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Administration's Recommend

ations to Retain Tariff Will

r Be Given Good Support

PRESIDEHT WltsON IS

HEARTILY WITH M'ADOQ

He is Anxious to Limit Scope

of Rcpear; Coffee, Tea, Etc.

fJot Likely to Be Helped ,

' By C. 8. ALBERT.

(Special Star-Bulletin Correspondenoe)

WASHINGTON. D. C. Oct 15.;

President Wilson baa fully-and em-

' phatlcally approved the recommenda

tlon formulated by Secretary McAdoo

r that the tax of one cent per pound

on sugar be . retained ntll nor

mal conditions are completely .rertored.

' lie, agrees with Mr. McAdoo that this

will require a period of several years.

' There is no shadow of doubt but

that the entire Influence of the ad-

' ministration will be exerted to have

the existing tariff act modified to pre-

vent ugar going on the free list May

1, 1916, as now provided by law. It

Is senerally predicted that this will

prove a comparatively easy under

, taking. . The Democrats undoubtedly

will be assisted by nearly the solid

, - Republican strength In both senate

; and house. These all opposed any re

. duction in the duty on sugar when the

'Underwood-Simmons tariff act waa

V made effective. " , -..' Ki .

The only difference ;betw-en the

action of the Democrats and Repub

licans will be one'oT policy -The Re

publicans will support a duty -on bu

. gar because It coincides with the doc

'.trine of protection. i The Pemocrats

will favor it. because of a tariff for

'revenue cnly.-". ' ' -' :; f ,

, A largo proportion 'of Democratic

party, leaders agree with the position

assumed by the president and Secre

tary McAdoo. They are willing to go

farther rr t xtpnd'the tariff f of "rev

r rr.-? t :.ly to coffee, tea and other ne-

ccF'rics of life. It Is 'unlikely they

'will l.are the administration backing

in seeking, to tiake ucft u piogram

operative. The president Is extremely

anxious to limit Individual taxation all

tThe work of mulling over plans that

must come before the ; next session

i of Congress will soon be taken up.

Several meetings among the leaders

already have been held. Others will

follow as the date for the reassem

bling of Congress draws near.

An important conference will be

held about two reeks prior to Decern

ber 6 by those who will be the Demo

cratic members of the new ways and

means committee. Recently, there

, has been an Interchange of correspon

dence among the prospective Demo

cratic committeemen,, who ' have also

corresponded with the secretary of

the treasury. '" . ,

These communications have result

ed In an agreement to jneet in Wash

ington shortly before the beginning" of

the session to consider Informally the

: question of whether any tariff changes

may be ; necessitated - by the govern

ment's need of additional revenue. By

that time Secretary McAdoo expects

to be in position to give the. ways and

means committeemen full and defin

ite Information as to the state of the

government' finances . and possible

necessity of legislation to raise rev

J enue. ' ' .

Also by that time It Is expected that

the department of commerce and the

new federal trade commission will be

In possession of important data touch

ing the question of possible changes

In some of the tariff schedules. .

I'IIOLEtOA

In addition to the damages which

the recent storm around the Big Isl

and" Inflicted on the contractors on

the big Hilo breakwater, last Sunday

the contractors lost more than $1000

when the heavy seas running between

Hilo and Watpio ; tipped one of the

company's scows so far that the rock

load slipped off Into the ocean.

The scow was loaded, with. 500 tons

of rock. In huge blocks for breakwater

construction, and every bit of the. lead

slipped off into the sea near Hakalau.

The rock was valued, according to

contract price, at about $2.17 . a ton.

After being relieved of its load the

scow quickly rishted itself.;

Eighteen thousand to 20.0Q0 cubic

; feet of natural gas equal a ton of

coal forS heating and cooking pur-.

poses. - ' " ".;

Ivom Fence

Structural and Ornamental Iron

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ROiS LOST IN

ROLLING SEAS

TREACHERY Or

SOLDIER'S WIFE :

H IN MURDER

Corporal Eugene Buchanan

25th Inf., Sees Man Leave

House, and Kills Spouse

CRIES LIKElAiY WHEN

TOLD WOMAN HAS DIED

Misses Last Train to Schofield

' and Surprises Couple; By

Unexpected Return '

! After finding a man in h!s home at

Kukul and Nunanu streets,; and dls

covering that his wife could give no

satisfactory explanation of the man's

presence. Corporal Eugene Buchanan

of Company H, 25th Infantry, after a

shcrt struggle, fired five shots at -3: 30

o'clock this morning, three of . which

struck his wife. Laura Buchanan, and

one cf which, penetratins the abdoin

inal aorta, caused death by internal

hemmorhage.

. Jben he walked down to the police

station in his stocking feet and, pre

senting his revolver at the police sta

tion counter, told of what he had tione

and rave himself Into custody. : He

did not know the results of his deed.

and when he was told this morning

that one of the shots. had ended the

ife of his wife, he broke down and

cried like a child.

Buchanan stated this morning that

he was out on furlough with a card o?

rivllege until . Saturday, and that he

was staying at home with his wife.

Last evening they went to .the house

of a friend and played cards until Jate

n the evening, when , they, returned

home.-? ' ' - . . -' '

Wanted at Barracks. :

As they got off the car at Kukul and

Nuuanu streets, they were approached

by Eddie- Thomas, another 'member of

the 25th Infantry at Schofield.r who

stated that he, .Buchanan; was wanted

back at Schsfi tij- at"Cffe,ahd' tttat he

had. just been to bis house and left a

note theref stating that there waa trou

ble at the barracks and that he must

go out at once. Thomas urged Buchan

an to take the car to the station,

where he would be just In time to get

the last train. f i r

Thomas then left, and Buchanan was

uneasy ana suspected sometning

strange, because he had his card of

privilege until Saturday.

His wife, however; urged him strong

ly to go out to the barracks, as other

wise he might get into trouble for not

obeying orders. ; ' "

- She gave him the carfare so that he

could lake the next car down to the

station. He had, his return railroad

ticket with him; When he left his

home he just missed the car : down

' , (Continued on page two) v. '

Byron R. Newton

Sends Letter to

Palmer P. Woods

Rumor Rife as to Possible Apj

' pointment to Federal Posi-:

. , tion in Honolulu

Rumors are afloat about federal and

municipal halls today that Palmer P.

Woods, marriage license agent in the

county building, is in line for appoint

ment to a federal position. The ru

mor was given life in the announce?

ment that Woods has just received a

letter from Byron R. Newton, first as

sistant to Secretary of the Treasury

McAdoo, who met Woods during his

recent visit to Honolulu. ;

1 Strength is given to the rumor in

the fact as understood that: the fed

eral administration favors the appoint

ment of Hawalians to local, federal of

fices when they have proved them

selves worthy of office. ' i '

Whether this letter has anything to

do with any promise to a position, or

whether it Is merely the letter of a

friend who wishes to keep up an ac

quaintance, Woods declines to say.' He

merely laughs when .- the question la

put to him, and says, "Of course I

don't get letters every day from the

big men at Washington, and so it

means quite a bit to me." 1

As to promises he laughs again and

shakes his head. T have whole bask

etsful of promises downstairs," he

says, "but what do they amount to?"

Woods goes on to explain that he

met Newton here, and that quite, a

friendship : sprung; up 'between them.

It was all an accident that I met

him," he says, "but I was glad to help

show him around, and it was that way

we got acquainted." - '

EMPEROR GOES TO KYOTO

ON SPECIAL NOVEMBER 7

(Special Cable to Hawaii Shinpo.)

TOKIO, Oct. 28. Emperor ;Yoshi-

hito will leave Tokio on November 7

by the Imperial Special for Kyoto, the

ancient capital. . He wij arrive at

Kyoto at 3:55 pi according to, the

present schedule announced here to

'J- ' -----' ' . ::-.::y - :a . ;:

tAssocIated Press Service by-Federal Wireless V :

' PEABODY, Mm, Oct 23 In a- terrible fire- here today at taaat 20

children are dead and scores more Injured, many of them seriously and

possibly faUlly. ; r ::'r- r-::::,; . ; Yv , ' -

The fire broke out this morning in the three-ctory Gliding of SL John's

Parochial School, a Catholic institution, at a time when COO boya and girla,

varying In age from 7 to 13 years, were assembled at their lessons,

The Catholic sisters in charge of the school started the .fire- drill

march and attempted to preserve order, but were una t la to do so and In a

few minutes a panic took possession of the:, children "They jammed the

doorways, scores -were trampled upon, many auffocated, and many jumped

from the windows, wild with, fear. - -u

Meanwhile dozens of mothers living nearby, hearing the tumult, had

rushed to the schoolyard and witnessed the tctne.:-::y't-yh:-'t;'...-::-1:

Probably tomorrow or Saturday

K-A, K-7 and K-8, will' proceed , to Pearl Harbor" to be .stationed there per-,

manently, at the hew1 submarine base. which bas been; In" process of 'con

struction at the harbor for the last six months or more. . ' f r ' v -

This twas learned from an authoritative source today. 'The nary .'de

partment order changing the submarines', station 'from Honolulu to Pearl

Harbor, waa received three; or four days : ago, but wIH pot be acted on .

until after.the F flotilla geta away tomorrow morning. ". . ;

Cmdr. Frederic N. Freeman and Lieut Joseph Ogan,, commanding 1

the torpedo flotilla of the Pacific fleet, and the third submarine division -

respectively, this morning made a J

submarine K-7 as their vehicle of transportation.! Their visit was for the

purpose of looking over the submarine base theref, and making plans for

the permanent- location of. the K boats: : V'- '; v . . 1 - l;

A'The submarine tender Alert will .also accompany the K boats to their

new: station. -She has been anchored

ADJECTS TO BIG

d:

Vhb's Gbing to Pay for This,'

v Demands ;Mananer of Ho vv.

ndlQIu Rapid . Transit

llild . J fireworks of . an entirely

friendly nature, however were set off

at today's session of, the trial of the.

territory's Injunction 'suit against the

Rapid Transit, when C. G. Ballentyne,

manager, of the company, -' who was'

under examination, inquired to know

who was going to pay for the gather

ing of a long string of information

which the territory had asked him to

bring Into court. - . ;

Attorney ':- C. H. Olson, who was

conducting the examination,' asked Mr.

Ballentyne to come into court this

afternoon with data concerning the

number of rails acquired by the Rapid

Transit since its inception, how many

bed been replaced, the number of rails

now In stock and the quantity of ties,

tie rods, tie plates, bolts, fish plates,

spikes and various other items of

equipment Attorney Olson also asked

(Continued on' page two.)

IS OUTLINED TO

J Insurance men from all over the

world are turning their eyes to Ha

waii ; for , future visits, according to

Zeno K, Myers, manager of the Home

nsurance Company. Mr. Myers, who

has just returned from California, was

one of . the speakers at the Rotary

Club luncheon today. Having attend

ed the sessions of the World's Insur

ance Congress held under the aus

pices of the San Francisco exposition,

he , had unequaled opportunities to

meet insurance men from all parts -of

the world and in all branches of the

business, and he said that without an

exception those he met were anxious

to come here and many are planning

to do so. -.

There is no question that Hawaii

s being splendidly advertised and that

insurance circles, which I particu-

arly happen to know, the islands are

known in the most attractive way.

he said. Mr. Myers is chairman of

the promotion - committee of the In

surance Club of this city and has

done much good work in the pro

motion line among : insurance men

abroad.

A. P. Taylor, director of the Hawaii

Promotion Committee, was the other

speaker today. ; He told the Rotarlans

that promotion work Is a business

proposition and that boosting Hawaii

is natural because just telling the

truth about the islands is a boost to

prospective tourists. He also told of

his trip to the Northwest on . which

he leaves next week. ; '

The Rotary : Club's membership is

steadily broadening and every seat at

the big table was filled: today. Presi

dent Paxson commented on the broad

ening of membership and also told of

promotion work being done for the Isl

ands through the sending out of nearly

700 letters, with the aid of Director

i i At & . lV.

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COST OF FIL'

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the "third submaric 9 division, the K-3, ?

ourney to" Pearl Harbor, using the ;

at the navy, wharf for many months.

to

Investigation of Jail Scandal

ouS'Rafnjfications

The territorial grand Jury inet at t

o'clock today in the Judiciary building

with the prospect of beginning a probe

oL the stories told by ex-pri3oner3 of

the county jail as to conditions there

at the: time Jack M curate escaped on

the eve of being sentenced.tor second-

degree, robbery. : v'' v" ;"';::'' f'- :"':. . y'.

, City and County a Attorney Brov;n,

while declining to, discuss tho details

which will be brought before the jur

ors, indicates that the investigation

may take several sessions, as it has

numerous ramifications to be delved

into. r:;:::-:.' , "n"--;;

- Three witnesses were in. readiness

this morning to go before the . jurors

if called. Two of . them . are Fred

Gough, who has stated that he opened

the Jail gate to allow McGrath to es

cape on the night of October 30, and

George Wllcott, a fellow-prisoner at

the time. Gough's story has been

given -In the Star-Bulletins He says

that the gate was opened while he

was nnder . the belief that McGrath

was merely going out on one of the

frequent: forays which -were allowed

by lax jail officials. - ( . :

The third witness, ; whose name has

not '-.been- given out,: Is understood to

have been a prisoner at the jail also

during much of. the period of which

Gough and Wllcott tell. "

The papers in the divorce suit which

has been brought against McGrath,

fugitive from justice and 'pal of John

T. Scully, Paul Hoggs and George A.

("Berf) - Bower, which are ; said to

have been returned to .Honolulu ' in

the steamer which brought Deputy

Sheriff Julius Asch from the. main

land on Tuesday, after alleged. service,

on McGrath in San Francisco, had not

yet been filed in the loral circuit

court this morning. - . '

Attorney Leon M. Straus, who is

counsel for Mrs. McGrath, was quoted

two mornings ago as raying that the

divorce papers were ,; served personal

ly on McGrath" in San Francisco, ini

that thA pf pers had been returned to

Honolulu.- ;; .'-V-':' ;

"I don't know anything about them "

said Straus, when asked by the Star

IiuMetin if he had the papers or knew

where they were. : . : '

V Straus was asked whether the pa

pers were served on McGrath In per

son, and whether he had signed them.

Straus said he had nothing to say.

. "I would have no statement to make

even if I did have the papers," he ad

ded. General Carter

, to Make Home at

Yashington, D.C.

General William IL Carter will sail

for San Francisco on the transport

Logan, November S, and when the

date of his retirement . from active

service comes, November 19, will ; be

On the mainland. . . . 1 -

General Carter has decided to make

his home in Washington, D. C, where

he has a residence 'ready for occu

pancy. ; He intends to take an active

interest in .the army and in military

affairs., and wiU FTCbably . devote

part pf his tldS tOlWrltir?.

RETIRING PREMIER OF

CABINET OF FRANCE

Rene Vivian!

GERMAN'OFFICIAL

- CABLEGRAMS

The' following cablegram from offi

cial German aourcea was received to

day: ." t.

GERMAN HEADQUARTERS RE-

PORT, Oct 27.- In the Balkan arena.

on the Danube east Brza and Palanka

In Lynbiensevatsh, German Austro-

Hungarian troops established direct

communication with the Bulsarian

Gen.' Boyadieffa' army by officers' pa

trol. Cobrun, east Visegrad,- taken.

Armies of Gens, von Koevess and von

Gallwitz everywhere victcrloua where

enemy offered resistance. Main forces

reached line Valyevo Morayashl Topo-

la, eastwards crossed Yasenlttha and

Rata and Resevav on both sides of

Svieynatsh, O x":-.; 't " -, ,.

-Hr; J -vs : ! tf-ri i i u i Ma ke nA

Troops advancing ,soutn ursova in

Kladovy took 12 heavy cannons from

Negotin. Northwestward and. $6uth

westward an. engagement for posses,

sion of Knyatsevatah continues. . ;

"West front: " On road from Ulle

to Arras unimportant engagement fav

orable to Germans. 7 ne French who;

northeast Massimes, 'entered the most

advanced German trencn,. were eject

ed at night time. .Lieut. Immelman

shot down his fifth air craft,' a French

biplane,' behind . enemies' lines. One

destroyed by German artillery; other

ies north Souchez, wheels upwards.

"The troops of von Hindeburg's ar

mies, on railroad from Abell to Duen-

aburg, entered Russian positions, tak-

lnfl. arx . officers ; and .450..me.n;.ia!so

took one machine gun, two mine'

throwers. Positions thus gained main

taJned against Russian counter at

tacks.' Only Szaszeli cemetery, north

east Gorbungvaka, evacuated at night

time.. - Linsingen's army attack1 pro

gressed into . the line of Kanarov and

Kamenucha heights southeast, Mae

drile.w : " t t ., :.. . i;; .

TODAY'S SITUATION. , -" :, J

The following cablegram from offi

cial German sources was received-today:

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"German Headquarters Report. Oct.

28. A general advance ' has - been

made on all fronts. Gens, yon Koev

ess and von Gallwitz continued their

advances. Since October 23 von Gall-

witz's army has taken, 2033 prisoners

and several machine guns. Gen. Boy-

adeff, the Bulgarian leader, has taken

Zayeca and the "Bulgarians have

crossed the Timok north of Knyace-

vac along a large front, the town bo

ng alao In the hands of the Bulgari

ans. 4 Several guns have been taken.

A height northwest of Piro has been

taken by the Bulgarians. . ' Vi

On the east Gen. von Htndenberg's

army has . repulsed - the -Russians

northeast of Garbunovka. The ceme

tery at Szacle la again In. German

hands. Two officers and 150 men have

been taken. A strong Russian attack

against Prince Leopold's army, near

Thesherssy, failed. , Von Llnsingen's

army has taken Rudka, west of Czar

toryak." V .

CHRISTIANS WON'T HAVE

REPRESENTATIVE PRESENT

AT JAPANESE CORONATION

Associated Press by Federal Wireless

TOKIO, Japan, Oct. 23 Officials

h charge of the emperor's coronation

ceremonies are planning to admit no

representatives of the Christian re

ligion to attend the ceremonies of the

coronation Itself. Only Buddhist and

Shinto representatives will - be pres

ent on account of the court's stand-

ng on religions. ' -

Representatives or the Christian

religion will be invited to the great

coronation banquet on November 16.

TENY0 MARU WILL DOCK v

EARLY VITH BIG MAIL

with 883 passengers on board and

considerable mall the T, K. K. liner

Tenyo Mara. is. due -to ."dock between

and 8:30 o clock tomorrow coming

at Pier 7,' from San Francisco.: She

will sail about 4 or 5 o'clock tomor

row aftrmoonfer the Orient.

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CniTICISMS'AND D!SSEr:S!D:;3 RESULT ri FALL CF Ti: :

; FnE;:cn cadinet allies virtually E7

fc.its to save seheia a::d wta ce::d e;::;::::: 1 ..

.'. clcc::i;:g teutc;: attz.t-t to cut f.dad to c:::

sta:;ti::c?le nu2:!:.:i fleet co:.::ahds c::::f:,jl-

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PARIS, Franco, Oct. : 23. Criticisias c-ain t tho AK' 1

governments,. ' ihtcn.sined Fbco entry.' pf Bulgaria ir.t ;

war- on the side of the Teutons, and. dissension' in ih? Vi .

cabinet itself, have brought about -the-. resignation cf tl:2 c::'.i:

ministry. ' . ;- ; ' - . '.

With Premier Rene Viviani leading the way, the mini

resigned today. ; ,v '.' v;: :;; -

. President Poineare has asked 'Aritide Briand to fur. :

new cabinet. In any event, it is understood that Bri:;:: I

strongly favored to become foreign minister. It is ::ot iat

ed that Retiring Premier riviani shall leave tho c;.' ::: t

together but thatdie shall become minister of ju;tk:.

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. LONDON, England, Oct. 28. With the Teuton and B

garian campaigns in Serbia winning toward success, the A!!'

may have to abandon any idea of getting. enough reinfc:

ments. through to strengthen the Serbs and throw : !

enemy. The junction of the Teuton and Bulgarian fore -probably

cause the Allies to confine their efforts in t!

arena to stopping;t!ic-:ndv?.r.?p of" the c6:nbh::d r.r: :

are bent on cutting' a road through to Constantincrl. In '

fronted with the necessity of organizing a Hi:j in

Serbia, and Bulgaria to prevent; all of tholr c .:. ;

Constantinople from being wasted. . -

BERLIN, Germany, Oct. 23. Official. Tho Teuton .

Bulgarian armies, working in conjunction, are steadily d:

ing nearer and closing the Serbs between their win gs.

Teutons are pressing southward through the mountain ;. ri

invading Bulgarian army has crossed the Timo!: riv, r r.r: 1 (

tured Zajeca and Knijevats, only 30 miles from NiJi, and 1

capital city itself is apparently soon to fall.

Oni?:h Crdzji ArI! A:!; : :; r

LONDON, England, Oct. 28. The British era: :r Ar

10,850 tons, built in 1903-4, has run aground cn th : T

coast. On account of the heavy weather, which i

the cruiser on the rocks, she will probably be a i:

of the officers and crew, numbering about CCO m

saved.,--"; a-v'-V.

ROME, Italy, Oct. 28. The Russian' Blue':

vigorously bombarded the. principal port of 'Bui

Black Sea, Varna. v :

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PETROGRAD, Russia, Oct. 28. Rua.ia.::

tdking control of millions of acres of land mal

industrial, financial and mercantile undertaking:

heretofore held by Germans. They are ousting

from business of all sorts.

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