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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-04
To Make Wireless
 Operators Stop All
 Commercial Business

Washington. May 4-Wireless opera tors on ocean-going steamships throughout the world will be compelled to stop all commercial business and listen at stated intervals, p erhaps every 30 or 60 minutes, for calls of distress from other craft If the recom- rnendations of the American delegates to the international radio-communica- tion congress in London. in June. are favorably acted upon by the congress. The delegates were in seszion today to map out plane.
 The delegates also favor the plan advanced in Congress to compel the big liners to carry two or perha ps three wireless operators, one of whom siaaN be on duty at all times.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-04
THREE FIRES IN
 STAMFORD BELIEVED
 TO BE INCENDIARY

Stamford, May EThat incendiaries were responsible for three fires in the same block at Pacific and Brook streets, between 3 and 1 o'clock this morning, is the belief of Chief Parker of the local fire department here to- day. State Fire Marshal Egan has been asked to come here for an inves- tigation. The building is owned by Frankel and Spelke. The damage to the building amounted to only $200, but there is nearly 5000 damage to stock in stores. This is partly iI- sured.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-04
LAGER BEER MADE AT HOME for

LAGER BEER MADE AT HOME for two cents quart with Am brew" Concentrated Extract. Something new. A summer seller-just what every agent is looking for. Not a near beer-not an imitation-but a real, genuine intoxicating beer can be made saving over 100T of brewers prices by the addition of water: Ambrew'' is the concentrat- ed ingredients of real lager beer same as is used by the brewers ill brewing the best beer. Strictly legitimate. No license required. Enormous demand, quick sales, large profits. Sells in either wet or dry territory. Can be carried in pocket. Act quick. Send postal today and ask for Free Booklet Secret of making beer at home" We'll show you how to make mon ey quick. American Products Co.,, Dept. 2175, Cincinnati, O. a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-04
TWO IA YEARS OLD GIRLS LAST SEEN
 HERE; NOW MISSING

Milford, May 4-No trace has yet been found of Eleanor Beach and Nina Bennett, each IA, who disap- peared from their homes Thursday night. They started for a dance but it is learned took a car for Bridge port instead, where they were last seen. The Beach girl has relatives in Jersey City and 1t is thought they might have gone there.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-04
Fireman's Skull Fractured

New Haven, May +When the en- gineer of 8 train on the Vermont Cen tral Railroad brought his train into the station here, today, he found his fireman, Foreman Clapp, of Bratt1e. boro, Vt, unconscious in his cab with fractured skull. It is not known how Clapp was injured unless he was leaning out of his window while pass- ing a bridge and coming in contact with 1t. He is 25 years old and his recovery is doubtful.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-04
Italian Troops Occupy
 Another Turkish Island

Rome, May 4-Minister of War Spin gardi announced, today. that the ital- ian troops have occupied the island Resodes, off the coast of Turkey, fol- lowing out the plan of Italian control of Turkish possessions in the Agean Sea-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-04
PORTER HELD FOR TRIAL.

Galen, who decamped several weeks ago with about $75 and other valu- ables, was held for trial in the su- perior court in the city tribunal this forenoon. Sells was brought from New York city by Detective Sergeant Fox last evening"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-04

Leo Forbes. aged 19. supposedly an industrious mason, was sentenced to tafI for 90 days in the city court to- day for theft of a quantity of cement bazs from new building work in the North End Forbes was arrested at his parents home in Wayne street. by Detective Sergeant !Cronan, last even ing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-04

YOU DON'T WANT any old junk or old things around your premises, but we want them as we need them for our business. Sell them to Jacob Bros. We will pay you the highest price and get them out of your way. Prompt attention and satisfaction Is our record. 55 Kos suth St. Tel. 286. Be-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-04

BARGAINS pas senger Maxwell. overhauled and repainted, two extra tires, $275.
 Kregling, Carroll and Connecticut Ave. asp
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-04

DISC GRAPHOPHONE FOR SALE New machine. with record cabinet,
 mahogany case, half price. Also an Edison four and two minute sse.00. price now $12.00. Redf1eld's zSe Faardeld Ave. R4bepo
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-04

WANTED-Everybo to know that we sell furniture, linoleum, rugs ranges, refrigerators baby car- rfages; cash or credit. Glasner Furniture Co.,, 1192 Main st.
 U 24 If O
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-04

WANTED-Housew to try Crouch A Plassmaun's Never Enough" pure milk bread. Ask your grocer for 1t. $ 16t DO
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-04

TO RENT.-S rooms, 1st floor, all improvements. steam heat, 210 Pearl St, near East Main St. Keys 1540 East Main St. P. W. Murray.
 U 27 If.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-04

TRY A BOX of Casca Laxine tablets for constipation. 2s cents.
 H1s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-04
UNCLASSIFIED

TO RENT.-New apartment, just completed, rooms. attic, all im- provements, s17.0O. 1472 East Main. a"p
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-04

WANTED.-Automa screw machine operators. assemblers. and carpen- ters. American Graphophone Co. Employment office, Howard Ave. 3 a. m- R 1uso
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-04
THE FARMER

can be obtained by NEWS BOYS, DEALERS AND OTHERS, after G o'clock evenings, at the Herald News Stand. 40 FAIRFIELD AVENUE.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-16
NATIVE RUNNERS TO TAKE
PLACE OF PHONES IN Army

If you hear the mad clatter of hoof-
beats on the cobbles, and see mount
ed orderlies dashing by on foam-feck-
ed horses, pulling up before army
headquarters, and dashing up the
stairways of the Young Hotel, to leave
their painting mounts to stand alone
on the streets, don't jump to the
conclusion that war has been declar-
ed or that the Diamond Head volcano
has wiped Fort Ruger Out of exist
ence.
On the contrary, 1t may only mean
that Major Timberlake presents his
compliments to General Macomb and
would like him to take tea a week
from Wednesday, or that Major Who'll
ley would like to know from the ad-
tutant general whether the last requi-
sition of tentage came on the trans
port, or something of that sort.
For the army here is to go back to
old-time methods, when mounted mes
sengers and native runners carried the
news from post to post The tele-
phone has been officially wiped out
Of existence, for purposes Of present
economy, and instead of one minute
for a message to travel from head
quarters to Ruger, for instance, it will
take one hour, and maybe a change
of horses.
The army is broke, and now it's 60
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-16
sen. PERKINS
WILL INSPECT
Pearl HARBOR
Chairman of Senate Commit
tee on Naval Affairs to
View Station
TELLS LELAND CDNNESS
81 OF HIS PLANS FOR TRIP
May Be Accompanied by Other
Senators interested in the
" Oahu DefenSeS
Rx c. S. ALaERT.

Especial Star-B Bulletin Correspondence
WASHINGTON d. c., Aug. s.
Senator George C. Perkins of Cali
fornia contemplates visiting Hawaii
in the near future He is chairman
of the Senate committee on naval af
fairs and will make the visit in a
semiofficial capacity.E He is extreme.
ly anxious to carefully inspect the
naval station at Pearl Harbor and
ascertain for himself the additional
betterments necessary to make 1t i'm
pregnable.
The announcement of Senator Per
kins' intention was made to Leland
s. Conness Just prior to his departure
for home. John CONFESS, a former
Senator from California, and a close
personal friend of Lincoln, was well
known to Mr.. PERKINS and caused him
to take strong personal interest in
the son. He rendered young Con:
ness much valuable assistance in Sc
curing the requisite legislation for
his street railroad project during the
present session of Congress.
In disclosing his purpose Senator
Perkins said he expected to make the
journey to Honolulu next spring. He
might set an earlier date, but believed
1t would be difficult for him to spare
the time before the termination of
the short session next winter.-,tsf 81.
1t is considered highly probable that
some other members of the Senate
committee on naval affairs may later
determine to accompany Mr.. Perkins
4. -. <~E
them also take a great interest in the
establishment Of q formidable naval
base at Pearl Harbor and would like
to see the location and surroundings
for themselves. They would then be
In a better position to frame legisla-
ton and suggest increased appropria-
tions for the improvements now under
way. ~.'~
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h,m1e is
saued BY
quieka act
of fbraue-
women
battling
Nth
flames
Honolulu Woman Wins Fame
as Firefighter on Mainland.
Bucket Brigade

As chieftainess of a bucket brigade
composed of feminine members of a
louse- party, gathered at the home OF
ler aunt, Mrs. Timothy Guy Phelps
at San Carlos, California, Mrs. Nelson
B. Lansing of Honolulu has won fame
Is a fire e-fighter in, saving her aunt's
home from destruction, and the San
Francisco papers have taken due cogn-
izance of her deeds, not sparing
space in depicting the features of the
fair Mrs. Lansing and the story Of har
,exploits. -. = - .~-.-.e ~,
One account of the. FIRE and Mrs. g.
Lansing's efforts in connection with
the leadership of the bucket brigade
is as follows:
Aroused, from their beds by fire
early yesterday morning, women
guests of Mrs. Timothy Guy Phelps,
widow of the former collector of port
of San Francisco, saved her handsome
country residence at San Carlos from
destruction.
Led by Mrs. Nelson Lansing of Ho-
nolulu, the guests of Mrs. Phelps or
ganized a bucket brigade and succeed
ed in smothering the flames, which
had broken through the roof by the
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-16
Murderer Who Once Lived in
Honolulu, Last Seen il,
Seattle

Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards
the virginia outlaws who, turned a
courtroom into q n1ogne, may be
somewhere on the high seas bound
for Honolulu, according to Seattle
dispatch received this morning
which stated that the fugitiyes had
been seen there but had disappeared,
leaving no trace The suggestion
that they might be on their way to
Honolulu comes from the fact that
Sidna Allen once lived here. coming
as sailor before the mast, and it is
deemed entirely probable that, har,
ried and bounded over the United
states, he would attempt to seek
safelS by again going to sea with the
intention of reaching China or some
other country in the Orient where
rnder an alias he would be safe for
a time at least. = ~- p.
A description of the Allen clan
leaders is In the hands of the Fed
eral and Territorial officers here, as
a is with the. police authorities of
every country in the world, and a
close watch viii be kept on the crews
of sailing vessels or steamers max
ing this port from the Northwest.
Word that Allen and Edwards were
in Seattle was conveyed to the of.
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Once SKIPPER
OF 7. N. VESSEL,
NOW DECkHANO|
Gaukroger of Inflated Asia Is
Able Seaman on Tramp
- Collier
LOSS OF HIS SHIP i:
COST HIM HIS BILLET
Offered Another Position, but
Plucky Sailor Prefers to
Work Up -.

From gold lace to dungarees is the
fate that has befallen Captain Harry
Gaukroger, who less than two years
ago proudly trod the bridge of Pa
,cific Mail liner as regular visitor
to Honolulu. and who now serves In
the humble capacity of able seaman
aboard British tramp collier that
arrived at San Francisco but a few
hours previous to the departure of
the steamship Siberia for Honolulu
Captain Harry Gaukroger, the for.
mer skipper of the Pacific Mail s. S,
Asia, that went ashore and was lost
off Finger Rock, is first-class sailor.
man in the steamship Wellington,
which has for some weeks been en-
gagged in transporting coal from Ma
naimo, B. c., to- San Francisco" de-
clared an officer of the Siberia on
arrival at Honolulu this morning.
Wreck Cost Him Place.
1t is a well-known fact that Captain
Gaukroger incurred the displeasure of
Vice President and General Manager
X. P. Schwerin following the disas-
ter that piled the Asia hard and fast
on the treacherous rocks off the China
coast. Despite the fact that the of
ticer was rated as a first-class sailor
man and never displayed better sea-
manship than on the eventful night
that the Asia crashed into the rock
bound islet with several hundred pas
sengers, destined for Honolulu and San
Francisco, Captain Gaukroger pro-
ceeded to stand by his vessel until
all hope for its salvation had been
abandoned
" The skipper passed through Homo
lulu soon afterward as passenger in
another Pacific Mailer, and the pre-
diction was then made that he, as well
as several other officers, would be
eliminated from the Pacific Mail
Who's Who following the official in
quiry demanded by Manager Schwerin.
In the Pacific Mail steamship ST.
IBERIA, now at the port and to remain
here until tomorrow morning, are sew
eral officers who were members of
the Asia staff at the time of the dis
aster. They readily recalled the in
cident, and it was stated in passing
that not one life was lost, although
the ship was gradually ground to
pieces.
Working Up Again.
Captain Gaukroger is a game little
Britisher and, believe me, he is deter
mined to work his way up to the
bridge again." was the prediction
made this morning.
I he Siberia officers also relate that
Captain Porter, who was a skipper in
the big Mongolia, at the time that
liner went ashore off Midway Island,
during the fall of 1906, is a petty Of
ficer in the Wellington. The Man
churia, sister ship, was piled high
and dry in Waimanalo Bay, the Unit
eG States army transport Sheridan
beached near Barber's Point, when a
cable came to Honolulu announcing
the grounding of the Mongolia.
Captain Gaukroger was at one time
slated for the command of steamer
in the Dollar transpacific service, but
at the moment of taking the ship to
sea he is said to have resigned the
post to take up other duties ashore.
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Club LICENSE
QUESTION IS SAFE
FOR time Being
Error in Law Admitted but the
Matter Will Go Over for
Legislature

Bona fide social clubs whose main
purpose is not the sale of liquor
scarcely need fear the cancellation OF
their club licenses, following the op'
4iflion handed down to Acting Terri
torial Treasurer Hapai by the Attor'
ney General today, advising adversely
on the application of the. Toyo Club
and ignoring the question as to the
other clubs.
It is admitted that the legislature
of 1907 made an error when it failed
to provide a specific club license, as
had previously been allowed in the
act passed in 1905, and it is intimated
that the situation will be permitted
to remain as it is now until the next
legislature can rectify the error.
The opinion, advising against the
granting of the Toyo Clubs license,
quotes a section of the old law of
1905 and says that since certain in
vestigations into the Clubs conduct
have shown that it does not meet the
qualifications of a bona fide social
club because the proprietors or man.
ayers have been seeking to evade the
general license laws.
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ing to extremes, possibly to point a
moral to the legislators, according TO
the guess of some officers here. The
phones are to be cut out, says an Off.
cial edict, but whether they will &C.
tually be torn from the fixtures, or
whether a friendly telephone company
will merely shrug. its shoulders and
take a chance of eventually being
paid, remains to be seen. If the
phones really go, it may be hard to
get them back again, for the local
company is pressed for service, and
other prospective subscribers would
be glad to gobble up the numbers.
Here is the no-phone order, received
at headquarters this morning, emanat-
ing from the Western Division on in
structions from Washington.
Army appropriation bill this fiscal
year has not been extended beyond
August IS. All telephone service paid
by quartermaster's department should
be discontinued until passage OF, or
future extension army appropriation
bill. Notification will be given when
notification is received from Washing
ton. Inform all parties concerned"
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BOND ISSUE SOLD
To 4 CONCERNS
Local Banks Awarded $780,
f.: 000-Bishop & Co. High
est Bidder

The entire new 81, 100000 territorial
bond issue will be sold to four con-
Germs, that number of bidders receiv-
ing the award of stock in New York
this morning, according to a cable re-
ceived by Governor Frear this after
noon.
The two Hawaiian bidders were
successful, Bishop & Co. being the
highest, offering rate Of 101 for a
$50, 900 block of stock and the First
National Bank of Wailuku taking $10,-
900 worth Of the stock at rate OF
10010.
In all there were nine bidders, but
five were thrown out because they
were unaccompanied by checks. The
total amount bid was $3,510,000. The
total amount bid at or above par was
$3,06O,000, and the prices bid at OF
above par aggregated $3,069,914. The
bids accepted aggregate 81 500 900, for
which 81 1,508,831.34 was bid, or a pre-
MUM of $S,831.34.
Governor Frear says that while the
premium received on the 1912 issue
Is not as great as the former issue,
which got $23,S13.75 as premium, yet
the profit to the Territory will prob
ably prove greater on the present flo
tation, because the expense attendant
has not been nearly so large as that
undergone on the previous occasion.
Following is the summary Of the &C
cepted bids:
Bishop & Co., Honolulu-Par, $780,,
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PRINCESS KAWANANAkOA
SPURNS UNEARlNED Laurel, S

list of 27S representative women Of
the islands who contributed.
To a representative of the Star-Bul-
letin the Princess stated that she had
nothing to do with any such movement
and had not sent any such sum to Mrs.
John Hays Hammond or to Mrs.
Henry A. Strong of Rochester, N. "
mother-in-law of former Governor
George r. Carter, who the article
states is the treasurer of the fund coll
iected in Hawaii.
AS matter of fact, it is stated here
that Princess Kawananakoa had moth
ing whatever to do with the Titanic
fund which was raised under the d.
rection of Mrs. George r. Carter and
amounted to less than $100 instead Of
$1,000. A number of prominent wom-
en- contributed to this fund, but no
large sums were solicited.
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fruit FLIES
SLAIN BY
INSECT
Pest Diminishing and Wilcox
Believes Its Foe May
Be Here

While DR.. Silyestri is securing the
wilds of Africa with the official as
sistance of the governments of the
world IN a search for a parasite that
will destroy the fruit fly, DIR. Il. "
Wilcox, in charge OF the Federal Elk
pertinent Station, declared this morn
ing that the fruit flies are diminish
ing in numbers. both In the clean cnl
ture sections and in the country. He
declares that while his observations
lave not been completed. there is
every reason to believe that some pre-
daceous insect is attacking the fly,
although he says there is no parasite
Of the fly In evidence. -
There is no doubt that the fruit
fly Is much less numerous than 1t was
when the campaign against II start
ed" said DR.. Wilcox.
a diminution in the prevalence of
the pest Is observable not emily in
eSownE sections. where spraying has
been done, and infested fruit burned,
hut the Fly is much less numerous in
che forest sections. This is very
gratifying, as nobody had any hope
that the ny could be exterminated al.
together BY suppressing II within
areas of fruit cultivation. when it
was liable to be blown back upon
such areas from the infested guaya
bushes in the forests. -
Manooes Free cf-pests
Although there is an immense
mango crop this year It h fact that
a large proportion OF the mangoes
are immune from the pest. Peaches,
TOO, are remarkably free of infesta.
tion. The same is true also of the
coffee growing back IN the hills,
which was full of the pest last year
Mr.. Weinland was up on Tantalus
the other day and was surprised al
the scarcity of the fly there, where IL
(continued on Paue 81
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! time they were awakened. Mrs. Vir-
ginia Lord, Mrs. J. B. Schroeder and
Miss Ethel Mclean were among the
other women who fought the fire. -
The fire was discovered by ]. B.
Schroeder, member of the Bohemian
Club and retired capitalist, who had
gone to the Phelps home with his
wife. =.
. AFTER awakening his wife and their
hostess, Schroeder aroused the guests,
who could hear the flames cracking
overhead - -,
With an AK Schroeder mounted to
the roof, where the flames were sever
est, while the women carried up buck
cts of water and fought the fire. with
wet blankets. ... -, 1
F For time it appeared that the
handsome residence overlooking 81
Canine Real was to be destroyed,
Smoke filled the Railways and almost
made them impossible, but the wofi-
en-, their heads covered with shawls,
managed to continue their fight
against the fire until they had 1t url-
der control. = ..-
'"The gowns of most of the volurl-
teer fire-fighters were ruined BY
smoke and water, but the damage to
the Phelps home was only several hum
dred dollars. ....
. MRS. Schroeder and Mrs. Lord are
sisters of Mrs. Phelps. Mrs. Lansing
and Miss Mclean are her nieces."
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Credited in Mainland Press
with Raising Titanic Fund,
Enters Denial ;~

While Princess Kawananakoa is be
ing extensively featured in the main
land press as the leader of campaign
in Hawaii to raise funds for the me-
mortal to be built in Washington to
the men who went down with the I'll
tanic, the Princess herself knows
nothing about the movement and has
not the slightest idea as to the iden-
tity of her self-appointed press agent.
The articles in the mainland papers
state with a wealth of detail that the
Princess headed a movement for Ti-
tanic memorial in Hawaii and sent
$1,000 as the first contribution with a
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long
LIVED, FIGURES
INDICATE

Lepoole, a Hawaiian woman whcse
age was said to be more than 100
years died yef terday on Hustace
street. While this In an unusual age
generally it Is not considered re-
markable here, and the mortality fig
ures in the registrars Office show that
the natives are inclined to great lone
evity, much more than the people OF
other nationaltfes residing In the Ter
ritory.
For instance, in Honolulu. sixteen
OF the Hawaiians who die1 last year
were more than so yearr Old During
the same period the Americans more
than so years of age who died here
numbered only six; the Japanese
none; Portuguese four and Chinese
four.
In, the territory the Americans more
than 80 years old who died last year
numbered just six; the Chinese i've;
Hawaiians sixty-two; Japanese one:
Portuguese six, Porto Ricans four and
Germans three
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SIDNA ALLEN, VIRGINIA OUTLAW
NAY BE TURNING TO HAWAII

ficials there by U. S. Marshal Joseph
Anderson of Salt Lake. who wrote
that they were headed for the home
'tf a hnsman and fellow feudist, Hat.
field, who lives near Everett, Wash.
Allen was reported as seen on the
street OF Ballard, a suburb of Seattle,
the last week in July, but since that
time no trace Of him or of Edwards
has been found. ..... . :