The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-17
Jennings returned here several days

Jennings returned here several days
ago.
Just what the offense items are is
not known. At the Shipping Commits
sioner 5 Office it was explained that if
the captain had advanced any money
TO his second mate, and the mate left
the ship, the captain would. have no re-
course. as under the law he has no
right 10 do so.
- said when those men left Homo
lulu for the schooner Robert Searles
that they were incompetent and it was
not safe thing for them to handle
a vessel from here to the Sound,' said
Mr.. Liddy yesterday. "ThoSe men
were Hawaiians The mate tells. me
that he ordered some of them. alOft to
paint the topmast. He found them
painting the lowermast. They don t
know the difference between the throat
and the peak halliards, or even what
those are. Those men came from the
sugar plantations-I used a little Sher-
lock Holmes about that. Why, look at
the way their feet spread out. Why,
their toes looked like the hieroglyphics
of Cleopatra 5 needle -
As a matter OF fact, the men were
not plantation hands, but they were
young town Hawaiians.
No Terra Firma for Nieper.
Not citizen Of country of which
he has been a resident for twenty.
seven years, not subject of Far
East Emperor, and afflicted with an
ailment which prevents him, an alien.
from landing here-such was the plight
OF John Niener, the well-known Homo
lulu expressman, who arrived yester-
day on the s. s. China from Japan.
Mr.. Nieper was the only passenger for
Honolulu, but he was confronted here
by peculiar eomplexity of the law,
and last evening was not allowed to
come ashore.
A couple of months ago Mr.. Nieper
went TO Japan. The Japanese quaran-
tine officials decided that as he was
not japanese subject, and being a
man IN bad health, he could not land
on Nipponese shores. He was turned
back, and so he returned to Honolulu.
where all his interests are. But as he
has never been naturalized, as far as
the immigration officials knew last
evening, and as he is therefore sub
ject of-so they said-Germany he was
held aboard as an alien in nl-health,
and the immigration laws have some
thing to say on persons so unfortunate
as 70 be without a country and sick.
There was quite conference of
immigration officials and
others interested in Nieper's case, and
as the China does not leave for San
Francisco until noon today, it was de-
cided that all should sleep on the ques-
ton for the night and a decision be
given this morning.
There were but four frst-class pas
sengers on the vessel from the Orient
for San Francisco, one of the lightest
lists in her career. The voyage was
pleasant with the exception of a |
couple of days of rough weather near |
he Islands. The vessel has about 500 |
tons Of cargo for Honolulu.
The China has been unfortunate in /
he small number of passengers she |
las been carrying, for some time, and |
t is because of her place in the |
schedule, which gives her no chance. |
She is sandwiehed between the big /
hips Mongolia, Manchuria, Siberia and |
Korea, and as people generally desire |
he big boats nowadays, the fine old /
}hina 8 excellent accommodations go |
l-begging. The former flagship has
lbout the most eOmmodious staterooms |
With high ceilings, wide corridors and |
most spacious "'real -steamer' decks of
he entire feet.
The China goes at II noon today.