The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-05-03
GROSS VIOLATION.
OF FOOD RuEESlS
FOUND BY HOOCS
Big Stock Of Flour Discovered In
Place Described As Filthy g.
-; Beyond Belief" ....'
BAKERY OF CHINESE "a, 3fgaIgs
RAlDED BY OFFICIALS
Is Same Place That Child Said
Had Been HAttended ToaAboGt
Twelve Days Ago J..

ala. a.
'Gfbbst SiJfation Of FOOD restrictions
in connection with the use of wheat
-four, and premises described by Off
cials rs filthy beyond belief, enter
into charges that led to the closing
yesterday morning of the bakery. gro
Gerry and restaurant. conducted by Lee
wo ON Queen Street in the fMagooh
tenement. n The case Of Ice Wo lis one
which Food Administrator Child assert.
ed had been " attended to about
twelve days ago. Action in connec!
ton with the case, however, was TAX:
en- by Food CommissibnBT William III.
Hooes, acting 'individnaiiy as d mem.
Der Of the food commission, With the
support of the health department. In.
divfduais aetion,F Commissioner Hoogs
says, has been forced upon him by the
inactivity Of the other commissioners
According TO- the report given by
Food Administrator Child to- the Star
Bulletin, Lee Wo's -four supply was
cut OF when the case was attended
to about twelvei days ago..
what They Eourd va. 80 ~"
When the place was raided yester.
day, however, by Commissioner Hoogs,
Drss Us. B'Pratt, president Of the
board f"health, A. w. Hansen, anal
yst of the board of health, and De
tectiSe' A. +. Carter, ninety -four sacks
ob'flbnr were found and the only sub
stitutes discovered for use in the bak.
cry werbf four bags of sweet potatoes,
ninety poun,is of graham -four, thit-
ty.ive pounds of rice -four and o reek-
ing mass Of putrid deeomposing pota
toes that were promptly condemned by
the health authorities. ~' ..,. ~
In the store, the case of which was
ATTENDED to about twelve days ago.
and whose -four supply was 'Seut OF =
n bundle of invoices covering puf'
chases of no, loss than three hundred
and ten bags of -four made in the
month of April were seized.
Detective Employed -.
The raid, followed an Investigation
conducted by Detective Carter whose
activities were directed by Commits
sioner Hoogs, and what was found, ae-
cording TO the report Of the officials,
fully confirms Detective. Carriers as.
sertion that bread was being made and
taBlishment. The detective. said in his
preliminary lhNSSbiBhtlVhNnS huu uiisl
covered that a considerable st8fe Of
sanitary manner. "'.n.
Though the case, of this particular
establishfient' was disposed Of, "Sbdut
twelve days ago" by the food admin.
Commissioner Hoogs brought back from
H. 10 nkk - X; a.ad S,SiN
which shows that LeeF Wo purchased
sixty bags Of fioGr Aprii, 20 from wal
drOn and company besides a number
Of other heavy purchases of -four from
this company and from the Union
Feed GuBpaify.,
1t is noteworthy, that no invoices
were found or were presented by Lee
NO. covering purchases OF -four sub
stitutes, though one record was found
Of the delivery Of three bags of corn
feed from the Union Feed Company.
This invoice bore the enlightcning
comment "three weeks supply, The
lack of flour substitutes taken in con
junction with lee Wo's admission to
Commissioner Hoogs that no used eight
bags Of Hour daily Is taken to mean but
the place. They charge that the Chi
Naman has been making bread illegal
~.
The ninety four sacks Of -four that
were Brought 70 light were not visible
when the officials entered the store.
The preliminary Investigations Of DE,
tectfve Carter, however, enabled them
to lay hands on it without delay! The
N Nar V.la
A number of sacks were under coun
vacant store anIi'the bulk of the; cache
was found packed in two bedrooms of
a'e6ttage drshort distance away.
Shows POTATOES
Lee Wo several days ago was given
an opportunity to- explain y" how he
baked the bread he sold aud served
in his restaurant, He said then he
used potatoes to supply the required
twenty five percent substitute. He was
questioned about the potatoes yester
some bad potatoes he had been ordered
to dispose Of He told The officials
he had thrown away the bad potatoes
and had kept only good tubers for use
in the bakery. When he was com
u ohV" .thO PObnbOpp NO "Ne
using the officials were almost over
come by the stencil that arose from
the bl&ekened gummy mass. T., d"
Though the potatoes" he exhibited
were far gone, the analyst Of party
A. w. Hanseu, expressed the belief
that they could be used in bread bak
ing and that probably their use would
not be detected; though he believed
the bread wouId. not taste exactly
right. . 49,.
Chu Gem, a ell,knOwn Chinese cit
izens who has represented, Lee Wo il
buskhe4 transactions, was present wher
the raid was conducted, He expressed
agreement with the officials, saying the
course they had followed was wholly
Justified.
Refers To Quarrel
Referring to the controversy and
mar 6st fight of the food commission I
meeting 81 some days ago, Commits
sioner Hogs sand last night it wal
cases like that of Lee Wo to whiel
he had reference at that meeting
when he charged that Food Admin
istrator Child was withholding infor
nation from the commission.