The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-08-09
BREVITIES

!. A. Dunbar has received word from
his wife that her sister, NJ. Charles
=. Huntingdon died in New York be.
fore Mrs. Dunbar could reach her bed.
side.
A pardon for Soichi Nom Japan.
csc sentenced to one year, imprison-
mCnt for vagrancy in the district court,
has been granted by Governor McCar.
thy Friends Of the man promised to
pay his fare to Japan ~ he WAS releas-
cd from Jail, where he was sent on June
22.
Delbert +. MetZger, the territorial
treasurer and fire marshal, accompanied
by Fire Chief c. II. Thurston, made a
round of the tenements yesterday, af.
ter which II was decided all concerns
whose business increases the hazard of
these buildings will be required to
move by October /.
While Governor Mccarthy says he
has decided which one of the Democra-
tic candidates for nomination as dele
gate he will vote for in the primary it
is his intention to take no part in the
contest between DR.. J. H. Raymond and
|" l.. McCandless. He has not an
nounced which one of these candidates
he will vote for.
Professor J. Macmillan Brown. vice
chancellor of the University of New
Zealand, and one of the greatest au-
thOrities on the "0rigin Of the POlyn-
esian Races" will address the members
of the Commercial Club Friday noon,
August 8. The entertaining committee
wants all members to listen to this
particular address owing to some rare
versions concerning the origin of the
Hawaiian race which the scientist ad-
vances, and suggests that each member
bring a friend.
A vacancy is open at the United
States immigration Station for 4 stem.
Ographer, typewriter the salary being
tary of the civil service iStri"t an
nounces that the date o; tn" ro'Gpeti
tive examination of cand; Datr< Cor the
position will be held on September 10,
1918, at the custom hous'. Applica
tions are to be fled with tho district
secretary in time for him to arrange
for the examination. Both men and
women will be admitted t. the exam
nation. Any person over eighteen IS
eligible.
Six enlisted men were rounded up
and placed under arrest by the provost
guard last night for appearing on the
streets with leather putres on, con
trary to the regulation which specifies
that enlisted men in the infantry are
required to wear cloth leggns.
Maj. Edward Witsell, l.. $. A., will
inspect the first provisional company
OF the Fifth Regiment, y. &. H., to.
night at the armOTy, 'whcn it will be
paraded by Captain Hopkins This
will be IL > first company of the new
regiment to be recognized by the war
department. The company has Il
strength of I25 members.
The First U. s. Infantry, formerly
stationed at Schofield Barracks and
now at American Lakes, Washington,
is to be broken up in order to have the
companies used as thaynpeleus of units
which will be formed into two add.
tional regiments. p. The. new organiza.
tions will be known, as the seth and
57th U. 8. Infantry regiments.
Local Draft Board No. 2 will meet
tomorrow to plan for reeXnmlnation of
registrants in order to build up Glass
|. The medical boards of the selec
tive service have all been requested to
reexamine all men formerly classified
as remedial detectives. Local Board
No. | will meet today to plan for re
classifiratiOns Of it's rrgistrants.
Asserting that there is an acute con
gestion in the passenger business here
with reference to ocean-going steamers,
Secretary Halton of the promotion com
mittee, yesterday asked the Rotary
Club to back the committee in seeking
relief through the shipping board Off,
cials. The adriSahility Of acting upon
the suggestion will be considered by
the board of directors.
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