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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-29

A smokeless smoker was held re-
Gently by the brotherhood Of a MIL
waukee church. Zero in entertain
ment.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-29

Senator Davis then turned the SEN
ate back to the 9Th order Of business
mittee on state affairs to the effect
that Senate Bill No. IL had been
amended by striking out everything
after the word IA Bill" and that q
new bill had been drafted. This bill
provides for a gopher bounty. and the
committees action was based on some
legal opinions that had just been dis
covered. The report raj adopted and
it was ordered that 500 copies Of the
new bill be printed.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-29
c WEATHER.

Kinks IN GOOD CONDITION.
All Grand Forks park leo Kinks
are In good condition again. and
are open to the skating public.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-29

Right here a breathless messenger
from. the house rushed passed the SEN
ate sergeant-at-arms. and made his
the ena that he had in his posses
sion a message from the house. The
message stated that the house wanted
the senate to concur in the appoint
ment af a committee Of Ave. three
from the house. who were Messrs.
ITwichell. Huso and HARRISON. with
two from the senate to Investigate and
ascertain the present needs OF the
tuberculosis sanitartum al Dunseith.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-29

The committee on ways and g
reported 1t had amended Senate Bill
No. 50 and recommended its passage,
and then President pro TEN Gilbert
took the chair. i
The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-06-06

tion might have arisen says Justice
Perry, elf the act as amended had been
enacted for the first time ON April 80,
1913, am satisfied, in view of the his.
tory of the legislation on the subject,
that the intention Of the legislature,
sufficiently expressed in the statutes,
was that the rate of the tax upon in.
comes for 1912 should be two per cent.
and that the rate for the remainder of
the term of the act should be one per
cent. In my opinion Judgment should
be entered for the defendant"
The decision of the supreme court is
to govern also in the case Of the Oahu
Sugar Company against the same as
SCISSOR, it having been stipulated, with
the filing of the second suit, that the
decision in the Apokaa Company suit
should settle the question at issue in the
latter case.
d. L. Wilmington Castle & whiting
ton on the briefly for Apokaa Sugar
Company.
Wade Warren Thayer, attorney gen
eral, for the assessor.
A. A. Wilder, amicus curiae, or ad
wiser of the court.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-06-06
YOUTHFUL Thief STEALS
H|LO CANARY BIRDS
Sweet songsters Owned by Ores
iccen cent City Bachelors Prey of
! as lyuveniie Japanese s." !,


HILO, June g2,--Ganary' bird thieves
have been tro,fblihe the town for some
time past. One of them was caught
last Thursday by the police, but as the
loss Of Birds has continued since his
arrest, il IS evident that there is an.
other such thief still at large.
= Pie thief who was caught was a
tYeiye.y ehfQld Jhphnese boy, who lives
far tuPP (magkp at tPQfakunpi, and whose
misslbn' m'shfe is that Of d delivery
rboYfef acdahy,. When the thefts be.
came numerous. Deputy Sheriff Martin
detailed Jail Guard de- Mello to go
about town to try to locate from their
singing the stolen birds So de Mello
spent couiile Of days on the pleasant
task Of listening for the liquid notes OF
the warbers. He failed in this, but he
did hear the. report that canares could
be had at the tempting price of twenty
FIVE cents each at Pohakunni. This ex.
cited his suspicious, so he reported the
matter to Martin, who made trip Ia
the boys place. The hoy had been in
the hands of the authorities before bnt
,thisi was merely for aitraing boyisl
fafimip Involving The stealing Of cake
from a teacher. He admitted that h,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-06-06
DATA SUBMITTED FOR
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Figures Sent in by Governor Frear
Show Water and Sewer De-
partments Are Not Paying.

Stating that the water and sewer
works are running behind on account OF
the long drought which has necessi-
tated an increase in pumping expenses,
Governor Frear S answer TO the request
of the board of supervisors for infor.
nation pertaining to the Honolulu wa
ter and sewer works was read at the
meeting of the board, held last night.
The Governor reply stated that the
task of furnishing call information and
data" as asked by the board, was a
formidable one but he enclosed for i'm
mediate consideration two financial
statements.
One of these related to the current
revenues from the systems and showed
the receipts and expenditures for each
half year since the works were put on
an independent self-spstaining basis in
July, 1909.
The second statement referred to the
bonded Indebtedness which has been in
CURED by the water and sewer works
1t stated that the amount of the bonds
from the last issue will probably be in
creased before the systems are turned
over 10 lne Guy WHlcH must Dt Dtioie
July ], 1914.
The Governor stipulated in the report
that 'the most natural way of making
the transfer would be for the Territory
TO complete all projects which are Il
be paid out of the loan funds now avail
able and then to make the transfer
without waiting for the expenditure OF
any moneys that might be available out
of an additional issue of bonds.
F, Enclosed with the report also weri
/ two printed accounts of the snperin
4 tendcnt of public works, which contain
ed information in regard to the waite
and sewer works. After the close o
the present fiscal year. the Governo
stated it win be possible for him +
give more satisfactory statements. es
pecially as showing the financial statu
Of the water and sewer works as t
current revenues and loan funds.
The report was referred to the CON
mttec on ways and means by tn
board, for answer and some definite az
tiOn.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-06-06

had been in the habit of stealing birds,
the hour of nine in the evening being
that he found the most favorable for
his enterprise.
He confessed to having stolen alto
gether nine birds. Two of these were
small songsters which lent an air Of
romance to the hall of celibacy main.
tanned by II. X. Kcllner Another of
the stolen birds had ministered to the
aesthetic longings dwelling in the soul
Of DR. Stow. Another had with its
sweet song provided cheer for Attorney
w. II. Smith in his present lonely state.
One belonged att the Rainbow House
another to Mrs. George Akau and two
others to Portuguese woman living
opposite the Akau place ON Pitman
street.
The boy was turned over to the juve.
nile court, after he had assisted the
police in recovering the birds from the
various neighbors to whom he had sold
| them.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-06-06
DIR. ELIOT BLAMES MEN
FOR THE SOCIAL EVIL

NEW YORK, May 22.-"It is the
man who maintains the social evil, "
said DIR. Charles w. Eliot, president
emeritus of Harvard university, in an
address here tonight, "and it is the
man who brings its terrible conse-
quenees into the home. Our courts,
which are the practical expression of
our laws, have never attempted to en-
force single legal code of morals for
men and women
Another speaker said:
"The truth is that we have too many
young judges who get their experience
on the bench. -
Professor Taft said:
81 agree with him. 1 was one OF
those young judges. went on the
bench at twenty-nine, and that was the
hrst real legal training that / got.
regret to say that learned much Of
the law at the expense of the people.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-06-06
MAGUIRE REFUSES TO NAME
CONFEDERATES IN CRIME

I he easily secured money, let them have
these sums rs loans, and many Of them
were never paid back,
Where did the money got Mcguire =
own admissions show that a very great
proportion went to high Living. Has
bar bills were frequently eight and ten
dollars a day. Expensive clothes, ex-
pensive living, being an easy mark for
every one who wanted money under any
pretext, all this made the thousands
roll through Maguire's fingers without
making much of an impression.
Where Did Money Go 2
"Maguires story is human docu.
ment if l ever heard of one, - was the
way one of the commissioners express
ed it. "Where did the money GOT"
said Breckons. "Why, can tell more
about that by this time than Charlie
| himself can. - . .b.v..
The question of securing back the
money which the county has lost is now
being discussed from a new angle. The
First Bank of Hilo and the bonding
company which furnished the Mcguire
bond have indicated willingness to
negotiate with the prosecution for some
kind of settlement lof their liability in
the matter.
The commission looks upon this as
important in view of the fact that this
may be taken as an admission of liza
bility, at least, to some extent. As it
is the commission has no manner of de-
termining where it stands in the mat
ter, and, as matter of fact, until the
complete audit of the books is finished
by Expert Gooding Field, there is no
way of telling how much the county
has lost.
So far the total of about $4,000 is
known to be missing, and this comes
from the police accounts alone. There
is some reason to believe that the police
graft was a mere side issue compared
with that which will be found in the
road department accounts, so one may
imagine the possibilities. 1t may be
remembered that the original Gooding
Field report to the board of trade est.
mated "waste'' of the road depart.
ment funds of about fifty-fve per cent.
How much of this "waste" may be
translated into graft" if any, re.
mains to be seen, and forms an inter
esting field for conjecture.
Lyman Before Commission.
An interesting phase of the investi.
CATION is the part which Rufus Lyman
is PLAYING therein, although this has
until the present time been of no very
great Importance. Lyman was brought
down from the Volcano Road Jail lit.
lie over week ago, but while he was
brought on subpoena to appear before
the grand jury, he has been doing his
talking before the commission. The
conferences with Lyman have been OF
a n tnfprno1 ba In mt
The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-06-06
THE WHITE BIRCH AS A SYMBOL

The sufTragcttes who seized the top
of the monument on Fish Street Hill
and barricaded the gate to tlaunt the
banner of "Votes for Women" over
Bllingsgate would doubtless, says the
New York Sun, regard as weddings
Mrs. Harriet Stanton Batch, Miss Inez
Milholland and their sisters who plant.
ed five white birch trees on the Cen
trail Park green TO promote their cause.
The selection of this variety of birch
was a happy inspiration. Betula popu-
lifolia, white, slender and graceful, is
the most admired of American trees.
Poets, painters and naturalists acknowl.
edge its enduring charm. In a land
where woman s influence is greater than
elsewhere in the world this tree is, ap-
propriately known as "the lady of the
forest Wherever there are homes
outside the city, in the valley and on
the slope, in sight of every shining
river and in every sequestered spot
the white birch is treasured above other
trees. There are few things NOR beau
tiful than n wood of swaying white
birches.
In America the ballot is not to be
won for women by violence and gro
tesque publicity, but by appealing to
reason and the kindling of sympathy
The most womanly among the leaders
and advocates of the cause are its sue
cessful promoters in this country. They
command respect, regard and conf
dence. The methods employed by then
are never repellent. The woman suf
fragists in America could choose no bet
ter symbol than the white birch. Among
trees it best represents an American I
ideal of womanhood, and it is tree o.
rapid growth
The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-06-06
DECISION IS RENDERED
AGAINST TERRITORY
Supreme Court Rules That Late
Legislature Intended Special
Tax Law to Include
This Year.

Through the majority decision of the
territorial supreme court, rendered yes
terday morning in the test case of the
Apokaa Sugar Company VS.. Charles t.
Wilder, assessor, first taxation division,
the Territory stands to lose about a
quarter of a million dollars in the col
lection Of the special income or conser-
walton tax for the present year.
The majority opinion is written by
Justice De Bolt and concurred in by
Circuit Court Judge II. f. Cooper, sit
ting in place of Chief Justice Robert
son, who found himself disqualified in
the present case. In quite as lengthy
an opinion, Justice Antonio Perry dis.
sents from the opinion of the majority.
Paid Tax Under Protest.
The case arose over the contention
of the Apokaa Sugar Company, which
claimed that when the 1918 legislature
reduced the special income tax rate
from two to one per cent. it intended
the new rate should apply to the l9l;
assessments. The company paid the
first instalment of taxes which became
due May 10, amounting to $165.30, un
der protest, and jim the suit, submitted
upon an agreed statement of facts
asked for a refund of one-half of thi,
sum. srlie majority opinion so ruled
and found Judgment against the assess
or, in that amount.
'"rhe rule that a statute is to b,
construed as having only prosperity,
and not a retrospective operation haI
no application to statute where thu
legislature in plain and unambiguou
terms has expressly made it retrospec
tive. With such statute there is n,
room for constructions" is the synop
sis of the opinion by Justice De Bolt
The opinion closes: "The partie
having stipulated that the court ma,
enter judgment according as it may fin,
the law, we therefore conclude that tn
Apokaa Sugar. Company is entitled t.
Judgment against Charles It. Wilder
tax assessor, first taxation division, Tel
ritOry OF Hawaii, for the sum of $500
Judgment will be entered accordingly. ;
Justice Perry Dissents.
Justice Perry's dissenting opinion i
quite as lengthy Az the majority on
and covers six typewriter sheets. II
Whatever difficulties of epnstrps
- 4 90
The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-06-06
tMaIl Special to Tho Advertiser. }

(Mail Specialize The Advertiser.)
HILO. June 2.-Last Saturday. fore.
noon Auditor Chas *, Mcguire entered
a plea Of guilty to the CHARGE of ,em.
bezzlcment of county funds. lie will
be sentenced Monday, June l6.
There were not many people in the
courtroom when the incident took place,
and it was not in the least speetacu.
lar When the Mcguire cases, two of
them, returned by the former grand
jury, were called, attorney Carlsmith
stood forth sud said that his ellen.
wished to Withdraw the pleas of not
guilty which he had previously entered.
This permssiona Vas given.
"The defendant now wishes to enter
plea of guilty in ease number four.
teen,' said Carlsmith.
"You are ready to plead guilty.
asked Judge Parsons, turning to- Ma
guire.
al am,'' said Mcguire.
"You understand all that that in
volvcs9" asked the court.
Mcguire indicated that he did.
Prosecutor Breckons said that coun.
sci on both sides har agreed, subject
to the approval of the court, that sen.
tence lie continued for two weeks from
Monday, and that the other cases
against Mcguire be passed for arraign'
ment until that date. Mcguire had fur.
nished bail, Ire said, in the two old
cases, and the government was willing
to have him go on his own recogni-
zance in tho dases which the grand jury
had returned against him couple OF
DAYS previously. Breckons added that
the government would probably be sat
isfed with having Mcguire sentenced
in Just one case, but he could make nc
defRite announcement in this respect
until after he had consulted with At
torney General Thayer., ...
One Charge at Time.
1t is the present intention of the
commission to put Mcguire through on
one charge only, although, in case the
punishment melted ont to him on this
one charge should be disproportionately
light, further charges will be brought
against him which will bring the sen
tences up to5a total which is common
sura,e with the crime committed. Still
the commission says it has no desir,
to persecute Mcguire The facts of tn,
Mcguire ease, as well as alLthe circum
stances connected with the entire af
fair will be laid before Judge Parsons
and his attention. will also be called t.
the fact that Mcguire has made a con
fession. The prosecution feels con
WINGED that the sentence will be sat
isfactory. va C"r uEy
Mnguire's confession so far has beer
of general nature only, and the goinl
through the details with him is still
at hand. This will be done later on b,
Breckons. ~~
Played Lone Hand, Says Mcguire.
Mcguire insists that he played lon
hand; that no Qther. county official
were involved in the embezzlement o
county funds. This story is not entirel,
believed by the commission. AS
matter of fact, there are certain mat
tiers which point very strongly to
suspicion that Mcguire is shielding
certain parties.
Mcguire does admit, however, tina
some of his fellow county employees di
strike him for money with considerabl
frequency and lack of compunctior
One very prominent Acknowledgement
got away with $3.50 loan. Other
secured greater or smaller amounts
Charlie, good fellow as he was wit
The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-06-06

bath tubs are enamel and sanitary
plumbing has been used throughout.
The interior decorations are artistic,
the floors being light brown and the
walls buff with ceilings of a rich cream
color, the whole blending well.
The ground floor, which is in fact the
second floor and contains ~ parlor for
the use of the teachers, also. one for the
Students. The teachers have their bed
rooms on this floor separate ana apart
from those used by the students, but
there will be six teachers on each floor,
or three in each wing. Each room is
fitted with an enamel washstand and
provided with ample closet room.
Around the two upper stories is an
eight.foot concrete veranda which may
The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-06-06
GRAFTERs HANDLED COIN
IN RECKLESS FASHION
Probe Commissioners Find Where
Hawaii County Claims Were
Paid Before Allowed.

HILO, June "A new phase of the
county finance tangle was uncovered
last Saturday by the graft commission,
and it is likely that another source for
the recovery of money blown IN by the
county has been found.
1t has been found that many war
rants were paid before they had been
issued.
Last Saturday Commissioner William
son was looking into the matter of a
certain road contract of several years
past, when he happened to compare one
Of the warrants issued in payment of
claim incidental thereto with the min
utes of the board of supervisors for
that time.
~He found to his surprise that the
claim had been paid almost month
before the supervisors had approved OF
the claim. Williamson became intense
ly interested, and on comparing minutes
with claims, he found that there were
other transactions of the sort. In the
ease mentioned the claim had been
passed up to committee, which re-
ported in favor of paying it, but the
board postponed action until the fol
lowing month, when the claim was
passed, but the claim had in the mean
time been paid just after the commit
tee reported.
Claims Paid Before Allowed.
"In comparing the minutes with
claims, which had warrants issued
against them, it turns out that in some
cases warrants were issued and cashed
at the office of the treasurer from one
to four weeks before the claims were
allowed by the supervisors, said vii
hanson. 81 intend to take up this
phase. of the question with the Gov
ernor and with the attorney general
If it is decided that the county shall
recover the money paid out on war
rants of this sort, it will take som'
more time to make the investigation
as we will have to compare the min
utes with the claims right through"
Williamson added that it was mos
likely that the county would make
claim for the MONEY Dept .,op. apt2
secured by county officials, for ep(i3t,
money. There are at least two case
where officials bought automobiles OF
the installment plan. They then mad
long trips in them, and had the com
pany selling the automobiles send il
: bills for transportation. and the none,
thus secured was applied to the pur
chase price Of, the autos. s..aoe .s.g
Would condone Petty Graft. .aof
The officials involved argue that'th
! county is out nothing since ii womb
, have been compelled TO pay for thei
! transportation IN all ieaieatsH Arh I'd n6hl
missioners reply that, whereh sddit q
arrangement was made, the auto shonl
equitably become the property of til
county and not of any official in hi
private capacity.
Breckons, Williamson and Long wen
to Honolulu yesterday, where they wi
!. confer with the attorney general in re
gard to various phases of the investigs
ton. Williamson and Long will renal
+ in the capital about four weeks, Will
n Breckons win return to Hilo in a wee
5 or two. The idea is for the commissio
8 to take rest while Expert Fiel
catches up with his audit.
e When the commission returns to Hill
u NJ will take up a,Dumher of other IL
r terAstfng angles Of stha Ipudille, i an
alfome old pieces OF business, which
The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-06-06
DRAMATIC SCENE AS
LUTHER M'CARTY DIES
Terrific Blow to Heart in Mix -up
Shuffled Out Life of the
Champion.

Heart failure, aggravated by terri
BILE blow right under that organ, killed
Luther McCarty in the ring ut Calgary,
Canada, May "a. The blow was n chance
one delivered when McCarty and his op.
ponent, Arthur .Pelky pupil of Tom
my Burns, were engaged in the first
mix.up of their scheduled ten-round
battle.
1t was the most tragic happening of
the ring. Both men looked in perfect
physical and mental condition when
they entered the arena. AS they sat in
their corners, bandaging their hands
with photographers arranging their cam
eras, 5000 spectators packed the barn
like structure where the battle was held,
minister of the gospel climbed behind
the ropes and IN n few minutes ad-
dress extol!ec boxing rs a pastime and
an exercise. He shook hands with the
fighters and MeCarty respectfully arose
and crossed himself as the minister
wished MIN good luck.
Thirty seconds afterwards the bat
tie was on. In one and half min
utes poor McCarty, brightest of all
white hope prospects was unconscious,
dying. Thirty minutes later he was a
corpse. r,
The men felt each other out for q
full minute, both landed jabs and then
McCarty missed with a long left, from
crouch for the stomach. Pelky iunged
AT him and they mixed it in the cente,
of the ring. The blows flew too fast
for human eve to follow them. but Ref
cree Eddie smith of Chicago said tn,
last punch. with force. was a right han,
blow delivered under the heart h,
Pelky.
Died With a smile.
A. .ho,, h,oLa ,uas $40 .,o o,ao
80 a. 'n ao Mocart ,;,;u
IL ho,ish ,,ay Thar ,oa,, &c
ns IVY ion iooN Vi ason
AM w, a.. Aa.e anu no 'o1o a.,
is. & uoo .n W ";
, -; r. 'so vas Sun ~
81 ta,da sa anu no .aSu ou' ~" WV
az 'n ana .ho. 80 a. mo opponsn, pG.n n,, ms
staaaaros AI hao Ine ao .am'o.n .h na
b;s 49,. Ia ".,,I, .o"a,u .no iop ~
80 go 'es ~; ''on'hs anu 'oSine 'neI
\ pa,Ly see;nn ,;c3tov in Liz d s" r %"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-06-06

be used in season rs a, sleeping porch.
Potted plants will be placed at inter.
walls on the railing of the veranda.
But one.half of the basement is COM
plcted. Here will be the playroom, the
gym lockers and showers. The lockers
are sanitary and fitted with modern
appliances for storing clothing. The
laundry is also complete with station
airy tubs and the ironing room is fitted
with three electric irons. Though To-
Gated in the cellar, this part of the
building is well lighted and the trunk
and property rooms are convenient Of
access.
The building was designed by Messrs.
Emory and Webb and built by the Pa
cfc Engineering Company.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-06-06
BOWEL COMPLAINT IN CHILDREN

During the summer months mothers
should watch for any unnatural loose
ness of the ehild's bowels. When given
prompt attention ut this time serious
trouble may be avoided. Chamberlain q
Collie. Cholera onndD prEhosa q Remedy
can always be depended upon. For sale
by all dealers. Benson, Smith & Co.,
EHd,s agents ufor Hawaii .-adNsEtissl
menf. .,,-,,..-,.,, -, i,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-06-06

Presidential elections in MexicoSit is
almost assured, according to dispatch
from the Mexican minister of foreign
affairs. former President de la Barra. to
the Mexican embassy in.lW ashington,
&ill,bs head theiflsst sunday in October.
Observation-Disclosures Mexico are nj.
wayss held on Sunday.