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HAWAtlAN ZETTTt, TUESDAY. I FF.RRUARY '29, ljKl-fittM'VK) Y. V"" "' a V'.'-'T a tri .11 -,.t. ... . t l . -, . TS.J- j f . . i-w; , " :! FRKNflH RKfiAINTiROIfND LOST AND, ATTUNTBEiTURN ... -i , Paris Confident of Outcome of Great Battle VYnicn is Mpeciea iq tontinueror Another Two Weeks . : - I t I- I ' V UNPRECEDENTED MASSING OF GUNS . y v, :; . . PARIS, February 27. An official communique last night an nounced that the Verdun posit'ona captured during the morning by the Germans are again in French hands, 1 heavy counter-attack by the French having thrown the Crown PHhce- back with tremendous losses, the French in places advancing against the Germans to points beyond those held by them at the beginning of the battle. The German attempts to regain this lost ground have been fruit lets, the French being firmly in place. 0 ' DOUAMONT STILL HOLDS The claim sent out yesterday Douamont had fallen are untrue, although the Teutons made des perate efforts to seize the position and sacrificed their troops heart lessly. ' Desperate efforts were also made by the Germans to seize the strategetically important positions of Champ Neaville and Cote de Coivne, but the advances against these points were Shattered by the French artillery, which hailed shrapnel into the German ranks, kill in entire companies at a time. Both east and west of the Meuse the French have gained the upper hand whh their artillery, the German losses being 'great. . GERMANS BLASTED WAY AHEAD ' Correspondents at the front report that the German path down the valley of the Meuse, to the crest of their advance, has been I lasted by the greatest concentration of jsrtiDety ever known in his t.ry. The Germans have brought guns from both the Serbian and Kussian fronts for the great offensive, and have' massed along a rhort front what they believed ta be an irresistible numhef of great fieldpieces. , , hollowing the blasting of the thousands of tons of high explo sives discharged by their cannon, the Germans have gained the Iteights of Iouvemont, southwest of the town of that name, bring i ig their front at this point to within four miles of the Verdun i rti tied lines. DROVE SIX SALIENTS The Germans in the Woevre district attacked from the cast, f.'rcing six salients and making two main efforts to push back the il of the front protecting Verdun, efforts which the French have fiustrated. PARIS IS CONFIDENT l'aris last night rested confident of the ability of General Joffre to defeat the plans of the Kaiser and the Crown Prince, and there is a, popular expectation that when the time arrives the French will a sunic the aggressive and pound back the German lines in complete tiefvat. This impression is heightened by the tone of calmness which surrounds the war office and the various government bureaux Great crowds surround the newspaper offices, where bulletin? from the front are being posted every fw minutes. WHOLE WEST FRONT ALERT The entire western front, from the Belgian positions on the North Sea to the Swiss border, is on the alert, and there is a feeling that great things are in the air. It-is generally recognized, in press comment and in the official utterances, that the greatest battle the world has ever known is only beginning. It is expected that there will be no general lull in the fighting for at least two weeVs. . The French losses are known to be less than those being sus tained by the Hermans, although the casualty lists on both sides are .Tpalling. . , .. GERMANS REPULSED IN CHAMPAGNE Reports from the Champagne front last night announced tin repul.-e of a German advance south of St Marie, the enemy retreat i.ig in disorder, leaving nine officers, thirty-six non-commissioned officers and two hundred and ninety-fix e privates as prisoners, be ides M-ve.ral hundred of dead. The French aeroplanes have also been active, and a sauadron drove over the lines of the struggling armies before Verdun and niharded the fortress of Metz, later bombarding the German posi ,-l'ons at C hiinibley. German aeroplanes rising to the attack were je and driven to cover by the French airmen, Adjutant Navarre of'the French aero corps following and battering to a wreck the two machines which faced him. These make five of the enemy's aeroplanes which Navarre has defeated and destroyed since the bginning of the war The German hangars and munition depot-, at Vigneulles were Seavilv bombarded bv the French artillery. BERLIN'S OFFICIAL REPORT Nn reports of the general' situation were received from Berlin la-t night. The reports made early in the day stated that it is otli c ally reported in the German capital that "the German army fight ing its way toward Verdun has stormed and captured the armored f-irt of Douaumont, one of the fortification-, of Verdun 'four mile-nortliea-t o." the central city. "The Germans noxv hold firmly the '-aptim-d hills southwest n Lou eiiiont. ami the fortified positions to the ea-t Considerable ad vancc haxe been made by them east of the Meue. Here the pres ence of the Kaiser inspired the troops to brill ant and desperate deed L' bravery. The French resistance on the plain of the Woevre, from Marp hoville along the entire front, has been broken a,;d the German-, art , ruiiig the retreating enemy. "in the Champagne section, south of St Marieapy, the French baxe succeeded in penetrating 250 yards of the first German riv-"irv SUSPECTED PLOTTERS AGAINST OKUMA SEIZED fftotcUl Cublejrajn to Klppn Jt)l ) TOKIO, February 'JH. -H Taaaka, principal of the Toou ( Weit Aa a I girlH wliool, and a mail iiatm-d Hula have been rrteil ami charged with rmiinli city iu the attempt on the life of Count Okuma, premier, iu win. U tunnba wcr thrown at hiui. START-GREAT from Berlin that the -fortress of DON T RI8K PNETTMONIA. 1 i let ii. I ot mitv i-old a quickly an I'O-sible. It i- the forerunner of all ' iiiiliniiiiiin liniilile, and piienuiiiiiia ! may di vi I. , m a few hour. Take l ain' ei la n ' 4'nngli Remedy. It in a mm I - lliii, .Ii, ,()( but the effii l ir ma veloii-i. l-'ci nil bv all de-u.-n tl, ft ( o., Ltd., agents U I ll-W.lli. mm HUL Severfe Storm Hampers Germans in Offensive and Adds to ' Mfsery of Troops ' (AMtet4 prwa by rdnl Wlralm t LONDON, Ffirnary 2. A R n it Iropntrh from Brltmh hp.h-nrt-r la Franc it tea the opinion of the BiK- ih Keral in the flclil that the Qcr mana made a moxt lmpportune choioa of a tima tor the launching of their pnnit efTeamve.' .fort aa the battle tarteI the Wfathi-t ebgpt aal th German are now obliged to f'-e the French trenrhe In th mirtiit of the moet WTire to:m of the winter and ia wtatht-r that ia more rlgoroua than baa bee Kaowa in raa- tr eeverai year. .iteavy anow and bitter front ia hampering every,- German movmeut and adding greatly to the differing of iae oerman lorrfs, London Kot Worrytag t While liondon reeognicei the grav j of the iaauea that Aung npon the veniiin tattle, fpr feara are evpreeaed here that the onta.me will be any thing but favorable tor the' Alliea. It U now tnkn for vraated tbat the German aotivitiea before Ypri-a (hiring the pnat fortnight were being carried1 on ax diversion to the main prepara tion for the offensive in the Argonne and Worvre dietrieta. A Paria deapatch onotea Le Tfmpa VeaWdnr aa aaying that "ex'on ahould the Oormang make good a foothold on AOioaaaauior von Herimtorn. Adm:nia the height of T'oivre Vatichc it willtrtion lepxder are holding the tight in avail them little aa they will And ua.'l'k the congreaaional leader to even etfongcr along the Froideterre- Donanio'Jt Kne, which they would have to face and where the Veal defensea of Verdun mnr properly be said to ha-' gin. Here we have atrTmg Work, with covret trenches and hundred of bat terie." . TREATY SIGNED " i ' i . 11.1, Will Supply Each Other With Arms and IVfunitions for Needs of Next Three Years (Special CabUfran to RawU Iklnpo.) TOKIO, February 2. A Baano-Jap-aneae Treaty, effective for three ye ura, haa been formally aigned anil ratified. I'ndWr the term of thi treaty, Japan and K ti no ia mutually agree to furniah each other with Whatever , munition and -armatnent each may eed during the life of the treaty. There wa a bg patriotic ma a meet ing held here this afternoon, at which a number of petition prpteeting againat the Okuma miniatry were cir ulateil ami aigned. The meeting wa ailed to diBi-uaa the ( hinene queation and developed into a atrong anti-Yuan Hhih-kai gathering, resolutions' de nouncing the Chinese President a "the diaturtier of the peace off the Orient' Mg nxed. 'H'r.W The d'et will rloe on the twenty-' ninth, with the regular formal eere mouiea, although the Kniperor will not present in person. Ilia addreag'to the mcinherg will be read by Count Okuma. The new consul j-eneral for Japan In Hawaii, Hon. . Moroi, will sail for Hu new poxt nn the Shinyo Mam, due at Honolulu on March 2J L BILL PASSES IN DJE1 Measure Before Mikado Affects All Japanese Born Abroad t u (SpseUl Cablegram to ttlptn JlH.) TOKIO. February Ifi. The double nationality lull .n-.wi the cfeambcr of .leputiea today. It paaaed the. pee' .M-terilay. .N'.i it will go to the Em i-'inr. The ilct will meet again to morrow. 'I'll h bill woiil-l alter the attitude c the Jnpiiuese government toward itf aul jei-tH an. i tuuuid Ihe cULlTOn .of Ja ! ii mibjnelK born aliroml. The .!! ineMi- nt mi tune liave rwtlgliieeil fi eign i ll ii-iislu. fur their subjects, hrh' inn. inNieit.i. iii.ii --niii-e a Japanese, al '.'" lnpii'ies.- " The bill would pivi in I 1 1 1 1 - i , Imii m n foreign ciiHtrirn the ri,:lit, un liei urn ng fifteen yen r obi o hi-le. i Hi,-, i i-iti.i-nship, whether .lai iii.c-i. m that ii.' the country, of . birth If tin iiiuki- no Hi lei-tieu of Japanetu ilii-iishii l,v n-iBtering at the-. ,eit -uh.ti. ill. .. wi.ul.l l- regarded aaVAiner n ull i 'iiii'M-. in tin- . axe of llawa i, r "x.ini.li- i'.. ,.,,t of parent chi' In-ii I. ih hi ii ti-i-n yi-ara may regime I'll' '"-'ii in i 'mm may seek natnia ''I'i'i' f t i i-" imiiitriea after bi 'i.-.n'. .1.1 Morp Suqar At Less Cost n-'inrts that the yield of ' fn' rbe Olaa Hugar Com r It' I", ohnwed a gain of i " . r that of the same - i I ttit the cost of r . - . t i. i,i iii'-.n-.I, ,.i i . i i l . ' 'i in to iimtnritv was re j nt. Tire s-oar w'H H ln-t in h k'etery of " Ii 'ii the silg'ir vield ' 'mo ton, says the re- tin' I'll il:ll ii I"' I--- than I'i'i I lONALflY IE iaMIES'iK.GO,"' Italian Passenger Ship Carrying Defense Guns Will Soon f " "'Leave New York " ' '' '-.t-'J! . ' v. ' : ' IAaaoeUU4 tmn by !" rl Wlralaaa.) WASHINGTON, February 27. Al though both , fterlin and Vienna con tinue to remain ailent m the Americaa note challenging tha hgahty .of the Tenton poMtion that the defenaive aiming of ' merchant linera aiibjecta them to attack without warning, linera W tne A II tea coiiHntie ta elenr'for En 0fe, apparcnttv regardlen.af the Teu ton threata. Veaterday the French liner Lafayette aailed, for Bordeaux, carrying two hundred and twentyr eight pnesengera and an ordinary cargo, She Wilf rearh the war rone water next Friday or Xaturda.v, four or. flva aay arter the Teuton data for renewed frlRlitfalwna has pawd, Tha, .Lafayette i-ar.iea o armament, hut Ihe Italian liner Nnpoli, which reached New Vork yeaterday anil will Mil wi.nia a wik, ram.' in armed with two three-inch gnna, monnted on her poop deck. 1 Her departure will be repl.v challenge to the OentraJ Power ana wtiuaeat.tbe weight of the Ameri. can firnteat to Beilia and Vicuna, CongKaa Qnleta Down 1h Submarine criaia and the reault- ing -cangreaaional controveray over Am- rinan tra-l on armed belligerent ah I pa aa apparently quieted nown. Internal haa twitched to the negot atfona hev jtween Secretary of Htate Inaiag and prevent a far aa possible headway be ing made by those who wish congress to go on reeonl as warning American against traveliag on belligerent ships., , - ,Hecretary Lansing announced yester day that one belligerent haa replied. to b'a "suggestion concerning the . disarm, tng of merchant veaaela, whk-h the I'niteil pit a tea aaka in order to reliev th submarine crisis. He dei-lined to give out .Any detsils, but it'is Jtnewu that; the -country referred to waa Italy, whose note was argumentative instead of conclusive. r . Victories Reported From Persia on .'Way 5outh arid Syrfa ( on Road to Trebiiond 1 tAsaoetatsd Prsss sy fsal''wtTless.T TETBOGftAD, February. 87.,.-, The Russian operating in 1'era.a and ad vancing south to reach the British col umns on the Tigri are winning jihsir way against -al,' oppomtioa. .. Yesterday word wa feeeived that the Peraiao city of Kermahshah, only ne bvudred and fifty ruilea north of Kut el niara, ha beea.ca)t"td, tb Turks and Persian syauuvpthieersr being badly cut. up ia their defense of the, city aud subsequent retreat. . ,'j. ; , . . . . ,. Official figures -ef tha prisoners tak en i in the fall o,raeruin have beea received, these showing that the grea;t er part of the Turkish' army escaped, The report states that 35 officers. 12.- .757 men and 323 guns were taken in r- j ' r. cfKeruiu una , yii-inuy. In th. theater of the war the Bus aiana are pressing on in the Wake of the fleeing' Turks, and towards Trebi ond. Yeuterday t lie town Of Ishpir Az kala waa occupied. - On the Oaiieian and Baltic front there have been no incident of impor tance, although' activity aloag th aortli ern front i expected soon. This ex pectation 'comes from the anttonni-emenf of the appointment of General Kuropn kin as commander of the Ruaaian arm. iea in the north. PORIOli'lS . 1 .-kl 1 J (AaaodaUd Vrss by T4m1 Wu-)ess. - LIXHON, February 20. Premier la in the chamber pf deputies today 'aid that attempts have been made by 'ineone to damage seven German and Vnatriau ship which the government 'ia I requisitioned, they being Interned a Portuguese ports. He said that ne mi eoiiKiders that it ia to the best iitr-n-ntM of Portugal that the existing e-itv with Uermany be allowed to apue. "We are prepared for all eventual) Hps whiih may arise from the cxereis" 'if our rights,'' be expressed the gov ernment's position. OMIRAL TOGO'S SON TO BE VISITOR HERE (Special Oablsersai to Nlpp Jljl.) BAN FKAVCJSCO, February J. -CoiibiiI Yamasaki invited member of the Chamber ef Commerce, ut luuuheo at the Palace Hotel yesterday, to pro mote closer relations between Japan auJ America. Admiral Togo's son, Takara Togo, ha nrrived here and will sail for Japan iu the Ktt-ainHhip t'hiyo Maru. Reverend Mr. kCanamori sailed for JHiaii today in the steamship Seattlc Maru. He made 000 converts withir six montlia. Formerly paator of a Chris tian elinn li ia Japan, be now is of th Halvation Army. The Ja-arree ari4i.lun has sent telegraiua to Ambassador. Chinda and to Huron Hhilmi-swa protesting agaiuat the Burnett Iinmigralioa Bill, SLAVS HARRY THE MOSLEM TROOPS SUft'IO ' BFSBIJ American-Hawaifari Texan tand Mexican Will Be Left On : i'lsla-nd Riin1"" ' Only Cwe American Hawaiian steam ers, instead of three will be used in th service., bet wee Henelela - and other laland port and ' San Francisco in itrassperting the 800,000 toas ef the crop for Eastern refineries. This, is word received by C. P. Morse, general jfVeignt affeot, wut the two vessela will be the Tex an 'end Mexican, each of ' 1S.S0O tons deadweight jeapaclty, .oV that 27,000 tone of sugar will move each month, mce each steamer ta expected to make one round trip month. . When three " w w nrpi in the service it was estimated that each would handle 10,000 tens. The. monthly aggregate U be SHisilled in SfHIO ten abort pf that, which will, make tha sh.i-plng period about eleven months, Instead of tea as Drat eentemnlnteil. bu the eleven month will be one -month less that the, usoal American Hawaiian ... season, ,wbicu ' extended tbroogheut the year. -Ohiean't Cargo Raa Oon The rst' esrgoo fce to Ban Fram c'sct) for wtertand shipment, that ef the steamer Oh wen, 8000 tons, haa been denfatcjed eastward ry 'rail, according . a cablegram received yesterdav morning - by Getn-g Rodiek. Tice niW- xlent oi H, Kaekfeld ft Co. and one of the. directors ef the 8 gar Factor. The cablegram eimply raWi thai he augar nuq .Deei awni i nnrsiiay egnt. One hundred emt siiaety-eight freight ears were used for the Qhioae'e sugar. Thlt was ive'nt six trainloaila. lnrnr. eweet tralnhmd. The Araakan's car go, of ISOO toni, will require 300 rare. This eugar. movement is one of great lmporta,nc; and is a plum of iDacninine ( to ine railroads. Ihat much of it will ro hv the Sn- ta t's la evident from the tenor of des- 'Imi tf 0tm trm,1 V .ill I ..--v- .v... uj aiaii s ruin nail Francisco. Just ' what arfancements were made to handle the crop, which wiU require many freight traina, al most ene a day throughout the eeaao.i, aot known here, but details will be re reived wit interest. Ask tor Bpedal Sate Following . -the' announced retiro- mcBt of the American Hawaiian, the. Houtneni Farifie, it ha become known in $aa Francisco has wired the Inter state Commerce ' Commission for per mission to Tint into effect. an emergency augar rate" tjt flo cents a 10Q pound on next Mdayv from 8an Francisco to NVw York and Philadelphia. ' , : Other Boada to Jete p - 1 ' yfi', ouM ' la enreased about get- I ting the permission and It 1s conceded j the -Baata Fe ead WeKtera Pacific will o"e the same rate.. The Southern Paci fic wilt 'nee 1 'this trarne Its ewn rail and water Mae via Galveston. The other two terariaal Yoada 'will have their coatiectkma Join . them. . .. The new .rate meana twelve dollar a ton.. The railroad earnings will ag gregate 13,000,000. for the 800,000 tons ef raw.auitar Wady Ao be, ahlt)ed. Forty tens of sugar loan led to the ear will require, about 7400 ..car. It wiU teqaire. some I4fi traina uf thirty ,rs ;eab, te .kaut Ue freight, a sew, uuexpectfd and very, big traf fie plum fer the railroads. Cost to Oomnaay . , : . v A spacUlj .xallr'oai'l rate of twe've dollars, a ton means. that the American Hawaiian will transport the suasr free of charge to San Francisco, for it had been receiving', twelvn dollars a ton via Magellan. , It is to lay .the augar down at the. teflaerlsa for the water rate, assuming all expense of trans portation' The Tste via the Panama ('anal was nine dollar. The cot to Ike company . proliablv . wiH approxi mate close to 1,000,000, it is esti mated. 'ARTHQUAKES ALARM JVlLtAGERS IN JAPAN (Special Cable to Nippu Jiji) TOKIO, February JC-Residents of he village at the foot of Mount Asama have been thrown into terror by se vere earthquake ahock in the vicinity. It ia feared that t,. mountala ia about to break forth in aa eruption. Mrftmt Asama is In the Ouma prefecture e ftiuahln iahvud, and ta about ouOo fret igb. ft ta teUtd a a actev vol- esviio. :ti .... , "! '.;,v.. ,, t " . WHY THAT LAME BACK? 'V t Vi- i: If , ' Thnt morning lameness, tbose sharp twinges whn bending ever, and thnt dull, all-day backache, are enough' rea oii to suspet kidney trouble, (let right after the cause. Help the kid nev. , , . Kidney weakne ia abotit the moat oinmou ailment known. ,We work too ittrd, .liT mLYJ "V-'t !" nM"',h1(riPon tne 'oronation of 1. It ar'kV" J'1". peror, a Peking deapatc we neglect our outdoor exercise, ,l ,., tht tec ind rent and )nep. hi. Jt ' nr. hi .i.' ti i ... ,o ,,.. 1 . .i ,.hi,.',0,, "'I 71 i ?'' the kidneys weak- ly bloV ovv'"a 1f PfJ"8 Th Itoiionou ) sue leavy blooil .... Ir?a7...ft!.. ! "'.U",i " P',V"n, joilg the revoluti in if the sufferer wants to be rid o.J v " , ..i.i:, 'l.luev trouHe ft)r good. ,.. "i." T" eB,abl' Hut the kidneys need mi t aide help, on, urd that i just what Duau ' Hnck iche Kidney PJIIa are for. People all over the world recommend Doan ' It vour trouble is like this, get a box of Dean Si and try them. "When Voar Huck Is Lame BVmotn- fer . kidney re'n.edvle.k dl.tipe.tlv for TYnttn1. Ii.xW.aI.. VI J tu 1 1 - , . l . er the Name." Don't simnlv ask Dean's Backache Kidney PtUs and tike no , other. Down's Bakaroe Kldiiey truiM are oui uy all drnsgmts aud store keepers at 50c box. (six boxes t!.30). or will be mailed on receipt of price by the Holliater Drug Co., or Benson-Smith A Co., agent for th Hawaiiaa Island. lipflY FILLS" 'Old" and ,4Nev' Republicans Are About Ready to Bury the Hatchet Again (Asssetstsd Proas By rersl WlrsUss.) RAN FRANCISCO, February 27. Harmony is In the pohf " of Cali fornia and the ftepuMirans hnd r gteeslvet have now become . "Old Re publicans' end "New Republicans," with- every indication that the differ- Vitiating terms will soon be eliminat ed. Yesterday the Old and the New met separately snd each faction ap pointed a committee to confer with the (ommittee of the . other on toimi of Ieaee hnd future understanding. Theae Committees met. held a nreliml. nary eoafereaae and ajo-urnetl to -meet again tomonow. when it is exnected inai an, agreement wi be reached whereby the Republicana of California win rruuiie anu sena one delegation to the Republican convention ia Chicago m -sune. Jea-tuon Beady to Forget The Republican faction which Includes the Johusonitee passed a resolution ad vocating the reeauhliahment of . bar. mony in the party for the sake of th progress of California. The resolution also urged the sending of an nnlnstruct- en delegation to -Chicago for the ptir- ui, uiniiij ine moei iiaeiy '-ror. ward looking" candidate for the nomi nation. The regular RepnUiean central eom mittee yeaterday met . and discussed the situation. Following the meeting F. ,V. Kresaling, the chairman, an nounred that the outlook "indicate harmony." Democrats For Wilson ' The Democratic central committee, at a meeting yesterday, endorsed Presi dent Wilson for reelection. A resolu tion urging that the qnestioa of wo men's suffrage be left to the individual States to deride waa vod down and one paaaed which urged congress to en act the anffrage amendmeat to the Con stltntipa and allow the State to vote on the ratification of this amendment soLoifsif i i t A First Infantryman Attempted to Run Gauntlet at lwilei and Now May Die ''''' I, ' T With a bnllet wound in hia neck, in flicted by ' Private Henderson, a mem ber of the provost guard, Second In fantry, from a thirty-thirty Spring field rifle, when he failed to obey the order "halt" and ran while in th l.wilei district, restricted to soldiers, early yeaterday morning, Private M. Us brooks, Company M, First Infantry, is lylug at the Fort Shatter honpital n a critical condition, lie is not ex Jieeted to I've. Labrooks was opposite the jdneapplc cannery on the lwilei road, when the shooting occurred. He attempted to enter one of the gates leading iutothi district "and was warned to leave. He walked away and in a few minute came back again and attempted to cu ter the second time. Henderson, who waa on duty, at one of tha gates order ed Labrook to halt, telling him he was under ainst. Instead of halting he ran. . The order to halt was giveii tliN'e times before the provost guard fired. Ihe police ambulance was summoned and the man was taken to the emer gency hospital where first aid was rendered. On examination it was found that the bullet bad entered the ba.wk of the neck coining out through the, mouth, carrying away most of hia teeth and a portion of his tongue. When Labrooks was placed on the I reading table at the hospital, he was in a conscious i-oiulitiou and clutching to his tireaxt a bottle of bacr, which waa under hi khaki shirt, d not broken. According to Doctor Avers, emer gency hospital phyaician, the man had evidently been drinking. -After first aid was rendered the man was taken to Fort Hhafter hospital. . Although th shooting by Henderson waa in line of duty, it is thought at the army post that he "will be tried by general court-martial as a matter of torm, to verify any evidence tbat may raise beyond control of the nnili rary authorities, Labrook waa rest ing easy up to lute Inst night. YUAN DIDN'T WANT - -THE CROWN, ANYHOW (Bpsotsl OaMsgram t Hlppn JIJI ) TOKIO, February 20. Ynau Bhlh kai has declared officially that be will post- himself a em it states, and gave no per- mission for the petition from the peo ll'1' - k'nB '" to "'n. the throne, to , re,eive(1. He u !vi , ;,, position, to hia ofllciSlH in an effort to hold them iu line and prevent them louiats. sh a Chinese bank in Manchuria,. A recent ileapatch from Tokio said that the Jupnuexe government would back a Mongolian Manchurian bank, with bunchi-8 in each of the two coun tries. Katabliahment of a Chinese bank in Manchuria will be the second gov- erumC,,t "",tit"ti,". ""''way. ' " Owing to a full which she sustained yeaterday, Mrs. Stone, matron of the Honolulu School for hoys, Kaiiuiiki, broke her left arm. The member was t and bound bv a physician and Mr.' Stone is reported resting easily. BY PROVOST GUARD TWIN SHIPS LEAVE t -.' ? WITH HEAVY LISTS Great' N6rthern 'Takes 454 and " r i 1 Northern1 Pacific 333, ' Total 789 ' (From Snnday'AitvertVter) The Hill steamers Great. , Northern and Northern Pacific departed from Ho nolulu last night, the former, at eleven o'clock for Ban Francisco, where she is due to arrive ThureiW Wfuing, and the Northern Panifle foe Hilo, Han Pe dro and Han Francisco. She will arrive at .Hilo about nine o'clock this morn ing and will sail for San Pedro at mid night, after her passengers have had an opportunity of seeing Kilauee. She did hot atop at Hilo on the down trip, . In the Great Northern - there were S94 first cabin, eighty we second ealdn ami seventy-two steerage passengers, be sides six infants, a total of 434, the largest list ever taken from Honolulu. The Northern Pacific had 3.1.7 passeng ers, of whom 317 were first -cabin and eighteen were ateerage. Together they took 789 persons - from Honolulu, the most that hove left 'Honolulu, in one day. The Great Northern brought 439 passengers and the Northern Paci fic from the Coast . , , Save Good Oargoea ;' - ' Freight was I.1S.1 tons for the Oreat Northern, inchnling 32106 eases of Can ned pines and 3015 1unches ef bananas, and 1481 tena for the Northern Pari fie, including 40,722 eases, of canned pinea and 2118 bunches of bananas. Five or six thousand ease of pine were late In being delivered at the wharf, and eeuld not be loaded. The Great Northern took 1704 tone out the voyage of Feb ruary 4. On former voyages the Great N.irf.iern took, by voyages, 1U1 pus'eu -r i; .tlH and 190. This likt Int -ull.. ...j the largest she has bed o-.:t. Cat K. Stone, general trade manager, departed in the Great Northern. Mr. Stone had nothing definite to say before his departure as to the prospects for keepiag the Great Northern n the run. He will find his successor at San Fran cisco when he arrives and w.ll tu'n over, hia office to him soon after March 1, going himself to St. Paul to become passenger traffic manager ef the Grent Northern railroad, which, la a .distinct r-onmtion, the Oreat Northern being ne of the great road -of the country. Oomaa Twice Mere . For. thlj reaaoa he probably said l"s han otherwise he might have said. He lid state, however, that 'the . questieu would be decided on his return to Han PVaneiecot 'n He-said" tewt hemrished to look over the March and April booking fer "if the March and April- business is not good we will know we cannot ex pect much of later months.'' It is as sured that the Great- 'Northern will make two more voyages. . He found little encouragement here is to freight business, he said. Hono lulu will not stir itself, he found. Notb ng approaching a guarantee haa been given; but, on the other hand, Fred L. Waldron of the agents. Fred L. Waldron Ltd., said that he believed the freight business could be built up satisfactorily. There also ia the business outlook on the North Coast run to be consider ed, Mr. Stoue pointed out. The con tinuing ef the vessel on the Honoln'-i run must take cognizance ef the condi tions here and those on the ronatwiae trade between San Francisco and Flavel. In addition, there are the three rilroaU Oreat Northern, Northern Pacific and Burlington, to be considered, for the two vessels were built for their feed'r, and they have a voice in their disposal. -No contract has been closed by the Hoyal Rosarians of Portland for a vnv aire here in April, Mr.- Stone aanl, des nite announcement of schedule from Portland. IN MATSON VESSEL s That one of the Matscn steamers will y aent to Calcutta at the clone of the augar season to bring a full cargo of guniile to Honolulu for the 1917 crop '. the report in augar clrclus here. It lacks verification, but it appears that the sugar planters are contemplating the move, at leust. A vensel certainly coil 1 not bo spared,1 however, until the'lUfl crop has been moved to San. Fruncisco. Then, according to the 'reported plans, ene of the liners, prvbablv the I-mlim-, will be loadeil at San Francisco with a fit II cargo of general cargo tor the Orient; Whji-h would command high votes, and will rVtnrn here' with the gunnies. All Ihe agencf except one have enOtt h begs for this year, It is report ed. Sending a Matson steamer to t al utta is 1'ioxiiig aheud to next aenxnn. There is severe congestion of freight in the Orient, which T. K. K. and O 8, K. steamera cannot handle, and it nay . be that the planters bel'eve thut the only assused method of getting I heir bat's heie is to send for I hem. One cargo would not be sudicieut, but it would reduce the number of In I a to be bronght by T. K. K. and O. S. K. steuuicra, which probably could lirini; the remainder without trouble. Tlu-v now get the gunnies at Hongkong, where tbev are taken from India. ITALY'S GREAT TOET . WOUNDED IN WAR ( Aaaontatslt f-irsss tf Psdsrul WtrlM I PAKIS, February 2tt. Ofib-i- I ,1'A., ii.inxio, the noted Itilian author, wlm hxs ben with the Colo's fir n unrulier nf mnntha, has been seriously iu.'iired in the eye tu an aerotdann necident. 'lis sight oiav poN)i,lv be . i - r . ",-( V