The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-06-25
UNION GRILL
LICENSE
NOW

GFrom Wednesdays Advertiser.)
\ John G. Woolley, of the Anti-Saloon
! League, lead an onslaught upon Sunday
privileges yesterday, at the meeting of
the License Commissioners, basing an
attack upon the renewal of the Sunday
license of the Union Grill on the broad
grounds that he wants no liquor sold in
Honolulu on the first day of the week
in any place. He stated that he had
no objection to urge against the Grill,s
method of obeying the law or against
the way in which the place was con-
Quoted. All he knew was that drinks
were served there on Sunday and he
wanted everything in that line TO
cease.
This question of the Sunday privil-
ege was before the Board of Liquor
License Commissioners at its session
yesterday and while no definite action
was taken it was considered at length,
both at the open session in the after
noon and the executive session, whicn
lasted until 10 clock last night.
As result of the meeting the fol-
lowing renewals were granted by the
Board:
+. r Harvey, Kilohana saloon; D.
H. Lewis & Company (Loveioy and
Company and retail licenses held by
that firm for the Anchor and Mint
saloons; j. T. Silva. Pantheon; James
t. Thompson, Kentucky saloon; NJ. G.
Silva, Kamehameha saloon; Ichiki,
Waimalu, wholesale, and Wing Wo Tai,
wholesale.
Action was deferred on the applica-
tion for renewals of license by All
Choa, of Heeia, until tomorrow; S. Ko-
jima, wholesale, to June 2Sth; Sun
ouchi, restaurant, until tomorrow; Ia
naka, honolulu, wholesale, until to-
morrow; Shigematsu, wholesale, Wal
pahu, until tomorrow; Union Grill,
cafe, until tomorrow; H. Klemme, res
taurant, Palama, until tomorrow; Isaac
Cockett, Kalihi until June IS; Mrs.
Klemme, restaurant, until tomorrow.
The meeting tomorrow, at which it
is probable that final action will be
taken on some of the applications for
renewals to which serious objection has
been raised, will be held at 2 o'clock.
Woolley's Objections.
Mr. Woolley represented the Anti
Saloon League at the hearing before
the Board in the afternoon. When
the application of Mrs Bertha KLEIN
me for renewal of the license of the
Aloha Alma came up for consideration
he voiced an emphatic objection to the
granting of the Sunday privilege. The
report made by License Inspector Fen
nell was in favor of granting the re-
newal of the license wiaho,lt the Sun
day privilege.
Attorney E. G. Peters spoke in be-
hali of Mrs. Klemme and insisted that
the Aloha Alma had been conducted in
strict accordance with the provisions of
the law, and that the license holder
had never knowingly violated the reg
ulations.
Mr.. Woolley declared that he wished
to lodge formal protest against the
granting of retail licenses to wholesale
liquor dealers, insisting that it was one
of the potent causes that eventuated
in misuse of the privileges attached
to a retail license.
A protest to the granting of the
Sunday privilege was also made by Mr.
Woolley when the application of the
Union Grill for a renewal of license
was reached. He stated that he had
heard nothing that tended to indicate
NluldIiOn VI tne cBuihIiohSj puI paSSu
his objection on the grounds that the
privilege of selling liquor on Sundays
should be entirely rescinded.
Two petitions were before the Board
in connection with the application for
renewal by All Choa of Heeia One
petition asked that the renewal be re-
fused, and the other was in favor of
granting it. Chairman Cooke observed
that several names appeared on both
petitions, and this fact was cited by
Attorney f. A. Douthitt as tending to
indicate that proper means were not
used in securing signers to the petit
tion against the granting of the Ii
cense. A pIatest against the granting
of the license renewal was also made
by Mr.. Kellett, resident of Heeia,
who insisted that All Choa had been
a consistent violater of the license reg
ulations.