The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-01
BREXITIES


Ten Japanese gamblers were booked
~ the police station last night BY
Chief Of Detectives McDudie.
/ Cpl. J. w. Reilly Of the first Cana.
dian expeditionafy forces viii address
the combined Commercial and Rotary
Clubs in the main dining room Of the
Commercial Club today, during lunch
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The signal Corps Company OF the
Hawaiian, National Guard will he regis
| tered tonight under the draft ptoyis'
ions. Tho kunrdshen Win be required
TO answer the QUESTIONABLE blanks the
same as civilians
4 A project to enlarge the Territorial
\ Normal school has been taken under
| consideration by the Governor who
said yesterday that he had no definite
hnnouncment yet 10 make in con.
lheetDon with TIE plan.
Col. r.. r. Raymond, United States
Engineers, win address the members OF
the Pacific Club and their friends dur.
ing the luncheon hour today on draft
work throughout the United States ana
particularly at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
The cement walk through the Capitol
grounds past the music stand is dan
gerous at present owing TO the slip.
perry covering Of petals ft0n the big
tree over IL. II Is as unsafe for pc
destrians as though they were walk.
ing on banana peelinRs.
II. N! Won Holt was named presi-
dent Of the August Drier company yes
Iterday at the annual meeting Of the
stockholders, succeeding Herman
| Poke. j. ". waidron was re elected
secretary and treasurer The company
operates the Oahu lee & Electric Com
Pany.
The deficiency board Of the Ha.
waiiane National Guard, composed of
| Brig. Gen. 8. ]. johnson, Col. w. II.
Riley and Lieut.. Col Gustaye Rose, has
held two sessions In the last four days.
The board 5 functions are to examine
men who are up for promotion and
deals with those also who are not max
| ing good.
General Wiser has 'isshed orders 10
the army bakers here to discontinue
baking bread wholly from wheat
Bread so baked will have not more
than eighty-fve percent of wheat -four
with. fifteen percent of corn -four or
other substitute. On and after Febru.
AIRY Is the usual whest -four win dis.
appear from use in the department.
A Encouragement Of the books in
the law library at the Judiciary build
| ing is being made under the direction
of the librarian. One change is that
volumes covering state reports are
being transferred from the upper to
the lower floor Of the library. The
purpose Of the change is TO place the
books that are most needed in the
handiest positions. "a
AZ Lewis Jr., Alfred W. Palmer and
w. A. Slayer were the $peakers at the
sAd Club luncheon Yesterday. Mr..
Lewis took war vavingsl stamps as HIS
I'subjeet and the other kwpI spoke on
their impreEiphs --of sHo1bldlp. Letters
were readr from two French orphan.
adopted by the club, and a mandolin
solo by Ernest Kaai was the musicai
feature Of the luncheon.
Hayashi Kaisoku who is charged
| with the murder of Fnkuyama Is to
Idbe given preliminary hearing in
the police court before Judge Harry
Irwin February 2. The murder DC
Cured at Wahiawa Friday morning
I.when the two men fought duel fol
flowing quarrel that arose over the
sale .of a bunch of bananas. Hayashi
declares he is not guilty, saying he was
forced to kill in self defense. ",
~ Under a Adhesion Of the treasury de
partment announced yesterday by the
collector of internal revenue, Col
Howard Hathaway, alimony that 9
woman receives is not taxable under
the income tax provisions of the new
revehue law. The man who pays the
aIimony must treat it as q personal
expense and is not allowed to make 9
deduction for such payments on hi,
federal income tax returns. Tll
\ With the exception of one of tn,
defendants who was given a suspend
ed sentence in the police court, all tn.
Hawaiian boys arrested at Emms
Square for unlawful assembly Mon
day evening are to be tried in the ju
venile court The boys are accused Of
picking a fight with sailors and sol
diers just as the city band was con
Iciuding q band concert. David Kaha
lau was the youth who got of will
n suspended sentence. hE taTgEff