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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-23
GET The FACTS BEFORE THE PUBLIC

Commissioner James Wakefield of the harbol
board brings back from the mainland a message
that ought to be given to every commercial body
In the territory
He brings back concrete and emphatic ideas
as to what the territory and Honolulu in partic
ular must do to win and hold commerce after the
opening of the Panama canal 1t is not an easy
task that confronts this city. Port charges must
be made more reasonable;r water rates to ship
ping especially must be cut perhaps as much as
in half; docks must be supplied fuel made
cheap and easy of access
Commissioner Wakefield points out that Ho
nolulu will have to show the shippers of the At
lantic coast special advantages before they will
break their now established Suez connections
and come by way of Panama and Honolulu, or
before they will develop new steamship routes
this way. The port must be made attractive
from trade standpoint.
1t is work that demands the best energies of
Honolulu and the united efforts Of the CONNER.
cial bodies The commissioner has just returned
from a visit 70 the Atlantic ports during which
he was in touch with big shipping interests.
What he has to say Is 30 timely, and pertinent
that it ought TO be said at open meetings OF the
commercial bodies to which the general public is
invited {. lis.i SD.
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CIVIC BODIES PLAN
FOR ANNUAL MEETING
CONTINUED from page one)

dron and Fred C. Smith, entertain
ment; Thomas Church and c. c. Won
Hamm. program and Invitations. III.
p. Wood will act in the capacity OF
secretary for the three committees.
Each OF the committees was given the
power to add to its number when
necessary, these. additional members
to be chosen at random from among
the members of the three local COM
mereial organizations. A meeting has
been called for Friday morning at ten
o'clock in the rooms OF the chamber Of
commerce. at which time these com
mittees will submit their reports. The
commercial organizations on the other
islands will be notified at an early
date of the date of the convention. re-
questing them to send delegates This
notification will give these bodies =
chance to offer suggestions to the loo
al committed.
Upon . motion made by Fred L.
Waldron. the committee appointed the
following members OF island orEaniza-
tiens to cooperate with the local COM
mittee in carrying out the details and
arrangements Of the convention, Or.
Harold b. Elliot, OF the Hiic board Of
trade Hermann Rohrig Of. Lihne.
Kauai. and WilIior Walsh. Of. Kahn
lat Maui. Each Of these will be re-
quested to appoint and get as cha.r-
man Of . committee OF two. these COM
mitteess to forward their suggestions
to the local committe.
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CLAIMS
HEARINGS
TOMORROW

Hearings VIII be given tomorrow az
ternoon by the banana claims commits
sion to fifteen Hawaiian claimants,
asking damages for the destruction OF
their banana trees They viii be CIV
en- an opportunity to prove their loss.
oecasioned when the board Of health
directed all banana trees. to be cut
down. Notices OF the names OF the
Claimants whose cases win be heard
Thursday and Friday were posted
yesterday In the capitol building on
the door OF the senate chamber.
The following Is the list;
. Mrs, kahae Kamaka, Hiram Kolo-
mckee, Mary Kalelalli. Kahaumaele
Waiaee. GOioaaoA Mahelebs. 4oltn(oi
Hanohane, David X. Motley, Kealohs
Kanakaole. George. Haahee. dohn Hac.
Sr.. John kaAuA. Lucy Puaii. Marry
Roberts.
The following Il the ilst OF the
names Of the claimants whose cases
will. b heard Friday afternoon ~ !.
O'clock.
W ). CoaIhs. DGyid Naeole. o !. r.
KAkaele. MeJiA Naanas. Koolap Msils.
Mary K. Kahaierans. David Kanuha.
3. K kamaisYAA, Msleaha sleAna,
Mrs. Luka Kahalehili. =. y. Ael0us.
Kahalau Kalaepaa, Mrs. Lnika naahD
Mite Kalei, Mrs. Louise PiiAnafa.
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experiences is the trip he took down
from Labrador on Peary's ship, Roose-
Welt, on the return of the exploring
sparty from the Arctic region.
In politics he declares himself to
be an Independent, voting for the man
rather than the party. He voted for
President Wilson at the last election,
and when pressed for his preference
between Wilson and Roosevelt, MFR.
Sayre said:
Il admire, President Wilson more
than do Col. Roosevelt"
The wedding is expected to take
place at the White House in Novem-
Der.
Miss Wilson will be the thirteenth
White House bride, She is "a years
old and was educated at Goucher
College, Baltimore, where she special.
ICED in political science. She has
done much settlement work in Phila.
delphia and also in New York. and
LAS been actively identified with the
y. w. G. A., having recently. made
many speeches in its behalf.
NEW YORK. -The Official an
Ineuncement of the engagement OF
Jessie Woodrow Wilson, daughter of
President Wilson, to. Francis Bowes
Sayre. brought many callers to the
office OF Mr.. Sayre in the Criminal
Courts building. He is attached in q
clerical capacity to the Office OF DIS.
trict Attorney Whitman, a position
which he says he procured through
the influence Of ex-President Roose-
! velt, of whom he is great admirer.
Mr.. Sayre serves without salary, not
having been admitted to the bar.
Mr.. Sayre blushingly declined to
relate any of the particulars of his
courtship. He stated it was a purely
formal and conventional" proceeding
without any of the striking elements
/ that would constitute a romance. He
said he first attracted Miss Wilson's
! , attention by his striking resemblance
! to President Wilson himself. He is
of the same build, though slightly
taller than the chief executive. At
! the time of his first meeting with the
presidents daughter, two years ago,
/ both were visiting at the home of a
| mutual friend in Lancaster County,
| Pennsylvania. -: :.~.... ..> g.
In the Criminal Courts building, the
! announcement of his engagement was
a great surprise. No one in the build
ing, not even in the district attorneys
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-23

1.-The Star-Bulletin invites free and
frank discussion in this column on all
legitimate subjects of current interest.
Communications are constantly receiv-
ed to which no signature is attached
This paper will treat as, confidential
signatures to letters II the writers so
desire, but cannot give space TO
anonymous communications]
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Ii. The Public Eye
I Observation-Disclosures

AS to the manner of computing in
terest on public funds deposited In ma
tional banks. problem prop6unded BY
the secretary Of the Treasury, 1t Is a
matter entirely within his discretion,
answers Controller of the Treasury
Downey, and the law has no word to
say ON the subject IL
'"The question is one of agreement
rather than law says Controller
Downey, In his opinion just made pub
lie, and subject to such regulations
as you may prescribe" -
The question of the method of CON-
Iputing interest on government funds
In national banks, he suggests. Is one
to be decided by agreement between
depositoy and depository. The secre-
tary of the treasury, he recites,' is au-
thorized by Section 5153, Revised Sta
tutes, to prescribe regulations not in
conflict, with law.
No regulation affecting government
public funds deposited in national
banks has been promulgated other
than the regulation 81 Secretary Nc
AdoO. issued April 80, requiring. all
government repositories, active and
inactive. beginning June 1, to pay
Ter cent per, annum. on average month
ly balances, to be credited semi-annu-
ally, January and July l..
The controller OF the treasury goes
into the detail OF defining monthly av-
eragess as understood in commercial
and financial practice. This he re
CARDS as determination Of the meth
cd of computing the interest charges,
under this regulation. Otherwise he
suggests that the secretary of the
treasury has full authority and that
the controller Of the treasury can give
no further light.
81 am willing to run the gauntlet
here" said Mr.. Sayre, 'but at home
want rest" = = e.. ....:.
Mr.. Sayre said he would take rest
for two or three days, and then re.
sumo his work in the complaint bu-
reau With his admission to the bar
he will be elevated to the position of
| assistant district attorney. " =
Mr.. Sayre has travelled widely over
| the country. He was born in South
Bethlehem. Pa, in 1885 and was edu.
Gated at Williams College In 1909 he
entered the Harvard law school
graduating last year with a degree
cum lande. One of his more exciting
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Office had had the slightest intimation
of this courtship. Today scores or
persons, many of whom Sayre had
never met in his life, stepped in to
congratulate him His telephone wire
was busy throughout. the morning. He
submits to this sudden popularity
more out Of courtesy than Joy and
he refused to give mis- city address, In
order that he might avoid callers at
his home. =
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EDITOR

given free hand Smlddy was p0lltlcal ap-
pCintee, and practically every member of the
road department now is political appontee,
given a Job by the Democratic administration
for politics only.
Now the situation is this: City Engineer
Whitehouse nominally is given charge of the
road department and under the law has the sole
right to name his subordinates. In practice,
however, the law is not observed, for Supervisors
Petrie and Mcclellan control the board and thus
control the city engineers office. He is at their
mercy They hold the whiphand over him and
il he does not carry out their desires his pO-
sition is imperilled. Every man who knows the
internal workings of city and county affairs
realizes this Through their control of the city
engineers office the supervisors control the road
department. 1t is for them to say whether it
shall be run for politics efficiency, whether it
shall be run by the city engineer or by the road
committee OF the board.
The spirit of the law demands that White
house be allowed TO name the road Oyerseer and
there should be no evasion of that spirit
The present board is occupying good deal OF
it's time in undignified and petty squabbling, for
which both factions are to blame Supervisor
PachecQ voices a series of protests: at almost
every meeting; Supervisor Petrie sometimes re-
tOrts The others chime in according to their
sympathies. Work is halted while the board
makes precisely the same kind of spectacle of it.
self that the. last board made: And the la!
board, III is well toi remember, was one OF the
causes Of Republican defeat in 1872
There is petty politics played by both OF. the
Democratic factions, yet each has the ppssihli-
ties for! constructive work The road committee
has made sdine really eommendable plans. If it
would eonfine itself I'd its proper sphere and'not
interfere with the city engineers department, it
will score, in the public mind, the greatest pos
sible victory against the insinuations of the OPP;
posing faction.
The proper sphere of the road committeeis to
investigate the needs of the city and county as
to streets and highways, advise the board as a
body and consult with the city engineers office,
pass upon the work to be done and upon the
work that is done The road committee has no
right to administer the road department, to die
tate its employees, to do the executive work. That
right is plainly vested in the city engineer. In
reference of the kind that has been witnessed is
against efficiency and no business firm would
allow such unbusinesslike methods. No board
of directors would attempt to take from plan
tation managers hands the running of the plan
tation, would name all the :iunas, clerks and la
borers, and then expect the manager to get eff
cient service or progressive results;
The situation is no different when it comes to
municipal affairs.
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[II:IIE1NIIL1IEIG

-NALEI KANAHA = Are we to
infer from the editorial in yesterdays
Star-Bulletin that Mayor Fern n tsx-s
pected to censorize social evening
functions before purifying the beach
or aftefl
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-23

II woman keeps her face closed
when she has nothing TO say it's a
safe bet she has. reached the age of
discretion.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-23

The deputy city attorney decides that the city
engineer ought to have the right to run his own
department Eminently correct.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-23

Ambassador Guthrie's comment on diplomatic
matters while here was confined to the compaP
atively safe course of quotation from the Decla
ration of Independence II
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i. 1t might lbe suggested that if tile supervisors
take the road overseer's job out of politics
Democratic patronage here, is going to be re
duced something like 100 per cent
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If there is going to be real trouble with Mex
leo, possibly Col, Roosevelt can be prevailed
upon to reconsider that Argentine trip.
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Local Bull Moosers are going to have a din
ner on August 5, but it will not be taken at the
political pie-counter.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-23

Talk of japanese alliance with the Mexican
government is affected by the very natural in
qury, Which government?
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-23

Looks like a good year for the war-corre
spondent crop, anyway.
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At least, no one can say Felix Diaz hard.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-23

Secretary Bryan, however, is cherishing tina
peace plan.
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municipal affairs
1T might be suggested that if tile supervisors
take. the road oyerseer's job out of politics,
Democratic patronage here, is going to be re.
duced something like 100 per cent
Ambassador Guthrie's comment on diplomatic
matters while here was confined to the compaP-
atively safe course of quotation from the Decla-
ration of Independence III
leo, possibly Col Roosevelt can be prevailed
upon to reconsider that Argentine trip.
The deputy city attorney decides that the city
engineer ought to have the right to run his own
department. Eminently correct.
Talk of japanese alliance with the Mexican
government is affected by the very natural in
quiry, Which government?
Local Bull Moosers are going to have din
ner on August 5, but it will not be taken at the
political pie-counter.
We should say that Felix Daz was wise in ac-
cepting that foreign post.
Looks like a good year for the war-corre-
spondont crop, anyway.
L .- .
! Secretary Bryan, however, is cherishing that
peace plan
! Thirty cents Mex has acute significance just
now.
AT least, no one can say Felix Diaz hard.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-03-01
MODERN WOMAN AS FARMER
One Found In Massachusetts Who 10
College Bred, Cultured and Very
Successful.

There is a woman farmer, living In
a suburb of Plymouth. Mass, who ia
considered by William d. Hurd, direc
tor Of the extension work of the Mas.
sachusetts agricultural college, as far
and away the most successful and al.
together the most worthwhile person
of the feminine gender drawing her
pay-envelope from Mother Earth, and
she Is just the most refined and cul.
tured and charming sort Of college
bred woman that can be imagined.
"She lives in a great and wide and
fire-placed century-old New England
farmhouse, set at the front of its own
two hundred acres (which this woman
farmer has reclaimed and cultivated
under the most modern scientific
methods) and buttressed at the back
by its own outbuildings for the clean.
as-a-whit, pure white pigs; the pure
blooded Holstein cattle; the delicately
tinted Buff Orpington pullets; the
Observation-Disclosures and funeral.
pillows-of-peace greenhouses; and the
high and broad and original old barn
for young stock, painted ox-blood red.
with a towerpointed silo nesting In
the corner OF it."-Suburban Life Mag.
aZine.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-03-01
Presbyterian Church Notes
Rev. A. ID. Grigsby. Pastor.

The pastor heartily invites all neg.
lecJers OF Sabbath worship and the
church TO make start next Sunday
by attending services in the. Presby-
Lerian church at 1880 aud I
lis morning subject Will be
walking in the Light" and evening
"An ouuce OF prevention is better
than a pound Of cure" Both Of these
themes will be treated In d practlc
and helpful way.
He urges all mem oers OF the church
to be- present on both tccas'ons, ana
To make special effort To be there
aud also to do their best u per ,uade
their neigh bors TO come with them
You are reminded also OF the hour
for Bible study, ll:45. The attendance
is increasing and the interest deepen.
ing. The sunday School lesson Is
well and iDtelligentiY taught by 4
staff Of educated aud efficient teach
ers.
Miss Lorraine will lead the meet.
ing OF the Y. l.. :. e.. +, next Sunda,
a, els. All members ought 10 bt
Present. and will be looked for. They
are reminded of the vows they took
on Joining the society, and that 1t il
very serious matter indeed To break
vows solemnly made 10 God and the
church. Outsiders will be warml,
welcomed.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-03-01
PRESCRIPTION
For a Long Life.

This is the prescription for a long
life given by an old gentleman In Con-
nect6ut. who Is ninety-nine years old
and still well and cheerful, Live
temperately, be slow to anger, don't
worry. take plenty of exercise In the
fresh air, and, above all, keep cheer
full"
Should the system get run down
digestive organs weak--the blood thin
and sluggish, take Vinol. which is q
delicious combination of the medicine
bodybuilding properties of Gods
llvers, with the useless grease elimi-
mated and tonic iron added. We re-
gard Vinol as one OF the greatest
body-builders and strength-creators In
the world for aged people.
Mrs. Mary Ivey, Of Columbus, Ca.
says: eff people only knew the good
Yinol does old people. you would be
unable to supply the demand: 1t Is
the finest tonic and strength-creator
I ever used"
We wish every feeble old per-
son In this vicinity would try
Vinol on our agreement to return their
money IL 1t fails to give satisfaction.
p. s. II you have any skin trou-
BILE try Saxo Salve. We guarantee 1t.
.tI~l.A.Sl1 $3.50. -
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-03-01
WAYS OF RUBBER TAPPING
Natives Of Mozambique Either Use
inclsion or Cook and Pound
the Bark.

There are at present In use two
native methods of extracting rubber.
The first, that Of incision or tapping.
is followed by all natives south OF
the Zambesi Valley, and it produces a
high-grade rubber known as MoZam.
bique pink, second only to best Para
on the European market. The other
method of extraction, known as
pounding. is generally followed In the
tricts. There the bark is stripped
from the roots of the vines or from
the vines and Is cooked over a slow
fire and pounded until the bark ia
finally pounded out, leaving a mass of
rubber In all stages of crudity. This
rubber Is known as Mozambique
rooty. 1t is classed very low, but a
large concern now operating In the
Mozambique district has perfected
the system of pounding to the point
of producing rubber which is rapid
ly approaching the classification OF
Mozambique pink.
A strange truth has come to light
in regard to the landolphia, and that
is that while vines are frequently
killed by incision or tapping, this
seldom happens with the vine which
is cut down almost to the ground
after maturity. It Is also a notable
fact that large sections OF the root OF
vine can be dug Up and cut off with
out killing the vine. In the Mozam.
bique district there are places where
natives have been cutting roots from
the same vines year after year. The
recognition Of this fact will make an
enormous difference in the estimates
Of the capacity of the forests.-U. s
Consular Report.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-03-01
Paper Dolls.

Every mother who has little daugh.
ters to amuse in rainy weather will
often resort to paper dolls. Children
always derive great amount Of pleas
ure dressing these, and many an 9TH
erwise tedious hour Is spent in this
manner.
Beautiful dolls, from six to nine
inches tall, ready to dress, may be
purchased for from five to ten cents.
II you desire to make your own
dolls, take piece Of stiff cardboard
and draw a head and body, using
the purchased doll for model.
Draw the eyes, nose, mouth, eye
brows, ears and hair. With water col
ors paint the features the desired
tints.
Lovely dresses may be fashioned
from crepe and tissue paper. which
comes in all tints and shades, plain.
figured and in plaid designs. Sup
piled with a pair of scissors, bottle
OF mucilage and the paper. children
can create many pretty costumes for
the paper doll.
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-03-01
step by Step.

To follow the course of any measure
undertaken for the good OF the chill.
dren Is to see how the sense OF civic
obligation deepens and widens. be-
comes more intimate and personal. as
the child is recognized by the state
as a possession of value. The COM
pulsory education law ia much to the
point. The state said the child shall
have education. That edict brought
hungry children to school. Then the
state had to begin to see to 1t that the
child. made to come to school, was
In At physical condition to learn.
Forthwith opened out far-reaching
state paternalism that must follow the
child from the school back to the
home, and eventually concern itself
with making the home a proper one.
Visiting nurse. school doctor, and
school lunch are the natural seauellae
of the compulsory educational law, and
even more nearly, 1t would seem. we
approach the plan of reimbursing the
needy family for the child loaned to
the state during the educational pc
Rod
Charlevoix county herald., 1913-03-01
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev. +. Porter Bennett, Pastor.

1890 Joseph aud his Brothers. "
will be the subject for The morning
service. All are invited 10 attend. A
SPECIAL invitation is extended u the
Young people 10 attend this service
All Young people who desire 10 be
enrolled az prObationers are requested
To be at this service.
HAS The wide-awak9 SUNDAY
SchOul meets The pastor has charg,
OF tn mrns' @ ass Every man la tht
city invited 10 come.
o.: EpworIh LEAGUE. Miss II q
Heath. Leader A welcome await
you AT this service.
100 "rhe Bones OF Joseph" viii he
the theme for the evening service. Do
not miss this service.
The interest was good In all Of tie
servn Is last Sunday. A number have
been received into the church during
the night services. Remember you
are wanted at the tuesday, aud Thurs
day night meetings. The Junior
League that meets every TUESDAY
aftecB on Is proving IA great success
over hundred were present last
Tuesday. We have llS boys and girs
enrolled now. Does your boy and gIIl
belung?
The pastor Is arranging with the
Knights ot Meth 'dism TO put On 4
play in the near future.