Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-06
SALOONMEN
.UNCOvERING
THEIR DEALS
Liquor Commission Hears
Startling Story of High
Finance in Honolulu
BARTLETT CHARGED WITH
"STINGING" HIS FRIENDS
Charles J. Lynch and Dick Sui
Iivan Make Statements as
to HnSide" Handling

Stories of alleged high finance in
Honolulu's liquor business, allegation.
of fraud laid at the door Of Charles
G. Bartlett, president and manage;
OF the Honolulu Brewing and Mating
Company, charges of trickery in con
nection with the transfer of saloon in
terests, were brought before the Oahu
liquor license commission On FTida!
afternoon with startling emphasis.
Only part OF the intricate storS
of financial deals involving the own
ership of the Pacific saloon, King am
Nuuanu streets, was told on Friday.
II was stated today that the license
commission will hold another meeting
tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock an
that the matter will come up again
In the meantime, members OF the
board say that IL Is doubtful II the
board can get at the bottom oil a!
legged brewery ownership OF saloon III
terests. Such ownership is in viola
tIon of the boards regulator, severa
years old, which provided that whole
saIers cannot own any interest in re
tail establishments.
However, the Honolulu; brewer!
does business under territorial II
cense, not a county license. Tn
board furthermore has no evidence
as yet that Bartletts reputsd owner
ship in the Pacific Saloon, as set fortl
by testimony, is not his personal In
terest. There is no evidence that thu
brewery corporation owns any retail
saloon interests.
Revelations Have Been Hinted At.
These revelations of outside own
ership in saloons have been hintae a.
for some time A few days ago th'
Star-Bulletin told CT the activities o
the license commission In trying I,
secure proof of law violation in thi'
particular.
Nothing came out at the annual
meetings held to consider license re-
newals. However, Charles J. Lunch
who was recently granted a re
newal of his Pacific Saloon license
wanted to transfer this license to |;
Chinese aggreeatlon. The Chinese ar
Leong Yau, Young Wah Chuck, L
Koon Chan. Choy On and C. Ming
This application for transfer wa
brought before the board on Friday
and Il was then that the revelations
commenced.
Protest Against Transfer.
First appeared Attorney c. III. OF
son of Holmes, Stanley & Olson. AZ
turney Olsen announced that he wish
ed to protest against Lynch's trans
ferring the license on the ground tba
Emil Waterman held a one-third in
terest in the saloon. He declared tha
Lynch had only one-third inieres
and that Waterman had a half-inter
est In a two-thirds interest owned b.
Bartlett, the brewery man.
This precipitated the involved stor,
of the deals around the Pacific Sa
loon. and this led to another involve
story, told by Dick Sullivan Up F
Cornynl, who used to run the Pacifit
and who claimed that he was "stung'
by Bartlett too.
Attorney Olson told the commission
that Waterman and Bartlett bought
the Pacific saloon in 1910 from Pea
cock & Co. for $4,000. each payin,
$4,500, and that Dick Sullivan wen
in as manager under an arrangement
by which he was to receive certain
share.
Lynch Was Ignorant.
Attorney L. Andrews, appearing TO
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