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cation,7! But ConferencesAre to Be Held .

Admitting !that' be j here on lmportant augar business but declining toatste IU exact nature. George M.tlolpb,' general manager of tbe Cali-fornia. & Hawaiian Sugar Refiningcompany, was met off tbe harbor thismorning on board the Manoa by aStar-Bullet- in man Just about Shetime it was ligbtenoogh to make outth gonial feat ores of the big coastauagar man. ; - -

Rolph came thla morning --Just for alittle racaUcmn at be put it, but ad-mitted, as local sugar people hare,that he is to be. the central figure inimportant conferences here this week,

e exact nature of these conferencesMa been hard to aacertaln. both fromRotyh and the Honolulu men, but thereit a tone of big business brewing. Hewill meet the directors of the Factorscompany tomorrows y '

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' ' On sugar transportation . matters,now rather uncertain with the comingexpiration of the American-Hawaiia- n

contracts, the Tkitor had little to say,professing Ignorance of details of theshipping altuation although cognizantof the fact that the American-Hawaiia- n

contractvwouid expire.The most' cheeiful word he had for

Honolulu and .especially. for. the plan-tation people is the assertion that

. Hawaii's, raw sugar is 'improTing incharacter, the' improvement being especially noticeable, thiiyear.; -- 1

: Net.ao Much Ash A- 'i- "There Is not ao .miich ash as form-""erl- y

ila' youtaV product herer"; he; aald.' .and ,thO; grains are larger. ' Al-

together the sugar sent to our refinerlea has been" moro-satisfacto- ry tonan die, than .hereto fow .;; '- J Like .. J'Ti-vVrithtrfnoo- n generiltnanager, cf, this. American Sugar Re- -

. fining Con:; any ,Ia who isthere with his firstly for the winter at

: the Moaca and whom" Mr. Rolph.knows well, he predicta that there; Islikely, to,be an increase in the tariffon' tugar' --by Congress rather than adecrease. ' 'U.J-- )

v "The Democrats are facing a deficitv that will bother tbem a good deal,"

, be laughed, 'and sugar may be the1 place they maVa.it cp.:'-- v

; Mr: Rolph expressed his satisfaction- with the general good prices of sugar

now, both on the mainland and in Ha-waii, and predicted that the same goodconditions would prevail during the

, war In Europe. .; ; v " i.

When - asked ' what would happenwhen the;. blgf struggle : ceased he

Abru jged his shoulders. In true Mexl- -- Cln fashion and ejaculated "Qulen

. The visitor goes back on the sameboat, On Monday night under the aus-pices of the Sugar Factors CompanyLtd., he will give a lecture, sttrtingat 8 o'clock in the Hawaiian OperaHouse, ca Sasi.r Refining.?; j . HIatalk will be accompanied by motloripictures illustrating the reflnlns-pro-ce- ss.

. Invltatloas have been Issued bythe company. . : :;.:

of San Francisco Mayor ,. As a brother of Mayor Jamea Rolphof Saa Franclco, the rlaltor is well

': Informed on civic matters in the Pa-- .. ciflc coast metropolis and says that inspite cf the strike," "preparedness

j, parade bombing, and the German consulate prosecutions, which have keptthe people stirred up tor some time,conditions are.scnerally good. J

. He Is a member of the law and order committee, as is also PrealdentFred , Koster of the San Francisco

. Chamber of Commerce, who is visitingIn Honolulu. : He says that the organ

':'., -- vs,fiis done much to. reiieve thedifficulties between capital andlabor.. ' ' ':' ... v

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' Ing the stevedores strike and shortly, before the bombing outrage at the pre-paredness parad.

Mr, Rolph Is generally recognized asone of the most alert end progressivebusinessmen not only of San Franciscobut of the; coast - His leadership inthe law and order committee moves

jpent was" forceful and effective. HeV-io- ws and J known by many Hono-Mulan- s,

all of whom have great copfl-- 'dence in his Judgment on sugar mat

; ' tcrsr and .such measures as. he may. recommend for handling Hawaiian

sugar, ao far as his company is con-- :

cerned, are sure to receive close at--.

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. . ... mi. a - 1 'gie ue uni uiim;ia aia courseof "Jesus Christ and - Present DayProblem at Y M. C A. tomorrow evening 'C will consist of Bome of theproblems of Interest to young men.Dr. Williams speak In Cooke hallfrom e: 45 .p; m. The classwill adjourn promptly at 7:S0 so thatmeq attending can make other even-- t

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StocKs Decline

All Along Line

i NEW YORK STOCKI MARKET TODAY j

. Yester- -

Today, day.Alaska Gold . 10American Smelter . 107' 107American Sugar Rfg. . . .H1l4 WAmerican TeL 4L TL 126 125Anaconda Cepper ....... S2'4Atchlson ... 105'4 104T4Caldwln ... 54 5'4Pal tl mors d Ohio . 81 82Eathlthem Steel 430 435Calif. Petroleum 28 27Canadian Pacific .. 161 162

M. & SL P. (St Paul) 89Fs WbColo. Fuel A Iron 46 47Crucible Steel 63', 64'4Erie Common 324 32General Electric ....... 168 169General Motors, New . . . 123'2 125Great Northern Pfd. ... 116'2 117Inter. Harv, N. J. 120 120Kennecott Copper 45!4 45'4Lehigh R. R. 78 77New York Central 10l'4 100Pennsylvania 57Ray Consol. .. ... 2&rJSouthern Pacific . 97Studebaker ...... 1082 108Texas Oil . ;

'228 , 229Va

Union Pacific'. . . . 1444 1442U. S.' Steel ...... 1127a 112Reading Common 100'2 tiooj2Utah 105 106

UrVestern i Union ..Westinghouse . K9i. K7lMay Wheat l&W 1.86

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Kilauea Fires"dStillRidiiiclIs

I t Word"Some: sight! C.'

of the Intern-Island- ,, back,, today from atrip to the, volcano. U ' ; ' S..-- .

Whenihe leftr ike botHng lava wason 63 feet'i below I the ilip of thegreat- - crater And was slowly .rising. .

"ProL Jaggar predicts it will keepcoming up" he said and told why the

volcanologist . believes it. fromindications of the molten sea. It Isnow almost - one big but therFloatlng Jtlandt stands 60 feet highand is 90 feet from the'ast side ofthe crater.", v-- - t

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The , Mauna 1 Kea this morningbronght back enthusiastic volcanovisitors' and next Saturday the InterIsland will run another of its personally-co-

nducted excursions. . :

TO OPPOSE GDISLocal' Democrats, as a party, will

neither oppose nor Indorse the proposed bond .Issue for sewer and waterextensions nd improvements as out-lined by SupU Harry E. Murray. ,' This was definitely decided at a

meeting of the territorial centrar com-mittee Monday evening, . at - whichtime it was voted that the party doesnot care to go on record "one way orthe other. It was the opinion of thecommittee' that the matter should , beleft entirely In the hands the voters.This does away to a large extent witha recent report that the Democratswould ' bitterly "oppose the' proposedlssue,-- s .:.:ji;.v a

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: A. resolution was passed, favoringCongressman. Nolan's bill fixing $3 asthe minimum wage for civilian laboremployed on U federal construction."The high cost of living is affectingthe Democrats as well as others, acommittee member said today, givingthe committee's reasons for favofTngthe measure. ' t. :. - j

No action was taken with regard tothe Indorsement of persons as succes-sors for the federal and circuit bench-t- t

now, vacant, and the circuit benchto become Vacant on Februiry 15. Itwas announced that no persons hadmade their candidacy known to thecommittee. It was decided to . leavein the hands of the legislature all mat-ters regarding rice regulation.

LECTURE ON TROPICGARDENS IS POSTPONED

ed talk as It will depict trips throughtropical couatriea that Prof. Rock hasJust :, visited." The lantern slide, pic-tures were taken. In some of the fin-est gardena In Java and will be illus-trative of what' may be done alongthese lines In Hawaii.' This lecture while given under the

auspicea'of the Outdoor Circle is. notfor the members only but for the pub-lic lp generaL :- ; ; c ::;- -.

DR. WILLIAMS TO TALK ; ir:AT:"Y" WEDNESDAY NIGHTK$S?VE &

:.; .. . , ' I Rock, College of Hawaii, has been

! Commencing aserlea of eight popu-- J postponed for-on-e week, owing to hislar 'Bible lessons. Dr. Robert Day lantern --slides not. being ready. s'

of the' Mid-Pacifi- c Institute noltUu is Interested in this lllnstrat- -1 1 H- -

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Tagore Lauds WilsonAs Idealist In MoveFor Permanent eace

Famous Indian Philosopher U rHere on way Home AiteriNotable Lecture Tour; GivesLecture This Afternoon; De-

nies .Story of AttemptedAssassination

American audiences in their sizeand responsiveness surpassed all hisexpectations, President Wilson's planof a league to maintain peace afterthe war shews the nation's chief exe-

cutive to be an idealist, the profits de-

rived from the pcet's present tour .willso to maintain and extend his schoolin India, and no attempt was made toassassinate him on the mainland.

These are, lna nutshell, the1 highlights of an interview granted tbeStar-Bulleti- n on board the T. K. v.liner Siberia Maru this morning by

j Sir Rabindranath Tagore, knight,5gyt.pcet, philosopher, mystic, educator.

dramatist, winner of the Nobel prizefor literature and acknowledged asone of the foremost East Indians oftoday.

When the customs launch bearinginspectors snd newspapermen camealongside the big liner this morning,Tagore was looking across at the greenbills of Oabti. He was dressed in hisBengali coetume, a light brown robewItn C(e8 of red niaterlal. He seemsou vu auu vvsa ucoiic v ova vuuwuness of his tour,on which he has vis-ited the principal cities of the UnitedStates, delivering about 50 lectures,mostly on the theme of nationalism,although where the demand was forhis poetry and other writings he gavereadings from his works, The lec-tures were on six phases of national-ism and will be printed in book formin March.

"f have oeen away, for eight or ninemorifhsv":TBaid:VoTagore"on. board theSiberia; -- At' all the places I visitedI bad very Tesponsive audiences. Insize and appreciation they went be-

yond v my., expectations. My bookshave met -- with a quite phenomenalsale and I am sure that the people of j

S1L READY

TO ASCEND DENCII

Attorney Louis Banigan, formerlyof Porto Rico and now with the lawfirm of Smith, Warren & Sutton, andAttorney Cornell Franklin of the lawfirm of Thompson, Mllverton' & Cath-car- t,

are the newest aspirants forthe position to be vacated on Febru-ary 15 by Circuit Judge W. L. Whit-ney, if reports In court circles todayare authentic.

A meeting of tbe members of theBar 'Association was to be held at 4

o'clock' this afternoon to indorse lo--f

cal attorneyajas successors to CharlesF. demons, former federal judge;Justice James U Coke, former circuitjudge, and Circuit Juoge W. L. Whit-ney. v Attorneys and others who pro-fess to know say the following slatewill he acted on:

Federal Judgeship S. c. Huber, U.S. attorney. :

Circuit Judge, second division At-torneys : Banigan, Franklin and J.Llghtfoot"

Circuit Judge, third division S. aKemp ,'assisUnt U. & attorney. ,

The foregoing names are the onlyones. thus far mentioned as likely ap-pointees to the vacancies.. AttorneyLlghtfoot, however, has informed tbeStar-Bulleti- n on several occasionsthat he is not an applicant for a judge-ship.

NOTED ORATOR MAY

f COME TO H0N0LULJ

. J. Percival Huget. pastor of theFirst Congregational church of Detroitand one of the best known publicspeakers In America, may come toiHonolulu in July.- - In a letter to A. E.,Larimer, Dr. Huget stated that hewould ccme to Los Angeles in Juneand expected to make, a trip to Hono- -

lulu later. I

It wan KiicTpstfri that nr. Hh-p- Ii

occupy the pulpit of the Central Union '

inechurch two Sa'idaya in July and 'matter of calling Dr. Huget here willbe, taken up by the trustees of the j

church. Dr. Huget' has been highly !

Irecommended by Dr. Williams. Ulhas oocn classd with Henry Cayand Abraham Lincoln.

INJURED MAN DIES

FOLLOWING BAD FALL

Yoshikawa, the Intcr-Islan- d em-ploye who was injured a few daysago, died this morning at the Queen'shospital. Deputy Sheriff Asch hastaken charge fcf . the body and willhold an Inquest at 10 o'clock Fridaymorning. The was a Japanese;employed on the steamer LikelikeWhen a --boom fell and him onthe head his upper and lower jawswere fractured. -

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"DL00DT0WH" WIN KNIFE SCRAPE

When James Hunter, known to thepolice as an all around negroof Wahiawa, is arraigned incourt In th& morning. If he Is, t willbe his second appearance there thisweek. The first was Monday when hewas accused of telling liquor withouta license at Bloodtown and the sec-ond will' be for assault, with a weaponin a tutting affray near Schofield lastnight. In Vn argument over a farePvt-Willi- am Brown was cut with apocket knifebui not seriously.' Heis in the Schofield hospital.

Hunter is a discharged soldier fromthe 25th Infantry and is generallytermed a "bad man." When SheriffRose was informed of the man's lat-est,, offense he sent two men to bringhim to Honolulu, issuing instructionsto keep a close guard on their man.Hunter was out on bonds to appearFriday.

. When Hunter was arrested in theBlood town raid led by Deputy CountyAttorney Chilhngworth Saturday nighthe insisted upon bringing to Honoluluwith him his rent car." Chilllngworthassented and went with Hunter at thewheel despite warnings from friendsthat Hunter was a bad man and"ditch" the machine.

Because he cannot get the contractwith the city for all sizes of rock.although he was low on No. 4 rockonlv, John Wilson has written H. E.Wescott, purchasing " agent, that hewill not supply the city with No. 4.

When the bids for city supplies fortb s!x month? ending June 30 were

Graying Company was low on all sizes"P1 Nt- - Jch went to Wilson.

' WftrfiM ham wr Itpn WtlfUtfl that IShis bid has been accepted by the c ityne win De astipu io mraisu muiwhen it is required by the city.

AMERICAN HOSPITALWORK ON FRENCH FRONT

COMMENDED BY FRANCE

. (AnfcOrimted Fre tj. Fderi Wirlw)PARIS, France. Jan. 23 The Sec-

ond American Automobile AmbulanceSections have been commended offi-cially by the French government in

issued today, and several ofits members have received individualcommendation, l'he Ambulance hasbeen working on the French front al-

most ever since the war began, sup-

plementing French hospital wprk.

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WASHINGTON, D. C Jan. 23.The withdrawal cf Gen. Persh- -

fug's outposts, long held onfluartPTor the punitive expeditionin Mexico, was forma: ly orderedtoday by Sterttary of War Ba- -

4- - ker. Intimations here are thatsoon after the withdrawal of theoutposts the main body will testarted toward the Americanside of the border.

GOVERNOR MEETS

HARBOR BOARD IN

Waikiki Project is DiscussedBut Executive Refuses In-

formation of Proceedings

After more than an hour's confer-ence this morning with' the membersof the harbor board over the WaikikiBeach reclamation scheme and kind-red subjects. Governor Pinkhamangrily refused to give to a represen-tative of the. Star-Bulleti- n any detailsof the meeting.' Previous to this, when the four com-

missioners and th acting chairmanhad filed into the executive chamberfor the session, the governor had re-

fused admission to the same represen-tative. In an Attempted Interview, fol-lowing the - meeting . the gov-ernor" hotly warned ' against effortsto get the happenings of the meetingfrom" another department.- - Hetntfc"mated that though things' had 'hap--'pened at tbe meeting, there was noth-ing which should be given to the pub-lic that there was n more news tothe whole thing than there la "to apipe dream."

One of the . commissioners shortlyafter the meeting and before the gov-

ernor had been questioned on the sub-ject stated that the plans previouslyoutlined for the clearing off of Wai-kiki Beach had been proposed to thegovernor. He said the meeting wd3upon a subject of interest to the pub-li- e

as a whole and he believed thegovernor would be glad to talk uponit He intimated tbe governor soughtto combine his reclamation projsctwith the boulevard proposals of theharbor board.

Plans for the meeting with the gov-ernor were discussed at a hartforboard session some nights ago, whenCommissioner Wakefield proposed thescheme of running a boulevard alongthe beach from the harbor to Dia-mond Head, thus answering the ques-tion of what to do with obstructionsalong it in a . big project. It wasstated today by a - member of theboard that the project will be pusnedthrough to the legislative session itpossible.

COMMUNAL FEEDING ISPROVED SUCCESS BY

BRITAIN'S EXPERIMENT

By Associst4 Frtu 1

DOUGLAS, isle of Man. As an ex-

periment In communal feeding theBritish government's camp for warprisoners at Knockaloe is the biggestand most successful thing of Its kindever attempted in the British Isles.Here 22,000 prisoners are housed andfed at a figure which averages onlyS2 per man per week.

The capital cost of the camp, whichwas built on farm land In the northof the Isle of man, was $1,250,000. Thefigure covers the building of all thebarracks and administrative offices,kitchens, streets, sewage, water andelectricity plants, telephones and allthe other essentials of a modem city.On a basis of a population of 25,000the cost of building this prison campcity figures out at about $50 for eachinhabitant. , i -

Tbe question of food as related tohealth has been a prime considerationwith the British officials from thestart. "Our dietary," explained thecommandant, "has been constantly ob-

served and studied scientifically by astaff, of medical men. who from timoto time make such changes as experi-ence dictates. The cooking is all doneby the men themselves and the excel-lent results they achieve are not tobe wondered at when it is rememberedthat they have among them some ofthe finest chefs of the big Englishhotels and restaurants. At one timetheir table was so much superior tothat of the English officers' mess thatthe officers discharged their Englishcook and requisitioned one of theprisoners, who has been in charge oftheir kitchen ever since."

The health of the prisoners bears.,testimony to the adequacy of the foodprovided. In this improvised town of25,000 inhabitants there have beenonly 70 deaths In two years a yearlydeath rate of less than L5 per thou-sand. This compares with a deathrate in all England of 13.3 or in theUnited States of about 14,1,

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WILSONS SPEECH MIPSADROAD WITH VARIED Clt. :I;

GUARDIAN GALLS IT SPLEiMANCHESTER PAPER SAYS IDEA OF HUMANITY "NOBLY

EXPRESSED," WHILE LONDON GLOBE IS -- SARCASTICAND PARIS PRESS SKEPTICAL D A N I S H ; STEAMERTRIES WAR-TRIC- K FOR GERMANS IN RIO JANEIRO

(AmoUu4 Pre SUfriM y Fadmt WiraUaa)TOKIO, Japan, Jan. 23. Japan Is confronting a serious Internal crisis

growing out'ef various questions of foreign and local policy Involved in thomake-u- p of the present cabinet under Count Terauchi, former6 governor ;vgeneral oi Korea. v

A hot campaign has been opened by the opposition, to the Terauch!administration, on the ground that a non-partisa- n cabinet has been formed In .

violation of the spirit of the constitution. ; . V. ' ;.

The Constitutionalists have joined hands with-- the Nationalists andthere is a strong group now in the lower house of the Diet, against the pre-

mier. The Issue will be fought out In the Diet The press expects tbe out--

come to be a dissolution of the Diet and a new election, and the ministry may';bo In dange.. '

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PARIS, France, Jan. 23. News has been received here by the HavaaNews Agency that a general strike has broken out in Saragcssa, Spain, andthat there is violent rioting and Incendiarism. Several reports have come,recently of growing disorders In the principal Spanish cities, :

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BERLIN, Germany. Jan. 23. Ac-

cording to reliable reports, German of-ficers are submitted to unworthytreitment, contrary . tc internationallaw, by the Fre ich chief command Inorder to compel them to make declar-ations of military Importance. , '

At certain prisoners deptsf suihas th3 citadel of ,Anf-ns- . France, of- -

PTicers. are put In solitary confinementup to : a fortnight and permanentlyput to. now; W5:.lr JSf'eMOy reconell4 with; the-- Old .World

are menaced ad even punished bythree Gays in obscure confinementwith bread , and water a? their onlydiet, not allowed, to leave their cells,must sleep on a plank with Jbeda ofstraw In an unwr.rthy fashion, withoutany respect.

A a measure of reciprocity the Ger-man chief command has ordered thatall French bfficers and

officers that are taken prison-er In the future will be , treated inthe identical fasiiion until further no-

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(German Ofllcisl)BERLIN, Germany. . Jan. 23. Ger-ma- n

torpedo boats on January 19brought in to Zeebrugge a Dutchsteamer, the Print Hendrik, boundfrom Flushing to London.

I GERMAN OFFICIALCABLEGRAMS

GERMAN ARMY HEADQUAR-TERS, Jan. 22 Western' arena: NearLens a minor English attack todaywas repulsed in a hand-grenad- e en-

gagement. Near Bezonvaux and. eastof Pont a Mousson reconnoitering de-

tachments after short engagementabrought back several French prisonersand one machine gun.

East Arena, Vrince Leopold's front:West of Frledrichstadt in the nighttime attacking Ku3ian detachmentswere repulsed.

Archduke Joseph's front: In east-ern Carpathians several forefield en-

gagements were successful for' us.North of Oltua valley there was tem-porarily lively artillery activity;

Von Mackensen's TrcntJ . West ofPanchu a hostile company, .attackedour protecting positions onthef Putnabut was repulsed. i . V- -

Macedonian front: 1 Except for Iso-lated clashes nrii.t: reconnoitering,there were no imports nt events heretoday. . .

KIRCHHOFF WON'T TAKE

BLAME FOR PUUNUI RAIN

I'uunui streets have been put in asgood a state of repair as possiblewith the weather conditions that pre-vail there, according to a statementmade in loan fund meeting today byFred Kirchhoff, engineer. KIrchhoffdeclared that citizens have no right toexpect the commission to maintainroads. VV "

"We have. put those str'eeU; In thebest shape possible several. differenttimes.' Kirchhoff asserted, "andabout the time we are ended a cloud-burst comes along and spoils onr la-

bors." ; -t

At the conclusion of the meetingthe members went in a body to viewthe district. Bids will be opened onthe fire hydrants for which they haveadvertised on February 2.'. :.y. ;i

Varied CpmiTiant On

President's Sp33Gl

LONDON, England.' Jan. 23. VarW

bus are the opinions on the president'sspeech before the United States sen,ate yesterday. ; ; ,'.?.:," -

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The sv authoritative Manchester

Guardian calls .-- Mr. Wilson's speech'a "statement of. splendid policy, noblyexpressed. - The Guardian editoriallytoday -- says' ', that - the principles- - andthe phrases used, however, wrill hardlyprove palatable to 'the autocratic raters of the Old World, nor can they be

The London. Standard refers Ui thespeech as 'astounding.'' ; "- - S '

The -- . London 'Globe, asking what .

Prealdent Wilson has done "for Justiceand humanity,, says that he And tbe v

United States government did not protetT against .the Invasion of .Belginniand that he wrote' a note when a Cu-nani- er

was torpnloed, referring tlgni-- .ficantly to the sinking of the Lust--

tania and the president's diplomaticcourse on other occasions. ' v; v

PARIS, France, Jan;Wilson's speech bafore the. UnitedStates senate yesterdgy, hinting; atan abandonment of the traditional U.S. poller of : "isolation"; la diplomaticIntercourse, Is printed in full in thismorning's papers, with a commentwhich is generally sympathetic butskeptical of any great ultimate effect

'from the Americas move.'-- ; '

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RIO DB JANEIRO,' Brazil, Jan: 23.The Danish steamer Hammershus

was fired on by the guna of Fort San-ta Cruz, at the entrance to Brazilharbor, early - today when- - the steam--- ,er made a dash for the open sea. Thevessel , was halted by ' the guns andboarded by .Eraiilian naval and har--

was trying' to put to sea. secretly afterreceiving a large quantity of provl,sions: and a great : amount of . explo-slv- es

from German ships which areinterned or had taken refuge In theharbor here and been lying here a, longtime " ..:. "

The Danish cteamer, entered ,lastnight ard dropped anchor near (heGerman vessels . and ' ender cayer ofnight the transfer "of explosives ; andprovisions was made. t ' ; '

GERARD ASKS BERLINIF AMERICANS AMONG --

CREWS ON YARROyDALE;- -

BERLIN, Germany. Jan 23. U. 8. .

Ambassador Cerard today; made formal inquiry of the German govern ,ment concerning the report that Am-erican tailors areamong the crews Vof vessels captured , by the German --

raider and brought to Swinemandewhen the Yarrowcale "was taken to ',

the German port by & prize-cre- .The ,

crews are held as prisoners of war"and the eontentton of the UnitedStates Is that they are neutrals andnot subject to the strict interpreta-tion of international . law' a1 jr the rtreatment of prisoners of war. v It isnot known definitely that Americansubjects are among the-- crews. '

more steamers:sunk;ISSAY REPORTS TODAY v

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LONDON, Eng Jan. 23. Tha Swe- -,

dish steamer Kamma has been auric,according to a despatch to Lloyda - --

agency. Another report' says that theDanish steamer Klempenborg . "baa .

been sunk. v.