The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-06-30
FIVE LICENSES
IN THE BALANCE
COMMISSIONERS WILL DEoTpn,
UpoN DEFHnRHD ArPLx.
CATIONS TODAY.
Trom Thursday's Advertissr.l

CFrom Thursday's AdvertisoF.)
AZ noon today the liquor license com.
missioners win finally decide what they
will do in the cases Of the Eve defer.
rcd licenses, the chief one Of which is
that Of Lovejoy & Co. The eOmmis-
sioners had the parties before them
yesterday afternoon, but as only three
members of the board were present il
was decided to postpone action till TO-
day. Those in attendance yesterday
we're Chairman willard Brown, secro-
tary Long and Commissioner Craig.
Commissioner Sorenson was Unable TO
attend because Of illness, but is expect
ed to be on hand today,
D. II, Lewis of Lovejoy Co, and
his bookkeeper, appeared before the
board and were asked to explain what
had become of the compound liquors
! which were in the store on June is,
/ when Inspector Fennell visited the es-
/ tablishment and inspected the com
pound liquors which had been returned
to the firm from the dealers. An this
liquor was supposed to have been ship
Iped back to the Coast, but the inspector
could only trace part of it. He figured
out that Lovejoy & Co. had to account
for 32l gallons, or six casks.
Calls 1t Mistake.
Mr.. Lewis insisted that the inspector
had made mistake and said there was
moth 'ng to account for, The commits
sioners, however, went fully into the
accounts of Loveioy & Co. and Nj.
Lewis showed by his own figures that
there was discrepancy Of at least
seventy,two gallons. He explained last
night that he had been ratified and
will make further statement today
before the board announces its decision
on the matter, statement that he
thinks win clear everything up.
1t is because there is an apparent dis.
crepancy that the board has held up
the license. Whether it is 321 gallons
as Inspector Fennell says, or only
seventy.two, as Mr.. Lewis claims, does
not appear to be so material to the
board as the fact that the discrepancy
exists.
On June 90 last the board passed a
resolution that no more compound imi.
tation liquors should be sold after
July 10. This gave the reetifers few
weeks to dispose of them.
They received back large quantities
of liquor from their customers, who
also we're forbidden to sell the com
) pound. Inspector Fennell kept track
of the liquor thus returned to the
wholesale houses and also of the amount
that they shipped out of the country
He found that the other houses sent
large supplies back to the Coast, but il
seemed to him that Lovejoy & Co. only
shipped to California 1893 gallons, while
> they were supposed to have on hant
$50 gallons. This left Lovejoy & Co
open to the suspicion of having about
six casks on hand. The inspector
: recommended to the board that renew
!, al of the license be deferred until I
! satisfactory explanation was made Il
the board as to what had become o.
the compound.
Unintentional Discrepancy.
Inspector Fennel obtained some O
D, the figures on which he based his rec
l ommendatjon from Lovejoy & Co. !
: own bookkeeper, but Mr.. Lewis claim
. ed that the inspector had made mis-
take He doubled up on u.s., he said
OF the large quantity of COMPOUND
: that the firm had in stock when TIL
inspector made his visit, Mr.. Levi
) stated that they sold some, gave SOM
: away, and shipped the rest to the Sal
u Francisco dealers.
: 1t was then that the commissioner
7 took Mr.. Lewis through his own figure
and showed him, that according t.
these, he still had cask and hal
to explain about.
. "Even If there was a mistake il
the inspector s figures you are still on
and One-half barrels to the bad,p sal
Commissioner Craig.
Mr.. Lewis finally said that if Their
was a discrepancy it was unintentinoal
Il III have tried to conduct my bushes
as honestly and conscientiously as any
body else," he declared, "and thin
there has been mistake" He sal
he never kept five casks of eompoun
in stock. "Would it be reasonable 70
me to carry so much when ] knew tina
/ the renewal of my license depende
20 upon my carrying out the rules an
% regnlationssn he asked.
n Brewery License Void?
y When the board takes up the Low
- joy license again today it will also d.
eide upon the licenses of Kojima, for
. Wholesale license for his place ON Kin
= street near the market; Murikama, l
u cense for restaurant on Hotel street
+" Kwong Chun Lung, wholesale icens
: for place on King street near the MAJ
= ket; Wing Wo Tai, wholesale license
= Attorney g. G. Peters appeared for tn
- Japanese and Attorney A. L. Castle 70
l. the Chinese The latter had their !
= censes held up on account of sellin
= low grade liquor
:, Attorney Peters also asked for a l
n eense for a Japanese who wants to ru
e saloon on Hotel street, near Maun
II Kea street. This application was r,
n ferred to Inspector Fennell for a ?,
&. port.