Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-05
Jaw MAY
CLOSE HOUSES
OF ILL-FAME

Declaring that, under the present
laws, any citizen or corporation in
Honolulu has the right to demand the
closing-down Of houses fostering the
social evil in any particular district,
eight large corporations whose fac
tories are located in Iwilei have call
ed upon Sheriff Jarrett by petition tc
enforce the law in regard to all houses
within this district. 1t is declared
that under both the territorial laws
and the federal Edmunds act power
is given to enforce the closing-down
of all houses of i'll fame. The cor
porations which have chosen to make
use of Mhat they believe TO be their
prerogatives are the Hawaiian Pine
apple Company, the Hawaii Presery-
ing Company, the Honolulu Gas Com
pany, the oil companies, and the Lew
ers & Cooke Company.
F. j. Lowrey of the Levers & Cooke
Co. said this morning that the cor
porations are not asking that the
houses in the Iwilei district be moved
elsewhere in the city. I'VE are sim
ply asking Sheriff Jarrett" he said.
!" to enforce the law as it is stated
both in the territorial statutes and
under the Edmunds act A large
number of young girls and women are
employed BY the corporations signing
the request and it has been found that
they have been molested by men of a
low order while passing oand from
their woIk"
Sheriff Jarrett now has the matter
ltuA hae hrtf noJ foK Kan
no action as yet. Among those who
believe that the corporations have the
right 1or which they are petitIoning is
Senator James Coke, who stated be-
fore the senate that the present laws
are stringent enough TO permit OF the
oioslng oI ali houses or nlfame by IN
Junction upon the petition OF residents
III the affected dlsIncts.
In case the hawalIan Pineapple
Company anu otner corporations are
able 20 require sheriff jarrett 10 en-
lorce the law in Iwilei the direct re-
SUIT VIII be that citizens i'll all parts
ot the city may make a ike demand
upon the powers enforcing the laws.
iii ,tnls case, according 10 opinions eX-
pressed TINS morning, the people ui
l1onoIulu, III spite OI the Iacc sInat "a
legislature laiied TO pass the
.'KeGLlshC bill Tor their piotectI0n
viii nave u weapon III their nantI.i
with 10 go away 10 "a great eAtena
Win the social evil in Clie CITY.
= Inc petition sISneu Dy the i've cor
toFatlUlla IoCaIeu III the lWHel dlStrIct
" as the suDJecL oI great ueai oi
comment this morning NJ those inter
.steu III tine efaulcd dJlrg OF the socfal
wi from the CCnmuury. ,Iudgc
Whitney of the cIrCGIt codiT, VINO, III
:ompaliy with ii party oI legIsIaaoT oTs
inG others, lnade d visit TO the re-
'trlcteu district III I2Ilel last Monday
ngnt;. Stated that The houses or Iii
anne are now located III tue midst OF
fnat IS perhaps the greatest 1nuus
rial center oil HoEoluIu and that ioF
his reason no worse place Tor the
OF the vice could DC
ound. Guy ii. Buttolph, also a neHl
Ier Of the cottimmee WAC companied
he legislators, stated that Inc cTOslns
lown OF the houses iii IwlIeI would %
OF great good Tor the en-
Ire community.
Reverend A. A. Ebersole. President
OF Oahu College, add William /
hOmpson, alter making an mspec- /
ion OF the lwllei district, recommends !
: dthe closing down of the houses and I
equested that the nold-over commit
ee OF the senate take the matter uni
er adVisement