The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-05-21

shown by the fact nat the customs
officials in san EFrascisco even went
SO far as TO ma IL a rigid inspection of
all the passengSss krom this port on
the Pacific Mail #ner Korea when she
arrived at the el5en Gate port On
her last VOYAGE Passing through a
close inspection here, travellers on the
Oriental boats are given second taste
of Uncle Sans watchfulness when
they arrive on the Pacific Coast. Re-
garding this, the Examiner, under date
OF May l, says:
Anticipating that the opium SNUG
gsers viii begin their operations al
most Immediately, the customs officials
are guarding against every avenue for
getting the inhibited drug into this
country. The first step taken publicly
was the searching of suspicious bag
gage of the passengers on the steamer
Korea from Honolulu to this port yes
terday.
AS Honolulu is an American coast
wise port, the baggage of passengers
from there has never before been ex-
amined, but has been allowed to land
by the inspectors when evidence was
produced to show that it was from
the Islands and had not been tempered
with.
It was deemed an easy matter fol
passengers from Oriental parts t.
carry their opium and other dutiable
goods in their cabins and after leaving
Honolulu place the contraband stuff ir
the baggage of local passengers from
Honolulu.
The new order does not make 6
sweeping search of. ali the baggage
from the Islands, but only draws at
tention of the inspectors to carefully
watch any suspicious pieces wherein
opium may be concealed.
eve do not intend to inspect thu
baggage of regular passengers from
the Islands and cause them annoy
ance,'' said Deputy Surveyor Blinl
yesterday I'VE will open and examin'
ali pieces of baggage not claimed ans
then carried off personally by the pas
sengers. Generally a passenger vii
not take the chance of being caugh
with the goods on him, SO If he is il
the smuggling business he will leave i
on the wharf and send after it."
Toy Wireless a Shipping Menace.
When the last Legislature was il
session bin was introduced for tn,
purpose of protecting the wireless com
panies by licensing them, but, on ac
count of several evident defects in TIL
| wording Of the bill it died of poke
veto. Some law in this respect is need
| ed, according to wireless operators
| Charles B. Warren, operator on tn
| Matson steamer Lurline, says that tn
operation of wireless by youngsters TO
| fun or for experimental purposes is
| menace to shipping on the Paeifi
| Ocean. The following story appeare'
| in the San Francisco Call the day fol
! lowing the arrival of the Lurline a
| that port on her last voyage:
In the small boy of San Francisc
and his experimental wireless instru
ments there lies menace to the safet
of shipping on the Pacific Ocean, &C
cording to Charles B. Warren, purse
and wireless operator of the STEAMSHIP
Lurline, which arrived in port yestel
day from Hawaii.
Warren asserts that he has had grea
! difficulty in getting this port by wire
less at all during the daytime and tina
| he has been compelled to wait unit
after midnight to send a message t
San Francisco owing to the constan
breaking NJ of instruments operate
| by Youngsters here.
| Warren declares that the attentio
of the government should be brough
| to the conditions and some action TAX
en- at once to protect shipping.
Lurline's Broken Propeller.
| Last Tuesday night at sea a piece o
the propeller on the Matson steame
Lurline was broken off, and, as a cor
sequence, the vessel will be somewha
delayed in arriving here. Wireless
| word of the accident came the othe
| day to the local agents of the company
| Another wireless was received yestel
day afternoon from the Lurline al
| nouneing that she would arrive her
| at eight o clock this evening. She ha
previously announced her time as moor
The accident to the propeller of tn
| ship, while not in any way endangerin
the safety Of those on board. prevent
the vessel from making her usual time
No repair work of this kind could, o
| course, be done at sea.
This viii be done here, and the Luz
line viii probably be a little late i
| returning to the mainland. This wi
depend, however, on how quickly tn
work can be done here. It will b
carried on with all possible despatch S
that the Lurline may be able to leav
on regular schedule time.
/ Captain Bent Injured.
| Captain Bent, master of the Tow
Kisen, Kaisha liner Tenyo Maru, n
| ceived some nasty injuries the othe
day when his vessel was in this Dor
according to report which wa
brought to this office last night. A,
eording TO the tale, Captain Bent wa
coming down the companionway frol
the bridge, as the big vessel was pul
ing into her dock, when he slipped an
fell, bruising his body and cutting
bad slash in his leg 1t is understood
that his injuries were so serious tina
he was not able to leave the ship Will
she was here and the customs official
went on board to clear the ship
Andrew WEIGH Next Week.
| Carrying no less than eight passe1
/ gers, Captain Kelly's smart bark, tn