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F1UDAY, DFXEMBER 17, 1915.
WrATHER
Snow or Rain Tc-day. Probable Ri?a?
To-Tiorr?w:
Fresh Kas> to Southeast Winds.
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/\*4>."-T? P1TVT *?" Sent )i>rk ?it?, ?nark, Jrrae.T Chjr
l/.> r? ?--.ill hjhI II-Nuken. Kl?*?? her. T.4.1 Tent*,
Austria Is Defiant; Wilson Will Stand Firm
WOOD QUOTED
AS SOLICITING
$5,000 GRAFT
Signal Atfent Swears
to Contract Com?
mission Deal.
ORAND JURY GETS
CASE TO-DAY
Committee Ready to Ask
Commissioner's Removal
?Witness Collapses.
ftfblt* S*rv1oe C(rmin!?r4io_?-r Robert
C. Wood **? directly accused yester?
day ?t having aoliclted a "commission"
of $5,00*0 to influence th* award of the
Centre Street loop *ign*l contract to
th? Union Switch and Signal Company,
of Pittiburf-h. Sidney G. Johnson, for
ra?r laie* manager of the company, waa
Wood's accuser, and his testimony be
<or* th* Thompson committee in the j
?tin inbitantiate? the testimony of W. ?
p. l'pt?f*T?ff before the committee on |
Wednesday.
Mr. Johnson testified that he had met !
i'?m*n:i>s:oner Wood hi an office at 48 !
?.xchar.ge Place. An office hoy was in
the room at the time, but Wood asked
him to leave. In answer to a <iue?tion
rt Deputy At* -r ey-Genera! Lewi? et
to That was ?a.d, Mr. Johnson teptified: |
"Well, Mr. Wood asked me whether
or not there would lie any commission
in thia contract affair if he could in?
flo se* it for me. I to". .1 him that 1
had so ?nthorlty to talk to ?vm on a
matter of that kind, and ha went on to
?ay that he thought that a job of that
kind ought to carry at leas* f5,r?00, and
I told him that I was ut able to say
?vh?t eoold bo done on it becr?*.i?e 1 had
? authority."
Mr. John?o.*i ?-aid that h*?. had tele- ?
phoned to Colonel Prout, that, pre
uf the Union Company, giving the cir- !
c__itaiic?B of the conversation with
Wood.
Cash Request Repeated.
"Did you repeat to Colonel Prout."
Mr. Lewi? asked, '"fiat Commissioner
Wood had a?ked for a cash compensa?
tion for Infla? nclng the contract?"
"Yes, ?:.?." '?' ..j.
When Jon: an *.rushed his testimony
r.t ?a?? served with a subpoena to ap
rtr t" groad jury this morn- '
?nt, n\ .-toiney Perkins
?ill ?-.mit the charges to that body
far !t? consideration. Mr. I'p'egrafT'
--il also .-'..bpa-naed to nppeur before
'-? grar.d ury at the same time.
It i? not improbable that Governor '
Whitman ?rill be asked before nightfall
to remove i . rnnii?-sioner Wood from of- ]
?ft- hy th<- Thompson commi*
8*r.?tor Thompson, the chairman,!
h?? c?lle-i in executive meeting of the
a" i rnooi , ;1 " pur- i
po?* o: o determine whether'
or not char;?.'? acainst Wood should be
?tT.t to th? uovemor immediately. It
??? the i- tentton at first to hold up the j
<i?rg.? against Wood until the investi- '
|?tio:i was completed, but on looking ;
ti? th* stotat? Senator Thompson found
? _?t the c:;cra!':*i ?rill lose none of it*
junidlcti'.n if Wood is removed.
Dutric* Attorney Perkins said last
"?rht that Johnson wonid not be asked
t* waive immunity.
"Bar* yc_ received any reo*-**st from
Mr. W'oed to he heard before the ?rrand
)-ry*** he ?'f.? asked.
"Not Bj yet," waa Mr. Perkins'* ro?
sir.
Ten-Year Penalty Sh?rwn.
Wi-v-rcr action I* taken b** the
frir.d ji.ry ???:; be based on Section
' the Penal L*i\vs. which is as
follows :
'A judicial officer, a person who exe
rutes any o-' th? 'unctions of a public
it*d n Article* 12-1
?nd 170, Bad In .?.-cti-.n 2,Ji_0 of this
f~?pt*r, or ? t. ? son employed by or ect
_f fir th? ?*_.e, or for any public officer
I the b.?:r.esi of the state, who ask*,
?tee.ret, or agree* to receive a bribe, or
try mor.oy, property, or valu? of any
kind, or any promiae or agreement
?herefor, upon any agreeraen?. or un
denu.'kdlng that hi* vote, opinion,
.udgnunt, action, decision or other of
mm proceeding, ?hall be Influenced
?hereby, or that he will do or omit any
?et or proceeding, or in any way ne
er v.o.at* any official duty, is
Ptoishable by imprisonment for not
?er* than t*-n year?, or by a fin* of
r? than $_/*00, or both. A con
forfeita ariy office held by
* defendant, and forever disqualifi?e
~? ttom holding any public office un
i* ?__??*."
related hi? testimony ?bout
?ation by Wood if the
?i.iiilon" in a celm and
?.'.forward manner. As h? cam?
of hi* d:?mi??al from th* Union
1 his employment by the i
?I Riffiial Company, however, he,
*?"**?? down.
H? flagelea In hi? chair, drummed
? tabl? n?r~ou?ly with hi? fti
??d fln*',!y asked for a ??taiQtll H.n
T?'.e? shoKed with emotion a? he tried:
*? go or,; hit e/es '.!!ed vith tears.
??? tried to continu. , dr.'t :
.o hi?
' ? ?' I. eta ,-r ?pher looiod fai
?O rr>.
V! *' ''?''? ?-up/I
chair ?rid i
,unyrr\ ... . _ -,_rte,J ?
?at before ),? got there Senator I hornr,
to toa*
<* Wlto,.? -, .
i''y I | rr.nr>, and
i eye?
had jammed
-r,.) stuffy
'
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I THIEVES MISS .$10,000 GEM!
To?? Practical to Rrcojrni/e BtMrsSSI
Curio?, They Take S100 Worin.
Burglar.? stuatlod tliro-.i.l. $10,001
. of rare gems and rorios .1. th.
! o^ie o:" Hcrhrrt L B*i.lgman. 80?
C'arlton Avenue. Brooklyn, at sn S?rl]
i hour last rvenirig and escaped witl
1?SS than $100 Worth of Maksl
Mr. Bridgman, who Ir MCTSt *
MM Arctic <"lub, and his famii.. wen
out. He returned at 9 o'clock and wai
eurpriRfd Is fir:?; the front door open
Insida, lyinc on the floor, e found i
shirt in whir!; were diamond Minis
which the burglar? had srsrl ?-?
Rare gems that had been collecter
throughout the world were in their ac
customed places, tha burglars not re
allzlng their value. A pair of open
glasses arfj a wntch -the pawnshoj
value of which was obvious -were miss
in*-.
HUSBAND HER ONLY ENEM_
iButYMrs. Merrill Dop-m't Think Be Set
Fire to Her Home.
HackansaiK. K. .1., Dec. It"?.- Hit
i Marlon C. Merrill, formerly a socie*:"
woman of Montclair. took the stand 1"
the Heckensnck courtroom this after
nooTi in htr own defence on a charge of
attempting to burn her home in Has
brouck Heights lust September.
"Have you any enemies that yon
know of?" asked District Attorney
Thomas J. Huckifl nfter she bad denied
the saS-fl
"I have OBS enemy "
"Whs is that?"
"My bus!.; sd "
Mr?. Merrill said that she did not
b"heve her husband bad set tire to the
house.
wireless' brings
death to girl
Aerial of Amateur Plant Blows
Against Trolley Wire. Killing
Curious Housemaid.
Herbert Abrams's little back garret
?*-irele?s telegraph plan", at 518 fourth
Avenue, Astoria, w_s the scene yester?
day of the first fat*.! accident directly
tracef.ble t> amateur wircloas
operators.
\ : aggit.i* wire carried 8,400 volt?? of
electricity from an electric feed win tt
? \-like instramsnt in the garret,
and Miiry Rq??nif.ky, a servant, who
curiously" fingered the key, received the
entire cnarge through her body, dying
instantly.
Abrams, who is eighteen years old,
left the house y enter/day morning to
work ir. bis father's store. Eefore go?
ing he bad spent his usual hour in the
garret hoping thi.t he might "pick
- hing up. '
A few minutes after his departure
*? s i'"", asks girl w_- tent 'o the room
to try to hrinj* order out of the mis?
cellany of wires, books and tools. Then
? bra in i. in the lower part of the
henil-e, heard the noise of a fallirg
body.
She went to the garret to investigate.
Lying in the wreckage of the wire'."--?
apparatus was the body of the servant.
The right hand clutched the key of the
machins, the loft still clunr? to the ra?
diator, t'. which the wire had been
L'ruunded. Deep brown bums in both
1 ii* .1? "old tho atOI of 'he accident.
Police were summoned and the origin
ti go of electricit** was
traced. The aerials were followed over
the roof of an adjoining houso, a di-?
tance of more than 100 feet Origi?
nally they had been taut and well
away from the power wires of the New*
York and Queens F.lee'rlc Company
ran below.
But the wind ard sleet that played
havoc with ?eater plants than young
Abrame's did not overlook this one. It
is believed that the weight of the sleet
caused the aerials to sag to such an ex?
tent that when blown by the wind they
clung to tha wires of the electric com
aaay. The maid is believed to have
touched the kojr at the moment that
they were blown against the feed wire,
thus deceiving the j'ntal charge.
Police took charge of the plant ard
to-day will lnve.-tigate it3 uses In an ef?
fort to learn whether the new regula?
tions governing auch plante wero being
vlolat.'d.
MRS. REGINALD BROOKS
OBTAINS A DIVORCE
Sister of Mrs. W. W. Astor and
One of Virginia l.anghornes.
Charlottesville, V?., Dec. 16. Mrs.
Phyllis Brooks, one of the famous
Langhorne elstera, of Virginia, lias
been granted an absolute divorce from
Reginald Hrooka, of New York, on
grounds of desuni?n. An agreement
made February 24, 1913, providing an
allowance for the support of Mrs.
Brooks and her two children, was con?
tinued.
In her petit'.or. for partial divorce,
d a year ago, Mrs. Rrook? de
dared her hu-ibatui abused and harshly
. r an.i thai he fn quentlr
told lier ho no If and
would be ?.-?ad if ehe loft him.
According to dispatches from Lon?
don last spring, Mr?. Brooks, wh. *hen
tor, Mrs. William
Waldorf Ast'.r, in London, wa? bene- I
liciaiy under willx of 'wo English army j
officer.,. Captain George Douglas-Pen-?
..f the Oronadioi Guards, and!
'. the Hon William Reginald
?Hin, of the 17th Hassars, both i
of whom ?iieii laat wirit?-r from wound* |
r<Ti-r,i ?1 ., Ii iiice.
doe Mr a ??,!. Ifi Brooks has
??A'? ?.'her man,<?? Mrs. ?iharles
liana I fork, und Mrs,
I'., .i Pklpps, of V- * i SOTOS.
DANCE AND DRINK DIVORCED
Two Indoor .Sporl? Muni Not He rom
bine?! In BssOSSi'S Public Places.
11'. ??'.!.. Do? II Daa? lag and drink
i'iic are no? 'o be combined In public
., according to ?n o:
| Hoard la
night
i he srde that aa) batal at
Irootaaraa! ??? lag liaaoi la rooms
? dancing ?ri ted would b?
?J*<iu,ai ef lu list
DOUBLE KILLING
STOPS A BABY'S
BIRTHDAY PARTY
J. R. Seligman, Nephew of
Banker, Shoots Wife
and Himself.
CHILD IN NEXT ROOM;
PLANS SPOILED, CRIES
! "This Is Only Way," Note Says
?Dead Man Was Ex-Avi?
ator and Rar?d Rich.
[Of TV ??a?-??-'! te Th. Tr.*?.;-?
Glovei-avill?. N. Y., Dec. 18. Jetee R.
Seligmaii, ?reasurer of the Gloveisvillo
Leather ( onip?r,j, formerly an aviator,
and nephew of Henry Snllgman, of J.
<V W, Seligman & ? o., New York bank?
ers, killed himself and his wife here
this afternoon. In tho ed.loiring room
then-three-year-old ds-ighter Mary wa?
preparing to act the hostess to her
dolls at her birthday party.
shots did not distort her, hll.
when ?ho was told that her pareats
wen dead sh? was mii'.-h disappoint*.
because there would bo no part;,.
Becaut-e he wished to take pa:'
t!ie bfarthday party of his little daugh?
ter, Toss.? .Seligman hurried hume fron
New Y'ork, bringing Mary toys and
esndy. He treat to 'he office as usual
;his moraine, pron.ii Bg to he on han.'
for the celebratiot thl? often oon. Bat
lie returaod several hour.? earlier.
"I'm not feeling well." he told Mrs.
Harriet Maxwell, his mother-in-law.
Mr*. Seligman, returning from a
shopping trip, went to her husband's
room. A half hour later Mr*. Maxwell
heard two shots. She ran into her aon
in-law's room nnd saw him lying ?cross
th? bed, beside the body of his wife.
A revolver lay on the floor, near his
teat, As Mia, Maxwell rtooped o?er him
Sellgnioi: gasped a ftw times and died.
Mrs. Seligman was dressed in prep?
aration for her daughter'? birthday
party. She had been shot through the
brain. Thi? not? wa* found pinned to a
chain
"This la the only way. Please bury
us together. The baby I? to receive all
we have, Including the stock. Let
Mother Seligman have the baby. If she
does no? want her give her to Mother
Maxwell. Ooodby and forgive
"JESSE SELIGMAN."
? Seligman* were supposed to hi
wealthy and Wir? socially OCtlvO, _ ;
friends a?-?* unable to advance a '
for th? double ?hoc-tin?. Mrs. Max?
well can ofTer no explanation.
it .? hi lii'veii. however, that Selig-.
man because of ill health and fearing ?
lest he become inssne confided to 1; Il
wife hi. plan to commit suicido and ,
she consented to become party to the ?
fact. Thi y were an uncommon!;
voted and happy couple. Seiigman In '
known to have bien ? ?offerer from
severe p"iiodieni heidachei i
ezprtiSid to his physician the fear ?
that he would some day become Bad
(ienlv insane.
Roth Mr. nnd Mrs. Pcligmsn were
fully clothed, and there were no evi?
dences of an*. *? niggle. She had dud
instantly. The door was barricaded
with a cheir.
Jease BellfSOOa wa? twentv-air. Tears
old. He tried to fly acros? the Istnmus
of Panama in 1911, but he did not suc?
ceed, and the Moisants brought suit
against him for a large sum of money
on the charge that ho broke bis agree?
ment.
A year previous he had married Marv
Maxwell, ot' Williainsport. Petin., who |
was ti Bsaeh interested in aviation as :
her husband. On severa! occasions |h<
ii Harry Atwood, attracting
much attention by her feat. She ?rot
twenty-Art years old and pretty.
Shortlj . fter he leoraeo of his too's
death Albert S. hgman, of the lirm of j
Seligman & Meyer, went to GloveiUe
?
SAVE OLD BUTTONS, MEN
If Yon Don't Your Clothe* Will Pe
Spotted with Whitt Ones.
IBj T?>fT*iih to Th* Trrb'ine ]
Philadelphia, Dec. 16?White but?
tons, hitherto worn by men almost ex?
clusively on undergarments and ihirts,
will soon be used by them on overcoats,
husinoss suit? and B*l ?*rywh?re ? button
is usually worn. Hither that or the
victims will wear none at all and de
rend on safety pins or hinder 'wine to
nold their garments together,
I condition is fast approaching,
according to one of th? loi
button rnanufur; _r ?? n. -h?, r". |
ii.. | cent embargo on logwood has In
? ?'il or? all ?. Itaotion
in the vegetable Ivory button industry.
as the logwood dye- were the last
hattet BBOaeri ?n the dye short?
age, he said.
?
GETS DIVORCE ON HUNGEJl
Wife, led mi Huns and Coffe?*, .S_*,?i
She Loot Weight.
lie'iti-ii, N .1. Dot. 11. Charging
ir.nity, in that hn husband (jave hi*r
nothing to eat but buns and |
hereby reducing hrr weiglit from IT.',
poaodt, Mrs. Heleot Broto, ..t
Higbtstown, v.uh t.. ');??, groa tod i ?
decre? il divorce fron hoi ht
band, Henry ('. Bit??, of Plainfleld
111- brii ' that tin- only
"?quero" sseali bt ???? ?ere furnished
til.,u.er Bh? Btid hti hatbaad
twice pretended that b? wa? golug i"
end his life.
After hearing th? testimony Vu-.
i bancal loi Bai I i grantei th? docre?
?
?.ItrM Ml. IK ?1*111 V(. ?Mil!
?h* e??* ?,f all t',."t t ii :-l butt]*? .
vt
!
KILLS WILL AND HIMSELF, SPARKS BABY.
J??f?se R. Seligman. nophew of Henry Seli*?nian, banker, who shot his
wife and : .....: >i!U-, X. Y., yesterday, with little laugh?
ter in next room.
PRESIDENT GETS
LICENSE TO WED
MRS? EDITH GALT
Just Misses His Lucky
Number "Thirteen"; Mr.
Luck Draws It.
Fr MsSSSSi ' I tOt M .
Washington, Dec. 1?. President Wil
?on obtained his license t?
Edith Bolimg Gilt from the clerk'- of
iice in the District Balldlag h*
o'clock this afternoon. It was the
ond marriage license ever issued in th?
District of Columbia to a P
? ? United Btate? The othei Pr<
??ris on the book
is Grover Cleveland, who 01. June 2.
ISM, eras married in the White Hoase
to Frances Ful.-om.
In-ing H. Hoover, chief usher a* th?
White House, obtained the license for
Mr. Wilson. Mr. Hoover also att? ndod
to the licenses for the marriage o?
Francis B. ?Sayre and Miss Jessie Wood
row Wilson, the second daughter of the
President, and for the ?Secretary of th'i
Treaiury, William Oibbs McAiloo, and
Kleanor Bnndolph Wilson, the
President'? younf-er daughter, both of
whom were married in the Whit.
HOUSO.
a?-e of the President was giren
a- flftjr-aine foort and thu' of Mrs. Gall
as forty-three. The Rev. Herbert Scot:
Smith, nctor of St Margaret. Church,
" l! perform th.- t? >
.* both the
Prosidaa! and Mrs. (.alt had I sen mar?
ried before, aim aftor tin- .. turot
had all I eon ma I? .
s clerk, who had bought n neu
gold pen ;'or th.- nee:, ...;., wiped tin
Ink from y ; lac? '. I I i a l>"\ and
?lipped it into hi? pod -
Diplomats at tSea.
President Wilson missed his luckv
' thirteen" by a tingle '.umber, being
the lourteenth man ?OI whom a mar
riupe license was asked at the clerk'-.
?' ? to-duy, tho prospective bride
froom preceding him being EoUBSt W.
de BtTOe bi? name, and will
i iiarv v. Coskley, of
H-mp, Va
?? .ib the strained relations in the
Diplomatic "orps cauned by the war
ai .! the eorpS as a body ur.nble ;o i.p
p h1 to :?" dean, the eitire body is at
? .? i n* to how h should extend Its
felieitatloai to the Pn aid? 11 II
red, however, 'bnt when an am- I
1er ree i I from
iler of his i.itrr he will at;
r.nllniie.l on Tinge II million I
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ITALIAN FORCES
MENACE TE?ITO.
FLANS IN SEEBL
Germans. Threatened froi
Albania? Plan Drive
Into Greece.
! ? ..".. : ! I fher ? is a mo
hopeful fool I don concern?!
the Baikal operation?, with the d?fini
announcement that the Italians ha*
effected a landing on the .Vibania
OOaet anil ihr.? the Anjrlo-French fore
su I toward Salonic
i
ami ?.-il! 'a' -..ni.' beavj nav:
Hoe large . force the Italians wi
send to the assistanc of the Beibias
and Montenegrins .a not stated, bu
from the fact that the official accoun
intimates thai landings have been mad
at more than one port, it is taken fo
granted that a;> army of coimiderabl
proportions is to be sent acros? th
Adriatic.
This, with the Montenegrins and Ser
biatis who eKi-aped into Albania, will b.
a serious threat ti the ?.'entrai Powers
rif?hl flank, while ?hev can never lool
on in idleness at the concentration o
an army St Sal?nica, which, at a choser
mom.'iit, would indsrtaks sa offeastrs
ami to the gathering of Baasiaas ir
B
Germans Plan lllo?.
It is anticipated, therefore, that the
GermSBJ a I ? St Sal?nica before
the Anglo-Fi ? grots too
and, r ed, ? its that end in
? ,i ??. the; iaUng s i th the
Greek gov? i si
If their plai - ineluda participation
of the Bulgai . 'be attack, they
are likely to meel erith opposition from
? ,r- see, aa Grei troi rly averse to
any Balgariane crossing Her frontier.
Xnil ; o to Some extent to 'he
ans, whose ambitions always have
been for a port on the aCgtaa, prefer
ah'.* Sal?nica
? . -.hole, therefore, i? Is ''nought
here that the Greeks might prefer to
?nteatc f< ree r. mais there
the war. In fact. Lord
;. Under Secretary of For?
eign Affairs said m the Hoase e_ <"on
m.His to
?Tlr of tl allies
, . s our militai
l.inllnne?! on puce II. ".liimn t
I
How to Skate
An Mtslds edge backward on the rieht root or -? three on
the |S SSS fwwsrd edge?perhapi fo? don I ever, know
?ttherirb-tinaskstini sintert ' :? ?' * "r"'
oagbl t., be ?ibis to do ni.?T. su,:. Ifar? fuUy.
The Hippodroms Ice iktttrs, tfa . ?rl#i r -
rfrl. n M foi ? itrikim ??? - ? rraphi n the
?er . Sunday's Trlbone H |Ht?jmsj ilxteen
?J . . irscefulsi and I Is only
M-',,; ? on tot it roti hsre told your saws
desle? i" tt*t ooi copy.
?lp &imflag Srttott?
Fir* U Lml <>? Trath.' Nrnt?UiHria i Advertisements.
U. S. PREPARED TO REJECT
DEMAND FOR ANCONA FA CTS;
ULTIMATUM IS NEXT MOVE
AUSTRIA HOFES WILSON WILL ACCEPT
COMPROMISE IN ANCONA PARLEYS
Vienna. Dec. 15 (via London, Dec. 16).?The Austro-Hun
garian government's reply to the American note on the Ancona
was transmitted at noon to-day to the American Ambassador,
Frederick C. Penfield.
The American note, as published in the Vienna morning
papers, resulted in a high state or public indignation, and while
the text of the Austrian reply has not been made public, it is
understood that common ground is indicated en which the
United States and Austria might come to an understanding.
Those who are conversant with the contents of the reply
express the conviction that the American government cannot
fail to realize the justice and moderation of the Austrian gov?
ernments attitude, and they view the reply as a fair and open
minded document, shewing the imperial governments willing
nes?_ to do whatever is right.
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Kaiser's Guns Beat Time
as Belgian Officers Tango
i La Panne Motel. Close to the Front, Is Gayer than Paris
and London?Broadway Ragtime Offsets the
Monotony of the Trenches.
By FRED B. P1TNEY.
, TU ('?? | 'c Hi* Trtli ifl.e.1
Paris, Dec. l(>. Ths gayest place I have seen in this war is La
Panne, almost the last n-nmant of a town th?? Belgian people can call
-heir own. I drove into it in a mud-?mere! gray military automobile at
the end of my lost day in Belgium. Ail day we had been in the first line
trenches, slong ?M railroad dike from Xieuport Uj Dixinude, in the
main supporting DO) Itkmi behind tlM first line and in the ruined villages
? 'hat -till are tarjri'f for the (rennin shells.
We had been to Pervyse, Kamscappelle, Oo.tkerke, Oudcappelle, Ram
; pe-ni?se. Dieucappellt and Fumes, pvrywhere was wind and rain,
water-souk?! Mut ?and, soft, black ooze, lowering cloud?*, ruin, destruction
1 and mud-burden? d soldiers. We had seen a few thin ?talks of masonry,
' standing lika tali weeds in the deserted field, all that remains of the church
of Y-, and w< had crawled through the tunti?'!? and fortifications that
I make the main supporting position! at X? -.
Wroty Boms a Fon.
Every bouse ?TOS a Tort, ?i.w-ceilinged rooms choked ?with sandbags i
piled against the outer trail, and heavy wooden supporting beams bracing;
them into place. The mitrailleuses .?how?! their black muzzles through
every wail ai.d the ?ramped ttUUiell led from house to house. Crowded;
under the mas-ive beams mattresses were laid on the floors, and soldiers !
lept there beside their guns.
In one house three tables stood between mitrailleuses against sand-!
,1 d a bar ?l along the opposite wall. The soldiers crawled
the beams to kH ?1 ths tablee, and a girl served them coffee and
Vom the bar. it wa> tin* Soldiers' Ciub of X-, and the girl and
i.i-r father Stayed because soldiers stayed. She laughed when she served
us wine litte the woman in the "Fortress" at Kunn .?.
The "Fortress" is the last remaining caf? in Fumes. It ?rtands beside
the Hotel de Ville and, like the Soldiers' Club at X-, it's walls are
fortified with sandbags. All ita windows are shattered and there are
Conrtnard on p**?* ?. ool-i-n I
WOMAN, 74, KILLED
BY FIRST AIR TRI
Held Aviator Fast as Mach?n
Plunged Into Water.
San D'ego, ?'al. Dee. 16. Expressin
tiie desire t.- "fly urn.-* before
to a quiet i:fe." Mr. I.ul'j Col
sereaty-faur .vear< old, of th
ra? |ed for a light il ton Maye
hoffe?, Jr., arv aviator, ti'.-?' ended U
m th the falling of 'he flying boa
tl Diego Baj and the death (
the woman.
Mrs. ?"oni*-tock ivisbsd to go up t
least 1,800 feet. A few minutes af'.e
the flight Marted, according to Meyer
hoffer, Mr-, ?'om-'ock was seized wit
S ?t, and, leaching out, grasped th
ftv.itor ti*"h'ly in her embrace.
Heyerhoffer i sjrs that he struggle.
desperately to free himself, but tha
hi fore he could do so the flying boat
?-. hieb wa : shout et in the air
turned over and fell into the bey. Thi
'
Meyerhoffer sad Mrs. Comstock won
hurled (U-ji- of 'he wreckage. Tin
woman's '???;. .ne lop*, OBS aim an.
? houlder ?*?? re bioki n. M?
with a fou scratches on the
Mr ?or-?rock leaves a son and
?? daughter.
SENATE GIVES DEAD MAN JOB
?on firms Naming of Poat ma-.ter as Pol
ilician? (?insider Su ? c?eor.
? - . -:--'!
Washington, Doe. li. [?norm I oi
the death of John B. Har.e??, of Dilwyn,
\ i, >?ho aras nominated for put?
ter last Friday, the Senate to l.iy voted
to eouflrm the eppoiatmoat Mr
died on Saturday. At the ?ame time 'o
day a .bleu ?ter lowing Vir?
ginia members of Coi i I iting
.
-,, M? Ha? s
i im-T'H' Plood, Of the Ho?SC Kot
rign Affairs ? ommittee, bor? tin brunt
.i" .o?. Y - sing
trie
HM\ M I???? K- l?l II \\ IM \
Mlal . ?? I I
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?-ak-k- J
KAROLYI DEMANDS PEACE
Hungarian I.eader Declare? ?Country ii
Entitled to Compenaatlon.
T.ondon, Dec. 17. ? A sensation was
caused in the Hungarian Parliament on
Drrember 7 by the speech of Count
Karolyi, leji,r)or 0f the Independence
". demanding that the government
should make peace proposals to the
enemy powers, according to a letter re
? ceived by the "Morning Po:U" from
Budapest.
The correspondent gives extracts
from the verbatim report, according
to which Count K.Bro!yl argued that
as Hungary has achieved everything
? ehe wanted by the war, had saved the
1 country from invasion, and had pre?
served the monarchy and throne, her
allies could demand nothing further
from Hungary', 'A'^? bad given incon?
trovertible proof that it was her sons
that the Kmperor and King had to
thank for the integrity of his empire.
"Owing to the fact that it was the
H h ir?an army that had brought the
- ptoai St Stage," said ?.'ount
Karolyi, "we bave a perfect right to
coma : o: ward with our claims for com
a
HUSBAND SENTENCED. HA. HA!
Mrs. Idwaid Dudley Shown Delight as
Colonel la Convicted.
IVh.lc his wife gave evidence of her
delight by having a good laugh, Colonel
Ed* in! Dudley was sentenced yester?
day in the Court of Common Pleas, ,Ier
?y, to not '.?'-'s than one year and
fix month? nor more than three >eaTs
in state prison and a fine of $1,000. He
??.a? found guilty of having spirited
a witness, George Schaetfer, a
"iir, who was needed by his wife
in bar mast recent suit against her
husbaad.
rhe BUitS and coun'er suits of Mrs.
and Colonel Dadlay have cluttered up
:h.irl eall ?I tr -iru-e |fg| \ ,r,..
recently threw I
ill oat of tx sr?
Ion r??e? We?? >.. CtMOafJOBiH * OMS
??*'. i j'.s. m s h ?ij _
aast,
Reply Backs U-?out
Captain, Dutch Re?
ports Say.
ANSWER SENT
ON WEDNESDAY
Teuton Envoys Strive to
Avert Break?Capital
Sees Crisis.
.rr-ra *r>.? Tribun? Bo'??u ;
Washington, Dec. lfi. -In the face
of Austria, flat rejection of the
Ameiicatr demands, indicate?! I ?
?iispat.ihes l'rom Vu'iina, the
State Department to-day showed n?i
inclination to waver or hesitate. It
, is apparent that Secretary Lansing
is willing and ready to recall Am
bassador Penfield and 6end Bar.ni
Zwiedinek back to Vienna.
The official text of the not? from
Austria has not yet been received a?
the State Department, but oftVia!
do not doubt that th?* prsas vansoni
are authentic. A niessago from Air
bassador Pentield, sent before hs M
ceived the Austrian answsr, reailn*
the department to-day, and is nndci
stood to forecast a firm stand bj
Austria.
Vienna, according* to Amst?
dispatches, demands proofs of t
j assertions made in the Air,' -
I not?, calls the charges 3;>ainv
submarine commander "n it at s
??uflicient," and denies either thai
1 Austria is bound by, <ir that it ba,i
sub.-tantial knowledge of, the. princi?
ples asserted by the United ?States in
the LuBitania negotiations. The
Austrian government, it le said, is
ready to enter into an exchange of
? opinion with the American govern?
ment?a discussion such a? that still
pending with Berlin.
W ilson to Slav Near.
Prasidsnt Wilson has so MTMIgad
plans for his wedding trip that h.
will at no time be more than a few
hours' journey fri-jm Wat-hington.
In case of a crisis it has been ar
raagad that i--er.etr.ry Lansing will
go to him for consultation.
Unless the official text proves far
different in tone and content from
the pies-: versions, officiais say that,
an ultimntum will bs <lispntch?d .in
i mediately to Vienna, calling for a
1 complete compliance with the Amer
j lean demande within a week, and
threatening a break in relations as
an alternative. One Cabinet officer
declared to-day that the President
I was determined in the present crisis
i to stand by his note "stiff as a ram?
rod."
Baron Zwiedinek Is understood to
have received intimations to that ef?
fect in his two visits to the State
D?'partment. He had a long confer
. net with Secretary Lansing thin
morning, ai.d ngain late In the after?
noon, aft?*r reading the text of the
not? as published in the newspapers.
Official?. Sea- Break.
Hardly a hope of continued friendly
le'ia-ion?. with Austria Is entertained
in informed circles her?. Although it
is known that th? Teutonic represeuta
?ives, and particularly Ambassador ron
Bemstort?, are ?training every effort
*o prevent a break, the Austrisn reply
leave? no loophole. It is impotaibl?,
officials declare, for ths Austrisn gor
ernment to satisfy th? T'nited States
after adopting *he attttnds r:flect?d in
the note as reported to-day.
T'.e cons?quences of such a break
have been c?ire""?i!v Weighed. It is re
i?li_ed in administration .indes that i"
would make a settlemer." sf the Lus
tania eontrovorsy practica!!?- impossi
ble. unies? Germany'a desire to pre?
serve friendly relations Is far greater
than is generally believed It would
mako it practically imperativa, also,
that a firm stand be taken with Ger?
many, and would in all probability
fi.rre a rupture.
Count von BernatorfT's declaration
at the timo of th? Arabic controversy
that a break in relation? would lead to
war has alio been taken into considera
tion. The administration realizes fully
ths- it mij-ht be a matter of a few
weeks at rost before another passen?
ger ship would be attacked, and Ameri?
can liva.? ??acrirtced without a poaei?
bilitj of diplomatic adjustment.
Ueadv for Final Step.
\ these cur-?deration? ha? a appar?
ently had no waaktninir effect on tha
President or his advisers. Th?y are.
01 fur as can be judg-d. aa ready to
take lbs lait step as the firtt.
The l*re??ident and Secretary Laming
aie re-??rving comment until the? ha.a?