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1 l the wiivr tti 1 Fair Thursday anfia 0 2 if OPPORTtnCITT BECKONS. ' Opportunity Traits for alook fronjt your eyes every morning la The Star's Business Locals. - v . VOL. XCV-OSTO. .152.-;:, t: :- V'; v WELMIKGTOT, Cw THTJJ5SDAT MOKKING. AIICH 1 8, 1915 WHOIiE KUMBER 39,142 JAPAN WARMmNOTW GO TOO FAR BY RUSSIA, GERMAN CONSUL ARRESTED ON CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY AND TWO OTHERS WITH HIM iv fSSy UHITED SUPPORT C0flMD FNGLANDA Official Information Receivfj T at Peking Tells of Chang at Tokio..;Ty. '; CONFERENCES DELATED England and Russia Threaten to Break Diplomatic Relations. , American Ambassador Independently. :- Acta Pekin?, China, March 17. Of; ficial information reached Peking today that the Russian and British ambassadors at Tokio called upon Baron Takaaki Kato, Japanese foreiirn minister, on Saturday; and iuformed him that if Japan per sisted in pressing upon China de mands beyond those contained in .her original communication to the powers, it would be difficult for Japan's allies to negotiate diplo matically with her in the future. It is understood that on the sanie day the United States acting in dependently, although possibly af ter consultation with another pow er, informed the Japanese govern ment that certain of the Japanese demands were not in consonance with treaty a greements between China and the United States. Interests Are Mutual American and British interests throughout China are . in concord in this inatter, as voiced privately, semi-offi-cially and by the press. ; The Japanese demands have been discussed at meet ings and protests have been sent to their respective governments byboth American and British associations. , , The opinion is expressed 'by both Chinese and foreign diplomats that Japan will w ithdraw a substantial pro portion of her demands because of the attitude of the powers who have call ed China's attention 'to the fact that she has no right to make a treaty with Japan contravening existing treaties with them. v - . .-- The Japanese minister to China, Eki Hicki, sustained injuries yesterday by a fall from his horse and his condition will prevent the holding of conference for a few days. ADMIT THAT PROTEST MADE State Department Has Been Exerting Its Influence In Far Eat. Washington, March 17. It is admit ted by State Department officials that since the beginning of the negotiations between China and Japan the United States government has quietly been ex - mmg its influence to have the Japan e demands ameliorated, and to pre' vent any infringement of the rights of America, either under treaty or the i provisions of general international law, These representations have . been made "in Washington to the Japanese ambassador &s well as in Tokio and Peking. Officials here have refrained from making public any of the various 5tps taken to safeguard American in terests. They preserved their same attitude when shown the latests news dispatches from Peking. ! ' V That the British and Russian ambas sadors have served any such notice up on Japan as that her future diplomatic relations with the two countries Would e jeopardized by her persistence in certain demands upon China was be wed to be a rather strong .statement of the facts, though the officials admit ted lack of information. ' "" ' h was stated that. there had been no consultation between the American and British governments regarding the ef rt of the proposed Japanese1 demands uPon existing treaty obligations, y-' MVvo' Or TEKRE HAUTE ;;i-';r WORKED VOTING , MACHINE Trinion Says He Demonstrated How otr C ould be Cheated of Ballot JndiaiiHDolis, March 17. That "Mayor "nn Roberts of Terre Haute demon- trated on a voting machine, a plan, to neat a man out of his vote if itSvere i nsjhf , that saloon and gambling , se keepers not only contributed to "Paitrn funds but were ordered- to f.; u,"! to a fund raised for the de '1!,e i" the present trial and that re v:, re more repeaters than legal atldii,.,,,! . . a lr1.os,c;"son' a suffrage leader, and Mis Kose, were among the wit- "esses. Mrs of -- .ndUJ! IU1U VI L11C 1 ' f l !' in nn. n.Aiinl CVlA .WAS rro00!:ilr,(1 by Mrg Rose w'ho stood Har i !'r'Hs a11 day- Mrs-Rose de Dli ,,:ir -Dow Finleyson,. who has"' "eaae-i mjiity voted at , least 12 times. tobf-i-T - -1 -1 -' - 1. a negro with One by who lu times. .' . r V ," "On e time," the witnesses said, Vthe tiiiif. ith 1 - i p- with a peg leg, . another vith :i wooden leg; another time rik. ' on extension on his leg, once and a cane and still an- ti ehe wore a pair of . glasses '"ssviist. hinihelf HREATEH TO BLOW OP GRU1SER EITEL Qlose Guard Placed About ; German Converted Cruiser NO WAT NEWPORT NEWS Letter Threatening: to Use Dynamite V on Vessel If She Dees Not Leave ' 'Port Received Guards Keep 1 .; Close Watch. Newport News, Va March 17. As the result', of threatening letters said to have been received by Commander Thierlchens of the .-German, converted cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich, precau tionary' measures were taken - tonight to guard against any; attempt to de stroy the ship. , The captain at first scoffed at the anonymous communica tions, but when it was pointed out to him how easy it would be to blow him up in the dead hours of the night, he decided it is said, to take every pre caution. : - The pier at which the Eitel Friedrich has been docked is fenced in, guards patrol the pier and a sharp lookout is kept on board. In addition an unusu ally bright light tonight illuminates the stern, which is nearest the river, and the water in that direction is con stantly watched by members of the crew. ; . Y'. . '.- One of the letters received by the Prinz Eitel' s captain demanded that he leave this port at once . or . his vessel would be "dynamited. : REQUEST NOT RECEIVED. Collector of Customs So Far Has He- i eelved No Word ftromCouimander..; Newport, News, Va., March, ,17. Col lector of the Fort Norman R. Hamil ton was tonight still without definite request, from Commander Thierlchens of the German cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich for the time desired by him for such repairs as will make his vessel-seaworthy. i Conynander Thierichens has told Col lectorHamilton that he is still in doubt as to the repairs which are nec-essary.-to make his vessel seaworthy and he' therefore is unable as yet to make definite request for his stay in port sufficient long to complete repairs. Commander .Thierichens is reported however, as giving Collector Hamilton to understand that he will give definite reply to the collector's official-?- com munications just aa soon as it is poss ible ' for him ' to do so. fj-om r the French steamship Florida when the latter was sunk in the boutn Atlantic bv the German cruiser are still on board the Prinz Eitel Friedrich! there still being doubt as to wnemer these- people will be handled by the French line or the , consular represen-, tatives . of their respective countries.1 Those on board include French, Span ish, : Portuguese, Brazilian and Turkish subjects. The commander of the Prinz EJItel -Friedrich is daily urging that these people " be disposed of. Robert Rogge and Frank Wischnaw-w- th latter originally known as Charles Frank, today visited the New port News custom house in tne matter of . adiustiner several dollars in pay which they felt was due them aa mem- bers of the crew of the American sail- iriK- ship William P. Frye. These men subsequently put- on the uniform of the German sailors and signed as mem bers of the crew of the Prinz Eitel Tividrich. Both are German citizens and stil.hold- their allegiance to their native lana. . The Collector of Customs Hamilton when asked concerning any statements that were made by Rogge and Wis- chnawskyiat the custom nouse. toaay, declined to' discuss the matter stating that his report had gone forward to the department for proper action.. It is generally i believed hovfever, that neither of the men had any complaint to make or made any request for ac tion by the American government look ing to their release. , t -. '-. ! " : " ' THAW. FILES NOTICE y - y 'J oFAPPEAii . of case. Action . Takeiv as a Precautionary Bleas ' 1 ureto Keep Away from Matteawan. 'New York, . March 17. Counsel for j Harry K. Thaw today meu notice 01 1 an appeal from the decision vi.ouiireu'e Court Justice Page refusing to grant a motion to return Thaw to New Hampshire, whence he was extradited to stand triaUf or conspiring to ..escape from Matteawan. ?. "t This notic of appeal Thaw's counsel believed, automatically . would prevent h;p nnt. lieifig, returned to Mattear nntii the aDDellate aivision , iiiw rrn otio. f anneal, it was said, was a precautionary -measure designed to keep . Thaw out of Matteawan in the thA habeas corpus proceedings broughWn his. behalf being dismissed. on ''mercan tile of .any' nag, except orPu3t - . ,when they resist visit or search, pro- . B"r.....ifa ' a t 1 ji afiiffo" mora r norm f t or! tr : GREEK STEAMER: IN; .uiyrJtuaas British Stamer;Reieliii - Key West - j Reported Speakins; Stranded Ship. VH'westFla.' Marchtl7--The British steamer' Morazan, which pass ed sand Key late today, reported . that March. 10 she spoke the Greek steamer Nefeli, latitude 32; N., longitude 60 W., ir 'distress fpr ; want of . coal A Accord l!g to tSe UTMi&. master, the Nefelt needed assistance. . ; : Attorney General Gregory - Gives His Opinion. CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH Protest Filed With the Department of l Justice Against News. Ga,theriiigr - Asrency by New York Sun - Unsupported. Washington, March 17. Attorney General Gregory, in a letter addressed to James M. Beck, counsel for The Sun Printing & Publishing .Association of New York, holds that there is no ground for action by the Federal au thorities against the Associated Press under the anti-trust law. The Attor ney General's letter, dated March 12th and made public today, follows: , "I have given consideration to the complaint against the Associated Press for alleged violations 1 of the Federal anti-trust act presented to my prede cessor by you as. counsel for the Sun Printing & Publishing Association. "The Associated Press was organized under the membership corporation law of the state of New York. According to its certificate of incorporation it is "An association of certain persons who, owning or representing certain newspaper units in a mutual and co operative organization for the collec tion and interchange, with greater economy and efficiency, of information and intelligence for publication in the newspapers owned or represented by them. - - Objects of the Association. . "The objects of the association, as stated in the certificate are: "To gather, obtain and procure by its own instrumentalities, by exchange with its members and by any other ap propriate means, any -and all kinds- of information and intelligence, tele graphic and otherwise, for the use ana benefit of its members and to furnish and . supply the same to its members for publication in the newspapers own ed or represented by., them, under and subject to such regulationsj conditions and limitations ;;as- may be prescribed py: the by-laws: And. the. mutual '90-opT eraxicro. Den en h -pT'btetrtttm- -or its members. "The certificate further provides that: , 'The corporation is not to make a profit, nor to make or declare dividends arid is rtot to engage in the business of selling intelligence, nor traffic f in the same, . . " . 'Thosexeligible for, membership are thus described in the by-laws, Articles II, Section 1: , "The sole or the part owner of a newspaper, or ah. executive officer of a corporation, limited liability company of joint stock or other association which is the owner of a newspaper, shall be '-eligible as a member of this corporation in the way and subject to the conditions 'and limitations herein after specified; provided that not more than one person at a time shall be eli gible by reason of connection with any one newspaper. No other person shall oe. eiigiDie Hon Members Elected. "Members may 'be elected by the af firmative vote of not less than four fifths of all the members of the corpo ration (by-laws, Art. Ill, Sec. 1.) - "Members may also be elected by the board of directors, when no meeting of the members of the corporation is in session, but no applicant for member ship can be elected by the directors over-to opposition of any member en CContinued on Pagre Eight) RECENT NOTES FROM AMERICA TO EUROPEAN BELLIGERENTS AND Washington, March 17. Six diplo- matic notes were made public tonight ! by the State Department, constituting ! the enfire correspondence of the last few weeks1 between the -United States and Germany and - between the United States and-Great Britain, relative to the. cessation of submarine attacks on merchant ships, the shipment of condi tional contraband and food stuffs to civilians, the use of. -neutral flags by belligerent merchantmen, the removal of mines and the proclamation of a virtual . blockade by the Allies against Germany. ' The , communications revealed that the United States,, realizing the difficul ties of the Allies maintaining an; effec tive blockade of Germany by a close guard of the coast on account of the newly developed activity of subma rines, asked that a "radius of activity" be defined. Great -Hritain and. France replied with the announcement .that the operations of blockade would not be conducted "outside of European wa ters, including the Mediterranean." ' - " " i Germany ; Agreed. ' s While Germany agreed, it is disclos ed, to abandon her submarine attacks vided foodstuffs" were permitted to reach ' her civilian population, : Great Britain and her, allies rejected the pro posal ' originally made by the United States- In, an :effort; to bring the bellig erents into an arrangement ; WjUqh would safeguard' the interests of neu trals.'' ; y ' '' Furthermore the documents show that the United States asked Great Britain and France .whether, the em bargo on all . eommerqe between " Ger many and -neutral countries, was to be British People Confident of Success When General Of fensive is Taken Up. NOTES ARE OF INTEREST Text of Correspondence Car - ries No Surprises With It, However. London, March 17. Sir Edward Grey's reply to the American notes on the use of neutral flags on British merchant vessels and the prohibition imposed .pn food stuffs destined for Germany, in which for the first time Great Britain definitely announces her intention to "establish a blockade: again have brought the diplomatic question to the front in England. ' The replies, published here ' with the American notes, contained no surpris es, for, their terms have been for the most part Biowtj, . Assurances thai neutral shipping will be interfered with as little as pos sible and that neither ships nor car goes will be. confiscated it is felt here should go a long Way towards meeting American objections. However, anoth er protest is expected. - Even these - diplomatic question on which so much depends, only momen tarily distract attention from battles in the East and the WeBt, .the opera tions against the; Dardanelles and the activity of German submarines, which took additional toll today. Optimism Prevails in England. While Earl Kitchener, Secretary tor War, and other cabinet ministers are bending their energies, : towards in creasing r the- output - of war material and. "are encourajgrng recruiting, com plete, optimism,, prj?ya.. tailed heavy sacrifices and . that the casualty listd must increase as the war progresses is fully realized, but every body in England believes that when the time comes for the "big push" there will be no turning back. The armies of Belgium, Great Brit ain and France are fighting for the points which will be of ,the greatest advantage to the; army holding .them when the advance begins. According to the French communication the Bel gians continue to improve their . posi tions in Flanders, and the French to the north of Arras and in Champagne have added eminences to 'their wings which are of some Importance. 4 The French and German official com munications, however, are so contra dictory that it Is difficult to decide whether any change is being made gen erally in the dispositions of the oppos ing armies..! . . ... The optimisln which pervades the western Allies is shared by the Rus sians. ; Big: Events Are Pending-. Petrograd correspondents of London papers leads the -public to believe that big events are pending- It is apparent that the Russians again are on the move, particularly at Smolnik, on the river San, where it emerges from the Carpathians, while in Bukowina, ac cording to unofficial dispatches from (Continued on vPage Two.) carried out under the rules of a block ade or byv interference with ships and cargoes "as if no blockade existed," the two together presenting in the view of the American government a "pro posed course of action previously' un known to international law.".' ' r The answers from Great Britain and France reveal for the first time that the Allies officially regard their policy as a "blockade", but "desire to refrain from exercising the lights of belliger ents under a blockade to confiscate ships and cargoes as a penalty 'for breach of - blockade, substituting pro cedure in prize courts and compensa tion through sale of the detained mer chandise. : . ' - The deflnition'of a "radius of activ ity" for the "Allied fleet in European waters, including, the Mediterranean, is the first intimation-of the geograph ical limits of the blockade. ! Slate Xeft Clean. The publication of the correspon dence cleanq the slate ffl diplomatic notes and leaves the United Stateff:con fronted with the question of whether or not it will acquiesce in;, the form of plockkde announced by ' the ' Allies.. President Wilson has- indicated that a strong protest will be made. . ( ' The notes are: : The veffort of the . United . States to bring- thei belligerents into an agree ment on the use of submarines and mines, the filing of a definite rule gov erning shipments of conditional con-, traband - to the civilian population of a beUigerenV audi the abandonment of neutral flags as a, ruse of war. ; :- Officials , admitted. '-being.' somewhat puzzled oyer the , British re jection of the proposals - made by the United States ' In this connection. ' They ob served a- statement ' in ,' the British, re ply to the American jiote which is not borne by comparison with the German note. . The "British reply : says-, in refer ence to - the t American communication: "The reply; of 'the . government r; of. REPLIES ARE By William H. Taft, in Lecture at Chapel Hill. IN "CRITICAL" PERIOD Whatever Party Citticisms There May be of the Present Fpllcy Should be Deferred. Until the Crisis , 'r is Past, He Says. Chapel Hill, N. C, March 17. "The united support of the country of the policies of President Wilson in this crit isacl period" of the nation's ' history,, was urged iiere tonight by former Pres ident William H. Taft, who delivered the first of a series of three lectures to students of the University of North Carolina, on "The Presidency." Mr; Taft declared that the office of President is representative of the dig nity of the American people, and that -ateuch a time as this it must have the hearty approval of the whole people, if that dignity is. to be preserved. Whatever party criticisms there might be of the present policies, he said, should be deferred until, the cri sis is 'past, . . Emphasizing what he termed the saneness and conservatism which char acterized the framers of the Constitu tion in their work, -the former Presi dent entered a vigorous protest against a Constitutional convention to amend the nation s xundamental law. "There are those," he declared, "who think they can improve the constitu J tlon by blowing it up. Fortunately, they are in the minority." - With the statement that 65,000 laws have been enacted by Congress in the past 'five years, the "speaker character ized the flood of legislation as a tend ency to yield to the "magic" of "to be enacted," and advocated a rest for the country, from legislation. ..Mr. i Taft reiterated' his belief in a single term of from six to seven years MRS ANGLE FAINTED -- AFTER LEAVING STAND. Was Questioned for Over Ten HOurs as to Death of Ballon. Bridgeport, Conn., - March 17. Mrs. Helen M. Angle, on trial here on a charge of r manslaughter growing out of the death of Waldo R. Ballou in Stamford, today finished her story to the jury concerning the events of the night of June 23 last, when Ballou met his end. She is - accused- of having caused Ballou to pitch to his death down" stairs after a visit to her rooms. When Mrs. "Angle ;left -the witness chair she had been under questioning, including yesterday's session, nearly ten hours. Her closing statement was an emphatic denial of having done in jury to Ballou on .the night of his death. - Under the strain of cross examina tion today Mrs. Angle's strength gave way and during a forenoon recess she swooned as she entered the sheriffs officer for a rest. She was speedily re vived and apparently had regained her self possession when she returned to the courtroom. After she left the stand-the defense called several other witnesses, includ ing Leonard Blondell, the defendant's father. ' Germany to this note has been pub lished arid it is not understood that the German government are prepared to abandon the practice of sinking British merchant vessels by marines." What Germany said officially was as follows: 1 "The German government would un dertake . not to use their submarines to attack mercantile of any flag except when - necessary to enforce the right of visit and search." - The onlij explanation advanced by officials as . a possible reason for the misunderstanding is that a newspaper report reached Great Britain to the effect that. Germany- had agreed to abandon her submarine warfare against neutrals but not against, bel ligerent merchantmen. Officials declined to say whether this misunderstanding would . furnish the basis for further negotiation". Pian Offered" By TT. S. - The' following identic- note was sent fop the Seoretary of State to '-- 'the American ambassadors at London and Berlin : ;, -! "Washington, February 20,' 1915." "You will - please deliver to Sir Ed ward Grey, the following1 identic- note which we are sending , England"' and Germany:- :' :. : - ; ; "In view of the correspondence of which has pased between this govern-' menf and Great Britain, and Germany respectively, relative 1 toV the . declara tion of a war zone by the German, ad miralty and the use of neutral flags by British merchant vessels,: this.; govern ment ventures to express the hope that the ;two belligerent governments may, through reciprocal concessions find' a basis for agreement which will relieve neutral ships engaged in peaceful com merce from .the great dangers which they will incur in the high seas adja cent to the coasts .of the belligerents. .' "The government of the - United States - respectfully suggests :. -. that - an (Continued-on Page Two.)4 - PUBLISHED PEEBLES REVERSED Editors Brown, of Goldsboro, to "Go Without Day. NO RIGHT TO PUNISH For Reports and Criticism of Matters Past and EndedStatute Ap plies to' Other Cases Four teen Opinions (Special Star Telegram) Raleigh, N, C, March 17. The Su preme court reverses Judge R. B. Peebles in his sentence of Editors Chas. A. and George Brown, of the Weekly Record, Goldsboro, to 30 days in jail, and $250 .fine for contempt of his court in the publication of an edi- torial criticizing the judge In connec- tion with his conduct in holding a term of Wayne court. The opinion was one of a batch of 14 handed down this afternoon. The opinion' in the contempt case is written by Judge Hoke, and concludes with,, the declaration: "The judgment of the lower court is reversed and judgment entered that the defendants go without day". The court nolds that the statute un der which judge Peebles held the editors to be- guilty, applies only to publication of grossly inaccurate re ports of trails or other matter pending and that the right to punish summarily for defamatory reports and, criticisms of matterspast and ended no longer exists.- " , . , i .The Supreme, court holds that' it might be that: if a grossly defamatory and scurrilous publication about - a .4 jJtdge-ln.-regjsu-d to.. bis Official vconductj "f Tc" nikaenrffCr judge waa presently; holding court .and about his rulings in such -court, the ex ercise of this summary power might be upheld -as - essential to the due and or-j derly administration of justice. How- flad any agreement wih Murdock or ever,, the,. court- sets out that no suchthe detective to purchase anything, nor ; l' -1 .-v. j j ! did he arranee to have them steal na- uuuuiiiuiifi- aic ouuvv.u in iuc icwiu 111 this , case, ( .that . the publication was made after the court had adjourned and after all -matters involved therein had terminated. Cases of this sort, ' the court says, are not to . be dealt with by process of contempt, but, -however rep rehensible, redress must be through another- tribunal and with ordinary methods of proceedure. . The court holds, however, that Judge Peeble's overruling the motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction, Was proper and that his refusal to order a reference of the case was proper. . Opinions handed down follows: . Singleton vs Cherry, Beaufort, no error. In re Brown, Northampton, re versed. Brinkley and Lassiter vs Norfolk Southern and town of Greenville, no error. ' White vs Geynn, Pamlico, no error. Clark vs Norfolk Southern, Pitt, new trial. V " Dupree vs Bridgers, Pitt affirmed. State vs Bridgers, Lenoir, no error. Watters vs Watters, Duplin, no error. Summerlin vis Morrisey, Duplin, ap peal dismised. ,- Leffel vs Hall, Duplin, no error. Royal vs Southerland, Sampson, af firmed. Leffel vs .Hall, Duplin, no error. .' Royal vs Southerland, Sampson, af- firmed. Dunn vs Patrick, Lenoir, affirmed. " Causey - vs Seaboard Air Line, Ran dolph, defendant's petition to rehear dismissed. , STATE BOARD'S POSITION ON SMALLPOX QUARANTINE Replies to Intimation That it is Negli gent in the Matter. Kinston, N. C, March IT. The State Board of Health in a statement occa sioned by an article in a local newspa per says that "just because the board does not believe in quarantining small pox is no reason for charging that it believes in standing idly by and doing nothing upon : the occurrence of a case or. during; an outbreak." "Positions are easy to misconstrue," the bpard ' declares. It quotes the .law, which requires, that upon the appear ance of a case, the local quarantine of ficer shall r1-"use aU due diligence to 'warn the public," and gives the county or municipal authorities the authority to require 'school children to be vac cinated. The law also-provides for free vaccination where subjects are not able to stand the expense, and gives the lo-i cal authorities the privilege of making such regulations regarding vaccination as they : may . see fit. The board re quires that Quarantine officers shall, within 24 " hours placard houses con taining" smallpox patients and furnish names and addresses to its secretary. It distributes literature and provides for the" posting" of warnings, and also fur-; nishes free newspaper matter, it says. ' "From all this it is scarcely possiblej that this Doara is cnargeaDie witnineg ligence in the matter of smallpox.' Oh the other hand, if the advice' of this board ' is " heeded, smallpox would be wiped out. from the State." The state ment does not say specifically why the board does not favorjquarantlning. The local city doctor has stated that "be cause 'of the- lack, of power- to quar antine he has no' means for checking the .spread of the disease except by placarding and advertisingIndividuals, and . taking - such sanitary , precautions as he may. V , - Attempted to Buy Secrets of Seattle Construction and Drydock Company. BRIBED AN EMPLOYE Worker for Construction Com pany Arrested With Con , sul and Secretary. Free Lance Detective Abo in Toils of the Law. Seattle, Wash., MarehlT. Dr. William Muller, imperial German consul at Seattle, and his secretary, B. M. Scnultz, were served with notice of arrest today at the con sulate. They . are charged with nnncnirafiv in tomTitin cr nnr. r rf & ruptly innuence John Murdock, an employe of the Seattle Construc tion and Drydock Company, by in ducing him to sell business se crets of his employers.1 , Consul Muller and his secretary are accused by the State of Wash ington of offering Murdock a cash consideration to supply them with information bearing out Ambassa dor Bernstorff's charge that the Seattle corporation was shipping knock-down submarines to the British government. , Detective Taken-Also. V The information against the German representatives filed by. Alf retf vJtl- LiUndin, county." prosecutor, jointly charges them and Dan Tarnicasky, a free lance detective, with conspiracy. Consul Muller denied tonight that he did he arrange "to have them steal pa pers from the- construction company. He declared that Tarnicasky told him that he had information that subma rines were being built here for Eng-. land, but that ' he had' dealt with the detectiveonly so far as was necessary to determine the truth of the report. The consul expressed confidence in a dismissal of the charge against him. Murdock and the detective were ar rested last night on a Joint grand-larceny complaint and Murdock, who. will be the state's principal witness, was released under ?1,000 bond. Warrants for the arrest of Consul Muller and his secretary were served through their counsel.- ' , - Murdock, in a statement said to have been made to the prosecuting attor ney, said the negotiations, for the sup ply of the information said to have, been sought by; Consul Muller still were pending when he was arrested. He said lie originally demanded $1,500, but later agreed to accept $1,000. Nine original bills of lading were re covered from under the mattress of Murdbck's bed by the prosecuting at torney's office. The purpose of .these bills has not been revealed by any of the princi pals. J. V. Patterson, of the dry dock company, says his firm is not building submarines for the British or any oth er government at war. GOVERNOR GIVES REASONS FOR COMMUTATIOBl OF SENTENCE By Which Zack Harris, of Wayne, Es capes Death Chair. Raleigh, N.'-i.C, March 17. Before leaving for Asheville today, Governor Craig made public his reasons for com muting the sentence of Zack Harris, the young Wayne county white man under a sentence - of death for burglary with intent to commit criminal assait, . the commutation being to two years'' imprisonment. The Governor states that after careful consideration of the case in. the light of arguments for the prosecution and the defense, he has . reached the conclusion that there is no element of intent to commit criminal ' assault In the case. ' . He finds ;that Harris went to .the home of the prosecutrix while her. step father, was atr a tobacco barn some dis tance awayiand while her mother was absent from home. The evidence, ho -insists,, precludes the conclusion that he intended any violence to the? girl if his efforts at persuasion failed. He was in the room for thirty minutes. and the girl's brother was in a com municating room with no door that would close between them, and that no outcrwas made by the girl until'the 'step-father entered the room - uriex-' pecte'diy and Harris fled. . The Governor finds the young man . guilty of flagrantly bad conduct for which he considers two years' impris onment in the State's prison" sufficient . . . . w 1 1.11 .s punisnment. jie nas oeen m months and Is to have credit for .this In his two years' imprisonment to which the sentence . is commuted. The Gov ernor says the commutation is strongly recommended, by. Judge Frank Daniels, , Solictor, Slier and a number of the lead ing citizens of the county. : Philadelphia, March 17. Johnny Kilbane, the :: featherweight champion, outfought Kid Williams,, the bantam weight title-holder, all the way in the six-round bout here tonight. Both men weighed' in at 122 pounds a . half hour before the fight.. . . r :. 'HI -!r ' . i; j id 1 : t ' ill ' - I I ' il ' H 'til n ' Is .:! i " j ! if 1 f - s , t 1 - fc i i iiii &' k ' 1 4 vV 5