The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-06
BREYTTIES

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of the Portuguese Official School win
be made at a gathering to be held
Sunday night in che rooms Of the Lusi'
tana Society at eight o clock. ., .
Customs collections in Honolulu for
the fiscal period just ended practically
parallel those Of the year previous, the
difference being $8033.6S in favor of
l9l6.19l7. The total collections for the
year were $l,l69,0s4.sO.
Waldo Il. Cape, who was convicted
recently of assault with dangerous
weapon, was sentenced yesterday by
Judge Heen to not less than four years
in Oahu prison. He was charged with
shooting a man at Pearl City, '...%
| In an attempt to step from moving
Waikiki car, near Aloha Lane, at six.
thirty last night, iona Ihore, a Japan
csc woman, was hurled to the pavement,
as a result Of which she is at the
Queens Hospital with fractured
skull. ts+, Is&'a., %.
The board of supervisors received a
communication last night from the
chamber Of commerce asking it to take
up as soon as possible the matter of
having the houses of the city renum-
bered. The matter was referred to the
finance committee. .-..
Bids for the burial Of INDECENT dead
and for the furnishing of supplies for
the ensuing six months were opened by
the board Of supervisors last night.
The bids were referred to the purchas
ing agent to be tabulated. Action on
the bids win be taken later.
The Rev. G. s. Nash, president Of the
Pacific Theological Seminary of Ber-
kelley, aud Mrs. Nash were arrivals on
the steamer Maui yesterday. He will
fill the pulpit of the Central Union
Church for the next two Sundays and
will spend five weeks in the Islands.
NJ. l.. Needham, senior police ser.
geant, who has been connected with the
local force for fifteen years was pro-
NOTED to be captain Of police yester-
day afternoon. He succeeds Captain
Dan Kamahu, resigned. Several more
promotions are expected in the depart
ment IE .HE ~.
Kapola Lopoku, whose wife is suing
him for divorce, told Judge Heen yes
terday that the reason he refused to
live with her was that she didn t press
his clothes to suit him. The Judge
found him guilty of contempt of court
for refusing to pay temporary alimony
and sent him to Jail for week. "
Col. John E. Mcmahon, commander
of the Ninth Field Artillery, tSchofeld
Barracks, has been notified that he is
appointed to command the new Six
teenth Field Artillery. Col Samuel l..
Faison, of the Twenty fifth Infantry,
will command the Forty second Infan-
try, also new regiment.
E. d. Brooks, manager of the Asso-
eiated Charities, is Seeking oldIbedcloth-
ing for an elderly man and his wife
who are in need. The man is physic-
ally unable to work and the wife has
been providing scanty living. Any
one wishing to contribute to this
worthy cause may telephone Mr.. Brooks
at 1858. H.. =. sLEA& II 'a'
The home of w. A. Kinney Jr, mill
engineer of Waialua plantation, was
destroyed by fire Wednesday morning.
Sparks from frecracker lodging in
the dry leaves under the heavy vines
that covered the roof are aseribed as
the cause. Much of the furniture was
saved and the building was insured by
the plantation. .'.>r.' t:rt
A large cesspool near the band stand
In Aala Park, over which hundreds of
persons have stood in the past few
months, caved in yesterday. The
boarding, which supported the soil, had
long been rotted away and only the
roots of the trees nearby prevented it
from caving in before, probably causing
injury to several persons. t,5 ~ r.
An inquest into the death of Lee
Young Kuen and Lee Kyung Moon, en-
ployes of the Hawaiian Dredging Com.
pany, who were killed by an accidental
blast at the Waipahu quarry last Wed.
nesday, will be held at two clock this
afternoon. Funeral services for the
victims were held at Silya's undertak.
ing parlors at three thirty yesterday af.
ternoon, interment being in Nuuann
cemetery. +. ..ia TX
The directors of the Mcintyre build,
| ing, in which is located the "city hall, y
in communication received last night
by the board of supervisors, offered to
renew the lease of the rooms to the city
at the former rental Of $40, with the
EprovisO that the board should pay for
the cost of light. On motion of Hol.
linger, the tender was accepted.
Maj. Charles N. Coster, N. @. H.
commanding second battalion, First
Regiment, has been appointed recorder
of the board of registration for the
Territory succeeding Major l.. l.. Red
ington, N. G, H., who has been relieved
from duty with the guard and assigned
as assistant to the adjutant of this
department, Col. James r. McRae.
Two more local business men received
their commissions in the United States
officers reserve corps yesterday, when
the mail brought those for captain fol
A. W! T. Bottomley, head of Bishop &
Co, and for Walter T. Spalding, man
ager of the Spalding Construction Com
pany. The former is commissioner in
the quartermaster division and the
latter in the engineers. Mr.. Spalding
expects his orders at any time.
Resolutions of regret for the recent
! deaths of three lawyers of the Terri
tory we're adopted by the bar associa
tion yesterday. The three deceased
lawyers were Arthur X. Ozawa, John
Richardson and John L. KaulukOu, al
of whom died within the past two
weeks, In each instance the departed
i was highly eulOgiZed and the sympathy