The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-10

Customs Department. There are
many, of course, who oppose this pro-
cedure saying that it should be con-
tinued although it is costing million
dollars each year to keep it up.
There are many locally who think
that the Thetis is useless. For many
months out of each year she goes
to Alaska for service, and it is urged
that her main use up there was as a
floating court. Her speed is anything
but phenomenal. With everything
worked up into a frenzy she could no
doubt reel off her six or seven knots
an hour, so that in pursuit of Jap
anese power sampan, or motor
launch she would not have the re-
hottest possibility of ever catching the
pursued boat unless it waited for her.
In some ports Oriental liners are
accompanied out to sea by customs
launches to see that no opium is
dropped overheard to float around UNI
til picked up by confederates. The
Thetis, of course, could be used for
this purpose if the vessel under es-
pionage took her line in getting away
from these shores.
The U. S. N. tug Navajo, if the
| Navy Department were entrusted with
the work, could be utilized for trips
to Laysan Island to take visiting pro-
fessors, or make periodical inspec-
lions to see that no poaching was
going on there, and the usual visits
; to other islands could be paid by the
tug.
Judging by the position of the
Thetis when she wirelessed in on
Wednesday night stating that she
would be here four days hence local
captain this morning computed that
the Thetis must have been steaming
+ at the rate of four knots an hour One
argument in favor of retaining the
y revenue service cruisers is that I'm.
Gle Sam might as well as spend
/. money on that as well as on some
y thing else.
WHO WILL BE PILOT?
j. The waterfronters are eagerly
awaiting the decision of the eXamin
ing board as to who shall be the pilot
appointed to bring the service up tc
it's full strength.
Captain Miller is a warm faYorite
among those who frequent the
wharves, and this has naturally lee
to "reminiscences of the genial cap
tain. 1t is asserted that he has nj
nerves at all, and is absolutely fear
less No situation is ever serious t,
him
In this connection a story is toll
about how it was blowing off Kaua
once, and one of Captain Miller's liz
tie schooners was there, looking
about due each moment to add he
bones to the landscape. The mat
said to Captain Miller, who had L
be awakened from sleep, that tn,
situation looked pretty grave. Didn'
he think it would be a idea to get on
of the place
Captain Miller came up, and locke,
around He guessed it would be al
right if some more cable were hitcheC
on, and promptly went to bed again
81 couldn't sleep a wink, can tel
you" added the mate.
MIssouRlAN GOES TONIGHT.
The Missourian is booked to leave
for Salina Cruz at six o'clock tonight
She goes via island ports, and wheI
she leaves these shores she will b,
a full ship
CLEANING UP PEARL HARBoR
Pearl Harbor is rapidly becoming
great place, and there are signs tina
the work is nearing completion. On
Monday the naval tug Navajo viii
bring up the pile driver and Goa
barges that have been in use there
MAUNA KEA FROM HAWAII.
Early this morning the Mauna Ke;
arrived from Hawaii via ports will
fifteen empty beer kegs, 1O9 sacks o
bottles, twenty,seven barrels of bot
ties, eight bundles of old bags, fiv,
sacks of coffee, six sacks of cabbages
six sacks of Chinese oranges, thirt,
sacks of Japanese taro, thirty-tw,
cords of wood, thirty-six crates o
y chickens, one automobile and III
packages of sundries,
, KAIULANl BACK WITH SUGAR.
The Kaiulani is back once NOR,
with $500 bags of sugar, having ar
rived early this morning from Kipa
hulu, Maui
y CAMANo AT HlLo.
Purser Phillips of the Mauna Kei
Y. reported this morning that the schoon
er Camano was at Hilo when the Ma
q una Kea left that port.
TENYO MARU DUE MONDAY.
The Tenyo Maru according to ;
wireless received from that vesse