Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-12
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Robert S. Lovett, head of the Har
riman railroads. and Maxwell Everets
chief counsel, conferred with Presi
dent Taft and Attorney General Wick
ersham early today at the White
House, about the recent suprem,
court decision dissolving the UniOl
Pacific merger.
In the presence Of thousands of ma
tives of the Netherlands and of Min
nesota. Jonkhef J. Leudor. minister
ard envoy extraordinary of the Meth
erlands to the United States, and
Commissioner Gale Stone, chairman
of the Minnesota exposition commits
sion, dedicated their sites for the par
ticipation at the Panama Pacific EN-
position, today.
| With the arrest of three woodchop-
pers accused of writing a letter to
President-elect Wilson, threatening
him with death unless he paid them
| $4,000, New York officials expect the
trio to confess the details of their plot
before. being arraigned on Monday
| The arrested men are Jacob Dunn
Warren Dunn and Sells Davinport
! Prince Kalanianaole of Hawaii is
! In Frisco en- route to the national
] capital. Referring to Secretary Fish
] er's recommendations. for the reap
| pointment of Governor Frear, he said
All care to say at this time is
that | made my charges to President
Taft against the governor in good
faith and simply want a square deal
for myself and those who have been
with me in the fight. understand
Secretary Fisher abuses nobody in his
report. but insists that the island po-
litical fight over the goyernorship is
due to mutual misunderstanding.
Il think it. best to say no more I'M
til | get to Washington and confer
with interested friends, as we'll as with
President Taft and Secretary Fisher
The warning of Sir. Edward Grey
Panama note that the British govern
ment would protest further, in case
an attempt is made. to enforce that
section of the Canal act which prohib-
it's the use of the canal by railroad
owned, or trust-controlled ships, may,
| it is thought in Washington, indicate
formidable European opposition to
any attempt by the American govern
ment to extend the operation of the
Sherman antitrust act beyond the
confines of the United States.
President Taft announced today
that he would sail for Panama to in
spect the canal, Dec. 81, returning
Dec. 81. He will leave Washington at
midnight on Dec. 10, embarking on
the battleship Arkansas at Key West,
Fla The president will reach Pana-
ma Christmas eve.
The American ambassador and Mrs.
| W. w. Rockhill will leave CONSTANT
nople. They had intended to leave
two months ago, but were delayed by
! the war.
Deprecating the fact that the So
cialist party will not be represented
in the next Congress. Representative
Berger, of Wisconsin, today reviewed
Socialist gains in the recent general
election and predicted a gain of two
million votes next year.
In a published interview Doctor
Danoff, the Bulgarian peace delegate,
said. in reference to the change in the
military commands at Vienna: There
is no cause for alarm so long as the
Powers are in agreement and Servia
is ready to recognize the interests OF
others; but if. as is hardly probable,
the Powers should be unable to ar
rive at an agreement it will not be an
AuStro-Servian conflict, but a confla
grafton, which the world. and partic-
ularIy the Balkan countries. wish to
avoid" The conference of European
ambassadors to settle the AustrO7Ser-
Wan dispute will not meet until
next week. according to an announce
ment made today Other Vienna dis
patches declare that NJ. Novadovitch,
the Servian envoy, declared white
passing through Vienna, that he fear
ed that the differences between Ser
via and Austria were so great that ad-
juStment was hardly possible.
Mrs Mary Lucas. a woman attOr-
ney at Lansing Mich. confessed to-
day to poisoning Mrs. Pauline Singel.
pleading justification. She denied,
however. she had ever murdered any
others 4 number of other mysteri-
Gus disappearances are being laid to
Mrs. Lucas, among them her husband.
Clarence barrow will go on trial
Jan. 8. on charge of influening Rob
ert Balm. juror in the Mcnamara
case. according To Il statement made
in Los Angeles.
The schedule OF hearings for tariff
revision was announced by the house
ways and means committee today. as
follows:
Schedule A-Chemicals. oils and