Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-09
.F|STIC STARS
ARE HALTED

Having made all preparations for q
long and delightful sea trip, bidder
farewell to a circle of admiring
friends, laden down. with ieis and
other evidences of esteem, cast a
last lingering glance at the yeri"se
clad hills that serve as a pleasing
background for Dear Old Honolulu
town, and gaining the dock of the lin
er, only to be met at the gangway by
heartless ships officer with de-
mand to the needful passport to travel
or beat it" for the wharf.
What Would You Do?
1t is just such an experience that
Jack" Cordell the late fistic star,
who recently figured in ring SHE
fiasco, went through late yesterday
evening as the Oceanic Steamship
Sonoma prepared to steam awaS for
Australia.
Cordell and a bosom compa1 on
named Lister, decided that the Aus
tralian commonwealth offered greater
inducements for the opponents of the
manly art as depicted in a squared
circle than did Hawaii mel.
With this end in view, the CorGeE-
Lister combination laid plans for MI
grating to a distant and presumably
healthier cline Apparently the pair
failed to conect with the down town
Office of the steamship company, for
no such names as Cordell or tlste"
were found on the list of applications
for transportation to Sydney.
On gaining the Oceanic wharf. the
intending passengers were seen 10
make heavy purchases of lies and flo
raj wreathes with which they bedeck-
ed themselves in the approved forEl rs
prescribed for the departing tourist.
With the badge of migration con-
spicuously displayed. the twain am
bled as the final toot from the deep
throated Sonoma siren had sounded
as a warning to the laggard passefl-
gers and spectators.
Have you got your ticket? was a
firm query prepounded by a grim look-
ing second officer who had charge of
the gangway.
Jack declared afterward That In al:
his ringside experience he has ire
quently met with some rather ticklish
situations, but nothing quite equa,le
the demeanor displayed by that m
sympathetic official who insisted on
the presentment of a paste board
showing that Messrs. Cordell and
Lister were entitled to take a heath
and pleasure "trip to Sydney.
Not having arranged for transpcr-
tation, the pair were escorted to the
wharf, dragging their ,Ieis behind
them, and wearing countenances over
spread with detection which but a ccw
moments before were wreathed IL
gladness and delight over an undeteet-
ed departure.
The liner Sonoma proved ''Wa:er-
loo" for more than one would-be
last evening.
Through the vigilence exercised by
local as well as ships officers, five
passengers who fondly hoped to
gain a free trip to the Antipodes we've
coralled before the steamer cleared
the port.
In two instances, the stowaway gen
try had provided themselves with.
clothing and uniform in which they
to masquerade as oilers and
water tenders.
A local officer is said to have spot
ted the bunch and tipped off the So
noma chiefs who upon instituting
search, discovered the men hidden
away in secluded hooks about The
ship.
The Sonoma sailed at five o'clock
for Sydney by the way of Page Pago
taking dozen additional passengers
from this port A small quantity OF
freight including products of Hawaii
was added to the cargo.