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The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-03-07
FORMER MUTUAL LIFE
PRESIDENT PASSES OUT
Richard A. McCurdy Dies At
Home In New Jersey

(Associated Nress by Federal Wtreless0
MORRISTOWN, New Jersey, March
7.--Richard Aldrich McCurdy, former
president of the Mutual Life Insurance
Company, died at his home in this
city last night, after a long illness.
Mr.. McCurdy was born in New York,
January 80, 1888, and was educated at
Harvard, where he won the degree Of
Lib. After his graduation he prac,
tisrd law for time in New York and
was finally appointed attorney for the
Mutual Life Insurance Company In
1868 he was elected ce-president Of
the company and held that position
until, in 1885, he was chosen president
He resigned from that office in 1906.
Mr.. MeCurdy was enormously veal
thy, and played an important part in
the management of several great com.
panies, besides others the Bell Tee-
rhone Company, of which he was pres.
dent,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-03-07
believe GERMAN
FLEET PREPARING
FOR A BIG ATTACK
May Try To>cut Way To Liberty
Through ThrottIing Allied
Squadrons
.KAlSER'S SUBMARINES ..r.1.
AT WORK NEAR oxELSUND
Report of Contemplated Move BY
Teuton Admira, Comes From
Scandinavia "
tAssOctatsd Press By Federal wirsisss.'

LONDON, March Tho German
Baltic feet is preparing to come out
and give battle to the fleets Of Great
Britain and Russia, according to re-
ports reaching this city from Scandi-
Davian sources. ..4@ Et#
Russian torpedo boat destroyers have
been reported bnsy in the Baltic in the
vicinity Of GLAND, and German subma-
rines are known to be operating ex-
tensively in the neighborhood Of 0xel-
sund. .|<sE .-'N
The general unders landing that the
Allies are preparing to intercept. all
German traffic between the German
Baltic ports and the Scandinavian
ports when the ice melts in the Spring
is believed to have stirred the Teu.
tons to realization that the success
of such a move would cut them off en-
tirely from the world, and will force
them to make the naval attack predict.
ed by the Swedish and Norwegian de-
spatches.y ~.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-03-07
Former Mayor of Cleveland Is Named
To Fill Vacant Cabinet Office

five years old. He was educated in the
Johns Hopkins and Washington and
Lee universities, receiving from the
latter the degree of doctor of laws.
After serving as private secretary to
Postmaster General Wilson, 1861, he
made Cleveland, Ohio, his home, enter.
ing the practise of law. From 1909 to
I0I2, Mr.. Baker was city solicitor Of
Cleveland, and its mayor for the two
terms, l9l2-l4 and l9l4--l6. Al.
though Democrat, he has never taken
mMch pant in national nnlitics
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-03-07
PR|SONERSBURN
TO DEATH IN FIRE
Eighteen Men Perish When Dis
imeCtant Ignites and Forty
Others May Die
ASSOCIATED Press BY FEDERAL wtr,l.s,1

Ell PASO, March 7.-Eighteen pris-
OIL RS in the city Jail were burned to
death, and the institution was destroy
ed by fire last night. Forty others suf
fered so severely that it is feared they,
too, will die.
The flames started in a bathroom,
where a number of the inmates were
taking a bath. The disinfectant used
is Of q highly infamable nature and
when one Of the men struck. match
there was an explosion that scattered
the burning fluid over the naked bodies
Of the men, and caught the woodwork
of the room.
Instantly there was a panic and the
nude, screaming victims burst out of
the doors and fed down the street, un
til the blazing stuff burned itself out.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-03-07
Launching One Titanic Attack
After Another, Troops Of Crown
Prince Seek Once More To Cut
Way Towards City Of Paris
TEUToNlcS CAPTURE ...
VILLAGE OF FORCES
This Is Nine Miles From Strong
hold, But GalIics RetaIiate BY
Checking Enemy and InfIlctine
Slaughter With the Artillery
tAsSOeia.ed Press by Federal wireless,

CAsSociated Press by Federal wireisss)
T oNDON, March 7!--Launching one
terrific attack after another up
on the French lines that are
guarding Verdun, the Germans are
once more seeking to hammer their
way through, and clear the path to
Paris. ....
The thrusts that follow each other
in rapid succession and increased
ferceness, are fully equal to those that
pressed back the Gallo front three
miles in the first battle last week, and
ended with the capture of the Fort
Douaumont.
Dispatches from the front last night
reported that the Teutonic drive so
far has resulted in the capture Of the
little village of Forges, nine miles
northwest Of Verdun, but that an
equally strong attack upon Cote Lois
has been repulsed with frightful
slaaghteFs - 4 I.Segsysf-sfs AZ ss1s4-s
Maison Chad1paene Taken ~ WI
The attackers have, 1t IL announced,
succeeded in occupying a portion Of the
trenches held by the French at Maisor
Champagne, in the Champagne district,
but on the other hand, the French have
successfully held them back in spite
of heavy artillery bombardment and
located infantry assault at Mont
Tete.
The French artillery is more than
holding it's own in this battle. One
of the big German munition posts in
the Argonne has been exploded by the
fire of French six-inch guns, which are
rendering most effective service all
along the battered lines.
Berlin reports that the Germans on
Saturday and Sunday succeeded in
capturing one thousand yards of tren-
ches at Verdun, and dispatches from
The Hague announce that the Teutons
evidently are making further prepara,
tio"s for assaults ON other parts of the
western lines. ~.
Cavalry Moves Against Britons
Forty thousand cavalry is said to be
on its way toward the front at Ypres,
row held by British troops. Other
troop movements are also reported.
Twenty-seven car loads of German
wounded are said to have left the Yer
dun front
The French center is now at Douau-
mont and is holding firmly, while the
Germans are hammering at the flanks.
On Wocvre plain, where the contend
ing armies have been battling tena-
ciously the Germans have concentrated
an intense artillery fire, centering in
the regions of Huadomont and Fresnot.
On the extreme left the German artil-
lery is pounding the French positions
In the Lamorthome region.
Furious German Assault
Meanwhile the Germans are keeping
up furious assaults against the main
defenses of Verdun.
Military and political circles of
France are satisfied. The opinion pre-
walls that the German efforts will be
more easily disposed of now than was
eN"""tcd. AS a consequence Of this
confidence French rentes are rising
fractiOnally.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-03-07
CHINA MAIL TAKES
ACTION TO EXPAND
California Gives Company Au-
,thority To Raise More Money
10 Purchase Steamers

NHociated Presa ~ IqderM WiIelqssDi
: fssssfcR AMlsEro, M isrchS PeIsnisis
sion 70 issue ssl6e,ooo 4 additional
shares was granted by the California
commissioner Of corporations to- the
China Mail Steamship Company, now
operating the steamer China between
San Francisco, Honolulu and the ORR
ent. With this new capital stock it is
proposed to buy and operate more
steamers between America and China,
via Hawaii. N'
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-03-07
FRANCE HAS STOPPED
SUGAR lMP0RTATIONS
W'.ontatsd Press By Federal wirslss.J

WASHINGTON, March 7-Despatch-
es to the state department from Paris
announced last night, that a presiden-
tial degree has been issued in France
prohibiting the importation of refined,
raw or powdered sugars of foreign orig
in after March 3. The decree was is
sued March 2. Its provisions do not
apply, it is said, to contracts entered
into prior to February /.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-03-07
GREAT PACKING FIRMS
WILL INCREASE WAGES
ASSOCIATED Press ~ Federal wireless, >,

VH""VO7"Vou IV"' " fNuVEN W'T0Iobb.I
CHICAGO, March Thirty thous,
and employees of the big packing firms
of Armour 4 Co., Swift & Co., aud
the Morris, Sulsberger Company, have
Just been notified that after this week
they ar" to receive an addition to their
pay. In all the added payroll will
amount to about $50, 900 weekly for the
three companies.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-03-07
GENERAL VILLA ON
WAY TO SEE WILSON
ASSOCIATED Pres. by Federal wireless,

WASHINGTON, March General
villa is reported by General Pershing,
to have been seen six miles south of
Columbus, New Mexico. He is believ-
ed to be attempting to make his way
to Washington, where, it is said, he
hopes to see President Wilson person.
ally, and exOnerate himself from the
stigma of the massacre of Americans
at Ysabcl, and to explain his present
position
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-03-07
ITALIAN AEROPLANES
RAID AUSTRIAN BASE
(Aanooiatsd Prom py redernl vTirslssal

GENEVA, March 7.-Repor.J from
Swiss and Austrian sources announce
that Italian aerOplanes have made a
successful air raid upon the barracks
and military station at Leibach. In all
more than eight hundred Austrian sol
di"rs were killed and wounded by the
explosions caused by the aerial bonn
bardnent of the Italian planes
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-03-07
AMERICAN SHOOTS DOWN
MEXICAN C0MMANDANT T

reaoe.otao Prass bv feds-sI WtroIessD
Ell PASO, March An American
motorman last night shot and killed
General marez GuNira commander of
the Mexican garrison at Juarez, across
the river from this city He. was ar
rested.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-03-07
ARMY ENGINEER CORPS
WILL HAVE NEW CHIEF
ASSOCIATED Press BY FEDERAL wireless. }

WASHINGTON, March 7.-President
Wilson Yesterday sent to the senate hi,
nomination Of Col. William Black, Uni
ted States Engineers, as the successor
to General kingman, chief of the Corps
of Engineers. General Kingman has
been retired for age.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-03-07
SAN FRANCISCO HAS
ANOTHER TONG WAR
ASSOCIATED Press by Federal Wireless

SAN FRANCISCO, March Tong
warfare broke ont again last night
in one of the theatefS of Chinatown.
Fong Wing, member of the Suey Ons,
killed one member of the Hop Sing
tong and wounded four, three OF them
fatNllv, in desnerate RGht. He then
surrendered to the police.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-03-07
STEWARDS OF STEAMER
SIERRA ARE ARRESTED
tAs.acisted Press = FEDERAL wirsl..

PAGO PAGO, March Robert Beck
and Charles Frederieks, stewards on the
Oceanic steamer Sierra, were arrested
here yesterday charged with attempt.
ing to smuggle liquor into the port
Beck, who is the famous Olympic swim
mer, was bailed out and allowed to pro
ceed, but Fredericks was held by the
authorities. Pago Pago is naval sta
tion and "dry' territory unIer the or,
ders Of the secretary of the navy.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-03-07
RUSSIA PLACES NEW
WAR ORDER WITH JAPAN
(spee Cablegram 70 Nippu Jiii.

TOXIC, March 6.-Russia has placed
new order with Japan for munitions
valued at Yen 45,0OO,OOO. The order
was accepted. 1t. will be distributed
among the factories by the govern.
ment.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-03-07
SHERMAN CARRIES RECRUITS

SAN FRANCISCO, March THE U.
S. transport Sherman sailed from this
port last night with l72 recruits on
board, destined to I'll the gaps in the
regiments doing garrison duty in Ha
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-03-07
A.,oc,.t.d Press by Federal wireless,

CAsso"iatad Press by Federal WiFelessl
WASHINGTON, March 6A-lt Is
learned today that newton y. Baker,
former mayor of ulevehhd, Ohio, has
been selected as secretary of war to
fiji the vacancy caused by the resigna
tion Of Lindley NJ Garrison. He has
accepted and is preparing to come to
Washington.
HAS NO NATIONAL RECORD
Newton Dichl Baker is n native Of
Martinsburg, West Virginia, and forty
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-04-06

uLLlG ldJ6E LQaL she was SQuGT1QS
from cancer of the stomach and it
was feared it was too late for the
operation to do more than alleviate
some of the pain until the end.
THAT evening the surgeon who
was going to operate told me she
had said, Doctor, l am going to sub
NIT to this operation because you and
your staff want me to, but l warn
you that if the malady comes back
and I have the old racking pain 1
am going to make an end and go to
sleep
1 do not think this cOwardice,'
she continued, for you, as well as 1,
know that with the return of the
trouble death in most horrible form
is only question of time. I have
tried to do all l can for suffering hui
manity and now I think I owe it to
myself to save myself from as much
suffering as possible
What did you say to her?' I
asked the doctor whom l suspected
of more than a passing admiration
for this lovely woman.
/
are right, Miss KatOn. 1 believe if
I were in. your condition I would
probably do the same thing if 1
could and then asked, How large
is the graduating class of nurses this
year?'
Zone hundred and forty she an
swered.
Will your classes average that
each year?'
Not quite, but think I can safe
ly say they will average a hundred
Every one of the girls look up
to you
''She looked up with grateful eyes,
I think so, 1 hope So
We'll, suppose you carry out your
intentions and end it all, don't you
think that among all those girls there
will come times to. many when they.
Il L L
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-04-06

WE CAN'T EVEN DIE T
This morning while my little nurse
was getting me ready to move l in
advertently said something about it
being rather useless to go to all this
care to take me over to dear Mrs.
SeIwin.
q am sure it will only be for lit
tie while" l said
$50 am l sure she answered. I
saw by her face she was thinking of
my recovery, while l was thinking
only of death as the end. l took
sudden resolution.
Alice (my little nurse has become
my friend and 1 call her by her
name), feel it would be wrong not
to tell you of the decision l have
made. l am not giving up yet, but
I am going to reserve the right to end
it all if l find the burden getting too
heavy"
Dear Mrs. Waverly, not for mo-
ment must you harbor such thoughts.
You are going to get well. Please
don't lose your courage. Let me tell
you something which kept me from
sending myself out into the dark
when it seemed to me my burden
was too heavy.
AT the hospital where I was in
training the superintendent was one
of the most wonderful women have
ever known. She was mother, friend
and advisor to every young nurse in
the school She never seemed to
have lost her humanness, which so
many nurses and doctors lose. 1
loved her as only lonely girl can
love a woman she admires and pat
terms after. If she had lived l would
have gone to her with my trouble
and probably have been saved the
public disgrace at least.
I'm my third year at the hospital
I began to notice the growing weak
ness of the superintendent and one
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-07-01
YOUNG UTAH
MARCHES FORTH

With glad and gallant tread the
first unit of Utah's contribution ia
the national defense has marched
away. To the same martial airs ard
in Il similar stirring atmosphere
others will soon follow. The sober
khaki, corded hat and canvas Logging
have been much in evidence I'm our
peaceful streets and In the towns
environs within the past ten days,
but soon these will have disappeared
and the gallant wearers will be far
away from home and loved oues,
amid strange scenes and surround.
irgs, perhaps in positions OF hourly
peril. At best they will have much
to learn and much to endure.
1t is a solemn and an impressive
thought-one which forces itself on
the mind after the inspiring strains
of music have died away and after
the enthusiasm and the thrills have
been succeeded by the conditions Of
ordinary everyday life.
No one knows what Is ahead Of
these boys, no one can tell when or
how many OF them will come back.
The universal hope is that not one
o. them shall be missing when the
tour Of duty is ended, and that all
will return in health and safety.
1t is hoped that not one goes away
filled with the desire to shed his
fellowman's blood, and that all may
escape the need OF entering into a
deadly battle with a foe. The prob
ability is that, even though war
should come, these young men will
not have to take much part in the
fghting-that grain OF comfort their
loved ones at home may take. Rut
that though. it is safe to say, has
not entered the hearts of any N
those who have gone or are yet TO
60. They have offered their services
without reservation. and their lives.
II need be. fearlessly and eagerly
Great is youth. and great is love
of flag and country!-Deseret News.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-07-01
A CRISIS IN RELATIONS
WITH MEXICO

Signs of a gathering storm In the
relations between the United States
and Mexico have multiplied in the
last week or ten days. In a raid b,
Mexican bandits at San Ignacio OH
June Is, three American soldiers
were killed and six wounded, ana OF
the following day a band of Next
cans near San Benito was driven
away by a detachment of United
States troops. On Saturday, June
II, the Mexican General Trevino no
titled General Pershing that any
movement OF American troops to the
south, east or west, would he re
garded as a hostile act. General
Pershing replied that he took orde,
, only from his own government and
moved patrols in defiance Of Trevi
nos threat. At Brownsville, ON the
same day, General Ricaut sent q
warning to General Parker to The
effect that, unless United States
troops which crossed the border T.,
pursuit of raiders were withdrawn
TN attack would be made upon them
The situation was regarded as sc
tense at Washington that President
Wilson sent a call for militia from
all the states to protect the border
from further aggression. This call
has met with prompt response from
all the states At the same time Sec
rotary Daniels ordered a number OF
additional gunboats to both coasts Ct
, Mexico. Then came a report OF q
clash at Mazatlan between a landing
party from the Annapolis and MeNi
can soldiers on shore. Then Score
tary Lansing sent forward his note
rejecting Carranza's demand for the
withdrawal OF the American troops
This was followed by the report OF
a serious conflict at Carrizal between
Carranzista forces and American
troops, In which twelve American
soldiers were killed According to 70
ports the Mexicans fired upon the
Americans during a parley.
Minister OF War, Obregon, has
since accepted responsibility for tn,
! attack, and has called on rebel lead
ers to aid Carranza. The House
has passed a resolution deciarina
that an emergency exists and auth
orizing a draft of militiamen willing
to take the new oath. while Secro
tary Baker has ordered every depart
ment commander to send all militia
forces to the border as fast as they
can be equipped ,--Bradstreets.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-07-01
AM ERICA FIRST
AND ONLY

The boys of the Utah battery who
left last Tuesday night for the Mexi-
can border, and the other Utah boys
who are awaiting orders at Fort
Douglas, are not responding to 'he
cali of humanity. They are not NOV.
ed to their self sacrifice by abstract
sentimentalism. The call to which
they are responding is that of their
country.
America offers to Americans ev'
erything for which they need to feel
affection II Is the only land In which
the American citizen has the right
10 be interested. Colonel Roosevelt
aptly said that citizen has no more
right to think as much OF other coun-
much OF other women as of his wife.
America first and America only,
is slogan sufficient to every Am
crican.
For those who delight In dreams
II Is pleasant to dream OF human
ity" OF the kinship of races and OF
peoples, OF the brotherhood of man
that shall some day level all inter
national barriers and create oae
great world wide nation OF COM
mon tongue, common aspirations and
common ideals, But to the practical
citizen, who leaves visions to the vi
sionary and dreams to the dreamers.
the day OF international union Is
still far distant Geographical and
racial lines of cleavage are still toe
plainly marked to be ignored. This
Is my own, my native land" must
continue the ruling sentiment OF ev'
cry American II his country Is to en-
dufe.
Should humanity profit. and hum
anity doubtless will profit, by the &C.
tivities OF the Utah boys in khaki.
and of their comrades In arms, such
profit is only incidental to the main
issue, They are going to the border
to protect only their own country, a
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-07-01
SHOULD WIVES BE PARTNERS
OR ORNAM ENTS7

An editorial in the July number
OF the Woman's Home Companion
says:
Many men seem to take a certain
pride in the fact that their wives
have all the freshness and lack OF
experience of little girl. They
think. because they have shut their
wives of from any contact with real
life, that they are better, more in.
dulgent husbands than those who go
H. their wives at night with their
troubles, and who never make an
important business move without
first planning 1t out at home.
"They are wrong. In the first
place they deprive themselves OF a
valuable asset in business-the clear
penetrating power of a woman's in
tuition. In the second place, 1t is
no compliment to n woman to keep
her forever little girl. Life is not
made rich by evading responsible.
tIsS, tut man VIM SINUS Ills WIG oh
from his business because he wants
to save her worry and from child
bearing because he cannot think of
her enduring pain, generally succeeds
in giving her a sense OF utter use
lessness that makes her miserable.
And, I'm the event Of his death, he
leaves her problems with which she
is utterly unprerared to cope.
MANY of the moral breakdowns
occur not in youth, but in the middle
life period, when habits are supposed
to have been formed and character
fixed. Youth is usually free from
covetousness and greed. Middle age
is less likely to be. Almost every
week the newspapers report the f.
nancial difficulties, if not the down.
right dishonesty. Of some respected
man in middle life, who has sacrific-
ed everything in trying to get too
much.
"And we have noted that such ca
tastrophes take place less often In
the families where the wife is fully
acquainted with her husbands af-
fairs
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-07-01
AM ERiChN SAILORS

Up to the first of June the steam
beat inspection service had ISSUED
United States certificates as able
seamen to 2O,67s men, nearly one
third Of them being native born Am
orleans, Porto Ricans and Hawaiians
| being included. The remainder hail
from score or more countries, the
Norwegians leading the procession.
The sea has not proved attractive
TO young Americans for half cen
trry or more, principally because
there were few American vessels =.
But aside from that fact the interior
or the country has been developing
very fast and the young men as fast
as they grew up listened to Horace
Greeley's advice. go West, Young
Man, Go West"
Now that there Is no larger "frou-
tier" within the United states and
all the, commonwealths are fairly
well populated, the opportunities CT
fifty or even twenty years ego have
teen very much curtailed. SO some
OF the adventurous spirits ri the tarm
ing states wend their way 70 the SEA
ports and take ship. Thousands of
them have taken service in the navy
and they are once more going aboard
the merchant men as able bodied
seamen.
Many, many years ago the Yankee
shippers and Yankee seanie1 were
the smartest and best seafaring men
IN the world. They we're to be seen
in every port IN their clipper rugged
vessels, and were the cause ~ con.
siderable pride upon the part OF
their countrymen wherever they hap
pened to be.
or these gallant old sea dogs, moth
ing but memory remains. Once IN
a while the average American will
pick up one of the sea tales written
in the long ago and renew his ac-
uuaintance with Long Tom Coffin"
"Barnacle Bill" and the other heroes
of his early youth. Then he signs as
he remembers the Yankee sailor has
heen all but extinct as class for
half century.
Life aboard ship was very hard in
the old days, but there was no lack
Of men who were willing to go be-
tore the mast in order to see the
world. Conditions have improved
in recent years, the wages are high
Or and the food Is better. Therefore
here is reason for the hope that In
he near future the number Of able
bodied American seamen will in
crease to such an extent that every
vessel of our new merchant marine
will be manned with them and that
we will have first class auxiliary
10 our navy Tribune.