The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-06-19

z Saloonmen of Honolulu will today
send a letter to the board of liquor
license commissioners asking them to
prohibit the sale Of bottled goods, to
be consumed of the premises. 2"
Such was the statement last night by
Edward L. Smith, proprietor Of the
Encore Saloon. And there is little
questiof but that the voluntary offer
Of the liquor men, the better class Of
them, win be accepted. One Of the
liquor license commissioners, who ask
ed that his name be not used, stated
yesterday that in his opinion the only
solution Of the problem that has de.
Vsloped through the provision Of the
Selective Draft Law that forbids the
sale of liquor to soldiers or sailors in
uniform is regulation Of the liquor
board prohibiting the sale of booze
not drunk on the premises.
Smith stated last night that several
of the uptown liquor men, including
himself, the proprietor of the Criterion
bar, and the proprietor Of the Fashion
Saloon had been debating the question
and had arrived at the conclusion that
the only way TO save the situation
would be TO stop all sales of bottled
goods owe want TO cooperate in
g, every Yay'with the teuitoriai and fed.
eral officials, said Smith.
would solve Problem
In this way, and in this way only,
II is conceded, can the acquisition of
liquor by soldiers be stopped. None Of
the saloons, so far as is known, is sell.
ing liquor TO soldiers or sailors in uni.
form, but some Of them, il Is known,
are selling liquor that reaches those TO
whom it is forbidden And it is con.
sidered that the only effective way Of
putting stop to this Illicit traffic is
to put a stop to the sale of bottled
goods.
@. st. Sayers, secretary and mana ger
OF the Honolulu Brewing and Mating
Company, said yesterday afternoon
that he was going to issue an order as
soon as he got back to his office, to
the effect that beer in kegs should not
be sold to any but licensed liquor deal.
ers. In this way, he said, he could do
his part toward cooperating with the
authorities and putting d stop to the
''ke9 parties" that are so popular
with a certain kind Of soldier.
Some Of the liquor dealers said they
were prepared to go even farther, and
voluntarily agree to the imposition Of
a regulation by the license board that
no liquor should be sold by retailers
to be drunk Off the promises. This
would effectively put stop to the sale
of booze to irresponsible persons who
resell IL to soldiers
Plan M6eting Today
From statements that were made yes.
terday it appears probable that meet.
ing will be called today of the better
class of retail liquor dealers at which
measures will be taken to cooperate
with the liquor license board in the
suppression of Illicit selling. The
places that obey the law, in both letter
and spirit, recognize that their own
existence is threatened by such joints
as the Oriental saloon that was report.
cd saturday night as having sold bot.
tied goods eight times in one day to
an irresponsible bum who never before
was known to have more than the price
Of a single drink Of Elephant gin.
"''It's fellows like that that are hurt.
ing us most, - said Eddie Smith, pro.
pfietor of the Encore saloon, "M0st Of
us'iipe up TO the law and try to cooper.
ate with the authorities, and then some
cheap dive keeper knocks 1t all in the
head by violating the law, and when he
ID accused of IL, saying suavely, mo
savvy.' And we all get blamed for the
acts Of some fellow who ought never to
have been given license in the first
place. - '..' %. ~ '.'. ..
IL isirecognized by the army authori.
ties that the blame for the continued
drunkenness of soldiers who have no
respect for their uniform lies as much,
or more, with certain Keepers of cheap
lodging houses as with reckless saloon
keepers who think more Of the imrhe,
diate sixty cents for three bottles Of
beer than of their expensive licenses.
This was demonstrated last night when
armed guards were stationed In front
Of such places as the Occidental Hotel,
corner Of Alakea and King Streets, and
the lGraystone, corner of Nuuanu and
King Streets, run by Fred Kilcy.
Question of Closing
The suggestion that wholesale liquor
houses be required to close, at five
o'clock, as they did for some weeks be.
Fore the Selectiye Draft Law became
effehtiye, will probably DO considered
by the license commissioners NJ their
meeting tomorrow. 1t was stated yes,
terday that all the white, wholesrle