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?t'M'VLR WATCHMAN, Krtab Consolidated Aug. 8,1; JSM 1 . . .... __JBBH ?HKRY. ?ORDER. SUICIDE. ARMY CAPTAIN ROBS DANK AND Kil ls FOLK MEN. Woemdvd (?slilcr Live* Account of How VYbJaUer Robbed Dank ami Klltrd tw Men. Gamp .^unston. Kan.. Jan. 13.? De 1*11? of the manner In which Copt Lewis J. Whistler robbed the bank at the army cantonment here and killed with e bend axe four or five men. who wert In the buildings, were told to army c facers today by Kearney Wornall, who. himself seriously wounded, are* the only survivor of the captain's fury. For 48 hours Wornall. who *aa enable r of the bink. had hovered be* tween life and death. But today his progress -*ss so satisfactory to the army physicians that they permittel him to tell the full story of the trag? edy which ended wtth the death of Ciptaln Whistler, self Indicted at tho moment tf detection yesterday. In the meantime a systems tic search of ths cantonment has failed to reveal my money which wae stol? en from the bank by Captain Whistl? er. It transpired today that a noto Captain Whistler wrote after he had decided to kill himself was addressed to a young women at Ottawa. Kan., bat army officers are making every effort to keep secret both her name end possible relation to Whistler. Women's story today differed slightly from that which had prevlous qr been pieced together ae army offi? cers had |Uestloned him during his infrequent Intervals of consciousness. Today Wernall told how he was in the bank Wtth C. Fuller Winters, vice president tf the National Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Mo. John W Jewell, editor of the Camp Funatou paper. Carl Ohleeon of Kansas City, gad O M. HIM, a clsr* In ths bank. When Captain Whistler came to too bank It was about 7.30 o'clock Friday evening. The door wae unlocked and Whistler gained entrance to tlv> building Walking around the coun? ter, he drew t heavy automatic pistol end t?-dd ths men he wi e "short in his account aad he believed that this was the "beet bet" to remedy It .Wornall eaya that the officer's re? marks were treated as a Joke until he took an axe from under his over eaat and struck Mr. Winters with Its hat side. A l of ths men then were forced to lie face down on the floor while Whistler selected money, mostly biuo of large denomination and threw thsm Into a sack. Wornall saye h? then was forced to bind the other Blen. His own hands then w?re tied by the officer and all of thsm wer? gagged. Hera, says the staff officer who re? ported Woman's statement, ths cash? ier's mind is blank and he recall* nothing that happened until he be? came corMKloue in an ambulance or the way to ths hospital Wornall had been found by a sen? try wandering aimlesely outside the bank about an hour after the crime was commuted. Ha could not answer queetione bit mumbled irnhrtelttglbiy, according to tha sentry: "Don't strike him again. Are you a fiend? ' and Anally murmured. "Dank robbed.'l Than the alarm was given. That Wornall knew perfectly wha he wae doing last night when h? poeltrvMy m. er. titled the body of Cap? tain Wheeler aa that of the robber Wae attested today by a staff oltlcei who warn present at the Idantiflcatl vn Before the body of the army ofrb-ei was wheeler into Wornall's prewenc* i thVwoundel cashier wae made t< read from a masagtne to show that he eei Id ae* aad understand. ^gVii WhlsVsr'a body, dressed In fcllve drab campaign uniform and flabt in of chair, waa wheeled into > Alfa sid pbiced directly 4>efore J .That* hs man. Ifcat'S the onp late >ftotetm*>d Woman, according to SkaV oMorr's story. Wornall then Je a awor*n abatement that Whisflir n who bnd robbed k and oomrrgdslsl the murders, tier the cr?mV k now has been tShed. ythtetter went to the nasM^tgr ettbsa where he re he hlcettf etaina from hie band? rnft He triof* proceeded to ge French. g>n order came from head a report from sll com loggender?) yeeterday the cap to know that detection ft was then he shot dee h Create n Whtntter recently took out a go-*etiir*>*?nt keauraiM a paNey hsi f t.? eraa> ft was mede payable to hie 1? ?ear^afd m>n Duane, St He line. r kited April, 1M0. ??Be imm u 881. SU1 SHIPPIN6 BOARD PLANS. PLACES AGENTS IN EUROPE AND OPENS OFFICES AT ATLAN? TIC COAST POUTS. Much Now Tonnage Under Way? ? Ilghfceen Vessels Requisitioned to bo Coro pie ted In January and Twen? ty-three In Februai-y. Washington, Jan. 13.?Reorganisa? tion and extension of the operating department of the shipping board so I us to place represontalves in London, Paris and Pome and branches at' nearly all important Atlantic coast! ports was announced tonight as one of the direct results of the interallied war conference. Branch offices will be established at New Orleans. Mo? bile. Oalveston, Jacksonville, Chaiies ton. Norfolk Baltimore, Philadelphia and Boston, in addition to the brunch I at San Francisco. Experienced ship? ping men. the board announced, will be placed In charge of each office. The plan is not only to make mors effective control of the American merchant fleet but to insure complete cooperation with the shipping of the allies. Chairman Hurley of the board also announced that the country's ship? yards are speeding up faster and pro? ducing tonnage in a greater measure than ever before thought possible. Eighteen vessels requisitioned on the stocks of 145.091 dead weight tonnage will be completed this month, he said, and during February 23 ships of 182.? 000 tons wi I be turned out. Twenty five of the e1 vessels are building on the Pacific coast. In a statement of the operations de? partment expansion. Mr. Hurley said: "Upon the recommendation of Ed? ward F. Garry, director of operations, there is to be an expansion of the operating department. The expansion Is one of the direct results of the interallied conference In Paris. "In order that there may be com? plete snd im mediate cooperation, the director of operations will havs a rep? resentative in London, one in Paris and one in Rome. This will insure the maximum use and efficiency of American and allied shipping. "8o that every ship will be loaded promptly and moved without delay or confusion, the director of operations will have in New York a controller of shipping who will be on the ground to cooperate with the war port board and the war department, giving quick decisions und seeing to it that no ship remains idle unless in case of necessity. "The controller, working under Mr. Carry, will have complete charge of the New York shipping offices and | the trans-Atlantic service and will ( also bo in charge of the pooling plans to facilitate and expedite our ship? ping In connection with that of Eng? land. France, Italy and Russia. Ques? tions of organization and policy, as 1 worked out by Director Carry, will be applied by the controller on the scene of action. "These plans call for the creation of a separate transportation branch where all matters concerning the movement of ships will be handled; a marine branch, where crews, repair* to rfthips. supplies, etc., will be provid? ed; a chartering branch, a rate mak? ing branch and a claim department." WOULD THY FORMER CZAR. t'ofniulttee or IVaxantM' In pnties Ask Thst Nicholas lie Moved to Pvtro grud or Kronstadt. Petrograd. Saturday, Jan. 12.? The executive committee of the peas? ants deputleH has passed a resolu? tion urging the council of workmen's and soldiers' deputies to order the re? moval of Former Emperor Nicholas snd h's family from Tobolsk to Pe? trograd or Kronstadt. The council in asked to place the former imperial fsmltv on trial before u revolutionary tribunal at either of the cities. WILLARD FAVORS TRIAL. ? ? - ? <%|rf e>f War Industrie* Rourd Not Nvw in Favor of New ( abtuet Of Wsshlngten. Jan. 14.?Daniel Wll 'ard. chief os*/the war Industrie? hosrd. todiiv W-tlrted before the sen? ate military committee Inquiry, that he had advocated the creation of a rov*?rnment mlnlntor of munition* but im now In favor of trying out the new wiir. diplomatic and other federal or mtnlz itions K.in , Whistler's home, or In enr-e of won'M d#vith to WlissWor's father. ('npfnin Wlllsfjst. who was II year* obi, and hi* wife were divorced. d Vear not?De? an the end* Thon Ali If TER, S. 0., WEDNES] BASIS OF FUTURE RELATION? WTTH GERMANY OUT LINED. ? ? i - Chamber of Commcrco of United States Proposes Warning to Teuton Industrial Leaders. Washington, Jan. 13.?American business men are asked in a referen? dum submitted today by tho Cham* her of Commerce of the United State* to pass upon IT proposed warning to Germany industrial leaders that they can not hope to resume friendly con* mercial relations with the United States after the war unless the 0*r* man government has become a re? sponsible Instrument of tho people. It Is proposed that tho Germans be told that the United States in corn men with other nations, supplied raw" materials v/ith which Germany made ready to start the world war and that the lesson has been learned. Newspapers and business* men of neu? tral countries will be relied upon to carry the message. The referendum suggested by trie Boston Chamber of Commerce and now laid before half a million busi? ness men through their commercial organizations, submita this resolution: "Whereas, the size of Germany's present armament and her militari sale attltudo have been due to the At that her government is a military autocracy, not responsible to the Gel man people; and | "Whereas, the size of the Germfc armament after the war will be tie measure of the greatness of the arma? ment forced on all nations; and, "Whereas, careful analysis of eco? nomic conditions shows that the slae. of Germany's* future armament will fundamentally depend on her after war receipts of raw materials and profits from her foreign trade; and, "Whereas, in our opinion the Amer? ican people for the purpose of pre? venting an excessive armament will assuredly enter an economic combina? tion against Germany if governmental conditions In Germany make it neces? sary for self-defense; end. "Whereas, we believe the Amerlcurti people will not join in discrimination against German goods after the war if the danger of excessive armament has been removed by the fact that the German government has in reality be? come a responsible Instrument con? trolled by the German people; there? fore "Bo it resolved. That the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, earnestly calls the attention of trio business men of Germany tc these conditions and urges them also to study this situation and to cooper? ate to the end that a disastrous economic war may be averted and that a lasting peace may be made more certain." "If the proposed action carries," says a statement frcm the chamber'* j headquarters, the "industrial leadere ? of Germany who, with the military I party, constitute the most powerful caste In Germany will be bluntly told jthat Germany must choose a respon? sible government to conclude a just peace or suffer the consequence of an outlaw after the war. "She will be denied economic inter? course with he best customer?the United States. The message could not fail of Its purpose an Germany can not hope for years to come to rees? tablish satisfactory trade relation** with Great Britain. Italy or Franc?: "No single action by the United States can be calculated to go fur? ther than this proposed action of America's business men. It is more potent in Its authority, perhaps, than any similar warning coming from official sources. "The further fact should be borne in mind that the proposal to discrim? inate against German trade after tho war is not at variance with the proe idcnt'8 announced policy not to con? tinue after the war policies which would engender hatred among the nations. Quite the contrary, It might be said to constitute the second great drive to compel responsible govern? ment Ig Germany, the tlrst being di? rected to the constitutionalists within the empire." FATAL RAILROAD WRECK. Ten or More Killed nod Miin.v InJurvd in Texas. Houston. Texas, lan. It.*?It is re? ported thai more than ten were bill? ed and scores injured when i Houston and Texas northbound passenger struck a Kplit switch at Hammond early today, it is said that bursting steam pipes resulting In scalding paa? senirere. accounted for the lame num? ber of dead and Injured. m Hat at be Ifay Ctmnu-jr'?, Thjr Uod't ai DAY, JAMJARY 16, 19] INVESTIGATION BROUGHT TO TO LIGHT INTERESTING WAR FACTS. j_ The tommitee ls Well Pleased?(?uns, AU Sizes, and Ammunition Have Been Furnished Allies and Their Vessels Armed. Washington, Jan. 18.?Complete satisfaction with the work of the navy's ordnance bureau and its pre? paredness for war is expressed by Representative Oliver of Alabama, chairman of the house naval investi? gating subcommittee, in a statement tonight, summarizing for his col? leagues results of the ordnanue phaeo of the inquiry. "The testimony convinced the com? mittee," says the statement, "that the prevalent belief and opinion as to the navy's readiness are well founded." Many, interesting facts brought out 1 in secret sessions are disclosed by the chairman. Among other things ho says more than eleven hundred mer? chant ships have been equipped with j guns and ammunition by the navy (since the steamer Campania was fit? ted out March 14 last, and that ap? preciable quantities of guns, large and small, with ammunition for them, have been furnished to England, France and Italy. Many merchant j men of the allies, In addition to vir? tually the whole American merchant fleet, have been armed to fight sub? marines. "The committee was so impressed after the exhaustive inquiry by the efficient manner in which the bureau had In every way performed the ex jtraordinary duty which war imposed," .says Mr. Oliver, "that the committee directed me to make a summary of what was ascertained In the hearing and investigation. "The bureau, so far as could be learned, has fully satisfied the de? mands made upon it by the vessels operating in European waters. A let? ter from Vice Admiral Sims compli 1 mOnts1 the work and spirit of the ord? nance department. Other officers in the war zone, writing in similar vein, * have given like testimony. ! "As a preliminary to its hearings the committee visited the offices of the bureau and personally examined into the organization and operation ol the administrative details. The com? mittee was most favorably impressed with the business organization. In? quiry revealed the fact that practical? ly all letters are answered on the day of their receipt. By a system of 1 progress reports and follow-up meth ' ods provision exists to insure the ac ' tual delivery of material. The slgn ? ing up of a contract marks but the 1 beginning of action. "The organization of the bureau in ' time of peace has been developed so !as to make it an organization for war I with the result that it is working 1 smoothly and efficiently notwithstand 1 ing the fact that the expenditures have increased from about $3,000,000 to more than $660,000,000. "Despite the pressure placed upon the bureau by the demands for more ordnance material of standard types, I it has been able to develop much now I material, including largo depth charges, new submarine bombs, non ricochet shells, bomb-dropping sights, howitzers, guns for throwing depth charges, smoke screen apparatus, heavier ordnance on aircraft and many other important designs, which if* we feel it unwise to disclose, and made much progress on essential ar? ticles of lesser importance." "Where there were shortages in the market of various material, tho bu? reau took steps immediately to de velope new sources of supply. "Reserves of ammunition and shells have been acquired, and money placed at the disposal of the bureau, we find, has been spent wisely, and j has been obligated practically as j soon as it became available. The bu j reau had for years been preparing for war. Guns, mounts, shell, powder 1 and ordnance equipment in large 'amounts have hern manufactured and ! held In readiness for eventual use. 'With the declaration of armed neu I trality guns and ammunitions were promptly placed on tho merchant shi|>s of the United States. Upon the declaration of war telegrams lonf? ! held in readiness were put on the ; wire, and the wheels were in motion ?without a jar the machinery took up the load placed upon It. There has been no breakdown, no let up; on the contrary there has been In? creased speed and greater momentum. "Deliveries under war-time con? trasts of guns, mounts and accesso? ries now are being received; little or SA delays have been experienced. ^^Tho navy's industrial ordnance Ml Trat*'*" THE irRCB 18. WONT JOIN CONFERENCE. FRANCE WILL HAVE NO PART IN BREST-LITOVSK NEGO? TIATIONS. Peace Will Not be Discussed With | Enemy Until Direct Proposals are Mudo?Battle on Western Front Continue. Paris, Jan. 12.?France will not Join in the peace conference at Brest Lltovsk, Foreign Minister Picson an? nounced today. She also will not have any peace negoiations with the enemy until they make direct propos? als. i Thero is no break in the monotony of the fighting on the fronts in tho jwest. Raids and artillery activity (still continue. On the Italian north jern front the artillery fire was most i Intense between the Brenta and Plave ! Rivers. NOTED PRELATE COMING. Archbishop of York to Visit America in March. New York, Jon. 12.?Most Rev. Cosmo Gordon Lang, archbishop of York, will arrive in the United States in March, it was announced here to? day by the war commission of the Episcopal Church, of which the arch? bishop will be the guest. It will be i the second time an archbishop of the ! Church of England has visited this I country. Minister Geddes to Make Statement in House of Commons. London, Jan 14.?The house of commons reassembled today, all inter? est centering in the promise of a statement by Sir Auckland Geddes, minister of the National Service, on government man-power proposals. SI ??.:^^l''l^LMlluli!?^l.?.lJi??l?'ji?'JlL??JiL.-?: ? plants have been and are being ex? panded as rapidly as practicable with? out interfering with their production. The results of much of this expansion j will be felt this spring in increased j deliveries' of all types of ordnance ma j terial. "Anticipating the needs of the naval service and marine corps for addi? tional machine guns, the bureau wise? ly conducted a test of the Lewis ma? chine gun early in April, 1917, with a view to definitely determining its serviceability. Recent reports from ! the war zone indicate that the gun is 1 giving entire satisfaction. I "Under depth charges, which the i committee thinks may be properly ! termed the terror of the submarine,' have been produced in quantity, and are in use by our destroyers and sub? marine chasers. "It was especially gratifying to note that the skill, ingenuity and ln i ventlve resources of the bureau have ' been productive of new designs de ; manded by the present methods of modern warfare. Advantage has been taken of every suggestion, irreapec I tivo of its source. ? * * "The committee was gratified at the executive ability shown by naval of? ficers placed in charge of industrial work. As an illustration, the bureau found it necessary to commandeer a f plant producing binoculars and other optical Instrument? for the navy. Un? der the former management this plant produced but 168 standard binoculars In two months, whereas during the first two weeks of operation under navy management it haa produced COO satisfactory binoculars for the use of lookouts- and for spotters, i "The committee made a special in jquiry as to the damage done to tor I pedoes at the Bliss works. It ascer \ tained that no torpedoes or damaged parts have found their way into ser? vice; that spare parts for torpedoes, guoh as gyrowheels, had ben tam? pered with, but this was promptly de? tected by the navl inspector of ord? nance and a close watch was main? tained upon these articles, with tho result that the perpetrator of the damage one Paul Charles Henning, a native of I^eipsig. Germany, who had been in this country' since 1908, haa been arrested nnd is awaiting trial. "The committee was supplied with full information of how many at? tacks of submarines upon armed mer? chantmen bus been warded off by the ship's ?un crews usinR the battery with bravery and skill, and was given the details of certain engagements of special interest. The record of at? tacks on our merchantmen shows a comparatively small percentage were succeesful. and that the chances of escape, when a submariner Is sighted, before .she has time to lire a torpedo, are very high, due to the efficiency Of the naval personnel. The unseen torpedo is responsible for 80 per cent of tho sinkings." SOUTHRON, mirtMrtU imam, :,?* Vol. XLV. No. 44. mm RESOLUTION ADOPTED BV HOUSB OPPOSING FIFTY PER CENT VALUATION. Three Mill Constitutional School Tax Remains a Mill Stone Around > eok of Progress and Blocks Every Ef? fort to Obtain Honest Tax Aa*WB* ments. Columbia, Jan. 12.?A resolution was unanimously adopted in the house of representaives ycsteday asking tht, State tax commission to rescind its order relative to the as? sessment of all lands, and per? anal property at 50 per cent, of actual values. Such action, it was arnusd would be unwise and ill timed, rith the present high prices obtaining for all commodities. Also that it wa? not within the province of the legislature to revise all tax levies to adjust tho incidental demoralization. The x evo? lution was introduced by Representa? tives Toole of Alken, Waseom Of Greenville, Roberts of Jasper and Crews of Richland. It reads; "Whereas, the State tax commiiwCon has issued an order to the connty auditors instructing them to ar Mess land and personal property in the va? rious counties at 50 per cent, of) ac? tual values; and "Whereas, the members of tho house of representatlvee and of the senate, believe that this action V?Cttld be unwise and ill-timed, at this t ne, for the very great reasons that prices of everything are now al rvs normal, and on account of war on dition? and the increased circula on I of money, and the said high pi :es are not likely to remain; and "Whereas, that it is not within he province of the general assembly, at this time, to fix all the tax levies, as (the constitutional three mill tax can not be reduced, and that many sch >ol districts within the State are now paying eight mills additions Jf, school purposes; Therefore, be It resolved by the*, house of representatives, the ser 4ta i Concurring, that we hereby call on vhe State tax commission to rescind their order to the auditors of this' St:*.ta. demanding that they assess propi ty at 50 per cent, of its actual vakte, and in lieu thereof. Instruct them to fix assessed values of all property in the same proportion as heretofore as? sessed. "2. That the speaker of lias house of representatives, and le president of the senate shall appoint three members of the respective bodies to present these resoluions to the State tax commission at the earl? iest possible time." PAYMENT ON LIBERTY LOAN Today Banks Will CaU Upon Suit serlbers to Pay Last Installment n Second Issue. Washington, Jan. 13-?Banks throughout the country tomorrow will collect the final 40 per cent, install? ment on the second Liberty loan, al? though payments are not due at fed? eral reserve banks and other treas? ury agencies until Tuesday. Large overpayments on previous installme; t collection dates have left only $4 5; - 000,000 to be paid in tomorrow and Tuesday. Total collections from the seconi Liberty loan have been $3.453,000,00C. Tuesday also is the final day for receipt of payments on the latest is sue of treasury certificates of indebt? edness arranged in anticipation of bill! tax collections next June. KAISER AND GENERALS CONFER, Everything Not Going Smoothly for the German War Lord. ? Amsterdam, Jan. 14.?Several mosl; important conferences were held at Berlin last wek-end, according te? certain German newspapers. They were inaugurated by the emperor'n reception to the Crown Prince or Saturday when Generals von Hinden burg and Ludendorff also conferred with a number of leading person? ages On Sunday there were three meetings htween the higher army commanders and Chancellor von Hertzllng, after which Emperor Wil? liam held conference with von Hin denburg. It is reported that the as? sistant foreign secretary, von Rose burg, has been summoned hastily tc* come to Berlin from Brest-Litovsk. Successful Raid on German Trenohe* Near Lens. London. Jan. 14.?Germar trenches north of Lens were raided last night by Canadian troops, who brought back prisoners, says the official re? port. The rsid was neru- Merieou t, southeast of Lens.