davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-04-03

shall be the basis of the tests
civil service examinations for
of fourth-class post
5 who were placed under the
ed service by order of Presi-
aft? This is a problem which
W postofilce department heads
ding difficulty in solving. The
of the department is to estab-
basis for these tests which will
competent postmasters, but
'artment does not wish to make
I so severe that capable appli-
will get "cold feet" and not
o examination.
master General Burleson, his
I'd second assistants and sew
nor officials of the department
cen engaged on this problem
walls for the last week. Civil
Commissioner Mcllhenny has
yer the situation with them.
,ult is that the tests win be
jointly by the postofiice de-
1t and civil service commission
submitted to President Wilson
approval, for the order for the
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-28
The DANGERS OF An EASY RECALL

Agreeing heartily with the idea Of a short
ballot form Of government for Honolulu, the
Star Bulletin most decidedly takes issue with
the suggestion that the ''r al PFC; Sicn may
be set in operat"nhy twr";y pes. c"nt Of the vote
for delega! in tie la; D.. rring q, .tion
We believe, and have repeatedly expressed the
belief, that to subject commissions rs to the recall
SO easily will defeat one of the main purposes Of
the proposed new charter, which is to secure for
office men of the highest character and business
ability. Such men are chary of accepting public
office anyway, and if they fear that a small dis
gruntled faction or defeated minority can stir
up a recall election, with it's personalities and
bitternesses, they will be still more Oath to quit
successful private business for the thankless
duty of serving the community.
The recall is not function to be exercised
under ordinary circumstances. 1t is only to be
called upon in cases Of emergency, where pub
lie official grossly abuses public trust, either
through cCrruptness CT incOmpetency. In such
case, it ought to lie easy to get thirty-fivc or
forty per cent of electors signatures to a petit
ton for recall election.
That the attitude of this paper is the attitude
of great many friends of non-partisan, short
ballot government here is quite evident. One of
the men who has been prominent in Republican
politics here for years and who speaks after ma
ture consideration, gives an authorized interview
to the StarBulletn today vigorously opposing
the twenty per cent recall plan. The conserva-
tive element in Honolulu, naturally opposed to
radical changes in government, will certainly re-
fuse assent to any proposition which offers the
probability of plunging the city int frequent
political strife. \.
twill be difficult at the best to put through
radical charter revision. 1t will be still more
difficult to put it through with the friends of
non-partisan, short-ballot government divided on
the details Of tie recall and they will be divided
Il any such low percentage as twenty is insisted
upon by the charter revision committee
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EDITOR

than what half Il dozen fishermen get every
day and light in their pursuits of Sra-fOOd
around the flats from Waikiki to kalihi The
eel is known to be pe"ySh animal wien St"rr
up in a corner, but its C SiGEAt"n q; ''m&n -
ing" and the highly-colord story Of lie ga; he
beneath ten feet of water, does an injustice to
a dcnizen of the deep whose chief characteristic
is Il desire to be let alone.
The vicOuSnrSS of the fake this morning,
however, is the effect it may have on people who
will take it's detailed statements as true. Wal
kiki beach is pictured as a place where bathers
are likely to meet this monster of the coral reefs
and sea-depths and may have to do battle for
their lives. OF course there is nothing of the
scrt likely to happen There are small cells Oc-
casiOnally seen endeavOring to make their escape
in shallow water, but bathers need have no fear
of them. And the outer surf is not the place for
most bathers, anyway
The story is absurd to people who know these
waters and perhaps the morning paper means to
be amusing with this kind of nature-faking But
it is not amusing to have Waikiki beach heralded
as unsafe for bathers because of the presence of
strange sea-mOnsters, and in this respect the
fake this morning is about constituencies and
injurious as can be imagined.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-28
LITTLE INTERVIEWS

W. o. SMITH-When | see so many
intelligent people in favor of a change
to commission government for Homo
lulu, under our present conditions, it
gives me a feeling Of encouragement.
am afraid that the election of eXecu-
tive officers with large powers will
saddle us with an expensive and bur-
densome system that it will be hard
to get rid of. The amendment of the
municipal charter should be careful
and slow.
VIM. BUSH--It may not be general
ly known, but what was formerly one
of the very best suburban roads ever
built in Honolulu was built by a ma
tive. 1t is the White Road" or Ka-
pahulu road, Waikiki, and was built of
coral rock twenty-five years ago this
year, and during all these years it has
never been repaired. Every ounce of
crushed rock that went into the Fort
Ruger Notifications was hauled over
this road, entailing a great deal of
wear, which it stood nobly consider
ing it's advanced age
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-28
PERSONALITIES

MRS. H. A. ISENBERG arrived on
the China and will remain here sew
eral months.
MRS. E. II. MONROE, who has been
a visitor in Honolulu for the past
six months, leaves in the Wilhelmina
tomorrow for her home in San Fran
cisco
MRS. CARRIE JACOBS-BOND, OF
Chicago. the we'll known composer OF
many charming lEllabies and chill
dren's songs and known to many Ho-
nolulans, has been recently visiting
Seattle on a tour Of the west.
ALEX STEWART, assistant chief
engineer of the Great Northern
Railway Company, stationed in Sc
attic, left yesterday for Honolulu, &C
companied by Mrs. Stewart, and will
remain there for two months. Mr..
Stewart is on leave of absence and
goes to Honolulu for mis- health.
While Mr.. Stewart is away the office
will be under the charge of R. l..
Beaulieu. resident engineer.-Seattle
Post-Intelligencer.
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RAYMOND ROBINS TALK
(contInued from Page |,

that he was primarily a social worker
but being represented in other lines
of work In discussing the problem OF
social work, he said that if the work
ers of Honolulu would succeed, that
they would have to get together, and
that if in any case there was social
worker or a social institution that at
any time saw that another social
worker or social institution could do
the work to a better degree of salts
faction, that the one in doubt should
Immediately turn the work over to the
other. He placed special stress on
the fact that between social work
ers or social institutions there
should be no feeling of jealousy or
seIfishness which is very apt to exist
in many cases. In other words, The
who wishes to save his life must be
willing to lose it,
To illustrate these points, Mr.. Rob-
ms drew on his own personal expert
ences in the city of Chicago. He told
of the great Northwestern University
Settlement and how it was at that
settlement that the very first pasteur-
lied milk depot in Chicago was estab-
lished. At the time this was done,
he said, he got to thinking the matter
over, and while the establishment of
this depot was a fine thing for the
community, and a source of money,
he finally decided that the entire city
of Chicago needed these stations, and
not simply one station for the $4,000
in his district. So he put the propo-
sition up to the workers of the other
districts with the result that today
Chicago has a splendid system OF
these milk depots.
Another strong point which MIR.
Robins brought out last evening was
his advocation of the regil tratiOn of
all social cases such as employment,
poverty, disease, etc. He said that IN
every city where social service AMI
settlement work is carried on that
there should be a bureau Of some kin /
and that every social in. titution in
the city should cooperate, and that II
they refused to give their cooperation
they should be boycotted by the otIer
institutions and their finances with
held. He also advocated an endOrS,
ing system, and asked one Of those
present if certain Well-OrganlZPd
body in Honolulu had such sy. tenn
and he was told that this organization
bad no such system ct present. He
then went on to say that this body
should install such a system whereby
the social institutions of the city Of
Honolulu could be endorsed whenever
the occasion required. At this poin;
the speaker went back to his endorse
nent of the registration system and
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That party did not know that t!iry
COULD haze taken >tre"tcar right
where they stood and went direCc to
the aquarium for five cents each. That
party did not see one OF the sights Of
Hawaii. simply for the want of a LITTLE,
home promotion prop. rly applied
In this connection | might cite a
Tourist happening Of couple OF
years ago. and it might also throw
some liSAt on the "SC'dier no admit
i-"r'" a A!ahea wharf recently ty
c-e Of Our finest. tAny one OF them:
they are al, pretty much alike
\ party OF tourists stood at the F.
O. Hall corner, and, seeking Informal
ton from a nearby police officer, said
to him, in an intprrogatOry tone, We
would like to go to the aquarium,
please"
The police officer hunched his
shoulders and replied. All right. No
pilikia." and walked off toward the
other side of the street, probably Won
dering whv he was not made assistant
superintendent to creation.
II ignorance is bliss, We must GER
tain:y have most happy police force
CITIZEN
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gress to appropriate 100000 for the
exhibit at the San Francisco eXposi.
ton. 1t is stated that Chairman r.
w. Single of the Republican terri
torial central committee will send to
Delegate Kuhio the form OF a bill fos'
introduction in Congress. The bill will
be as follows:
THE secretary of the interior is
hereby authorized and directed to aid
the people of the Territory of Ha.
wall in providing and maintaining an
appropriate and creditablel exhibit of
the products and resources of Hawaii
at the Panama-Pacific International
Exposition in 1915, and for that pur.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-28
FAKES THAT HURT HAWAII

Duke Kahanamoku's ''fierce battle with a
four-foot, man-eating eel beneath ten feet of wa
ter" described with such perfervid imagination
and blood -curdling effect this morning turns out
mon examination to be about as silly fake as
has been foisted upon the local morning news
paper readers,-which is going some"
The champion swimmer thrust finger into
a hole in the coral bottom of Waikiki beach, and
an eel snugly ensconced in the crack took
a nip at the finger. 1t was nothing more
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TIMELY Tips.

!-Ci'c.' IiCno ul1 StlG-DTii"tin.
Sir:-A little promotion work done
right here at home along with writing
letters to TimbuctOo would not be SO
awfully far out OF the way when one
notes the following: On the day the
Cleveland's passengers were ashore,
a party consisting of three from that
ship applied to a hackdriver at one Of
the downtown stands of the charge to
take them to the aquarium. He told
them that it would be 81. They told
him that they understood there was TO
be a lesser rate for tourists, and the
driver said that he thought that there
was, but the hacks would not be
available until II O'clock
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-28
PRAISE FOR THE COlORED TROOPS

Praise for the soldiers of the Twenty-fifth In
fantry, now at Schofield Barracks, is strongl
voiced by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer unde
COP One exception to the statement should b
made, and that is as to Hawaii's attitude whic
is NOT one of protest
Hawaii and the Philippines are protesting to the
war department that they do negro soldiers,
: the south will not have them, and northern commu-
mites where racial tolerance is at least theory have
made II plain on many occasions that they want
white troops. So it seems there is place for the
black trooper and infantryman to go but back to CT
william life
This opposition is purely racial, for the record of
the black troops with exception, that of Browns
vilIe has been good in times Of peace and nothing
short of excellent The Brownsville incident
is that has been cleared up sufficiently for
an unprejudced person to form definite opinion as
to the facts in the case but the general tendency to
believe accusation has placed the blame on the
soldiers. But aside from this case, in which there
is room for reasonable doubt, the negro soldier on
the whole has been law-abiding and as decent as
his white brother-at-arms.
Seattle has had experience with colored troops
and has had very little fault to find with them. The
act OF one man wrought this community up to high
pitch Of natural excitement at time, and feeling
against all the men was intense. But sober thought
showed that it the deed of an individual that
could not be charged against the regiment. Espe-
cialy this made plain by the exemplary conduct
OF the of the Passengers who use the Fort
Lawton cars not infrequenty remarked that the be-
havor of the colored going and from the fort
q was better than that of the white regiment which
preceded them there.
Where there is racial anita onism there is
far reasoning. The department may hold out
for time but it is likely that later the
black regiments will be dsbanded and the army will
lose some of its best and bravest We may live
to regret this change when some other San Juan hill
occasion arises.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-28
RELIEF FOR PUNCHBOWL

Residents of Punchbowl appear to have le-
tory shall take up at once the matter of complet-
ing the street grading of that wellpopulated sec
ton of the city.
PunchbOwl's troubles are many and OfttOld,
but the delays of the government in affOrding
relief are inexplicable except on the assumption
that the tangle is hopeless, which is something
one does not like to admit either of municipal or
territorial government.
The Punchbowl troubles used to be mostly of
land titles, preferential rights government sale
of lands, etc. 1t seems now that insanitary con-
IditiCns are likely to furnish more serious prob
lem than any of boundaries or upset prices. Ac-
cOrtling to complaints from residents of the sec
ton, the delays in grading the streets and put
ting in sewers have brought Punchbowl to the
point of digging cesspools all over the hills, of
dryearth closets and general lack of sewage and
drainage, with attendant dangers.
Now the improvement club of the district
asks the government to work out some plan
whereby PunchbOwl can take advantage of the
revolving fund scheme. 1t is pointed out, in
another column of tOday's paper, that the money
derived from the sale of Auwaiolimu lots has
been practically all used up on the first street
improvement contract, and that delay in i'm
proving the rest of the section is looked for.
Meanwhile the insanitary conditions threaten to
become much worse.
Kewalo was put first under the benefits of
the revolving fund for the reason, we sup
pose that conditions there called for first relief
The Auwaiolimu clubs statements as to the con-
ditions on Punchbowl ought to be investigated
not only by the superintendent of public works
but by the board of health, and both departments
should cooperate in trying to bring speedy re-
lief to the people of this section of the city. Pos
sibly it will require extension of the revolving
fund by the coming legislature.
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explained the need Of such 4 system
as being invaluable, as in this way all
Gaia in regard to the various cases
handled in order to form a public
opinion and to create legislation.
Urges Publicity.
In his next point, he took up the
! matter of publicity, and advised the
social workers and the social institu-
tlCns to be free with their informa-
ton to the public press because, he
said, an average of three people read
ea"h copy OF every daily paper which
! is issued, and, for example, if news
paper has a daily circulation of 5000,
that means that $4,000 people read
that paper every day. He went on to
tell of the influence caused by the
press, and it's help in creating public
sentiment, and gave illustrations of
how legislation could not be accom-
r!ished unless it was backed up by
public sentiment. He advised all
social institutions to form a construc-
tive program, and when this was once
formed, they need not be afraid to
enter into politics, and carry the thing
through until it should become law.
Takes up Social Evil.
Perhaps the most interesting part
of the address given by Mr.. Robins
vas that part where, upon the re-
crest of Mr.. Rath, he explained his
views of the social evil question. TAX
ing the city of Chicago again as his
example, he related that he had found
cut that once the "red-llght" district
Of a CITY was closed that that city at
once became as good as being entire
~ off the map as far az. the big bust
nCss of prostitution and the white
Save traffic was concerned. He poin.-
eG out the segregated district og
city as beirs 4 sore which Is con-
otantly spreading disease, and that
the only way to touch the problem
vas to do away with the segregated
district, and in this way the disease
would cease to spread.
Last evening Mr.. Robins also spoke
before a large audience at the Opera
tTCuse on social service matters,
G. awning on his own experiences
course of his address.
Final Conference Tomorrow.
Fred B. Smith and Raymond Robins,
leaders of the Men and Religion For
ward Movement, will hold a final con-
ference for all the men of the city in
the games hall Of the Young Mems
Christian Association tomorrow after
noon from 1890 until o'clock. The
meeting will be one of importance and
it is requested that all who wish to
attend be on hand promptly.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-28

A man is apt to dodge mp an alley
when an office really seeks him.
The efforts of women to make them
selves beautiful are but vain attempts
even when successful.
An honest man seldom blows his
own horn-probably because he Is
too poor to own one.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-28
LETTERS ON TIMELY TOPICS

1.-THE StarBulletin invites free and
frank discussion in this column on all
legitimate subjects OF current interest
Communications are constantly rec. "
ed 10 which no signature Is attached
This paper will treat as confidential
signatures to letters if the writer's so
desire. but cannot give space to
anonymous communicates
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-28

The charter revision committee is to have a
meeting next Friday night to receive the report
of the subcommittee on drafting. This report
contains a suggested outline of the plan of or
ganization Of the city government on the short
ballot or commission plan. The outline is not
submitted as final. and discussion is desired by
the committee We suggest that the meeting
next Friday night be thrown open to the general
public, in fact, that the public be urged to at
tend. There is a great deal of enlightenment
needed on the subject of shOrt-ballot government
and every available means should he used to keep
the work of the revision committee before the
citizens.
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pose he is authorized to cause to be
erected the necessary building or
buildings" T.. r..
The bill also calls for the appoint.
ment of officers to supervise construe.
ton and installation, the total appro-
priation to be 100000.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-28

Bolivia and Peru are not willing to let the
Old World get ahead of the New in the matter
Of wars.
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The Sick Man of Europe is being slowly
lorne toward his tomb.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-10-02
POMOLOGIST TO GIVE
ADVICE ON GRAPE CULTURE

Fresno, Oct. George C. Hus-
mann, pomologist in charge of witt
cultural Investigations of the United
States department of agriculture, will
demonstrate to the vineyardists of
this district on the government eX-
perimental station on the Fresno
vineyard the good that has been ac-
compished by the department in a
number of experiments carried on here
with different varieties of table and
wine grapes next Saturday.
The letter, which has been sent out
by the department of agriculture re-
garding the demonstrations to 9e
carried on at the experiment station
at Husmann, is as follows:
Gentlemen: On October 4. from
a. m. to 5 p. m, George c. Hus-
mann, pomologist in charge of witt
culture investigation of the United
States department of agriculture,
Washington, d. c., will be at the
Fresno experiment vineyard, located
on the property of the Fresno Vino
yard Company, three miles east Of
Fresno, Cal, at which time he will
explain the nature of the viticultural
Investigations carried on in said and
Imperial Valley press., 1913-10-02

You can find me at 6i6 Main street.
Ed ROICE.-Ady.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-10-02

other experiment vineyards Of the de
partment, and tell of the more inn
portant results accomplished
yourself and others you know to
be interested in grape matters are
cordially invited to come, not only -
hear what Professor Husmann has to
say, but also to see what there is in
the experiment vineyard and to profit
by what is being done to help Cali
fornia viticulture. Yours very truly,
"R. SCHMIDT"
Speaking of the matter last night,
Mr. Schmidt, whose home is in this
city, said:
"Many varieties of vinifera are
grated on resistant stock, some as
long as ten years, and are showing
where the vinifera are uncongenial to
the stock. AS it will be only a mat
ter of time before the vineyards in
this section will all have to be resist
ant, it will be very important to see
what the different varieties of wine,
table and raisin grapes are doing. Mr..
Husmann will ponit this out He will
also show the earliest and latest table
grapes, and which are adapted for
sawdust pack and for crate shipment
"Mr. Husmann will explain all the
work being done by the department in
the viticultural line and what is doing
at the different stations in California.
He will show what about $50 different
resistant varieties are doing in this
climate and soil and how the vini-
feras act when grated on them He
will also show some new introduc-
tions in the way of table and raisin
grapes, and what different varieties
do under different methods of prun-
ing.
"The fruit of almost all varieties is
still on the vines and in good condi-
tion. Experiments along these lines
have been carried on by the federal
government in the interests of the
local growrs for the last ten years.
"The vineyard, which is located on
the property of the Fresno Vineyard
Company, next to the Sanger railroad
branch, one mile south of the Sun
nyside car line, is the second largest
carried on by the department of ag-
riculture in the state. The largest
experiment station conducted by the
government in California is at OAK
vile, Napa county. There are twelve
altogether which are operated by this
department in the state"