The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-08-06
CASTLE FEARS
NOT SCHWER|N

The San Francisco Chronicle of July
2s says:
The teacups of the Pacific Union Club
are still agitated from the shock of
conflict that occurred in the lunch room
on Monday when William l.. Castle of
Honolulu and r. p. Schwerin of the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company sat
down to settle their differences over the
mutton chops, and ended with chal-
lerge from the man from Honolulu to
the autocrat of the Pacific ocean, that
he (Castle) would repeat the perform
ance that caused all the trouble, and
that no one, not even Schwerin, should
| stop him.
Then Schwerin arose from the table
for two and, walking across the room,
seated himself in the corner farthest
removed from Castle, and the teacups
are still quivering.
1t seems that Castle has acquired n
taste for joy riding on the liners of the
Pacific Mail and that following this
inclination he went out on the Mon
golia on Saturday last, when she sailed
for Honolulu and the Orient, and re-
turned to port on board the pilot boat.
81 will do it again, and as often as
l like. 1 will go out on the Newport
on Friday, and Schwerin cannot stop
me- Thus speaks Castle.
Calls Him Unfortunate.
"Castle may be an unfortunate
young gentleman. | cannot understand
his persistence, says Schwerin, whose
authority on the high seas has never
thus been challenged before. eff he is
discovered by the Federal authorities
on board ship illegally he may be
compelled to work his passage as n
, stowaway.'
And the ears of the teacups are
, tingling with the rebuke they heard in
the lunch room.
, Castle started out to crafty his de-
sire for short ocean trip by writing q
formal application, which he mailed to
, Schwerin, asking him for the privilege
, of going out on the Mongolia on Satur-
, day, and concluding that if he did not
. receive an answer by IL O'Clock on
Saturday he would consider his request
granted, and go.
No answer came, and Castle started
for the dock, where he says he discov-
., cred Schwerin S secretary lying in wait
for him at the gangway, but that he
eluded the emissary and embarke
When the pilot was leaving the ship
.
4 bered down the rope ladder and jumped
safely into the whitehall, which took
. him and the pilot on board the Lady
!, Mine, and thus back to Meiggs wharf.
$ Sit Down to Talk It Over.
; The next scene was enacted in the
II lunchroom of the Pacific Union, when
Castle invited Schwerin to sit down and
talk it over. The talk was strenuous.
I The teacups heard the manager and
Z vice president of all the ships of the
e Pacific Mail declare that gentlemen
II whose requests were not granted did
}, not climb on board ships through the
d back door, or whatever in naval archi-
n lecture corresponds to that diplomatic
5, entrance. And Castle said that he
g would do it again, and that Schwerin
: should not stop him.
n Schwerin who holds the opinion that
d crime runs in cycles, says that while
he regards Castle as an "unfortunate
Young gentleman that he fears that
Joy riding on his liners will become a
sort of a fashionable mania, and that
some one will come to grief trying to
board the pilot-boat.
u In the meantime the question is
n sauarely put can all the secretaries,
- and the captains, and the stewards of
the Pacific Mail, acting under the or
n ders of Schwerin, stop Castle when he
next appears at the dock to carry out
- his challenge.
s- GLOW can we stop himS" asks
rs Schwerin. "There are many friends OF
m the passengers going on board ship
=. lust before she sails But if the Fed
IL eral authorities find any one on board
ct liner who is not down on the ships
D.. papers, he will be considered as stow
,a away, and compelled to work his pas
, sage to the next port.
III al understand that Castle has been
O. to Captain Birmingham, and to the
70 Pilot Commissioners. What he intends
81 to do, don't KNOW
IT. The captains of the liners, like the
d. teacups of the club, are trembling, fol
the unfortunate master on whose shi[
'e, Castle next goes joy riding will have
ce to appear on the carpet of the inner
81 office on the third floor of the Flood
b. building, and explain how he allowed
he it to happen. And the secretaries, who
ad will stand watch at the gangplank
ne will have to explain how they allowed
" Mr.. Castle of the Castles of Honolulu
Is, to get by them. Turnsties may bt
re placed at the gangplank, and captains
mt equipped with bell punches TO ring nj
to fares all of which will make it more
ey difficult for Mr.. Castle of Honolulu
who says that he viii do it again, ant
on the next ship that sails.
Since the day when the Interstate
Commerce Commission was invented
there has never been such commotioi
in the inner office of the Pacific Mail
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