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PAPERS HAD BEEN
REFUSED BEFORE
Announcement Is Made That
U. S. Representations
Cause ihe Change.
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Mi-N Eng Dec 16. The en-
-t. poiirs have decided to grant
a.fe conduct to count Tarnowski
Ta'- . w ictently appointed Austro-
i n ambassador to the United
f'r'.s;n office made this an-
e-rent today saving tne entente
ti. :ed to grant the safe conduct
' ?eation of the representations
; y the American government.
'"frraii ambassador. Walter H.
s He n notified.
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UinouiiLement fruiu
Austria- J
-y that count von Tarnow had
appointed ambassador to the
ii t eu States was followed by a state-
. fon- tb" entente alius that saf
m' -ct w culd not be given the new
a1" a r in viw of the conduct of
h- fc uonic diploma lie repreaenta-
Bt v in neutral countries wnleb was
ursidered detrimental . the neunflurty
" the countries directly concerned and
in) a) to the interests of the en--nte.
Th. was supposed to refer speeifi-
tilly to Dr. Constantin Dumba former
Austrian ambassador to the unitea
P-ates whost- recall the United States
otaified after evidence of his alleged
unneutral activities had been present-
to the state department.
rt-.e announcement by the entente
lowers tnat safe conduct would not
'.. fiiyen count von raraow was 101-
1. wed by a protest from the United
it. s to Great Britain i that such an
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Fund To Help The
Rescue Home Babies
l'rrvlouiily acknowledged S1ZC.70
M. MUIer or urjam m" i.u
i A illlam I'lcklen and h lorence
Pickles of Santa IUtn .. 31. . . 1.0O
n American 1.00
I Mrs. Lee Moore I
ol. and Mrs. W. V. Holbrotik. . . 25.0U j
3Ir. Beulah J. Wilson of Pccok.
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Ilnknoirn River . ............... in.00 changes reduce the majority of Camp-
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IRER HEARTS
TflAPPEALFDRTHE RESCUE HOI
-I'LLuWlV-i ait a few of the letters
recently received by The Herald
.f. TTin.-'n;. ing contributions for
the needy little boys and girls in the
Kescue Home to make their Christ as
peas -nt and to give them warm clota-
. if you wish to help th-a cause eHp
is coupon uelow and s-iid it to The
lit -aid with YOUR contribution:
Fort Bliss Texas Ltc. 14.
Editor El Taso Herald:
Phase accept our chet k for Sli for
the X'tccje Home babie.
Sincerely
Cl'L and Mrs. W. -U Holforoofc.
Santa Rita. N. M. Dec. 1L
Editor El Paso Herald:
Enclosed please find a money order
for $1 Please add It to the Rescue
K.-mx- fund for the little boys and
girls so they may have a joyous and
happy Christmas.
VTuli lie.'-t wishes we are
William and Florence Pickles.
Christmas Fund for the Babies
F-nclosed find . .for the ItetHe JJomc D.Uhc. to
iieip make Christmas happier.
Street and Xo..
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AH The Belligerents
H-3 CREW SAVED LABOR(UESTIB
FBI OilffilGIO Ii COURT
Men Are Eescued After Se-
vere Pounding by Waves;
May Salvage Submarine.
Kureka. Calif.. Dec. 10. Attempts
axe to be made to salvage the United
States submarine II-3 pounded by the
surf near here all day Thursday and
from which the crew ' of two officers
and 25 enlisted men was rescued Thurs-
day evening.
Her commander. Lieu:. H. R. Boguscb
last to step into .the breeches buoy
which had carried his men ashore be-
fore him. closed . her conning tower
hatch tizht and said his vessel was
practically water free and probably
capable of salvage.
All of the -7 had suffered bruises
. . ... n..M
in the pounding which accompanied
their surf forced progress up the beach.
The decks were loo wave swept to
permit the crew to crawl out long
enough to haul aboard a buoy line shot
aboard bv coast guardsmen from the
l'-ai.--i ot.ii.n Pnllinc nut in their
cutter the coast guardsmen finally
.... roc. o line and the last man .
splashed to safety through the surf cuit court of appeals and the corpora-
at 6 oclock. . tions injunction suits ordered dis-
Except for the bruises and slight j missed. The companies then appealed
suffering from chlorine gas arising j to the supreme court.
from a leaking storage battery the -. I Labor interests have been closely
escaped injun. . j watching both cases recently because
With Lieut. Bogusch. who achievea I qnestions are presented regarding con-
tc by hi- work in salvaging ine r-i i
.. iionoliiln was Lieut. L. F. Zemhe
Coait Guarlmnn l"in I'luck.
Wen.-r Sweins. the plucky coast
.n.manin of the Eureka life saving
slation. loomed up todaj as the hero
I th. ruMie While the navy men
were still bottled up in the diver a
coast guard cutter with eight men
pulled alongside with a dead line for a
breeches buoy.
When the cuuer was oaBn
tLVST&wSZT"
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pea awiRiu
Washed overboara ne ciaspeo
fSuJ'JgSSSS?iS
! life or death strussle a moment later.
The conning tower hatch -was opened
to him when the men In3lde became
aware of his presence through his lusty
kicks and a little later Sweins and
members of the crew were able to haul
the buoy tackle aboard.
SEEK DANGEROUS MANIAC WHO
ESCAPES & THREATENS MURDER
Denver Colo. Dec 1. Local police
today were continuing their search for
Thomas Woodruff said to be a danger- j
ous maniac who Thursday night es- j
capeu irom ine iumw: o. .....
county hospital. Woodruff telephoned j
.i i.. ... ... . t .Tin.
his wife soon after He esccapea say-
ing he. was going to ineir nwue -
Utah Junction to kill her and their
family. The police there have been
notified and are watching for Wood-
ruff. This is Woodruffs third escape he
having got away once before from the
county hospital anu once irom jioom. j
CAMPBELL'S PLURALITY IS j
CUT TO 19 BY INSPECTION
Phoenix Ariz.. Dec 15. In 2600 bal-
lots out of about 15004 of Maricopa
countv Inspected in the contest for
governor the net changes so far have
been 11 in favor of Go. Hunt errors
having been discovered in the making
of auditions In two precincts. These
IRAURESPiD
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El Paso. Texas Dec 14.
Editor El Paso Herald:
Enclosed find one dollar. Apply same
to the Rescue Hme fund. Good luck
in this worthy American cause.
An American.
Dryden. Texas Dec 14.
Editor El Paeo Herald:
I am sending you II for the Rescue
Home babies to help make Christmas t
Mrs. M. Miller
Pecos Texas Dec. 13.
Editor El Paso Herald:
Herewith 1 enclose you personal
check for the sum -of $3 for which I
trust there will be brought to the little
tots of the Rescue Home gome real
Christmas cheer. My' heart has been
touched by the generous appeal you
have made in the columns of your
wonderful paper.
Mrs. Beulah J. Wilson.
Flagstaff Ariz.. Dec II.
Editor El Paso Herald:
I enclose herewith my check for
$1.51 to assist In your most worthy ef-
fort to give the youngsters of the Res-
cut Home a little Christmas cheer.
II. C. Swearingen.
Liberty of Contract and
Eight to Picket Are Be-
fore Supreme Court.
Washington. D. C. Dec. 15. Labor
questions involving the legality of un-
j ion organizations their right peaceably
to "picket" a.id liberty of contract
vere argued today before the supreme
court.
In two West Virginia cases the court
reviewed decrees of federal judge Da -ton
finding the United Mine Workers
union and the American Flint Glass
Workers' union illegal organizations
and also combinations in restraint of
trade under the Sherman law. Judge
Dayton issued broad injunctions.
I spectively to the Httchmau Coal and
Coke company of Wheeling. . a..
against the mine workers' officers in-
cluding secretary Wilson of the de
partment of labor who was formerly
secretary-treasurer and to the Eagle
Glass and Manufacturing company of
Wellsburg W. Va against the Ulass-
workers' organization.
Judge Dayton's decrees and injunc
tions were annulled by the fourth cir-
tractual freedom similar to the A
Adam
on test case. Both West Vir ini.i
a
i
companies operating "open shop" have
contracts wun employes not to Join
union. They sought to restrain unioi
solicitation even by peaceable persua-
sion and argument of their workmen
contending that such solicitation inter-
feres with constitutional libertv of
contract. The circuit court upheld
union rights to ieaceabl "nickef an.)
persuade such workmen without intimi- 1
dation or violence
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APPOINT JUDICIARY COMMITTEE !
Austin. Tex.. Dec. 15. Governor Fer-
EPSon and chief justlca PhllllpsJ-at the
rntlGt rT ITnlvBMifir T..- . r -.
todaranoointra";'cn-nT.r0'w
with similar committees appointed oy
the association and by the Texas Bar
association in the proposal or needed
legislation upon judicial procedure
Following is the personnel of the com-
mittee named
h. th c.rArnm a
.c.'itruooz
Sayles. of Abilene: McDonald Meachum.
or Houston and B. M. Long of Part.
Xesas-
jUDGE rUAC GIRBS ic MAnc
SUCCESSOR TO JUDGE ISAACKS I
Austin Te Dec 15. Gov. Ferguson
today announced the anoointment of
judge Chas. Gibbs. of Midland to be
district judge of the 7oth district court.
He fills the vacancy caused by the res-
ignation of judge & J. Isaacks. The
appointment becomes effective at once.
auuge isaacks retired from the bench
to engage in legal work in EI Paso.
! TEN PERCENT OF DEATHS IN
STATE DUE TO TUBERCUL0S!.
Austin Tex Dec 15. The bureau ot
vital statistics of the state health de-
partment in its biennial report now be-
ing prepared shows that tuberculosis
was the cause of 10 percent of 28.C1&
deaths reported. Of the tubercular pa-
tients most come from other states In
the last stages of the disease.
BILL STRIKES AT MAIL
OKDuR LIQUOR BUSINESS
Washington. I. C Dec. 15. A bill
prohlaiting the transmission of liquor
advertisements by mail to any one
except licensed liquor dealers or agents
1XAV fni.ft.hlt' r....r..ul nJ.. K.. ..
house postoffice committer. It is aimed
at the socalled mail order liquor busi-
ness in dry territory-
DENMARK VOTES TO SELL
WEST INDIES TO U. S.
Copenhagen. Denmark. Decern Im 15.
The plebescite held Thursday on the
question of the sale of the Danish West
Indies to the United States resulted in
283000 votes cast In favor of the sale
and 157000 against such action.
EL PASO COMPANY TO ADD
$150000 TO CAPITAL STOCK
Austin. Tex. Dec 15. An amendment
was filed today in the state department
by the Western Wooden vare company
of El Paso Increasing its capital stock
from $50000 to $200000.
THANSI'OItTATJO.N fltOlll.l.MS
Ill?-Cl'M:rj AT C.N"FEIlK.CH
Evansville. Ind.. De. 15. The rail-
roaa commission s view the labor
and the government's viewpoint
id- '
on
transportation pioblems were on the
program for discussion today at the
second day's session of the first annual
meeting of the central states conference
on rail and water transportation which
began here Thursday.
A transcontinental telephone demon-
stration will be heard at the banquet
tonight the city being connected itli
New York. Washington Chicago and
San Francisco for an exchange of
greetings between men of national
prominence and local Individuals.
FOUR JIBX ARK SAVCI1.
Brownsville. Texas. Dec 15. Four I
members of. the crew of the barge Bob. '
belonging to the Gulfport Towing com-
pany who were thought to have been
drowned 50 miles off Point Isabel last
Friday when the barge was wrecked
arrived in Matamoros Ilex. opposite
here late Thursday night. Mexicans
found them down the coast and took .
them to Matamoros after the had been I
adrift a few days without food. 1
Find Alcohol Among
RESCUES CLARK
ABOUT TO SE
. EXECUTED
Jimenez Resident Had Been
Stripped of Clothing Says
Refugee Here.
SON OFFERS TO
JOIN VILLA ARMY
Americans Life Is Spared;
Confirmation Of Other
Killings Received.
Ill" ASOCI.YTi:il I'HESS.
SAX ANTONIO. Texas. Dec. 16. Ad-
vices received at array headquar-
ters today indicated that Fran-n.-co
Villa is planning an attack on
Santa Rosalia. According to the re
port to Oen. Funston a large number of I
Villa followers have been massed
south of Chihuahua City preparatory to
n-.oving against Santa Rosalia.
m A
A fi
American who has arrived here
om Santa Rosalia. Mexico by
ay of Torreon and Eagle Pass.
Texas brought confirmations of the
killing of Dr. C H. Fisher at Santa
Rosalia an unknown foreigner at
Jimenez and Howard Gray at Parral.
He also brought the first news of
itanw Cla.l.. ..a ... a . m . I
.- "i j wmia. iiarivi. cmui. i mm in..
ISr " whea
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- -- i" i. tou. I from a dlploraatle source shows that.
3i. J!AfffedW-lW i
low3 and ordered shot. 'lie was j
triped dT his dothjhg. the American
vftiaiu IJ tl . ! 1
bv"v&7rk.Zi'" lucu ama
Clark who had jbeen married to a I
Mexican woman for at number of years ;
according to the .-American refugee.
started to walk to the execution place '
naked when his 'son offered to Join
viiia ana n.-m witn him ir he would
pardon his father. This was done and
Clark when last seen was zoing to :
his ranch clad only in a Mexican:
oianKer.
Fl-tarr Died Gamely.
The American brought the first au-
then tic details of the killing of Dr
. feRSfi. fflS
story which he learned from men who
were in saata Rosalia at the time i conqueraoie strengin. oy acniovmg mi-
Dr. Fisher was arrested and taken be- . portant successes over adversaries su-
fore Villa. Mexican women went t j I perior in numbers and In war material.
Villa and begged for the aged doctor's : Their unshaken lines resist the con-
life the American added. These women ! tlnuous attacks of the armies of their
Insisted that Dr. Fisher had lived In ' adversaries. The last diversion In the
Mexico so long that he was a Mexican . Balkans has been speedily and victor-
. citizen. Villa drew his pistol and fired iously thwarted. Recent events have
I at'Dr. Fisher the refugee's report said. : demonstrated that the prolongation of
t but missed him.
"Are you an American?" Villa was
said to have asked the physician.
"Yes. I am an American." Dr. Fisher
nas said to hae replied.
Head 1'ned n Football.
He was then bound loaded into a
two wheeled mule cart and taken to
the cemetery where he was executed.
his head severed from his body with I
a "saher and used as a football by the this purpose. Not for a single Instant
firing squad the American refusee have they -departed from the conviction
said. that the respect for the right of other
LnknoiTn Fitrelguer Killed. J nations is in no way lncompsrtible with
An unknown foreigner suffered a i legitimate Interests. They do not seek
similar fate in Jimenez the American to shatter or annihilate their adversa-
sald. He arrived on the train from ries.
Torreon which reached Jimenez at the I The Offer of Pence
time Villa was occupying the town. I "Conscious of their military and
He was taken from the train and or- economic power and ready If necessary
dered shot In spite of his protests that j to continue to the very end the strug-
ne was a British subject the American j gle which has been forced upon thorn
said. He was first shot through the ; but Inspired at the same time with the
left shoulder and then through the I desire to stop the flow of blood and to
forehead. His head was also severed ' put an end to the horrors of war. the
with a saber and his body burned. The four allied powers propose to enter
American made an effort to learn the forthwith Into negotiations for peace.
Identity of the man after the Villa They are convinced that the proposals
forces left Jimenez but he was unable . which they will submit and which aim
to learn anything except the man was . to Insure the existence the honor and
a middle aired Irishman. the development of their neoules will ha
Howard Gray or Howard Weeks as c
he was known in the United States.
was not killed in the dooryard of his
home near Parral as was flTst report-
ed to the Alvarado Mining and Milling
Company. According to later Infor-
mation he was arrested at hie home
taken to military headquarters where
he was wdcied executed by Villa and
9ho....e :' TT..H- .r..eh-
Abn "'o'rnL-d'o'MoTt w ek I
out of Chihuahua City by Villa ac- I
cording to reports that have just !
reached the border. The Villistas arc
well provisioned it is saia ana num-
ber from 7000 to 10.000 men.
A !wli.f is current in w?tl inform J
circles that Villa's hostility toward
Americans is diminishing and one elos.
student of Mexican affairs has declared
that the rebel has offered "the oln
branch" to the United States.
THINK CARRANZA OPPOSES i
TROOPS CROSSING BORDER
ti A.--ciKtf-! Prf.
Washington. D. C Dec 15. Gen.
Carrana. judging from information re-
ceived here does not object to the
American-Mexican protocol itself but
to the supplementary matter dealing
with the privilege of United Slates
troops to cross the border in pursuit
of bandits.
Information regarded by some officials .
as confirming the killing of Howard
Gray or Weeks at Parral by Villa
and the facts regarding the execution
by bandits of Charles Fisher anothri
American at Santa Rosalia and of sev-
eral Chinese and Syrians at Chihuahua
and other towns. hae leen sent by tht-
state department to the American rep-
resentatives on the Mexican-America:
(Continued en vase 4 Col. 4.)
War At A Glance
FUItT
inn
1UKTIIEK developments regard-
ng the peace proposals of
Germany and her allies are
awaiting the consultations and de-
cisions of the entente governments
as to official action to be taken.
I'robauly nothing definte in this
connection may be expected before
next week a probable occasion
being the appearance of Lloyd-
George the new Br.iish premier
before the house of commons on
Tuesday.
Possibly serious consequences
not only for the Rumanians but for
the Russians are implied in today's
announcement from Berlin of the
capture of the Rumanian town of
Buzeu. Military writer have very
largely assumed it tu be the Russo-
Rumanian intention to make a de-
fensive stand along the line of the
Buzeu river.
Berlin reports an abortive offens-
ive by the French in the Verdun
region. Attacks made in attempts
to retake the positions lost by the
French on hill 304 west of the
Mease were repulsed. It is declared
as were assaults on German posi-
tions on Pepper Ridge and near
Fort Ilardaumont. east of the rivei.
French Text Shows Cabled
Versions Had Sentences
Out of Proper Order.
Washington. D. C Dec 1.". An un-
official translation of Germany's note
to the entente nations proposing peace
n.niiBiinna man a . a pa Tmn
..... .
. official rk
copy
ttfdusly published version had msny of
the document's sentences 'out of their;
Proper order. The translation follows:
The most terrible war which hls-
tory has known has been ravaging a
lar;e part of the world for two years
ami a half. This calamity which the
bonds of thousands of years of a com-
mon civilization nave not oeea uoie 10
prevent is Injuring humanity In Its
most precious heritage. It threatens
to nlungo into its ruins the moral and
material progress which was the pride
of Europe at the dawn of the ?4th cen-
tury. Teutons Proof of Power.
In this struggle Germany and her
allies Austria-Hungarv. Bulgaria and
Turkey have given proof of their un-
the war would not be able to break
their power of resistance. On the oth-
er hand the general situation justifies
them In hoping tor runner successes.
Wage War of Defence.
"It was to defend their existence
and their freedom of national develop-
ment that the four allied powers were
forced to take up arms. Tne acmeve-
ments of their armies have not altered
appropriate to serve as a basis for the
reetablishmem; of a permanent peace.
"If. despite this offer of peace and
reconciliation the struggle should go
on the four allied powers are ae-
termlned to continue it to the end. dis-
claiming solemnly before humanitv and
history responsibility therefor."
SEEK TRAVELING COMPANION
OF BROTHER WHO IS MISSING
Santa Fe. N. M Dec. 15. Belief that
their brother r-lwl. n a --..- -.
!? " ' y B D" Armour- wa-
" j a- unian-i wun wnom ne
was traveling flast October. Roy and I
Glenn Armour are to investigate clues
they have obtained t'lyd.- Armour left !
Denver October :'-' in an automobile :
with another man whose identity ia I
unknown. He has no' been heard from
since.
The brothers think he was the vic-
tim of foul play. They claim to have
learned that a man answering the de-
scription of Armour's traveling com-
panion reg:stered at an Albuquerque
hotel and sohj an automobile there.
Telegrams sent to the brothers signed
ii their brother's name and calling for
40 were found the brothers say to '
lave been written In the same hand- '
A'rlting as the signature on the Albu-
querque hotel register and were not
.'i Clyde Armour's writing. i
PACHE COUNTY TO BUILD
COURTHOUSE TO COST $45000 j
St. Johns. Ariz.. Dec 15. By a ma-
.. ity of only nine votes the electors f
" Apache county have authorized the j
rection here of a new courthouse to
cost $45000. Work on the structure i
i will be begun at once. i
! SLIGHT CHBE
in mi in i mil i i
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Their Worst Enemies
WILSON DELAYS
PEACE PROPOSAL
Awaits Statement From
Lloyd George Before Mak-
ing Recommendation.
Washington T. C. Deo. 15. Presi-
dent Wilson probably will not finally
determine on any formal steps In con-
nection with the peace proposals of the
central powers until after David Lloyd
George the British prime minister has
spoken in the house of commons Tues-
day indicating the attitude of the en-
tente toward peace.
In the meantime through the Ameri-
can diplomatic representatives in the
capitals of the entente powers the
American government will keep in close
touch with the situation.
It is known to be the view of most
of the cabinet members that the Ameri-
can government should move cautiously
and do nothing to imperil its influence
for peace.
Want League of atlin.
President Wilson is known to attach
great importance to the possibility of
establishing an association of nations to
maintain peace. He outlined indefinite
terms or procedure ne wouia lane in
initiating a peace movement in the
course of a speech delivered here lat
May before the League to Enforce
Peace At that time the president said:
"If It ever should be our privilege to
suggest or initiate the movement for
peace among the nations now at war I
am sure that the people of the United
States would wish their government to
move these lines:
We IIae othing to Ak.
"First such a settlement -with regard
to their own immediate interests as the
l.elllgerents may agree upon. We have
nothing material of any kind to ask for
ourselves and are quite aware that we
are in no sense or degree parties to the
present quarrel. Our interest is only
in peace and its future guarantees.
"Second a universal association of
the nations to maintain the Inviolate se-
curity of the highways of the seas for
the common anil unhindered use of all
nations of the world and to prevent any
war jHtgup. either - contrary to treaty
covenants Or wIthout warning M
Without 'warning and without full sub-
.mission of the causes to the opinion of
the world a virtual guarantee of terrl-
tcrjal Integrity and political Independ-
ence." May Transmit Notes at Once.
Secretary of stale Lansing early to-
day held his first personal conference
with president Wilson since the peace
proposals of the central powers were
made public It was said the formal
notes from Germany and Austria might
go forward before nignt and necessarily
In view of the probability that the
president would take no' independent
action until after Lloyd George has
spoken in the house of commons they
probablv would be accompanied only
by formal notes of transmittal.
GERMANS REPEL
HUJfATTACK
Berlin Germany. Dec la. (Wireless
to Sayvllle.) On the Verdun front
Thursday the French made three at-
tempts to recapture trenches taken re-
cently by the Germans on hill 301 the
war office announces.
East of the Meuse the French
launched repeated attacks advancing
In waves. The assaults.were repulsed.
SAYS U. S. HAS A RIGHT
TO INITIATE PEACE PROPOSAL
St. Louis. Mo Dec. i. Senator
Stone chairman Of the senate foreign
re ..lions committee asserted Thurs-
day night before the League to Enforce
Peace that a neutral nation which has
suffered from the effects of the Euro-
pean war particularly the United
Slates has a right to Initiate a move-
ment for peace.
"Since the war has almost from the
beginning resulted in offensive attacks
on the rights and dignity of our sov-
ereignty and Inflicting incalcuable In-
jury to our national interests all of
which we have borne with patience
because of our friendship for the na-
tions involved" said senator Stone "it
se mi to me that after enduring these
attacks and suffering these losses for
nearly two and a half years with no
end yet in sight that we have a right
without regard to any question of
sympathy or humanity but solely on
our own account and to safeguard our
own Interests to approach the combat-
ants as a mutual friend and open ne-
gotiations with a view to the reestab-
lishment of normal internationtl con-
ditions." HOUSE OF COMMONS APPROVES
BONAR LAW'S WAR CREDIT
London. Eng Dec 15. The war
-.- - w...w vw.- I.WU.IU.3 1UIIU- I
duced in the house of commons Thurs- '
unj uy Aiwien .ounar uiw cnanceior
of the exchequer passed through -U
its stages in the lower house this af-
ternoon. i'iti:)iu-:it ui;i.ikk iioli.ami
MAY lBT BVTBH THE WAR.
London Eng- Dec 14. Premier Cort
Van Der Linden addressing; the lower
house of the Dutch parliament said
that the Dutch government still be-
lieves there Is danger of Holland be-
ing dragged Into the war. according to
a dispatch to Renter's agencv from
The Hague.
IMUIMIiKVf OF -SWITZERLAND I
HOtTM. TO KIIHP XKUTIUL
Paris. France. Dec. 15. Edmund I
Schulthess. the new president of f
Switzerland affirms the intention of j
(Continued on pare 4. Cut X) 1
ADVISES
KING TO
I
Nature Of Demands Con-
iained In Ultimatum Has
Not Been Disclosed.
DECISIONMADE
IN SHORT TIME
Recent Disorders Around
Athens Supposed to Have
Been Discussed.
LONDON. Eng. Dec 15 The Greek
government has accepted the ulti-
matum presented by the entente
allies says a dispatch to the Central
News agency from Athens. An earlier
dispatch had said there were indica-
tions the ultimatum would be accepted
"in principle" by king Constantlne. The
dispatch said this decision was the oat-
come of a cabinet council held under
the presidency of the king.
The nature of the de-nands contained
in the entente ultimatum has not been
disclosed. They are known to be an
outgrowth of the recent disorders In
and about Athens when the entente
forces sought to enforce its previous
demand for .surrender-at wr raunttiojBe
by the Greek government.
The ultimatum was presented Thurs-
day and expired at 5 oclock today.
There are indications that the terras
were agreed to.
SAYS ENGLAND. WILL HEAR
PROPOSALS OF PEACE
London Eng. Dec 15. Commenting
upon the statement made Thursday in
the house of commons by Andrew
Bonar Law chabcelor of the exchequer
regarding Germany's peace offer the
Manchester Guardian saye:
.. 'Two "things appear to emerge from
this brief and dignified statement
first that the government will not
refuse to consider on their merits any
proposals that may be made to them.
Secondly they will not alio tne gen-
eral character of the terms on which
alone they will consent to conclude
doabl"t0 remaJn for a foment in
The newspaper deplores the attitude
f he ."responsible part of the press
in flouting proposals which are not vet
made.
FRENCH SAL00NISTS AMAZED
AT LIQUOR PROHIBITION
Paris. France. Dec. 15. The decision
of the government to' prohibit the con-
sumption during the remainder of the
war. of alcoholic .beverages with the
exception of wines and beers has
caused consternation m the liquor
trade
M Grizanl nruU.. . ... c
keepers federation. and M. Delroe.
president of the Provision Dealers asso-
ciation declare the new measure will
bring ruin to 3S0.0O0 saloonkeepers.
M. Rleroain. secretary of the anti-
alcohol league says the prohibition
measure will not injure the saloon-
keepers but on the other hand will
beneflt them as they would get small
profit with the doubled taxes on spirits.
RETREATING RUSSIANS
ARE BURNING VILLAGES
Berlin. Germany. Dec. 15. (Wireless
to Sayville) The Russians are continu-
ing their retreat In Rumania burninz
villages as they go. today's official an-
nouncement reports. The Rumanian
town of Buzeu has been captured bv
the invaders.
PREMIER HUATIANO OF
Itl'.MA.MA HAS REMGNED
London Eng Dec. 15. The resigna-
tion of premier Bratiaoo of Rumania Is
reported by the Budapest newspaper
AvUIaguj as quoted in an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen.
A recent dispatch from Jassy. the
provisional capital of Rumania said all
the members of the Rumanian cabinet
had resigned with the exception of the
premier.
IIOfGAHIANS MAY DBMA.Ml
TO KNOW PUACI. TERMS
Amsterdam. Holland. Dec 15 The
Budapest newspaper Pestt-Hlrlap says
that the new Hungarian independent
party led by count Michael Karolvi.
will demand that an announcement be
made of the Deace terma nf th. -nti
II powers and that an interpellation to
that effect will be introduced in the
Hungarian parliament.
SAYS AMERICA SHOL'LD LKVU
J MOVEMENT FOR WORLD PEACE
i Washington. D. C. Dec 16. America
o vuuiruiucu who tne responsibility
and duty of leading the movement for
universal peace and to insure that such
wars as that of the present shall no-
longer disturb the world. governOi
Arthur Capper of Kansas todav told
tne conierence or governors here.
"
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