Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-20

+ The Progressive party has chosen
New York as the permanent head
quarters OF the executive committee
OF the party. The dc cision is taken
to be victory for George W. Per-
kins.
A San Francisco man has been ar
: rested in Los Angeles for forgery. II
is believed that he has been suffering
from loss Of memory and was uncon-
scious of committing the crime
The Los Angeles county assessor
had the original idea of assessing 'wo-
mems lingerie which he had heard
would bring in much revenue His
disappointment was great when in
formed that fluffy ruffles were out of
style and silk tights of moderate cost
had taken their place in women's
Wardrobes.
4 A mob OF $50 strikers on the coal
docks of the New York, Susquehanna
& Western Railroad near Edgewater,
n. j., attacked a small band of rail-
road detectives, driving them off the
canal docks and shooting two of them
dead. Others were severely wounded.
A man of San Mateo, Cal, irving to
rescue a small boy from a mad dog,
was himself badly bitten.
Factions from the towns of Old Jay
and New Jay, Okla, are said to be on
the verge of pitched battle over the
location of the county seat: The gov
ernor has been requested to send
troops to Quell the disturbance
Miss May Sutton, tennis champion,
was married at her home in Los An
geles to Thomas c. Bundy, also a ia
nous tennis player. FL
Charles r. Rose, of Chicago, con-
fessed to the murder of his 2-year-old
baby in a fit of rage against the child s
mother.
Ambassadors of the great European
powers are to meet in London stimuli
taneously with the peace ENJOYS from
Turkey and the Balkan states. This
announcement indicates the still I'M
/ settled condition of European rela-
!, tons.
To thwart the loan sharks and
protect the poor, commercial and fl
nancial interests of San Francisco
have organized a company called the
! Remedial Loan Association, which
intends to drive out the illegitimate
concerns by honest competition.
A young woman of Chico, Cal, feel
ing, her case to be incurable, commit
ted suicide, first willing her body to
science for the study of paralysis.
/ Sidna Allen, leader of the Allen
clan in the Virginia feud last March,
has been sentenced to thirty five years
/ in the Denitentiary. xii"
| Lord Charles Beresford, challenged
Winston Churchill in the house of
J commons on the subject of Vice-Ad-
miral Bridgeman- Bridgeman's resig-
nation. Churchill stated poor health
to be the reason, but a dispute with
Churchill is believed to have been the
real cause. ,
Charles H. Hyde, former city cham.
| berfain or New York, has been SEN
fenced To not less than two years
and not more than three years and
! six months in States prison for brib-
cry in connection with manipulation
of. the city funds. 49,.
| The battlesfip New Hampshire left
Norfolk under hurry orders for Santo
Domingo. 1t is understood that an
other uprising has broken out in the
island. -"
Amelia Somerville, formerly
popular actress with Henry Dixie in
"Adonis," has brought suit against the
, Riverside Drive theatre for $1,000 for
| injuries caused by wash basin fall.
ing from the wall -.
| County assessors of California,
meeting in Los Angeles agreed that
the millionaires lodged paying the
polltax while the working man came
through" The poll-tax may be aboI.
ished because of its unequal collec,
ton. j. ~ ="
Wreckage marked Greta Holme, the
, former name of the Greek steamer
,, Antonios, has been washed ashore, in
dicating that the steamer was lost
with all hands off the Sicily. Isles.
Elsie Howey, a London suffragette,
has been sentenced to two months
! imprisoned for turning in false fire
alarms. Such alarms were given ST.
simultaneously in other cities. The
next day fire stations were flooded
with postcards reading: Votes for
women! EXtinguish us if you CAM"
The Housekeepers' League of Phil
adelphia has begun a crusade against
the high cost of living. They are
selling eggs al loss to force reduc.
tion of food prices.
Boston women are protesting
against smoking for women. They
claim "a woman should not do it and
lady will not
By the will of former Senator John
L. Wilson, one-time proprietor of the
Seattle Post-lntelligencer, the entire
estate of 100000 goes to his widow.
Albert Halk of Butte, Mont, was
sentenced to 100 years in prison for
murder. A quarrel between the
wives started the shooting, which
ended in the death of one husband
and the removal of the other.
The trade has been effected be-