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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-03-02
RAILROAD PRESIDENTS
ON DEFECTIVE RAILS

WASHINGTON, March IA num-
Der of railroad presidents held a con-
ference recently in New York, the
purpose Of which was to investigate
the improvement Of the character
and quality of steel rails.
The conference resulted in an ap-
pointment Of a committee to investi-
gate the matter, and report it's find
ings to a future meeting.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-03-02
PUPILS DEFECTIVE.

BOSTON, Mass, March 1.-Sixty-
five per cent of 35,503 Of Boston's
public school pupils are physically
defective, according to a report Of
William G.. Gallivan, Boston's chief
school physician
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-03-02
NO CREDIT.

From the Cincinnati Times-Star:
Maybe the man who boasts that he
doesn't owe a dollar in the world
couldn't If he tried
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-03-02
GATHERED AT RANDOM.

Because his legs were shortened
three inches when he fell from Il
scaffold, Julius :Bruling, LonsIsland
City bricklayer, was recently award
ed $4,000 in a court action.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-03-02

MISS Marguerite Hanley, coed at
the University of Wisconsin, lost her
hair because it was the most beauti-
full at the school and therefore
aroused jealousy. 1t is, claimed that
it was the work of girl rivals The
locks were cut off while the girl was
asleep.
A New York judge has ordered
Julius Senatore to stay at home at
least one night each week. Senatore
is the father of seven children and the
judge thought he should be forced
to spend some time with them.
After being an invalid all her life.
Dorothy Kern, a 21-year-old London
girl was cured by the visit of an
angel. Physicians agree that a hal
Inclination was the direct cause of her
stoutly maintains that she surely was
hostess to real angel.
Although she has just inherited
$4,000, Miss Mary Chase, a maid in
the employ of a New York family,
declares that she will continue with
her duties.
Declaring that Henry Brandes cut
Christmas tree from his child's
grave, Henry Reiber, Council
Bluffs farmer, has started suit
against Brandes* for $4,000.
A Minneapolis manufacturer, beb-
lleVing that the young women en-
ployed in his factory were running
their health by wearing shoes with
nigh heels, ordered them to appear
with lower heels or lose their posi-
tions. Each girls shoes were ex-
amined when she appeared for work
after the order had been given. For
time they thought Of striking but
changed their minds later.
Inc Wisconsin state civil service
commission seems to favor race sui
eide. Some Of the requirements in
certain departments are that people
must be imam and wife without chill
dren.''
Dolly Dimple, a $4,000 cow of
Easton, Mass, has college graduate
in luke-warm water, has her boots
manicured, her horns shined and
then-probably kicks over the milk.
Because his best girl danced the
turkey trot" with another man,
John Brown, colored, shot the girl
and stabbed the man she was dancing
with. Both will probably die. Brown
7 is thinking it over from behind pri-
son walls.
Mrs. A. M. Cork of Fort Worth,
Tex, 16 years old, was bride for the
fourth time last Saturday. She was
first married when Is years old and
inside a year obtaf1ed three divorces
She is said to be very pretty, but
terribly tickle.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-03-02
EIGHT HOURS ON CIVIC WORK.

NELSON. B. c., March 1.-The city
council has inaugurated the eight
hour day on all civic work and adopt
ed q minimum wage Of forty cents
/ per hour. u. Il.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-03-02

French scientists have determined
that a year on, Mars is twice as long
as on the earth.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-03-02

Miss Marguerite Hanley, a coed at
the University of Wisconsin, lost her
hair because it was the most beauti-
full at the school and therefore
aroused jealousy. 1t is. claimed that
it was the work of girl rivals The
locks were cut off while the girl was
asleep.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-03-02

A New York judge has ordered
julius Senatore to stay at home at
least one night each week. Senatore
is the father of seven children and the
judge thought he should be forced
to spend some time with them.
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Mrs A. M. Cork of Fort Worth,
Tex, 16~years old, was bride for the
fourth time last Saturday. She was
first married when Is years old and
inside a year obtafned three divorces.
She Is said to be very pretty, but
terribly tickle
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-01-02
.MATSON WILL HELP
THE FLORAL PARADE

When the Matson steamer Wilhel.
nina comes here on the February run
the accommodations will be filed to
overhOwing, and in the crowd win be
an unusually large number of round
trippers.
Owing to the fact that the vessel will
be here for the Floral Parade and un.
der ordinary circumstances would leave
for Hilo ON the afternoon Of February
22, Castle & Cooke, the local agents,
have taken the matter up and have
rearranged the schedule. In letter 10
the promotion committee, Secretary
PetTle OF Castle & Cooke announces
that the liner will have very large
number Of Found'tTip passengers, who
are also 20 20 20 Hawaii 10 see the
volcano. The liner will arrive On
February 20. On her regular sehednil
tho vessel would leave for Hilo ~ hy'
in tho afternoon " February e2'
in view of the fact that the fioFa
/ Parade takes place IA the forenoon
nnd is follssed by the carnival a
nlghtl tho company has decided 20 haFl
tho ship aa from Honolulu "a midnlgb
IL order lhai the found tsp passeagef
may hase the opportunity ~ hliene q
fhf day. ealsbfatlonh.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-01-02
RABBITS THREATEN
TO BECOME PEST
Territorial Board of Agriculture
and Forestry Sounds
Alarm.

Rabbits, the great pest, that have
cost millions year to California,
Australia and other countries, and
which Hawaii has excluded by law for
many years, are getting stronghold
on this island, according to statements
made yesterday afternoon at the meet.
ing of the Territorial board of agri-
culture and forestry.
Lurid reports of the devastation the
rabbits have caused in Australia and
California were the cause of legislation
here to SEQ that they did not get in,
like the mongoose. But, it is said,
they have got in now, and are spreading
fast On motion of Commissioner A,
Waterhouse, the board of agriculture
and forestry yesterday afternoon de.
cided to ask the city and county author.
tiles to undertake better enforcement
of the law as to the prohibition Of
rabbit keeping Messrs. DOwsett, Isen
berg and Waterhouse joined in remark
ing that rabbits were becoming plenti
full, and it was agreed that the enforce
ment of the law was a matter for thu
county authorities, not the territoria
board.
The laws of the Territory declare
that the keeping or breeding Of rab
bits within the islands is prohibited
and provide a penalty for any persol
keeping Dummies. The law also declar,
it to be the duty Of police officers Il
"destroy" any rabbits found within
the Territory. There is an exemption
in favor of rabbits which are kept h
confinement as pets, but according h
statements made at the meeting of tn
agricultural board yesterday, there ar
now many rabbits at large In variou
parts OF Oahu. just how serious pes
they win become here, now that the
are at large, is q matter which th
board is worrying about.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-01-02
PLAN DEPOT FOR
TENDER KUKUI
General Inspector Troti Declares
win Recommend site Near
Fort Armstrong.

When r. N. Troit, general Inspector
of the United States lighthouse service,
was here he visited the site proposed
FOR d new depot for the Lighthouse Ten.
der Kukui, and after going over the
ground declared that he would recon.
cend its selection BY the government.
This was done before the inspector had
made a trip to Kauai.
According to officers on board the
tender, now tied up at the channel
wharf, the work on the construction of
the new depot may be delayed for some
months yet, despite the increasingly
urgent need of such place. "We now
have our supplies, buoys and so forth,
scattered all over the waterfront, - said
the first officer yesterday, ''and we Ger.
tainly need a supply depot.
"Of course, the work will mean Il lot
to us and there is no doubt of it's value
to these Islands and particularly ia
Honolulu. 1t would cost | should say
at rough guess ab0ut-well, say, $25,
600 or maybe FIVE thousand dollars less
90 You see it would be necessary fol
dredgers to get to work and dig out Q
| slip before the construction of a wharf
/ could be commenced. That done store
house would have to be built at the
landward end of the wharf and several
other improvements.
''As things stand now we use this
channel wharf, which belongs to the
navy department, on sufferance only
There is small storeroom here and Q
larger shed for storing buoys and the
like, but not nearly enough space fol
what we have to have. AS result
some of our valuable apparatus i.
! sprinkled from one end of the harboi
to the other.
"We have been trying to get the us,
of the Fort street wharf but that ha
been too valuable and too much in de
mand for us and we have had to be con
tent with what we have here Whel
Inspector Tf0tt was here he talked tn
matter over with the local people ant
with the captain of the Kul5ui, VIII
knows conditions here and the needs o
the service better than any one els
and declared that he would do what h
could to have the depot constructed a
the proposed site, That is practicall
the only available site that hav
heard off,
The site spoken of is between tn
Myrtle Boat Club site and Fort Arm
strong,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-01-02

the father, the haole friends of DR.. Sun
Yat Sen will entertain at dinner his
eldest son, Sun Fo. The dinner will be
attended by number of leading Chi
nese and by the editors of the English
papers of the city.
FirSt Congratulations from Hawaii.
One of the first of many cablegrams
Of congratulation sent from Honolulu
yesterday to the elected President of
China was from the four Honolulans
who advanced Doctor Sun money in his
boyhood to complete his studies and
who have followed his career since with
interest and pride. The cablegram
read:
Aloha nui loa. Heartiest congratu
lations and local greeting.
"FRANK w. DAMON,
"CHUNG YEE,
civilian A. BOWEN,
"Ho FON."
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-01-02
HONOLULU CELEBRATES ELECTION OF DR.
SUN YAT SEN AS PRESIDENT OF NEW REPUBLIC


when Tho advertiser reached H.
many rcadcra throughout Chinaiown
yesterday, carrying the nows that Dr.
sun Vat sen, che Hawaiian Chinese
patriot had been Officially elected as
The first President Of tho Republic Of
China, that section Of the city rocked
with iubinnt excitement Excited
groups Of Chinese gathered throughout
the district to congratulate each other
and discuss the great tidings which
viudicatcd the years Of faith they had
placed in sun Vat Sen and justified
to the extreme the hundreds of thou
sands of dollars the revolutionary sup
porters of Hawaii had sent in support
OF not only the present revolution, but
of former ones.
The Liberty News, the official organ
of the revolutionists and the paper that
has persistently fought for Doctor
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-01-02
WALKING DELEGATE WILSON TO KEEP
UNION STEVEDORES OUTSOF PIuKIR
tFrOm Saturdays Advertiser.)

1t was stated yesterday that the
stevedores strike at Kahului had fallen
through and that Hawaiians and Japa
nese were working cargo on the All.
freighter Columbian. No trouble has
been experienced in getting labor, and
no overtures TO the strikers We're made.
Alexander & Baldwin stated that the
strike did not interfere with them in
any way.
No Official reports Of the strike have
been received by Manager John Wilson
of the llni uniona, branch of the
neN.y organized steyedores union, frst
established az liilo by EWaliku.
''lho first ! knew Of the strike was
when fend Of Il in the newspapers,'
said M Wilson yesterday 81 have
NOT received q report up % the present
Before strike can be ordered grloY
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-01-02

SUMS cause, carried The Advertiser g
cabled news in an early edition and
placarded its windows with the glad
tidings.
Early in the morning the leaders in
Chinatown met and proposed n celebra-
tion, first because the cause of re-
publicanism in China appeared to be
triumphant, second and principally be-
cause man from Hawaii, one known
to them personally and an intimate
friend of many, had been selected as
the one man out of four hundred mil
lions to be at the head of the new and
free government. 1t was planned to
start the celebration exactly at noon
and continue it as long as the stocks of
firecrackers would hold out.
At, the appointed hour, announced by
the blast of the whistle of the City
Mill, pandemonium broke out through
out the Chinese quarter. Firecrackers
by the thousands and bombs by the
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-01-02

hundreds were exploded; bands of Chi
nese boys, with banners, horns and ex-
ultant cheers paraded the streets,
carrying large portraits of the new
President; within club houses and
stores, the older men of the community
gathered to toast President Sun, while
Chinese women of the Red Cross tossed
half completed rolls of bandages aside
as no longer needed and joined in the
celebration.
Yesterday was great day in China.
town, but there will be greater day
when Doctor Sun enters Peking as the
official successor to the Son of Heaven
the Ruler of the Middle Kingdom and
the various other things contained in
the little, five-year old boy of Pu-yi
he who was Emperor of the Chinese
until yesterday.
Dinner to Presidents Son.
This afternoon, by way of hOnOring
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-01-02

ances must be considered by board of
investigation, and upon the decision of
that board the matter rests. If the
committee says strike, the strike will
be on.
~ believe the men who have joined
this movement have the right inten
tions, but they need some one 10 look
after the matters and keep them out
Of pililsia. After they had started here
they term the office, and ! took the job
/ am really the walking delegate.
am an employer Of men, and | found
| Il would be worth my while 10 take
the piiiee ! will be In toneh with work
ing men and keep them advised wher,
/ they ean get work
''There are about one hundred anc
dffy men on the rolls Of the Honolulu
hrnueh.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-01-02
SCIENTIFIC MARRIAGE
TO IMPROVE RACE

WABHlGGTON, Deeepber 80. A..
sislant Secretary of Agrieuliufe Hays
la an address today urged seientiag
mardage 20 Improve all races.
no spoke hefore American hfeedaF =
Association epd wads q elrong plea ioi
fenans u elassiheaiioasef lhe sord 4
people, apResfiing shat arlrpllHf mhf
liaea ass ~ ppll eag N fA4h NJ ~
Prove fhf Iheas nnd hnnR iAsiH ie ihell
/ hlshefi afFfMuWfai
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-01-02
SOCIAL WORKERS
URGE LABOR PLAN
UPON PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON, December SO.-Pres-
ident Taft yesterday received delega-
tion of social workers who came to urge
upon him the creation or labor com
mission with extensive powers which
should be able to settle differences be
tween capital and labor.
The Mcnamara case was cited by tho
spokesman of the delegation as a case
in point where such commission could
have accomplished much.
The President took great interest in
the argument of the delegation, and
agreed to give the matter his eonsidera-
tion.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-01-02
Ia TOILETTE WANTS
VOTES OF WOMEN

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fp.ffl madr hfl, ysiadsg ssnsief ia
fNI'rile fama HH 7ifmFl} lH HApl VI
ermaHa annae
~ ~ uWHHs tf al',l aiiehl'aa -
~ alHeaa 10 ~ ilalffse sal annfa
Is ~ falaa #maH ra.Y y 'ha
NH asUH8 tf H ffa
it
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-01-02
STRIKE LEADERS ARE
BEFORE FEDERAL JURY

KANSAS CITY, December 30. -
Three leaders of the recent strike on
the Hartman lines have been summon
ed before the federal grand jury for
investigation.
NJ. f. Ryan, \. Hinzman and J. A.
Franklin are the men summoned and
they win be charged with violation of
the Sherman law in being in con
spiracy in restraint of trade If cause is
found by the federal investigators.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-01-02
PRISONERS ESCAPE
BUT MANY CAPTURED

rAR iAflf iutpni Nealse peasm
lu 81 fmr tpadfsi pflsoaas psaped
iIpH lhs pfalennssy p iblf plafs yu
lfasg pl NNag eannd
a hIae iair 80 sfal om eiif lhea
80 slitasel fnHf laafap le fenall
ruf eeaalrl HH = ~ wlaam'
Hsi alaH
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-01-02

% gau knap fhai ~ ihg mlapf ali
a.fnts felds 40 ~ ~ ihe n|esl daafei
ausf n it nal 90 fola llsalf llei sop
nfrd n fftH hal iAf senelf ilnssaff
llal q efifH |faAH "a Hlfl ~ ihfsf
hn hNaRn ~ ssIH alataHea fHfN
mnHla kl4 Hmlaa afs eHaHF
fEfm MhE nM ialf fhtHhfI'alf Q
fhAak NfHfif HaH fElH fnIf fa'a e3ila
9aa aHFI 80 fsIs aN sfalfH EsaHat
fs fFea'f if H0esN
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-01-02
DEATHS BY POISON
NUMBER FIFTY-SEVER

BERLIN, December sO.--Fifty seven
deaths from poisoning at the municipal
shelter homo are now reported, seven
having died within the past twenty
four hours,
Nearly half hundred more are eriti'
eally ill from eating poisoned food and
u searching investigation is under way.
Other deaths are expected
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-01-02
HELPLESS DESTROYER
T0WED 70 PORT

R0Rnol.H, Yirglnia, December ~
The onspdago i hdpgias 50 per ~
n. 5 destroyer WHfrlnRtoa, Nhleh nae
ffuff Hnf trimmed ~ an Hatngva
tahoannf dufng gale b. iiampiep
Reads gealfldag
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-01-02
MUST PROVE sTAaluTT,

NhhlllhNMs nafrWhT Ihf
felisd Haim ean eoi feseHalfs ihf
naa nHHhlf y lElaa aaili ~ ~
lffHliF ~ luaffh'f = allAHla.
ll9 fahf |i.Nf AZ sHnHtsaR
tlf va
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-01-02
Young Emperor Of China Now
Formally Resigns His
Throne.
TOXIC OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED
Ancient Monarchy Surrenders-
Sun Vat Sen Absolutely
Controls China.
Especial Gable to The Advertiser and
the Hawaii ShinpoO

Especial Gable to The Advertiser and
the Hawaii shinpo)
TOXIC, December 29.-omcial nott
fcatiOn has reached here that the Elm
peror Of China has formally abdicated
and the throne Of the Manchu dynasty,
the "Great Pure Dynasty established
two hundred and sixty-eight years ago,
is no more.
The throne has surrendered absolutely
to the demands of the republicans and
the provisional republican government,
with Sun Vat Sen as the nrst president,
will now assume control of the affairs
Of the former Empire.
The announcement from Shanghai is
that the republicans have already
agreed upon their first government Of
ficials
National Convention.
(By Associated f'ress.)
SHANGHAI, December %. - The
peace conference here has decided to
call national convention to organize
the new government.
Chinese Rejoice.
Especial Cable to Liberty News.)
SHANGHAI, December 29.-In con
stitution of the central government,
funds are needed Sincerely hope that
the residents of Honolulu will subscribe
rapidly for the new deb.s. Send early
by the Chinese United Society. The
United society is authorized to issue the
government bonds.
DIR. Sun Vat Sen has been elected
president of the new republic by vote
of sixteen to one, one vote beng csat
for General Wong Hing, commander-in-
chief of the revolutionary forces.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-01-02

HMAdLh hafaHo neifmhf1 "a
$40 feunfisa apshlsh laasei h ~ ~
fsai lsiilf aiih ~ fHat lfIhuufi
~ ~ lllfl aHd t eaanaea hHH
NllHaRl ~ ~ ifits9Wfa ~ Fl
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The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-01-02

Tahr ifaHnfiFf hfamN lHlnlnf
Iaalsia hN duFalai ntand
ili mQnsy u d fail ~ rHm
y NpHgf HgHaiHf ~
fWN i0f
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The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-01-02
National Convention.
(By Assoeiated f,ress.l J

SHANGHAI, December %. The
peace conference here has decided to
call a national convention to organize
the new government.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-05-11


NOM hotel to take on passengers, the
dominecker rooster escaped the grasp
Of the negro boy who was standing ID
" on the Sidewalk. The frightened
chicken made Decline for the car
and sought refuge from the crowd and
traffic of the street in the trucks OF
the car
When the passengers were all
aboard the conductor gave the 60
ahead signal, but q bystander called
to the motorman that there was a boy
under the car. In the meantime sew
eral other street cars had come up be-
hind the Walker street car, and be
hind these was line Of impatlently
footing automobiles
The motorman got down and tried
1 to pull the boy out, but the negro
eyaded him anlssdecl Jared he would no.
get out until he got the chicken. Ths
conductor came TO his help, then sons
Of the passengers, and, finally, 9 Pc
liceman. Finally the chicken wa
pinned down with the switch rod car
ried by the motorman and the con
ductor craWled in and secured it.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-05-11
GIRL PLAYS DEAD;
FRIENDS IN TEARS
When Wreaths of Flowers Arrive
the Supposed Corpse Laughs
Over the "Joke."
THROWN FROM HORSE
Although Uninjured She Goes Home
and Telephones the "News" OF
Her "Death" to Chun1, Who IN
Turn Notified Others.

Spokane, Wash.-After DESCENDING
death from nine o'clock one n1ght iii
the following afternoon, during winch
time dozens of grieving friends viewed
her apparently lifeless form anu
brought great wreaths OF flowers 10
accompany her to the grave, Jessie
Siders of the Howard hotel nearly
gave those friends a severe case OF
heart failure when she suddenly
opened her eyes, brushed ASIDE the
banks of flowers and languldly re-
marked that she did not believe she
wanted to stay dead any longer.
The idea to play such a hoax on her
friends occurred to her the otner eve
ming when, as she was riding her
horse along Second avenue, near DlV1-
sion street, it became frightened at an
automobile and jumped down an en-
bankment. She alighted on the morse
| neck and fell TO the ground, ana
passersby rushed to her, thinking
her neck was broken. She was ualn'
| jured, however, and in moment OF
righteousness decided to give he1
roommate, Nellie Trainer, a scare.
Miss Siders then went to tele
| phone and, III disguised voice, shout
ed this information over the wire te
her friend:
Jessie was thrown from her morse
and broke her neck.
whats that?" screamed the room
mate
Jessie was thrown from her horse
broke her neck in rolling down tn
river bank and has gone over tn
falls,'' she said, adding more sobs ant
horrible details.
Miss Trainer Immediately becam
hysterical and called their friends. A
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-05-11

she finished teIephoning, however, and
was bitterly weeping and waiting Tor
the body OF her friend to be brought
home she glanced out of the WINDOW
and saw the supposedly dead girl
sereneIy dismounting. They conceived
the idea OF continuing the joke.
The girl was quickly dressed IN
white and placed on the bed, her face
covered by a heavy veil, and soon the
friends began to arrive. Flowers were
placed beside her, and after sadly
viewing the girl the mourners were
led from the room.
The news spread, and all Monday
night undertakers throughout the
city were kept busy answering the
| telephone. The morgues We're visited
! by friends, and soon the undertakers
were inquiring OF each other, "Where
is Miss Siders' body?'
J. M. Mcknight of the New Eng
land Undertaking company tinall!
/ went to the hotel to ask the room
mate, and was led to the bedside. Hs
came away chuckling.
The girl finally became tired o
making dash for the bed every tins
she heard some one else coming, AM
after waiting until several NOR
looked at her, ended the joke. Their
are many, however, who are still sol
rowing.
Miss Siders said that she did no
mean to carry it so far, but only il
tended to make her friend think sh
was seeing a ghost by slipping in tn
house when she was not looking. Sh
laid the blame for the rest OF it 0
Miss Trainer.