The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-05-08
BREVTTIES
(From saturday Advertiser. j

II pect, near Punchbowl Street, died on
Thursday and was buried yesterday in
Puea Cemetery. The deceased was a
native Of Kau, Hawaii, and forty-two
years old. H...
Mrs. Eleanore w. Sheffield, who is at
present visiting her daughter Mrs.
Kenneth Bighain Barnes of this city,
will be the principal speaker at the
midweek meeting Of Central Union
Church on Wednesday evening. r..
The funeral Of william Kapana Jr,
Of Jack Lane, Nuuanu Valley, was
held yesterday afternoon, the inter.
ment being in Maemae Cemetery.
Kapana died on Thursday. He was
married, a native of Honolulu, and
sixty-two years old. D.. "a, God
John Wise, who is running for the
Republican nomination for sheriff, de.
pied yesterday story published in an
afternoon paper to the effect that he
was working for Joe Cohen's Homina.
tion for mayor. Wise says he is
working for himself and nobody else
Territorial Treasurer c. J. Mccarthy,
who intends to go TO the mainland next
month to sell territorial bonds, an
nounces that while away be will study
fire regulations In various cities. The
passage by the legislature OF the in.
surance bill made Mccarthy territorial
fire marshal. H
Three Japanese, H. Mirikidani, Masa
Mirikidani and X. Kawasaki, were in
dicted by the territorial grand jury
yesterday on a charge of first degree
conspiracy. They will be arraigned at
nine-thirty this morning before Circuit
Judge Ashford, when their pleas may
be entered. The charge against the
trio arises, IL is understood, out of a
financial transaction.
After May IS automobile owners who
have not paid their. auto tax will have
to ride in other people Is, cars or walk
for, under the law passed in the recent
legislature, the tax assessor is author.
lied to paddock the wheels and seal
such machines whose owners are delin-'
quent in the payment of taxes thereon.
After the lapse Of ten days the gaso-
line burners may be sold for the taxes
in arrear. el5ats
(From Sunday Advertiser.)
To make way for the improvement
and the widening Of the block at the
corner of Hotel and Fort Streets, H.
Culman Co. have now removed to prem
ises at 11l2 Fort Street, opposite the
Honolulu Music Company.
Governor Pinkham yesterday signed
the new two-year commissions of Judge
Alexander d. Larnach, second district
magistrate of Honolulu, and Judge
Charles B. Coekett, second district mag.
istrate Of the Island Of Lanai. al
To stimulate food production, Gay &
Robinson of Kauai have agreed to re-
nit rents to their farmer tenants on all
such lands as they shall put into food
supplies, during the continuance of the
war, declares the Garden Island. IS.
Col. G. P. Iaukea, the new Secretary
of Hawaii, plans to make no changes
in the personnel of Ibis Office. His
hardest work since induction in Office
has been receiving the congratulations
of his numerous friends and others.
The bureau of photography, which
was placed by the late legislature under
the department Of public lands will be
moved from the Kapiolani Building to,
the land Office about July I, announced
Land Commissioner Rivenburgh yester-
day. IH "A ...@ ....,r IA. IA +
April receipts at the custom house
were $4,000 lower than for the same
month last year, but the first quarter
of this year showed gain of $4,000
over the first quarter of last, according
to figures supplied yesterday by Cashier
Joshua X. Brown. ..iE F.tHt 1g. &.
Under the auspices of the Bar Asso.
citation of Hawaii resolutions of respect
will be offered in the supreme court
tomorrow morning at the opening of
the May session of the tribunal. The
memorial to the late Senator Cecil
Brown will be presented by Hon. w, o..
Smith, and that for the late Judge
Arthur A. Wilder by Judge Clemens.
The safe of the German refugee
steamer Honeymoon, which has been
lying sealed in the Office Of the col
lector of customs since the ship was
seized by the government, was opened
yesterday in the presence of Collector
Franklin, General Strong and Deputy
Collector Sharp. The captain Is claim
that the safe contained $4,000 was not
confirmed. 1t contained nothing at all.
That there is a great shortage of
gasoline in Hilo is made evident by the
statements of men who handle this line,
declares the Hawaii Herald. Some
business houses are wondering how they
will be able to keep their auto trucks
going on delivery work, as gasoline is
not obtainable in Hilo. A few people
who have some drums of IL refuse to
sell, preferring to keep the gas for their
own use.
(From Monday Adyertiser) A
DIR. G.sHasegawa gave the first of a
series of health lectures before the One
Hundred Club of the Japanese Y. M.
G. A. yesterday afternoon. The sub
ject was "Acute and Chronic Appendi-
citis." ...sE
Albert.L. Machado, formerly q driver
in the rent service, has been appointed
official chauffeur of the detective de-
partment, in place of Abe Kalana, who
IL now driving the patrol.wagon on one
Of the watches.
The Inauguration meeting Of the Eva
Japanese Y. M. G. A, was held Satur.
day night in the Eva Japanese Church.
Addresses were given by Rev. II. 0ku-
mura, M. Kakehi and Lloyd R. Killam.