Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-05-02

reports to the supervisors, Mr.. Field
takes up the territorial financial re.
ports to the county auditor. He says:
Statements purporting TO show the
distribution Of taxes collected in the
county Of Hawaii for the six months
ending June 80, 1918, and for the IL
months ending December 81, 1913,
were forwarded by the territorial aud.
itor to the county auditor. Due TO the
extreme sloyenly manner in which
the figures are reported in indeIible
pencil, It is very difficult to decipher
the amount recorded. These state
ments are in the handwriting o., and
signed by the deputy territorial audi
tor. Of these statements are fair
samples OF the financial reports from
the office Of the territorial auditor, 70
say the least, there is considerable
room for improvement. ! am inform.
cd that the above statements were
the first reports received from this of.
flee.
Padded Pay Rolls. ~
, The report next deals with "blan-
ket warrants practice found to
have been put to frequent use In Ha-
waii. Mr.. Field censures this practice
severely. A little further on he says:
As referred to on page 3 OF this
report Part II much fraud was prac-
ticed in the county of Hawaii through
the medium Of labor pay rolls.
..it Is well known by the guilty Of
ficials that the destroying of the time
books OF the road lunas would wipa
cut all traces OF their entertainments
OF labor pay, and they did not hesitate
to resort to these acts. In order to
prove the futility of being compelled
10 rely solely on these time books IN
Icheck.ng labor pay rolls. 1t Is only
necessary to cite one instance which
came to my attention in my investiga.
ton, and had it not been possible to
obtain the record, a grave doubt would
have arisen as to the genuineness Of
the entries In the pay roll In question.
For the period Of April rs, 1913, to
May rs. 1913, the pay roll for the dis
trict Of north Hilo showed unmistak-
able marks of having been tempered
with. / might state that noticed
the seeming irregularity in this pay
roll demand in running down other
suspicious matters, Notwithstanding
the fact that the period covered by
the labor charges were beyond March
81, 1913, the. f.nal date to which my
examination Is now directed ] no
|ticed on this pay roIl some figures
which appeared in darker ink than
that OF the general run Of figures In
the statement obtained from the
luna his time book covering, the work
performed, : and compared his figures
with those recorded on the pay roll
demand. NY suspicious were at once
confirmed that the pay roll had been
padded by substituting added days,
represented by the dark figures,
These figures. might state, were
written n q similar ink to that OF the
signature OF Jno. A. Kealoha, the
supervisor who approved the claim.
Later In the report, Mr.. Field takes
up the damage suit settled by Carl
!. s. Smith on behalf OF Kumaz0 Matsu-
lmura, IN which judgment Of IS, 1922
was given the plaintiff He says:
Among the records OF the late
lccunty auditor the following commune
Icafion. dated December 2. 1909, also
| In the handwriting Of Carl S. Smith.
was found. which read:
.EIilo, Hawaii, Dec 2, 1909.
The County Of Hawaii and the First
Bank Of Hilo, Ltd.
Gentlemen: In the matter Of the
damage suit Ia which have judg.
1ment against the county Of Hawaii,
and for which Judgment have com
menced proceeding by way Of at.
tachment, beg to state that con.
Seyed my claims and demands to Mr..
Carl s. Smith. and that no other per.
ison or persons have any right 10 col
lect any part Of such claims or de-