The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-04-11
SENATOR SEEMS
TO HAVE GONE
EIGHT ISLANDS SITTING Up
NIGHTS LOOKING FOR
LABOR sTEAARR.

(From Monday g Advortisor.l
when the steamship Senator disap-
peared over the northern horizon at
ten minutes to seven Saturday soven-
ing, she disappeared completely from
the Hawaiian Islands--to date. She
has not been sighted since from any
island in the group and those who are
spending money, time and toll in at
tempting to block her astonishing mis-
sion in Hawaiian waters have come to
tho conclusion that she is on her way
TO. San Francisco.
Any sympathy that might have been
felt for the Alaskan people who found
Hawaii pot of hot water for the
unweleomc stranger is now fairly wei
dispelled and the entire. community is
engaged in frOwning with severe dis
approval on her tactics There is
touch of wonder, however, over tho
breezy way in which she blew into
Honolulu harbor, smashed all the laws
that she could in the face Of police
and legal counsel employed to fight her
movements and sailed of again, break
ing as many laws in sailing of as she
did during her stay
The special counsel sent instructions
to all the islands to be notified at once
should the steamer appear in sight of
any other shore, The belief that she
was headed for one of the other islands,
even less prepared for her tactics than
was Honolulu, was generally wide
spread, but this time her reception was
planned out ahead of time, and she
would have had different luck.
All day yesterday tue wireless which
was to place her on the map again was
eagerly awaited, but none came. Even
now the speculations to the effect that
she is on her way to the Golden Gate
or to Alaska are not made whole.
heartedly, for the spectators can not
credit her with a deliberate breaking
of the federal shipping laws and an
absolute contempt for Uncle Sam's Gus.
toms service. A lack Of knowledge of
that marine law is responsible for still
more clouded opinions.
The Aftermath.
The cases now pending in court will
probably be taken up as soon as pos
sible. There is one charge against Cap
tain Miller and one against McEldow.
ney (the Alaska concern representa-.
tive). two against Craig, two against
Baltazar and Alvarado and one each
against four of Captain Miller's men
making twelve cases in all that must
: be tried. The charges against de
} Guzman have been dropped.
+ Meanwhile there is the threat of
counter suits The two mon arrested
Pby Lake by mistake have both an
. nounced their attention of suing Lakes
isuperior officer, the sheriff. IL was
rumored yesterday that the entire SIX
teen witnesses taken from the Korea
! and afterwards released by order of the
} supreme conrt will also start sixteen
suits for damages for illegal imprlson'
ment, making at least eighteen against
the prosecution for the twelve the
, prosecution co1ld bring, n sorry state
of affairs considering the wholesale
law smashing -maneuvers of the Senator
the last three days of last week.
The plantations and the city have
the satisfaction of Knowing, however
that If the Senator is really on her way
to San Francisco with only one hun
dred and twenty-five passengers, when
she was fitted out for 600, that the
Alaska canning companies have lost 0
great deal of money on bhe deal and
are not likely to Join the comeback
club. incidentally it might be noted
that the Senator carried of j. Clark
Bell, the San Francisco lawyer, who
was wanted on a warrant here. Craig
) and McEldowney seem to be the goats
but personally the affair will probably
cost them nothing except notoriety.