davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-31
CONFERENCE MAY
Benefit RUSSIA
Members Look For Ultimate
Good - Death Penalty Is
Partially Reestablished
ASSOCIATED Press by q. 8. Naval Com.
munication Service)

MOSCOW, August 3l--Representa.
tiveS of several of the participating
groups of the conference which has
been in session here for the past sew.
eral days last night expressed conf
dence that the ultimate benefit TO Rus
sia arising out of the determinations
at the conference would be great. As
to this Milikoff expressed himself as
being very skeptical and said he feared
it would be only time aud energy
wasted --.' .". .' r.
Premier KeTensky yesterday an
nounced the partial re-establishment of
the death penalty. Disciplinary tribu,
mails are to see that this power Is con,
served and used only in cases Of the
grimmest necessity. a.. .....tY1 49,.
In issuing his order affecting the in.
Fiction of the death penalty the pre-
mier said that the penalty and the
authority to inhict il are absolutely In.
dispensable for the restoration and
maintenance Of discipline In the army.
How German newspapers call atten-
tion to trick that was tried in the
denial of German efforts to secure a
separate peace with Russia Is told in a
despatch received here from Copenha.
gen The German papers say that the
denial declared that "no pVertures for
separate peace with Russia had been
made by HOlwegg. Kerensky did not
mention Holwegg in his charges, 3D..
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-31
HUNDREDS OF POLICE
OFFICERS NEEDED TO
TAKE ONE DESPERATE
ASSOCIATED Press By q. 8. Naval
Communication Serfice)

CHICAGO, August 3l-One lone
but desperate man yesterday stood
off five hundred policemen and shot
down three. He finally surrendered.
Wanted on charges of connection
with the robbery and murder of ex.
press messengers on Tuesday night,
Edward Wheede was yesterday trac
ed to the house in which he had bar
ricaded himself, As the officers ap-
preached he opened FIRE. They retir.
ed and sent in a call for the re-
serves. Again Wheede fired on the
approaching party and aoain they
retired. In these two fusilades the
desperate man had wounded .A.ee
officers. ~"
When a force Of 500 policemen
surrounded the house and started a
general approach upon him, Wheede
saw that the end had come and call.
ing out that he would surrender he
threw his pistols and ammunition
from the window and opened the
door, -.-. ..l'
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-31
REINFORCED AUSTRIAN
RESISTANCE BATTERED
DOWN BY ITALIAN ARMY
CadOrnas Great War Machine Pushes Steadily and Vic
tOriOusly Onward Capturing Point After Point and
Against Desperate Resistance Of Strengthened Enemy
DETECTIVES KEPT SECRET
ASSOCIATED Press BY u S. Naval Communication service

ASSOCIATED Press BY u S Naval service
NEW YORK. August 3lBating with incredible vigor despite
the almost conflict OF past against
Austrian army which being reinforced with fresh troops hurried
the front the Italians the Isonzo front continue administer
defeat after defeat upon the foe One position after fall
and the forward progress of the Cadona roller goes
No details OF the fighting being from either the
Italian headquarters Austria from Rome and
of the greatest of comba the Auotaan campaign
been officially disclosed Nothing whatever the great
and its being received from Vienna while
from Rome tell only of the advance Of the toll prisoners
taken and of the great of supplies munitions equpage
and of guns being taken #.&ta ... A.. ...4aGr
Yesterday General Cadorna reported that his had beaten
back series OF desperate attacks portion Of his
front and that elsewhere along the onzo they had made and
important gains several places 1--WE giving the Auans
no respite, the official Italian communique
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-31

Russia Uses Discipline
On the Russian front, according 70
intimations In the official dispatches,
the "blood and iron'i rule is already
being piIt into effect One Of the two
cowardly regiments which had desert
ed its position southeast OF Fokshani.
pfnpittiRg tDsadvaneo az fhk. Triltons
unopposed, has been dispersed, ae.
eording 70 the despatch, and this Is TAX
en- TO mean that Il has been disciplined
according to the new rule.
Despite the unforced retirement of
these two regiments, which left q gap
in the Russian line, the lighting yester-
day on the Fokshani front resulted in a
Slav victory, Won Mackensen being
thrown back and out of the villages of
0cnakezdi and Vasarhely, which the
Russians and Rumanians stormed and
regained.
Storms on West Front
No major actions have been fought
in France or Belgium, the stormy
weather preventing Haig's men from
their usual activities. The British have
been carrying out series Of trench
raids only these yielding number OF
prisoners and keeping the Germans ir.
ritated and uncertain.
The Crown Prince has endeavored
to regain some portion of the lost
ground at Verdun, sending his men for.
ward in force. These assaults were
| thrown back. In the Champagne the
French raided the German lines in
force, taking prisoners, inflicting mum.
erous casualties and destroying some
of the German trenches. ...
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-31
READY FOR
WAR YEARS EARLIER
ASSOCIATED Press BY U. q. Naval Com.
munication Service.)

PETROGRAD, August 3i--Germany
contemplated a declaration OF war in
1909 as well as in 1918 when she ac
tuaIy precipitated the conflict, de
clarod General Michaelson, yesterday
lie was a witness in the trial Of Sioux
homIinOtf and his declaration of Ger
manv's course came in connection with
his testimony. III"
General Michaelson was attache al
Berlin for Russia from 1906 to 1911 ant
as such was familiar with German in
trigues aud policies. -.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-31
TORO INCIDENT IS
OFFICIALLY CLOSED
Argentine So Informs Germany;
Belligerent Warships Given
TWenty-four Hours
Associated Press by o. 3. Naval Com
munication Seryice)

AMSTERDAM, August 3l-Berlin
dispatches received last night said that
the minister for Argentine had inform.
ed the German government that the
incident Of the sinking of the Toro
was officially closed. He also inform.
ed the German government that Argen-
tine had determined to strictly enforce
a uniform twenty,four hour rule for
the stay of belligerent warships. This
decision was given in the case of n
British warship which had entered u
port of Argentine ~ Ea5B@# r.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-31
NO PEACE CONVENTION
WILL BE HELD IN HUDSON
ASSOCIATED Press by U. s. Naval Com
munication Seryice)

HUDSON, Wisconsin, August 81
Five members of the People s Peace
Council who came here yesterday were
given a reception they will not soon
forget, They came to make arrange
ments for the holding of convention
here and when it was learned what was
their mission a crowd Of more than n
thousand people formed, placed them
on a truck, escorted them to the depot
and remained with them until they saw
them board train for Minneapolis and
depart.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-31
PRICE IS FIXED FOR
THIS YEARS WHEAT
Committee Determines On $2.20
a BuShel'ln Chicago
ASSOCIATED Press By U. s. Naval Com
muication SerVice)

WASHINGTON, August 81 After
an all day session held without result
on Thursday the committee selected
to fix price for wheat arrived at a
conclusion at its session yesterday and
has so informed the President. The
price determined upon for the 1917 crop
is $500 bushel fob. Chicago.
Wilson is asked to give his approval
to the result of the deliberations of
the committee. ,.l:."'
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-31
GERMAN C0NSPlRAT0RS
WORK IN SWITZERLAND
ASSOCIATED Press By q. 8. Naval Com
munication Servtce)

PARIS, August 3l-The Berne cor
respondent for the journal Desbat re
ports that number of prominent Ger
mans and Austrans are busy in Swift
erland on a peace project. Their OBJ
ject, it is said, is to create friction
among the Entente powers.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-31
AMERICAN SCHOONER
SUNK BY SUBMARINE
ASSOCIATED Press BY o. 8. Naval Com
munication Service)

LONDON, August 3l-The American
schooner Laura G. Anderson, bound for
a British port, has been sunk by a sub,
marine. The vessel was stopped by the
Z boat and the crew forced to abandon
her She was then sunk by bombs. The
crew was picked up by a British patrol
ship and brought safely to port.
The British liner Verdi, of 44S2 tons
hound for British port from South
America, was summarized and sunk in
the war zone, it was announced yester
day.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-31
CONSTANTINE
.E0RCONIlNuANCE0F .
WAR TOPRESENT TIME
associated Press By u. 8. Naval
Communication service)

LONl(ON, August 3l--But Tor ac'
ton taken by Constantine when
King Of Greece, Serbia might have
been saved, Bulgaria neutralized,
Turkey defeated early in 1915 and
the war ended at least a year ago.
This statement is attributed to Ven
izeIos by the Athens correspondent
of Reuters news agency. .. % 't
The full text of the speech which
Venizelos delivered on August 26,
the correspondent says, declares that
if Constantine had not arbitrarily
vetoed Venizelos plans for Oar.
daneIles campaign those great re-
suits would surely have been achiev.
ed. He blames the former Greek
King for the bloodshed and suffer
ings which have followed as, he as
serts, the direct result of the. veto
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-31
NO CLOTURE RULE IS
WANTEDDY SENATORS
Agreement Is Reached TO Vote
In Next Eleven Days
ASSOCIATED Press By q. 8. Naval Com
mumcation Service)

. WASHINGTON August 3l--In the
senate yesterday it was agreed that the
final vote on the War Revenue Tax Bill
shall be taken not later than SePtem'
her TO- This action was forced by the
signing of petitions for the putting in
TO effect of eloture rule. The peti
tions were signed by fifty six senators
but upon the perfecting of the agree
ment setting an ultimate date for the
vote, the petitions were withdrawn.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-31
NAVY IS CONVEYING
ATLANTIC MERCHANTM MEN
ASSOCIATED Press BY U. s. Naval Com.
municatiOn Sefvice)

WASHINGTON, August Alt was
officially disclosed last night that
American naval forces are being EN-.
pioyed to convoy merchant vessels
across the. Atlantic. Details were with.
held. .. ..t .......g.
While il has been assumed for some
time that the navy and its forces were
being so employed, this IL the fret Off
eial admission Of the fact. ,,i....,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-31
BOND ISSUE BILL WILL
BE REPORTED TOMORROW
ASSOCIATED Press BY o. 8. Naval Com
munication SerVice)

WASHINGTON, August 81 The
hin which will authorize the issuance
Of more than eleven billions of dollars
bonds and certificates win be favor,
ably reported to the house on Saturday
and is expected TO pasS Wednesday of
next week. Secretary MeAdoo was
aeain before the committee yesterday
and the deliberations closed. The re-
port is to be prepared today,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-31
ESCAPED NAVAL OFFICER
REJ0lNS GERMAN NAVY
Associated Press BY q. 8. Naval Dom.
municAtion Seryice)

AMSTERDAM, August 30-NaVal
Lieut., Otto Scherik, one of the few re,
naming survivors of the German Pa.
cifc squadron, which was defeated by
the British OF the Falkland Islands in
December, 1914, has succeeded in re.
turning to Germany, according 10 the
Zeitung Of Eisleben, Saxony. On ar.
irving In Germany he Immediately re.
Joined the navy. r.. l-..
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-31
POLISH COUNCIL RESIGNS
ASSOCIATED Press by u 8. Naval Com.
munication Servicel

COPENHAGEN, August sO--It Is ru-
mored here that the Polish council of
state has resigned, being unable TO or
ganize, owing TO the interference Of
German officials. -.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-31
NEW YORK SUFFRAGlSTS
OPPOSED TO PlCKETlNG
ASSOCIATED Press BY U. 8. Naval Com.
municadon Service.)

SARATOGA SPRINGS, New York,
August 3l--New York State Suffrag,
lists are opposed to the picketing Of the
White House grounds to the annoyance
of President Wilson. Official action
was taken at the convention of tho
New York State Suffrage party in its
convention held here yesterday.
This was one of the many resoIItious
passed.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-31
BOUND AND BEATEN

Frequently the prisoners are
tied upon boards and beaten when
exhaustion compels them to cease
wofk. No excuses for failure to
work are accepted,
Germans who have engaged in
rioting against the government
and who have been convicted O,
this offense are frequently includ-
ed in these prisoners units and
are accorded the same treatment
as prisoners Of war, .-.> .-' ,..... =.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-31
IMPORTS ARE PROHIBITED
Associated Press By U. 8. Naval Com
munication Service)

LONDON, August 31--Kmg George
yesterday signed the proclamation
which forbds the importation of bacon,
butter and lard, except under license.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-31
NAVY LEAGUE SEEKS
TO SOOTHE Daniels
Apology Is Sent To Secretary of
Navy For Criticism On Mare
Island Investigation
ASSOCIATED Press BY U. s. Naval Com
municatfon Service) III

munication service)
WASHINGTON, August so Express
ing regret for the statement made by
officials Of the Navy League regarding
the investigation which the navy de-
partment was conducting into the
cause Of the explosion at Mare Island
navy yard, the league today, In a for
nal communication to Secretary Da-
niels accepts the governments report
as final. IT..
Col. Robert NJ. Thompson, who re.
signed as president of the Navy
League, following demand for his
resignation because Of a "false and
slanderous statement regarding the
explosion at the Mare Island navy
yard, made by Secretary Daniels, re-
piled at first TO the demand Of the secre-
tary with sporting offern He said
that he would resign IL Daniels would.
This was OIL August 10, since which
time Colonel Thompson has rendered
his resignation, saying that he could
not stand in the way IL his stepping
down would enable the Navy League to
continue to serve the Navy and the Ma.
tiOn. ..' = .~".a'. .
Also since that time, and following
the resignation of Colonel Thompson,
Secretary Daniels has barred all Navy
League representatives from all naval
yards and stations and has ordered all
men of the Navy to accept no aid
from the Navy League.
Would Improve Navy
In making his 'sporting ofrer',
Colonel Thompson wrote. '....
of it were, necessary for you 10 re-
main as Secretary of the Navy, IL prob
ably would be better to have some one
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-31


the AUSTRIAN E has
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-31
AWFUL ABUSE TOLD

Prisoners Of war Of all nation
alities are starved, beaten and
subjected to numerous indignities
by their German guards, say
these reports. They are forced to
labor in the German trenches and
in the fields close behind the lines,
in the open country and within
range of the guns firing upon the
Germans, from the shells of
which many have been killed.
The rations given to prisoners
consist OF a little bread with thin
soup, and occasionally small bit
Of horsehesh, from the bodies OF
animals killed in action.
Prisoners are organized into
units and are worked long hours.
They receive no medical attention
whatever and at least half of them
are dying under the tortures to
which they are Systematically
subjected. They are never sup
piled with new clothes and all the
prisoners Of many months stand
ing are wearing only the rags OF
their original uniforms, while
these are vermin infested and
filthy.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-31
Announcement Made BY State
Department Tells Of Terrible
Hardships and Sufferings Of
Those Who Fall Into Teutons'
Hands e q
CAPTIVE RUSSIANS TELL
OF THEIR EXPERIENCES
Every Canon Of Decency and Rule
Of Humanity Violated; Starved,
Made To Work Under Fire and
Often Bound To Boards and
Beaten
Associated Press BY q. s. Naval Com
munication Service)

w AsHISGroN, I,1''' ? o... august 81
expect il they should be unfortu-
nate enough to fall into the hands
Of the Germans as prisoners Of
war is related in an official an
nomcement made last night by
the department Of state, based
official reports received from
Russia Every canon Of decency,
every humane rule Of internatiep-
a sdS sery fesifiefioh Of tie
laws Of humanity, is disregarded
~ the Germans, whose prisoners
are starved, tortured and forced
10 work in exposed places on mill
tary construction.
The reports received by the
state department have been gath
cred officially by the Russian gov
ernment from prisoners OF several
nationalities who have escaped
from the German prison camps
and reached the Russian lines
They are certified to by the Rus
sian government and given out of,
fcially by Secretary Lansing.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-31

Continued on page 3, column
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-31
YEs1ERDAf's WEATHER

q. 8. WEATHER BUREAU,
Aug. 30, 10lT--llast twenty.
four hours rainfall, .05.
remperaturef Min. az; Max
50. Weather, pt. Loudly
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-08
CONVERSATIONS
ILLITERACY CITED

After year spent almost entirely
in the company of Russian peasants in
villages where there was no railway
and no newspaper, and where eighty
per cent Of the population could
neither read nor write" says Stephen
Graham, the English author, Il have
been greatly struck by the compensa-
tions of being illiterate.
The mujiks are certainly the gamers
IN many ways if you compare them with
those of their own class who in other
countries have received elementary ed.
ucation.
They are sociable and brotherly; they
do things together. sing together, pray
together live together.
They like meeting together in public
places. in churches and markets. Thew
like great parties at marriages and fu-
nerals and prodigal hospitality at all
festivals. They like to wash themselves
together in the public baths. and to
work together in field and forest.
"They are more public than we are:
less suspicious. less recluse
They would never live next door TO
any one and not know all his family
and his affairs.
They always want to know the
whole life and business of a stranger
mujik, and the stranger is always will
ing to tell. They do not shut them
selves in; their doors are open. both
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-08
EAT LESS MEAT
IF BACK HURTS
Take a glass Of Salts to
flush kidneys if blad-
der bOthers you

Eating meat regularly eventually
produces kidney trouble in some form
or other says a well-known authority,
because the uric acid in meat eXcites
the kidneys. they become oVerWorked;
get sluggish; clog up and cause all
sorts OF distress, particularly back
ache and misery in the kidney region:
rheumatic tWingeS, severe headaches,
acid stomach, constipation. torpid .liv-
er. sleeplessness, bladder and urinary
irritation.
The moment your back hurts or kid
neys aren't acting right or If bladder
bothers you, get about four ounces OF
lad Salts from any good pharmacy;
take a tablespoonful in glass OF wa
ter before breakfast Tor a few days
and your kidneys will then act fine.
This famous salts is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon juice, COM
bined with lithia, and has been used
sor generations to flush clogged kid
neys and Stimulate them to normal
activity; also to neutralize the acids In
the urine so it no longer irritates, thus
ending bladder disorders.
Jad Salts cannot injure anyone;
makes a delightful effervescent lithia-
water drink which millions of men
and women take now and then to keep
the kidneys and urinary organs clean,
thus avoiding serious kidney disease.
ADV
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-08

One of the East side citizens sends
the Journal the following contribution
Yes the old ones can say this is a
little like what We used to have when
we were young, but what do we care
over here on the East side especially
on Gannett street between Cony and
Greenleaf streets, for we have street
commissioner of our own and one who
knows how to take care of the side
walks And he does it, too. The early
goers can always find good walk early
In the morning, not only the public
walks but away back to the kitchen
door. There are no bills to audit but
sometimes the lady of the house hears
little rap, tap, tap. tap at the back
door and she knows that the commits
sioner is there. She may not have any
change on hand, so she will say to
him: L have no nickel this morning.
Max, and the answer comes quickly:
'Alyity I'll call again. Now, Max Tur-
ner is good boy, as solid as a ring.
and he'll be seven years old if he lives
till spring; there's no lazy bones in
his body and it's often said, he's a
man all through from his feet to his
head.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-08

Miles Milton aged about 40 years
and employed by the Kennebec Lumber
Co.. at it's mill at Kennebec a few miles
north of the city and on the east side
of the river. met with an accident Tues
day afternoon that was certainly of a
novel nature, and which cost him the
foreflnger of his right hand. Mr.. Nit
ton was carrying heavy box and in
placing the box on sled his finger
was caught between the bottom Of the
box and stake on the sled. The hole
had rim of metal and caught the fin
ger in such way that it was badly
mutilated. The man was brought to
the city and the services of a surgeon
secured, and the injury to the finger
was found to be so severe that ampu-
tation was necessary
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-08
PURITY AND POWER
Necessary to Overcome Impure and
Weak Condition of the Blood

The grip. hard colds. pneumonia,
feyers, dlphtheria and other blood
poisoning, prostrating diseases leave
the whole system subnormal-below
par-weak and slow-blood depleted
and thin, with that tired feeling, poor
appetite. delicate digestive power or
almost none at all.
The ideal treatment Is
Hoods Sarsaparilla-thoroughly to
purify the blood and expel poisons, and
Peptiron Pills, the new pepsin, nuX
and iron tonic-to put power into the
blood, give strength. increase red cor
puscles and restore normal health
tone.
Hoods Sarsaparilla has in forty
years won and held the favor of the
people, almost to the exclusion of other
sarsaparillas and blood purifiers.
Begin this course of medicine today.
Any druggist will supply you.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-08
TWO WOMEN INVADE
CURB MARKET PRECINTS

That Withholding, seemingly mania
cal gathering that shouts and gyrate:
daily in Broad street. New York city,
which consists Of what is known as the
curb market, is to be invaded by wom-
en-. In fact. it has already been in
vaded by two.
They are Miss Lillian O'Neal and
Mrs. Florence Wise. Miss O'Neal has
been admitted to membership in the
firm OF w. c. Ralston & Co.. with Of
fees at No. % Broad street. Mrs. Wise
is with John L. Morgenthau & Co, at
No. So Broadway Both were busy at
their respective offices today, but did
not venture near the curb market In
fact. they stated, it would be few
days before they would actually get
started in that part of the financial
district. where man from Kansas, as
he looks on, wonders whether an opera-
tor is just mute or crazy.
WHAT ne enect OF the appearance of
two women brokers on the curb will