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Hawaiian Star, Vol. XXII. No. 7086

10 PAGES. HONOLULU, TEKUITOIJY OF HAWAII, TUESDAY, DKCKMBKH 2, 1914. 10 PAGES.

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teuton menace against

russian left wow broken,

says russia staff today

DESPATCHES FROM PETROGRAD ASSERT GERMANS IN

POLAND REPULSED WITH HEAVY LOSS AND AUSTRIANS

; COMPLETELY DEFEATED IN GALICIA BERLIN ADMITS

7 NO REVERSES QUESTION OF TREATMENT OF AMERI

: CAN COMMERCE BECOMES ACUTE NAVY DEPART

' MENT HEARS IT WAS RUSSIAN, NOT AMERICAN CRUISER

: ; WHICH THREATENED TO BOMBARD TRIPOLI PARIS

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T (Associated Press Sorvt ce by Federal Wireless.

v- t- PETROGRAD, Russia, Dec. 29. The retreat of the Aus

trian army along the front from Lisko, Sabok, Dukla and

: Zewigrod has progressed to the point of a precipitate flight of

a disorderly force estimated at 175.000 men. The broken coun

' try and corridor-like mountain passes forbid parallel pursuit

.; nd harassment of the flanks and hamper scouting.

' Extreme colmakes it almost impossible to handle aero

planes, vet Russia has cantured

; t s well as 40 machine guns,' in

vthat the Austrians have a feeble rearguard resistanqe.

- x L01O30N, Eng- Dec29. The

It nd Vienna report that (he Germans in Poland have been heavily

defeated, "being repulsed with great losses. - The despatches also re

pert that the Austrian army in

feat at the hands of the Russian

The combined Austro-German

wins: has thus troken down 'and

. irj hastily thrci:i;h the Carpathian

. It was. to thwart this threat

;.z:ian riafx crdered the investment of Cracow lilted and tne retreat

fcr 10 miles. y';. , '; -'-v V'VV

lW.Ji'-ljviJ LUtil' ir

: : ; Accciidaiicy On

; LONDON, England," Dec. 29.--Another striking change

has taken place in the eastern arena emphasixing the fact that

neither side - is long able to keep the ascendancy after it wins.

Today's news shows that the Teutons are being defeated in

two important parts Poland

:rlin Tells Of Gains In West But

- BERLIlf,5 Germany; Dec. 29. Official. Near Nieuport

end southeast of Ypres the Germans have gained some ground

in relatively unimportant! engagements and west of. Apremojit

have captured one fortified French trench." . ; ;

rans uaims or. ueorces

And Steinbach,

PARIS, France. Dec. 29

St. Georges, around which hard

fcr some tine. - .-.

- "Vest of . Apresmont we

trcccccs after three attacks; In the forest of Argonne we con

tisuo to make slight gains. ' ; .

' "In Alsace, we have closely invested Steinhach.' '

- Delayed French Despatch Says Hot

Fighting VI on Success On Sunday

ARRAS; France Sunday, ; Dec. 27 (Delayed, in transmis

: sion). The French today attacked the Germans on a 12-mile

frOnt and captured half a mile of trenches. A violent bom

bardment preceded the bayonet "charge. The actual infantry

ensraremcat lasted but'20 minutes. : ; i

Hot Sr CruisCT b

v WASHINGTON, D. C , Dec. 29. Captain Joseph W. Oman,

commanding the IT. S. cruiser North Carolina, at Beirut, Asia

Minor, has reported to' the navy department L that it - was! the

Russian cruiser Askold' and not the North Carolina which

V threatened to bombard Tripoli and effect the safe passage of

,, 500 refugees to 'AleiandriaV ,;,: '

Ruccia Bars Every Alcoholic Drink

PETROGRAT) "Rnssla Tier

. . i -OTMW., ,w

dudinj fceer and Hght wines,

i.i-iz, cccrdi2 to an order

-cl:.rs restaurants and clubs,;

200 officers and 15,000 soldiers

the past nine days, indicating

latest despatches from Petrograd

Galicia has suffered a complete de

invading hosts.

menace against the Russian left

the Teuton Armies are now retreat-

mountains.

agayist the Russian left that the

,v -of. '

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Oie Eastern Front

and Galicia. ,

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Official. ' 'We have 'occupied

fighting has been taking place

have - reconquered some lost

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have been barred throughout

just issued. This applies even

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Occ

upied

Alsace

Invested

YUAN SHIH

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WONT NEED ANY

Plan Promulgated to Extend

Term of Office of President

to Ten Years and?

Yuan Shih-Kal.

PtMNe, china, Dec. 29. A new

lection' law ha just been promulgat

ed making the term of the president

ten year and beyond that continuable

indefinitely if two-third of the sen

ate consider that political conditions

warrant an extension.

i-

.With' the target season for the Na

tional Guard just over, the cltlzen-eoN

diers will now turn their attention to

the annual Inspection, which will be

made this year during the month of

March. Orders of the . Hawaiian de

partment, Issued yesterday, designate

Mai. M. J. Lenlban, 2nd J ni an try, to

inspect companies and detachments of ,

the National Guard of Hawaii on Oahu

and " 1st Lieut W, C. Whitener, Infan

try, to make the Inspection of . the

companies at Lahaina and Walluku,

Maui, and Hilo, Hawaii.

The inspection this year is of more

than usual importance to the guard

because the federal appropriation is

to be based on attendance at inspec

tion and not on the actual strength of

the command, as formerly. One hun

dred per cent attendance is the slogan"

that company commanders are adopt

ing, and nothing except physical dis-

aBTTlky on surgeons' certificate will be

accepted as an excuse for absence.

President Dedares

3RD TERM PLAN

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litAJ. LEiWN

If L INSPECT

OAIIU GUARDSMEN

Evntiially KFcK Holding Cargoes

WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec.

note to Great Britain insisting

the treatment of American ships

Wilson said today ..that'. Great

arge damages for the unlawful

He is firmly convinced that the American position is correct

because it is identical with Britain's own position in previous

wars.

British Undenmters

ProhT

LONDON, Eng- Dec, 29. The War Bisk Insiinnee Association,

organized to handle war insurance, has made a snug profit during

, the first four months of the war,

sued. This report shows that the marine losses have been 1.49 per

'cent of the value of the vessels insured and .94 per centof the value

CITY'S INCOME

FOR 1915 W

Territorial TreasurerSays That

Tax Rate and Assessments

Likely to be Higher

SITUATION EXPLAINED

by cowjNEL McCarthy

Rate to be figured on $84,-

000,000 Valuation; Defin

ite Figtires Shortly

ThouKh the city and county must

begin the new yar with . the exercise

of the strieteetecononry, as told in

the auditor s staternrnt published yes

terday, there jRri9-;hope8 - that before

long the financial way will be

brighter. , -

Indications firf' are that th new

board of superV' bra for Honolulu and

Oahu, and the ' trda of Hawaii. Maul

and Kauai will , ,4 e considerably more

money at tpfj disOhsal next year

than the count were given during

the year drawl, to an end. Terri

torial TreasnfettC. J. McCarthy says

that Honolulu had approximately

$150.0(f less' this year than in 1913,

that Hawaii, cottnty - was . cut down

about $90,00(1 an4 the other two coun

ties' income were reduced in propor

tion, this being ue to the largely re

duced tar assessments.

While the tax ate for 1915 has not

been determine! yet." it is consid

ered falrly&min!1 that it will be

raised antomitV-ally.-'.while assess

ments are likely' to. increase, so that

the counties'- share, may return their

incomes to their former level, at least

"The- Hawaii f county supervisors

are scarcely to be blamed for the

straightened finances and empty treas

ury that has been facing them this

year, sayB-theTerrttoTlal'" treasurer.

"Their budget was . prepared on the

basis of an income hich was expect

ed to be about the same as that of

the previous year, but when the as

sessments fell short that, income was

actually cut short something like

$90,000. All of which was no fault of

the county supervisors."

The reduced tax assessment lopped

off about $92,000 from Oahu county's

income in 1913, says the treasurer.

n wired to lav awaT ,$60,000 in casM

reserve fundunder the new law which'

!i8LVo .inn, .

affects this island alone

The tax rate situation is explained

by Col. McCarthy as follows: The

rate was fixed for this year on the

hnsis of the assessed valuations of

1913. The total 1913 assessment for

the territory in 1913 was on a valua

tion of about $88,000,000. But re

Hnrod dividends and business of all

kinds, due to the tariff's effect here,

brought the actual 1914 assessment

down to $84,000,000. Thus the tax

rate did not fit the assessment and the

returns were smaller than had been

figured on.

This year, however, the rate will be

figured on the basis of an $84,000,000

valuation. The European war and

consequent higher prices should raise

valuations,

however. Tne reaucea

1914 assessment naturauy snouiu

make the 1915 tax rate higher, and if

the assessments of 1915 prove higher,

or should go back to the $88,000,000

level, the receipts . ehould be very

largely increased.. 'Just how great the

increase will be cannot be ascertained

yet The tax rate has not been fixed

but probably will be determined very

shortly.

Taking a large delegation of passen

gers destined for the windward side

of the island of Hawaii, the Inter-Island

steamer Maurra Loa departed at

noon today.

Britain Must

.Discussing the American

upon an early improvement in

by British warships, President

Britain must eventually pay

detention of American cargoes.

Reap Nice

according to the report just is-

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NIEENTHDySE

OVER'ON HAWAII

Appeals From Territorial Su

preme Court to U. S. Su

preme Court Knocked Out

FUTURE PROCEDURE IS

MADE VERY UNCERTAIN

"Writ of Certiorari" Will Be

Necessary if Measure Passes

Senate in Present Form

Under th title "A Bill to Amend

an Act Entitled 'An Act to Codify, Re

vise and Amend the Laws Relating to

the Judiciary' approved March 3, 1911,

the house of representatives has "put

one oyer" on Hawaii.

Some years ago, through an inno

cent-looking and altogether unnoticed

amendment to an appropriation bill,

appeals to the supreme .court of the

United States from judgments of the

supreme court of the territory of Ha

wail, in all cases where more than

$5000 was involved, were permitted.

On December 16 of the present year,

under the heading, above referred to,

another amendment was made, by

which appeals , of the nature noted

are no longer ' allowed. Should the

bill as it passed the house receive the

sanction of the senate, persons dissat

isfied with judgments of the supreme

court of the territory will be compelled

to resort to what the lawyers call

certiorari.

Put in plain English, this means that

the $5000 clause is entirely wiped out,

and appeals in the future will be as

a matter of grace father than of right

Lawyers also say that the granting; of

writs of certiorari to ; the supreme

court of the United States is ft ery

rare incident, and that the amendment

passed by the"house wllf practically

nullify the right of appeal to the su

preme court of the United States, $ave

where constitutional questions are in

volved, t t

The new section of the law reads

as follows, the change being shown

In the latter half of the paragraph, set

In black type:

Sec. 246. Writs of error and ap

peals from the final judgments and

decrees of the supreme court of the

territory of Haw?,4..and of the su-

curi - "lco may oe

taken and prosecuted to the supreme

. . m . '

court of the United States within the

same time, in the same manner, un

der the same regulations, and in the

same classes of cases, in which writs

of error and appeals from the final

judgments and decrees of the highest

court of a statsv in which a decision

in the suit could be had, may be taken

and prosecuted to the supreme, court of

the United - States under the provi

sions of section 237; and in all other

cases, civil or criminal, in the supreme

court of the territory of Hawaii or the

supreme court of Porto Rico, it shall

be competent for the supreme court

of the United States to require by cer

tiorari, upon the petition of any party

thereto, that the case be certified to it,

after final judgment or decree, for re

view and determination, with the same

power and authority as if taken to

that court by appeal or writ or error;

but certiorari shall not be allowed In

any such case unless the petition there

for is'presented to the supreme court

of the United States within six months

from the date of such Judgment or

decree."

The change has been made after the

words "provisions of section 237."

The house debate on this bill, as

shown by the Congressional Record of

December 16, does not indicate that

Hawaii was given any attention,

though Porto Rico is spoken for.

The Bar Association may take up

the matter at Its banquet tonight

Chief Justice A- G. M. Robertson, on

being informed of the bill's passage by

the house, said he wondered , who was

urging the measure. "I think that the

provision allowing appeals from Ha

waii has worked well on the whole,'

said the chief justice, "and ought to

be retained."

FINANCE COMMITTEE OF

CHAMBER NOW AT WORK

ON BUDGETS FOR 1915

Steps toward preparing budgets to

carry on the work of the Chamber ot

Commerce and the Hawaii Promotion

Committee during the coming year,

were taken this morning at a meet

ing of the members of the finance

committee of the chamber. According

to the by-laws of; the commercial or

ganization, the " finance committee

must meet each December on the mat

terof budgets. The finance committee

will report at a meeting of the cham

ber which will be held the second

Wednesday, in January.

SUGAR." w;!

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 2&-Sugar;

96 degrees test, 4-031 cents. Previous

PROHIDITION FOR

HAWAII MAY BE

BROUGHT TO VOTE

Gronna Bill May Be Taken Up

and Pushed During Pres

ent Session

DEFEAT OF H0BS0N

RESOLUTION FORESEEN

Nation-wide "Dry" Plan Cer

tain to Fail in House, its

Advocates Realized v

By C. sTaLBERT.

Spt-clal Star-Bulletin Corrcnpondrnvc

WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 18. A

final effort to establish prohibition in

Hawaii is being arranged. It is real

ized that but little time remains in

which to accomplish this end before

the present session of Congress ex

pires on March 4. For that reason

Senator Gronna and those legislators

who think with him that all stimu

lants should be removed from the mid

pacific territory are manifesting

symptoms of becoming busy.

The peg on which renewed activity

looking to eradicating the rum evil

from Hawaii is hung originated with

the determination of the house rules

committee to bring a direct vote on

the Hobson resolution amending the

Federal Constitution so that prohibi

tion may become nation-wide. It was

decided to have this vote taken in the

house December. 22. A two-thirds be

ing necessary to adopt the resolution

in the house its defeat was accepted

as & foregone conclusion. Enough

votes have been In sight all along to

pretent favorable action. The stick

ing -point. was that a large number of

memtarjdesirdd tc 4uclt the "actual

possible , bjr une; action of toe TaTea

committee, fixing a date for. voting.

Hence it became apparent that each

and v every member who did not seek

nation-wide prohibition must step for

ward and go on record to that effect

Figuring out that prohibition was

lost in the house, and Hawaii would

not be included In a nation-wide elim

ination of drink, those senators who

have been agitating prohibition for

the territory .determined to seize the

opportune moment and endeavor to

have the Gronna bill, which applies

to the territory, taken up and pushed

through before adjournment

It Is not believed that (he end

sought can be achieved. The impres

sion prevails ' that the tGronna bill

cannot be brought to a vote in the

senate before March 4. '

Improvements Proposed in the

Fire, Electric Light and Po

lice, Service of City

Substantial improvements to tne fire

department the electric light service

and the police and fire alarm system

are planned by the Incoming board

of supervisors, all to be in-tailed if

possible before the end of 191

Items for the fire department report

ed to the caucus last night comprise

$38,000 for additions to the town equip

ment and 28,000 to be equally divided

between the statioas to be erected' at

Manoa and Kalihi, making a total of

$66,000. .

For repairs and additions to the

alarm system $10,000 is proposed.

There Is a new switchboard needed at

the station, and in connection with the

line will be a device for giving a fire

alarm by gong and semaphore in the

congested business section so that all

traffic may get out of the way, of

the fire machines in good time. At

night red lights will appear on the

semaphore poles when an alarm is

sent out '

The street .lighting system' is put

down for flS.000, me-thlrdTof which is

for extension of the power- house, one-

third for, a new waterwheel and one-

third for a new generator. With these

improvements it is estimated that

the present lighting capacity may be

increased to a twofold .maximum, or!

enough to provide for all the addition

al lighting that will be required for

a period of years. - Just now, the ca-

pacity has reached the peak; where no

more lights can be carried ; .

Although the items for ' these im

provements were not inserted in the

appropriation bill, last night having

m BOARD, IN ,

CAUCUS, PLANS

EXPENDITURES

I

BAilKEMf HAS

5irke

Irmqard Reaches Honolulu In

Dilapidated Condition From

Storm at Sea

TRAVELED HUNDREDS OF :

MILES WITH JURY Rl&

" '-..-if

will Await instructions rrom

San Francisco Owners Be- '

fore Leaving This Port

- . '.lit

Making slow and difficult progress

for many weeks across hundreds5! -miles

of Pacific under a jury rig," an

AfAAlKAar' anVAltf tviArl ff fl Jaf

durance of Capt. F. E. Southard." Chief

Officer M. J. Ryan, a crew of eight

seamen and a J i panes cook, the Ff11'

known American barkentine lnngard.

formerly a xacior in toe iau

trade, with praptlcally all masts and

sails gone, was brought into the har

bor thi morning, to await instructions.

eardln. temDoranr reoainL ' .

a number of heavy hardwood logs Ui

Irmgard sailed from Levukt. a port li

the Fiji islands, October 12, with San

Francisco as destination. f

At the mercy of a series of galas

that soon developed Into the fury of a

hurricane, the Irmgard fared badly with

the elements. Capttln Southard .re

porting the loss of foretpp. topgallant

yards, main top, a aprung mainmast

and boom gone, a' mlzzen toy carried

away and boom wrecked. : v

Crew Struggled to Save. Ship. .

.It was a long and nerve-racking battle-

that officers and crew: waged ;

save the ship and Its carsojrom com-

pletedMtrucUaa.,-sThey'lrras4rd

wheiT'ccimlng Into aboat i degrees f

north latitude. and 163 west longitude.

a gtile was encountered that caused

Captain Southard some anxiety. - "

Warned by a constantly falling ba

rometer, the little company of marin

ers .found that within -12 hours the .

barkentine had been plunged In the

midst of a south Pacific hurricane of

the most destructive type. Sails; were

blown to ribbons, a crash following In

dicated the snapping of the upper

masts. This loss was accompanied by

the carrying away of much gear and

rigging. ' .' .w"-

Forty-eight hours later the fury of

the storm had spent Itself, leaving ther

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Bar Association to : Enjoy An

nual Banquet on Young Roof,

With Cabaret Trimmings

Legal contests In days gone by. will

be recalled and the future of the bench,

and bar in Hawaii will be thoroughly

discussed at the annual banquet "of

the Bar Association la the Alexander

Young hotel tonight : ' . '

In addition, according to indications,

the program will provide new and

novel features of entertainment ' that

promise to. make this year's , annual

dinner an event of extreme merriment

and pie-sure. - .. i ' .' .

The bill Introduced in Washington,

D. CL- several months ago providing

foe the abolition of the right to appeal

oh matters involving sums more than

$5000 from the Hawaii supreme court'

to the United States supreme eoart

will provide an important subject fcr

discussion tonight . . ' 7

A cablegram v was , j received tii3

morning - from the national capitol

which stated that the bill bad pa?d

the House and is now pending be ore

the Senate for Qnal passace. T .e.

cablegram will e read at the d-.-T

tonight A. Gr L Roberstcn chic r

justice of the supreme court wilT ;-c,

as master of ceremonies and .I.l;.':

Judge Ashford : will respond for tl- j

bench, as alsoywill Attorney A.

Humphreys V City and County Attr

ney John W. Cathcart will spea .. r

the- bar. Several impromptu tzll

will be made. The dlqner will be he'. 1

cn the roof garden and a cabaret ; ?r

formance will be one of the vizny t: !-

tures on the program. . -

Fr Rent or

One Store, SOx 13 ft, A:.':

63x100 fU with tarn. :::

LEGAL LIGHTS?!

nor k pinr mil i

care Fif;iE;;T

ol the cargoes insured.

quotation, 4.02 centf,".'-..-' ;

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