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THE SUN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1015.
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CHARGE IS MADE OF
GERMAN BRIBES TO
SWAY CONGRESSMEN
Ipttfrii AfHrt with mr
00,00(1 riiinl Iti'iHirtfd Ac
imc in Wnnhinjrtnn.
Ad l vU loN 1,1 FT K I) BY
FRDKRAL AITII0KIT1KH
, tH phase nf the activity of CieT-
. ntM ID Hir I'tllted Htates wan
ItiHii
Mortfd 1 1 W rilftv. It I- snld that
Itpn
sntaUtrea of the (lennnn Oov-
ratncnl hind im American oolire
-HtfUlU to bay I'o'juTomifnpn ivith the
aim of obtaining tin- enactment of
v agttu ! prohlMMkl the fipon of
trut .ind itiimutirtli'n to the Allies.
The SIN nt received a Miliary of 11,000
I acck ami is nM to Imve spent
n JOO.OOC of it" realm it. The FYdernl
sjthorltle are Investigating the re
j, rt and alrtadjf have questioned the
America n.
T. QraOd Juries yesterday were
dflvin-: BtO the conspiracy cases, bt
(hi' moralBI nne Oranii Jury heard
Fted. rtck Mctzler. Koenlir's private
cretary. tell wliut he knew concern
utn K" Bly.
In tin' afternoon nnother Grand Jury
, listened to Samuel Oompere. president
o! Uir American Federation of Labor,
n.l Prank Morrison, another labor
leader. In eieinectinn with the reported
ajbrtl of PYanS Hlntelen to hoy atr ken
In tin- country, lndlctmnts will be
riturne,! probably title week. If not to
day. CONGRESSMEN TO AID
GERMANS BY LECTURES
rkotnarenhle I opln of (neck
him Vaat saaaa tare.
A carafully worked out plan on the
part of CNfBMUM to Influence enough
-jcinli of Coiutrew to insure the
(MMmanl of legislation prohibiting the
xpori.i of war suppttOS for the Allies
m unctiT Investigation hy the Federal
istborltlai In New York and In Wash-
Thai an A'nerlcan college graduate
hired at 1 1,000 a week to undertake
In. vork and that he had unlimited
unit- at Ills disposal, upending almost
ll.tSt.OOO before he wan called off. an1
fact- Mid to be In the possession of
trie DeparUnanl of Justice. It la hinted
tt.t the man wlio servi-d a an a -rent
fur' I' Qsrman llWSISStS and who Devil-
Involved In their affaire In many
any- l now ready to lell his atory.
Il fact, it wan asserted here yesterday
hat the man already has visited United
lUUs Dlstrtot Attorney Marshall.
Il ha i'een hinted that charges may
b mid' .'i thi lower liouse of Congress
btfON thi prOSSnl session adjourns un.i
i i, i i '..ugressloiial investigation will
t, dsmanded.
Ihr ftral tlguru in the active work
-jn.l this plot Is practically distinct
T:n ilie ..ampatioi developed by Fratia
i t- iirouse syiruMthy anfung the
ishor roti and In factorlSi nimlnst the
talpmeni f arms and amiiiunltion was I
eiaaKe.i in detective work for several
a"- prior t ine ..uturctk of tne war.
H. b 1 ee graduated from college and,
Kvlni fondness for osoiQtlTS work,
led obtalnsd a iob In a Western city
N s.iii a detective agency.
i u arks with k ueata.
He cams to Mow York about the time
sf the outbreak of th snaf and got em
ployment hers, It la asserted that he
I tM Oh BCtlVS iiersun in i-onneiitlon with
Um i -f Qsrtnans to get tugboat
ata M to sweat thai they carried sup
i.e la the British warships outside
kndy Hook. Ueuauae of his activity
tl thai .vori; lie readily recommended
klnsell i i ri'preerniative of the Oer
nui Oovat nnient.
after Mai incident he was hired dl
rect i the Germans and received
II.MD
ten to
. er' Monday in Tnina in addi-
iny sxpenss monay that might
Mrc . Hpent. lie had numarotto oon
fi i ii - with Paul Koenig. now under
sit-.--, an ins charge of attempting to
b9s ii,. the WsHand Canal lu Canada.
The tivu men urc said to have worked
together.
T man went to Washington and
lain dined al the German Kmhassy,
ai't Capta lioy-ld anil on Papon, and
tt. to spend money extravagantly
intong inemberg of Congress. Ho had
Bli hi i i-i . tnett part of the time in
thi . , Hotel, and there he met
il 'ongress. llu sought first
u Interest Congrsssmsn In the movs-
an e'libargo by appealing to
t r", iiwis of ruaaon.
I,.
Hi.
that hi
Una it,
T. in I
tli-u he
Hks Were ebotographeg.
ffortg liecame so conspicuous
lUssd MUsplclon. AuOwt thai
Ii ant Into a quaiTel with the
I'M piying him, It is said
ompllihad little in (ximpurl
IH mi. um of money he spent.
1 fc i thai photographic copies Of
ut I
.Meek.-- have lieen put In the
... the papgrtnwnt of justko
i ii e checks amount to aliout
n.l iii
Whether these checks were
-.sued by the person in ques-
1 il not bean made clear.
I thai tile woukl-lie aecelera
t." rtnall) became frtalltonad baoguM
f In which he found hlm-
ifter la luanel with the man who
advancing money to him. He
to a tlnancler In Wall Street,
1 to him and was referred to
' J 1 " Ii' . DlatrlOl Attorney.
" Mnei Mr. .Marshall and had
- anii him. It Is said that
i the story which he feu told
' ..i persons arc ling quotloned
Md .t m llkel) that they will be sub
I ibs i Hand Jury.
A 'I .M.iisl.sll was nuestioned
It
all i: -ten lay he Insisted that
'" sf .. ithlni in It. As to the man
.' MMrtadi there was nolh
- ' k Up any part of the story
id told. Mr. Marshall de
1 iwevsr, that the mnn had told
11 regard to Congressmen.
VETXLER TELLS ALL.
c'siiil Jurors Amused at Otorr f
Huenla" Serretary.
Will
Bu Idl
H'fle,.
tl M
rand Juries In the Federal
liggged In lii'iuiririg into two
llstlnot iiiiases of the actlvl
I'j'man agents in tills country. It
ii yesterday that either to-day
I he end of the week at the
tidlotmentg WOUld t- returned
'i.i Rtntelenkamar case, in-
flu purchase of strikes, and in
or hs
kiln', .
Ill Ufl
Vi.l -. .
" wlh-god atlenipt, with l'aul Koenlg
' ' i I, to blow up the Wetland
a.g in the extreme, it Is re-
It the story which Frederick
t'i i evrstaiy of Kooniai has told
in t ii federal authorities and the po
lli repealed It yesterday to the
Jury n.v'oiiguiiiig tlie chuigeg
Koenlg and K R. Lgyendtoaet
w iih the canal plot.
Intimated yesterday, however.
ii
Iki
inaulrv into the activities of
Koenih had uus far beyond the single
'WO TROUBLE
SA YSHUNGA Rl A N PREMIER;
Tiwa Sa ncona Settlement
MuNt Satisfy Both Aus
tria and Amerii'M.
LKTTEHN MAY POINT WAT
atUW, fit Atnatenlam. Ivc. 21. "To
thmk of trouble between Austria-Hungary
and the United Stales Is sheer
nonsense," la the comment of Count
Stephen Tlaaa, Premier of Hungary,
whom many believe to he the most pow
erful man In Che dual monarchy next to
the Kmperor. Count Tlsga, called the
"Iron man" of the monarchy, gavn hie as
surance In the palace at Hudapest '.hat
there will be no break between hla
country and the United Mates.
He made this statement Immediately
after an Interview with the Kmperor re
garding the A noon a note. He said:
"I must confess that we were great. v
surprised to gat the American nota it
la far from our Intention to get Into any
quarrel with America. Perhaps 1
shouldn't say quarrel, because 1 know
It would not be that Hut of course
matters do not depend upon us en
tirely. "There Is no reason for any trouble
over ths Anoona question. It must be
settled satisfactorily not only from the
standpoint of the United S ates but
from our standpoint. And the only way
to reaoh a settlement Is through cor
respondence which will suggest the
means."
Of ths military situation In which the
dual monarchy flnds Itself to-day Count
Tlssa said:
"It speaks for itself The Italians are
unable to advance. We hold to-day po
sitions we chose as our first lines and
really never expected to hold. The
Italians were late In starting and we
were able to Improve our defenoea"
Of the food situation, with which he
has been much occupied, he said:
"The situation was much worse last
year. To-day It Is not alarming. Of
course we have to be sparing of some
things and It may be rather hard on the
population, but we shall be ablo to strug
gle through our difficulties."
When It was suggested to him that It
was surprising how many Interviews the
aged Emperor, Francis Joseph, holds In
the course of a day Count Tlsxa re
plied: "The world has a false Impression of
the Bmperor. He Is awake at 4 o'clock
plot against the Canadian waterwav.
Reports from Washington and Intima
tions from reliable sources In this city
Indicated that the Investigation Into
Koenlg's doings had broadened out to a
nationwide scope. There seems to be
no doubt that the Federal authorities
regard Kocnlg, alio himself waa an
underline carrying out onlers. as one or.
the chief executives In planning acts of
violence against munition carrying sn.ps.
munitions and arms factories and also
railroads.
As an indication that the Federul au
thorities are going muoh further Into the
wide range of Koenlg's activities, was
the hir.l yesterday Uiat the name of Dr.
Herbert Ktenxle. who ha been ind.ctea
as a codefendam with Hubert Kay In
the alleged pkn against munitions car-
Mla..a ..Litis u . f,,iiml In Knenltf', nut'
v.,.i.. Tiai lu the am not shook I r. i
which Kccnig la said to have res)rled mem The BoolalkN minority of nine
thg names of agents In this and Other teen voted against 'J Their gpokaanMBi
cities. WnO were helping mm in nis
pro-Teutonic work
Seeretary Has Told All,
Tls tan lhat Metxler, Mho worked for j Tho Oovernmenfa bill requiring cor
Koenig for live years' as his private porntlons to accumulate reser-es avall-
aecrctary and took all of his confidential at)ic for taxation of war time proflti
diets Hon except that a-hlch was typed wajj U(1 tba (.n,nlnUu.). witn
lv Mr". Koenlar has mtrai a OOSfMNvn
of evcything re knows to the Federal rceolut.on. for additional legislation
authorities Is regarded also as showlnc against undue w.ir profltg and a Socialist
that the revelations which will OOIOS i rSSOlUtiOtl proposing a new levy of the
with Indictments trill Oi sei.sai.onai.
MstslST is saiil to nav
amazed
the.
men who have listened 10 nis mor. :
his
Tliese men have lieen Inquiring into I
various phases of Teutonic activity far
more than
year
and iney are wow
lu'iiiialntrd with many details or Her-
man etnclency methods. It is said, how
ever, that they huve been astounded
with the story that Metzler has related.
Metxler ha." produced maps of VMloUl
cities and towns and topographl al
um Ml iha countiv surrouicling tliese
various cities. These are hand made
maps and they are further proof of tlie
accurate study which Germans hove
made of the different sections of the
United States. In these maps are shown
with the utmost detail the surround
ings of munition factories and other
points.
llxperts and stenographers are devot
ing their time to reading the steno
graphic notes made by Mrs. Koentg In
taking her husband's dictation. Lin
guists are going over a multitude of
letters, mostly in uerman. wnicn were
found 'in Leyendecker's home at Mil
Daly avenue The Bronx. A trunk run
of these letters was tsken to Capt. Tun
ney's office at Police Headquarters yes
terday afternoon.
bomprra Ulvra Testlmoay.
The Federal tirand Jury which Is In
vestigating the coiiMp'rary startiil by
Frans ltlntelen. the German naval ofll
cer, to finance Labor's National Peace
Council and to buy strikes In this coun
try listened yesterday to Samuel Gom
pers and Frank Morrison, respectively
president and secretary of the American
Federation of Labor. Before he went
Into the Urand Jury room Mr. Oompers
had a long talk with District Attorney
Marshall. He showed to the District At
torney papers that convinced him that
none of the Important labor leaders of
tlie country had been corrupted by itln
telen's money.
The evidence which was produced
yesterday showed that "only the pikers
got the money." and also showed that
certain men who had been posing as
anti-trust men had. "with the appear
ance of Illntelen'H money, doffed their
anti-trust false faces and donned labir
masks." It was shown that labor men
all over the country received Invitations
to attend the convention In Washington
last summer as somebody's guest. Their
railroad expenses and all other expenses
were to be paid, with a liberal allow
ance for a giod time.
After Mr. Oompers left the tirand
Jury room he said
"I told the ararul Jury that what I
saw constituted an industrial and moral
wrong
-I mean lit
regard to fomenting
strikes. I told them It was against the
Interests of the United States, and was
likely to lead us Into a war rather than
end the war In ICurope."
Jchn B. Stancnfield. attorney for Max
Itreituns. filed with the United Htates
District Attorney sesterday an affidavit
In connection with nis application n,r a
separate trial for Mr. Breitung. 'Die 1
uffidavlta assert Unit the case him been '
,.i.i..,ii,', .i hv stories In the newspapers. I
' The Federal authorities yesterday de-
. lured that the untimely publication of
' the storv about German agonts smuggling
rubber to Germany via Holland In the
band luggage and trunks of women going
to Holland had Injured the plans made
for the prosecution of the offenders.
It was learned that each traveller, who
was to cany about ,r.,000 pounds of
rubber to Holland, wa.s to receive ahOUl
flail for the true ui addition to passage I iiunying t hat In- did anything Im
money ; that l"ii was tho allowunce for j proper.
living expenses lo Holland between boats, f'upr Kai l Boy-lxl. the N'av.J At
und 160 for tips and lift was lo be paid 1 taolw, v.. nut ixpectej to have foi some
to the baggugviuan en the boat.
WITH U. S."
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fA
kt..- ,;u..- ... .... J
Count Tisza, Hungarian
Premier.
every morning and works until 8 o'clock
at night, like a man of forty. He knows
every detail of foielgn and military af
fairs. He has retained Ills strength of
mind and physically Is one of the
strongest men In the monarchy to-day."
Count Tlsxa said that Austria-Hungary
Is now considering the naming of
a nenr Ambassador to Washington to
sucoei-d Dr. Dumlia. The American Am
bassador to Austria-Hungary. Mr. Pen
field, also pointed this out as an evidence
of the good feeling of Austria-Hungary
toward the United States. The t'ntted
States ConsUl-Gsnsral at Budapest
speaks of the cordial relations which
sMll obtain between the Hungarian Min
ieers and himself.
REICHSTAG PASSES
$2,500,000,000 CREDIT
Socialists
Oppose Measure
War Profits Are to Be
Assessed.
flF.Ri.iv. via Amsterdam. Dec. IV The
Reichstag pamed to-day the bill calling
for a credit of lO.Ono.'iO'l.O'io murk
If 11
00.000) asked by the ilovern-
FHsdrtch AuKiist Karl Geysr. aald that
all efTr.rts for peSOS had folic. I because of
the annexation alms of both sides.
exTaouiinuiy defence tax Imposed In
(15
i, . i;,u ai .l liavid, one ol the s
clallel leaders, sdVOoatSd this assessment
n in I suggested that It be called "the
minor war inx. or rieineiicn, the
Finance Minister, replied to ir. David
and sai.l that the QOVOI'IMUen! had
adopted the war loan miMlio.l of financ
ing the war .ts a definite principle, that
the British gyetem o financing the war
oould not guoooed end that the present
liirlgct year for liurmuny would close
either without
deficit or with a very
slight one. lie said :
"The drafting of the budget of 191
17 will, however, be extraordinarily
difficult. This budget cannot lie balanced
without new revenues. You may, there
fore reckon for 1MH-17 not only a war
profit in the final form, but other tax
proposals now bolna worked out will be
eubiiiltted to you."
lie said that the tinrmiin tax system
was more equitable than the British.
The TiuulUhi if iindsrnuu welcomes
Pr. HeUfenoh'l fnuik statement. It
the patriotism of the Herman peo-
pie. which already has stood great sac
ritlces. will lear tlie unavoidable fututc
burden In tin- iirst yean of peace.
The TagetUttt, which le less pleased
with the prospect, says the former
I speeches of lv. Hslfferlofl Justitied the
'conclusion that ivlillv new tax laws
miiiht come the collection ot taxes undo,
them would postponed until uftcr the
' war.
I "Now It Is announced that the new
; taxes will lie leviable next year." 8'iys
the ropeblatf, "However, If heavy tax
. atlon must eventually come it might as
well begin now. The Herman nation
j will have to pay In any event.'"
rortoaertg, the Socialist organ, gives
j the title, "A Christinas Message," to the
, Finance Minisier's statement, and says
n warning cry was never more needed
I for those who light hearteilly thought
j the war would relieve the empire of all
financial care the future.
The newspaper askt; whether, if a
Socialist had liven a similar oei'sp.c
tlve ten days ago. ho would not have
been chai ged with treason.
SOCIALISTS SPLIT.
Germany's Warning of Necessity
of I'nlt) lllsreaarded.
Special t'uftU htspntrh to Tux IBS,
AjtSTSeDAM, Ma London, lice. Ill The
split In tho German Sociallat party us
manifested by ths Opposition by the mi
nority to the war credit In the Itelch-
Htag session to-day Is regarded here as
remarkable In i lew of Hie fact that the
Socialist DOmmltteee had been warned
by the Government of tho necessity of
units'.
Deputy Haas. . president of the Social
ist party In the Reichstag, Is reported to
hgve resigned
VON PAPEN 0FP TO-DAY.
Hecalled Military Attache to Dear
Bomb riottlun.
Capt. Franz VOQ Papen. Military At
tui'lio of tho OermMI Kmbussy, who was
recalled by the Kaiser at the request
of the United Slate, will sail to-day
for Holland. At the time ot his de
parture he will give out a sUiteiuent dc-
feu. ling his activities lu this country
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COL B. M. HOUSE
GOING TO EUROPE
FOR WAR SECRETS
Ml union Will Be to Put hni
dent PtlWlly In Toneh With
V. S. Dlplomatn.
ERRAND HAS NOTHING
TO DO WITH PEACE
Col. Kdward M. House, as a messenger
from President Wilson, Is going within
two weeks to the belligerent countries
f Furope to say to our Ambassadors
what the President would like to say
personally If he were able, and to get
from the Ambassadors all the Informa
tion growing out of seventeen months
of war that the President believes he
ught to know.
Col. House's mission I to put the
President as directly In touch with the
diplomatic representatives of the I'nited
States as If they were brought to the
White House from their posts, or as it
the President were able to go to them.
Col. House received reporter for
Ths atm last night In his apartments
st US East Fifty -third street the
apartments that have liecome famous as
the "Little White Hou;e in New York."
In the small white imnelled library Col.
House was asked If he had read the
news sent from Washington yesterday
that he woe to go to Elurope at the
President's request for tic main pur
pose of canvassing and reporting on
pea -e prospects.
.Not Peace Mlualoa.
'"I have." said the Culonel. 'Thle
much Is true about the story: I am
going to Europe, but my mdiwloii is en
tirely apart from the peace situation. If
there is any peace situation. Fvery
country to which I am going understands
perfectly that I do not appear as a peace
plenipotentiary Ot agent or Intermediary
In any sense whatever. Every imtlon to
which I shall go knows perfectly that
I will have no (Mace suggest ions to make
and that I do not expect any to be made.
You cannot make that too emphatic!
1 have thought it best to write out a
forma) tatiinunt, and 1 desire to nay
tint the stHtement means exactly what
It says, with no Ifs1 or "amis' or 'how
evers' about It."
The formal statement Issued !" Col.
House was us follow s :
"1 am jolrig to Europe at the request
of the lTewldent and Secretary Lansing
for the punxise of liiklng information
tii some of our Amlwissadors In order
that they may have a more Intimate
knowledge of this Uovenmient's attitude
regaidlng certain phases ot pending In
ternational questions, and In ordvr to
obtain from them their points or view.
'"It Is thought Inadvisable to bring i
home at thia time any of our Ambassa
dors from the belligerent countries, and
It has been found Impogglhll to convey
or to obtain by cable or correspondence
quite the correit atmosphere.
"I hope to return within six or eight
weeks."
In further conversation Col. House
made it plain that any repetition of
statements to the effect that he was
going to Europe on a is-a-- mission
would be distasteful to til" President and
to himself, as bi'UiK not merely an un
true Rununary of the President's purpose,
hut as a gu. ss unjuitlileil by tlie hard
facte of the war situation.
The Si n Is able to state that for the
present, at least. President Wilson eon
I ere plates no action whatever In the way
of offering himself as an Intermediary
or in the way of making any Billies! lull!
to foielgn Governments and that he does
not puniose to "sound" any po entate
or Foreign Mil.'.' on what might be uc
eptable to him or it In the was OfpeaOt
terms.
Along this line H Is also true that
h President feele that recent events
hive demonstrated the unlikeliness of
issii-e proffers Is-ing agreeubh to a
nuuiher of the belligerent nations. Kor
ihe present the President is entirely
loncemed with the atlefeoton solu
tion of iig international problems that
gravel) concern tills country and wh eh
have little or nothing to do with the
hopes or ambitions of the nations at
war. That, In nutshell, is why Col.
House la to meae another trip to En
rols.. Would Not Itlaensa Kurd.
For publication or quotation Col.
House would not discuss Henry Ford's
pacific venture or the less sensational
moves made by other pacifists and peace
propagandists, but It seemed to bo en
tirely plain 'hat the Colonel Is not fol
lowing any such blind trails.
Col. Home went to Europe ut the re
quest of the Pieeldeni last summer,
visiting London. Parts, Berlin and Tlie
Hague. In one way or another he con
ferred with the really Important persons
In the Governments of belMgerent coun
tries, obtained for the President's private
ear a first hand view of the situation
and reported to the President, It has al
ways been assumed, that no prospects
for peace existed.
Among Col House's callers lant night
were Ignace I'aderewskl. tho pianist,
who has Interested himself so actively
In the cause of distressed Poland, Later
l)r Cary T. Qrgyson, l". S. N.. President
Wilson's physician and friend, was to
see the Colonel by special appointment.
Col. House was expected to sal)
"within a fortnight." Persona in thin
city who were keenly inter, sled in th
news of his going Concluded that be Is
to wait until the crisis with Austria -Hungary
resolves Itself Into renewed
friendly relations or Into open rupture.
S'OT A PEACE ENVOY.
Honor to Learn Wilson's . tains na
Mediator, Washington Brllrves.
Wabhiniiton, Dec. 21. Col. 11, M.
House's stateiueut as to his mission to
Ambassadors and Ministers was not
taken very seriously here. It was
pointed out that ths State Iiepartmcnt.
under tlie leadership of Socretary
Istnslug, Is maintained for that very
punsise and that as a matter of fact
ths diplomatic representatives abroad
are constantly reporting conditions.
The belief In Washington, however,
In that Col. House's trip this time will
have to do chiefly with ascertaining
whether or not President Wlhon Is
any longer ellg'blc to act aa mediator
In the European war. Sitae the con
troversy with Germany over the sub
marine Issue became acute the ques
tion has been raised whether the Ger
man people would accept President Wil
son as a mediator.
Recently the recall of lloy-Kd and Von
Papen and the crisis with Austr'u bus
tended Mtlll further to infiume the feeling
against tlie united mates In the Teu
tonic c unit l ies There Is therefore doubt
as to President Wilson's possible use
fulness. When the Colonel went to Europe be
for sh the emissary of President Wilson
his visit, heralded as u peace mission.
aroused resentment among the Allies, he
cause It wan known that Germany was
trying to promote such a movement,
I Col. House upon bin return I: said to
huve told the President that the time
was not opportune for any peace move.
Al tlie saniH time lie was certain from
his observations thai President Wilson
was the one man who waa iii a position
to mediate for peace.
BRITAIN CHANGES
HEAD OF STAFF
' nntinwd from Kirnt l'nir:.
sui'li h stewardship f the econome re
soureos of the country as will enable
us to lift and carry the flnars'lal bur
den which we are -alleil upon to law
In In-half of ourselves and our allies.
"Filially, what perhaps Is as tmortant
as anything, we wsir. to counteract the
advantage the enemy has over us In a
single direction, by greater unity and
concerted strategic control among the
Allies. Tlie staff conferences Inaugu- xhe "Did Ouard" in the General Mo-
or.llii.itl. m of plan, economy of energy I Durant, who was dwposed from the
and effectiveness of action." .presidency of the company In 1010, has
Harold J. Tennant. INirltemenWry ntvrnr to power. Backed hy the pow-
I nder Hecretary for the War Office, en- . .
nounred that the Government k, asking r,ul du Pont nd Rrn.ngton Arms
for an additional million men to till tho Interests, which have been heavy buy-
gtip and to have a large army In the era of the General Motors stock during
field to win the war. thfl tMt f,.. months, a group led by
John Redmond, the Irish leader, said r. , , t
he believed the figures in connection Mr Dur,nt nM H"rured a ""
with Lord Derby's recruiting scheme number of the shares of the General
would show an ex' rum .Unary demon- Motors Company. Thle step. It was said
stratlon of enthusiasm and determlna- yesterday probably means early efiml-
tlon on the part of pacttcally the while "' - -
people of Great Hrltsln. the moral effect "t,on fpom ,he directorate of J.
of which must be f dt throughout tho W. Mellgman A Co. and Lee. Hlggln-
world. son A Co., which helped the company
"I will stick at nothing calculated to h m0
brirg the war to a nuccessful eonclu- '
slon."" he said, "and I am certain that ' bel.eved that the company was In
that Is the view of the Irish people, dire financial straits and might pass
That view has been emphasised on the ,nto the hands of receivers. Since he
battlefield by her son. In every theatre deposed from the presidency of the
of the war. But 1 am convinced that
compulsion Is necessary or calculated General Motors Company Mr. nurant
to lead to that result, and If this ts pro- has formed the Chevrolet Motor Com
posed, under the present ondltlons and Pany, of which he Is the president. He
circumstances. I for one will oppose It n"' Proposes to ofter the controll.ng
by every means In my power. I am con- " of General Motors recentlypur
vlnced that It would break up the unity chased, to the Chevrolet stockholders
of the country and thai It would be ' "P'1 meeting of that company to-
flercely resented and opposed, while In
isilnt of numbers Its results wiuld lie
ridiculously imeH."
Mr. Redmond, turning toward Mr.
Asqulth, served notion that the Irish
nnrty was opisised to anything of the
kind.
John Dillon, Irish Nationalist, said:
"Ve are fighting for lllierty and Jus
tice gBd must see that great principles
ere not Intrenched upon. When a fourth
million men k, asked for we ought to
be told the basis of the calculations.
The Issue is whether or not In voting
the men we are to take Into account the
flnaudnl and industrial necessities of the
....... ... . , . .ii..
country. We
word on the subject from any memlier
.. ., .. . ...
the failures due to u lack of men. Be-
fore the Government enforces IDIgkll 111
tlon the men resjionslble for failure min t
Is removed."
Slr Ilir.ry Delate Intersected at IMg
point
"Including the Ministers.
"There Is no la.-k of men
Mr. rnlion
continued. ''What Is the u"c of send
ing trooia to be led l.y the like of
IhngO responsible for RUVla Hay and
Anx.ic?" the tsilk-?' or management la cont'm-
The sieech of David Lloyd liiorgc. plated
Minister of Munitions, In the House of For inani" weeks rumors have lieen tn
Commons lust night. In Which the words circulation thet the du Pont and Rem-
"too late' oiHurreil. is ci.mnier.'.etl usn tngton Ititerests were heavy buyers of
editorially by the '-itlv Weil as follows: General Motors stock 'o secure a con-
"Tiie sfieech contain!, the gravest In- trolling Interest. The action of the
dictnient yet drawn against the Govern stock, which was pushed up from 00
meiit. Too late' Is written In letters of somewhat over a year ago to 5SI. Indl
flre upon the Government record. Too catod that powerful Interests were seek
late in Siding Belgium, too lute to serve Ins control.
Serbia, too late In the Dardanelles, too It Is known that several of the
late Willi rnunlttOM then words have
dogged the Allies every ste;
The Tin e sayi :
lt Is a melancholy and humiliating
MOT, In Which tM words sl iw and late"
recur With painful fre.,ti
David
Lloyd Georgl Ii not afraid of tie truth
or of confessing m stakes, and hla
courage Inspires the confidence thai the
recognise that you atwas
late in the past."
I,.
ate William Rahertaea,
Lieut. -Gen. sir William Robertson
stent with the British army n rhincs st
the outbreak of the war as Quart! r
master-General, and in that capa ity
won the praise of Field Marshal Kisnohi
the Commander In '-hlef, who. In ii re
port on Bsptsmbsr I', ll'lt. utter the,
ette.it from Motis, BSld that Gen. I
Robertson, at thai time . Major-General,
nan inn wnai app-..ie , ...0.0.1;
insuperans oosiaeies who . 0... . i-.ic
energy, skill and
deterinlnaiion,'
md 1
added :
"It Is largely owing to his exertions
that the hardships and iiuflerings of the
troops iiisepaiubte from such oiiera-tlons-
were not much great, r."
He was made chief of stuff under
Field Marshal Fn nch In March 01' the
present year, succeeding In that case,
us at tlie present time. Mr Archibald
Murray, who became chief of the Im
perial General Malt In London. on
October -7 both Major-Generals wire
made Lleuti nnnt-Gcnerals "for dl. tin-
guishrd service."
Sir William Robertson root from the
ranks. He wa. born In Lincolnshire and
enlisted In the Ninth Landers a' the
age of in with only an elementary
schooling, and without the udvantagee
of Sandhurst training, he studied con
stantly and In tell years trom the time
lie entered tlie army he passed an ex
amination giving him a commission 111
he Third Dragoon Quanta
Four : ears later he was sent to
India end there studied the various na
tive dialects until he became noted In
tho Indian arm)' for proficiency. He
won the l. S. o. in tin Chltral cam
paign and was sent back to lsiruion as
stuff captain in the Intelligence Office.
He won distinction in the South African
war and was breveted LieutonnntaCol
onel. From 1001 to IsnT le was assist
ant d rector of military operations at
the War Office md then wen I lo Alder
shot, from whl.il he was taken to lie
commandant ..i the staff College in
1010,
Mtr Archibald Murray.
He Is a el,, student of Fiench and
Qsrman military systems and has re
ceived high commendation for his work
In developing the war COllsgSS, He was
knighted in 1 9i 3.
I. li nt. -Gen. Sir Archibald Murray was
director of military training at head
quarters from Hu7 to 1011 and was
Inspector of infantry at tin- time of the
Outbreak of the war, When lie was sent
to France as chief of staff under Hold
Marshal French. lie was educated at
Sandhurst and won marked distinction
In the South African war. receiving the
King's and QUOOn0 moduli and the
D. S. O. He was dangerously wounded
In South Al i t
He was mentioned for ins services
in France by Plsld Marshal French, who
said tnut his senilis hud been of "In
calculable assistance." I. lent -lien, Mur
ray took part In the allied war council
at Calais on December i as one of the
representatives of Great llritalii.
Biltmore Ice Gardens
(BILTMORE HOTEL)
OPEN AIR SKATING
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR THREE SESSIONS DAILY
(Exctpt Tuesday and Thursday Afternoons,
Saturday Mornings and Sundays)
GLASS ENCLOSED TEA ROOMS
ADMISSION MORNING SESSION 9:30 to 12:30.. $1
AFTERNOON SESSION 2:30 to 6:30 $2 j . JlffTilfllM
-EVENING SESSION
K II I Hi TP IN
ALFRED and
Sule
HK.MIMi OS
NEW INTERESTS PLAN
RIVAL TO FORD CARS
Durant. Ousted Prealdent, Oetn
Control of General
Motor Co.
CHEVROLET MAY BUY IT
"-
It Ik reported that James Oousens,
who was Henry Ford's partner In the
Ford Motor Company and who recently
left him on being unable to agree with
Mr. Ford's peace policies, le to Join the
Chevrolet Motor Company and lend his
onerglea to putting out a car which will
lie a big competitor to the Ford car.
A director of the General Motors and
J-iii'rviw lumpsums i.u ,i in..i
,hat the common and preferred stock of
General Motors Company would be
offered to the i.tikholders of the Chev-
T?M Motor Company on a basis of one
share of General Motors common for
five shares of Chevrolet and one share
General Motors preferred for one
shnre of Chevrolet.
No Consolldatloa Planned.
'ontrol Of iiteral Motors, he said.
would ma.ke the Chevrolet Motor Com-
pany one of the largest. If r.ot the
largest atuomohlli' ,-ompuny In the roun-
T In respect to business ami earnings.
He added, however, that this would be
In no sense a consolidation of the two
iNKiipar.les. as both concerns would be
OUQTSlod tndetiendetitly and no ."hange In
directors of the General Motors Corn-
pnny were rreatly opposed to the plan
to give Chevrolet control of the com-
puny and that they fought the plan
wherever p sthle. A director of the
Chevrolet, when told that there was op
trfiltt.ii to thi plan, remarked last night
that the syndicate " Md not have to f
eg te directors of tlie General Motors
Company and ask for permission to pur
cnasi the no k of the company other
dire -ore of General Motors who are not
closely allied with tne Sellgman rind
Lee-Hlgginson interests sHid yesterday
, that they were sorry to MO the plan
going through, adding that the ijenornl
Motorn Company was doing especially
well under the present menagetnent and
directorate and that they regretted to
se,. conditions, disturbed.
totlna Trust I n I II October.
When tne seHgman-Lee-Hraainson In
(pH., ,,K .harge of The company in
,.,, ...... nrmrA ... Miina trust trm ths
stiK-k which whs to last live years That
trust expired on X'tober 1 of this year.
Just before thu declaration of the !0
per rent, cash dlv'aen.l and fust alwiu
the time thut llornblower A Weeks were
underwriting the Increase in the capital
st-e-K .11 tlie Chevrolet Motor Company
to 110.000,000. The capital of the
Chevrolet orlalnslly was 5on.
T.ie General Motors Company is Cap
Itallged ut approximately tio,iniu,ouO, of
Which 110,000,000 is common and 114,
!s.'. 2"ii Is preferred stock.
The company controls the followini:
ten automobile concerns l Bulck, Cadil
lac. Oldenioblle. Oakland, Elmore, Carter
car. Rapid, Welch-Detroit, Reliance and
Ma rquOttOi
Chevrolet stock on the Garb was es
pecially erratic yesterday. Stockholder
who received word that the capital was
to be Increased did not know what to
make of the proposal and the price de
clined rapidly, but It later advanced by
leaps and Isiurids when It was learned
that the syndicate hail sc. ured control
nf General Motors Chevrolet opened at
lit, off one jNiinr from MondsjrS close.
it receded to III, ra iled to lis and then
escted to 12.V About four minutes be
'ore tne gloss of Hie mat kct I bounded
up to MO, closing at 13!'.
AETNA WAR PLANT WRECKED
Fumes Vt urn Workmen In Tine to
F. scape.
Curio, III., Pec. 21. --Three thousand
pounds 01' nitroglycerine explode. i In the
nlaPt of the Aetna l'owder Company at
Fayvllle. Ill , near here, to-day. No one
was i: fufodi
Chemical miction, which caused the
accident, gave out warning fumes and
all tlie men escaped. Tlie plant wa,s
wrecked.
ON A FRESH TRAIL.
Federal I u vestlgstori Hear r 1
Plot Like Wetland Canal.
WaaHIMOfONi Dec. 21. -Federal In
VeStlgg tori to-day set out upon the trull
I 0f A ,.w consplr icy, similar to that to
destroy the wetland Canal la which
l'aul Koenlg and his ass. slates ur
thought to have participated.
Chief IHslsSkl of the Ilureuu of In
vestigation Intimated to-d-y that some
evidence hud been already obtain d, but
ti e nature of the supposed plot he would
not disclose,
' .tiMnmsjn trw
8:30 to 11:00
$2 Jncludlog
"Miien, gfUMpCTI
SIGRID NAESS h.p&dW
Cenj seat 'r uo'n t
A Sensible QfUmM
SPAIN FOR PEACE AND
PLANS PREPAREDNESS
C nsul Here, Denying War
like Intent, Snvs Aim In
Like America's.
Oibkaltaii. Dec. 51 Orders sere Is
cued t .-rt-iy to 00.000 Spanish carabi
neers to surrender their Mauser rilles
and substitute Remingtons of the latest
design.
Large numbers of Spanish, recruits are
constantly training.
British military officers here attach
great significance to present activities on
the part of .Spain.
Francisco Javier de Salaa, Spanish
Consul-General In this city, admitted
yesterday that Spain hue begun a cam
paign of preparedness, but he ilenled
that It has BO) relation to the present
war or to relations between Spain and
Portugal.
"Spain is merely trying to bring her
military efficiency up to a higher grade,"
he declared. "Her present course has
no more significance than has the de
mand for belter armamei t in this coun
try. Spain has no Intention of becoming
embroiled In this war, and while, of
course, we have always desired a union
with Portugui, the great sentiment '.
for treaties with that country to bind
the two eloser together.
"The despatch from Gibraltar Is mis
leading As I understand It, the cara
bineers, who are only used for police
duties, are ordered to funi In their
Mausers, needed tn the army, und re
ceive in return toe old Remingtons,
which were dlscurded by the army 'ears
ago but which have been since. Stored j
In the arsenals."
Spain Is buying munitions in this
country, added Senor Salus. und a cum-
mission of five has lieen in New York I
for the past ten months which hoe ;
closed several contracts with the Win-
Chester. Western and other cartridge and
snell companies. Rut the vast bulk of
the expenditures, which are cetur.ated
to total tlO.OOO.OilO before the commis
sion leaves, will be tor machinery
with which Spiln can bring her '
own munition factoriea up to date, j
Three of the commissioners, Capt. L. i
Clares, Major Peres Vldal and Capt I
Mouton. are now In Str York. The two
others. Major Garrldo. who Is In charge, 1
and Capt. Ii. Sardu, are now In the
West insis-cting several large supply
reotorieSi whose
copy In part
systems they Intend
-c
WINTER BEGINS TO-DAY.
Kntrnner Will Be Mild It's the
Mhortrat liny Too.
The fall leaves tn-Juy. leavnv the
usual aggregation of leaves as a pall for
the .lead season. Winter will not blow
taps over the wraith with iiost vigor;
In fact. !k- will lie gsphyrli In I1U1 toot
ing, If tlie prophets ktsiw uhat they are
prophesying.
To-day. bedde marking the departure
of autumn, promptly at II ;ft M . will
be the Short SSI day of tt;e year, the sun
rising at 7:1 and setting a' 4 tM,
The local trans'. iters of aerial symbols
said last nlgMt t ail there wan nothing
on the chati to Indicate that Chrlstmau
would give the small boy :. ehanot to
try his new sled. The forecast for this
day ts for fair skies n 1th light winds,
To-morrow it may is. warmer,
However, if there's to be no BUOW,
there Is skating. The red ball ween ur
In Van Cortlan.lt Park yesterday for the
first time, and Indian l-.tltr i'. Crutor-a
Park will be open to-day,
Broadwav at 34th Street.
Special today and tomorrow
An Important Sale of
Solid Gold Jewelry
THE balance Ol prominent jewelry iiuitiulaH uivr's
stock of solid go riendants ;tnd chains, brooches,
bar pins, itntl acarf pina. The prices quoted below are from
1-3 to 1-2 lens than Regular Prices
Solid Gold Pendants
and Chains, $5
Set with sapphires, re-
OtNiatrUOtad rul.ies, pi'ik eafft
cos. real peurls. enamel and
licurl combinations in most
liputititul designs.
Solid Gold Brooches,
$3.50
Smartly tlesijnied circles,
vtreuths, UnbUfSta, jeweled
with real baroque pearls, ame-
thysU, mtpphiri's, oumeob, and
black enuniul mid pearl com-
binations.
Jwelr Itepsrlmsnl,
NORWAY FROWNS OH
MME. SCHW1MMER
TroahtH Her Nentwllty Rv.
Di, Akerl Filmed ah lie
Played Leapfroir.
FORD STILL IN 1II0INO
Kintal CBM Itfupmteh Is Tss Snst.
Tain don, Dee, 2;. The Chrtetlsnla
correspondent of the Daily llfnll, tele
graphing yesterday, says;
"All hope of Interesting Norway In the
Ford mission has been abandoned, and
the managers announce that the pil
grims will leave for Stockliolm on
Thursday. The Chrlstlanla peace party
I and others here decline to have anything
' further to do with the expedition as long
as Mine, ioslka Hchwlmmer, Ihe Hun
garian peace advocate, la connected with
the scheme. They any It Is Impossible, to
give the pa-ty the apieannce of being
disinterestedly neutral with a Hungarian
woman dire. ' ing tin. operations.
"Mm. Scl.wlmmer sent out at least
: 100 Invitations to prominent .business
i men. bankers and others In Chrlstlanla
' to attend receptions at the Grand Hotel,
! but met with no success. - The only thing
the people of Christian! want Is an
, opportunity to see the American who Is
willing to open 1 t2o.u00.0ui) to end the
war. Hut Mr. Ford remains in hiding,
and It is even doubted whether he ts
still at the hotel
"Tlie latent scheme to end the war It
this: Mr. Pord Is to approach all gu.i
and munition makers In the Isclllgerent
countries, and by offering them orders
Induce them to cease turning out equip
ment for the armies.
"There was another reception to-day-Neither
Mr. Font nor Mme. .Schwlininer
was present. Only a few local eccen
trics and suffragettes put In an Appear
' ance,
"The Chrlstlanla atudents Assoc latloi
will give a banquet to-night.
'Ford's censorship has been extended
to the tliree moving picture Operators
with the expedition. Louie P. Lochner
und Mine. Schwlnuner Isnmsd to-day
that films taken aboard the Oscar II. aro
now on their way to rfOW York tine or
these shows the Rev. Dr. Aked playing
leapfrog with the Rev. Dr. Jenkln Lloyd
I Jon,.
"Another exhibits T. K. Montgomery
lot New York being made a member ot
.a mock lodge, the 'Vacillating, BOM of
St. Vitus,' going through the antics of H
, lunatic and running about the deck on
I all fours. The management of the ex-
1 pedltlon now wants a censor for a I! Mima
"Fifteen members of Mr. ford's truv-
i riling offl 'e duff urc to ! sent bad;
to th United States to-morrow.
"Ti e member a of the mission will not
' lie allowed to make speeches in CotfSU"
' hagen, as recent legislation forbids for-
elgnein. from publicly dibcusw'ig uny ns
j pact of the war."
Henry l ord sent a cable message yes
terday saying that he would go Into tho
councils of the neutrals prepared to say
to the warring nations: "As for us neu
trals, we In America Stall Jgroady to lead
in the programme of International dis
armament" and "we will gladly offer you
the $600,000,000 that our new military
programme oallg for to build up your
homes and reconstruct y.,ur shattered
countries."
Mr. Ford's message read in part:
"After this war if you belligerent)
again engage in' competitive armaments
1 the cost will be so terrific that Interna:
revolution und wholesale debts are bound
to follow. You are hoping that an ln
detunlty from the enemy will enable you
I to pa:' your hills, but at best it I:
I 1 "t'leil whether you an ever get
un
tide
. indemnity.
"Your enemy no less than yoursoiff
.' , : cn.aal" exhausted. Beside.-, Ml'h
' mi Indemnity Will be but a drop Iii Ihe
1 bucket It' another militaristic period ts
I tu follow this one. Why mil disarm
together with the rest of US? You will
thereby cut off the main item of your
national expenditure. You will thus be
enubled to recuperate from yout terrific
losses far faster than in any other way,
"Ttc money you would Othsrwlss have
spent oti armament can lunw into con
structive channeln anu you will lake
some comfort to compensate you for
the price paid for tins war from the
fact that vo l have achieved your Beat,
namely, national security."
I ndnh
TaaNTOjt,
IncoriMiriite
If. J.. I '. '. VI
In Jersey.
Articles o
Incorporation were ill'-; with tie Sct.
tary ,-f s'ate 'his afternoon by the Cud
any Packing Company. The paper: . bos
that the COPiPSny has a capital stock of
120,000,000, of which 114.000,004 Is pa'd
up. and that the concern is to deal if.
"pecking house products, produce and
ctiiet commodities N
Vlione Greelev 262f.
Solid Gold Bat
Pins, $3.75
number of iaintv de
8igns n lattice und upon
, WOrk, set uiih corul rotobud,
cameos, black enamel, snp-
iihire, nmathyiti and pearls.
Solid Gold Scarl
Pins, $1.50
In a diversity of attract-
jive desigtis, iat with amethst
1 sapphires, pearls, reconstruct
ed ruhit, black eniimi
pearl combination1.
Mslu I'lour, Hruuilsi,.
ami
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