The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, April 21, 1915, Image 6

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BAl SEESIJUNTION TO STOP I'AIOO'S WRATH OFFICERS iET SUPPORT Riggs Natioha Bank of Washington Alleges McAdoo and.Williams At tempted to Use Their Position to Take Out Spleen-Government Takes Stand Behind Officials. Secretarf of the Treasury McAdoo and Comptroller of the Currency Williams have been made defendants in proceedings begun in the District Court of Columbia Supreme Court by the Riggs National Bank of Washing ton, which alleges that those officials have combined and conspired to wreck the bank. Temporary and permanent injunc tions to halt the alleged conspiracy and to prevent the comptroller from making what ,the bank charges are unlawful demands for special reports of various kinds are sought from the Court. One portion of the prayer seeks to restrain John Burke, treasurer of the United States, from payment into the treasury of $5,000 declared to be due the.bank as interest on $1,000,000 of United States bonds deposited with the comptroller against its note cir culation. This Interest was withheld to cover penalties of $100 a day for the bank's failuro to make certain reports. Once paid into the treasury, only an act of congress could- get the $5,000 out, and Justice McCoy Monday granted a temporary injunction on this phase :of the case. The justice set April 16 as the day ,for answer by the defendants to show cause why permanent Injunctions should not be issued. The bank's'bill of complaint con tains thirty-seven specific allegations designed to show that the comptroller hasadopted unusual and legally ques tionable tactics in dealing with the Institution. It recites that evidence A"'n unusual desire for information d'oncerning the bank was shown by Mr. Williams shortly after he assum ed thea office of comptroller more than a year ago and has continued ever - sine,, 'Prio-to that time, In Decem ber; 1913, it says, Mr. McAdoo charg d officers of the bank with responsi blty for publications concerning a local financial deal involving twc trust companies. When this charge 'as denied, the -bili asserts, Secre tary MeAdoo cur'ed- Milton E: Alles, a vice-president of the bank, and said to C. C Clover, its presideat: "Mr. Glover, you know what this mrneans to the Riggs National Bank.' . "Meaning thereby," the bill adds, .!!that from, that time.on the power of the treasury department would be ag ressively used for the ruination and 'Es'6truotion of the plaintiff bank it -4.rder-to satWi the personal malice *WU1191 of said defendants, Wil naw and McAdoo, 'and shortly after wazdsgthe said defendants, William, dMcAdoo, began a series of per e.euticns against the plaintiff banl or the purpose of impairing or de -stroying Its said business, thereb: prostituting their high public offici and violating their oaths in order tc ve~il personal vindictiveness or -th.eofleta~s of the plaintiff banlk" r e1'imontbs. later, the bill set: ".rta, t1h. plaintif bank was notlifec -by C.:&Xamin, igow governor of thi federal reserve board, but th'en as afsstent 1aeczretary of .the treasury iz charge of the fiscal bureau,,thbat Sec retary McAdoo purposed. to excludi the Biggs Bankr from a share of de posits to cover the District of Colum 1ii9 tax withdrawals, which deposit brecastom are divided among the na -tional banks of the district. Mr. McAdoo later wrote to Mr - Glover, the co~plainant states, de -dining to explain why euch actior should be taken, and~ adding at th4 same time bis intention ot' withdraw. Jnig all' government funds from. thai Mbank. Subsequently, it is -alleged government' deposits' amounting tc Qnre than $1,200,000 were with drawn-from the bank, including Pan e.ma canal deposits amounting at oni time to $1,15-8,479. These .withdrawals were brough1 bp; hy -Secretary McAdoo, it i abargswed, at -a time .when the Euro K pea war and the business depressior Mlighe United States had made bank: I usband their resources and "in delberate attempt to wreck the plain tigbank in the execution of the con slay existing between him and thi d6efendant, Williams, for that pur poq~ - 'Comptroller Williams issued this abtenaent: ,"I have not seen the bill 18hediji' the complainants, but havi resd-the extracts-furnished the presa k M The recent investigations 'of ath affairs of the Riggs Nationat Baid 7-disclosed irregularities and unlawful KO-pidetices on the part of certain offi cmre t-.sjzflcient importance to mern th* reference to the department oj u~ice, and that department engagec the services of Louis D. Brandeis oj BIDton some weeks ago, - as specia: counsel in the case, and it is consist eat with the attitude of those officers to .attempt by unwarranted state m'enlts, to place themselves and th4 bank in a position of martyrdom a1 the hands of the administration. " It is not the practice of this de opartment to discuss in the pu51i< press the affairs of any national bank ing association, but since the officer: in question have had the temerity ti submit this matter to the court this office is' prepared to show a conditiox of affairs in the management of this Institution which fully warranted thi action taken by this office. The banil is .solvent. The interests of the de positors have been safeguarded by th4 actions of the comptroller's office, bul if the methods and practices com plaired of had been permitted to con tunue the results would have beer serlous. The evidence will abundant ly tehow that it has been necessar3 for this office to seek to terminate thi reprehensive practices of the officers in .question and their misuse of th4 powers delegated to them by the di rectors. -"The penalty imposed for failur4 to make reports, the collection oj which penalty they seek to have en * oined, grows out of their unwilling ness to disclose the true nature of the transactions engaged in. "Thie whole purpose of the depart ment has been to require the bank tc give up the unlawful and dangerou practices and methods which had been. in vogue for years past, and which had threatened alike the wel fare ad security of both sharehold era ard depositors. and to requfi-e the bank to conform to the plain require ment~s of the national bank act, and to the regulations of the office of the comptroller of the currency. "'In its efforts to ascertain the real truth in regard to the operations and affairs of the *Riggs National Bank, letters were from time to time direct ed to the bank from the office of the ~comptroller of the currency for infor mation. These receuests for data ii various cases were refused, and on *March 30, the Riggs National Ban was -notified of the Imposition of a penalty of $5,000, under Section 5,. 231 -of the -United States Revised mtaintes. for its refusal to finpish in 4I - formation to the comptroller's office in regard to its affairs. "On April 5 the comptroller of the H[ currency addressed a letter to the bank calling its attention to various false statements which had been made by its officers under oath, and IK! what are regarded as deliberate ef forts to deceive the department, and notified the bank that ii view of the unsatisfactory and dangerous condi tions which have come to light as the result of the investigations of the bank by this office and the national bank examiner; in view of the unre liability of the statements made by your cfficers under oath or otherwise, Cor and your long continued defiance of the law and disregard for the instruc- J tions of this office, you are hereby notified that the comptroller of the I currency will, until further notice, refuss to approve the Riggs National Bank as depository for the reserve of other national banks." Developments Tuesday indicated 'I that the government intends to do its Kr< utmast to back up Secretary McAdoo, Uni of the treasury, and Comptroller of per the Currency Williams in the legal por fight precipitated by the Riggs Na- fe< tional Bank, complainant in equity ma proceedings to enjoin these officials the from alleged -attompt to drive that sel institution out of business through sar systematic, and the long continued ma persecution. 3 Attorney General Gregory an- er nounced that the department of ins- rly tice had employed Louis D. Brandeis fro of Bcston to defend Messrs. Williams and and McAdoo in the injunction pro- her ceedings. He declared his depart- in ment and the treasury were co-oper- lea ating these proceedings. It became mu known also that Jesse C. Adkins, Ma former assistant attorney general, fod also had been retained in the case. for OffIcials declined to say whether for the government at this time contem plates any affirmative proceedings in I addition to the defence of Mr. Mc Adoo and Mr. Williams in the injunc- si tion case. It was denied, however, me that the bureau of investigation of hi the- department of justice bad under taken any investigation of affairs of sar the Riggs Bank. sib Lawyers in the case gave.attention can to the question of whether the comp- as trollsr had exceeded his powers in mc certain acts of which the bank com- du plains, and it was maintained that for me the sake of precedent to be establish- 'j ed, this alone would be sufficient to offi insure a strong defence by the gov- Ta ernment. to It was recalled that while the to courts have declined to interfere with di the ordinary exercise of the executive los functions by an officer of the govern- ha: ment, the Supreme Court has decided En that where an excess of such power the Is disclosed an injunction may be ob- the tained. the That the present case may go to att the Supreme Court seemed entirely int probable, for both sides apparently to are preparing to fight to the end. del REVOKES APPOINTMENT. tor sa: hai Governor Has to Choose New Asy lum Superintendent. of "Several days ago," said Gov. Man- su ning Tuesday night, 'I announced the th( appointment of Dr. Geo. F. Sargent of be Maryland as superintendent of the cel State Hospital for the Insane. This ha action was taken after a careful con- pe -sideration and thorough search in cri this and other States. I was deter min- d to get the best equipped man mi for the position, one wnose experr- an ence, training and study fitted him co for this special work. sit "Since the appointment was an- ge nounced the constitutional objection n has been raised that probably only a ia qualifed elector or this state was eli- he gible, and I am frank to say that the ea objection seems potent. In asking ed Dr. Sargent to undertake the super- mr intendency I had in mind only the a welfare of the patients of the institu- WE tion. -r "I overlooked this constitutional da question, but I stand for the consti tuti-m and the laws of our State, bothp, of which are my guide in the conduct g of the offie Ihold. I wish to say to fo: the people of the State that I have re- n voked the appointment of Dr. Sargent th as 'superintendent, because I respect th the constitution, and will not even ed appear'to evade it"' tal -ZEPPELIN~S RAID COAST. Sa London Reports Two Dirigibles Salt Over East Coast. -no Two Zeppelin airships visited the ulp east coast of England shortly after sh midnight Friday, dropping bombs onse several towns and doing considerable! th damaige to property. As far as has W been ascertained only one person, a di woman, was injured. It is said she m was only slightly hurt. g The airships dropped four bombss on Maiden, in Essex county, thirty . miles 'northeast of London, but no damage resultd:Bombs dropped int the Haybridge.Basin set 'fire to somec. buildin'd. ~7t Lowestoft,- in the North Sea, in lie S uffold-66unty, three bombs did con- La -siderable damages to houses in the center of the town. A lumber yard n was set on fire. Windows in many ye houses were shattered. Three horses1a were killed. .'El Previously one of the aircraft had be visited Suthwold, twelve miles south inj of Lowestoft, anid having missed Of striking that town with missiles, th went on to Haleswortli, eight miles cle inland. It then returned again to afi Southwold and dropped six bombs. chi TAKE MAIL BAGS. he British and French Cruisers,Confis- Kr tel cate GermanMail Sacks. he British and French cruisers, ac- Tb cording to advices received at Balslo, Ei Switzerland, have taken from Italian Cc mail steamers 2.300 bags of German wr mail addressed abroad. ye: Bags coming from abroad intended of for Cermany will be treated in the sil same way and confiscated. That cour.:e, It was understood, was taken ini in response to Germany's submarine W war against non-combatant merchant un and passenger ships. .ini British warships recently seized on Ne a Norwegian vessel confidential let- th< ters forwarded by the German -chan- or4 cellor to Count von Bernstorff, Ger- bu man ambassador the United States. WRECKED BY STORM. thE Captain and Six Members of Schoon- IBr er's Crew Rescued. !o Captain Emerson Mturphy and the thE six members of his crew were landed Die at Charleston Sunday by the Clyde er steamship Lenape which rescued ag them from the schooner Alice Murphy he Saturday fifteen miles south of Dia- Kei mond Shoal lightship. The schooner in. had sprung a leak and been shatter- oai ed by the heavy seas. It was bound Th from Savannah for Providence, R. I. ish lumber-laden. The crew were lashed to the mizzenmast and had been with-J re; out food for thirty-six hours whena rescued by Second Officer J. E. Wood for and a boat crew from the Lenape. No Because of the heavy seas oil was fr freely used by the rescue crew. Jewels Admitted Free. t Four hundred and eighty-six thou- u sand five hundred and seventeen do!- a lars worth of .iewels. sent to the Pan- for ama-Pacific exposition by the Legion irec of Honor of France have been ad-' bo' mitted into this country free nf duty. I.=.i 1W HE SLIPPED IN IN PRIHK RAN PASS GUNS Of BLOCKADING LEET APTAIN TELLS STORY imerce Destroyer Anchored in the ames River-Leaking Slightly and soilers in Bad Condition-Needs |epairs Badly-Captain Wants to ;o to Sea. 'he German merchant raider nprinz Wilhelm, by order of the ted States government, will not be mitted to go int6 dry dock at New t News until Lieut. Capt. Thier ter, commander of the ship, has le formal request in writing, for repairs desired to. render his ves seaworthy and for supplies neces r to take'him to the nearest Ger i port. lear while the commerce destroy remains at anchor in the James r. She was examined by experts n the Newport News Shipbuilding Dry Dock company, who found leaking slightly and her boilers )ad condition. Unofficially it was rned that the Kronprinz requires ch attention before she can be de seaworthy. This was taken to cate that she eventually may be 3ad to follow her predecessor, the. nz Eitel Friedrich, and intern her the'period of the war. 'he German captain, however, is stent that he must hasten to re r his ship and resume the work as 2':,d him by the German govern at, as a merchant raider on the h seas. 'I will decide upon repairs neces y as soon as it is humanly pos le," Capt. Thierfelder said, "be Se it is necessary that I proceed soon as possible. It is of the ut st importance that I resume the ies assigned me by my govern at ati sea." 'he German commander discharged cers and men of the British ships nar and Colby whom he brought this port. They were transferred the British horse steamer Cassan . amidst the cheering of their fel r countrymen aboard ships in the -bor. Monday night they left for glard, all of them wondering how y slipped through the warships of allies off the Virginia capes. That escape was a miraculous one was ested by Capt. Thierfelder in an erview on his experience in racing th; refuge from the equator, after 1troying the Colby March 27, last. 'We started north from the equa short of coal and provisions," .d Capt. Thierfelder. "We also I sick sailors aboard afflicted be ise of too much rice diet and lack fresh vegetables. "We had planned to meet German )ply ships. Unfortunately none of supply ships turned up. What ame of -them I do not know; ex t we saw from the shelter of over ging clouds one collier we had ex ,tad being chased by two British tisers. "On our trip north through the d-Atlantic we did not meet up with 7 merchant ships from which we ild get coal and supplies. In this nation- it was necessary for us to ;to port and also to a dry dock I I decided to come to Newport wS. 'As we came up we continually ard the British- warships talking to :h other on the wireless. It seem oui some nights that there were as .y as eight of the warships within dius of a few hundred miles. But kept on due north, running as idly as we could with our ship ekened at night.. "One night we heard -about the inz Eltel Friedrich being at New et News. Thereafter we heard in -mation about the Eltel every ;ht. - But a few nights ago we got Snews from the British wireless Lt the Prinz Eltel had been infern Immediately thereafter all this king between thie British warships tsed. "We presumed that the fleet of ,rships was' breaking up and on turday night we decided to run for SVirginia capes. With all lights t we started at top speed but had t gone far when we again picked the wireless of the allied war ps. As we got nearer the coast it mred to us from the signals that ~re were as many as three British rships and one French ship within tances varying from three to 50 les of us. One ship seemed dan rously near as we approached the es and took aboard a pilot who ered us here." From other sources it was learned tt the collier mentioned by the rman commander as having been sed by British warships was be ved to be the Macedonia, which s reported to have put out from s Palmas about two weeks ago. Capt. Thierf elder denited state nts by British prisoners aboard his sol that his ship ever was in wire s communication with the Prinz ei while the latter was in port or ~ore that time during the sea raid career of the two German ships. icial inquiry was made concerning ase reports. The commander de red that he had tried repeatedly er being commissioned as a mer nt raider to get in communication Lh the Prinz Eitel, but failed. He d that when the Kronprinz Wil lm left New York last August and s overtaken by the German cruiser rlsi uhe, the commander of the lat gave him a naval code. The Eitel, exrlained, later was provided with revised code. Thereafter, Capt. erfelder declared, every time the tel heard the Wilhelm calling, mn.ander Thierichens' thought he s being lured by some British war sals that had managed to get hold the old German code and kept me. [nvestigation also is being made o the clearance of the Kronprinz lhelm from New York. This, it is derstood, is being done at Wash ton. The Wilhelm cleared from w York for Bremen. Officers of slip declared that the vessel was ered to Bremen with reservists, that they were .overtaken by the rlsruhe in midocean and their or s a ere changed. They insist that clearance was honest, but that or s for conversion into a warship ne after they had been en route to amen for three days. [t was discovered that three officers one of the French ships sunk by Wilhelm had refused to take the g demanded by Capt. Thierfeld not to participate in the war inst Germany and that they were d aboard ship until Monday, to her with the British crews brought All the British sailors took tihe h, but claimed it was under duress. 3 French officers left with the Brit on board the Cassandra. L'en more cases of beri-beri were orted aboard the Wilhelm. making otal of 110. No formal request ti.eir removal has been made, ever, as the ship dictors believe lh green vegetables received will rve their condition rapidly. esies emergency supplies, 150 s of coal and 50 tons of water for t purposes were taken on board lr government supervision. Re sts for the other supplies will be warded to Washington as soon as ived and the naval examining .rd will be asked to survey the a , atr (Mnpt Thierelder has sub ORANGEBURG LEADS ''TTON REPORTED FOR COUN- 01 TIES FOR SOUTH CAROLINAI nsas Bureau Makes Public Figures Cc Relative to Crop of Nineteen Fif teen. The following is the reliminary re yort of cotton ginned by counties in ri southi Carolina for the crops of 1914 in Lnd 1913. The report was made pub- Ei ic for the state at 10 a. m. on Satur- st lay, March 20. The amounts fer the wi lifferent counties for the crops of th L914 and 1913 are furnished for pub- tv ication in the local papers. ci (Quantities are in running bales, to :ounting round as half bales. Lint- st %rs are not included.) 2: 1914. 1913. si bbeville .. 45,873 34,306 0 Aikea . . .... 51,207 48,066 of Anderson .. 60,816 73,541 Bamberg .. 29,466 27,641 sa Barnwell .. 65,639 58,880 01 Beaufort. .. 9,265 8.165 Gi Berkeley. ... 16,695 -1,500 fr Calhoun. .... 33,315 -27,800 m Charleston .. 17,879 15,880 n Cherokee. ..... 17,542 18,072 tc Chester . . .... 35,722 32,275 tc Chesterfield. 36,680 33,076 fi< Clarendon .. .. 50,176 40,268 Colleton. .. .. 24,696 19,732 a Darlington . .. 48,070 38,456 ti Dillon .. .. . 40,340 38,213 w Dorchester .. .. 19,895 16,661 w Edgefield .. .. 35,554 33,235 tl Fairfield. .....25,982 26,349 ut Florence. ..... 48,947 44,282 oi Georgetown . .. 5,432 3,866 tz Greenville .. .. 49,227 44,722 cc Greenwood.. .. 35,298 33,219 n Hampton 22,719 19,916 Horry ...... 13,257 10,390 ti Jasper ...... 6,674 6,196 s( Kershaw... ... 32,170 27,677 ro Lancaster .. .. 27,531 25,640 ti Laurens. .... 42,106 45,384 s] Lee.. .. .... 44,933 38,885 t( Lexington .. .. 30,605 26,091 c4 Marion . . .... 17,000 17,890 ix Marlboro .. .. 69,575 59,583 o: Newberry .. .. 36,553 40,611 o Oconee .. .. .. 20,915 20,906 b Orangeburg .. . 89,457 80,606 c Pickens . . .... 22,404 19,512 Richland. .....-27,175 22,679 s] Salud% . ..... 27,051 26,084 2 Saprtanburg .. 75,204 73,396 Sumter.. .....54,289 41,155 c Union . . .... 20,537 20,724 fi Williamsburg .. 36,562 26,577 1< b Totals. ..1,550,700 1,418.704 b 1< IN HONOR OF LINCOLN. F President's Order Tells How to Ob- 1. t serve Anniversary. President Wilson Tuesday night signed the following executive order 9 providing that fitting observance be giv -n to the anniversary of the death of Abraham Lincoln, who died fifty years ago rext Thursday: d ".As an evidence of the profound affection of the-American people for a the memory of Abraham Lincoln, it is hereby ordered that the executive offices of the United States shall be closed and that the national flag be e displayed at half-mast upon all fed eral buildings..and at.all forts and military-posts and naval stations and P on all vessels of the United States, r and that the representatives of the United States In' foreign countries shall in like manner pay appropriate ~ tribute to his memory on Thursday, e April 15, 1915, the fiftieth anniver sary of his death-. "The owners and masters of all merchant ships of the United Statesa are requested similarly to display thet national flag at half-mast. "(Signed) Woodrow Wilson." a~ SHOOTS OFF MOUTH. Philadelphia Lawyer Tells How This t SState "Lynches" Negroes. e Release on habeas corpus of Fred~ erick Brown, a negro, held in Rhila-' s delpliia for extradition to South Caro-, g lina to answei to a murder charge,, E was sought in the United States Sul ~ preme Court ou the ground that ae constitutional guarantee of a fair trial is a dead letter in South Caro- i lina so far as negroes are concerned1 "Public sentiment is such In the State of South Carolina that negroes e may be lynched in the most horrible h manner and their bodies distributed 2 as souvenirs," the brief filed with the court declates. "These atrocities go unpunished for the reason that no jury could be found to convict those guilty of the offence. It 'Is the un written law that if a negro is so un fortunate as to kill a white man he may be killed or lynched as an out law by any one who has the time to indulge in the diversion." Brown was denied a writ in the Pennsylvania courts. d PEACE TALK IS ONLY RUMOR. s Neither Bryan Nor Bernstorff Know I of Plans by Berlin. Published reports that Germany had presented peace terms to the United States attracted attention in offcial /Washington, but both Secre tary Bryan and Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, denied there was any foundation for such rumors. "There is nothing definite or in definite," said Mr. Bryan when asked abouit the peace talk, "and there has been nothing new on any phaso of the subject for a considerable time." r German embassy officials declined lI to comment on whether the peace t: terms as published represent Ger- ' many's views at present, beyond say- P ing that nothing authentic on the Y subject had been received. a $120,000 TO COKER COLLEGE. I Founder Gives Another Large Sum to p Hartsville School. E C Muj. J. L. Coker of Hartsville has e announced to the board of trustees of a Coker college, Haitsville, which he ~ fouidied, an additional gift by him to y the inistitution of $120.000, imme- s diately available, $100,000 of which s is for a new building, $10,000 for its equipzrent and $10,000 for equip- s ment of laboratorie3 in chemistry, o phymes and biology. b mitt.ad his estimate of repairs neces- E sary and time he requires. t1 Capt. Lucas of the British ship ~ Berwndmore, who followed the Ger- e man raider into the capes, said that ~ when the Wilhelm passed within the s three-mile limit he saw her stern re-t fected by a searchlight and that he later discovered the light had been thrown by a French cruiser. Late Monday night it was learned that preliminary survey of the Kron prinz Wilhelm had convinced excperts that the ship could not be made sea worthy in less than three weeks, al- E though no official report to that ef fect has been made. The Wilhelm's a pumps were working constantly and the b5!ge water from her pipes was I unusually heavy. The leaks resulted ci from loosening of her plates, occa sioned by frequent coaling at sea and ramming merchant ships when shot t2 faile 1 to sink them. Commander Thierichens of the in- P terned Prinz Eitel Friedrich, who tc dined with Capt. Thierfelder Monday If night, denied intimations that he had 1 used the wireless of his ship while P1 in port to communicate with the Wil-, a< STORY OF ROVINGS PICER TELJ OF CRUISE OF KRONPRINZ WILHELM. immerce Raider Stayed Out for 255 Days-Captured Two Guns Oft British Ship T:Lie second German raider to ar 7e in this country brings as thrill g a. story as did her precedessor, the tel Friedrich. Her record of de ruction, however, was accomplished th only four guns, two taken from e German cruiser Karlsruhe and ro captured from the British mer ant steamer Lacorrentina, sunk Oc be 7, 1914. The most connected Dry of the voyage from New York, ;5 days in all, during Which the ip never touched land, wk told by ver Lieut. Alb Warneke, the first 1lcer. "We left New :York August 3," id Lieut. Warneke. "Three days it, off the Bermudas, we met the arman cruiser Karlsruhe. We took om her two 3-inch guns, which we ounted. Lieut. Capt. Thierfelder, tvigating officer of the -Karlsruhe, ok command of our ship. We also ok 17 of the Karlsruhe's junior of .ers and men. "We made for the South Atlantic id tb- first ship we encountered was te British steamer Indian Prince, hich we sunk September 4, 1914. I ant to say that Sir Edward Grey, Le British premier, has been kind to i and that if Great Britain had been ganized as well as we were to pa -1 the South Atlantic we never uld have remained alive these any months. "Sir Edward Grey sent us those ro big guns on our after-deck. He Lnt them to us on the British Lacor mtina-on October 7. The Lacorren na could not use her guns because ie aldn't have any ammunition. Af r we took the guns and what of her Lrgo we wanted, we put some bombs tto her and down she went. Some the merchant ships we sunk with ur own guns, some we blew up with ombs and in some cases we were ympelled to ram the ships. "We took on board from enemy iips -during our voyage more than 0,000 tons of coaL ."We made the uniforms for all our rew from cloth which we captured om the French steamship Guada >upe February 23. We wanted dark lue, but could only find this gray lue, and so you see we are strange >oking German sailor men to-day. 'rom the Guadaloupe we also got ioes, leather and thousands of dol trs' worth of things which were on ieir way for the French army." Lieut. Warneke was asked if the :ronprinz Wilhelm had not hoped to et help from the German steamer denwald, which was held up by the nited States at San Juan, Porto Aico, several weeks' ago. He made o direct reply to the question, but eclared that the action .on the part f the United States In denying clear nee to the Odenwald was "the worst ing America hod done." "Why did yea Americans not give learance to the Odenwald?" he ask d. "We heard all about it by -our rireless. We didn't need any news apers. We had good wireless ap aratus aboard all the time. The de .al - of clearance to the Odenwald ras the only bad thing America has one. You simply held that ship up a Porto Rico until the British ships ould come and try to catch up." Lieut. Warneke said that most of he one thousand sailors and passen ers taken from British and other *llied ships were sent from time to me by German ships to Beunos ires, ,Rio de Janeiro, Pernambuco nd Santos. Three hundred and sixty rom the French steamer Guadaloupe rere sent ashore at Pernambuco. Several weeks ago, the officer said, he Prinz Wilhelm was getting short f coal and supplies and some of her r~ew and prisoners were afflicted rith beri-beri, caused by the lack of egetable food. I had hoped to get upplies from the German ship Mace onia, which was reported to have scaped from Las Palmas. This yes el, they learned, however, had been aptured by British ships. This hope one, they steamed north and were a .touch with events transpiring re arding the Prinz Eitel Friedrich. It was reported that the Wilhelm's riginal destination .was- New York, ut that warnings were given not to ttempt to make that port. Although fficars would not admit it, the Wil .elm is declade to have been wait ag for out in the ocean off Newport rews until the Eltel Friedrich was aterned. As soon as this news eaclhed her see was ordered to.creep a through the allied ships off the rirginia .coast should they remain here. That four allied ships were. off the apes was asserted by several of the rinz Wilhelm's officers. One of them eclared they were so close that the puttering of the wireless on the Brit h and French warships could be .eard. The signals from four of them rere plainly heard, he declared. A member of the crew of the Prinz Vilhelm, who formerly was In the nted States navy, declared the ship ritnessed an encounter between the arlsruhe and the British cruiser ristol. "When off the Bermudas," e said, "the British cruisers Bris 1, Suffolk and Berwick came up and re were forced to run. While the Earlsruhe was engaging the Bristol re were steaming straight away. "We never heard from the -Karls uhe after that, except once. Our ist message from her told us that ie Bristol had been damaged and as making for some port for re airs. The message said the Karls uhe had been only slightly damaged nd that no one had been killed. "O-i November 21, we sank the 'rench steamer Anne de Bretagne. in December 12, just as our coal sup ly again was running short, we took ossession of the British -steamer ellevue, with 4,000 tons of coal. ur n6xt prize was the French steain r M'ont Agel. She was empty, and fter transferring her crew to our iip we sent her to the bottom. On lecember 28 we captured the British teamner Hemisphere and from her ecured 3,000 tons of coal. "Our next capture was the British teamner Potaro, which we sent down n January 10. This vessel was in allast. On January 14 we came up a the British steamer Highland rae. In addition to a crew of 91, lio steamer had aboard fifty-one assengers. We took what we want i rrom her, transferred the crew ad passengers to the Wilhelm and mt the steamer to the bottom. On le same day we overhauled the Brit h sailing ship Wilfred M. She was >aded with fish and potatoes and -o her we secured many provi ons. "The Norwegian sailing ship Se antha, the only neutral ship we inic, was overhauled on February 3. his ship, we were told, had on board cargo of wheat consigned to the ritish army and navy, and we sent er (&wn because she was carrying ntraband of war. "On February 22 we captured the ritish steamer Chasehill, and after .king coal and provisions from her e put about four or five hundred 'isners on her and told her captain ta ce them to the nearest port. We ft her food and coal enough to ake port and before putting the isoners aboard fitted up sleeping commodations for them. She was BREAK ALL RECORDS MANUFACTURERS USE MORE IN MARCH THAN EVER BEFORE EXPORTS ALSO INREAME March Proves to be Good Months Exports Double What They Wer Last Year In Same Month-Waa Having Marked Effect on Ship ments to Other Countries. Marked activity in manufacturing and heavy exports were the feature: of the March cotton statement of thi census bureau issued at Washingto Wednesday. Manufacturers in March used 523, 959 bales, exclusive of linters, whic] is. a record for monthly consumption being 6,000 bales more than has beei used in any month since the censu: bureau began collecting the monthl: statistics two and half years ago. Cotton exports amounted to 1,208, 573 bales, or almost double what the; were in March last year. The month exports brought the total for the firs eight months of the cotton year be ginning in August, up to 6,689,61: bales, or 1,246,461 bales under las year's exports for the same ieriod. The war's effect on cotton export Is * indicated in Germany's tarIngs which for the eight months have bee 242,661 bales against 2,413,712 fo the same period of last year. France has taken less than half th quantity she took last year, but Ital has more than doubled her cotton In ports from the United States. Great Britain's Imports were 147 000 bales less than the same perio last year. All other countries too 2,199,685 bales against 1,106,02 bales in last year's period. Cotton used during March wa 523,959 bales; exclusive of linter the census bureau announced. Col ton on hand March 31 in manufat turing establishments and indepeni ent warehouses aggregated 5,119,31 bales. March consumption compared wit 493,354 bales used in March, a yes ago. During the eight months en( Ing March 31 cotton used was 3,578 215 bales against 3,765,210 in tli same period the previous year. Cotton on-hand March 31 in mani facturing establishments was 1,740 476 bales, against 1,679,239 la! year, and in independent warehous 3,378,317 bales against 1,834,00 last year. Exports in March were 1,208,57 bales against 695,3'10 last year, at for the eight months- 6,689,613 bal4 against 7,936,075 in last year's per or. Imports were 38,534 bales, again! 30,863 last yeai, and for the eiffl months 206,790 bales, against 115 157 in last Year's period. Linters used were 31,398 bale against 24,720 last year and for ti eight months 214,579 bales again 204,683 in last year's period; c hand.. in manufacturing establis] ments 161.647 bales against 103,62 last yeas. and in independent war houses 100,208 bales against 57,5U last year. Linters exported were 60,175 bal and for the eight months 155,3( bajes. Cotton spindles active durli March numbered 30,918,533 again; 31,083,898 in March last year. CHOOSES RAIL ROUTE. Government Announces Decision - Build Alaskan Railway. T'ie Seward-Fairbanks route ha been selected for the government rai way in Alaska, Secretary- Lane al nounced recently. The property< the Alaska Northern railway cot pa:ny froni Seward to the first stal of the journey has been purchased ft $1,150,000. Thie government system, the stati ment adds, will include a 38-mi branch to tap the Matanuska -co: fields. W. C. Edes in designated chairman of the Alaskan engineerit commission which will build the roa by th~e president's order. The est mated cost of the entire system given at $26,800,000. Congress pri vided not to exceed~ $35,000,000. Sacretary Lane said constructic work would begin at once and th: probaDly 40 miles of the extension. the Alaska Northern from Ship Cree would be completed this year. Co: struction will be carried on und< contract, individual contracto) building separate sections. BODY IN BARREL. New York Police Find Woman TH Been Killed. by Blows. New York police are confronte with one of the most mysterious mu: der cases of recent years after tl discavery of the body of a woman u: der -. pile of stones in a vacant lot:i Rosedale avenue, the Bronx. A autopsy revealed that the womal who was about to become a mothe had been killed by axe blows on tI head. She was foreign born at wore a wedding ring. Hoops and staves from a broke barrel found near the body and tt close l~roximity of the New Have railroad tracks caused the police work on the theory that the woma had been murdered at some distar poin; and her body packed in a ba: rel. Many Refugees From War Zone. There are now in France 600,00 French and 200,000 Belgian, ref ugei from the war zone. regular passenger liner out of her. "While we were transferring co: to the Wilhelm the French passenge steamer Guadaloupe, with a crew 153 men and officers and 143 passer gers, came up and we took her i charge. These prisoners were als placed aboard the Chasehill, and a ter taking what we wanted from th' Frenchman we sent her down by ol ening her seacocks. -"'Ve did not sight any more shii until March 24, when the Royal Ma Line steamer Tamar, bound froi Santos to Havre, was overhauled o the Brazilian coast. We took off thi 33 ofiicers and men and sent the shi to the bottom. Four days later w captured the British steamer Coleb: which was bound from Rosario to S Vincents. The crews of the last nart ed two ships we now have aboard. Describing the dash of the Wi: helm irnto Hampton Roads, the office said: "After we had arrived off the Vii gi'.iia Capes, a little to the north, think, we turned due- west and pu un all possible steam. We starte about 7 o'clock Saturday evenini From that time until 4 o'clock Sur day morning we ploughed the sea a a rate vigorously estimated from 2 to 23 knots. All lights were out an it was an anxious time for us. Al hands were on dock and the crews a the puns. We had newvs of the in ternment of the Prinz Eitel and w judged that the enemy ships off th Capes might not be so vigilant. WV heard that some of the ships ha steamed south, but as we got neare the wireless told us that they wer HiTS BRITISH GENERAL, SIR JOHN FRENCH CRITICISES DELAY IN ACTION. English Commander Writes of the Battles of Neuve Chapelle, and Ex plains the Losses. The British parliament reassem bled Wednesday and simultaneously Field Marshal Sir John French's re port on the British victory at Neuve Chapelle was published. The House of Commons sat for only thirty-five minutes and express statements of the ministers on the question of liquor prohibition, the ac celeration of the output of munitions and the general progress of the war were postponed. The under-secretary of war's state ment that there was no present inten tion to prohibit the sale in the army canteens of beer, the only alcoholic liquor now sold at these establish ments will not be so drastic as some have been led to expect. I Field Marshal French's report goes into the details of the February and March operations of the British ex 7 peditionary force, and while he pays 3 the- highest tribute to General Sir t Douglas Haig, directly in charge of - the operations at Neuve Chapelle, and refers to the battle as "a success t and victory," General French' has soine criticism -for other officers, al s though he does not name them. He 4 refers, for example, to a "consider a able delay after the capture of the r Neuve Chapell position" and says: "I am of the opinion that this delay e would not have occurred had the Y clearly expressed order of the general commanding the first army been more carefully observed." He also says: dl "The difficulties enumerated might IE have been. overcome earlier in the 9 day if the general offieer commanding the Fourth Corps had been able to ,s bring his reserve brigades more 3, speedily into action." On the whole, Field Marshal L French's report seems to indicate that 7 the British troops carried all the ground it was intended to take at the h time, but that with a more effective r artillery fire In some sectors and bet ter handling of the reserves even . more might have been gained with 'F less loss. The British losses, which total 1- more than 12,000, are close to the estimates recently published. The ;t German losses, according to this re ,s port, numbered several thousand 8 dead, 12,000 wounded and many pris oners. 3 The commander-in-chief repeate d his tributes to the services of the s aviators and the Red Cross workers, I- and has a very good word to say for the Canadians, part of whom, Prin t cess Patricia's Light Infantry, took a Lt considerable hand in the fighting while the rest of the contingent held important trenches. s, Since the battle with which Field e Marshal~French deals, the British 3t have rested. The other allies on the n western front, too, are efijoying -a ' rest after their efforts on the Yser 6 and in the Woevre, although in the latter quarter some liveliness still Is 8 apparent. THE PRINTING PRESS. g Tribute by Robert H. Davis ini Comn tmerce and Finance. I am the printing press, born of the mother earth. My heart is ol steel, my limbs are of iron, and my o fingers are of brass. I sing the songs of the world, the oratories of history, the symphonies Lof all timne. s- I- am the voice of to-day, the her ald of to-morrow. I weave Into the warp of the past the woof of the fu ture. I tell the stories of peace and 1-war alike. ,e I make the human heart beat with >r passion .or tenderness. I stir. the pulse of nations, and make brave men do braver deeds and soldiers die I t inspire the midnight toiler, weary ahis loom, to lift his head again and g gaze, with fearlessness, into the vasi d beyond, seeking the consolation of a Shope eternal. WhenI speak, myriad people lister tomy voice, the Eaxon, the Latin, the Celt, the Hu , the Slav, the Hindu, all ncomprehend me. I am the tireless clarion of .the news. I cry your joys and sorrows kevery hour. I fill the dullard's mind 1with thoughts upliftin'g. I am light, ~knowledge, power. I epitomize the I am the record of all things man kind has achieved. My offspring comes to you in the candle's glow amid the dim lamps of poverty, the splendor of riches; at sunrise, at higl' d noon, and the waning evening. I am the laughter and tears of the world, and I shall never die until al' d things return to the immutable dust The Best Letter. - You may write a thousand lctters tc a the maiden you adore, nl And declare in every letter that you 1, love her more and more, r, You may praise her grace and beauty e in a thousand glowing lines d And compare her eyes of azure with the brightest star that shines. e If you had the pen of Bryon you n would use It every day o In composing written worship to n your sweetheart far away; tt But the letter far more welcome to r- an older, gentler breast Is the letter to your mother from the boy she, loves the beat. Youthful blood is fierce and flaming. and when writing to your love ,s You will rave about your passion, swearing by the stars above; - Vowing by the moon's white splen dor that the girlie you adore I Is the one you'll ever cherish as no ir maid was loved before. L- You will pen full many a promise on n those pages white and dumb o That you never can live up to in the ~-married years to come. e But a much more precious letter. - bringing more and deeper bliss. Is the letter to your mother from the .s boy she can not kiss. a She will read it very often when the Slights are soft and low, e Sitting in the same old corner where pshe 'held you years ago. e And regardless of its diction or its spelling or its style. And although its comp sition wouid provoke a critic's smile. In her old and trembling fingers It becomes a work of art, r Stained by tears of joy and sadness ,as she hugs it to her heart. y~ Yes, the letter of all letters, look ts wherever you may roam, Ithe letter to your mother from her boy away from home. -Frank M!. Vancil. Plenty on Hand. State pure food tags bearing a face 'I-lue of $225.000 were burned at the t Alabama capitol at Montgomery, Ala., . Saturday. These tags would havel lasted 1,000 years. Funston on the Border. I Maj. Gen. Funston is again on the r Mexican border to take charge of the Ssituation created by the siege of~ Mat AERS ATTACK ISLE EIAN AIRY NAVIES RESUE BOMB DROPPING HIT TOWNS NEAR LONION Aviators Drop Bombs on Sitting bourne, Faversham and Cantebury During Daylight Hours-Pronouc ed Activity at Zeppelin Base Aged Count Directing Movements. Another raid by a German airship -the third in as many days-was re ported Friday from London. It is said an aeroplane dropped bombs In Kent. This is the first daylight air attack on England. Thursday night's Zeppelin raid re sulted iP considerable property dam age, but so far as known no lives were lost. London reports Friday: A Ger man aeroplane dropped bombs Friday afternoon on Sittingbourne-and Fa-' ersham. Two hostile aeroplanes are report ed over the city of Canterbury, 53 miles east of London. It is reported that a German zero plane at midday Fridag - droppeQ. bombs 'near Herne Bay, in Kent, six. miles from Canterbury. The damage done by the German aeroplanes in Kent has been negligi ble, so far as is known up the pres ent time. . Two bombs were dropped at Faver sham, but no, damage resulted. The aeroplane which dropped bombs on Faversham were shof at by local marksmen, but their aim ap parently was poor. Flying over Sittingbourne, the air man dropped another bomb, but It only dug a hole in an orchaid. An other bomb fell into a chalk quarry. The'German machine then started for the sea by. way of Deal, from which direction it had appeared. Herne Bay is 50 miles jn an air line from tondon. It is a wate-ing place on an estqary of the- Thames with a population of about 7.000. Sittingbourne, in'.Kent -county, 10 miles from Rochester, has a popula tion of 9,000. Faversham is also In Kent, 10 miles northwest of Canter burg. It hae a population of 12,000. London reports: Pronounced a* tivity at the German airship bases at Emden and Cuxhaven Friday is re ported In telegrama from Holland. An urgent call was lssued in London Friday afternoon for special police to - go on duty at 5 p. m. Reports from Holland say three Zeppelins weie seen flying westward over Dutch- Islands in the North Sea on Friday. Count Zeppelin is said to b6 directing the movements at Gux haven. London reports: German aero plans Friday afternoon dropped bombs in Kent within 30 miles of London. First appearing over Herne Bay, east of Canterbury, and about 50 miles from L6hdon, they Made their way rapidly toward London and within a few minutes werp reported. over Canterbury and then over-Fav ersham and Sittingbourne, not more than 30 miles away. They dropped bombs on each of these towns. This is the third German aerial af tack on the eastern counties of Eng land in the last 36 hours. The two previous attacks were made at night by Zeppelins. Aerial onslaughts, however, have not been, limited to the. Germans. French official reports clim a sue' cessful air bombardment of the Ger man imperial headquarters In retalla tion for a Zeppelin, assault In Nancy. A German report says French air men dropped bombs on several Ger man towns unprotected by anti-air craft guns. Lon don no longer. considers itself immune from alir raiders. Zeppelins, on their recent night raids, have travelled further from their Cuxi haven base, than the distance from Cuxhaven to London; and aeroplanes 30 miles from the capital anid choos ing their own course bave brought a new conception of the effective range of this type of machine. Nevertheless the public is skepti cal of the powers for harm of Zeppe lins, the trifling damage done during the night raids .of Wednesday and Thursday being cited. It would ap pear that the latest air raiders hare used bombs of an incendiary rather than an explosive character. In land operations, the French: claim a "brilliant" success north of Arras, which completes the gain made near there last month. The German position, according to the Paris report, was taken by the bayo net. On the heights of the Meuse the Germans evidently are beginning a movement to retake les Eparges. Ber lin claims to have repulsed all the French attacks and made the French offensive planned to make St. Mihiel untenable. 'Jn the eastern front neither side seems to be making any headway. London reports Friday that at least two Zeppelins raided the counties of Suffolk and Essex early in the morn ing dropping bombs within 36 miles of London. A large number of bombs were dropped on towzi., and villakes, but no loss of life resulted. Attacks were made within a few minutes of each other at points '{0 miles apart. The first was at Malden at 12:20 a. in. by a Zeppelin which previously passed over Burhamn and Southmin ster. After dropping bombs at Mai den, the airship turned north and let fall more explosives at Hoybridge. It may have been the same craft seen at 1 o'clock flying over Harwick in the direction of Ipswitch. A second attack was made between 12:30 and 12:45 a. m. on Southwold, 10 miles south of Lowestoft on the N1orth Sea. At Lowestoft, where three bombs were dropped, a lumber yard was set on fire, three horsese were killed and many windows were broken; at souxthwold. where several hombs were. dropped, railway trucks were fired; at Maiden a house was struck, but only slightly damaged; at Heybridge several bombs were dropped, but no damage has been reported. A telegraph received from Muiden, in Holland, says the Norwegian steamer Dag reports having sighted a Zeppelin at 5 o'clock, 15 'miles off the Dutch coast. The airship was headed in the direction of Germany, and is believed to be one of the in vaders on her way home. Working on Submarine. The following cablegram from Tear Admiral Moore at Honolulu has been received at the navy depart ment: "Work preparatory to raising submarine F-4 progressing. Taking time for safety, but wasting none. Diver Agraz, a depth of 170 feet, thinks he saw F-4 below him. Have two lir~cs to her." Roumania is Ready to Act. A dispatch from Rome, Italy. says that the army of Roumania is ready for immediate action. British Losses in War. The total British casnialities in the war from the beginning of hostiltis to April 11 is 13o e men.