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Evening Bulletin. Eat U82. No. 6341

Hawaiian Star. Vol. XXIII. No. 7382

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(OnEAU 0UTIA17 CAPTURED IN DESPERATE GUN-FIGHT AT

EARLY DAWN; DESPERADO AND TV0 DETECTIVES WOUNDED

McDuffie In Hospital, Hit In Leg;

Gunderson'sHandDamaged; Bandit,

Though Painfully Hart, Is v

. Expected To Live

With two bullet wounds, one In his neck and the other in his leg,' Tee

Yo Keuk, the Korean gunman and desperado who escaped from the county

jail several months ago. was captured about daylight this morning at Be

retania and Punchbowl streets, by detectives after he had shot Captain of

Detectives Arthur McDuffie in the left leg and Officer Albert H. Gunderson

in the thumb of the right hand. One other shot from the fusillade of those

fired by the Korean pierced Captain Bakers coat

Captain McDuffie lies at the hospital, as does also the Korean bandit.

The captain is resting easily and has seemingly not suffered muchTfrom

loss of blood. Yee Yo Keuk is badly wounded.

McDuffie fired the shot which struck Yee Yo Keuk In the neck, after

the captain himself had been shot through the leg by the escaping badman.

Police Captain Charles II. Baker shot the Korean through the leg. this

being the shot which finally pulled him down. The capture occurred on

Beretanla street alongside the Queen's hospital grounds.

Yee Yo Keuk had been hiding in an old shack back of the Berndt

boarding house on Beretanla and Punchbowl streets, and began the fight

this morning when he learned that the detectives had surrounded" him. Ha

fired two shots at Detectives Belmont and Svlft from the shack when they

stuck their heads In at one of the windows.

Following these shots he left the building on the run, firing two more

at Baker and Gunderson on his way out from the yard. His next shot

came when he was almost upon Captain McDuffie, the shot piercing My

Duffie'a leg. ,'. ,'r'

Yee Yo Keuk was by this time out

of the yard and over by the hospital

grounds on Punchbowl street He was

running' down the street toward Bere

tanla. Captain McDuffie took delib

erate aim at the bandit's head and

fired, Yee Yo Keuk dropping instant

ly, only to get up again with revolvers

in both hands, and began firing at the

squad that was in pursuit. As he

"rounded the corner Into Berttania

Captain Baker fired the shot which

struck him In the leg and downed him.

Seen at the hospital this morning

soon after the shooting occurred Cap

tain McDuffie was resting well and

talked freely. 1 i

"We have been on the job all the

; time." he said, "having had informa

tlon for some little while that the Ko

rean was, hiding In back of the Villa

, Lani,- the boarding house owned by

Mrs. LOUls Bit nflt on peretanla street,

I and last night was the' sixth night that

we have kept a watch on the place,

"Shin Chee Soo, a yard boy work

ing at the boarding house, has been

1 keeping Yee Yo Keuk In hiding.

"Last night , things had reached a

point where we decided that It was

, 'best that we shou'! laXe the neigh

bors. In the vie,' :y Into our confl

: dence. , We also look up a new po

- sition. Capt Baker and myself going

into the front part of the place, and

Detectives Matthew A. Swift and Fred

V. Belmont keeping at the rear. Pre

" vious to this we had bern watching

the place from another Uttle shack in

the back of the yri- " .

v A bout 10 o'clock last night a man

came tothe door of the servants'

. quarters where Yee Yo Keuk was stay

ing and stood for a little while In the

yard. I was satisfied at the time that

this was the bandit, but did not dare

to shoot without knowing absolutely

that I was correct By comparing him

this morning with the other Korean,

since I aaw Yee lying on the street

1 am sure that it was Yee Yo Keuk

. that I saw. ,

. "Nothing whatever happened up to

2 o'clock and after a little conference

we decided that if things remained

quiet until daybreak that we would

force, the house regardless of the con

sequences. ' " --.

Ttold Captain Baker, however, that

I thought it was necessary to have

more men on the job. to surround the

; 1 place completely as we knew the Ko-

rean would stop at nothing in his at

tempt to escape.

then went over and woke up Otto

: Berndt who lives In a small cot

tage back of his mother's place, and

- to go and wake the yard boy and have

him come out to talk to us. I intended

to put up the proposition to him of

asking Yee Yo Keuk to come out and

v surrender without a fight '

"It was not more than two minutes

after this," continues McDuffie, "that

I heard two shots fired in quick suc

cesslon from the servants' quarters

where Yee Yo Keuk was in hiding and

almost Immediately afterward' two

other shots. I learned later that the

first two were at Detectives Belmont

and Swift and1 the second two at Cap

tain Baker and Officer Gunderson.

"By this time I was on the sidewalk

on Punchbowl street beside the house

.and suddenly Yee Yo Keuk came out

directly toward me. As I drew up

mjr pistol to fire he plugged me In

the leg and continued on across the

street and toward Beretanla.

T took deliberate aim at his head.

says the captain, and when he was

about 100 feet from me I fired. The

Korean dropped, but he came up again

and began to shoot with both the re

volvers he was carrying, running at

the same time down the street I firwl

four more shots at him.

"He turned the corner at Beretanla

street the rest of the boys hot after

. (Continued on page eight)

MEMORIALS

Bronze Granite and Marble.

H. E.AHENDRICK, LTD.

Merchant and Alakea

HID FOR MONTHS

1 CITY Hit

GEBffil CHURCH

Korean Bandit. Lvina in Hos

pital Desperately Wounded;:

U ; :: Tell of Exploits ; '

Has y To Keuk, the Korean bad

man, been maklng his headquarters in

and about the German church on Bere

tanla near Punchbowl street since his

escape from the city Jail last May?

; This is the inference gained from

conversation which took place this

morning between Yee Yo Keuk and

Sheriff Charles H. Rose in the hospital

ward where the former is quartered

under a police guard. Although very

few. questions were asked by the sher

iff concerning the Korean's actions,

the conversation lasted nearly an hour.

Yee Yo Keuk lay In a small cot In

one of the hospital's outbuildings. A

policeman paced the floor in front of

the bed. At times the Korean moaned

in high, feminine tone and com

plained that he was "sore." The

nurse said that the wound in hlsrigh

leg Just below the thigh -was quite

Dainful. while the neck wounc was

not bothering him much. v

Following a visit to Captain of De

tectives McDuffie, Sheriff Rose, accom

panied by a Star-Bulletin representa

tive, visited the Korean.

"Son of a gun," muttered the Korean

as .the sheriff seated himself on the

next cot "SoTe," he added, waving

his right hand, which was bleeding

from a slight wound on the knuckle.

which probably resulted from a fall.

"What is sore?" asked the sheriff.

"Leg." answered the Korean, grit

ting his teeth and moaning. !

"Who make 4 sore below ? You

make?" .' .

"Don't know," said Yee Yo Keuk.

"How many gun you have this

morning?" the Bherlff questioned. 7

- The answer given by the ; Korean

was not intelligible.

"How long you stop this house?"

asked the sheriff, referring ; to the

place in which the bad man was cap

tured.:';.' "I stay another house. I stay under

chutch," answered Yee.

The sheriff took this to nn that

(Continued on page eight)

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JAPANESE TO MAKE :

GIFT TO M'DUFFIE

Only 150 reward will be paid

f out for the capture early this

morning of Yee Yo Keuk, the Ko- -f

rean gunman. '

4- The cash reward to be paid, is

the $50. offered by Sheriff Rose,

and will probably go to Chun -f

Duck Soon, the Korean Informer,

4- who "tipped of r Keuk's hiding

place.

The Japanese of the city made -

f up a purse of $300 wnich was of-

fered as a reward for the capture

of Keuk, who has terrorized the

Japanese community, but that re- 4-

ward, according to the terms of

the offer, was to go only to a ci-

f vlllan. and not to any policeman -f

or detective.

f Although Captain of Detectives

Arthur McDuffie will not receive

the reward of $300 offered by the

arrest of Yee Yo Keuk, the com-

mittee has planned to reward

Captain McDuffie for his efforts.

and will hold a meeting at the

Asahi theafer this evening at 7

to discuss the question of some

suitable gift, which will be pre-

sented to the man who captured

The Korean bandit.

DETECTIVE CAPTAIN

WHO LAID TRAP; MAN

WHO WAS CAUGHT IN IT

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Above Captain ef Detectives

Arthur McDuffie. Befow Yee Yo

Keuk, Korean gunman, and ; out

law who was captured early -this

morning. .''.-' .v..; '.,.-

NEV MURDER MAY

BE LAID TO I1EUK

f

Korean Running Lodging House

is Found Dead in Bed, -With

Two "Bullet Wounds in Skull;

Pillow Powder Burned

If Yee .Yo Keuk eluded the police

last night and was absent from his

hiding place for a time; the crime of

murder may be added to his record.

This morning Chee Wong Yer, a Ko

rean who conducts ?. tenement lodging

house on an alley near the corner of

King and Beretania streets, was found

with two bullet wounds in his head.

Both bullets ranged downward

through the brain and lodged in the

neck. That the shots were fired at

close range was proved by powder

marks on the pillow.

One of the residents of the tenement

house today told the police he had

heard Yee Yo Keuk threaten to kill

Chee Wong Yer.

Close to the bd on which the"" Ko

rean was found dead is a sjnall win

dow, and this was open when detec

tives were called early this morning

to the scene of the crime. Inside the

house they found a .22 calibre re vol v

er, which had not been used, and out

side they found a .SS-calibre revolver,

which was the calibre used to kill the

Korean, with two barrels empty:; That

someone reached throueh the window

and shot the man .while he slept is

considered obvious.

Residents: of the neighborhood re

ported today that shot3 were heard

about 2 o'clock .this morning.

Police Are Positive. J

That Chee Wong Yer, rent collector

(Continued on page eight)

uOVtRNHIEi IS

REDUCING RISKS

OF VAR BUREAU

Freedom of Seas From German

Raiders and Safety of Ship

, ping Brings Lower Rates

( Associated Press by Fnderal Wireless

WASHINGTON, D. C Dec 9 The

government war risk . bureau, formed

to underwrite A men can shipping at a

time when the war rlsksv were high on

' account of German raiders being at

'large, today announced a reduction in

1 insurance rates between non-belliger-ent

ports of the western hemisphere

I from a quarter per cent to five cents

per $100. Between, the west coast

ports of the 4Jnited States and Japan

;and China the reduction is from 10

I cents to 5 cents per S100; .

j A new rate of 15 centa per $100 be

tween ports of the United States and

belligerent porta of the western hem

isphere was announced

Vffii'S SECTION

Honolulu Branch Organized

This Morpmg With Initial I

. Membership of 25 .; ! . :

1 ' With a charier membership of 25

representative Honolulu women,, and

aa many more signifying their willing

ness to join, the Honolulu branch of

the Women's Section, Navy League of

the United State v -came, into being

toiHJrniflg-ameetmg -attended by

40 prominent, womenw on the roof gar

den of the Alexander Young Hotel.

Mrs. Walter F. .Dillingham was

unanimously elected president of the

local chapter, and' Mrs. Thomas King

vice-president V The secretary chosen

Is Mrs. WL L. Whitney, and Miss Be

atrice Castle was elected treasurer.

"Membership application v blanks

may be obtained from Mrs. J. Morton

Riggs," said Mrs. Dillingham this af

ternoon, "and I wish that all Honolulu

women who have the best Interests of

their country at heart would Join the

chapter, at the earliest possible mo

ment :.. -:'.:'-"'.- -;,. :':

"The. league wants 1,000,000 women

members by January 1. and all women

who contemplate joining should send

their names to Mrs. Riggs at once, as

I have been asked to send a cable tell

ing how many members w-e have, as

soon as the complete membership has

been attained." 1 . v :

Supervisor Robert Horner has given

out the statement that he will fight

to a finish against the laying of infer

lor pavements on the streets of Ho

nolulu during his administration. He

favors : concrete with sheet asphalt

surface, similar to the pavement now

being laid in Oakland, and his lean

ing towards this particular brand of

road material was acauired at Oak

land, where he inspected paving last

fall.

Horner hs prepared statistics anl

other data to support his claim that

sheet asphalt on a concrete base is

the best tvpe. and some of his data

eathered from newspapers throughout

the United States, is prepared and

shown in the following:

"Five of the most important roads

leading out of Chicaeo are to b im

proved with concrete construction

as part of the first year's work under

the new Illinois state aid law. There

will be 20 miles of concrete ravin"

divided among heavy teaming and

market roads radiating In all direc

tions into farming sections and ex

tending to neighboring cities.

Cost Not Excessive.

"The estimated cost of construction

is about $12.0C0 per mile. The rart

is to be is reet wide, surfaced with

concrete eight and a half inches in

center."

"Two large contracts for concrete

roads were let to Bent & Pennybaker

(Continued on page seven)

MINERAL PRODUCTS TO

BEGIN RAILROAD WORK

The directors of the Mineral Pro

ducts Company wired instructions to

General Manager Henry Cinaca last

night authorizing him to begin con

struction work immediately cn the

railroad of the company and the Ran

kin process plant. ': . '.

GOOD START FOR

OF NAVY LEAGUE

CS Stop

PROVING BEST

GERMAN GENERAL WHO

MAY LEAD GREAT ARMY

UPON BRITISH INDIA.

Gin. von der Gcltz.

TEUTONSPUSH

The following official cablegram

from German sources h,ia been- re

eel ved : : '

"German Headquarter Report, Dee.

9w The Balkan combats : are bemo

continued successfully. South of Me

velye, couth of Syieca and Var Ipek,

Montenegro, Bulgarian troops have oc

cupied Diavoka. Debra, Strug a and

Ohrida. -

"Combats on the Vardar river art

progressing. -''.: ;; . ": ; ,

"On the west front there Is intense

artillery fighting In several places,

especially in , Flanders and - . sear

Helflht 193. northwest of Souain.- A

French aeroplane was ahot dowit near

Bapaume and the pilots . taken pris-

taken

"On the east front r6Mkfritr pa

trol engagements are reported." :

f Associated rtess by Federal Wireless

HOPEWELL, V Dec. 9-Th

town of Hopewell is burning. Troops

have been sent. .'It is rumored that

the fire started at the new Dupont

powder factory. ' ;

DR. ARRED0ND0 REWARDED

FOR ACTIVITY ON BEHALF

OF CARRANZA AT CAPITAL

WASHINGTON, D. C- Dee. 9-Dr.

Eliseo Arredondo, who headed the Car-

ranza junta in Washington for several

months before Carranza was "recog

nized," has been officially selected a

the next Mexican ambassador to the

United States. . .

BRITISH WORKMEN FORM

HUGE LABOR ORGANIZATION

LONDON, Eng, Dec. 9. The largest

labor organization in the history of

England has been formed for the pur.

tK-se of organizing onensive ana ae

fensive action in matters of wages,

conditions of work and other subjects

affecting labor at this time. Two mil-

lion men are represented in the or

ganization. ":.

JAPAN PLANNING FOR

SEVEN NEW WARSHIPS

(Special Cable to Hawaii Hochl.)

TOKIO, Japan, Dec. 9.- Admiral T.

Kato, minister of the navy, declared

today before the house of commons

that the Japanese naval policy calls

for immediate construction of three

battleships and four cruisers.

"LET PRISONERS HAVE

ALL THE MUSIC THEY

WANT," SAYS FIDDES

Regarding Jailer J. J. Fern's state

ment that there will be no music at

the city jail on Christmas day, as the

territorial grand jury has suggested

that discipline at the jail be more

strict." James IL Fiddes, foreman of

the jury, said today that as far as he

s concerned, "Fern can have all the

music at the jail he wants.

"There was nothing in the grand

jury report to the effect that there be

ess music at the jail." said Mr. Fid

des. "If the prisoners want music, let

them have It. The grand jury won't

protest." , ;

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Sugar: 96 degrees test, 5.045 cents.

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REPORTED AFIRE

Previous quotation, .5.38 cents.

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mm- READY TO DISCUSS

PEACE, STATES Cm

SEVERE mm If BAIIIA0

Contradictory Reports Tell of Boili

French And Bulgarian Victories

Allies

Men Into

f Associated Piesa Service by Federal Wlreleasl

SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Dec 9. The Porto Rico steam-

ship Coama, whicb is American-owned,, was stopjd , by a

French cruiser, the Descartes, which took from the steamer

four German firemen. The passenjrer list was examined.

NEW YORK, N Y , Dec.

uouuu iroia iev lors lor i unu ivico, nas uteu. svarcutHi uy a

French cruiser.

The right of "a belligerent

certain conditions, is unquestioned. v v

BERLIN, Germany, Dec. 9.

terms now, provided the initial move comes from one of the eneny

powers or from the Entente group as a whole. :

This was made plain today,

Dr. von Bethmann-IIollweg, in an

won. .- '

"If our enemies make peace

German dignity and national safety, we sjiall always be ready to dis

cuss them,' said the chancellor. "Conscious of military success,"

he went on, "Germany declines to accept the responsibility of a

continuation of the war." ,

LONDON, England, Dec.

Tripoli, which was. reported

off the .Tripoli coast some days

I Egypt, for New. York yesterday, according to Lloyds agency.

Britain Yields to Dsmnnd: -bl'-"!

United States In Slib Bi:::' ".

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Associated Presi Service by Federal Wireless .

' : WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 9. Ambassador Walter Hines Pa 53

has advised the state department,

has acceded to the demands made

j requisitioning the ships of the Americaji Transatlantic Company. The

steamers Hocking and Genesee,

but are held pending a decision in

are amenable to commandeering.

LONDON, England, Dec.

minister, and Lord Kitchener,

Paris to confer with the French

Severe Fighting; Artillery Deadly

Associated Press Service by Federal Wireless ,

ATHENS, Greece, Dec. 9. Severe fighting is taking place today

on the French front in the Balkans, where the French are striving to

drive back the Bulgarians in the Strumitza region. The artillery

fire of the French gunners has decimated the Bulgarians.

It is stated here' that a total of 220,000 Serbian troops escaped

from their captured country and

The, Bulgarians are concentrating at Strumitza.

1 LONDON, Eng., , Dec. 9. Following the military movements in

southern Serbia and around Strumitza, the Anglo-French lines are

now reforming just north of the Greek border. - -

It is believed that the situation is such that Greece must toon

show her hand and demonstrate whether she is with or against the

AUies. : - :j

The continued landing of Allied troops at Saloniki suggests that

the Entente Powers contemplate an aggressive campaign in the Bal

kans and will not be content to hold the lines they have established .

and endeavor to block off further Teuton-Bulgarian advances, i '

German Soldiers Reach Greek Bon!::;

LONDON, Eng., Dec. 9. German troops which were sent into

the Balkan arena and have been

been seen on the Greek border,

country behind them.

PETROG RAD, Russia, Dec. 9

mmm t' bUAV-4 &SAV V-

division. " Two eenerals are amonsr

LONDON, England, Dec.

of the British in the Balkans are ofTrcially announced.

Says French Battalion Annihilated I

ATHENS, Greece, Dec. 9. An

declares that a French battalion

Serbia. The statement says that the

bayonets. -:; . -":.--V: -;;

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Two More Steamers Go To Bottom

LONDON, Eng Dec. 9. The

Greek steamer Goulandris have been sunk in the war zone, accord

ing to admiralty reports. Nothing

Additional Telegraph

mi

Rushing

More

9.The American liner Carolina,

to search vessels at sea, under

Germany is willing to discuss peace

by the imperial German chancellcr,

address to the Reichstag, in so

-.- . ; , 4 ' m

proposals which are compatible with

, v , ; . ...

9. The Standard Oil stcamrr

sunk by an Austrian subinarin

ago, sailed from Alexandria,

from London, that Great Britain

in the American protest agair.st

he explains, . are not requisitioned,

the prize court as to whether they

. ; . ' J-1 - :

9. Sir Edward Grey, foreign

minister of. war, have gone to

governments , ; : -

retired into Albania.

pursuing the Serbs are said to have

indicating that they occupy- all the

,

A Russian detachment by a daring

V O . V i. I V UMilU J CA HIOU 0 1 LU J

the hicrh staff officers taken.

9. Two successive retirements

official Bulgarian announcement" .

has been annihilated in southern

French perished urion Bulgarian

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British steamer Veria and tb

is said as to the "crews.

Despatches on Prr: 9

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