Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-07
off AGAIN, ON
H"HH I'LL"
AGAIN FOR VAR
WIRELESS news
Drastic Order at Washington
Apparently Modified; Radio
Used This Afternoon

For one night and part Of day. all
transpaeifie war news by wireless
was prohibited FOR Hawaii.
Shortly before 2 o'clock this after.
noon the star-6uIIetin received sever
al war dispatches by wireless from the
Associated Press, though last night
and this morning every war message
had to be secured by cable.
Apparently vigorous protests lodged
| in Washington by the Associated
Press and the wireless companies has
resulted In modifying drastic order
that went out last night, prohibiting
the wireless companies on the Pacific
from sending out any war news what.
ever.
Secretary Of the Navy Daniels had
put ban on all wireless messages
within his jurisdiction in regard to any
Of the belligerents in the war, accord
ing to information received here to-
day indirectly from Washington.
The new order, going into effect
last night, operated at once to prevent
the newspapers of Honolulu from re-
ceiying their news by wireless. Not
even an account Of an engagement be-
tween combatants in an unheard-of
town in the interior of Hungary--not
even statement from London that
the war office wants to buy a few
thousand mules from the United
States-could be sent out by wire
less. 1t must come by cable to con-
form to the new idea in Washington
Regarding American neutrality.
The Federal Wireless Telegraph
Company, which has been handling
the Associated Press service to the
Star-Bulletin. notified this paper today
that orders at San Francisco stopped
its handling any more war news, and
the Marconi Company was in q similar
situation. .. II
/ The Federal Company's local office
today received q brief explanation of
the situation from its secretary on
the mainland, III. p. Veeder. Accord
ing to this explanation, Secretary Dan
iels notified the Federal Company in
San Francisco last night that it was
prohibited from transmitting any In
formation regarding belligerents, not
only in the Pacific, but in any part
of the world. This, according to Sec
rotary Veeder, eliminates all Etro-
pean war news from being handled
by wireless.
The Associated Press and the wire,
less companies are understood to have
taken the matter up direct with Sec
Rotary Daniels.
Mutual Not Under Ban.
! Up to this afternoon Admiral G. B.
T. Moore, under whose jurisdiction is
the administration Of orders concern.
ing radio communication, had received
no instructions from Washington and
consequently there was no order
against the Mutual Wireless Company
sending out over. its system any war
news not prohibited under the former
rule. This former rule was that wire.
less messages that might operate to
the advantage OF any OF the belliger-
ents could not be sent out. In practf.
cal application, It meant that the
of belligerent war-vessels
on the Pacific or any military move.
meflts on the. Pacific, the news of |
which might be of advantage to any OF !
the cOmbatants, could not be sent out
by wireless. 4. -
Rear-Admiral G! B. r. Moore, COM
mandant of the Pearl Harbor naval |
station, stated this morning that the |
stoppage OF wireless war news over
the Federal and Marcoli systems
came on orders. from San Francisco, |
and that he had received no new IN |
structions from the navy department. |
Anything sent through by the Gen.
sor at San Francisco has been allowed |
to be repeated by the Mutual 10 the
other islands, so far as news Of the
Atlantic side Is concerned said Adj
miral Moore this morning. "This stfIl
holds. good, and the Mutual win be
allowed to handle war news that does
not touch operations in the Pacific