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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-05
REPORT
READY For BOARD
Clty's Receipts Were $1,944,-
$500 and Expenditures
Amounted 10 ST, 833,633.93

The annual report Of the city treasur.
or which will be submitted to the
board Of supervisors at It's next meet
ing will show a cash balance in tho
ul,y treasury Of &430, 66s.s6 on January
i. This will be decrease Of $llO,D11..
10 from the balance Of the prenoas
year, mainly attributable TO change IN
the revenue and expenses Of various
city departments. The receipts from
all sources for the year were Al,S3s,.
6s3.93 and the Disbursements were sl,
944, 545.69. t{ "A
The report shows that $40, a12.0s has
been expended for permanent improve
meuts during the year, OF which the
greatest single items we're for the pur
chase Of land for road widening on
Improvement district No. s, on Hotel
street, which cost s22y3lo.00; the CON
struetion Of the concrete road and re-
tanning wall on the Pail Road, costing
&15,477,79, and the Waimea. i awailoa
Road which came to $i3, 1909, as the
SHIRE Of the municipality
OF the receipts shown in the report,
the liquor license is one Of the i'm
portant revenues Of the city, showing
total of $4,000 for the year. The
franchise taxes of the Hawaiian Flee.
tric Co. for 1916 amounted to $5.9G4.3o
aud that Of the Honolulu Gas Co. to
$2.457 %. Receipts from garbage we're
ao560. Hunting fees brought in
$605 90.
Interesting items in the list of dis
hnrsements ARE: sg
Expense Board License Com.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-05
GOVERNMENT PROGRAM IN 4
{p13 Japan GOES FORWARD

TOXIC, February Especial to Ha.
wall Shinpo)-Both houses Of the inn
perial diet have decided to hold com
memoTative EXERCISES on the anniver.
sary Of the PRONUNCIATION Of the con.
stitution which occurred February n,
1889. The ceremonies will be held In
the garden Of the diet. .s +
5 The temper Of the house of represen.
tatiyes IL such that II appears certain
40 pass all of the bills which the gov
eminent desires and the program Of
the government appears to be proceed
ing smoothly. $3.50 u ..- - Y, ~
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-05
MAY Be /.
GIVEN DRAFT POWER
IBill Approved TO Permit Him To
] ! Call Industrial Experts An

, WASHINGTON, February 2-(Asso-
eiated .Press)--Approvai of the bill
which will authorize the President to
call skilled experts in various -mechani-
cal industries and in agriculture, ire
spectiye Of whether they shall have
been selected in the draft or not, was
given yesterday by the senate com.
mittee on military affairs. ha:sa
Arrangements have heen concluded
by the committee to take final actor
within the next few days OH the bill
which will require all of those who
have passed their twenty first birthdays
since the passage of the SeIeetive Draft
Law to register for the second and any
subsequent drafts which may be re-
quired. ...EH8s
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-05
CONTROL
Limited IN Bill
Senate Committee Fixes Eighs
teen Months After War For
Return To Companies

WASHINGTON, February HI Asso,
ciated Press) The senate interstate
commerce committee today adopted d
report fixing the government control
of railroads 70 limit Of Is months
after the conclusion of the war, and
retaining in the bill the authorization
to the President TO fix rates, permitting
an appeal to the interstate commerce
commission. This makes the operation
of the roads by Uncle Sam strictly q
war time measure. ~ n ~ 8
Another important development to-
day came when after conference be-
tween the railroad director general,
Secretary McAdoo, with Fuel Control
Ter Garfield, il was indicated that the
"heatless Monday" plan will be aban7
.doned after the next meeting. -
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-05

session Of the Boisheviki forces An.
other report said the Kiev Polish legion
had declared war against the Boishe,
Viii. W
The revolutionary COMMITTEES Of Rus
sian officers and sailors Is reported To
have seized many vessels IN the Black
Sea and 70 have conIiscated Rumanian
vessels. IL Is said in all forty war,
ships and merchantmen have been
Runanisns Fake city
RtImanian forces are reported to
have taken over Kishenev, the capital
Of Bessirabia IN response TO requests
from the government OF that country.
Various uncOnnrmed reports 81 yes
terday were TINT ave more Entente
war hips have reacbed viadivostok TO
guarl against disturbances. China il
said to be forbidding expectation Of
foodstuffs TO Russia: II Il reported Mt
Moscow that the Turks are propos ng
q separate peace with Trans Caucasian
eNunei's Of w0rkmen and s0ldiers. The
Mussulmans in the south Of Russia are
repoftef to have ferih6d government
rpfoscd to the Bolsheviki.
Ttesches Abandoned
Dusseldorf Nactficbten correspond.
ence asserts that portions Of the Rus.
sian front have been abandoned owing
to the fact that trenches have fallen
TO pieces and entunglement posts are
being burned for fuei BY the artillery
mon who have rempined there to serve
the horses. IS 4 ~ Ntr $50 fAl
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-05
HUNGARY DENIES 1IT
SEEKS CONQU TESTS

AMSTERDAM February Press without
the policy which announced BY the new Hungarian Alex
~
cepance By Emperor npeafy Of
In In
reported 5 ~ ~ 9ts
our readiness Tor We
assertions.
striving
We shall not seek nor demand hHatsfiai u Of n toy @
we enter upon which
win lead lasting \" fa5
positively yesterday
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-05
JAPAN ASSURES RUSSIA IS
OF COOP INTENTIONS;

TOXIC, February 1--(speeial to Ha-
waii Shinpo) Count X. uehida, Jap
anese ambassador TO Russia has given
assurances 10 the Bolshiyih govern
ment at Petrograd that II Is not the
intention of Japan TO interfere in any
way NTH the internal and political af-
fairs Of Russia. The sending Of war
ships to Asiatie Russian ports; he In
formed the council, was only Tor the
purpose of protesting the interests OF
Japanese residents md the Interests Of
his country, t#@ t ~
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-05
DENOMINATION Of
SWITZERLAND SOUGHT
Labor Federation Sends Ultima
tum To National Council

PARIS. February 2 - ASSOCIATED
Press) Indications that Industrial un:
rest is spreading into neutral switzer-
land are Ia be found in advices receiv,
"a from Geneva yesterday which said
TIE general epnncil was to take up the
consideratiOn of an ultimatum which
had been sent TO 1t by the labor fedora.
fion which demanded the demobiliza-
ii0n Of the Swiss army. ,
The army had been kept in state Of
mobilization BY Switzerland and has
been an ancient guard Of the Swiss
bord6rs to the end that its neutrality
may be maintained and IL necessary
dofended, ,....
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-05
BEWARE OF COLDS.

Children are much more likely to con,
tract the CONTAGIOUS diseases when they
have colds. Whooping cough, diphthe.
ria, scarlet fever and consumption are
diseases that are often contracted when
the. child has cold. That is why all
r'edical authorities say beware of colds.
For the quick cure Of colds you will find
nothing better than Chamberlain, .
Cough Remedy. 1t can always be de-
pended upon and is pleasant and safe TO
take For sale by all dealers, Benson,
Smith 4 Co, Ltd, agents for Hawaii, ~
Advt. AZ g "@ .7'''' h'A'- SOS
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-05
yEN G0VERAAENElN
Finland IS GAINING

LONDON, February 1---(Associated
Prcssl The Finnish situation Is more
.eassurinE today, according to Stock.
iolm despatch. The Erred guard, or
revolutionary faction has been dis
armed and its members are surrender
ing rapidly,
The reyolutionists still hold Helsing-
fors, however. N sB NJ X 4
Adyiccs to the Finnish Legation here
ny that the situation is clearing up,
the revolutionists being gradually de-
feated, AN R. n.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-05
SPECIAL TREATMENT. !.
ASSUREDAMEAGGNS
Prisoners From United States
Army To Be Gagged By Huns

AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE, FEBRUARY - associated
Press) ---American prisoners taken by
the Germans are TO be treated with
systematic brutality it is learned
through information American officers
have Just secured. The officers have
obtained documents said to have been
aiken from German prisoners, contain
ing orders that all prisoners are to be
put in cages, TO be starved for four
days, and compelled to stand for the
entire time. &'@ Is
1t Is believed these orders were de.
signed for military Information.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-05
ALL DUTIES ENDED HIS a..
RELEASE is GIVEN lSHll

TOXIC, February Especial to Hn.
waii Shinpo)--Having completed all of
the duties connected with his appoint
ment as special commissioner for Jap
an to the United States and his final
report having been rendered and ap-
proved, Viscount Ishii was today re.
leased rs special envoy.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-05
NAVAL RESERVE LARGER
THAN WAS NAVY FORMERLY

ANNAPOLIS, February - Associa-
ted Press) Secretary Daniels, address
ing 500 graduating naval reseryists to-
day, said that the naval reserves EN-.
brace 69,0O0 men and 1900 officers
"This Is larger than the regular navy
when war was declared, \, ne said.
"This wonderful service hes been
developed in Is months. y He told the
officers that important assignments are
awaiting them. N FfAff
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-05
VALUE or LIVESTOCK NIX 4.
..-. I'll. INCREASES 0NE-FIEIH

WASHINGTON, February l--(Asso-
eiated Press1- THE rapid advance in
the values Of livestock in the United
States was shown today when the de.
partment of agriculture made public
recently collected figures. These show
that on January the country's live
stock was svalhed at $s.263 900, 900, an
increase Of $l,527, 100000 during the
year. l'7 '
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-05
RETALIATION MAY BRING
SPANIARDS UP TO TERMS

/ WASHINGTON, February 10 Asso,
ciated Press) Unofficial statements to-.
day indicate that Spain 3 interference
with the United States and other allied
countries in shipments across the front,
Ter may meet a swift retaliation. ~ re-
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-05
70 CURE 4 COLD mi ONE DAl

axe LAXATIVE BROMO QUININB
fablets), Druggists refund money II
lails TO cure, The signature Of
W. GROVE Is on each box. Man
tnred by the PARIS MEDICINE
> st I.cris. U. s. A.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-05
SPAIN PLANS PROTEST VI
ON HUN RUTHLESSNESS

y MADRID, February ~ associated
Press) THE Spanish cabinet, with
King Alfonso presiding, today decided
TO make a strong protest TO Germany
demanding reparatfon for the sinking
Of the Spanish steamer Giraiaa. Xxx
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-05
EXPERTS TESTIFY

D.
Pleading that 4 desperate rem
edy was necessary, the admiralty
then brought nine experts on f.
nance and commerce to prove
how desperate were the straits Of
Germany's internal situation, All
OF these experts, as it had been
expected they would and as they
had been engaged to do, advised
the immediate adoption of the
plan suggested. BY the admiralty
for a ruthless submarining Of
Inerchantmen Of the Allies and
neutral nations alike.
GOVERNMENT YIELDS
ms the face Of this, testimony
and the insistence of the admiral
" and upon the assurance thai
BY 50 doing Great Britain would
be brought down to defeat by
Starvation within a half years
period. the government yielded
and later the plans were announc,
"a to the world, -,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-05
ACTION Oh OFFICIALS
81 DISCREDTTS REPORTS
STRIKE CRISIS OVER
Workmen's Council Of Five Hun
dred N Berlin Is Dissolved and
Formation Of Any New Body
VIII Not Be Tolerated
APPEAL Is ISSUED TO
RAILROAD ENGINEERS
Reichstag Labor Leader Urges
Government 10 Meet Workers
and Says UnyieIding Course
Draws Country 70 Revolution

H.t 49, ffttf~'tfIIItF WtIWN FNfNN'~ !
and Says UnyieIding Course
Draws Country To Revolution
III ONDON, February CAS-
~ ISOLATED Press) Drastic ae-
tons taken BY German and Aus
trian officials for their govern
ments in various parts Of Ger
many and the Dual Empire go
far to confirm the reports ofthe
serious industrial disturbances
and to discredit reports to the
effect that the worst Of the situa-
ton is over and the crisis has
been passed.
In Berlin the commander in
chief Of the Berlin District has
dissolved the Council Of Five
Hundred which had been APP
pointed to safeguard the Interests
of the workingmen during the
strike. He has also prohibited
the forming Of any new organiza-
tion or the appointment Of any
body which may undertake to di-
rect strike movements. This in
formation was contained in an
Exchange Telegraph which was
received at Copenhagen and for
warded here.
POPULACE WARNED
Other reports Of official action
coming from Northern neutral
capitals told Of the military COM
mander at Brandenburg warning
the poPulace against. efforts to
create disturbances and promis-
ing that any such efforts would
be rigidly put down and the Of
tenders, dealt with the utmost
severity; martial law was extend
ed to Hemiligen and in Berlin the
police raided the headquarters
Of trades unions in a number Of
different locations and took strike
Headers into custody.
RAILROADS, THREATENED
Threatened strikes OF locomo-
tive engineers, trainmen and
other railroad employees are indi-
Gated in the action Of a reichstag
leader Of the labor party who has
appealed to the Engineers Union
to remain on the job and not to
strike. At the same time he ask
led the government to meet the
railroad workers in separate
conference and to hold confer
tence with all the workers Of all
trades and industries. He assert
led that the temper Of the work.
ters is most dangerous and the
government by reason of its tln-
yielding attitude is bringing the
Iceuptry ITO the verge Of an in
ldustrial revolution. s. a.. -.,EEU =.
/ In Munich a strike has been in
progress for three days accord
ling to Central News Agency
despatch. MI ,,1ay s.,.s1. t.a@
f. VIOLENCE REPORTED
In Berlin there wasta clash be-
tween strikers and police on
Thursday when one policeman
was killed and dozen or more
strikers were severely injured.
This was reported to Amsterdam
land from the Dutch city came a
further report OF tone similar
to those Of Thursday that the
Igrayity Of the crisis Was past. The
lGermaip press reported the
strength of the strike movement
lreceding but previous reports
have told Of the, suppression Of
numbers Of papers for the pub
lieation of news which indicated
. .
the strength Of the strikers and
the extent Of their successes.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-05
AMERICAN AVIATOR FALLS

LONDON, February III Associated
Hpress) -Rey O. Garyey, an American
member OF the British Royal Flying
Corps, was killed today when he fell
during flight. @l w. E
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-05
SECRET PAPERS
Tell HOW.HUNS.
CAME TO ADOPT.
'RUTHLESSNESS
Amsterdam Newspaper Pub
fishes Documents Drawn From
Secret Files Of German Ar
chives Telling Of Early Steps
PLAN PRESENTED MET
DISAPPR0vAL AT FIRST
Paid Experts Showed Il "Neces-
saryn Because Of Serious
Straits n Which German In
tefnaI Affairs Had Reached

N AMSTERDAM, February ~
- ASSOCIATED Press Secret
documents, secured from the Ger
man archives. which relate to the
steps which Immediately preced-
ed the einbarking of Germany
upon its campaign of ruthless
submarine warfare which has
driven so many nations which
We're formerly neutral into abso-
lutte hostility and open warfare
and has tended to break the
friendship and estrange other
nentrals which have for various
reasons not aggressiyely resisted
the operation Of the policy are
published in the Handelsblad.
The Washington times., 1918-07-24
French TROOPS 4
HOLD MAIN SECTOR
ON WESTERN front

Seventy per cent Of the allied
troops In Foch's present offensive
against the Germans IN the Scissors
Rheims sector are French. according
to official cables today. The remain
der are Americans. British and
Italians.
Doubtless the French have borne
the heavier burden" the cable states.
"sinee the troops consisting Of pure
French represented 20 per cent Of
the lighting forces engaged But the
Americans who have been undergo
ing their baptism Of IRE in the great
battle behaved like real veterans and
gave US an idea OF what their CO.
operation will be when once they are
on the western front in great num-
bers.
They have proved to uS By their
keenness, their suppleness and ten
acity that they know how to win
and they will win"
The Washington times., 1918-07-24
8 U-BOATSATTACK
AND SINK BIGLINER
IN NIGHT BATTLE

CONTINUED from First Page.)
wounded and later died. Two others
are missing.
The vessel foundered after the third
torpedo had struck. having remained
afioat twenty-five hours after the
initial attack.
Seven depth charges were fired in
an effort to destroy the attacking
U-boats.
The Justicia carried a crew Of 4s3.
NEW YORK, July 24.-The JustIeia
was formerly the HoIland-American
liner Staetendam. and was the largest
vessel ever built for that line. She
was taken over by the British ad
miralty before delivery. The JusticIa
displaced 5000 tons. She was in an
American port about three weeks
ago.
-Four hundred survivors of the Jus
ticia have been landed at an Irish
port. II Is announced here
Survivors reported that only one OF
ten torpedoes fired at the vessel was
effective, and that It wrecked the en-.
CINE room. stopping the ship.
The Washington times., 1918-07-24
U-B0AT COMMANDER
BOASTS TO VICTIM OF
SUMMER HOME IN MAINE

BOSTON, July 24-Five members
Of the crew of the summarized ish-
ing schooner Robert and Richard,
picked up at sea during the night,
were landed here today by a tugboat
Three members OF the crew OF the
latest victim OF the German undersea
raider are still unaccounted for.
Eleven OF the schooner's crew ar
rived at Portland on a coal steamer
last night.
The Robert and Richard was sunk
by a bomb placed on her by the crew
Of the submarine after a shell had
halted the little vessel An officer OF
the submersible took an American
flag from Captain Wharton, OF the
schooner, and as he did so declared
he had another in his Summer home
in Maine"
When last seen the U-boat. which
was said to be about $50 feet long.
was travelling southwark on the sur
face.
The Washington times., 1918-07-24

PARIS, July 24-The steady ad-
vance OF the French and American
troops between the Aisne and Marine
rivers has put them within ive miles
Of the great German center OF sup
plies at Fere-en-Tardennois, accord
ing to an unofficial advice from the
front
Observation-Disclosures lies at the
junction Of important roads directly
east of Ourlchy-Le-Chateau which
the French entered on Tuesday,.
While the German retreat has con-
ffnued slowly. the allies have kept up
their advance on the western flank
Of the Aisne-Marne salient and along
the lower tip.
Both TO the north and south of the
Ourcq river, American and French
troops have extended their gains. ad-
vancing their line. from one-han of a
mile to more than two miles at some
points
Several mere villages have been
retaken from the GermanA
The frst week OF the great allied
counter offensive came to an end to-
day, with the French, American, Brit
ish, and italian troops maintaining
The Washington times., 1918-07-24
Indian Tactics Take
Foe Machine Gun Nests

Of supplies and troops from the pocket
! Incidentally. today's reports allowed
that all munition depot fires are not
the result OF their destruction by the
I Germans, but that allied aviators and
long range artillery have been particu-
larry successful in hitting these dumps.
The French today attacked astrids
the Ourcq. crossing the Parct-et-
Tigny road, toward Villermontoire
(south OF Soissons).
North of the Marine the Americans
advanced to the Barbillon wood line,
passing the region OF Lacensedeaux.
Between Mont ST Pierre and
Chartevas the bridgehead was en-
larged and several farms taken, de-
spite stubborn enemy defense.
Possibly the days most important
success was the Franco British ad-
vance in the Ardre valley, southwest
OF Rheims. where they took Vrigny,
q part of Ardre wood, all of De
Rheime Wood and passed Ste Euph-
raisa-
Seen From Heights.
watched the progress of the bat
tie from the heights OF Fontagne de
Rheims this afternoon In the beech
and oak covered hills directly below,
to the west, heavy forces of British
troops were engaged. From the for
ests arose the crackle of machine
gun fire, while the heavier note of
artillery sounded more remote.
Both artilleries at the time were
engaged solely in bombarding the
rear areas, as the fighting was most
ly hand-to-hand, and the canopy of
trees prevented accurate observation
from the battery positions The
gunners were afraid OF hitting their
own infantry
German prisoners admitted their
surprise at finding themselves op-
posed by British soldiers. Many Ger
man officers declared they did not
know the allied counter offensive had
begun on the other side of the salient
The experience of the British In this
battle illustrates the versatility of
General Foch's strategy. They were
moved from their previous positions,
some distance away, expecting to 20
to the defense of the Marne line. Sud
denly, they were diverted to their
present positions, arriving on the
night Of the 10Th. They were ordered
70 attack the next morning, at the
same time relieving the Italians, who
had been holding the Germans sue
cessfully, but were in need of rest
The German Fifteenth division already
had lost heavily at the hands Of The
Italians. The British attack COM
pleted the work, almost RnnihiIatIng
II. Only about 600 men were left. 9th.
er divisions badly mauled here were
the Eighty-sixth. 1o3d. and Twenty
second.
Stream Of AmbuIaneeA
On the road to Epernay, ambulances
Of all the allies passed each other in
continuous lines
One ambulance was driven by q
young woman in dust-eovered khaki.
italian soldiers resting by the road
side waved to her and she smiled
brightly. Later. learned she Is a
Miss Italia Gsribaldi, attached to the
remarkable Italian Alpini Hospital,
situated near by.
It IL operated for an nationslities.