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Daily Call Tylor 1000 If Von Want in Tola, to The lc9 or to Anyone (Yinnectel With The Uee. THE WEATHER. Cloudy; Colder VOL. XLV NO. 240. OMAHA, KIUIUY MOHNIN(t, MAKCH :t1, 1!H -1 YH'KTKKN PAdKS. On Trains, at Hotel Rswo Stands, eto. Bo S INT, 1,1 : (X)PY TWO CENTS. Omah .Bee HE A BORDER HEARS A RUMOR VILLA HAS iBEEN SHOT IN LEG ffaconfinned Report Tells of Out law Wounded, While Another it Hit Narrow Escape Reaches Columbus. TORTU RED MAN TURNS ON HIM Bandit Kills Five Mexicans After Putting Them to Torment as Gringo Lovers. GIRLS HIDDEN AWAY FROM HIM EL PASO, Tex., March 30. General Gabriel Gavira, Carranza commander at Juarez, said tonight that he had received a message from Madera, Mexico, which stated that Villa had been shot In the leg. General Gavira said the message came from what he considered a re liable source, but that he had wired General Bertanl at Madera for con firmation. rron F.seupe for ltandlt. FIELD HEADQUARTERS OF AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES, COLONIA DUB LAN, Chihuahua, March 26. (By Motor Truck to Columbus, N. M., March 30.) It has been learned here that Francisco Villa nearly lost his life a few days ago on the Corralitos ranch, a short distance from this place. Where he tortured and put to i . .. mi i . . T rlflfl i Y f IvA f ay (nana Hna V a !, tims leaped upon him and was strangling him when the Villista officers beat him senseless with the butts of their guns. Muclo Polanco was the name of the Mexican who almost succeeded In endins Villa's career. Meant nu Marslnii. The murder of five members of the Polanco family was said to have been In tended as a warnlnK lo other Mexican against having dealings with Americans, investigation showed that the Polanco family was Involved with no political faction In Mexico, but .that they had a record of uniform honesty and relia bility In dealing with the American man agers of the Corralitos ranch, where they were born and reared. When Villa, retreating from Columbus, arrived at Corralitos ranch, lie had a list of all the Polancos, six men, the mother and two daughters. lie seized the men and hunted for the daughters, but the young women had been hidden so H aUntaafc l never found ihem. To fiva of the men, Gregorio and hia two aons, and Mucin and his one son. Villa said: "I am going to kill you be cause you are too Amertcanixcd. You are Qrlngo lovers." Has Them Tortured. But Instead of killing them outright. Villa had them partly stripped and then beaten with the flats of heavy swords. (Continued on Page Two, Column Three. 1 Munitions Graft May Cause Cabinet Crisis in Canada OTTAWA, Ont.. March 30. -The gov ernment was waiting today to hear from General Sir Sam Hughes, minister of mtlltta, now in Kngland, regarding charges of favoritism recently made In Parliament In connection with the award ing of munitions contracts. A message advising him of the charges has been sent General Huges. it was declared today. Member of Parliament stated today tha as an outcome of the allegations. 'an Insurgent element has been created In th ranks of th conservatives, the gov ernment party, and something resembling a political crisis has arisen. Middlemen's profits, aggregating more than $1,600,000, are alleged to have been obtained through the awarding of con tracts by the Canadian shell committee, O. W. Kyta, member of Richmond county. Nova Scotia, declared In a speech in Parliament. He said that the profits were divided between C6lonel J. Wesley Allison, who waa connected with the militia department; B. F. Yoa'kum, Amer ican railway magnate, and Eugene I.ig nantl, formerly leader of a hotel orches tra In Montreal. The Weather Temperatures at Omaha Tratrrdajy. 11 Hours. Deg. P. 6 a. in V 5 S a.' m'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. in Li a. m ' rp 10 a. m 44 T 12 m... 4i I, I p. m V 2 p. m s 3 P n 50 C i p. m 1 6 p. m "2 p. m S2 7 p. m ft .' S n. m M Comparative ...-: Hreura. 1916. 1915. 1914. 1911. Highest yesterday 52 J4 .' J,n went yesterday 43 . ' 40 4.1 Mean temperature 4S 4J n; Prccpltation T .09 T .00 Temperature and precipitation depar tures from the normal: . r in ;. I leir rer ti.re 4't Tlxcesi for the diy 5 Total exo-HS tin e March 1 16 Normal precipitation "xilnch Ixficl-my for 'he lav Oiluh Total rainfall since March 1 .Sin h IVfl toncy since March I Inc't KicMt for ci r. period, 1115 XI in h I fl loncy for cor. eriod, 1M4 . .0 indi, Itepoi'tn Iruui Stations at T 1. M. 8tatlon and State Temp. HUh- Italn of Weather. T p. m. est. fa!1. Cheyenne part cloudy "S ' .Oi Pavenport. clouay .--"i 4 ." iKnver. cloudy ."51 W T Jea Moines, rain ' olh Jia ie. cloudy 3- . 'iiiha char T Rapid City, know Z T .la nita Ke. snow 2 .1' r-he'-Man. i liar II ' HI Houx Hy. clo idy f0 (X T Valei ti' e c lo dy 34 ' .01 T In I atct. tiare of predpitatl'in. L. . A. Wcl-HH. L.ucu, ureiiulf r. OH inn ) " 3S FUNSTON IS TOLD TO DO LESS TALKING War Department Hints to American Commander at Border He Is Too Communicative. GENERAL BELL SEES GAVIRA EL PASO. Tex., March 30. Gen eraj Bell, General Gavira and Mexi can Consul Garia held a conference relative to the movement of supplies over the Mexican Northwestern rail way. Afterward General Bell re- fused to discuss the conference. aaylng he was under orders to main tain secrecy. Major Elliott said today he has CLEVELAND, March .10. With already shipped from El Paso sup- j twenty-seven bodies recovered from piles sufficient to eed the expedl- yesterday's wreck of three New York tlonary forces In Mexico for thirty Central trains at Amherst. O., at days. Part of these supplies already j U nl Ion was focused upon the sev Is at Casas Orandes, part Is nearlng eral Investigations that were put the field base and the remainder I under way by federal, state and would be there before long, the railway authorities to determine re major said. i spnnsibility for the wreck. Kepro Merchsnts of Kl Psso and Us vicinity i sentatlves of the Interstate Com are besieging tho army for contrsc... merfe commisBion ,h um,M They offer to ship unlimited supplies i south, the government to assume tm, ccmmlt tee of Ohio and various de risk. To nil of them Major Klllott re-j partment heads of the New York Plies that thor are free, to transport i Central wire conducting Investlcn stuff to Cssas llrnnrles. but must do so ! . at their own risk. They are told, how- MonB ,n (Iceland and at other ever, that the field quartermaster will ! points in the Vicinity of the wreck, prohahly purchase snrh goods if they i Coroner Charles Carver of Lorain reach their destination, 'county planned to beg.n an inquest M ill Keen Motor l ine open. , at Klyrla Into the death of the PAN ANTONIO. Tex.. March 30.-AI- j wreck victims and the causes lead though military supplies will be offered i ng thereto the management of the Northwestern rail- i way at Juarca today for shipment to the I Th" question of whether the so-culled American troops In Mexico, officers at I rmy headquarters here regard the con- dltlonal use of the railroad as so ex- ! Columhus. N. M., will be maintained. ; ,0 he an Important feature of the lnvesti- 1 supplies shipped aa commercial gallon, freight and unguarded en route by Amer- I Railroad officials today were Mill lean troops arrive, at destination with divided In opinion as to whether the reasonable regularity and without serious nlme should be placed upon the tower delay, the base at Columbus will be j man, who, It Is alleged by some officials, moved to CI Paso and the line of com- j wa asleep and failed to give the proper munlcatlon from the New Mexican hor- j 'U8'. r upon the engineer, who, they dcr to Casas Grandcs will be shifted east- soy It niay he shown, either fulled to ward. '. see tho signal or exceeded hia orders. It was Indicated at General Kunston's ' Of the more than forty persons Injured headquarters that the use of the Juarea- i Chihuahua line of the National railways would be asked for If the bad condition of the Northwestern made It Impossible to handle supplies properly or if the j altered positions of the cavalry and sup- I porting line engaged In the pursuit of ! Francisco Villa made advisable the use of a shorter and more direct route for aupplies. It was suggested that If Car ranxa did not object to the use of Uie Northwestern, he probably would not ob ject to the use of the other line. If demonstrated that supplies are being held up or Interfered with on their way to j."-?.1?.",!. General Funston, it Is ex pecfcVlTfig'R'm" will Urge" "that permission be secured to place escorts on trains carrying them.' Tells Fwnalon to Talk Leas. Whether specific orders had been sent to General. Bell to begin Shipping sup piles under the terms of Carranza's per mission waa not atated at headquarters, where It was Indicated that the War de- ! partment had Intimated to General Kun- aton that he preserve greater silence on subjects connected with the opera tions In Mexico. No report from General Penning Indi cating any change in the rltuatiou "south of Casas Orandes was received. Mieilol R. DmvIIa. nn siaent ,if tbe He. partment of the Interior In Mexico, who Inrrlved her. tmlnv from Uueretj.ro. ..Irf ho saw General I, tils Herrera there three days ago. General Herrera, who re cently was reported to have rebelled Bgalnnt Carranza. went from Chihuahua to Queretaro on a special train to talk j to Oarranza about securing more sup plies for his forces In Chihuahua. The only dispatchea received at head quarters from General Perahing Ipday deal with routine matters and contain no mention of a fight with Villa or In timation that he has been trapped. Husband of Gadski Charged with Plot To Blow Up Canal NKW YORK, March :I0. -Captain Han Tauacher, husband of Johanna GadsM, the opera alnger. and said to be an offl er In the tiernian navy, was srreated today by special agents of the 1 part ment of Justice on a warrant charging him with Ixing concerned In alleged con spiracy to blow up the Wrlland canal In Canada. Tauscher, the federal authorities said, la head of the Tauscher Arms company of this city and representative of Iht Krupp Gun works In thia country. 1 1 it arrest was brought about, It wns staled, through disclosures mado by llorst von Per Goltz, alias Rrldgman Taylor, whe was brought to this country a day oi two ago to be examined as tn ht lie knew concerning alleged German ploti Tauscher was arraigned before a I'nitf-d States commissioner, denied the charg' and was held In $35,000 l.l. German Stowaway Holds Up Briton Steamship Loaded with Munitions T.EVVKS, Del.. March 30.-Krnet Pchil ler, German, held up the captain of the British steamer Matoppo shortly after the vessel passed Bandy Hook last night, bound from New Tork for Vladivostok with a cargo of munitions and war ma- tetlal. Sculer, who was a stowaway, put of commission, locked the wireless out the captain In his room all night and searched his papers and the ship's sate Tl. - I. I - a ft,..A V. . I . r , . ..... ' ceen .nue .,. anc,,.,,. The Matoppo pa.s.d out of Sandy Hook st i o clock last night and the attack on, me captain was maae iwo nours ixier. Schuler. It is said, had been a stowaway cm the Matoppo five days. When well out to sea he made his appearance armed with two revolvers, it is alleged, and fnrcid the captain Into his cabin. Thu man told the captain that ho had MANY INQUIRIES INTO TRIPLE TRAIN WRECK ARE BEGU, s Towerman Says He Was and that Signal P ' Second Train 1 Work. RAILROAD OFFICIALS DIVIDED They Do Not Agree as to Whether Blame Should Be Put on Tower Men or Engineer. "DEATH COACH" WILL BE ISSUE "death coach'1 on train No. Si! was of modern steel construction, as claimed N"W Yolk Central officials, or whs In the wreck, several were said to he In a precarious condition CHrly today and more fxtalitles were feared. Itnllroad of- ficlals say thnt only twenty-seven bodies have been recovered and that they regard It as Impossible that more bodlea are tn the ruin. I'nofficlal, but what was regarded hi reliable reports, placed the number of dead at thirty. Knarlnrmen nnd Tiinrrmaa, The two men at whom most of the questlona were to be directed at today's (Continued on Paga Two, Column Two.) . ' r '" Russia Given Permit to Build Eoad in Manchuria PKKIX, China, March S0.The Chinese government has signed an agreement permitting Russia to construct a mll roud which will give Kussla control In northern MUnehuiia, in compensation for the railway lights granted to Japan In southern Manchuria. Japan has con curred in this arrangement. The new line will run from Hnrbln, th s","rl'' railroad. In a northerly -'-""n ii .'m.i.niuiH 10 .Maun. near tho Russian frontier. A branch line will he built from Mermen southward to Txltnikhar, near the Mongolian border, where it. will form a Junction with the trans-Siberian road. Tho new railroad will be (fca miles long. The route Is part of that formerly negotiated for by Americans. Uussln will raise funds for construe! Ion if the road by floating a loan of JC.'.OTO.OOO. Clyde Shops Strike Declared Irregular IXNDON. March HO.-After an Investi gation of the grievances of the men who have milt work in the Glasgow dis trict, the council of the Amalgamated Society of Knglneers decided t idny that the strike In six Clyde chops waa un stltullonal and railed on the men to re turn to work. The council points out that the strike is in contravention of the munitions of war art. Two socialist speakers were arrested this morning for inciting munitions work ers on the Clyde to strike. New Order-in- Council Is Issued by England LONDON. March 30 An order- n rnun rll was i-suei tonight "where neither a sel nor Its ca-rn s iall le imuuine from capture for a brea h of blockade ti.on the sole ground thnt It at the moment 'a on its way to a nonhlockade port." placed bombs in different parts of the ship. The crew of the Matnppo feared the man, and when the kteamer hove in sight of the Delaware capes i's course waa changed and it sent up a signal for immediate assistance, and at I lie same time a boatload of Its crew went over h? "idT to enme B"hor' ,r"1 '""'"n neip. a tugnoat ami the steam pilot boat Philadelphia responded to the tall, as did also the coast guard crew sta- i t Cape HenUipen. Del a wr re. Tbe pilft nKt u . j told ln- , ,,..,,,,, pilot boat picked up the slip crew, who Tn , wlll bl.ollplll ,,,,. ,,, now .,, )ron, , th- ,.u.om nolll. Lewes. He has In hla possession money and papers belonging Lo the captain and the mate of the Matoppo. IVdeial authoritiea In Irf-wc have communicated with the liiiied Status i dlntrlct attorney at Wilmington, Del. FIRST PHOTO SHOWING WRECK OF THREE FAST NEW YORK CENTRAL TRAINS at Amherst, Ohio, where thirty people were killed on Wednesday morning. How the cars looked when daylight came. ; J t,C V Jhr- H :Jtx At IMMIGRATION BILL PASSES UNCHANGED House Votes for Alien Measure with Literacy Test Clause Attached. ASIATIC EXCLUSION CARRIES WASHINGTON, March 30. The IJurnclt immigration hill with its literacy tost and Asiatic exclusion provisions unchanged, passed the hoiiac late today, by a vote of 308 to S7. It now goes to the senate, where favorable action 1 regarded as n sail red. The literacy test was finally re tained In tho bill, when the house, y a tototf 284 To 17, rejected tho motion of Representative- Babath of Illinois to recommit the bill with Instructions to eliminate the test provision. Nebraska voted as follows: l.oheck and Sloan vtcd to recommit, while Res vis, Stephens, Shallcnborger and Klnkali voted agHtnst recommitment. On the passngo of the bill every mem ber of the Ncbrahka delegation with the single exception of lAibeck, voted In lts favor. Green of lowa voted against tho mo tion to recommit with Instructions, as did Mondell of Wyoming, ami both voted for the bill on Its final passage. As In former years It la believed that If the president vetoes the bill, ho will he sustained. Villa and Carranza Troops Reported in Fight Near Guerrero SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 30.-Flght-Ing, thrve days ago, between Villa troops and a detachment of Can-an la's forces, was reported today by General Persh ing to General Kunston. No details of tho engagement waa given, but General Pershing said Villa's men were moving south. H m believed Villa was with them. COM MI51 S. N. M., March 30,Amerl can trocps have been using the Mexico Northwestern railway for a distance of about I4" miles between Casas Grandes and Madeira daily for about ten days to transport troops and supplies, ac cording to Walter Warren, a negro trooper In Troop A, Tenth cavalry, who reached h' re today. Warren, who baa been Invalided at Fort Hliss, asserted thaj twelve men were In jured In the wreck on the road near Muslca station, March 21, which rcsul'eil in the death of Trooper Hudmil. Warren siirfeiid crushed hips and Internal in Juries. The t r,i in lie said, was ranging cars loaded with lio;ses and troops, and was w rei ked on a "shoo fly." vVarren said that ti.e other ten Injured men are being cared for at the field hospital at Cssaa Gtaidea. DOfGI.AN. Ariz.. March :.-A nw distrlliui Ion of Mexican troops was an nounced today by Ives G. Ielevier, Mex ican consul In Douglas. eGneral Calles expressed tho belief that Villa la ef fects ely rut off by the American troops on the north and the de facto troops on the east and south. In Chihuahua. That leaves SonorH. to the west, aa his possible refuge. According to the new orders l,2ou of General Gomes' cavalry have concen trated In Colonia Morelna, sixty -five iiil'es southeast of Agua Prlta. From there they ran move rapidly either north or south along the adjacent Chlhuahia border, guarding OJItoa and Cariela passes. Violent Battle on Along Italian Line HKKI.IV. March 30 i Ky Wireless to Tuckeiton, N. J.) A violent battle in in progress at the lioiizia brldxehead on Hie Italian front, larije lohn ticmg en gaged on both sides. The offl ial re port uf today announces the capture of .":,'( Italians. In the DoIk r lo sector there is spirited aitlUci) fighting. I it m . r ' Kit . ? J " T w GOOD MEN FOR NAVY ARE HARD TO GET Daniels Says Wages Ashore Are Higher and Physical Standard is Exceedingly Rigid. ONLY SIXTH OF MEN ACCEPTED WASHINGTON. March 30. Sec retary Daniels.' views regarding the navy's part ln the national prepar edness plans were Riven today be fere the house naval committee. Secretary Daniels began his state ment to the committee with a dis cission of personnel. The annual Ions from terminating enlistments was 12,875 men, he said, and wasitugo from other counts was 8,250. To add a dingle man .to tho full quota, ho added, meant that the 8,250 must be first restored by new enlistments. Requirements are so rigid that only one ln six applicants Is accepted. Conflicting views as to the proper n liided strength 'io aald. Were based on different Ideas an to how many ships should bo kept In reserve and how many men should constitute reserve crews. Ill own recommendations, based on tho ex perience of the department and advlco of many officers, looked to a total en listed Htrcng'h of ST,!."i2 men. "In time of peae," he said, "f do net lelleve we can add 20,000 men to the nsvy In one year ss has been suggested. H now have difficulty In keeping the pres ent quota full because of hlh wages ashore." Omaha Preacher Declines Call from Eastern Church Omaha Is good enough for Itcv. J, A. Maxwell, pastor of the Calvary Baptist church. He has declined the call which was re cently extended him by the First Haptlst church at IJoxbury, Pa., a suburb of Phil adelphia. At the request of members of (he local church rtev. Mr. Maxwell de cided to remain In Omaha. Since llev. Mr. Maxwell came to Omaha two and one-half esrs ago, new mem bers have been added to the congrega tion of the ( ahary Haptlst church. PROPOSED RAISE IN RATE ON RICEJS SUSPENDED WASHINGTON. March SO. Proposed Increase,, f ii ecu, a per pi pounds on rl'-e from California points to points In Iowa, Missouri. Kansas. Nrbraaka, Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming and New Mexico. wlibV would have been effective tomorrow, were susiended lodHy by tl.e Interstate Com merce commission until July 1"J pending ill fcetlgHt Ion. Four U-Boat Bases Among Greek Isles LONDON. Mar h 30 The discovery by entente allied patrol ships of four hostile s dm a Ino I ases among the Greek I land Is announced In a wireless illipauh from Koine this afternoon. -!;Ti PI -hf ' iff. Conscription of Wealth Advocated by the London Daily Chronicle I.ONION, March no.-Thn Dally Chron icle gives a prominent poaitia to an article i. rg lug the i oiihci Iption of wealth. The wii'.er, who la aald to be a well known economist, aug-vests that the chancellor of the exchequer should make a levy on alt the wealth in hu kiiiKdom anil thinks that a at suui.be over LlM,tK. pensions and other could be raised in this wav. Ilu pre- war ihsir.es. i:C.i. making llio senls a calculation to show how, on a probable annual total of the budgets as grad ialcd percentage s 'ule, Hi,o',iioO ( IhkIi as i:,i,'Mi.'mu. could he proilu 1 by mi initial levy f "Su, h budueta can be nu t. but only I per cent on all ioitv valued up to i with li;ui..i iiik a national development t."..'M. tl.e pe,.,iMl!e gradually iliclea -- , ,.IH U.inc.r 1 fie llMlion'' position in lug to 0 i n n p-i ty v ill rd ov er Ii o, 1 0. i the world " 3 ARMY PREPARES FOR L0N6CAMPAI6N General Per shin"; is Convinced that Chase for Villa Will Last Several Weeks. SUPPLIES ARE READY TO SHIP Kl. PAflO, Tex., March 30. Briga dier (leneral John J. Pershing has projected a long and relentless cam paign ln the hunt for Francisco Villa a chase that may last for many weeks before the fleeing bandit la run to earth. This Information was gleaned here today from military men who made no secret of their be lief that Villa has slipped through the ecrdon of CarranzlMa and American Hoops. - Mexican officials said today they had no news as to the whereabouts of Villa, but that the troops of the de facto gov ernment were aiding th American sol diers tn trying to round up tha brigand. The last of the Information waa that Vila was moving through the Fsnta Maria valley. Unco among his peon friends, who would glvn tho American troops misleading Information regarding his whereabouts, VII is might escape do- i teetlon for a long time. ltanehers from the region west of the Chihuahua district said that when It be came known that there was a price upon Villa's head, dead or alive, tho bandit would be In constant danger of betrayal. 1 Whether the American troops have madn It known that there la a reward for Villa has not been learned here, but it Is assumed thnt the word has been spread about among the peon population ss tho American soldiers move from place to place. llovlng bands of VHllstss are reported evers where In the region of tha Banta Maria valley, but apparently tha Ameri can flying columns have not coma In contact with them. Supplies Heady to ship. brigadier General George Ball, com mander of the base at Fort Bliss, awaited official orders today to ahlp supplies to the army over tha Mexico Northwestern railroad. Buppllea, con sisting of gasoline, forage, canned goods and flour, will go forward aa soon as tha orders are received. Meanwhile Major Klllott, department miartermaster, Is moving supplies In great bulk to Columbus, N. M., where they are carried 111 truck trains over the Mexican desert to the army baso below Casas Grandes Ten carloads were i shipped to Columbus early today, while ten motor trucks were also sent to the base there. Twenty-seven more motor trucks will go forward late today to Co lumbus. Army officers here believe that Colum bine will be continued ss an auxiliary base for tho American army In Mexico. They point out that no greet reliance can te placed on the Mexico Northwest (Contlnued on Page Two, Column One.) Taggart Will Not Be Candidate for Senate WASHINGTON. March SO Thomas Taggert, recently appointed t'nlted States senator ad Interim from Indiana to suc ceed the late Henalor Uhlvely. today Is sued an announcement saying he would not be a cundldate for the senatorial nom ination to succeed himself. ll says: "Wealth csn be taken in any form -rush, st'x'ka or real estate. Unless something like this la ilmin our peace oudKcti will become i'r..,ii!n( In their weight. With a debt of X O,fto,0O0,O00, interest and sinking fund payments will SINKING OF MANY SHIPS STIRS IRE OF UNITED STATES Some Officials Credit Report 0er man Subseas Ordered to At tack All Ships Bound for Great Britain. HUNT FOR CONCLUSIVE PROOF Several Unarmed Merchant Ships Carrying Americans Attaoked Without Warning. VIOLATES RECENT PLEDGE WASHINGTON. March 30. Tha I'nited Ptatea government today la using every means at its command t secure conclusive proof regarding the disasters which hare overtake ' tte Sussex and othe- unarmed mer chant ships, all carrying: American citttens. All circumstantial evidence Indi cates that these ships wer tor prdoed without warning and that German submarines have begun an underwater campaign in violation of Germany's recent assurances to tn United States. Some officials credit the sugges tion that German submarine com- mandera are acting under secret in structions such as were advocated by Admiral Von Tlrplts, to torpedo every vessel approaching the British Isles. Although official confirma tion Is lacking, some officials believe that the commanders of German sub merslblea have orders other than those of which this country Is ad vised. Th ex Step. The next step of tha United "tales la said authoritatively to have been deter mined upon. Unless Germany, In rsply to (he Inquiries made by tha CnlteiJ Slates through Ambassador Gerard, makes some statement to causa taa Stat department to change Its present Inten tions. It Is understood that all tha recently aggravating Incidents will be combined In one general formidable Indictment which will bring the entire subject to a clesr cut issue. Phould Germany admit responsibility for any of tha attacks and attempt to satisfy tho I'nited Statesby saying that a mis take had been made, offer to make repara tion and to punish, tha submarine oonv mander, the issue would not by any means be disposed of. It is regarded aa certain that tha United States will not aa ccpt such an explanation as satisfactory, at Wast until time had shown what pun- '' Ishment actually was mated out to tho offending submarine eommandora aad whether any value longer could be as- (ached to Germany' promises. Will Fraeroa with Prwto. In tho event of Germany disclaiming? responsibility for the disasters, tha United States will proceed with its In vestigation to determine to Its own satis faction whether the evidence which now strongly Indicates that the Sussex and other st-1 ps were torpedoed without warning can bo regarded aa conclusive ' proof. With such proof bofora it tho government probably would aot prosnptln Officials refrain from discussing what tha nature of tho action would be. Tha very number of apparently unwar ranted attacks which bavo occurred re cently la regarded by tho administration ss particularly significant. Tho number Is ssld by officials to bavo disposed of the theory that the explosions might have been caused by mines. Some of the cases. It was pointed out. have occurred In localities where there Is no possibility of mlno fields having been laid booaase of the depth of the water and the dis tance from shore. It became known during the day that tho State department had hoard unoffi cially the suggestion that German subma rine commanders were acting under se cret instructions such as were advocated by Grand Admiral von Tlrpita to torpedo every neutral veaset as well as belligerent-owned approaching the British Isles. Tha Secret Order. . Tha United States was advised the new orders to submarine commanders, which went Into effect March 1, provided for tho attack without warning of all armed merchantmen of tha entento allies. There had been no official confirmation what ever of tho secret order report. However, the number of disasters which have over taken unarmed merchantmen recently. In cluding thoae under neutral flags, caused soma officials to credit the suggestion thst orders of some kind other than those of w hlch the United States la advised, are ln effect. What la described In high administra tion circles aa tho extreme gravity of tho sltuutlon makes it necessary for tha United States to proceed with tho utmost rare in preparing for tho next step. Ea peclal effort Is being made to have all the essential facta In each casa developed from the best testimony and evidence available. Will Collect Data. Information is being, cr will fce, col. lected through American embassies and consulates, naval experts, officers, crews and passengers of ships reported to have (Continued on Pago Two, Column Four.) They Get Full Value Thrifty people don't throw things away. They sell or ex change them by the timely use of a Bee Want-Ad.