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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-03
A. I. wakefield
ENDS HIS LIFE IN
STEAMER CABIN
Commission Merchant, Crazed
BY Loss of Sleep, Commits
Suicide on Mauna Kea
BODY FOUND BY STEWARD
ON ARRIVAL OF VESSEL
Had Been Suffering From In
Somnia For Months, Conn.,
planned to Passengers

Alfred r. Wakefield. commission
merchant. committed suicide in a
staterccm in the lnter-Ts!and steamer
Mauna kea while returning from Hilo
His body was found partly suspended
from the upper berth by leather
strap, after the vessel had reached 4
wharf shortly before o'clock this
morning.
Worry from insomnia is believed to
from lack of sleep Tor some time and
had mentioned to fellow passengers
that he feared he would not be able
TO sleep last night.
He boarded the steamer at Halo yes
terday afternoon. He visited the din
ing-room and partook of substantial
meal. He remaine- en- deck until
about s ocloca last night, mingling
freely with the passengers, And then
retired. He was not seen alive after
that hour.
A Filipino room-boy making the
rounds of the saloon deck after the
Mauna <Kea had reached the port,
came upon the body. Captain William
Freeman and Purser p. T. Phillips
were called. They made a hasty eX-
animation which revealed the tact that
life. had been extinct for hours.
He had undressed and donned his
sleeping garb before taking his life.
He had removed strap from suit
case. One end had formed moose,
which was tightly twisted around his
neck The other end had been fasten-
ed to the upper part of the berth at
about five feet from the floor. To
carry out his purpose he had attempt
ed to withdraw his feet from the floor
Deputy Sheriff Asch was called to
take charge of the remains. He found
more than $500 in currency. and
checks among the effects.
Before turning in for the night Wake
field is reported to have passed few
" Words with Captain Freeman and Pur.
ser Phillips. He then complained Of
having suffered from sleeplessness
and said that he hoped for some rest
before returning to Honolulu
He left no message to family or
relatives as far as the police were able
to discover. Upon boarding the,
steamer he had been given exclusive
use of a stateroom at his own re-
quest
MIR. Wakefield had left the city
on a combined business and
pleasure trip to Hawaii Letters re.
ce;Ved from him since then were
cheerful and gave no inkling of des-
pondence, nor did he say anything
about his health being poorer than
usual -:
Last August he was~4narried in this
city to Miss Mary Smith of Birming-
ham. England. his own home. He was
81 years old. He came here nine
years ago from Birmingham The on,
Iy other relative in this city besides
his widow is James Wakefield, his
brother, a member Of the harbor com.
mission. saf
There was no other cause than i'll
health" said the brother today. He
has been suffering from insomnia for
some months and it has worn him
down much. He had no business
or trouble of any other kind.
Funeral services were held this aft.
ernoon at 4:3O o'clock at the Williams
chapel. 'fhe body will be J
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-03

Business at the meeting of the
beard of supervisors this afternoon
was confined to the passage of pay
rolls, adjodrhri1ent for general busi-
ness being taken to Tuesday evening
next J. r. Gait and B. l.. Marx came
TO the meeting to represent the hold
ers of water privileges in the Nuuanu
district, where irrigation has been or
dered suspended, but left before the
opening on being informed that it was
special meeting.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-03

NEW YORK N. y April 3-The loss of the submarine
F4 off Honolulu harbor and the nadquacy of the equipment
available for lifting the craft has caused navy
department to investigate the possibilities of special safe
guards.
The Brooklyn navy yard is considering plans for a
mother ship of type constructed especially be able
to lift disabled submarines will be twice the size of the
present tenders. ~ -
According to the plans portion of the hull will be hol
lowed out to allow the slowing of the submarine after
lifted The tender will be equipped with long
full chains and engines able to lift waterogged submarine
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-03
MORE BRITISH
SHIPPING SUNK
BY SUBMARINES

LONDON, Eng, April 3.-The Brit,
ish steamer Lockwood mas been torpe-
doed off the DeVonshIre coast. The
crew was saved.
The Southpoint, reported sunk off
the Spanish coast by the German sub
marine u-2s, was sunk off the Devon.
shire coast.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-03

The Trail and Mountain Club hike
for Sunday, April 3. will be up Hala'
wa gulch, going up the south side and
coming back on the north side. in all
a distance of between twelve and fif.
teen miles. Those desiring to go will
take their own lunch and meet at the
promotion committee. rooms at 7:30
q. m.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-03
HOUSE MAY GIVE S1C0
FOR F-4 RELIEF FUND

Representative Eli Crawford intro
duced resolution in the house today
calling for an appropriation Of $t00
out of the contingent fund OF the
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-03
big SHIP CO. IS
IN RECEIVERSH|P

NEW YORK, n. ", A~ril 3.-The
federal court has appointed p. A. S.
Franklin as receiver Of the lnterna.
tional Mercantile Marine, under $5o,-
600 bond, with power to continue the
company's business. The New York
Trust company took action as trus.
tee for $52,744yooo collateral trust d
per cent bonds, the interest on which
had been defaulted. The proceedings
to throw the company into a receiver
ship is described as friendly.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-03
MOUNTAIN BATTLE ENDING

LONDON, England, April 8
The great battle in the Car.
pathians, after continuing for
many days, is nearing a decis-
ion, according to reports from
the east front. Over ice and
snow the Russians have car
ried q series Of lines and threat
en- to break through at Lup-
kow and Uzsok.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-03
SEE LONG ASSAULT

LONDON, England, April 8,
British opinion is less optim-
istic now regarding the proba-
bility of soon forcing q way
through the Dardanelles.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-03
4 DISASTER LEADS Navy TO TAKE STEPS FOR FUTURE SAFET
BROOKLYN YARD CONSIDERS
PLANS FOR BIG TENDER ABLE
RAISE SUNkEN SUBMARINES

PROPOSED "MoTHER SHIP" TO BE TWICE SIZE OF PRES
ENT VESSELS-EQUIPPED FOR HEAVY STRAN-PIAN
TO REACH F-4 OFF HARBOR DELAYED TODAY BY
SLIGHT DEFECT IN DEEP-SEA TUBE-ExTREME PRE-
CAUTIONS NECESSARY, so DESCENT OF DIVERS WILL
NOT BE MADE TODAY AS PREVIOUSLY PLANNED
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-03

TAssosiated Press by Federal Wireless ]
. PETRoGRAD, Russia, April
8. - Semi official statements
show that Russia is in sym
pathy with Italy's desire for
more territory at the head Of
the Adriatic Sea, including
Trent and Triest, now Austrian
territory. Russia does not op-
pose further expansion for
Italy but warns the govern
ment against ambitions which
may precipitate another war.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-03
VIENNA CLAIMS VICTORY
VIENNA, Austria, April 8.
Vienna claims the defeat Of
the Russian forces invading
Bukowina.
d. S. OBSERVERS RECALLED
BERLIN, Germany, April :

BERLIN, Germany, April 8.
The fact that the United
States has recalled as military
Observers in the war zone,
Majors G. G. Williams and d.
+. Aultman and Captains S. D.
Rockenbach, w. D. Burtt and
s. G. Shartle, is causing much
surprise.
Col. ]. E. Kuhn has not been
recalled but has been created
military attache to the Berlin
embassy.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-03

house for tire relief OF the widows and
children Of the submarine "a Wheth-
er or not TIE house can make such an
appropriation Is q mstter Of specpia-
t'eR. Bttnrney-nlelnteFs assert that
the resclutien cannot be enforced
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-03
RUSSIA warns
ITALY ANOTHER
WAR IMMINENT
Cars Government In Sympa-
thy With Rome's Desire for
More Territory, But Not
With Starting New Conflict
CARPATHIAN BATTLE
IS NEARING DECISION

Russians Force Lines Forward
Through Ice and Snow
American Military 0bserV-
ers on German Side Recalled
-Thrasher Incident Given
Much Notice in England
. Vienna Claims Victory
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-03
THRASHER DEATH TOPIC

LONDON, England, April 8.
The death Of Leon Thrasher,
the American citizen lost when
a German submarine torpedoed
the steamer Falabia in the
Irish sea, is given much prom
inence in the British press,
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-03
AMBROSE BIERCE
WITH KITCHENER

Associated Press by Federal Wirelessl
NEW YORK, N. ", April 3.-ReIa-
lives Of Ambrose Bierce, the autfo'
and critic, have learned that he rs at
4acfed TO Lord kitehener's staff. ,
FOR RENT OR LEASE APRIL 80
second story of building, Merchant
and Alakea; offices, single or en-
suite; large hall, store on Alakea
street. - .
H. E. HENDRICK,
Merehant and Alakea SITS.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-03

additional telegraph news, Page 81
Arizona republican., 1915-09-22
When to Work to Advantale

From such evidence has been coming hand. the order business in this part the country have been rather slow since the first of the year. Superficial observers may thought had been unusually good. They would base such erroneous judgment the fact that since Jan uary j. carloads of mail-order catalogues have been received in Phoenix distribution. One. by the way. arrived day before yesterday; also three talented gentlemen from great house in Chicago arrived about the same t:me we suppose. inquire what is the matter with the mail-order business in Arizona In the opinion of the great lnail-order houses something be the with t; it must need attention. otherwise such strenuous and expensive effort would be put forward by these which have business duced a fine, scientific point. With them when trade is dull that campaigns started enliven it. Old-tine merchants used conduct their campaigns when business was good. then when money was coming in that they thought they could best afford the expense the campaign: it then. that there less need a campaign.
 But the mail-order houses whose conduct every penny of expenditure is made count, money is spent when it is most needed and when 1t will do the good. does not take a very far seeing perceive the wisdom conducting a campaign when there is thing to fight. When things are naturally coming your way. there is less need of expending money energy in bull ing is when things are going the other way that need to get them started back toward
 That is why enormous expense. the mail order houses of Chicago and New York have been flooding Phoenix with maii-ovder catalogues for the last eight nine months
 Whatever may think of the mail order houses. must admit that their arrangements have mas tered the gentle of spendinf, money where and when il will to them the good. Tn the lan- guage of Emerson the philosopher, gotta to hand O 'em for that"
Arizona republican., 1915-09-22
CHARACTER IS LIQUID CAPITAL

The elder Morgan. master of finance, used to insist that character is the best kind of security. Though prob ably good many honest men have en- countered greater or less difficulties in the effort to obtain loans of money. nevertheless business pays homage to character and character pays dividends in business, as elsewhere. A good illus tration Of the respect in which down right manliness is held in the money markets is contained in an editorial Tn the Wall Street Journal:
 A preacher in Brooklyn, the Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis. the success sor of Henry Ward Beecher and Lyman Abbott at the ugly old Plymouth church which is almost a national shrine, gave letters of recommendation to two nephewS nine years ago. He became stockholder in a lumber company they floated, and his liability was, of course,
 limited to the amount of his stock. The enterprise was a failure. No one knows exactly how much was involved but Doctor Hills, over a period of four years, paid off the stockholders to the extent of s55,OOO and two notes. the amount of which is not specified.
 Sir Walter Scott and Mark Twain did likewise, and Doctor HilliS, with a publicity he probably does not desire. joins the company of two brave and honorable men.
 Here is a preacher who practices what he breaches. Wall Street lends on character. If Doctor Hillis wants to borrow a million dollars down here any old time his word is good enough without collateral"
 The highest merit that we ascribe Hills and Grant and Lincoln and Mark Twain and Walter Scott is not that they showed themselves honest under heavy burdens of debt, but that when trouble and crisis came, a conception of honesty which knew no moral limi- tations and accepted no legal compro- mise was found joined with an unhesi- tating and invincible courage in the strggle against diversity. When plain honesty is deemed forthy of admiration and praise it will be a sad day for man kind. The honest man, merely as such, is not yet a fit subject for hero wor- ship.-Lul1e Guardian in the Philadel- phia Evening Ledger.
Arizona republican., 1915-09-22
Prohibition in Yura

Recall petitions are being circulated against the superior judge, the sheriff the county attorney of Yuma county for alleged failure enforce the prohibition law vigorously The principal accusa- tion against the judge he is too free with suspended sentences trivial the cases of persons convicted of bootleggng. charged against the county attorney that he does u"usIy prosecute alleged booteggers The sheriff. is reported, winks violations the prohibition amendment.
 There is. believe. only county in the state where it is complained authorities lax in the enforcement law A leading temperance worker stated the other day a printed interview that his county Pima, 'is the n Arizona" But none of the complaints of laxty there directed against Judge Cooper. who has dealt vigorously with all defendants have been con vcted.
 The enforcement of the law in this state has been surprise to prchfbtonists and non prohibi- alike. It,has proved that prohibition may be made prohibit The surprise greater when the election figures and circumstances considered It by overwhelming vote that prohibition carried. What regarded by pro- hibitionists a still discouraging result of the election the very small of the state that voted dry-only four of the counties. one of them, by the way. Yuma
 It feared that enough sentiment had been developed in the state to secure the enforce ment of the law Only in Graham and Maricopa counties did it seem that there was a sufficient preponderance such sentiment.
 supposedly wet" strongholds as Yava- Iai, Cochise Greenlee little hope of rigid enforcement. yet now, months after there is section of the state where the officials compel rigid observance or where offenders are more harshly dealt with. The officers presumably in sympathy with the law We suppose that few. if any. were prohibition ists They would hardly have been elected in those
Arizona republican., 1915-09-22
LITERARY sYPATHs OF BOOZE

would like to lure few readers to the lit erary bypaths of "bOOZe'-Tardon thu word; it is to sinSularly expressive bit slang. I der how of those who have studied the subject have read "Dunlops History of Drink the mental volume The History of Champagne" by Nizitely. I wonder how many have read The Trial of Sir Jasper An old Story" how many would be inclined class Charles Dickens whose cheer. among the pioneers of temperance reform?
 The terrible story, "A Drunkards Death,' in Sketches by Boz,' the first attempt made by a writer of distinction-that is, modern writer to exhibit drunkenness tragic factor in modern life.
 Others have followed where Dickens led There is a wonderful story Of the ruin of fine intellect in Coulson Kernahans Book of Strange Sins" there is another wonderful story along the lines in George Egertons "KeynOtes;" temperance chapters Alan byns novel, "To His Master" hardly need allude Drink" the thrilling story by Zola, adapted to the stage by Charles Reade.
 I alude the literature of drink a subject study for years, to emphasize the fact that during the sixteenth, seventeenth and the half of the nineteenth centuries the vagaries of drunk favored materials for low comedy. Then Dickens of the first show and tragedy, and the announcement of a story that tells the tragedy of T who marries a drunkard ito reform him" The ltera- ture of drink is very voluminous and. of it, the student of sociology, very instructive.-Van-
Arizona republican., 1915-09-22
Ripping Rhymes
By Walt Mason
TALKING 100 MUCH

The man who's always talking will some day talk too much, and with disaster shocking he then will be in touch. You jabber like a lawyer about the blooming war; is that what your employer is paying money for? You talk lot of Bryan, who jumped the ship of state, when you should be a-trl in to make your rec ord straight. Great truths you are parading, and ologies profound. when you should be out spading the fertile garden ground. You talk about the neighbors and charge them up with crime; are there no wiser labOrs to occupy your time, Go, mark the doWn-and cutters, who throng the booby hutch; the most of them were spouters. who always talked too much. Go, watch the buns who sidle around with empty maWs; they let their arms hang idle, and labored with their jaws. The man who still discourses when there is naught to say, until his larynx hoarse is, will get the bounce some day. The boss will bar and ban him, and brand him as a chump, and sloo and fire and can him, and send him to the uumD.
Arizona republican., 1915-09-22
Vest Pocket Essays
THE AUTOMOBILE FIRE ENGINE
By George Fitch


 The automobile fire engine is the result of a successful effort to make something useful out of the joy rider. It is the only machine which can roar through city street faster than twenty miles an hour without causing the fool killer to get reaGy for an emergency call.
 Automobile fire engines weigh four tons and sound like a runaway house with q machinc-gun annex. They are not as beautiful as a team of leaping fire horses, but they do not get out of wind on a hill. An automobile fire engine can cover twenty miles and attend four fires while three horses are getting their respiration adjusted after hauling an engine forty blocks.
 Because of this fact. the fire de partment horse is following sadly in the wake of the buffalo, the cottage organ. the plug hat and the good old double-fiste political caucus.
 Having T fire nowadays is a posi- tive luxury compared with thirty years ago. In the last century when q householder dropped a match in T wastepapcr basket and subsequently
 
 getting red hot he had to run thirty blocks to the engine house, and help pull on the bell rope
 Then he Lad to tack onto a long rope with the brave fire laddies, pull q Hose cart back. borrow four cisterns and help pass water in buckets all evening in order to get the ruins cool enough to begin digging in the eel lar for his wife's gold breast pin.
 How different it is today The proprietor of conflagration steps to the telephone and calls up the de- partment in two minutes and three cuss words. He then hurries down to the corner drug store in order to get cigars for the company and re- turns just as the head chauffeur is cIanking up to go on to the next fire.
 And yet fire losses seem to be in creasing instead of decreasing. This is because having a fire is getting to be too comfortable. The automobile fire engine should be equipped with taxicab dial and the householder should be charged $1 a mile for all runs. This would make the average citizen as afraid of a fire as he is of taxicab and the insurance com panies would produce unlimited millionaires.
Arizona republican., 1915-09-22
FINANCES and MARKETS
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATCHl

ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATCHl
 NEW YORK, Sept. 21.-Half a score of specialties exercised absolute sway over the market while stocks heretofore acceptd as investment issues were idle or reactionary. Specialties were clear ly divided into several groups, motor stocks which led all others both as to activity and extent of gains-and shares of companies making motor supplies and shares of concerns manu- featuring munitions and electrified equipment. To these may be added sugar stocks and several other issues whose earnings are increasing enorm- ousiy as a result of the war United States Steel not generally rated as war issue but deriving large indirect benefits from the foreign conflict was the only old time favorite to keep pace with the active movement although gaining no actual advantage in the quoted clauses. In fact steel was again under persistent pressure. Total sales were 910,0O0 shares. Foreign exchange lost some of the previous days stabil- ity. increased offerings of London bills contributing to that change. Never theless the belief prevails the foreign loan is working to a. satisfactory con- clusion. There were indications of fur ther business improvement, Baltimore and Ohio's August returns showing a net gain of s627, 900 among the few out side influences. Bonds were irregular with moderate increase in foreign selling. Total sales aggregated s3,950, 900.
Arizona republican., 1915-09-22
DELEGATES ARE DIVIDED ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH1

PORTLAND, Sept. 21.-Delegates from thirteen states to the Western States Water Power conference were divided into two distinnct camps on the question of federal control of na- tional resources. The conference developed oposition to the Ferris bill providing for a leasing system of water power sites in public domain and the meeting had hardly started when it was indicated that the larger subject of state control versus feder- al control would occupy the most at tention.
Arizona republican., 1915-09-22
NO CLUE TO MURDERER
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATCH1

MEMPHIS, Sept. 21.-The police are without a clue as to the identity of the person who early today killed Mrs. Margaret F'aver, an actress and j. C. Crowell. of Greenwood, Miss, an oil mill manager. in a fashionable apartment. The murderer set fire to the room in which the bodies were found. Bremen found the woman in bed, her skull crushed and her feet charred. Crowell's body was in a hallway outside her room, his head battered and his throat cut. Mrs. Favar was widely known as dan cer. She came to the United States eighteen years ago from Australia. She is said to have married Crea- tore, the band leader. some years ago.
Arizona republican., 1915-09-22
TO RELIEVE PORTO RICO
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATCH1

ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHI
 WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.-Plans for stimulating emigration from Porto Rico to improve conditions were dis cussed by Arthur Yager, governor of the island, who declared the popula tion is so dense that many cannot earn a living. The governor sug- gested negotiating agreements with Cuba and other West Indian coun- tries permitting the emigration of natives from Porto Rico to those countries. A bill to give citizenship to Porto Ricans, which will be urged bv the administration at the next session of congress, was also dis cussed.
Arizona republican., 1915-09-22
Arizona Republicans Editorial Page

counties where prohibition made overshadow- ing issue
 But is the credit the officials O those counties that they put their personal sympathies aside and enforced the law expression of constituents
 Whatever may be the views of with respect prohibition, there be only admiration the in which it has been enforced in Arizona. The state has gained reputation for law ohserv- that has gone far offset the evil reputation that had attached O because it's radical laws