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Show ASKS FOR TIME TO REPAIR SHIP German Raider's Commander Urges j Speedy Action by United States iH Authorities Newport News, Va., April 13. H Lieutenant Captain Thlerfelder, com- H mandcr ot tho Gorman convertod 'H cruiser Kronprlnz Wilhelm, dcllvorod 'H to Collector ot Customs Hamilton lato H today formal roquest for tlmo to ro- H pair his ships In this port. H Tho lottors wero forwarded to the H socretary ot tho treasury and their H contents not divulged. .H While It Is understood tho'abrman H commander asked for three wooks'as H a maximum, ho stated he would mako H every effort to complete temporary H ropalrs and leavo port beforo that H Captain Thlerfelder did not request H coal and provisions, explaining that H ho would do this whou tho Washing- H ton government has decided how long H ho may romaln In neutral waters. H Unofllclnlly tho captain ot the Kron- H prlnz Wilhelm urged thnt notion re- H gnrdtng his Bhlp bo expedited and In H this connection asked tho stato do- H partment through tho German cmbas- H sy to havo tho navnl board mako H an examination at onco. H Whllo opinion prevails horo that H tho Wilhelm will Intern, Captain H Thtorfcldcr Insists ho must return to M tho high seas. M |