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The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-16
CONDEMNED MAN
NOT YET NOTIFIED
Korean Murderer Nervous, How
ever, When Death Watch Is y
Put Over Him

zee 70 Keuk will be hanged Jan.
uary 20. Governor Pinkham signed the
death warrant yesterday. As usual in
executions of capital sentences, the
man will be put to death on Friday,
The moose will be fixed soon after eight
o clock in the morning.
Although the warrant had not been
received by High Sheriff William Jar.
rett yesterday afternoon, probably be.
ing in the mails at the time, aud Wee
therefore had not been notified for,
mallyof having less than thirteen days
TO live he seemed to have an apprehen,
sion Of the truth. He was more ner,
vous than he had been.
He may have overheard fragment
of conversation yesterday morning, OF
may have taken fright from two slight
changes 10 the customary routine of the
prison. Instead Of being taken from
his cell for bath, as he had been
prior to yesterday, he was kept in his
cell, inasmuch as Sheriff Jarrett wished
to give him no opportunities for sui.
eide; and the guard, instead of merely
being in the corridor on which zee :
cell is situated, stood almost motiOnless
between his cell and that of Chinese
condemned to death. These changes
were significant, and Yee may have de
duced the truth from them.
Before being sentenced to death Yee
was noisy, and often would cry out
since sentence was imposed he has bee u
more quiet, but his nervousness has in
creased
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-16
STATES May Fix
Railroad Rates
deOWnLineS
Judge Lands Of Illinois Federal
Court So Rules In Most
Important Decision =. -. j.,
ASSOCIATED Press by rsdera, wtrslsss1

AVHs Ny WnelebbsD
70 CHICAGO, January IA decision
Of far.reaching Importance was rem.
dered here yesterday, when Judge Ken.
esaw Mountain lands. of the United
states district court here. rendered a
decision unfolding the authority Of
states to fix railroad rates within their
own borders. In thus deciding, Judge
lands oVrrruled the Interstate com
merce commission, which recently ruled
that States had no such authority. ar
A petition of twenty six railroads,
asking that an injunction be granted
preventing the going into effect Of q
two.cent'a mile rate fixed by the State
of Illinois, was dismissed by Judge
lands on the ground of lack of equity.
= several of the States have within
the past few years by the enactment
of laws OF by rulings Of their railroad
,conmissious, fixed the passenger rates
that might be charged within their re.
spective borders. The railroads have
rs a rule commended that the States
had no authority in this regard. Judge
Landis' ruling is decided victory for
them and a serious blow to the rail.
roads,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-16
PEACE WILL TAKE
Jobs FROM MILLIONS
British Preparing To Care For
Soldiers and Munition Hands

Associated Press by Federal wirelsss)
LONDON, January l4-Six million
people, men, women and children, now
in the employ of the British govern
ment will be discharged and thrown
out of work upon the cnl of the war,
according TO estimates announced here
Yesterday. This is going TO be one Of
the big problems with which Great
Britain will have to deal when the
great struggle is finally terminated,
and already efforts are being made in
advance to find solution of it. o..
Practically all of the six million are
employed in work connected directly
or indirectly with the war. Most of
this work will come to TN instantane:-
lus stop when the lighting ends, and
new lines of employment must be found
for the, workers A very large proper
tion of them are soldiers, but there are
great numbers engaged in making mu.
nitions,l building ships aid. otherwise
providing the mate rialsiwith which war
is wagedE VII
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-16
READY TO GUARD
BIG GOLD EXCESS
tAssOciated Press by Federal Wireless

tAssoctated Press by Federal Wtreless.)
WASHINGTON, January 14-Amend-
mcnts to the federal reserve act de-
signed TO place the United States on n
sound financial basis after the Euro.
pean war comes to an end, no matter
what the future brings, will be prepared
by the federal reserve board, it was
announced here yesterday.
The amendments that have been pro.
posed and which the reserve board is
considering provide means, it is declar,
ed, of controlling the over-extension of
loans based on the accretions of gold
holdings 6n this country, so that the flow
back of gold 10 Europe, South America
md the Orient may BE- arranged with
out forcing any disturbance of legiti.
mate business
Since the European war began, there
las been n steady flow of gold into this
country from all parts of the world,
but particularly from the European
Countries, both from those at war and
from the neutral countries. The United
states has become the financial center
Of the world. After the war there
win have to be some equalization Of
he gold balance, and the amendments
being considered by the reserve board
ere designed to cover the situation that
will then arise.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-16
.PERSH|NGRETURN n
MAY Be SPEEDY
Suggested In Washington That
Force viii Be Withdrawn
7. 4. Within a Few Days
tAssocia,.d Pres. BY Federal wirsi.sp.I

/. NNNaHSNAsNNe
p WASHINGTON, January l4---Gen.
eral Pershing's punitive expedition
may be withdrawn from Mexico with
in week, according to a statement
made yesterday by Secretary OF War
BAKER. Mr.. Baker gave this informa
ton to congressman who inquired OF
him concerning Mexican affairs. He
added that the national guardsmen,
many Of whom have been on the Mex
lean bord er for six months or more,
will be sent home soon. .
The withdrawal of General Per.
shing's expedition was the principal
point insisted upon by the Mexican
commissioners during the sitting OF the
Joint American.Mexican conference for
the discussion OF this eountry's rela.
tons with the war-torn southern coun
try. In the end it was the rock upon
which the commission split, it beipg
announced that the Mexican commits.
sioneTs would agree to nothing until
that point was conceded. Franklin X.
Lane, one Of the American commission
ers, recently announced unequivocally
that this point would not be conceded
nv the Jnlte0 StatPS. .
Guard Getting Tired 49, F.. ~. ~. 2.
As regards the national guard on the
Mexican border, there has arisen OF
late aSwidespread demand that they
be released from duty and returned TO
their homes. 1t has been represented
that the families of many Of them were
suffering because of the prolonged alb
sence Of the breadwinners, and that
many Of the guardsmen who had bust
nesses Of their own were suffering seri
GUS losses through their inability to
look after their business liz. r., -
A few of the regiments originally
sent to the border have recently been
returned to Their. homes, but an Official
statement issued here recently was to
the effect that the rest would probably
have to remain on the border for sew.
eral months to come. Appropriations
with that idea in view have been asked
of congress, .......s. - Ri,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-16
CHARGE BRITISH II.
WITH INHUMAN|Ty
Submarine Survivor Declares
Again That Effort Was Made
To Destroy Whole Crew
ASSOCIATED Pres, by Federal wtr.l...1

BERLIN, January j. In an official
report isucd here yesterday the German
government made public the report Of
Lieutenant CrOmpton. survivor Of the
German submersible l'II which was
sunk September -, 1918.
This report corroborntcs previous
charges made by the German admiralty
which said than "thp circumstances
Of the sinking Of the submarine and the
subsequent treatment Of the two men
were saved showed deliberate at
tempt 20 eliminate the only German
eye.witnesses of the affair"
; Lieutenant Cromnton in his report
charges that the mbmcrsiblc was sunk
by q British vessel flying the American
tag and that after having sent the un.
iersea boat TO the bottom. the British
vessel tried TO ram and sink the life,
boat IN which be had rscmped Crdmp
on was wounded in the Jaw aud eve
md alleges thpt he was badly treated
n the British hospital to which he was
takcn.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-16
''DRYS" PLAN TO HAVE
..... FRIENDLY congress
Associated Press by Federal wlrslessy

(Associated Press BY FEDERAL Wirelessl
CHICAGO, January l4-.For the pur.
pose of making plans to elect a "dry"
congress in 1918 call was issued yes
terday for a meeting of the Prohibi
ton national committee to be held
here next Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, January I6, II and Is.
Encouraged by their success in, sew
eral of the States in the election Of
last November, the leaders of the Pro.
hibition party are hopeful of being able
to elect enough members. of congress
next year to insure the passage Of a
national prohibition amendment to be
submitted TO the various States. Plans
for work in "dry" States and for q
propaganda along national lines will
be discussed ut the meeting next week
and n general campaign will be planned.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-16
.BOPP FIRED BY
GERMAN EMBASSY
tASsOcistsd Press by Federal wirsls4s)

Associated Press by Federal wirele4O
SAN FRANCISCO. January I4-Thp
German embassy at Washington is be.
lieved to have sent n message in cipher
TO the German consulate here relieving
Consul-Generhl Franz Bopp and Vice.
Consul J.. II. Won Setback from Office as
a result Of their conviction. with asso.
eiates, on the charge of having con.
spired TO blow up trains and ships
carrying munitions to the Allies, thus
violating Y. S. neutrality. 1t is report.
ed that Ambassador Won Bernstorff has
notified the secretary of state that he
has retired Bopp and his assistants.
. Yesterday IL was learned that Bopp
had received an official notification Of
his temporary removal," and il is
understood this was directed from Der.
lin. F..'
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-16
BABY BOY WANDERED
OFF, ALARMED PARENTS

Eight -year.old lsamu 0naka, whu
has been missing from japanese
boarding school in Kakaako since Fri
day morning, was returned to thu
school yesterday afternoon. He had
wandered into Kalihi valley, at least
two miles beyond the Kamehameha
Schools. japanese Of the valley cared
for him Friday night. Boy Scouts
searched for him, and, after they had
gon" to Kalihi Valley, telephone mes
sage was received that he had been
found,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-16
JUMP COMPLETES THE
= FIRST LAP TO HAWAII
(A..Oeiatsd Prom By Federal wirsl.ssl

NAseNN--SN~
+. SAN FRANCISCO, January Al.
W Jump and family, in addition 10 a
number of angling friends, arrived here
yesterday IN his forty foot power boat,
the Sea Scout, from San Diego. The
Angeleuos are on their way to Homo,
lulu. Mr.. Jump will spend several
months fishing in Hawaiian waters.
Mr.. Jump closed arrangements yes.
terday with the Matson NavIgaI ION
L. Company to ship his boat in Que Of
their steamers TO Honolulu. The Sea
SCOUT will be taken to Honolulu in the
VI noa, leaving here next Tuesday and
arriving at its destination on Janu,
airy %. ~,
The owner of the Sea Scout, his fam.
iIy and friends will leave in the same
steamer. Jump has angled in Ha-
w0ii0n waters before, and he says
there are no better fishing grounds
anywhere. in the world.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-16
SENATE CONSIDERS
RAILROAD LEGISLATION
ASSOCIATED Press BY Federal wireIssa.D

(AssOciatsd Press by Federal wirelsss.D
WASHINGTON, january IA =. The
'enate committee ON Interstate com
nerce is considering aibitrhtion legis-
alton which will suPplapt the Adamson
= Eight hour" Bill. 1t has developed
hat it Is improbable the Committee
viii approve a, bill restraining the en-
oloye from striking or the employer
from forcing out any employee pend.
ng an investigation 1t Is said that
forts are likely to be conferred ON a
hill providing for an investigation OF
'tSnnt"s, without restraint to strike or
Lockout, v.,a.. ~
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-16
FORCED TO KILL TO
!. PROTECT HERSELF
aAssocta.sd pr,.s By Federal wirsls.s.,

AAssocfAted press BY Federal Wtreless.I
DENVER, January l4-Rather than
drink liquor which her husband tried
TO force her to drink, Mrs. John Law.
renee Smith shot and killed him yes
terday with a revolver.
For FIVE hours Mrs. Smith struggled
with her husband, who insisted that
she should drink and who tried to force
the liquor upon her AT the end of the
struggle, when it became apparent that
she could no longer successfully resist,
she killed him.
The killing was the climax of a sen.
sational career on the part of Mrs,
Smith. She was formerly the wife of
William Moore, one of the leading law.
yers Of Denver. The couple were
divorced and Mrs. Moore married
Smith, who had been her chauffeur.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-16
FL|ERS
LOST IN MEXICO
Associated Press by Federal wirsloss)

Associated Press BY FEDERAL WireIess)
SAN FRANCISCO, January II
lieut. Col. Harry G: Bishop of the
Eighth Field Artillery and Signal Corps
aviation school, and Lieut.. William A.
Robertson Of the cavalry, also of the
aviation school, have been lost since
Wednesday from San Diego.
IN an aeroplane, they few south
ward from San Diego and landed in
Mexico, one hundred miles south Of
the border. They were forced TO land,
it is reported. The war department
has sent message to General Bell and
rescuers have been sent out, consisting
of detachments of Americans, civilians
and Mexican cavalry. The two flyers
had five days provisions, it is be,
heN ed ~ t'..'
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-16
IDOL WASHED INTO
5ih..~ GULCH GRABBED UP

That j. J. Star, of Honolulu, had
bought a Hawaiian idol is news from
Maui, Policeman Joe Mitchell found
ii On the beach at Maliko 'Gulch on
Tuesday and sold it to Star for fifteen
dollars. II is about two and one,half
feet in height and is the characteristic
idol of Hawaii. 1t was believed to
have been washed down Mahko stream
from the place where it had been lying
for wears
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-16
VILLA IS DEFEATED

CITY OF CHIHUAHUA, Mexico,
January IA column of Villistas has
been defeated sixty miles west of San
Rosario and many prisoners were
taken by General Gonzales, according
TO an official announcement made
here.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-16
GERMANS EXPLAIN
SINKING OF TRlPEL

ASSOCIATED Press by Federal wireless,
BERLIN, January l4A-The German
government yesterday transmitted
through Ambassador Gerard a note 10
Washington concerning the sinking Of
he Norwegian steamship Tripei. Ac-
ording to the Overseas News Agency,
he note states that the vessel mas
Junk after IL had been ascertained
hat her cargo of steel and iron was In
tended for the Italian government.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-16
Launch Fresh Attacks and Gain
important Positions - Berlin
Dispatches Admit the Loss Of
Ground On the West Front
BULGAR DEFENSE IS
APPARENTLY BREAKING
Fierce Battling In MoIdavia, With
Advantages For the Day Even
Germans Gain On the East
and Lose en- the West

tASsociatsd Press by Federal wirsless.D
ME YORK, January H.
~ While the greater part Of
the news regarding the fighting on
The western front comes by way Of
Berlin, it is evident that the Brit
jsh from the Ancre to the User
IRE continuing their onslaughts
against the German lines with sys-
tematiC success.
On the Serre the British have
launched new attack, gaining
ground and taking prisoners and
supplies, the positions wrested
from the Germans being important.
This is admitted in the Berlin de-
patches, which admit more than
IS claimed in the news sent out
from London. In the Ancre val
ley there has been bitter fighting,
British infantry following up the
destruction wrought by their guns
and making Roadway against the
German machine gun defense.
. BULGARS BREAK DOWN
The Bulgarian resistance to the
advance of the Entente forces in
Macedonia appears to have broken
lown, the news from that theater
# war being that the British.
French and Serbians are advanc-
ng practically" .inopposed along
many sections of their front, the
}ulgars and Turks abandoning
heir positions as the Allies sweep
forward. IT, H.
On the ltalian-Austrian fronts,
10Th in the Carso and in the Tren-
inc, there have been violent artil-
cry duels without infantry actions.
EVEN BREAK IN RUMANIA
Berlin announces further sue
esses along the Rumanian line,
which advances, however, appear
o be Offset by Rumanian advances
elsewhere. The Germans have
gained ground along the, eastern
section of the Moldayian front, at
he junction of the Sereth River
md the Danube, taking the town Of
Mihalea by storm. Four hundred
If the garrison were taken prison
erS and large number of others,
attempting to escape, weredrowned
n the Sereth River.
Along the Moldavian frontier,
however, the Rumanians, who have
Deen leaving much of the recent
Ighting to the Russians, while
heir ranks were being reorganized,
urned against the invaders, driv-
ng some of the columns back with
leavy losses. In the region Of the
<asino River the Germans suffered
particularly heavy losses.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-16
WILL HEAR
FACTS ABOUT LEAK
iAs.Oeiatsd Prsss by FEDERAL wlrslossl

tAssociated Press by Federal wirelosS.)
WASHINGTON, January l4-Plans
for Feopening the "Ieak" inquiry on o
broad scale have been agreed upon by
house leaders and rules drafted to EN-.
power the house rules committee TO
compel witnesses 20 testify. New York
brokers and Thomas w. Lawson Of Bos,
ton will be called early in the week.
The house has adopted the rules with.
out objection. Lawson will probably be
FIRST called.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-16
SOMETHING TO REMEMBER,

IN buying Il ,ough medicine for chill.
dren, bear in mind that Chamberlain :
Cough Remedy is the best for colds,
GROUP and whooping cough, and that il
contains no harmful drug. For sale by
all dealers, Benson, Smith 4 CO., agents
for Hawaii.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-16
PILES CURED IN 6 TO IA DAYS

PhIO OINTMENT is guaranteed u
cure blind, bleeding, itching or pro-
truding PILES in s to IA days or
money refunded. Manufactured by
the rAKIS MEDICINE co. , st Louis.
y. 5. A.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-16
AUSTRIAN DESTITUTE
IN DESPERATE STRAITS
Associated Press by Federal wirslsss)

LONDON January l4-Advices from
Vienna via Amsterdam say that
has received a letter say.
ing that the wives of thousands of
tramway employees called to the colors
are IN deplorable condition. Their
distress Is frightful and the children
are pining away from hardships."
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-16

brought ashore by eight o'clock. AT
that time the cruiser had listed
twenty-five feet and hope of saving
her had been practically aban-
doned.
She lies within the first line Of
breakers.
OTHER SHIPS IN DANGER
The miscalculation which took
The Milwaukee to her fate almost
resulted iii a triple wrecking, the
converted monitor Cheyenne and
The naval tug lroquois finding them
selves also in dangerous waters
when the cruiser went ashore.
The Cheyenne had to be carefully
handled TO take her back into safe
ty.
The Milwaukee is a sister ship
IF the Charleston and the st.
| .ouiS, Of l0,S39 tons. She carries
fourteen 6-inch guns and a normal
complement of Ut officers and
men, At the time of the accident
Yesterday her crew was short by
seventy men. The Milwaukee was
quilt at the Union Iron Works of
San Francisco, having been som-
oleted in 1904.
She has been acting as the moth
er ship of the destroyer force on
the Pacific and was the flagship of
Comd. {, J. Lang, in command of
The torpedo. flotilla, Her station
has been at the Mare Island, naval
station, II
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-16
CALL EARLY AND
AVOID THE RUSH"

Anybody who wants TO see the Gov
ornor from now on to the close of the
legislative session will have to call in
the morning, according to an announce
ment made at the Capitol yesterday,
The Governor says he's going to be
busy.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-16
ANOTHER STEAMER SUNK
(Associated Press

o. NAAsociAtea fress by FEDERAL Wireless)
LONDON, January 1.-THE Russian
steamer Ruby has been sunk, accord,
ing TO despatch to Lloyds Agency.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-16

MEN SAVED AND ONLY
ONE SLIGHTLY INJURED
%. pHisEssApt ts1s ...+..
Flagship Of Destroyer FlotiIla En-
gagged n Saving Of Wrecked
Submarine, When Accident 0c-
Cured Which Wrecks Her Too
tA,.ocistsG Piss. " Federal wireless,

7. 'apsoSANfvN NAYIs ~, AseNah 'ANa~s1V
EUREKA, California, January
~ l4-Abandoned by her crew,
the members Of which were rescu-
ed only through the hard work OF
shore parties, the cruiser Milwau-
kee is ashore near the entrance to
Eureka Bay, pounding upon the
sands and likely to become a to-
tai wreck within a few hours.
The cruiser was engaged in sal
wage operations when she struck,
having been Unanswered in close
to the shore in order to assist in
the work of attempting to reAoat
the submarine H-3, which went
ashore at almost the same point
during a fog on December IA.
Shortly after the Milwaukee
was beached, the receding tide
left her in a rprccarious position.
The big ship keeled over, throw
ing hes on her, beam, while the
waters rougiened, causing the
the ship to smash herself against
the sands with each receding
wave.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-16
WAS AT RESCUE WORK

The Milwaukee had been care
fully worked in to position where
it was thought she could be used
for direct haul on the hull of the
HIS, the navigator taking the great
est care as he realized the possibili-
~ of danger. This realization did
not save the1 ship, however, the
cruiser finally. striking and getting
beyond immediate control was
driven ,bS the tide and wind into
waters where she was helpless. The
receding tide left her in only twelve
feet of water, her normal forward
draft being twenty-five feet. AS
the tide dropped, the cruiser began
TO heel over and to pound.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-16
BEACH FIRES AS LIGHTS

: Darkness came and found a
number Of her crew still aboard
the cruiser. IA Assist III the
work OF rescue, great brush fires
and blazing heaps of timbers were
employed the light from which
enabIefthe shore parties to con-
tinue. By eight o'clock the last
man was brought ashore in the.
breeches buoy, the whole crew be-
ing rescued in this way without
the loss of man. Only one was
in any way injured and his in
juries are not serious.
At six o'clock last night, the
commander Of the cruiser, Lieut..
William F. Newton, sent out
word to the commandant at Val
lejo that the ship would almost
certainly become a total wreck un-
less through some means she
could be Aoated Immediately. AT
that time the ship was pounding
heavily, her forward 6-inch guns
had been torn loose and thrown
over the rail by the pounding and
portions Of her superstructure had
worked loose and been Jared
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-16
RESCUERS AT HAND

Immediately the plight of the
ship was noted aboard the other
naval vessels engaged in the sal
wage operations, preparations were
put under way to rescue the crew
if the necessity arose. The life
savers shot line across the cruiser
and arrangements for using the
breeches buoy, by means of which
the crew of the lbs were rescued
three weeks ago, were completed.
Soon after the Milwaukee struck,
the work OF taking off the crew
was begun; the last man being
Smyrna times., 1917-02-21
Downtown AarIeuIturIst.

'The farmer has no show!" moaned
Mordecai MOrose. "Ever since 1 can
remember 1 have lost money on that
last car of hogs 1 shipped to Kansas
City. Alfalfa is only a fad, and silos
are worse than useless. When the
prices of corn and wheat are decently
high 1 don't make half crop. Taxes
and mortgages eat up half feller can
raise. If the other half escapes the
chinchbugs the middleman grabs it.
Ar-r-r-r-r!"
"Just sO!' returned progressive
Farmer Broadhead. According to
your own showing, MoEd, you owe the
middleman about six hundred dollars
and the chinchbugs an apology. Prob
ably it would have been money in your
pocket if you had never been born."-
Kansas City Star.