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T0BM 0WER BIG DISTRICTS
AummfflTioit
BIG DISTRICT AFFECTED
BY SUDDEN WITHDRAWAL
OF WATER PRIVILEGES
Nuuanu, Manoa And Kalia Lose Privileges-Other
Sections May Irrigate only
From 6 to 8 a. m.-Plans on Foot For
Building New Central Electric
And Using Millions of Artesian Water
Now Running to Waste-Situation Ad
mittedly Serious
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a FACT8 ABOUT FAILING WATER SUPPLY AND i a
a , . PLANS SUGGESTED FOR PERMANENT RELIEF a
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a Irrigation privileges withdrawn from Makiki, Nuuanu and Manoa 8
a districts.- , .--I - ... - -'' a
a y Privileges HmltM in remaiuin"? districts. : .' . a
a Irrigation restricted to protect domestic consumers. . a
a Pepartment of public workc declares. there is danger of water fam- V
a ine unless alleged waste is stopped. ; ' a
" PLANS FOR RELIEF. a
a . Rapid Transit Company and Hawaiian Electric Company offer to a
a jturn over to city millions of gallons of wa!er now running to wasta. V
a Suggestions made for central electric plant to handle pumping of a
a water; plant to cost about 190,000 and involves doing away, with pres- a
a en t scattered pumping system:. " ' , ' , , J ' a
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ttttu a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a
Coincident , with charter revision
plans which may eventually lead to
the transfer of the water supply ys
tem from th hands of thp territory
Into the hands of the city and countjr;
comes the added Information,: that
radical reforms, having for their ob
ject the conservation of the water
supply on the Island and the reduction j
Of. the cost of operating the water
: system, are, about to be ; strongly
recommended by ' the authorities.
These reforms are said on goad au
thority to include the taking over of
rom four to five million gallons of
artesian , water, .available for con,
sumption through .the water-supply,
system, which "S-kcroIfcredi.to the
city free cf charge; t-e passing of
leglslatTon prohitit!-g . : the, . wasteful
use of . water flowing from artesian
wcris, on the island; and tbe Installa
tion of a central - electrical power
plant io cut down the present ex
pense of distributing power in small
units to the four pumping stations
now under operation. . That the
present system is inadequate. to sup
ply the present and future denands
and that a change Is' necessary,; now
seems to be the consensus of opinion
of. those in a position to know, as
shown by ' Investigation by, the Star
Bulletin. -' i ;
In spite of the fact that the authori
ties are complaining of a dearth of
water, three millions of gallons of the
pure' artesian product are daily being
poured into the ocean by the Hawaii-
an Electric Company, while the Rapid
Transit company Is known to release
one and a half to two mllIons every
twenty-four hours. This is artesian
w ater that has been run ' through
pipes and condensed for cooling pur
poses and is in no way contaminated.
It Is equal in .quality to more than
one-third. of the entire amount eup-
, plied by the water system. The com
panies are. willing that the water be
made use of by . the city. Manager
H. M. Hepburn of tae electric com
pany stated that the water is there
and - that , the company is willing to
turn it over, .Manager C. G. Banen
tyne stated that the Rapid Transit
company has made an offer of the
water to the city. ',
Bishop Thinks Well of Plans V
ii. Kv Bishop, superintendent of the
department of public works, ' when
questioned In regard to the matter
stated that the scheme insofar as it
would Increase the supply of water
and tend to restore? the sinking ar
tesian level, was a? good one. The
w ater, he said, could be pumped with
a single pumping operation directly
Into the system. He stated that the
additional amount of water would in
crease the water pressure and at the
same time give a greater supply for
the down-town districts.' It - would
also relieve the Kalihi district, whirt
at the present time divides its suppjy
with the downtown district. Mr.
Bishop added (hat the artesian level
has been sinking steadily for the past
. ten or twelve years and that the
water question in future years wIM
be a serious one unless the present
extravagant waste is stopped and
steps are taken to conserve the sup
piy. -
Facts and Figures Secured.
It is definitely known that facts and
figures regarding the great' quantises
of water that are going to waste "and
that have been offered free of charge
by the various companies are in the
hands of the water supply authorities.
It is rosdble that It will be recom-
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SAFES
The largest stock in the city to se
lect from. ' . .
Commenting upon the fact that
Irrigation privileges have beenr
withdrawn ' altogether from the
Kalia, Nuuknu and' 'Manoa dis
tricts and limited in the remain
ing districts to the hours of 6 to 8
a. m., A. C. Wheeler, assistant su-.
perintendent. of the department of:
: public works, stated this morning
that the time has come when it is
. absolutely essential to stop the ex-
tl.orbitant-waste-of-artesian -waters
occurring daily on the island of
. Oahu. Wheeler stated that it
rould be necessary to exercise
s; some control over . the water
which Is taken from the wells and
not made use of. He declared that
at present the flow from the
Springs is decreasing, the amount
of Water stored In reservoirs is
'likewise going down, and the arte
sian level Is sinking to such an
: extent that it has become neces
sary to refuse water for irrigation
t in order to give the -consumers'
sufficient water for domestic pur
poses; Wheeler stated that unless
i steps had been taken at once to
' cancel the Irrigation privileges
that Honolulu would have faced a
dearth of supply. He added, how
ever, that if proper steps were
taken to stop the daily waste of
water occurring in Honolulu the
supply, would be sufficient.
; Chief Engineer Rieks of the wa
ter works declares that the
pumps are inadequate and the
pipes too small to handle the wa
ter under the present conditions.
He explained that ; an additional
pump had been Installed in the
Makiki district to help out the
Beretania plant, but that even then
complaints were coming from all,
sides of the lack of water for do
mestic purposes. Relative to the
waste from artesian wells, it was
stated at. the water works office
that in certain districts of the city
there are artesian wells "hich,
uncapped, pour their flow of thou
sands of gallons daily into the
ocean. ' vv. -; ..
The irrigation privileges . were
cancelled by a formal notice ap
pearing in this morning's paper.
The privileges suspended are
those in the Nuuanu and Manoa
valleys and the Kalia district.
The Nuuanu valley gravity system
includes: Nuuanu valley, Alewa'
Heights and Puunui down to and
Including makai side of School
street from Insane Asylum to Lu
so street; Punchbowl district, in
cluding Luso street from School
street to Lunalilo; Lunalilo from
Luso to Victoria; Victoria from
Lunalilo to Thurston; i Thurston
from Victoria to Wilder avenue,
and all the district north of Wil
der and west of Makiki street ;
The Manoa system includes Ma
noa valley. College Hills and the
section bounded by Keeaumoku.
Nowewehi and Hastings streets
and Manoa road. ; -
The Kalia system includes the
section between Kalakaua avenue
and the beach beginning at the
corner of King street and Kala
kaua avenue and ending at the
Moana Hotel. : ,
J. M. Little, superintendent of
the water works, in his published
notice this "morning declares:
"AH holders of water, privileges
are hereby notified that due to ex
traordinary weather . conditions
and drought, irrigation in the
NAianu and Manoa valleys and
Kalia district is entirely suspend
ed Until further notice.
"AH privileges .in ; the above
mentioned districts found irrigat
ing, and all other privileges found
irrigating outside of the hours
ILK PROBE
OF JUDICIARY
mum N017
Senator Rice Wants to Know
Why $15,000 Extra Is
Being Asked
As one result of a request for an
additional sum of $15,000 to complete
payment on the .new judiciary build
ing, Chairman Rice of the senate ways
and means' committee announced this
morning that an investigation will be
conducted to determine the blame for
the extra expense In constructing the
new building, if blame there is.
Though Senator Rice does not make
direct charges Qf mismanagement
against . persons who have . an active
part in the 'erection of the building,
he strongly intimates that there was
a lack of care somewhere in - the
preparations of the plans and specifi
cations of the structure particularly
in the matter of the. steel work used
Ib the btii 'Jing. . i
The purpose of the investigation
we propose to carry on," stated Sen
ator Rice this morning, 'is to de
termine who is responsible for . the
necessity of submitting a bill of $8.
000' for extras and why it is that
$15,000 ; Is asked to complete pay
ments on the building. V
"One hundred thousand dollars was
appropriated for. the erection of this
building, and it was believed that that
sum would be amply sufficient :':
"I, haven't as yet gone into the. mat
ter 'thoroughly enougb. to -ascertain
Vhete',tft ranlt-TIe'sx-bttt - it itC clear
to my tnlnd that there was misman
agement' somewhere." t t
Senator, Rice made this statement
after a ; meeting of the .-ways , and
means committee at which Mr. Bish
op, superintendent of the board of pub
lic works ; attended. ,
Mr.- Bishop appeared at the' invita
tion of the committee, which is mak
ing an examination of the manage
ment of the department, with particu
lar reference to the salaries of the
clerks . and assistants, all' of' which
were raised by . former superintendent
of nublic -works before leaving office.
According to Senator Rice the in
crease made in the salaries amounts
to almost $200 a month. ; .
The advisability of establishing an
architect department to act under the
direction of tae board of public works
was also mentioned at this meeting.
Senator Rice is In favor of estab
lishing such a department He stated
this morning that he believed the in
vestigation of the Judiciary building
will determine the committee upon
seeking to bring about the innova
tion. It is his opinion that such a de
partment ; will save money for the
territory. ; '. ' v -. . v. :
The architects of the judiciary build
ing remodeling were Ripley & Reyn
olds, it is stated, and the Lord-Young
Engineering Company got the con
tract for the work.
VILL
VISIT COLLEGE
The inv'Ution of President Gilmore.
of the College- of Hawaii, to the legis
lators fo inspect that institution has
been accepted for the house by the
agricultural committee, and -at 11
o'clock tomotrow morning the lower
branch nmMhlv will adiourn for the
da v and journey out to the college in
a body. ; . ; V.
Affr inR"tnT a portion of the
grounds and buildings the lawmakers
will sit down ft a luncheon prepared
by the girls of the school's domestic
science department. The afternoon
likely will be devoted to further in-sp-tion
of ihe college and learning its
various needs.
Whether the senate will io' -
the house in the lirit junket is not
known "at the t'me this is written, al
though it may-.; be' called to the sena
tors' attention t's afternoon.
The house 'adjourae! bforv non
day, the members acceo tine Sreer
Holstein's suggr-'ion tht the after
noon could be mop profit"! blv devoted
to the business of the various com
mittees. At. the reauest of George 1.
Cooke, of the agricultural committee,
tomorrow moraine's session will be
Kin an hour earlier than usual, ei vinz
the house two hours time to disoose
of the day routine ".efor starting on
the trip of inspection at 11 o'clock.
specified above, will be subject to
an immediate shut-off without
further notice and water will not
be turned on again until all
charges are paid." .
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B0ST0NIAN WHO MAY
GET DIPLOMATIC POST
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Frisit Fljfi
Parasite
Louis D. BrandetsV attoney who : led
Boston's fiijht f$-' better public ser
vice corporiticn? He" is spoken of
as Wilson's vhoirc an important
diplomatic post". :. :'; ":
MONEY FOB PEARL
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Is
Reported to
Be Secured
Hawaii's fruit scourge, the Medit
erranean fly, may be conquered in a
comparatively short time by science
and human persistence. Cable advices
have been received by W. H. Giffard,
president of the board of agriculture
and forestry, that Dr. Silvestri, the
noted entomologist who was sent to
West Africa in search of a parasite
for the fruit fly, has discovered one.
Dr. Silvestri was at Cape Town,
where he proceeded from eitber the
Congo cr Angola, and is at Cape Town
at ' this time breeding , the ; parasite
with a View to bringing them to Ho
nolulu via Australia. v I s
For many months Dr. Silvestri hai
been in the little-known part of the
world coping with difficulties in his
quest for a parasite1 that : will check
the ravages of the f nAtVy here. The
presence of. this fly has closed the
Coast to much of Hawaii's fresh fruit
practically everything except' bananas
and pineapples. . ".
President Giffard" inclines to' the
belief that Dr. Silvestri did not find
the fly at Cape Town, but back some
where further in the Interior. L The
scientist evidently went to Cape Town
because the fly has been prevalent
there and he could not only get some
ideas for hi search of the parasite,
but later establish- a station there to
carry on the breeding of - the uara
site under favorable conditions.
) Another sum o money has been
appropriated for Pearl Harbor naval
station Improvements, and this ' time
it is the marine torps that will.; reap
the benefit A cable received . here
yesterday states' ttat 165,000 for im
provements' to the marine barracks,
Pearl ; Harbor Is' -jajrif d j In , the ap
prorlatibii "bill !wiich? passed March
8d. This Is only a,' little, more ..than
two-thirds of what was asked for, but
it will be sufficient to construct sev
eral buildings that wilhbe needed be
fore the new' station is "garrisoned by
the marines.' The '- amount asked for
was $118,000. -:::;:;;:: ;- ; - . - '
The appropriation as alio wedx Will
be used for the construction of a quar
termaster stbre house, $20,000 ;'- admln
IstraUon building, $25,000; post ex
change and amusement room, $20,000:
The difference between the appropria-.
tion and the request was for a double
bet Vi MlLlViVlo ijuaiici auu a r,v w&
bache?ors' quarters, - to - -accommodate
eight officers. V . -; ; '".
The appropriation will not be avail
able untl July 1, but before that
date plans will be drawn, and prob
ably bids . asked for.
The marines get a splendid trans
port by the appropriation bill. The
large sum of $1,850,000 Is allowed for
the construction of this r.roopship,
which should be the finest flying the
stars and Stripes. It is probable that
the, transport will be large enough to
carry twa regiments, and probably In
building due provision will be made
for a- sufficient number. of life boats
to take care of the full capacity.
Four hundred thousand dollars Is
allowed for marine barracks and
quarters at Panama! During the six
years that the marines have "been
in the canal zone taey have had only
such temporary quarters as they
could build themselves. Now they
will have the best that money can
buy and Colonel Goethals can build.
Other items in the bill are Boston,
$135,000, barracks and quarters;
League Island, $50,000, quarters;
Bremerton, $35,000, quarters.
YOUNG TURK LEADER
ALREADY IN TROUBLE
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Envey Bey, who, " after engrneerlng
the death of .Nazim. Pas;ia, Turkish
minister of war. rase rspiJly to pow
er. Nov there is 'reported a coun
' ter revolt -'against .'him. V
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0. J. . IXLLS
llffiT TO mk
His Persona! Application Made
to President Wilson for
Executive Position v y ;
(Special Bulletin Cable) : ;
WASHINGTON, D. March 6.
Gilbert J. Waller of Honolulu is the
first candidate for the gorernorship of
Hawaii to file his personal application
with the president, i
Mr. Waller and Bertram G. Bhen
burgb, who has been here for . some
weeks seeking to farther the claims of
Waller to the desired i position, hare
seen the president - and at Wilson's j
suggestion, It Is understood, hare ar-
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rauru iur p. cumeruuee in is aiieruuoa
with Franklin K. Lane, the new secre
tary of the Interior.
C S. ALBERT.
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The . above cable from the Star-Bulletin's
correspondent in, Washington is
not the only interesting development
in the governorship situation. This
morning several well-known McCand
Iess , Democrats and L. L. McCandless
himself were wearing happy smiles,
and it is pretty - certain that some
kind of good news has been heard
from Johnny Wilson, Democratic na
tional'' committeeman and one of the
strong McCandless supporters. Wilson
is now in Washington and t yesterday
attended a meeting of the national
committee, when undoubtedly he put
in some work for McCandless. The
McCandless forces here are relying on
recognition by Wilson, Chairman Mc-
Coombs ot the national committee and
Secretary Lane of the work of Mc
Candless in the past for the Democrat
ic party in Hawaii.
BANKS OF HAWAII NOT OPPOSED
TO EXAMINER PLAN, SAYS LEWIS
"On the question of having a bank
examiner appointed, the banks ate not
opposed to the principle of such a
measure." said A. Lewis, Jr., manager
of the Bank of Hawaii, Ltd., this
morning. "There is a provision mow
that the banks shall be axamined not
less than two times nor more than
four times a year, and reports have
to be made at present to the terri
torial treasurer. The banks do not
oppose examination but simply the
form of the pending bill.
"The banking law was passed in
1884 and the trust company act In
1905, and the whole theory of the
banking situation has been to keep the
two lines separate and distinct, each
operating under separate and distinct
laws. When the trust company act
was inaugurated in 1905 it was by a
specific provision required that the
trust companies should not engage in
general banking business and could
not act as a savings bank.
"The whole theory of the law has
been to keep the two classes of in
stitutions separate and distinct Each
institution; has its separate sphere
and field, f The present bill attempts
to merge the two and radically to
change the whole banking system.
This should not be done. No demand
for it has come from the banks or
any clientele of any of the .banks.
It is a specific measure prepared for
the special purpose of one institution.
The aim and purpose of the proposer
of the : present bill can be accomp
lished ; by : incorporating under the ex
isting trust company act
"It was distlnst'y brought out at the
hearing that it was not the intention
of the various banas and trust com
panies of the territory to, thwart any
competition or In any way oppose the
doing of a trust business by any par
ticular trust company. The way was
pointed out to the. proposer:; of the
bill, that he could incorporate a com
pany under the trust law and do a
trust business under that law, and not
attempt to do a trust business under
the banking law."
The matter of a bank examiner will
be taken up at a meeting of the ways
and means committee and interested
financiers a week from today. :
UIER1Y
House "Judiciary" .Committee
v Subpoenas Newspapermen;
;':iPJestity-a.;:'
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Complying - with Represcntitive
Jack Kalaklela't resolution intrq juced
the othar day, the investigation of his
activity; in connection with th)e com
pilation of banana claims ws atarted
at 3 o'clock this afternoon by the
house judiciary commitee. The com
mittee sess'on was scheduled to be
held In the attorney general's of flee.
Chairman William J." Sheldon said
this mornine that number of the
most Important witnesses have eeu
tiroenied to anpear. pmong ' thpse
Editor R. O. Ma.theson of tbe Adver
t'ser and E. P. I -win of th Crossros'l
of the Pacific Weeklv. The commit
tee Intends, the 'hwfrmin seated, to
ascertain in de,'l the extent of the
charts against the Pemo'TatV bous
mpmber, and after that 3 all In, to
call unon the defense for lt testi
mony in rebuttal. He added hat his
committee ba3 authoritv to subnoenn
and to cit" for rontmpt fn the matter
of wi'nes'es who fail to appear when
summoned. . v . "
The investigating hiv w"? nrb
not nly the rharg of "graft." imnlled
as the result of the representative's
alleged accepfnee of money from
claimants for filing their formal
mands. but also tbe quptlon of bis
.standing as a member of the lawmak
ing body as effected bv his action fn
the banana claims affair before tb
mttr had come before the house officially.-
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"It, ic to be as fair and impartial as
it can be mae." asertl Chiirm-n
She'don. "but ft also will be as thor
ough as nossible.We intend to spare
no one in our: effort to get all tie
facts in the case. Our report will be
based on the facts developed by t
inquiry." ".. - :. ' . ." . :
Wilson "Administration Will
"Continue Him in Office,
-lis Announcement
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WASHINGTON, D, Ch Marcn 6
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood wi. J continue
as chief of staff, accordinj to an an
nouncement made tcday by the ViN
son administration. : Gen. Wood's
friends are highly elated, conarcerir?
his retention as a vindication of t, s
chief. :
AIl-llUErio
elan nonx
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(Associated lTes3 Cable)
HERMOSILLO, Me March 6.
The situation daily grows :n str.:
ress. - AntHHuerta clviliana h
seized the raitroad and tsrr"
tinea and are organizlna. a f:r;j .
fortifyirra the city to repel ttu H-:r
army. . . . .'.-.'
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GUAYAf ' A j, Mtx., f':r:h C
reported hire tht t.u.o Husrtjl.;j z
preparing to b?u'H tu? c!ty.
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' f Associated Tress Cable '
; BERLIN, Germany, March 6. C ev
en ty-one deaths occurre-J :n the
ing by the German cruiser Yorck nl; :
before la?t of the German tor?: ';
boat, according to formal report ma-j
today. .. , .
GREEirV
UlUil
is iiiiLi:;;
To . remain at the port until ten
o'clock tomorro wmorning, the United
States army transport .Lonan complet
ed the voyage from Manila by the way
of Nagasaki. Japan, arid came to a
berth at Alakea wharf a: noon today.
The troopship 13 said to nave mt
with fine weather during tne twenty
days' steaming across the Pacific.
Three passengers left-the. vessel a(
this port. They include Miss J. M.
Lewis. J. W. Hall and , 3. M. LutZ,
chaplain for the Fourth Cavalry.
Ninety-five cabin,"' 55 dormitory and
172 troop passengers are. proceeding
through to San Francisco.
The Logan carries no'rcgular organ
izations. Joining the vessel at Naga
saki were several army officers and
members of the engineer's corps.
Seceral civilian government em
ployes are returning to the mainland
in the vessel. V . -
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'ATHENS, Greece, Marc: '6- Fol
lowing news of one disaster with an.
other brilliant victory, tno Credo
have' overwhelmed the. -'Turkish d:
tenses at Janln and captured the cit
and 32,000 prisoners.
THREE SERB TRANSPORTS
SUNK BY THE TURKS
(Associated Press Cable)
VIENNA, Austria, "March 6. It is
reported here that the " "disaster
last night was that of the sinking by
a Turkish cruiser of three Servian
transports loaded with" troops. Prac
tically all of the Servian soldiers,
numbering, it Is said, more tnan 3,0C0,
were drowned. - ,r '.'
NORMAN MACK TO "GET '
FAT DIPLOMATIC JOB
" (Associated Press Cable)
WASHINGTON,' D. Ci h'.trch
Norman E. Mack, the promfnent New
York state Democrat, lis- mentioned
here as the probable- appointee for
ambassador to Austria. . -
After a man has taken a chance- it
sometimes haDDens that he would be
only too glad of a chance to put it
back.; . .
A man will make less objection to
being taken to jail by the sheriff than
to church by his wife.
DARR0W CASE GOES .
' . , TO JURY TONIGHT
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LOS ANGELES,. CaU March 6.
Clarence Darrow today .completed his
plea of not guilty to: tne crtarge of
jury-bribing , brought ;'i in connection
with the dynamiting cases in which he
appeared as attorney . for . Lie WtcNa
maras. .The case will go to tne jury
possibly tonight. , ; ; - ; V
The management of the Moana Ho
tel announces a dance, to be... given
thi3 evening, and invites Army, Nary.
and societr folks of the city to attenJ
A Hawaiian auintet will render music
during, the dinner hour. advertise
ment. ;: . :'' . -.,
