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O Every Season will be Tourist Season if You Boost Hawaii rate. Evening Bulletin. Fst 12. No. 811 Hawaiian Fur. Vo.. XXIV. No. 7o2 12 PAGES HONOLULU, TERRITORY OF HAWAII, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1017. V2 PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS Edition IT Id 1 W M IU1 fo)MA lJUL UttlM I l H i O a FOUR ARRESTED VIOLATION OF TERRITORIAL LABOR RECRUITING STATUTES Action Follows Probe By City Attorney's Office Which Charges Prisoners With Attempting to Obtain Filipino Laborers Here for Work in Alaska Salmon Canneries Following two weeks of rigid investigation. G. S. Snyder of Seattle, Wash., Frank S. Winder, presumably of the same city; Pablo Manlapit, former editor of a local Filipino news paper, and B. Cruz, a Filipino, have been arrested at the in stance of the city attorney's office on a charge of illegally re cruiting Filipino laborers for Alaskan salmon canneries. Warrants for the arrest of the four defendants were Issued by Circuit Judge Heen on Information sworn to by City Attorney Arthur M. Brown, and an affidavit sworn to toy De tective Harry T. Lake, who conducted the investigation for the city author ities. The defendant will i,e taken before Judge Heen at 9 o'clock to rrnorrow moraine for disposition of cases. Snyder came here aoout a month ago from Seattle, and it Is reported that Winder came on the same steamer. In each case the informs tlon filed with the court asserts that the defendants. "did then and there unlawfully engage in soliciting, induc ing, procuring and hiring certain la borers, residents of Honolulu, to go beyond the limits of the territory ot Hawaii, and did then ana there act as immigration ' agent without obtain ing a license to so do." , Lake's affidavit Is to the effect that as a detective, he -watched the move ments of the , defendants for two weeks. Lake asserts that they acted as immigration, agents without .having ' licenses It-la alleged, that, the activ ities of the defendants covered a pe riod of JO days prior to June IS. SeuBhiSOO. FNfjplnoa Charge -v-,-. According to the city attorney! of fice, Snyder .came ' to Honolulu 'with f the- intention ot- recruiting about .309 -Filipino, forvworkv In. salmon:, cap' ' " neriea.la. Alaska, jc.Yi - ' Our position in th case, aayi Deputy City Attorney Will T. Carden, the same as in the case ot O. A. vi' Steven." "..- - ; " Steven,1 formerly an auctioneer, was f charged with acting as ; in lmxnlgr tlon agent without a license and. was V-Vgiven a heavy;tmev:;v. : v :-";Y :"The' future- development , of ''this ? ' territory-depends largely upon lta hav-1 lug an adequate labor aupply, ' Cars ; den continues, "and: to protect this supply, as we4 as the laborers them X: selves there are stringent -- statutes - governing "the recruiting of laborers. . It Is ' provided, among other things,- n v snhat any: person;;who;recrului:ia borers -must,, secure a license, , must -m' file with the territorial treasurer a (v) bond of $25,000 to cover suits fordanv V ages that might be filed by persons whose laborers were taken, and ; ; bond of f 100 to cover eacn . laborer .- lV Tecrulted,";' . rk ; ' Carden asserts further that he '.be . - lleves Snyder was aware of the re , quirements of the law, raving that he went te the city attorney's office a few weeks ago and made Inquiries. O -Carden says that when Snyder visited the city attorney's office the law was (Continued on page two) NEW YORK STOCK- MARKET TODAY ' - ' ..." -.S - . Ytster V s-. -V . .Today... day. Alaska' Gold. '....'-es 5 American Srnetter vi'S-.f ,V, . . ; 13S& AmerlcanSucr Rfg. i. 122 : 122 American TeU A Tel. U. I21H 1214 . Anaeondn Copper i.,wi"S5Vi ; S454 Atchison' 10214 " 102- Baldwin Loco.' . 7 .Baltimore dL Ohio i73 ' 73 Bethlehem Steel ..... ,.a1S7 a152 - bU3 Calif. Petroleum ....... 22!, Canadian Pacific K2 C M. S..SL P. (St Paul) 76& b152 22V 11 75 S3 80Vs 26 VA 162 V. 108 108 I Cole. Fuel & Iron Crucible Steel SU'a 262 162 Erie Common General Electric .... General Motors, New Great Northern Pfd. . 108 Inter. Harv, N. J t t Kannccott Copper 47 Lehigh R. R - 65 ONew York Central 92 Pennsylvania S3 Ray ConseL lOVi Reading Common 9Z Southern Pacific 944 Studebaker 82 65 92 53 30, 96 M 80 215 137 130 1164 94 532 Texas Oil 216?4 Union Paclfie 1374 U. S. Steel 133 Utah 116 Western Union 93 YYestinghouse 63 '4' Bid. fEx-dfvldend. iUnfvottd. NO COMPLAINTS TO U. S. OFFICIALS ON ' ANTHRAX OUTBREAK ; :A report about town yesterday aft croonn :ll;Xt:Jedral:pfricials,. ha ;ar-' rested three persons on Maui m be-' '1Z rrr"-??el ct rialiciousljrattexrt' 1 FOR ALLEGED CAMPBELL ESTATE KEEPS STEP WITH CITY'S PROGRESS A modern business structure to cost approximately $160,000 is to take the place of the buildings on the Camp bell estate extending mauka from the Wlchman Jewelry store on Fort street and ewa on Hotel street to the Matsu Soto building. .Work of remodeling e structures on the present site pre liminary to the conversion of the whole into one extensive three-story structure began today. It Is expected the new building will be ready for occupancy by January 1, 1918. The ground floor on both Fort and Hotel will continue to be occupied by business houses, while the second and third stories on the Hotel Bide will be devoted largely to office purposes. The main entrance to the offices will beronv theWlotei street We, where a large ornamental facade-is planned. The plane - for; the. building are in the bands of - Emory &: Webb;' archi tects. These Include the sliclng-off the portion of the structure that over laps - upon Hotel street at the Fort street Intersection, to make the whole uniform. Concrete, -brick and steel win W used In tne' construction and ' (Continued on page two ITS0I1 COMJY SEEKS OERMS 111 FREIGHT RU!I ?' No new deTeopmenta were record ed up to thls.afterhoon In the Matron Line steamer situation, , following the news published yesterday by the Star Dulletln, that the Matson Navigation Company has been advised by the gov ernment that the United States in tends to take over both the Maul and Matsonla. , ' Managers. H. Drew of the shipping department ot Castle A Cooke, the local Matson agency said be does not know What, revision of the Matson line's schedule will be made after the two 'steamers are commandeered. The company will still have the WUhelmlna, Manoa and Lurline, all passenger boats and gcod cargo carriers.- The first two will keep on the Honolulu run as at present, and It is thought likely the Lurline, which was recently taken off the passenger schedule and put on a freight run ex clusively, . will return to passenger business. . The Enterprise and Hyades will serve Hllo. Taking off the Maui and Matsonla has put an end to the proposed reestablishment of Seattle- Honolulu service. " The Matson line is said to be tak ing up with Washington todav the question of securing two of the larger ex-German freighters to fill the huge gap in., steamship tonnage which will result when the two newest and big gest liners of the Matson fleet are taken off. No word has been received by the local Oceanic and- Great Northern agencies concerning commandeering ot any of their liners. Manager A. M. Nowell of the Sugar Factors said today that they are not hit directly by the taking over ot th? two Matson boats, as Matson suga? contracts are made by the sugar plan ration agents direct with the Matson line. "As soon as the government an nounces that it Intends taking over any American-Hawaiian Doats now carrying island sugar to the coast for us. we will have to get busy," he said, "as we charter the Mexican and Texan direct from this office," Ins to spread anthrax, -was denied to day by District Attorney S. C. Huber. Tlf uch an action was a part of a war propaganda as affecting the food supply of the territory, the federal of ficials would take Immediate action. says Attorney Huber. "But where such an action would affect only the cattle, the territorial officials would Je the proper persons. to take action. Attorney-Huoer nays he i has re ceived no Information of a deliberate attery to. wrea.iTKlitWS, LATE NEWS NEW SPANISH WIMSTRY MADRID. SDaln. June if. A new with Dato as premier. It Is committed to strict neutrality. . ISRAELITES TO VOTE ON PALE3TINE DOMINION LO.NUCkN. Knc. June 13. The All-Russian Zionist Confess has decid ed to hold a JteWscite of all Israelites, voting on the proposal to set up a Jewish state in Palestine. . r SOCIALISTS CARRM ELECTIONS IN (UffROCYtAD LONDON'. Eng.. June 13 The the Petroerad municioal council. 1 JAPANESE -POTATO KING- TAKES STOCKTON, Cal., June 13. George Shima, thl Japanfe "potato king and one of the wealthy farmers of the Liberty Bonds. PEASANTS DEMANDING FULL FETROGRAD, Russia, June 13. An all-Russia council oVVpaants to day nasaed a. resolution declarine ttiat food will be cut off from Aortreas city of Kronstadt unless the garrison there gives immediate support toJft are fully supporting the government. ARMIES DEADLOCKED ON MANY FRONTS; LITTLE ACTIVITY The Associated Press late today summarized the war situation oy saying that the day has been uneventful on ail fronts. The armies are deadlocked in many places and there is little activity. LIEUT. SCOFIELD GETS HIS PROMOTION First Lieut. S. W. Scofield, 4th Cavalry, Schofleld Barracks, has been promoted to the rank of captain, according to cable advices from Washing ton announced this afternoon at army headquarters. Lieut. Scofield was first in the list of cavalry first lieutenants. THIRTY-FOUR MORE WANT KAPAA HOMESTEADS Thirty-four applications for nomestead lots in Kapaa district, Kauai, were received today up to 2:30 o'clock at the land office. This is by far the largest number of applications for the land received on any day since the opening. The total now stands at 173. PERSHING TO DETERMINE WHERE ARMY GOES WASHINGTON, D. C, June 13. it is announced here today that Gen. Pershing will confer with the French military leaders and determine where the American expeditionary forces will be placed, and that, his re commendation will be final. ALIEN APPLICATIONS FOR PERMITS RECEIVED Approximately 120 permits have been issued to German allenc to reside and do business in the local restricted areas, the marshal's of fice announces. Applications for permits are drifting in at the rate of one or two a day. Several, permits have been issued to residents of other Islands who come to Honolulu frequently to transact business. DJSCONTINUE. SUIT TO RECOVER CAPT. COOK PLATE Circuit Judge Kemp tnls afternoon "granted a Jtfseontlnuance of the case of the territory aglnst Mrs. Mary E. Leslie by which the former sought to1 recover-the popper,. plate - marking the spot where ' Captain Cook, famdu English navigator, was killed. A similar suit has been filed against Benjamin Vickers. ACCUSED OF THEFT OF LABORERS' WAGES On a charge of absconding with the entire wages of a gang of Filipinos of which he had charge at the Alea plantation Benanclo Lopez was book ed at the police station this afternoon by Capt. McDuffie of the detectives or three charges of embezzlement Last Saturday Lopez is said to have drawn from the company 3117 In wages due his crew. Then he disappeared .and Detective Silva found him in Honolulu yesterday. CHINESE IS ARRESTED ON BURGLARY CHARGE Ah In, a Chinese employed by the Hon Mun Bo, Chinese weekly newspaper, on Maunakea street, ' was charged this afternoon with burglary in the second degree. Ah In was arrested early this morn ing In Iwilel by Policeman Napule. The Chinese then had in his pos session four sacks of flour, a case of condensed milk and a i large tin of lard, which Capt. McDuffie says he learned today was stolen from the warehouse of a Chinese merchant underneath the newspaper office. Ah In confessed, the police say. 1 THINK BONE MEAL MAY BE CAUSE OF ANTHRAX That a shipment of bone meal which recently was received by a local concern from Australia, a part of which was sent to Maui, may be the cause of the recent anthrax outbreak on that island. Is the opinion of several residents of the Valley Island, according to information reaching federal officials. In connection with this belief, it is pointed out that an anthrax outbreak in Chicago in 1912 rabbit skins from Australia.- CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DROPS RATE FIGHT Because the freight rate from eastern points to Hawaii la higher than to Australia and the Orient the Chamber of Commerce has been working for its reduction but the directors this afternoon voted to drop the matter as upon investigation it was found that the Interstate com mission would in all probability not reduce the local rates but increase through rates. The directors also loaned the Hawaiian Promotion committee $500 to pay Burton Holmes for taking pictures of Kauai and Maul. They also discussed the possibility of having patriotic cere monies on registration day. Venizelos to Mead Mairs ATHENS, Greece, June 13. The city Is reported quiet and there is said to be perfect order throughout Greece, . It la expected that ex-Premier Ven izelos will be recalled to power and wilf practically head the new government. Y. fi C. A. WILL TAKE OVER HOTEL FOR ARMY-NAVY CLUB NEXT MONTH Word Received By Ad Club Committee That New York Has Accepted Proposal W. A. Horn of the Army and Navy department of the Y. M. C. A. an nounced at the meeting of the Ad Club today at noon that the Y. M. C. A. would take over the property now occupied by the Royal Hawaiian hotel on July 15. In a report to the club today Horn said that prospects were dark at one time, as the International' Committee caMed that it was unable to raise the $175,009 necessary to purchase the siteork hx.Fred JLHcCarland AT A GLANCE! COMMITTED TO NEUTRALITY Spanish ministry has been forme-1 socialists have ?a 'thfe elections for ES LfAfRTVjBONDS valley, has, subscribed $10,0001 to the , . k .V SUPPORT OF GOVBRblMENT waam traced directly to a shipment of of Greece? WASHINGTON, D. C, June 13. The United States is Interfering in no wsy with the activities of the allies In Greece or with the Grecian policy developing in the abdication of King Constan tine. It Is explained that the United States is a military but not a diplo matic partner of the Entente Allies. others interested, in New York con tinued, and word was received today that the proposal had been accepted by the committee in New York. A mortgage will be placed on the property for two years, after which time the International Committee u expected to make the final payment. Horn reported that there was still $9760 to be collected in Honolulu to assure the amount guaranteed by the local committee of the Ad Club. C. B. Ripley will have charge of the work of remodeling, and accord ing to Horn, the exterior will not be changed, but a large lobby which will take care of .400 men will be built, and the interior will be changed to con form .with, conditions. "DRY WAR" BILL GETS BIG BOOST (AssocUUd Press by U. S. NtJ Communi. cation Srrlc) WASHINGTON. D. C. June 13. The bill prohibiting the use of foods in the manufacture of dis tilled or malt liquors, during the perior of th ewar, was today fav orably reported by the senate ag fccriarl committee. r The pres iaieVfV'der this bill. Is empow ered to requisition spirits for war purposes. . Japan Sends Special War Envoyto U.S. i Special Cbl to Nippa Jiji) TOKIO, Japan, June 13. Viscount Kikujiro Ishli, former minister of for eign affairs, has been named by Em peror Yosbihito as the special am bassador to America. Viscount Ishii will head a commission along the or der of the English commission which was led by Balfour. Vice Admiral I. Takeshita, repre senting the navy, and Major General N. Sugano, representing the army, will be two members of the commission. T. Imal, vice-consul at Honolulu, will be a member of the party. The com mission will discuss the strategical and commercial aspects of the war, and will decide bow Japan can aid the other allies, - . - PENALIZED FOR (Associated Prst by TT. S. Naval Communi. cation STic) NEW YORK, N. Y., June 13. Louis Kramer, a confessed anarchist, was today sentenced to two years' Impris onment and to pay a fine of $10,000, and Morris Becker was sentenced to a year and a half, both in Atlanta fed eral penitentiary, for conspiracy to circulate anti-draft literature and 'for failure to register under the new army law. ' Heman Levine, a schoolteacher, was sentenced to 11 months' imprison ment for failure to register, REACHES SEATTLE (Associated Press by V. S. Naval Communi. cation Eerrice) WASHINGTON, D. C, June 13. The Russian mission to the United States landed today at a Pacific port en route to Washington. It vieited Seattle today, the members being en tertained. WAR-BUDGET IS PAST THE SENATE (Associated Press 07 TJ. S. MaTal Communi catioS Serrice) WASHINGTON, D. C. June 13 The senate today enacted the war budget bill, including the appropria tion for buying the Jamestown site for an auxiliary naval academy. 1 BASEBALL RESULTS I TODAY 1 NATIONAL LEAGUE At Pittsburg New York 7, Pitts burg 3. At Cincinnati Philadelphia 3, Cm cirnati 2. At Chicago Rain. At St. Louis Rain. AMERICAN LEAGUE At Boston Boston 2, St. Louis 0; St Louis 7, Boston 2. j At New York New York 7. Chicago i 6. At Philadelphia Philadelphia 4. De troit 2. At Washington Washington 7, Cleveland Z. JAPAN FLOATS LOAN (Special Cable to Xippu Jiji) TOKIO, Japan, June 13. Japan has floated a J5O.OOO.O0O, Frenca loan. UiESiBLES BLOCKING DRAFT RUSSIAN MISSION ADMRA L SAYS BRING ALLIES LATEST WEEKLY REPORT SHOWS MORE VESSELS SUNK AMERICAN STEAMER BATTLES TWO DIVERS. SINKING ONE BIG AIR RAID ON LONDON KILLS MANY (Associated Press by U. S. Naval Communication Service.) COPENHAGEN, Denmark, June 13. That England will be "starved out" and the Allies brought to submission through the German submarine campaign is the declaration of a Ger man admiral, as quoted in the reichstag by Conservative Leader Heydebrand. He quotes the admiral as saying that' England has but two months longer, as the submarines will force her to terms. AN ATLANTIC PORT, June 13. The American steamer Kroonland, arriving here today, reports that she rammed and sank a hostile submarine in the war-zone a few days ago. The steamer was attacked by two submarines but eluded the tor pedoes which both launched, and by agile maneuvering suc ceeded in crushing one under her bow and sending it to the bottom. The submarines attacked the vessel one on each side. During the maneuvering the Kroonland lost a propeller blade. London Bombed For . Fifteen Minutes By Hostile Flyers LONDON, England, June 13. A great fleet of airplanes early today crossed the English Channel and raided the east, counties of England and London itself. The attack was one of the most fatal to life of any that has yet been made on the metropolis. In the east end of Lon don, where the bombs fell thickest, 49 were killed and 200 wounded, and probably more, as reports .are still coming in. Tlie raid on the city of London 4ltYtLfor45 miniites. As soon as the fleet was discovered, British airmen took their battleplanes into the air above the city, while anti-aircraft guns turned on the invaders. The results of the ensuing battle are still unknown. The hostile machines flew off with the British in pursuit. Of the victims, there were 10 children killed and 50 in jured when bombs were dropped on a school in session. The first bombs fell in east London at 11:30 this morning. One was dropped on a station into which a train was coming. Here seven persons were killed and 17 injured' A number of warehouses were damaged and fires caused , by the explosions. . . : J- U-Boat Ravages Again Increasing LONDON, England, June 13. The weekly report today of ravages by the XT-boats shows that 22 British vessels over 1600 tons were sunk since last Wednesday, and 10 under that tonnage. Six fishing : vessels were sunk. This is an increase over the toll of ship victims reported last week, which was 15 vessels over 1600 tons and three under. BOSTON,. Mass., June 13. The Leyland liner Anglian has been submarined in the Atlantic ocean. PABIS, France, June 13. The steamer Hequana has been sunk by a submarine. She was from Africa and it is feared that 190 out of 550 passengers have been lost. AD CLUB MEN I "Athletics has done more for good citizenslyp in the Philippines than any one other thing." paid H. S. Townsend; of Manila, in a talk- before the mem-; bers of the Ad Club at the Alexander j Young Hotel today. Townsend was au-! penmenaeni 01 scuoois m uae rm.ijr ; pines, and at one time was a leading educator in Hawaii. "When we first went to the Philip pines we began to interest the Fili pinos in athletics. At first the ath- letes of one district fought with thel oirvers, anu wnsn pruviaces mei : in competition, there was sure to? be" ' war. "Manila staged the first Far' East ern meet, and following this Dr. Wu Tins; Fang. Yuan Shih-Kai and other noted men of China gave their sup port to the development of athletics. The Filipinos have been taught agri- culture, manual training and the art j of making a living which has done; much for better citizenshfn. I President Wallace R. Farrington an nounced the following committees for the ensuing year at the meeting of the club today at the Alexander Young Hotel: ' . . Program,, IkluctioiiaTem Sharp HEAR TALK ON MANILA SPORTS U-BOATS WILL TO SUBMISSION L. Pittenger, A. E. Larimer, C. B. Gage, u. uraves, P. M. Pond, Mr. Stinson, W. R. Farrington. . Music Harry Decker, Geo. Andrus, R. C. Brown, J. D. Dougherty, CapL H. Berger. Membership J. M. Riggs, C. R. Fra zler, C. M. V. Forster, We Thompson, E. Schwarzberg. Civic Affairs H. E. Vernon, J. K. Butler, Ed. Towse, Vaughan MacCau ghey, A. M. Cristy, D. H. MacAdam, Roads A. F. Clark. W. L. Emorr. J. T. Taylor, F. O. Cannon, E. E. Bodge, just Advertising C. R. Frazier, John Lennox, Mr. McAlpin, Prof. A. L. Andrews, L. Van Anderson, H. G. Jewell, Pap Hees. Vigilance John H. Soper, B. L. Marx, A. R. G. McCormiclL Finance C. H. W. Norton, J. F. Child. W. F. Gaynor. Army and Navy James Wakefield, L. A. Thurston. Emil Berndt, Gen. John Hon Mai f'arnpntpr I. font Til1 Georee Rodiek. Walter F Dillingham. Job n Waterhouse, J. M. Riggs, W. O. Smith, J. D. Dougherty. Mr. Horn. Public Accounting John Effinger, James Bicknell, Manley Hopkins. Civi Convention C. B. Gage, H.. -Decker. Tom Sharp. C. R. Frazier, A, E. Larimer. J. K. Butler. John Effin-, ger. ; X-EMPEROR OF KOREA ' VISITS JAPANESE SOVEREIGN - . ' - -c : TOKIO. Japan, Jon 13. -Prince RL former emperor of Korea, -was a, via -itor laToklo, yesterday.. He paid a : visit to, the. emperor- and- cr:rrc s a at th ptUce." -' f '