The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-03-02
OFFICERS NAMED
BY SALOON .
LEAGUE FOR YEAR
Business Of Annual Session ls
Concluded In One Short
But Crowded Meeting "
(From Sunday Advertiser)

Anti Saloon League of Hawaii finished
their work in one aeaaion sriday
adiourning shortly after noon unfii
July s at the tina az the annual meat.
ing of the Hawaiian board. The mum.
Der of delegates present was ninety.
four, The officers named are as fol.
lows: ".
superintendent--Dr. John w. wad.
man. -
Treasurer-C. II. Diclsey. IL, .t
Secretary--George w. Paty. +,
Chairman executive eommittee -
Rev. ID. G. Peters. II :. T71'E.-'.' /,
/ Chairman law enforcement commit
tee. j, Walker.
Chairman agitation committee - w.
A. Bowen. - ae1.G .. a.
Chairman legislative committee -
Paul Super. ~ 3 md q, b .,.. ..-. ~.
Chairman legal protection commit.
tee--Dr, Doremus Scudder. -
Chairman finance protection com.
mittee-Dr. w. ID. Westervelt 81
Finance committee-F. G., Atherton,
George P. Castle, 8. Kamaiopili, r. II.
Trent, J. p. Cooke, A. +. Cooke. I.
dish. al. 't"L. +,
Representatives on Kauai--Willian
Werner, IT,. 81 ..s..., ',.e, 4
Representative on Molokai--Henfy
Judd. ...s,.. . ..'..-.... y . XII.
Representative on East .Hawaii--A.
8. Baker. = ~ s...>,
Representative on West Hawaii--S..
l.. Desha. IT,. II S,..s '-',-5
Representative in u. 8. Army
Chaplain o. j. W. Scott. -
Hawaiian representative--A. Akana.
. Japanese representative--C Naka.
mura. ~. CT
Chinese representative-K Fong.
Korean epresentative--C p. Hong.
Filipino representatives. Lonzor.
Press representative-Rev A. A..
Ebersole. g.. ..,.a.s.g. ,.- 3D. III
Committee on esolutions-Th Theodore
Richards and G. II. Dickey. ...... .54
DR.. Baker Makes Address :.rss y, 5s, tt
The session was held in Kawaiahao
church beginning al, @ o clock and was
the first meeting of the society on a
territorial basis. Rev. d. 4. Peters,
president of the Hawaiian league, was
presiding officer. Following a devo.
tional service conducted bygSS, X. Kan!
aiopih and PRAYER by delegates In Ha.
Walldu,t rhOTthu, Euk-
lish, President Peters extended q wei.
come to, DIR. Purley A.. Baker, supetin,
tendent of the national league who
came to Honolulu to attend the session,
DR.. Baker responded with a sketch
of the advances being made by the
anti saloon forces and especially In the
last twenty years, pointing out that
the movement is growing with wonder.
full strength and rapidity. ~, III
An interesting report was made by
DIR. John w. Wadman, supefiptendent
Of the local league. He fist painted
the history of Hawaii in its intimate
and sad connection with the evils Of
lintemperanee from the time OF ava
until the introduction of alcoholic
LIQUORS by the Christian races.
Drink Bill Is $3,570, 900
Coming down to the present time
he reviewed the liquor situation as re-
yards regulation and control and it,
extensiveness in the Territory, He
cited figures that the drink bill of Ha'
wall for 1918 was $3.50, 900. ~ 3
DIR. Wadmap explained the object OF
the league to be the suppression OF
LIQUOR saloons and pleaded for the co.
operation of all in harmony with the
| movement. Progress during the past
year was reported as follows:
Visits by the superintendent ia
practically every school in the Terri
tory.. ...., e..
Along lines of the Line oln Lee pledge
signing campaign more than 1900 have
been added to the roll of honor a.
Knights of the Button, making a total
membership of 23OO.
Along publicity lines more than
1000 newspaper articles were furnished
and published during the year while
several thousand tracts, pamphlets and
| posters were distributed,
considerable Progress Made
Three saloons in the public market
district were compelled TO seek Other
locations. No new saloons were omen
ed in Honolulu during tie wear. The
y. s. Spanish War Veterans Club wa,
closed. as were also two dance halls
Waikiki Inn was compelled to dismis.
its former manager and omen up bust
ness on a more savorv basis. y
After a fight of several months thu
hoard of license commissioners denie9
the petition for installing a liquor ba,
In the Pleasanton hotel. Expenses fol
the year more than doubled the pre