Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-21

30Oth anniversary Of the landing Q
the Pilgrim fathers on Plymouth
Rock.
ADVISORY COUNCIL.
The advisory council OF the league
composed OF w. A. Bowen. chairman
George P. Castle, r. C. Atherton. w
d. Westervelt, C. H. Dickey and Theo
dore Richards. presented the following
report:
I'VE have kept in close touch with
the superintendent in his work during
the past year, endeayoring to render
him all suitable advice and sympa
thetic cooperation. We bespeak foI
him and the work of the league gen
orally as deep a sympathy and hearty
generous support as possible. hoping
and praying that all Christian men
and women with the welfare Of the
territory at heart win join with Us in
the endeayor to rid our fair islands
of the evils Of strong drink"
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
w. d. Westervelt, chairman; j.. p.
Cooke, R. H. Trent, G. P. Castle, F.
C. Atherton and Sam Kamaiopili, con-
stituting the finance committee, pre-
scented the following report:
Your committee on finance takes
pleasure in reporting that the work Of
the league, which has been greatly In
creased during the past year or so,
thereby mourning larger expenditure.
has been cared for without any SER
ious embarrassment. This has been
Al g. frfA Il
and supporters have rallied to our as
sistance in worthy manner. Last
November. an appeal was made to the
churches and Bible schools on Tenn
perance Sunday for a collection in aid
of our work and we wish TO report that
large number responded with their
contributions, thus not only rendering
us timely assistance but manifesting
an interest which was most encourag-
ing. Our annual budget calls for an
estimated expenditure of six thousand
dollars"
REPORT ON LEGISLATION.
The legislative committee. composed
of C. H. Dickey, chairman; Paul SUI
per, DR.. Doremus Scudder, Rev. Akai-
ko Akana, Henry p. Judd and j. M.
McChesney. presented the following
report:
"Your legislative committee had sew
eral sessions previous to and at the
time of meeting of the local legisla-
ture. We prepared and presented FIVE
or six bills for the consideration of
the houses, in order to secure, If pos
sible, better regulation of the liquor
traffic. These included an anti-treat-
ing law, anti-screen measure, a bill to
increase the distance between liquor
establishment and school or church,
and one to limit the saloon area of
Honolulu within certain well-defined
limits, as well as one for an early Sat
urday afternoon closing. These meas
ures either died in committees or
were defeated in the house to which
they were reported. The only laws
passed by the recent legislature af-
fecting the liquor situation were those
which extended the franchise of the
brewery and another investing the
Boards of Liquor Commissioners with
right and power to subpoena witnesses
under oath" E es9s'l
LAW ENFORCEMENT WORK.
Following is the report of the law
enforcement committee, composed of
G. j. Waller, chairman; Rev. A. A.
Ebersole, A F. Cooke, Fred MacNa-
mara, Rev. Edwin E. Brace and Rev.
w. w. Chamberlain:
Considerable work has been done
during the past year by the league in
the way of law, enforcement. Al u. s.
A. Spanish War Veterans Club has
been closed owing to fragrant viola
tons of law and upon the appeal of
your committee to the proper authori-
ties. One or two saloonkeepers have
been caught in the act of transgress-
ing the law in the conduct of their
business and duly censured or pun
ished by the Liquor Board. An active
has been taken by the league
In the matter of gambling and all pos
sible assistance rendered the detective
and police officers In bringing the law
less to account.
Though not strictly along the usual
and legitimate lines of our work, stiIl
In the absence Of any other organized
civic body in existence at the present
time, your committee has endeavored
to draw public attention to the i'm
moral and outrageous conditions pre-
vailing in the vice quarters of Iwilei,
;. place which has no legal right to
exist Notwithstanding the fact that it
has police protection and official medi-
cal supervision. =
WORK OF AGITATION.
The agitation committee, consisting
Of Theodore Richards, chairman; w.
H. Fry, o. H. Gulick, A. v. Soares and
W. s. Bowen, presented the following
report:
Along lines of publicity in the In
Ierests of public welfare, the work OF
agitation has been strenuously pur-
sued during the past year. The daily
press has been quite ready to assist
The league in this department and a
arge number of articles has appeared
n the periodicals of the different Ian
suages used in the territory. Leaflets
and tracts by the thousands have also
been published monthly and sent to
several hundred of our friends and
,atrons. We seek such an enlightened
agitation OF the whole temperance
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