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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-04-10
SEVEN Liners TO
GARRY SUPPLIES
France and England To Use
Ocean Greyhouhds as Pro-
vision Boats


From the reports in New York ship
ping circles recently il is evident that
Great Britain, in eohjunction with
France, has decided to take quick ac
ton on the warning given by Mr.. Lloyd
George With regard to the German sub.
marine menace. The fumor that seven
Riantic passenger steamships, which are
building Or have been engaged IN trans
r|lrrfic service. will be converted Into
freight ships and carry foodstufrs
i.ss4 new 4 ofk 20 England and france
is fairly well subatantiated. Armed and
remodelled, these great vessels would
give the allies 100000 more gross ton
mage 20 be utilized for taking neces-
sities 70 England and France.
The seven vessels 10 be converted
for this work are the Statehdam, the
Olympic, the Maurctania, the Aquie
tania, the Belgenland, the France and
the Paris
The statendam is a vessel Of $4,000
tdms and was being built in England
for the Holland. America line at the
beginning of the war. She was taken
over by the British government and
used as an auxiliary cruiser and trans
port.
The Olympic, Of the White star line
is Of 10000 tons, She has great speed
and for many months has beon used
by the British government in trans
porting troops from Canada to Eng
land.
The Mauretania, Of the Cunard line,
sister ship Of the Lusitania and holdei
OF the Transatlantic speed record be
tween New York and Liverpool, is Of
$4,000 tons. At the beginning of the
war she was taken over BY the British
governments and was used at the Darda-
nelles as both transport and hospital
ship. f
Largest oinard Line snip
The Aquitania, also Of the Cdnarc
line, is the largest and lntest Of the
fleet She has been In this port but
twice She has served the British gov
eminent as a TRANSPORT and hospital
ship. She Is of $4,000 tons.
Al the beginning Of the war the Bel
gcnland had just been completed fo
the Red star line. She is Of $4,000
tons and has been used for transport
and hospital use.
The France IS the finest steamship OF
the French line and the largest vessel
flying the tricolor, She is of 3S,O0t
tons. The Paris is the latest of the
French line boats, and Is being finished
at s.. Nazaire.s While her tonnage
His not known, she Is larger vessel
than the France.
The average speed of these vessels i
twenty-five knots. This gives them Al
advantage over all submarines, Will
the proper amount Of watchfulness,
Any of these ships could outrun ths
under water boats, but il was unoiic
tally stated that they will not have to
care for themselves in the danger
zones, as a heavy convoy Of destroyer
viii accompany them ON all trips east
and west. Some time ago il was
rumored that these vessels would be
converted into food and munitiOn ear
iiers, but nothing was done. Recently
in the face Of the statement of Lloyd
George, IT was felt in slkpping circle
that action would be taken in this di
rection Immediately.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-04-10
sFRvEs rIrH WHOLE rAMnY

The frme of Chamberlain 3 Cough
2omcHy Is world wide. II Is good for
ne deep seated cough Of the adult or
he Group and whooping cough of the
children. The same bottle serves the
whole family For snle by all dealers.
Benson smith s Co., agents for Ha-
waii, Advertisement.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-04-10
Brazil May Break
With Germany Now
Associated Press By CONNER :
cfal Cablol

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, April
Reports that the Brazilian steam.
'er Pafana has been attacked with
out warning by a German subma
rine and sunk, have stirred the fury
Of this country against Germany to
the breaking point. The Brazilian
authorities admitted yesterday that
formal breaking Of Of all diplb-
matte relations between the German
government and this is almost sure
to follow. The dispatches declared
that three Of the crew of the Parana
are missing. 4
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-04-10
DIVER MENACE GRAVE
lAs-ofi tied Press By Commercial Cablel

WASHINGTON, April 7-The in
creasing menace Of the submarine is
snch that government officials last
night announced that If II continues Il
will be impossible to risk sending
money TO Europe.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-04-10
BRITAIN AND FRANCE TO
aSENDAMTSSION TO DISCUSS
PLANS FOR COOPERATION
Cabinet Reported TO Have Been Making Arrangements
For Shaping Policy IL Accordance With Needs For
action IN Harmony With Those Of the Allies; Huge
Credits Likely To Be Voted To Help Beat Germany
Associated Press By Commercial cable)

Britain
probability
sion win leave from Paris and London within few days for this city 20
that the individual needs Of the Allies viii be taken wen
OF
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-04-10
PRESIDENT HOPES FOR
ULTIMATE DISARMAMENT.
Believes That War win Settle
Many Questions, He Says

WASHINGTON, April Gin state
ment approving the army plan pre-,
scented to congress by the war depart
ment, President Wilson said today:
'sThe hope Of the world is that when
the European war is over, arrangements
may be made composing many questions
which hitherto seemed to require the
arming Of nations.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-04-10
MEXICO TURNING ON
HER GERMAN ALLIES

,As-onr-sd Press W Federal wiyslansi
BROWNSVILLE, April g. Reports
were current 10 ny that pro American
stntim NJ / spreading in Mexico and
that President Carranza is considering
r"nf're he Germans ont Of the Mexi-
can army.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-04-10
ROWING REGATTA IS
FORMALLY CALLED OFF

tAssocirhed Press By Federal Wireissl)
NEW YORK, April 6--By q tclegra-
nhic vote the stewards OF the intercol.
legiate Rowing Association today de-
elared of the Poughkeepsie regatta,
June FL, on account OF the war. The
Leading Eastern universities have sus-
pended their sports.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
PENNSYLVANIA CITIES

N n UGH mas been said during the
IVI last few days concerning the
constructive program for tie
Legislature in which both Republican
factions propose to have a part
While no definite statement has been
made as to the nature of the pro-
posals which will be submitted to the
Legislature it is intimated that the
bills to be introduced contemplate i'm
portant reforms in many directions.
May we not suggest that now is a
good time for those who are prepar-
ing measures whick will benefit the
State at large and its several munich
palities to give serious attention to
the question of home rule, not only for
tie cities, but for the boroughs and
lesser communities.
Pennsylvania has been checked in
its development by general laws re-
stricting cities to the things specified
by the Legislature. when these cities
should be permitted to do anything
and everything legitimate for their
advancement not prohibited by the
State constitution. Nine States already
have adopted home rule provisions for
cities, which have proved uniformally
satisfactory. There has been a gradual
increase of home rule sentiment in
Pennsylvania and one Governor after
another has referred to the subject in
messages to the Legislature.
Local charters are more satisfactory
than general laws affecting all COM
munities. Under present conditions
these communities are restrained at
every turn and the power of self gov
ernment has been withheld, so that
no progressive move can be made
without encountering a constitutional
or statutory obstruction.
Harrisburg frequently has been con-
fronted by problems which seriously
interfere with its advancement and
the time of the Legislature is con-
stantly taken up with local legislation
in the form of general laws which
should not for a moment cucumber
the calendars of either Senate OF
House. Responsibility should be
placed upon the cities and VIXEN this
shall have been done by a wide meas
ure of home rule men of civic pride
and public spirit will be glad to aid
in the solution of the local problems
which are never the same in any two
cities. The State at large demands the
entire attention of the Legislature and
yet about seventy-five per cent. of the
time of every session is consumed in
the consideration of bills designed tc
relieve this or that municipality when
these same municipalities should be
disposing of their own matters with.
out hindrance to the Commonwealth
In short, the cities should be permit.
ted to control their interests and un.
less and until there shall be an amend.
ment of the State constitution giving
them the right to adopt their owr
charters and dispose of their own pro.
blems there will be constant irritation
and retarded development.
Only this week a committee of thu
borough association of the Stat,
agreed to favor home rule amend
ment in the Legislature, and judginl
from the general operation of tn,
average Pennsylvania borough som,
such legislation is seriously needed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
CRIME AND THE SCREEN

1.-TWO moving picture theaters at
Uniontown were robbed during a
fierce blizzard this week. Three
safes were blown open and the robbers
escaped with $500 and valuable pa
pers. These theaters are within 1900
feet of each other.
Thus the film lessons in burglary
bear fruit in the moving picture the
aters, illustrating the force of publicity
and the menace to public safety of
many of the so-called dramas now pre-
sented upon the screens. Unless the
moving picture promoters realize that
they are sowing the seed which must
produce a crop of criminals, the blow
ing open of safes at Uniontown means
the beginning of train of outrages of
this character.
There has been complaint of strict
censorship of the moving picture in
dustry. but it would appear that a
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
Year of Prohibition
TKansas City Times1

Prohibition has been in force one
year in the State of Washington. The
Spokesman Review, leading newspaper
of tie city of Spokane, in its issue of
December 81, gives nearly two pages
to answering the question: Has pro-
hibition paid in Spokane?" 1t re-
views the business conditions and
sums up the situation under two
large headlines. One says: Bankers,
Merchants, Wholesalers, Realty Men
and Amusement Men, Tell the Same
Story, That Business Is Better" The
other headline is: -Four Million Dol
lars Saved for Spokane Pockets by
Dry Law
In 1915 Spokane, with a population
of los, 900, had 16O saloons which took
in an average of $75 a day for 31S
days. This totals S,756,0O0. Add to
this tie business done by breweries
and liquor supply houses to private
homes and the amount is $4,S0O,00
which Spokane spent for beer and
booze in 1915.
The Spokesman Review estimates
that in 1916 there was illegally sold
in Spokane by bootleggers at an aver
age of $3.50 a gallon, about $500, 600
worth of booze. This taken from the
total spent in 1915 makes a total
saving of $4,1OO, 600 in the first year of
prohibition.
This" says the Spokesman-Revi
means a saving of s95 per capita, or
about 500 for the average head of a
family. This $4,100,000 would pay
the costs of running the city govern
ment nearly three times over. Spo-
kane's saving on booze alone would
pay all the taxes levied for all pur-
poses in a whole year"
The average number of inmates in
the county infirmary, or poorhouse,
dropped from 172 in 1915 to III in
1916, and there was a net saving of
Sc, 900 in the cost of operation in
1915. In 1915 120 cases of delirium
tremens were handled by the county
physician, and only eleven were
handled in 1916. 1t cost $4,000 less
TO administer the Jail, courts, in
firmary and INDECENT relief in 1915
than in 1915. The record of arrests
shows drunk enness to have decreased
40 per cent, vagrancy 81 per cent. and
disorderly conduct 81 per cent. in
1916.
"One-half as many burglaries were
committed during the dry year as were
committed in 1915, one-third as many
forgeries, less than one-half the rob-
berries, less than one-third the petty
larcenies. When in 1915, with the
saloons running, desperate men took
any means to get money, there were
l439 cases of burglary, robbery, forgery
and larceny combined. In 1916, with
the city dry, there was q combined
| total of 166 such offenses, a reduction
of 62.2 per cent" says the newspaper.
And yet there are men who argue
that prohibition is a hindrance instead
of help.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
Was Postmaster a. Years

Common opinion makes the Post Of
fee Department the conspicuous haunt
of the expiring spoils system. Yet the
postal service is not all spoils.
A little village in Trumbull county,
Ohio, mourns the retirement of a post
thing more than forty-four years. II
the calculation of the local correspon-
dent is right, this Federal official must
have been appointed by President Grant
storms since then.
The merit plan in public office was
curiosity little understood forty-foul
years ago. The jobs, large and small
were supposed to belong to the party
in power. This retiring postmaster has
seen through the wicket of his village
office a transformation of the public
view touching such positions as he anC
hundreds of thousands of others simi
larly employed have occupied. But the
transformation is not yet complete. ThC
improvement continues.-F'rom thu
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
The Cause

John Masefeld, the famous English
poet has sent the United States q New
Years message, in spite of the fact
that his services with the British Red
Cross at Gallipoli and at the French
front have been almost incessant and
he has had scant time for writing.
Masefeld has contributed a poem,
THE Choice" to the January number
of Contemporary Verse, issued January
IS, the Philadelphia magazine devoted
wholly to poetry, in which he prophesies
the ultimate overthrow of all mon
larchical forms of government and which
concludes with an expression, we'll be-
fitting the dawning year, of his coura-
geous faith that the soul of man will
soon weary of the sack of many-peo-
pied towns" and experience a new spiri-
tual birth.
Masefield's reception by audiences in
this country, which he visited last year,
during his convalescence from a fever
contracted at the Dardanelles, was one
| of the most remarkable ever given a
poet. All the halls at which he spoke
were crowded to the doors and in Phil
adelphia the crush of his admirers was
so great that his lecture had to be
postponed until a larger auditorium
could be found. His new poem fol-
lows:
The Kings go by with jewelled crowns; /;
shake; their spears are many.
The sack of many-peopled towns
Is all their dream.
The way they take
Leaves but ruin in the brake,
And, in the furrow that the plowmen
make,
A stampless penny; tale. dream.
The Merchants reckon up their gold;
Their letters come; their ships arrive:
their freights are glories.
The profits of their treasures sold,
They tell and sum.
Their foremen drive
Their servants, starved to half-alive,
. Whose labors do but make the earth
a hive
t OF singing stories; a tale, dream.
{ The Priests are singing in their stalls
Their singing lifts; their incense burns
their praying clamours.
: Yet God is as the sparrow falls.
The ivy drifts,
The votive urns
Are all left void when Fortune turns.
The god is but a marble for the kerns
: To break with hammers; a tale, a
dream.
Beauty. let me know again
The green earth cold, the April rain,
the quiet waters figuring sky.
The one star risen.
So shall 1 pass the feast
Not touched by King, Merchant or
Priest;
Know the red spirit of the beast
Be the green grain:
Escape from prison.
l-Copyright, 1917, by Contemporary
Verss
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
COLONEL PRAISES STATE POLICE

ice of this alert and hard working de-
partment of the State government as
interesting as the most thrilling de-
tective story.
Newspaper readers have heard of
the acts OF courage and heroism which
have made similar organization, the
Northwestern Mounted Police of Can
ada, so well and favorably known but
few people realize that within Penn
sylvania's own borders there is force
with an equally splendid record of
dangerous work we'll done. The book
will prove not alone entertaining but
enlightening to thousands of these
quiet businesslike men going about
their duty of upholding the law.
Major John c. Groome, Superin-
tendent of the Department, says of the
book: THE general public knows so
little of the organization and daily
work of the State Police Force that |
am grateful to Miss Mayo for having
presented the facts in such an accurate
and interesting manner"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
War Prosperity

That the prosperity of the last year
was distinctively and chiefly war pros
perity was made increasingly evident
from each successive months report
of foreign commerce. The culminat-
ing and convincing demonstration of
it. however, appears in the recapitula-
tion of those reports for the calendar
year. The second largest item on the
list. larger than even that of bread
stuffs, is that of explosives, including
gunpowder, dynamite and cartridges.
In spite of the talk about permanent
prosperity" which we heard last
autumn, no intelligent citizen would
pretend that its increase from only
s6,272,197 in 1914 to $467,0S1,928 in
1915, was due to any other cause than
the war. - Boston Transcript.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The Boys at the Border
To the Editor of the TELEGRAPH:

To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Please print the following in your
paper and oblige Paul r. Miller, Com
pany d, Eighth Regiment, it having
been sent me by George II. Myers, of
West Fairview:
While tenting tonight on the Rio
Grande
Our boys of Company d
Are anxious for their old home land,
Their friends they long to see.
Yet, there are prayers from their home
land
To guard them one and all
Who volunteered with heart and hand,
They answered to the call.
May Gods great blessing, great and
small,
Be with our boys. both short and tall.
And may our blessings from home land
Rest with our boys on the Rio Grande.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

H. II. Mercer, who made the tile
floor for the State Capitol has been re-
elected president of the Bucks County
Historical Society.
-UniteC States District Attorney
Kane says that he will use common
sense in dealing with white slave and
Mann act cases in his jurisdiction.
j. l.. Spangler, well known to
many here, was chairman of the COM
mittee which welcomed home the
Bellefonte troopers and the Boalsburg
machine gun company
Ellis PaXson Oberholtzer, who is
acting as chairman of The state Board
of Censors, is a historian of note and
q personal friend of the Governor.
Major r. w. Montelius, who re-
tires from the National Guard, spent
almost 22 years in the service.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
EDITORIAL COMMENT

Eggs mailed C. o. d. may reduce
the Ii. c. l., but probably not P. d. Q.
N Y, Sun.
In justice to himself, ought Mr.
Lawson to keep that secret corked up
much longer?' Isn't he afraid he is
going to burst kansas City Star.
The dollar that the merchant saves
by not advertising is usually spent
paying interest on the note made
necessary to carry over the goods
Chester Times.
An ounce of preparedness is worth a
barrel of pork.-Brooklyn Eagle.
A plowshare beaten into a sword can
not so easily be beaten back again.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Admiral Dewey is 70 years old, but
still looks like lion in den of DAN
iels.-Wall Street Journal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
REVISING UPWARD

IN BOUT six weeks ago, Secretary of
n the Treasury McAdoo issued his
annual report which predicted
a deficit of about $1S5, 100000 for the
fiscal year to end June 80. 1918. Now
that 1878, 100000 of additional funds
must be raised for that year. 1t will
be noticed that although the Wilson
administration revised the import
taxes downward, every time they re-
wise their estimates of expenditures
they revise them upward.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18

Pennsylvania has been making morq
progress, perhaps, than any other Statq
in reforestation. Last year 1t planted
100000 trees, almost as many as werq
planteu upon denuded lands within thd
national forests. The result of earlie1
planting is showing. In the oldes1
plantation, made in 1902, 90 per cent
of the trees, white pines, are alive, thd
largest being twenty feet hlgnI
throughout the State 75 per cent. Of
the trees planted are alive, some Of
them having made the remarkab|
growth of forty-nine inches in a year
The averages are said to compare fa|
vorably with those. of German forestI
which have been for a century or mori
under intensive management. The rel
suits have been so satisfactory as Il
establish the fact that reforestatioi
solves the problem of reclaiming thI
100000 acres of barren land in thI
State.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
r PENNSYLVANIA will feel a
thrill of pride in reading Theo-


Justice to ALL" the story of the
Pennsylvania State Police, now writ
ten for the first time and issued this
week by a well-known publishing
house.
This is a volume so interesting" "
says Colonel Roosevelt, land from the
standpoint of sound American citizen
ship, so valuable that it should be in
every public library m the land"
After reviewing some of the achieve
ments of the force during the past
ten years and commenting on the
vividness, interest and accuracy of the
work OF the author, Miss Katherine
Mayo, he speaks of his personal ac-
quaintance with the rank and file of
the force and concludes with eXcep-
tional praise of the entire personnel.
In Justice to All' the author has
made the presentation of the facts re-
lating to the organization and serv-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
GETTING TOGETHER

FROM Albany comes news of q
reconciliation between Governor
Whitman and Colonel Roosevelt.
Reconciliation among men who once
bore the Republican name in common
and have again taken up political
comradeship has been fashionable
since last June. 1t is a good example
to follow.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18

much more drastic supervision of the
films will be necessary to prevent a
serious depreciation of public morals.
What has happened at Dniontown is
likely to happen elsewhere and the
blame must rest upon those responsible
for educating the youth in crime.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
A Cycle


'Tis Springtime in the heart
When baby comes.
The buds of love peep out,
The birds sing round-a- bout
When baby comes.
'Tis Summer in the heart
When baby laughs;
The flowers of joy unfold,
The sunshine is pure gold,
When baby laughs.
'Tis Autumn in the heart
When baby weeps;
Life's joy all turns to tears,
It's loving hopes TO fears,
When baby weeps.
'Tis Winter in the heart
When baby goes;
The chill blasts of despair
Strike life's tree, cold and bare.
When baby goes.
EDNA CROFT DEIIL. PaXtang, Pa
Written for the Telegraph.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
Christ. the Foundation

According to the grace of God which
is given unto me, as a wise MASTER
builder. ] have laid the foundation, and
another buildeth thereon. But let every
man take heed how he buildeth there
upon; For other foundation can no man
Christi Corinthians iii, 10 and IL,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18

sentative D. ]. Shern, his former rival
and probable successor, will preside.
Plans for some Investigations of
expenditures of commissions are being
discussed among leaders and it is pos
sible that there may also be probes of
reasons why game protectors were dis
missed. 1t is said that direct orders
for political activity of such officials
were issued.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg is rapidly COM
ing to the front as "a big car repair
point?