The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-03-22
BREVITIES

automobile last Saturday, was released
BY. the juvenile court. . ..
| A bench warrant was issued yester
day by Circuit Judge William II. Heer
for the arrest Of Joe Pacheco, who fail
! ed to obey aNsummons TO appear il
court in a divorce case.
Benjamin Sousa, Of Honolulu, has en-
. listed in the engineer corps; William
Hook, the navy, solomon Williams, tn,
| goth Engineers, forestry division, and
Glen 7. Gard, the infantry. "
/ Tie iin1nfaeture Of rice -four will bt
Undertaken on a large scale by Walk
err rice mill, in order that local mer
chants and bakers will have q supply
Of this -four substitute for their use
4xfeptl0ns were filed yesterday Il
th6 petitith Of Delegate Ruhio in which
BE- - seeking TO reopen an old action to
break the 1siliuokalani trust. The ex.
cePtions we're fled by Col! Curtis Tau,
kea. E,....
i Notice was fled with the circuit
clerk yesterday that service has been
obtained on Mrs. George F. Straub in
California in the divorce suit fled
against her by her husband, Doctor
Straub. 3tg
| Three youths alleged to be members
Of band of boy thieves, who were
rounded up by Probation Officer Joe
Leal in a hut at Kakaako at two
o'clock yesterday morning were com
mitted to the Boys Industrial School
yesterday BY Judge William H. Heen.
| The agricultural bill nov before con
gress carries an item appropriating
$500 for extension work. This amount
| win pay for an extension agent who
will work with the county agents OF
the food commission and with F. G.
Krauss, the present experiment station
extension agent. r.,t'..',.
Maui interests have purchased the
stock in the Haiku Fruit and Packing
Company, which was owned by the Ha
waiian Pineapple Company, according
to an announcement made yesterday.
In all, 9079 shares were purchased at
$3.50 share. the entire consideration
totaling 1921 ,514.50. T..
The opening session of the territorial
tax equalization board was held this
week in the Office Of the territorial
treasurer, Col c. J. Mccarthy. Those
present, besides the treasurer, were:
Charles It. Wilder of the first division
J. H. Kunewa Of the second o. T.
.Shipman of the third and j. K. Farley
of the fourth.
81 A complete. butchering outfit, range
COW that was tied to tree near Cast
Tnsr and another range cow slaughtered
nearby are the evidence against John
Marks and 8. Reiny, who ARE charged
with cattle stealing by Police Officer
McAngus of Wahiawa. Marks is said
to have already served one term on a
eharge ST cattle stealing. ."
Francis Brown and William Wells,
hQtt 4IpDglulu boys. are now reported
4 to be il France, where they are both
taking shifts IN driving the car Of the
major Of the ambulance unit to which
Their arc, attached. 1t was supposed for
a while TINT these boys were in Italy
and that Podmore and !, Billy Noble
wore Shlso with them. y is now be
lieyed that all are in France Il
superintendent Of Public instruction
Henry W Kinney said yesterday that
German is being taught at the McKin,
ley High School and that the course
4 will be continued as no complaints have
been made regarding it. Superintend
emit Kinpey said that schools on the
mainland in general have, not ceased tt
give instruction in German as 1t Is held
to. be a modern language of value L
pupils. u; j. a2a BY
Nearly all civilian registrants have
been examined by the two medical ex
amining boards for the Honolulu dis
trict, and Board No. is now examining
members of the national guard. Board
4 No. recently indicted three men into
military service at the request of the
army, and are now enlisted with the
engineers. They are John M. Byrne
James Y. MeFeggar and Albert d
Mitchell
when Frank W. Brooks, Of Company
G, First Infantry, escaped from tho
j guard house and rode 10 town on q
bicycle which he had picked up for the
occasion, he had no better luck than
to pick out plain clothes man Moon Of
the police department for likely pur
chaser for the bicycle. Moon took hin
IN charge and booked him for stealing
that bicycle. &c.. ~.
Important business will be transacted
at the regular meeting Of Olive Branch
Rebekah Lodge No. 2, l. o. o. F., or
Thursday evening, after which there
will be Military WHIST on the ROOT
garden. Friends are invited. No re
freshments will be served, 1t being the
intention of the members of the lodge
to dispense with same during the war
Dancing win be INDUCED in after the
whist game. ~. 10. e -.
i The third Liberty Loan committed
will have headquarters of its own il
the offices formerly occupied by G., $
Desky on Merchant Street, where tn
great volume of business entailed by
a Liberty Loan campaign will be cen
tralized The loan campaign will oPeI
on April 6. Guy Bottolph has beer
LapPointed. local secretary, as r. +
IStever, whose excellent work a.
secretary Of the first and second loan
would have made him valuable, win b
in California. -.. ..s,. - :
sIhsnefFr3,A. Hart, 'fo1ner representa-
ttiSes Of Charles. A. StoHeham Compan!
of New York, was arraigned in tn
circuit court before Judge William II
Heen yesterday afternoon on si'
charges of ENHANCEMENT and forgery
returned against him 10 a grand jur!
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