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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-07
SAN PEDRO ACCIDENT
; NAY BE TRACED BACK
TO AN ENEMY POTTER
.s.eelatsd .Press by y. 8. NayaI WIrsIss,.

!, LAssoeiatsd Press By .. 3. Naval WIrsIsss.)
SAN PEDRO, CAL, Dec. 7-NIne
men were hurt yesterday while at
work. IN the hold OF ship under CON
stfuetion when m air. riveter pipe
which In some way not yet explained
wss attached to gas Jet ignitsd when
the machinery was Get at work upon .
hot riyet.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-07
BETHLEHEM STEEL co.
WANTS u. S. TO ASSIST
INF CONTRACT FINANCIN

,-tAsss,iatss Prsss " Y. .. Naval wIrslsssI
WASHINGTON. D. c., Dec. THE
Bethlehem Steel Co. today asked an
advance from the government on ac-
count Of munitions to be delivered.
The company informed Secretaries
Baker and Daniels that It Is unable to
finance the work through the banks.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-07
Relief Trains are
!, Rushed to Halifax
(A,so,l,s.6 Prsss BY y. .. Naval WIrsIsss.)

+ ,(Assssissss Press BY y. Q. Naval Wlrslsss.)
) WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. t.
Three relief trains have been started
Tor Halifax with doctors, nurses and
supplies 81 food and clothing.
NEW YORK, N. " Dec. IA relief
train VIII start for Halifax from New
YorkstomorrOw. .-... "a
BOSTON, Mass, Dec. This city
IL contributing "a fully-equipped hos
pital train to he rushed to Halifax at
onoe- : - safE - T. .-....r
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-07

ASSOCIATED Press by Commercial Pacific Cable)
TRURO Nova Scotia Dec Tt is reported that the
of the Halifax explosion the collision of Norwegian
food feghter which set fire to munitions ship The seacocks
of the Norwegian ship opened and the TO boats
It is possible they escaped. @z-= - -
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-07

Word has been received by Arthur
Rfce ~ TITS city that Thomas Nelson,
the mining eneinesr sent to the Phil.
fprine Islands By number Of Homo
1r'1 capitalists TO in1estigate lead
0'1'nr property = nov On his way
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-07
GAGE AND DILLINGHAM; {
OUT FOR C. OF C. HEAD

]. f. c. Hagens, president Of the
Honolulu Chamber Of Commerce, has
not been renominated for the position
in the return made by the nomination
committee Of the chamber Tor the pc-
sition for the ensuing year. The
names Of Walter Dillingham; and C.. b.
Gage have been listed as candidates
for the position. The list Of nominees
for other offices IN the chamber ara
not vet complete.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-07

The condition Of Hans 1senborg.
president Of the Liliue Plantation ana
KoI0a Sugar Company Of Kauai re-
mains the e1ne NJ Ise6bere vas
taken e ne Queens hospital sunday
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-07

HALIFAX, N. S., Dec. L.
The fires which ragged through
Halifax yesterday are under
control!
The district of Richmond
has been virtually destroyed,
with thousands of people hurt
and not a house left undam-
aged. .<AAI>...4\isA.Ak,IlAAA,
I ShrapnelN4 brown Sby'I tNhlss
force of the explosion from the
cars and warehouses where it
was stored has been found
three miles from the water
front. .'.. ..,....
HALIFAX, N. s., Dec 7.-InVestiga.
lions today confirmed the fact that
four thousand tons Of the high explo-
sive trinitrotuluat caused the first ter
rifle defamation yesterday.
The fires. though somewhat under
control, are continuing today and thou
sands are fighting them. Almost con-
slant snowfall adds to the sufferings
OF those whose homes have been
wrecked and who can scarcely find
shelter In the shattered city. 5
Relief trains have already arrived
from Truro, Moncton and Windsor.
Trains of injured persons have been
taken to Windsor and other hospitals.
Business throughout the stricken
city has been suspended indefinitely
and all schools suspended until New
Years. 2 + So
The estimate of 1000 dead stu
stands and It Is estimated that at least
1000 have been injured. -
Many thousands are helping In the
relief work. Sailors and marines are
patrolling the city rigidly and there is
no looting In the wrecked districts.
Wireless communication has been
established with outside points and the
stunned city, rising from It's disaster,
ls working with renewed energy to
make the best of the situation. Today
both wire and cable service are being
reestablished.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. THE
of killed in Halifax ID un.
known. said advices received early
this morning from the naval comman.
der aboard the o. 8. s. Dartmouth.
His despatch said that all of North
Halifax is destroyed and that mum.
Der Of ships had been sunk and many
others damaged.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-07
Relief TRAINS RUSHED FROM
CITIES OF CANADA AND STATES
FOUR THOUSAND TONS OF TRINITR0TULUAT ExPL 0DED-
WHOLE DISTRICTS WIPED 0UT-SAILoRS AND MARINES
PATROL CITY TO GUARD AGAINST .Lo0TlNG

LAssoeated US wal
HALIFAX NJ S. Dec 1.-THE estlmats late
sad in Halifax number today further reports
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tcontinued On. page Two,
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-07

From San Francisco
Wednesday, Dec. 10.
For San Francisco
Saturday, Dec. s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-18
BRING SUIT FOR $1,000
Insurance Company Tries to Recover
Fire Loss From Gas Co.

Suit was filed by the Fidelity PheniX
Fire Insurance company of New York
against L. F. Treleaven, receiver for
the Consumers Light. Heat & Power
company and ]. L. Kennedy for 1000
in the district court today.
The suit grows out of a fire in Oak
land a year ago, which destroyed a
house belonging to Kennedy. Accord
ing to the petition, the house was va
Gated and the following day an agent
of Treleaven called to shut off the gas
but that he failed to do SO. 1t states
that he touched a match to an open
pipe and it burned, but that the agent
said it was merely the gas remaining
in the pipe; that it was not coming
thru the meter and would do no harm.
F. NJ. Smith is named as a witness
to this. That night the house burned
and it is the allegation of the plain
tiff that the blaze left over the pipe
caused it.
The fire insurance company, in
which the house was insured-the FL
ty-Phenix-paid Kennedy $1,000
Then he brought suit against the gas
company and a jury gave him a YER
dict for $500. He held that the house
was worth $4,000. Now the insurance
company is suing the gas company and
Kennedy for the $1,000 it paid Ken
nedy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-18
LAST CONTRACTS LET
After Today New Board OF Admnis-
tration Furnishes Supplies.

The state board of control is enjoy
ing its last inning in awarding con-
tracts for state charitable ana penal
institutions and the soldiers home ana
home for soldiers widows ana or
phans The state house today Is Iiileo
with Kansas merchants and Wnoie-
salers bidding on a three months sup
ply of clothing and other neceSsari re !,
for the institutions. The soluieIs
home and home for soldiers WIDOWS
and orphans is awarding contracts Ior
a six months supply.
Members of the board were surptis-
ed to learn that cotton anu 49,
goods have not advanced more thaii
is noted in the bids being received.
The advances range from TO ~ per
cent. The next contracts VIII oe
awarded by the new state boaro %
administration which will take charse
of the management of institutions
Ju1y L.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-18
WANTS TO SAVE CROPS
Hutchinsonian Asks Prison Parole on
Grounds of Patriotism.

The food drive and Americas need
of men to cultivate the farms is Of
fering a new avenue for parole of
prisoners confined in the state prison
at Lansing. Roy Shives. of Hutchin-
son, relative of wealthy Hutchinson
residents. is the first man to appeal
to the governor for a parole on pa
triotic grounds.
Shives has been sentenced to state
prison as a persistent violator of the
prohibitory law. Today, an attorney
representing him appeared before
Governor Capper armed with a pc
tition for clemency signed by 400
Hutchinson residents together with
numerous letters from Hutchinson
business men and politicians.
The petition urges the governor to
parole Shives on the grounds of the
country's need of food conservation.
1t is shown that Shives has several
acres in potatoes, more acres in oats
and still more acres in corn requiring
his immediate attention The letters
written to the governor appeal for the
parole on the ground that forcing
Shives to serve his sentence will spoil
the crop and do that much to help
the kaiser win.
Il could not do it, said Governor
Capper. ''ShiveS hasn't started to
serve his sentence and the parole law
doesn't intend that man should be
paroled until some part of his SEN
tence has been served and it is be-
Heved the ends of Justice have been
reached"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-18
MUST CUT HEDGE
County Commissioners Issue
Blanket Order to Farmers.
Serious Accident Was Narrowly
Averted Sunday Afternoon.

The county commissioners will is
sue a blanket order covering Shawnee
county requiring every land owner to
cut his hedge fences at corners to a
height of four feet. There is a statute
for it but up until the present time
the commissioners have not enforced
it in this county.
This action grows out of near ser
ious accident Sunday at the crossroads
five miles north on the Rochester road
near the Pleasant Hill church. 1t
was reported to the commissioners to-
day that two automobiles collided at
that point and that the only thing that
averted a serious accident was the
fact that both cars were travelling
slowly. There is a big hedge fence
at the cross roads. T. p. Henry, of
Lecompton, was driving Ford and
J. w. Koch of Holton was driving an
Overland. The Overland, according to
witnesses. struck the Ford just back
of the engine.
Cars Going Slowly.
Boyd Pollom, chairman ofthe board
of county commissioners, telephoned
TO neighbors in that section today
and verified the statements of the
drivers that they were driving slowly
We've got to do something and do
it quickly" said A. A. Rodgers, men,
Der of the board. 1T is simply luck
that the accident was not serious. If
some one had been killed the county
might have been up against big
damage suit. 1 think the thing to do
is to issue an order requiring every
land owner to cut his hedge along the
corners to the height prescribed by
statute and if he fails to do it have it
cut for him and charge the expense
on in his taxes. The law provides for
that"
The other commissioners agreed with
him and after a consultation with the
county engineer such action will be
taken, according to the commission
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-18
CUPID is A "SLICKER"
Friends of Topeka Couple Think lie
Used Harsh Methods

Dan Cupid is accused OF using
harsh methods in an attempt - ma re
two hears beat as one at tne state
boUsa according to gossip current
there. As the story goes the young
man and the girl work in the same
office but their duties interfered with
Cupid's designs
Cupid brought the modern autonlo-
hile into NAV and arranged for an
auto trip for the young man and the
girl, his boss and others An accident
occurred and all had a bad shaking
up. Only the young man and the girl
were obliged to remain permanently
in the hospital and while remaining
there they are having the time Of their
sweet yourg lives. Both are able TO
walk around and seldom an hour
passes that they don't enjoy each oth-
er's company in the recreation room
of the hospital, according to word re-
ceived from friends who have visited
them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-18
TOPEKANS TO TT. RILEY
Local Men Named for Medical Corps
by Governor Capper.

Twenty-three Kansas men, seven
teen of them national guardsmen, to-
day were called into the federal serv-
ice and ordered to report June 20 for
a three-months' course at the medical
department training camp at FIT. Ri
ley, on receipt of orders at the office
of the adjutant general from the war
department.
The men who will be attached to
the First infantry follow: Charles NJ.
Siever Manhattan; Joseph S. Alfred,
Independence; Ralph E. Barnes,
Wayne Alphin, VIM. Myers, Sam I.
Jones' Robert Starkweather, all of
Lawrence. Those with the Second in
fantry are: Charles c. Hawkes., Win
field; Harry Claim, Glen Wilson, Eu-
gene Claim, George Hale, all of Law
renee. Those assigned to field hos
pital No. / are: Harold H. Jones, Win
field; Merrill K. Lindsey, June A
Hawkins. Albert C. Gurtler. Glenn F.
Logan, Thomas E. Dewey. Sidney Ar
buthot James B. Weaver, Allie A. Hol-
comb, Herbert F. Hughes and Henry
H. Taylor. all of Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-18
THE TRENCHES.

Mote: The latest estimate of the wars
death list is twenty four millions.)
Twenty-four mfllions-the toll of the
trenches,
Mothers and children starved and en-
tombed,
Civilizations putridity stenches
The air where in beauty the muskroses
bloomed.
What hopes will be filled, what wrongs
will be righted,
While Evil unfurIs its red banner of fire ?
By the scars Of the dead men what loves
be requited?
Come! Read me the fate Of each kingly
desire.
Will truth find its own in the battles and
marches,
With kings and their chaplains coquet-
ting with God?
Will TIE Deums roll thru the ruined gray
arches?
Will blossoms return to that blood
sprinkled sod?
If pitiless God guards such fiendish en-
deavor
Then an Infinite Love has no tenure In
creed.
Then tits Man. not God, who must an
swer forever
The prayers of the children, humanity's
need
c. F. NJ PICKARD.
$50 Minnesota Ave, Kansas City, Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-18
AWAIT ORDERS HERE
Y. w. c. A. to Raise $4,000 for War
Council Campaign.

Plans for carrying out the $35,5O0
Y. w. c. A. war council campaign in
Kansas are awaiting further orders
from headquarters of the western dis
trict of the associat ton at Denver. The
active campaign will probably open
within two weeks. according to Miss
Anne Sweet, president of the local as
ISOLATION.
Topeka will contribute $4,000 to
the fund, Kansas s35,5OO, and the
western district of the association will
give a total of 100000. Practically
the whole 100000 will be spent in
the United States, in caring for the
women who are forced to enter into
munition factories and other war in
situations. Under strain of the new
order of positions women are to oc-
cupy, a more complete recreation
and medical program must be offered
them. This according to Miss Sweet,
is the purpose of the campaign.
The donations will be secured from
business men and women, social or
ganiZation and from members of the
association. The work so far has been
headed by a committee of 100 women
now converting in New York. The
work, it was stated in a communica-
ton to the local organization, has
been suggested and planned by the
war department of the United Sta ties
and the activities have received the
approval of the federal government.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-18
ALL ARE SATISFIED
Sergeant on aBeLt, Patrolman Is Ser
gcant-and Chief Did 1t.

When things happen at the police
station they happend quickly. Satur-
day night Charles A. Furgason was
clothed with all the dignity of a SER
Sc ant and Hiram d. Sturm was walk
ing beat and carrying a club down
around the Santa Fe station. Today
ufgason is walking a beat at the
Santa Fe and Hiram D. Sturm is
clothed with the habiliaments of IA
sergeant
And at that everyone seems satls-
fled. Furgason said it seemed good
to get out with nothing but a beat to
look after, and of course Sturm is
satisfied. Chief Wilson is satisfied,
because he did it. He wrote a letter
to Furgason telling him that flor The
good of the administration his serv-
ices as sergeant were then and there
discontinued.
And that's all Wilson says about it.
change, it was stated today, and agreed
to. it. However, it is also said that
Mayor House will talk the matter over
further with Furgason.
II don't know anything about it
other than what is stated in the let
ten said Furgason today.
FurgasOn was made sergeant by
Harvey Parsons just before Parsons
was removed as chief by Mayor House.
Previous to that he was a patrolman
with an excellent record. He has oecn
active since he was made sergeant
and to all appearances was making
oOnd
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-18
FOOD MEASURE Is
TO SEIZE GRIP OF
SPECULATOR-- WILSON

yx-ost; oo+op Tune 1S-The ap-
,,,i,,tr1aa,,+ o4 uarbert Hoover is not
70 cnn+rnI the food of the country, but
70 release II from the grip of specu-
te+ors ana other nersons who seek tc
meLa evtraordinarv nrofits out of il
- 70 nrotoc+ The neOnle against the
o--ta,.+jors tba+ would result Presi.
de,1t Wilson said TODAY in a letter to
Renresentative portland.
The letter to Representative Bor.
land follows:
Won are unite right about the
food administration measures. In
NV opinion it is one of the most i'm
Dortant and most fmperatively nee
essarv of tbe measures which have
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-18
LOCAL MENTION

Charles L. Mitchell, secretary and
sales manager of Crane & Co, return
ed last night from a nine weeks bust
ness trip thru New Mexico. Texas,
Arizona and parts of Old Mexico
Mitchell reports unusual military pre-
parations in that part of the country
and states that Germans are thick
along the border. Their spies are
everywhere" he said today. '"They
are taking reports on all American
preparations and on the agricultural
and stock conditions thruout the
southwest"
The Modoc club and it's orchestra
gave a complimentary entertainment
at Fort Riley Sunday afternoon for the
rookie officers. The troop motored
to the fort early Sunday morning at
the invitation of Col. Tyree Rivers,
commandant of the fort. The chorus,
chestra, directed by Carlton Wood fur
rockies. Tom Powell and his kits
scored another hit in the entertain
ment with 1--WE Want to Be in Ger
many" to the air of ''Mandalay."
A raid on the home of Sauna Park
err and Minnie Spooner, at 230 Quincy
street. resulted in the arrest of three
men and two women. The men are
William Clark. John Dwyer and Mer-
riu Thompson. The women are Sauna
Parker and Minnie Spooner, alias
Sway. The women were charged with
maintaining a nuisance and the men
were arrested for being found in the
place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-18
REGISTER EX-GUARDS
All Who Have Been Discharged Since
Draft Day Must Report.

Another loop-hole thru which
some might crawl and evade the draft
was closed this morning by Provost
Marshal General Crowder CT the CEN
trail department. In a telegram to the
adjutant generals office today, Crow
der urges the adjutant general to in
form all officers of the national guard
that guard smen between the ages of
21 and 81 years of age, discharged
from service since draft day, June 5,
should register Immediately either
with the city clerk or county sheriff.
if they live in a city of less than 10000
population.
by doing as directed they will
avoid confusion and trouble wires
General Crowder
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-18
JAPS SINK U-BOAT
Mikado's Fleet Evidently Now Active
in Mediterranean Sea.

London, June 18.-An Official state
ment issued today by the British adj
miralty says that a Teuton submarine
has probably been sunk by Japanese
warships in the Mediterranean.
New Activity PIeases Japan.
Toxic, June 1S.-(By the Associated
Press) Japanese people have
been generally pleased to learn that
their navy is taking a more active
part in the war against the central
powers and that a fleet of japanese
destroyers is engaged in the patrol of
the Mediterranean sea has caused a
favorable impression. Admiral Koz-
aburo Oguri, Rear Admiral Kazo Sato
and Rear Admiral Ichisen Yamaji
who are commanding the Japanese
squadrons detailed respectively in the
India seas, the Mediterranean and the
South sea are all brilliant officers The
dispatch of another squadron to the
South Pacific on a special mission has
greatly extended the operations of the
japanese navy. Consequently the
emergency expenditure has swelled to
three times the former figure.
Time to Assume Responsibilities.
The newspaper Yomiuri which re-
fleets the views of the foreign office,
declares that the time has come for
the Japanese to assume the RESPONSE
bilities and burdens similar to those of
the rallies in Europe. 1t adds that the
extension of japanese naval activities
in the Mediterranean is but a natural
result of the changed position in which
Japan finds herself.
Japan" says the journal, SHOULD
secure an influential footing-equal to
the European powers-in the coming
peace conference"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-18
T0PEKANS ARE NAMED
Commercial Radio Operators Recon-
mended by New York Authority.

The Topeka Radio company is badly
in need of ten commercial radio opera
tors and last week Adjutant General
Martin telegraphed to the editor of
the Electrical Experimenter at New
York, asking for the names of ten
Kansas men we'll equipped as COM
mercial radio operators
The names of these young men
were received today by the adjutant
general. Five of them are Topekans.
They are:
James Hughes, Alb Taylor street.
William McClintock, jr., 1857 To-
peka avenue.
Stafford Thatcher, 80 Polk street.
Robert Trump, 1854 Van Buren,
street
These men will be offered good posi-
tons in the company. 1t is optional
with them whether they accept or not.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-18
BARTELL A CAPTAIN
Former Topekan Gets Commission in
Ohio National Guard

A. c. Bartell, former Topekan, is
now ranking as captain and COM
mander of Battey D, Field Artillery,
Ohio National Guardsmen. Informa-
ton of BartelPs appointment to a
captaincy at Dayton, o., was received
this morning in a letter written by
Barten to Governor Capper.
Bartell was assistant city attorney
in Topeka last summer, appointed by
Mayor House. He also was a lieuten-
ant in Battery A and when the guards
men were modified for border duty
Bartell resigned to join the battery.
After the return from the border,
Bartell accepted an advertising posi-
ton in Dayton, onl yto again Join the
colors when war with Germany was
declared.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-18

Announcements similar to the
above will be carried in Kansas dailies
and signed by Kansas bakers in the
future if recommendations made to-
day to the bakers by the state board
of health are carried out.
The state board sent recommends
tons to Kansas bakers today to f1uc-
tuate the prices of standard loaves in
accordance with the price of flour.
The recommendations are in answer
to an appeal made last week by the
bakers for permission to fuctuate in
the size, or weight, of standard loaves
on account of the high price of flour.
The law specifies that bread be
baked at standard weights. The bak-
ers claim they cannot maintain those
weights and sell bread at the old
prices and asked that they be per-
mitted to decrease the weights of
loaves.
I'VE believe it will be much easier
and will avoid evasion of the law to
have the bakers fluctuate the prices of
bread" said DR.. S. J. Crumbine, secre-
tary of the board of health today.
The state board also recommended
today that the practice Of bakers per-
not sold, cease. 1t is estimated that
5 per cent of the bread sent to retail
ers is sent back to the bakers, an alb
Solute waste.
Bread one and two days old is still
good and should be used" said DR..
Crumbine.
! The board also made a health rul-
ing that must be followed by the cit
les of Leavenworth and Junction City
situated near large concentration
camps. The ruling provides that all
outside toilets in those cities be closed
al