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

Commissioner James Wakefield Of the harbor
board brings back from the mainland 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 mnst do to win and hold commerce after the
opening of the Panama canal 1t is not an easy
task that ccnfronts this city Port charges must
be made more reasonable; 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
ii is work that demands the best energies of
Honolulu and the united efforts Of the CONNER
cial bodies. The commissioner has just returned
from visit to the Atlantic ports during which
he was in touch with big shipping interests
What he has to say is SO timely and pertinent
that ii ought to be said at open meetings of the
commercial bodies to which the general public is
invited $50
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-23
WILL THEY DO IT?

Mayor Fern and the board of supervisors will
please the people of Honolulu if they will keep
hands off the road department and let City En-
gineer Whitehouse run it.
Deputy City and County Attorney Weaver
has, at the request of Mayor Fern, given the
mayor a written opinion TO the effect that the
appointing of road oyelseer rests entirely in
the hands of the city engineer. This opinion is
the only commoDsense Interpretation of the law
that could be given, and it is just exactly what
the Star Bulletin pointed out editorially two
weeks ago. On July Z, when the question first
arose, the Star-Bulletin said:
The board can go a long way to remedy this lat
ter mistake referring partisan politics. if it will
turn the entire matter over TO tho proper depart
nent and the official to ION it belongs-the city
engineer Let the city engineer the work that
belongs to him. Hold hi responsible for results,
Give him a free hand. and forget party politics!
The present board, on taking office and nam
ing Whitehouse engineer, promised the commu-
nifty that he would be given free hand in the
administration of his department.. lie was not
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-23
ONE REASON is rOLITICs

Editor Honolulu Star Bulletin. Il.
Sir-Yhy Is it that We never hear
Of any other city under the American
flag having so much trouble with the
collection or non-collection of its gar
bage as is made manifest in this city?
Here is Honolulu, "a city that can b.
considered trcpical from every stand
point, and in which, for the preserya-
ton of the health Of the people the
collection Of refuse and garbage
should be the first consideration Of
the authorities and if not of the au,
thoritfer, then of the people them
selves. VIC find that somebody Is de-
linQuent.
In number of cities in which I
have lived the garbage is collected by
private enterprise, the customers pay
ing from 25 cents to 81 month for
the removal of all trash from prem
ises. The above charges refer to pri-
yate homes and residences. What the
cost to large stores. and the like was
l do not know.
Another feature in the collection of
garbage in the cities OF the mainland
is that it Is placed in garbage can
at the back door and taken by the
garbagcman from that point. Here
there seems to be an insane desire on
TIN PCT cf TIC householder (where
prrba~r l. en'lnoted) to parade the
eollecticr Of r-el~e 70 matter ho-r
rauseating it may DC. out on the front
sidewalk, where 1t adds to the beauty
of its surroundings possibly up 10 the
hour of noon before it is removed by
the garbage collectors, and have
known instances where it has remain
ed there for a week.
There seems to be a delinquency
somewhere. If it is in the garbage de-
partment, then correct it. If it is
with any of the higher ups" the cor
rection is needed so much the more.
II there is not money enough to do the
collecting of garbage thoroughly, then.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-23
MEXICO

Uncle Sans attitude toward the Huerta adj
ministration, while undoubtedly provocative of
serious trouble and resulting in danger to Amer
icans is both consistent and fair 1t is policy
Of non-recognition and non-interyention for the
present. Whether the policy ct non-intervention
can be maintained much longer is doubtful in
view of the increasing anti-American demonstra-
tons.
Soon after taking office Presidents Wilson
enunciated the theory that government by force
is not to be encouraged. The theory was made
to apply 10 I.atin-American countries and natur-
ally icludes Mexico The presidents advisers,
according to good authority, have not had con-
fidence inthe stability of the Huerta regime, nor
have they wished to encourage the violent meas
ures that we're taken to overthrow Madero. Pres
ident Wilson has therefore declined to recognize
the de facto Huerta government.
Wilson's attitude is at variance with that of
previous administrations in diplomatic relations
with Latin America, but it is consistent with his
official pronouncements made after taking of
flee. 1t is also consistent with our attitude to-
ward the Chinese republic Moreover events
have shown that while Huerta rules in Mexico
City, he does not rule in Coahuila, in chihuahua
and in several other states of considerable i'm
portance He has never ruled in the north, and
only half-ruled in the south
New factors are, however, coming into the dis
cusson. Anti-American demonstrations cannot
be long tolerated, and Mexicos move for Jap
aDese alliance is rightly to be viewed with mis-
givings. Unless Huerta can furnish protection
for American lives and property, Uncle Sam can
not remain passive much longer. Huerta will
not be allowed to fight out his destiny. He will
be swept aside
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-23
BANANA CLAIMS
HEARINGS
TOMORROW

a.
Hearings villsbe given tomorrow az
ternoon by the banana claims commits
sion to fifteen Hawaiian claimants.
asking damages for the destruction Of
their banana trees. They win be Civ
en- an opportunity to prove their loss.
occasioned when the board Of health
directed all banana trees to be cut
down. Notices Of the names Of the
claimants whose eases will 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 Kaleialii. Kahaumaelc
wainee, Solomon Mahelona. Solomon
Hanohane. David H Motley. Kealoha
Kanakaole. George Haaheo. John Hao.
ST.. John Kaaua. Lucy PuaIi. Harry
Roberts.
The following IS the fist or the
names Of the claimants whose cases
will be heard Friday afternoon at d
o'clock.
w ]. coalho.. David ,Naeole. o. II.
Kakuole. Melia Naauao. Koolan Male.
Mary K. .Kahalepuna, David Kanuha.
S. K. Kamaiopali, Meleana alehua.
Mrs Luka Kahalehili, J. w Holoua.
Kahalau Kalaepaa, Mrs. Luika Kaaha,
Mite Kalei, Mrs. Louise Pilanaia.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-23

tax the people for the money that Is
necessary for the work. Ii does not
seem possible that there are people IN
this city that are so short-sighted
that they would object to "a tax Of ten
cents year when that would possibly
save doctors bill of many times that
IN dollars
Neither the mayor nor any other of
fetal of the city should fail to under
stand that tourists view with disgust
the collections of refuse and garbage
that daily appear along the side walks
Of the principal thoroughfares of the
city that is the capital of the para
disc of the Pacific" aud this feature
alone should spnr somebody on the an
awakening" along these line. Ii
Mayor Fern did nothing else during
his administration than establish a
garbage collecting scheme that would
work to the satisfaction of the people
he will have been worth while.
A full and scientific study Of the
whole question of the collection and
disposal of the city wastes is required.
There should be a whcle-city collection
of garbage made every day. The col
lection of garbage is for the purpose
Of preserving the health OF the city.
We all will admit that. But wherein
lies the philosophy Of collecting the
garbage from one house daily. and the
garbage in the house on either side Is
allowed to rot and decay.
II / had my way some of the Jobs"
of the city, that act as sponges for the
city money, would wait till the gar
bagc, pronositicn had been placed on a
footing that would keep the city clean
and healthy. You can. dodge q bad
place in the road. hut you can't dodge
a bunch of microbes that come sailing
out of some side alley from decay
ing lot of garbage e
Although. am citizen of Honolh-
In and have lived here many years
I'D take all the pride in the world In
this city and think it the only place
worth living in. / admit. that as far
as my observations go, the city work
is done here in the slackest and most
don't-care-a-darn manner of any city
! have ever lived in.
In comparison of the amount Of
funds expended in this city and other
cities in the collection of garbage and
the result Of the work there is no
credit coming to us. The system here
seems about as rotten as some Of the
garbage it doesn't collect.
y
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-23
CIVIC BODIES PLAN
FOR ANNUAL MEETING
CONTINUED from page one)

dron and Fred C. Smiih. entertain
ment; Thomas Church and C. C. Won
Hamm. program and Invitations. II.
P. Wood will act in the capacity OF
secretary for the three committees.
Each of the committees was given the
power to add to it's number when
necessary, these additional members
to be chosen at random from among
the members OF the three local com
mercial 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 a
chance to offer suggestions to the loo
al committee.
Upon a motion made by Fred L.
Waldron. the committee appoiated the
following members Of island organiza-
tions to cooperate with the local COM
mittee in carrying OUT the details and
arrangements Of the convention; DR..
Harold B. Elliot, of the Hilo board OF
trade; Hermann Rohrig of Lihue.
Kauai, and William Walsh of Kahu-
.lui, Maui. Each of these will be re
quested to appoint and act as chair
man of a committee Of two, these COM
mittees to forward their suggestions
to the local committe.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-23

experiences, Is the trip he took down
from Labrador on Peary's ship, Roose
welt, on the return of the exploring
party 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, Mr..
Sayre said:
Il admire President Wilson more
than | do Col. Roosevelt"
The wedding is expected to take
place at the White House in Novefn-
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
lied in political science. She has
done much settlement work in Phila.
delphia and also in New York, and
has been actively identified with the
Y. w. c. A., having recently made
many speeches in its behalf.
NEW YORK. official an
nonncement 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 a
clerical capacity to the Office of Dis
trict Attorney Whitman, a position
which he says he procured through
the influence of ex-President Roose-
welt, of whom he is a 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. ~ s.. .2.~. j
In the Criminal Courts building, the
announcement of his engagement was
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
LeyegSk FINELY Iol!GJl

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 if the writer's SO
desire, but cannot give space to
anonymous communications H.. IF
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-23
EDITOR

given a free hand Smiddy was a political ap-
pcintee, and practically every member of the
road department now is a 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
if he does not carry out their desires his own po-
stion 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 overseer and
there should be no evasion of that spirit
The present board is occupying good deal of
its time in undignified and petty squabbling, for
which both factions are to blame Supervisor
Pacheco voices series of protests at almost
every meeting. Supervisor Petrie sometimes re-
forts. 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 laf
board, it is we'll to 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 gossibili-
ties for constructive work. The road committee
has made some really commendable plans. If it
would confine itself to 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 committee is 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 it's employees, to do the executive work. That
right is plainly vested in the city engineer. In
reference of the kind that has been witnessed lis
against efficiency and no business firm would
allow such unbusnesslike methods. No board
of directors would attempt to take from a plan
tation managers hands the running of the plan
tation, would name all the lunas, 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
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-23

office had had the slightest intimation
of this courtshfp Today scores or
persons, many of whom Sayre had
never met In his life, stepped In to
congratulate him. HIS teIepfone wire
was busy throughout The morning. He
submits to this sudden popularity
more out of courtesy than JOY and
he refused to give his city address. in
order that he might avoid callers at
his home
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-23
In The Public Eve

As to the manner of computing in
Iterest on public funds deposited I'D ma.
ttional banks, a problem propounded by
the secretary Of the treasury. it is a
matter entirely within his discretion,
answers Controller of the Treasury
Do~ney, and the law has no word to
say on the subject.
THE question is one of agreement
rather than law" says Controller
Downey, in his opinion just made pub
lie, land subject to such regulations
as you may prescribe"
The question of the method of COM
putting interest on government funds
in national banks, he suggests, is one
tn be decided by agreement between
depositor 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 of Secretary Nc
Adoo. issued April 30, requiring all
government repositories, active and
inactive, beginning June /, to pay 2
per cent per annum on average month.
| ly balances, to be credited semi-annu.
ally, January 1 and July 1.
The controller of the treasury goes
into the detail of defining monthly av.
orages, 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 +. 49,.
II am willing to run the gauntlet
here said Mr.. Sayre, "but at home
want rest" .:... il. .....-...**.... -
Mr.. Sayre said he would take a resi-
| for two or three days, and then, re
sumo his work in the complaint bu
/ reau. With his admission to the bal
he will be elevated to the position OF
/ assistant district attorney. T.
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 ne
! entered the Harvard law school
graduating last year with degree
cum laude. One of his more exciting
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-23
ETIIIE1NIEINIEHl

-NALEI KANATIA - Are we to
infer from the editorial IN yastarday's
Star-B Bulletin that Mayor Fern Is ex-
peeled to censorize social evening
functions before purifying the beach
or AFTER?
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 compar-
atiyely safe course of quotation from the Decla-
ration of Independence.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-23

1t might be suggested that if the supervisors
take the road overseer's job out of politics,
Democratic patronage here is going to be re-
duced something like 100 per cent.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-23

If 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

If there is going to be real trouble with Mex
leo, possibly Col Roosevelt can be prevailed
upon to reconsider that Argentine trip.
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
quiry, Which government?
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

We should say that Felix Diaz was wise in ac-
cepting that foreign post
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-23

Local Bull MoOsers are going to have din
ner on August ), but it will not be taken at the
political Epie-cOunter.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-23

Looks like a good year for the war-corre-
spcndent crop anyway.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-23

Secretary Bryan, how ever, is cherishing that
peace plan. Ill ILL.,
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-23

At least, no one can say Felix Diaz hard
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-23

Thirty cents Mex. has acute significance just
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-02-15

Brothers of St. Francis.-The Con-
gregation of the Brothers of st.
Francis Xavier, whose motherhouse is
in Bruges, Belgium, is now in it's 74th
year. 1t numbers in it's American
Province 127 protested Brothers, 10
scholastic, 81 novices and 20 candi-
dates. They are comprised in col
leges, academies, industrial schools,
Is parish schools and A homes for
boys. Louisville is the cradle of the
American Xaverian Brothers.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-02-15

than political grounds was caused in
a suburb of Mexico City recently when
the government authorities started to
demolish the Church of the Virgin of
Piedad to make room for barracks.
Residents who had worshiped at the
little church all their lives protested
en- masse. The authorities found an
other site for the barracks.
st. Joseph's College, Dubuque
Wednesday evening, January 10Th, the
Ben Greet Players appeared in the
College Auditorium in Shakespeare's
Comedy of Errors" The company
is one trained by Ben Greet himself.
Only one stage setting is used in the
production, as was the custom in
Shakespeare's time, and the success
of the play thus rests entirely upon
the Interpretation of the players.