The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-01-27
TROUBLE FOR
YOUNG BROS,
Cruised Against
Japs Without
Lights.
The Collector imposes
a Heavy
Fine.
Sampan Owners Ask Stackable to
Recommend Substitute for
Flare Lights.

Collector Stackable yesterday sum-
moned Herbert Young, of the Young
Bros. Launch Co., to show cause why
he should not be fined for operating his
launches in and about the channel and
harbor at night without lights, viola
ton of the inland navigation laws. Mr..
Young affirmed the report that he had
cruised about without lights, but stated
that he was doing so under orders from
the police while the latter were max
ing a crusade against the japanese US
ers of f1are-ights. Mr.. Young said that
he understood when he went without
the lights that the police department
would stand good for him. Mr.. Brock
ons was not inclined to take the stand
that the case should go unheeded and
the Collector will notify Mr.. Young in
writing that he is given ten days in
which to pay the fine of 5000 imposed in
such cases.
1.-The police may be ignorant of the
fact that the Federal control of harbor
navigation limits the Territorial officials
in the operation of their duty" ex-l
planned the Collector. 1.-The limits are
AS an example I am certain that we
would get ourselves into trouble if 1 |
sent a Customs Inspector along the
waterfront to arrest crap players. The
police can also expect the same kind
of trouble if they go beyond their own
limits in the performance of their
duty"
An officer of the police department
said yesterday: I'm regard to Young
Bros. fine the same will be paid by the
police department, but it will be pro-
tested to the Secretary of the Treas
ury. The High Sheriff has retained H.
]. Johnson, the Custom House broker,
and aff1davits will be forwarded to
Washington by the Alameda"
IF I had revenue cutter at my dis ,
posal," said Collector of Customs Stack
able yesterday, II could have enforced !
the law on the japanese fishermen who |
have been using flare lights at night |
in the channel and vicinity If such
a vessel had been in these waters not |
a japanese fisherman would have used
a flare light after June IA, 1900; but
the Custom House force has not yet |
acquired the art of walking on the wa
ter"
Mr.. Stackable has been energetic re-
Gently in taking action against the fish
ermen who have menaced shipping and |
perhaps at times menaced the lives of |
passengers on vessels, by persisting in
displaying the lights on their sampans
around the entrance to the channel,
thereby annoying masters of vessels by
forming combinations of lights Since
Judge Wilcox declared in the District
Court that he had no Jurisdiction in
enforcing penalties on the fishermen,
Mr.. Stackable has begun a crusade on
his own account with the result that
the Japanese are thoroughly alive to
the power OF Uncle Sam, and none of
them desire to face United States
court.
delegation of japanese fishermen
and spokesman waited upon the Collec-
tor yesterday forenoon and asked what
could be done in the premises. Mr.
Stackable told them that all he wanted
Of them was to comply with the Fed
eral law, otherwise there was a penalty
IF 5000 for each violation. He was asked
II he could not recommend some other
kind of light as substitute for the
present fare-light, but he answered
them by saying that he had no authori- {
ty to do so.
of course there is an appropriation
for revenue cutter but it may take
for it to be built" said he
IF were to suggest anything 1 would
say that it might be good policy to ad-
Focate having one of the revenue boats
from the North Pacific country sent TO i
Hawaii to dry-out instead of going TO
san Diego as is usually the case" s
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