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The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-06
TEN THOUSAND AIR
PILOTS PRESENT NEED
Demands Are Urgent, Says Com
mission Head
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WASHINGTON, July G--Ten thou
sand air pilots, aud two planes for each
pilot, must be furnished by the United
States during the year 1917. This is
the statement made last night by Chair,
man Ames of the commission which has
been studying the war in France. The
statement continues that this country
must aid the Allies to the greatest pos
sible extent, and that the most effectual
aid can he given in furnishing airshiPs
and pilots, Here is the point on which
the Entente needs greatest support.
Provision for such great fleet of
aircraft as Chairman Amcs declares
necessary are embodied in the drafts
of bills which have been sent to the
house of representatives aud which are
expected to be introduced today.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-06
Plans For Drawing
Men For Army
Are Near Completion
Announcement Of Date Is Expect
ed To Be Made This Weekand
Pains Taken That Premature
Publicity Be Not Given
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WASHINGTON, July 6--Secre-
tary Of War Baker and Judge Ad-
voCate General CroWder are bust
~ engaged in working out the
next steps for carrying into effect
the selectiVe draft under the reg
istration of June 5 and are res
ported to have arrangements
nearly completed.
. While as yet no date has been
announced for the drawing II is
understood that the drawing viii
be held In Washington and that
the time is to be announced with
in the next few days and prob
ably in the present week.
Great care is being exercised by all
officials to prevent the publishing of
any details of the draft prematurely,
but IL can safely be announced that the
drawing will be done by numbers only
and that no names will be used.
Reports on the registration were sent
in by all of the States and veritable
army of employees has been engaged in
classifying and arranging names and
numbers according TO states, counties,
cities and towns. This work is now
making rapid hcadway. 1t is planned
to have the drafting go of with a
smoothness and rapidity such as was
obtained so generally in the work Of
registration. -. ..,..l Ns5n,y .a,
1t is understood that after the draw.
ing is held there will be n delay of a
few days before any names are pub
lished 50 that the men selected may be
Notified and have 'time for preparation
before the lists are published in their
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The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-06
JUDGE BLEDSOE is
NOT TO HEAR CASE
Honolulu Oil Company Wins Con.
tention On disqualification
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 6-Judge
Benjamin f. Bledsoe of the United
States district court was disqualified
yesterday from presiding in the trial of
the department of justice suit against
the Honolulu Consolidated Oil Company
for the recovery Of lands which the gov
erument claims under the Taft with
drawal orders. ~ ".
The decision barring Judge Bledsoe
from presiding in the ease was rendered
by the circuit court Of appeals.
Soon after the government suit was
assigned to Judge Bledsoe's court the
company attacked his jurisdiction on
the ground that he held stock In other
oil companies that were competitors of
Honolulu Oil.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-06
KAISER RCONS|GNED
TO HOTTER REGION
Mexican Governor Says W. Ho-
henzoIlern and His Govern
Inent May Go To Hades d
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I Ell PAsO,. July 6-f' The Imperial
Government and the Kaiser may 60
to hell," IA, the text Of a message de-
,livetea to the Gss,nsn consul At Chi
'huahia Yesterday, sent BY General
Francisco Gonzales the military gov
ernor, to whom a5protest had been di,
rected by the German consul over the
arrest Of a German subject. &.
The arrested man is the manager of
one Of the large German mercantile
houses in Chihuahua. where there is a
large German colony of influence. The
firm had overeharged Gonzales on SOM,
purchases and had refused to refund
for the overcharge, whereupon the com.
mander promptly arrested the manager
The attention of the German consul
having been brought to the arrest, he
demanded the release of the German
subject, in the name Of the Imperial
I Government and the German Kaiser
Gonzales promptly replied, with d.
rect information as TO where the Kat
ser and his government might journey
Since the Mexican journal FL Uni
versal has come out as strong pro
Ally advocate and had launchel its
pro Ally campaign, the sentiment
throughout Northern Mexico for a dip
lomatic break between Mexico and
Germany, following the lead of the
United States, has developed rapidly
despite the efforts against it by the
/ Chihuahun Germans The incident OF
the German arrest in chihuahua is Al
indication of the anti.German feeling
that is growing up. .,t.,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-06
CONTROLOF EXPORTS
BLOCKS germany
Plans Are Ready and Neutral
Nations Will Suffer Little
.... Hardship "
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- nioation Service) --n

(. WASHINGTON, July 6--Control OF
exports under the new and drastic law,
and which will be put into effect next
week, hare been earsful,y ptsparefi SO.
as 10 effectualIy blockade Germany and
ut the same time to cause no damage to
any neutral nations which maintain
their neutrality through not re-export.
ing the goods aud supplies obtained
from the United States. The last de-
tails of these plans were completed yes
terday, and now all is in readiness to
put them into operation. .r......... ...
As soon as the first proclamation is
issued, the Export Control Law will be
Immediately and automatically In opera
ton. That proclamation will be for the
controlling of certain commodities, but
will not affect all Others will be COW
cred by separate proclamations follow,
ing one upon another. IL is expected
that the first statement will contain a
complete and detailed statement, and
that coal and fuel oil will be among the
first commodities taken under control
as to expectation or for the use of neu
tral vessels calling at American ports.
Meantime, neutral nations are await
ing the proclamation and those that are
to follow with undisguised anxiety.
While they have the assurance that
commerce and trade will be interfered
with as little as may be found posi-
BILE, the powers under the law are so
sweeping that neutral nations might
easily suffer great hardship if they
were exercised with severity,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-06
Saloons Are Blamed
For Rioting
In East Saint Louis
Senator Thomas Says Agitators
and Men InfIamed With Liquor
Caused TroubIe-Chamber Of
Commerce Urges Blacks To
Return .s.&$ Z ~ ID. 4.
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WARRINGTON, July d Dne,tenth
Of the population OF this country Is
made up of persons Of negro blood, anu
loyalty ofhthis portion of our popula
tion, in the present crisis, II essential
TO our success, said Senator Thomas
yesterday, in Intercourse of his speech
on the Food Control. Bill, before the
senate for debate. The. Colorado sena.
tor referred to the recent race riots in
East st. Louis, where there exists an
admitted labor shortage. The whites
of that city refused to permit negroes
from the South to be brought in to sup
ply the deficiency in labor caused by
the call of many white men for war
employment or into the army.
Senator sherman, referring to the
race riots in Illinois, blamed the dis.
orders that had broken out in East
st, Louis, costing many lives and re-
sulting in large property damage, upon
the saloons and upon the efforts of the
agitators of the Industrial Workers OF
the World, AtE .t#
lIOin st. ytsttI
day announced that work had been re
snmed in number of the industrial
plants of the city, although there wa,
a general scarcity of labor. Hundreds
of negroes have fed and the militiamer
patrolling the streets are having no diff
liculty in maintaining order.
Resolutions were passed by the East
st. Louis chamber Of commerce urg
ing the negroes who have fled to return
to their homes. They promised then
full and adequate protection of life anC
property. ,..
The packing houses and the railroads
need the negroes back on their old jobs
and If they do not speedily return 1
curtailment of business is unavoidable
The chamber of commerce last nigh
also demanded immediate re0rganiza
tion of the fire department and polio,
department of East st, Louis and tha
the State begin proceedings and pusl
the prosecution of all cases against tn,
rioters and those who prov oked tn,
rioting.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-06
FREEDOM PROMISED
FINLAND AND POLAND
Russian Constitution Will Grant
Autonomy To Provinces
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WASHINGTON, July 6--That the
new government of Russia intends to
extend the freedom IT has gained for
Russia to the people Of the Finnish
provinces and of Poland was the dec
Iaration made yesterday by Commits
sioper Bakhmeuff, one of the members
of the Russian mission, in an interview
given out to the press.
A wide degree of self lf,government
for Finland and Poland is to be in,
cluded in the provisions Of the consti'
tuition to be adopted for the Russian
Republic, according to the plans of the
provisional government leaders, says
Mr.. Bakhmeutf. ID.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-06
JAPAN IS URGED TO
BUILD SUBMARINES
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TOXIC, July 6--Japan's most infu'
ential newspaper, the Jill, urges the
government to build large number Of
submarines for the defense Of japan 5
extended coast line, conjointly with
battleships, cruisers and other kinds Of
warships. At the same time the news,
paper advises the government to keep
the number of its submarines secret.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-06
SEA SNEAK VICTIMS
ARE FEW IN NUMBE|
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ROME, July 6-Ont of more than a
thousand sailing in and out of Italian
ports during the week ending July l.
only thirteen successful attacks upon
Italian shipping by enemy submarines
have been reported. OF these, only one
vessel attacked and sunk was a steam
er. The other twelve were made up of
eight sailing vessels and four fishing
boats. H.. ...
r During the week five hundred and
forty vessels cleared from Italian ports
and six hundred and ten arrived,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-06
NEW YORK STATE SHORT
ON IT'S SOLDIER QUOTA
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WASHINGTON, July 6-Ranks Of
the regular army are being rapidly
filed with the required quota of men,
according to a statement issued from
the war department last night In
some Stutcs. however, the quota is still
far short Of the number set by the de
partment New York is one of these,
with more than 47,000 men short Of its
quota, while California, on the other
side of the continent from the war
zone, is the twelfth State to fiji its
lists. ......
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-06
AL|BI TO Be DEFENSE
Of MRS. RENA MOONEY
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 6-Counsel
for Mrs. 'Rena Mooney opened her de
ferse yesterday. In the opening ad.
dress it was announced that the de-
fense would undertake to prove an
alibi and was prepared to produce evi.
dence that the defendant was not pres,
eut at the explosion nor immediately
before, but was elsewhere and did not
in any way participate in the bombing
Of the preparedness parade.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-06
Russia lAdhereS To
Treaty Pledges
Is Assurance Given
New Ambassador To Washing
ton Tells President the New
Republic Will Adhere To All
Pledges Given Before and
Since War \ II. b
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WASHINGTON, July 6--steadfast
adherence to treaty pledges already
given, is the firm purpose of new Rus,
sfa. This was the assurance firmly con.
veyed to President Wilson yesterday by
the new ambassador TO the United
States of new Russia, Boris Bakhme,
ticff, on the occasion Of formally pre-.
senting his credentials. ,.F..,
Russia, the new ambassador said, pur.
poses to maintain all the engagements
entered into and all the obligations un.
dertaken in the time of the old regime,
only defining more explicitly, the ulti-
mate desires Of the nation, now possible
to express for the first time.
In return, President Wilson expressed
his entire confidence and that of his ad
ministration in the new Russian govern.
ment and it's intentions. s3t
Ambassador Bakhmetieff then went
on to develop the general policy which
must motivate any peace that will have
Russia 5 acceptance. The basic foreign
policy of the Russian Republic, he said
Is the same as that on which was
founded the American Republic-namc
ly, that Just government can derive
only from the consent of the governed.
With this policy in mind Russia
could consent to nothing less than com
plete independence for Poland and al
other nations either now occupied by
the armies of the Central Powers or
held by them in subjection.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-06
WANT REFORMS IN DENMARK
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COPENHAGEN, July 6--The Social,
ist vice-president of the salon reichstaS (
is demanding reforms. In a recent
speech he declared that the salons are
lighting for love Of the fatherland, not
for the king, .:. ~
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-06
HALF MLLIoN GERMANS
HAVE BEEN KILLED
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PARIS, July 6--Half million Ger.
mans have lost their lives since the
great war from its beginning up to the
first of March, according TO careful
computations made by French military
authorities. .
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-06
Communique Says Attacks Are
Continued To Beat Slav lnfan-
try Back Into Trenches and
the Allied Gains Are General
ACTIVITY RESUMES ON i.
FRONT IN RUMANlA
Russian Accounts Intimate That
They Are Holding All Of Their
Recent Gains, While Reports
From West Tell Of Hun Defeats
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NEW YORK, IuIy 6-Defeat-
~ ed in their efforts to win
ground in the verdun sector, and
beaten by the Russians in the
Gallcian and voIhynian fronts,
the Germans yesterday admitted
officially that the Rumanian front
is stirring into fresh activity and
that their counter offensive In
-Gziicias&as bui a partai sucs
cess.v
Berlin late last night issued a
cornmunique announcing that
the Germans are continuing their
attempts to beat back to their
trenches the Slay infantry, which
has been assaulting the Teutonic
mes In the East. ..
The Russian accounts Of the
Jhting intimate that the Slavs
Are holding all their gains and
consolidating them rapidly, while
the German attacks suffered
heavily from the effect of the
Russian machine gun and artiI-
lery fire. 49,.
The news from Rumania indicates
that the Rumanians, reorganized and
re-equipped, and with Trustworthy
Russian force behind them, are prepar.
ing to attack the Bulgarians holding
the extreme right of Won Mackensen 5
armies in the Balkans. Indications are
that the Rumanians are fully ready
to resume the fighting that terminated
when their beaten armies fell back be.
hind the rampant of the Danube River.
In the western theater of, the war the
struggle continued between the Ger.
man gunners on the Verdun front and
the French. Here, although the Grown
Prince has been vainly hammering away
for several days, he had been able only
TO wrest few minor positions from the
men under Petain, who are again max
ing good General Castelnau 8 fam ,us
phrase "They shall not pass''. The
Germans again have suffered tremen.
dous losses in their stubborn attempts,
in the course Of which they hurled
large masses Of men across the inter
veIing ground, only to have them
moved down by the machine guns and
seyenty-aves of the defenders of the
line b.. ...A,
Field Marshal Haig's men are also
advancing steadily. Yesterday they
reported the gain of six hundred yards
of trenches along the famous Ypres
canal Southwest Of the town of Hole
bek, the Germans also lost ground des.
pite frantic effort on the part Of their
commanders TO hold firm.
Some idea of the changed situation
in Europe was illustrated last night by
General Maurice of the British general
staff, who announced that since April
1915, the British have not lost n single
cannon, and had taken 739 guns of large
calibre since the outbreak of the
war. In that time they had lost 1876
guns and had recaptured thirty.seven.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-06

PETRoGRAD, July cit was official
ly announced last night that the Rus.
slams In Mesopotamia are again cooper.
ating with the British forces under
General Mande, and have taken the
offensive in the ,Panjwin district. 1t
was also announced that aeroplane at
tacks on the aerdome in Riga have been
repnlsed by the SlaV arches" or
anti air craft guns.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-06

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be sanato tofahh ap nf Fh d cty H
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$4,000 FIRE BURNS
CANNING FACTORY
AT SOUTH MONMOUTH

IitcEfcld, Ne, Dec l3-Firc tonight
destroyed the plant Of the Heart Of
Maine Packing so. Buildings. machin-
cry and stock on hand were valued at
$4,000. The loss is covered by inslr-
ance.
The csta blishment was located 81
South Monmouth and owned BY Ken
call & Mccarthy of Lewiston.
1t is said that the fire originated
in or near the boiler room and that
both the buildings were totally de-
stroyed.
This concern employed about Is
hands and did large business in
canning, the variety Of fruits and
vegetables canned being numerous.
The establishment has been in opera
ton under the present management
but few years and was being stead
lily enlarged 1t is said that there was
q considerable quantity Of canned
goods on hand which were rendered
useless.
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German Aerial Bombs
Dropped Upon Them
Behind British Front
FULL DETAILS ARE
NOT YET KNOWN
Two L. $. Soldiers Dead in Hos
pital from GunshOt Wounds
Bombs Fall in Street Of Town
Through Which Troops Passed

With the American Army in France,
Dec. 1@, p. M.-(By the Associated
Press>-A number Of American rail-
way engineers have been killed by
German aerial bombs in town some
where behind the British front. De-
tails are not known at this hour.
1t is now permissible TO announce
that German bomb fell in \ street
in town through which American
troops were passing. Pieces Of the
bomb shattered the windows Of a
house in which there were officers
showering them with glass, but hurt
ing no one.
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questions about Hypnotic influence.
She denied that she felt amy enmity
towards Mrs. Reyes. who formerly was
stenographrr in Reyes office. Miss
NarICy said She thought Reyes had
teen living again with his first wife
fro III whom hc had been divorced, and
said She knew nothing of his second
marriage until it was revealed in the
published story Of the shooting.
She frankly admitted visiting the
Ilryev hulne in Brooklyn week be-
for, the alleged murder was commit
tod, 10 lay bare the whole miserable
story" int she was unable to find Mrs.
Keycs at home In her examination by
District Attorney Matzmann on the
NIGHT she was arrested at her sister :
homo in Upton. She denied She had ev-
,r been in Hr"ollIme, but she affirmed
that iris With"other statements she
contfadctcd today. was prompted BY
kcyos. who sat behind the district at
torney and motioncd I" her.
The defense had prepared the way
for Miss NarmcN'S appearance on the
stand By producing William l.. j. Par
ker, porter at the Back Bay sta
ton, who testified that he saw the
nurse reading paper in the waiting
room from 1915 to 11.20 on June 10,
the morning. Mrs. Reyes was shot at
her Broolllnr home. Other witnesses
We're called 70 strengthen the claim
for an alib which the defense has set
mp. Then Miss Narncy took the stand.
Story Of Relations with Reyes
Weeping Historically at times, but
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.HELMSMAN OF |MO IS HELD
AS SUSPECTED GERMAN SPY
Hospital Nurse Calls Attention to His Attempts
to Escape from Institution - Canadian Gov
eminent Begins Inquiry into Halifax Tragedy
Another Spy Suspect Taken from American
Steamer

man had been found on Johansen was
without foundation. Johanscn. Mr.
i}urchau said had been living in the
tinted States 10 years and as he was
anxious to return % his old home in
Norway he shipped on the limo.
Ii is Mr. BurChali's theor! that Jo-
hansen. who is to testify at the in
puirN. was still dazcd from the eff
fects Of the explosion. and was MAX
iug efforts to escape from the hos
pitaI fearing that he might lie put in
Jail because OF the collision which
caused the loss of so many lives.
Official Inquiry Begins
Official inquiry was begun by The
Canadian government today to deter
mine responsibility for the collision il
Halifax harbor with its resultant OK
plosion and fire and the loss of nearly
1900 lives week aGo today. Justice
DrYsdale. judge IN admiralty, presided.
Among the first witnesses were Pilot
MacllaN and Captain I.amodec 81 the
Mont Blanc and Alex JOhansen. stew :
ara Of the lmo.
Captain Iamodec. examined by ". A
Henry. counsel for the government. said
the Mont Blanc was loaded at Gravesend
Bar. y. y, with z cargo Of n ~ T. +
gun cotton and dry picric acid and 4 deck
load Of benzol for the French govern
ment. He described the distribution OF
The explosives in the hold and said the
"T. \. +. was separated from the acid
~ special wooden partitions The aci.l
WAS IN wooden kegs and cases,
AZ New York all the necessary precart-
ti"ns were taken against an accident The
partitions TO the holds were of wooden
construction. protected by tar cloth The
cargo was hermetcally sealed and no
body on board was allowed to smoke.
Camp-Map Iamodec testified his ship la
not carried munitions before He said
the ship came to Halifax to receive or
ders.
Captain L.amodec said the Imo was hall
2 mile away when he first saw her that
there was 4 perceptibe interval between
the blowing Of the whistles and that thu
collision took place immediately after TIE
limo Sisnalled she was going astcrm Thu
ships full speed at the time was - Knots
Proceeding up to Bedford BASIN, mis-
ship sighted the limo. continued the Moni
Blanc's commander The Imo was head
ing to sea across his course ana two
points on his port bow.
He gave ono short blast of his whis-
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C.E.D0WNING
Insurance
Vickery Building
Opposite Hotel North Phone 100
iecl2-14-1J-1g
CHANGE IN WAGES
of the
HOD CARRIERS UNION

On and after April lst 1915. The mint
mum rate Of wages for mortar mixer.
mortar carriers, ScatfOl1 builders. for"
masons. brick layers or plastercrs and
stone settlers, handling OF dimension stone,
brick carriers, mixing concrete by hand
and handling all material around CON
crete mixing machines. digging trenches.
foundation holes, casson work and ali
work pertaining 20 masonry in any Of its
branches, and any work in or around
buildings when directed by the employee
or his agent or foreman, will be fort y-fise
40 cents per hour.
GEO. ,GCILBERT. PRESIDENT.