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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-04

.
With the first outrages, Great Brit
ain resolved to show to the world
that despite the barbarism of mer-
CHESS foe she would not contraVene
international rules but would adhere
to the rules of humanity, and not take
the lives of innocent children and
helpless men and women.
For three years Great Britain has
borne the attacks of death from the
air but with five successive raids last
week and this, On the British coast
line. the clamor arose all over Eng
land for revenge-that 1t did not pay
to show cleIhency to such baTbaric
foe but served only to increase his
outrages. ~ -..-.1 .a.. ...s....... 4 :
And So at last needing the cry, Of
her subjects and believing that per-
haps there is a deal of truth In their
argument, that if the German civilian
population is given dose of their
own medicine they may perhaps come
to a realization of the frightfulness
of German kultur and by pressure
compel Germany to cease her Hunnish
atrocities.
England Has Heard the Cry
By carrying the terror home to the
peasantry of Germany. Englands sees
means to the end-perhaps resulting
in the shortening Of the war, undoubt-
edly inclining the German people more
willingly than ever before to a desire
for peace. H. r..
If not, then shall Germany have
reared a modern Frankenstein that in
the end shall prove its undoing.
In words to this effect has the gov.
eminent at last made known that as
Germany does, SO shall she be dealt
with. .-#@. -
at must be an eye for an eye and
a tooth for a TOOTH reads the an
1T is with the greatest
reluctance we are forced to apply to
the enemy, the bombing policy he has
applied to u.s."
PARIS, France, Oct. Ain line
with the recent decision of France
and England to carry out reprisal air
raids, French airmen last night bomb
ed Frankfort and Rastatt. The re.
suits of the raid are not known.
Heavy artillery duels were in prog.
ress today at Verdun.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-04
ROENITz CASE TO
Be INVESTIGATED
BY US. JURYMEN

Investigation of the case OF George
Roenitz, German who was former.
ly clerk to the coinmandant at the
Pearl Harbor naval station, and who
is charged with espionage, will prob.
ably be begun next Monday morn.
ing by the federal grand jury which
VIII meet at 10 o'clock for the first
session Of the fall term. Bstwesn
% and so cases are scheduled for In
yestigatiol.
81 intend to present the Roenitz
case first, unless there is some reason
why the witnesses cannot appear on
that day" says District Attorney s.
c. Huber.
Roenitz was arrested nearly year
ago upon his return to, the islands.
A large number of photographs OF
scenes at the Pearl Harbor station
and a description of each in German
we're among the things found in his
possession. He was given a prelim.
mary hearing before o. 3. Commits.
sioner George S. Curry and bound
over to the grand jury. Bond was
fixed at $4,000. Roenltz was unable
TO secure sureties and has been in
prison ever since.
Another case to be investigated is
that Of Thomas Saffery, charged
with impersonating federal officer.
According to federal officials, Sas-
fiery was the ringleader of IN alleged
''blackmailing' gang that was de-
handing money from women on
threats of having them arrested.
The case of J.. E. Higgins, fo5cner
Of the Honolulu postoTfice,
is also to be investigated. Higgins is
charged with the embezzlement of
postal funds ami is alleged to have
opened a number OF registered let.
ters containing money.
Also for investigator Is the case
Of Louis Dreibelbis, prominent Mon.
tana druggist, who attempted to
smuggle into Honolulu silk which he
purchased in the Orient. He was ar.
rested here but allowed to proceed
to the mainland under bond.
Opium smuggling, purchasing gov
property, sending objection
able matter through the mails, SNUG
Cling dutfable goods. Illicit LIQUOR
sales and conducting houses of i'll
anne are among other cases to be
probed.
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McDuffie
Secures
Affidavit
States Witness Again Changes
Front and in Another Signed
Affidavit Declares Testimony
He Gave During Trial is the
Truth
EoRTY-EIGHT hours after

EORT1-ElGHT hours after
4 he had sworn to and signed
a confession at Oahu prison
Ast Saturday afternoon that it
was he, and not the four Fill
pinos now under sentence of
death, who shot and stabbed
,Tsunetaro Hayashibara to
keath at Kaneohe, Eduardo
suncion, serving a sentence
Dir second degree murder,
changed his mind and put his
mark at the bottom of an affi-
davit in the city attorneys
office which declares that Ga
briel Verver did the stabbing
and Florencio Bonella the
shooting, sustaining his testi..
nony at the trial and repudiat-
ing his first confession.
Eduardo's confession apparently ex.
GENERATING Verver, Bonefla, Abeta and
Alarlo from completely in the murder!
was secured last Saturday afternoon
by William T. Garden, who defended
the condemned Filipinos during their
trial.
The affidavit declaring this confess
sion to be false and untrue was Sc
cured Monday afternoon in the city
attorneys office after Captain of De-
tectiyes Arthur McDuffie had learned
OF the SATURDAY confession.
According to the confession OBJ
tained hy Attorney Garden, Eduardo
declared that he would tell the truth
now that his own life WAS safe, he
having been allowed to plead guilty
tktsecond degree murder in return
Tor turning states evidence. This
.:tfntha was that he himself had both
Ett and stabbed Hayashibara on the
Iisht of August 81. and that the rive
other Filipinos took hand in the af-
faif only under threat of death If they
did not assist him.
The affidavit secured by Captain
McDuffie on Monday tells practically
Confined on page two)
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PRICE OF
MILK TO
After November | it Will Cost
Two Cents More a Quart;
Raise Decided Following De-
mands of Dairymen, Who
Declare Feed Cost is Pro-
hibitiye

nETAIL prices of milk on the island
IL of Oahu will advance on Noyem.
- Der 1, pints going up one cent and
quarts two cents, according to an Of
ficial statement issued this morning
by the Honolulu Dairymen's Assoeia-
ton. This Is the second advance in
price of milk on this island, since the
beginning of the war and is attributed
to the rising cost of feed for cattle.
The new schedule of prices which
goes into effect within four weeks as
compared to the present figures are as
follows: Pints now selling at z cents
will be sold at cents; quarts now
selling at Is cents will 60 to 15 cents:
Jersey milk selling at Is cents quart
win be sold at II cents, while baby
milk will remain the same, selling at
20 cents a quart. <.-
The decision to raise the price OF
milk was made at the meeting of the
Honolulu Dairymen's Association Mon.
day, following a presentation of de-
mands by the producers upon the as
sociation at meeting Saturday. The
producers pointed out that unless the
wholesale price was raised they
would not be able to continue business.
They asked the Dairymen's Associa-
ton to raise the wholesale price from
s cents to 9 cents o quart. Some of
the producers were satisfied that they
could continue under the present fig.
ure but the majority were emphatic
that the high cost of feed for cattle,
the increased wages for labor and
other incidentals were eating up their
business. The Da:rymen's Associa.
(Confinued, IN oape fvol !
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AGAINST
WISCONSIN SOLON
SPREADS in u. S.
Rouse Names Committee of
Five to Investigate Pro-
German Charges of HefIin

WASHINGTON, D. c. Oct. 1.-The
agitation against Senator LaFollette
is extending to various sections OF
the country, and the demand that he
be expelled from the national senate
is growing apace. 49,. { Ste..~
The committee on privileges net
today, but took an adjournment till
tomorrow without having taken any
action on the petitions against the
Wisconsin solon. 1t is reported that
the committee favors tabling lie petit
tions 's.=..a
The house today named a commit
tee of five to Investigate the charges
brought by Representative lIefi:n that
he could furnish the naiiIes Of sew
eral congressman who were supposed
to be actively pro-German.
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ASSOCIATED Press By D. 5. Naval Wtreless)
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4 AMERICAN TRAINING CAMP =
4 IN FRANCE, Oct. 4.-Gen. ]. j. =
\ Pershing today paid a visit to =
4 the camp, and watched battal- =
= ion of Gen. Sibert's men storm =
= three trenches in the most ap- =
= proved fashion. The men went =
4 at their work with vim and =
4 dash. and showed the effects of =
4 careful training. The Sammies =
y have named the trenches after =
y Wilson, TAFT and Roosevelt. =
y After witnessing the dash, Gen. =
= PershinG, who had noted the alb =
y sence of rifles in the hands Of =
y the advancing troops. said they =
y must not forget the rifle, which y
y was a distinctly American weap- =
\ on. Bayonets and bombs were, =
y of course, valuable, but the rife =
y has still:a place in modern war y
= fare" He said he had heard of =
y soldiers chasing Germans a +
\ hundred yards with bayonets and \
y bombs, when they could easily y
\ have shot them. =
= ~ y 4 y y -
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RESUME OF MIR. M'cLURE's VIEWS.

"What we choose to call the Far
Eastern question 10 one of the sim
pIest world problems Of today. Its
simplicity Is the most striking
thing have found in a six months
study Of the Orient.
"Some compare Japan to Ger.
many as an ambitious military ma
ton determined on eonquering by
force of arms her place in .he sun.
1t Is useless to deal with the mo-
tives of men or nations. The pol
icy Of a nation is determined by its
needs and power. Physical geog-
raphy DEGREES the utter Impossible
ity of Japan duplicating the history
Of Germany, even If the Japanese
people were 50 minded.
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"china has territory, has access
to, the sea, and with the exception
of the United States, possesses a
higher degree Of natural security
than any OTHER nation in the world,
The geographical location Of China
Is of little strategic Importance.
China is secure. The assimilatin9
power Of SOC, ooo, oco Chinese puts
invasion and conquest among the
impossible. r. ~. ~. - .-z
"korea 10 joy. The seven
years work of Count Terauchi in
charge of Korea has meant for Jap
an one of the greatest achieve.
ments of any nation. Count Terau-
chi is one of the greatest Of states
men," ~ -. -.s.-.. .as
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HINDENBURG URGES ii.
MORE MUNITIONS CROP
ASSOCIATED Press By o. S. Naval wireless,

tAssociased fress % y. >. naval WtfeleSS.l
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Oct. A.
According to kilograms from Berlin,
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg re-
ceiyed a delegation of laborites, at
q conference today, and urged the
speeding up of the output of muni.
tons. 1t is reported that production
at the munition plants has been con-
siderahly lescened Of late owing, it
was alleged, to the underfed condition
OF workers and the scarcity of GER
tain materials.
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GERMANS TO GET
TASTE OF THEIR
OWN ATROCITIES
With Reluctance Government is Forced to Adopt Policy of
eye for Eye, Tooth for Tooth'' to Impress on German
People the Monstrosy of Hunnsh Frghtfuness and Bring
Home the Meaning of War
ASSOCIATED Press by Wireless)

II 0NDON England Oct 1.-THE brief announcement fIterng
- through from the department today, 1.-The
has decided reprsal brought feeling of relief to the
long suffering populace of England.
Victims of violations of every recognized law of humanity
that has guided warning armies with their schools and hos
pitfalls targets for German bombs time and time again. with
peaceful civilians torn to pieces week in and week out by
explosives dropped from Teuton apanes and Zeppens the
English people had reached the point where their feelings
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DID IT TO SAVE FOUR
UNAWARE HE MIGHT
JEOPARDIZE HIMSELF
Here's Affidavit +
Repudiating First

The affidavit sworn to anc
signed by Eduardo repudiatine
his confession to Garden, read:
as follows: ~.
Eduardo Asumcion, being
first duly sworn on oath de-
poses and says: ri.
That he makes this state
ment and affidavit freely and
voluntarily. That he was pres
ent at the time and place
when and where the Jap
anese named Hayashibara
was killed at kaneohe, island
OF Oahu, territory Of Hawaii.
That affiant did not shoot
and stab said Hayashibara.
That said Hayashibara was
shot and stabbed and killed
by Floreneio 6onelIa and Ca
briel Verver; that Floreneio
shot said Hayashibara, and
Gabriel verver stabbed said
Hayashibara after said Haya-
shibara had been shot by
said FIorencio 6onella.
That all other statements
or affidavits previously made
by affiant subsequent to the
trial Of the case entitled ter.
ritory Of Hawaii vs.. isidoro
Aiario and five others before
Hon. william Il. Heen, third
Judge Of the circuit court Of
the first judicial circuit, ter
ritory Of Hawaii, being Grim.
Z inaI case No. $500, were and
are untrue.
That affiant signed an af-
fidayIt on Saturday, the goth
I day Of September, 1917. at
the prison Of Oahu, In Homo.
IuIu, In which affiant stated
that he, affiant, shot and
stabbed said Hayashibara.
That affiast signed said
affidavit because OF the long
sentence which he received
and because Of his sympathy
for lsidodo AIario, said Isido-
70 Alario having two minor
children, and In order to help
out said isidoro Mario. That
said affidavit 50 signed by
affiant at said Oahu prison
was and IL untrue.
y ~ = . 4
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WOULD MAKE PERSHING,
BLISS FULL GENERALS
Associated Press By u 5. Naval wireIsss)

(Asscciated Press By o. 5. Naval WireIessl
WASHINGTON, d. C., Oct. Ia
bill was int slsleed IN TIE senate to-
day on behalf of The adraiaiaratiGn Co
make full generals of Majo. Generals
John J. Pershing, head OF de Amerf-
can expeditfonary force IN France,
and Tasker H. E.iss, newly appointed
chief of staff. This rank hes been
held by only four american officers
thus far, Generals George washington,
Ulysses s. Grant. Phil Sheridan and
William r. Sherman.
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.SWEDES IN ARMS OVER
DETENTION OF SHIPS

fAssoefss.d Press By q. 5. naval wirsless.l
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 1.-THE
Swedish press today is expressing
great indignation at the allies for de-
tanning Swedish vessels In foreign
ports from pursuing their regular
schedules, and are greatly exercised
over the effects Of the new blockade
regulations Just instituted by the Unit
ed States and the entente allies.
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-saaat
FURIOUS
BATTLE
is WON
General Haig'S Troops Resun1.
ing Offensive Near Tyres
Capture important Ridge,
Gain Footing on Another anu
Take Hundreds of Prisoners

ASSOCIATED Press by o. S. Naval wireiess.l
BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE,
Oct. 4.-The battle east Of Yprcs
still RACES furiousIy with the Brit.
isi1 holding all positions won In
the face of desperate efforts of
the Germans to retake them. Par.
tieularIy true is this Of the ridge
beyond eroadseinde, which the
British hold to tensciously. Near
Zonneb4ke three German diNis-
ions ordered to retake the posi-
tions won last week were caught
by the British barrage fire and
almost annihilated.
Prisoners so far taken are
more numerous than in the last
big push.
The British are preparing to re.
sist desperate counter attacks.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-04

In an interview with the Star-Bulle-
tin, Mr.. Mcclure has traced conditions
in the Orient as he sees them, and he
says that in his study there he has
been neither helped nor hindered but
allowed to investigate as he chose.
Mr.. Mcclure prefaces his conclus-
ions on the question of conditions in
the Far East by a brief discussion of
what he declares are the causes Of
rivalries among nations and modern
wars. These may be one or more OF
three things. ~ 49,. IF
These three, he says, are as follows:
Security, access. to the sea to markets,
and territory. ..-.
Access to the Sea. j.: ,r
For better access to the sea. Rus
STA has fought many wars; the United
States handling of the Louisiana pur-
chase shows us what nation will do
to secure unhindered passage to the
sea. In the first years Of the nine
teenth century New Orleans was own
ed and occupied by Spain. Through
the mouth of the Mississippi three
eighths of all the foreign commerce OF
the United States passed at that time.
The troubles that arose from the
Spanish occupation we're such that
some Of the original states threatened
(ToDfinuo1 ~ M EL,o1N e.
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THESE of the many int esng points noted by s. Mcclure
after detailed study of six months of
ditons Orient.
belnt countries
many questions the Near
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u. S. HAS
EVIDENCE
ON BOLO
N. Y. Attorney General Makes
Known That W. R. Hearst
Attended Dinner and Enter
tanned for Hun Spy Trapped
in Paris

(Associated Press by q. s. Naval wirelssS.)
WASHINGTON, o. c, Oct. 4.
Officials Of the state depart
ment today admit they hold evil
denee which confirms the case
against 6ernstorff. They say
that documents In their posses
sion show that 5ernstorff d.
reeted the expenditures Of Ger.
man money to BoIo Pasha. The
evidence will in all probability
be made public when France has
finished the case against 5oio.
\IEW YORK, N. Y, Oct. 4.-Investi
N CATION by New York's attorney
= general into the activities OF
Bolo Pasha, alleged agent Of Count
Won Bernstorff, who was arrested in
France yesterday on an espionage
charge, discloses the fact that W. r.
Hearst, the well known newspaper
man, attended dinner given by Bolo
in March of last year .lz
Attorney General Lewis states that
he has proof that Adolph Pavenstedt,
banker, was the intermediary who
to the business end of the
transfer Of German funds for the pur.
pose of carrying on propaganda for
peace. Captains Boyd and Won fapen,
German embassy attaches. Lewis de-
clares, were also present at the dinner.
Prior to the dinner, 1t is, asserted,
Hearst gave an elaborate entertain
ment for Bolo Pasha at which were
present several other we'll known e6i-
tors. e l.. .,.,,.. {,
Attorney General Lewis says he
holds evidence that funds held in New
York hsAks for the Deutsches bank, of
Berlin. which institution is declared
to have been Bolo's employer, were
placed at the disposal OF Won Berns.
torff by wireless from the German for
eign office at Berlin.
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for large amounts. Ore of the ex-
porters wanted to send as I!Ech as
$4,000 in gold to Japan -
The Kestrel was to have left for
Tanning Island yesterday but was de-
layed by engine trouble.
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HEAD OF ENGRAVING
: BUREAU QUITS JOB
(Associated press by o. S. Naval Wireicss.I

(Associated Press By y. s. Naval Wireiessl
WASHINGTON, ID. C., Oct. 4r7Jos-
eph Ralph, director of the bureau o.
engraving, today resigned for a Err
gfte position and doubled his federal
selary. Investigation of file bureas
was held recently on charge that the
director was exceeding bis authority.
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GOVERNMENT EMPL DYES
JOIN ARGENTINE STRIKE

ASSOCIATED Press by o. s. Naval wirsless.)
BUEN0S AIRES, Argentine, Oct. 4.
OF goyernment-owned rail-
roads throughout the republic today
Joined the striking railroaders, and
every transportation line in the coun-
try is now tied up The situation Is
serious. Sc
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According to the Canadian Trade
Commission at Birmingham. England,
the present scarcity in England OF
both sugar and syruR offers a faFcs-
able opportunity to introduce MAPS
syrup. which is not well known in that
district
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FAR EASTERN QUESTION
SIMPLEST OF PROBLEMS
DECL ARES 5. S. MCCLURE

Noted Writer Returning From Study of Orient Declares apans
Ambitions Toward Military Domination Myth Owing
to Her Lack of National Security BY Reason of Vulnerable
Locaton-War Would at Once Expose Her to Maritime and
Commercial Bankruptcy .@:@
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. RITISH FRONT in France,
y Oct. Responding to the
clarion call of the bugle sound
ing the order for an advance,
British troops'in Flanders this
morning delivered another tell
ing attack on the exhausted
German troops and by noon
swept everything before thenl.
piercing the Teuton lines to 4
depth of a mile and q half.
Prisoners by the hundred poured
into the wire cages in the rear Of the
British lines, prepared for them and
when the victorious Tommies halted
at noon for brief respite and To
consolidate their gains, they had over.
run the crest of the all.important
ridge of Gheluvelt and gained foot.
ing on the famous Crayenstafel ridge.
The furious assault Of the British
swept them impetuously forward over
the ground. Hand to hand combats
were fast and furious but the result
was the same-back went the Ger.
mans Big guns added their voice to
the din and did terrible hayce among
the retreating Boches.
The push carried the British well
past the hamlet at Broadseinde cross.
roads. The Cameron covert which
was the scene CT particularly desper.
ate fighting In the early hours is now
well to the rear OF the first line Brit.
ish positions.
On the northern wing q savage bat.
tie is now Under way at ?olecappelle
where the infantry have gained foot
ing on Crayenstafel ridge.
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LONDON, Eng, Oct. 4.-Gen. Haig's
new. offensive east of Ypres was q
signal success was the word flashed
to the war department at noon The
attack starting at 6 a. m, developed
on wide front. It was officially an
nounced that all detectives had been
taken by the British on front Of 1900
yards, the advance piercing the Ger.
man lines to depth of $500 yards.
PETROGRAD, Russia, Ger J. From
dispatches received mere today from
the Jaeobstadt front, a terrific artii-
lery duel is now in progress in that
sector. No infantry movements are
reported.
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Continued on page threel
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Hale In New Offensive Gains | l-2Miles
Trenches Won
Named Wilson
Taft, Roosevelt

ASSOCIATED Press By o. S. Naval wrslsssl
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