Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-11


IBRUARY n, 1918. E, 7. 6. :.
mony and entered merely q general
denial. The suit was brought AGAINST
Robert McGreer. former manager 81
Ye Liberty theater, and his associates
on the motion picture film "Homer's
Odyssey" which had been rented from
the film exchange at q rate Of $50 q
day and had been kept for period OF
3S days. The court directed q verdict
for the plaintiff.
Ed II. Lewis, the last of four young
men recently indicted BY the terri.
torial grand jury for gambling, entered
q plea Of guilty before Circuit Judge
Ashford yesterday and was fined 500
on one Of the two charges against him.
On the other. charge he was given q
suspension of sentence for I3 months.
The other three men pleaded guilty
several days ago and received fines of
500 to $209 each. -
Jonah KumaIae, holder Of the con.
cession right in the Hawaiian build.
ing at the exposition, left for the main
land yesterday In the steamer Mat.
sonia On the same steamer was F.
c. Potter, superintendent of the
aquarium, who Is taking 500 Hawaiian
fish. representing about 40 different
varieties, to the coast to be placed in
the aquarium In the Hawaiian build
ing. ~ -~@.-.
Peter Ferreira's attempt to establish
an abb proving his innocence of the
charge of stealing an automobile the
night Of September 10, 1914, was un.
successful, the jury In Judge Ashford's
court returning verdict of guilty
after more than an hours delibera,
ton He win receive the courts sem
tence at . o'clock next Monday after.
noon. "a" =. ..I 4. -
Al meeting of the legislative COM
mittee of the Associated Charities, of
which Judge Sanford B. Dole is chair
man, was set for this afternoon In the
Office of G.. M. Cooke. Ltd, to draw
up further measures for presentation
TO the coming legislature.
Mayor Lane, Supervisor AHA and
the city engineer, while on another
tour of the island roads yesterday, had
to be rescued" by another automo-
bile after the city machine had again
broken down. On their return, they
expressed themselves as in favor of a
new bffdge acI oss the MaI1nea lagoon
Surveys for the location of the pro.
posed new wharf at Waimea, Kauai,
were authorized by the harbor com.
mission yesterday, The commission Is
engaged In negotiations for the ac-
QUESTION Of the site desired, which at
present is owned by the Knudseh es.
tate.
Tong kan has filed i petition In cir.
cult court asking that he be appoint.
ed administrator Of the estate of the
late Tong Kat Poo, who died IN Ho-
nOlulu March IL, 1914, leaving an es-
tate estimated at $4,000. There are
five heirs, the widow and four chill
dren. all residing In the Federated
Malay States.
Hachiro Arita, acting consul for ia
pan, will be host at q reception in the
consulate, Nuuaiu street, for Admiral
Baron Uriu and Mrs. Briu, who viii
arrive here in the Fenyo Maru Feb
r1ary Is, on their way to San Fran.
cisco Baron Urfu is Tice-chafrman of
the japanese fair commission.
William Bradbrook and French Old.
han, indicted last week on statutory
charges. pleaded not guilty before Cir
cult Judge Ashford yesterday. Their
trials have been set for next Monday
and Tuesday.
A purse containing small amount
Of money has been found and left to
await the owner at Central Police sta
ton. It can be had by identifying the
property.
Petition for divorce from his wife,
Bertha Roy Deth, was filed in circuit
court yesterday by Richard B. Deth.
A meeting of the territorial board
Of health was scheduled to be held
this afternoon at 8: 30 o'clock. +.
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