The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-10-08

Sunday saloon business is apparently
more profitable than on some week
days. to judge by the flagrant abuses
of the law which are carried on almost
under the noses of police officers.
Yesterday afternoon. while a police
captain and three officers were patrol
ling beats between Maunakea street
and Iwilei road and from Hotel to
King streets. saloonmen were selling
LIQUOR to noisy crowds in so-called
cafes and in some instances directly
at the bar.
At one place what was seen by an
Advertiser reporter could have been
seen by policeman who passed the
same viewpoint, but he kept his head
dutifully turned away from the saloon
windows Had the officer looked
through them he would have seen three
persons, a haole and two Japanese, en-
gagged in drinking beer in the barroom
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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 Mau-
nakea and King streets, has an alleg-
ed s.cafe'' connected with IT. This is
merely a side or family entrance on
Maunakea. There are small booths
lust within the doorway a table in
each place. This apartment gives en-
trance to the rear of the bar At
D. m. the bartender, white man and
a Chinaman were leaning their elbows
on the bar itself and quaffing whisky
served IN small tumbIers. followed by
ssehasersr Of water. The bartender
noticing a reporter viewing this pro-
ceeding. was nonplussed for a moment
and then invited him TO have a drink.
envy treat he said. The reporter de-
clined, but the bartender insisted. be-
cause lit was just a friendly drink,
adding that it 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
!. los. r
ance of the reporter, advising the sa-
Ioonrnan to be on the watch for the
scribe. AT that time white man and
two japanese, including one japanese
woman, evidently attached to the place.
were in the barroom. drinking. After
the reporter was described the pro-
prietor hastily closed the door leading
to the barroom itself. and withdrew
all evidences Of drinking.
The Oahu saloon. on King street, be-
tween the river and Iwiiei road. has
a 4.cafe." That is. the saloon has been /
divided by partition about seven feet
high and the few tables in the half
not devoted exclusively to the bar is
termed the Cd4S- "A UuZciA met, dp-
parently sailors. and a police officer in
plain clothes We're in the cafe most
Of the crowd drinking beer On each
table was saucer containing bits of
crackers and cheese. There was big
business in this place. as well as in
the Rhineland saloon, nearby. where a
Hawaiian woman was in the act of
passing a big pitcher into the barroom
for beer-just rushing the growIer."
And so II went all through that sec
ton. The big police captain was busy
watching the BAH game. and the other
policemen spent much time in the vi
cinity of the police telegraph boxes
waiting for the moment they had to
turn in their reports. equivalent to-
that everything was all
right on their beats.
Drunken men were a-plenty in that
t,
a HOwLING DEBAUCH. i
The climax to the Sunday violations
Of the liquor law were apparent in
Palama last night. especially at Joe :
ciark's place. the old Fountain saloon,
ear the junction of King street and