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The twenty-three Japanese indicted 11 
by the grand jury for poaching on j | 
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Uncle Sam’s bird reservation were ar-11 
raigned before Judge Robertson yester- 11 
day morning but they did not plead, j ; 
They wished to procure counsel and get 
advice from Japan, so it is said, as I 
to what course of action to take. When I 
they cabled to Japan recently, it will | 
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be remembered, the company in whose !| 
employ they are supposed to be turned j | 
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them down, cabling back that they j 
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The ravenue cutter Thetis sails to- later making a trip out to sea from the 
morrow on a secret mission, destinaO^ coast of Kauai and knowing where to 
lion unknown but behoved to be in ' T])at th , 8 work haB been carrle d on 
search of opium smuggling sampans. extensively has been one 6f the re 
which have been conducting their suits of the searching investigation of 
work unmolested for some time with j opium smuggling that have folhjweb 
Neptune as an' accomplice, according < in the-wake of the arrest** of opium 
to the reports that have rencited the : smugglers both at San Fraiicisco and 
hands of United States officials. / Honolulu. ' U ’ J - 
It is significant that the secret mis- | The operations of the Thetis are be v 
sion of the Thetls/is lUidejrXaken just ling conducted with the greatest of sec 
at* a time when the Pacific Mail linet ! recy and according to the statemehi 
Mongolia is approaching island waters. J of the Officers they are unaware oi 
the belief having been< well founded their destination until they leave port 
for a long period that opium was % be- j Captali^ Jacotf's being a firm believer 
ing smuggled into the Territpry by ifii the Efficacy*of secrecy in connection 
should claim Max Schlemmer as their 
employer. Judge Robertson gave the 
poachers until February 21 to plead. 
It is believed that the grand jury 
yesterday found a true bill against Max 
Schlemmer and that he will be haled 
before the bar to answer for the of¬ 
fenses with which he is charged. 
The alleged opium smugglers had 
bonds fixed at $500 on each indictment. 
The bond of Carl On Tail charged with 
having purchased from soldiers proper¬ 
ty belonging to the United States, was 
ffjg§d §| $1000 pn pup iudictmgnf; and 
he Whs released oil iiis OWh recogni¬ 
zance on the other. 
Keio Ishibashi pleaded guilty to vio- 
lation^of the Edmunds Act and was 
sentenced to three months in jail and to 
pay costs. 
The trial of Muta under an old indict¬ 
ment charging him with harboring 
women for immoral purposes was begun 
before Judge Robertson and a jury. 
with chasing the elusive smu 
being dropped from th^ oriental liners 
attached to floats,, Japanese sampans 1 bird pbachef 
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