The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-10
REIGN OF
BLUE LAWS
Logan's Soldiers Poorly
Treated.
GOT SW|PES BUT NO SODA
Restaurants Ordered Closed at Seven
But Later Allowed to Re-
main Open.

| Ls WI GUS Hrili room, Hart and Com
panys restaurant and the New Eng
| land bakery narrowly missed being
closed last evening at O'Clock. During
| the week each proprietor had been Civ
en- to understand that their places of
business must close at o'clock Sunday
evenings to comply with the Blue laws.
Deputy Sheriff Chillingworth and
Officer Hanrahan went to each place
shortly after O'Clock and notified them
that at O'Clock they must close the
| doors or be arrested Later they were
notified that the High Sheriff would al
low them to remain open for the even
ing, but that on future Sundays no
restaurant, cafe. bakery. nor Ice cream
saloon could have an open door.
me news that these places would be
closed spread about town and restau-
| rant frequenters made haste to get
their dinners. At Lycurgus' a swarm
or soldiers, officers and privates filled
the place, besides the regular diners
and those who dropped in. Just before
O'Clock Lycurgus got the information
that they would not be closed, He had
determined to keep open in any event
and to test the law as his ATTORNEYS
had advised him to do so. The attor-
neys and Lycurgus himself considered
that the serving of meals was both "a
work of necessity and mercy
Mr.. Ludwigsen of Hart & Company
had the same experience. He also had
determined to follow Lycurgus' exam
pie and make a test This will be car
ried out next week In case the High
Sheriff makes the attempt to close him
up. j. Oswald Lutted, the New Eng
land Bakery man, said he intended to
close last evening but was given to I'M
derstand just before o'clock that he
might keep open during the evening.
The Chinese restaurant keepers stat
ed In two instances that they had been
ordered to close and had no further
notification that they might keep open.
AT O'Clock their doors were closed for
the night. In these places where cigars
ana cigarettes are sold during the week.
none were passed over the counter
despite the entreaties of the soldiers
who craved tobacco.
Inc barber shops were ordered to
close at a. m. and afterwards con-
Quoted business behind closed blinds.
Inc law which says that all places of
business must be closed on SUNDAYS.
or during portions of the day, was care
1uiiy looked after yesterday by the DO.
lice. 1t was so closely looked after that
suffering humanity went thirsty. cigar
less and pinned for the general luxuries
or necessities that have heretofore been
FOR sale on the Sabbath
David KAPPA with some special off,
GERS secured the town during the day
watching for offenders of this old-new
law. But not door was open. The
chinese stores were close shattered. |
and not even bottle of soda. water
could be obtained during the middle OF
the day when the sun was hottest The |
man who did not look after his cigar |
supply on Saturday night had no on |
portunity of replenishing it yesterday. |
David Lawrence's cigar store looked |
dismally neglected. The result was a
general kick at all sides.
The troopship Logan brought ION SOL
uiers' Nearly all these had money in
.neir pockets and We're allowed liberty
turing most of the day. They swarmed
up town anxious to spend their money,
NSeiS thelIlSelNeS With liquid re- |
-reshments, but what they saw down.
town were long rows of closed business
houses and not q door open which Offer
ed refreshment' except one or two res
and cafes.
Intoxicating liquors were NOT tn no
aad at places where heretofore those
VINO knew, could obtain them. IT was
! TACT however, that the soldiers found
lquor In town for many of them were
trunk and reeling about the streets
Iesplte the destruction of hundreds of
gallons of swipes in Kakaako a weex
so, the soldiers found a supply depot.
Inc foreman of the railroad constr,1c-
ION work in Kakaako near the new
Iron Works was restrained
yesterday afternoon about 8 o'clock
rom violating the Sunday law. He was
Engaged with luna and fifteen work.
nen In ballasting the road with the
orai rock which is dumped along the
rack. policeman KAPPA found the
'orkmen engaged in this pursuit and
'rougnt the foreman to the station in
mack where conference was had
Win the High Sheriff. He explained
us action on the ground that the work
vas necessity as it was being don.
lnoer a contract. The High Sheriff
ent MIN back with Instructions RI
ease laboring for the dow