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MORE LIGHT CAST ON
LUSITANIA AFFIDAVITS
At Least One Indictment Ex-
pected to BE Returned To-
day by U. s Jury.

The Federal Grand Jury has pro-
crossed so far in its investigation OF an
alleged conspiracy TO defraud the United
States by the use of the Lusitania affi-
davits that at least one indictment is
expected to be returned to-day. II Is
felt that sufficient evidence has been
produced to show that the Lusitania did
no, carry guns and that Gustav Stahl's
affidavit, the principal one used by the
German authorities. was false. Stahl is
now in the Tombs. charged with perjury.
Four witnesses were called by Assist
ant United States District Attorney
Roger r.. Wood at yesterdays session OF
the Grand Jury. one OF these, Daniel
Jenney. Is believed 10 have given i'm
portant testimony tending to contradict
the statements made by Stahl Jenney
roomed with stahl at 20 Leroy street
after he moved to this city from Hoo
hoken and knew much about the rcla-
tionship that existed " Stahl. the
two Hardenberg brothers and Paul
Koenig Of the Hamburg American Line.
Jenney. it is understood. told "A story
to the effect that Stahl never boarded
the lsusltailH ana tHdt ne Haut out tHt
affidavit for the German AGENTS largely
for the purpose of getting money from
them. The other testimony, hat OF thre.
customs inspectors. was believed to nave
included their inspection of the torpe.
doed liner.
Two watchmcn on the Cunard pic
and an officer VI the Cunard Line viii
be called this morning. After the m
dictment, which Is expected to-day. th'
Government officials will devote theil
energies to the German secret agents he
lieved to nave been responsible for tn,
affidavits made by Stahl and others.
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INTENDS TO PURCHASE
ONLY NEUTRAL SHIPS
R. e. Wagner Explains Plan
for Transferring Vessels to
American Registry.

Insisting that the enterprise Is
fnanced solely 10y Americans, K q.
Wagner, president o! the recently
formed American Transatlantic ON
rany. with offices In the Whitehall
Building. issued a statement last night
explaining his plan for the purchase
oi foreign steamships and their trans
fer To American registry. He empha-
sized his Intention TO buy only vessels
nylng neutral flags,
Nj. Wtgncr's statement was Issued
following the circulation of a report
from Washington hat the Department
81 Commerce had disapprOved registry
transfers granted two steamships by
me United States Consul at Copenhagen
and "ue granted by the Consul at
Christidnia.
An Investigation glade in Washington
was st'd 70 have shown that although
several vessels intended to be placed
under protection Of the United Sta es
nag now rs the emblem Of Denmark,
lhey had been owned until recently In
o'her countries and some had flown the
herman flag. Washington officials were
sdld - believe also that Hugo SHINES.
said t. he the owner of a fleet of Ger
man steamers, was the capitalist OF the
american Transatlantic Company.
"~N'NllEdNloU was sdlu 10 nave
shoWh that the ships-from eight 10
,,"e!Vt-wer purcha sed recently by Al
vert Jensen. who, II is stated, has bee1
arrested IN Denmark. charged with vio-
.dthg Danish neutrality In shipping con-
udpdid copper from Norway to Ger
many Without mentioning Jensen
name Mr Wagner. In his statement, ex-
pals his connection with the enter
prise
are returning recently from a trip
% D"1mark, Mr.. Wagner says, he
'dfh'i that "One of the parties in
arrested IN the ownership of some ~
.ne sNiPs purchased had become in
,,N'l with the Danish Government,
or wagner 'nen went to Washington
snu explained the situation to The Com
mn's'on"r NJ Navig ,tion. promising TO
,,umInai" tins Objectionable person from
me COMPANY
Nr wagner SAYS he II awaiting the
.pn''sS."Hcr's fiual deC;si, on his ap
pl'a''"r f'r American registry. He has
~ iNsiranc-. he says. that stock sub
t.IlP','h' VIII he accepted from Amer
Yen 'I'l2ens only, and "A written guaran-
~ mar the ships viii not be used
i" cause embarrassment to the United
STATES Government"
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SINGER SAYS GERMANS
CUT OFF TINY HANDS
Miss PartingtOn Tells Of See
ing Mutilated Belgian
Children in Italy.

Miss Phyllis Partington. a dramatic
soprano Of san Francisco who arrived
yesterday from Naples by the italian
liner Europa, said she had been con-
WINGED by her personal experience In
Milan that It least m OF the stories
OF German mistreatment OF Belgians by
Germans in the early part OF the war
was true. She asserted hat when she
was riding in a car in Milan she sat
next to a Belgian woman with two
little girls. s and 8 years old respec-
lively. who wore long white cloaks
which entirely concealed their arms.
The Belgian woman had been several
months in Italy and spoke imperfect
Italian. Miss Darlington asked II she
believed the stories about the mufila-
ton of Belgian women and children by
German soldiers. The woman said she
had reason to know hat the stories
were true "a her own children had had
their hands cut on by German officers.
Thereupon, according TO Miss Part
ington. the mother raised the long
cloaks OF the little girls and showed
that their hands were missing. The
mother then related that her husband
had peer arrested at Malines and that
the children chung so tenaciously to his
coat that German officers had cut them
loose with short swords. severIng their
hands.
The mother was not in the house at
the time. and when she returned she
says she found the children lying on
the foor unconscious from loss of blood.
She dressed their wounds and later
got the help OF a surgeon. She has
no heard from her husband since and
believes he was shot by the Germans.
Miss Darlington was caugfa in "A mob
that wrecked a piano factory In Milar
and carried along despite her efforts &c
get free. III factory was owned by a
German and after the pianos were
thrown out Of windows the building was
burned.
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the stan OF the New York Evening Post,
with which he remained until 1900. serv-
ing for some years as the Posts WASH
ington correspondent. He became an
assistant editor OF McCiure's Magdstne
in 1900, was a stan writer for Worlds
Work for a time and since 1904 III had
done general magazine work for numer-
Gus periodicals.
Mr.. Needham's work a. q close OBJ
server and reporter Of various conditions
gained for him the confidence OF Col.
Roosevelt when the latter was Presl-
dent and Mr.. Roosevelt appointed him
In 1908 a special commissioner to in
vestigate labor and housing conditions
In the ANAL Zone. In 1910 Mr.. Need
ham was correspondent for Golfers In
connection will Col. Roosevelt's foreign
tour. During Mr.. Roosevelt's admins
tration Mr.. Needham was known as a
member Of the Presidents tennis cabi-
net"
Mr.. Necdham was married on Sep
tember 4. 1899, to Miss Mabel Alexander
OF Ithaca, N. Y. Mrs. Needham secured
a divorce in 1903 and her husband wa
married on December 20. 1910, to Miss
Master, a writer and instructor in dra-
matte literature In the Western State
Normal College, at Kalamazoo, Mich.
Their home Is At wyncote. Pa Mr.,
Needham has . daughter. the child OF
his first wife.
Mr.. Needham was . member Of the
Players Club, the Franklin Inn Club OF
Philadelphia and the University and Ma.
tionai Press clubs Of Washington.
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SMALL BRITISH SHIP SUNK.
submar inr AtLacGs Another, but
Fails to sink Il.

LONDON. June 1.-THE British
steamer TraYord has been torpedoed
and sunk by a German submarine In st
Georges Channel. The crew was saved
The Trafford was of ga gross tons, and
was owned In Liverpool.
Before the Trafford was attacked the
same submarine had stopped the Brit,
ish steamship Turnwall, of 4.os4 tons
from Liverpool for New York, and
boarded her. Bombs were placed ir
her hold and the crew ordered to lcav W
the ship. The Trafford then came mt
sight and the submarine departed
hastily, not waiting to observe the ef'
feet OF the bombs.
They exploded, but did not do grea'
damage. The crew reboarded tn,
steamer and by working all Of tn.
pumps AT full pressure managed I,
reach Milford Haven. Wales. havinl
picked up the crew OF the Trafford OF
the way.
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SUBMARINE GOES 1000 MILES.
G~rn,su Rost said 10 Have Travel
ted to Consta ntinopie.

special rdJie Desbntch 10 THE stv.
LONDON. June 1.-THE Con~stant,nople
correspondent OF the Daily Ne,cs tele-
graphs hat several German submarine.
have arrived there.
The Sofia correspondent of the TIN rs
reports that one urge German subma-
rine went to Constantinople ny way Of
Gibraltar and three smaller ones we're
sent overland
From the North Sea 10 Constantinoplt
by sea is a voyage OF about 1000 miles
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BRITISH SEIZE COTTON SHIPS.
Cnrgoes Suspected of Being In
tcndc for Germany are stopped.

Special Cable Dcspdfch TO THE Sun.
LONDON. June 17,-Premier Asquith
said in the Hous of Commons yester-
day that all cotton cargoes carried by
neutral ships suspected of being destined
for Germany are being seized by the
Admiralty and turned over 70 "A prize
court to be restored to the owners al
such terms AS the cour considers just.
The remark was made in response &c
Inquiries regarding the methods being
pursued to keep cotton out OF Germany
The Prime Minister reminded the House
that the expectation of cotton has beer
prohibited to all European countries
excepting France, Russia, Spain AM
Portugal.
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the fiery patriotism Of France demands
not II compromise but a decisive VIC
tory.
The English were slow in becoming
aroused to the seriousness OF the strug-
Gle, but once aroused they are deter
mined to stay In with bulldog tenacity.
There is no sentiment here for a peace
agreement. no matter what II gives to
the Allies, until Germany has first been
decisively beaten on the field OF battle.
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Germans Admtt Loss os U-IA.

BERLIN. June II VITA wireless TO Saw
vile THE Admiralty publicly an
nounced the loss of the submarine TIA.
Her crew was captured by the British
This announcement was made by the
overseas News Agency to-day.
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LONDON, June 1.-THE German posi-
lions at ~Zeebrusge, Heyst and Knocke
were bombarded by British aviators last
night and heavy damage was done. ac-
The aviators returned to their base
safely.
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ALLIES OPPOSED TO
PEACE MOVE NOW
Overturcs by Germany Would
BE Regarded as Premature
by France and Britain.
LONG FIGHT PREDICTED
RU the United P-sss.

LONDON, June i7.-Although an ofhcial
statement is not procursble. I am au-
thor,tativeiy informed frat the Allies.
especially Great Britain. would regard
any German peace overtures at this time
as premature. Great Britain is deter
mined 10 continue the war. at least until
Germany is driver back upon her. own
territory. Any peace talk mat mas
reached the United states certainly has
| not had its origin either in London or In
any other capital OF the Allies.
There are several reasons why Great
Britain in particular intends to prose-
cute the war until the German grip upon
| Belgium and northern France has been
shaken. Briefly. these are among the
more important:
Firs,-It Is tho firm belief here that
Germany has reached and passed the
high peak of her offensive efficiency
England believes that from now on
the Kaiser must fight desperately on
the defer s,ve TO hold what hts armies
grasped by getting the jump on the
Allies al the beginning OF the war.
Germans Must he Driven From
france.
Secord-It is the universal belief here
that England Is now only approaching
the height If her offensive efficiency.
When Us full intensity is developed.
the IL is believed here. must be
rolled back out of France.
Third-Military men here agree that
the final verdict will be won. not BY
brilliant dashes. but by a long drawn
out endurance struggle. They base this
belief upon the Strength " lire after
line OF strongly fortified works on both
sides Of the F1audcrs-Francc battle
front. And England is certain that the
longer the struggle the more certainly
will the great Of the Allies
ultimately overwhelm the Kaiser's.
Fourth-England wishes to demon
strate that a citizen army. organized
by voluntocy enlistment. can cope sue
cessfully with what she calls German
militarism. The .,lgninG Of a peace
pact now. 70 matter how satisfactory
its terms might he to the Allies. would
leave the solution OF the question Of
the ability OF a democratic" army still
In doubt.
In support Of the statement that
Germany has passed the height OF her
offensive ability, il Is pointed out here
hat since the dash into France las,
fail the Germans have been unable u
make any appreciate progress on tn.
Franco-FNardcrs front. on the con
trary they have been forced back a
several points. notably north of Arras
France Opposed Ia Pence PInn.
The German victory In Galicia /.
credited to a temporary shortage nj
shells In Russia. The same lack nj
munitions. II Is admitted. has pre-
vented France and England from
launching an effective drive against
the enemy. But the situation Is nov
being renedied both In France an.
England. and within n short time tn,
superiority In ammunition supply vii
shift from the A~ustro-Germsns To m.
Allies.
The people Of France unquesttona hi,
would resent an attempt AZ peace ne
sotiations AZ this time. No other na,io,
I'm Europe can boast OF more whole
hearted support from its citizens. an,
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French Avfators Raid brussels.

ANsrERpAM, June 17.-French airmen
paid another visit to Brussels early yes
terday, according to a despatch received
by the Hdwdeisbldd It was apparent
they were seeking to destroy the Yep
pelin sheds and hangers, for they
dropped many bombs In that vicinity.
but without making any hits. The Ger
man air guns were turned on the aero
planes. all OF which escaped.
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PANIC IN

Residents Terrified when Allied
Aviators Came.
Special Gable Despdfch 10 The srs.
BERLIN, via London. June 1.-THE
Koein4sche Volks<ettun0 prints the fol
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swedish steamer seized.


NDer1hT 'dbTF DfsbdTcH 70 THE Sun
LoSroS. June IA despatch from
Gothenburg. Sweden. says a German
auxiliary cruiser has sliced the Swedish
steamship Thursten. of Ninga. II is IN
derstood that the Thors'en was carry.
mail to England.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-06-14
Acting Governor Thayer |sue'
Proclamation Naming Mon
day as Day for Observance

Monday, July 5. win Be proclaimed
q holiday for The ofIIciaI obseffance
Of Independence Day b Hawaii. ac-
cofding to the announcement 0f Act.
Ing Governor Ttayer today. The exec
utiye's early announcement vas made
that there might Be no repetition of
misunderstanding such as occurred
over Memorial Day.
The feature d the setting aside ol
Monday Tor lhe ceIebra(io1 81 Inde.
pendence Day lies IA tie TACT that H,,
nOIuIn VIII enjoy three holidays n q
row. July 4. and s. July 4 Is on d
Sunday. JuiI s to Be ce'1trated 1s
Independencc u1I and July 6 Has pro-
claimed 4 holiday through tie enact.
uent of Acts - and 81 bl the last lei.
isIakufe July IS the date 81 ne
special charter election but he 1o'|-
day win not Be enjoyed outside o.
1cl % 81. .s|de The annual holidays
z aa1 8 cc.' - 9 provision j. for p
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-06-14
Elder ABRAHAM
FERNANDEIDlE
IN HIS OFFICE
Attack of Appoplexy Instantly
Fatal to Well Known Mer-
chant and Mormon Leader

At / o'clock this afternoon Elder
Abraham Fernandez, well known Nor.
mon leader and head of the firm OF
Abraham Fernandez & Son, dropped
dead in the office of his store building
at "A King Street, the victim OF an
attack of apoplexy.
Mr.. Fernandez, who was 81 years
of age, was born and raised in Homo
lulu. He is survived by four daugh-
ters and one SON, all residents of Hon
olulu, as well as by his wife, formerly
a Miss Davies.
Immediately after the death the
body of Mr.. Fernandez was taken to
the Silva undertaking establishment.
Interment will be made at the family
plot at Makiki. though no date has
as yet been set for the funeral, the
services preceding which will probae
bly, be held at the family home, 2001
Beckley street.
Mr.. Fernandez father was an early
pioneer of the Islands, and had a
small business concern in Palama
many years ago.
Elder Fernandez, who died today,
has suffered two light apoplectic
strokes before, but was considered in
fairly good health.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-06-14
MORE DEFENSES
FOR OAHU URGED
BY CONGRESSMEN
Arriving on Coast, Prominent
Senators and Representa-
tives Declare Views
VISIT HERE SHOWED THEM
URGENT MILITARY NEEDS
Discussion OF Plans for Mid
Pacific Outpost Leads to
Talks on General Policy

Substantial increases In the navy IN
Hawaii and the rushing Of work on
fortifications are advocated by the con
gressmen who recently visited the
islands
On their arrival on the coast the
congressmen had various views CON
corning the sugar tariff. diversified In,
dustry and population problems here
but they spoke almost without sexcep-
tion strongly In favor of military ex.
pansion on Oahu.
Among those urging immediate army
and navy expansion for Oahu are Sen.
atcr Lee s. 0yerman, Democrat, Of
North Carolina; senator James E.
MARITIME, Democrat, OF New Jersey;
Senator Albert B. cummins, Progress
sjye Republican. of Iowa; Senator
Francis z. Warren, Republican. Of Wy.
oming; Congressman Joseph G. Can
non. Republican. OF Illinois; Congress
man James r. Mann, Republican, OF
Illinois.
The Oakland Tribune, which inter
viewed q number OF senators and rep
resentatiyes. says that the tenor OF the
NdIIDuSa 6JdtCtnCutS AAAutCatC pAtAAAc -le--
tine part of both Democrats and Repub-
licans TO give their support, at the next
session OF Congress, to propositions
for increasing the navy, particularly as
TO submarines: the building up Of an
efficient aero corps; providing modern
transportation facilities for the army;
provision for a large "army reserves;
the strengthening Of fortifications
along all coast lines and in Hawai-,
and probably an increase for the regu'
lar army.
Would Fortify Oahu.
The members were in accord In urg-
ing that Pearl Harbor, island of Oahu
be- so foftiied as to make it impreg-
nable.
Make 1t as strong as, Gibraltar,
was Senator Marines phrase.
Shytng at the danger of being called
Continued on page thfee)
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WIFE Of FORMER
COMMANDER OF
TSINGTAU HERE
Mrs. Meyer WaIdeck, On Way
to Germany BY Way OF U. S.,
Entertained BY Geo. Rodiek

Forced to leave magnificent pal
ace that crowned the slopes of the
Shantung range and afforded pic
turesque background to the former
German military and naval stronghold
at Tsingtau, North China, Mrs Meyer
Waldeck, wife of the former governor
general of Kiaochau, peninsula upon
which the Teutonic energies were bent
in an effort to establish a base in the
Far East, is a passenger In the Pacific
Mail liner Korea to the mainland
With the fall of Tsingtau, Gov.-gen.
Waldeck was taken prisoner by the
Japanese. He was sent TO Japan to
remain there until the close Of the
European war.
Mrs. Waldeck, her three children,
and a maid are now Fastening to tbe
fatherland in the Pacific Mail liner
Korea by the way OF the United States.
They were met by Consul George Ro-
dick, representing the German govern
ment in the Hawaiian islands With
Mrs. Rodiek, Mrs. Waldeck and few
prominent Germans en- route to the
mainland in the Korea were entertain
ed during their stay in this city. They
were taken to the Country Club for
luncheon.
In common with other Germans now
in transit to the United States, Mrs.
waldeck had no criticism to offer at
the treatment accorded to herself and
family by the Japanese.
Tsingtau was practically laid waste
when it was finally surrendered BY the
little handful of German defenders
stationed there at the beginning Of the
war Many Of its principal buildings
were wrecked by dynamite. Improve
ments costing millions Of marks were
destroyed In single night rather than
let them fail into the hands Of the
captors.
Previous to its being taken by the
japanese Tsingtau was famous FOR It's
beantifuI public buildings and splen-
Old fhoronfhfarea
Mrs WaIteck hopes to procoed to
Germany shortly after landing h The
United States She expects "a receive
assistance from German consular rep.
resentafives 81 San Francisco and
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no FINANCIAL
SUICIDE SEEMS
LIKELY FOR ?. N.
Suspension Of Transpacific
Fleet Of Liners Not Expected
BY San Francisco

The threatened retirement Of the
Pacific Mail liners from the transpa-
cific trade was characterized as .'finar-
cial suicide on the Pacific Coast when
the Japanese liner Nippon Maru left
for Honolulu and the Orient.
Japanese officers In this vessel,
which visited this port few days
ago. confirm earlier rumors that
Japanese capital may eventually be-
come interested IN the operation OF
the feet Of passenger and freight
steamers now flying the Pacific Mail
nag. That they may change their
flag and registry seemed q certainty
to the Japanese officers.
Captain A. E. Suto. master Of the
N. Y. X. Seattle Maru, is reported to
have said at Seattle last week that
Japanese capital Is being interested
with q view Of obtaining control Of
the Pacific Mail shares. He added
that the japanese nag would probably
soon hy over these vessels.
Commenting on the reported elimin.
alton OF the Pacific Mail. the San
Francisco Journal Of Commerce says:
1T has not been long since the Pa.
cifle Msil Steamship Company was
again reported TO be about to 60 out
Of business because Of the passage OF
the seamen's bill. II was stated by
officials here that the directors were
having q meeting in New York at
which the question Of retiring from
the shipping business for all time was
under discussion. But nothing was
ever heard AZ to Whist conclusion this
meeting reached. General Manager
r. p. Schwerin was reported to have
gone to New York to attend this con
ference on the contemplated suicide
Of the company, but so far as known
he sent out no announcement as to its
result
@In the meantime there come to
hand. little bits OF information which
seem to intimate that the Pacific Mai
is no more going out OF business than
II was when II talked so mucn Of dis
posing Of all its steamships because
Of being inhibited from using the Pan
ANA canal under the law which pro
yides that no ships of railroad com
panies in competition with the cana
can use that waterway. 1t has nevel
sold the ships