The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-09-28
Rifles and Munitions Intended For
South africa TO Be Used
s. Against Botha
MAVERICKS MISSION
NJ Il, BEING CLEARED UP
Failure To Make Connections
Kept Germans From Defend /,
ling Vast Possessions

She's commonplace iumber-earriel
once again, is the three-masted schooner
Annie Larsen, and she has exactly
47e,63o feet of the material with whiel
Prosalc houses are built for matter-of
fact people, and in her cabin yesterday
were the acrid fumes Of sulphur, which
the Unconditional United States publ,
health service had burned IN her fol
purposes Of fuhigation, and she lie,
. at the wharf waiting TO discharge as
meekly as any three or four.mastei
that reports light or steady trades from
the Sound. ~ ~ ~ 4
But there was n time when sheldidn' !
carry 479,639 feet of lumber, but in
stead had 1000 rifles, 1000 bayonets
1000 cartridge belts, 1000 45-cafbe
REVIEWERS and o matter Of l,000,00l
rounds of ammunition. a't
And that time was only three months
ago.
Confirms Oilers Tale So
SO this Is the story Of the Ami,
Larsen, and Is by way Of apology :,
one Jose Camaliche, one-time oiler
the American steamer Maverick, who's,
fantastic narrative of that ship ant
er adyenturing about the high sea,
"a search Of the schooner that nsvei
anne appeared Incredible as the halt
ing tongued Latin American told IL al
the Queens Hospital, one night i
June. y ~.
For Jose is vindicated, and every
thing that he told of the Maverick b
borne out to the strictest letter Of th,
truth by the story Of Capt. p. III. Schul
ter, master Of the Annie Larsen. 1
win be remembered that the Maverick
lay at Hilo for long in June, waiting
apparently for nothing in particular
and that she sailed for Batavia weel
before the Annie Larsenp- put iIitt
Gray's Hafbor in distress, with tn
munitions intended for the Mavericks
still in her hold. q, r. g.. t.t - 81
Whose Launches2 49,, .n q
The Maverick was waiting at Hilt
for the schooner; and her deep draft
which worried. the Hilo folks at thf
time, was due to her tanks--she is a.
oil.earier- being filed with fuel 70
q long voyage; and the great stores o
provisions, which knptted many a Hill
brow, were to replenish the Annie Lar
sen, which was running low. But Hill
may set to work to learn what launch
es lay on the harbor to warn the An
ME Larsen. =, vs.
yet it appears that Honolulu mad,
one error in jumping at the belief tina
the munitions and arms were intendei
to stir up revolt in India. Captain
Schulter believes they were for thu
Germans in South Africa, and his mate
George Poppe, told him that the failur,
Of the Maverick to get the arms to the
Teuton's made it impossible for then
to fight longer for their African colony
against the Beers and British.
SO the fact that the Annie Larsen !
men Dug three wells on the island o.
Socorro and failed to get water ant
were compelled to sail away for AGA
pulco to replenish may have consider
able to do with the disposition Of col
onial possessions when the peace en-
voys meet about the green table q
the end Of the war. A vast imperia
dependency at stake, and perhaps los
for the lack Of few barrels of fresl
watari seq E h.. .g., 49,
It's fascinating thought, anyway
Arms Prom Kansas City
From Kansas City there were ship
ped tlese arms and munitions by raj
to New York, and from New Yorl
they went by steamer TO Galveston, an
thence by rail to San Diego, where the,
arrived ~ In February, San Dieg
thought they were Tor one Of the Mex
loan factions, and plausibility was Civ
en- the belief by the eleverly arrange
plan Of having q Mexican agent there
NJ. Martinez. sHFs H
To San Diego, from San Francisc,
went the Annie Larsen, Captain Isaac
son, and she began loading the wal
supplies February 4, finishing Saturday
February Q, when she made ready 70
sea, On February 10 she changed mas
tiers, Captain Sehulter taking her an'
resigning his command, of the schooner
Annie Mahoney to Captain Isaacson Of
order Of his ownsFs, Olsen q Mahoney
10 whom both schooners belonged. And
here IL may be said that the same firm
Had the steamer Olsen q Mahoney
which had plenty of pilikia at SaT
Francisco last year, when she was sus
pected Of planning some suTreptitiou'
work for the Germans. o.. !. ss. j.
Kept San Diego Guessing .la.. ~
San Diego puzzled over the delay in
the SAnnie Larsen s sailing, for she
lay there until March 8, but on that
day she received orders to sail, and
she cleared for Topolobampo. As su,
pefeargo wrAt man named w. Page
who really was Captain ottmer of the
little German schooner Atlas, refugee
at San Francisco and sister: TO the
Hermes, now i'm Honolulu Captain
Schulter was instructed to take his
orders from OttmeF. rs h. Tn !
Twepty,four hours out Of San Diego
the eaptain was told to set his course
for Soeorro Island, This, of course
was violation Of the customs laws
aud the shin paid q fine of 5000 for il
at Gray's Harbor later. -
Maverick Was Late ->... e..
SO to Socorro the Annie Larsen sail
ed, sighting the island at four O'Clock
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