Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-06-17
ANn,SALOONL LEAGUE OPENS FIGHT
ON RENEWAL OF LIQUOR LICENSES
Two Attorneys Retained, and
Formal CHARGES Of lrregulari-
ties Filed With Commission

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Men declaring themselves TO be
owners or Representatives Of six we'll
known local saloons have been sum-
noned To appear before the board OF
liquor license commissioners In the
senate chamber this afternoon to an
swer protests made by. the Anti-Saioon
League against the renewal OF their
respective licenses.
Those dealers cited to appear in
their own defense are Kimura and Ia
gani,. 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
farlane Company, Ltd.
OF the 81 saloons and wholesale and
retail liquor establishments whose APP
plications for license renewals were
heard at a meeting of the commission
yesterday afternoon, the Antt-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 a
beer garden at I-eilehua.
The Anti-Saloon League was repre-
scented by Attorneys L. Andrews and
A. L. G.. Atkinson, The protests on
the part of the league were made by
the former. 4.
Each saloon representative or own.
er was asked il 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 lsst year other than regular
monthly bills; if the representatives
were the sole owners: or II the repre-
sentative was the sole owner.
The first protest was against the
Sunrise saloon.
ION behalf of the Anti-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 y
Hearings on Protests.
F. d. Lowrey, chairman OF the board,
replied that the commission would, at
later date, haveea hearing of the
protest $50 lsS
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 "pndisclosed in.
terestss not mentioned by the repre-.
sentatiyes of the saloons. In other
cases it was alleged certain saloons
had Indebtedness other than that men.
toned by the representative or owner.
Following is summary of the pro-
tests: 50 -
Sunrise saloon, sfIeged outstandfns
interests and an owner other than the
persons supporting the license.
Cockett saloon, alleged owner other
than !. [. cockett, and undisclosed
indebtedness.
LeiIet,ua beer garden, alleged inter.
ests other than that of Clifford Kim.
I'LL.
Aala saloon, alleged undiscIosed In.
teOsts.
Kentucky bar, alleged undisclosed
interests.
Service saloon, alleged undiscIosed
interests.
Fashion saloon, alleged undiseIosed
interests.
Mscfarisne Company, alleged '.fren.
zied financer and that the company is
thoroughly Irresponsible financially.
Encore saloon, alleged undisciosed
interests.
The Macfarlane Company was rep.
resented by Attorney Garden, who de.
manded that the protest of the Anti
Saloon League be made more specific.
1T would take too long to go into
the particulafs.s said Attorney An.
drews, but win say that for the last
two years the company has misguided
the commission: that the manipufa-
ton of its affairs has been such that
it is thoroughly irresponsible finan.
cially: that it is not an Independent
or a legitimate concerncall it fren-
zied finance If you WILL
Attorney Garden entered an objec-
ton to the protest. He said that ar.
rangements have been made whereby
the company virtually has been placed
on its feet Il was explained that the
company has been closed since Febru.
airy, but that II made three sales Mon
day and two yesterday. most, il not
all of them, to its own officers. At.
torney Garden said the company had
closed because il was financially en-
harrassed, but that it is still in busi-
ness.
Business Not Rushing.
Mot a very rushing business, com.
mented Chairman Lowrey, summing
up the two days sales.
business is not 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-
tons were filed.
Regarding the application Of Bertha