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GUARANTEE Your Money BatrJc If You Want It. See Editorial Page. First Column. Nm itftfc Stammt First to Last ? the Truth : News - Editorials - Advertisements ??rtbum WEATHER S>'OW TO-DAY : IKiHUIllV 11)11 TO-MOKKtlW: V t. It IN I?. Teaterda) * Temi*er?ture?: li.?h. SS; Low. :i. Koll rei-ort. on Pace 1?. Fart I. V?l. I XXV .No. ?M,2*8. [lopyrlaht 191.4? The Tribune A?*'n.) SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12. 1915.?SEVEN PARTS?FIFTY-EIGHT P.AG^S. ? ? PRICE FIVE CENTS. Allied Chiefs Plan to Redeem Balkan Failure SON PAYS DR. GUY, SLAYER OF WIFE, TO BECOME EXILE Gives Father $9,000 for His Interest in ?Mother's . Estate. Q( IT FAR ROCKAWAY, MADE A CONDITION Youth Who Charged Name After ?.rent's Conviction Doesn't Want to See Him Again. huas* S. Gay/ens time coroner Bat whet remain of hit fam: ek, stock and bar r*.]_ | lia ?on and what? ever legal :,-?re?t ha may have in hi? w:*Y* SStatS for .. consideration of $9,000. The ? Is beiag put up by Har? old (.. ths ?on, -a-h o <?avs ho i? cheap for tha as? ?urar bs forced to look or. hit father's face again. You eheea name until a court or?i?T t-hangvil it., wa? Harold ????1? the name toward hit father a? he did when a 'ragie ?hadow descended on his ho;,-- ood eight year? ago. On tha Bight oi April S. *?07, Mrs. _,Ui?:i Go; .ther, wa? shot ai tha i Hott family B at Far Rockaway. She had b?en qaamlliag with her husband fcy er?l minutes before servants heard tho ?hot?i, and he was arr? which Dr, Guy wa? foUowiag June foead him -anslaughter. JuBties WaV ter Jaycox, of thi Court, ait ?:, sentenced the de ?t to fifteen years' Imprisonraent after asse:' ?rice woula of second i murder. he faii>d to obtain a par . BOS was greatiy allowances for good be : he wa? re!ea?ed from .Sim; nl to th? ? . I his son determined t ? to do .aith him, and al It?d"[ I 1? lucrative denta! BTSS-Ce gone, advice of - ?tant regg agreed that law Dr. Guj was entitled t.? en c; th? use for the rest of his ? litd l?fi - giran him ' $45, 000 c of Mr?. ?or of Benjamin neer. The proceed nga contemplated by Dr. Guy and _t1 ??? ejr Gregg ??*ruck h snag before haped. The t*?o li m had been fore?. ? at an injunction had .*. Guy from fe's estate. no precedent for the rich were ?i thut it would '.o permit a man to .y reason of a crime of which he ted. At the hearing it ? Dr. Guy on a number - had dissuaded his wife ?*f Queens, ap - B. Faber. of Jamaica, ths ia ie announcement of a .- ? - L?ck to ? Hi* ? .?o and in peta*? ratete, will ?o hi? gill be ?aid ?? i year. Dr. ?? out all ?' .y and to ?tt Far Rockaw&y from ' Far .- ' iott in ? .- be-. ?? been ???i* - ?ne proceedings ?-" ' "Mr. Mott m*tii j ranee he would i ? well ?P*r. ? .. . I ;" * : r.e on ? Rhode "MAMA!" DA*D JUMPS; SO DOES BURGLAR '-?'her Hear, Tiny Body Fall as Shado ? 1 lits Away. .- child wailed -. a Start Again lassa! Mama!" and grabbed ?-?of I knew but a' " l^ ? ???r, at ,1 a hand ?at*. I a rhadowy E*"" a and V. the ?am<- ? :, ?? , ?? ? ' . I y?,ung -, wa? I ' or. a ?that, t **"'?? a better hid .??I for hi? ; r? ent a *"?**-*?? -iking doll. ?__ '?'***'?*?* fttaOg tots ill B'oav. rVeslchester Goblins In Wild Night Chas Flight from Weird Foot stet Lands Youth in Strange House, Then Jail. Caterinn Van Tassel's sum ankles a their fair owner are gone from tl desolated world these many yeai Ichabod (rane, with his long lega ai his painful imagination, have follow. her into the dim beyond. The We? ehester hills are lit by electric fiar and headlight glare?, and the practic folk who inhabit the vicinity of Tarr town nowadays wouldn't recognize i hoof beat*? of the Readies! Horseniar stead If they heard them. Prom Pones'a place in the Westche ter scheme of things may be occupii by a langiid youth with a fondness fi th- onc-s'.cp but. Just the same, tl same nameless Things still roam tl hills seeking moderns with the ey of lchabi.,1. Early yesterday moral! they found one. The up-to-date Ichabod was Harvi Warner, nineteen, attenuated and gif sd '.v.th imagination. Like his schoo master prototype, Ichabod Warner hi beer, spending an evening in good cor pany. He had imbibed freely of liquoi made for men of riper age and ht heard stories of night terrors that sei the shivers jigging along his pliai backbone. Silent 8 a. m. lay over the countr; fide when Ichabod II bad? his con panions a brave farewell arid sailn from the safety of the White l'iaii lights, bound for his home in Gran i P alas. The way lay along a r?, which was dark and lofsaly. Que? shapes fluttered against the blackne of the sky. Noises full of menai ?reliad from nowhere. Stealthy foo ?. over drawing closer, pattere *-d the solitary wayfarer. Just to keep wurm Ichabod brol , into a rut?. Faster pattered the footsteps. It ha ?ircurred to the new Ichabod, inciden tally, that by running to quicken hi j circulation he might siso shake th.T ??ff. But ?till they gained. Ichabod Warner felt the cold mor that ever. A particularly icy d.-a?? sweeping along close to the ground was slaying over his feet. He decide? it would be neighborly to drop f>n a the next house and exchange the tim? of night. It waa Jimmy Wood, caretaker in th< ? ? basa*) mi George H. Proctor who next began to hear things. Woo*! was awakened by a crash of glass. A cold wind blew through th? hou?e Smash went some more glass. Eleph tntine footstep*? thundered through th* bare corridors of the lower floor. Th? piano in the drawing room broke forth suddenly in eerie music, too loud to b? made by human hand. Then a scrap? ing, a scratching, a thud and silence With a revolver in ona hand, his jack-knife open In the other and his heart in his mouth, Jimmy Wood crept down the stairs presently. Anything was better than waiting above for It to mo? e, again. In the first floor hall ruin greeted Jimmy'? eye. However supernatural the agency of destruction, real, nat? ural, everyday glass *jad been broken the glass of the carved front door and the glass of the big bevel mirror that stood opp?.*Ue It, The embattled caretaker tiptoed into the drawing room. The ivory had been ripped from ?ever*! keys on the piano. Jimmy looked behind it. and there, crouching in readir.es? to fight for htl life, was Ichabod (rane Warner, cor n? red. Hut there was each a comfortable, human look Bbout Jimmy ttiBt Ichabod gratefully surrendered. He was more than ?rllliag to have his captor lead him to the county jail is White Plains, wh,?'?. offered not oaly lights, but com? pany. Jimmy, the caretaker, took some? thing else to jail besides Ichabod thing which Ichabod had been pre II I weapon of defence I | over "he top of the rbused piano,'and something which will ? A when Ichabod is tried for bl '? "nterinp. "I threw it through the front door " -i-i! I.-hahod, referring to "I remember picking it up when I got inside, ami then I caoght sight of somebody coming at me and it agaia. That was how the mirror was boats?! When I got into the oig room I el imbed over the piano. I sort of thought I was walking up ?tftirs until I fell off the other side. nay bead fot clearer." Ichabod'? Instrument of destruction s- other than the ancient .-. tabl< of fate, like that proved the undoing of thi Inal Ichabod f? Bumpkin! And, Illas trating that 'he hjlli ?till hold their pri?e, ?fith Katriaa, Brom, th? Washington Irv . . lehshod II doesn't -,r,w he became j,?,-?.-- . ?I _ FILM FIRE ADJOURNS SHOW Academy of Musir I ontlnues Its Pro? gramme?-Arriten Street. An explosion occurred in the film booth at the Academy of Music, Four? teenth Street and Irving Place, last night, setting the walls sf the booth on ? yes got the bluze un , In quirk time, but a man I Fi,i?h i,: fli.rne had . o il i.r.'l s?-rit iri an alarm. ):? ' /.rie* arrived 'he tire i wa oat The rnh'.nir? r of the theatr? told the spectators what had hOMOaod \ and that, wh le there wen BO duiifc"' r, ? ew WOflld be continued across . ' |t| 'I h.-htre, BBOthei '.'jie The kalldlag snss ?-mptied || ?.ve minutes without confusion ? "KMIKIIIA * V4K1T 141)114 IIMirril" ?tlsat! ?,.,?i i..,.. ?. i-, a M i.r.ly tr?ln eerrylag ihr? .*> > ..j.' ? io ?ml Tiism One i.igt,* out aatvlea n?i u tier, i ??AOvL I YUAN ACCEPTS CHINA'S CROWN; POWERS DEFIED Declines at First, but Yields to Council's Second Offer. ELECTION SHOWED ROYALIST MARGIN Bankers Now Refuse Advance and Peking Hints Hostility to Germany Is at Fault. Peking, Dec. 11 Disregarding the | protest of the Er.'ente Powers that a i change of government be d> laved un ?tl! tho war in Furope i? over, Yuan Shih-kai, President, of the Chinese Re | public, to-day aceepttd the throne of ! China tendered to him by the Council ; of .State. The vote on the question of a return to monarchical rule was ca ] day by the Council of State, sitting as ' a Parliament, and it wa? found that , l.Pi'S repr?sentativst out of qualified to rote on the propoi were favorable to tha change. The Council of State immediately sent to Tua a petition urg? ing him to royal office. He ? declined st '..r^:. bat when the p,. ! wat forwarded t.. htm a second tints he accepted, with the proviso that he would continue to act as President tin ' til a convenient time for the corona | tion. Speedy ReaeraaJ to Monarch*. Indications of plans to abends | republican form of government and re i vert to the monarchical t] first apparent la August last. 1 ! followed fast. The machinery for ob j talr.lng an expression of the nation's opinion of the proposed change having been put into operation, it wa? an? nounced on November 7 that Aft the eighteen provinces had vet? favor of a monarchy. Meanwhile the Entente Power? point- i ed out to China that ?uch a step in the i midst of the European war was not dr- ' airable. a? tending to lessen the stabil? ity of condition.- and posslHy lead to Internal outbreak! ?hlch might ulti-! Stately endanger the peace of the (?ri? ent. Japan took a leading part II representations, a, however, BBBWered with a dec- ' lination to postpone the deeiaion and assuring (hen tha* th?- goveramei I been divided by the provincial oil that they would he able to mail tranquillity in the event a monarchy wa.? reestablished. Hankers Withheld Advance. China's financia! affairs have become much involved with her international tangles. For several months the gov? ernment has beer, endeavoring to obtain an advance of IO,(K>0,000 taels, or about $14.000,000 Mexican, from the quintuple group of bankers, with the surplus from ths salt monopoly as security. The Chine.se did not seek this money as an out-and-out loan, but merely as un advance to be pal?* within two years from the proceeds of the salt revenue. This security is considered adequate, an.', the bankers of the rive countrn which made the original loan Ol salt monopoly ?-.ere ?at first willing t.. undertake the additional advance. However, as the monarchical go*rern ment devoleped, there were rumors that the lO.OOO.'i'" re to be u?ed for restoring the monarchy. Then came the request of Japan, backed by Rus-, ??a. Prance and England, that the mon? archical movement be postponed. The foreign bankers ft.?>!??.! In their enthusi asm, anil it became apparent that there ??a.- diploasatic pressure sgaiast tin? financial ?ten. The Minister of Finance. Chow Hsus_*hsi| urged that the funds were -nry for the improvement of the1 revenue collection system and the re? demption of the depreciated eun notes in the various provinces. Thi? H-surance, however, has not moved the ??uitituple group of bankers, and I is no indica! I ?-ill be hilvimted in the near future. liiere are also reports that France. England and Japan aid not care to n> operate with liennai.y in huch Bfl agree? ment. Quick Action of China a Surprise to Goodnow le. T?l?ei??> la IB? Ml ? ' Haltimore, lire. 11. Frank J. Good now. pre?.?lent Bf Johns Hopkins Uni* I .. who returned la-.; autumn from .'? r I at, ??/her? h? I Itional ad viser to the Chin? i Repu lie, was sur l,t th? lOB of the Council of S*;.te m making Yuan Shih-kai a mon areh. "I did net think the return ta ?> ? . by would !;tke place SO - he said. "I thought ?ev.-ral meal aaal -..Id ?lepa? before any such at--! tel en. "What ? tTect tni?, will have on th?* people of (hina I cannot sav. I lived only m Peking, where ths sentiment la favor of a return to the monarchy was eery strong. In the ?outh and in ??tiler sections I am unable to ?ay how the i?.ill view ths change. "Japan, Rueaia ami Great Britain, - ?ing '" '.he dispatches, have pro . ?ignitis? ths return t.. a mon? archy a*, this time What Bttitads - ?i| take now I am B| . ' The United BtatM wns asked to |oifl with thern :n tho pro*. holding tn.-.t th?- matter was put. tentai. ? I think that the chances for a de . :..pm< i.t ..f u constitutions! govern? ment in < hina ar.- much better Under the republic. Whether tha met? i... i?.r tha i""??I af ?he country remain? tS) l"- BCSa from th.- eoadud of '..' ? ? ...ilinurtl .in ita?. 7, roliimn 3 IBABOjUUD iIjOIiioa iti). IiH P. M i.i.?? - '" ?' ?quipped Iraln BoMth roirunenelni Janu eiy lr?i. I?qUlr? 1111 UroaJvaay, BJ, ?.? A'JvL ' PRESIDENT, NOW MONARCH, OF CHINA '_ ' ? 4 Yuan Sink-: of State, Japan's Place in the Sun; What It Means to America "Far Eastern" Editor, Picturing "Just Where We Stand," Quotes Utterances of Press and Statesmen to Show Rising Feeling Against America. What it Japan't ati Thi* qut in tl e f ? th* l'a , n?will b< **4V of articles in The Tr Enttarn /.'? vis w," who ht The article* will appear Of Mr. Rea'* articU J- Divis <n of Public A fair?, Sew York Un*veroit% Bureau, tape: "If tiu y truly reflect the rent witUOtioU in Jopan?hidden from Ut by the screen of centortl f tryst * it doe* .-.'eerv that tnr American preparednett proposal now before Congr? remarkably wode.-'t. To b* 0 pacifist doea not at all menu that one must be .' poltroon." By GEORGE BRONSON REA. "T?i know due's enemy and to knosi ons/i * I atepical maxim that should always be acted upon," **ays Count Okuma, Premier of Japan, borrowing from ? Chi) - written 2,500 jreal ago bj Sun Tze, the ugliest military authority of ancient Asia, irhOM maxims are .?'ill tatlghl in the military BChools of .Japan. Dug fn?m the domaill of the dead, that i? an imiirovemcnt upon Napoleon"?, favorite epigram, "Despise not thine enemy." The average American, hip h?'arte.i, f?oiwl i,a'u*-cl. admit? no enemy ir an international sense. Hi?? voice, like that of th) R I IS I Cal ?, Il all for punen. Ethically, of course, it Is an admirable attitude. Well would it be for the world if all BMn'i i ice ?rere for peace! Bol ?acts. The prosent world war i? a grin fact. The most peaceful ratio' bean taught hart dangerous II is to despise or to ignon which may ?udst, li'.v.'-ver much against their will. When ( oui I III ? I to know i .-??if is a strategical maxim that should alsrays bo acted apon," what does he mean? Whom does ).?? | ?,n, by "?'?::.'".' Lei the snsvrer be given by a MmssjTVUtive and roc?*rtii/.?-?l Japanese authority. Enemy Is "In the West." "The Japan afagaVl tnenting editorially on the count's state? ment, in th? Issue for Si-pti-mii'T, 1914? nays: "Kvidfi.tiy t; irdi the snemy ai lomewhei'e located in the west, for h?? ?ay? tha' the apparent enmity beta tnd treat has its roo'- in the arrogant ronviction of ?restera nations that ' inferior and to be mai - ' victim of we.-torn aggression. "He admits that the hi -i ? - civilization mus? always invade and over? come th?- lov.r; bul h? that the ?re I n'???:-..-d it* civil tation from f'??ntliinerl nn l>;?*-e ?. ...Iiiniii I Heywood Broun There's a the.itre In which dur?es double rate? for its food it tr set ions i ?>:ie of its "gsllei led J-i UtOI by remarking) "He'? a (fijde thrappennj Hamlet, but me i Mipennj "tie." Heywood Broun ha?* an -?.?uailv h a p pv **y ?i expressing bis opinions on the merits or faults o? a plsy. Head lus ?-. news i" ?la-_?ou will find his criti/fisin it ?seit is ?>)' the ; Peg? 4, l'art*? I'.I-IV. Ety gwttoag Srttott? / irji* to Lmt?ttSi Truth: S exit- I'? ?itonals?Ailxertisementt Ihe daily ?-irrulaliriBol Thl I riluine e\< -e.Ji lOO.OX). ??; M n n retuinshle.net. ?. S. MAIL TAKES FOOD TO TEUTONS; RIOTS IN BERLIN Norse Steamer Off with Condensed Milk, Lard and Rice. KIN ASK HARVARD MEN TO FEED THEM a Professors Get Pleas That Sup plies Be Sent to Germany by Parcel Post. ?uvxuiaifs thai the lattOfl M lirrmnny is h,-co,n Utoporato, Coadttaod milk, riot and lard ?>??/, to Gorautng were nent rdag bg ftrst^Usts ma I front York on tho ttoatntjY Kristiania* ??h will lam? ai Christiania. I;.fore the pasaal arriv?s tho quo*, ? ? tht '? galit i of 'i-a'?n// the ? -fes posfol serptes for this t ?ell havt boon deoidod, .' herirme in l'< rUn tird even to have I the Crottnt Priv?e. P ??' or* il venar asid .'?' .1 ? il i. : ?? rt '? ? i from rol, i r, ?. its that food ? be *ent by parcel ]>ost. Foot! shipment.? of condensed milk, rico an?! lard, consigned to Germany, left New York under the prote. gov? ernment in that the packages were MBt as first cla?? mail ' | tn pounds and was Btailed a; a cost arareg : - \S It aras sa i it the Postotra-e last ? that first -.ass mail mattet ares ure by the belliger? ents snd t ill accepting lit? th Ip? il -....? Bent practically in ?ry of the food. The shipments were tn.de by the Citisens1 :..litre for Food ?Shipiaetr ? '? ?? en thi Kristianiafjord, which 'tetday morning ''oi Chri?t,iani?. Beeghl HIT Worth of ?stamps. ? Friday night an agent of the eommitteo preeei I lelf at the stamp window of the poatoflice and asked for |6_1 worth of stamp?. The wholesale department was closed, and ? with difficulty that the tota'. amount could he made up. The paek ? I window. No reg ling such shipments had roc? ?ti I from '?? .. and the packages were accepted and includ- : ed in the molla Without question. Th" sfjord was on the high ttei illed '.. in of the iuthontie?, ami the ., of using thi : I ISS mail service of the United ? pr.. IB for food shipments to Germany will doubtless be decided upon before BS a chance to mane itl ds livery at ?'hristiania. It will oaid at the postofSce late last night that there was no rule which could be Invoked to prc irh a shirment. The thipments of parcel post pack? ages |o Germany was ?usp?'nde(i No? vember 15 by an order of the govern after the Holland-America Line, had refused to take further shipments, claiming that the mail service aras ? interrupted by England because ( foodstuffs which was ? ? II v and Austria iry by that mean?. Shipment? of Bid) averaged around 20,000 parcela a weak from the I'nited Btatei until the parcel post service was aban doned. Committee Denle? Shortage. In a statement emanating from the BS* committee :? is denied that the ahipmenta are being made because there 1? s general shortage of f"?.d ex-' la-ting in Germany. It it elaimed that the onY' ihortagl which exists is in the which are necessary for babies, such BS milk. The statement ?au: The ladies of the committee were de* tirons of ratting these par?ela to th?i -? irving children of Germant and Aus? ittfiacient funds for the g of e*mdci led m,lk and other foods mentioned to the little on.?s. The committee alleges that there i? f lt_mpa in New York, in ' rig that th. :' the rost loath to accept 'he ment, and u?ed that menas of delaying istinaj of the packages BBtil ' . refer the matter te the authon Thtie la bo ihertags of stamps, er, accordieg to tha ofi-ciats. who thai there i-- a reserve supply in ntral postoffice of at least |l00, It is seid that more shipment? will ? ? . :.? . ? ? ' 'itisens' Commit! BS money can be gathered to pay ?? un usual 1) high tesl *t postage Postoffice officials in Washington last night wars inclined to believe that the ?rents have the right to make any CtlOB in regard to first class ma;! Bg Ganaaay from thi*-, country that might be necessary to prevent shipments of contraband. The question arad as an entirely new one, but it lated out that while it may be the duty of the I'nited States to make every rea??):,able stiert to forward first class mail, it is not the duty of the I'nited State to Hi B the mails to be used as u means of transporting contraband ar? ticles to a belligerent country. Parcel Pout Abandoned. The abandonment of the parcel post between the I'nited States and Germany last April, when several thou land packages which had been sent from Germany by way of Switzerland WON returned because of the interfer-1 ence of the British and French govern? ments. Shortly afterward it was an - C'oatliiued on page S, colamu 4 HAIL FOOD. GERMAN KIN ASK HARVARD TEACHERS [It? T;'.?graph to Th* TrtSun? ) * ambrulgo, Mas?.. He?.'. 11-?Sev? eral members of Harvard's fa?utt> have receivi-d letter?! from relati? M in iiernum asking that wheat flour and other foodstuffs be sent to them b\ parcel post. Professor Henrich C. Blerwirth. of the department of Oerman. r?* cehed a request this ?*? eek that IN pounds of ??heat flour and 100 p?;unds of bacasS be mail**?] to re'a tives In GoffSaaajr, The professor, who s-?, born in (.ermany, Is an ardent defender of America's ntan.1 during the present war difficulties. He sought out the postotjice authori? ties and ?a? informed that it would ?set more than $100 to mall the de si.ci faodstagi la Qotmaam. Professor ?.?r-o Wiener. Of ihe de? partment of Slavonic languages, wh>. is h Hiis?ilan, but has nlattVSS In GeffSSaay, Sise has been asked to mail ?heat flour. BELGIAN ARMS PLANTS DESTROYED; i,000 HURT All Employes at Work When Havre Explosion Occurs. i Basta, Fraaes, Dos. n l*hs muni? tions faetones of the Belgian Bj*o***era? ment here were destroyed to-day ; explosion. ExteasiT! ?lainage was done , and many persea! were injured. All the employes were at work when ? a detonation occurred in on.? of the ngs which contained a supply of pow.ji r fot l*. This esosed alia to blow- up with an explosion of great violence. Paris. Dec. 11. According to the "Journal soi D?bats," !."?.'" persons ljursd in th? ? ?: ten at Havre, but the number uf deaths was com ? -? CHICAGO INSTITUTE ROBBED OF JEWELS Priceless Coins and (lems Stolen from Under Nose of Guard in Art Building. . i hicago, Dec. 11. A era/ed connois? seur with diabolical skill was the j brains behind a daring burglary r ( the ?.r* [natitut! I.c-re early to-day. last!? , tute oficial.? and the polieo came I conclusion late to-day, followir. / the thai Ihres robberiei hi a'?tempf??il and two consumir?a*.? ?!. Th.? Noyes collection O? Jewel??, l at upward of |S0,0O0, and three Saint Gaadeni eoins, ei pr; to . i ' ii. ..' I< >. were taken; and the .ral attempts to make SWS* with the collection of estimated all the way 110,000 to $300,000. I ..erne W. Noyes, donor of the ?tolen jewels, held a conference with re ? ra larer, and they de? rided to institute a nation-wide search for the robbers. II.e theft of the N'oyes jewels was irsd at '-' o'clock a. m. by the ?ratchmsa? It Vas not until 9 a. m. that '?he Saint (iuu'iens co:ii9 were found to be mis?ing, and it was noon before the attempt to steal the ivories wan discovered. The ivory collection, loaned to the institute, consisted mostly of copies of twelfth and thirteenth century master? pieces. The robbers attempted to "jimmy" three of the cases. Steel lesen had been inserten near the lock.*, and attempts had been made to pry open the door?. The burglars cut theic way into the Art Institute building, slid down a rope, traversed a numner of dark corr ai ? itole ti-,e jewels fr?.m a case not fifty feet from when a guard was sit? ting. They then went t<> the second floor and selected the three eoiafl from HI full of valaabls coins and medals. They escaped the way they ha ! ertered. AUTOIST, GIRL SLAYER, ELUDES POLICE NETS Part of Lamp Torn from Fleeing Auto Only Clew. With the police of the city making a search of garages, Detectives Drum and Balcy admitted last night that they had made little progress in the hurt for the autoist who escaped after kill? ing Miss Jeanette Hartran, Gibson Fr. day night in front ?f h.r horn.. Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn. The only elsw II ?? part of a Lrass automobile ?amp, torn from the chine when It lidSSWiptd a te'.egrai .'. poie after striking the g.rl. 1 nere WM only one ?fftneei to the teeidewt, K. T. Krieger, of t44 Kmerson P.ace. bal was ?o far away that he was unable to see the lieWBBS tag. Run down bv sa automobile opera*" ! by Bsraard Zucker, of 101 West 114th Street, Friday night ir front "' home, .'i?>0 Broadway. Brooklyn. Fran? cis Burke, ten years oid. ma taken to the Williamsburg Hosoital yester?!ay dying from internal injur.es and . or cussion of the brain Mrs. rMward T. Bedford. 2d. daugh? ter of the late Mayor Gsvaer, was sued yesterday by Mr. and Mi? Wickel for $10,400 as a re-u'.t o? i collision between the B> Wicks automob les on September 12 at ilanha*sett. Long Island. Du Pont Magazine Wrecked. Paalshoro, K, .1.. Dec. 11. An explo? sion at the Kepauno plant of the du Paat I'owder Company, at Gibbstosra, asai here, late to-diy. wrecked a build? ing. Vo one was injured. The build? ing, which was blown to pieces, was used as a cap magazine and was lo? cated in the laboratory section of the i plant. The cause of the accident is not ! known. WAR COUNCIL PLANS FRESH BALKAN DRIVE Allies Resolve to Hold Sal?nica for Spring Campaign. RUSSIA CLOSES DANUBE PORTS Greece Ready to Demobil? ize Army? Yields to En? tente. Is Report. Paris, Dee. 11.?Frunce and (.?reat Britain ?.It'oiiled to-.iay to f.intinue . ..mpnijrn in the Balkans and iHTf.'.i on military moaiTse de .-i'.-ned to assur?' the security of th?! expo.!.* which latult-?i [at Sal?nica. Besides tha Balkan decision other if an urgent eharaefjg re ' L?tin>r to the cottdttd of th<? war wen? t tompiate the contat*tata held to-day. Premier Briaitd an?! War Becratary Gallieni :n,,?,ii for Prance, an I F ireign Secretary Grey Und \\ ??? ' K i.?"iir fur Great Brits The semi fl ?ui,, after to da, 'erence says the principle ' ? nanea *t prend ?' taloni? .-.i v?.. ? i by all the pari ici pants and thai mil sen tahen to ? ? the Mear? it y of tht> expeditionary corps, which ally tows "Ttie Allies have made the d k*n to 1 ? '1 to ufllclent f i'-. ? to -? urn? eondi? [ tions," 'ip " '"I ' ' is final. Tt ren ?. ? "A ? will end th? M . ' * ?tnn tine in a ?? ' ?in-? woi .:i army wl to let ' ? en of wore, an?! there ia i ? ' making a imber of tr?...p? t.> h?; sent can he determined later." Greet? Kta.lv ?.. niobiH/e. W.t'n th- i*i>m of the Allies not to abandon the Balkan c.mpaign, th?- re| i hers been renewed at Athen.? t.. insure the safety and suf r tho troops at Bet?nica, ?jreece, according to Haeonfirmed reports from Athen?, hrs at last yielded ?1 agree?! to the demobilization of her army, which is to begir?. next week. The French Mialstcr bed hi? ser?n-' conference of this week with King Con :uently th? ministers of th? B?tent? Powers called on Premier Bkouloudis. T. is learned on good authority that energetic repre. purpose of indacing (?reece t>) hrt-ten action tn regard to the fu.- Beaded for the Allied troop? ? a. ,\ de? ceive move on the part of the ??reek government is expected momentarily. A statement that 'i.- que-'ion? at is? sue between (,r. ... Bad the H:.tente Powers are on the way toward ?ettle - UrS-itod te M. Guunsris, (?reek ? r of the Interior, by the Ha.a? ;.?indent a*. Athen?. After a meet ? g Bf th?- ' abinet Council last night, M. Counari?, the correspond?nt ?ay?, mad" this itatemcnt and added that he . i the diplomatie situation as tory. "We are mar.-hing toward a satis factor) ol Itioe Of the questions p?--..Y !...i.- v. tl the Entoata I*owobb," he ?ai?l. 1* it .?j at .. ac ' j-' the . forr.. a*. Sal?nica. : understood that past troops Beerten : Yn.-re will he ?ent . ?i by the Franc :?.rce? ???nee. King Keceive? rrench Minister. "The que'-*. -??.- ,.? ii .?' between Greece and the Entente Power? may b? ?i.vtticd into two cat?gorie?," ?ay? '? ?? ti ? ? respondent in a ? . Jr.'.. "1 he first question, of a purely mili? tary character and demanding urgently itioa, ? ? ras defensive Bad other the retreat, V <jw Of "h. \ i ?rink l r this it ? iahte ?aat th? Greet, goternotent afford Negotiation? on thi- sunject are proceeding at Sal?nica between Generi 1 Sarrail, the French rommHr. 1er, and Coloaol Phalli?, of the ?.reek atrnv. The Kntente diplomats are supporting General Sarrail ener? ally, ar.?l the French Minister had ?an audience with King Constantino to? day, taking up the ?ame ?ubject. "The second question, in part politi | C ontlouetl Ota l?ge T, celumu S