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HERON TO ADMIT
UISITANIA ATTACK
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.Washington Believes Note
1 Accepting Terms of Apol
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P-t PRESIDENT IS SATISFIED
WASHINGTON, Jnn. 11.
While no odlclal word had been re
e(ved nt the State Department regard
ng receipt by Uerlln of the Lualtnnla
rtltlement as agreed upon yesterday by
Secretary I.misliiK and Ambassador
liernitorff, officials believed the paper has
been handed to Foreign Minister ton
Jagow by Ambassador Gerard.
According to the draft which Count
von HemstorfC sent to his Government
Germany -would give the satisfaction de
manded by the tfnlloil States In the fol
lowing way!
!. The imperial German Government
will again express Its deep regret over
the killing of the IIO American men,
women and children who lost their lives
when the Cunard liner wns torpedoed
without -warning by a German submarine.
1 It will express entire willingness to
make reparation for the lives destroyed,
the details of Indemtilllcatlon to be ad
Justed on a basis satisfactory to both
Governments.
3. It -wilt ml m It that the attack on the
Lusltanla wna an illegal art, but one
which was a reprisal tindcrtnkenagalnst
the unlawful actions of Great Britain In
proclaiming her Order In Council and
proceeding to starve out tho non
combatant population of Germany.
i. In reference to the demands of the
United States In Its nolo of .July 2t for
assurances against a repetition of the
Rttack on the t.usltanla, Germany, It Is
understood, will refer to the assurances
already given by her on this score follow
ing tho sinking of the Arabic.
Although the disavowal said to have
been agreed upon by tho Secretary and
the Ambassador Is not In the form origi
nally demanded by the United States,
It Is described as meeting entirely the
wishes of President Wilson.
It was pointed out tonight In well In
formed quarters that In view of tho posi
tion which tho United States has con
sistently held In Its correspondence with
Great Britain regarding tho Order In
Council this country can have no hesi
tancy In subscribing o tho statement
that Great Britain's methodM have been
-without tho pale of International law.
In the samo way officials observe .the
United States In Its correspondence with
Gormany on the Lusltanla controversy
has not disputed tho fact that the at
tack on the Lusltanla was In the nature
of a reprisal against tho British pro
cedure. Pending the receipt of further word
from Ambassador . Penflcld at Vienna,
dealing with tho loss jof the Persia, the
State Department will permit the sub
marine controversy to remain dormant.
It -was made plain today, however, by
Secretary Lansing, that ho at least has
not abandoned hope that responsibility
for tho sinking of the Persia yet will be
placed, Ambassador Penflcld Is pressing
the Austrian Foreign Office to make
further Inquiries to determine whether
any Austrlnn submarine torpedoed tho
.bis Pi and O. liner.
It flflll very probnbly be settled this
week whether action In the Persia, case
will be possible. If cither an Austrian
or German submarine was responsible,
officials Bay, they must get to Its baso
not later than the latter part of this
week. But, as n result of the voluntary
German note, reciting the orders given
to German submarine commanders, and
tho assurances that ha-e been given by
Austria, both here and in Vienna, that if
an AUatrJan naval officer was responsible
complete reparation will be made, officials
consider the danger entirely removed
from the situation.
ROOSfiVELT ARRAIGN
PRESIDENT IN APPEAL
TO THE PROGRESSIVES
Wires Party's National Com
mittec, Meeting in Chicago,
That Country's Honor Has
Been Trailed in Dust
GIU3A$ BATTLE IN MESOPOTAMIA NEAR
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MOOSERS FAVOR MERGER
CHICAGO, .Ian. It. Colonel Theodore
Iloosevelt today wired the Progressive
National Committee, as It met prior to
selecting a date for the party's conven
tion, pleading that It cast aside all purely
partisan considerations In behalf of pre
paredness.
Hooscvelt's message declared that with
the country facing a great crisis, the na
tion had fallen far short of Its duties for
the last 18 months.
UOOSEVKLT'S PLEA.
The telegram, which was read
ECHO OF SMITH FAILURE
Receiver Named for Leather Concern
in Which Senator Was Associated
NEWAIIK, N. J.. Jan. 11. Austen II.
McGregor was today appointed by Vice
Chancellor Howell to be receiver for the
leather manufacturing concern of J. H.
Halsey- & Smith, Ltd., anil his bond was
flxedat JK.OOO.
The order appointing McGregor was
made at "the- request of Francis Lafferty,
solicitor for tho Fidelity Trust Company,
assignee of former Senator James Smith.
Jr.
The .receivership grows out of the fall
ure qt Senator Smith In business, and the
appointment of a receiver for the Newark
Dally Advertiser Company, the publisher
of the Newark Evening Star and Newark
Eagle.
to the
rnnimlllfcnioii nnd scores of other 1'to-
gresslvc leaders at a conference prelim
inary to tho executive meeting ot me com
mittee, ,was:
"1 send you my hearty greetings. We,
as a oiintry, nip facing a great world
crisis In which, for tho last 1SS months
this nation has fallen far short of Its
duty, both to' Its own people nnd to the
Inw abiding nnd Justice loving nations of
mankind. There Is n crying nci-d that
we shall enst nsldo all purely partisan
considerations and disregard nil but the
vital Issues nllertlug tho national life, and
shall strive whole hcartedly for n sound
Americanism, which shall Insist thnt
overy man who Is within our borders
shall be an American and nothing else.
"Wo must do JJustlcc to our own people
nt home; we must Insist thnt they have
JJustlco when nbrond. We must Insist
upon the most thorough-going prepared
ness to protect our lights against nil pos
sible nttacks by any aggressor. Such pre
paredness Is the liest guarantee of hon
orable pence. Wo must over remember
that there cannot be such preparedness In
things material unles there Is also that
preparedness of soul and of spirit, which
nlono renders a nation lit to perform Its
high and difficult ilijt'os in national and
International life.
"TIIKODOni-3 UOOSEVELT."
Three-fourths of ttu committeemen
favor amalgamation with the Republican
party. If It can be accomplished "with
honor."
As tho committee prepared to meet nt
the Congress notel sentiment of both
Eastern nnd Western committeemen In
dicated a return to the Republican fold
wns more than possible. It Is all up to
the Republicans, they say.
Chances early today were considered
nine to one In favor of a Progressive Na
tional Convention In Chicago June T.
simultaneous with the Republican conven
tion. Tho Progressives have engaged SOO hotel
rooms hero for tne week of June 7.
"TO DEFEAT WILSON."
Statements today by Colonel Cecil Lyon,
of Texas, nnd William 11. Hotchklss, of
New York, were considered ns Indica
tory of sentiment among both Western
and Eastern Progressives.
Colonel Lyon declared n combine of the
Republicans nnd Progressives on Roose
velt wns the only possibility of defeating
Woodrow Wilson. Hotchklss echoed the
sentiment.
The Pc'rklns dinner Inst night left no
doubt where the Moose stand with Roose
velt. Scores of tho committeemen think
It Is more than possible that a majority
of the Republicans feel the same way
about the Colonel.
John M. McOrath, Colonel Roosevelt's
private secretary, nccompanled Mr. Per
.klna to Chicago.
Progressive lca'ders appear to be deter
mined to force the nomination of Roose
velt. Tho plan by which they hope to force
Colonel Roosevelt upon tile Republicans
was outlined by Frank Funk, candidate
for Governor of Illinois In 1912.
"We likely will decide today to hold
our convention hero tho same week the
Republicans meet," said Funk. "If tho
Republicans plan to nomlnnte their po
litical candldnte on Thursday wq will
nominate Roosevelt on Wednesday, Then,
unless tho G. O. P. nominates Roosevelt,
it Is a certainty that there will be a third
ticket In tho tleld."
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FRENCH ATTACK
FAILS TO RETAKE
CHAMPAGNE LINE
Desperate Battle Raging
for Massignes Trenches,
German War-Office
Reports
TWO AEROPLANES TAKEN
While the Uritish army of 10,000 soldiers nt Kut-cl-Amnra, on the
Tigris, is fiRhtinpr desperntely against a besieging Turkish army, n
relief column is ndvancing up the river from Basra. Official British
reports tell of a complete victory, after a severe battle at Imnn AH
Ghcrbi between tho relief expedition nnd a Turkish column attempting
to prevent the arrival of the reinforcements. Tho lntest reports
show the relief expedition, under General Aylmor, well within
n day's march of the beleaguered garrison.
"BREAK TEUTON
LINE," IS CZAR'S
ORDER TO SLAVS
But Enormous Casualties
Compel a Halt in Bessa
rabian Offensive
itU.islan division wns repulsed In Its ef
forts to advance at Rerestlany, In the
Volhynla district."
List night's official Austrlnn repoit
said there had been only Intermittent ar
tillery lighting, with skirmishes with Rus
sian reconnoitring detachments, mid to
day's report says there has been no fight
Ing of Importance, an ndvanco attempted
by the Russians near Toporutz btlng repulsed.
SOFT COAL PRICE BREAKS
175,000 TROOPS LOST
Pennsylvania Postmasters
WASHINGTON. Jan. ll.-Pennsylvnnla
poHlolIIco nominations sent to the Senate
for confirmation today were:
Richard O. Heilman, Catasauo.ua; R. P.
Wlrtz, Forest Grove; W. P. Qululnu.
Grant's Pass; Homer S. Wood. Indepen
dence; Harry M. Fensler. Myrtle Point;
F. II. Laighton, Seaside; Harry C. Gist.
Yamhill.
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LONDON, Jan. 11.
According to dispatches from Uerlln,
captured Russian officers declare thnt the
Russian Emperor visited Trenibotvla,
Gnllcla, on the cvo of the offensive with
the object of clvlnf, heart to his troops,
nnd delivered nn order to break the Aus
trian lino nt nil cost. The olllcers were
assured that there were aulllclent troops
to accomplish this. ,
The main nttnek thus far has been di
rected against a hill nnmed Fort Ualtln
In honor of General PHanzer-Unltln,
which the Emperor personally ordered
taken. As a result literally thousands
of Russian dead He before the Austrian
trenches or hnng suspended on tho wire
cntnngloments. Entire regiments were
wiped out, while the Austrian losses nre
declared to havo been comparatively
small.
The Russian artillery ammunition nnd
tho rltlcs of captives were almost exclu
sively of Jnpanesc manufacture.
"The general situation remains un
changed," says the Petrograd official re
port on the eastern front. "A stone
Decline of GO to 75 Cents n Ton Due
to Embargo
The embargo on tho railroad lines
which yesterday left only the Philadel
phia market open for ventral Pennsylva
nia coal, served to hrcak the prices ot
bituminous coal, and they went down BO
and 73 cents a ton. Ordinary Clearfield
coal, sclllnjr last wek from J2.B0 and $.1
a ton, brought yesterday J2 nnd $2.50.
Illtumlnous coal men nro nil nt sea and
are not riuotlng prices except for Imme
diate acceptance. Tho embargoes nre
so tight that conditions nro much llko
the daya of the great anthracite strike.
BERLIN, Jan. II.
Efforts by the French to reconquer the
trenches captured by the Germans north
west of Massignes, In Champagne, were
repulsed, tho German War Office an
nounced todny.
The violent battle In tho Champagne
continues with furious blasts of ftrtlllery
lire followed by nttaclc and counter-attack.
Tho Germans have shot down two more
aeroplanes.
Tho text of the official German report
follows:
"Enemy advances against tho trenches
northwest of Massignes, which were cap
tured by the Germans, wero repulsed.
The number of prisoners In our hands nt
that point has reached 3S0.
"A battlo aeroplane, fitted with 3.8 centi
metre guns, was forced by Germnn tiro to
land near Jumcn, south of Dlxmude, Bel
glum. The aircraft, undamaged, Is In our
hands nnd tho pilots, who were tin
wounded, wero made prisoners.
"A British biplane lias been shot down
In n fight near Tournnl.
AUSTRIA STORMS
MONTENEGRO BY
LAND AND WATER
King Nicholas' Forces
Slowly Being Crushed Un
der Hostile Pressure
ITALY GROWS ANXIOUS
LONDON, Jan. 11.
Interest In the Maccdonlnn campaign
has become secondary to tho operations
of tho Austrlans In Montenegro. A detcr-
ninij nflnt; la helnir mndn on Mount
T.nvsn. n Montenegrin stronghold, over-'
looking Cattaro Bay, by the guns of the
Austrian fortress at Cattaro and Austrian
warships lying In the Adriatic. The for
midable Austrian forces Invading Monte
negro extend over n wide front, from the
River Tarn in tne wesi 10 1110 jjich uio
trlct In the East.
It cannot be dlsguisbd that the Invasion
Is causing grent uneasiness among- tho
Entente Powers, nnd especially Italy,
which sees In Its success nn end to
Italy's dream of dominating tho Albnnlnn
littoral of thq Adriatic. The Italian
newspapers In expressing the opinion that
nn Austrlnn success ngalnst Montenegro
would give tho Invader nn Incalculable
political maritime, commercial nnd strat
egic advantage, ndinlt tho fear that
Italy's Intervention In the Balkan cam
paign has como too late.
On tho Montenegrin front the Austrlans
have been generally successful. They have
ndvnucod their positions nt several Im
portant points, desalt h vS
enow Waist deen. fthd n .t, e5I
selves Just as adept as the Mon5ai4
n mountain fighting, which heretofSR'l
been regarded as the particulArS 1
of the Montenegrin soldiers. ' 1
On the Salonlca. front almost ...
aeroplane skirmishes havo oceorS1'"' i
of which continued for two ion
Germans have thus far lost .t.
planes In this region.
The rumor thnt the consuls nt .. I
tonlo Allies arrested at Salonlca .5 tni
released appears to have belti i!.N
foundation, ns It Is now nnmh.2t?.i
they have been transferred to W
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