Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-24

which sailed from Honolulu for Sah
Francisco at ten O'Clock This morning,
are in the possession OF the collector
of Customs at the port Of Manila, and
for this reason the local staff Of i'll
spectors at tic port OF Honolulu in
stituted a determined surveillance up
on that Vessel curing the "Mfir" length
of stay of n" Korea At Ajahra wharf
Two Chinese bows connected with
the engineering department of the
Pacific Mail liner passed through on
that vessel today. who are alleged to
have figured III sensational arrest
at Manila at which time it is declared
they were discovered in the act o.
landing g. tins, each containing %
grams of he drug. The Chinese
were brought before a Philippine tri
bunal and We're fined five hundred
dollars each. The money was forth
coming before the vessel sailed from
the Philippiae port and the Chinese
were permitted to join their ship Oh
the present voyage.
Throughout III" visit of the Korea
al Honolulu, 4 delegation of customs
men conducted a thorough search OF
the vessel for opium. No part of the
liner, was permitted to escape the
quest Of the lynX-cyed inspectors.
The belief seemed general that inas-
much as the lIagrant attempt had
been made to land the dope at Man
lila, Honolulu might also be All object
i've point for the operation of the al
legged smugglers
The fact that the Korea was order
ed to omit a call at Shanghai on the
voyage, owing to the presence OF
cholera, served to lend belief to the
theory that the drug, believed stored
aboard that vessel could not under
any possibility be disposed of, and
must be carried through TO the main
land, where, perhaps, further at
temps will be made TO lana the opium
on arrival at San Francisco.
"a
Schooner Wood Becomes Famous.
While riding at anchor off the port
Of Hilo, the little American schooner
l.. X. Wood has sprung into fame as
the first vessel of any considerable
size TO enter the inner harbor still
under construction at the Crescent
City Tire K. K. Wood reached Hilo
from the coast with a large quantity
of material for the Philadelphia
Breakwater company. The vessel
had been discharged of "a consign-
ment of very heavy timber and other
material when the Inter-Island steam
er Mauna Kea sailed from that port
d. for Honolulu last evening. The
schooner was expected to get away
for the Sound today. The e. K.
Wood represented the only deep-Sea
craft at the island port.
The Mauna Kea returned from the
big island with SO cabin and 30 deck
passengers. The steamer met with
light trades and smooth seas on the
homeward voyage. A small cargo in
GLIDING 2 autos, $50 feet of hard
wood lumber, l horse, l motorcycle
and 81 packages sundries was receiv-
ed here today.
Odds and Ends.
AS fOretold in 1.-The Star-Bulletin
some weeks ago, Captain Glib, mas
ter of the Canadian-Australian liner
Makura, is slated for the command
Of the new liner Niagara, as borne
out by later confirmation received
from the Coast.
Between three and four thousand
tons of sugar viii leave the Islands
in the American-Hawaiian freighter
Alaskan. This vessel sailed for Ka-
hului and Hilo last evening. The
Alaskan is scheduled to depart from
Hilo for San Francisco on Thursday
evening, according to c. p. Morse,
general freight agent for the line.
The oil tanker Santa Maria, sailing
from this port for the Coast, follow
ing the discharge of fuel oil, is re-
ported to have arrived at San Fran
cisco last Saturday.
lnter.ISIamd SailingS This Day.
lnter-Island steamers scheduled for