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rv 'TWA- - ; .A' From tan MAILS Frandeoel To 3:3 Fonoma. May 2. For Matsonia, ten Freflclec! May 21. . i ri I . From Vaneowert i ii i Makura, June M. For Vancouver: Makura. May 2d. rnnrRulltln. Eat. 188. No. 6484 14 PAGES HONOLULU, TERRITORY OF HAWAII, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 191C U I'AUfcS PRICE. FIVE CENT3 Hawaiian SUr. Vol. XXIII. No. 7425 GREAT J0RTIIERI1 CfluKIG DACil OH nam route Fast Hill Service Will Be Re- sumed November 7, Says Wireless From Waldron TOURIST CROWDS SURE, SAY PROMOTION HEADS With "Coming of New Matson Liner Next Spring, Traffic - Will Be Record-Breakin- g The steamship Great Northern, one of the two speed kings of the Pacific operated by the Hill interests, is com- - Ing back to Honolulu to stay on the run.- A wireless to the Hawaii Promo- tion Committee from. Fred L.1 Waldron, agent of the Great Northern Pacific Steamship Company, Honolulu, and dated at San Francisco says: "It is practically settled that Great Northern permanent service will be established. leaving San Francisco November 7." , -- This is the best kind of news, for it settles all doubt as toy what our winter tourist service is to be," said Secretary A. P. Taylor of the Promo-Ho- n Committee this morning. ''The Great Northern Company has an- - nounced through Cal Stone that the first trip of the winter service would be December 15. This despatch ad-vanc- es that date by five weeks, giv- ing us practically two additional trips this year. When you figure that this first sailing is only five months away, everybody in the islands should pre-- . pare for the coming of great crowds , of visitors. Last winter we were not : exactly prepared.. With hotel accom- modations being . Increased In Hono--: lulu, Walluku, on Kaual and on : Ha-wal- l, and with the hope that the roads r will be put in proper condition, the : islands will have a wave of prosperity which will be felt In all trades and professions as never before experie- nced.:- '. - .'' ."' - '.:..' V , ,.- "As to the permanent service which r. Waldron's telegram sets forth, 1 . am ; nnder the impression that the - steamship company is preparing ts give us a 12 months' service. " ' '."With the Matson Company's new . liner on the run-nex- t spring, ocean passenger accommodations between . the Pacific Coast and the Hawaiian - Islands will fill our hotels ,wintuad summer fhd the summer business is v what', the Protryott Committee '" is working on now;'.-- -' . ; - "Great!" was the comment of Chair-,- ' man Berndt of the Promotion Com-- : mlttee. ."The Great Northern is com-in- g tack to stay" : The news was received with much Interest and Tejoiclng. particularly in , hotel and . retail trade circles. The . .' general comment Is that the Great 1 Northern traffic means hundreds of v thousands of dollars yearly for Hawaii POLITICS FOCUS; turn OPEN CHICAGO, I1L, May 25. -- In advance of the Republican an Progressive conventions, this city is the focus of much national politics. Headquarters have been opened for Ex-Senat- Root, Senator Weeks, former Vice-Preside- nt Fairbanks ' ""and Ex-Senat- or Burton. Representatives are on the ground ar- ranging for their campaign prior to and during the Republican convention. JAPIDMS OFFERED YUAN 'SAFE CONDUCT TOKIO, Japan, May 25. The Japan- ese foreign office today denied a re- port from Peking that Japan lias of-fer- ed eafe conduct to .President Yuan to leave China. . SENATE SUB-COMMITT- EE TO HOLD HEARINGS ON SHIP PURCHASE BILL WASHINGTON. D. O, May 25. -- . Senators Simmons Fletcher, Bank-.bea-d, Jones . and Llppitt have been named as a of the sen- ate commerce committee to : hold hearings on the ship purchase bill. NAVY BILL SOON TO BE UP FOR DEBATE . WASHINGTON. D.C., May 23. Democratic house leaders are prepar- - ' Ing a rule by which debate on the na- val appropriation bill will close on - June 2 and a vote be taken. . The bill will probably be called up for debate next Saturday. - IT - Mews Glance METHODISTS KEEP BAN ON CARDS, DANCING, THEATER. (Aaaociatd Press Service by Federal Wirleaal SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y., May 25. By a vote of 435 to 360 the Methodist general conference this afternoon refuted to remove from the church rules the dausa calling for the expulsion of members who play cards, dance or attend the theater. WAREHOUSE FOREMAN DIES SUDDENLY. Ned Fountain, a foreman In the Queen street warehouse of C. Brew-- r & Co., Ltd., was found dead at 2:30 this afternoon by the police. A teleihone roensage to the emergency hospital said the man was dyinjc and before the ambulance arrived he had expired. Some of the Brewer employes say hi death was the result of lifting a heavy bale of sugar .Hack. Fountain's home is in Kalihi, whfre he is survived by a wife and several children. One son, EH, works In the sales department of the Schu-ina- n Carriage Co. The body .wax taken to the morgue for examination. " - INTER-ISLAN- D CO. SAILORS BLAMED. That he was made to wait for half an hour at wharf on Mon- day evening before being rowed out to the steamship Kilauea, that lie and the 40 other passengers with him were only accommodated after threats of reorthik the sailors to their officers, and that there were no resjicnslble parties in charge of the boat that they were finally taken in, was the gist of a statement iven to the public utilities commission by Dr. J. II. Ray- mond and read at the meeting this afternoon. Raymond further declared that 26 passengers had been loaded' into the second boat along with various articles of freight A copy of the rejwrt was ordered sentto the Inter-Islan- d Steam Navigation Company "with a request for an explanation o'f conditions. A copy will also be sent lo the federal suirvislng insjiector of hulls and boihrs. MAYOR TALKS ON BOND ISSUES. Mayor Jo'ia Iane talked before the members of tlie Rotary Club today ou City litmd Improvements." He brought up the question of bonds for 'jO.oyo. Many of the tnemlers also sjjoke- - on the tond Issue question, und it was voted that the plan for the expenditure of the 1 750,000 be pre-sent- Hi 'to the Rotary club members. A TELEPHONE COMPANY ASKED TO EXPLAIN. At the meeting of the pubiic utilities commission .this afternoon in- structions were .given upon a vote of that body to address a letter to the. Mutual Telephone Company, asking i( they have affiled to the conimis-"sio- n for privilege to raise their present rates cn electric clocks. Raises planned, according to a letter from the ccmpany, will be from 50 cents to 75 cents a month each for from one to 10 c!ocks, and from 25 cents to 50 cents each lor 11 or more clocks.: The company states In a circular they are sending out to .subscribers that the present rates are" in nse at u big loss. ."There are 440 such clocks in the city. v ' CONSUL GENERAL PUBLICITY PUIS BAY CITY IS END TO GAMBLING JAPANESE GUEST, ON R. R. TRAINS On his way to San Francisco, where he has been appointed to the post of Japanese consul general,. Hon. Masanao . Uanihara and Jils wlfe; de- rived here today on the Tenyo Maru. They were met, at the . dock by Hon. Rokura . Moroi, local consul-genera- l, anJ. othterwelL-know- n Japanese busi- ness men of Honolulu and were taken, to the home of Consul Morol, wheie they will make their headquarters un- til the Tenyo Maru - sails tomorrow. This morning Secretary Hanihara and his wife were conducted on a sight- seeing trip about the island. This evening they will be the guests of honor at an informal social at tin home of Consul Moroi. " ' Consul Hanihara is well-know- n In the United States and while at- tache at .Washington ' in 1901 was known as the "ladles pet" He is a graduate or Waseda University. Ho entered the diplomatic and consular service in 1898 and in the same! year was "appointed consul at Amoy, China.. In 1899 he was appointed attache to the legation at Seoul, Korea, and .to the legation at Washington, D. C, in 1901. Three years later he was pro- moted to third-clas- s 'secretary aMhe Japanese embassy at Washington and in 19v9 to the rank of first-clas- s secre- tary. During the revolution in Mex- ico in 1913 and 1914 he was sent there and until his recent appointment to San Francisco he, has been chief of I the telegram section of the foreign office in Japan. . N. Y. K. VESSELS WILL ALL STOP ATIIOILULU (Special Cable to Nippu Jijl). TOKIO. Japan, May 25. At a meet, ing of the directors of the N. Y. K. yesterday afternoon in this city, it was decided that in the future all N. Y. K. boats passing through the Panama Canal would touch at Hono- lulu. There are a number of these steamers plying the Atlantic, and the announcement Is causing much discus-sio-n In Japanese shipping circles. ALLIES' REPRESENTATIVES WILL DISCUSS FINANCE (Sp-i- l Cable to Nipp Jiji) TOKIO, Japan, May 25. Baron Sa-katan- l. Japanese representative to the Allies Financial Congress which will N held -- In Taris on June 6, has tele- graphed from Petrograd that he will arrive In France on June 2. Here the representatives of France. Eng- land. Belgium, Italy, Russia and Ja- pan will meet to discuss the question of financing the allies. 1 FURTHER VICTORIES FOR REVOLUTIONISTS REPORTED (SpwUl Cable to Liberty Sew) SHANGHAI. China, May 25. Revo-- , lutlonary troops have gained victories !n Hunan, Shansi and parts of ShensL It la announced. that-republica- lead ers will hold ' meeting in Shanghai some time next week. At A TO Gambling Is ended on the O. R. & L. labor train. - . Any ' passenger' , seen shooting "craps' win be reiMjrted to" the navy department His discharge will fol- low Immediately:' ' ' ' ' "- - ' . .Virtaaily all the gamblers are said to be working at Pearl Harbor. " . ; Following story In the Star-Bullet- in .Monday, disclosing wholesale gam- bling; every "day on the early morning labor train, stringent actions have been taken to suppress the eviL Rail- way and police officials believe the present plan will be an effective check.- ' : PonJuctor 13. A. Donnelly yesterday and .Tuesday made an -- announcement in every coach that the names of all men found gambling on the train, will be turned In to the heads of the dif- ferent departments and . their dis- charge will follow. According to an observer.; who makes the trip daily, there are no dice or money in sight and the train has every appearance of a Sunday school picnic since the announcement wasyUtade. '' Careful inspection of every one of the 12 coaches in the train this morn- ing revealed not a single game. Mon day mdrning. there were sevjeral. ILDING '!4 MAPI MAKES RAPID GU r Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Wood, who have been touring the Orient, returned to- day on the Tenyo Maru. Mr. ood expected to remain at least three months longer, but while ln Voganse-ra- i, Straits Settlements, he contract- ed malaria and was ordered home at once by the doctors. He said that the rubber and coconut industry was in excellent condition. Rubber Is bringing high prices M while the coconut crop this year is not large the prices make up for the difference. , v "An interesting sight in the Feder- ated Malay States and other British possessions, said Wood, "is to see practically every man going about his business In uniform, pearly everyj body has joined Abe 'reserves and! Great Britain is taking care that an- other lutbreak such as . occurred at Singapore shall not happen. ' . . - "Shipbuilding in Japan Is going on at a great rat" Wood continued. "At Nagasaki seven big Steamers are be- ing rushed to completion. The T. K. K. line is pushing repairs on the Anyo Maru, which will take the place of the Chiyo Maru, recently wrecked, and. I aeard a rumor i that the same line, is cpntem plating ; buying the Great Northern Pacific. Steamship Company's steamer ' Minnesota. Travel to Europe through the United States is Increasing rapidly." Wood said that shipping was very heavy in : the harbors of Kobe and Shancbal, but that he nad never seen so little shipping before at Hongkong. Circuit Judge Whitney has appoint ed Huron K. Ash ford as master to ex- amine the accounts of the estate of the late Benjamin IL Watkins. SIWMGER ASEMEmmDlCTED WR : NEW YORK STOCK MARKET TODAY i Following are th closing price of stocks on the New York market to- day, sent by the Associated Press over the Federal Wireless: " Yeste i Today, day. Alzska GolId 227'a 22 American Smelter mi .'inoi' American Sugar, Rfg.. . 1t2U 1125a American TeL 4L Tel . , . 129 1293, Anaconda Copper . ... . 86 85 Atchison . 1058 105'a Baldwin Loco. . 90! i 90V 2 Baltimore dL Ohio . . . 92 92', 4 Bethlehem Stetl . . . 459'2 442 Calif. Petroteiup , . . . 23'8 224 Canadian Pacific . 1794 180 C M. & St.' P..' (St Paul) 98J4 99 Colo. Fuel & Iron....... 44 41 Crucible Steel ......... 85' '2 864 Erie Common 39 . 39 ' f General Electric- - ....... 172 172 General Motora .... 1517 520 Great Northers Pf d .... 121 122 i Inter. Harv N. J....... 112 111i Kennecott Copper 55 55'2 Lehigh R..R... 79 79 ft New York Central...... 108 106s Pennsylvania 57 58 Ray Consol. . 23'8 23 Southern Pacific . :. , , . 1C0' 100'2 Studebaker 141 MlV2 Tennessee Copper w. .. . 45' 46 I UnloV Pacifio ,. . ....... 140 1404 U. S. Steel..... 85 85 U.S.- Steel Pfd ... 117 117 Utah I...;'..:.,."...,..., - 81 81 Western, Union. . ... ... 95 95 Weatinghouse 62 63 Bid. jEx-divio'en- d. Unquoted. HAWAII VISITS SOURCES OF LAVA FLOWS Star-Bollot- ia Spwlafcy MotuU WireloMl r Micair'.-A- . McWayne manager of Woaomalino ranch,, yes- terday, afternoon, went, to the soured of the great lava outbreak on the Xa-huk- u side of Mauna Loa. He found many small craters belch- ing out lava and boulders, but all the flows had stopped except ; the home- stead flow, which moves now., about a mile per day. - . - ' - This flow is eight miles long now. The Honomalino flow is ten miles long- - from the- - original outbreak at Puukeokea, Many short . flows are found ' around the source, about the 7C00-foo- t level, or 12 miles up the mountain. :' Yesterday and today many ' people were at the flows, seeking curios. NEW ARMY BILL TOPRESIDENT; . Aasodatcd Ptm r rsiW Wlzaleu WASHINGTON, D. C, May 25. The army reorganiiation bill, passed by both house and senate after the long deadlock conference, was receiv- ed at. the White. House today. ;' The president bad t ha bill forward- ed to Secretary of War Baker for sug- gestions, and Is studying it himself deliberately. It will be perhaps sev- eral days before it Is signed. approvTfuIs AMcUUd fttM W rsdml'Wlrttawl WASHINGTON, D. C : May 25. The house military affairs committee agreed today upon an appropriation of v S145,?Q0.000, which will Je spent on military features under. the Hay-ihamberla- in bill, with provision for a council of information to perfect the coordination of industries and resourc- es in war time. The-.-- : case of Pedro Puentes was opened in the police court this morn- ing. The defendant is accused of brutally assaulting, a Japanese, S. Kokono, with a heavy club at" Wai-pah- u April 11 and taking $284.65 from the Japanese. The latter said this morning that Puentes beat him until he gave up the money. He was then in the hospital for a month and brought action as soon as he was physically able. The hearing was con- tinued until June 1. ..R. Onisht and Kanitars Ikeda. both Japanese, were given suspended sen- tences of 13 months each in the police court this morning when arraigned SENATORS AND WHITE FEATURE GAME Play 1 4 Inning Tie in Capital City; Detroit Drops Another to Boston Red Sox ''..' '..: (AuoelAUa Ptom ay T4ttal WirolMal WASHINGTON, May 25. Th Sen- ators and White Sox battled for 14 innings here today without result This was one of the bej.t ' SHnis played in this city this year, ani both teams xought hard all the way. - De- troit lost another game anI thi Tiscn are now six points from ths cellar. In the National League the tailenders defeated the leaders in a game fea- tured by good Uay on the part of the Pirates. ''' . The results of the games today aro as follows: . v'."- i NATION At- - At Cincimiati Cincinnati 8, Chi-cag- o " ' :- '- ':'- -. 4. : v At Pittsburg Pittsburs 5, Brooklyn , AMERICAN ; At Washington Washington 3, Chi- cago 3 (called at end of 14th inning). Boston Boston 5, Detroit 2.' At New;York New York 7, St Louie 5. . .;.'' " At Philadelphia Rain. AMERICAN LEAGUE. , Pet Cleveland . 22 . :12 C47 Washlhgton ; H 12 63S New York U i.13 553 Boston . : . 17. 15 531 Chicago" . i. 14 ' ?l 424 Philadelphia 131.18 419 Detroit .. 1 i'O 39 St. Louis , . k . 12v, J ,19 3ST NATIONAL; UEAGUE. Pet 17. Philadelphia New York . .15- - .13 . ;53C Boston . .. 15 ,13 . 536 Chicago ; .. 17 1' :19 r472 St Louis . ; 16 r CO 444 Cincinnati . 1G; 20 ; 444 Pittsburg . 13 20 394 BAUER DECIDES QFJ16TEXANS ' (AssocUtifc nss sir. Ttdiml WtrMaal WASHINGTON. Dr O,1 May 25. Re- versing his decision, Secretary of War Baker has decided that the 116 Texas militiamen, who refused to report when the' state national guard was called but for border service,, shall be court-martialled.- .- :; ;,:-'T ' y , : 7 The ' president " will personally, ap- point the members of the court-mar-tla- L It is learned that the court will be made up mostly of members of the militia, organizations. i V GERMAN OFFICIAL CABLEGRAMS- - : i fiERMAft HEADQUARTERS. May 24. southwest of Gtvenchy, strong English forces attacked several times the new German positions. Only a few men entered the positions and fell In hand to hand fights. Otherwise all at- tacks were repulsed. The English have suffered very heavy losses. Small detachments near Hulluch and Biayeville likewise were repulsed by Germans. . - Southwest of Nouvron, and north- west of Moslin, Sous and Tovent. and in the district north of Prunay, feeble French atUcks failed. .Left of Meuse, German infantry and machine gun fire repulsed a hostile advance en the southwest slope of Morthomme. Thnringian troops ddnquered by storming the village of Ctttrileres, close to Meuse. Up to now, more, than 300 Frenchmen, among whom' are 8 off- icers, are prisonered.; ri '; : f ; East of the river the Ihemy repeat- ed furious attacks in Douaumont dis- trict and suffered heaviest losses in flarmn fips " Hermin rrlmnts al most completely reconquered tempor--j arily lost terrain, prisonered &au men. Engagements continue. On both sides, artillery was employed to k large ex- tent, : ';;' .: '"'' ' ':' Eastern. War Theater: In the dis- trict of Pulkarn, southeast of Riga, German troops drove Russians from the trench, lying betwen both Jlnes. Germans took 16 prisoners. for selling . ice cream with less than , tne requirea Duiter iai oi per cent They admitted guilt, but said it was their f irstlpffense. ' ; v v! ; PRESIDENT UNDERSTOOD TO m zzm of plan for peg: Discusses Possibilities of Intervention Xy Neutrals-Smash- ing Verdun Battle : Continues Today i . f Associated Press .vrrtce by rdaral Wlrebwial ' LONDON, Eng., May 25. Sir Roger Caseimnt, one of the chitf leaders of the recent Irish rebellion, and Daniel Bailey, the soldier arrested en May 17 and heard at the same time that Casement was under examination, In the Bow street. police court, were indicted today for high treason. , WASHINGTON, D. C, May 25. Senator J. Ham Lewia of lllinolak ef fered a resolution In the senate today that the president, unless lncor patible with public interest, should suggest to th . belligerents that the United States would mediate in the war. ." ' WASIIINT.TOX. D. C. May 25. A btpcr navy for fncle Sam, and without delay, is demanded by the Republican members o,f the co?n mittee on naval aiTairs, in a report made 16 the house today by their minority. vv. "'; ';''. ;:; : v' : ' ' The minority report follows the majority rejxn-t- , which was submit-te- d a few lays ago. ' :r;,:' ' V" v . ' The house Republicans in their report detKmttce tlie naval appro- priations as esttniatctl by the Detliocratic majority, ilccliniu; the esti- mates altoelher inadequate for the naVy increases, which must bemad?, and say that vital features of an expansion program have. been ignorejl by the Democrats. , ' ; ' - sf Declaring that the U. . S. navy should' sjand second, among tV.t world's war-fleet- s, the minority charge that the, majority ignored to;h the. opinions of experts' and the recomme"nditfons;of'5?ecretary ; -- Dahfels and reacheil a compromise .whicll. is untenable.- - - S- - '.? i The' minority report recommends ,that' the provision rfor. the cori-stnicti- on of two .dreadnoughts, omitted from the majority, recobnieacb-tion- s, be rej)o'rted in the jiaval measure, and that six batlle-cruiser- s 1h const ructed' and 50 coast submarines instead of 20. S . ' : ' . v he minority members of this xroirimittee are Corrgjcsnteir Hutfcr of PenojsyJvariiat rRbber Varr of I'ennsylvania. Britten of 'Illinois', Kelley f Michigan, Stephen? of California "and Atudd of Marvland :: -- .' l" i'l ) President Iodicates Peace Rests on Some!CdnC;e::::z: VASI I INGTON, D. C. May 25 .President Wilsdii made igni-fica- nt remarks to callers totlay concerning the possibility of jieutral in- tervention to end the' war. 'r V.' It is learned that he told some who visited him that. interyeitic:i by a neutral on behalf of peace could rest only on. mutual understandir by belh'gerentSvof terms which would conserve tlie interests of alt, rati: : r than on activities to guard the interests of any one particular nation or groupof lelHgerents. : ; :" ;: ' :': ' '"' '.. 'V v" ;;. The callers gained the impression that the. president would enter- tain suggestions that he should extend his good offices on the condition outlined only. . " " ' ' Rumor Italian Coat; Victor In Sea-Fig- ht "' . ' . - ROME, lUlyr May 25. News has been received here that an Austrian gunboat and an aeroplane have been destroyed in an engagement with an Italian gunboat in the Adriatic sea. Necessary measures are being tak- en by the army chiefs to prevent a further Austrian advance. A counter-offensiv- e, is being organized. BERLIN Germany, May 25. The indications are that the Austriana are wedging themselves deeply into Ital- ian territory between the Arsa and Astico valleys, southwest of Trent. FRENCH ADMIT GERMANS GET QUARRY FOOTING; THEY, TOO, MAKE GAINS IWRL, FranceMay 25. The Germans by liard fighting today ob- tained a foothold in llaudremont quarry. East of Cumiefes there was considerable hand-grena- de lattling and here the French made some gains. '..: .'v;;;.: " BRITISH STEAMER SUNK; NO WORD OF CASUALTIES LOXDOX, Eng.. May 25. The British steamer Washington has been sunk; by a submarine, Xo word has : been recei vetl of any casualties in connection with the sinking. GAVIRA WOULD CONFER EL PASO, Tesas May 23. Gen. Gavira, commander at Juarez, Intends to request that a conference be held with Gen: Pershinz to settle the-- , de tails of cooperation alone the border oetweeu tne Mexican and American troops.- - :' '; ":'., - . ..- - . .T Hdpe of V German G ainsi!!::; Verdun Line tec:.: BERLI Sr. Germany,..May 25 Three French counter attacks today at Cutnieres, taken a day ago by the Germans; were repiilsed. V - The Germans : have captured trenches to the stiuthwest and south of the fort Oouatimont and Haii-dremo- n't qturn. where some signal successes have been gained. - J LLOYD-GEORGHOP- ES : TO PACIFY r LEADERS ' , OF IRISH REBELLION AjMdti4 Pru j TttvtX WtraUw. LOXDOX, Eng. May .2f. David Lloyd-Georg- e, minister of munitions, has undertaken negotia- tions with the disaffected Irish lead- ers in the hope of smoothing out the situation and restoring the pos- sibility of civil Taw in Ireland. J Premier AMuith expressed tne hope today in the house of com- mons that tlte disappearance of martial law in Ireland would be speedy.; ',; x ' "' - .. ASQUITH HOPlsTHAT AGREEMENT MAY HALT -- IRISH REBEL'SPIHiT YAMoelstad Tnt y r4ral Wlrnitul - LONDON, ng May 2. Premier Asqulth devoted most of a long speech today to the Irish , rebellion and an appeal that settlement be mado by agreement of the government and tv a leaders. He requested that the ho-- . 1 entertain bo debate spending the cut-cdai- e of Lloyd-George'- s negotlatlcr and John Redmond, Sir, Edward C son ' and' others of the Irt3lt elsr. agreed with him.
