Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-15

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=. - NEWS. Of JANUARY S.
The Queen Mother, Alexandra of
England is said to be tired of her
seclusion SO will attend the opera
and take a yachting trip the coming
season. -. -. = ..''a...s ~.
Poincare, present premier of
France, is said to be the leading can
didate at the presidential elections
soon to take place. Ribot is his prin-
cipal rival. ~. :.-...
"Bil1" Bradbury, an eccentric San
Francisco millionaire, who served a
year in San Quentin for perjury some
time ago, has just died. He was
known to fame as "Spittin' Bill" be-
cause he fought the San Francisco
anti-spitting ordinance for years.
iA0n Jan. 26 over six thousand min
listers in the United States will de-
liver sermons on child labor, and en-
phasize the Importance of passing a
federal children's bureau bill. ~
Mrs. Glover Cleveland and her af.
fianced husband, Professor Preston of
Princeton win be guests of honor at
q dinner to be given by President Taft
and his wife at the White House.
The Archduchess Eleonore, eldest
daughter of the Archddke Karl Ste
phen of Austria, has renowned her
royal title to marry. a Lieutenant
Kloss of the navy.
People in Texas who have been
complaining of the high price of beef
are beginning to eat goat meat, which
is very satisfactory and much cheaper.
The women of a small town in CEN
trail New York state have formed a
fire company, to fight residence fires
while the women's husbands are away
at business. ~ .-.. ~ = - :.
The political situation in Portugal
is daily becoming more threatening.
A secret society opposed to the gov
eminent already has $4,000 members.
The report il published in Toxic
that the emperor of Japan, after his
coronatioB, is to make a trip to Eu-
rope In a Japanese Warship.
The $500i fines levied against the
Boise, idaho, editors for contempt of
court in criticizing state supreme
court decision, are to be paid by
penny contributions by progressives
all over the United States.
James Whitaker, eleven years old,
Is serving, a term of from ten to fifty
years in a Idaho penitentiary for the
murder Of his mother.
A Washington, D. c., police court
who finds 1t necessary to take drink
before breakfast.
The police raided gambling joints
in San Francisco and arrested over
200 men.
A message from John Jacob Aston,
who lost his life in the Titanic disas-
ter, was picked up near the Canary
Islands. 1t was carved on a piece of
a deck chair. The message read:
Love to ALL Will meet you in Heay-
en- Finder will receive $1,000 for de-
livering this message.-John Jacob
Aston"
Captain J0hansen. a companion of
Amundsen, the explorer, committed
He is said to have brooded
over the fact that ,Amundsen left him
behind when he made his last DAYS
march and reached the South Pole.
The most magnificent private resi-
dence In New York is. being erected by
Henry Frick, a Pittsburg millionaire.
The house will cost $1,000 Ooo.
The Hamburg-American liner Ameri-
"a with 500 passengers ran aground
On Staten Island.
Mrs. Helen Bergen Hopper, the
fourth wife of De Wolf Hopper. the
comic opera singer, has filed suit for
divorce. She was the correspondent
when his third wife fled suit for d.
voTce
Lincoln Beachy. Americas greatest
aeroplanist, is- being sued for divorce.
lTerhaps he was too much of a nigh
Eyer" to please his wifeD
A terrific windstorm is sweeping the
Pacific coast, delaying shipping every
where and doing untold damage:
Sixteen men were drowned when the
British steamer 1ndrikula rammed the
steamer LuCkenbach in Chesapeake
Boy.
President Taft declares himself in
;, Nor of acbitrating the Panama canal
oils if the negotiations between Great
.,ritain and the United States fail TO
ring about settlement.