The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-06-21
BREYTTIES

There were 326 bags Of mail in the
last shipment received from the main
land. The next outgoing Coast mail
also will be large one.
In the last Red Gross drive to get
1000 sweaters and sox on short notice,
Capt. Smith Of the Palama Are station
made five sweaters in one week.
Repairs to the extent Of $l99 each
will be made Immediately upon Bishop
Street, Alapai Street, Iwilei Road, Ka,
lakaua Avenue, Park Road and Dia-
mond Head Road.
John R. Costa, a fireman employed
at MnkIki fire station. fell from a
Rapid Transit car ut Piikoi and Wilder
avenues yesterday morning at eleven
o'clock and fractured his left collar
bone. Costa was treated at the emer
gency hospital for his injury.
The city engineer e Office will draw
plans and submit estimates shortly for
tho paving Of John Ena, Kalia and Ala
Moana roads with permanent paving
At public hearing on this project, Al
fred X. Magoon, representing the Ma.
20 IN estate, was the only property hold
er who opposed IL. II.
Genshiro Kano, a Japanese ar
rested in Hilo charged With shooting
and killing one Sugai, was acquitted
on charge of murder In the first de-
gree Yesterday after the jury had been
out seventeen minutes Self deferse
was the plea entered by Attorney Rus
sci. who defended Kano,
80 ~
which occurred at Waikakalaua Gulch
April 26, in which two army autos col
lided, Brig. Gen. A. p. Blocksom has
requested the board Of supervisors to
widen the road at the particular point
where the accident occurred. City En-
ginCPr Cantin will take charge of the
matter and make an Investigation.
Most of the remainder Of the Esass
cargo brought here by the former Ger
mon merchantmen of the beginning of
the European war, which has been in
storage for the past two years, is to
he reshiPped to its Australian consign-
cPS soon. Fred l.. Waldron, Ltd, is
making the arrangements for a ship 10
carry the Elsass cargo to Australia.
The United States is fully alive to
the serious problem of defeating Ger
many and business men are placing
all their resources at the call of the
government, says A. w. T. BottomIey,
president of Bishop & Company bank,
who returned from a mainland trip. He
saws that the big Liberty loans were
handled by the banks in the United
States without serious distress, and
that sound financial methods prevail
everywhere.
Al meeting of the stockholders of
the Honolulu Brewing e. Mailing Com
pany yesterday morning initial plans
Wrr" made for the sale of the assets
of the company after the coming Of
prohibition in August, if this action is
decided upon. The meeting adjourned
until July 20, and in the meantime
estimates are to be made rs TO what
amount can be realized from the sale
of the company's assets, The present
estimate is twelve dollars a share.
City Prosecutor Chillingworth is
keeping up a relentless crusade against
tenement owners of the city who are
not conforming to the board of health
regulations. Filthy joints about the
city, which house the poor and labor
ing classes, are being cleaned up and
tenement owners who do not live up
to the law are being prosecuted. Since
this campaign started two months ago
thirty six tenements have been cleaned
up and put in habitable condition.
Komisky, a hobo who has been en-
tirely too prevalent around fed
eral headquarters was sentenced to
three mouths on the rock pile by
Judge Lightfoot Yesterday morning.
kornisky has been a daily visitor at
the office of District Attorney Huber,
where he has been trying to get
money to pay his passage back to
Poland. He SAYS he wanted to organ
ize regiment to fight the Huns.
Judge Iightfoot deemed it wiser to
send him to the rock pile first, where
he could make little ones out of big
ones and thereby get himself into a
1T physical condition before he EN-,