Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-06-22
KENTUCKY BAR
! AND FASHIONUP
At COMMISSION
Illuminating Comment BY Field
on Sullivan Note-Petitions
to Be Taken Up Tonight

The board Of liquor license commits.
sicHers this afternoon is hearing the
protests made In behalf OF the Anti.
Saloon League against the renewal OF
the licenses of the Fashion saloon and
me Kentucky bar. The protests al
Iege that the owners Of the saloons,
when they testified before the commits
SIGN. failed 10 reveal certain outside
Interests In their concerns. 4
Beginning at 7:30 o'clock this eve
ming, the beard will take up for con-
sheraton and possible disposition all
the petitions for renewal OF licenses.
- Item 20 Of Fields report on G. G..
BaTtlett's financial transactions Is en-
titled Sullivan note. for interest In
Matsumoto building 100000" Mr..
Field comments as follows:
''On May Is, 1919, Bartlett borrowed
from brewery cash the sum OF
I $fi.500, by check, No. 439, for which
! he turned in to the cashier q receipt
/ from Matsumoto for $500, for inter
est in Matsumoto building. This re-
ceipt the cashier kept In his cash, as
part OF It. until July 3, 1919. when
/ Bartlett instructed the cashier 70
charge the $ll 800 to bills receivable,
although there was no number given
for the note-simply the notation X.
NJ The maker OF the note was Dick
/ Sullivan of the Fashion saloon. After
Bartlett had been served with the bill
II particulars in the equity suit against
Thin. he paid into the treasury OF the
brewery the sum OF $1,000, being bal
taBce Que on the Sullivan note for
S11 Zoo"
Items rs TO q, inclusive. OF the
report, entitled Saloon Discounts Ola
Keg and Bottle Beer s7295.67," are as
follows:
"A cash discount OF per cent was
paid by the Honolulu Brewing q Malt
ing Company, Limited. on all key beer
sales. found by the records that
Bartlett had allowed an additional dis
eount OF is per cent on key beer sales
and s1.e0 per barrel on bottle beer to
the aforementioned saloons:
"Aala. Anchor. Fashion, Kentucky.
Pacific and Royal Annex.
These additional discounts were al
loved BY Bartlett unknown TO the sa-
locnksepefs. Il was the practise OF
Bartlett to receive from the cashier OF
the brewery monthly statement Of
these discounts. ne would then make
notation on the statement as to the
disposition Of each discount. whether
the same was TO be paid IN cash or
applied 20 a note. -. The total
amount Of the cash payments would
be paid to Bartlett by the cashier, for
which Bartlett would then hand the
cashier receipts on. which he had
forged the name OF the saloonkeeper. |
(See Is forged receipts sa-
loon discount; seven forged receipts |
--noyal Annex saloon discounts: six
forged receipts-Encor saloon dis |
counts; and inree forged receipts-Pa.
cific saloon discounts, attached here
N...-.y
--When the discounts were to be ap-
piled to note. II was found that the |
note was q spurious one. Mote, NO.
ia, dated March 2. 1914. by Philip r |
Cornyn (Dick Sulliyafl for $1604.50 /
and note, No. eos. dated August IA,
1914, by T. A. Maflowe for $500 are
instancea) Bartletts object In giving |
these notes was TO obtain the imme |
date use Of the face value Of the |
note from the brewery, making month
" repayments Of the same by fraudn-
lent discounts in the manner above
outlined =
Both the afternoon and evening ses-
sions CT the board are open TO the /