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Hawaiian Star. Vol. XXIV, No.
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Second Kelekolio Resolution
May Bring Out Some State
ment on Reasons for Keep
ing Vessels at Piers; Talk
of Legislature Asking Navy
Department to Allow Steam
ers at Pearl Harbor
That the territorial legislature may
request Washington to take action for
th removal of the refuree Ocnnan
hlpa from Honolulu harbor la a re
dpoll around the capitol developing
from the atepa taken tn tha bouse by
the two Kelekolio resolutions.
-: ? Thia morning the house received a
, report on the first resolution of In
; qulry, the report throwing no Lght on
the reasons why the harbor txnrd has
not moved the vessels.
iThe second resolution, adopted ty
the house yesterday, baa. been sent
by the committee to tho harbor board
and at 10 this - morning Chairman
" Forbes called a special meeting of
the board for 1:30 this afternoon.
At IMS the meeting had not begun
and ft was said that it would be a' con
ference between the board and the
-house Investigating committees
Indications before the meeting were
that the discussion this afternoon may
develop some of the now unknown rea
sons for the harbor board's changing
Its decision to sendthe vessels out
side the harbor. j . ' '
The second resolution in effect de
mands a statement of the reasons and
, a submission to the house committee
of correspondence relating to the
- board's policy. - .. V
In cake the-harbor board; does vnot'
feel able to disclcje Its reasons, there
itr": that the IfglsUturo -Mil take
' tie matter up with .tVashlrton. In
fact, one. prcpo&U la tb&l the legisla
ture ask the navy department to allow-the
vessels to be jent .to Pearl
' Harbor. . , j
It Is well known that the harbor
board would IfUe the vessels sent
there but that up to the present the
navy department has not consented
. to the step, probably for strategic
reasons. - . -. ' -..
Strong Reasons Qelltvsd to Exist
-That the .harbor commissioners
have strong reasons for their policy of
allowing the Pommern and the Setos
to remain at their wharves under
lleved. ; ,
It fa also learned that the board has
carried out a policy of searching the
harbor and wharves to safeguard
. against possible explosives, and so
far as can be ascertained, the com
missioners do not fear that tn case of
war the bfg refugee vessels will be
blown up at their berths.
One" feature which developed today
was that the vessels agents, . Hack
feid & Company, In a letter to the
goSernor now a part of the harbor
board's records scouted the Idea of
any danger from explosives and offer
ed to allow any duly authoriied and
responsible territorial official or agent
to make such investigations aboard
the vessels as might prove this to be
a Tact.
It is believed the board will act on
this offer.
House Proceed With Resolutions
While members of the hirbor board
are working' out serious questions of
policy relating to the proposed moving
of the ships, legislators are carrying
out a aeries of steps aimed at calling
forth public, statements on the harbor
board's plans and reasons for keeping
the German ships lying alongside ter
ritorial wharves.
Representative Kelekolio's first reso
- lutlon of Inquiry, Introduced Febru
ary 26, was reported on this morning
by the house military committee, Thia
resolution requested the harbor board
1 to move the ships from the harbor.
Kelekolio's second resolution. Intro
duced yesterday, demanded to know
why the vessels had not been removed.
That Is now In the hands of the mili
tary committee and. was to go befo-e
fthe harbor board at a special nieetin
ri at 1:30 today. '
The first resolution has occasioned
much comment, and it was said around
the Capitol that the military commit
tee had been "tipped off that the sub
Ject ought not to be discussed for
diplomatic reasons.
Unofficially, the StaMJuIletia was
, told this morning- by a member of the
committee that Inquiries of various
federal and territorial officials brought
out. In substance, th? following an-
swers: ''
"Please keep your hands out; dent
meddle Governor Pinkham. 1
"We dent want to $Wt you legal
opinion on thia question at thia time."
Attorney general's office.
Thia ie a delicate mattr.H Capt.
Ceorae R. Clark, U. S. N.
"We are not ready to act yet Dont
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Kaiser's Consular Representa
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Because of a slip-up in the office of
the secretary to Gov. Gen. Harrison of
the Philippines, who had promised to
secure a safe conduct from Tokio for
him. Dr. Franz C. Zitelmann, German
consul at Manila until the United
States severed diplomatic relations
with Germany February 3, Was not
allowed to land at Nagasaki. He dis
embarked from the United States army
transport Thomas here today and will
take an American steamer to Hong
kong. He has been ordered to Peking
by the Imperial German government
Dr. Zitelmann and his secretary H.
A. Raedler, left Manila on the Thomas
intending to leave the transport at
Nagasaki. According to officers on the
vessel, the safe conduct which Manila
was to have secured from Tokio or
him, allowing; the consul to proceed
through Japan to his new station' at
Peking, failed to materialize when the
Thomas reached Nagasaki The ves
sel waited 18 hours but as the Japan
ese port officials would not allojw
Zitelmann to land without a safe con
duct from, the Japanese government,
he came on to Honolulu.
The consul is designated on the
Thomas passenger list as bound from
Nagasaki to San Francisco. The rea
son he decided to leave the transport
here is that two American liners, the
Pacific Mall liner Colombia and the
China Mall steamer China will arrive
March 18 and 19, bound for the .Orient,
and he would not have time to make
connections If he went on to San Fran
cisco aboard the transport.
Last night Dr. . Zitelmann and his
secretary removed their baggage from
the Thomas. Late Thursday afternoon
the consul called on Gov. Lucius E.
Pinkham, who declined to talk about
the visit today, saying- the matter is
in the hands of the state department
at Washington, which he has notified
by cable. It Is understood, however,
that the consul is endeavoring to se
cure through Got. Pinkham and Wash
ington a safe conduct from Great Bri
tain which will permit him, to land at
Hongkong, a British port, where he
would be taken Into custody and
placed In a detention camp with other
Germans If he were to go ashore there
without such assurance,
Georg Rodiek, former German con
sul, said today that Dr. Zitelmann is
staving at his home here.
The matter is too delicate a ..one
for me to discuss, said Dr. Zitelmann
at noon today, when seen In the office
of George Rodiek at H. Hackfeld &
Company. The American authorities
are involved In the case and any state
ment, should come from them." He
said that It had never been his plan
to go on to San Francisco when he
was required to continue aboard the
transport because JaDanese officials
refused to allow- him to land at Naga
saki. A danrer signal ha been devised to
warn of overhead perils. .
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12 PAGE? HONOLULU, TERKITORY OF HAWAII,! FRIDAY,
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Recommendations as to Sites
Are Sent to Washington and
Advices Are Awaited ,
That army headquarters is looking
for a site for the aviation corps and
that Ford island at Pearl Harbor,
' owned by the II estate is one of the
places on which figures have been
asked was learned todav.
Fort tKamehameha was selected
some time ago, buf recently it waa
HJiHt that It f hnt a aultahlA n!ftrA
and now another location Is being J
and now another location is being
O ISLAND IS-
CONSIDERED FOIt
AVIATION FIELD
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us',,1. At army headquarters today iwaM.
' h A Ja a--0t
. iaaid that no placed aayet be?nl
;'? finitely decided upon as there ma'
'number of places wnicnitaye beajn
j vestigated. A report on' the situation
ton and until a reply is-received nobeing made to" locate his baggage, which, it is suspected, ma j
actual, towa?lJ contain evidences of his work. Fritzen says that he has leen
qulring more Jrty. taslso . f, .hr--bn: nn1 iW: tMirMl Cuba.
saja voaay uoa.v oeiore Buy uuia is pir
.chased an appropriation most be made
i y congress for the purpose as there
" no money at this .time available
It is understood that the site select
ed at Fort Kameh am eha is likely tc
become too small with the growth of
the fort as a. large field is necessary
for aviation activities. -
- Ford Island would be an admirable
place ior an aviation field, tt is ad
mitted, as it has considerable flat land
and is absolutely secluded. One dif
ficulty which confronts the acquisition
of this property is, the fact that the
Oahu Serar Ccir'-'nyhas a lease and
Brown; manager of the 11 estate, said
today that the estate is perfectly will
ing to sell the island If the govern
ment wanta It He refused 'to say
what price has been set on the land. :
Gen. Frederick 8. Strong, commander
of the Hawaiian department; said to
day that on the arrival of the men de
tailed to the aviation corps here they
would be located at Fort Kamehameha
until a permanent location Is decided
upon. On the U&ited States transport
Sheridan, Capt John Brooks and SO
enlisted men will arrive from the avi
ation camp at North Island, San Diego.
Later, 18 machines, 16 more officers
and, 125 , men will come. '
' Whatever location Is selected for the
aviation field it wlU be near the water
and probably close to Pearl Harbor.
Mill ACT
At 3 o'clock this afternoon a public
hearing on the abatement law, 'vhicL
Is now before the legislature for pass
age, is to be held In the senate cham
ber at which time discussions on the
subject will be listened to by the legis
lators from prominent people who have
been asked to address the meeting and
also from others who may be called on
or volunteer. . .: r ?
The bill Is fathered by the anti-vice
committee of the Chamber of Com
merce and Raymond C. Brown, secre
tary,. said this morning he1 would like
to see every member of the chamber
present. James A. Rath, superintend
ent of Palama settlement and member
of the anti-vice committee, has asked
a number of men to speak on behalf
of the bill. ; v
Argument - that the abatement in
junction law, if passed, would throw
open the doors to blackmailers la one
that will be advanced this afternoon
when the senate resolves itself Into a
committee of thewhole to take up the
vice question from the standpoint of
law. If word passed around this morn
ing among legislators who are study
ing it can be taken as authority.
Opponents of the measure are of the
belief. It la said, that if it Is enacted
ad a law it. will act as a powerful
lever for one man to use against an
other, especially if the latter has any
large amount of property. ,
Advocates of this theory claim that
the meap man who wishes to ."get
even" for a grievance will bring in
junction proceedings against the other
claiming that he is using his property
for disorderly purposes. Even though
the case Is threshed oat In the courts,
they . say. the. defendant's name will
be sallied through the trial though he
may prove his Innocence In the end.
One will have no material "come
back" against his enemy, they, point
out further, for it is likely that this
enemy may not be a property holder
himself. -.- '
Defenders of the measure, however,
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Capt. Alfred Fritzeh Indicted in April, 1916, in New York,
Arrested By Deparjment of Justice Agent in Los Angeles,
for Conspiracy to Blow Up Welland Canal Involved Wrth
von Papen and vori Igel
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LOS ANGKIJSfT(.'al., March 0. Captain Alfrcnl Fritzen,
sahl to lx a German naval officer, was arrested hen? , today
by. a fcpceial agent ofttho department of justice" and is held in
jail on suspicion of felony. : .
The authorities, vhile cautious about making statements,
wiy that Fritzen is c;nted in connection with an alleged plot
A r1ftcf" fViio "Wnllanrl lannl nn tViA Pnnniiin hnvinrlnrW find
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break of the war..'
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Fritzpn'.s onlv fcthtement concerninsT the charge is 'V
i Know i cannot ten. .v io uanas ur ainuuui: vl uu iutuuu-
t lfiatimr nature were found in liis ' room. Further search is
NEW YORK N. ., March 9. Capt. Fritzen was indicted
by the federal grand jury in April, 1916, for alleged conspiracy
tn blow nn th Wellaifd Canal. With Capt. von Papen, form-
erly attache of the enhass
plots and schemed 'to blow tip
ASSASMWiZ LLUiu (iLUUbt,
Mrs. Alice Whecldon, Englishwoman, Taken With Two Daugh-
ters and Son-in-law, Protests Against Conspiracy Charge
v (ljHa1 Pwaa SenJca ty reiarml WiwUaa) . . 4. '
' LONDON, Enw March 9. Extraordinary Intereat marked the openm?
here today of the trial of Mrs: Alice Wheeldon, the woman of Derby arrested
with three othew charged with conspiracy to murder two of thi five mem
bers of the war cabinet Premier Lloyd George and Arthur Henderson, labor
?ePrMre hwldon was formally placed on trial today. The woman, who
is a second-hand clothes dealer, admitted that she had often expressed the
hope that both ministers would soon be dead. ; However, she denied that
she engaged in any conspiracy against them, protesting that various wenr.
rences which the prosecution contends give ground for suspicion, in reality
were mere coincidences. ; v v
Mrs. Wheeldon and her alleged accomplices were arrested on January
31 Those taken with her were her two daughters and a son-in-law. Alfred
George Mason.' a chemist of Southampton. All denied knowledge of the mnr
der plot -They were sent to Birmingham JaU. No details of the cirepm
stances leading up to the arrests have been made public. ;
Villa Wot III
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(Associated Press by . Federal -f
Wireless) '
EL PASO. Texas,: March ?. -
-f That Gen.' Pancho Villa Is not
disabled and his forces not scat-
f tered is the declaration of VII-
4- listas here. ; They claim that
f Villa has captured Durango City
f and Is marching on f orreon, now 4
held by Carranza troops. Amer-
leans are reported leaving the lat--
t- te place owing to the approach of
the bandit chief and the fear 'hat
If he takes the city be will mas-
f aacre foreigners and particularly
Will carry out measures age Inst
4- Americans. v :
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scorn this argument as one not hold-.
Ing water. They are expected to pre
sent their arguments this afternoon.
.Senators who dropped into the sen
ate chamber from time to time
through the forenoon cculd,for the
most part, be found scanning careful
ly their copies of the abatement mea
sure or studying that famous "minor:
ity report" submitted to the chamber
of commerce some weeks ago by Rob
ert Horner, dissenting member of the
committee of three.
It Is not considered probable that
any final vote will be taken this after
noon as the session Is likely to be
devoted to the bearing only, the re
port of the, committee of Ihe whole be
ing presented to the senate later. Sen
'ator George P. Cooke Is chairman of
the committee. of the whole for the
hearing. Cooke is chairman of, the
health committee- and presented .the
bill at the' request of: the chamber of
commerce, which decided for it some
time ago.
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Koolaupoko district yesterday was
visited by one of ' the worst storms
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ever seen tnere. u startea awui
noon and continued with unabated
fury until early this morning washing
out two bridges", destroying a part of
the road and inundating the country
In general. An unusual feature of the
storm was the large hall stones which
fell at times. The rain fell in tor:
rents, damaging much of the crops.
The two bridges that were washed
away are the M oka pa and Luluku and
at the Kaneohe bridge, which is at
least 15 feet above the water during
ndrmal times, the water rose to with
in a few Inches of the top. The main
road at Kaneohe was destroyed for a
length of 60 feet, leaving only an
eight-foot road and the road st Heela
was covered with water to a depth of
three feet. The road at Kallua was
also badly damaged and bfg dirt slides
occurred and In some places blocked
the road. ,
During almost the entire duration
of the storm lightning flashed which
was visible here in the city and at
times thunder was audible.
George Collins, city and county en
gineer, has gone over to arrange for
the repair of damage done to county
property.
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LARGEST ZINC PROPERTY IN
COLORADO IS SOLD FOR
FOUR MILLION DOLLARS
DENVER, Colo. A mining sale in
volving $4,000,000 in money was made
recently. The Black Iron, the largest
zinc mine in the state, one of the rich
est ever discovered, was sold by. the
American Zinc Company of which A.
K. lcDaniela of Denver, is the bead,
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to the Empire Zinc Company of Den- steam from Pier 6, taking 116 passen
ver and New York. The Cheeseman gers from Honolulu and a handful of
estate of Denver sold the ground, and freight, abcut SO tons, all she has
received about J 1.000.000;. the Amer- room for. r
lean Zinc Company received approxl- " ' ..." '
mately S3.000.000 for the lease and 1 British Columbia last year exported
bond on the property it secured two 150 carloads of potatoes. These went
years aga : 'chiefly y St. Joseph, Mo.
RAMI'S LAIXIAIRS TO ilET
HT MJTII; WILL RUSH GUMS
FOR fSSELSJp WAMI
Acting on Advice of Gregory and Lans
ing. President Decides to Protect Citi
zens at Sea By Drastic Move
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 9. President Wilson has
decided upon a special session of Congress to meet April 16.
The president has also decided to arm American merchant
vessels under the authority granted the government by the
constitution. " . . -
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 9. Calling an extra session
of Congress for April 16, a, proclamation was issued from the
White House this afternoon. ; ' v .
. The president signed the proclamation while lying in bed
suffering with a bad cold. The president also approved a
statement given out at the White House telling of the extra
session and of the decision to arm merchant vessels.
' Orders carrying out the decision to arm the ships were
immediately sent to the secretary of the navy. V; '
The plan of arming tne
j fa administration z f ter the
The entire cabinet backs
Atlantic Coast.
Americans Held on
Freed; Big Party
LONDON, Eng.. March ,9. A Berlin despatch says that American sailor
of the Yarrowdale as well as subjects of other neutral nations captured
with the crews taken hy the German raider were allowed to depart from
Germany and left on Wednesday. I he Americans went to SwlUerland.
BERNE, Switzerland. March 9. Fifty-nine members of -the party of
foreigners held on board the Yarrowdale, which was taken Into the Baltic
port of.Swinemundc, are In one group bound for Switzerland. -
Entente Softer Defeats in Air : ?
Fights of February, Says Berlin
m ' BERLIN, Germany, March 9. In February the Entente powers lost
much more heavily in air-fighting than did the Germans, according to an-
nouncement by German headquarter today. During the month the Entente
forces on various fronts lost 91 aeroplanes, compared with 21 lost by the
GerTJi Teuton attack in Northern Rumania has resulted In the capture ot
strong Russian" positions, eays an official, statement. More than 600 Rus
slans were captured.' " .
Expect Germans to
LONDON, Eng.. March 9 Further retirement of the Teuton lines on the
Somme and the early arrival of the British force at Bagdad may be pre
dicted as events affecting the military situation, according to military er-
Dcrts here
It Is expected that the Teutons v.-ill be forced to drop further back on
the west front, perhaps shortening their linea materially, and the rapid
advance of the British force along the Tigris Is said to make the fa.l ot
Bagdad certain. - ; .
Rumor Germans Stop Belgian Work
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands Marc h 9. According to statements in the
Amsterdam Telegraaf, G3rnians have stopped virtually all industry in Be
glum. .- : - ; - ; :- :'- ' ' ' ' ; '
SilACKlETOtl HOT lUILSflU ILL C'JT
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Slr Ernest, Shackleton. world fa
mous Antarctic explorer, is not aboard
the Oceanic liner Sonoma. A wire
less received this morning by the
shipping department of C Brewer &
Company, LtdjUthe local Oceanic
agency, from the liner says be is not
a passenger. It Is presumed that he
may. be coming on the Niagara, due
from Sydney and Auckland March 30.
Today's radio says the Sonoma ex
pects to arrive at the scheduled time,
daylight Tuesday, and will leave for
Ean Francisco at 5. o'clock the same
afternoon.
She will dock at and
.PRICE FIVE CENTS
snips was aenmieiy aaopiea Dy
president, had secAired a formal
Secretary of State
statutes,wuich
the decision cf the president, -
Yarrowdale Now
Retire on
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(4vwiatd Pre by Federal 5rlM)
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 9
President Wilson Is still confined to
his bed. The cabinet meeting set for
today was cancelled. The president Is
improving.
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HEARING IN SENATE TODAY .
Arguments pro and con the
abatement by Injunction act are
4- to be heard thl3 afternoon by the
- senate meeting as a committee of
-f the whole. The Chamber of Com-
racTce has asked all of its mem-.
- bers to be present and the com- '
mlttees back of the proposed law
4-are urging1 that the discussion
may be as full and free as pos- 4-4-
Bible so that the presentation of 4-4-
the case will be thorough. 4
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