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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-15
British Pickup Load Dropped I
BY Russia Without Faltering
And Redffirn1 Their War Aims

founded, It is the duty Of the British
peoples TO prosecute the war all the
more vigorously.
The Premier nnnouncpd that Great
Britain had not rpcedcd an inch from
its previous declaration Of principles
and aims. He had read. and said.
with profound disappointment the re
plies Of Chancellor Won HertEng Of
Germany ND Count CYprnin. Austrian
foreign minister. in response IN the
American and British declarations Of
aims. He admitted that the replies
arc different in tone and said he wish
ed he POnhl believe thot there Is an
essential difference in subject.
He told the members that IL II limos
sihle to make A statement on the nc
ti0n ~ the supreme war council inst
now without giving information Of
WHINE to the enemy.
He added with emphasis that the
government is not changing its war
aims.
Russia Just Quits
Reports, more or less confirmed, ex-
plain that Russia has not signed q
treaty Of peace with the Central
Powers, but has simply ceased ightinp,
the Bolsheviki delegates announcing
that they could no longer continue to
fight against the German peasants and
workmen.
What purports to be an official state.
ment from the Bolsheviki government
says that no treaty on the German terms
WINS signed but that the Russians have
called of hostilities because they were
unwilling to continue fighting against
the German peasants and workmen.
Completely crazed
First confirmation Of the peace re-
port came today in an official Russia n
statement that German traders are
busy OH the Russian front. The Rus
sian soldiers are trading machine. guns
for playing cards and other similar
articles.
The Russian statement adds that
Russia adhered to the position that she
would not yield to Germany any Oc-
cupied territory, and that the Brest,
Litovsk delegation refused to sign the
treatry providing for the annexations
demanded by Germany. Nevertheless,
the Russians add, they cannot continue
a war on Austrians and Germans who
are peasants and workmen like our.
selves.
The German and Russian representa-.
tivrs at Brest LitOvsk have agreed to
the earliest possible organizations Of
prisoners unfit for service.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-15
Of VAULTS
IS AGAIN STOPPED
United States Court Ties Heney's
Hands In His Attempt To Find
Evidence Against Packers

CHICAGO, February H. cd
Press Search of the vaults of Henry
NePder, chief counsel for the big meat
packers who are being investigated By
he federal trade commission, was in
terruptrd yesterday when the United
States circuit court granted a writ of
error and SuPrrSrdcas preventing
search. Arguments ON the writ were
set for March |.
Judge Krn'>aN I.andis Of the United
states district court recently granted
o Francis j. lIeurv, attorney for the
federal trade commission, an order au
thorizIng him to search the vaults of
Attorney N"rdrr to find papers be
leNed to b" ron'arnri therein vita
," the Investigation. Judge Lands
Immediately, however, issued an order
IclaNlng the eye, uiIon Of his previous
order until the matter should be ar
gurd.
When it was argued few days later
he put the original order into effect
1t is this order which is again multi
fed for the present.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-15
ITALIANS REPULSE
AUSTRIAN ATTACKS
Only Minor Operations Reported
From Western Front - Fin
niSh Red Guards Want Peace

WASHINGTON, February l3-(As
ISOLATED Prcss) The chief activities
reported Yesterday from the various
war zones took place on the Italian
front where the Italians are still fac
ing and slowly pressing back the Aus
ro-German invaders.
Reports from Rome and from Der
lin were conflicting as to the results
IT the fighting, but it seems to be as
Sured that alb efforts of the Huns to
break through the stubborn lines of
the Italians not only failed but result
ed in appreciabIe loss to the Teut ons.
Rome reports that the Austrians re-
Oewed their attacks west of the Bren
Ia but were repuscd. The advancing
hordcs of Austrians aud Germans were
torn and smashed by the deadly ar
tillery fire Of their opponents and Their
columns cut to pieces, according to the
official Italian statement.
Berlin claims gains made bv the Aus
TtrianS in an attack south Of Saso Ros
so. Army headquarters asserted that
after lively artillery fighting on the
Selle Communl plateau the Austr au,
made their attack and succeeded in
clearing off the supporting positions
and capturing nearly $50 prisoners.
The Britt h official statement saw
that hostile raider made an attack
north of Epehy but was ,repulsed an"
driven of.
Manchester troops, the statement
adds, raided enemy post ions west Of
La Bassee Monday night, infirtinl
many casualties at slight loss to them
selves and capturing seven prisoners
Paris reports that artIv" local oprr
atoms Monday night by German raid
ing parties were repuISed and the Huns
forced to retire.
The Red Guards in Finland have
got enough of fighting according t,
a despatch from Stockholm. The mes
sage says that the Red Guards - are
now asking General Mannerheim, lead
ar of the loyaIists, to consider peace
negotiations.
1t is reported from lIclsingfors
'nptal Of Finland, by refugees THAI
two leaders Of the revolt have brrr
shot.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-15
Government Breaks
Own Law Is
Union Mans Charge
Timothy Shea Testifies That
Railroads, Especially Since
Federal Operation Began, In
discriminatory Violate Sixteen
Hour Statute

WASHINGTON, February l3-lAs.
sOicated Press)-The railroads of the
United States have been indiscriminate,
ly violating the so-called sixteen hour
law, according to statements made yes
,erday by Timothy Shea, acting prcsi.
dent of the Brotherhood Of I.oromo
i've Firemen and Engineers, in testi
mony given by him before the rail
road wage commission.
Mr.. Shea asserted that the alleged
violations of the law which prohibits
certain classes of railroad men, Inrmd
ng engineers, from working rontinu
Dusly more than sixteen hours, have be
"Ome more pronounced and hagrant
since the roads were taken over and
operated by the government.
The commission before which Mr.
Shea gave his testimony is invrsugut
ing the demands Of the employees of
many railroads throughout the country
for increased wages, based chiefly up
on the increased cost of living. Many
of these demands were made before
the government took over the roads
and it thus fell heir to the wage con
trOversy.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-15
Determined To Fight the Harder
Now That Eastern Allies Have
Given Up and Definitely Aban-
d0ned the War

LONDON, February 80 Associated
Press)-Thr detection Of Russia aud
the fact of the peace forced upon the
new republican government Of the
Ukraine are not to be allowed to in.
tPrfere with the British determination
to carry through the war against Ger
many and Austria to the final victory.
This was made plain Yesterday in pub
lie utterances by King George, by
Premier Lloyd George and by the press
of the United Kingdom.
The address Of President Wilson.
made before congress on Monday, came
Yesterday ms heartening reinsurance
from America to Britain, and is treated
as such in the evening papers here yes,
terday. Prominent editorial attention
was given to President Wilson = words,
even more so than to the addresses of
the King and the British premier
Czernin May Not Stand
The Westminster Gazette. comment.
ing upon the Presidents parallel be-
tween the peace terms as outlined by
Count Czernin for Austria and by Count
Won Hertling for Germany, savs that
u nv" ituluIHS W De seen, III view III
recent developments on the East, wheth.
err Czernin will "be able to maintain
his attitude or whether we will not
have 10 deal henceforth with an enemy
whose standpoint will stil be repre-
'ented by the Kaiser's resolve 10 make
the world submit to victorious Ger
man army
Former Premier Asouith, dealing
with the President = declaration stated
n the house Of commons that the Am
eric0n Executive had Disseminated
Justly and APPLY between the form and
the substance of the declarations from
Vienna and from Berlin.
Garry On, Says King
King George. who appeared before a
Joint session of the two houses of par.
lament yesterday. declared that the
great struggle for human liberty had
now reached it's final, critical stage
demanding more than ever the full EN-.
ployment of the energies of the Ma,
ton. tntl recognition is given by
the Central Powers of the only prin.
ciples upon which a Just peace can be
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-15
OLD GUARD STILL
FIGHTS FOR LIFE
G. 0. P. National Committee Has
Stormy Meeting When Men,
berS FOregather In ST. Louis


ST. IOI IS. lrhruNrv - .\Es0rlai
ed Press, Ir~,,rIrv for fhe fret timn
,,.,,.
'''''"
COMMITTEE" was called 7" order IN reg
rInr s"ssj"" to consider matters Of i'm
p"r'nur" f. 'hr party aud to select a
chairman To- succeed William r. Will
cox. I"Nlgurl The meeting war "A
-t"ruv ou" ,uI rrar hrd an ndi"urn
mcut Last u1-ht without chairman
hrImr chosen
" thr~ m"''rnG. ~" "Oh Guard - il
rlaShlug auuun with the progressive
section Of thc committee and the con
test h"iNr"n IN" factions for control
through m" election Of II chairman IL
strenuous and lose. John r. Adams.
IN" president Vice chairman. ~ the can
didatC Of IN" "Old Guard. against
whom hrrt"r nttnrk was pNTcrtcI.
This aid no: matPrializr yesterday. 80
far ms any public statement is con
cernrd. but may possibly he made t"
day.
Still Fighting Teddy
1t is being charged that those back
of Adams desire to secure control of
the convention machinery to prevent
any possibility Of the nomination in
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-15
SON 'OF CHIEF
OF STAFF WILL
PROBABLY. DIE
FROM INJURY
Falls In Aviation Accident At
Fort Worth and Fractures
SkuII-Father On Duty Still In
France
YESTERDAY PRODUCED
STRING OF FATALITIES
Lieutenant OF Aviation Killed At
Lake Charles and Two Cadets
Fall To Death At Memphis
When Machines Collide

N/NH'lIN''ON w. rcH'u"'y
w '"' >AA"''"'e" I eSs -
hrec instant oea'hS ana one
aC'1"eh' 'I'd' Will Pr"o"O'y reSul'
~ "e"'h were 'VP'''e yesterday
from the various army aviation
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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-15
ILLINOIS LOYAL|STS ...
USE A TAR POT
Decorate |. W. W. Suspect and
Make Many Other Kiss
Stars and Stripes

at. LOUIS, February - CAssocin
ted Press The Stauut"n branch of the
Illinois Protective Lcaguc yesterday
.tarred and feathrrrd O. h. Erlann,
charged with being member of the
/, W. W. Erdann had been making
himself obnoxious and his arrest had
been insisted upon. At his trial il
was not found 10y the authorities that
he had committed any nf1rnS" for which
he could he held nnswcrahIr hv law.
Citizens took the matter into their
own hands last night and seized both
Erhann and his attorney. Mctzrn. The
attorney was forced to be n witness
to the tar and fcathcring. then wa,
marched with his client ont Of lawn.
A hundred other residents of Staun
ton, whose loyalty was suspected, were
forced to march past the Stars and
Stripes and kiss tho roorS
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-15
"HeatIeSS Monday"
Suspension
Has Been Postponed
Railroad Traffic Still Badly In
terrupted BY Stormy Weather
and Order Closing Down In
duStriaI Plants Will Continue
In Force

WASHINGTON, February l3-(As.
are not b" suspended for the present.
J decision to this effect has been ur
rived ut by the administration and was
announced yesterday.
\ break in the bad weather recently
that had for 80 long interrupted rail
road traffic and tied up coal shipments
induced the authorities to consider sus-
I"mdinG the order closing down indus.
trial plnuts ON Monday for ten success
rive weeks to save coal. But the
weather turned bad again, with the re.
suit that the traffic tie-up is still seri-
Gus, 50 the suspension of heatless Mon
days has been postponed.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-15
SCHOOL
SCANDAL TO Jury

HILO, February l2-(SpeciaI to The
Advertiserl-As the result Of scandal
in connection with the moral conduct
Of Il number of the boys at the HilO
Boarding School. which the school au
thorities have thoroughly Investigated
behind closed doors, sixteen Of the old
or pupils have been quietly expelled.
1t was learned yesterday that the
rnscs Of Il majority of them are to be
taken up by the grand jury which
meets on Thursday. The particulars
Of these cases are unprintable.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-15
Haywood, SECRETARY
OF |. ". W, RELEASED
Is Freed From Jail Under Heavy
Bond

= CHICAGO, February ID ASsociated
Press D. Haywood, secretary
of the Industrial Workers of the
World who was indicted by the federal
grand jury in Sacramento last week on
charges of conspiracy to hinder the
United States in the operation of its
laws and the prosecution of the war
was released from Jail here yesterday
on deposit of $4,000 bail bond. Bond
was originally fixed at $25,O0O, but was
reduced to the lesser figure.
Haywood was under arrest in thi,
city on another charge at the time he
with fifty-four others, was indicted in
Sacramento.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-15
|NTERNMENT AWAITS
UNREGISTERED HUNS
Last Day Of Grace Expires
Tonight

WASHINGTON, February l3--lAs
sociated Press) - Unnaturalized Ger
mans who by tonight have failed to
obey the order of the United States
government to register with United
States marshals, will be subject to in
ternment for the duration Of the war,
it was officially stated here yesterday.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-15
KAISER CONGRATULATED
BY PRESIDENT CARRANZA

WASHINGTON, February r. As
sociUted Press -Senator sherman Of
Illinois today caused to be placed in
the Congressional Record IL message of
rungrutulatiOn sent to the Kaiser on
Ius birthday by President Carrunza Of
Mexico.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-15
NEVER TOUCHED Me-"
REPORT THE GERMANS

BERLIN, February l3-( Associated
Press AN official review of the activi
ties of British and French raiders dur
ing January was issued this week by
the German war office. The Allied air
men, says this report, made thirty. one
lnids into Germany during the month
the net results of which were five
persons killed and nine wounded, while
the material damage inflicted by the
"uemy's bombs was insignificant. To
carry out these raids cost the Allies the
loss Of four airplanes.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-15
COMMERCE COMMISSION
HAS NEW CHIEF COUNSEL

WANiIINGTON, February T. CAsso
r,ttrd Press)--P. j. Farrell Of New
r"rt. Vermont. was today appointed
rhrrf counsel for the interstate com
mere" commission, succeeding Attor
rry FaIk.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-15
UKRAINE TREATY is
NOT RECOGNIZABLE

LONDON. February - \seuriatrc
Press The Associated Press received
information from n high British an
thorlty that Britain declines to rcrog
niI" tn" peace treaty recently signed
between the Ukrnininns and the Cen
trail Powers
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-15
LET'S NOTIFY WORLD
OF THEIR REPUBLIC

BERNIE, February - Associnted
Press The supreme national council
Of Litmanians through Switzerland j.,
sending both belligerents and neutra!
diplomats resolution from the Wilma
state council with u proclamation de
'laring the rePstahlishmcnt. of lith
Ianiam Independence
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-15
DON'T COUGH.

1t is absurd to allow cough to hang
on and sap your vitality when Chamber
lain : Cough Remedy will cure You. You
don t know where persistent cough
will land you. You cant afford TO al
low your throat and lungs to become
diseased when it is such II simple thing
to step into chemist = shop and get II
bottle Of Chamberlain : Cough Remedy
For sale hv all dealers, Benson, Smith
Co., Ltd, agents for Hawaii. -AdNt.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-15
MAIL SERVICE BY
B|PLANE IS PLANNED

WASHINGTON, February l2-(As.
sOciatrd Press)-Thr United States
nOstal department today called for bids
for five biplanes for military and pos
tai service between Philadelphia and
Washington this coming summer
The service will begin with daily
round trip, and the bipINnrs will carry
first class mail only.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-15
WASHINGTON GETS NEWS
DIRECT FROM JASSY

WASHINGTON, February l2-(As
,0ciatrd Press THE first official infor
nation to reach Washington Of penr,
between Austria and Ukraine came to.
day from United States Minister No
'lrk0, envoy to Serbia, Rumania and
Bulgaria, resident at Jassv. Rumania
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-15
APPOINTS
RH|NELANDER WALDO
TO HIGH POSITION

AVER, Massachusetts, February |;
Associated Press Maj. RhinrIandrr
Waldo. formerly police commissioner Of
New York, has been nppolnt"d toy Cen
"rnl Pcrshuy assistant provost mnrshm'
in France, ur, orring to word received
here yesterday
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-15
IMPROVES;
DOCTORS CONFIDENT

NEW YORK, February Il JAsso.
ciated PreSs)-Colonel Roosevelt spent
n fairly comfortable night and his
physicians are now confident of his H.
cOVrrv.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-15
AMERICAN SLAVS
CONDEMN TR0TSKY

NEW YORK, February - - (Asso.
"Iated Press)-The All Russian conven.
hon, in session here TODAY, tele-
graPhed its fluctuations to President
Wilson upon his address yesterday and
asserted Tint mo appointed govern,
m"nt in Russia had the right to de
rlnr" peace and disband the armies,
OF speak for the Russian people.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-15
TRAINLOAD OF TOBACCO
SHIPPED TO SOLDIERS

DURHAM, North Carolina, February
T. Associated lIessJ A thirty ear
train Of tobacco has just been shipped
for the American forces in France.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-15
OTHER KNOWN DEAD

In addition to these known
hundred and iOrty-hve lost sol
hers, the bodies Of two others,
believed to be from the Tuscania,
washed ashore on the Scottish
coast yesterday.
Forty names were Yesterday
removed from the list of the
missing at the war department,
while it was learned that twenty
one Others who were believed TO
have been on the Tuscania were
safe at the Canadian port Of Hall
AK. not having sailed. The list
OF lost and unrcported still stands
It over three hundred, however,
the known lost being one hun
lred and thirteen and those not
'thcially reported either lost or
saved numbering one hundred
and eighty-seven.
A late report from the British
admiralty says that up to last
night one hundred and sixty
three American bodies have been
recovered.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-15
Will Ask Death
PenaHyForBoIo
Pasha, Traitor
French Prosecutor Will Urge
That Evidence Supplied BY
Lansing Proves Guilt Of Ger
man Publicity Agent and
Friend OF William Randolph
Hearst

PARIS, February l3- (Associa-
ted PresS) - The testimony of the
witnesses for the defense in the
TRIAL of Zoo Pasha, aC cused Of
high treason and Of commune ating
wi tho enemy is virtually con
Cluded and today the prosecutor
will open with rebuttaI testimony
and with his Argument He will
ask that the death sentence be pass
ed upon Bolo. claiming that his
guilt has been completely estab-
nshed and tina. he has been con
vtCted Of being in the pay Of Ger
mHny for the betrayal of the cause
of France.
Yesterday, before leaving the
witness stand, BOlo s brother, who
had testified that he believed Bolo
TO be insane. stated that he desir-
ed to retract his attacks upon the au-
thenticity Of the Bernstorff tele-
grams, which had been intercepted
by the American authorities and
forwarded to Paris to be used as
evidence Of Bolo's pro German &C
tivttieS In the United States.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-15
among The dead.
SCOTCH IN MOURNING

V>lIIhdN' III SCOtllSH grave
rard outside Of a Scottish seaport,
he bodies OF one hundred and
"rty-hve American soldiers were
buried with military honors,
Scottish soldiers firing the fare
veil volleyS over the graves. For
miles around, reports the repre-
>entatiyes Of the AMERICAN en-
oassy attending the common
'uncral. the Scottish villages are
n mourning. while many hum
dreds Of the people of the neigh
Dorhood marched in the funeral
procession behind the long line
If collins, each draped with a
small American flag. = MI
The section of the graveyard
containing these American graves
has been fenced off and each new
grave has been marked with a
wooden cross, numbered to cor
'eSpond to the official number.
IN the description taken of the
oody and of the finger prints OF
he dead man. 1t is believed that
\ majority, if not all, of these
1odies will be finally identified
md brought home for a second
burial.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-15
q
LIST Of DEAD
MAY Be TWICE.
FIRST FIGURES
GIVEN PUBLIC
War Department Knows Official
Iy Of Death of Only Hundred
and Thirteen From Tusoania
But Bodies Still Wash Ashore
SCOTTISH GRAVEYARD
HOLDS MANY MORE
Admiralty Reports Recovery of
Hundred and Sixty-five Bodies
OF American Dead - Many
Names Still To Be Checked Off

WASIIIN"ToN, February
w b. (Associated Press)---
As the reports arc being received
At the American embassy in Lon
don and forwarded on here for
compilation i'll the war depart
mcnt ii becomes evident that the
early estimates OF the lost from
the sinking OF the transport Tus-
'ania are going to be far exceed
ed. possibly doubled.
While the list Of the known
dead now amounts to only one
hundred AM thirteen, there are
yet one hundred and eighty
seven soldiers concerning whom
lu definite reports have been re-
'ciycd. and it is certain that some
II these, il not many OF them, are
among the dead
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-10
TOBACCO SALE JULY Is

Abbeville. July g. Arrangements
have been made for the first tobacco
sale eff the season at Abbeville on
Thursday July IS, Messrs, Lea Pro
gran and Metley, of Timmonsvlle
c., will open the Abbeville Star Tobac-
90 warehouse next Monday. MIR. Lea
has handled most of the tobacco rails
ed in this section. but it has been
clipped heretofore to his warehouse
n South Carolina It is believed Able
vile will handle all Of the tobacco
raised in this section this year Thou
sands of acres have been devoted to
the crop which is said to be one of
the best ever produced
The first tobacco ever raised in the
Abbeyille section was produced by J
D. Atkinson, who started with few
acres as an experiment The expert
ment was such success others be
came interested and now tobacco is
grown in Ben Hill, Irwin and Coffee
Counties on q large scale, the sales at
Douglas last year resulting in some of
the best prices known in the tobacco
trade.