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U ALL MATS E T4f I 3:30 I NEXT HAILS From San Frarcfcc Next mail, Oct IS. For San Franctacs Next mail. Oct 23. Farming Bulletin. Est No. C319 Hawaiian KUr, Vol. XXV. No. W69 16 PAGES-HONOLULU, TERBITOBY OF HAWAII, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1017. 16 PAGES PRICE FIVE CENT8 'f: n n tv n n n rr r-v nnn i fc- VD Vrn VU UUL3VIUU UUVJ V ESCAPE, t CUTOFF Boatload of Survivors Rom ' Torpedoed British Steamer Bombarded by U-Boat Which Dives to Safety as Warship Comes to Rescue (Acwdatad Prm 7 S. Ksval WirelMt.) LONDON, Eng., Oct. 17 Hun .f rightfulness on- the high fcertiyis reported to have caused tliucath of an American sailor, bays an admiralty announce Mnent today. Whila members of the crew wen fleeing In. an open, boat to escape, r being engulfed by the suction or sinking British steamer, torpedoed by I a U-boat in the war zonethe sea tiger - suddenly- opened up a bombardment from her guns on the defenseless boat load and killed one American. - Fortunately the appearance of a pa trol boat forcen the submersible to dlTe and 49 survivors were picked ui in safety. Twelve of the rescued were teported to' be Americans, v Local Chinese Plumber Was Given 9 Months for Statu BY? SHELL c tory Offense; Had Appealed lAuoclt4 Pm VI V. . Haval Wlrelau.) SAN FRANCISCO. CaL. Oct. 17. i The local circuit : court ol appeals fcaa upheld tbe conviction in the Ho nolulu federal court oiv. u. l-et on a charre of having committed a statu tory offense. The appeal court holds that the statement by Judge H. w, Vaurhan . "Now little girl, don't be frightened." to Kum Sing Kee, the complaining witness, was not made with the intention of influencing the ; ;?-3Lp- Let, a prominent local Chi- J ntl.vplumber, was tried and convict ed in the local federal court of , a "i - charge of having committed a statu- ffn.A Invnlrlnv t?nm Stns Vat tV4 W fcfc -U - w.u . a Chinese girl, on December 16, 1916. lle was sentenced by Federal Judge Vaughan to serve, nine months ' in Oahu prison, and pay the costs of the case. Let appealed and was released on $2500 bond. . .', ,". " When the young" Chinese girl was called to. the witness stand she ap peared frightened and nervous and Judge Vaughan said to her, "Now little girl, dont be frightened; no one . is . going to. hurt you,H or words to that effect Counsel for the defense Intimated' that this statement might have had Influence on the Jury. HACKFELD LOSES PACIFIC SMIL'S SHIPPING AGENCY (JUsoeUtM rrtu Vr U. 5. Htrtf Wtrt)as. , SAN ; FRANCISCO. October-17. In conformity with its policy toname em ploye of the company as its trans pacific agents, the Faciflc Mall Steam ship Co. has annonnced'that the ship ping agency Is to be taken away from 1L Hackfeld A Co. at Honolulu S. W. Good has been named instead as the Honolulu agent; ; ; ( "No advices regarding the proposed change had been received today by F. W. Klebahn. the shipping executive of llackfeld &nGo. The orders regarding the change however, may be received or-f v ? : Pacific Mall steamer due to-niw-v. Hackfeld Co. have been the Pacific Mall agents in . Honolulu ever since tne line was inaugurated, or for nearly 50 years, according to an assertion of Mr. Klebahn. , SMOKE SEEN ISSUING F.ROM. THE MAUNA KEA -After leaving the Inter-Island dock this morning the steamer Mauaa Kea hove to in the 'stream and stopped for Etven or eight minutes. This was Rafter large volume of smoke was seen "from shore to come p through tbe grating to the upper deck of the steamer. Before O. C. Scott, treas urer of the company, could procure a boat and get. out: to the Mauna . Kea she proceeded on her Hilo voyage. It is presumed the smoke was caused) the case will go to the jury tomorrow ty Uierioodinj: of the oil burner i 'morals , ; . , . ' - M . Governor Declares Half-Holiday On October 24 For Liberty Loan Following the example of the president in setting aside Wednes day, October 24, as a day for swelling subscriptions to the Liberty Loan, Governor Pinknam today issued an official proclamation for th territory of Hawaii, naming a hall-holiday for the same date. The proclamation, which contains the presidential proclamation, is as fol lows: 1 ' "In pursuance of the authority vested in me by Chapter Sixteen. Revised Laws, Territory of Hawaii, ISIS, and the request of the Presi dent of the United States and the secretary of the treasury, who are re sponsible for the financing of the great war. I Mt asid the latter half of the Twenty-fourth day of October, Nineteen hundred and Seventeen as a half holiday, to be devoted to the purposes of securing: subscrip tions to the Second Liberty Loan as indicated by the words made a part thereof. PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT This Liberty Loan gives the peo pfe of our country their opportu nity to sustain the Government and its might and power which has been mobilized for the conduct of the great war -upon .which we are now embarked. Through it the whole Country joins in the mibilJ zation and is able to strike a mor tal blow against ' Prussian " autoc racy and in defense of our outraged American rights, bur-own liberty and the liberty f the world. ; Every .subscriber to these Lib erty Bonds, whether he or she takes only one bond or takes more, lends the weight of. that contribu tion, the weight of that support, to the ' force behind that vital 'blow. He or she puts that amount to the patriotic service of the country, IN WITNESS WHEREOF 1 have the Great Seal of the Territory of Hawaii to be affixed. DONE at the Capitol in Honolulu, this 17th day of October, A. D. 1917. LUCIUS E. PINKHAM, - Governor of Hawaii. U. S. Waters Experts May Be Broup Here To Solve ir RGINO that the Honolulu Chamber of the United States Geological conclusion regarding the city's Gergory of Yale university, eminent local business men yesterday afternoon mediate action on Professor Gregory's suggestions was taken and President J. F. C' Hagens appointed J. R. Gait, chairman, A. L Castle and J. T. Taylor as a committee'to get in Immediate touch with the director of the federal geological bureau. A request will probably be made by the local committee to have the Washington officials send experts to determine what shall be done to conserve the water supply of Honolulu. Professor Gregory described the geological formation of Oahu, and told many Interesting facts concerning the water supply here. He advised using the artesian, well source for the city supply, and urged that a commission be formed which would have full pom era to regulate the use of the water. Although a person had acres of land he should not be allowed to use all tha water he can get out of his property. ' taken over by the government on Oc said the speaker. Water is public pro- tober 15 came to the Honolulu office pcrty. and every citizen, has equal in a cablegram this afternoon, tin water rights. It was pointed out at eluded was the information that the the meeting that the water level of ships are not at once to be withdrawn tbearteslan wells is dropping at the from the island service. The' cable rate of five Inches a year. ..There are1 j.j am read as follows: 00 artesian wells in Honolulu, but nearly half of them are not in use. Professor Gregory declared that at a cost of 510,000 a year for-field ex- renses, the federal geological office would probably send experts here to spend ten or twelve months in going! over every inch of the island, and then advislugi the ' best way to secure an j adequate supply and conserve iL The J speaker pointed out. that the people of this city must plan not only for next - year, and the year afterward, but must ' plan an adequate water supply for the Greater Honolulu which will have a , ternoon by the public utilities com populatlon of .nearly 200,000 within f mission. This will be the first meet- twenty year. ':?yy'' ;:,;:'!V ;' Governor. PInkham .urged that the Chamber of Commerce take immediate : action on the matter, and ask Wash- i ngton for water experts. , The national guard company no guarding your reservoirs is costing yoi ; from $5000 to $6000 a month. Two months expenses utilized for expert woubjf secure a year's service of these xx2t.ix sum iv la vuuitiv 4 a business proposition , Professor Gregory was asked a treat number of questionsVoncerniDg the water, here. He stated that Hono lulu should take advantage of her nu merous water, sources. The - artesian well water was the safest, ho said, but until the people are taught caution in the ways of handling water, even the purest water is dangerous.. ; v Tf - you - bottlo the purest spring i tltt. "It is Just as liable to contamina tion as though it came' from a stag nant pool. Teach The. peoplCcomraon sense." A vote of thanks was. tendered Pro fessor Gregory for his talk. BARON LE GAY CASE TO JURY TOMORROW Both sides have rested in the suit brought against the Honolulu Rapid Transit & Land Co. by Baron Ettl Le Gay in which he seeks to-receive 111.000 alleged damages. Instructions are being drawn un this afternoon and JV October 24 is hereby designated and apopinted Liberty Day. On that day let all the people of every community of the country assemble and pledge the fullest financial support within their ability to the cause. Let there be patriotic meetings held every where. Let us make the result of this campaign for the second Liberty Loan Bond issue so impressive and so emphatic that it will echo to and in the enemy empire and be clear to all the wrld at an index of the intentions cf America. On that day air federal offices will be closed at noon and all fed eral employes shall be free from all duties other than the patriotic observance of the day. thereunto set my hand and caused of Commerce enlist the aid of experts Survey in an effort to arrive at some supply of water, rrofessor Herbert E. geologist and explorer, addressed the at the Chamber of Commerce. Im NEWS NO PRESENT CHANGE IN MATSON SCHEDULE First definite word that all the shfps of the Matson Navigation Co. were "U. S. 'shipping board has com- mandecred ail our ships, but assure us no intention Immediately to with- draw any of them from the Hawaiian island trade. Will advise you later of any change.' l.-l. RATE RAISE MAY COME BEF0R5 UTILITIES Hearing on the complaint of E. C. peters against the Mutual Telephone because his telephone number wasiiot placed in the April directory of the comnany. will be held tomorrow f. ling this week as no quorum was ores cnt yesterday at the regular meeting hour. No Intimation is to be gained as to what action the commission intends ?to take on the question of the Inter- Island rates, Chairman W. T. Carden declaring that he has nothing to say in the matter. Meanwhile the com- pany goes merrily alorig, charging for uincio me ici-tuuy lULTeaseu rales Instead of lowering its charges as or dered for October 15. AUTO CLUB MAY CUT ANNUAL DUES $4 . Membership dues and fees in the Honolulu Auto club may be cut from $6 to $2 a year if the proposal made at thA - annual mpetinc nf Ihn lnK r. loay is carr,J out. Reports from President W. R. Farrington and Secre- tary C. H. McWayne were read and re ceived. The secretary was instructed to hire a collector to collect the un paid dues. The following were elect ed to compose ihe new board for the coming year: C. H. Bellina, J. J. Bel ser. E. E. Bodge. R. B. Booth, E. M. Ehrhorn, W. R. Farrington, J. A. Mc Candless, A. F. Wall and L. H. Under wood. 16 GAMBLERS GUILTY Wong Chuck and 13 other Chinese were convicted of a charge of gamb ling by a jury in Circuit Judge Ash? iora 8 court today. They will be sen-1 fenced next Saturday morning. The case came to circuit court from police! COltf JAjJnMT(Vtsii XJiixx tciaX. - LATE UrMMll u iyJliW ' ' SMAFIffi HOSPITAL MAY OPEN Army Medical Authorities Ask Gen. Wisser to Allow Civilian Patients to Be Received as Result of Queen's Hospital Action A! CCORDING to a- we defined story reaching the Star-Bulletin today a request has been made to the commanding general of the Ha ; waiian department to open the depart ment hospital in this city to civilian ' patients. " i Reason for the request is said to be the refusal of Queen's hospital authorities to allow an army surgeon; . recently to perform an operation on a civilian patient at Queen's hospital. The request for the officer to be al lowed' to perform the operation was . made by a civilian physician. George W. Smith of the Queen's hospital trustees said today that the army 6urgeon had been refused per mission to perform the operation be cause he was not a member of the so called honorary board. Rules of the hospital require that any physician must be a member of this board before being recognized by the officials. Practically all that is necessary to become a member, pro viding a physician is licensed to prac tise, is that he make applic-ition with the secretary of the hospital. "This doctor has never made appli cation for admission to the honorary board," said Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith added that he has been told by Dr. W. C. Hobdy that there is an order from the war department against doctors practising in civilian hospitals. His reason, however, for the refusal to let the army surgeon perform the operation is that he was not a member of the honorary board of the hospital, nor had he applied "for membership. According to an order published here several months ago army doctors were not to practise among civilians except in cases of emergency or at their own station. The question arises, of course, as to the station of a doctor on duty at the department hospital. The postoffice address of the hospital is not Fort Shatter, but Honolulu. Does this allow an army officer to practise in any part of the city? SAVE,' U. S. CRIES WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 17. An urgent appeal was Issued from the of fice of the food control board for an extra effort on the part of sugar con sumers to curtail. the consumption of that commodity. The notice declares that unless a radical change is made there will be a serious shortage in the East, due principally to a lack of transportation facilities. No relief can be expected, say the food controllers, until after the crops are moved in November. U. S. TO BE REPRESENTED AT ALLIED WAR MEETING WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 17. It is now practically assured that ths United States will be represented at the conference of the entente allies scheduled to be held shortly in Paris according to government officials here, who are of the opinion that America will take her place in the war councils of the allies from now on. SUGAR SHORTAGE IMPENDS; 'LET'S LIBERTY LOAM COIVlMITTEtv BULLETIN DQn't Let Your Dollars be Deserters In oursister Republic, France, every peasant is a patriot. There is scarcely a Frenchman who is not an owner of 44 rentes,' ' the popular 3 Government Bond. The thrift of the French people is the underlying strength of the nation that has surprised the warld in the present crisis. In England the war has made every Britisher a saver. y and subscriptions to the national war loans of Great Kntam have reached the enormous number of 5,289,000. Everj- dollar in this Territory that is not absolutely needed for some productive purpose should be invested in Liberty Bonds. Dollars can be deserters just as well as men! HAWAII'S FOOD PROB AREPRESENTEDTO Food Commission Sends Full Outline of Conditions, Urging That Government Take Steps to Insure Adequate Fuel Oil Supply and Provide Tonnage Sufficient to Meet the Transportation Needs Pertinent Facts in Letter to Herbert Hoover Hawaii is dependent for a large part of its ration upon importation of foods from the mainland and from Japan. This food commission is en deavoring to cut down the need for these food importations by stimulating the production of some of these commodities here by in creasing the growth of home-grown foods. We have taken the ground that Hawaii's main function in this crisis is the production of sugar. We take it for granted that the movement of food products to the mainland is considered in Washing ton of such Importance that ton nage of some kind will continue to be provided. THK territorial food commission has spoken! In a lengthy letter to Herbert Hoover, national food admin i rrator, 'the. ''commission presents, to him Hawaii's problems of food conservation, food prcdnction, oil and other ftfel sup ply, shipping, labor and the ugar industry. "This letter," declared J. F. Child, assistant executive officers, to a repre sentative of the Star-Bulletin, "is our reply to your question: 'What is the food commission doing?' " The letter to Mr. Hoover asks no favors and makes but few suggestions, yet there are intimations here and there as to how the national food ad ministration could help the local com mission.. t; Suggests Fuel Oil Control In the first . place, the letter ex presses the fear that Hawaii Is soon to face a fuel oil shortage, a matter which has already been drawn to the attention of Mr. Hoover by Delegate Kuhio. .A considerable portion of the sugar produced in Hawaii is depend ent on water pumped by fuel oil, says the letter, and that many or the Iarje public utility concerns are also de pendent on this fuel. A failure of this oil supply, the letter adds, would shortly paralyze Hawaii's industries. The food commission has no specific power over oil, gasoline, etc., the let ter continues, and intimates that some sort of control should be placed over the local situation. The letter to Mr. Hoover follows: "Dear Sir: Our letters to you of June Id, July 18 and August 28 have given an outline of the organization and work of this commission. Federal Action Asked "It has occurred to us that a sketch by us of HawaliV economic situation may be of some value to you and in case you are not already in possession of the information may lead to advice or action by you which will hetp this territory better to contribute Its maxl mum toward solving the food problem. "Hawaii, aside from being a military and naval outpost with 8,852 troops, is almost exclusively a food producing and food exporting territory and very highly organized for this purpose, but for what appear to have been (at least until recently) sound economic reas ons, Hawaii has specialized (mainly in L sugar) and is dependent for a larga part of its ration upon Importation of foods from the mainland ' and from Japan. "Hawaii exported in the last fiscal year ending June 30, 1917,, to the Unit ed States: Sugar 581,201 short tons, val ued at $67,741,164. Canned Pineapples (Practical ly the entire supply for the United (Continued on page two) ir XL LEMS HOOVER A failure of our fuel oil supply would paralyze our Industries. Coal is not available as a substitute and our wood supply Is too limited to begin to fill the gap. It looks as if this soli situation would need control, and there is room for considerable economy here in the use and misuse of gas oline. Without the use of fertilizers the production of sugar would be decreased fully 30 per cent. In beef we have not yet com pleted our investigations, but we are inclined to think that we shall either be self-supporting, or that by economy and meatless days we can make ourselves so. i ' ! fmi tary D ciator Michaelis' Favor (AsuoclaUd Frtts by V. & Xaval WirelM.) . 4- CO PEN HAG EN, Denmark, 4- Oct. 17.The Berlin correspond- 4- ent of the Hamburg Fremdem- blatt says that Chancellor Mich- 4- aells has decided to encourage -4 4- the plans now on foot, to estab- 4-4- lish a military dictatorship in 4- Germany in defiance of the senti-'4-4- ment of the reichstag. 4- 4 4. .f 4. 4. 4- 4- 4- 4. 4. f- 4 of Up At TWO men, working under a canvas awning -which shield ed their operations from the view of pedestrians, this morn-.1 ing plastered up the coat-of-arms of the Imperial German govern ment which is just above the door at the Fort street entrance of the firm of H. Hackfeld & Co. The order to cover 'up the coat-of-arms for the time being, at least, was given by J. F. C. Hagens. a vice president of the company. Mr. Hagens explained today that last week a newspaper man called on him and informed him that unfavorable comment had been made on the presence of the coat-of-arms. He took the matter up with the commander of the Ha waiian department and U. S. At torney S. C. Huber he says, and both informrj him that such com ment was not well founded and that they could see no reason why the coat-of-arms should not re main. He adds, however, that since such comment was reported to be prevalent about the city, he thought it would be best to cover up the coat-of-arms and accord ingly gave the order that the work be done. (Associated Pirn bytr.B. XTivil Wfreloa.) AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Oct 17. Germany will have a hard task ahead in railing the new ten billion marks war credit loan If the attitude of the Socialists ' toward Chancellor Mlchaclis is any criterion. According to a prominent German Socialist newspaper, the Socialist members of the raichstag at a recent i caucus decided snanimoualy to vote against the credits bill which will be Introduced in the chamber In Decem ber unless Michaelis resigns from the ForGe many Gets Coat of Arms Germany Covered Hackield HUN SOCIALISTS OPPOSED TO NEW VAR CREDIT LOAN RUSSIAN wMmes Petrograd Admits Communica tion With Slav Commanders in Riga Gulf Has Been Lost; Reports German Battleship Struck a Mine (Sptdtf SUr-BaUatla Corrtt9B4aca,) BKKUX, Germany, Oct. 17. Germans Vre now in control of the whole of the island of Oesel. Battles have iUo been won from the Slav naval de fenders north of Oesel bay, in the Gulf of Kiga, with no losses to the Germans. The Slavs were compelled to retire. PETROGRAD, Russia, Oct. 17. De spatches from the Riga front today say that a fleet of Zeppelins was seen over Moon Sound, to the northeast of the Island of Oesel in the Gulf of Riga. Naval skirmishing between Slav and Hun naval units continues, with no particular success on either side. It Is reported that a German dreaoV nought struck a mine Friday near Oesel island, but was able to remain afloat, and was seen to steam to the southward. The war office bulletin Issued today declares that officially the Slav da fenders on Oesel have been completelf ' Host track of. uue io me errorts of u. S. Com missioner Stevens, the freight conges tion at' Vladivostok has been reduced 25 per cent, and Russian officials art loud in their praise of the executive ability of the American represent tive. (JLsMcUUd Press by U. 8. vl WUcIms.) PARIS, France, Oct-, 17. Nancy, the cathedral town In the Meurthe-et Moselle department of France, vwas today subjected to a fierce bombard ment by Hun airmen, and as a result lh persons were killed andv40 wound" ed. During the combined air attacks by the French and British aviators oa Monday and Tuesday 25 Hun planes were shot down and their crews killed. PARIS, France, Oct 17. Reports from the Verdun front today tell of violent fighting on the east bank of the river Meuse, but the results ars still in doubt. As Exhibit A in a case in which charges it is said are to be preferred against Albert Mdcbado of the Hono lulu detective staff, all the members of the civil service commission were called to the office of Attorney WII 15am Rawlins this afternoon to view a badly beaten up Filipino, whom the detective is alleged to have manhan dled while placing him under arrest yesterday. Machado is one of the new officers who received his appointment, aft-? er it Is said the civil service requirements had. been reduced from 70 to 60 per cent In the examination tests. Donicia Fernandez, the Filipino whom Machado is alleged to have abused, has a black and bhko eye, badly swollen, a cut over the back of his head and marks of a fist on his nose and upper lips. Besides he is to day in a weakened condition as a re sult of his Injuries. r With a number of other Filipinos he was discovered gambling in Iwilei yesterday. According to his story Ma chado knocked him down, picked Mm up and knocked htm down again, re peating the operation three times. MUNITION MAKERS EVADE WAR TAXES? (AJ-e-f rte Frass ty V. . Vtl TTN i im I WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. I?. Mu nition manufacturers are being ac cused of dsliberately evading the special war tax placed on the excess profits tn the industry, and according to officials these evaaiona now " amount to about $7,500,000 Ten mil lion dollara has already bton coK ; Iected under this special tastisa scheme, bat mucU more rcsaiat to fct Allies Destroy 25 German. Planes BEAT PRISONER CRUELLY, CHARGE AGAINST MACHADO 0