Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-06-17
ANI.SALOONIEAGljE Opens FIGHT
ON RENEWAL OF LIQUOR Licenses
Two Attorneys Retained, and
Formal Charges of Irregulari-
ties Filed With Commission


Men declaring themselves to be
owners or representatives of six we'll
known local saloons have been sum
moned to appear before the, board OF
liquor license commissioners in the
senate chamber this afternoon 10 an
sWer protests made by the Anti-Saloon
League against the renewal of their
respective licenses.
Those dealers cited to appear in
their own defense are Kimura and Ia
GAM, Sunrise saloon: .Nagatani and
Hashiguchi, Aala saloon; Jose Quin-
tai, Service saloon: Messrs. Drake
and Smith, Encore saloon; Isaac l..
Cockett, Cockett saloon. and the Mac
farIane Company, Ltd.
or the 81 saloons and wholesale and
retail liquor establishments whose APP
plications for license renewals were
heard at meeting of the commission
yesterday afternoon, the Anti-Saloon
League protested against nine. Aside
from the six cited to appear this af-
ternoon protests were made against
the Fashion saloon, P. F. Cornyn; the
Kentucky Bar, Thomas A. Marlowe
and Clifford Kimball, who conducts
beer garden at Leilehua. :.
The Anti-Saloon League was repre-.
scented by Attorneys l.. Andrews and
A. L. c. Atkinson. The protests on
the part of the league were made by
the scTmer. -. -. .-.-..- i
Each saloon representative or own
err, was asked if any of the profits OF
the business were paid to anyone out.
side the corporation or partnership:
il any Indebtedness had been incurred
in the last year other than regular
monthly bills; if the representatives
were the sole owners; or If the repre-
sentative was the sole owner, ..=.
The first protest was against the
Sunrise saloon. ...>. -.
League / protest against this license
on the ground that these men are not
the sole owners OF the business and
that there is an outstanding interest
not mentioned by them" said Attor.
ney Andrews. Ill.,. .... :
Hearings on Protests. ........ .. . ..:.
F. ID. Lowrey, chairman OF the board,
replied that the commission would, at
a later date, have a hearing of the
protest 49,. 49,. .- -. =: -.
Protest after protest was made by
the attorneys for the league until
there was total of nine.
On several occasions the protest
was that there were "undisclosed in.
terests' not mentioned by the repre-.
sentatives of the saloons. In other
cases it was alleged certain saloons
had indebtedness other than that mem
toned by the representative or owner.
Following is a summary of the pro-
tests:
Sunrise saloon, alleged outstanding
Interests and an owner other than the
persons supporting the license.
cockett saloon, alleged owner other
than I. L. Cockett, and undisciosed
indebtedness. -
LeiIehua beer garden, alleged inter.
ests other than that. of Clifford Kim.
Isll. .....
AaIa saloon, alleged undisclosed in.
terests.
Kentucky bar, alleged undiseIosed
interests.
Service saloon, alleged undiseI9sed
interests.
Fashion saloon, alleged undisclosed
interests.
Macfariane Company, alleged '-fren.
lied finance" and that the company is
thoroughly irresponsible financially.
Encore saloon, alleged undisclosed
interests.
The MacfarIane Company was rep.
resented by Attorney Garden, who de.
handed that the protest of the Anti.
Saloon League be made more specific.
1T would take too long to go into
the particulars said Attorney An
drews, but | will say that for the last
two years the company has misguided
the commission; that the manipula-
ton of its affairs has been such that
it is thoroughly irresponsible fnan.
cially;; that it is not an independent
or a legitimate concern-call it fren.
zied finance if you will"
Attorney Garden entered an objec-
tion to the protest. He said that ar
rangements have been made whereby
the company virtually has been placed
on its feet. It was explained that the
company has been closed since Febru.
airy, but that 1t made three sales Mon
day and two yesterday, most, if not
all of them, to its own officers, At.
torney Garden said the company had
closed because it was financially en-
barrassed, but that it is still in busi-
ness. =. ..'.. -. =.
Business Not Rushing. -: A.. ~ -.
Not a very rushing business" com.
mented Chairman Lowrey, summing
up the two days sales.
Business is mot rushing just now"
retorted Attorney Garden.
There was no protest against the
renewal of the license of the Haleiwa
hotel. which was numbered this morn
ing as one of those to. which objec:
lions were filed.
Regarding the application of Bertha
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