Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-07

( a valiant fight, but has had too little
assistance Matters have now be-
come so bad that even the Board OF
Trade has taken notice. AS the po-
lice will not help, we must ask the
commissioners to do so. Let them
create an example, or If we cannot
get enforcement of the law, let us
try prohibition.
Since the above was written, an IN
cidCnt occurred which throws : con-
siderable light on the situation: AS
the Board of Trade a few days ago
publicly expressed its desire that the
papers do something to clear up the
situation, the following may serve:
On the evening of the day when
he emerged from the Hilo Jail, where
he had served his three months
sentence, the subject mentioned
above was seen entering saloon,
with some sailors. He was served
with a glass OF beer, which he drank.
He was at the time in fair condition
rs regards sObriety.
The attention of the bartended was
called to the fact that the subject had
heen convicted several times recently
of drunkenness, and thet it would
therefore seem an unWise thing TO
serve him. - The bartender answered,
frankly and courteously, that he had
suspected that it might be a question
able thing to serve the subject. He
mad, however, made inquiries; and had
found that he was not on the trouble
! LIST In other words, the saloon had
not been warned that this man must
not be served with liquor.
Inquiry was subsequently made at
the police station, where the record
of the subject was looked UP. 1t
showed that during the present year
| he had been convicted for drunken
hess on May 3, when he had sentence
suspended for thirteen months; he
was convicted on a charge of drunk
enness on June 3, when he was
sentenced to ten days in Jail; he was
| convicted ON July II, for vagrancy,
and was sent to Jail for one month;
and he was convicted on Aug. II, for
drunkenness, and was sentenced to
Imprisonment for three months. His
| record for previous years showed
| fifteen arrests, most of them for
| drunkenness.
The law provides that ''it shall be
the duty of every judge and district
magistrate before whom a person is
found guilty of being intoxicated, to
Immediately notify the inspector in
writing of the name and residence OF
the person so found guilty, and it
tShall thereupon be the duty Of the
inspector to likewise notify all H.
censees."
| The license inspector showed the
Tribune his copy of the trouble list.
It contained the names Of less than
dozen persons, these being only
the persons in whose cases protests
had been filed by friends and rela
tives. This was the only trouble
list" with which the inspector had
! ever been furnished.
| The trouble list" on file with the
| liquor dealers was examined. It cor
responded with that exhibited by tho
! liquor inspector. They had no other
The trouble list" now in force does
! not contain the name Of a single one
of our Village DRINKS" There is alb
soIutely nothing to prevent the men
whose convictions for drunkenness
are so frequent as to- be a matter OF
common scandal, from purchasing
their own liquor at the bars.
| This state of affairs exists in spite
| Of the law making it unlawful tc
sell to them within two years after
! their last conviction. The district
! court clerk says that he sends to the
! license commissioners a record Of al
| the DRINKS convicted in that court
! Still the present "trouble list" refers
merely to cases Of personal protests
I hut the statute directed against the
! chronic drunks is not carried out
! TIL" dealers are in this case not II
! blame. The license commission
! should carry out the law.-HlIc
! Tribune