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SATURDAY, DECEMBEB 18, 1915.
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Second Note to Austria Repeats Demands
TJEEHRD
FOR CANADIAN
CANAL PLOT
Germans, Two in the
Hamburjr American
Line, Taken.
PAIR WATCHED
FOR 5 .MONTHS
Weiland Waterway Was
Marked by Dynamiters
in This City.
Two Germr.- - who have? been watched
for almo?: .? ?r 1 S< rel Sen-ice men
Ina the I*. : ?rtmei.t of Justice were
-_Ttitfd last - - ' for an alleged at
lead a military enterprise
inintt t_M ' ot (nr.ada and
???tro\ __m - 'and Canal, which con
-?'.! Lake Eris and Lake Ontario.
They tro Paul Koenig, with offices in
tht __ar*_arf-Ameriean Line building,
?; 45 Bruni ? .y, who is said to be the
it?, of the Germai Seerel Sen-ice in
?.hit city. The other is Richard Emil
Ltjdtndecker, who owns an antique
?hop es : ue.
ock this morning
Detect*?- Bai ind Fennello. of
:ae bomb ?quail, arrived ?-?t Police
Inttfasrteri ? th Frederick Metzler,
rnt)-on-?. ? clerk, ii ?8 of
ericen Line, whom
in his home, at 101
fceservoir Avenue. J. He.
?ith Keeni** and Leydendecker, is
? >n of Section 13
?i tht United States Criminal Code.
g, who has participated in va
s under thirteen
?hue*, wat arrested at the Ilatnburg
Aiwric-n Line builxli. | the
?:'.*moon by William M. Oflley, divi
.:? H) . t?nt of the Dcpar
Uttetim .-.. this city.
Ltjrder.df. -. r, who also work?-.
- ?:y ?f names, was taker? bj
Oity'i rr.er. at his place of busin?
J4i Fifth A*.
ioer.ig j . Leydendecker were taken
I? Offl'.ey ffice in the Park
Building and examined until midi
with m '.ice Head?
?atrteri ? . . i without bail.
Watched fur Five Monih?.
It w?i ?aid last night that neither of
tit men were out of sight of the Se?
en. |sr for a single day for
thi lut ?It? months. On one occasion
t-ty trie! to slip ?way over the Le
-igh V?! road, but were picked
ip on th* ? ? j detectives, and their
work in Butfa : N fcgai
cantar.*.:-. d by Seerel Service
tin from this district.
It w?? ? ?; I last 1 ffht that the
atn _??> not been indicted, but that
?J-tir im*'.. . ate arrest w-as considered
i?ttii?b i tain informa
tiea r?-- irtment of
Jutiee rela) to their future plan?.
Then? *hat they wei
t? r?t sera r from th?
ud jo;- : their party in Mea
h* To ?fftet this the - da*
tided that ? hould be arreste?! at
t5Ct
Refer B '?' ', Assistant Prosecutor
'or ?,Et ? - York,
. the Hsm
wrg-A Buenz
? ern
r?,*!* i.
K'-er.:;;
?
Hg ' l;.'?(_le<_.
?
? feel : of a hg conspiracy
?H tl cope
?sa ? Hamburg American
Jf co- . can be sentenced to
s ?c? pf f3,000 i for three
C*t, for a v
il Code of
*? F*<l*ra! law.
arrest it made only
under
**+4 ti.a?. -.ment has an
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President Wilson Weds
Mrs. Edith Gait To-Night
Ceremony Will Take Place at Residence of the Bride-Elect
Between Eight and Nine o'Clock, Only
Relatives Being Present.
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Washington, Doc. l?. Pr?sidant V
non spent a large part of :
paring to drop his official duties
morrow for nearly nearly three wet
while he goes on a wedding trip m
his bride. He will wed Mr.". Norn
Gal! to-morrow evening,
fc and 9 o'clock. His steamer *ru!
und suitcases are packed, all direct!?
bnsinei
made, and to-night he took s
tier with Mrs. Gait.
The day was a lively o
White House, the Pri sidoht's thl
daughters meeting then- for the r:
time since Mrs. MeAdoo was marri
tightcen months ago. The Presid?
? 'it pome time with them, and
luncheon u large party snt ;il>,,ut i
state dining table. Mr. and Mrs. Say
Secretary and Mrs. MeAdoo, Miss Mi
f-aret Wilson, Mirs Bonis, Dr. Grays?
Qalt and others were there.
:'or a hurried trip to the Wh
House about noon, Mrs. liait hats i
mained at home directing how h
steamer and dress trunks should
packed to carry away on her hone
noon and directing atfairs about t
I lairislh' Wagons Bnajr.
Evidently the great efforts to for
blooms at the White House garde
OSO them for WhitO Housi' ??
tcrtainmonts and not ths I'resialeni
wedding at the home of Mrs. Galt, f
wagons made trips betwe.
greenhouses and Mrs. I
all afternoon.
"Fashions charge la thu tastes of tl
lenta,*1 was the remark of a b;
Stander who boro the weight of mar
years as he watched the heavy pain
unloaded and carried in. "I saw se
eral loads of Southern s m
lax, 16.000 carnations and many oth?
i ths White House fa:
WIISON TO BE GODFATHE
Infant Granddaughter Will be Chris
encd on Da> He Weds.
. irsaa.]
Washirgton, Dec. IT. President Wi
? son will stand as godfather at noon t
i morrow for his little granddaughte
, the child of the Secretary of tr
Treasury and Mrs. WUliaai Gibbs Mi
Adoo. The President's elder daughte
Mil. Francis B. Sayrc, and his cousii
sa Woodrow Hones, will h
the godmothers.
The baby will be christened Elle
Wiloon, aftei ber mother and materni
grandmother. The Rev, Roland ('otto
th, rector of St. .1 - reh, wi
officiate at ti ., lollowin
which there will be a ?urge famil
luncheon '"om t
Its House.
TOYS MAY IDENTIFY
WOMAN AUTO KILLEI
Chauffeur Unable to Stop Unti
Car Crushed Victim.
A little bundle of toys is expected t
lead to the identity of a woman whi
? truck and killed by an automobil
? and Rochester Avenue
Brooklyn, at 7 o'clock last evening
The woman clutched the bundle un
der her arm and tried to a ?
car. As shi
-. beyond the eai
v. hieb Ignal .- drivei
? rn Parkway
:
-.ine until it hat
?
?lie in
Mary'?
?
lifted from I
The v.?man was about thirty year
old, V.
tall. There ?*??
? upon hei eh sh<
The toys were
; up from the mud.
TWO POLICEMEN KILLED
>hnt While Seeking Fugitive In Little
Falls. N. J.
I'?-. l-'rt d
Bloomfleld polic?
ar,'l Robert
? unti killed
-., ai
.
-
-
it-shot aroui
l
-- Drangs '
er the
i toward Hloo-nticld.
a
TOWED IN RIVER, WIFE SAYS
MM Calls II Cruel To Hi Dragged
Astern, and ( ourt Agrees.
Mrs Jarnos if. Kile, of Pi?mont, N.
lav won her content ion that
- loard end tow her
along er like a ea
sha allesToe Kii*. did, la cruelty, Jus
I TompkiaO)
i from
tobend
lighted
? : ? on?
? irhoal
i sr sad drew bei
?
j hi i h? sd foal
will rccaiva ,<s * w??_ aliwou*.
the wedding of the late President
( ieveland. and now the Btnilai sterns
to lie missing here, and palms and
ferns to hsvs taken its place."
Almost the entire jmrty to witness
the event to-morrow night has ai
in town. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wilson,
the Presid? ir and iister-in
law, will motor from Baltimore to-mor?
row morning, atiri their daughter. Misi
Alice Wilson, will join her coiiains it.
th?. White House at the sams time.
Howe and her daugh?
ter, Mr?. Jos?phine (othron, arrived
from Philadelphia to-night, and the
President's son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Francis B. Sayre, came
from Williamstown, Mass., last nighl
?\ ill Stay Near Washington.
Mrs. Galt'i brother and sister-in
law, Mr. and Mrs. Rolfs Boiling, came
to Washington late to-night, and are
of Mr, Boiling*! mot!,er, Mr?.
William Holcomb Boiling, at the Cor?
dova. Dr. Boiling, of Louisville, Ky.,
D .'1 to-di.y.
While there is much mystery about
the plans for the wedding journey, it
II understood that the President
Will k.'cp in close touch with Washing?
ton and especially with Secretary Lan
?.??ar Washington
? Ir. Leasing c::n rea,?! him in a
short I
It is rumored to-night that the Prtsi?
dent will take bis bride to the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Em?
mottaburg, Md., anil again that he will
accept the hospitality 0? John Skslton
ins, in his home at Richmond.
. aia and in the Green
Spring Valley and other parts of Mary?
land have been offered.
Every precaution is being taken by
? Pullman, chief of police, to pro?
tect the President as he leaves the
of Mrs. Gait. A large squad of
( nntiiitieil on pa *> 1.1. rolum? 4
?OO WAR HORSES^
INSE?B?L?KLAV?
WHEN BOAT SINKS
Animals on Way to France
Die Trapped in Tiers
of Lighter.
1 <? ?arget" for Cerrmm
shrapnel,6< Si a more merri
? lay in the North K.vct.
Win!. itl-ggled in
'.-om Twenty-third Sti
? rot e tu ?ret oat of the
icy water onto the New Jersey ?hori\
hund? . with a fighting
ape, were drowned.
? . death when the
lighter Virginia, of the Jersey Stock
'???'? st Twenty
third Si
Striving as though the captives in
the liphter and tho-e lighting against
drowning were human hemg inatead
of horses policemen, f.remeti, animal
society men. boatmen, river front men.
and plain West Street hangers-on
worked for hours to free the dunv. be?
lter rose higher and
- in the l:i"
\ ? I ?to ? he Virgii i do?
side of th> I aliform,u..
eorporal ??
fer it i load of MO i orsi ? for the
?i army. Captain John Smith had
remarked 01 th? ? ? ? t ?BSS tbs
liad in taking ? from tha
r. Yards, and. ?f'er ty
?cork of rigging up the ?i'-r
r:cks began.
Lighter Crowded **i)h Horse?.
The Virgini? is a converted car float.
When the war began it was r? built
Stockyards Company
a? a lighter, with two upper tiers, Mfl
turtle deck had
, |
.' M way Staid
' ' ' '?' Bg O?
? r, v. I ich ... ?" Mi'., i
deck.
ill the hold *' ?
.in?. Dumber In the iirst tier and
? .
Road carga, ti.e erew
?it the
-. as ti',.* ;.: reached ths
.ved rapidly, and
then < aptain Smith's attention was
. *.i u ?ist of the lighter,
Peril Discovered Too Late.
"The horses have probably shifted
over," lie -?ai.l. "Hoe of you hostlsrS
below and itraightan things
OUt."
One did. On the top Her everv)hing
WH?. ?pi tliHt the ?
list Oa thi
. i i onditions wer?* ths aau . bal
wtnri bs reached the hold h? found
., i ir.il ..'.- hi ? "f watei
.i ung S II ik! " he shouted.
Immediately i' tlced that Bat
? i l.i, bel it ?as (st?
ow in On- wi
I,,,- thS '?"?' ' 'us the sharp com
from Captain Baitin,
,iri,l it.e ten members ef tin- crew
. (Torts were
Nothing bul a derrick, with
.Id (pH the
(ootUiurU uu !?_?? S, i.luiun 3
I??RS. LESLIE HAD
NEGRO BLOOD, SAY
HUSBAND'S HEIRS
Publisher the Daughter of
Louisiana Planter and
Slave, Is Charge.
$1,700,000 CONTEST
LEADS TO INQUIRY
Church and Parish Records
Searched. Says Report Filed
with Surrogate.
-
To the sensational developments in
the proceedings to I reak the ?rill of
Mrs. Frank Leslie, widow of the maga?
zine publisher, there was added yester?
day the allegation that .Mrs. Leslie was
h daughter o? ?"liarles Fol. in, of
ana, and that her mother was a
?lave.
It was this phase of a bitterly fought
ru-e that Surrogate Fowler sought a
few weeks ago to keep from being pub?
lished when he heard counsels' nrgu
int i tS in his chambers behind closed
doors. The new allegation?, however,
were introduced in the Surrogates'
' ourt yesterday in the form of an ac?
counting.
This document served the double
purpose of showing how $1,080 was
-pent for detective service, and also
made public for the first time one of
the contention- of Arthur Leslie, a
grandson of Frank Leslie, in his effort
to vacate the decree granting probate
to Mrs. Leslie's trill and to obtain per?
mission to come in us u party in in?
terest, his intention being to contest
the will. The $1.0*?n was .-pent in an
investigation of the history and pcdi
( Mr.?. Leslie, no had assumed
the title of Baroness de Bazus, to
j which, she said, she ?vas entitled be
. cuuse "tit her descent from a noble
Fr. nc_ iiugu-n-i. tonally.
I K the allegations art- true, under the
laws of Louisiana Mrs. Leslie, who
Lorn in New Orleans, would be
i barred from inheriting any property
from her mother. It is contend?
Sd ti,.it the lawful heirs aro the next of
kin of Mr Leslie, ami i hut, so far as
is known, there are no next of kin of
Mrs. Leslie.
The accounting filed by William Nel?
son Cromwell !.:? I LOUII H. < mmer,
executors under the will of Mrs. ?
who died on September 18, 1914,
ihows an estate valued at $1,7-',-.'...".
parcels of real estate.
Most of this estate was left to Mrs.
I Carrie Chapman Cstt for trie further?
ance of the inffragO cause. Filed with
the accounting is this statement:
"A proceeding bas boon instituted in
the Surrogate-.' Court by one Arthur
1 Leslie to vacate the decree admitting
the will to probate and to permit hin,
to come in as a party to the proco d
ing. The general nature of the ell Im
was that the dec? | an illegiti?
mate chi'.d of one Charles Follin and
a negro slave and that she left no
heirs-at-law or next of kin on the
part of her mother; thu? her
had come to her from her hosband,
Frank Leslie, and under *he statutes
itribntion and deeeent of this
t irs-at-law and next of kin
of thr? decedent were the heiro-?at*lBW
and next of kin of Frank Leslie, the
husband,
"The executors, through their coun?
sel, have Investigated the fart- alleged
in ?aiti petition, affidavits an.I court
records, and through their attorneys
have sppeared In lueh proceeding! end
?I the interests of the
estate therein. The matter has been
tod to the Bnrrogate, and the
?arrogate has reserved decision, which,
? ths time of the making of this
account, had not been rendered. A
has been tiled with the executors
i,?- Loretta L Hollander, Florence L
\?Y?;-tbrod and Frank Leslie stating
?r. ? lira! !;tr
: claim Of Arthur I e-lie."
The name of Mm. Leslie appeals in
??Who'? Who," end also in the
"Women's Who'a Who.*1 Neither of
the>e publications refers to her mother.
? ? .tiiied that Mii. Leslie
? : ii Bted .a* bom? - '.a-i m
h, Spanish, Italian, (ierman i nd
Latin. Miriam Florence Follin was
?he name given her by her father, and
she used this name in her literary
work, writing several books and con?
tributing to several Kuropean maga?
zines. f)ne of her works was "Are we
All Deceivers?"
It w is with great difficulty that the
family history of Mrs. Leslie was
traced. J. L. Mott, of New Orleans,
formerly connected with the Depart?
ment of Justice, was one of the inves
tigators. It ?"?'ii*' learned that Charles
. Mrs. Leslie's father, was a
wealthy plantel before the Civil War,
m,,I thai Dr. Aristes Foll?n, a brother
I . -lie, lived near New Orleans.
B? -.unti that no record of the brother
obtainable, ''id church records.
GERMANS WILL
ATTACKSALONICA,
GREECE WARNED
German Minister Warns
Greece Invasion Is
Necessary.
ATHENS PROTESTS
AGAINST BULGARS
Premier Says Under No Circum?
stances Can They Cross
Frontier.
London, Dec. IS. Germany ha.?
threatened t? expel the Yi
from Sal?nica, according to "The
Times'?" Athens correspondent.
"Replying to ??reek diplomatic repre
sentation-, which had as their aim the
prersnting o? the entry of Austro-Ger
inan troops into Greece," tays the cor?
respondent, "the German Minister de?
clared that the fortifications which the
Entente Allies are constructing at S?
Ionics would compel Germany to take
action to drive out the Allied fo
"Premier Skou'.oudis rejoined that in
no case would Greece allow Bulgarian
troops to set foot on (?reek soil."
The threat that the German Minister
at Athens is said to have made to the
effect that Germany would be com?
pelled to take action to drive out the
Allies a' Sal?nica if the fortification
of ths' base continued brings the Hal
evelopment a step nearer a crisis.
Raw sot n the Austro-Germans cross
the Greek frontier will apparently de?
pend upon how soon they arc able to
collect sufficient troops.
"The Post's" Athens correspondent
says the fact that an attack upon Sa?
l?nica has not yet begun is attributed
in diplomatie circles to the ne?,
in which the Germans lad themsehi ?
ef eoaeent rating ufflcient force?, re
pairing communications destroyed by
BBd Serbians and the brir.g
ing ap of ' muni?
tions, hut that the moment they have
these preparatior < the attack
will be begun and pushed home.
200,000 German?, Keadv.
I'i?patches to "The Daily Mail" from
Athens estimate the total available
l.erman force? at _"0,000, who, how?
ever, are fatigued by continuous nioun
?;..n marching, and states that the in
t- ruled German reinforcements, it is re
I T'ed, have been diverted to Kust
chuk to meet an expected Russian
menace.
According to the Athens "Embros,"
the ministerial organ, the Greek gov?
ernment will address a fresh pp
to the Entente Powers Bgalast fortify?
ing Sal?nica.
A Hhvu? dispatch from Athens dated
Thursday says:
"The Ministers of the Quadruple En?
tente called acnin on the Premier yes
terday regarding the fac.litie? de?
manded for the Entente Allied troops in
Macedonia. The German Minister
called on M. Skosloadil at noon to?
day."
An Exchange dispateh from Athens
? that the newspaper "Kiroi" says
that Premier Bkoaloadis and Minister
of the [aterios GoaaariS yesterday vis?
ited the derman Minister and explained
to h;n 't.tiy lato Gros
German and Bulgarian troops, especial?
ly that of BaTgariaas, woald
question*. which Bight well place
Greece in a position of difficulties.
Greeks Have Headquarter?.
A ii.i*/ii .i? ipatcfa '"rom Athens
th.??, following the withdrawal of
troop i from ? etween Sa
lonica am) the Serbian border, tha
quartan of the i ? - been
. re.I te Ko thai .. ""
of Monaatir. Ths 8d i
i ,,,,, ordered to Caterinl and
the .r''n Cana to Migrlt*?. Obs rev..
ment ef eagtaeera ana ons of sr)
remain at Sal?nica.
With affairs in Greece assuming B
quieter ?haracter there has been a par?
tial deflection of interest in Europeai.
capitals to the Italian plans regarding
Albania. The general belief seems to
be that the operations in this new the?
atre "f war Will be on a grand jcalc.
'I!,,. Italians, in strength, are already
safely ashore at Avlona. as well as at
certain new points of strategic impor?
tance.
For years Avlona has been regarded
by Italy and Austria alike as th" key
ti the Adr.at:.-, BBd II I- ?* maxim in
??outh ( entrsl Europe that whoever
commands aelono '?- thc Adri?
atic. Avlona has basa for several
t?nllriue?1 on pate 9. ?olumn )
To-morrow
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DANGER OF RUPTURE WITH U. S. PAST,
IS VIEW HELD BY VIENNA OFFICIALS
Vienna, Dec. 16 (delsyed).?Moderation marks the editorial com?
ment on the reply to the American note on the Ancona sinking, printed
in this morning's newspapers.
The impression was gathered at the Foreign Office to-day that it
was expected that the reply, which has been given to Frederic C. Pen
field, the American Ambassador, would lead to a stage in which the
American claims could be givn the attention desired by Washington.
At the same time it seemed evident that the Austro-Hunganan gov?
ernment was firm in the decision to permit no application of a prece?
dent in which it is not involved.
At the American Embassy the belief seemed to prevail that the
situation was susceptible of solution and that the danger of a rupture
of relations was over.
TEUTONS READY
FOR NEW DRIVES
ON TWO FRONTS
London Expects Offen?
sives by Germans in
France and in Russia.
London, Dec. 17. -While the diplo?
mats in Greece and Rumania are en?
gaged in new ale?is which will decide
the next step in the Balkan operations
; there is increasing evidence that the
Germans, ever restive, are preparing
new strokes on both the eastern and
western fronts, or, at '.east, a concen?
tration of their forces to strike when
conditions are propitious.
P? Irogratl dispatches note German
f.ctivity, particularly in the Dvinsk dis?
trict, which would accord with the Ger?
man ambition to reach the line of the
Dvina River, while all accounts from
iH'Utral countries mention a continued
movement of men and guns to the west.
In the latter theatre of operations it
seems only a question t.t what points
the offensive is to be taken.
-Many persons believe that the Ger?
mans, hiiTinie found the lines in Flan?
ders sud Artoi?- nut? too hard to crack,
contemplate moving in the St. Mihiel
region, where their line penetrates to
the River Meuse and where there has
been considerable activity during the
last few days.
The only thing argued against this is
that the river has been at flood, and the
French have been systematically de?
stroying the bridges as they were re?
built. Thus far, however, there has
been little more doing than the usual
mining and bombing operations and
aerial lighting in the west.
Berlin says that a British division
penetrated the German positions south
of Armentieres by a surprise at?
tack, but claims that the enemy was
then forced to retreat under tire of the
Keiner*! guns.
GERMAN OFFICIAL.
Berlin gave out this statement:
To tiie loatheaet of Armentierei n
mall British division yesterday
penetrated one of our trenches by a
surpriee attack, but then retreated
under our tire. Further south a liml
tat frustrated by our
tire. Otherwise lighting activity baa
been limited on account of the
? her. which frequently is hazy, to
weaK artillery ami hand grenii'!?
mining engng? nseati at certain
points.
BRITISH OFFICIAL.
The British War Oflce issued the
following statement:
Last - . DOmy made a small
bombing attack av'amst our line
SOOOt the enarriea north of Loos.
This attack was easily repulsed. Ar?
tillery activity has continued
throughout to-dav, especially north
of .pre,
FI'K.s'i II OFFH IAI*.
The French War OfiCC this afternoon
gave ont this report:
In Belgium there has been fighting
? the set-tor ol
Dnai the south of the fort of
Givenehy end between the Somme
end tl-.e Oise there have been some
encounters between patrols.
In Lorraine there has been fairly
rited artillery exchanges along
the front betweei. Nomeny and Aul
nois.
The following official communication
was laeaod to-night:
During the day a rather violent
cannonade prevailed on the whole of
the front.
In Belgium and in Artois our ar?
tillery, in connection with the British
artillery, did some lucky firing on
the enemy trenches. In Champa.-n
our guns silenced the tire of several
Qerma.l latteries to the north sad
.'es. In the Argonne.
to the north of Mu'.incourt, we caught
under the lire of t-ur artillery an
enemy convoy.
Two of our bombing aeroplanes
dropped about twenty heavy shells
on the station of Me*z-Sab!ons the
night of December l?i 17.
The Belgian communication says:
CAT HOLDS UP CHEISTMAS
No Pussy. No Celebration. Says Rlis
Settlement's Santa CIbub.
Who will give a pussy cat, a white
or gray, a life-size, make-believe pussy
cat, to Santa Claus?
The Jacob Riis Settlement. 48 Henry
Street, must have one before it can
light the Christmas tree candles. Also
the settlement needs seventy-rive dolls
and twenty-live gifts for five-year-old
boys. Mrs. Mary Bits also requests
that all persons going into the country
over Sunday semi evergreen boughs and
black alder or barberry brunches.
f ???? rat?t? Went 4 la ( heraapesla* A llhltt
K-ll44*y. Til Wet oil" e. lilt St. Sl U way.?
Aai.t.
BELGIAN RELIEF SHIP
WRECKED BY MINE
Levenpool, with Big Cargo.
Beached on British Coast.
London, Dec. 17. The Belgian Helief
?'ommittee's steamer Levenpool, from
New York for Rotterdam, has been
beached on the English east coast in a
linking condition as a result of strik?
ing a mine.
The Levenpool, a British steamer of
I,?44 ton?, sailed from Nta York on
November _4, arrived at Falmouth on
December 11, and was to proceed thence
to Rotterdam It carried a mixed car?
po of foodstuffs for the Belgians, val?
ued at $1.4i)0.noo. It is fully insured.
so that neither the Commission for the
Relief in Belgium, nor contributors to
the cau?e, will sustain any loss.
BERNE PEACE MEETING OFF
I onferem?<? Postp<ined, a? Half of Delic?
?ate? Kail to Attend.
i.eneva, Dee. IT. The peace congres?
at Berne las been postponed until
spring, only half of the delegate?) be?
ing able to attend
France has refused to send repre?
sentatives.
GORIZIA INNER WORKS
FALL, GENEVA HEARS
Fiercest Battle in Months Rag?
ing Before Stronghold.
Geneva, Pec. Ii?. A dispatch from
Laibach, Austria, to the "Tribune do
Geneve'' says that an artillery duel
hegun yesterday morning i.s still con?
tinuing around Gomia. This has been
the most violent engagement for several
months.
The Austrian counter-attack at Plava
| was repulsed with a heavy loss, accord?
ing to the dispatch, the outer forts
there and the inner works at Goriiia
raving been pulverized and affording
no protection to the infantry from ar?
tillery tire.
It i - st Grand Puke Eugene
has taken command of the Austrian
forces in that sector.
A eorrespondsat of the "Idea N'azion
ale" at Rome telegraphs from the front
that one of the famous Krupp 42-cen?
timetre gun? was brought from Ger?
many recently and placea in position
before Rovere'o. The gun ?a? fired fif?
teen times without doing any damage,
he says, and then the Italians located It
and demolished it with a few well
placed shells.
HUNGARY TO ADOPT
BREAD TICKET SYSTEM
Flour Shortat; ' Compels Step?
F.ggless Cakes for Berlin.
Zurich, Switzerland, Pec. IT. The
Hungarian governmer-.r baa decided to
' introduce the ket system
thyoughout the empire, owing to the
shortage of flour and transportation
difficulties.
???run, Pec. IT. The "Reichsanzeiger"
prints to-day a decree adopted yester?
day by the Federal Council prohibiting
bakeries from using eggs in baking
ci.ke?. or more than 100 grammes each
.*. and sugar to 500 grammes of
flour.
The official explanation "or putting
the decree -n force tomorrow says it
, is deeigned to prevent the wasteful use
of aggi and fat during Christnass, a
lalf-denial which the eirilian popula?
tion can easily bear. Christmas cakes
l'or the soldiers already have been
:'ent to the front.
KITCHENER NOT ENGAGED
Secretary Announces Report Is "Abao
lutely I'ntrue."
London, Dec 17. It was officially an?
nounced to-night by the private secre
tary to Eari Kitchener, British Secre?
tary of War. that the report of the en?
gagement of Earl Kitchener to the
I'owager Countess of Minto ?"as un?
til e. The announcement says:
"The report is absolutely untrue and
withoi ". any foundation."
ITALIAN STEAMER SUNK
Porto Said, of 5,1 I?7 Tons, Was Last
Heard of in Genoa.
London, Dec. 17. The Italian steamer
Porto Said has been sunk, it is an?
nounced here.
The Porto Said wa? of 5.167 tons
gross. According to the latest record
of her movements she sailed from
Genoa on November IT for Alexandria.
ZEPPELIN RAIDERS FREEZE
?
Eight Who Attacked London Found
Dead on Return. Is Report.
London, Pre. 1H. Eicht members of
| the crew of a Zeppelin airship which
| raided London October 1.) were found
i trozen to death on their return to
j Germany, according to "The Daily Ex?
press?" which, although it is unable
; to vouch for the truth of the story,
says it has been openly discuss??d in
i Germany, where it caused a pnfound
impression and possibly acted at _ de
I terrent to further raids.
I
WILSON SEEKS
NOW TO AVOID
I ULTIMATUM
Drafts New Message
Giving Some Pacts
, on Ancona.
VIENNA Rf_J_.CTS
U. S. DEMANDS
Does Not Accede to Any,
Is Lansing's Official
Announcement.
;???m th* _MM_M Bur?*. 1
Washington, Dec. 17.?The Ancona
( crisis has been postpone?!. Although
it was openly admitid nt the State
Department to-day that the Aus?
trian reply was unsatisfactory in
every particular, mid in spite of re?
peated declarations by officials before
its receipt that the United States
'. wouli! not make the Ancona a BBjb
ject of debate, it has basa decided ko
send another note, which, so far as
form is concerned, will in' M
: stronger than the fust.
The second note was prepared late
to-day. It will renew the demands
nade in the first note, none of them,
according to an official announcement
by Secretary Lansing, having btM
complied with by the Vienna Foreign
Office.
President Wilson probably will ap?
prove the form the ?<?< und note shall
take to-morrow, in .-iinference with
?Secretary Lansing. The Secretary
the**, will act without further BOJ
tion from the President, who will
have to leave Washington to-morrow
night on his wedding trip.
ritlmatum Shelved.
The plan to send an ultima!
has been shelved, for a _UM tl I ?? '
Instead, the State Department will
again set forth its protest, endeav?
oring to satisfy th?* Austrian gov?
ernment that its first note was sound
both as to facts and law.
The official text of the Austrian
reply was considered to-day by the
President and his Cabinet. Appar?
ently the official version conto ine?!
nothing which made its meanin?,
radically different from the unofficial
version cabled in news dispatches
from London.
After the Cabinet meeting Mi.
Lansing- announced that none of the
demands made by the United ?States
had been acceded to. It was ex?
plained that .he reply sug;r? I
further communication on the sub?
ject an?! more specific information in
support of the charges made by the
United Stater--.
Official translation. Mr. Lansing
said, mad?? the meaning of the Aus
tro-Hungai ian government, per?
fectly clear. The Secretary pre?
viously had declared the unofficial
version to.be vague. Slight changes
caused by variations in translation
existed between the two versions, he
said, after seeing the official text, but
the meaning in a broad sense was
the same.
Answer It Unacceptable.
Such a rejoirrder is wholly' unsatit
f.ctory and unacceptable to the Ameri?
can government, and increases the
gravity of the situation between the
two nations.
In regard to the second note, Secre?
tar-;- Lansing and officials were reticent,
ft was said, however, that the Pn.'.ed
.??tatet might eive some of the facti
asked for, though it would not. under
any consideration, enter into an ex?
tended ditrussicn of details. The
I'nited States expec's its demands to
be promptly complied with, and such
roerastiaation as officiait
consider Austria-Hungary exhibited in
_rs'.vering the original inquiry for in?
formation, submitted soon after the
Ancona disaster, will not be allowed to
?vithout action.
State Department officials still Insist
that there will be no back-down and
that unless Austria meets the American
demands in every particular a break
in relations it inevitable. Hop? h ex?
pressed, however, that another not?*
from this government will persuade
Vienna of the justice of the America?-.
, position and result in an amicable ad
justment of the difficulty.
Will Go Next Vieek.
The second American note probab'jr
will be dispatched during the latter
part o next week. Allowing two days
for transmission each way and a week
j for the Austrian government to frame
its reply, Vienna's answer will pre
i sumably arrive about the time of the
i President's return from hi? wedding
! trip. In this way, tha admimatrr-tion
| believes, it will be unnecessary for the