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EL PASO. TEXAS. THURSDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 16. 1915

DELIVERED ANYWHERE CENTS A MONTH.

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Robbers Threaten Engineer

With Death Unless Locked

Car Is Opened.

PASSENGERS ARE

NOT MOLESTED

Holdup Occurs On Kansas

City Southern Railroad

N ear Menu, Ar.

MCSA, Ark, Dec 1. Southbound

passenger train No. 1. on tha

Kansas Cltr Southern railway

''-s held up between Kagleten and

' rn firiy today by three robbers.

T c uandits blow open the safe in the

-'83 tar. The loot, according to

rna.$ officials, consisted of four

?5 sifiea packages. The passengers

not molested,

lire robbery took place in a ragged

jmaii- coumry. une ol tne robbers

F5ert the train 'with a lantern and

Tred engineer C. E Covert with a

..iier -rue others cot off the es

f ess and mail cars and ordered Co

rt to run ahead to a secluded spot

Almost Wreck Car.

Tn Mtttpg the safe of the esp&ss

fie robbers practically wrecked

i tli. first sign of trouble the mail

- locked the doors of tokU ap'

Tay refused to open up untU the o-

b s placed a revolver at Covert's head

o a said

T--i em" to open u or you're a

t ..ier"

i e .uidits then entered the ear, se

' u-d four registered stall packaged

tied.

TESTIMONY OF BREWERY

0FICIALS IS CONCLUDED

i-iin. Texac Dec 16. With the

n , s ,ere 0f the testimony of I. A.

of the Galveston Brewing com-

" ry oefore special commissioner

K j.sler in the state's ouster and antl-

st euit against the breweries of

is. the examination of officers -of

" ariOjs breweries has been con-

i'd

it is T'kely however, that other testi

fy will be offered of other wit-

rses before the special commissioner

i re the case comes up for trial

i rn meantime negotiations looking

an adjustment of this litigation out

court are in progress.

it i- ile at San Antonio the special

ti siuner took the testimony of

ttp Wahrmund, of the San An

il o Br-w ing association; L. A. Adoue,

iu GaIeston Brewing company, and

I 5b Hamilton, of the Magnolia brew

at Houston.

LETTERS PROVE FORGER

IS REALLY VON K00LBERGER

T,etrl. ridge. Alta., Dee -It Proof

l at J H ion Mont ford, the German

t-i.temed from Calgary for one year

ior forger, a week ago and now In jail

rn- is Johannes Henrlkus von Kool

i ergen wanted as star witness In the

m t sec ut i on of baron von Rrincken and

" f Crowley, in San Francisco, is con- '

u'neo in a letter written mm oy nis

To end addressed in tne name ot

Konlbergen. according to the authori

ng Tl.e man may be taken under guard

to -an Francisco, if he is needed.

SUPPLIES ISSUED TO 8542

AT CLIFTON ON WEDNESDAY I

',fr,n Ariz, Dec 16. Relief work

.x lare scale is being carried on in

lifton-MoreucJ-Metcalf district.

- .ppl es were issued yesterday to 8541

( r uple Of these 89 are single men

ntpplies are being issued from regu

' - riepots and a complete record of the

''i?;.osition of the supplies is being

l.ept

NEW MEXICO'S FLAG OP

VICTORY IS ON Dlal'LAl'

.r t F- M. Dec It OoL Hatrb B.

hen has juet received and is dtoplay-

s r ihe Sant Fe teak window, tee beau-

u f ax awarded the New Xexioo exhibit

-- lifto at tokens of the erand prizes

- l the bivMIns as 'well for the dis-

t .T3.

Sweater and Play

Place Fund Growing

X'ollowln? subscriptions baie been need some time to prepare for any as

reerivrd liy The Herald to liny in eaters i sault 00 these positions, particularly

and build a play place to protect the as light artillery ami mountain guns

Rescue Heme babies from the elements ' would not suffice Few heavy guns,

1-rrvlnn.lT rrnorted. less MO ex- 1 tf an. seem to have arrived near the

pendrd for nwenters and caps. .372.75 J

I4ntniuiea touay

V Friend I.OO

Louise 1 odi s 1.U0

Friend JO

11 Iks Bleta Orznsbre t.l)

The Lodge. 402 San Prancixco M. .00

Traveller Slan 3.00

Mrs. 1 31. Hoivland, a Dig dull and 1.0(1

Mrs. B. Ftllman 1.00

Ret lew 5io. 42, Women's Beneflt

Order vf Maccabees 5UK

W. E. Lime r.no

Tom teTnrt. lln?deo Arizona, Ivto

sneaters and fno noolen caps.

The Mnecahee donation Is rpeelfleri as

Intended for tLc purchase of shoes for

the children.

Christian, Agnostic or

ag

THREA

AUSTRIA, Hungary, has re

plied to the American note

on the .Ancona tragedy,

news agency dispatches through

London state.

Reports have reached Rome thai

extensive preparations have been

made for a Turco-German cam

paign against the Suez canal and

Allies In Greece

According to London 'adTices

from Saloniki, the Anglo-French

forces there now total 200.000

men. The opinion is expressed

that the allied forces will not be

disturbed by a Bulgarian invasion

of Greece.

Record Gold Accumulation

It is reported in Paris that the

stock of gold held by the Bank of

France has reached the record fig

ure of Jl.OOO.OOO.OOO.

ms push to

ATTACK EHF

Army Officered by Germans

is Mobilized; Railroad is

Being Completed.

Rome. Italy. Dec 16. The Turko

German threat against Egypt, is be

coming more grave daily, In the be

lief of military men here The

construction of a railway line from Da

mascus to the Egyptian frontier has

been pushed with extraordinary speed,

it Is stated, and it is expected that the

CO miles to be laid to reach the SInal

peninsula will be finished by Febru

ary 1. This railway, military men be

lieve, will Dermit the concentration of

half a million men In one montli. to-

geuier witn tne necessary supplies auu

ammunition, at the Bgyptlan frontier.

300,030 Torts (incentrated.

About-30.0.08B -Ottoman troops, com

maadgd and drilled f German officers'

already have -been ..concentrated be

tween Alssandretta, Alepho and Horns,

it is stated.

Turco- -erman emissaries are said to

bs urging the Senoussi to attack Bsypt

from the -west while an attempt also

is being made to induce the Abysiln

ians to nareh into Sudan. German offi

cers are reported to be acting as pro

pagandists, organizers and military In

structors: Uprisings in India.

Fekln. China. Dec. 16. China Is much

disturbed by the rumors of serious up

risings In. India. All telesrams con

cerning the Hindu troubles Intimate

that the disturbance is the result of

German activities made possible

through the smuggling of arms from

China.

English newspapers Intimate that

the Chinese are entirely too friendly

with German agents.

Chinese Official Threatened.

The suggestion that the entente al

lies seize German concessions In China

have been very disconcerting to the

Chinese. Wherever they turn Chinese

officials are met with veiled threats.

German newspapers insistently feat

ure the German and Turkish activities

in Asia and boast that the forces of

emperor William will soon touch Chi-nes-

territory.

China is Helpless.

China's helplessness was never more

clearly exemplified than in the present

international crisis. Having been

forced to surrender Jurisdiction over so

much of her territory, her hold on

domestic affairs Is frail and her rela

tions with foreign powers are more

unsteady than ever as a result of the

upsetting of the balance oi ponei

which formerly kept all aggressors at

arms length.

FOUR ALLIED AIRPLANES

SHOT DOWN BY GERMANS

Berlin, Germany. Dec 15. Four al

lied airplanes, including one battleplane

with two motors, were Drousm

bv German anti-aircraft guns, the war

nffiA announced todav. durinsr raids on

Bapaume and Peronne. In France, and

Mullhelm. Baden.

A successful attack on an English

steamship was made by German avi

ators. In the Balkan campaign the retreat

ins Servians are being pursued farther.

Southwest of Plevlje, in northern Mon

tenegro, they -were driven across the

Tarnar river and farther to the east

across the Grab-Broderovo line. Several

hundred prisoners were taken.

GERMANY NEEDSTIME

FOR CAMPAIGN IN GREECE

London. Eng., Dec 16. On the Mace

donian front there has set in a lull

which well informed observers at Ath

ens believe will extend over the Greek

i klMt(ia Knnilflv in order that Greek

vcters may ndt be hampered. The

1 Anglo-French rorces occupy strong po

sitions north of Salbniki.

1 The German forces probably would

frontier.

WILSON AND POPE SHOULD

END WAR SAYS SWISS GENERAL

Berne. Switzerland. Dec 16, Gen.

Wille, commander in chief of the Swiss

army, a soldier of the school of Hiuden

burg and Joffre, today" expressed the

belief that the time had come for "the

two most powerful forces In the world"

to combine to put an end to the Eu

ropean war. These two forces, he said,

were the president of the United States

and the pope of Rome.

Gen. Wille said he was not himself a

Catholic yet the powerful Influence ex

erted by the pope was recognized in

Europe -without regard to religion.

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The War At a Glance

Train

TEN TO

GEI9. HAIG TAKES

FlEHFS PUCE

Scottish Officer Becomes

Commanderinchief of the

British Army in France.

London. Eng.. Dec 16. English pa

pers comment approvingly today of

Wednesday night's announcement that

Gen. Sir Douglas Haig is appointed

commander in chief of British forces in

France and Flanders, following the vol

untary retirement of field marshal Sir

John French. Sir Douglas has been in

command of the first army In France )

ana tne scotttsn fighting man has oeen

repeatedly mentioned In official re

ports. Gen. Haig first won his spurs with

the Seventh Hussars and saw service

on Indian, the Sudan and Africa. He

was chief staff officer to Gen. French

during the Boer war, superintended the

task of rounding up the mobile Boer

commlndera and was promoted brevet

major for gallantry in battle During the

present war he won distinction by ex

tricating his army from a most threat

ening situation during the retreat from

irons.

Gen. French has accepted appoint

ment as field marshal in chief com

mand of the forces within the United

Kingdom, and has been made a vis

count by king George in recognition of

his services.

GREECE AND BULGARIA

FORM NEUTRAL ZONE

Sofia. Bulgaria. Dec. 16. A neutral

zone, extending two ki .meters en each

side of the frontier, has been agreed

upon between Greece and Bulgaria.

according to an official announcement

GERJIAXT&ACKS INTEREST

IX ATJp-IItrXGARI W RErLI

Berlin, Germany, Dec. 16. The trans

cript of the Austro-lliingarian reply

to the note, from the United States re

garding the Ancona case reached Ber

lin so late that only a jart of the

morning newspapers were, able to print

A general lack of Interest In the

matter would appear to be indicated

by the fact that papers print the note

on aa inside page or give it only a

secondary position on the front page

KING PETER WILL SEEK

REFUGE IX ITALY, REPORT

Paris, France. Dec 16. It Is re

ported from Rome that king Peter of

Servia, driven from his country by the

Germanic Invasion, will take refuge

in Italy.

MIXES SI.MC ITALY'S WARSHIPS.

"Rome Italy via Pari France Dee. i . c t "s " lne v-a5 viranoes vai

Sm. 1T?i?!-IIa2.ri!'ranf.SSL !y They are quartering themselves

16. The Italian destroyer Intorpedo

andjtalian transport Re Umberto have

been sunk in the Adriatic sea by drift

ing mines, according to announcement

made In a semiofficial note All the

members of the crews wre saved with

the exception of 10 men aboard the

transport and three on the destroyer.

P

ETER and.

Where

Bundle of Warm Clothing Is Donated for Two Little American Twins Who Are

Dependent on Charity; More Money Is Needed to Build the Play

house and Buy Shoes for the Boys and Girls.

ON the right you see Peter and Paul,

the two pet twins at the Rescue

Home, two of the 24 little boys

and girls for whom the kind readers

of The Herald are contributing funds

that they'may have a pleasant Christ

mas and warm clothing and a place to

play. .

A nice, big box of worm clothing for

Peter and Paul was sent to the Home

today from The Herald office with

the compliments of Mrs. Sol I. Berg.

"Peter and Paul" were Just a year

old gn Thanksgiving day. These lit

tle youngsters have been In the care of

the Home since last June. Their

mother was deserted by their father

shortly before their birth. The mother

sruggled along to .work and care for

the babies but when they were abou

six months old she broke down com

pletely and was so sick she had to be

taHei to a hospital- There was no

place for the little twins to go until

scmt-on- thought of the Rescue Home.

Here the little youngsters were re

ceived with open arms. They were

puny and sick, for they had not had

sufficient food.

Clouderoft Saves Tliem.

Just as soon as they were strong

enough, little Peter and Paul were

sent to the Baby sanatorium In Cloud-

croit. wnere tney grew rosy ana iat.

They stayed at the sanatorium until -It

cloyed and then were brought back to

th Rescue Home again. While the

mother was sick, the Rescue Home

carea for the babies without pay As I

soil as the mother was strong enough

to get work again, she began paying

n. little towaid their board, the man

agement of the home suiting the price

to the inotliet's wages. The babies are

fed, clothed and cared for by the Home

Little Ruth, another of the Inmates,

is a plump healthy little youngster of

four years and, she felt so dressed up

in her little red woolen Teddy Bear

suit Tuesday that she was delighted

beyond the power of speech. Her lit

tle baby sister. Doroth. was upstairs

in her little crib.

Little Dorothy was so thin and sickly

ana weak from malnutrition that she

What Not,

BURN AMERICANS

REPOBTSSAYTHE

ER IS TO

PPLYTOHGH

f American Ranchman Threat

ened, Not Seen F-or

Two tyeeks.

RODRIGUEZ BAND

RAIDING BORDER

Protests Against President

Wilsons Action Posted

In Ciudad Juarez.

AMERICANS arriving Thursday

morning from Columbus. N. 1L,

declare that reports are common

there that Villista forces south of Co

lumbus and Hachita have received or

ders to burn at the stake all Americans

refusing to pay ransom to VIHistas for

their safety.

American Ranchman Threatened.

One hundred cavalrymen of Villa's

Sonora army raided W. A. M. Roxbys

ranch, drove off the horses and ran

sacked the house for food, and then led

out Roxby, announcing that they would

burn him, according to orders to Villa's

troops in the interior sections.

This information was brought to Co

lumbus by a Mexican employed for a

long time on the ranch of the Palomas

Land and Cattle company, known as

the Coyote ranch, it Is declared. Roxby

Is stated by arrivals Thursday morning

as not having put in his appearance

since over two weeks ago, at Columbus.

Part of Rodrlcncz Force.

The resorted body or 190 VIHistas op

erating In the viclMtsL of monument 60. '

on the Border, and between the Coyote

and OJitos ranches south of the line,

below Hacnita. have come from Sonora.

These troops were recognized as part

of the Rodriguez mounted men and arc

stealing horses everywhere they go.

They have killed no cattle except for

eating .purposes and made no effort to

gather many together for shipment

southward. It is reported.

At the same time, advices brought

to the border by a half dozen Mormon

arrivals on an early morning train

from Casas Grandes Thursday with 70

Villista calvarymen. declare that Rod-

"s"ci.s ; are arriving aauy in

wherever they see fit. taking what

they want. Looting is general, and

ill feeling against American settlers

In the entire valley Is general. Houses

of Americans have been broken into

and robbed In some cases, though this

(Continued on pace 8. Col. 2)

Paul, Pets of tne

a Playnouse Is

could not move her limbs when she

was taken to the Rescue Home five

months ago by her father Under the

good care of the officers of the home,

little Dorothy is beginning to get

plump and Is slowly getting strong.

Tito Children's Story.

When little Charlie and his sister

Lena, were brought to the Rescue

Home a short time ago they- had had

nothing to eat for two whole days.

Their widowed mother could only do

house work and Tier wages were so

small that she could not do very- much

for the youngsters. She could not keep

them with her where aha tca-i?i ,

ti,e .,ittIe white youngsters were put

. mo tare m a fcuou negro woman in

This Is a

B&jf rf-aJnE -r rLmr-Jk&vr-

PETKH AND l'UI.

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SILOIER-FiiEl

SUGGESTED:

Senator Works Says Million

Men Are Needed to Pro

tect Country Properly.

Washington. D. C Dec. 16. Senator

Works of California, told the senate

today that a standing army of J1.000.

009 men would be necessary to defend

the United States against possible in

vasions and declared that the Pacific

coast was completely at the mercy of

Asiatic attack.

Senator Works spoke of the subject

of national defence, but particularly

to propose as a part of the scheme of

preparedness .he creation of a mobile

land force and military reserve of

200,000 men at a cost of $50,000,000 a

year for ten years.

Fanra Soldier Settlers.

The proposed enlisted men in civil

and military reserve would be settled,

according to the Works hill, with their

families on comfortable five acre tracts

provided by the government, supple

menting ten months of productive work

at reforestation, irrigation and flood

prevention with two months of mili

tary training each year. They would

be soldier settlers under control of the

secretary of the Interior in times of

peace and subject to orders of the de

partment in time of war.

War Aluars Possible.

Pointing to American occupation of

Veracruz as an indication that war

was a constant possibility, senator

Works said:

"Who can say after this exhibition

of ungovernable passion, after this

slaughter of the Innocent citizens of

another nation and the forcible inva

sion of Its territory for so trivial a

cause that this nation does not need

to prepare for war? If Mexico had not

been weak from internal conflict, we

would even then have been at war, for

our lorcioie entry upon ner territory

was itself an act of war.

- Japs Cnld Make Trouble.' ,

"There are enough Japanese In Cali

fornia, now to man ami destroy every

line of communication from the east.

Isolate California and deprive her ot

all aid by troops. It is but a. step

across the invisible boundary Into the

United States.-

Works's hill would provide that the

men be enlisted for terras of five

years.

CHANGE OF VENUE FOR

STRUCK CASES IS GRANTED

Trinidad. Colo, Dec. 16. Judge Chas. I

Cavender of the fifth district court, f

who late Wednesday granted a motion

for a change of venue for all cases in

which officers and members of the

United Mine Workers of America are

charged with crime growing out of the

strike disorders in the Trinidad dis

trict, designated EI Paso county In

the fourth Judicial district for the

trial of four defendants who upon

agreement between the attorney gen

eral and the attorney for defence will

be tried first.

"Home,"

Badly Needed

her home. But the mother lost her

I position and could not get another and

I the negro woman also lost her work

and all the time the money that both

mu aaveu was rapiuiy going tor XOOd

until finally there was no money and

no more food. After they had all be--n

without food two days, the negress.

who had heard of the Rescue Home

went to It to see If something could

not be done for the children. The

Home took the youngsters right in and

cared for them until the mother found

another position. Now the mother pays

a small sum each month anil the chii.

j dren have a good home where she can

, go and see them whenever she has any

i time off.

' The postmen comes to the Rescue

iiome every day In the week for lit

tle Alfred's father, who works up in

New Mexico, writes his little boy a

picture postcard every day in the week.

These little tots now have their

sweaters, but they haven't a playhouse

yet. The Herald hopes to secure

enough funds from Its kind hearted

readers for this, so that It may be com

pleted at once. If there Is any surplus

money It can be used to buy shoes for

the little ones, as there are 12 of them

practically without shoes.

Tho Woman's club is arranging to I

give the little ones a tree, and If you j

wish to contribute to this, send can

dies, fruits; nuts, dolls or toys of any I

kind to the First Christian church i

next Monday afternoon, marked: "For j

the Rescue Home Babies." If you feel

that sou would like to contribute- cash i

to the playhouse fund and the fund for I

shoes, fin out the following coupon

and return it to The Herald with your

contribution.

Good Season 1 b Be

Will Help With

Christmas Joy

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LIEUT. COL. IL V. SMITH.

Commaadloz sixth infantry, vrho has

jrranted the use of his band to aecom.

pany the choral singers who wIU add

to t.'ie Christmas spirit irlth carols

and songs In the plaza and streets on

Christmas eve.

Marriage License For

President and Fiancee

Is Obtained By Usher

Washington. D. C Dec 16. A mar

riage license for president Wilson and

, Jlrs.

airs. zSOlth .Holllmr tialt was lssnnl

today.' The- weddine will take nlace

saturoay evening, ax .sirs Siaius-utome

,. . - ' -f . . ... . j .

The Rev. Herbert Soott Smith, rector

of the- Episcopal church Which Mrs.

Gait attends. wUl officiate. President

Wilson is a Presbyterian.

The license, which was obtained by

chief usher Isaac Hoover of the white

house staff, gives the president's age

as 59 and Mrs. Gait's as it.

Governor Stops Christmas

Eve Hanging With Reprieve

Santa Fe, N. iL, Dec IS. A reprieve

for 30 days was granted Austin Xin-

ney by governor W. C. McDonald, t

Finney was to have been hanged on

Christmas eve at Raton. Kinney had

been sentenced in May, appealed to the

supreme court, which affirmed the

lower court.

Governor McDonald will investigate

the case in the meanwhile Kinney

was found guilty on a charge of hav

ing killed another negro' while the

latter was asleep at the mining camp

of Van Houten.

EFF0RTS TO BE MADE TO

ADVANCE CRANE CO. CASE

Austin. Texas. Dec 16. Efforts are

to be made to advance the Crane com

pany case, now pending In the United

States supreme court, from Texas. This

is the case which involves the consti

tutionality of the franchise tax law. the

Texas courts having held the act In

valid because It levied a tax on the en

tire capital stock of a non-resident cor

poration. A final decision in the case will be

of considerable Importance as there are

many other corporations in the same

attitude as that of the Crane company.

TEXAS POSTMASTERS ARE

NOMINATED BY WILSON

Washington. D. C.. Dec 16. Presi

dent Wil3on has nominated the fol

lowing as postmasters: H. L. Plner.

Denlson, Tex.: William A. Fields. HIlls

boro. Tex.: Charles P. MeCoIIum. Waco.

Texas, and Ed Howard. Wichita Falls

Texas.

Jingle Christmas Bells

El Paso "the Sunshine City."

Sound the slogan wherever you go.

El Paso "the Sunshine City."

Laughs gaily at Ice. frost and snow.

El Paso "the Sunshine City."

Is decked In holly and green:

She stands in her Christmas beauty

Fit to welcome a bride or a queen

She sends you her Christmas greetings.

She shouts aloud in her glee.

Come one. come all to the plaza

And dance round that big Christmas

tree. O. A. C.

Put Up Christmas Greens

In Front of Your Store

CIIHISTMAS green;, and Christinas trees are nw arriving in id Paso.

They are to be bad in several place. The Herald hopes that etm

merchant in El Paso will eover every post or pote in front of his store

with Clm'tmas "teens. It will tend the rieper lwlkhty attire to the city

and wHI make us different from other cities more engrossed m the ordinary

affairs of life. It will be i-faeciing to our hone people and it will make

visitors comment.

The work of erecting the Ug tree in lHmeer pfexa was commenced todav

and arrangement bate ocen completed to hold service appropriate for Christ

mas beneath its boughs. These services will then be transferred to various

points about the citj on Christinas ee. The idea is to instM the Christmas

spirit into eerybody. Chaplain Randolph, of the Sixth rafcwtry. will have

charge of th.- services and will be assisted bv the Sixth, infantry hand and

a soldier chorus.

AUPflM A

Reply Of Vienna To Amer

ican Demands "Unaccep

table, Disappointing."

AMERICANVIEW

ALREADY STATED

Austrian Admiralty Backs

Up Ad OJ Submarine

Commander.

VIENNA. Austria. Dec ltTh

situation as regards Austria

t. . ,Bsary Ml1 toe WtNted States

is considered here to ha eeeome less

tense since the reply to the American

note -was dispatched.

The reply has. teen delivered to Fred

erick O. Penfield. United States ambas

sador at Vienna. It states that the

-w-nungarian government is nr.

mj i- .-,.. . "

IZZ." ' "?""?' r ttto an ex-

, ll.Uil?B DI Amninn .1. - ' .

aSmSS0' 2!fi.rtea

IngtoubtaeFtuSSX. tadl"

?af f.f ?, soiarh.e tfiat sunkthe

52Sl,,??UeBea to have 'Violated. The

fi0Je.rnnie.nt "Wesses sympathy with

the American victims. " mul

WASHINGTON. D. C- Des 16.

Austria's reply to secretary of

state Lansing's note on the An

.cona trcgedy is regarded, on the basL

of the unofficial reports received todav

from London and Amsterdam as ivhollv

unsatisfactory, unacceptable and disap

pointing to the United Slates. Diplo

matic relation between tbn txen m.,.-

tries may safely be described as stand

ing at the breaking point. Austria sug

gests a discussion of the points of vari

ance President Wilson and secretary Lans

ing are reserving comment until thev

have the official translation and text

at hand, but it is stated authoritatively

that the United States will enter into

no exchange of opinions, as the Vienna

foreign office is represented as sug

gesting, and absolutely will -decline to

Piscusa the facts of the torpedoing and

shelling of the Ancona by an Austrian

submarine xslth the loss of American

lives.

Reply on Way to U. S.

No official word had reached the state

department today that the Austrian re

ply had been delivered to ambassador

Penfield. but the news dispatch con

taining exeemts. -were taken In nfrtrittl

quarters as sufficient evidence that the

rejoinder is on its way to Washington.

Outline Is Disappointing:.

The outline of the reply was disap

pointing because some AtnSrican of

ficials h d been led to believe by pre

dictions from Germanic quarters that

It would be favorable

As secretary Lansing based the rep

resentations In his note upon the of

ficial statement of the Austrian admir

alty Itself. American officials are at a

loss to understand where there is much

room for discussion or dispute of facts.

Admiralty Upholds OfHeer.

Vienna, Austria. Dec 16. The ad

miralty has stated its case on the at

titude of the naval authorities as fol

lows: "It Is a submarine commander's dut

to make a report to a designated base

as soon as pdssible and the commander

who sank the Ancona did this as soon

as he was within wireless distance ot

land. He made a supplementary report

at Pola and accompanied:' it with his

log.

"So far as the commander is con

cerned. Ms course is clear. The ad

miralty has received his report anI

sees no reason to find any fault with

his course of action.

"If any such reason existed: that Is.

if the admiralty had found that the

commander had done anything con

trary to Its instructions. It would

spontaneously institute an Investiga

tion against him without waiting foi

any demand to come from foreign sov

(Contlsoed on Pase 2, Cot. 5)

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