The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-10-09
SATURNALlA OF
DRINKING AND
DEBAUCHERY

Sunday saloon business is APPARENT,
more profitable than on somo week
lays TO Judge by the flagrant abuse,
II the law which are carried on almost
inder the noses OF police officers
Yesterday afternoon. while police
aptain and three officers were patrol
ing beats between Maunakea stree
md Iwilei road and from Hotel t,
| King streets, saloonmen were selling
iquor to noisy crowds In so-callet
cafes" and in some Instances directl,
at the bar.
At one place what was seen by ar
Advertiser reporter could have beer
| seen by a policeman who passed the
| same viewpoint but he kept his head
dutlfully turned away from the saloon
| windows. Had the officer looked
through them he would have seen three
persons, haole and two Japanese. en-
gagged in drinking beer in the barroom
the bar. This. Notwithstanding there
was an alleged cafe" next door be-
longing to the saloon and connected
by an archway. established for the pur-
pose of dispensing the amber.
The Kilohana saloon. corner of Maui
nakea and King streets, has an alleg-
ed cafe" connected with it. This is
merely side or family" entrance on
Maunakea. There are small booths
just within the doorway. table in
each place. This apartment gives en-
trance to the rear OF the bar At 2
p. m. the bartender. q white man and
Chinaman were leaning their elbows
on the bar itself and auafflng whisky
served in small tumblers. followed by
"chasers" OF water. The bartender.
noticing n reporter viewing this pro-
ceeding. was nonplussed for a moment
and then invited him to have a drink.
MY treat" he said. The reporter de-
clined, but the bartender insisted. be-
cause sit was Just friendly drink"
adding that 1t was his treat-that was
the reason for the liquor being served
directly over the bar.
Later. while the reporter was visit
ing another saloon. the Asahi, corner
Of King and River streets. the white
man who was in the Kilohana saloon
entered the saloon by the cafe door
and engaged the proprietor in earnest
and described the appear
oonman to be on the watch for the ,
scribe. At that time a white man and
wo Japanese, including one Japanese |
voman evidently attached to the place,
we're in the barroom, drinking. After
he reporter was described the pro-
rietor hastily closed the door leading
IL evidences of drinking.
The Oahu saloon. on King street, be-
ween the river and Iwilei road. has
cafe" That is, the saloon has been
ivided by partition about seven feet
Ugh and the few tables in the half
ot devoted exclusively to the bar is
ermed the cafe" A dozen men, ap-
arently sailors, and a police officer in
lain clothes were in the cafe" most
the crowd drinking beer. On each
able was a saucer containing bits of
rackers and cheese. There was big
usiness in this place, as well as in
lie Rhineland saloon, nearby, where
Hawaiian woman was in the act of
assing a big pitcher into the barroom
,r beer-just rushing the growler."
And so 1t went all through that see
on. The big police captain was busy I
atching the ball game, and the other
olicemen spent much time in the VII ,
nifty of the police telegraph boxes f
aiting for the moment they had to t
i'm in their reports, equivalent to I
Gaming that everything was all o
ght" on their beats. ',
al
Drunken men were a-plenty in that T
'ighborhood. Il
A HOWLING DEBAUCH. y
The climax to the Sunday violations il
the liquor law were apparent in k
llama last night, especially at Joe
ark's place. the old Fountain saloon, ?
ar the junction of King street and r,
retania avenue. The saloon faces on Il
ng street and an alleyway runs along l.
3 Waikiki side to a large open lot d
the rear In the rear of the saloon !
cafe" has been added on, the roof ii
Ing OF corrugated iron. A door opens N
t from the rear of this structure into ~
; open lot. An electric light outside "
, door makes the lot quite brilliant, II,
4 with benches and chairs, that spot q
) become favorite lounglng place to
the neighborhood. Tn
yesterday evening there was big a,
wd OF drunken men and women ar
'ut the place. all engaged in a drink m
bout beer being the beverage. The 10