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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-05
U. S, HOPING FOR PEACE, TAKES NO
ACT OF WAR IN STRAINED SITUATION

lines of the Allied blockade. -.
He intends to turn the embassy over
to the charge of DR.. Paul Ritter, en-
voy extraordinary from Switzerland
to the United States, who will repre-
sent Germany here.
In the German official circles as
well as in those of the Entente diplo-
matte corps the feeling yesterday APP
peared to be that the United States,
by sundering relations with Germany
has put herself out of the running as
a possible mediator between the bel
ligerents. Some months ago Count
Won Bernstorff in an interview stated
that he believed that peace when it
comes will be through the Spanish
King and not through Wilson. Should
the other neutral nations sever rela.
.tions with Germany. as suggested by
President Wilson, any peace move
would of necessity have to come
through the Vatican RI .a.t..t> -. e.
The members of the Entente diplo-
matte corps are confident that the
president has mistaken the temper Of
Germany and that the kaiser's govern
ment intends to go ahead with the
carpaign of ruthlessness and so force
the United States into an active
declaration of war
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-05
MEMENTO OF GEIER
AFFAIR Is ADDED TO
POLICE COLLECTION

AS an interesting memento of now
historic event in Honolulu, Capt. Nc
Duffie> of tie detectives has in his of.
flee, among a grand assortment of pis-
tolls, axes, knives, opium outfits and
what-nots, metal piece OF a nautical
instrument which was thrown to the
wharf Of Pier. 16 Sunday when one
of the sailors on the Prinz Waldemar
ran amuck in the chart room shortly
before the refugee ship was placed
under the guard of u S. regulars
The ''chief" says his little souvenir
of the wreck Of the refugees is the
rim of compass and was thrown from
the bridge by German sailor who
was intent on wrecking the ship as
much as possible before the soldiers
came aboard. Several pieces of APP
paratus we're thrown overheard but
most of them fell in the water. Sol
diers saw the wrecking and hurried on
board to stop it. ....
McDuffie says the man was under
the influence of liquor and apparent.
ly became temporarily crazed when
he saw the soldiers coming
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-05
BOILERS BURNED
OUT ON REFUGEE
STEAMERS HERE
Hot Fires Under Empty Boilers
Cause Ruin; Other MaChin- !.
cry is Also Wrecked

As published in Sundays 1880 extra
of the Star-Bulletin, boilers and en-
gines of all the-refugee German mer.
chant steamers in port have been com
pletely ruined by the vessels crews
most of the destruction having been
wrought, probably, from Friday to
Sunday, as soon as the international
situation became serious. On one
boat it was done week ago.
Beginning at 1880 Sunday morning,
u. 5. Inspectors of Hulls and Boilers
Joseph J. Meany and Thomas J.
Heepey, accompanied by customs In.
spectors and armed soldiers. boarded
every merchant steamer in port anu
made thorough inspection Of the
boilers, engines and other machinery.
They finished in the afternoon.
Find Scenes of WreckaSe
What they found was complete
ruination. Boilers had been burned
out by blazing fires after the water
Lad been drawn, engines had been put
out of commission by damaging steam
chests and cracking cylinder heads,
gauges and cocks had been battered
by heavy hammers, holes pierced in
pipes by heavy picks, valves smashed,
dynamos wrecked, engine telegraphs
ruined, navigating instruments thrown
overheard. The vandalism was thor
ough. II,
Some Specific Instances .-.
On the biggest merchantmen, the
Pommern, boilers we're totally ruined
and machinery battered. A sea-cock
lad been prepared for opening by re-
moyal of the nuts of all studs but one.
Opening of the cock would have sunk
the ship. -: .a...-..- H..
Engine damage was worst on the
Prinz Waldemar. Her engines are
practically total loss. The Setos
was the only steamer on which the
work of destruction was half-hearted
or interrupted before completion. Her
boilers had not cooled completely
when the inspectors boarded her. Her
engines we're unchanged. 49,.
Work Done Week Ago 49,:
On the gasoline schooner Hermes
the crew said they had disabled her
engines a week ago. The steamers
damaged are the Pommern, Prinz
Staatsekretar Kraetke,
Setos, Honeymoon, Holsatia, Gouver-
neur Jaeschke and Hermes. .
Telephones Taken Over r..
Military authorities took over all
telephones on the waterfront Sunday
morning for their own use after the
Geier fire Last night all docks we're
closed to the public by order of the
harbor board. They will continue to
be closed at night. The board had its
boats and watchmen patrol the harbor
last night and all craft were kept
away from the German ships. Extra
men were on guard in addition to Gus.
toms, army and navy patrols.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-05

CHURCHES Offer
SPECIAL PRAYERS
ASKING GUIDANCE

With diplomatic relations severed
and America on the verge of war
with Germany. special prayers for the
success and guidance OF the home ad-
ministTation in the delicate situation
ii now faces were offered yesterday
In the Central Union, Methodist and
Christian churches.
Minister David Cary Peters Of the
Christian church set aside his regular
sermc52 for q few moments TO COM
ment On the good that is certain to
result from actual warfare. II will
mean, he asserted, a new appraise-
ment of life and the realization TO all
concerned that a national civilization
without godliness is bound to collapse
He ended his brief remarks by offer
ing prayer for the success of the AM
erican nation in which the hope was
expressed that the administration use
the utmost wisdom in handling the
problem II now faces
Reference to the great spiritual
Weakening that the war has wrought
in the European countries was made
by Rev. Leon l.. Loofbourow of the
Methodist church. He pointed out
that the people of the nations : t Eu-
rope have ceased to think Of money,
dress, theaters and other similar
things and have come to think aIure
and more OF the real things in life.
The minister aided that, should Che
United States engage "a war, some of
the results now being shown in Eu-.
-ppe would be shown in this country.
lie pointed out that the European
leOple have COM t. hing less of the
shCw things of life. If wlr has done
mis- for them, I might do it for the
American people, he said f.. ..
Dr.. J. Fl. Williams, who delivered
the sermon at Central Union church,
referred but briefly to the possibili-
ties Of war, but in his prayer he ask
ed for the guidance of the home ad-
in any steps it may find
1t necessary to take.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-05
ARMY TAKES HAND
INDAYSEVENTS

Events moved rapidly yesterday
with the army and evidently without
hitch. Officers at headquarters,
donned in Sunday white, handled the
situation that became serious locally
with the beginning of the fire on the
German Geier.
1t was at word from Pearl Harbor
that the army took charge with troops,
one company from the End Infantry
camp at the Capitol grounds and one
from Fort Armstrong marching to the
waterfront. Soldiers with machine
guns and rifles took station atop the
big coal pile on Allen street so as to
look down directly on the Geier.
Others patrolled the streets and kept
back the rapidly increasing crowd.
To increase the numbers at Fort
Shafter. diminished by the sending
out Of men to Honolulu, the LIST Infan-
try came in from Schofield. At the
noon hour the two remaining com.
panies of the End Battalion, Fort
Shafter. arrived here and encamped
alongside their comrades in the Capt,
toll grounds.
Squads of enlisted men and officers
took charge of the German sailors on
hoard the Geier and Locksun,s which
number was found to be greater by
102 men than had been previously re-
ported. They were taken to various
army posts. The largest number is at
Schofield Barracks, It's men and Is
officers.
Others are at Fort Shafter, Kruger
and Fert Kamehameha. Their status
is ',interned aliens" and they are under
close guard.
AT the request of the customs Off
cials the army also put armed guards
upon all of the German merchantmen
in the harbor.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-05
COURT WILL WAIT ACTION Of
IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS ON SHIP CREWS
Officers and Crews of German Merchantmen Be Ordered
Depoted Legal Proceedings for Destroying Property to End

With Honolulu harbor protected SO
far as it can be, in that no alien Ger.
nan seamen are on the waterfront
in a capacity where they might In
flict damage, and with the crews OF
the German refugee vessels interned
at the federal immigration station. the
local Z. s. attorneys office does not
anticipate any further action with re-
gard to the German seamen.
mo action will be taken by this
office against the crews OF the other
refugee vessels while action by the
local immigration officials is pend,
ing" Z. 5. Attorney S. c. Huber said
this morning.
immigration Inspector. r. L. Hal
sey'S instructions from Washington
late Sunday AFTERNOON were, in sub
stance, to take charge of all German
seamen at this port. These instruc-
tons were carried out Sunday night.
Marshal ]. J. Smiddy, accompanied
by customs and immigration officers.
marched the men to the immigration
station. They went willingly and the
officers experienced no trouble hand
ling their charges.
The officers and crews of the Geier
and her collier, the Locksun, were not
molested. These men are now in the
custody of the naval authorities A
few OF the seamen from the refugee
steamers who were about town Sun
day evening and could not be found by
the officers were sent to the immigra-
tion station when they reported back
tc their ships.
While at the immigration station
the interned Germans will be fed and
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-05
SOLID BEHIND
WILSON, SAYS MARSHALL
ASSOCIATED Press by Commercial
Cable }

ASSOCIATED Press by Commercial
Cablel
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 3
Vice-President Marshall, in a state
ment commenting upon the address
of President Wilson, in which the
chief executive announced the sever
ance of relations with Germany. de-
clared that the nation is absolutely as
a unit behind the president
IF President Wilson finds il neces-
sary to deliver another and more i'm
portant address," said the vice-presi-
dent, he will then and there discoy-
er that the sentiment OF the country
has crystalized behind him. For
months he has struggled manfully to
keep his nation out of the vortex of
the European war, and now that there
appears the possibility that this break
With Germany may lead to other and
worse things, the nation will show that
it appreciates his motives and trusts
confidently in his sound sense"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-05

gee ships Sunday morning, the col,
hector sent a wireless message to
take charge of the o. J. ID. Adler, q
German refugee steamer now lying at
the Crescent City port
No Firearms Found
Following the arrest of the men OF
the Pommern they were searched for
firearms, but none were found. Mar.
shall Smiddy did not take the mems
pocketknives from them, although
there was hardly man without one.
Early In the afternoon Attorney ]. w.
Cathcart of the law firm of Thcmp-
son, Milyerton & Cathcart, legal repre-.
sentatiyes OF II. Hackfeld & Co, called
at the marshaps office to ascertain
the charge under which the men, had
been arrested. He was told to con-
fer with Commissioner Curry.
The officers and men of the Waldo.
mar were taken from the ship to the
marshaPs office in the police patrol
and automobiles. While the men were
confined in the marshaTs office a BIZ
cycle officer stood guard outside. The
men OF the Pommern and those of the
Waldemar were placed in different
rooms pending arrangements for bond
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-05
ARM0RY
IS Three SQUADS

Called Cut Saturday afternoon to
guard the armory, Company |. 1st
Haw. Infantry, was reduced Sunday
morning to three squads. The other
members Of the company. however
have not been dismissed but simply
relieved from duty and must hold
themselves in readiness to report at
the arnloTy at any time. The com
pany will remain on guard until Tues
day evening, when another company
will take its place.
The guardsmen are sleeping in the
assembly room on the second floor
and cooking their meals in the rear
OF the building.
Gen. S. l. Johnson reports that a
large number of men have already
come TO him and offered their SER
vices if more soldiers are needed. Il
have no doubt at all" Gen Johnson
said, that the LIST Infantry can be
filled to war strength in very short
time If the call comes" .- -.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-05

cared for at the expense Of the /. S.
government department OF commerce
and labor II:
FiIipino's Given Liberty
Six Fi!ipinos, arrested with the Off.
GERS and linen OF the Prinz WaldemaT.
have been given their liberty. This
was done because they were neither
seamen nor apprentices. They did not
sign articles TO work on the Waldo
mar and did not come under the
classes named in the statutes, which
are masters, seamen and apprentices.
In the event that the officers and
men interned at the immigration sta
ton should be ordered deported, the
charges against the men of the Pom
mern and Prinz Waldemar undoubted-
ly will be dropped, the L. S. attor-
ney,s office said today.
But should war be declared be-
tween Germany and the United States,
the office further reported, they will
be held here as foreigners. If there is
no war and an agreement is reached
between the two nations, the officers
and men will be released.
Date Set for Hearing
U. s. Commissioner George S. Curry
has set February II as the date for
the preliminary hearing Of the officers
and crews of the Pommern and PrinZ
Waldemar, who are charged with hay-
ing attempted to seriously damage or
destroy their vessels at this port.
Whether the hearing is held depends
largely upon action taken by the i'm
migration authorities, federal officials
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-05
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NAoOOSloICu TlSoS ny SOLlLlcICldl
... Cable)
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Feb. 5.-Al
though diplomatic relations with Ger
many have been severed and the world
is a-tiptoe awaiting the final crash
that viii precipitate the United States
into the war, President Wilson and
his cabinet officials still cling to the
hope that actual hostilities can be
avoided While strenuously prepar-
ing to meet war if it comes the presi,
dent is also striving still to bring
about peace.
Indeed, spokesman for the admins.
tration in Congress and elsewhere are
declaring today that the rupture with
Germany is the greatest of all the
peace moves which the president has
yet made, and reiterating their belief
that Germany, having been warned of
the folly of her endeavor to intimidate
the United States will be willing to
keep her pledges to this country and
carry On her submarine warfare
against the Entente Allies as her gov
eminent pledged itself to do.
President Wilson, it was asserted
yesterday, still looks hopefully toward
the other neutral countries. He has
sent to the American diplomats in all
of these countries instructions to eX-
plain the attitude Of the United States
to the authorities in the capitals
where they are stationed, and to in
vite all the neutral nations to join
the United States in this protest
against the threat of ruthlesSness
made by Germany.
While clinging to the hope of peace
the president and his advisors are still
keeping a keen eye on the possibility
that the rupture with Germany will
lead to open war, and neither he nor
the other members Of the administra-
ton are abating in the least their eff
forts to be prepared to take part in
the conflict should that duty be forced
upon the country.
May Convoy American Ships
The question of conveying American
ships through the submarine zone by
American ships of war was taken up
and discussed in various official
circles here yesterday, but nothing
definite was decided upon. The first
impression was that it would be bet
ter to permit them to continue on
their lawful way unprotected, but this
may be changed as time and events
prove otherwise
The general assumption on the part
of those who are advocating that they
be allowed to go unprotected by cruis-
ers is that Germany has had her
overt act on her part will mean that
the United States will be added to
the list of her foes and will model
her conduct accordingly.
Ambassador Is Packing Up
Count Won Bernstorff, the former
German ambassador, is still busy
packing his belongings and getting
ready. to leave the country as soon as
the state department shall be able to
secure him safe conduct through the
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-05
ROOSEVELT OFFERS
SERVICES OF HIMSELF
AND SONS TO COUNTRY

OYSTER BAY, Long Island, Feb. 5.
Former President Roosevelt has
telegraPhed to President Wilson the
offer of his own services and those
II his four sons in the event of open
hostilitieS breaking cut between this
ountry and Germany
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-05
GERMAN AMERICAN IT. >.
ALLIANCE PROMISES
THOROUGH LOYALTY

The German American Alliance is
composed only of American citizens
who will support the United States in
any emergency, according to Charles
w. Zeigler of that organization
Naturally our sympathies hare
been with Germany so long as Anleri-
ca was not directly implicated but at
Present there can be no doubt Of our
stand. Our duty is plainly with the
Stars and stripes, . he says. ..".
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-05
ALL NAVAL MILITlAMEN
ARE ORDERED TO REPORT

Cmdr. W.. H. Stroud of the terri,
torial Naval Militia today asked the
Star-Bulletin to print the following
order: ~. ..:...." -.
Every member OF the Naval Militia
is ordered to report at the bungalow
in the Capitol grounds at o'clock to-
night" .
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-05
Germans Now Under
Arrest Will Be Held
Till Further Orders
Action BY Federal Grand Jury Possible in Case of Teuton
Crews Who Deliberately Wrecked Machinery of Vessels
Events of Yesterday Summarized

Officers merchant
United
Sunday
Marshal j. smiddy charges
their vesseIss At this
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-07-07
WaInuts as Food.

The ancients held the walnut i'll hiSh
esteem. Mortals could and did exist
on acorns. but walnuts were so ne
licious in taste and flavor, so palatablc
and nutritious, that they were revered
as food only for the gods to III upon.
Modern investigation and modern 5
toms have popularized the uses OF the
walnut to such an extent thai 1t Is
row regarded not only as Il luxury. Dut
as a food of great nutritive value. \
chemical analysis of the nut shows
that it is six times as nutritious as
meat. No vegetable OF, fruit, with the
possible exception of the olive. can he
compared with the walnut as IA strength
giving and fat producing food. All
nuts are possessed of elements of nu-
triton, but the highest in RAM is the
walnut.-Manchester Guardian.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-07-07
Vegetable Soups or purees.

Soup is not necessarily made from
meat stock. Vegetable soups or pureeS
are made by boiling potatoes, beans,
peas or other vegetables until soft,
MASKING through IA sieve and then heat
ing with a little liquid (water, milk.
soup stock or whatever seems desir-
able) and flavOring. Using leftover
vegetables for such purees Is an eco
nomical practice. MIX soups. which
are really mix thickened and favored
with some vegetable, fish or other food,
to give flavor and perhaps ~thickencl
still more with Il little flour or stale
breadcrumbs. are both nutritious ana
appetizing. They furnish also an eX-
cellent means of using up skimmilK.
Those who wish to bring down the cost
of food should remember II "A skim
milk, a cup of which contains as much
protein as a cup of whole milk Is lar
too valuable IL food to be overlooked.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-07-07
PAINTING a Battleship.

One hundred tons OF paint, costing
approximately $4,000, represents the
initial color requirements Tor II new
battleship. The annual upkeep cost
may exceed this sum. since it Is the
custom to repaint the different parts
Of a modern war vessel every three to
six months. This would indicate an
annual paint protection outlay of near
ly 81, 200, 900 for the navy. If to this
sum Is added the'cost of painting the
thousands of lake boats. ~freighters.
river steamers and pleasure craft some
conception may be had of the impor'
lance of marine painting.
Among the most important naval
paints are those which are applied to
protect the submerged parts of the
bulls from cOrrOsion or fOuling by bar
nacles. The word barnacle is the pop
ular name for that form of marine
crustacea which consists of IA clam
like body lodged in II shell that is often
formed In n series of rings or plates.
They adhere with great tenacity.
Without a%nti-fouling paints the speed
of vessels would he greatly retarded
by the piling up of a thick incrustation
of barnacles and attached sea grass
Boston Herald.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-07-07
Don't Neglect the Teeth.

The teeth are an important factor in
maintaining health. Poor. irregular.
decayed teeth cause foul breath and
do not permit the thorough mastica-
ton OF food. This creates intestinal
disorders, caused by Jumps Of partly
masticated food lying and fermenting
in the stomach.
All food must he in n liquid state
before it can pass into the intestinal
tract, so if this task be continually i'm
posed on the stomach 1t produces dis
treSS.
The mouth is indicative of cllaiac-
ter and as expressive as the eye. Re
fined and particular people do not reg
lect the appearance of the teeth.
A reasonable amount of care, II good
dentifrice and "A fairly stiff brush-aIl
these give pearly teeth, Il clean, sweet
breath. ruby lips and IA feeling of per-
feet cleanliness.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-07-07
ElKO PRINCE MINE
MAKES BIG OUTPUT
HIGH-GRADE ORE BEING TREAT.
ED IN COMPANIES
PLANT

Mr.. and Mrs. l.. ID. Dorgan of
Gold Circle stopped long enough in
Battle Mountain Monday to have a
spring in their Overland repaired at
the Battle Mountain garage. Mr..
Dorgan Is the engineer in charge of
the Elko Prince at Gold Circle and
&gas returning from a meeting of
mining engineers held at Ely re-
Gently when he encountered the brok-
en- spring.
Mr.. Dorgan reports the Elko
Prince in the best possible condi-
ton. There are over 40 men en-
ployed in the mine.
Development work is progressing
satisfactorily on the different lev
els. They are extracting ore from
tEe surface to the $50 level and are
rrnning about 90 tous through the
mill daily. The mill has been in OBJ
Grafton the greater part of the last
two years. 1t was put up by the
Dorr company and is under thei"
management.
Mr.. Dorgan has been connected
with the property in the capacity of
general manager and engineer since
they commenced active develop;Icot
work in 1907.-Scout.