The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-02-06
GERMAN SHIP IN HIL0
BAY ALSO DISABLED
BY THE MEN ON BOARD
Legal IA elton To Recover" Teuton1
Refugee Vessels Under Consider
alton By Attorneys For Hackfeld
q Co, Agents For the Vessels
But No Step Has Been Taken

81 Ea:s# Ill., r. s8
Whatever the agents do and what.
ever the United States officials do, the
board Of harbor commissioners Is thor
,oughly anxious to get rid of the trou.
hlesome vessels. @
Chairman Woodward Of the board, |
Commissioners Mccarthy, Church, Me.
Clellan, Wakefield, Deputy Attorney
General Smith and Capt. William r.
Foster, hafbormaster, called upon Capt.
@. r. Clark, United States Navy com
mandant Mt Pearl Harbor, yesterday
morning They explained to the cap
| tain the situation as they saw il. Cap!
tain Clark replied that he understood
the congested condition Of the harbor
here and the new aspect put upon IL, and
that he would take up the request OF
the board upon receipt OF q formal let
ter. When congestion in the harbor be-
came acute before the navy department
was asked 70 permit the refugees to 60
to Pearl Harbor, but the request was
denied. However, much water has
flowed under the bridges since then,
and II is hoped that there will be 0 fav-
orable response. this time. One potent
factor is that the ships no longer are in
charge of the German crews, but are
being guarded by United States Off.
cials. :.
The letter to Captain Clark will set
forth that the eight German merchant
men are crowding the harbor and are a
nuisanee to general shipping; that in
their present condition they are men.
ace 10 navigation and likely to block
A ha ha nil a. -. n
IL is proposed TO have the owners bear
the expense of towing the vessels to
Pearl Harbor and employing guards to
i watch over them while they are an
chored there.
Charges Increased
Beginning yesterday, the Pommern
and Setos, the only vessels at Terri
4 torial wharves, were charged the usual
rate day of two cents registered net
ton, instead of the reduced rate of ten,
dollars day. This was by order of the
harbor board. The Pominern will pay
$Sl.72 a day for her 1886 tons, and the
Setos $6l.60 a day for her 1880 tons
The $40 rate has stood since they ar
rived here in 1914.
| The Oahu railroad, at the wharves
fof which five steamers are berthed, the
schooner Hermes being in rotten row,
has made no change in the ten-dollar
rate and no change is expected, al
though the railroad was approached
with the suggestion that It increase the
rates. gf. &. t
Thorough search Is to be made for
explosives or other engines Of destruc.
tion that might be placed on the water
i front, the board decided. The wharves
4 will be closed to the public during the
night; arrangements viii be made for
coptinuanee Of military guard over the
waterfront, and the harbormaster's Of
fee will be open day aud night. III
Hunt For Explosives "a "a .
The motion to have the wharves Of
the harbor searched for explosives was
the first adopted at the meeting and
Instructed the harbor police TO search
about piers seven and sixteen first.
The hafbormaster is authorized TO em.
ploy textra men for this work and IN
another motion was authorized to EN-
ploy additional men to maintain "a
twenty.four hour watch in his Office.
The action closing the wharves Il
the public from six o'clock in the eve
ing until seven in the morning pro
vided that only those with permits
from the harbormasteF be allowed o.
the whafves during those hours. !
In discussing the possibility, of ip
ereasing the harbor patrol, the board
decided to confer with federal authori
!, ties for the maintenance Of the present
military guard on the docks.
Divers from the navy We're busy yes
tefday in the slip between Piers ant
s searching for stuff thrown from tn,
Geier aud Loeksun. The attention o.
! the navy win be brought to this re
port: Before the army and navy tool
J charge Of the Geier Sunday morning /,
!. box was dumped into the harbor owe
the Geier = port bow. 1t was so heay.
I. that ten men were required to lift il
+. II was lowered by a cable, which wa
} lcut Besides this, much material, prob
> ably including letters and papers an,
} books was thrown overheard from tn
Geier Sunday. 49,. y. -.
. Passengers Under Inspection t.r
y Az passengers of the Toyo Kisel
! Kaisha steamship Shinyo Maru, Il
! from Yokohama yesterday, had to &c
. Disqualification from an officer of tn
vessel before they could get aboar,
! lest night. This was by order Of tn
harbor board and was to fortify pre-
cautions already taken. The Shiny
: Marn officer and representative o
4 the board were stationed at the stair
, way of the Waikiki side Of Pier z, J
I No passengers were permitted to z
! ashore after seven o'clock last night
I Chief Officer Peisker Of the Holsati
and shlager Of the Setos were taken i
: by United States officers yesterda
. morning. They attempted to boar
4 their ships. Some of the officers of tn
! @erehe4tmen were permitted to 9
8 aboard their vessels yesterday to ge
0 bed clothing. y" 49,
D Inspector of HILLS Meany and II
spector of Boilers Heeney visited til
!. refugee vessels yesterday and instruct
. ed the men on guard in the workip
{ tof parts, especially, of the sea,eocki
This was done so that, even if some on
J, should get aboard and attempt to sin
I or damage the ships, the guards woui
!, know what to do. ,.s|s U-,...
: No vessels are permitted to leay
y the harbor after dark This order ha
Q been in effect since last week. II