The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-06-22
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'oPR6BEBARTLETT
DEALS T0Q QUICK
{H@a8t# s4H Y
Directors Likely To Be Called As
Witnesses Wednesday
Or Thursday
MACFARLANE CASE SURE
10 CREATE PRECEDENT
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Application For License Brings
Up Whole Question Of
49,, Good Will
From Monday Advertiser.N


Public charges of forgery and en-
bezzIemsnt made against Charles g.
Bartlett, lately manager Of the Homo
lulu brewery, WIN be taken up BY the
grand jury, when that body meets We'd
nesday or Thursday Of this week!
II the charges are substantiated, a
criminal Indictment will be brought in
-. :. !. !s.Sst-aaItion. papers for Bartlett
"a oa.. And + Bartlett should be
brought back and placed on trial, d
shrewd cross.examiner could not fail
to bring out much more than appeared
in the Field report, submitted to the
board Of license commissioners O..
No independent Investigation viii be
undertaken by the city attorneys Of
fec Such witnesses and documents
as will throw light on the report will
be subpoenaed and questioned before
the grand Jury. Among them are like.
" to be the brewery directors. ~ 's
Directors Are Responnpss e. we.
The directors are the responsible
government Of a corporation. In this
ease, they have had knowledge for
t,,ph. . fnat DdfIieI' "anae Siioht ~
the brewery was under suspleion' IN"
annual audit OF the DOORS made grave
charges against him me INST Field
IIepoory, on swhi"h the minorlty, ssock-
hoiders SUIT m equity against Bart
iett ana the directors was pased am.
pinned these charges. men fleid was
even aceesS 70 tne DOCKS snd there
L FsI'i'' q 'the report no" pnpIie prop
Dr.. W. .--...-.,. IL. ..-.,
.,,lt these oPPoItunit .n or lnEesti,
t taS.0n a., ~ nana u IL 70 De Sup2o os
~ Sns c.,' s;a a." an Pos ~
NJ that, ,,,6,,id So - ;ntasS.;r
s+iIi
The boa,d cf Ec.rse oo,rr,; ssions ,s
ia NOT ipysst;ga+ina ~ 4 hroyory ~
is oniv concasued 5with tho rai.t;ons
beitt,Nyeep fbs 3,yaa,.,srTy and reta;I soIoons
anniyinu Kogsliieensss. an ItbaT Svi:
jience R thesd caseaI IA nnw a. an1
! in due fine Che board will hand down
ito fintIis,oRt bns9sE OF lthe record
territorial Investigkafon
Neither is theio brewery as cor.
poration 1der investigation by the
grand jnry.. II holds fts license from
the territorial government. Supposed.
ly the Legislature, which issued the II.
eense has authority TO revoke it, If IL
should be found thatuit was obtained
by Misrepresentation .
But the legislature does not meet for
another two years. If anything imme.
date is done, II VIII have to be done by
the executive department. Whether the
Governor Of the Territory has authority
in the premises to act is a legal ques.
ton which never has come up before,
so far as officials of the government re-
member; but it Is being looked up.
Governor Pinkham will be absent for
another month. Secretary Thayer, the
acting governor, does not wish to dis
cuss the situation for publication until
be knows exactly. where he stands.
The Macfarlane Case
BY far the most important case be
fore the license commissioners is that
Of the MaGfarlane Company. Any de
eision that the board, can make on the
application for a license is bound tc
establish rar reaching precedent.
The company has assets of $l3, 900 and
owes In round figures 100000. BY al
mission of the firm which is seeking tc
teorganize II, without license to con
tinue in business it must go into bank
ruptey.
Given a license, II may fight its way
onto its feet and pay the creditors
twenty-five cents on the dollar instead
Of ten, or it may fail third time un
der the burden Of debts which it ha'
Inherited. ,n,
Ruling Far-Reaching 81
Should the hoard refuse n license II