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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-03
SAY U-BOAT HAD
RIGHT TO SINK
THE ARMENIAN
Officials of Washington
Think Mule Ship For
feited Her Immunity.

Washington, July 2.-State Depart
ment officials said to-day that no official
information concerning the sinking of
the Leyland liner Armenian by Ger
man submarine had been received. News
dispatches, however, were thought by
the officials to be extremely favorable.
The statement of the captain disposed
of the question in the minds of many,
who held that the action of the Ar
menian in running away after a warn
ing shot had been fired across her bow
forfeited her right to be treated in
accordance with the law of visit and
search.
Captain Trickey, it was pointed out,
made no criticism Of the submarines
commander, but praised his considerate
treatment of the Armenian's crew after
surrende-. This is considered an ad-
mission that every right of interna-
tional law had been accorded to him.
The captain stated that the crew was
allowed ample opportunity to take to
the boats, although several were killed
by shell fire before the Armenian sur
rendered.
The contention that the submarine
had no intention of visiting the vessel
was disposed of by international
lawyers, who thought technical visit
might be made without actually board
Ing the vessel. The only Obligation in
the case of enemy ships, according to
these authorities, is TO identify them as
such and give their crews opportunity
to escape.
Not Public Ship"
State Department officials are prac-
tically certain that the Armenian was
in n. sense a transport or public
ship" of the British Admiralty. Il
would have been almost impossible,
they declare, for a ship Of such char
acter 70 clear from an American port
without the fact being brought 70 the
attention of the Department.
IL was said, however, that a ship
might be cleared as a private mer-
chantman in accordance with the in
depreciation Of this government, and
still be public ship in the eyes Of d
belligerent. The definition of public
ship" has always been mc1 ques-
tion, and il frequently happe i5 that
neutral governments take ferent
view from that of belligerents.
Official opinion IS decidedly favorable
TO a liberal Interpretation of the Arme-
nian incident, as it Is felt that action
by this government based on purely
technical grounds would be interpreted
as indicating bellicose attitude, which
the United States is not inclined 10
adopt.
American Survivors.
Consul Armstrong, at Bristol, cabled
the State Department the following in
formation about Americans who were
on the Armenian:
The following white muleteer fore
men are among the survivors: Hart,
Cox, Osborne, Taylor, Cline, Driver,
McCool and Baer. In hospitals, slight
ly wounded, Pond and Brennlck.
"Will!amson. Cranberry and Stone
wounded By shells, taken in boats
The latter succumbed and was buried
at sea Brooks was killed by a smell
when coming from the cabin"
Mr.. Rockefeller almost never writes for
D. p L. A
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-03

ment is still more plainly seen. The
lines Of the opposing armies follow a
general northwesterly trend from the
region of Czernowitz along the Gnila
Lipa and the Bug to a point within
Russian Poland. In the sector be
tween the Bug and the Vistula the
front swerves so that the invaders I'M
petus is carrying them northward.
The direction of the advance. indi-
Gated in the map by arrows. shows that
a consummation of the Austro- German
strategic plan would isolate Warsaw
as we'll as clear the southeastern cor
ner of Galicia of the Russians.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-03

Mr. Rockefeller almost never writes for
publication Read his The Difficult Art
OF Giving in EVERY WEEK, out to-day.
-Adyt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-03
WEATHER

PARTLY CLOUDY TO-DAY; FAIR
TOMORROW LIGHT WEST WINDS.
Yesterdays Temperatures;
High. -; Low, SO.
Full report on page ..
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-07
EDITOR
FROM PEACEFUL PHILADELPHIA.

And now comes an inventor from Philadel-
phia with scheme to knock the dirigibles into
cooked hats He proposes to employ small
hydrogen balloons of sufficient size to carry
loads of high explosive, and attached to two
miles of the finest wire they will be released
over cities which are menaced by drigibles. 1t
is the intent to have the arship become entang-
led in the wires and thereby come in contact
with the explosive and be wrecked as result.
The plan seems clear enough, and at the
same time the scheme is not open to any of the
objections advanced against the submarine
mines. These little explosive mid-air iokers
would be a menace to nothing but hostile air
craft.
At any rate the inventor is offering the
scheme to those foreign countries that are con-
tinually threatened by the dirigible bomb
choppers from the sky. While the high-angle
guns have been able to wing some of the air
craft occasionally, there has to be some far
more serviceabfe mode of defense against the
attacks by bombs from air craft and it is posi-
Bile that this Philadelphia man has pointed out
the way.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-07
AN EDUCATOR ON COMPULSORY
MILITARY EDUCATION.
1itor Honolulu Star-Bulletin.

| Editor Honolulu Star Bulletin
| Sir:-The widespread interest in
the present legislation on compulsory
military training leads me to present
some excerpts from a very remark
able address recently delivered by a
remarkable educator, At the Febru-
airy meeting Of the National Educa-
ton Association, department OF Sup
erintendence(, Cincinnati. Ohio, Dr.
Nathan G. SChaeffer. Pennsylvania
state superintendent of Public In
struction, delivered a notable address
on the following subject: "SheuId
our Education System Include Acti-
Vities Whose Special Purpose Is Prep
aration for War;" In this address Dr.
Schaeffer voiced the sentiments Of
practically the entire gathering of
leading educators, and his statements
called f,llh editorial common from
al parts Of the nation.
The following statements are rep.
resentative of the trend of his re-.
marks:
To make military training an int.
grail part OF vocational training wholly
distracts the schools from their real
work. Vocational training should be
for peace and not for war.
Military drill is positively injurious
during the adolescent period; its ply,
steal effects cannot be compared in
beneficial effect with those of we'll
regulated sports and gymnastics,
There is also tremendous moral dam
age in teaching that justifies spying,
lying, forging letters, kilograms and
signals to mislead the enemy.
In the Boston schools where they
have had military drill for years past
its results are trifing; in many col.
leges compulsory drill merely becomes
bore.
In those state-aided institutions that
require one or more years of service,
get anything out Of it; to the rest it
iS an obligation to be finished as rap
idly as possible.
A large intercollegiate league, to
combat the present big-army and big
navy hysteria, is now widespread
throughout the universities and col.
leges.
instruction in the public schools
should be that true patriotism in
cludes all the world and is not re-
stricted to any given nationality.
There should be every emphasis
upon the true character of wars and
their. causes, their greed, selfishness,
wickedness, the frequent ignorance of
the bulk of the soldiers as to what
they are really fighting for, their bar.
barities and atrocities, the complete
destructiveness of it all.
The soldiers trade Is an anachro!
nism that must yield before the spirit
of international amity and brother
hood.
The address in full is published in
School and Society,"" Feb. II, 1915,
Vol. 1, No. 9. am not presenting
these excerpts as indicating wholly
my own view, for l believe in the
national guard, and have served both
in the line and In the" hospital corps.
l am, however, thoroughly opposed to
compulsory military drill in the pub.
lie schools. A. voluntary system is
quite different matter
Respectfully yours,
VAUGHAN ~MACCAUGHEY.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-07
KANEOHE Scene
OF MANY PARTIES
OVER WEEKEND

Many special parties visited the
coral gardens at KaneCh". across the
Pail. last Sunday Monday and yes
terday. A specially is being made.
when ordered. of a f.sn Cnowder and
creamed lobster dinner every Sunday.
and il is becoming increasingly popu-
I lar with guests
| 1t is becoming quite the custom for
party to organize for a days out
. ing at the coral gardens and a trip TO
/ the gardens Of coral in the glass bot
tom boat Owing to a slight aCCidan
10 the engine one party of ten yester-
day was disappointed il getting out,
but later in the day two parties went
out, one of them collecting some beau
tiful specimens OF coral.
Among those who registered at the
Coral Gardens on Sunday we're Mis-
J. J. Smiddy and Miss Lei Smiddy
Mrs. r. Behrens, Honolulu; Miss S
koelling and H. koe!ling, kaneohe;
Lieut.. G. E. SChaefer, CO. D.. n G. H.;
A. E. Tinker, c. NJ. Herbert, George
NJ. Collins, Harry J. Evenson. Alexan-
der R. Tollock. n. p Morgan. all of
N1OhiiPoAy ~ ~. VI. H. INODl. H.
downey. K. P. Emory, Fred Carter Jr,
all of Company B. n. G. H.; Miss
Hazel Buckland, Miss iharlOn Chaplin,
Robert Scott, Watson Ballentyne, Ada
n. King. NJ. w. Deering, D. S. Ben.
nett, U. S. Navy; Mr.. and Mrs Charles
T. Wilder. T. V. King, S A. Walker,
Miss Suzanne NJ Brown. Reginald B:
Brown, Karen Morgan. r. F. Demp-
sey, H. A. Baldwin Of Maui. Leicester
w. Burroughs, Lorrin Andrews and
Mrs. Andrews, Lorrin Andrews, Jr, H.
G. Middleditch. Mrs. Alice Edwards,
Bertha White, T. D. Skinner Otto Her
man, Ingild Povelsen; Wilhelm Fens-
chu and G. Shirmann, S. NJ. S. Geler;
Miss Bertha Ludloff, Otto Ludloff, ka-
neohe; Thomas w. Chester, London,
Eng; Ashton C. Britten, Toronto Can
ada; Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Luedeking.
Cincinnati, O.; and Charles NJ Coch-
rane of Chicago.
Other visitors to kaneohe Hale and
the Coral Gardens Monday and Tues
day were Miss Lulu D. Keeling. IA
neohe; Kurt Guaeke, "Deutschland;"
w. Wigge, Hamburg; Mr.. and Mrs.
Julius Schultz and Mrs. }. Mar Miller,
Chicago; Mr.. and Mrs. A. Crawford,
Philadelphia; Mr.. and Mrs. P. A.
Schenkopf, Mrs. B. Flint, Mrs. Penn,
Lloyd Collins, New York; Miss Marga-
ret Kelley, Honolulu.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-07
JAPAN AND THE PHILIPPINES.

Little has been heard in Hawaii of the plan
proposed in Japan that Toxic should begin
negotiations with the United States for the
purchase of the Philippines, and yet this alb
surd proposal is credited with receiving serious
consideration among the Nipponese.
The Japan Advertiser comments on it as
follows:
Were it not for the prominence of the names
actively associated with the project, and the
insistence with which it is urged on public at
tention and endorsed by reputable japanese
journals, there would be no reason to give
serious consideration to the plan for the pur
chase Of the Philippines by Japan. 1t might
be put down to the hysteria of war time But
it is apparent that those who are responsible
for it are really serious enough to support it
with plausible arguments and to bring it to the
consideration of those in power. 1t is also APP
parent that they do not in the least recognize
the absurdity of the proposal.
3 "Of the many absurdities in the proposal.
the most striking is the assumption that the
United States would be willing, if not anxious,
to sell the islands, jasconclusion which shows a
very superficial understanding of the relations
between America and the Philippines, COM
plcte ldCk Ol' MISUNDERSTANDING VI INC All0L1OoA
point of view. Americans do not look on the
Philippines as an American possession in the
way the Japanese, let us say, look on Taiwan
or Chosen. The American title to the islands
is as clear as the title by which Japan holds
these possessions, but Americans have always
regarded the Philippines as possession to be
held in trust for the Fffipinos themselves. The
Fipinos have been frequently promised event
nal independence and the only question in the
United States today is as to the. method and the
time when this self government should be
granted. h#A 5s5 ..as
To call attention to one of the many other
absufdities eonnectsd with the proposition, one
might inquire how the Japanese would govern
the Philippines after having secured possession
of them Though nominally under American.
rule, the Filipinos have very large share in
their own government Indeed, the Filipinos
today have larger share in the government
than is possessed by the japanese in Japan.
The suffrage requirements are more liberal,
the people have more power in legislative af-
fairs, and have much. greater freedom of
speech and action than is possessed by the,
Japanese themselves. We would, in the event /,
of Japanese rule being established there, have
the strange anomaly of a subject people enjoy
ing greater political rights and more personal
freedom than is enjoyed by those who rule
them. = ... $50
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-07
THE END OF THE WAR.

eve look for anerratic but ultimately high
er market. The extreme advances of the last
few days are sure to bring reaction, especially
should the war temporarily take an unfavora-
bic turn. The feeling, however, grows that the
end is not far distant; the more sanguine opin-
ion being that peace will be attained soon after
midsummer. 1t is certainly to be hoped that
such happy result will be reached then, if not
sooner; but nothing is SO uncertain as war; and
it would be unwise to be oversanguine in the
settlement Of such vast and highly compi-
Gated struggle as the one now in progress:
Even if truce were declared, it would be
months before many of the delicate and siren
uous questions at,issue could be satisfactorily
Henry Clews.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-07
HIGHER EDUCATION AND CHILDREN.

Interesting statistics on the relation between
race suicide and higher educations of women
are given in recent article in the Journal Of
Heredity by an Amherst professor. They tend
to show the two 60 hand in hand.
This professor has made studies among the
alumnae of the leading women's colleges. He
found that in the early days of Mount Holy
oke, the oldest great women's college in New
England, IS per cent of the graduates married,
but nowadays only two-fifths of them do So,
and these bear less than two children each.
Only one-t third of the Bryn Mawr graduates
have married and they have borne one third
Of child each, speaking statistically, and not
counting graduates of the last fifteen years.
More than one half of the Vassar graduates are
Unmarried, and those who do marry bear less
than two children. Only third of the girls
who have graduated from Wellesley during the
last quarter century have married, and they
have borne only one child apiece
These statistics of course are facts and not
conclusions. 1t has not yet been proved that
the race is not the better for smaller and better
families. The most interesting fact revealed is
the tendency against marriage among college
women. IF women of superior mental training,
tThether through desire for economical indie
nendence and freedom of individual develop
ment or philosophic objections to the institu-
t;on of marriage, are refusing to join their
lives with men-if that is true it is enough to
cause cur social philosophers to do some hard
thinking.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-07

There doesn't seem to be much hope that the
mainland, newspaper correspondents will be
brought here with the congressional party. The
senate killed the house bill making a special
appropriation and there has been such long
delay in the naming of the senate entertain
ment committee that little chance remains for
making an arrangement to defray the expenses
of the newspapermen out of the general fund
for the entertainment of the party. It's too
bad-but such is the result of needless delay.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-07

Hawaii's important role in the peaceful set
Element of racial questions was emphasized last
night at the international dinner where
Fletcher S. Brockman was guest of honor. That
such dinner can be held under the American
flag is noteworthy; that it can be held in Ha-
waii is an evidence that this territory is des-
tined to play part in international affairs
altogether beyond it's physical proportions.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-07
LETTERS

(The Star-Bulletin invites free and
frank discussion in this column on ali
legitimate subjects OF current interest
Communications are constantly re-
ceiVed to which no signature 10 ct.
tached. This paper. will treat AZ con.
ddential signatures to letters II the
writer's so desire, but cannot Give
space tor anonymous communica.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-07

On the sixteenth of last month the new bat
tleship Pennsylvania, heralded as the world s
greatest fighting machine, slid into the water
at Newport News. When ready to 60 into com
mission as a fully equipped war vessel the
Pennsylvania will be capable of throwing near
ly eight tons of metal at one broadside. When
she is ready to do this the vessel will have cost
this government $13OOO,OOO That is small
part of the meaning of preparedness for war; -
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-07

There is something familiar in this latest
statement that the board of supervisors is 60
ing to enforce the frontage-tax law on all new
street improvements Didn't the members of
the present board say something like this when
they were candidates for election!
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-07

A plebiscite on the Sunday movies" bill is
not needed. The senate should refuse to pass
the bill as matter of public principle. Had
the opponents of the measure bestirred them
selves when the bill was in the house, it is to be
doubted If the house would have approved it.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-07

No one can blame Secretary Wood for re-
signing in the face of the internal attacks upon
him by members of the Hawaii Promotion
Committee. If the committee gives it's appar-
ent sanction to these attacks Mr.. Woods posi-
ton becomes intolerable
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-07
Monn&
:CHA&f

There was considerable trading be-
tween boards but little on the ex-
change itself today. A feature OF
the between-board trading was a
number of sales in Haiku and Paia,
both at 1856 The last quotation of
the former was 142 IL and of the lat
ter 142.
Waialua sold at 100 1-2, the first
time it has gone over par for weeks.
This morning NcBryde went up 1-8 to
61-4.
About 1876 hospital trains with a
total of 1000 cars are being operated
in GERMANY
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-07
season at the Ha~ allan Opera House.

WILLIAM POLLOCK. formerly a
carpenter in Honolulu. has joined the
engineering corps OF the British army
He will receive letters addressed TO
Sapper W Pollock. No. 69,430. Fourth
Provisional Company. Royal Engf
neers, ST Mary's Barracks, Chatham
X NAITO, secretary at the Japanese
consulate and the oldest member OF
the local staff, has been transferred
TO the home offic" at Toxic and will
leave for the Orient as soon as his
successor arrives il Honolulu X. 70
kOyam1. a secretary at the home office,
has been appointed to succeed him.
DR. PEARSE of the medical depart
ment of the Equitable Life Assurance
Company is making a tour of inspec,
tiCn in connection with the local agen.
Cy. DR.. Pearse is direct from the
New York office and his presence here
is an indication Of the growing i'm.
lortance OF Hawaii in it's relation with
the activities of the company.
T. r. HENDERSON, an agriculture
al expert from the Atlantic coast on
a mission to the Fiji Islands and Aus
tralia, is a visitor at Honolulu today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henderson are passen-
gers in the Matson steamer Lurline.
They will remain here until the de-
parture Of the CaRadian-Australasian
steamer Niagara for the South PaCi-
fic on April %.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-07

Secretary Daniels ordered the des-
troyers Drayton and McDougal from
Guantanamo to join the gunboat Dol
phin's watch on the informed liners
in New York harbor,
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-07
lIIIIEtNIIQMEWQ

SUPERVISOR LARSEN: propose
to install a new pump at Kaimuki If
have to do it myself, for it will save
$4,000 a year to the taxpayers.
A. P. TAYLOR: People all over
the world think l am running an en-
.ployrnent bureau instead of passing
out literature to novelty loving tour.
lists.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-07

HOWARD WILSON of Honolulu
left for Vancouver in the Niagara Sun
day, and will join one of the British
regiments now being formed in Can
ada. He was formerly with the Paci.
fic Engineering Company.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-07

FRANCIS M. BROOKS of Bangkok
Siam, who has spent some weeks in
this city on. visit, was passenger tc
the Coast in the Matson steamer Mat
sonia this morning.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-07

ROBERT SHARP, formerly chief
engineer on the 8. s. Kestrel, has en-
listed as a private in the 123rd Com
pany of the British Army Service
Corps, and now is on his way to
France.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-07

ROBERT KAY, formerly assistant
engineer at the Hawaiian Agricultu-
raj Company's mill at Pahala, has
enlisted in the 123rd Company of tho
British Army Service Corps.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-07
ARMY NOTES

The Lurd-Ioung Engineering Com
pany WAS recently awarded two con
tracts in connection with improve
ment work at Fort Kamehameha: The
company bid on all or none OF the
seven buildings recently advertised.
and although the proposal was about
$1,000 higher than the aggregate OF
four other bidders, IL was considered
TO the advantage OF the government
TO let the contract 10 one instead OF
four firms. The company also Sc
cured the contract for the pole line
from Puuloa 10 Fort Kamehameha,
which, when completed. will supply
the post with current from the naval
station
- -
Pursuant to authority from the war
department. dated January 6. 1915.
Lieut.-Col. William p. Kendall. Medi-
cal Corps, is relieved from duty as
department sanitary inspector. and
will proceed to Schofield Barracks. re-
porting on arrival to the commanding
general fer duty as surgeon.
. -
Leave of absence for three months
with permission to leave the depart.
ment, to take effect upon arrival at
San Francisco, Cal, of the May trans
port. is granted Capt John r. Thorn
as, Jr., list Infantry.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-07

E. BLEAU, a matchmaker formerl!
in the employ of Wichman & Co.,
who left a year ago, has enlisted un-
der the French colors and now is
serving as a corporal with the 14th
Company of the 48th Chasseurs.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-07

MRS. KATE WOODWARD HOL,
COMB left on the Matsonia this morn
ing for Lake Tahoe where she has
accepted a position. Mrs. Holcomb ex.
poets to make. an indefinite stay.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-07

VIRGIL BARKER of Washington
D. c., was among the passengers to
arrive at Honolulu today in the Mat
son steamer Lurline.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-07

MISS ADELE KAHINU CORN
WELL of Waikapu, Maui, was oper
ated On yesterday morning at the Ulu
lani Sanitorium on Beretania street
for appendicitis. She is doing very
nicely today.