Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-15

.weapons that remained in the pos
session of the officers in the Pacific
Mail liner China during the massage
of that vessel from Hongkong TO Ho-
nolulu and at a time that nearly two
Hundred Filipinos were in transit TO
the plantations on the Hawaiian isl.
ands.
Almost Immediately upon departing
from the Chinese port, trouble in
large punches doomed up aboard the
vessel. The Filipinos recruited by re-
personalities 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
fntermingling of ! natives from rival
provinces. The first real serious
clash between Filipinos took place
on the after deck Of the liner before
Nagasaki, the first Japanese port of
call was reached. II was stated: this
morning that in the melee large fan
knives, Keen edged razors and muir.
derous appearing 4 bolos were un-
earthed from the baggage and per-
sonal effects Of the immigrants. Z.
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 OF Americans had completed
their work Of modification they had
secured a hundred or more arms Of
nondescript Manufacture. Razors,
Knives, clubs, bolos and cane cutters
were alike confiscated. The Pacific
Mail men also brought to light sew.
eral reviewers. There were kept and
upon the arrival Of the China at Ala
kea wharf this morning the weapons
we're turned over to the Federal Gus
toms officers who visited the ship.
The Filipinos on the present trip
are declared as unusually warlike in
their Bearing. The China received
1872 little brown brothers during the
stay at Hongkong.
The liner arrived here this morn.
ing with 222 Asiatic steerage passen-
gers for Honolulu who, with the eX-
ception of the Filipinos 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 a record ship
ment of silk to the mainland. Two
thousand five hundred bales of this
commodity. yslued at million and
a half dollars are slowed away in
the hold OF the liner.
The China is scheduled to depart
fbr San Francisco at four o'clock this
afternoon, following the discharge of
219 tons Oriental cargo for local i'm
porters.
Honolulu drew 13 cabin and 2 Sec
ond class passengers out of a total
of IS cabin and Is second class pas
sengers who are proceeding to San
francisco.
Captain Roger Altman, the wellt1
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
we'll as many cases at several points
Throughout Japan. Second class and
steerage passengers were not. allow
ed to leave the vessel at any OF the
Japanese ports owing to quarantine
regulations now in force.
A small mail was landed this morn.
ing. At the agency of III. HaCkfeld &
Company a score of cabin passengers
have been booked for the Coast in
the China, This vessel will also take
a 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
due to arrive here on Friday morn
ing, gives the information that of
149 cabin passengers on board, forty
five will leave the vessel at Homo
lulu.
The wireless was sent to the Ha-
wall Promotion Committee in re.
Spouse to query forwarded to the
liner some days ago.
The Korea will berth at Alakea
Japan ports and China at five o'clock
in the evening of the day of arrival
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Nlrolnian Due in the Morning.
The American Hawaiian freighter
Vlrginian with large consignment of
New York cargo and freight gathered
at Salina Cruz, San Francisco and
Puget Sound ports is due to arrive
at Honolulu tomorrow morning and
the vessel will take a berth at the
railway wharf. The Virginian is also
bringing down a consignment of live
stock q number of horses being ship
ped to local importers. The Virginian
is to take on two thousand tons of
sugar and about an equal amount of
pineapples.
China Passed Transport Dix.
-Four days before arrival at Homo
lulu the United States army trans
port Dix, coal laden from Manila by
thn NOV of NapaSaki JaDan MAS