The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-04-23
MANY. ARE NABBED
BY POLICE IN, BtG
Stacker ROUNDUP
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One Hundred and Fifty FiIipinos,
Japanese, Chinese, Koreans
and Others Are Caught
POOL ROOMS RAiDED ~,. .
BY DETECTIVE FORCE
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Sixty Percent of Those Taken Had
Not Even Filled Out Their
QUESTIONABLE Cards

Pool rooms and hangouts Of Fill.
PInoS IN the down town section were
raded last night by the detective force
under Chief McDufie and scores of
men who had no classification or medi-
al examination cards in their pockets
were taken in lunches in the police
patrol wagon to the Armory and
brought before Capt. II. Gooding Field,
selective draft officer, for inpesti cation.
One hundred and fiftv-eight Filipipos,
Koreans, Chinese, Japanese and a few
Hawa'ians were rounded up, and when
lined mp in the Armory, the draft off
Ger found that sixty percent had not
even filled out QUESTIONABLE blanks.
The audiences Of the police descent
upon tn" pool rooms, particularly,
caused CONSERVATION, but even then
curiosity prompted many passersby to
enter the rooms, where they were also
nabhed and held with those already
detained. The patrol wagon made trip
after trip, loaded to the limit, until the
upstairs local draft board room at the
armory was crowded with q motley
were real slackers.
Few Escaped
Chief McDufie's instructions from
the draft office were 10 round up all
who did not possess cards, or IL they
did have cards, these must be the ones
issued by the medical boards indicat-
ing that they had been qualified for
service. McDuffie made his descent in
such manner that few in the pool.
rooms were able to esrape. One man,
who flashed n searchlight, and attempt,
ed to wriggle away, was caught with
the chiefs big hand and brought to a
bench, and later complained to the
draft officials that he had been man
handled.
"My own instructions were to handle
all these men carefully,' said the
Chief. "This man was merely forcibly
detained because he attempted to slip
away" It
At the armory Edgar Henrigues and
Edgar Barry were on hand to investi
gate the men, but had not anticipated
handling an army. - Lf,
Crowd Lined Up &
A hurry.up call was sent for Captain
Field who, on arriving, had the crowd
lined up, military fashion. and each one
was quizzed. He at first determined
to place In prison all those who could
not satisfactorily answer questions, but
owing to lack of competent interPre-
ters, he finally let all of with a card
which they must present at draft head.
quarters this morning At that time
those who hold registration cards will
be given physical examinations, and
every effort will be made to complete
their classification at once.
Ignorance of the white man s lang
the newspapers concerning the draft
havr their cards in their pockets.
Some who gave evidence OF possess
ing cards were permitted to leave and
90 to the homes of others in custody
and obtain their cards for them. This
released about sixty. Others who wer"
in town from remote parts of the isl
and, on giving satisfactory infOrma-
ton about themselves, their places of
and names of employers,
were let off with Instructions to report
to the employers today and have the
fact that they have cards phoned in to
headquarters.
The names of all were listed, ques-
tionnaires were filled out in numbers
and the work Of the draft proceeded
rapidly even under such adverse CIR
81 imagine the fear of the law has
been planted pretty firmly in all these
men, said Captain Field, land thev
will pass the news along that every
man must at all times carry his card
with him.
This applies TO every man who has
become a draftee, whether he is white
or brown. The draft board means bust
ness from now on and every man who
is a Stacker or is trying to eVade the
law, will feel the weight of the law