The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-07-31
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"A HILo, duly ,26-That action will be
taken, and taken Immediately, 10 put
q stop 20 the Illegal liquor traffic with
soldiers in uniform was the outcome
OF a special meeting held by the Hilo
Board OF Trade yesterday afternoon
In future not only will Wholesale
liquor houses close at FIVE o'clock, but
no booze Of any nature will be retailed
by any Of the saloons, either in Hilo
or the surrounding country districts, TO
any individual after that hour. Chauf.
feufs are also among the barred. ~
In an endeavor to assist the authori-
ties saloon licensees will not sell bot
tied liquor to any automobile driver.
Among those present who advanced
suggestions and opinions on the sub.
ject were Captain McNabb, John ID.
Easton, Attorney J w. Russell, Attor.
ney w. H. Smith, Reginald T. Guard,
The Rev. George Laughton, Deputy
Sheriff Martin, Ernest H. Austin and
ID. McH. Forbes.
Responsibility Divided d..
The meeting appeared to be at sea
as to who was responsible for the
proper enforcement of the law. II
could not be definitely ascertained
whether soldier partaking of booze
in the home Of a private individual
could be arrested. An opinion on this
point from Attorney c. s. Carlsmith
was read in which 1t was pointed out
that the men were quite at liberty TO
consume liquor in private houses pro-
viding they did not pay for it.
The Rev. George Laughton said he
had spoken to United States District
Attorney :. c. Huber on this very
point recently, and he had been in
formed that action could be taken in
such cases. Attorney Russell agreed
with this and advanced reasons for so
doing. But Attorney W. H. Smith pro
pounded his theory which amounted to
that given by Attorney Carlsmith.
Whether the middleman, the man
who purchased the booze from the
saloons and then passed il on to the
soldier, could be brought TO book was
another question which confronted the
board. Differences of opinion on this
Lauthority. No ultimate decision was
arrived at, but the board contended
that both the police and liquor commits
sioners had full power to do so, and
expressed the hope that they would act
accordingly. Viz.
Instances were given by Deputy
sheriff Martin where individuals had
been caught supplying booze to sol
! diers. The names of persons connect
ed with these transactions were on the
police records, but no action had bseI
| taken. Lack of evidence was the rea
son assigned for this. T.. ga WI
Many Tricks For Booze ,t
The many schemes conducted by tn,
soldiers in securing liquor were told
| OIL Deputy Sheriff Martin said he haC
heard last night that chauffeurs pur
chase a quantity of booze for the mel
and il is either drunk while riding IL
the machines or in the country.
In outlining the position as it direct
| " affected the soldiers, Captain Me
Nabb made il clear that he was quit
able to cope with the position as ia
as his men were concerned, but he di'
not want to be constantly Furnishing
his men for being intoxicated. .r.
when the soldiers have free exces
to strong liqnor at any time they Il
desire,'t declared Captain McNabt
"some unforeseen and unpleasant cir
cumstance will eventually arise, an,
unless determined effort is made o.
the part of tire Authorities in Hilo :
stop the giving or selling Of booze Z
men in Uniform, feel il will be m
duty, in the best interests of the sci
vice, to recommend that they be take
away. The military advantage of thei
being here is becoming oyershadowe
by the detriment resulting from tn
non enforcement of the law.
Can Get All They Want
as far as / can learn,o added Car
tain MeNabb, "the soldiers are havin
no apparent difficulty IN getting all tn
liquor they want The law TO put
stoppage to this is now operative, bu
from Information coming to me ther
has been no determined effort TO Ell
force it. ] feel, that if one or tw
arrests were made and severe ser
tenee given II would make a big dit
ference. II is the immunity undo
which they have been allowed to pu
chase booze, that has caused its il
crease.
~ am told by reliable sergear
from my company that most of til
men get liquor from street loafers. Tn
saloon keepers must know these pee
| pie, and if they were given 10 undo
stand the situation a great deal of tn
illicit traffic would cease.
"This is time of national peri
when every person in the Territory
more or less responsible for q stri'
compliance with the Jaw and whel
violations of the liquor law comes
the knowledge of any citizen of Hill
it is his duty to pass ON such inform,
y ton TO the proper authorities.
! Just who whs responsible for IL
non-enforcement of the law no one Wi
apparently disposed 10 say, until IL WI
; finally pointed out that in HonoluI
the law was working successfully u
der the supervision Of the liquor Ieen,
commission. The saloons are regulate
by this commission and IL inifl,
procedure were adopted here IL W,
said it would work with equal success
Among other things il was state
that if a little Vigilance was used /
those who represent the liquor COMM
sion, results might be obtained. Up
the present there has been absohite
a blank, no activity being shown VIVA
ever. "sr Ft 's',fEt
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