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The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-07-02
YEARS !
AS BAND LEADER
Letter Of Resignation From Herr
Berger VINO Lays Down
Well Used Baton
Honolulu, Hawai-. June PC, 1915

Honolulu, Hawai-, June PC, 1918.
To The Honorable Mu>or
and Board of SuprrN l~"rs
of the City and Count, Of Honolulu,
lIououlu. Hawaii.
Gentlemen: ] herewith tender my
resi0nation as Panhmn strr Of the Ha-
waiian Band, the sam" 10 take effect
ON the goth day OF June, 1918, at
which time / will HAY" completed n
cor,iracns service of forty .lroc years
as BandrlnsHr Of the IInwaii"n Bud
take this opportumN of thanking
on very sincerely for all the good
via aud good deeds and help winch
yru have given me during my period
of s"rVire. IT.. -E.
desire to thank also the public q
Honolulu and the whoI" population Il
Hawaii Nci for ther support Of rEe
during my long ser,ic" commencing
under the MONARCHY ard continuing
down through the Prov i~roua! Coon.
ment. RcImblic of IIaWau the Terri'
tory Of Hawaii, and the city and
County of Honolulu, and further de
sire TO thank them for their support
aud enroura cement given the HawaiiNr
Rand. % E3a4E.
thank the Hawaiiau musicians foi
their good work md earnest effort /,
make the Hawaiian Iand so famOui
and 40 servieeal le for AL aud tee
very proud of the fact that was !,
reality the first who did write AM
arrange the popular Hawaiian 'nnsi
and brought 1t before the music l
world. and my rewarI is that It !
played and sung everywhere; and lns
hut not least ], take pride and salts
faction in the composition Of our \"
tional Hawaiian anthem Hawai-
Ponoi'. 'l#..'
will retire on the first day of July
1918, from active service, and | h'
sire to assure you at this time tina
will always be ready to advise m
helm the Hawaiian Band with IN
knowledge and experience, and tn a
sist in furthering the good work an
good name of my own creation {
which | am justly i'rond, to wit, IL
Hawaiian Rand.
Again thanking you for the man
curtesies extended to me, and wit
Aloha to all, ] am,
Very sincerely yours,
Can't. II. Berga
Bandmaster, Hawaiian Ban
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COMFORTING WORDS
Many a Honolulu Household Will Find
Them So.

1h0h 81.
To have the pains and aches of
bad back remOved-to be entirely free
from annoying, dangerous urinary dis
orders, is enough to maze any kidney
sufferer grateful The following advice
# one who has suffered will prove com
forting words to hundreds OF Honolulu
readers.
Capt. JJ. Arthur, 45l N. Fifth ST.,
San Jose, Cal, says: II worked too
hard about fifteen years ago when !
was in Los Gatos and my kidneys were
Seakened. My back aehed great
teal anu sharp pains darted from my
.ldneys INTO my shoulders, almost erlp'
ling me. NV head ached and | often
cit dizzy. My rest was broken al
ight CD account of the frequent action
# the kidnrva. The kidney secre ions
wero highly rolOred and often panied
N passaIe was gradually g,tllnp
worse aud was seeking relief when b
riepd recommended Do"n's B""'ar' e
<dmev Pills. took them and found
eIirf in a short time. l continued using
hem aud three boxes reiun, Is"
.yn,ptom OF kidney trouble. have
rren well Nrrro and tire" Fro" every
symptom of Kidney complaint"
Deans Darkache Kidney Pills are
sold bv all druggists and storekeeperr
It 50 cents per ! oxe (six boxes 81 SOY
or will be mailed on receipt of prize,
W the llolIsrrr Drug Co., Honolulu
Wholesale agents for the Hawaiian Is
| nnds
Remember the name, DOan'S, an
] axe no subsLit ute.
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One Congressman Is Suspicious
~ ss
Says SugarKings' Paid For Trip
IJudge'sSalary Claim Disallowed

allowing, by settlement No. 27,547,
dated April 30, 1918, the former Judge s
claim for the salary of his former office
for the period from December I, 1914,
to January II, 1915, at the rate of
$4,000 per annum, amounting to $394.4S.
"Under date of October 80, 1914, the
attorney general granted to Judge Rob
insOn leave of absence for a period of
forty-fve days to commence about De.
cembrr =, 1914. On December :, 1914,
the judge arranged to leave Honolulu
for San Francisco, California, on the
following day.
Learns of His Successor
''On the morning Of the sixth of De-
cembcr he learned that Hon. Thomas
b. Stuart had been appointed to succeed
him in office. After notifying the new
appointee orally and the attorney gen
eral by letter of his intention to retain
the Office until his return form absence
under the granted leave Judge Robin.
son left Honolulu in the evening of De-
, cember g, 1914, and returned January
u, 1915, on which latter date he turned
| over the keys and property Of the Office
to the new appointee.
Judges of the circuit courts of Ha
wall are appointed by the President, by
and with the advice and consent of thu
senat", for term Of four years, anC
unless sooner removed by the President
i hold Office for four years and until {
successor is appointed and qualified.
J. "Lawful appointment and qualifica
: ton Of n successor operates under tn
statute to remOv" n judge of thes
cou,ts and is 80 operative whether tn
Judge be on duty or on leave Of absenc
I at the time his successor takes owe
the office. Leave of absence is merel
administrative authority to he absen
from duty, and cannot operate to eS
! tend term of Office beyond the Emi
4 fixed by law.
Disallowanf Confirmed
"tUpon inquiry at the department Q
justice am informed that Judge Stual
was first given a recess appointmer
dated December I, 1914, under which b
. qualified and entered upon duty on ID,
leeml er Z, 1914. Later he was nomina
cd to and confirmed by the senate an
} qualified under n permanent cOmmi
sion. The incumbI ncy of his predece
, sor ended when Judge Stuart, after dI
= notice to the prior incumbent, qualif6
3 and entered upon duty on December
r 1914, from which time no salary cOu
lawfully accrue or be paid to- the form
l judge.
T 1.-THE auditors action in disallOwiI
}. Judge Robinson 5 claim for salary aft
T December :, 1914, is accordingly a
y frmed on revisiOn.'
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BY Ernest @. Walker
all Special to The Advertiser)

(Mail special to The Advertiser)
- ASHINGTON, June ~. - All
" else than European war mat
w tiers receives sean: attention.
now at Washington. And yet there
are driblets Of Hawaiian news
now ard then. Occasionally one
Of those visitors to Hawaii on the long
to be remembered voyage strays into
town. Even Representative Thomas, Of
Central city, Kansas, is obtaining some
publicity Of late in that relation. For
he is spreading broadcast his view that
the Sugar Kings" in Hawaii financed
the trip of the congressman and that
most of the energy in the Hawaii well
come was directed to urging senators
and representatives to vote to continue
the duty on sugar. Mr.. Thomas is like
wise surmising that the Sugar Kings
will make a big fat contribution to the
Republican campaign fund III 1916. 81
Cannot Prevent Restoration
Probably Mr.. Thomas can do n little
harm in that connection but it Is ex'
tremely doubtful whether he can pre-
vent the duty from being voted back
upon sugar II President Wilson wants
it voted back. Nobody quite knows
what is likely to happen in that, connec'
ton, except that the prospects arc, as
was stated in this correspondence some
time ago, the duty will not be restored
Congress will be Democratic at least
, two years more.
| The fact becomes more pertinent
however, that the country must have 8
large increase in revenue, and, Of
course, sugar duties would in no sinai
part halp solve the problem. The Ger
tainty is growing that congress at it,
next session will vote large increases IL
the army and the navy. Public senti
ment for that has grown rapidly AM
the manufacturers of munitions ar
/ gleeful because of the Likelihood tina
1 by the time the European war is owe
an opportunity for more rich profits will
be ripening in thu orders of the Unite'
States gOvernmel t. And the govern
ment must have money from sOmewher
to pay for all these things.
Robinson Loses Claim
| Comptroller of the Treasury Georg
+. Downey has rejected the claim O
former Judge Robinson to official pa
of nearly $500 while on leave. The maj
ter was appealed from a decision of tn
auditor of the treasury. Comptrolle
Downey 8 decision was as follows:
"Hon. W. }. Robinson, former thir
I, Judge, first circuit court, Territory c
Hawaii, applied May "a, 1915, for r
vision of the action of the auditor fl
the State and other departments in di
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natural order of business, should have
supposed that Mr.. Wood would have de-
manded an audit and that the past com
mittee would have demanded an audit.
but the fact is they didn' t, and
there has resulted a condition for which
Mr.. Wood has been made the goat.
"There is no reason for change,
except to derate and east discredit on
'r. Wood. In no circumstance has his
work been such as to earn him the re-
ward the promotion committee had
handed him. 1t is not fair, it is not
right, and it is not an inspiration to
others to go forward in community
work. -.
Wood No Business Man
In seconding Mr.. harrington 5 motion
J. T. Warren argued that the commit,
tee was not coming forward with fair
and manly statement of its reasons for
virtually forcing Wood s resignation
hut was cloaking its general dissatis
faction under allegations of loose bust
ness methods.
"ISn't it fact inquired AIeXand'
er Hume Ford, of Chairman Berndl
THAT you urged last fall that Mr.
Wood should be removedf'
"No,' answered Mr.. Berndt. Wher
took office as Chairman of the com
mittee, | soon found that its affairs had
heen very loosely conducted, and did
not propose that my name should be
smirched before later committees by n
continuance of the gross careIessnes'
or which previous committees had beer
responsible.
Mr.. Wood is not a business man.
have always thought that he should be
IvOrred from executive and financia
responsibility.
Mr., Thurston, speaking for the major
ty of the committee, strOve to make
= plain that this is just what it has becI
seeking to accomplish.
Nothing Personal In Action
when L asked that this meeting b
. alled,' he said, Zone of the director
attempted to dissuade me. was toll
nat Mr.. Harrington would merely us
Ir. Wood as a club with which to la
T ne over the head. | acquit him o
| any such intention. l give him fuI
credit for fair play and an honorabI
p she to see justice done in the best II
rests of the community at large.
. This matter has grown too big a
h Nsue to be diverted by personalities
!. 'ersOnal motives have not been a COZ
4 liberation with me. For more tina
twenty seN en- years my relations wit
i f.. Wood have been friendly, even il
mate. 1t was who brought him dow
g here and | believe, his work abroad hi
!. cen une%colled, l believe he is goo
nd an honest man and ! regret aboN
!. AL else that to ME should have fallc
. he lot Of taking this action that VI
- "est'onably has been injurious
him."
, Mr. Thurston took up the growth (
h the sentiment for, Home Work, viii,
+. began to be felt, he said, as long AZ
,. ~ five or six years. When the su
t WAS mentioned then to Mr. Woo
ii he had agreed that it was an cxcelle
\, len, but had pleaded lack of funds.
10 7in"nceg Badly Tangled
\. The committee was then handlil
= 600 wear. . Presently it was
he receipt Of 10000 a year. Nothing W
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done. Dissatisfaction became serious.
The subject was taken up by the civic
,nvention and by the AID Club. Still
Othing was done. 4
Reorganization was determined on.
The idea had been that Mr.. Wood
-ruld 20 to San Francisco and A. p.
Taylor should be brought back from
San Francisco to build up Home Work
here. The plan did not work out. 1t
was found that the burden of executive
.etail remained in this office, and still
there was nobody to attend to the
Home Work for which the committee
was accepting largely increased sub
| scriptions.
When the present committee took
hold, it found the finances badly tang
led.
alt was impossible, said Mr.. Thurs
| ton, "to prepare budget. The re-
firing committee could get nothing
from Mr.. Wood, before he left for San
Francisco, except a page and half of
suggestions, the day before he sailed,
One member of the committee told me
that conditions were disgraceful, and
! that the committee virtually was help,
| leNS.
Report of Audit Committee
Mr.. Thurston then read from the re
port Of the Hawaii Audit Company am
hat made Ivy II. Cooling Field, already
published, showing that Mr.. Wood hat
paid personal bills and club dues run
ming into several. hundreds and hat
spent large sums without authorization
for which no vouchers ever were given
- don t believe Mr.. Thurstor
commented, THAT Mr.. Wood voluntaril,
misappropriated one cent. | make NJ
suggestion Of criminality. But he dis
played "a lamCntabIe incompetency 70
Ms duties.
The question of suppressed publicit.
next WIS examined. Mr.. Thurston eX
planned that, far from being DESTROYS t.
get Wood," he had tried to adjus
waters quietly in such way that MI
Wood 5 reputation should not be injul
ed.
spite Does Not Enter
every full minutes of all the com
I n:ttee proceedings were sent to MI
Wcod,' said Mr.. Thurston, "togethe
, with all that was published in the news
paPe =. lie was given plenty Of tim
and tuIl opportunity to clear himseI
| and to this day he never has done 81
So far as attacking Mr.. Wood in HI
absence goes, it was not our fault tina
4 he is absent. We had the choice {
/ doing something or sitting idly by. FC
. my part, proposed to do somethin
4 before my term on the committee e,
y pired.
/ $50 far az was possible, the commi
g tee fell n with Mr.. Wood 3 own IA
n titudc and desi "es, as shown in his 60
t, spOndence. proposed to rerogni;
o Mr.. Wood 5 ability as an advertiser /
retaining him in San Francisco as II
f representative of the committee, viii
h accounting an executive here.
o The attempt has been made to sho
}, that the action of the committee h
|, Doe" n sr"'l. nettv. peers ,'"' S''''""
IL matter. That is not so. If Mr.. Wo'
were my own brother, cOuId ha
tntcn no different action and shou
2 tnke it again, if We've the last man
N the promotion committee or the Ia
Is man in this chamber to defend it. -
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-07-02
NEW CUBAN MILLS

T. - >tjmat"d that uuWnrd- of
,, u"w r'u'""' wi'l u" lul' 1T
.,uln auIn,t thr tiwR VIII N the tr,'"
, AL law / coates effective.
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HON. VIM. /, WHITNEY,
who socn win Retire As Second
, Judge II tho FIRST Circuit Court,
After About Twelve Years en- the
Bench N &C.,
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between the Italian lake region and
the Dolomite section, but also feels the
rush Of travel from the southwestern
part Of Switzerland, which has in
creased greatly in the past few years.
The top Of the pass Is a bleak and
gloomy place at best. no vegetation at
all. nothing but a desolate mass Of
rock. with snow fields and glaciers
stretching down from the mountain
peaks on all sides II intensely cold,
even in the middle Of July and August,
after shutdown. The pass itself marks
almost the exact meeting place Of the
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Looking across the Trafoi Valley from the Stelvio to Mt.
ortler (1a.soo feet). Ortler glacier below.

boundary lines Of Austria, Italy and
surmounted by a stone slab with ar
rows cut in 1t, pointing to the three
countries, has been erected a short
distance above the hotel. This spot,
known to the Germans as the "Dreis-
prachenspitze"-the Point Of the Three
T~ongues-is a favorite pilgrimage for
all tourists, SOM Of whom try to
straddle this stone slab hat they
may boast Of having stood in three
countries at one time.
At a point just below the top of
the Stelvio a evere looking stone
building is found. This Is hospice of
Santa Maria. or Quarta Contoniera-
the fourth refuge station. Refuge
or relief stations Of this type are found
scattered along all Of these high roads
Of the Alps at convenient distances,
usually about four or Ave miles apart.
They are occupied by %caretakers whose
~ &c W 6iNc iVIlSl anu dSSIsl-
c to travellers caught in the severe
storms Of the early spring and winter
months.
Adjoining this refuge station TO the
west is the Italian custom house, and
a short distance beyond this building
the road becomes a Y, the left branch
turning abruptly and leading down to
Bormio in Italy, while the right
branch, turning to the north. crosses
the crest OF the mountains by the
Umbrail Pass and following soft roll
ing hills Of the valley of Muranza EAR
ries the traveller by the new road,
the WOrmser Pass. down to the
Munster-Thal, in Switzerland.
Standing at the top OF the pass and
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This hotel Is heavily %patronized be-
cause it Is the logical launching" place
for all travellers coming from the
Austrian, Italian or Swiss side Of the
Tyrolese Alps. Just below the top Of
the pass another road. built within
comparatively few years by the Swiss
Government and known as the
Wormser Pass branches of to thd
north and connects the Stelvio with
the most fertile and beautiful part OF
Switzerland-the upper and lower En-
gadine. This Hotel Ferdinandshohe
as a consequence not only catches the
enormous summer tourist traffic con-
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comfortable little one and two horse
victorias SO much In evidence on
every Alpine road,S Clustered in the
none too spacious dining hall of this
hotel one would find an equally odd
assortment Of tourists from every
part Of the globe, chattering in every
known language. making a veritable
babble Of tongues. with here and there
an occasional titled parsonage CON
panied by a retinue Of servants. add
ing a little lustre to the gathering,
and a %sprinkling OF Austrian and
Italian officers in gorgeous uniforms
giving the necessary bit Of color.
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who have motored over 1t in travelling
from Botzen and Meran, in the Aus
trial Tyrol, or from the Bavarian
Tyrol. via Innsbruck and Landeck. to
the Italian Lakes, as 1t presents a very
accessible and picturesque route from
either Of those tourist centres to Lake
Garda or Lake Como.
The road ascends from the Austrian
side Of the great chain Of mountains
dividing hat country from Italy,
through the beautiful valley Of Trafoi
and then by an amazing series Of zig
gag turns or loops In the road-a really
marvellous example of roadbuilding
and engineering-brings the traveller
up over four thousand feet in eight
miles and a half, at a very easy and
comfortable grade. At the top, or the
pass" itself-for where these roads
cross the crest Of the mountain this
point is called the "pass'-it reaches
the remarkable altitude Of 9.055 feet
above the sea, making 1t the highest
carriage road on the continent, or, as
= German tourist has aptly put 1T,
the highes: street in Europe"
OF all the post roads Of the Alps
the Stelvio has always been the most
popular among tourists during the
summer months. Almost any noon
day from the middle of June until the
first Of September one would find clus-
tered around a barnlike hotel at the
top Of the pass called the Hotel Fer
di~nandshohe" a vast collection of
every conceivable kind Of vehicle from
the most expensive motor car to the
numbering old but picturesque noun
tain diligence, as well as innumerable
"~einspanner" and "~dreispanner," the
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looking back toward the Austrian side
one sees the curious zigzaEs or loops
in the road, twisting down the s.1ping
side OF the valley To the LEFT "a Il
some giant painter had taken an N
mense whitewash brush and drawn an
irregular streak down the side Of the
mountain. This is the mos, difficult
part of the pass. The Austrians vii!
have to fight desperately 10 hold ihls
section should the Italians gain con
troll of the summit. Mount ortl"- th'
dominating peak Of the mountain
range surrounding the Stelv.u, whose
snowy cap rises in majestic dignity az
the right side Of the road 10 q h,Iht
of almos; 1900 feet, may look down
this ummer on some bloody en-
counters in this peaceful vail .
Trafoi, whose quiet solitude has rarely
been broken except for the CrH'h.n-
of the Positions whip or the -r.IsN
ing Of the Trafoier-BaCh, IN, .'.S,
little torrent whose glacid. 't'er:
dash and boil along beside ,h, adj
The Stelv.o is raHly open IT, .rli'i,
much before the midl'. n. 'anr in
any year, as the snow cling tile'-
tionately to all of these post roads "'
the Alps until We. .n.o g." '"''
spring. Particularly IS this ''" cas-
with the Stcly.o. \ ate q. ~'''r'
winter will keep the upper r." hrr
of this road blocked to al. carriage
traffic up to the end Of Jun. Ter
haps the Italians had this 10 min"
when they held back their de- 'i'.'o'
of war against Austria until T.. .'''''
part of May. Although tn Alpine
regiments OF the Italian a"'"> ar
noted for their proves an! o..'.'"''
in 'snow work." this kind "I ~'.''''
does not invite the easy tr.'- OBJ
heavy artillery
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TIME entrance Of Italy into the
European war and the rapid
gains she has made thus far on
some Of the Alpine roads con-
Meeting her with the Austrian Tyrol
brings into prominent interest one Of
the highest and most popular Of all
the Alpine post roads-the Stelvio.
Although this road may not possess
the strategic value Of some Of the
other highways Of the Alps Of which
the Italians early in the fighting
secured control, to hold and fortify
this, one of the best built roads
and the highest between Austria and
Italy, has long been Italy's ambition,
for the reason that 1t would give her a
dominating power over a most on
venient route to Landeck and Inns
bruck. as well as a clutch on the
upper reaches Of the valley Of the
Adige, west of Meran.
Her engineers foresaw that the al
most perfect construction Of the Stel-
vic, with its easy grades and excellent
roadbed. would enable Italy, once the
master Of this highway, to rush great
quantities Of troops and mountain
artillery into the extreme western
part Of the Tyrol, where the natural
possibilities for intrenchment are such
that 1t might be hard for the Austrian
troops to dislodge her.
The military experts Of Austria
were not behind Italy In placing a
high value on the road and it has long
been Austria's determination to hold
il at all hazards.
The Stelvio road-called by the Ger
mans the "Stilfserjochstrasse"-is
familiar to many American tourists