Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-26

the Western Fuel Company and Jos
tph SChmitt. tho treasurer OF the CON.
r2ny were ordered di>m sscd Satur-
day by Judge DooIinG. The federal
judge. in his ruling said that the con
n"crICn charged by the prose- utjon be-
tween the defendants and the alleged
conspiracy was too slight TO SHOW lca.
son Whv the men should be held for
trial
Claiming that tests show oil the
presence Of bOraCiC ac'd as preserv
alive. thus violating the provisions OF
the Pure Food Act the federal food
inspectors at Seattle Saturday seized
consignment of butter recently i'm
Iorted from New Zealand via Van
cCuver. The shipment included AZ
boxes.
Mayor Albec of Portland vas ar
rested Saturday at the in:u~u'e
Ct the state labor commissioners
as the result Of a peculiar 81
ration The state labor ,1mm )
sioner holds that the city has been
limit en- public work. and arrested the
mayor as the responsible head Of the
lily.
The arrest follows a supreme court
decision holding that the Oregon law
applies to all public institutions
Mayor Albee maintains that cities are
exempt from the operation Of the law.
He will make test fight on the mat
ter on habeas corpus proceedings
Mayer John Purroy Mitchell, after
hearing the latest developments fol
lowing announcement OF his plan TO
secure COL G. W. Goethals, canal
builder, for police commissioner is
convinced that Colonel Cocktails can
he prevailed upon to accept the posi-
ton. Mayor Mitchell says that he will
see the president regarding Colonel
Cocktails retirement and that the
other demands can be met satistac-
torily.
General Villa, who headed the Con-
stitutional forces in the battle that
resulted in the evacuation of Ojinaga
and the flight of General Mercado and
force of 1000 Federals across the
border into the United States, has
been indisposed since the final bat
tie. This has resulted in delaying the
rebel movement against TOrrean.
whatever the obstacles that con-
front us said General Villa yester-
day, I'VE intend to fight our way into
the City of Mexico, unless Huerta, the
usurper, is driven out before we get
there"
Replying to messages sent to him
from European peace societies ap-
pealing for his support in the restor-
alton of order in Mexico, Provisional
President CarranZa, at the head Of the
Constituencies government in Nor
thern Mexico yesterday issued a state
ment.
LAS the cause of Constitutionalists
in Mexico triumphs, the work of es-
tablishing peace in Mexico progresses.
We represent peace and our triumph
means that order wifi be resorted to
and peace established in my coun-
try"
Cold weather which has been pre-
vailing for some time through central
France, is resulting in driving the
wolves, frantic with hunger, out of
the woods and into the towns and
farming sections. A little girl at La
coquille was devoured by ravenous
wild animals yesterday.
BY slamming the prison door in the
face of a convict who threw the con-
tents of a can of pepper into his
eyes. Deputy Sheriff Luke at Phoe-
nix, Arizona, yesterday prevented a
wholesale delivery at the county Jail.
Though suffering terrible agony from
the effects of the pepper, Deputy
Sheriff Luke had presence Of mind
enough to quickly shut the prison
door, boiling it as he did So
Thirty prisoners were involved in
the attempted prison break. Four OF
them are murderers.