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k II I 1 I I I .- I i i j - . . a S--S-. i l I i v I ' " ir. i ill.,' . in I .. y '. .o-'-y vv; yv,. ; ;, .;: , ; . y : t ; :;!. ,- ; :::$:) yfr .- , v-y-; yMy '. i y ..; - Ny' vyy ;;y ' VOL Vll., KO. 6- r'j, - : : ' - HONOLULU, ' HAWAII TERRITORY, TUESDAY.,' JANUARY, 20, 1914.SEmTwKLy7 "TyT: : , " 38"" FUiisTon Liny ilEFIIlSTTO ,110 8udden Orders Received Ordering Brigadier General at Head of Hawaiian Department to Pro ceed at Once to Galveston to Take Command of the Second !-. Division.' TWELVE THDUSAflD MEN With Supplies and Equipment for Army of Twenty Thousand This .: Force lias Been in Readiness for . Months to Embark on, Trans ports for Vera Crvz for Final March to Mexican Capital ' . .With the riee'pt yesterday of what , many believe are the most important ; Army or d oil issued in some time, Brig. Gen. Frederick Funnton, . In command of the Hawaiian department began prepa .' rations to leave for Galveston, Texaa, to'aBaume command of the Second Divi v ion, now stationed at Texaa City and ' (Gilvton, await! it k dovelopnienta which '.'nay rexult in thin liviion becoming . the army of invaaiua of Mexico from the AtlHntio Hide. It coinpriMa moie , than ie,CM)0 Oftirer' and men, ii aoma what, larger' than the entire foraea oa Oahn, and coimiKti of tlie Hiurth, Jifth . and tfixlh Urindta of tu.Wteiu To 1"TTm wfit, omi wr- . Iiri;aii. CietwriU '',Ulia. Thp fttpolid'IivHioi 1 low .In ; rominand wf Mnj. Oeneral William )I. Carter, who haa ioon ordcrol to Ito nohilu to ami me command of, the lia . ' waiiaa Department. . t ,( ;s 'r ..' Learea on ,Vntar. , v ' General iinkton,', ar'compnnlod ly hi aide, Ueut. Willium G. Hall, at once .bejraa prejaratifcua to leave, and bai arraaved to depart . for the.CoBBt on ' - tba atcamer Ventnra, leartin(r from Honolulu next Friday. ' Ho announced yeaterdny that ha will proceed direct to hi new pout. - t ' ' Tlw! Unit order tending general Fun ' aton to the mainland wait iamied about' two weeka ago. , It wag thonght then that General Fiinitton would not get away from here until March of April, i The ordera yesterday came entirely un . avicpecteUly, but, aa General Funaton etafed, It ia the unexpected that makes 'a aoldier's life intoieating. . . Tt waa kt drat reported that Oeneral ; Funs ton was to ba ordcrel - to Texaa, not to assume command of the" import , ant Second Division, but only of the Fifth . HrigadQ, conikriaing not more . than a third of those forces. Hi friends, however, could L not conceive how brigadier generals below lit in in the rank of service would command a larger force, while he would be uasigned to brigade. The news yesterday .; ihows that be is to succeed a major general) and ia taken to mean that a erisla in the affairs of Mexico is be- lieved to be approaching, and that the health of Major General Carter is such that he could not stand the hard cam , paign that would follow in the 'event 'of invasion by American forces. It la conceded that to the Second Division, ' now to toe commanded by General Fun aton, will fall the duty of marching into ti ty of Mexico by way of ; Vera Owe. . , .. . . , Ready for Invasion. - '.. 4 For months trannjiorta, ammunitioi tiotK and ioa supplies, clothing, field gu us iigiuer arms nave been in readiness at Gklveatoa to start for Vera tui:. Thia equipment, it is aaid, ia suOlclent for '.twenty thousand men. . From the ouUet ' of Generall lilti ston a career when, he started as a 4 volunteer t"he Fates have always placed him where activity was greatest. First at Cuba, hgalu at Manila, then during the earthquake and 8re wbah destroy ed Ban Francisco and once more when the striking miners and a number of anarchists were terrorising the gold mining camps of Southern Nevada he . was oo the ground, and acquitted hhn aelf with much credit to the country he served, as well as to himself. The man ner in which ho organlxed his inade quate forces durlug the activities pn . Oabu last year showed the result' of ; , the knowledge he haa gained during his pant campaigns. ',' , -It is not improbable, tbiuk ' those who have watched the Mexican situa . tion, that General Funston is about to play an important part in a military situation of more seriousness than auy - through which the Uuited Htates forces ..' nave passed sruee the rivil War. , ; v , Taking Be'l'a Place. . The cavalry brigades now on duty on t the Tefas border, are lu command of Hrlgadier General JJllss. ' Major Gep eralT. Frankliu Bell now in the Phil ' Ippiues was originally ordered to com mand the Hecoud UivUil but he will ' not arrive " ou the maluliiml - berore ' V (Continued oa Page, Three) . -". V' . '-jjvv' : SHIP PUTS 41 ,. IIITO PORT WITH IIS SAN FK A NCIiMW, January ,20. rlty Associated Prcu C&ble)-The liritish 'ship- I'hiladelphia, Captain Lawrence, bound from Portland, Oregon, with a cargo consigned to QuPenntown, pnt Into port here yea terdny with the captain in irona. The skipper waa overpowered by the crew after he had, in a drunken frenzy,' threatened their lives snd endangered the safety of his ship. The erew and mates of the ship al lege that Captnin Lawrence wag in toxicated and lost his reason during- a, storm. The vessel will re main here until arrangements are made-with the owners in Queen town to secure another commander. Captain Lawrooce is being held in custody for trautment and pending an investigation.' , ' . V . BRIGADIER GENERAL KILLS HIS WIFE TO m ; 'v." . OALFJSBURO, Illinois,' January 20. (Hy Atsociated Ptoss CVble) Robert Iliggins, under arrent on 'uapl,cion ,of bavlsg murdered his wife, niade a full conf ossiot yes-. terdsy. Mrs, lliggios was .found murdered in ,hor home at ' New Henderson, January 5. In admit" ting the niurder yeBterday.f llig- gins stilted that he was ia love with . hia stepdaughter, and mur- s dered Hia wife In order to tnsrry the girl, Julia Flake. The girl is fifteen years old, , , .) - i 1 v WILXIAM3 CONFIRMED v- : FOR COMPTROLLER WASHINllTO.V, January 2-(By Assoeiuted Press Catlc) The nomiurt t ion of John bksfton Williams for comp troller of currency was cbnflAned .V the sen a to yisterday. ' He, succeeds L, U. Murray of New York.. - SCHMIDT ON TRIAL NEW YORK, January 19.-(B' 'As sociated Press Cable) The second trial of IIhiis Schmidt, self-coufessed'alhyer of Anna Aumuller, began todayUn gen eral session' court The first trial re- BIlllAI In tfliull OfUHIlnf '.nw.1 1 - tlaA I trill ,' . ' ...'', ..,., . 1 " ' W camsH MARRY STEPDAUGHTER Scenes Near Tampico Where Further Activities Between Rebels and Federals r : Are Expected Before Attack on City of Mexico Beeiris v v-":: " 1 ' , , .;. r " 1 : ' ' i a "7,r"."' ". ' ' 4 ' T -. - " - . r - v ,.-':- t - , ' Xr s,,,. - ' . m . .- ,r'- " r h ,,: .. ... I" -v -o i v''V ' :.,;j.-r.r : FREDERICK FUN3TON, DANIELSIIN FAVOR OF -. FOREIGN COMPETITION WASHINGTON, January 20. (By Associated Press Cable) Secretary of the Navy Daniels yas- terday announced that he favors foreign competition, in the building of warships for the United States Navy. Not only would this result in a great Saving in the preeut ost of naval construction, he stated, but with the possibility of foreigu competitiou even better Workmanship would be assured on . t'io vessels than ia now possible, , '., 4: ifc 4 r indi"sn : revolt against huerta tlTY OF MEXICO, January 19. (fly Associated -Press Cable) The Ser ratio Iudiuns, whose stubborn resistance the iron handed I'orflrio Dias could nov el break down, have revolted and are reportt 4 ito have taken the warputh agaiust the Iluerta troops. Their re volt was -aused by Iluerta 's action in discontinuing a subsidy granted to the tribe and ou which be ludlaus depend: d for a livelihood,. i;.r?- . . i v- .'.irvt - - irf'' .-': )-..' . ' ' Mi take : Again Sends. Fprth Fire and Lava 'Oil Sakurajima-- ; 300,000 Are Homeless. . ' TOKIO, Japan, January 20. "(By As sociated Press CableJJ-Mitake, a vol cano on Saku'rajima again began belch ing forth fire, lava and ashes yester- da V. - eVimtilat inir tha niihlA wn.L nf r r . , - . devastation which it started last week, adding still further to the horror of the ( situation and Increaaing the suffering of the thousands of homeless sufferers who. had started to recover those por tions of .their belongings which the first flood of fire and molten rock had left untouched. :. ' . '. ' Earthquakes ia rapid succession fol lowed the first activity and rumbling noises in the sea bare, added to the ter ror of the survivors. The activity tontinued. throughout the day and last night and shows no signs of abating. The stricken area has been added to to a large extent, though no further loss of lifs has so far been reported. Kescue aqd relief work ia under way. No effort ia being made to compute at this time the number of lives that havs been Jost in the calamity. ,. . . Threehuudred thousand persons ar homeless and destitute. Thousands of dollars and nhiploads of food and cloth ing will be required to alleviate the suffering. . -. The Advertiser is coutinu'rog 4o re ceive subscriptions for the. relief of the stricken people-of Japan, A number of contributions have alrcsd.t been re ceived. These together with othsr money received, will be turned overto the local Japanese relief committee, and due credit given those who aid in the worthy work . 1 In addition to the -terrible damage and loss of life inflicted upon Southern most Japan from the violent eruption of bakura, the recent filoe of the Japa nose papers, issued prior to the Kakura jima trageily, tell of famine ravages iu Northern Japan, where the situa tion bad cci&hed stage when it was believed there would have to be a call issued for assistance from the govern ment and from the foreign communi ties. The last of .the rlee supply had been exhausted by the New Year aud the reports to Tokio were that a large district would ba absolutely ktrlpjied of all food by the end of Jauuary. So serious bat tba situation become wnii i mi si i I I - ' ii i . i I ir it'"YI p pi mi c6N5TTuTiONAniT ', rn'mnin - - --;. "v. ...y.-. t,, . , ,t j . ..: . :t ihiuiko YI7KEt MiNO captubco cannom Jl I , . fc CflULilT GOOl'Sv MORE APPALLING " .Ts 4. ." '.- ' 111-' ' - :. v.-. . ' SevehlflileW , Wdy f rom Penitentiary '.V? Judge John R. Thomas, Father of Cap tain Thomas of . First Infantry, Among Those Who Fall :: Before Murderous Onslaught of Desperate Men in Okla homa Prison. I t . . . . ..';.. , i J McAIXSTEE, , Oklahoma, January 2Q. (By Associated ' Press Cable) - John E. IThomaa, fonser United States aistrict Judge., one, a r congressman from rjlinols and father of Captain John B. . Thomas, Jr., sUtioned with the lirst Infantry a Schofield Bar racks, Oahn, was tne f seven who lost thslx Jives In a prison break from the. 8tate Penitentiary he( today. i Seven men were shot to death and three were wounded when a trio of des perate convicts made a dash foe lib erty. The convicts were armed and as they made their break they opened fire as the prison guards began to shoot. The prisoners directed their fire to ward a party of visitors In the prison yard and the first to fall beneath their murderous volley waa Judge Thomas. H was visiting at thai prison on busi ness at the time. . Fighting their way through, the con victs captured a telephone girl and us ASSURES FEDERAL AID : FOR AMERICAN FARMERS WASHINGTON, January . JO. (By Associated Press" (!able)-The Agricnl tursV.;rteiiBiini Mill, .providlvghfoT ied, era! aid in the dissemination of ecien tifle farm information and practical ex periments iu agriculture, horticulture and general farming, passed the house yesterday. The" measure now goes to the senate. . , that the famine district has- become easy huuting ground for. the Japanese White slavers. Hundred of young girls are being sold by their parents into bondage, ihe plea of the uareuts being that it is better for their girls 10 ne seut 10 me yosmwaras or the Japanese cities, to Manchuria, the Philippines and the China coast to en ter Uvea of shame then to have them remain at home and die from starva tion, while the 'girls themselves enter williugly into the bargains made, ac cepting their own fate, for the sake of the purchase money thit will enable their pareuts to buy food. . The Tokio police are examining alt the girls who arrive from the f umiite district, but confess their powvrlessness, as their new masters have the written author ity of Jthe parents to carry the girls away, while the girls themselves are schooled In what to say to the author ities. '..'.' . 4 . .-. :.'.'.; ," Da-tlilNt? CENERAL CAKRANZA'l BOOT CUARO ing her as 'a shield mad their way out side the prison walls and to freedom. There they Mixed the warden's horse and buggy and started toward the hills. The guards immediately secured horses and gave chase on horseback, a running battle continuing until the convicts dis appeared. : v ' . Posses- were at one organised and the country tor miles around is sur rounded by a large number of special officer who hav been enlisted In the chaso. . -. Among Us others' killed In the prison break were ahe assistant deputy war dsn, the superintendent of the bureau of identification and one guard. ':-r'' : 1 Captain John B Thomas, son of the jurist who lost his life at McAlester yesterday, was communicatedjwlth by The Advertiser upon reoelpt of the sad news at midnight. It waa the first hs knew of the terrible; tragedy. Captain Thomas Is u command of Company E. First Infantry. ; , ... AU5KA RAILROAD BILL MEETS FIRST, SNAG IN THE SENATE WASHINGTON,'. January 20. (By Associated Press Cable) A bill pro posing the construction of a railroad la Alaska by the government met with its first opposition la the senate "yesterday when Senator Porter J. MrCumber (Be. publican) of North Dakota attacked the measure. Senator McOumber pointed gut that the enactment of thia measure would mark the first step toward the realm of paternalistic and sociulistie govern went. NIL . . . ine measure nns strong support from Alaska. A number of delegations from that Territory appeared iu Washington during the last session urging its uas- sogn. Hearings were granted by the committee ou Territories, - of which United Htates Senator Key Pittman of iNevB'ia is chairman. . rittmen was for merly a resident of Alaska, , WOULD BLOCK DOCK San Francisco May Send Delegx- tion to Washington to Urfw "Borrowing" of Pearl Harbor Appropriation to Build Battle. ship Drydock at Hunter's Point Knocking Pearl Harbor Plans. COISTJI!DE:iT Suggest Hawaii Sends a Real Rep' - resentative to Washington and, In' Meanwhile, Hold Up the Fair -Appropriation to. Show Ban Francisco That She Must Play "'Fair.;" ' ;. - : ':-': ,' That Honolulu,' will have to bestir herself to prevent the "borrowing" of the Pearl-Ha Aor drydock arroprlar tion by . the ftat Franciscans to build and equip the proposed Hunter's Point drydodt,- is the report. which cornea from Ho a Francisco.. The Ilonolulana oa,the Coast want te know what Hone iulans at bume are thinking of to leave, all thrf Importauf affairs of Hawaii at San Francisco to remain unrepresented, while other -communities arealive t the main chances for. themselves and reaching out for Honolulu's unclaimed slmre. J . ' f'Tlie I'sUrornians are turning every ppomt agnijib't'I'ftft llnrtirtrin tiu-ir vi reseatations to Via.Hliiiiton, ' hsvs a letter to The Advertiser, received Ut night, .''and are asserting positively that the dock cannot Ibe built at Pea,rl Harbor. The secretary of the North Central Improvement Association, in aa interview in, the (.-hronicle on January 11, suid tjat,. California had 'to protect ita rights' this matter, 'as Honolulu wns getting busy's otherwise they would lose the chauce to get Pearl Harbor appropriations to apply at the Hunter's Point dock. "To further carry their vropaganda,' they claimed that because Attorney Frank Thompson came to San Francisco and proceeded eastward that day, that be had gone to Washington to attempt to hold the Poarl Harbor appropriation wnare it was. . As a matter of fact. Attorney Thompson went only as far aa Chi sago and returned last night, and will leave for Honolulu on the Korea, Jan uary, 15. . ;,...'. , , Hold up fair Money. ''An indignation meeting of several Honolulans was informally held at the Stewart Hotel, when it waa suggested that if California persisted ln its at tempt to steal the Pearl Harbor appro priation, that tbe Hawaiian fair appro priation or iuu,uou be held up ndan nitelr, until assurance was given that the Pearl Harbor project would be left alone." , v .... 4 Chronicle Tells Story. ; The Chronicle of January 11 asys: " ' 'If Han Francisco ia to net tbe pro- posed new battleship drydock, a repre sentative committee should go l)ack to Washington at once and remain through the present session of congress to pro tect tne interests or this city,'' sail Edgar Painter, secretary of the North Central Improvement Association. ' "'If this city does not act,' con tinued Painter, 'other cities are likely to get ahead of it. Honolulu ia aaid to be exercised over the possibility that the buiniing of the Pearl Harbor dry dook, which collapsed on February 17 of last year, may be abandoned and Nan - .Francisco gt't the benefit of the remainder of the big appropriation. " 'Frank E. Thompson, an attornev of Honolulu, came up from the Islands !at Friday and went on to Washington, apparently in a grert hurry, and I am of the . opinion that Thompson's mis sion is connected with the scsre which San Francisco's effort, to tfbtaiu a big naval drydock haa raised in Honolulu.' i "Borrow" the runds. "As a means for meeting the Brest necessity for a naval drydock in San Francisco harbor without the delay which would result from waiting for an appropriation from congress, Painter some timn'sgo augtrete.t to the secre tary of the navv ihe borrowing of the remaiudrr of the Pearl Harbor fund. Ho received the following answer: v , Answers Suggestion, " 'I am iu receit of your letter of the twenty-sixth ultimo, supplementing the statements you made when you were here with the suggestion that the fund remaining on hand for the Cons structioii of the Pearl Harbor drydock might be used for the immediate con struction of a drydock at San Francisco. We now have this matter under consid eration and ,t wi,l be gone into very thoroughly,, !. uu glad you wrote mo ,. . (Coutiuued ou page three.) ', ' '' V: , ' . ' ) .