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The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
Few Details Of Capture Of Famous MesOpOtamian City
Allowed To Leak Through But Experts Believe That
0ttOmen Forces Have Been Shattered and Unable To
Offer Serious Resistance Berlin Reports Retirement
Russians All, Also Advancing
lA..oei1s.d PIES. y Feasral wlrelss.S

ONDON March l2Bagdad has been captured by British
- troops under the command Of General Maurice.
The announcement Of this victory of the greatest has
Allied in the East months Indeed
of Trebzond othe Black regarded
important morally and stragcal that of Bagdad which
southern terminal Of the Berlin railroad the apple Of the
Kaer and the thread upon which he had strung his hopes of
Empire in the East
No details announced of the capture of the
advance of the British the of
been taken to that the Turks have been absolutely unable
combat the forces of the Allies Mesopotamia 1t known that
those forces have been enormously increased since the of
General Townhend thousand Indian and British troops
the Turkish garrison take Bagdad fifteen months ago 1t
bey ed that the British have close half million Indian
and Colonial troops in Msopotama of them striking at the
,Ouomen forces in the Tgris River Valley.
haze ,=.#5ssf MANY PRISONERS
The of the fighting indicate that
Of stores and many ouSand prisoners have been taken by the
Of lighting following reported
Turks 2o0o with thousands rifles
Of numbers Turks with machine
well Quantities other rifles ..
oeiany night Russian forces in
advancing without meeting serious opposition the Turks They
sha marching against the Turks hold
their campaign against the oomen armies
H".s ~ 1899 ADMITS RETREAT '1K .s,.%..,.5.
last
in which the French attacked heavily resulted their
February
almost three miles that If continue
present will be
much the Sir Douglas
the npper formation with which he and General
0omble, the southeast of the present battlefield
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
AR|EECONVNSS|ON
ALn0STo)NPlEIED
Names Of Commissioners Prob
ably WIN Be Sent To the
|. Senate This Morning
Associated Pres. " Federal w,lrsl.,O

WASHINGTON, March 12--Presi.
dent Wilson HIS completed practically
the selection. of the members az the
tariff commission, and IL Is believed.
that the names win be sent TO the sen
ate for confirmation today Professor
Taussig of Harvard, IL is said, will be
the chairman of the commission, aud,
Daniel @, Roper and williem Kent are
believed TO be sure Uf appointment.
Others are under consideration. S..
Professor Taussig is well known
political economist having been APP
pointed an instructor in that science
at Harvard In 1882, becoming in turn
assistant professor, professor and Henry
lee professor, the latter since 1901. He
II the anthor Of number OF standard
works, including Tariff History of the,
United States sSilver Situation In.
the United States, Wages and.
Capital and "Some Phases of the
Tariff Question. His selection for
the craftsmanship Of the tariff board.
was conceded some time ago, his emil
nent fitness for the position being rec.
ognized, as wen as the fact that the.
President had consulted him freely in
drawing up his Recommendations Of
and plans for The proposed board. Il
Daniel O. Roper has been first assist
ant postmaster general since 1913. He.
has been in the public service since.
1894, when, after serving term in.
the South Carolina legislature, he be-
came clerk of the senate committee on
interstate commerce. He has done
much special work for the government
in the way Of planning for the sys.
tematic calculations Of cotton reports
and as an investigator of the textile
Industry Of tho United States and
Europe. The tariff handbook, published
us an appendix Of the Underwood.
Tariff Report was written by him.
William Kent of California sat in.
the sixty-fourth congress as an indie.
pendent, being warm supporter of the.
President and his confdant. He is a
capitalist, business man and philan-
thropist and an authority on ciyics.
When changes in the cabinet were sug.,
gested, following the recent elections,
Mr.. Kent was mentioned as probable.
secretary Of the interior, with the pres.
emit secretary looked upon as a probable
secretary Of state. e.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
HOLSTE|N SCORES
PINKHAM METHODS
Speaker To Fight Squandering Of
Peoples Money BY the !
Governor

The expenditure of neat little for
tune by Governor Pinkham via the
contingent fund is going to rinse a,
merry old rumpus, in the house at,
least. ~.
H. l.. H0lstein, speaker, plans to lead
the fight against another such $780,
600 appropriation for contingent fund
to be spent for Christmas cards, flow
ers, venting of personal spite in law
suits and other such executive folies.
"It's q shame that public money
should be squandered in this man
ner," said Speaker Holstein yesterday.
"When the proposition of giving
Governor Pinkham another such priv
ate treasury comes up in the house, /
am going out on the floor and fight il
to the last ditch. - % 49, = Tsa.Ul
"And L am not the only one who
feels this way about Governor Pink
hams squandering of public funds on
flowers and Christmas cards. believe
that the governor will not get back a
cent of the immense amounts he has
spent out of the contingent fund on
trivialities. .,,aE -. y.
Imagine his coming before the leg
islature and asking for an appropria-
ton to replace $ll 900 spent in fight
ing lawsuit against the rapid transit
company. What g the attorney-gen-
erals office fOri l.-,... 1..s IN
"The contingent fund is supposed to
be an emergency fund. 1t was set aside
originally to be drawn on in case of a
crisis. It was meant to provide money
tc fight plague or an epidemic, or for
relief in case Of some great disaster. II
was created as fund ready at all times
70 provide money instantly for some
urgent need.
"And it has been squandered on
flowers and Christmas cards and IN
lighting lawsuits. This certainly was
not the intent of the Legislature, and /
lon't think the Legislature will stand
for it.
"GOvernOr Frear in his administra,
ton paid the salary of deputy attor.
ney general out Of this fund, and this
Legislature promptly pointed out the de
psTture from the original intent of tho
fund by adopting proyiso that no sal
aries be paid out of the contingent
fund. W..
Certainly the present method Of
Governor Pinkham, in appropriating
from the contingent fund, should be
stopped. and to stop such souandering
am going to buck appropriation FOR
the fund all along the line,'' ID
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13

and scores. more injured in this State
by the tornado that tore its way
through Indiana, wrecking Newcastle,
and continued its path Of destruction
on through the southwestern part Of
Ohio. "a,
/, Reports of death and damage have
been received from many towns and
cities.
Three persons are known to have
been killed in this city, four were
fatally injured and score more were
seriously injured by the tornado while
many others received minor injuries,
The terrible storm swept through
Hyde Park, fashionable suburb Of
Cincinnati, and there the greatest
havoc occurred. Thirty fine homes in
Hyde Park were wrecked while many
more were damaged. .tt,'.|" ~.
From Dayton reports we're received
of further damage, but there were no
casualties or injuries. The storm tore
the roof from a motion picture theater
and panic ensued as the crowd rushed
for the doors. There were no serious
injuries. .." @sf. = "...'.
One person was killed in Brookvillc
and number injured. So.
Fifty homes were demolished In Trot-
wood, and though many we're slightly
injured, no lives were lost. according 10
reports up to a late hour last night. b."
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13

According to information obtained at
the British headquarters in France, the
gaps in the German infantry companies
new serving on the western front have
not been filed, and the diminution in
numbers has been covered in some in
stances by reducing infantry regiments
from four battalions to three.
One infantry company was recently
encountered with rifle strength of
seventy.two out of regulation compile
ment of IT'S. Landsturm regiments
have recently been identified on the
front line, They had formerly been
employed in patrolling the Dutch from
tier and protecting lines Of, cOmmunica.
ton. 's.., -. 'H y
" According TO prisoners, the picked
men of the landsturmers ATE in the
trenches, while those who are unfit for
the hardships Of the firing line are on
duty at the depots IN the rear. UtiliZ-
ing the landsturm battalions in this
way permits the organization Of the
young men divisions in Germany, and IL
is these latter, British officers say,
whose movements are now reported and
who are depended upon to Withstand
the shock OF the coming battle. Many
boys Of seventeen and eighteen have
also been found in the German trenches
by the British raiders. ~,.t ...., -.
The British staff is keenly interested
in a report that prior TO the declaration
Of unrestricted submarine warfare by
Germany, Field Marshal won linden
burg said to Chancellor Won Bethmann
Hoilweg: H'Everywhere our front is in
vulnerable. The supply of reserves is
ample, the troops In good spirits and
absolutely reliable"
The British point Of view is that the
last three words of this statement con.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
JAPANESE WILL GREET ... -.
NEW CONSUL AT BANQUET

Farewell and welcome meetings will
be held simultaneously by local
Japanese on Wednesday and Friday for
X. Fujii, Japanese eleve-eonsul who is
Transferred TO San Francisco and X.
Mural, Full Is successor who arrived re,
Gently from Japan. A dinner win be
given to them Wednesday at the Moehi'
zuld club under the auspices OF the
Japanese chamber of commerce. A re-
eeption will be held Friday Mt the
TokiWa club by Japanese in general.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13

stituted an admission that doubts were
entertained in German circles as to the
reliability of their troops.
There is no disposition, however, to
underestimate the stubborn resistance
that the Germans have the power of
making. The evacuation of Grandcourt
by the Germans and other minor sue
cesses won ty the British in their in
itial operations ar interpreted as mean
ing that the Germans IRE prepared to
give way q some points in order to fall
back upon carefully prepared main
lines Of defense, lines that have not been
hammered by bombs and shells after
the manner of 30 many of the present
front trenches, 80 ..'.
Artillery is looked upon as the decidI
ing factor in the coming battle, and
upon artillery the British have been
concentrating their energy. The con
slant laundering of the British guns
all through the long, dark winter has
had deeper meaning than casual
scattering of death and destruction. 1t
has meant the careful training of
officers and men in all the modem
arts of gunnery, from the delicate
timing and placing of protective cur
tains of fire just in front of advancing
infantry to the most skilful coopera-
ton Of airplanes and guns in the hurl-
ing Of long-distance shells against Sc.
leGted targets far behind the German
lines. There Is a grim realization of
the fact that it win be tedious work
trying to blast the Germans out of
their main lines of defense, but British
and French commanders alike are con-
fident in their predictions that they
will eventually force the fighting into
the nIien -. - =
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
Won BERNSTORFF
KNOWING
on BERLIN Plots.
Tells The Associated Press Rep
resentative At Ghristiania That
He Is ignorant Of Political De-
velopments and That Con-
spiracyls News To Me"


GHRIsTIANIA, Sweden, March ls--
Count Won Bernstorff, former German
ambassaa6r to the United stRtes, who is
on his way home, denied that he knows
anything about the plot coneocted by
the German authorities in Berlin
against the United States On his ar,
rival here yesterday the former diplo.
mat was received by a large German
delegation, and given hearty vel
come To representative Of the As
ISOLATED Press Count won Bernstorff
said that he is ignorant of late polit.
ical Developments, and when asked to
make statement regarding the con.
spiracy which Doctor ZIMMERMAN, Ger
man foreign minister has admitted, the
former ambassador said:
alliance with Mexico against the
United States. That is all news TO
mep
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
FIRE I'M COUNCIL BLUFFS
!. SWEEPS BUSINESS BLOCK
tAssociated Press BY Federal wirslsss)

(Associated Press By FEDERAL WireIessl ;
COUNCIL BLUF'Fs, Iowa, March ~,
Fire swept through a. city block. in
the downtown district here yesterday,
wiping out Ave places of business. Two
stores, the Offices Of the Commercial Ma,
tional Bank, the office of the Chicago
& Northwestern Railroad and the office
of the Union Pacific Railroad were de-
stroyed. The property loss is esti-
mated at 100000. No Toss of life was
reported.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
Huge Vote Places
y.e, Carranza In Office
tAssOciatsd Press by Federal wirslsss)

CITY OF MEXICO, March l2-By
the largest vote ever cast for a presi'
DENTAL candidate First Chief carranza
has been elected president OF the Re.
public Of Mexico, according to the
official statement Of the result OF the
voting yesterday Nothing like the
vote for Carranza has ever been seen
in any election ever held in this eoun.
try before. II Is said, and the enthusi-
asm for him is phenomenal. .s.f
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
Tornado Drives Down Upon New
castle Without Warning Whirl-
inc People IN Aif, Smashing
AOdses and Poles Like kidding
STORM TAKES APPEARANCE
oflFUNNEL SHAPED CLOUD


MEN 6 AS Z l. h, Indiana,
- March l2-Twenty-three
known dead, at least one hundred
and fifty injured, many of them
fatally, three hundred residences
wrecked and much damage of
ether nature done is the tale of
the tornado that passed over this
section of Indiana yesterday. The
property damage is estimated at
more than million dollars in this
pace alone. '..4 .
The tornado swept down upon
, Newcastle yesterday afternoon,
without warning. II took the ap-
pearance of a great funnel shaped
cloud and moved with lightning
like speed, crossing the city in a
sonthwesterly direction and clear
ing a space OF about two blocks
wide and ten blocks long.
As it moved it whirled every
hing out OF ITS way. Trees, tele-
graph poles and telephone poles
We're snapped OH like twigs and
sent hurting through the air to
tall upon houses smashing roofs
and killing many. ~ ...*a|
Great sections of roofs were
torn OF and flung into the streets
and walls OF brick and stone level
ed as a child would blow down a
house OF cards. Plate glass win
dows were smashed by the force
Of the wind, which is variously es-
timated at from eighty to one hun
ldred miles IN velocity. y'U
Persons were thrown into the
AR TO be dashed with violence to
the pavement and many were hurt
IN that fashion, but most OF the in
Jurles were the result OF flying
bricks and stones or broken poles,
while the deaths IN the majority
OIL cases were caused by the VIC
TINS beng caught under the fall-
ing walls OF the houses. 81.
while IT Is known that twenty
three were killed it is feared that
Others will be found when the res
cue parties succeed IN clearing
up the wreckage. !
lhe approach OF the tornado.
neralded bya tremendous roaring,
was the hrSt warning the people
OF the city had OF the danger and
instantly panic took the people,
lhere was tremendous disorder IN
.o,.LoJ l., IL - :.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
FOOD CONDITIONS IN f.
GERMANY NOW SERIOUS
tAssociated Press by rsSsra: 77.rs,sss.,

;. HAVANA, Cuba, March IE-Former
United States Ambassador Gerard who
lis on his way back home from Berlin,
has arrived here with his party, on
board the Spanish steamer Infanta
Isabella. The voyage was without in
'eident and when seen by newspaper
men yesterday Mr.. Gerard declared
that he has no statement to make for
publication, IL was learned from other
members of his party that the food
conditions in German cities are bad,
food being exceedingly hard to get in
the larger places, although the smaller
towns are not suffering to the same
degree. ~ .-l- L..---
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
GIRL GARMENT WORKERS
ARE ON STRIKE IN PARIS
(By the Associated PressJ

PARIS, March ~ - Two strikes
have begun in the Paris dressmaking
trade. One concern IS male cutters, who
are mostly foreigners; the other is ex.
elusively an affair of Partisan "mid-
inettes, " as the young girl garment
workers are called, who protest against
being Paid lower wages than before the
war; 49, r Eaa.#
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
FRAT MEN TO CONTEST

An interfraternity track meet in the
spring Is being arranged at the State
College of Washington at Pullman.
This meet is the result of the State
College policy of encouraging partiei-
patton in athletics by as many as pos
sible of the students. n.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13

The letter to the German minister in
Mexico which was sent by Doctor Zim
hermann, and which the President an.
nouneed is now in the archives in
Washington, was sent through Won
Bernstorff, according to the admission
made by Doctor Zimmerman, who
justified the plot against the United
States on the same ground that Ger
many justified her rape of Belgium,
'fmilitary necessity y ~. '
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
TROUBLE AvERTED.

. Tint little cold and sore throat of
yours must be checked at once or it
may develop into something worse.
Take n few doses of Chamberlain 3
Cough Remedy and your troubles win
soon vanish, For sale by all dealers,
Benson Smith Il Co., agents for Hawaii.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
COLDS CAUSE HEADACHES

LAxATIVE BRoMo QUININE re-
moves the cause. Used the world over
to cure a cold in one day. The sigma
lure # r, ", GROVE is on each box.
Manufactursd by the FAIRS MRDI-
CINE CO.. st. Louis, U. s. A.,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
IN GREECE
CAUSE .a|;l0ONY.RIEPORTs
,.wor,.tsd press By Federal w;roloss'

WASHINGTON, March Il = The
Greek legation here has received a
gloomy report Of the condition of af,
fairs in Greece, thanks to the blockade
maintained by the Entente Allies. The
Greek government has eaDled to the
legation that conditions are bad, and
asked that efforts be made TO hasten
shipments Of wheat, which is sadly
needed If starvation is to be averted.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
Slx-DAY BICYCLE RACE
TO SPENCER AND MAGlN

Associated Press BY Federal wirsisss)
SAN FRANCISCO, March IL
The six day bicycle race here was
won by w. Spencer, OF Toronto,
Canada, and J. Magin, of Newark,
New jersey, with 2s07 miles in IA
hours. &c
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13

These figures do not agree with
others which have been made public
from time TO time, also based upon
the official reports from the different
capitals. Former figures. IL may be re.
menibered have put the British loses as
much greater, while those Of Germany
have been set at between four and FIVE
millions. 1t should also be remembered
that Germany has not made il prac-
tise of making public all of her losses.
Indeed her official lists for the most
part include only those losses suffered
by the Prussian troops. f.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
CTORM KILLS FOUR
- IN CINCINNATI

fAssoriatad Press by Federal Wirslssa) q
CINCINNATI, Ohio, March l2--At
0easi -four persons ave, reported dead
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13

I At the home of Doctor Marques last
night it was said that the doctor had
as yet received no instructions from the
Russian government to investigate the
arrest of the two men and that he
knows nothing of the affair. Accord
ing to the story printed at the time,
three men claiming to be members of
the Russian secret service called upon
Deputy Sheriff Asch and asked him to
arrest and cOnfne three other men who,
il was alleged, had absconded with six
million rubles, or approximately Vi, l00,-
900. This Asch, after some cogitation,
refused to do, and the men went on
with the steamer. The local official
denies that anyone was arrested, much
less handcuffed, while here. '. ' Z.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
Ten MILLION MEN
KILLED, WOUNDED
OR MISSINgNW WAR
First Tabulation Made From Pub
lished Lists Of Casualties BY
BeIIigereht Powers Is lssuedIn
Washington; Russia Leads In
Losses Suffered In Conflict

- ~r-NANA NAApA~s~f
WASHINGTON, March l2-Mors
than ten million men have been killed,
wounded and taken prisoners, or are
missing and unaccouted for since the
outbreak of the great war in Europe,
according TO the latest calculations,
based upon the most authentic obtain.
able official reports Of the different war.
ring CAPITALS which have reached this
city. This is the first complete tabula-
iton Of officiul reports that has been
made.
Russia il the greatest loser in men,
according to these figures, for her total
is set at 3,0s4, 200 killed, wounded and
missing France comes next with
1,sl0,s00, Germany with 1856, 200 fol.
lows and then comes Austria with
l,469,l0 Britain's losses are set al
5l5,400, Turkeys at 100000, Rn-
mania s at 100000, Italy 3 at 2O0, 900,
Belgium's at 10000, and serbia's at
$4,000. r
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-13
RUSSIA DEMANDS
COLLABORATION
Wants All Facts Connected With
Alleged Arrest Of Her Agents
BY Honolulu Officials ~.
tAssOciatsd Press By Federal wirelsss)

SAN FRANCISCO. March 12-Full
investigation has been demanded by
the Russian government of the alleged
arrest and Handwriting of two Russian
consular officers at Honolulu when the
Korea Maru stopped there last week.
Doctor Marques, the Russian consul at
Honolulu, has been instructed to inves,
tigate fully and report in detail to the
Russian authorities the circumstances
regarding the affair. ,NfE =. e..
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-03-31
-seibeI in Albany knickerbooker-P Press.
POWER is THE THING.

Standardization Bright, of the
Railway Clerk, records vigorous dissent
against the publicity campaign of large
corporations that they increase wages
Voluntarily"
Numerous instances are cited to prove
that these increases were only made
when employees began discussing collec-
tive action.
ALREADY the clerk and freight handler
are awakening to the fact that for many
years they have stood idly by with their
hands folded and with woe-begone look
on their countenances expecting some
thing to be handed them on a silver plat
ter, while the others organized and got
theirs by fearlessly going after it with
determination that meant success.
ASK any member of the older organ
ization if he ever had voluntary in
crease in wages or reduction of hours
and he will laugh at you and tell you
frankly that there is no such word in
the vocabulary of railroads. He has had
all these things many times, but he will
tell you that they came to him through
organized effort or because of the fear
of organization"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-03-31
ONE REASON FOR II. II. PROFITS.

Kansas City, Mo.-The Southern Pa
CHIC railroad recently reported that its
earnings for January, 1917, totaled $14,-
235,704, an increase of $4,397,7 over
the same period last year.
In his weekly report to the Brother
hood of Boiler Makers and Iron Ship
Builders, Vice-President Atkinson shows
some of the labor conditions maintained
by this corporation. Writing from Tue
son, Ariz, he says
Il find conditions and wages of en-
ployes in the Southern Pacific shops in
this city are something deplorable. Over
80 per cent of the men are Mexicans
and they are not getting enough money
to support their wives and children de-
Gently Every pay day they are forced to
either stand the groceryman or rent man
off for part of what they owe them,
with the hope that they can stand some
one else off the next pay day in order
to make ends meet. And the Southern
Pacific made more money in the last
four months of last year than it did any
previous year in the history of the road
Il do not know of thing that con-
gress could do that would be of more
benefit to the working class than to ap-
point committee to investigate the
wages and conditions Southern Pacific
shop men are forced to work under"