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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-12
PRESIDENTS MIND -.
NOT YET MADE UP
Still Undecided As To Attitude On
Various Submarine Issues
Now Pending
tAssoela.sd PROM y r.d.r.l wlr.l,.s.,

+ WASHINGTON, December g-Presi.
dent Wilson has given no indication of
what attitude he intends to take on
the submarine question now one of the
most serious problems which he has to
solve.
mueed he has positively stated that
he ''is undecided" what he will do,
although il is known that he has been
gong over the recent developments in
he situation, and has been devoting
much Of his time TO the matter since
the receipt OF the German note on the
sinking of the Arabia, which is regard.
Cd here as weak and unsatisfaetory.''
The administration, awaiting their
cue from their 5hief are silent; except
to reiterate that the attitude of the
government has not been changed and
that il is to be expected that Mr.. vii.
son will so announce within few days.
fresh factor was injected into the
problem yesterday by the official infor,
nation received here yesterday, es-
tablishing the status 4of the British
steamer Marina, which was sunk off
he Irish coast by a German suhma
rine, as in no sense q war transport and
therefore, entitled to the immunities
which Germany has pledged herself to
give merchant vessels.
The Marina was sunk with the loss
Of six Americans. crew members, and
Berlin has already stated that the sub.
marine commander reports that he sank
the vessel mistaking it for another
This is the same or practically the same
excuse the Germans have given in the
case of the Arabia.
A new note sent by the United
States to Germany on the general sub
marine situation appears possible.
If it is sent it win be for the pur,
pose of clearing up the apparent diff
ferences in INTERPRETATION of what Ger.
many's pledges, after the Sussex at
tack, covered, especially with reference
to armed ships. - .,,
Secretary Of State Lansing has ask
I'D Britain for information to determine
the status of the p. & o. liner Arabia
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-12
NAVAL D0ARDCAN
:. NOT Select SITE
Members Unable To Choose Place
For Constructing Big Armor
Plate Plant
tAasoeis.ea Press By Federal wirele.sl

WASHINGTON, December 9-The
naval board, which has been going
over the claims of the various pro-
posed sites for the armor plate plant
20 be established and conducted by the
government, has reported that it feels
Inahle to designate any one of the sites
under consideration for its recommen-
IahOn. The members of the board
have not attempted to select any one
of the sites considered, says the report.
The report that was presented to the
navy department yesterday has not
been made public except in very gen
1ral way. The question of a site has
been reviewed in all it's aspects and a
summary of the claims of one hundred
and twenty-five cities has been made.
It il understood that a majority of the
hoard favors a site somewhere in the
Middle West, but no vote was taken
nor is any preference expressed Off
tally.
1t is probable that Secretary Daniels
will name another board, with instruc
ions to make specific recommends.
ions, "a e.. fss
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-12
F|GURESOFCANAL,
SHOW Big DEFICIT
Report For Fiscal Year Likely To.
Lead To Increase vi
Tolls

WASHINGTON, December 9--'rhc
publication of the figures of receipts
and expenditures in connection With
the operation of the Panama Canal
showing a heavy deficit in the water.
way end of the business, will probably
lead to recQmmendR5ipn,ftbat TIC
canal tolls be raised substantially.
The statement Of the canal finances
for the year ending June 30 show that
the cost of operations for the canal pro
per is double the amount taken in from
the ships using the canal, while even
when adding the net revenues of the
Transisthfnian Railroad TO the capal
receipts, the total operating costs ex-
ceed the total revenues by GIT percent
The total expenses of the canal and
railroad amounted to $29,327 ,5O4. The
total income from the land and water
lines amounted to $27, 339 1888, leaving
a deficit of approximately two million
dollars, p
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-12
CHARLESH. BROWN,
: BUSINESSMAND|ES
End Comes At Sanitarium Where
He Had Been Taken For
Treatment

Charles Henry Brown, Of 1923 East
Manoa Road, member of the house of
repre- sentatives in the last territorial
legislature and well.known business
man of Honolulu for many. years past,
lied shortly after three clock yester.
day morning in the .Bcretania Sanitar-
UNI, where he had been under treat
ment for some weeks.
Mr.. Brown was born in New York on
Auguat 10, 1887, and was in his sixtieth
year. He first came to Hawaii in the
ll-fated City of Columbia, which ar
lived in Hilo from the Northwest ports
If the mainland about twenty years
ago and, after making several attempts
o leave the Islands, sank off Niihau.
For a number of years Brown was a
prominent citizen and business man of
Hilo. He removed later to Honolulu
md established here the Honolulu Scrap
Iron Company, Of which be was, man.
lger and virtually sole owner, Always
l ataunch Republican, Brown took an
active part in local politics and in fra,
tcrnal work. He was a past noble of
Harmony Lodge, No. B, and supreme
deputy dictator of the Loyal Order of
Moose in Hawaii and in the latter Gu
pacity made three trips to the main
land in the interest of the order He
was a member of the first police and
fire civil service commission. and served
= term in the Legislature, but failed OF
nomination at the primary election last
september.
He is survived by the wife and @
daughter, Ruth +. Brown, now attend
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-12
COASTilAPANESE
ELECT OFFICERS
David Starr Jordan Named Vice
President Of Japan Society
Of California
Especial osblssran to Nippu JuD

. NSpeehh Oepiegram 70 Nippu Jlji)
SAN FRANCISCO, December 9-Thc
annual meeting Of the japan society,
which is composed Of many prominent
Americans and Japanese of California,
was held last night in the St. Francis
Hotel, and more than one hundred mem
lbers wtfe0present. After reports of
business and financial conditions, the
election of the officers was held. -
The new officers are as follows:
Francis B. Loomis, former assistant
seeeretary of state, president; Doctor
David Starr Jordan, yice.preseident:
Doctor Guy, Mr.. Hale, and Miss Bell,
directors; s. Tokieda, manager Of the
San Francisco branch of the Yokohama
Specie Bank, treasurer; and Y. Maya
shima, manager of the Mitsui Products
Company, auditor. .-..|.
ID Doctor Guy gave an address repre-.
senting the American members and Y.
Ichihashi, professor of Standard Uni.
versity made a speech representing the
Japanese members. Several days ago
the University Of California had deeid.
ed TO study japan for the purpose of
promoting the friendship between the
United States and Japan. by mutual
understanding, and appointed com
mittee which is composed of four pro-
fessors of the university. The members
of the Japan society who were present
Vt the annual meeting promised the
committee to give. every possible as
sistance.,. -, say3
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-12
.ASOUlTH REFUSES
.EARLDBM OFFERED
BY KING GEORGE.
tA.,esl...a Boo. ), r.a.I.l wlr.l...l !

tAspoeirtsd rress ~ Federal wirslss,J
i.oNDON psts4bsE p-Tbe Kips
has asked former piemisf HeTbert ~
quith to accept an earldom and the
Order Of the Garter, according to i
statement printed in the Morning
Chronicle today This, hejourRal adds
Mt. Asquith has reformed 70 Hi,
Majesty. an answer requesting to. be
permitted to decline both honors.
ISH RI. Hon. Arthur James Balfour
Unionist,- present first lord of the ad.
miralty, and former premier Of Bri
tain, is to be the new foreign secretary
ihf Lloyd George 3 cabihetstif O. move.
ment now on foot succeeds. AT a meet.
ing of Liberals yesterday iflFnSasp Safd
that Balfour would be the next foreign
secretary, ....
Mr.. Asquith told the meeting Of Lib.
erals yesterday that he has not relin-
quished the leadership of the Liberal
party. ........ 49,.
: He said that there had been a care.
fully engineered campaign against him,
but acquitted Lloyd. George and the lat.
ter Is associates from taking. part in
this, campaign,{ e.. .g,-, r.. ,,, 49,.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-12
FEAR RAIDER NOW
rowing ATLANTIC
Entente Ships Warned Suspected
Vessel Is Loose Along the
Trade Routes
(AssOeta.ed Press By Federal wlrslessl

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, December
authorities. have been in
structed to warn shipping belonging to
the nations of the Entente, that 1t be
flowed German raider is loose in the
Atlantic.
This suspected vessel is some where
in the North Atlantic, according to
this. warning. She was intercepted by
a British war ship north of, Scotland
on December 2, but was allowed to
proceed under the impression that she
was the Dutch steamer Gamma. Later
it developed that the Gamma was in
harbor at Kirkyall, England until
December 3.
1t is thought possible that the
suspected ship is carrying mines, ig-
tending to strew them along the trade
routes between the United States and
Great Britain.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-12
WHooPIN6 COUGH.

When your child has wheopiDg cough
be careful to keep the cough loose and
expectoration easy by giving Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy rs may be re
CURED This remedy win also liquify
the tough mucus and make it easier 4"
expectorate. 1t has been used success
fully in many epidemics and as it con
tains no narcotic or other injurious
substances it 10 perfectly safe. For sale
by all healers Benson, Smith Il Co..
Ltd, agents for Hawaii.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-12
DUAL, MONARCH MAY HAVE
DRASTIC C0MPULSI0N LAW

ASSOCIATED Press by Federal wirsIeSs)
LONDON, December 9--According to
u despatch from Budapest, to the Post
a bill providing for universal eompul
sorry service either in the army or in
some work that will be of direct assist
ance TO the State, will be introduced
into the Austrian and Hungarian par
liaments Immediately. 1t will be mod
eled upon the measure which recently
became a law in Germany but will be
much more drastic.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-12
CHINA SENDS Envoy
TO COURT At TOXIC
especial Cablssran to Nippu JpD

TOXIC, December S-Tsao- ju.lin,
farmer assistant secretary Of state Of
china. will leave Picking on Deccm-
Der, Is for Toxic. His visit is consid,
red of much Importance in diplomat
j. circles. us he will be entertained as
Il guest Of the Japanese government.
President Ii Yuan Hung has appoint
cd Tsao. ju,lin as the special envoy to
tiscuss the relations between China and
Japan 10 Oriental matters,
Ii Yuan Hung was educated in
Japan, and since his election to the
Presidency of China has been unusually
/ friendly to this country. He is sending
o deeoration Of the highest order which
v ~ be presented to Emperor Yoshihito
uf japan by the envoy.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-12
BRITlSH'S PEACE
TERMS ARE VICTORY

ASSOCIATED PrsSA by Federal Wirelsssj
NEW YORK, December g. ENG
land wants peace, and wants it bad
". but not enough TO listen to pro.
pOsal in that direction until the
full and Just demands Of her allies
nave been won from Germany. Any
thing less than that " i'll mean a
great defeat, "
r" said President Shaughnessy,
hend Of the Canadian Pacific last
night on his arrival in this city
frc" London, where he has been on
business.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-12
UNCLE SA|M'SARMY
THOUSANDS SHORT
ASSOCIATED Press by Federal wirslesss

ASSOCIATED Press by Federal Wireless3
WASHINGTON, December S-ks
showing the need for recruits for the
regular army under the new national
defense plan, Adjutant- General Nc
Cain, has fled report stating that
the army is now short 1850 officers and
$685. men of the authorized strength
for June 30, 1917, and that on the July
|, 1917, next day the army will be
more than thirty.four thousand men
under the authorized strength. The sud
den difference is due to the fact that
the first increment of the army increase
under the national defense plan will
be available July /.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-12
VENDORS OF ICE CREAM
CAUGHT VIOLATING LAW

Food Inspector NJ. B. Bairos, after
an inspection, of thirty places selling
ice cream in the city, reported that he
found twenty Of them were selling be-
lew the standard of fourtecn percent of
butter fat. Two Of the dealers, Chu
Hoon and Inukai, were arrested The
other. eighteen were warned to li%e M
TO the requirements of the law. Bairos
threatens to publish the names Of III"
delinquents ufter~,his next inspection.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-12
REAR. ADMIRAL URGES
BIGGER, FASTER SHIPS
Associated Press BY Federal wireless,

WASHINGTON, cPessImpptesFE gstt Rear
Admiral Charles.J, Badger, .refired land
member of the general board Of the
navy department, explained to the
house committee on naval affairs today
the recommendation of the hoard for
larger ships for the 1918 building pro
gram. Admiral Badger said that
Japan is building larger, more. power
full and swif;er battieships tAan any
being planned by the United; States.
The main battery of this great fight.
ing machine, he said, would be l2, 10
or l6.inh guns.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-12
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAT

take LAXATIVE BROMo QuINlNE
,Iahets). Druggists refund money II
t fails to cure. The signature, OF
;. v, GROVE is on each box. Man.
fractured by the PARIS MEDICINE
co st Lo"is. U. S. A. .. 80
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-12
HEIRESS 10 MANY
MILLIONS DIES
AFTER OPERATION
tA..ecIssa. rr,.. " Federal wrsl..,1

NEW YORK, December 9--Yesterday
aeterhSen, shortly after the appraisers
Of her husbands estate had announced
that she had been left the sole heir TO
stocks, bonds and property worth $40.
566,S95, Mrs. Mary. Warden Hardness.
widow Of the late Charles Harkness
died in, a. private hospital, here, follow
ing an operation s' ~"
Charles Hardness, who was a director
of the Southern Pacific, the Burlington
and the the St., Paul Railroads and n
large owner Of STANDARD Oil securities,
died q few weeks ago. In hisr win he
left his entire estate TO his wife, who
was much younger than he.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-12
FRENCH FEAR BIG
BATTlESH|P LOST
tAssoetatsd Press by Federal wireless,

thNOcIaIeu FIeBb Dy FeuuIHI WFoFo7V
PARIS, December S-The French
battIeship Suffrcn, which sailed on
November "a for l. Orient, and carry
lns'a complement Of $50 men, has been
lost with all on board, in the opinion
of the minister Of marine.
The battleship Suffren is an old YES
sci, of laser tons, launched in 1899,
carrying four 12-inch, 10 64rinch and
other guns. She had a speed of Is
knots.
Torrent, France, is Il fortified sea-
port town on the Bay Of Biscay, with
extensive docks and building yards.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-12
C0ELH0 SEEKING JOB Y..
AS CLERK OF SENATE

William J. COelho formerly a senator
from Maui and now an emplOye of the
land Office is an active candidate for
clerk of the senate at the coming SEES
sion Of the Legislature. COelhO is fami,
liar With legislative procedure and
figures that he has better than an even
chance to win the appointment.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-12
FORME RI J Of +.
CHILE DESA AT HOME
(Assoc:ated Press by Federal wirslsss)

ASSOCIATED Press by Federal Wirsless)
SANTIAGO. Chile, December Ger
main RiescO, former President of Chile,
lied at! his home here yesterday. Senior
tiesco was for years the leader of the
Moderate Liberals of Chile, the party
opposed to the union of Church and
state, and was consequently in opposi-
tion TO the aims of the Roman Catholic
>arty in the Republic. He was elected
PREF ident in 1901, supported at the polls
by the Radicals and Liberals and the
pnti-church, wing Of the Conservatives.
Ie was a. relative OF the late President
ErrazuriZ.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-12
FAMOUS BUILDING SOLD

ASSOCIATED Press by Federal wireloss.l
NEW YORK, December S--Madi.
son Square Garden, scene Of many
famous events of metropolitan life,
has been purchased by the New
York Life Insurance Company ut
foreclosure sale for $27 100000.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-12
ARIZONA DRY NOW

PHOENIX, Arizona, December 8 -
stat" vide prohibition went into effect
throughout Arizona last night. All
liquor found in the State after mid.
night will be declared contraband and
conf srnthd
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-12
SECRETARIES TO RETAIN
POSTS IN THE CABlNET
IAssociated press by Federal WireIess.I

WASHINGTON, December 0-It vas
announced last night that Secretaries
McAdoo Of the treasury and Houston
Of the department of agriculture, will
retain their positions in the President y
official cabinet after the expiration of
the present term and the beginning of
the next.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-12
HAWAN'S POPULATION
NOW TOTALS 237,633
Governors Report Shows In
crease of 45,714
ASSOCIATED Press BY Fsdsral wirelssS)

WASHINGTON, December S--The
annual report Of Governor Lgcius Z.
Pinkham of Hawaii, made TO the see.
rotary Of the interior gives the pOPula
ton of Hawaii now as 237 1888, an in
crease of 1914 over the figures for
1910, when the last regular census was
taken. The greatest increase is shown
TO be 10 japanese, to whose numbers
1920 have been added. p,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-12
POLICE OFFICER TURNS
THIEF AND GETSBOOTY
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ASSOCIATED Press by Federal wirslsss)
LOS ANGELES, December S-M
bert Griffith, a policeman for four
years, is the bold thief who yesterday
robbed an express wagon Fof $4,000
after throwing pepper III the eyes of
the guard. Griffith has confessed to
detectives that be robbed the wagon.
Most Of the money has been recovered.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-12
Message From Washington Call
ing Attention To humanity Of
Treatment Of Conquered Peo-
pie Read To Him in Berlin
AMERICAN CHARGE SEES
Won BETHMANN HoLLWEG
State Department Makes Public
Contents Of Note Which De-
cIares That Teutons Are Wo-
Iating Laws Of Humanity
tAnsOcia.sd Press BY Federal wireless,

NHoAsSAesoa
WASHINGTON, December g
" The note of protest sent by
the United States to Berlin against
the continued deportation of Bel
gians, men, women and children,
by the German authorities in Bel
GUM, has been read to the German
chancellor. Won Bethmann Hollweg
but nothing is now known of what
was said or done at the interview
between the American charge, Jo-
seph G.. Grew, and the German
prime minister.
State department officials admit
ted last night that instructions had
been cabled to Grew to seek an in
tervjew with the chancellor at once
at which he was to read the note.
HELD INTERVIEW
They also admitted that Grew
had later cabled Interview has
taken place" but they would not
discuss the subject further nor
would they admit that the cable
from Grew contained anything be-
yond what they had made public.
The note was made public yes
tcrday. 1t protests against the
treatment of the Belgians by their
Overlords. the German invaders
and particularly does it protest
against the deportation of men
women and children from their
homes to Germany, where they are
being compelled to work for their
conquerors, thus freeing German
men for service in the army.
TREATMENT INHUMAN
This deportation and forced la
bor is declared by the note to BE-
contrary to common humanity and
the precedents set by other wars.
1t also declares that such treat
ment of helpless nOn-combatants
is a violation of all the rules of in
ternational law as well as the laws
of war.
The note was cabled to Berlin
November %, the day on which
Ambassador Gerard, at that time in
Washington on leave of absence
from his post in Berlin, discussed
this and other features of the stu
alton with President Wilson.
SOCIAL NECESSITY"
Berlin censors yesterday allow,
cd statement issued in that city
to 60 through to the outside. world
The statement declared that the
treatment accorded to the Belgian'
and their transfer to Germany
which has been the subject of sucf
bitter complaint, is social neces
ity and does not mean any hard,
ship to the deportcd men and wo,
Elen.'"
The Pensacola journal., 1916-10-30
RUSH To PAY CITY
LICENSE EXPECTED

AS but two more days remain in
which city licenses can be paid to
escape the fifty per cent penalty, it
is expected that a rush will be wit
messed practically all of today and
Tuesday, for as many as one thou
sand former licensed lines of busi-
ness have not yet been paid, and these
are the ones which are expected to
make more business in the Offices of
the city clerk and comptroller today
and Tuesday than has been transacted
in some time.
For the purpose of handling this
expected rush, the clerks have pre-
pared everything possible to be
reached and handled just as speedily
as possible, and the comptroller's Of
flee has enlisted the aid one of the
water departments employees to aid
in the rush work.
In case licenses are not paid be-
fore Tuesday night up to the hour of
closing business, the fifty per cent.
penalty viii become operative.
The Pensacola journal., 1916-10-30
FUNERAL OF MRS. T.
d 'R.DAvEnPORT WAS.
CONDUCTED SUNDAY

Funeral services were conducted
yesterday afternoon at Warrington
over the remains of the late Mrs.
Fannie Der. Davenport, well known
to every resident on the reservation.
The cortege left Pensacola at 1
o'clock, going to the Catholic church
at Warrington, where the services
were impressively conducted. Thence,
followed by large concourse of sor-
rowing friends and relatives, the short
trip to the cemetery was made, in
which place the remains were laid
to rest.
Flowers of the most beautiful cuts,
and floral designs in the most elab-
crate pieces, were offered, and placed
on the grave of one who was known
and loved throughout the city and
the reservation