The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-15

III" above notice 80 stockholders of
he iIO|CCr Nill Company published as
nm adv crtiscmcnt today by J. \, Ba1ch,
n stocking or in Pioneer Min Com
pany, Of NRui, one Of the lIRckfeld
pl"ntatiOnS gives notice Of fight
which the siGner will direct AGAINST
l.. WPinyhCimPr, the plantation man
nger in m EFFORT to Gust him from the
administration 0f the sugar rompany's
affairs II is based TO some extent up
on the fact thrt Mr.. WcnzheimeT is
alleged to have emuluHcd o"c Andrew
Gross. discharged from Wailuku plan.
tatiOn, Maui, because he was alleged
to have intcrfrred with Liberty Bond
sales.
Two meeting Of the stockholders will
he held tomorrow morning at the Of
ices Of Hackfcld & Company. Mr..
Bnlch III act for u number of other
stock holders.
Gross Is ALLEGED to have Informed a
Portuguese laborer sat Wniluku, who
was thinking of purchasing $4,000
worth Of Liberty Bonds, that 1t might
he unwise for him to do so. on the
ground that he might be arranging for
more than he could handle. The man
thereupon reduced his subscription to
$1,000. For this, Gross was dischar ged
and then secured work at Tahaina un-
der Manager Weinzheimer hut J., +.
c. IIagens, now head of Hackfeld &
Co., says Gross was employed during
WPinzheimer' absence.
Interviews Huber
Mr.. Hngens in letter addressed to
the directors of Pioneer Mill Co! dated
4 February &, 1918. says he interviewed
United States Attorney Huber upon
this subject, saying that as Haelcfeld
& Co. had become .AnrericaniEed, IL
was he desire Of Pioneer Min Col to
do likewise. ,'f"'taGsgf+
Mr.: 'Hagths, IN Kfs,fetter, says Mr..
Huber told him the federal govern
ment WIS DESTROYS Of keFuihg every
onr employed, and also alien enemies
as long as they behaved Themselves.
Huber told him that one Max Weber
was employed by Pioneer Mill Co,
with the knowledge and consent Of
the authorities. as otherwise he would
have to be held by the United States.
Mr.. Hagens says no mentioned the
Gross case to Mr.. Huber, the latter
saying he had Investigated the matter,
and on a visit to Maui had questioned
the Portuguese mentioned. This man
had absolutely denied to him, reported
Mr.. Huber. that Gross had made any
such statement about bonds. He had
also questioned Mr.. Gross, himself, who
stated TO him (HpbeH) that while he
had advised and Induced number OF
} emPloyesNto purchase Liberty Bonds
; he had adj Used one of the men not IA
purchase more than he could pay for
Huber's tAttttuds ?
Mr.. Huber had told him (Hagens)
that unless, therefore, the WailukU
: Sugar Co, had found any further rea
; sons to believe that Mr.. Gross had act
cd unfairly in public spirit, he could
not find any reasons for the perempt
= DRY dismissal"
Il informed Mr.. Huber continue:
Mr.. Hagcns, "that if there was any
Z good cause for his department to fee
that an employee Of the Pioneer Nil
Company, Ltd, was ,dislOyal TO thu
; United States, or in any way or shaps
acted contrary to the interests Of this
, country. the board Of directors woalf
like to know, and in such event woult
=. AXE prompt action in Diminishing tht
party in question. Mr.. Hubcr coult
neither give me any information. re
> garding disloyalty of any of the EN-
OlOves Of Pioneer Mil Company, Ltd.
nor confirm any of the vague TumOr,
about some of them now floating
y around.'