Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-11

/ Oceanic steamer Sierra will sail from
i Honolulu for Pago-Pago and Sydney.
At 4:30 O'clock this afternoon the
| Hawaiian band viii play at Aala park,
/ giving an hour and half concert. No
concert is planned for tonight. 49,.
Charged with having opium in pos
session, Lee Chung entered a plea Of
guilty in federal court today. He was
sentenced to pay fine of $500. The
costs were remitted -
At the instance Of City Attorney
! Brown, the case of Manuel Silva,
charged with selling liquor without a
license, was nolle pressed in Circuit
Judge Ashford's court today.
A large line of exquisite basketry
has just been received from Polynesia
by the Hawaii & South Seas Curio
| Co., Young building-beautiful crea-
tiens of the natives of the South Seas.
/ Argument on motion for a new
| trial of the case of James Curran,
charged with having assaulted James
i Terry, a structural ironworker, will
| be had In Circuit Judge Ashford's
court until next Saturday morning for
| plea.
Tomoichi, japanese man, and Isa-
no Sugioka, woman of the same ma
tionality, were arrested by u. s. Mar
shal j. j. Smiddy on a charge OF hay-
ing committed a statutory offense. The
| woman was released on her own rec
ognizance. The man was committed
| to Oahu prison.
While cutting grass for fodder with
machine in Kalihi yesterday, Joe
Silva, IA years old, got his right hand
/ into the knives where 1t was injured
\ so badly that the boys hand had to
j be amputated three inches above the
wrist. Police Surgeon Aver perform
ed the operation.
Miss Hazel Cunningham, charm
ing society girl from the far-off city
of Honolulu, is visiting Mrs. F. H. An
derson of Venice, CAL, for two weeks.
Miss Cunningham says next to her
own beloved Hawaiian islands, she
prefers Venice as place in which
! to live.-Exehange
Owners OF horses about the city are
said to be planning a petition to the
| city supervisors at the next meeting,
asking that hitching posts be erected
in different parts Of town. At present
| most any old thing has to do for hitch
| ing horses to, such as telephone
post, mail box or barber pole.
In the first try-outs last night for
| the Y. NJ. G. A. cross country run
which will be held on New Years Day,
eight boys finished the preliminary
mile run under six minutes. A. Ser
rao of the FL Giobo club was FIRST
| across the tape at the Y. M. G. A. in
door track, finishing in BIS, 10 sec
onds ahead of Methven, who was
picked to win. John Perry finished
the mile three seconds behind Meth-
ven.
New Years Day will be the big day
| of the year at the Y. M. G. A. Officers
of the association assert that New
Years Day will be Y. NJ c. A. Day.
i
they will keep open house, and mem.
bers, supporters, their wives and SIS
| tiers and other fellows sisters will be
announced on the program for, the day,
but number Of new ideas will be In
stituted.
Apparatus for city Fairgrounds to
be ordered in the near future by Sup
ervisor Ben Hollinger, chairman Of the
committee on parks and Fairgrounds,
will include such modern devices as
steel trapezes, teeter ladders, flexible
ladders, vertical ladders, giants
strides and merry-go-rounds. The APP
paratus is to be installed at Aala park
and at the new park on School and
Fort streets.
To address Congress for an hour on
Hawaii and what he knows Of the ter
ritory, is the opportunity which has
been given Congressman Albert John
son, who was here with the Congress
sionaI party, according to information
received from him by A. p. Taylor,
secretary of the Promotion Commit.
tee. Mr.. Johnson Is member of the
committee on territories and immigra-
ton.
Long and varied will be the pro-
gram to be given in the monster smok
er of the British Association Club one
week from next Saturday night at the
skating rink Songs and boxing ex-
hibitions will enliyen the evening.
Such names as Raymond Teal, and
Messrs. Hillman, Slattery, Cannon, Bir-
ME, BASTARD, Caceres, Hyatt, Ross.
Hutton, Casey, Morton, Jackson, An |
drews, Sullivan, Brown and Fisher |
are mentioned in the list of perform
ers. 10 T.. ..-.:.. -. -. II.
This evening at 1880 o'clock there