News-Pilot from San Pedro, California • 1

TENTH YEAR Friday Evening October 11 1918 San Pedro California BRIG GEN- MAHONEY Recalls Old Times of the Ships TACOMA Oct 11 Badly beaten up by a member of the crew Joseph A Whittee an American sailor on board a Norwegian schooner which arrived here Sunday from the Hawaiian Islands told a story to the United States immigration officers here and the naval intelligence department that carried the marks of an old-time voyage in a As the result of the injuries he re- ceived Whittee who was an able seamen will be laid up for several months Olaf Hendrickson and Harry Peterson are being investigated by the immigration and naval- officers with the chances it is said that they may be shipped out of the Unitod States as undesirables The only offense of Whittee from the story told it is declared is that 1 crobes he is an American appearance who that la familiarity no west TRAILING NO EAST PROCESS 0 OFFICERS vA Program Follows lin Learning Cfeommand A letter JW an emy officer in ws 4he strenuous It was sent to of San Pedro by who Is known to many In tjf f-qjty be letter writ ten on Eiljj ternary follows: This is jJiimUnlty letter that I promisi boys I would write you once In Ui for to he in his wlj( while When I say I moan It literally ul to you Uncle Sam did not allow time for writi for the 'I Training School When 1 i V'Hi I lived in a two-storied bulS one week before I had a visit the upper floor you yJT have an Idea of how busy we are One In the camp IS okpis' toes from 5-45 until 10-00 in without time to do anything thaig not on the schedule They drllibu until they think you are have conferences which arejhjy end recitation periods combki5 that is the instructor 'afters in the schedule reads a then asks questions When yattJjNii all rested up there is another period then eats I which by way are fine then inspection' Biore drills until 7 30 when youilAkve a two-hour study i I period IBvou never tried to set down andJetMheentrate for two hours on an IffRjtry Drill Manual or Interior Duty or Combat and Field exercise or the Cpe of the Rifle whfoJiG-hy the way lias 86 parts qualify an officer must knoNYllM'Of the 86 Just try it yje hiWi'iwi manual duty to perform no guard have to wash our dishes or sweep the aisles Just sweep the duBt out from under the beds into the aisles where it is picked up by the (kitchen po-lioe) Everything is lettered here no time to call full names All the buildings are numbered and lettered Yesterday we were passing the marked K-9 which by the way is an officers quarters One (Continued oil Page 2) Brig Gen John Mahoney is one if the colonels of the United States Marine corps Who have been given generalships General Mahoney has iecn active service in the Spanish-American war in the Philippines Mexico Haiti and San Domingo He was appointed second I eutenant in 1883 first lieutenant In 1890 and captain in 1899 He is now stationed at Guantanamo Bay Cuba THIS CROATIAN IS AMERICAN: AT THAT Local secret service men are desirous that proper credit he accorded to A Visich a Croatian who has spent much1 time and cori-siderable 'money running down sedr-tious persons encouraging enlistment among his countrymen and otlieis in selling thrift stamps promoting Red Cross subscriptions and particularly Liberty Bonds of each and every loan Mr Visich runs the Yale restaurant at 851 South Spring street LoS Angeles and lias placed the following sign in his window: Lunch and a cold bottle of beer free if you buy your Liberty Bond here" Tickets for the high school entertainment course beginning Oct 14 are now on sale at the Beacon Drug Store and the Public Library Established April 17 1999 Daily Series Vol 6 10 SUCKERS ARE 19 RE SHOWN WHAT Determination of Loan Committee to Expose The facts Determination to go after loan slackers was reached last night at a meeting of the precinct captains Every captain was present with the exception of two who were kept away by illness It was an earnest and serious gathering' of citizens who were not discouraged but who mean business for the rest of the campaign They do not intend that peace piffle or the influenza shall prevent San Pedro from attaining its tiuota So far as they can they will make this a 10(1-town The committee was authorized to publish the names of those who refuse information when approached who in any way manifest hostility to the loan and they make no secret that some of the solicitors have come' Into contact with pro-Germanism so pronounced it will receive official attention This afternoon a vigilance committee is going the rounds It is made up of three resolute men whose names are withheld because they desire to do their delicate work without publicity It is proposed to get after such residents as are known to be able to subscribe and have declined or who have fat bank accounts and have-" sought to get by with the minimum One man' has $50000 in a Los Angeles bank His subscription so far has been $50 The committee is not going blindly and i3 not to wrong anybody but equally determined that slackers shall reform or be exposed i For each remaining day -of the drive there will be different vigilance committees It is proposed to publish a list of subscriptions beginning with $1-000 $500 $250 and running down to $50 This will not be a complete list and the man who subscribed $50 when this was all that it is felt he could do will not find his name in it The idea is to let the public be the judge as to whether those able to take larger amounts have done their' duty in this crisis The committee went over the precincts carefully and found that they had been almost completely covered High school boys and girls have volunteered to help at headquarters this relieving the committee of much embarrassment A decision was reached not to employ school pupils to sell bonds as was done on list and the man who subscribed the third loan Boy scouts will take an active part from -now on Troops 1 and 2 will cover a large territory including Terminal island Each boy scout will endeavor to bring in ten subscriptions The scouts of the Presbyterian church will look after Point Fermin All have been in- 7 structed where to assemble to get their orders At the close of business last night the sales had totaled $206-300 The biggest subscriptions so far have been the following: Union Oil $5000 Seacoast Canning Company $5000 Wood Lumber Company $8740 Odd Fellows $100000 Iri addition to this $5000 of the Standard Oil Company the manufacturing department has subscribed $6950 There are 39 employes and the average is $159 per man The sales department has subscribed $2-400 15 employees average $160 per man The marine department which has two men and each subscribed $200 A subscription of $5000 is expected also from the Boilermakers and Iron shipbuilders In the Los Angeles yard the amount of subscriptions totaled $689000 are striving to make this yard go over the top with subscriptions aggregat ing a million said Dunkeriee assistant secretary today While this is a big undertaking considering the number of men we employ I believe we can make it Our men are responding to the emergency splendidly and we have reason to be proud of what we are SPANISH REACHES TOWN ON SCHEDULE Public Meetings Taboo and Halls and Churches Ordered Closed has made its here Even among those have it the opinion persists it is nothing but the malevolent malady known years ago a3 grippe and shortened through to plain But matter what the name the mi-that have been sweeping have arrived It is estimated that there are 150 cases in San Pedro The effect of the situation is felt by the community far more by reason of precautions taken than by the ailment itself A rigorous closing of all places in which people are wont to congregate has been ordered No theatre may open its doors after 6 this evening The same rule applies to churches Public meetings of any sort are forbidden This spoils an entertainment and dance that the Knights of Columbus had planned for tonight in Liberty Auditorium at which Joseph Scott was to he the speaker The Jugo-Slavs were to have gathered on behalf of the Liberty Loan and this will not be permitted Even the open air meeting that was to have been a feature of Saturday at the plaza a point at which the launching across the channel may be viewed to advantage had to he called off The same is true of any proposed crowd There may be no formal meetings in doors or out Medical men have contended that even it the influenza appeared in this section its force would be light and its stay short and they adhere to this opinion They had been in hopes that it would not appear at all "In every said Dr Van Voorhees this morning "there are certain now to be some infected persons who will be careless as to coughing and sneezing and to guard against the spreading of influenza by this method is the only safe course "There is a great deal of said Dr A Stone "People have become alarmed by reports of the influenza and it has caused them to be in a receptive mood The best way is to keep in good health by proper food and fresh air and to make up the mind that itt oing to have it I do not look for orious outbreak Sterns camp worker for the Christian Scientists at San Pedro expresses regret that so much has been said on the subject and apprehension excited by prophesy that influenza was bound to come "I blame the newspapers somewhat" he said "They have taught people to look for the symptoms In other words they have spread the trouble through the minds of the As to how far the Influenza has invaded the army and navy no word i is given out It has entered a number of homes however and in one instance every member of a family of seven is down with it Russia Will Trade With Pacific Coast SEATTLE Oct Following the announcement last night at Washington by the War Trade Board that applications will now he considered for the shipment of all commodities from the United States to Russia thereby placing the impending Russian trade on the same basis as trade with Japan China the British Empire and all other allied or neutral nations the Amer-ican-Siberian Trading Company of Seattle received positive advices that Prince Lvoy First Premier of the Russian republic Is coming to America In behalf of the new Siberian Government Lvoy is being sent to America by the new Siberian government as its accredited spokesman In trade matters or less familiar with the harbor but the developments of canneries and shipyards made all of them open their Activity in Shipyards Around Puget Sound SEATTLE Oct 11 Ward general manager of the Pacific Coast Company arrived from New York Sunday night and has been confined to his home ever since with a mild form oil Spanish influenza Three more of the auxiliary powered schooners constructed in the Tacoma and Portland yards of the Foundation Company for the French government were turned over to the Thorndyke Trenholme Company for outfitting and loading They are the Fraternity and Democratic built at Tacoma and the General Secret built at Portland The 3500-ton Ferris type ship Daca built by the Meacham Babcock Shipbuilding Company for the government was turned over to the United States shipping board this afternoon at the conclusion of her successful official trials SHIPWORKERS OVER THE TOP FOR LIBERTY The Southwestern Shipbuilding Company went over the top for the loan No peace palaver or prospect of influenza cut any figure among the men there The quota for the yard had been set at $350000 A great clock was installed that indicated by the movement of its hand the point the subscriptions had reached Since yesterday afternoon that hand has been pointing triumphantly to high noon When this quota was fixed the quota for the A yard was made a round million It was thought that this was a fair arrangement considering the relative size of the the campaign about 1500 have been forces but since the beginning of (added at the Southwestern and a similar number laid off at the other yard This fact increased the good natured rivalry by upsetting a balance regarded as equable Nevertheless the A yard is going ahead on the original basis and is approaching the goal rapidly Neither the ship-workers nor the management of the yard have any doubt that the goal will be reached Many of the A yard men have viewed $100 as the proper minimum and a goodly proportion have gone beyond this Some have voluntarily- doubled the subscriptions made earlier in the drive It is not uncommon to see an employee of the A yard wearing the buttons of every loan drive MANY SMALL CHAMBERS AS ONE BIG ONE Perhaps inspired by the alliance of harbor chambers of commerce commercial bodies representing Gardena Lomlta Moneta Redondo Torrance and Gardena Strawberry Day Association and Long Beach are working together in a splendid spirit of unity Their organization is known as the Fourth District Chamber of Commerce All the chambers Immediate to the harbor are in accord with the purpose and work of this body At the latest meeting held at Long Beach last night Shepard of Moneta and A Smith of Lomlta were appointed to petition the supervisors to raise the wages of county road employees now $3 The Liberty Fair committee reported progress made in displays Representatives of the Long Beach chamber of commerce appeared with a report that the Automobile club had the support of the city In the plan to repair a bridge on the Wilmington-Long Beach boulevard The committee on the farm bureau reported that it had found Gardena valley to be only about 30 efficient in production and yet with soil unequaled Farm bureau of-fivials are now getting busy to apply a remedy Among their plans is that of promoting the growth of lemons on a large scale The' community chamber holds monthly meetings at the headquarters of the different chambers that have memberships The more bonds the fewer GERMAN WAR INTENT NOT VET CHANGED Every Indication That The The Fight Is to a Finish WASHINGTON Oct The evacuation bv the allies of territory occupied in German colonies and in Turkey will be aske! bv Germany in her reply to President message in which he made it plain' that the central powers could not seek an armistice while their armies were in invaded lands according to a dispatch from Lyons to the French mmission today This decision was reached the dispatch states at a gathering of the high command October 9 called for the purpose of considering the demand for evacuation and attended by General Ludendoiff LONDON Oct 11 The kaiser has summoned a crown council to meet tomorrow in Berlin in preparation for answering President demands on peace The kaiser nas taken the unpiqctd ented step of inviting the rulers of the various German states to attend The reichstag also meets tomorrow to discuss the American demands It seems plainly evident that theie is no chance of Berlin accepting the allies' terms at this time Peace is nowhere near and the fighting must go on to complete victory Every dispatch from Germany indicates further effort toward camouflage and treachery on her p-rt The central Socialist parties in Germany approve the evacuation of France and Belgium but tins is meeting with opposition from the kaiser Hindenburg and Ludendoiff said an Exchange Telegraph dispatch lrom Copenhagen today Should the German reichstag decide upon evacuation both Hindenburg -and Ludeudorff will resign it was reported from Berlin Thompson and family who formerly lived at 623 Second street are now comiortably situated in their new home at 970 Santa Cruz street Dillon until recently of Los Angeles has just completed four handsome flats at 242-246 North Bandidi street one of which he will occupy himself For Buy YOUR Country SHIPS THAT IGHT HAVE PLIED HERE In order to obtain an immediate transpacific line for Los Angeles the traffic manager opened negotiations with Scholtz managing director in New York for the Ph Van Ommeren Corporation one of the oldest of mercantile and shipping concerns This company controlled a number of vessels at that time idle in the port of Rotterdam which Mr Scholtz believed could be put into service between the Pacific Coast and the Dutch East Indies and Australia At the invitation Mr Scholtz visited Los Angeles im speeted harbor facilities and under took to establish a line between this coast and Australia and apother between here and the East Indies with -its principal port on this coast because of superior advantages in the way of port facilities One of the conditions on which the Holland owners of these vessels were to send them to America was that the federal authorities would give assurance that the vessels would not he commandeered when in American waters This assurance Mr Wilson obtained from the shipping board for Mr Sholtz But about that time conditions became exceedingly strained between Holland and Germany with the result that it has thus far been impossible to carry the project VISITORS TO HARBOR HA SOME IDEAS Port Warden Don Fugitt had charge of the party of visitors here recently representing the port authorities of the Pacific coast was much struck by the personality of Robert said Mr Fugitt "It seemed to dominate the whole gathering Everybody deferred to Dollar because he really is a big figure In the shipping world An old man) too as years go but he keeps his grip Oil affairs and his pep abides 'with him "There was another man along lepresenting Swayne and Hoyt and he is full of China He knows China and the Chinese and has the greatest confidence In that country and race He said that In twenty years the Chinese would be as far ahead of the Japanese as the latter seem to be ahead now It was his theory that the Chinese had as he expressed it They were thinkers and inventors while the Japanese never originated anything "Then he talked of Mexico is the matter with you people down he asked ought to be doing a big business with Mexico and cultivating relations with it You have many of the Mexicans here There is a big Mexican exhibit to be seen in San Francisco It belong there It belongs on Spring street In Los He added that in his opinion the harbor commission of Los Angeles was the most far-sighted body on the Pacific coast Coming from a San Franciscan I thought that was pretty good "Most of the visitors were more I i Fourth Liberty Bonds Long dentist 111 6th St tf.