The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-01-01
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OFFICIAL BULLETIN
Uhited States Attorney Has Not
Vet Read Proclamation Of
President Wilson
.HARB0R BOARD ANXIOUS
F0R WATERFRONT CARE
Governments Bulletin Pubiica.
tons Are Recognized AS Be-
ing Official BY Huber


tIf / locate the Presidents proela.
nation providing additional regulations
concerning alien enemies and their pro
hjbition from approaching or being
near the piers and waterfront general
", l will issue an announcement in ac
cord with that proclamation.
Y This announcement was made last
night by United States Attorney s. G.
Huber when his attention was called
to copy Of aThe Official Bulletih,'
dated November 20, 1917, published by
authority Of President Wilson, in which
appears an authorized statement by the
Department of Justice to persons own
Ing Or operating waterfront shipping
facilities. R. =
PROCLAMATION BY wnson
! On November l6, 1917, the President
issued a proclamation in regard to
placing a dead-line along waterfronts,
section - reading as follows:
can alien enemy shall not APP
preach or be found within 100
yards Of any canal, nor within 100
yards Of any wharf, pier or dock,
used directly by or by means Of
lighters, by any vessel or vessels
of over 500 tons gross engaged In
foreign or domestic trade other
than fishing; nor within 100 yards
Of any warehouse, shed, elevator
railroad terminal or other terminal,
storage or transfer facility ada.
cent to or operated in connection
with any such wharf, pier or dock;
aud wherever the distance between
any two of such wharves, piers, or
docks, measured along the shore
line connects them, is less than 500
yards, an alien enemy shall not APP
proach OF to be found within 100
yards Of such shore line. DI a.E
Purposes Are Explained
The Official Bulletin says that the
object Of this proclamation is to pro
vide adequate protection Of shipping
and of docks, piers, wharves, ware
houses, elevators and similar waterfront
facilities actually engaged in the opera
ton of shipping, particularly the ship
ping of supplies to the American expe-
dictionary forces and to the Allies.
y The Bulletin adds that this protec-
ton cannot be given and maintained
without the fullest cooperation ON the
part Of those owning or operating these
facilities, and the responsibility for
protecting them rests equally with, the
government officials. Assuming that
this cooperation viii be cordially en-
tered into the department Of Justice
has promulgated exnlicit instructions.
Harbor Board Anxious
The Harbor Board Of Honolulu has
taken the bull by the horns and de,
sires to protect its property, 1t being
the owner, 10 a large extent. There
are also government owned wharves on
the waterfront, and also wharf that
is used exclusively by the coast artil-
lery corps. IN y
., The President expects all government
officials, equally to share in the respon.
sibility for the protection Of these
wharves, aud believe it Is up to the
United States District Attorney TO
throw about them the protection Of the
United States department Of Justice.
Recognized As ofifctal tgys4 :
81 have not seen my copy of the
Official Bulletin, but if il contains what
it appears to contain, from the phone
message / received shall make an
announcement upon the subject when
read IL thoroughly In my copy. /, re!
gard the onieial Bulletin as the official
publication of the government and
what appears in it, is, certainly Official.
If there were instructions therein that
pertained to MY department, and i had
not received the exact communication
from my department, l should be guild
ell by, the publication in the ofieial
Bulletin. ......, Hg8- 20.
at have heard that this protection
has been given to the New York
wharves, and also to San Francisco
The Department Of Justice = instruc-
tions with regard to the President Is
proclamation are as follows; So d. ..a
Notice to Waterfront Operators
q ]. In order that notice may be
promptly given by the government of.
fcials to the operators of all water
front facilities, every corporation or
person operating such facilities must
Immediately designate some person on
whom the government officials may
serve such notices. These persons are
to be designated at once and their
names and addresses forwarded to the
United States marshal of the district
in which the waterfront facility is
located. .@,..I
9, Every operator of waterfront
facility included, in the scope of the
proclamation shall Immediately appoint
and maintain Identification inspectors,
at his own expense, to be stationed
one for every entrance to the dock,
wharf, warehouse, or other waterfront
facility, such inspectors shall be main
taihed during all of the hours, day or
night, during which the dock or water
front facility. is being operated, II is
the duty Of these inspectors to identity
to the government patrol all persons
entitled TO access to the waterfront
facility, and this system of Identified.
ton is TO be applied both 70 Officers
and employees of the wharf or ware
house, and also TO truck drivers, pedes.
ttians and all other persons having
Legitimate business at such waterfront
facility. IL is the duty of such In.
speetors TO see to it that all persons
who enter upon the docks, after being
identified, shall depart therefrom AT
the conclusion of their business, So
that no person shall lurk on the prem,
ises after the completion Of his bust
ness. ii ty 3kEE aAS# Is
Register Of An Employees a i,
81. The operator. Of such AZ water
/ front facility shpll AZ once prrpere
ready for the inspection Of gosafairaspl
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