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endeavor are equally deserving Of
the Victoria Cross and of the Iron
Cross, conferred for achievement
upon the destructive fields of bloody
battle.
While the propaganda for world
peace has been one of the steps
necessary for its realization, II is
now time to take concrete action,
rather than TO moralize and to expi-
ate upon the evils of war; and we
pacificists, If we are to dominate
the situation and to supplant the in
stitutions of war by those of peace
must be prepared to submit a prac-
teal plan for the maintenance Of
peace and not be longer content with
paciists' platitudes.
THE creation Of world court is
undoubtedly prerequisite to the linn
itation or reduction Of ornaments;
and huge ornaments, while not
direct cause Of war, undoubtedly do
tend to develop that spirit of mill
tarism which IS provocative Of war
Moreover, huge ornaments greatly
increase the efficiency Of organized
slaughter and thereby UNNECESSARILY
aggravate the ravages of war when
hostilities begin.
Many Of us believe that the world
court can be established by the time
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

IN THE FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
OF THE STATE or NEVADA. IN
AND FOR NYE COUNTY, IN TIL E
NATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
PERDY A. BARKER. DECEASED.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that
the undersigned was on April 10, 1915,
duly appointed by the above entitled
court as administrators of the Estate
of Perdy A. Barker, late of said
County, Deceased.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to file the
same with the proper vouchers and
statutory affidavfts attached, with the
clerk of said court within forty days
after first publication of this notice.
Dated April 2S, 1915
ERNESTINE NJ BARKER
Administrators.
First publication April 30, 1915.
Last publication May 20, 1915.
II r.. COOKE,
Attorney for Estate.
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SOCIETY WORKING
FOR WORLD PEACE
JOHN HAYS HAMMOND MAKES
OPENING ADDRESS AT
CLEVELAND
Inv A..ocInted Pres..l

CLEVELAND, o.. The creation Of
a world court for maintaining world
peace in the future. which is the OBJ
ieet of the World Court Congress
which assembled here today. was
viewed in an address by John Hays
Hammond, chairman. as a project
in which America should lead.
Picturing the horrors and eco
nomic losses of the war, Mr.. Ham.
mond urged mankind not to despair
al Civilizations ideals, but to take
renewed courage from the fact that
Athe ethical standards Of the people
are higher and the cardinal virtues
more widely prevalent than ever be-
fore In recorded history
I'VE should impress upon the per
yered ambition of youth the fact
that bravery. self-sacrifce and hero
ism In the pacific fields Of human
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of the termination OF the present
European war.
America, because of her eonspic-
uous advocacy Of peace, her ire
proachable neutrality, her command
ing position in finance, industry and
commerce, her freedom from politi-
cal alliances, her cosmopolitan pop
ulation-is pre-eminently TO take the
lead. 1t is our supreme duty, our
golden opportunity"
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AND SURVEYORS
TO GET PEcuNlARY AID

my Associated Press.l
LONDON, May ia scheme to
give pecuniary aid to architects and
surveyors, whose profession has been
hard hit by the war, has been sane
toned by the government By this
plan, it is proposed to use part Of
the Prince Of Wales fund to employ
these men in civic work.
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BANK TELLER STEALS $4,000

Try Associated Press.I
ELGiN, H., May ia warrant
charging Ray L. Seamon. teller of
the Elgin National bank, with the
larceny of $4,000 in gold certificates.
was issued late yesterday He has
not been seen since last Saturday.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
SNAIL SUBMARINES
WILL BE ABANDONED
Secretary of Navy Awards Con-
tracts For Building Two
New Battleships ,
tAu.Ociassd Press BY Federal wireless, !,

WASHINGTON, December 1o.-The
United States will build no more small
submarines, either for coast defense or
cruising, while the smaller submersibles
now on the navy list will be scrapped
as soon as it is possible to replace them
,ETith the now design asloptsl .5Ss9
This was the official intimation given
yesterday, when Secretary Daniels an,
nounced that he was ready to receive
bids on two twenty.fve-kn"t subma
rines, the bids to be opened on Febru,
ary IS, which, as is the cas- in the
eighteen other submarines included in
President Wilson s preparedness pro
gram, are to be of 1900 tons, with @
length of $50 feet. 1aff
1t is possible that these submarines
will be equipped with steam turbine
engines for surface ste,.ming.
The largest submarines at present OF
the navy list are, only few tons larger
than half the size of the new type OF
submarine to be built, being Of 740 tom
submerged displacement.
Secr atary Daniels also announced yes
tcrday that he had awarded the con
tracts for the building of the battle
ships No, 43 and No. A on the nava
program, the contracts going to thu
Norfolk navy yard and to the Mare Is
land navy yard respectively. The bio
Of the Norfolk yard was $7,a00,925, thu
Mare Island bid for it's battleship con
tract being $7,4l3,l56.
The bids for the private yards il
every instance exceeded the limit place.
upon the work by congress.
The keels for the new battleship
will be laid, probably, in August o
September.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
Of LABOR
. DENIES TAKING DR|BES
Federal Attorney Accuses Off
GERS Of Taking German Gold
tAssociatsd Press BY FEDERAL wlrsisss.l

tAssOciAted Press by Federal wirelsss.l
NEW; YORK, December I0.--Public
aceusations made by United States Dis,
triet Attorney Marshall, in charge of
the presentation of the "war plot -
evidence before the federal grand jury
that the members of the executive com.
mittee of the American Federation of
Labor's peace council have been cor
rupted by German funds are bitterly
resented by the ones accused. The fed
eral officers, in public statement, de,
cJares that he has evidence to show
that the members of this committee
have accepted brides from the Ger.
man corruption fund and in return
have instigated strikes in number of
the American munition factories and in
establishments filing orders for export
to the Allies. .s~
Al meeting of this executive com.
mittee yesterday, resolution was pass
ed denouncing the charges of the dis,
trict attorney as false, landerous and
libellous.
The resolution also praised the Of,
forts being made by Henry Ford to
bring about peace in Europe, denounced
the program proposed by President Viii,
son for an increase in the strength
of the standing army and declared the
intention of the committee to continue
working for peace despite the eonstruc,
tion plased upon the activities of the
members.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
AMERICAN PROTEST
REGARDING ANCONA
. IS SOUNDLY BASED
Official Report On Sinking Of
Liner Lays Foundation for
Washington Note =,
LIVES OF PASSENGERS ,>. "
MUST NOT BE SACRIFICED
Vienna Admits Steamer Was Tor
pedoed Before All Persons
Mere Taken off
tAssocisted Press BY Federal wiroless.)

WASHINGTON, December TO- II
vas announced 1t the state department
yesterday that the main basis of the
American protest and demands in the
note recently despatched to Vienna in
connection with the shelling and tor.
pedoing Of the Italian passenger liner
Ancona, is in the admission officially
made by the Austrian admiralty that
the liner w1s tOrpedoed before all the
passengers had been taken of.
The American contention, upon which
Is based the demands for an avowal OF
the act Of the commander of the Aus
trian submarine, an agreement to make
suitable reparation for the Americans
who were killed or drowned and q
pledge that such an act shall not be
repeated by Austro Hungary, is that
passenger carrying ships must not be
shelled or torpedoed by submarines O.
any nationality until all passengers
have been taken off, regardless of whe
thcr the passenger carrier stops at the
first warning given or attempts to es,
cape by fight.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
SEARS AND. LUDLOW
!. JOIN GREAT MAJORITY
Careers of Two Famous Navy
Men Ended BY Grim Reaper
ASSOCIATED Press by FEDERAL wirelsss.)


WASHINGTON, December TO-
Death closed the careers of two famous
naval officers yesterday, Commodore
James Hamilton Sears, U. s. N, re-
tired, dying at the age of sixty, and
Rear Admiral NicOll Ludlow, U. s. N,
dying at the age Of seventy-three.
Commodore Sears was fiag lieutenant
on the U. s. S. Brooklyn on the staff
of Commodore Schley during the Span,
ish American war, and served later
as naval attache at the American en-
bassies at Toxic and Peking. He com
manded the China squadron in l907-S.
Admiral Ludlow had a Civil War rec.
ord, being an ensign on the u. s, 8.
Wachusett, with the Brazilian squadron
in 1863, when the Confederate cruiser
Florida was captured at the harbor of
Bahia. Later he saw active service
while on the monitor Dictator, and was
one of the officers on the MOnadnock,
in 1865, when she made the passage
from New York to San Francisco. He
was three years governor of the naval
home at philadelphia, following his re-
tirement in 1899.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
BOOM CITY WIPED
OUT BY BIG FIRE
Thousands Are Made Home, IS
and Money Loss Is Estimate
At 100000
tA..ociatea Pres. by FEDERAL w,rsle... !,

HOPEWELL, VIRGINIA, December
lO.-This city, which sprang into prom
incnce through the boom created by
the establishment Of a large branch of
the Dupont Powder Company = plant,
has been wiped out by fire, which
started, yesterday afternoon. and swept
through the wooden buildings which
made up the boom city, being beyond
control almost from the start. The
town has been amost completely des-
troycd and thousands have been render.
ed homeless. The money loss is esti-
mated at three million dollars. q.
In the confusion of the fire, when
the residents were hnrrying their
household goods and stocks to the open
outskirts of the town to save them
from the flames, looting on the part of
the negroes broke out. One looter,
caught in the act. was lynched last
night, while others have been driven
out Of the town at the point of the gun.
The factory has not been affected by
the fire, the powder works being sepa.
rated from the town proper by a wide
stretch of vacant ground, left as afre
belt and az a section easily watched by
thc armed patrols maintained by the
management.
A small force of militia has been
sent here to aid the local police in
maintaining order.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
LAST ARMY Of VILLA
MEETS WTH.D|SASTER
.r
Caught Between Two Fires, De-
feated and Scattered
ASSOCIATED Press by Federal wireless.) }

DOUGLAS, December l0--VilIa =
last army, that under the command of
General Rodriguez, has been defeated
and scattered, after it had attempted
to capture the town of Fronteras. The
Villistas, after driving the army Of
General Gales south and burning the
railroad bridges, advanced against
FrOnteras, where General Flores had a
small command. Gales, reinforced,
turned and rushed TO Flores relief, the
Villstas being caught between the fire
of the garrison and that of thl Feliev
ing fore.
When the battle was over, more than
three hundred Villistas were dead upon
the field, while a hundred others were
prisoners. The balance of the Willis
tas, some 5000, were scattered. A
pursuit of the defeated force is being
kept up.
A hospital train is being rushed from
this point to Fronteras, where there are
hundreds of INTENDED wounded.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
EXPORT FOOD STUFFS
DOUBLE IN VALUE

Associated Press by Federal wirelsss.l
WASHINGTON, December l0.-The
expectation of food stuff from the
United States so far this year has
been more than double the expectation
during the corresponding period of
1914, in a comparison of the total
values. For the ten months ending
November l of this year, according to
the statistics just issued by the depart
ment of commerce, the value of the ex.
ported food stuffs is 1919 900, 900, while
for the first ten months of 1914 the
total value of the same class of ex-
ports amounted to only $318,000,000.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
NIENNA STATEMENT
~ OF ANCONA CASE

The official statement Of the Ancona
case, as issued by the Austro- Hungar.
ian foreign Office and transmitted by
Ambassador Penfeld, is. ..... \. =.
tSRbmarine fred warning shots
aHross buweOf steamer, whereupon lat
ter fed at full speed. She thus carried
ont instructions officially given all Ita.
liam steamers at beginning of war to
attempt escape upon being held up by
submarines, or to ram, according to the
position Of the latter.
Escaping steamer pursued and fred
on by submarine, but did not stop un.
til receiving several hits. Forty-fvc
minutes given passengers and crew to
leave ship, on which the greatest panic
reigned. ,1. ..
"Only a portion of boats lowered
which were occupied by members OF
ships crew, who pulled hurriedly away
Great portion of boats, which would
apparently have sufficed, for rescue of
all hands, not occupied.
after about fifty minutes subma
rine submerged on account of rapidly
approaching vessel, torpedOed AncOna,
which did not sink until further lapse
Of forty-fve minutes. If many pas
sengers lost lives, blame rests entirely
with crew, because instead Of stopping
upon warning shot, fed and compelled
submarine to fire and because crew en-.
deavored to save only themselves and
not passengers, for which there was am
pie time and means.
"Story that submarine fred upon
loaded boats and people in water il
malicious fabrication, for reason am
munition was too valuable for subma.
rine, if for no other reason. No other
shot fred after vessel stopped. -
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
REAuGN
THEIR POSITIONS
appearance Of German and BuI-
gar Troops on Greek Border
Forces Changes
tA..oeia.sd Pres. s. rsaeral wlrels...l


LONDON, December l0-The appear.
ance of both German and Bulgaria
troops on the Greek border southeast
of Monastir has forced realignment
of the British, who are on the left of
the Allies yardar line, retirement
to prevent any successful attempt at
hanking being made. - vi. 3tsr' 49, O.
There has been no clash on the Brit.
ish section Of the line, bat a battle of
large proportions has been waged on
and the main Bulgarian army, which
has been concentrating in the Stru.
mitza region. The Bulgars have been
attempting to turn the French flank,
so far unnecessarily.
Athens dispatches state that the
French artillery he's overwhelmed the
Bulgars, decimating the ranks of the
attacking regiments, while an Official
Bulgarian report announces that one
battalion of the French, in hand to
hand fighting with the Bulgars, has
been wiped out by Bulgar bayonets.
Fresh troops for the Allies continue
to be landed at Salonika and the in
formation from Athens Is that it is
believed there that an offensive cam
paign is soon to be made.
II is stated here that a total Of 900,
900 Serbian troops escaped from their
captured country and retired into Al
bania.
Nothing is reported from Gallipoli
but an official Turkish communication
announces that Turkish expedition
has started in Arabia against the Brit
ish garrison at Alden, on the Gulf of
Alden.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
NEW SHIPPING BOARD
REGULATES SEA RATES
Rehabilitation of Merchant Ma
rine Begins Soon
ASSOCIATED Press by Federal wirslsSs.)

WASHINGTON, December 1O.-The
full details of the Administration 3
plan for the rehabilitation of the
American merchant marine have not as
yet been worked out and it is not pro-
hable that the measure to replace the
Ship Purchase Bill will be introduced
until after the first of the year.
One of the questions yet to be decid-
ed is whether the proposed law will
make it obligatory to man the ships
purchased under it wholly with Ameri.
can crews.
The bill proposes to clothe the fede.
raj shipping board, to be created by the
bill, with the same right to regulate
ratcs to be charged by shipping as the
interstate commerce commission, now
has to regulate the rates to be charged
by common carriers ashore.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
MILITARY COURSE FOR
STUDENTS AT HARVARD
Eleven Hundred Students Are En-
rolled For Elective Study
tAasOcIated Pross By Federal wlreless.l

CAMBRIDGE, December l0.-A
course in military training has been
added TO the Harvard university curri.
cuum and the first call for candidates
for the drill classes was responded to
yesterday, when twelve hundred of the
their readiness TO take the elective
course.
These candidates will be divided into
companies and lectures and practical
instruction will be given them, Maj.
Gen. Leonard Wood Captain Dorey and
ether regular army officers to be the
instructors.
A students committee, headed by
Archie Roosevelt, son Of Theodore Roo
sevelt, issued the cali for volunteers
for the drill classes.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
Captain Garlick, Master Of Great
Steamer Refuses To Be In
terViewed BY Newspaper Men
Who Go Out To Big Liner
SPRECKELS TAKES PARTY .t..
TO SEA IN PRIVATE YACHT
Reporters Not Allowed To Board
the VESSEL Which viii Reach
the Port Of San Diego Today
In Tow Of Two Powerful Tugs
tAssOciatod Press by Federal wireless,

g(Associated Press by Federal wirelsss.)
@ AN FRANCISCO, December 10
~ Mystery continues to cloud the cans
es Of the recent breakdown at sea
Of the engines Of the American liner
Minnesota, shortly after she had sailed
from Seattle for London with cargo Of
foodstuff for the British government,
Captain Garliek refusing to be inter-
viewed by a number of newspaper men
who reached the Minnesota yesterday.
The visit of the press representatives
was made aboard the private yacht Of
John D. Spreckels, the Venetia, which
was taken out by the owner to meet
the helpless liner. r.r.a@ .'a
Men Aboard Yacbt Ignored ,...
The Venetia found the Minnesota
some $50 miles south of this port, but
Captain Garlick refused to meet either
Mr., Spreckels or any Of the newspaper
men, remaining in his cabin an tho
time the venetia steamed alongside his
ship while the newspaper MeH were
not allowed to board Che mammoth
liner. .a4 4. @ 4 N
Even the attempts to secure informa-
ton from the members Of the crew on
deck were fruitless, the sailors and Of
fieers refusing to answer any Of the
questions shouted at them, acting evil
IDENTIFY under orders to communicate
nothing to anyone regarding the
troublo which had broken out aboard.
One Sailor In ships Brig ny. l.
The one bit of information secured
by the reporters was in response to o
megaphoned question:: p
"What has been done with the sailors
who said, before the ship sailed from
Seattle, that she would never reach
LOndoni" a,'As 1s8 ssf
One of the seamen on deck pointed
to the hold, this being taken to mean
to be in irons in the ships brig, sus-
pected of being the plotters who put
chemicals in the fresh water supply for
the boilers and put the boilers all out
Of commission. .N..- EtE....
Master Holds Own Counsel D.. .
Captain Mitchell of the tug Iagua,
one Of the two towing the great liner
back to Tort, said that he had been
unable to get any information from
Captain Garliek, who would not talk of
the causes of the breakdown in the en-
gine room now indicate to which port
he was having the liner towed. -u-,
When the Venetia reached the Min.
nesota, the port engines were working,
temporary repairs to the boilers having
been effected. ..u.4. -a s.vg-
Due on Port To-Day . =. ,. Iass
The Minnesota is due to be of San
| Diego at five o clock this morning, and
will reach this port ON Tuesday, II be-
ing probable that the repairs to her
boilers will be made here.
The tug Sea Rover is expected to
reach the Minnesota early this morn
ing to assist in the big towing task.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
PRESENT PARLIAMENT
EXTENDED ONE YEAR

Associated Press W federal wtrslsss)

Associated Press w Federal WiFeless.)
LONDON, December l0-A bill to
continue the life of the present parlia.
ment beyond the term of five years, in
order that there may be "A postpone
ment of any general election until after
the close of the war was introduced
yesterday into the house of commons
and will undoubtedly he passed. The
bill extends the present parliament un
til January 81, 1917, which gives a pc,
riOd of thirteen months during which
to bring the war to close.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
FRENCH CRUISERS STOP
TWO AMERICAN VESSELS
-Four German Seamen Are'Taken
Prisoners Aboard One
Associated Press BY Federal wireless. )

NH''VVIHIou FIV5b " F0uVtNI WITtIo1BJ
NEW YORK, December I0.--PatroI-
ling French cruisers yesterday stopped
two American steamers, bound from
this port for Ponce, Porto Rico, and
searched each vessel, Ding over tbs
passenger lists and manifests.
From the COama, which was over
hauled and stopped by the French
cruiser Deseartes, four members CT the
stoker gang, sll Germans, were taken
and sent aboard the cruiser as; prison.
ers. The Carolina, tAs SeeoAl IeSn v
stopped, lost none Of hSt complement.
There is no disposition here to ques.
tion the right of search ut sea, under
certain circumstances,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
BUTTERFLY Fits FRoM
PETR0GRAD TO LcNDoN
(SDecial Cable to Nippu Jiii

SAN FRANCISCO, December @
Tamaki Mura, the Japanese soprano,
who is now appearing in Madaem But
terhy in the East, will leave this
month for Petrograd, where she will
appear in number of concerts. From
Russia she will go to London and will
then tour United States. She is ex-
pected to arrive In Honolulu some
time in April or May of next year.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-10
Treaty That WIN Give the Teu-
tons Lasting Tranquility De-
sirable and Proposals Along
This Line VIII Get Attention
IMPERIAL CHANCELLOR x
MAKES THE PROPOSITION
FatherIand Prepared To Continue
Conflict But Win Not Stand
In Way Of Adjustment That
Preserves Its National Pride
''As-~~'-'-A Press By Federal wirelsss.J

'As-H~'-'ad Press by Federal wirelsss1 Z
p ERLIN, December 1O.--A peace
Id that win give Germany assur-
Y ances that there will be no later
resumption Of the war will be peace
acceptable to Germany, and Germany
is ready to listen to peace proposals
along that line, according to an import
ant statement made by the imperial
chancellor, Won Bethmann. ) Holweg, in
an address before the Reichstag yes,
terday. I..r 81 ,vr -.
The first move for peace must come
from the enemy, he stated, Germany
being ready to listen to proposals from
any of the individual powers now at
war with her, or from representatives
of the enten(e as a whole.
Germany IsIon Defensive
"Gerrnany is fighting a war of de-
Tense, - stated the chancellor, "and
is .yictoriously defending her borders
against the attacks of several foes.
Germany is prepared TO continue to
carry on tho war. The food supply
Of the nation is sufficient TO meet all
the necessary demands upon it, aud the
rumors. that are abroad that Germany is
on the verge of q collapse Is only q
part of the campaign TO sustain the
spirit Of the allies in the face Of nun
erouB and costly defeats. a% ,
"The British Gazette has admitted
that IL was England which went 70
war with Germany, joining with 9th
ers as the only way in which il could
secure mastery over Germany. The ex-
cuse of England that The came into
the war in defense of Belgian neutral
ity has had to be relinquishod.
Peace Must Be Permanent
Economically, today Belgium has
been restored almost to the normal.
Poland, under German administration,
is being reconstructed. Germany has
been triumphant in every campaign.
of our enemies make peace pro
pOsals which compatible with Ger
man dignity and national safety, we
shall always be ready to discuss them, "
said the chaucellor in conclusion.
"COnscious Of military success, Ger,
many declines to accept the respOnsi-
bility of a continuation of the war,
but only a peace that assures Germany
that there will be no return of the
war will be considered"