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The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-12-18
NEGOTIATIONS
FOR PEACE FOR
RUSSIA ARE To
START AT ONCE
Armistice Signed On Saturday
Provides For the Immediate
Beginning Of Discussion Of
Terms For Final Peace Pact
GERMANY YIELDS UPON
POINT OF REMOVAL
Teutons Can Readily Grant Rus
sian Demands on That Point
As Forces on Fronts Are A.
ready Largely Depleted

WAsHlNaToN, December se'n, a
W H. ASSOCIATED Press)--
Negotiations for peace between
Russia and Germany are to be
started forthwith. Official an
nouncement Of the signing of the
armistice was sent out from Ber-
lin yesterday. II was signed on
Saturday and will go into opera
ton at noon today. ~. .a.~
Truces which have been opera
tive along various sections Of the
Russian front will be succeeded
by an actual armistice this noon.
Those truces were arranged diyi-
sion by division and each was
separate and distinct from the
others. The armistice is gene
raj one. It was signed on Satur-
day, the official announcement
said at Brest and Litovsk and
provides that negotiations for the
actual peace shall begin imme-
diately with the signing Of the
armistice which is to remain in
effect>uhtil noon of Monday, Jam
nary a.. Beyond these state
ments the German announcement
did not g9,into, the terms of the
agreement. z.-.G's.. w..
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-12-18
TROOPS REMOVED

Here the belief prevails that
this means little to the Germans
who had already moved or start
ed the movement OF such troops
as they believed to be immediate
~ needed on the Italian and
Western fronts. This is indicat-
ed by the largely reinforced ar
mics thai are now engaged in
the Teutonic operations on both
Of those fronts, It is thought that
in the confidence of an armistice
to obtain which Germany might
have to make concessions the
Russian fronts had been largely
depleted OF men and large guns.
In Entente diplomatic circles
disappointment was expressed al
though the signing Of the armis-
tice had been fully expected and
was deemed an unavoidable mis-
fortune ito the Allies, cause.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-11-15

German commanders about condi-
tions inside the allied armies. One
can't help feeling that through this
spy system Germany became aware
that there was a weak and poorly
guarded back door to the Italian line,
and was tipped off by its agents as
to how that door could be broken
open.
This does not mean that any Ital-
ians have sold out their country, only
that all through each allied country
German spies are secretly listening
and transmitting information. 1t
shows what terrible threat German
power is, and how the nations of the
earth must strive to put down a pow
er that thus seeks to control the
whole earth by these insidious means.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-11-15
lst Co. Quartet
Gains Prominence
(By Lynn Mowat.)

The new Y. NJ. G. A. building was
recently completed, and the most pop
ular feature Of the formal opening
was a selection, or rather q number
of selections, by the 1st company
quartet, consisting Of Andy McGee,
Reid Harrell, doc" Furry and Mer-
rill Throne. From colonel down to
the buck privates in the back seats
the spectators demanded more until
the Ashland boys ran out of roper
toire. The 1st company has been
asked to put on the first company en-
tertainment at the Y. M. G. A. and
is planning a unique minstrel affair.
The Y. M. c. A. is a mighty fine thing
for the soldiers and has become the
recreation center. Every night the
building is thronged with fellows,
some reading at the well-supplied Ia
bles, others writing, stationery being
furnished free, and others playing
games and listening to Victrola mu-
sic. The Y. M. G. A. library threat
ems to make bookworms out of sew
eral Of our bunch, who spend every
minute with their noses in books.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-11-15
THIS WAR OF SCIENCE-SHIP VS.,
SUBMARINE.

What can be done to make the mer-
chant ship proof against the subma-
rine? The offhand reply would be
to strengthen the hull wall Of the
ship so that it should be proof from
torpedo attack. Yet this simply ag-
gravates the danger. The torpedo
will go through any steel wall that
can be placed on such ships. The
greater the weight of metal protec-
ton, the more that metal is broken
up into bits, the more it tears to
pieces the fabric of the vessel.
Technical thought today would
make light hull wall for the vulner-
able portion of the ship. It would
have rows of water-tight compart-
ments, 1t would arrange the cargo
with due proportions of freight hav-
ing a capacity for absorbing heat and
explosive gases. In case of explosion,
If the gases were liberated into COM
partments filled with freight like po-
tatoes, it is said the cargo would ab-
sorb much Of this destructive force.
Vents would be provided so that
much of the explosive gas would be
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-11-15
WASH THE KIDNEYS {!

All the blood in the body passes thru
the kidneys every few minutes. This is
why the kidneys play such an important.
role in health or disease. BY some mis-
terious process the kidney selects what
ought to come out of the blood and
takes it out. If the kidneys are not
good-workmen and become congested-
poisons accumulate and we suffer from
backache, headache, lumbago, rheu-
matism or gout. The urine is often
cloudy, full of sediment; channels often
get sore and sleep is disturbed at night.
So it is that DR.. Pierce, of the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo,
N. Y, advises rWashing the Kidneys"
by drinking six to eight glasses Of water
between meals and then if you wa
TO take harmless medicine that will
clear the channels and cure the annoy
ing symptoms, go to your nearest drug
gist and obtain Anuric double strength).
This "Anuric," which is so many times
more potent than lithia-will drive out.
the uric acid poisons and bathe the kid
neys and channels in a soothing LIQUID.
II you desire, write for free medical
advice and send sample of water for free
examination. Experience has taught
DR.. Pierce that uAnuric" is q most
powerful agent in dissolving uric acid,
as hot water melts sugar. rAnuric" is q
'~orrance aud life-sayer for ALL
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-11-15

but If / were not member Of the
Ashland Commercial Club / would
wager bottle Of Buffers pop that
oil and gas can be found in the Rogue
river valley at a depth Of not to ex-
ceed $500 feet. If any one had ven
tured fifteen years ago to have sug-
gested the idea of boring for oil in
my home county in West Virginia
there would have been commission
appointed Immediately to have in
quired into his sanity and yet my
own relatives walked over this ground
for more than one hundred years. 1t
is so easy to- believe that there is
something of great value somewhere
else.
The next thing that attracted my
Iattention was the attitude Of the peo-
pie toward the war. 1t seems as if
they are just waking up to the fact
that we are having a war. Many
sons have been called and this is the
second campaign for Liberty bonds.
/ was so interested in knowing how
the city of Charleston would respond
to this appeal that I went down to
see how they were getting along
Charleston is not large city-only
10000 inhabitants-but on the Sec
ond call they were apportioned the
sale of $S,000,000 of bonds. They
not only raised the full amount but
actually bought S5,O0O,O0O of Liber-
ty bonds. nearly doubling their allot-
ment. inquired how it all hap
pened. and with an alertness that
makes even a westerner take notice
they explained to me that Charleston,
w. Va, has more per capita wealth
than any city in the United States.
But with all this wealth they are still
the most hpspitable, social and loving
people in all the world.
NJ. c. REED.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-11-15
Peoples Forum
Interesting Letter From NJ. C. Reed.

Interesting Letter From NJ. c. Reed.
Praceous, W. Va, Oct. 26, 1917.
Editor Tidings: Landed at last
Here we are in the old state of West
Virginia, surrounded by familiar
scenes of boyhood days. The autumn
leaves, streaked with every color of
the rainbow and quivering in the
sunshine of this southern cline, are
just as beautiful as they ever were.
These quiet hills seem to smile a
welcome. The wild fox grapes are
just as blue as they used to be and
the apples just as large and red as
ever, but with all this there is some
thing lacking. Things are not as
they used to be. I've been trying to
figure it out, and have just solved the
problem. 1t is this: Everything else
is here but-the boy is gone. l am
fully reminded that my boyhood days
are gone. / am glad, however, to
notice the improved financial condi-
tion in this section.
When I left this state twenty years
ago l remember distinctly stating to
a friend that l would not give ten
cents for the whole county of Clay.
Only this week I visited the spot
where that remark was made, and
there stands an oil and gas well that
brings a revenue Of one thousand dol
lars per day. And just think of it,
When left Charleston for my old
home in Clay county l did not expect
to see much change as it is only a
distance of forty miles, but what a
surprise awaited me! All along the
way the scaffolding of the oil wells
and the steady working of the pumps
told the story of the riches of oil and
gas and the great freight trains load
ed with great Jumps Of shining coal
told of the great veins that were un-
discovered when last I saw those hills.
Briefly, this is the whole thing
summed up in these words-coal, oil
and gas Forty years ago most of
this land could have been bought for
25 cents per acre. Now 1t can not be
had at one thousand dollars per acre.
In fact, it can not be purchased where
oil and gas or good coal are found.
Now I do not wish to excite anybody,
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-11-15
THE ITALIAN DEFEAT.

The explanation so far given for
the great defeat and retreat of the
Italian army seems inadequate. The
Italians up to this catastrophe had
conquered the most stupendous diff
culties. The English and French
could barely make progress in level
country, yet those plucky Italian
fighters could hack their way over
precipitous cliffs and high mountains.
It is hard to believe that the Ital-
ians could have met this great defeat
on the basis of fighting ability alone,
or even from superior German STRAIT.
egy 1t looks like treachery some
where. Not that any unit Of the
Italian army or any commander has
played false, for these soldiers have
shown splendid patriotic feeling.
1t will be recalled that when the
Roumanians were defeated last year
IT was reported that German spies
had secured for German headquar-
ters the full plans of the Roumanian
staff.
It looks like case of that steady
leak of information that goes on all
the time through the German spy
system. This system, established by
the Germans in all the allied coun-
tries before the war, is now producing
results. It constantly informs the
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-11-15
OUR FLAG.
M. c. REED.

(By Simpson Wilson Central Point.
The American flag, the flag of old
The flag that we stand by,
She waves over the boys, the boys
that's bold;
They will defend our flag or die
A stripe of white, and stripe Of red,
and a stripe Of beautiful blue,
She waves over the heroes who fought
and bled
On the battle ground of Waterloo.
Oh! France! are you glad we come to
your aid?
Do you love our stripes and stars?
Our colors are such they never fade,
They will stand the test of your
In the trenches behold our stars
a-glimmering
On the flag of red, white and blue.
Behold the bayonets and the guns
a-shimmering,
In the hands of the boys that's
true.
The flag she is now waving in the
breeze of France,
On the battlefield of old Verdun,
She will gain a victory at every
chance
And will wave till Germany is
done.
l know you'll come home, cherished
old flag,
| know you'll come with honors
galore.
The Sammies will never give up the
rag
And you'll wave for ever on Ameri
cas- shore.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-11-15
liberated harmless into the outside

liberated harmless into the outside
air.
A ship built low in the water, with
smokestack only few feet high,
the draft kept strong by force, would
escape submarine observation except
at short distance. Use of fuel oil
and anthracite coal would save the
smoke that reveals a vessels pres
ence. The sides Of the ship should
be camouflaged with imitation of sea
color. Skillful marksmen and effect
i've guns mounted on the deck can
make things quite uncomfortable for
the U-boat.
1t is the tendency of ship builders
to consider after-war needs. They do
not like to load themselves up with
ships not economically arranged for
modern commerce in peace times.
1t will be a shortsighted policy to
let such consideration move us much.
We need every ship we can possibly
build to keep our army in France well
supplied. 1t will be poor policy not
to build ships with large measure
of independent self-protection, so
that they will have some degree Of
security even if not conveyed by de-
stroyers.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-11-15

Numerous visitors from home have
been welcomed during the past
weeks, among them being Mr.. and
Mrs. Patty, Mr.. Tinker, Mr.. and Mrs.
and Miss Porter and Miss Eva Disney,
the latter Of whom has remained for
a visit with Mrs. S. A. Peters, Jr.,
who is domiciled at Hammond. the
little village just outside the reserva-
ton.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-11-15

The weekly shipments of eatables
from home are arriving with the reg
ularity Of clockwork, and now that
the mess funds Of the other COM
panies are beginning to run low the
advantages Of the Ashland system OF
looking after the boys is becoming
very apparent. Good things from
home help out the army fare to beat
the band, and without the home ship
ments the mess sergeant would have
hard time.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-11-15

Instruction on the big guns is the
latest addition to the comprehensive
curriculum outlined for the 1st COM
pany. Gunners' ratings will be posi-
BILE now with the dollar or so extra
pay. An idea of the busy days may
be gained from the fact that the 1st
company has the following varied
program of instruction for all or part
of the men: Infantry drill, bayonet
manual, small arms manual, first aid,
semaphore, heliograph, wigwag, buzz
ger and phone communication,
searchlights, power plants, telephone
system, grenade throwing, rifle range
shooting, instruction on the big guns,
and multitude Of other branches.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
Relevant Facts

Bethlehem Steel Corporatior.-While
the bears on the Stock Exchange yes
terday were driving down the price
Of the shares of the Bethlehem Steel
CORPORATION reports were circulated IN
the financial district that the company
had accepted ruble exchange in pay
ment for its contracts TO deliver mu-
nitions TO the Russian government. II
was further reported that these rubles
were still held at big loss.
Charles NJ Schwab, chairman of the
hoard. who came down to his ofiice Tor.
a short time, characterized the reports
as being absolutely without founda-
tionn Bethlehem Steel's Russian con
tracts, he explained, were guaranteed
as to payment by Great Britain.
at will be remembered" he added
"that at the time tn. questions at issue
between the company and Russia were
settled payment for Russian shells
was made in British securities, which
Bethlehem used as collateral IN secur-
ing a s5O,O0OoOO short term loan IN
this market, so that payment on the
contracts was actually received by US
in American money"
The recent decline in rubles, how
ever, has worked hardship on some
American corporations, which more
than a year ago accepted them in pay
ment. either in full or in part, for
Russian war contracts.
The B common stock of the Bethle-
hem Steel Corporation, which is' the
issue most actively dealt in on the
Stock Exchange, broke TO the new .oV
record price of 100 in yesterdays sell
inc movement. One large stockholdsr
Who was said TO have bought heavily Ill
tho boom DAYS of 1915 was credited
with having sold 10000 shares. HIS
nrofts at one time were SAID to nave
b.en near s3.00O,0o0 They are nov
said TO have dwindled to about half d
million.
Great Northern.-The company re-
ports that for the month of August
approximate gross earnings were ST.
o48As3, an increase of s29,4bO over the
corresponding month of 1916. For the
eight months Of the year gross carr
;nes amounted to s56,2i6,226, an IN
crease Of S4,737,953.
CASTOR, Williams & Wigmore.-
The company announces that 1t VIII
redeem on October its first mortgage
collateral trust s per cent bonds
amounting to s2,500,0oo. Completion
of this transaction will leave the COM
pany free of debt.
r. J. Reynolds Tobscco.-Direetors
have declared an extra dividend OF 2
per cent on the common shares, along
with the regular quarterly dividends
of 8 per cent on the common and IN
per cent on the preferred stock, 81!
pavable October / to stockholders o;
record September 20. Three months
ago the company declared an extra
dividend Of 10 per cent on the common
stock.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
Gold Ban Exempts
Bills Against u. S.

WASHINGTON, Sept. s.--Trcasury
of;ci.ls. carrying out the provisions OF
the Presidents proclamation requiring
the licensing of gold exports VIII
Mace no general restrictions, it was
said to-day, upon the export OF gold
in settlement of legitimate trade pal
ances against the United States.
Every transaction, however, VIII pc
based upon its own merits. Practically
the only trade balance running against
the United States, and being paid III
gold, is Japan's.
Prospective shippers will be re-
ouired to show that none OF the eN-
ported gold will find its way directly
into enemy hands. The outward hoE
of gold, it is thought, will be damned
to a large extent By exercise OF the en-
barge.
The desirability Of maintaining. q
high standard OF credit abroad for
American bankers and business organ,
izations is regarded as necessary, ard
no step will be taken under the proofs
nation TO impair such credits, even
should it become necessary to snip
in gold in larger volume than the eS'
ports Of recent months.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
Coke Shortage
Shuts Down Ten
Blast Furnaces
Consumers of Steel Still
Pursuing Hand-to.
Mouth Policy

Tn. government continues to place
order, for all kinds Of steel products,
including plate. sheets, spikes, riyet3
and various other kinds OF finished
materials. A shortage of coklng coal
at some Of the great steel plants III
the Pittsburgh district, ATTRIBUTED 10
the withdrawal of railroad cars from
the mining sections OF the Sentra,
West by the government, has caused
the Carnegie Steel Company 70 oIow
out seven furnaces and the Illinois
Steel Company three furnaces. The
Steel Corporation as whole mas
eleven furnaces out.
The output of steel ipgots in August
by the corporation was better than IN
July, due in part TO two more working
DAYS, as compared with July. OHiclal
statistics are not yet available, but the
probability is that production amount
ed to nearly 1.760,000 tons.
Consumers have not been buying
ANYTHING more than absolutely ncceS-
sary material for more than month.
but the market has been fairly steady
during the practical suspension OF new
business. The sharpest declines have
been in prices Of semi-fnished steel,
open hearth billets and Bessemer, slabs
having been offered at SO. against
500 in July, as a result of the disap-
pearance of the competitive buying of
she'll steel for Europe. Rolled products,
semi-finished steel and pig iron mar
kets are drifting, resales being the
only basis for gauging prices. Wire
rods have shown some strength at s95.
Resales in the pig iron market con-
tinue active, with prices down TO $50
furnace for No. . foundry in the East.
A general buying movement is expect
ed to develop as soon rs the govern
ment's action in regard to prices is
definitely known.
The United States steel mills will
probably be called upon for a large
proportion of the 10000 tons Of steel
required for the 5000 cars 10 be CON
structed in Canada for the Dominion
government.
Export embargoes are held respon-
sible for offerings OF resale round lots
of ship plates at 10 cents q pound.
Japan has been actively in the mar
ket for lots of 1000 TO 1000 tons OF
bars. but mills would accept only
norton. for which 4.50c was asked.
Domestic business in bars for the
fourth quarter was done at ic.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
Bankers Regard
Gold Embargo as
Necessary Move
Supervision Not to Impose
Restriction on Legiti-
mate Trade

Wall Street bankers in touch with in
ternationsl finance expressed no sur.
Prise yesterday over the announcement
from Washington that President Viii
son had placed an embargo on all gold
exports from the United States, efec.
tive tomorrow. Such action has been
anticipated. In fact the Treasury
authorities had been advised BY local
bankers OF the necessity of such a move
shortly after the country entered the
war.
heretofore local banking institutions
AZ the request OF the Treasury Depart
ment have exercised sort Of yolun-
tary censorship over all foreign ex-
change transactions and operations in
Noivlng the transfer Of gold outside of
the country. The embargo just an
nounccd takes the matter out of the
hands Of the banks and lodges the
authority over such exports with the
Treasury Department.
Licenses Must Be Obtained
A banker who has been in conference
with the Treasury Department on sew
eral occasions of late regarding the
need OF stric.cr supervision over gold
shipments said yesterday that no arti-
ilcial restrictions will be imposed upon
legitimate transactions which made
necessary the shipment of gold. The
administration OF the embargo ruling
will be handled, he stated, by the Fed
ersl Reserve Board at Washington.
Banks with clients DESTROYS Of export
ing gold from the country will be re-
CURED TO obtain a license from the
authorities. Before The license is
granted an investigation will be made
Of the particular transaction to deter
mine the validity OF the request.
''lt does not mean that the United
States will interfere with gold pay
ments when such are needed to settle
the legitimate demands Of our foreign
trade" said this banker. "What is in
tended il that questionable movements
Of gold such as have taken place in re
cent months shall be checked"
Japanese Insist On Gold
The embargo, it is said, is aimed par.
ticularly against the expectation OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
News Digest
Other Cities

Rate Findings WASHINGTON. Sept
s.-Chsrges by the Commercial Club Of
Duluth, that rail and lake class and
commodity rates to Duluth from all
points in the West and Middle West
arc unjust and unreasonable and dis
crimnate against Duluth and vicinity
to the advantage of Chicago, st. Paul
and Minneapolis, were not sustained
BY the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion IN a finding made public to-day.
Rates from certain specific points in
Ohio and east OF the Indiana-lllinois
line, however, were found TO be unduly
prejudicial to Duluth and preferential
to Chicago. Readjustment OF these
rates was ordered. The co nmission
also ordered the railroads 10 place in
effect diherentals Of from 4 TO 10
cents between the Minneapolis and
Duluth rate from certain points in
Minnesota. Wisconsin and Iowa, efec-
tive December ! next.