OF POWELL itor General's Depart- ierit Under Legislative Investigation PASS JOINT RESOLUTION !.? Itu a Staff Corrrtpondtnt W HARIUSBtmo, March 20. 'An Investigation of Auditor General row- ' department was stariea Dy mc wb- ;ur today, wnen com Drancnes ui " ral Assembly nflopted a rcsoiuuon cn upon the Auditor General to report to Legislature the run aeiaus as iu Is mployln expert accountants to eo the books In his department. .a. ahortaee has been alleged, and the ios- Uitlon, Introduced by Senator T. Larry Byre, of Chester, a Tenroso lieutenant. ih. viv for a thorough probe nnd ilUrts the Investigation of the State admin. .6aa-i.... t.ni iiBi Kon tlirpntenpcl bv rfen- .JVtTailUU nm. - ".v.. -. - ator Penrose !. injiinr fT.nra! Powell. Ill answer to i. 11.. h TvtalntiirA In nrnvlilltiir e amuii m vno mw -.-- - - tor the probe, said that Attorney General rnwn authorized him to employ the hc- aauntants. The probe of the Auditor CJon- v...i-. nnnr(mnt In nnlv a start. Senator ii Penrose Indicated. The senior Senator Is lthre today, having arrived shortly after the ,-Kyre resolution passed. i,' "It Is a tentative start," was his only j Comment, when told that both branches had adopted the resolution. He would not dls- cuss It or his prooe pians runner. s Powell entered the Senate chamber soon after the resolution was passed by the Senate. "I nersonallv remicstcd that the resolu- W tlnn b sent to the House Immediately after ft Kb passage by the Senate," said the Auditor General. "I have nothing to reir. i couri ' the fullest lnestlgatlon. Kxerybody I have .; employed has been In accordance with an " opinion or the Attorney General, and I have ' mployed no one from whom there has not Pbeen provision mado by appropriation. ? "T la Inia that rttltalfln nrrntintantS llHVC t tiscn nsslstlnr mV office force In going over S ' my books, but there has been nothing unau fc thorltcd In their employment. As for my books not balancing with those of the btato Wjr Treasurer's Department, It Is up to the ?M ftfniA Trnsiirr to spa that his books bal ance with mine, not up to me to see that Biy books balance with his. "Is It true that Burns detectives have been employed In your department to keep an eye on certain of Its employes?" "I would rather ou would not ask me ? Mist miKtlnn I nm lint Tirpn.lrptl plthpr til Y-t - -' " - - "- .cr. 4nv or to affirm It." V, S. Marshals Naval m Forces to Fight U-Boats Rs Continued from I'ace One kt .' k... n.Am1.AHd nnnns.J t. n of a. I , r ,1a f . A lice iiicuivmi s u)J(iuri:u uu.-riviiitih wn; n & tual session of Congress. j Other members assumed a different view. V, They argued that, een though It was con- eded that a state of war actually existed, iU congressional action would be required be fore any reprisal could he undertaken. The President was understood to have maln- Bs tatned an "open mind" and to have asked L every Cabinet member to express his views freely for his guidance. B The general opinion In ollicial circles tS while the Cabinet was In session was that K' Wft hanin, In attltiirln v n a Hlal. fr fl.n Fi,r Immediate present at least. White House Kv officials said that they did not expect that any official statement would be forthcom ing when the Cabinet meeting finally broke up, although they admitted that tliix de ll pended entirely on President Wilson him- W lf- .4 Tne cabinet meeting ended at r-13, alter the President had held Its membern In Session for more than two hours. . In the tentative plans to meet the subma rine menace the United States, Great Brit- r-i am and France win be linked In guarding 3v the ocean lanes against the U-boats, it is bwl tlfltpvprl- nl!hnnih nn nfflnlnl nnnilrncAmptit !(7 has hpptl Inntlo nnil nnnp In pvnppFprl unnn The Administration pxnectprl to hpctn to. $ day the work of Informally negotiating tlwlth these allies. This will probably bo linriAPfOuan thrntiirVi Inn Situ t a lloni rtinntif and the British and French embassies here. With Its proposed big fleet of patrol and Wt chaser boats, plus larger nay essels, the ,' United States will be In a position to offer X protection to commerce off the American . -l,, .. ..... , .. - ... ssi coaut, wane vjreat uriiuin ana t ranee win iC'' bA pnprtp,l in rpplnrnnntp In flio hnrrnrt 1'. Rone. LJi5 Navy men believe that the submarine j menace may be brought directly home : that l, feats such as the U-53 performed off N'an- : tucket last summer will be repeated. "?y ,intv aiiu Millie uvja( iiiivuia iiuu Willi fc&'li'reparatlons these days. The navy bears K- the brunt of the work, but under the sur- i.i 'face the army has shaped Its plans whereby NT It can call out the National Guard anew. and also provides sufficient officers for the training of a half-million army .The New York Navy Yard began work 'f; today on sixty submarine chasers, hastily l oraerea, wnue tomorrow urns win oe opened f.ifor 200 or more 110-foot speedboats, avail- kl n mt MOrrAio nn.l uiilininwlhn lhan Wf) "! 4"-1 w 4 uia unu nuunmiiiio uiiaa w V i XTntkfn f'lll faa normtttA t . j,i1 In ,ha jjCway of hastening navy preparedness. The ry. lfht-hour law has been cast abide and If fX commandeering Is needed It will be under taken. MnhillKiitlnn nf thp Aftnnlln DAf nn.f ' ef the naval militia has been considered for two weeks or more, and It may be nec essary to accomplish this before lone. At LJ any rate the Navy Department, inspired A by President Wilson, Intends to do all that !,! possible to tnwart Germany's ruthless I': Bess. y&l The action of tho President In making fct4 Immediately available the $115,000,000 jJi.tmergency fund carried In the naval ap f'roprlatlon bill has greatly pleased naval jf-f'emcers. They declare that It now will be ;J possible Intelligently to speed up all naval p construction, uciaus oi uuen speeding up ?? not for the public to know, but the officers responsible say that It will be of i ,f the moat Intelligent character. " V The tenseness of International affairs has 4T. 2t -W? -,..., H,.l ,Hjr n.UIIIIH iCThe navy now has 60 600 men. though It 'faun must raise apout 87.000 others. Karly t jnaduatton of two Annapolis classes will provide officers for the untrained. ?"Agaln and ngaln officials today em phasized that when the war. considered In- t.able. comes. It will be a war of defense ,,- the honor of the United States. The In rflpHrable situation Is of Germany's own Ho omclal professed to know whether the RT rooWent had yet made up his mind to ad- vaace the extra besslon of Congress. In tate connection it Is known that while there pao.been a popular demand that thfs be ," certain official sources which are ply- concerned In the defense of the Ha iti have, raised their voices avatnst the Man. They argue that It Is certain that l .are' German, net submarines on this .vjpjoV of the' Atlapt'c at secret base. These jMkaaarlinM are In, communication with i" witnout .oopDt, Auvancement ,oi me jnrni vvuiu'uv rrsitruru n iniita t:U'a ivsKdeclaration. theie otllclals 1 awd.'.lmmeilajely these submarines - pe 09tnqea ou,to ram an Ainorican aptc4aly coastwise vessels. - ..-.:...-,..; r- WU-wWateii i;Cas ftf ' War i, lyiwi vr -in i?mbc ui m, ! ryvioina to ;srH.!. yrney kWWeffiKWu for Escaped Raiders Centlnned from rse One Max Thlerlchens, se.ilor German com mander In charge of tho Interned ships, added fuel to tumorx that the attempted wholesale delivery was tho result of a well planned plot. Involving persons "higher up." Captain Thlerlchens left the navy yard yes terday without guard In the nutomoblle of Adalbert Koertlng Fischer, one of the al leged principals In the chronometer smug gling plot. Presumably he left to go to the United States Naal Hospital, but at tho hospital It was ofllclally denied that he had been there or was there. Whether or not ho returned to the navy yard could not be learned. That the German commanders of tho two ships, the Pilnz Kltel Kiledrlch and the Kronprlnx Wllhelm, nlded the ese.ipe was the view expressed by some ofllclali at Washington today. At the Navy Department It was said that official action regarding Commandant Hus sell's failure to prevent tho escape would be delayed until an Inquiry was made. What to do with tho four captured men, who nns In the Marino Ilarratks prison, alio was undecided. As a result of the thrilling venture Fed eral officials at Washington hurried plani for transferring the 700 German aboard the two ships to Fort Oglethotpe and Fort Mcl'hcrson, Ga. The men probably will ho started southward late today or tiimoirnw, started southward tomorrow. It was paid. Special trains will be run on to the spur track leading to the docks alongside the vessels. Search for the missing men virtually has been turned over to the Philadelphia police nnd Fedeial agents, who believe that the missing sailors have made good their escape from the League Is and district ,ind arc scattered In the city c'loce wnteh Is being kept on the addresc given In the lists of names, which are thought to he those of persons who would give shelter t. the Genn.vis. Mo't of these nanieH hi those of persons In Philadelphia. Iloboken and .Terse 'lt. according to the police The name of one Phlladelphlan Itlch.ird Stein whs said to be among thoe found on a piece of paper In the pocket of one of the Germans. Stein, who Is owner of u small faun near Stonchousp lane and Twen tieth stieet, has n son who drives a South Broad street Jitney, opei.itlng between the navy yard and Sluink street MAYOn TAKKS CHARGi: Major Smith was roused out of bed at his home at Glenslde at 3 o'clock this morn ing and hurried by automobile to League Island, wheie he took charge of the city policemen on the scene He personally di rected the bearch for the minting Teutons United States marines, working In shifts of one company each throughout the night, gave up their search of the marsh land northwest of the navy yard at 0 o'clock this morning. Philadelphia mounted policemen plajed an Important part In the capture of the four Germans. A warning shot fiom a marine sentiy posted .it the stockade half-enclosing the dock of the raldeis at !:15 o'clock last night brought tniee mounted policemen, who collared four Germans all they caw with in five minutes. The sentry, wro was pati oiling the nar row lane between the high baibcd-wlie stockade and an outer wire fence heard n soft splash In the water of the back chan nel, near the sterns of the two vessels. He Hied his rlftei Mounted Policemen Duiton Bennett. M llam Jester and .1. II. Hlllson. detail to prevent communication between the raiders and outsiders, were attracted to the spot. They saw u dark object cutting through the water It vvaa a swimmer, sturdily fighting through the Ice-cold water towau the point where the v.est end of the block ade curves and meets ihe shote of the back channel, about fifty yards from the Mem of the ships. They drew the'r revolvers and filed, cut ting the water about the man with n hall of bullets and shouting to him to sunendei or they would tire to Mil. The German, hesitating, finally threw up one hand "Kameiad'" he shouted That Is the Ger man equivalent for "I suneiuler " The policemen waited for him to swim to shore He fell into the'r arms, panting and nearly frozen to death from his plunge into the water He was wrapped In a eoik life belt Hennett took him In charge and ran him to tho guardhouse. Meanwhile the .searchlight of the scout cruiser Salem, aroused by the firing, was flashing through the darkness. By its light Jester and Htllson saw a man fleeing west ward along n path hv the stockade Thev spurred their horses and galloped after him i . - capturing him. Scarcely had they hand cuffed him when another swimmer emerged horn the water. They collared him, too. As Bennett was Jogging along with his prisoner, he found another Gorman shiver ing In a clump of weeds outsldo the stock ade. This man, evidently confused In tho darkness, had becomo lost und was glad to surrender. Ily this time the entire yard was moused. Marines wero ordered out on tho doublo quick nnd the terrain west of Hroad street whs closed to all not In unlfoini, A com pany of marines, with loaded lilies, spread out fanllko In th darkness north and west, sweeping the marshland as far as the Scliuylkhl Itlver and swinging In toward the Glrard Point elevator, on the river. Mxtra policemen were rushed to 'the nnvy yard and Joined In the search. The police boat John I& Heyburn. moored at Chest nut street wharf. Schuylkill, was ordered down the liver at .'I o'clock this morning, and searched tho river bank, later taking on a detachment of marines and examining the ilver hank as far north as the Penrose Ferry bridge. UNIFORMS FOUND An Important discovery was made by Mounted Policemen Hvans-and Cainey In the marshland where the bark channel Joins the Schuylkill Itlver. They found tluee wet and bedraggled sailors' unlfotms and two caps bearing tho letters "S. M. S. Prlnz Hltel Frlcdrleh"; six cork life belts, wrapped in newspapers and several collars The civilian clothes were dry, Indicating that they had not been carried through the water by tho Germans In their daring swim for liberty One of the unlfotms was that nf a boats swaln, and the others of ordinary seamen Shnrtlv nfter this discovery Major Logan Feland. commandant of marines led an other i'omp'in of land sallois on a sys tPiii.itlc seaieh of small fatmhou'c. barns, sheds and outbuildings that dot the farm and piggery property of this section. The seat eh, which lasted until fi o'clock this morning, extended us far north as Oregon avenue. TAKUN TO GUAItnitOt'Si: The Oerr lans captured here first wcte taken to the guardhouse, where tlic.v were searched. Then they were sent aboard the Salem, where the.v were given treatment to counteract the shock of the cold and later were taken to the prison As soon as the alarm was given estin precautions wero taken to prevent further escape of the Germans. The searchlight of the Salem was fixed on the two German raiders until the seaichllght of the scout cruiser Chicago could hn hi ought Into ac tion. Then the Salem's light flashed out ovei Ihe marshlands of League Island Park, aiding the marines and policemen In finding their way through the darkness. Tugs were ordered to the back channel and guard nbout the stockade was doubled When morning camo supplies for the two German vessels were subjected to minute examination at the gate. Heretofore a prod or. two Into packages had been deemed sufllclent. but today the lids of all boxes were pried open with an ax and the con tents examined A sudden "dousing" of electric lights at the main gate of the navy yard and of the trolley ais waiting for the night shift or woikmen shortly before the sentry's shot lang out was explained today as being nothing more than a good opportunity for escape seized b.v the Germans. At first It was believed that the stiange behavior of the lights was prearranged and the work of confedeiate.s outside the ynid The crews of the German ships seemed to he elated toda over the repotted cbcape of their comrades and over the Hist real A BRUSH YOUR TEETH WITH Albodon AND THEY'LL BE CLEAN A scientific preparation truthfully ad vertised. Its virtues arc not exag gerated, and no absurd claims arc made. Your dentist and druggist know the formula. 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Secretary Daniels said today that the attempt of the Germans to escape was prob ably due to their knowledeg of the plans of this Government to transfer them to Forts Oglethorpe and Mcl'hcrson In Georgia, The Secretary said the German Government hns kept the men supplied with money ever since they have been Interned here, send ing It each month The Germans have been Instructed to pre paro.an Inventory of the property they are to leave when they are taken from tho Philadelphia. Nnvy Yard. It Is expected that the sallots will leave Philadelphia to morrow for the South The ofTlcftil view taken of the German violations nf privileges given them Is shown In the note to f'nrtatiza, which was made public today by Secretary of Stalo Lansing, It sa.vs: "At the time Ihe German-JIcxIcan-.Iap-uncMi plot was conceived the United States was at pc.iee with the German llmplte, nnd Get man ofllelals and German subjects wern tint only enlnylng, tit abusing, the liberties nnd privileges frji.v accorded to them on Amei'liau soil nnd under American protec tion " Russia Pushes Plans for War and Reforms Cnntlmirrt from I'ltce (Inn building, and there Is n steady flow of proclamations and manifestoes addressed to the people, the nrmy and the navy. navy Piof Paul Mllukoff Is authority for the statement that Kussla Is still bound by the tteaty obligations made b.v the old nutoc lacy. although It Is evident that the new Government, when firmly established, will deslte to lem.ike somo of the treaties now In foice with covenants that have the na tional approval, The financial obligations of the old Gov ernment also are to be honored, It Is stated. fh. ntictiAni! ttnwKver. are mor or less side Issues at tho present time. Th two blqucstlons with which the proylilonal Government Is struggling arc these: 1. Domestic reforms of a political and economic Importance. 2. More vigorous .prosecution of the war, with tho elimination of the Irregularities nnd espionage that marked the old Oov eminent. A delegation of Finns Is coming here, and It Is understood that they will be pro"""" nutonomy for Finland. Full liberties for the .lows nnd Armenians are also on tne program of the reformers. n some districts, It was said, the revo lutionary movement has still met vvltti some resistance, the loyalists not knowing the full strength or ine n,iiuiU...j ,'," but It Ib confidently predicted that hefore many days have passed the led flag of free doth will float over evcty section of tne empire. The friendly attitude of tho En tente Powers Is highly encouraging to the new Government. Reports that Genetal nrusslloff. .com mandcr nf the main group of Russian armies on the eastern front, will bo ap pointed Russian commander-in-chief were sttengthened today when It was nnnoiinccd that the provisional .government has found It Inexpedient to promote Grand Duke Nich olas to that post Opposition to the Grand puke developed from the fact that he Is a blood relative or tho deposed Czar. The propaganda against the Romanoff family has become so strong that the I.voff Ministry In Russia has found It necessary to bend, In some Instances, to Its will. This same propaganda has led Orand Duke Michael Alexaudrovltch to waive his lights to the sovereign power until nfter the election of a national assembly. 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