Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-27

commission Will be held at O'Clock
! tomorrow afternoon in the rooms of
the commission, Kauikeolani building.
The board OF harbor commissioners
| will meet in the office of the super.
fntendent OF public works, Capitol
building, at l:30 O'Clock next Wednes.
day afternoon.
| The case of Chan Tai, charged with
aiding IN maintaining a che-fa lottery,
has been continued in Circuit Judge
Ashfords court until next Saturday
morning for disposition,
A suit for divorce was filed, in cir
cult court on Saturday by Tsuki Ono
against Koichi Ono. This makes the
| 18th suit to be instituted since the
first of September.
Summons was returned to circuit
court today in the case Of Oliver p.
Soares against Nancy L. McStocker,
| Administrative of the estate of the
late F. B. Mcstocker, an action for
debt. T..
Action was taken Friday to make
"a general Investigation of the bonds
held by various employees In the. city.
1t is probable that the purchasing
agent will be asked to furnish bonds
| from now on. -.
Taxpayers in the KeWalo district, So
in number have presented a, petition
to the board for better service in the
water and sewer. departments in their
vicinity. The petition asks for the
extension and enlargement of several
mains. - j.
In honor of Mrs. Robert Day VIII
liams and her mother. Mrs. Hayes, the
women members Of. the faculties OF
Mills School and Kawaiahao Seminary
will give an at home" at the latter
institution at 4 o'clock next Friday
afternoon. - 81
Antoine Duarte, August PiIlares and
August Botelho. all Portuguese. en-
tered pleas OF not guilty in Circuit
Judge Ashford's court Saturday to q
charge of second degree burglary. The
case will go to trial on Thursday
morning, September 30. VIZ. =..#. b
In the case Of chu Sun, charged
with assault and battery, an appeal
from the district conrI was withdrawn
in circuit court Saturday for the reason
that the authorities have been unable
to locate the defendant A bond Of
800 was declared forfeited.
81 Circuit Judge Ashford SATURDAY inn.
posed a+sssHtence Of three years at
hard labor IN Oahu prison upon Eddie
Apan, who has pleaded guilty to a
statutory charge, his victim being a
Hawaiian girl under Is years OF age.
The crime is alleged to have been
committed In "Magoonville," Kakaako,
on September II. ,TT u .s IN
IA letter from Treasurer Conklihg
concerning the new Buick car and It's
maintenance has been sent to the
supervisors. The treasurer stated
that there. was no special appros
priation for the upkeep Of the
car, and that he had been informed by
Purchasing Agent Bolts that money
could not be taken from the revolving
fund for this purpose. s,..%S +
Grace E. Brown, member of the
finance committee of the Humane So.
cietys sent a letter to the supervisors
asking for an appropriation of $500 q
year from the city. The society re-
ceives now only $408 from this source.
The letter states further that during
the months of June, July and August
1S5 animal cases and So children
cases were cared for. 49,.
Libert Nakai, convicted of second
degree manslaughter, evidently will
not go to jail for several days, If he.
goes at all. While he was before
Circuit Judge Ashford Saturday for
sentence his attorneys moved that SEN
tence be deferred pending the filing
of motion for a new trial; The case
will be takeEs up again at O'Clock
next Wednesday afternoon.
E. J. Bolts, Paul r. Bartlett and
Howard L. Grace took examinations
in the office of the clerk of the, su.
preme court on Saturday as, to their
qualifications to practise law in the
courts of the territory. The questions
were prepared by Wade Warren Thay-
er, l. NJ Stainback and D. L. Withing-
ton, composing the law committee ap-
pointed by Chief Justice A. G. NJ, Rob.
ertson. Results of the examinations
probably will be given out tomorrow.
Supervisor Larsen's blanket reso-
luton" may now be relegated to. the
ash heap as one of those things that
has served its time, and is of use no
more. It was superseded Friday night
by separate resolutions from each of
the other departments providing for
the payment of water and sewer !
charges to the water department, a |
thing which Larsen has been striving
after for several meetings past. The
supervisor smiled broadly as each of