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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1915.
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.|\I,' PafVT In New l'.rU < K?. Newark. Jer?4?<y CMy
' ' -M ' ? I"' ' .....l HoboLen. 1 ..-?hrr. Two Coat?.
Allies Must Sue for Peace, Is Kaiser's Stand I
NAMING STRA?S
STARTS WHITMAN
IN W? RACE
Politicians See in P. S. Ap?
pointment Casting of
Hat Into Ring.
BID FOR BULL MOOSE
SUPPORT, IS BELIEF
Governor Would Like to Tell Re
publiran Convention He Could
Unite Parties, Is Hinted.
Governor Whitman is no?v a full
' candidate for the Republican
satalaatiOB for President next fall.
?a? the construction which poli
I gfi.erally placed on hi? ?election
I to become the head
Pnblil Service Commission.
r some time that the
Governor chtri?hed ambitions to lead
the Republicans of the nation against
Beat year. Except
for i. - rumor? nothing
indicate thut the
or had m ? .- it ambition.
i i. Straus is taken
to mean that all doubt and wavering
B-lcVs, and that from
? ? Governor's hat i? in the
?? Whitman might juat at
BVS made a public announcement
.lacy, so far as Republican
r?re concerned. The opinion i?
unanimous that the one
bieh prompted hi? sa?
il ie Hull Moose can
.i?. the wiving; of
? |th to hi? boomiet fur
...lent ml noniina
?
The .ipose of Mr. Straus's
un.? believed, was to
triable Governor Whitman to go before
epublican convention as a candi?
dat? ??"ho would al.o have the ?upport
t>? _? Pro. ?
Tb?t the Republican leader? were
rot ?lo.. their interpretation of?
jUr. Straus's ?election eaa best be I
,-lttr.td ::?'?'.->. -, -'i.tement made by
in, chairman of the '
la?t
? ,
Bl in Political History.
? ?king," Mr. Johnson
sal "f no small im- '
portar.ee in the p?.iitical history of the
}?ar."
Th? ?election of Mr. Straus by Gov- i
?mor Whitman came a? a bi_ surprise
to th? Republican leader?. It was mor? '
then ? surprise, however, to Colonel ;
rn Uayward, who I? jest an ordi?
nary m?moer or the Public Service
Commission. It was a ?hock to him,
liay?aard had come back from
Albany oi. night cocksure
lr, .Straus would figure
is to-day? announcement of th?
amor
Kayward hadn't expected to be
m?d* permanent chairman of the com
I nicht off; according to elote
?r.tri?a, be expecie 1 to be de?u
- rinan and to receive
?n opportunity to show boil well Iip
?aid handle the job. What hat ;
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jjtrhti ? nor; Colon? Hay?
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n't be
tie ?..- ant ta I bat impar.
tat G al a?pira
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It BS_ -?rdav that the
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(earr,. KracK? at? the
autetii ?ram when
n Febru-;
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that Mr. K
Whit.
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64 Years Old, $2,000.000Gone,
'Jim' Smith Begins Career Anew
Former Jovial Jersey Senator, Now Thin and Wasted,
Back at His Desk in Leather Company
to Make Another Fortune.
Former Senator James Smdth, Jr., of
rh, i? back In the leather business.
four reari of ace, and ahrnnhen
to a shadow of hi.? former self since
announcement of hit fallare for
nearly SiMOJOOO <>n November 21, the
.table Brill and courai'?- that made
him a power in New Jersey politic? and
.. have put him I deak in
an effort to make good bis di
Newark learned yesterday that since
Monday the banker who little more
than three weeks ago moved in an ?t
moaphere of affluence and wealth aa
president of the Federal Trust Com?
pany ha? been working from 8:30 in
the morning until 4 o'clock in the after?
noon at the office of T. P. Howell ? Co.,
leather manufacturers. He ha? begun
again at the foot of tho ladder, in hopea
of attaining the topmost rung in hi?
remaining year?, for Senator Smith'?
trustees ho'd the balance of stock In
the Howell company, Until 1P04, when
he branched out Into the financial field
a? president of the Federal Trust Com?
pany, Smith WBS head of the Howell
concern. It waa there that he laid the
foundation for his fortune which was
?wept away.
"It is several years since I have had
personal contact with thi? business, ar.d
I find I am rather rusty," said Senator
Smith at hi? desk yesterday, in his first
public utterance eince his failuro. "But
I have made up my i ind to devote my
timo and energy to it from now on, in
the hope I may be of some assistance
to the trustee? of my estate in adjust?
ing my affairs."
Until Monday Senator Smith had re
malnerl In the ?-eelusicn of hi? Wash
legten Street 1,(ir.it', oet'lng only a few
i>i liis oldest and mont tried friend*
Monday nion.it ? ?cd out and
?rent directly to ;...? Hewsll plant, at
Now and Nuttnian .streets, Newark.
It i neai !;. tw? h ? j eei
?h? actively sssocletstl utith the Issthei
factor,, but there arc a few SIB]
there who worked under him before he
became a banker. When the figure that
had once been 10 familiar about the
works appeared, even the old timers
hesitated before they felt anured that
the thin, wasted mar. who stood in tbo
office was the robust, round-faced,
jovial Jim ?Smith of a few weeks ago.
If his appearance was changed, his
manner was the same a? ever. In less
than an hour his presence was felt. He
made n tour of inspection of all the
departments, which alone seemed to
stimulate more activity. In commercial
circle? *h?* difference in management of
the Hotrsll eompeny Is seid already to
be noticeable In Ncw.uk it is said that
in recent year? the concern lies not
done the bnaii ? dsyt eben
Smith was ??'. its bssd and making 11
, one of the leadicf patent and enamel
leather houses in the country. Hut now,
inside and out of the factory, the deter?
mination of the old boss to make good
at his old stead has changed I
thing.
A rumor yesterday, Interesting to
those uffected by Smith**! failure, bad
it that all hi* paper in Newark finan?
cial institutions had been made good
with cash or had been renew? .
edged securities having been famished
a? collateral. _'
DR. BLACK REFUSES CAI
Hut He la Heger "to Serve (.
Britain in Her 8tre?s."
The Rev. Hugh Black ha? refuai
call to the pastorate of City Ten
London. He ha? been professor
practical theology in Union Theol
cal Sem nary for ?even year?. The |
torate offered is considered one of
foremost in the English-speaking wo
and was left vacant by the resignal
of the Rev. R. ,T. Campbell.
Dr. Black'? invitation came la?? I
In his refu??al Dr. Black said:
"in the present situation th
my heart to the old country ii alai
irresistible. I long to serve Draal B
ain in her day of ?tr?-??. Bo keenly
I feel this that it almost constitu
a temptation. Yet. with u all. I c
not find assurance that dutv sho
impel me to nccept."
JOHN W. MINTURN
TO MARRY AGA1
Recently Divorced. H Will YV
C?cile F. Clifford.
John W. aflatara, f Syosget, Lc
Island, recently divorced, is to be m
ried again. Hi? bride-to-be is M
Cecil? Fenton (iifford, daughter of ?
and Mrs. Frank E. Giflera, of Jam.
town. HI? former wife i? Sarah Jew.
Minturn, daughter of Mr. and M
Julian Bobbin?, of 8,", East Sevenl
fourth Street. That marrlaire took pi?
at St. George'? Church in Januai
1910, and was n society event.
The new wedding will take place D
cember 80, Mr. Minturn ?aid OVO! t
telephone from his home last nigl
when asked to confirm the report
. lgement. Be tuet Mis? Giafoi
ha said, at New Londo.i durin? the bo
Mi?? Giftord i? a grandduught.
of the late Reuben E. Fenton, a form.
GoveraO! of New York. Her father
? .f the I rut National Bank ?
?..wn.
Mr Minturn is a member of tl
Union, Rncauet and Tennis, Knicke
backer and Piping Rock dub? and tl
Automobile Club of America. He we
graduated from Tale la 19M. His horn
is .Iillsidc Farm, one of the ?ho
jilacet of Syosset.
GAVE WIFE A SPANKING
But Didn't Take Her Airo?? Hit? hnei
and She I/4i?e? Divorce Suit.
Between spasms ?>f weeping, Henr
]'.. Teepe, In the Chancellor'.?. Court a
Jersey City ye?terday, told how h<
ape_?led bis ?rife. The court held th?
fe'a charges of cruelty were no
substantiated, and dismissed her sui
Too," sobbed Teepe, "I ?panked mj
-he told me to ?hut up. Bu'
I spanked bet when she araa ?tandin.
? ???! and it didn't hurl
ir.urh."
;.e admitted tha* be believ?
. ?? a goo.i ? d that j.er
?" hud been hasty in believing
of her Hi ? chas
ame ..fter I ?
wa? running after a drugfi
BLAMES WIFE FOR SMASH-UP
Nov..?, AutoUt Say? She Directed Him
Into VN r?jng Street.
Hacken?ark, N. J.. Dec. I, "My w'.fr?
a*aa to Hisai fat thi? accident, she
?old rr.e to lake the wrong road, making
. | SI ' ? ' ' - ? she B quick
deine; i
Enfla ??<>..
on B b'-gir.
tarlnaj Mrs
sda Ittod aha "butti ?1 In, ?I'd
wa? prepared to accompan*, her hu?
I . ? -. lohnaoi ?apeaos!
sf ftf, ?l i?!? area promptly paid.
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POLICE CHECK FIRE
PANIC IN SUBWAY
Passengers Calmed, Escape, as
Negro Cries "Fire!" Seeing
Smoke from Circuit. i
Prompt action by a pstrolrr.f.
silencing an excited negro who wa
. "'::'!" probebly prevented
peak Issi night ?rhsa u ten
?lUthbound Brooklyn tr?ln irai
i a short distance above the
tion at 13Sth Street and Lenox Avenue
A short circuit in the motor box oa
one of the rear cars caused fiemes to
light up the tunnel and ?moke to pour
out of the downtown entrancts
All the, passengers In the train.
which was well f.lltd. escaped down th-i
track?? to the station platform. The
Ren-Ice was delayed from 0:41 to 10.0?!
o'clock.
Beverly Morris, a negro, was the
first person to notice the smoke. As
he resbttd lato the subway station
yelling "Kire!" be was caught by Pa?
trolman Murphy. Murphy grappled
with him, threw him down and turned
him over to several men in the smoky
station.
Conductor Pedgeon and one of the
passengers us?d the emergency kit to
open ore of the doors, which bad be?
come jammed.
Firemen had nothing to do except
help the police handle the large crowd?
that swarmed from their homes on
g rumors of another bur subway
.? nt.
Morris, arraigned In the ftfi
(ourt, was sent to the Workhou
ten days for disorderly conduct.
Darlas the tweaty-ftve-stiaate tie-op
the Interborough ? ompanv permitted
no trains to run north of Ninety-sixth
Street en tin? L.BOS Avenue line.
-?
FREEDMAN CODICIL
CUTS OUT M. J. O'BRIEN
Break in Friendship Shown by
Revoking of Bequests.
A rupture ;., the long Mending
friendship that existed befve-n At.
i reedrnen and Morgan. J. O'Brien,
formerly I'r? idiag Justice of the Ap?
pellate Division, It indicated in ? codi?
cil made by Mr. Xrecdman, which, with
his will, was filed in th<? Surrogate.-.'
(ourt yesterday. Mr. Freedman inti?
mate friend of Kiclmrd Croker, and di?
rector In numerous corporations, in
1907 made his trill in which he favored
several friend?. including Judg?'
O'Brien, among the beaefietaries Th.?
codicil dated February t, 1910, r
the beque?' to 1 ltt.1
(specifically ? lot latoi
that Jade? O'Brien shall n?.' as
hi? estate.
The will read: "To Hen Morgan ..
O'Brien, such pair of niv horse
h?rne?? and equipment complete with
victoria, a* he may select" In the
codicil executed three years latei, M
Frredmnri Ortete) "I hereby revoke
'.he gift and bsCJOOSl contained '.t my
will to Merges J. "'Hn?i, I hereby
withdraw and revoke the proelsloa In
:i.y teld will for ihe appointment tf
? d llergen J. O'Br.es sa see si
? . roi porst? rs or I th?
It is i
m J 11'B rien sha!'
; ate ni in y
or in the FSVS
Ihm I.I B. I ' Ihm "f An
dree) l-'reeesesB, tsterslej that v..
,]i.| not know a i | I ???] luv bi the
?? revoke th- provisiOBt he had mad
?n his will for Judge O'Brien. No in
formation could be obtained ?it the of
fice of Judge O'llnen
l,lir.4T UK\H MIIIM? ? M 1 "
ii,? ?aae efl?i p's?* ?tempere* soHlas???
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DU PONT POWDE
TOWN ?NFLAME
MILLIONS LOS
Hopewell, Va., Wiped C
and Its 2.5.000 Inhabi?
tants Homeless.
COMPANY'S PLANT
SAVED FROM FIF
Negro Lynched for Looting
Rumors of Incendiary Orlgi
of Fire Persist.
Petersburg, Va., Dec. 9. -Hopew
Va., the boom town of 25,000 fOBBl
by the du Pont Powder Company, vir
nil;- was destroyed by fire late to-d
The flame? were not controlled ui
late thi? evening, when there I
little left in the town to burn. 1
company's powder mill, some distai
away, wa? not in danger.
The blase itarted is a restaura
? .it'.c.al loss is estimated rougl
at $2.000,000, and thousand? ot hor
Bichase
Bad i etersburg on special train?
night.
Heipite the place of origin of t
tiie, there were persistent reports
night that it had been started by
incendiary, who might have been t
accomplice of an employe of the
Pont factory arrested last night.
Official? of the powder company i
fu?ed to discuss the incendiary theo
or the arrest, but it wa? ?aid the m
ir. custody had STOBSSd the suspici
of the private police force wlr.ch f
months has kept a close patrol abo
the plant.
y every building in the tow
which had sprung up with a sensation
rapidity rraggestlvs of the Weste;
mining settlements of the '60's, fees
wood. A high wind aided tile spread i
the flames, and within u few minuti
after they wero discovered ?ever
?.locks were on fire. Firemen rush?
frost Richmond and Petersburg we:
powerless to check the con.lagratic
until long after several bslldiagS hi
keen up with dyaaaiite t<> r
move fuel for the flame?.
Treeee to Prevent Looting.
. onpeaiea of state troop? wei
i.tevent rioting and lootin
the frantic laborers and the
femlllee. One neglo caught looting wa
lynched. No other life wa? lost as
result of the fire, according to report
reaching here.
A local militia company was place
in the downtown section of Petcrsbur
to aid in preserving order among th
thousands pouring in from the burne
town. All saloons here were MS
at 7 o'clock.
I li.' I ??? Sta '? I .?' 1 : II o'clock thi
mi area g\
A'lum Priim. a DO]
who saw stiiok?' eoming Iroai the ron
of a three -tor;, rsstaaranl beildia|
He rashed into the building and sou
Bfterward appeare?! at :i front wmdo'
on the second floor with an lafsal I
his arm?. He shouted to the crow
that hHil gathered below to hold
blanket. A bed covering WB.s u?ed a
h life net ?nd ?he boy leaped Into II
Neither he nor th. infint was hurt
"lother ?.f the ?rhil?! 'lashed fror
the building a moment latr-r. her ?1res
? i, but she escaped serious injury
Be) Twice a Hero.
The boy then enterad ? building nexi
and ? on) n tecBad infam
that bad bees left by its parents. Hy
staaders carried the boy away frorr
.lunger ( n t'ieir iboaldetS.
Mothers i.n ? I fathers with infants in
their arms lle?l from tht frame build?
ings that v ?*re hurriedly thrown to?
gether during th? summer to accom?
modate the du l'ont employes, and sev?
eral wero injured.
Hopewell until two months ago was a
wide <?[><?: tears sad I been
much trouble in maintaining ord<*r.
Many man earriad ges the old
days in the West.
Eeerywh.re among the ralas ti ghl
\OWJt ' tSS I .*:. "i.? |
borers ?ver? ? . -
to BO*/? across
r fees St t h ?? : r
The stores, hotels IBStearantS, oiT'ce
balldiagS and other ?micuire-? ?ie
strnyed will probably number three
hundred. There waa little insurance.
While the precaution of throwing
? r on the bunkhouses within the
du Pont InJosure was taken, then? -.?. a
no apparent dancer <?f the flames
spreading to th?? plants of the com
these plants being M0 yards from
the railroad crossing, which separa!"?;
osspeey's pi
Pally 10.1
company ara h ?i |ht. bat the
en at
l ork ? t 11 o'clock.
WILSON READY
TO FACE BREAK
I WITH TEUTONS
Administration at Limit of
Patience with Austria
and Germany.
TO TAKE ACTION
AGAINST CONSULS
Government Will Either Prose?
cute von Nuber or Revoke
His Exequatur.
;rro_ Th? Tr!!?u!_ B-Jr??u ]
Waghington, Dec. 9.?Indication? y??
terday that a new American foreign
policy had been formulated and would
be followed w?re confirmed to-d?y In
admini?tration circles. A high oflelai
declared that the President and hi?
Cabinet had reached the limit of their
patience In dealing with Austria ar.d
Germany, sad were determined to In?
sist on full recognition of American
right? on the aeOB or ftice a break in
relations.
The minimum term? of this govern?
ment ?s they have been formulate 1
within the past week are understood to
be as follow?:
Complete satisfaction from Austria
in the Ancona case, including a dis?
avowal of the attack, assurance? for
the futuro as completo a? those de
manded of Germany but not yet
given, and payment of indemnity.
Unconditional recall of Boy-Ed and
von I'apen.
A '.Leere statement by the German
government of Its error In sinking
the I.usitania, indemnity and goal
antees for the nafety of American
live? on the sea?, regardless of
whether they travel as passengers
on "liners" or in the crew? of cargo
boat?.
Designation hy Austria of a ?uc
cest'or to Ambassador Dumba.
Warning to Germany, Too.
The Sta'e Department is ?till reti?
cent concerning the note to Austria
The summary action of the department
in expected to be ut the tamo time n
warning to Germany that no further
the I.mitania ea?e wYl b?
rate?, but 11 lias been .?.greed b^
? th.? State Department -vnd the
Austrian Charg? that no official ?t?te
ment Ehall be leaned until the receipt
of 'ho note i? acknowledged from Vi?
enna
Count von Bcrnstorff has received n
reply from h!? government in he Boy
Ed-von Papen case. While waiting for It
the ?State Department i? fo-mulatinj?
its plans for action in the case of
consular officer*, and it i? probable
that certain of th??e I ill bo
prosecuted or reiiuested to leave the
country within i? few dav?
The Department of Justice, it is ur.
derstood, m confident that it con prove
in court serious charges against Alex?
ander Nuber von 1'erekcd. Austrian
Consul General at New York, and i?
anxious to prosecute him. The State
Department, however, would be con?
tent to revoke his exequatur and ask
hit arithdra rotary I.ansir.?.- sad
: Gregory are still de?
ba? ?ng ? irsea to choose.
? . . idi ? ? ' it thii government must
ether proceed agalaat the Consul Oe
irai or apologise to Austria for the
public ? ???' eat of Aaa tant At
Ganara! Warren concerning hi? actni
tiei
DIDNT WOO SON-IN-LAW
, Mr?. Brown Explain? Marriage In
Ketchum Divorce Suit Note.
Mr?. Ada Dcnyce Brown denied that
?ho had mide love to her ?on-in-iaw,
*. P, Re? chum, who la being sued
! for a >ep?r?
Abiaham Levy, cour.??! for Ketchum,
n-ail a letter written I' his client to
Mrs. Brown about a month before hi
i rr..?l ! er daughter. In th,? letter
! Brisk you and I
tould be perfectly happy by being i-.ir
ri.-.l."
' Hid h<; think he ought to have mar ,
ried you?" asked tha lawyer.
"Oh, no. no! He ?imply wanted to
help me aiong. I am a widow, and he
ranted me to marry some nice man'
"('f course, yi.ii neves made !..
? our Boa-ia-law '.'"
"Htm I did not see him
until lone aftei he began courting
?-gestion 'hat Ketcnun.
kins
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Questions and Squirms
The Association ni National Advertisers has sent out a ques?
tionnaire to <nmc fifteen hundred leadinK publishers. Many of
them have replied to the ten questions asked?seme never will.
Samuel Hopkins Attains, In his regular irticle on Sur.da?.
shi.A'. i . the rii'p and how agile and painful
must have N ? ? ,: . ? ' the re i?N>n?-l II par?
force r."?<-rtt-j to?but he siso | ?? pleassntl) notable ewep
i ? to (ui . Ihe haa.ii> ..i refi.rni lot th.'s?- W-OM rons-dence
has been pricked.
Head this article by all means. it comes to you Brit?.
Sunda. s issue it you speak to youf newsdealer to-da>.
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"ITie daily circulation of The Tribune exceedg 100,000 copie??son-returnable, net.
GERMANY SEEKS A LISTING PEACE,
CHANCELLOR SAYS IN REICHSTAG
Berlin. Dec. 9.?Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg. speaking in the Reicha
tag, said:
"If our enemies make peace proposals compatible with Germany s
l?erity and safety, then we shall always be ready to discuss them.
Fully conscious of our unshaken military successes, we decline responsi?
bility for continuation ot the misery which now fills Europe and the
whole world. No one can say that we continue the war because we
still desire to conquer this or that country as s guarantee."
"Our foes must tell themselves one thing?the longer and bitterer
they wage this war again6t us the greater will be the necessary guaran?
tees. If our enemies wish to ere.t a barrier for all time between us
and the rest of the world I should not be surprised if we arrange our
future accordingly, that neither in the East no- the West may our foes
control the entrance gates, through which they may attack or threaten
us anew."
"The war can be terminated only by a peace which will give the
certitude that war ??rill not return. We all agree about that. There lies
and there alwayt will lie the root of our strength."
Dr. Scheidemann, Social-Democrat, who introduced the interpella?
tion, said:
"The question of peace is now uppermost in all the countries st
wsr. Only the statesmen do not know how to begin negotistions.
because they consider such a step would be s confession of weakness."
German Wave Has Broken
i on Wall of Allied Unity
Teuton Arms Are at Crest of Success, While Entente Force?
Are Increasing in Power, with Certain Victory
Before Them. Says Lord Sydenham.
Lord Sgdenhnm it ?i di?tingui?hed toldier, diplomat, author and mili?
tary expert. He teas formerly Governor of Bombay and of Victoria, Aus?
tralia; wan the first Secretary of the. Committee for Colonial Defence, the
organization which ultimately developed into the Imperial Defence Com?
mittee, and woe a member of the famous Ether Committee, which int*rutred
into the, British mili'ary administration after the South African War.
By LORD SYDENHAM.
['., i ahl* to TT.a Tri'iune.)
London, Dec. 9.?It may he; that unfavorable views of the prospecta
of the Allies ten?! to prevail in America. Such a tendency is but natural,
if not inevitable, for neveral reasons. The Germans have poisoned the
wells of truth throughout the world and have raised everywhere mephitic
vapora by which tho essential facts of the situation are effectively
obscured.
The pro<*ess began some years before the war and wa? part of the
extraordinarily complete preparations made by the Germans for imposing
their will upon mankind. Since August, 1014, it has been applied to two
main object.-?. First, it hr.i been meant to create the impression of over?
whelming und irresistible force, sweeping all before it and fraught with
danger to any neutral power that might assert independence of judg?
ment or show -sympathy with tho cause of the Allie.?. The erini? ? perpe?
trated in Belgium, and i-u.-h apparently useless atro.-itie:-; a?? the .?inking
of the I.usitania and the Ancona, were coldly designed with thi? object.
German "frightfnines:*" has undoubtedly produce?l the desired effect
in some quarters. As one instance I may point out that it became evident
before September that the Auatro-German force.-; available would not
Baffles tr, conquer th?' gallant Serbian?-. Under the military condition?
then existing, it was certain that had Rumania and Greece declared
that if Bulgaria moved they would instantly act against her the German
< <>ntlnm?<i .in p**.?" 10. roli.mn 1
CONTINENTALS
OR COMPULSION,
SAYS GARRISO?
Nation Must Be D?fende
?it Any Cost, Says An?
nual Report.
Washington. Dec. !.. If ?he sdmlai
tration plans for a Continental arm
to supplement an increased reg?ala
force fail, this country will face ?om
form of compulsory military servie?
declares Secretary Garrison in I.is ar
nual report to the President, mad
public to-night.
"If the nation requires certain sei
vice and offers the most favorable op
portuaity for the citizens to furatl
lUcb icrvire, and, notwithstanding thai
it ?annot secure such setvice. it mua
art to ?orno meihod of compel
Hag the service," gays the Secretary.
Careful elab ration of the reason
f..r pas ?ing*over the scheme propose,
by tiie War College for the increase o
ihr? army, and defence of the Wa
Department's own plan?, are the chie
feature of the report, which is in
tended as a means of putting the wholi
arma; question before the people.
The report, remarkable for it! Ire.i
?? ?emb?ta the pacificists, asserts thai
i able preparation is the -
?afeguard agaim-t militarism, and ex?
et eoaftdaace that the mm?:, of
? ation will di?regard those who
would substitute aoatlment for reason.
"Every inatinet of manhood requires
the maintenance of the honor of the
nation ar..| the fulfilment of its re
?ponsibihtiea st sny cost or ?aenflce."
Thus dors the Secretory sum up what
he con-uuer? the viewpoint of the coun?
try.
Regular Army of 111,843.
Secretary Garriaon'.? p!an provide?
for the oversea garrisons m accordance
with the approved pian uf ?Pit, und for
! resenre in continental Cnited
. mobile
army troops an.l .
-, with the necessary aaxillat*)
fore. The total of the enlisted tin r.
?ad offieuri in the regular army, if the
plan should be completely earn??! out,
would be MISS.
The plsn n??e???itate? the raising of
the following additional organizations
and propoae? to do thi? in two fiscal
.ears, one-half in th? next fiscal year
an?! the other in the ?ucceeding one:
Ten regiment? of infantry, four regi
L_?U_u?_ a_ va*a le. ealosaa S
TWO MILLION IN NEW
BRITISH LABOR UNION
Workmen Form Largest Organ?
ization in History of England.
London, Dec. 9.?The largest labor
organization in the history of Kngland,
representing ?bout 2,000,000 men, wa?
formed to-day for offen?iv? or defin?
itive action in matter? respecting wages
and conditions of work.
Organization? comprising the alli?
ance are the Miners' Federation, the
National Union of Railway-men and the
National Transport Workers' Union.
I The constitution adopted provides that
joint action can only be taken after
the consent of the three organization?
concerned is obtained.
DEEPER MYSTERY
VEILS COMMUNIPAW
-
Lloyd Cajjle Indicates Tanker
Could Not Have Been Sunk.
London, Dec. 9. The American oi.
steamer I'ommunipaw, reported to
have been sunk olT the coast of Trio
oil by a submarine, ?sailed from A ex
andria, Kgypt, fur New York Wednes?
day, December I, acordintr to an an- *
nouncement by Lloyds.
According to ? cable received yes'er
dny ?t the Standar?! Oil 'ompuny's of?
fice? at 26 Broadway, the i.omrr.unipaw
left Alexandria on Tesada y, Dtes steer
7. The first report of the fink.ng of
the ISSSSI was received on the same
.luv. There h.?- ? ?? con?
.rtt eeaeeraiag tas l?4sa
eat torpe
befora the two ssaiUttag .eporu
r.bovc.
MINNESOTA A DEEP MTSTERY
Diiabled I.'ner'? Captain Refus??- Any
Information of Her Trouble.
On board yacht Venetia, | by wireless
to San Diego, <'?!.. i. Dec. 9. Whatever
mystery surrounded the disabling of
the boiler? of thi Bill liasf M.r.t.esota
remain??4, -ir.rev?ale, 1 t?.-r?i>jht to tho*?
aboard the wr?"-king steamer laqua,
which i? towing her, and to new?par<*r
nien aboar?! ?he Venetia. trhteh reached
th. MinneantA t? -?les ?outb
ui Sn.i I .
EM* I vsaeeenasn to eom
munica"... ? .th ? .: . .?.? < : j\ r 11 r k
breeghl n. ressente, i?r could in?
form:: tu -, be obtaine.) fron any of
??he ?iew.
Th? Minnesota's por' . i.g-.ne was
working to-day. The tug Dauntless was ,
BSsisUag 'he Ia.iua, and the w?*ather
?ai cood The ?Bet rn.iv b<? tc,,?d into j
baa D.ego. *}
TERMS MUST
GIVE SAFETY
TO GERMANY
Annex Foes' Lands if
Necessary, Says
Reichstag.
GREAT AUDIENCE
CHEERS HOLLWEQ
Government Seeks Lasting
Peace, Chancellor Tells
Berlin Deputies.
Berlin, Dec. 9.?So long; as un?
controlled hatred of Germany and
the belief that Germany is approach?,
in?? a collapse continue to be the
dominant ideas of the enemy coun?
tries, it would be folly for Germany
to take th? initiative in proposing
terms of peace.
Germany, however, i? ready at any
time to considfr a peace suggestion
from the countries with which ahe is
at war, does not wish a continua?
tion of the war, and dissoci?t?? her
seh", under these eircumstant?es,
from any responsibility for its pro?
longation.
This is the flubstanca of the Ger
man Imperial Chancellor's reply in
the Reichstag to-day to the ?Socialist
interpellation on peace. He painte?!
a picture of Germany triumphant on
nil side* ami supplied with ever'
thing, even if not in abundance,
necessary to the continuation of the
war.
Th? Chancellor, after reviewing
the military situation, said:
''Agains*. the logic of facts even
our enemies can do nothing. Our cal
culation ?hows no flaws, and there
are no uncertain factors to ?hatter
our firm confidence. If our enemies'
are not yet inclined to yield to fn?-t
they will have Ui do ?? ? later.
"Germany i? Inshaken."
"Tho Carman people in un.-haken
in it--' reliance upon its f-trcngth,
which ,Y invincible. It would be an
insult to fry to make us believe that
we, strong from victory and standing
far out in the enemy's country,
should be inferior in endurance,
activity and internal moral power to
our enemies, who are ?till dreaming
of victory.
"No, we shall not yield to words.
We shell resolutely carry out the
war which the enemy wanted, in
order to complete what Germany's
future demands from us."
The interpellation was introduced
by Dr. .??'cheidemann in the follow?
ing terms: "Is the Imperial Chan?
cellor ready to give inf'irmation a?
to the conditions under which he
would be willing to enter into peace
negotiation.-?0"
I ?r. Scheidotnann declared that if
the war went on any longer the
United States would be the only
power which wouM be called the vic?
tor; Europe would commit suicide if
more blood was spilled. The people
in all land? wanted p set. Kltd ?""?* 'v
there must be some way out of the
terrible business. The Chancenor,
Dr. Scheidemann added, knew the
vhole world was waiting for Ger?
many's overture.
Seek Dignity and Safety.
"If our enemies make peace pro?
posals compatible with Germany's
dignity and safety," ?aid Dr. von
Bethmann-IIollweg, "then we shall
always bo ready to discuss them. So
long as in the countries of our en?
emies the guilt and ignorance of
statesmen are entangled with con?
fusion of public opinion it would be
folly for Germany to make peace
proposais, which would not shorten
but would lengthen the war. First
the masks must b?? torn from their
fac-.
?? foes must teil themselves one
thing? the longer und bitterer they
wage ?hi? war against us the great?
er will be the necessary guarantees.
If our enemies wish to erect a bar?
rier for all time between us and the
rast r.f the- world I should not be sur
p-ised if we arrange our future ac?
cordingly, that neither in the MUt nor
the west may our foes control the en?
trance fate?. |..rough which they may
attack or threaten .is anew."
A Momentous Day.
After von Bethm?nn-Holwegf h?d
made hi? reply to the Socialist inter
pellation the other partie? adopted a
joint declaration approving the Cbsn
cellor"? utterance? and Indorsing th?
view thst in the condition? of peace
m?de alter the war there must be guar
ConU-u-l ?a sec- a, amimtaa B