The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-03
THE WORLDS news CONDENSED


AN eye for an eye, a tooth for q
tooth, and a life for a life acorn
panied by a picture of a skull and
crossbones, is a signboard inscrip-
tion placed beside the road between
Santa Cruz and San Jose, California,
as a warning to autoists. The noun
taineers in that district propose to
take matters into their own hands.
Maxine Elliott is in favor of wo-
mems suffrage, according to letter
sent by her to the California suf-
fragettes.
Caught in a coating of crude oil
which was thrown upon the marsh
waters in San Francisco BAY. thou
sands of ducks are unable to fly on
account of their wings sticking. They
are being gathered in by farmers and
fishermen.
The S. p. railroad refuses to allow
more than four automobiles on its
San Francisco ferry boats at one
time, as a consequence of which auto
lists sometimes have to wait hours
for their turn to cross.
Mrs. Havlasa of Los Angeles has
just returned from Tahiti. She is said
to be the first white woman who ever
Travelled overland across that islandN
She had narrow escapes from death
at the hands of the natives of the in
| terror.
Henry T. Gage, former Governor of
California and now U. S. Minister to
Portugal, has returned to his home in
Los Angeles He is anxious to resign
his diplomatic post. He plunged into
the Lucky Baldwin will case upon
his return, being one of the attor-
neys for the defense.
Subsidies to Japanese steamers will
be increased by half a million dollars
next year on account of additions to
the fleet operating between Japan and
American ports. When the entire
fleet of the Togo Kisen Kaisha is i'm
operation few months hence the
bonus to this fleet alone will amount
to S1,00O,000 each year.
Some two thousand Doukhobors. at
present living in the Canadian province
of Saskatchewan, are about to move
to British Columbia under the leader
ship of Peter Vergin. Two thousand
Doukhobors are already located in
British Columbia. The majority will
engage in fruit growing.
| - The papi6o Coast @
caught fire when going up the Coast
from San Francisco. Wireless calls
I brought immediate assistance, and
various boats stood by until the
Queen was able to make her way
back to San Francisco. The passen-
gers were saved, and the vessel was
beaChed in the harbor.
The Sunset National Oil Company
of California is bankrupt. This was
exclusively a Union Labor company.
headed by Olaf Tveitmoe. The only
asset the company had was a der
rick. Hundreds of Union Labor men
will lose all the money they invested
al the solicitation of many of the men
at the head of the labor movement in
California, who were the officials of
the company.
The Pacific Union Club of San
Francisco has opened it's new home.
which was formerly the Flood man
sion, located on the crest of Mob Hill.
across the street from the Fairmont
Hotel
Robbers held up an electric car
outside of Los Angeles and after part
ly robbing the passengers were driv-
en- off by a nervy passenger who be-
gan shooting, and shot one robber
through the mouth. He was captured
shortly afterwards when seeking
medical assistance.
Gustave Postler, a painter, who had
lost all his savings in gambling
den run almost next door to the San
francisco police station, tried to hold
up the joint and regain his money
and was killed by the proprietor.
The S. S. Cottage City, of the Pa
cihc Coast S. S. Co., ran ashore on
vancouver Island on the Alaska route
and Is total loss The passengers
and crew were saved.
City Engineer Manson of San Fran
cisco considers that $37,39O,OOO is a
proper price to pay the Spring Valley
water Company for their plant.
In experiment with man kites, AR
officer from the cruiser Pennsylvania
went up one hundred and fifty feet in
the air While the vessel was anchored
on Santa Barbara, and made naval
observations.
The most drastic marriage bill ever
presented to any legislature is to