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The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-20
NATURALIZATION
OFFICIAL COMING
Four Hundred Aliens In Army and
Navy Forces Here Want To
Become Citizens


Because there are approximately 400
aliens entitled to citizenship in the
United States army and navy forces on
Oahu, the Bureau of Naturalization of
tho Department Of Labor is sending y
special naturalization examiner to Ho.
nolulu.
Information to this effect was receiV.
ed by District Attorney s. C. Huber
from Washington in the following ca.
bleRram: N .Tn ''7'
"OAicial Of naturalization service
will be detailed Honolulu to take care
OF soldiers naturalization"
The district attorney believes the de.
cision TO send a special examiner here
from Washington was reached when
the bureau Of naturalization learned
that there were nearly 400 soldiers
here to be naturalizcd. This informa.
tioh was conveyed to the bureau by a
cablegram asking that this many blanks
for soldiers naturalizat be sent to
Honolulu.
The cablegram to the bureau in
Washington was sent after one was 70.
ccivcd instrurting the local officials
to defer naturalization of men in the
army until they reached the mainland.
District Attorney Huber believes that
an inquiry made Of the war depart.
ment as to the number Of alien soldiers
here resulted in the bureau 3 being told
that all the regular troops were being
or had been transferred to the main.
/ land.
Too Much Work
While on the whole this was true,
it did not take into account the aliens
Of the coast artillery, the engineering
and signal corps and of the Hawaii
draft and national guard regiments. II
is in these organizations that it is esti
mated that there are about 400 alien,
who desire to be naturalized.
On the mainland the examinations OF
applicants for naturalization are con
Quoted by special examiners, but this
work has always been delegated to the
district attorneys in Hawaii Now II
Is believed that the bureau realizes the
great amount of extra work this places
upon the Hawaii district attorney =
Office and is providing the services OF
the special examiner for the naturaliza
tiOn of the alien soldiers
From now on until the examiner ar
rives only few cases which have beer
started will be completed by the dis
trict attorney, or new ones started IL
very special instances where a delay il
naturalization will impose a hardship
on some of those in the fighting forcei
here. Such case may be where al
alien soldier has been recommended fol
an officers training school, but is am
able to leave here until his naturaliza
tiOn has been completed.
Seven Get Citizenship
For this very reason seven men o.
the engineering corps, all of whom ar,
to leave here to attend a mainland Of
fficers' school, were naturalized in tn,
federal court yesterday.
The engineers who became citizen
and the countries from which they for
sworc allegiance were as follows:
William f. Matthias, Great Britain
John J. Derings, Swiss Federation
John J. McFee, Great Britain; Franz
Winters, Austria Hungary, John Ach
rauouicy, Russia; Hugo B. LinoberQ
Sweden, and Stanley Colling, Grea
sBritain.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-20
NEWS OF RICE RIOTS
STRICTLY FORBIDDEN,
IN JAPANESE PAPERS

TOXIC, August 10 Especial to Nip.
pu JijD-Alarmed over gravity of the
situation that has been created by rice
riots all over the empire, the govern
ment today promulgated new censor.
ship regulations and made it punishable
offense for any newspaper to publish
the slightest intimRtion Of disturbances
at any place, attributed to rice.
The PRONUNCIATION of this censorship
regulation was deemed absolutely ne.
cessary as a result Of discovery by the
government that in many instances the
riots were directly caused by inflam-
matory accounts which appeared in the
newspapers in reporting such disturb
ance. The government considered that
exaggeration of reports Of disturbances
in the newspaper makes the situation
worse.
Hereafter any newspaper which pub,
fishes any item relating to rice riots
will promptly be ordered to suspend pub
Hcation, is the warning Of the govern
ment.
Relief Fund Grows
The relief fund which was started
with three million yen donation by
the emperor is rapidly mounting as
many large donations some from veal.
thy persons. Mitsui 3 and Iwasaki 8
donations Of 100000 yen each were
the largest single donation so received,
except the generous donation from the
emperor, 81,
Longfeared but thug far aveted
spread of the rice riot into Toxic be.
came a reality yesterday when a mon.
strous demonstration, participated by
more than $4,000 persons, occurred at
the Bibiya Park, in the very heart Of
the Japanese capital
Scene Of Other Riots
Hibiya Park is situated in the cen
ter Of the city and is noted for having
been the scene of many disturbances
It was in this park that the Toxic pop
ulace met and denounced the Japanese
government for entering into "dis
honorable" peace pact with Russia nj
the close of the Russo Japanese wal
some fifteen years ago When the meet
ing was ordered stopped by the police
the angcred mob resisted and a des
pcrate fight followed in which many
were. killed and wounded. Many gov
ernment buildings including the police
stations and postofices were burned
down or wrecked by the mob before
the police with aid of troops were abl'
to take situation under controk
Then, for the second time, the parl
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-20
SWEDEN IS WILLING
TO ACT AS MEDIATOR
BeIIigerents Not Ready Yet Is
Premier'S Belief

LONDON, August IT. -(Associated
Press s)-Sweden is ready and willing
to mediate when the opportunity to do
80 offers but it is not apparent that the
time to do so has come.
Answering the questions of a delega-
tion of Good Templars, an international
temperance organization with a mem
bership of nearly a million, Premier
Eden of Sweden told them that he did
not believe the belligereuts were ready
to consider mediation but that his coun-
try will be glad to mediate whenever
II desire for it to do so is expressed by
the belligerent nations.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-20

was made the scene Of disturbance sew.
en- years ago when the late Prince Kat
sura, japan great statesman, organ.
lied a sO-called Unconstitutional cab.
met" Many Of the rioters were
wounded in this disturbance.
Then another disturbance occurred at
the park five years ago when Japan
and China were on the verge Of open
hostilities which were narrowly avert.
cd by China 3 agreeing to the famous
"twenty.one demands" Of Japan. The
mob which gathered at the park at
tackled the foreign office, demanding
that an immediate declaration Of war
be made on China. Many rioters were
wounded in the clash with the police on
that occasion.
Hundreds Arrested
Now history repeats. Again yester-
day a great mob gathered and organ.
lied ut the very spot where many dis
turbRnces have taken place since the
park was opened twenty years ago. The
police arrested 400 Of the ringleaders
when the mob refused to dsiperse.
The mob then marched from the park
to Kakigara Street, where many rice
brokers establishments are located.
These places were attacked one after
another and heavy damage TO the prop
critics was inflicted.
One hundred rioters were captured
by the police during the rioting at the
Kakigara Street.
Trouble In other Cities
In the city Of Osaka, the second
largest city in Japan, the disorder was
equally violent. The troops from the
Fourth Division fired blank cartridges
upon tho rioters. The soldiery and the
I police are now guarding the streets
throughout the city for a fear Of an
| other outbreak.
| In Kobe two Of the rioters are known
: to have been killed in clash with the
troops. The number of those who were
wounded in the melee Is not known
! exactly how many. ..-,. .ss,. s.
In the city of Okavama, the mob
estimated to exceed 10000, used gun
' cotton in setting fire to many of the
stores and residences Of rice profiteers.
! The troops were finally called out to
quell the disturbance. w..
Tn Hiroshima the troops were also
called out. The rioters arc reported
! still fighting desperately against the
soldiery and police. ...,
In Fukui, several thousand rioters,
attacked the governors official residence.
The troops were called out, too, in
this city. ..
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-20
new RESTRICTIONS
.>..- PLACED ON ALIENS

WASHINGTON. August l7-(Asso-
ciated Press) tional restrictions
are placed on aliens who desire to leave
the country. Fhese are announced in a
proclamation issued by the President un-
der the Alien Control Law which pro-
hibits all aliens from leaving the coun-
try without having first secured pass
ports
This measure is designed to prevent
alien enemys and other dangerous aliens
from carrying out information or from
escaping from authorities here.
1t places aliens on the same basis as
citizens of the United States so far as
concerns departure Of either from
the United States.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-20
Home Work" VIII Be
WatchWOrd Of .:.s
Hawai- PrOmOtiOnistS
Trail and Mountain Club Makes
Arrangements For Series of
Movie Outings" Week End
Auto Parties Planned and win
Be Filmed -

Home work" seems to have been
selected as the watchword of promo
tionists until after the war. The Trail
and Mountain Club has just made ar,
rangcments for series of "movie"
outings, with r. X. Bonine making the
films. First, the high trails of Oiym-
pus and Konahuanui will be shown;
with the trail and mountaineers on
their excursions, and even camping
parties will be filmed.
The Pan Pacific Association is ask
ing the cooperation of the Honolulu
Automobile Club to stage a number of
week end auto parties around Oahu
that BOnine may add to the films that
are to advertise Hawaii after the war.
After Oahu has been filmed il Is
planned to make up an excursion to
the Big Island, where movies will be
made of the places most attractive not
only to tourists, but to our own peo.
pie. In all of the movies the feature
will be the actions of the actors in
the scenes. There will be bits showing
Boy Scouts in camp making fire by
rubbing sticks together, soldiers ON
their hikes, and the ordinary outdoor
lovers enjoying Hawaii in their way.
Plans are now on foot to consolidate
the Trail and Mountain Club in HilO
whose members can meet those who
VISIT the Big Island and guide them,
Maui has already tentatively arranged
with the Pan Pacific for guide there.
In every way consolidation is being
brought about during these war times,
and the Pan Pacific Association is of.
fering its club house in Honolulu as a
general club headquarters for homeless
clubs desiring to cooperate or cOnsoli
date. The Liberty Store has placed
its big window at the disposal of the
Pan Pacific Association and the first
exhibit there of the series of war
posters sent to the Pan Pacific Union
i 10y the Fan American Union. This will
hc followed by exhibits from the Pan.
Pacific Commercial Museum, and a re-
j markable set Of Volcano pictures which
is h"ing gathered.
The general plan of these exhibits,
! however, will he such as will induce
outings, as well as visits to the other
islands. 1t is probable that some of
! these matters will he discussed when
IN" promotion committee gathers at the
Pan Pacific japanese gardens ON Mon.
day evening at an Oriental supper.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-20
WAR Spirit AMONG
RUSSIANS REEVES
AS ALLIES ARRIVE
Peasants Learn of Real Condi-
tons and Unite With 0ppo-
nents of BolsheVism
NORTHERN GOVERNMENT
OPPOSED TO GERMANS

WASHINGTON, August 17-(Asso.
ciated Press Russian peasants are
now focking to join the forces of the
Gzecho Slovaks, according to advices to
the state department, and a great re
yiVal of anti Germanism is sweeping
through many of the districts of Rus
sia. The Czecho Slovaks are now oper
ating in force Ave hundred miles east
of Moscow VIZ -.
Particular. significance is attached
here to the reports that the soviets
forces are evacuating Moscow, thus
opening the way for the occupation
of that provisional capital by the
Czecho. .SloVaks and for these and the
Allied troops to re-establish the eastern
front on line further west than had
been believed possible.
Railroad Control
The evacuation of Moscow and the
capture of that city by the Czecho.
SloVaks win give the Entente control
of the railroads from Moscow east into
Siberia and from Moscow to Arch
angel. ,.s q"
The peasants now fiocking in to re
luIOECt Int GSLCCuO- dEmH dTe
learning for the first time the truth
Of the war during the past year and
are learning that the German reports
circulated throughout Russia of great
German Victories and the crushing of
the Entente armies on the west front
are not true. They are being told of
the landing Of an Allied force at Vladi.
vostok and on the Murman coast and
Of the recent victories by General Foch
in France. p -
War Spirit Reytves .|'sg
AS these facts are becoming known
| there is a revival Of the anti German
sentiment among the Russians and a
rekindling of the hope that Russia
may yet be cleared of the invaders.
South of Moscow, according to an
Amsterdam report, the Don COssaeks
have made steady progress against the
BolsbcVist forces and have entirely
cleared the left bank of the Don. The
CossackU are now marching against
| Zaragin.
New Governments Policy
A despatch from London brings the
important information that the "Gov
ernment of Northern Russia" has been
formally organized, with M. Achaikow
sky as President, The government in
cludes the Socialists Of the various
political parties and the political pro
gram includes "the recreation of the
Russian army, the renewal of the wal
OH the eastern front and the expulsion
of the invaders of Russia with the aic
and cooperation of our Entente
allies
From Harbin comes report that .
thousand Czechs have arrived there Ell
route to join the army of Genera
Semenoff.
In New York yesterday the organ
ization was announced of a Russian
Union Of Peace, composed of the Rus
sian workers in this country opposed
to the Bolsheyiki. At the headquar
terS of this union 1t was reported thai
Count Iva Tolstoi aud General Ko
beroutcheff are supporting the move
ment.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-20
FRENCH WHEAT CROP
TO Be MICH LARGER

PARIS, August II - (Associated
Press Frame will not have to call up.
on the United States for such large sup
plies Of wheat and whcathour the com
my wear as last. The most recent cS
Inmates show the crop to lie in excel
lent condition for the acreage planted
aud it is believed it will yield $4,000,
600 bushels which is an increase of
twenty five percent over the last crop
White this crop will fall far short
Of meeting the needs Of the nation it
will relieve the United States of part
Of the burden which that ountry has
80 hruvely and willingly borne.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-20
PLAN To EXPEDITE
NEWS OF CASUALTIES

WASHINGTON, August l6-( -(Associ-
ated Press Surgeon General Gorgas
and Secretary of War Baker are work,
ing on a plan to enable the reports Of
casualties and full details to be given
to relatives promptly. The department
will install record index system which
will help to expedite the sending out of
casualty lists as we'll as to bring week,
ly the details of the casualties.
AS announced by the war department
yesterday the army casualty list was
increased by eighteen killed in action
and twenty-five severely wounded.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-20
Teething Children

Trcthng children have more or less
diuIrhora. which can he controlled bv
giving Chamberlain = Collie and Diur
rho"n Rrm"dv. All that is necessary
is to give th" prescribed dose after
each "r"lntinm "f tn" bowels more than
cultural and thru raStor oil to cleanse
= - system. 1t is safe and sure. Even
the mosl severe aud dangerous eases
,rr nuicNlv r"rrH W. it, For sale bv
Benson. Smith 4 CU.-AdV
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-20
CHINA RECALLS ITS
MINISTER TO VATICAN

FEkTNN, August III -IAssociatCd
Pr"sS) China has cancelled its ap
pointmcnt of minister to the Vatican.
The occasion for the action has not
been announced but it is known that
the minister, who is now in Madrid ON
his journey to Rome, has been ordered
to return home.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-20
DROPPED FROM LIST

NEW YORK, August l6-(ASsocia,
ted Press)-'General Motors Common
was eliminated today from the list of
stock issues cleared through the New
York stock exchange. The exchange
governors gave ont statement saying
that the stock has not been widely
enough distributed to be carried on the
exchange.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-20
RAILROADS HANDLE
WHEAT WITH SPEED

WASHINGTON, August l6-(Ohi
cial-Rapid marketing Of grain is re-
ported by the railroad administration.
1t is shown that in the five weeks which
ended on August 3, there were moved
l3l,942 cars loaded with grain as com
pared with S7,993 for the same period
last year, fifty percent increase in
grain movements.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-20
MORE MONEY NEEDED TO
RUN NATIONS RAILROADS

WASHINGTON, August 17-(Asso-
ciatcd Press)--It has developed that
the railroads Improvement budget which
Was approved by congress early in the
wear is insufficient and it is necessary
- lease it $l56,O0O,OOO to $l,l97,-
1898 900. GRlun
Ine demand for cars and locomotives
to relieve congestion accounts for the
greater part of the increase.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-20
SIX MILLION LOSS TO
HUNS FRENCH ESTIMATE

PARIS, August l6- (Associated
Press 1.-The total German war losses
are understood to be six million men,
according to Paris papers.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-20
MAKE NEW SALIENTS

Both to the north and south Of
ROye and to the north and south
of Lassigny the Allies have ex-
tended their lines eastward, form
ing two salients with those towns
within and threatening an early
withdrawal from them by the
enemy or their pinching out.
Important advances were re
ported in the French official re-
ports from Paris last night. On
a three mile front between GOyon-
court and LauCourt northwest
and west of ROye combined Can
adlan and French troops advanc-
ed and at BOiS dcs Loges, five
miles south of Roye, the French forces
deeply penetrated the enemy lines.
North of GoyOncOurt where other gains
were made the British and French co
operated and pressed their advance
east in the direction of Fresnoy les
Roye and Fransart, still further north
In these engagements some prisoners
and numbers of machine guns were
takau
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-20
ALLIES SCORE r. =.
FURTHER GAINS
PRESSING HARD
Enemy Is Given No 0ppOr-
tunity To Secure Line and
Strengthen DefenSeS
ROye, Keystone Of PicaIdy
Front Is Almost At Mercy
Of Entente

NEW YORK, August II -
~ (Associated Press) - The
Allies are evidently determined
to give the Germans no oppor-
tunity to take up a secure line
between the Somtne and the Oise,
and although the Germans have
heavily reinforced their front
south of the Somme, through
Roye to Noyons, the attacks Of
the Allies have made great gains
in position possible.
Last night the French and
Canadians we're at the door Of
Roye, the keystone of the Ger
man new line of defense in Pi-
cardy, while in the Somme- Disc
salient the positions of the Allies
are better than for several days.
SHORT OF RESERVES
There is evidence that the Ger
mans are now being hard pressed
for fresh reserves along the entire
Picardy front and reports from
other section state that Won Lu-
dendorff is withdrawing troops
from important sectors to streng-
then his Picardy front. Some of
the reserves now appearing on
the Roye-Noyon line are from
before Verdun.
Since the eighth, when Foch
opened his Amiens offensive, the
Germans have - used thirty-six
divisions along this front, more
than half million men. Twenty
one divisions were in the line at
the beginning of the attack along
the forty eight mile front. Fif-
teen divisions of reserves have
been brought into the battle
since.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-20
ATTACKS BRILLIANTLY

On the extreme right of the British
line the French executed brilliant
attack and took the Damery wood and
adjacent woods which the Germans
have been holding tenaciOusly. Here
they had fought desperately, counter,
ing heavily through Thursday night but
meeting with repulses by the British.
The taking of these woods by the
French opens a wide line of obscrVa-
tion and materially strengthens and
improves the positions Of the Allies for
several miles on each side.
In the past twenty four hours the
British have taken 26O prisoners and
it is estimated the enemy losses in
killed and wounded has been 1900.
RETIREMENT CONTINUES
On the northern front the retirement
of the Germans is continuing. They
are still relinQuishing trenches in the
Lys sector but the movements here are
somewhat indefinite, II the Franco,
British forces continue their pressure
further south it is becoming an"ar"nt
that the Lys sector will see further
retirement speedily.
Albert is still held tenaciously by
the enemy but is growing less tenable
every hour.
Nothing stronger than successful dc
Tense is contained in the claims put
forth by the German official reports
eminating from Berlin last night. These
reports tell of strong attacks resisted
and brought to a failure on both sides
Of the Avre with heavy losses intlict
ed, while the reports of the Allies in
dicate their casualties were proportion
ately smaller than were those Of th'
Germans,
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-04-25
GERMAN GAINS OF
SHORT DURATION
Story OF Battle Is One Of Sue.
u ceSSion of Attacks Parried
by French With Effect.

a With the British Army IN
France, April 25.-(6y the Asso-
eisted Press.)-The attack on the
northern battle front came be
tween 3 and o'clock this morn
inc after a heavy bombardment
with gas shells which started at
2 am. This operation was IN con.
tinusnce Of the attacks delivered
last night and the night before
asainst the French IN the Dranou-
TIRE sector.
e 1880 o'clock last evening the Ger
man attacked here after heaN!
bonn ba rdment. They succeeded in o..
cupying a section OF front trench io
a timc, nut the French threw the en-
cray out and restored the situation.
This action was virtually dupli-
cate Of the enemy attack delivered a.
the same hour Tuesday night Tho
Germans then penetrated Tor a shor'
Instance and were thrown hack hy 2
counter attack. Tho British and French
artillery exacted heavy toll from tho
enemy infantry.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-04-25
-
twenty-five Yard Hole
Blown in Zeebrugge Mole

Amsterdam. April 25.--A CORE.
spondent OF the Tclcurasf sends
word from the frontier that a hole
fully twenty FIVE yards vide WAS
blown IN the Zssbruppe mole by
the British submarine which was
loaded with explosives and sent
sasinst the mole.
Ono mny nee clearly through the
Inolo" says the correspondent. when
looking from great distance on the
dunes. from east TO west. The breach
is near the cnast, showing that the
submarine went quite far into the har-
bor Notwithstanding the barricading
contlivHncca such hs nets and old
boats. ON the shore side Of the har-
bor lies the wreck OF n two funneled
torpcdoboat.
MANY German wounded were trans
fcrfod Co iiruges by boat aud train
The LOSSES among the surprised troops
must have been great The entire
garrison was called hy sirens. The
frightened inhabitants fed 10 Rams
capeiir. The people could hardly he
iicve tho British had been In the har-
hur"
-Four German torpcdoboats left Zee
brugKo on Tuesday night. the corre-
spondcnt says. on one of the Gus
tomary nocturnal cruises.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-04-25
PROBE CAUSE THREE FIRES
IN ERIE RAILROAD SHOPS
lAaaorlaied rreaIl

Lima. o.. April 25.--iodcral agents
today are investigating thr"" hrer
which broke out simultaneously In the
Lake Erie A. Western railroad shops
here last night and practically de-
stroyed tho plant. valued nt f5o0,0oo.
One arrest has been made. and II In
said others may he made during thc
day.
Property loss included at least ten
locomotives. new train Of troop
coaches just completed and scores Of
other coaches. Ten thousand dollars
worth Of liberty bonds were burned
In the Office Of the shops.
For some time considerable part
of Lima WAS threatened hy fre. Tho
man under arrest IL VIII Tnntius Who
says his home IN cicero. Ind. lie was
an cmployc of one 81 the shopn. ON
cialE decline 10 say " hy lac ~ hcii.