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PHITjADELPIIIA, TUESDAY, DECHMBliHt 21, 15)15.
rortnwiir, 1018, nT tub Pchlio I.tooin Compani.
PIIIOBJ 020 CENT
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yy tooge:
VIENNA WANTS
NO BREAK, SAYS
COUNTJISZA
Premier of Hungary Says
Difficulties With U. S.
Will Be Settled
i URGES CALMNESS HERE
Austria Preparing to Send Am
bassador to Fill Dumba's
Place at Washington
COUNT STEPHEN TISZA
Hungarian Premier, who scouts
notion of trouble between United
States nnd Austria-Hungary.
By CARL W. ACKERMAN
IJnitLIN, Dec. 21.
There will bo no quarrel between Aus-trla-IIungaiy
and the. United States If
Washington k'eps cool.
Count Stephen Tlsza, next to Rmpcror
Franz Josef, the strongest man In the
dual monarchy, gave this nssurnnco In an
Interview In the ministerial palaco at
Hudanest, The interview was obtained
K In the course of a week's visit to Vienna
and Budapest to ascertain sentiment te
gnrdltiR the Ancona ncRotlntlons.
To think of tiouble between Austtln-
Hungury and tho United States Is sheer
nonsense," declared tho "It on man" of
the monarchy emphatically.
p Count Tlsza has returned from a con
T.fpiicn wllli thn llmnnrnr nt Vienna re.
jjtrdlng the Ancona note.
AUSTKIA WAS SUUPItlSED.
"I must confess," ho snld, locllnlng
In n big leather chair, "that we weio
greatly surpilsed to got tho American
note. It Is far from our Intention to net
Into any nunirel with Ameiicn. Perhaps
I shouldn't say ciu.irrcl, because I know.
It would not be that, but ot course mat
ters do not depend upon us entirely.
"There Is no reason for any tiouble
over the Ancona question. It must be
settled satisfactorily, not only fiom tho
Jtandpoint of the United States, but from
our standpoint. And tho only way to
reach n settlement Is through corrc
tpondenco which will stiRRest the means "
A futthcr Indication that Count Tlsza
does not fenr a In oak Is his own state
ment that the dual monaichy Is now
occupied In limning a new Ambassador
to Washington to succeed Ambassador
Dumba. Ambassador I'ciilleld also point
ed this out nt Vlenun, and furthermore
laid that twlco on tho day the Austrian
reply was teut to Washington tho
Foreign Office asked America to use her
(rood offices tn obtain special concessions
for the mount chy In belllgctent lands.
United States Consul General Collin nt
Budapest, who dally meets the Huneniian
t Ministers, said the cordiality of their re
lations was not Interrupted by the Amer
ican note no believes the inonurchy does
not desire a break with America and will
prevent It. In unolllclnl circles It was said
that the Government was not so much
opposed to disavowal of tho toipedolng of
the Ancona as It was to the manner used
by Washington In tho American note.
It was suggested to Count Tlsia that n
visitor to Vienna was sin prised at the
large number of daily conferences held
by Ktnperor Franz Josef.
"The world has quite n false Impres
sion of the Umperor," he replied. "He Is
awake at I o'clock every morning and
jorks until 8 at night llko a man of 49.
Ho knows ocry detail of foreign mill.
Concluileil on I'agft KIcvf n. Column Vour
WEATHER
AccordlnR to latest reports tho suc
cess of tho Allies will depend entirely on
Labor; a little while npo we were told It
oul(J depend entirely on Generals; and
there have even been Intimations that It
Hllzht denenri nn nl,llj,ci T ij k,.i-
Iously our time to come nlons with the
Uffgestlon that It may depend entirely
k ... ""cr. ome ot tne Rreatest
oattles in history have been won by the
elements, a muddy field, a swollen stream,
Jos or a heavy rain has changed the fate
W nations. Speaking locally, a long con
tinuance, of the last three or four fine
ia, clear days would have an enormous
"Met on our prosperity, because they
raje for cleat headedness. It would be
lard tO BiVA avnTTlnltD n (ft, H ,. ,Lln
recent wave ot cleat headedness.
-epi, or course, our own case.
FORECAST
! Fr Philadelphia and vicinity
"r lonignt ana probably Wednes
day; alightly warmer Wednesday;
Moderate northwest ivinds becoming
light and variable.
A tOST Arm T:nnvn
B?ItthoIUN'DUS pui-I-Doa iot: 4 nblu
hi.. . ,w noie anJ breast, scraw tall wUi
ir. "'n V! aJl scar on hid; an
Pin" Bol)- w wara If rcturnei Uii
DlAMnvr,4TT"... T7.";Tr. ..... r.
1 S.S: .in 'hoPfhig UUtrUt of I'hllJdtlphU.
E1 jBjn " returne.1 to S. MacDoiulJ SmltF,
- -"J "wu IWrtU. ruiuufv.
i o.t i u .' a- "tones, i Inches lonjr.
Aw r,Tb"ar- vr' llberul rewara.
gi J-- -" ov AH.U l.
g. ;?)If''. N'ONSKIll TIUE. mounted Zariui
JSSSnJ B Sl Few0"- MT UHn
Vthir fl..u,.j .... ... I. ., ..
SHOHTKST DAY OF T1IK YKAU
Winter Begins Officially Lnte This
Afternoon
Autumn's Init gnip will be Jut 15 min
utes before 3 o'clock till afternoon, nml
simultaneously It will be winter. In
other uoids. the sun nt that lime, i-l.".
o'clock, officially nml with due observ
ance lv tlio weather sharps nl Washing
ton and elsewhere, will enter the Con
stellation Capricorn, nml will he further
south than nt any other time ot the
year
Today, therefore. It the shortest tlnv
of the ear. It stnrted late and It will
end early, hut even- dav heieafter will
belonger until after six month from now,
When they will siart to hecomo shorter.
The shortest day of 1911 was December
12, owing to the rule that every four cnrs
the shortest day It one day lnte.
FUXSTOX RKI'OKTS SUIMIKXDKU
OK "IMXt'UO" VILLA'S MUX
U. S. Commander Says Rebel Officers
Have Laid Down Arms
WASHINGTON, Dec Il.-Genrrnl Fun
stou telegraphed tho War Department
today that all of General Francisco VI!
la'fl officers have mil rendered to the Cnr
ranzn forces In the Ktate of Chihuahua.
The Aineilcnn commander made no men
tion of whether the Villa officers would
be gt anted amnesty.
General Funston transmitted tho fol
lowing leport which ho received from one
of tho commnudeis at HI Paso:
"According to Information verllled by
C'arrnnza Consul here (HI l'asol, all for
mer general officer) of Villa's at my In
the State of Chihuahua, except Villa him
self, surietidcred today to the Canaliza
Kov eminent It Is tinilei stood that Gen
etal Avllln will be appointed head of the
Stale Government of Chihuahua.
"General Villa is ripnitul to have left
Chihuahua City, with four or live hundred
men, en route foi the bolder"
An eniller dlspatrh received hv tho War
Department said that the Villa foices
offered to hiii tender two dnvs ago Gen
eral Oincgon, ('arranza commander. It
was said, responded, accepting the uncon
ditional hiii render of all except Villa him
self. Tho Villa Governor of Lower California,
Cantu, was lepotled on his way to Guuy
m.i.s to confet with General Obtegon about
Ruricnderlnir that tcriltor.v.
ATLANTIC CITY XHIIIT LINK
CONDUCTORS LOSE THEIR .JOHS
Jitneys Have Made Their Services
Unnecessary, Receiver Decides
ATLANTIC C1TV. N. .1 , Dec. 21,-Dls-inlss.il
of all conductors op night cars
running from vhe Inlet here to the lower
Ventnor loop, Is the III .st drnstlc step of
JuiIrc l 1. Cole, receiver for the Jitney
wiecked Atlntitlc City anil Shore Hallway,
to reduce operating expenses. Cold
weather has failed to put tho Hitting Jit
'buses out of business as was anticipated,
and they aio still scurrying up and down
Atlantic avenue, picking up every possnile
fare the hiHtant It looms In sight at the
furbllue.
Itecelver Lole, In explanation of his sur
mising move, said condnctois spind tho
grentor part of their time asleep between
midnight and 5 a. nt., nnd there Is no good
icason why with so few people to handle
the motormnn should not do double duty.
Conductotless caro nre operated nt
Asbury Park.
MAYOR'S CONDITION BETTER
Mayor Hlnnkenhurg, who has been suf
fering with a sllKht attack of the gilp
for several days past, was today unable
to leave his homo on West Logan Square,
but he expects to be sufficiently Improved
to Mil his engagements at Ills oftice In
City Hall tomorrow. Mrs lllankenhurg.
who had been suffcrltiK from an attack
of the grip, has entirely recovered.
BOX MURDER SUSPECT'S
DENIAL STIRS POLICE
TO SEEK MORE CLUES
They Try to Disprove Keller's
Assertion That D. J. Mc-
Nichol, Supposed Victim,
Is Alive
SAYS 'ADOLPH' WAS SLAIN
Kdward Keller, accused of the murder
of Daniel J. McNIchol, has nnsweted, es.
terday and today, the police cImtrch based
on n chain of circumstantial evidence
with such a complete chain of evidence,
also clrcumstnntial. to show that Mc
NIchol Is alive today, and that another
man was murdered and placed In a trunk,
that the detectives today undertook to
disprove, categorically, the st tcments of
the prisoner.
Keller, who Is 47 ears old, and Mc
NIchol, who was 23, nnd a second cousin
ofitute Senator James P. McNIchol, were
associated In the management of the Kel
ler Leather Goods Company, 12th and
Hamilton btreets, which closed Its doors
the day before McNIchol disappeared,
March 30. 13H. The police theory is that
McNIchol was murdered ill the factory
that day, and that his body, placed In a
trunk, was then carted to 40B2 Frankford
avenue, where It was bulled In the cellar
of the building used by Keller as a laun
dry. Keller declared through his attorney,
C. P. Sterner, that the body was not that
of McNiehol. In answer to this the de
tectives today announced the name of
McNichol's dentist, who had several days
URO Identified the gold fillings In the
teeth in the skull found In the trunk as
Contlnurd on I'ane SI, Column Tno
WANTS "HUBBY" IX JAIL
Woman Pleads to Have Him Locked
Up, in Order to Obtain Daily
Allowance From City
"I want my husband in jail so I can
get the money the city allows the wives
ot prisoners." This was the startling
statement made to Magistrate Watson
this morning In the 2lh and York streets
police btatlon by Mrs. Mary Morun, who
had her husband, Martin Moran. 13 eaia
old 2123 Marston street, arrested on a
charge of assault and battery.
"He, beats me, Judge, and hardly gives
me any money to buy food and clothes.
I'd rather have him in prison and get the
C5 cents a day from the city than to hava
him Hve with me at heme."
Martin begged so plttously to bo let go
and made so many promises to do better
In the future that the Magistrate Anally
CITY SPENDS
$34,000,000
FOR PRESENTS
Stream of Shopping Cash
Reaches Huge
Total
SIGN OF PROSPE-RITY
Philadelphians More Liberal
This Year Than Ever Before.
War Boosts Incomes
Where Millions Went
for Christmas Gifts
Department stores
Furnishing shops .
Jewelers
Markets
Cigars nnd Liquors.
Books
Candy
Specialty shops . . .
Millinery
Flowers
Photographs and
tures
Miscellaneous
.?18,r.00,000
. U.OOO.OOO
. 2,100,000
. 2,000,000
. 1..100.000
. 1,200,000
. 1,100,000
. 1,000,000
900,000
800,000
200,000
2,000,000
pic-
Total $31,200,000
Last year's total 21,408,000
Prosperity excess ... 50,892,000
I'htl.iillilila has spent nmnry with '"
preeeilented liberality within the Inst few
weeks.
If one makes an iinmnluritp estimate
of Clttlstm.is expenditures for Greater
Philadelphia th.il is, ii-suUnts within tin
city llp"s and nil tli" nt'iem ln n tbeb
bnjItiR here one llnds tbnt the cltv spent
on its holiday sifts and needs ihe daz
zling sum of $34,:0O,00O, and that docs not
take Into hccoiiiii anj thing but U"
obvious
The sum Is not suipilslng If the enetal
prospeilt of 111" list elirht in mills is
conrldcred. 1'ractlcnlly every one has been
emplcMil. wanes . 1 woi MuMum have
been rnisnl. sometlms mole than once,
men 11 business haw bten In woik tlg
ittatlvel up to their necks, and the rule
has been that Am'ilcnns have had mole
I money to spend this last half year than
I i v r hef'iie
I It was a Jump from the bad extreme to
I the happy exticme. A 'ear aso business
1 was nt Its lowest ebb since the 1007 panic.
lower even than durliiR the panic, nnd
employe and employer alike felt Its dls
plrltltiK efrcct Anil yet wlthnl there was
upward of til.OOfl.OOA spen.t a year ago.
The beautv of the money-spendliiR lush
$r,00i).0fln Is a whole lot has been that
everybody benefited. The golden stream
rnn In n sort of a cltcle. It was all cotn
Iiir in and nothliiR RolnR out. It came In
from abroad and circulated amoiiR Ameil
enns. BIr contracts fiom Kuropo started the
wheels of ptospeilty; tho IiIr folk of busi
ness passed out Rreat portions of tlich
piollts to their eniploves, tho employes
passed It on to the storeneepers: nnd once
It Rot In the United Stntes It staged
thcio and was divided. Pcoplu could af
ford to spend nnd not embuirnss them
selves. This ptosperlty is boit reflected in tho
rank and tlio of Philadelphia's popula
tion. There aro about StlS.OOO family
units within the city limits, and to JuiIrb
Continued nn Pace Seven, Colnnin Three
PLANS FOR FALLEN
WOMEN'S HOME BRING
OUT STRONG PROTEST
Baring Street Residents
Aroused Over Effort to Lo
cate Haven in Old and
Dignified Section
DEEDS BAR "NUISANCES"
Itesldents In the neighborhood of Mth
and ItarhiR streets have risen In protest
iiRnlnsl the proposed location of n home
for fallen women, known as "The Door of
lllessiiiR," in tho now vacant prooettv at
sail Daring street. In the midst of one of
tho city's oldest and must dignified
residential sections.
The home, now situated on tho north
west corner of 33d and Wallace stieets,
will be moved shortly to another nelgh
bothood, probably the narlnR street ad
dress. In order to get larger and better
accommodations.
The Institution Is run and backed by n
largo committee of society women, not
one of whom, the Daring street residents
point out. live within a mile of the pro
posed location
George Wharton Pepper, the Rev. Floyd
W. Tomklns, Mrs. William P. Ilullltt and
many other men and women In society
aro Identified with It.
While the residents of the Baring street
neighborhood are In entire sympathy with
tho purpose of the home, that of reclaim
ing fallen women, they do not want It In
tho midst of a neighborhood t,o old and
aristocratic. A place In a more secluded
neighborhood, or a yulet spot lu the coun
try, they say, would be of much more
benefit to the home.
The residents are especially aroused In
that the neighborhood has long been a re
stricted community, n clause In the deed
of each property specifying that the house
Is not to be let or sold to pet sons with the
Intent of opening a store or suloon. The
neighborhood, the deed continues-, is to be
fiee permanently from "stotes, saloons or
any other nuisance."
On this the property owners living for
blocks around have based their fight.
When they first heard of the action of
the committee backing the home. In
Continued on 1'use Sixteen, Column Three
Unidentified Prisoner Dies
An unidentified man. arrested for
drunkenness, died today at Mt. Sinai
Hospital without having regained con
sciousness. Heart disease is said to have
caused death. Ho was anested by the
police of the Jth street and Snyder ave
nue station last night. (Shortly after mid
night he was found In his cell uncon
scious and taken to the hospital. lie was
about 33 years old, was 3 feet 7 Inches
tall, weighed ICO pounds and wore a bal
macaan overcoat
CO-AUTHOR OF
riSSiSsrsrr-
MISS JEANETTE
BRITISH FORCED
FROM GALLIPOLI
BY TURK ATTACK
Triumph in Furious Battle
Claimed by Constanti
nople War Office
MAY STRIKE AT EGYPT
CnNSTANTINOPLD. Dec. 21.
The Turkish War Olllce iinnounced to
day that the Allies had withdrawn from
the Suvla and Ansae fronts, on the Gal
lipntl Peninsula because of terrific at
tacks launched by tho Ottoman foices all
along thn Hue.
Constantinople claims a great Turkish
victory lu the battle that tesulted when
tho Ililtlsh tumps began withdraw Iiir
fiom the Suvla liny and Ansae regions of
Gallipoll.
'Tho Turks began a Rcncr.il olfenslve,"
the dispatches said. "Thelo was violent
fighting on nil sectors. The Turks nt
taiked heavily at Annfiuta and Arlbiirnu
The enemy launched counter-attacks near
Seild-til-Hahr which weie repulsed, the
Tutklsh nitlllery causltiR Inavy losses.
Tiliklsh soldiers who had awaited for
months for this moment showed the
Rie.itcst enthusiasm. The Tuiks tlnnlly
defeated the eneitl. nt Auiifiirl.i and Arl
buinu. The eneiuv lied. TuiMsh ttoops
leached tho ocean at Arlbitinu."
PAIUS. Dec. 21.
A Geneva dispatch to the Temps puts
the full Tuiklsh .strength at close to
l,(O0Oi) men. Of these six divisions, or
ne.uly I'XOOO. nie pieparltiR to Invade
Dgypt. Tho forces ure distributed as fol
lows;
Flint army, commanded by Lssnd ,
Pasha, thiee division;), uu.irteted aiound I
Constantinople. I
Second nimy, commanded by Ferld ,
Pasha, six divisions, ciunrtcied at Adrian-
ople. I
Third nrm, commanded by Ilakhmud
Continued on Tone Klevrn, Cuhimii One
ATTACCHI AUSTRIACI
RESPINTI IN TRENTIN0
Le Truppe Nemiche, Vestite di
Bianco, Tentano Invano di
Sorprendere gli Italiani
sera a Itoma dice cho In Vnl di I.edro, c
preclsamente nella zona dl Monte Coccn,
gll austriaci, Indossantl tunlche blanche
per non esser vlstl nella neve, attacca
rono dl sorpresa le poslzlonl Itallane, np
pogglatl da un Intenso fuoco dl artlglie-
II comunlcato ufflclale pubbllcato lerl
ria. L'attacco fu pero" respinlo dagll
Italiani, come fu pure respinto un altro
attacco uustriaco tentato sull'altoplanu
tra le valll del Torra e dell'Astlco. Sul
resto del fronte, dice II comunlcato ufflcl
ale, si tono avutl soltanto duelll dl ar
tlglleria. Telegramml da Ilarl dlcono che sono
giuntl cola' un centlnaio dl ilfuglatl serbl,
quasi tuttt arlistl ed uominl dl lettere o
deputatl. Essl dlcono di aver dovuto at
traversare a pledl le monugne albanesi,
ed agglungono che re Pistto dl Serbia i
trovu a Tirana, osplte dl Kssad pascla.
11 to si rechera' presto In Italia, dove
andra' pure, pare, 11 re Nicola del Monte
negro, (Leggere in 10 pagina. le ultlme e plu'
dettagllate notlzle sulla guerra, In ital-lano.)
ffintvyvjeris-wf 5.w.ij MViytfttfSiV
1 KA2r ' -
Dies of Injuries From Auto Crash
Dominic Mancini, or 207 Tilton street,
died early today from Injuries received
when he was struck by an automobile
outside the police station at Trenton
avenue and Dauphin street last night.
Mancini was taken to the Episcopal Hos
pital with a. fractured skull.
FOOTBALL NOVEL
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HOLLENHACK
BILL H0LLENBACK
TURNS NOVELIST
i IN FOOTBALL EPIC
Famous Star's Sister and
"Florence" Figure in
Story
PLAYERS AS CHARACTERS
Some Points in Novel
bij "Hill" Ilollcnback
Thomas I.ynne VanderRi'ift, tho
handsome hero, who enters Old
Ponn and wins his letter in tho
Harvard name amidst "rah, rah,
rah, Tom" and tho plaudits of the
fair sex in tho stand, is none other
than "Bill" Ilollcnback.
Robert Lynno VandcrRrift, a
senior at Pcnn and varsity end, is
drawn from John Hollenback's col
lone life.
Betty Vandei'Krift, fascinating
heroine and much-pursued by hand
some eolleRC youths, is drawn from
Mi'8 .lennette Hollenback, a sister
of "Bill."
Brady, the flying quarterback, is
drawn from "Vince" Stevenson.
Norman Bailey, coach of tho Red
and Blue eleven, is "By" Dickson,
"SmiRRs" Burns, described as the
best halfback in the world is
"Siuikks" Reynolds of real life.
Parker, a huge tackle, always in
the fray, is in reality Lainson.
Trainer "Mike" is, of course, the
late Miko Murphy.
Nolan, flashint? halfback, is Bob
Fohvell, coach this year at Wash
ington and Jefferson.
Florence Hartley, blue-eyed dar
ling, who falls in love with Hero
Hollenback and whoso name is not
disclosed.
"Red" Raines', auburn-crowned
villain, who annoys the hero and
who also is unidentified.
Scene laid at Penn, in and around I
Philadelphia and the Main Line,
The glitter of hard coal and tho heart
beats of a fluctuating athletic bonid do
not offer enough fascination for "Hlg
Bill" Hollenback. He has turned novel
ist, and, furthermore, he has waded right
through his first cfTort without a slip.
His book is a good jam. "Hlg Hill" sup.
plhd all the football and the comedy,
ills sister. Miss Je.inette Hollenback, a
socleti favorite, has supplied a thread f
romance to the plot and has added many
reallv fine touches The scene is laid
right here In Philadelphia, most of the
story revolving around Old Penn The
name of the book Is the "Freshman Full
back." and "Dig Hill' himself is the
dashing hero. He drags with him through
the story all his old teammates of the
famous 190i team at Penn, the halo of
romance glittering on tho brows of such
fumous athletes as Hob Folwell, Hob Tor
ies, Vince Stevenson. Andy Smith and
ull others.
All the characters labor under the bur
den of different names.
"The book is not Intended to be a ciack
at the preacnt sjstem of turning out foot
ball teams at Penn," said Hollenback to.
day. "In those das we had coaches and
In these das the have coaches. The
only difference, I might udd, Is that in
those das we used to win gumes. In
the book I have tried to give an intimate
picture of the life the team used to leud
and of the spirit that used to set the
boys on fire, so that when we trotted put
on the field we simply couldn't be
stoptxd. In my day the best man made
the team. The men worked together
They pulled for the team nd not for their
own Individual glory Ther was more
than one coach, but there was only one
skipper. The rest did as he said. We
were pointed one way every season and
Continued on rage l'uur. Column four
QUIGK
'J'WO WOUNDliD OXI.V CASUALTY IN GALLIPOLI RETREAT
LONDON, Dec. 21. The total casualties accompanying the with-
drnw'iii of the Allies from tho Suvla and Anzac fronts on tho Gallipoll
Poilllisulii Were only two naval men wounded. Announcement to this
ofl'cot is made in Commons today by Premier Asqulth. Only a
snmll quanlily of stores and six disabled guns were left behind.
"NEUTRALS" WIN 100 MAJORITY IN GREEK CHAMBER
ATIIHNK. Deo. 21. Former Premier Oounnrla, "neutrality pnrty" leader,
will hup n majority of more than 100 In the new Greek Parliament, according
! to itn oiitpleto tolurtis tndny. With 30
have I'lcctril "Oil members.
GREEKS OPEN FIRE ON FRENCH FORCE
llUULlN, Dec. 21. Greek Runners In Fort Knrnhurnn. domlnntlng Salonlco,
opeiifd tiro iipnii a Kienrli detachment that failed to hnlt nt tho sentry's call,
nrcordltiR to dispatches today to the Frankfurter ZeltutiK. The French tied.
The Gt celts continue to hold the fort, the correspondent reported, In spite
of icpeatcd French :eiiiests that It bo turned over to the Allies. Tho dls
paUhes ciinOrmcd tcports from KnRllsh sources that tho Greeks havo with
drawn most of their troops from S.ilonlcn.
GREEK TROOPS SEIZE SERB TOWN
LONDON, Dec, 21. A dispatch to the Daily Mull from Athens reports that
Gieek tronpii have occupied Doll mi Station nnd town, thus interposing them
iilvis lii-twtPii the Kntctitc Allies' lines and the JJulR.irlnns.
The town of Doll a n Is In Seilila near the Greek frontier; the station Is In
flp'i 1 1 mi (lie Siiliuili'ii-Aili Innnplo ttullwny.
THREE MORE BRITISH SHIPS SUNK BY U-BOATS '
LONDON, Dec. 21. Tin- destruction of three more llritlsh ships, apparently
hv German submarines, was iinnounced todny. The victims were tho steam
ships lielfort, Huntley nml Ophelia. The Ophelia was formerly a German
merchant ship. She wus captured nnd taken Into Yarmouth, whero she was
lilted out nn n British vessel.
i SLAV FLEET AGAIN SHELLS VARNA
I ATIIF.NS, Dec. 21. Viiinn. the chief ltiilRnrinn port on the Black Sea,
! has nRiiln been I onibnrdcd by Husslati warships, nocordliiR tn Information
lccolved heio today. Tlie.so mhlces report that n squndron of 10 transports
filled Willi tuiips utiiMiipnnlcd the llusslan warships. A cruiser and two
' destrnyets tnnk part in tho bombardment.
COURT HALTS GLOBE'S ATTACKS ON MRS. ASQUITH
! LONDON, Ilec. lit. Urn. Herbert Axiiulth. wife (if tlio Prime Minister,
today won her suit to pievunt the Globe from rnntinttliiR its alleged libelous
attacks upon her. .1 tint ice Peterson
RUSSIANS HEAT BACK PERSIAN ASSAULTS
PKTiiOGKAl). Dec. 21. Ktrotig tletn limentH of Persian gendarmes nnd
Kuril tliln'sini n, ollhi'ird by Swedes. Till Its nml Germans, attacked tho Rus
sians noitluust of Ham.. din, Persia, i-Mtcrila. These attacks were repulsed.
Tho 1'rrnliiux did nut nttonipt to ti'Siimc the offensive.
SERBIAN INTELLECTUALS FLEE INTO ALBANIA
HAItl, Italy, Dec. 21. More than 100 leading Serbian artists, sculptors,
literary men, professors ami members of Parliament arrived here today, hav
ing Med fiom Serbia in a body across the Albanian Mountains on foot.
They reported that King Peter Is now the guest of Kssnd Pasha, ruler of
Albania, but will come to Italy within a few weeks.
CZAR RELIEVES RUSSKY OF RIGA COMMAND
PKTHOGItAl), Dee. 21. General Hlissky has been relieved of command
of Itiisslii's'iinitheiu nt my defending Itig.t and the Dvinsk line. It was announced
today lu an Imperial tiKase.
It wao utlliially stilted Hint "ill health" wits the cause of his retirement.
Ho will lenuiln as a member of the Russian AVur Council,
"The Czar Iiuh congratulated General Russky for his services and has
cxptessed the hopo that ho may soon resume his command," said the oillcial
statement.
General Russky commanded the Russian army that Invaded Gnllcla and
captured Lembetg eatly lit the war. Later ho was transferred to the northern
fiont.
WILSON ANXIOUS TO HELP MAKE PEACE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. President Shlblcy, of the Leaguo for Vortd
Peace, has nindo public a iepiy fiom President Wilson to a letter calling hia
attention to riinncellor von Itoilinmnn-HollvveK's declaration that Germany In
sists, "as do tho Allies," that the peace terms must prevent the return of war.
"Vou, us head of the t'uited States Government and with a splendid record
for stilct ueiitiallty, aio doubtless the ono who can best take tho needed next
step in the peace movement," suld the league's letter.
President Wilson's reply follows:
"Allow mo to thank ou for your letter of December 14 and to say that I
have noted with tho greatest interest tho statement of Chancellor von Beth-mnnn-Ilollweg
to which you refer, and that I am following the development of
sentiment in Kuiope with regard to tho war with tho utmost sincere desire to
bo of set vice."
GEN. VON KISSING TO GIVE UP BELGIAN POST
KOMI!, Dee. 21. General von Hissing, German Governor General of tha
occupied poitlon if Helgluin. Is to retire from tho Governorship on January 1 on
account of ill health, according to a dispatch from Antwerp from the Correspon
dcncla. FIVE CHINESE PROVINCES REPORTED IN REVOLT
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21. Tonk King Chong, president of the Chinese
Republic Association, has received a cablegram from Shanghai, China, which
stated that five Chinese piovinces had declared their Independence of the rule
of Yuan Sltl-Kal. Tho provinces concerned in the revolution were, according
to the cablegram, Kwangtung, Kinngsl, Yunnan, Szcliuen and Kwelchau.
FRENCH TAKE PURSER FROM U. S.' SHIP
NKW YORK, Dec. 21. Wllhelm Garbe, of Hrooklyn, purser of- the Amer
lean steamship llorinnuen, was removed from the vessel off the harbor of San
Juan, Porto Rico, by olticers of the French cruiser Descartes, according to Cap
tain Dow, of the IJorinquen, which has arrived here.
Captain Dow said the incident occurred about 1 a. m. on December 15,
while his bhlp was rive miles outside San Juan harbor. After officers from th?
Descartes had come aboard they sent a boat alongside and directed Purser
Garbe to get in. To stop the Borlnquen the Descartes threw her searchlight on
her, then tired a blank shot across her bows.
BOER REBELS RELEASED FROM PRISON
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Dec. 21. General De Wet and 118 others who
took part In the Uoer uprising last year and who were sentenced to prison for
treason, were released today after they had signed a pledge not Jo take part In
any anti-Government agitation In the future.
MAJOR MOTON TO HEAD TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE
NEW YORK, Dec. 21. Major Robert Russa Moton. of Hampton Institute.
Virginia, was chosen at a meeting in this city to succeed Booker T Wah
ington as president of Tuskegce Institute, the negro InAstrial school -which
Doctor Washington founded The appointment waa roaRby a committee &t
Ave who were designated by the Tusjtegeq board of trust
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