The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-03
THE WESTERN NEWS.

Originating west OF the mississippi
river)
Idaho, oregon and Kansas senates
have passed resolutions favoring the
income tax.
San Francisco teachers have won
their fight for back pay owing them,
and as a consequence 10 teachers will
receive $4,000.
The forty-fourth annual convention
of the American Institute of Archi-
tects is being held in San Francisco.
The Oregon senate and the Idaho
house Endorsed an amendment favoring
the popular election Of United States
senators.
San Francisco recently donated $751;
900 to the Red Cross fund.
"Borax King" F. M. Smith, of Oak
land, Cal. who recently formed a
5000, 100000 corporation to manage his
California properties. has filed incor-
poration papers to build an electric
line from Oakland to Sacramento and
San Jose.
California suffragettes who are max
ing hard fight for women's suffrage
in California, seem to have for their
greatest opponents other women who
do not believe in women's suffrage and
have organized to fight.
Miss Elizabeth Newhall, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Mayo Newhall
of San Francisco, was married to Mr..
Arthur Chesebrough of San Francisco,
member of the firm of Bates and
Chesebrough, the new shipping firm
which is building up strong opposition
to the Pacific Mail and the American
! Hawaiian s. S. companies in the Pan
anna trade.
The Sailors Union of the Pacific has
been notified that the British Seamen's
Union will strike in the spring to Sc
cure from the shipowners of Europe
consideration of certain grievances.
Madame Luisa Tetrazzini was pre-
scented with gold plate by the citi-
zens of San Francisco when she gave
her last program. The gift was in ap-
probation of her free concert given
on Christmas eve on Market street.
The antirace gambling bill is to be
remodeled by the present California
legislature in an effort to put an abso.
lutte stop to horse racing, which will
happen if gambling can be stopped.
H. A. Unruh, Lucky" Baldwin's life
long friend, and executor of his estate,
declared on the witness stand that
Baldwin had been married four times,
and two of his wives are still living in
California.
Secretary o. A. Tveitmoe of the
California State Building Trades Coun-
Gil declares that twenty two unions
VIII be called out on strike in Los
Angeles on May LIST to back up the de-
mand of the carpenters for an advance
OF hfty cents day in wages.
Litigation over the estate of David
f. Walker, former president of the de-
funct California Safe Deposit and Trust
Company, involves his wife who is now
charged with a conspiracy to defraud
the children of Walkers first wife OUT
OF 100000 worth of securities.
Andrew Carnegie has given $4,000.
600 to Mount Wilson Observatory. Cal
ifornia.
Senator Bryant of the California leg
lslature is drawing 10 a bill to pre-
vent Females from Using Tobacco in
any Form"
br. James w. Ward, president Of the
American Institute of Homeopathy
and resident physician of the Hotel
Fairmont, San Francisco, was sudden
~ married in the East to Mrs. r. 8.
johnson of Menlo Park, California Al
the time of his marriage he was en-
gagged to DR.. Laura B. Hurd. one nj
MS professional assistants.
1t is charged that an employe NJ
the Spring Valley Water Company
furnished Secretary Ballinger a large
number of reports upon which BAL
llnger based his Interference with the
development of the Hetch- Hetcby
water supply for San Francisco.
The California State Building
Trades Council has authorized the
secretary to negotiate for the Dur
chase of farm of from 10000 to So
100 acres to be operated as a Union
Labor farm, both to supply working
men with goods when they are on
strike, and to serve as a place Of
employment for strikers when out Of
jobs.
President Jordan of Stanford Uni
versity in recent address attacked
lralerhlties on moral grounds, and
retold the story of the dismissal of