The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-02-23
WILL LIBEL SCHOONERS
CUSTOMS DEPUTIES DISPATCHED
TO WAIMEA.
Must Seize Three British Vessels
Which Violated the Treasury Regula-
tions, if Boats Can be Located

Unless the three British sealing
schOoners the Charlotte H. Cox, the
Director and the Mary Taylor have de-
parted from the vicinity of Waimea,
Kauai, they Will be seized by the Am
erlcan government Collector of the
Port Stackable has ordered Deputy
Collector Stratemeyer and Captain
McCauley of the customs force to pro-
coed Immediately to Waimea and take
steps to libel those vessels which have
been so careless as to violate several
sections OF the customs regulations.
The deputies will leave on the w. c.
Hall this afternoon at 3 o'clock for ko-
loa. From that port they will drive
across the island to Waimea.
This trip of the deputies is the result
of the failure of the customs officers to
secure the use of either the Iroquois,
Fearless or the Eleu to round up the
three vessels whose rather mysterious
movements have been causing much
speculation to Mr.. Stackable
The vessels appeared off Waimea
last Saturday. According to the regu-
lations of the Treasury department any
vessel coming within the jurisdiction of
customs collection district must no.
tify within "a hours the collector of the
nearest port of entry of the arrival
and must within AS hours make a for
NAL notice of entry by oath. Waimea
the nearest port where the rules of the
department can be complied with but
in spite of this fact, none of the schoon-
ers made any attempt to obey the reg
ulations. They waited off the port of
Waimea for some days and finally the
captains of two of them went ashore
and secured mail while another vessel
took on water.
Two of the schooners the Mary Tay-
lor and the Director are said to have
left Waimea but at last reports the
other vessel was in the vicinity. Mr..
Stratemeyer has been given orders TO
investigate the presence and action of
the vessels while they were in port and
ascertain what the reason for their
coming was. The deputies are expected
to learn everything possible about the
three boats and to seize them if the
opportunity presents itself Inasmuch
as they both go prepared for any emer-
gency there may be some lively times
should the master of any of the schoon-
ers resist or attempt to interfere with
the officers in the discharge of their
orders. 1t is probable however that
none of the boats are at Waimea now
These vessels have been guilty of
violating three of the regulations of
the Treasury department. They land
ed without making entry, they failed
to make any entry and they also land
ed without having been first inspected
by the quarantine officer or the GUS
toms people. The vessels are subject tn
fine of 81, 900 for each offence and
now are subject to seizure and forfeit
ure in any port of the United States.
That the captains of these schooners
expected to come to Waimea is evil
dent from the fact that the mail was
sent to that post office.
The regulations REGARDING the failure
to enter a vessel that touches at
port without complying with these
laws can be avoided only by special
permission from the Secretary OF the
Treasury Whenever this permission
is granted the collector in charge of the
district where the privilege Is extended
is notified in order that seizure need
not be made. No such notification has
ever been received nv Mr.. Stackahle
regarding the three vessels in question