The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-07-04
BLIND
PICS IN Hawaii
SHERIFF TEsTTBs THAT HIS
OFFICERS DARE NOT
ARREST.


HILo, June S0-The board Of II.
cense commissioners for this island at
its meeting yesterday decided to emu.
late the example set by the Oahu board
in an attempt TO annihilate the blind
pigs by compelling the Wholesale houses
here to show their books to the Ii.
cense inspector. The step was taken
by the adoption of the following res.
button:
"Be it resolved by the board of IL
cense commissioners in and for the
County of Hawaii, t. H., that all Ii
censes of the first-class shall keep
complete record of all sales, whether
cash or credit, and
"Be it further resolved, that the liz
eense inspector, or the members of the
board of license commissioners, shall
have the same access to all books and
records as is required by the U. S.
Internal Revenue authorities"
tThat is one of the conditions on
which we are issuing these licenses, -
said Chairman Moir. eff any one has
any objection, he can make it now.
There was not a murmur. Moir then
asked the wholesalers present to say
whether they were going to comply.
Personally, am" said Manager
Austin of Peacock & Co.
"Speaking for the Serrao Liquor
Co.," said R. E. TAFT, ''I can say that
the rule is entirely satisfactory to us. -
No Inspector Yet.
The burning question of the APP
pointment of license inspector was
not settled, much to the disappointment
of the numerous applicants, action be-
ing deferred until the next meeting of
the board, at the end of July. The APP
plicants were as follows: Harry S.
Overend, at one time deputy sheriff for
Hilo and later on for Hamakua; Otto
Rose, the well known politician and
plumber of Hilo; George F. Richardson,
candidate for county treasurer last
year; R. G. Bayless representative of
the internal revenue department at the
Serrao distillery; D. Forbes, who was
at one time manager of the Kukuihaele
plantation; ]. E. Schubert, who is well
known in Hilo; and o. T. Shipman,
who was for years the supervisor from
Kau.
Licenses Granted.
Action was taken on the various APP
plications for licenses, thirty-seven be.
ing granted and six refused. Two APP
plications were deferred.
A Battle Royal.
The petition of John de Mello for
renewal of his saloon license at Keo-
kea, South Kona, was the cause of a
great battle Protests were received
from Trustees w. o. Smith and A. W.
Carter of the Bishop Estate, from w.
R. Castle, president of the Kona To.
bacco Co., from Manager Daniels of
that same concern, and from numerous
voters, residents, leaseholders and the
wives and mothers of the above.
Attorney Wise appeared for de Mello
and pointed out that, according to the
law, the only petition which could
have any weight was one coming from
voters of the district, and the majority
of the signers of the varioas petitions
were Porto Ricans, Filipinos and
Koreans. Most of the petitions gave
no grounds for their opposition. Against
these Wise offered petition asking for
the renewal of the license, signed by
one hundred and thirty voters. Some
of those signing this had signed the
protest, said Wise, but why they had
done SO Wise would not try to explain.
In addition to this Wise presented
afidavits from various Hawaiians, stat
ing that they had signed the protest
under misapprehension or because the
matter had been misrepresented to
them. An affidavit from de Mello him.
self was of particular interest, as APP
pended to it were over thirty orders
from Manager Daniels to de Mello,
each one for liquor, and most of them
for bottle of gin each
M. F. Chapman, former luna of
the tobacco company, wrote that he had
never seen any disorder at the de Mello
saloon, and, while he was the com
pany's timekeeper, none of its employees
had lost any time owing to the ex-
istenee of the saloon.
Testimony as to- the orderly charac-
ter of the saloon was given by White,
Aungst, II. Il, TAFT, County Attorney
Beers and Sheriff Pua. The latter add
ed that he had just been notified that
there bad been trouble in the tobae-
co company's camp, caused by liquor,
but where IL came from he could not
tell. A man who had attempted to
commit u murder was unmolested by
the police officers at the request of
Daniels
Safe Blind Pigs.
NOR stated that lac believed there
were many places besides the saloons, |
where one might obtain liquor. The |
sheriff answered that there was con.
siderable 0kolehao being made IN Ko.
ma, but that IL was tae business Of the
federal officers 10 stop that traffic,
us u not up 10 you 10 catch the 1
blind pigsfu asked NOR
"fes,' answered he sheriff
DO yop got anyf4 asked NOR
- eannot Ret my officers 20 take
I be responsibility If making the ar
leais, answered abe shefn 80 have
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