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MAILS From San Francisco Sonoma, Dec. 4. For San Francisco Wllhelmina. Nov. 29. From Vancouver Makura, Nov. 20. -For Vancouver .' ; Niagara, Dec. 8. - y IX i l . I I i PRICE FIVE CENT3 Evening BuIIellni Est. 1SS2, No. C64.1 Hawaiian Star. oI. XXIV. No. 78(5 14 PAGES-HONOLULU, TERRITORY OF HAWAII, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2i. W(. 14 PAGES RUSSIAN S SUNK TROOPS; "GERMANY ASKS U. S. AiB M . J1-. TRANSPORT WITH T) s 1 1 4. i l l! i 0 fc - A "CLOSE IWILEI," SAYS GUANO JURY AFTER PRODE OF DISTRICT OF VICE Jurors Report to Judge Ashford With Drastic Recommenda tions and 115 Indictments, 114 for Women and One for Alleged Vice-Landlord, Ahin "Red-Light" Section is De r dared to Be Menace to Community 13 Male Habitues Freed in Police Court, By Arrangement, and Immediately Rearrested By U. S. Authorities Honolulu's red-IIght" district, ill-famed Iwilei,' Is doomed. It ; must close. . -;. '" '. ' ' The "underworld" of the city, already shaken by the crusade of citizens against commercial vice in and out of the district, still more shaken by "the arrest of male and female hablturs cf the tawdry "demi-monde," heard with something akin to panic this raorning that the territorial grand jury liad handed- In recommendations for the closing of Iwile!. These recommendations were agreed to yesterday and 115 indictments returned a sudden, vigorous sweep cf the strong .arm of the law to wipe cut the unclean district near the pineapple canneries. The grand Jury's action is the most startling in a rapid scries of develop- mentB late vestcrday and today. In brief these were: 1. The Brand jury at Its session yesterday afternoon completed Its re- port on vice conditions In Honolulu and voted the Indictments of 11 wo - men of ill-fame and one alleged own- tr of a disorderly house or vice - land - lord the Chinese, Y. Ahln. 2. Followlna the arand Jury action. Citv Attorney Brown and W. H. Mc- Clellan, foreman of the grand jury, pre- pared the batch of Indictments, work-: Ina most cf the afternoon. . Word was sent to the police to prepare for the wholesale arrests of the women. .'j 3. Grand Jury handed its report to i Circuit Judae Ashford at 9 thla morn- j Ing.1 The bench warrants were form-! . 4 At 9 this morning the 13 wegea . panderer and procurers male habi-; tues of Iwilei who were arrested by, the police on Monday morning were brought up for hearing lit police court. TheyV were discharged, by arrange ment, and Immediately rearrested by the 13. S. marshal's office. A federal nvMtieatian will ha held to see if tnere Is evidence to charge them with ; "white slave trafficking.. If not, they : wifl be prosecuted under the federal laws for statutory offenses. ; 5. At the same time the 13 women In whofe places the men were taken "were- alii arri!;neaV'rn their case, thfy were charged with vagrancy and p'r; reterved until Friday morning. C. City Attorney Brown Has noti fied the police to have all the Indicted women In court Saturday morning 7. In answer to an appeal of citizens- voiced by J. A. Rath, superintendent j . m n.l.. . eyMan ht thaw if ! something regarding Iwilei and vice; In ether parts of the city the directors rf the Chamber of Commerce this aft ernoon voted to call a meeting of the Cenera.1 membership of the chamber to decide whether a public meeting of citizens should be called to" take action At the chamber's meeting men acquainted with the situation will speak.- '. - ', ' :. Rigid enforcement of the statutes regulating commercialized vice and the speedy closing of Iwilei, Hono lulu's so-called "restricted district- were recommended In a partial report reuu,u.u rrri&hftf the resignation of Joseph E. presented to circuit juage w;. A.sedv as ceaeraJ superintendent v r; .i,. w. . kT. ..Wdy as general superintendent wa8 ford this moraine bv the terrltoWaV , e,i ,Ti a- ci grand Jury which, during the last jrfgatioa company two weeks ago. eral weeks, has been conducting yT wmiam McKay of HUo Is Sheedy's Investigation of vice conditions in Ho- succe8SOr. formal announcement of nclulu. - .McKay's promotion was made today Wholesale IndictmenU J by Acting General Manager Norman Accompanying the report were 114 - jj , Gedpe. indictments against women residing In william McKay of Hilo has been Iwilei, charging them with being com- appointed marine superintendent or men prostitutes, and one Indictment tne inter-Island Steam Navigation against Y.Ahln, charging him with company. Ltd., and -will take up his being the owner of houses. used Tor. duties about December 15." says a the purpose of ; prostitution. Bench statement issued shortly before noon warrants have been issued for the ar- today by the acting general manager, rest of thore Indicted. They will be j Although Gedge would not make arraigned before Judge Ashford at 9jany statement concerning who Mc o'clock next Saturday morning. t Kay's successor wilj be as Hilo agent Another, step toward ridding Iwilei j of the company, other Intcr-lsland ot of pimps and procurers was taken i ficiais in touch with the situation ad-' shortly before 9 o'clock this morning ! mitted that P. T. (".Pete") Phillips, when U. S. Marshal Jerome! J.,Smiddyj for many years purser of the Maun a and Deputy Marshal Otto F. Heine i Kea. will undoubtedly be appointed, went to the police station, and on' The retiring superintendent, Shee warrants sworn to by U. S. Attorney Jy, leave Honolulu for the raain S. C. Huber, arrested the 13 men who land December 6 to accept a lucrative recently were trapped In an early- Pltfon with .a large marine concern morning raid on Iwilei headed by -M hc Northwest, said to be located in leputy Sheriff J. JV. Asch and Captain ! Seattle. . . ' of Detectives 'Arthur McDuffle. These men, already charged in the district court . with being pimps and procur ers, are held by the federal authori ties under sections 310 and 318 of the penal code, both of which provide penalties' for the commission of stat utory offenses. . A BJot on the Community" Iwilei, in the opinion of the grand jurors of . the local circuit, is a blot on the community and an insult to decency, their report to Circuit Judge Ashford declares. Such a "restricted district" is not Justified by any inter pretation of the moral code, they as sert. " . The report of the jurymen, plainly worded and pitiless in its denuncia tion of lwiieL pf the women who fre quent it and of the human vultures who ' thrive by their illicit earnings, is the result of many weeks of indus trious labor and hours of personal in- vestigation. "" : .- " .. Investigation of conditions at Iwilei was brought about as a result of rec omaendations made to the grand jury by Judge Ashford at the request of the city attorney's office. After commenting exhaustively on : ? in Iwilei, setting forth in coMipd fron Brniv SUMMARY OF GRAND ' 4 ! JL HKUK l 4 ; 4- Existence of commercial vice 4 , n large scale established. -4 District close to large manufac-4 . turing plants. ; 14 Questionable houses exist in ! many other parts of Honolulu. ' Iwilei probably does not har- 4 i 4 bor more than 40 per cent of . women of HManie. Iwilei condemned as gravely 4 detrimental to community in many resects, cited. For in- -f n stance, it "becomes center of -k 4- crime promotes ipraft and in- crea?e illicit traffic in liquor and -f , -r jraseni conaiuons so -inioier- r 4 able" district should be closed. 4- Jury recommends , law be en- 4- 4- acted requiring report by physl- 4-ciana of tubpr of vpnerAal dia- 4- 4 ease to board of health, for ac- 4 - ,4 - ticn to prevent spread. . . 4- Recommends that nest legisla 4- ture create Commission to deal 4- 4- with social evil and allied prob- 4 4- Iem4 in- recoiiinieflauig jcioains oi 4- Iwilei and indictments against In- 4 4- mates, panderers and vice-land- 4 4-. lords, jury suggests that , since 4-4- public has -tolerated . condittdha-4-, 4- for many years, suspended : sen-4-4- tences be given in the cases of 4- those found fiilty, that they may 4- pfthpr on it wimmprrl! vlr or A. . J 1 ' I - A i 4- leave the territory. - 4- . .. .4- 4- 4-. 4- 4- 4 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4 t " ' TOMAHESIIPT. forecast by the Star-Bulletin KAILUA CHINESE IS 5 CONVICTED OF MURDER Lum Dim, a Chinese of Kailua, Ha waii,; was brought to the territorial prison yesterday, having been : con victed in the third circuit court on a charge of murdering another Chinese in Kau. Lum Dim's alias is Lum Tim. Judge- J. Wesley Thompson, third circuit, presided at the trial, the prose cutidn being represented by Attorney W, H. Beers of Hilo. Lum Dim was represented by J. S. Ferry, district magistrate of Puna. The murder was committed two or three months ago, according to the attorney general's office. The Chinese was brought here by Sheriff Sam Pua. Governor Pink ham has not yet signed the death sen tence. medical .officers, members of the po lice and detective departments and citizens of Honolulu, the jurors, con cluding their report, recommend to the court that the statutes controlling prostitution be rigidly enforced and that indictments be returned against landlords of houses used for prostitu tion, -.nzainst the prostitutes them- (tontinued on page two) ntr i f rtrarn inmnn 'UAifiiuiiity OF INTER-ISLAND AsV Late 'News At A; Glance EMPEROR FRANZ JOSEF LEAVES MONEY TO ACTRESS FRIEND LONDON, Eng., Nov. 29. A despatch from Berne. Switzerland, says that the will of the late Emperor Franz Josef of Austria provides a legacy of 50,000 pounds for the actress, Katharina SchratC who for years was the intimate of the monarch, and whose relations with him continued to their eld age and finally became accepted in Vienna, where they were the subject of severe criticism in earlier years. .''...':'- Tbe Princess Elizabeth, his granddaughter, was left the same amount STILL BELIEVED VILLA ARMY VICTORIOUS JUAREZ, Mex Nov. 29. It is stated by officials here that Geo. Car los Ozuna, who was prominent in th? recent fighting .t Chihuahua City, went to Sauz, north of the, capital, organized new forces there and is re turning to Chihuahua. His presence at Sauz is considered further indi cation that the Trevino forces left Chihuahua. , ?' Mexican merchants from Buena Ventura and Namaquipa, arriving: here, report that Mexican petitions are being circulated in towns and settle ments in the vicinity of the America a troops, asking the United States not to withdraw its men. It is claimed that Villa threatened these people w ith death because they sided with the American?. . y . IIAPARMF TRAMP STEAMEB MEETS JIKMIKE FATE Arrives Here in Distress, Short of Fuel; Previously Ran Aground ; '":' .- Because coal briquettes (waste coal pressed Into bricks) taken on at Port land and San Francisco as a part of the steamer's ; supply cf bunkers ouiucu iw lai, me. mu Kalsba tramp steamer Kenkon Maru, J No. .3, ran short cf fuel when half way w lonoaama irum saa nanuisw, and had to change her course ana ! come south to Honolulu. She arrived ' At t . a a . t. , nere uiis morning m, aisiress 10 lane 4- 330 tens of bunker coal, and will rc- sume her voyase to Yokohama tomor- ! row vith 4000 short tons of general 4- cargo, for that port and Kobe. One large-sized . jinx seems to be following the Kenkcn. She is the same steamer which ran aground on Bell .Chain reef, 30 iniles from Van jtpuver in a snowstorm, January 11 -df thla year, when her pilot mistook the . . . . course and: plied her on the rocks. After tremendous efforts she was sal vaged, towed to Esquimau for tem porary repairs and given permanent repairs at Portland. She left there November 1 ; for San Francisco and this Is her first voyage since she was wrecked. ' ..." " The Kenkon left San Francisco No vember 9 and had to alter her course November 23 because of fuel shortage when she w as in latitude 36 degrees 33 minutes, longitude 156 degrees' 6 min utes, and steam for Honolulu. She made only about three knots an hour coming here from the Great Circle route and ' had only 380 tons of coal left on arrival here. Her speed with good, coal and good weather is eight knots. ; ,-. " Seven of the Kenkon's officers and 37 of her crew are survivors of the wreck.. Her master is Capt. N.; Yama guchi and her chief . officer is S. Aoyama.l JAPANESE PREPARE TO EXPLOIT IRON MINE IN TSINGTAU; ORE HEAVY (Special CbU to Kippu Jiji) TOKIO, Nov. 2S. A great iron mine has been discovered at Tslngtau, the former German territory in China. The Japanese government has ' sent an expert there for official investiga tion upon the mine, which it is report ed, has about 100,000,000 tons. S. C. V. TURNER Ws OF PARALYTIC STROKE Sidney C. V.' Turner died at 4:30 o'clock this morning at the Queen's Hospital. ; He was stricken last Fri day with paralysis and never regained consciousness. - He was a member of Honolulu Aerie No. 140, F. O. E.. also of the Phoenix. A widow survives him. Funerahser vices will be held tomorrow at 10 ai m. at the Townsend funeral parlors under the auspices of the Eagles, Rev. L. L. Loofbourow 6fficiating. The body will be cremated, ' . i " UTILITIES HEARING CONTINUES Cross-examination of H. Gooding Field, special auditor, by Attorney L. J. Warren, and direct examination of Vice-President J. L. McLean by Com missioners A. J. Gignoux and W....T. Carden filled the first hour's session cf the public utilities hearing this afternoon. The questions dealt with the financial workings of the Inter Island Company. The Territorial Hotel Company is erecting four new cottages mauka of Kalakaua avenue near the Moana Lo tel and adjacent to the Queen Emma cottage to further relieve any possible congestion of winter visitors. Each bungalow will have four individual rooms with all modern appointments. ; m 9 "... Lum "Wai was arrested today by Chief McDuffie's department on" a charge of assaulting a little Hawaiian girl la Kalihi a few days ago. CGNSUMERSPUT TURKEY PRICES DBWN-BOVCfln Refuse to Pay Demands of ; Dealers on Eve of Thanks ' giving Feasts (Aucuted Prw by Fderl M"irflfM NETVV YORK, N. Y.,v Nov. 2f. On the vj oY Thanksgiving, boycotts by indignant consumers, who- refuse to pay the high cost of commodities, are bringing dowTx the prices. A boycott on eggs has brought the price down, severai cents a dozen.' . . CHICAGO, III, Nov. 29. Municipal, inspectors today discovered more than 100,000,000 eggs in storage here. It is believed they .are held for an ad vance in prices. ;. : . PITTSBURG; Pa.; Nov. 29. As a result of. the refusal of the. public to buy turkeys at the high price demand ed there has been a slump in the cost. PORTIANDU Ore.; V Nov!' 29.-Tur-keys fel from 33 to 30 cents a pound today,, with the consumers refusing to pay the higher price, . WASHINGTON, D. C. Nov. 29. Retail prices of foods In the United States as a whole advanced 16 per cent during the year, .. according to figures made public today by the bureau of labor statistics. AD "CLUB MEMBERS TELL WHY THEY ARE THANKFUL Members of the Honolulu Ad Club at their lunch today at the Alexander Young Hotel told what they are thank ful for. Each carried out the senti ment of Thanksgiving in a short talk. Communications were received from Governor Lucius Pinkham, President Wallace R. Farrington,Emil BerndtjPacIficv Fishing Company of thU citj. and L. W. de Vis-Norton,5 all away from the city. . ; ' V In response to a request from Chair man Tom Sharp, Rev. W. D. Wester velt said that be . was glad that all Ad Club members wore a smile. Judge Sanford B. Dole Is thankful because he has health and friends. S. C. Hub er stated that he was' thankful be cause he was a member of the bar, and Captain Henry Berger said that he was thankful that there are no poor in Honolulu, and thankful that when he looked In the ' mirror he could say, "Henry, you've done pretty good." James D. Dole said he was thankful to be a memoer of the Ad Clubhand then told a story about a boy In a physiology class., J. Morton Riggs 6ald that he was thankful that the country was not at war, and A. E. Larimer was thankful because the country was at peace. William Thompson, "orig inal Hughes man," In reply to a re quest from the chair to tell why he is thankful that Wilson was reelected, responded with an expression that he is thankful that Hawaii has prosper ity. . Alexander Hume Ford was thank ful because the Ad Club had headed the movement for floats at Carnival time, and Robert Horner said that he was thankful because he had good health. Ncah AIull stated that he was thankful that turkey was served, and Will Borthwick and David Curry were thankful that Hawaii was heading to ward good roads. . . A report on the weeds question w-as read, and Albion Clark was asked to refer the maiter to the board of sup ervisors. ;. . -.' . " J the board at the meeting last night HIGH COST OF LIVING lowered tbe city treasurer to pay the UITC A II CP IP AM epflRT balance dus. Charles Arnold said that nilO MWltniUMDI Oruni the city had saved 90 cents on the - "-'hob.; . ' , "f , . ' , ', S ' " v ' , Th Hawaiian Electric Company has 4- (Associated Press by Federal 4-, requested permission from the city to ' vlr csf. nA 'cut down the ironwood trees bordeT-4- CHICAGO, 111., Nov. 29. Be- 4-(Ing the Oahu Sugar Company at Wal-4- cause of advancing cost of mate- 4-,Pi0 for a distance of two miles as it 4- rial and the use of factories for nas just entered Into an agreement -v war supplies, sporting goods will 4v th the government to supply power 4- be much higher next year. -Base- 4- Q Fort Kamehameha and Castner. The 4- balls will cost from 10 to 50 per 4- letter said the wires idould carry 44,-4- cent more, and golf clubs, will 4- 000 volts and the cutting down of the go up; 50 per cent. - 4- 4- A . , t - , .4- r r t r r. t t.t tttftttrf . a a. ; a - . . . . . . NEW YORK STOCK : MARKET TODAY Yetttr- Today. day. Alaska Gold . American Smelter ... American Sugar Rfg.. American Tel. & Tel.. Araconda Copper '. ; Atchison ............ Baldwin Loco. ....... Baltimore & Ohio. . . Bethlehem Steel ..... 4 I 13' .116?, 117'2 .. 128 ... 88!. a .. 105U . . rt'i ssr. .. 23", 116V2 1174 128'. 98 105 80', m .... 26 1681 4 93 55 84'4 37 178T8 f .... . n n 2 122 E6f4 81 1064 56T 32 ICOf, 123U 231 147H f128' 121 H 121'2 101 62'3 Calif. Petroleum ....... Canadian Pacific ..... . CM. A St. P. (St. Paul) Colo. Fuel & Iron....... Crucible Steer ........ . Erie Common .......... General Electric ....... 168H . 56 . 83fi . 37V4 .179 . i .... .117 125 - 56"4 . 82 . 107U . 17 . 33 9834 . 120H ;24'4 .207i2 .: 184 . 127'a . 121i .1212 .101 General Motors . . Great Northern Pfd Inter. Harv., N. J... Kennecott Copper Lehigh R. R New York Central.. Pennsylvania . Ray Consol. , . . Southern Pacific ,. Studebaker Tennesse Copper . Texas Oil .......... ! Union Pacific ... . . . U. S. Steel........ U. S. Steel Pfd.;... Utah ............. Western Union . . Westinghcuse ..... Bid. rEx-alvidenQ. Unquoted. EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN IS SEVERE (Associated Pra bv fder! AVir)pV " TOKIO, Japan, Nov. 9. Consider able damage wes done by an earth quake "today felt severely in middle Japan. Houses were destroyed , at Kofe, Osaka and Kioto. Numbers "of people were hurt at Kobe by falling rcofs. . JELLIC0E IS MADE BRITISH SEA LORD LONDON, England, Nov. 29 Ad miral Sr John Rushworth Jellicoe, ad tivtf head of the British navy, has re ceived a promotion In rank, being named aea lord Adnilral Sir David Beatty succeeds him in command of the British fleet. . ' The despatch above does not say whether o? not Admiral Jelllcoe be comes first sea lord. I! he does, he succeeds Admiral Sir Henry B. Jack son, who came under some criticism after the battle of Jutland. Admiral Beatty has distinguished himself on several occasions since the war broke out. HONOLULU JAPANESE 7 HONORED BY EMPEROR S. Sakal, former editor of the Ha waii Shlnpo of this city, now at Los Angeles, and M. Yamashlro of the have been honored by the- emperor of Japan. Sakai was decorated with the order of, the sixth class and 150, and Yamashlro with a letter of thanks, for tHelr service early in the war, when the cruiser Hlzenand Asama wrere outside this port watching the German gunboat Geier, now interned here. , V'--.v-'' 'v" " FORBES PLANNING TRIP -OVER MAUI AND HAWAII Charles R. Forbes, superintendent of public works, will leave for an Inspec tion trip to Maui and Hawaii just as soon as the hearing of the Inter-Island rates has been concluded. Forbes today repeated his belief a3 already expressed to the effect that this hearing will be completed within the time limit of two weeks that he set several days ago. He sees no present reason w hy it should continue longer. The trip to Maui and Hawaii will be to look over the needs on these islands for coming legislation. ' Through G. II. Gere the Bernice P. Bishop estate has sent a letter to the board of supervisors saying that it approved of the improvement of Smith street. Arnold said that C. Bolte, who objected to the first plans because they were net equitable to the prop erty holders and approved the new ones, is now rirculating a petitba to have the work stopped. The contract for the construction of a concrete pavement, rubble retaining wall and curbing on Pensacola street extension haa been finished, accord ing to a letter sent to the board by I Georee Collins, countv encineer. and trees was necessary & t ho. safety of the people. It was reirred to the "... f m electric light committed LOYALIST Gil" XlGETl&W TO FIGHT hAM FAS VIOLENT BATTLES IN DA RUMANIANS STILL RETREATING BEFORE DETER Ul ?JED ADVANCE OF GERMAN GENLnALb riiUM THREE SIDES NORTHWEST OF M0NASTIR .ALLIES MEET GERMANS AND BULGARIANS IN BLOODY FRAY SINKING OF S. S. CHEMUNG DONE BY AUSTRIAN SUBMARINE (AMoeUU4 Trtu &lr hr rerT WTr0 - ; . - . BERLIN, Germany, Nov. 29. Two large Russian tr2-:?orts, bound from Hulsingfers to Revel, in the Baltic, and carrying the en'.ire 423th Russian regiment, struck mines and were sunk with great lossis, according to a Stockholm despatch to the Overseas New Agency. Tr c'saster Is said to have happened a month ago but nothing had been maij known of it. Late today a despatch to the war office announced that the German have, captured Pitechti, Rumania. . , ' WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 23. German Ambassador vo-i ";rnstorff today delivered to Secretary of States Lansing a note from C: --y pre, testing against the ejection of the Austrian. Turkish ahdCerr:i ' :aUon and embassies from Greece and asking that the state departrrs:r,t r k a formal protest to Great Brit-in. LONDON, England, Nov. 29. Lloyds agency repots the sinking c 5 British steamers King Malcolm, Moresby, Maude Larsen, the Narv. . 1 steamer Perra and the Spanish steamer Lucienne. . LONDON. England, Nov. 29. Civil war threatens Greece, grcv 1 - r the inci easing friction between the loyalists, headed by King Coi.o; and the present catluet. and the revolutionists, who have set up a 1 . and a capital under former Premier Venizelos. According to an Athens despatch today which shows (hat the situ is grave, there Is the greatest uneasiness among the adherents cf V zelos, who are numbered by the thousands In the Grecian capital. T. fear a systematic attack by the supporters of the king. Although they t. strong in number they are virtually unarmed, whereas the loyalists numt r many regiments of troops. , The loyalists are picking out supporters of Venizelos and painting rcl circles cn their houses, designating the dwelling,' the revolutionists fear, fcr some hidden purpose Shops of persons regarded as hostile to the Constan tino government are also so designated, this Including the mayor's home. Excesses on the part of the loyalists are feared. " - , . ; - Rumania, Still Being Crushed In Jaws of Trap Laid by Teuic : BERLIN, Germany Nov;- 29Russian attacks on the northern Rumanian front, directed against the German forces invading this country, have gained only small local advantages at a heavy cost. V . The Rumanians who have vainly endeavored to check the German la . Wallachia are retreating before the German troops in much disorder. On the west front British attacks southwestlof Lens have been re pulsed. : " ' . ; ; ''; Violent Battling in Serbia as Germans Try to Stop Strong AH123 PARIS, France, Nov. 29. The Serbians la violent fighting on the Ma cedonian front today captured heights northwest of Grunlshte,'east of tbe Czerna river, where they are trying to secure a crossing, in the face of Bulgarian resistance. A violent battle Is also progressing northwest of Monastir. Here the Germans find Bulgarians have taken up prepared po sitions, after evacuating the city, and are endeavoring to stop the advance, of the Allies In Serbia. x . ' s On the west, the main development today is the increased activity on the Somme. '-. ; The Italians have made progress in the region of Tervena Stena, a height west of Monastir. - , Russians Progress in Mountains PETROGRAD, Russia, Nov 29. Successes have met the Russians bat tling in the Carpathian region. In fights east and south of Kirllbaba, on the southern Carpathian front, they have captured several ridges and heights and taken 711 prisoners. WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 23. Advices to the state department say thatjthe American steamer Chemung, submarined In the Mediterranean, was - sunk by an Austrian diver. There were no casualties and opportunity 'to leave the ship safely was accorded to all on board. 25TH INFANTRY FOOTBALL TEAM TO PLAY IN HONOLULU FOR, FIRST TIME THURSDAY For the first time in the history of football here, the 25th Infantry foot ball team will play in Honolulu to morrow morning on Alexander Field, meetintr the strenz Town Team at 10 o'clock. Among the players coming from the 25th camo will be "Cavalry Jack" Ware, who is considered the ereatest football player In Hawaii. The lineup for the Town Team will be: Manoha, 1. e.; Moore, 1. 1; Kama kau. 1. g.; Henry, c; Miller, r. g.; Bertelmann, r. t; Desha, r. e.; Rice and Sc'njman. a. b : Coney, Machado, Wright, Cockett and Ah Chew, backs. LITTLE CHANGE TODAY y IN SITUATION BERLIN ? (German Official) 'GERMAN ARM Y .11 EA DQ U A R TERS. Nof. 29. NothiDg new happen ed qb the Somrae late yesterday. In the Carpathians the1 Russian. made varions attacks. Engagements here arc still going on. Our movements against Rumanian progress. On the Macedonian front attacks by the ene my against our positions northwest of Monastir failed. 4 -f 4 4- 4- ' 4 4 4- . : ' 4 4- NO ISSUE TOMORROW 4- 4-. . . 4- There will be no Issue of the 4,Star-Bunctin tomorrow. Thanks- 4 4 giving Day. 4-4- . ; 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 .4 ft.44 tiw;. La I ii w l) NAVAL AIRSHIPS IN RAID ON ENGLAND, SAYS GERMAN OFFICIAL ((innn Official) BERLIN, Germany, Nov. 29. On the night of November 2 several Ger man naval airships successfully bom barded blast-furnace and other indus trial establishments of middle Eng land. At several places conflagrations were observed as a result. . One airship was shot down by th enemy near Scarborough and one oth er did not return, so that It must b considered lost The remaining air ships returned' and landed. . GERMAN SEA-FORCES RETURN AFTER RAID BERLIN, Germany, Nov. 29-OCcial announcement says that parts of the German sea forces which on the night of November 25-27 made a raid In. proximity to the English coast return ed safely. Near Lowestoft a hostile patrol ship was sunk and the crew made prisoners. -, .''. 1 ' Several neutral steamers were stop ped, searched, and liberated, as they carried no contraband. Our sea forces returned without .finding any other contact with the enemy. ,. NOTED BOER LEADER DIES IN SOUTH AFRICA f Aso?tald PrM hy Fed'n! Wlrele) , BLOEMFONTE1N, Orange River Colony, South ArLca; No v. 29. Marti nus Steyn, exj(5resiilent of . the Orange Free State and -'widely-known Cocr leader, died today. . .