Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-06

who are now out. to III" number o.!
about ZOO. 900.
| Maj Gen Leonard Wood chle, of
staff OF the army, grand marshal q,
the inaugural parade 1,nd ChHIrIlan Of
tn" committee on military OrgaUiIa-
! tons. IS said 10 look With dlsfAvnr on
the plan proposed by Mrs WUnAM
Kent, vile OF Congressman Kent. IF
| California, and member of tn. Ma
tiOnal WOman;S Suffrage Association,
to assign the women SuftraglSts a
place in the parade llII,' OF March
Still uncertain whether they will
have the satisfaction of examining the
oil magnate. William Rockefeller. ii is
reported that members of the Pujo
committee probing the SO-caIlpd mon
ey trust have decided 10 subpoena the
chief factors in the former tobacco
trust.
Friends here Of Mr.. Duke, the to-
baccO king. says that h" will offer no
! obstacles in the way Of teStifying; in
fact. that he will welcome an OppOr-
tunity to show the books of the trust
and prove before Congress that every
thing had been real.
That there is no likelihood Of an
! other kaIipunan rising in the Philip
pines, either now or at any future
time, is the tenor Of a report made
to the bureau of insuar affairs.
! Hlo
| knowledge, President-elect Wilson
practically made a gift of his Philip
pine policy TO William J. Bryan, and
congress will bow to Wilson's wishes
in order to throw a sop 20 CerberuS.
| The naval committee of the house
will examine a docking device and
testing dock, which it is proposed
shall be installed at Pearl Harbor,
and all other naval bases where
submarines are a part of the de-
lenses.
The dock will cost 100000 and is
similar to that used by the Italian
navy 1t is a large cylinder into
which water can be admitted and
submarine subjected to a degree Of
pressure equal to that which is un-
dergone in the actual test.
The dock minimizes the risks of
testing submarines for service. Eff
| forts are being made by the war de-
partment to accelerate the appropria-
ton of $1580OO for the construction
of the Coast Artillery barracks at
Fort Kamehameha, near Pearl Har-
| Dor, Hawaii.
With President Taft, members of
: his cabinet, foreign diplomats and
hundreds of prominent persons pres
ent, the funeral of the late White
/ law Reid, american ambassador to
Great Britain, was held today. Mrs.
Reid was sufficiently recovered from
the. shock of her husbands death to
attend the public services.
Governor Colquitt today announced
the appointment of R. w. Johnston,
editor of the Houston Post, to sue
coed United States Senator w. Bailey,
resigned Johnston is the leader of
! the anti-prohIoition Democrats of
Texas.
The Paris city council by vote
of sixty-seven to eight decided to
acquire from the government the
Notifications and adjacent military
zone which it is proposed to trans
form into parks and recreation
grounds.
Discussion among the friends of
James r. Keene, who died yesterday,
of the supposed wealth of the vet
eran turfman and financier, found
wide diversity of opinion today.
Some Of Mr.. Keene's friends think
his will is certain to dispose of for
tune of $20,000,000; others, who claim
they are in a position to know, say
that not more than 100000 will
be shown.
The sailing day and hour of the
Matson steamers Lurline and Homo
lulan from San Francisco have been
changed from noon Wednesdays to
five on Tuesday afternoons
The sailing time of the Wilhelmina
remains the same, noon on We'd
nesday.
The Lurline will be dispatched next
Tuesday under the new sailing hour.
Pacubes lie Nasheur while making
an oversee flight in a hydroplane,
from Fecamp, France, accompanied
by a mechanic named Mallot, met
with disaster today. The machine
collapsed and both men fell into the
sea and were drowned.