The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-06-22

buns, men who are willing TO risk
their freedom for the few cents com
mission they may make by purchasing
liquor for those who cannot purchase
IL for themselves. Two arrests were
made late "Wednesday night, the prison
ers being Am. Aloilho, Filipino; and
Clement Pauio, Russian. Both were
turned over yesterday TO the federal
Authorities and are held in Jail in de-
fault Of the $1,000 bond fixed in eneh
case. ,..l a.s5FtI
A. Smith. ap inmate of the Gray
btone Hotel. who was arrested there
and charged with buying liquor for
soldiers, was called before the United
States commissioner yesterday. 'Claud-
ius Mcbride, his attorney, waived pre-
liminary hearing on his account and
the eause was continued. When Smith
was arrested. he insisted upon the au-
thorities sending word to Fred Kiley;
proprietor Of the Graystone. In that
connection, License Inspector Hutton
says he wishes to.eorrect the published
statement that he does not hold the
proprietor of the Graystone responsible
for violation of the law occurring on
his premises .... ....: W.. ".-s .
PIN Drastic Measures
Some of ,the better class of saloon
men are tnlsinG Of taking drastic
meaGnres for their own protection
against the reeklessncss aud imbeeility
! of Those of their competitors who per
sistently wink 1T violations of the law,
If they do not actually break the law
i themselves, A..,,.. Ill. 49,. .a., -
4 Otto Walter, manager, in the abb
sence Of G., A., Peacock, of the Criterion
saloon, said yesterday that he person
ally had seen many violations of the.
ksw prohibiting, the sale of liquors to,
soldiers. 81 hardly ever walk down
! toward the river, 30 he said, "without.
seeing such transactions. / have seen
soldiers lying around Aala Park drink
ing, and with them the wine buns who.
bought the. booze for them. ~
| "'The other day / saw soldier hand.
piece of money TO a Porto Rican and.
/ saw the Porto Rican 90 into one of
the saloons down near the river. I
followed him, and saw him buy several,
bottles Of beer. / knew what he was.
up 10 and ] went out and told police,
officer and advised him to follow the
man. / followed him myself and saw
him dodge into an alley. A minute,
| later the soldier came .Out--and he
had the package of beer under his arm.
But the officer was too late to catch
him, and l had NO authority to arrest
! him. / have a notion to ask the sherL
iff to issue me a badge as a special
police officer with authority to make
arrests where i see the, law being VIC
lated. There's no sense in those of us
rwho are obeying the law being put
out of business by Hot of saloon men,
most of whom can't talk English, who
gwill do anything to make dollar"
League is Waiting
The Anti-Saloon League. according
to a st,.tement Of its agent, G. W. Patty,
is taking no part in the present agita-
! ton to have the saloons .losed. Mr..
Patty yesterday issued tae following
statement; 4.s #-r"
1.-THE situation in Honolulu at pres
ent In regard to the orders prohibiting
the enlisted men of the Army patron
izing the saloons, is this: Be-.
| 4sThe order from Washington was
! the Rame as the orders ito other mill
taTy camps, and was not the result of
any AntiSaloon League agitation,
neither was IL the result of any action
on the part of the local military au-
/ thOrities, but it was an order direct
from the executive department at
Washington. s .- z r.,l. r..
Efficiency and preparedness e
the pass words in all lines of bust
ness these days. Most business houses,
railroads, and managers of athletic
: teams found out long ago that booze
does not spell efficiency. As the ques-
ton of putting our army in the best
! possible condition for the strenuous
work before IL, all those things which
tend to diminish its efficiency are be-
ing eliminated, and since intoxicants
| are the most common and evident
cause OF inefliciency, they were among
| the first to be under the ban of the
! government, 1t may, to the soldier,
seem hard TO be deprived of the privi-
lege of drinking when and what they
like. 30 with those employed on rail
roads, in the large industrial plants,
and in training for athletic sports, but
! it is all worth while. If self.denfal
means victory, let us with patience
strive for the best. Nothing that is
worth while ever comes without some
sacrifice. ...9 ..~.
'The consistent efforts of General
Strong to enforce the orders from the
Capitol are appreciated by all law
! abiding citizens, and the fact that
there are those in this community who
! would assist in breaking or eVading
/ this law, is one mere proof Of the need
Of a federal prohibition law for this
Territory. There Is PROFESSIONALLY a
strong sentiment in the community
that II the saloon'is closed to the en-.
listed men, II should be, for the same
reason, to the citizens as we'll " NJ