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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-23
LOCAL DIVORCE
EVIL CENSURED
in Open COURT

Branding as scandalous and notori-
Gus the ease and facility with which
divorces are obtained in Honolulu,
Circuit Judge c. w. Ashford, in a
caustic declaration from the bench
Tuesday afternoon, flayed the divorce
system and held that it is undernin-
ing the social status Of the city.
1T Is altogether too easy nova
days to get divorce here and il am
to continue to hear these cases there
is going to be more than one refusal
from me when it comes to the re-
quests for divorce" Judge Ashford
said. s
4 do not criticize my judicial col
leagues whose misfortune 1t has been
to handle this kind of court work, but
/ certainly criticize the law which
makes things of this sort possible.
More stringent laws in regard TO di-
yorce should be passed by the legisla-
ture and it should be provided that
neither party in a divorce case should
be allowed to marry again until, say,
six months after the divorce is grant
ed. AS it is now the decree cannot be
held up for more than 80 days and,
as rule, divorces are granted to take
effect Immediately.
1.-THE divorce eyil is playing sad
havoc with society and is undermining
the whole social status of the COM
munity. Something should be done to
remedy the evil and this at not too.
distant date
One divorce trial was continued, be-
cause the iurist wanted to see the
wife, who is not contrasting the case,
appear in court and say just why she
remained silent all this time. One
divorce was denied and two granted
Just "by the skin of their teeth. :"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-23
CHINESE BEAUTY
WEDS engineer
Of VALLEY Isle

A romance which stretched across
the Pacific joining together a native
daughter of California and native
son of Hawaii brought about we'd
ding ceremony performed at o'clock
Tuesday evening. Thus happily cul-
minated a schoolday acquaintance
that ripened into love between Apau
Paul Low, assistant county engineer
of Wailuku, Maui, and Miss Anna V.
Tong Of San Francisco.
Miss Tong is the daughter of mil
lionaire Chinese merchant of San
Francisco and is considered the most
beautiful Chinese girl of that city. She
gave her age as 81, and is graduate
Of the University of California and
it was while there that she met Low,
who was then attending Stanford Uni
YerSity.
Miss Tong arrived here Tuesday
morning on the. Lurline and it was
not until she stepped ashore that she
learned the ceremony was to be per-
formed last evening, for she had plan
ned to marry in December. This
morning the young couple left on the
Mauna Kea for their future bone on
Maui +.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-23
Simmons DENIES
ADMINISTRATION
IS SPENDTHRIfT
But Senator Smoot Sees Era
Of Extravaganza if Bour-
bons Returned to Power

=
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Aug. 3D.
The Democratic administration has
been careful Of the peoples money
according to the statement made yes
t,pday by Senator Simmons Of North
Carolina, who submitted fignres e
dispfoye the charges brought by the
Republicans that the party in power
had been extrayagant in its conduct
OF the nations business.
Senator Simmons said that the rea-
sons for the increased taxes. and the
imposition Of special revenue levies
have been the Mexican situation and
the preparedness propaganda.
In speaking of the preparedness ex.
nenditures Of this Congress, Senator
Simmons declared that they were less
than the Republican leaders clariored
for.
Senator Smoot of Utah, in answer
ing the statement made by the senator
from North Carolina, told the senate
that ''the Democrats are attempting
to win votes at the coming election
Under false pretenses."
"If." he added, "the Democratic
party is continued in power after the
coming election the country win suf.
fer an era of unqualified extravaganza
combined with gross inefficiency."
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-23
SPECIAL Events
ON SATURDAY At
KAIULAM GROUND

The band will play for the children
of The Better Vacation Program at
Kaiulani school grounds next Satur-
day afternoon at o'clock. Besides
the instrumental music there will be
singing boys and all the songs will be
Hawaiian The children of the play
ground have ben preparing special
program for the afternoon, with dane
ing, races and various other ath-
letic events, as sort of play
ground melange, and will be glad to
welcome their friends. There have
been afternoons with the Chinese and
the Japanese as hosts and now this
Hawaiian afternoon closes the public
entertainments for the vacation. The
work itself will end in one more
week, which will fill out the program
of the long vacation, as originally
planned The public is invited to at
tend ..:..-= -. Fl.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-23
KALAKAUA AVE.
IMPROVEMENTS
Will TAKE Time
Supervisors Authorize Cali for
Bids But Red Tape Will
Make Progress Slow -

Among the most important business
transacted by the supervisors last
night was the authorization OF a call
for bids on the Improvement of Kala-
kaua avenue The engineer was not
fully prepared with all the preliminar-
les, but rather than delay until the
next meeting the call was authorized
Work on the specifications and other
details will be finished by the engfn.
eer within day or two and bids adj
vertised for.
II will be longer than most people,
including Mayor Lane, have realized
before the law allows work to start
on the avenue The mayor has said
he hoped half of the work would be
done by Kalakaua Day. The adver-
tisement for bids has to run 25 days;
after the contract is awarded 1t will
take 10 days or longer for the attor
ney to draw up an assessment ordin-
ance; then the ordinance has to pass
three readings and be published three
times after its signing by the mayor,
which will take about three weeks;
80 days Is allowed for the collection
of the assessment; an ordinance au-
thorizing bond Issue to cover unpaid
instruments will take three weeks or
longer to go through the board; 80
days must elapse after bids on the
bonds are advertised before they are
opened, and Is days notice must be
given to the contractor
The Carnival will be over by the
time these steps have all been taken
but work on the avenue may be start
ed before then if the contractor who
is awarded the contract will take
chance, as the contractor did on Lusi.
tana street. If the supreme court
yalidates the Manoa bond issue, and
all frontage improvement work will
come 70 a standstill II It does not,
there is no reason why the contractor
should not start work as soon as the
assessments in a district begin to
come in, or even before that If the
city is making a large appropriation
that can be drawn on for the work as
in the Kalakaua avenue project.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-23

pears, from recent experiences OF the
correspondents on the German side,
now to be denying the American pub
lie thai moral right, and evidently
wants America 20 see Germany solely
through its OWE spectacles.
OF $500 words sent TO the World
from the German front on the Battle
of the Somme, in five dispatches OF
several sections each. Il appears that
little more than q thousand were at.
lowed to pass by the English censor,
and much Of that so mutilated Il IL i'm
possible It could have been anything
but an unbalanced and distorted pic.
ture. Other correspondents have had
similar experiences.
Lately this embargo on German
political news An interview with
Herr Won Gwinner, head OF the
Deutsche bank, giving plain state
ment how the German banks, after
the italian banks, under orders OF
their government. had for an entire
year violated a solemn agreement for
mutually respecting private property.
signed by both governments, had been
compelled to take similar reprisal
measures, was stopped by the Eng
lish censor. not word reaching New
York.
As a special instance of the way
he claims dispatches from German
sources or correspondents with the
German army are treated. Won Vie
gand cites cases Of accounts OF the
fighting around verdun being sup.
pressed and says:
"A statement by Under Secretary
Zimmerman on Germany's views OF
the status of the Deutschland. OBJ
tanned by the United Press CORE
spondent, was killed In London. The
same correspondent reported the
greater part OF his dispatches from
the Verdun front stopped By the Eng
lish censor
The same fate befell dispatches
of the military correspondent Of La
Nacion Of Buenos Ayres. II would
seem as IL England were resolved to
compel the American public to accept
her versions alone CT the battles by
not permitting news tn come ont Of
Germany other than what seems
agreeable to her.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-23
Discussion of ACCESSIBILITY oil
Using New Plan on
Local Streets

city officials and members of the
municipal engineering department
have had brought to their attention
articles concerning the "single-gut-
ter type Of paving. Sentiment is
varying among local engineers as to
its advisability. The following argu-
ments in its favor were presented by
w. G. Kirchoffer of Madison, Wis.
in a paper before the Illinois Society
of Engineers and Surveyors and have
been referred to the city engineers:
when roads and streets we're first
made in ancient times, it was neces-
sary to. make them of soft materials
such as were found at the locality.
gravel or broken stone Their only
means of drainage was to the side OF
the road, so naturally they crowned
the center. Later, wien street pave
ments were introduced, it was a logic
al following that two cutters should
be made sat each side Of the street.
Such construction was practical
necessity with the materials with
which the street pavements were
made. But, today, with our hard ma
terials, such as concrete, brick, as
phalt and creosote blocks, such con-
struction is not essential or necessary.
We are not advancing with the times
when we stick to this old method OF
building streets, especially a city
pavement
The use OF two cutters is an an
tiquated idea. Why should the water
and filth from street be separated
into two quantities? There is no
logical reason for it. The crowning
of street does not even serve the
purpose OF dividing the traffic, which
Is essential The new form Of street
that should be adopted, If progress
along this line IL to be made, is a
street with single gutter in the cen
ter. The proposed construction would
be to build pavement with the sur
face the highest at the curbs and with
continuous even slope from each
side to the center of the street.
Some OF the advantages of a pave
ment constructed in this way are as
follows:
Il. The capacity of the pavement
to carry storm water Is many times
that of a pavement constructed in the
old way. g. It will keep the dirt and
filth in the center of the street where
II was made and where it. can be
easily cleaned or washed away. 3.
With this construction, it will be
easier and more convenient to estab-
lish street grades to conform to exist
ing conditions than IL is with the pres-
emit methods of street construction. 4,
It viii be more economical in the cost
OF catch basins and sewers, as one Or
possibly two catch basins will take
the place Of four or more. 5. No
need of deep cutters with costly gut
ter covers for sidewalks, which are
an obstruction to the street. s,
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-23
UTILITIES Will
TAKE Up inter.
island SCHEDULE
New Rates to Be Discussed In
Meeting Tomorrow; Governor
Seeks R. rs Policy

Consideration of the proposed new
schedule of rates the lnter-lsland
Steam Navigation Company proposes
to put into effect September will be
had at special meeting of the pub
lie utilities commission tomorrow
afternoon at 1:30. Officials of the
company will attend.
At Tuesdays meeting of the COM
mission, Chairman Charles r. Forbes
said he had prepared q schedule
showing what the new rates will
mean to citizens and business firms.
Most of the proposed changes are In,
creases, ranging in several instances
20 per cent higher than the present
tariff. There are few minor redue.
tions.
Governor Lucius E. Pinkham wrote
a letter to the commission, asking II
to ascertain from the company
whether the Rapid Transit intends to
do its share in the proposed Kaia-
kaua avenue improvements, construct
a loop in the Puunui district, and II
it is prepared to connect with and
serve Fort Ruger. when the govern
ment has completed its fortification
plans there. The questions viii be
submitted to the company in categori-
cal forms 1t is believed the gov
ernor wants to know the company's
policy before taking action on the
new Rapid Transit franchise.
The adYisability of appointing ali
inspector of gas meters in Honolulu
will be taken up by the commission
soon. At its meeting late Tuesday.
the subject was brought up in let.
ter from Manager Frank @. Cannon
of the Honolulu Gas Company. He
has already discussed it with Com
missioner A. ]. Gignoux, who favors
the proposition. Manager Cannon Of
fers to discuss the matter with the
commission at any time.
Secretary Henry p. O'Sullivan was
directed to send letters of inquiry TO
both Governor Pinkham and Territor-
ial Auditor John H. Fisher, asking
why the auditor has held up bills for
cablegrams and radio messages for
the last five months. The basis for.
the auditors refusal to issue war
rants is requested.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-23
Wauaby Story Is
WildCnnard, Says
Friend of Ed Paris

An indignant friend of Ed Paris this
morning denounced an Advertiser
story as a wild canard- whatever that
is. The story related TO the wailabies
that escaped from Deacon Trent's
and fled into the mountains and said
that Paris had organized gang OF
bash-whackers and was on the trail of
the escaped marsupials.
Now comes the friend with the fol.
lowing declaration:
'That story about Ed Paris is all
wrong. The real facts are that
Deacon Trent requested Mr.. Paris as
one of the game wardens to take the
matter GD with Alexander Hume Ford,
who always is able to start something,
to organize his forces and pursue the
willy Australians. 1t was strongly
urged that Mr. Ford's persuasive way
and knowledge of all animal language
would surely best fit him in any en-
deayor to induce the wallabies to re-
turn to the confines of the 'Deacon's'
Garden of Eden
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-23
PEOPLES BANK FILES
ARTICLES; WILL OPEN
AT HlL0 SEPTEMBER |

Late Tuesday. articles OF ihaorpora-
ton Of the PEOPLES Bank Of Hilo, Ha-
waii, were fled in the territorial
treasurer's office by Joseph 9. Pratt.
former postmaster of Honolulu. cash
Ter of the Re~ bank; and J. W. Rus
sell. Hilo, attorney and 9 director.
Capital of the new institution IS
100000. The bank expects to open
September in the new concrete
building the bank has erected on the
site of the old Bishops Bank.
Officers Of the Peoples Bank are
William Chalmers, prominent sugar
man of the Big Island, president; ?.
c. Beamer, vice-president; u. de =.
Spinola. for u years cashier Of the
First Bank Of Hilo. secretary, and
Mr. Pratt, cashier. The directors are
the officers and Judge Z. .. n. Oso-
rio, W. H. Smith and j. w. Russell.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-23
Stranded Boat is
Possible Clue to
New Sea Mystery
Craft on kaiIua Reef Not That
in Which Shafter Men Were
Lost But May Mean An
other Disappearance

One possible clue to a mystery q.
the sea was dispelled but another dis
covered yesterday afternoon when
Sgt-Maj. Frazier OF Company C, Srd
Battalion of Engineers, Fort ShafteI
motorcycled to Kailua to look at the
whaleboat cast on the reef there Mon.
day noon. .-s>
Sgt. Frazier determined definitely
that the boat is not that in which five
enlisted men from = ort Shafter left
Puuiki, Waialua, on July Is, never to
be heard from again. The boat in
general outward appearance at lit
tie distance resembles the missing
craft, but is larger and is believed not
Il, have had an auxiliary engine.
However. 1t Is evident that this is
a lifeboat from some vessel, prob
ably a large steamer, and the new
mystery is whether the boat was torn
from the davits by the sea or whether
1t is from some wrecked vessel, per
haps a derelict in the Pacific. 1t is
expected that the lifeboat will be
washed further inshore ia day or
two and some mar. of identity may
then be discovered on 1t.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-23
CLAIMS BRITISH CENSOR PERMITS
ONLY ONE-SIDED NEWS TO PASS
Special Correspondent Won Wiegand of the New York World
Says His Dispatches Are Either killed or INITIATED
Before They Reach His Paper and Eight Other American
Press Representatives Have Complained to Ambassador

Karl H. Won Wiegand, special cor,
respondent for the New York World,
claims that many of his dispatches
have been suppressed by the British
censor and still others so mutilated
as to lose their character. The World
states that 81 out of ~ dispatches
which he undertook to send TO his
paper are missing" Under date OF
July 81 from Berlin (delayed) Won
Wiegand says in q special wireless TO
the World, which that PAPER published
August 8:
Great Britain apparently has put
an embargo, more or less, on news to
American newspapers and, In conse-
quence, all the American correspond
ents assigned by their papers or news
associations to the central powers
have sent Joint statement to the
American press. calling attention to
the conditions under which they are
working, which makes it impossible to
give the American public fair state
ment of the vital news of events from
the German side of the great conflict.
Ambassador Gerard also has been
asked to communicate to Washington
the protest, signed by nine CORE
spondents. against the censorship Of
London.
Until recently the British censor
ship let pass dispatches to the Amer
lean papers in a. spirit of fairness.
Coincident with the Allies offensive,
it would appear, the government gave
orders against full transmission Of
such matter, with the result that so
far as can be ascertained compare
lively little of the dispatches from the
German side of the battle fronts now
is getting through, while the London,
Paris, Rome and Petrograd CORE
spondents are permitted to send free
Iy columns of matter about the Allies
daily"
The Worlds special correspondent
shows the need OF publication of Off
cial German dispatches as Is done by
the Star-Bulletin, IL both sides are to
be fairly treated, when he says:
The unfairness or this to the Amer
lean press and public, who, regardless
of their sympathies one way or the
other, desire and are entitled TO fair
statement and dispassionate reports
on the situation and the views of both
sides, is evident. Great Britain ap.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-23
HIGH LIGHTS FROM ONE
OF THE HUGHES SPEECHES

\
y Reasonable, =, adequate pre-
= paredness is primary national \
= duty, and if am elected / pro- =
y pose to see as far as in me
4 lies that that duty is discharged \
= to the credit Of the American \
= people. @-:- =
\ Any American soldier killed =
= in Mexico is killed by American =
= bullets"
\ "A punitive expedition they \
4 call it. The only punishment we =
= inflicted was on ourselves. We
= punished nobody else" ....@
= We are spirited people. We 4
4 are people who can protect =
\ ourselves. We are not too proud =
\ to fight" -.". g.. !
Il am a strong party man, but \
= believe in party organization as \
\ the servant of a democratic :
y people =
4 = = = = l. 4 = = = / / / l. L L l. 4
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-23
U. S. BATTLESHiPS START
MIMIC WAR ON EAST COAST

tAssocistsd Press BY Federal Wireless,
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. "a
The two rival. American fleets, the
Red and the Blue, started the annual
naval war game yesterday. The Reds
ere attacking the Atlantic Coast Il
the United States and have until the
first Of the month to effect the land.
ing of an Invading army somewhere
between Cape Hatteras and Eastport.
Me-
The Red fleet is under the com.
mand of Admiral Mayo and the Blue
fleet is commanded by Rear-Admir i
Helm.
Admiral Mayo has with him 30
transports, supposed to be carrying
the troops OF the imaginary army
with which he proposes to invade
the United States.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-23
Commission ON
MEXICAN PARLEY
Is APPOINTED
tAasoelaled Press b. EeasrsI wlrels..l

SAo1oci9te1 kreea ~ Eeoefol Wlfeteee1
WASHINGTON, d. C., Aug. %. =
: After many delays the personnel oil
the American commission which will
attempt to reach settlement of the
questions pending between this coun.
try and Mexico was announced by
the state department last night.
The Commission will be headed by
Franklin - Lane, secretary of the In.
terror, and the other members are
Or. John r. Mott 0f New York and
Judge George Gray Of Wilmington.
Delaware
Judge Gray Is a prominent iurist
and Democrat OF Delaware, having
served part OF term as United
States senator for his state. He has
been member Of various commissions,
as we'll as q member of The Hagfe
peace tribunal 20
DR.. Mott Is well known as an Off.
cial OF the Y. NJ. G. A. lie is a grad.
uate Of Cornell and OF Yale and the
University OF Edinburgh. He was
chairman and executive secretary OF
the student volunteer movement, and
since the outbreak OF the great wal
las been engaged IN y. M. G., A. work
back Of the trenches and among the
prisoners Of war z
Secretary Lansing and Ambassador.
designate Arredondo viii meet short
" to decide upon the locality Of the
conference OF the joint commission. II
is understood that the Mexicans are
in favor Of some one OF the resorts on
the New Jersey coast, but nothing
definite has been settled upon as yet
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-23
CALL ON GATH0L les
TO UPHOLD PRINCIPLES

NA-eoS~aot ~ = U.s. W = O1cEoA WaNtCeoH
NEW YORK, n. Y, Aug. 23.-James
+. zipf. president OF st. Aloysius de
Gonzaga Union of st. Louis, last night
issued a call for asmass meeting OF
Roman Catholics at the Central We
rein unit to vote to conserve the
high and holy principles for which the
Catholics stand"
In his statement Zipf says that
there are 100000 Catholics in the
United States who are citizens and
voters.
This is quite a. FORCE he adds,
for bringing about proper conditions
In this country. There are almost as
many of us as there were Republi.
cans who voted at the last presiden-
ual election, and our weight is going
to count,
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-23
.cARRANzISTAS RoUT
VILLA BAND; LEADER
CAUGHT AND SHOT
tA..eeiatsd Pres; y E.a ;raI wireless, J,

Associated Press by Federal WireieSsl
CITY OF CHIHUAHUA, Mexico,
Aug. 2S.-Gen. Trevino. Commanding
the Carranza forces in this state, an
nounced last night that a command
of Carranzistas had rounded up aud
routed a band of Villista outlaws I'M.
der the command of Capt Medina.
Three of the bandits were killed and
Capt. Medina was captured, and after
a court-martial, was executed.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-23
PARALYSIS EPIDEMIC
SEVERE I'M NEW JERSEY

TRENTON, N. J., Aug. 23.-Ipfan.
tile paralysis has swept from New
York into this state, and according to
the reports issued by the board of
health last night there were al new
cases of the disease reported in the
state yesterday. Seven additional mu-
inequalities reported cases: