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Evening Bulletin Est ItSl. No. 6S2T
Hawaiian 8tar. ;VoL XXV, No.- 7S78
12 PAGES HONOLULU, TERRITORY OF HAWAII, FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1917. 12 PAGES
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CIIIEF Ti:il3ST0;j IS
DK3SSI BY
Mayor's Appointment of Harbor Officer Carter to Succeed
? Him Has Mo tf feet City
f ; appointment of Fire Department Head Unnecessary, and
L ; He Holds Office ; During Good Behavior
f ':' . Mayor Fen has no power to remove Fire Chief Charles H. Thurston
nor to apoplnt.a successor, except under the clrll service rules, and Chief
jThurston holds office durlnc food befiaTlor.
The mayor nomination of . A. E. Carter, now harbor police officer, to
'succeed Thurston, made on Fern's first day in office, has no effect on
.the- situation. - Thurston will remain chief and his reappointment Is un-.necessary.-
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: - -"Any move pr the mayor to .carry out a campaign of political "ruth
lessBess" in dlanUctar Reuubncana to DroTide Democratic patronaxe, will
(be a failure so. far as the fire department goes, for that department from
'top to bottom la under civil service Tegulatlona, . -s;V ' ;
' - Such in brief are the facts 6utstandVi
Ing - from an opinion .handed to the
civil service commission today by City
Attorney Brown. -The ; opinion was
written by Deputy Attorney Crlsty. It
was 'sent . at the came time - to the
mayor and board of superviaori, :
' The opinion was written In answer
to a , request from the commission,
ttrorta Chairman E. P. Fosarty, for
tA sttenment on the points Involved
:.! the position of Tire chief alter a
' change la city administration, Deputy
'Cri8tjrs ruling Is as follows: ' A
To your request for an opinion as
to. whether the chief engineer of the
fire department comes within the pto
visions cf Chapter 117 of the Revised
Laws cf Hawaii, 2915, - relative i to
CiTil Service, I beg to advise as fol
: lows: , - yr:';--
-Section 187i of the Revised Laws
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- . citloa ternc) - - , - -SHANGHAI,
- CLisa, July ' 1J. The
teputllean forces t?izj laicised sn
attack cn the rcy'.:2t forces la Pe
kirs, aczlzg la tie v.crz'z vlth
a rain cf artillery munition, machine
r-s and bcnibs from airplanes upon
the catital city. ix foreigners watch
izs tae fitting were wounded.
It is reported" that SOCO imperial
trocps have. surrendered in the Tern
rle cf ILearen after a two-hour tight
Gen. Ctang Shun, the royalist gen
eral, has taken refuge in the Dutch
legation. J- ; '
Tientsin; ctii'a.T July I3.--su
thou rand- repuUiccps are . ready .to
' attack the FortId2ea City olzg to
the refusal cf the royalists to arbi
trate. There is fear that Chang
-Etui's artillery will bombard the lega
tions. Minister Wang -Ta llsleh, for
eign secretary; has gone to Peking to
negotiate with the legation people.
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Editor Star-Bulletin.- ' . -, . y r-
1 Dear Mr. Allen U--- :; cf
On behalf of Alohsr Temple of
f ' th3 JlysUc .Shrine 1 1 deairt r to l4
. tik you for much and able pub--f
-f licity in our Tag of Flout cam-.-f
paiga and through your, paper I 4
rf desire to thank the people f or
their generous response in -the
f purchase of this flour. .
f. Our receipts on the sale beat the 4
f record and exceeded all- expects.
4- tlocs. demonstratinc again the 4
4 benevolence . and patrlotiam of 4
4 Hawaii. V.- :r-' :. - . ? -f
'4 : . i- :; LESTEIl PETEIE,4
4 ; '- "i niustrious Potentate. 4
" Aloha Temple, Ancient Arabic 4
4 . Order' Nobles: of tht llystle -4
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4 (Note The splendid "t trork cf.4
4 the Shrlners of Honolulu netted 4
4 I1C31 for : the, American Red 4
4 Cross, through the "sale" of the 4
4- now historic Bag of Flour at the 4
Dijon on Tuesday night); 0r:4:
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v .. 3 C9 rrsce ceiore nswaiis r eirsiion cay, iuiy i. Apparently
tks entire C;7,C men will be drafted from mainland states and Ha-
v.i l will net be called upon now for men for active service under the
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CIVIL SERVICE RULE
Attorney's Office Declares He
SUGARICtOSE
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 12 Sugart
86 deg. test, 643 cents, ' Previous quo
tatlon (according to correction) 6423
cents., v :
of Hawaii, 19X5, provides that no per
son shall hold or be appointed to any
position either In the police or in the
Ore department of the city and county
of Honolulu; without the approval of
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; f ;.-.t Cr;'t far the Rswarmy..-
...Ths ; Cal'forcia -c,uota It
ta . ts C'en for 'enliftments . of
23 Crcr.re buttons wi!ltbe clven;
t Ji 1 tht fjrrt: draft: Hawalt:lshot,
CC703 men of the new army. Ra
have indicated that the first draft
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L117 VIOLATIONS
The regular.monthly meeting of the
Oahu Liquor Commission , will be held
this afternoon. Richard Cooke, chair.
man of the commission, says that It
will ,be decided ; whether .charges
against two saloon kepers for Infrac
tions of the commission's rules shall
be further Investigated or- dropped.
This will depend on the extent and
nature of the evidence. . V :
v Commenting cn the new rule aglnst
the sale or bottred goods by whole
sale or I retail, liquor 1 establishments
aixer 6 p. m, unairman uxte says
he believes it is working out as hoped.
according to reports which have come
to him from License Inspectors Jack
Roberts and ! W. H. Hutton. Since
this rule went, into effect, there have
been only one or two arrests for sell
ing liquor to soldiers. : -
and Lio Tenia Tsium. who are on
thelrwy to Paris-' on w government
business art In Honolulu today. They
arrived this mornlnsr on a boat from
the. Orient and will leave for the
mainland, this afternoon on the same
iteamer. ' . " ; xy-A
, Another first-class passenger for Ho
nolulu was H. Brown. : r v" ' 4 v
, Steerage passengers who are getting
off at Honolulu numbered 21. She car
ried six bags of mail and 300 tons of
freight for this city. : V .
R. O. Demarest ACtinr commander
of the ship, reported a pleasant voy
age1 excepting for a southeast gale that
they, struck about half' way across.
This delayed - the trip. ; although the
boat did get in , earlier "than was ex
pected.' f - ' -v : v ' Z . v v
"t Among they paasengers on the boat
were Mrs. G. JPetrocell, wife of the
company's agent m the Orient
Of the 847 steerage .passengers on
"the ship ISO 'are designated for Ha
vana; where they IrlQ be used as lab
orers. There are 138 first-class pas-
fr-rrrs'ESd 32 second-class In "all. ;
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IKO SALCC7.i3TS
DIPLOMATS FR0;,l
ciiika ih crrv
OIL
TANKER
HASMTLE
WITH FLAMES
p?&,"iiX Sim
Miles Out. Rut Vessel is Re
lieved Now to Be Steaming
for Port In Safety; Light-
house Tender Starts' to Aid
Fire which broke out In the engine
mam a ctanHani nn tmk ...mjlpii
. A. Moffett yesterday when the vea-
eel was -240 miles from Honolulu,
bound for this port from Los Angeleo
harbor (San Pedro) with a full cargo
of fuel oil fee the Standard's local
agency, placed the big tanker in peril
for time. The fire, however, was ex
tinguished and the vessel is again
steaming for this port today.
First news of the fire reached Hono-
lulu about 5:i yesterday alternoon,
when a wireless message was received
here from the Matson liner Manoa,
which reported that she had picked up
radiogram rrom & Pacinc Man uner
saying the Moffett was on fire and
the Pacific Mall boat was standing by.
Shortly afterward the Manoa sent In
a second message, which said the liner
Mu iiwu. um -mm, WU4W" "f' secnrt sll unused pasture land In the
radio said was ., in the fire room, to ZJZ. Twits I
v... .ui:v.i ..ki... vIterntory for graxing purposes .with a
Mnff--w- u.lTle to increasing the local meat sup-
Moffett was again proceeding to Hono
lulu under her .own steam;'
At midnight last ; night1 the TJ. S.
lighthouse tender Columbine, Captain
Frank T. Warrincr, left this port hur
riedly under borders received ; from
Pearl Harbor naval station . to go at
once to the oil tanker's assistance.- It
waa not believed this morning that the
CofnmMnL'. drtarHSuuS.tha
hat broken oat agalau but jslmply that
meet the tanser ana tee ju she can be
of tzr aii to her -
'., Ko wireless from the " Uofiet -ter.
self had been r received here up to
noon today, ao that it is thonalit her
wireless t et has' been out out of com
mlsslon by the fire, which may have
damaged the dynamo generating setl
In the englnt ' room, or lit some other j rsxgements to take hp with the Inter
way put the radio plant out of busl- island Steam Navigation Deaths iues-
ness. v. - . - :
In the first message received, the Mof-
fett's position as flven by wireless
from the. Ecuador was 24 degrees 15
minutes north latitude and 153 degrees,
47 minutes west longitude, a cisunci
or aoout Z40 mues nonneasc oz. Hono
lulu, bn the steamer; route here from
San Pedro.
The Moffett la carrying a full cargo
of fuel oil and a quantity of case and
package oil. Her master is Capt J. E.
PfeO. The tanker left San Pedro on
July 6. a week ago, today. ? If she Is
steaming at her usual speed and the
fire is out she should arrive oft port
here, late this, afternoon or early to
morrow morning.- S v - ., ! 'f
Sheriff Clem Crowell. who is here
today from Maul, says that his island
is getting all - preliminary work in
shape for ' registration " ' on i Julyc 31.
Plantations and Individuals art donat
ing their services In fine spirit'
There are ,21 Tegular .precincts on
the 'island,' says -Crowell, and It is
probable that subdivisions will be ne
cessary to provide eight extra ones in
the larger districts. There are about
S5 registrars; School houses and halls
are to be usehd for registering places.
Sergeants from the National Guard
art also to be used on registration
day to help get in touch with men of
military age, many of whom have
been discharged, from the guard un
der the . dependent family ruling and
art now subject to draft; Crowell
says the central registration . board
has . been of much help in f this pre
liminary work. Sheriffs William Jar-
rett : and - Rose- end Attorney Bevlns
visited the registration hoard rooms
this morning with Crowell.
JAPANESE HUpPAYS
.$4,500,000 FOR TWO
BOATS TO PLY PACIFIC
(Special Cftbl 4 Kippu Jiji)
TOKIO, Japan, July 13.The Mlt-
sue Company, one of the largest cor
porations In Japan, has purchased two
steamers at Seattle of 9000 tons each
costing 34500.000. These 'steamers
will be used in transpaclfle ; service.
Tht Mitsue vompany controls a unm
ber of banks and steamship lines in
Japan. ?' . ;
TOKIO UNIVERSITY ENDS TERM.
(8pMiaI CaM to Klpthi Jijl)
TOKIO. Japan, July 13. The Im
perial University of Tokto held its an
nual commencement exercises yester-j
day. - Emperor Toehfhito attended the 1
exercises, presenting the honor- stu
dent with a watcbr f: nr -';;;-I
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'ems "live at
Wwta Preach Cmsvm 'Cospd
ls,and of Kahdolawe J.1ay Be
nnwnujiejuornaising
01 uvesiocK
,D!fIo?4 to remjnend to the board
or agiicujtnre and forestry that grax-
M? PcrmlU be leaned to Pf
siring to raise livestock on the Island
of Kahoolawe, was reached at a meet
ing of the territorial food commission
today.
At the' same time the commission
voted to recommend that the or
700 goata now on the Island be not
slaughtered wantonly, but used for
food purposes as far aa, possible.
Kahoolawe is a forest reserve and
I is inhabited largely by aoats. but the
commlnion is of. the . oninion that
there Is sufficient cactus, pill grass
and clue there to furnish subsistence
for . a limited number of cattle and
horses,' between 400 : and S00.
The action taken today la a part of
the movement by the commission to
ply.- The board does not favor . the
wholesale slaughter of the goats when
they are removed to . make room for
the cattle and horses, believing , that
these animals will be useful as food.
Aside from 'other staple fodder. It Is
pointed out that the -Island abounds
In kiawe : trees the bean from which
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fonM. CeUent Stock food.
Anouier recommenaauon 10 oe mane
cy.thja.coiainl3aJs;lhat,certaJn
est resetve 'lands In WaianaeT" be let
out through grazing permits for the
falsing cf stock. : In the.oplnlon of the
commission, : them art .areas In 'this
reserve - wwen, ' ir psopeny ? rencea,
I oouia pe nsea lor grazing witnoux aam-
fP o the rorests.
The commission is now making ar-
Itlon- of reduced freight rates on all
foodstuffs shipped from the other is-
lands to Honoluln and vice versai' A
1 material reduction- in rates for- auch
I product already has been promised by
the Hawaiian Cohsolldated railroad.
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canon Mmcai
PARIS France, July 13. -Preparing
for the movement .of . the American
troops to the war front, Red . Cross
canteens, lunches and dispensaries
have been opened at various railway
statldns along the lint which the
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NEW YORK STOCK
MARKET TODAY
Yester-
Today. day.
Alaska Gold .:
American -Smelter .,
American Sugar Rfg.
... 8'
... 1034
... 1204
... 120't
... 78
...10O'4
... 69
... 71
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106
120
121
American Tel. d Tel.
Anaconda Copper ...
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Atchison
Baldwin Loco. .......
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Baltimore A Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
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Calif. Petroleum 20
Canadian Pacific .161
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C, M. A St P. (St Paul) 72
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Erie common 1 H
Crucible Steel 83
General Electric
158
159
General Motors, New
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... .62
121.
104,
Inter. Harv, N. J ..
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Ktnneeott Copper . .
Lehigh R. R. ..
62
New York Central
89
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52
28
95
94
Pennsylvania . . . .
52
Ray console... ..t
Reading Common 95'4
Southern Pacific .- 93'2
Studebaker 57
58',4
Texas Oil 191
194 .
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126
108'a
93K
60'4
Union Pacific ... . .... . 135!4
U. S. Steel 122
Utah 106f2
Western Union
34
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TJEATIESS1 D.1Y
S108S1 J1D0PTED
BVRESiMHIltlT
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4 "Meatless days have come, at 4
least to one Honolulu restaurant f
4 Mrs. Edna B. Hsrtle, proprietor 4
4 of Hartle't restaursnt on Union 4
4 Street aald today that hereafter, 4
4 during-the" war, there will be ont 4
4 day each week on which no meat ,4
4 will be served In her place of 4
4 business.. - -: " ;
4 At noon today Hartle's served
4 a vegetable dinner. The "meat. 4
4 lesa dsy will always be bn Frl-4
4' day. It : may fait en any day.,4
4 But Mrs. Hsrtle declares that the 4
4 Innovation will . t)t permanent 4
4 while tht war lasts. . . ,4
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BANMASROTi
SGff.toryta-Vfhili-Pcpt;!
Asksfprlsbnd Product;
. One thouaand bunches of; banana
are rotting every weeki in Honolulu
becauat of lack of steamer : cargo.
soace to carry them to the coast
Tht best . bananas , grown on uanu
em ha bouaht todsV at tht fish mar
ket and the Territorial. Marketing Di
vision for 20 to 50 centa a ; bunch
not a dozen, but a hunch containing
six to nine dozen.
Where-8000. bunches a week used
to be shipped seven or eight years
sgo. when the big. liners, of the old
Paclflev Mall 'fleet were running, in
eluding the Mongolia, Man churiar Ko
rea and Siberia, now it is a lucay
week which sees more than 4500 go
out, and usually .tht' number la. not
over 3300 or 400O bunches. ' i1 .. -
According to Chun Hoon, ont of tht
biggest-exporters of bananas in tne
territory.' fully v 1000 "bunches' .go to
waste every week after he ships out
all he can get away on Matson boats.
He showed a Star-Bulletin reporter
yesterday 100 bunches of fine bananas
and said anyone who wants tnese can
have them for 50 cents a' bunch for
the big bunches and 25 for the small
ones. - .- , v
Wt get whatever we can for them,"
he said. . - . '. v :-
"Every week I get orders from San
Francisco dealers offering mt 1.75 to
$2 a .hunch tor my bananaa. They
want more than I can send them, but
as the M&tson boats .are tht only
steamers accepting banana" shipments
now, I am up against it when it comes
to filling all my orders. The fruit Is
here but wt cant get It to the main
land," says the Chinese. He says he
used to 'send 8000 bunches on one of
the old Pacific Mail boats alone. 1
Supt A. T..Longley of the Territo
rial Marketing Division,' when seen
by the Star-Bulletm, substantiated
Chun Hoon's statement' "He is en
tirely right" said tht superintendent
"We have tht same kind of bananas
snd anyone c who will come and give
us from 20 to 3S cents a bunch can
take home enough to keep his or her
family eating for two weeks." -
The bananas now toeing offered t
those 'prices by both Chun Hoon sand
the marketing division - have r from
eight to - ten "hands', and run v from
six to nine dozen to the bunch. At
35' centa a bunch the cost per dozen
is roughly 4 cents; at 50 cents, about
a jitney a dozen The price in Cali
fornia today is from 30 to 50 cents a
dozen.
TJastle & Cooke, the local Matson
agency, said the Maui took out 4500
bunches Wednesday. She and the
Matsonla can carry 4500 to 5000
bunches.
The Wilhelmlna can carry a little
more than 4000 bunches, and the Ma
noa about 3500.
Owing to the coastwise shipping
laws the Japanese liners can take no
cargo, from Honolulu to the coast and
the three Pacific Mail boats are
barred by the fact that they are of
foreign build and hence cannot en
gage in coastwise trade. However,
even if they could, they would carry
no bananas now, as they art chock-a-block
every trip, to ther coast ..with
through 'cargdV-. " ?f
The. Oceanic Steamship Company
is an American line and .'can: carry
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Ccrf.mittce T of ' Five Women
Headed By Mrs-TU C; Alex
ander to Lead Movement;
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4 Mrs. A. C Alexander, chairman 4
4 Mrs. F..W. Macfarlans. 4
Mrs. Arthur L: Andrews.
4 Mrs Alonxt Gartley. 4
4- Mrs. Cv Montague Cooks, Jr.
- Arrangements to enlist tht womtn
of Honolulu In a campaign 01100a
conservation-were .completed yester
day: afternoon when James. Dv .Dolt,
chairman of tht territorial food com
mission, perfected a committee of five
representative women of r tht city
which will takt tht lead In the move
ment i'; , '.'
Mrs. A. C Alexander, accepted the
chalrmanshlo of - tht committee sev
tral days ago. and several of the other
members have given no other import
ant local work In order to devote their
antirtt tlmt to tht campaign. . Tht
food conservation ' movement is to be
conducted 9 by tht food commission
through tht committee of women: and
txtenslvt publicity, by which tht wo-
taen.iof the. entire., territory will nt
tducatel tn food saving and economy.
Wt are planning an organization
to impress upon every woman in Ha
waii that It is her patriotic duty, un
dr4treent; ccniitlci:!, ; tohelp. save
to as great an extr-t as possible the
food-most sc ljt. thtwirr-?r. t
time, says Chairman- Dels. rThls
rstacs net c-Iy-tvs feel dtr.5ri?d
fcj Hawaii, but tie f-od dc:a-:a ty
the ehtire United Utes and her Al-
lles as well. . , r. v .; . . . .
"There is 'no doubt. that "the women
of the. territory recognize the neces
sity of sating food, but there . art
many of them who do not know how
J to go about it" Chairman- Dole con
tinued. vwt must try to suosutute
something raised here for something
brought in. : , r-;, , "v-,
,;"If the housewife can substitute a
banana . for a'- slice of bread, it will
relieve to . a certain extent the de
mand on the supply of flour, much of
which must go East and to Europe
and tht supply-at present Is none too
great" : t' -. . v-:,"
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President ; Wilson Asks" That
Western Citizens "Do r Not
Take Lawlnto Own Hands
(Associated. TtiuYf XX. S.vwtsI CvmnnuL
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. 8AN FRANCISCO, CaU. July 13.
The citizens of . Pacific coast commu
nities particularly In Arizona and New
Mexico,; art making it hot for labor
agitators, with tht I. ; w. yv. agents
and supporters , being , given stern
warning that ' theln activities must
ceaat.-M r'?i &r 1':
Tht train beaHna .1193 of. the I. ,W.
w. agitators who were driven our of
Biabee, Arizona, is ' stal led " at Her
manos New Mexico. Biabet will not
allow the men to return, snd at Cot
lumbus, N. M- where , the train was
turned back,' it is said tha Industrial-
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AMERICAN SOLDIERS TO v
HONOR FRENCH HOLIDAY
(AsaoeUUd Prsss Vj V. B. Xsval Ooauasat.
PARIS, . France, July 13. Oeh.
Pershing today issued a proclamation
to his troops ordering the honoring
of the French: national holiday to
morrow, tht anniversary ot the fan
of the Baa tile, to be observed by all
the American troops.":
cargo from this port to tht coast but
every steamer for the last six months
or more has been "full up" to the last
ton with cargo from 'Australia to San
Francisco, and has had -no room for
the humble banana, nor eves for isl
and sugar.: Oceanic - steamers right
now are leaving freight behind in Syd
ney and San Francisco, so' great is
the volume of business offered in ex
cess of the line's steamer tonnage..,,
AH last winter the Great Northern
was a boon to banana shippers, but
she has not been running since last
April and wfH not be on tht run again
trntflTfavemher. She C3y not be in
tht 'Hawaiian service' then. If ste 13
taken Over by the gov:rr."-t ii t'
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Mil
AlVTf
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Calls Dismissal of Chancellor v
; William Calls on Ministry to
1 Draw Equal : Franchise Bill:!
Reichstag Listens to Rerco ?
Criticism i :: "uiX
(asaodsttd Tnu sy V. S. Vcytf teauatnt.
nti Same) . . .
C0PE2TIIAGLIT. ,le2iar!r. t
July ; 13. The disahral :. cf
Chaacellop. vpn Bethnana-Holl.
wer by tha kaissr .has started
a stem gathsrinj la ths capi
tal fcf iGeraanyV; chief ; ally,
Austria:' :-s' '-, .
Austria his iaade protest to-
Berlin, ajainst the dropping cf r
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fatal ciistalie.' . ;
On the other hand, the Cath
olic psJty ia Oennaay tzjz
that Hcllwej vras entirely un-'
suited . to peace nerctiaticz:,
since he was the one t7ho had
declared war. '-: - ' . ..
Polish neinbersjcf the reich-
sxsj icaay lnicrpsiiatca tna n
tirin j chanc:llcr"'ca' th3 d:pcr
taticn cf .thcurandj cf Icln'
to C :rnr It iz til - t d t v - 7
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ill: jally czi forced to' 1 : r
fwr Co C:nnan3.t;T3- aiti
cien cf Xlis was titter.:. : .
KAISER IS YIELDING
BERLIN,' ; Germany, July 11The
kaiser today Issued. an Imperial ds-
cree calling on the ministry to draw
Bin providing for equal francWss
throughout the'emplrt. : : .
ULTIMATUM GIVEN OUT
AMSTERDAM, Jury 1J. FolIowtnT
sn-lmplled threat on tht part cf the
coalition majority in tht reichttaj
that tht - war credits would not be
voted until some satisfactory exposi
tion ,of tht war alma of the admin ;
istratlon was forthcoming, tht main .
committee of the relchatag yesterday :
made a formal announcement to that
effect, stating that there would be
no further war credits until the ds- i
mands for electoral reforms were com.
plied, with- and tht government mads
an open declaration of Its war alma :
and ; peace - terma. 1 . , ; r:..-: -'
This snnouncement has fitven rise
to an ; apparently well . substantiated
rumor that the entire ministry will '
slfin -today, leaving the kaiser to :
choose a new Imperial chancellor and :
ministry. - : - : ..-.- . .....
An imperial proclamation, deailna '
with the situation, Is considered lm- :
minent and may be made public thfa :
morning pi V jrtr p V ; . . ;
CANNON-FIGHTIfJG IN WEST
PARIS, France. July 13-Heaw ai- .
tHIery battling took place I today on :
the banks of the Meuse river, west -
front. All of tht German attacks were
.repulsed. 'C::V--V.:,;
RUSSIANS MOVING ON -
PETROGRAO, ; Russia. c July.
Tht Russians art again advancing In "
Galicia. ;On Wednesday they cap- ,
tured ten officers snd S50 men, as
welt as five cannon, r . . r -: . -
FINLAND VNTS FREEDOMv
PETROGRAD, Russia, July 13-The
Finnish Diet passed on second readlni (
today 'tht bill providing forvirtua1
ndependence for the Finns. -The Rus- -
sian provlslonaf government will not
allow Finland to determine finally
her relations , with Russia. Russian
extremists,: however, art In favor of
the Independence bill::.;-' ' -.;
JAPANESE STEAMER IS , r
TORPEDOED BY U-BOAT:
The S.' S. Shinsawa llaru. 321 2 tec?, '
was sent to tht bottom of tht Medller .
ranean by a German submarine ca '
July C This is the report which corn e 3 :
to the Musen Dempo Shlmbun. : Tl:? :
captain of the steamer and two mc :
bera of the crew are rerortel mlrz'.r- :
CORVALLI3, ' Ore. la c
tr
men and women st"f:-t3 cl it
gon ;' Agricultural Cc : : : r- - 7
gather tia crc;?