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School Affairs .
JMRITI1FM MEASURE PROTtCIll SALARIES OF -VISITAV AIALEE
IS UNDER PROBE ,'HIAffl IS PASSED ) HOUSE ON S1DAY TRIP
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the wall and keeping an eye on the
cash register." he said at one time. 5
Westgate' statement that be . and
Longley had borrowed 16000 to help
flirt the deficit and put the market on
Its own feet again by paying consign
ors promptly for. their produce arous
ed the committee.. , . ; t ; :
Explains His Deep Interest -
"I felt a personal interest In the di
vision." he said, "as well as a feeling
that the United States government
having agreed to supervise the. work
could not turn It back to the territory
- in a hole like that.
;i realize that a couple of years ago
the books were not In good shape," he
wont on., ' I had told Longley that he
hrost get nig men bonded. He agreed
; if. would be a good thing but kept put
ting it off, until finally in July be went
to the coast in connection with the es
tablishment of the branch market for
pineapples In San Francisco. v
Deficit Is Finally Found T
; "He came back in September and
as soon as he got here I brought the
bonding matter up again, .and again
v he evaded It. Finally I went down
v; there alM camped on his trail. ,
' "In December and previously, con
tinue ; Westgate,,. the , trial balance
' had been showing the books off about
. J180rt.t There was no bonding possible
.; then' until ' we had got them straight
ened up. '
'..: "Harry; DaviB was pufon the books
'. as an accountant and found no deficit
K We discovered later that he had
r counted in the unused appropriation
as an asset which answered, for this.
Most of -the deficit was really discov
ered by an accountant irom Washing
ton who had come out Jlo my office,
xv. at Love." ., . .;-:;tt
Inquires as to Meat. "
Chairman Shingle broke In at this
. point to say he had had his clerks go-;
ing over "the books in the auditor's i
clfice during the afternoon and that
, all they could discover waa outgo no.
' income. -'T V Y v'
, President Chllllngworth then pu. a
round of questions to Westgate," ask
ing what proportion of the market's
business includes meat shipments, : If
the retail portion of the division is not
really private, whether it had ever
" paid. ' : ; "'!., .
"No, the retail division is not priv-
, ate.f said Westgate. "It was started
,to wake an outlet for meat from the
fcmall farmer. Ifis supposed to pay
' cxpennes. ! Longley could answefbet
ter than I as to how it has met over-
.' head expenses. " The department got
a bad start and had to break In butch
ers, which was expensive, i My opinion
in that at present it is paying.
, "Longley thought Jhe had a loss this
last month amounting to about 1200,"
he, went on. "but It seems that they,
. bad changed bookkeepers andthere
was a double credit They have dis
covered now the month, was really to
the good: Longley was all, broken up
about It until he discovered the mis-
. take." . . . . .. - - ,.'
V Federal Office to Rescue
Here the discussion drifted to the
w ay in which Westgate and the federal
oifice had cofaie to the rescue, so to
speak, cf the marketing division. -
, "Isn't It true," asked Shingle, "that
the territory would be stuck, if you
hadn't asromed this . responsibility,
whenToa did?"
" Ves," . "Westgate answered slowly,
unless it was able to show criminal
""Ity vh!ch"I"hav not been able too
"Except for about $500.' Y - ; " ' ;
T!us" sutt' evidently referred to the
-"figure.5 forcing" alfeady-mentioned,
-though " Westgate- did not erplaift
further. Westgate told the Star-Bul-
ktia tt Jiy that he meant an embezzle
ment by L P. Fernandez, bookkeeper,
' Dr. Rcyrrcnd Erousht Irv
, , The r ccllr.s then brought out the
. .fact, that rrhaps 93 per cent of the
' use tf t1? refrigerating plant Is for
meat.- Lcr.sley has asked J7500. for
-?i r e v : plant Of the month's ship-irer.;.-
Dr. 3. H. IUytaond aupplies
,t:.e largest portion; $4000 or $5000
, r.-cr.th ' when otters supply ' $1000
" v ert n.' Dr. Raymond " has not lost n
' ;ccnt Ly ll;fe 'deficit. . t '
C"i!"ngwortfi then declared that the
re rl J: tent 'of the legislature in creat-
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iivision has been distorted.
c risinally intended for the bene
the fir a! I. fanner who, couldn't
1 cf his produce otherwise, not
- !y a 'market tor a big beef bus-
this' tiarket was started I
' the 1 1 ft fc-ooa thing to help along,"
.;vt.lu - -ct Hind.? "I sent small pro
duce tj gpt it going and encouraged
" " l-uhlpyeutsiatil I saw I could do better
elsewhere. '. Then I left it." ':
";""-. "I sent down a shipment of pea-
'"-nuts;" said" Senator Coney. "I got paid
tor them about a year Jater,
Longley "Help Market Personally .
Westgate eald Longley-and others
s.ii. the office have given personal aid
and efforts -to put the, business on It
teet. e revuaiiucaueu vuo utsct
business be allowed to stay until June
SO, at least as it Is helping to pay off
the debt incurred by me oencif ,
"I want to urge you to get out from
; under this proposition,"' Shingle ad
vised.V "There's going to be a shakeup
J- wet.f " ''- '! ;-'-. -'.V-".-.
- "I couldn't drop It now," Westgate
1 w ftnswereu. u .w uuvu -a cah
; to- do that If I was not on the job
' sufficiently to keep things in shape it's
- my own fault I am sure now the
deficit will be ended by June 30." r
The federar-official bad a chart with
him showing graphically how .the
V climb from the "hole lias been effected
month by xnonta. ie
eeenied to start when a? proposition
t ame up of fehipping pineapples to the
coast to ease the local market One
Many New Bills Are Introduced
as First Half of Session
Comes to Close
With but One dissenting rote tha
by Representative Mossman Speaker
R L.Holstein'a bill to continue in
force the salaries and positions of of
ficers and employes of the territorial,
county and city and county govern
ments who are members of the Na
tional Guard, in the event that they
are called to the colors, passed third
reading In the house this morning, and
will be sent immediately to the senate.
Representative C. H. Cooke of the
finance committee was the only
speaker on the measure and he cham
pioned it He said, la substance!
"It Is only right that the ' territory
should set an example whereby, if
these men are called out, their pay
will be continued so that their families
may have the same support as if they
were at home. This is a Just " bill,
gentlemen, and should be an example
to merchants and, other employers of
labor."-;..: ."
Twe Reports on Chiropractors
The committee on health, police and
military today reported out on House
Bill 91, which relates to the granting
cf licenses to persons desiring to prac
tise chiropractic in the territory. One
report, recommending that the bill be
tabled, .was signed by Representative
Wilder and Miles, and another, recom
mending its passage, was signed by
Representatives da Silva and. Brown.
Representative Kawewehl, also a
member of the committee, did not sign
cither report. As Kawewehl will not
be in his seat for the next ten days,
the bill was referred back to the committee.-
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New School House Sought
Speaker Holsteln presented a peti
tion on behalf of certain citizens of
Punaluu, Hawaii, asking that a school
house be constructed at Punaluu, The
petition, says that owing to the prev
alence of Filipinos, they do not con
sider, it safe to send their children to
the school at HOea, 1 1 ' i
Representative Andrews today pre
sented his bill providing a retiring
fund for policemen, '. firemen r.nd
bandsmen! This measure provides that
1-100 of 1 per cent of personal taxes
shall be placed into a retirement fund,
and that each year each, specified enn
ploye shall contribute a small percent
age of nis wages to theA ttmd. v After I
STANCH FRIENDS ; ? V
t s IN HOUSE STAND BY i -
SCHOOL, SURVEY
(Continued from page one).'
in favor of the measure. "He said, Jn
substance:-",. ;- 'r .- ''V- 'i " :
, "I have had a good many Inquiries
as to whether this resolution is aimed
at the teachers now employed, and 1
want to emphatically state 1 fuat If. i
felt that was the case, t, would never
have Introduced it. ' The department
of the interior has a school survey de
partment including some bt the lead
ing school : officials and educators In
the United States. - , ; "'
Will Help, Not Criticise
."It, has offered to come here and
make a survey of our schools, not to
criticize, but to help. This . Is the big
gest investment we can make in our
Bchool system." The largest appropri
ation the legislature makes Is for this
department, approximating three mil
lion dollars for the biennial period. It
Is a rule of the department of the in
terior ' that .' a survey shall be made'
where one is Invited.4 They are; not
forced on the commission. ' s
"Hawairs schools have nothing to
hide, nothing ' to conceal, but t people
are entitled to know if the schdrds are
up to the standard. ; How can we bet
ter learn just how our schools stand
than by inviting this commission to
come out . here ' and make an Investi
gation? '-vv : i?r
"We passed a bill appropriating $40,
000 asking congressmen , to come out
tere and Investigate certain' condi
tions. This resolution, la ot a similar
nature; It asks the interior department
to ccme here and investigate our
school. I don't believe for a minute
that Hawaii will suffer la ,any way, or
should It fft afraid of any .criticism.
But if thLrommisson makes recom
rtcry ? TkU survey . will in ; no ; way
school system,' it will be to the reat
advantage of the territory. tr .j.
Believes in Citizens First..'' ,
, "1 berleve that "citlzent of the terri
tory should have the preference right
as teachers In oar public schools. -' I J
f trmly believe that the girls of Hawaii
should have the first opportunity for
positions in our Schools and especially
those born and brought up here. What
other opportunities are there for girla
to earn a regular livelihood In this ter
ritory? This savey will in no way
harm the local people. . On the other
hand I believe It will materialiy aid
them." k-',-1;.-'.; yy'r-' -..r--':'
Representative Cooke's motion to
thing had led to another ith the re
sults described, y ' ; t "'l''::yy-
Longley said this mornihg when In
formed of last night's meeting that It
was all news to him but said that no
doubt he would be afforded ample op
portunity to go before the committee
himself. He had oeen called to the
meeting last nl?ht and was later bid
that he would not be needed. He
thought from this that' the . meeting
had been postponed and knew nothing
of wbatactually took placei " : '
The whole trouble started," - he;
said, 'through the hiring of an nn
reliable bookkeeper. We should have
had a good than at the start. f
Shortly before noon oday the sen
ate ways and , mears committee paid
a visit to the marketing diViskra. be
ginning the; investigation "which was
promised in the meeting last night'
having served 28" years. & soecifled
officer may retire on a pension equal
to 40 per cent of his monthly salary.
A bill relating to taxation was in
troduced by Representative Fernandez
which, among other things, provides
that automobiles and other power-driven
vehicles shall be subject to an an
nual tax of one cent for each pound
of .weight,' this to be paid by the
owners. , . '
: The following bills -today passed sec
ond reading;., , . j i,
.House Bill 5, relating to the manu
facture and sale of wine from grapes;
Senate Bill 74, to delete certain un
expended items from loan fund; Sen
ate '.BUI. 69,, to delete certain ite&s
from? the loan fund and refund bai
ahces to the counties: Senate Bill 47,
providing a $12,000,000 limit for, loans,
cut to ,$10,000,000 by thehousatinance
committee.;..;.; Vr u. i
N Pay for Utilities Board
jThe Judiciary , committee reported
out on the , bill relating to .th e public
utilities j commission, . amending ,H so
that ;the I commissioners shall serve
without pay; ana that r no one snau
be a member who is a$ of fleer or em
rlov of the. troverninftnt. r I ' - , i
House 'ittll 27? providing' iSOOo for
the preservation, of the, dioramas ex
hibited during the Carnival, was tabled
at,' the recommendation of, the finance
committer. V-Hni'ir' ;
Representative Wilder Introduced a
resolution to ,iencourage, the growing
in.. Hawaii .'of IheJ.-CAcao, .carting;, a
request that, the house be furnished
with ; information : by the federal ex
periment - station regarding this pro1
duct. ' ''. .' '.. i .:;'':'--.-'-"u
The following bills' were introduced
In the house, tcdwayi v :
; House Bill 347 - r
; Substitute bill: for house bill 173.
providing that - employers shall give
their employes time to vote at elec
tions. -Judiciary committee. ' w
; ' , i House Bill 348
Establishing a retirement fund for
policemen, firemen and bandmen.,
Andrews. .
; . House Bill 349
. Repealing existing laws regarding
the taxation o( autos; establishing a
substitute revenue. for expenditure on
roads : derived from the sale of gaso
line and other fuel, and imposing a
specific tax on. steam-driven and . electrically-driven
vehicles. rAndrews.
House Bill 350 r .
; Relating to taxation.Fernandez.
pass the bill on" third reading was sec
onded - by , Representative ; Marquez
who., as chairman of the education
Committee, -said the resolution; had
been' carefully considered and was be
lieved to be a. good one.
Lyman Leads Attack. - -..V ; ;.'-
Lyman then offered , his resolution
and supported it in a lengthy talk. on
the floor, , He wanted to know .why
survey could not just as well be mad
at home...,; . . . .'.;; - ..
, -uur eoucauonai system is, not tfp
to a first-class standard," he assertfd,
in effect "I say close up the Colleke
of Hawaii and tend cur children Vo
the states to receive a college ed
cation. A lot of money Is spent o
the college and only two or three are
graduated each year. Why run ? a
bluff and -have a coney? Our children
can get a better; education in the
states than they can here -at.home", ..
Andrews Supports Measure . T j;
Another stanch supporter of the res
olution was representative Lorrin. An
drews, who explained that the commis
sion would tell the people ot Hawaii
in a most kindly . way just where the
faults in the school syrtem lie, if there
are any.. After this expert opinion is
received, he sail, 1 the department of
public, instruction tan .take the matter
in hand and .work to remedy. the;de-J
lectaw-f'.' ,";;v:
Ropresntative Walsh sycke in fa
vor of the t esolufioit, declaring, in bp
position to Lymsn's amendment, that
the mist Important part of the edu
cation of a child 'a In the grades. He
ndnmtedl te added,; that. the present
school system Is , not good, but said
that a 3urvey would te ; a means of
wiping out the defects. . v -
Representative , Robert' Ah una also
spoke in favor of the resolution.
At the conclusion ot , the debate,
when : the- question of finances was
raised. Representative Cooke explain
ed that Kamehimeha. Mid-Pacific In
stitute and Oaaii College already have
offered to assist in defraying the ex
penses of the survey. - He added that,
if the legislature appropriates no
money i lor m ; survey, .little If any
trouble will be experienced in raising
the money f rom other local sources.
TThe question was then put to a vote
and the resolution passed third read
ing. y. T-V t. y- ' v-;- ? ;i. .: -; x' ;;
i Speaker IL I Holstein has urged
the Oahn delegation of the house to
make an early report on the 'city 'char
ter bUL : . '
; A conference of the delegation wlli
be held at 7:30 o'clock this evening
to go over the charter section by sec
tion as amended at previous meetings.
The bill ts now completely revised,
containing the amendments. T
Whether the proposed amendments
of the Chamber ot Commerce will be
considered tonight. members, of the
delegation are not ready. to say, '-y
Francisco Santaha, 6' years old,' Ka
lihi, died today. The body Ja at S lira's
undertaking -parlors and the funeral
will be tomorrow afternoon with buri
al in the Kalihi Catholic cemetery.
SSI
Senator S. L. Desha, chairman of
the education - committee, announced
today that the senators and a number
of the representatives will visit Wai
alee Industrial School next Sunday.
The proposed visit ; to Molokai has
been ptit over until a week from that
date.
, Opinions were divided today in the
senate as to the proposal by Senator
Cooke of the health committee to limit
the Kalaupapa visitors to that com
mittee, the health committee from the
house and aew others. Senator W. T.
Robinson says that he believes it the
duty of all the taembers to go to the
settlement and he will stand for such
a visit despite the fact that it will
cost $750 to charter a vessel.
President Chillingworth favors the
idea of lessening the number of those
who will make the trip. Such sena
tors and repre3entatl ves as desire to
go should be allowed the trip, he say8,
but otherwise there is no reason for
taking all of them.
Senator Cooke stated this afternoon
that the Inter-Island Company has de
creased its first price by $200 for the
trip and the trip should be made Fri
day night. " r : .. .
Strict regulation of firearms is pro
vided in a bill Introduced this after
noon in the legislature by Senator R.
W. Shingle. -
Shingle proposes to establish a new
territorial office to be known as the
registrar of firearms, the salary there
of to be $1200 a year.
; The duty of the officer would be to
keep a complete and consolidated rec
ord of the purchase and sale of fire
arms in the territory, as shown by re
ports of city and county clerks. He
shall ; make a quarterly report to the
govenor. .' , i
The following bills passed first read
ing in the senate today.
TiWSenate .Bill 89 ;,
Relating' to exemption from taxation
of water companies. Coney. . r, :i .
',-r-'- Senate Bill.90
Making an appropriation of $2000
from the general revenues for comple
tion of a homestead road, Makawao
district, MauLr-Baldwin. . ; c
: ;tT Senate Blli at V ,Jv;V f--T
Relating.toearmsitShlngle. i
GNLYINEATER - - r
COMPANIES EXEMPT
':r'BY,C0NEYSBILL
New - water companies only would
be exempt from taxation for a period
of tetr yarffom January 1, 1918, un
der a bill introduced this afternoon in
WILL REGULATE
FlREARi.lS SALE
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LI IBS AM ITA HEVrJlAfJ S
Dramatic Soprzinb, for 3 years soloist with
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NOT READY YET ON
PLEBISCITE BILL
Consideration or the senate bill pro-'
viding a plebiscite at which the, voters
may decide cn the prohibition question '
will' be taken up by the house judici-:,
ary committee the latter part of this ;
week, Chairman Lorrin Andrews an-;
nounced today . ., . t
Chairman Atorews says that, per-
sonally. there is a doubt in his mind .
whether the bill would hold for the i
reason that it provides a plebi?ite'
after ihe bill has been passed. j
'It seems to roe," he says, "that the
cart is before the horse, as the saying
goes. It seems' to me. the right way
to go about this ; thing Would be to
have a plebiscite where the people
could vote for or against the passage
of a prohibition bilf
Thlt hnwcvM l Phnfrroan An-!
drews personal opinion. , What the
committee will decide on this point is
a matter of conjecture and probably
will . not be :.: known until next week.
Andrews now is looking into the legal
ity of. the measure.
As soon as the judiciary" committee
of the house completes work on bills
now being gone over, it will take up
for consideration the senate measure
providing for the abatement of vice by
Injunction. ;.. : w
Consideration of this measure wll
come as soon as the committee ha
finished with, or reported out on the
bills relating to prohibition and work
man sicompensation. The prohibition
bill Is to be taken up the latter part
v
Chairman Lorrin Andrews expects
to reach the abatement bill early next
week. If it is deemed necessary, or if
the request is made, a public hearing
on .the measure will be held. , ' '
ilrs. H. R. Meyer of Kalai. Molokai,
aged 43, died at the Queen's hospital
yesterday afternoon; .The body Is at
Williams' and the funeral was to be
held from there at 3 o'clock this aft
ernoon. Burial will be f in Nuuanu
cemeterr. Rev. Fr. Stephen J. Alen
castre will officiate. The deceased
was born here and Is survived by sis
ters, Mrs. Charles Lucas, Mrs. .William
Meyer, Mrs.' George Lucas and Mrs.
Henry Weight; a brother, 'A. T, Ban
nister, and children ; Miss i Victoria,
Mis Kalama, .Mrs. W. G. Goodhue,
Mrs. J. D. McVeigh, Jr Rudolph and
the legislature by Senator J. H. Coney
Coney's bill disagrees with a similar
one from Senator Sningle In that it
would -not allow- water companies al
ready established to continue free
from taxation as at present. - ;T
i ' l do not favor letting inese estab
lished water companies go free," sahi
Coney today in speaking . bf . his " bill.
"Exemption from taxation is all right
for new companies, however."
i The Korea Manx admiralty case was
continued this-morning.'. s: .
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COMMENCING
T0KIIGE-3T.
: ALEXANDER YOUNG HOTEL
EAT H SKELLER
AND
ROOF GAED'.EH
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- -; New Arrivals by the Matsonia
THE FAMOUS
Russian
-'its
High Class Selections, and will
' also furnish Music for;
DAM CENG
7 to 8:30 P. M.
Tiffin and Supper will be Served on the Roof Garden,
HARRY E.STINSON, ,
Manager
to) ? Ji ; Ilns. . 'i
WE STORE EVERYTHING
JAMES H. LOVE
FATHER'S FAVORITE
; . t r .Hnead' that uicomparabte f,:T
doliveml at your door freshly wrapped, i
PHONE
PHONE 2295 REACHES -
HuGlace-PecIi Co., Ltd
ALL KINDS OF ROCK AND SAND FOR CONCRETE WORK.
, T.TT FIREWOOD AND COAL .-;.T'-- -
93 QUEEN STREET . . v P.O. BOX 212
mi imn rnn urn ir
Ul fill X LIIU I'l fll ll '
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I ALONG BEACH ARE
It will not be necersaxy to condemn
any land for the right of way of the
proposed Waikiki Beach promenade
with the exception of, the Seaside
Hotel and Heinle's Tavern, both of
which project out : over . the beach.
Both buildings evidently trespass oyer
tia Vt r a Una ' ' ' -
-This is one: of the important fea
Vtures of the promenade survey report
being considered this afternoon, by the
board of harbor commissioners. The
report was written by Engineer I C.
King, assisted by other engineers of
the public works department, working
under rupervision of Supt. Charles R.
Forbes. ; , T ;;..:T-;i',"'- ",
; King's report recommends a com
bination concrete promenade to cost
$93,198. ; He offers estimates of costs
of other -types of promenade, ranging
from $764'0 down to $32,29L, .
: The . promenade as proposed com
mences at Fort De Russy and: con-
'tinues along the beach to the public
baths, a distance of 6400 feet. The
design recommended In the report pro
vides a seawall to encourage accretion.
stairways allowing bathers, access to
the bathing, beaches, - and ttfe swalk
proper to, be in general below the tops
ot existing walls. TT j"-T
- POLICE COURT NOTES
Ayau paid $30 for participating in a
chefa, lottery. .. 's'
- John .Richards, accused of profanity,
was discharged. : ; . " ,
The charge of threatening against
Keliiahonui has been nolle prossed.
Joe Hama has ben accused of steal
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LI I SS ELEArJ o n b n A V 6
Soprano and Violinista popular favorite
ftt the Cliff House, Safr v
Francisco
Orchestra
will 'continue : t - '
On the Roof
CITY TRANSFER COMPANY
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. ing freni Ellen LiUii.,
He will be
(I. C Keleher waa arrested last
: night by motorcycle policemen on a
j charge of. heedless driving.
Rbbt? K. Wilcox got ' a sua iwnded
sentence fordriving an auto which did
not have the proper lights.
The cases of Daisr Mahiko and
Peter Keola accused of a statutory
effense, were nolle prossed In police
courLj'-4. '..i ;'' T :
BOARD VOTES EXPENSES
OF CHARTER CONVENTION
The' board of supervisors was called
uiwn iuesmy vpnins o pproinr
ate $782.62 which la the amount it
cost the charter convention to draw
the charter ncAv" before the le;i-
lauire.. - -'... .-.
There was sozne deposition to ques
tion the obligation, but it waa point
ed out 'that an a':t of the legislature
"directs" the board to make the pay
went. : '- .
The' Farm Cornn-Waddel! case has
cone over for a hearing April 26.
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for you, but insist cn CCOiTJ. 8
Garden from, 9 to 12
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