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VOL. LXXXIII. NO. 99.
NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1915. roPV,mt, mi, by thr is mntmo nn,; pbn,inne AocMim.
PRICE
TWO
safe
CENTS.
MUST CRUSH
PLOTTERS IN
U.S.--WILS0N
President! Denunciation of
gome American! Cheered
in Conivs.
ATTACK IS KESKNTED
BY SOME LAWMAKERS
frMltltres of Passion WftOlj
Poison the Nation Must
Be Driven Out.
JIESSAOE CALLS FOB
BIO ARMY AND NAVY
preparedness Plan Gets
Told Reception From
the Members.
a
IGTOX, Pec. 7 The feature of
hut s annual addiess to cn-
Wash
th- Prst
arsis
.wluy which .iroused the greaiesi
Istsrsst
ii. .1 apparently made the ueep-
,.i impression was nis vigwwu umw
, on i the disloyalty Ot many Amer
ican .'f foreign descent
Both houses of Con areas ami the
c, a i I S cries hung Intently upon
his words when he came to this foree
(.1 part f his address, and Anally gae
real t their feelings in a hearty demon
stration Of approval The applause ran
lor full) a minute and was punctuated
, a at A then by the Rebel yell from
sons
outheroer who found hin.seir un
lequetely to exp; tea his eattefac
the use of his l ands aione.
tot.
The iemonatratldn was all the more
r table inasmuch as Congress seemed to
1j. luathetiG toward other portions
of
tin inl.lt ess. The I'rvald
friends had
res i i. 1 his addre
SS the most 1m-
t
it of any that hs has prepared for
and they had hoped foi a more
i.-;ic reception than was accorded
the most notable features of
- .:i and one mat is being vari
. lerpreted in Washington to-n!gnt
i i single ripple of applause
j th. portion ot the Preeldent'e
.s which called for large Increases
s army and the navy.
I rite I'romiit teflon. .
.l.-monst rat ion rtpprox ing the I'resi-
attaoh on certain hyphenated
tns came Immediately after he
li tared that the) had "poured
olson of diaioyalty Into the very
f our nation il life." and as he
.ii : nc upon Congress promptly to
use of the processes of law to
n il
ft the o n. try "of the oorrupl dis-i;-ers
orouatll on by these citlsetrs "
Cralr titers was another outburst
ih president m solemn tones
l a few momenta later:
1 am Ulgtmj on to do nothing less
i - .' honor and self-reject of
Buch creatures of paaolon,
iii) alty ind snatchy tnuat tw crushed
T. . 1'renldenl h mse'f showed conald
f faelll R s ills he was reading this
I 'f his address. For the most
pa I hf read 111 a rather low. even tone,
. ,.t limes seemed 1 1 lack the force
: his utterancea on previous evasions,
I . when he .ame to speak of the at -hi
')c upon tlo country from within Its
Own ..''.eiiy his voiiH swelled and he
Bissau -i lus words well.
" . the kteiie: il M-niiment in Con
yress m ied to be one of warm approval
Pir this perl of the President's addre-s
It was tpparenl that ins words had given
fiftenes III some quarters. Strangely
igi members of csngress of
U elgn h th who are not Germans or
rmer h ibjects of any of the other bet"
Lgerc 1 rioris and who could not have
sen ided In the President's denun
elation were Inclined to resent his words
II i eflection upon foreign born Ameii
atns nerally.
''ling was clearh1 reflected
ng member! of Congress of the
o 'et, repreaantlns flcandlnavlaa
dlatl oi.l some of them were out
Ijoki : their criticism of this feature.
win ause Paella,
T " :n litrtton was made by many
' mist - ..f Ciigress that th.s utterance
President will play an Important
111 n P n - i.ss and that it will arouse
tens feeling In many parte of the
lint I s known that certain Demo.
i- expressed great concern to-nUht
' .. possible political effeits of It.
stsne uembem of Congress who en
doraed the President's strong
: emu were inclined to queatlon tiic
isdun having made this oonfeiaion
s boforS the world. These
- il ( ogress fioint out that
ident'a words, declaring that the
Pi
- threats agalnet this nations
n I safety have come front within
not without, will be Immediate!)
I over all of Kuiope and will make
n impression there.
. i
tauure or t ongress to ahow any
ii ovei un 'resident's reeom
i ,
mend it
Mnr
on national defence was dls
IS to Administration advisers.
ittribute the seeming Indlffer-
Pongreea to the fact that that
! the I 'resident's address was
nected with the question of
I laxes, and tlie latter ie a sub
'i almost brings teaia to the
. average Democrat
some
faceg of
i mm Faeee,
th.' men oti the Denio-
were all Interesting ItUd)
President frankly outlined tin:
N 11 in the revenues and aug
I'll t final taxation to meet the
As he suggested one after
the roenaotWOBt of the emer
ii tax, the repeal of the free
l Die, un Increase In the Income
. or one cent a gallon on gnso- .
.t of roi cents per horse-power
obllea, a stamp tax on batik
la tax of IB cents a ton on
.lid L'5 cents a ton on fabrl
M a and steel the Democratic
lh Chamber grew more solemn
Tlr :
Ck'sS.
PeaMnued fifth rug.
Berlin to Yield Point
and Recall Attaches
Refusal by U. S. of Request for Details of Charges
Against Boy-Ed and Von Papen Is Expected
to Be Taken as Final Action.
WILSON TO ACT FIRMLY
Wabhinoton, Dec. 7. strong Indica
tions exist to-night that iMrmviy will
recall dipt, von Papen nnrl Hoy-Kd. thu
military nnl naval attaches respectively
of the Germany embassy, without pressing-
Its demand for a bill of particular
oocernlng the specific charges on which
the request was mail.
These Indications revolve for the most
part around a change of attitude notice
able In Herman quarters, where yester
day It was almost flatly stated that wlth-
out sin h a bill of particulars the request
for the recall would not be granted. So t
marked was this change that there Is
strong reason to betleVS that the Ger
man AmbassaAlor. Count von Hernstorff,
has adviaed his Government to content
itself with expressions contained In a
personal communication received by the
Ambassador to-day from Secretary Lan
sing. This communication, sent In response
to the Ambassador's demand for the rea
sons of the l'nlted States In requesting
tl.e recall of the, two attaches, Is being
Interpreted diffeiently at the State De-
j partment and at the embassy. At the
I Department It Is said to be a refusal of
'the Ambassador's request. At the em-
bassy It Is interpreted as a partl.il acqul-
ssosnoo.
Lanalna' Reply to Von Henilorn
From reliable sources It can be said
that Mr. Lansings note started off by
reminding the Ambassador that It was
not customary for a Government to dis
close Its reasons In asking the recall of
the diplomatic representatives of a for
elan rower, and then expressed mild sur
prise that Germany should seek to de
pal t from this rule The Secretary added
that In setting foith m the request for a
recall that Capte, Boy-Bd and on Papen
had rendered themselves unacceptable by I
":helr activities In connection with naval
and military affairs' the American Gov
ernment wished to be understood as
meaning German naval and military af
fairs In Connection with the handling of
which the two men were brought In con
tact with private Individuals in this
country who had been involved in viola
tions of the laivs These matters ajid
the circumstances connected with them.
It was Indicated, were of such an ac
CUmulatlVS character as to render th--attaches
no longer acceptable.
Count von Bernstorff, it is said au
thoritatively, la Inclined to regard this,
statement as being in a measure satis
factory, for while It doe not comply
with hfs request It tt least seems to
relieve the. ttyo officers from the sus
picion of having th'-mselves violated
the laws of the L'nlted State
Whether tins will he the view of
the German Uovernmen the Ambas
sador, it is said, is not prepared to
State, Those in position to know hta
attitude, however, regard it as not im
probable that In forwarding the contents
of Mr. Landing's note til Germany th
Ambassador adv.sed that the matter be
not pressed further.
Von
Al
llrriistorfT's Note Impersonal.
the state Department emphasis
i was laid on the fact that Count von
; Hernstorff's request for a statement ol
reasons was contained in an it. forma',
personal note and that Mr. Lansing's
reply was sent In the same way. Th
reason for this emphasis, It Is thought,
lies In a desire of the Department not to
make It appear that I lennany hail for
mally aaked for a bill of particulars
and that its request had Is'en formally
. rejected.
For the same reason, it is believed,
i the Department denied that United
sia'es Ambassador Gerard at Berlin
had communicated a similar request
for reasons from the German Foreign
Office or that a copy of Mr. Lansings
reply to Count von Hernstorff had been
sent to Mr. Gerard for presentation
in the German Government. It was
flatly stated that all the correspondence
RUBBED WITH BURRS
PENALTY IN SCHOOL
Poutrbkoepite Hoy Accuiei
PtinelpfJ of FAtroino
Cruelty to Pupils.
P0C0H gagPStg Dec, T. After hearing j
! charges that Cheater a Moody, prlncl-
' pa! of school No. 7 In fhis city, whipped
I boys on tho stage of the school audl
j toritmi in the presence of r.nn other
pup. Is that he rubbed burrs across u I
boy's bare back until the blood came,
kicked another boy and was otherwise '
rue! to boys who misoenavso in scnooi,
committee from the Board of Aider-
will so Ie for
ration t... morrow nlgnt ana ueinanu an
Investigation
The principal complainant If Albert
li iCIebeSi whose Bftsen-year-old son
Sgyg he was a Mctini ol ins ourrs. ins
boy, it was explained, threw burrs about
the schoolroom and some lodged In the
hair of some girl pupils. Another boy
oung Klebee'S Chum, carried a handful
i.f live grasshoppers Into the school
room. Klebes told the Aldermen at an
open meeting 'hat the principal became
so angered that he look a handful of
the burrs and opening the boy's shirt
rubbed the burrs ip ross the tlesh until
the blood run The hoy who brought
In the grasshoppers had a handful
stuffed down his buck.
Klebes said that another boy who
had a sore on Ills leg, following un at
tack of scarlet fever, was kicked on
the leg by the principal and that two
month treatment by u surgeon was
undone thereby.
It was said to-night that Mr. Moody
would probably meet the committee of
Aldermen ut the meeting of the Hoard
of Kd m at Ion to-morrow night.
FLORIDA UIIA BIK.MINAHAM
ATLANTA SAVANNAH MNEHIIM8T
Bout hern Pines, Oaniden. Beat service a,,utn
via Seaboard Air Line's fine at! tralne.
Resort Booklets, Information. 11114 It dwar
dv.
IN ALL PLOT CASES
is being carried on between the Her
man Kmbassy here and the Dcpart-
I mi nt.
In daman Kmbassy circles, however,
I both notes are regarded ns having
all the effect of a formal exchange. It
i was learned that fount von Hernstorff
was particular to Inform Mr Landing
I that the Herman Government had jn
i Strutted him to ask for the reasons
.prompting the request for a recall of
I the attaches, Because of these circum
j stances the Ambassador, It Is said, re
I gards Mi. 1-ansing s note as simply e:
pressing the views of tho American Gov-
mmanl
With indications on every hand thnt
the American Government purposes run-
nlnK down all the pro-German plots
which have teen ortrantsed In this coun-
try. It is felt that this purpose might be
defeated If the sources of information in
. the Itoy-VM and Von Papen matters are
i given to Germany.
I Oeraeaa aiamr Hritua sleuths.
I' In German circles the statement Is
s'.ill heard that the "sources of Informa
tion" referred to arc none other than
detectives in the employ of the British
. Government.
I Whatever attitude Germany finally
i assumes, it was said authoritatively that
, President Wilson Intends to support Setc-
! rotary i-auaing fully. The Preeldsiit'e
, determination not to permit the Govern-
. men I to be awed by the threat of ortotej
, unpleaeantneae with Germany and his
'strong utteianco aialnat hyphenated
disloyalty n his address to Congress to
day are two of many developments which
indicate that the Administration has set
out on a more vigorous course In this
respect.
it has become seldom that Heofslei y
l.ans.ng has lieen won over to the view
of Attoinev -General Gregory and other
Cabinet officers that the time ha come
for the Administration to act -oiurply
and decisively in stampinK out pro-German
offences agalnet the inland welfare
of the United states. Therefore the De
partment of Justice has received prac
tically B free hand gi the prosecution Of
its campaign to bring ts-fore Federal
Grand Juries evidence of offences against
the neutrality laws of the United States.
rurtner evidence of thai new policy
was found in the frank mention of Capt.
Bny-Kd's name In the prosecution of the
Hamburg-American Line ottlclala by i
I'nited States Attorneys in New York
and the arrest this week of Haron Heln- :
rich, an attache of the Austrian Yin-
sulate in San Francisco. Officialdom I
, tiers was surprised at the Issuance In
New fork by I'nited states Attorney
Marshall of a statement charging that
Franz Rlntelen, a German reprcscntn
I tlve, had supplied David Lamar with
I the fuo is wherewith the Labor Nn-(
i tlotsal Peace Council was enabled to at-
tompt '.' foment strikes In munitions ,
i factories.
The Department of Justice has also
' refused to reaclntl a statement issued
two weelis ago Intimating ttiat r. von j
N'ulie: had been involved in a strike plot !
I by svldence obtained fiom Or. Gorlcar,
,:i former Austrian Official, despite the re- '
Iterated demands of the Austrian Gov-
1 eminent for a retraction and all apology,
it has been said that the Department of
J us tire ;s laying plans to prosecute two
Auetrlan consular officials for activities'
In connection With strike plots, and the.
belief exl :k In well informed circles that
the state Department is ready to cancel
the exerjuntora of any Austrian or Car
man consular otfl.-ial whom the Iiepart-
ment of Justice may desire to prosecute.
The Administration's new policy of
aggressiveness 's regarded in some quar ;
ters as
taine.l
very different from that
ma n-
lining tlie nrst . nr of ttie war
The
Department of Justice more than ,
year ago developed evidence of the
activities of Germans and Austrlana In
this country which were in sharp con
filet with the Interests of the l'nlted
-:i ... i ... a. . i . . -..... ....... o...
.,, """"."t
or,.. , , . , - III'-.- (I 111 if I 7 U I Willi
the iiovernmenta in Question or to sane
tion steos by the Deparinieni of Justl.
to punish tho-e aliens who are not .ro
; tected by diplomatic immunity.
in the last month or more there has
been a noticeable accumulation of public
sentiment against the men responsible
for the pro-German activities and the
feeling is reflected In an increasing de-
mini upon the Washington Government
I for a morn active policy.
FREEDMAN MILLIONS
LEFT FOR CHARITY
Brother fleti
anil Sister
Eitate
860,000, Hother
Life Interest
$5,000,000,
It was reported yesterday thst Andrew
Freed man, friend of Richard Croker and
i a well known financier, who died on
Saturday, left the bulk of his fortune,
j estimated ut t,000,000, to charity. The
j will was read at the lllllmore last night
. in the presence of his mother and his
sister. Miss Dells Freed man.
I To Daniel Kreeilman, u iirolher, Is
i bequeathed 1110,000 outright, while his
mother and Miss Kreedman get a life
Interest Iii half the estate, which on their
death reverts to the charitable purposes
spectfled in the document.
Mr. Woodman Wag a heavy sbs k-
hotder In local triu-tion eeouritlee, such
as the Kings County Light and Power
Company and the tntsrbo rough-Metropolitan
MtiM'ka, and akso own.-.l a large
amount of valuable realty.
The charity for which the estate is
intended is believed to be the foundation
and support of a home for the aged.
It Is said that the Freedman millions
are formed Into a trust for that puriswe.
The aetata, now setlmated at IB, 000,000.
may roach a figure several millions
alsive that when the holdings are ap
praised. Funeral services for Mr. fYetsl
man were held yesterday morning in
his apartment in gharry's The Kev.
Ilviiiiin 1 1. Bnlnw of the Temple Kinanu
101 conducted ihe SOrVtoOSi
The pallbsarsra were Theodore p
hontSi Ds Uancey Nlooll, Cornelius
Vatlderbllt, Joesph P Day, August Hel
Rtonti Walter G. Oaktnan, Valentine P.
Ilnyderi Louis Wiley, Samuel I'ntermyer,
Dr. Warren Coleman, Henry A. Glider
sleeve, Justice Charles L. Guy. Justice
M. Wuiiej liatiek, Itlchard Croker. Jr..
Julea g. Bai he aad Cornelius J. Bulllvsn
LAMAR GIVEN
$300,000 FOR
PEACECOUNCiL
Wa 11 Street Wolf Pa id $170.
OQG to Members Indict
ments May Follow.
MONEY WAS rsKDTO
PURCHASE STRIKES
The Federal Investigation
Into the I
conspiracy of Fran Rlntelen, a German
financial ageni. and David I.nmar. "The
Wolf of Wall Street." to finance the.
National Labor Peace Counotl and to buy
strikes In munition factories, reached an
acute stage last night.
H. Robert Fowler of Illinois former
ReproaontatlfU In Congress and counsel j
to the Peace Council, issued a statement j
denouncing l'nlted States District At
torney Marshall, calling on him to re
tract his statements regarding the
Peace Council and some of its officers
and threatening to sue every imwspaper ,
In the country which printed those
statements. Jacob C. Taylor, president
of the council, also denied Mr. Mar
shall charge that the council was
flnam-ed by Hintelen.
Tx all this Mr. Marsiuiill. lw Man at
his home later, had this emphatic reply
to make to Mr. Fowler's cnarge that the
l'nlted Stateo Attorney had violated the
ethics of ills office:
'This damn fellow 1a full of ethics "
Indictments Hxpeoleil sum,
While Ml Marshall would BO no fur
ther In
pi v to Mr Fowlc;.
It
learned on unquentionanle authority that
Fedeial Indictments would tie returned
against ciertaln officers of the peace
cxiun.il. It Is surmised that within a,
surpi Isingly shorn time the Federal offi
cials win reveal in full the:r case aeTttnsI
ftie peace council and agaitut the men
who were go active in shouting against
the shipment of munitions of war to the
Allies after their lionk BOOOUlMa had
infcen a g Jump
From reliable sources was learned the ,
story of the aotlvttlee of Rlntelen in
this country : how the close friend of the
Kaiser, the man who Introduced Ameri
cans to the Imperial court, sought the
uld of Lamai as his cashier and bribe
agent In the organization of the National
Labor I'eace Council and In the buying
of strikes . how he sought th,' help of
Andrew Ii Meloy, first
buy up munition plant
war between Mexico
In a scheme to
, then to start
and the United
State
how he took other measures to
arms and ammunition go ng to
prevent
the Allies all these facts were obtained
lost night.
All of them haw been present. -d to
Federal grand juries and the revelations
will lie mad. by the Federal officials at
the proper time.
I'lve to Be Named.
It l
surmised that t least five men
connected with the National re l-an..r
Council will b. indicted There may 1
others Involved and It ma) be that a
number of small labor iea.leri will be
gathered Into the mesh
The BlanlHcnnt facte obtained were
I
ire I
'"'
that Rlntelen paid from one fund
had numerous funds in banks and trust
companies In this city and in Chicago
almost tOO,O00 t Lamar for the or
ganlgatlon of the National I'eace Labor
Council i if that amount I.nmar paid
out I1TO.OO0 to persons directly or In.
directly to men connected with the or
ganisation and pari of the 1170,000 was
used a. bu Ing strikes
Next. Itltl!
which Ii- I
leu paid from another fund '
t.i iii the TranaAtlantlc t
Trust Company mom
f..
the
etui ing
i ' .-
devious
up of trouhl, in M all o. He liu
000 oil depOOjit there, and the
paths whi.ii the money took to
parsons, who already have om
llffel.
Up hard I
agalnet Federal authoritiee, nave been
followed Willi the utmost care. For
months Fed
lal agf ids have done noth
lit': ise except s-'i after bank accounts,
Vouchers an I checks.
while, however, only about 1000,000 is 1
accounted for us POnrlng from Rlntelen ;
it Is gnOWn that the stalwart German,
so popular In society and so boastful in I
his cups as to what Mould happen to j
ships and munition plants, had mlllione
of dollars on dejKislt here. He t.oa-t.-.l
he hud ISO. 000,000 to spend In Stop
the shipment
country .
of munitions from this
I'ritlae for lllg
Lenders
Karller Ii
talk with i
i big leaders
j had been
' spurt ed tin
the day M
Mars'
iii in
pollers ga
prai. t
. the
who
had
labor In this oountr)
patriotic that they
fters of 1, rities from Ger-
1 many. I-rout tns tuta It couio Da III
i fetred that the Federal authoritiee have
all the details of Rlntelen a scheme,
Mr. Marghall discussed part of the
progrumme yesterday, lie slid emphati
cally tiiat the failure of Rlntelen with
the aid of unlimited cash and Lamar to I
carry out the pi Ifi
was due to the ii
labor lenders In thl
fo purchase
orrupl Ibillty
country,
St like
of th
a mini Gotniers. president of
the
will
American Federation "f Labor, win
he called as a witness before the Grand
Jury, will tell a remarkable story con
cerning Rlntelen's actlvltlea There isl
S rumor that an effort was node to1
bribe 1. in . but Mr. Marshall would not
confirm It. An intermediary is said to'
have conveyed an offer from l.amar or,
Rlntelen to Qnmpsra fo use his Influence
tmong I loot ing men to stop the snip-
ment of munitions. Air. Go 1 pets tut
only declined the offer hut started Inline-
dlately
i strikes
to use his efforts to prevent
In all this work Lamar was Rlfite.
len's chief gdVlBSf, Just as Andiew 1 1.
Meloy, a promoter with Mexican Inter
esls, was Itlntelen's nld and adviser in
jilatis to stir up trouble in .Mexico for
the l'nlted States, atul also in an earilsi
plan to buy up the munition plants in
thla country, R 's known that while
Lamar was extremely poor alsiut a year
ago after he had been convicted of Im
personating Federal officer, he has
suddenly SOQUlred money and la living
again In luxury.
FurOhel inore. tlie authntitles know
that certain small labor leaders who
were exceedingly poor a year age
milted large rolls of money In the
last
year and they were shouting Jealous y
for strikes In munition factories. n
SOtne Instances they succeeded in (ret
ting men out on strike.
"The employers against whom striken
were called,'' said Mr. Marshall, "ap
pealed to the higher labor leaders, ask
ing why the laborers had been railed out
and they were informed that the strikes
were unauthorised and would be stopped
immediately."
The scheme of fomenting strikes, Mr.
rviiifftiuerf on Thtm
PARTY CHIEFS
DECLARE FOR
WILSON IN 1916
National Committee I rjres;
Renomination Ignores
One Term Plank.
CONVENTION CALLED
FOR ST. LOUS. JUNE 14
Wasihnc.ton. pec. 7. The next
Democratic) national convention will
meet in St. Louis at 12 O'eJOOh Ofl
Wednesday, Jin m, tsn.
Decision M this effect was reached
by the Democratic National Committee
to-day after considering the claim of
three .itiee, CMoagOi Dallas and St.
Louis eiuh backed by the proffer of
1100,000 to defray the expenses of the
political gathering. St. IsjuIs. however,
had the real cash, while the others were
Oil
paper,
The first
Democratic
ampalgn
utterance of the
party
was also made my
the committee
In the form of a resolu-
lion adopted
by a rlalng vote com
mending the ac It let ftnents of lresldV:it
Wilson, particularly in keeping the ooun-
trv out of the war. and proposing his
, re nomination as the leader of the party
: during tlo coming contest.
The adoption "f a resolution by the
I committee calling on Mr. Wilson to run
gaill was a most unusual proceoonggi
This is interpreted as cote lusive that tho
President i- to be a candidate to suc
ceed himself, it was demonstrated that
wealths Wilson men were in control f the
imlttee, and they probably would not
have iMMwl the resolution without learn
ing the President's wishes. Usually the
National Committee trie to avoid tak
iiik any open stand on a candidate in
advance of the convention.
Another phase of the resolution that is
highly Interesting is that it .alls upon
the Precedent to .to somsthing whtdta
marr)' Democrats have ootrtsndod lie is
prevented from doing by the single term
plank of the Baltimore platform.
The belief here to-night wius that the
paeaage of this resolution is part of a
move to open the way for the President's
announced candidacy. The action of the
committee win make it easier to ex
it. a. n away the one term plank oi.sta.ie.
The committee meeting was har-
inonlou. At the outset the reported
lack of narmony between M. Combe and
ceitaln elements in ti.e party was de
clared to be fanciful and If any deslie
to oust him existed It was not disclosed
In the deliberations of Ihe committee.
Wllaon
Sentiment Ooinlnutea.
It
IS I lso obvious lliat the Commit'
lee is 'he mouthplect i ie party second
i tie convention Itself was oomplolej)
dominated by Wlleon sentiment Kven
Champ Clark, the Speaker, who pre
sented the ckUma of si is.uis for con
slderatlon as the convention city, ad-
untied hat president Wilson would
probably be the next Democratic
nominee, adding, however, that If lie
had nls way there would be no
tnor nventlona and the Presidential
nominees would be selected by national
prim ir e.". No mention was made of the
second t m prooiem,
The committee on resolutions, consist
ing of Messrs Miles of Arkansas. Wood
of Michigan Howell of Georgia Mack
of N.w York. Taggarl of Indiana and
Brown of Vermont, formulated the fol
lowing report :
"We congratulate the country on the
splendid administration of W.Ki.lr w
v llson
stances
I nder ttie most trying circum
in our history he has steadfastly
worked for tile cad.-'' ol peace and has
avoided war. lie has vindicated the
rights of neutrals on the sea. he has up
held the last traditions of his high
OfHci
and has diecharged hi
trust With
and cftl-
such signal tld.ilty, limine
elene) that h
ami affection
has won the confidence
of the Amerll an people.
ilis masterly handling of both national
and International questions demands his
rettnnt nation and reelection as the
trust..! leader of the national Democ.
in.) In 10H.
"We heartily commend the efficient
service of those distinguished Senators
and Representatives in Congress who
have tirelessly and successfully endeav
ored I" ass:-' the President in tie- wok
of his AdminletraUon.'1
I niitilrnrr llirlnrilra n Little.
The lone of confidence Iii the outcome
of the coming national political contest
was n.i SO apparent In the remarks of
the speakers win. i resented the claims
of the three contesting cities for the
i volition. Senator Lewis, who sur-
ported Gov. Dunne :n urging the sc. I
le. 'lott of Chicago as the meeting place, I
railed attention I" 'he President's oh-
servatlons on for. Ign bom Americans
iti ills message t" Congress and referred i
to "the discord wiiich has been created
among certain nationalities." Chicago,
he said, was the centre of and the city
moal directly in touch with the st itea
In which the discord exist-. Hs .leaded
that Chicago be chosen as the dis
tributing . "litre f..r Democratic opinion.
A warning thai the Democratic party
fares a struggle was also Uttered by
Speaker Clara, Who said.
if you want the eighteen electoral
VOtee "J' Missouri you had better scud 1
the convention to St. Louis."
The speaker said that the dwindling
of ihe Democratic majority in the House
foreshadowed the blttemeea of the com-
ing conflict, ii nsollilated the vote
oast for Taft and Roosevelt in Missouri
and pointed oui th, narrowness of the
Democratic majority.
in the first ballot 11.". votes were cast
for S' Louis, II for ChloagO and 19
for Dallas On the second St. Is'U's
received UN to IB for Chicago and II for
Dallas The committee then made the
vote for St, LoulS unanimous.
Mrs 'Sara Hard Field of Oregon and
Miss Frances Jollllfe of California, emis
saries of the San Francisco suffragist
convention, urged the onmmlttc cmen to
use their Influence In persuading Oon
cress to take favorable action.
Mrs Funk of Illinois, who rspresented
tha National American Woman Suf
frage Association, wantetl a suffrage
. i ni. ink in the Democratic platform, ami
I atlas Kate Gordon, representing tha
Southern States l nivetsai Munrage I'.in
fsrsnce, asserted that the only hope of
the women of the South lay with the
Democratic party.
Mrs Dodge of New York and Mrs.
A. G. George of Massu'iiuaette sprs
SOntOd the opponent- ol woman suf
frage. Their remants were greeted with
hisses by the suffragists. When the mild
hubbub had died down Mrs. George re
marked :
"Home times we hjtvs svldenoe fur
nished us of the unfluiess of worn, n to
Y) Into nolltlca."
Austria Sinks U. S. Ship,
Washington Hears; Second
Vessel Reported Shelled
Campaign Against Ameri-
can Oil Tanks by Dual
Monarchy Suspected.
OFFICIALS RECALL
ANCONA INCIDENT
The Commnnipatv Said to
Havp Been Sunk Off
Coast of Tripoli.
Wasiiinuton. DeC. 7. Unofficial re
ports reaching Washington to-night of
' the sinking of the American oil tunks'r
i 'OtnmUnipaW off the coast of Tripoli have
1 created grave apprehension In official
I circles, where the fear Is expres-ed that
Austria may have begun a Campaign
against the American oil ships engaged
In currying fuel oil to warships of tl.e
Allies operating In the I lardanetles.
It la regarded is significant thai this
report should come on the heels of an
Official deniiatoh to-day from the com
mander of tlie l'nlted States cruiser las
Moines, now at I'unra. Crete, telling of
the attack by an Austrian submarine
on the Standard ni tankei Petrollte,
which Was rtred on. but appears to have
escaped, tine member or the crett of the
Petrollte Is reported to havrt been
wounded b the shell tire.
Whether or not the two gttdckl are
part of an organize. I effort on the part
of Austria to break up this traffic in
American fuel oil, the fact that they
followed so shortly on the sinking of
the Italian liner Aucoiia. .. i which a
number of .American lives were lost. Is
conceded to be a matter of deep concern
regarding the already strained relations
between the l'nlted States and Austr.a.
ontroxeray Renewed.
Details of the two latest attacks ale
awaited here with great Internet, for It
Is realmd that If Austria has taken up
BUb ma fine warfare where Germany left
it following ttie sinking of the Arable, it
elmply means that the i'nited states will
have the same critical path to folv.w
which she was compelled to follow In I
the oaae of Austna s ail)'.
If. on the other hand. It develops thai
-ith tiie Petrollte and Commun'.paw
were trying to eapc alter a Wanting to i
tmul to tlie l'nlted States will have little i
grounds for protest. '
The report about the Communlrajv. j
while n.: confirmed aa et in any offi
cial advices, may explain ' mixup in
reports which has been confusing ti i
officials of the state and Navy de
partmenta for the. laat two days The
s-ata Department reviei yeeter-
day from United State. MlnlStOI "'-
rett lro..p.-r8 at Athens a report
telling of the receipt b) the Greek
Government ol a wireless i:-'re. call
from an American steamer, the name of
which wee unintelligible,
The position given by tills ship was
latitude 1111 degrees 11" minutes north ami
longitude '.'1 degrees east. When the
commander of the Dei Moines reported
to-day the attack on the Petrollte, tlo
hitter's position was given as latitude 3J
degrees 16 minutes north and longitude
Sfl degrees I mtnutss east. With tin
news of the t'ommunlpaw attack official
were Inclined to believe tnal the report
of yesterday and that ..f lo-ds) referred
to two different ships
Wort of ttie attack on an American'
slnp was received on Sunday by wire
, less, but the vessel was unable to g:w
her Identity. Tin. Dee .Moines was sent,
to Investigate ami located 'he Petrollte '
The despatch received front com-j
mender Blakely of the pes Moines, nun
at Canea, Crets
as t.
low -
tlnek on Petrollte.
i fee Mo
giaiu from
lite, bound
New York .
s received following ra.lio
le American steamer Pet ro
om Alexandria, Bgypt. for
At'ta -ked by submarine this
i Sunday I morning about ti :-0 o COCK m
latitude il- degrees SB minutes north,
and longitude it degrees v minutes
east One man wounded, not seriously.
(Signed Thompson, master.'
"in answer to my Inquiries received
following' 'Submarine carrying Austrian
Hat: officer aald il looked like a bin
cruiser Man wounded b exploding
shell, Steamer belongs tu tho Standard
WOMAN COOL IN TAXI CRASH.
Caught Between Trolley nr. BttS
In WeSall waltlna In!'.
Mrs. il m Bates of 148 West Fifty-
Hist street sat i alir.ly In a smashed taxl
cah caught between two Broadway curs
it Fifty-first stieet lasi night 'lid re.
fused to naive until unorticr taxi, ah
wns sailed to take her the half block
to her home. She WSS unhurt.
As the taalcab, driven by Samuel
Filer of 00 South Kourth street Brook
lyn, was crossing Broadwa) u was
struck llrst by n northbound, then by a
southbound car. The c.i vestibules were
crushed and ths taxlcah demollahed ex-
eepl for the seat on Which Mrs Kites
...u steadfaatl)
A crowd of several hundred gathered,
expecting to sc. her carried .ut dead, anil
traffic was held up a half hour while
Ihe wreckage was cleared
SABAH BERNHARDT BETTER.
nrrini) Hseaped Anneu or Pneo
moalai following Coldi
gSSriel '.I'll' PSSSSlCs to Tltr Sis
Paris. Dsc. T Ssrali Bernhardt is
-tin oonflned to her bed. but she is Im
proving. 1' Is hoped that she will he!
able to go t.. London on December ill
The correspondent of Ths Bun a is
Informed at her home to-day that Mrne '
Barnhardt'i Illness began by catching
cold. Pulmonary oongsstton developsd,
but pneumonia w is averted. Her condi
tion was serious for two days.
liny 'a
jiuteto! i
iiritiah boesee ISI,
sAfs Pttpateh to Tur. Scs.
lONnoN
issue I
ameer
men, i
Dec 7. -The official casualty
to-day contains ttie names of
tf whom 1 were killed, and of
f Whom 110 were killed.
Luxurious Bqulpmsnl "l 'Mints itxii.
IVAY LimltSli ten Ins, Slve-i slSCtriO llglll.'.l
tu Atisnt.i. Birmingham. Msu Orissns,
MempliU Hlil nil priOCipsI 'ill's land r.
arts lOUtB. New Toik olflce, iti Fifth
Avenue.M 4eV
ejRELK HELP TOO LATE
TO SAVE AMERICAN SHIP
fgetad CeeM ipifrA to tbs sen.
London, DM. ".Thu Athens
rorraapotKtont of the nmiu Srwn
telagrapba :
"Appeals lor Mp Wr received
lit tin- wireless RtBtlOD tit the
Plnraa ycBberdny (Monday) from
un Ainerlctiti ship. Tlie rnessnge
tot Id tlint the ship hutl lan Q-o-
pgdmd by an enmy snhnmrine.
"The tins-k Grovernnwnt sent h
torpedo boat to the remo, hut the
inner arrived al the Indicated
place too lute. Only wrecknee uns
found."
oil Company and was commissioned on
April 14. Itll, At time she was at
tacked was 110 niiie.s west of Alex
andria and Just south of the enat end
of the Island of Crete, about 12" miles
distant.' "
Whether the vessel was flying the
American flag ut the time of the attack
or was tired on after attempting to es
cape, or whether she was warned, are
details not disclosed In the report. That
she finally escaped Is believed by naval
officers here In view of the fart that she
was able to communicate by wireless
with the Pes Molnef after sthS attack
was made. Nor Is It known whether
the Petrollte Is continuing on her way
to New Vork. or whether the man
wounded w-as an American citizen
Comment Withheld.
P,
n.llng forth' r Information on
all
these points Secretary Lansing, who re
ceived a COpy of the report from the
Navy Department, would make no com
ment It s utidersto.nl that he will ask
V-.v. r ..,, el ,iiint to tin. I out if i.os.
SlMe where the Petrollte Is now and if have been destroyed by Austrian
she is proceeding on her Journey, andahna
that be will await her arrival ut Nsw
York. Where a full report can le oh-
lulned. Otherwise if n is learned that
I she has put Into another port In th-
Mediterranean the state Department's
; i onsui mere will ne instructed to ooxain
1 details. Whether, pending this. Am
bassador Penfleld at Vienna will be
ask.-i to inquire of the Austrian Gov
ernment preliminary to a protest s re
garded as doubtful
it was stated at the Department that
If the Vessel was warned and tried to
es.-apc. as would appear from the report
1 of her captain to Commander Hlakely.
or had otherwise violated the rules pre
' scribed for merchant VeOOOlS of whatever
nationality that might be challenged by
1 a belligerent warship, there probably
WOUld I", no grt und for protest.
The Petrollte I. ft New York with a
cargo of 10.000 bnrrels of oil for
Alexandria on November f and
pa-se.l Gibraltar on November ft,
According to ! T Warden, man
ager of foreign traffic for the company,
.-he had reached her port and started
back for this port last Sunday, the day
she was attacked No word has been
received here from her commander. Capt
Thompson, as to the .ause of ihe In
cident He will not be able to com-
munlcate until he get in touoh by cab1..
The ship was of ,! tons and regis
tered In this country.
BOUGHT FROM GERMANS.
( otn in ii n I pa 's
alneer re
( jiptaln and
I . v f'ltlaeaa,
I i
I T Warden manager of the for-
elgn ahlpp ng department of the stand-
i ard fill Compel!) "f New Jersev. said
I lust tught that he last heard from the
Communipaw when Cap Nordstrom
notified him that the vessel had h en re
leased i.y the Italian Government at
'.Genoa on Not ember it",
i Mr. Warden said thai Capl N'ord
1 strom is i naturalised Amen, an and
that the four engineers al g are Amer
ican clttgens The men of
I were picked up at New Vork
the ctew
ind might
I be expected to include son,,. Americans
: In their number. The Communipaw
carried n new of thirty-nine,
1 The veesel, formerly the Deutsehland.
was one of the Standard Oil vessels
which were transferred from German
to American registry al the beginning
of the European war.
The Petrollte was acquired
kXandard l Company .f No
from a German company after
the
rsey
lie- '
ginning of tlie war
The cat go of the Communlpaa was
consigned part i" Italy and part to
Alexandria, llgypt.
LETS SECOND BABE DIE.
III'.
llaUellleu
tualn it.
llefeclH
'. Sclencs
fuse. In
I'r.'M'n
Cut. 'Ado, Dec. 7. Science again has
folded in-: hands and allowed another
Chicago baby to tlie lis death was re
ported by ti,. German American Hos
pital lat.. to. night, fir, Marry Helen!
dsn, w o is now under summons from
ihe Chicago Medical Society lor per
mitting tin. Bollinger baby io .H. will -OUI
inaki'g an attempt la save Us life,
was the
olid cas.
The b
old, the
Warder,
dm
ii.ui
n
large
it this
0y, Grace WeiHk t,
child of Mi and
was paralysed in
in days
i .lac b
Sgs and
a "wat-
was descrtla'd
le
physicist
lis ho I
it there
he baby
el headed ' baby,
After Hut pare
"r Haleelden t!
ti at could cur.
that there should
I.
.1
w as
I. oti.
t hey
IK' '
tempt to con-
lUI) Will hold
bod) lo-inor
Untie its life A i
an InqUeai over 11
row .
14 WOME S'OT AS SPIES.
Iilned i n and Haeented n Villa's
Firing aiinadi
111 ASO, Teg., Dec 7 Fourteen
Mexican women wers executed to-day
at CaSSS ill. Hides us spies by VlltlSta
sold ers. Li tiers from Cartanza offl.
."nis. urging Villa officers to desert.
were sai. I to have n found on the
women.
The fourteen were lined up ulotig the
WHtl ot an a. loii,, inn and shot down
wiih on.- volley from a tiring squad
Kstend tinniiion ('on I sol i
gsrria' fee's Pssssfes le Tus st
Lomion. Dec. 7 David Lio ,1 George,
Minister of Munitions announced to
day that linn additional establishments
hud been lidded to the iisl of those con
trolled by his department
Hell, ions
Thflv . n-t 111
lleerf.u.t I arm -au-uge
:re try tnetn ""'I SSI hjt
Kai in, Seutliboloush, Hut
Had at
tlu
aV
ITALIAN AID
FOR SERBIANS
IS ON THE WAY
Austrian Warships Sink
Supply Vessels Off Al
banian Coast.
SERIOUS DEFEAT FOR
FRENCH IX SERBIA
Forced to Yield Positions
on Vardar Held Since
Campaign Bejjan.
ALLIES ATTACKED IX
VALAXDOVO SECTOR
Teutons Relieved to Have
Joined Offensive of Fer
dinand's Forces.
tpeetal Cbli Df spates fa Tub Srv.
Lonov, Dec. 7. News received here
to-day from Vienna indicates that the
Italian expedition 10 aid the Serbians
Is ,,n Its way. An Official slatemsnt
Issued by the Austrian Admiralty says
that Ave steamers engaged in landing
munitions of war on the Albanian coast.
war
1 Although th.
'
makes no menti
Auetrlan statement
of tho nationality of
the steamers.
here thai the
i' Is Wken for granted
cannot have been othec
Bearing out this view ie
in th official statement
than
Italian.
ti..
assertion
thai an armed Italian steamer was sunl
on its way from Itr.ndlsl to DuratOg by
another Austrian flotilla.
i The Austrian official statement la ae
follows:
The Auetrlan
lome destroyers,
at San Giovanni
and tw-o small st.
irulaer Novara, with
on December sank
ie Med us three large
atnets and five larn
and
several small sailing veoacls aa
tiiey
were discharging war n..nriai.
fre steamer teflS blown Up.
iur flotilla was bombarded very
heavily from land by about twenty
guns, but without success
Our warships destroyed the French
submarine Fresnei and captured the
comma tiler, the second officer and
twenty-elx men.
In the night "f November SI an
other flotilla sank an Italian steamer
armed with three guts and an Italian
motor sailing vessei. which was fully
loaded and on the way from Brlndlsl
to Durusso
The ktirvlvora of the steamer, Includ-
ing four marines, were captui
. rew of the motor Bailing VOI
relessed in their boats
i
'i .
The Montenegrin Consul-Oenernl here
to-day received the following "fiiistat
mmuntcatlon i
nn the morning of ttie (th n
Austrian squadron composed f
cruiser ind seven destroyers I otn
o.irdtsl Sun Giovanni dl MedU I Two
steamships, one of which Was an
Italian, were sunk, as well as ten
Montenegrin sailing ships loaded with
provisions'
Italy's promisee of help fo" Serbia
di i not is. me until after Bulgaria en.
, tered the war on the Teutons' side, the
I nallan Government having previouely
lie tiered such aid must not in expected,
sine, the Serbian invasion, however.
Italian promlssg in this direct on have
peep f e.iuent and thej assxtmed "i
Ohtolal character when Baron Bottnlrsi
on December i announced ii Parliament
that Italian eooper.u inn. w 't It the Ali ce
In Ssrbts would be forUV cning shortlv.
The French for., lighting In tha
southernmost region of Serbia, not far
north from the Greek frontier, have
suffered a serious defeat, Ihe German
War Office reports to-du
French ierhls Defeated"
Threatei !
on the pari
been coinia lit
in the Cento
h a flanking movement
.f the invaders, tho) have
,1 to give up th
position
Kuraeu-t
dar salient. It
in tin- salient
that the Frencn nave
.k an Bulgarian at-
t net to beaten b.
la
ks
the
nn- cerna River. In particular,
southern bank of which tha
on
Frei
up
Uirr
T
Hon
wele strong!) Ililleti.il. . I. proven
las: accounts an unsurpassable
to 'he Bulgarians
German report, whlh not men
German aid for the Bulguriam
; ,n tics region, is taken Here to near
lout the reports that ths army of Gen,
I von ii illw.tr. after closing the Serbian
campaign marched adth all speed south
ward tu cooperats m i general Bulgers?
1 Team;, uffenslvs against the allied
1 troops before more t, . nfor. ements could
.aid th.- latter. This iffenelve, it is be
I lleved, is now In progress, witu the otlde
' against the Alius bacauss of tue lr
! v.oh rs' overwhslming auperlorlti in
numbers.
An additional reporl indicating tha
sei Iommess t the Allies' Visllioii espc
. i.iliy of tin. French Hue, comes from
Salonloa a Athens, sa)ing that tha
Bulgarians have mad. a violent at
lack on the Anglo-French front in the
Valandovo sector, and adding that no
artillery duel al Demirkapou and Val
andovo between the Bulgarlaiig ami tha
second Frsnoh division, under Gen. Hun-
loud, la still in progress
To-day' German W 'or Office statemeni
with regard to the Balkan operatlont
follows
The city of ipek i iii Montenegro,
about fifteen miles from the Serbian
border) h is been tea. bed. Sonic l,S0
prisoners were brought In.
tm account f a threatened envelop,
men) of tneli positions In th Cents-ICorasu-Vardar
salient, the French
have been compelled to give un the.i
p slt ions t hOI e
The Austrlani are driving the fan
ti-negrlns fa: ther Into the Interior of tha
latter' country and arc now attacking
their main positions ol Drbrane, tna
statemeni issued p-day hy ihe Auetrlan
War oil e shows. Moth the Invasion
..t Montenegro ami the llulgurlun sweep
into northern Atbants I cm, tinning with
unabated force.
The Austrian War Ortloc Issued th,.
I