Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-13
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through 10 Germany and some were
caught. In this attempt with ifs plans
10 use false passports, BOy-Ed IS "pen'
IT, involved. inssmuch as ne admits
the scheme to use forged credentials.
Here also appears the name OF
German. Won Knorr. said to be con,
necttd with the German cons ulate n
San Francisco. Apparently at tins
time ne was in San Francisco and
was to he one Of the agents in passing
the Geier men across country alter
they had violated intcrnment parole
at Honolulu
UNDERGROUND" PLAN TO
SLIP GERMANS AWAY
On October %, 1914 in GrasshOi 3
diary are mentioned the following two
kilograms regarding this "undei-
ground" scheme In the second mes
sage the words in parenthesis are fill
ed in to make the meaning clear as it
is established by the Investigations OF
the naval intelligence office:
October %, 1914: Il sent a tele-
gram TO Knorr that the sending home
OF officers and sailors Is (pOssibleH
and that two officers, two men and
those who are sick have been given
instructions. The steamers which are
out Of commission are the HOlsatia
and the LoCksun."
Telegram from San Francisco: !
have (concealed?) the sending home
of the men. also secured (accOmmoda-
tions?) in New York. | recommended
that shelter be given on board Ger
man vessels to all accredited per
sons"
Possibly the German captain was
planning on making his own escape.
for next day his diary contains the
following:
October 2e, 1914: Telegram to
Knorr, San Francisco, to be forwarded
TO Washington. Please notify me If
return home Is at all possible. No
trouble here" ....
FAILURE OF SCHEME;
S. =. CONSULATE BLAMED
Further developments in this
scheme to slip informed Germans out
Of Honolulu are revealed in the fol-
lowing entries: D
October 20, 1914: To-day shortly
after the American steamer Enter
prise left port received message
from San Francisco saying Return of
personnel not impossible provided
they go in small numbers A good
opportunity was thus missed to send
back two officers and four men. The
consulate at San Francisco slipped
up 3" ;
October 30, 1914: Telegram from
Boyd, New York, Turned out poor
ly Geier. Don't send home any men
except those who can speak some
other language. False passports nee
essary.s" evidently this referred to
failure to get Germans through to
Germany. q As ~
October so, 1914: - Ia. answer Lsent
the following telegram to Boy.Ed:
Why did former attempt not turn out
properly viii avoid further failures.
For your information here an alien
certificate Is necessary, Honolulu
November 3, 1914: Consulate,
San Francisco, sends Geographic In
formation that officers and men were
caught. Has requested their release y
These were supposedly men of Geier
who attempted to reach Germany.
FLOATING WIRELESS ON PACIFIC
IS NEXT SCHEME MATCHED
A new scheme Matched in the Ger
man embassy at Washington next
comes to light through the faithful
diary. II is that of securing a vessel
which shall operate in the Pacific as
wireless station for the use of the
Germans, possibly to get messages to
and from the German interned and
refugee vessels at various ports, and
possibly to communicate direct with
the great home station at Nauen,
Germany.
Boyd apparently desired to main.
tain this outfit primarily for listen
ing in on transmission Of messages.
An attempt to transfer a wireless
operator from Manila to Guam or Ho.
nolulu appears later in the entries.
Honolulu figures in these entries as
one of the points where the scheme
was TO be put into operation. Here
are the entries,
November 2, 1914: Boyd requests
that schooner be fitted out for his
radio master" -' .s. ...s'... 4
(Then an attempt to forward one
toperator) to coast. which was unsuc-
cessful.) ~....s ...-. 80 ~
November 2, 1914. Telegram to
consul. San Francisco: Sending or
wireless operators made impossible
because Admiral Moore sent an Off
Ger, Captain London tnayaI station)
% inform me that Geier must leave
harbor tonight by twelve o'clock or
intern r ~. - Z.
* II" SECRET AGENT = Il.
NOW APPEARS 49,. .
About the same time as the entries
above, the German secret agent, "A. V.
Kircheisen, who figures so largely as
"K II" appears in the story. He is
mentioned often in the diary and, in
the opinion of the officials who have
gone carefully into the references, re-
ported to Grasshof or to RodielI, prob
ably BOTH. to the German consul in
San Francisco, and sometimes direct
to the German embassy, Washington.
He was at this time a quartermaster
on the steamship China plying be-
tween the Orient and San Francisco,
touching at Honolulu en- route. He
used the wireless outfit frequently
and appears to have occupied a posi-.
ton of some Importance, but some