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

OF Deer.
Prices For Beer Run High
Prices the statesmen on board the
ships asked for their goods are high,
ranging from five cents stein on the
Geier to one dollar for three bottles of
beer on board the Pommern. The Geier
salesman also asked fifty cents a pitch.
er when the beer was consumed upon
the wharf,
That the men engaged in the practise
were well aware of the fact that thoy
were violating the law of the land is
beyond question, say the officers who
have been investigating the situation.
Recently the Geier's place of business
was shifted from the eanteen to the
dynamo room, r place where one could
quaf his beer in peace and fun assur
anee of being safe from spying eyes,
albeit n rather warm one.
In the Pommern they became sus
picious several days ago, and the cook,
who was formerly dispenser, quit his
job and the steward took his place The
SetOs apparently was too eocksure of
immunity, for no attempt there has
been made to evade any officers who
might come searching. The orinz Wal.
demar has all along acted as q sort Of
safety valve for the POmmern, a place
that could take place of the overflow
meetings from the other shipsi
sstOs tspeakeasy' Most Popular a..
OF all the maritime "speak easies' -
the Setos is the one that has enjoyed
the most popularity. Her carpenter,
picknamed Chips" after the manner
of ship 8 carpenters the world over, has
proved himself genial bartender. lie
provided tables and benches for his pat
rons, and when the beer proved too
much for their heads. placed at their
disposal bunk in which to sleep off
the fumes Of their lihations. The Geier,
however, is sai'l 10 have maintained her
prestige as h Kings ship, and served
the best brew, although a warm one.
Up to three weeks ago her beer was
even cool at times, and enjoyed de-
served prominence on that account.
The traffic ia SUNDAY booze aboard
the refugee fleet has been " Ter sus-
Hicion ever since last September, saws
license InspertOr Fennea who adds
that the heavy salos Of beer to tie ships
w the Honolulu Brewing Company. and
the greatly increased unksnpass on
the waterfront, attracted his attention
to the existenr" Of the suppressed "bliRd
plggerIes. 1t wns n long time before
he could secur" the evidence he needed
10 make arrests. The men eHganed Ia
the tratfic appeared to be well organ
lZed. and there was even talk Of "inter.
ests' being back Of the traffic.
Checks UP Beer Received
Ignoring this last han,hcap. FepneIl
Get to work to check up the Quantities
Of beer sent week nv W elk to the diff
ferent ships in the harbOr. He faand
What he regarded as a really surprisiRc
state Of affairs. For instance, during
tn month Of December. the Pommern,
with crew Of thirty. two men, bought
end apparently absorbed 475 gallons Of
the amber thai cheers aud inebFiates- =
II you take enough of il. In JanuaFy
re sum total ran little higbey and in
y Sruary, which vas = -lightlv shorter
n nth. it dr"nnrd pfe Z iittle.
~ he PuaIrF'lv ~ LPrr - not trpmcn.
t'2iFs, f'a"unL OUT to- Orly Fifteen gai-
Ions n man a month but inasmuch %
the Pommern crew hos presumably. the
free run of all th" SALOONS in town ex.
cent on the sabbath dav, Fenncll de.
dlred the idea that the great hulk Of
the beer flowed on the four or five
first days of the week each mont h, which
would bring the per capita eonsnmp,
tiGn, " the Pomnern men were doing
all the drinkiUg, mp to trifle more
than three gallons Sunday. This is
more than what FPnneH regarded as the
limit Of safety,
ocier Lays La Goodly Stocks
The brewery r cords -shOw the Geier
down for seyGnty-ninP ten gallon kegs
and fortythFee Eve gallon kegs be
tween December 4 aud January Is, "A
total Of only f9l5 gallons for extra-hOur
consumption for l6a officers and men,
p~aviding the brewery Supplied al the
Tofreshment needs of the waFship.
The PrinZ Wal 'emar during the same
Fsfiod bought bat fifteen ten. gallon
KEGS, or total of l50 gallons.
With these facts in their possession,
FeaRell and his assistont, j. Fischer.
had somsthing upon which TO work and
tEsy at once confined. their attentions
to the ships named, In the mean time
the lists Of arrests and reports of
'drpnks ia the vicinity of the vessels
began to make the usually quiet neigh,
t"rhood quite prominent on the police
blrttSr
Three weeks ago q band Of intOxi
erted soldiers gave the "traders" on
tho PoHmarn q scare, for they started
a fight that came near TO sending the