Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-26
0FFI(lALSDUT I:
NCONFERENCES
ON NEUTRALITY
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proved . far more valuable prize to
the Japanese than the old and battered
Aeolus was readily demonstrated yes
terday by the activity displayed by the
| japanese in quest Of the Hermes and
the haste shown in lowering several
steam IaHnehes from the Battleship
which had been despatched TO proceed
in the shallower water to carry out the
instructions of Captain KaWanami-
Still Another Headed for the Islands.
The power schooner Atlas is yet an
other vessel of the Hermes class due
TO find shelter at Honolulu according
to word brought by the Hermes. The
Atlas sailed from the Marshalls with
the Hermes and Captain Schmidt was
somewhat surprised that the vessel
has not already reached q neutral ha-
ven. He was inclined to believe that
the Atlas might try for San Francisco.
The Hermes was sighted by the OBJ
server stationed at Diamond Head
shortly after noon. At about the same
time the Hizen was seen to change its
position and began to steam from off
Kalif in the direction Of Waikiki.
The United States revenue cutter
Thetis, on patrol duty, also left a po-
sition at quarantine for the open sea
and apparently headed off the Hizen.
Signals were exchanged between the
American and Japanese vessel while
the little Hermes well inside the three
mile limit lost no time in gaining its
anchorage. = - sifs3,.t'3
Loeksun Takes OH water. 81 { .H ]
There was much activity on board
the German steamer: Loeksu4 this
morning when the Matson tug Intrepid
steamed &apngside the vessel and be
gan the discharge. Of quantity Of
water. The Locksuri is stated to be
in need OF repairs md may be brought
to o berth at territorial wharf with
In week. ii a& A.:
Captain Frederichson and, his Off.
GERS and crew belonging to the Aeolus
are yet aboard the Locksun. They may
be brought to Honolulu late this aft
Ponmern copra 10 Enterprise.
When the Matson Navigation steam.
er Enterprise stesms for San Fran
cisco that vessel viii be supplied with
13,440 sacks of copra that two, months
ago were brought TO the port in. the
German freighter Pommern, which es-
capped the vigilance of British cruisers
in its spectacular departure from Aus
tralia. tirE 80 ESpt !. tri' Z! + II
Men from several German steamers
were taken to the Pommern this morn
ing while the Prinz Waldemar, q Nord+
deutscher Lloyd liner, was shifted to
the Eva side of the slipway to make
room for the Enterprise. The transfer
of cargo was hastoned with a view Of
not delaying the departure OF the En-
lterprise for tiH Coast, u. -
ceier -Elust scAaAes 4ts- aerthras-eygs,5
The little German cruiser Geier. now
at Pier 6, will be obliged to shift to-
another berth because OF the e tpected
arrival of the Japanese liner Teflyo
Maru. The passenger and freight
steamer from San Francisco is due It
Honolulu tomorrow morning although
Castle q Cooke, the local representa-
tipes, state that they have not re-
ceived wireless message from the
vessel. The silence alleged to- have
been maintained by the Tenyo' Maru
is mystifying to local shipping men IL
the report of several Japanese var
vessels as conveys in this part OF the
Pacific can be relied upon as fact. ]
Harbormaster Foster hopes 20 ar
range berth for the Geier at naval
wharf. RI he fails in this, he will tenn =
porarily moor the German war vessel
at Pier 10. "
War Touches Honolulu,
4 A score of shots fired from the guns
of the Japanese battleship Hlzen fail.
ed to destroy the little German schoon-
er Aeolus Saturday night, but when
delegation OF Hizen sailors provided
with explosives and q quantity OF kero-
sene had completed their task the
vessel, made captive earlier in the
Gay, was soon a mass of flame that IL
Illuminated the sea for miles and drew
crowds to all possible vantage points
from 8 o'clock until well past midnight
Previous to. the gunnery practise
with the Aeolus, the German prize, as
q target, Captain Kswanemi of the
Hizen removed Captain Friederichson
and the men to the number of IA from
the doomed vessel, the party being
transferred to the German steamer |
Locksun, then riding at anchor off the |,
harbor. Whether the Japanese cont
mander has in this instance violated
one Of the many technical points in
the existing neutrality laws Is a mat !,
ter that today greatly concerns Collect
or of the Port Franklin and Admiral
c. B. T. Moore.
German Slips Into Port.
The Japanese apparently found that
the vessel could not be destroyed by
this expensive method and the Aeolus
afloat and apparently I'M
launch filled with marines,
steamed to the schooner and planted
a quantity OF explosives and kerosene.
A burst of flame rewarded their eff
forts at destruction along this line.
That there was no cargo OF any de-
scription in the vessel was announced
by a Japanese officer VINO came ashore