Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-07-15
HOW RUSSIANS
I. LEAVE HOME

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been unearthed within the ships bow,
elry and when brought before Cap
tain Iioudlette they have pleaded pow
erty. a rigid search of their belong.
ihgs has always resulted In the re-
yelation OF most everything hut the
ncedfdl cash with which to pay iiIcir
PASSAGE. . a
These Russian slowaways are be,
coming a nuisance Of the first water"
declared one official on board the 81.
ezra this morning. "There appears
TO be no law under which they can
be prosecuted. When we arrive ut
San Francisco there is nothing 10 be
done but TO release them. They are
then ready to accept the FIRST job
offered by the employment agencies
and they practically land in the Unit.
ed States without having paid out n
single dollar towards their passage
from the time of their departure from
Hardin. Manchuria.
To add insult TO injury. the Oceanic
Steamship Company is Obliged In
each case to dig down into the Spree
kels' barrel and produce four dollars
as poll tax fee. If this sum is not
forthcoming a heartless immigration
officer will refuse them landing at San
Francisco and II would then be up
to the steamship company TO return
the dead.head passenger to the port
of embarkation and thai wCuld on.
tail an additional expense Of bringing
the Russian back to Honolulu.
II has proved n difficult task to
round up the stowaways on the Ocea.
mic boat before leaving Honolulu.
While some are found, a number al
ways succeed in secretlng themselves
until the vessel Is far and away from
the barren slopes of Diamond Head
About the second or third day at sea
the Russians will come out from their
hiding place, make a noise like n raw.
enous appetite In search of satisfac-
ton and throw themselves upon the
mercy OF the officers.
There is nothing left for Captain
Houdlette and his stan of officers to
do but to put the stowaways to work
and on sufficient diet to keep them
alive and then draw upon the steam.
ship Office for the head tax In order
that the ship may be rid of its nm.
desirable passengers.
The Sierra arrived OFF Diamond
Head with the usual promptness and
was along side the Oceanic wharf be-
fore eight o'clock this morning
I'VE had fine trip down from the
coast" stated Purscr Tom Smith.
The vessel brought 73 cabin, and
eight steerage passengers. The
freight list tallies about 1915 tons.
In this consignment there are Ave
three for f. o. Hall and
Sons and two for the Won Hamm
Young Agency.
A mainland mail of ii6 sacks ar.
rived by the liner.
The Sierra came down from San
Francisco In Ave days, eighteen hours
and forty.four minutes.
Mrs. w. T. Lucas, wife of the late
W. T. Lucas, returned by the Sierra
from visit to the mainland.
After visit to the Yosemite, Mrs
NJ. r. Prosser. wife of Attorney Pros
ser, returned TO Honolulu as a pas
sengsr In the Sierra. 4
Ralph Lyon and Mrs Lyon arc
back from visit 10 the coast While
away Mr.. Lyon attended the jubilee
celebration at the University of Cali
fornia.
Mile. A. Dreyfus intends to spend
some time In the islands. On the
voyage down from San Francisco,
Nile. Dreyfus gave number of read.
ings before an appreciative audience.
Leslie Houdlette. is the son Of Cap.
tain Hondlette, master OF the Sierra.
He Is here to spend the summer holi.
days. He is connected with the San
Francisco Realty Company,
81 have come back to stay" was
the response from Claudius II. Nc.
Bride, the former private secretary
md enVov extraordinary TO Governor
Walter f. Frear, as he impatlently
trod the lower deck OF the liner ST.
ezra as that vessel nearad the Oceanic
wharf this morning. Claudlus appears
none the worse for his extended resi-.
dence on the coast during which he
acted In the capacity of clerk at a
San Francisco hotel McBryde de-
clared his Intention of remaining with
the islands. Honolulu looks good toll
me-" was the parting rejolnder as
Claudms stepped into a big red auto
after giving direction for the DISPOSE
tlon OF his thirteen pieces of baggage,
A prominent leader In the Saliva.
lion Army in the person OF Colonel
Charles Miles arrived this morning by
the Sierra. Colonel Miles Is In charge |
Of the army work for the Pacific
coast provinces. He will make a
general inspection of the situation
throughout the islands and will also
conduct q series OF meetings In Ho-
nolulu.
Quite number of tourists have