Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-09-09
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Miss Claire Simson's request for a
jury Of women was denied today when
she was placed on trial in the police
court at Tucson, Arizona, for wearing
an X-ray gown and the magistrate
who tried her instead, acquitted her
because he could not determine
whether pink tights with the gown
were as immodest as black. Miss
Simson wore pink tights.
Her defense was that they we're
not at all improper as the black tights
generally employed by wearers OF x
ray gowns, which contrasted sharply
With diaphanohs draperies and were
frankly reyelatory.
The court ruled that he was not an
arbiter Of dress and discharged the
prisoner.
Disappointed over his inability to
marry on. account OF his youth, Oscar
Gray, aged eighteen years, today shot
and killed Ida Lee, aged eighteen
years, and then killed himself Both
were pupils at high school at Salem,
Oregon
Suffragettes again went on mail
destroying campaign in London today.
The contents of several city post
boxes we're fired and hundreds of
packages were damaged.
Francis Burton Harrison recently
appointed governor general to the
Philippine islands, arrived with his
wife and four children in San Fran
cisco today en- route for the Islands.
They win sail Wednesday on the Man
churia.
& The hope that the new department
of labor may become a department of
industrial diplomacy" which shah
induce employers and employees to
settle their differences around the
council table, was expressed by Sec
rotary of Labor Wilson, the principal
speaker at a special labor service at
the First Baptist Church in Washing
ton last night.
Asserting that labor organizations
under present conditions are absolute
ly necessary, the secretary contended
that they had done more than any
other agency outside of the church
itself to better the conditions OF hui
ffahity.
Republican leaders In the senate
today refused to agree with Democrats
ic leaders on day to vote on the
tariff bill and the prospect of sending
the bill to conference is slight.
Three lengthy speeches by Senators
La Toilette. Randell and Bristow are
yet to be delivered and inheritance
amendments presented by Senator
Norris win bring forth further discus
sion.
John Lewis Smith Of, Washington.
ID. G., has been elected BY the United
Spanish War Veterans, in convention
at Buffalo, as commander-in-chief for
the ensuing term. while the vote of
the delegates is to hold the next an.
nual convention at Louisville, Ken
lucky.
Commander-in-chief Smith is assist.
ant United States attorney for the
District of Columbia. He is mem
Der of the bar of the Supreme Court
and of the Court of Appeals of the
District Of Columbia and was admit
ted to practise before the Supreme
Court of the United States in 1908.
William Travers Jerome, represent.
ing the state Of New York at Coat.
cook. Quebec, in his fight to secure
the extradition of Harry Thaw, was
acquitted of gambling following his
trial today on the charge. The court
apologized to Jerome for the humili-
alton to which he had been subjected.
Threats that even went to the point
OF urging the shooting of the former
New York district attorney impelled
the authorities to provide special pro
lection for him when Jerome arrived
here from Montreal to- answer the
charge of gambling; special police
men had orders to see that the in
famed state of public opinion did not
lead to an open attack on Thaw's en-.
emies. IL
Captain Cam of the il1-fated steam.
er State of California and his crew
are completely exonerated of any
blame of the wreck which caused the
loss Of thirty lone lives. United States
Inspectors Whitney and Turner plac.
ed the blame upon the failure of the
government to chart Gambler bay
correctly. Officers and crew are
oopplimented in the report for their
rescue work.
Jess Willard and eleven others con,
cerned in the fight at Vernon arena,
Los Angeles, August %, which was
followed by the death of Wizards op.
ponent, John Young, today was held
to answer in the superior court to
charges of second degree murder and
prize fighting. Justice Summerfield
at the conclusion of the preliminary
hearing Of the twelve men On man.
slaughter charSes, this , morning
bound them over for trial in the high
er tribunals.
A new revolution, one of the most
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