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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-01-08
SENATE COMMITTEE
AFTERLAFOLLETTE
Investigation Of Charges To Be
Resumed Today

WASHINGTON, January s-(Asso-
ciated Press)--Preliminary to the re-
sumption of investigation by the sen.
ate Of the charges against LaFoilette
today, the American Defense Society
filed specifications of the charges
against the Wisconsin man which were
filed by the directors of the society
several weeks ago.
The Investigation Of his course and
utteranees is being conducted by a
special committee of the committee on
elections and privileges.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-01-08
BOARD F0RBIDS EXPORTS
OF BUTTER TO NEUTRALS S

WASHINGTON, January s-(Asso.
ciated Press)-ExpOrtation Of butter,
except TO nations associated with the
United States in the war against Ger.
many, has been prohibited by the War
Trade Board. This was disclosed to.
night in a statement by the food ad
ministratiOn requesting butter makers
and dealers to abandon certain types Of
packages, used in shipping butter 10
the Orient, the tropics and other coun.
tries except the Allies.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-01-08
Question One Of Most Momentons
That Mas Ever Come Up In tie
Dominion Of Canada and May
Stir Empire
WORDS ARE MILD BUT
IMPORT FAR REACHING
Resolution Expresses Willingness
To Leave Federation II Pres
ence Of Province Be Consider
ed lnimical

.HUEBEC, January g. Unless
* efforts to secure further
adjournment OF the matter are
successful, a debate will be
launched in the Quebec legisla-
ture today which win Concentrate
the interest of the whole Domin-
ion and be regarded as important
throughout the Empire This is
a debate on resolution suggest
ing for the first time since the
confederation Of the provinces
and the formation Of the Domin-
ion Of Canada that one party to
the confederation might with
draw.
WORDS DEcEIVING
The EssQlsfioa itsrl' & 6iI
~ wofded-a afly such . fa0'c.'
resolution c6,iId be, being ...cft|,
an expression Of Quebec's viii
tingness to Withdraw from thc
union If other sections OF the
union believe the presence 81
Quebec to be harmful to the pro-
gress of the country as a whole.
but behind it is heaped all the
rancor Of years which has come
to head since the war and the
failure Of the French Canadians A "a.
vance with the English Canadians For
the preservation Of the Empire. .Jn1li-
fication for the wording Of the resoIn-
tion comes in the bitter Comments Of
the Canadian press and publleisfs that
the special privileges given Quebec RI
her state Roman Catholic church ana
the right to retain French civil law.
and the French language have held this
rich province back industrialIv nnI
have generally retarded Canadian al.
yancement. gsaet iti9F3
Francoeur sponsor
. The startling resolution was intro.
dueed into the legislature on Decon.
Der 20, by j. N. Francoeur, member FOR
the County of Lotbiniere. II was:
That this house is of the opinion
that the province Of Quebec would
be disposed TO accept the rupture
OF the federation pact Of 1867 II.
/ in the opinion Of the other provin,
+ ces, II is believed that the said
province is an obstacle TO the union
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-01-08
EARL READ|NG.TO
HAVE NEW MISSION
Will Come To United States As
Ambassador Controlling
War Activities

LONDON, January --(Associuted
Press Earl Reading, Lord Chief jus.
tire, will 20 to America as the direct
representative of the British war cabi.
net, it WAS indicated today, with the
title of ambassador controlling war
activities" Lord Northcliffe will con,
tinue. in active direction of the Ameri-
can mission in England.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-01-08
TWO AMERICAN AiRMEN
KILLED BY ACCIDENT

WASHINGTON, January 7-(Associ,
ated Press)--General Pershing today
cablsd to the war department report,
ing the death Of a lieutenant and ser
geant Of the American forces, in an air
plane accident.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-01-08
SUCCEEDS TO NEWLANDS'
PLACE UPON COMMITTEE

WASHINGTON, January 7---(Associa,
ted ress)--Senator Il. d. Smith of
South Carolina, ranking member Of the
interstate commerce committee of the
upper house, was today chosen chair.
man Of the committee, to succeed the
late Senator Francis G. Newlands.
In this position he will have charge
of the administration 3 program of rail
road legislation In the senate.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-01-08
DRAFT CONSTITUTIONAL

WASHINGTON, January 7--(Associ.
ated Press) 1.-The supreme court today
held that the ,selective military service
act passed by the last congress is con.
etitutional. The vote Of the justices in
favor Of its constitutionality was unhni.
nous. pl tis5 Pr" %'v
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-01-08
BILLION NEEDED TO
MEET DEFICIENCIES

WASHINGTON, January 7-(Asso-
ciated Press)-Hearings are new being
held by the house appropriations CON.
mittee on the urgent deficiency appro-
priation bill of $1,000, ,400,0 900. Secre.
tary Lansing appeared and made a
statement of the necessity for large
funds to meet the war needs for the
current year. M.
The Washington times., 1918-02-21
SEVENTY YEAR-OLD MAN
DIES ON SEABOARD TRAIN

Stricken with heart disease. Patrick
Keerins, seventy years old. retired
business man OF Boston. whose home
was at 4s9 broadway, Somervi!Ie
Mass. died this morning on Train IS
Of the Scaboard Air Line, at La
Crosse, y. c.
Accompanied by his daughter. Miss
Mary Kearins, Mr.. Kearins was re
turning on the train from Palm
Beach, Fla. where he had spent sew
eral months in an attempt to regain
his health. He had been a frequent
sufferer. II was said. from heart dis
ease.
HIS body was brought To this city
and tonight VIII be sent to his lat,
home by Undertaken +. 4. Taltavun
4i3 Seventh street northwest. COR.
oner hewitt gave a certificate of death
due to heart disease. A
The Washington times., 1918-02-21
COLDER WEATHER
CHECKS FLOODS IN
NORTHERN PENNA.

WARREN, Pa, Feb. 21.-Lowsr
temperature today checked the floods
in the Allegheny river, but before it
came havoc was raised along the
rivers course. Corydon, Pa, was
wrecked, all the business section be-
ing swept away by ice when the
jam broke there. At Gibson q loco
motive broke down a trestle that had
been weakened by the water. and
Engineer T. p. Mullen, OF Sheffield,
was drowned. w. s. Buzzard, Of
Sheffield, fireman, was rescued. The
passengers aboard the train escaped
through the fact that the train was
running slowly and none OF the
coaches was deralled.
The damage at Corydon will reach
500. 900. The ice, driven by the flood,
swept its way through the town, car
rying houses, stores, and barns before
II and piling them against the Penn
sylvania railroad bridges, which were
washed away for the second time
within a week. completely tying up
through traffic between this city and
clean, N Y. In addition to the
bridges, more than 500 feet of track
was washed away.
That no lives were lost was due to
the fact that all OF the families liv-
ing in low land were warned, and
left their homes for places OF safety.
The Washington times., 1918-02-21
ALFIE WASN'T DRUNK
WHILE RUNNING CAR

AIhc o. Weaver. motorman in the
employ OF the Washington Railway
and Electric Company was acquitted
Of charge OF drunkenness in Police
Court today.
He was arrested last night on
Massachusetts avenue at Union Sta
ton Plaza, and the charge Of operat-
ing n street car while under the in
nuence of liquor was lodged against
him.
In an informal discussion of the
cas-" before ,hc opening OF court this
morning Robert !. Miller, ATTORNEY
for the defense. and Assistant Cor
puration Counsel IHnEgolu Hart de
cided that section 20 Of the excise
laws. covering drunkenness while
operating a vehicle, did not apply to
uotormen. as they are not mentioned
In the statute.
\ drunk" charge lodged against
him vas dismissed.
The Washington times., 1918-02-21

he Dvina river: one is driving toward
.&eval, with Petrogrsd as its probable
NAL objective; another is investing
-ivonia, while the third is pressing
eastward from Dvinsk in the general
direction Of Moscow.
The Bolshevik messenger sent from
7etrOgTad by Lenine and TrOtEky
With a formally signed and sealed
document expressing the Willingness
4 the BOlshevik government to ac-
:ept Germany's peace terms, was
scheduled to arrive at Dvinsk today.
Reyal, the Russian fortress men
iced by the Germans, is zoo miles
southwest Of Petrograd. and was one
# the chief bases Of RussiA's Baltic
sea fleet II has a population OF
$4,000. In an official statement ISSUED
oy the war office last night it was
stated that the German troops div
ing against Reveal had passed through
Nerdeua Werder is Eabout sixty-five
miles from ReYRl
The Washington times., 1918-02-21
ALLIES vow GERMANS
WILL NOT BREAK LINE

NEW YORK, Feb. 21.-Three Amer
lean major generals arrived at an At
'aLilC part yestc-s'r" afr p tours II
Inspection OF the allied fighiing front
In Europe. They brought back with
them this mecsaGe. given them by the
men holding the allied line:
The Germans may bend our line In
some places, but, BY heaven, they
can never break it"
The returning officers declare they
were confident the sentiment express,
I'D in this message was true. and that
the German smash would fail
The officers were Maj Gems. II. T.
Allen. Harry c. Hale, and II. A.
Greene
The Washington times., 1918-02-21
NEW YORK RICH
HAVE RELIGION,
BILLY ASSERTS

Billy handed this one 10 the elite
rich Of Manhattan today: Il think l
met more people who have money and
social position in New York that have
religion than any place have Nver
been. I met lot OF 'em there. One
rich woman ] know there who is sup
porting 500 German orphans and 400
Belgian children. feeding and cloth
ing them, hasn't said a word about ii
to anybody. She didn't buy an auto
mobile because she couldn't afford to
tend to It and the children. too. She
used to pay $500 for each dress. She
hasn't had a new dress since the war.
And the newspapers aren't wise to it.
either"
After this dissertation. Billy once
more spoke Of st. Paul. his favorite
topic among the apostles Of Christ, at
the tabernacle this afternoon.
Was St. Paul the first Christian
hiEh-brow?
Billy, this afternoon at the taber-
nacle, expressed tho opinion that he
was. He said:
Paul was the most distinguished
high. brow and bigwig OF his day. He
had to be made physically blind be
fore he could see anything, and God
may have to back hedrse up in
front OF your house before your old
heart viii ever melt itself-yOu bet
your life"
Sundays text was from the second
chapter Of GaIatioHs. twentieth verse:
The Son Of God who loved me and
gave himself for me
God may have TO shake the Shroud
over some OF 30 before you begin
20 see you ere an old sinner and turn
from your sins and give yourself to
Jesus Christ"
Directors to Rilly's style came In
for trimming in this wise: a lot
OF fools stand up in this town howl
ing and ,ussinE because ! am preach
Ing God'S truth. They are the old
liars / am preaching the truth
The Washington times., 1918-02-21
BARRETT TO ATTEND
CHICAGO GATHERING

John Barrett, director general Of
the Pan-Amerlcan Union. will repre-
sent the Washington Chamber OF Com
merce at the sixth annual meeting
OF the United States chamber OF com
merce. to be held in Chicago from
April 10 until April L., inclusive.
James T. Lloyd. former Congress-
man from Missouri, now a director
in the local Chamber Of Commerce,
has beer appointed as \ national
councillor by President A. Leftwich
Sinclair.
Both Mr.. Barrett and Mr.. Lloyd
have been extremely active in the
work of the local chamber.
The Washington times., 1918-02-21
GIRLS LEARNING
RADIO WORK FOR
AID IN THE WAR
CONTINUED from First Page)

A'OuNluucu from lESI lhEe1
with tables. which make it appear
like billiard room but for the little
wireless phones on them.
Sounds Like Music.
with the receivers fitted over our
ears, we hear what at first sounds
like music. High notes like ruts
and then bass notes are sounded
Motley are not real music, cN-
cept TO the operator. They are dots
and dasheE. II Is SO fascinating To-
listen when you know that very
sound you hear has a lot Of meaning,
once you know tie code"
Are the young women making apt
pupils" James +. Smith, their In
structor, says they are maBin.. letter
progress Khan the men.
Making Good.
At the end Of four weeks .he
women are taking eighteen vn-ds per
minute and they hav" five more
months in which to complete the
course.
Miss Fiske. Of 1884 Columbia road.
Is eager to finish her course. take the
Government examination and be
placed in service al a land station
NO naval boat for me-" says Miss
Fiske.
The Washington times., 1918-02-21
GORE TO FIGHT FOR
HIGHER WHEAT PRICES

Senator Gore Of Oklahoma, chair
man OF the Senate Committee on Ag-
riculture, is getting ready to precipi-
tate in the Senate one OF the hottest
fights Of the session. 1t will be over
the question whether wheat prices
shall be raised.
He has announced that he will offer
his resolution for $3.50 wheat as an
amendment TO the agricultural ap-
preparation bill The agricultural
bill will be up in a few days.
Pleas for and against higher wheat
prices are pouring in on Congress.
The Washington times., 1918-02-21
JERMANY DEMANDS
LENINE AND TROTSKY
SIGN PEACE AGREEMENT

AMSTERDAM. Feb. 2l.-Germany will
'ecognize Russia's alleged willing
less to sign the German peace terms.
only when a written agreement with
he signatures Of Premier Lenine and
Foreign Minister Trotsky attached. is
delivered into her hands. according to
Doth German military and civil Of
ficials.
General Hoftmann's asserting that
he agreement must be delivered in
Jyinsk at once, was backed by For
.ign Minister huehlmann in the Reichs-
tag yesterday. According 20 dis
patches received here TODAY. kuehI-
mann warned the ReIchstag that peace
With Russia would be considered only
after the acttsaI signatures We're on
paper.
The Washington times., 1918-02-21
HERTL|NG'S SPEECH
ON PEACE TERMS
EAGERLY AWAITED

AMSTERDAM. Feb. 2l.-Word from
Berlin as to the Reichstag proceed
ings was eagerly awaited today. as
this was the day on which Chancellor
Won Hertling was scheduled to make
his new peace speech.
II was expected that the address
would be a reply to the recent war
aims speeches of Premier Lloyd
George and President Wilson. but that
the chancellor would devote con
siderable part OF it TO the Ukrainian
peace. the renewal OF hostilities
against the Rolsheviki under the offer
Of the Lenine Trotzky government at
Petrograd to give fresh consideration
to the terms OF the central empires.
The Washington times., 1918-02-21
SUES FOR $4,000
FOR INJURY TO HAND

Leonard Beavers today filed suit
against the Washington Steel and
Ordnance Company to recover $4,000
damages for alleged personal injuries
Beavers. who Is represented by At
torneys Shinn & ScHick, Thomas G.
O'Neill, and John w. Policy. alleges
that. while employed in making re-
pairs to a track in the ordnance
plant October 8, 1917, travelling
crane, by reason OF II being careless
ly. managed, passed over his right
hand and injured it seriously and
permanently.
The Washington times., 1918-02-21
SENATE COMMITTEE FOR
EMPOWERING" MEASURE

The subcommittee Of the Senate
judiciary Committee today voted j
to . to report favorably the "em-
towering" bill. designed to give Presi-
dent Wilson authority to slash red
tape in the war government.
Senators Overman. Nelson and
Fletcher voted for the favorahla re
port with Senators Reed and billing
ham against II.
The Washington times., 1918-02-21
PHONE COMPANY REVIEWS
FIGHT FOR HIGHER RATES

The fight OF the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company to in
crease telephone rates was resumed
today Mt Il hearing before .he Public
utilities COmmlSS jon.
Andrew SanEsICr and J. II. BO:Z,
who Investigated the telephone stu
,t.nn FOR the commission, 'Sstifir Il
that the company had net surplus
Of $6gl 1T2 in 1918: SGS5. 400 II 1916.
and SI65. $50 in 1917.
The testimony. largely technical. is
TO be given throughout the afternoon.
The Washington times., 1918-02-21
ncs And Allied ENJOYS Prepare To Flee From PetrOgrad
Takes Irate Spouse
To Luncheon and She
FOrgets Divorce Suit

NEW YORK. Feb. 21.-"Take
Mrs. Koch out to a luncheon she
has not prepared over a hot stove
and talk things over" Justice
Giegerich. of the supreme court,
told Adolph NJ. Koch. the hotel
man, who was suing for divorce.
Koch returned to court today 70
ask that the divorce proceedings
be dismissed. He told the justice:
your idea worked finely. I don't
want a separation"
Mrs. Koch was with her huS-
band. They left the courtroom
arm in arm, their faces wreathed
in smiles. T.
The Washington times., 1918-02-21
GERMANS ALARMED
AT POLISH UNREST,
PLAN A NEW PACT

GENEVA, Feb. 2l.-That the Ger
man and Austrian governments hav'
taken alarm at the increasing Unrest
in Poland. especially in Warsaw, was
plainly indicated today by advice
from the frontier. The original treaty
between Ukrainia and the central en-
pires acQuiesced in the aunN"~t'rn
Cholm Cpart OF Poland) by UkrainiA-
1t is now stated in Vienna that a
commission viii be established 70 Sc,
tie the future status OF ChOlm, an
that Poles will be represented.
The Washington times., 1918-02-21
AIR CAVALRY BUSY
OVER TRENCHES ON
EVE Of BIG DRIVE
BY WILLIAM PHILIP sIMMs.
United Press Stan Correspondent.

WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
THE FIELD. Feb. 21.-Air cavalry
has been successfully and extremely
busy during the past few gorgeous
days, in the high, freezing sun-nlled
heavens.
Hindenburg's aerial Chlans are at
tempting to hold of Haig's cloud
hurdling Lancers. which are daily OBJ
| serving preparations for the German
offensive.
Thirty-five German war planes have
been destroyed in the last three days
and nineteen driven earthward. uncon-
trolled-a total Of fitty-four quiet
| used" by the BritisherS-of whom only
ten are missing, despite the everest
and almost unending nEhtingj day and
night.
Air Full of Machines.
While Hindenburg and Ludendorn
are porting over the details of their
impending forIorn hope, the air Is
filled with the throbbing Of motors
the faint patter Of machine guns, and
the thunder Of air bOIE1s exploding In
towns and villages behind the firing
lines.
The British airmen have dropped
huge quantities OF explosives on bill
let's. ammunition dumps, railway sta
lions and aerodromes in northern
France. They attacked enemy quar-
ters from just above the roofs. ma
cbine-gunned marching columns. dis
rupted transport trains and wrecked
big gun pits. The fine, freezing
weather has aided them greatly.
British Troops Busy.
Meantime, British troops are busy
raiding and repulsing raids. Short,
sharp clashes are constantly occur
ring. The ice in shell-holes is surf
ficiently strong to support the death
graphing men.
The BTitishers are in fine fettle, not
nervous, and ready whenever linden
burg starts. While this may happen
any day, the Germans may try to sur
prise the allies by a sudden SHIFT, or
may attempt to produce a state OF
crisis" by further delay.
The Washington times., 1918-02-21
FRENCH UNEARTH BIG
SPY ORGANIZATION

PARIS. Feb. 21.-A formidable Ger
man spy organization. the object OF
which was to create instruction in
France while the German offensive
was in full swing. has been discOv-
cred in St. Etlenne. 1t was announced
today.
The organization IS said to have
been directed by i German bar
keeper. Many arrests have been
made, including a draughtsman in a
St Etienne arms factory, who was
connected with the recent strikes.
The Washington times., 1918-02-21
TEMPERATURE DUE FOR
FURTHER DROP TONIGHT

Tonight will be colder than last
night, says the weather man today.
The lowest the mercury fell last
night was 1914. but tonight a mini
mum temperature OF II has been
forecast. The cold snap will continue
several days, according to weather
experts.
Following is the forecast for the
District of Columbia made by the
Weather Bureau today:
Fair tonight and slightly colder.
Minimum temperature OF l. degrees
tonight"
The Washington times., 1918-02-21
SMALL SHIPS ARE BARRED.

Steamships of less than $500 tons
are prohibited by the shipping Board
from engaging. in Transatlantic trade
but may be used for coastal trade an
between American ports and the Yves
Indies. The order becomes effective
today.
The board is OF the opinion that
steamers of small tonnage are un
safe and uneconOmical in the trades
in question"
The Washington times., 1918-02-21
FLOODS AT PITTSBURGH
THREATEN RAILROADS

PITTSBURGH. Feb. 21-Heavy
damage to railroad property and n
possibly serious transportation tie-up
on certain lines was looked for early
today when the Allegheny river over
flowed
The low sections OF the north side
are flooded, and the river Is still riS-
ing.
The Washington times., 1918-02-21
DIPLOMATS
MAY COME TO
FRISCO, HINT
IN DISPATCH

Continued from First Page)-
account the characterization of the
Poles as to their own future.
It was the general belief that Eng
lands action reflects the attitude of
all the allies.
The Washington times., 1918-02-21
RUSSIAN ARMIES MASS
AT WTEBSK TO STAY
GERMAN INVASIOi

PETEOGRAD, Feb. 19.-(Delayedl
e-Ths Russian armies are concentrat-
ING n gitebsk, under General Bonch-
Naders.
Cvitebsk is Russian province, Dor
dering on Curland, and Livonia- Its
capital of the same name, is about
ESQ miles from Riga, and 800 miles
south OF Petrogrsd)
Commissioners of the Russian army
on the whole front have ordered de-
mobilization halted and wired the
soldiers in Petrograd:
do your duty; defend the revo
tuition"
To Defend Capital.
By an overwhelming majority the
Bolsheviki and revolutionary Social
sBts OF the Left in the central execu-
tive committee voted to defend Petro-
grad at all costs. A mobilization OF
all workers is being considered.
The information was flashed to the
Smolny Institute that II the major
fly Socialists do not break with the
German government the independent
Socialists will start civil war.
The Germans have occupied Hapsal
e seaport on the Gulf of Finland.
fifty-eight miles southwest OF Reval)
and arrested all the officials ana
members OF the Soviet
Enemy Advancing.
From Dvinsk (l25 miles east of
RIga) the enemy is advancing toward
Pskon ian important railroad center,
about 100 miles northeast of Dvinsk)
The AuBtro-GermRns are concen-
trating along the southwestern front
while the forces of the Ukraine Rada
are concentrating at Brest-Litovsk
under German generals.
A report was received from Kieh
today that the Rada had proclaimed
acceptance Of the Austro-Hungarian
pFotectorate.
German forces that invaded Es-
thonia are advancing on Reval, the
fortress defending the entrance to the
Gulf Of Finland, said q dispatch from
Berlin today.
Three groups OF German armies are
now operating on the Baltic coast and