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WEATHER.
Fair and somewhat warmer tonight.
Tomorrow unsettled, with probably
light rain: light to moderate variable
winds.
Temperature for the past twenty
four hours: Highest, 40. at 1 p.m. today;
lowest, IT., at 5 a.m. today.
Full report on page 19.
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ONE CENT.
AUSTRIAN CABINET
SHAKE-UP FOLLOWS
VISIT OF THE KAISER
Three Men Step Uown in First
War Ministerial Crisis
of Central Powers.
SPECULATION IS RIFE
AS TO POSSIBLE CAUSE
Purported Efforts of Vienna to Ob
tain Peace Declared to Be
Partly Responsible.
THE GERMAN RULER OPPOSES
Rumanian Menace Also Said to Fig
ure in Situation?Further Efforts
to End Conflict Reported
From Switzerland.
LONDON", December i.?
Closely following the visit of
Emperor William to ienna
comes the news that three mem
bers of the Austrian cabinet have
resigned, the withdrawing mem
bers being the ministers of the in
terior. commerce and finance.
Their successors have been
named.
The resignations and the Ger
man emperor's visit have given
ri*e to a wide range of speculation
as to the present state of affairs
in Austria, particularly as to
whether the happenings have any
connection with rumored peace
moves by Austria, or to conces
sions that might be desired of her
with a view to the maintenance
of Rumanian neutrality.
Resignations Confirmed.
Reports that several members of the
Austrian cabinet have resigned are
corfirmed by an autograph letter from
t'mperor Francis Joseph, published in
the. Winner Zeitung of Vienna. The
??inpcror has. accepted the resignations i
of Dr. Karl Heinold d'U6ynskl, minister
of the Interior; Dr. Dudolf Schuster
von Bonnott. minister of commerce,
and Baron Engel von Mainfeldon. min
ister of finance.
\ceeptance of these resignations is
qualified with the proviso that the
services of the retiring ministers are to
be .available if required.
Dr. Heinold and Baron Engel have
been appointed members of the upper
house, while the rank of freiherr hai
been conferred on Dr. Schuster.
Successors Are Named.
Prince Hohenlohe Schillingfuerst,
president of the supreme court of ac
counts. has been appointed minister of
the interior; Ritter von Reth, governor
of the postal savings bank, minister of
finance, and Herr von Spitzminller, di
rectory of tnc kredit anstalt. minister
of commerce.
This is the most important change
which has been made in any of the cab
inets of the central powers during the
war. These cabinets hitherto have re
mained virtually intact, although coali
tion government have been formed in
England and France and there: have
l.een a number of withdrawals from the
Russian cabinet.
It is declared in authoritative circles
in Vienna that Emperor William's
visit to Vienna was without particular
political purpose.
Kaiser's Purported Object.
ROME. December 1.?"The real object
of Emperor William's visit to Vienna
wys to put a stop to efforts Austria is
making, by means of negotiations
through Madrid with the Vatican, to
obtain a separate peace with the quad
ruple entente. says the Tribuna.
? Vienna and Berlin disagree on the
question of peace. Berlin desires to
t:?at separately with ea--h of the allies,
ro as to break up the quadruple en
*?>[tt< . and then to crush England, but
Vienna desires a real anil lasting peace
to end the tension, which rapidly is be
? omifig too gr?-at for Austria to bear."
Apprehension Excited.
7.V RICH, Switzerland. December 1.?
R jmors of changes in the Austrian
??.? bir.et have excited surprise and some
apprehension in political circles in
k\ i-a. according to advices received
here from the Austrian capital.
'i'-ie Austrian parliament lias not been
i session since the outbreak of the
v??. and the fear is expressed in some
r> :'i,e ih*patches reaching Zurich from
\ - in a thai matters of irreat portent
, j?,i : arisen to induce ministerial
c tbe present critical moment.
Arousing Peace Sentiment.
VVerthmann. Bishop of Freiburg
Hre'sg.tu. h:is beet in deneva for
two days, after paying a long visit to
I -j , nee von Buelow, former 'Jernian
chancellor, ::t l.ucern**. It is reported
..-if t liat t'i<- object of the bishop s
to Switzerland is to assist m
a ousmg sentiment in favor of peace
coiiic < 'at holies of neutral and bellig
e enl countries. According to report.
Mshop is being assisted by I'rince
\mi Buelow.
Arisngenien's are being earned for
ward for the congress to study the
b-'Ms of a durable peace, which it- ex
vec'ed to ?>c opened in Bern the third
*cek of December Delegates from
twenty-five countries have sign.lied
\n*ii intension of attending
Says Peace Is Desired,
But the Allies Will Not
Now Treat With Kaiser
\J>S 1K>N. ItaoniU-r I Viacouni Hal
dol*. former lord lugli cliaiK*llor. di?
.usti'i K ll" p<)p?iWIUIe? of peace .luring
ni.f-tiUB til Hall de
? Lhat was more lo l>e desired
lha:i :i"> other ,h,nB at ,h" n'"
meni
Nevertheless, the speaker predicted that
negotiations would be consid
ered <;rt?i Britain or tier allien unill
Emperor WUU?m and Hie tie.-i5>aii war
party have been thrown out of the saddle
by the German democracy
"The allies of a century a pro." said Vis
count Haldane. "were quite ready to
make peace with France, but not with
Napoleon. So also today, until we can
deal with the real German people, whom
we can trust, and whom we know as sane
contributors of many good things to the
world's civilization, but who have tem
porarily yielded their place to false lead
ers. we do not care to talk peace."
Says Peace Must Bring
Security East and West
for the German People
J BERLIN, December t.?Ernst Basser
mann, a leading national liberal mem
I ber of the reichstag, discussing the
j war in the National Zeitung under the
[title, "The Will of the People," says:
I "A sluggard peace which does not
| bring us security east and west is
'equivalent to a lost war. The repeti
j ,ion of a war of destruction by Euro
| pean powers against Germany must be
made impossible, and will be made im
possible if we make ourseUves so pow
erful that none will dare attack us.
Decades will pass before the hate of
peoples will abate, and only fear of the
strong will guarantee peace.
"It is not lust of conquest nor van
I ity nor desire to rule the world that
I drives us forward, but the spirit of
I self-preservation of a healthy people
firmly resolved to achieve security east
and west, which will prevent a repe
tition of this horrible war, which has
spared no single family."
Kerr Bassermann says that nothing
could tend to lengthen the war more
than the appearance that Germany was
seeking peace. He insists that the ef
j forts to starve Germany, as he ex
1 presses it, not only hav.e failed, but that
the country can hold out for years if
j necessary.
WILLSTANDlADY
TO DEFEND DISTRICT
Senator Gallinger Will Meet
Attacks Made Upon the Lo
cal Government.
Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire,
republican leader of the Senate, said
today that his friendship for the Dis
trict of Columbia was unchanged, and
indicated that he would go the limit in
the Senate should an attack be made
upon the local government. He reached
Washington at 10:30 o'clock last night,
and is ready to go to the White House
to confer with the President over the
question of preparedness. The Presi
dent has invited both Senator Gal
linger and Representative Mann* the
republican leader of the House, to talk
over the preparedness program with
him.
Senator Gallinger. who for many
years was chairman of the Senate Dis
trict committee, said *he had followed
with much interest the hearings be
fore the joint select committee of Con
gress investigating the fiscal relations
between the United States and the Dis
trict of Columbia. He said that he dis
approved of the extreme views relating
to taxation in the District advanced by
Herbert J Browne at the hearings, and
that he thought it would be unwise to
abandon the present system of govern
ment in the District.
Favors Fixed Proposition.
The republican leader announced him
self in favor of the government s pay
ing a fixed proportion of the expenses
of the National Capital and against
the indefinite plan advocated by some
members of Congress. If it should
clearly appear that the federal gov
ernment should pay less than one-half
of the expenses of the capital, which
it now pays, he said the matter could
easily be adjusted and the government
still pay a definite ratio of the ex
penses.
i Senator Gallinger deplored the fact
: that so much fueling had been aroused
[over District affairs and said he hoped
an adjustment would be reached which
would prove satisfactory to all.
In regard to preparedness. Senator
Gallinger said that he had always been
friendly to liberal appropriations for
the army and navy and should con
tinue to \ie so. He said that he ex
pected to vote for an increase in the
regular army and for the creation of
an adequate reserve army that would
be a real help in time of war. He
said he would support a larg/? increase
in the navy. He intimated, however, !
that he did not fear any attack upon j
the United States by any of the Euro- |
peati nations in the near future, or im
mediately following the end of the
present war.
Future Induq?rial Conditions.
The industrial condition of the United
States at the conclusion of the Euro
pean war, he said, would be chaotic.
"No attempt to prevent foreign goods
being dumped upon our shores will be
effective except through a high protec
tive tariff law, which I consider among
the first and molt necessary pieces of
legislation that Congress should en
act," said he.
"Had It not been for the European
war, the industrial situation in the
?United States would have been worse
[than during the second Cleveland ad
; ministration.
"No matter what legislation the dem
j ocratie party enacts at the coming
session republican success in 1016 is a
practical certainty."
The senator said he would introduce
a bill designed to rehabilitate the
American merchant marine through the
. granting of a subsidy to American ships
j of all classes, believing that that is the
| only feasible way to accomplish the de
sired result, and to prevent the govern
! merit engaging in the disastrous ex
periment of going into the shipping
business.
Cloture Bule Unwise.
As to cloture. Senator Gallinger said
j it would be a sorry day for the country
when the rules of the Senate arc so
jchanged that the body will become prac
't'cally a second House of Representatives,
j Unlimited debate, he oi/served, lias been
of the greatest possible value, and the
rule ought not to be changed so as to per
i i.iir a majority to deny to the minority ?he
I right to full and free discussion of pub
j lie question** He did net believe the
j n.ore thoughtful and conservative of the
] democratic senators will agree to the
j proposition which is being advanced and
(advocated by Senators Kern. Owen and
(others. v,
! Referring to the condition of the Trean
jury. the senator sees no proper way to
j meet the emergency except by the issuance
of bonds, believing as he does that taxes
f are now sufficiently high, and that the
i deficiency should be temporarily met by
? bonds, and permanently remedied by the
| passage of an adequate tariff law.
j Senator Gallinger said New Hampshire
' will give its vote in the republican na
tional convention to Senator Weeks of
Massachusetts, and he expected that the
other New England states will do like
wise. He hoi?es that Senator Weeks will
he the choice of the convention, but if the
cl oice shall fall on some cither good re
publican he will receive the electoral vote
of every New England state.
ALLIES MUST SEND
ARMY OF 500,000 IF
RUMANIA GIVES AID
Reported Balkan Nation Then
Will Send Ultimatum
to Austria.
PARLIAMENT MEMBERS
BATTLE IN BUCHAREST
Cry of "Down With Government"
as King Begins to Speak
Starts Trouble.
GREECE REMAINS FIRM
Refuses Unrestricted Use of Saloniki
by Allies?Germans Claim Cap
ture of 15,000 Serbians
at Prisrend.
LONDON, December i.? Hie
Balkan states continue to domi
nate both the military and diplo
matic situation in Europe. Ru
mania's attitude apparently is
causing the central powers great
uneasiness, while (ireece s refusal
to limit her military effectiveness
as requested by the entente is of
equal concern to those powers.
Rumania will deliver an ultima
tum to Austria as soon as the en
tente allies concentrate 500.000
men in the Balkans, it is reported
in Bucharest, says a Central News
dispatch from that city.
Greece steadfastly refuses to
concede entente demands for the
unrestricted use of the Greek port
I of Saloniki as a base, and further
more, declines to remove her
army from Macedonia.
Fight in Parliament.
"Partisans and adversaries of the
government came to blows at the open
ing ses.ltm of the Rumanian parlia
ment," telegraphs a Heme correspon
dent. "King Ferdinand had hardly be
gun to read his speech when he was in
terrupted w ith cries, of 'Down with the
government!' from M. Mille, leader of
the Interventionists, and his adherents
"The supporters of the government
replied with cheers for the king,
whose speech was punctuated Ihrough
out by shouts from the opposition.
"No sooner had the king departed
than a general fight began between the
two factions."
Territory Wanted, Is Claim.
Alexander Marghiloman and 1'. 1'.
Carp, leader of the Itumanian conserv
atives. are reported to have assured
the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
when he was in Bucharest that the
benevolent neutrality of Rumania
could be counted upon by the Teutonic
?illies if Germany could induce Austria
to cede Transylvania and part of Buko
wlna to Rumania -VI. Carp is said to
have promised also to bring about
changes in the Rumanian cabinet.
Ncotiations between Berlin anil \i
enna. it is said, were fruitless owing
to the determined opposition of Hun
gary and it is asserted that the Ger
man'ruler has been endeavoring to in
duce Emperor Francis Joseph to con
sent to the sacrifice of Transylvania,
upon the understanding that Germany
will return to Austria two provinces of
Silesia annexed to Prussia In 1866.
Serbian Military Situation.
Except for the capture of Prisrend
by the Bulgarians there has been no
marked change 1n the Serbian military
situation.
Berlin army headquarters announced
today that with the capture of Pris
rend, western Serbia. 15,000 Serbians
were made prisonec.
"Bad weather continues on the
French front in Serbia, making opera
tions impossible," says a dispatch to
the Havas News Agency from Saloniki
dated Monday. November 29. The
quest ion of supplying the troops with
provisions has been preoccupying the
belligerents for the past three days
??\ French reconnolterlng party
brought back word that the Bulga
I rians had reached Mrzen, on the right
! bank of the Cerna river.
20,000 Turks to Be Used.
?News from a reliable source says
that 20.000 Turkish troops will be sent
to the Bulgarian Black sea coast.
?The Mistrians have shipped some
305 mortars to Bulgaria for the defense
of districts'where the Germans have
inst illed hydroaeroplane hangars."
a' dispatch from Bucharest, dated
i Tuesday, says:
Feverish preparations are being
! made at Rustchuk. on the Danube, west
',,r the Rumanian border, to accom
modate 50,0011 Austro-German troops,
who are due to arrive there shortly.
Many officers with war materials al
ready have arrived.
Monitors Patrol Danube.
"Four Austrian monitors are patrol
ling the Danube along the whole
length of the Bulgarian shore to
where the Bulgarian frontier joins that
of Rumania."
Russian reports comjfrning the con
centration of Russian troops near the
Rumanian frontier have been much ex
aggerated. according to Berlin. The
number of troops assembled there is
vcrv much smaller than has been stated
?,v the Russians. It is claimed. In ad
dition. they are nearly all recruits, out
for practice.
Surrender of Monastir.
Monastir was formally surrendered to
the Bulgarians Monday, according to
an Athens dispatch to the Daily Tele
B Sunday Col. Vassitch. the Serbian
commander. Informed the Greek consul
..f his intention to surrender the city
without fighting, 111 order to avoid use
less bloodshed. A commission, com
iioseU of the Greek and Rumanian con
suls and high priests, was appointed
io negotiate with the Bulgars as to
the handing over of the city, and the
V
commission sent to the headquarters |
of the nearest Bulgar army for a con
ference.
Col. Vassitch left Monastir by the last
train for Fiorina, while the British
consul proceeded by auto to Greek ter
ritory with the archives. Railway com
munication, adds the dispatch, has
c.eased between Monastir and Fiorina.
According to a Saloniki dispatch to
the Times, dated November 30, com
munication with the Serbian telegraph
director at Monastir continued up to
that time.
250,000 Serb Refugees.
The number of Serbians who have J
taken refuge in Albania is estimated j
by the Athens correspondent of the
Star at 250,000, including soldiers and
civilians. The army is said to have
retained all its mountain batteries and
some of the field guns. A large num
ber of Serbian boys between the ages
of fifteen and seventeen accompany
the army and will be trained to fill
the gaps in the ranks.
ICHURCHILLMAYGET
PROMOTION IN FIELD
i
In Fireless Dugout and Eating
Rough Rations, He Refuses
to Grumble.
LONDON, December 1.?Winston Spen
cer Churchill, who resigned as chan
cellor of the duchy of Lancaster to
join Great Britain's forces in the field,
is marked by the Daily Express for
early promotion to tlie rank of general,
with the command of a brigade. The
paper says he has chosen the most dif
ficult school in the army, for the gren
adier unit, to which he is attached,
under the command of Col. Jeffreys, is
noted for its indifference to personal
comfort.
Refuses to Grumble.
When Mr. Churchill joined the gren
adiers he found himself in a fireless
dugout and supplied with the ordinary
army ration. He did not grumble,
however, but entered cheerfully upon
his task. An officer in the same com
mand, writing to a friend about Mr.
Churchill's experiences, said:
"The first night he shivered visibly,
and it was some time before we were
able tojwarm him up. but after partak
ing of several portions of agricultural
laborer's rations he thawed out and
talked in an interesting way for an
| hour. He was taken for a round of the
|trenches until o'clock in the morn
| ing. but, in spite of hard grueling,
j never complained. He was called
I again at o'clock, and the next night,
after the usual cold-storage dinner, he
! took charge of his company."
WATSON JURY SENT BACK.
Urged to Reach Verdict in Georgia
Editor's Case.
Al.'GUSTA. <5a., December l.??No ver
dict had beeti reached at opening of
federal district court here today In the
[case of Thomas E. Watson. Thomson,
Ha., editor and author, charged with
sending; obscene matter through the
mails.
C\ E. Brown of Tennile, (Ja., foreman
of the jury, informed the court that
"1 think our differences are so wide
and so well fixed in the minds of each
juror that It will be impossible for us
ever to reach a verdict in this case."
Judge Lambdin asked If the jury dis
agreed on a question of "law or fact."
"Fact, your honor," Brown replied.
"This case must be decided sooner or
later by some Jury; therefore, you
should endeavor conscientiously to
reach a verdict," the court stated, add
ing that "if any Juror has disagreed ;
with others lie should examine the
basis of his conclusion and listen to
argument frcm others on the Jury."
Judge La.' idln ordered the Jury to
go back an try to reach an agreement
VOTE ON CLOTURE
AGAIN POSTPONED
Special Rules Committee Not
Ready to Make Definite
Recommendations.
CAUCUS ALSO PUTS OVER
PRESIDENT PRO TEM. TEST
Leaders Trying to Prevent Split Over
the Candidacy of Sen
ator Clarke.
Democrats of tlie Senate in i
I
caucus today failed to reach any
agreement on a rule to provide
1 for cloture of debate, postponing
action until tomorrow. The spe
cial rules committee was not
ready to make any definite recom
mendation, but will endeavor to
submit a proposal tomorrow.
The caucus also deferred elec
tion of a President pro tempore.
This will be taken up Friday.
I Senator Kern, chairman of the con
ference. said the election was deferred
: by common consent, with a view to as
I suring harmony in the conference.
! Several senators have opposed the re
election of Senator Clarke of Arkansas
and have sought to induce Senator
KPomerence of Ohio to be a candidate. ;
Reason For Clarke Opposition.
? It was said by one member of the
caucus this afternoon that had the
j election been held Monday Senator
Clarke would have been chosen demo
cratic candidate for president pro tem
ip6re without the slightest doubt, but
since that time there has been evinced
|a strong desire among some of the
i democrats to have Senator Pomerene of
jOhio chosen for the place.
j Mt is pointed our that Senator Clarke
I was given the office to help him out in
his election race last year in Arkansas
and that there was no reason why it
should not now be used to aid Senator
Pomerene, who, comes up fqr re-elec
tion next year. Members of the caucus
are hesitating about eliminating Sen
ator Clarke, fearing that to do so will
make it appear that he has been dis
ciplined because of his stand on the
ship purchase bill.
Steering- Committee Named.
Senator Chilton of West Virginia was
elected vice chairman of the confer
ence and Senator Lewis of Illinois was
re-elected as party whip. On the steer
ing committee Senator Kern named
| Senators Martin. Owen, Chamberlain,
I Thomas, O'Gorman, Williams, James
and Reed. Senators Loke Lea, Tennes
see: Hoke Smith, Georgia, and Clarke
of Arkansas retire from the committee.
The new committee will make up
committee assignments for the new
Senate. Senator Simmons, chairman of
the finance committee, it was learned,
has proposed that his committee be
enlarged so that Senator Underwood
of Alabama, former majority leader of
the House, may be given a place on
the committee.
Opposition Is Expected.
Although Chairman Owenn of the
special rul.?s committee '.iad expressed
the belief that a cloture rule would be
approved by the caucus and later by
the Senate, opposition was considered
certain from some of the democrats, on
the ground that the question should
not be made a party issue, and, further,
that the Senate should not bind- itself
with restrictions similar to those in the
House.
Because of party opposition and ,in
the hope of winning the support of sev
eral progressive republicans, champions
of cloture had prepared a rule limiting
each senator to three hours' general de
bate on a given measure and fifteen
minutes on amendments, with no ex
tension of time except by unanimous
consent.
Planning House Organization.
Democrats of the House ways and
means committee today continued their
task of readjusting the committees to
provide places for the enlarged republi
can minority.
"While the committee has not half
completed its work Chairman Kitchin
said he expected to finish by Friday.
The work must be done in time for the
Mouse democratic caucus Saturday
night.
SIXTEEN MINERS DEAD
AS RESULT OF BLAST
Lives of 300 Men Imperiled by West
Virginia Colliery
Explosion.
BOOMER, W. Ya., December 1.?Six
teen miners lost their lives in mine
No. 2 of the Boomer Coal and Coke
Company yesterday afternoon by an
explosion of a blow-out shot which
imperiled 300 men. The bodies were
brought to the surface this morning
and taken to the temporary morgue
nearby.
Soon afterward a rescue party ap
j peared with five other men who had
been buried far underground and who,
though still alive, were in a critical
condition.
Hurried to Hospital.
They were hurriedly taken to the hos
pital in the hope that prompt treat
ment might save their lives.
At 1 o'clock mine officials expressed
the belief that no more bodies were in
the workings. Mine rescue car No. 8
of the I'nited States bureau of mines
reached here during the morning and I
its trained crew was added to the ;
searching parties.
Men who escaped from the mine yes- I
terday and those brought out this j
morning were still suffering from the
effects of gas. but with the exception
of two or three, physicians said, none
was in danger.
ITALY'S GORIZIA LOSSES
REPORTED APPALLING
BERLIN, December 1. by wireless to
Sayville, N. Y. ? "Appaling losses for
the Italians on the lsonzo are reported
from the front," the Overseas News
Agency says. "The Italians apparently
have decided to take Gorizia without
regard for their immense sacrifices.
General opinion is that the fury of the
battle has not reached its highest pitch.
All positions are firmly held by the
Austro - Hungaria n forces, although
some of them have been nearly de
stroved. Each night the Austrians and
-Hungarians repair ?damages inflicted
during the day. notwithstanding heavy
artillery fire and infantry attacks."
PROCLAIMS MARTIAL LAW.
Governor Acts To Stop Lawlessness
In Louisiana Parish.
NEW ORLEANS, December 1.?Gov.
Hall today issued a proclamation,
charging that a "reign of lawlessness"
exists in Jefferson parish, which ad
Joins New Orleans, and formally plac
ing the entire parish under martial
law. This action was taken, the gov
ernor said, "to restore order and sup
press lawlessness."
One company of the state militia al
ready is on duty at Gretna, the pariah
seat.
TEXT OF CONTRACT
IN EMBASSY'S CARE
Papers Turned Over to Kais
er's Envoy to Safeguard
Secret Code.
DR. KARL BUENZ WILLING
TO SUBMIT TRANSLATIONS
Prosecutor at Conspiracy Trial
Wants Original Documents Placed
in Evidence.
NEW YORK, December i.?
The abstract of the Hamburg
American line's agreement with
the Cierman government, whereby
the former agreed to supply <ier
man cruisers at sea with coal and
supplies in neutral ships sailing
from American ports early in the
war. has passed into the keeping
of the Cierman embassy at \\ ash
ington.
Dr. Karl I'.uenz. managing di
rector of the line, so testified to
day in his trial?and that of three
other line officials and employes?
on charges of conspiracy, now
nearing its close in the I'nited
States district court here.
Feared for Secret Code.
Not only has the abstract of this
agreement been given to the embassy
for safekeeping:, Dr. Buenz testified,
but all correspondence on the subject,
by letter or cable, likewise has been
turned over formally to the German
government through the embassy at
Washington.
The cablegrams, it was said, were in
the German naval code and were re
moved to the embassy when it was
thought there was danger of their be
coming public, through this trial, and
thus revealing to representatives of
England. France and Russia the key
to the German secret code.
Had Use of Cable.
Notwithstanding the severance of the
German rabies to America by the Eng
lish early in the war the Hamburg
American line was in constant cable
communication with Germany, Dr.
Huenz testified. These cablegrams at
the time the line sent'out relief ships
told Dr. Buenz there to send ships to
meet German cruisers, notwithstanding
the isolation of the warships from th?
German admiralty.
The government strenuously object
ed to Dr. Buenz's testimony concerning
the abstract of the agreement and the
cablegram relating to the dispatch of
relief ships. Roger B. Wood, I'nited
States assistant district attorney, con
tended that the documents themselves
were available and that should bg
fc-V-f^rht. into the courtroom. In this he
w v "upheld by Judge Howe, and Dr.
Buenz was not permitted to tell their
[contents.
Willing to Show Translations.
William Rand, jr.. counsel for the
defense, sought to have the contents of
the documents placed before the jury
as Dr. Buenz remembered them.
"We are willing to show you the
translations," Mr, Rand said. "We can
i not show you the originals. In the
i first place, we couldn't get them from
l>R. KARI. HI K\Z.
the Gern:an .embassy if we wanted to.
any more than could the (nited States
government. They are safe and fast
in Germany's keeping?as much in
Germany as if they were in L'nter den
Linden.
"In tlv? second place, we maintain
that the government of the I'nited
States is not interested in tlie German
secret code. These documents, some
of them, are in this code. If th.?v were
brought here they would become pub
lic property. The German code would
become known to England, France,
Russia?to all of Germany's enemies.
Interesting reading for them, indeed:"
S1.500.0C0 Expenditure Repaid.
Dr. Buenz testified that he arranged
for the shipment of coal and supplies,
chartered various neutral ships through
John H. Gans, and spent altogether $1,
500,#00 in trying to accomplish his ob
ject. This money was repaid by the
home office in Hamburg.
"Did you see Capt. Boy-Ed, the Ger
man naval attache, while you were
directing the movements of these ves
sels or chartering them?" asked Air.
Rand.
"I did. He was in and out of our
otfice frequently."
"Did you take your instructions from
him?"
"No; he did not interfere in my busi
ness. I was working under our agree
ment with the German government."
Says Capt. Boy-Ed Knew.
"But he knew what was going on?"
"Oh, yss, he knew."
Dr. Buenz ended his direct testimony
by asserting that he had never heard
of the steamer Marina Cjuesada. which
sailed December 1 ?">, 1914, from New
port News, Va.. to supply German
cruisers, the government charges; that
he had not tried to obtain false mani
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I LIST OF THE DEAD
AT DO PONT PLANT
NOW NUMBERS 30
Wilmington Citizens Mourn for
Worst Powder Disaster in
That Section.
EXPLOSION AGAIN TODAY
ALARMS PEOPLE OF CITY
?
But Fears Are Allayed by Word
That Nobody Was Hurt and Lit- t
tie Damage Done.
! MYSTERY ENSHROUDS CAUSE
Company's Secret Service. Under
Maj. Sylvester, and Officials
Balked by Lack of
Survivors.
WILMINGTON", Del.. Decern
ber i.?With the death last night
of Louis Cooker, the fatalities re
sulting from an explosion in the
plant of the Du Pont Powder
Company at the upper Ilagleys
yards, along the Brandywine, yes
terday afternoon now number
thirty.
The people of \\ ilmington had
another scare early today when
there was a small explosion 01
smokeless powder at the com
pany's plant at Carneys Point.
N. J. This place is just across
the Delaware river from Wil
| mington. The explosion, which
did very little property damage,
and at which no one was hurt,
occurred at dawn. The flash wa
seen by persons in this city anw
then the sound was heard.
Checking Up Death List.
Coming: so close after the explosion of
yesterday. It caused some anxiety, but
this was soon allayed when the state
ment was given out that nobody had
been hurt.
Deputy Coroner Nichols today took
charge of the remains of the victim*,
nearly all of which, however, were but
human fragments, and began an in
vestigation. I^ater he will summon v.
jury and a formal inquest will be helo
officials of the du Pont company were
hard at work on the list of victims, en
deavoring to have the list already pub
lished either verified or corrected. Dif
ficulty was experienced by reason of
the fact that many of the men w?r?
| known by name only, some iia\inu*
I come to Wilmington to work recently
. and their homes have not yet been lo
cated. The list of names given out
by the company was taken from the
pay rolls.
Difficulty of Investigators.
Although a searching investigation
was started by officials immediately
after the explosion nothing of a tangi
ble nature had been discovered. Every
employe was put through a thorough
examination, but in vain. Not one of
the twenty-six men who were in the
pellet packing house escaped, and there
is now only a big hole in the ground
where the building: stood.
The investigators admit that there
is but little possibility of the respon
sibility ever being placed, ami company
officials, while declaring that nothing
would be left undone to determine the
cause of the explosion, stated that they
were without a thread on which to
base their hopes that its origin ever
will be ascertained.
Charles B. Land is, an official of the
du Pont company, gave out a state
ment today in which he said that ever x
precaution had been taken to protect
the du Pont plants, and that these pre
cautions had been redoubled with th"
receipt of war orders. "Our policing
system." he added, "is under the direc
tion of Maj. Richard W. Sylvester,
former chief of police of Washington,
and he is in chage of the company's
I secret service.
Cause Enshrouded in Mystery.
"Every means will be exhausted in an
attempt to solve and explain this ex
plosion, but at present we are with
out a ingle thread on which to hang
our hopes that its origin ever will be
ascertained. The whole thing is an
absolute mystery. Not a man is liv
ing who was in or even near the pack
ing house when the accident occurred,
and we seem to be without the mean*
of even starting an investigation."
Reports that notices had been found
nailed to trees and fences leading to the
du Pont plants at Upper Hagle\ and at
Carney's point warning employes of Teu
tonic origin that they would imperil their
lives oy continuing to work at either
place were receiving the attention of tb*
big force of detectives working on the
case today. These reports were dis
credited by the investigators and official*
of the company alike, but in order i??
leave no stone unturned it was decided
;o run down every possible clue. After
the reports had gained considerable cir
culation several days ago the company
made :? thorough investigation, but de
clared they had found absolutely nothing
to substantiate them.
Signs Moved Frequently.
Men accustomed to travel the roads In
the vicinity of the plants were said to
have seen the notices upon several oc
casions. but stated they had remained 1.1
position for only a few hours at a time.
The notices, according to one of these
men, read as follows:
"Americans who lost their lives with
the sinking of the Lusitania did so
after due warning. All men of Teutonic
origin are hereby warned that if the.
continue in the employment of the ci.
Pont Powder Company they will do so
at their peril and will be taking their
lives in their nands."
The theory that is most widely cred
ited is that the explosion was cause?.
by a spark from a horse's shoe striking
a stone or piece of metal, or from
spark caused by a small car running
over some powder that had been spilled
In the yard. Workmen in the yard
said that just before the explosion o?
L-urred a car containing several thou
sand pounds of black powder hadbeeu
drawn by two horses along a narrow
f