The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-12
WARRANT MAY
Be SWORN
OUT
japanese Insisting on
Repayment of Their
Money.

b While the sailing date Of the ILL.,
starred Kumeric draws nearer there is
no sign Of the end of the troubles that
beset her charterers. Instead. the
prospect Of their pulling out of the
venture with any profit or with any
reputation left grows simmer. Yes
terday. according TO the stories told by
some o. the interested. .hotelkeepers, the
hui was forced TO acknowledge that the
ten thousand dollars collected in pas
sage money from those who can not
sail and the various amounts taken
from them to make up their show
money had all gone into the one big
pot TO make up the total amount Of
show money for those that could sail,
consequently il could not be returned,
ali the surplus money of the hui. ex-
cept some six or seven thousand dol
lars held out for emergencies, being
locked UP in the same deal.
This acknowledgement is said TO have
been made al the meeting of the hotel
keepers yesterday. Up until that time
the hui had held of the claimants by
stating that there was a discrepancy
between the number OF receipts turned
in for tickets and the tickets issued,
consequently some OF the receipts
afioa1 were obtained fraudulently and
could not be redeemed. To learn
what receipts were Of this na-
ture the charterers explained that they
would have to check OF the lists Of re-
ceipts in hand with the tickets issued.
The work was completed yesterday and
no other excuse could be made for a
further delay in repayment, hence the
Acknowledgement that the money had
all been handed over TO Davies & Co.
in ORDER that the steamship would be
protected from having TO return 10
Hawaii with passengers refused a
landing.
This admission brought on a stormy
scene. The eleven hoteIkeepers inter
ested in the charter tried 70 induce the
others 10 consent 10 a plan whereby
the two hotel unions would each send
a man 10 Vancouver on the Kumeric
ID watch AIorjyama and the big pot
and see that he returned 10 Honolulu
with the money, after il had been
properly exhibited 70 the immigration
inspectors at Vancouver and the happy
passengers landed. This scheme SEEM
ed 10 settle al the difficulties. SO far as
the eleven on the inside were concern
ed hut the others wanted TO know who
was 10 be sent along TO watch the
watchers? The charterers hold a re-
ceipt from Davies * Co for twenty
i've thousand dollars, il being stated
on the receipt that il represented
twenty-five dollars apiece belong
ing 70 one thousand japanese. out
of that amount there was ten thou
sanl dollars belonging TO the japanese
left behind in Honolulu and the hotel
keepers responsible for IL are not dis
POSED 10 see II carried on 10 Vancouver
or any other seaport town.
IN discussing the matter last night
one OF these hotelkeepers said that the
only way out now seemed 10 be the
drastic one Of swearing out a warrant
against Moriyama, who gave the re-
ceipts for the passage money, on a
charge that he is about 10 leave the
country with money 70 which he has
no right. In this way il is believed
that the matter OF repayment can be
brought 10 an immediate head.
In the meantime the members of the !
hui are rustIing IN every possible way
10 raise the money. Il is stated that |
cash 10 the amount OF over FIVE thou /
sand dollars remains unused in their /
hands and an effort 10 secure a loan |
OF five thousand more 10 90 with this /
is being made. Yesterday s note for /
that amount endorsed by the eleven 1
ho-elkeeDers. was hawked about, but
none were found willing 10 advance /
anything on il. even though interest
a. the rae OF twenty per cent month /
y as promised. II this collateral could /
be realized. the money which the hui
Is short could be repaid. but it is con-
sidersd doubtful If anyone viii be
found To purchase the note.
Another matter is being discussed
among the japanese, and that is the
probability OF the japanese on the
KUmsTic being refused admission into
Canada on the grounds that fraud is
being used in supplying them with
money ID show to the inspectors which
does not belong legally 10 them and
which Viii have 10 be returned al once
when they have landed on Canadian
soil The japanese realize that inter
eS-E6 persons in Honolulu are probably
informing the Canadian authorities of
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