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FINANCIAL EDITION
YlVt NIGHT
iltri EXTRA
VOL.n NO. 82
U. S. REJECTS VIENNA NOTE,
WILL REITERATE DEMANDS;
OFFICIALS FORESEE BREAK
I president and Cabinet
Decide That Aus
trian Position Is Un
satisfactory and Not
Justified
Lansing Authorized to Send Re
joinder That Virtually Will
Be an Ultimatum No Fur
ther Discussion Will Be
Admitted.
Vienna Follows Berlin's Example ns
Set Forth in Lusitnnia Affnir nnd
Requests Further Information on
Various Points in America's First
Note
WASHINGTON, Dpi 17
Austrii. a pplj to the demands nf tlio
United ht.itcs In the Aucoun tunc ni to
da) called utteilj unsatisfactory to this
Government It wns considered lit length
at a Cabinet meeting, following which
Eecrctntj of Stnto Jtobpit Lansing was
given complete nml absolute, nuthority to
deal with the entire subject as he shall
think best
It was the consensus of opinion of the
Cabinet that unless the note is a plnv
for time. It can be regarded by the Pres
ident and his advisers onlj .is a I ejection
of the American demands
TAILS TO SATISPV
The Cabinet conference de eloped the
following f.utH
First Tlio rcplv falls to state a new
Austrian position that is In nn wa rc
ipoiislp to the Atncilinn position
becond - It was deemed ridiculous that
Austria should dispute the facts as le
clted In the American note, inasmuch as
that note er spccUlclnllj set forth that
the facts hid been gleaned fiom .111 offi
cial rcpeAt of the Austrian admit nits
Third The suggestion that Austria
could not be bound lij the piecedcnts set
up In the correspondence with Germ mv
likewise was blushed aside as iiiclevant
It Is not a question of precedents, but
one of fundamental principles" was the
position enunciated by Secretarj Uinslng
10 tne uaoinet.
J'ourtli That indicative, ncrhans. of a
pltalro on the part of the Austrian Oov-
CMIIICill III jjeu fMiuiijiji-iipp.irr ior U
tsorotlS rejection Of the Amprlpiin (In.
' Jinti(l3 It was learned from Amtnssidor
.rinneld that the text of the American
dftjhaa Just been published In the Aus
trian press
In referring the entire question to Sec
jetary Lansing for settlement as he shall
ee nt tho President made no hampering
(ingestion It is consldctcd certain that
thln tho next few dajs what may
prove to be tho llnal word will be sent
forward to Austria It will simply state
that unless Austria has new actual facts
to put forward this government must
demand a reply to Us request for a dis
avowal, otherwise a contlnuanco of
amicable relations cannot be possible
BELIEVE BREAK WILL COME
The-e was not a tingle member of the
Cabinet who considered tho outlook other
than sctkius The consensus of opinion
a that an open diplomatic brcik must
Wme Tho only raj of hope was that
Baron Zwiidlnek has lecclvcd Instruc
tions of a character such as Count vou
Bernstorff was In possession of when tho
Arabic outlook was most dark and tho
revealing of which saved tlm Hltuiitlnii
But it was oflklallj slated that thero was
no evidence to warrant n belief tint an
uch Instructions wero here U the Aus
trian Embassy It wns admitted that cen
tral instructions covering a course of ac
tion had leached tho Chaige, but in
formation concerning them was refused
In the event of a break it is u.ilciutootl
that Baron Kwledlnek has been instructed
to turn the affaire of his embassy over to
tns Spanish Ambassador No decision jet
has been reached ns to who will take
over American affairs In Vienna Officials
ay that this Is a matter that has not
yet been considered by Secretary Lansing
For a time It appeared that tho Cabinet
would not pass upon tho note Ceituin
Motions had becomo mixed In cable trans
mission and had to be repeated back for
correction Tho Cabinet meeting was half
over before a State Department messenger
ruined to the Whlto House with tho per
fected text
,." waB learned lato this afternoon that
the President Intends to hold a llnal con
ference with Secretary Lanblng on the
ftply to be made to Austria befoio lie
leaves on his honeymoon At this enn-
lerepco the President Is expected to out
line 1llo. I . ...... ......
li i , "i ucuun mis uovernmeiu win
.take In case Almtrl.i 1oib nnt reiile
jomItly and faorably to the second
WEATHER
fc?.y,ou pluy hoi so this morning and
! In the middle of the street' Hvirj
"y aid who had to be at work before
OClOCk. after whirl, llm. lir hlirh lelll-
K?.'?.rures made sliding Impossible and
,. . ""avoidable However, It Is a fine
In every lespect-for the man who
a" overshoes, umbrellas and raincoats
ort J , ' tho Blusl and rain and dlscom
.lort doesn't sepm tn i,nvn Dnnr.KintiK He-
iied the throng of Christmas bujers
. ,uur snopping and sloppini,' earl
FORECAST,
ldlJJ aUtl mnnlif ,.. tntlniiiil 7,1
tltarinq Saturday; colder Saturday
nght; (rah to brisk southetly winds.
LOST AND FOUND
! nil?v DIAMOND OUT Ol' KINO LOST
1 lACton f"ln et ember 13. either at
TlttMri ??' or ,twn there ana Kellh'i
flvrinuf' f i'krom, Kel"1 Theatre to luth ann
kjjuiut. J.lbeial reward U returned to MM
0ifhSPIKU'-K ni'i unod ut 4bite
Wte Sd ?oae on'1 brWH' screw tall wlti
er ln 11 V -wa1 feiun un iitisiu uii
p." to Uob Jju reuard II retunioJ U.il
ttS0!,1' LKTrrn I'l'llbK Toat lontilnt
t bp(.'- .'n iJIrarU Tr North AmerKun
I l . . llU ItltZ Pjl-lln., -u... .l nl.,.., .v
fgSt'P Jllll & Co uiK) North American Ulc
.iKf Vhnh" ,IUb Market nn.J Arcb t Be
S ene Ccrmautown 2331.
tr Hosri ilh H r,., rJ anil fg
fontague Glass'
Reasons Why Austrian
Note Is Unsatisfactory
The basis for tho rejection of
the Austiinn lcply, which was char
acterized by the President and the
Cabinet ns unsntisfnctoiy, is that
Vienna has failed to meet the de
mands of the United States and has
not Riven any valid reasons for
tho attitude it has assumed.
Thnt n break in diplomatic rela
tions is nlmost certain to follow,
should Austria fnil to accept and
comply with tho demands of the
United Stntes, which will he rc
itciatcd in a now note, is the ir
tually unanimous opinion of Gov
ernment officials.
The President and Cabinet have
delegated full authoiity to Secre
tary Lansing to frame such a lcply
to Austiia as ho may deem ncccs
saiy. It is said that the new note
will leave no loophole for Aus
tria to demand fuithoi discussion
of the subject and that its rejec
tion will automatically sever diplo
matic lclntinns between tho two
countries,
Austiia wilt bo infoimed thnt tho
United States based its original de
mands upon the affidavits of Amer
ican survivors on the Ancona as
well as tho official Austrian report.
This will bo tho only concession tho
United States will make in its now
note.
SUSPENSION FOR
YEAR IS VERDICT
IN RICHMOND CASE
Chancellor Sends J u r y
Back to Sentence Rec
tor, However
DELIBERATING AGAIN
A recommendation of one i car's sua- i
pension foi the Itcv George Chalmers
HIclimond wax mado late this afternoon, '
by tho trleis in the ecclestlastlcal court, i
befoio which tho rpctoi of St John's '
Episcopal Chinch has been on tilnl on
charges of violating his oidln itlou vows
nnd conduct unbecoming n clergyman
This announcement came ns a aiuprlse
It was explained b Chancelloi Hudd tint
unilci the canons of the chinch the tilers
must scntcscp m exonerate, nnd tint they
ha o no pow er mcrclj to 1 ecomincml The
triers then vvnt back to deliberate
Tho iccomincndntlon was ncompanied
b tho announcement thnt Mi HIclimond
had ben found kullty on th tee charges
Before the triers lnd opportunity to spec
lf Just what chaiges these art, tho
wero Instructed to return and determine
what sentence shall bo meted out to tho
clergMiian
VELGIAX RELIEF SHIP
IlEACIIED AND DAMAGED
Lovenpool Believed to Bo Victim of
Submarine Attack
LONDON. Dec 17 -The Hrltisli steam
ship l.eveupool, bound from Now York
to Hotteidam, has been "dnniuRed and
benched," I.lnvds announced this aftei
110011 Tho Ievenpool wns under charter to
tlio American Committee for Hellef In
IlclKtuui and was cnrrvin;r a carco of
suiiplles for the HelKlans
No details wero bIvpii In tho Hist an
nouncement, but Its Hlmilniity to thoso
mado when a ship has been sunk by a
submarine was taken In shipping circles
to Indicate that the vessel had been at
tacked b 11 German U-boat
The Lovenpool, a ship of 1811 cross
tonnage, owned by tho Tool Shipping
Company, left New York on November
21 On its wnj to Rotterdam it was
scheduled to stop at nUinouth
An Ainsteidam dispatch sas it was
repoited tln.ro that tlio ship had been
sunk by a mine or a torpedo, but that
the crow had been saved
The l.eveupool was built In 1911. Its
length was 370 fett and It was 57 feet
wide
, li:moxadk quhnches fire
Oidinary Pink Variety of Drink Ex
tinguishes Blaze Started by Chil
dren Playing With Matches
Two glasses of lemonade were used to
day to extinguish a blaze in a burning
building
It happened this vva Two small chll
dien plujing with the averago child's
favorite to matches set lire to a lice
curtain In the second-story front 100111
of tho homo of S-im Wulvlck, at -
North Sth stieet, next door to tho navet)
Theatre, homo thoughtful person sent
in an alaim. but bum wouldn't bo ai-
noied bv waiting foi the engines, and '
started to put It out himself He thought
first of water Ho went to the bathroom
It was occupied Ho then lushed Into his
cigar store below and looked at his tjodu,
fountain, a beautiful Instrument thnt at
tracts the thlrst.
Two glasses of pink lemonade rested
theieon, waiting for the entrance of .1
customer bam grabbed the drinks,
rushed upstairs and feurlesl threw
them at tho curtain. Kxit the lire and
the place was saved.
Warden at New Castle Workhouse
WILMINGTON. Del, Dec J7.-Trustees
of the New Castle Countv Workhoufco to
da announced the appointment of Cap
tain Richard I Cioss to bo chief warden
of the New e'astle Count Woikhouse to
succeed Ionard Crawford, who resigned
on account of ill health Captain Cioss
has for Miveiul jears been deputy war
den at the New Jcrsej fatate Heform
utry Jt Itahwu), N J-
New Characters,
RECEIVES SETBACK IN MURDER CASE
1 1 r ' i y 1
I M J&&& ffl
H &mk 1 ?& $ JL " Mr 111
11 BmZs.TMmMM jmf E i
1 ''mKrmx JTyimTSMBrT'inrmTTi
Edward F. Keller, of Kensington, who wns ai rested on suspicion
of murdoring D. .1. McNichol, whose body was found in a trunk
under n cellar, was held without bail to await tho action of tlio
Coroner's Jury nt Ins hearing, in the Central btation today. As the
photograph shows, Keller's quiet, intelligent face gave no evidence of
what his feelings might have been when he lost tho fust step in
what promises to be a long legal buttle.
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'TRAITOR' CHARGE
BASIS OF A SUIT
BY MRS. ASQUITH
British Premier's Wife
Says the London Globe
Called Her 'Disgrace'
ACTION CAUSES SURPRISE
LONDON. Dee 17. Mrs. Herbert II.
Asciulth, wifo of vie Hrltisli Premier,
hi ought a suit for libel against the Olobe
todi.
The action of Mrs. Asiiulth caused a
sensation Tho suit Is based uu tho
charge tint the. Olobu had mado vaiious
unfounded accusations against tlio plain
tiff The nelu il defi ndauts ato the uiem
lsis of tlm Husiiiiks Nenvsinpcis I .til
promletoiH of the Globe
Henry i: Duke, kliirf s counsel and at
torncj foi .Mrs AMfiuth. said in llllug the
suit that ".Mis Abiiultli had bun de
scilbul as a tialtoi and a ilisginte to
her sex", that she had bitn attacked in
"most oppiolnlous tcims. ' and that sfie
had been acLiised tit want of lojaltv and
nsMitlatlon with German pilsoncis at
DotinlnKton Hall
'"I ho altatkh weio sjstematieullj aim
malevolent inalnialnid. said Imkt
"being suspended onh after the Issue of
11 writ of pufeccutlon .Mis Asoulth was
subjected to the providing foi neatlv 1
whole eai 'I ho attacks began last
spihv In antithei ncvvsiiapir, which pub
llcb apologked and at Mis Asxiuitli's
Ins'igation pibl IK") tr to tho lied
Cuss "
Tho nttornej fuither bild that slieaves
of anonjinous letteis had been sent to
JIis Ah0.ulth and Imputations cast upon
hei In socle tj owing to tlio attacks In
tlio Globe
Continuing Ills statement to tho court,
Duke bal 1
The libels were us gross and bad as
could bo mule against uii Dngllsh wom
an Thej weie calculated to liillame tho
people against Mis Asiiulth and shako
public confidence in the administration
'Counsel has overwhelming proof that
the words in these attacks ileslgnitcil
Mrs Asiiulth It was impossible for
them to appl to the wife of unj other
Cabinet Minister Mis Asquith has de
nied iindei oath that statement regarding
Dounington llu11
The case was adjourned until Tuesdaj
at the lenuest of the defendants
ILNEMIC0ATTACCAT0
DALL'ALTO E FUGAT0
Riuscito Esperimento di At-
tacco da Parte di Una Grande
Squadra di Vefivoli
Telegrauiml da Roma dleono die una
b'tuadra di 1$ vcllvoll Italian! ha attaccato
con bombe e con canuonl e mltiagliatrlcl
la trineee austriache In Val Chlapevano,
costringendo II nenilco ad abbandonare la
trincca
(Leggere in $ paglna le ultimo e plu'
dettagllato notizle sulla gucrra, in Ital-iano.)
Zapp and Birsky, Will Discuss
PHILADELPHIA, F1UDAV. DEOEMBHIt 17, 15)15.
bsSassJsX!.';.x.'rJl
I KELLER HELD IN
TRUNK MURDER;
$2000 MISSING
D. J. McNichol, Victim of
j Frankford Crime, Had
That Sum Shortly Be
fore He Disappeared
SEEN DIGGING IN CELLAR
Today's Developments
in the Trunk Murder
L'dwaid J. Keller, -17 vcar.s old,
held on suspicion of murdci.
Motive believed to bo connected
with disappeatanco of $U'000 bot
lovved by Daniel J. McNichol, iden
tified as murdered man.
How the money was disposed of
wns never explained.
Mis. Jennings, mother-in-law of
victim, says she gave Keller S.'I5 for
McNichol after the lattei's disap
pearance on Match HO, 1911.
Keller and his wife declare Mc
Nichol is still alivo and that it was
not his body that was found in a
trunk in a cellar at 1002 Ftnnk
ford avenue.
Former partner of Keller says ho
saw him digging holo in cellar near
where body was found.
IMward J Keller was held to await
the action of the Coroner by Mngistjato
rennoek in Clt Hall iollco court today,
in connection with the murder of Daniel
J McNichol, his former associate in tho
leather goods business
Tho bod found on Wcdnesdi In n
brass-bound steamer tiunk hi the cill.n
of 40,' Frank ford avenue, n dlsiuantleil
and long uiiociiifiled building formerl
leased b Keller and IMvvanl J Conneri
as a lauudrj, was identified b the oum
wife of Mi Vlcboi, who had been iuising
foi tile last -0 months
The iiiUoiicr declaies tint McNichol
is still alive, und his attornej showed
that the chief line of defense would bo
an attack mi the Identification
Connen gave the most Important tetti
mon at the hearing which was attended
bv AssUtunt District Attoine Taulaue,
representing the Common wealth The for
mer 1 umilijm.m. now a powdermakei at
Carnej s I'olnt, said ho had seen his
partner, Keller, digging a hole In the
cellar of their 1 unulr in the .sceoml
week of April, 1911, bhortl aftei the
dlbuppearauce of McNichol which oc
curred on March 30. 13H This hole was
a few feet from where the trunk con
taining the body was bulled and where
It was discovered by woikmen engaged
in deepening the cellar
Another Impoitant piece of evidence wag
foutiuued on I'u?e Six, Column One
Husband and Wife Die in Fire
LONG HRANCH K J.Dec 17
barter i
H Hajca, w jurs old, and his wlfo were
burned ti. death In u ftru vvbiHi destrojet
Uilr homo early to'ij
DR. SHAW WEEPS
AMID WEALTH OF
FLORAL TRIBUTES
Gray-haired Suffrage Lead
er Receives Touching
Ovation
ELECTION POLLS CLOSE
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt
Probably Chosen New
President
By JI'LISS
WASHING roN, nee K - Dr. Anna
Ifnwnid Shaw, veteran leader of tho auf
fingp riuse In the I'nlled States, stood on
the plntfnrm ill thp Contention Unit this
nftprnnnn trms sltpnmlng down her face.
as tbp son delegates and nlterintra to tho
17th atuiuil gathering covered her waist
drep In flowprs
A( lording to n prparrnngrd pi in. every
uipinbi i liul liinught a tlornl offering with
hpi and when tlin belovpil woiiiin pounded
the gael to mil the meeting to order she
w is polled with enough roses, chljsinthe
tiniins. vlulits and lilies to stuck a con
l spi storj
The iidophou of thp budget and the.
raising of funds wpip thp splipduled fea
tures of the ifivinnon'a session, but tho
di ministration ior Doctor Shaw could no
longi r be deferird
HAPSI.SS IAKi:S rON'VUN'TION"
Hvrr since It bpcanip definitely certain
thnt the irdiiiihtahlp president of the
Sntlonnl Aiiieilinn ninnii Suflrnge As
Hoelntlon would ipiualu adnmant In her
deli imln itlnn nnt to allow her iinme to
be ieil for ie-plpetion to the office tint
slip Ins licit fur tho last 12 jears u fi cl
ing of sidntss has pel vailed tho conven
tion That sadness was vlslblj ppicssed
tills afternoon (!ru-hnlreil wnrkeis who
for vcirs have bppn In hnruess with in
Miuw shook hpr hand and pitted hpr
lovlnglv as thpv vlned nwni tho tenis
oung pntliuslnsts who expect to follow
her piecepts, thanked hei for the i x-
ample she has net llicni
Somebodj, how ever, had the foicsight
to itigigp il band, nnd tho InPhrjnwsp as
pect of tho meeting was drowned In the
strains of suffrage tunes
A golden wnath of leaves svmbollc of
ho jears of golden mm Ice Doctor Shaw
his rendered the assoelatlon. was pie
vented to her On the platform with her
sat such veteran members of the organ
isation ns Mrs John -McDougnl
Mrs.
lb it Doxtor, Jlrs Harriet TuIor Upton
and Dr. .Miirj Hussev.
COMJIITTUL'S TO CO.NTKFl
Tho personnel of the coiuniltteo np-
polnted this morning to conf i with ilvo
members of tho Congicsslonnl Union In
nn endcivor to m ilto the work on tho i
Kiiian 11 Anthonj Pedernl amendment
moro dlBiilllcd and moie potent Is slgnlll
innt of tho Importance the National As
sociation attaches to this eonfuencc The
quintet nppolnted ipptesents tho wlpest
politicians In the organization tod i
Thtj are lira Cnrile Chapman "Catt,
New Yoik, Xllss Ilunnah .1 I'atttison,
rennsjlvanla. Mis AIullll McCormliU,
Illinois, Jlrs Slnnlej MiCoimlck, .Massa
chusetts, nnd Mrs Antoinette Punk, of
Washington
The (lection polls closed at 2 o clock,
and although the nlllcinl count is nut to
be announced until toulkht, it Is hulls
putablj conceded that Mis Carrlo Chip-
nuin ( att. for whom Doitoi Miaw cast
the in st vote ! the new piesldcnt. with
Mrs rrnnk M Koesslng, of I'onnsvlvanl 1,
ns tlrst vice pieslileut and Miss Hannah
J l'ntteisou as corresponding seeietaiv
W.i.vrt and me ins of inislng a S"00"
budn'i t will lx dlscussiil ut a late session
todnj
PRESIDENT'S WEDDING
PLANS COMPLETED FOR
CEREMONY TOMORROW
JMarriiiRC at Homo of tho Bride
Between 8:30 and 9:80
o'clock in the
Evening
FEW GUESTS TO ATTEND
AVASHINGTON, Dee 17 -The last do
tall for the wedding of Woodrovv Wilson,
President of the I'nlted htates, and Mrs
Hdlth Rolling Gait was completed today
It will take filaie between iS) and 0 3)
o'clock tomorrow night Tho lain hour
Ins been solret- d to eomnl v 1th Iho WW i
of the President, thnt no ni count of the
cercnions bo printed In tho newspapers
until bumhij mauling
Tho mnrrhgo eeicmouy will ho per.
formed In tho front gdiawiug room of
the home of tho bride. 1308 .'Dili btreet,
N W . b the Rev Dr. Herbert fecott
Smith, rector of St Margaret's Protc&tnnt
Hpiscopal C'liiinli, of which Mis Gait
is n communicant
A bovver of terns and pilins decorated
wllh pink and white eni nations and ex
quisite orchids, was being elected toda)
In liont of It will be an altar as pre.
scribed bj the canons of the IJplscopal
Church, in fiont nf which the ceremunv
will take place s the lector of M
Margiret'b reads the prajer and refieats
tho woids of the simple chinch wedding
service the I'i eldent und his bride wilt
kneel in fiont of tho altur.
There uio to be no founal attendants,
although Miss Rcitha Boiling, sister of
Sirs Gait, will wait on hei abler to the
point where bhe meets the President juat
before the approach the altar Imnieell-jtc-l
after the wedding the guests will
sit down to a w esldlpg supper alter whkli
tho I'lebldent and his bride will leave
for a bilef honemoon at a nearbi win
ter reort, where thej can be asbureil
prlvacj
The onI outsidei not a membei of the
(ontltiurd on Taiie Mslit, Culuuin Twu
Father Trimble Transferred
The Rev Hugh Tiiinble, rectoi of St
Marj tstar of the beu Church, at Ilianch
dale, has bean appointed roc tor of fat
Stephen s Church, ut Port Carbon The
Rev Daniel A Dal curate of fat
Agatha a Church, in this citj, has been
appointed to su'eeed Father Trimble at
BraiifhUale
Art and Collecting
rormtmiT lsls. ut tub Prune I mora CovirANT.
IfUICK
GIRL TAKES POISON. FOUND ON SIDEWALK
A pretty lB-year-ohl Rlil wns found lying on the sidewalk at
lath and Spring Gaiden sticets suffeiiiig, the police say, from nil
rvuttose of pokoil. She wns taken to the Hahnemann. Hospital.
Physicians say site Will die. She gave liei name as Beatrice Ludlow,
of Bridgeport, Conn., nnd snld that lack of funds caused hcj action.
ITALY RELEASES GREEK MERCHANTMEN
HOME. Dec It A number or Oieek metelinnt ships, which
war detained In ttnltr.n pottft by the Allies' blockade, were leleascd
today
TURKS AND GERMANS ON MARCH TO INDIA
LONJJON. Dec. 17.A Reutei dispatch from Poliogiad says It
H reported there that Turkish and Got man troops nio matching on
tndln via Bagdad ntul 1'crsln.
lfi KILLED, 50 INJURED IN ENGLISH WRECK
N'UU'C'AKTLn, lng., Dec. 17. Sixteen persons wero killed, mom thin
BO Injuied and several missing as tho result of n triple collision today between
a f i eight tuln. a pilot engine nnd a passenger train In a heavy foff near
Jnriovv. J'our coaches overturned nnd were lnclnernlcd.
HOY-ED AND VON PAPEN
WASHINGTON', Dec 17 Captains Hoy-Ed and van I'aper, the Into Ger
man nnvnl and military attaches, whoso recall wns obtained by the United
States will sail for Oormnnv from New York on Tuesday, December 21, It wna
lcnitictl authoritatively here today. It Is s-nlil they wish to get away from
the I'lilted Stntes as soon ns possible, nnd Tuesday is the earliest date on which
thej can obtain passage.
BRITAIN LIFTS HAN ON RED CROSS SUPPLIES
LONDON. Dpi- 17. The Hrltisli authorities sanction the announcement that
tlio ban hnH lici n lifted on the shipment of medical stores, from America for uso
In (Jerninnv bv the Amerli in lied Cross This Is tho outcome of tho protest
leccntlj uinde in the authorities through the American Kmbnssy hero thnt
nilibci gloves ticded bv American Itcd Cross workers In Oermany hud been
stopped in tinnsit. It Is now art aimed that all medical material will be allowed
to go tliiongh. provided tho Ameilcan Government guarantees tho supplies will
only lie used 1j the Itcd Cross ItHelf.
BULGARIA TO RAISE NEW ARMY IN SERBIA
AT rtNS. Dec 17. The Hestla lenms from Sollu that the Hulgnilan Gov
ernment is iiippailng n new iirmv li calling up nil exempted men and nil Bul
garians able tii bear arms living In tin regions occupied In Serbia. The Bul
garian stnff Is mild to nuint upon thus inislng nn arm of 150,000 men. They
will bp nrmpil with Austrian rifles
ITALIAN LINER SUNK BY U-BOAT
LONDON, Dpp IT The Italian linei Porto Said, 30l tons, has been sunk
a submaiine, according to a I.lojds announci ment Issued today.
The l'orto Said was engaged in Hade between Italian liorts and Arabia
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RUSSIANS OCCUPY IMPORTANT PERSIAN CITY
I'lITIlOOHAD, Dor. 17. Russian troops have occupied the Important
I'oi. sian cltv of Ilnmadon, It was ollici.ilh announced today.
Ilntunilnii lies lt.r miles southwest of Teheian nnd has a population o!
about ."o.uOO Trade routes from llagdnd, Tabriz, Ispahan and Teheran meet
at Ilnniadiiii
P.'UEST HERO OF ITALIAN LANDING IN ALBANIA '
HOMtt, Dec. 17. Details relative to tho destruction of tho transport Ita
I'mberto nnd the destrojer Intrepldo by mines when the Italians landed In
Albania wero Riven out today. These show that the hero of the disaster was
tho Hov. rathei I'aiolln, chaplain of the Ro Umlierto, who refused to leavo
the ship until ovcrj man was off Just as he was about to Jump from tho
Kinking ship tlio ilinplntn saw 11 drowning soldier without any life preserver.
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I Uh ut " '"ln'u,, liesitation IMther Parolln removed his own life preserver
nnd throw It to the soldier.
MARCONI URGES HUSBANDING OF ALLIES' RESOURCES
RO.MU Dec. 17 William Marconi, Inventor of the wireless telegraph,
made his maiden speech In tho Senate tonight. Ho praised Itnlj's entrance)
into tile Qumliiiplo Hntento and urged tho wlso husbanding of tho Allies' re
sources ho that thoi would not bo wasted. Tho speech wns wnrmlv received
and vignrouslv applauded.
BRITISH LAW OFFICERS CUT THEIR OWN SALARIES
LONDON. Dee- 17 Tho Attornej Geneuil, Sir Frederick Smith, announced
in the IlnubP nf Commons that he und tho Solicitor General. Sir George Cave,
leconinu ndid to Premier Abquith Immediately after theli appointment that the
salnrv of eneh of them bo reduced by $5000 and that a largo reduction ulso be
undo in the biale of their fees The not result, ho estimated, would be a bavins
ot nt least $50 000 At tho Mine time, Sii 1'redorlck said, they Informed tha
I'remiei thej weie piepared to consent to any further reduction which the
Cabinet oi the House of Commons might believe to bo required.
KITCHENER TO WED COUNTESS OF MINTO, IS REPORT
LONDON, Dec. 17 It is reported on excellent nuthorltj that tho engage
ment of Karl Kitchener of Khartoum to tho Dowager Countess of Minto will be
niinnunced shortlj The Countess has lieen a widow for almost' two jears, her
hUbbaud, the late Hail of Minto, having died on February 2S, 191-1 Ho was
Vlceioy of India in Mieoesslon to Lord Curzon of Kcdleston Harl Minto went
t India from Canada, wheie ho was Governor General for six jears.
BERLIN SUPPRESSES SOCIALIST PROCLAMATION
C0PI:NI1ACS1:N. Dec, U Hugo llause. leader of the 41 Socialists forming
tlio pence jKirtj in tho German Reichstag, has i.ssiit'd a proclamation which tha
nowspaiiers are prohibited from printing. It is much discussed in political cir
cles as bignifjing a political buttle. "There is ever leason to believe the Reich
stag will lmo to sit much longei tlmn was epeeted In older to deal with the
pressing discontent among the masseb," s,ajs the Rotterdam correspondent ot
tho DallJ NewK "In order to appease these clnmnrings it will need to deal with
no feu ci than 130 lesolutions, all i elating to the distribution ot food"
GERMAN SHELL HITS CHURCHILL'S DUGOUT
LONDON, Dec. 17 Winston Spencer Churchill, who re-signed his portfolio
af. Chancellor of tho Duchy of Lancabter in order to join his regiment at tha
front, had u narrow escape a few dajs ago. according to wounded men who ha.V8
nrrived nt home. These men bay Mr. Churchill's dugout was hit by a Ger
man shell.
U. S. PROTEST DELIVERED TO FRENCH GOVERNMENT
PARIS, Dec. 17. The American note to Franco concerning the removal ot
perbous from the American steamer Coamo and other American vessels by tha
French cruiser Descartes liaa been delivereel to the Foreign Oillce. It is pre
sumed several dajs will be required for consideration of the subjeot before a reply
in given.
TURKS DRIVE OFF FRENCH TRANSPORTS.,
CONSTANTINOPLE Dec 17. Turklbh artillery droe oft two enemy
transports attempting to discharge troops in the Ari llurnu region, it was
ofllclally announced todaj The War Otilce also reported that the Anglo
French fired about 3000 bhells against the Turkish centre almost without result. J
The Turkish olllrlal statement gives further indication that the Allies an
sending fresh troops to the Dardanelles,
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