The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-02-15
Keeps % Courage

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Dnting the reading OF the charges
by Mr.. Balch the accused manager had
kept a brave front, despite the chances
that came his way. 1t was when he
later undertook to reply to questions
and when be asked for ful invsstiga.
tion Of The Charges against him and. an
opportunity 10 defend himself that &c
flushed ana spoke with diHishlty.
I'm answefsto qAestions -wsinsh elmer
sought TO make some explanations at
Yesterdays meeting. He explained the
"hoek der kaiser" episode as q joke at
the end Of an argument over the war
and uttered as the closing words Of
that argument as he was leaving Mr..
Bull . house. Mr. Bull had said the
Argument and the attributed "toast"
occurred before the United States had
severed diplomatic relations. This ex-
PLANTATION BY Weinzheinner was in
ansVer to a question by Judge w. l.,
Stanley Of whether he, Wein2heimer,
had 'hoched" the kaiser after the Uni
ted States had become a beniRerent.
Before this question the accused man.
ager had risen and, speaking brokenly,
had said:
Asks Investigation
These charges are very severe.
ask before you reach a verdict you give
me hearing. I will appear before you
and answer all these charges.",
General J. II. SOper inquired speci.
fcally Of WeinZheimer as to the lat
ter's citizenship, whether he did not
become a citizen under the German
Delbruch duel citizenship law, passed
in 1911. Weinzheimcr said he became
citizen in 1912 and discIaimed know.
ledge of the law mentioned.
Didn't you notify the German con;
sui that you were going to become an
American citizenf' asked General
Soper.
i'Yes, I did that" replied weinz.
heimer.
"Then under the terms of that law
you still retain your German citizen.
ship. You are not a true American,
but q citizen of Germany" declared
General Soper.
"The time is coming then If the U,
s. government does not act more
severely, men of your class will be
hung by eur vigilantes, said General
Soper in vigorous tones.
Explains Remarks
Relative to his alleged remarks on
the sinking Of the Lusitania, Weinz
heimer, said he was confident he had
not used those words as he had taken
especial pains to be careful in his ut
terances and finally denied he had used
the words the affidavits attributed to
him.
Following a considerable period OF
heated debate and a cross fire Of ques
tions directed upon the manager, L. Z
McCandless moved for an Investigation
of the charges by the board of directors
, and the United States attorney. Thii
motion Z. I. Spalding amended so al
to caA for the naming by the stock
holders. The amendment was accepted
and carried unanimously. H. E. Cooper
A. l.. Castle, w. l.. Stanley, Albert
| Horner and E. W. Sutton were named
Here President Hagens remarked thai
all employees of the company must b
absolutely loyal if citizens and if alieni
must be careful to keep their MOUTH
carefully closed. No "half baked
loyalty would do, be said.
Committee Begins Work
: Following the meeting the commit
tee met and organized and prepared thu
following notice;
NOTICE
H. E. Cooper, A. L. Castle, AL
bert Horner, w. L. Stanley and E.
w. Sutton, the committee appointed
February IA, 1918, by the stock
holders Of Pioneer Mill Company,
Limited, to investigate charges Of
disloyalty on the part of l.. Weinz-
heimer, request that all persons
having knowledge of any act Of dis
loyalty on the part of Mr.. Weinz-
heimer submit to the undersigned
secretary of the said committee
signed statements of the same in
writing on or before the twentieth
instant accompanied by names and
addresses of any supporting wit
nesses together with information
as to any other evidence tending to
support such charges.
No anonymous. communications
will be considered,
This was signed by L. w. Sutton
secretary of the committee, and will
the address "care of Bishop Trus
Company, Limited, 9A Bethel Street. ;
Plans Of Committee
1t is the intention of the committed
to 20 into the question Of the loyalty
or disloyalty Of the Pioneer Mill mana
ger from all points of view and to con
slider any and all charges which may be
presented whether contained in tn,
evidence Of Mr.. Balch or not.
In this connection it is said thu
committee will investigate the asser
ton that the spirit and the intensely
pro kaiser spirit of Mr.. Weinzheime
was indicated by his bringing his chill,
from Maui to Honolulu to have thu
baby christened on the interned Ger
man ship Gcier surrounded by the of
fcers of that vessel who had fOunC
refuge and safety here but later BROKE
their solemn promise and sought t,
destroy or make useless the vessel as i
lay at its berth on the Honolulu water
front.