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- 1 i" ,-5 ,THE. HOLIDAYS ' ; ; h In . the colnnms ;Olf tW paper- yonH 11 (Lift uuc ut juin vmnuuwv 4 ed--from 4be advei-tisementB it . -will- b a f ;eay to prepare your ihppiJBB list tor .K';-'j?'3.! mmmm. 1C Y'i. v neican Note Irifbnnsr Ausp - tria-Hungaryyof He; Grav iiy of-t3xmu: THE Upon a aKessiiiffi' for Law.and Hupiaruty "Inhumane v "Wanton Slaughter!! WiushingtonjjDec, ' gyr The text of the Americaniiote tria-I lungary V regarding, the-siufc-'; jug or uiGT Italian steamship . An cona, madpicvlftilea a formal demand f "Jy the Jiited SUtes forVprofenpnnceinnt of the ' ' illegal ; and mdef ensibte act; for punisnment of the subma- rine commander-and for ' repara tion by the payment of indemnity for the killing; and injuring of. in nocent American citizens. These ;demadsffoUqwf a state ment lnformingjstria -Hnngary "that the ffood relations inf th two countries mnst ; rek upon a tommon regard for. 'Jaw and hu lamty!;.. The note ; arraigns the iellin ing and. torpedoing of thelin- and a wanton v sla'ughter, ' of "Mpless men, women and childv Banger of Break IVot Concealed. In oificial and; diplomatic circles the tonmnnicatlon is regarded as being' the most emphatic ; declaration S I o come from the United .States . trovernment since the beginning of the European ' far.- Xo attemDt-is made to mnnoii! attempt-is made to conceal the fact that unless the demands quickly complied with ." diplomatic re lations between the two countries, will he.in grave daneer of hpln?. dhvah. The text of the note, which .was hand ed to the Austrian foreign- office Thurs day Dy Ambassador - Penfleld, Text of thf. 'Vf. . . ; "Department of State, Washington D. ueeemoer -.1915. - -; "Please deliver a note" to the mini. ister of foreign affair textuatly- as fellows: ... : . "Reliable information"' rvbtainoil fni'm American and other survivors who were Passengers on .the steamship :A.ncona shows that on .November -a subma nne flying the Austrb-Hungarian" flag ared a solid shot traanr timnm. nip; that thereupon the Anctina ; at empted to escan(. hut elnv nvai hauled by the submarine sli. stopped; l a Drier period apd before the crew and passengers : were. - all aWe to take to the JboatsV the - sub nanne fired a number of-I' shells 'at the vessel and .Unally torpedoed, and nr wmi e-i there were 3-yet many Persons on board; and," that "Jby '.gunfire and foundering of the '.vessel 3 a ; large umber of persons lost ': their lives or ere seriously injured, ampng'S them 'ere citizens of the : United ! States. Yie Public statement; of. the Aus- ""-nungarian admiralty f 'has been- "Jgnt to the attention' Of the govern ment of the United States and receiv w careful consideration; ' This ' state f.ent substantiallv rnnfirma VthB nrln. t'Pal tieclarationf-. the survivors, " as 't admits that the Ancona after-'being r.ehfcl was torpedoed and sunk while persona were still on board. - "' . Kttfw American 'Attitude.. " tne Austro-Hunearian e-overriTinftnt as been advised, through the -orre-ponr.ence which has ? passed between -nuea States and Germany of.the :tuoe of the government 'iof the att States as to. use of submarines. in ln3 vessels of .commerce, and the , ldCKm3 vessels of commerce, and the tqukicfcnce of Germany in thai' atti- UJe yet With full VnawlAfff nnfhfl "art of fnent o f he Austr-Hurigarian govern- he views of - the .government 'nited States ias expressed in run terms to the'aMy of Aug- Kit. 'ri-II'ii ry, th e ' commander of 1 ' the allf-'(i to Milt in a tiI.aJ A tnf.-mT , A nic;-. ,! '-'Y purposed to destroy,' be .'f is prcsumed, - of the -fnipossi- cause ity tmiS iv into pori a. priao Government ,:; of .the United CC'PyMoro thn' ;. MAMma A "Th,: iate.-; jni . - -- uia . 11 c: bVUlllinuuM ue nrincinlfiB of inffirnatlonai aw 1 I . : i rif I.... i t.i J t0rn. , . .' """many Dy sneiiiitH , wu r,K the Anemm tiefnrA-t.ho'iBer. tons r, board harl tipon- tih tri', a: ''rla.e f safety . Li,e vessel.-,-vi?' '(:,.'' vf 'curiiict of the.-mitonde'r; cab l:r- characterized as; wahton 'j" of defenseless; ion-combat-' :r! r at the . time yvhin - the yes-- aclled aqd- torpedoed ghe was .'; ' r-pears, , res'fstin.raitempt io pe and no .Mother ; reason is J' r ' excuse" sJi , an '. attack, V 1 the posslbilityVof Rescue.- ?, v. vernmentof v :he',!; United 1 " forced, therefore.- to conclude 1 ' it the commanderPf , the sub- cted in violation his ,;in , 1 ; :; or that-, the-: imperial '"and : m t I ,4k COHGRESS ,,( V; . iers DetehninedtoNot At- ttoae .' Iiea4er A ereej on Joint Rettolv. tie to- jBxtend 'Present War Tak - . IndeflnitelyReess Sat- 3-- of "th -Sixty-fourth Congress,- destined to;e ; historic ;,in ,theationijipahals, brpiiht about practtcally. harmonioua organiaztion ' in- ".both houqgs and re pealed the administration', leader's de termination rto attempt so : serfous ' leg islative' business until 'ttie" holiday re cess' is 'f"y: v. ; . ' sress Tuesdaytth its suggestions for national' preparedness; denunciation- of internal ; Conspirators 'against neutral ity of th govermeht.: ..warning of the necessity for. "Increased revenues ' and outliiie ' of . other - urgent ' legislative needs, stood out, as the: most impor tant' event, of the week. The' address furnished members of both houses wiHi much food: forethought and tnere were .Indications" on - every . hand that the de-r fese ; programmes 'and revenue require ments-. vwould precipitate-- long and strendbate - lease Organisation Difficult. ingto the difficulty of reorganiz ing': the. 'House committees; because of the greatly ..increased minority, Corr- sreSs ouid not set them dow do wn to a tee" ssigKments teSXtyV until Tuesday and . little can' be' done" before Satur day; when ' Congress plans f -to adjourn until January. 3 for the Christmas holi days, a Both Pemocrats' and Republicans of the Senate will be ready with -their committee . Reorganisation . tomorrow but ' there ; is no -disposition in that branch V: to undertake consideration 'of any -important legislation at" onc6.;. -Early in the week, a fight that might seemfefi imminent wheniit was nronnsd that " an ; effort be ' made to re-enact the emergency: war . .tax ,wth amend ments before adjourned. ', Immediately it was difeclosed that this would-be im possible, and administration leaders were ronfrontei7.-wfth t.h .'daneer that juiui in iinuiiiuiii ... lol"fthe ; war --tax law-would.lapse. on ,De- " I i n . i l . cemoer ana a long periourvyouia ioi low - in which no emergency revenue could ' be collected. It was thereupon agreed by House -leaders, after-conf err ence with the ways and means -com mittee and rrrembers Of the Senate,' that a joint resolution extending -. the pres ent war tax with - the time limitation eliminated should be adopted. A new bill will provision':-for increased' rev enues is to be submitted after the new year. Senate Republican leaders have agreed to offer no opposition; to such a .programme It will be submitted to a. caucus of House Democrats tomor row ;.night apd probably will be pass ed : in the , House Wednesday, getting into: the. Senate on Thursdays. - No f ur ther important ; business Is anticipated bef pre, adjournment. . - , " One Enlivened Day In Senate. : .. President Wilson's vigorous ; refer ences in his annual address to troubles wfthin the borders of the United States, instigated ' because of the- European war bjr "citizens of foreign birthi serv ed . to give the Senate one' "enlivened day ' of debate during the past; week; V -Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia, in troduced a resolution calling upon; the foreign relations committee: to investir, gate the British blockade against neu tral commerce. The Georgia senator made a stirring plea forJ his resolution,' which aroused Senator Lodge. of. Mas sachusetts, to- offer an amendjnent pro viding for investigation , also "of interpal conspiracies, agafnst the government and of law and. facts relating,to bellig erent destruction!1 of . the iLusitania "and other :assenger''ihlps;''-'.TJils-starring debate - on these resolutions, :,was the first brush -in -a forensic battle over! the "-European war situation and all its atte,ndantinfluences- upon-this country that is certain to absorb the- attention of Congress for many months. ... - ; Senate v Republicans , will confer to morrow, . over committee designations recommended by the steering commit tee, y It war reported last night; that progressive Republicans would protest against the defeat of Senator Kenyon of Iowai fdr a place on the;forVgn re lations committee, but : this ' . does ot seem likely now. M-'ys :v.;; -' A3I?JJEtICA; STEAMER ' HEI.1D BY ; :;:;EBMA.NY.;AS I XEtY.gESSEl. PriseJVCottrtRendersDpclAjpn'on he .-iK''! Pasa-ox sainuuia. ,w:-e..r,rr? 'j'-'.:U' '-. 'J. ':'v. v '' "v" F'f ' .. Hamburg,': Germany, Dec. 5" 12 .(via ljopdon).T--The "prize court which has before it the case, of the American-' ship Pass "Of almaha : has -decided " to " treat her as anrVenemy - vessel." ;-It; is an nounced, that the evidence lias, estab lished that vthe . ship was under" ta British -flag-until the ehd ;.of 1914 "JLnd was sold'toVianAmericahcompany af-' ter the : Outbreak ; of ;?the ; wr.: ?H The Pafs of lBalmaha was captured while She was on "nerwasrv from New York toArchangl; Russia, with, a car go of Cotton which has-been-sold- for 2.500.000 imarks (about ? 525,000 ) " A ludgmerit -covering the'proceeds will be announcea. on ieKiHuw . "-.., .r' WmWm tllUMULnLsUUflllU Iri lts Determination to Attend -x the Panama Congress. I ''if 'fi."l T!: CAUSED QF DISSENSION SetorV tp Jfewr York Qeolare They Re- gard Action a : Step . Towards ehwrch Unity and Answer to S r- CritteUuiwiot Board. ' ' w Tork,' Dec .12. Rectors of 24 oi we, largest Protestant? Episcopal' churches fn New York- city announced from their pulpits today their approval oi the; aeterminauon . of the Episcopal board of missions to participate with the reresentattves of, the ' large Pro testant 'bodies in the forthcoming Pan arna congress. ; This.varticlpation' has been j the.; subject of: .much discussion and -Some dissension in the Episcopal cnurcn. Tbe 'sectors united in a plea for; the abandonment of sectarian prej udice as an obstacle, to ultimate, Chris- tiOH4unity.V:'j'.;?" The clergymen, who refrained from individual - - expressions ' fof opinion, joined in distributing (am.ong. their par ishets copies of - a pamphlet siened by them, in which they quoted and-apr proved a statement dealing with the situation,- recently, published by Bishop samuei: cook Edsall,; of Minnesota. - ; The ..clergymen - declared they " re garded the action asa step -in: the' di rection of: practical church 'uni.fy, v ' as well as an; answer to a .recent crit icism of ; the "action of the board of missions,on the graund that it was ril legal and tended to estra'nge the Ro man -and GreekCathoUe churches from the Episcopal. At a meeting in October the board refused to rescind its ac ceptanct 6f the invitation to send dele gates ..to the Panama Congress next May.j Bishop Edsall in his statement said: .. . Ju-?v , : : - "I am not. pessimistic enough . to be lieve that there, is any real danger of a split or Echkiara in pur beloved church, but ther4 is gtave reason to , fear, that there- Will -be .""a - great deal . of. bitter t eelli"?&ti rrcA'iiiii wi tb w consen u tai t "df a Of?: CM - work of our churchjbth at home and abroad unless heated: par tisans ..on; either .-.side "shall be given grace enough to-exercise some reason able - control, over; - their ... tempers, tongues and . pens. . "Some within our church feel that we are under a solemn obligation to the cause of: ttltimSte Christian unity to maintain""courteous ' relations . with the Protestant communions about7 us. Oth ers in our church, equally conscien tious, believe . that any possible , good of sending delegates to- Panama will be more than outweighed and ill-feeling against -us of the-Roman Catholic 'church, and further Insist we should beware lest in cultivating closer rela tions with Protestant - Christianity we do, not widen-: the breach which sep arates: us from Rome and the East." Tha hlshnn nnintert out that the nub lished proceedings of the board show that in the . resolution and declaration i , v (Continued on Page Two.) IN PRESS OF GERMANY Von Reventlow Thinks Poli tics Behind Attaches' Recall United States Compared to Italy as Fill . ed With Holy Egotism, But Lack- : '" lng Courage to Take an . Open' Stand.' ; Berlin; "via London, .Dec.. 12. Count von Reventlow in the Tages Zeitung, comrrienting:on the', recall of -the Ger man naval and military : attaches at Washington, declares , he -'finds it . im possible to believe that the request they be recalled was not due to political rea sons." ? In" addition,: he comments, is the fact that tlie recalls were demanded after a long Campaign' .of "the British press andT of the American- press, which takes sides with the enemies of Ger? many." . ' Count, von Reventlow quotesa Wash ington dispatch referring ta the danger of a ; severance : of relations between Austria-and the United States, and says he does not tknow how highly "Austria estimates the danger of a severance. and is curious to learn what position it' will take. ... He quotes with approval the remarks of the Lokal Anzeiger concern inc 'the - saving of lives of the passen gers on the Ancona and declares : that the; United States demands that a sub marine shall not fire .when al ship flees are being . challenged, "but- shall in re spectful silence let It flee.". .S The " Boersen Zeitung. I attacks the TT-; BtQAo tn a. Thner article in which it Compares .that counfTytotaly, as4i filled withholy egbtism.'but says 1 Is the only, one courageous, enough,. to take an open j stand. The ' pur su! t i of wealth is"the;highest aim in life in the United; "States,, it; declares,'; ahd . every thing -.else ' must be. subordinated to; it! The v Bdesen . Zeitung, alluding .to President Jyison's policy, explains it as follows': i:;;u,;,:-- "-:,: jThe v Presidential s , election, which takes piace-next year, casts its shadow before, ;Electons ; are very .expensive find parties : must think m advance of AMERICA IS ASSAILED CHARLESTON HOST TO MANY. FOR BIG fEWHiWEEK Churches Hold Peace Services Incident to Southern Com- mercial .Congress. . . PROGRAM BEGINS TODAY Many Conferences to be Held; ?Nbted Men to Speak; Six Warships AreiThere. ; Charleston, S. C, Dec. 12. First ex ercises incident tp the' opening here tomorrow ofthe Southern Commercial Congress , began -today with special peace services in : many Charleston church. The -congr"ess itself will-take up tomorrow a -five day; programme' in which methods will be. outlined by. a, number of prominent men for upbuild ing the Vagriculture, commercial "and other resources of the -South . Part of Tuesday wilt be devoted to commemor ating the fifty years of peace ' .be tween; the states of the Union, ana" to the contract between peaceful America and warring Europe.-. Many delegates as well as officers and men of the : six warships of the AtlauJ.Sc fleet here for Lthe congress,, attended:", today's se,rvic-? eS. - ; - '-r ." - :' '-'---, ... General discussigji of - the congress will be along linesdevoted to four subt jects with -special xeatures binder each. Agriculture, municipal -efficiency colon ization and foreign trade- wijr be the main topics with a number of cabinet officers as Speakers, in eluding Secre tary, of. the Treasury IcAdoo; Secrer tary of the ! Navyt DaBielsr Secretfry of Labor Wilson and Assistant Secre tary of War Brepkenrtdsei representing Secretary Garriionv -xlai'f ( r, ' H ' - senator uuncan- u . jfBteneiv fOr Florida, president of the congress, and Dr. Clarence J. Ovvens, managing di rector, will, deliver addresses. : Other speakers include" Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia; W. P. G." Harding, of the Federal Reserve Board ;: Dr. : P. - P.! Claxton,, Federal Commissioner of Edu cation; E.'E. Pratt, chief of the Fed-f eral Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce; . Surgeon - General William C. Gorgas, U. S. A.'; John Barrett," di rector general of the -;, Pah-American Exposition;'. Dr. Abbott Lawrence Lowij ell, president v of Harvard University Dr . Nicholas Butler, president Of . Co- lumbia University; William J. Bsyan; John Temple Graves of New: York; David Lublin, United States delegate to the International Institute of Agricul ture, Rome, Italy ;,Kal Fu ShahiiChln?, ese minister to the .United States .S.: Perez Triana, representing the United States, of Colombia; and Carrasc -'Bas-? (Continued oh Page Two.) Message Said to Come Within Three-Mile Limit French Officer linen the Two Germau N Removed One Had "Valuable Package Which. He Asiced to - i be Left with Consul. . 4 San Juan, P. v R.i5 Dec. 12. The steamer San' Juan, of , the . New ..York and Porto Rico Steamship Company re ceiveda wireless warning to .come within : the three-mile limiC a- "short time before she wasV stopped . by - the French cruiser Des Cirtes, it.is report-; ed here. The warship also: picked up the message while steaming to meet the liner which tvas sapped nearAre4 cibo, forty: miles from laOre. The young French - officer, "who'bVatded the San Juan knew ;- William ; Guntherodt and Fritsctt Lothar, the two - German s who were removed,, oocoyding to Captain Evans of the San Juan, . . -; "The officer asked, for the passenger lists ' and pointed .out tbe names- of Guntherodt and Lothar asking, usto produce , them5 said ;Captain t Evans. . Upon leaving the ; ship .Guntherodt directed that a valuable package in the purser's . safe be . delivered to. the .Ger man consul here an$. asked', that his trunk C be held . to aVait instructions from . him. Both' the Gerniansjwhd were 5 travellin g 1 second class, appear ed like ordinary .mechanics, according to the other i passengers" who knew nothing of 'r their business. Hejrr: Hepp, the German t ecmsuh now "is In - New York rmany'B attached tine - Transport Pamai boarded . Thurs day night; by a : French - officer,' before she entered - the - harbor here ; on her. way .from Buenos Aires , to . New .York, was not removed frozen the ship, sup posedly because he was an Argentine government- 6mployecJ; . $ ; :j , iiia-f V "The commandant Is asleep now and I" don't want to5 awaken him,, so you can : go," the -Krencai officer is .quoted as having . said , to the! German. "By the time you coine out of port we.rwill hava decided what to do-with' ; you." The.' Pama sailed - for New (York late LIB SAtl JUJII IS III - WAR N ED BY Wl R ELESS : -'- ."?. .- OANIELS PROPOSES iislsili V:"- ' ' '' :- !.'-."' .; y. .'-.r Would' Comp ose Navy Fleet if ; 5-Year Program is 'Adopted. MAKES ANNUAL REPORT :- v Expense to Garry Out Pltis ' Would be 9502,482114, Which Is Slightly "l ' More Than General Board's "Recommendation. -- Washington, Dec. 12. Details of the half billion dollar navy building' pro gramme under the five-year continu ing .plan recommended to . Congress are contained in the annual report: of Secretary Daniels' made public tonight. The report shows that for the first time in" the history of the department, the secretary's recommendation increase the expenditures proposed by the Gen eral Board. In this connection the secretary says: "My recommendation of - a flye-year programme embraces the same number as .proposed by the General Board in the distribution 4 it made in the five year programme of dreadnaughts, bat tle' cruisers, scouts, and destroyers.- I recommend 15 fleet submarines where the General, Board recommends 9, and I recommend 85 coast submarines as against 50. recommended by the Gen eral Board.-jfFor additional reserve am munition, my recommendation is $25, 000,000, whereas the : General Board recommends $11,000,000, They recom mend something more for other "craft. My , total for - the , five years is $ 502,' 482.214: The General Board's total is ?499,876,000r a very slight difference tor the. five years, though the board's rec ommendation for the first year is much larger than the department's estimate." : -The five - year programme for new ships and completion -of those already authorized reaches a grand total "of $502,482i214. with-, large appropriations forv reserve ammunition-'and aviation! : Secretary Daniels -differed from the General Board in one-important partlc ular, at least as to the programme al though- the total number, of ships to be constructed." and the types recom mended - are ? those., proposed by the Favors Qnitfkly-BuUt CraftS I - -"The Gjenerar Board was called upon for advice in this connection, and : the department . has accepted itsCv recom mendations as regards numbers of cap ita,i ships. As regards their d.istribu tion over a five-year .peiriod, it was concluded, in " view "of. all ther! circum stances; that j itwoMd ' be' best to make, this as nearly" ...uniform - as might be .' This course has , obvious practical ad advantages, particularly in: view of tins present congested condition -of the ship - bAiiiding -, industry in ; this coun try.'. Moreover, since the maximum rate Of thp? expenditure upon the - capital ships, i which take some years' to build Lin any case, will not be re&cneu imiti vdiafelyi.- it .'enables ,us to concentrate more ai nrst. upon suDmarines ana otn er quickly-built, craft, so that, we will rKetariier returns for our expenditure in .- tho. shape of completed vessels. It n is understood the ; board , recom , vyontinuea , on ; fage laignt) 357,515 INDIVIDUALS Which Produced Revenue for Government of $41,046,162. Is an Increase t of 913,000,000 Over 1914, . , Although There Were 357,598 Tax Payers Internal Reve- nue Report. ' , , ' Washington, Dec. 12. Personal in come tax was paid, during the last fiscal jreaivby 357,515 individuals, who turned in to the government- $41,046,162, piore by nearly "$13,000,000 than the total paid by 357J598 making returns the year be fore," according to -the annual report-,pf the commissioner of internal . revenue, made public tonight. . : '-.. - ' The greatest, increase 'snown was in the' amounts paid by those subject to the normal tax; a jump from about $12, 728,000 in 1914 to about $16,659,000 in 1015. Incomes exceeding $500,000 paid this yearVere about , $6,439,000,, compar ed with. about $3,'437,00v last year; 5 There v-were. '. 82,75 . individuals sub ject to thC; . Jiominal . tax $j;27,448, who reported inepmes .between $4,000 and $5,000, and:' 174, . whose returns were made ;6n a " basis at incomes of $500,000 or:more.::W;.. ; Under; the corporation-- income tax 299,445 returns were made', a decrease of 17,464 from. the previous year, ascrib ed by the 'report "to various conditions, including disturbed business conditions incident: to thewar, in Europe and the trouble in Mexico. . The - corporations paid $3S,986;952,. or about $6,627,000 less than "in 1914. : The' report says : exami nation ' showed . that . but .few.: corpora tions had purposely falsified their ' re turns or-, sought to evade the tax, ' Recommendations .are 'made . for changes in the income tax .law-to broiad en Its scope and incre ase the revenue expected' under it. .'-. ' ; Frauds upon the government through thefuseof artificially colored olepmarg arine are said to liave reached, the total Of $17,692,410,. of which only $,611,052 was within the' assessable period. . Dur ing this year. $751,000 was collected on account of these frauds and more f& ex pected.-C4y;v . ':', D The total reyenue collected from all BRIAL SERVICE CITY OF SAL0I1IHI -. HELD AT TUSKEGEE MAY BE FORTIFIED --": r -" ; nif iiihi n rnriinn -:-' Many Tributes Paid to Life of Bookar Washington ? ROOSEVELT A SPEAKER . Negro Leader . One of Few Men to Whom He.. Turned for- Advice While' President Southern ' White Man's Respect. Tuskegee, Ala., Dec. 12. Theodore Roosevelt, addressing a gathering of 4,000 persons; at Tuskegee' Institute here tonight paid tribute to the mem ory- of Booker T, Washington, negro edjicator, author and publicist, who died November -. Some of the fore most citizens of the state and 'Nation attended the memorial services, pre sided:" over .by Seth Low, former nTayor of New York, and president of the board of trustees of Tuskegee Insti ute. ' "' : . ' Mr. Law, Julius ; Rosenwald, of Chicago; Frank Trumbill, of New York; W. . W. Campbell, of Tus kegee, and ; Isaac Fisher, president of the Tuskegee Alumni Association, also spoke. : ' ' Colonel Roosevelt declared that when he was in the White House Booker T. Washington was one of the few men to whom he turned for' advice because he "knew that he would not eive me one word based - on a selfish motive, but because he would state that in his best judgment was ; for the best in terests: of the; people of the ..entire country." , "Booker T. Washington" realized that the! respect of the Southern white man was the greatest asset he possessed in his work,' said "Colonel. Roosevelt. "He declared that no other people can sup ply the things the negro needs as well a: can the , white man of the South. His sole .purpose was' to; handle Tuske gee --Institute" so8 that it would' be an asset to the South , and" in this hie: suc ceeded. .;'i; :"' -.."'- y.- 'S' ' ";.. " ; "Booker T. Washington did iusttce, aia justiG -o every: man, . iivea tne love ' he "felt forq mercy. His, monument lies in the minds , and memories, oi - l - , J i ; 4. A Tw-xrotU ,n.i-iw k t. -! ington's work" because he believed eco pomic j fitness Jwas" the greatest asset that ' can ." be 2 possessed by the negro race. He taught honesty, cleanliness and efficiency." Seth Low stated - that the board of trustees would stand -by the work Dr. Washington ha4" started. . "We will re main wheer we.; have always been be hind the "movemento Which Booker T. Washington gave : his last - .ounce of strength and JXpry: last beat of his heart," he declared. 2 " . ' Speaking vto the ; students of Tuske gee; Julius '. Rosenwald, said: "You must win your way by making your self 'useful." , Mr. -Rosenwald' praised Dr. Washing ton's, high ideals "He h'ad as high an ideal as any man in America ever pos sessed and he realized that ideal. No higher tribute, can be paid to any man," said. Mr. Rosenwald. : Isaac Fisher, one of the most noted graduates of thetnstitute, spokefof the great good Dr. Washington had done for the: negro race. His address was frequently alluded to by speakers who f ollowetf him. . -Music for the services was furnished by the student orchestra and: choir. The board of trustees will meet herei- tomorrow morninsr to - eltct Dr. Wash- ington's successor. .Among those men tioned for the place are" ' - Emmet J. Scott,-private secretary to Dr. Washington, and secretary of Tus kegee Institute; Warren A. Logan, act ing principal of the (Institute, and Ma jor R.- R.' Moton, -commandant " of Hampton-, Institute. -' Hampton, Va. " Indications tonight ' were that Ma jor 'Moton was the most probable choice of the trustees, Scott, - it was said, will continue as secretary. It . is un derstood he'erthat Logan is not an ap plicant for: the presidency v REPUBLICAN CLANS GATHER - - TO NAME CONVENTION CITY St. Louis and Chicago Principal Bid ' ders for 1916 Meeting., .Washington 'Dec; ' 12 , Most of the members, of the Republican National Committee had reached -Washington tonight for their Meeting, Tuesday to decide upon the time ; and place for holding the. J916 convention of the Re publican partS Four cities want the convention, Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Loui and San Francisco. Indications are that the contest really will. be be tween' St. Louis', and Chicago, .- with Philadelphia a little less favored. .Apparently tle meeting will be har monious. .The question ? of reduced representation has been settled; and al though ' some Southern members may not be entirely satisfied with a reduc tion in their representation- in the con vention no break is expected now. One; of the events of the gathering of the . Republican clans - will be a dinner ; tomorrow night, , given - by!, the National Republican . League and the League of Republican : State Clubs. Senators Borah. "Weeks and Sherman, former Senator Burton,. "Henry D. Esta brook, of New. York and Nebraska, and other men mentioned as possible presi dential candidates jwlll be present and some of them w!U speak. - , - ' There was a. general feeling tonight that the convention "' would be held r shortly after that of the Democrats, cither late . In June or " the-' first week in July. ' . -..' : .-v:: :: V ' Pittsburgh Dec,-. 12. Between .100 and 1,500. Iron moulders employed in foundries in Pittsburgh : and vicinity are on a, strike day; as part of a na-tion-widT movement for an eight-hour day,' 'The. strike,: labor leaders declare, approval of the international AntAn ' :'--' ''-yj,-i -' vr-:' :!;ir :.-: DkHiiuLu-rntwun . Believed the Retreating Forces Wiir Make a Stand in Greek Territory. BRITISH pSE HEAVILY -:., "Sf" Casualties in Bulgar Attack Said to be 1,500; Ger mans Active in East, London, ! Dec, 12 The Anglo-French troops, who last week began their ' retirement from their advanced posi-; tions in southern Serbia, are now ap- proaching, if they have not crossed, t the Greek frontier and 'the attitude of Greece becomes more and more impor- tant. Athens dispatches tand news ' available - in London; indicate that tho matter, which .was -left to the Greek and allied military authorities at Sa- y ; lonikl, Is being amicably arranged and A , .'. that the Allies will be allowed to re- $ .- tire to that city without any inter- - ruptions on the part - .of - the Greeks, . ' ' and will - be permitted to remain there. . Questions seriously occupying : the Greek government have to do with ' . V the use of the railways which are needed for the Greek .troops -and tho damage that .might be done-, to them' with the object of impending Bulgaria? pursuit should -the Sofia- government decide that the British and French ,ar,e to be followed into Greek territory. The Greek government has : goods evi dence of the effective manner, in -which, the French engineers' destroy railways in, the.. work done; along the, line north of k the Greek frontier. So . well was this ' accomplished .that - the 'Bulgarians were greatly delayed; ! having to use roads covered with snow' with "the re suit that the French escaped ajmost.un- . Bi1lKTe'HaW ; The i British iifytio- had advanced fur ther from the railway .to the northeast of Lake-Doiran had , a: much more diffi cult feat, to accomplish when retire- heavily. - They, were faced by greatly superior.-". faces,, and, : according to- an oflieial report issued tonight, their suc cessful -withdrawal to a position ex tending : from Lake,. Doiran to the Var dar valley wasMargely due to- the gal lantry of three ' Irish regiments, the Munster fusiliers, the publin fusiliers and the Conhaught rangers. , 1 The British casualties are estimated at : 1,500, . while they were forced to leave .behind eight field guns, which had. been placed in position to cover the retirement and could not be remov ed. . , , . ; . What the next move will be is known only to the " allied staffs, at it Is generally believed that f the Anglo French - forces .will fall back to Sa lon iki, where reinforcements are ar riving, and which will be fortified. t There are also reports that the Allies have landed a division at Kavalo, fiinety miles along the coast- from Saloniki arid near the -Bulgarian fron tier, but there is - no confirmation of this. Its object dobtless is to secure the railway and: prevent the Bulgarians from sending troops westward into Greece. " ' ,-. ' . . The Austro-Hungarians continue to attaek the Serbians in the Albanian mountains and . the - Montenegrins In their hills, but apparently their ad vance: is much slower than it was in . Serbia, the positions being easier to defend. . ; ' Germans; Fortifying Lines Petrograd dispatches indicate that the Germans are withdrawing .their center to -what is '-known as the Bug river line This withdrawal is due to their inability to secure complete Con trol of the Lida-Baronovitchi-Rovno railway, which - was necessary for the successful holding of the advanced po sitions which they reached after their great drive of last summer. They have " evacuated Slonim, lying to the west,. and Baronovitchi and Kobriri, , just, to , the east of Brest-Litovsk, which they were making the center of their , new - lines, ;: which are being very strongly fortified. This suggests that the Germans hopeto create- a stale- i mate in tho, east ..'as they did in the west and if theycahnot breglk through they will malce .it just as difficult for -the Russians to do so.. - - ;v There has been . increased artillery activity -on the western front, and the arrival of - colder ;!yeather ; may fore shadow, attacks from one side or the other. It is generally believed : that the' Germans; will make the attempt this time, as they have brought" up a ; large amount of artillery. " - ; : There .is no further news ' from Me sopotamia, while the Gallipoli official accounts simply repeat the story of . artillery engagements. " : BRITISH LOSSES 1,500. Eight Field Guns Lett Behind in Re '. -. treat In Serbia. .. ." I London Dec i -12. : - Casualties ag gregating 1,5,00 and .the loss of eight field guns, which ; they . were unable to remove from emplacements, are told of iu an official communication issued this evening dealing with the retreat of Hhe British Tenth, division from Lake Doiran Serbia, ' in,: campaign" with ' the French.; .; ".. ! i--. 15 MILES :FR03lREEi BORDER '' '-'- ' '' ' - : ;- .' Bulgarian Ah apcing -A gainst Anglo- 4 : : French ExpeditliHiary Force. ; . .London, Dec i . 12 .'Bulgatatri troops advancing . against Vthe '-: AnglsVrich .; expeditionary . force in southerjrterbla, ' have reached a. point, about 15 miles from. the Greek border on the Saloniki ' railway tine, according, to a statement" issued,' iq Sofia and recoive'd here by . (Continued' Os fTtge cigaLJ p!- !:jpS-v : Y-JiUi if.?,-. 'S-'rtTS-'t-;: i'V'fT. i v it$m u : -! S :X":a ;r'-. ' : r - 'M "I A v ---.:"! 'Ji'-::'ri-: .v.. . ! . I 'r: ' i'Z'fi.f ' t - -;v-vi. 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