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snaction of markets, poi shops anu
s,,oh matters as require the certificate
If . health officer as q prerequlslse
10 obtaining a license, as for lodgi1g
and tenement houses and restaurants.
also tif any, all other purely local
affairs Jurisdiction of all other heaitn
matters to remain with the TERRITORY.
II would probably be an advantage
lto have the assessing done py tue
TERRITORY. This would permit Oh
uniform basis and consistent system
| throughout the territory, and perhaps
nv relieving the territorial officers Oh
j The work of collecting, the way Nouio
he onened for much needed improve
mont and efficiency in the matter o.
assessing. II could be provided tna'
the territorial assessment snouid %
. accepted by the municipality Inv
. collecting would probably De aon'
with more promptness and less los
Inv the city officials. Under the pres
!. ant system property taxes have pee
q xnown to remain uncollected for seN
!. eral years without any attemp. penn
d made to enforce payment. Inc co
g lector should be put under pohos
a collect all taxes which have been a
"a sessed before the next year coms
Y around or show good and suttieiel
If reasons for not having collected tneI
" The territory might be required to pa
IA the municipality small commlssle
i for collecting its portion OF the pro
ks lerty tax.
be Laws relating to the obstruction :
Id sidewalks, use of streets, fast driyi
etc should be municipal and not u
70 ritoriaI AS to some of these and
ne !o;dantaI matters there is at prese
.u- some unnecessary overlapping, aul
~ ication and confusion oy reason
ca- Iterritorial statutes. city oralnan n
ty. and regulations of the board OF hea
I'D which deal with the same suD1es
In eoyering the same ground ana y
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cally the same acts. .-.--.. 49,. |
3-Form Of Government. II
The short ballot. Five commission
ers and an auditor to be elected every
two wears. The commissioners 10
choose one of their number to act as
MAYOR. and if they Tor a majority
cannot agree, the governor TO desls-
nate the mayor. Commissioners 10
annoint on majority vote the city
clerk. treasurer, attorney, sheriff anu
denuty sheriffs, road engineer, chfeLf
If fire department, superintendent o.
4 water-works. superintendent OF eiee-
itrie lights. and chief of garbage de-
na rtment All other officials employ
ed on annual salary basis TO pc unuei
Iciyil service rules. me coniiiiseion,
srs to appoint city manager A
salary to be fixed in the cnarlel a''
lsay. four thousand dollars year
= iSuch manager to have charge OF an
l purchasing on account OF the CITY, the
: advertising for tenders for supplies
and public work and reporting Oh
/ bids. and the general supervision OF
o all expenditures; under the general al
s. ERECTION of the commissioners. The
s commissioners to receive salary oi
It three hundred dollars per annum'
n. Note; The city manager would ot
y the supervising executive OF I'M
N hoard of commissioners, and It's rep
p resentatiye in daily touch with I'M
doings of the several executive de
of ma rtments. The department head
no would have to recognize the manage
.r.tas the personal representative of To
n hoard and to get accustomed to hi
MT "hutting in. The manager woul
Ii have to devote his entire time to thes
of duties and would not be allowed I
,es engage in any other business. II
1tb boerd of commissioners would be
It's, money-approprlatlng, orulnan .'. 70,
re- ing and contraet-aWaralhS """s'
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THE CLAQUE At WORK

1i,e morning paper halls sheriff Jarrett's u.
yesfeation Of the scandal in his department = !.
with such loud praise that It almost seems as I
Ialrett is doing a wonderful and noble thing IN
siJad Of merely carrying out q duty that pup, y,
IItiment demands he should fulfil promptly
ibe STAR Bulletin is quite willing to give jar
lrett All the praise that is necessary for pupll'
official Who performs a quite obvious duty, pu
has NO natience with fulsome and fat
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would not be bothered
WITH athe details which take so
much the time of the present sh-
peryisd The manager would at
tend toll those. The commissioners
would take office for the sake of
getting salary; and the pay sug-
gested tuld merely be enough to
preventem being out Of pocket by
reason accepting office.
4-Other Details.
The let primary. The recall Of
elected icers upon petition of one
fourth he number of the registered
voters INV time after one year Of
servicelny commissioner recalled
to be reafter disqualified from
election the office of commissions
er. Thoposed new charter to be
submitto popular vote.
J Note.i 9TH two-year terms for the
commisers, the extinction of con
siderable the patronage through
/ the intHtion of civil service rules,
and thang of thes salaries of the
lprincipaicers in the charter, the
recall \ not be- likely to become
4 a nuisa through frequent use.
one-fou of the Registered voters
would but the equivalent of Ole
third o votes cast at the list
: precedilection. To require a
higher sntage would render the
e recall Iss.. The committee of
should start a campaign
!. of edud among the Hawaiians to
| explainI EN- the deficiencies of The
lpresentand the advantages OF a
higher charter; otherwise F-he
chancesthe adoption of a few
q charter be small.
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EDITOR

Mons .,pl1use for sheriff whose department y
- holly run that woman can be victlmlze'l as
+,,o unfortunate wcman in this ease appears 10
have been ....- ... ,,o,,r
The howl made by the sheriffss claqueuf
whenever any police department laxity Is snow
m opoht TO he sufficient to convince ofdlh'rs
cit;zens that somebody has been hurt. =:-"
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1913
ANNA NJ. PARIS

ri. ANNA M. PARIS
God BID us on the threshold
Of tr we stand today. -,
God b us-just before us
Lies Unknown, untrod way.
And d Year bids us enter ...
Zeal on paths untried-
Quest not! Unknown the re-
YedshalI be our guide.
| Faith erday-preceptor.
Fri guide. and BENSON
ThroI wanderings in the dark
| It us on and on!
| BY tr We know above us,
BJength that's ours through
BY pm we have garnered
: IIburs when all seemed vain
D Do F,-upheld, befriended
Eide, as ne'er before,
} WeIow now may enter
y II the open door.
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letters ON TIMELY TOPICS

my way. for protection. and my con-
fidenee has never been abused A
finer. manlier lot than the soldiers in
Honolulu i 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. .~..-
49,. b.. A WOMAN.
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FOR TIKI SOLDIER.

Editor Honolulu Star Bulletin.
Sir:-I am a young woman living
in the suburbs. on a lonely road, in
an isolated spot Often at night,
when obliged TO walk from the electric
car to my housI e, follow closely in
the wake of thu many soldiers going
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PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS
CONTINUED from page -

ritoriai general property tax rave
must be uniform throughout the .si
ritory. what is to be done as 70 N.
other islands? If the rate cannot De
reduced as to property in the munlcr
) aIity and maintained at the presen.
rate IN the counties. the revision ano
reaaiustrnent will have to extehu
throughout the territory. In tna1
event Il would become necessary 70
give the counties the power OF laAa,
iion. If not as fully as that gwen -
Honolulu. at least TO a conslderaoie
extent
II might be worth While 10 so. n
slider lin this connection, as an aleeI
native TO the general property Tax
ana the specific personal ana prol
artsv taxes now in vogue and sugses'
"a for continuation, the subject 2
the single tax. which has much Up *
Commend i'll III the single tax woui
have the effect of breaking up, on. IN
other islands, large tracts OF Ian
which nresent owners do not put
,,rof,table use, but which others ma
ho willing and ready TO develop
rev could buy or lease (preferao
INV, On reasonable terms, and won
nave the further effect, on Honour
Of driving the disreputeD4e snaS,
out of what would otnerWlse
shaa,hiful residence sections. Il Won
be wei worth adopting
Health matters also will requl
caref,,l attention. The dividing
ss..,,,a.,, territorial and municipal
thority should be defined as clss'
- possibIe in order to AVOID I,f a,.l y.
IN A. work and conflict OF author
- tasted that the cityN sno'
,,aae removal,
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this morning Is thar Ut least one can
ldidate for the chiefs position wants
to effect an agreement whereby he
can become assistant chief The pres
ent assistant. w. w Blaisdell. Is re.
garded as an unusually efficient man.
having risen from the ranks through
his own merit. Any move 70 Dust
Blaisdell will be resented by those
who know his worth almost as much
as the attempt to get Thurston out
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supervisor Mcclellan says the new board - =.
,,,.,,r;sors will be a board of dynaIniters. VIZ
trust the members will not carry Tue 49, 49,,
as far as the MeNamaras, Tyeltnoe anu !: ..'ii :
seven other gentlemen are now carrying It,
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prosident-elect Wilson and Chairman onuef-
GOD 81 fine House ways and means commlttee
are busy getting ready to take snasa s :,
tariff What is Hawaii doing 70 deienu neieN'.
against a solar plexus!
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president-elect Wilson is not likely 70 amen.
ota the support of Speaker Champ Clark oy any
su.h methods as reports from the mainland 'rs
), ;nd;cate-an inclusion of Clark IN an attack
= g nublic life who do not realize the du-
ties Of republican government. oiark an4 e.. !
derwood are essential to Wilson plahs -
successful four years in office 4 break WIN el1
Them At this stage would be dangerous even lol
tbe astute and POLITICAL governor u ~"
,Iarsey. Congress is not a state legislature
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So long as the garment-makers strike IN New .
v,rl dopsn,t extend to a countrywide movement.
= ston sewing on buttons, most of us Will not
worry.
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Mavor Ferns veto of the plumbing ordinance
,,,ts tho matter right back to the supervisors
again The question now is whether they Will
mass it over the veto
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DIED..

DI Ionomu. Hawaii, Dec. 20,
liam, Dunn.
leral will be held from H.
his undertaking parIors
Tfternoon at 8 O'Clock. In
teEuuanu cemetery. ~.
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Society note for 1913: Dynamiting Will not
he - nonular next year as it has been.
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wanted at once-A guaranteed non-break
able New Year resolution
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DECEMBER 81, 1912

{ that counts IN the Celestial CITY!
BOD rhich is done for the tore oI ~,
on those plans in tehtcH ne re'ia'o ~
is &c master thought. onty thoSe fo'o "
~ !, sacrifice is qreater.than the rages'
| i tho gifts IN ,rhieh TIC gteef lo'yefs "'"'
f-Hdy van Dyke
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Two hundred and one. jan io.h.--
advertisement.
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Henry Waterhouse Trust Co.,
Limited,

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square foot elsewhere.
tremendous values that must take
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Canal.
deposit will you Of these fL250 e.
highgrade lots Pay It easy monthly instruments
We have the following property for sale:
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gain price for quick sale; cash or instruments.
furniture, Park Ave-, ksnuh s27oo
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CORNER FORT AND MERCHANT sTREETs
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aForm Of Government.

scrihing different penalties for practi
calIy the same acts. ...-... -.
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Switzerland One of Few Living
Officers with Civil War
Record

Rear Admiral Williams Henry Hud-
son Switzerland, eommanderin-chief
of thu Pacific feet, the officer who has
been directing the operations of the
American marines and bluejackets
against the Nicaraguan insurgents, is
one of the two rear admirals on the
active list OF the navy who can boast
of Civil War service Furthermore,
he is one of the few. men who have
ever attained flag rank in the navy,
after beginning at the bottom OF the
ladder as a common sailor.
Admiral Switzerland has had a var
led naval career. He was born in New
York, July 10, 1852. He must have
been an adventurous youngster, for
he had served brief term in the vo-
Iunteer navy during the Civil War by
the time he was fourteen, and was
already veteran when he received
his appointment to the Naval Acdd-
envy on June 90, 1868, before he was
sixteen. At an age when most fu-
tures cadets at Annapolis were still
busted with their school books and
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BOY WH0ENTERED NAVY AS
SAILOR IS NOV A REAR ADMIRAL.

Adventures Of Fovr STRANGE Sims.
Those wers exciting days on the
blackada. and SoutherIand's little craft
had her share of adventure. On the
night OF june i. off the Cuban coast.
she sighted mysterious squadron OF
four ships. moving in line ahead, which
refused 70 answer her private signals
and steamed without lights. save
stern lamps. For a time the Eagle
steamed in Company with, them, ap-
preaching 50 close that her command
er could plainly make out the vessels
hT!ls in the darkness. but he was fin,
ally obliged to sheer off on a threat
Of chase by one of the four strangers
There was plenty for the Eagle to
do, Bloctading boInbarding Spanish
coast forts. lending Cuban spies and
troops, guarding transports and sup
ply ships, carrying messages, the Ea-
gle performed all the thousand and
one tasks that fell to the lot of such
nondescript craft. Her last great ad-
venture was on July II, when she was
ON the blockade between the south
ern coast cf.the Isle of Pines and Cape
Francis. She sighted FIN the distance
a large steamer giving chase to three
small prizes Of the Dixie. which were
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! Southerland's laundry to him. The
| Cleveland was dispatched 70 relieve
the Dixie at Cienfuegos, and the Dixie
was ordered to carry Capt Souther.
land his clean shirts. Incidentally
after that the Department heard Moth
ing further about the uprising in Mon
te Cristi.
He Becomes Rear. Admiral.
Southerland became rear-admiral
on May !. 1910, and was assigned to
command the second division Of the
Pacific fleet. He hoisted his flag on
the West Virginia in February, 1911,
but on March of this year he sue
ceeded Rear-Admiral Chauncey Thorn
as in supreme command, and trans
ferred his flag to the California at
Honolulu. It was shortly after this
that he was dispatched upon the much
discussed errand to Palmyra Island.
about which great deal of needless
mystery has been made. Palmyra ISL
and is one of a group of about fifty
two fslets, to which the United States
holds that it has title. Although pro-
claimed part of Hawaii in 1882, it
was annexed by Great Britain in 1889,
and because of information of this,
which did not reach the Navy Depart
ment until late last year, Switzerland
was instructed to examine the island
and search for tangible proof of Great
Britain's right to claim possession.
1t was. feared that Britain intended.
TO make use of it as coaIing station
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apartment to waste time and red tape
lover the laundry affairs of its officers,
i 81. entirely obliyious of the fact that
Capt. Switzerland clean shirts were
laboard the Dixie, the Department lost
nc time in ordering her to Havana. BY
this time matters became serious for
ISoutherland
He had become almcft ashamed to
!show himself on deck He had repu-
ltation as an efficient officer to uphold.
His officers and men had been accus-
toned to seeing him attired in spot
less uniforms and linen, and tits no
joke for naval officer to keep spot
less in the tropics, where white is the.
costume re reguer, Switzerland is
stout, and, as 1t happened, all of the
Scorpions officers were thin. There
were no shirts aboard which he could
use. He grew desperate. This could
&c on no longer, he felt To cap the
climax, word came that the Dixie had
been ordered from Havana to Glen
fuegos, to protect American sugar
plantations from rebels, and to remain
there until relieved.
Capt. Southerland's state of mind
when this intelligence reached him
can be better imagined than described
He is" however, man of initiative,
and he lost no time in Selling the bull
BY the horns, as it were. He started
the "clean-shirt revolution" as it had
come to be known in the navy. For
weeks tie Navy Department had sup.
posed Santo Domingo wrapped in SOM
nolent peace, but suddenly the cables
began to click with warning messages.
Monte Cristi was rising. Washington
heard. Serious trouble was impending
said the dispatches, rebels were or
ganizing, and the outlook was dark
"Imperatively necessary" urged
and marines and one more
ship. Switzerland" f.. |
The Department was perturbed, as
perturbed as the Navy Department |
ever gets. But il was impossible to !
take the Dixie from Cienfuegos, where
her marines were absolutely eeded. |
Some other ship would have to go. But !
no other ship than the Dixie could /
carry to Santo Domingo Capt. South /
supply of nice clean shirts |
that he had been longing for these |
weeks past. In this difficult contin- !
gency, he managed to communicate to |
4 friend in Washington the exact state |
Of affairs, and amid roars of suppress |
ed laughter that finally gurgled their /
way into every ward-room in the sefv- |
ice. steps were taken to restore Capt. ]
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| had scarcely begun to think aboE
getting their appointments, as q hum
| Bile apprentice in. the rough-and- read.
crowd of man-o' wars berth deck.
He got his appointment to the Acad
envy, went through the regular foul
years of drill and routine. performee
his two years of sea service. and fin
ally was commissioned That was
way back ii the seventies, of course
when the navy consisted of a handful
of worn-out wooden steam frigates and
corvettes left over from the auction
sales that followed the Civil War
Chances to distinguish ones self were
few and far between. And, like many
other officers, Southerland still a lieu.
tenant at forty-six, was compelled to
wait patiently until the military gla-
NOR OF the Spanish War sent public
sentiment swinging pellmell TO the
other extreme.
In the bustling days of 1893, just
thirty years after his admission to
Annapolis, he found himself command
.er Of the tiny gunboat Eagle, one OF
the hastily scraped-together mosquito
fleet, converted yacht, which was
painted war-color, given battery OF
four six-pounders and two Colt auto
matte guns, crew, and a scant allow
anee Of watch officers, 2qd dispatch
ed to face whatever mig6t be sent
against IL The Eagle had great good
luck, though, in fighting the first ma
val engagement afloat of the war.
She had left the New York Navy.
Yard on April IL and arrived at Key
West on the 23rd On the afternoon
OF the 24th she steamed from Key
West under orders to proceed to the
blockading feet off Havana, and was
assigned to duty with the cruisers
Marblehead and Nashville, which had
been ordered to intercept the Spanish
armed transports Moatserrat and ALI
cante. OFF Cienfuegos the Marblehead
and Nashville we're obliged by their
greater draught to remain some dis
lance out, while the Eagle went in to-
ward the harbor 70 investigate. j..
Now, it happened that the Spanish
torpedo gunboat Galieia and two small
gunboats of the Eagles own class
were in the harbor of Cienfuegos, and
seeing an enemy approaching, these
vessels steamed boldly toward him.
The Eagle promptly opened up with
her six-pounders at a range varying
from 1000 to 1900 yards, and work
ed her pop-gun battery with such
good effect that within fifteen min
utes the Galicia had shot through
her boilers. 1t was too hot for the
Spaniard, and he turned and ran.
The Eagle went about her designat- /!
I'd work OF reconnaissance. Presently
one of the small gunboats reappeaf-
ID. and a shore battery opened up on |!
her. Nothing daunted by this, South p!
srland steamed in closer to shore, .
ind aiming as well as he could-for |
he enemy, as usual, used -smokeless /
,owuer--e engaged all of his opponents |
lntiI the Marblehead, which had. been !
Worried by the prolonged canonade,
steamed within range and took over
he quarrel. In this action the Galicia
vas injured so seriously that she was
Il no further use to the Spainards. /
The carried much heavier battery
han the Eagle having in addition
o four six-peunders, the equivalent, Of
he Eagles battery. two 4.72-ineh guns /
nd two torpedo tubes. /