Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-11-18
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ing to invade Servia and Bulgaria.
Under the agreement with Turkey,
the intentions of Austria are said to
have been known to the other Euro
pean powers for the last forty eight
hours.
Austria has modified three army
corps within days march of Bel
grade. Roumania has $1,000 troops
ready. to sweep down on the unpro.
tected cities of Bulgaria.
An unverified report from Vienna
states that Austria is to be given an
important port on the Adriatic and q
strip of territory connecting with a
port on the Aegean. Roumania is
also to be extended at the expense of
Bulgaria The feeling In London to-
night is that the serious stage Of the
Balkan war has just begun.
For twenty years Of faithful service
as the Only woman keeper of sea
coast light. Mrs. e. Al. Fisher OF
Point Of Pines, near Pacific Grove,
has received the United States eff
cheney medal and q letter of COM
Fmendation from the chief of the
lighthouse service.
Lieut.. George. e. Goethals, son Of
Uncle Sam'snchief engineer on the
iIsthmus, today sailed for Panama on
the United Fruit steamer Paoli.
Lieutenant Goethals is specially de-
tailed on the Notifications work, but
the war department has put seal on
the lips Of all the engineers engaged
on that work
Miss Mary Bayless, formerly Of.
West Union. has been chosen to fill
the social position Of private secre-
tary to Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife
of the President-eleet of the United
States.
Glenn a. Curtiss' aerial-terra-rn
rine craft, which flies like bird,
skins the water like fish, and rolls
along on land like ninety horse
power racing car. was successfully
tried out today.
The new machine has its wheels
forward of the center of gravity and
is equipped with tail skid.
Another rich strike of placer gold
has been made in the, Bay State group
opposite claims four and five, below
Anvil Creek, Alaska, adjoining the
ground on which "Day"' was struck q
few days ago.
PRESUMABLY President-elec Wilson
will invite Colonel William Jennings
Bryan to become member of his
cabinet, and there is much specula- |
ton as to Colonel Bryan's reply TO
this overture. He has been In Wash |
ington a week and no one has been
able to get the slightest in.Iing as
10 his attitude. e
Commander w. H. g. Billiard has
,een named superintendent to assist
n the new wireless station in Airing. i
on, Virginia. "a.
Orders were Issued today for the
following officers to report to the
aviation school in San Diego on De-
.ember / First Lieut. Samuel H. Nc
1Ieary, Coast Artillery, and Lewis n.
goodyear, Jr., Coast Artillery.
In connection with the preliminary /,
onferenee between William Jennings
ryan and Democratic leaders now in
he Capital, it has developed that sen
iment was greatly in favor OF radi-
al reductions of the tariff on foreign
IMPORT products affecting the cost of
wing. - ( .,....
Colonel Bryan and others are said
o favor free sugar and the removal
f all restrictions on imports from
he Philippines contained in the
'ayne-Aidrich act.
Jack" Johnson, as Hiram w. John
on, Jr., son of the governor of Cali
ornia is popularity known, took easy
oncrs in fistie encounter yester-
ay with husky, youngster from
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