Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-09
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Condemning some features Of the
pending curTeacyi bill anr praising
Others, Frank A. yander1ip of the Ma
tional City Bank of New York today
addressed the senate banking and
currency committee.
Speaking of the PROPOSED Il re-
serve banks, he said there should be
only one bank, or as few as possible,
and IL there are more than one they
should be so linked together as to
form central bank. He declared
the note issue plan would fail to ac-
complish elasticity.
Vanderlip said that the bill as
drawn would accomplish the inobili-
zation Of the reserves. which he de-
clared was a very important desidef-
alum He said the period OF transit
ton between the present system and
the proposed would be very trying.
Chairman Glass of the house bank
ing and currency committee today
openly defled the American Bankers
Association and its country bank
members in their fight to force bank
ers' domination of the federal board
of control proposed under the new
banking system. He intimated that
hostility to the Glass Owen bill; that
the proposed fight to test the consti-
tutionaliy of the bill If made law
was a bluff and that the administra-
ton and congress were determined
that there shall be passed at this SEES
sion of congress, reform currency
Legislation.
Mrs. Flora Drummond, known as
'ethe general, and next to Mrs. Pank-
hurst the most aggressive leader of
the militant Isuffragettes who has
been at liberty under special license
because of illness induced by hum
ger strike, surrendered to the London
Authorities to stand trial on a charge
OF conspiracy. She was admitted to-
bail and her case set for October %.
Lillian Lenton, who was arrested I'M
connection with the burning of the
Kew Gardens pavilion. was remanded
until tomorrow.
Four thousand homeless and penni-
less refugees from Mexico were to-
day huddled upon an sunsheltered
spot Just outside of Eagle Pass,
awaiting a decision by the United
States immigration authorities re-
garding their disposition A MAORI
ty Of the refugees are women and
children and many are sick
Food supplies are scarce.
Governor Sam D. Feiker has grant
ed the request of William Trayers|
Jerome. that decision of the extradi-
ton of Harry K. Thaw from New
Hampshire be postponed until after
the investigation now being conducted
by the New York authorities is COM
pleted Miss Mary G. ThaW joined
her son at Concord tonight for an In
definite stay.
Beckwith Heavens, the aviator, and
j. B. r. Verplanck, the millionaire
sportsman. flew from Albany to New
York In the latter,s Curtis flying
boat, establishing q record for this
new type. The course followed was
approximately 10 miles and the
actual flying time 165 minutes.
President Wilson was only half a.
minute behind the players in today's
world series game in New York
Throughout the contest between the
Giants and the Athletics, bulletins
were received in the White House
t<,lx,<y,.., y :.
presidents desk where they took
precedence over official business.
According to rumor around the
New York police headquarters and
the city hall today, Police Commits
sioner Waldo is about to resign.
Waldo and Mayor Kline are at log
gerheads as result of the commits
sioner's refusal to appoint Joseph
O'Conner. former police lieutenant,
to a captaincy.
The section of the new tariff law
providing for a five per cent discount
in duty on imports in American bot
toms will lie dormant until Attorney
General McReynolds delivers an opin-
ion on the clause according to an or
DER. given by Secretary McAdoo to-
day to all customs collectors.
H. G. C. Thofehein, radium expert
of Paris, gave out the information
today at Denver that Coleman Du1
pont, head of the powder manufactur.
ing company which bears his name,
has purchased properties at Central
City, Colorado, and intends to erect
a plant to produce radium.
Col. David Du B. Gaillard of the en-
gineer corps. is in a precarious CON
diticn in Johns Hopkins hospital at
Baltimore as the result of climatic
conditions in the Panama Canal zone
where he had charge of the excaya-
ton of the Gulebra cut -"
Except when in attendance upon
army or navy functions, President
Wilson hereafter will not he attended