Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-13
Due to Financial IrreguIarity.
Says One Side; Pastor Parker
Gives a Different View

| ~ OWES d UtIIefeilt view -
The factional differences in historic
kawaiahao church. reaching a climax
last Sunday night, bark back TO charg-
es of financial irregularity in the
| Christian Endeavor Society four
EmCnths ago. according TO statement
/ 10 the Star-Builetin today by Yrs.
1 Alice Eahokuoluna, one of the storm
cen;eTs in the scene Sunday night.
This venerable church. long the bull
/ Wark for Christian work among the
Hawaiians and with many traditions
/ about its famous edifice with pastor
who has seen more than half CEN
| fury of devoted service, is now in tu-
mutt with charges and counter-charg-
| es. One of these charges, strange TO
| the ears Of the visitor. but familiar TO
those living in Hawaii, has to do with
alleged consultation of 'kahunas" by
one of the members. 'Kahunaism" is
outlawed in Hawaii. placed ON plane
| with ''witch-doctoring" and voodooism
as a resort to superstition and to the
ancient practise of consulting medi-
cine-men and soothsayers. 49, II.
Mrs. Kahokuoluna presided at the
Christian Endeavor meeting which
Rev. H. II. Parker. pastor of the
church, tried to disband. She and
her husband claim that the whole row
is due to the fact that the pastor has
taken sides with Mrs Julia Bowers,
former president of the EndeaVor So
ciety, after Mrs. Bowers was suspend
ed by the, society following the dis
covery that she had wrongfully used
Endeavor funds, borrowed from the
treasurer, John Kea. .:..".
Mr. and Mrs. Kahokualuna visited
the Star-Bulletin early this morning
to put their side of the case before
the public. ~.
The whole trouble arises from our
difficulty with Mrs. Bowers and Mr.
John Kea," says Mrs. Kahokuoluna,
land this dates back about four
months ago, We we're going to have
an Endeavor convention at Waianae
and raised about $120 for the expenses
of our president and other delegates
Mrs. Bowers had been the president,
but she did not run for reelection,
and little later on we found out why.
David p. Kahaulelio, our new presi-
dent, was, to go to Waianae but when
the time came he found that Treasur-
er Kea had only about $40 of the
money. Then # came out that Mrs.
Bowers had borrowed the rest and
spent it. j..
Investigation Is Held ~.
Mrs. Kahokuoluna tells long story
here of the Investigation of this alleg-
ed irregularitysby the society, and the
suspension of Mrs. Bowers and Treas
uref Kea. Mrs. Bowers finally made
restitution of most of the money, but
she says that the society refused to
take Mrs. Bowers back until the latter
had made public apology. =. II ~..-s
Mrs. Bowers went to Pastor Parker
and worked on his sympathies,' the
story goes on, ''and he sided with her
and ordered our Christian Endeavor
Society to disband We refused and
this was the real reason for his oppo-
sition to our president, David Kahau-
lelio, which resulted in the scene Sun
day night" -.
Mrs. Kahokuoluna says that the
society consulted Rev. Akaiko Akana,
another Hawaiian pastor, and was adj
vised not to disband, but to stand by !
its guns, and this, she says, it has |
been doing, and was doing on Sunday |
night when she, as leader of the meet |
ing, was ordered by Mr.. Parker toll
leave the chair. She refused and then |
came the sceen when Pastor Parker
ordered G. Naukana, who has spe-
cial policeman's commission, to take |
the woman away. He also ordered the |
janitor to turn out the lights. She
says he also appealed to the board of |
deacons to drag me out of the chair, |
but they declined to do So The meet
ing later was brought to an abrupt |
and excited close
Says Members Stood by Her Action
Mrs. Kahokuoluna says that she |
asked the society if it wished to stand |
by her or the pastor on Sunday night. |
and that virtually the entire member
ship stood by her, and thus by David |
kahaulelio, president. She insists |
also that Pastor Parker was offered |
Is minutes to state his case before
the society and declined to do so, in
stead ordering the meeting to dis
band.
Both she and her husband say that
when the society suspended Mrs.
Bowers, the pastor ordered the So
eiety to disband This was about /
three months ago. The society re-
fused and sent written protest,
which, they say, the pastor threw in
the face of the committee carrying it |
to him in his study. 49,.
The charges of Pastor Parker |
against Kahaulelio, they maintain, |
were never properly preferred, nor
was the Endeavor president allowed |
to appear on his own behalf before |
the board of deacons, which suspended !
him. They say also that though he |