Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-16
Overnight
FEDERAL
Wireless
To the Advertiser

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shaft, the Oceanic Steamship Com
panys trans-Pacitic liner SonOma,
Capt. J. p. Trask. is limping through
the South Pacific bound from Sydney
10 San Francisco, via Honolulu.
News OF the accident reached San
Francisco to-day in cablegram 70 the
chamber of commerce marine bureau
/ This message was sent by wireless
from the ship under the orders OF
Captain Trask
The wireless message was caught at
Suva, Fiji Islands, and cabled from
I there. 1t reads:
Steamer Sonoma from Sydney to
San Francisco reports by wireless
broke starboard tailshaft. Vessel was
$50 miles north of Page Page. Is
proceeding slowly, all on board we'll"
When the accident occurred the lin
er was four days out Of Sydney, head
ing towards Page Page. She had her
| full complement of passengers. The
vessel was originally due at Homo
lulu in about two weeks.
Officials of the company said this
, afternoon that the average speed of
the Sonoma is sixteen miles an hour
They estimate that the Interpretation
Of one engine will reduce the speed
for the remainder of the trip four or
more knots an hour.
En- route to Washington, where she
will spend the next few months while
congress is in session, Princess Ka-
lanianaole, wife of Prince Cupid, Ha-
waits Delegate to Congress, arrived
at San Francisco from Honolulu on
the liner Manchuria. Prince Kalani-
anaole left Washington a few days
ago and met the Princess on the
steamship pier.
The Princess was accompanied by
]. F. Colburn, manager of the Kapio-
lani Estate, Colburns little son, and
Mrs. Mildred Gear, widow of the late
Judge Gear, of Honolulu, who divorc-
ed George S. Mckenzie, real estate
broker and mining man here, two
years ago.
"You may say that l have no in
tentions of making another matrimo-
NAL experiment." said Mrs. Gear. 81
am now carefree and am possessed
of no worries, so why make change?
l don't think time will make any diff
ference in my case. | am well pleased
to remain as l am. l can go where
please and have a splendid time. The
Princess is charming and we have
had a lovely time. One can 60 to
Hawaii, enjoy ones self and still re-
turn to San Francisco without any in
tention to we'd"
Paul Deschanel, who was reelected
yesterday president Of the French
chamber of deputies, formally declar-
ed himself as a candidate for the Pre-
sidency of the Republic.
The other candidates who have been
announced for the same position are
Premier Raymond Poincare and ex-
Premier Felix Ribot; while Jules
Pama, minister of agriculture; Anto-
min Duboise, who was reelected pre-
sident of the senate; Mr.. Dupay, min
lister of public works, and Theophile
Delcasse, minister of marine, unofti-
cially are in the running.
Bonds submitted for the release of
Frank NJ. Ryan, T. H. .Houlihan and
William Schupe, sentenced to terms
in prison for conspiracy in the alleg-
ed transportation of dynamite, were
disapproved by District Attorney
Charles W. Miller, of Indianapolis, in
the United States circuit court of ap-
peals at Chicago today.
The court also declined to issue a
writ of supersedeas admitting to bail
Herbert H. Hockin, of Indianapolis,
who was sentenced to six years in the
federal prison at Leavenworth, Kan
SaS.
Todays meeting of the ambassadors
of the Powers was devoted chiefly to
discussion Of the means OF putting
a brake on the threatened resumption
of the war in the Balkans and it is
quite evident that both sides would
welcome the discovery of an accept
able way to avoid further fighting.
The representatives of Bulgaria,
Greece, Montenegro and Servia de-
clare that they must protect their own
interests.
Japan is making preparations to i'm
prove her commercial relations with
the South and Central American re-
publics in view of the approaching
completion of the Panama Canal.
Count Ryoji Noda, secretary of the
Japanese legation at Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, arrived at Willemstad, Cura-
Gao, today on visit on behalf of the
Japanese government.
The supreme court of Virginia has
refused new trials to Floyd and
Claude Allen, the brothers who shot
up courtroom and killed the judge
and several others imam effort 10 free
a prisoner, one of the Allen family.
The refusal of the court TO interfere
makes their electrocutiOn tomorrow
practically. certain.
Fifty lawyers, who hope to gain for
their clients more than $10,00O,000
damages for loss of life and property
on the illfated steamship Titanic, are
arraigned today against attorneys for
the White Star Line in the federal
court