The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-04-03
SAILORS OBJECT
TO PROFANITY

tFrom Wednesdays Adverti.er)
Strange oaths. in fiction at least. are
supposed to be part OF the life OF a
ships company. but there are men in
Honolulu. sailors. too. who dislike the
use OF profanity, and they make al
legations. duly drawn up in legal form.
and intimate that the use Of such al
legged sayings on the part Of the mas
ter OF the schooner A. ]. West con-
stitutes cruelty. just as harsh word
constitutes cruelty. in legal sense, in
the divorce world.
These mariners Rsinuate. even de-
clare solemnly. thaNCaptain Yarneberg
told them to get to Iword omittedI
of this vessel"
To q certain extent the aforesaid
| sailors complied. That is, they got or
the vessel, though they omitted to 20
via the hot place indicated by the
missing word
The actors in this seriocomedy or
humerotragedy are a little unusual, rs
far as the local directory goes. in the
language of their names.
The captain is Yarneberg and tho
complainants are Christian Christian
| sen, John Fehleson, Victor Matson,
Oscar Wrinkle and Emile Piedvache-
They arrived in the A ]. West as sea-
men on Sunday from Grays Harbor.
They yesterday. in the United States
District Court, filed libel against the
schooner for s45.i5 each, alleged to be
due for back wages. and SIS apiece for
passage back 10 Grays Harbor, and
800 each for subsistence until they
can get home. The sailors complain
that they were sent of the ship with
out ceremony.
BATH LIQUIDATION.
Suit in assumpsit was yesterday filed
in the Circuit Court for 1867. as for
NAL notification of the liquidation OF
the enterprise known as the Hotel
Baths, the stockholders agreeing to
confess Judgment. Claims have all
been assigned 20 r. W. Single. Ii Is
said that the venture has not paid
since the first two months of its ex-
iStence.
COURT NOTES.
Sale Of land, foreclosure of Hawaii
Land Co, on suit brought by Eliza
beth Robson last Saturday, by John
Marcallino, commissioner, was yester-
day morning approved by Judge Lind
say. small lot in Kakaako went to
w Il. Bradley for $3.50; a lot at Ka-
makela went to Bradley for $500, and
Isl acres in Waikiki went to A. F.
Judd for $1,000
NakamOJo, japanese, pleaded guilty
in Judge RObinsOn's court yesterday
an was sentenced to serve two months
and TO pay costs for larceny in the
second degree. The prosecution asked
for a light sentence There was some
doubt, it seems. as to the intention of
the man TO steal what he took. about
$40 worth Of articles being taken from
the house OF Charles Littlejohn in
which he was living at the time.
Mortgage on five pieces of property
owned by Judge Kepoikai, with rentals
TO $3.50 a year, to D. C.
Lindsay. trustee, of Kahului, was yes
terday recorded, the mortgage being
to secure three notes, at per cent.
amounting TO $1,000.
I. s. District Judge Dole yesterday
approved the accounts of
George A. Davis as L. 5 Commission
er for the past quarter. Davis re-
GENTLY resigned.
The special venire called to fill out
the term in Judge Robinson's court
yesterday morning made their appear
ance in his court and were excused
until Monday on account of the illness
IF County Attorney ]. W. Cathcart.
Judge Lindsay Yesterday gave iudg-
nent for sI652.2T for plaintiff in Lew
RS & Cooke VS.. Costa & Silva, for
goods purchased, following order of
default previously allowed