Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-14
SEARCH REVEALS
HOW S. S. POMMEUN
MIGHT Be FLOODED
Report to Harbor Board Shows
Apparent Plan to Turn in
Water; No Explosives Are
Found; House Public Lands
Committee Upholds Board in
Handling Trying Situation

SStpuetSS StttSt0S SOeH " W
Handling Trying Situation
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= Endorsement OF the course TAX =
= en- by the harbor board relative =
= to the German ships is given by =
= the health, police and military =
= committee Of the house Of repre- =
= sentatiyes ON house resolution AZ 4
= introduced by = Representative =
= Kelekolio. The report says that =
= the committee has had the con- =
= ferences with the harbor commits =
= sioners and closes by saying: =
Your committee Is Of the opin- =
= ion that the board Of harbor com =
= missioners % doing its best con- =
= scieptiously under the trying cir =
y cumstances which surround II in =
4 this matter. =
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That the bolts in the cover Of the
Pommern's main suction check waive
had been % ioosened and removed
that Il would have taken only tso or
three ninutes work 10 remove the
check, open the seacoek and flood the
engine room and holds, Il the big fea-
ture o. The findings Of the harbor
bcsrd,s Investigating copamittee which
sesrched the German refugee steamers
Pemmern and eetos Nondsy, a. turned
h "a the board Ibv the com n,iftee ~.
day.
The suoulen,enfsrx report a. Enoin-
eer ri 4 n <.cb. coSi,tnT l,,t mad b.
the coWm|tfet sns renortr thst ths
estoS Sest6cE I'D injecilon IInes ere
tpbertftI h good couoitioh.. Tne
conmit<te nr0& th.t 1,klls X fauna "a
exolorivSs ffsrs srt olaces q both
steamers w,here thev could he hidden
sn6 not s. found ,eifl,o,t fssrlno the
ri;Ip,s irfer;or rr.rf' The eorrjttee,s
fepoff follo.,<:
AHonolulu. March fs. 1917.
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aHonoIuIu. tn.
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exsmins and report a. Ire oeneraf
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and aIeo 10 escSffsln II there are any
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