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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-20
BRITISH LOSSES
ARE REPORTED AS
IL, FOR WEEK

London, April 20-British cas-
ualties reported during the week
ending today were 1865, divided
as follows:
Killed or died of wounds: OH
GERS SIS. men 1,639.
Wounded or missing: Officers O.
173, men 1881.
(The casualties reported for this
week are approximately half as
large again as those reported in the
preceding week. Although heavy
fighting has now been In progress a
month. however. the lists have not
begun to approach in size those OF
last year, in the months of active
operation when the British were on
the offensive)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-20
BANKS SHOW DECRrAsE

New York. April 20-The actual
condition of clearing house banks
for the week shows that they hold
$41 1,672,620 reserve In excess of 10
gal requirements. This is a de-
crease OF $24,39S.670 fronT. last
week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-20

(F'rench War ReporL).
Paris. April 20.-The state
ment follows:
The Germans attempted a
raid last night in the region of
Hangard-E d-En-Santerre.. Prison.
ers, including an officer, re-
main i'm our hands.
On both sides the artillery
fighting continued TO be very
active between LassIgny and
LayOn.
During the night French de-
tachment carried out a number
of raids at various points along
the front especially northwest
and east of Rheims, in the
Champagne, i'm the sector of
JuyincOurt and near the high
heights of the Meuse. The
French took a number of pris-
Oners. The Germans made
several of these attempts, west
of Butte Du Mesnil and i'm
WOevre. All were repulsed.
Everywhere else the night
was calm.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-20
BRITISH TROOPS CAPTURE
0BJECTIVES IN A COUNTER
BLOW AND ADVANCE LINES
Official War Reports
british War Report)

lbTlIlSn WAR NepOIIJ-
London, April 20.-The state
ment follows:
As a result of a successful
minor enterprise carried out
by us yesterday south OF the
Scarpe river lin the region of
Arras) we captured few pris-
Oners, nine machine guns and a
trench mortar. Early in the
night the enemy launched a
counter attack in this locality
and was repulsed.
During the night a success
full counter attack by the first
division threw out the enemy
from points in our advance in
the defenses around Givenchy
and Festubert gained by him
on the 18th at the cost OF heavy
losses. All Obiectives were
gained and the position here
was reestabIished.
Local attacks against our pO-
sitiOns southeast of RObecq led
to sharp fighting at the end Of
which the enemy was driven
back.
Beyond artillery activity on
both sides there is nothing to
report
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-20

Asso ciated Press
Leased Wire Report
Imperial Valley press., 1918-03-29
GOOD FRIDAY AT ST.
MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH

Today is Good Friday, so-called be-
cause on this day Christ gave most
eloquent proof of His goodness by
sacrificing His own life in order that
others might have life and have it
abundantly Music of the choicest va
riety will be rendered at the evening
service, special numbers being solos
by Mrs. w. Biers and Frank Erzinger.
Professor Todd will preside at the
Imperial Valley press., 1918-03-29

that each detachment was alert and
ready to play its part.
The idea of "team work" was much
in evidence. While some men were bus
lily engaged in work connected with
the prospective operation, others slept
until the last possible minute, secure
in the certainty that their fellows
we're carrying out the work assigned
. them and getting as much rest as
'ossible themselves, to be as fresh
possible when the time came to
lay their own parts.
Nobody in the headquarters hurried,
20 loud words were spoken, but every
, ming moved as if by clockwork, with
{ ach man performing his particular
-1ork rapidly ard quietly. Just out
. ide the headquarters a party of sig
al corps men were busy reading a
ong heliograph message flashed from
4 hill some distance away. The whole
Gene and the activities in it gave the
of tremendous and force
ful machine moving steadily toward
determined end, without haster or
waste or inefficiency.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-03-29

organ. Following is the musical pro-
gram for this evening at 1880:
aye Who Travel on the Highway"
(Dubois) ....... Mrs. w. Biers
Stations of the Cross. :. Congregation
Lord, My God" Dubois). ......
................ Frank Erzinger
at Is Finished" (Dubois) .. Choir
"Cujus Amman" (Rossini) 49,.
Mrs. w. Biers
"Ocrux" (Battman) .......... Choir
March (Batiste) ......... Prof. Todd
szS
Imperial Valley press., 1918-03-29
CAM P kEAR n { !
ONE Of BEST
IN COUNTRY
Details of instruction at Officers
School Shows Efficient Training
System-Descriptio of Imaginary
Trench Raid, Showing Elaborate
Telephone System in Use.
(By Associated Press)

/
( Camp Kearney, San Diego, Cal.
March 29.-Headquarter of the COM
mand holding a trench area, as ex-
emplified IN the recent tour of duty
of the Officers Training School Corps
in the trenches here, is about as busy
a place as well can be imagined. Much
+ of the busines sis handled over the
telephone and Virtually all the slight
noise in the headquarters came from
the voices of the men using the tele-
phones.
Several lines-their number varying
with the strength of the command and
the area it held-were run into the
headquarters and connecte dto small
exchange directly comparable to those
used in office buildings or other pri-
vate telephone exchanges seen in
'everyday life. An orderly, sitting or
the dirt floor, with a receiver strapped
to his head, operated the exchang.
Central" he would call, as some
message came in. Then, a, moment
later, as he found for what depart
ment the message was intended, "Ge {
on the line, Rose," and an orderly a
the other end of the headquarters
would pick up his receiver. "Sherry
speaking" he would answer. Fac.
message coming in was repeated back
as check on the accuracy of ii:
transmission. "Meredith in, Jones
out" he would say, checking up in .
book the men who had come in O.
gone out into "No Mans Land" A
the Zero point" or time sent fo
an important operation, drew near, tn j.
number of men reporting in increased
until at last the orderly announced
"All In"
At table near the telephone ex-
change, two clerks were having diff
ficult time translating cipher mes
sage which had come from front
line trench. All messages from front
line trenches were handled in cipher,
to prevent the enemy" from gaining
In this connection it is
permitted to reveal that the Ameri-
can army has apparatus by which tele-
phone wires at considerable distance
may be tapped" and their messages
overheard without any actual connec-
ton being made with them.
Meanwhile orderlies were coming
and going, officers asleep in the tents
next the headquarters were being
roIsed, and, as the time for the op-
rration approached, the telephone or
derlies checked up with the unit sin
the front line trenches to make sure
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-01-22
NOT ONE DRUNKEN
SOLDIER IS Seen
Returning Red Cross Official
Praises Sobriety Of Ameri-
can Troops

ATLANTIC PORT, January 2l-
ASSOCIATED Press) - High tribute to
the man of the American army in
France was paid yesterday by Colonel
Murphy who returned here from
France to sever his connection with
Red Cross work before joining the
staff of General Pershing. Being a
graduate of West Point he has felt 1t
his duty to return to the service for
which he was trained by his govern
ment.
Colonel Murphy said yesterday that
while in France he did not see even
one soldier Of the United States con.
tingent intoxicated. He added the rep
utatiOn of the United States soldiers,
both as individuals and as an army
was high in the estimation Of the
French people.
The Red Cross has, he said, $500
workers in France at the present time
and plans to spend $4,000 900 there
before the first day of May.
Announcement was made from Red
Cross headquarters in Washington yes
terday that there is an immediate need
for 10000 nurses and the Red Cross is
seeking for volunteers.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-01-22
AARDEST
Doubtful Attitude Of Organized
Labor Made Situation Ex-
tremely Trying

h LONDON, january 2i--( Associated
Press january has been the most
trying Of All Of the months Of the long
and terrible war for the British PEG,
bic. This has been chiefly oceasioned
by unrest IN lalior circles which now
seems happily ended. N NJ F9.tR, N
The trades and labor unions met the
demands FOR more men for the army In
a very doubtful spirit. First they in
sisted upon knowing the war program
of the government. This demnnd
brought about the expression Of war
aims by the premier. Those had a
splendid effect and they were greatly
helped by the .chbled report Of the ex.
preston of war aims made by the Pres
idept Of the United States which pro-
duced the passage Of some resolutions
Of approval.
Next followed the speech Of Lloyd
George in which he set forth the right
OF soldiers to return IL workers should
insist they would not 20 to the
trenches and fight. This appears to
have been decisive and the answers
given by the government appear TO
have satisfied organized labor at least
for the time.
It is believed the crisis has row been
passed. ~ t~s t'9a'
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-01-22
CR0CKERNOW J.. =, i.
hAWENS|GN
Millionaire Who Married Miss
Helene Irwin, Receives Com
mission From Department

Templeton Cr0cker, the California
multimilliopaire, who married Miss
Helene Irwin, daughter Of the late
William @. Irwin Of Honolulu, and who
has been frequent visitor in Homo
lulu, has Joined the, United States
navy and Is commissioners an ensign, /,
He received his commission while in
New York, and il unexpected he will
be stationed on the Atlantic Coast.
His wife will give up her residence in
California; Temporarily in order TO be
nearer her husband and will occupy
apartments ID the metropolis Crockef
is giving up all the official positions he
held in California 10 be free for his
official work in the navy. ,
. Ensign Croker Is above the draft
age, but did not feel that this was
any bar TO his undertaking active ser,
vice. He is a graduate of Yale, where
he was the wealthiest student, In 1907.
The marriage OF Mr.. Croker and Miss
Irwin was an important social event
in California in 1911. Mr.. and Mrs.
Croker on their visits to Honolulu oc.
cupy the Irwin homestead at Waikiki
Beach, T7 itl. 49, ~. 81. p
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-01-22
MAX PROBE D[EPty
I HAMNA DGSUlts
Suit BY Won Aamm-Younu Com
pany WI Lead To lnyesti-
gallon Of County Books

HILO, January l5.-Tfeas,prer
Charles Swain yesterday stated that he
was standing pat ON his decision, not
TO honor the auditors warrant for SAL
576 which had been drawn on Friday
last to the order Of the Schnman Car.
riage Company, the Tribune reports.
81 will not pay the warrant until
Instructed by the court TO do SO, - said
Mr., Swain yesterday. "0f course
fnandamus proceedings may be insti-
tuted. This is up TO the Schnman
people. So far nothing Of the sort has
been done and I don't know IL any
such action will be taken.v
r.. r. Moses, local agent for the
|schuhan Company, declared that he
repudiated the service of the injunction
papers.
81 am not an officer Of the Sehu!
man Carriage Company, and I refuse
to accept service, y be. declared. The
injunction papers must be served ON
an officer Of the company and believe
this win be- done in Honolulu, on Tues,
day next, when the papers viii, hear,
be served on Mr., Paxsoh, vice-president
Of the company. IN
49, SnOulu nke 10 say uOWeNtTs LnhL
the claim made by the won Hafim
Young Company that supervisor Albert
Akina is an employee Of the Schuman
Carriage Company In Hilo is not cor.
rect. Mr.. Alina has been considered
for a temporary position connected
with the stock taking Of what automo.
bile accessories we have in stock. He
has not started work on that job yet,
May Delve Into Past *
One OF the grounds on which Mr..
West sued out an injunction Is that no
call for tenders was advertised, and
rumor has II that all the purchases of
the county for the past two years in
excess Of $1,000 are 70 be raked up and
gone over. On this subject the statute
reads. = ..
st'No expenditure Of public money,
except for salaries or pay Of officers
or employees, or for permanent settle.
ments, subsidies or other claims or oh.
iects for which O fixed sum or sums
must be paid BY law, or for other pur-
poses which do not admit Of competi-
ton where the sum Is to be expended
shall exceed $1,000 shall be made, ex.
cept under contract let after public
advertisement for sealed tenders, IN
the manner provided for by law.
In this case, the contention of the
county win be that machines Of a GER
tain make were desirable and that
competition was therefore impossible.
q
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-01-22
STONE URGED TO -,
AVOID CRITICISM
Missouri Senator Asked Not To
Attack Republicans From
Floor As He Intended

WASHINGTON, January 2l--tAsso.
ciated Press Senator Stone has been
urged to abandon or at least postpone
the delivery of the speech critieising
the Republican minority in congress
which he last week annoupeed his in
tention to deliver today. II is urged
to him that this Is no time TO play
party politics, but is time for eoncil-
iation of factions TO the end, the war
may be more successfully waged apd
the necessary legislation for Its con
duet may be expedited and not ham.
pered by the chickering's which may
follow his proposed speech. g.;
Whether the requests Of other party
leaders in the senate and the argu-
ments of his friends will prevail could
not be determined last night when
Stone refused to say whether or not he
would abandon his expressed intention.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-01-22

ernor Of Paris gave orders for the ar.
rest OF Vigo ON a charge Of being In
the pny Of the enemy.
Known Wen BY Minister
q vigo, who had formerly gone by the
name of Almeyreda, and who In spite
Of being an ex-cohviet, and an advenl
tdrer or the most shady character, was
on terms of such Intimacy with Minis.
ter of the Interior Malvy that they
used 70 address one another Familiarity
as thou, land vigo, like Bolo, was the
recipient Of ell sorts Of Official favors
and privileges, took his arrest very
coolly, and openly boRsted that nn.ess
he was Immediately set at liberty he
would make a clean breast Of the en-
tire "0riental papersD affair, Of which
nothing had been heard by the public
up TO that time. a5 Sc
The threat proved yigo's death war
rant. For before he had time 70 make
any further revelations about the
Oriental paper matter he was found
strangled in his cell with his boot lace
knotted tightly around his throat, the
examination Of the corpse affordinR in
controvertible proof Of the fact that 1
was case not of suicide but of murder
Papers Prove Startling ~ s.E,
y These so-ealled sfOriental question ,,
papers found In the safe Of the MUIR
dered Vigo were not only. volnminous
but Of such startling character as to
necessitate further Inquiries Of the
most confidential and discreet nature
to secure Confederation. Z &laA d a
Meanwhile Malyy had been com,
PEELED to resign from the cabinet owing
to the persisteney of the attacks
brought against him day by day 10 the
Paris Action Franchise, edited and
owned by Leon Daudet, q journal
which until the outbreak Of the war
was violently Royalist, but which since
the beginning Of the conflict has, like
the members of the party which II
represented, abandoned for the time
being all mere party politics, dev6ting
itself to the safety and welfare Of
France. 49, 800 rFlarr..l. J.
Finally, Daudet addressed an official
letter to the president Of the repub.
lie, and 2 copy thereof to Premier
Painleye, directly charging Malvy with
high treason aud Offering to furnish
the proofs. This letter was read ip the
chamber of deputies, which had the
effect of making it public property
and of creating a demand in the cham
Der, and also by the people, that either
Daudet should be called upon to pay
the full penalties Of the law for at.
roeiously maigning a member Of the
national legislature and q cabinet min.
lister, or else that Malvy should be
brought to the bar Of Justice.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-01-22
SPOKANE, RED CROSS HAS =,
SOME STRANGE MEMBERS

SPOKANE, Washington, January q
--{Associated Press) The Spokane
chapter Of the Red Cross 'karries on its
membership ron two Angora cats and
a bulldog. Likewise, IL numbers
among its supports an automobile. u
The two Angora eats joined because
all the other members Of the family
of Thaddeus 8. Lane already were af-
filiated with the Red Cross, and Mrs.
Lane wished 10 aid further the mem
bership campaign. The bulldog, which
belongs to Mrs. John Huns, was given
q membership because OF the good work
being done BY Red Gross dogs on the
western front, its mistress said.
As for the automobile; its owner
signed up for il when his excuse that
an the members OF his family already
had joined the Red Cross was not ac,
cepted as grounds for immunity, by
campaigners.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-01-22
CALIFORNIA OLIVE CROP.
IS HELPED BY WEATHER

OROVILLE, January 2l-( Associated
Press -oIive men in this district de.
clare that q record of twenty years
has been smashed by climatic coRdf-
tions this year: Olives In perfect con
dition are still being received ut the
various olive plants here, and indica'
tions are the picking willleontinue into
January. This condition is unpreee-
Edented, as cold weather generally stops
picking December 10th. z.
:, As, q result of the favorable weather,
the pack win be normal despite the
fact that the crop on"the trees was
light. The olive oil output, however,
will be curtailed as fruit is now being
processed for ripe olives that owing TO
damage from cold weather has gen
orally gone into oil. - ~ = =
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-01-22
RANCHER
Dies At kEALAKEkuA
Death Of John p, Paris Comes AZ
r." Great Shock

A John d. Paris, prominent rancher
and land owner of Kealakekua, Kopa,
Hawaii, died at his late homo on
Thursday night, according to wireless
advices received in Honolulu yester-
day. Burial will be at Kealakekua.
Mr.. Paris was a native of Kona,
Hawaii, and sixty-four years old. A
wife and children by former mar
riage survive him. He was the de,
Secondhand Of one Of the early Mission.
AIRY Fathers. -
The late Mr.. Paris was educated in
the Islands and was prominent in bus
mess and other circles. He was a mem
Der of the Legislature of the Kingdom
Of Hawaii in 1887, the year the reform
movement forced, new and more
liberal constitution from the late
King Kalakaua He also served d
term as senator in the legislature OF
1898 under the regime of the Rpublic
of Hawaii. This was the year of the
Spanish American war and the annex.
alton Of Hawaii to the United States
as q Territory.
Active In Politics
Mr. Paris political activities did
not cease then, for he was elected as
o. senator from the Island Of Hawaii
in I9oS serving during that session
and that Of 1908, being then president
of the. upper house. 81 y
Possessing . good command of the
Hawaiian language, Mr.. Paris was 0
power in politics In the island of Ha-
waii and had the confidence Of the Ha-
waiians in the many campaigns he un.
dertook- and the several terms he
served a. their choice in the island leg.
n He was well known throughout the
Islands, and particularly more so
through the Konas and Kohalas, which,
for years, have been the real home OF
HaVaiians. He was conservative, both
In politics and business and was a
conscientious churchmah. ~
OF late years Mr.. Paris spent con-
siderable time in Honolulu, being 10
the city months at 3 time and he was
here only few weeks ago. Although
well advanced in years he was pos
sessed Of robust physique and news Of
his death comes as . shock to his many
friends. - Htt1 p" -
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-01-22
DISSOLVE u. =,
CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY

PETRoGRAD, January 2I--t Assoeia-
ted Press Unable to control the new
ly organized constituent assembly by
numerical strength, the BolsheSiki and
Maximalists have resorted to autoerat-
G methods and employed force to put
their will over the majority. The len
inc government hns declared the con
stituent assembly dissolved and have
overridden the will of the people as ex8
pressed in the elections. To dispense
the delegates armed sailors were called
in from the navy.
Sailors Eject Delegates
The climax came at four O. clock Sat
urday morning, when a large detach-
ment Of sailors arrived at the eonven-
lion hall, entered and disrupted the
meeting which was in all night session,
forcibly ejecting the delegates from the
building and closing the doors, remain
ing on guard 10 prevent any return
that might be attempted.
The break came when the Bolsheviki
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-01-22
COYNE AND FREEMAN .
CALLED 70 C0LORs

Arthur COyue, president of the Coyne
Furniture Company, and Harry J..
Freeman, local representative of the
Holt Manufacturing Company of Cali
fornia, are the two latest Honolulans
to be called to the Colors from civilian
life. Both men are called to the ord.
nance reserve and are assigned to the
Hawaiian department. =
In addition TO these two men five
ordnance sergeants of the Hawaiian
department were called TO active duty.
in the reserve corps as first lieuten.
ants. These are Ordinance sgts. WI.
liam NJ. Bettry Leo J. Bon, Thomas
Clancy, Fred l.. Rice and John Ma.
hon. -
Promotion to captaincy was an!
nounred from Washington today fdr
First Lieut. Louis Deckert, Coast Ar
hllcry Corps, National Army. :r.s
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-01-22

and Maximalist. delegates left the haD
after the assembly had by It's vote gcn,
on record as failing to approve the
peace methods adopted by the Petro
grad government and the proceeding
now in progress. Beaten on this vote
they retired and further action came
from the Bolshesiki authorities. =
Railroad Men Denounee
By a large vote in its favor the All
Russian Railroad Congress, also in ses.
sion at Petrograd, east its support
against the Bolsheviki and in favor Of
the Socialist and Constitutional Dem.
ocratic parties passing resolutions
which pledged the support of the con
gress and those whom the delegates to
il represent, to the constituent Assem-.
bly, as elected by the people of Russia.
The resolutions condemned the Bolshe.
wiki authorities for their autoeratic
course in dispensing the delegates and
called for continuance of the delib.
erations Of the assembly. 10y
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-01-22
UTAH TAILOR IS
PUT OUT OF WAY

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. January
2l-Herman Frederick Wilhelm Bah.
bel, a tailor, has been arrested by the
federal authorities and informed at
Fort Douglas, near here, on charge of
being an enemy alien and dangerous to
the United States government. On
July rs Babel was giyen'a permit al.
lowing him as an alien enemy to re.
main within q zone one-half mile from
qoyernment institutions in Utah. On
many occasions, II is stated, he abused
the privileges extended to him by de-
elaTipg that President Wilson had
brought on the war as a paid agent Of
England
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-01-22
PANT DISQRDERLY !. :
GERMAN YELLOW

" WATERLOO, Iowa, January 2l--
Frank Bruner, q machinist at the Hi.
hois Central railroad shops here, ex-
pressed an opinion that "eighty. five
percent of the American soldiers are
bums'' this afternoon. The shopmen
painted him yellow from head to feet
and the company approved the job by
discharging him. The United States
commissioner practically told him he
got of easily, ~,
Bruner is a German Russian, twelve
years in the United States and forty
years old. In the back of his watch
case he carried a picture Of the Kaiser.