Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-15
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.FILIPINOS ON CHINADEPRIVED OF
+ WEAPONS To RESTORE Peace

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It's q formidable array OF deadly
weapons that remained in the pos
session Of the officers In the Pacific
Mail liner China during the passage
Of that vessel from Hongkong TO Ho
nolulu and at time that nearly two
Hundred Filipinos were In transit to
the plantations on the Hawaiian isl
ands. So
tAlmost Immediately upon departing
from the Chinese port, trouble IN
large lunches doomed up aboard the
vessel The Filipinos recruited by re.
representatives. for the Hawaiian Sugar
Planters Association apparently drew
up the labor preserves of several and
widely separated localities through.
out the Philippines.
Clan fights were the result OF the
inferIningling OF natives from rival
provinces. The first real serious
clash between Filipinos took place
on the after deck or the liner before
Nagasaki, the first Japanese port 81
call was reached. II was stated this
morning that in the melee large fan
knives, keen edged razors and muir
derous appearing bolcs were I'M
earthed from the baggage and per.
sonal effects Of the immigrants
Before The weapons Of destruction
could be placed In action, a squad OF
officers descended in the midst of the
warning Filipinos and before the little
band Oh Americans had completed
their work OF specification they had
secured hRndred or more arms OF
hofdescfipt manufacture. Razbfs,
knives, clubs, bplps and cane cutters
were alike coffiscated. The Pacific
Mail men also brought to light sew
eral revolvers. There were kept and
npdn the arrival Of the China ct Ala,
Ira wharf this morning the weapons
were turned over to the Federal Gus
Toms officers who visited the ship.
The Fiiipinos on the present trip
arr declared as unusually warlike in
their bearing. The China received
tsk little brown brothers during the
stay at Hongkeng
The liner arrived here this morn
ing with 22z Asiatic steerage passen-
gers for Honolulu who. with the ex.
eebfion 81 the FilipIiiDe Include 20
Japanese and one lone Chinese. A
series OF fights which luckily ter.
minated with no loss of life took
place during the voyage.
The China Is bearing q record ship
nent of silk to the mainland. Two
thousand five hundred bales Of this
commodity, valued at 4 stniilion and
b hnid dollars are stnWed away in
the hold Of the liner.
The China Is scheduled to depart
Ter San Francisco ct four O'Clock this
afternoon, following the discharge of
$40 Oriental cargo for local Inn
Dorters.
Honolulu drew Is cabin and sec
,ohd class passengers out OF total
Of s. cabin and % second class pas
sengers who are proceeding to San
francisco.
Captain Roger Altman. the we'll
Known skipper, reports fine weather
on the entire voyage. The liner did
not call at Shanghai owing to- the
strict quarantine imposed against that
port throughout Japan. Cholera still
RACES at the central China city as
well as many cases at several points
throughout Japan. Second class and
stteraee passengers were not allow
Cd TO leave the vessel at any OF the
3kpaiiese ports owing to quarantine
regulations now in force.
a small mail was landed this morn.
ing. At the agency of H. Hackfeld &
Company a score of cabin passengers
have been booked .for. the Coast in
the China. This vessel will also take
q large accumulation OF mail des-
tined for the mainland.
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Korea Has Many for Honolulu.
a wireless message received from
the Pacific Mail liner Korea enroute
from San Francisco to Honolulu and
dhs TO arrive here on Friday morn
ing. gives the Information that of
14g cabin passengers on board, forty
five will leave the vessel at Homo
hiln. = 81
The wireless was sent to the Ha-
wall Promotion Committee In re.
spohse to o query forwarded to the
iner some days ago.
The Korea will berth at Alakea
wharf, and should be dispatched for
Japan ports and China at five o'clock
In the evening of the day of arrival.
New Revenue Cutter on Long Voyage.
On her maiden voyage to the North
Racifie which viii take her through
many seas, the new United States rev.
efiae cutter Unalga, Captain Richard
q. Crisp, left Hampton Roads a few
days ago. Ahead of the sturdy little
Government craft is q run OF lS,4O3
nautical miles.
From Norfolk the Unalga goes
straight to Gibraltar Her subsequent
itinerary Is as follows: Malta, Naples,
Port Said, Alden, Colombo. singapore,
Manila and Yokohama and thence to
this Coast. .ssa4-.= 49,.
It Is figured that the Unaiga will
,.Su Ia the fr-in In 1216 hours lcEavarex,