Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-19
angel CITY HEARS
GERMANS TAKEN
BY GOVERNMENT
Letter and Papers Contain
Stories OF Governments AC-
ton Checking Activities

Les Angeles new SpaperS ana tettefS
lately received give reptrts OF seizures
oE property In the vicinity Of the Angel
city fer alleged activities Of Germans.
The Examiner OF April II publishes
the following:
The discovery OF an aeroplane fac
tory On tle Long Beach boulevard. ST.
uated In big red barn. where two
eloerty Austri9ns are nov construct.
ing a monster aeropianc OF the hatti9
type. fitted With SI5-horsepoNer en-
CINE. yesterday caused considerable
exr.ten ent In nfficial circles and tbs
natter, It is understood. MAS imiue-
diately reported 70 the Rnthorlties At
Washington.
plte barn vas raide1 ay Speeini
Ascent Z. n Blanford and deputy
SneFilfs Nolan and Fox, and tue pro,
pfietnrs interru9ated, At flryt they
seemed reticent about giving inforfna.
tpn. but finally declared that they
were 6tiidsng this big maekine tor the
purpose OF ecafryifg government mail
in Alaska, They confessed, how svcf.
that they had entered into no contract
With The goyernment for a mali route.
Sar could they expia.n satisfactorily
10 the officers wsIere tire, niouh5
which the building of the 1nathine en-
tailed Came from
Trough no arrests were made tho
men were or1ered not to remoye the
machine from, the barn without gov
ernment permit. and meantime they
are being closely watched.
Evidence secured 81 tie offitef9
tended to show that these men bad
been frequently seen in company VITA
Carl won WIedow. who is under sus-
picion of being German spy.
IL Is alleged that Won Wiedow, the
two aeroplane builders and several
ether Germans. now under sntnicion,
nightly congregated at q ceftaln Main
street cafe, where they would appear
to hold earnest debates. One Of the
seroplane builders was also found -
have lived near Won Wied0E. To-day
1t II ppobabie that yon Wiedow viii
ba closely questioned concerning his
alleged relation with these aeroplans
builders.
Blanford. Fox and Nolan stated that
the machine Is OF . speedy typt and
larger than any I'm SOUTHERN ee'aes-
whether Or not ottsf machines haYs
been constructed ID this barn. b now
Ea matter of official Investigation.
Fine Estate Reported Seized
Reports were received yesterday Vf
the seizure OF q large estate at Holly
wood BY the government and its being
held under guard. They were contain.
ed in d private letter and no confirms
alton appears IN the most recent los
Angeles papers TO reach here This
letter states that the seizure followed
the discovery that q permanent can
non base had been built on the
grounds and that there were quantl-
ties of ammunition stored there:
The house. q Japanese bungalow, Is
enc OF the show places Of Los Angeles
and occupies q position that COM
mands the entire city. Il E1g built
at an expense Of nearly $l.0Uy.000 b.
two silk manufacturers from. the East,
supposed to be Germans. The build
ing was seldom occupied by the own
ers but has been In charge Of q mum.
Der Of Japanese. Anumber OF regular
soldiers are now In command Of the
estate.
Busch Gardens Reported Taken
. The same letter says that the o.
nous Busch gardens at Pasadena had
been confiscated because powerful
radio pIanb had been dlsc0yefed on
the grounds. OF this. also, there is no
newspaper confirmation.
The letter further states that Il IS
believed in the Southern CaIifornie
city that at least 10000 trained and
armed German soldiers are now on the
Mexican border ready to make dash
into the United States.