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Z'lUKEO TO CON IE NEXT MAILS From San Francisco A Tuesday, Nov. 13. To San Francisco : Wednesday, Nov. 14. rrO? 11 1 ; 7. V 7 o n o Evening Bulletin, Est. 1882, No. 6941. Hawaiian Star; Vol.- XXV, No.- 7982. 14 1 PAGES HONOLULU, TEERITOKY OF : HAIAH, -MONDAY NOiMBER 12, 1917.-14 PAGES . PRICE FTV CENTS C3 n 0 T ALLEGED Ui; OF nv. 1 1 1 1 fLX nJI S. i t - i u i l v i ' J - - v i v i i f I . i . " i.i i t lit ram llllSfi 11 ALLEOEO VJILL OF QUEEN HAS Attorneys Hold Series of Con ferences: Name of 'Princess Theresa Comes Into Rumors Cohcernina Manner in Which 'Document Was Conveyed: to Lawyer: Crown Jewels Now Held in Trust Company's Vaults ;: Two new developments came this afternoon in the pending litigation over Queen LUIuokalanl's estate. The first was an announcement by an attorney for Prince Kuhlo ; that the delegate would undoubtedly con test the purported will or .'Augusts. 1917. "We claim that tne queen , naa been Incapacitated for th last nine years? said the attorney. ; ; The, second . was the expression of a norvludicial oninlon by Circuit Judge William H. Heen that a bond of $30r ftOft wauM he sufficient surety : to cover the removal of certain crown Jewels from the vaults of the Bishop Trust Co., which are wanted at the queen's funeral. It was announced that arrangements ' for the removal would Drobablv be completed this af ternoon. It is expected that the bond will be furnished by someone acting for Colonel Curtis P. laukea, who has oeneral charge of the funeral. An attorney said this afternoon that the crown jewels, while they are real diamonds, are of a mediocre ' quality and" probably not worth more AAA man io,wu. .-, 3 ; , . . Sensational in its suddenness, A news . early - yesterday . that i Queen Liliuokalani i had . ieit ; a f .lithertonKnpxu 1 1 ttV Aas v proved to be the most discussed event following oh the death of the - queen at 8:30 yesterday morning Today events in con nection with this document, declared by some to be genuine ?nd by others scouted either as f lse or else made when she did not realize her actions, are hur rying fast one upon the other. Rumors that John F. Col burn, former treasurer of the Kapiolani estate,and 4 Princess ' Theresa AVilcox Belliveau knew of ; the existence of the will are denied in part and in part said to be exaggerations. Oua stofv is tnat tne princess V was the agency which secured the will piece meal and took it to Attorney Andrews for moulding into rroner shape. Attorney, An drews declined to say this oxactlv how fiut knowledge of the alleged in tention of the queen, to make the will came to him, and the ' ' princess, " while admitting r- some knowledge of the affair, Mould not say exactly what her activities and functions have been. ; , - a ' Here: are tne outstanding features to date: . The signed ; copy of te purported last - will " of Queen v Liliuokalani reached Attorney Lorrin Andrews early in September, having been signed on August 29. Upon the death of the queen Sun wav. Attorney Andrews, who had drawn the will for Liliuokalani, im mediately notified Col. Curtis 'P. lau kea Trustee William O. Smith and Delegate Kuhlo of its existence, which had', hitherto been kept secret. Attorney. Andrews also telephoned to John F. Colburn, stating that the will - designated him as c::ccutor of the estate. Attorney William B. Ly. mer on Sunday morning became ss- oelated with Attorney Andrews as One of counsel for Colburn. Colburn's attorneys issue statement that he made no attempt to take complete charge of the queen's fune ral, nor did he suggest this to Col- onel laukea ana otners. Attorney . W.' 0,. Smith, trustee ens -- t rr Vrfl A-i' ..V Si L- -m t L. -i'-" ' . ' T.Tl "jL ' 1 1 171 ' 1 . ill . L J u ' j" r.. 1 " iniii "' 7" ' . ,.- .. ' ' : .telks! 5cenes:at national guara camp, : A v , i' N V, - . Kawallba. ; Above Japanese Com- , . "iTS-'-?' . - J " ' h - -pany.,D,.with CapW.;G. ;Allen .5 5 ' ' JVf? ' andLleut. Frank Midkiff, near the -! WZr fe ' ''7 (! ' extreme right. .BelowMaking fllp camp, wlth thetents going up In jr (( rapid-fire order. -Photos by. Star- V;1 .Bulletin staff photographer. ; ; If 1 - . : ; i : : . 'Jl :hMmhm He ms ma (Aaiodatad Press by tX. S. Kara! Wireless.) : LONDON, Eng., Nor. 12. The re treating, Turks In Palestine' are yield ing steadily before the 'British - army. They are now organizing a defense line at Hebron, 20 miles southwest of Jerusalem. - : JAPANS DIET TO OPEN SESSION CHRISTMAS DAY . 5 (Special Cab! t Nippc Jiji) -' TOKIO, Japan, Nov. 11. An imper ial, proclamation calling the Japanese diet to open, December 25, for. the 40th regular session in i Tottio, was, ; thi3 morning promulgated by the emperor. ::4:- In Officers and. Men Get Down to Work With Military;Precis . , ion and Energy (By. a Star-Bulletin Staff Correspbnd- . -v,--..- ent.j. v;;' .v. - - CAilP - LILIUOKALANI, Kawailoa, Nov." 12. "This encampment is; the bestt In the history of Hawaii s Na tional Guard, said Brig.-Gen. Samuel Johnson yesterday afternoon 1 as ne marched cast the company quarters, where men .were building a city out of tents f and stakes ; at ICawailoa iear Haleiwa. "If other- sections of Amer ca had responded as did 'Hawaii ;the United States would now have millions of men in training." i ... A first, glimpse ' of. 'the'' field ' where the National Guard will : be encamped or a week reminded one " of a city swept by a tornado: Scattered In; lanes throughout the plains were ''tents, stakes, rifles and ' every conceivable thing that is necessary,, around a mill tary camp. - I . ' '" . Then as if by - magic hundreds of men fell .in line and it seemed but a mihute unti the field 'was dotted with tents arranged ; in i true military man ner. I When ' the . Ist Mnfantry arrived (Continued on page seven) COBSIiAL of (Continued on "page seven) WOMEN PICKETERS AT . - WHITE HOUSE GO FREE (Associated Press ty U. 8. Ksral Wireless.) ; WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 12 Forty-one 6uffragista .who have been ' arrested at one time or" another for picketing the White House, were convicted in police court today and 0 given- suspended sentences Sp9dal Ctar-BoUetla CorrepondeBct.). HILO, . Nov. 12. Governor Pinkham received the announcement or tne death of Queen Liliuokalani through a wireless message from Honolulu yes terday. : Members of the congressional party were notified at once by: the gov ernor, following which, arrangements for taking appropriate action, was . be gun. ' '::?";.:' , ,v ; Following the' announcement of the death of the late queen Senator Henry U Myers of Montana -was; elected chairman Tof a committee . formed to draft a resolution of regret Senator King of Utah, Representative Temple of Pennsylvania and Representative Reavis of Nebraska were named 'as a committee., -This committee tele graphed the news of the death of the former queen to President WrIlson. The, death of -the queen may alter the plans of the party, and the trip to Mail may be omitted.; All social func tions ;.will be abandoned, by the con gressional party. : - .V. 'C': ; ' -; v .;r-J- Plans ar& discussed of reaching Ho nolulu Saturday in time for Sunday's ceremonies.';- :J: .'. y r::: Today the congressmen carried but the itinerary planned for them. ' .-4'v.-: w-; ' 7;:;:,;.-'!-!': - The . congres smen . left : Honolulu shorty5 after 5 o'clock on Saturday . af ternoon aboard the.Kilauea and head ed for the. Big Island. It was ;, origi nally.: Intended that . the congressmen 1 t kt i Ik Q1 "' 1 -3 4- , . v ANNOUNCEMENTS AND -f -f ARRANGEMENTS, RESULT - f OF QUEEN'S DEATH . ; . - Official Notice. The remains cf her late ma- -f jesty, ex-Queen Liliuokalani, will -f lie in state at Kawaiahao church, -f from 10 o'clock in the morning until 10 o'clock in the evening, on f Tuesday, November 13, 1917. By order of the. governor: , -f f - FRANCIS J. GREEN, -f f , Major, Aide to the Governor, In Charge. . Territorial courts all adjourned. -f Circuit Judce Heen. only jurist of territorial bench now. here, ad- journed court at 9 a.. in. - -f -f Foreman E. P. Fogartv an- -f -nounces that out of respect to -f memory of queen, there will be -f no session of the territorial grand . f jury today. The next session is -f at 2 tomorrow. . . f Police court after brief session -f adjourns for today on motion of -f attorney. ;' f City and county offices closed 4- at noon today and will remain f closed until tomorrow. . '-f -f Various public and private -f -f schools and colleges DreDariner 4- 4- memorial programs. ; 4 4- Commercial bodies will pass 4-4- memorial resolutions. ' ; 4- 4- Flags are at half-mast over all 4- 4- public and private schools today 4-4- in respect to the late Queen Liliu- 4-4- okalanL Some day this week the 4-4- public schools will have a half 4-4- holiday and representatives of 4-4- the eighth grades, normal school 4- 4-. and high school will pay tribute 4-4-'to the remains lying in state in 4-4- Kawaiahao church. 4. 4- Out of respect to the late queen, 4- NEWS mm 4- the flag over the federal build- 4- ing, Fort street, was 'at 'half- 4- mast today. 4-4- ': ' 4- 4- f 4-4- 4-4 f4 4. 4. (Continued on page seven) The Matson steamer Manoa was due to arrive back in San Francisco last Saturday from her special voyage to Manila for a cargo of hemp, sugar and other products of the. Philippines. It is expected that the Manoa will re sume her Honolulu service on Nov. 20. This was the intention of the San "Fran cisco representative . of the shipping board when E. D. Tenney '.'left the coast about ten days ago. v : . Mall to the extent of 260 ? bags , will arrive here on the Lurline, which was sighted off Koko Head at 1 o'clock this afternoon. - '".. . ; - ; .: ., - Two Dutch steamers, one from -San Francisco and one from the Orient, are due to; arrive, in Honolulu the latter cart of this month." GERMANS CLAIM HUGE ALLIED LOSS IN 'PLANES -BERLIN, Germany, Nov. 12. The. 'Allies lost 244 airplanes and nine bal loons in October, and the Germans 57; airplanes and one balloon, says an offi cial statement Issued today. " ,v'-';-' :;' ..:V - ; WELSH MINERS REPUDIATE PLANFOR STRIKE v LONDON, Eng.,;Nov. 12.-The South? Wales miners have voted over whelmingly, three to one, against the strike proposed as a protest against the government scheme of'combing out more': men : for the army from among the mining population. . y-- KAWAIAHAO CHURCH PREPARED FOR QUEEN'S BODY : Kawaiahao Church - is today - being" made ready to receive the remains of Queen Liliuokalani tonight. All the decorations; not only of the church, but for the throne room and the mausoleum -are in the hands of Ernest Par ker, who is-assisted by Mrs.; Charles Chilingworth, . Mrs. James H. Boyd, Mrs;, Annie Conrad, Mrs. Iolani Techara and Mrs." Irene Boyd Mackenzie. All the-palms used in the church have been supplied by-Mrs. E. D. Tenney. , y ' TWO INJURED BY FALLING FLAGPOLE Sbang Pao Wo, two-year-old son of the Chinese consul, Tsz-Ang Woo huan, was struck by a falling flagpole at the consulate this afternoon and received a'' fracture of the right leg: An attendant, Quong Dick, aged 64, who was holding the child at the time, was ; also struck by the pole, and received a compound fracture of the left . leg. The child was transferred to the Children's hospital after being given surgical attention" at the 'emergency hospital and the aged attendant was sent to the Japanese hos pital. Neither is believed to be seriously injured. The flagpole crashed to the ground after being struck by a falling.tree branch which had been sawed off to allow the flag to be raised at half-mast. CHINESE DIES FROM DRINK HE THOUGHT MEDICINE. Lau Seu, the Chinese who died at the emergency hospital last night ' after being admitted in ari unconscious - condition, suffering from the ef 3fects of a Hh en unknown poison,' is thought, to; have taken a mixture o" : wood alcohol and rice water as a medicine, according to hospital attendants. iThe aged Chinese had been suffering from a paralytic stroke, and i3 'thought to have drunk the concoction as a relief measure. He Immediately 'lost consciousness and died soon afterwards. He was living near School and Liliha streets, near where a Chinese woman committed suicide by drink ing poison last week. Y. M. C. A. PROPERTY BOUGHT BY TELEPHONE CO. Members of the board of director of the Y. M. C. A. Corporation at a meeting today at the association buding-voted to sell a strip of property on Alakea street-to the Mutual Telephone Co. The reported price of the property is ?15,000. The property includes a strip of 55 feet frontage on -Alakea street immediately in the rear of the Mutual Telephone property. Vlt is understood , that the .Mutual Telephone Co. will erect a handsome build ing on tnis site. The amount realized. from the sale will be turned 'over-to the; trustees and then placed in a permanent endowment fund following : the policy of the association. . 3 ilciO) Strife 1 ICqnpssmen-lth IlViviiiimiration . . (Special Star-'Rulletla Cnrrnpondence.) -' VOLCANO ;HOUSE, - Hawaii, Nov. 12With the congressmen ; at , the Volcano House after their trip through Kona,;they are Impressed with Kir auea as the most marvelous sight of their experience. There is no doubt they will favor the proposed Volcano road. I '; . " ''.yf Director Jaggar of the volcanologl- cal station here will give a lecture to day on the crater. Last night many of the visitors stood for hours during a brilliant lava display. - The pit Is exceptionally iactive. ThejMaui trip has been cancelled owing to 'the Cqueen's death and the party will return Saturday for the funeral. - Resolutions of regret and condo lence for Hawaii are being prepared for adoption, t '' Congressman Buchanan of Texas had planned to fish Sunday at Kailua. He caught ; one ulua. Congressman Elstonand. Piatt stayed overnight at the ranch house of. Territorial Sena tcr Robert Hind. ; Senator King of Utah, who is re turning to" the states ahead of the party; left on the steamer today for Honolulu. . k " ';; TWO SEAPLANES WILL SOON BELANDED HERE Major John . B. Brooks, aviation officer-at department headquarters, an nounced .this afternoon that official notice, has t been received that the . first two of-the 6th Aero Squadron's seaplanes will be here by December 15. These will be the . forerunners pt 18 machines that are ultimately to - be sent to the island by the army..Word was received today that Major H. M, Clark, who had been ordered to this department , to succeed ' Major Brooks, will arrive on Wednesday of this: week. The Hawaiian Dredging company was lowest of seven bidders today for the erection of steel for the aero liangars at Ford island.; This steel may not arrive from the coast until the middle of December but canvas - hangards have already been erected to house the. machines.. ; RESIDENTS TO DISCUSS ; ; N UU AN U WATER TO N I G HT Dr. J. S. B Pratt of the 'territorial board of health .and, Fred G. Kirch hoff; superintendent'of the 'city water works,, will be the two speakers at the meeting of the' 2Tuanuu ' Valley resi .dents tonight ? in ;the Oahu ; Country tlub : when; the problem of water : sup ply to the citizens living Iif the ujjper levels of the city , will be threshed out in detail. . .; ' ::::?"V The meeting will endeavor to arrive at some solution of the problem of securing a clean and sanitary supply of water ; for the Nuanuu valley resl ' Cpl. Peter Hare," Machine Gun Co., 1st Infantry, died on Friday, Nov. ? 9, at the posti hospital of typhoid fever. CpL Hare - was 26 T years rof "age and a native of Pennsylvania. , - ' COURTRULESON (Associated Press y TJ. 8. Naval Wireless.) 1 WASHINGTON, D. C Nov. 12. The supreme court handed down a de cision today - holding : that I the inter state commerce ' commission has au thority to compel the railroads to es tablish; through routes -and joint rates in connection with other carriers. . ' GERMANY USES'10,600 SUBSTITUTES, WITH WAR CUHING OFF SUPPLIES '. (Assoclafeii Press IT. S. Ksval Wireless.) 4 -t -t 4 r - -ry-m-y . -ZURICH, Switzerland, Nov. 12. -f f -Ten thousand substitutes have -f ; been Invented and devised by the Germans, to take the place of -f 4- articles : now impossible to ob- -f f tain uecause of warit Is learned . f here. Seven thousand of these -f substitutes are article.?, of food. f At the -; beginning of the year 4- Germany; was . using lesa than V 2000:. substituteson which 115C0 4- were in food lines. - ' ' -: -f f v ' ' - :.' jf ttrt ttf-ft .-f -f -f Kerensky's Troops Battle : to h Capture Petrograd and Over- -throw Pacifist Government; Italian ' Armies ' Hold Enemy , and Prepare for Aggressive . . . ' . . " " , ,: LUsodated Press by IT. S- 2TaTal Wireless.) -ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS (ds-j layerd), Nov. 11. Italy's greatest bat-' tie of the war is Impending with ths! Italian generals and armies determin i ed to retrieve their laurels and dsj feat the Austro-Germans at . the Piave river, r -; .:. v V;.4 -. The reconcentration of the Italian army on the newly chosen line cf de fense Is virtually an ' accomplished fact.;. The vast organization, number Ing more than a million men, Is ready for the great battle, which is not far off. ; ''r'.-.'i '.:-.-: . -. . ; . . ' .'. :-. ' .. PETEOGRAD, Russia, Nov. li. (Delayed) Premier A. F. Ferensky, temporarily deposed by the Maximalists and Bolslie vikis, is striking a spectacular blow to put the provisional government again -in power -and carry on the ; war l against the Central Powers, y i ; . ,TLe . Kerensky : troops are now in Petrograd and are bat ting with, the soldiers of the garrison who went over to the pa cifists and with such other troops aV Lenine and Trotzky, T'r At- ' tJ A .., A ryr'-S vTjJJVp ' V able to muster. : ; ; ': v ' :The Kerensky f orces have taken ; the telephone. station'. Street fighting is Constant.- r '. . The whereabouts ; of C.Keren sky Jliinlself "arejunknown. ; v,s.; .WASH INGTO N,; DC., Nov. 1 2. Tiie Russian embassy here is optimis tic over the Petrograd situation, ven turing the prediction that the Bolshe- -vlkls are being broken down and will be defeated. , . - -";' .: V: ITALIANS, THOUGH HARD PRESSED, HOLD ENEMY r NOW ON ALL FRONTS BERLIN, ; Germany, : Nov. 12. The Teutons on the Italian front are ad vancing from Belluno down the Piave river and : are "before the town of Feltre. ' ,. - ' .'- ' ; ','' V ' ' ' -; Ten ' thousand Italians have been captured in, the fighting on the upper The British attack in Flanders was repulsed today. ,.-'.f ' A:.. - , . Firing has increased on the Czerna river bend,; Macedonian front '" - .'. : .4 ROME. Italr. Nov. 12. The Italians have stiffened and are now resisting the enemy everywhere along the north ern front. There Is brisk firing across the Piave river. .. ITALIAN: HEADQUARTERS, Nov. 12. 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