The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-01-08
IBREVTTIESI

+, TOT SOl0terS, TOurteen-year-O hhWh
iian boy was yesterday committed u
the industrial school. 's.f .
Lucy X. Wells has Hled suit for di
vorce against George s. Q. Wells Jr.
on the grounds Of cruelty. They were
married in 1911. a. ...
Paul Kaai, Hawaiian, was found
guilty in Judge Heen's court yester'
day, Of selling liquor without license
and was fined 1900. IL was proved
that he sold liquor 10 soldiers.
Mrs. Ferdinand Hedemann will hold
a jitney sale at her home on Wednes.
day, January 80, for the benefit of the
Red Cross. All those having spare
bric-a .brnc or small household articles
to. donate are asked to notify Mrs.
Hedemann. y
Manuel dc Mello, moulder At
loves bakery, ON Nuuanu Street, had
the first finger of the left hand badly
crushed yesterday afternoon when the
member became entangled with the
driving chain of the machine. He was
treated at the Emergency Hospital.
Robert W. Hendry, now an employee
Of the United States Naval Station at
Pearl Harbor, the son of Mrs. NJ. Win.
ter Hendry of Pensacola Street, has
been authorized by the war department
to take examinations here on January
2l for admission as provisional sec.
ond lieutenant in the regular army.
The annual meeting of the Outdoor
Circle will be held at three O'Clock
Monday afternoon, January IA, at the
home Of Mrs. +. J. Lowrey on Lunalilo
and Victoria Streets, having been post
poned from Tuesday, January 8. In ad-
dition to the annual election Of officers
several other matters of Importance
will come up.
Mrs. Lauretta Ebbett, sister of Mrs.
A. L. Coin, received q cable message
announcing the death of her little
daughter, Virginia Ebbett, in San
Francisco. Mira. Ebbett will leave for
the Coast in the next boat. The child
had been in perfect health when Mrs.
Ebbett left her a few weeks ago, it is
said. Pneumonia was the cause Of
death. 49, .at+.'
Lieut.. Joseph Gates, 25th Infantry,
ceased to be an officer of the army yes.
terday, board before which he ap.
peared recently, having recommended
that he be dropped from the army list.
The Hawaiian Band win give pub.
lie concert at Thomas Square tonight,
beginning at seven-thirty.
Jorgen Olsen, an officer of the steam
er Noeau, who was convicted of drunk.
enness on December 20 and sentenced
to three months in Jail, was pardoned
by the Governor yesterday in time to
let him depart on the boat for Manila.
The executive held that the interests
of the country would be best served
by permitting the man to go.
OF the 450 head of cattle subjected
to the tuberculin test IN Honolulu dur
ing the month Of December, 1907 head
were passed and ear marked and fifty
three condemned and branded as dis
eased, according to report submitted
to the board Of supervisors last night
by Joseph Richards, dairy stock in
spector. Those cattle (which, failed to
pass the test were3fall slaughtered,
says the report. ggn
For the purpose Of conducting the
federal inspection of national guard or
CARNATIONS, Capts. G.. j. Gonser and
Edward #. Witsell have been named
by the department commander 10 begin
the inspection on January 10. Hawaii
will be visited between February .
and IL, Maui from February IL to IS,
and Kauai from February 70 to
March 4. 2 ." r.
Instruction in military drill will be
given at Oahu College and Honolulu
Military Academy by Maj. Claire R.
Bennett, Second Infantry, Fort Shat
ter, who has just been detailed to this
work by General WISER, department
commander. Major Bennett has been
here since 1915. He became a second
lieutenant in 1902 and received his
grades as captain and major since ar
irving in Honolulu.
p President Wilson has accepted the
resignation of C. G. Ballentyne as a
captain of reserves in the duartermas,
ter corps. Mr.. Ballentyne, until recent
ly was general manager of the HonOlu.
lu Rapid Transit & Land Co., resigning
to accept the general managership OF
the Montana Bingham mine IN Utah
Removal from Hawaii to Utah caused
Mr.. Ballentyne to ask for his resigDa'
ton from the reserve.
First Lieut.. M, p. Taylor, reserve
corps, and Privates David Townsend
and George Tomb, Engineer Corps
have been authorized to take examina'
tons on January 81 for admission as
provisional second lieutenants in the
regular army. Private Tomb is at
present student at the officers train.
ing camp. Previously, he was instruc'
tor in mechanical drawing at the. Y
M, GA. -
Several business men who are inter.
ested In the new theater which is ia
be built on upper Fort Street will
speak to the members of the League
for Good Films at their meeting al
Laniakea Thursday afternoon of this
week. Mrs. +. J. Lihdeman, the presi
dent of the league, will call the meet
ing to order at four o clock. 1t il
hoped to have a full attendance OF
members, as no meeting of the league
has been held for some time.
In keeping with the bylaws, ten
members of the chamber of commerce
have requested special meeting of the
members to consider q resolution ur
gently recommending that; the Presi
dent of the United States issue q
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