The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-11
STACKABLE AFTER THE
SMUCCLERS ON BOARD
THE CRUISER ST. LOUIS
The Collector Threatens to Get Out Warrants
for Various Officers and Men.-.Cavalier
Treatment on Board Ship.

lector Stackable went aboard to see
Captain Gleaves the guns had just
finished booming in honor of Governor
Frear, who was making an official call
and who was still aboard exchanging
compliments with the commander and
officers of the cruiser. And Governor,
when he goes aboard ship of war, is
a person of more than average eonse-
quence and everything else but the
business of being polite to him has to
be brushed aside. An effort was made
to brush Collector Stackable aside. But
he didn It brush worth cent.
You go in there and stay direct
ed an officer, gently urging the Collec-
tor into a tiny cabin that was unpleas-
antly hot. The Collector was SO dazed
for minute that he actually did go
in and take a seat. But soon he got
to thinking and he decided that he
didn t want to stay in that cabin, any
way. So he wandered out and onto
the deck, where he was promptly spot
ted by the officer of the deck. The
latter man of mighty authority prompt
" sent an orderly to tell Collector
Stackable to get off that deck and back
into the cabin and stay there until
Governor Frear should have left the
ship.
It was then that things began to
happen. 81 will not go back in that
cabin, - replied the Collector indignant
iy. ''I game down here to see the cap
tain about this smuggling. But now
I'll go ashore and have the whole bunch
arrested. I IN the Collector of this port
and l don t have to go into any cabin
and wait for the Governor to go ashore.
And the indignant Collector marched
down the gangplank.
Mr.. Stackable headed straight for
the Office of United States District At
torney Breckons and laid the matter
before him. He made formal complaint
against the men and officers of the ST.
Louis, charging them with smuggling.
That s where the matter stood last
night. No warrants had been issued,
but it was understood that they were
to be sworn out and the arrests made.
So it is not improbable that before the
day is over the crew of the st. Louis
and the mess of her officers may present
sadly depleted appearance and that
the missing members may be found un
der the guard of stern, uniformed Of
fcers of the law who have no awe of
other brass buttons and uniforms such
as adorn the sailors and officers of the
navy of the United States.
Naturally, Captain Gleaves would
prefer to handle the matter himself and
try the offenders by court martial in
stead of having them arrested by the
civil officers and tried in the Federal
court on a vulgar civilian charge. But
that is as the land authorities say
and there is no indication at present
that they are going to let him. have
his way There is nothing whatever
to prevent the arrest of every man and
officer aboard the st. Louis if anyone
wants to swear out warrants against
them. for Jack ashore is no better than
any landlubber when it comes to the
matter of breaking the laws and stat
utes of the United States of America.
The matter is left entirely in the
hands of the United States District At
torney, and he can exercise his discre-
tion in the course to be pursued But
unless some kind of a compromise is
reached, charges Of smuggling viii be
preferred.
Collector Stackable believes that he
has recovered nearly all the tapa that
was brought ashore He has great
heaps of it stacked no in the Custom
House. And it is said that there are
still bigger heaps aboard the cruiser.