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lu rUIB TO DEATI JAPANESE TROOPS IN CHINA. Second Squadron Said to be Convoy* log About 80,000. fl The Chinese government has offl- •cial information to the effect that the second Japanese squadron, convoying two divisions of approximately 30,000 soldiers, has sailed for China. Arrival of these troops will in- ■crease the number gt. Japanese sol diers In the garrisons in China to. nearly 60,000. The new troops will be distributed in Manchiiria, Sfian- Tung, Tien-Tsin and Hankow, where present Japanese garrisons number nearly 30,000. It was made known In Tokio sev eral days ago that new forces would be dispatched to the Japanese garri sons in Chiqa. It was , explained, however, as 'merely- a shofting of troops. Subsequently it was inti mated that the garrisonc now On duty would be retained pending’-settlejnent •of Japan’s demands on China. CRISIS IS cn ificii iiLiii n an- shim ruin HOST AERONAUT Wings of His Monoplane Collapse ► When He Began a 8,000-Foot I Sharp Descent—His Fall Witness ed by Thousands on the Exposition Grounds. Lincoln Beachy, the aviator, was killed while making an exhibition light at the Panama-Pacific Exposi tion at San Francisco'Sunday. At an altitude of about 3,000 feet Beachey began & sharp descent. The wings of his aeroplane collapsed and the machine plunged into San Frantisco Bay. Lincoln Beachey was regarded as the most skilful and daring American aviator. He earned this reputation long before French aviators began gliding through the air upside down. Beachey was in retirement when these feats ere hqralded and was dran back by his desire to exceed the lying of the French. With an aeroplane of small wind surface he flew upside down, made spirals while head downward and looped the loop. Beachey was born in San Francisco in September, 1887, and made his first flight at San Diego. In 1906 he circled the Capitol at Washington. He soared over New York city in * July, 1907. His mo^)r failed and the s^Mlpd whirled the dirigible across the wrecking It. A 'His first heavier than air machine, monoplane, was wrecked at St. ^^P^ul in 1910. He made a successful v —/-flight in Ix)s Angeles, but then wreck ed another flier. May 6. 1911, Beachey was the first man to circle the capltoi In Washing ton in an aeroplane. He then startled the world by flying over Niagara Falls. Later he won the first intercity aeroplsne race in America, flying from New York to Philadelphia. Early in 1913 Beachey announced that he had made his last flight, as serting that he felt partly responsible for the deaths of nine aviators who tried to emulate him. When the deeds of the daring French were chronicled he returned to flying. In October. 1913, at Hammondsport. N. Y., his machine swept several specta- * tors from a roof, killing one. Beachey boasted that 30,000,000 persons had seen him fly. Beachey was completing his sec ond flight of the day when the acci dent occurred in view of thousands of spectators. Having electrified the crowd with a series of serial somer saults th ealrman sought to add an additional thrill with ona of his sen sational perpendicular dropa The fatal fall was attributed to the fact that Beachey entrusted his life Sunday for the first time In several years to a monoplane. The machine was at an altitude of about 3,000 feet when Beachey shut off hla power. For several thousand feet dropped head-on for the earth and then the aviator grasped his con trol levers to adjust the planes for a gracely descent. The wings crumbled and the aero plane, turning over and over In Its fall, plunged Into San Francisco Bay, narrowly missing a vessel at the gov ernment transport docks. That Beachey was alive when he struck the water and had sustained no major Injury except a broken leg was the opinion expressed by Dr. David E. Stafford, autopsy uurgeon, who examined the body at the morgue. The face, said Dr. Stafford, was -dlscoverel from choking and strang- ^klng. indicating that death was due ^Pb drowning. Cuts on the aviator’s hands were taken to Indicate that he had made desperate efforts to release himself from the mesh of twisted wires and rods. When the machine fell Beachey was protected by the engine, propeF lers and hood of the monoplane, which struck the water first. It was pointed out that if Beachey could have disengaged himself he probably would have managed to keep afloat long enough to be lescued. DIFFICULTIES APPEAR Dt MEXICAN SITUATION. Anarchy at Mansaalllo and Fort of Progreno Han Been Ordered Closed i • —Shipments Hemp Most Continue. While conditlona in Mesico City have Improved with the &od and water aupply replenished and tha capital placed in order by the Villa- Zapata government, aitoationa fraught with difficulties for the Unit ed States government have arisen at Progreso, the east coast port, and at Manzanillo, on the Pacific. The American consul at Manzanillo reports^ a condition of anarchy there and states that Carranza troops are unable to maintain order. Foreign ers are apprehensive, he declares, and the food supply Is decreasing, while Villa-Zapata troops are investi gating the town’s approaches. Ad miral Howard, commanding the Paci fic fleet, Is reported as ready to take foreigners off if conditions do not im prove. Progreso, the port from which vir tually all the sisal hemp used for American binding twine is shipped, has been ordered closed to foreign commerce by Gen. Carranza. The United States cruiser Des Moines Is at Progreso under orders to see that there is no Interference with Ameri can commerce. Stronger representations have been sent to Gen. Carranza, but no word has been received as to his attltudo. In the meantime navy department re ports from the Des Moines state that the Mexican gunboat Zaragoza, sent to Progreso to enforce Carranza's closing 1 order, has been forced to turn back to Vera Cruz because of bad weather, and that two American ships loaded with sisal hemp cleared Saturday. Officials felt relieved over the en couraging reports from Mexico City. The Brazilian minister telegraphed the following to tho state depart ment: "Ishmael Palafox, who was In com mand of the foreign office of the con vention government, resumed charge again. I have placed before him the full facts in the McManus case tnd he promises everything will be done Immediately to cause punishment of the guilty parties and arrange to pay suitable Indemnity to the family." It Is expected that with the return of Gen. Palafox, the Convention, which had been removed to Cuerna vaca when Mexico C'ty was. evacuat ed. soon would be reconvened in the latter place and that Roque Gonxalez Garxa, temporary executive of the Convention, would be In charge of the government. With conditions better in Mexico City President Wilson has been giv ing hla personal attention to*the sit uation at Progreso, as he has been informed that the entire wheat crop of the United States might be serious ly affected by the inability of farmers to get harvesting twine. Secretary Tumulty conferred with Counsellor I>anslng early Sunday concerning the Progreso situation, and later Secretary Daniels was tn conference with Rear Admiral Flske. aid for operations. While no new orders were sent. It Is understood that tho Des Molnee was further In formed of the necessity for freedom of commercial communication with the Mexican port. BATTLE AROUND WARSAW. wmt ships HUM. SDIIAIIIIE KT> ID THEE «UI UTS VHI FRENCH MAKING GAINS WaIUIG Off THE EITEL FKSafCH AND BBITIBH IfAltBHIPfl OFF VIRGINIA OOAST. Believe That win Governor Frankly Informs Superin tendent of His Intention. That it is his intention to get aft expert physician in lunacy for super intendent of the State Hospital for the Insane was the frank statement of Gov. Manning to Dr. T. J. Strait, the present superintendent of the In stitution, at a conference between Mato Proper Reparatlosi for Slak ing of tlie Frye. French as well as British warships . are cruising outside the Virginia BrttU. A—c wMUo , to pouac „« U>. 0,r- Victory at Nenve Chappelle and the' man commerce destroyer, Prinx Eitel Friedrich, if she attempts to make for the high seas again. There are said to be four men-of-war, two British and two French, and they have come to stay until the Eitel Friedrich re- sea Horamm HUM ClOfltf MEAIS Nil umiTRtnvi Defeat of Germans in Effort to Re capture — Dardanelles Bombard ment Progresses Favorably. "^marine U-29, one of the'appears on interns for the war. larvest and fastest of German under-1 . _ water craft, has had a successful An officer of the En * lt>h freighter three days off the Silla Islands and An Blo-Patagontan, which arrived at in the English channel, where, on Newport News Saturday, told of the Thursday, Friday and Saturday, she watching cruisers and from him it be- sank four British steamers and ono came known for the first time that French steamer and damaged three the movements of the Eitel Friedrich others. The German commander gave the crews of most of the steamers time to leave their vessels and in some cases towed the ship’s life boats with the crew to passing steamers, by Which they were brought to port. The U-29 was chased by patrol were known to the Allies’ war craft for several days before she sought haven in Hampton Roads. According to the officer’s story, the Anglo-iPatagonian was warned last Sunday by a British cruiser that the German ship was about and told to slow up. During the next three days. boats, but proved too elusive, while he sa,d ' hls sh, P made less than 300 steamers which tried to ram or es- * " ‘ cape her found the submarine was much faster than similar craft which previously had been preying on Great Britain’s over-sea trade. With a German submarine In the waters around the Silly Islands, hfcch the big liners pass on their knots. Then on Wednesday came' thls relieving message from the British warship: “The Eitel Friedrich has passed into the Virginia Capes and will not come out alive;*’ It is understood the allied squad ron made every effort to head off the way across the Atlantic, much un- German, but could not come up with him or reach the capes first. Germany probably will repudiate the action of the captain of the Prinz easiness is felt in shipping circles, and during the course of the day a report, which also reached the Ameri- rh-t»inYork by wireless, was Eitel Friedrich In sinking the Ameri- circulated that one had been torpe- ca n ship William P. Frye and make arose from U , ® b ® li . ev '? d - reparation for the loss of the vessel i uni an ^ V** D * .° f I!?® Rnd car &°- ,n th ® opinion of German . hlch belongs to the Eller- officials In Washington Saturday. Count* von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, after a visit to the state which belongs to the Eller- man line. The British feel they more thsa — , m , lmlK w wl „ w® 1088 of v , the8:5 department Saturday. Indicated that Phanneiie victory at Neuve he believed the case would be settled ( happelle and the defeat of the Oer-, without much difficulty. He told eround rained k a reC ° T r r Counsellor Lansing what the captain nr^ d d < * L ^ by tbe Britu * on the of the Prinz Eitel had told Capt Boy- preceding day., . | Ed naTt , atUche of th# 0 „ m ^ n el £_ According to a report Issued by the bassy. as to the sinking of the Araerl- war office, the Germans Saturday can ship; but the ambassador reserv- morntng delivered several minor at- ed hla own opinion on the action of tacks and in the afternoon a heavy the commander, one, which were all repulsed The A REMARKABLE CARI Auxiliary cruiser HarihUuly Appear* ta Hampton Roads aatd is Said to Have More Th~a 800 Prinoaecs Aboard—Started Career from tbe Harbor of Taing Tan. The German auxiliary cruiser Prinx BT MADMAir. \. MM, Anted with ma Monroe Phillip*. » timber deaf Been district of Bi nrday, killed thirty-two and Two of the wi in the ■I On., Set- v» dtixeas. himself shot i will die. Phillips is nans been in thov of reverses and devel to have ted id developed an enmity toe Hnrfy F. DunwoodVT a prominent lawyer end politician. Uf wi flee he began hls murderous It was at the busiest hour of day that Philips, carrying a phot gun. entered Dunwoody's office and killed him. Phillips then shot Albert M Way, who was in Dunwoody’s office. Although badly wounded, Way prob- Eitel Friedrich slipped into Newport i ab ^ recover. News, Va., Wednesday. No one claims Shortly before noon Phillips, car lo know the object of her visit fur-j n^ng a double-barrelled automatle ther than that she needs coal and & un ' walked into the office of Dan- supplies. She is also said to be in woody, on the second floor of a build- need of repairs and may intern. She in the centre of the bnslness dia ls said to have 820 French and Rus-, trict. He fired both barrels into the sian prisoners of war aboard. The. attorney's head, killing him instant- Prinz Eitel Friedrich was last report- at at Valparaiso, Chile. The Prinz Eitel Friedrich arrived off the Virginia Capes Tuesday night, but did not enter Hampton Roads un til Wednesday morning. She then steamed up to Old Point Comfort and after complying wlth^uarantlne reg ulations, proceeded to Newport News, where she dropped anchor shortly be fore 11 o’clock. Much secrecy covers tier move- menu and further than that she is In urgent need of coal and provisions hls station tn front of a drug storu^ and also repairs, nothing has been where he began shooting at every learned as to th# cause of her stop at person who appeared on the rtrtft Newport News. One report, which is Several persons standing blocks unconfirmed, said that she was chas- away from the drug store were struck ed to the mouth of Chesapeake Bay by stray shots. Mr. Market was kiU- by a British cruiser. | ed as he ateped from a building oats ly. The slayer then walked down the stairs to the street, where sev eral citizens attracted by the shots had gathered. Phillips fired into the crowd, killing L. C. Padget. He them began shooting into a crowd of mea who collected on the opposite side of the street, wounding several citizens and killing Geo. W. AshelL Pedem trimns began running to places of shelter. Phillips reloaded hls gun as he walked to a street corner and took np The Priaz Eitel Friedrich left Tslng Tau, China, seven months ago. Re cently she communicated with Val the street. Presently Pollcmaa Denver running up to the scene and total number of prisoners taken in Capt. Tlerifhena informed Capt. Roy-Ed that hls only guide while at • u , _ - . . .. — j ~ i ii m i mo vui/ ft u iuo w u l in wk “-timat*/ thTr* .k 7 20 ,' , W i hU « 11 ** i ,ea and * or man y months out of com- .. * h8t . th * total German | munlcatloa with hls government, was losses wers not far short of 19.000 British airmen have been eetlve again and have destroyed a train at Don. near Lille. The Belgian army continues to gain a little ground at the bend of the river Yeer. end In Champegne. the Argonne and the Voeges there ha# been fighting. The Germans again have bombarded Ypres. 8ote- sons and Rhelms. Iq the latter towns the cathedrals have suffered. Th® French have occupied Ember- menll, on tbe railway midway be tween Lunevllle and Rlxengen, on the borders of Lorraine. Some idea of the stubbornness of tbe declaration of London. This would permit the destruction of a neutral prise if carrying n cargo more than half of which could be proved to be contraband, provided it was im possible to take tbe vessel to a boms port. Since the way’s outbreak Germany has defined Its views on shipments of conditional contraband and contend ed that foodstuffs must be conclusive ly proved to be destined for tbe arm ed forces of an enemy before they can bo seized. The German ambassador sent e full report to hls government of the parelso, Chile, end since that time ehootlng at Phillip*, who turned hla her whereabouts has not been known, gun on the officer and shot him dead. The steamer's armament consists of A bullet from the policeman’s re- three eight-inch and ten flve-Inch, volver, however, wounded Phillip*, guns Shs carries a crew of *60 men I Butts, who bed been etrsck by a and 13 officers. The 326 Russian and shot from Phillips gun, rushed to a French prisoners aboard tbe cruiser hardware store, aad obtaining a pt*- sre members of the crews of vessels tol. begsh firing at the erased tlmbsf sunk by her. ' i dealer. A bullet from the lawyar*! Immediately after th* Print Eifel pistol gnelly struck Phillips end to Friedrich dropped anchor the rave- feu to the sidewalk, dying within a nue cutter Onondaga went alongside. f«w mlriute*. When th* shoottaff The captain of th* cutter Is expected »ndod ambulances end automobiles to make s full report to Collector of hurried the more seriously woaaded Customs Norman R. Hamilton. i to hospitals It is believed that the cruleer will The deed: Henry F. Dunwoody. attempt to get sway within the pre- 1 prominent attorney; William Hackat. scribed time to avoid being interned, undertaker- R M Denver polls* While at see th* cruleer was painted man; l. C. Padgett, former eollee- whlte on on* eld* and black on tto man; George W. Asbell. motormaa; olher I Mo* roe Phi 111 pa, real estate aad Urn- According to the doctrine laid down by tbe American gov era meat la other cue* similar to tbe Prinx Eitel Frledrln, the collector of customs at Norfolk must gtvo tto noasmaadST of •• ** *9 •• alork; Dr K L. Fos time of hls arrival to taka coal aad rr marchaat Berlin and Petrograd Both Claim to Expect Vital Operations. London reports noon on Monday: The center of Interest on the east ern front again has shifted with the announcement from Petrograd that a great battle Is developing on the left bank of the Vistula, southwest of Warsaw. It is not yet clear which side has taken the offensive, but inspired sources both in Berlin and Petrograd have been hinting lately that vital op erations might be expected in this re gion. Messages from the Russian capital have declared the old flpld of action in the direction of Posen and Silesia alone could serve as the de cisive battleground while Berlin has been predicting'another brilliant ac tion in the direction of Warsaw by Field Marshal vnn Hlndonberg. EXPERT FOR ASYLUM. the western battles, which receives Btory of the German captain and tbe only a few words in tho daily official, The latter’s action, reports, can be gathered from the It was said on good authority that French account of the capture of the in his report to his government the village of Vanquots, one the eastern ambassador pointed out that while border of th© Argonne forest. Issued the captain acted as best he could Sunday. For days the French and under the circumstances, being Ignor- Germans contended for this village, ant of the status of the contraband the importance of which from a tac- situation, this would be an important tical point of view is great, and the' factor in relieving the commander losses on both sides must haje been from personal liability, but wonld not much more numerous than in any of acect the necessity for the payment prorlsloas. If the ship needs repairing, how ever. she has e longer respite. la that case the naval eonstructor at th* port will make an examination and rdport what wonld be a reasonable time to make tbe necessary repairs and the German ship would to glvoa 24 hoars in addition to that time Meanwhile, the American government would keep th* time of her depertnre e secret so no unfair advantage might accrue to hostile ships which might gather In wait for th* Osman aux iliary. Similar cases arose in connection dsaler. Among th* more eortoaaly i *d are: Albert M. Way, real dealer; L. J. Leery. Blgmemd m•reheat; Oaaa Tolaaa. H. ry. merchant. Jass McNael, colored, of ville, was arrested a taw days ago, ehargad with having murdered hlg wifo near MoColl, is said to tova made a confession, admitting hM guilt According to th* report. MeNaft claimed that his wlf« hod n try- ing to get him to leave her, aad, oao with the German gunboat Gelr, in- night told him if be ever stayed at terned at Honolulu after repairs to home again ho would never wake ap. her machinery, and th* steamer Fern She started to go to aaothor boon* the historic battles. News from the east continues to be scant. The German and Russian armies concentrating for a big battle around Przasnysz apparently have not yet come Into touch. The fighting thus far reported has hardly been more than an-affair of outposts. The bombardment of the Darda nelles and Smyrna forts continues on days when the weather permits. Re ports from Athens say that of damages and the making of re paration by the German government. SANK FIVE SHIPS. U-lfl Seems to be Beet Submarine Hope of tbe Germans. at San Juan, Porto Rico. Officials at Washington wero of the opinion that the presence of British and French cruisers close on the At lantic coast might Influence th* Ger man commander to intern. How the Eitel Friedrich had man aged to get through tbe lines of hos- for some clothes end, he sUd. to went with her. On th* way took he said he told her he was going to get some whiskey and they want by M*- Nelr’s Mill Pond. He stated that when they got there he cut her throat, undreeeed her, tak ing all her clothoe off, except her A Reuter dispatch from Amster dam says: "German submarine U-16 was responsible for the sinking of five ... - tlie of the allied steamers destroyed since r rench dreadniught Queen Elizabeth the commencement of the submarine has destroyed shore batteries. A vio-j blockade, according to Otto yon Gott- lent duel is going on between the berg, who gives in a Be r lln news- Turkish forts and the ships of the paper an account of the cruise of the Allies, and Turkish troops have come under the fire of the warships. The Smyrna forts were bombarded again Saturday. The situation in Italy is reported to be reaching a climax. Considerable feeling has been aroused by a dis covery of a large number of French rifles, which, it is explained, were being sent by the Germans to Tri poli. From Vienna comes the state ment that the whole ministry, includ ing Baron Burian, is supporting Em peror Francis Joseph in his refusal to make territorial concessions to Ital> in return for Italy’s continued neutrality. GOVERNMENT READY TO FLY. Lost Eleven Submarines. A Copenhagen dispatch to The r ondon Daily Mail isays: "It is re ted In German naval circles that submarines have been lost since ebruary IS. The loss of four has been officially admitted, while seven have been mixsing for nearly three waeks" Russia Accepts FI Berlin announce* that th* Genaxa of naMlar* tnem in ttie governo^s office Satur day afternoon. The governor sent for Dr. Strait and told him that he wa*t- e dto give him ample notice of hls In tention, as he desired to treat him with all due consideration in the mat ter. Dr. Strait expressed his appre ciation of this thoughtfulness on the part of the governor. The governor has not yet selected the superintendent for the asylum. He Is giving the matter careful con sideration and it Is generally under stood that he will pitfk some man trained in this line of work, and thus carry out the recommendation of Dr. A. P. Herring, the secretary of the Maryland lunacy commission, who In vestigated the rondltlm.at the South Carolina asylum as an efficiency ex pert and whose report resulted in the passage by the general assembly of an net reorganising that institu tion. U-16. "The submarine was commanded by Commander Hansen, who was in England when war was declared and vtho got away on the last steamer. "Soon after her departure from Kiel, according t . von Gottberg, the U-16 encountered a British cruiser and a destroyer, but torpedoes she fired missed them. She next sight ed the steamer Laertes, which out- steamed her. . .. “The submarine’s first victim was the British steamer Dulwich. The second was the French steamer Ville de Lille and the third the steamer Dinorah, all of which have been re ported In the British official accounts as having been'sunk. Turkish Archives Packed for Quick Shipping. A Reuter dispatch from Sofia says: "According to refugees who have arrived at Sofia from Constantinople, work has been proceeding there for some time on tho state archives, which are being packed up and are to be sent away. , "Eski Shehr, in Asia Minor, it is reported, has been selected as the Ottoman capital until the fate of Con stantinople is determined. Many valuables already have been sent to that town, where a nunber of bellig erents have b®®n requisitioned for housing the authorities. „ "Owing to the disquieting situa tion qiany foreigners have left Con stant Inople. These include the families of the German and Austrian ambassadors." Dies From lajartee. Robert Layfleld, quarterback of tto Jo ha* Hopkins football team. In jured ta s gam* lam October, died at kte tota* at ('the Smith to Spa Senator Smith will add el bar* Commercial th* eahjaet of jaamigration at Un sixth aaaaal eoaamt Von Gottberg does not give the names of the other two steamers he claims were sunk, but de-lares that during the cruise one Fre ich steamer was not molested as she had women and children on board. - * “ ‘This,’ says von Gottberg, ‘may have been chivalry on the captain’s part, but Germans hardly will ap prove of the action of submarine commanders if they allow their kind ness of heart to get the better of them.* ” Berlin Bread Allowance. The maglstr.' of Berlin Saturday Issued orders that, beginning March IS, potatoes must be mixed with wheat flour. Bread coupons may be used only to a limited extent for the purchase of flour of which only T2R grams may be obtained on n coupon good for 250 grams of bread. !• to toM at Map-'gay hr *■ • aai at Mine RxpkMfcm KffM 14. The Central New* correspondent at Amsterdam telegraph that 14 mea were killed and 19 taJared Wedaee- ta b Gorman are- tile ships which have been patrolling ■* 10 * a and stockings; that he waded the Atlantic was the subject of much ° tb# .P 0 , . a short distance and speculation In naval circles. | | brew tb ® 5°^^ * n - “J* ^h** ho Th© disposition of any prisoners stayed on the road from that of war the German ship may have ^ ra ®• ^hlch was about 9 o’clock, until aboard will raise another question. before day;^ ‘h.** be then went It is possible they may be paroled. American officials were awaiting of ficial information before announcing any action. Word of the arrival of the Prinx Eitel Friedrich was communicated to the German embassy at Washington by her captain. The announcament was received with surprise, as nothing had been heard from the vessel for many weeks and it was believed she was somewhere off the coast of South America. The only report the captain made home .took n bath, cooked aom* breakfast and went to church. The murder wao commltteed and the body put in tbe pond about threp weeks before it wua found. Two white men, who had been on tto pond in a boat fishing, noticed eomp- thing which aroused their suspicion and upon Investigation it was discor- ered to be the body of a woman. It Is said that the first confession, which McNoal made was to the father of the woman. The old man went into the jail and polntf dly asked M©- Neal If he had killed Ida. his wlf*. to the embassy was that he had put McNeal denied it. The old man ta into Newport News. He did not give said to have knealed and prayed rerr any details or ask tor any instruc tions. Hls dispatch, however, was promptly forwarded from the em- fervently. When he liad finished hls prnypr he turned to McNeal again and asked bassy at Washington to Count von hlm . , <Je88 dld you km Ida? „ &nd Bernstorff, the ambassador, who la i* goM that MdNeal ronlied* in New York, and to the German 1 t vuLf w ■> 17"S naval attache, Capt. Boy-Ed, also there. After consultation, it Is be lieved they will send Instructions to tne captain advising him what to do. Rear Admiral Beatty, commanding the Norfolk navy yard, sent a mes sage briefly reporting the arrival of the Prinz Eitel Friedrich. Naval officers at Washington made no concealment of their admiration for the remarkable cruise of the Ger man ship, which they said was abso lutely without precedent in the his tory of privateering, even exceeding In duration the remarkable texploits of the German cruiser Emden. The auxiliary cruiser Prinx Eitel Friedrich started out on her career on a warship from Tslng- Tau. She formerly was a regular liner of the North German Lloyd. She reached Thing Tan shortly af ter tto onthraak ot host limns aad tbe Leman authorities at that port equipped her with naval guns and tamed her Into nn auxiliary eruiser Ska sailed from Tslng Taa before th* Jaeoaeoe attacked that port aai »y tto woetaoi eoa* of Bonth A daddy, I hilled her." Since, It-.la claimed, that he has told nil of thp- facts and circumstances connected with the killing, and that upon infor mation given by him the clothes ot the woman were found In the pond near where she was murdered. Painted Over Her Name. ' With her name pointed out to avoid her Identity beccming known to German warships, the British steamer Meltonian arrived at Savan nah Sunday from Liverpool to. taka a cargo of cotton. The Meltonian is owned by the Lel&nd line. Five hgpre Bodies Recovered^ Five more bodies were taken from the Pocahontas mine at Layton. VA, where a gas explosion entombed aad killed 171 men. Forty-four bodie* have been rccoyeiwdu ( ^ and French shipping. Owe of tor cm* plolts was th* slaking early hi Da* camber of tto British can off ChOoL r JapeMPi