The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-03-07

lot to the city eaIaboose. For time,
therefore, says Fer vel, the sale of beer
onu that ship was discontinued, but ii
waspssumed, he adds, q week later.
WORK Begins In Earnest
HAtBep iishniinis fshnell and his men,
assisted " by volunteer workers from
the ranksof the prohibitionists Of tn
Tertiary. set 20 work in real earnest
to get the evidence necessary before he
could lay the'mat,<r in the hands Of the
proper authorities. A representative of
The Advertiser was detailed to assist
the license Inspector. The first ship
they inv stigated was the Setos. There
they had little difficulty in purchasing
beer in bottles. although warned by
"Chips,' the carpenter arkeeper, that
they would have to "hold your tongues
close, orsthe old man will get in trouble
with the authorities"
From the SHtos the investigators went
to the POmmern. Here there was draft
beer on sale for any who applied with
thirst to qUench and the money with
which to pay for the, guenching. With
true thrift the steward of the Pom
mern, who combines with his other du-
ties that of tending bar, declines to
give change.
Beer But No Change
A dollar, especially an American
dollar. looked too good to him 70 pesmit
It to leave his hands after it reached
them. Therefore, when one of the inves
i tigators handed him n dollar and asked
for one bottle of beer he got six bottles
bot no change
The eNtemporized bar in the Pom
mern is located in the room of the
steward, but there is another place to
handle the overflow, situated in the
port alleyway on the main deck. When
the investigators visited the ship they
were warned to "look like you were
just a-visit,n' the ship, and when you
get n chance duck into the room and
the beer II be there waiting for you.
And, says Fennell, it was even SO.
Ostensibly this caution was to keep the
traffic from the eyes of the ships of,
ficers.
1t was in the POmmern that the
booze dealers first "tumbled to the
fact that the bulls were after "them, -
o. the cook aud former bartender told
one of Fennell = men, who returned to
pul hHothCT lnsLdlIHltnL Oh Deer.
"You thought you had me-" added
the chez, "hut | was too foxy for you
Tell Fennell that"
Visiting Soldiers Are Customers
despite the knowledge that they
were watched when the last transport
reached here some days ago, the Pom
mern dealers laid in a larger supply of
) beer than usual, and when one of the in.
vestigatOrs visited her that night, sol
dIrrs from the transport and the wives
OF several non commissioned officers who
had been passengers on the transport,
were seen bHying and drinking the
foamng liquid. A number Of civilians
were there ut the time, and several of
them appeared to be much the worse
for the drinks they had had.
After the POmIHern had been probed
the m"r nn'rr FcnnPI went to the Prinz
"al""iAai. shy . tied UP alongside
the lumm"'., ,',J ~ order to reach her
On" h"S u rlors tae POmfnern first. In
consequence, there is never much of q
crowd III the Prinz Waldenar, but the
draft beer Is said by the Investigators
who bought and drank some TO be pref
ty good. 1t was in the Waldemar that
the searchers after evidence first got
wind Of what was going on at the naval
dock where the Geier was lying at her
mornings. When they first visited the
warship the bar was on the berth deck
but they learned that it formerly had
? been on the main deck near the crew y
galley Later, when suspicion became
aroused, il was moved, as has been said
to the dynamo room. The beer was sold
AT five cents stein to American sail.
ors, American soldiers and to civilians
when one cared to purchase his beer
and drink il on the dock il was permit
ted, bnt he was charged fifty cents n
! pitcher f
Fellowship Between Dealers
1t was here that the Investigators first
ran across evidence Of q sort of fellow
ship between the dealers II was nee,
essary to b" introduced" by a note
from one of the other ships, said Fen
neil, before one could huy beer on the
Geier. After that, says the inspector
IT was easy. Sailors peddled eanteep
| checks AZ one way to sell beer, the
Chcrk being homored ou presentation.
There was report Tint Admiral
housh, rommandanr at Pearl HaTbDT
had received a letter from the navy de-
partment granting permission ia the
men OF the Geier and the Loeksun, the
naval collier informed with the Ge.er, u