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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-16
0UllUOE
DISTRICTS Is
COMMITTEE Plan

Plans whereby the territorial school
budget may be made more elastic,
thereby overriding any friction that
might arise in expending money for
school purposes, we're adopted at a
meeting on Thursday of the finance
committee of the house of representa-
tives, of which Clarence H. Cooke is
chairman.
Ii was decided to amend the method
of the school budget by appropriating
the funds Dy districts, instead of to
individual schools, whereby the money
would be available for use by any
school in district
In other words, instead of appropri-
ating separate amounts to a number
of schools in certain district, as has
been the custom in the past, the fin
ance committee intends to lump the
sum and place it at the disposal of
the district for use where 1t sees fit
BY this plan the committee believes
there would be an elimination of the
small balances that now arise through
Individual appropriations
The finance committee OF the house
has settled down to wading through
the school budget Chairman Cooke
announced today that the work is pro-
ceeding smoothly and that no radical
alterations or deletions have been
made.
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RECOUNT FAVORS
BONDS PASSING

The work of recounting the,water
and sewer bond election balloN. was
begun this moynipg in the ,SuFeme
.c6uft by County Clerk David Keiand
kalani and DeplryScity Attorney A, N.
Cristy and at noon today only -four
precincts had been counted. They are
the first, second, third and fourth of
the fourth district.
According to Cristy, the recount so
far is showing slight gain in favor
of the issue and also revealing sew
'eral strange mixups made by the in
spectors. For instance, in one pre-
,cinct they placed the ballots. marked
yes" instead of with cross, in the
yes" column; in another they placed
them in the mo" column and in still
another they divided them fifty-fifty.
In Cne precinct also the inspectors
did not copy correctly from the tally
sheet to the return sheet
While the gain for the bonds is only
two or three votes so far, if 1t contin-
ues throughout the other precincts it
may mean that the bond issue will
carry after all.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-16
Charter Fight
To Capitol In
MasSed March
Committee of One Hundred
Summoned BY Ten Whistles
For Visit to Senate; House
Rules Delay Appearance
There

Ten blasts of the Hawaiian Electric
Ccmpany's deep-thrCated whistle, at
two minutes after one today, let all
Honolulu know thai the Chamber Of
Commences committee of one hun
dred was ION the job
This morning there we're various
rumors that the chamber had decided
not to sound the whistle as the sig
nal for its big committee to gather
and begin its march to the legisla-
ture, but the rumors did not material
ize The whistle sounded and imme-
diately the businessmen began to.
gather.
At 2 O'Clock they were to go in a
body to the senate, where opportunity
was offered for them to place before
the senators the declaration OF
views" on the city charter.
This declaration OF views, as rrint-
ed in the StarBuIletin yesterday, was
accompanied lly letter to Senator
Chillingworth, president of the SEN
ate, explaining why the committee
appeared before it.
This letter declared the chambers
move to be dictated by an earnest de-
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BILL WOULD PROTECT +.
EQUITIES I'M REALTY


Senator NJ. c. Pacheco proposes 10
introduce next week a bill ''to estab-
lis equity for the protection of pur-
chasers Of real estate"
Paeheco's plan is to provide that
purchasers of property who have made
a certain portion of their payments to
real estate companies shall have some
sort of possession to the land -.
At the present time, he says, pur-
chaser may have got land on the in
stalment plan and made nearly all of
his payments thereon and yet be ousted
from it if, toward the close, he may
be unable to make payments. Pacheco
feels that some law to protect the
home buyer to certain extent at
least should be made and the bill
which he plans to introduce next week
will look toward this
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-16
TIDE OF BATTLE SWAYlNG
ON BLOODY S0MME FRONT

[Associated Press by Federal Wiretessl
LONDON, Eng, March Is With
the Germans falling back before the
attacks of the British on the whole
of the Buoquoy line on the Somme
front the official war office com
munique last night announced that the
British had battered their way deep
into the German lines along front
of two and one-half miles south of
Bois st. Pierre Vaast, and north of
the village of Saillisel.
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PETROGRAD, Russia, March 16.-The Council OF Nobility
has held special meetings ID provinces of Russia since the
outbreak the revolution and has ndorsed the revolutionary
The old regime of conservatives has been den
tey supplanted by the liberals.
The new minister of 0ustce, Kerenskjs, is Socialist
He accepted the portfolio with the stipulation that Russia be
given absolute freedom of speech plus full amnesty for all
charged with political offenses
The cabinet has chosen exclusively from present and
past members of the Dma An executive committee of the
Duma has been named in conjunction with deputies and
senatives of the working1nen and soldiers.
DR. Paul Mlukef the new foreign minister. informed the
Associated Press today that the regime has absolutely
4tt the elimination of Car Nicholas and upon
the regency of Grand Duke Michael The cabinet contains
men enoying the full confidence of the country.
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JOINT PROBE OF
PIER AFFAIRSIS
LATEST PROGRAM

To save expense and duplication, a
joint investigation of Piers 8, 8 and
10 by the committees of both the
house and the senate of the legisla.
ture is the substance of plan which
has been decided upon by the house.
Representative Norman X. Lyman,
chairman of the public lands commit
tee, introduced in the house today a
concurrent resolution requesting the
senate to appoint a committee to work
jointly with the public lands commit
tee of the house in the completion Of
the investigation.
The house committee already has
done preliminary work on the inyesti.
cation. The meat Of the situation is
to determine the causes of the trouble
which arose out of the construction of
the piers in question.
we want to make this investiga,
siu says Lyman THE
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TOT Jldl Ted5OH tIlt 49,
tion was introduced todaySO-A5o
having two separate bodies conduct
ing separate Investigations toward a
common end"
Lyman adds that joint investiga-
tion will save considerable expense,
time and duplication. 1t is understood
that at least two local engineers have
been retained by the committee to as
sist it in its work. and 1t is further
reported that certain u S. engineers
have been consulted.
The house committee probably will
await the senate's action on the con-
current resolution before proceeding
further with the investigation.
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SANTA re WILL BUY
$1o,ooo,ooo IN RAILS

CHICAGO. Il.-Orders for equipp-
ing with steel rails valued at more
than s10,000,000 are to be given out
Immediately by the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe railroad, it was announced
here recently. Early delivery will be
specified for the following: Twenty
five passenger. mail, baggage and ex-
press coaches, fifty locomotives, 1,00C
stock cars, 500 tank cars and 100, 900
tons of rails.
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Bonar Law
Raps Irish

(Associatcd Press by Federal Wireless)
LONDON, Eng, March 16.--Diseuss-
ing tie Irish question" in the house
of commons. Chancellor of the Exche-
quer Law declared that the attitude
of the Irish Nationalists might compel
an appeal to the country on the
ground that they are unwilling to per-
nit the government to pursue the war;
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B0lSSE, Following the re
introduction Of the anti-alien land bill
in the Idaho senate, a bill was intro
duced to prohibit the marriage OF
white persons and Mongolians" APP
plicstion of japanese for license to
marry a white woman at Twin Falls
caused the introduction of the bill. The
county clerk refused to issue the
license, holding that the Japanese was
a mulatto.
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Mine Sinks
Destroyer

lAssociated Press by Federal Wireless)
! LONDON. Eng, March 16.-Official
announcem vt was made today that a
destroyer of the old type struck a
mine in the English Channel and was
sunk. One man was killed and Is are
missing, presumed to be drowned.
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Tests of various kinds of concretes
and cement-mortars now under way
in Germany will extend over a period
of 50 years. III. e 49,.
The fruit cultivation of this coun-
try is largely engaged in by women.
California has number of successful
growers. @..
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Gar Expected at Petrograd Soon

LONDON Eng abdcaon Of Car Nicholas and the
has not been formally
the Rus
Bonar Law the
Palace seVera
ments master Reuters despatch
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RAILROADS FACING
STRIKE TOMORROW
Wilson May Hold Key to SoIu-
ton But Outlook Now is
More 0minouS

tANSOrlatcd BrfHN By Federal W lEeleSSl
NEW YORK, y. Y. March l6.--One
Of the first steps by the railroads to
deal with the menace Of nationwide
disorganization caused by the threat
ened strike was taken yesterday
when the national conference commit
tee Of managers notified the individual
lines that an immediate embargo
against the moving OF perishabIe
freight is advisable. ..... =. 49,.
Both sides expressed Willingness
to hold further Joint conferences,
although the situation is devoid OF
suggestion of compromise which
might be reached to avert the tie-up.
Indications are that both sides are
awaiting possible action by President
Wilson and that each group is pre-
pared to respond TO oyertures by the
other. :..a
Progressive Strike" Is-Plan
NEW YORK, March 16.-Wfth the
nationwide railroad strike set to start
at o'clock, central time. tomorrow
night, orders were issued last night by
the leaders of the four brotherhoods
calling out the men in progressive
series of waIkouts that will tie up
every main artery Of travel and trans
portation in the country within five
days.
Saturday night engineers, firemen,
conductors and trainmen OF the four
brotherhoods will quit work on certain
designated Eastern railroads. Sunday
train employees on another group OF
lines are called to fellow
1t is estimated that by Sunday night
10000 railroad employees will be on
strike.
Then, day by day, line after line will
be crippled by the strike order, the
passenger trainmen on all roads being
called to join the freight trainmen in
the strike Wednesday.
Some Men Loyal sss.s.,1ff
Railroad managers throughout the
country expect that enough loyal EN-
ployes will disregard the strike order
to permit maintenance of skeleton
service. But none of the managers
hold out hope OF being able to oper-
ate enough trains. to alleviate the
threatened food shortage that is ex-
pected to develop at once in the GEN.
tiers of large population. The move
ment of freight, already congested,
probably will be brought to COM
plete standstill including mails, muni
tions, foodstuffs and manufacture sup
plies.
Should President Wilson appeal
for a halt in the strike plan, his ap-
peal will be considered, but there is no
bluff about this strike" said W. S.
Stone, chief of the brotherhood of loco
motive engineers.
Employees on the New York Central,
Nickel Plate, Baltimore & Ohio, and
the Big Four railways are designated
to leave their posts of duty Saturday
night. They are to be followed Sun
day, according to orders, by employees
on the Southern Railway, Norfolk 4
Western, Virginia, Chesapeake & Ohio
and Great Northwestern lines. No out
line -of the progressive steps of the
strike for the following days has been
made public, but it is believed that
the train employees on the other main
lrailyQadDQf the. country will be called
ar4lD u to "a hours.
10 is to be
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HiS ICpig was ICCtitcu dlicI v
= the board took action this morn =
= Ing TO move the Pomnern out =
= side. \
go y = y = y = y y y y y y
( Taking the stand that n. .Hackfeld
q Company. Ltd, local agent for the
refugee German merchant steamers,
has broken its promises by refusing
TO sign the 100000 indemnity bond.
the board OF harbor commissioners this
morning at special public meeting
ordered the P0mmern moved. outside
the harbor within 12 hours from the
time the harbormaster serves notice;
also voted to have the harbormaster
place such moorings on the Setos as
will prevent her leaving her berth, and
passed a resolution asking permission
from the army engineers office to
drive ''dolphins' in Rotten Row pre-
paratory to mooring both steamers
there 50 they will not continue to be
menace to the waterfront
The meeting came to order at 9:15
this morning. after no reply from H.
Hackfeld & Company or its attorneys
In answer to the "ultimatum" served
on the agents late Thursday afternoon
by the board. as published in last
evenings 6,o'clock extra edition of the
Star-Bulletin. had been received.
1T is now e:15 and We have not
-had reply from Hackfeld's,' said
Chairman Forbes as, he called the
meeting to order. with every member
present except w. H. Mcclellan, who
was said to be on the sick list. I'VE
have put in a good deal of time trying
to get some action from the agents
and all concerned, but owing to Hack
fields refusal to sign the bond we
have not advanced far at our last two
meetings. I would like to ask the
members If it is not possible to agree
and to take the Pommern and Setos
where they viii be as little menace as
possible To the territory"
Commissioner Tom Church then
spolse in favor OF quick action. He
6fd F. w. Klebahn, manager of Hack
felds shipping department, had given
the board his personal assurance that
no further damage would be done the
vessels, but that under questioning an
hour later had admitted that his as.
surances could not be guaranteed and
that orders for the masters to scuttle
che steamers might come agaip end
he would know nothing of the tn
I'VE have received no answer from
Hackfeld,- said Church, and I can
not help but feel that they viii not
answer and that it would be '-seless
for us to wait further. Big things are
likely to happen and happen quickly.
think We should take some action
right now
tiackfeld's Charged with Unfairness
II fully agree with Mr.. Church. =
ff.ontfnnayr ry -,,aoe throoN
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concluding a separate peace with the
Central Powers
II has been assumed here that the
czar. influenced by his German wife
and by the circle of pro-Teutonic I'D.
visers which surrounded him, has been
giving only lukewarm support to the
Allies.
Nicholas May Remain
1t is also assumed IN official circles
that Nicholas will continue to be the
nominal head of the reorganized gov.
ernment, but with vastly lessened pow
ers. The reports that he has abdicated
in favor of his young son and that the
Grand Duke Michael win be regent
popular in Russia and, when stripped
of the German influence, Is believed
to be acceptable to the Russian people.
It. is learned that the Grand Duke
Michael is bitter, personal antagonist
of bis brother, the Emperor.
The reports that have reached the
state department indicate that the
revolution was practically bloodless.
that perfect order has been assumed
and maintained and that the govern
ment is in the hands OF the liberals.
Not for Separate Peace
LONDON, Eng, March 16.--In an
nouncing the news OF the abdication
OF the car before the house Of com
mons yesterday, Bonar Law. chancel-
lor of the exchequer and member Of
the war council, said that Il is com
forting to the British government "to
know that the movement Is not d.
rected towards the securing Of a sepa-
rate peace by Russia"
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CARS ABDICATION SURE BUT
REGENCY NOT YET CARRIED OUT
Socialist is New Minister of Justice
Freedom of Speech Guaranteed For
Long Prosecuted People
lA..oei,ted Pros. serrice br red.r.l Mirele..l

LONDON Eng, March 16-Grand Duke Nicoaievtch,
former chief of the army reported today to
have reached Perograd He will probably take full command
of the troops, says Renters despatch.
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LONDON, Eng, March 16.-Direct
dispatches from Petrograd last night
state that the event leading to the
revolution started weeks ago, when
there were street demonstrations on
the part of the working people as a
protest against the shortage of bread.
The mounted street patrols refused to
fire upon these street mobs. These
patrols were soldiers, many of them
being from drafts brought to the capi-
tai for training from the country dis
tricts.
The policing of the streets was then
turned over to the regular gendar-
merle, who showed little mercy to the
street crowds, so little that the troops
refused to stand by as witnesses and
jointed the rioters, opening battle with
the police and driving them back to
their headquarters.
New Cabinet Chosen
The members OF the new cabinet,
each of whom is close to the Russian
people and prominent liberal, are:
George Lvoff, premier, president of
the council and minister Of the in
terror; Paul Milukoff, minister of for
eign affairs; A. J. Guickoff, minister
of war and navy; NJ. Tereschtenks,
minister of finance; NJ. Godneff, con-
troller Of state.
The news of the revolution in Petro-
noad rapidly throughout Russia
hailed wiz claim in
DRipal cities. Al ar
kcyeng bined the revoluibn,
while there We're strikes in the fac
tories and street car systems in order
to show the sympathy of the working
men for the revolutionists.
In Moscow the troops revolted and
there the revolutionists are in com
plete control. The garrison at Kron-
stadt, on the Baltic, has also revolted.
Young CzareVitch Rules
Early dispatches from Petrograd
yesterday, announcing the success Of
the revolution. announced likewise the
formal abdication of the car in favor
of his only son, the Grand Duke Alexis,
13 years old, under the regency of the
Grand Duke Michael Alevandrovitch,
Car Nicholas only brother, no" 80
years old
Tntil the bi1b OF the czareyitch.
'6ra0d Auke Atcnael4 was the leir 10
the Russian throne enWhen the,
witch was born, The grand duke was
designated as regent in the event OF
the death of Nicholas before the heir
apparent came of age, but he was de-
prived of his office and of many of his
other honors four years ago, when he
Gispleased the czar by marrying Ma
dame Shermemetievskaia. a divorced
woman He was deprived of his com
mand of the Imperial Guards and his
estate was taken from his own super
vision and placed under that of gov.
eTnment official
Accepted as Anti-GerYnan Victory
WASHINGTON, March 16.-The
news of the overthrow of the Russian
autocratic government is accepted in
official and diplomatic circles here as
a complete victory for the anti-German
sentiment throughout the Russian En-
rire and as virtually removing every
chance there might have been Of Rus
cia hafn0 6roUn from tho
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Railroads Gain
In Crisis Hour
NEW YORK STOCK
MARKET TODAY

Following are the closing prices OF stocks
on the New York market today, sent By the
Associated Press over the Federal Wireless: !:
Yester-
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Dr. oswaido Cruz, director of the
0swaldo Cruz institute OF Pathology
and Bacteriology at RIO Janeiro, is
dead. a~.=-
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Army and Country Backs Duma Cabinet Pged Reaconanes War Be Pushed
ACTION ORDERED
ON ~ULTIMATUM'
TO GERMAN SHIPS

Hackfeld'S REJECTS Proposal to
Remove Officers and Crews;
Harbor Board Orders Pom
mern Outside and Setos Tied
Up, All in IL Hours; Charge
of Double Dealing is Mado
Against Agency
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Exports of general merchandise at
the port of New York on Feb. II to-
tailed S6.6S2,SS6.
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Missouri to be
Of Joseph 3. Poindexter cf Mont1|I y
be federal judge, and of William Miner
of Honolulu to be postmaster at Wal
pahu.
The nomination of William n. Heen
has not been acted upon and will not
be for several weeks. The nomination
of Mr.. Heen for circuit judge has not
been reported to the judiciary commit.
tee and was not before the senate for
action. The senate today adjourned
its special session sine die, but the
nomination remains alive and con-
tinues before the judiciary committee
when congress reeonvenes in the
extra session on April 16. 49,.
..-. C G Al BERT
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IAN FRANCISCO, March 15-sugar: 96
deg test SGT cents. Previous quotation, $50
cents.
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sBid. +Ex-dividend. +Unquoted.
q. Asked. b. Bid.
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y Honolulu, T H., March 10, 1917. =
4 Board of Harbor Commissioners =
OF the Territory of Hawaii Z
y Honolulu, T. II.
y Gentlemen: In reply to your =
= communication of the 18th inst, =
= inclosing a resolution of your =
= board to the effect that We be =
= notified at once that the steam =
= ship Pommern and the steamship =
= Setos may remain at their res =
= pective berths at Piers and l6, =
= provided that the masters, Off =
y GERS. crews and other persons =
y now aboard said ships be imme- =
= diately withdrawn from said =
= ships and said ships placed in .
y care of watchmen provided by =
= and under the control of your =
= board, we beg TO advise you that =
= such action would be an abandonS =
= ment OF the ships by the owners =
= and inconsistent with the rights =
= and privileges granted TO the yes =
= sells by the United States govern4 =
\ ment, and for these reasons, as =
y agents of the owners, we cannot =
= consent to the proposal ~
We would state that we are :
y wiling now. as we have 'bAen II ,
= all times since the ships nave =
= been in the harbor OF Honolulu. =
= to cooperate with your board. and =
= with the other authorities, in any =
= reasonable plan that may be =
= suggested. whereby the ships in =
= question will be affo:Ied safe =
= anchorage during the time they =
y have the status Of refugee ves- =
= sels
Very truly yours. >
\ II. HACKFELD & CO., LTD, ~
BY F. w. KLEBAHN. y
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The strike has the mi HiCl
port of the American Federation oi
Labor, though it is stated that no
plans have been made for a sympa-
thetic walkout to include employees in
other industries.
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MAILS

From San Francisco:
Colombia, Mar is.
For San Francisco:
Siberia Marn, Mar.
From Vancouver:
Aakura, March q.
For Vancouver:
Niagara, Mar. 80.
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HARsoR BOARDS
"ULTIMATUM" MEETS
A FLAT REJECTION

Honolulu, T. H., March 16, 1917.
Board of Harbor Commissioners
of the Territory of Hawaii.
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tContinued on page threeJ