The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-12-24
ARMY TRANSPORT
!. SHER|DANBROUGHT
|. INTERNED TEUTONS
They Posed As American Soldiers
and Two Were Arrested In
: Honolulu
FOUR OTHERS CAUGHT
ON REACHING COAST
Came From Manila and Fourof
Ships Crew Held For Har-
E. boring Them

! Wearing uniforms of the United sta
ties Army and, when questioned, passing
themselves of as discharged soldiers
retaining from tour Of oversee duty,
three Germans and an Austrian were
taken off the army transport Sheridan
when the vessel locked in San Francis.
co ON Tuesday, December IA, and turn.
ed over to the immigration authorities
for Investigation. Immediately follow.
ing their seizure ". Peterson all
| George King, masters-at-arms on the
transport, and Emil Gering and Jacob
| Klanhaus, ships bakers, were placed
under arrest, charged with trying 10
smuggle undesi- lble aliens into the
country. Later charges of accepting
brides may be placed against the MEN.
Both the military and civil authori,
ties are working on the investigation
to determine how and why the foreign
ers got aboard the transport. The plot
to smuggle them into the United States
was unearthed in Honolulu, about Dei
cember 8, and the arrests were made
in San Francisco following cabled adj
vices from Brig-Gen. John p. Wiser,
T..
that the men were aboard the trans.
port. .,.. ..t.. ,eg. ".tl
Two Suspects Confess w. e#
When the transport touched at Ho-
nolulu two Germans, Paul Simbach and
Lynatz Toboiski, also said to be wear
ing United States Army uniforms and
claiming to be discharged American
soldiers, were seized by the military
authorities and turned over to the i'm.
migration authorities, charged With
fraudulently wearing the uniform
Closely questioned after the transport
cleared from Honolulu for San Francis
co, the men said that they were Ger.
man sailors, who had been informed at
Manila They said they had bribed
men on the transport to smuggle them
into San Francisco. 1t is stated that
! they declared that the men on the
transport were to receive in all $4,000
to get the men safely on American soil.
Before the transport was 200 miles
from Honolulu the men said that four
others were on board the Sheridan,
and they gave the names of Peterson.
King, Gering and Klanhaus as the
quartermaster employees who had en-.
gineered the project of getting the
men into the United States. ~
Bogus Soldiers Located = -.at
general Wiser eabled what he knew
about the matter to the Western De,
partment in San Francisco, and his ad-
vices were turned over to the depart
ment inspector, who consulted with
the United States district attorney.
Wireless advices were sent to the trans
port, and then began the work of To-
eating the refugees in the vessel.
There were more than 400 troops
on board, among them hundreds Of
casuals, men going home for discharge
from the army, men going into the
reserves and men already discharged.
Every man aboard had to either show
his papers or be identified by an officer
or none commissioned officer, and after
several hours the bogus soldiers were 10.
Gated. ri
During the process of searching the
ship, three FilipinOs stowaways from
Honolulu were discovered. They had
been working on sugar plantations in
Hawaii and were anxious to get to San
Francisco to seek employment. "
Story Is Doubted -.
| The four Austrians and Germans ar
rested in San Francisco and the two ap-
pretended in Honolulu, claimed they
were sailors from German merchant
ships interned for the war at Manila.
Peterson and King, the masters-at-
arms of the transport now under ar
rest, are part of the civilian crew Of
the government vessel. II is alleged
that their job was to keep the bogus
soldiers under cover when any inspec-
tions were made, while the bakers,
Gering and Klanhaus, attended to the
feeding of the stowaways.
One of the stowaways, Godlevski,
said he was a Russian. When he was
placed in detention and was being
hustled ashore, he threw his uniform,
hat and coat overheard and swore. flu
emily in what men who overheard him
think was fair German. ~.@ #
Peters0iI IKiR9S Gefihg jtland llKl&n-
haus are being held by the Federal
authorities in $1,000 bail each. This
will be increased If additional charges
of accepting brides are fled against
them. LII
Stan officers Reticent ,atg N
Lieut.. Col. Archibal Campbell, chief
of staff of the Hawaiian Department
said yesterday afternoon that he said
he did not know what happened on the
Coast when the Sheridan arrived there.
81 do not care to say very rzeh
about the matter until after the sinves,
tigatiou that is being conducted in San
Francisco, is made public" he said.
''HOu can quote me as saying two men
were taken off the boat here as stow
Always and turned over to the immigra,
tion officers to be returned TO Manila.
So far as l am aware, there has been
no official report made to the effect that
the men wore the uniform Of the
United States army. From all reports,
there were seven men aboard the trans.
port who were evidently trying TO reach
the mainland. Two of them were ap.
pretended here, and the California
authorities were notified to be on the
lookout for the others. Whether or not
ltheY were Germans or Austriana a.