The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-12
TENYO PASSENGER
CLOSELY SEARCHED
Federal Officials Make Careful
Scrutiny Of Person, and Papers
of Man From Petrograd

Stripped to the very skin. "from the
bottom Of his socks to the top of his
rat, and with the closest kind of
'crutiny given to every vestige of pa
'er found on his person or IN his bag
gage is the description given of the
search and examination by federal
agents of \. s. Kaplan, a passenger on
he Tenyb Maru, when that seamer ar,
lived in Honolulu yesterday noon from
he Orient.
Kaplan, who is said to be a Russian
lew, left Petrograd since Christmas
nd since the Bolsheviki leaders, closed
he Russian border, following the al
led nations refusal to recognize the
resent Russian government.
He is reported to have said on the
FcnyO that no one in Nagasaki knew
lie was going to sail for the United
States, but was evidently mistaken as
he request Immediately made by the
federal officers for this particular pas
'enger shows.
Shortly after the federal agents
boarded the TenyO Yesterday to ex.
mime the passports of the arriving
passengers before permitting them to
20 ashore, Kaplan was taken to the
Dffice of Capt. II. liashimoto, it is as
'erted, and the search and examination
Iegan. Later, it is reported the exam.
nation was continued at the offices of
he Intelligence department of the
Irmy and navy.
Kaplan Unruffled
One of the reports of the unusual ex
animation is that Kaplan accepted it
with cOmposurr and a one of the ex
r"cteI disGomfOrts of travel in war.
line, and he rather nonplused the off
iHl> at the conclusion of the search
conducted in tn" captain's room by
mIlIng telling the government = agents
that if they really wanted to see his
important papers they should 90 over
hos" which he had deposited with the
hips purscr.
Besides portfolio which he had in
IN" ship : sufr. he also had 10000
rubIes in gOlL and is said to have sew.
rral trunks filled with rich sable furs.
Following the uptown Investigation
T., the fedrr"l officers. kapan was re.
leased and allowed the same liberty as
"thrr passengers.
just what reason there was for the
lnusnnl investigation Of kupan is un.
known. II may have been an indica-
ION Of coming clos" surveillance here
# every one Of foreign birth and citi.
EenshlP now getting out of Russia, a
country of doubtful neutrality or
friendship, and certainly one no longer
looked upon as one with allied inter.
"StS, to the Allies
Has Much Money
Another reason for war time suspi
rlon may have been the fact that Kap.
Ian was so well supplied with funds,
'n' because he speaks excellent Paris
Irmpe French, German, Russian and
Spanish, and besides he has fluent
low of English. lie Is also IA man who
r"s travelled all over the world.
Searching Of effects ami baggage
and piercing examination as TO the ma
tl"nalltN and reasons for travelling
we're not romiinrd, it IL sand to kaplan
\. BotrkrI, ships roommate of Kap.
lnu, who also has left Prtrograd since
Hhristmns, amt who is reported to be a
former CoHsa,k officer. was subjected to
'IInost ns severe an ordeal by the pass
port officers ~ WAS the Russian Jew
Another foreigner who WAS piven a
'Hr"tul examination was a Chilean,
Who recently left Russia
Prrrauilum taken IN examining these
arrivals FROM Russia Yesterday is be
lr,"d to show that until the war is
nN er. llonolutu, ~ the western port of
entry to the TINTED states - to be II
'oInt Of Pnrnpolt examination of AS
much Importance AMI severity as are
Ia,