The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-03-08
Two Are Arrested
For Alleged =
|Seditious Remarks
Albert IL. Lucas and il. ereuson
Face Serious Charge Of Dis
loyalty Made By4Mhitary Pro-
voSt Guard CIV

Albert H. Lucas, a Bartender at the
Fashion Saloon, was arrested last night
upon the complaint Of the military pro
vost guard and held" for the federal au.
thorities on a charge Of uttering sedi-
tious reflections upon, American sol
diets, the President Of the; United
stntes, and for rSpressiHkfa wish that
a revolution would come to end the
war. ~ 'r' -
Lucas was detained at the police sta
ton last night without bail.
The arrest was made At eight o'clock
by police officer and Sgt. w. Searpy
Company c, Second Infantry, who
made the charge after he had received
report Of the purported remarks of
Lucas from w. A. Whitterbery, also of
the same regiment and company. Both
soldiers were in Honolulu on provost
duty
Frenchmnn Is Indignant
| Private Whitterbery y report YVES re.
ceiVed by the provost sergeant after he
! heard civilian, who was taken for q
| Frenchman, ask the enlisted man why
he didn't smash Lucas in the face for
the remarks. which the civilian Is said
| to have overheard.
| According TO Private WhitterbeTy 3
report 10 his sergeant he was passing
| through the Fashion Saloon, when he
said to Lucas, whom he met upon the
floor outside Of the bar:
81 hear they are going to have pro.
hibition here What ire you going to
do thenfs. The private reports that
"Guess we will have to join the
army likepyOu d fools did. Then go
over to France and stop bullets. You
people are d fools. You have no
privileges at all; you are deprived of
your booze or any other good thing,
while Wilson and his friends are, sitting
in the White House smoking good
twenty-five cent cigars. Why the II
don 7 they go ont and fightf Wish to
c. we have revolution tomorrow
to end the war.
Second Arrest In Saloon Also
Three hours after Lucas arrest fol-
his alleged seditious remarks, H. Greg
son was booked at the police station by
the provost guard, with Marshal
Smiddy given as the charging officer
He is said to have been overheard
making anti-American remarks in the
Anchor Saloon by a soldier on secret
service detail, who reported him to the
police and provost.
The only person listed by this name
in the 1917 Oahu directory, is Harry
Gregson, a hOmesteader of Kaneohe.
Lucas is an Island youth of good
connections who is generally we'll liked
by his acQuaintnnces. He has been EN-
ployel by the Fashion Saloon for sew
eral years.
Wh1skey and Prohibition Blamed
"Whiskey, talking" is what friends
Of Lucas SAM was the cause of his al
legged disleyaE expressions, many OF
them claiming they did not believe he
was un- A merican at heart, and sevcra
Of them offering to put up bail for hi'
appearance.
Piqued over the coming Of prohibi
ton and the probability of soon being
out of employment, fOstered to {
Crouch against everything ~ genera
by"more liquor than was good for him
was the expressed belief of others al
having been the main cause of IMcns
trouble with the provost guard last
night
GrcGson $ arrest, coming 80 sOor
! after that of Lucas, was taken las
night as.nn Indication that the army
: authorities here are beginning a cam
: paign to check wild talk about the war
r which it is feared might cause the au
: thOrities trouble when the Hawai-
draft is called into service.