The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-08-17

"A meeting OF the harbOr board VII
be held in the basement Of the Capito
at one-thirty next Monday afternoon.
| Twelve Filipinos were arrested al
Wahlawa last night by Police Officer A
b. Palmer and charged with gambling.
! Pavement Of Beretania Street from
Alapd 20 Punahou Streets has been
commenced by the Lord Young En-
cheering Company. {.
Manuel Dias, charged with attempt
ing to defraud chauffeur, forfeited
bail Of ten dollars in the police cour,
yesterday morning - - aH.
J. Farr was discharged by Judge Ir,
win. He was charged with q statutory
offeBse, the complainant being Helen
Cordes, a girl seventeen years of age
The Governor made an official call
at two o o'clock yesterday afternoon on
General Treat, commander of the Ha
waiian Department, at Schofeld Bar.
racks. 93 #i... "...
DIR. X. w. Benz was appointed yester.
day a member of the territorial insan.
ity commission, the other members OF
the board being Judge. William l..
Whitney and Dr. George Herbert.
Considerable routine business was
transacted at the meeting of the terri.
torial land board yesterday, several
applications for the lease and purchase
Of government lots being handled.
With prizes for the best service
dancer and best couple given at the
benefit dance to be held at the Phoenix
Hall Saturday evening at eight o'clock,
there is no doubt that delightful time
is in store for those present.
At the meeting Of the board of har-
Dor commissioners held yesterday il
was suggested that the land commits
sioner be asked to reserve for the use
of the board a strip Of land along the
coast from Waiakea to the Kuhio
wharf, in Hilo Bay.
Miss Elizabeth Dutot Of Honolulu
was appointed yesterday member of
the territorial board of registration Of
nurses. The other members of the
board, previously appointed, are DR..
Grover A. Batten, DR.. James X, Judd,
Miss Mary johnson and Miss Janet
Dewar. H.
Postmaster MacAdam has sent re.
quest to Washington for $500 window
cards and copies of first instruction bull
letins for distribution to the signers of
the food conservation pledge cards.
Responses are coming in steadily since
the sending out Of the pledge cards last
Saturday. &t @ .
The water department began yester-
day morning the relaying of new one.
inch service pipes ON Beretania Street,
to replace the present three-quarter
inch pipes, and win install four-inch
service pipes at street crossings with
head ends, to take care of any future
demands.
Residents OF the Kalihi.kai district
met Sunday evening IA form a CONF
munity organization Itos promote the
general welfare Of the youth of that
portion of the city. They drew up a
petition stating the objects of the or
ganization and calling for the support
of citizens of that district. A club
house is desired for the use of the
members. .s.
The Governor Is annual report to the
secretary of the interior, which has
been in the course of preparation since
June 30, is not finished and will mol
be concluded for some weeks yet II
should leave Honolulu for Washington
not later than September Is. The mem.
bers of the clerical staff employed on
the yoluminous work are hoping they
win be able to terminate their task IN
time. = r'.. .#.8& G"@ rt
A party of men, organized by Prof
Vaughan MacCaughey of the College OF
Hawaii, is conducting biological ex
plorations in the Punaluu Mountains
ON the windward side of Oahu. This il
the highest extensive region ON the
island and its forests are the least dis
turbed on Oahu. Many plants, native
birds and tree-shells that are exceeding
rare in other parts of the island Occul
here. l..s. 49,.
Edward A. Dunn, son of George H
Dunn of Lahaina, who registered al
Kansas City, Missouri, was drawn il
the first seleetive draft, but had MOI
been ordered to camp when the --latest
word was received from him. He for
merly was student at St. Louis Col
lege. His brother, George ]. Dunn, re
sides here. Mr.. Dunn 5 card number
was ll99, which was the 1869 number
of 10000 drawn. ..".
Ingram M. Stainback, attorney gen
eral of the Territory, returned Monda,
afternoon in the transport Logan from
San Francisco, after visit of severa
months on the mainland He says tina
his trip had no political signifcanc,
and laughs at the idea that he wa
one of the several government official
1 who have been accused of having takel
vacations on the mainland to forwar,
the candidacy of the Governor for
second term. II
/ The agent of the Territorial foo
commission on Hawaii has reporte,
that twenty-five growers of food stuff
on the Big Island are ready to shiI
their produce to Honolulu, if they err
allowed special rates by the railroa
and steamship companies. The Hawai-
Consolidated Railroad has offered t
make special rates for growers 10 Sc
their produce on the wharves at HilC
but it is not thought that the steam
ship companies would concur in lower
ing rates at present. ...,. I'll 49,,
I A cable has been sent to WashingtO
asking decision of the authorize
there as to whether men already regi:
tered elsewhere can take the examins
tion for physical fitness before a Hs
III waiian board. A number of cases hav