Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-11-13
LOCAL AND GENERAL

Saturday is Mems Day." the day
for Shoes. shirts, ties and underwear
Read the ads in this paper and an
swer them In person. .s.,..-s... -.
A meeting of the members of the
Promotion Committee will be held in
the rooms Of the committee, Bishop
street, at $3.50 O'Clock this afternoon.
NJ, III. Drummond, the new city
treasurer appointed to serve until d.
l.. Conkling takes Office In January,
filed his bond in the city attorneys
Office yesterday. .#r
Juan Pabricka, q Filipino who
pleaded guilty 20 o charge of fiiching
SCI from the pocket Of a Japanese In
front of the skating rink several days
ago, was given q sentence of five
years imprisonment by Circuit Judge
Ashford. The prisoners excuse for
the act was that he wanted money
to return to the Philippines.
VI. - s q -. 3. ii Fl. Il
On the ground of non-support Cir
cult Judge Whitney yesterday grant
e a divorce to Dolores Esther Ashley
from William George Ashley. Divorce
petitions were fled yesterday by Olin-
da n. p. Nunes, who seeks legal sep
aration from Manuel G. Nunes, and
by Augusta H. Graham, who accuses
William NJ, Graham Of extreme
cruelty.
John r. Fischer, one OF the three
defendants In the indictment re.
turned by the grand jury In the Wal
kiki inn conspiracy case, has not Yet
entered his plea. His counsel, w. T..
Rawlins, has filed q motion to quash
the indictment against Fischer, and
Judge Ashford will hear argument on
the motion Saturday morning, Noyem.
Der q.
! Lowell X. Kupau, recently a mem
Der Of the Royal Hawaiian band and
still more recently candidate for
the. house Of Representatives. has
turned to the practise of law for a
livelihood. He was granted o license
yesterday. to practise In the district
court His political campaign was lin-
successful, encDuntering defeat at the
primary.
Residents of Peterson lane, PaIama,
are rp in arms over the fact that the
board Of supervisors, Rfter having the
lane rolled and oiled, left 1t unsanded
Owing TO this lack of attention many
finely polished floors now are streak.
ed with greasy spots where the oil
has been tracked into the homes and
the householders have anything just
now but a good word for the city
fathers.
The Chamber Of Commerce has un-
der Consideration the publication Of
10 complete and exhaustive map OF the
city Of Honolulu showing the present
streets and Illustrating the possibiIi.
ties Of establishing through arteries
from the extremes of the city. The
plan for such q map was submitted
to the chamber by the Municipal Re
search Club. The chamber now is
preparing figures on the estimated
cost Of such map.
Hung wo. Chinese, who appealed
from District Judge Monsarrat's sen.
tence on four charges Of gross cheat,
received q confirmation Of, the lower
courts judgment by Circuit Judge
Ashford yesterday afternoon. Hung
Wo drew six months sentence on
each charge. Deputy City and Coun.
ty Attorney Brown informed the court
that about ffty similar charges had
been brought against the prisoner,
only four being tried
Frank C. Benevedes, the Democrat
ic candidate for city and county clerk,
likely will get back the SIS ncmina-
ton fee he deposited following the
primary election, q resolution to re-
store the money having been pre-
pared to present to the board OF SUI
pervisors today Benevedes is not re-
quired to forfeit the SIS because he
did not become q candidate In the
finals: the present clerk, David Kaiau-
okalani, Jry being elected at the pri-
mary.
The vigilance committee of the board
of retail trade OF the Chamber of Com
merce has submitted for the eonsid-
Grafton of the members Of the chamber
q bin which provides for punishment
for Misrepresentation in the sale of
merchandise sharea of stock h6uda
MORTGAGES. Co partnerships and SER
vice. This bill. which is intended for
introduction In the 1915 legislature IL
approved. is patterned after similar
bills now operating In many states oil
the union. The bill has been referred
to the Legislative committee of the
chamber.
Circuit Judge Ashford does no,
favor paying $50 out of the city and
county's treasury to an attorney AZ
l,coHnsel fee every time q pennies.
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