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URGE* BUILDING PROGRAM PAR
IN BXCEBS OP ADMINISTRA
TION PLAN.
TO EQUAL ANY IN THE WORLD
Board Urgaa a Building Program Thai
Would Make Navy Equal to Any
By_U26. ,
Washington.?The tall text of the
report of the navy general board urg
ing that the United States navy be
placed on an equality with the strong
est afloat by 1Mb probably will be
made public by Secretary Daniels be
fore congressional committee hearings
on the administration's naval plans.
Mr. Daniels said he was giving the
matter serious thought as a result
of statements made by various mem
bers of congress that they would seek
Its publication and also because this
report was mentioned In the letter oi
resignation received from Henry A.
Wise Wood of New York, severing
his connection with the recently or
ganlsed civilian advisory board. Mr.
Wood said he resigned to be free to
advocate substituting the general
board's policy for what hs described
as the wholly Inadequate Ore-year
UOO.OM.OOO new construction pro
gram recommended to congress by the
administration. Secretary Daniels
will acknowledge Mr. Wood's resigna
tion and ask the American Society
Aeronautical Engineers which selected
him for membership on ths advisory
board to name his successor.
The general board report referred
to by Mr. Wood was nuufo last July In
response to an oral order of the sec
retary that the board "express Its
opinion at the earliest practical date
ad to a policy which should govern
the development of a navy yard and a
building program. In a subsequent
report, already made public prepared
in reply to a request that It formulate
a continuing live-year building pro
gram during which time $400.000.000
was to be expended for new ships,
the board summarised the policy pre
vionsly presented as follows:
"The navy of the United States
shield ultimately be equal to the most
powerful maintained by any other
nation of the world. It should be
gradually increased to this point by
such a rate of development year by
year, as may be permitted by the fa
cilities of the country, but the limit
above defined should be attained not
later than 1(24."
BIO JAPANESE LINER SUNK.
Terpedoed Without Warning and
Sunk?Crow Saved.?Cargo
Loot.
London.?The now JOpanoao llnar
Tasaka Kara, which waj annk In tbo
oaatern Mediterranean by a sub
marine whllo the steamer was on her
way from London to Japan with 1J0
passenger* and a crew of 160 aboard,
was sent to the bottom without warn
ing. according to a report received
from Port Said from the agents of
the owners.
All on board the ship Including oat
American passenger. W. J. Leigh,
were saved. The nationality of the
submarine Is not mentioned by the
agents and previous reports referred
to the sinking of the ship aa dona by
either an Austrian or a German sub
marine.
A French gunboat picked up the
passengers and crew at midnight and
landed them at Port Said Wednesday
morning. The company provided
hotel accommodations for them and
In arranging to forward them to their
destinations. On the passenger list
were (1 men. 56 women and 15 child
ren, most of whom were British sub
jects. The agents In their report fur
ther say:
"The passengers express great ad
miration for the skill of the captain
and officers and for the dlclpllne of
the crew. Perfect order was main
tained during the embarkation which
was carried out with the greatest
Promptitude."
Paul Koanlg Indicted.
New York.?Indictments were re
turned charging Paul Konelg. chief
datectlre of the Hamburg-American
114a. and Richard Emit Lejrdendecker,
' an antique dealer, with conspiring to
dynamite 0m Wetland canal. Edmund
Justice, was also Indicted with
Koanlg on charges of conspiring to
secure military Information for the
Oerman government. The Indictments
against Konelg and' Leydendecker
charge them with conspiring to "set
on foot In the United States a military
enterprise against Canada."
Foreign Affairs Engage Wilson.
Hot Springs. Va?President Wilson
received a communication from Secre
tary Lansing relative to foreign af
fairs. It Is understood that the let
ter told of recent conversations the
Secretary of State had with Baron
Swtodpaek. the Charge d'Affairs of the
Austrian Embassy at Washington, re
garding the demands of the United
States growing out of the slaking of
the Anconm No intimation as to the .
details of Mr. Lansing's advlosa could (
be obtained.
'
Epidemic of LaQrlppe.
Philadelphia.?The death rate from
the epidemic of lagrlppe now eweep- '
lac the etate hae been eo high that
Samuel Q. Dixon, etate health com
mieeloner, leaned a etatement at Har
rleburg calling attention to the earl
oneneaa of the eltnatlon and cautioned
the public that if the dleeaae la to be
?voided "eacriflcee moat be made."
"Keep out of crowded placee" Dr.
Dixon earn "aa one pereoa baring
the grip mar give It to a carload of
| GEOf.GE C. CAROTHERS
George C. Carothera, apodal igtnt
of tho etate department with tho VIP
I lota forcee, bide fair to add ono mora
difficulty ta tho puzzl* facing tho
United auto* In Moxloo. Gan A Ivors
Obragan Haa protected to General Car
ranaa, aaylng that Mr. Caret ha ra "la
dangaroua to the tranquillity af the da
facta government."
BRITISH QUIT SUVLA BAY
NOT VERY MUCH LIFE LOST IN
ACCOMPLISHING THE DIFFI
CULT FEAT.
Old Not Know Withdrawal Movamant
Wot Going On, It la Declared.?
A Skillful MovemenL
London.?Tha Brttlah troope at the
Snvla and Aniac dlotrlcta of Galll
poll Panlnoula have been withdrawn.
The following official otatement waa
loauad here:
"All the troope at Suvla and Anaac,
together with their guna and atoreo
have been aucceaefully tranaferred,
vlth Inelgnlgcant caaultlea to another
aphare of operatlona."
Oparatlono In other aectiona of the
front on tha QalllpoU Panlnaula than
thoae from which troope were an
nounced to have bean withdrawn are
to. be continued. It la Intimated in an
official atatement. The withdrawal
waa affected without knowledge of
the movement on the part of tha
Turka, it la declared.
"Further detalla of tha evacuation
of tha Anaac and Suvla aonaa have
bean received." eaya tha official atate
menL "Without tha Turka being
aware of tha movement a great army
haa been withdrawn from one of the
areaa occupied on the Oallipoll Panln
aula, although in tha cloaaat of con
tact with tha enemy. By thla con
traction of the front operatlona at
other point* of the llna will be more
affectively carried out
"Sir Chartee Monro givae the credit
for thla eklllfully conducted trapafer
of force* to the general command
ing, and tha Royal Navy."
VILLA CONCLUDES PEACE TERMS
Faetlen M|m Psac* AgrMment with
Defaeto Qovarnmant
EI Paao, Texas.?An agreement wu
?cached and paper* have bean signed
whereby the Villa (action In northern
Mexico concludes peace term* with
the da facto government o( Mexico.
Tha conference was held between
Mexican consul Qarda and former
lieutenants of General Francisco Villa
at tha consulate In EH Paao.
General Francisco Villa la reported
to be In Juarex. The signing of the
peace agreement ell mates him from
Mexican affairs.
Washington?State department of
ficials hare decided that General Villa
will receive the asylum accorded
political refugee should he enter the
United States. This decision was sent
to Oeneral Funston by the war de
partment for transmission to Villa or
his representatives.
The state department's agents had
reported that alleged Intermediaries
had requested Villa's Immunity from
arrest, saying that If this was given
they believed Villa would abandon
the fight against Carransa and retire
to private life In the United States.
South Carolina Statute Upheld
Washington?The South Carolina
statute making railway carriers lia
ble to one another and liable to a
shipper for damages to a shipment,
was upheld by the supreme court as 1
constitutional. I
1 ii.
Seventh Cotton Ginning Report
Washington?The seventh cotton
ginning report of the season, com- '
piled from reports of census bureau ,
correspondent* and agents through- t
out the cotton belt just Issued an- i
nounced that 1S.10S.263 bales of cot- I
ton counting round as half bales, of j
the growth of lilt, has been ginned l
prior to December 11. That compares I
with IS,172,211 bales, or 17.1 per cent 1
of the satire crop ginned prior to De- i
comber 21 ifcst year, 12.0M.41I bales, l
or IS.( per cent In 1112. I
Chrletmae Treee Worth Million
Oleene Falle. N. T.?With the cloee
if the Chrtotmee tree ?eeion In the 1
Adirondack* by the forwarding of the <
iMt ehipment to New York. It le ee- i
J meted that 11,000,000 worth of young I
troao hare boon eat for the diet)ley '
>t Chrtetiee* decoration* and glfta i
Lumbermen eay that the cutting of t
?mall treaa hae boon of boneflt tp c
he etandtng timber and that the prac- t
dee now to to avoid denuding largo i
leetloaa of toreet of the young growth I
Cutting* are made, to aa to leave
?ther young trooo etandtng. i
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'DEMANDS HI 5
' TO ACT ntSMPTU
FULL T?XT OF SECOND NOT!
TO AUSTRIA ON TMt ANCONA
CASK.
Wfi.MV ? ?? Aj.;^ p.<Y *
NEW NOTE BRIEF BUT FIRM
United States Government Flatly Re
fuses to KKtar Into Discussion of
BvWansa.
Washington.?Tha United States
contends 4n Its sacond note to Aus
tria on tha Ancoua case, just made
public hers, that the official admis
sion of tha Austrian admiralty that
tha liner was torpedoed after aha had
stopped and white passengers still
were aboard, alone Is sufficient for
tha American demand for dlaavowet,
reparation and punishment of the sub
marine commander.
Tha note ranewa tha demands of tha
United States and sajrs tha details to
which Austria referred In Its reply to
tha Brat note are In no way essential
to tha discussion. It emphasises the
continuance of good relations depends
upon tha action of tha Austrian gov
ernment. .
The text of tha note which Ambas
sador Pen Held was Instructed to de
liver to tha Audtro-Hungarlan
Us of foreign affaire reads as fol
lows: *
Department of 8tato,
Washington.
Tha government of the United
States has received tha note of Tour
Excellency relative to the staking of
the Ancona. which was delivered at
Vienna ?? December IB. ltlB, and
transmitted to Washington, and has
given the note Immediate and careful
consideration.
On November IB. 1I1B, Baron Zwte
denek. the Charge d'Offalrs of the
Imperial and floyal Government at
Washington, transmitted to the Depart
ment of State a report of tha A us tra
il ungarLan admiralty with regard to
tha sinking of the steamship Ancona.
in which It was admitted that the ves
sel was torpedoed after her engines
had been stopped and when passengers
were still on board. This admission
flone Is. In the view of the govern
ment of the United States, sufficient
to fix upon tha commander of the sub
marine which Bred the torpedo the
responsibility for having wilfully vio
lated tha recognised law of nations
and entirely disregarded those hu
mane principles which a,vary belliger
ent should observe In the conduct of
war at see. In view of these admitted
circumstances the government of the
| United Btates feels justified In hold
ing that the details of the sinking of
tha Ancona. the weight and character
of the additional testimony corrobor
ating tha admiralty's report, and the
number of Americans killed or Injured
are In no way essential matters of dis
cussion. Tha culpability of the com
mander Is In any case established, and
the undisputed fact Is that cltlsens of
the United States ware killed. Injured,
or put In jeopardy by his lawless act
The rules of International law and
the principles of humanity which were
thus wilfully violated by the com
mander of the submarine hhve been so
long and so universally recognised and
are so manifest from the standpoint
at right and justice that tha govern
ment of tha United States does not
feel called upon to debate thehm and
does not understand that the Imperial
and Royal government Questions or
disputes them.
The government of the United
States therefore finds no other oourse
open to it but to hold Whs Imperial
and Royal government vefcponslble for
the act of Its naval commander and to
renew the definite but respectful de
mends made In Its communication of
the sixth of December. 1MB. It sin
cerely hopes that tha foregoing siate
ment of its position will enable the
Imperial and Royal government to per
ceive the justice of those demends
and to comply with them In the same
spirit of frankness and with tha same
concern for the good relations now
existing between the -United States
and Austria-Hungary which prompted
the government of the United States i
to make them. LANSING.
????? i
November Foreign Trade.
Washington.?Foreign trade ef tha I
United States In November jumped I
to the unprecedented total of half a I
billion dollars. A department of com
merce statement lasued shows that t
Imports as well as exports broke rec- 1
ords for the month. A record of five i
Mlllon dollars for tha past IS months' l
exports and Imports was set. Nov- 1
ember imports were $184,311,16* more i
by $11,004,000 than the previous Nov- I
ember record made In IMS. Novem
ber exports ware $331,144,817, tha I
treetest in history. I
England to Incrsasa Army.
London ?After an all-night debate
the house of commons granted an in- t
crease of 1,000,000 men in the British t
army bringing up Its strength on paper I
to 4,000,000. With the Increase comes 4
changes In higher commands, Lieu- t
tent General Robertson, chief of the (
general staff, having been recalled' I
trom France to become chief of the t
Imperial staff In London hi place of c
Lieutenant General Murray, who Is f
i bo lit to receive an Important com- |
nand. These changes are accepted t
there as Indicating closer co-operation, t
Troop* Ordered to Return Fir*.
W**hlnfton.?American troops at
El Paso, the war d*partm*nt announc- *
id hart been given orders to "return t
rigorously any further deliberate tr- fc
ng" from the Mexican aide of the t
(order. General Pershing, In com- t
nand at El Paso, ha* reported that f
he firing which resulted in th* death |
if an Amarioan car inspector was the c
lellberate get of a squad of Mexicans *
rho appeared half a mil* east of the p
ntarnatlonal hridg* ?
Amarioan troops, the report added. p
rere oereriug the whola river front ? *
V
KARLBUEN2
Karl Suena, managing dtractor al
the Hamburg-American line-convicted
with other officiate of the company of
aaaaplraay to defraud the United
?tatee by fa lee cloaranoea and mani
facta obtained by them for veaaelt
oharterod by the line for the purpoaa
of taking euppltao from American porta
to Oerman war veaaala engaged la
commerce deetroylng.
HONEYMOON, IN VIRGINIA
PRESIDENT WILSON AND ERIDE
WILL RE AT HOMESTEAD
HOTEL.
Will Be Away Pram Whit* Houm Two
W**k* Unlan 0*valopm*nta
N*o*a*ltat* Early Return.
? waam^
Washington.?President Wilson and
lira. Edith Boiling Oalt were married
at 8:30 o'clock and latt afterward to
spend their honeymoon at Hot
Springs. Va. The President and his
bride traveled la a private car at
tached to a special train leaving here
at 11:10 o'clock which la dne to ar
rive In Hot Springs next morning at
8:18 a. m.
At Hot Springs, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
son will live at the Homestead Hotel
until after New Tear's Day an less
some development shonld necessitate
the President's earlier return to the
capital. Two White Hons* automo
biles have have been sent on ahead
and the couple expect to spend their
honeymon motoring, gulling and walk
ing over the mountain trails. Beside
the secret service guard, the party
was accompanied by a stenographer.
The President will keep In touch with
the Whit* House over special wires
Shortly after 18 o'clock the Presi
dent and Mrs. Wilson entered a wait
ing White House automobile and mo
tored to Alexandria, across tha> Po
tomac, to take their private ear there
and avoid a crowd at the railroad
station In the city.
Hot Springs, Va ?President Wilson
and his bride, the former Mrs. Norman
Oalt. arrived here shortly after I
o'clock to spend their honeymoon.
They were met at the train by a crowd
of several hundred people who ap
plauded as they alighted from their
private car.
NEW NOTE RENEWS DEMANDS.
Austria Must Pay Indemnity, Punlah
Commander and Disavow Act.
Washington.?The new American
note to Austria-Hungary regarding the
sinking of the Italian steaqiahip An
cona has been cabled to Ambassador
Penfleld for presentation to the
Vienna foreign office.
Secretary Lansing and other officials
of the state department declined to
divulge any Information concerning
the communication. From other re
liable sources, however, came a
strong Intimation that the Una] draft
at the note had been completed by
Secretary Lansing during the day and
bad been put In code and started on
Its way over the cables.
A veil of secrecy has surrounded
the communication ever since a White
House messenger carried a prelimi
nary draft from President Wilson to
Secretary Lansing. However, it Is
known that the secretary spent con
ilderable time at work developing the
deaa the president had outlined.
As completed the note Is believed I
to have been considerably more >
engthy than the first
Handle Much Farm Product.
Washington?Farmers' co-operative
narketing and purchasing organise- 1
Ions will transact this year a total i
luslness amounting to more than $1,- i
100,000.000 according to an estimate i
nade In the annual report of the 1
) If Ice of Markets and Rural Organ!- I
atlon of the Department of Agrlcul- i
urn, lust made public. While agil- -i
ultural co-operation la the United I
Itates Is far mora prevalent than la
;enerally believed, the report aaya. It I
? not yet upon a sufficient strong i
luslness basts. t
Panama Canal Partly Opan.
Panama. ? The Panama Canal,
rhlch haa bean cloaad alnca Septem- .
ier It laat by tha worat elide In Ita .
itatory, baa bean opened again for
he paaaage of Taaeala. drawing laaa *
ban MO feet, when 10 ahlpe, three 1
rom the Atlantic and aeron from the '
'adlie end, make tha paaaage. Re 1
option at prograaa. aided by good j'
raather condttlona. made daring the ?
Mb M be are .enabled the canal engl f
mart and dredge man to npoet the 1
radiation that the canal would not li
gain be opened before neat aprinp. ]c
KSqUHH PLEADS :
FDD IRE KEN
MOVES FOR AN ADDITIONAL MIL
LION SOLDIERS FOR SERVICE
IN THE WAR.
. r-'f v J
* t
NOW HAS OVER 1,250,000
Evor-Wldonlng Thoatro of War Ra
gulroa En dating of Evary Man of
Military Ago.
Loadon.? Premier Asquith made his
long-expected etatement on the AlUee' '
military poaltlon In the house of com
mons In connection with the tntroduc- ,
tlon of a "supplementary estimate'* j
providing for the raising of the numer
leal strength of th_ army from 3,004.- '
000 men to 4.000,000 men. I
The house was crowded and the pre- I
mier's speech was listened to earnest- ?
ly and silently. In the Peers' gallery, |
Lord Plsher. the former first sea lord <
and Earl Derby, director of recruit- I
Ing. occupied the most prominent po- I
si tlon !
The prime minister, as usual, got J
to the heart of bis subject in his open- J
Ing sentences and declared that al- I
though the British fighting forces in
the various theaters now amount to
more than 1.260.000 men the war's '
demands were such as necessitated ,
calling out the empire's "recruitable |
maximum."
Although the premier did not put
himself on record as either tor or
against conscription, John Redmond,
leader of the Irish Nationalists, at the
close of Mr. Asqulth's speech, flung a
bombshell by declaring that the Na i
tlonalists would oppose conscription I
by every means in their power. And
John Dillon followed with a severe ar- !
raignmeut of the British war leader
ship, inquring: .
"What is the use of sending out |
more troops to be led like men re
sponsible for the Suvla Bay and Ansae '
failures r
VAST SUPPLIES FOR GERMANY. .
Turkey Held* Abundance of Food ]
and Supplies. i
Berlin?'Turkey has an abundance !
of foode and other material of all ?
kinds which she can supply to Oer- 1
many If Germany need* them," said ]
Dr. Nazlm Bey. secretary of the >
Young Turk's Committee. In a state- J
ment to the Aasociated Press on his *
arrival In Berlin. "It Is only a ques- |
tlon of transportation, which seems to ]
be In a fair way of solution.
"There Is no lack of anything In
Turkey. For example, we have 30.
000,000 kilograms of cotton which rn
Germany can hare the moment sh*
solves the transportation problem,
not to speak of 10.004,000 kilograms
of reserve supply In the shape of ma
trasses and other articles in Turkish
"The same la true of copper. Of
this we have at least 40,000,000 kilo
grams which Germany can have at
any time."
7M British Ships Sunk
Berlin?"It Is stated on competent
authority." save the Overseas Nsws
Agency, "that since the beginning of
the war to the end of November last.
7M enemy ships with a tonnage of
4,447. (38 tons were destroyed. Of
these 868 with 1,070, 403 tons were
destroyed by submarines and ,03 with
04,700 tons of mines.
Oppose Compulsory Service.
London.?The Irish party held a
meeting In the House of Commons,
John Redmond presiding, and affirm
ed Its unshaken adherence to the res
olution adopted June 7 opposing com
pulsory military service.
Col. House to Visit Eurepe.
New York.?Col. E. M. House, con
fidential adviser of President Wilson, "1
stated that he will shortly sail for
Europe at the request of the Presl- I
dent J
Not Dangerously IIL
London.?The report that Sarah
Bernhardt Is dangerously 111 Is char
acterized In a Havas dispatch from
Paris as unfounded.
Moten Heads Tuskegee.
New York.?Robert R. Moton, of
tM Hampton Normal Agricultural In
stitute. Hampton, Va? was selected to
succeed Booker T. Washington, presi
dent of Tuskegee Institute, Tuske
gee Alabama, at a meeting - of
the special committee of the trus
tees of the Institute here. The choice
was unanimous. The committee mak
ing the selection was composed of
Seth Low. chairman uf the Tuskegee
trustees; Frank Trumbull of the
Chesapeake A Ohio railroad; Edgar
A. Bancroft, W. W. Campbell
Horee Meat For Food.
New York.?Bale of horse meat for
food will be permitted In New York
kftar January 1, the board of health
tnnounced. Commenting upon the
?evocation of the section of the aani
ary cods which prohibited the use of
torse flesh. Commissioner Emerson
aid that whll* the health department
toes net eaactly recommend It no
larm can be seen In Its use.
"The horse never has tuberculosa ^
md almost never communicates a
nallgnant disease to human beings,'
is said.
Villa Seldiara Rioting.
El Puo, Tex.?Three hundred Mex
cana, former *oldl*ra of General
'llle. rioted at Jnaret oppoaite here,
,nd before order vat roe to red one
tmerican had been killed and accord
ng to reporta, a number of Mexican*
oat Uvea. The Villa void ten reach
rig Juaret from the Interior, were In
, deaperat* condition for lack of food,
lelng month* In arrear* la par aad
Mining the de facto government waa .
i pca*e**ton of the town they at
nee began looting.
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