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GUARANTEE Your Money Ba-ck If You Want It See Editorial Pax*. fStot Columa. mm i<rri( ?Mbttne First to Lait?the i ruin: News - Lditoriais - Advertisements WEATHER 1 AIR AM? COLO I * ?- It % \ l'K4IB AHL\ !???i>H TD-MOKRUW. \ralrruaa ? . , u; .--at..BBBI li-L. ?.. I ..a?. .?.. Full l?SS?tei un l'a?e l?. Vol. I.XXV....N0. 25,__6. !< <.pjrl?ht 1915? The Trlliun? Agg'n.] FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1915. ? a .|\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 ; - jjtrhti ? nor; Colon? Hay? Bars' ? n't be tie ?..- ant ta I bat impar. tat G al a?pira ' It BS_ -?rdav that the i'. ridge (earr,. KracK? at? the autetii ?ram when n Febru-; ?Tl. Krseke t<. Run Hro?.kl>n IWim. . that Mr. K Whit. in BrooV .-. ? ? la se? il ut it many politicians be Com id?-r.?:cal pur , ?- ' rnor'? ?man carry out jvould r? of on actively . ? ?tall '. by ' ' B . . ??''.'.?? lead? did '*'?'. II? ?ir.? ? u^mleri f.,r flare. ? ? "I - r 1 Be? ? - : ? T?r ".an* ?net ?Be Itl-at*! ?/, -????Mtot-4 tea ?ta S. ??____ S 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. a it?.i-il.? l'.|?.|.M\ln.N III ItKAl ? . ,? ????..,? ? Hat? irl? <? - . ?...1 It'U ?IL? A4??. 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??? ai'? ' 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 T ... 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>. (5-?^ ?>tm.oag Sr?nm* Ttnt to Lait?tht Truth: S twr-Editorials ?A Jvertuementi "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