The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-19

tered the war, when he felt duty boun,
4 to acnd them on TO Washington. II,
did mot even mention the fact 70 MI
own family, II IL said BY his friends
! weinzheimer Is said to have con
clnded the conversation, tinquisition
or "calI down, with the attitude O.
aoh, let's forget II, and McCubbii
left his presence and has not since beer
troubled about the subject.
/ weinshsimsr Il Seen
Manager weinzheimer was asked yes
terday before he left for Maui IL h,
wanted to make any statement regard
ing the pufported conversation betweei
him and his mill engineer He smiled
slightly and said
~ am willing that McCubbip should
tell whatever occurred. In fact, ! vii
ask him TO do 80. Under the eircum
stances. ms yery searching investign
tion Is being made BY the stockholders
committee, am not at liberty TO dis
cuss Or explain this eharge, or any
other. -
Further questioning did mot eaus.
him TO deny, admit or Justify as 4 jok,
the reported conversation with Ne.
Cubbin. e ~
: The fact that Mccubbin shovel
great secrecy in sending his inventions
to Washington Is we'll establishe,
fact, the announcement Of his effort
coming as q surprise to his friends, ant
especially to brother engineers all owe
the Islands with whom he had ofte'
consulted about other mechanical de
vicea .5t
He has always taken a great interes'
in anything connected with nayigatiol
and his mind had a natural bent to dis
covering method which would outwi
submarine commanders
In q general way one of his inven
tions is known to have been a sounding
device for registering the approach o,
vessels, and the other d net device 70
causing torpedoes to be discharged be
fore they struck the ships At Whiel
they were aimed.
II Is also generally assumed ON Mau
and BY others familiar with condition,
nj Lahaipa that MeCubbin's secrec,
about his inventions were due to fea
Of reproof from the manager o. the Pho
neer Mill Company.
Flags In Lahkina
Fear on this account Is said to hav,
been responsible for the failure Of La
haina business firms 20 make any dis
play Of the American flags as request
ed by the President at the beginning 0,
the German Ameriean war. 1t was
common thing for travelling men Il,
twit George Frieland, proprietor Of III
Pioneer Hotel, with failing TO fly tn
flags because he was "afraid Of
Weinzheimer. y 5sg " ~tN '5} ,E
. A travelling man later declared in tn
Demosthenes Cafe in Hflo that ther
were few American flags flying "
Z sGermantewn, Maui, s-meaning Ia
haina. This and other assertions madt
at the time were reprinted in Hin
newspaper and. eventually, in one o
the Maui papers. After the publica
tion Of the article II is said there wa
"a great display Of red, white and blu
bunting III Lahaina.
Another cause Of complaint and crit
icism often heard on Maui fegardin,
the conduct Of. the Pioneer piantatiol
~ that when Captain Young a nationa
guard officer, arranged q ball in the az
'mory in honor of the visiting men ans
officers az the K,submarine fleet las
spring, he failed to secure donation
from the plantation man towards tho
expenses. This Is often mentioned al
an indication of his attitude. toward
AIheriea. 2tNl a
There are reports of another CONVEX
sation which Is said to have takei
place between McOubbin and Weinz
heimer about an entirely different sub
jeet than anti.submarine deviees--th,
training Of American soldiers. y h
Weinzheimef Is said to havesdeclaref
that he knew from his experience as
German army officer that soldiers coulc
not be made in three Or six month
training, having at, the time early il
the beginning Of the German. America.
war in mind the announcement tina
such were the hopes of the American
rs I.l g
Changes HIS Opinion N
I Since his return from a prolonged
stay in SAN Francisco Weinzheimer Il
said to have told McCubbin he had
changed his mind. He is reported Ia
have said in effect; 81 saw them eomt
into San Francisco green recruits, and
in three months become well set up sol
diers. ~ ~ .'',.q.r
Friends Have Faith
Those who believe in Weinzheimer' :.
loyalty say they think that If he ever
had any such conversation with Me
Cpbbin regarding his Inventions as i
charged, that II happened as the result
Of good natured teasing of the engi
neer. Credenee can BE- given to tlli,
view by those who know that th,.
Pioneer manager has always . been
known as something of joker, by, his
friends and employees. 81
Attitude Of Maui l-
3 Attitude or the loyal Maui citizens
Ia expressed editoriaily Ia the Maui
News, that they nwill turn Haleakaln
upside down. before disloyalty will
he tolerated on that island. The edi,
t0rial makes the statement that there
has not been sufficient loyalty to the
Lgited states shown by the manager
Of the Pioneer plantation since April
q, 1917, whether or not all the charges
made against him are true or not. This
editorial reads an follows
I IL Is with feelings of extreme
! regret that we learn,of the charges
4 Of disloyalty preferred against
4 Mr.. l., Weipzheimer, manager of
h Pioneer Mil IL for no other rea.
!, sans than that be is Maui real.