Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-02
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the house of representatives may yet
vote upon bill providing for tariff
/ Upon sugar.
II was announced in Washington to-
Gay that the ways and means commit
tee of the house, of which Oscar Tn
! derwood is chairman, is seriously de
l'beratiHg upon the question of recon
sidering the free sugar bill as it now
stands. There is strong sentiment
! growing in the committee for q bill in
cooperating duty on sugar
President Wilson and house leader
Oscar Underwood will confer tonight
! en- the tariff question. The. sugar
schedule is the knottiest problem and
| IL is reported that the president is
undecided whether to urge it or not
The body of j. P Morgan was en-
| halmed today and lies in the royal
suite at the Grand Hotel at Rome,
Italy, where it will remain until ar.
Engagements are completed to convey
IL to America
While Morgan's body lies in state
the the ssyssz no,ss = ~ Gaee,n at
liz HoNSl n ~ itOtSS N LH0 udHcIuS
and other revelry continued until
lsdawn. Ill.,. 4 .. ?
Death Mask T@kes. '
Relatives of thefnaeeier this mArn.
ing permitted An hi R5iaceks, In art
student from Philadelphia, to make
death mask T. .'-.-.. = -
Scores of diplomats and friends Of
fered to watch over the body last
light, but their services were declined.
laws imposing red tape on the re-
moVal of~the body will probably be
Gbyiated in Morgan's case.
Drs. Starr and Dixon and Professor
Rastianelh are preparing formal
statement regarding Morgan's illness.
Cause of Death. - r. =. - -
Death was due primarily to a rerv-
oHs collapse. resulting from a stren-
uous life and lack of power to recup-
crate" ~.
Scores of diplomats, Italian officials
and tourists viewed the body today.
II is incaSed in three caskets:. The
first is big walnut box, inside of
hich is a leaden, easket Inside of
the latter is walnut casket which
contains the body The latter easket
is upholstered with white velvet. -.
The Big Four leyee at Cairo broke
last night and there is only one hope
of saving the city, To do this the
south levee at Shawneetown was dy-
namited to relieve the pressure, and
thus sacrificing the smaller town to
save Cairo. -. :
With 1000 militiamen and 100 naval
reserves assisting the police to pre-
vent looting and maintain order, every.
able-bodied man in Cairo was at work
today strengthening the leVees for the
crest of the food waters. -.
Many are. perhaps, fatally hurt in
st. Petersburg today. following a.
charge by great body of police on
an anti-Austrian demonstration in
fl ont of the Seryian' legation.
The action of the police in ruthless
" striking a number of those in the
crowd with their whips is to be in
yestigated. =,
d The Mississippi river was S6.S feet
at Memphis today after rise of one
foot i'm "a hours. All available men
and horses are working on the levees
OF preparing camps for refugees.
That it will be ten years before
Dayton RECEIVERS from the food. which
almost ruined the city was the predic-
ton today of Major Rhoades, military
aide to President Wilson.
Flood conditions are improving fast
at Columbus Normal conditions will
soon be restored and clearing up
campaign is in full blast. The death
list is unchanged.
The Tennessee senate today con-
cured in a house resolution ratifying
the federal constitutional amendment
providing for the election of senators
by popular vote.
The river at Cincinnati has not in.
creased in height since O'Clock this
morning 1t probably will be several
days before it starts to recede.
Levi P. Morton. former vice presi-
dent of the United States, is said to
be near death at his home in. New
York.
A new S. P. train between San Fran
cisco and Chicago will cut the time
to So hours. You can have everything
done on board but your laundry that
might contribute to your comfort, and
pay SO extra fare.
Louis w. Hill, son of Jim Hill of
the Northern Pacific. is spending
few weeks at Del Monte. When not
railroading Hill spends his time paint