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LEAGUE OF PEACE
W tlhlon of Nations to Pre-
4t,
- v&nt War Urged in
-' ' Resolution
DEFINITE PIxAN
dd Enforcement of Pure Food
T.nvtra To A Inn
nj1" .....-
1pr - Demanded '
jfii
World-wide peaco (o bft estAbllahad
throuth leasuo of natlbn and speedy
enforcement of the) pun food laws, espe
I illy dealing- with tha sals nf liquor, were
-.lvictd loday In resolutions presented
fcefora tho Etata Orange, which If hold
lnr"H annual meeting In the Academy of
Musle.
h peaea resolution, which was Intro
ttucM by th universal peaco committee of
the Ornnge, recommended that steps be
taken to keep the peace of the world In
Absolute guaranty against the poaslbls re
CUrroncs of such a catastrophe as the Ku
rcpian war, and that tha gtnngo take defi
nite action to further the plan. The United
State was also timed to Join the pro
posed, league, and It i provided In the
resolution that the rowers thus nllled shall
jointly Uia both economlo and military force
against any one of their number who noes
to war or commlta any act nf hoallllty
gainst any other member of tho league be
foro submitting- tha Intention to do o to
the organised rowera.
Conference between the hernia of na
tions were alao recommended In order to
formulate plana.
UfJUOn TKAFKIC CONDKMNKD
The pure food reiolutlon, which la aimed
at the utter elimination of the sale of liquor
In the Plate, was unsparing In Ha criticism.
It waa Introduced by Captain Prank Moore,
Tha resolution went on to nay that through
investigation It was shown that liquor waa
bought In the open market and submitted
to analysis which proved It to be of harm
ful character on account of poisonous adul
teration. In forceful language, the resolution op
posed the sale of the health-destroying
commodity, which, It hsaerted, attested the
nervous system, crowded asylums nnd
cemeteries and brought destruction to tha
people generally. The grunge was urged
to appoint a committee of not less than,
seven members to call on Oovrrnor Ilruin'
haugh -with a view of bringing about a,
speedy enforcement of tho pure food laws;
specialty those relevnnt to tho liquor ques
tion In order to safeguard the health and
Ufo-of the people
The formation of nn Insurance company
which "would Insure live stock agaltmt de
i truollon other than by fire and lightning
was: also urged In another resolution pre
sented by James A. Fnrbaugh, of Cambria
county, a fourth resolution oiivnenieu
legislation to protect the State roads from
damage by heavy vehicles
Co-operative clearing- houses will be es
tablished In all of the agricultural sections
of Pennsylvania In a short time, according
to R. 8. nankin, member of the executive
committee of the Orange.
These co-operative clearing houses, Mr.
Rankin statu, will obliterate the middle
man, rout the food speculators and reduce
prices of foodstuffs nil along the line
"The various groups of farmers," said
Mr. Rankin, "will band together Into asso
ciations, and eacli'asnoclatlon will have Its
own clearing house and Its own agents to
keep In touch with the markets all over the
country and sell the products.
"When the farmer harvests his crops l)e
will cart them to the clearing house,
whether the crops consist of a thousand
tmshea of potatoes or Ave hundred barrels
of apples. The agents In charge of the,
clearing house will be expert business men.
In touch with tha markets of. nil ha large
Cities Of the country. For Instance, the
man In charge of the clearing house may
learn that somebody out In 8L Louis wants
1000 bushel of potatoes: He will get n
touch with that firm, at once and quote
prices. In this manner the crops of the
farmer will be kept moving, for his clear
ing house will keep him In constant touch
with the best markets of the country.
'The farmer will not be placed In the
position where he Is obliged to leave his
apples to rot on the trees because It does
not pay him to pick them, He will be pro
tected from the sinister Influence of tho mid
dleman nnd the food speculator.
"It Is only by this system of central clear
ing houses that tha farmer jvlll be able to
solve tho problem of produce marketing.
The system la being worked with tremen
jisua success by the farmers of Texas, Vir
ginia, and tho Far West.
Today you will notice that we are get
ting fine, b,lg red apples from Oregon. Apples
Just as gOod rotted by the thousands of
bushels on tho trees of Pennsylvania. This
la because the Pennsylvania farmer has
vo effective marketing system. Anyway, the
fanner at the best la a poor bualnesa mun,
and for that reoeon ho should organize and
employ competent business experts to help
him get the most out of his crops."
A memorial service followed the business
session. This afternoon there will be an
other business session, followed by the con
ferring at the fifth degree by Dolaware and
Chester County Pomona Orange. After
this there will be an Informal reception and
tea, under the auspices of the Antl.Vlvlaec
non society. The sixth degree will be con
ferred this evening.
Tomorrow morning -will be devoted to In
spection of the shopping district, the city
Jriarketa, League Island and other places
of. Interest. In the afternoon ofllcers will
'Tm elected. On Friday ofllcers will be In
stalled and other business completed.
CAMDEN
TUB ATTENDANCE at the tabernacle
lit Camden during the last seven weeks has
bnn 111,009 and trail hitters 4074. Last
algbt the nev Or. Mllford Hall Lyon spoke
H Th Christian Incentive."
ON A CKAnOE of operating an automo.
Bi:e wnne in an intoxicated condition, John
Onibam, twenty-seven years old, of 1810
SUttenhouae street, was yesterday sen
t(ie4d by Ilecorder Btackhouso to sixty
dayi in the county Jail.
ttVitWn OAJtniSON, at the opening of
the Picember term of tha Camden County
Courfn yesterday, designated the Itev Dr.
Genre H, Hemingway, pastor of the First
PreabyterUn Church, as foreman of the
Grand Jury. Circuit Court Judge Lloyd will
fcesln, the trials on December It.
ACCJDKNTAI.I.Y SIIOOTINO hlpitelf In
the left hand while cleaning his revolver
tgsWj policeman Samuel Nsylor, forty-six
am oja, o mv flonn ienwi sircei, ioi
jC Bttgg and the bone of others were
aattf?i. Wivlcr. whn lfl slturhH in fhn
it zjja
m
'Jfe
, Kfk J?trict, h4 Just flnlshad cleaning tlie
cMsuit&i. usa itvi foittuvu ito variriuacs
4w te acoldent occurred. He was treated
-Wmtrnt Hospital
TJB SADIES' AUXIMART of the flocl.
(f fcr f Prevention of Cruelty to Chlt-
U completing arrangements for the
Htor of the annual dance for the benefit
C U Sht-lttrliig Arms Home en December
U, fcf Salj this year Is expected to be
t;rtat success. Miss Evelyn Croft Is chair.
StWK ai the; committee. Other members are
jMKiier vrois, rs irvin r uaaKyne,
fleorg Ooroersall, Mrs, Fletfher
My, Mr O. Pore Cogswell, Mrs. Helen
au&Key ana Jus- FredertaK vpit
nmm ATTACHKU to a team of the
FhWIc rvliM Gas Company, fr(gfelDf t
U MawrsT "f a shrill whistle, ras away
ey, jjirowmg vntoy eruaww. w-rtv-
ajfi a "s""1,
r m io &ri;und, badly dii
3S3r irrrrnflmiejf
nmsi IffliffTtMiaihMat.siiiilaiiWHilasi
Attitude at United States
"j Toward (tcr'man Proposals
IThe Allies ought nt least to
e discuss the Teutonic pro
posals. O Any settlement must bo
backed by a world guaranty
of pence.
3 The United States will not
be stampeded Into tnklnft the
Initiative for pence,
City News in Brief
FHANK J. (.'tJMMIfWtr.V, rlitrf nf the
Hurenu of Oily Property, for whom several
hundred City Hall employes prayed as ho
lay nt the point of death with pneumonln
several weeks Ago, Is so much Improved
inst no wan able lo enjoy nn automobile
riue today, accompanied by Ills nurse nnd
a friend Ile Is expected lo be able 'u leave
the hospital Hnturdny
ritlt.ADKI.PIIIA CONTl.Ntjr.H In ,
leading exponent of outdoor life, tie fifty
per cent of (he families tinted In the social
directory oro living In the country Only
twonty-fhe per cent of New Ynrliera llvo
In the suburbs, and that Is an Increase of
ten per cent slnio 1901
THi: KIl.VNI.VriTO.V llOAItl) OP tiiaiii:
has decided to hold a "Dollar Weok ' an
nually, ow.lng to the sucirts of tho Initial
affair recently closed The prlxes for the
beat-decorated windows by business houses
wero awarded ns follows! First, llerg
Mrothers, im North Tront street! David
HtrumpH, 2124 North Front street, second!
Hlchard ICrtelt, 3I3C North Front street,
third; Ladles' Hliop. 2127 Frankforil no
tiue, fourth
CIVII. HKIlVIC'i: I1VAMIVATIONH
wero held In Philadelphia to.lny for tho fol
towing positions Chemists' aid. laboratory
apprentice, chemist, nhvulilmi fur fi,ii
and Panama Canal scrvlco, ntullHtlciil nnnt
teacher of agriculture and dental Interne
for St Kllxabclli's Hospital. Washington
I'OMCKltr.V OF Till'. Tiretity.flrlitli
District took a night off nH guests of Moo"
Fay, Varn leader nf tho Thirty-Second
Ward, nt a banquet In tho stnlloii hnuse nt
Twentieth arid lierks streets last night All
cops attended except nuo linusa sergeant
the required quota of men for the district
being made up of men from neighboring
districts
THF. .NKtVI.Y lOANI7i;i rinlme
Uaptttt Church, on Cm tin mi street, nt Five
Points, hns been received Into the 1'iilon
of Il-iptlal" Churches of I'hlliidclphln, and
the Itov 'John II Itemtney, the pnstur, wan
ordained t a, special service held In the
church The Itev Chnrlen II Dodd, vlcfl
president of the Uaptlst Union, presided
MAHINTKATK SIAMl Kl.l. ririiVI.N-
HON Jr. was tendered n tflHthniiiiliil illnnor
by more than too friends nt llolmnnt Man
slim The ppetkeiH Iniludeit .Senator Ale
Nlchol. Judgo Ilonuhvell nnd Director Mo
f.aushlln, of tlte Deiurtniant of .Supplies
nil.l.IAM KIII.M. Ilftj.llvr ,. ,,
a night watchm-in In a cirpet-clranlng
establluhment at Hydenhnm struet nnd Col
unibla uveiiuo, was found dead in tho lmso
ment of tho building Inst night with rJm
flowing from an open Jet Kcllj lived with
his family ut 2250 .Vofth llouvler street.
The police be!lee he committed hulcldv
AHIMIAI.T PAVING st the cnlriw.ro t,.
Falrmount Park at llelmont and Purksldn
avenues was ndvocut-d at it meeting of th
Helmont Improvement Association, held ut
4019 Cllrord aenue
Michael J Coimay hh elected president
of the Flfty.fiWth Htrett IluidnesH Men's
Association last night lo succeed HaniHey
Youngt who - reamed jjuns Dougherty
was elected vice president
e- ., J.
F.NTAIILIHII3II!T of n Iriml ronqmuy
In tho neighborhood of How ntv-iliM jttreet
nnd Woodland acuue nan dlscUKeed last
night by the Woodlund Avenue lluslness
Men's Association It .was reiiorinl Hint
the proposition has been rcielxed with gen.
eral faor A special cominltloo wan author
ised to study the practicability of the
Idea,
HIltllCT t'OUVt'll.MAN MIH'IIIIOI,
whs Inst night roqursteil by tho Cohocknlnk
Iluslness Men's Association, of which ho
Ib a member, to Introduce nn ordinance
prohibiting awnings on Gerinantown aenu
between Montgomery ininuo and York
street
DltOPPl.NG UNt'GNriC'IUUH to the pnve.
inent at Flfty-flrnt strut nnd Springfield
avenue. Wllllnm Hnnpes. nftj-olght vears
old, of 100? Soutli Paxson street, died Just
as a physician reached his side Dr James
N Godfrey, of 200S Chestnut street, who
was passing nt the time, rushed to the aid
of the stricken mini, but was too late to
be of nny assistance llenrt dlHenso was
the cause of the death
TOG MUOII Cn.NHUIIlNUK ! tending
Oeorge Marshall a negro, luck lo Ohio to
day. Some years ugo he broko his parulo
In Ohio, wheie he had ered fouitoeu
months for a felony .Since then lie has
been truellng all over the country doing
odd Jobs UiHt night ho surrendeud him
self Jo Policeman Preudergast, of tho llldge
and Mlihale acmies police stullou, and
said hla conscience hurt him foi breaking
Ida parole He asked to ha sent back Ho
Is being held awaiting word from Ohio au
thorities. MOIti: 1IIAV (4000 list hern dUtrlbiitnl
among the members of St Stephen's Cith
ollo t'lub from the Christmas Havings Fund
John A Toomey was elected president of
Ihe club, Chnrles A, Fltspatrlck lce presi
dent, apd GustavuH Carlln, second lca
president The club Is situated nt the
southeast corner of Gerinantown and Url
avenues,
A nisPUTK OVKIt the proper plsre to
dump sehM OU a lot ut Nlcetown lane und
Kerialngton avenue resulted In the wutch
man. Caslmlr Krull, of 2430 IWgemont
street, being battered Into unconsciousness
nnd thrown Into a shanty on the lot. Ho was
found this morning and rentmed lo the
Frankforil Hospital In it serious romininn
Police of the Uelgrude and Clearfield streets
station are searching for three men who
are belleed to hap been the assailants
UITY APP01.NTMri.NT8 today Included
Helen L. Wallace, Philadelphia General
Hospital, dietitian, 31200 Samuel a
Murphy, 351S Knorr (Street, and Kmll
nwummr, im norm street, engineers,
Bureau of Charities, 31000, and Lewis
Leroy. 431 North Hlxty.thlrd street, climber.
Ulectrlca) Hureau, 33 a day
' DAVID A. GATIJH, of Wsihlngloo, chief
deputy Internal Revenue Commissioner, Is
In Philadelphia today for a conference with
Internal llaveuue Collector Kphrlam ider
er. Departmental buslne will be dis
cussed AN OVKBIIKATF.H HTO K cuu.t.l
fire that damaged the carpenter shop of
John Nlehenke. of 1838North Klguteenth
street, to the ejitent of 1100 today Kuglne
Company Ka 27, at Twenty-seeund street
and Columbia menus, was uinmunel
IIKMIY MAKnINO, alias Cllrf, who
forfeited an 3SO bail bond a year ago.
when be was held on the aharge of shop
lifting, was brought baok to Philadelphia
today freen Pittsburgh by Petectite Lord
of the Dlatrlet Attorneyi( orllce n bad
been anvsted In Pittsburgh on the same
charge, unj had jus,t completed a larm
In Jail wfe h was rsarroated by I-ord
A feUIt; T BHCIOVHU HJOO damagea
(or bMftg W (Id bead by a. falling
Wick w- tUl today by William
WoUUii iUst Patnelc Kelly, a eos-
trafittof 0401 orr4 on Oetobtr
v 'ill hey who Is a ituni niter
'libit oimruAiua at
itt.
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EVENING mnmB PH1LAJ
REV JOHN B. FALKNEft
Pastor Emeritus of Christ
Church, Gernmntown, Dies.
Noted as Negroes' Friend
Phutti by S Hnollenburs b Co
TUB ItKV. DR. J. B. FALKNKR
Tho Ite Di John II Falkuer, eighty
four Jeirs old rei.toi eim rltus of Christ
Kplscopal Church, Gerinantown, died nt
hln home, 2S0 South Forty-fifth street, nt
fl 30 this morning lie contracted a cold
laet week, while iitlondlug u concert, which
de eloped Into pneumonia
Ho wns untonniloiii a part or ciiterdnj,
but last night reicd a few innim-nts whllit
niembeis of Die family wore gathered
around the bedlde IIo lepcated a prayoi
and ufter Die benediction fell back again
unconscious
Four children surMie him Miss Gruce
Knlkner, Mrs Henry Arudt Dr Rowland
Fnlkncr nnd FranrlH Fnlkncr Mrs l'nlkner
dltil f'liir wjiih ngo 'Ilin funeral will be
held Sntuidii), Willi burial In West I.iiurol
Hill Ceinetor
Doctor Faiknor was born In IJnglnnd
Heptemner 17, tsiz When sixteen vears
old lie ittinu to this couutr with his par
et ts eoltllug In Now Vorlt city He studied
nt the New York IJulveralt). receiving his
1) A degree in I8CS He then attended
the Alexandria Theological Seminary, Alex
audrlii. Va Ilu was ordained a irilnlbler
of (ho Ilpfscupul Church In HOI The
snme year he nnrrled Mlsu Helen llutler.
daughter of li Hew Clement llutler, of
Washington, chaplain of the United htntes
Komitu
With his father-in-law he nrganlted llio
first Sunday school for negroes In Wash
lugton, thereby rouulug the antagonism of
many of the white population I la moused
further onmlty l bulng n negro slne
gill and liberating her A mob raided his
dwelling and threatened his life so that ho
was forced to go In hiding for a tlntj, as
suming u dlDguluo when ho appeared in pub
lic On one occasion lie assisted n crowd
In burning down his own eirig)
Ho wns ordilusd a deacon in New York
in 1801, the Hlghl lluv Horatio Potter, nt
that time Uljhop of llio New York diocese
officiating Ho wus mndo locum tenens of
Holy Trinity Cliunh. Nineteenth and Wal
nut streets, Philadelphia, and moved here
from Washington A short lime after tak
ing thli charge he was iniule a priest by
Illuhop Alonzo Potter, who wai prominent
in church work hero flftj jenrs ugo He
romulned with this church until 1862
Ho was afterward rector of fhrlut Church,
IletleWlle. N J , Christ Church, llrldgcport.
Conn , mid Ht Matthaw h Church, Eighteenth
utieet und Olrard avenue this city His
last chnrgu wnsC'hiist Episcopal Churcli,
Tulpehockoii stre'et Gerinantown
Doctor Fnlknet was for llfty-slx jears an
nctlve milliliter, having hud flvo charges
.Silica hlu retirement he had devoted his
time to cliunh propagation work IIo was
Intererted In tho roilsUm of the Scripture,
having Written prefaces for the four Gos
pelu for the reused version of tho New
Testament He was u membci of tho bonrd
of managers of the Dplncopil Hotipltnl, of
tho board of managers of tho Kplscopal
Divinity bchool nnd examining chaplain
there, manager of the Philadelphia Society
for Employment and Instruction of the
Poor, nnd member of the Evangelical Edu
cation hoclet)
Of his alx children the four living are
Fruncls II FalKner Roland P Falkuer,
Mrs Charles Henry Arndt nnd Mlsu Grace
PttlUuei. all of Philadelphia Ono of his
sons wus the lata Itev 'William Howard
Knlkner, archdeacon of Ilultlmore. Hla wife
died four joais ago
11a resigned this charge In May, 1899, after
moro than twenty-IIvn eurs of service The
veetry hesitated In accepting IiIh resigna
tion and offered him six months' vucutlou
and ralary If he would remain, but his
health dlctuted his giving up work en
tirely Then to show lis gratitude and re
spect, the vestry made him rector emeritus.
WO.MAN SUES LAUNDRY CO.
AHobcs Sho Wns AIndo Hi by Gas From
Plant's Tanks
Mrs, Mury Itendelman 878 North Sev
enth street, brought suit for 11000 dam
ages against the Tribune Laundry, 878
North bev null street, loda), alleging that
she was made unconscious and afterwards
very 111 frpm Inhaling chlorine gas, which
eeoaped from a leaking bleach tank In
the laundry She churges that the laundry
was negligent In Its maintenance of the
tank and In not Informing her of the
danger of escaping fumes Iter nusbund,
Joseph Itendelman. Is also a plaintiff ask
ing reimbursement for expenses Incurred
during Ids wife's illness
The manager of the Tribune laundry ex
plained that the escape of the gas was an
accident of one day five months ago. The
laundrV had Installed a new bleach tank,
he said, and during the night Its lid came
off
When laundry workers arrived next
morning they found the place tilled with
futnea and carried the tank Into a yard at
the rear The fumes had gotten Into the
Itendelman home next door The tank
was being tried out at thetlme, the manager
said, and was not used afterward,
t Italians Repulse Uulgar Attack ,
PAItlS. Pt4 U Bulgarian troops fight
north of Monastlr delivered a strong attaek
upon the Italian forces, but the assaults
were repulsed, the War Oiltce snnouncl
today In a communique on St"!rn opera
tions Two-Year Sentence for White Slaver
HEADING Pa., Dec 1I- "Tola U a eon.
teiDlrtibU way to make a Ilvlny, ' said Judge
iSndlieb here In bnpeeing a twe-yttgr Jail
sentence qn Frank Beontei, a young aa
fUAVtotad white slaver.
Sri V mi
M m Mi V l
3L3?HIA, WEDBBDAY,
i i i run Tm ' ifn -in rf r - f"Er - - 1Jfl"iTnliirfiSiiliilnli
,OYD GEORGE WILL DECIDE
THE PATE QF PEACE OFFER
fnntlnoM frem Psee One
irmles can be brought about In fact, the
ferman propoattlon for a dlreiiiwlon of
Jeaee lerma meets not the slightest re
arrange here It Is run regarded by the
uniform multitude as a disguise for some
vrelt through! out plon of Oerman diplomacy
U affect neutrals and possibly secure art
Armistice."
The same attitude Is lakeh by the Post,
wUeh says that If an armistice la brought
abiut the Allies would have to abandon
nil hopo of beotlng Germany Into submis
sion. Tie Poal says In part
"Ormany knows she has reached her
senltli and henceforth must decline. Noth
ing, therefore, would better serve her pur
pose than an armistice "
PAI11H, Dec. 13
nidlcnle and Indignation nt Germany's
peace proposals are reflected In Paris news
papre loday
"Mere talk." Is the conclusion reached by
the Matin "Germany merely says for the
hundredth lime thnl fine never desired war,
that she wlnhes only to protect her rights
and that If her enemies will not listen she
will throir the blnme of further blood
she'd upon them The device Is loo obMous
It could not celve any one but the most
Ifnornnt "
Tho V 'it -sl anys:
"We t .i ow If there nro people
vVW: ONLY MESSENGERS, NOT
V liKDIATORS, GERMANS ASSERT
i.ir.e'tL V ACK15R.MAN
' IlbltLUs Dee 13
Germany
ftfnrt npneft
i .m ,'. noutrei powers to
i Bllons T1JS American
Krnbnasy's una ! Hg lo'tflat Urrlln has
merely asked nMics' powers to Intoim the
nations of the It . nte that tho t entrsl
Powers arc willing t filcus ixWP Mil
ting up to the Allies ie tasjulewne ci -fusat
of the tender
The d'plomatlo corpo h ( OaMWal rVc
alders the German move t , Uwfr etrplelv
Hi.pri.tnrv Grew of the ArrWrWlt H
hassy, peraonslly typed a translsftM oi tV
note of which he received fvo eUMe. Oti
written In French The Amerlonn fhirrh
was asked to communicate the ic;l M I so
,lnn. Prtrnrrnri. Paris nnd Itumanls 'he
Spanish Ambassidor being requests I to I
transmit It to llelglum nnd Portugal ,Uid ,
the Swiss Ambassador to Italy
The Tsgeblatt loday cautiously s t e I
overy on should support the move wli j
full iiower since It is perhaps the first step '
toward pence
The Voislsche .eltung cxplnliiH thai neu
tral nations In thin Instance do not ad
ns mediators, but merely as carriers of the
prnpnml
If Gcrinniiv h bid for pence In rcjectid
by the Entente Powers, It Is certnln the
Central Emnlres will not take tho Inltlutlvo
ngnln to end the war.
. The public tndn voK-ed complete appro
bation of tile Impcrliil t'lmncelliir h soli-inn
U. S. WILL PROCEED CAUTIOUSDK
IN ROLE OF PEACE MESSENGER
WASHINGTON, Rco 1.1
Whr.1 p-irt tho Culled States will plas
In furthering tlermniiys siiKKcstloti fr n
praco pirley Is undetermined
Hut theso three big Ideas lowiud It nro
In ofllcln) inlndH
That I.'nglntul and her allies ought
at lnt to discuss the offer.
That any settlement, enpeclally In
Germany's present frame of tiilnd,
would have to be backed by a world
guaranty of peace
Tint the United .States will not be
stampeded In this ense
On the whole, tho sentiment hero Is that,
at present, the United States ought merely
to bo 'messenger bo" for Germany and
pass on her proposals
President Wilson Is undecided : he hns not
even told his Cnblitet what he thinks Hut
his closest followers believe that this na
tion ought lo know what the Allies think of
tho offer before taking nny move Further
more, they say fninkli they bellovo Eng
land wilt scorn tho offer, especially If based
on the terms announced b) n German Ilni
basay olllcla! Ill these circumstances
America a course must be cautious, officials
hold
While the Administration feels certain
that Knglnnd will not now incept Ger
man) 'a proposals km outlined, it uttnehes
great Importance to the fact that these pro
posals may form the "entering wedge ' for
peace or a peace parley
A State Department olllcla! pointed out
thnt whatever mas happen, the proposals
will give food for thought and a basis upon
which to deduce pioposnls or terms of
settlement Inasmuch as this olllclall)
starts tho ball rolling the matter Is con
sidered a vital proposition though ap
parentl destined to fall for tho moment
One of the foromost men In the counclli
and eonlldence of President Wilson said to
dai that am thing purporting to be Presi
dent Wilson's Idea now Is a llctlon Tho
President, he said, has not even conllded
to his cabinet what hu plans, and Indeed,
Imh not ct decided IHlt the olllclul view ns
rellicted by Wilson's closcBt, advisers cun
bo stated thus .
HIUI CTION SI.'IJMS CURTAIN
On the first point, tho Administration
thinks tho question of peace so very enor
mous that U la worthy of serious ennaidrrn
tlon On the other hand, It feels convinced
already that the Allies will scorn thu offer
Hut. be Germany's motive political, nltru
latlo or greedy, the Idea of a step to end
the war la too momentous to be ciut aside
without fullest official discussion III theso
clrc-umstances the Government m ly lend Its
Influence secretly perhaps to getting such
discussion Hut It will go cautiously be
foro putting Itself on public record behind
Geimsny's proffer, until It knows accurately
whether there can ba the slightest chaiieo
of success
OUAUANTV KSS11NT1AI.
On the nuestlon of a world guaranty of
peace, officials think that German) s terms
as revealed by a German embassy oltlclal
are such that only such an International
agreement could make them "stick " And
at this time they feel it Is. doubtful if such a
guarnnt) could be effected
The reasons for desiring a world guaranty
are these-
, Germany would be well pleased to return
to the status she had territorially before the
war Hut In addition-she wants a wuy
Into Asia Minor Her terms Impose a hard
ship upon Ilusfcla because she wants a
buffer between that great nation and her
eastern boundary. Hut such terms could
not be attained, probably. Hence, right
on that point tho need of a world guaranty
of peace would arise Yet there are other
conslderat'ons Belgium would be restored,
but at a terrible sacrifice. There would be
no restitution for the ravages of war, un
jesa, perhaps, Germany should buy, at an
enormous rate, the Helglan Congo as a resti
tution meaaUre
Belgium's fate In the present war,
oftlolals think, makes the Idea of a world
guaranty of peace even more essential than
perhaps do the questions of a possible threat
of ItuseU overrunning the German Umpire
Germany has aspiration In Asia Minor
That la why she leaves the settlement of
Balkan problems to the peace conference.
All her terms suggest the need of a world
guaranty, said the president's adviser, and
he doubted that this will be possible at this
the third point that of no stampede
the Administration feels that It ought
not to be forced Into any ridiculous position.
It feels that It should knolv something or
what the Allies wish and are willing to
do before making any kind of suggestion or
offers of Its own.
Thuar officials point out Germany has
made no oBVcUl offer of general settlement
twins other than tb outline presented by
it atrma li-uUiy otficlil Up to tarly
DBCBAIBBR 13,
- lriifTllai.psiiihtiia
at Jlerlln to nalxe as 10 Imagine that the
Allies are likely to Rwallow this clumsy
bait The German moe alms at something
else beside genuine pence It l beqauee
Germany knows she esnnot win that ahe
desires to end the war"
The Figaro frankly calls Ihe whole situa
tion "a trap It says!
"As soon as wo lay down our arms," It
states, ''and tese parties shill hae been
formed In France, nussln and Kngland, then
Germany will enlighten us on the terms
she now calls moderate Hueh Is the trap
The maiieuer Is too clumsy lo be worthy
of Indignation "
COPKNHAOF.N, Dec IS
The genernl tone of the JScandlnaUan
prees with regard to tho peace i.ertures
is more hopeful than confident.
"Iteeent Indications in London, Paris and
Petrograd says the Politlken today, do
not Indicate that the Allies wleh peace, or
that they am ready to start negotiations
Therefore a refusal would not be surprla
Ing nllhough It will be difficult for the Al
Ilea to make an absolute refusal
Th-it the Allies will not Immediately re
Ject the overtures Is the gift of nn article
In today's Stockholm Dagonsnyheter The
paper sas It learns this from "authorlta
lle .sources"
.. ..-.in i iii itnlnhjttntr vesterday that If
Germany's enemies continue the war It Is
becnure they have conquest In mind Such
n belief Imbues the general public with an
Inflexible determination to fight on to the
blt'er end against nny dismemberment of
tho Fatherland
The li-ipes of tho Oerman people for peace
are wholehearted but If the present pro
ponal Is scorned, the rejection of the plan
for a discussion of terms would serve to
cement tho empire ever moro fully In its
lettrmlnallon and to dispel all pence talk
nd ppcculatlon "
The comment or linor ineouwro .tuih.
i ' Tegeblatt, Is typlcsi
'' lh opposing eiovernmeniH snoum
I u le ihe pesce overtures or uisuain
oi i a sign of weakness nna nuner-
r i f r.rnBle win once more run euciii-
nt' "hether they are not being
ar in, eruwlesilj and without urgent
r! V 'it-w sacrlflccii nnd renewed
i is (Cvres t ijorman peopio, ii wieir
.....' .,, A- I nrrntlve will see
PI . r il'l. na
r ei lll lnS
V n i iirMeit, or
Ui , as n ie Is .
I, ...U..V .'n ntviJ
'"'"A '"
duly to near the
jeavler liurrteiis bo
!H
xalblllty of ngrcc-
Kblo
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II Ii
MCf.
iblo and enmt)ic
lit,, .'K'tfvJMfc the 1,'ntonto 'If Ger-
,.n-u i. .Vtf'i. efusd. 1ikr nt will soon be
r.dt with iijWy.forc' ' Tho ?ult0''lal nl"
suiiRists mtt 5Wianys own peace orters
militate tpere Is pf mHoesiiy o iicuum ,.
tlons offers for iwlfe.
forenoon the Official I
lejft
at ht
.Vk'i
to y
of tho (ienunn
pence propns il? had not
rrlvid Mt the State
DtpirtniPiit Jfngland
I her usBoclites
lire not In u petition
accept or reject
those Thei liavo merely
opportunity
to dlscuai peace, as offered
the Identic
notoi tiildriesiiil b) Germany t.
r enemies
And Gunnnii) h note breathci'
plilt that
ma) not be conduolvo to prlni?
peaco
talk , it aiiinlttciiiy reeks to t
blllty for innttinmneM of the
reponnl-
wri her
iiuinlci some ofllclals pointed c
Ml'.'ir PltOVK St.M
Administration oillclala on
olel
th'nli Germany must provev-ws
miking meiely a good 'poll JLtjir
throw responsibility eltfev, hrn
crcato nmong tho Allies dlstsl
continuance of tho war It,
move and If the Allies so f
Administration does not want o
cal or hurried In backing it lew kit
uoes not wane io no fin iqieuiv,
On tho other hnnd as
renson, German) Is paying f lid
If neace does not come to her.
jpy
contliilio five )ears moro until
or
the other Is crushed Hence
siitlKtled to quit now while sin
territory nnd before she Muff
loss of men And, if she enu gfl back t
tne status ante uelluin she will be wel
pleased, although she bus dream of a route
Into Asia Minor ns part of the fruit '
war Taken all In nil tho mik,t H n
enormous so cotisequrntlHl to the i 'uplnisi
and future of tho world that any action Fv
this Government will be decided. Upon only
In calm, deliberate thought ,
Colonel House, tho President'!) personal
adviser was with him todii) helping him Ii
the consideration of the entire proi m -lir.
will play a large part Jn the llnh cmt
mlnatloii
Colonel House returned to Now
k on
the i: 30 train today
lie Cure leaving be conferred
red wltj8rre.
h adinltii 1 nat
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tho genernl nltim.tloii was eanvimfied J It) -wus
posjtlvely stated Unit un detlr U4. ile- '
c-ision nn n ino i-rcsinciii n course or aSMon
was reached
After Colonel House hod conferred lth
Soi.rctnry I.anHlng It wns iiimored thai the
German pioposul had reached Washlntf hi,
but Secretnr) I-anilng positively denle iiutt
this was so Tile Secretury declln 1 Jo
keep his dall) appointment with uawi mi U
men, tui)ng he wns "too bus)
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Lord NortlicUfrtfs Paper
' Scorns Peace Proposals
LONDON, Dec. IS.
I OHD NORTHCLIFFE'S Dnlly
J JInll, which loel the flpht thnt
mado Lloyd Oeorp;e Primo Minuter,
scorns the Gcrrnnn pence ptpposals
nnd uriyai
'The nntlon hns wound up tho old
ernncr In the very nick o time. It
must have been n source of no little
annoyance to Von licthmnnn-Hc-Uwcjr
whn he once moro produced In tho
Keichstacr the Impudent old peaco
trick which by this time Is becomini?
as hnckneyoel ns conjurlnp rabbits
out of n hat thnt the Haldane cam
nrllln wero no lonjror in offico In
Great Hrltnln lo nrcue seriously with
him nnd be fooled Into inactivity by
hla meaningless speech.
"Dothmnnn-HollvvcK Is no more en
titled to tho courtesy of n reply thnn
If he were nn nrmod burjrlnr In n
private house. His offer woultvneycr
have been mndo if ho were in his
hnnrt half ns confident of victory ns
ho professed to be.
"Thrco factors hnvo produced It:
The first Is tho battle of tho Somme,
where the enemy hns received n ter
rible hammcrlnffj tho second fnclor
Is the heavy German losses o,n othor
parts of the west front nnd tho other
fronts; tho third fnctor Ib empty
stomnchs.
"Tho Allies know that no pence
with n nntlon of tlgora and muiMor
ors nnd statesmen who rojrnrd nil
trcntles ns scrnps of nnpor would
bo worth tho pnper nnd ink. So long
ns Gcrmnny hns not been completely
nnd decisively beaten no pence with
her enn be more thnn n truce? which
sho would violnto the first moment
It served her purpose."
WHAT GERMAN, FRENCH AND BRITISH
DIPLOMATS HERE SAY ON PEACE
WASHINGTON. Dec 13
The Central Powers are counting upon
neutrals of the world to play an Important
part In Influencing the Kntente Allies to
accept their peace terms, it was declared at
the Oerman Kmbaasy today
"Whatever peace terms that are suggested
now might perhaps be Interpreted ss what
Germany would like to get not what sho
expects to get It wns said
I view of this the conference of repre
sentatives of the .Scandinavian countries
and Switzerland lit Copenhagen this month
Is considered here to be of great significance,
hpaln nnd Holland ma) also send delegates
Actual pence termi nre less Important
now thnn the necessity of getting a con
ference, Oermin olllclals iiilil today. Any
terms which imy ho suggested now would
simply bo ' talking terms It wns empha
sised Tho rent pence terms, officials
pointed out, ciuld onl) be evolved after
a long discussion between the pnrtles In
terested .' Premier Hranld will speak for Cranio
In the Chamber of Ileputlcs As for us we
aro not ut nil excited over this ponco talk,
nnd wo do, not think tho war will end soon "
This wu'h tho answer of tho Trench Hu
ll issy todny for a request for expression
of opinion regarding German) ' peaco pro
posals One ofliclal who was careful to explain
he wns speaking only for himself and not
for ihn cmbnss), said he was certain noth
ing would come of tho proposal and that
tho Hntqnte Allies would continue to tight
until they had obtained the object i which
havo been previous!) stated by their Gov
ernments 'I nm qulle sure," ho said, ' Gcrinnnt's
pen o propoial was mndo for tho effect It
would hnvo upon her own people und neu
trals and not Ijci.uihc nho hoped the Allies
w'ould listen to it Despite the victor) In
Iluiimnlu. which may bo only temporary.
(Germany Is In a very bad attuntlnn, nc-
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CUIHIIIK IU IIIO IH.UI ll.,l,wt, i, w ru, ..,,
SOlllCtlling nail io lie none, iu uikc mo numm
f Ihe people nwuy from the- rood situation
,d other hardships whlcn they nre now
fferlng
I hope the neutral countries wu not
U we are liloodthlr.it) because we refuse
t -sflpeaoo offer I in: Hut how can we think
o! gruce when wo do not know Germany's
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WAR ON MAYOR SMITH
!
Also 'Shells' Brumbaugh ha Ho
Calls on Followers for
Action
rilUlcal circles today, are awaiting tti
deep fntereat Ihe opening of hostilities be
tween Mayor Smith and State Senator Me
Nlchol. Cheered to the echo by too of hla
followers, the Senator declared war on the
Mayor and Urged his constituents to be In
readiness to "take to the trenches "
McNIchot's call lo "arma" waa delivered
In a sensational speech nt llelmont Mamlon
last night following the receipt of an answer
from Mayor Smith to the effect that h
emphatically would not discharge men fm
h the city's service to provide Jobs for msmr
McNIchol had criticised the admlnlstra.
Hon for Us failure to provide Jobs for the
Utile fellows," who. ht said, were re
sponsible to a great extent for Mayor
Smith's election.
In his speech, Nlchol thanked his fol
lowers for their excellent work In Ihe ward
nnd said their services would be much
needed In the near future He then launched
Into a eulogy of Senator Penrose
"I will never desert Penrose," he Mid
and oU men will rue the day when you,
lt Penrose get away from being the stand.
ard-benrer of the Republican party "
Governor Ilrumbaugh was termed a "de
ertor" by McNIchol
"I heard Ilrumbaugh say he -wouldn't run
for Governor unless ho had the support of
Penrose Now he has deserted him," h
said
Kooscvelt Refuses to Discuss Offer
OYSTCn DAY. I I. Dec 1J Colohdl
Theodore ltoosovelt, when asked to com
ment on tho peaco offer from Germany, way
Interested In the details of the report, but
refused to discuss It for publication
terms Those published In tho papers ny
coming from tho German embassy nre too
vngue and unofficial to be of nn) use, and
what we know of them Is not satisfactory
"No one can say that -we nre continuing
the war to crush Germany That l.i ridic
ulous; but we must remove forever the
danger of German militarism to tho peace
of our country and all democratic re
publics "
That the Kntente Allies will "condition
all) ' refuse but not flatly turn down. Uer
many's peaco proposals, was the belief ex
pressed In British diplomatic circles toda)
Theso officials declared a flat refusal
would be directly "playing Into Gcrmnn's
hands ' and would be followed by a more ag
grcsslve nnd unrestricted submarine wati
fare
furthermore, a high British official said
he bellovea a flat refusal would be followed
b) sterner and more unrelenting meastues
iignluet Belgium nnd Belgians und be used
"as nn excuse for carrying out military
policies which neutral opinion hitherto has
discountenanced "
GOVERNOR AND WIFE
WHITE HOUSE GUESTS
Will Attend Dinner in' Honor of Stnte
Executives Plnn New Year's
Reception
IIAItniSBUnO. Dec 13 Governor and
Mrs Martin G Brumbaugh will attend the
dinner to be given tomorrow evening In
Washington by tho President and Mrs
Wilson to tho Governors nnd Governors-elect
and their wives nt the White House
Governor nnd Mrs Brumbaugh wilt ep.
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.ItirlrtBT th rt-t fw wftAlta T)jtrmlir H
they will have as their guest at dinner thi'7TJ
Chinese Ambassador to the United States, "wt
and on December 2S they will give aT-ecep-
Hon In honor of former President William
Howard Taft and members of the Pennsyl
vanld State educational Association Tli
usual formal New Year's reception will W
held at the Kxccutlve mnnalon Monday
afternoon, January 1, from t to 6
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