The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-09-17
BREVITIES

The Mau1 ChAmDer OF commerce NJ
its meeting last Thursday afternoon
went on record as favoring the hold,
ing Of o second territorial fair next
year, although there was some OPP
position. President H. Rice told those
present that there was a plan on foot
to have the next territorial fair held
on Maui.
The sum Of $453.64 was realized at
the recent moving picture entertain
ments given by a Japanese committee
at the Honolulu Theater, on Aala
street, to raise n fund with which to
provide every Japanese draftee now
In the military services of the United
States in Hawaii with comfort kits.
There are about 700 Japanese soldiers
at Fort Shafter and the Schofeld Bar
racks.
Harry Chong, a Honolulu boy who
left here with the engineers the time
the Aloha Parade was given, has writ
ten to J. H. Magoon to tell of his
arrival in England with the Forty
seventh Engineers. With his letter,
Chong included copy of King
Georges greeting, which is given to
American soldiers arriving in Europe.
Chong was formerly employed at the
Biiou Theater.
Ichio, SSadao and Yasuo Katsuki,
three sons of Doctor and Mrs. I. Kat
suki of this city, have been granted by
Minister Of Interior r. Mizuno of
Japan permission to disclaim their
Japanese citizenship so that they can
retain their American citizenship alone.
The official notification of the granting
Of the requests for the Katsuki children
to abandon Japanese citizenship being
received at the local japanese con
sulate.
Jay o. Warner, of the local Y. NJ
c. A. staff, has been assigned to take
charge of the work of the Y. NJ. C. A.
on the Island of Kauai to succeed
Charles F. Loomis, who organized the
work there. Mr.. Warner will make his
home in Lihue.
Governor Mccarthy has received
letter from an unknown admirer in
the American forces who is highly
elated at his prospect of soon getting
"across. The letter, which was sign
ed "Butz", was al follows: "Dcar
Gov: OF for Berlin! Wish you were
along"
Peter Miguel, a young Hawaiian
youth who pleaded guilty in the fed
eral court yesterday to making swipes
for "his grandmother, was fined for
ty dollars. The fine was paid by his
relatives and he was released. There
was no evidence he had made the
swipes to sell.
During the weekend Robert w.
Single and Postmaster D. H. Mac
Adam visited Honolulu Eva and Wal.
amaze plantations in behalf of the War
Savings Stamps campaign. They were
accompanied by P. F. Lee, secretary
| Of the campaign committee, and by H.
Mkt, Japanese committeeman.
Robert Anderson, manager of the
Mineral Products Company, has
reached Honolulu to attend a meeting
of the stockholders of the company
which is to be held in the chamber
Of commerce rooms at three O'Clock
this afternoon. He will make a de
tailed report of the company's busr.
| ness.
Important communications have been
received by the American Red Cross
for Miss May Girsch, P. o. Box 80,
Honolulu, Hawaii, and Walter Jung
| mann, care of Hermshein & Co., Homo
lulu. They are asked to call at the
Red Cross headquarters, Castle &
Cooke building, and receive the com
munications. N'''
Mayor J. J. Fern, staged "victory
celebration" all his own yesterday at
noon time. Carrying a large American
flag the mayor headed a procession
| of the Hawaiian band through the
business streets. The band was fol-
lowed by children carrying the flags Of
the Allies. The band stopped before
the city hall where it played the an.
thems of the Allies and America.
Charles Wong pleaded guilty in the
federal court yesterday to having
Cleaned" two bottles of beer to a
woman who was in the employ Of the
city detectives. He was sentenced to
thirty days in Jail and to pay fine
of fifty dollars. Judge Horace Wang
han asserted when sentencing him that
he "wOuld send the entire population
of the Islands to Jail if necessary in
order to stop the sale of liquor in
Hawaii
The territorial affairs mmittee of
the chamber of commerce yesterday
considered the question Ct importing
Chinese labor into the Islands to re-
place laborers drawn into he army by
the draft and because OF the neces-
sity of maintaining the ric :, sugar and
pineapple crops to their mt ximum out
put. The entire question ' i'll be con
sidered shortly at a special Meeting Of
the chamber to be called by President
F. c. Atherton