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GUARANTEE. Your Money BacK if You Wan* it. e*e MMtorUH ."_.,*. 0*009*0 ?Ditm B 0r?i ?ml 1,-jjj. ?Motme WEATHER Cold and cloudy To-day: Warm?* To-morrow; Freeh West Winds. J**?.;; **?T?.?r' on Paae I First to Last ? the Truth : News - Editorials - Advertisements Vol. LXXV....N0. 25381. |?..|.?rlfh? 191.1? Th*? Trlliun* A??'n.1 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 101.5. ? ? ?"?VTa* PWT lB -*"?"* Y,'rk c""v' -*;*w??-'??. Jtaaay ("It?* ?'-> n V. C_*t A Ull Hohok?. *_?*>??_?? Two (?nti Teutons Threaten Pursuit Across Greek Line VONPAPENNAMED DJ SAN FRANCISCO OMB PLOT CASE Question of Price of Ex? plosion Put Up to Him, Is Allegation. SIX TEUTONS SEIZED ON ARMY TRANSPORT Wore U. S. Uniforms?Four of Crew Held on Charge of SeWggHng Aliens. ?>>,-,? ? i I 5 '?" sm*yermt htniwnri on the government tremo o were at dBetttiulu a ,f ihr'-' fid offer. r temen fftewtrantpc .enggltd ' Sgm Frnnci*co fmuretotemeut? led to the arrest of iotr oth.r? v hen the ?I ip se-ne t?rkd a' '?' r' *"*? Four ? placed uni res' am' ? ' "' ' '"?"'"" * '>' cmt'Ctation kt* lernt plata, nom under u-ay nti (fcl fruneu ?-.doped rri dmee again*' Ca? I ? | Sai Fran ... ?a the ..UBBBIIll '''" lyr,r- ?t the ?on of a munition? plant . at put up 'o non Papen, Bopp, an- ; i .?titiirj to an affidavit l"~ld by the : a plot to bloir tf tunnels on th* Canadian Pacific ?lavid Limar, th* "Wulf ?>' ??''?'' pretty ?CSSMOl? I ?r'th Fran- von : prieonor in London, urged tt ' off supplie* to ??I?? Entente Allies, tucordivij to a '"* Federal authorities Br Trier??): to Th? B Em Praneii . Iiec. 14, '? e government net in the German ??"jinb plot conspiracy was .losing on high Teutonic oficiala in the United .""lates three Gormana and an Aus '??iJJJi, wring United States Army ?iiiform?. ? en from the army '?ansport S*v-ndan when it docked I ore to-day. Exid*T.c?' ' ?' an and we]'; ? rganized plot to blow up munitions *>'ork? jn the ?al- to-day. The names ? f < aptain Franz von ?"?per., recalled by the Kaiser at the 'xqueit of the United States, and of -lran_ Bopp, the German Com-ul ?Jenersl here, mars brought Into the cats According to telegrams said to be tins governments possession, the price to be paid for the destination ? sn optai res plant was "put up 1" von Pap*T.. And, according* tr* *n sfftda.it mads l y Johannes van Koolberf- August 27. Bopp l*rtjona'i!y tnipervisad hi.*-? aetirities B_?s_rad ;?iracy to blow up '?.r.ne.r. on the Canadian Pa'-ifn R??road ir May. Bat the . tortled nan fru? <vo tu Ot* errent on the trar?port of 'At four ' -.?ho pa?1????! them ??Ire? or* ..??r? r<? ?jrn ?luty. It be ? -.t two m" **?s had been taken from th< *s? when it landed a" Honolulu and '-rt-wn into ja i ?eel fraudulently ' ?' | ' . rm. PloUer? hmoffled Into L. S. from these two men tne plan r-o *n?Sfle (,<!i--Bn plotter? into this *???tr>- w?? learnerj v isstloalag by ral John P. tig th? Hawaiian department ?B U>? army, won the OO-I ') ?..'-. ?,, rrnan Bailors , bod briber! men h a promi?? of ^Stt th rn lajfe .?-an Kran - 'rer\nxie,r'. ?*?*? 2M UBI fri.m If. ? e ???,, wr n - - - ? ? ' - BBOBOrt, ? "?ur men ?he I.h.1 ?I ?rn ui*?-l.ni* plot were >*orgr K,i -f a ., , and r Klanhau?. ship General I '.fnrma JN Ohei , today n# four r,ff ?rid ___**soa ?. ??sufr?-* ? ice. ?r briber) K/eid In??-?.IiK_t,?n ||t,un, h? eix I and *'v a ? ? f'ljri ? r.ifi! r.ve?tif>? ?in. W> '?*Y ?re. m l?ri '",n ' ? ?.-??i a) Mi *-???--?*??? ?? ???? i, eaaassa i PUE UP 3 CORDS OF GOLD Aaaaj omce staff nn??i, Reducing 200 Tons of Mnnev to Bars. Th?, local Assay Office has Just f.n labod turning $102.000,001 |a Briti-h sovereigns, which have aeen imported since October 87, late "told bar?. ban have aeen depoeited in r. in the ???ub-Treamirv. and the\ maks a pile of gold measuring 39*3 feet, or mor?, than three cord? In the pile, which is s ?. are I?,346 hart, ear) worth ahout $7.000, and aYout ??even inche in height. The bars are laid te mi row*, and rr.Hke a :t.*al - of ?oirii 200 tonn. ,-? - LED ASTRAY BY ?BRAIN-FOG" Francis Donigan l.t-adn He la Missing and Kemen-iber?i. The mystery surround.ng the d.sap pearance el Henry Faen?is Donigan, ? business man of Loairrllle, Ky., who !.??? hcin misaing for three weeks, w* ?. when lie communi srltb h-.x brother-in-law. Dr Du-ight Huntei. who lives at the Har? Kerno Hotel. Ponigan has been stay? ing al the Hotel I heisea, -?..'- West Twenty-third Street. An alarm was sent out for Donigan yesterday from Police Headquarter?. and news of his disappearance ara published in the newspapers. Th? i niii?inf- man happened to ren'l or? of the reports and the shock of learmni that a search was being carried on for him restored hia mental faculties. It was said last night tiin' Dornj-an , hud been suffering from ''brain-fog.' j due to overwork. STOLE FROM Y. W. C. A., GIRL GUEST ADMITS N'y 125 in Addresses Betrays Mysterious Robber. "1 am guilty," said Mis? Ktlria New batt. arrested Sunday on a charge of stealing ths property of other girls in the Harriet Judson Memorial Young Women's Christian Associstion. Brook lyn, as the stood before Magistrate ' Naumer in the Adam? Street court) ? esterday. "I cannot tell you what led me to steal." she continued, ''but I have be? trying since I took the last thing that did not belong to me to be good, and 1 think 1 am going to win out. I am willing to make restitution for what I took." The magistrat? was unmoved by the girl's plea, He held her In $1.000 bail tor the action of the gTand jury. In July, August, September and Oc? tober Miss NY-wbatt mado five ?isits to the Young Women's Christian Associa? tion building and registered as a * ent guest. Ia comparing the register to determine who was in the building at the time the thefts occurred, the secretar*,' found that f.ve diff?rer.t names were in similar handwriting. .Although the c.ties from which ths girl registered were different, the num? ber Iff was fixed la her mind, as on occs?loris fhe gave that as a number. It was throuirh an of the addresses tha- M ?? was arrested. GIRL TWINS BRING TINY BROTHER ALONG Father of Four Other Girls De? lighted at Heir's Arrival. Hempstesd, Long Island, Dec. 14. Pler.ty of twins have been born in Nas? sau County, and parents there thlr.k thi y have generally me: with the approvsl of tjolonel Roosevelt, but it remained for Mrs. Herman I. Pela, wife of the super- i Intendeat of Belmor.t 1'ark racetrack, to make a record for the county. <ir, December 7 sha pre-.er.ted her husband ????.i. g.rls and one boy. Their to? tal weight I- fourteen and one-half pounds. Pell was at the trBck when told he was a father. A? he already had fo.ir other girls, the aldea! fifteen and the rar, he inquired whether 11 ?>r a girl. When toYi it ws - a gir! ? ? ? . ippointed, ai : i. woald bring him a:: , when told he wn father of tirina, another daagh born, he the house in a hurry. At the door a , ta tl al ' 111 aa? . ant had boon ra and that it waa a boy. Hia joy knew no boanda. All three of the children are doing well. P -i wai Kleanor Wonderly. Moth sh<- and her hu-bar.'l eOBM from ??????? fen ' ?. Yen- bei?,g i,.i.i> chil ?a each of their parent?' families. S y? i old. $2.500 FOR POSSIBLE GEiVITJS I'nknown ?.ifts Win Soi? for Rov ?>f Ihre*. Who Leal Kntl of Flnr?*r. Deal? ef -'11 Hudson Avenue, BrOoMyB, Il "i'Y. three and a half year? old. Vf a jury in 'he Sa? ptom? ? earl decided yesterday that d te I2.M0 for ?lie io?s i.f tha tea "f l> ?- '??*? ???er ?hi.? ron;.!*?' fri.iii Italy aa a 1 steeiaer. Alth? ;?? ? hn m Usually lergl 'it-dirt f.,t ia child for the injury ?untamed, thera were un t?j|d peeeihilltiea in a ?hild named the tu Id of art, , d t he law pot, hi might ? ". I he . I ?.? ? ;, . ? v. -? ho . |*l ' M rhe eh lid's Iron doei M rr ? I H\ riliRIIH>\lA\>MI M I.I -I V i . I It It II v-ey * CITY, PUT DOWN BY STORM BLOW, REGAINING FEET ?Milk Companies Make Half of Deliveries Trains Creeping In. 45,000 SHOVELLERS NEEDED; 4,590 ON JOB Adamson Issues Fire Warning Water Main Bursts In Bronx, Drowning Livestock. Winter's first punch. landed on New Vi.rk Monday night, made the city take the full count of ten. For that number i.f hours h. i'i n.ore yesterda?., after ?he buzzard first paralysed street traffic, railway communication, milk supply and wire communication, the c II rnained practically hors de combat in these re-p. It was late in the afternoon b ra the most human ?ide of the prui. the babies' milk supp'v began to be solved to any appreciable pxttn*. By nightfall the milkmen announced that the;, had done all they could, and would have to leave the res? for the morrow, fine of the larger dealers ad mitted that only 50 pi r eenl of the trade had been served, while others estimated tl.elr service at various per centagei up to 90. To-day'- delirar?as will be made UP largely of yesterday's delayed snpplies. All agreed tha: the greateel trooble had been in getting the higher gredas of m Ik which go to the babies. Driver? of all compani s were instructed I I take care, _o far as they could, of the youngsters, invalids and benevolent in? stitutions. Not more than 10 per cent of (irade A milk all told was deliv? ered. It was estimated that it would take two days for the milk servie to get back to normal, due in largt measure to the inability of farmers to 1 get their product to the railroad col- I I leetioa stations ever tho ??nowhound | ? country roads. Snow Shoveller* Needed. These being acute street cleaning i ? [...s, there probably was no question! asked yesterday more frequently in of? ficial circles than how Commissioner Patherstea was getting away with hia job. If one sought the answer to that the Commissioner's own oflee The answer of his secretary I . that the job was complete, so I opening up the main aiteries of travel s as concerned, ami man. lesser street as well, So claim wan made that the snew had ' been loaded an.' hauled to the sno- ? dumps, but the Commissioner's new' ne of using the i ? : ? he si o'.v in the gnttei rehieles could go through, while the snow removal eontl S only te load and hau: i" as txpeditioasly a possible, was given ered * for bringing prompt relief to traffic. The old scheme was to load the snow directly from where it lay, without clearing passage- ' ways first, The Commissioner, however, wsi far from satisfied with hi let. He was be- . moaning the fact ths?, whereas he! r eeded 48,000 men in his emergency force, divided Inte three shifts of I 16.000, he had been able to muster only ' a shift of 4,690 men in Manhattan, Brooklya aad Ih? Bronx. They knocked off work la-t aigl el 10 o'clock, 1 exhaustion Work would have ?entirely with thi the removal 'contractors, with the'*" availah ? I carts and 600 men, been under i to Continue hauling to "he dum] I he mow city em? eu had piled up. Another cause '???? inga - issioner was the of the forty snow ploughs by which this piling was being dene were sal i ness. The ploughs are hauled by pn vate motor trink?, and only half the ? required number could be kept in hire. \ , Motive power had been presided for forty of the seventy- the department ' owns. Fifty were forced to Ye ??lie jres , terday, Taft Sleeps In Train. Despite these tribulations, ? -.vas re ported at the l as ??? iloner's office that hud i,nt been a single U lepbone mm an irate merchant deraai that the street be ?Yaitd m front of ? ace ho he could get his good through. La I year, bis -untar telepboae In the office I with the.-e complaint?-. Thi? col was accepted a- an lades of efficiency. ? ? prol lets a? - rariea a* th? Battery enlj ?es fell, in Brom then ?ere i leven inch. There fon. ? ? ?? : nen, arid equally haul to eatimal ... ? ?.. the . ':? ??' clearanc? I? is a tally aal Imated al $35,000 an lach ander the present sya-j rhe shortage of nun ws Uted to thi eXOdaS of reservists f'.r th?- wars and the fart that s lober bai been absorbed by mai (?,?.. 'The Fifth Avenue Coa? ' omeeny i "d t hat it des m iles of etreel abo? el it m leas than three hours, US snow I ?ttaehed to th? ehest | it- worl 'i doaa on e, from Fif1 * up to 11 Oth Parkway, Seventh I '. cholas eveaues, Riven di i maseras reads ?hrnugt, i I -.nnn'.'.l on |?n(r ", r.il.imn S Wilson Picks Horse Doctor as Coast Survey Head E. Lester Jones, a Veterinary, to Succeed Dr. Otto Tittman, Noted Scientist?Spoilsmen's Inroad?? Feared in Bureaus. ' h* Tni un? p...-. i , Washinp-ton, Pee. 14.- A Veterin?r surgeon who until a few years ago Wl prescribing for ailn,- ?. iibt t houses, hogs and ?,*?? will be estai lished as head of the Coast and Cet de- ,? Purvey, one of the most high'. scientirie h'li-eeii? m "he governmen if the Senate confirr.i-i a nommatio made by President Wilson. The hors docior Is already Ultag 'he place, an the appointment has caused "?luch erlti end no little apprehen*?ion amoni other scientists n governmen? employ E. Lest r Joneo, V M D* of Culpepei Va., according to his letterhend. is thi man who has been ehe P SS de ,\ on for 1 Dr. Jones will take the plsce of Ott. II Tittmann, who through nearly hall a century of s'uvy work, had won hi? way to the head of the bureau and te an international reputation, evidenced by his membership in a dozen great scientific societies. Scientific bodice liere, while admit? ting that Dr. Jones is a man of talent I, deny that any n.nr. mu posaibly meaeurs up to the work to which he ha-> heeii assigned l| long year-i of arduous special g, a delj d nTerenl from thai to be gained by prescribing for animal diseases. They eipress surprise that Wilson, who they had ,-up post d particularly well tit'ed to under? the r.eed for e\pert q II ha%?' overridden the long tra from poilsasea. Fear for Scientific Wort. They ftar that the appointment will not be the last of its kind, and that the high reputation which the scien 1'ureaus have borne will suffer heavily in consequence. They al-o point out how seriouh to industries ?' would be if th? time came when th? i'overr,ni''n',s scientilc report? could not he trusted. Dr. E. Lester .Tone? Is a Now .Tersey man by birth and a Princcton?Bn. Il w?? at college, that hi? abilitir? ?.* traded the attention of I?r. Wilson, and the iHtter made prompt use of 'hem sftot hi? election to the Presidency. Within three month?, or on May 1", 10n, Pr. .Tone? -?-,? called from hi? pig*? and rhicken? in ?"ulpepor to be eOBSa asslstsat deputy superintended of the Bureau of Fisheries, a piare p-?y M?t ;i year. B ? two year? ?roth there, President Wilson must have it* cnled, proved or provided hi? fitness loi the geodetic post, paying M?000, Bod hs xva? appointed to ir ea Beptembet 21, after tion of Mr. Tittmann. Besides being a v<**erinanan and dep? uty rish Boperintendent, l'r. Jone? boa be?-n a stock btooder. His letterhead bears ?he superscription "Bren tor ood Stock Kami," and advertises him as "lui.-rlrr of hi(-h cm*?? horse?, reci? tered ,!?*r?ey cattle and registered Rerk ihira sxvine." Itan Strx-k Farm On the Side. - enterprise was carried on in conjunction with his veterinary bu?i i ?es Bil prescription-, ?x-ritten at this time bear the usual cryptic symbol? for the iraggist'l sdifiestlOB, snd such note? a? the foUooiog: "One SB tOBgaa t. i. d., give portion to horse at night ; bath isle) injured rice." Attainment? of Mr. Tittniann. Mr. Tittinann had been with the Sur? vey since lHt.7. He was assistant as? tronomer with the expedition sent to Japan in 1874; directeJ r?verai survey? ing expeditions along the Atlantic ar.d Paetfie coasts; had beer, in charge of ? ontlnnril ofi pn-te ?, < ulnnin 4 CHICAGO, JUNE 7, PLACE AND DATE FOR REPUBLICANS National Committee De cides on Convention Ahead of Democrats. Washinirton, Dee 14 Chicago srai selected te?uighl by thi Bepul National Comm " ? the ineet.n? place of the 1910 Republican nationa ? held o? '?'?? . sf m Bt, Lou ? i ?? rate stood: ' :; i ; ? ? t ! I'hilatie :,i .., Karlier in the ?lay the con. i nd determined on the convention date without a roll call, and some person said a record vote might have brought a d.fTerent ir Advocates of an early eonrention date argued that this was the time for the Republican party to take the of tl pol?tica] enemies, without regard to the ancient custom of allowing the party in power to meet tust and announce its candidates and Bfged that the party Should '1er a defer.?live cam b - should blaze the trail and y .-.- Il lei te the eoentrj Technical objection raised to an rsrly date by representatives of Wesjt Vlr? g nia ami South I>akota. where pri? maries ,r delegates will in h? Id ..'. June ?, eras swept away by the adoption of a resolution ? placing the names of the . 'i c^e ?tales on the rary roll of the convention, with tiie agreement that certification b] ' I graph from the proper sure authorities aitcr the primaries will he valid au thorisetioi for .??eating them. The fight for the convention pro-red more one-sided than friends of the eitles which lost had expected. The fact ths? the Democrats will meet in St. I/oiii? on June 11. Mini that many thousand-? who will attend have made re-ierva* ion? a' th? hotels there for several days anead, undoubtedly hud its St. Louis lifter the ? SSStteaed on t>a*e ft, ? '.Inmn 4 BRITAIN PLANS NEW DRIVE IN EAST AFRI Smith-Dorrien Named to l? Expeditionary Force. ?a cent io Tt:- m London, Dec. 14. With the appo ment of Oenersl Smith-Dorrlon to laprems ? ommand of the Bril forces in Fast Africa the campa m that theatre ef the xx-sr tatan new phase. Sm'th-Dorrien has 1 ??rii.niderable experience in Airii lighting, hoeing served arith diet! tion in the Zulu war in 1879 and mi _ big reputation in the B04 I ? which wa? enhanced b> his brilln conduct of 'he teTeat from Mon? ?he early days of the present ?tmgg Little has been heard of Smith-D? 1 , ? ? meru a . ed by Tommy Atkir ? ?actly the man to hit it off wi ? i :th African t.roop?, who w form the backbone of the Eoot Africi expedition. So far the war in Kast Africa hi not been satisfa? toi y 'o the Britis but the colony is at last to be in.adf in force and will almost inevuabl ??hare the fste of Southwest Afric; An enthusiastic re. rutting campa.gn i South Africa for the expeditionar force is SO* ended and in the nc year the Booth African Dutch ai- arel as British will agoifl be etisa?j?d i' making hiatorj :"? : the dark continen and in driving (?eimans from thei ;_-1 stronis-liold m Africa and almos the last piec.? of territory held b them outside of Europe. The territory is twice the size of th.? German Erapin end li.? .-i population of eight in.'lion * - ? WOULD EXPEL HAISELDEN M?ditai >??ii?*lv Max Oust Man Uhu l.e) Baby Die. Chicago, Doe, 14 The council of th? ( hicago Medical Boeioty, in a finding made public to-night, recommended to the society that Pr. If. J. Haiselden, who advi?ed a*rain?t operating on the Bollinger baby, be expelled from the i 'in-, however, was not the charge against ths doctor. A ???? ur'irlt-*? under hi? name dealing with ? _se un.) the subject of eugenics generally appeared after the deouse si the bahy, a tow weeks ago, and for In- ?ros 'hartred with unethical conduct and found guilty. The Balkan Failure ^.\j_5rti^S??a?Ttti,a I, ii ., ebaracttrtsttctll- cleai dUcuaitoe oi n-y.iii.t_r? operstUi ?bsl ??ave led to the ?tr??t oil Stlonici. ?HI three rid possible .apturc. |vri (bos? Cd prO-Allj tendency who hive found but little Mtaec In on "f ,his c?BP?-?n "m fi?d ??1 ;,r( ,clf SS??. ??. '--?"'' SI?? Sitttflag ??nbuttr Firsts Latt tat Truth: tVnar Mtwigh Aab*rsHt?mtati BERLIN PLEDGE NOT BINDING, SAYS VIENNA Austrian Dispatches Indicate Attempt at Evasion. LIGHT SOUGHT BY ZWIEDINEK Wants to Know What Will Satisfy U. S.?Cabinet Discusses Note. I>.m ?'?- TV'-.--, Rir??!i.1 ? ?a-hiiiarton, Dee. 1 1. Vl^tina. in dignanl at the curtness of the Amer? ican demanda on the Aneona case, may refuse to accede on the ground that ah? xvns not a??quainted with th? principles laid down hy the United St-iite*? in th<? Luisltania ne? gotiation?. The American note as? sumed that Austria had full infor? mation on the issues invol\-ed. Hy. denying this assumption Vienna might seek to open a long ?Iiseus sion of the suhmarine question?a (?;<-cus.?ion auch as that xvhich Is still pending xvith Germany. This xvas indicatoil In ?"ports from Vienna to-day. xvhu'h saiii that the note was weak ;n a salient point .?id thus was deprived of its foun dntion. Tha vi??w i~ hold in Austrian official circles, according to these dis 1 at.'hes, that the gox-err.nient could not he expected to have knowledge of the Lusitania negotiations. Such information as it received, xvns ob t.-.inoii through nexvspnper reports, which are without diplomatic value. Btate Department officials declare that tin? atand i> sntiraly unjusti? fied. Not only eraa nmbaasador Duraba kept advised "f the !>.???>gre?,s ? t the negotiation-- by the State De? partment, but the notorious state? ment Bryan made to Ambassador Dumba?that the tirs.t Lusitania note was not to be taken seriously? tinted to as eonclosive proof that the Ambassador xvas so ad i/ised Washington holds that the United States li justified m assum ing that Dumba communicated hi" knowledge to Vienna. Complete Compliant? -.sked. The indignation in Vienna confirmed by report.-? t o - ii . American note confirms '?he opinion expressed Im-1 ? * publica: .on here by lenta of the break ifl n ? is bi ?? I ? a".-, m evitable if tha (Jolted Stute* ?too?) squarely on the note. The State De? partment ?hows no inclination to re-1 cede from the stand it has taken, and i? evidently prepared to face a break if Austria replies with anything less than a complete compliance. The conviction grows daily at the State Department that Germany is to blame fo'r the Aneona sinking. This be? lief was held when the note was drawn, and xvas the reason for the incorpora? tion of the demand not made in the Arabic case, that the commander of the submarine be punished. The Aus? trian government's report of the "dif liculty oi communicating with 'he sub marme" and the recent statement from Vienna that the undersea boat in be? lieved to have bren los', confirms the hypothesis. The same assumption is responsible ? bloat and ?ir,-. ter of the nute. If it bod beer, believed that Austria alone wa-? re.pon?ible for the attack on the At.conn, a much milder note srould have been sent. A mild i Ute, however, ?ronld not reach the real culprit, Genoaoy. The State depart? ment believea that t ha? placed Ger ; .a:,;, in a BlOSt BBCOmfoitools position I y i?? vigorous action toxvard Austria, which .*? believe? merely as umed re? sponsibility for an act committed by Germany in order to acquit Germany Of B breach of its agreement with the I'nitcd States. Talk of Tentative Kepl.x. In Teutonic quarters hope is still held mir that a briar, irith Austria may br? avoided if the t'nited State? trill be conten) i itb ?? tentative reply from th? Austrian government a? a basi? for' further nogotiotions. BotooZariedioek,i in the absence of ir.-truetion-? from, Vienna, is in daily eoneultation with Ambassador ron BernstortT. Hie visit j tu the ."-"at.* Deportment yesterday? nrhoB In- discussed the poeeibility of a rupture with Secretary Lansing, is , ?.. bO? I been at the sug- ? gestion of 'he Germai *i ? laaor. 1 he Austrmn charg?, it is reported . . atteaapted te leer? from the Secretary .?nat dlapoaition would be ihewn by the I'nited Stato? to daSCOSel the facts and the law of the Aneona CHse. Secretary Lansing. ;* is ?aid, re foeed t" add to t m ? expression of this Cenn try's attitude .?ontaincd in the ?note itself. Intimating that nothing rl of a complete compliant Austria would be lotiafoetory. No arord came to-day from Amha??a dor P'-ntield to iodieote ?rhea a reply to tin? note might he looker) for. or BOO the eom as animation ?*??? received. The Aneona ease area discussed a? length at llie (ahmet meet n_ tin morning. Il ?a under?tood. and ?? 'he roatian??*) em p*s* a. r?iu_a i NOT BOUND BY BERLIN PLEDGE. SAYS VIE! Vienna. Dec. IS (via I-ondon. 14; delayed).?The ".merlran no Austria-Hungary Is retarded as week in one Important p ??hirh ma?, deprive the note In ?ral of its foundation. This rerns the standpoint taken the Vustro- Hungarian fovemi should be familiar ?1th the attl of the American government re| ing the freedom of the sea? bee 1'resldent Wilson had eiplalned to the Cerman -overumenl. Against thia stand of Waahin the objection is raised th?t the ernment ha? knowledge of ihe gotiatlons In the Imitant? caae through the new-ioapcrs, the' could give to the?"e report? no dl matlc value, and that It haa concerned itaelf in any way I the I.usitanla case It is ??uggested that in any I it -?oiild have been better If Wi ington at the time had communl ed the memorandum of It? sta point to nil belligerent governme in which case the present I would seem more Justified. WAR COSTS GERMANY HALF BILLION A MON Expenses Will Increase. S Treasury Secretary. Herlin. Dec. 14 In 'he P.e.chsta? day Dr. Karl Helfferich. the Beers of the Imperial Treasury, pointed that the previous credit? totailed 600,000^00, of which the last $.,: 000.000 was voted in August. He thai lie had then estimated the mon demands at about 1500^000,000, an., four months had .-une?' pa?sed and fifth month was being entered on, necessity for a new vote of credit ?elfevident. The increase in the war expenditi compared with last ?spring, Dr. Helf ich ssid, wa? not very material, des the fact that not only had there k a growth in "he armv and in Sold Op tions. hut an ire?- the pvic? almost a!l aeceseiti? ? for ?he army na-y :,ll 'I r ? .economy, but no. Germeay ti .-Yh continue?! an.I probably ? creanir.giy high rxrenditures. Agai 'the credit votes of ST.oOO.OOO.OOO. th ? loans hud yielded MJ00.000.0lt, I ! the balance had in part b. b| nor' term treasury I :. thod weald be Ml of the next war loan. Through the gnat succcs?. at ' third war loan the government, i treasurer conclided, could wait w the next loan until March ATHENS COMMANDEERS GREEK SHIPS ABROA Vessels in U. S. and British Ha bors t?i Carry Food. London. Dec. 14. Tin ek gov? ? was learned here to-day, 1 ideered all <;r?ek shipping British ar.d American ports in sn etf< I to supply the deficiency in food a coal which exists in Greece as a rest of the Kntente Allies' restrictions. The Greek vessels will be load with cargoes purchased by the Athe government, which does not expect t same trouble as is experienced by t regular owners of ships in getti , th?l8e necessary commodities to Greet A di?patch to '.he (entrai News fro Cardiff says the object of the Gre. j government in commandeering Grei >hi|is Ig ;o nie them *o ci?rry foodstul 'from the in it i Btatos to ?ireece. A ? ireek ves??'.? ,,f more than 1,500 toi net, losded or empiy. have been order? ' to proceed to Hampton Roads immed Stely, according to the dispatch. Philadelphia, Dec 14. Shipping me [In this city SBid to-day that the corr mandeermg of Greek ressell by Greet ?would increase the scarcity of .?hips fo ? the handling of the heavy export trad ' to the Lntente Allies and neutral coun tries in Northern Kurope. At presen ! there are no Greek ships in this pon i but four are on their way to the Dels i ware f?r?>akwater from European port 'to receive orders, and some of them, i no*, all, are expected to take on cargoei here. a WAR OUTSTRIPS YEAS BOOK "Almanach del.otha" Still Has Kaiser? Son a? British Colonel. Amsterdam. Dec. 14. The 1916 edi '??on of the ''Almanach de ?jotha" ha? just been published, written in French, as usual. In the preface complaint is made of the difficulty of obtaining trustworthy data. This difficulty is shown by the fact that the German Crown aPrince still appears as colonel of a regiment ef Hrmsh hussars. 2.244.248 PRUSSIANS LOST Bavarian?, Wurtemhergians and Sax onians Not In Total. ??ertiam. Pee 14 Prussian css ? lietS No HI to HI, according to the "Rnlterdamsche ?ourant," contain the names of c?'..:?tO killed, wounded and mi?sii g. making the total *_7i**?A* This is eiclua??v<. of the n?-n?i on II Bavarian, SlO \\ urtembergian. 2.13 Sasonian and the naval and Turkish lists. GREECE SEES BATTLE NEAR ON OWN SOIL Athens Expects Teu? ton Demand to Follow Allies. B?LGARS ASSERT FRENCH CUT OFF But Sal?nica Hears En tente Retreat Is Success ful?Defences Ready. London, Dec. 14. ?The next big battle will in all probability bo fought in Greece, despite the efforts of the H?ttonk Kins: and govern ment to save their country from the horrors of war. The BritMl and French forces have made grood their retirement down the Vardar Valley and are DOW approaching .Sal?nica, where ?vin forcements are being lindad, The Bulgar pursuit stopped at the bonier. Sofia also claims that the Bulg.t nan troops have liroken through the Anglo-French line ami cut off Km French forces from the British. A. Cording to U official statement, dat ed December 12, received here to day, a ionf section of the French front was taken by storm, the French forces suffering heavy |.. Purs-it of the Allied troops, th.- r. ? ays, continues. In dMCribing the retreat of French and British forces r Balkans, the Bulgarian oAdal MM Prend? and ?? I i mountain gant and howitxera, were engaged. Tha along ?'?? -.inhu and Ka occupied _M day- ? d a their conch-iion, contimiet the stat? ' mtttt, not a single hoatile soldi? i t\ mained on Macedonian -oil. The the British and French arm then immtdintti) -topped. trine <,ti?< ?.crinan Demand-, G re? been coniplirated by the requi ? Germany to know whether the Athens ? look upon the use of Greek ?rritorj by Um Bat?ate Allies as a breach of her neutrality, and this inquiry ii .to fereehede i German participation la the pursuit. Bowerer, it is not believed hen tha? the Genaaai ha- ? iaao] troops la that part o: the Balkaae, li.e.r man ? to i? i tchah whin threat ol an laeaelea of Bulgaria seemed likely of fulfilment, and tha' therefore the Entente troops for " ? preoeat only have to fear the Bulgarians, as the Austrians are still being occupied m Montenegro and Al? bania, where the Montenegrins ar.d Serbians are keeping up a .stubborn re? sistance. It has again been reported that the Italians have landed an army on the Albanian coast to go to the assistance : of the .erb.- and Mo:,"encgrins. Reutt r's correspondent a? Athens fa;,? tierman diplomats already ha- e taken steps which are likely to add con? siderably 'o ?ireece's difficulties, if pressed. It i? aaaean sed aaefieially at ?ther.?, the corresponden* continue.?, that Ger? many has a?Ked (.recce "whether tie new facilities afforded the Allies com promise Greek neutrality in any way " Situation Is Delicate. No official communication has been laaed thai far at Athens regarding the exchange of views between German ?nd Greek diplomat??, bat Greek offi? cials admit the situation is becoming more delicate. The correspondent be llevee, however, that Germany does not desire to bring matters to a head, re. ogni-.lng the fact tha. Greece is coi, fronted with exceptional cireumstance-. In a later dispatch the corresponden says it Is expected in Athens that a de? mand will be made for free pamaga over Greek territory fi.r the Bulgaria! ?r.d ??ernian forces which are pursuing the Allied troops. It la said unofficially in A'hens that the Germans, if they aspire ?o the enjoyment of the same rights as the Allies in Greek territory. probably will br allowed a Ire? hand, but that If Bulgarian? cross the fron? tier the situation immediately will as? sume a different aspect, in the view of the Greek rovernnient. Telegraphing from Sal?nica, "The Time?" c-irrt?| ondent says: "The reported concentra* ;on of large enemy forces south of Monastir to-day is authoritatively denied, and therefore the Doiran-Gievgeli sector is the only quarter from which an enemy advance may be anticipated at press?t "The exclusion of Bulgarians from ?the civil administration of Monastic i? now clearly neen to have been a pre tenee to allay ??reek Mi?pieions until i the Barbi?n resistance was completely I broken and "lie line of the Greek pol? icy definitely known. It now must he tli?carded. ?Monastir has been ofileially declared by the German MmiMer at Sofia to be in the irrevocable posses ' sion of Bulgaria. While a purely Bui C<M?"1?ee4 ?? peee a. retaran ?