I. C. C. Orders Carriers to Ap point Committee and Help Work Out Relief for High Prices. * --- DELAY FURTHER ACTION If Lines Fail to Return Coal and Refrigerator Cars, Board Will Issue Addition al Orders. Washington. T>. C., Jan. 22—Drastic regulations, designed to relieve the shortage in coal cars and help- bring about a lowering of present high prices of coal, were prescribed today by the interstate Commerce commission. The regulations require return to original owners of all coal cars as fast as unloaded and give the railroads 10 lays to devise methods for relieving j the shortage in other types of cars. T1 e vested, the order states, with plenary powers anil should cooperate with the commission in seeking relief j for the shortage of other types of cars, j Unless such a committee is appointed within 10 days the commission declares it will act independently and consider the Issuance of such orders as it deems necessary to relieve the situation. In issuing today’s order the commission was divided, Commissioners Clark, Clements and Hall dissenting from the majority view. The new regulations continue tn effect until May 1. Finds Unparalleled Conditions. Issuance of the order is a culmina tion of the investigation which the commission has been conducting for several months, the last hearings hav ing |»ecn held here December 28. The hearing was attended by the represen tatives of a large number of roads and shippers and by department of justice officials investigating the cost of living, who had been in frequent consultation w ith officials of the commission. “The present conditions of c.qr dis tribution throughout the United States haw no parallel in our history,” said the eommission’s decision. ''Mills have shut down, prices been advanced, per ishable articles of great value have | been destroyed and hundreds of car loads of food products have been de layvifi in reaching their natural mark ets. In some territories there have been ho many cars on the lines of the carrier and in their terminals that transpor tation service has been thrown into un precedented confusion. Dong delays In transit have been the rule rather than tire exception and operations of estab lished industrial activities have been made uncertain and difficult. These conditions have made necessary a far reaching investigation by the commis sion and now urgently demand prompt decisive action. Roads’ Promises Broken. In spite of the efforts which had been made to put a stop to the diversion and misuse of cars, commission inspectors day after day reported numerous in stances of such diversion and misuse. "Urgent as is the need for relief the respondent (the railroads) with but few exceptions, have failed to afford such relief. They have assured the commis sion that they would put a stop to the diversion and misuse of coal and re frigerator cars and would return those car;, to their owners without delay, but since that assurance was given hun dreds of instances of diversion and mis use have been called to our attention. “It is clear that the entry of a for mal order is necessaiy to protect ship pers, consignees and the general pub lic.” AMERICAN ALGIERS CONSULATE BOBBED Safe Broken Open and All Pa pers Stolen, Dispatch to Paris Paper Reports. Paris. Jan 22—The American con lulate at Meiers was entered by surglar.s on Tuesday night, according ;o the Matin. The safe was broken jpen and all papers in it were stolen. MONEY SPENT FOR “ADS” INFLUENCES WILSON? Washington! Jan. 20.—W. S. Carter, Head of the firemen, maintained that ■.he present agitation over the compul tory arbitration feature of the Adam son hill was due to sentiment stirred ip by the subsidized press, which ho maintained has received $2,000,000 in Advertising contracts from the rail roads since last October. "Would you say,” he was asked, "that he president has been influenced by it?” "T suppose he is just as susceptible as tny one,” Mr. Carter responded. MUST CARRY AVIATOR 15 MILES ON STRETCHER Yuma. Arise, .Tan. 20.—An army a.m -■ julance which left here last night to m-ing back Lieutenant Colonel Iiishop, iow is on its way to the buse of the 7!iIn. range, where ho was left with four members of the two combined rescue parties which found him. A detail of men will go on foot about J3 miles over ground where an auto mobile cannot travel, to the place where Lishop was left, anil he will be carried r>n a stretcher to the ambulance and taken to Wellton. OPPOSE STATE PAPER PLANT. , Tlralnerd, Minn., Jan. 20.—Opposition fto state owned print paper mills was expressed in u resolution adopted by the Northern Minnesota Editorial as loclation. The resolution also disap proved of publishers entering the paper manufai firing business. KENYON PLANS ATTACK j ON WINGS DILI “Pork Barrel Measure,” He Charges—Three Iowans Against It. Washington, T>. O., Jan. 22—Now that tho public building bill lias passed the House, Senator Kenyon today be gan gathering ammunition to assail it in tho Senate as a “pork barrel” meas ure. He will tight it as he did the rivers and liarhors bill. Good, Dowell and Sweet were the only Iowans who voted against it in th« House. Gandy and Johnson, of South Dakota, voted against it. Representative Steele will confer with the chairman of the Senate public puddings committee in an effort to help along the $335,000 Sioux City item in the public building bill which has just passed the House. It is not believed the fact that Senator Kenyon will op pose the bill will prevent its passing or the Sioux City item going through. It is still intimated the president will veto the bill, but there has been no official statement on it. LOST MOBS TELL OF FLIGHT Blown South by Heavy Wind. Thought They Were Near Salton Sea, Lieutenant Robertson Says. Wellton, Ariz., Jan. 20.—Lieut. Col. Harry G. Bishop and Lieut. W. A. Rob ertson, missing army aviators, exhaust ed from walking four days in the wilds of Sonora, Mexico, without food or wa ter, were found yesterday more than 32 miles south of here by a civilian searching party near Wellton. Lieutenant Robertson was brought here today by the searchers. Lieut. Col. Bishop, too weak to walk, was left in charge of four searchers in the Ro sario mountains, where he was found last night at 10 o’clock. Two sandwiches and two oranges each was all the food the men had tasted since they left the North island aviation base at Ban Diego. January 10, on their flight, Robertson told the searchers. Water which they took from the radiator of the aeroplane after they landed on the east coast of the gulf of California was exhausted four days ago, Robertson said. They had tasted none since, lie told the searchers. Land Far South of Border. Robertson said the members of tlie searching party were the first humans he had seen sjnee he landed. He was unable to give definite information as to tlie district wtiere they landed, but thought it was 250 miles or more south of the Arizona border. The propeller of their aeroplane was broken. Robertson said, when they made a landing about 12:30 p. m. Wednesday, January 10. Enough gas oline for 30 minutes' flight remained in the tank, he said. Lieutenant Robertson gave his story in detail last night to a representative of the Associated Press as follows: Wind Blew from North. “We left San Diego at 8:30 a.. m„ January 10, Intending to go across the mountains east to Calexico. Insuffi cient maps made It necessary to rely largely on compass readings. For this reason to keep north of the Mexi can border, I sailed a course 25 degrees north of east. I counted on this course putting me into Imperial valley, well north of the border and then having to sail south for about 50 miles. "In order to cross the high moun tains it was necessary to travel high, averaging more than 7,000 feet. From this altitude it was impossible to con test a very strong north wind which I encountered In the mountains. “I then turned southeast. After about 30 minutes of this course I could see distinctly through a haze a large body of water, I thought to be the Salton sea. The only map of this section I had showed Salton sea much too far south so this confirmed my belief that I was right. "Neither Colonel Bishop nor myself rould possibly figure on tho drift of the machine. As it was hazy it was Impossible to see well enough to pick out objects clearly. The strong north wind also made our rate of travel much faster than was ’ figured on. When after about 30 minutes of search for the southern Pacific railway which I knew to be near the Salton sea, I de cided to land In Investigate. The landing w-as almost completed when the aircraft struck soft ground and the plane tipped up. This was at 12:30 p m., and I still thought we were on Salton sea and were only convinced of our error after close examination of surrounding country. We then decided on walking back to the Imperial valley. “We put one gallon of water from the radiator into an oil can and with a light lunch started northwest. That was at 4:30 p. m., January 10. s Strain Too Much for Bishop. “We kept a northwest course, travel ing by night and day. Our water gave out Sunday, January 14. By that time Colonel Bishop was so weak our prog ress was slow. We agreed it would be wise to separate when he could travel no further and take the only available course, I to continue on and send back aid as soon as possible. “This I did at daybreak Wednesday. January 17. I kept to the northwest and at daybreak the 18th found a trail of one of tlie rescuing parties. Fol lowing this trail. I caught the party about 9 a. m. Thursday. They imme diately set out to find Colonel Bishop, following my directions and back trail, found him about 9 p. m., January IS. He was too weak to move but still conscious. It was necessary to leave him quiet for a few hours until he could recover his strength. I was brought out by automobile this after noon, leaving Colonel Bishop in the euro of the rescue parties, which had p.nnunlitlqfQ^ ’ * BUILDINGS BILL, TO BE VETOED, PASSES HOUSE Washington, Jan. 20.—An omnibus public buildings bill, which President Wilson lias given notice he will veto, was passed by the House, 234 to 02, late today. It carries $38,000,000 for buildings, improvements or sites in cities and towns all over the country. CnrfeW comes from two French words, "Couvre feu,” which means “cover fire." . - FR£TFUL'WAmNG! ■ - I ) Bill to Be Offered at Des Moines Will Make Mayors City Managers—Sioux City Is Interested. Des Moines, la., Jan. 20.—To make A radical change in the Des Moines plan of city government, which will make the mayor a city manager with actual, as well as supervisorial control, is contemplated as a part of a bill which, it is said, will be Introduced In the Iowa legislature next wiek. If such a bill is passed Sioux City could come under Its provisions. FOUR DIE IN FIRES; SEATTLE BRAND BURNS Fire Chief G-illam Killed, Anoth er Missing—Three Burned in Portland Hotel. Seattle, Wash.. Jan. 22—The Grand opera house on Cherry street, near Third avenue, was burned this morning. Assistant Fire Chief Fred Glllam was killed, another man is missing and eight men were injured. The alarm was turned in at 6:15. At that time the interior of the theater was burning fiercely. Firemen entered the building with hose and the roof crashed down burying them. The tali Alaska building and the Hotel Rector adjoining the theater were saved. The Grand lately had been used as a moving pic ture and continuous vaudeville house. The fire started on the top floor of the theater, a four story brick structure, and was discovered by a Japanese Jan itor. The theater was operated by Kugene Revy as one of a string. Germany Must Hit England's Commercial Fleet Heavier Blows, Leader Declares in the Reichstag. Berlin,^''Onn. 12.—Count Westerp, tender of the conservative party in the reichstag, declared himself in favor of the fullest use of submarines in n .speech at Madgeburg. Count Westerp su :■ s: "Our utmost strength must now be thrown into the scales. * * * There is no weapon of war ,vfhich ,^’e dare to withhold. We have too lew weapons on hand against England, who possess j-s at this moment our colonies, has swept uny our commercial marine nd put a blockade into effect. If we want to make further progress against i'h.'. land we must strike her lib nerve -her commercial lleet. We have al ready denlth England might blows in cruiser warfare, a:id it is technically possible to augment our accomplish ments, but the chief thing is commer cial warfare. TEAMSTERS THREATEN TO LET CHICAGO FREEZE Chicago, Jan. 20.—Chicago faced an other shortage'of fuel today when 7,000 teamsters struck. The men demand 51 a clay, :tn in crease of $1 over their preseni wages, A few days ago the railroads made coal shipments to Chicago preferred In order to relieve tho threatened famine of coni and hundreds of cars of coai are now ready for delivery. -—-— An Egyptian nobleman’s touib, Viuilt 4,300 years ago. has been placed In the Metropolitan Museum of Art. PERSHING ASKED WHEN HE CAN START RETURN Reply Expected to Fix Date for Beginning of Retirement of Expedition From Mexico. Cheyenne, Wyo.. Jan. 22—It 1? our earnest belief the northern portion of Mexico should be prop erly patrolled by American forces," say resolutions adopted today at the convention of the American Na tional Livestock association, here, "in order that further indignities, depredations and injuries be rot perpetrated on the lives and prop erty of Americans." K1 Paso, Tex., Jan. 22—A message passed through here today for General Pershing in Mexico, asking him when lie would be ready to begin marching toward the border, according to a re liable report. No formal order baa yet been issued for the withdrawal of the punitive ex pedition, it wns said, but General Pershing's reply was expected to fix a definite date for the withdrawal. EXPLOSION DESTROYS London, Jan. 22—The explosion in a munitions factory last night near Lon don, involved practically all the explo sives in the factory which was de stroyed entirely. The effects were felt at a great distance and the three rows of small houses in the neighborhood were almost demolished. Between 30 and 40 bodies have been recovered thus far und about 100 per sons are reported to have been in jured seriously. While several mUhitions plants have been constructed at various places in the neighborhood of London since the outbreak of the war, the most import ant munitions factory is the Woolwich government arsenal, about seven miles east of the English capital. The Woolwich arsenal is situated on the south bank of the Thames and even before the war was considered one of the most imposing establishments in existence for the manufacture of ma terials for war. The arsenal proper covers an area of about 1,2S5 acres, but a considerably larger territory around the central plants has been dotted with number less work shops. It is understood that 07,000 male and female workers arc employed in the arsenal proper while the factories in the neighborhood employed an addi tional 30,000. Washington, .Tan. 20.—The Holine rules committee today formally retained Sherman I.. Wlpple, of Boston, as counsel in the leak inquiry anil direct ed to resume hearings at the New York customs house at 10 a. m., next Tuesday morning. DEATH OF FOUR MEN WIPES OUT BANDITS Okmulgee. Okia., Jan. 20.—With the killing here of three alleged outlaws by members of a posse led by county au thorities and the killing of one and capture of another yesterday, it is be lieved that one of the most daring rob ber bands in Oklahoma has been brok en up. The men killed were Oscar l‘oe and Will and Harry Hart, twin brothers. More than J5.000 of the loot obtained from Oklahoma banks has been re covered. --- THREE DIE IN HOTEL. Portland, Ore., Jan. 20.—Three men were burned to death and a fourth re ceived serious injuries In a fire that gutted a hotel in the lower part of the city today. The men were laborers. fiECBRD IS" MADE. 61 60IS iOUSES South Dakota Assembly Has Considered 150 Bills—Three Important Acts Have Been Passed. Pierre, S. D„ Jan. 22—A clean calen dar every night; more bills Introduced than at any other session is the record set by the house so far this term. Only three bills have become laws—• the legislative appropriation; an appro priation for a bi dding at the school for the feeble minded, and the law re quiring registration of uurses. Many of the 150 measures introduced have been killed in committee, and the others are in shape for action after recess. Woman suffrage^ the state budget, prohibition, labor Raws, and a road code, will l>o ready for action soon. Ad jutant General Morris is working on a military code for submission. Com mittees have acted promptly in almost every case, and their rulings have been accepted, in most cases. The bouse has a rule providing for no general bills after the 40th day of the session, and no committee bills after the 45th day. With the calendar cleared every night, probably the prin cipal rush will be over the 100 or more bills expected in immediately after the recess, and when this Hood spreads, Spealier Roberts expects to have prac tically tho last 10 days of the session free for consideration of senate bills alone. Senate is Conservative. The sennte has t$et an entirely differ ent record—one for conservatism. The senate has put in about half the meas ures the house members havo and has cleared the calendar every day. The senate has done more in the way of important legislation than the house. It lias passed the budget bill and the woman suffrage resolution and several other important measures. If tlie senate can keep down the sup ply of bills Introduced and keep its cal endar clear; and if the house can mer cifully Rill enough of the hills intro duced on its side to prevent a rush, the leaders of both houses feel that the measures coming up the last few days will have just as much considera* 1 tion. SWISS CALL ALL MEN HOME TO JOIN ARMY Further Indication That Little Republic Fear^ for Neutrality Seen in Message to U. S. Washington. Jan- 22—Swiss consu lates In the United States and else where throughout the world have been instructed to inform members of the Second Swiss army division and parts ol the Fourth and Fifth army divisions, which, are not already under arms, to return immediately to Switzerland and join the colors, instructions to the consular officials In this country passed through the Swiss legation here. The divisions will be mobilized on Jan uary 2 j. According to inf rotation obtained from the legation today the Swiss ■zens who will be required to join the colors were permitted to leave | Switzerland with the understanding I that they would return If called. The numb r of Swiss citizens in this coun try affected by the mobilization order is comparatively small. HEARD WIFE PLEAD FOR LIFE, SHE SAYS San Antonio, Tex., Jan. 21.-—A des cription of the shooting of Lieut. Col. M. r. Uutlor and Mrs. Harry J. Spanell, at Alpine, Tex., last .I uly, was given in the trial,of Spanell, who is charged with murder In connection with the deaths n[ the two. Mrs. W. H. Harrison, of Alpine, who l claimed she was an eye witness of the tragedy, testified that she heard a wo man's voice ring out from an automo bile in front of her house. "Don’t Harry,” and later saw the blood stained face of Crystal Spanell in the ear. Harry Spanell broke down anil sobbed in the court room as Mrs. Harrison tes tified. ______ 1 THE AIERICANS HELD PRISONERS British Consul Gives Names of. Americans, Whose Capture by Germany Raises Se- j ricus Question. FLEET OF SUBS IN RAIDS? British Fleet of 15 Cruisers Seeks Commerce Destroy ers—May Cut Eng land’s Oil Supply, Washington. Jan. 22—The Ger man admiralty statement that the neutrals' subjects in crews of ves sels captured by the German raider In the south Atlantic "havc.been removed as prisoi-crs of war" w*H raise a complicated question if Jury j Americans are among them. The whole question turns on j whether an armed merchantshlp 1» a war vessel and the gulf between this country and Germany om that questUm is still unbrldged. No Indications have been re ceived that any of the vessels suibc by the German raider were other than defensively armed. The stabe department has held throughout that a vessel cannot be classed as a ; warship unless It is under naval orders, flies the naval flag and to manned by naval crews. , The German admiralty state ment, made just at this time when the armed ship Issue between *»<" two countries Is becoming more complicated, was taken to fows shadow a more pronounced attitnde as to the question on Germany s part. New York. Jan. 22—Three Amerl- j cans were members of the crew of the : British steamer Yarrowdale, captnred by the German raider and taken tn a German port by a prize crew, accord ing to the records of the British con sulate here. . ... Dispatches from Berlin last night \ said that the Yarrowdale had brought In 463 prisoners, crews from other rap- ) tured ships, among them 103 subject** of neutral nations, but no mention was i made of their being any America** ■ among them. The consulate *ec ords give the names of the following j Americans as having shipped on the Yarrowdale when she left here De cember 6: Dave Addison. 46, East Green street, Brooklyn. _ Charles Wuinn, 135 West Twelfth street, Eos Angeles, Cal., and C. Green, Sailors’ home, New York. The Yarrowdale Is registered nt the consulate as having been commanded by Capt. William Byers, of Aberdeen, Scotland. Rio Janeiro, Jan. 20.—The Journal Pequero. of Pernambuco, asserts that it mas Information that the German raider Is accompanied by three small submarines. These submarines are said to be six metresiln length and nf an entirely new type. Members of the crews of ships sunk by the raider and ■who have been held prisoners •» board her are quoted as saying that tt*i sub marines constantly leave the mother j ship and reappear after short Intervals, j apparently doing scouting duty. They say that the raider has a speed of M knots, but slows down during the night. Fifteen Cruisers Out. Buenos Ayres. Jan. 20.—Fifteen I cruisers and armed ships new are searching the southern Atlantic for the German raider, according te reports ** ceived here. Four more British eruls- i ers have left Port Stanley, FhtUnnd Islands, according to newspapers here, to aid in the search. The Uruguayan government has dis patched a warship to guard the TJwa guayan coast against possible Neutral ity violations. SUB SINKS 16 SHIPS. Berlin, Jan. 20.—A German subma rine commanded by Lieutenant On plain Wuensche, sayH the Overseas News ag ency, on its last trip sank 16 ships, ag gregating 26,000 gross tons. +■ TO CUT OIL SUPPLV. Mexico City, Jan. 20.—InsisteNt ru mors come from Vera Cruz that the German commerce raider new is la Ihe Gulf of Mexico. It is expected in Vera Cruz, the reports add, that the raider •will make an effort to cut off the •« supplies en route from the Utmpiee fields for England. ANOTHER TOWN ON SERETH TO GERMANS Nanesti Falls to Teuton Troops Held by Russians and Rumanians. Berlin, (by wireless to Say vine) Jan. 22-—The (own of Nor "»M ■ Romania on the Sereth, was.taken yesterdny hy German troops, it is announseil of ficially. Taris, .Tan. 20—There was a violent artillery action last night In tho region •f Plessis-de-Roye. Elsewhere, Hoys today’s official announcement the night passed quietly. I -T Fake Conservative Measures Discussed and Executive Is Urged to Oppose Them. TVr.shtn. C., Jan. 22—Senator Johnson. 1n conference with the presi dent today, opposed • •» of th« fake conservation bills pel T tn the Sen ate or in conference. 'I hose Include the Shield’s dr.m hill, the Meyers’ Water power bill, the Fhehn oil and leasing bill and others. Senu’or Johnson sakt he hoped the president would oppose them.