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The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-30
WILL APPORT|0N II.
ALL raw SUGAR
Agreement Is Reached Between
Commission and Refiners For
Equal Distribution

NEW YORK, October 26-(Associat-
ed Press)--A tentative agreement has
been reached by the committee Of AM
erican sugar refners which bids fair,
in their estimation, to solve the acute
sugar situation in the Eastern States.
Announcement was made today on
behalf of the refners of an agreement,
subject to approval by the information.
al sugar committee now being organ
lied, whereby all raw sugar will be APP
Portioned among the different refine
ries in the country, with the result,
the committee states, that many idle
refneries would be opened up and the
output speeded up very considerably.
Food control authorities and dealers
in San Francisco have put q ban on
sugar for Christmas tree ornaments.
The loads of cheap candies which for
generations have been going into
Christmas tree ornaments are to be
frowned on this holiday season because
of the vital need of sugar by the Allies.
Manufacturers say that every effort
will be made to conserve sugar.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-30
'KERENSKY AGAIN
MUST face Danger
Leader Of Soldiers and Work
men Declares Intention .
To Fight Government

PETRoGRAD, October 27-(Asso
ciated Press}-Further troubles fol
Kerensky and the Russian government
under him is threatened by the Bolshe
vikis and other extreme radicals and
serious situations, approaching the crit
ical may soon have TO be faced by the
strong man of the new republic. Lead,
ers of the Soldiers and workmen 4
Council are threatening to side actively
with the radicals and against the gov.
eminent as now constituted.
The most interesting development in
the political situation here Yesterday
came in the form of announcement
by Trotozky, one of the leaders of the
Soldiers and Workmen's Council that
he had determined TO taken an often
sive attitude against the government
with the purpose of placing the actual
government Of the country in the hands
of the council, 20 make IL a thorough.
ly popular government controlled in
actuality by the soldiers who are fight
ing to repel the Teuton enemy from
Russian soil and the bone and sinew
which is fighting the industrial battles
of the, country at home.
This is the new source Of danger
that thereatens the Premier and his
coalition cabinet, He has weathered
dangers that seemed. greater but his
friends last night admitted that the sit,
uation is one that may tax his recog-
nized abilities of a pacifer Of factional
differences. ..-#.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-30
EXPECT DENMARK TO
PROHIBIT llI|'|| EXPORTS
Attitude Of the Allies Will Force
Desired Action y.

COPENHAGEN, October 27-(AssO.
ciated Press)-Daily newspapers last
evening published articles which anti
eipated the early prohibition by Den
mark of all exports. This prohibition
will be made to meet the demands of
Great Britain which have been backed
up by the United States and France.
Later it is expected that the prohibition
will be so modified as TO include only
the Central Powers but at first it will
be sweeping and win include even
Great Britain.
Checking of imports for Denmark by
Great Britain and France and even
more especially by the United States
brings such pressure to bear that it
cannot well be withstood. Great Britain
demanded as a proof of good faith,
before further imports to Denmark be
permitted to leave her ports, that all
exports shall be prohibited by Den
mark. 1t is understood, however, that
when such good faith has been shown
there will be notifications permitted.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-30
Japan AG|TATED BY
EMBARGO Upon STEEL

TOXIC, October &C. Especial to Nip.
pu Gji)-It is an Improbable business
for Japan to exchange her shipping
with the iron from the United States.
Such is the growing conviction which
now appears as dominating the thought
of the Japanese government as well as
the shipping aud shipbuilding circles.
When Viscount X. Ishii, head of the
Japanese war commission to the United
States, prolonged his stay in Washing.
ton, it was learned that he was dead.
locked over the negotiations with the
proper American authorities on the
steel embargo question. Japan wanted
the embargo on the steel to be lifted
in favor of japan to enable the Jap.
anese ship yards TO continue operation
while the United States government
asked for Japanese steamers to be used
in carrying the American troops and
supplies in the Atlantic. The United
States, it was learned from an authen-
tic Japanese source, is ready to grant
Japan imports of 100000 tons of the
American steel provided Japan supplies
the Allies with her shipping over AGO.
900 tons. 1t is on this suggestion of
compromise that Japan s public opin-
ion is now growing in disfavor, main
tanning that Japan will lose much more
with her shipping than she can gain
from the American steel.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-30
SUCCESS Of LOAN
ISNOW CERTAIN
Subscriptions Are Expected To
Reach and Pass Four Bill
lions This Morning

WASHINGTON, October 27-(AssO'
eiated Press -Four billions of dollars
in subscriptions for the Liberty Loan
was expected last night TO be the total
which win be reached this morning.
Eleventh hour returns will then come in
and the tabulating force VIII be further
increased to segregate and list the aPI
plications which il is anticipated will
fairly flood the Offices by mail and
by telegraph from the early morning
hours on to noon and afterward. 1t
may be several days before the final
total of subscriptions can be given out
with any degree of defniteness but it
is now considered as practically GER
tain that the maximum of five billion
dollars will be exceeded.
Secretary MeAdoo, looking worn but
pleased, said last night: "Let every
American patriot subscribe and place
his name on the roll of honor. To dc
this he will have to hurry. This morn.
ing is his last opportunity.
1.-THE closing hours of this the sec
ond Liberty Loan differ much from those
of the first loan. This time there is
no doubt of the success of the loan, no
doubt of the tremendous oversubscrip
ton which is expected to exceed thir'
ty-three percent this morning and will
it is confidently believed finally run
to sixty-six percent or more above the
amount of the issue,'
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-30
CRISES ACUTE
E0R AUSTRIA
AND GERMANY
POLITICALLY.
Majority Leaders Of Reichstap
Continue Plans On Under
standing That Michaelis Can
not Retain the CHARACTERISTIC
PAN-GERMANS MAINTAIN
KAISER MAY HOLD HIM
Austrian Socialists, czechs and
Poles Align Solidly Against
Government and Seek Division
Into Federation Of States

DERL1N, October 27-(Asso-
~ ciated Press)-The political
crisis in Germany remains acute,
according to dispatches from
Berlin. The majority leaders in
the reichstag are continuing their
deliberations on the basis of the
understanding that Michaelis can
not retain his CHARACTERISTIC but
must go within a few days.
Late yesterday, the reichstag
leaders requested Won Valentini
to inform the Kaiser that Michae-
lis has informed them that he
could no longer carry on the
chancellorship.
The Vossische, published yes
terday afternoon, however, main
tains that the Kaiser will not call
for nor accept Michaelis' resigna-
ton, while the DeutS ches Zeitung
states that official Berlin is en-
couraged in the belief that the
Kaiser is of the opinion that the
political parties will yet be
brought around to support of
Michaelis and of the various sec
retaries of state. 1t is the belief
that all the leading officials will
weather the storm and retain Of
fee, including Helfferich, the vice
chancellor and the secretary of
the interior.
A serious political crisis has
also come to a head in Austria,
with the Socialists aligned solidly
against the government and hav-
ing the support of the Czechs and
Polish members of the reichstag.
The Socialists have made public
the text OF resolution whereby
the members of that party pledge
themselves not to enter any gov
eminent that may he formed as
cabinet ministers. The resolution
also demands that the govern
ment so divide the country that
Austria will be converted into a
federation of states, the state
lines being based upon the racial
divisions of the population, each
state to regulate its own internal
affairs and be given the status Of
independent nations.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-30
EARLY MORNING IOY' !
RIDE ENDS BADLY.
Two Seriously Hurt When Car.
! Catapults off Poles Across
Paving and Turns Over

Two were seriously injured and one
slightly injured in an early morning
automobile wreck on Kalakaua Avenue
yesterday. That there were no imme.
date fatalities was little short of re.
markable for immediately after the ne.
cident Motorcycle ofieer stupplebeeu
expressed the belief that one of the
injured men could hardly live until he
reached the emergency hospital and that
IL might have been expected all would
have been called. About the scene of
the accident there were numerous in.
dieations that the car had been travel.
ing at high speed when the accident
occurred! t f
r. Lishman is at Queens Hospital
suffering from concussion of the brain
and fracture of the right arm, H. Hol.
stein is at his home suffering from a
fractured left shoulder and +. Rose is
nursing bruises and a cut head, three
stitches having been taken above his
right eye, the results of the automobile
wreck occurred between two and half.
past two yesterday morning. The car
in which they were driving is badly
wrecked. 10 was registered as Number
2O4l, the property Of H. H. Smith.
Hits Telephone Poles XIII.
With III. Holstein at the wheel and
the other two, injured men as his pas
sengers, the car came speeding in from
the direction Of WAIKIKI yesterday
morning. It was coming fast and soon
after passing the corner of John Ena
Road appears to have swerved sharply
to the right, grazing a telephone pole
and then striking a second pole with
force, tearing the fender from the car
and cutting, deeply into the second
pole. The force with which the car
hit the second pole. sent it clear across
the paving into the parking to the left
and here il smashed through number
of small trees and was finally over.
turned, pinning the three occupants
beneath It. II travelled fully $50 feet
after striking the first pole. So s.
Whiskey and Gasoline
Residents of the neighborhood who
had heard the noise as the car smash.
ed forward despite all distractions ran
from their homes and n call was sent
TO the emergency hospital, the ambu-
lance responding, and Motorcycle Of
fcer stupplebeen hurried to the scene
The officer told The Advertiser that it
appeared to be "another case of
whisky and gasoline not mixing" and
that there were indications that the
driver had been drinking.
Lishman, still unconscious. was taken
from the emergency hospital to Queen 5
Hospital where his condition is serious
though not necessarily preearious. An
X.Ray examination of Holstein yester.
day afternoon disclosed a bad fracture
Of the left shoulder. He was taken
home from the emergency hospital af,
ter having been given first aid. Rose
was able to go to his home after hay-
ing his injuries dressed.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-30
.D|SILLERY MAY Be
CLOSED SEQ: BY y COMPANY VI 4 Ny
Officials Consider Ceasing 0per-
% atoms But Do Not Act

The Serrao Liquor Company of Hilo,
recently called a meeting for the pur.
pose of considering the ACCESSIBILITY Of
disseminating the operation of its dis,
tillery, according to the Hilo Tribune.
AT the same time, the ACCESSIBILITY of
disseminating the liquor business was
discussed but no final or definite ac-
tion seems to have been taken in the
matter, as to either feature of the
case. ..."Er " H'.l f"'j.--'H' ~
The report for the year showed that
the business was in prosperous condi-
ton and, in fact, a better condition
than has prevailed for some years back.
However, the action of the government
in refusing to permit the use of mo-
lasses in the Manufacture of liquors has
tended to upset matters to some extent,
aud this, together with the small size
of the still, promised to make unprof-
table the distlling of liquor for med.
icinal purposes or even the manufacture
of denatured alcohol. .-.''. B..
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-30
LOUISIANA SUGAR
:. CROP D!S'APPOINIS
Late Estimates Reduce Figures
nj u To Under Three Hundred -
Thousand Tons

NEW ORLEANS, October BE. A.
Rainold, who is an authority on the
Louisiana sugar crop, says that the
crop will be a disappointment, and that
although there have been estimates
made heretofore Of a 300, 900 or 1926, 900
ton crop, the recent very unfavorable
growing weather will more than offset
the greater acreage in cane upon which
the big crop estimates were based. On
the majority of the plantations he says
the cane is small and the crop about
thirty days late. He says that 1t is too
late for the cane to grow or catch up
before grinding begins. The planters
are hoping now that their chances for
more cane growth have passed away,
that the cool weather will result in
more sugar in the cane, and the opti.
mistic belief is that the cane this year,
barring an unforeseen freeze" will be
very heavy in sucrose, Mr.. Rainold be-
lieves that all things considered the
crop will reach in the neighborhood of
275, 700 tons. He cites as evidences Of
the lateness of the season the facts that
last season the first syrup had arrived
ON the New Orleans Sugar Exchange on
September 5, and that now over a
month later no syrup has yet arrived
or been made. He says that the first
receipts Of sugar arrived last season on
October ID, and while he believes II
possible that some few small houses
will start grinding on the 18th Of this
month, they win be mighty few, and
most of them will begin operations not
sooner than the 22nd Of the month, and
more likely not sooner than the Goth
and perhaps a few days later. He ex.
presses the belief that there will be con-
siderably less raw sugar made this year,
and that the percentage of high grade
sugar made viii be very much greater
than in previous years, r.,1. ~. \.
John 81 Dennee, United States field
agent, estimates that the crop, on Oe,
tober ] was seventy,fpur percent of
normal crop, as compared with a nine
ty-two percent crop at this time last
season and ten years average Of
eighty.four percent on October l..
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-30
RATE ORDER TAKEN
. I0SU!lPR!EIME court
Inter Island Company Appeals
I From Utilities Commissions
order 70 Restore Rates

Appeal from the utilities board : or.
der to the Inter-1sland Steam NavigA-
ton Company to restore It's rate sehed.
ule to the prices in vogue In 1916 has
been taken by the company to the ter
ritorial supreme court aud a brief was
filed yesterday, This action is one en-
tirely separate and apart from the
proceedings which are pending In the
circuit court and in the federal court
though il may have the effect Of stay.
ing the temporary injunction issued by
the circuit court. The proceedings be-
fore Judge Ashford were entirely sup.
Elementary to the action Of the com.
mission in ordering a restoration Of old
rates by the company. a@tt
The appeal from the order Of the
utilities board which has been taken
by the Inter-IslaEd company is intend.
ed to secure review Of the whole
proceedings Of the commission but at
the same time brings up the question
of the jurisdiction OF that body and
its right to Issue an order such as the
one from which appeal is taken, 1t is
only on this point that there is any
similarity between this proceeding and
the one brought by the navigation com
pany in the federal court. There need
now be no conflict as to jurisdiction
between the two courts and the two
proceedings may go on separately.
Among the points presented in the
brief are the following: e.,
"The public utilities commission has
no jurisdiction to fix rates and classi.
fcation for the Inter Island Steam
Navigation Co., Ltd, or to direct the
amendment Of it's tariff. 4.
Congress having legislated and
placed the Inter Island Steam Naviga-
ton Co.'s commerce under the control
of the shipping board, that control is
exclusive. =. Ill., 3. |.t.
"No hearing was had as provided in
section 2234, and no notice of such
hearing given to the Inter Island Steam
Navigation Co., and the constitution
Of the United States requires such no.
tire and hearing before the commission
can enter the order made by it.
"The notice actually given, as shown
by the record, was of hearing under
section 1925, under which the only
power given is that given by section
1898 to make Recommendations and
bring suit rs,s ,t "st ag.#a 90 ..,-s.
'f'The order of the commission is
not sustained by the facts found in
its decision. The company is entitled
to a fair return upon the reasonable
present value of its property used in
the service Of the public
The commission ordered the Inter
Island to return to the schedule Of
freight and passenger rates in effect
in 1916, and secured temporary in
junction restraining the steamship com
pany from refusing to obey the de.
cision. ...,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-30
INVESTIGATING LEAF.
HOPPER ON HAWAII

Investigations on the leaf hopper
which should prove of the deepest in
terest to the sugar industry are now in
progress on Hawaii. Thus far no an.
nouncement Of the results that have
been determined has been made and
what has been told is of such nature
that it requires much technical know,
ledge of the subject of pests ana para.
sites to grasp what is being done.
Prevalence of the leaf hopper on
Olaa and other Hawaii plantations in
this years and next years crops is
blamed upon some heavy downpours of
rain that occurred when the crops were
very young. On Olaa, it is said, there
was one such downpour Of fully nine
inches and another plantation had a
rainfall of a foot. 1t is explained
that such heavy dOwnpour washed
away the parasites and left but few Ia
contend with the spread of the hopper
plague.
The question is now asked, if there
should be a similar heavy rain after
the dry spell of this year would it not
tend to wash away many of the hop
pers, just as the heavy rains mentioned
were destructive to the parasitesf
The leaf hopper promises to be prev
alent on Hawaii this year and next
and possibly in 1919. Already it il
certain that some plantations will fee
serious loss from them in addition "a
the big drought losses. 1t Is to com
bat the increased plague that the pres
ent investigations on the Big Island
are being conducted. - .. 1@ 7,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-30
NO NEW TRIAL TO BE g..
ALLOWED coNSPiRAT0RS

CHICAGO, October 27-(Assoeiated
Press)--Jacobsen and his cS-defeDd.
ants, convicted of conspiracy to vio-
late the neutrality of the United States
by fomenting a revolt in India will
not be granted new trial by the fede.
raj court before which they were con.
victed. Judge Lands told the counsel
for the defense that he would oyerfule
the motion for a new trial md he in.
dicated that he would pronounce sen.
tenee on Monday. 1""? .,~ ",v.t.
The defense purposes to take an ap.
peal from. his ruling and 50 secure a
stay of the execution Of the sentence.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-30
CASTRO IS ORDERED
-o' '."' T0'LEAvE TRINIDAD

. PORTE OF SPAIN, October 27-(As
sociated PressJ-Trinidad offers nc
haven of rest or retirement for Cipri
aho Castro, long the disturbing element
Of Venesuela. He has been ordered "a
leave Trinidad and his departure would
be forced If he should attempt to dis
obey the orders. 81 WI :. q, '. y
In an interview given last night Gas
tro was. very bitter against the. United
States. He attributes his expulsion Y
american Intervention against him anc
asserts that the United States govern
ment is constantly bounding him from
place to place. ''.'''@, N..-
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-30
ART SMITH LEAVES
JAPAN FOR STATES

TOXIC, October 26-(Speciai to
Nippu JijD-Art Smith, the young
American aviator noted for his famous
"lOoPiug .the-loops", yesterday babe
japan goodby and sailed from Yoke
hama for hdme. He and Mrs. Smith,
his mother, with whom he was visiting
japan, were among the passengers on
a T. X. K. liner bound for Honolulu
and san Francisco. "'.> VIZ
Smith declared that he is determined
to serve his country on his return to
the United States. 1t is generally be-
lieved here that he will volunteer his
services as an army aviator with the
American troops in France. ''
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-30
SUCCESS Of LOAN
UPSETS HUNS PLANS

CHICAGO, October 26-(Associated
Press John Barrett, head of the Pan
American bureau, declares today that
German propagandists had arranged
to spend a million dollars in newspaper
publicity in eight Latin-American
countries in the event of the failure
of the second Liberty Loan to come
up to full expectations. They would
exploit the statement that the United
States was wavering and the Germans
sure to win, and that it would be unwise
for Pan American countries to break
with the Germans. o.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-30
General
Retfelt
Forecast
Review of Situation On Scissors
Front ForeshadoWs Failing
Back Of Teuton Forces and
Says Defense Plans Do Not
Eo,tt.d = Ips =. e4ttt -.E : ar

COPENHAGEN, October 81
tAssociated Prcss) Plans Of the
German general stan to effect an
other general retreat on the west
front are foreshadowed in q review
Of the situation appearing in the
Berlin Tageblatt over the signature
Of General Won Ardenne, the mill
tary critic. w.. 'e ~.
This review mentions the POSSIBLE
ity Of another retirement on the
Aisne, in order TO correct the Ger
man line Of defense tacticaily.
Such a retirement, which has been
included In the plans Of the gen
eral star for some time, says Won
Ardenne, may now be fastened as
q. result Of the victory Of General
Petain on the scissors front this
week. and the anticipation that an
other great French offensive may
be expected soon. nag 'en- .flt.#
Although the chances for the
French ever breaking the German
line on the Aisne are slight" writes
Won Ardenne, Tho German plans
Of defense do not forbid q .volun-
tary retirement and the abandon
nnent under proper circumstances
Of territory not essential to the
great tactical PLAN - t' a'.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-30
COAL DEALERS FACE
CRIMINAL PROCEEDING

WASHINGTON, October 26-(Asso-
ciated Press 1t was learned today
that federal investigation has shown
that possible criminal prosecution may
be instituted against both retail and
wholesale coal dealers for violations
of the prices as fixed by Controller
Garfield. 1t is alleged that evidence
shows that many coal men have been
charging higher prices than that al
lowed by the administration, and Grim
inal proceedings may be instituted to
bring the dealers to time.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-30
NEW YORK FIXES
IN NINE CENT PRICE

Further cuts in the price of refined
sugar for the retailers we're announced
yesterday afternoon by the state food
control commission. 1t has been deter
mined to set the retail price at nine
cents and to have il maintai ned at that
figure cut of six cents from the high
price which some Retailers undertook
to exact early this week.
The new price regulation will be eff
feetive on Tuesday morning.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-30
ITALY WEAKENED BY
CABINET OVERTHROW

WASHINGTON, October 27-(Asso,
ciatcd Press)-Following the announce,
ment received from Rome yesterday
that the Italian ministry had resigned
and that a new cabinet must be formed
as result of the vote of lack of eou.
fidence against it, officials here last eve,
ming expressed profound regret. f
1t is the consensus of opinion here
in official circles and in diplomatic cir
cles as well, that the overthrow of the
italian cabinet can only result in Q
weakening of the aggressive campaign
and the ardent prosecution of the wal
which has been part Of the accom-
plishmcnts of the retiring cabinet.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-30
FACTORY
IS BADLY WRECKED

MONTREAL, October 26-(Associ-
ated Press)-Tremendous explosions
took place today in the plant of the
Canadian Explosives Company at Vau-
drcuiI, near this city, doing an immense
damage.
Starting in one of the shops, a series
of explosions continued for an hour.
At the first conclusion many employees
rushed away from the plant, and to
this is largely attributed the fact that
so far no loss of life has been reported,
though the damage will reach 81 900,
600. No reason for the explosions has
been assigned. The plant had large
amount Of explosive making under way.