The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-02-18
BOARD HEARS OF
TWO BLIND PIGS
Attorney of Applicant for Liquor
License Tells of Location
of Sites.
cFrom Thursdays Advertlsero

IRON thursdays AdvertlserD
A few blind pigs were discovered,
at meeting of the liquor license com
'missioners yesterday considerably to
the surprise of the commissioners and
of Inspector Fennell. 1t is probable
that there will be something doing in
the outlying districts soon as result
of the disclosures that were made at
the meeting.
1t was L. G. Peters, appearing as at
torney for one, Kawahara, an applicant
for wholesale license Mt Honolulu,
who told the board the location of the
sites and the name of the blind pig
keepers. Mr.. Peters did this as an ar.
gument why his client should be grant
ed license. The granting of a real
license, Mr.. Peters thought, would have
the effect of running the blind pigs
out of business and legalizing the sale
of the liquor that is bound to be sold
anyway.
Mr.. Peters, in urging the claims of
his client, stated that japanese named
Tanaka, of Eva, and license holder
named Shigematsu, of Waipahu, were
selling liquor TO the japanese of Ho-
uouliuli. The Japanese, he said, would
rather buy of one of their countrymen
than white man, even though the
white man holds license as whole
saler. Now, if the board, Mr.. Peters
argued, would grant Kawahara IL
cense, he would be able to run Shige-
nntp nf ron,
holds license to sell at Waipahu but
not at honolulu, but Mr.. Peters
claimed that he is selling in the latter
place by means of agents who visit the
community and solicit orders. A legal
lied wholesale liquor house, the lawyer
urged, would do much toward putting
stop TO the blind pig business.
"It doesn't seem to faze Phoney
Davis" remarked Chairman Cooke.
Mr.. Cooke also came to the rescue of
the somewhat COMPOUNDED Inspector
Fennell by saying that it is often u
hard thing to catch the blind pigs. Fen
nell looked grateful.
The board wanted to know if Kawa-
hara intended to run the place at Ho.
nouiuli himself. Kawahara replied,
through an interpreter, that he did
not; some of his four cousins would
run il for him. Peters explained that
Kawahara is a man of wealth and has
money enough to buy and sell Shge-
mntsu, the other license holder. He
could run him ont of business. The
board did not state as to whether or
not this neat little business proposition
impressed them favorably. 1t is pos.
sibe that it may be considered "A step
toward prohibition.
1t developed in the course Of the
rather confused and desultory discus
sion that ensued that II. Sumida, n
Japanese wholesale liquor dealer of the
city, had shipped largo quantities Of
liquor to Tanaka on several occasions.
notwithstanding the fact that Tanaka
has no license. BY some fortuitous
concentration of circumstances Sumida
was present at the meeting, and he
vigorously denied this, but Fennell re.
minded him that he had himself warn.
ed him on other occasions not TO sell
TO blind pigs, Fennell insisted that he
knew the shipments had been made TO
'fanaka. Sumida did little explain,
ing, which. however, explained moth
ing but only served to increase the
confusion that marked the proceedings
Cooke asked Fennell what he knew
about japanese blind pigs in the coun.
try districts and fennel replied that
all japanese houses harbor blind pigs
but II Il hard 20 cntch them.
Tho board finally referred the mat.
ter 20 ~ executive session, but did
nothing then, letting the application 60
over m The next meeting.
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