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PHILADELPHIA, HATUKDAY, DECEMJJJ3U 18, 115.
CortftioitT, 101S, T Tilt Folio LiBora Compami.
TEXT OF NOTE REVEALS BREAK
WITH AUSTRIA NEAR; U.S. WILL
SEND SHARP REPLY TODAY
Vienna Reserves Right of Maintaining
Its Own Views in Discussion of
Ancona Officials Here Pessi
mistic and Foresee Trouble
WASHINGTON, Dot'. 18.
The text of the Austrian note on tlio Ancona Kinking, us Riven out by tho
Etato Department this afternoon, follows:
"In reply to Dip iimrh esteemed note No. 4107 which His Dxcellcncy, Mr.
Frederick ronrtlatul 1'on Held, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plonlpotentlnty of
thfl United States of Ainmlrn, directed to him In the name of the American
Government, under date of tho Oth Instant, In the matter of the sinking of tho
Italian steamer Aneona, the undersigned, preliminary to a thorough, meritorious
treatment of the demand, has tho honor to observe that the sharpness with
nh'ch the Government of tho United States considers It necessary to blame the
comnnndlng olllcer of the submarine concerned In tho affair and the firmness
in which the di mom? addressed to tlic Imperial and lloyal Government appear
to He cxpiessed might ttcll have iianantcd the expectation that the (Internment
o the I tilled Slates should precisely specify the actual circumstances of the
affair upon ulilrh it hasci iti case.
"As Is not dllllcult to perceive, tho picscntatlon of tho facts In tho case In the
aforesaid note Uuvci loom for many doubts, and oxen If this presentation were
correct In all points, and the most rigorous legal conception wero applied to tho
Judgment of the case, it does not in any nay sufficiently u arrant attaching blame
(o the cominandiiw officer of the uar vcssil or to the Imperial and lloyal Gov
ernment QUESTIONS SOL'nCHS Or U. S. INFORMATION.
"The Government of tho United States has also failed to designate tho
persons upon whoso testimony It idles anil to whom It apparently believes
Jt may attribute a higher degtcp of credibility than to the commander of tho
Imperial and rojal lleet. The noto also falls to give any Information what
soever as to tho number, names and more precise fate of the American
citizens who were on boanl of the said steamer at tho critical moment.
"However, In lovv of tho fact that tho Washington Cabinet has now made
a. positive statement to tho effect that citizens of the United States of
American camo to grief In'tho Incident In question, the Imperial and Royal
Government is In pi Inclplc ready to enter Into an exchange of vicus In the affair
with the Government of the United States. It must, however. In tho llrst
place, raise the question why that Government failed to glvo Jurldicnl reasons
for tho demands set forth In Its noto with roforonco to tho special circum
stances of tho Incriminating events upon which It Itself lays stress, and
hy In lieu theieof It refused to an exchange of correspondence which It has
conducted with another Government In other cases.
MIGHT NOT ACCEPT U. S. STAND.
"Tho Imperial and Royal Government Is tho less ablo to follow tho Wash
ington Cabinet on this unusual path, since It by no means possesses authentic
knowledge of tho pertinent correspondence of tho Government of tho United
States, nor is It of tho opinion that such knowledge might be sufficient for
It In tho present case, which, Insofar as it Is Informed, is In essential point
of nnother nature than tho case or cases to which tho Government of tho
United States seems to atlude. Tho Imperial and Royal Government may there
fore leave It to the Washington Cabinet to formulate the particular points of
(ato against uhlch the commanding officer of the submarine Is aJfcflCd to hate
Ziffended on tho occasion of the sinking of tho Ancona.
"Tho Government of tho United States has also seen lit to refer to tho
attitude which tho llerlln Cabinet assumed in tho above-mentioned corre
spondence. Tho Imperial and Royal Government finds In tho much-esteemed
.note no Indication whatever of tho intent with which this referenco was made.
'Should, however, tho Government of tho United States thereby havo Intended
to express an opinion to tho effect thnt a prejudice of whatever nature
existed for tho Imperial and Iloy.tl Government with respect to the Jurldicnl
consideration of tho affair In question this Oovcrnment must. In order to pre
clude possible mlsundci standings, declare that as a matter of course It reserves
to itself full ficedom of maintaining Its oicn legal views In the discussion of the
case of the Ancona.
REGRETS LOSS OF AMERICAN LIVES.
"In having tho honor to have recourse to tho kindness of his Excellency
tho Ambassadoi of tho United States of America with tho most respectful
request to bo good enough to communicate tho foregoing to tho Amcrlcnn
Government and on this occasion to stato that tho Imperial and Roynl Gov
ernment, In no less degieo thnn tho American Government and under all cir
cumstances, 7iios' sincerely deplores the fate of the Innocent x-lctlms of the inci
dent in question, tho undersigned nt tho same tlmo avails himself of this oppor
tunity to renew tho o.prosslon of his most distinguished consideration to his
excellency tho Ambassador." "Signed, RURIAN."
(Signed) "Penlleld."
WASHINGTON', Dec. IS -Characterizing
the Austrian crisis ns "very grave,"
Administration oniclals today ndmltted
they nro prepared for any eventunllty.
The new note will go to Vienna today.
Officials who know all of tho clrcum
itances declare they saw nothing In the
information In tho possession of this Gov
ernment to warrant tho optimism pre
vailing In Teutonic circles. It Is made
,plaln that unless Austria meets the
wishes of the United States a break must
come.
Responsibility for any break la tho re
lations between Austria and the United
State must rest with Vienna. This was
made vcr plain nt tho State Dep.utmeat
todaj The rejoinder to tho unsatisfac
tory Austrian reply on the Ancona will
not be an ultimatum Couched In lan
mage of unmistakable llrmness. It will
Continued en I'aee Two, Column live
WEATHER
It may seem a pity that thero should
a rainy day for tho Important event
a Washington, and then again It might
te the best news In the world for those
Immediately concerned to hear that It
as sure to rain cats and dogs there to
waht. That would tend to diminish tho
crowds of Inquisitive persons who are
ttrtaln to try to seo us much of tho
wedding festivities as Is humanly possl-
for uninvited guests Very likely tho
President would prefer a brief news note
to the papers about It Instead of tho col
umns we all want to read Hut his pref
erences are not to bo considered. Ho is
not a private person. Whether a people
,"1' Its head President or Kins, he Js
Mlrs; he is public property I.ouls XVI
would probably have kept his head If ho
ad lived In Paris and let himself be
"en instead of hiding himself away at
Versailles,
In any case, one resident of Washing
Wn won't lose his head.
FORECAST
For Philadelphia and vicinity-
irmiy cloudy toniaht and Sunday;
(older toniaht. with lowest about 32
P'grees; fresh westerly winds,
LOST AND FOUND
tA5& D'AMOND OUT OP JUNO LOFT.
ffffif nliK. December IS. either l
&MflOQ Cafe or between there and Keith's
4HRSS of irom Keith's Theatre to 16th ana
ep- Liberal reward K returned to Q
. BOSTTIVJ nr....n .'"" .
ii,i .vS"'"" iiUMjiiuu tost; e wnne
.Civ. ".I'' " ana oreaat. acrow tan -Aim
. . ""v, two "nail acara on head: an-
to fcob, reward tt returned 1131
Qtktr Cbutijltd Sii os Papu tl & U
Montague Glass'
GERMAN SPY
STOLE PAPERS
OF BIG BANK
National City Vaults Loot
ed by Ordeus of Plot
ter's Chief
CONFESSION BY CLERK
NEW TOrtlv, Dec. IS.
Continuing their search for Germans
accused of having plotted In the United
States to destroy the Wellaml Canal, the
police today arrested Frederick Schlelndl.
it young German employed as clerk In
the commercial department of tho Na
tional City Dank, the Rockefeller insti
tution The arrest was made by detectives, ted
by Captain I'unne, after four other men.
alleged to have been implicated In the
plot, had been taken Into custody.
The arrest of Schlelnil is tegarded as
the most Important made by the police
slnco the German bomb plots were first
discovered. In his home, U65 Hrjant
avenue, the Bronx, the police say they
discovered a great quantity of telegrams,
cablegrams and confidential messages
stolen from the vaults of tho National
City Bank.
AGENT OF ALLIES.
The bank is tho largest In New York
and is generally supposed to have ranked
next to J P Morgan & Co. In handling
financial matters for the Allies in Amer
ica The four men under arrest In addition
to Schlelndl are;
Paul Koelng, chief of the bureau of In
vestigation of the Hamburg-American
Line and alleged head of the German
secret service In the United States.
R B. Leyendecker, a dealer In antiques,
Fred Metzter, Koenlg's private secre-
George Fuchs, who worked for Koenlg
and had a quarrel with his employer last
week. . .
The quarrel between Fuchs and Koe
nlg Is said to have aided the police In
unearthing certain facts which they had
long been trying to learn.
Schlelndl, besides a police charge of
Continued on lao Two, Column Three
New Characters
BECOMES WHITE HOUSE BRIDE TODAY
junk ' JEHr
MRS. EDITH
KELLER WILL TELL
OF BOX MURDER,
POLICE BELIEVE
Confession Expected From
Man Held in the Trunk
Mystery Case
NET CLOSES ABOUT HIM
Trunk Murder Theories
McNichol murdered in his fac
tory nt 12th and Hamilton streets.
Time of murder between 8 and
10 a. m.. March 30, 1911, the day
he disappeared.
Body placed in trunk in Mc
Nichol's factory.
Trunk cm ted to 4002 Frankford
avenue nnd butied in cellar of
laundry occupied by Keller &
Connery. City-wide .search on for
truckmnn enp;ap;ed for this work.
Connery, Keller's pnrtner in
laundry, savs he saw Keller dig
ging in cellar near where buried
trunk was found.
Motive for crimo believed to be
connected with fact that McNichol
had obtained 54000 shortly before
his disappearance nnd this money
has never been accounted for.
Trace of bullet wounds said to
have been found in body in trunk.
Captain of Detectives Cameron and the
detectives working on the tiunk munlei
said today that they believed their case
against Edward Keller was complete, nnd
that they expected a confession from the
man who was locked In a cell nt City
Hall jesterday. to await the action of
the Coroner Ho Is chaiEcd by the pollro
with the murder of Daniel J McNichol,
the accusation having been e hanged from
"suspicion of murder" to "murder."
New evidence was obtained today. It
mnkes moie certain tho Identification of
the body found In a brass-hound trunk In
the cellar o' Keller's old Frankford laun
dr as tha. of McNichol, and It reveals
further details about the caicer of the
accused man. One Impottant task re
mains for tho police, to find "Al" Youne,
who worked for McNichol and Keller and
who Is believed to have been a wtlness
of certain tvnts dlrecth or Indirectly
connected with the murder
Mrs Keller visited her husband In his
cell at City Hall today. She was accom
panied by a woman friend, and both car
ried paper bags containing delicacies foi
tha prisoner, bhe was told there was a
report that she would leave her husband
as a result of the charges nsalnst him.
"That Is false," sho said "I will be
loyal to him to the end of the world He
has confessed to nothing1, fur he has
committed no crime. Ho has always
treated mo well " Sho ptused and
thought for a mommt. "Even If he did
commit any such 'crime," she added,
"which he did not, It would have been
that he was driven to it"
This Is the police theory of the mur
der Keller, a man of M, who had had
a checkered career, and was alwas
changing his occupation and residence
(he lived at several different places in the
northeastern part of the city before he
established his present home at 3119
Frankford avenue), met McNichol in the
latter part of 1913. McNichol was then
only about 23 years old, but owned sev
eral properties. He lived with his younff
wife at the home of her widowed mother,
Mrs. Michael Jennings, S66 North 22d
street. He had been married In the fall
Of 1913.
McNichol wanted to go Into business.
Keller advised him to form a leather
Continued on X'age Seven, Column Ooe
Zapp and Birsky,
I
illi, v
BOLLING GALT
FOG-SCREENED
SIGNAL CAUSED
FATAL WRECK
Engineer Unable to See Red
Light, Is Explanation
Given
HEROISM IN RESCUES
Casualties List
in II. and O. Wreck
Tim nnAi.
JOSEPH R KKI.I.Y. of VVllmlnKton. con
ductor of th riiciimmoditlon trnln
i)Aii:i, p. Tor.i.iNoun, of 'jhci south
AlUn direct, I'hlliUclijhli, t.ir Inspector
nii'l wrockmiiNtrr
O. A. TAYIXHt. of WIlmlnKtnn, cniplool
.is .i iroiiini; Under.
fiyifi Ofl-V. ncKrn. of Chester, or K.
1! Pnnmll, of Newark, Del
CI.AItENCi: HOPKINS. neuro. Crum
Lnne, Pa
Tilt: INJl'ltHD.
TT(? fT'C'LTZ, 11)12 North S.'.th utrrot.
I'lilndcliihli, probablu fracture of tlio
xkull
AltJf,lJ3D KII.SON, neitro of 15.10 South
Tllshmnn street, rhuiul'lphu.
UMI.EN p linmnt.ii.uiair of stss
South I rniler street. Plillidelphli lirike
m.m on the uicnmmol,itlon Irdn. cut
pi the ear and forehead mid bruises on
both Ipks.
Jill'HAKl, II CONS' rOIITOV. of ."WIT
thealtr avenue I'hlUdelphl t. conductor
of tho accommodation train compound
fracture, of the letf mid lacerated tualp.
II O, JVSIISON. of SHO South Hint street.
Philadelphia, 1 iterations of tho sialp
MIIS JOHN lll'lim-M.L of Twin Oiks.
Pa compound fracture of the arm nnd
Iteeruieil s,alp.
lll-S Hfl.Si: Pi:PPi:it, of OeorKetnn,
pel lacrrnlrd hip, Inlurcxl Inck ami
1 ruUed ankle.
WII.I.IAM II SMITH SOI ileancy street.
i hesier lacerated scalp
AHTIIL'II SI'MMKItS -III Hnst Klh street.
( liesier. lacerate. I scalp nnd Injured foot,
Ni:i.S rilOhTHKItil, -lit Cut Mh street.
Chester, lacerated head, both tones of
left lei; fractured
CJKOltlH-: VVOOnitOW. of hlnnerlv. Sic! ,
an emplove of tho II an 1 o,, beck In
lured rlnht let! Iractured leit leu
lacerated.
1'lltXK IH'TTON. Twin Oaks. Pi lacera
tions of houtders uud ncLk. tikeii home
PAl'L i: 1IKUMS Twin Oaks Internal
Injuries rlKht eye ulimut torn out
Miss I.oriSK WIKIt. Med! i, badly hurt
lower part of body and serious injuries
to eees
It I.EltOV KISTHrt. STIO North Collet;
avenue fractured skull
MILLS and ItlCHAItDhOV. two rillrmil
men. reported missing-.
Others known to havo been Injured.
Five men wero killed and at least 10
persons were Injured late jostcrda aft
ernoon a mile and a half from Chester,
when tho fog nulU'lcd the automatic pre.
clsion of tho Iialtlmore and Ohio signal
system and threo trains ran together at
terrific speed. Two ofllclals of the road
today said the engineer ran past the sig
nal due to the fo
Nearly all the victims were on a local
trala, made up of wooden coaches that
had Just moved from a siding to a main
line. A iO-coach special rom Iialtlmore
to this city hit tho rear end of tho local
while running at a speed of M miles an
hour, and ripped through threo coaches
before coming to a halt
Before the uir was cleared of lj Itiy steel
and timbers and the Injured the after
noon express from this city to Haltimoie.
moving at a mile a minute, shot Into the
debris and cut through it like a shell for
nearly a hundred ards.
Four hours later the dead and Injured
had been removed to tho Chester Hos
pital or to emergency hospitals in nearb
dwellings, and a force pf men started In
to clear the tracks. Traffic over the line
was normal late this morning, and the
mist was still so thick that passengers in
passing trains could hardly see the
Continued on l'uge Three, Column Two
Discuss Art and
PRESIDENT AND
MRS. GALT WED
ATS.30TONMT
Storm Sweeps Capital as
Details of Ceremony
Are Completed
AUNT SUSY GUARDS BRIDE
"You Ain't Goiimi Git in Di3
House," Negro Maid Says to
Curious Folk
Wilson "Happy as a lion"
on Day of His Wedding
WASHINGTON. Pec. 18. Presi
dent Wilton was lieclarcd by those
closest to liim in Ills White House
family to be as "happy ns n boy"
today.
A special delivery messenger
leached the White House early to
day with a packiiRO which he hnd
been instructed to deliver person
ally to the President. It was the
jjif't that the President will tonight i
make to Ins initio ami which sue
will wenr for the fust time durinfr
the ceremony.
The President nnd Mrs. Gnlt
tnlkcd biielly over the phone soon
after they arose today and it was
saiil thnt arrangements hnd been
made for tho President to motor
to the Onlt homo before lunch to
look over the weddin"; presents.
.WltlMiinV lie i IS Willi one if
tin worit rnltiNtoriim "f the nciinoii
Mltrrpliie; eive-r W liwIilliKtoli. Prrnlilcnt
WHniiii mill Hr. Ihltlli lliilllncr (lull
iiinipli'trd (heir irc-iliriitliiii for llielr
niiirrliiKe' tmilttlil nt (he linnir of (lie
bride, l.'IOS 'Jlltli Ntrerl. N. W.
V round (lie Willie llntinc mid the Cull
roHlili-niT tin mIihI himlril In frrnj.
riivriui'iits vwri- tiirneil Into Ninnll river
beds mill tiullilliic i vvrrt IiikIic-iI Ii n
drl liter rain.
Tiiunril enrlj nricriiniiii, Inivvevi'r, Hie
ruin mill vvlml c'eiiHcd, 'I lie curtain of
lilni'k cloudi llfled, mid (lie Mini k'nu
fair iirnililNe uf reliililnltier lilt I lit- Job
throlicrlioilt tin rent of tin itn.
Sliortl) lifter lirciikfiiNt tliln iiflernooii
the rri'slilent left for u while the Htnte
piiIHTM lie n trjlntc to dispose of lie-fore-
leiivlnir n ii unit drove o tlic fSnlt
re-Nlilcnre. Hi reiiiiilned there 011I7 n
brief while, however, mid on IiIn vrnr
buck to Hie White House stopped nt his
lunik. VI noon he iiKendeil the ehrls
tenlni; of liN KniiiililniiKliter, IMIen W'll
hoii VleVdoo, In the blue room of the
White House.
By M'LISS
ofthipi: Tim OAir homi:, wash-
hiKton, Dec IS" I.ookn hcte. IIP Miss, I'so
koiiv, hut vou ain't Konnii get In ills re
houi-o lot no vvedillng or no 'fohmatlon "
Tho ebony black fine of Aunt Sins
crinkled with lines of detci initiation. Her
squat foot of tremendous proportions
pi evented the door fimn openlnK moie
than n tiny two inches lUr cxp.insle
person, clothed principally In a htntc
white npiou and u white cup, precluded
anv view of the Interior of the small and
Inconspicuous house nt nth 20th stiect,
Js W , which has heroine today the most
Intctestlng tlntnl. lie In the world
Outside) the rally gatherers who, pur
suing n pollcv laid down l our irspected
Preside lit of wiitihful waiting, took up
their stniid before noon today to catch
at least a glimpse of the Chief Incentive's
high silk hat. when ho ventincs out to
nlKht ufter having been made a bride
groom, grinned their sjmii.ithy at Uin
poor newspaper person's "throw down"
the same being mself Hut somehow or
other one doesn't mini being thrown
down when nmbnssudors. millionaires,
celebrities, In fact ever body in the world
hut those fortunate enough to belong to
tho President's or Mrs. Halt's Immediate
families, ate being subjected to tho samo
undignified procedure.
Tim orriciAi. thuowuh.
Aunt Sus, dusky dragon that she Is,
Is tho olllclal "thrower ' There's no
getting by her. foi evet since tho an
nouncement of Mrs. (Jalt's engagement
the best wit and Ingenuity of tho news
paper wot Id has been storming tho Halt
stronghold Husj has been .1 match foi
them all. Todn' sho Is .1 tiiiimphaut
monument of doui keeping efficiency.
However, this Is a demociacy and many
peisons havo mado up their minds to
seo tho wedding from the outside at least
No Swiss guards or lojal artillerj or
whatever a moiiaicli would employ to
tontlniird on Pour Two, Column l'our
LA CAPITALE SERBA
P0RTATA IN ITALIA
II Parlamento ed il Governo
delln Serbia Siederanno Forse
nella Citta' Eterna
A Honn e' stato anuuuclato che 'a
capitate delta Serbia, the da Helgrado era
stata suecesslvaniente trasportata a Xish
ed .1 Monastlr, sar.V ttansportata n
Italia. 11 Parlamento serbo teira" le sue
sedute In terrltorlo Italiano, probabil
mente a Uonia. dove rlslederebbe unche II
governo ill re I'letro K' noto che II
vccchlo re dt Serbia, che e' cognato delist
reslna Klenu. erra" presto In Italia o
rlslederu' nella villa reale dl Caserta che
e' stata messa a sua dlsposlzlone.
Teleramml da Gluevra dlcono che al
quartteie geneialo austrlaco dl I.albach
si e' apprcso che I fortl dt Gorlzla sono
statl tuttl rldottl quasi completamente
dall'artlslierla itallana. Altrl telegrum:
,iai fronte trentlno-tlrolese dlcono ch
un grosso cannone tedesco dl 120 mllll
metri, che era da poco stato plazzato a
dlfesa dl Hovereto, e' stato indlvlduato e
dlstrutto dul cannonl itallanl con pochl
colpl ben dlrettl
(Lessere In 4 pagina le ultimo a piu'
dettag'lato notlzle nulla guerra. In Italiano.)
Collecting on Page 9 of Today's
QUICK NEWS
BASEBALL MEETING ADJOURNED
NEW YOKK, Dee. 18. Bail Johnson left the baseball peace
tonforenee early tlile afternoon for Chicago after announcing that
the committed will meet In Cincinnati foi fuither pailey next
Tuesday. She committee adjeuntetl nfter holding thtce nnd one-half
hour session,
GERMAN WARSHIP BLOWN UP CREW LOST
LONBSN. Dec. 18.-An CxelliSlige Telegi-aph Company di&patch
from Cocnhorjcn uaya n Gornmn M-m-sltlp ginrding the southern
outiance to 1Uc lloli in reported to luivc been blown up Thui&dny
ii:d all ioiemrcrt. ft the ciew lout.
HILL TO HUY ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S CLOTHES
WAHHINOTOK. Dec. 18. rurchase for $7B00 of tho suit of clothes worn
by President Lincoln nt tho tlmo of his assassination Is proposed by Ropro
ientntlve Itohcrtt (Mass.) In a bill Introduced In tho House.
VON PAPEN AND HOY-ED TO SAIL DEC. 22 AND 28
AVAKIIINUTON', Dec. IS -Captains von Papon and IJoy-Dd liavo noti
fied tho Centum I'mlinssy thej probably will H.ill December 22 and Dccombor
2S, ieHpei'tlvel They will sail on tho Holland-America Lino steamships
landlnir nt Itottertlani, koIiib thence by rail to normally.
MORGAN EMPLOYES TO GET YEAR'S PAY AS GIFTS
NIA" YOHIC, Dec. IS. Wall street Is Rolnir to pass prosperity around, at
least nniuiiK Its salaried emiilojes. Unusual liberality waa rellcctcd today In
announcements by various Iltiaucinl firms of their Christmas gifts to tho
workers. ,. I'. .Moignn ,.- Co. will itive each employe a. year's salary. Tho
Columbia Trust Company will rIvc 10 per cent, of Its surplus earnings to
nn t'lnplojes' fund, and one-tenth of their early salaries will bo given employes'
of the Culled .States MoitgiiBo and Trust Company. Doth firms also declared
extra dividends. Tho Uniikem' Trust Company voted $20,000 to a workers'
benefit fund, nnd the Inlet borough Hnpld Transit Company will distribute,
? 12,000 among .S.100 cmplojes. Heads of lending retail houses today said gon
einl prosperity was strongly rolleetod by tho ChrlHtmiiH trade. Tho trado
advance was estimated at from 20 per cent, to doublo last year's business.
"DOC" COOK MAY BECOME PEACE PARTY'S AD MANAGER
LONDON, Dec 18. A dispatch from the Copenhagen correspondent of the)
Hsehange Telegraph sajs that Dr. Krcderlck Cook, who claims to havo dl-
covered the North Pole, Is going to Germany, and It Is rumored ho will Join
the Void peace paity as "advertising manager." "Doc" Cook returned to Amer
ica fcover.tl jiats ago on the Oscar II, tho vessel now In use as tho Ford peace
ciaft.
IIINDENBURG OPENS NEW OFFENSIVE
PDTKOGltAD, Lci IS. Field Marshal von Hlndenburg tins undertaken n new;
general offensive along the Itlga-Dvinsk front. The German troops opened a
terrific bombardment Wednesday and It Is still In progress. Tho Russians arc,
rcplslng vigorously and have repulsed several Infantry attacks, Inflicting heavy
losses on thu enemy.
AftlERICAN RED CROSS UNITS CAPTIVES OF BULGARS
LONDON, Dec. IS. According to the Central News the American embassy
has tccelvcd word that Hod Cross units nnd tho relief committeo sent from the
United Stntcs to the Ilnlltans nro pusoners of the Bulgarians. Many women
nurses and doctors aro teported among them.
GERMAN SOCIALISTS ASK FRENCH AID FOR PEACE
LONDON, Dec. 18. German Socialists have issued an appeal to the Social
ists of France to help end tho war, the Amsterdam correspondent of the Express
reported today. Tho Socialist organ Vorwaerts In Its latest issue calls upon
tho Socialists of France to abandon tho Idea of ncqulrlng Alsace-Lorraine.
Tho Vorwaerts promised thnt in return the German Socialists would force
concessions from tho German Chancellor that would result In an early peace.
DERBY RECRUITS CALLED OUT; 1,750,000 AVAILABLE
LONDON, Dec. IS. A rojal proclamation was cireul.ited In London today
calling to tho colors live groups of the recruits enlisted under the Lord Derby
volunteer plan. The live clnsses are called upon to report on January 20. It
Is unolllelnlly stated that the Del by plan has resulted lit enlisting 1,750,000
men. Tho groups called consist of tho jounger unmnrried men, not engaged
In forms of Industry considered ns necessary for war service.
AUSTRIAN U-BOAT STRIKES MINE; CREW PERISHES
LONDON, Dec. 18, A dispatch from Tho Hague to tho Central News
Agency reports that an Austrian submarine struck a mlno near Cattaro, In
the Adriatic Sea, and sank with all Its otllcers nnd men.
DECOPPET ELECTED
HIRNK, Dec. IS. Ctmlllo Decoppet,
Agriculture in the present Cnblnet, has
Confederation
GERMANS PUSH RAILWAY FOR EGYPTIAN INVASION
Gl'NHVA, Dec, 18. German railway olllcials have arrived at Constanti
nople to Inspect the military railway being built from Damascus, supposedly
for the Turco-German Invasion of l'glj''
With them, according to advices received here today, are n number of
engineers who havo been cmpIocd constructing new railway lines In con
quered territory In Russia. German mllltar uillcials at Constantinople will
accompany the party to Damascus.
PEACE "DOVE" STILL CRIPPLED AS SHIP NEARS SHORE
ABOARD Till S. S. OSCAR II. by wireless to Chrlbtiania and thence by
cable via Loudon, Dec. 18. As tho pence expedition organized by Henry Ford
nears Chrlstlanla the hopo of getting the bojs out of the trenches by Christ
mas Is abandoned. The question of peace In Europe has been temporarily for
gotten for tho more Important (locally) question of restoring peace among
the pacltlbts on tho Oscar II. Tho wounds caused b the efforts to lino
all the American delegates up in opposition to tlio Washington Administration's
policy of preparednehs have not et healed. Tho opponents of the anti-preparedness
resolutions will decide ns soon as they reach Chrlbtiania whether
they will leave tho expedition.
SERBS TO ESTABLISH CAPITAL IN ROME
ItOMl, Dec. 18. For the second time since the war began one of thi
smaller Powers of Europe, crushed by tho armies of the Kaiser, has been
forced to move Its capital beyond its borders.
Announcement was made here today that the Serbian capital will bu
established temporarily In Itnl, probably in Rome. Karly in the war ths
Belgian King set up his seat of government at Havre, France.
Members of the Serbian Parliament who escaped tho Austria-German-nulgarUi-L,
orfenslv e havo been ordered to assemble in Italy. The Serbian
LeeatlorjTis making arrangements to obtain buildings from which the affairs
of the atlon can be conducted.
ABYSSINIA OFFERED
PARIS, Dec, 18. LidJ Jessau, the
y disposed toward the Entente Allies
man agents to induce him to abrogato treaties with Great Britain, Italy nnd
France last year, but offered 200,000 soldiers to be used by the Allies as thel?
military necessities demanded, according to Pierre Alype, a member ot tha
Colonial Committee of the Chamber of Deputies. M. Alype mad$ this assertion
in connection with the resolution that the French Government seek; immediately
tho co-operation of the Abyssinian troops.
SWISS PRESIDENT
Minister of Commerce, Industry and
been elected president of tho Swiss
ALLIES 200,000 MEN
young Emperor of Abyssinia, is so favor-
that he not only resisted efforts of Ger
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