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New York, March 13.-.--Information received by the National Conference Committee composed of managers of the great railway systems and made public by that body today, indicates that the four employes' brotherhoods have completed arrangemetts for a progressive series of strikes to beg'n at 6 o'clock, Eastern time, on Sat urday night, it the conference on the eight-hour question held here Thurs day fails to reach a satisfactory agreement. The Strike Program. The proposed strike program is said to be as follows: Saturday, 6 P. M.-Call out all trainmen in' freight service on the New York Central, Baltimore and Ohio, Erie, Atlantic Coast Line, Sou thern Railway, Louisville and Nash ville and Seaboard Air Line. Such an order would involve 40,000 men. "Monday, March 19, 6 P. M.-Call out the freight trainmen on the Le high Valley, Lackawama, Jersey Cen tral, Pennsylvania, Long Island, Maine Central, Delaware. and Hud son, Reading and all other roads in the southeastern territory or ex tending to New York. "Tuesday, March 20, 6 P. M.-Call out all the freight trainmen in the northwestern group, including the Hill roads and all those centering at Chicago. "Wednesday, March 21, 6 P. i 1.-If the railroads stil refuse to grant the men's terms, extend the strike to all other freight trainmen and call out the pasenger trainmen on every road in the country." Not Informed of Plan. Boston, March 13.-Local chairmen of the railroad brotherhoods said that they had received nr strike orders up to an early hour today, and that they had not been notified that the na tional officers of the brotherhoods were planning a general strike. "If any action of this kind were proposed, I am sure that we would have heard of it," said Z. J. Blake, chairman of the Brotherhood of Loco motive Engineers and Firemen, of the Boston and Maine system. Discuss Situation. Washington, March 13.-Local rail road labor leaders from the Southeast met here today to discuss the renew ed demand for an eight hour day to be p~resented1 to the railroads Thurs (lay by chiefs of the four' brotherhoods and the advisability of calling an inm mediate general railwvay strike if the dlemand is refused. Officials of the brotherhoods said the question of a strike would not be dletermined until wordl came from sectional meetings of railroadl labor men to be held in other cities today andl tomorrowv. About 200 men were expectefi to at tend the meeting here today. -0 (GET VERD)ICT FOR $2,000. Long Case Concluded in U. S. Court at Florence. Florence. Mr~rch 13.-In the United States Court here today the, jury *awardled the plaintiff a verdict for *$2,000 in the case of J. C. Long and Mrs. Cathleen Long, against the At lantic Coast Line Railroad Company. The amount asked for was $5,000. This was the case in which Mrs. Long was alleged to have been injured by being thrown over'a suitcase that'was left in the aisle of the car. In the case of Williamis-Brown Land Company against the Mullins Land Company, a non-suit was granted. Decliney Appointment. Washington, March 13.-Patrick HeI~nry'Callahan, of Louisville, Ky., of, erdan appointment fy President WlMn. to the federal tariff cormmis SJa~ declined. TUGS ARE AIDING LINEI TO FL Work of Raising German Frei$ Liebenfels Actively. Begun. The work of raising the Gei steam freighter Liebenfels was s ed last night at midnight. Tu;,l were attached to the sunken v; to pull her on a shoal, while pumps were worked simultaneo The tugboats' Waban and Ce4 of Charleston, had been chajrter( assist in pulling on the steamship; the government dredge Winyah arrived here yesterday afternoor so, to assist in the work, hich ii ing done under the aupervisioi Major Gilbert A. Youngberg, C of Engineers, U. S. A. The, pumps have been worked viously, geting the Liebenfels readiness for the attempt to raise An engineer from New York i Charleston to have active superv of the details, of the job. MANY SAILORS ARE NEEDI Arming of American. Merchant Has Revealed Shortage. New York, March 13.-Prei tions to send out American mere ships armed and guarded against marines have revealed a pos shortage of American sailors. ] understood that the American none of whose passenger vessels sailed for Europe since the begin of the German blockade, will 2,000 men. Gustave A. Braun, retary of the Atlantic district of International Seamen's Union America, expresses doubt that iany men can be farnishe:l by union at short notice. Other difficulties, according to Braun, may arise, from the fact many of the. union seamen are American citizens. Some are mans, others are citizens of the tente nations 'and reluctant to g< ports where they might be held army service. Mr. Braun said, pect to go to the Great Lakes wl navigation will open next month. The union will meet tomor night to consider the offer of the ternational Mercantile Marine, ov :f the American line, of a 50 per bonus. The union has demanle 75 per cent bonus. The steam; ompany alsd promises to take f the dependents of seamen who i ose their lives in service, to in heir clothes in case of loss an( issure them transportation back >ew York if their vessels are si FINDS IT DIfFICULT TO C[I WARSHIPS B! wavy Department to Make Anol Attempt to Place Scout Cruisei Contracts. BIDS OFTEN ADVERTISED I'hough Congress Raised Price $6,000,000 Each, o Enthusiasm Aroused. Washington, March 13.-Anot tttemp~t will be made tomorrowv ~he Navy D~epartment to place< riacts for construction of thirty-i not scout cruisers without invol he President's authority to req rivate builders to undertake yvork. While' Congress has authorized m of these vessels decemed absolu essential to the eficeiency of the 1l mnly one has been contracted Bids have been advertised three ti md Congress has raised the li >f cost from $5,000,000 to $6,000; )ut the dlepartment was without ~ormnation tonight as to the nun: >f ship building companies that w< esjbond tomorrow. Bidls for six scouts to cost six1 ion dlollars each, exclusive of air md armament, v'ill be op~ened. seattle Construction Company unt ook the constr,,ction of one at )00,000 before the cost limit a ised. Secretary Daniels probably >lace contracts this week also for )attle cruisers to cost $19,000, sach, exclusive of armor and ari nient. They will be built on a bi >f 10 per cent net profit to the bu ~rs andl will be distributed among lants so as to obtain the quied results. Provisions also' must be made s !or .the three great battleships s o be ordered. 'Shipbuilders will < !er with the Secretary tomor ~bout them. SPRING TEl COURT mnar The spring term of court o-ened tart here on Monday vith Judge Mem ioats minger, presiding En I Solicitor Stoll assel at his post as pro3"uty: attorney. the The following, true bills have bien usly. handed in by the :an I jury. up to elia, our press time: d to The State vs. Loney McRay, lar and ceny of live stock, plead guilty, sen Bay tence 18 months and fine of $1.00. , al- State vs. A. M. Cubbage and Janie I be- Hodge, adultry. i of The State vs. Alex McFaddin, Reese orps McFaddin, Henry Hammett, Milton Harvin' and Ella Hammett,, larceny pre- live stock. Reese McFaddin, Henry in Hanmett and Milton Harvin, guilty, her. Henry Hammett recommended to s in mercy.. Henry Hammett one year on sion chain gang. All others 2 years on gang and $1.00 fine. The State vs. James Harvin, house D breaking and larceny. The State vs. S. E. Ardis, disposing men of property under lien. The State vs. Solomon Caldwell, larceny of live stock, guilty, three ara- years on gang. and $1.00, fine. hant The State vs. James Lawson, mur sub- der. ible The State vs. Willie Felder, murder. .t is The State vs. Amos Fraser, viola line, tion prohibition law, plead guilty, has three months or $100 fine, suspended ,:n, during good behavior. seed The State vs. Palmer Cantey, dis sec- posing of property under lien, plead the guilty, three months. of The State vs. Hilliard Nelson, vio so lation of prohpition law. the The State vs. iilliar Nelson, vio lation prohibition law, three months Mr. or $100 fine, suspended during good that behavior. not The State vs. James Lawson, vio ier- lation prohibition law. En- The State vs. Billy Bines malicious > to mischief. for The State vs. James Jenkins, vio ex- lation prohibition law. sere The State vs.' Emma Parker, trans porting' alcohilic liquors. row The state vs. R. B. Mellette, Sr., In- obstructing neighborhood road. mer The State vs. Pringle English, ent housebreaking and larceny. a The State vs. Humphrey Cousar, ship housebreaking and larceny. are The State vs. John Johnson, Beek nay Johnson and Jinky Johnson, larceny ure of live stock. to The State vs. Joe Coley, transpor to tating alcoholic liquors. ink. The State vs. General Fraser, alias, Edenborough Fraser, housebreaking and larceny. Li- A'PAM VIRELESS STATION her Claimed Captain Berg Kept German Ships Posted. No'folk, Va., March 13.---Evidence that Capt. Hans Berg, German com mander of the prize ship Appaim, vio to lated the neutrality of the United States constantly while the ship was interned at Newport News has been placed in the hands of D)epartmnent of .her .Just ice a gen t.. neccord ing to informa by tion from a .ou.rce gnerally authentie. ton- WVhen the A ppam was awarde i to iv'e- her Englishl owners by the Uni ted ing St ites Supreme Court recenatly Harg lire andl his German crew were sent to the Philadelphia. It was then found that they hadl rehabilitated the wvireless iev. ouitfit. which was lput out of comm is tely sion by the United States Govern eet, ment, andl (ere using it to send and for. receive n:essag:es. A private wire hid me been inst allred to recordl the hanpen mit ings of t he world by flashlight. )00, .kn investigation has been in pro i- gress on the A ppam for several (lays her andl it has been positively established ould that as late as D~ecember 8 last, Capt. Berg sent a wireless mesage to a German ship. It is believed that Berg nrwas in constant touch with his own rhe government and~ furnished it informa Ier- tion of value. There is evidence that $5,- he was familiar with the English codle. vas The message sent by Berg D~ecem ber 8 gave details of affairs affecting Germany being considered by Con wilgress andi President Wilson, it is re fivepotd via- Purchases Bironze Group. Isis____ ild- New York, March 13.-It was the learned today that Henry E. Hun :est tington has just purchased for $62, 000 a bronze group of Joan di Bolog oon na, (1524-1608.) -The work repre oon sents "Hercules lifting up Attheus." on- It as obtained by Jacques Seligman, ow art dealer, from Leopold Hirsch, of London, the gold mining miagnate, .M oF IN SESSION The State vs. Humphrey Cousar, housebreaking and larceny. The State vs. Arnold McCants and Dol Kennedy, receiving stolen goods. The State vs. James Harvin, bur glary and larceny. The State vs. Clarence H. Mathis, traflicing in seed cotton without li cense. The State vs. H. A. Hamilton, so liciting emigrants without license. The State vs. Powell Parson, re sisting an officer. The State vs. Charlie Richardson, housebreaking and larceny. The State vs. T. S. Sheriff, obtain ing goods by false pretense. The State vs. Friendly Stukes, lar ceny of live stock. Theh State vs. Lawrence Carter, alias, Babe Carter, burning tenant house. The State vs. Jeff Holladay, larceny of live stock. The court was treated to somewhat of a minstrelcy touch yesterday af ternoon while trying the case of James Lawson, charged with murder. After a long string of witnesses had been examined, a short black slick darky who gave his name as Hines and his occupation as porter for the Baggett hotel at Lanes was called to the stand. In explaining to the court that he saw Lawson on the train going to Charleston on the night of the murder, he said "I got :.: to ;-.:t the 'white folks' baggage on, an] in walking through the nig ger coach I saw a girl that I knew, and (to the solicitor) boss she was one of these high yallers, and her name was Jose, so I cut a, step for her, and asked her to stop over in Lanes for the night, but she said no, there ain't no taters. 'Bout dis time Lawson comes op to me and asks me if der was any good farms 'round der he could rent, and boss I thought he wpa a big nigger like me, so I tells him yes, dat I had a little old farm, 'bout 150 acres dat he could get, but he says he wanted a big farm, so I gives him de names of some big white folks What owned land. 'Bout dat time he jumped off de train and run in de depot and bought a ticket to Chorleston. I know dat nigger went to Charleston, for I ain't seed him since." lines was a, star witness and kept the court in an uproar un til the sheriff threatened to clear the court room unless quiet would be ob served. ('IIASIN GEl \IAN CRUISER British and Iaps After Warship in Indian Ocean. ''okio, March 12.-It is oflicially an nounced that a converted (erman cruiser has been sighted ii the In dian ocean and that it now is being chased by Japanese and British war ships. The German cruiser has sunk a Jiapanese freighter. Hriand's Majority Less. Geneva, March 13.--Much com ment is arousedl in the Swiss press by the dIwindlling majority in the French chambier of' deputies for Premier Bianud. II is policies have been sub1 mitted to the chamber five times since the beginning of the war fir'st in November 1915, when he had a ma jority of 515. A year later this numi he is reduced to 296. The latest ashows that the opposition has .owni from the solitary vote of 1915 to 178. -- 0- -- Cuban Ports Opened. Newv York, March 13.-Every port in Cuba has been op~enedl to commerce, saidl an announcement issuedl todIay by Mr. Leop)oldO D~olzy. Arrango. Cu ban consul general here. This had been rep~ortedl to him by the Cuban secretary of state, Pablo D~esvernine. It was said( that the revolutionary (dis ordlers had subsided sufficiently to permit a renewal of all maritime re lations wilth this and1 other American p~orts. Car Service Suspended. Washington, March 13.-After an other (lay of many minor disorders in the carmen's strike, the Washington Railway and Electric company sus pendled operations on all of its lines at an early hour tonight, until (lay light tomorrow to prevent violnce.o HARRY K. THAW IS ADJUDGED LUNATIC Will Be Put Into Pennsylvania Asy lum, Not Carried to New York. Philadelphia, March 12.-Harry K. Thaw as today adjudged a lunatic by the common pleas court of this city and under the law can not be taken to New York on requisition to stand trial on charges af assaulting a Kansas City high school boy. Thaw will -be kept in St. Mary's Hospital here pending his removal to a Penn sylvania asylum. The court's action was based on the report presented today by a lunacy comission which yesterday took the testimony of Thaw and his mother. Statement by Thaw Counsel. James Gay Gordon, counsel for Mrs. Thaw, on whose behalf the lun acy commission was begun, made this statement: "The inquisition which met yester day and heard the case of Harry K. Thaw, adjudged him to be a lunatic, and the finding was today filed in the court of common pleas. "Judge Martin made the usual ap propriate order touching his person and estate. Thaw is now in the cus tody of the sovereignty of the State of Pennsylvania, represented by its court of chancery, and under the con trol and protection of the cou t and laws of the commonwealth. This necessarily settles the question of his extradition 'and rings down the curtain on that proceeding. Mrs. Thaw and her family all desire, if possible, that the matter may be dropped for public exploitation. Thaw is now safe from harm to himself and others and the court will hold control and guard him. 1f\nything with respect to him here- ter can only be done with the sanction of the court." __-o Anderson Gets Orders. Washingtoo ?darch 1:s.-George W. Anderson, special food price investi gator for the Department of Justice, today received anal instruction.; from Attorney General Gregory as to the conduct of the new food price .nvesti gation, and returned to ii neadquar ters at Boston. From that city Mr. Anderson will direct investigations of manipulation of food prices and Cold storage of food. Frank M. Swacker will continue his investiga Lions at New York city, paying par ticular attention to coal. SEVEN LIVES ARE LOST WHEN STEAMER FOLIA SANK Cunard Freighter Torpedoed Without W1'arning--American Life .Jeopardized. RE'OlT BY CONSUL FIROST l)r. W. J. Core, of Nashville. Ship's Surgeon, Escaped Injury, Says Dispatch. Washington, March 1.-Seven lives were lost and one American placed in jeopardy in the sinking without warning by a submarine of the Cunard freighter Folia off the Irish coast Sunday. Consul Frost, at Queenstown, cabl the State D epart ment today this rep~ort: "Seven lives lost out of crewv of seventy-eight in sinkn ig ( unarder Pol ia. Fol ia houndl New Ylork to Avonmouth. TPorpedoed without warn ing five miles off Rams Ihead, Coun ty Waterford, in heavy fog Sunday 7.2() a. m. D~r. Core and oflicers reached Bristol this morning.'' A dlispatch from the consul early in the (lay said: "Cunard non-passenger Fol ia sunk af Waterford, 10th. Survivors landled Duingarron. Sole A merican, boat's surgeon, WV. J. (Core, Nashv'ille, T1enn., savedl, uninjured." Commanded by Capt. Inch. Newv York, March 13.--The Folia eft New York February 26 for Bris tol. She wvas of 6,705 tons gross, )uilt in 1907, originally the Italian iner Principe dIi Piemonte. Later she svas bought by the Uranium line and enamd the Principello. TJhe Cunard ine bought her and changed the name o the Folta. The vessel was comma nded by Capt. 'homas Inch, former commandedl of he Volturno, which was burned at eca with the loss of 186 lives. Capt. neh - Was dlecorate:l for bravery at .he time of th aer. DETAILS FOR ARMING ALL AMERICAN SHIPS IS NOW COMPLETED Navy Department Officials Prepare Orders for "Armed Guards." WILL BE DELIVERED TO COM MANDERS ON SAILING DATE Secretary Lansing Approves Orders Every Effort Being Made to Pre vent Any News Concerning Ship Movements. Washington, March 13.-Complete and definite instructions to the "arm ed guards" to be placed aboard American merchant craft bound through the German submarine zones have been completed by the navy de partment and approved by Secretary Lansing. They will be forwarded to the navy personnel aboard the mer chant craft whenever the ships are ready to sail. The nature of the instructions will not be made public. They were care fully prepared by navy officials and then submitted to Secretary Lansing, at whose suggestion some amndmnt was mad. It is planned not to broadcast the orders generally through the naval service, but to furnish the officer in command of the armed guard on each ship with a copy when his vessel is ready to sail. The navy department is making every effort to suppress all information regarding armed ships, such as sailing dates, the equipment put aboard by the navy the personnel supplied to handle the guns, or anything that might be of the slightest value to an enemy. It, was said officially however, that no conflict of jurisdiction between the ship master and the !un cr .va w. ] arise. COA R l'IIODUCERS WAlNED 'I'radle Commission Serves Notices as to Spring lieductions. Washington, March 13.-The Fod eral Trade Commission today .ioti. led the country's leading autb racite coal producers that any fait'ure to grant the usual spring pri e reduc tions cannot be justified by claims of increased cost of production. In its imquiry into the cost of mining authrauste, the comnission has obtained l tailed information on the costs of companies whleh mined in 1911; about 75 per cent of the total production of a lithraeice. "'T'his informat ion," says the con misusion, "oltailed directly from) the records of tihe colpan lies re ferred to, indicates no increase in averagte cost. in the last four months of 1911, and further iold ieates an tuaal d lecre:se of ct.4 ink the case of some of the lolpkianies who.e lost of pro-luction is higrh. ".ldtligt from the tinage prb - 'd in . ktlauar'Iy, 1917. there Is n1 t'ean -on to believe that co:,:s thus tfar in 1917 woul modkerately' change the vel (rage shown by1k the figures com. pi h-I from Sept embher to D~eeer , 1910. Al'ES IN HFlUI.I\ aptai 111 oy- Ed Amonl~lg t he F'irst to1 Welcomiie Former Ambe l)ssa dor Homlie. Ber'lin, MaIkrch 18, VIia 1.(ondonl, \Tarch 14'.A special1 tra iln fr'omf (o i(enhkagen ('arkryinig (C0ont Vonkl. He-rn Indl the embanssy an ld conslallr c-orps romn the United State(s alrrivedl inl B~erliln at 8::80 tonl)igh:. C(oun t Vonk Bernistor-flflm't. repre'senktat ives of t h Friendls, amnonig t hem .)Dr. Bafl rtr D~ernbhurg and)1 ('apt. JKar H' oy- E, ormer1~ nkaval attache in Washin'-tln. 'Tearful welcomkies mar1lkeld the ie (lining of the panrty. Count V'on lHernstorff refused 0 nakke kany statemnent biefore rpo~rt iig .0 Chancellor Von Bethmnlkn-Ilolh ve'i md F~oreign Secretary Zimmermanin. It was generally kremairkedl at the sita ion 'that the returkning ambassador las agedl considleralbly since his5 1ast risit here. Denies Autograph Letters. Berne, Switzerland, March 13.-A lispatch from Madrid says Premier x-Ambassadlor Gerardl carries an utograph letter from King Alfonso o Presient Wils.