The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-09-06
MARSHAL STRIKES
ATSW|PESMAKERS
WITH SUDDENRA|D
Five Joints. Located Close To-
gether and Large Amount Of
"a. Evidence Is Secured
STENCIL or EXHIBITS ~. =
vi RISES TO HIGH HEAVEN
Smiddy Says Industry That Has
r. Recently Flourished > Is g !
Facing It's Doom : T. -


Five manufsetories Of swipes were
put out Of business, quantities Of the
stuff seized as evidence and a-humbeT
Of arrests made yesterday whom United
States Marshal smiddy and Deputy
Marshal Laval came down suddenly and
Unexpectedly upon veritable nest Of
the illicit booze markers. The Ave
joints were located almost. within 4
stones throw Of one another on School
Street and II was suggestive Of, the
fate Of the habitual swipes drinker that
these joints were in the immediate vi.
cinity of the insane asylum, as II for
convenience sake. W. -.
All of the swipes joints were running
full blast when the officers made their
raids upon the places that have been,
II Is said, rendezvous for soldiers and
dissolute Hawaiians for some weeks
past.
These wholesale arrests are among
the first made under the federal ptohi.
bition law.
Owing to the fact that military pro.
hibition under proclamation did not
prohibit the manufacture Of liquor on
Oahu but merely prohibited the sale.
the swipes industry has been thriving
one since the dry Oahu proclamat ton
swAn nRanN uSIratsaaa AA-A
gone into this easy way Of making
money. and when raided by the police
or officers from the liquor commission,
they have always maintained that they
made the liquor for their own use. I'm.
less an actual sale OF the liquor was
proved. Il was impossible TO, obtain
convictions under the territorial laws.
Old Order Passes r.. r:.- D.,
Conditions have vastly changed, how:
ever. under the federal law and the
presence Of this home manufactured
and brain destroying brew upon the
premises Of anyone in Hawaii will be
considered prima faeie evidence Of its
manufacture by the person upon whose
premises IL IL found and arrests and
convictions win follow, according to
the federal authorities. h,E4,&L. u q, j
Those arrested yesterday were, David
Keanla, Frank Lula, 8. Mahuia, William
Hoppe and Phillip Freitsa Marshal
Smiddy brought back q motor truck
full Of evidence consisting Of barrels
and bali barrels Of swipes, which gave
out Q stencil that permeated the whole
federal building. Judge Banks wss
driven ont Of his Office by the noxious
fumes, which arose from this evidence
aud he promises that the defendants IN
these cases will be given speedy, trial
in order to rid the marshal's room OF
the reeking and foul smelling mass OF
"exhibits' in the cases to be called
Swtpes Making Common 49,. =.
! "Swipes making 10 going on all over
, the city and, in fact, ell, over the Ter
, ritory' said Marshal Smiddy. "Ir
some cases this condition IL caused by
| ignorance on the part Of Hawaiians
! who have not been mOlested in the past
for the manufacture Of their home brew
{ The police could not do anything with
them as there was no territorial law
covering the case. II a man was nc
tually caught selling the liquor. he wa
arrested and<shis conviction followed
"In the arrests Of today, there were
two cases where there were extenuatinl
, circumstances. Mahuia, the second maj
arrested. is destitute totally blind anC
has wife dependent upon him. HI
! freely admitted having made and solo
this vile stuff but gave as an excuse
that he had no other means Of liveli
hood.
Wife Would Substitute
"Wheu we raided the Freitas joint
Freitas kicked over the tub Of swipel
and after making his escape through
the back Of the house. he went int,
hiding In the neighborhOod. We cal
get him any time we want him, how
ever. His wife pleaded most fearful
" with me not to continue the searcl
for her husband. She said that she wa
perfectly willing to submit TO arres
but begged that her husband be allow
ed to go free. The woman said tina
she had a number OF small children
Her husband could only get work ocea
sionally on the wharyes as stevedore
Thev went into this swipes MAXIM
business. she said, to help feed he
family. II her husband was arrested
her children would starve. I investi
gated the conditions surrounding thi
cese and found that what the womaI
told m" was trne,
Make Big Profits :.
"Thc Others arrested were member
90 "enr Of lonfors and buns VII
have taken advantage OF these coudt
tons TO make an easv living. They ar
too strong to work and lie around thes
ioints oil dav debauching soldiers an
HawaiiauS Tho stuff costs little o
nothing to make. as II consists o
banana and pineapple Feelings. brau
potatoes. a little sugar or molasses-
in fact anything which will ferment
They get one dollar and fifty Z mt
bottle for the stun and are ehargin
war prices. Twenty years ago whe
liquor was expensive here, swipes SOL
for tiftv cents gallon. These fellow
are profiteers rs we'll rs moonshiners.
A preliminary hearing Of the ease
will be held before Commissioner Georg
Curry this morning. In the meantim,
the federal building reminds on,
Of ANYTHING but a hav loft filled with
new mowu hay, judging from the odor
that assails those who mount the stair,
to the marshal's office.