The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-06-08


The tabu upon booze for soldiers i
on. No man In uniform from Genera
strong down to the newest joined rock!
can get drop to drink, hang his tongu,
out never so far. Uncle Samuel haI
put his foot down and the law embody
ing his determination 20 keep his uni
formed men, soldiers and sailors too ,
out of the grog shops reached here il
the last mail aud went into effect--very
much so--yesterday afternoon two
hours before closing time
Notified at,a meeting that broke uT
yesterday at FIVE O'Clock in the after
noon, that the federal army law, with
its prohibition features was in effect
the liquor men Of the city went back
20 their places of business and cut of
the soldiers booze at the source of
supply. They did IL with glum faces
and no comments were made.
There was an attempt to save the
jolly jack tars of the navy for the
saloon men, il being announced from
several corners Of the meeting yester-
day that sailors were not included in
the words military forces, which are
those used in the statute. Chairman
Richard A. Cooke, of the liquor commits.
sion, stated that he was not interpret.
ing the law, as that was a federal
function. From other sources comes un-
sympathetic discouragement for any
such views, 4.
liquor dealers by the license commits.
sion, at the regular meeting Of which
announcement was made. That is, the
full force of the United tSates with its
military forces, its courts and of
fcers, its discipline and responsibility
will enforce this law in Honolulu. The
federal authorities yesterday sent a
message to the saloon men, through the
liquor commission which admitted no
Misunderstanding. sH
This law is going to be enforced
hardi pa. E,r,,.-...
Army Ready TO Enforce ..
From Brigadier- General Frederick s..
Strong came the message through the
commission that he was prepared TO
use the army TO enforce it, that he had
sufficient funds to employ, and would
employ a secret service force, to en-
force il, and that If there was any at
tempted evasion of the law by taking
advantage of technicalities in it, he
would make the evasions impossible by
local army regulation, IL. ...
From United States District Attor-
ney s. @. Huber came a message no less
incorporating. He pointed out that
there were several things in the law
under which a soldier might attempt to
obtain a drink in saloon. II might
be supposed from the wording of the
law, il was shown, that civilian
could take a soldier in aud buy a drink
for him without the law having been
broken. This, says Mr.. Huber, he con
siders an evasion Of the law and will
prosecute the first time he can get
evidence on 1t.
This Is one outstanding feature of the
announcement made to the liquor men
yesterday. Prosecution is ready for the
first offense. There will not be given
n second chance.
Penalty Is Made Severe
And there is another outstanding
feature, larger than the other. The
penalty is $1,000 fine, or twelve
months in Jail, or both for the liquor
man who violates it. The liquor men
kept their eyes on the penalty during
the reading. 1t looks large.
1t has been known for some time, of
course, that this law would sooner or
later be applied here. But it was not
realized by the men most concerned un.
til yesterday that this would not be a
city police court, Charlie. Rose and his
boys sort of q job wherein it might oe'
OCCASIONALLY be profitable to take a
chance.
The white liquor men yesterday af-
ternoon had difficult time convincing
some of their Oriental business rela-
lions that the tabu was on the soldiers
quarter. The vision of these riches lost
was almost too much for the Chinese
and Japanese saloon keepers to cOmpre-
bend all in one mental revolution.
Want TO Open Later =.
There was, however, on the part OF
the liquor men, combined raid on the
seven.o clock closing regulation. In
different answers to the request Of the
license commission that new regulations
be commented on, the wholesalers, re-
tailers, hotels and restaurants, made
common pleas that the old hours be
restored. The language used was so
closely identical in each letter, that
they may we'll have been written by one
hand. The general argument was that
now that the federal government has
effectively barred all soldiers of all
ranks from obtaining liquor, il is no
longer necessary to retain the local
regulation that ineifeetiyely aimed at
the same thing.
II was pointed out that there were
several things which must be defined
BY the President, according to these
statutes, and while local federal officials
believe that there are such special
orders already issued in connection
with the law, they have not been re-
eeiyed here. The three sections Of the
law, which is known as "An act to au-
thorize the President to increase TEN.
porarily the military establishment OF
The United States" denling with the
liquor and prostitution questions are
rs follows:
Text Of Law Clear
See. ~. That the President of the
49, y o'a'os ~ ""~~unonher In chief
n the army, il authorized to make