The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-06-27
WORLD 5 NEWS
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ferred stock of the company. The
stock has paid 8 per cent since 1901.
Harry Stocker, whose wife is heir
to many Of the Lucky Baldwin mil
lions, declared in court that he was
penniless and could not pay a note OF
$4,000.
A Kansas woman is trying to bring
suit for a share of the Astor Millions.
She claims an ancestor who was a fur
trader left his fortune in trust with
Astor who by various means got con-
troll of the fortune himself
Telephone communication has been
perfected between San Francisco and
Tucson, Ariz., a distance Of 1000 miles.
Experts are constantly trying to per
feet communication to make it posi-
hle to telephone from San Francisco to
| New York.
S. B. Axtell, an editor of Lodi, Cal,
shot and killed one Of the citizens of
! that town who had made remarks dis
|raraging of the editor and some of his
| friends.
Two bandits boarded the Shasta
Limited, the Southern Pacific's fastest
northern train, and looted the mail
cars. The bandits have not yet been
captured.
Kansas farmers have sent out a call
for 10000 farm hands to take care of
tie harvest this year. The Kansas
state free employment bureau is en-
deavoring to get the men.
4 The Northern Pacific railroad has
openly defied the full-crew law which
was recently passed by the state OF
Washington. The railroad claims the
law will add $1S5,OOO a year in ex-
renses, without increasing the safety.
A river steamer has proceeded up
the San Joaquin river to a point more
than thirty miles above Fresno. This
is the first time a steamer has gone
anywhere near that far in many years
Ex-Governor z. S. Draper of Massa.
chusetts and his family are touring the
Coast, and are at present in San Fran
cisco.
The Southern Pacific, evidently dis
turbed by the great increase in water
travel on the Coast, has made a $1(
round-trip rate between Los Angeles
and San Francisco, effective for some
time during this summer.
Kansas has brought civil suit
against the Standard Oil Company il
several counties of that state.
More than $225,OOO,OOO annuall
leaves California for food and othe
! products that could just as well b
, manufactured in the state, accordin
to statistics furnished by the Home II
dustry League.
. The new San Francisco board O
harbor commissioners has found tn
wharves in such terrible condition tina
many of them will have to be pract
Cally built over again. Criminal work
manship in the first place accounts TO
the damage now.
Robert B. Davis, millionaire bakin
powder manufacturer, was refused
divorce from his wife at Los Angeles
He had not established a residenc
there, and the judge announced tina
California was no Reno.
,.oooi,,y of bo Il,
funct California Safe Deposit an
Trust Company, says that the banks
industries are bankrupt and little re
d mains of its resources. Long litigf
ton will be necessary to realize any
l. thing
Two Stanford University boys hav
= started on bicycle trip around tn
United States. They will pay thei
way by giving lectures before societie
on the Peace Movement, in which d
Jordan is interested, and who san,
tions the trip.
Midshipman Thomas Starr King, d.
- scendant of a famous Californian, ha
Z married Miss Anne Winchester, daugl
N ter of a wealthy Baltimore family.
N Returning army-0fficers say that tn
N news from the Philippines is rigid
"A censored. Conditions in the souther
A islands are said to be very seriou
= the Moros being unmanageable.
. Arthur and Reginald Paget, sons
q Lieut.. General Sir Arthur Paget, cor
z mander of the eastern division of IL
9 army of Great Britain, have purchase
& a 25O0-acre farm near Los Angeles an
z will raise apples, become America
@ citizens and marry American girls"
. According to a Seattle report, IL
= Pacific Coast Steamship Company is
u build two turbine steamers, to CO.
81 S1,50O,0OO apiece, for service betweg
& Seattle, San Francisco and Los A