The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-04-02
GERMANS BLEWU
AGASSz ENGINES
. . BEFORE Capture
Hun Sailors On Raider Destroyed
Machinery and Hurled Guns
Overheard Before Capture
TWO WOMEN WERE ON .-.j
lsta+ CRAFT TURNED RAIDER
Are Declared To Have Aided In
Quitting Schooner which,
Owned BY Local Man


Typical Teuton methods of sabotage
were. followed by the Hun raiders dis
covered aboard the auxiliary schooner
Alexander Agassiz to destroy the yes
sells engines with dynamite when they
were near capture by United States
~hrship of the coast Of Lower Califnr-
mia. The Alexander Agassiz is the
auxiliary schooner Of which F. q.
Wheeler Of Honolulu is part owner.
Details Of the schooner s capture, the
personnel OF those eb Jart' her, and par
tal details regarding her outfitting and
putting TO sea were brought TO Honnln.
In by the Ventura. Mr.. Wheeler has
received no direct communication, about
the capture of the vessel, or any word
from his adopted sister, Miss Maude
borhrhnc Of Los Angeles, another part
owner of the Alexander Agassiz, and
one of two women found on her when
the raider was seizel.
Besides the two women, there were
eleven other persons on the Alexander
Agnssiz, Ave Germans and six Mexi.
cans. The MeXicanS were sent, ashore
and delivered to the Mexican authori-
ties at Ensenada, while the Germans
were taken TO San Diego, according 70
the latest advices from Los Angeles.
1t wps thought that eventually the
Germans would be sent to Fort Doug
las and interned, while the fate of the
two women had not been decided. One
report said that the federal officials
were taking keen interest in what the
Cantu government of Mexico will do
with the MeNicanS who aided the Ger
mans.
Engines Wrecked
The dynamiting of the auxiliary
schooncr's engines happened just be.
fore boat load of American blue
jackets boarded the vessel from the
warship which ran her down. The en-
gines were completely wrecked by the
explosion. Members of the engineering
force Of the war ship attempted to re
pair the Agassiz engines at sea, but
found this impossible. so badly were
the engines shattered that a new power
plant will have to be installed aboard
the vessel before she will be of use
aVlin,
Guns Hurled Overheard
Information from the Coast discloses
the interesting fact that at least two
rapid fire guns were thrown overheard
when the crew Of the raider discove cred
that they rapidly were being overhaul.
CT by an American warship The cruiser
cam" in from tn sea at top speed and
fired warning shot, when the lookout
reported that those aboard the Agassiz
were husily engaged in hurting over
board guns and ammunition.
1t is believed the ships papers were
weighted and droDDed astern as the
cruiser was sighted, as no incriminat
ing papers OF any kind were reported
to have been found on the raider. Adj
vices from the warShip that made the
capture, confirmed the report that the
Agass'z crew intended first TO capture
the Parlhc Mail liner CITY of Para.
with this vessel captured and armed,
the raiders intended to capture fast
t"anSParIhc steamer and then start in
III" destruction of Pacific Coast ship
ping.
documents Seized
in spite Of the destructive actions
taken by the Germans before she was
h"arird by the blue jackets, it is said
some important documents were seized,
together with German flags and rifles
and r"vOIvCrs.
newspaper to Los Angeles mannfac-
t"rrr VINO loaned ms credit to Miss
l"rhranr, ErancIS &. White, and will
lam Ia\I"r at the time they organized
~" farIhr Coast TRAILING and shipping
Company.
Wheeler who is euuloyed in the
wholesale department or M. A. Gunst
COMPANY, SAID last night that he
Presumed IN" franclS {. White - re
t"rred to meant himself.
laylor II Is known mere, is the negro
SPnnlSh Inquest, Talafero, who was ar.
f'S'eH mere snort time ago by l)etec-
tive MrDuihe on charge OF bail jump
ing III san Francisco, after he had
been arrested on larceny charge. de
was recently taken to san Francisco by
Detective Burke OF that city.
taylor MOT owner
Wheeler Indignantly denies that Tai |
atero, or Taylor, Was ever part owner
w'th himself and his adopted sister of
the AgasSiz' lie says layior only coy
TertiUn win the shipping company was
and coIIecte1 some monev which bo
failed to account for. As soon A he