The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-04-03
BREVTTTES
[From eaturdaY Advertiaer. ]

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Bids for Strengthening the channel Of
/ Honolulu harbor will be opened at the
i United States Army engineer's Office
tHhril 1l.kA \ w NMHE.
II Inc tie police court yesterday morn.
ing " 1.unl chafged with having
opium y q possession, forfeited bail Of
twenty7fse dollars.
In the fedcral court Yesterday AZ.
torney CART =, Carismith was allowed
4 $3.50 as trustee Attorneys fee in the
bankruptcy ease Of Manuel Freitas
Cares Jr. ~ H
The Home Insurance Company has
declared a dividend of tftp cents, pay.
able April is. This Is TIE frat occasion
J on which Hawaiian inEurahce com
! pany has declared dividend. ,&g
II was reported to the police yester.
day that early yesterday morning n .G.
Tanton was assaulted by two Hawaiian
men on Liliha Street near Kukui Street.
The men are said to have struck Tanton
from behind and to have run away.
The board of agriculture and fores,
try took steps yesterday to eradicate
the so-called Spanish moss which Is said
TO be threatening the trees of the Isl.
snds. II is planned to ask the legisla-
ture to authorize officers of the board
to enter private properly and destroy
the moss wherever II Is found,
Koon Soon Sun, charged with second
degree larceny on two counts, was
sentenced to three months imprison.
ment on each by Judge Monsarrat in
the district court yesterday, one SEN
tence to commence at the expiration Of
the other. Defendant stole two pairs
Of hair-clippers, valued at $l.75 each,
the property Of Taxa Bros. ..1Ns
Information is wanted concerning the
present whereabouts of one Franz Nj.
colai Oskar Dahl, native of Norway
who emigrated to Hawaii some thirty.
three years ago. Any person having
any knowledge Of this party or his pres.
emit whereabouts is requested to com
municate with the Norwegian Consul.
ate at Honolulu. IA.
| Petitions for naturalization were
yesterday fled by Jose Alexander and
w. Bolster. Both men are employees
of the Honolulu Rapid Transit Land
Co. Alexander is a Portuguese and Boil
ster an Australian. The formers wit.
nesses are Godfrey f. Alfonso and A.
ID. Larnach, while J. Mott Jr and s. +.
Mott are named as sponsors for Bolster,
That army clerks cannot join the ma,
tional guard is the gist of message
received Mt army headquarters from the
secretary of war. It is held that field
clerks in the quartermaster' corps,
being in military service and having
military status are exempt under pro-
visions of section SO, National Defense
Act, from militia duty. In consequence
of this their enlistment is regarded lille,
gal. HI E.1sr., y (.
/ (From Sunday advertiser.
Mrs. Edwin Benner who was taken
to the Queens Hospital Friday after
moon suffering from an acute attack Of
appendicitis, has undergone an opera
ton and Is progressing satisfactorily.
Compulsory military training is fav.
ored by the members of the army and
navy committee of the chamber of com
merce. In this strain the chamber
placed itself on record at meeting
yesterday. The territorial committee
win be notified Of their opinion,
| With the legislative session little
more than half over, the senate is in
good financial condition. Out of ter.
ritorial appropriation Of $4,000 it has
spent $74S6.99, leaving balance Of
$15,5l3.01. And out Of federal ap.
preparation of $1,000 it has spent
$5964.93, leaving balance of $5035.07
/ (From Monday Advertiser)
| Mrs. James w. Jump, Mr.. and Mrs
II Rnhark A1 khntw 1ar.nhknR n0F
othy, have returned from visit to the
/ Volcano. - 'a.Et 4ssa s.. =. :.
| Mrs. Charles X. Abe, of 1457 Aud
Lane, Palama, returned to her home or
Saturday from the Beretania Sanitar
ium, where she had been suffering seri
GUS Illness for eleven days, 49,"
James W. Jump and Archibald Scot
Robertson are expected back from Q
fishing trip to Hawaii and Maui this
morning. They may leave for Kauai
on another fishing trip during the week
| A new class of dramatics will be or,
ganized by Mrs. Fred Ohrt, of the local
Young Women's Christian Association
The class will continue for twelve
weeks, ending with an open-air produe
ton next June. t.4,8.5 . l4'.
/ DIR. r. G. Aver, the emergency hos
pital physician, commences month q
vacation on the tenth Of this month
and will make a round trip visit t.
San Francisco, Doctor Hanchett will
substitute in the absence of Doctor
| Aver. a..r&
Howard Benner, son of Mrs. Edwin
Benner, was taken to the Queen q Hos
pital Friday afternoon suffering from
an acute attack of appendicitis, and no
Mrs. Benner herself, as reported yester
day. Howard has undergone an opera
ton and is making rapid progress.
David Fell, one Of the biggest fnan
cial men in Sydney was through pas
senger by the Niagara yesterday eI
route to England. He is accompanied
by his son J. d. Fell, who will join thu
Imperial Forces in Great Britain. I'm
til three years ago Mr.. Fell was {
prominent politician in Australia. HI
had an opportunity of succeeding
Gregory Wade as leader Of the Liberia
party, but decided to retire from poll
! ties. 49,. u.s. , it,
1 An aged Hawaiian, apparently some
what the worse for liquor, who attempt
ed to board Waikiki.bound ear at tn,
corner Of Fort and King Streets las
| night, slipped and fell sprawling on tn,