truth to- give it
weight, or Mr.. Trent has been very
sadly misinformed, and should look
closer to his source of information.
The accusation that have been work
ing against Mayor Fern, or did work
against him during the last election
is pure falsehood: Mayor Fern ap-
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spection of markets, poi shops and
such matters as require the certificate
of health officer as 3 prerequisite
20. obtaining a license, as for lodging
and tenement houses and restaurants;
also (if any all other purely local
affairs. Jurisdiction of all other health
matters to remain with the territory.
1t would probably be an advantage
to have the assessing done by the
territory. This would permit of a
uniform basis and consistent system
throughout the territory, and perhaps
by relieving the territorial officers of
the work of collecting, the way Would
be opened for much needed improve
ment and efficiency in the matter of
assessing. 1t could be provided that
the territorial assessment shouts be
accepted by the municipality. The
collecting would probably be done
with more promptness and less loss
by the city officials. Under the pres
ant system property taxes have been
known to remain uncollected for sew
eral years without any attempt being
made to enforce payment. The col
lector should be put under bonds to
collect all taxes which have been as
sessed before the next year comes
around or show good and sufficient
reasons for not having collected them.
The territory might be required to pay
the municipality small commission
for collecting its portion of the. prop
Ierty tax. .... =
Laws relating to the obstruction of
sidewalks, use of streets, fast driving
etc, should be municipal and not ter
ritorial AS to. some of these and in
lcidental matters there is at present
some unnecessary overlapping, dupli-
cation and confusion by reason of
territorial statutes, city ordinances
and regulations of the board of health
which deal with the same subjects,
covering the same ground and pre-
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PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS
CONTINUED. from page i.

ritorial general property tax rate
must be uniform throughout the ter.
ritory, what is to be done as to the
other islands? If the rate cannot be
reduced as to property in the munich.
pality and maintained at the present
rate in the counties, the revision and
REIMBURSEMENT will have TO extend
throughout the territory. In that
event il would become necessary to
give the counties the power of taxa.
ton, il not as fully as that gwen TO
Honolulu, at least to considerable
extent.
IL might be worth while to con-
slider in this connection, as an alter,
native to the general property tax.
and the specific personal ana prop
erty taxes now in vogue ana suggest.
ed for continuation, the subject OF
the Single tax, which has much to re
commend it. If the single tax would
have the effect of breaking up. on the
other islands, large tracts of land
which present owners do not put to
profitable use, but which others may
be willing and ready to develop if
they could buy or lease (preferably
huyl on reasonable terms, and would
have the further effect, on Honolulu,
of driving the disreputable shacks
ont of what would otherwise be
beautiful residence sections, it would
be well worth adopting.
Health matters also will require
cerefuI attention. The dividing line
hetween. territorial and municipal au-
fhority should be defined as Clearly
as possible in order to avoid duplica-
tion of work and conflict of authority.
n ia suggested that the city should
have charge of garbage removal. in
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By ANNA VI, PARIS

By ANNA NJ. PAKIS
God be with us on the threshold
Of the year we stand today
God be with us-just before us
Lies the unknown, untFod way.
And the Old Year bids us enter
Fearlessly on paths untried-
Questioning not! Unknown the re-
gioni -.
Yesterday shall be our guide.
Faithful neutrality-suspicious..
Friend and guide and benson
Through our wanderings in the dark
Ii ness,
1t has led us on and on!
By the Power we know above us,
By the strength that's ours through
pain,
By the wisdom we have garnered
In those hours when all seemed vain
Do we know,-uphefd, befriended
. BY our guide, as ne'er before,
We who follow now may enter
Trustingly the open door.
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PERSONALITIES

B. ". COX is registered at the
Young from ST. Louis.
MIR. and MRS. j. BROWN, resi-
dents of Modesto. California, are Wis
itors to the islands.
H. F. CARVER and Miss Jean Gar
yer are making tour Of the islands
They are. from Des Moines.
CARL 5. CARLSMITH of Hilo ar
rived in the city on the Mauna Kea
this morning. Serious illness is the
cause of his visit. ...-..
. MR.. and MRS. w. H. EAKER have
returned from a visit to the Volcano,
and will spend some little time in
and about Honolulu before returning
to their home in San Francisco.
NJ. H. DRUMMOND, newly appoint
ed chief deputy city and county treas
urer, was an arrival in the steamer
Mauna Kea. Mr.. Drummohd has
spent some time at Hilo with the
breakwater company. 49,.
PRINCESS kAWANANAkOA will
have a double celebration tomorrow,
to mark the birth of the New Year
and the anniversary of the date OF
her own birth. She will keep open
house for her friends from ten in the
until one in the afternoon.
A. C. FOX, at one time with the
Ferris Hartman Company, left the
theatrical aggregation in Japan, and
was a tnrougn passenger IN the Pa
cific Mail liner China that passed
through Honolulu this morning. Mr..
Fox has severed his connection with
the enterprise. z.s
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LITTLE INTERVIEWS

P. NJ POND-The proposition TO
widen Kapahulu road is good one.
1t should be done.
ALEXANDER - YOUNG - People
who enjoy themselves so thoroughly
at Kapiolani Park should remember
that the park is worthy much greater
financial keiD than it now receives.
JUDGE C. S. DOLE (Kauai)-l
will miss the celebration in Honolulu
tonight, hut i suppose we shall have
some fun on the steamer. l have
enjoyed Christmas week here very
much.
HENRY COBB-ADAMS-That was
a good idea to have the bookkeeping
of the county. road districts done at
the head office in town. 1t was also
an excellent suggestion to have bust
ness license fees collected by the
deputy tax collectors. Before a H.
censee, under this arrangement, can
get his license he will have to pay
his taxes.
VIM. BUSH-Why may we in Homo
lulu not organize something like the
Royal Rosarians" of Portland or the
Yelled Prophets" of st. Louis 20 boost
our annual February festivities? The
organization could be made semi-riS-
ualistic and peculiarly local. so that
our citizens could find in it not only
an opportunity to boost but other
modes of interest Let us hope that
Jack Doyle will let this soak in.
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.seribing different penalties for practi-
cally the same acts.
3-FOrm of Government.
. The short ballot. Five commission
.ers and an auditor to be elected every
two years. The commissioners to
choose one of their number to act as
mayor, and if they Tor a majority
cannot agree, the governor to desig-
nate the mayor. Commissioners to
appoint on majority vote the city
clerk. treasurer, attorney, sheriff and
deputy sheriffs, road engineer, chief
of fire department, superintendent of
water-works, superintendent of cleo
trio lights, and chief of garbage de-
partment. All other officials employ
led on annual salary basis to be under
civil service rules. The commission
'ers to appoint city manager at a
salary to be fixed in the charter at,
say, four thousand dollars a year.
Such manager to have charge of all
purchasing on account of the city, the
advertising for tenders for supplies
and public work and reporting on
bids, and the general supervision of
all expenditures, under the general di-
rection of the commissioners. The
commissioners to receive a salary of
three hundred dollars per annum.
Note: The city manager would be
the supervising executive of the
board of commissioners, and its rep
resentative in daily touch with The
doings of the several executive de-
partments. The department heads
would have to recognize the manager
as the personal representative of the
board and to get accustomed to his
Quitting in. The manager would
have to devote his entire time to these
duties and would not be allowed to
engage in any other business. The
board of commissioners would be a
money-appropriating ordinance-mak-
ing and contract-awarding body The
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President elect Wilson is not likely to alien
ate the support of Speaker Champ Clark by any
such methods as reports from the mainland try
to indicate-an inclusion of Clark in an attack
on men i'm public life who do not realize the du-
ties of republican government. Clark and I'm
derw0od are essential to Wilson's plans for a
successful fonr years in office. A break with
them at this stage would be dangerous even for
the astute and politically-wise governor of New
Jersey. Congress is not state legislature.
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TALK over THE CHARTER

The Star Bulletin presents today thought
full and scholarly article on1s omc features of the
short-ballot commission form of government
that deserves the closest consideration The au-
thor, who has asked that his name be not used
and that the article be considered purely of it's
own force, is, it may be stated with no betrayal
of confidence, one of the leading opponents OF
progressive governmental methods i'll Hawaii.
He has contributed greatly to public movements
of the kind in the past ..
He makes the point that up to the present
there has been a great dearth Of practical sug-
gesticn on the proposed new charter, and accom-
panics the plan with a number of such sugges-
items. The Star-Bulletn hopes that discussion
on this highly important subject will be as free
and frank generally as are the suggestions made
today, and gladly offers the of its columns to
present the views of anyone who has something
TO say. +: .-.
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POLITICS and THE FIRE DEPARTMENT

"Nhy don & the papers tell the whole story
about the fire department in politics. says
Richard IL Trent
The Star. Bulletin is quite willing that the
s.whole story, whatever tits, should be pub
lished and therefore asked Mi. Trent to follow
up the query above with Some statements on the
subject They appear today. If there is any
reason why Chief Thurston should not be re.
appointed, by all means lets have it. Up to the
present, no reason exceptspelitics has been adj
vanced Mr. Trent makes SOME indirect charges
against the department. They lack in definite
ness, and the Star Bulletin would be glad to see
them run down so that the citizens of Honolulu
NAV know what they amount. to.
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commissions would not be bothered
with all the details, which take so
much of the time of the present su-
pervisors. The manager would at
tend to all those. The commissioners
would not take office for the sake Of
getting salary. and the pay sug-
gested would merely be enough to
prevent them being out of pocket by
reason of accepting office.
4-Otker Details.
The direct primary The recall Of
elected officers upon petition of one
fourth of the number of the registered
voters at any. time after one year Of
service. Any commissioner recalled
to be thereafter disqualified from
election to the office of commission
err The proposed new charter to be
submitted to popular vote.
Note: With two-years terms for the
commissioners, the extinction of con-
siderable of the patronage. through
the introduction of civil service rules,
and the fixing of the salaries of the
principal officers in the charter. the
recall would not. be likely to become
a nuisance THROUGH frequent use.
One-fourth of thea registered voters
would be about thesequiyalent of one
third of the votes cast at the last
preceding election. To require a
higher percentage would render the
recall useless. The committee of
twenty-five should start campaign
of education among the Hawaiians to
explain to them the deficiencies of the
present law and the advantages of a
higher-grade charter; otherwise the
chances for the adoption of new
charter will be small.
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THE CLAQUE At WORK

The morning paper halls Sheriff Jarrett's in,
yostigation of the scandal in his department
Nth such loud praise that it almost seems as if
jarrett is doing wonderful and noble thing IN
stead of merely carrying out duty that public
sentiment demands shessh8uld fulfil promptly.
The Star-Bulletin is quite willing to give JAR
rett all the praise that is necessary for public
official who performs a quite obvious duty, but
this paper has no patience with fulsome and fat
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EDITOR

uous applause fer IL sheriff whose department is
so badly run that woman can be victimiZed as
the unfortunate woman in this case appears to
have been.
The howl made by the Sherff's claqueur
whenever any police department laxity is shown
up ought to be sufficient to convince ordinary
citizens that somebody has been hurt.
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FOR THE SOLDIER.

Editor Honolulu Star-Bulletin,
Sir am a young woman living
in the suburbs. on a lonely road, in
an isolated SPOT Often at night,
when obliged 10 walk from the electric
car to my house. follow closely in
the wake of the many soldiers going
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LETTERS ON TIMELY TOPICS

my way, for protection, and my con-
lidence has never been abused. A
finer, manlier lot than the soldiers in
Honolulu have yet to see. Long may
they live, The brave men who take
their lives in their hands for their
country-and woe betide anyone who
tries to underrate them,
4 WOMAN.
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President-elect Wilson and Chairman Under
wood of the House ways and means committee
are busy getting ready to take smash at the
tariff What is Hawaii doing to defend herself
against solar plexus?
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Supervisor Mcclellan says the new board @;
supervisors will be a board of dynamiters. We
trust the members will not carry the analogy
as far as the McNamaras, Tyeitmoe and thirty
seven ether gentlemen are now carrying it.
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DIED.

DUNN-At Honomu, Hawaii, Dec. 30
1912, William Dunn.
The funeral will be held from H.
H. Williams undertaking parlors
Thursday afternoon at o'clock. In
terment at Nuuanu cemetery.
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Mayor Ferns veto of the plumbing ordinance
puts the matter right back to the supervisors
again. The question now is whether they will
pass it over the Veto. .. T..
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So long as the garment-makers strike in New
York doesn't extend to a countrywide movement
to step sewing on buttons, most of us will not
worry. ILL.,. f..
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What is it that counts IN the CeicstiaI Citu?
Only that good trhich is donc for the lore of do
ing il. Only those plans in rhich the rclfMc of
Offcrs,ts The master thought. only HOs" EdbOrs
~ tchich the sacrifice is greater than the trdges
Only those gifts in rrhich the gircr torgcts him
ssf.-Henry van Dyke.
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" Society note for 1913: Dynamiting will not
be SO popular next year as it hasebeen.
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Wanted at once-A guaranteed nOn-break-
able New Year resolution. .. v.-'
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For news and the trufA about n ~
saanle huy tha star-kullalln.
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Henry Waterhouse Trust Co.,
Limited,
KAIMuKI

Il o.-4 @...t. $50 KAlMuKI
ego foot against 1o 15c, Zoe and 3oc
square foot elsewhere.
Think values that must take
place before the opening OF the Pa
Canal.
deposit will you Of these ~ ESQ IT.
hgh-grade Pay for it in easy monthly instruments
We the following property for sale:
House and lots Puunu Country Club, t5oi5o;
gain price for quick sale; cash instruments
House. furniture Ave, Kaimuh 5000
House, lot furniture Ksimuki s27oo
10th Ave. kamuki 5 900
lot Claudine AVe........ 42o
Henry Waterhouse Trust Co.,
Limited,
CORNER FORT AND MERCHANT STREETS
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Two hundred and one, Jan. ,O.h.-
advertisement.
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this morning is that at least one can.
didate for the chiefs position wants
to effect an agreement whereby be
can become assistant chief. The pres.
ent assistant, w. w. Blalsdell, Is re-
garded as an unusually efficient man.
having risen from the ranks through
his own merit. Any move to Dust
Blaisdell will be resented by those
who know his worth almost as much
as the attempt to get Thurston out.
The Columbus commercial., 1912-09-22
Commissioners Sale.

Under and by virtue of final Decree
OF the Chancerv Court of Lowndes
County, Mississippi, made in the cause
of Mrs, E. B. Armstrong vs. Allen Dent
ct al, No. 2099, rendered at the April
term, A. D. 1912, on the 4th day of
April, 1912, thereof, the undersigned
Commissioner named in said Decree
will, on Monday, the 7th day of Octo-
Der, A. d. 1912, being the first Monday
thereof, within the legal hours of such
sales, at the front door of the Cou.t
House in the city of Columbus, county
OF Lowndes, Mississippi, sell at public
outcry to the highest bidder, for cash,
the following described real estate, to-
wit: The northwest quarter In a Of
northwest quaiter On a of section
six (6) in township nineteen (i9) south,
range seventeen (i7) west, on IT, fol-
lowing terms: For cash. Said lands
being in Lowndes county, Mississippi.
| will convey only such title as is
vested in me, which Is believed to be
good.
This the 9th day of September, A. d,
1917 B. A, LINCOLN,
Commissioner,
The Columbus commercial., 1912-09-22
81 A|iRE|Cl),ll.cbsRRaR2
JILL notRs JILL

First Msthodist-Sunday School al
$3.50 a. m. d. 7. CASTOR, acting. supt.
L. A. Vaughan, asst.
Preaching II a. m. and 1880 D. m.
Rev. J. E. Thomas, p. E. will preach
in the morning and the Sacrament of
the Lords Supper will be administered.
Preaching at night by the pastor.
Evening subject, "The Mode Church
Member
Epworth League at 700 p. m. Leader
Miss Grace Halbert.
The public is cordially invited.
H. G. HENDERSON, Pastor.
st. PsuPs chureh-Seryices for the
sixteenth Sunday after Trinity
Holy Communion, 1880.
Sunday School, $3.50.
Morning Prayer, ii;0O.
Second Msthodlst.-Regular services
II a. m, 500 p.m.
Rev. w. c. Carlisle, Pastor.
First Bsptist.-Sunday School, e:3O
a. m.
Services at II a. M, and 1880 p. m.
Services today by Rev. L. F. Greg
ory, pastor of the Second Baptist
chnrch,
Everyone invited.
j. Benz. Lawrence, Pastor.
Second Baptist Sunday School at
lOa. m. Preaching at II am, 8 D. m,
Services today by Prof. Lipscomb.
b. Y. p. U meets at 3 o'clock.
Sun Beams meet at 4 o'clock.
Missionary Union meets Friday at
2:30 o'clock.
All are cordially invited to attend
these services.
L. F. Gregory, Pastor.
csthoIio--Father Ycerg, priest. Ser
vices on the first and third Sundays OF
each month as follows:
Mass at 10 O'Clock a. m.
Christian Doctrine at 2 p. m.
Vespers and Benediction at 3 p. m.
Temple B'ksi lsrssI-Services every
Friday night at 1880. Mr.. S. LOEB
Minister.
The Columbus commercial., 1912-09-22

State of Mississippi, Lowndes
County.
Letters of Administration hav-
ing been granted and issued to
the undersigned by the chancery
court of Lowndes county of the
Bird day of September. 1912 upon
the estate of Alex Anthony, de-
ceased, this is to give notice that
all parties having claims against
said estate are required to regis
ter and probate same with the
chancery clerk of Lowndes coun-
ty within one year from this
date. A failure to register and
probate same will forever bar
the claim.
ALBERT ANTHONY, JR.,
9-8 3w Administrator.