Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-10

lCJdly RSuuclu u investigate dli SuC0
cases. A fund of 100000 will be
placed at his disposal and, later, it
will be increased to $1,000,0OO if that
sum be needed to get at the facts
and figures.
After a meeting with Secretary
Bryan, at which Ambassador Chinda
formally presented Japan's. protest
against the California anti-alien land
bill ard explained at length just what
are Japans grounds for opposition to
the projected law, the cabinet today
took UP the whole subject of Cali
fornia's action.
Bryan promised to reply to Chin
da's contentious as soon as the cab
met decision was reached.
An unofficial ultimatum from Victo-
riano Huerta, provisional president
of Mexico, today is en- route to
Washington on the question of rec
ognition of his government by the
United States. Unless Mexico is rec
ognized by the United States at once
Huerta said. any ambassador the
American government may send to
the City of Mexico would be well
come guest hut would not be regard
ed as an ambassador.
Professor Taft, in his regular lec-
-ture yesterday, denounced the theory
and practise OF TIE initiative and the
referendum in the United States He
declared that their. application to the
work of the legislatures of the United
States and the various legislative
boards OF the counties and munich
paiities represented the work of po-
litical cranks and that such appliea-
ton was contrary to the constitution.
No prison or reformatory doors are
opened in Los Angeles today for
fourteen-year-old Martin Rickert,
who shot and killed his father, Dan
l.. Rickert, because Rickert had beat
en- the boys mother and knocked her
down. The jury that tried the child
was out but fourteen minutes. and
great tears were streaming down the
fatheriy face of the foreman when a.
Not guilty" verdict was read
Capt. Jas. V. Martin, former presi-
dent OF the Harvard Aeronautical So
ciety, arrived in San Francisco today
| from Honolulu and made the an
nouncement that he will attempt to
| fly across the Atlantic for the $4,000
Lord Northcliffe prize next summer.
Captain Martin was met by his wife,
! with whom he will go to Alaska
shortly TO give exhibition flights.
Taking no chances of the posi-
| bility OF an attack by Suffragettes.
King George and Queen Mary were
hemmed in by Scotland SYard men
when they left London today by auto
to spend Whitsunday with the troops
at the military encampment at Alder
shot. Detectives rode before, behind
and on either side of their machine
as il sped out of London.
Greatly to the disgust Of the troops.
Montenegro evacuation of Scutari
| began today in accordance with the
promise of King Nicholas to the Pow
ers Ii is announced that the king
will formally surrender the city on
| sunday 10 Tue duulIdl VI INC IulCt-
national fleet
Pope Plus TO-DAY gave final evil
dence of recovery from his recent
illness when he gave audience to the
entire apostolic delegation which at
tended the recent eucharistic confer
enee ut Malta. His Holiness APP
! peared fairly strong.
Proceedings for divorce against
his wife, in which the Duke of Alba
| is named, are filed in London today
by the Duke of Westminster. The
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