The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-02-27
UNION GRILL IS
ON BLACK LIST
Seaside and MOana Charged
With Violation of License
Rules.
fFrom saturdav,s Advertiser,l

Announcing policy barring corpor-
ations and women from holding liquor
licenses, suspending the after-hour priv
ileges of the Union Grill and threaten
ing to do 80 to some others, the liquor
commissioners dropped o few bomb
shells yesterday at q meeting called to
transact routine business.
Attorney Emil G. Peters, appearing
on behalf of Mrs. T. McTighe, drew
out from the board the policy that it
will follow next June in issuing the re-
newals of license, the feature of which
will-be its refusal to permit corpora
tons or women to engage in the saloon
business.
There were changes contemplated in
the McTighe saloon, said Peters, and
the proprietor, now corporation of
which Mrs. McTighe is the controller,
wished to make sure before going to
expense whether the rumors Of that
policy emanated from the board or
whether they were without foundation.
He asked that the members, at least,
discuss it among themselves and as
sure him definitely as to such policy
at their next meeting.
Chairman Cooke, however, stated
nouncement should be postponed. He
felt, he said, that it was a mistake to
have corporations engaged in the saloon
business. Wholesale house, through the
purchase of saloon businesses, he added,
would soon be able to control the saloon
situation and altogether such a condi-
ton was contrary to the boards policy
of issuing only one license to each
IL Cd Ill 1,oA 4
cred it equally inadvisabie to have WON
en- engaged in the saloon business, WON
en- in general being barred from saloons
and their nonappearance at their
places of business being incompatible
with the proper conduct of it.
Commissioners Long and Sorenson
said that they thought the board had al
ready given notice of this policy in past
actions relating to licenses while Com
missioner Brown contented himself with
saying that he agreed fully with every
thing that Mr.. Cooke had said.
Grill Punished.
The board then took up portions of
Inspector Fennell's latest report which
among other things, brought citations
against the Union Grill and the Cocket
saloon.
Manager John Romans of the Grill
was present to defend that institution
and Fennell proceeded to bring his
charges which included selling liquor
to minors, selling it without meals and
selling it to auto parties over the curb.
He brought specific charges, also
Backing up his first instance he said
that liquor had been sold to a young
tourist named Green not yet nineteen
years of age. Romans answered that
he had not known that Green was I'M
der age and that anyway he was being
served everywhere else including the
Moana Hotel where he was staying.
Fennell also stated that one day
while he was eating in the Grill, he
heard two sailors in back of him order
1.-TWO quarts. When their order was
served he turned around to size it up
and saw two bottles of beer and a
sandwich, the latter of which they had
not ordered. Romans claimed that no
sailor or soldier or anybody else was
permitted TO order liquor without get
ting a sandwich and that they always
paid for it. Fennell continued saying
that last Sunday the Grill looked like
beer garden and that with dozens of
| no DOW Ohiy AOuA
sandwiches between them.
Romans stated that the Grill gave
more attention to the observance Of the
"after hour rules than any other
place in town, mentioning the Seaside
Moana and other hotels.
FThe Moana never sells liquor with
out meals,'' declared Fennell.
'oThey serve it in the rooms" in
sisted Romans.
The board, however, expressed itseli
that in view of the innumerable com
plants coming in about lack of faitf
in observing the rules governing tht
special privileges, that something ought
to be done. 1t voted at once on mo
ton of Sorenson to suspend tn,
Grill IS after hours privileges for on'
month, dating from yesterday, ant
passed it. Other places, it is under
stood, win be placed on the carpet
at the next meeting.
other Matters.
, The Cockett case was called, Isaa'
lCockett being charged with e violation
: of the board 3 rules in selling liquor t.
minor. Action on this was postponed
: until the next meeting.
Fennell then reported that he hat
been investigating the case of Ton
Douglas who was recently fined $10l
by Judge Monsarrat for blind pigginl
and had managed to find out wher
part of his booze was obtained. In tn
: records of Rosa's Wholesale house, h
stated, he saw an entry where two bar
rels of Rainier beer had been Delivers
. at the same time to Douglass joint OF
Q February 8.
l Sorenson stated that he thought tn
. board was going about suppressing tn
/. blind pig business in the wrong wa.
t and that instead of chasing blind pig
5 it ought to get after the wholesalers
a The board expressed itself as being will
! | ing and will proceed to get after Ros