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The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
WILL BUILD BIG :.
WOODEN fleet
Wooden Motor Boats For Harbor
Patrols Also Wanted Steel
Construction Too Slow
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WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE fed
eral shipping board is now seeking for
ways whereby vast feet of wooden
ships for the United States can be
built at once, it being an impossibi,ity
1t this time to lay down any large
number of new steel ships. The plan
is to build great feet of ships of
between 5000 and 5000 tons register.
All the shipbuilding yards in the
country capable of handling this class
of construction are to be required at
once to standardize their methods of
construction. If any object to this or
lecline to enter into shipbuilding con
tracts on the lines specified, the gov
eminent will commanders the yards
and itself engage in the work of con
StTuctiOn.
The naval consulting board yestcr
day, after electing Thomas A. Edison
rs life president of the. organization
took up the questions of securing ar
adequate number of small ships as pa
troll boats for the guarding of harbOrs
against the attacks of submarines. II
was decided to recommend to the navy
department that great feet of wooden
motor boats be built at the earliest pos
Sible moment, construction of these tC
be rushed in all the shipbuilding yards
available. s'.,, ...'-.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
TEN YEARS SENTENCE
FOR BRITISH pLOTT[ER
~TriaI BY ordeal" Suggested By
the Lawyer For Defense
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LONDON, March 10--In an eloquent
speech summing up the case of Mrs.
Alice Wheeldon, charged with con,
spring against the life, of Lloyd
George and Arthur Henderson of the
British war council, s. H. Ria, Mo-
hammedan lawyer, made q strong plea
today in defense of the woman, her
two daughters and her son-in-law, who
ire involved as alleged aceomplices.
He startled the court and the spec.
ators by suggesting the "trial by or
leal," referring to the medieval form
of judicial procedure where accused
PERSONS were tested by physical tor
ture. ..sr -. "....: o..
He attempted to impress the jury
with the alleged failure of the govern,
nent to produce a certain witness
against the four defendants.
At the conclusion of the trial, Mrs.
Wheeldon, her daughter, Mrs. Wini.
fred Mason, and the latter's husband,
Alfred George Mason, were found
guilty of conspiring to murder George
henderson. The other daughter, Har.
let Ann Wheeldon, was acquitted
The mother was given ten years, Ma.
son seven and his wife Ave, in penal
servitude. b.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
JAPAN WILL Be I.
GERMANY'S ALLY
Such viii Be Result OF United
States Entering War, Says
German Statesman

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BERLIN, March ll-Doctor Heck.
scher, chairman of the foreign relations
committee of the reichstag, in a state.
ment yesterday says that the participa.
ton of the United States in the war
will result in realignment of the Pow.
ers. The United States and Great
Britain, from being hereditary enemies
will become allies, against which there
will be combination of Russia, Ger
many and japan.
+ "Japan's life interest requires that
she draw nearer TO Germany and away
from Great Britain, with whom she Il
at present allied" said Doctor Heck
scher. "When that day comes, we OF
Germany will be able to stand calmly
aside and look on, while Japan must
find the path that will lead it into the
United States" p. ..al..G
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
sMUGGLERS TOO!

PHILADELPHIA, March 10--Henry
Rohner, president Of wholesale gro
Gerry concern and well.known German
American, was arrested this afternoon
in connection with a smuggling scheme
involving the crews of the interned
German steamers Kronprinz Wilhelm
and Prinz Eitel Friedrich He was re.
leased on bail Of $4,000 and will have
hearing on Saturday TO answer to the
charge of violating the customs laws.
Two others have also been arrested in
the same case.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
HUNGER AND TYPHUS i.
COME TO HOLLAND
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NhsSoCiAtou FresS W houorA "Hoioss'
AMSTERDAM, March 1.-The dis.
tress in Holland is increasing rapidly
and is now widespreadihg throughout
the kingdom. This is due chiefly to a
lack of food, due to the restrictions
placed upon imports by the British
blockade on the one hand and by the
German submarine blockade on the 9th
err. The recent sinking of five Dutch
ships and the decision of the ship own
ers not to send others out into the wal
zone has intensified the situation.
An epidemic of typhus fever, brought
into Holland from Germany and Bel
GUM, is finding many victims among
the impoverished eountrymen.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
FRENCH MEDALS FOR
BLOCKADE RUNNERS
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BORDEAUX, March 1.-THE cap
tains of the American ships Orleans
and Rochester, the only two American
vessels to brave the German subma.
rine blockade and sail from New York
since the policy of unrestricted subma.
rining came into force, were yesterday
presented with medals by the munici.
,pality TO commemorate their feat of
blockade running.
The president of the chamber of com
merce, in presenting the medals, said :
: Heretofore we have called you 'Our
American cousins Hereafter we will
call you Our American brothers,"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
AMERICA JOINS
JAPAN IN LOAN
international Agreement Reached
and China will Get Fifty
Million Dollars
Especial cablssram to Hawaii shinpo)

Especial cablegram to Hawaii shinpo)
TOXIC, March lit was announced
yesterday that an international loan,
participated in by japan and the
United States, is to be made to China,
to an amount of fifty million dollars.
Yesterday the navy department an.
nounced the plans for a new super.
dreadnought, of $4,000 tons, which is
to be laid down next month.
Motoyuki Negoro, of Hawaii, who
recently arrived in japan, yesterday
announced his candidacy for parlia.
ment. He will join the radical wing
in opposition to the Terauchi govern.
ment. ".
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
GERMAN VANDALS
ARE SENT TO JA|L
Men Who Sunk Steamer In the
Charleston Harbor Get
Terms In the Pen
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FLORENCE, South Carolina, March
l0-Eight officers of the German steam.
or Liebenfels, sunk in the Charleston
harbor when the United States severed
relations with Germany, were today
sentenced to serve each year in the
Atlanta federal penitentiary and pay a
fine of $500 each, following their con
viction. They were convicted Of sink
ink vessel in navigable stream, a
violation of the navigation laws Their
counsel noted an appeal, !.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
YARROWDALE PRISONERS
ENTITLED TO DAMAGES
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WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE state
department has decided that the Am.
orleans taken to Germany as prisoners
of war aboard the captured British
steamer Yarrowdale are entitled TO de-
mnnd damages from Germany after the
war, claims which the state department
will present on request.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
PRAISED BY PRESS
AND PUBLIC OF Japan
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TOXIC, March 1.-The body of the
late Ambassador Guthrie was yester.
day escorted to the American embassy
by troop of Japanese cavalry,
through streets lined with bareheaded
people, paying honor to the remains.
The japanese press and public are
paying all honor to the memory Of the
dead ambassador, the papers contain
ing praise of the efforts made by. Mr..
Guthrie to cement the ties of friend
ship between Japan and the United
States. eli. .:,...
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
BRITISH SMASH ANOTHER
HOLE IN GERMAN Lines
ALONG THREE MILE iron
Elaborate Trench System, With Many Machine Guns
and Prisoners Taken Town Of Irles Occupied
French Also Defeat TeutORS On Two Fronts, Driving
Back Heavy Assaults and Gaining New Positions
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E YORK, March l1-Folowing day of intense bathing in
which the contendng forces handtoand along wide
the British operating the Ancre section emerged again
vcors having advanced their lines in places mile The
lost heavily prisoners and machine guns, while the
casualty lists both sides
The British following preliminary bombardment advanced
along hreemle 'front.' sweeping the defenders from the first series
and occupying lines with comparative The
the advance directed against the fortified of les
mile of Mamount before which the Germans had prepared
duplicate barriers brbed wire and elaborate trench and redoubt
licenses. 1@.s@ME r's,E
FIGHTING WAS BLOODY
These deenses been wholly reduced by the British
artillery fighting before them bloody The Germans
brought the effort hold these
driving through the British barrage losing heavily At the end
day. the positions ard their defenders in British hands
the of es occupied The British spos included
many machine guns and prisoners than have been
any day since the advance the Ancre
nenced. tI4aN#A' %| ." +'F |...
FRENCH REPULSE ATTACKS
Yesterday heavy fighting between the French and Ger
mans on the the line the Germans
acng both the Champagne and the Verdun fronts The Cham
agne launched by the Germans effort regain
ground taken by the French between Butte du esn
Champagne The first rush of the Germans carried
lem the French front lines where they Immediately
,ounteraacked either driven back killed
CROWN PRINCE BEATEN
attempted to import
mt positions wood Here the Champagne
ne first attack proved successful but the Teuton unable
od the ground and retired with heavy losses
Elsewhere along the French continued their raids
rating taking positions of Armancour
ung third line and taking prisoners Crou
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
BERLIN GETS THE
news THAT PLEASES
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(ASSociated Press BY Federal wireless)
BERLIN, March 10-That the Ger.
man U-bOat campaign is getting in
much effective work is the declaration
by the German admiralty which made
statement today giving results Of
recent Iaids.
Nine steamers have been sunk in the
Mediterranean and three sailing yes.
sells, with an aggregate tonnage of 49,
600, the statement says. Among the
vessels sent to the bottom were the
Britishers Wathfeld, Trojan Prince.
Burnby, Craigendorn and the italian
steamer Morino and the Greek steamer
Victoria. An Indian transport ship,
the Rosalie, and two armed French
vessels are declared to be among the
destroyed craft. rs...a.s g.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
SWANzY ESTATE IT, -.
OVER HALF MILLION

The value of the estate left by the
late F, NJ, Swanzy, who died last week,
is $6sO,000, according to the petition
for probate of the will filed in the cir,
cult court yesterday byrthe widow,
Mrs. Julie Judd Swanzy. The petition
named Nora HASTINGS Swanzy apd Rose
mond Swanzy as the other heirs and
asked the letter Of administration be
issued to William II. Baird.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
IN MEXICO
---CARRANzA CERTAIN
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ASSOCIATED Press by Federal wireieSS) .
CITY OF MEXICO, March Ito,
lay is election day in Mexico and a
President is to be chosen by the elect,
ors under the terms of the new consti.
'ution recently drawn up. This will be
the first authorized election since 191i,
SINCE which time there has been a sue
'essiOn of Presidents.
Carranza, the first chief in the pres.
mt administration, is certain of elec.
ton to the presidency.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
GENERAL FORBES, ISLAND
BORN, PASSES AWAY

A wireless was received by William
J, Forbes on Friday of the death in
Washington, d. c., of his uncle, Gen,
eral Theodore +. Forbes retired, L. $.
Army. General Forbes was born on
the Island Of Hawaii but spent only
the early part of his life here. He
returned to tue Islands only once
while on his way to the Philippines
about fourteen years ago,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
zEpPELIN'S WORK IS
HIGHLY EUL0GIzED
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BERLIN, March l0-The German
press is filed with appreciative com
ment and praise of the achievements
of Count Ferdinand Zeppelin, who died
Thursday. His achievements are ex-
tolled and the press says that he shared
popularity with General Won Hinden.
burg. w..
Count Zeppelin was i'll less than
three weeks. His body has been
buried at Stuttgart.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
BERNSTORFF AT LAST
AT EUROPEAN PORT

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LONDON, March 10-Count Won
Bernstorff and his party of the Ger.
man embassy at Washington arrived
at Christiansand today, says a de.
spatch to the Exchange Telegraph
Agency. g.sEs E5t -. ....,-
1t was reported last night that ow-
ing to fierce blizzard at sea the party
would go direct to Copenhagen.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
DUCHESS OF c0NNAUGHT
HAS A SERIOUS ILLNESS
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CAsSooiated Press BY Federal WirelesS)
LONDON, March 1.-The Duchess
of Connaught, aunt by marriage Of
King George and mother of the Prin,
cess Patricia, patron of the Princess
Pat s regiment of Canadians, is seri,
ously ill., She caught the measles and
complications, resulting in severe at
tack of pneumonia, have resulted.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13

BROCKToN, Massachusetts, March
ll-rhirteen thousand shoemakers en-.
ployed in the local shoe factories were
Yesterday given ten per cent increase
in their pay, effective on May /.
. The increase win add Al 300, 900 to
tn" annual payroll Of the shoe manu-,
factureTs. .."~.. " : w&
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
FUNDS LACKING FOR
PROBE OF FOOD COST
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WASHINGTON, March 9--Lack Of
funds will prevent any federal invest,
CATION of the high cost of food. The
investigation ordered by the presi
dent cannot be carried out, as the $50.
600 appropriation failed to pass Con,
gress.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13

TOXIC, March 1.-The Emperor and
the Empress have sent n message to
President Wilson, expressing sympathy
upon the death of Ambassador Guthrie
yesterday. The funeral services over
the ambassador, it is decided, are to
be held next Tuesday in the Tsukiji
Church.
The body will be sent to the United
States on United States warship
within a few days.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
PRESIDENT RECEIVERS
FROM SERIOUS COLD
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(AsSociated Press by Federal wireless)
WASHINGTON, March lO-Presi-
dent Wilson has virtually recovered
from his cold. He remained in his
room today, but was able to attend to
business, though making no engage,
ments.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
NATIONAL BANK CALL

'ASSociated Press BY Federal WireleSs)
WASHINGTON, March l0-The ma.
tional bank statements were called to,
day as Of March 5.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
FREIGHTER OHIO SUNK

- 49, 800 W touoAA WuolossJ
NEW YORK, March l0--It is report,
ed in shipping circles that the freighter
Ohio, flying a French flag, has been
sunk
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-23

In January. 1915, in the City Of In
dianapolis, President Wilson delivered
{. political speech in which he said that
because Of the lack Of ships and the
high ocean freight rates, farmers were
not getting any profit out Of the great
prices Europe was willing to pay. He
asserted that "the merchants and
farmers of this country must have ships
to carry their goods, and just at the
present moment there is no other way
of getting them than through the in
strumentality that is suggested in the
shipping bill" The bill was passed.
Two years and a half have also passed,
and not ship has been built as a re-
suit. An unknown number Of con-
tracts have been let. or practically
let" as official announcements put it,
but most of the time has been spent in
selecting and Diminishing members of
the shipping board. All that solicitude
for the farmer who was not getting any
profit seems to have beeen forgotten
when the shipping bill became law.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-23

Having in mind the possibility that
the war may last two or three or more
years longer. and that we may be
forced to cali to the army men who are
at present below the minimum age.
Representative John NJ. NORM Of
Pennsylvania has introduced a resolu-
ton calling upon the secretary Of war
to furnish the House with information
as to the availability and the facilities
for training boys between Is and Fl
years OF age, also a plan by which
schools and colleges may be utilized
for such training with the least inter-
ference with the scholastic pursuits Of
the students. Mr.. Norm believes that
we should at once give attention to the
military education Of young men who
may be liable for service In the next
few years, instead Of waiting until they
are actually drafted into the military
organization, and with that end in view
he has prepared his resolution.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-23
METROPOLITAN LINE
MAINE STEAMSHIP LINE

suffrage loughs, to the indignation of
the whole country.
Every movement has it's extremists,
and the actions of the extremists on
the antis uffra gists side are far worse
than those of the extremists on ours.
OR is it claimed that the act of the
picketers was "trcasonabl II the
authorities at Washington had thought
so they would have arrested them for
treason instead Of merely for OBJ
structing traffic Republican newspa :
pers are charging tho President with
being a knave or fool or both and
spreading the accusations broadcast to
he read by the Russian commissioners
and everybody else. Anti suffragists
have done this In communications TO
the Herald. Arc they traitors"
The disordcriy and lawlcas anti -sufY-
ragists who mobhed the pickots and
tore IN their banners really nrecipI-
tated tho riot In so doing thov plnved
irto tho hands OF the pickcts and
gave them nm immense advertisement
Resolutions disappearing OF the
picketing have been passed bv the
National American Woman Suffrage
Association the Massa chusetts Woman
Suffrage hraociation and many others.
so Tar an I nm aware not one of the
many acts OF lawlcss brutality COM
mitted hy auffraeista has over
called out n resolution Of disapnroyal
from any anti suffrage organization.
ALICE STONE BLACKWELL.
Chilmark. July 90.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-23
Few Can Sing the Anthem

Consider my embarrassment recently,
while attempting 70 sing The Star
Spangled Banner at public meeting, on
finding my heart on FIRE with patriotic
emotion and mind frozen stiff from the
lack Of knowing the lines. am wonder
ing how many more good Americans are
willing to acknowledge the truth" F. D.
Van Amburgh in The Silent Partner"
Oh. say. can you sing from the start to
the end,
What 90 proudly you stand for when
orehestras play It;
When the whole congregation, IN voices
Strike up the grand hymn. and then
torture and slay IT.
How they below and shout when they're
first starting out.
But 'the dawnse early light" finds them
houndering about,
IT'S THE Star spansied Banner they're
But they don't know the words Of the
precious old thing.
Hark. Tho 'twilishts last cleaning" has
some Of them stopped,
To che ramparts We watched" where
some others are dropped
And the loss Of the leaders is manifest
Then the rockets red glare" gives tho
And there's few left to face the bombs
bursting IN air.
IT'S . thin iine Of heroes that manage to
The last of the verse and "the home Of
John Rodemeyer.
Canaan Conn
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-23
Do You Like the Change?

None need bother to deny such silly,
booze trade pretense as the claim be-
ing circulated that conditions in Maine
today are no better than ever before.
Conditions speak for themselves IN
every community. Even Lewiston and
Bangor are quiet and orderly as COM
pared with some other years. And
everybody has a right to expect much
better conditions, as soon as the great
supply, cached in advance OF the feder-
al laws operation, is reduced. Mean
time the report Of Cumberland's sher-
iff is interesting:
The number of prisoners in the coun-
ty Jail last Saturday, Aug. IL. was 46,
according to Sheriff Graham. or these,
10 were prisoners from Cumberland
county serving sentence. Twenty-one
are bound over awaiting trial at the
September term Of the Superior court
two are Sagadahoc county prisoners
three are United States prisoners and
one is held for safe keeping. Accord
ing to figures compiled by Sheriff
Graham the average number per day
ir jail for the last II years is as fol-
lows: 1906, 1902; 1907. 1928; 1909, 14S;
1910. 149; 1911, ISL 1912, 1928; 1919, 1903;
1914. 80: 1915, 1o7; 1916, 80; 1917, 4e.
Significant figures relative to COM
mitments for intoxication for the first
seven months Of the last eight years
are as follows: 1910 was z; in 1911,
100: 1912, 1913, 1913, 112. 1914, 60; 1915
SO; 1916, SO; 1917, So.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-23
Your "Get.Away
POwer's IN S,,,rr,ar l. q

Your "Get.Away
Power" in Summer Is Q
matter Of fuel-food for the
human engine. Food that
IS hard to digest and low In
nutritive value does not sup
plyenergyfor the days work.
Ituses up needed power by
overtaxing the digestive or
gans. Shredded Wheat
Biscuit is all TODD. It Is 100
per cent. whole wheat and
Is prepared in a digestible
form. Changing from meat
and potatoes to Shredded
Wheat brings q mental
bouyancy and physical alert
ness that make one eager
for the days task. Eat it for
any meal with sliced bana-
mas, berries, or other fruits.
Made at Niagara Falls,
N. Y.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-23

Notwithstanding the promise Of the
monthly official crop report, that this
years potato yield will be the largest in
the history of the country, certain condi-
lions remain to be met before the prom
Use can be realized. No less than several
potato beetles are still extant, and the
season of late blight is upon US. The an
swer is found in allopa thic doses of Bor-
deaux mixture and arsenate of lead
Manchester Union.
And the Colonel has missed the big
consideration. the fact that early
planted potatoes in some sections did
rot set" well. and from many points
oin Maine we are hearing small and
few in the hill" The beetle and its
lice, and the new subterranean U-boat
grub is worst Of all, maybe.