The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-08-04
LICENSE
DAY FOR Hawaii
SUPERVISORS DEAL ONLY WITH
"noozE" BUSINESS NEW
Nsrnoron NAMED.

iiNnof license commissioners mot last
Friday. Commissioners Moir. llorner
and Lyman being present The main
businfss ~ the meeting WIS the ap.
pointing OF Depnty Sheriff Fstter 20 be
liquor license Inspector, the granting
Of a license renewal to the Kau Wine
company, the application Of which had
been held mp from the meeting Of last
month; and the granting Of the hotel
license to soper, for the Matano Hotel.
John de Mello viii have chance to
get a license at the next meeting Of
the board. The Crater Hotel was also
given hotel license.
The Crater Hotel 3 application was
the first taken up, Mr., Moir pointed
out the fact that the name of Manager
Peter Lee appeared as a surety on the
bond, which was, not satisfactory
! "That is a legal question whether it
is or not, - said County Attorney Beers,
who represented Lee.
lit is not satisfactory, and that
all there is to it, said Moir. "That
is our decision. /"
Another security was soon found, and
the license was granted, the privileges
to be the same as those at present eli.
joyed by the Volcano House.
Fight over License.
The application of the Kau Wine
company for renewal of its wholesale
license, met with strenuous opposition
from Manager Wolters OF the Hutchin-
son Plantation company, who was
present in person. Wolters claimed
that the place had been conducted not
! as a wholesale house, but as saloon.
Furthermore, he thought that Manager
| Dawson had not employed quite fair
means when he opposed the petition of
L. Chong for saloon license in that
! daTits touching this matter, which he
said would speak for themselves.
! Dawson made general denial of
the charges made by Wolters, and the
latter in his turn fled a list of the
names which appeared on the protests
against the granting of the Chong ap.
plication. He said that he had mark
ed off on this list a number Of names
| of alleged citizens, whose names conld
not be found on the roster of registered
voters of the district. i4N
In the afternoon session when the
board announced the decisions which
! it had arrived at in its closet session,
Horner read a letter from Supervisor
iiOgg, who stated that he had found
from several credible witnesses that
drinks had several times been served
on the premises of the Kau Wine
company, but that in each case Dawson
had asked the drinkers to refrain from
doing so, reminding them that he held
wholesale license only and that they
were placing his license in jeopardy.
Horner added that he had come to
| the same conclusions, after having
made a personal investigation. He
thought that Dawson might get boun-
Ger and might get his license renewed
as last chance Homer added that
Wolters had charged that the concern
sold compounds. but Dawson denied this
fatty. saying that he received all his
| goods from Peacock & Co.
Blind Pig Supply.
Horner added that he had also heard
a rumor that blind pigs were furnished
liquor by Dawson.
Ibid You not sell liquor to AkiH'
u sold liquor to everybody" re-
torted Dawson.
The license was finally granted on
the understanding that the law aAd the
rules of the board must be strictly OBJ
served.
To Wolters NOR stated that as there
was no application on hand from Chong
for rehearing, the affidavits fled by
him conld not be taken up at this time.
sfBnt the means taken to secure
signatures were means of fraud,o pro-
tested Wolters.
s'There is nothing before us to war
rant Us in taking up the NATTER said
Homer.
I Wolters said that in such case he
would take his affidavits with him, and
did so.
4 Japanese Gets License.
| The petition of Yoshitaro Nishimoto
for. rehearing of his application for
hotel license for the MatanO Hotel
lon the corner of Furneaux and Front
streets, was granted, and this was fol.
lowed by the. granting Of the license
the first new liquor esta blishment which
has been allowed to start in Hilo since
the board made the rule to grant nc
more licenses for this city.
Attorney Hewitt appeared for the ap
plicant, pointing out the fact that nc
protest had been made against the
granting Of this particular license, the
protests directed against it being only
those which were directed against the
granting Of licenses of any kind in
Hilo. II was also shown that while
the board had formerly turned dowr
the application on the ground that the
main entrance Of the hotel was within
$50 feet of the Salvation Army hall
alterations had been made of the build
ings. as result. of which the entrance
was now I55 feet from the Salvation
Army premises.
Hewitt further contended that tn.
? Army was neither a church chape
s nor school, AZ described In the statute