I KA'iJXLNG hVlVUISH PHILADELPHIA. MONDAY. DISC) MM 1313 it 20, 1015, GREECE BOUND TO HELP ALLIES, TEUTONS TOLD Salonica Fortification Nec essary for Troops' Safety. Answer to Protest TURKS MENACE GllEliiKS JlOMlJ. lf 2". Oreiri, has made n rorinnl teplv to the I Alistio-Herimtii reiresr-tnltoiis protesting ! aSiiin! tlio election by the Allies of ri- ' till, aliens nrutniil S.'tnt.ia. ! The reply, necolilini to mi olllclal (lis- patch received here, Was to the effect that Nratce r.innot proveni ilio bulldlnc of f r tiflcmioiM. n. thev ! ,'1nnitjetinMe to tlio siiic'tv of llio Ani'U'lnctt oxpedt-1 tlomu force.' N Tl.e safety of lit- .ri,lo-t'ieiich troops, tlio rcph- says, una been formally minr attteod In Orccce. wlitcll Is still Sei bin's nl i. UN DoN. Dec a. The irph of tireeee to the Teutonic protest unjust the bulldlht? of fortifies- j tldns ;it SmIoiiIiii is reKttlileil here ns In cfcnsliiK the ilniiRrr of n tlerimui Invasion nt Oreeue wllh Hie object of itiHvlns out the Allies. It Is tiol the presence 0r the silled Hoops, but the cMctislve ilefonse works imw belnc erected atouiiil Salonica i ,"I..Vu.r,n". .'"0",e'J,"",l', r'" '" "1P i. .,. .,.,, ,. . . , .. .. . : Herman lepresentatlons at Athens. Ill some quarters here there I a ten dency to tlio belief that Oeniiany, in tftc.lt accordance with (.Ireece, purpose" to U., ,. .. . . . , ow the slliftlloii to proceed to a point .,,- ...... .c..r,...u.,,-.....-,.i ,.., u-i torccii to iidmlt that the allied fonrs and , fortlll-ntiims have become too atrons fr Greece to cope with successfully, cspe. daily in lew of the menace to Urecee from the allied Meets, when that admission Is made, is Is nieued. Oermany ostentatiously will assume the rule of the defender of Greece and move UKalnst Salonica. Tlio German plan Is believed to be to say to Greece: "If the Allies fortify a (JrcPl; seaport they thercb.ii violate Oreelv neutrality and force us to 'Invade Oieece to drive them out." TI'RKISII INVASION NKW .11 KNACK AHA INST tiltKED-: T'AUIS. Ue- S A dispatch to Hie Temps fioin Athens says: "The I'cntral Powers. Il Is said, pave the Ui'eek Ooveriiinent assuranees tint HulRarian tiooiis would not participate in the event of any action against the Kn tenle Miles on Uieeli territory, but tbut there ' a question of an attach by the Vumro-derniaiiM with the aid of Turks. The participation of Turks In any opera tions on Greek soil would be strongly ob-jec-teii to by the Movernnieiit, notulth staiidina an assurance that the territory occupied would bo evacuated after tlio war. Mobli Hey. the Turkish MinWinr. con- I ferred ut lensih with Premier Skuuloudut I ytstciUiu." RUSSIA UKI'OltTKI) (UMTTINC I'itOI'OSKI) BALKAN t'A)ll'Alli. ATHKNS. Iiec. . It ,- now reported on excelletn autliui it. that tin- possibility of a liusslsu Invasion of Bulgaria through Kunmnla has become etremelv remote. Tin l!iifclan troops which were con ceiiiiui.il at Kuil aie ?-ud to have been withdrawn for sen ice In Mallcla and I'o.on.l IiIioiik1i the Allies have iven no in dication of any Intention to attempt to assume tlio offensive, the Germans and HulKarians have erected a line of strong earthworks and block houses alone the Urueco-Serli frontier from a. point near Lake L'oiran to u point near- Mouustlr. Tuikish forces In tronB numbers aie said to have been moled Into liulgurlan territci v from Turkish Thrace to assist in future operations acaliifit tho Allies. I AM.1KS- R(i (Jl'NS SWKEI' SALONICA Al'I'UOACIIKS KAl.ONICA. lec. LU Kis 1'iencli and Urilish cuns Imve been planted to shccp all tho approaches to Salunica. Miles of dtfen.su e works have been buih .iIoiir the railway lines that run iioiihwurd from rialunica to the Serbian fiontler nnd castuaid to the Unitarian frontier. Winter lias sei in uiiusunlly eaily and tk AnsIo-I'Yench troops aie suffering fern in.- cold weaiher and tho heavy fall of snow which covers the ground. "I.IKKD TO SKK THK WACOX f.'O" He May Not Now; lie's Pinched for SendiiiK Fake Calls I did u for fun. bccaue I lllird to se the ivhkoii so." Meoi-Re Kohler. Si years old. of 31:7 North Hutchinson street, told Magistrate Price in tlio IHdi; and Slld ale avenues police station today when arraigned on a charge of sendlns fake mils to tin- roller station. According to the police. Kohler phoned the ntutiun on several occasions rercntls to the effect that there was either trolley accidents, deaths, Urea or brawls nt cer tain designated points, and when the police arrived they did not tlnd uuytliiui:. .asr nielit a telephone call was sent to the Paik and I.ehish uvenuea station that a murder had been committed at North Philadelphia station. Wlien special policemen Preudersast and Whltwortli Pivestisated tliey found It was a fake ca'l. Kohlci's attest followed. Ho was held under IVO ball for u further hearing', since th'- police believe he- inU-ht have sent in numerous fake cjjJIs to the Park atii! I.e m,;Ii uxcnut'S station during tlie last week THE WEATHER Ollicial Forecast ' WASHINGTON, Dec. SB. Foi Lasteni Pennsylvania and New ' Jerae' Fair tonight. Tuewlay increasing i cloudiness, moderate noilhwest winds. I Snow flurries covered the like region ' arid the St Itwience Valley during the ' ast 21 hours, and liglit general rains are ! r-'f.'tted from Hie cicuiie uoitliwe.t. ! ur vt rather has provaTleir elsewhere, with generally clear iUfv'ovr the icreat eptrul valleys and Ibe. a)lni State. The t rnperaturc urc mo4l neasonble this morn lug and th JI-llWT changes have oeen slight and unbijuorUmt. A slignily older area oversprwus the Ohio basin, while ii moderate rea&Uon.ta warmet Is reported Xioin. tlie illasourl basin ,i TALKING Baby Parrots, . eve JJontln' Trial SIQ.Q0 lo S50M Special Pqrrot f f and Cage PXJ LlAltAMUJI CltGLEY&MUWCO IMS tVri.( It nujp tfmr--Hur cfl. i eajG -? U)idui lulllx! 1,'WU. ' OK I ULi I nyj i VILLA LEAVES HAVEN IN U. S. Peace Protocol Between Warring Factions Is Signed ' CARKAN55A TKIfMl'IIS Vniitjiliahod Cominiuider Do mrhi With Warning of Amer ican Inlei'vuntion . I Bl. PASU. TM.. lift. 20- follow ! conference between Mt-sk-aii.. licin be ofrirlnt rafiremnintlve of the rfllusit ami Villa fttotlon. the r-.ll il in i'hi- atinotiti'fnipnt wan iiwilt lode i, An- arcs il. Otircla, t'ttrrniMtt C.msni nt i;i Vamt: "Mtrttl itn-ntttmtnti ,oi the "iirirnilrT of Clenernl Villa's army arc now brum made. Villa himself hits left I'liilniiilniii fm hie bottler and pribahb uiii m,irr tin I'tiltnl States hfoie tomorrow nlirht Ml- followers will be arritntctl nnmestt In sn far as that can he (jlveli mil the demand of justlro fully compiled with." Setior Onrcln sold lhat be bad been au thorized by ttenernl t'ldel A Vila, Villa's eonlldetitlal reprerontatlve, to speaU for i tillliut:! Villi, as well ns for :nrrina. He lie l clu red tbflt reiioits hleh leached hcie Inst tilftht that Villa bad decided tiol to leld weie entirely unfounded. 1-ltt.. H...IIB... ,n (1 t.lHAM nlH,,lnl. llltl. IIV.UIUIIIM IU (lr- il III. I V. ttlt.lfll- ,,, recclvM u,,,ticns from Washlllrton u,ai if ,f w-lll stun tin nqr.cmrnt not, t r u lo thP ,,, ,,0 wl1, nol hv arrested bv the fnlted Slates troops on ... . , Ilefore leuvhiR I'hihiiaMiin lal nlsht accordlnu to reports received at Hie i.'ar- ' raii7.a consulales by Curiausia iiRents In , ; I'lilluialiuu, Villa Is said lo lme warned ; 1 his men nbout revultlnr auali-si I'arranza , ride once they have ntjteed to accept II. "Save your ammunition and your rides." , 1 Villa told them as he lode iiway Into tlio I nilit. "You will need them soon, and it i ' will be tli- American invader against , 1 whom you will II r them, unci not against I ijoiir brothers. Intervention Is coming i ooiier t tin ii j on Itnotv, and when It doe. IlKht for your country and you will llml Getietol Francisco Villa beside you." Villa's OKents In .luniex assert that Vllln ; has ab.aoluto aulborit.v from his old friend. ilenernt UukIi I., rfcoti, at WashliiKion. to cross the border ut any point br pleases. Ariatiuemt'ti's arj belnc made ' here ut ibe home Hutabtlshed by hi wife ' to receive him. and the Villa family will be established in an evpenlve lioine In one oi thn most "IiimIvc resideiilial ' district of tin- illy. He and .Is wife may later o to live In l.oi Al-Bcles. I'euce In northern Mexico van tit. ally n Bleed upon insi iilgiil, ivlieu lleneral Avlla. llcneral Kanda. Jcuorul .luxeMnrlu l.hnoii. Cienernl Mabel Itobles and Menem I .Miguel Sanchez sIriiciI a tentative peace protocol with Hie Cnrrmixn consul Ren- Plal 'N'''' aureeinetit will b ratflleil h Henerol Cantiiiza and General Ohie- gou Monday by teleyiapb STATK llKI'AHTMKNT ASKS liOUO TIlEATJIENT-t'OH VILLA ' Retiring Rebel Chieftain Assured of Safety in This Country I WASHINGTON, lice. J". The Stute De- pntlment today foimally requested the War Department to see that General ' Francisco Vll'a is mcordud the beBi of tH-atiueiit by Aineilcan otltcers in com , mond aloitR the Texas border. Advices i were received that Villa will ctoss over Into American territory today. it was made plain nt tho State Iiepart nient that this Government will fiown on any attempt of the Oarranza Government lo extradite Villa after he enters this country. The former rebel chlefttiln will be granted every consideration, 11 was suited. HAPPY. HI- FlltUS (SUN, PIXCIIEI) Joy of Collecting on AlortKape Lands Man in Prison Thoughts of the prosperity i-omii,u Ids win us soon as he should collect a mort tfagf, carefully folded up in his inside pocket and due today, were too much for John Kuplslow-, 'i;0 Kat Westmore land street. He 1ms had gulden visions for more than a year and he got out of bed early to celebrate. As lite ilrst rosy streaks of dawn ctopt oier the eastern horizon Kuplslow- stood on the corner near bis house and ul- emtily drew tin old-fashioned pistol from I his belt. Five times it belched forth into the fog. I'.ili-iilninn Callahan htole mound tho corner nnd then jumped nl Che llnan- i cler's belt. He look his sagging lctlni ' to the Belgrade and Clearfield stieets po- ' hen station, where the prisoner was held under K0u ball for u lurlher hearing. He tld Magistrate Wrlgley he carried the j weapon for fear ome one would rob him I of his mortgage and ho tired bis pinto! Just to hee whether It would go off. GUUniKY .may i.osi: HAXK .1011 Atlantic City Institution to Have An other President, Is Report ATLANTIC CITV. Dec. .U -Spouk.i , t'ailton Godfrey, a candldato foi the fte- j pnliUcmt gubtruatorMl nomination, n- io j be forced out of the presidency of tlie ; Uuarant -e Trust Company, a liiO.O'o "- j stituttou which he founded, according to a repot t printed here toduy. ' The change is to be effected, it is de clared on "bank day." which fulls oi. J January II. ir ibe factions opposed to , Godfrey have their way. It Is generally i reported that Daniel s. While, preside!!' ot the Hotel Tvaymoje Comiiany. h to be named io Godfrey's place. Speaker Godfrey refused yesterday to . admit i,ucb a change is Impending. Ut- ; rectuig. however, confirmed the report, j ....,.. ...-. , Ii... ! Iln.lfr.t'd .r,lllt.., lull ' vvitli the Veiilnor Syndicate and the Wcot Jiiii v Moitgagc Companv. both of nlncli i I aie ir ! i bands ol te elver, is the caue j s flamilton WatcK Til an uru.y of I lie Hamilton Watch U welt Uuoup. Couple tbin with tfi watch erri w have beta raudtrini; our customers for 78 years and you will have llio lueal tlmtplece. Agents for the Hamilton C. R. Smith & Son H Market Jt. at 18th ? DIAMONDS Jos, J. O'Loughlin ,V' III SOUTH MNTU. tT I'OK 31 I'KAUB ufJiN i.VEM.SG IMIl. cURISTUAS GERMAN CRUISER LURKING AROUND SHORES OP SKAGERRACK f :- mrmK-,ru-&w.& m - Hl ,. ' ....'Ki". 7 " ; J V' ' .,Lij.,-V( -h$rM 5WSr . , . , . i ij ' ' ,n limn; " """ '- - . J ' pUPf "--i " " - - .'hi L -;SiiSHlWWfe;'K' - :.,"Vf.f..t . ,?7. '' .,, -..'':,-'. ' - --jagJ t. , -. t v., . v., .v ."-. . - This is prolmblv olio of the units of the fleet which in reported today warships in the' N'oitli Sen. Tlie vessel shown here i? hidden in one of southern Norway. The Skagerrack is tlio arm of th? North Sea which IMPRUDENT TEUTONS TARGETS FOR RUSSIANS Column in Dvinsk Area Dis persed With Great Loss, Petrograd Reports LONDON. Dec. iu. 'Worth of Luke Mlndielol 'in the DvlnsU . regloni nn cnemv cnltnnn. which Im prudently ROt within ranfio of our nrllllery lire, un.i dispersed rt'lth Rtciit loss,' says lust nlRhl's olllctnl com. Iniiiilcntlon from Petrosrad. "On Friday nlRht about lo olocK the enemy twice opened an offensive nnsilnst. tho railway stntlun at I'odcherevitchl, but wn lt'iulseil by our lire." ' Minor successes on tlie pnit of the j 1'iif.siiiu ttoops. such as dlscoverliiR and dispershiK by arllller; lire Merman nd- I value Rtiards. an icportt'd In tho olllclal j bulletin. The Htateinelit tells of opera- , Hon In the I'ailctisus resultlnR In Hie ; Itilssliliis" favor, nnd of tlie contluunlice of th" IlussUin drive in I'eisla. southeasl of Hnmadan. with the city or Kuin us the objective. The statement follows: fnuiiost nuhtlhR in the dliocilon ol ItiiRRiisem and the AntlhR ami Tuliiiin road ended uniformly to our advun laRe, tho Germiilis heltiR ilrlvcn off l,v our (Ire and in some places our nin. follow ins tlie enemy, penetrated the Mermuii lines. Northeast of ibe Uviusk. i"4l"ii iii-ur the villaRes of Mlnschul and Siirkaui our artillery made fortitti.ito hits on a column of Ibe enemy's In fanliy, dlspcrsltiK it. On the re mainder of this fi out there is im chutiRe. In the I'uuciisus. in Hie repioti of IChystnspoie, southwest of Aidatiutch. only encounter of eocondary hn loitnni'r occurred and all resulted in our favor. Southeast of llninadau we continue to press the enemy. I The Austrian War Oltlce issued the fol- IowIiir report today: "The assertion In the Itusslau teport of Wednesday that their cavalry near ' Us.lcc7.ko. on tho riuelster, met Austro HtttiRailan reronnolteiliiR detiuhnifiits : clad in Husslan uniforms is untrue." KIKE K01.TS TWO" FAMILIES Grocery Store and Dwelling at P.M-1 South Penn Street Swept by Flames Police Investigate Two families narrowly escaped suffo cation at an early hour loday, when llamcs swept ihc grocery stoie and dwell ing of Louis Shnpklns. 1311 South Perm street. Thn hA7p tun, llr.st dlst'ocnieil bv Mrs. I Slmpkius. who wns sleeping on the third door of the building with her husband and child. When awakened by smoke, i , she ran to the second lloor of tho house ! ' and nroused Hyman Mayer, his wife and two children, tho only other occupants of the building. Ilotli families escaped by climbing to tlie ground by means of ' a back shed. The estimated loss Is J.Va). ; Several weeks ago the grocery and , dwelling at 19I'J South I'eim street was j similarly swept by Haines and the police j are investigating the coincidence. Negro 'Woman Seriuusly Shut Lucy Thompson, SI years old, was shot i in the cheek by William Norman, dining ' a quarrel at the breakfast table this morning, at 1631 Fawn street, accoullng ' to the police. Until are negroes. The woman Is In a critical condition at the i St. loseph's Hospital, where physicians . ate probing for the bullet which entered her head. Special Policemen Snyder nnd ' Gaunlster. of the Mh and Jefferson streets police station, nre Investigating. 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Broad St. Urancb til South StU btnet $ Itlnp illutiatpii wnmm i i m n"ir " GERMANS OPEN BIG DRIVE UPON BRITISH LINES English Repulse Deter mined Gas Attack on Po sitions Near Ypres ALLIES' LINES INTACT LONDON, Dec. 20 Fnder cover of a ttomendous bom-bHi-dinent and dls.'haige of deadly gas, tho Germans yesterday mailo it deter mined ffort In brcuk through the ISMtlsh Hues northeast of Ypies. Il Is believed thai this Is the opening move of the long-eiicctcd Teuton olfutislve. It was only by the most vlgoious de fense that the Ilritish succeeded In hold ing the Hermans back. The olllclal dis patch I'tininlm-d th highly slgulilcant note, "Our line Is ewrvwliet"' Intact." The Ilritish olllclal. Issued lasl night, says: "Karly this morning the Herman dis charged gas ngulnsi our line to the northeast of Vpies, accompanied by a lieivy bombindment. Kxcept at u few places where they were driven back be fore lln-y reached our line, the German Infantry wus prevented from leaving their trendies by our tire, our line everywhere remained Intact. "During Hie day Hie Herman artil lery was unusually nrthe to Hie cast of Ypies as also against our trendies tn the west and south of Messllies. The Hermans, early tills morning, blew up two mines In fiont of our trendies east of Armcnlleies. Their Infantty attempted to occupy llio craters, but weie driven off by our rllle lire." Successful icsults fioin the operations of the Ftench artillery aie announced in today's var oltlce communique from Paris, which, however, admits tli.it the French Hoops had evacuated a position on the north hank of tho Alsne after holding it for tlnce days. Tlie text of the communication follows "In Artols there weie grenade combats las' night, lo the nol th of Uois-i-ii-Hacrle. ttetween the Soilimo nnd the Oisc nn ai tlllcry battle occuned In the legion nl Fay. We silenced an enemy battery ucai Salute i.o.icadc, south of Moullu-suiis-Tnutent. "On tlie north bank of the Alsne ivi evacuated yesterday evening a small post wiilcli a surprise attack hud cn- abled us to capti ou December l.i to tho southeast of Vallly. The small for,-,- which occupied It returned Into our lines. "In the Wocvre legion, at the foicsi of Alontmare and at La Ptetre forest, our batteries executed iiumeious leprL ats with etllcacinus tlie upon the com municating trenches of the enemv. "There W'liB un artillery duel In tin sectors of Nomcny and of Hloncouri, ii Lorraine." The Uelglan offlclnl (umuiuiiication reads: "After a i,iet night the Getman aitil lery wus very active duilng the course of thn day of December 19. especially before part of ibe Hclglan ftont. Moie to the south an eiigageuient with bombs was undertaken and turned to our ad vantage. The Belgian batteries bom barded effectively Kssen. Clercken and lnyglien and destroyed a train on Hie narrow gauge road at Leke and a convoy which was nbout leaving." Senator Vare Has the Grip Stato Senator Vare Is at his home at Ambler. Pa., with an attack of grip. The Senator was taken ill on Satuiday, but e pects to be In his oliice toinoriow. Ladies' Hand Bags Leather, Silk, Velvet priced $3 to $20 Chestnut m JW 1112 St. Victor Records Make Acceptable X-Mas Gifts ou can ords m our 17 South I IsiMWWiBasMwatrsaasaasBB-. r fi4 mittoWAYiyjr . immTvrln" J i fM;kt "TTSWSWIT ""TyTEgSffWgEftag V.v...vh., to have fulled to find nny British the fjords which dent the const of lies between Norway and Denmark. GREAT ITALIAN ATTACK ON GORIZIA A FAILURE Fourth Campaign Against Ison- zo Stronghold Cost Foes 75.000 Men, Says Vienna LONDON. Dec. 20. The Austi'iatiH assert Hint tho foililh great attempt by the Italians lo capttile Horlzlit has ptoved n coinileto falluie. An olllclal report Issued at the Austin Hungarian headquarters says that this "fourth battl" on the Isonzo which he gan on November II has ended" without alrati'Rlo results, nnd that to the Italians this has meant the loss o." 7S.O0O dead or wounded. The report further says: "The particular aim of this font Hi campaign was to rapture Horl.la. the ' bridgehead of which wns attacked by ! seven Italian Infantry divisions. These , strong forces stormed Hie bridgehead In i vain. Likewise their attneks en masse j on the neighboring districts tailed. . "The Austro-Hungarlan troops main tained their positions llrmly at the Go. . rlzln bridgehead, on the plateau of Do benlo and at all their positions hi gen eral. The destruction wrought III Go ! rlzla Is deeply resented by the popula tion, while tho military situation has not been Influenced In any respect by this expression of the Indians' Impotent fury. ! 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