The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-05-28
DISCRIMINATION
TROUBLE TAKEN
UPBEFORE BOARD

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pany, Coast Artillery Corps, testified
that a police officer showed him back
and said, "If you had overalls on or
anything but damned uniform, you
could go in People of all classes,
colors and nationalities were being adj.
mitted to the luau enclosure. He saw
bottle thrown, but IL was not Pike
who threw IL. " ~. ID.
Corporal L. c. Barnes eorroborated
much Of the testimony Of the previous
witnesses. ~ !
sailors Testify 3IF 9 /
The witness from the U. 8. 8. Mary.
land were A. Craig, s. @. Cantrell, j.
=. Stein, 0. Meyer, W. O'Neil, II. r..
Gamble, Chas. T. Jenkins and II, Led.
erberger.
They testified solely as to discrim.
ination against the uniform at the nau
and stated that the officers at the gates
told them that they were sorry, but
that they could not 90 in unless they
wore civilian uniform. This was the
mayor s order, they said.
Police Tell Their Side i. A.
Sheriff Rose called a largo number
Of witnesses, including Chief Of Detec-
tives McDutfie and Offieers Ferry, Gay,
Bigler, Stein, Trip, Smith, Silva,
Moranha, EsPinda, Morse, Baker and
Holt. .-.,.... z y - .E
The evidence of the police officers was
that they had received their instruc.
tions specifically from the mayor and
had no alternative hut to live up to
them. The crowd showed signs OF be-
coming unruly and there was o spirit
Of defiance OF the authorities on foot
None saw any hasty or ill-tempered be,
havior on the part of Officer Smith nor
did anyone hear rthe soldiers referred
to as dogs. n
Musician Gamble of the MARYLAND,
recalled, positively identified Smith as
the officer who waved his hand and
shouted: Here's my NUMBER and
then "shoved off, -
The proceedings were good .natured
throughout and marked by but. few
acrimonious incidents.
There was n manifest disposition on
the part of the committee to get to the
bottom of the matter, to give everyone
chance to be heard, and to deal with
the incident without fear or favor.
Police Afadavits
The lie direct was given TO Mayor
Lane in the four affidavits sworn to
by Dep. Sheriff Asch, Capt. Baker of the
police department, and two officers un.
der him = Alex. Trip and Manuel
Smith. The affidavits were produced by
Sheriff Rose, at the request of the board
Of supervisors, sitting as committee
Of the whole, to investigate the piIikia
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congressional guests of the territory.
Follows the salient testimony:
Julius w. Asch-" That he Lane)
told him (afiiant) that he Lane) want.
ed to keep all the soldiers of the
grounds for the reason that for several
nights previous there had been fights
betwean the soldiers and the Hawaiians
in thar neighborhood and that he did
not want anything like that to happen
while the luau was going on; that he
(afiant9 conveyed those orders to the
officers on duty that night at the luau. /"
Charles H. Baker," Arriving at Wal
kiki, and on the information of E. s.
Holt that Mayor Lane wished to see
him, he> (afiiant) Immediately called on
him at'JOhn Kia 5 cottage. Introducing
himself Mayor L. gave him orders,
saying: u
:" Get all the soldiers out of the
grounds. Keep them from coming in,
Tell your men to use their own discre-
ton pertainin to our local people, who
to admit and who not. Keep toughs
and hOOdlums out. Having received
Mayor Lanes orders, he gave the same
orders to his men to carry out.
Alex. Tripp-" Mayor Lane came up
and said: Trip, l want all soldiers
and all machines kept out.
Jack Kia, the park keeper, came out,
and said Say, Trip, what's the mat
ter with those soldiersf Didn't you
know that the mayors orders were to
keep those soldiers out!'"
Manuel Smith Mayor Lane said:
You fellows keep all the soldiers out of
here and should they come in here again
arrest them. -
Other affidavits were sworn to by
Antoine Joseph, Manuel Espinda, L. 8.
Holt and NJ. P. Moranha, all police Off
GERS, but none of them quote the mayor
directly, although they confirm the ties.
timony of the other, afiidavits in less
essential particulars.
The narrative of Manuel Smith, an
officer who has been twice before the
grand Jury and whose discharge is re.
quested by Major General Carter, is
nevertheless the most informative first
hand account of the disturbance that
has yet appeared, and such portions of
1t as are fit to print are here given: ,
Offensive Epithets = III
Officer Smith begins by telling Of his
arrival at Kapiolani Park about half
past eight o'clock on the night of May
4. and of finding soldiers who wanted
to crowd into the luau grounds. A~por,
tiOn of the succeednr text requires
some editing Smith relates how he and
his fellow officers were called "black
dogs "poi bellies" and other cpl.
thets both more offensive and indecent.
Immediately afterward he launches
into his own version of the "ffteen
dollar a month taunt, which angered
the soldiers so greatly His own Ian.
guage, as reported by him, it may be
added, is much milder than the quota
tons reported by the soldiers. In fact,
so far as language goes, there would