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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-05-30

A small tornado struck Valparaiso,
Neb., demolishing a church and hals
a dozen residences, but so far as
known no person was injured.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-05-30
MRS. WILLIAMS sAYsg


Elkhart, Ind. -" suffered for 10
years from organic Inflammation, fe-
male weakness, pain and irregulari-
ties. The pains in my sides were
increased by walking or standing on
my feet and / had such awful bearing
down feelings, was depressed In
spirits and became thin and pale
with dull, heavy eyes. I had six
doctors from whom / received only
temporary relief. 1 decided to give
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound a fair trial and also the Sanis
tive Wash. I have now used the
remedies for four months and cannot
express my thanks for what they
have done for me.-Mrs. SADIE WI
IVA Nc AK Ianaa
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81 Local Government.

Growth Of Local Government.
Hawaii's experience in the develop
ment of representative government is
/ believe, unique in that there has
been an evolution from a strong cen
tRalized government of a people &c
whom the county. township or other
local government idea was unknown
Even Russia and China have had fol
centuries the local government idea
in operation The idea was not known
in Hawaii until 1905, when the county
of Oahu was created by the passage
of the county act; the city and county
of Honolulu followed two years later
Both were viewed with distrust by
the responsible men of Oahu and We're
submitted to as a sort OF necessary
evil to be endured. AS far as the real
government of the city Of Honolulu
went the supervisors had little to say
beyond expenditures upon the roads,
The government was inefficient large
ly because it was insufficient. Be
lfeving that the cure for this lneftl'
cheney was government with more
authority and greater responsibility
the legislatures of 1911 and 1913
quietly cut almost every string which
kept Honolulu tied to the territory
apron.
After July 1, 1914, when the water
and sewer system must be turned
over to the supervisors, the munich
patty will have all the powers of a
real American city except full control
of taxation. This will come in due
time. for the best insurance Of good
municipal government is to have a
direct connection between a man
vote and the amount of taxes he pays.
The Lesson on Hawaii.
This devolutlon in government mas
given US the successful counties Oh
Kauai and Maui. The failure OF coun-
ty government on Hawaii is. in my be-
lief, due to the fact that the deyolu-
ton there has not gone far enough
On this island J believe we Will not
have q successful city government
until the city part Of the municipality
is separated from the county Ihe
city should include the old district OF
Kona and be the fourth representative
district, and the county should be the
rest Of the island and be the fifth rep
resentative district Such a plan may
be a solution of the appCrtionment
impasse in which two legislatures have
struggled.
I think none of you will dispute my
statement that we have no city spirit.
| believe also that yCu will unani'
mously support my contention that
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1 Honolulu needs an adequate city gov
eminent affording to its residents the
municipal necessaries and backed By
q, strong community feeling
This is just what Honolulu is going
to get as soon as Honolulu goes after
1t. Many of our present troubles are
really nothing more than growing
pains. Substantial progress has been
made and there is ar awakening Of
mems iRterestein public affairs. The
recent civic convention brought an un
fInistakabfe inspiration.
fGreater Chamber Of Commerce.
We need a strong central CONNER
cial organization, call it the Chamber
of Commerce. If you wish, the delight
of which ii shall be to further the
commerce, internal and overseas, Of
the port of Honolulu, and the duty Of
which it shall be to safeguard the
conduct Of public, affairs within the
city. The lack OF such a forum is
holding back the healthy growth OF the
city idea.
J Abolish the local Improvement clubs
these perpetrators of locality selfish
ness, and all get busy on the commit
; tees of the Greater Chamber Of Com
merce for the city's common good.
! Get acquainted with Honolulu by
actual contact Go to the top OF
: Punchbewl with map and study oui
the large areas to which you are a
stranger; then walk through them
for you cannot see them from an gu
tomobile. Figure out how to take
garbage, either by free or pay sys
that the stuff has to be packed oul
by hand, say 400 feet. Take tuber
cu1osis map of the city and then WISH
the congested areas where the most
of the pins are sticking into the map
The wet agriculture within the city
was responsible for the spread of the
cholera Of 1895 and 1911-find oui
what this means on the ground and
see If you can devise a scheme to
prevent its repetition.
Izmight go on and make many more
suggestions for seeing Honolulu
first The few that have just men.
toned have been spoken of over and
over again. The problems they pre-
sent will not be solved until We have
a city spirit and real community in
terest.
The test of the adequacy of our
present municipal act will shortly be
upon us, when the sewer and water
departments come within the juris,
Giction Of the supervisors. and III
growing demands on the municipal
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treasury are not followed BY Increased
income.
Finances viii Be Test.
Finances win be the sess.
Times have changed. No longer
can we expect financial assistance
from the Territorial common pot.
The other counties viii not stand for
it. Honolulu must finance herself
and stand on her own bottom. All
the property taxes on Oahu go to the
city and county. The territory gets
the income tax. The good old days
are pau. The future lies before US.
What does Honolulu need?
1. A municipal building to provide
the office space sorely needed for the
executive officers, to symbolic the
city. building Of dignity IN which
we all may rejoice "a city hall
2. There is not school room space
sufficient TO house cur school p0pula-
ton. More school rooms are needed
at once.
8. Our fire department Is made
quatelX provided with men and equip
ment
4. The police cannot be expected
to properly guard the city without
added numbers and equipment
5. Additions to the FIRE and police
telegraph systems are imperative.
s.. Provision must be made for the
care of the eity's dependents, the or
phans, the incurables, the incorn-
gibles, the insane. The rest or the
territory is impatient over Honoiulu's
preponderating use of the territorial
insane asylum and the Industrial
schools. Soon Honolulu itself must
pay the bills for the care Of its own.
Many City Necessities.
+ II. The city is growing faster than
we realize and the streets must be
lighted.
s. The storm waters must be con-
troIIed to save the streets and TO pre-
vent mosquitoes. It has been so long
since we have hat real storm that
we have forgotten this necessity. No
storm sewer system now exists, except
in spots.
9. The supervisors must prepare to
take over the sewer and water system
which by the provisions ct act 13S OF
the laws of 1918 must be transferred
to the municipality not later than July
l. 1914. How are these systems to
be modernized and extended so as to
provide the city with what Is needed
10. The city.s refuse and waste must
be disposed of.
II. The streets and roads must be
tcontfnued on page eIeyenJ
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City Spirit is HonoIuIu's Need Today"
Senator A. F. Judd Talks to Mems club
Points Ont Necessity Public Work

tation and welfare Is something whict
is practically non-existcnt as such. /
There are reasons, ssme of then
historical, why this stairs exists. lie
US examine this evening in a cursor.
way the community of Honolulu. some
CT the reasons why we are as we are
and IL we are dissatisfied with whai
we find, perhaps some sug gestions fol
action may be worth while
Honolulu originally was the name
ola locality not far from the juno
ton of School and LiIiha streets. In
the early days the name wis extend
ed to cover the harbor and the bust
ness town which grew up around the
harbor, displacing their ancient name
of Kou.
The @Neighborhood Feeling" F.
During the kingdom the ma ority oil
the white residents did not live in
Honolulu. They lived In "the valley
meaning Euuanu, on .'the plains. al
Punahou, Palama or Kalibi, as the
case was. Distances were great and
roads poor. People dined early. gen
orally at $50, visited with the neigh
bors, and retired early. The native
residents did the same. Except when
The king or consuis entertained, PEG.
pie did not come ito town" in the
evening except to religious services.
The .tneighborhood' feeling was f0s-
tered by the condition of life both for
natives and others. The Hawaiian
has always had a particular and pc
culiar pride In Hawaii mel" the ex-
act flavor of which cannot be done
into English. This neighborhood feel
ing gave him also pride in his home
locality. The white residents caught
this tone from the Hawaiian and as
simulated it, as they haye done In
many other things generally to their
@Nuuanu and Hawaii mel, Waikiki
and Hawaii mel, and so on. Homo
lulu nei" did not fit and was not used.
There was collection Of villages, the
residents OF which went sto town, ?
as they said, to do their business.
Previous to annexation this COM
mnnity, then much smaller than 1t
now is, at times had to get together.
/ refer to the whites to whom Hawaii
was home. They had to stand or
fall together. The instinct OF self
preservation was strong. The pecul-
lar iRstitution OF letters of denization
was constructed whereby subject Of
q European rn0nafeli10f q citizen Of
the United Statesscopld exercise all
The rights and enjoy all the privileges
of Hawaiian subject without for
swearing his other allegiance. This
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the king-of American or European
stock who had been born such nndel
the Hawaiian flag or had forswor1
their former soyereigns impressiy,
indeed is the recital Of some of tn,
crises through which Honolulu passed
The smallpox Of 1885, the revolution
and new constitution of 1887, the vii
cox insurrection of 1889, the reYolu
ton and abFogatian of monarchy o
1880, the insurrection of 1895, tn,
cholera Of the summer OF that year
and the plague of 1S99-190O.
Other Elements.
The coming together of different
race stocks, speaking differen. Ian
guages and with diverse customs and
ideas, making il necessary that al
should take time to learn Of each 9th
|er,s characteristics, has retarded thu
growth Of civic ideas. Education
takes time.
sThe Commercial expansion of the
whole country did not bestow its re
suits to the man lower down., MOI
encourage nor foster the growth of 3
citizen population with financial In
dependence.
s. What has been said so Tar may re
call to our minds some OF the facts
and perhaps somewhat of the atmes
phere Of the past, to explain the pres
Eent and to help us to understand what
is before us.
"A Common Meeting Ground Needed.
Now what OF Honolulu today.
Honolulu has grown rapidly. It has
tFipled In population In fifteen years.
The heads of many Of the older Amer.
lean families have done their share
of public service and left the boards.
Annexation bringing with 1t the great
sense of security under the Stars and
Stripes, has forever ended the pecu.
liar centripetal force which made Ho-
nolulu's people get together, to which
have referred 1t has also ended
the peculiar institution of letters of
denization, and man today who is
not an American citizen has no
weight in civic matters in Honolulu
except through the force of extraor-
binary personality. The pre-annexa.
tion English community has practical,
ly lost its identity as such and has
become American. This same trend
exists in the German colony, though
believe to q lesser degree. Many
of the mainlanders who have come to
Honolulu since annexation have made
Hawaii their home but some of them,
although they enjoy their life here
and the living they obtain, think OF
some other place as home" whittier
they will go to end their days when
their ship comes in.
The turning of malihini into a
kamaaina is not measured by the
length Of residence, but by the adop.
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Honolulu's civic needs and the basis
upon which they should be filed were
themes Of vigorous address by Sen
afOr Albert r. Judd OF Oahu, before
the Mems Club of st. Andrews al
Davies Memorial hall last night.
Senator Judd took as his subject
tHonoluIu Mel" and as his text, Il
am a citizen of no mean city" As
the smember Of the last legislature
chiefly responsible for the passage OF
the two new local Improvement laws.
he touched at some length upon the
powers of conferred upon the NUM-
cipality for street-opening, widening
and paving. The main theme OF his
address was, however, the necessity
Tor awakening a city spirit in Homo
lulu that will mean greater co-opera-
tIon among the citizens to accomplish
much needed work.
Touching upon local Improvement
clubs.1. Senator Judd pointed ont as
drawbacks 10 these that they work
for purely sectional improvement. He
suggested that the Greater Chamber
OF Commerce should by COMMITTEES do
the work these clubs are now doing.
William Thompson challenged the
senator on this point, urging that the
local Improvement clubs fulfill need
and should be developed and their
usefulness improved by afiliation of
the central body with the Greater
Chamber Of Commerce.
chairmen, Named.
During the, evening, George F. Da-i
yies, president of the Mems Club,
snamed committees as follows:
James Wakefield, COMMITTEES on
soc ial service; John Lennox, commit.
re on health and tuberculosis; H.
Good, ng Field. committee on ciyics;
1rfhl,, a Smith, committee on Sea-
mer,s institute; Guy H. Buttolph,
cc,1.n1ifte e on visiting; H. @. Winliey,
Giles. conn 1ittee on boys work; and
w. H. soper for the Big Brother COM
mittee. TheAe viii serve with the
other ofieers D. the club as the exec
utive committee. the officials being:
George r. DaFieA president; Arthur
q. Smith, vice president; Il. NJ. Judd,
treasurer; william Thompson, secre-
tary; and James wakefield, H. Good
ing Field and Rev. Canon Ault,
dire6tors
Senator Judd said:
II am citizen. Of no mean city
was the boast OF the seer Of old, who
was proud OF the fact that hts hpme|
vas II, the city OF Tarsnek ! take this
statement Of c0mmendab]e pride as
my text this evening, not because I
am to preach q sermon and must
therefore have q text, but because Oh
49, f.cf fhnf T1nn0Ii,1u IA rot Yarsus i
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CONTINUED on page eIeven1
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-12-13
LONE ROBBER GETS
$4,000 FROM SAFE
ON s. P. EXPRESS
FellS Messenger Just Out of
New Orleans, Grabs Cash
4. and Jumps OF.
HAD EYE ON 100000.
Changed Trains When He
Found Big Shipment In
der Armed Guard.
HAD EYE ON 100000.

NEW ORLEANS. Dec. is-Ths es.
prsss car Of a Southern Pacific train
which left here at 100 o'clock last
night. was robbed OF $1,000 In cash by
= lone rObber VINO beat the mssse nxer
into unconsciousneas and escsped by
leapinS from the car at HArshan. about
ten miles out. A special train with
deputy sheriffs left here shortly after
midnight for Harahan to take up the
pursuit. Of the robber.
That the bandit had expected 70 get
100000. which wAe sent out from here
on an earlier train. 10 tho BELIEF Of l.
G. Lord. the injured express messenger.
VINO Wa brought to a hospital here
Il was talking with an acquaintance
at the station Just before my train left. ="
Sad Lord. ''Hnd no introduced me to 4
man named Fleming a. q fellow Ca
madam and a railroad man. A few rniiss
out from the city I felt . blow on the
head and collapsed to the floor. When
J started up I saw Fleming was stand
ing over me and he beat me down
with q club.
He took the keys from my pocket
unlocked tho safe. took two packages
Of 5000 each and Jumped from the car
near Harshan. There was an Illinois
Central northbound freight at lIarahan
AMI expect ne got away on that.
After FLEMING left craw,ed to NE
door and shouted for help.
Il believe the robber waa after the
$Ioo.oOo that went out on an earlier
train, but there were four armed guards
with that. and when Fleming saw
them he changed his mind"
robber.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-12-13
ORDERS DIVIDEND
FOR INDUSTRIAL
SAVINGS SOCIETY
Justice Cohalan Holds Up Bank
Departments Bill as Unrea-
SOnable at Present.

Supreme Court Justice Cohalan to-day
refused TO approve for payment a
claim Of 1921. 5OG.5A representing dis
bursements made from June a. 1912. "a
September 30. 1919. by the Superintendent
OF Banks in untangins the AFFAIRS OF
tho Industrial Savings and Loan So
ciety, now In liquidation. The Justice
ssys ne In not satisfied yet that the
expenses are reasonable.
A distinct victory over the state De.
partment Of Banks n claimed by tbe
shareholders. who less than . month
ago asked Justice COhalan not to ap-
prove the Si27. 5os.A expense claim whom
the expenses Of operating the company
as = going concern during it's last
fiscal year AZ such were only Sn. 900.
The shareholders. throuGf, their cOun-
sci, Thompson. Warren Il Pelgram Of
No. 52 Wall street. also asked Justice
Cohalan to inquire into why the COM
pany's real estate holdings. which on
Juua.2s, 1912. were ui7.G1s. were on Oct
I under the activities Of the State
Banning Department, C.SA.62s.
Justice Cohalan not only holds up the
penses. but he directs that payment OF
10 per cent. dividend be made 70 the
shareholders, Tho Justices decision in
part follows:
Il shall nt approve the payment Of
these disbursements amounting to tho
sum OF slZ7 5S5t even though they have
been passed upon and actually paid by
the Superintendent, OF Banks, In the
report OF expenditures there are. for
example. Items for salaries and ex-
penses OF the Special Deputy superin.
tendent OF Banks. salaries for assist
ants and clerks and also legal expenses:
attorneys fees aud expenses In the sum
Of 81, 99. expenses Incurred In obtain
ing title To certain real estate In New
Jersey in the sum OF aN.576.2T. and real
estate expenses In the sum OF Es2,sxi.
When 4 IL considered that the NH are
holders are now 20 receive only 10 per
cent o. their claims Il Is apparent that
the foregoing figures make very large
expns. tens in this liquidation. When
the final report In made IN this matter
I may b. that substantial dividends will
he realized FOR the Shareholders and
that these expenditures may then ap-
pear reasonable, nut until that time
this Court is not disposed 10 81 con-
sder them
1T annot oe gainsaii that tho work
IN, olN- 81 and actually performed by
t.e Superintendent 0f BANKS ana his
counsel "a, OF considerable ma.ni-
tude. yet tho Court must be- fully salts
ned tina, tge sums disbursed wore not
only reasonable but fairly proportion
ate TO the b. ,sh,s ultimately to be se-
Dettsr appear II the sharon olderx re-
esivs suhstsatisl returns w1aa tAsis ~
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-12-13
THIEF CHASE THROUGH
CITY HALL PARK LED
BY A WOMAN CASHIER
Starving Electrician Steals
500 From Girl in Bank
and Is Captured.

The dense crowd In Printing House
square was treated 20 n thrilling thief
chase this morning when Howard
Burnes, a starving electrician ran out
OF the door OF the Clark Brothers
Bank. In tho Tribune building. with
800 in his hand and was finally
caught as he started up Duane street.
The chase was led by Miss Rose Sill
yerstone, twenty years old, a cashier
AID stenographer,
Burnes said he had come from Pitts
burgh two weeks ago and had been
without work or money most OF the
time, lie had been living In a lodging
house at No. 20 Bowery. This morning
ne stood inside the Clark bank when
Miss Slverst0ne arrived with ten $40
bills In her hand Birnes snatche.l the
money and ran, Miss Sllverstone at his
heels. He made "A dash across CITY
Hall Park and then up Broadway 10
duane street. but there his flight ended
in the arms of Traffic Onicer Patrick
Kecne.
Before Magistrate Levy In the Centr.
street Police Court Burnes pleaded
guilty and was held in bail OF Z? 10
for the Grand Jury.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-12-13
In Society at Washington
As Seen From the Outside
Mrs. Cato Sells, Who Says
She Was Born a Suf-
ragist, Has Performed
the Feat Of Converting
Her DUN Husband.

WASHINGTON. Doo. is.-,sh. hiatt,
from u little to~n--in q Southern State
at that. Hut Mr.. Cato Sells. wife OF
ths Commissioner Of Indian Analrp, 10
I"st as ardent a sufYragist ~ II $40
had gone on hikes and mad. sosp,ux
oratlons on Votes for Women" all nor
NE sho has done NOR. than have
man, OF the woman who work for suf-
rage In THE way. She has converted
her avn husband.
There's nothing conspicuous In bs.ns
shfras,st these days That 10. Il
one lives among suffrasists. But when
couple With three grown children
nail from Cleburne. Texas. bubblns
over with enthusiasm for the cause,
you may be sure that this man and
woman are OF an original turn ot mind
ana possessed OF some iittls moral
courage as well.
Il was born a shhragis,." Mrs. Sell,
told me. But this event tho event o,
being born a suffragirt. mean.-di 1
not occur In Cicburne. where Mr.. Sells
and l have made our homo for some
years past. We are both from vinton.
Iowa. Texas. however. does not do
serve the reputation most Southern
states have for conservatism. There
tho women are wkieawake to suffrage
and We hsys u particularly strong state
organisation. AZ the national suffrage
convention hold here In wash,n ston lar,
week l was one OF fourteen delegates
rom the State OF Texas. II was the
hrst national convention OF the SUI
trace party that | ever attended. The
brilliant women gathered here from
every corner of thu Union made II easy
to believe that the day of votes for
women cannot he far or"
Mrs. Sells II tho proud mother q. three
children. The eldest Of those. DOROTHY V.
10 = student at Wellesley. The boy,
donald. II taking n course at tho Chi.
csso University. and the youngest y.
the three. Barbara, In studyina At
Rockford College. Illinois
The Sells family !s reany on the
best OF terms," Mrs. Sells hsstens to
explain. with that ready smile OF hers
Notwithstanding tho fact that one
would suspect ~ OF not being on speak.
Ing terms from tho way In which W,
have chosen to scatter over tho coun
try. You zee. It Was this way: Each
Of the children had n very docidsd tast,
- to which college he or she wishet
10 attend. No We let them choose aoso
iutciy. Why notT'
At Christmas tine. however, thor,
will b one grand reunion OF the Sell
family. Mr.. and Mrs Sofia nre now