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tieiec inr jjtit jx - a YESTERDAYS WATHfR I'. H. WEATHKB HUHBAIT .Turn IBlft Last twenty, four . hoorn' rainfall .01 Temperatur Mi, 7t Max. LATEST CABLED STJOAB QVO TATIONg lb. ton 9fi Cetitrtfuftals, N. Y Price, Hawaiian EmIs 6.068c $121.10 82. Weather, aart ' . 4 VOL. . LI I, . NO. 2 HONOLULU. HAWAII TERRITORY, FR I DAY, JUNF. 28. 11S SF.MI WF.RKLY. WIKlI.F. Nl.'MP.ER 4751 . M'v;:Q - ft . . . K V KAISEBURIOUS ItlUEHllANN SENDS TELEGRAM Utterance 01 German COUNT TARUCA IS Joreip Minister In CQUGHT AS PREMIER Keicnsiag Beuevea Tfl HaVfl Endftd HIS Usefulness To Em-i - J 11 1 .Jj, nerorano WHr Lords Socialists Ridicule Sub marine Policy For Failure To Prevent United States Forces Reaching France In Numbers L()l)().. June 2K (Associa ted Cress i Furious with rage at the utterances of von Kuehlniann, liis foreign minis ter, the Kaiser has sent to Pre mier von llertling a telegram which is couched in no uncer tain language and i sa4 ,to he mostlntv -iiLs. d&tfi&ijiti0n't is reported rfi aCe7traI News Agency despatch to Amsterdam. The belief prevails the stronger that von Kuehhnann must leave the cabinet for his reichstag speech and impolitic utterances. The words ill the reichstag of von kuehhnann have set the country by the ears by his ad mission of uncertainty tliat the war can be brought to an end sal isi'ai fury to (ierniany by force. The conservative and pan (ier- inanic papers yesterday morning are agreed that his period of use fulness tn his country is at an end and the reported telegram of the Kaiser confirms the belief which ihev expressed. As to who will succeed him no opinions are ven tured but the consensus of tipin inn is that th cause i if Cicrmany I has been serimish weakened at to mic. In the reichstag. the Socialist Members took the opportunity to orrv vnii Kuehhnann and to leckle him during his speech, 'hey had heard of the announce neiit of Secretary of W ar Baker d the l uited States on June 10, hat tin- l uited States had seven uimlrcd thousand troops in 'ranee and would have a million ii a short lime and the Socialist leputx llaarem brought up the sscition and ridiculed (ier nan s snbniariiie policy for its allure to prevent the shipment if nierican troops oerse;is in nuiubeis as the go eminent had promised would be done. W. 8. S. FRENCH N0NC0MBATANTS ARE ABUSED BY GERMANS W ll INO'l'ON. June 27 -(Official) Nert iiis-taiice.i uf the p i a 1 1 c u I en !nrinent of the i n ha Id t a n t s of oc upted leirittiry und of wholt'riale de- ' 1 1 ti 1 1 si from their foiiner hoinei mine to lijht in recently receiv nd well a nl hen t icated reports of rentiiienl accordiui to French uiin 'bafunts. These reportu May that Or nun nt have deported from the rliai district 1(10 inhaldtuntit and for I tliein to o to m oi k in the hity of siednn upon the const ruct ion liililury ruuila uud trouchen. Fmnprnr Hhnrlrie FinH niffirnltv Securing Man To Form I New Cabinet For Him AMsTKHI) M. .In lie l'x i Ass.m iuted 1 Pressi- ('mint Silvn Tallica, present minister of agriculture in the Austrian !c-b,"r .......,fy m,n,io,,i 'the ;tM'-r-Mtir to .oi Si'VilIcr in (1cm- J patches finiii Vienna. Hi- is nn inti 1 mate friend nf Kinpcior Charles and 1 tl" .-('port is current Mint he liss lu"i I asked tn ii ndivtiike (lie task (if form- Iing a new cabinet. Austria's plight h.ws nn aiyns of improvement, r t tints continue in various parts ' f thr cmpiie n nrl strikes Arc wide spread and serious. These difficulties will In' augmented by tho reports which must reach home from tho Italian front, the disaster to the Austrian arms not vol being realized. Oloomy pictures of the conditions at Budapest wore painted bv von Wekcrle before the reicbsr.it h nn Wednesday when he told of the seriousness of the crisis. He sni.l that most of the fae tories were closed ami that the failure to indd'sh in the new spacers hail re suited in a regrettable spreading of false reports anil ugly minor which Hi'ic funning the agitation alnnn he w or I. ers, REPORT OF DEATH pr - '( Confirmation of His Being Slain By Bolshevik! Comes From Two Sources V AMI INGTON, June l!7 . ss( ia ted I'lrs.-! Kenewal i repniteit Hlavinc ol' the fnoni'i l....-.siau I'ar. N'irliolas Koinii noff , has reached here in ile (liiti-ln's from Kiev under dnte of ve.sti'f 1 : t . Tlii'sr desiiatehes say that ennlii nuit i'Oi of the report of his dentil has lieeii was shut viki. ' i 'il then' and that he it Kxnterinliiiin ley lliiUhe Tin' I Uiaine uniH and oftieial hti 'an at l.ii'ianr. k it,Tlaiid. m':m an r nontn i'd that it has ri''-eicd i-onliinin i tiim lit thr lepor. that the Mulsheiki o i'i mii' iit lias I'ondeiinied and shot to death tlo i'x Car of Knssia ufter a . trial. I Hepoit of tlie death of the Czar's 1 son Alexis, wliirh larks eotilirniatuni j comes l. a uf London from IVtm , yiad. 'rlii. lepolt saK t llj' lni died I se ei at da s ayn. The jriaiid tluKe Michael Alexandro i it.h. iiiin"ci li'othci of the ei Car, is leportril tn have placed himself pt the head nf the new Silierian no en I nii'tit ami issued a manifesto tn the j h'll'siall people. Pespatches ireeiid here sav that 'he food situation in lYlinmnd is -rl .no resiiltinn in nnirh snlTerin. ! w. s a. E VIHCIMA, MiniH'Kotn, Juno JH Ansociul'd Press orul liv oh wtre luht in h it i i ri oxlitsiou here yent tnlii v that rfMiilt eii win' n u liht in I mi It struck nii.i liii'il a uiiiiiIht of cliarcf at' i U ii a in it i that w iTti to lt ut'.i i u lir silver mini'. Fire followoil the ex j.ttisniiL it ii t it whh lelieed thut tvseu i iiiiiitT.-. lia-l li'iMi ImriH'd tu ilcuth. Ilt'.si lie juutU'M were put tu work nn nniliHttl utter the exploHion. Three niiiiers weir rescue.!, um oiist ious when the ir:i. hi''l the surfaee. Five other miners have I ' n luca1el in out of the tunnels when they lire e nt oinle ( uln it l a caw in that followed the i-x llonioii. - W. - BREST-LIT0VSK TREATY M1ERE SCRAP OF PAPER I. ON I N, June l's t Anoeia t.'.l I'lTssi Tlif 1 1 1 - sia n it s a , hull :t n I Knssia as a I'.niiitiy will ueer rfeojjnie the Hitst l.itisU treaty witli (ierm;ui ;iiil t lie nl her ( -u 1 1 a I l'owt'iw, Keren sk , the 1'nraier K uti.ua n preiuier unl in an interiew y ent riilay. (Mi hi- arrival in America, Kerenk say he hopes he will he reeeiv ej a -the spokesman of his people for It will seek tn tell the Americans, f whom he has the deepest regard, of th- uet uul corulit iun.i in Huston. OF CZAR PERSISTS B ACK IN THE FOLD Colonel Roosevelt has accepted an invitation to speak at a Republican meeting to be held in j Saratoga, New York. Former the same platform and the two again sit side by side. , .".' y ' ' ' ." ' - . ; COPPER MAGNATE INCREASES SPEED IN AIRCRAFT BUILDING WASHINGTON. June li'.i (Associal ed I'resM)- The I'seillc (oast is now deliverinjr 1 ll,ll(l(l,(H)(l feet of sprnco monthly and sntlicient Inmlij'r has al ready heeu furnished to tinild oT.i'dO airdiiiies. John O. Hyan, flmiiicier and copper magnate, ban heen saying norhin i'iit since he took over direction of air era ft produrtion, hut considerahle e i denec has atv.u imitated that points tow urd definite aceoiiiphHliiiient in one di reetion that military men say it wnuld l mimt dangerous to ueulcct. That is the production ot air; irplane ' ' War '"(rare tire all inrjre, too lure for rtiont people to digest, but lumber men sav that Mr. Rvan has demanded 15,(1(10,(1(10 frft a mouth from th, ('an cude forests, and little things like i the drafting of 9000 men, the pliiniiiiii; if Inunint; i in I roads, and the molnlizn tion of u rather large existing in Ins try for war production, indieste that he intends to get it. The consoling fact is that Amer ienn factories nre late in making planes, so long an the raw material How to Trance and Kiiglnud is maintained, the Allies will have mac hi lies. Starts Something Mr. Kyan'it tirst move was to call in Colonel I)isiUe, head of the spruce division, from Portland, Oregon, and thereafter something was started. There had always been less criticism of the spruce production efforta than of anything else that hud been done, largely decaiise the expected coimuiiip t ion of the raw material did uot de felop. About .i,IH0,00(l feet of spruce was I he by product of normal tir and other lumber cutting in the northwest each month. The Allies were getting ill of that from the open markets, and it was :t simple mutter for the Amen nn e,n eminent to step in and take it :ill. It was comparatively simple to increase prices u trille, and double the 1 1 1 r-1 1 1 ii I production. Hut when it comes tn running the output up (o the mark Mr. liyan is credited with setting, a task is pro jeeted that is immense when compared In even the iullated standards of war work. ll is because of the peculiar pialities of Hitkn spruce that it n tains the stresses of high speed air E AS BANKERS MEET Proposal To Renew Loans China Discussed To V-IMiT .Ii LN-. ( r o i hi; ' MM ci.lrin'p i n t In' n im ii tii t t .1 ml i t - ;i In Ii t v iitt.-il ha l Ml t t'l T lli'i il luin'r 11 Itric it) w li it- h rs Vx ).,, Ii .lis to tilt' ii: f'!iiii.i Ml.' hit l, I I lu .jiii-l mn uf loil ti ii ii- u vr n in fn t ,i nit Inn n tin' (K I 0-iC i t' ilc rlitpihLj iml -lot tna n t i inlit rit'H ut Tin' 1m nkrr-t i'nnt't'rrt'l tli run ii u'ti Irv I In1 Imnkrr-t i'nntt'rrt'l w r Ii . i;tl- uf t h t trciisurv tli-rt incut to int:iiii what wuulil lit thr altitnit. tin- u u I'm tii it t it's tn tht' hi n in:; fuit'L'ii lunns at tliir timi'. inuii C 1)11 w uf ,.,,tM- 1h,. linain i i ill I 1 1 1H' I t in' jiluiM's w In. It , .-re :ti the A nit'ricit n i-hiu, liiitinn in f'hini'-r luau. v itTN uf other I'liiintiH'M -n ll fh intt tt ot r i 111 1 i t inn. Shnitlv liefure the 1'nite.l lat.-- ''rneil war iijjauit (iernuinv ijlin,- li:il li.-cn irentet) atul weii 'ih- t'al fur I'tilniinnt ion fur the oi uan i :i t u-n uf tt ji ca t A liter ti'M u .T a pit tiese Tims! 'hiii m a v, the chief u 1 1 uimc u f h i eh w a tu lie ti I-ll ll e i U ii'Uuve. iiiiliistiie in China li loans to the Chiut'He. President Taft will speak from former Presidents will probably! t , , i X !-'.. i . ( I- planes better than any other substance the world knows, and it is because of its peculiar distribution nn I habitat that the t'nied States is finding it ll "lifliciilt task to get enough of it. It had but low esteem as a commercial 'wood in the prewar days, most t,f it idling into the waste piles of saw mill yards, though a little of the best and thickest, specially prepared, went into the sounding hoards of pianos. Ijncerly enough, Germany wus always a llll bliver of (.but nnrttnn of tltu product. Difflclt Tq .Reach J Ifow" Hat "th wrM neeifaspriiee, "a mt of Americans will have to buy liberty Honds and keep on doinir it indefinitely just because the Sitka spruce has n retiring disposition and is finicky crows. about the places where it It grows only .when surround ed by trees of a different species, which habit the lumberman is describing when he says that from to 40 per cent of given timber stand is the best that spruce shows. It likes the sun fog from the Pacific. Ocean, and grows to valuable size only in scattered belts where the fog comes regularlv. Lastly, only about thirty five or fur ty percent of the wood in the trunk has the strength, toughness, and re siliancy that nirplnm struts and spurs require. It takes special machinery and special handling in hundreds nl mills, small and large, to get out thi t hirty five percent. t isn't practical or possible, the lumber operators rind, to take out the spruce unless surrounding trees are also removed. All the logs are im mense in sie, and it takes railroad-, motor trucks, or donkey engine caldcs to inoi c them. Working out the prnb lem means that to get the JS,0(i(i,0n0 feet of airplane spruce will require the handling of at least 100,000,00(1 feet of other timber monthly. It will in olve also piublems concerning the dis position, present and future, of the un used fir and other timber hut comes out wnh the spruce. Hut immense us the taak is, there are signs lh.it it is being done. Mr. Itvun ciiutinucH his refusal to. talk about the method. And it only takes UOO board feet of spruce to make airplane. GREATEST OF BASE HOSPITALS READY United States Seeks To Con serve Health of Soldiers V ASH IN(iTO .hilt 1 ' - tutl pita! i and are fo - With world r.j.npp. tin st lHHt hn 'I, openetl npiiiH y to .1 llh- rh, 'A (Ml mini l.ark fr. tiuns for who in ft y lie Im and with pre.- tin altli of the men in sue h ar no n ,i f e t he en fe h ex pedit iora i v ha- e ei let t he I ' mt e. I 1 1 M sold i ei m i X tn r N f pital vn up till- I I -lutes h':iiniNi"t t laive i inade ev ident. Yoik the great hi,-,' In ened today. It has . . I'll i Id 11 lid Cilli p :t n I f l''.1ll. lent vv as made bv i he vestcrday tha' in .,b hav c been pro de l i I'm I CS i u Vt ale e. v : hint and under the clu.i iiM-ts and bacterinlogi 'imir to furnish the, t to. drinking water, tlni. 1 1 1 1 1 ics of d vse n tei :i uses from which ai.ii i i.llllll llllll I. has n stall' i V n n nil tic el geon gcnci.i water traini t he A ii 1 1' i n n a filtration of expert el t he pin pose vv 1 1 h pure av oi.ling c i' kindled ilicnses generally aulTer. "Teddy" and Taft Both To Be Speakers OYSTER BAY, New York. June 2 (Associated Press) Former President Theodore Roosevelt, or ganizer and leader of the "Bull Moom Party Is officially back tn the Republican fold for he has accepted an Invitation to speak at a Republican mass meeting which is to be held at Saratoga. It ts the more significant by the fact that Former President Taft will also be a speaker at the same meeting, the two former Repub lican Presidents epeaMtng from the same platform. In accepting the Invitation Col onel Roosevelt Informed the com mittee that of course It must be understood that the meeting would have no bearing upon any contest for any nomination or position. (- W. I. s. HUN AW FLEETS ' GET THROUGH PARIS DEFENSES Considerable Damage Done But Few Lives Lost British Make Successful Raids On Three Cities In Two Nights i I.ONIMIN. .lune L' 'Associated! I'ressi- As on Wednesday night, 1'nris I was raided by Hun aiatnrs last night and it was fearet In late despatches I that the results were more serious for j more planes penetrated the air defenses; tlmii on the preceding night. Hoveral j sipiudrons of enemy aircraft penetrated the anti aircraft batteries lust night 1 in spite ut the tact that they were vio lently shelled. Several bombs were dropped and material damage was done, though there were few victims. The raid of the former night occa sioned less damage than first reports indicated for the aircraft that broke through hurried away under the shell - '"J !n"y,tiKWe.dTPSi.nII their tombs' hastily. . Twe .groups of' tftrtDk ' machines were used i that raid. On Wednesday and Tkursday; nights, according to an official report wnleh has just been issusd, British airplanes bombed the chemcinl works at I.udwig sliafen, factories and railway station and sidings ut Snarbriickcn and an air drome nl Holchen. Considerable, dam age was done for numbers of hits noted. w. s. s. - SENATE WILL VOTE Amendment To Make Nation "Dry" During War Is Agreed To In Committee W4 ASH1NGTON, June 27 ( Associa i ted I'ress ) -N at ion-wide prohibition as ,a war measure took a decided step in I advance today w hen the senate com mittee on agriculture agreed to nn j aineiiiliiicnt to the Agriculture Appro priation Hill to provide national pro hibition during the period of the war. The amendment provides that the manu facture and sale of whisky, brandy mid vvine shall cease June 0, 101! and the manufacture of beer and ale shall cease three months after the approval of tho bill by the President. The "Dry Forces" have pushed this amendment forward and have threat end, if it be defeated, to defeat the appropriatiou for the food administra tion eon tain ml in this bill, advancing the claim that the quantities uf food supplies that are wasted in the manu facture uf lirpior and beer would go far toward solving the food problems of this country und its Allies. it t,c t nre is openly asserted by them that, if uineiidinent passes the tnnniifac uniI sale of liquor will never again minted for it is their belief thut oust itut ionul umendment will h:ive tilt' c been adopt ed by I wo thirds of t he states licfnic peace can be linully established. Hy a vote of 112 to 112 'the house to day adopted a resolution calling on the l'icsiilciit to announce whether the ad ci ui-t rut ion, war industries board, or tv ;i r trade board has ruled a curtailment nt supplies to liquor man uf uc I urei s. This resolution indicates the inter- i .--.t of the repiesentntivcs in lic i-siic of -hi t.'tilnieut in the use of grain for manufacture dining the war i w. a. s. .COLOMBIA GRANTS OIL 1 j LANDS TO AMERICANS I WASHINGTON, June L'm (As- 1 'e.l l'reasi Marking the belter feeling 'I lli:it now exists between I'olouilna and I this country, a concession has be. u j gianted by Colombia to un Aiiiciuun 'I oil company on a million ami u half . acres of proved oil lands in the Sa 11 1 lander dlst rift. ' This is the first concession to be I , granted by Colombia fo Anii in.ms i since the disagreement over the l a iisina Chuul. ON PROHIBITION (i- ... IC; ,UH woman charged with grafting Mrs. William Cunriming Story, charged 'with profiteering in soliciting funds for soldiers' kits and arrested Wednesday . - - () ERICAN I WILL GO TO ITALY Pershing Ordered To Send One Regiment and Follow This Up With Still Others WASHINGTON. June ted t'ressi American forces ( Associa u ill soon . be in Italy iih well as lit Klaiice. The I.flVYitiUMiuTj. foto AUI.eVo umU 1 on, a "Jisgle regiment but tbisV. Will be followed immediately bv moie nnl still later by others, it was announced yesterday by Secretary of War linker. In the American sectors of the West em front yesterday then- us less activity. On the Manic the Auiericuii forces consolidated their recent gains before Itclleaii Wood where they took ;ill prisoners including seven otlu ers. Will Not Surrender As if to indicate a Herman victory in this sector despatches reaching Anister dmn from the correspondent ,,f Km I nisi-he (dks.eitung say thut American defendiis northwest of .ciclicprey re fused to surrender but fought hopeless ly on to the last although out number ed And that the Germans vvcie able to make prisoners of only two who said the Americans would rather die lighting than siiircnder because thev had I :i i told that the Germans tortured their I prisoners. I The tine facts of t Ii how n and w ho . Too i for that the (.img th.v tired i ll the surrender of 1 1 1 the xv ords of a Prussian I'1 snnl, I lie war will soon eint in liinnx Americans are coining .. ns tu beat t hem ' '. A not her mi the Gcimans were surpiix-d Americans who seemed to be and yet foiiyht like .lev il- vv In started. On olie sector the iiici n :i I approximately fiiiiui high eplnive shells in one hour. Day's Casualties Casualties reported among I'ersln eg 's forces n i a n no ti ncc. I as tw.-niv nine killed in action, sixty dead ol wounds, four of accidents, two of otl.t l cnei's, two uf nil-plane accidents, tun of dis ease, thirty une severely wounded uud four to n lesser degree, witli t vv n miss ing W. 8 NEW NAMES ARE ADDED TO ELIGIBLES IN DRAFT WASHINGTON, Numbers were . seating 7 If, ".on A reached the age i .1 u 1 1 I r:t v ii uieri.-a if I vv . ll iDfliiinl' today ns wh. .-pi 1. ii t v one since relatively in .1 line, I 0 I 7 . l.la.-i n th in posit mn for military ticlltloii of t hesc in c ,t lliu. I additional tight mini. -nt l., l..ie the .1.. In add -1 I nn 1 here vet r. of the 1''I7 l eglstrat I.. I vet sen t to c ii in ps. I - W S 8 r i.-c tot t, I l:is-i pro v ide in. for u if th. v ear. I'll, i ii ill , 1 1 o I I.I MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY HONORS GENERAL WOOD AW K IK Ut. ',! I'l.-- higa Minn d I I In e. V. h:td if Ho. I lip. of I. Mi H S hlg I. - MINISTER TO CHINA TO RETURN HOME SOON II K I V ! V ssoc (Ited Paul fe I Stat. BMIIIW lilll AM HOOPS EYES TURN UPON WESTERN F EXPECTING NEW RUN OFFENSIVE 1 1 1 a I i a n Theater Returns TO Something Like Normal Condi-, tions With No Indication of New Austrian Assaults GERMAN ARTILLERY IS TRYING OUT STRENGTH Shelling Is Believed To Indicate Effort To Locate Weak Points For New Thrust Against Bri tish Or French N 1 Yt )RK, June 28-fAs--K-i.iu-d Press) With the return tn almost normal condi tinti mi tlu- Italian front and with no dirivt indication of any immediate intention on the part of Austria to resume its offensive on any part of the front since the 1'iave disaster, expectancy again turns to and centers upon the Western front where the delay of (ierniany in resuming aggressive operations has lasted far longer than h.id been believed likely. i tli heavy artillery shelling v arious positions it is evident that the enemy is seeking to try out the positions of the Allies. Where the next blow will fall is not clearly indicated by the shellinC especially since recent attacks' run flre that marked the' foeV former tactics - r . -j ITALIANS REJOICE in Kome yesterday the Italians jubilantly celebrated the Austrian disaster and during the celebra tion a despatch from the front was received that the Italian troops had surprised and had wiped out the forces occupying an advanced Austrian position. Austrian reports seek to be op timistic, telling nothing of re verses but claiming repulses of the Italians. Yesterday's official from Vienna said that the Ital ians had failed in their efforts to cros-. the l'iave, their boats hav ing been shot to pieces and heavy losses indicted and that an at tempt to storm C'olle del Rosse, between ' the llrenta River and the Asiago plateau had been re . liked with heavy losses. BIG GUNS ROAR W ith the exception of the artil lery tire the day on the Western Iront was comparatively quiet, was t ges si mie there ie I'aris re)ort. In the Vos litrict the French made successful night raids and was heavv firinir but no in fant r engagements in the Aisne sector. In l landcrs the lirilish captur ed important positions west of ieuxberijiiin and east of Haze liroiuk, taking prisoners and cap turing machine guns. Mi the l.ys siilicnt heavy artil lery fire by the t.iermans was rc p' irted. BERLIN WARNS A lint e r bombardment o f Ix liei m - is expected for the Hcrlin ollicial report last night said "enemy observers have again been seen in the Rheims cathe dral". Such announcements have usually been preliminary to bom bardment but the French deny the cathedral is iwd for observa- ' tion purposes and say that there lis little of the cathedral left ejf Icepl the western pillars R NT