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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-18
Huns Put Price On
Life of Americans

BRITISH HEADQUARTERS. IN FRANCE, September
o-(Associated PreSAs prices the heads Of
80 has Germany put price the life of the American
soldier in France who be brought back dead by any
member OF the Hun The price of
class and 400 marks $780, II the American prisoner or 800
marks SIS he be brought in dead and fourteen day leave
tbsence IN either The order issued last July accord
to the report OF told yesterday by rusan sergeant
ad been brought in a prisoner.
st last July that the order ssucd said the SER
;eant 1T supposed that there United troops
front OF us with divisions Of Portuguese
he order said that the who back with American
older would the Of the first GLASS;
live 400 marks would be paid and dead 800 marks
ion to these rewards there would be granted absence
visit home Of fourteen days.
Other prisoners who questioned the authenticity
he story admitted that they had heard of the order
fort had been made o earn it.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-18
COPPER UTENSILS
SOUGHT BY FRENCH

PARIS, September 10 ASSOCIATED
Press)-Francc is now in the mark ct
as purchaser Of copper at home. in
the shape of utensils, Just as other
countries have been for a long time.
For the present the government is seek
ing principally old copper "alambics' -
or liquor stills of an almost obsolete
pattern that are found in some regions
although it purchases any copper OBJ.
ject offered for sale
Since copper stills cannot readily be
shifted from point to point by their
owners, the government has organized
n series Of collection parties, each un.
der command Of an officer, which are
touring several Of the departments and
picking up such copper as is offered for
sale. The government offers four francs
$50 cents per kilogram.
The half dozen departments where
the collection tours are taking place
have been notified of the exact day
and hour when the collectors may be
expected to arrive. In all, III towns
in six departments are being visited
during the latter part of August and
the early weeks Of September.
Meanwhile the government maintains
in Paris a sort Of old copper headquar,
tiers at Avenue de SAKE where utcn.
sils and objects of all kinds made of
red copper may be turned in at four
francs the kilO. H.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-18
GOES
AHEAD WITH SPEED
Senate Passes War Credits Bill;
Houses Increases Money For
Ships; Agreement Near

WASHINGTON, September 10
(Associated Press PLANS to expedite
the passage in the senate of the sol
'liers and sailors insurance bill were
completed yesterday in accordance with
the earnest request of President vii
son to Senator Martin TO aid its pass
age before adjournment.
The expected clash occurred in the
conference committee on the War Rev
enue Tax Bill over the elimination il
the bill ms it passed the senate of tn,
tax on the gross sales of manufacture
as it was included in the tax bill. This
amounted to $T0,000,O00. A compro
mise is offered to raise this in the new
bill to half or perhaps two third,
of the original amount and it is eX
pectcd that this will be accepted.
Last night Indications were that the
committee will be ready with report
10y Thursday.
Without objection, yesterday tn,
house approved the recommendation OF
its appropriation committee to amend
the seven billion dollar urgent dcfri
ency bill and thus authorizing an Aggrr
gate Of $l,234 ,0O0, 900 for the merchant
marine. Rapid progress was made and
it is hoped to secure hnal passage o;
the measure on Monday.
The war credit bill, aggregating $ll,
53S, 600, was passed by the senate
without single dissenting vote 1t
is claimed this is the largest measure
of the kind in the worlds history.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-18
CHEEKS OF CHILD
ARE BRUTALLY CUT
Mother Accuses Stepfather But
No Charges Are Preferred
BY Police Officers

An unhappy family assembled yester.
day morning in the emergency hospital
at the police station, the principal rol :
being played by fve.year old Filipino
girl, Florentina Tavano by name, whose
checks required surgical attention be.
cause of the cruel blows they had re,
eeived Mt the hands, 80 her mother
declared, Of her step father, one Rafael
Venus. EH
That man with so classic a com
bination Of names had struck the lit
tie child with the buckle end of leath
er belt seemed improbable, and YET
the babv's mother and sister both in.
sisted that the fellow, who was the
worse for liquor, had inflicted the ugly
wounds. He had become vexed oYel
some imaginary trouble and had vented
his anger on the innocent child.
Venus had been too sociable with Bac
chus, and ran amuck with Mars. Tn,
child's cuts were cleaned and dressed
and the family returned to their HON,
on Kukui and Liliha Streets, without
any one of them fling n complaint
against the stepfather or asking for hi,
arrest.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-18
AMERICANS QUICK
TO AID STRICKEN
Details of Air Raid On Harvard
and st. Louis College Con-
tingents Are Received

WASHINGTON, September 16-(As
ociatcd Pressl-Major Murphy, head
# the American, Red Cross In France
las seut in the first detailed account of
he Hun air raid upon hospital and
pon the hospital cOntingents from
Harvard aud st. Louis College on the
light of September 4. This report was
'eceived yesterday morning and made
public last night. T..
Ia his report Major Murphy highly
compliments the cool headedness and
he bravery of the American surgeons
md the college hospital contingents.
The American base hospital was at
eacked in the night when most all
we're asleep. The bombing lasted only
en- seconds, he said, but its damage
VAS severe for the short time involved.
)nly one was killed but three officers,
tx privates, woman nurse and TWEEN
ytwO patients were wounded.
In less than minute after the at.
ark commenced the surgeons and at
PENDANTS were at work collecting the
stricken
After the twenty. four hours in the
nperatiOng room that followed they
were ready to drop from sheer exhaus-
tion when their work was finished.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-18
INSISTS POWER OF
VALUE IS WASTED
Armed With Wind Gauge w. P.
RoSsiter Makes Further
Tests of Winds At Pail

Armed with a wind.guage and &C.
comPanied by an old Hawaiian who
lives near the Pail and who, most of
his life, has been familiar with the
habits of the wind that blows through
Oahu's celebrated mountain gap, VIII.
liam P. Rossiter early yesterday morn.
ing took an automobile for the historic
pass to make more detailed study with
reference to his proposition to utilize
the air-force there for the purpose of
supplying electric light and power.
Ever since Rossiter arrived in Homo
lulu he has been occupied in gathering
information covering the records Of the
trade winds and kona winds for years
past. He repeats his original assertion
that there is enough power going to
waste at the Pail to give Honolulu
great value in electric power, q power.
he declares, much cheaper than water
power. There are problems to be solved
of course, says the Boston scientist, but
he believes that they present no insur-
mouutable difficulty.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-18
French AND SLAVS
I. SCORE VICTORIES
PoiluS Regain Trenches They
Had Lost and Russians Con-
. tinue Their Aggressive

NEW YORK, September l6-(Asso
in the Verdun sector that were entered
by the Huns on Friday by the Frencl
and the capture Of three towns by thu
'eorganizcd Russian forces beyond
Riga were the striking news features OF
Yesterdays reports from the battle
front.
Frcnch successes were Forth Of the
COuriere Woods where German attack
Friday gave them possession Of n small
stretch of trenches which they pene.
trated and returned for the night.
Early yesterday morning the poilus
we're up and at the enemy again with
characteristics dash and NiGOr. They re
gained the lost trenches after strong
how of resistance had been overcome
. 'etained possession and strengthened
heir defense, preparing to resist today
WY attacks that may be launched upon
hem
Reports from Belgium, Flanders and
Dther sectors of the west front in
france told of few activities other than
artillery duels.
No reports have been received from
he lsOnZO front.
The three towns retaken by the
russians are about - miles north
asst of Riga and the report Of the Rus
ian success would indicate that the
flaws have, for the time being,
tenmcd the tide of the German ad
.ancc. Pskoff is an important town
about l6O miles from Riga, about half
,ay 10 rCtrOgrad.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-18
|SHN SPEAKS IN
HISTORIC OLD HALL
Japanese Commissioner DeIiv.
ers Earnest Plea For Unity
In independence Hall

PHILADELPHIA. September 10 -
(Assoriated Press i'm historic old
Independence Hall where have been de-
livered many addresses stirring in pa
trotism and Of epoch making import
ancc, Visconnt Ishii, head of the
special mission. sent by Japan to the
United States spoke yesterday. dwell.
ing with emphasis on the necessity Of
the United States, in close relationship,
standing shoulder to shoulder to fight
with the rest of the world against in.
tOlerable aggression and to make clear
to the world that all reports Of enmity,
i'll feeling or lack of understanding be-
tween the two great pations of the
east and the west are base calumnies.
Japan and America must stand to.
gether, united in this World struggle
for liberty and for freedom, " declared
lshii. "Our two nations have been
made the victims Of well planned aud
well executed campaign of SANDER and
intrigue that stands out as black on
the record of Germany as does anything
which that country has done in Bel
GUM, in France, in Serbia or on the
Atlantic Ocean Aud this has been
lone in an effort to foster feeling of
listrust and dislike, a misunderstand-
,ng of intentions and OF purposes by
your people and by mine. We must
show each other and the rest of the
world the falsity. the impossibiity of
truth in those slandeTs.'
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-18
RUSSIA GAINS in
CONFIDENCE
AND RESTS EASIER
Arrest Of KorniIoff and others Of
His Leaders and the Success
ful Formation Of a New Cabi-
net Augurs For Success

4 PETROGRAD, September l6--(As.
sociated Press BY the arrest Of Kor-
nilon and the definite end Of his re-
volt and by the formation of new
cabinet which may to an extent salts
fly, some of the more radical elements
aud thus sap the growing strength that
had been shown by the ultra.radicals,
the situation in Russia has been much
clarified and Pctrograd last night was
resting more easily and with a sense
that the most insistent dangers were
at an end and the probability of sue
Gessful reorganization of the govern
ment and continuance against the ag-
grcssions of the Prussians were en-.
HANGED. ....
Leaders are Arrested -t.}
= Gen. Alexieff, commander of the
southwest armies, yesterday telegraph
ed Premier kSrensky that "Korniloff,
Bokomsky, ROmanovsky, Colonel aPleus.
tehevsky and Pliuskhpn have been ar
rested, Members of the commission Of
inquiry are due to arrive at Mohilev nj
midnight. The arrested persons are ia
be turned over to their hands. The
troops at Mohilev are true to Keren.
sky"
PetrOgrad yesterday spent the most
quiet and cOmplacent day in more than
week with the conjoint annou Mt emcnt
that General Korniloff and General 10.
komsky had been arrested and that the
Russian army, with its morale in part
restored, had resumed the offensive
again against the Germans and inflicted
a severe defeat on them on the road "a
Pskof. Three towns were occupied
kronberg, Keitzen and Sisseral. "
Petrograd yesterday was most concern.
ed in the ultimate fate of Korniloff
What penalty will be meted out to the
disloyal army head by Premier Keren.
sky who has promised no mercy to
those who seek to overthrow the gov.
eminent, is exciting wide discussion.
After an all night discussion by Rus.
STA s political leaders, it was announ.
ced that the republic had again passed
safely through the rough seas of the
recent crisis. A new cabinet has been
formed.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-18
SHOWER|NG
FAVORS UPON CHINA

PEKING, Sept. Is - ASSOCIATED
Prcos)-The Entente Allies are shower,
ing favors on this republic since her
entry into the war against the Central
Powers, and today a number of con,
cessiOns were made public by the state
department which will prove Of great
benefit to this country. ia -
1t is understood that Entente min
listers have informed the government
that their countries are willing to
waive collection of Boxer indemnity
payments for the next five years.
Among other concessions proposed is
the granting to China the privilege Of
increasing her tariff duties approx
matcly two per cent, and according the
right to China of sending troops
through the foreign concessions of
HrntSin If it sh>'''l he necessary,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-18
LUMBER TRADE STRIKE.
HURTS SHIP BUILDING

PORTLAND, September l5-(Asso-
ciated Prcss)-Trade unionists in the
lumber trade are out on strike for the
principle of the closed shop and high
er pay. All workers in the shipyards
where wooden ships are built at Port
land, Astoria, Vancouver and 81.
Hrrns are idle. and estimates by labor
officials show that 2000 men are laid
of
Several other shipyards on the Paci
fc coast are likewise affected, some
being closed while others are working
under reduced forces.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-18

pay in food stuffs aud in food supplies.
This the United States could not do.
Great Britain consented to the ship
ment of sugar beet seed from Germany
to the United States provided it was
paid for in gold and not in supplies
Germany still declined to sell and in.
sisted as firmly as ever on exchange Of
the seed for supplies. And so there
came about IA deadlock that remains un
changed and the sugar beet industry
has suffered corresponding Now it is
believed that the trouble will soon
he ended and that this and other sub,
sequent shipments from the same souI
ces will furnish an amply sufficient
supply of seed for the planting of great
ly increased areas aud bring about Il
record breaking crop another year.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-18
VAN RAPPARD WILL BE
GIVEN POST AT MADRID

THE HAGr +, September l6-(As>u.
ciatrd Press Minister van Rappard.
the minister Of the Netherlands at
Washington, VIII" has been recalled. t..
to be sent t" represent Holland At
Madrd. The present minister to SPAN
van Royru. viii return here and wit
eventually be sent to Washington.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-18
FIRMS WILL SEEK
EXEMPTION FOR
NEEDED EMPLOYEES
Claim Of Necessity At Home viii
Be Advanced To Retain Ser
vices Of Men Deemed Essen
tial - No Intent To Cripple,
SAYS Green


peeanaiional exemption is being ask
ed by several of the large corporations
of Honolulu who wish to have their
employees free from the liability of be
ing called into active service under the
selective draft. They claim that the
work Of such employees is necessary for
the well.being of the Territory and
the efficiency of the military forces.
The Rapid Transit seeks to have its
men exempted from active service un.
der the draft for the reason that they
are needed for the transportation of
military troops apd supplies. How far
this claim may hold good under the
searching inquiry Of the district board
remains to be seen. All claims Of this
nature will be thoroughly investigated
by the board and their soundness will
be passed upon in accordance with the
findings Of the examiners.
One of the large pineapple cannaries
has also asked for exemption for its
men workers on the ground of oecupa
tional necessity to the welfare of the
Territory. 1t SAYS that the pineapple
crop must be canned or hundreds OF
thousands Of dollars worth Of fruit
will rot in the fields, to the great Diet
riment Of industry and loss Of capital
II Is also stated by the pineapple PEG
ple that canned pines are a necessity
for the well-fed soldier, and that thu
canning industry should not be slowed
down for this reason.
Dole Asks Nothing
| eve have not asked for exemption
for any Of our men" said James d
Dole of the Hawaiian Pineapple Com
pany last evening. "We have ever
sent several of our best class men Il
the officers training camp at Schoflelt
Barracks, where one Of them, Kenneth
Emerson, has already received his com
mission as first lieutenant. r
| 1--WE have not the slightest idea Of
asking for anything which will keel
our men from doing their bit for tn,
country in the time of her need. -
What other industries will come for
ward before the actual drawing of tn,
selective draft and endeavor TO havt
their workers exempted remains to b,
cen. 1t is thought that certain pro
PORTION of skilled men in the suga
Mills and other island industries vii
be exempted after the drawing has eel
made.
No Intent To Cripple
-"It would not be within the inten
lion of the seleetive draft to erippl,
any of the important industries ol
which the prosperity of the Islands de
1ends," said Major +. J. Green, ad
iutant in charge Of the draft, yester
,ay. at is probable that chemist
and other high class men without whom
the mills could not be run will be ex
empted on occupational grounds, as wei
IS men in other industries which ar
the mainstays Of the Territory. AL
exemption claims on such grounds will
be passed on by the board at tn
| proper time" ->..s n ,.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-18
FOUR SENTENCED FOR
PLOT TO HELP BOPP

SAN FRANCISCO, September ID
ASSOCIATED Press)-The four men, De
lacey, McNeils, Harnedy and Mulanc
convicted in the federal court of con
spring to aid and abet the escape of
Franz Bopp and Il, II. Won Shack
former German consular officials, were
sentenced today.
Delacey was sentenced to serve eigh
teen months in prison, McNeils was
find $4,000, while Haruedy and Mulenc
were each sentenced to one year 5 i'm,
prisOnment and fine of $1,000
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-18
.BELG|ANS TO TELL ...
OF GERMAN CRIMES

HANRE, France August 15,-(As-
ISOLATED Press)-A prize of 1000 francs
has been offered by a citizen of Bel,
gium for the best school textbook on
the subject: 1.-THE Crimes Committed
by the Germans Against Humanity and
Against the Rights Of People in Bel
GUM During the War"
The offer, recently printed in the
elandestinely published paper La Libre
Belgique is designed TO perpetuate the
reasons for Belgium's national hatred
against Germany. ..a'
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-18
EFFORT TO SMUGGLE
GOLD IS FRUSTRATED

A GULF PORT, September l6-(As
sociatrd Prrss)-The first known eff
fort to defeat the President = embargo
upon the expectation Of gold bullion
was checked yesterday when customs
officials seized aud took from Spanish
steamer gold coin to the amount Of
fifty thousand dollars. This coin had
been concealed aboard the ship, which
was searched by the customs men just
as she was about to sail for Spain.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-18
DANGER OF FLOUR
FAMINE IS DENIED

NEW YORK, September l6-(Asso-
ciated Press)-Reports of the possibil,
ity of -four famine in the Eastern
States are from alarmists and are un.
founded was the official announcement
made last night. 49,.
In denying the rumors,, President
Barnes of the food administration said
that the mills in Minneapolis were
filed to capacity and that the South
east and the Southwest were on Il
normal basis. g., ~. ~. -.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-18
RHEUMATISM.

Have YOU ever tried Chamberlain :
Pain Balm for rheumatism! II not.
you ar" wasting time, as the longer this
disease runs on the harder il is to cure
Get a hottie today, apply II with Wig
orouS massage to the afflicted parts
and YOU will BE- surprised and dclighte|
Al III" relief obtained. For sale bv all
Dealers BrrsOn, Smith 4 Co., ltd.
agents Tor Hawaii.-Advet'sement
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-18
COLDS CAUSE HEADACHES

LAXATIVE BROMo QUININE re.
moves the cause. Used the world over
to cure cold in one day. The sigma
ture Of Z. w. GROVE is on each box.
Manufactured ny the TARIS MEDI
CINE CO., St Louis, U. S. A.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-18
NO SYMPATHETIC STRIKE

nm FKANCISCO, September 10
Associated Press)-The threat Of the
lahor council to call general strike
in sympathy with the carmen has not
been made good as yet. The council at
its meeting last night took no action
" hntrvrr and the situation remains as
ii has been the last few weeks.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-18
MANY LIVES LOST ON IT,.
BRITISH MERCHANT VESSELS

According to a statement made In the
British parliament, 974S lives have
been lost on British merchant vessels
through enemy action since the war be-
"nn, or these, 3S2S were passengers
aud 6o2O were sailors. The record is
complete to June 30 of this year. y
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-18
BEET SEED COMES

1t was with keen satisfaction
that officials here learned of the
arrival in Vancouver Of a large
consignment of sugar beet seed
from the Black Sea sugar dis
tricts. This consignment amount
ed TO twenty nine thousand
sacks, valued at $4,000 and it
will all be sent to the United
States for distribution in the SUI
gar beet growing districts.
This shipment will help materially
to reduce the shortage of beet seed
that has been felt acutcly since the
outbreak of the war. Previous to the
war beet seed was largely imported
from Germany.
when the war broke out the United
States sought to obtain from Germany
its usual supply OF seed. Great Britain
had it's blockade on. Germany refused
" sell unless the United States would
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-09-18
did NOT KNOW
CONTENT ONLY
PLEA SWEDEN
is OFFERING
Practical Plea Of Guilty Made
and Assertion Added That
Germany Has Been Called To
Render Strict Account of Part
ENVOY TO MEXICO MAKES
DENIAL OF ACT CHARGED
Secretary Of State Replies That
He Has Germans Own Letter
To Prove Truth Of Disclosures
and FalSity of Denial

w AsIIINGToN. September
w 10 - (Associatcd Prcss)- -
Sweden, through her minister OF
foreign affairs. Admiral Lind
mann, practically pleads guilty to
having handled German messages
through her diplomatic service,
although the Swedish foreign of
fee, states Admiral Lindmann,
had not the slightest suspicion Of
the nature of the messages~tIlat
were being handled.
On the other hand, Minister
won Eckhardt. the German min
ister at the City Of Mexico, makes
a fiat denial that he was misus-
L ing the confidence of the Swed-
ish charge d'affaires at the Mexi-
can capital as charged by Secre-
tary OF State Lansing. In reply
to this, the Secretary OF State am
uounccs that he has Won Eek
hardt's own letter to prove that
the German minister is lying de-
libcratclv.