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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-14
MORE THAN 300
SCHOOL BOYS WILL
SHOOT FOR TROPHY
Waterbury Will Be Represent
ed in High School Nation
al Tournament.

Washington, Jan. addressed in
terest is shown this year in the Pub
lie High School League rifle shooting
matches. beginning January Is under
the auspices of the National Rife AS
socfatfon of America, and continuing
weekly until March 25. Thirty-two
teams have been entered in the com
petition making an aggregate of $40
boys who will shoot for the cham
pionslfp trophy. The teams have
been divided into three classes, the
championship trophy and a medal be-
ing competed for by the Glass GAP
teams while a medal Will be present
ed to the winning team in both Class
''B'' and Glass t*C''-
The boys will shoot on their home
ranges against competing teams else
where. Ten boys compose each team
and the i've highest scores of each
team will count for the teams weekly
record. Ten shots standing and ten
shots prone will be allowed each boy
and .22 calibre rifles will be used. The
distance will be so feet and the regu-
1ation gallery Competition target will
be used. Judges appointed by the
National Rife Association will witness
each match.
The high school teams entered In
three classes are.
4. Glass IA" Iowa City. Iowa; Placer
county, AuDuTns Cali 9OrJlanos me-.
Manual Training. Washington, D. c.;
Salt Lake City, Utah; Morris, New
York City; Curtis, New Brighton, N.
z; Polytechnic Institute, Baltimore,
Md: Ogden. Utah; Manual Training.
BROOKLYN. N. Y; Boys, Brooklyn. N.
r; North1eId, vt.
Glass ssBs'' Warren, Pa: Smith
Academy Manuel Training, st. Louis;
Central, Grand Rapids, Mich; Free
Academy, Utica, N. Y; Gilroy, Cal.
Sacramento, Cal; Stuyvesant. New
ork City; Commercial, Brooklyn, N.
Y: Commerce. New York city; Eras7
mus, Brooklyn. N. K: Cedar Rapids,
Iowa; BrookIine. Mass
Glass &C. Crane Technical, Chi
cagos Central, Washington, D. c.: City
College, Baltimore; Crosby, Water
bury, Conn: Technical, Springfield,
Mass; Newark Valley N. Y; Univer-
sity. laramie. iWyo.; Tyrone, Pa: Bur
lington, Iowa; East Orange, N. }.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-14
10 q e. ] !
s $3.50 y ms 49,
.968 MAIN ST.
Electrically Charged
Wire Fence Guarding
Belgium Holland Line

Tfburg, Netherlands, Jan. IA
continuous wire fence. charged with
electricity at high tension. marks the
border line between Belgium and Hol-
1 land, TO touch the wire means in
slant death. and it is seemingly inn
possible for even a cat to crawl
through unscathed. As a matter OF
fact, electrocuted dogs, cats and
chickens are often found enneshed in
the wires Resols1te snlxggIers, how
ever are s1ndtsnlayed and constantly
devise new tricks to circumxent the
tIine Of DEATH
In a Held near Baar1e-Nassau,S close
to the frontier, a whole set of CON
trivances has been discovered which
enable a man to cross the line un-
harmed. This principal object was a
fat obIong piece of wood, provided
with rubber-c coated groove length
wise down the center. Then, by means
of hinged and jointed side-supports,
/ the wire is pushed UPWARDS and a
tannei-lzIxe opening apIAears. through
which ord1nary-sized man, lying
on his back. may safely wrigg1e with
cut coming in contact with the fatal
wire. The official report says: '@The
owner has not presented himself to
c1a1n the return of his property
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-14
INTERNATIONAL EGG
LAYING CONTEST

contest at Storrs made good reso1u-
tons for the New Year and then
thought better of it, is hard to say,
however that may be, the management
has to report a slight drop in the
total production for the tenth week,
1872 eggs were produced as against
1907 for the ninth week, a drop of
S5 eggs. While continued gains are
of course looked. for at this season.
the drop was not entirely unexpected
er conditions during the last week in
December coupled with the almost
entire lack Of sun, it Is not consid 6red
serious. 1t is interesting to note in
this connection that the Leghorns as
a whole made another slight gain this
week. the Rhode Island Reds Just held
their own, while the Rocks, Wyan-
dottes and MISCELLANEOUS breeds fell
slightly under their production for
the ninth week. The total for the
week was relatively 3o1 eggs better
than for the corresponding week last
year and nearly 500 eggs higher than
that Of two years ago.
First honors for the week go to
Jacob q. Jansen's Rhode Island Reds
from North Haven, with a production
Of 43 eggs. Two penss one of Rhode
Island Reds owned by f. d. Clark of
Berlin, Conn, and the White Wyan-
dcttes Of Obed G. night, Bridgeton,
r. T., tied Tor second place with ~
eggs to their credit Third place is
also contested. A. r Lenzen's WHITE
Rocks from North Att1eboro, Mass,
tying with Abel Lathann,s White Wy
andottAs from Br1erheld. England.
both pens producing 80 eggs Only one
bird is credited with q perfect score
for the week, this honor goes to r. I.
Red Mo- 855.
The only changes noted in the lead
ing pens Is between the White Wyan-
dottes Of Mrs r. w Stevens and o. G.
night the latter pen coming INTO sec
cnd place among the three leading
Wyandotte pens.
The monthly awards for. Deem
Der have been announced as follows:
The blue ribbon or first prize goes to
Tom Barron's White Wyandottes with
grand total of 200 eggs. They
were closely followed by Mrs. r. w.
Stevens white Wyandottes whose to-
tai production was 191. Third place
for the month goes to the Barred
Rocks off. #. Francois, West Hamp-
ton Beach, L. + with 175 eggs to
their credit
The three best bent In each of the
principal breeds are Iorxows:
Plymouth Rocks.
Jules b. Francois, Barred1 w.
Hampton Beach. L. /. 3s3
Tairhelds Farms. Barred1 Short.
Falls, ~. H., 2S5
HOl11Sfon Hill Poultry Farm,
(White) HolIiston. Mass, 2o9
Eyandottes.
Tom Barron. tWhite0 catforth,
| England, 355
lobed g. Knight. cwhiteo Bridge
MRS. r, W stevens. twhdteo
saltwater, N Y, ESQ
Rhode Island Reds.
Jacob e. Jansen, North Haven,
Conn, 27s
Hillview Poultry Farm, st. AL
bans, VT. z54
a. w Rumery, DanvilIe. N. H.. 239
White LegForns.
VIII Barron, Bartle, near Preston
England, 354
A. b Hall. wa1lingford, CT, 25i
Tom Barron. Catforth, near Pres
ton, England, 247
Miscellaneous.
Oregon Agricultural College,
(Oregons,) Corvallis, Ore, 200
j. CoIIinson, (Blacl< Legherns),
Barnacre, sGarstang, England, 167
Claude Clinton, (Mottled4 Anco-
nas) Red Hook, N, Y, 154
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-14
Can't Find Dandruff

Every bit of dandruff disappears
after one or two applications of Dam
derine rubbed weN into the scalp with
the finger tips. Get a 25-cent bottle
Of Danderine at any. drug store and
save your hair. After a few applica-
'tions you can't find a. particle of dan
druff or any falling hair, and the scalp
will never itch.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-14
England Disc1aims
Letters That Urge
Enlistments Here

Washington, Jan. 14-What British
officials characterize as q plan to en-
tangle them In complications over en-
listments of Americans has been re-
ported to the state department by the
British embassy It was said a large
number of letters from a fictitious ad-
dress in Toronto, Can, purporting to
be signed by a colonel in the British
army have been mailed to Americans
in the United States. urging them to
enlist in the British army.
Sir Secil Spring-Rice today told Sec
rotary Lansing the British authorities
dtscIaimed any responsibility for the
communications.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-14

considered a great triumph, ana a
good omen, if the ass could be iT=
dueed to bray during the church ser
vices.
A total of 154 persons were arrested
and arraigned in court yesterday in
the anti-spitting crusade being waged
by the New York Health Department
John i Richards, a negro. said to
have been implicated in the murder
of a farmer was taken from jail at
GoIdsboro, N. C., and lynched.
The German Grown Prince has been
recalled to Berlin. 1t is thought that
he will assume the regency because OF
the Kaiser's illness.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-14

Sumner L .Kimball, general super
intendent of the United States Life
Saving service. will be retired Jan. 5.
He is 81 years old.
An investigation of the feasibility
of using horsef1esh as food in Illinois
was started by the State Board of Ag-
riculture at Springfield.
Erwin Baker, the American motor
cyclist, covered $40 miles in "a hours
at Melbourne. Australia, establishing
a new world record.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-14

The fIlegitiHate son of the late king
zE1aan of servfs. has been proclaimed
King Of Serv1a. at Belgrade by AUS
frfan and German aa1th olAties.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-14

About 100 employees of the Cor,
Products Refining Co., at Argo, Ill.
will receive an increase of 10 per cen
in wages on Jan. 16.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-14

The International Institute of Agri-
culture at Rome forecasts the 1916
1916 production of wheat in Argentine
at 184,161.0o0 bushels
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-06
AVAIL { DOUGHERTYS
II Optical Department ~
DAILY REMINDERS

Round the island In auto, $500
Lewis Stables. Phone 2141.-AdV.
Exclusive corset shop, THE Good
WIN rms. 21-22, Pantheon bldg Adv.
We find it easy to please men who
are particular about their personal ap-
pearaHce. The Ideal, Hotel street, Just
Eva of Fort. a-
Every home should have at Least
one fire eXtinguisher. They have the
right kind at Levers & Cookies Go
in and see them, ..@.
Get your order for Easter flowers
in early at Mrs. Z. NJ. Taylor's mod-
ern flower shop on Hotel street. OPP
posite the Young Cafe. ...,
There is royal road to wealth.
an account no matter how small, =.
Bishop & Co.'S. savings department
will start you on that way.
Walk into the Clarion and say
Phoenix" if you want a hose that is
stylish, serviceable and that will
match any gown you may have.
Don't forget the big clearing sale
at Canton Dry Goods Co., Hotel street,
USdT EOi@ lOiS Sa SaiuS w "OuHSu ,
shoes and mems furnish;ags.-Ady.
Every person raising chickens las
different problems from those of his
neighbor Take your poultry prob
lens to California Feed Company for
solution
Bits Of Verse from Hawaii" a
dainty book of verse collected and
published by C.. d. Wright. is on sale
at all leading book stores and curio
stores. It makes an interesting souVe-
mir of the islands.-Ady.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-06
POLICE COURT D0iNGS
AND N0TATI0NS FOUND
ON STATION BL0TTER

On Motion of Attorney Leon M
Straus, counsel for the defense, the
case of You Chu Yong, the Korean
held on the charge of murder, was
postponed until April IL, at which
time a request will be. made to bind
him over to a higher court.
r. Duschalsky was discharged by
Police Judge Monsarrat yesterday on
the charge of threatening to kill his
wife because his wife appeared be
fore the court and said that every
thing was all right now and that she
wanted her husband back home again
AS both Josephine Cambria and
Manuel Cabral, arrested Tuesday
afternoon for fighting, are badly
mangled, the woman with a broken
arm and Cabral still in the emergency
hospital, their case was continued un
til April II in police court this morn
ing. :...=... -. -. =.
Not being able to reconcile the con
flicting testimony of four police Off
GERS who testified in the case of John
Gaspard, the rent service taxi driver
accused of colliding with George
Markham, another chauffeur, Police
Magistrate Monsarrat found the &C
cused not guilty Wednesday.
Il won't have Mr.. Chillingworth or
any other man lecture me on the
ethics of my profession. follow my
profession under rights given me by
the Constitution of the United States,
Numbered Attorney Leon Straus in
police court Wednesday when Prose
cutting Attorney Chas. F.. Chilling.
worth, through a misunderstanding,
objected to the Watson case of assault
and battery going over to trial by
jury as requested by the counsel for
the defense, Mr.. Straus. ~e
The prosecuting attorney in police
court has strenuously objected to the
deputy sheriff releasing prisoners on
their own recognizance, however good
the reason, without notifying him of
the matter, as the first intimation he
had that a defendant named Robert
r. Bodner, held on a charge of as.
sault and battery. wouldn't appear
was when defendants counsel so ad.
Vised him when the case was called
from the calendar. This case will
come up April II, the defendant
meanwhile working as water tender
on an lnter-Island steamer that will
not return for a week. 49,. III" -"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-06

A meeting Of the members OF Homo
lulu Lodge, Order OF Phoenix, will be
held at 100 o'clock this evening. 49,.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-06
HAWAII GUARD
STANDS SIXTH in
ENTIREC0UNTRY
Continued ..oln page one)

the entire three months was required
to complete the work. g..
The results in HawaiiS case are
most gratifying, and Adjutant Gen
eraI Johnson and the various regi-
mental and company commanders
have every reason to be satisfied with
the showing made -. b..
When the exact figures are made
public they will show that Hawaii,
with a guard Of more than 5000 men
at the present time, turned out over
80 per cent of the entire strength for
the inspecting officer, This is a re-
ord that only one state-NeW York
which makes a specially OF its mill
tary forces, and which appropriates
hundreds of thousands of dollars for
the mil:tia-equaled, On last years
figures.
Hawaii Stands Sixth. 49,. F.. ..s.-
In total strength of its organized
militia Hawaii now stands an easy
sixth out of 49 National Guards. Only
New York, PENNSYLVANIA, Massachu-
sets, Illinois and Ohio maintain large
guards, and the last named three lead
by so small margin that it is prob
able that with the addition of coast
artillery and possibly more infantry
on Oahu, Hawaii will take third place.
Last year Hawaii stood Al out of 40
as to total strength. -" =. i.
Hawaii's big National Guard boom
is due to the expressed desire of the
War Department for increased militia
strength here. ~
Department anxious Hawaii main
tain increased militia strength and
efficiency. Territory owes it to itself
and national government to do this.
Suggest you present matter to legis-
lature.''
That was the cabled message of
former Secretary Of War Garrison to
Governor Pinkham February Il, 1915.
The story of Brig.-gen. Samuel l..
Johnsons whirlwind recruiting cam
paign, started soon after he took Of
flee as the adjutant general, is gen.
orally familiar. The results of this
campaign are shown by the federal
inspection just closed.
I'VE have the men now, and the
enthusiasm" said Gen. Johnson in
discussing guard matters with Star
Bulletin reporter. 1T means plenty
of hard work from now on to get the
efficiency. but that is what we are
looking for. Full equipment will be
here within short time, as the War
Department intends to recognize and
equip all organizations which the ter
ritory can recruit and maintain. With
plenty of rifle ranges, good instructors
from the regular army and well train
ed officers the guard should make
great strides toward efficiency in the
present year. It is to a large extent
a recruit organization now. Before
the year is out ] hope to see a we'll
balanced guard Of trained men,"
The inspections for the federal gov.
eminent We're made this year by Col.
Charles s. Lincoln, inspector-instruct-
or. Col. Lincoln occupies dual posi-.
ton in the National Guard of Hawaii,
by virtue of special permission from
the secretary of war. He was detail.
ed as inspector instructor when a cap.
tain in the I'd U. S. Infantry, and was
then commissioned colonel in the Ma
tional Guard by the governor, and
given command of the LIST Infantry,
N. G. II. ....
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-06
JAPANESE AND NATIVES
r.. LEAD TN MARCH DEATHS

Japanese led the list with Hawai-
ians close second of deaths during
the month of March, according to a
report prepared at the bureau of vital
statistics of the Board of Health. A
total of 1876 persons died during the
month, the deaths by nationalities
numbering as follows: Hawaiians,
81; part-Hawaiians, Is; Japanese, So;
Chinese, %: American, u; Portu-
guese, Z; British, 4; Korean, 2; Fill
Pine, 2, and Spanish /. From tuber-
culosis "a deaths are noted. -
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-06

Mrs. Mary Wong Tong has institut-
ed divorce proceedings against ner
husband. Wong Tong. on grounds of
uon-suDDOrt
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-06

Robert X. Wilcox. son of Princess"
Theresa WilcoX-8eIliveau, and Miss
Helen X. Wilburton will shortly be
married. they having obtained a H.
cense YESTERDAY.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-06

Henry Freitas, building inspector,
reports IA building permits, with an
estimated valuation of S244.396, issu-
ed during March.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-06
JUDGE STUART
EXPLAINS Plan
OF COMMISSION
Remarks About National Guard
Lead to Replies BY John
son and Forbes

CirGait Judge Thomas b. Stuart
tentative bill for government by com
mission was explained 10 the member
of the Rotary Club today in an ad
dress which he delivered at a meeting
OF the organization a. the Commercial
Club. -" H..
He said, in part: .....
since annexation We have ISSUED
and sold bonds Of between eight ant
nine million dollars, and when Nc
Carthy disposes Of the 81 100000 tina
he Is about to offer, we will have be
tween nine and ten million dollars o
outstanding bonds. We are running oil
borrowed money. ..- 49,.
we have expended since anneXa
ton in taxes and money from bonds
nearly $G0,000,000. A year or so agt
one OF your chief bankers declared the
territory insolyent. II is claimed tina
over so per cent of our expenditure
have gone into overhead charges
What have we to show for this vas
expenditure of money!"
Speaking of the immigration q
Filipinos, and stating that nearly al
of our criminals come from the intro
duction of this peon class and tn
larger portion of the criminals ar
Filipinos," Judge Stuart continued:
81 do not wish to criticize the Plant
ers' Associatio . let us try {,
convert our erring brothers OF tn
association with sound reasoning am
prayers and not with abuse"
He added that, since annexation
the public offices here have bee
kept IN the hands of chosen few
The inside workings of these office
the public knows nothing about, ey
cert as we occasionally realize tha
the sum total cost of our territoria
government is not only excessive bu
alarmin~."
Judge Stewart declared he had NJ
intention whatever of hurting the gov
errors feelings.
But" he added, st does seem thai
he has gone daffy after military glory
with Gen. Sam Johnson in command
of a Filipino army and Admiral JOSH
Tucker of the navy, and Pasha Forbes
of the not air Zeppelins.
W0dI 10 you luluh WOulu -OeCOuS
of this outfit in three-minute rount
with the Japps, with whom the com
manderin-chief says he expects
trouble?
Seriously, my friends, we have nev
er had less cause for armament II
the last so years than we have al
present No nation on earth desires
trouble with us: but they are all very
much more polite to us than we arc
to them. There can be no objection
to military education in the schools
1t makes better men out of our boys
in every respect.
do these conditions convince you
that we should have change in our
government
Rrig.-gen. S. uel /. Johnson Of the
National Guard, Charles r. Forbes,
superintendent If pnublic works an6
Marston Camp'cll were among those
who arose at the end of the talk to
take sides against Judge Stuart.s con
tiontions. Forbes said he was of the
opinion that Judge Stuart was making
improper statements, while Gen. John.
son, with a show of heat, remarked.
in effect, that Judge Stuart's old age
was the only thing protecting him.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-06

The regular monthly meeting of the
Free kindergarten and Children's Aid
Association will be held at the Library
Of Hawaii On Friday. April :. at $50
O'Clock a. m
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-06

The members of the University of
California Club will hold its annual
and banquet at the Univer-
sity Club on Wednesday OF next week.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-06
IildF53

Program beginning 1880 p. m. until
p. m.
Evening 1.-TWO shows), $50 and $3.50
SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR TODAY
AND EVENING
'The Mysterious Contragrav" 1.-TWO
part drama), Goldleaf. j
Clothes Make the Man" Comedy,
Edison.
Others Started, Sophie Finished
Comedy, Essanay -.
Mr.. Jars Vacation" Comedy,
Vitagraph. ."'
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-06
PUNAHOU SUMMER
BOARDING SCHOOL

Punahou Boarding Department.
Parents of Punahou students who
must be out of town during the spring
term may leave their children in
charge of Punahou Boarding Depart.
ment. For information call 1858 Oh
write to Stanley Livingston, Director.
ADV. 49,.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-06

A decree of divorce has been gran.
ed by Circnit Judge Stuart in the cas-,
of Sal Hiroi VS.. Tsunji Hiroi, alimon,
being fixed at SIS month until fur
fher notice by the court
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-12-26

Miss Byrd Wartmann went to Cltra
Yesterday for a holiday visit to her
relatives there.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-12-26

of the week. He will be accompanied
home by Mrs. Herndon and the chill
dren.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-12-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Blair Hooks of But
Ter, Pa, will arrive this week to spend
the winter with their son and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Durand.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-12-26
OCALA SOCIAL AFFAIRS
IL You Have Amy News for this De-
partment, Call Up Five-One-Y
The DaY After

For days before Christmas each
friend you are meeting
Is blithely repeating the time-hallow-
ed greeting;
By post card and phone do they wish
you very
Glad Christmas day, happy and tooth
some and merry!
But the day after Christmas, if you're
not forgetful,
You'll know is designed to make any
one fretful.
It's a day of tired hearts, as is wide
ly conceded;
So I'm saving my wish for you till it
is needed
Every rose has thorn, there's tear
beneath laughter,
And still for each Christmas there
comes day after:
A day when the candy has lost its
alluring,
And Christmas toys broken, anc
Christmas books boring,
Have added their gloom to the sleepy
dull feeling
That, spite of your will, DER your
senses is stealing.
Let their shouts merry Christmas!
shake ceiling and rafter;
But I'm wishing you joy on the luck
less day after.
Mary Carolyn Davies.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-12-26

Mr.. Whitney Wood and his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs., Wood, will leave some
time this week for a trip to Orlando
and st. Petersburg. From the latter
city Mr.. Wood will return to his home
in New York, and Mr.. and Mrs. Wood
will go back to Umatilla for visit
to their son, Mr.. John Wood and fam
lily.