Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-03-31
LOCAL and GENERAL

The members Of the Momans Guild
of st. Clements church will meet
al 3 O'clock this afternoon in the par.
ish house.
On the ground OF non-support, Bo-
-nita Hilton has filed petition in cir
cult court asking a divorce from Nor
ma Hilton.
Mrs D. Howard Hitchcock will be
hostess at a meeting at 3 O'Clock this
afternoon at her home on Judd street
CT the members of st. Andrews Guild.
In celebration eff ifs 18th anniver
sary, the members OF Ieahi Chapter
No. 2, o. 3. s.. win meet in tile Ma.
sonic Temple at 7:30 o'clock this even,
ing. Visiting members and their faIni.
lies. as we'll as the members of Lei
Aloha and Harmony Chapters and
their families, are cordially invited.
Captain Paul Super of the National
Guard spent Friday, Saturday and
Sunday at Schofield Barracks as the
guest OF Captain George Steunenberg
of the 18th Infantry, making a special
study CT his duties as company COM
mander ID the guard On Sunday
evening sMr. Super spoke to about
500 enlisted men and officers on the
subject, .Skientific Fighting"
George E. Smithies, through his at.
torney, A. L. C.. Atkinson, has filed
in circuit court a suit against David
F. Motley for $144ST5 on three prom
issory notes alleged to have been Civ
en- by Motley last year to the Bank
of Hawaii. IN the complaint William
Henry, as trustee, T. H. Davies &
Company and w. T. Rawlins are nam
ed as garnishees.
The Leah Home has filed petit
tion in circuit court asking that the
Bishop Trust Company be appointed
administrator of the estate of the late
Morgan B. Sutherland, who died at
the home September IA. 1913, leaving
cash on deposit to the amount of
$420.86 in local bank. There are
no known relatives The petition will
be heard by Circuit Judge Whitney
on May 4.
Gov. l.. E. Pinkham who, with Land
Commissioner Joshua d. Tucker, yes.
terday afternoon completed an official
tour of the island of Kauai and will
return to Honolulu tomorrow morning
in the steamer w. G. Hall. In COM
.pany with Mr.. Tucker. the governor
spent yesterday in an investigation of
-1and conditions on the Garden Island,
making personal probe into home.
stead and other questions which have
come up since he assumed his duties
as chief executive of the territory.
AverTing that her husband, Daniel
Poki Kauhini. repeatedly beat and
abused her for the last three years,
that On February 4, 1913, in the course
of one of these chaStisements he
broke her nose and knocked out one
of her teeth, and that though able
bodied physically he has failed to
provide for herself and the two little
children, Ellen Catherine HaHkini
has filed petition in circuit court
seeking divorce She says they
were married January l., 1908, and
that the children are aged and 4
years. On frequent occasions, she
declares, he has knocked her down
and then kicked her. She asks the
custody of the children and permail-
ent alimony.
Y. Ahin has brought suit in the cir
cult court of the First circuit against
Wa Shat, Sack Hong. Young Kan Ho.
Quon Yen, Quon Pung, Yeap Quon,
Kong Sen. Chu Quong,- Yong Kong
L,Im. Sen Shee, his wife, and Chin Wo
Company to dissolve the partnership
of the Wing Chong Chan Company,
which has operated the rice mill at
Palama since 1883, on the ground that
the partnership is largely in debt, the
rice business is improbable and that
the mill is practically out of business,
the rice lands having been put into
cane, which is now milled5 at the Ho-
nolulu plantation. The bill alleges
that the co-partnership is indebted to
the plaintiff in the sum of $149, 560.9S,
and asks that the property be sold and
applied to this Indebtedness: and that
the partners be required to contribute
TO the losses after such application.
Castle and Wilmington are represent
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