Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-12-27
SLAVE DEALERS
UNDER GUARD
Chiyo Maru's Brig Held Four
Chinese Implicated in
Smuggling.

The visit OF the Togo Kisen Kali
sha liner Chiyo Maru TO the port OF
Honolulu yesterday proved an inter.
esting event to number of promi.
nent Federal officials.
The steamer remained at Alakea
wharf for twenty-four hours. Dur
ing that time there was never let
up in the maintenance of strict
guard over the vessel. Each and
every person that gained or left It's
decks was subjected to the closest
scrutiny.
The presence of four alleged slave
dealers Cn board, and the possibility
that an attempt would be made to
smuggle ashore other Chinese at this
port. was one matter that caused a
display ct increased vigilance upon
the part CT the officials at the port.
Collector of Customs Stackable
was an interested spectator as the
Chiyo Maru drew up at the wharf
Monday morning.
Vow On Is a Chinese boy who was
connected with the liner in the ca
pacity of mess boy. He was arraign-
ed before United States commission
ers at San Francisco, charged with
having attempted to smuggle ashore
from that steamer Chinese slave
girl. The girl was found by the i'm d.
migration officers secreted in closet
CT the steamship. and she is report.
cd to have confessed to the oficers
that she was hidden there by Vow
On. The man was remanded to the
custody of the United States mar
shall.
A longshoreman Is responsible for
completely In an attempt to land a
number of Chinese from this vessel
and also the Manchuria.
The four Chinese captured by I'm.
migration Inspector Watts of San
Francisco were securely imprisoned
In the Chiyo Maru strong room dur.
Ing the stay of that vessel at Homo
lulu. These men had been held at
the Angel Island station awaiting the
departure of the japanese liner to
the Far East.
While leaving no cargo at this
port, the Chiyo carries $500 tons of
merchandise and supplies for the ORR
ent. the greater part of which will
be left at Manila. A quantity of
quartermaster stores Is destined for
the Philippine capital. There is also
a shipment Of three thousand tons
OF cotton for Japan.
One passenger left the vessel at
this port, In sailing from the Ala
kea wharf shortly after 10 O'Clock
this morning, fourteen cabin and
about fifty deck passengers were add
cd to the rather small number that
originally left San Francisco and con-
tinued the voyage to Japan.
Christmas was all to the merry
on the Chiyo. The officers prepared
for the faEtive day and the large
dining saloon was beautifully decor
ated. They say that Tommy Nc.
Combe made an ideal Santa Claus,
ana In the distribution of presents
and souvenirs no one was forgotten.
Piled high on the forward deck Of
the vessel as she steamed through
the channel were six hundred sacks
of Oriental mail. The mail matter
reached to the upper rail OF the
promenade deck, though it was
speedily handled by the obliging but
hard-worked men connected with the
local postofiice.
Among the through passengers
who spent pleasant day at Homo
lulu were Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Sutton
of Berkeley, on a tour of the world
p. +. Potter, who is going to Ceylon
for his health; f. II. Olmstead, al
OF Kobe, returning to thel
Orient after business visit to the
United States; Mr.. and Mrs. c. e.
Groesbeck of Portland, who will tour
the Far Engt, Mr. aud Mry IT w