Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-02-03

y eS, lleN tlt tNtiNtllili 'ul pi>h
opium out of the air" laughed a Pa
ciGc Mail official this morning in re-
Spouse to queries over the big haul
made on that vessel by the San Fran
cisco customs men,
They went through this ship with
a fine tooth comb. The drug was I'M
earthed in the Asiatc steerage, in the
fire and engine room. and even in tho
big Ginning saloon, which LOCATION re-
Vealed the largest amount-somc four
hundred, tips" l-+ ....
y The Korea was a. tardy arrival of
quarantine this morning owing to a
succession of head seas and winds that
prevailed for the greater portion of the
way down from San Francisco.
one hundred and eighteen cabin and
nineteen second class passet gers ar
rived here by the vessel. Five hundred
and five sacks of mainland mail We're
receiyed by the postal authorities. ana
before the steamer sails for Japan
ports and Honskong at half-past five
o'clock this evening, about four hun
dred tons of general cargo will have
been discharged at Alalea wharf,
The Korea was the center of a
strenuous time during her prolonged
STAY at San Francisco. The customs
searchcrs believed that there was a
quantity of the drug that had escaped
their observation While ripping up the
ship" Colonel Blinn was of like opin-
ion, and Withdrew the inspectors, at the
same time announcing that the search
was concluded. But he did not an
nounce the fact that eight picked in
spectors had been detailed to guard the
vessel.
AS the result of a successful ruse,
suggested by Customs Inspector John
Stone and acted upon by Customs Sur
vcyor Blinn, 800 tins of Lai 1uen
opium, the best quality on the market,
were seized from the Korea, making
the total amount of first quality smok-
ing opium found on that vessel lO9SI
five-tael tins, of the value of $4,000
a find which deals a staggering blow
to the smugglers.
Pointing to the grand stairway of the
liner this morning, an official declared
that nearly four hundred tins of the
dope had been secreted there and were
dragged forth through the vigilance of
the San Francisco customs men. A
novel way to discourage smuggling by
making the vessels master liable for
all undeclared goods aboard was put
into effect when Deputy Collector w. |
b. Hamilton of San Francisco noti-
fed Captain j. w. Saunders Of tho
Oriental liner Korea that he is liable
to a $4,000 fine.
While none of the officials or men
in the customs service believes that
Captain Saunders even suspected there
was any smuggling going on in his
ship, such as resulted in the record
seizure Of 795 tins of opium last week. I
lilc tDllttlDi DtlitNtS' tIidtb lilt nv"
procedure will have a corrective effect.
Plates held by hundred screws can
not be unscreWed and replaced, panels
and reset and wooden stanch-
ions followed and covered, say the
customs men, without the petty officers
being in on the profits. II the under
men are held responsible the evil should
abate
The section of the statutes under
which Captain Saunders was taken to
task holds that the master is liable
for everything on his vessel which is
not listed on the manifest or set down
as ships stores.
In citing his reasons for his action,
Hamilton is said to have stated:
Every time a ship enters here aftAr
visiting Chinese port, our men have
fairly to tesa 1t to pieces. The loss to
the smugslers Is, of course, heavy, yet
several seizures may be made up easily
with one successful landing. Snug
glers often make two or three voyages
before a night Waterman they have
lrbed comes on duty. Then they get
heir stuff ashore at an enormous