The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-05-07
ORDER OF MAYOR
AS TO SOLDIERS
CAUSES TROUBLE
Row At kapiolanl Park Euau
! Results From Abuses BY
Ignorant Police Officers
UNIFORM OF ARMY HAD a..
NO STANDING At FEAST
Executive Of City Gave This Out,
lnferentially At Least and
PiIlkia Followed

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Pilikia Followed
Nothing has caused so much talk IN
weeks as the pilikia Tuesday night at
the Mayors luau, between soldiers
from Fort De Russy and the police.
The army charges offensive discrim!
ina ton; the Mayor denies it; the police
quote their orders from the Mayor. just
what were those ordersf On the an.
swer to that question rests the whole
issue. D.. ..s Vii. +. ~ 81. ...
Corporal Meteyer and Private Pike
Of the Fifty,ffth Company, Coast Ar
tillery, were yesterday arrested, lodged
in the city Jail overnight and released
in the, morning in the custody of Lieut..
G. 7. Harris. Pike is charged with as
sault and battery; and Meteyer with
rioting, nj ,tlrs.+. n....
Mayor Lanes version, ...-
Mayor Lanes version is this: "The
luau was by invitation and my orders
were to exclude all but invited guests.
That applied equally to civilians and
soldiers. There was no order to ex.
clude soldiers because they were sol
diers. ] told the police that no soldiers
had been invited That was merely to
simplify, their problem. As soon as
they saw n soldier, they knew he was
not guest without asking further
questions. =. M. ~ r. y.
There are Luaus and Luans 49,,
Ordinarily luau is the most infor.
NAL of affairs. Everybody comes, and
first come first served. Here in Hawaii
we are educated to that code, and you
know how hard il is to dislOdge ka
maaina from his seat. once he has found
place. Yet on an official occasion like
this, 1t was imperative that every guest
should, not only have his place, but the
particular place, that had been assigned
him. The seating had been very care
fully planned, yet with the best inten
tioRs and every, precaution there was
some confusion.
Mayor Draws One Line
There was. widespread curiosity
about the 4, luau and even after the
courses had been served, ] knew we
ran the danger. of being overrdn by the
whole town il line was not drawn
and the police given orders to see that
IL was not oyerstepped,
H0nly, one exception was made
SouI6 IHo. hundred, and fifty Hawaiian
women gaye their time without cost in
prep-.Tt5g the dishes and serving them
Ii ~hs only fair that their husbands
and brothers and relatives should be
admit N after the wants Of all the
guests had been looked to, so that they
A. IL Ia MI Chr
picture. 1t was the only recompens'
they asked and it could not well be dc
MED. y
Police Given Whole Say
nThese the police were instructed to
admit, They weren't given any list OF
who should and who should not be
passed. That would have been impOs
sibly stiff and tedious. The officers OF
duty knew all the women who wer'
working, and all their relatives. They
were told to use their own discretion IL
admitting them"
So much for the mayor 5 end of it
Sheriff Rose for the police department
says he gave no orders at all, exceP
TO see that whatever the mayor sai'
should be obeyed.
Order Was mo Soldiers
Capt. Charles Baker, in charge at tn
park, did not understand this nice dis
elimination. As far as he WAS con
eerned, his instructions were "No sol
diers admitted" He said yesterda.
that the mayor had spoken to him abou
the possibility of fights between som
of the Waikiki Hawaiian boys and tn
soldiers. There have been such fight
and the mayor admitted yesterday that
/ In giving his orders, the disaoreeabl
chance Of disorder and noise had bee
| In his mind.
Undoubtedly the individual officer
understood their orders to be that tn
Uniform was barred, but the civilia
might be admitted If he looked harm
/ less. That was the talk among theT
yesterday and that was the way the
acted. +
Mako Use OF Powers
Their powers Of discretion, they mad
free use of, as might have been eI
pected. As a matter of fact, prett
much. anybody except q soldier was a.
United, whether he had a relative anon
the workers or not. ~'aa, E..,.
Naturally, when the soldiers saw a
sorts ana cOnnltlOnb anu cOlOT SlpPlH
through the line, they couldn't graf
the justice of it. They protested an
were answered with some heat.
Manuel Smith, mounted policema
lost his head and his temper, If the te
timony of the soldiers and of bystan
ers is to be accepted.
i t'No dogs and no thirteen dollar
month men are wanted here, !" he is +
lpofted to have said. 1.-THE only rea
on you buns are here Is that you can
get Job in the states. "
."Youl II take that back before l
through with yoa! " shouted Meteye
What's your numberi'' ,,s.r ...
"This is my number,p answer'
Smith, brandishing his billy, and pr
ceeded to place Meteyer under arre'
Someone Threw Bottle
Somebody threw bottle at this sta
Of the argument. Pike was arreste
charged with assault. He denies
threw the bottle. Others say that
marine behind him threw 1t, and St
others that it was a bystander WI
sympathized with the soldiers.
There were about Twenty-Five soidie