The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-05-14
SUPERVISORS W|tL
!. PROBE T0BOTT0H,
OF LUAU FRACAS
Board viii Investigate As a Com
mittee OF the Whole
At Once
SHERIFF ROSE BUSY
HUNTING AFFIDAVlTS
Merry Political SquabbIe Is In
Sight When Mayor Lane
Comes Back

AT the meeting Of the board of su.i
pervisorS held last night 1t was moved
and carried that, in view of the in
ability of the civil service commission
TO take action in the matter Of invesA
tigating the recent fracas botween the
military and the police on the occasion
of the mayor = hau, the board Of super
visOrs sit as committee Of the whole
to take up the matter and probe il to
the bottom.
A communication was read from
Chairman Andrews of the civil service
commission, declaring its inability to-
investigate the matter as requested by
the board. 0|
New Rule win Result f.,
He further stated that he had been
appointed a committee of one to pre-
pare new rules ami regulations to cover
the right Of any citizen to make q, com.
plant for neglect of duty or any other
improper act by a police officer or fire.,
man, before the commission, and to,
punish such officer il found guilty.
Andrews communication stated, that
prior commissions had hesitated to an
propriate to themselves the power un.
her consideration and that only with
great reluctance, and in view of the
ract that the commission would be
derelict in its duty to the citizens of
the community if it did not give them
the right of complaint to the commits
sion, has that body decided to take to
themselves the power i'll question. .'
Police Get Affidavits
/ Sheriff Rose has collected several af-
tidavits relating to the barring Of sol.
die:s from Mayor Lanes luau May A.
He is prepared to make them public
tomorrow If the mayor, who will 70.
turn tomorrow morning on the steamer
Mama Kca, refuses to acknowledge
that he gave orders that soldiers be
barred.
1--WE don t wish to take advantage
of the mayor 3 absense, - said Deputy
sheriff AsGh last night. ave witt want
until he returns and see what he says.
II he says he did not give Captain
Baker and myself orders to keep the
soldiers out, we will make the attidav-
ITS public.
The issue was indicated. clearly by
the deputy sheriff in his statement as
to the orders the mayor gave him. He
says this is what the mayor said to
him:
Keep the soldiers out of the park
tonight. There have been fights III
this ncighbOrhood the last four or five
nights between the soldiers and Ha.
waiian boys, and we don { want any
thing like this to happen at, the, luau.''
Mr.. Asch told a story of the exper.
fence Of Captain Baker yesterday morn
ing. James Kulike, one of the mayor u
political supporters met the captain on
the street, he said.
"Why do you want to be having this
trouble with the mayorf" Kulike was
quoted as having asked of, Baker.
We don t want any trouble; all we
want is for the mayor to admit that he
gave the orders to keep the soldiers
out replied Captain Baker, according
to Mr.. Asch. '~
81 don t believe the mayor gave you
the ORDERS" retOrted Kulike.
The captain wished to know what his
information was.
Sam Keliino and I were asked by
the mayor to be out at tie hau and
helm him., ." the deputy said Kuhke :
reply was "He told us to meet in,
VIted guests and show them their
places. Then, if there were any empty
seats, he said to 90 outside and get
soldiers and bring them i'm
Mr.. Aseh added that there was no
statement made as to whether any
soldiers were seated in conformity to
his order.
He secuted the story.