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Show GERMAN DECLARED AIRPLANE EXPERT William Werner, Arrested Recently, Found to Be Engineer Waiting a Chance to Return Horaa. CLEVELAND. Ohio. March 6. William Werner, a former sergeant in the German army, ariested here several weeks ago for violation of the zone permit regulation, regula-tion, today was revealed as an enpineer awaiting his opportunity to return to Germany with important information about American airplanes, and Federal Agent Kage tonight recommended to Attorney-General Gregory his internment, declaring him to be "an exceptionally daneerous enemy alien." When arrested. Werner had twenty-seven airplane models. Dozens of blue prints of airplanes and qirplane ports minutely marked were i -und in a house at Niagara Falls. N. Y.. where he lived until he came here, ac- , cordir.g to officers. Although an expert enplneer. he has posed as a common laborer and recently. I it was stated, he took a course at a Chi- i iapo aviation school. He came to Amer- j ica six years ago. j |