Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-02

+ GerTnan cruiser and collier steamed
away and throughout the following
day nothing more was seen of the hos
tile forces. The Tanning islanders
were surprised the second morning to
see the Nurnberg in the offing and
some hours later several boatloads OF
men returned to the shore and pro-
ceeded to the partly demolished home
OF Manager Bains. The office safe
was located and by means of charge
of dynamite IL was blown open and
money amounting to about $4,000 is
declared by those in the Kestrel to
have been secured.
The Kestrel reached Tanning isl
and fortnight following the first
landing of the Germans. The vessel
steamed from Honolulu for the South
seas on September 10 and within six
days reached the station to find the
residents much upset. The officers
be living in tents pending partial
restoration of the quarters formerly
occupied by the stan.
At the headquarters of Armstrong
& Armstrong, the syndicate repre-
sented at Tanning by R. M. FIT, well
known here, was large sum of money
belonging to the rich British bonding
syndicate and to be used in the pay
ment of laborers and procuring neces-
sites. The proceeds of several i'm
portant sales of COBRA were included
in the amount This sum was not
molested by the Germans.
kestrel Doesn't larry.
The Kestrel remained at Tanning
but "a hours. according to report from
Skipper TindelI. That official, 1t is
reported. feared a return Of the Ger
mans and hastily dumped his ship
ment of supplies out of the ship and
lost no time in returning to Honolulu,
reaching this port at daylight this
morning.
Because Of reported irregularity in |
his papers, the master of the KestreI |
was obliged to remain at anchor OF |
the harbor for some hours before be-
ing permitted to come to a berth at |
pier is shortly AFTER 10 o'clock.
The break - the cable connecting |
Tanning and Bamfield is reported to |
have been located by officers in the
kestreI, and while they spent some
hours in the attempt to repair the /
line Of communication their efforts /
failed. Upon arrival here this morn.
ing some Of those In the Kestrel pro- +
fessed to believe that cable communil
cation had been restored and were i
much surprised when Informed by I
port officials that the line was still +
severed ~
First News Confirmed
The first news received here that
the cable had been cut at Tanning
came on September when the Com.
mercial Pacific Cable Company an
nounced that communication between
tanning and Honolulu had been in.
corrupted. An Associated Press tdes-
patch from Vancouver, B. c., confirm T
ed the news a few hours later. On
september IA news reached Vaneou-
yer that Germans were landed on the 1
STAND on September and that armed 4
men had entered the superintendent's
'thce. Communication suddenly ceas-
% at this point, the operator at Bam-
leld, the Vancouver island end of the
able, being unable to hear anything1
more. Evidently the Tanning island
operator was stopped. before he could
'end anything further. s.
1ne Report Says French Flag Shown.
According to one report brought
lack by the Kestrel, when the Nurn-
,erg was sighted off Tanning island
he was flying the French flag, and
With only meager news OF England'sl
art in the great European struggle, Ii
aught from the ALFRED" cable that
mixed the South Pacific islet with
australia on Ae south and Vancouver
sland on the north, the Tanning colo
y was agog to discuss details of thetI
rorld-War with England's ally.