North Carolina Newspapers

i" t1 JQ PcsqzTqday 4 "J" Fair Friday and Saturday. VOL. -xcvni-xo 9 WHOiiE !NTJ3IBEB :39,540 1 3 - 1 ff A7 T3: HANDS Sfflflnlffe Was Being Strangled, When His Officers Beat Assailant Sense less With Their Guns. MEXICAN IS LATER KILLED Tour Others of His Family, Who Had Worked With American f Ranchmen, Also Slain. 'ALL RELIABLE AND HONEST Tortured and Killed by Bandits as "Warning' to Others. ; Field Headquarters, r American Expeditionary Forces, Colonia Du blan, Chihuahua, March 26A(By motor, truck to Columbus,; March 30) It has been learned here' that Francisco Villa nearly lost his life a few days ago, on the Corralitos ranch, a short distance from this place, where he tortured . and put to death five Mexicans. : One of his victims leaped upon him and. woo ctmmoriiner Villa whpn nfFirftrst' , u:.. BtA I the butts of their guns; . , ; Was Peaceable Family. ; Mueio Polanco was the 'nam of .the. Jlexican who almost succeeded Jh end ing Villa's career!: The murder of fiVo members of the Polanco family, wan said to have been intended as a warn ing to other Mexicans against having dealings with. Americans. Investiga tion showed that - the Polanco; family was involved with no . pplittcal faction, in Mexico but. thatT they .hada . record of uniform-honesty, and," reliability fin dealing with the American manager?-' of the Corralitos , ranch, where: thejr were born and reared. . ." .When, sVUlAretreitlifS fpe-oili list of. all the Polancos," six men,: the" mother, and two daughters. He-slaed the men Arid hunted for the daughters," t ut the . young women - had "been hid den so well that- lie never found them.. To five of the men, Gregorio and .his two sons, 4and " Mucio and his' .one .son, Villa said: ' l- ''..'i ' .x .: -Sat,'- - 4 "I am going to kill you because you are too Americanized. ' . You are gringo lovers." But instead ; of killing i them outright. Villa had them partly strip ped and then beaten, with the fiats.-of heavy swords. Mucio , Polanco broke away from his, captors r and got one hand locked about . Villa's throat be fore he was beaten off? . , . t ; -' ? . Had Mock Hanging., ' ' . ' . . Next Villa ordered the five stood up beneath a huge archway,' where he' told them he would . hang them. " Ropes were placed about thjeir necks and they were jerked into the air, but were not permitted to die. Just when" loss of consciousness approached" they would be lowered to earth with demands that they reveal the hiding psaces of horses said to be hidden 1 about- the ranch. There were no horses so far as an in vestigation has disclosed. -The .prison ers also were offered their lives if they would ' tell where money"-was hidden or point out valuable, documents. .After several mock 'hangings, Villa ordered the five, men-taken. -into, the the garden where each? one was shot five times. ' ' . - - ' To the residents of the "ranch, all Mexicans, Villa said: "You may bury them or not, as you please." ' , They were all buried in one grave after Villa left. 4 " " Before going Villa led one male member of the family, Gregorio, junior, aged "21, back to the 'young man's mother and said to her: "I am going to leave 'you this one son to support you.-' You"; ought to thank me for leaving him.". ext the bandit imprisoned each of the workmen on the ranch, placing, them in separate rooms. When e had them all locked up, he went to f--ach one in turn, - warning" him ; in these words : - "I am coming back and if I don't re- turn some one else will come in my place. Whoever, comes will . kill any one here whom he finds working for Americans.". . .. . ' More aeroplanes are to . BE BOUGHT FOR PERSHING w asmngton. March'; 3d. There were no important military "developments re ported in dispatches received here' to flay from Mexico. Arrangements were "ade today by Secretary Baker to sup Ply General Pershing ' more aeroplanes nia cavalry horses as Quickly as po lUe. Purchase of eight biplanes, four acr. of the Curtis and Sturtevant types. to be delivered in 30 days and.-to cost about ?o,000 was. authorised; : They W 1' be the most powerful of the army's serial equipment, ' having -150 - horse power as compared with? the .85 horse power machines now in use-. v A'r. Baker also indicated he might ac tt-Pt private officers of aeroplanes , to tlie government from the Aero Club -Of America and other civilian .'aviators. The Aero Club's offer to sell two -ma chines at the nominal price of. 1' each; rhile its patriotism is ' appreciated, l 'ot be accepted. heoffer i had not Ttr- n,k kPt.tSiiW'Kn h - -wmaau uapi vu-iviontj said any private " machines ; accepted mst be paid for' at tbeir .actual value, vigors', of the Mexican -campaign are p'ng especially felt In loss of cavalry ',0i"ses, General Pershing reported. -The "Partment is arranging . fort purchase of .000 more. . : . - ': ' t., ' :.'.'.? i The first pay day .for : the American txDeaiti6n "since it crossed into' Mex no win be tomorrow. Foreign service us for extre, "pay,. 20 per : cent, 'for STARTS FIGHT 10 HliiriJII UnLIT nil I Senator UnerWood is Determiiied to Have Provision for vPlaiit DECLARES IT IS NECESSARY ; Say Hadaon Maxim In OppoBlas: Snck rropmnl m .Working to tbe In g , N a. tejreat of th DaPont Com pany AmentLments. Washington, March 30. A determin ed &ght was begun in the Senate today by Senate Uhderwood, of Alabama, to incorporate in tbe army re6rganization blll. provislori looking to the estab- lishment of: a government plant to make nitrogen from the 1 air for th 1 manufacture of, explosives.: Efforts to incorporate .such legislation ,in the House bill were defeated, , ' V Senator Underwood 'declared no na tional' defense programme .-would be complete without this uroVisiohl e attacked the DuPont Powder Company and. its, agents, charging them with ex- enmg:: powenui influences to v defeat sueh legfslation because of a desire to control all the powder business in-the United States -and . tof prevent the- gov ernment from entering the field- Jn this connection, he declared that Hud son Maxim,' a - member of the- Navy's civilian .advisory board, was a consult ing engrineer of the DuPont Company an4 as , sueli; had 'Characterized Con gressmen who '. fought for a ' govern ment nitrate plant as ."pork : barrel pxiliticia'hs."' . - ".- vt-- . ; Workiag f or JPrtvate lateresta. fSoithiseorporation:agent is; speak ing: for is - own-, interests 'and those of agafriEt iv corporation. The DuPoifiir rowder Company is in legitimate biisU ness and naturally does, not -want .the government;- compete withv it.? It wishes to -control all the 'pow-der busi-. ness of; tlie cojiintry.' It has a right to have its agents here attempting :4x de feat my proposal, but the Senate of the United States has no right to permjt ine iiui'ont owder Company to de feat this legislation." . v - ; , Early In the day Senator Saul sbury, of Delaware. introduced a bill prepared by 'counsel . for the DuPont Comnanv providing for granting of 50 year ,wa- which would-guarantee to r erect a 1 hydro-electric plant for production ".of ni C (Continued on Page Three.) ,- . comimAermRAMiLiTARY TRIP INTO CANADA Cftp Hans Tauscher, r Arrested fred'A. Fritzen to; Have Set on Foot Sememe to Blow XTp the 1 Welland Canal- Information; Given : by Von Dei Goltzj ' . . . . . . LI New, York, March 30. Captain. . Hans. Tauschevsaid to Lbe an officer in- the German navy and reputed head ofthe Tauscher 'Arms 'Company of this ' city,' as well- as ' the American renresenta- tive" of' the 'Krupps : Gun Works,' was arrested here today by Federal author ities 6n a warrant charging conspiracy. Captain Tauscher is the husband ot Jo hanna ffadekt,- the grand opera singer. The1 warrant wassworn to.-, "on in i formation and belief" by William M. Off ley, a special - agent of the Depart ment of Justtpe. The complainant in the case' also xiames Alfred A. Frltzen, wh"o-'is not yet under arrest. ' ,It is charged that Tauscher and Fritsen on August 15, 1914, set on foot a military enterprise to :be , carried on from i the United States against the Dominion of Canada for -the : purpose .of., destroying or damaging the" Welland Canal. The defendants named are said to have had four associates. " . . Bought: Quantity of Dynamite." It also is alleged "that the defendants,- obtained : a large Quantity of dy namite and other explosives and that on or -about' September 1,4 1914; all ex cept Tauscher left; New -York . carrying the dynamite in sit cases and 'proceed ed 1 by rail to Niagara Falls. Sources of information-ion which-the complaint is based are ,-kept secret. 5 Tauscher 'was arrested at his office In tlfts cityfc and taken before "United States Commissioner Haughton. He en tered a plea of not guilty and'waa held under ;a bond "Of.-?z&,ouu xor examma Hon -on April 15. -..' The arrest f Tauscher and the nam ing of Fritzen in the coniplalnt ate" said to -be the 'direct "result ' or . tne exam- I ination by - Federal . author Ities here ef Hof s ypa ,Der Goltz, also ,knowjK a I'-RfMAWiii-'Tiivlor. who '-arrived . - 'Tues - HOrst Vpa ,Der. trOltZ, a aiSO- Knowna: BridiBreman Taylor, who arrived Tiies day , from J4verpooL The ..information furnished by Von Der,Goltz, it; is said, completed a chain of eyldepce that Fed eral authorities ''. haver bee." nweldihg? against six . meir. for a .year and -a half. Other Arrests '.are expected soon. :;.... i From representatives, of v the ..Depart ment of Justice 'Here?'4tVvas - learned today : that the :pIot;inv: which Tatischer is alleged tofhave oeeit,jmpit:ai.eu,.vwjfca tllotl Ohio TJtiUties Commission and In- . terstate Commerce Commission - :cv-Are to Fix Biame. IN AMHERST CATASTROPHE , i. . Chief Ioatpector HefterHan Accl- , c ,4ent .laa v(e f ; Maa-FaUnre 'ifi a'?Tot.'MaAlB-Flliire ... (Qp,gn Today. ' Ti Cleveland. Ohio.' March 30.- Investi- gatlon into ' the wreck f of tliree;- .New Tprk Central trains at' Amherst, : Ohio, Wednesday." which took a toll of at least 28 lives th exac number may never be .kndwn and brought 'injury to. more than 40 .others, got under way today. , 1,1 iii with : a fierce controversy.;: raging among railroad employes as -to who; was responsible for the accident 'repre sentatives of the istate of Ohio - and of the Federal government were;' told by officials of the New' York, Central lines that - the railroad officials would hot conduct a 8enaraft form? ' innnlrv on their own part. ' They asserted 'the best Interests -of -air ccicerned ' would be best served by one investigation on the part i of the representatives of ' the Ohio Utilities Commission and of the interstate Commerce Commission. The railroad 'officials said they Would g4va every help to make the investigation complete and the railroad would abide by the findings of these bodies, whatever-they are.'. . - .''.' .; i; x'x n. S tTea;SisMa''-JMaelu A. . j .; -Testing of the signal 'block. 'appara tus at -Amherst' was : the main , work of the "government and state experts to day. Taking a, special Hrain (he Tin vestCgators went to the scene of the wrec and inspected I Ut,t thoroughly. The controversy' centered- about A.. H. Ernst, 'age 25r. tower: raani at- Amherst, and '-Herman Hess,' age veteran , en fflBeer,whos trainranVKtoitfit first section of, train. No. ,86. Causing : the deaths1, of -nearly all of . those' killed.- .Ernst n vehemently denieif ; he . asleep on; duty' brTthat he Vds in auch l997fJi!Piml4tu that;, he aJj way incapacitated. 'H-aa ehed- to -showihat: f ail-: UE.v.of the 'signal. to- work"-. was not an -.unheard' of thing by aayimeaiuli,;with 'Hess. repeated his-forfner statement that he was fnot given any signal but did hot-dispute' Ernest's claim; that the signal n-ilght' hav ef ailed to ; work! ? V '. . .Diie.tttaa-KaUiie."!, r-. iM J-vsHeff ernan, i chief -inspectof ori the::Statet:UtilitIes Commission,. 'latet to day ,; said man-failure,- not , machine failure .caused the wreck., ' ' 5 . Heffernan's. statement". the scene ofthe wreqk. where.he Went wix oineri state, federal and railroad investigators today, f ,.:-.:' ... - "Engineer ; Herman v Hess' of s. the : sec- ; ; ' (Continued on Page 'Sijc) in New York is AUegedWith Al- States to destroy the - Welland Canal. six Men la Party. r- . .Federal- .agents today said that soon me- .war - pro ice -out- a party of six men purchased "-from, an explosive "Uany , in tnis city a" quantity of dy namite.; This; was takeh bv- them a night in'a trunk from a ship anchored near Gravesend .Bay. it is chare-fid the. launching proceeding .to a dock on the Hudson river in Harlem 'where the dy namite was- unloaded and taken in ' a cab to a boarding house inx Manhattan There, it "l T asserted, the" explosive was ntted with fulminating caps and elec trical .aeyices tor exploding, . after whiclvit, waspacked Jn six suit cases that ... the -' alleged conspirators took with , them - to Niagara Falls. 1 At this point the journey was in terrupted for some reason, whjch the Federal-officers declined;to disclose at present, iand the , party, is said" to, have returried to this city with'the dangerous 1 A later "plan to destroy the Welland canal. whic)i 'resulted in the arrest and '"fi0 said,' had ito direct, connection- with -the case now . under investigation. ' Infor mation - regarding. 'Fjritzen; : was r .with held. .Jt was, said, however;- that all six of the. allegedconspirators are in. the United States. . j . ' -iThe -Identity,- of ;.;rtbev; . Vessel-, from which the dynamite is said to have been takenWas" 'notrdisclosed,' but it was declared she was not . .the ; German steamer MadgburgJ". that for- a long time after 2 the wiK started was ' at anchor In Gravesen.d Bay.vwith a-'cargo of, dynamite.' j ' ' c t". - Charse Under Criminal Case. , " pThe charge " against Tauscher and Frit sen is : based "-on -xtref provisions oi section 1 S of - the United r states crim- PtSlmirJa 1 ao?e...tlian ;.re 7aravimprison-. men t. and.N. a ; fine,pf , W.OjOO Jor. "begin ping, t settlBSr. .Qp. ,X0ot . or t preparing within the' confines of the United States atmilitary "expedition ; directed' against a fpreign jower wlth' which "the united Sjates Tt8,t-pea6e..t. - J'-u,'4"V : 1 :v Tauscher- is -understood- to .have. as serted rytodaTy": that he ' was not in ' the unitea .Btates jop jne aaie wiwptr acy "is" alleged to' have beenriormea, thahe,dIdrnotvturn -unUie IIKilfill Dlfflill R0T1T ISDEIIEl'JED Stroitbrces ofAuBriislMd r-r ''. , Iteiirti' Fating Eah: Other- V -: 'SS' 'ife'.-M?.'-'.-." : - - ,.: -i'--'-'V'lv-T:" : ; ; Germanr "Region Reach Crater Held DVheBBrit tshForewt''' ;----Jv';-.-s f.. t- v" s;'; i;- ; ."i " ' "V vCaiU- Sfe.""' ' . " '..v-:.' l45-.; " '" f-v''.' ;-l- ' f"l - 'i.'t-- "' - ;-l - ;? - rv . 'i - ( I the Britis nd- Germans , alog the .unxian enarotne rencix ne parc- AT '?7ZP&&sn?1,,-- 7r?lS?T l grnadef thrpvrShrave ' . .succeedea an i reacning. ft..pirxjoji oi a. mme craier j Keld':by ther-firitish.- lear "iBoesinghe I the--Bjritis$ tack.byjtherff iSSiijfJ J Strong XreeSiOf Austrians .andIlfi'rrhe jallure of General Carraiza to give ians are aigdiagainsttaehbther in jpermission to guard the supplies was th rioriKia "ntrtT of the Anatro-Ital- 'slrP disappointment and' it. as. be the GQrit.ect9rv.-: the ustro-itai- UmjrmA tht evftn Vfet nm nt-Vitnmonf ian frontQtaShe lieigsbf Sells Bnirfted?fi'mKsVlafclnlaW-?f thossessfces.. Elsewhere amne- the ffontJthe artiUerv duels con- 5 ;'. - 7, ' ' ... - Berlin skjs; tHblg offensive-.of the "UDO",! WT v,rf ceased and that the Russians, also havel 5iyen,1?i1&e r8 tl'l' Pershing reported during the day NaW c Artillery" duebv however 'are Ui.i..-r wi rAi .....t;! going on arotmd Jacobstadt and to the north of Vidzy;- r - ; , Great Britain" has ' put v in effect on , Order in Coundil- linder twhich neither a vessel nor ner .-cargo is immuue iruiu 1 capture for a breac or tne DiocKaae on 1 the sole! ground:; that n&e vessel at the . moment Js oh her'Tfrayto, a non-block-, . - Greax -aerfal ractivity ;is: reported .-in , the- latest-official ."communication t is- sued .by;-rthe - French war " officii Five Germ-an'':jaerjclaies twerVtirought- don, The Frenth machines were hit many times ' but Aall v the : French pilots, " the war 'office, says returned safely. , , ' Heavy derman attacks: Were deliv- ered arpunSFdjt . DouaumdnC , Liquid flames wereemplq,yed .'in these ds'sa'ults but the Germans werfr repulfed ,with; West of i the : Meuse,- Where :. muchv fighting has taken place recently, the Infantry actfons , . ceased v-temporarily, J but the . bombardment of . the artiUery continued. in the; region ,of jMalincourt-:! SHIPPERS MAKE: INOU1RY : : Ask Whether- -Panama - Canal Will Be . Open . by ' April ' IS. ' ' , Panama. March . 30. Notwithstanding the official prediction by-the War De- vartment that the Panama canal would be open for. traffic on April l&,many shipping concerns have -cabled JLiieu tenant Colonel Harding, engineer -of maintenance, with cables, asking ,wheth er the 'canal will be ready, for reopen-. ing on that date. Colonel Harding in variably informs, these Jnuuirers that condition in the , Galllard Cut Justify. the prediction.- ' . There now are five-vessels at Balboa and three -at- Cristobal -awaiting transit through the .canal . while : others . are re ported on their way to the terminals, HOPE M'LEAN WILL BE Lumberton Man Suggested r for National Conamitteeman. . r Suggestion Meets With Unanimous Ap proval ? Among North ; Carolinians . 1A Washington Would Ac - ' cent, Is Belief. - . (Special 1 Star" Telegram.) Washington, D. ,C,- March 30.-r-The storv from Raleiarh" todav suestine story from Raleigh today , suggesting the name of. A- W- McLean, of Lum- bertoni. as' the - Democratic National committeeman from North darblina metf I with , unanimous ; approval, around . thU Capitol today. There appears to be no objection ,.to . him from , hlsend:- ?- In deed, every- one who talked about Mhe probable successor ' to- Secretary Dan iels said they J. hoped : the ' Lumberton mah would be selected. i - When Senator - Simmons, was - askec what he th9ught ofMr; .-McLean as the. next- natiopal1 comniitteeman,lhls only reply was, "FjVie." ' It is; known, how ever, that- the -senior .senator": is very fond of Mr," McLean and shduld the 4atr-4 ter : decide to be a .canqi.date," and he undoubtedly 'will, he .wouid have the support of Senatpr.SwnmoBs..:, Senator Overman saii that he. :hoped McLean wqpld be. selected.: He .said he had given "good" service to his 'State and party- and- that ,? .his selection," lie though't, ,wpuld be apopulatj one.'W11 toh McLean is a ffne, Joyal fellowT'f said Senator Overman: Vlf . selected, ' t he woul'dbera'credist to h$ State." ' In . conversations 7ver - the long : dis tance telephone vfrbnv 3 Baltimore v Mr, McLean- admitted that: many ,: of : His friends had : urged - him:: to allow a'ls name; to -be -presented "as the , successor to Mr. Danlels.i--He41d not-iaywhether , ':: (Continued ; a' Page .Three. MS SU S OB DELAYED III USE Ot -V f)p. Failure of; Carraiiza to Pfcili t Guarding of Suppliesi; ir-Kj ff .f MOTOR v TRAINS 1 ACTIVS Will Not l,e Suspended. :Hnl r.-3 r a; In. Effect -ana rov t Sr. cefs ,.aipj,r.i i-ruiravijr pa7. .. Saji' Antonio, Texas, March 30,-Gen- March 30--Gen- erl 4l,unston delayed using the Mexico Northwestern railway today for the !tfpwnt- of - supplies tolthetroopsCin Mexico.' - ' nen dinar '. n. ' r.on f ctmi p '5 wfttr juenerai -uavira, commander ol- Mex- 4caft ltroom, tat . .Tuare-r: fietier)lI e. pogt commander at El PaSo- and Ali dreas Garcia, Mexican consul at El paao v . ; It , Js expected shipments over that t.Ait min u' hoD-ntiitnmm-i-nw quarters5 today to . move- eautihously might be "'1ma4rwnefe1rvrpPUea en' tering r Mexico-might b6 safeguarded.r SSS" TVkV w2.;l"n ir"L. V,. V.Vir"' J1, ot ?otiT trufks - iir not be, re"' :iwhere VillaMs tonight remained un- . :f3---. ,.,- waa defeated near Guerrero. After tb flght with' Carranza's Soldiers at the edee of the ni au rktaf n on n A1 at r let Wn t h! kf Namiiuipa, Villa was. khoWn to ; be maKing nis way south 'and ileneral Pershing's-' cavalry resumed their- unV relenting ride on ' his trail,: notwith- standing " it r Jnay lead them . into ;tn. region, s ' ---- -CAKRANISA AGREEMENT TO h'. - - '. fllEf' GIVEW ,7A -FAXR:TtiiAT rroad - for trinsnortation of- surlles to the AmeHcah xpedltiQ"O vhuhtijigv Villa: wiUVbe givena'fair trial,-an6V tnthe meantime the .United '. Stages .wilt not press for ah' extension or Jrurthe"p i def-! initlon of - the arrangement."' :'. ; - General FunstOias".bton Pershing's :"columns under- STjch- condi- tions as "the Mexican, defacto authorities" prf scribe,:- and' ,yesterday'sv determma- tiontoi Seek a mor esatisfactory un- dersta'nmng will not be carried but, un- less it. is puna impracticable, to trans- port promptly and safely necessary sup plies - subject to ' the . restrictions im- PWd. 'Reports to the War Department tonight" snowed tnar uenerai ;-jrunston (Continued on ; Page. Teh.) ' "-'J . f - .- . - ';,. BRITISH CREM'ARE HELB UP I - ' - ' ' i - ' BY LONE GERMAN STOWAWAY Puts Wireless Out of Commission, tThen Bifles the Safe Compels Captain at P,oint of Revolver to Change Course and Land Him at Delaware Breakwater. liewes, Del!, March -30. -How a lone German stowaway held up the captain and- ?6 - members of the crew of the British steamer Matoppo, compelling them at the point of a revolver to change the course of the vessel and land him at the Delaware- Breakwater after "he had rifled the ship's safe and takerr the valuables,.'was told here to night by Captain Bergner, master of th Matoppo. ' The stowaway, who says his name is Ernest' Schiller ' and that he had lived" in Hobok'en, N. J.,- for the -past, eight months, is - now .locked up lir the jail here awaiting the arrival bf " the United States- district attorney from Wilmington, DeU and? the British consul general ;irom l-niiaqeipnia, , , - 'ht h.oW-P - fPok VlJ? outside the three.miIe llmit . and-Federal authori- tteshere say this government pfoba- bly-' will have" nothing" to do' with the matter., Schilleri they say, -will' be re- JU" .f8 " V where the vessel will stop for coal. . .A?: He FIrt Bound the Captain. j -"The 'ship "sailed4 from New York: yea ttday for .Vladivestokv with; a cargo consisting chiefly of barbed' "wire and farm implements. She passed out, San dy rnook at..'6- o'clock 'In the ev1hin& and two hours later, -upon entering his cabin, Captain Bergner says he was eonirbnted by a youp' man with a re voWer in each handr !Hands up and net-'ar-Bound; if you value your i life," was? the " command. . The- captain -was the )ourid " hand "arid f oot- and locked in his cabin, promising unaer penalty jf ideath;,p.o.t' to raise- anlarm.- " .. Cautiously making i his way to the Yfirless 'cabin,' the stowaway,: who is about '26 years -old, pMtthe Hnstru entiiUfe of .f cojumlssiOtW and threw thf ship's guns, consisting of six "ri laesi overboard. : He - then returned, to the Captain's cabin." r Ified 'the 'safe and destroyed many important papers. He had expected, heu tqid -Captain. Bergner, to find at least 2,000 pounds sterllfig in English - money aboard, ' but -.there was not a penny in the; safepiater;f how eveSchUler-eompellecUithe. captain and'-the flrsV-officer to natfd. over their ilLillED TO f t : Jfju .. BDIIGESSilS 7 Cci:iljhs Feels I That Present ' 1 4 :7cViand Working Condi A '-. - tions Are Liberal. ; m DZI11ITDS- AR5SPBESENTED ienerliapalge General Mahairerl7pB . Albright, of 'the Atlatitifi hCoa.s,te;Uh.'common with;: the .general . managers ot practi cally all the railroads of the country, yesterday was presented with a copyr of,, the request of ; the train, employes asking for ah7 eight-hour, day without reduction : tn , pay. anI time -and a half pay? for over time.i He immediately nnK nAcn. I - i l j m w i.i - . c; llci ' i LUC I'CLtXCadX.-!. tatiyes stating that the present stand ards, of rates "and. working conditions have v been i largely t fixed vby mediation and arbl tratidn and that the A. C, U. feels that' they 'are adequate - and even liberal -to: the employes. ; , , . . The request" that the Atlantic t Coast Line join in a.conce rted movement twlth other rroads - will be given con.si.dera-" tion,. Mr.. .Albright.. states, and. an. an- sweri on this point give"n as soon as April 29 to make reply before further: negotiations: are asked for. Coast Line's. Answer. To 'the' joint .communication : with a copy of the. .demands . for : a revised schedule oif compensatiori to train em ployes, "which .was presented in person by ,Mr. S; J.; Brook's, chairman, and Mr. Warren I, ones,- secretary, of the ad justment committee of the O - R. C. ; Mr. R. M Xianter, chairman, and Mr. i C. ;A : Windham, secretary, of; the com- i mittee of the B.-of R. T., and Mr. F. D. Howard, chairman, , and Mr. G, W. Barnes, ; secretary of .the B. of L. . uenrai ,-jsa.anager .f , jtc. Aiorignt, ot Lthe Atlf htic Coast iLine, - submitted : thej iouowing;.repiyj acopy -Deing given; toj tne. representatives oi eacm or-;:;tne or- ganizations hamed:,'. - : JWy-Zft Gentlemen : Your xusmmunication of MacfeSire; giving ,aqtice of your 4esireit(i evise-fiPr libtlcevT hasevtStdayBeaeied.v working-conditloiia v'have: ,been , .very largely fixed "by mediation and arbitra-j tion, and hisjqrapanyf eela that they are adequate and even liberal , to "the employes.- jTljis company has no desire! to. change, either ,thL .existing rates of pay or the working rules, ".nor to re duce the earning possibilities of the employes' under t theirs existing rules, but inasmuch as . your proposals con templatp 'f uhdamental change.s in oper ating methods and' practices on which the schedules !Tiave been" builf up, this company -t hereby gives notice r that In connection u with r and,, as .a part - of the consideratioh and 'disposition of your " ' (Continued on Page Ten.) i i ' 1 ' - - - - Throws Ship's Guns Overboard, pocketbooks containing a total of 3D pounds- sterling, With Captain Bergner still a pr ison er'in Tils own cabin, . Schiller proceeded to round up . the : crew of 56 men, all but a few of "whom were in their bunks. He' lined all hands up' in one end of the ship- and threatened to bio w every body to pieces with bombs he said he had. placed In - different parts - of the vessel if any one made a, move. At 4. o'clock; this , morning Schiller released Captain Bergner , and, still gripping a. revolver In .each .hand,' or dered the steamer headed toward shore. Other officers and' members -ot the crew, were ordered to their places and told to put on all speed" for the Dela ware Capes. When the Matoppo came within sight'of land aboutfnoon Schil ler ordered - a small boat lowered to take : ' him :. ashore.- Meanwhile the steamer's x signals asking for assist- ance had been sighted by the piot boat Philadelphia which took the small boat in tow, , disregarding the threats of Schiller to shoot' anybody who laid a hand on him. - : : ,- - ' Off Cape Henlope'n, Delaware, a coast guard pqwer boatj.-which had put eut from Lewes in answer to tthe Matopo's signals met thePhiladeiphia, Capt. John S. Lynch, coast guard keeper at this station in command of the power boat, placed t Schillejr .. fin irons and brought, him,-a8hore.;' . Later, he .was locked up .in. -the jail.; here and ,the United. States District attorney at Wil mington and the British consul general at Philadelphia, inotifled. .Both, are ex-: pected here, tomorrow. ? j - , ,. Believe His Mind Unbalanced. : First reports - today were tb the- ef fect that tne Matoppo carried a cargo of munitions f or the Entente ' Allies and that Schiller: was ..in the employ- of the German -government.-- These, j-how ever, are discredited by.Captain Berg ner as : well f as -. government officials here. ;,"Bergier's statement that , , . his cargoj is a generar one - is borne out-y theewbxkirehtsrolf-tUevesseL'EIs said he .believed t Schiller's sole object wasl' to bbtai; nthe large amount 4 of money, .which,.' he . thought: was . in ' .the 'snip's . saf e. Government : Officials ex pressed the. opinion that ,:the man's mind is uhbalahccd. . (Continued on -Page . Three.) ' .. ...... : - ' t.:' f, if,', m . Jr. f. -. , Vi : 1 A DIlIIIELSIlllillttliii 111IE5S FOB i!iW -; The Secretary Urges Establishmeii inProjeeSv- ?; ASUS, FOR 16,000 Advocates $2,000,000 This Year Air Craft; Will Continue Testimony Today. - i. WMhington;Maflph'30 , ness plan for the ;navy Was g!Ven;thVv.- I House'Naval cdmmittee today by. SecreW v ' fo - irk.iiit, 4,i,; ,nt vi, - . - . . - . . ... .;-- -.V.f."i? ness before the' committee begins f ram-: j . . . . m . . . ' ... . . . : ing 4ts" billj The Secretary , added in several ' respects to the programms he Had .:ppje4V9atVih" estimates prevJctusIjr suDmittea 19 tne com.mittee.- ; .. . '". :Hr urged tie sta6lishment of govy i eminent s. plant-, to manufacture liavir, ; ": 'proeoilies r VateVtne- ctsUmate - fif toj ' V ipruposea reearcn, japoratQry-irom .Jl . ..... i vvu.uww 10 ouutuuy.v asKea . ior aoout . : ; . -1,000 adalflolinstpaa; of vi0,- y .. "r 1 000 and proposed Itliat civilian educa-V. ' f tors be. placed,-at :the . head pf ,the. Uort-fr , military, departments, ofthe naval ead-vi5 enjy to release -line officersfor active r ; service. -J: v ..-. ; ::?- .l:iii;l-Mi ; ; Requesting .that all provision for 'air 1 service be stricken ; from the jflve-year" : building, programme, Mr. Daniels jirg-' ; : ed an xappropriation of.. Jji.OOOOpO- for 5 air craft this year... He explained that there was .no way of determtiilnif" what t? s expenditure would- be necessary . n .the'j: i: future.' . : . &!t$-&J: - r -.eP .Juny vme up- Toosgr'4Yi'i ' r;jCritlcism of Secretary Dannie W adilji:-. -.; - istcation jatt thJrtmentf oreshadcflj' owed -by the- course of yjertaln commit- : 5 ;- "-- -V tor ': mqrfow. .The Secretary wasi allowed tc tfti: uix ut;c w 1 tuuy t . ver ri paayr r Tr : qjofto-Se comnal t teemeri. Sit? )-rfkH-iiSX- . viuespons ;oi new.' oatuesninsv. versusi1 battle cr"uiserB, . of tHe Jze; arid ispeea for -future submarines . and other sub", jects much debate d,4uring he. prolong : ed hearing, fwere . not ' reached. ; .' . Mr. ,. Daniels' , statements - oiitsiae of those relating to : personnel, has . to do almost,.wholly with industrial problems , of the seryice..-. VA . . . . " . - - i'll - .... i'.. AU VUVUO rVlr VvVtU UlCUl O. Ulan - ; .j ' ' : I i ror;;b.uUding;;,up ; an,, adequate reserve . lorce tor the navy, was presented by - ' , , the Secretary. ? It;. provides , for " five : ;: . classes of ; reservists. The first,' to be ;" known as ' the. "fleet reserve,' w'ould b's Ti- i composed of former, dff icers and" enlist . e d men ; the. sectf h.d : or , naval reserve otAj-f officers and. men of the seagoing pro- ; : . f ession f or . secvice on. fighting ships j - - ' in- war; . the . third,. 'or naval auxiliary . .?.. reserve of siip masters'and seamen en':sH rolled for war time .duty on the milN : i: tary fleets; "tne", fourth or nayal coast defense reserve, or f esidents on or .near i the - coast capable .'of serving .aboard ; mining 'craft,' patrol vessels, . .torpedp boats, ; aircraft , and' the .like , for duty" on , the ,c"oast ; and"Jn. th.eir. respectlv.e districts, .and : the" fifth ' or volunteer, naval - reserve; , of ; ,men who "roulfl ' have no duty in peace times as owners of yachts, power boats ' or other craft could' render efficient aid In war: times. -Urges Passage of Armor Bill, -Secretary Daniels urged the commit-' tee to report f ayorably the armor plate fa'ctory bill 'which recently' passed the ; Senate and "which will be takenf.up.next Tuesday. He laid on the necessity in his opiniqh of rprqviding -means -for establishing' a fair price for armor or any other material needed, by the navy tnrougn.i equipping i govenimeni: viiui to" produce whatever .could, not be ob-' tained at a- satisfactory figure; by con tract; f:-i-. "",.., ': - ' ;"'. A pro jectlle plant, Mr. Daniels declar' ed, was vitally, important to the. navy;. High prices due to the war orders from Europe,' he said. '.had made it virtually impossible . to ' obtain what ,the navjr must haveV'",H added that a- govern- ment plant would prevent navy InVen-' tions cretin into the haride t pdssft-j ble -' enemy powers as was now" " almost certain to - be the case. - s . The Secretary, read a lqng-statement $ 'i: to show, the fluctuation ln.l''te'-pti:.p,A bf proiectilee asked by : bidders. iJJi:;ii&; - :'ln 'spite' of , all. the firms now - en- : v . gaged in manufacturing projectile fr ;.-':'-."-i. . foreierf eoverhhients he -s'ald, i -.I'o-..; fact that last .July the X)fepartrrient Wd-- s , : 1 vertised for . six-inch and three-incn . r. t nmmnn'nrn1eetilea and. was Unable to :!'.'; : ! obtain satisfactory bids.1 And on Ahj account ?only the Departmentundef-. took to manufacture a . large quantity j of these ' projectiles at navy ; yards, : . : . ' irig!rpr6jectiies were advertised Mr J6 Daniels said, anJ5ngli8h firm, Had); fields, limited, -announced Its IntentidntrS to Afu:; ; ti-. i-'i' V ;; ,Mhe . companies usually furnishing - armor-piercing" projecnies, ..jr ; vXContlAUedbni PagebThreq.) iiA THEDAYIN-GONGRESS i 'Met. at; noon-it ."---;",..-: ofu. - Resumed idebate; qn Army reorganl--- . 1 zatioaplll.r ttvJ-if M.-:&rA: ' iA.' Adopted resolution asking Attorney General to ifivestigate 'gasoUri prlceC ?vf . Adjourned at 6:40. P. M: to riobtt Frt 4; : aay't-?a'r.-'i5V ti ""';i : :,Vr:I:f HOUSE 7fi, . BecretaryiDa'ni'els testified befbre thsS-f . Naaf committee: f-"'. ... Burnett JmrplsTatlori : bill -With llt.efCto, U v ' acy r test aiid : Asiatic exclUsionprovKftl - sions passed 308 to tT.-V - ; Adjourned at saz; x9ivP9wFy .:V1 Vlr I VJ-'; - i Continued on ?as, Six). itn.via.v honn vorisrmatea in m uai