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LATEST PROSPECT
: Nobody in Senate Will jStand
' Up for Booze; Brewing and
: winery Interests Hope Pres
; i ident xj.Von't ; Rule Against
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Of Ctptdat Ur-nfiB Oemraoaanea.)
WASHINGTON, a O, Julj S.Rum
; apparently U without friend In the
Senate. Those atatet men in that body
who heretofore hare aald a kind word
for Uqoor crldence a dlf position now
to remain silent.. : . :- -V- " ,
, It thna happens that 'an forms of
distilled splrlu hare , tone -by the
bord for , the duration of the war. In
dlcatlons are that beer and wines will
-,: be left to the discretion of the' Pres
' ident-.;- -' . ! .;' ' -i
i The fight for a bone-flry nation went
too far. It became necessary for the
President to ; Interfere, rogpettin; a
compromise. , In , his Jttdjrnent only
distilled lienors . should be totally
barred. The Prohibitionists accepted
this proposition. . On this : basis the
altuatlonraaenmed this shape: ' i -
i An amendment to the Food Control
bill by Senator Chamberlain certainly
will be adopted. - It fortus the use of
any foodstuff, fruit or cereal in the
distillation of spirits durlns: the .war.
This becomes effective 80 days after
the passage of the measure. . Author
ity is conferred to commandeer the
more than ; 25.C00,000 gallons of
whisky already In bonded warehouses,
if necessary.' for- governmental uses,
ptherrise this large Quantity will be
available for sale and beverage pur
poses imtll exhausted. ;
t The rrcrosltloa championed byen
ator Cinbertaln seems satisfactory
ia all charters. Even craters TJnder.
V'C','l - f "I ' ' - r.
wine prcroEltlon as . it staai-r" xnder
cr'-"-: laws. " : -
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t:::.-. ...3 dt:lre ta co trifle -be
jc: ! i i" r"-- Ttcy tive' presented
ltl L.-t tl-ciz t tie rrohitlUon
cf tetr tsd!,wle rrrrfacture In the
discretlca' cf Ue rrtil-tit-TUa win
be offered la the senate; but accept
area Is douttfuL In any event It is
r-'itel the President would forbid
V 3Ce of cereals and fruits in mafc
i. beer and wines unless an emer.
rrr.ev arose reaulrlng such drastls
' action. ' ' v''v ::
- Hence whisky appears to be . the
chief beverage destined to go down
ad out during the war period. '
The question "of $ nation-wide and
r.nft-drv crohibltlon. imder. the com-
r rpnlsa indicated. : will be ? left." f ot
d e termination . : tintil - events - shape
;cmselves, xr the war reaches a ten
t-lnation.
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DAriCURY HATTERS' CASE;
.SEmED;U?i!0::i3TSPAY
' V WASHINGTON. D. C July 16
' After years of titration, during vrhlch
msny tf the men Involved have died,
.l Mrs u .im. Ua4-BM mmmJ
Ov hlch was Ic-t ty the unions, has been
t tiled It la understood that the union
r -li two-thirds of the $J200 judj-
rent rendered e;alnst the Danbury
cnlonlits ' ; .' '" : I v-.
NEW YORK STOCK' r
: : MARKET TODAY
tatur
Alaska Gold VA ; 54
American Smelter 1C2 104ft
American Sucar Rfg. 121J4 ;122 1
. i 1 M rl - ' ' - 4MV I
"-3 Anaconda Copper, .... -77 ; 78H
Atchison .............. .MKV 100
. CsIJwin Loee. C8Ve - 9H
r Caltlmore A Ohio ...... .73ft" . 72
",- Cethlehem Steel V;. . .at. a1S4
t Calif. Petroleum . -
; : K-Tenadlan Paclflo . .... . ,184 . 184 -
M. CSt P. (St. Paul) : 72 , 72?,
'ioio. Fuel & Iron 49 : 49'a
v '.'Crucible fiteel 79ft 81
Erie Common 25ft 2Sft
General Electric ....-..-.'.157 15 ,
-r,' General Motors, New 116ft '117ft
Great Northern fd. 105 a 1C5ft
Inter.' Harv N. J ,"'"
Kennecott Copper . 42ft 43,
' Lehlfh R R. .i.tw.. ... . -63 : .
;. -. New York Central 90ft - 90ft
;; Pennsylvania ..V.. 53ft 53
Ray ConsoL .....;.... 26H '' Tft
a ; Readlna Common V....V - 96H
Southern -Paclf le .. . 91 - s" 94ft
Studebaaer -..V........ 57H t 53ft
Texas O II . 4 . 1 91 H . 1 B2H
UnfSn Paclf le 136ft y 1 35 f-
U. S, tteel' . . i , 1 20ft 1 1 23 i.
vuh- .v. i-.'..;."'.;ii..iC2H; 106 '
v.': ; m Union ;' 83i 1TA
93ft
49ft 3M
WHIM
HERE
Because he failed to secure a per
mit allowing him to,. reside and' do
business In the local restricted areas,
Kail Koessler, an alien German who
Is said to .be the panltor at a 'ocal
hotel, Khifl and Alakea. streets, :
was arreetsd by Marshal J. J, Smiddy
today v without court process and is
confined inJpahu prison. ;
This Is the first arrest that has
been made for a violation of the re
quirements that every alien German
in Honolulu secure a permit permit'
ting him to reside In the areas with -in
half & mile of forts and other gov
ernment works, and also in the bust- ,
ness district, which has been set
aside as a restricted area. ' It
.Koessler had a month in which to
UMTM him rwnnU aava thm maMiaL
"LBd kg, riven vrw Imm r
The marshal has informed Wash-
ington of his action" to, arresting the
German, and Koessler win be held in
Oahu prison pending the recipt by the
marsnat oz .. instructions from Attor
nay-General Gregory No warrant or
other court process "was used in the
arrest of Koessler. Marshal -Smiddy
simply took him into custody and
placed him in prison. -: v '
'"Court process Is not necessary in
a case like this," says Smiddy.
According to the marshal. Koessler
is the German who was found hidden
in the coal bunkers, of the Pommern
axte the omcers and crew had bees
arrested by the marshal' on February
4, this year;, for. attemptingto de
stroy their vessel In the harbor.
-is ,t
Pr. W. H. Ketchum Leaves'; a. dayUght
V This Week to Join Unit Being Fort and Hotel streets. ':i
Organized Now in . Chicago , .. Alapal Plata, , above Beretania
" - inn Capiiaa -tmAnAAn' street oamDlne station.
iwi -a&i fiwc lfiui - niiiciiwoiij
Troops.
.To so to France with an indepen
dent unit of physicians who are being
organised in Chicago, Dr. Wesley H.
Ketchum, ,124 South Beretania. street;
is leaving Honolulu this week on the
Uanoa for San Francisco. Although
the men in this unit have volunteered
and expect to be in that district
where the American troops are sta
tioned, they . are paying all of their
expense . themselves. - , :F , r
, TThe unit - will include about ! 250
men and among them will be 47 physi
cians,'' said Dr. , Ketchum this 'morn
ing. . icey are oeing gathered from
all parts of the country. Among them
are la leading surgeons of the nation.
"The unit has been organized by
the physicians of the ;.- homeopathic
hospital cf Chicago. It has been found
since the war. broker out that : the
homeopathic treatment of gas wounds
end Infections has brought wonderful
results.' 'The actual 'surgical work is
the same as in any other treatment.
out it 'is in the xurther; treatment of
the wounds that this new method has
proved so successful." . ; : . v.
These ' physicians -will devote. their
time principally to the treatment' of
special gas ' wounds and infections.
They, expect to- leave the United
States some time within November
and January.? V- ; 4v.tw . .
Dr.' Ketchum has been In Honolulu
now for four years. He expects to re
turn after about a year, although the
plans zor the unit; are indefinite. Dr
W A. De Tunco. may take Dr.-Ketchum
a place while he is away.
CoL ; William WelgeL formerly with
the 2nd Infantry at Fort Shafter, today
assumed command of the 1st Infantry
at Schofleld Barracks; succeeding to
the command held previously by Brig.
Gen. Henry-a Hodges; Jr. Both of
these officers have been promoted
during me last two months. Gen.
Hodges has already been notified that
he-wm take command of-the training
camp At the Presidio, California.
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:5WASHINGT0N,.D. JulyJ6. The
f:r n r---r-''-":i cf two millions
SUcSliE
OMR IS AFTER
Registration
Over Islands Tomorrow
rvmVWi-tmmm--' Hi II mniili unwiriiilil
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ip7ornrinpijff7" k
' V if ' "' f.-y" i ' t
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look ior ine itesistrauon uar, ros-
. 5 Aanpancedent w as made today that
tomorrovr ; six;1 poste'n; three "each
drivmVbr Toni.Shanri and Joseph ;L
Whittle? will' raase , their appeal to
people' on the streets', at corners "where
thetraftle Is heavy. u The artists gave
their time and talent free for the na
' triotic cansft; -The locations cf the
....
uereiama ana union.
vNnuana above Vineyard. ';:
'" Bishop" and Kip. - S !
Kins near Kamehameha IV road. ;
Tomorrow the'. city, will blossom
forth' wlthr the small - posters ' printed
in - the national colors. Every town
I r vj.- ; i v. ' ' I'
t t ' ' z 1 .-r-'vir -t'I W.t-j;, ?
sW-s-w'swst ii wnm9?.vm.am! w . j''wvv.vmwTmrg .jjuji jsl'.'Wjbi'.-s j-vj jy jii we iwwn1-! w -sa m amw. u in .9MmimuL.:arJ
and. hamlet ' In , the ; territory i Simula- . The poster "used around the ter
tenously will show the poster and titory is by Salonga of the Advertiser.
EtIDORATE APARTMEfJT?HOUSE
TO COST $200,000; PLAriJED;
silitii Toll iosEM
A ,3200,000 apartment house will be built In the business section of Ho
nolulu sa seen aa the arranguimenta tor its construction can be completed,
if the plans of Or. H.' Homer Hayes, former city and county physician, ma
terialize. - ! ' .,;:- -V -"
-t Although several sites are now being, considered by the purchaser, the
plans for the building have been completed and will tave to be altered
but sllflhtly according to the site decided upon. The plans provide for
about 60 suites, each having a living room, sleeping : room, kitchenette,
and proper closet facilities, and about 24 alngfe, rooms.
.The huudmg nas oeen piannea wiu
a court in the. center where a swim
ming: pool will be buuu". A roof gar
den will be arranged on the" roof
With the center open, all of the apartr
ments will have ample light and air.
The building will be four . stones
high and will be made of concrete.
Special kitchen facilities will De pro
vided those who do not wish to work
in their own kitchenettes. This will
be. in a large kitchen on the lowest
floor.
To furnish army and navy officers
with a place to go where they will
have all the advantages of furnished
rooms and janitor service, and from
which they can leave on short notice
without any extra expense, is one of
the chief purposes for constructing
the building, said Dr. Hayes this morn
ing.
"Everything has been planned to
make the apartments of the very first
class," said Dr. Hayes, "and the
owners will cater only to first class
trade."
FORMER MINISTER, CZECH,
WANTS AUSTRIAN PEACE
(AaiecUtad Press by U. S. VatiI Wlrdms.)
ZURICH. July ..The Austrian
Reichstag was thrown into a tremen
dous uproar during its session Sat
urday by a 'speech most momentous
and significant in character according
to a despatch received here yesterday
that has caused , almost as much ex
citement in this city. The speech was
delivered by the former Czech. Min
ister Praeschek and - be urged a sev
ers nee "of relations ""between .'Austria
Day Posters
W4a-l4Mi
5?rery postmaster,, and every -lan-
taijon manager In the Islands has been
mailed .out' last week -for .release to
morrow." un Honolulu the sheets are
being handled gratis by the Pioneer
Adrertismg. Company. '
Last jfelght the publicity campaign
was opened by the , moving picture
houses .; which showed . slides t calling
attention to the date of registration
day. ' These slides are being shown
in every settlement In the islands
where, there is a movie house. .
"The response of the island press
to the. registration day publicity plans
has been, unanimous and thoroughly
gratifying," Said v Charles R. Frazler ;
today. :f "Each: is . more than willing
to- do ' whatever seems necessary to
give fuu; publicity to July 31.
100 IIOMLU
DRITOMS ENROLL
FOR WAR DIP
4- On third of the 300 question
-f blanks sent to British subjects
fc by E. L. S. Gordon, the British '
t consul, last weea, nave Deen re- tvon;m6 i oo"ui
f tnrned. In the replies nearly and soldiers by the government This
f every person has volunteered for -f 19 another of the administration meas
f war service, according to a re- -f i ures whicn wiU e laaed vigorously
port from the consulate. 4 changing as it proposes all past pen
Not until the recruiting officer j ,on systems, relative to the meas-
comes to Honolulu will the work i ure' '
4- of organizing these men be be- !
gun. Just when he will arrive. Is MANDLESS AND CHINESE
-f not known as yet At the same
time the work of raising fund3 4
.for the families of men who will
'go will be begun. 4
U. S. FOOD SHIPS NOT
AFRAID OF SUBMARINES
(Associated Press by V. 8. Ksral Communi.
cation Service)
. WASHINGTON, D C- July 16-The
department of commerce figurea. Just paid their assessment last week and
out-show a heavy. Increase In food .the Rev. IL Isobe today. The delin
expbrts from the United1 States to jquents are I L.'McCand!ess rr.i Nan
Americans
Destroy
Divers
Submarines Hovering Around
U. S. TransDorts Sent to the
Bottom With Weil-Directed
r Shells
(Associated Press by XT. S. Kavtl Coaunna
cation Serric)
BERNE, Switzerland, July 16.
i-A despatch received here from
terman sources brings the news
-'that American warships convoy- -t-
ing the transports carrying U.
tfS trop to Europe have sunk
f feur of the largest and most mod-
teirn of the U-boats.
-fL-
. WASHINGTON, D. C, Jufy 16.
-The American steamer Grace
f'has been sunk by a German sub
4 -Wtarine, three of the crew being
killed. Two members of the na-
f -yal gun crew were injured In the -f
'explosion. t
K"
fAsMdaUd Press y V. 8. Vaval CoannnUV
CatlOII BelTlCS)
lX)NDON(,ng,.July J6.-Advicea
from Lausanne,. Switzerland, say, that
no more of the -big Zeppelins are be
ing constructed at 4Frederichehaien,
the larsrest Zesoelln construction base
isiaid thaairt'ee
are to be built Instead of the blgsef
craft. i - ' 1 . v - v iV-'Vs
(AuocUUd PrM by U. 8. Vnn OobubuL
cation Sertlcc)
LONDON, Eng., July 16. King
George has bestowed medals for mili
tary bravery upon three Americans
serving with the, Canadian troops in
France.
TWO MORE STEAMERS
VICTIMS OF SUBMARINES
(AiiocUUd Press y XT. 8V Viral Commas!,
cation Service)
NEW YORK, N. X, July 16. The
Leland steamer Sylvanlan and .the
White Star liner Kioto have been
sunk by submarines.
WHAT TO 00 WITH CHINA
ROYALIST IS PROBLEM
'(Awodsted Press tiy X7. S HstsI Commas!,
cation Service)
LONDON, Eng.,luly 16. Diplomats
In Peking today discussed the dis-
Jposal of Gen. Chang Shun, the de
feated royalist leader, wno tooa ret
uge In the Dutch legation. They be
lieve he forfeited his rights as a po
litical offender by refusing to accept
mediation prior to the final battle.
FOREIGN MINERS QUIT
MISSOURI. RIOT SCENE
(Associated Press by V. & STstsI Wireless.)
FLAT RIVER, Mo., July 16. The
foreign miners are continuing their
exodus from this section, following
the race riots Saturday, in which
American miners combined against
the foreigners.. It is estimated that a
thousand have gone. National guards
men are patroling the country and
there has been no further violence.
TO insure" u. s. men
(Associated Press by V. S. Ssril Wireless.)
WASHINGTON, D. C July 16. In
the house today besides consideration
of the three billion dollar war budget
here will be introduced a bill for the
ONLY TAX DELINQUENTS
"If the delinquent assessments ior
the improvement of Beretania street
are not paid in at closing time today
I shall ask the city attorney's office
to start proceedings at once to sell
the property at public auction,' said
D. L. Conkling, city treasurer, iVs
morning.
There are now two property owners
who have not paid the assessments,
as the heirs of the Williams -estate
ZEPPELINS MAY
BE ABANDONED
i vsnnrn iivf nrtiTfnnif
rtlllLIUUmU Willi
inn
SLAVS LAUM
WHOLE FROfJT,
WM AND
ALLIED MILITARY SUCCESSES ADD TO TENSITY OF TEU
TON POLITICAL CRISIS AUSTRIAN PARLIAMENT CON
SIDERS PEACE RESOLUTION TO CONCILIATE CZECH
DISSENTERS '
(Associated Press by U. S. Naval Communication Service.) ,'
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, July 16. News from Vienna ;
says that German and Bohemian members of parliament haya
fathered a resolution declaring that Austria desires peace, and
are conciliatory toward' the Czechs, who aire much dissatisfied
with the situation and who have been advised by their former
premier that Austria should break with Germany now.
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 16 Official despatches to
the Russian embassy here show that the Russian army is strik
ing' along the entire front. 6j ? ' i 5
Over more than 800 miles of line, from the Riga sector to
the Rumanian frontier, the Slavs nave launched an offensive.
The Germans are reported rushing troops to the Russian front
from the French and Italian fronts and rearranging their po
sitions in the hope of stopping the momentum of the Slav blow.
They are sending transports up, the Baltic to land troops'
for the Riga frontier and are shifting thousands of soldiers to
the line protecting Lemberg, by automobile, in an endeavor
to stem the advance. . .
In the southern Carpathians the Austrians are reported'in
full flight.
oDeUuu;
Tnan
tu-UiiyorQ r-lrJ!U..
f . PIlTROGliAp; Russia, July 16.The Russians' yesterday
captured 16 officers and 9(X7'men, as well as a number cf xna-
k In Galicia between July 1 and 13 the Russians captured
834 officers, 35,809 men, 93 cannon, 28 trench machines', 4C3
machine guns and 83 bomb-ihrowing machines, as well as threa
machines' for throwing liquid fire, two; airplanes; and much
general equipment. ... -' ' ': -v t
: Today the Russians captured the village ot Lodziany, in
the region of the Lomnica river,
nprtheast of Kalusz.- .
LONDON. England, July
pied the town of ' Dolina, Galida. The Austrian : general, .
Boehmerolli, has been thrown back in the Carpathians.
Raids in Belgium have been repulsed by the British forces.
BERLIN, Germany,- July;16Three British attempts to
recapture positions lost to the Germans at Lombaertzyde, ;Bel
gium, today were' repulsed with heavy losses.;''-;-
Slavs
Forg
Ahead
Strong
Teuton
Offen
(Associated Press V. . Mavsl Ceawaai.
cetloa Smce
NEW YORK, N. Y July 16.
Heavy rains raised rivers' and small
streams and turned the roads In Ga
licia into muddy , bogs, but the Rus
Bion forces south, of Kaluss continued
their aggressive and. during the day
took more than a. thousand prisoners
and several large guns besides a num
ber of smaller caliber, it was evi
dent that the enemy has secured rein
forcement ' as- there . the Au3tro-Ger
man Hues have' been k considerably
strengthened ' and the 'resistance to
the Russian advance is' more formid
able than ta the recent past
Petrograd reports that counter at
tacks of te enemy were repulsed at
a number of points along the Dubro-llany-Novica!
' front A strong offen
sive was met and repulsed on the
Lomnica rtver - near Perehlnsko, and
Russian attacks on - the Slavttschea
i:o;:ouiui!! .iiv
SERVE KRlilCCE.
as im;,iv msi
Alexander Anderson,- well-known
Honolulu boy and a graduate of Oahu
College and Cornell University, has In-'
formed his parents. Dr. and lira.,'. R.
W. Anderson,, that he' has -been- trans
ferred to the aviation ground school at
Ithaca, N. Wand that he expects pi
be sent to France sometime in Sep
tember for xurther training: , -f ! M
Anderson wax graduated . from Cor
nell a year ago, after, completing an
engineering course,, and, was associat
ed with, the WestinghQuse Electric Ca
up to the time. of America's r7 -?
the war. TVttn t.-- r--i '
OFFENSIVE OM
BflEAiiG 00M
AUSTRIAN UNES
.
lemons i alien id
and repulsed Teuton attacks
... r.:;; ; :''2-v:
16. The Russians today occu
VMi'
in
sives
sector met with successful resistance.
In Turkish. Armenia, near Van, the -Russians
- were successful in dislodg
Ing strbng forces of the Turks. , , ;
In' Rumania events of importance
are expected soon, as Berlin reports
increases In 'the' activity of the artil
lery.' evidently Jn pteparation for work
by; the infantry 'forces. ;? ; I ; ;
On the west front yesterday activi
ties ; were confined ; chiefly to - the
Frencjz forces, reports from- the Brit'
ish front giving- no events of import
ance. -Along the line of Chemln'des
Dames the fighting was continued bit
terly; but with little result In Cham,
pagne sector the advantages were
with- the French, and In the vicinity
of Cerny - the Germans, after pene
trating the French ; lines' :at several
points, lost 'all of the - advantages
gained except -for- a small section cf
a forward- trench.:i, -
Z;. (Special fetar-BuIletla' Wireless.) .
V. ' ";- ..'' "' it -VV J'- j '-. f
HILO, Jlawall, July 11A bis
fire took place yesterday la the
Pepeekeo trash' and furnace
f; house. ' No" damage; .was v done.
-f and' the mifl gr!ii!ag . was . , net -f
-f " even stdpped"- ;:
y- Next mall front -San. Francisco -arrire
Wednesday . Rcrrlr cn t
:'-t-calIer i:at-t!.v - - .'
rye -i - -
Galicia
Are
Halted
PEPEEKEO FIRE
DOES F!D DAF.iiGi;