Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-29
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Mrs. Elizabeth DFaunthorte, widow
of a Titanic victim and herself q sur
vivor. has sued the White Star Com
pany for $4,000 in the Federal courts
for the loss of her husband. MIR.
Faunthorte's body was recovered at
sea.
Scarcity of officers in the marine
corps has led the navy department to
appoint a special board of examiners,
to investigate the applications for sec
| end lieutenants. -
Gen. Homer Lea, author and for
mer military adviser Of the Chinese
| revolutionary. forces, has issued a.
statement in which he asserts that
his health has been restored and that
he is go1ig back TO China to resume.
his military duties there.
An unusual instance involving the.
! transfer of a stowaway at sea was
/ witnessed by the Nile passengers be-
i tween Honolulu and San Francisco.
| Harold Yates, former bellboy In.
! San Francisco, had slowed away on
i the outgoing liner Manchuria. His
presence was discovered about the
time the Nile hove in sight and he
was sent aboard the San Francisco
bound craft in lifeboat.
Robert l.. Borden, premier of the
Dominion Of Canada, when he faced
the suffragettes for the first time to-
day, told them fatty that he had no
/ power to-. introduce general Wo-
mans suffrage bill into the Dominion
and that he would not attempt it. He
Iadded significantly that no threats of
militant methods such as have been
used in London, would move him from
| Lfs position: y:...so= Z
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The State department is preparing
to make representations to the Mex.
] lean government to bring about new
s trial for W. c. Nichols, an American
tconyicted of murder at Tampico.
The Chinese government will send
an ultimatum to the Kutuk Khan, of
lJjrga, the correspondent at Picking Of
1.-THE London Daily Mail has been given
to understand, calling upon him to
Il withdraw his declaration Of independ'
ence of Mongolia, or take the conse-
quences.
Public anxiety was intensified to-
Iday over the fate of the French Off
GERS now held as hostages by the
lMoors under FL Hiba, at Marakesh,
I Morocco. ENJOYS have been sent out
to Marakesh by the French command.
Ter, but have been able to obtain no
information regarding the fate OF the
{ officers. ST..
A telephone message from Norwich
: to London late last night said that 1t
| lis estimated that seven thousand peo
| ple have been driven from their
homes by the floods. The water, the
message continued, has risen in some
| parts of the city, notably in the flats
below the cathedral, to more thar
| thirteen feet in the streets.
1. Col. Sam Parker of Honolulu left by
the s. S. WilheImina today instead oil
iwaiting for the Chiyo Maru on which
Secretary of the Interior Fisher viii
20 to Honolulu. Parker went Eas
= as far as Cheyenne, where he me-
: Senator Clark and sent telegram Il
Taft. Taft replied that Fisher wa:
surely sailing August 81, and antici
y pations are that Governor Frear may
O. be reappointed.
g Dowager Queen Alexandra and Prin
cess Victoria, on board the roya
Yacht. are storm-bound in Southwoit
o Bav on the Suffolk coast. The zach
which has been attended by TIT
cruiser Liverpool, does not dare ven
ture across the North Sea.
Emperor Wilhelm arose early thi
u morning feeling much improved. H
took a long walk before breakfast
- and enjoyed every step, he said.
>. The Pope is about to appoint neV
American cardinal, who is, to resld
10 at Rome. according to special Oils
match received here last night iron
the Holy City. The American cal
:, dinai will occupy a position similar t.
~ that held by the prelate representa-
= Spain and France in Rome.