Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-11
LOCAL and GENERAL

The funeral of the late Joseph Ala
ma will take place from Silva's under
taking parlors tomorrow afternoon at
$50.
! The members of the board of trus-
tees of the Chamber of Commerce
will meet in the rooms OF the Cham
Der. Stangenwald building. this after
noon. beginning at o'clock.
An inventory Of the estate of A, P.
Akau, alias Achi X Akau, filed in
circuit court this morning by s. P.
| Correa. the administrator, shows the
property to consist of $l261.25 in cash
on deposit at local banks.
Among the governors callers this
| morning were Irador Jacobs. Albert
Horner and John Fleming. Hon. Tso
ang Woo Huan and Lii Kwang Heng,
| Mr. Bailey aud Mr. Stewart, William
Simerson and Joseph Lightfoot.
The japanese consulate on Nuuanu
street is closed today in observance Of
the anniversary of the coronation OF
the first japanese emperor, which
event. took place some 1000 years ago.
The anniversary marks a holiday
throughout the Japanese empire.
Miss Lucy Ward, special officer of
the Humane Society, has under inves-
tigation a number of cases where
horses, owned by rice-planters, are
being oveTworked. In many in
stances, Miss Ward has been inform
ed, it is not a case of overwork, but
one where the animals are physically
unfit for work.
During blasting operations at the
Marconi Wireless station at Koko
Head this morning, Honda, Japanese
in the employ of the company. was
struck on the head by falling rock
and suffered injuries which necessi-
tated his removal to the Queens hos
pital.
Federal Judge Dole heard argument
this morning on the petition for a
writ of habeas corpus for lose Wal.
tiers and Lucy Tompson, two women
arrested by immigration Inspector r.
L. Halsey at Iwilei and held for de-
portation on the ground that they are
aliens of an undesirable class. Their
native home. is in France.
Carl Niepers suit against Tanaka
Kitaro for $500 damages, for injuries
received when his horse fell into an
open cesspool on Kitaro's property
near Palama, was begun before a jury |
in Circuit Judge Whitney's court this
morning. The hearing was only part |
ly finished today, adjournment being |
taken until $3.50 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
The last of series of addresses on
Community Housekeeping" was, de- |
lipered in the Kflohana building yes
terday afternoon by D. L. Wilmington
who spoke upon the subject Rights |
of Women These lectures have
been held under the auspices of the |
College Club, have been delivered by +!
both interesting and educational.
The funeral services of Joseph Ala |
ma, 16 years old, who was found dead |
on Keeaumokts street opposite the |
MakiH field Monday afternoon, will |
be held at 3: 80 O'Clock tomorrow after |
noon from Silva's undertaking parlors, !
interrnent to follow in the Nuuanu |
cemetery. Young Alana was native
of Maui and, besides his mother, is ,
survived by three sisters and an aunt, i
ALI of whom reside in Honolulu.
Joseph A. Gilman has been invited !
to appear before the residents of low
er Manoa road at a meeting at the |
Manoa Tennis Club at 1880 this even
ing and deliver short talk on Good !
Roads" The meeting of the proper
ty owners along this road has been
called for the purpose of discussing |
the ACCESSIBILITY of paving the road |
under the frontage tax" plan.
Answer to the complaint in the quo
warranto proceedings brought in cir
cult court by the United Chinese So |
ciety, Yong Kwong and other men,
bers against zee Nun Wal and 9th
ers was filed by the defendant thiS
morning. The defendants aver they
were prohibited from participating in
the annual election of the society |
which was held last month. denying |
they forcibly entered the club head.
quarters and took possession.
The why and wherefore concerning
the graduated freight and merchan-
disc rate scale now in use by the
Inter-Island Steam Navigation Com
pany will be one of the first problems
which the Public Utilities Commission
will seek to solve in it's investigation
of the. business of the company, &C
cording to a statement made by E. A.
Mod Smith, chairman of the board.
this morning. Toward attaining this
end, the chairman now is preparing
set of rate maps" which take each