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Forty-seventh Tear.
Dally Twelfth Yenr.
M13DF0RD, OUECIOy. FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1917.
NO. 85.
GREECE BREAKSOFF GERMAN RE
GREEKS JOIN
WARAGAINST
- AUTOCRACY
Greek Government Breaks Diplomatic
Relations With Central Powers and
, Recalls Diplomatic Representatives
Tho War Not Declared, New
Government Considers State of
War Exists British Gain Objective
in Drive in Arras.
ATHENS, June 29. The deck
government bus broken diplomatic re
lations with Germany, Austria-Hungary,
Bulgaria and Turkey.
ATHENS, Juno 20 Though war
has not yet been declared, the Greek
government considers that a slate of
war exists since its advent to power
yesterday. Tho recall ot the Greek
diplomatic representatives accredited
'o the central powers and their ul
fjes is imminent.
Envoys Ixmivo Posts.
PARIS, June 2!). Telegraphing
from Athens under todays date, the
correspondent of Le Temps says that
the Greek ministers at Berlin, Vienna,
Sofia and Constantinople have been
instructed to leave their posts with
their staffs and to place their arch
ives with the Netherlands legations.
The rupture is bared on the incom
patihility of maintaining diplomatic
relations with governments that arc
carrying on war in Greek territory,
adds the dispatch.
British Win Drive.
LONDON, Juno 20 British trcops
last night in an offensive gained
their whole objective, says a tele
gram from British headquarters ii
France. The British captured Ger
man forward positions on a 2000
yard front south and west of Oppy,
in the Arras sector. The official
statement says the British captured
prisoners and machine guns. They
also continue to gain ground soulh
oT the Souchez river, and have enter
ed tho town of Avion, about two
miles south of Lens.
The statement follows:
"Early last night wo attacked and
captured the enemy';) forward posi
tion on a front of about 2000 yards
south and west of Oppy. The whole
of our objectives was gained and a
number of prisoners and machine
guns were taken by us.
"Our troops continue to gain
ground on a wide front south of the
Souchez river and have entered Av-
Closing In nn Ijciis.
(Correspondence or the Associated Press.)
BRITISH HEADQI'AKTEliS IN
FRANCE, June 2!). The fightins is
more intense in the vicinity of Lens.
The British made a brilliant attack
last night, during a blinding rain thai
accompanied a thunderstorm on a
number of the southwesterly suburbs
of the great mining city, including tho
Ane luiown ns Avion.
All the first objectives of th" at
tack were gained and the indications
arc that the British arc still pushing
forward today.
Nearly 200 prisoners have been
(Continued on Page Four.)
EIGHT YEARS PRISON
EAU
PHILADELPHIA, June 2!!. Jc-.se
Williamson II, well connected nnd a
social leader, was today sentenced to
not less than eight nor more than
twenty-four years' imprisonment and
pay a fine of .10Pfl on indictments
charging embezzlement of approxi
mately r72-V"0 of trust funds r.f tli
Pennsylvania companc for the insur
ance of lives and gTantin of annu
ities, of which he was secretin . 1 he
company made jjood nil the losses.
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I VII VILIILIIIU V I V VW W
BON
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BY PRESIDENT
Wilson Opposed to Radical and
Sweeping Legislation at This Time
Fears Upset Economic Life of
Country and Lead to Serious Dis
content Among Populace.
WASHINGTON, June 29 Presi
dent Wilson stepped into the prohibi
tion fight over the bill today, partly
to save the measure from n row be
tween the contending factions and
partly to get a law be believes the
country will approve.
The president told sennto lenders
"ie agreed with the proposal to stop
manufacture of foodstuffs into
whisky and gin, but did not believe
the brewing of beer and manufacture
of light wines should be stopped now,
Prohibit Distilling.
' A provision to prohibit distilling
and to empower the president to stop
brewing nnd wine making when he
considers it necessary, he told sen
ate leaders today, be believed would
satisfy prohibitionists and also the
country.
An amendment to that effect will
he introduced later, with prospects
of adoption.
Senator Sheppard, a leading prohi
bitionist, and who prompted the com
mittee's proposal to stop mnnufac
tare of both distilled spirits and beer,
said that, if the president desired to
have authority to govern brewing nnd
wine malting bo fnvored it and be
lieved congress would agree.
Endangers War's Success. .
Other conferences probably will
follow quickly. The president was
understood to feel that the insistence
of some senators on bone dry legisla
tion, endangered thte early passage of
the '.'ood bill which he is anxious to
see become law as soon as possible.
Administration leaders wero said
also feel that such legislation would
be a disturbing factor in the economic
life of the country and might lead to
serious discontent among the work
ers, whose whole-hearted support is
necessary to win the war.
The president realizes that since
prohibition has been mado an issue in
congress It is almost impossible to
hope for the elimination of some sort
of prohibition provision from the food
bill.
l-'aors Itcor nnI Wine.
Altho officials do not pretend to
speak for him, It was understood that
tho president would be willing to ac
cept a measure under which the use
of foodstuffs and fruit In the manu
facture of beverage alcohol was for
bidden, but with authority given him
to permit their use In making beer
and light wines. The importance of
this Issue has overshadowed many
others In the president's mind and
there wore indications today that ev
ery effort would be used to have con
gress rcalizo what the administration
considers the danger of radical and
sweeping legislation at this time.
President Wilson, according to
Senator I'helan of California, with
whom he also conferred regarding
prohibition legislation desires that he
have authority to stop tho manufac
ture of malt and vinous liquors in
case of emergency, but does not bo
llcve Immediate prohibition of their
manufacture Is necessary or dcsfrablo.
Illlt-lrsnn Gels llllsy.
Postmaster-General Burleson, who
(Continued on Fage Two.)
' CHIEF JUSTICE 0. C.
WASHINGTON, June 20.- Con
siiiiitine .1. Smyth, former ntl.iiney
general of Nebraska, and at present
snccijil assistant to the nltomcv ceo.
ciiil with heiidcpiiirtcrs in On. aha,
wa-; nominated hv President WiNon
11? rhlff in -lire of tho FV.trnt nf
Col'jmhia cour'. of ji-j o!. to iic;ecd
ruicf Justice feheppurd, who recent
1 mrvd.
DRY LI
NOI APPROVED
i n i it 1 1 rr nrnniniii
Death Sacrifice Beckons
L
LEADS BAND OF
FOLLOWERS 10
HONOLULU, Juno 29. Scores of
Hawaiian women and children hnvc
recently attempted to hurl themselves
into the molten lava pool of Mount
Kilauea as a living sacrifice to the
goddess of fire.
The authorities today believe, how
ever, that they huv checked the snc
rifical epidemic which has been
sweeping the island under the fanatic
leadership of Kaneaii, a beautiful 14-year-old
girl.
It is the wierdest manifestation
that has occurred in Hawaii in vears.
Kaneau, a sort of dusky Joan of
Are, claimed to have been visits by
a dream which directed her to gather
a band of natives who would east
themselves into the boiling lava to
apjiease Pele, goddess of fire.
On June 9 a large party did start
from Hookena village, making their
labored way up the precipitous slopes.
The girl leader had excited them to a
pitch of frenzy by saying that only
thus could they snvo the entire island
group from utter destruction by fire
and quake.
They accepted Kuuoau's story as
inspired. Sho told them that they
must revive the ancient, gruesome rite
of human sacrifice. '
Men nnd women took their chil
dren and set out without food, with
out preparation of any kind and only
scantily clad. Mothers were deter
lined to cast their helpless babes
into the cauldron.
For two days tho forlorn but devot
ed parly toiled upward along the
slopes, stumbling over the volcanic,
clinkers and cutting their feet on the
razor-sharp detritus.
Under these conditions the journey
was too much for them, nnd they foil
exhausted and spent with hunger be
fore reaching the fire pit. This alone
saved their lives.
A. R. Caspar, an auto stage driver
on the run from Hilo to Konn, dis
covered them in n fearful plight and
reported hurriedly to Sheriff Luzora
of South Komi, who in turn tele
phoned the police in the Kau distiict.
A rescuing parly was dispatched nnd
the exhausted fanatics were picked
up nnd taken to Wniohiiiii.
It is believed the Hawaiian Jonn of
Arc is mentally unbalanced nnd she
will be examined ns to her snnity.
The absence of any untoward event
on tho day she predicted tho catas
trophe has quieted the superstitious
natives of the mountain districts,
though police nre still patrolling the
regions upon which the beautiful
Kaneau cast her wicrd spell.
E
CHICAGO, June 2!l.-Doors of the
old private banking firm of Giuliani
& Sons, which has heavy deposits,
were closed this afternoon. A police
guard was requested.
Deposits of the bank, which as n
private institution did not make pub
lic reports, were generally estimated
at from ;i,n(M),ni)ll to $."),(I(I0,(IIM).
One of the (irahams issued this
statement :
"The increased cost of living mid
general disposition on the part of the
depositors to piirchasa liberty bonds
and make lied Cross contributions
bus resulted in the withdrawal of
large sums of money. All of tho as
sets of Ihe bank are in a safe posi
tion. There has been nn high financ
ing or fraudulent mortgages taken or
given. We closed the doors of the
bank ? so that all lunv be treated
ahU "
Andrew Ofihim, who founded the
fino, died last year. His two sons
bftVQ conducted the business swee,
Hawaiians to
i '
Molten lava pool In hitter of KuIiiuom, mid typo of Hawaiian girl who
fell nn easy victim to tho call for living sacrifice by tho ducjiy Joan of Ait,
TO DECLARE WAR
, RIO DE JANEIUO, June 20
Brazil has revoked her decree of neu
trality in the war between the entente
allies and Germany.
Tho Brazil government, by act of
congress late in April, authorized the
revocation of Brazil's neutrality in
the war between Germany and the
United States. In notifying the Bra
zilian legations of tiic sanction of the
revocation, Nilo l'cennha, the foreign
minister, in a nole, said Brazil, up
to that time, had refrained from tak
ing sides in Ihe EurnHiin conflict, but
that the republic could not remain
indifferent from Ihe moment the
United States found itself involved in
a. struggle for Ihe rights of the peo
ple, and when Germany meted out in
discriminately to Brazil the most
brutul treatment.
A dispatch from Ttio de Janeiro,
Juno 0, said diplomatic exchanges
Willi representatives of tho entente
were in progress, and Hint practical
results might be expected shortly. It
was added Hint warships of Ihe en
tente would he permitted to isit
Brazilian ports without adhering to
time limits imposed by neutrality.
FIVE FRENCH SHIPS
U-BOAT RECORD
I'AltIS, June 2!). Two Fundi
merchantmen of mom than IliOfl Ions
and three of less 1 1 lit n that size were
sunk by siihinnrincs or mines ill thr
week ending June 21, lie curding to I hi
weekly announcement issued here to
day. Ill that lime there were JIIHH
arrivals at Trench ports and OtiO sail
ings. BILL PASSES HOUSE
WASHINGTON, June 20. The pri
ority shipping hill, designed to give
tho president power lo direct the
movements of -liipnuiils during the
war, passed hv the senate, was pass
ed by the h"ii e today with amend
ment, to mA" ilnr that the pro it -ions
against interference with the
movements of trains are not direct.
d ut strikes uud to prevent pcolui.-.
Firey End
COPENHAGEN, Juno 20. The
manipulation of the German press by
the authorities, tho employment of
the vast apparatus ot tho war press
office for filling the newspapers with
special dispatches and semi-official
accounts und comments on military
events, the plain and fancy distor
tions of truth by the admiralty press
bureau, working in tin: spirit instilled
by Von Tirpitz, and the glaringly in
accurate annoiinceiiienls of brilliant
crop prospects put forth regularly
before and nt harvest lime, have re
peatedly been referred lo in dis
patches together with descriptions of
the working of the censorship to pre
vent any free discussion of public
problems in Germany.
It now is possible to cite tho testi
mony of German newspapers which
writhing under the government cuts
in their paper supply, speak their
minds freely on the conditions ill the
profession. The Deulsche Volks Zei-
tung of Hanover, for example, says
in regard to the government efforts
to control and direct sentiment, that
the contents of the Gci'iiiau papers
are almost word for word the same
in all the papers, as these are fed
from Ihe same source and are not
permitted by reason of Ihe ecnsorshii
restrictions lo lake any independent
line m news or views.
Parenthetically, it may lie remark
ed that it is an offense piiiiishuh!
by inn Hiii I law for nn editor lo omit
ii comma or a word from a coiiiiuiini
calion issued by a news agency and
designated ns official.
AUSTRIANS DEBATE "
VIENNA, via Amslcrtaiii, June 20
The lower house of the Austrian
rcichslag ycslcrday concluded tit'1
debute on the subject of peace with
out taking a vole. I Ins was in enn-
rorniily with Ihe provisions of thi
orders of Ihe day.
Deputy Mauser, a Christian social
1st, who had just been received III
a. 'lienec by Emperor Charles, d. 'dar
ed thai the chamber's im-iicc nspirn
lions had the poncrliil mppnit ot
tho emperor, who ha. I informed hua
that ha desired peace as soon as put
kiLlc,
ENTENTE ALLIES
MUSI
Lloyd George Declares War Must
Continue Until End Sought Attain
ed To Permit War to End Before
Would Be Greatest Disaster That
Ever Befel Mankind.
'GLASGOW, Juno 29. In discuss
ing the question ot peace today, Pro
mlor Lloyd Georgo said that If the
war should be concluded a single hour
before tho allied powers reached the
end they set out to attain at the be
ginning of tho war, it would be the
greatest dlsaser that over befell man
kind. 'In my Judgment," said tho pre
mier, 'this war will como to an end
when tho allied powors have reached
the end they sot out to attain when
they accepted the challenge thrown
down by Germany to civilization.
Then this war ought to como to an
end, but tf It comes to an end a singlo
hour before, It will be the greatest
disaster that ever befell mankind
"I hear pcoplo say that Germany Is
ready to give us a satisfactory peace.
N'o doubt you can hnvo pcaco, but it is
a peace which would give her econom
ic and other control ovor the coun
tries which sho hns Invaded."
Itiissui to Regain Htrengtb.
"Russia will regain hor strength
with a hound and bocomo mightier
and moro tormldnblo than ever," Mr,
Lloyd Georgo contlnuod. "Altho
those distractions had the effect of
postponing complote victory, thoy
mado victory more euro than ever,
moro completo than over, and, what Is
more Important, they made surer than
ever the quality of victory."
'No doubt wo can have poace now at
a price. Germany wants peace oven
PniBSla ardently desires It. They said
thoy would glvo us indemnity for the
wrongs wo havo dono, Just a llttlo ter
ritory horo and a llttlo there and Jimt
a few privileges In othor directions
and wo will clear out. We are told
that If wo aro prepared to make peace
now Germany will rosloro tho inde
pendence of Belgium. But who hns
said so?
'No German statesman has ever
said ho would TCBtoro tho independ
ence of Belgium. Tho German chan
collor camo very near to It, but all the
Junkors fell on him and he received a
Bound box from tho mailed fist.
Terms of Vassalage,
"The only terms on which Germany
has suggested restoring Belgium arc
not those of Independence, bat of vas
salage. Then camo tho doctrine of
tho status quo and no annexation and
no Indemnities. No Gorman states
man hns nccopted oven thnt.
"Hut what did Indemnity mean?
Indemnity Is an essential part of the
mechanism ot civilization in every
land and cllmo. Otherwise what guar
antee have wo against a repetition?
Thon It Is that Is not what you arc
after. You aro after our colonies and
probably I'alestlno nnd Mesopotamia
If wo had entered Into this war pure
ly for tho German colonies, we would
not have raised an army of threo or
four millions. Wo could have got
(Continued on I age Two.)
GALLUP COAL FIELDS
SOLD SMELTER TRUST
NEW YOKK, .1 20. The exten
sive coal fields of the Victor Ameri
can I-'uel company in the Gallup dis
tricts of New- Mexico have been sold
to lluydcn, Stone & Co. for approx
imately f:i,iiiHi,iii(i.
The proiicrtv was bought, Hie pur
chasers say, for Ihe Hay Coiisolid.ilcd
Copper company, the Chino Copper
company and the American Smelting
& Kcriiiing company. A new com-
pnnv has been formed lo npi rati
f ho: proprtli'. under the ii.iim of
the Gallup Ac.cri:an. Coal company,
owned by the above mentioned cor-(ivrativu?.
FIGHT ON PETROGRADFROM
L VICTORY VISIT TO FRONT
Nil
ROOT BACK IN
American Mission Welcomed by Gen
eral Brusslloff in Name of Russian
Army, Who Pledges Co-Operation
in War General Scott Off for
Kiev and Thence to Rumania.
PETROGItAD, June 29 EllhU
Roott, head of tho Amorfcan commis
sion, and Foreign Minister Teresch-
tonko returned to Potrograd yester
day arter a brief visit to staff head
quarters, whore they wore welcomed
by General Brusslloff, in the name of
the Russian army, which, declared
tho commander-in-chief, would con
tinue with all tho power at Us dis
posal, not only to fight for Its own
causes that of fortifying liberty re
cently acquired but at the same time
hand In hand with America, to fight
for tho right of all nations to shape
their destinies In accordance with
their own desires.
There was llttlo in the small coun
try town of Mohllcv to correspond
with a conventional view of a general
staff headquarters. Tho atmosphore
of formality, secrecy and dignity
which distinguished It when it was
the tho home of the former Emperor
Nicholas hnd departed since the revo
lution. There Is nothing left to ar
rest tho attention of the observer ex
cept tho emperor's residence which la
now used by General Brusslloff and
the military hotol whore members of
tho staff are quartered. Otherwlso it
Is a peaceful village on the bank of
tho Dnieper, 200 miles from the fir
ing lino.
I.ittlo Curiosity.
Only small groups ot soldiers were
present to watch tho Imperial train
carrying the commission draw Into
tho station. Despite tho fact that the
train, which was such a common sight
In Imperial days, had not been seen In
Mahllev slaco tho abdication of the
emperor. It evoked llttlo curiosity. A
few soldiers, thinking they might find
accommodations for themselves,
crowdod on board, hut when they
wore told that It was being UBod by
tho American mission, thoy lmnujdl
ately dispersed.
Wednesday noon tho commission
lunched with General Brusslloff and
soon thereafter, Major-Goncral Scott
and aides, military members of the
commission .escorted by Russian gen
oral staff officers, departed for Kiev..
After a short tour ot tho southwest
ern front, .Major-Gencral Scott will go
to Rumania and will greot the king
and queen In tho mime ot the com
mission and tho American govern
ment. U-BOAT CHASERS
WASHINGTON, July 20-Hapid
progress is being made ill tho con
struction of hundreds of subniariiio
chasers recently ordered by the navy
depiirliiietit. At the New York navy
yards alone a dozen of the 110-foot
wooden hulls have been completed al
ready, altho the original plans called
for the produi-lion of only one during
the mouth of June. In August tho
yards will begin to deliver hulls at tho
nili of three a day and keep that up
until the big older hns been filled.
At the present time the cngino pro
duction for Ihe boats is a little behind
schedule. Definite assurances havo
been received, however, that the en
gine builders also will be abend oC
schedule before August, 1.
No decision has been reached aa
yet as to additional boats, With vcs.
scls purchased and those under con
slruclion mini y officers believe
enough have been supplied nf this
type of c'Mt't. Thrre i.- . ome di: cu.--ion
of a larger ho.it, mounting
heavier p ns, a vessel of liO-ft
Icii-'th ba'iB; been proposed,
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