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The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-16
BRITISH TAKE MAIL
FROM BIG OIL TANK
Standards Steamer Reports
Action OF Halifax Authorities
(Associatsd Press By Federal wireiossJ

i Associated Press BY Federal wirslessD
NEW YORK, March 1.-THE stand
ard Oil tanker John Archbold, which
arrived yesterday from the Norwegian
port Of Bergen via Halifax, reports
that at the Canadian port all the
European mail was seized and re.
moved from the ship. 1t is said that
this is the first American ship which
has been denied the right to transport
European mails to her port Of destina-
ton in the United States.
A recent regulation affecting the
British blockade provides that steam.
ers sailing from American ports via
Halifax will not be held up for search
by the blockading warships, the search
being made at Halifax and the ship
being given a clearance through the
lines. II appears evident from the
above that the regulation is also effec.
tive regarding neutral vessels passing
through the blockade for American
ports. ...
The call at Halifax is for the con.
venience of the shipping traversing
the blockaded zones, the search at
Halifax obviating the taking Of the
ships TO Kirkwall. Heretofore the Gus.
tom has been TO take of the mails
from Europe for search in European
waters, in which event the mails were
returned to the ship. In removing
the mails at Halifax, however, the oh.
ject apparently is to facilitate the
clearing OF the shin by FORWARDING the
mails to the United States by rail.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-27
B|G ARMY BEING
 TRAINED IN NETHERLANDS
(By Associated Press)

THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Dec 27. Only some two days march north of the battle arena in Flanders stands a Formidable army, intact, fresh and vigorous, that has not yet fired a shot in the great war It is the army of the Netherlands.
 That army is ever growing. The work of training began feverishly back in August, 1914, and it has been car ried on without break ever since in all parts o!' the country. A special law was passed some two years since greatly widening the circle of those liable to service, with the result that all the men under arms on August i, 1914, now have been relieved by new ly-trained men and sent home, though they can be recalled to the colors i'm. mediately should occasion arise.
 
 That the country's military leaders have no intention to rest on their oars after the achievement is shown by a bill that has just reached parliament providing for a re-examination of all men of the Landsturm born since 1885 who had been rejected for one reason or another. This measure is expected to yield a very substantial amount oi fresh human material.
 How large a mass of trained men Holland could now place in the field is easily discernible. There is first the army that was mobilized in the days of the wars outbreak, probably
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-27

not far short of a quarter of a mill ion men, and now all at home on in- definite leave. Then there is the new army, now under arms, of a like size Moreover, there is a very considerable body of men who, prior to 1914, had finished their period of 15 years in Militia. Landwere and Landstrum, but who are subpect to call should occa- sion require.
 This should bring the number of trained men available to half a mill ion men and possibly we'll over that number, constituting a far more form idable and probably better-trained fighting force than the Netherlands has ever before possessed in her his tory.
 In equipment, too, the Netherlands army ildS Hldue great SITlueS uuTlHS the past three years. The ammuni- tion industry has been reorganized and enormously extended. The artil- lery arm, in which the country was | notoriously weak, has been reinforced in so far as material was obtainable Some guns are on order. The delivery i of anti-aircraft guns is also in course ! of execution.
 1 Serious efforts are being exerted to improve Hollands aerial service A reorganization is contemplated that , is estimated to cost between S7,200,00C
 and $7,800,O00. The new scheme pro
 vides for 15 airplane divisions com
 prising fifty-eight battle planes and
 66 scouting planes. Despite Germany's
 own big needs, the arrival of a dozer
 machines from that country was re ported a few days ago.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-27
Old Tine New Year Calls

GN the late sixties. says C. II. Putnam
 { in .Slemorics of d Publisher" New
 York had not yet outgrown certain uf it's old fashioned or so called provh- cial habits. One of the customs was that of making New Years calls, practice that had been inherited from he Dutch founders of the city. Long hefore the beginning of the twentieth C ntury the growth of the metropolis had made impossible this pleasant and convenient habit of coming into touch (at least once q year) With q circle oi family friends, hut in 1866 the ladies still stayed at home on New Years day and old men and youngsters did what
 hey could i'll the hours between Il Tn the morning and midnight to check oif with calls of from five to fifteen min utes their own visiting list with that of their wives. their sisters or their Wothars.
 In my own diary for Jan. l, 1S6G. find the entry. Made thirty-tive calls 1 remember on that day coming back in the middle of the afternoon for Il word with my mother and EldiiG ola Mir. Bryant in her rarlOr, Ii WIS sleet- ing violently outside. and the Luxurious young men of the day were going about in coupes. ii was the practice, in order to save expense. for two or three men to join in the expense of carriage Tor ;he day. Mr. Bryant, however had ! trudged through the siect and in re- sponse to some words from my mother of appreciation of his effort in coming out in such weather replied cheerily :; Why. I rather like a fresh tempera- ture, Mrs. Putnam It is only the young men who are chilly and lazy"
 Fifteen or eighteen years later New
 Years calls ill society had become a | tradition of the past
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-27

At a special meeting of the An chorage Chamber of Commerce, held recently the Alaska Fair association was organized and s3,15O of the capi- tai stock of the association subscrib- ed for. It is expected to make the az ricultural exposition held last fall for the first time a permanent annual event.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-27
CHEAPER CIVILIAN CLOTHES
 BE MADE IN ENGLAND
(By Associated Press)

LONDON, Dec. 27.-It has been definitely decided to manufacture a mixture standard cloth for civilian wear which will be produced at about six shlllings per yard. The orders will be arranged by the wool board of control and the price for a mans suit of clothes will be about twelve and a half dollars, youths ten dollars and boys from five and half to seven and a half dollars.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-27

The first twins born in Anchorage arrived there the first of December to take up their residence with MT. and Mrs. Joseph Dempsey.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-27
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

In the Probate Court for the Terri tory of Alaska, Third Division. Val deg Precinct, at Valdez. in Probate. In the matter of the Estate of Robert D. Gray, Deaceased. No. 173. The undersigned, having on the 30th day of November, 1917, been appointed executor of the estate of Robert D. Gray. Deceased, notice is hereby given to the creditors of and all persons having claims against de- ceased or his estate, to exhibit them With the necessary vouchers, within six months after the first publication of this notice to said executor at his office and place of business in Cor dova, Alaska, the same being the place for the transaction of business for said estate in the Territory of Alaska. The first publication of this notice is published on the 9th day of December 1917.
 JAMES SMITH EXecutor of the Estate of Robert D.
 Gray, Deceased.
 First publication December 6, 1917. Last publication December 31, 1917.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21
Police Look For German
Plot in Attempt to
Blow Up Reading Train

Lebanon, Pa. July 21.-A desper-
ate attempt to tie up the Philadelphia
and Reading railway was made at
TWO points on the outskirts of the
Lebanon on Thursday night, and
special railroad police and local Of
hcers are investigating a report to
the effect that the act was committed
BY a German sympathizer who was
led to believe that a troop train was
either to leave Lebanon with the
local company or pass through the
city to bring more soldiers to Mt
Gretna.
A large acetylene tank, stolen from
a local scrap-iron yard, where it
was used for the cutting of boilers
and other metal too large for the
shears, was thrown upon the rail-
way track at East Lebanon, and a
freight train ran into it at 1O.45
o'clock. The locomotive, one of the
monoster ZOO classI withstood the
shock and lost only it's pilot wheels,
butthe explosion shook the earth for
squares around and a number of
people were injured
Two similar tanks of acetylene
were placed on the railroad tracks
at the opposite end of the town, near
West Lebanon, but were discovered
and removed before a train passed
by.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21

No 2s 2522 458 1886 2624 1884, 1894 1S78 10o5 2o22
45 7S3 1873 287 1885, 289 1882 2494 3082 1117 1872 262
174S 2195 837.
No 26 is 2O6 337 676 u.s. 5o9 1885, 564 266 o4 1913 $780,
3O67 2620 1885, 1862 2148 $780, 1895 245 548 6 300 1872
No 81 is 1882 755 1o7 1546 1868 2o99 1862 26o 66 373
1913 266 1891 U.s. $685. 26 3159 1885, 692 6O0 1885, $780, 8O
1889, 2549, 1892
No 70 5o7 3oo 49, 1867 1924 Co., 21s1 163 1548 1854
10, 2725.
No 1o is 2s3 2756 2993 1o4 1o3 17o5 31o s54o 1884,
1882 49, 1882 5000 1928 84 49, 140 2599 1885, 1922 2952
1923, 28o8 177o, 1896.
No 126 is 227 2o 432 279 $685. 1862 49, 652 o27 2S6S
Z39 751 COL 1924 1928, 146 3615, 2319 1885, 29 Co.,
1872, H71, 513
No Isl is 46 1920 1851 1oo9 1885, 2 249 262s 1886 223
772, 1856.
No 6is 2o39 721 3o 14o $780, 1885, 154o 146 2So 1922
542, 21O7.
No 1o1 1884, s 5 2665 1882 1900 2124 1873 1887 27o7
$40 2438 $780, 303 67 3o15 232 1769 1894 114S 16
2558 1854 1906
No 6 2o17 23o 343 2ooe 244 1913 2loo os2 2467 726
~ 905 933 233l 1884, 2S6 5079 2915 $780, 1885, 4 1885,
No PSI 2579 114 2s26 26o7 24z3 147o 64 213s 2622 2s
6o 1884 3084 $50 3l23 1611, 54 277S 3D. 1882 l72 2o4
s4s 266z 1870 1884 1885, 1917 2577 7o ss2 2o7s
oIL ZIP 23oO 49, 1862 1892 28 1863 1159 12 52 147
1874 2034 2434. '
No 3ol is 3o8 76o 1885, S. 2695 1876 191 1856 1872 228
3029 35O $780, 81 2698 2365 2616 8O $40 1882 44o l845
No 326 is 1854 1885, 1875 236 $780, 2z2 71 1922 841 63s
/93 5 1882 623 269 685 $685. 114 1914 1910 1888 335
on Page
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21
CUTOFF
Is APPROVED IN
OMNIBUS BILL
Saves Fifteen Miles on Will
liam Penn Route Between
Phila. and Pittsburgh

In approving what is known as
the omnibus" road bill, Governor
Brumbaugh denounced the inclina-
ton on the part of members of the
Legislature to add mileage to the
state highway system, already bur-
densome with its over 10000 miles,
and declared that his approval was
given the measure simply because
two of the twenty-five route changes
contained so much merit that zap
proval was almost compulsory, and
to save the wheat l must accept the
chaH. The two route changes which
appealed to the Governor were that
on route los, which saves fifteen
miles, eliminates nine grade cross
lnss and permits the opening of a
road TO Lock Haven and Remove.
and the change on route 275, desired
by the William Penn Highway Asso-
clauon, which constructs a new road
along the Juniata river between
Amity Hall and Newport and while
1t adds nine miles to that particular
route decreases the distance between
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21
Food Supply For 1918
Safe; Allies Will Fight
to Victory--Lloyd George

London, July 21.-Premier Lloyd
George said to-day that the speech
in the Reichstag of DIR. Michaelis.
the new chancellor. meant that If
Germany were victorious there will
be annexation all around and that
| the military autocracy would be
established more firmly than ever
The speech showed, the premier as
serted, that those in charge of af-
fairs in Germany had for the mo-
ment made the choice for war.
Lloyd George said the food supply
for the 1917-1S period had already
been secured and that a program of
cultivation had been arranged to
make the supply for the following
year secure, even If losses increased
1--WE can't make peace with a Ger
many dominated by autocracy," de-
clared Premier Lloyd George. THE
war now becomes a struggle between
two definite groups of national ideals
Significant in this respect is the news
announced to-day of the accession of
brilliant Russian stateman, Keren-
sky, to the leadership of Russian
democracy.
II don't wish Germany to harbor
any delusion," Lloyd George con-
tinued, that Great Britain will be
put out of the fight until full liberty
has been established. predict it will
not be long before the German chan
cellor delivers a different speech and
that is the one for which we are
waiting"
The premier said the statement of
DR.. Michaelis contained phrases
which would be understood by the
military powers of Germany. Unless
these were wiped out he added,
they would again plunge Euro pc into
welter of blood.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21
Six Americans in France
With Foreign Legion Are
Decorated For Bravery

Paris. July 21.-Six Americans serv-
ing in the foreign legion in France
nave just been decorated or commend
ed in army orders. They are Ma
chine Gunner Christopher Charles.
Brooklyn; Gus Agostini, San Fran
cisco; Grenadier Arthur Barre. Bos-
ton Qormerly jackie, battleship
North Dakota); Grenadier Ivan Mock.
mining engineer of Baltimore. The
foregoing received the war cross at a
review at Chalons- -Marne. At the
honors parade at the Inyalides
Ernest Waldron, Paterson, N. j..
serving with a French line regiment.
was. decorated with the British milf
tary medal. This was awarded him
for devotion and bravery acting as
Interpreter and guide of the British
troops near Combles. on which occa-
sion he received a wound which ne
cessitated the amputation of his right
leg. He already had been given the
French military medal and war cross.
His brother, Andrew. who enlisted
with him in August. 1914. is now a
corporal in the Seventy eighth line
regiment He has twice beena COM
mended in army orders, wears the
cross and has been wounded four
time
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21
.KERENSKY GRIPS
RUSSIA WITH
AN IRON HAND
Mutiny of Troop Segments
Rapidly Being Quelled
in Petrograd
GROWN PRINCE BEATEN
Sacrifices His Men in Vain
in Attacks on the
French
BY Associated Press

Although Russia has been struck
a severe blow on the Northern Ga
licia front through the mutiny of
segments of her troops under ex-
tremist influence, the forces of order
appear to be getting a firmer grip
on the fountain head of the difficulty
in Petrograd.
The disorderly elements in the
capital having been subdued, the
nations strongest man, Kerenskv.
has been made premier as we'll as
minister of. war and marine. Obvi-
ously this represents a notable GEN.
tralization of power in one man, but
it seems to be conceded that such
a Capitalization. even if it be sug-
gestive of a virtual dictatorship, Is
necessary if the vast. forces of the
nation are to be co-ordinated for eff
ficient reconstruction of the govern
ment and effective prosecution of the
war;
One of the signs that the govern
ment intends to grapple in earnest
with the forces of disorganization
comes in the report of the arrest OF
Continued on Page 10
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21
WAY NOW CLEAR
TO PROVIDE FOR
TRAFFIC NEEDS
Municipal League Approves
Ordinance For Valley Rail-
ways Terminal
TO RELIEVE CONGESTION
Gives Opportunity For Public
Comfort Station and
Isle of Safety

Another step in city development
and in the solution of the downtown
traffic problems is assured now with
the approval by the executive COM
mittee of the Municipal League, of
the city ordinance which will do
away with the using of tracks in
Market Square by the Valley Rail-
ways Company and provide for
changes in Walnut street for the
proposed terminal station for that
company.
AS soon as the terminal depot and
trackage are completed at River and
Continued On Page y
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21
INSTRUCTIONS TO
ALL DRAFTED MEN
Continued on Page 10

WITHIN day the local draft exemption boards
w will issue calls to the first groups of are to
be examined The call will be posted the office of the
local board for your district and will be published the
newspapers. notice will be mailed to you BUT THE
POSTING OF THE LIST AT THE OFFICE OF THE
LOCAL BOARD WILL BE DEEMED SUFFICIENT
NOTICE. IF THE LETTER DOES NOT REACH YOU
YOU CANNOT OFFER THAT AS AN EXCUSE FOR
FAILING TO REPORT.
This does apply to Harrisburg The quota here is
full and will go from the city first draft But
it does apply to all outside districts throughout Central
Pennsylvania
YOU MUST REPORT TO YOUR BOARD ON
THE DAY NAMED IN YOUR CALL WHETHER
YOU ARE GOING TO FILE CLAIM FOR EX-
EMPTION, OR SOMEONE is GOING TO FILE
ONE FOR YOU OR NOT, YOU MUST APPEAR
AND UNDERGO THE PHYSICAL EXAMIN-
ALTON
YOU HAVE SEVEN DAYS FROM THE TIME
YOUR NOTICE is POSTED AND THE CALL
IN WHICH TO FILE AN EXEMPTION CLAIM
OR TO HAVE ONE FILED FOR YOU. GO TO
THE LOCAL BOARD FOR THE FORMS ON
WHICH ALL EXEMPTION CLAIMS MUST BE
MADE.
After your claim filed you have days which to pre-
sent proof in support of it. GO TO YOUR LOCAL
BOARD The members will supply you with all nforrna-
ton to exemption and with the forms which your proof
of claim must be submitted.
Your claim will be decided within three davs after vo,r
afidavits are filed YOU WILL NOT BE NOTIFIED
The Official board will post list of the who exempt
ed and those who not If you have made claim for ex
emption and it is not allowed you may appeal the Ap-
peate Broad for the district you desire such an
appeal your local board will supply you with the proper
blanks, WHICH MUST BE SENT TO THE APPELLATE
BOARD WITHIN 10 DAYS AFTER THE LIST SHOW
ING THOSE DRAFTED AND THOSE EXEMPTED is
posted You have FIVE days in which present your proof
to the Appellate Board The decision your must be
made within FIVE days after you have submitted your proof
of claim and YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED BY MAIL as to
THEIR DECISION IS FINAL, EXCEPTING IN IN
DUSTRIAL CASES, WHICH MAY BE TAKEN TO
THE PRESIDENT
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21

of the last drawing had been flashed
over the country. The telegraphic
feat of transmitting the 10000 num-
bers as rapidly as they were drawn
was pronounced by officials to-day as
among the most notable features
of the whole process. The Associat-
ed Press virtually cleared its wires
of other matter and gave the right of
way to the draft numbers from the
start of he drawing, with he re-
suit that newspapers everywhere
were able to give to their readers
promptly the lists of those chosen
in the various local districts.
Number 10000 was drawn at 1.25
a. m. and the draft was completed at
2.lS n. m.
Strain on Workers
No small part of the countrywide
success of the lottery plan was play
ed by The Associated Press opera
Tors, who worked for long hours
with nothing before them but the
eternal groups of figures and with
the thought in their minds that
mistake OF single figure would be
matter of utmost concern to thou
sands of men and tens of thousands
among their friends and relatives.
For that reason no attempt at un-
usual speed could be made. with the
result that errors were kept at a
minimum
Some mistakes were unavoidable,
however, for in some respects the
ofhcial tellers' reports were at vari-
ance and comparison and rectifica-
tlon was proceeding to-day The rule
followed was that agreement in the
records of two of the three tellers
in any case should be sufficient to
snow that the variation was the mis-
take or the third. All the records of
the drawing will be so rectified be-
tore the official reports are forward
ed to local boards.
Rests With States
In reporting the numbers to the
boards the Federal government also
Will provide special lists with the
nigh numbers which do not apply in
the given district already cancelled.
me process will not be reduced to
the fne point of providing a can
celed sheet that shall exactly At
each division of the districts in the
country, but lists with cancellations
MADE by groups of thousands will
be used and one will be supplied
each local board with the line drawn
at the thousand mark next above
the highest number in that district
With the close of the drawing. the
great bulk of the business of maxi
ing the new army ready for service
VIII pass on to the State and local
authorities. They now must post the
numbers of the men first to be called
Continued on Page 10
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21
FIR ST CALL
FOR SOLDIERS
I'm TEN DAYS
Mobilization Of the War Quota to Be Subject to Proclama
ton by the President of the United States; Twice
$4,000 Men Probably Will Be Summoned For Ex-
animation Within Fortnight

Washington July 21. = With ten million listed in the
order of their liability the federal government began to-
day its last task of preparation for organization OF seecve draft
arryhe of determining who among those shall be exempt
The drawing determine who shall first be liable tor service
early to-day had been progress without Interrupt
ton for than sixteen hours and while the officials in charge
rested for forwarding local exemption boards the country
Most this work it hoped complete before the day
that the local authorities be given their instructions early
week.
Within days the who subject the Presidents
mobilization of quota of $4,000 be appearing
before their boards examination and for decision eXemp
Twice $4,000 be summoned by the boards the
theory that retrants must be examined for soldier
the number each registration district must furnish
has been carefully worked out