The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-23
HAWAII lS IN "DRY'
COLUMN; BOOZE IS
fABU I'M TERRITORY

Maps Of Hawaii n tie hea Quarters
Of prohibition workers today VIII have
pew sha,hnE. .,... ... a.
For AZ midnight last night all Ha
whii,' frtHf the extreme northwest tip
Of the liAwRifnh Bird Island reserN'a-
tion 70 the. fafthest Southeast point on
Cape Knmpknhi on the Pura Coast,
betAne rfdfy tefrit6fy," with tie c6h.
seqprnt change on the prohibition
maps from blaek to. white shadipgs!
This change 10 map sbadiugs is,
however, oily o symbol of the thh 1ge
in the habits abd e,ist6ihs which nRAt
come to-, The drinking portion of the
237 900 population Of Hawaii, whether
they are residents Of little Kaboolnwe
or The Big Island, Or Madi : Kauaf or
| (lnhu,. y -,,.. .., ..
Yesterday YOU could give your
friend "Iittle shot II YOU felt hos.
/ ritnbly inclined. Do II TO-DAY and you
win violate the Kuhio Sheppard Ha-
%aii Prohibition Act Which has brought
the 'clfnnGc in The prohibition map
FhndingS ard pOrtcnds the change in
the habits end Tustom of two thirds
y tht lslanu pOpulutlOh.
DidBt Even Fsei II
"'PrcbiBifi6p 2abi@' to Cahn viii out
"a jar, - ab this 1sian nd has been in
! "dry tetritoTyH since the presidential
"roNAnmattOn went into effect on ApriI
! lOfh. '.'' e. '.'.'
But the missing Of John Barlcv"nrn
from this Territory, nt least until the
war is ended, must have left dim
memories thih morning oF n collision
or h'aui ana Hh&nn where the habit
, { abstinence n still Ia, be acquire ed
! "spe"iflly az speh, points as the Ko
! h"" Clnh 6t the Volcano With have
r9sAc3 as fsnT5as cases foI tie thilsty
traveller on the Bio Island. 90 y,
theoretically oil Hawaii today il
"bOne dry" and not even a doctor ;,
prescription legally can get a feeble
patient "shOt, of straight stnff,'
even nnder the kind provision of the
Prohibition act which still permits al
eohol' to ba ussd' FOR medicinal pur
poses. :"
The reason thereof is that tbe liquor
boards which have federal power dele
| gated' to them through the Governor
for the hcentine" of the importation
and distribution. OF liquor for hedi
einal, sacramPntal, mechanical and sci
entifc 1ises have not had time yet t.
grant tho necessary lieehses In fac
the forms needed to secure permission
to make such purchases were not ready
for issuance until yesterday. ''.,
1t VIII he. at least Monday befor,
any HDnolulu drugstore Or other Is
tablishment win get license for tn,
permitted sale Of liquor, MS, due t,
the 'absrbce Of R. A. Cooke, chairman
Of the Oahu liquor board, there cal
be no meeting until after he return
from Hawhii On next Saturday. Carlo
Long, secretary Of the b6ard, saws tha
thejtwehtS'f6hr hours notice will b
required to call n meeting. Whethp
the Licenses can be issued at once will
have to be decided also.
Bars Are Up
Tn the meantime sale, transportin:
importing Or giving away OF lauo
will be a violation 81 the Hawaii Pre-
hibition Act! although physicians an
drugstores can cOntinne to use alcohC
for eohipOunfiug medicine, for whic
they are not required to secure
license. But the! alcohol must be i
a medichl7eompound and to import
petIhit has 70 lie secured under th
regulations promulgated by the Go,
ernOr. y, fheE 81
On the eve Of, the ,prohihition nc
going into effeet, the question ws
raised as to whether or not alcohol fc
f"el or as mixture for paints an
, other uses Of like hathre could /
, sold until the new FORMS of license
are issued.
Dealers in this commodity seemed (
! have taken il that their business wa
/ not affected by the new prohibitio
: law, as the kind OF alcohol they We
/ is not usually considered as an i
J. tO1irating liquor. This is becau
such grades as wood and denature
alcohol are often used for the purpos,
specified. However. there are grad
of grain alcohol largely used for M
, chanical purposes, such as for wirele
l'ants and chemical mixtures, whiC
/. can be made into'a passshle drink wit
! ont danger Of Instant suicidal result
What IB q Drink?
In an off hand decision, Assistant A
|, torney General Harry Irwin has rul,
e that the transporting, importing al
l, sdle of the various grades of alcoh
s rome within the meaning of the pr
e hibition act, "if such alcohol can
r drunk so it will make the drink
drunk before il will Kill him as
70 quick poison" He explains, thou2
y. that the distinction regarding I
various grades and possible use of 4
$ alcohol will have to be determiG
] "by the facts rather than the law
= in each case.
It'fOllOWs that, in view Of this ruliu
It high schools, colleges, or other nstit
tiOhs buying grain alcohol for che
It ical tests aud uses will have to fOllc
lq the territorial regulations and secu
d permits for the purchase or import
v. tion of the Quantity needed. II m
n follow also that THE Hawaii PrOhil
'e tion Act will~stop the mgnufacture
n. alcohol from moIhsses, aS ut The Pa
p sugar mill on Maui, although us
ID pdiely for ineehabieal PURPOSES, unIe
= deHhtured 80 Il could mot possibly
d, Used "a beverage! =.
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