The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-12-07

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/ Lieut.. Vincent Geogham, Signal Re.
serve Corps, has been called to active
duty and is ordered 20 report for duty
as signal supply officer
President Wilson has accepted the
I resignation OF Provisional Second Lieu
tenant Melford sherman, one Of the
numerous appointees from the ranks
made a few months ago from local regi,
4 ments,
Adyices from Hilo state that suit
for $1,000 damages has been filed there
against Walter v, Kolb, deputy collect
or or customs, by A. H.. Moon who
alleged that Kolb committed trespass
while acting on search, warrant. jJs,
THE Hawaiian Allied war RELIEF
Auxiliary requests that any knitted
garments that may be finished be turn.
ed into the Beretania Street rooms be-
fore the 1rst of the week, as they wish
to shipNg box as soon as possible
K Promotion 20 captaincy has cone
70 First fieutenant Paul Wilmington.
son Of d. l.. wilmington of this city. Cap
| tain Wilmington Is now member of
General Scott 3 staff at Camp Funston
Kansas He is divisional athletic in.
structcr of the s9tl army division at
that place. 8 ~.
| William Akana, an old offender, was
sentenced TO six months imprisonment
BY Judge Irwin yesterday on o charge
| Of larceny. He was also ordered to pay
costs amounting 70 SO. Akana admit
ted THAT he entered the home Of Mrs.
John Hilo on November 8 last and
took the sum Of $35
I What win be done with the property
| on which the Honolulu Hale stood, near
the postofiee on Merchant Street, has
not yet been decided by the territorial
land commissioner. The property Is
valued at about $4,000 and contains
ksS7l2 square feet No proposal has
been made for purchase by the Terri
tory.
Werner Roehl, superintendent of the
Queens Hospital, is one of those sum.
moned TO testify before the territorial
grand jury at q special meeting of the
inquisitorial body. 1t is believed that
he has been called TO tell the jurors
about circumstances surrounding the
death of Miss Florence Berg, a nurse,
following a criminal operation.
There were 2So births, lis deaths
and eighty. nine marriages in Honolulu
during the month Of November, accord
ing to the report issued at, the bureau
| Of vital statistics yesterday. OF the
deaths there were seventy.three males
and forty,fve females. Thirty-two
children under FIVE years of age were
INCLUDED in the number of deaths.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed with the registrar of public ae.
counts blythe Halawa Soda Works, dis.
trict of Kohala, Hawaii. The capital
stock is said to be 1920 divided into
sixty nine Shares at $25 each, The Of.
fcers are! President, w. All Chong;
viee-president, A. Shin; secretary, Luke
| Ngwak; treasurer Kong SingI auditor
G.. Sakamoto. .'... -. .'''.'
Little tin tags on the enclosures al
the ZOO at Kapiolani Park win give
the common and scientific names of the
animals there as well as their origina
habitats. These tags are now being
prepared and Swill be in place by mex
Sunday. The names were supplied t.
Supervisor Ben Hollinger by Prof. NJ
M. Scott, principal of the Mckinley
High School. .r..... .,.. - -
4 Letters containing lists of differen
articles Of food have been sent GU
by y. F. Child to local wholesalers AND
retail dealers. Each firm is asked :,
fill out the lists with the wholesale ant
iretail prices paid or asked by then
for the articles named. As soon a
the answers are received the daily pub
LEGATION, of both wholesale and retail
prices will be commenced by the fooC
administrator.
| Stanley Healani Ashford, eldest sol
of Circuit Judge @. w. Ashford, ha
joined an artillery battalion at Edmon
ton, Alberta, according to news reaching
here recently. Ashford was a gradual,
Of Punahou: school and spent abou
three years at the United States Nava
Academy, where he gained much ex
Perience as a gunner. He expects Il
leave for France soon, while his wifi,
\ Will enter the hospital service. 3d.
A commission as second lieutenan N
has been granted to George Armitage
formerly with the reportorial staff OF
the Bulletin, at the Preside Train
ing Camp. He left here on board one
of the German vessels seized here by
the United States aud despatched t.
San Francisco, and secured entrance t.
the training camp at the Preside
Among other successful candidates wal
Fired Wichman, son Of II. +. WITCH
man, the jeweler, of this city, who also
secured first lieutenancy. @...
| A Japanese youth who was commit
ted to the boys industrial school yes
terday by Circuit Judge William
Heen was the last !,of the fort !fouI
inmates of the institution who escaped
in November, 1914, to be accounted for
Il is stated that the boy was one of tn,
ring leaders OF the affair and among
other things he sought to stir up !
general revolt at the school, Letter,
he wrote to other boys telling then
how 70 escape, were discovered. Thu
boy was eaptured this week by Proba
ton Officer Leal. IA f. St. d.
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