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HAWAIIAN GAZETTE, ' ' FR I DAY, -' FEB R U A li Y'. 22, -i 1913." fr-USEMIAVr;...;LV. i , THE HH AWAIIAN GAZETTE RODERICK 0. MATHESON, EDITOR Ouri OpportunityWill We Let It AS wit to have been expected, official word has reached Honolulu that there is no "patriotism" ( whatever in Hawaii's sitting down and doing nothing in the line of going after the many thou sands of tourists now flocking to the Pacific Coast to escape the rigor of the exceptional winter of the East and Middle West. The letter received by the Star-Bulletin from the assistant director general of the railroads clears up that point effectually and repeats in substance what The Advertiser stated ' thre weeks ago. 'Another stumbling block in shipping circles on the Coast that tourists coming to Hawaii could not be certain of return accommo ' dations, has been- cleared away by the granting of a blanket license to the Toyo Kisen Kaisha to : carry first-class passengers from Honolulu to the Coast. This undoubtedly will go into effect before tne ena ot me monui. With these two objections officially removed, it is now up to Honolulu to launch an immediate campaign on the Coast for tourists. The more people we can bring to Hawaii during the next three ; months the belter it will be for the national government and the better it will be for ourselves. The ; more who come from the mainland, the less the demand upon the winter stock of provisions there, the less the demand upon a limited fuel supply and the less the use of woolen clothing. The more who come from the mainland, the better for every business man in the Territory. The trains now running from the East to California are carrying up to their passenger capacity. California is advertising extensively throughout the East and Middle West, and the results of this ' advertising is plainly seen in every passenger train that runs west across the Rockies. The response has been enormous, and the Coast hotels are being taxed to meet the big tourist demand. Honolulu should take the fullest advantage of this. The Islands should launch an immediate, extensive advertising campaign in the newspapers of Vancouver,- Seattle. Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles, along the lines of the California advertising. We should make it very plain that no place on this earth has the tourist advantages of Hawaii. The tourists are on the Coast; they will come here as they have never come before if we go after them properly. - liners Ol uie A . rw. xv. Lc given inc luncsi puviicgc ui uiuiguig iu wic isidiius an mc paasrcugcis nicy can handle, as well as carrying them back to the Coast. We should do the same for the Dutch liners. The members of the shipping board must be reasonable men and open to reason, and Hawaii has never . v ym i .1 m ' . i .i.; i, been stopped from traveling to the Orient, and they have no other place to go from the Western States than to Hawaii. ''-Every merchant In Honolulu knows what a business slump there has been through the failure of , tne tourists to maxe tneir usual winter visits to tnis icmtory. ine noieis arc empty; wic ooaruing houses are practically so. One of the best has closed its dining room. And this is all unnecessary. .. The Advertiser recommends the application to the situation of ordinary business principles, which la to advertise what we have to those who want it or who can be made to want it. The quickest advertising mediums are the daily newspapers. Through the Coast press we can reach some millions . . ... , . , a of people within the next two weeks, and every dollar that we can spend in such advertising will bring back at least five dollars in profits to the Islands. ''' ' If we launch such a campaign we should we must--jftvise our past standards. We spend now thirty thousand dollars a year on the Promotion Comrruttes,ivery cent of which is well spent, but for the present campaign we should spend that in two weeks, or in a month at longest. The more we spend, up to a reasonable limit, the greater will be the fetttjjns, in gross and in proportion, and. the quicker tne results win De apparent. :. k We believe that the business men ot this community ought to be canvassed and a generous ad vertisine fund raised, to be placed in the hands of the Promotion Committee with instructions to go at it and produce the results. That Prohibition Tulv 1 I IAWAII will be a prohibition Territory on n July t , next, one hundred from today. ; Sentence has not yet been passed upon old King Alcohol in Hawaii, but the evidence is all in ami ,"'a directed verdict is being uttered at the present 'moment. , 'Hawaii can begin tlii morning planning on a .' Strict prohibition basis from the first day of July, the opening of the new fiscal year. Saloon men, brewers, bartenders, bottlers, wholesalers, blend ers, bhnd-piggers and all the rest of those who depend upon pandering to t he appetites of others . for booze may begin now t 1 )k for other and bet . ter jobs. f Prohibition is on the way and the date of its arrival is fixed. The War Cabinet PUBLIC thought should not be confused on the question of the proposed war cabinet, says he Omaha Bee. Its eMahlishment could not take . from the President any of his constitutional or war powers, nor hinder him in his personal direc--tion of affairs. The bill as presented to the senate ( merely authorizes the President to name a couin il of three men, subject to the approval of the sen- ate," tO form a central body under which shall be .., Coordinated all war activities. The action of this body'on questions before it i to be final, subject to". review and approval by the President. It is f not expected the J'rcMtlent would select men in f whom he bad no confidence, nor that the senate ;. would fail to confirm his choice. , ; Machinery of our war department as at present constituted has shown by its workings that it is Inefficient as well as in-tiltn ient for the task as signed to it. Xo other country has tried to tnan- '..age its war business on a plan similar to ours. Great Britain long ao set up a war ministry, :'.h,ile France and (iermanv already were equipped v, (or the big job of handling and supplying immense ' bodies of men in the field. 'j: "'A superior war council would eliminate, much of the present cumbersome and dilatory manage :;m,ent of our army and nay; it would secure liet ; ter results at lcs co,t in time ami money, and so would save many mes as well ' Its only )SMi)le reflection on the ,'5t would supersede existing divided control by cen tralized operation. Mr iUmii would be provided with a responsible and responsive war council, in Stead of the dislocated and inarticulate aggrega tion of bureaus and boaids ;ar have brought disappointment. ? I' These tacts make the President's determined op position to the plan all the more inexplicable. 'Readjustment of our army lontrol must come, .though, either through the President or through congress if wc are to win iu the war. FRIDAY MORNING, -FEBRUARY 22, 1918. the way of the tourist business, the I .11... -1 t ' ' . . r - : r i r . : . . . 1 rr . tm they can be produced is as certain and thirty days ire equally to be worth scolding. "Quick Breads" because in many caaee thme are made without wheat flour as a binder. Barley flour may be used. as mucii energy. President is that Now that "Rawhide Ben" i ose best ellorts so teiests the scales is being given to in the lish line, ago. To Mr. 1 I itv with vou THE ADVERTISER'S SEMI-WEEKLY Pass? reports industriously circulated in I T 1 1 .11 . 1 . I . t .... u. L...- 1 . 1 . . . 1 1 I ' as that morning follows the night. Insularities COMPLAINT reaches The Advertiser that a member of a British family living at Tren town declined to enter into a community effort to prepare a large flag for use on Washington's Birth day, being credited with the very self-belittling re mark : "Do you expect a true Britisher to sew on the American flag"? Such a remark at such a time as tins' indicates a pitiable ignorance of the trend of the times, and merits not even the indignation of the other resi dents of the Waikiki colony. On a par with this beach asininity from one who presumably poses as a Britisher came another ex hibition of ignorance yesterday, this time over the signature of Lucius K. Pinkham. Out of the depths of his prejudices the (iovernor evolved this sentence, in an official communication : "So long as America must deprive itself for the Allies ". This at a time when Britain, Prance. Belgium, Italy and Serbia are holding back the Kaiser who has boasted that it would be "America's turn next"! The poor things at Waikiki who feel that they cannot sew on the Stars and Stripes, and the poor thing in the Capitol, who imagines that what we are doing is depriving ourselves for the Allies, he pitied. Ivacli is too tar gone to Wheatless Days CONFUSION still exists in many quarters concerning the exact meaning to be placed upon the phrase "Wheatless Day". The recent changes iu the instructions from the food admin istration, with the present-day obligation to use no all-wheat flour in baking, have produced a mis understanding in the minds of many. To clarify this, the women's committee of the local food com mission has drawn up the following plain sched ule, which patriotic citizens are asked to observe: On WhiatlM Day, if you bake at home, you art ALLOWED . NOT ALLOWED Patriotic cltixena will use Crackers Pastry Macaroni Wheat breakfast foods White breads Rye bread Oraham bread If you BUY bread on Wheatless Days, order barley bread, which la forty percent saving of wheat flour, or banana bread, which Is a thirty percent saving. titer the fishing ill are living am lull confirmation f w hat w as what the statements made bv The Adveitiser months Low must go the credit lor the re C I . ii cent displacement 01 eternal talk hv igorous action. ( io at 'em. Kawlude. v ou have the com- ! BREVITIES!; The lave lake In ItUauea Volcano continues to rile, a' Mkiaee to Ibis ef ft being received yesterday by the promotion commute,,. Emil Brrodt ii authority for the statement that the federal government has no Intention of requiring the aerur ins; of travel permits for touriats or others coming to Hawaii. John Osborne was appointed by the suvervianrs last night a new "Dollar a Year" man ln-earivg for the two park reservations adjoining his prop erty near Diamond Head. The federal fooladmiaintration an nounrea that applications for licensee for ilealera in green coffee have been received ami that dealers are requested to rail at the administration offices to secure them at one. 1 Mnses T. Clegff, the new superinten dent of the Queen 'a Hospital, who ar rived here with Mrs. Clegc on the Oceanic steamer Honoraa Monday, was busy yesterday famitiarlting himself with his new duties. Three bids were received vesterdav bv the city clerk on the installation of n. five ton traveling crane at the Kalihi I'lunping Station, the lowemt of which was mx'lp liv the Honolulu Iron Works, whirh estimated the eont at $ 1400. Quartermaster Sat. Edward Toevs, of Hchnficld Barracks, was appointed yes terdsy a captain in the quartermaster reserves, and ordered to Han Francisco to report, by wire, to the quartermaster Kcnc.rnl of the army at Washington. William Winston, who was arrested nn Monday on Suspicion of being Wil liam Tsylor, wanted by the San Fran cisco police, protests his innocence. The rity detective boreau thinks Wins ton is a roan wanted for jumping bail on a larrenry charge in the Coast city. On resolution by Supervisor Arnold the committee on health and the city attorney were instructed Inst night to devise new rules to apply to the nse of the city ambulance by whtrh the rity physiean might have more author ity as to the nature of cases for which the ambulance might be employed. The time limit for army men to ob tain the benefits or the war risk in surance has been extended from Feb ruary 12 to April 12, announcement be ing made yesterday at Department Headquarters. The total of insurance taken out in the Hawaiian Department to date is reported to be 45,000,000. As answer to the suit of the Kapio lani estate baa been filed by .John F. Onlburn, former manager of the eatate. Two suits are pending in the litigation in question, one filed against the estate by Colburn, who aHeges that a sum in excess of 25,000 is due him, and the other filed against Colburn by the es tate seeking to collect about 21,000. Wong Lung, accused of being the proprietor of the che-fa game which propounded the riddle, " What comes thrnti"h a fence and scratches a passer by f" was fined 250 in the police court yesterday morning. Three Chinese and a Hawaiian testified that they be lieved the answer could be nothing else than "rat". When they found out "rose bush" was the answer, they took steps which led to the arrest of Wong Lung. Mies Emily Forsyth, who was de- dared the mosC popular girl in Baa rraacjsco i sv eoatest aeld there ty tne gan Francisco Bulletin in JD16, had this verdict confirmed last Blent on the Young Hotel roof when she distanced-) all competitors in the popularity con test conducted by the hotel. The prize of the Han Francisco contest, a tour of the Hawaiian Islands, brought Miss Forsyth to Hopolulu and she has re mained here ever since. ASKS GOVERNORS FOR 250,000 SHIPBUILDERS WASHINGTON', February 4 Gen eral Manager Pier, of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, today asked gover nors of all States to help enroll 250,000 workers in the shipyards hy issuing proclamations calling niechanica to en roll in the United States public service. "Without this great industrial army ready to take its place as the need for labor ever grows more urgent, we can not carry out the shipbuilding program on which hangs the fate of our army in France, and of our Allies the world over," said the appeal to the gov ernors. "Men enrolled are dot asked to rush immediately to the yards, but will be drawn into service only as places are found for them ami in such fashion as to disturb manufacturing conditions throughout the country as little as pos sible." 4s, TOYO KISEN KAISHA IS WAITING JAPAN'S CONSENT Although the local representative of the United States Shipping Board lias received a letter from C. W. Cooke, assistant director uf the V. H. Ship ping Board at San Francisco announc ing that the Tovo Risen Kaisba line was to be granted long-term permits to carry passeugcrs ana perisnauie freights both ways between Ban Fran cisco and Honolulu, and this statement was also announced before the chamber of commerce meeting yesterday after noon, cables received from Washington since the date of the letter indicate that so far only permits have been granted for travel from Honolulu to Han Francisco. Even after the announcement came by cable that such permits bad been granted, Castle k Cooke, local agents for the T. K. K., have been advised that no action is to be taken here to aecept applications for accommodations until the Japanese government ap proves the arrangement and the rates are adjusted. The agents were also informed that so fsr no permits have been -granted for travel from Ban Fran cisco to Honolulu. Until the Japancsf government acta, the status quo snte will be uualtered. PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS PAZO OINTMENT la guaranteed to cur blind, bleeding, itching or pro truding PILES in 6 to 14 daya or money refunded. Manufactured by the FARIS MEDICINE CO., St. Louis. U. S. A. (PERSONALS H. A. doff, superintendent of the O Ion wood Kxperlmeat Station, of Hilo, Hawaii, is spending short stay In the city. f'g' Mrs. A. G. Miavlelle, who Was oper ated on at The Queen's Hospital last Saturday, is reported practically oat of danger. , . . I, ieut. Forrest Joy Pinkerton, medi cal reserve corps, was yesterday com missioned a captain in the same corps. He is on duty at the department hoe- i,i,nl- ,, .; Captaiu Andrew Sruard Donnan. quartermaster reserve eotpn, Sa relieved from duty in this department to en sbte him to ftaoceed to the- mainland by first available vessel. . M is Roue K. Holt of the department of public lands, who has been at her home the past two weeks on account of illnesH, is recovering nicely and ex perts to be out and about shortly. federal Judge Tag Morris and Mrs. Morris, formerly of Virginia, now of Duluth, Minnesota, arrived on the Governor yesterday to visit their daughter, Mrs. Bobbins B. Anderson, and Mr. Anderson. Cable advices from Washington yes terday received at Hawaiian Depart ment headquarters notified Michael D. Maloney, Ordnance Corps, that he had boon commissioned a csptaia la the ord nance reaerve corps, Joseph V. Fern amies was a passenger the Manna Kea yesterday for the Hig Island. He was to land this morn ing at Mahukona and experts to make the trip overland 'to Hilo, visiting the oicsnn or ivuauea en route. Mr. Per nsndes expects to be away from Hono lulu about ten days. Mai. John B. Brooks. V. 8. A., avia tion section, who was in charge of the aero squadron department in Ho nolulu until succeeded by MaJ. Harold Clark, is now commander of the avia tion action at Wichita Falls, Kansas. Alter his departure from Honolulu his engagement to Mrs. Denise Mahan Beall, daughter of Commodore and Mrs. Dennis Mahan, of Honolulu, was Announced. . BIGGER ACREAGE OF . HACBAMENTO, California, Febyi ary 8 (Associated Press) Informs tion received by George H. Hess, state rommissioner of horticulture, indicates there will be a big increase over 1917 in the acreage planted to cotton in Cal ifornis this year. However the scare ity of seed is expected to prove a factor-in determining finally the area planted to the product. Commissioner Hecke said today. Cotton will be grown on a larger scale than ever before in some sections of Central and Northern California, while in both the Imperial and Palo Verde Valleys the acreage planted this year will be increased it Is expected. Between 5000 and 7000 acres will be planted to cotton in sections of Glenn County and Fresno County, aeeordin to information received here by Hecke. The Imperial Valley acreage last year exceeded 100,000 nud that planted in the Palo Verde Valley was approxi mately 40,000 acres, according to Hecke. KeiiieHts to raise the quarantine against the importation of cottoa seed from other Htatcs, particularly the short staple seed from Texan, caused Commissioner Hecke to communicate with W. A. Taylor, chief of the bureau of plant industry of the United States department of agriculture who advised Hecke that the I'jmn variety nf cotton grown in Arizona is the only variety likelv to bettor the industry in Call forma. Importation of this seed al ready is permitted. Taylor also wrote that atocks of good seed in Texas were inadequate and that growers in the IState were facing the necessity of importing seed. CHILDREN ENTERTAINED HTOCKHOI.M, February (! f Associ ated Press) Five hundred poor chil dren attended the performance of "The (Sleeping Beauty" arranged by Mrs. Morris, the wife of the American min ister, and given recently. Mrs. Morris translated the play from the Swedish and spent several weeks training child actors. The play is being repeated for the benefit of (Stockholm' poor ehil dren, under the patronage of the Crown Princess, Margaret. , PASSENGERS ARRIVED By str. Manna Keu. l'cl.ninri ill: From llnnuil Mid A. M . Monk. Mrx. H K. ). MIhh K. Mmltli. MLhh m. ('. Hinlth. Dr. lr.-e I'. Murray, '. W. Itrooka. J. llnex. ;-iirp I). Ituasell, un rM-iiiiniHii. .mtm. rv ifronu, MI'H. w. I J!jJ(rr,n"'',,,'i"; VMnuf,'"' i'! win. Mr V. T llikerton. Mr DoIiiihi' I. WpIiizIioIiikt Mrs. K. I1..IIIIhv MUh K. i. Fuller. Mrs. I,. A. n.vuinn. Mr. I Vuo. V Taka. H. K. Mainaksu. K. II. West. T A lloliueu. Mrs. T. Kaiirterx and i-lill.l, Mr. J. He t'aiulirs anil ihllil. r I'nk. I.ohIIo rVoit Mr. suit Mi Ikekui'hl and ihllil. Mix Ktlxae. W. W Kdwanlx. A Kerrelrs. II. IMnkwater. ( apt It. I.. Ilrlnknater. T. ('srateiiw, r II 1 uln xi-n. I II Ihiwuex I'. V. V. Itmvnhl. MUh K. McKlmr. K II Royeu. K. II WIiIhiioi. .1. J. i'rorkptt. Ileorirc II Schrader. K. I Lord. Mih W. Hniltli, Mih. .Ihiii-h 1 1 lerx.ti. Mian l.ei Henderson. Mr. and Mra. J. M Youuit Misa A. M. Youiik. Mra M. K Kol II Hiiriiiiislisni. Z. K. Myers. II. M. Weir, MUa lloliltlajr. Mra. Harper. Mr slid Mrs. I.au Ksl and four i-ullilren. Mlaa tioo, Mlas Kain Ye. Y. Takakima. Heorxe Otsnl. Mr. and Mra. II Kuinol, I.. W. Wilson. O. W. IMinater. Mr. and Mra. Hliluinuioto and Ave children. I.. K. Sterling. J. II Hakuole, MIhh 1'aoa, Mr. and Mra. K. Kuans and child. K llronn, (ieorife Nel son. Mra J. Leal, Mr (iorT Kroin Maul C. A. Hhort. K. W Vallle, Mlaa A. Wodehouse, II H. IVnhullow. H. Ivera. A. Hartley. Mlaa I., p. Mhearer. Mm. U. K. Davla, John Watt, I.. '. Chauaae. Charles LvciirK"". Joliu A. Kealoha. H. Miyamoto. II. M Mot'ulililn. N. Jinafu-1. H. Ilaaliluioiii. H MataunaKH.' T. Miyamo to. T. h. lit. 11 Huutokl. Mrs. I". Il'orlts, K Ida. K Morloka. Y. Kodama. Kunlo rbl. II NHHakl. Mra I,. Weliizheimer. Hy Mtr ilnwruor from Kuu Francisco, Rebrtisry III K J. Allen, Mr. and Mrs. K. IV Irwin lamea T llpli-her, (I. M. Bund. Mla Frances folld. Hariri iMinlan, Mr slid Mra I It Kdelatoln. Mra H Hart. (I llclkel. F. V law. Mra. ). Ilnlkrl, Juilxe and Mra. I'ase Morris, 1'hillp Orr Mrs Matthew Orr Mra Allen I'lllana. MUh I'llllans. .1 I. Ito.a E M Xiott, CJ. U. Wella, I.. Andrews, Tobacco: Alone Can-'; uive warning -rr of This New Gas V ;.' "Smokes Lose Taste When Dan aerous Gas Is Present Which Cannot Be Smelled Qr Seen By Ames in European Trench Warfare Because tobacco becomes tasteless when a certain new and dangerous gat employed by the Germans on the West front, is spread toward the Allies' trenches, the mothers of boys who have been sent to France, or who are to go are enthusiastic advocates of the Tobseco Fund for the soldiers over sens, and as a result the nine glass money boxes placed around Honolulu are filling up satisfactorily, for many women dropped contributions in them yesterday on this account. The wife of an army officer at Schd fleld Barracks wrote yesterday to Julius t'nger, one of the Rotsry Club Tobac co Fund members, In advocacy of the fund plan, and snid, among other things: "It might be of interest to you and e.omc in handy in your campaign, to learn from me what ia a pretty good advertisement for tobacco, that our army has discovered that the enemy has introduced a gas that cannot be seen or smelled, the Only means of detecting it being that tobacco becomes tssteless, that being the only warning. "I imagine the pnrt our boys dread most is having to drop their smokes in a hurry for their gaa masks. But it must be s consoling thought, all shut up in that gas mask, to realize they can get another 'after the clouds roll by'- "I appreciate your very compliment ary suggestion that you consider that I would be a good assistant to 'Our Boys in Frsnce Tobacco Fund or this district. Heart In Cause "I csn't say thst I would be 'es pecially good', but at any rate I shall be only too glad to do 'more than my little bit' in that line here, as I already have done elsewhere through cor respondence, towards soliciting for contributions. My heart and my ap provsl goes out to this cause. "Since we're in this war necessarily for humanity's sake let's be consist ently so in every way, be humane and, therefore, whstever the call may 1m from the multitude of our men, who are undergoing .hell to anve heav en, lot 'a do our best to see' that they get it. They knew a whole lot better what's best for them over there than we happen to think what's best for them over here. "Surely, of all things, let's see that we do our share in helping them to 'smoke up' and also have the good feel ing in our hearts thst every breath of smoke that soothes their wracked nerves and trying hours, will carry to heaven 'a blessing for the kind hearts at home ' who understood and thought of them. Pa Aside Prejudice "I, eaa't resist Inserting here, that anybody or organization of bodies) that persists In allowng personal pre judice to come before such a unanimous cry for comfort as 'smokes' for our srmy over there, ia exhibiting misguid ance to a degree of nothing short of inhumanity and mprcilessncas, besides doing no good for themselves, but do ing us a lot. for I feel sure more tobac co has been sent since some organiza tions antagonized the world on' the subject, than probably would have been otherwise so their ideas ss well as policy, have done them only harm in the opinion of the great majority of people, who are reasonable and sym pathetic. "What haa not hurt the efficiency of the balance of European nntions, is not liable to hurt ours, and there is little argument if any, against the fact, that none of those nations have proved iu efticent. "I can't promise anything, except that I will help thoroughly advertise Slid solicit, besides myaelf contributing further towards this enormously ap preciated alleviation of suffering among 'Our Men Over There' " The boxes for contributions are to be found at the stores of Wirhman ft Co., Henry May A Co., Fitzpatrick Cigar Co., Chambers Drug Co., Hono lulu Tobacco Co., Benson, Mmith ft Co., Ounat Co., and st the Young Hotel, I'nion (irill and First National Hank. Yesterday Hackfeld ft Co., through J, F. C. Hagens, asked for a dor.eu tin contribution boxes which will be sent to their various island stores with the request that a special campaign be en tered into to fill them up to the brim. Hlidea have been made carrying the Tobacco Fund idea and are being ex hibited nightly at the motion picture theaters. HOLDS WORLD'S RECORD IN SHIPBUILDING Constructing a ten thousaud ton steel vessel every seventeenth clay in 1H17, the I'nion lion Works is said to have established a record fur shipbuilding. At present the company has contracts for twelve 12,000 ton freighters, seven teen 10,000-ton oil carriers, eighteen submarines, sixty five destroyers ami a number of large vessels for the I'nited Htatcs navy, and it is said that the cpst of matcrisls ami upkeep of the plant has reached the $1,0011,(100 a week mark. The payroll of the plant is $400,000 a week. It is expected that in the neur future there will have been reached in iin provemeiits the sum of $rl,00(),ll(in. DON'T COXJQH. It is absurd to allow a cough to hang on and sap your vitality when Chamber Iain's Cough Remedy will cure you. You don't know where a persistent cough will land you. You can't afford to al low your throat and lungs to become diseased wheu it is such a simple thiug to step into a chemist 's shop ami get bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Kemedy. For sale by all dealers, Benson, Hinith Co., Ltd., agents for Hawaii. Advt, BUSliiESS WARFARE WITH RFIMAMV IM in i ii iLiiii ini 1 1 LUU I Chamber of Commerce Members Decide Declaration At This . Time Poor Policy " Strong opposition developed at the chamber of commerce meeting yester day against the referendum resolution proposed by the United Btatee Chamber of Commerce that the American busi ness men wage a commercial warfare upon the German commercial interests after the war as a measure of self-de fense, and the resolution wan defeated on a motion offered by 3. ' C. Cohen, tne vote Deing .14 to 9. The opposition waa baaed larirelv un- on the fact that any favorable action upon the referendum might serve as a irawDacs wnen the AmerrranMirdomata fronfer with the German diplomats at the close of the war for an adjustment of relations, ana would prove a boomerang. Open To Misconstruction It was suggested also that anv effort of the United States commercial or ganisations now, along the linen sug gested, would not reach the tierman people at all, but would first Alter through the militaristic bureaus and reach them in a garbled condition, and migni innnme me people to wage a more despeVate war than ever before. The whole referendum resolution, it was suggested, would be open for mis construction. Anyway we are golnir to lick the Oermsns and lick them good, and we win deal witn tbem as we want," said Mr. Cohen amid applause as he offered his motion. The referendum was to be called to the sttention of German business in terests now so that there would be no disastrous economic waffare at the con clusion of the big war. , lo 0en the debate upon the qnestion, President W. F. Dillmirham said he would entertain a motion with regard to the favorable recommendation of the chamber committee which handled the referendum. Oporge H. Angus said a new ancle had arisen since the committee passed upon the matter, in thst it was now a question of whether or not it would not have an effect upon the diplomatic ar rangements to be made when the wnr came to an end. John Watt, who was not present Wft a statement of his views, asking to go on record as opposing the measure on the grounds "that it is a tentative acknowledgement that we fear we can not whip Germany in this war," ho wote. ."We are going to whip Ger many ami when we do, it will be time enough to take up the proposition of discriminating against them. Any de tails that are not arranged by the League of Nations in negotiating the terms of peace, if they are not satis factory to the business men of the I'nited States, can then be taken up bv the business men." Considers Germany Outlaw deorge R. Carter, also not present. hail left a message favoring the mens ure, adding that Oerniauy was now nil outlaw among nations and should be treated as such in all ways. Mr. pLUinBham said it was necessary to Consider the matter from every angle owing to its gravity. Mr. Castle favored it from a patriotic standpoint. If the German people bad a president it would be an easy matter to take up with them. But havin! Kaiser such a referendum was neces sary. A. W. Van Valkenburg advised con servative consideration, and for the chamber of commerce not to be carried off its feet. W. C. McGonagle called attention to the upbuilding of the American dye industry since the war begap, and said there should be protective tar riff bar riers built so high that this trade should be retained when 'peace was concluded. This was to be considered, he said. There were '.i0 dye companies in the I nited Htatcs now against i'.i when tha war broke. fcWretary Brown said the American Manufacturers' Association bad reject ed the referendum, he having received this information through the columns of The Advertiser. J. N. 8. Williams asked how the busi ness organizations expected to get the referendum information, if passed, to the people of Germany. The military government would not ermit it to reach them, ami if it reached them in :i garbled miinner, it might be used as nu argument against the American people nuil be a serious handicap to the Ameri can diplomats ut the close of the wur. Mr. Iillingha,iu thought it might bo listributed by airpluue. .1. ('. Cohen ,'elt the referendum would be a boomerang to the Americans. We are in this war to lick the Ger mans, the uerman people us well us the Kaiser, for the people are bucking the Kaiser, sicld Mr. Cohen. "We want first to lick the Germans and tell them afterwards what we want." Ap plause met tins statement. Mr. ( oheu then moved the measure bo laid on the table which was carried by a large majority. SKIPPERS GIVEN CHARGE OF NEW STEAMERS HEATTLF, February 10 Captain D. B. Hutchings, formerly for many years master of American Hawaiian lines vessels, has been appointed to the com maud of the government steamship Abssroka, the second vessel completed by the Skinner ft Kddy Corporation for the I'nited States Shipping Board. The Absaroka, which was launched Decem ber L'-, will go into commission Febru ary 15. Captain F. O. I'arker, master of the government bark Monongahela, was assigned to the command of the. I'nited Ktates Shipping Board's steam ship Westerner, a product of the J. V. Huthrio ft Co. shipyards. A. M. I'ea body, son of Charles K. Peabody, tlm well known Seattle capitalist and for mer president of the Alaska Steamship Company, will go iu the Westerner as second mate, lie was second mate with Captain I'arker iu the Monongahela. Captain K. I'. Kasmussen, formerly master of the schooner Iuca, has suc ceeded Captain Parker as master of the Mouongiiutila.