The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-08-17
SUPERVISORS ON
|. B|GISLANDRESENT
BOARD'SCRIT|C|SM
Assert Accusations Of Pro-Ger-
manism and SIaokerism BY
Registration Body Untrue
DlSLoYALTY NOT BACK
OF THEIR ATTITUDE
Wayne Going To HiIo This Morn
ing To Try To Straighten
Out Ugly TangIe

All beribboned and besealed, an off,
eial resolution from the Hawaii cOun-
Ly board of supervisors was received
yesterday by Francis j. Green, exeeu.
tive officer OF the registration board,
and upon reading IL with an interest
quickened by its imposing appearance,
he found that II was q neatly worded
exposition of what said supervisors
thought about him. And il was not
complimentary, either.
II did not pass the short aud uglier.
What IL said was that Mr.. Green s re-
marks in regard 10 the Hawaii super
yieors were untrue, false, and utter
y inconsistent with the facts in the
matter" II said Green s actions were
.hasty and ill-advised,' and that in
stead Of being pro German aud unpa-
| triotic they, the supervisors, reassert-
ed their +" faith and allegiance in the
aims and ideals of the national gov.
ernment.b
The war, however, is going to be
,arried into the enemy = country by
he registration board, for Chairman
Will Wayne win leave this morning
| have a talk with the Hawaii super
| 'isors and try to straighten matters
nut. He is not going down in a bel
| igerent spirit, he stated last night,
md feels that all that is necessary Is
or all parties TO get together and cut
nut politics and partisanship.
Var May Break Out
| II any turbulence is displayed tow
| lrils Wayne harmony efforts however,
| I Is extremely liable to confirm state
nents made by the board that disloy-
| Ilty and even pro Germanism is back
| IT the supervisors actions. If that
rappens war will break out for fair.
| Among the arrivals yesterday from
Hawaii was Arthur A. Akina, mana
'sr OF the 5Hawi Mill and Plantation
,ompanyls store, county supervisor
nd member of the finance commit
4 ee Of the board which is accused of
efusiBg funds to help on registra
ION work. m, 4. ~ y, = 81 &ti3
| Akina, as a member Of that com
nittee, IL intimately acquainted with
he inside of the financing of Hawaii
egistration and completely kokuas the
lttitude of the supervisors towards
sheriff Sam Pua and the county regis.
ration board. ,a,a
+" Pua first came before u.s. he said,
with o request for $500 for immedi-
ate expenses, the board sitting
At the time. II was referred to the
anhnee committee, and while we were
doubtful about our powers to appro-
pirate, we did not wish to delay the
work, and voted the money.
Too Much Money
After that Pna came before the
board with a request for another thou
sand dollars and FIVE hundred dollars
quarter for the period of the war,
the latter item to be used, he stated,
as an intelligence department. fund TO
run down slackers. The board then
secured legal opinions on the matter,
not only from Deputy County Attorney
Rolph,. but from private attorneys in
EIilo and they agreed that the county
act did not give Us the authority 10
appropriate money for this purpose.
"NOt having the authority, we did
not make the appropriation, and that
sums up our attitude on that particular
question. Upon hearing that the work
was being delayed for want of help
the business men of Hilo came for
ward generously and offered to supply
all the help needed 10 get the report
ont, the First National Bank offering Il
lend one clerk until the work was fin
ished, ..ha. &#f@
"Pua refused these officers on tbs
grounds that, not being paid officers
these clerks would not be sufficiently
under his control, So far as we super
visors knew not another county in I'll,
Territory had appropriated money fol
this purpose, hut had had the worl
performed by volunteer labor. As thit
work was also volunteered in Hilo, i
2ppeared to us that we could do thu
same as every one else.