Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-24

sacks mail and 1913 tons cargo.
ships, and some of our employees have
been very severely fined, and, in one
case, imprisoned. We have made
strenuous efforts to break up this
traffic, and it might bring up very
serious situation If one of our vessels
met with disaster and the crew, by
virtue Of having firearms in their pas
session seize the boats.
The only way we can stop this il
legal traffic and avoid being fined
by the authorities, is to make every
effort in our power to seize and con
fiscate all firearms and ammunition
found on our piers intended for de
livery to the crews of our ships or
which are found in the possession OF
officers or members of the crew on
board our steamers And this we
have done for the last year or more .
Right Of sale contended
4 .Of course" continued Mr.. Heg-
gerty, "confiscation means the right
of sale. Also, in the case just filed,
if the plaintiff contends that the ship
ment was for jacksonville, we can
only say that no local steamers lap-
proach the Pacific Mail docks"
In the suit of Do King Kee, Mr..
Heron will contend that the six re-
Volyers were not to be sent across the
Pacific but were on the pier awaiting
transportation to Jacksonville. He
said yesterday that demand for the
return of the weapons had been made
upon the Pacific Mail and that while
no refusal had been made, a sufficient
time had elapsed for the beginning OF
legal action.
During the last few months" de-
claFed Mr.. Heron. 1.-THE seizures of
arms from merchants and from the
Chinese crews of the vessels have
been heavy. The pacific Mail has re-
allied at least $4,000 from the illegal
sale of the confiscated goods. We
maintain that the company has no
right, because of British law at
HongkOng, to seize firearms found
on its vessels, particularly no right
to take such commodities found on
It's wharves. If the courts should
sustain the company's right of seizure
on its ships, then we claim that the
Pacific Mail has no right to convert
the property to its own use by selling
the guns. This is the first of series
Of suits planned by Chinese to re-
cover weapons taken from them H.
legally.
John Ena Holds Fort at Hilo.
The big American ship John Ena
represents the sole. deep sea vessel
at Hilo, the schooner j. H. Bruce hav.
ing departed for the coast before the
1nterIsland steamer Mauna Kea sailed
on her return trip to Honolulu. The
lnterIsland vessel brought a general
cargo including 914 packages sun
dries, 1873 head sheep, several cases
liquor, one auto and three horses. A
small list OF cabin passengers return
ed in the steamer. The Mauna Keo
is to be dispatched for Hi1o and the
way. ports at three o'clock this after
noon.
From Frisco to New York Direct
Having the distinction of being the
first vessel to sail from San Francisco
for New York carrying passengers in
recent years, the new Grace liner San
ia Cruz went to sea on April 81. The
Santa Cruz took out thirty-three pas
sengers and a cargo of $500 tons The
freight included 100000 feet of lum-
Der. She will be followed by the San
ia Clara, the Santa Catalina and the
Santa Cecilia, which are now under
construction on the Atlantic coast
Again Seek BOer Treasure
A dispatch from New York dated
May | announces the departure from
San Francisco at an early date of an
expedition in search of treasure, said
to be valued at s2,500,600, buried
somewhere off the east coast of AZ
RIGA by the late President Kruger of
the Boer republic. The leading menu
bers of the expedition are August de
Castellane Seymere, Captain Thomas
Burrette and Vladimir Hansen.
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Nlihau a Kauai Arrival.
Bringing 1000 sacks of sugar from
the island of Kauai, the Inter-Isiand
steamer Niihau is an arrival from
Kealia this morning Tbs vessel also
brought a small quantity of miscel-
,aneous freight. The officers report
1856 Kealia and 1000 SACKS kilauea
sugar awaiting shipment on the Gar
den Island.