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: V' RAtL3 - v. , From aa Francfgee:' v Ventura,' March ,6,' For San Francisco: 7 Fom Vancouver:". -Niagara.4 March 22.; i For Vancouver: -' ' .' . .Niagara, March 2. , -:..r ..... .;.. '' .. .A. V. r ViV v:; ,.' . -.. - V. :-' ? '- 1 1 : '-' .-' : '-: s -' " ' -s ' 1 , i i v. . :.'r;!i:: : 1 ( ' '. ' A"? -"" ) " t - v - -i '-' - h- ' .' i. ,"--"?"'-.-.- ; ' n: - ,-1 ; Evening Bulletin, Eat 1882. Ho. ,Ull mm A TVI j X iiawauaniarouviij . " .4 "pre mm i: ' 'X'.'iftM i II'' :i .ULlllviiii:U:.lSJMII a. .- ' - " : " 1 ' i . A.. . . . r ill n i - i i iLil Ld I Li Ul.il - I Il'J:! J a'. . ;.:...iilOJ C; r;r.iCo;i i:t-s t': ;Var:cnBtary's1riskten Pet; Plans Very Irritr.ting .to - ' ' Many Members of Congress, V ..; ; Writes C. $; Albert : v ; ADMINISTRATION PPpGHA!.r -SAVED FROM EXTi;: CT10N HoV-Fire How Started Under - V Leader Kitchjn'to' Make Him 1 Assist Preparedness Bills or ,jiciinquisn rgsuiujiv :: ; KT3y C 8. ALBERT ? v .WASHIKGTOND. C. Ft). IT.-The tti.r- f nreoarednesa - for' rational lrfense lias moved forward to a cuch f rUcr position- In 'bomcrar-cnes oi K'oz rtvta. . JTbis wcjdojne . cban ?e y a? . .f3Jided by "the-- sudden, althougb ru t entirely unexpected Testation of : ecrcUry Garrison 8 bead or the var ,ra.rtmetU It removed much bitter : sb and relived ,lhe general situa lien' to an. amaiinr degree. , It was the erident intentic?. cf Sec- ry Garrison to fight until ine ui .ch for 'a. continental, arr,y end Mtion ' to a' (ederalic-d r.ulitial' :a unbending .purpose .vanse. 1 pre at it -lion: among -manj nieml ra c; -ressi '.This extended in all dir.? s and made cerUih a ..prclcng : 1 unpleasant fight.; It was r viir-i the outset that wr. u 5 cverwhelmlcsly rejected a.M NEW .YORK STUCK MARKET TODAY Followfna ara tht tfosiny price f stocks oa the New York, market to day, senthy tts Assoclatei Pret over the Federal Wireless: - '. r ": : O - . Yester '''V' - Today. Alaska Cold .......:. ;21 American Smelter ..... S37U American Sugar Rfg. ... ICG'i American Tel.. -.iw..m '' America rvCupper 1 Atchison I Baldwin loco. altimod& Ohicu.. Cethlehel Steel Canaata rinne-,, . C- M. P. (St Paui) eel i Colo. Ft; A lron.;.V: Crucible iteel ". ..i.. Erie Ccf fnon . . . . ' General lestric Vviv.'v General otors '.'':' .v. Great N hern Pfd.... Inter. Mv . Lciiflh fl R. ... V. New Yorl Central. Pennsvlvinia RayConbl.VU....;. 24 SouthernPaciflp. S5' StudebaV r . .. . ' Va Teniiesei Copptr 'JVz" Union P ific , U-; S Sto , . . . ? WJs U.' S. St I Pf d. . . . . '. 1 1 C's I Utah .'. .............. 64 WerterriJnlon-.. . . 7 day. 21 127?. 85'2 1C274 Z1 . ZY-t 4 S3 . - 23'4 167. 83H 1C2, 450 : 27 164 -i 82 "40'a--'.1 ,.73 -- IV, ;ili "761,4 1C3V 7 YVestinsbuse Bid. ". x-divider."'. mil - 35U 167V4 450 : 1C3 7734 s 87t .133 : 133 '4 II6V2 :3?. ,8734 MJ4 I fTff Li-iiv .1 was 1 ct the end'xeceive i t'.:-cr in the- Jensts r-a.-i. the strucsle E" productive - cf notbl wraCe--"S. " . .' -.e retirement -cf T the outloclt- tr!"1 ecrsresrioaal fae'v-c. .rrr.t that, valuaV.e ti. ' ir.i the irc;-c?e.I .. l-cccma mere r.c:r'.. n was expected l.f ; r, irtci on all ' f i - t-ry's ecticn opened . . t..e ic ilii- ... 1 i.-"J I ' tut T:v.' cr tcuysv. all 1 Le it TO f i V U': bill . i i, i ii suoARDiz t::ie DBuOGRA' mm UndeHvood-Simmon$?Clause r Vipcd Off - Statute Books Vithoul Any Strings MEASURE IN FULL AS IT GOES TO VOTE Tc:.wanow Houn Leaders Dec;;': to Put . Bill Through Without Other Lcr Illation tym ' . ... " ... t . . .-. ' 1 fNote: Since this vas vyrjtten the Democratic tiouse leaders have set the final vete on the bill for tomorrow. It :ted to 'oats by a laroe ma jority.) , : :s, f;: , if-. Gecrg tatid .. ith race, ; 4 .ViJcox ' r.!akc rine L 2 arrival lnfar.tr Lt:, r::n- jesterda from rounc-e '.laf a two l:t2l'ant:,ti': i t3 .00. MX t 9 con: :ctl:i ;rl 3 A. ' G ird, it v. as an- natica ..-oni ir.tercfts amouat-..--le Monday, for ; 1 r rrcry at" Li . I.:' r wt3 U . V .. I r.amo, a 1 Represent.. . 1 an the Democratic a 3 for the purj-c: -yume "real leai r . rutting throa&h t. or rclincjuiEh 1. x Clark, was r.amed 1 ' "sired for successor i , i ' tcr cf MK Kitchia's ; TricnJs were C ; iates to visit the rr.1 talk to him like a " lie must be told, i: . to cither. 'Stand zt extremr'y busy r. the aduiinistrati' or stive .Pago cf ' I s assirrcd tho C : l trcakins'thc-'nc'i ..'" ' ; ' : alU'thfV Den'-'- '" cr f:?.rk. tlat f n or Lu:i;'is Mr..l. ' , to brir.s I 'm into 1. rare'dncsa bUlavr." ta'ive .Hay r.cv y t IT will be readj t three weeka." - 1. n ...ty val '. h y .cli na " The si tlon Co: 'uy.'- wi Work v, bepin nediatell. Kin were rfs red was fr . the Li' h s:ave x,' who 1 ' :i the for th " t -: hs. h ve t: eomcletf ;y July 4, he. tary cel-.'.ition 13 ; h ::ned Garden' Had. .It ill star, ty grour.1 just' ,t li of t county .cithouse 6truct v meat. fartmen:: vjc-- It is. ilnded 1 re 'Plaata s :300, and .ve ::.. ru;cry- iin i building buiidlns V.? mill- the .:a .or J c ' r r " I r . 1. . u ; -e;hJ. Fern, ex -m a yet I municiiai J-i'-.r, 1 of launch::- his c?ud r the nayoraity, I:5t r t. the iaion of several u'xrats who talked r afterward, he did.lsv The occasion was -Jud .r.cr at the Country Cluh ; ?r "alsh of 'Massachv or Fern spoke at seme 1 r walloping the prefc t : mvnicipal officials to tl I far-- thee-well. "he declar, : ( Lly ta take the field a: w-Lo.rbons wantbtm. If ycii r-riort merand w: ! rua-i-c-a.snd'we can - 3. "T'-e. Republic ; city i-- clebt and 1 f : t;ttiag into The fight t - 1 1 1 1 " IT, -t-T . A fran and a b large eDdli for ; paaies, wl comr and lock; in 1 also an ir.; r rif Oa the tin Co: cf 'tlie reheat:1 comrany iqres. . Captaia, that the Kealia, rated by U com: lEted. 1 ;ai u " cn the C. - t - - ' ce v tne-cc:: y.f-.r z. r.-. rue are VI- with arm, :e se 'room bar in b. ill t. cn n t:.o c: .rtcrs eat 'ory ' te i aad ill v brought -p. ord ny armory ; at hirh A3 'io .liia?. I:- ---rly .in r that .irr y where, ... 1 1 - - -v , - . By, C: - ,S. -v At 0 E RT. 'i i f Special tax-ttUUa t-.r.- -n4scl . WASHINGTON. D. 'v :'cb.- 1?. The bill to prevent refir.:d sugar irpm being placed on the fre list- May was introduced on: schedule, time by Representative "Kitchin, chairman cf the ways and means committee of the house. Jt subsequently was laid'-be fore a caucus of Democratic members and approved. .- Later, it 7 was urged for passage, the idea heing ta dispose of the entire matter in the house by Saturday, i-etruary 19. v; V: '.It was originally" intended1 io leave this measure for discus: a until the latter' rart of Mafch. Ti ? 1 riders fi- rally determined to brias it ia about the miadleof February .and mike it tr first revenue bill to receive atten . : and ae 'rn. . It further was decid ed to not - U-I3 it with the consump tion tax measure or any other form oi legislation. : IV-V': i-:.: .' 1 these various phases cf the sit 1 . :r. were, indicated in J the Star L ' tia as they developed; "0- ... ; t It was agreed among, the house lead- e: that the word '"repealed, should ! t -cd la a flatfooted nianner;: Sug were: made h Jat differenl c. that the-word "suspended" bs t: .iiutedV, '-Several - favored the v '. "revoked. wAa. offei ei 'theblll r -: !y wipes the; free, sugar' feature eff the statute books . without ' anj Etri-1 1 i to Its subsequent restoration - Th 3 till Inv full as ' presented - b RerrtrcnUUve .Kilchln follows: ; "TL t the proviso of paragraph cue h. -.dred and seventy-seven ofr s hthe Act entitled An act to reduce tariff uuties and to provide revea- -ue 'fcr Uhe government, and. for , ether purposes,' approved October 3, 1313 tStat- t:s at Large; volume" C3, pages 1 to 202, inclusive),. , which prov reads - as ; follows: i 'Provided , f u. iher, That' on and t after -the "first day of May, 1316,, the z: .l ies-hereinbefore enumer ated ia this paragraph shall be ad. - mlttcd Lee of duty, be, and the ' same Is t ereby,; repealed.'- : : "Tr.it the proviso ot paragraph 173 cf the aforesaid act, which rre-1 reads 'a? f-llows:- "Pro- Mi: '. Th-t 0- ' ;Iay f :y.' . 'herein', .fcro ,e r ra gr ; b - shi of duty,' be and I by, repealed" - - --T '"T- t r the first a articles d la this iialttcd free tame la hero- 2 (T7 1 1 2 V e: . Wsntr i Llcraeat,; m Ar::.:r, traveliag in th .3 ah" 3 cf lahao, wal t -i c when it ari1 tcrday an v. rscnts-an t r s )V- i : 1- Ilonouhi.- 'Ardeser advices ca rge ti emcez- a niirir.o Tio- lo -.la the ViIhelmina i Francisco yes- 1. 1 1 until arrange r Tcr his .return t3 dCx. wasmsda thresh the aa rrancl-co a uth oriti eg b n 7 1. Arthur. McDu cf the local p. fcrce., Th 3 ca; 'rJ.-j received wcrdl tight th-t Ardesei is being h:.a. : , . The Til - int --e.' c the stor- t Id t p pol' ' Urns, wi -) i ' . n; oa the . h '.-ti to p money -telll.:g t tht "L tickets and eu: the trip to Can Ia all l0 w far. the 'indi 1 round, 571 and : rid to hive th ; e from, 1'aui, t ' ; V.ten 1 cdro riving Lhen any 27C3 pouncs, c: cancpy-tcp surrey, cl : r, la r- I ricne :.:. - -rclig to Ly his vie- laborer? him theit would bay fcr thera to makf :'.?cr in a lr"v.- . ru..,,:r.t the r i .- ' : ahu. 1 thouts,; th3 te-. tnd report" i to Cat! d C: :rirt Thrcrh 1-z'. beea jrta.wit' force l am " ! t! Valhel ina 1 : under the r li.. Fiv: Ivca tl .. ro frcra V rare! vithc-:t i .3 to his whera came suspicion l:.:.o who had the tl;t?cf!ve 1 was cr the ; a Fr--.Jr-5 Er 1 a tl Czz Total Fid Oy Listed l!r.vcJ'-.n Stocks This Yc:r to Dr'j Comes to $1,03,7.i;0, . ; Exceeding by practiC2"y JS0OO the payments , made , for "the .ane 'period l?st year, the February dividends paid c JL br various sugar 6tocks, and the miscellaneous jcorporatlcas , listed oa the local 6tock exchange -stand at JC31.375. Payments last-year were f C42,TGr for the second, month of the year. -The fiures. are compiled from jtock excha-r 3 sheets. ' Following t re the list c dividends raid out -bv various comr -ales r- Hai ku, J15.O05; I- Faia, . $22,500; ;,.Kekaha, :i",CC0; Pioneer, $0,000; Koloa, .. Tanjcng -Olck .Rubber 1- Com--an-; ISCC?; Hone' -W Brewing & raiting Cc-; .ay, ' :,:o6;. Hawaiian Commercir, ?1C0,C. : , Honomu, 111. Z'.y, Hutchinson, tl . ..00; V- Paauhau, fC-ir;:; V.elluka, J3J.000; Pepeekeo, ?i;'3; V.v: '.ja,-S4S.000; Oahu Rail way i Land Ccm-anr, $3200; Oaha Cu"r Con.;aay, 550,000; -Hawaiian r.sar Ccn:-:r.y, $45,000;. Ewa, ;30. (Cj; C. Ere :r. & Company, $45,000; later-Island ' C .cam j NavigaticnV Com ranr, ;i6,ST:; Katutav'15000' Hawai ian Fiaear:'3 Ccmpany $S75$; Ucno lulu G" j Cpssy. LtdvlSdOdj,. Total. , - - i . Tehrt -ry's parents'- bria- .the to tal f r th3 ye..r to elate to SUt'd.TCO. Ha Bccri fJc" Breach.of:Heu-. r trality, Say 3 Statement; By; ! . - 1 1.1. - ? . . . " NO SIGN of: nmsH :govef1mMENT-involved '' -.. . .1 """"" V. " "- Documentary Evidence Against OnlyTvva r.;ccnrHs,Says,r fehRand:!J rnd.ScIign; -? " " ' h' ' - ; . .i !-' There has ot.n no breach of neu trality by. the United. States or any tr its citizens iand, thus far- there is no evidence tt-t the British; government Is implicated, - ' J This la the opiilon of U. Si District Attorney ; Horace 'W,i Vaughao," as , an noun.ced today fcflowlhg aa lnyestiga tiorfby him of : he. so-called war plot" in which, it Is alleged; an attempt was made to buy soldiers out of the Ameri can army here and send them abroad for enlistmentwllh the Allies. ,r : h - District "Attorney 'aughan says that there is no ""great mass cf evidence before him connected with th case of W. RrSelIg3ea, alias Eteia, and Guy Dv Randell, alias England, who, .with R. B. Jeffcr: anva former unlisted man, were arrested by. Marshal J. J.' Sraid. dy last Sunday as alleged conspirators ia a ploV to recruit n;ea from Haw i to send to" the battlcfionts. of the Al lies.'' vh-.-h? V--:i ':hV.'"i'" Jefferson Out of lt.: , ... .. At the ins-mce of Mr. Vaughan. the Case '.against 'Jef.:r?ea was dropped late, yesterday af;3rr.cc-; the1 district attorney merely Stating that he did not believe Jefferson;,wa3 guilty It is understood - that fbirtbe , last . several weeks Jefferson has beea -wcrkiag on the Vwar plot for th1?-; -!:r? er.difor the city and co-mty atte.ae- '3 office-.'. "So far as the case to date is con cerced,,' Mr. "Vaahaa said today,"the only evidence we have J csaiast two person3,V' -Randell ;and'- Sjeilsen, or Stein, for an all ed violatica.of see tioa.10 rf tho p il cc""- .by. atterapt-.' in-r-to-h.i;e ; . a.out: f the amy, to go abrc d. : r enlistment ?l 1 j "1 have, no tlocumentary evidence connecting aaypiie else vith the al leged offense,- with the '-exception :ot tho two persons uamed,,,r he" added J r Have Three Witnesses. 71 It was learned tod y that 'Jefferson and. two corporals f. . ;a ' the; 4 th Cav alry who are said to have ..ar Isted. amy officials In brlning the'e to a head, will be the principal witnesses against Randell and Ec'.lgsea if;thefr cr- rs. are brought to trial Ran I ell already has pleaded guilty before Ccav nisslocer George ' S. Curry, 1 and ' has been bound over to the federal rand Jury, x - . - v f hv r-K 1. v.' In a statement to the Star-Bulletin Monday, Randell said that he consid ered the, matter a ?put up job' or hiraselfraad that.-In offering to assist f..-.ane' ,Tly the 4th hdvalry. corporals la.bu Tt)utof the -ray, he thought he Ww- "doing a-fa " for Jefferson who, h- J -lares,-he believed to -t3 his frie Itandell al -9 said that Jef ferson w.s introduc-4 to him by W; P. Fennell, liquor licena-inspector.' i 1 ": Seligscri .is still out on b"hd, and ' his case was to be heard by Commis sioner Curry tr: ; afternoon.- 1. fc. -' ' j ; m 'mm tew W m m J ' V' . AD CLUB'S ALOHA IS. GIVEN MEMBER OFF TO . - JOIN BRITISH RANKS Harry Strange ...Ad Club members Jn numbers and with enthusiasm - today "did bona -to oneof their most, active-brothers; Harry L. Strange, upon ?he eve'of his departure for England to. . join the British colors.- ; ... ' .'...- ;.' Mr.;-Strange, -secretary of the "club and manager of the ' " Honolulu Gas Companyr was the' subject cf verbal tributes which culminated in the pre9 entatlcn to hia by his fellow clubmen of a handsome jeweled ; watch fob, bearing" the Ad Club "Truth" emblem prominently displayed. uvO; " 1 The occasion today was' billed as "Newspapermen's Day" but that serv ed merely to cloak, the real - event of the weekly l lunchecn, which .was. the club's godspeed to a member leaving at the call of duty, which he feel?. V ' Mr.' Strange, who ; has been ' elv.i leave "of absence by the Gas Company until tEXt January, has, been one" cl the, -cJuh's : h irdcst vCrkersrac.;t.f fectlve in Jrsh'o and outs'. i 3 aef!-, i tie3.'and one of. the biggest be :. :.r3 Honolulu, ha s, it -wag' pointed r it by several speakers. '"The newspawrmci were -especially, inviUd': because Mr. Strange's club activities ;. have been largely along publicity lir e 3 and " in this work he has won the cec; rratlon of every newepaperman with whem he has come ialcontact - . ; ; ' -; ' The ."surprise" billed on th? printed cards sent out to members proved to ' t : :.''"' :. : - . ' ' "..'., h ; (Continued on pag9 three) : ' r-" rs- 1 r " 1 p h m f v pi "! 5i '-): j 1 J ; ' 1 -J n-ih "! 1 v. ' . J 1 1 .1 Lh , ! -T - "i C nf "T r?f --) fir-'- - rf Cr-- -'-r tidi. j eaiens i rv to ii c j J re"-: :;i - . - .-. .,. . , . , , ....... i - 4 . "' . , fAisoriated "Press Service t hy 'Federal: Wireless. ." LONDON, England, -Marcht.- Joda of the annouueeei uewrGerman' submarine eauipaifru, iindiu tin-' Vvllf-y which Berlin has declared of ti-eating all armed nu-rrhantiuen vvai shipsto be attacked without warning. - ;jyimultajteousl; with the date for the opeuiug of t!u in-w' v:m paign cpmes the. news that the British steamer Thornaby h ri'porti I , sunk and the crew all killed or drownedi - " AV-th this' desj)atchJcomc8 4 the following, -note by ; A? ociat ' Presia y fV;'-;" ;: -.: ' ". -1 ;i The censorship -prKVent'ijiving details' of tli is sinkij;,'. T. reference to the crew being ''killed or drowned" inukatrs t!. t vessel, was either . torpedoed of struck a 'mint. - It is ret '-i:: II. ' I whether, the: Thornaby w-as anacd, or whether it sank t-fore midhiVht." v . . K . - , '':';: Midnight was tho " exact time set by Berlin 'for the new c; 10 go into eiieci. ; ; ; cr G- v . .. - ' ...... w IlwjJlL U C.J de I f ' j I iiliJUliLL'hJoii r . i-p p p ';,.-Ill- mmlj v ylil'l AValter F C :: iaghanx .is still regard ed.' as '.the; tr t likely candidate fcr Robert , V. L ' ; le'g.;. place J oa the hoard of :prrv: rs. V Rumor has it that the c .ycr i aiuch more anxious to appoint him tha If r. Dillingham, i? to 8erve.r, s , '.: - --i. v: -.' "Our new, member must be, a man ot Mr. Shingle's raHber" says the mayor. '"He must 3 tactful In order to keep harmcay raohg- the otheJ members when the peace of the board i threatened, as Mr. Shingld has done. He must be a man who Is used to dealing with big questions and who is deeply interested . In ..the", public .welfare."- ' j " "' 'fi ' ' !'' 'r,: ?-'' HAWAII DEFENSE 'PLjNvw : IS CHHACTERIZED AS y IMPERATIVE; LIGHTS 3 fA5-cli4 Trn ty TtiutX Wlr Bless J. ' WA1! 1INGTC 'I, O. .IMarch 1. The v ' department has askei Con-r-i fir tn appropriation k1 t43,CCO for ir.d definses In Hawaii 'includlri the installation cf carchll-;hts and ac quisition, of n-;ht cf way. The appro priation ?is characterized as Impera tively , -h.h ';4;-..Vv,;v ' V.1 .. . . ... . . . . , . . ) . v .George Anderson of Cleveland, convicted In the dynamite conspiracy case at ladlanapolis. was released from the United ' SUtes penitentiary at Leavenworth, TCan having complet ed serving his seriteac cf three years. j 1 ...-'-' ' - property .Purchased , By 7o- ; t:;Iiv3 Ccmn:;lt:3; VLn u is ' : Fc rm ' lev; . :mnan y W i -' r-- ;,"';r ttr-rt:::?"- rpeci-r fcy Kut-mt Wireless) 111I.O, a L 't'nder fcreclosure proceedin. . . r.at ..public auction the Hilo Railroid "fas sold as a going con cern hero talay for fLC1 r'00. The purchasers were A. Ca...oelI, J. Lv Cockburn,' A. Lewis; Jx.tE. 1 Spalding, John Waterhouse and E. H. W'ode house, members of the proteptive com mittee rer resenting ' the - .bondholders , in the corporation. ry ...';.;. Plans made by. the members of the protective committee representing the bondholders : In the HIlo Railroad to form an entirely new cpmpany to con duct the corporation," materialized' to day when the members were success ful In; bidding in the" property of the railroad, at; $1,000,000: ;; :.;:f; "f .The selling of the, riilroadtlal. public auction was the result of. -action brought by ' the members of ' the pro tective committee which led to ;fore closure proceedings -and receivership. L'Eder , the:' tentative rplans made; by the' comm.! 'tee, which were to he i car ried out i: the case their. representa tives were : -ccessfuf tn bidding In the property, business was to btf.resumed over the 'lines of the road , nndef the Hawaii . Consolidated Railway, - Ltd., which was to have a paid-hp capital stock, of $1C"' with the privilege cl Increasing thi.to4 10,000,000. . . ; -i .If the plana are. iiow.carrled out as contemplated the members of the com mittee, consisting of J, R. Gait Ai N. Campbell, TL; ' Wodehouse, 'J. U Cockbura,yjV LeUis, Jr E. I. Spalding and John vaterhouse wfll be the.di rectors of the corporation while the officers w ili be J. R. pilL A. N. Camp bell. E. If. VTodehotis A. tV Judd. J. 1 Cockburn ind the- Audit Company ' WASHINGTON, D. C, ilarch 1. Out rf of the president there will be a vote in the l and senate; upon solutions 'warning Amerira;:.' on armed ships, but the form of the resolutions, will laten i . -';... ." : ". ,. - : v I ' -Germany's latest' assurance cor.cenrtt the' e :;I marines h not as broad E3 is, de:: 1 the a !-. .!' c rnplete as it w?s cri-ir"-- t " j be. l:t is i ..:..:l'circc.'j t..t. t;..re . . .. ) I'lurtlHT adaiinistration.is certain ,Congrej a. Ill 'er' irras:-it.' -h :, :y - fer'"?" tot' ir-t.:;;re i . t make no i t . ! . JV -ikf mat m,, d r LONDON, England, Mrch L Nc- s has n many 'has sent to Portugal an ulti:.:t:tum I-:r .within 4.3 hours of.the interned German fki; i r otis Pcrt'd. .se ports, the despatch Icing from cut at Ir.drid. ";,".-" :: . t; erman (.in 1, VA K 1 S; France, 'larch 1. Comparative quiet- reig: the west front around "Verdun, where f 'ivddys 4!;e been terrific': Military observers declare that the ha3 been' definitely halteth . - ; . " v liOnly intermittent bombarding ? 13 taking place on the frc:.t 1. -twefjf RegnevilU- r.nd Reinar:aiiyiile', The 'situation at' Verdun ii v " in hand, hi(;Ii'ofIici"Is declare: - . ' ; ': C ,". . ,'. ;J -The chief German efforts in-this section are noiv dire .ted'towrr 1 cffectnig if possible a rescue of the remnant' of Ibe Bra:. dei.' r regiment,'' which is" cooped up in the ruini of the fortress Dona.; , , , the .fortress Jbeing surrounded by French soldiers, who wen their v, . y there bv Jiand-to-har.d' fighting, r ."-" ; 1 -; V- , '.'V : ; ''The front' is calm enabling Jjtk sides do bring up f res a forces and large' supplies of -ammunition.-;;-';' .'li j. ': ' V ; ' -., : Military - observers' arc u'neertaiu whether or not the lull by tli? Germans is. but a prelude. to aTenewal.of thc.offeusive .along the Ver dun. salient,' ; It is thought that the Germans are preparing to' estaL- ; lish- a front' west of Pbnt-a-ilousson eishteeii j miles southeast ot' ' '" : .'- i .;;; ' t - . c '. -)hf ;;vVvf J - , V 'L il'.' - BEIiLtX, Germany aLirch l.--The jofflcial annotmcement today does Dot '.mention, the situation at Verdup. - It refers only ; to threj, aerial battles.' A : ' .":'; -''' "' 5 i 7 -y V;? ; '-" ' "'' ; A . ItaHim Xinsr TLounht in V.rar ?h i - NEW YORK, N. V March 1. the Italian liner America, armed, ' is believed to be now in; the" var zone; carrying 182 cabin and 17C j 1 steerage passengers toif New;.York; Tbe ; vessel' sailed :froiri Naplei ' on February 23 and nothing has been heard . from it-since. - v ) 1 'i': Fire caused 150,000 damage la the business sectior of . Ptillipsburg, Pa., among1 the buIVdings burned being the Moshannoa National bank. ' .- r SteriineriTilIi Ci! ;Afir i - V;alAN(IESTER,;;Englan,A steamer Spiraea,from Philadelphia, loaded with oil from -the Standard Oil Company; which was discharging her. cargoj'is on fire. p: " i ; :. X BIDS ON KAlElrTROAD v; v:. FORWARDED TO FCHBES ' Bids- fori the construction Work .on the Kaleie homestead road, on Hawaii were "opened, yesterday at. the office of the' superintendent of public works and forwarded to him at Hllo,' It Is expected that he will award the-con-tract before returning to .Honolulu Saturday, .- i- ..: -J. rerreira;,vrasi law bidder on; al) three sections. of the Toad- His bids were respectively 1. 13325,- J1505 and ':,,'-. . 1-;W -h --" - '- . -russi; , The county of Hawaii .filed - bids of S7534.29" imS-SS and $3311.1?. -William Cullen wanted , $8000. 2QtiQ- e nd i $ 1 0,000 respective y 1 for . each of' -the three sections- .' i- ..- .. - . ; ' I . The - statement that sx citizens of T Sth Louis' were swindled.: by , a fake" Z. gambling' syndicate,; nd that their fy; losses h wouldapTraUrcate $175,009', v-- '- was madefy, a e.York detective , 'working the case, -.rpcr -men, said -.'-.-. -y to te connected Vith th'e.sch2rae,,w;er? 4 : -arrested In' New. York, and one J-?. ."' ' arrested in SL Lc;:'v - "