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The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-04-11
Troops To
Be Reduced But Not
Withdrawn AS Yet

LONDON, February 24-(Associated
Press)-A glance at the maps of
Europe and Asia on which are de-
signated positions of British troops
shows them to be rather well spotted.
For m reason or another the Brit
ish War department still considers it
necessary to keep troops in some of
the out-ofthe-way places of the world.
While it is planned to reduce most of
the forces there is no immediate pros
pect of the withdrawal of any force.
In the Balkans the British are u.s.
ing their forces as a stablizing in
fluence against the varied ambitions
of the several states. In trans-Cas-
pia, north west of Afghanistan, they
are protecting the population from
Turkish eXcesses, the result of the
refusal of the Turks to realize they
hav been beaten in the war. In trans
Caucasia they are fighting the Rus
sian BOlsheviki. In northern Italy
they are acting as a buffer between
the Italians and Czecho-Slovaks until
the peace conference settles differ
ences there. Several commands are
in Russia and fairly large forces are
being maintained in India, Mesopo-
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-04-11
Huns Driven From
Invaded Country
Get Their Due

BERNIE, Feb. 23-(Associated Press
Seldom has a victorious army come
to so miserable an end as that of the
100000 Germans commanded by Field
Marshal Won Mackensen who were
driven out Of Rumania after the sign
ing of the armistice.
On their way home through Hun
gary the ~redoubtable divisions which
had accompanied Won Mackensen in
triumphal march through Transylvan-
ia and Rumania lost, sold or were
robbed of virtually all their belong
ings. One division, the Eighty-Ninth,
which had fought VIGOROUSLY in Po-
land and Lithuania escaped into Ger
many without as much as a horseshoe
nail of its property and, clad in ridicu-
lous DISCUSSES of shabbiest civilian
clothing and Austrian uniforms sold
to them at Raab, they said, at mons
trous prices. The story of their in
glorious homeward journey as told by
a member of one of the German divi-
sions to the Schlesische Zeitung fol-
lows:
"Orders had been given that blood
shed should be avoided, so the victors
OF Hermannstadt and Rimniku turn
ed their faces towards Hungary, and,
leaving i~ncalculable supplies of flour
sugar, wine, hospital stores, and agTi-
cultural implements behind them,
made their way, pursued by the Ru-
manians, over the wintry Carpathians.
There were no Hungarian troops
waiting to intern the German legions,
and the few Entente soldiers in Buda-
pest did not count. We were told
that the Entente would impose still
harder conditions in the West, so we
were ordered to allow ourselves to be
disarmed by a ridiculous minority.
Then began a second march over
the snowy steppes. Thousands of old
Landsturm men did o face this trial
and were taken prisoners by the Wal
%lachians, who sent them back over
the mountains into Rumania. Several
divisions succeeded in buying locomo-
tives, cars, and coal at Klausenburg,
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-04-11
and northern Persia.

tamia and northern Persia.
Three divisions of the force sent to
Italy in 1917 remain but in consider.
ably reduced numbers. Many men
have been demobilized and none sent
to replace them. One battalion is at
Fiume, another in Northern Tyrol.
A part of this force will be used for
the Allied Army of Occupation in
Austria.
The three divisions in the Balkans
are stationed in the Dobrudja which
is the subject of considerable con-
troversy between Rumania and Bull
garia, nea Constantinople and the
Dardanelles and in the vincinity of
Saloniki.
In Egypt and Palestine and there
might be more trouble with the Turks
if a British force was not maintained
there while in Mesopotamia it is fear
ed the inhabitants, freed even of
Turkish control, would start fighting
among themselves if not controlled
by the military. These influences
necessitate keeping a certain number
of troops in these areas, in the opin-
ion of the war Office officials here.
The British have troops in Russia
on the Thurman coast, south of Arch
angel, and at Omsk while at Vladi-
vostok is a brigade of Canadians.
There is a British garrison of TO-
600 in India and it is not expected to
reduce this force until just before the
heated season begins. Then it is
planned to bring home about 10000
if shipping facilities are available.
This is an unusually large garrison
for India but the War and Colonial
Office officials believe a large garrison
will be necessary for some time.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-04-11
SOUTHAMPTON WAS AN
IMPORTANT MILITARY
BASE OF UNITED STATES

SOUTHAMPTON, England, March
1-(Associated Press)-The import
ance of Southampton as an American
military base during the val was dis.
closed today with the publication Of
figures showing the number of troops
handled at this channel port.
OF the 7,136,797 soldiers who pass.
ed through Southampton, 1914 were
American officers and sos, 1855 were
American of other ranks. To this
must be added 1884 nurses.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-04-11
MExlCANS DO NOT LIKE
MILITARY INSTRUCTION

MEXICO CITY, February 2S-(As-
ISOLATED Press)-Members of La Casa
del Obrero Mundial at Tampico, the
form in which the l. w. w. exists in
Mexico, have sent a memorial to Pre-
sident Carranza, protesting against
the military instruction which now
forms part OF the curriculum of Next
can public schools.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-04-11
lnvidious Distinction

A Colored sentinel challenged an
other colored soldier who seemed to
be carrying something inside the lines
who goes there?" he asked.
the answer.
manded the sentry.-St Louis Post
Dispatch.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-04-11
HOUSE STARTS FIGHT AGAINST SALARY BOOSTING
By The Associated Press)

HONOLULU, April Representative Lewis made a statement
on the floor of the house today indicating that the finance committee
may not agree to the salary raises for the department heads and others
carried in the senate appropriation bill. He said he believed the time
had come to call a halt on salary raises, which he declared looks like a
raid on the territorial treasury. Some of the proposed raises he charact
enzed as simply outrageous and he cannot see where the money is COM
ling from unless we tax ourselves further.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-04-11
RICE WOULD GUARD AGAINST BOLSHEVISM
Oy The Associated Press)

HONOLULU, April with the intention of keeping BOlshe-
ism out of Hawaii, Senator Harold Rice has introduced a bill defining
criminal syndcaism and providing penalties OF 10 years Imprisonment
or $4,000 fine, for violation.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-04-11

HONOLULU, April 5-The c. M. Cooke Estate bought all of the
e97l shares of alien enemy owned stock of the Lihue Plantation Co.
for $500 per share. The American Factors opened with the only bic
it made, of $500 per share.
Arthur Rice, representing unknown interests, then forced thu
Coke Estate up to $500. The contract condition of the sale gives the
agency of the plantation to the American Factors for 10 years.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-04-11
Common Effect

it turns many a woman's head
Boston Transcript.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-04-11
HOUSE PUSHING A PLEBISCITE BILL
(v Tho Ascociated preceN

HONOLULU, April 8-Wnhout opposition the house today adopt
ed the judiciary committees report amending house bill 234 providing
for the holding of a plebiscne on woman suffrage to be held May II,
with primaries thus passing the bill on its second reading. Final a-
ton will be held tomorrow. The bill provides that if the women get
the vote at this election they will be given time to register for the coming
municipal and county election. The bill appropriates $4,000 for re-
gstration expenses to be used in case bill passes both houses.
The election laws must be amended, however, fixing the date of
the county elections for the first Tuesday after the third Monday in
June, otherwise the measure will be useless.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-04-11
PRIMARY AMENDMENT BILL DEAD

(By The Associated Press)
HONOLULU, April S-The senate this afternoon killed Baldwin
primary amendment bill on its third reading.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-04-11
BAKER WILSON NJ FILIPINOS
ID VI Assnciafnd PraSl

WASHINGTON, April 4-Secreary Baker told a Filipino COM
mission that he spoke President Wilson's mind when he said he beiev-
ed the time had come to grant the Philippine Islands their independ-
ence. He said he believed the mission will be able to carry home word
that the American people loved Liberty too dearly to deny it to others.
Baker read a letter which Wilson had left saying-"Wil you
please express to the gentlemen the Filipino commission my hope
that their mission will be sat ifaCtory TO them | know your senti-
ments re mine, and that you will translate truly to them my own feel
ings."
Governor-General Harrison of the Philippines, followed Baker
with d statement that he is conlI lCel that the obstacles to Philippine
independence have been cet.el away. A formal act granting inde-
Pendence is one that congress must take and the administration will
present matter to congress iii Appropriate time, he said.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-04-11
NO MAYOR JOB IN HIS, SAYS KUHIO
(BY The Associated Pressl

HONOLULU, April 9-Kuhio today e~mphatcally denied that he
will resign as delegate to run for mayor, of Honolulu. He says he
never had the slightest intention of doing so and any contrary report is
simply a joke.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-04-11
FILIPINOS THANK WILSON FOR LETTER

WASHINGTON, April 5-The Filipino mission has cabed Wilson
thanking him for the reassurIng letter that Baker read and also wishing
the president success at the peace conference.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-04-11
SONNY CUNHA HAS POLITICAL BEE
MUST RUSH PLEBISCITE BILL
IRIS. JULIA AFONG'S WILL TO BE CONTESTED
(By The Associated Press)

HUNULULU, April V-Mrs.B Bessie Burns and Henry Along, two
of the six children of the late Mrs. Julia Along, cut off in their mothers
will with 81 each, will contest the will, alleging undue influence and
lack testanentary capacity at the time the will was drawn.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-04-11
SITUATION SOMEWHAT
(By The Associated Press)

HONOLULU, April S-The Waiakea h~omesteaders delegation
before the senate judiciary committee, today favored Senator Rus
sells commission bill. Cabrinha would have the mills earn II percent
on their investment, the growers to get the rest. The board O. trustees
for the homesteaders sent word that Mccarthy will soon will have Us
contracts. The mill company claims to already have 81 contracts
These claims are somewhat confusing.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-04-11
PRIMARY AMENDMENT HAS MUCH OPP
LRu Iha Assaniatod DrSssA
ARNOLD TO RUN FOR SHERl

HONOLULU, April Suspension Charles Arnold has announ
ed himself as a republican candidate for sheriff.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-04-11

HONOLULU, April 9-The house by vote of Is to 3 this after
noon passed the woman suffrage plebiscte bill fixing the date for May
II. The bill is now before the senate. The 8 opponents were-Ahuna
Holt and Kupihea.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-12
u. S. FIGHTS H. C. l.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO
STOP PRoFITEERING.
Special Assistant Attorney General
Tells How Government Is Proceed
ing to Reduce Household Bills.

Washington, Nov. 24.-The depart
ment Of justice is conducting q cam
paign against the high cost Of living.
Practically all Of the functions OF the
food administration have been turned
over to the department Of justice.
Howard e. Figg, special assistant to
the attorney general in charge of the
campaign against high living costs, has
written the following article, showing
how the government Is proceeding In
its efforts 10 reduce the household
bills:
shortly after the armistice was
signed prices on practically all the
necessities of life started skyward.
The fever Of speculation was causing
inflated values and the necessity for
curbing this upward tendency in
prices was brought to the attention Of
the department Of justice.
"The attorney general was asked TO
undertake TO reduce the high cost of
living
congress finally passed the amend
ments to the food control act on the
twenty-second day Of October.
"At the season OF the year that sta
tistics show us that all prices have
had an upward tendency in previous
years. the department has been able
through its campaign to stop the up
ward tendency of prices and in prac-
tically all food commodities to show
a general reduction Of from 2 to 30
per cent.
"The department plans through Its
present field organizations by prose-
cutting to the limit of the law the prof
iteer and hoarder and by ar extensive
educational campaign to bring certain
facts before the American people.
1T is planned through this cam
paign of education, by a direct appeal
to the women. to decrease the demand
on the ne~cessaries until supply has a
chance to catch up.
production must be increased to
meet the demand and until such time
as production has increased demand
must be decreased to allow the law
of supply and demand to become OPP
erative."
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-12
TO ACT WITHOUT U. S.
SUPREME COUNCIL TO PUT PEACE
TREATY INTO EFFECT.
Bonar Law Says Allies Cannot Delay
Action on Ratification Of Treaty
Any Longer.

Paris, Nov. 24.-The supreme u
ell agreed upon December l as the
date when the German peace treaty
will be formally ratified.
Further informal discussions have
been held with the German repre-
sentatives now here in connection with
the notification by the allies that a
protocol must be signed by Germany
guaranteeing fulfllment of the arm
istice conditions. These discussions
have been confined chiefly to the meth
DDS of procedure In considering the
protocol. AS yet the Germans have
not stated whether they will sign the
document.
The American delegation is still
without instructions as to It's partici-
patton in the peace conference, follow
ing the failure of the senate to ratify
the treaty, but Henry White attended
the meeting of the supreme council as
representative Of the United States,
Un~dersecretary Polk being abse8t In
London, and the entire delegation is
COlllluluS ITO WOih III thC bSiACE eh's
a compromise ratification resolution
will be agreed to In the United States
senate.
This view is apparently shared by
most Of the members Of the council,
who are anxious for a continuance OF
the United States In the deliberations
Of the peace-making body. The coun-
ell, however. is working out plans SO
that the enforcement of the treaty Will
not be hindered IL the United States
fails to ratify the treaty later.
London, Nov. 24.-"The inability OF
the United States representatives at
Paris to deposit President Wilson's
ratification Of the German treaty at
the same time those of other powers
are filed will not prevent the remain
Ing allied and associated powers from
proceeding to carry the treaty into eff
feet" said Andrew Bonar Law, gov
eminent leader In the house of com.
mons, In answer to numerous ques'
lions regarding the status OF the
treaty ms a result Of the American sen
ate's action.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-12
LENlNE BOASTS OF VICTORY
Declares Versailles Treaty Allies Un.
doing-Peoples All Indebted to
"Unmasked America"

London, Nov. 27.-"Impudent at
tacks by enemies Of the revolution
have brought about a miracle. We
have gained a full victory over Kol-
chalk, which will be Of historic Inn
portance for the peoples of the East"
This was what Nikolai Lenine told
the second all-Russian congress of the
Mussulman communists at Moscow.
He continued: "The Versailles peace
is the greatest blow the entente could
infict upon itself. The peoples see
clearly that President Wilson is not
bringing liberty to democracy, even
for the victorious nations, and are in
debted to unmasked America"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-12
RADICALS co ON
HUNGER STRIKE
Reds Held at Ellis Island Await
ing Deportation Refuse
to Eat.
ACTION HkLTS INVESTIGATION
Refuse to Answer Questions of House
Committee, or Reveal Their Names
Only a Few Desert Soviet"
and Submit to Examination.

New York, Nov. 27.--More than
three score radicals awaiting depor-
tation hearings at Ellis island, now
being investigated by the house inn
migration committee, have instituted
two Strikes within "a hours. After
having issued an ultimatum to the
effect that they would not attend
their hearings unless the wire screen
which separated them from visitors
was removed, they declined an invita-
breakfast. The menu which the
hunger strikers turned down consisted
of prunes, oatmeal bread with IL sub
stitute for butter and coffee.
The first showdown in the antitrial
strike came when one striker was
summoned for a hearing. He offered
no resistance and marched into the
room, but when he arrived there he
refused to answer questions.
Hearings, however, were held in
the cases Of six other strikers, who
went back on their ''soviet" and an
nounced they were ready to appear.
The hunger strike continued at
loon when soup, beef stew, bread and
butter, cake and coffee were left un-
touched. The strikers won five more
recruits during the morning, bringing
their number to 73, among them two
girls, Dora Lipkin and Ethel Bern
stein, arrested in a raid on the Rus
sian peoples house"
The strikers presented their de-
mands in q formal to the
house committee in a letter delivered
to Isaac Shorr, their counsel, for
transmission. This letter, taking the
form Of a resolution not TO appear at
hearings or to eat government food
while the wire net remained In place,
complained of "cruel beatings and in
suits suffered at the hands "of agents
Of the government of the United
States at the time Of their arrest.
Shorr declared all his clients desire
either to be deported to soviet Rus
STA or allowed to pay their own pas
sage there.
While a congressional committee in
vestigating the department of labor
was attending the hearings sudden adj
journment was taken when one of the
keepers, sent to bring a prisoner from
the enclosure, returned with the state
ment that the man would not answer
his name and no one could identify
him. The attorney representing the
defendants was appealed to, but said
he could be of no aid, as he did not
know his clients "by their faces"
The authorities decided to wait
until the friends of the prisoners
called with food and tobacco and thus
establish identifications, but as there
can be no individual property in a
communist republic" such as the
prisoners are said to have established,
keepers do not hope for relief from
this source, as what is brought for
one is brought for all, and any one
can receive 1t.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-12
LET HUNGER STRIKERS sTARvE
% l. w. w. In Tacoma Have TASTED
for Two Days.

% I. w. w. In Tacoma Have TASTED
for Two Days.
Tacoma. Wash.-The city council
agreed to let the twenty-five alleged
j. w. W. who are on hunger strike
I'm the city jail starve il they want
to. following a report from Assistant
City Attorney Frank Carnahan that
the city cannot be held responsible.
The men who vent on hunger strike
have not touched food for forty-two
hours. They also refuse to talk with
their jailers.
While the strikers have refused to
state the cause OF their refusal to eat,
1t is understood that they are protest
ing against being detained in the city
Jail. They had asked to be trans
ferred to the county jail, where addi-
tional alleged I. w. WIS are held, but
this was refused because the cells
there are full.
The strikers left their breakfast and
lunch untouched Friday after having
refused three meals the day previous,
including a Thanksgiving dinner with
turkey.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-12
HOLD 8 FOR SIX MURDERS
Chicago Police Believe Many Rob
berries Also Have Been Cleared Up
Through Arrest Of italians.

Chicago, Nov. 25.-Six murders and
more than a score of robberies are
said to have been cleared up through
the arrest of eight Italians. held at
the Hudson avenue detention home.
The arrests were made within the
last forty-eight hours by members of
the homicide squad. The prisoners
were taken to the women's detention
home as part of a program of secrecy.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-12
rs DIE IN DANCE HALL FIRE
Twenty-Five Other Persons Are In.
Jured When Building at Vile
Platte, la, Burns.

Pine Prairie, La, Nov. 25.-Loss or
life in the dance hall fire at Vile
Platte will exceed % persons, accord
ing to reports. Twenty-Five persons
were injured.
All were trapped in the dance hall
on the second floor, and when they
realized the danger, a mad rush for
safety damned the stairway, men,
women and children screaming and
fighting as the stairway crumbled be-
meath them.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-12
FOIL PLOT TO KILL VENIZELOS
Greek Authorities Arrest Officers Who
Planned to Re.establish King
Constantine.

Athens. Greece, Nov. 27.-Plotters
arrested, following discovery of a con-
spiracy to assassinate Premier Yeni-
zelos, overthrow the present regime
and re-establish King Constantine on
the throne, have made full confess
sions, according to the authorities.
They were said to be former officers
under King Constantine. They will
be tried before court-martial.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-12

vladiyostok.-Th Russian tele-
graph agency in q dispatch from Novo
N~ikolaevsk under date OF November
% says: by order OF the supreme
ruler. Admiral Kolchak. President vo-
logodsky. OF the council OF ministers.
has been relieved at his own request.
M. Pepelyeafr, minister OF the Interior
and former minister OF war. was
named president" 1t Is reported from
Irkutsk that the entire council or min.
istsrs Is expected to resign and that
: new cabinet will be formed