Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-04-22
CUSTOMS OFFICIAL 5 GET TIP;
Chinese landed IN Tolls
China Held Pending Further SearCh--MaIna Kea In
With Hlo High School Witnesses-0rteriC Still Off the
Port.

timated to be worth 5000 In the local
market and three Chinese mess boys
connected with the Pacific Mall
steamship China were taken from
that vessel ct ten-thirty this morning.
Before the Customs officers had con-
cluded their successful search Of the
shin they had involved Lin Sui Chin.
Chinese tally clerk in what may he
proved deal to smuggle large guam
titles of the juice of the poppy into
Honolulu or San Francisco.
The pungent and penetrating odor
arising from burning opium came up
through a ventlator shaft near which
member of the Customs stan was
standing. This happened but a few
minutes before the advertised hour If
sailing of the China.
In the mean time Collector Stack
able had been given tip that guam
tity of the dope was slowed away IN
the China and that It was the inten-
ton to land u portion of the drug In
Honolulu.
Feeling secure In the realization
that the China wasSabOut to pull away
from the Alakea wharf Chinese con-
nected with the stewards department
had gone to his quarters unearthed
several tins of the dope and began
to hit the seductive pipe The fumes
of the opium stole up through the big
vent assailed the nOstrils of a GUS
toms inspector and then the fun com
menced.
A general search was Immediately
ordered In the engineers mess room
was found what had the appearance
of being a partially used chest Of tea
The prodding of a finger among the
leaves, revealed six tins Of prepared
| opium. In a large tin container used
| for refuse of the galley, was hauled
| forth a paper bundle and this was
| found to serve as a wrapper for 9TH
err tins of stun from whence dreams
are made.
A hurry up call was made upon the
| Office Of United States Marshal Hen
| dry who appeared and then placed
under arrest Chuck FAX, Chu Tom and
! han Xii mess boys and old employees
of the Pacific Mail Company. The
Chinese tally clerk Is now held as IA
witness in the case against the trio
Captain Rice, master of the China was
prepared TO sail for San Francisco
promptly at ten O'Clock. When he
was appraised Of the find he submitted
with the best grace possible to Il de-
lay caused through renewal of the
search of his ship.
That the China Is due for a thor
ough inspection upon her arrival at
San Francisco appears 10 be a fore
gone conclusion In the light of events
that TRANSFERRED at Honolulu this morn
ing. II Is predicted that when the
large cargo is out of the ship, con-
siderable quantities of the dope may
be brought to light which Is now more
or less concealed by the covering of
freight. The treatment that the 81
IBERIA and Korea received at the hands
of the customs officials at the Golden
Gate city Is still fresh In the minds
OF steamship men who call at this
port.
China a "Goodly Ship"
Eighty-four people out OF IA
through travellers in the Pacific Mail
steamship China are missionaries who
with their families are returning 10
the United States on leave of absence.
In consequence of this invasion of
emissaries of the gospel, the China
should have been on her good beha-
yior on the voyage from lIongkong
and Japan ports to Honolulu.
However. such was far from being
the case. Immediately after leaving
Yokohama, Odd Neptune showed much
i'll temper. A succession of gales ac-
companied by rough seas kept most
every one save the officers within
doors. II was not until the China
got into touch with the Hawaiian ISL
ands that the weather moderated.
Among the missionaries In the party
are several children who were horn
in the foreign field and II Is said that
until they reached the treaty ports
along the China coast, these had new
err before looked upon white person
other than their parents. =
Five hundred tons general freight
went out of the China during the
night and the vessel was dispatched
for San Francisco at ten o'clock this
morning.