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HAWAIIAN GAZETTE' FRIDAY; 'JULY. 19, . 1918. SEMI-WEEkLy, THE HAWAIIAN .0 lOPOUCK 0. MATKESOy, EDITOR FRIDAY JULY GAZETTE MORNING, m ADVERTISER'S SEMI-WEEKLY 19, 1918. I - BREVITIES I PERSONALS: Gad He Had Ha Chance . ... A Colonel and Mn. Roosevelt in the loss of ' their gallant sdrt Que'htin,' 9thd died as his parrots wonm nave inm uic, ngniing reacucroiiK uxr m the name of freedom arid democracy. It ia not in the Roosevelt hrvme alone that the AVntft nf thr liat thrp flava nlnno- t larn( wilt , .... . w ....j . ... ..... , bring bitter ..muniing ameliorated with deep pride. Today many square miles of Frame are lotted with the twisted forms of dead American hoys, who have sold their lives deafly to stein what is nrohahlv the last iTeat drive of a foe Hesnerate as I J o r--.- . he reads his own doom written lare for all to see and madlv fifirhtinc to burst the steel londs '.inexorably tightening about him and growing stronger each day. The fighting in which our men have taken part prior to Monday has been a mere prelude to wliat they are undergoing today. I his ts a major bat tle, one of the great contests of history, an uj- m. i : -f v. 1 1 . u . . .i - . i milieu itciiioii n hcii inai ummaiiiics tvaicnuu, c i - i i i i - . orimn aim ci i y siin voinmiicu. in niuv.ii ai icasi a million and a half men are engaged, with an equal number held close to tfic battlefront ready to be poured into the death struggle should the opposing generals sense an opportunity. And among those lighting thousands are more Amer icans than have ever before, engaged in a single battle, as many as were mustered altogether under firisi W :i liin arinr in tho Revnluti,-m ttirr timt as manv as marched into Mexico in all the two years oi ,ine .Mexican v ar, nan as many again . as all the American forces called out for the Span- .troops actually engaged in that history making war. ' The roll of American dead before this battle has enaea win undoubtedly run into thousands and the casualty list will perhaps rival that of Gettya- burg, where the Union forces lost 23.000 men ' t t a..a , Kiiiea, wounuea ana missing, ana the Conteder- ates a total of twenty thousand. America must steel herself to receive staggering news of losses Q b , n nr .tti 1 1 1 niira rf 1 1, a , . 1 '. .. ..Artoln w.ifi. , , , v iv . . . . w. in v ivvui ? inai i,-. mi mill to be secured. France and Britain and. Italy have stood these repeated shocks and the toll of the ' for greater sacrifices. "His mother and 1 are glad that he got his chance to render some service to his country." . said Colonel Roosevelt yesterday, when the news Oyster Bay. and that expression wiH be the an swer from very many other American homes with in the next few days when the official list of casual ties commences to be published. w. i. a. For Slackers Only ON Monday, when the American boys on the Marne and at Yaux were thrusting their bodies between the enemy and his objectives, many of them dying where they stood or for hours gasping in agony through smothering gas masks, bleeding from bullet r bayonet wound, a rollcall of the afternoon workers in the surgical dressing wnfim r. t.o DlI rV.oc in tUm. tn1. V "IV V I 3 111 UIC 1 AUI.C IUUI1II I W C 1 1 I " six of the women of Honolulu at Work. Yesterday, when the news had been published that a nuarter of a .million American boys had been thrust into the German-made hell and were courageously beating back the Kaiser's hordes, with the certainty that thousands of these boys were being gassed, shot or hacked, the afternoon workers checked up at forty-two. The morning attendance on both days was much larger, but surely there are more than two score women in this city able to give the two or three hours once or twice a week required for this Red Cross work, when every hour "over there" means a long procession of .ambulances towards the dressing stations and the use of more Red Cross dressing than the women of Honolulu could prepare in months. The little bit of enervating weather of the past few days should not keep any women back from the work that is so badly need ed. The boys at the front are dying and going through untold sufferingfor us. Out of our leis ure we can surely give a better afternoon attend ance in the surgical dressing room than an ordi nary bridge tea at the Country Club could attract. nion then held in the United Spates as to the rela tive merits of the two fighting groups. Some of these loans to belligerent natiqns were repaid, so that the total outstanding indebtedness of the Allied nations to the people of the United Ftates, on March 20. 1017, just previous to the entry of the United States into the war, was J $225,124,878. The absurdity of the German propaganda is shown by the fact that the. first loan floated by the United States exceeded that amount and ex penditures (r the fiscal year just beginning will be approximately $2.(XX),000,000 per month. In the fiscal year ended jjuly 1, 1918,' the Uni ted States spent .approximately $13,000,000,000 on the war. Therefore if the claims of the German propagandists were true the people of the United States would have put up at the end of the present fiscal year $37,000,000,000 to secure a little more than $2,000,000,000. This would be unsound finance to say the least. The latest available official figure as to the monthly expenditures of the United States, since the country entered the wardo not include the expenditures of June, 1018. In the following offi cial tabulation the expenditures for June are esti mated : YEAR 1917 $ 99.950.7W 289,893,953 w. s. s. racts versus nun t alk FACTS and figures, as contained in an official message received from Washington yester day by The Advertiser, controvert the German , propaganda spread broadcast that the United States entered the war for tiie purpose of securing loans made to the Allies. President Wilson has Hated frequently that the United States entered the war to secure justice fur all nations and the facts regarding the loans prove the falsity of the German declarations. In the first place the United States government did not loan a cent to the belligerent nations be fore this country entered the war. Several bond issues oi the belligerent countries were sola to the United States, but these were private, financial transactions in which the government was not in ; terested. The total loans of the people of the United States to other belligerent governments, previous to the entry of the United States into the war, reached the high point of $2,401. 599,878. ( )f this amount only $20,000,000 were loaned to the German Empire by the people. This disparity between the amount loaned to the Allied nations gad German iiuy be Ukea a indicating the opin March April May . June . Jiy August . September October . November December .... 526,565,555 . . . . 412723,486 .... 662,310345 ' .... 757,45764 .... 746,378,285 .... 944,368,752 .... 986,081,807 1,105,211,859 YEAR 1918 lanuary $1,090,356,045 February 1,012,686,985 March 1,155.793.809 April 1,215,287.779 May 1,508.195,233 June (estimated).. 1 .500,000.000 The total from March 1, 1917, to June 30, this year, is $14,013,262,563. Of the total disbursements, loans have been made to the nations allied against Germany, up to Inne .SO. 1918, as follows: Belgium $ 120,550,000 Cuba 15,000.000 France 1,685,000,000 Great Britain 3,170,000,000 Greece 15,790,000 Italy 6,500,000,000 Russia 32,500,000 Serbia 9,000,002 Total $5,990,340,000 Since June 30, some additional credits were made to the Allies but are not yet officially tabu lated or included in the above figures. Of last year's war expenditures, almost $13,000, 000,000, about one-third was raised by taxation. The balance was raised by three Liberty Bond issues. For the firs! the government asked $2,000,000, 000. The people responded by subscribing $3, 035,226.850. For the second issue the minimum asked was S3 .000.000.000. The subscriptions totaled $4,617, 532.300 dollars. For the Third Liberty Loan the government asked $4,000,000,000 and the subscriptions receiv ed totaled $4,170,019,650. These figures lend themselves to but one inter pretation, that the United States with but the slightest material interest in the outcome of the war is throwing its resources, inonev as well as men. into the struggle to bring ictory to the cause it has espoused. w. s. s. J& I PASSING HOUR Mayor Fern has bethought himself that they also vote who only stand and wait for their pay. Considering that it was Uodiek and his circle who put Hackfeld & Co. where it is today out lawed, suspected and so generally condemned that it has to be wiped out of existence through re organization to prevent its being wiped out com pletely otherwise any squeals from him, about what he is going to get out of the business, come with a very bad grace. As the Star-Bulletin re marks, Kodiek ought to be very glad that he is not in jail and should have sense enough to keep very quiet about his share of the salvage of the great commercial institution he helped very materially to wreck. News from Japan indicates that the opposition prevalent there to any intervention in Siberia in a form wherein Japan would supply the major part of the forces and America would supply the commanding general is disappearing as the neces sity fur such a command becomes pjainer It is th rough n distrust of the lapanese mi the part ol the Allies that such a plan Ikis been advanced, but because of the necessity of meeting the ignor ant suspicious of the Russians themselves and dis arming such suspicions. The object of the inter vention, which appears almost certain to come before fall, is to help Russia, not to make war upon Russia nor to intervene in such a way as to cause the Russians to believe that the designs of the Allies are phfnder and annexation. Walter A, Epglw,' wba ban been eon nocted with the land office for the past cvan yea ra, has rsffd a -hif clerk aai will leavd fca, office oa the flrat of tbe month. , ' . Aa iaventorr of the eatati' of iMbcl Henerr was filled la the unlnte court yesterday by the Bishop Trust Company r administrator. The entsti' i valued $33,467.65, Of which 11,450 i- m realty. Delegate Kalanlaaaole will have au thority to appoint five "mid'hipmen to the United Htatea tiara I tn-mlemy at Annapolis each year during the war providing bill recently uitrndnred in congress is passed. A cablegram has been sent )v Capt. H. flooding Field to rroit Marshal General Crowder, requesting a n opinion on the occupations considered by the selective service hsadqanrter to be non-essential or no-produ live ss re gards winning the war. V Oelegato Kalaniaaaola U making an appeal to all members of Hawaiian societies to buy liberally of War Hav ing Mtampe. Xa anuport of the move ment h made an address Monday eve ning to the Hawaiian Protective Association Mrs, OeorgO B. Curtis of this city received cable aews yesterdsy of the death of her mother, lira. A. L. Oxen ham, In Han-Francisco laxt Hunday. Mrs. Uxenham was well known in Ho nolulu, having visited here frequently with her daughter. , It was reported yesterday that J. W. Cat heart, former city attorney, may mn on the 'Republican ticket for the senate and that Lorrln Andrews would probably ran for 'the hauae. Previous street talk had beea' that Andrews would try for the senate fhia time. So few fceoubUres delegates to the forthcoming territorial convention ar rived in the city yesterday that it .run decided 'o rrstnn the hecrinnintr of caucuses until Friday, when the remainder of the Hawaii and Maul and some of the Kauai delegates will be here. Col. Howard Hathaway, collector of internal revenue will leave shortly for a visit to his home, in Virginia. His purpose to leave was hastened by re-1 reipt of news of the death at White Stone. Virginia of his brother, Walter K. Hathaway, who succumbed to an at tack of pneumonia. His death followed closely on that of bis wife who died only a few weeks ago. Colonel Hath away expecta to return to Honolulu about September 1. Appropriations for 9ohit defenses in Hawaii, are contained, in a bill which has been reported out bv the commit tee of appropriations of the house of representatives, aa follows: Bepair of fortifications, etcetera. 17500: pur chase o? searchlights for harbor de fenses, $10,000; maintenance and re pair of aame, 5,000; purchase and operation of an automobile, $1000. Eight members af the Australian Flying Corps, all of whom have distia guished themselves on the West Front were recent visitors to Honolulu. They sre enroute to their homes la Austra lia, where it is understood they are to be placed in charge of a government aviation school. One member of the party is Capt. F. E. Tregillia, famous Australian see. Other members of the party are, Capt. A. Taylor, Maj. WV Sheldon, Lieut. F. H. Sheppard, Lieut. G. Oakes, Maj. L. B. Murray, Lieut. H. I). Kilby and Lieut.-CoL E. H. Rey nold. Manager B. D. Baldwin, of Makaweli plantation, arrived at the Young yes terday oa a flying business visit to the city, expecting to return by the next opportunity. He reports that at first a few of the boys who went up there to work tried to carry their sports into the cane-fields, but had now settled down to the seriousness of the business they had in hand. He felt satisfied, he aaid, that the experience would be good for the little fellows and that their assistance at this time would prove of considerable vlalue to the plantation, as labor was exceedingly scarce. Food Commission Brought Up To Full Membership Three New Appointments Made By Governor Complete Person nel Comprehensive Survey of Territory Being Made Following the recent appointment of a sixth member of the board of food commissioners, three pew appointments made yesterday by Governor McCarthy brought the membership to nine, tbe maximum authorized by the law ere atiug the commission. Those who were named yesterday give the other Isl ands of the Territory representation. They are: James W. Russell, repre senting Hawaii; Dr. William I). Bald win, representing Maui, and Charles A. Rice, representing Kauai. The sixth member named a few days ago is Kev. Akaiko Akana. The board is now and has been for several weeks engaged in compiling a general survey of the food situation of the Territory and the Governor said yesterday that be expected that this report would be presented within Ua ahort time. Uosrnor McCarthy said that from nbut he hud seen of the report he believed it contained an excellent show ing for the Territory, besides furnish ing evidence of considerable activity on the part of the commission. Tbe report, be said, would show what food importations have been in Ha waii for several years up to the time the food communion was created and decreases in importations since the communion started work. It would also show, ha said, food production for several years up to the time of the appointment of the commission and big increases sines the commission has been active. B. J. Bridgeford arrived on the M: nna Kea yesterday from; WailukU 'and ia guest at the Young Hotel,' -, f W. H. C Campbell of Hilo wis an arrival oa the Manna Kea yesteroy and is a guest at the ton tig Hotel. Mrs. K. Roendahl, wife of the man ager of the Mefiryde store, on Kauai, is at the Young for a visit with friends, following which she will leave for the Volcano. First Lieut. Carl Haynes, medical corps, II. 8. Army, has been promoted to the grade of captain, orders reach ing department headquarters yesterday from Washington. , Miss Miimford, principal of the Li hue school, and Mrs. Bridgewater, prin cipal of the Hanamauln school, are spending the summer vacation In the citv mi. I at Oahn resorts. Eugene Devsuwhelle, of Mnlokai. who has been in the (jueen 'a hospital since June and twice operated upon. Va reported last night to be in a very serious condition. Kdgnr Wood, of the, Normal school, and Mrs. Wood have gone for a short visit on Maui, fallowing which thev will proceed to the Volcano for a stay of some days or a week or two. Warren O. Purdy, son of Maj. Wil liain A. Purity, an Island youth who took one of, the Inter-Island vessels to the Philippines, is in Honolulu for n short visit. He is now in the employ of the government as a navigator. K. I.iii'lcuinno and wife, residents for fifty or more years on Ksuai, are at the Young. At the outbreak of the war in August, 1914, the I.indemanna were in Germany, but had no trouble in getting out and back on account of their American citizenship. Dr. L. Darby, staff surgeon on the H. M. 8. Sydney, was a recent visitor to Honolulu, while en route to his home in Australia on furlough. He was on the Sydney when the British warship sunk the Emden at Cocoa laland. Since then he has been on duty in tbe Medi terranean where he says an average of one German submarine a day ia sight ed by the British patrol. W.a,a. ' GAMBLER IKES SUDDEN GETAWAY Honolulu Negro Told To Work Or Fight Compromises On Sea Trip Haole Also Sought There departed from Hilo yesterday on the Mauna Kea a well known pro fessional gambler of Honolulu who came here to take a whirl at the plan tation "hicks" as he called them, says last Friday's Hilo Tribune. The visitor wss a negro of the deepest color and he is said to have brought some money along with him. When ordered to leave Hilo by Chief Richardson of the detective force, the colored man is said to have hail nearly $1,000 in his possession. It was the "work or fight" campaign that got Rastus for he had always been so clever that he never could be caught red banded by the police. Hilo has nlao been entertaining a haole gambler for some months past. He lived in good style, mixed with haoles during the day time and some times at night. He and a pal or two did well through the little poker and crap games that went ou at different houses. But is was on a sport of another character that this haole visitor waxed fat. It was gambling, of course, but it was worked in a very shrewd man ner. Enlists Local Talent Shortly after the stranger arrived in Hilo he got in touch with a notorious local crook. The pir hatched up a little conspiracy and then separated a as to avoid suspicion. The other man, an old resident of this city and a part native, would get in touch with some man from the country who hud obtain ed a fairsized wad somewhere, through u bonus or the settlement of some cane raising contract. Then would the old game of promising something for nothing lie pulled off. The prospective sucker would be informed that) there was n hnole with u big lot of pinney which he was throwing away each night in gambling gumes. The plan would be to get up a little party of four or so and then all playing to gather against the haole, trim him for every cent he had. It was a dead sure thing, declured the runner for the gambler, and he would udd that if two or three other plantation men with money could be found there would lie a regular killing as they would all be against the haole, and he, the runner, arrange things so that tjie stranger would not have a chance. Bait Usually Takes 'Most times the bait took and titers there would be a nice litrtlo party one eveiiing in Hilo. On the first meeting the plantation men usually won some money in easy fashion through the good offices of the runner for the gambler. This would elate the suckers to be and thev would bring in some more friends with money. When there was enough coin in sight tin runner anil tihe haole bunco man got busy and, in conjunction, skillfully pin veil Hie plantation men to a dead finish, Recently, after a big haul, the haole thought it better to leave Hilo, but as he is well known in Honolulu and Chief NcDuftie is certain to nab him if he puts in an appearance there, it Is not known where the iiihm Iiii gone. The Kolmlu people arc advised by the Hilo detectives to watch out for an enterprising haole with gamb ling habits. w. i a. Can You Afford the Risk? Were yob ever sci.ed with a severe attack nf cramp colic or d' rrhoea without a bottle of Chamberlaii s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy in tin housst Don't take such risks. A dose or two will cure you before a doctor could possibly be called, and it never fails even in the most severe utnl dangerous t'ases. For sale by Hensoii, Smith & Co. Advertisement. Allen Wilcox Soon To-Sailfqr-jgp France He Expects J t ' I . K-.! y ' - v f v, 'r 1 ! ! I ' "aw" y. i sy-.-, . - . , KAHULUI DREDGING MATTER DISCUSSED - ALLEN CLESSEN WILCOX, sou of Mrs. Albert 8. Wilcox, of KauaL now at the Allen town, Pennsylvania, camp, estab lished for the training of ambulance drivers, has been atta-.hed ti Eva cuation Ambulance Company No. 7. In a recent letter to his mother he said he expected to be sent over to France very soon. - W 1NSUR E VOTES FOR DRAFTEE If Congress Passes Measure That Is To Be, Sent To Washing ton Question Is Settled Questions raised ss to the rights of drafted men to vote in territorial elec tions, concerning which opposing opin ions have been given, sre lo Tie settled by congressional action which may insure that nil drnftees who were quali fied to vote before they were called into service will retain the right. In line with this plan a bill that has received the approval of leaders of both parties, the attomew general and Delegate .1. K Knlnuinnaole is to be forwarded tu Washington nnd intro duced nt the present session. Before I lie selective service act was passed by congress the territorial leg isl.itnre passed tin act at the session of 1917 speeiticnlly giving the privilege of voting lo members of the national giuird when culled into service by either tin" President nr the Governor. The measure Unit h:is been prepared nml will be ii to Washington extends rights giantcd in the territorial act to all citizens and prnvi.les lluit those who liml rilit to vote, before they were called, retain it, after entering national ni ice. ' The uiiesiMiii iwk riiied recentlv when Attoimv General Arthur G. Smith Usii'l on opinion holding that drafted iio-n nlm were not members of the national guard would not be able to vote in territorial elections. An opposing v icw ns expressed in an opinion that was given by former At tornev General I. M. tainhack, who is now judge advocate of the Hawaiian Department. It is probable Hint the bill that is to be sent to Wnshiiigtou will be introduced in both houses at the same time. Hv it pamge nny probability of contests or iiictj(lns about the voting of drafted men at the November election will be disposed of. Only One Bid For Job Received By Harbor BoardAwarding of Contract Is Postponed Questions concerning the dredging nt the Clandine wharf in Kahulul har tor. for which the harbor ' board1 ' re ifPtly appfopriated 115,000, were din enssed at yesterday meeting of tho !: id when a bid for tba work was pre sented by the Hawaiian Dredging Com pnpy. Only me bid was looked for, as the HnwaitaJ Dredging company la the only concern doing work of the kind In the Territory and fhe presentation of the bid was carried out only as a formality to comply with the law, as the rate , of fifty, eents a csbie, yard was tentatively accepted aome time ago. Due to question! raised in com munication that accompanied tho bid, however, action on' trie subject was not taken and the matter was referred to Su perintendent of Public Worki L. H. Higelow.' The Hawaiian Dredging eom I'Miy Is about to start work' on an army contract in Kahului harbor and it has been pointed out that the Territory can sve some outlay for transporta tion of plant by having the company go directly from the Army work to the Territorial job. A communication presented at the mieting from- C. B. Hofgaard ft eom pany says that the company assumes full respinsibility for any damage that may be done to the pier at Walmea beach by a derrick it recently received permission from the harbor board to erect there. Anothpr communication presented was from the Healani Tacht ft Boat club and asks the board te assign to the club a site. Tho club is now oc cupying ground controlled by the Uni ted States engineering department and the communication says it may be or dered to vacate at any time. The re quest was referred by the board to Harbor Master Foster. 1 1 w. a. a. .. . . HARD SHELL CRABS PHILADELPHIA, July 7 (Associa ted Press) The bard shell crab, a much appreciated summer dainty hereabouts, has become extinct as far as Philadel phia is concerned. Transportation de lays, high prices and the shortage of labor are given as the eause. Many of the younger fishermen have enter ed the army, navy, and the munition plants. The greater pert of the supply former ly came from the Virginia capes, an overnight run under ordinary condi tions. It now requires from four to six day sto get the crabs here. Delayed shipments kill the sraba and there are often not more than a dozen left alive in a barrel, bringing the cost to near a dollar each. Hoft shell crabs are on the market, but they are not plenti ful. Curiously, the soft shell variety, considered far less hardy, stand the journey from the sea better than the hard shells. w. a. a. . RAT HOLES AT WHARF E ' , "J A strenuous complaint baa been made by tbe Army authorities and draving concerns who luive business at Pier (i. to the board of supervisors, regarding the rats nod holes which exist at this im portant shipping center. Axles on sev eral wagons have been broken there recently ami yet no attempt has been made bv the road department to have this condition remedied, they sav. "Tins condition might be excused," said a pi nni incut shipping man vester dav, "if it was the result of the city beiny without funds to miiKe these re pairs, but this is not the cuse. The oinl in front of this nhtnf was built by a bi t uli I hie paving company under l gliniantee and if the mutter is - L 1, t to their a'tciitiou bv the rnml Slll'iTV iso . it would specililv be taken care of and put in proper shape. I'are Vihiichv. nolhiny else, is the cause of this condition as it has been bronoht to the attention of the board before, but 1 surmise they are so busy with politics this trifling mailer cannot be attended In." TO TOLL COLONELCY Army eagles alighted on both should ers of Ht nry C. Merriam, chief of staff of the Hawaiian Department, yester day, signifying his promotion to a full colonelctr, this time in the national army. Two months ago he was promo ted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the regular army. The jirnmotion of Colonel Merriam has beea unusually rapid, for when he was first assigned to duty as chief of staff nt the department headquarters he was a coast artillery captain. His promotion to the grade of major came last year. No orders were received yesterday changing his dutv station and he will remain here si chief of staff. He ex iwets, however, to be transferred to the mainland for assignment as chief of staff of a division to which his new rank entitles him, or to be assigned to the command of a regiment of heavy urfiller. and 1m- sent to France. The colonel hopes for the latter assignment in order that he may get -to the fight ing front. is likctv that Colonel Merriam will be ion 4uty hero; for a very ahort time asLhi.rank is too high for tbe office ha now holds ia the department. Orders Are still awaited at hend tiunrers for the new assignment of lutV n polosel H."M"8cbonld, v. 8. A., department quartermaster. For some reaWin these orders have been held up in Washington, although it is rumored that strong representations were mnde to Washington that the de Inching of Colonel Hchotield from this department would be a distinct loss to Him work now in hand. Another reason which is assigned to failure of orders to arrive h'-nc. ') that he may be sent to Hiberia to assume charge of the quartermaster department which would be creutod ut Vladivostok in the event an American force is sent there. JAPAN'S DREADNOUGHTS TDK !(, June 80 -f Associated Press) The two new dreadnoughts to be con structed by the Japanese navy this vein- with the funds approved iu the lust session of the diet have been nam ed the Kti.K and Tosa. They v ill be sister ships of the bat tleship Naguto which is Imildiug at Stischo and will for m the nucleus of the eight huttleship and six cruiser unit squadron. I