Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-11-06
OVERNIGHT
FEDERAL
WIRELESS.
TO the Advertiser

IL
10 the Advertiser
/. That General Murray will personally
take the field and command the two
brigades of about $500 men each at
the San Francisco Preside If war is
declared. and that there will be no
time lost in transporting the troops
lowing to the readiness of this depart
ment, was announced at the army
headquarters yesterday afternoon.
| All prominent newspapers in Mexico
City printed articles yesterday deny.
ing that Mexico and the United States
are on the point of clashing. Some
of these articles had the appearance
Of being inspired.
+ Huerta is being counseled to give
way to patriotic instincts and resign,
, but the "fireeaters" among the army
officers are playing upon his pride to
stand firm and fight
i Secretary Of the Navy Daniels yes
lterday ordered the scout cruiser Ches-
ter, now in the Philadelphia navy
yard, to proceed to Vera Cruz, Mex.
leo. as soon as possible. The Ches-
ter viii sail probably today for Vera
Cruz, where it will aid the gunboat
Wheeling in taking off refugees and
any other persons who desire to leave
lother persons who desire to leave
I Mexico. The larger warships now
there are unable to approach within
three miles of the shore because of
their deep draft
Fifteen thousand federal troops are
fbesieging Torreon in an attempt to
starve, out the rebel garrison, accord
Ing to reports received at Eagle Pass
yesterday. e. i, ..
The United States army transport
Sherman sailed from San Francisco
for Manila yesterday, via Honolulu
and Guam. 1t carries the seth COM
pany of the coast artillery corps and
720 recruits One hundred and ninety
FIVE of the latter are destined for Hon
iolulu, the majority being for Manila.
One Of the most remarkable records
In. the vital statistics OF Philadelphia
has been made necessary through The
birth OF tfiplets to Mrs Elizabeth
Holmes. There are three boys weigh
ling AZ, 5 and 5ls pounds, and the
births extended over a period of two
and ,one-half days.
M. Cambon, French ambassador to
Germany, one of the foremost diplo.
mats of Europe, rendered his resigna.
ton to his home government yester-
day, to take effect at the end of De-
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| The prohibition by the Prussian, au-
thorities Of a lecture by Captain
Amundsen at Elensburg Schleiswig
has caused general Indignation in
Denmark and Norway. 1t is regard
ed as the more surprising because
Captain Amandsen is on friendly
terms with the kaiser. -. =.
| District Attorney John D. Freder-
icks has practically admitted that
Ortie Mechanical, who turned states
leyidence during the trials of the Nc
Namara brothers for dynamiting the
Los Angeles Times building, has been
given his liberty and is now eluding
his enemies somewhere. -
| The summing up was begun yes
terday in the ritual murder" trial,
Inow drawing into its final stages. The
isumming up will last until Friday
lafternoon. ! X -
Under the Russian law, if the Jury
is equally divided, six for conviction
land six fors acquittal, the defendant
gets the benefit Nof the doubt.
| Delighted by Democratic victories
in the elections Tuesday, the presi-
dent spent yesterday going over the
details of the returns and sending
Itelegrams OF congratulation to victo-
rious Democrats in the various
states.-g )
To David l. Walsh, elected govern
or of Massachusetts, he sent the fol-
lowing: "-
/ my heartiest congratulations; it
twas a splendid victory, finely won"
The National Woman's Christian
temperance. Union declared In favor
of eugenic marriages, equal suffrage
and the oblfteration of the social evil.
in convention at Ashbury Park yes
terday. Mrs. Lillian NJ. N. Stevens
of Portland, Maine, was reelected
president
John Guido, who shot and killed
Deputy Sheriff John Dennis, of We
woka, Okl, last Saturday, was taken
from the Jail yesterday and lynched
by mob of $50 men.
The name of Jack London, the we'll
known author and novelist, was
drawn in venire of grand jurymen
at Santa Rosa, Cal, yesterday. He
will sit with the new inquisitorial
body, which will take office after the