The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-04
o short illness he leaves O. wife AND
two children.
U. s. M. c. Clerk Hunt.

Loo short illness he leaves O. wife and
two children
U. s. M. c. Clerk Hurt
paymaster Clerk Robert Rudolph.
IT, s. Marine Corps. while going down
the steep slide known az the Samson
Sport at the carnival grounds last
Saturday night fell over the side of
the slide when about onefourth way
down and was seriously injured After
the accident the ambulance was call
ed from the Philippine General Hos
pital, where he was treated On Sun
day he was transferred TO the Divl-
sion Hospital, where he will probably
be for several months, to be treated
for sprained back and other injuries
Mr. Rudolph was unconscious for thir-
~ minutes after the accident. Previ-
Gus to this trip he and his companions
had made several successful trips and
were finding the new sport much to
their enjoyment
ElhVloUG EduOI OIL
The Assembly bill prohibiting the
employment of women and children
in factories and shops except under
certain strict rules and regulations, is
now before the commission for action.
In view of the importance of this
legislation and the number of women
and children at work in local factor
les, and the probability of serious OBJ
lection on the part OF many of the
employees of such labor to the bill, the
Commission has expressed it's desire
to have the opinions Of such persons
who may care to express them in writ
ing without delay.
Republican Convention.
In a short session yesterday the Re
publican territorial convention chose
Thomas l.. Hartigan and John M.
Switzer as delegates to the national
convention in Chicago, and instructed
them to vote for President w. T. Taft
for denomination. Resolutions pre-
scented by Justice E. Finley Johnson
for the resolutions committee, prais-
ing President Taft, lauding Governor
General Forbes and endorsing the Re
publican party in the United States
and the Philippines, were passed. I'm
restricted free trade was also called
for by the committee and approved by
the convention of 1OS delegates.
These resolutions were passed unan-
imously, but the instructions for Taft
did not go through so easily DIR. Of
tofy and Mr.. Shoens, Roosevelt advo-
Gates, tried for an uninstructed dele
cation but lost.
Survey Yacht Carnegie.
The non-magnetic survey yacht Car
negie which has been doing such good
work in all parts of the world in cor
recting shipping charts, and making
! a magnetic survey of the oceans for
the Carnegie institute in Washington,
arrived here Friday night seventy.
three days from Batavia.
The yacht belongs to the depart
ment of terrestrial magnetism of the
Carnegie Institute and is constructed
of non-magnetic materials Throughout
so as to be able to determine the DO
sitions at sea without danger of de
Election of the compass. It's work hal
ALREADY resulted in some vital changes
in the accepted charts, even in the
commonly traversed ocean paths.
Along the track followed by the At
lantic liners to a point off Newfound
land, the present magnetic charts, i
has demonstrated, show too large
westerly variation of the compass, il
some cases as high as one and one
half degrees. Through the work o
the Carnegie Institute with the zach
many other important errors hav
been discovered.
The Carnegie is here on surve
work but just how long it will stay
not known.