The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-07-31
SOLID CITIZENS
TARGETS FOR
GUNS OF SENTRIES
Violations Of Wartime Rules Of
the Fort Bring Bullets; One
Fishsrlhan's Lttssiy Saved BY
Gasoline Tank Behind Which
HesHld do

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Despite the fact that the wartime
rules for the port Of Honolulu are
prominently displayed from every part
of the waterfront ia all languages, the
military guards stationed on the
wharves at night have for the past
week had ,considefable. target practise
and at number Of well Known solid
citizens.
One Of the citizens owes his life to
the invulnerability Of his gnsoline
tank. The 30 caliher bullet which sup.
plemented a warning Of the guards
went through one wall of the tank and
was stopped by the gasoline and the
second wall, which was happy cir.
cumstanee, inasmueh as he was hiding
behind said tank, very much in fear.
sportsmen Halted BY Bullet
Last Tuesday night the tuna sampan
Of the Hawaii Tuna Club entered the
harbor after the port was closed, and
without permit from the military au-
thorities and the harbormaster. The
sentry on the end of Pier l2 called TO
the fishermen to halt, but they halted
not, whereupon he sent bullet after
them.
|. The sampan was manned by five
members of the club, whose names
were not kept by the guard but they
we're said TO be prominent in game fish
ing ranks. At any rate, they we're
willing to agree that the sentry had
obtained FIRE superiority and down
they went as fat on the decks of the
sampnn as Il was permitted by nature
that they could be. This was partially
protective, but IL didn I stop the sam.
pan and as II went by the head Of
Pier i3, the sentry stationed there
gave another warning, followed by an.
other bullet. That was the one which
penetrated the gasoline tank and the
person who owes hislife TO il now be-
lieves that this fluid is cheap at any
price, rise how II may.
The sampan was seized and il is un.
derstood that the crew was permitted
70 20 because Il was their first offense,
although IL took them three days to
pry loose their craft from the federal
jaws. ar e#t
Luka's Captain Stopped ....
One Of the next victims of the guard
was Captain Emil Piltz of the schoon-
er Luka, which is anchored out in Rot,
ten Row awaiting another cruise to the
South Seas. He rowed ashore one
night and was promptly nabbed by the
sentry. He thereupon landed fgur,
atively, not on the wharf, but on the
sentry, and it became necessary for
the officer Of the day TO inform him
that the military only know one law
and that is the one they have in writ,
ing. Captain Piltz later got written
permission from the necessary authori.
ties and no one will FIRE ut him now
until after midnight. .sE Z 4,
Pilot Boat Fired On y. ,,' .rEsg -,
Even government vessels are not ex-
empt. II is reported that the pilot
launch going down the harbor at four
clock in the morning to land the
pilot on boat ready to go to sea was
twice fred upon, and the launch ran
for shelter behind big vessel and put
Its lights out. 1t had neglected to get
the essential pass.
The latest arrest in the harbor was
the seizure of Towboat of the Hea.
lanis with three young members of
that club disporting themselves in ii.
Il = hAn was A-AN
past six aud no marine ever looked so
big TO Young America as the one who
climbed into their boat and made them
row over to Pier under arrest. The
naval automatic strapped to his hip
looked like business, too, and the Wis
ions of the fate of German spies fitted
across their minds. They were round
ly seolded and permitted to 60 later,
however.
i The authorities state that they have
had little trouble with Orientals or
others who might be expected to be
weak on the instructions. Even two
Hawaiian boys who wanted to cross
the harbOr produced the necessary
passes. In almost every case where
shots were fired a white man was the
target.