The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-11-17
Bullets Fired on Rifle Range
Rain Upon Decks Of War
bound kiyo Maru
Crew AND PASSENGERS
ARE HERDED TO SAFETY
Atlutant General Jones Regrets
Incident and BIames Harhor I
Master for Predicament

That the steamship Itiyo Maru, bound
from Japan to the South American
coast with lT2 Chinese and a large
number Of japanese laborcrs, and now
war.bound in Hawaiian waters, was
under FIRE off the Kakaako rife range,
in use by detachment Of the Hawaiian
National Guard, for three hours or more
on Sunday afternoon became known
Yesterday when Castle d Cooke. agents
for the r. X. X, made formal pro.
test to Col J. w. Jones, the adjutnnt
general, and to the collector Of thu
port.
According to the report Of Captain
Hashimoto, the master Of the vessel,
more than a hundred bullets struck or
/ fell on the deck Of his ship, some OF
them being picked up and sent in 70 eot-
roborate the report. The bullets were
more or less deiormed, showing the Of
feet Of impact upon some solid sub.
stance, either the metal work on tho
sllp or some object on the range.
Crew and Passengers Sent Below
Assdon as tho ships officers realized
they were under FIRE, they sent the crew
Thorn thcre o.t ~ Sa.as .; ~" y, Aeps
inc cessed Thora 80 w." -, 'ue Y
az ouaydsman f,;ro y, iass PslsS
az M ti,na ala the,, 49,. 49,, 49, ~
were arm, mon ~ ,.oaaa1 ..I:1t NY
wing ahn,st nilr.nS 80 h,,s "n ~ Z, was
While the steamshin oa;cars - az ~ the
agents were ineensed at the danger to-
which they had been subjected deem.
ing the craft in safety, there was con
siderable warmth around the Office Of
the adJutant general of the Hawaiian
National Guard following the receipt
OF the complaint. w. 81.
Investigation Ordered 81. EIsStI
M Oh I w Io,as ,,,n.,l,o.o,,.
nm invest;oat;o,, - an a. sn,y olae'
detotm;,o sshoth,. ~. "a 49,, Pis ~, "
gnar,lsr,e, $50 1,,,i,s,, ~ -
earelessness pa,S;,, ~, .ess,I, W ~, ~
;pVestioatSo,, .s1 : ,s - .ie
somawbat forcihiv ii, castai4 49,.
which we,s III der ma III ~ ~ 4 800 ~
oIIieials ~ySe $500 II '"0 N y
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heen In e1fect hot,Soa,, b;n,saie MI "a. a.
barbormoster that 4, ~, ss,.,,,. "a 49, 49,
comes necessarv ~ ancbo, 1880 M
tha r,na,, 4, ~ Joas ~ ses ~, ~
hor,nas,sr r,oaiJ .a..S,. NJ. Wy "a
tbat onsrls,na,, ,,,r,,il ~ - thn3
limo Soine,' ~ az go, 49, sPu a. ' az
m safo,y od;t;ons ,,,S,,,lS ". ~ ~.
az INV Dr. Goiaao 1917 Tau -. ps't ~
barboymastes a;led ~ ,eoass nv 49,
enec ~ nv, ISi,.e AZ ,s ,,,itl,, IN. nv 20,
ger zone.
Range Work Interfered with
lie olso s,vs thot ,ho onobor;n, 20
vessels IN M rsrs,, stohnion M A.
inc dalavs tbe es ~ .ns $3.50,
COAST ayt;llsry troens IA ~ $500
cuarasmeb. for which tbe Federal Gov.
ernrsnt Is vim, ~ ,,,nba,, "a a.
opIv ip casas ~ s,oas,a,a ILL ~
range work Ne stonnad ~. ,Sis xoasar
ITe belieyes n y,iIi' ~ $500, ,a -
MORT tbs facts 10 mo y,oe ydans i ,,a,,,
n order tbat tbere may ~, n, i,,,,eailod
for deIavs ~ tbo n,nst ;,,,,o.s !. :. N,',..
Of the guardsmen. lie failure az When
yvo,,tJ eanso ILc o,,ard =, 49, u "U.'f
siderable MARIAN ~ ~ annnaI annsn
pr;ation from tbo oovarnmant III,
iast mantL NV. war 5anoytmant 49,.
Iariy ennbasizeJ Tia nccpssity ~ mnsh
ing the tnrget practise, according 10 the
q. T. 3 [.
The colonel lai'l great stress on tho
Ro!nt that there shonld be perfect co
ordination in the working Of the .har
hormaster and the national guard
authorities IN order that the work Of
the latter and the federal troops would
not suffer.
Colonel Jones' Statement
ColoneI .Jonos said last NIGHT. n
81 have received from tho agents of
tho Toyo K,;sen Kaisha 4 commnni.
oalion stating that lO6 bullets had
londed on me- Kiyo Maru nm SUNDAY
al ronorted ~ tham Inv tbe eaptain of
the yesscl ~ \
~ was oreatlv snrprisod 10 recoive
a roport al this Kind with the statc.
ment made afteywaras that noboav had
hem hurt and NO damage done. aud