The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-06-22
Liquor Dealers Believe That
"Dives. Have Killed Goose
That Laid Golden Egg
MILITARY AUTHORITIES ARE
WAITING WAsHlnGToNs WORD
instructions From Capitol Shut
ting Grog Shops Is Expected
Here Within Short Time


notthey were TO be put out of business,
but how long il would be before they
we're. put out Of business.
For il is recognized az almost a Ger.
tainty that the. days of the saloon in
Hoi6lulu are Numbered. What the local
evil authorities have been unable to
DO, curb the sale of liquor, is to be done
" presidential mandate, backed by fed.
eral authority. Adyiees are expected al
most any time from Washington direct.
ing District Attorney Huber TO closeup
the saloons At the same time, full fed
efaI action win be taken to shut up and
keep closed every dive Of vice. N
steps toward banishing liquor from
this islAnd are already being taken in
Washington, according to cable advieesi
received yesterday by General Strong.
In response TO u cabled query by him
he received the following:
S'ARegnlations now in course Of prep
GRAFTON under sections ~ and - OF the
act OF May 10, 1917"
Section ~ bf the Belective Draft Act
authorizes the President TO make such
regulations as he may deem necessary
regarding the prohibition Of the sale Of
liquor III or near military camps. Sec.
tIon 10 directs the secretary Of war TO
close up houses of prostitution within
saeh distance as he may deem needful''
Of any military establishment.
Liquor MEN Hopeless 40 ".'. 'r. B..
The liquor men themselves have
thrown up their hands. "A few of them
are, hoping against hope, but those of
them who realize the situation know
that they have reached the end of their
ttsther--4aRd they know, too, that the
liquor men, or some of them, are respOn-
aible They have killed the goose that
laid the golden egg. '.. .. -
But there are some of them, perhaps
q rmaj0rity, wholnever learn by expert
snse. Asspredicted by The Advertiser,
a injecting Of liquor men was held Wed!
Iiesiay afternoon to discuss the proposal
Of asking the liquor license commission
70, prohibit the sale by retailers Of liquor
not to be drunk on the premises! ~ =
Tie meeting was held and the PROPOSE.
,tioh was holly discussed Three of the
,moet reputable saloon men of the city,
who have always run their places in an
orderly way, argued that IL would be
for the benefit Of the liquor business If
such n request were made and granted.
They contended, also, that the fratern-
ity owed IT to the common good TO CO.
operate in every way possible: with the
civil and military authorities in the
enforcement of the law f0rbidding the
sale of liquor to soldiers and sailors.
Those who took this standpoint were
Edward L. Smith, proprietor of the En-.
core saloon, Otto Waiter, manager of
the Criterion saloon, and. p. +. Ryan,
proprietor of Ryan's Bar. '...5
Gang Grows stubbon
but the gang Who owns the saloons
down toward River Street threw up
their hands in righteous indignation
rrWhati" they yelled in horror, . Cut
out the sale of bottled goods. We mi ght
as well go out of business and be done
with up And they opposed the pro-
position so fiercely that now they are
going out Of business altogether. q
Even IL 1t should by any possibility
turn out that prohibition is not put in
force by federal executive order, there
is a strong possibility that some of the
more disreputable liquor joints of the
city will be put out of business by the
liquor license commission. 49,. 49,.
4 AS was stated by The Advertiser
yesterday, the commission granted
none of the 9fty.three wholesale and
retail licenses applied for on Wednes-
day. I'm part the commission is, ii is
cbnhdently believed, waiting TO find
ont what Washington is going to do
about IL, and in part it was disguised
blythe showing made by the very peO-
pie whom il has granted licenses in
the past. The fact that of the fifty
three applicants twenty were nOn-eiti-
zens, many of whom could not
even understand English, could not
but make an iOnfayorable impression
when the whole lot of them were
grouped together. .."st.. .... .t.'
Yesterday the commission ordered
ten of the iifty-three applicants to
appear at another meeting of the
board, to be held at three,thirty
O'Clock this afternoon in the super
visors' assembly hall, to show cause
why their licenses should not be can
ceied or suspended, Those summoned
thus to appear are w. @. Peacock e
Co., 81 okaki, Loyeioy & Co, 'wholesal-
ers and the Waikiki Inn, Y. Yashiki,
X. sadayasu, Jose Quihtab Y, Kimura
and ". Tasaki, An of them are aIleg-
ed to'have violated rules and regula-
tons, the saloon men being charged
with selling liquor to persons who
might reasonably be expected to resell
II TO soldiers or sailors.
Commissioners Silent
Chairman Richard Cooke of the Ii.
eense board and Commissioners +. ID.
Bowrey had a conference yesterday af,
ternoon but refused to'make any state
ment as to the probable action of the
Eommission-or as "a, anything else.
Consequently the applicants for II.
eenses must remain on the anxious seat
until this afternoon. .' "
Meahtime the business of supplying
booze 20 soldiers goes merrily on, not.
wtthstanding the fact that arrests are
made ON thatscore every day. Most Of
those arrested are recognized wine