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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-14
AMERIcA AND rnE LusITANIA.

Honolulu. July }. Z
Editor Honolulu Star-BulIetin,
Sir: There were several errors o.
Judgment that were undoubtedly con-
tributary factors IN the Lusitan.a ca
tastrophe Among these may be men
tened. the running CT this great vessel
at reduced speed. Her owners wanted
to save coal and reduce expense. Tes-
timony to this effect was given at the
coroner's inquest.
The failure of the British admiralty
to protect the Lusitania from subma-
rine attack was a blunder. This ship
was torpedoed within sight of land
and within very short distance of her
home pert. England has numerically
and In tonnage the largest fleet OF
war vessels CT any nsxon, yet no ef-
fort was put forth by her to safeguard
the homecoming Of this great liner.
We Americans contributed to the
disaster when we permitted the ship
ment Of munitions and other contra
band on passenger vessel.
Undoubtedly we have the legal
right to sell war supplies to any bel
ligerent in any war Whether we also
have the right to imperil the lives o.
passengers by forwarding contraband
on the same ship is an open question.
1t depends on whether. when we in
woke the supreme law Of humanity and
make our stand on that. we are willing
to recognize its universal scope. We
cannot invoke the law and then limit
its direction.
We cannot place the onus of blame
on the owners Of the Lusitania am
say 1t was. all their fauit-that they
should not have accepted that class OF
freight We who shipped, and they
who contracted to carry, war NUM-
tions on a passenger ship are net abb
solved from moral obligation because
both we're within their legal rights.
Suppose the position had been re-
versed Imagine the United States
had been at war with Canada and that
we believed If we could prevent Ger
many from delivering cargo of am
munition to our enemy we would win
the fight. If we knew great German
passenger liner heavily laden with war
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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-14

Airport from Atlanta tells of plot to lynch
Leo M. Frank, whose death sentence was COM
muted to life imprisonment by Governor Slaton
just before the latter left office. Lynching
would be fitting climax to the paroxysm of
mob law that has apparently convulsed Georgia
justice. Slaton. is said to be the most unpopu-
lar man in Georgia now, but mainland paper
aptly observes that when the murderer of little
Mary Phagan is discovered, Georgia may well
thank its courageous executive for having
saved it perpetual shame.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-14

JOHN WAIMAU, a graduate Of the
Kamehameha Manual School, was cho-
sen head Of the Kamehameha Instru-
mental Club at the second meeting OF
that organization last evening. The
club will meet every Thursday evening
at o'clock in the clubhouse, Fort
street. 1t is the intention of Leader
Waimau to increase the club mem
bership to 80 pieces
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-14
LETTERS

THE Slaf-i3uiletln lnYnes nee anf
crank discussion in this coi4mn on n
legitimate subjects Of current interest
c0mmunicafioLs are eonslanfly re
.eiyed 20 which no signature 10 a.
,ached This paper win treat a. con
fidential signatures 10 letters n th.
writer's % desire. Dui cannot giyt
space Tor anonymous communities
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-14

Germany is not the only country which must
stagger financially if the war goes on for an
other year. France, Britain and Russia are
rolling up debts for future generations to carry.
Even the victors in this war will be virtually
impoverished so far as money reserves are con-
cerned though credit will still be available
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-14
[IIIIEiNIIL1IEWG)

PAUL SUPER: The contractors be-
gan to pour concrete on the swimming
pool today. We win probably be ready
TO open II early in September.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-14

Five Thousand persons heard Billy
Sunday deliver his farewell sermon in
Philadelphia before his departure to
his Oregon farm for a rest Two
hundred hit the trail.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-14

Italy is going to teach the manufacture Of
war munitions in her vocational training
schools. This is certainly step toward pre-
paredness'
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-14

Uncle Sam accommodatingly loans his ser
vices to the powder manufacturers hoping that
hereafter if he gets into war he can call on them
to supply him with munitions.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-14

It occurs to us that instead of four new
traffic officers the police department needs four
che-fa chasers
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-14

Chinese gamblers are being insured against
arrest, says the captain of detectives Evident
~ they don't believe that honesty is the best
policy.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-14

An order for 700 steel box cars and
so cabooses was awarded to the Cen.
trail Locomotive & Car Co. of Chicago
by the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-14

Strange that a great deal of the world s in
temperance should be found in the temperate
zone. -Leavenworth New Era.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-14

Charles F. Southmayo who died in
Stockbfidge, Mass. on July 1, 1911,
left an estate of $1,000, 1903
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-14

A German bulletin, describing the enemy S
artillery captured, includes field guns, ma
chine guns and mules. =
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-14

We Judge by the silent preparations that
Wilson and Lansing are going to say something
pretty soon with kick to it.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-14

Up to the time of going to press Bryan's
peace plan hasn't stopped any battles.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-14

Denmark has extended suffrage to women
and still claims to be -combatant
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-14

The battlefield, says correspondent, abounds
in huInor. Mostly unconscious humor.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-14

HENRY W. KINNEY, superinten-
dent of public instruction, will leave
for Kauai next Thursday on business
in connection with the department.
He expects to return to Honolulu the
following Sunday.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-14

Lansing appears to be just the man for first
mate on the Ship Of State.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-14

H. L. HOLSTEfN, speaker OF the
last house of representatives, Is book
ed to return to his home in Kohala,
Hawaii. in the Mauna Kea today.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-14

MRS. v. L. STEVENSON. wife of
the editor of the Hawaii Herald, left
for Sydney. Australia, in the Makura
this morning, having received news
that her mother is seriously i'll. She
was accompanied by her daughter.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-14

Patronage ism t always the hest politics
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-14

DIR. T. KATSUMIMA, Japanese in
terpreter at the United States immi-
grafton station. has agreed to lead the
party of Japanese who are to 90 on
an excursion from Hawaii to Japan
next October. The party will attend
the coronation Of the emperor in No
vember, at Kioto.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-14

WILLIAM LUKE, former manager
of the Chinese Liberty News. left this
morning on the Manchuria for San
Francisco. He goes to attend the con
vention of the Chinese National
League, which is to be held in the
exposition city, beginning July "a.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-14

d. r. THRUM Of Thrum's. Ltd, left
for the mainland In the Wilhelmina
this morning on combined business
and pleasure trip.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-14

fMpn4lO<G

j. p. COOKE, president and manager
Of Alexander & Baldwin. left for Kauai
yesterday On plantation inspection
tour.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-14

JOHN NJ. MARTIN: The report
that German bankers have warned the
kaiser that the war must soon be
brought to close or the country suf-
fer BANKRUPTCY seems to me one Of the
most hopeful signs for peace that we
have card for long while.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-14

JULY IA, 1915.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-09-17
Foreign

Germany will take legal steps
against all residents of Germany who
do not voluntarily turn in all avail
able metals.
London relatives of victims of the
Lusitania sinking are planning to
erect an obelisk on the Gold Head of
Kinsale to commemorate the disaster.
Essad Pasha, former provisional
president of Albania, is defeating all
opposition in Albania and intends to
proclaim himself Supreme Chief.
The fire aboard the steamship SAINT
Anna at sea was eXtinguished. The
vessel sailed for the Azores accom-
panied by the liner Ancona.
Three persons were killed and two
injured when a bomb was exploded
in the building of the Asiatic Daily
News" Shanghai, China, a new publ
cation launched to push a movement
for the establishment of a monarchy
instead of a republic.
Both houses of the Commonwealth
Of Australia unanimously pledged
themselves never again to purchase
German goods and urged their consti-
tuents to do likewise.
President Juan /. Jimenes of San
Domingo, appointed Jose M. JJ!menes
as Minister of the Interior, and Fran
cisco Herrera Minister of Finance.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-09-17
Daily Cuttings That Tell the
Big Events of the World.
EUROPE's GREAT CONFLICT
Land and Sea Fights in the Terrible
conhaaration-Crop Reports From
Agricultural Regions-News OF
the Industrial Centers.
War Bulletins

Field Marshal Won HindenDurg's
army. according to the official state
ment fro mthe German Mar ONCE,
has at last broken the stubborn re-
sistance of the Russian defending the
approach to the Baltic port of Riga,
ejecting the Slavs from the several
positions on the left bank of the
Dvina.
A German ~aeroplane dropped bombs
on the British coast, southwest of
London and four persons were in
jured.
Another Zeppelin raid, the fifth in
six days, was made over the Eng
lish east coast. No casualties were
reported.
Strong counter offensives by the
Russians held the German drive in
check al many points on the Polish
and Courland battlefronts, while in
Galicia the Cars forces actually gain
ed ground.
The Austro-G Germans are trying by
every means in their power to force
their way through to the Vilna-Rovno
railway DelOr0 tHo uodNy AoAho SOI Ii
and put an end to the fighting for the
time being.
There appeared to be no let up in
the bombardment which both the
French and Germans have conducted
on the western front for the past two
weeks. Melville, north of Arras, is
the center of the most vigorous can
nonading.
Kiev, the Mother of Russian
Cities" called thus for its part in
history as the Grade of Christianity
in Russia, is being partially evacuated
by the Russians in anticipation of an
onrush by the Austro-German armies.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-09-17
Sporting

w. ]. tombstone, recent winner Of
the tennis championship, was ordered
by his physician to refrain from
singles competition.
In the opinion of a majority of news
paper critics, "Pack" Mcfarland shad-
ed Mike Gibbons in a disappointing
ten-rouhd bout at Brighton Beach, N.
Y.
Tommy Murphy has another big day
in the final afternoons card of rae
ing at the Grand Circuit meeting at
Charter Oak Park, Philadelphia. He
captured two firsts and one second
in the three cases on thep rogram,
after cleaning up the card on the pre-
vious day.
Barney Dreyfuss, President of the
Pittsburgh National League Base
ball Club, announced that Fred Clark,
manager of the club, had resigned
and the resignation had been accepted
to take effect with the close of the
present season.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-09-17
WASHINGTON

In his conference with the Secretary
of State, Count Won Bernstortf re-
peated the assurance given some
weeks ago that his Government in
tended to carry out in good faith the
rule hat liners shall not be de-
stroyed without warning unless they
attempt to escape or resist German
submarine commanders.
American merchants may lose a
large part of the new trade developed
by the European wal unless they take
steps to extend the time given for
payment of goods sold aboard, accord
ing to an opinion expressed in official
circles.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels an
nounced the names of the % scientists
and inventors who, with Thomas A.
Edison, as chairman, are to constitute
an advisory board to assist the
United States Navy in it's technical
problems of development.
The departure from the United
States of Captain Franz Won Papen,
Military Attache Of the German EN-
bassy, will probably be arranged by
the government.
The dismissal of Captain Franz Won
Papen, military attache of the German
Embassy, and proceedings on the
| charge of conspiracy against Consul
General huber at New York, and the
editor of the Hungarian newspaper
"Szadadsag," are consequences which
may follow the Administrations act
in requesting the recall of DR.. Con-
stantin Theodor Dumba.
According to the Department of
Commerce, the American merchant
marine is second only to that of Eng
land.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-09-17
PITH OF n
WAR NEWS


On the western front the French de-
liVered a widespread attack on the
Germans by aeropIanes, b~ombardina
a railroad station and enemy bar
racks. The German account Of this
affair says one of the French aero
planes was shot down.
ConstantinopIe reported officially that
the Turkish artillery successfully
shelled an ally regiment near
Anafarta in the neighborhood of
karakil.
The British Parliament reassembled
after a recess of six weeks. Premier
Asquith fatty refused to discuss
CONSUMPTION.
The Russians have been sending a
continuous stream of achievements
into GaIicia and have pushed their
offensive on the Sereth River.
With the mouth of the Dniester In
their hands, the Germans could es-
tablish a base on the Black Sea and
open the submarine communications
with ConstantinopIe.
The French War Office says that "in
retaliation for the recent lombard
ment of LuneviIle and Compieane
by hostile aeroplanes, a squadron
of nineteen aeropIanes flew over the
town of Treves, dropping about a
hundred sheIIsX
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-09-17
u. S. BARS FURTHER NOTES
FOR DISAVOWAL OR BREAK
MORE AIR RAIDS ON LONDON
ZeppeEns Reach British Capital for Fifth Time in Week;
Sir Percy Scott Detailed to Improve Aerial Defenses;
English Public Is Alarmed.
CENSORSHIP VEIL DRAWN OVER THE DAMAGES

London.-A hostile ~aeroplane few
over the Kentish coast and dropped
bombs. One house was wrecked and
four persons were injured. The Ger
man plane was chased off by two
fiers attached to the navy, according
to the Press Bureau.
There also wa a Zeppelin raid. The
official statement says:
THE East coast was again visited
by hostile aircraft. Bombs were drop
ped but there were no casualties, and
the only damage reported is that some
telegraph wires are down and some
glass is broken"
Sir Percy M. Scott, one OF Eng
lands highest authorities on heavy
ordnance, has been appointed to take
charge of the gunnery defenses of
London against attacks by enemy air
craft. Official announcement OF the
designation was made here.
Sir Percy, who retired from the
navy in 1913 as Vice Admiral, is ia
NOUS as an inventor. News OF his
appointment was interpreted here to
mean that the anti-aircraft defense5
are to be reorganized along more efh-
cient and possibly entirely new ines.
London did not believe the Yep
pelins were able to make a success
full raid ON the metropolis. The
Trafalgar Square attack served to
convert skepticism into wrath. This
wrath expended itself no altogether
against the perpetrators of the raid,
but also partially against the made
quate d~efenses provided.
All London saw the yellow airships
floating ~serenely above the mushroom
ing shrapnel, i~nconcerned and un-
harmed, while bombs rained in the
centre of the city.
The Austro-6erman army under
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg smash
ed its way 10 the Rovno-Petrograd
railway, between Wilma and Dvinsk, In
one of many big battles that ragged on
the eastern front from the Riga sec
ton to Galicia.
In a battering offensive, aided by
the great guns that have not yet fail
,eeAto win success, the invaders each
ed the objective they have been striv-
ing to attain since the fall OF the
Polish f~ortresses.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-09-17
ARABIC NOTE DISAPPOINTING.

Washington.-The German govern
ment's note II the Arabic case is
unsatisfactory and disappointing. This
is the unanimous opinion among OH
Gals here. Not only does it fail to
meet the Arabic issue sqrarely, but
what is most sought, it fails to pro-
vide a definition of Germany's SUI
marine policy.
When Secretary Lansing told Am
bassador Bernstorff that he insisted
on the settlement of the Arabic case
before the Lusitania question was
taken up, it was the understanding
that Germany would declare without
room for doubt that it would comply
with international law.
Instead the German government
has evaded this issue entirely, aid
has e~ndeavored to justify the torpe-
doing of the Arabic on what are
regarded fimsy grounds, despite the
hint given to Ambassador Bernstorft
by Secretary Lansing that the evil
dence that the Arabic was sunk
without justification was convincing.
References in the note to the
orders issued to the German COM
mander are regarded as vague n
unsatisfactory. The administration
had hoped, from Count o Bern
storff's letter to Secretary Lansing
a short time ago, that Germany
would give their consent in such form
that the United States would be able
to deal with Germany on a basis OF
complete frankness. Instead, the note
gives even less information than did
the ambassadors letter, and in certain
ways it appears even to a
par of the assurances already given.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-09-17
General

The final series between the Brook
feds and Buffalo at Brooklyn will be
played at night. Fixe large towers to
illuminate the park are being erected.
In recognition of the relief work
done in Serbia by the Rockefeller
Foundation, the Serbian government
conferred the Grand Cross of the or
der of ST. Sava on John D. Rookie
teller.
A. G. Spalding, famous baseball
pitcher and head of the sporting
goods firm of A. G. Spalding & Bro,
died at San Diego, Cal. He was 65
years old.
A jury to try Mayor Joseph E. Bell
of Indianapolis on charges of conspir-
acy to corrupt the Maoinr county re-
elections was completed and sworn
in.
State health inspectors went to
Erie, Pa, to try to check the spread of
infantile paralysis. Forty-four cases
Lieut.. Col. Lewis E. Goodier, U. S.
A., was ordered court-martialed at San
Francisco. He had been accused with
interfering with administration of af-
fairs at the San Diego aviation school.
The property of the German Ma
tional Bank of Pittsburgh was dis
posed of at public auction for 1882, 900
to the liquidation committee of the
stockholders of the bank.
President Wilson accepted an invi-
tation of the Grand Army of the Re-
Tilt - Io,1 k60 oOrn1refon1 Af 4bn
new amphitheatre in Arlington Nation
al Cemetery during Encampment
Week.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-09-17

After they had refused to testify
for him at his trial on a charge of
violating the immigration law, Bow
Young, a Chinese of Springfield,
Mass, killed three of his fellow oun
trymen.
Bound for Marseilles from Phila-
delphia with a cargo of ~Aubricating
oil, the Norwegian bark Lota was
wrecked on Sable Island and is a to-
tai loss.
The German steamer Magdeburg
with 5000 tons of dynamite aboard
has been anchored in lower New York
bay since the beginning of the war.
Only a small part of Italian skilled
steel workers have been allowed to
join the army, as the government
needs them at home to turn out mu-
millions.
One United States trooper Private
Kraft, was killed and two others
wounded when a gang of about 40
Mexicans fired ON a patrol of z near
Brownsville, Tex.
The plant of the National Folding
Box & Paper Co., at New Haven,
Conn.,, was closed as the result of a
strike of $50 girls.
Madame Mariana Menoca1, wife of
the President of Cuba and her two
sons, arrived in New York on the
steamer Calamares.
A large gas well was struck by the
Crosby Gas Co. at Norwich, Pa. The
flow is estimated at between 100000
and 1000, 900 feet daily.
Steel mills in the Youngstown,
Ohio, district are operating at nearly
100 per cent. capacity.
The Mansion House at Manitou,
Col, was destroyed by fire. The prop
erty was valued at $250,000.
Lieutenant James F. Ahearn, United
States Coast Guard Service head in
New York, was ordered to Miami,
Fla.
Defenders Day, the anniversary of
the battle of North Point in the war
of 1912. was celebrated at Baltimore.
A State investigation into the al
legged smelter trust in Missouri was
opened at Joplin.
The Women Voters convention
opened vt San Francisco with 5000
delegates.
William Sprague, famous "war gov
ernor" of Rhode Island, and twice
United States Senator from that State,
died at him home in Paris, aged "a.
His body will be taken to Rhode
Island for burial.
Lawrence B. Sperry, the aviator,
sailed from New York for Liverpool
the American liner New York, to
supervise the equipment of new Brit
ish ~aeroplane cruisers with the Sperry
stabilizer.
The Bethlehem Steel Co. will spend
$500, 900 to add three stories to its No.
2 machine shop at South Bethlehem,
Pa, which is engaged in the manu-
facture of guns.
The new torpedo-boat destroyer
O'Brien carried off the honors during
and target practice by 22
d%estroyers off Hampton Roads.
Reports received at London from
Ireland state that Richard Croker will
turn over to the British Red Cross
all stakes won by his horses this
season.
Army officers at Panama have com
pleted plans for the fertilization of
Taboga Island, ~ miles out in the
Pacific Ocean from the Canal e
Governor wager of Porto Rico sailed
from San Juan for New York to see
President Wilson and urge American
citizenship for Porto Ricans.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-09-17
FIGHTS ON SERBIAN BORDER.

New Austrian Forces Checked in Ef-
forts to Fortify.
Nish, Serbia-Skirmishing contin-
ues between the Serbians and the new
Austrian forces drawn up along the
border. An official statement says:
"The principal operations were
thoe directed successfully against
Austrian efforts to fortify the left
bank of the Danube at the mouth
of the PEEK, and various points on
the left bank of the Drina and the
front along the Save"