The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-08-21
YACHT RECLAIMED
AND UNDER FIRE
Sailing Party on Board Hawaii
Has Verifying ExpsrienOe
OF Rife Range.

lnfOrmhlton Regarding tie verify
ing experienee of n party II about for.
ty o. Honolulu s young people, who
were out last Sunday in the yacht
Hawaii and lay bccalmsd iast off the
Kalkaako rf1e range for two hours,
with bullets Aging around and whiz.
Ting through the rigging, became
known yesterday.
Ted Center, Il appears, was the OF.
ganiker Of the expedition, which LETT
the Alakea wharf about half past
eight o'clock Sunday morning. The
destination Of the cruise was the pen
insula, hut circumstances and fate dee.
reed otherwise. In tackink for che
mouth Of the barbor, the Hawaii was
becaimed about mile on shore aad
directly in the path VI the projeetiles
whizzing seaward from the riae ranee.
Hear Bullet Sing.
The yacht had act lost hcadway for
! more than n few minutes when n bud
LET went singing through the rigging,
and shortly afterwards anOther eut a
neat, round hole in the sail A few
more kicked up splashes in the water
nearby, and the male members Of the
party decided IL was necessary TO take
some measures Of safety. AL the
wonlen folk on the yacht, about four
teen in al, were sent below, or placed
behind such shelter az was available.
various effotts were made 60 at.
tract the attention of persons on Inc
| rifle range, hut with0ut avail FEED.
ing responsible for the safety Of the
party, Tea Ceatet went aloft and A.
tempted to communicate with the mill
tiamcn on the range using the hand
semaphore, but in this he was unsue-
cessful. s2 ,Aa sr.
4 Other members of the party gave Il
as thcir belief that his failure WINS
due to his using srtnaphore system
Taught by the correspondence schools
instead Of. that used an tAe army and
navy. ,,;, .a.s
This method failiag, various signals
of distress were hoisted hut the mill
tiamen cftAer did net see them or paid
no attention TO them. Members Of ths
party lined the rail aRd wawel hand,
kerchiefs and other imPfOvised ban
ners, but the nilitiaIncn evidently tool
these as signals of encouragement and
shot faster than ever,
!, Drops Part of Camera
While the pleasure party was endur
ing the horrors of war, Frank CosgrovS
started to swim OF 10 secure a row
boat in order TO 90 aud secure tow
Just as nc left the yaeht, Foster Dawn
leaned over tie side to give him sem,
, instructions. Davis best girl had Dor
, rowed big camera from someone II
/ takc on tn, trip, aud Davis had u u
his hand as he lfaneil over the rail
, inadvertently he pressed the button
, and tho greater part of the camera me
chanism jumped out Of the box mt
; the water Davis fnlly clothed, dives
1 in after it, without waiting 10 reniOy'
his hat. He came Up without the cam
fora and with hib hat plastered dowi
over his eyes. = While he was in tn
i water he lost something out of his peck
! ct, some say it was his watch, other
that il was match box, but anyhow
! he lost it. Consequently he was on
his own belongings and some othe
fellows camera ~. l..a
|. Not having any other way to dis
tiagnisb himself, while the yacht wa
!. lying becalmed aud under fire. Hem
Raphael proceeded TO get seasick. II
got very sick " $40. @.... TO-.
= whilc waiting for CosgroHe to briR
!. assistance, other methods Of attract
: ing attention at the. range were triet
. The saluting gun was brought mp an
put into position, hut the powderswa
!, wet and there was. nothing doing !
that line. International flag signal
= were strung and sent up, but no on
knew Just what they meant, and the
seemed to be cAusing a great dead O
amusement on board the steamship
, Niagara and Mariana, lying outside tn
. harbor. Now the members. of th
: yachting party are wondering what tn
signals they were Aging really mean
- There was only one can of sardint
aboard the yacht, and the members
the party and crew were brought far
L to face with the grim realities of wa
llwhen they were removed from the
dangerous locality by a fortunat
! breeze which blew mp about noon. /.
Foreseeing laugh, there was a gnl
eral conspiracy OF silence which las
q ed until yesterday forenoon. Then u
story was zoo good to keep any long
and sonns one letr it Qua ~