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DIPPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY MAY BE BROKEN
United States Makes Imperative Demand That a Reply Be
Made Without Further Delay in Regard to the Sinking
f ke ncona an tne Making of Reparation
.ifi Austria-Hungary Has Had Ample Time to
45j f Investigate the Affair.
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W I . V02?011 ec- ' 4:50 p. m. The Italian steamer Danle
,;f! Alighieri and the Norwegian steamer Nereus have been sunk.
3 The crews of both vessels were saved.
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25 Paris, Dec. 10, 2:35 p. m. The night passed without
Gil occurrences of great importance," sa's the report this after-
i hoon from the war office. "In, Champagne fighting with
IB f grenades is being continued. During yesterday the enemy
M was driven beyond the ridge to the south of Saint Souplet."
XfXKJ 'b Washington, Dec. 10. Diplomatic
ifl2 relations with Austria-Hungary arc in
Wpj ; danger of being broken off by the
JjLL United States, unless the urgent de-
g I niands of the American note to Vien-
-2 , na for a disavowal of the sinking of
m$ ; the Ancona and reparation are com
58 i plied with.
! : Furthermore, it was stated today
$2$ t upon high authority, the United
l55 States expects a prompt reply to its
jJj f communication.
j- Austria's delay In furnishing an-
jfljj swers to the questions submitted to
LHj j Baron Burian, minister of foreign af-
fciS' 1. fairs, by American Ambassador Pen-
1 ', field a few days after the Ancona
!. went down, has not served to ease the
? situation.
The foreign office, however, did in-
form Ambassador Penfield it desired
more time to answer the inquiry, but
jig t American officials are unable to clear-
mm Jy understand wny it. is impossiDie
S'fltj for the Austro-Hungarian government
"jtSji I to secure the information desired. It
affili has been pointed out that if the com-
i mander of the submarine which sank
mrni the Ancona had taken his vessel out
Cjilf on another cruise he should have re-
wSgi turned to his base long before this
jtJg time. It was understood that officials
MH nre certain it has been possible for
JajBf the Austrian government to communl-
rfflik cate with the submarine commander
rMtt before now.
psMpk It had originally been planned not
cerF to send a nore "on the subject' of In?
raii Ancona to Austria-Hungary before a
oillf I reply to the inquiry submitted was
'I J received. Austria now has no ambas-
1M I sador here as. none was sent in the
I I place of Dr. Constantln Dumba, re-
I i called at the request of President Wll-
son, but the embassy nevertheless is
lllf I De5nS conducted under tne direction
inU I of a charge.
EStm Review of War Situation.
SJm$ London, Dec. 10. 12:12 p. m. The
CfMi Bulgarians, heavily reiuforced and
ni well supported by artillery, are renew
Jaif ing violently their attack upon the
M& Franco-British 'forces in Macedonia.
iSIt Their assault has gone through all the
m 2 preliminary stages and is now ap
1 proaching the climax of intensity
i Although pursuit of the Serbians
oSk still continues, it is apparent from the
ifli proportions which the Macedonian
M $ conflict is assuming that the major
4P part of the Bulgarian army has divert
jjnji jT ed its attention to the allies. The
nri I' outcome of the battle now in progress
, ifii( 1 is awaited with great anxiety in Eng
r,ttf 'and, as it will determine in great
m ''4 measure the immediate future of the
J2? f allies in the Balkans.
$M Grave Situation of Allies.
M i The numerical superiority of the
J7 $ Bulgarian forces already has been
iff f demonstrated in the initial encoun
.1 ? ters with the British. Grave doubts
;S are voiced hero as to liability of the
v British .forces to repel the increasing
fl ? momentum of the Bulgarian attack.
1 1 & There is no indication, however, that
Iff the British or French have yet found
V)l I lt necessary to withdraw further than
3 ? the positions mentioned in recent of
j ficial communications. "With the Bui
's Karians in their positions at Demir
31 Kahu and advancing west of the Var
1 dar in the neighborhood of Petrovo,
'!i s south of Strumitsa station, the French
k wedge in Macedonia is threatened
jSk from both sides. The allied retreat
-"Up toward the Greek border thus far has
Hb- been accomplished in good order with
ift out serious losses.
aHBI - Montenegrins Stubbornly Resisting.
MBf Resistance of the Montenegrins has
'JWj lost nothing of its stubbornness and
gSBf tno PMsht of tne Serbians Tleeing Into
1Sni Albania is said to be growing less
'jM F serious. But military affairs in these
U V sections have become of comparative
"' '' small importance and have little
'To I bearing on the main situation which.
UM I since the Serbian retread has shifted
VI I" southward.
rMg Hard Fighting In West.
4llrt- Hard fighting continues on the
-"tBll, western front where the Germans
jMI have been compelled to relinquish all
19k ut a ma11 P511"1" of tnc advanced
rMm. trench captured by them east of Butte
2K f'e Souaiu. There have been no lm
"U" portant developments on the other
JWW fronts.
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ijm me Kaiser to Visit Brussels.
S2 E Amsterdam, Dec. 10, via London,
.VHrS:i0 a. m. Emperor William will vls
B I it Brussels from December 19 to De
fl r, cember 25, according to Brussels cor
fitim ' reapondents of Dutch newspapers. He
Jgm will also visit the neighboring parts
im of Belgium, including the -field of "N'a
' '' lfcrloo, it is said. Special police
JH . already have arrived at Brussels to
MM act as a guard for the emperor.
jJB t Gen. Gouraud Again Assigned,
i -9H' Paris, Dec. 10. 5:10 a. m. General
ga;, H. J. E. "Gouraud, who lost an arm as
Bltflo result of wounds suffered while
jflHr C0Rimanding the French expeditlon-
rTflll arJ" force at the Dardanelles, and who
Mm U8talned other severe wounds, has
H'i "ecn assigned to command one of the
armies at the front, although he has
barely recovered. The general him
self applied for actlvo employment
again.
Montenegrins Repulse Enemy.
Paris, Dec. 10, 1:40 p. m. Montene
grin troops repulsed energetic attacks
made by the Austro-Hungarians and
forced them to retire beyond Dubot
chitsa, on Wednesday, December 8,
according to an official communica
tion received by the Montenegrin consul-general
here today. The state
ment adds:
"On Thursday an Austrian aero
plane dropped bombs on Cettinje
without causing any damage. On the
same day the Austrians launched
from aeroplanes over the Montenegrin
front, a proclamation addressed to the
army and population advising them to
cease resistance or they would suffer
me same laio as saerDia.
Greece Again Appealed To.
London, Dec. 10. 3:04 p. m In
view of the latest turn of events in
Macedonia the diplomats of the en
tente powers are asking the Greek
government to clear up the situation
with regard to the allied troops, says
a Heuter dispatch from Athens.
The feeling in Greek circles seems
somewhat pessimistic, according to
these advices, in view of the deter
mined attitudcof thecntente powers.
London, Dec 10, 2:20 p. m. Fight
ing along the- front where the British
are facing the Bulgarians was sus
pended Wednesday and also Thurs
day morning, says a Reuter dispatch
from Saloniki today.
The casualties of the allies have not
been considerable. It is declared,
while the losses of the Bulgarians are
thought to have been heavy.
Rome, Dec 9, 10:20 p. m. (De
layed.) Cardinal Felix ion Hart
mann, archbishop of Cologne, left
Rome tonight after again seeing Pope
Benedict The cardinal said that he
was a bearer of a papal message for
Emperor William and also recom
mendations for peace. It is under
stood that Cardinal von Hartmann
probably will seo Prince von Buelow,
Gtnnany ambassador to Italy, In
Switzerland.
Bulgars Announce Brilliant Victory.
Paris, Dec. 10, 9:50 a. m. A dis
patch to the Havas agency from Sa
loniki, dated Thursday, says:
"On the strength of the fact that
the British and French troops retired
frbVi positions to the north and east,
the Bulgarians announce a brilliant
victory over the entente allies. It is
stated on good authority that no se
rious action took place. It Is offi
cially denied that thoro are any Ger
mans amng the Bulgarian troops in
front of the entente allies."
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GERMANY WILL
CONCEDE NOTHING
Desires Peace But Will Not
Consider Terms Involving
Retrocession of Alsace
Lorraine. STANDS FOR MILITARISM
People Will Never Willingly
Give Up a Foot of German
Territory.
Berlin, Dec. 9, via London,. Dec 10,
5 a, m. (Delayed.) Deputy Otto
Landsberg, a Socialist Democrat, In
his speech in the Reichstag today af
ter the imperial chancellor had an
swered the Socialistic interpellation
on peace, expressed approval of the
chancellor's address as a reasonable
invitation to the entente allies to in
itiate peace negotiations in which
Germany was willing to join.
Ilerr Landsberg declared that the
Socialist afopeal for peace was based
on no anxiety about the outcome of
the war. He said he shared Dr.
von Bethmann-Hollweg's opinion that
the war has been forced upon Ger
many and that guarantees were nec
essary to prevent a repetition. No
true German, ho asserted, was desir
ous of ending the war on any other
terms. He repeated the declaration
made earlier In the day by Dr. Phillip
Scheldemann, Socialist, that the So
cialists never would consider a peace
Involving the retrocession of Alsace
Lorraine. Deputy Landsberg said that, with
BIG ARMY AND NAVY MEN IN CONTROL
OF NEW COMMITTEES IN LOWER HOUSE
Left to right, top: Hay, Gordon and Hcnslcy; bottom, Padgett, McKcllar
and Connelly.
These men arc members of the committee in the house of representa
tives which -will have charge of army and navy legislation at the present
session. Both committees are in full control of the advocates of better
national defense.
Premier Asquith of Great Britain and
Premier Briand of France, both make
demand for the destruction of
Prussian militarism which was equal
to the destruction of a strong Ger
many, lie could understand the chan
cellor's attitude In his speech and was
pleased that Dr. von Bethmann-Holl-weg
in return had not demanded th
destruction of Russian and French
militarism or British "marinism,"
which could render peace- impossible.
Regarding tlift.aaqrJsLtion of territory,
the deputy ex'pressed high satisfac
tlon that the chancellor had made no
mention of annexation
Deputy Landsberg said that the
chancellor had demanded securities
against repetition of wanton attacks.
The Socialists, loo. wished to preserve
future generations from the battle
fields and trenches, continued the
speaker, but there was no security
against future wars in conducting this
war to the exhaustion or subjugation
of another nation.
Will Never Surrender Any Territory.
If Germany's opponents did not de
sire peace because they insisted upon
the destruction of Germany's defen
sive force and the annexation of Ger
man territory, said Deputy Lands
berg, they must learn that the Social
ist appeal for peace was based on no
anxiety about the outcome of the
war. He declared that nothing could
increase the courage and resolution of
the German troops more than the con
sciousness that the responsibility for
a further continuance of the war rest
ed with their opponents.
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SEN. HOI SMITH
ENTEIS PROTEST
Urges Congress to Insist on
Non-interference of British
With Neutral Commerce.
j WOULD ENFORCE RIGHTS
Great Britain Should Not Be
Permitted to Continue Acts
of Lawlessness.
Washington, Dec. 10. Senator
Hoke Smith of Georgia, in an address
in the senate today, called upon con
gress to insist that Great Britain
cease interference with neutral com
merce. He declared that protests by
the American slato department had
bten met by increased lawlessness
ano trampling upon neutral rights.
"The United States, with other na
tions, should demand from Great
Britain," the senator said, "that dis
regard of their rights cease. It may
be necessary for the United States
and other neutrals to let Great Britain
understand that 'no word or act' will
be omitted to enforce their rights."
British merchants and shippers are
piofiting greatly, he asserted, by ex
porting the very character of goods
seized when shipped fiom the United
States to other neutral European
ports, Senator Smith denied that
Gieat'Britain could be excused on the
ground that the United States had
acted Illegally and Improperly and in
a similar way in tho civil war. Re
marking that the relations between
the United States and Great Britain
had been growing closer for a hun
dred years, tho senator added:
"But we are not a dependency of
Great Britain."
Germany too, ho said, always had
been a friend of the United States
and many American citizens love that
country second only to their own.
FOREIGN CONSULS
MAY BE INVOLVED
Evidence Tends to Implicate
Germans.arid Austrians in
- - a' Plot. "" (
New York, Dec. 10 United States
Attorney Marshall said today that tho
grand jury investigating the alleged
activities of Franz Von Rintelen, to
iustigate strikes in munition factories,
would reconvene next week, probably
Wednesday.
A mess of new evidence, obtained
by the district attorney's office in co
operation with agents of the depart
ment of justice, It was learned today,
definitely implicates certain members
ot the consular staffs of Germanv and
Austria.
No one connected with the district
attorney's office would say whether
indictments against any foreign con
suls was expected, though it was ad
mitted this was a possibility.
Mr. Marshall returned to his office
today after a hurried trip to Wash-,
ington yesterday, whore he conferred
with Attorney-General Gregory
Should foreign consuls be brought in
to the case, possible diplomatic en
tanglements might result and this
phase of tho situation, it was said,
r.s one discussed at yesterday's con
feiencc in Washington.
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TEN GUNS LOST
BY THE BRITISH
Bulgarians South, of Strumitsa
Defeat the Allied ,
Forces.
Berlin, Dec 10, via London, 3:35
p. m. In the battle between Bulgari
an and British forces In southwestern
Serbia ten guns wero captured from
the British, the war office announced
today.
The statement follows:
"The army of General von Koevess
in the lust two days took about 1200
prisoners.
"There is nothing to report from
the army of General von Gallwitz,
"South of Strumitsa, the Bulgarian
troops took ten guns from the Brit
ish. "On the western front, a French at
tack with hand grenades against our
new position on Hill No. 193, north
east of Soualn, was repulsed.
"In the eastern theatre there were
no events "
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BRITISH CRUISER
PURSUES A SHIP
Washington, Dec. 10. The British
cruiser which recently pursued tho
American steamer Vinoland from New
York clown the Atlantic coast, kept
well outside tho three-mile territorial
limit, the state department was ad
vised today by the British ambassa
dor. Tho British cruiser's captain sus
pected that the Ariueland's ownership :
was partly German. She put Into port '.
at night, eluded the cruiser in a fog i
and continued her voyage to Norfolk, i
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Studying Law W. 7Ial Fan left i
this week for the east where be will i
resume his studies in law, in the Uui- '
"ersity of Chicago.
GARRISON IS FOR
BIGMOBILEARMY
Continental United States
Needs 1,500,000 Fully or
Partially Trained Men.
SPECIFIC REPORT
Annual Expense of $20,000,
000 for Four Years Neces
sary to Maintain Harbor
Defenses.
Washington. Dec. 10. Secretary
Garrison made public today in con
nection with his annual note the spe
cial national defense report prepared
at his request by the war college divi
sion of the general staff. It showed
that the army itself considers that to
secure the continental United States
from atack it is necessary to have a
mobile army of 1,500,000 fully or par
tially trained men. It made tho fol
lowing specific recommendations:
Regular Army.
With the colors, 121,000.
Reserves at end of eight year en
listment period, 379,000.
Total, 500,000.
Continental Army.
Under training three months a year
for each of three years, 500,000.
On furlough subject to three
mouths additional training before tak
ing the field. 500.000
Organized Militia.
No provision beyond annual appro
priation of $7,000,000 and repeal of
all acts requiring state soldiers to bes
received into United States service In
advance of any other force in time of
war.
In estimating the cost of this es
tablishment, the report figured as fol
lows for the first year
Regular army, S25S.960T000. ,
frTitiTirTitnli 5R7 KOOOftO S.
Militia, $7,000,000.
Total, $353,400,000.
Heavy Annual Expense.
According to these figures, Secre-
I tary Garrison points out, an annual
i expense of $20,000,000 for each of four
.years would be necessary for harbor
defenses and reserve material would
ccst for the first year alone $129,-
7G8,786, making the grand total for the
first year $503,288,736.
It was the cost of war college
plansVliicli led Secretary Garrison to
devise the modified plan which has
been presented to congress with the
backing of the administration. The
annual upkeep cost of the war college
plan, were the system in full opera
tion, is estimated at $319,473,000 as
against $182,234,559 for the adminis
tration plan.
The Monroe Doctrine.
"Our abiding national policies." the
board found to be the Monroe doctrine
and the avoiding of "entangling alli
ances." To maintain these, it says a
co-crdinated policy of land and sea
defense must be evolved.
Strength of Foreign Powers.
The report contained a military ta
ble of the strength of the seven lead
ing foreign powers as of August 1.
1914. and also an estimate of Hie
available shipping for a military ex
pedition to the United States. It said
"a reasonable estimate" shows that
Austria-Hungary could send 180,000
men with all necessary stores and
animals across the seas within 40 7
days in two expeditions; France 404,
225 in thirtv days, Germany, 827,000
in 30.8 davs; Great Britain. 170,000 in
"7 davs; ' Italy, 227,000 in 35 days;
Japan," 23S.3C7 in 41 days and Russia,
101,074 in 40 days.
Must Be Prepared.
The report continued: "We must be
prepared to resist a comblucd land
and sea operation ot formidable
strength. Our principal coast cities
and important harbors have already
been protected by harbor defenses
which, by passive method alone, can
deny to an enemy the use of these lo
calities as bases for such expeditions.
"The enemy being unable to gain a
foothold in any of these fortified
aieas bv direct naval attack, will
therefore be forced to find some suit
able place on the coast from which
land operations can be conducted
both against the important coast cities
and the rich commercial "centers in
the interior. Long stretches of coast
line lie open to the enemy. The only
reasonable way in which these locali
ties can be defended is by providing a
strong mobile land force."
Mobile Force With Colors.
The report recommended a mobile
force of 121,000 men with the colors
in continental United States, 27.000
censt artillery with reserves to bring
the corps up to 60.000; one reinforced
dhlsion'in tho Philippines; one divi
sion in tho Hawaiian Islands and one
in Panama.
Holding the, Philippines, the report
saia, is a national policy, not a mili
tary one. but it must be remembered
that unless tho navy controls the
sea, no additional troops can be sent
there at need. The defense of the
Pearl harbor naval base can be ac
complished properly, the report con
tinues, only by adding a mobile force
to the garrison to meet attempts at
landing and similar situations exist in
the Panama canal zone, the Guantana
mo naval station, Porto Rico and
Alaska. ...... '
Forces Must Be Maintained. ;
The report said that because of (
geographical conditions mobile forces (
must be maintained In each of tho
Puget Sound California, Atlantic and
middle west' areas. The first three (
are described as the "critical areas, j
Puget Sound should have, it was said, ,
one division of troops, less the divi
sional cavalry, a brigade of cavalry;
California and the North Atlantic
states one division and a brigade of
cavalrv each; the middle west a dl-
vision," less its cavalry, and a brigade
of cavalry. Two brigades of cavalrj j
would be assigned to tho Mexican
border.
Under this distribution there would
be 82,000 regulnrs of all arms on over
seas service and 18,000 in the United
States. Adding non-combatant forces
necessary, a grand total of 281,000 Is
reached for the standing army.
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GIANT BREAKS RECORD
FOR 60-FOOT PLUNGE
Chicago, Dec. 9. A new world's
swimming record in tho slxeyj-Coot
plunge for distance was claimed to
day for Craig Redmon, a 280-pound
athlete of the University of Chicago,
Competing against the Chicago Ath
letic association team last night, Red
mon plunged tho sixty feet in 19 1-5
seconds, two-fifths of a second faster
than the former world's mark.
ALLIES RETREAT
NEAR SALONIKI
French and British Are Driven
Out of Serbian
Territory.
Berlin, Dec. 10, by wireless to Say
ville. According to information re
ceived In military quarters here, the
Anglo-French expedition in the Bal
kan's has continued its retreat and
has now entirely evacuated Serbian
territory. i
London, Dec. 10, 2:44 p. m. What
seems to be an intimation that the
troops of the entente allies contem
plate evacuating Serbian territory, if
they have not already done so, Is con
tained in a statement declared. In a
Reuter dispatch from Saloniki, to
have been issued by the French gen
eral staff on the' Balkan front.
The statement quoted by the Sa
loniki correspondent is as follows:
"We, the French and British, are re
tiring for reasons easy to understand.
In view of the fact that the Serbian
army for tho moment is out of the
reckoning, our presence in Serbian
territory is no longer necessary. Bul
garian successes amount to an occu
pation of territory no longer disputed
by us. They have invariably suf
fered checks each time the allied
troops assumed the offensive, notwith
standing their numerically superior
forces."
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FIRE SESTROYS
Tl ELEVATORS
Five Hundred Thousand Bush
els of Wheat Awaiting Ship
ment to Great Britain
Destroyed.
Erie. Pa.. Doc. 10. Two of the An
chor Line grain elevators owned by
the Pennsylvania Railroad company,
here, Avere destroyed by fire earl3' to
day with their contents, about 500.000
bushels of wheat. The loss, is esti
mated at $750,000.
A third elevator holding 325,000
bushels of heat was saved by fire
men. The wheat came from Canada
and awaited shipment to Great Brit
ain and her allies.
An investigation of the origin of the
fire will be requested. No other cause
than spontaneous combustion has yet
been assigned.
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LOGWOOD NEEDED
IN THIS COUNTRY
Silk Manufacturers Make an
Appeal to the Govern
ment. Washington, Dec. 10. Headed by
Senator Hughes, Paterson, N. J., silk
manufacturers today visited the state
department and asked that represent
ations bo made to England to remove
the embargo which forbids shipments
of logwood from her West Indian pos
sessions except to British ports.
The manufacturers said that, if tho
embargo 13 not removed, the J)Ig
silk mills at Paterson probably will
have to sut down within three months
for lack of dyes tuffs.
Moro than forty thousand workmen
would be affected.
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FOUR MEN BLOW
OPEN BANK SAFE
Robbers Work 45 Minutes and
Cause Nine Explosions Be
fore Obtaining the $1,
500 in the Safe.
Atchison, Kans., Dec. 10. Four men :
slew open tho safe and vault of the
State Bank of Everest, Kans., early i
:oday and escaped with $1,500. Ev- i
jrest is IS miles northwest of Atchl-
son. !
Tho robbers worked 45 minutes and J
;aused nino explosions before secur- i
ng their loot. No organized effort I
vas made to capture the robbers un
til daylight when posses began a
learch.
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Railroad Agent T. II. Pcrlcywitz, 1
'relght and passenger agent of the i
Bingham and Garfield railroadl was i
u Ogden yesterday on business.
AMERICAN SHIP II
FORCED TO STOP I
Six Shots Are Fired by a II
French Cruiser Off 11
Porto. Rico. Wm
VESSEL IS SEARCHED M
ffl
Four German Firemen Are ,''
Taken Off the Vessel as l
Prisoners of War.
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San Juan, Porto Rico, Dec. 10.- LI
Four blank shots and two solid shots ,H
were fired by tho French cruiser Des- H
cartes in holding the American, steam- IH
ship Coamo yesterday. fl
A French lieutenant, who boarded :'H
the Coamo, said orders have been giv- H
en to take all subjects or Germany H
and her allies from ships crews, be- ftfl
ginning December 8, and to take ail iH
such persons from among the passen-
gers after December 18. )
After tho six shots- had been fired jH
and the Coamo had been stopped, a 4H
small boat put out from the cruiser :H
with the lieutenant and his men. On H
boarding the Coamo. tho lieutenant H
demanded that Captain Barboun pro- jH
duce lists of the passengers and crew. IH
The passengers were alarmed and
ran from the state rooms in their H
nightclothes. Captain Barbour asked
why the Descartes had not waited un- -H
til morning to stop the Coamo so as 'H
to avoid alarming the passengers. The H
lieutenant replied he feared that the H
steamship would have reached port H
The captain protested against the ac- iH
tion of the lieutenant in taking off '(
the four German firemen, saying his .'H
vessel had never been boarded before. c
The lieutenant then informed him of H
the orders he said had been Issued H
The German firemen were paid oft JH
before being taken from the Caomo &
and the passengers gathered on tho I'l
uecit 10 wisn mem goon iuck. E
The American steamship Carolina I.H
sailed from this port on Wednesday l
afternoon and is due jn New York on I
Monday. It was not known here that ftfl
Chief Steward Schaa.de of the Cam-
lina had been taken off until the ar- IS
rival of the Coamo. II
Washington, Dec. 10. The state de- II
partment today still was without offi- K
cial report-of the action of the French K
cruiser Descartes in holding up the
American steamships Coamo and Car- I
olina. It was said that if the Coamo l
was fired upon, tho gravity of tho i
situation was materially increased. In- ,H
quiries for details have been dispatch- H
ed to Europe and to Porto Rico. H
The action of holding up the Coamo JH
is contrary to the principles for which H
the United States has contended and, 'H
if official reports corroborate pres3 lM
reports, the entire matter probably 1
will become the subject of diplomatic !'H
protest. )H
News dispatches were taken in offi- pH
cial circles to mean that Great Britain ;H
and France have engaged upon a pol- IH
Icy of clearing tho seas of every en- IH
emy subject. JH
oo ,m
HOPEWELL SWEPT I
BARE BY FLAMES I
Hardly Building Remains in :H
Main Part of Town Where ;H
25,000 Persons Lived.
LOSS ONE MILLION M
Fire Starts in Restaurant H
Great Explosives Plant Es- 'H
capes Undamaged !
Many People Injured. M
Hopewell, Va., Dec. 10. The town ,M
of Hopewell, swept by fire yesterday '
and last night, was almost as bare H
today as tho cornfield in which its
first buildings were put up a year H
ago. In the main part of the town of H
2o,000 persons hardly a building re-
inaincd, though the great explosives jH
plant near by and company villages H
at either end of the town escaped un- H
damaged. The loss is put at $1,000,- H
Thousands of refugees were housed H
during the night in Petersburg and H
Richmond. H
Although many were Injured, only JH
one death was reported. A negro, H
caught looting, was said to have been
strung up to a tree at the edge of H
Tho fire started Jn a restaurant jM
when an oil stove toppled from a box H
in the kitchen. M
The explosives plant which day and M
night at top speed is'turning ouwar M
munitions for the allies, ceased opera- M
tions only long enough to make suro H
none of its buildings would bo burned, H
Governor to Grant Aid. H
Richmond, Va., Dec. 10- Governor jH
Stuart Is awaiting reportH from agents M
he has sent to Hopewell to invest!- B
gate the necessity for state relit! '
measures. A joint session of the city jl
council hero wJH take up the subject H
today and the Richmond Chamber ot M
Commerce will meet for the same pur- M
pose. Newspaper relief funds have M
been opened and Richmond expects to H
liave organized aid in Hopewell before 1
eight Petersburg and Norfolk ara M
taking similar measures. ,
PRAISE WILSON'S MESSAGE. H
Buenos Ayres, Argentine, Dec. 10 jl
Argentine newspapers speak in eu- H
ir.glstlc terms ot President Wilson's H
message. La Prensa regards it as ho- fH
ing equal in importance to tho unun- fllH
:iatiou of the Monroo doctrine.