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The Washington herald., 1918-04-05

maturity has been fixed for 1923 so
that buyers need not feel their money
Is tied up for a lifetime.
Mary VIII Aid.
-Four Of Americas most popular
movie" stars will take active part
in the opening OF the Third Liberty
Loan campaign here. which will be
featured by q parade along Pennsyl-
vania avenue and two big open-air
meetings.
The stars are Mary Piclxford. Marie
Dressler. Charlie Chaplin and Douglas
Fairbanks. The first meeting will be
held at 1870 Immediately south OF the
State, War and Navy Building. whcr"
booths have been erected from which
the four screen idols will sell bonds
Of the Third Liberty Loan and do
stunts" for the amusement of the
bond buyers.
The second. and largest meeting,
will be beld on the White House
elipse at 4:30, the hour being 30 ar
ranged that the thousands of govern
ment employees will have an oppor-
tunity to attend. -Four separate
boths have been erected here, one for
each movie star. and everybody will
have an ample opportunity to enter
a subscription for a liberty bond
through his or her favorite.
While the subscriptions are be-
ing taken, music will be furnished
by two bands. and seaplanes and
battleplanes, driven by Liberty mo-
tors, will circle overhead and rain
liberty loan literature down on the
crowd.
The meeting on the elIipse will be
preceded by a spectacular parade
up Pennsylvania avenue from
the Capitol, beginning at o'clock
and ending on the ellipse at 4:3O.
The parade will be led by a squad
ron OF mounted police. Immediately
following which will be the Engi-
neer Band and an escort of cavalry.
These will be followed by the
movie stars" members Of the lib
erty loan committee, the Third
Battalion Of the Fiftieth Infantry,
enc provisional battalion of Coast
Artillery, the 312th Cavalry Band,
the Second Battalion of the First
Replacement Regiment OF Engi-
neers, the Tenth Battalion of the
Twentieth Engineers, the First Bat
talon Of the Thirty-seventh Engi-
neers, and one battalion of marines
and sailors.
VIII Hold Parade.
The parade will be under the direc-
ton Of Melvin c. Hazen, chairman
OF the Liberty Loan Committee on
parades-
MAJ. Pullman, superintendent of
the Metropolitan police, and William
Phelps Emo, director Of the Home De-
Tense Beague. have sent out a re-
quest for al members Of the Home
Defense League, including the Home
Rifles, to report at the nearest police
precinct station at O'Clock tonight
for the purpose Of distributing minia-
ture Liberty Bells" which are to be
attached to household doorknobs for
advertising purposes in connection
with the sale of Liberty bonds.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-05
NEGRO CONFESSES
TO KILLING GUARD
AT CREEL BUREAU
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

trigger, but the revolver failed to go
of.
Clements then pulled his revolver
and fired and walked across the park,
throwing the revolver in the park.
The watchman. the police believe.
staggered up the front steps and fell
in the hallway of the building close to
the door OF the room used by c. B.
Ahearn. chief clerk of the Committee
on Public Information.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-05
Rsen Up cansonade.

The cannonsds, which began
early last evening and kept up
throughout the night. covered the
whole twenty-mile front between
Montdidier and the Somme, the OBJ
jects of the subsequent infantry on
slaught again being to drive a
wedge between the British and
French armies, whose point of
junction fronts this line, and to
break through to Amiens.
Into the present drive the Ger
mans, it is believed, are throwing
all their available resources of
man power. and fighting of a fiercer
nature even than that which mark
ed the first ten days of the drive,
is looked for. The renewal of the
offensive is a surprise to no one
Everybody expected it. Spokesman
of the British and French war Of
fees had flatly predicted it.
That the enemy is emharking on
this supreme effort is further indicat-
ed by a dispatch to the effect that
Field Marshal Won Mackensen, who
broke through the Russian front on
the Dunajec and who Is credited with
having designed the Rumanian and
italian campaigns. has left for the
West front.
As at the time OF the beginning Of
the great drive, the German-Swiss
frontier is again closed, Indicating
important troop movements. Some
advices hint that the Germans. having
exhausted the bulk Of their reserves
in the first phase OF the Pfcardy battle,
are now forced to abandon the plan
OF a Teuton offensive against Italy
to the west.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-05
HUNS AGAIN DRIVE
BUT ALLIED ARMIES
HOLD VITAL SECTIONS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
Foch, to whom the gauging Of the
psychological moment is second ma
ture. has refused to exhaust his army
of maneuver in a premature counter
offensive. The Germans. who wish he
had done the less wise thing. will now
have to face the battle eager bulk of
the allied strategic reserve-American
The Washington herald., 1918-04-05
MOVIE STARS WILL
LAUNCH CAMPAIGN
FOR LIBERTY LOAN
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

maturity has been fixed for 1928 so
that buyers need not feel their money
Is tied up for a lifetime.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-03-12

W. 81 NC March A'Sciatsa P'lPremiSr Lennes
peace treaty entered into Bre He has few GdherentS left
Petrosrad is rapidly empyns Of It's nhabapt all who with the
he government departed the peOP commissioner" leaving
the : aIB =.
= 5EHss ONE COMMISSIONERS tstr TO
Conimssioner
ordinary Of
iu his hands 80
TtOtsky from ministry,
foreign minister, acting
GRAND DUKE MICHAEL FREED
Perogad
GRnd Michael brother Of
despatch received the
Ambassador
am
bassador stated that he had left he Of the American embassy
Pstrograd.
Guard
of
unvrty leaders, and its
cpposi he Bolhevk. =
republic coalition
accep the BolsheviE
despatch that the still operating
German drOyeS having recently
Isands
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-03-12
QUEEN COMPETENT IS
INSISTED IN ANSWER
Trustees File PIeadings In Cir
cult Court Defending Deed

A development in the litigation ir
connection with the estate of the late
Queen Liliuokalani was an answer filed
in the circuit court yesterday by trus,
tees Of the Liliuokalani trust to the
suit Of Delegate Kuhio, who began actio'
to have the Queen 3 will declared invalid
Delegate Knhio. who began action 70
have the Queen 3 will declared invalid
and the trust broken on the ground,
that the Queen was mentally incom,
petent when she executed the trust
and the will. Delegate Kuhio's present
suit is the second effort he has made
to break the trust, the first having
been filed several years ago 1t was
lost on technical rulings.
In the answer filed yesterday the
trustees refer to this former suit and
to a ruling Of the supreme court in
connection with II to the effect thrt q
presumption existed that Lihuokalani
was mentally capable when she exeru.
ted the trust. All of the allegations
made in Delegate Kuhio's new suit
are denied in+the answer 1t is con,
tended also IN, the answer that if the
trust were broken, the property would
20 to persons other than the Delegate
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-03-12
SOCIALIST BERGER
CHARGES A PLOT
Says His indictment Will Not
Stop His Ambition

MILWAUKEE,, March 10 Associ
ated Press) L. Berger, who
was the first Socialist ever elected to
congress and who was later elected on
the Socialist ticket as mayor Of Mil
waukee, has announced his candidacy
for the United States Senate from
Minnesota. Berger was recently in
dicted for conspiracy in a blanket in,
dictment by the federal grand jury in
Chicago charging many with plotting
to foment strikes. He declares that
this indictment is a part of a political
plot against, him and that it will not
interfere with HRS campaign for the
senate. This is the second time he has
offered himself for a toga, his name
being voted on in the Minnesota legs
lature in 1904.
Berger, who is a native of Austria,
has had stormy political career. As
editor of the Milwaukee Vorwaerts for
six years, OF tho Wahrweit and Of
the English Socialist paper, the Mil
waukee Leader, he was prominent in
Socialist circles. He helped organize
the Socialist Party and was strong
follower of Eugene V. Debs, He Inns
been member of the executive com.
mittee of the national committee OF
the Socialist Party since it's formation.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-03-12
.RE|CHSRATH VOTES
AUSTRIAN BUDGET
Is Provisional and Covers Only
-Four Months-von SeydIer
Talks Four Hours

AMSTERDAM, March lO-(Associa-
ted Press)-After Premier Won Seydler
had talked to the Austrian reichsratb
for four hours yesterday, that body
passed a provisional budget to cover o
four months period. If was failure to
secure the adoption of q budget, owing
to the opposition Of the socialists and
the insistent demands for peace that
resulted in the overthrow of the old
government and brought won Seyd-
Ter 10 the fore to form the new cabinet
several weeks ago. The effect of the
peace with Russia had as much to dc
with the passing Of the budget as did
the speech Of Won Seydler who had to
almost exhaust his powers of persua
sion to secure the passage of the fou,
months provision.
In his speech to the reichsrath Won
Seydler said the government adhered
TO the principles that it is the right of
all Austrian people to have self gov.
eminent within their own territories
1t also endorsed the principle of self
determination Of such matters by these
peoples and he would see that a bill &c
cover these policies was introduced in
the reichsrath.
Following his speech the budget pass
cd without further debate.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-03-12

| WASHINGTON, March io--(Asso-
ciated Press)-How thousands Of gone
rous Americans were duped into help
ing pay for the spreading Of the Ger
man propaganda throughout the United
States, money being collected from
them under the guise Of German Red
Gross funds or for such specious pleas
as Ito buy milk for starving German
babies" was revealed yesterday bafore
tho senate committee investigating the
charges Of disloyalty made against the
German American Alliance, the charter
Of which II is proposed to annul by leg
Ltslation.
Yesterday evidence was submitted 70
show that more than eight hundred
thousand dollars collected ostensibly
FOR war relief work In Germany ana
handled by representatives Of the ALI
ance was never sent to Germany at ali
nor used in any way for the purpose
FOR which It was collected from many
sympathetic Americans On the con.
trary, It was turned over TO DR.. Bar,
nard Dernburg, who had In charge the
Leadership Of the German propaganda
in the United States.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-03-12
MUST HOLD SAMOA,
new ZEALAND SAYS
Insists Lloyd George Wrong In
His ProposaIs-WouId Retain
Lands Taken From Huns

OTTAWA, March 10 ASSOCIATED
Press)-New Zealand demands that
German Samoa shall be retained. 1t
objects to the plan Of leaving the status
of Germany's former colonies TO peace
eopfeEspee or Of permitting the in-
habitants of such former colonies 10
determine for themselves to what coun-
try they shall give allegiance. De.
'patches received here from yelling
ton tell Of strong opposition voiced in
New Zealand and Australia to the pro
rosals voiced by Lloyd George in ref.
,rence to the disposition of German
'olonies when peace has been secured.
In parts Of New Zealand the feeling
is so strong that it is openly declared
If Samoa and other former German
possessions in the South Seas shall be
given back to Germany there will be
formed Republic of New Zealand. -
Reports of Lloyd Georges speech
recently received in New Zealand and
Australia have tended to revive the
controversy that has previously been
much discussed and has tended to
?rystallize the feeling that the Islands
for which the Antipodeans fought and
which they won at the outset Of the
war must be retained.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-03-12
EATHER OF THE
L RUSSIAN REVOLT

Prince Lvoff, reported to be at the
head of the new anti BOlsheviki move,
ment in Siberia, was the organizer OF
the Union Of the Zemstvos, through
which Russia was organized for the wal
against the TeutOns and from which
Sprang the movement for the over
throw of the autocracy when lit be,
came apparent that Russia was being
betrayed to her foes by thoas In high
command.
In an article, describing his career,
which appeared at the time he became
the first premier of the Rushah Pro,
Nislonal Government, it states q that
Prince Lvotf was born in Dresden, but
quite AS child he returned with his
parents to Moscow, where he was edu-
Gated and where he completed his le-
gal training. 1t was also in Moscow,
a city to which he is deeply attached,
that he began to play his part in ad.
ministratiVe matters, and devoted him
self to the work Of the Zemstvos, of
which he was a member, He proved
his extraordinary capacity as an or
ganizer during those periods of fam
inc which occur periodically in certain
Of the Russian provinces. Thanks to
his energetic intervention, the lives of
thousands and thousands Of men were
saved. But it was during the Russo.
japanese War that the reputation OF
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-03-12
IN OHIO
LEAVES WAKE -.
or DEATH BEHIND
Known It Swept Wide Area But
Crippled Wires Give incomplete
Casualty ust-ToWn of Twelve
Hundred Reported To Have
Been Wiped Out

LIMA. March lO-(Aftpocy.ated
PresD-fat out Of the usual sea-
son for such atmospheric disturb
anoea \ vtolent tornado yegtsr-
day swept over Northwestern Ohio
cutting wide swath as II moved
and leaving death and destruction
In its wake.
Last night the wire service was
still badly crippled but such re-
ports ~ could be secured from the
surrounding country indicated that
1t least ten were dead, numbers
injured and the property loss was
heavy.
At Van Vert II Is reported that
four were killed and several In
tured.
The town Of Continental, Ohio, II
reported from Fort Wayne, In
diana, 10 have been wiped out but
the despatch says nothing Of casual
Has. II is small town Of 1900
inhabitants.
Such reports a. have come in over
the crippled wires indicate that the
damage was wide spread. Trac-
= ton line ofiicials say that the
towns surrounding this city were
y all moro or less damaged by the
high winds. = ...
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-03-12

not desire 10 create the impression
that all members of the alliance were
conscious OF having worked against
the interests Of the United States.
The real propaganda in the orRani.
zation, he says subtly urged members
to further the interests Of Germany.
A former president Of the alliance,
c. J. Hexamcr Of Philadelphia, re
ceived from Emperor william in 1904
the Fourth Order Of the Red Eagle for
his services to German kultur' in the
United States. II was Hexamer he
asserts, who sent telegraphic messages
to the presidents Of the State alliances.
-instructing them to wire President Will
son that a majority Of the citizens Of
their States opposed drastic action
against Germany as the result Of the
sinking of the Lusitania.
Preceding the national political con
Ventioh in 1915 the alliance worked
against the denomination Of President
Wflson and for the defeat Of Theodore
Roosevelt for the Republican nomina
tion on the theory that both were op
posed to German interests in this
country.
Hfth'tI HhIfNN''l 10 hcTHlh0 -AUleTl
cans in this country, published in an
alliance bulletin isurd in Chicago
urged all citizens Of German descent
to vote "only for those who favored
Germanism. That letter, says Oh
linger, was written by former Represen
tative Barthold of Missouri, who was
active in obtaining passage of the bill
giving the alliance it's charter
In an alliance bulletin issued in July
1917, n writer declared that every Ger
man in the United States is a pioneer
In German kultur and that he had beer
proud Of 1t as means of showing his
loyalty to his native country. In the
same issue, n poetic writer declared in
verse that the oath Of allegiance to thc
United States did not include a declara
ton that he would fight against Ger
many.
The by laws of the organization
belle its real purposes, Ohlinger de
clares, for, although they declare 6nt
object is to teach American ideals t.
German immigrants, there is no recorr
that that is being done. On the othel
hand, he declared, the entire activity
in that respect is confined to urging
the teaching of German in the public
schools.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-03-12
WALKER IS ARRAlGNED

James Walker of the Twenty fifth
''f""tr" who vas chnrgrd with mur
der in the first degree in an indictment
returned by the grand jury this week,
was arraigned by the circuit court be
fore Judge William H. Hreu ycster
day morning and entered plea Of not
guilty. Walker stabbed and Killed
F. V. Mccall, a sailor at Pearl Hnrhor
in an alteration the two had on the
street last week. 81 had no intention
OF killing him. Walker said vrstrr
day. The trial is set for next Thurs.
dHN
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-03-12
Order FOR SEARCH
QUAs'HED BY COURT
Efforts Of Heney and Federal
Trade Board Are Further
EffectuaIIy Halted

CHICAGO, March 9-(Associated
"ress)-The Chicago federal circuit
court of appeals today quashed the
search warrant issued by Federal Dis
trict Judge lands which allowed Fran.
els J. Heney, counsel for the federal
trade commission in the packing in.
quiry, 40, make . n examination of the
letter Ties Of Henry iVeeder,y attorney
for Swift 4 Co., packers. The decision
however, Is without bar to further
proceedings. Heney has declared his
intention of continuing the fight to
have an official examination Of the
documents of the packers, declaring
that it win prove they have combined
illegally. The federal trade board is
now seeking congressional assistance in
the shape Of legislation through which
II may secure the correspondence which
Heney has been seeking to obtain.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-03-12
FORMER SECRETARY
Of NAVY IS DEAD
Meyer Had Been Ambassador To
Italy and Russia and Post
master General Also

BOSTON, March 10 ASSOCIATED
Press George Won Lengerke Meyer,
postmaster general under President
Roosevelt and secretary of navy under
resident Taft died here yesterday, the
fatal termination of his illness having
peen expected for several days. Al
hough still under sixty years of az,
is life had been one Of usefulness II
BUSINESS, in politics, in the diplomatic
'orps and in official life at Washington
Former Secretary of Navy Meyer
vas born in this city June "a, 1855
nd was educated at Harvard Univers
~ where he secured the decree of Bat
helor, of Arts in 1879. He was active
engaged in business as mercha NJ
nd trustee from that year until
400.
erves City FIRST
The first political office held by Sec
etary Meyer was as member Of the
BOSTON common council to which he
as elected in 1880 and two years later
aldermen. He was o member Of the
puse of Representatives. of Massachu
etts from 1899 to 1897, serving a.
Deaker for the last three years Of that
eriod. From 1898 to 1904 he was 8
rember of the Republican Nationa
Jmmittee.
In 1900 President Mckinley nance
1eyer amba ssador extraordinary an6
,inister plehipotentiary to Italy where
served for five years, being name,
ambassador to Russia in 1905 and
"mAining at Petrograd for two year,
hen he returned to accept the post
naster general portfolio in the cabine'
President Roosevelt. Under Presi
ent Taft, when he assumed Office Mcv
became secretary of navy.
'pisodo In italy
1t is recalled that while Meyer was
AMBASSADOR in Italy, in 1902. he han
led a delicate situation which follow
ii the arrest of officers Of the u. 8. s
'hicago who had an alteration with
he police of Venice while on shor,
cave and resisted arrest when take
HtO custody. This episode occurred af
ar Italian lvnChingS in this countr,
nd for time feeling in Italy RAJ
Ugh. 1t was a ease which required
cry delicate handling to avoid wound
g the feelings of Italian officials anc
as satisfactorily handled by then Am
'aSsador Meyer.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-03-12
CENSUS OF HEBREWS
IN HAWAII is ASKED

In Il communication received by the
Gov ernor Yesterday from Delegate Ku.
h o it is requested that a census of all
Hebrews in the Territory be taken, to
gether with their occupations and other
data. Accompanying the Delegate IS
hotter was communication that had
been addressed to him by Samson D.
OPp"nhrim, J. D. inspector of the bu-
reau Of Jewish statistics.
This letter states that the bureau OF
Jewish research is engaged in making
for the United States department OF
commerce Il census Of Hebrews through
out the United States and its territories
and asks the Delegate to aid in the
work in the Territory of Hawaii.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-03-12
COVER FOR
% DISLOYAL WORKERS

The committee hearings are on a bill
introduced by Senator King Of Utah
% annul the charter of the alliance.
The case against the alliance IL being
ed by Gustavus Ohlinger, Toledo
attorney, who charges that tho Ger.
nan American Alliance is simply n
over for the spreading of pro-Gernrap
propaganda in the United States.
Declaring that much of his test
mOny is based on information taxed
from literature sent to members, Oh.
niger says the operation of the ofgani.
zation in the United States is similar
to the propaganda system by which
Germany brought Austria under its
complete domination. =
Ohlinger makes it plain that ha doe
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-03-12
HONOLULU NOT
ONLY DRY" TOWN

WASHINGTON, March lO-(Asso-
ciated Press Secretary of the Navy
Daniels announces that the Ave mile
" dry zone" around eight Of the naval
training camps is to become effective
on next Saturday. This dry zone is
to permit of,no exceptions, irrespective
Of the fact that some of the eight
Sanps are' within Ave miles of large
centers Aof population, in all Of which
the saloous and hotel bars are to close
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-03-12
HUNDRED oUESTIoNNAIRES
YET REMAIN UNCLAIMED

One hundred questionnaires have yet
to he claimed at Local Exemption
Board No. office in the Armory build
ing. These persons have not yet been
checked up. The police are looking
for many Of them, while it is presumed
some have left the Territory.
The board has a large number of
final cards issued giving the exact
classification Of each registrant These
cards would be in the possession of the
reglstrants for future Identification. If
n draft age man has not his final card,
he may face trouble if the authorities
happen to discover this fact.
Most of these cards are for Japanese
rcgistrants.