Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-01-22

held in the federal court this after
noon. -. '.
The case of Wong Kun Wo. petit
toner for a writ of habeas corpus,
has been continued in the federal
court until next Thursday afternoon
at o'clock.
James Glib, administrator of the
estate of jeremiah F. Darcy, has been
authorized by Judge Whitney to pay
j. f. Darcy, son of the deceased, $3.50
from his portion OF the estate.
On the ground of desertion William
H. Thompkins has filed petition in
circuit court asking a divorce from
Anna Thompkins. He AYERS she left
him at Fort Bliss, Tex, in 1906.
| Pleading guilty before Circuit Judge
| Ashford to statutory offense, Pablo
0rtez was fined $35 and Juana Seram
was given suspension of sentence
for Is months.
Scheduled. for this afternoon in the
! federal court was a hearing on an
order to show cause in the matter of
Denjiro Yokoda. petitioner for a writ
Of habeas corpus.
| A meeting of the board of dental ex-
aminers will be held in the Office of
DR.. c. B. High Saturday for the ex-
animation of candidates for license to
practise dentistry in the territory.
Francisco ". Ferreira today was
granted divorce from Domingo For
reira on the ground of extreme cruel
lty and nonsupport She is given the
custody of the two minor children and
permanent alimony of SIS a week.
Judge Whitney today ordered Ma
son Grant, an enlisted man of the
25th Infantry, to pay his wife, Balbina
Grant, the sum of $3.50 a week tenn
porary alimony, pending the disposi.
-tion- OF the divorce suit brought by
her.
For the collection OF an inheritance
tax of probably $50, 700 from the estate
of the late Bathsheba M. Allen, the
territory anticipates It viii be forced
to appeal to the courts. The attor.
ney-general is making study of the
law points In the case.
Palms will be the subject of an
informal talk by Professor j. +. Rock
of the College of Hawsii next Thurs.
day afternoon, beginning at o'clock
The talk win be given at the home
of Mrs. F. j. Lowrey. Lunalilo and
Victoria street, under the direction OF
the Outdoor Circle,
Fire losses in insured property In
| the territory In 1914 amounted to
$77, 243.02, according to the report OF
the board Of underwriters at its semi.
annual meeting yesterday. Reports
Of the last six months business were
resd and new members OF the execu,
tive committee elected
The petition of Takao Ozawa, ap.
plicant for American citizenship, VIII
be heard by Judge Sanford B. Dole in
the federal court January so. The
case viii be watched with interest as
it is the first time the court has con-
scented to hear the application of an
alien of Asiatic descent.
After celebrating four hours the
jury in Circuit Judge Ashford's court
returned verdict of guilty against
Daniel p. McGregor, held for furious
and needless driving on Kalakaua ave-
nue.. This was the second trial, the
first some weeks ago resulting in a
hung jury. The jury recommended
clemency.
Announcement was made today by
Prof. Bryan that the hour for his spe-
cial zoology class at Waikiki tomor-
row has been changed in order to
conform to low tide. The hour will
be at 80 in the afternoon instead Of
8 in the morning. The class meets
at the Public Baths. Anyone interest.
ed is invited to attend.
An empty express wagon narrowly
missed being struck amidships or,
King street, opposite Bishop park. yes
terday when a heavily laden autotruck
emerged from an alley rapidly. The
big truck, being slow to manipulate,
swung away from the express wagon,
but the truck itself ran into the curb.
Neither of the vehicles was badly in.
| injured.
A meeting of the Anti tuberculosis
League of Honolulu will be held in
the rooms of the Chamber of Com
merce of Honolulu, Kauikeolani build.
ing, third floor, on Thursday, January
%, at 3 p. m. Business: To consider
the report of the executive committee
relative to the reorganization of the
league and any other business that
may be deemed necessary.
Ben Hollinger will represent the,
board of supervisors and Mayor Lane
at future meetings of the Hawaii Pro-
motion committee, having been desig-
mated by Mayor Lane. The city has
appropriated $3.50 monthly for 1919