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. ! B Travaata ' ' ' , . ' '' . V.'' ' ,.' i f FOWCAST FOR TODAY I AU ieJs MtliM Mt4 6m VatJe CjfP'- (V- go , ..p. ; YESTERDAY'S WEATHER U. W. WKATHEH BUBEA01 Aujnint IS, Last twcn- tT-fonr anilra - rainfall nr. Tewperatnr., Mln. 72r Mm., ' M. WeatheiY Cloud.. ' -j V'h:,FV &.rr' r'v von LII, NO. HONOLULU, HAWAII TERRITORY, TUT&DAY,'.' AUGUST. 13; i9lS: SlI-WEEKLV; V c TV WHOLE! NUMBER ' : 4764 ffly aW-V Lull Presages New Advantages 0d"W-eat FroWj LESS RAPID BUT ISSUBS TA N TIAL Ruprecht's Defense Grows Sironc VT F.W YORK, August 13 (Associated Press) Although' the 1 (rerinan line in a number .v . ' . r is siinening, wiui reserves for urown i rince Kiipprecni coining up fast, and the jetreat is no longer anything resembling the rout it was on Saturday and Sunday, the Allies are still making substantial progresand the German line continues to vield before the deter-; mined Hritish and French assaults. ' . The. greatest progress reported yesterday was made by the I'rcnch and British Colonial troops on the rieht win?.' In'thia advance yesterday the villaee of t of Lassigny, was captured and the surrounding heights. This rapture is of the highest strategic imKrtance. giving the French a point of vantage from which they are now able to command almost the entire. Jengtp ot the Lassigny - enure. jengxq oi me iassigny-ioyon roaa. - Furtherto the couth the French advanced other parts of their '. closertb Noyon; while to the north the British took Proyart line three miles south . of 'Bray and l ouuescourt, seizing ground that still further flanks Chaulnes on the iiorth and.Roye on the soath. ! :' 'rrih LULL' PRESAGES ADVANCE, , " A ' ..'."PcapUe'. these advanceOs a general thing tl)Vrvwi flr,4lojtg the'grxater par rf. (be .iajrtlefront';yesterday ,AlHarefrui(gtip4betrV,nVn of rofflrnuntcatioif, preparatory to. a further advance.1 The' (krma'as are .taking advantage of this to establish positions for defense aloijg the Roye-Lassigny line in the south, although the French are fn contact along most of this line with the enemy. On Sunday, along this section of the front, the I'rcnch took two thousand more prisoners and thirty, guns, while several hundred (Germans were captured by the British yesterday at Proyart. The Uritish advance also gave them two more German airdromes. PREVENT REMOVING STORES General llaig, in his report last night, announces that the Bri tish guns are hammering Chaulnes and preventing the Germans from removing any of the great stores of supplies there for which they have fought so determinedly. British shells are also smashing the brideea and hammerino- the: hridp-e annrnarhe nlniiw trie nmnie .,, n,,u2 t A. 1 at Bethencourt, east of Chaulnes, district Allied aviators are bombing bridges and destroying roads I with high explosives, haninerinir " forccments and in anticipation of I he Allied casualties continue the great gains in territory and and captured being inflicted on the Uritish and French headquarters IC...I r.... ,m,v.. a,c icwci iiuiuuiT man uie uuniDer ot irennan prisoners taken. The estimates of prisoners ..... ... !)..: . . & 1 . ..in ai idii ycsicraay, snows mat mihiis have surrendered and that -.! file l.jttlr. :m ..wvr. ... .u,ilv IIIUll 111,111 SllCll AMERICANS ENTER BRAY The afternoon reports of the battle announced an advance north i if the Soinnie by the Americans there brigaded with the British, the Minnies having fought their way to the edge of the important town of liray, where they are engaging the German garrison. They were unofficial reports that the Germans had evacuated Koye and were falling back here, with British tanks following them Well to the e;it of that place. Heavy German counter attaik were made lit CliBtilne, whi.h appear Mill to be held by the enemy, nud other louuter at Albert, on the extreme north 1' the prewnt field of activity. At both then point the German have mailed heavy artillery, which wa ued extravagantly. FBENOH PBES3 FORWARD The French, routiniling their advance between the Oie ami the v raptured le ('euiier and Ht. l.HUrin, three mile weHt of Koye. From there the I line yeter.lay ran ioutlicat through Armnncourt, Tillolo'v and fury, thence caatwurd through the hill north of Autovel. At : lions on thin froul the i (.erniBiiM are reltiug heavily and rushing reinforcement to the aid of the I uttered front Hue, depite which the Frauch are advancing teadily aud have reached and cleared the hill crct west of the Oie, virtually clvarinv the Matz vallev of the foe. The next few day will (.rol.nl.ly witnea savage fighting along this Houthern curve of the buttleliue, as the German must bold here .or permit their Noyon Neile Hunk to bv turned, su.h a will happen If the Freuch, fa ! mi. linns a ml Australian are able to drive their advantage inui-h further. WOUNDED IN BATTLE ( )TT A W A . A u Rust 1 2 - ( Associated Pie)- The Canadian cHsunlty list hciiI from France today includes the unincs of .1. K. Taylor (if Hawaii, w oiinded. John Kdward Taylor, of Houolulu, er As Reserves tUp of sectors alon tlu- I'icanly front i . Gurv. less than two miles south- Noyon road. - f also drove a wedge eastward of i u i . n while throughout the Peronne the brinir nf ui of C.erman rein- " - I a wider (iernian withdrawal. to be verv low in nronortion to 1 the heavy losses in .lead, wounded j enemy. An ofiu ial estimate from 1 yesterday claims that the total I i .i , r I taken and guns captured, as given r . .. more man lorty lllousancl the guns so far counted as trotihics i U . . .. .1 .... I IIUIIUI Cll. who according to the above despatch' na wounded in France, is the sou of I. Taylor, of l.ililia Htreet, employed j un the Xfntafin Nnviirutifiti i.......a .... i wharves. Young Taylor, who i about 27 years of age, left' here last October on the Makura, a No. Hit, of the Hrit- ish recruits BHHembled bv the local Hritinh Recruiting Committee, aud iu Cunada joined a Cauadian battalion. ul wire, wno was mis Mora Medio i os, is living at Wailuku, Maul. A child was boru to Mr. and Mrs. Tay lor, nfter he had left the Islands to enter the army. He was a truck driver while living here. News From Battle Day 'Was Quieter and Attacks Broke Down German Press Is Wakening and Does Not . Hesitate To Criticise Hohen ; zollern Princes BKRLIN;'-AutfUM (Aooito, l'rJ-An Odlr.iul nummary of the citnatloM along .tfae Hoinmr front. on: "Ifatwwn ; , Aii. tp and thf Arrit J Rlr fh 4lay tinn Wpn qulftor. tWPPII, 1b AVtf ' an.l the Oit Itivera h attack of the enemy have failed. I..... i 'pornng ; .! mtuation ! Klan ner, tbi ollicial roininuninue announr tiiation ! KlHti dfr, tbo olticlal roiniinniique announr -,: ..B.tWM, the Yer and the Uwe Rlvwa the fnemy'n partial thrift fregooriUy l.roken down." UNICH NEWSPAPER M UNVEILS TRICKERY u'Auhtv v a.... eiaiiAa awil daiMte. trm hu.- '"H report, rontinned attempt, to roV.,: 3 XX of America Vpartieiputiou, a shown Pr,t', ''.v vet,nn "r ",6 Te Muenetner P..t nr aatnt a recent nwb at Hi JtS? wtreTpc?, Te MuenrUer roteHtotl lunil n wl wlneh ruteil Gentian vietortea. That ncwupaper -mid: 'Ik i acaadalou to aee a wron like Prince Henry of I'riiMxia (ivlu the German peoide a picture of the mlua tiim which -id ao atajr !-correMpoinU to rel!(y. Brraiann art not coing to let thinaelvea be exploited like children. 'Jt t'eraonnijea T Hkr V Trine ( - Ilenrj wMiltl'd betUr .. o apeak1 aboai th'weWrjfrnirtaWIerafar -fr told for a kktig Umeithat Anierlda' ntrt -in,to the war wa mere bluffhnl we aee today that one part at the pre and the cruder part of ollicial orator continue to deceie the (Jerman public, "They would d better to ay open ly that Germany flml herHcIf todiiy in an ectreinely aeriou aituntinu." w. a. a. E WASHINGTON, Auifuat 1.1 (Ahho ,ilit, i.reM)ou ',he v'wle front b, k of which It i reported by aviator the ""niy i .ii(KinK in ana erecting en l.n,, Ini tanKlement, there wa Home hard tight- lug yenterday precipitated bv enemy counter against the American nnd ".J",. wrrt iHaM ,,v the enemy upon General IVmhing'1 nr"'v '" ,h vi,init.v ot KiMine and Ki ine4-lte. nil of which were repulsed ami Bew.r, ,.,,!, e, were inflicted on the I foe while the American cnsualtie were not heavv. (.er-.f,nt .ounter were nlo directed nt the "cierni poiut ent and wet of , il t 1.:. u t .iiiri xni.n, nil 01 mnn II in.-. A iiieriran. with re UlUcN. W. S. 8- CENT A POUND RAISE WASHINGTON, Augunt 12-(Omial) People in the I'liited 'Htate, though fniing un InireBsc of probablv oue rent per pound, will still lie getting i ugar cheaper than any other country excepting possibly Cuba. Hugar is retailing at eight uud a hnlf cent to nine cent per pun ml, I going a high in koine remote plmcs as leu cent. The wholesale price of i 7.:m us recently raised to ti.TiO per IHO pound. casualiylistIre THAN Tl WASHINGTON, August 12 (Associ 1 """ 1 r,'H" ' " l a'""ic in tlie army i'"'ll.v reported by the war de I l""-"'"' '"'lay numbered .102 aud were segregated a ioiiow: I Killed in actiou, fifty seven; died ..f ! wounds, ten; of other cnuses, six; vvouaded. two hundred uud twenty t vv i missing, seven, Killed in action: gau was killed in Howard Merril I I.icut. Karl Groo action and I.icut. reported vvouuded tu a degree uot yet determined. 'Japan Proceeds' To Prepare For I Duties In Siberia' Mikado Sees Chief of Staff and i Aide New Ambassador To - Washington Is Given Duties At vi i i i 1 1 f viduivosiuR nibieau 01 uomg i of ; To station I T0K10, AaRUM 1 -(8piil to Kip' pu Jiji) Urneral KUtiimj Utani, the -J.ianpfiK eommandi i in-hi of the Al-I . ' lie. I forces In BiWrm, wait SuturlRV re-! reivpil in audience vt tha uiieror at lliu Inn.nrinl nmm..r villa t'r...hia. I r ,T - I wa, N'ikko, where the emperi nail ro-! preMW are atainir .luring tM Rummer month. General Otnui win aeeotn-V panied hy Lleutennm (leneral M. ToJi,T ehlef of taff of the expe4itioa, and Major Cienernla 8. Inunki aal M. .Na kn'hima, junior Btiift. . m . , T. Mutaudaira, who n recently ap pointed to the Jh p uem eaibaaay at WaHhinirtou aa PouiK'ilor but wK baa P" bi-lepartur to the Ain "?,"-v. "r,lef. ''I P""' 8. (ioto, ininiHter of foreimi affaira.of Japan, to proceeil to Vlaiilvoatok : aa wan ordered Y. Kimura, rOnnt'llor of the foreign ofliee. The two oflioiala are to reiweiient Japan 'h foreinn nor vine at the headquarter of the Allied military nctivitiea ia Serbia. Landing- in Vhiilivoittok of n French rnntiiiKent from the French Indo-C'hiua w todny reported from the Siberian port W. V. Generals Reported Cashiered For Failing In Duty LONDON, Aniut U' ( Aocintid I'rchKiXn Knhunge Telegraph de ).iitih tell of Belgian report that three (Icrinun general recently com iiMiii.lin nenr Montdidier have been rasliiercd on I he charge that they neg lected their duty iu the battle, and further icports are that a large nuni tier of Holdier were court niartinlud nt tt. (uentin on Saturday on the charge of high treason. The German in Belgium are aaid In be showing uign of great uneaai iii'sk mi. I it in reported that the kaixer hiiN moved hi field heudquarter to 111 IIMHeln. w. a. a. I SAN FRANCISCO, August 12 (Orli j cinl i Maj. Hingiald Hvnslef, a Nor . weginii officer. nfliciftllv inspecting 1 Aincrirnn armv c:i nlonmeiita aud train ' iug cnuips on lielinlf of the Norwegiun legiition at Washington, visited the de p;u I nii'iii urmv ciiiiiinaiidnr here. "The inornle of your men," sm.l Mnjor llvoslel to the ronimandcr, "is splendid, iimli'i I ul. " They've enl liiisinsin, what you cull 'I'co'. 'I'li.'ii marks them a le stinctive. In this reaped they are in i iiinuv enses supciior to trnilieil troops I ill Kurope. And thev 're wonderful specimen of iiiiinhooil, wonderful' "In south, ens! nud north, eveiv where, I av I he same thing your young men by thousands eager and full of enthusiasm, inking hurd to lie splendid soldiers. Militury critics no longer doubt the etlicicncy of American soldier. .Inst sec what your Amen c ii ii h are doing now iu Kurope!" w. a. a. LONDON, August 12 (Associated I'resHi Successful nir rulil arc told iu last night's official reports. The Ki itish nviators attack many planes, I bombed railroail sidings, inuiiit ions I uoiks und hostile iiirdoine. In t heir eucoii n 1 .1 s w ith euemv plnnc-i the Hilt i h 1 1 nyUiti iM escaped loss nnd nunc were dow ned by ground fire. Thev proceeded to Frankfort where they at- I la. Ued chemical .Mirk Olid noted hits scored. At Met, thoy bombed the railroad yanls uud sidings and at Hag nan mi nirili"mc was attacked and J damaged. Heports from the admiralty vester 1 day told of a t - rmtui airship having ' been downed iu 'lames north of Ann land on the uorth ru Netherlands coast. . V,. . 4 . "Sim NEW IN RUSSIA FORMS LOYAL ' - w "VTIKOLAI LENINE (right) 11 vist leaden who are reported for refuge before the whirlwind vy Spirit of Disorder Is Manifested In Largest. Cities of Nip pon Stores Destroyed TOKIO, August 12 (Special to Nippn Jiji) Rice riots are becoming common events in Japah. Today disturbance by the hungry populace are reported j from Kyoto, Osaka, Nagoya, Kobe, Hi roshinia, Okayama and other large cities throughout the empire. The moat serious riot of the day occured in the city of Nagoya. the fourth largest city of Japan, where more then 11)11011 irsfA niwit an.l u,.mi..i. ' attacked the governor's official resi deuce. An interview with the governor was demauded by the leader of the mob, was granted and the rice sit mi lion a it affect that city wa thorough Iv discussed. The mob dispersed only after it wa given assurance by the gov ernor that the city will take charge of the rice distribution aud force the price lower. There wa no further demonstration. Storehouses Wrecked Iu Kyoto, the third largest city, sev eral hundred citizen atacked store nnd warehouse of rice broker. Before the police had the situation under con iroi, rroni or iorea as well as scores of the street lights were demolished by the angered populace. Iu Osaka, the secoud largest city, sev eral disturbances which were nil nt tril.iited to the shortage of the rice sup ply and prevelance of prohibitive prices, were reorted but none ao serious as in Nagoya aud Kyoto. Government Alarmed The Japanese government is greatly alarmed over the situation and every possible mean to check the spread of the mob spirit is taken. The department of commerce toduy issue J an order fixing the maximum I price for rice. R. Naknshoji, minister of commerce declared that any viola tion of the order will be prosecuted to I the limit. w. a. a. "LIBERTY" SHIPYARD IS PROPERLY DEDICATED i sN FHANCiNfO, August 12 : A I sii. inted Press 1 - Shipbuilder in the j l.av i itie joined in a celebration hi the , dedication of the new "Liberty" ship j vtii I at Alameda, which, when coin plcte.l. will be one of the Inrgest ship building plant iu the world. It form an extension of the shipyard win 1 established the world' record b launching the Invincible in 24 dav after the keel wa laid. RICE RIOTS SPREAD APAN IS ALARMED GOVERNMENT and Leon Trotsky (left) Bolshe- to be on their way to Germany which they have sowed in Russia. At t Tl TO ORIENT LIKELY High Demurrage Rates Will Be Fixed To Check Congestion At Coast Sea Ports WASHINGTON, Augut t.1 iAo ciated I'res) Through billing of freight from the L'nited State to the Orient will probably be again permitted but step will be taken to prevent freight accumulation and congestion on the pier of Han Francisco and Heattle which formerly prevailed under the old through billing regulation. Following bitter and iusisteut com plaints by exporters because of the de lay and inconvenience occasioned by the present billing rule it is probable that the railroad administration will re Hcind it rule which prevent the through billing of freight to the Orient. To prevent the accumulation of such freight in Pacific Ports, however, it i probable that there will be established high demurrage rate which will make delay in loading on idiipboard an ex pensive mutter. W. a. S. LOAN FROM JAPAN Proceeding Is Said To Contravene Understanding With America I'KKING, August 13 (Associated Press) President Feng Kuochang has signed a currency loan agreeuieut with Japan wheieby that country is to loan to China HO.dllO yen in gold upon note. This loan is for the purpose of re cstHhlishing the currency svstem of China. it i. said that this agreement it in cunt ra vent ion nith a prevloua agree uieut with the l'nited State. The Japanese legation denies any knowledge of the transaction. Last niuutli there were iinpnrtaiU 'inferences In Id in Wushinton between banker and representatives of the treasury depiu t incut after which it wa announced Hint the I'liited State would aid in loan to china and de sired to pailicipate with Japan, France and Great llritaiii iu the making of them. A long official message on the subject ns received from Faahiugton aud published by The Advertiser. HROUGH BILLING TommES New Regime gives ; ; Hopes to AM es of : : Renewing Wa r far&i Controls all of Northern DiS' iricts ' "'7;X v' WASnNGTON,;Augu8tlS .(Associated Prtw) j , ' Out of a welter of contradictory ; reports from Russia. . the . ; fact ' emerges that apparently theoppo ' sttion to the Bolshevist Soviets Is ' growing rapidly strong? f and that a new" provisional government is ' forming - thati will probably re ceive 1 the ihi mediate? recognition ' ot ihe Allie! ? ;y. ; ; '. . The hew government is now' in '" - complete ontroi f, the 'northern V districts'' of Russia and th form ation of the supreme government . of hi northern territory tua bceu V officially proclaimed., y ,N .' (., . . .. TTnconnectiort .with this procSat'-i mation. it became known here yes" terilay hzt the officiais'are now , seriously considering the jpossi-' ; ' bility of the reestablishment of an eastern front in Russia. ' CALLS TO ALLIES; ; The proclamation issued ""at Archangel calls upon all loyal Russians to support the Allies and to render all possible assist-' ance to the forces of the Allied Powers now advancing south ,; from Archangel and operating in Siberia against the Bolsheviki. . ' Officials here hope that the new government, which has' control now over territory extending from the Arctic to the Don Cos sack region, will be able to reel- tablish its front and bring Russia back into the war against the Central Powers. ' LEADERS FLEE A Havas Agency report from Paris yesterday quotes the Wolff ' , news bureau of Berlin, the of- ' ficial mouthpiece of the German government, to the effect that Premier I.enine of the Bolshevist V'.; repiine and Foreign Minister ' Trotsky have already fled frpm . . Moscow to Kronstadt, en route to .Germany, where they will seek safety. j. . No eooflrmation of this report (a ob tainable. - ' . ' AKBX8T8 EEPOBTBO A Moscow deatch U the Lokal Auaeiger of Berlin, relayed through Amsterdam, states that there have been wholesale arrest in Moscow of ' ' V Allied nations, because, says the fro port, "The British, without a declara tion of war, have occupied Bussian towns and shot Russian rtttaene." An official announcement la London, last night reports that the British trooj recently lauded at Vladivostok have already reached the Usilrl Biver ', front, joining the Oxecho Slevaki -who . ' are there oposing rhe Russia a Red Guards and their German and Alia trian allies. The British were enthu siastically greeted by the Oaeebo Bio vaks. w. a. a. ENORMOUS CROWDS VIEW . TROPHIES FROM GERMANS I.OH ANGELES, August 12 (0'ii. nil The Allied war trophies exposi tion during the past 11 days has Ceea visited by 100,000 people. Mora than 20,000 trophies captured by Americans, British, Canadians, French, Italiaa and Belgians are on exhibition. The V exposition opens next la Chicago, ; . - i