The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-06-07
BREVITIES


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Another territorial empl6ye who ha
donned khaki is A.. L.tIBurdick, en-
ginePr of the department of public
works, who went into federal military
service when the national guard WAi
called
II is believed that Land Commits
sioner B. G. Rvenburgh, who has beer
spending his vacation on the mainland
is returning on the same steamer that
is bringing Secretary Of the; Interior
Franklin X. Lane and party from
Washington. II IT,
United States Commissioner George
Curry has not rendered a. decision yet
as TO whether to bind over for trial,
George Kruger, the, plumber of Ger.
man descent, who isIaceused Of having
made disloyal remarks. S Kruger was
given hearing early this week
As their bit in war work, q number
of Hawaiian girls, under the direc ton
of Mrs. q. G. Black, gave wool bene.
fit dance on Friday evening, which was
attended by many Honolulu youths.
The pro, ecds of the dance were turned
over to the Daughters Of Warriors.
A squad of detectives, in charge of
Captain MrDuffie, bagged seven Orien-
tai gamblers last night at nine o'clock
in Corkserew Lane at joint which has
been under suspicion for some time.
Ten dollars bad was produced for the
release of each Of THOSE under arrest.
A number of property owners in Ma
noa Valley have failed, to heed the
warning of County Treasurer ConkIing
that assessments on all property for re
cent improvements are due tomorrow.
After that date there Is an added pen
atty of twelve percent interest for all
dclinquents.
David KPpoikai was found guilty of
three charges of gross cheat by Judge
LightfOOt yesterday morning and was
sentenced to a year in the county jail
KepOikai formed bad habit of is
suing checks and having them cashed
without having any funds in the bank
to cover them. s.w.
An appropriation Of 100000 has been
set aside by the army authorities for
the redredging of the harbOr of Kahu.
lui, Maui this summer. The work will
be done by the engineers department
under the direction of Col. R. R. Ray
mOnd. Silt that has flied portions of
the 700.foot channel is to be removed.
City Attorney A. NJ. Brown has said
that six charges Of forgery and per
jury returned in indictments against
Lionel X. A. Hart, former stock brok-
er here, probably will be dropped in
view of the fact that Hart lost his
fight in connection with an earlier
charge and has. begun TO serve sem
tence of three years in Oahu prison.
1t will be no difficulty in identifying
alien enemies in Honolulu in the near
future, provided that bill, recently
introduced in congress by Representa-
tive, Kehoe becomes a law The meas
ure provides that all enemy aliens must
wear button upon which is inscribed
" Registered Alien Enemy "' Faihve
to wear this button by persons so classi-
fed, calls for a fine of not more than
$1,000 or imprisonment for not more
than three years.
Acting upon a request made by Mrs.
William g. McAdoo, wife of the sec
rotary of the treasury, members of the
staff of the Honolulu internal revenue
office are contributing to special
Red Cross fund which Mrs. McAdoo is
raising among employees of the revenue
service throughout the. country. Col
Howard Hathaway, the. collector said
yesterday he did not know what sum
would be contributed by. his Office.
Fred Halton, secretary of the Pro
motion Committee, left for Maui yes
terday to give a series of lectures on
"Seeing Hawaii First. - The lecture
will be illustrated with slides and
motion pictures and will be carried on
in various parts of the islands in CON
fOrmity with recently adopted pol
icy Of the committee to induce Isl
anders to visit more at home, rather
than making trips TO the mainland in
the Summer months. a.
A corOner's jury, empaneled by Dep
uty Sheriff Asch yesterday, charged c.
V. Phillips with negligence in running
down and killing three-year-o Mary
Silva on Punchbowl last Thursday af
ternoon. Evidence brought out at the
inquest showed, in the opinion of the
jury more careful in his driving and
If his brakes had been in proper work
ing condition, the accident could have
been avoided Phillips is employed by
the Hawaiian Electric Co. and was
driving "A ear belonging to the firm
when the accident occurred.
Walter A. Engle, chief clerk in the
land commissioner = office, has been
named licensing agent for the sale of
explosives on the island of Oahu by
V. II. Manning, director general of
the bureau of mines at Washington,
w. R. Hobby had been named licensing
agent for the Territory, but as Hobby
is to leave Office shortly, a change was
made and licensing agents for each
of the Islands were appointed. Other
agents who have been named are:
@. w. Spitz for Kauai A. A. Ha-
pal for Hawaii and f.. X. Bevens for
Maui
Morris Stratemeyer, the "boy burg,
lar" pleaded guilty in the Circuit
Court yesterday morning to second de-
gree burglary and was sentenced by
Judge Heen to serve not less than five
years at hard labor in Oahu Prison.
Less than a month ago he was sentenced
to three years imprisonment for series
Of burglaries, particularly at japanese