The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-11-27
BREVITIES

last night and booked on the police blot
ter with having committed larceny.
The twenty.sixth annual picnic OF
the Medical Society Of Hawaii was
held at the home Of Robert Single in
ManoR yesterday. ..E@ Tt..FE
Among passengers arriving in Homo
lulu from San Francisco recently ar,
the following; Mrs. l.. Lancaster, Mrs
A. Moutrie, Norman Pilkington, Capt
James w, simmie. .
The water In Nuuanu Street had to
be turned OF yesterday morning to al.
low of repairs being made TO a hydrant
that had blown out. The water was
again turned on last night. -. j
A charge of assault and battery is
listed against Mary Mileka, alias Mile.
ka Kua, and John Doe, alias Frank
Morse, according to the police blotter.
They were arrested last night. x
Failure to qualify in the prescribed
physical examination resulted in the
discharge of Cha Hong, of Matsumoto
Lane, by the draft board for division
2. Hong's serial number was 1899.
A cablegram from his sister in Utah
yesterday told j. +. Child of the death
of his father, A. w. Child, last Sunday,
The funeral will be on Wednesday. Mr.
Child, Sr, was a resident of Montana
Mrs p. X. walsham, wife of the
custom inspector at Tsintsin, China
was visitor in the city yesterday.
She is on her way 20 rejoin her hus.
band after an extended visit in the
United States. ." "n s..
The new parcel post revenue tax
provided for in the war revenue act
becomes effective December /. A tax
of one cent is to be placed on all parcel
post packages bearing twenty five cents
postage or over after that date. .
The suit of the United Chinese So.
ciety, the purpose of which is to GUST
the present board of trustees on the al.
legation that it was elected in an irreg-
ular manner, started yesterday in the
circuit court before Judge s. B. Kemp.
The work Of cleaning out reservoir
No. 3 in Nuuanu Valley will be COM
pleted this week, according to Fred
Kirchhoff superintendent of the water
works. Next week q start will be made
with the cleansing of reservoir No. 2.
Joseph Robert Rose, who claims to be
a Russian, but who was arrested here
by y. s. officials recently on adviees
from Washington d. g. will be trans
ferred to the mainland at an early date,
it was announced yesterday. He is now
in Oahu prison. .n, -. u
A decision affirming that given in the
district magistrate court in the case
of Hoffschlaeger Company, Ltd. YER
sus Arthur ii. Jones and others, was
handed down yesterday in the Supreme
Court. The action was to enforce
mechanic g lien. "1.'. VI 49,.
H. J. Morse, Standard Oil representa-
tive in Hongkong, spent few hours
in the city yesterday. Mr.. Morse who
is accompanied by his wife is return
ing to his Oriental station after several
months in the States where he has been
on business for his firm.
Five persons were arrested by the
detective department. yesterday morn
ing and brought to the police station
where they were charged with gam
bling. They gave the following names:
p. X. Kehua, Ed. Mitchell, Victor Pas.
ter, H, Kali, Chung Wo and George
Lowell. -. ~.
One of the oil heaters at Love s bak-
cry burst into flames at ten. twenty
o clock last night and so excited be.
came one or two of the employees that
the fire alarm was sounded. When the
engines arrived, il was found that the
blaze had ben extinguished. No dam.
age was done. "@2&...@
Martin Cruz, who is facing charge
of burglary in the second degree, en-.
tered plea of not guilty when arraign.
ed yesterday in the court of Circuit
Judge Heen. Cruz is charged with
having entered the home of M. o.
johnson and stolen articles of value.
The case was placed on the trial cal.
endar.
A decision in the bankruptcy pro-
ceedings brought against the Grand
Hotel at Waikiki, Maui, and heard in
the United States district court several
weeks ago, is expected at an early date.
The case has been held under advise.
ment by Federal Judge Poindexter.
:. A sale Of property that was part of
the'estate of Charles Wallace Booth has
been confirmed in the circuit court be-
fore Judge c. A. Ashford. The prop
erty consists of nine lots in Pacific
Heights which sold for 1916 and TWEEN
ty-four lots in Pauoa which sold for
$l4,265. . <--'.. 4
Seven DEGREES of divorce were grant
ed yesterday in the court of Circuit
Judge Heen. None of the cases were
contested. The cases were: r. Sukuma
versus Mao Sakuma; s. Ikeda versus
r. Ikeda; Torchi Kai versus Kito Mae
do Kai; Sosuki Kaizen versus Tome
Kaizen; Plez Addington versus Pillar
Addington; Mary Arunda versus Saman
Arunda; Maggie Rosa versus Caesar
Rosa. p lash
Property consisting of sea fisheries
on Oahu Island is to be transferred to
Blanch l.. Hummel in a deed to be ex-
eeuted by Circuit Clerk Henry Smith,
in accordance with court order issued
yesterday by Circuit Judge Ashford.
The order was issued as the result of
a petition filed by Mrs. Hummel in
which she asserted Robert Wilcox had
failed to execute the transfer which
was ordered by the court some years
ago. MY. :. ri
e II was given out at the Unitel
States Marshal s Office yesterday that
the name Of l75 to 200 Germans who