Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-08

was nominated today by President VIII
son to be first assistant, pos ;master
general ~
James r. BlakesIee, secretary of the
Pennsylvania State Democratic com
Tittee, has been selected Tor nomina-
ton as third assistant postmaster
general H.. ..@... .
olive Wharry, alias Joyce Lock,
militant suffragette, today was SEN
fenced to eighteen months imprison-
ment at mild labor for her part in set
ting fire to the pavilion restaurant at
The famous Kew Gardens. The defense
introduced no testimony. .
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The woman's suffrage cause won a
notable vistory in Budapest, hungary,
today, when the lower house OF the
Hungarian parliament adopted the
governments suffrage reform bill, by
which a large number of women are
enfranchised. ~ s r.. 4 .. ...-.>~.
Rear Admiral Albert Willetts, U. s.
N, was placed on the retired list of
the navy today on account of age. He
has seen more than forty years OF
service. The admiral was a chief en-
gineer of the old naval Enginee.
Corps, since abolished. ! ~. =. T..
band in Carol county, and son of
Claus Allen, will be executed In the
state prison. on March %, for their
part in the Hillsyille court murder, on
March IA, 1912 r. -. -. ...
Governor Mann mas refused to COM,
mute the sentences to life impris-
onment. The prisoners were to nave
Gied today, but the Governor mas grant.
ed respite of three weeks. ....'
The Lord Mayor of London, and
other new city officials elected in yes.
terday's election, called at InariDor-
ough House today and were presented
to Dowager Queen Alexandra. ~ !
Fifty syears ago today her majesty
landed at Gravesend from Denmark
and three days later married the
Prince of Wales. There was no Off
cial celebration of the event today, but
Queen Alexandra gave dinner party
tonight.
The crown prince of Montenegro, in
the recent fighting, had narrow es-
cape from capture by the TurXs, who
and afterwards killed
every man of the Servlan battalion
which went to the princes rescue.
One of the first philantnropic acts
of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, since she
became the first lady of the land, is a
gift of $500 to Goucher College in Bal
timore. where two of her daughters
were educated. as part o: a fund need
ed to retain that institution in Balti-
more. e..
A graft scandal, comparable with the
one connected with the building and
of the Pennsylvania state
house, threatens to grow out of the
arrest of Commentators Ricciardi
and Signor Borelli, members of the
firm of contractors who built the now
famous law courts in Rome, Italy.
The structure, which was twenty
years in building, cost the govern
ment SS.000,000 instead of $1,200,000,
the original contract price.
To crush out the rebel movement in
Conora, Coahuila and chihuahua, ten
thousand seasoned troops are being
armed and equipped in Mexico City.
The legislature of Chihuahua will be
if possible by this force and
new elections called there.
Seven hundred Japanese houses
and several business buildings, in
Guiding the stock exchange, have
been destroyed by fire in Yokohama.
No foreign buildings were damaged.
The three hundredth anniversary
Of the accession of Michael Fedora
vich Romanoff to the imperial throne
Of Russia prompted President Wilson
to send the car a message extending
cordial Fluctuations and the hope of
the government of the United States
that the bond of friendship which now
unites the two countries may ever,
continue and strengthen
The fall of Janina is expected to
expedite the negotiations for peace
between Turkey and the Balkan
States. The success of the Greek
troops in capturing the Turkish fort
ress. with its garrison of $4,000 men,
the situation by putting
Greece in a more favorable position.