8UOAII WOATHUR Cane: 4.80c lb 0G. per XX T Tbr.. mln., M. ton. T M.OS. STST Bar., n. m t fld. $107.-4- 0 RTJ&Ji Heeta: cwt., JHt lis. Wind, !lm., tS.n. por ton. A ! JLAA Italn. Hli., a. m., 1.11- - Telephone 2365 Star Business Office. The Largest Daily Paper in The Territory second edition. VOL. XIX. TWENTY PAGES. HONOLULU, HAWAII, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1912. TWENTY PAGE8. NO. 6210. ITALIAN SHIPS BOMBARD BEIRUT WILL KUHIO LEAVE FOR THE MAINLAND SOON ? HANDS-AROUN- D Political Trouble SYRIAN PORT WAS A VERY HAS NO TIME ompose HAPPY DINNER TO SURRENDER 1 ' (Associated Press Cables to the Star.) Torrents' ot rain falling before and As for tho banquet Itself a sort of s BEIRUT, Syria, February 24. An Italian flotilla uombnrded this city not chopsticks menu was served oy today, killing at the" hour for assembling did Oriental luinio Leavm sixty people and wounding many. Tho Italians demanded tho filling nearly all tho and, although not the best of Its kind, 8 surrender ot place prevent the of the aud then opened fire without waiting for a roply. three hundred odd placep at tho thero were circumstances that havo Will Kulilo to Washington charges he brings Re- tables set In the Japanese primary only to bo explained to ncquit the return that tho as one National Committeeman should llvo Beirut Is tho port ot Damascus and tho greatest commerotal olty in publican against another at Washing- school, vineyard street, for the Hands management of blame. In the llrst next week? Ho has been urged to do In Honolulu. Holstein, ns an outsider, Syria. It Is tho center ot the silk trade, and exports fruit, wool, and ollvo ton upon con- Around the Pacific dinner. Indeed, place, It was extremely dllllcult, in so by friends of his own and friends shall not do obtruded a has been completely out of touch. We oil, as well as tho goods brought it t y caravan. ecason, to get vention which Is called merely to could have agreed on a collector of in- some "of tho geographical sections the Chinese New Year of Frear as a move for harmony overflowed, so that such things hap- any caterer to look at tho proposi- elect delegates to tho national con- ternal revenue if ho had been in town MEXICAN TROUBLES which ho might make at no personal GROWING. pened as a Maine editor becoming tion and, when one was impressed vention. to attend to It. As It was we dis- WASHINGTON, February 24. Commaudnuts have been ordered tohavo Is thinking "naturalized" among tho farmers of Into the service, It was impossible for disadvantage. IIo tho "Wo have also settled that the dele- agreed on three names and this gave troops ready at El Paso. The general situation is serious. Gonernl Gomez up the Saskatchewan. him to obtain sufficient help to handle thing over and will make his mind gates shall gq under instructions for the President n chance to hand over hn8 wired Presldont Madero to retire from olllce to nvold bloodshed. Governor Walter F. Frear presided, the proposition. Besides all this not later than Monday. Taft. It doesn't particularly matter tho office to an Ohio man and pay a DOUGLAS, A. T., February 24. Agua Prieta is In a panic owing to with the chief organizer of the feast, carte blanche orders given by Mr. One of the big leaders, a friend of who they arc bo far as the main ob- political dobt. the ndvanco of bands of Vnsquezltas, who arc raiding ranohos. Treasure Alexander lainio Ford, near him, as- Ford, nmtdst other details that taxed Kuhlo, described tho situation today ject 1b concornod. Any good Republi- "Kuhlo haB acted well throughout has been rushed hero nnd refugees have been arriving from many polnttu sisting to construct, In Impromptu even his abounding energy, for Amer- as follows: can, obeying Instructions, is all right. and has mado his chief points by com- M- - fashion, tho qulto Informal program. ican and Hawaiian standard concom- "A good deal has been achieved for Tho only trouble possible would bo ing home. I am one of thoso who be- PRESIDENT DENIES CHARGE. Brigadier General M. M. Macomb, U. itants of a collation somehow failed in harmony by tho Joint conferees. For over the Nntlonal Committeeman lieve that ho can now safely return WASHINGTON, February 24. Pr esldent Taft issued a statement today 8. A.; Hear Admiral Walter S. Cowles, execution. one thing tho Frcar-Kuhl- o contro- whom the delegates elect. There aro to his important duties at Washing- denying that ho had ever said the peo pio wero unable to govern themselves. U S. N., and E. I. Spalding, president Other eventualities of the feast, versy will not appear In the conven- three candidates. Kuhlo himself, ton. IIo haB been in touch, has ar- Whllo no mention was mado of Rooso volt, the statement Is believed to bo a wero highly delightful tion so as tho party leaders aro Charley IUce of Kauai At- ranged of tho Chamber of Commerce, however, proved so far I and Jack matters nnd tho road is clear roply to his speech nt Columbus, O. also on tho platform. (Continued on page Five) concerned. It is tho Delegate's wish kinson. Our contention is that tho for Republican hnrmony." MORE PUBLIC OWNERSHIP. WASHINGTON, February 24. Representative Gardner will introduce anana Inspection Rul KUHIO BAY ARRANGEMENTS ME COMPLETE on Monday a bill for the government ownership of express companies. NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE. NEW YORK, February 24. Secretary Nagcl proposes FOR PUBLIC WELFARE EXHIBIT a convention ot Will be Enforced Next Week AND KAHULUI business men for the object of forming a national board ot trado. ROOSEVELT'S CAMPAIGN. BOSTON, February 24. Colonel Roosevelt has arrived hero for a flvo and Superin- lately and as this only means a loss ooooooooooooooooo oooooooooo Inspector Welnland o uooooooooooe days' conference with New England Progressives. tendent Starrett havo decided that to the shippers and the adoption of more stringent ruling In California, o Special Cable to tho Star. CONFERENCE PROGRAM ENTERTAINMENT Balling ot tho Sierra and Wllhel-mln- a THE PROBE DELAYED. tho any pass o WASHINGTON, "to. C, Feb- 6 o PROGRAM. - O we do.not Intend to let more February next Wednesday will be" near o ruary 24. Tho Rivers and Har- Monday Annual .. meeting of o o o WASHINGTON. 24. T ho money trust resolution 'lias been here." scheduled , con- for consideration beforo nd Journmcnt enough tho date set, March 1, to en- The pineapple growers-- who have o bors bill carries one hundred Palamn Settlement; no o o Monday Lecture on tubercu- o (Morning Cablo Rep port on Pago Sixteen.) force the now ruling which permits been visited and instructed In the o thousand dollars ($100,000) for ference o o losis, by George o seventy- - O Tuesday Juvenile," by no bananas to go out of these islands work of fumigation by Inspector o Kahulul Harbor, and "Tho OjO R. Carter (at tho annunl o Judge WJiltnoy. until thoy have been Inspected and Welnland, aro expected to care for o six thousand dollars ($70,000) O O O meeting. o Wednesday "Vocational O passed upon by the Inspectors. The the fumigation of their own fruit or o for dredging Kuhlo Bay, Hilo. O Tuesday Eutorlriumcnt .by o TOILSOME UPHILL MARCH o Training," by P. L. 'Home. o banana shippers who aro preparing to havo It fumigated by Eutomologist o J. A. BRECKONS. o children of tho clty'3 kinder- o Thursday "Community Hygi- o shipments for these vessels will havo Ehrhorn If they havo not the facili- o gartens. o ene," by Doctor Ramus. o Wednesday by to bring fruit that is free from scale, ties "for doing It properly. It was OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Entertainment o Friday e Philan- o HOME TO LEILEHUA mealy bugs and other forbidden in- demonstrated In a trial shipment some students of tho Normal o thropy," by J. A. Rath. School. sects, and fruit that is adorned with weeks ago that pineapples could tie ' o Thursday Entertainment by o the tag of tho market superintendent, fumigated successfully hero and ship- L MATTERS Kamchanioha students. o or they will be refused at tho dock. ped to the Coast without deterioration ill! 00000000OO Guards Left Schofield Friday Entertainment by Pa- o at Barracks Dur If they Insist upon shipping, the ba- in the quality of tho fruit. With the booths nil erected and sov-er- swim- lama Settlement and o w will destroyed, otherwise of- - In place, ing Absence of Birth-- nanas be IN STATU QUO tho exhibits clrendy ming meet. Washington's tho dealers will be frco to sell them the floor of tho Palama gymnasium "of as thoy see day Engineers Com- hero or dispose them is already undergoing Ito transforma- Paraders fit. FAMIiRLLIEF ooooooooooe tion from a playground to tho scene "We are not going to destroy in- Absolutely not a thing doing was oral of the unuounccd exhibitor,') drop-plu- g ing Hard Case of Lieu- of the Public Welfare Exhibit which oth-c- fected fruit unless tho growers insist the response for news this morning out for lack of time and some r ships," CALL GOMES opens next Monday at half-pas- t six In coming In. On one side of tho tenant Field upon getting them aboard tho on tho California. When the vessels said Inspector Welnland this morn- the evening. Tho department of pub- room will bo tno hygiene nnd sanltcry will leave no one knows, and evep All of the three military organiza- soldiers ing, "but thero has been a lot of fruit lic Instruction has already arranged exhibits; on the other will bo the.