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00 NO PROSPECT OF HAWAII GUARD SEEING S soon-gen. mm Evening Bulletin. Kit. 1SS2, No. 6971. 12 PACr 3 -HONOLULU, TERRITORY OF HAWAII, TUESDAY, DECEMBER IS. 1917. 12 PAGE: PRICE FIVE CENTS HawallanBtar. Vol. XXV, No. M12. Its d nnfrann PILfl Effi PES6 ERVICE 1 U Aid crpjr J vii EEHT lie, COMMANDER'S STATEMENT BELIEVED JHJE TO CABLE Hawaiian Department Head Changes Opinion in Course of Morning But Refuses to Amplify Statement 'There is no prospect of the na tional guard's being called Inro fed eral service at the present time nor 'in the near future." Thig is the statement made to the Star-Bulletin today by Brig. -Gen. John P. "Wlseer. commander of the Ha waiian department, no comment being! padded by the officer in epite of quer ies, to explain his conclusions. It U presumed that the announce ment comes as the result of a cable from Washington although It is not known definitely that such a cable was received "Don't ask me any more about it," laughed Tfl commander in response to questions driven at him. "I've told you all X can." "Will any further explanation of this conclusion be made in the fu ehrer., Gen, Wlpser was asked. "Possibly." he replied. 'There it HAGENS QUITS PLANS ACTIVE I'M SERVICE VICE-PRESIDENT. AND ACTING MANAGER OF FIRM RESIGNS TO MAKE PLAIN HIS STAND AS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN AND AVOID IMPLICATION IN ANY "ENTANGLEMENTS" J. F. C Hagens, vice president and acting manager of IL Iiackfeld & Company, and connected with that ' firm for many years, is understood t to have resipned from the firm. When Mr. Hagens was asked today concerning a persistent rumor of his MTrslgriation he practlcany 'confirmed the report, stating that he has taken ' "Ihii action eo that there could.be no : question of where be sfoc4 In coanes tion ; with, any entanglements ... whicU , : 1 1 loReor ; AaseeUUd Ptms ty Q. 8. Vval WiMlMt.1 ' : WASHINOTON. D. . Dec 18. : Announcement was made today that 'V Charletfp Piei of - Chicago who has , been serving as rice president of the " Emergency Fleet Corporation, will T. .'become general manager succeeding - Admiral Harris, whose resignation is " alsa announced. A general reorgant cation of . this important war bureau will follow: V V , .- . -SASinARFilElEl; TOiTliUGIlT b:o.t . c. m ; Gas Clouds Will Encircle Scho V field Plains When Embryo ' V - Officers Start Training C Indications that the Hawaiian de fartment is preparing for the present ; "' war r on a strictly modern basis are - eeen in th information that the train ing camp to open at Schofleld Bar ' racks on January will hare a full ; course in both offensive and defensive . gas operations. 4 - Plans are being considered for the ' Installation of full equipment to teach gas warfare to the embryo officers soj tbatwhen they meet xt in actual ngnt lng in Europe they will be no Strang era to how to direct it at the enemy nor, how to protect themselves ' . gainst it - In the equipment that win De in ' stalled- for the school win ne a gas r house. which will - afford the final A proof to a candidate that he is fitted to meet an opposing force using gas. In this house will be gas of the most deadly Tariety, and the soldier, wear . ing a ga helmet, will be sent througn it until -js familiar with the deadly Then there -will oe iun inscrucuons in directing gas attacks, such as those in which great clouds of It are sent floating with the wind ia the direction kof the enemy. Among the well known forms of gas sed in the present war are the lach- il, which produces copious tears; sphyxiating gas and suffocating which render unconscious or outright Sometimes the gas trough a hose built especially vnnmosa and sometimes it is the enemy country in lells. yer 000 aurerent . maices nothing more that I can say at this : time." That something definite has occurr ed to cause the general to state that there is no prospect now or in the ear future for mobilization, and that this is a cable . message from Wash- ington, seems the only plausible solu tion to the sudden turn of affairs. Seen earlier this morning and ask ed concerning mobilization, the gen eral seemed quite inclined to believe that such action could be expected, though he made no direct assertion to that effect He remarked that the congressmen who visited here have now reached Washington, and that they seemed w,ell inclined toward the ! calling out of the local guard at the; time they were here. The statement J that there is no prospect for service' soon was made shortly before 1 o'clock this afternoon. HACHFELD CO.; might, by inference, interfere with the integrity of his services if they are desired by the United States. Mr. Ha gens is desirous of entering active service with the army of the United States. He is a member of the officers' re serve, corps potentially organized among citizens of Honolulu, " from whose ranks. Honolulans have already "been called to active service. He is closing a year's service as president of the chamber of commerce. (AuocUtrt Proa ty V. 8. Vaval Yttrelm.) WASHINGTON, D. C, .Dec. 18. The rules committee of the house to day agreed to bring the suffrage res olution before the house for a vote on January 10. ' 1917iWillto Judge Ashford Summons Kea- loha and Kamakaia; Regard ed as Step to Secure: Truth Subpoenas which have been issued at the instance of Circuit Judge C. W. Ashford summon John Kealoha, for mer supervisor, and "Rev." Sam Ka makaia, witnesses to the alleged 1917 will of the late Queen Liliuokalani, to be in his court at 2 o'clock next Friday afternoon to tell what they know concerning the document. v Circuit Judge Ashford has taken ! this step in spite of affidavits which, have been filed by John F. Colburn, who is named as executor in the al leged will, and his attorneys request ing permission to withdraw the docu ment from probate. Colburn has re quested to be discharged as executor. In court and legal circles the court's action is cLaracterized as a vitally im portant step, and one which will appar ently bring out the truth as to whether Kealoha and Kamakaia actually sign ed the will in the queen's presence, and whether the signature "Liliuoka lani,' which appears on each page of the alleged will, was written by the queen or by someone else. Kamakaia and Kealoha will testify under oath. The former has already repudiated an affidavit made a few days after the queen's death to the effect that he witnessed her signature in her presence. Kealbha was asked today whether he cared to affirm or deny a report about town that it was he who affix ed the name of the queen to the sev eral pages of the alleged will. -Tou'll get nothing out of me," was his answer. , "III tell my story to Judge Ashford next Friday after noon." A reserved question from the fifth circuit to the supreme court. In the case of the petition sf T. B. Lyons for a writ of quo warranto, has been re- Suffrage Soon Up to House witnesses to Come to Court The Staff The officers of the German gunboat Geier, which was the headquarters for German intrigue in Hawaii during internment. Standing, left to right Paymaster Gagelmann, 2nd Lieut. Jacobi-Muller, adjutant; 1st Lieut. Metzner, 1st Lieut. Pustkuchen, 1st Lieut. Portwich. . Sitting, left to rightDoctor, Guetschow,. Captain Grasshof, Capt.-Lieut. Eismann, Chief JIngineerHilde-.. branH.' Arrow points to commander, Captain Grasshof, whose diary revealed the scope of German violation- of ? American neutrality. x - j - - - : . EC AM A K AS A RELATES DREAMS On Examination By Attorneys He Denies Asking Delegate Kuhio for $5000 in Connec tion With 1917 Will Under a rapid-fire examination and cross-examination in the office of a local attorney yesterday afternoon, 'Rev." Sam Kamakaia, who says his type of religion ia akin to Christian Science, failed to weaken In his re cent statements that he did not sign the alleged 1917 will of the late Queen Liliuokalani in the presence of her majesty, but at his own home, and that he said he had signed the alleged will in the queen's presence only after being schooled by "Princess Theresa Wilcox Belliveau. But Kamakaia denied emphatically, when asked the question, that he had gone to Delegate Kuhio and demanded $5000, saying that he held the alleged 1917 will In the palm of his hand, and could either release it or crush it asi he pleased. Kamakaia was told that an attorney present had been reliabiy informed that he had demanded this ! money. John F. Colburn, who has filed in circuit court an affidavit in which he asks to be discharged as executor of the queen"s estate under the alleged 1917 will, conducted most of the exa raination. "What promoted you to become a minister of the Gospel?" Colburn asked. "I believe that there is a God and that the Bible is His teachings," Ka makaia answered. "Did you go through any ceremony to receive a license to become a min ister of the Gospel?" "Yes." "What?" "Speech-making and spreading the .fj,)eu , , . Who did you receive your license from?" "From Kekipi." "Do you believe in the same re ligion he does?" "Yes." "And he gave you a license?" "Yes." "Do you often dream?" "Sometimes." "What form do these dreams come in?" I don't understand that." "Well. do you dream while you are tnn nM i.kllM ... .mi x - asieep or wnne you are sitting in a chair nodding?" "When I actually go to sleep, then 1 dream." "How did these visitations of God come to you?" "The first thing I dreamed of was at Headquarters For DYNAMITE USED IN ASSASSINATION PLAN AT SACRAMENTO WHICH FAILED Governor Stephens, Evident Object of Murderous Attempt, Calmly Inspects Damage Done and Remains on Premises After Night Explosion (Associated Press by U. S. Naval Wireless) SACRAMENTO, Cal., Dec. 18. Investigation by many officials and de tectives, pub'ic and private, of the explosion which last night wrecked the executive mansion, occupied by Governor Stephens and family, has so far failed to uncover a single clue to the perpetrators. Conditions in which the wrecked building was left indicate that the Job was done with loose dynamite, to which a short fuse outside the wall was attached, the fuse being lighted outside and carrying a train of sparks to the explosive inside. - Governor Stephens calmly inspected the damage, after the terrific ex plosion, his courage unshaken, and remained on the premises for the bal ance of the night. The explosion occurred shortly after midnight and is believed to be part of a plan to assassinate the governor. FRISCO VOTING TODAY ON RECALL OF ATTY. FICKERT (Associated Pro y O n feavC Wireless.) SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 18. Recall of Charles M. Fickert, district attor- ney of San Francisco county, was ; suspicions against any particular indi sought in an election held here today. ! viduals. . Otficial aspects of the event were; swallowed up in nation-wide contro- versy over Fickert 's activities in ob-; taining the indictment and trial of persons accused of murder in counec tion with a bomb explosion which killed ten persons here July 22, 1916. in a preparedness itrade. Fickert'a iriends took the position that hia re call was sought because of these cases, which resulted in one sentence of death, one of life imprisonment and two acquittals, with one case not yet adjudicated. His opponents asserted that his activities against the defend- I ans vorp Tint uarrantpH hv fur-ta m- evidence, and accuses him of "perse- icution." Magazines throughout the ipniintrv anf1 Bftmo in nhi.v ,fto j took sides as to the'propriety of these prosecutions. Fickert'a opponests today were Charles A. Sweigert, who ran second in the last election for district attor ney, and Frank P. Haynes. Sweiger) was a member of the police commis sion just after the fire of 1906. Haynes took an active part in politics here some years ago. The specific charges against Fick- as contained in the recall peti tinna worn t Vi n t tSn Viae foilArt n r - tions, were that "he has failed to ap preciate the duties and responsibili ties of his office, and has been guUty of violating the standard of conduct demanded of him by the Supreme Court of California," "and that "he is not conducting the office of district attorney in the interest of justice and A high explosive bomb was explode! under the executive mansion, virtually wrecking the building and tearing the entire rear off the structure. The force of the explosion was terrific. The governor, Mrs. Stephens and the household servants were all asleep in the house- and had no warning of the effort being made to kill or maim them. Although thrown from their beds by the force of the explosion, none was in any way seriously in jured. Two men were seen fleeing from the neighborhood immediately following the explosion, but there are no direct The regular police are searching the city for suspects and special police have been sworn in in large numbers to assist in the search for the bombers! and any accomplices they may have $200,000l?EQUIRED TO CARRY 0ZAWA CASE TO U. S. SUPREME COURT i (Associated Prsss by U. S. Neval Wirelsss.) j SAX FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. IS. ' An Kastern jurist has asked J'Jft.Ooo to give three opinions on the Takao Oza wa naturalization case. This was an nounced today when the Japanese as sociation's investigating committee brought in a report on the question of supporting Ozawa in his fight for naturalization. A local attorney has promised to give one opinion in the case for S-oi'O, and further investigation has led the committee to believe that J.OO.OoO will be necessary to fight the case in the Lcourts of the Cnited States. Japanese government officials, wtio have been interviewed on the subject, disapprove of any action being taken at this time, and this opinion is held by a number of other Japanese in San Francisco. city and county of San Francisco." Several persons were indicted by 1 the grand jury on- charges of perjury in connection with the sienine of the recall petitions. They were later re-1 Hun Plots DR. HAYES T0 STAND . TRIAL Accused Physician Pleads Not . Guilty; .City Attorney Says He Will Act to Prevent Girl Being Spirited Away As far as City Attorney Arthur M. Brown knows, no attempt is being made to spirit from the territory, to prevent her appearing as a witness, the woman "mentioned in the indict- ! . . ment charging Dr. H. Homer Hayes with the performance of a criminal operation, according to a statement made by him today. "I will certainly take steps to pre vent it if such an attempt is made," the city attorney adds. Doctor Hayes entered a plea of not guilty in Circuit Judge Heen's court this morning. City Attorney A. M. brown called the case, but immediate ly withdrew, his place as prosecutor being taken by Cornell S. Franklin, deputy attorney general. Attorney Franklin asked the court how soon the case could go to trial, whether in .January or February Th 3 ; court replied it could give no definite ; aner. as there are a large number! of cases now awaiting trial, havinf piled up because of the lack of funds or Jury trials. "I would like to have the r-ourt and prosecution understand that we are ready for trial at any time within . 24 hours if necessary," aid Attorney jto tne constitution of the United Leon M. Straus, counsel for Doctor states which will prohibit the manu Hayes. I facture, importation and sale and The case was placed on the calendar ) jte Impossible the use for beverage to be set for trial. Doctor Hayes has pnrp0seg of alcohol, been released on bond in the sum ot' . , ... $2.",oo. The sureties are William Ah I a, T. Ah Pong and David F. Notley. SHRINERS' SACK OF FLOUR JUMPS (Associated Presa by U. 8. KstaI Wireless.) BUTTE, Mont.. Dec. 18. Continu ing on its triumphal way, the Shrin ers' bag of flour which has traveled to Honolulu and bacK again, was last night sold by Bagdad Temple. Butte, for $7,100, breaking all records for a single .-sale for the benefit of the Rei Cross. The sack of flour has now rais ed $1".13S. From Butte it goes to Raw lins, Wyoming. Demurrers were filed In circuit court today to the indictments charg Ing Goo Wan Hoy, Chinese business agent, with forgery. They will be aj-sued before Circuit JnAsn TJp-i nTt Monday mcrnins. Hoy has been re- BERLIN SCHEME TO PUT HEIGHT BEHIND MOVES German and Austrian Diplo mats Go to East Front With the Announcement They are Working for General Euro pean Peace; Allies Notified By Trotzky (Assecisted Prist by U. S. Naval Wireless.) p1 KTKOGKAI), Russia, Dec. 17. ( Delaved ) Announce ment is made here of the actual beginning of peace discussion launched by Teuton diplomats1 following the declaration of tho -v ecistern front armistice. Foreign Minister von Kuehl- raann of Germany and Foreign . Minister Count Czernin of Aus tria have notified Premier,. Trotzky of Russia that they wilt meet at Brestaeitovsk, on the eastern front on Tuesday for the purpose of negotiating a! general European peace. The evening papers say that Trotzky has notified the am- . bassadors ff the Allied coun tries that an armistice has been arranged and that peace nego tiations are intended to follow' immediately. Trotzky aske dl : the Allied ambassadors whether ihey-would participate 2 in this conference The ambad- j sadors say they have received . no such communication. ThcyJ have met informally without . decision as to what fheir action will be. PROHIBITION SUCCESS WITH SENATE SURE (Aisocsted Presa by U- a. rfkvai WtraUaa.) I I WASHINGTON, D. C Dec 18. By a vote or 43 to o ana wunom i a roll-call ,the senate accepted i . . ti the house amendment to. the prohi bition resolution and thus assured its immediate passage. Seven years is placed as the limit for adoption of the constitutional amendmsnt by the state legisla tures. WASHINGTON. D. C, Dec. 18. Nationwide prohibition passed the house of representatives yesterday with a handsome margin to spare and Senator Sheppard, author of the reso lution, forecast last evening that the senate win today concur in the bouse amendment wherein It differs from tllC resolution which he introduced In- tl) tne senate and which was adopted by that body at the session last sum mer. Only a very slight difference la the measures as passed by the two branches of congress stands In the way of submitting to the legislatures of tnp seVeral states the amendment U! ill) uutciuiu lAUiuaa uiu iuv bou.ee go on record for the submission to the states of nationwide prohibi tion. The roll call showed eight more than the necessary two-thirds major- ity of the entire membership of the house and twenty-six more than a two thirds majority of those present and voting. --V- i Attempts to Amend All Fail - All attempts to emasculate the measure failed in the debate and In the votes that were taken, on propos-' ed amendments before the final roll-' call. Efforts were made to permit the manufacture and sale of light winea ; and the brewing of beer hut all of those efforts were defeated by nearly as large a vote as the one which fin ; ally passed the measure. As passed by the house the resold,, tion differs from the one passed by, the senate only that it gives toj the states seven instead of six years with- " in which to adopt the constltntionar amendment which Is to he rrabmted t to them under tne resolution Senator Sheppard Js confident that on - thla . ccfnt the . senate willingly ; will giver s leased on bond In the sun of .13500.