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Hawaiian Star.; Vol. XXV No. 7971.
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(Associated Press by U. S. aval A lrclcss)
. .WAE'NGTON, O. C Oct. 30y The next move of the; United States
vih be t.-'P Italy in her crisis. America will divert all supplies intended
for Great Britain and France, and other to 25 ships to be sent Immediately
- to Italy. . - . " , '' -
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V ITALY HEADQUARTERS, Oct 30 It is announced that all the British
Utt cries on the yielding Italian front have been saved. The batteries were
ent to the front last May.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Oct. 30. Conf inning reports
yesterday, it is announced that Dr. von IJerth'ng, the
Bavarian premier, is . the new chancellor chosen to succeed
Michaelis," who becomes "premier of Prussia.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Oct.1 HO. The Austro-Germati
armies have reached Venetian soil in their drive. against Italy
and arc pressing on at the upper Tagliamento, The retirement
of the Italians has been stemmed by swollen rivers. -
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Signal Corps
Officer
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first'
Wounded
- ROME,' Italy. Oct 20. The Italian retreat continues. The . cavalry is
In Contact with the enemy as the armies "fall back. .On the lsonzo front
bridges are being destroyed and rear-guard actions resorted ' to in' the ef
: fort to check the .Teutons.. , - . i : f:. ':
BERLIN, Germany; -.Oct. 30. Udlne, the Italian headquarters on the
front where the Austro-Germans have made their drive,' was today occu
pied by the Central Powers.
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DAY'S STORY. FROM MANY ,
SECTORS SHOW ALLIES
STEADILY WINNING WAY
: l ' " , ' - - - ' ' :
LONDON, EugirOct. S0. An at
tempt xnadeby German airplanes to
raid the southeast counties of England
failed today."- '
On.the .Ypres frontalis German .
have been driven hack another thou
sand yards.
rzzrs cju;:c!l
Mrs.'1 John U Dowsett Named
T e rn p o ray Chairman By
:AVu-;;;;r tea idLauncOr
9 ganizatfon . ;: : " -
Having been appointed a temporary
chairman for Hawaii of the: Woman's
C ouncll ot National Defense, Mrs.
Joha .M vsctt assisted by Mrs,
Walter i- rear, is calling & meeUng
r B ftt.r northwest of Bezonvaui.- Vrdun.
ytiuu w www.-, "-11,-.iMi.n nmturttf
i iv.u Trao-oM iTfisidenta nr.
(Afsodited rrrw by U. S HvI Wireless.)
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Oct 30 (Monday). The
first American wounded in the trench
es on the French front has arrived at
a base hospital. He is a lieutenant in
the signal corps who was hit in the
leg by a sho!l splinter.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Oct' 30.
The first American official state
ment concerning the fighting of Amer
icans in the trenches was printed in
German papsrs today without com
ment. As a ru!e, the papers did not
include this statement in their regu
lar column of enemy war reports. -.
The German journals are still en
deavoring to dhere to the fiction that
the United States is not regarded as
a full-fledged member of the 'group
of hostile nations.
British Scored
For Not Aiding
Russian
Fleet
$75,80
0 SCHOOL
TO BE BUILT FOR
GIRLS AT KOIIALA
? LONDON. Oct. 30. The Daily"
'Mail condemns what it calls the
f lailure of the British fleet to
-f prevent the Genr.an fleet from
".becomins master of the Gulf of
Riga, and demands that "the Ad-
wiralty make an explanation of
this humiliating display in the
Baltic " After recalllne the stic-
cess of the British submarines
against the Germans in the Bal-
tic in the summer and autumn
of 1913, the newspaper adds:
- "Tfce Germans have accom- .
plisbed all they were prevented
from achieving in' 1915, and they
have done so without a single
blow being struck at them by
any' arm of the British navy, a
navy far stronger than it was
two years ago and , recently re-
.inforced by the addition of the
American fleet. ,
f o tioiible Its
Storage Area
FRISCO HOST TO SOLONS.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cat, Oct 30.
San1 Francisco plans an elaborate erv
Jtertatnment for the congressional par
ty bound for Hawaii when it arrives
here today.
BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE, Oct
SO. The " Canadians ; -" v took . a
stand near the famous 'Crest farm.
They are now 400 yards from the heart
of Fasschendale. "
FRENCH FRONT IN FLANDERS,
Oct 30. The artillery fighting on the
west is n eve intense
Twelve bJnlrod meters, of tr'inchM
ether, representatives of all woman's
organizations ia - Hawaii are specially
asked to be present ;
- Mrs. DowsetVsr letter of appoint
ment which' was signed ' by Mrs.
Clorlnda ' Lamar, enclosed copies pt
the plans of organhtation, and stated
that the ,"successof the Hawaii divi
sion will' largely depend -upon your
securing at your organization meeting
a representative of every one of the
woman's societies that you have: in
Hawaii patriotic , philanthropic, reli
r pious,- literary, fraternalr-of whatever
kind.- :-
Jlrs. Lamarr who Js the wife of Jos
eph B. Lamar, is ,chairman on state
organizations for, the council. Some
cf the natknaT chairmen of depart
ments are Miss Ida M. Tarbell, Mrs.
Stanley McCormick, Mrs. Carrie Chap
man Catt and Mrs. Joslah Evans
Cow lea, : : :. :--r'--:''.':'
The Importance of the meeting
Thursday will be better appreciated
by the women of the rarious organi
rations In Hawaii when it is known
that the president himself, as well as
the cabinet officers, stands back of
the national committee, which was ap
pointed the 2m of last April ror tne
l" -pose' of coordinating . the organis
es iorc:3 ot the women of the coun
try in order to secure greater, effl
ciency in defense work for the na
tion.".--' - . - ; '-.''' .
Thursday meeting . !n the library
will be devoted to the Selection of a
permanent - chairman anil . other , offi
cers for Hawaii. - ., " 1
By vhe plan of organization which
"provides, that ; the : group. . whlch
i-hould be most democratic, and rec
ognize clubs, religious denominations,
fraternal societies,' philanthropic, ja
trlctic and protective, associations- oi
pl scrts" with its committees which
will be next Thursday, will become
ftp, leprescntauvo oi mo
wonu' mmittc-e of 'the Council of
Nalioi'.V Defense for Hawaii. This
civision shall ' continue during the
war..' and as long thereafter as the
Council of. National Defense may di:
rcct ' - . '-. "."
The Hawaii division will depart
mentalize its work, "as is done by all
tie state -divisions. : "
Some of the departments suggested
for Hawaii,, for which chairmen will
l o selected at the organization meet
It. s, are registration, Jpod production
tnd home economics, food admlnistra
Von, women In Industry, child welfare,
intenance of existing social service
; encies, such, as settlements, dist
inct nursing, philanthropies, day
r. v rs e ri e s, etc safe-guarding of moral
rr.d spiritual forced education, which
5s siested under- two . heads,
f ;! o;!s, literature, speakers,' and In
' rr t'n cr organization . and train
- cf wc.cn.' Committees on finance
URGES STEAMERS
SERVICE BETTO1
HAWAII-SEMI
Advocating ' greater cooperation
between the v Honolulu ,j chamber of
commerce " and the Seattle chamber
of ,commerce, G. McK." McClellan of
the Seattle chamber off commerce
pointed out to ; the three hundred
members of the local body present at
a puncheon at noon today In the Com
mercial club that the present was an
opportune moment to inaugurate a
triangular steamship service to , em-braco-Honolulu,
Seattle and , San
Francisco. . -j, OiA'-'m
Now that the Matson MAers have
been, taken over, by, the government
and new steamers are to replace them
Mr. McClellan advocated a Concert
ed action on the part of the local and
Seattle chambers with a view to in
ducing the federal shipping board to
send one-halt of its ships to the coast
to Hawaii runs from San; Francisco
and the other half from, Seattle.;
:He emphasized the ,' point that Se
attle'was' not trying to -com pete with
SajrJYancisco . but, merely to cooper
ate and that Seattle did not have to
extend itself after shipping as it was
now. the second greatest port in" the
United. States, New York along be
ing greater In the amount of tonnage
and freight handled.
-- In the course of his address i Mr.
McClellan. touched -on the subject of
prohibition, saying that the measure
had come to 6tay in the state of
Washington and that should efforts
ever be made to restore the saloons
big ' financial Interests would be
strongly against the move. He de
clared that If the soldiers and sailors
were doing without. liquor the 'least
that the civilians could do would be
to act likewise.
- Tlans for the Kaliala Girls' seminary
which have been under way for the
last, year., and a haif, have been com
pleted hy H. L. Kerr, architect, and
within ten days will be on exhibit in
the, Hawaiian Board rooms in the
Mission Memorial. The axtual work
cr unat rnctfon y 111 be"starled "before
the end of the year.
.The new building will occupy the
grounds of the old seminary in Ko
hala, but has .been given a more ad
vantageous site. The plans show
that the main building, which is to be
built of stone and concrete, will con
tain a "floor space of. 8864 square feet
inside the walls, with 2263 of lanais,
making a total of 11,127 square feet
The building will have cost, when
completed, between $75,000 and $100,
000. ' . ; . 1
Wireless
Flashes
Lest There Be Not Enough
Ships ta Carry JSuigar, Ware
houses Are to Be Erected
E
$10,000,000. TO FRANCE.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 30. The
United States - today made arrange
ments to" loan another $10,000,000 to
France.-; r.,' .,.'' -
. yiAR TO-, THKFJNISH- -
LONDON, Eng Oct 3p.Bonar
Law, chancellor of the exchequer, in i
statement before the House, of Com
mons regarding peace, declared that
the most pertinent question now is the
determined prosecution of the war to
a successful conclusion.
RECTION in the near future of
warehouses .which will practically
double its present storage space,
is being "planned by tho Oahu Rail
way & Land Co., It was announced to
day, and it may be only a few weeks
before building is b'egun.
Probably the principal reason for
the erection of the new warehouses at
this time is to accommodate the large
sugar tonnage which may-pile up here
in case sufficient ships are not fur
nished by the government to get Ha'
wail's, bis sugar crop to the mainland.
With the confirmation of the report
that the Maui, Matsonia and Wilhel-
mina are to be diverted for use in the
Atlantic there is a possibility, railway
officials say, that ships may be few
and far between, and that it will be
necessary to store sugar in Honolulu
between vessels, as .well as the sur
plus. .
Tne new warenouses will be or a
6ize sufficient to store between 15,000
and 18,000 tons of sugar. The pres
ent warehouses ' take care of abuut
20,000 tons of commodities. They will
be located alongside the present ware
bouses on the waterfront, near the
railroad depot. ;
"It is' not unlikely that there will
be congestion all along the lino as re
gards treight destined for the main
land," said a railway official today.
"irour largershlps" are to be diverted,
wo will have to rely largely on the
vessels p . on, the . San Francisco
Hawaiian run by the federal shipping
board." v;:-.-,
REFUGEES BROUGHT FROM
FREWGHFR
VESSEL IS A TOTAI
GATE SHOALS:
LOSS
HAROLD W. RICE, H. L. TUCKER LIEUT. FERRIS AND SAM
PAN CREW BATTLE WITH WIND AND SEA TO BRING IN EX
HAUSTED MEN FOUND IN PROVIDENTIAL VISIT
..- PARIS WAR CONFERENCE.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 30. The
Paris conference of the Allies agrees
to a full understanding with the United
States. ; Food supplies is the predom.
mating subject
SCSIIBEBS M HAllll
0,800 T0O.L0AN
06
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LATE
NEWS
and publicity," with chairmen and
other offices, probably also will be ar
ranged for. - ' -
The temporary secretary for Ha
waii is MrsJ-A; N. Lincoln, who Uvea
at the Colonial hotel, and the letter
sent out. last. Saturday by Mrs. Dow
sett and Mrs. Frear to every woman's
organization In Hawaii requested that
all acceptances, naming in each- case
the representatiTa or representatives
who would be sent, be directed to Mrs.
Lincoln, . - r - - v .
IG HT MILLION. . sixty thousand and eight hundred' dollars!
That is the official grand total r subscription made by the Hawaiian
islands to the second Loberty Iooaa as cabled last night to the Secre
tary of the Treasury at Washington, D.-C. and the Federal Reserve" Bank in
San Francisco by U Tenney Peck, chairman of the local campaign com
mittee. This amount came, from 19,161 subscribers.
The cable- to the Secretary of the
Treasury at ..Washington follows: '.
"Your Liberty Ixan committee :
advises subscription reported to -Federal
Reserve Bank id1 San Fran
cisco of $5,214,150. .Certain Ha-
" waiian 1 concerns have1 also sub- .
scribed direct through San Fran-
Cisco 'agents a sum of $l,577.50u.
The' regular " army through its
y,fchaAnel8 " has raised $1,269,150.
The 'grand total for Hawaii Is f
. $8,O6O,800v L. Tenney Peck,
" ,. v. . "Chairman."
Tte cable sent to. the Federal Re
serve Bank, m san rancisco .wnere :
payments from tnts district on tne, loan
are to be made, was similar m suo-
stance' to. that sent to Washington. ,
The total number of subscribers from
the islands was 9281, the total number
of army subscribers 9870 and 10 local
people subscribed directhrough San
Francisco, making a grand total of
19,161 subscribers. ' '
Up-to-the-minute figures were issued
this morning on the number of sub
scribers and amounts of subscriptions
received from the other islands, which
figures are included in the grand total.
Hawaii subscribed an amount estimated
at $200,000 ; Uom 1S50 subscribers;
Maul subscribed: 197,400-fr'-a 861 sub
scribers, and the estimate on Kauai
while it could not be furnished this
morning is expected to exceed the
amounts taken on eitner Hawaii or
Maui. ' ,' ,
J: Forty-three firms and corporations
exclusive'of sugar plantations took out
second Liberty Ioan bonds to the val
ue of $245,100 fpr their employes on
the easy payment plan of purchase, ac
cording, to the figures reported this
morning to the executive committee. ;
The largest amount of bonds sold
by' any one firm on the easy payment
plan was ; $23,700 taken by Hackfeld
employes. Excellent work was also
Sake Held Wine,
Not
Forbidden
Under
Food Laws
Effecting- a thrilling fescue of Captain Charles Granzovr
and eleven members of the crew of the f on r-inasteil copra
schooner Churchill of San Francisco, ashore oil French Frigate
Shoals, a'party of Honolulu and Maui fishermen and a sampan
crew this morning came back to this port with the shipwrecked
refugees. : ;';' '''.:'".:;. ---- ,
The schooner, was being Jba ttered 'to pieces on t he bar-bound
reef to the west 'of the Hawaiian grouj). The rescue was just
time. The schooner, breaking to pieces,-caugnt nre soon
drihk, is
A distilled
Japanese national
a-wine ana not a
product : and its
manufacture is not prohibited un
der the Food Control Act, accord
ing to a letter received ; yesterday
by the local Japanese Chamber of ,.'
Commerce from , David Gates,
deputy commissioner of internal
revenue at Washington, D. C. The
letter confirms the intimation that
had been given some time ago to
the chamber, to the effect that the
manufacture of sake would not be
hibited.
AT
A
GLANCE
BRITAIN'S DAILY WA R COST $32,000,000
LONDON," Oct. 30. Bonar Law, chancellor of t the exchequer," speaking
Jn the commons today declared that the war expenditure 'from July to
September1 30, was $32,000,000 daily. On September 23 the national debt
was approximately $25,000,000,000. : ; - - . '
TRIAL OF GEORGE RODIEK POSTPONED -
" SAN FRANCISCO, Oct SO. The trial of George Rodiek. former Ger-
, man consul at Honolulu, on a charge of conspiracy in connection with the
Indian revolution plot, which . was -scheduled to open "here today, has been
postponed until November 20. . . '
BRAZIL TAKES SPEEDY STEPS FOR WAR
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Oct 30. Plans for intensive military train
ing of Brazilians were put into effect today. No mobilization will be made,
-vhowevery though In the south, where the Germans are plentiful, the -gar-risons
are being reinforced. All German newspapers and publications have
been seized. ' v
(Continued on Page Two.) i ;
NEW ASSISTANT NAMED
T0.SECRETARY: M'ADOO
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct : 30.
Rcsssll C. Leftingwell was appointed
today as assistant & secretary - of - the
treasut '
JAPAN WANTS RAILROAD SUPPLIES' FROM U. S.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct 30. Japan's planit for improving her rail
ways were discussed today at a meeting of the " Japanese commissioners;
Secretary of Commerce Redfield and Daniel Willard, noted raUway jnan ' and
member of the National Council of Defense. The Japanese propose to buy
locomotives and equipment in the United States andarra'nge for ,700 miles
of ; double trackage. They also plan to standardize; the ('gauge Of their
Toada. ' ' v-':f
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after the party loft.
The Churchill was sighted in acute
distress on the morning of Friday, Oc
tober '26, bv the fishermen and - the
sampan immediately went to her res
cue.' s ' .:' : " '
Captain Granzow and four of the
crew" were aboard the schooner when
thv rescue . was made. The ship's
boat with seven Others, including the
captain's two sons aged 7 and 15, was
picked ud that afternoon with the ex
hausted men barely able to .keep It
heading into the wind and heavy sea.
Had it not been for the timely ar
rival of the sampan at French- Frigate
shoals. Captain Granzow and his men
believe they . would surely have per
lshedf by fire, water or sharks. - The
ship went to pieces shortly after the
Churchill crew had been transferred
to the sampan, 'Among the .rescued
were Captain Granzow's two sons, one
seven and the other 15. '"
: When the Makalwa arrived Captain
Rice found Captain Granzow and the
four remaining men of the crew left
aboard the vessel endeavoring to get
together a raft Death confronted
them. . If they remained aboard the
schoner they would be dashed to pieces
on the bars in the high surf or be en
gulfed by the flames; if they chose to
swim to land they must battle their
way through schools of sharks which
surrounded the vessel, eagerly waiting
to pounce upon any human prey that
might come their way. 7;
The Makaiwa's arrival was provi
dential. Taking Captain. Granzow and
his four men off the Churchill, , they
started out to search for the seven
in the open boat After a five houri'
cruise about the waters of the vicinitj
they finally came upon the boat to
the leeward side of the Island.
Bound From Copra Islands ;
,. The Churchill of 600 tons net was
bound with copra for '. Seattle from i
Nukualofa, Tongata. an islalid of the
Friendly group. She was out 18 days
when wricked. She was a complete
loss, including cargo. The Churchill
wa3 owned by Charles Nelson & Co
of San Francisco.: '
Captain Rice, accompanied by LieutJ
F. E. Ferris, TJ. S. on furlough, and1
Herman L. Tucker, civil engineer for
Baldwin & Alexander, were bound fot
the Western Islands on a fishing trip
when they sighted the Churchill. She
had struck the, reef, at 9 o'clock tho
night ot Ocjtober 25 In full moonlight
and was slowly pounding to pieces. "
r French Frigate shoal is an exten
sive but low coral reef, and sandbar.
f f -f
-f THOSE RESCUED FROM
f 'SCHOONER CHURCHILL 4-
4 Captain Charles Granzow..
f Chief Off ieer Henry Anderson.
f Second Officer Fred Wilson,
Carpenter John' Wessfck.
Seamen A. . Anderson," William
Miller, Daniel Pinzoln, Pedro
-f .', Romos, ; Sterling Jones,,. Hugo
Munch. . - '.
f Carl Granzow, seven, and Loftus
Granzow, 15, sons of Captain
f Granzow. . - : : t '
4- Rescuing party in launch, Makl-
f ; -wa of Kahufui, Maul. : ,
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Captain of Wrecked Schooner
Orders Sons and Sailors Into
Lifeboat Whild He Remains
at Danger Post
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COLD STORAGE REGULATIONS NOV.: 1
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct 30. The regulation of the' food control offi
cials, for cold storage will be effective on November They require that
records of poultry, eggs, butter, fresh and frozen fish kept over 30 days must
be shewn as in cold storage.' - '..
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the coalition cabinet In a preliminary speech to the paYliament he declared I V ,
that a separate peace is impossible, and that the . fundamental need now is
the defense of Russian territory from the enemy. , '
r LIONEL R. A. HART CASE SUBMITTED TO JURY
,v . The case of Lionel R. A. Hart, charged with embezzlement, w ent to a
'jury in Circuit Judge Heen's court this afternoon and a- verdict may be re
r turned late today. Shortly after 2 o'clock the jurors returned to the court
: rooS3. where the testimony of Chester Doyle 'and Detective Captain v Arthur
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themselves 12 or 15 miles from the
vessel, those' in the lifeboat started to
row In her direction. When discover
ed by the Rice samp-.n it was 3 o'clock
in the afternoon and the sailors in the ,
boat were almost worn Out by. their
long pull against adverse currents. , .. '.
One of the. sailors in telling of their
rescue from the - little life boat, de
clared, the younger, son of the captain
was ; pretty well . exhausted ; from " his t
long virgil in the small craft This he '
indignactly denied until the accusation '
HAT he was true to all the trad !
tions of the sea is the tale told -of
Capt Charles Granzow, master
of the wrecked schooner Churchill, by
the members of his crew. y
Unable or unwilling to relate, their .
own experiences these sailors of tho t
destroyed schooner tell how Capt
Granzow elected, to remain aboard the
doomed vessel while the only remain- ';
ing hope of surviving the wreck was
made by five others in a small life
boat. ' ' . ;
But while Capt Granzow with other
volunteers remained aboard the ves
sel as the water rose atrut her hulk,
he ordered his two sons into the life
boat which he placed in command cf
his first mate, Henry Anderson, white
they attempted a landing, on the only
promontory not Vashed by the ocean'3
waves.1 , ' ' . - ; '
This was the first voyage of one of
the boys, Charles," a lad only 7 years
of age but Loftus. a 15-year-old son,-
talks , of his. experience with the non
chalance of the other sailors, for he ;
has accompanied his father on several
other voyages,;' .,vv:: ' .-., "".''"
, Contrary . winds and then no. winds .
at all is the reason given for the wreck
by the saiLrs The Churchill was 27
days out from Nukualofa 'Tongatn, ,
when she. drifted upon a' reef of the
French Frigate shoals. This was aft
er winds had carried her. westward
from her course and following a calm,
of several days. "Currents after that
was the only reason for the wreck,"
declared Mate Anderson this morning.
It was about 9 o'clock in the evening ;
when the Churcnlll struck the shoaL
At midnight any hope-of the vessel be- i
ing salvaged was given up and Capt. .
Churchill ordered the lifeboat lower- ; .
ed and an attempt made to effect
a landing on the high rock which had
been sighted earlier that day.
; In the darkness, however, the rock
could not be located and the small
lifeboat drifted throughout the night .
the following morning finding
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