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Vol. LXXV....N0. 25381. |«..|.»rlfh« 191.1.Th*« Trlliun* A»»'n.1 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 101.5. « ? »"»VTa* PWT lB -*"¦"* Y,'rk c""v' -*;*w««-'««. Jtaaay ("It«*

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Teutons Threaten Pursuit Across Greek LineVONPAPENNAMEDDJ SAN FRANCISCOOMB PLOT CASE

Question of Price of Ex¬

plosion Put Up to Him,Is Allegation.

SIX TEUTONS SEIZEDON ARMY TRANSPORT

Wore U. S. Uniforms.Four of

Crew Held on Charge of

SeWggHng Aliens.

¦>>,-,. i I 5 '." sm*yermt

htniwnri on the government tremo-o were at

dBetttiulu a ,f ihr'-'fid offer. r temen

fftewtrantpc.enggltd ' Sgm Frnnci*co-

fmuretotemeut» led to the arrest ofiotr oth.r« v hen the »I ip se-ne

t.rkd a' '¦' r' *"*. Four

placed unires' am' ' "' '"."'""

* '>' cmt'Ctation

kt* lernt plata, nom under u-ay nti(fcl fruneu ¦-.doped rri-

dmee again*' Ca¡«

| Sai Fran-... ¡a the

..UBBBIIll '''" lyr,r- °t the¦on of a munition« plant

at put up 'o non Papen, Bopp, an-

.«titiirj to an affidavit l"~ld by thea plot to bloir

tf tunnels on th* Canadian Pacific

¡lavid Limar, th* "Wulf ¦>' .¦''.''

pretty ¦CSSMOl» I ¦r'th Fran- von

: prieonor in London,urged tt ' off supplie* to¦»I«? Entente Allies, tucordivij to a

'"* Federal authorities

Br Trier»»): to Th» BEm Praneii Iiec. 14,e government net in the German

«."jinb plot conspiracy was .losing on

high Teutonic oficiala in the United.""lates three Gormana and an Aus-'..iJJJi, wring United States Army«iiiform«. en from the army'¦ansport S*v-ndan when it dockedore to-day.Exid*T.c»' ' ¦'

an and we]';. rganized plot to blow up munitions*>'ork« jn the

¡al- to-day.The names » f < aptain Franz von

«"»per., recalled by the Kaiser at the'xqueit of the United States, and of-lran_ Bopp, the German Com-ul«Jenersl here, mars brought Into thecats

According to telegrams said to betins governments possession, the

price to be paid for the destination¦ sn optai res plant was "put up1" von Pap*T.. And, according* tr**n sfftda.it mads l y Johannes van

Koolberf- August 27. Boppl*rtjona'i!y tnipervisad hi.*-» aetiritiesB_és_rad ;«iracy to blow up'¦.r.ne.r. on the Canadian Pa'-ifn-Ríüroad ir May.Bat the tortled nan fruí

<vo tu Ot* errent on the trar«port of'At four -.»ho pa«1»«»»! them-««Ire» or* ..»»r» r<»-

¦jrn »luty. It be--.t two m"--

**»s had been taken from th<-*s» when it landed a" Honolulu and'-rt-wn into ja i «eel fraudulently' «' | rm.

PloUer» hmoffled Into L. S.from these two men tne plan r-o

*n«Sfle (,<!i--Bn plotter« into this*»««tr>- w«» learnerj v isstloalag by

ral John P.tig th» Hawaiian department

¦B U>« army, won the OO-I') »..'-. »,, rrnan Bailors

bod briber! men

h a promi»« of^Stt th rn lajfe .«-an Kran-

'rer\nxie,r'. .*«*» 2MUBI fri.m If. e ¦»«,, wr n

.

BBOBOrt,"«ur men »he I.h.1 «I«rn ui*¡-l.ni* plot were

>*orgr K,i -f a .,

, and r

Klanhau». ship

General I '.fnrma

JN Ohei , todayn# four r,ff »rid___**soa ¦.

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K/eid In»«-«.IiK_t,.n ||t,un,h« eix and *'v a »

f'ljri » r.ifi! r.ve»tif>«¦in. W>'.*Y »re. m l«ri '",n '

«.-».i a) Mi*-«..--»*¦.« .¦ ».«. i, eaaassa i

PUE UP 3 CORDS OF GOLDAaaaj omce staff nn¡»i, Reducing 200

Tons of Mnnev to Bars.Th», local Assay Office has Just f.n-

labod turning $102.000,001 |a Briti-hsovereigns, which have aeen importedsince October 87, late "told bar«.ban have aeen depoeited in r.

in the «»»ub-Treamirv. and the\ maksa pile of gold measuring 39*3feet, or mor«, than three cord«

In the pile, which is s

.. are Iß,346 hart, ear) worthahout $7.000, and aYout »»even inche-in height. The bars are laidte mi row*, and rr.Hke a :t.*alof «oirii 200 tonn.

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LED ASTRAY BY .BRAIN-FOG"Francis Donigan l.t-adn He la Missing

and Kemen-iber»i.The mystery surround.ng the d.sap

pearance el Henry Faenéis Donigan, ¦

business man of Loairrllle, Ky., who!.«.» hcin misaing for three weeks, w*-

¦. when lie communi

srltb h-.x brother-in-law. DrDu-ight Huntei. who lives at the Har»Kerno Hotel. Ponigan has been stay¬ing al the Hotel I heisea, -...'- WestTwenty-third Street.An alarm was sent out for Donigan

yesterday from Police Headquarter«.and news of his disappearance ara

published in the newspapers. Th«niii»inf- man happened to ren'l or» of

the reports and the shock of learmni-that a search was being carried on

for him restored hia mental faculties.It was said last night tiin' Dornj-anhud been suffering from ''brain-fog.'due to overwork.

STOLE FROM Y. W. C. A.,GIRL GUEST ADMITS

N'y 125 in Addresses BetraysMysterious Robber.

"1 am guilty," said Mis« Ktlria Newbatt. arrested Sunday on a charge ofstealing ths property of other girls inthe Harriet Judson Memorial YoungWomen's Christian Associstion. Brook-lyn, as the stood before MagistrateNaumer in the Adam« Street court)» esterday.

"I cannot tell you what led me to

steal." she continued, ''but I have be«trying since I took the last thing thatdid not belong to me to be good, and 1think 1 am going to win out. I am

willing to make restitution for what I

took."The magistrat« was unmoved by the

girl's plea, He held her In $1.000 bailtor the action of the gTand jury.

In July, August, September and Oc¬tober Miss NY-wbatt mado five »isits to

the Young Women's Christian Associa¬tion building and registered as a *

ent guest. Ia comparing the registerto determine who was in the buildingat the time the thefts occurred, thesecretar*,' found that f.ve différer.tnames were in similar handwriting..Although the c.ties from which thsgirl registered were different, the num¬

ber Iff was fixed la her mind, as on

occs«loris fhe gave that as a

number. It was throuirh anof the addresses tha- M

.. was arrested.

GIRL TWINS BRINGTINY BROTHER ALONG

Father of Four Other Girls De¬

lighted at Heir's Arrival.Hempstesd, Long Island, Dec. 14.

Pler.ty of twins have been born in Nas¬sau County, and parents there thlr.k thi yhave generally me: with the approvsl oftjolonel Roosevelt, but it remained forMrs. Herman I. Pela, wife of the super-Intendeat of Belmor.t 1'ark racetrack,to make a record for the county. <ir,

December 7 sha pre-.er.ted her husband.¦.¦.i. g.rls and one boy. Their to¬

tal weight I- fourteen and one-half

pounds.Pell was at the trBck when told he

was a father. A» he already had fo.irother girls, the aldea! fifteen and the

rar, he inquired whether 11.>r a girl. When toYi it ws

a gir! . ippointed, aii. woald bring him a::

when toldhe wn father of tirina, another daagh-

born, hethe house in a hurry. At the door a

ta tl al 111 aa«ant had boon ra and that it

waa a boy. Hia joy knew no boanda.All three of the children are doing well.

P -i wai Kleanor Wonderly.Moth sh<- and her hu-bar.'l eOBM from.»...¦. fen ' ». Yen- bei«,g i,.i.i> chil-

¡a each of their parent«' families.S y« i old.

$2.500 FOR POSSIBLE GEiVITJS

I'nknown «.ifts Win Soi« for Rov »>f

Ihre*. Who Leal Kntl of Flnr«*r.Deal« ef -'11 Hudson

Avenue, BrOoMyB, Il "i'Y. three and a

half year« old. Vf a jury in 'he Sa«

ptom» earl decided yesterday thatd te I2.M0

for »lie io»s i.f tha tea "f l> .- '..*«¦¡.er »hi.» ron;.!*»' fri.iii Italy

aa a 1 steeiaer.Alth« ;¦. hn m

Usually lergl 'it-dirt f.,t ia child for

the injury »untamed, thera were un-

t»j|d peeeihilltiea in a »hild namedthe tu Id of art,

d t he law

pot, himight ".

I he I ..¦ « ;, . v. -» ho

|*l Mrhe ehlid's

Iron doeiM rr

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CITY, PUT DOWNBY STORM BLOW,REGAINING FEET

«Milk Companies MakeHalf of Deliveries-Trains Creeping In.

45,000 SHOVELLERSNEEDED; 4,590 ON JOB

Adamson Issues Fire WarningWater Main Bursts In Bronx,

Drowning Livestock.Winter's first punch. landed on New

Vi.rk Monday night, made the city takethe full count of ten. For that numberi.f hours h. i'i n.ore yesterda«., after »hebuzzard first paralysed street traffic,railway communication, milk supplyand wire communication, the c IIrnained practically hors de combat inthese re-p.

It was late in the afternoon b rathe most human »ide of the prui.the babies' milk supp'v began to besolved to any appreciable pxttn*. Bynightfall the milkmen announced thatthe;, had done all they could, andwould have to leave the res» for themorrow, fine of the larger dealers ad-mitted that only 50 pi r eenl of thetrade had been served, while othersestimated tl.elr service at various per-centagei up to 90. To-day'- deliraríaswill be made UP largely of yesterday'sdelayed snpplies.

All agreed tha: the greateel trooblehad been in getting the higher gredasof m Ik which go to the babies. Driver«of all compani s were instructed Itake care, _o far as they could, of the

youngsters, invalids and benevolent in¬stitutions. Not more than 10 per centof (irade A milk all told was deliv¬ered. It was estimated that it wouldtake two days for the milk servie

to get back to normal, due in largtmeasure to the inability of farmers to

get their product to the railroad col-I leetioa stations ever tho ««nowhound

country roads.Snow Shoveller* Needed.

These being acute street cleaning. [...s, there probably was no question!asked yesterday more frequently in of¬

ficial circles than how CommissionerPatherstea was getting away with hia

job. If one sought the answer to thatthe Commissioner's own

oflee The answer of his secretary I

that the job was complete, so I

opening up the main aiteries of travels as concerned, ami man.

lesser street as well,So claim wan made that the snew had

been loaded an.' hauled to the sno-

dumps, but the Commissioner's new'

ne of using thehe si o'.v in the gnttei

rehieles could go through, while

the snow removal eontl S onlyte load and hau: i" as txpeditioasly a

possible, was given ered * for bringingprompt relief to traffic. The old scheme

was to load the snow directly fromwhere it lay, without clearing passage-ways first,The Commissioner, however, wsi far

from satisfied with hi let. He was be-

moaning the fact ths?, whereas he!r eeded 48,000 men in his emergency

force, divided Inte three shifts of

16.000, he had been able to muster onlya shift of 4,690 men in Manhattan,Brooklya aad Ih« Bronx. They knockedoff work la-t aigl el 10 o'clock,exhaustion Work would have

¡entirely with thi the removal'contractors, with the'*" availahcarts and 600 men, been underto Continue hauling to "he dum]

he mow city em« eu had

piled up.Another cause '¦.¦¦ inga

- issioner was theof the forty snow ploughs by which thispiling was being dene were salness. The ploughs are hauled by pn-vate motor trink», and only half therequired number could be kept in hire.Motive power had been presided for

forty of the seventy- the departmentowns. Fifty were forced to Ye ¡«lie jres-terday,

Taft Sleeps In Train.

Despite these tribulations, . -.vas re-ported at the as ..¦ iloner's office that

hud i,nt been a single U lepbonemm an irate merchant deraai

that the street be «Yaitd m front oface ho he could get his good

through. La I year, bis -untar

telepboae In the officewith the.-e complaint»-. Thi« colwas accepted a- an lades of efficiency.

. prol lets a¦ rariea a*th« Battery enlj íes fell, in

Brom then »ere i leven inch.There fon. .¦

nen, arid equally haul to eatimal... ¦.. the ':. ..'

clearanc« I« is a tally aal Imated al$35,000 an lach ander the present sya-j

rhe shortage of nun wsUted to thi eXOdaS of reservists f'.rth«- wars and the fart that s

lober bai been absorbed by mai(.,«..

'The Fifth Avenue Coa« omeeny"d t hat it des m iles

of etreel abo« elit m leas than

three hours, US snow

¦ttaehed to th« ehest |it- worl 'i doaa on

e, from Fif1 * up to 11OthParkway, Seventh

'. cholas eveaues, Riven di imaseras reads «hrnugt,

I -.nnn'.'.l on |«n(r ", r.il.imn S

Wilson Picks Horse Doctoras Coast Survey Head

E. Lester Jones, a Veterinary, to Succeed Dr. Otto Tittman,Noted Scientist.Spoilsmen's Inroad««

Feared in Bureaus.h* Tni un» p...-.

Washinp-ton, Pee. 14.- A Veterinär

surgeon who until a few years ago Wl

prescribing for ailn,- ¡. iibt t

houses, hogs and »,*¦» will be estailished as head of the Coast and Cet

de- ,» Purvey, one of the most high'.scientirie h'li-eeii« m "he governmenif the Senate confirr.i-i a nommatiomade by President Wilson. The horsdocior Is already Ultag 'he place, an

the appointment has caused "»luch erltiend no little apprehen*»ion amoni

other scientists n governmen» employE. Lest r Joneo, V M D* of Culpepei

Va., according to his letterhend. is thiman who has been ehe P SS de

,\ on for 1Dr. Jones will take the plsce of Ott.

II Tittmann, who through nearly halla century of s'uvy work, had won hi»

way to the head of the bureau and te

an international reputation, evidenced

by his membership in a dozen greatscientific societies.

Scientific bodice liere, while admit¬

ting that Dr. Jones is a man of talentI, deny that

any n.nr. mu posaibly meaeurs up to

the work to which he ha-> heeii assignedl| long year-i of arduous specialg, a delj d nTerenl from thai to

be gained by prescribing for animaldiseases. They eipress surprise that

Wilson, who they had ,-up-

post d particularly well tit'ed to under«the r.eed for e\pert q II

ha%»' overridden the long tra-

from

poilsasea.Fear for Scientific Wort.

They ftar that the appointment willnot be the last of its kind, and thatthe high reputation which the scien-

1'ureaus have borne will sufferheavily in consequence. They al-o

point out how seriouh to industries ¡'

would be if th« time came when th«i'overr,ni''n',s scientilc report« couldnot he trusted.

Dr. E. Lester .Tone« Is a Now .Terseyman by birth and a PrincctonÎBn. Ilw»» at college, that hi» abilitir« «.*

traded the attention of I»r. Wilson,and the iHtter made prompt use of 'hem

sftot hi» election to the Presidency.Within three month», or on May 1",

10n, Pr. .Tone« -»-,» called from hi»

pig*« and rhicken» in «"ulpepor to be-eOBSa asslstsat deputy superintendedof the Bureau of Fisheries, a piare p-»y

Mût ;i year. B ¦ two year« «roththere, President Wilson must have it*-

cnled, proved or provided hi« fitness loithe geodetic post, paying M»000, Bod hsxva? appointed to ir ea Beptembet 21,after tion of Mr. Tittmann.

Besides being a v<**erinanan and dep¬uty rish Boperintendent, l'r. Jone« boabe»-n a stock btooder. His letterheadbears »he superscription "BrentoroodStock Kami," and advertises him as

"lui.-rlrr of hi(-h cm*«« horse», reci»-

tered ,!«*r«ey cattle and registered Rerk-

ihira sxvine."Itan Strx-k Farm On the Side.

enterprise was carried on in

conjunction with his veterinary bu«i-

i «es Bil prescription-, »x-ritten at thistime bear the usual cryptic symbol« for

the iraggist'l sdifiestlOB, snd such

note? a« the foUooiog:"One SB tOBgaa t. i. d., give portion

to horse at night ; bath isle) injuredrice."

Attainment« of Mr. Tittniann.

Mr. Tittinann had been with the Sur¬

vey since lHt.7. He was assistant as¬

tronomer with the expedition sent to

Japan in 1874; directeJ rêverai survey¬

ing expeditions along the Atlantic ar.d

Paetfie coasts; had beer, in charge of

¦ ontlnnril ofi pn-te «, < ulnnin 4

CHICAGO, JUNE 7,PLACE AND DATEFOR REPUBLICANSNational Committee Decides on ConventionAhead of Democrats.

Washinirton, Dee 14 Chicago sraiselected te«uighl by thi BepulNational Comm the ineet.n¡place of the 1910 Republican nationa

¦ held oí '.'¦¦

sfm Bt, Lou i .. rate stood::; » »

I'hilatie :,i ..,

Karlier in the «lay the con.

nd determined on the convention datewithout a roll call, and some person-said a record vote might have broughta d.fTerent ir

Advocates of an early eonrentiondate argued that this was the time forthe Republican party to take the of-

tl política] enemies,without regard to the ancient customof allowing the party in power to meet

tust and announce its candidates andBfged that the party

Should '1er a defer.»live cam-

b should blaze the trail andy .-.- Il lei te the eoentrjTechnical objection raised to an rsrly

date by representatives of Wesjt Vlr«g nia ami South I>akota. where pri¬maries ,r delegateswill in h« Id ..'. June ß, eras swept away

by the adoption of a resolution. placing the names of the

'i c^e «tales on therary roll of the convention, with

tiie agreement that certification b] Igraph from the proper sure authoritiesaitcr the primaries will he valid au-

thorisetioi for .««eating them.The fight for the convention pro-red

more one-sided than friends of theeitles which lost had expected. Thefact ths» the Democrats will meet in

St. I/oiii« on June 11. Mini that manythousand-» who will attend have madere-ierva* ion« a' th« hotels there forseveral days anead, undoubtedly hud its

St. Louis lifter the

« SSStteaed on t>a*e ft, « '.Inmn 4

BRITAIN PLANS NEWDRIVE IN EAST AFRI

Smith-Dorrien Named to l»

Expeditionary Force.¦a cent io Tt:- m

London, Dec. 14. With the appoment of Oenersl Smith-Dorrlon to

laprems ommand of the Brilforces in Fast Africa the campam that theatre ef the xx-sr tatannew phase. Sm'th-Dorrien has 1

¦.rii.niderable experience in Airii

lighting, hoeing served arith diet!tion in the Zulu war in 1879 and mi

big reputation in the B04 I .

which wa« enhanced b> his brilln

conduct of 'he teTeat from Mon«

.he early days of the present «tmgg

Little has been heard of Smith-D»1

meru a

ed by Tommy Atkir

»actly the man to hit it off wi

:th African t.roop», who w

form the backbone of the Eoot Africi

expedition.So far the war in Kast Africa hi

not been satisfa» toi y 'o the Britis

but the colony is at last to be in.adfin force and will almost inevuabl¡«hare the fste of Southwest Afric;

An enthusiastic re. rutting campa.gn i

South Africa for the expeditionarforce is SO* ended and in the nc

year the Booth African Dutch ai- arelas British will agoifl be etisaíjíd i'

making hiatorj :"« : the dark continen

and in driving («eimans from thei

;_-1 stronis-liold m Africa and almos

the last piec.» of territory held bthem outside of Europe. The territoryis twice the size of th.« German Erapinend li.» .-i population of eight in.'lion

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WOULD EXPEL HAISELDEN

Méditai >»»ii»*lv Max Oust Man Uhu

l.e) Baby Die.

Chicago, Doe, 14 The council of th«

( hicago Medical Boeioty, in a findingmade public to-night, recommended to

the society that Pr. If. J. Haiselden,

who advi«ed a*rain»t operating on the

Bollinger baby, be expelled from the

i'in-, however, was not the charge

against ths doctor. A «.».

ur'irlt-*» under hi« name dealing with_se un.) the subject of eugenics

generally appeared after the deouse sithe bahy, a tow weeks ago, and for

In- «ros 'hartred with unethicalconduct and found guilty.

The Balkan Failure^.\j_5rti^SÄ«aÄTtti,a

I, ii ., ebaracttrtsttctll- cleai dUcuaitoe oi n-y.iii.t_r«-operstUi ¡bsl ¡¡ave led to the «tr««t oil Stlonici. »HI three

rid possible .apturc.|vri (bos« Cd prO-Allj tendency who hive found but little

Mtaec In on "f ,his c«BP«-«n "m fi?d ÏÏ1 ;,r( ,clf

SSöä. ää. '--»"''

SI?? Sitttflag ÜínbuttrFirsts Latt tat Truth: tVnar Mtwigh Aab*rsHt»mtati

BERLIN PLEDGENOT BINDING,SAYS VIENNA

Austrian DispatchesIndicate Attempt

at Evasion.

LIGHT SOUGHTBY ZWIEDINEK

Wants to Know What WillSatisfy U. S..Cabinet

Discusses Note.I>.m .'.- TV'-.--, Rir«»!i.1

. .a-hiiiarton, Dee. 1 1. Vl^tina. indignanl at the curtness of the Amer¬ican demanda on the Aneona case,may refuse to accede on the groundthat ah« xvns not a»»quainted withth» principles laid down hy theUnited St-iite*» in th<» Luisltania ne¬

gotiation«. The American note as¬

sumed that Austria had full infor¬mation on the issues invol\-ed. Hy.denying this assumption Viennamight seek to open a long »Iiseus-sion of the suhmarine question.a(¡;<-cus.«ion auch as that xvhich Isstill pending xvith Germany.

This xvas indicatoil In ¡"portsfrom Vienna to-day. xvhu'h saiii thatthe note was weak ;n a salient point..id thus was deprived of its foun-dntion. Tha vi»«w i~ hold in Austrianofficial circles, according to these dis-1 at.'hes, that the gox-err.nient couldnot he expected to have knowledgeof the Lusitania negotiations. Suchinformation as it received, xvns ob-t.-.inoii through nexvspnper reports,which are without diplomatic value.

Btate Department officials declarethat tin« atand i> sntiraly unjusti¬fied. Not only eraa nmbaasadorDuraba kept advised "f the !>...«>gre«,s» t the negotiation-- by the State De¬partment, but the notorious state¬ment Bryan made to AmbassadorDumba.that the tirs.t Lusitanianote was not to be taken seriously.

tinted to as eonclosive proofthat the Ambassador xvas so ad-i/ised Washington holds that theUnited States li justified m assum-

ing that Dumba communicated hi"knowledge to Vienna.

Complete Compliant« -.sked.

The indignation in Vienna confirmed

by report.-» t o ii . Americannote confirms '»he opinion expressed Im-1

* publica: .on here bylenta of the

break ifl n is bi a".-, m

evitable if tha (Jolted Stute* »too«)

squarely on the note. The State De¬

partment »hows no inclination to re-1cede from the stand it has taken, andi» evidently prepared to face a breakif Austria replies with anything less

than a complete compliance.The conviction grows daily at the

State Department that Germany is to

blame fo'r the Aneona sinking. This be¬

lief was held when the note was drawn,and xvas the reason for the incorpora¬tion of the demand not made in theArabic case, that the commander of

the submarine be punished. The Aus¬

trian government's report of the "dif-liculty oi communicating with 'he sub-marme" and the recent statement from

Vienna that the undersea boat in be«lieved to have bren los', confirms the

hypothesis.The same assumption is responsible

bloat and «ir,-. ter ofthe nute. If it bod beer, believed that

Austria alone wa-« re.pon«ible for theattack on the At.conn, a much mildernote srould have been sent. A mildi Ute, however, «ronld not reach the realculprit, Genoaoy. The State depart¬ment believea that t ha« placed Ger-.a:,;, in a BlOSt BBCOmfoitools position

I y i»« vigorous action toxvard Austria,which .*» believe« merely as umed re¬

sponsibility for an act committed byGermany in order to acquit GermanyOf B breach of its agreement with theI'nitcd States.

Talk of Tentative Kepl.x.In Teutonic quarters hope is still

held mir that a briar, irith Austria maybr» avoided if the t'nited State» trill beconten) i itb .» tentative reply from th»Austrian government a« a basi» for'further nogotiotions. BotooZariedioek,iin the absence of ir.-truetion-» from,Vienna, is in daily eoneultation withAmbassador ron BernstortT. Hie visit jtu the ."-"at.* Deportment yesterday»nrhoB In- discussed the poeeibility of a

rupture with Secretary Lansing, is... bO» I been at the sug-

gestion of 'he Germai *i laaor.1 he Austrmn chargé, it is reported

atteaapted te leerá from theSecretary .«nat dlapoaition would be

ihewn by the I'nited Stato» to daSCOSelthe facts and the law of the AneonaCHse. Secretary Lansing. ;* is »aid, re-

foeed t" add to t m . expression of thisCenntry's attitude .«ontaincd in the.note itself. Intimating that nothing

rl of a complete compliant-Austria would be lotiafoetory.No arord came to-day from Amha»«a-

dor P'-ntield to iodieote «rhea a reply to

tin» note might he looker) for. or BOOthe eomasanimation .*.«« received.The Aneona ease area discussed a»

length at llie (ahmet meet n_ tin

morning. Il ¡a under«tood. and «» 'he

roatian««*) em p*s* a. r«iu_a i

NOT BOUND BY BERLINPLEDGE. SAYS VIE!

Vienna. Dec. IS (via I-ondon.14; delayed)..The ".merlran no

Austria-Hungary Is retardedas week in one Important p.»hirh ma«, deprive the note In«ral of its foundation. Thisrerns the standpoint takenthe Vustro- Hungarian fovemishould be familiar »1th the attlof the American government re|ing the freedom of the sea» bee1'resldent Wilson had eiplalnedto the Cerman -overumenl.

Against thia stand of Waahinthe objection is raised th«t theernment ha» knowledge of ihegotiatlons In the Imitant« caae

through the new-ioapcrs, the'could give to the«"e report« no dlmatlc value, and that It haaconcerned itaelf in any waythe I.usitanla case

It is «»uggested that in anyit -»oiild have been better If Wiington at the time had communled the memorandum of It« sta

point to nil belligerent governmein which case the present Iwould seem more Justified.

WAR COSTS GERMANYHALF BILLION A MON

Expenses Will Increase. S

Treasury Secretary.Herlin. Dec. 14 In 'he P.e.chsta«

day Dr. Karl Helfferich. the Beersof the Imperial Treasury, pointedthat the previous credit» totailed

600,000^00, of which the last $.,:000.000 was voted in August. He

thai lie had then estimated the mon

demands at about 1500^000,000, an.,

four months had .-une»' pa?sed and

fifth month was being entered on,

necessity for a new vote of credit

«elfevident.The increase in the war expenditi

compared with last »spring, Dr. Helfich ssid, wa§ not very material, des

the fact that not only had there ka growth in "he armv and in Sold Options. hut an ire«- the pvic«almost a!l aeceseiti« » for »he army

na-y:,ll 'I r

.economy, but no. Germeay ti

.-Yh continue»! an.I probablycreanir.giy high rxrenditures. Agai

'the credit votes of ST.oOO.OOO.OOO. th

¡ loans hud yielded MJ00.000.0lt,the balance had in part b.

b| nor' term treasury I:. thod weald be Ml

of the next war loan.

Through the gnat succcs«. atthird war loan the government,treasurer conclided, could wait w

the next loan until March

ATHENS COMMANDEERSGREEK SHIPS ABROA

Vessels in U. S. and British Habors t«i Carry Food.

London. Dec. 14. Tin ek gov«was learned here to-day, 1

ideered all <;r»ek shippingBritish ar.d American ports in sn etf<to supply the deficiency in food a

coal which exists in Greece as a rest

of the Kntente Allies' restrictions.The Greek vessels will be load

with cargoes purchased by the Athe

government, which does not expect t

same trouble as is experienced by t

regular owners of ships in gettith«l8e necessary commodities to GreetA di«patch to '.he (entrai News fro

Cardiff says the object of the Gre.

government in commandeering Grei

>hi|is Ig ;o nie them *o ci»rry foodstul'from the in it Btatos to «ireece. A. ireek ves«»'.» ,,f more than 1,500 toi

net, losded or empiy. have been order»to proceed to Hampton Roads immed

Stely, according to the dispatch.

Philadelphia, Dec 14. Shipping me

[In this city SBid to-day that the corr

mandeermg of Greek ressell by Greet.would increase the scarcity of .»hips fo

the handling of the heavy export tradto the Lntente Allies and neutral coun

tries in Northern Kurope. At presenthere are no Greek ships in this ponbut four are on their way to the Delsware f«r»>akwater from European port

'to receive orders, and some of them, i

no*, all, are expected to take on cargoeihere.

a

WAR OUTSTRIPS YEAS BOOK

"Almanach del.otha" Still Has Kaiser«Son a« British Colonel.

Amsterdam. Dec. 14. The 1916 edi

'.¡on of the ''Almanach de «jotha" ha»

just been published, written in French,as usual.

In the preface complaint is made of

the difficulty of obtaining trustworthydata. This difficulty is shown by the

fact that the German Crown aPrince

still appears as colonel of a regimentef Hrmsh hussars.

2.244.248 PRUSSIANS LOST

Bavarian», Wurtemhergians and Sax-onians Not In Total.

..ertiam. Pee 14 Prussian css-

lietS No HI to HI, according tothe "Rnlterdamsche «ourant," contain

the names of c.'..:«tO killed, woundedand mi«sii g. making the total *_7i**¿A*

This is eiclua»«v<. of the n»-n»i on

II Bavarian, SlO \\ urtembergian. 2.13Sasonian and the naval and Turkishlists.

GREECE SEESBATTLE NEARON OWN SOIL

Athens Expects Teu¬ton Demand toFollow Allies.

BÜLGARS ASSERTFRENCH CUT OFF

But Salónica Hears Entente Retreat Is Successful.Defences Ready.London, Dec. 14. .The next big

battle will in all probability bofought in Greece, despite the effortsof the Hèttonk Kins: and govern-ment to save their country from thehorrors of war.

The BritMl and French forceshave made grood their retirementdown the Vardar Valley and are

DOW approaching .Salónica, where¡vin forcements are being lindad,The Bulgar pursuit stopped at thebonier.

Sofia also claims that the Bulg.tnan troops have liroken through theAnglo-French line ami cut off KmFrench forces from the British. A.Cording to U official statement, dated December 12, received here today, a ionf section of the Frenchfront was taken by storm, theFrench forces suffering heavy |..Purs-it of the Allied troops, th.- r.

ays, continues.In dMCribing the retreat of

French and British forces r

Balkans, the Bulgarian oAdalMM Prendí and

.¦

mountain gant andhowitxera, were engaged. Tha

along ¦'.. -.inhu and Kaoccupied _M day- ¦ d a

their conch-iion, contimiet the stat«'

mtttt, not a single hoatile soldi« i t\mained on Macedonian -oil. The

the British and Frencharm then immtdintti) -topped.

trine <,ti«< «.crinan Demand-,Gre«

been coniplirated by the requi .

Germany to know whether the Athenslook upon the use of

Greek »rritorj by Um Batéate Alliesas a breach of her neutrality, and thisinquiry ii .to fereehede iGerman participation la the pursuit.

Bowerer, it is not believed hen tha»the Genaaai ha- ¦ iaao] troops la thatpart o: the Balkaae, li.e.r man

to i» i tchah whinthreat ol an laeaelea of

Bulgaria seemed likely of fulfilment,and tha' therefore the Entente troopsfor " preoeat only have to fear theBulgarians, as the Austrians are stillbeing occupied m Montenegro and Al¬bania, where the Montenegrins ar.dSerbians are keeping up a .stubborn re¬

sistance.It has again been reported that the

Italians have landed an army on theAlbanian coast to go to the assistanceof the .erb.- and Mo:,"encgrins.

Reutt r's correspondent a» Athensfa;,« tierman diplomats already ha- e

taken steps which are likely to add con¬

siderably 'o «ireece's difficulties, ifpressed.

It i« aaaean sed aaefieially at Äther.»,the corresponden* continue.«, that Ger¬many has a«Ked (.recce "whether tienew facilities afforded the Allies com

promise Greek neutrality in any way "

Situation Is Delicate.

No official communication has beenlaaed thai far at Athens regarding theexchange of views between German»nd Greek diplomat»», bat Greek offi¬cials admit the situation is becomingmore delicate. The correspondent be-llevee, however, that Germany does not

desire to bring matters to a head, re.

ogni-.lng the fact tha. Greece is coi,

fronted with exceptional cireumstance-.In a later dispatch the corresponden-

says it Is expected in Athens that a de¬mand will be made for free pamagaover Greek territory fi.r the Bulgaria!«r.d «¿ernian forces which are pursuingthe Allied troops. It la said unofficiallyin A'hens that the Germans, if theyaspire »o the enjoyment of the samerights as the Allies in Greek territory.probably will br allowed a Ire» hand,but that If Bulgarian» cross the fron¬tier the situation immediately will as¬sume a different aspect, in the view ofthe Greek rovernnient.Telegraphing from Salónica, "The

Time«" c-irrt«| ondent says:"The reported concentra* ;on of large

enemy forces south of Monastir to-dayis authoritatively denied, and thereforethe Doiran-Gievgeli sector is the onlyquarter from which an enemy advancemay be anticipated at pressât"The exclusion of Bulgarians from

¡the civil administration of Monastic i»

now clearly neen to have been a pre-tenee to allay «»reek Mi«pieions untilthe Barbián resistance was completelybroken and "lie line of the Greek pol¬icy definitely known. It now must hetli«carded. »Monastir has been ofileiallydeclared by the German MmiMer at

Sofia to be in the irrevocable possession of Bulgaria. While a purely Bui

C<M«"1»ee4 .. peee a. retaran ¦