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OMAIIA, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1, 191G TWENTY PAGES.
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GREATER OMAHA
FORGES AHEAD
AT RAPID RATE
Some Remarkable Increases in Bus
iness Activity Are Revealed
by Figures Showing
Business Done.
FEW INDUSTRIES SHOW LOSS
Packing Houses, Lumber Business,
Smelter, Real Estate Transfers
All Move Ahead.
FARMERS HOLD BACK GRAIN
Building Record is Marvel and
Shows Big Gain in All Classes
of Building.
AND NOW FOR THE YEAR 1916
1915. 1914.
Manufacturing
.$913,843,059 9198.'Ua,537
woDDtng-
177,191,675 169,084,467
weal Eat. Trans. 18.849.908 8.463.ia
Xaok Baa. output 116,434,850 113,464,917
Smelting (output. 39,113,610 87,131,143
Sank clearings.. 988,670,880 887,580,781
Bank deposits.. 68,373,767 61,750,696
Building-permits., 6,386,608 4,610,456
Oral rao., bu... 60,516,000 68,464.100
Grain ship., bn. 47,703,400 67,817,800
JCrVE STOCK RECEIPTS.
1918 1914.
Cattle (head) . . . 1,818,343 998,694
Kora (baad).... 3,643,973 9,867,384
Jheep (baad)... 3,868,379 3,147,434
Horses (neaaj., i,e79 88,si
Omaha has just closed the moat
successful year's business it hag en
joyed since the city was planted on
the banks of the IssMourl river
nearly three-quarters of a century
ago.
The greatest gains are In real es
tate transfers, manufacturing job
bing, building operations and bank
clearings.
Figures on the manufacturing and
jobbing have again been complied by
the bureau of publicity in the same'
painstaking way in which the bureau
has done this for the last several
years, getting exact figures to the
last penny from each individual
manufacturer and Jobber in the city
to make up an absolutely reliable
total.
Hi Ral Estate Deal.
The volume ot real estate transfers al
most doubled over the amount of auch
business done last year. Thua the figures
stand In round numbers approximately
13.600,000 last, to nearly $16,000,000 this
year. One thing, of course, is to be con
sidered In these figures, namely that
they are more nearly representative of
the actual volume of money represented
,ln the transfers of the year than the
'figures have been in past years. This Is
because the necessity of buying federal
revenue stamps for the Instrumentalities
of real estate transfers, makes it ob
ligatory upon the parties to the contract
to reveal the true amount represented In
the transaction, instead of filing a deed
bearing the easy phrase "considera
tion SI." j
By no means, however, does this new
system account for the whole of the in
crease recorded, for the year ha been
especially productive of big deals in real
estate. So much' has this been true that
the activity has on several occasions:
boom.
Manufacturing; Gain.
The manufacturing output of the city
howa the magnificent gain ot SlT,cio,S27
' last year. A large percentage of this
counted for by the Increase Yn the
of bullion reduced In the smelt-
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age to Oranfge
Will M Light
1EL.ES, Cal.. t)ec. 31. Orange
na In tlT citrus fruit re-
were glyen white mantled
able ytnowfall of yester-
jndcjf a bright sun today.
v the ireesing point
i some localities, but
t conditions resulting
damage was done to
a now Deing gauiereu.
forecasts even colder
bnight and warnings were
ardists to stand by to pro-
jves,
AMINER'S RULING
iN DAKOTA SET ASIDE
-UtE, S. D..
Dec. SI. The supreme
-"rfft today aet aside the order of State
yBank Kxamlner J. L. Wlngfield. which
ordered all atate banks operating in the
atate to deposit M per cent of their legal
reserves in state banks within the state.
The Weather
Kor Omaha. Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Unsettled, with rain; no important
rliuiign In temperature.
Temperature at
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Mean temperature
Precipitation
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Temperature and precipitation depar
ture from the nurnial:
i Normal temperature 22
Kxcesa for the day
Icial deficiency since March, 1 Si
Normal prea pltaUon OJ inch
l(lclency fur the day OS Inch
Total rainfall sine March 1... .17.1(1 Inches
lftclency since March 1 :a Inches
lH-fu'iocy for cor. period, 1914. S.431ntliea
Iefwirticy fur oca. fMrlnd. lfll S.bjtiidiee
T Indicates trace uf precipitation.
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OMAHA FACTORIES
BOOST FOR OMAHA
Campaign to Push Sale of Omaha
Goods in Omaha Trade Territory
is Attended with Satisfac
tory Results.
GREAT BENEFIT TO NEBRASKA
Last March, some sixty or more
of th leading manufacturing firms
and corporations of Omaha entered
upon a campaign that had , for - its
purpose the education of the people
of Nebraska and Omaha trade terri
tory In regard to patronising home
Industry and the usp" ' of Omaha
made goods, price gad quality being
equal to those .manufactured else
where. These Ornaha manufacturers, and
those Intimately connected with
them, in the campaign, did not work
aloi;e, nor did they hide their light
under a bushel. Instead, they
called the newspapers to their as-
iistance and through the medium of
the press, once each week during
the balance of the year, they ex
ploited their plans.
With the end of the year those who
went into) the campaign cast up their ac
counta, made their eetlmates and decided
that the experiment waa attended with
the best kind of resulta and that by
reason of the work carried on, the name
of Omaha and the excellent reputation
of its manufacturing Industries had been
carried Into new fields and that trade
waa being driwn from a much larger
area.
Money Well Invested.
The plan adopted by the Omaha manu
facturers coat them some money, but
they feel that it was money well invested.
For the information to the public that,
went out weekly through the press was a
constant booster, one that waa working
twenty-four hours every day and aeven
daya each week.
Of the sixty or more manufacturing
concerns that entered into the scheme
there was not one that did not secure
from five to fifteen new customers by
reason of the campaign that waa carried
on. Merchants all through Iowa, Minne
sota, Kansaa, South Dakota, Nebraska
and the mountain states became familiar
with the ilnea put out by the Omaha
manufacturing concerns and It was not
long after the inception of the plan be-
f i.ra Anf... pnmmanp in tnmlk In. arjecl-.
j fylng the articles needed and giving ship
ping directions.
The advertisements that were Inserted
in the Omaha papers each Tuesday soon
same to be lookel upon as familiar ac
quaintances and within a couple of
months they were classed among the old
friends.
The merchants in Omaha trade terri
tory soon became convinced that with
their closeneaa to the place of produc
tion, they could order their goods and
get them much sooner than dealing with
manufacturers in far away cities. They
too, reoognlied that by buying Omaha
I made
goods, they were getting goods
as good as they could buy else-
SI ! equally
I where, could gel mem iaia nown in meir
home towns a few hours after ordering,
and considering the difference in freight
charges, for much less money In almost
every instance.
Beoatlaa; the Central West.
There was still another thing that mer
chants of Omaha trade territory took into
consideration when they ordered Omaha
made gooda. In the paat when they had
been buying goods manufactured in dis
tant cities they realised that they were
building tip industries that were foreign
to them and their interests. When it
came to buying goods, the output of
the factories of Omaha, they quickly
realized that they were helping to build
up a bigger and a better Omaha and
that meant building up the atat of
Nebraska and the adjacent territory.
They realised that by having a greaei
Omaha, it meant a better market for
everything they and their neighbora had
to eell. It meant a better market for
(Ounllnued on I'age Tan Column
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SAY. OLD TIMLR. I'LL HAV
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FORD PEACE PARTY
IS AT COPENHAGEN
Delegates Met by Crowds of People
Upon Their Arrival at Danish
Capital.
WILL LEAfE UPON WEDNESDAY
COPENHAGEN (Via London),
Ded. 31. The Ford peace delegates
arrived here today. Crowds of per
sons met the boat that brought the
Americans across the water from
Sweden.
The police authorities have pro
hibited the holding of any public
demonstration in Denmark and after
the party had registered at various
hotels it was announced by the
executive committee that strict com
pliance would be "given to the order
of the authorities to demonstrations,
therefore it is probable that during
the visit to Copenhagen the mem
bers of the mission will engage only
In informal conferences with a view
to obtaining Danish delegates and
preparing for the trip to The Hague.
When the party was leaving Stock
holm thousands of Swedish people
gathred at the station to bid it fare
well and sang "My Country 'Tls of
Thee."
Leave on Wednesday.
LONDON. Dec. 31. A dispatch to
Router's Telegram company from Copen
hagen aays that the Ford party probably
will sail next Wednesday for Rotterdam
on the steamer A. P. Bemstorff.
Hai Resh Conclave
Elects Its Officers
DENVER, Dec. 31. The annual con
clave of the Hal Resh, a Jewish Na
tional Fraternal association, which ha
been in session here for four days, ad-
Journed late today with the election of
officers and the selection of Bt, Paul for
the next meeting place. The officers
elected were as follows:
Council chief, Maurice Goldsmith, Bt.
Louis
Council prophet, Melvin Schlesslnger,
Lincoln.
Council scribe, Rudolph Loeb, Atlanta
Council Installer. Allan Lltman, Cleve
land. Council Editor, Maurice Hlrsch, Mem
phis. Councl historian. Louis Schenbeck, St.
Joseph, Mo.
Earthquake Shock
Felt at St. Louis
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Deo. SL An earth
quake shock lasting fifteen minutes waa
recorded at :30 o'clock this morning on
the seismograph of St. Louis university.
The direction apparently was southeast
by south and the distance was approx'
mately 1.700 miles from 8t. Ixuls. For
four dsys the selsmogrsph has been
restless.
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GREEKS PROTEST
ALLIES ARRESTS
OF FOE CONSULS
Athens Government Terms Seiture
by Entente at Saloniki as Vio
lation of Its Sovereign
Rights.
REUTERS FORWARDS
REPORT ;
Teuton Officials Taken in Charge
Because of Plane Attacks
Upon City.
THIS IS REASON FOR ACTION
LONDON, Dec. 31. Greece has
protested against the arrest of the
consuls of the central powers and
their allies at Saloniki, which It
terms a violation of Greece's sover
eign rights, says neuter's Athens
correspondent.
The arrest of German and other ;
consuls at Saloniki reported in a rlls- j
patch early today from that city.
was because of a German aeroplane
attack on Saloniki, It was stated
here late today.
Five Negroes Shot
and Two Burned to
Death in Race Riots
BLAKitfL.T, Oa., Dec. 31.-Excltement
caused throughout this section by clashes
between white possemcn and negroes
near here yesterday. In which seven ne
groes were kilted and two whites seri
ously hurt, had not entirely died down
today. Influential white citltens ex
pressed the belief, however, that there
would be no more trouble.
Five of. the negroes were shot and
killed and two others were burned to
death, according to reports here, as a
result of three pitched battles between
the negroes and various bands of whites
seeking to capture (Irandlson Ooolshy,
a negro farmer, and his two sons, Mike
and Ulysses, accused of assassinating
Henry J. Villlplgue, an overseer, who
had thrashed one of the younger Oools
bye. VlUlplgue waa shot in tha back
Wednesday night, bis wife narrowly
escaping death from several other shots
red after he fell.
The negroes reported dead were OrandU
son Ooolsby, his two aons, both of whom
were burned In a cabin In which they
sought refuge; "Hosh" Jewell, Charles
Holmes, James Burton and Early High
tower. It was estimated that there were sev
eral hundred whites In the various posses
and it was aald that probably half a
dosen were wounded.
Famuel Plttman and O. B. Hudspeth,
members of the sheriff's posses, were the
only whites known to have been wounded.
Pittaman's right arm waa broken by a
shot and Hudspeth was shot in the head.
He la expected to recover.
The killings took place In the western
part of this (Early) county, about ten
mflea west of here, and Bear the Alabama
border.
President and '
Cashier of Racine,
Wis., Bank Indicted
RACINE, Wis., Dec. . Charged with
responsibility for the failure of the de-
funct Commercial and Savings bank,
Charles R. Carpenter, cashier, and B. weeks. In operation further than a conv
Illnrichs, president, are under heavy bond mon carrier may make deliveries of liquor
here today to appear In court and an
swer Indictments returned late yesterday
by the grand Jury.
The indictments were kept secret, pend
ing arrest of the men. This took place
late laat night. Carpenter Immediately
furnished ball of (30,000, and Hinrichs ball
of 15,000. j
The Commercial and Havings bank
closed its doors on September 17. 1914. and
at that time the deposits were given at
a,500,000. Since then a total of 60 per cent
of all deposits baa been paid In dividends.
FARM IMG IMPLEMENTS
ARE NOT IMPROVEMENTS
WASHINGTON, Dec. SL The Feleral
Reserve board ruled today that agricul
tural Implements are not to be regarded
aa permanent Improvements to farm and
therefore commercial paper drawn to pay
for such Implements is eligible for redis
count with federal reserve banks.
CZAR NICHOLAS MADE
BRITISH FIELD MARSHAL
i
LONDON, Dec. II. It is officially an
nounced that King George baa appointed
Emperor Nicholas of Russia a field mar
shal in the British army.
Annual Review
The Bee's Annual llerlew of
Omaha's ajrowlh dsrlsg the laat
year will few foaua oa pages 0 aaa
T of this Isaae.
The Day's War New
BIKKINO OP the British armored
eralaer Natal by an Internal
olaloa ts annonneea y the ad-
aalravltr,
OFFICIAL TEIT of Anatrla's reply
to the second American note on
the anoona waa received la Wash
lasrton today.
FtatTHKR BKPORTB of the land
ing; of allied troops on the Greek
const of Hnvala, enat o( Saloalkl,
nera received today.
FROM GERMAN IOIRCKI comes a
report of the defeat of Berhlan
army, apparently reinforced hy
Italians, In cental Albania.
Letts Play Trick Upon Germans
and Mow Down Hundreds
rKTRCKJIlAP. Dee. 30.-(Via London.)
A Christmas day boat by the Uertnana
on the Ulna front niatle by means vt a
banner hoisted on the trenches saying.
"Merry Christmas, we will be In Ftlia
New Year's day," was anrwered by a
raid of Lettish fusiliers I'hrtstmaa night
In which three companies of the Her
mans were wiped out.
The l.etta were able to trick the Oer-
i mana by a knowledge of the German
i Inngusae. After nlithtfall. a company of
Letts gained the roar of the Oerman
trenches and fired a rocket signal when
their feat, was accomplished. A itussisn
SEVEN STATES GO
DRY ATJIIDNIGHT
Sale of liquor in Iowa, Colorado,
Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Ar
kansas, South Carolina Illegal.
OFFER 3,000 SALOONS AFFECTED
CHICAGO, Dec. 31. Stale wide
prohibition of the sale and manufac
ture of Intoxicating liquors will be
rorno effective In seven states at mid
night tonight.
More than 3,000 saloons, a large
number of breweries, wholesale
liquor houses and distilleries will be
put out of business.
The states which are to enter the
c'ry column are Iowa, Colorado, Ore
gon, Washington, Arkansas and
South Carolina. Many counties in all
of the seven states have prohibited
the sale of liquor for a number of
years under local option laws.
In Colorado district attorneys at a re
cent meeting agreed that technically Colo
rado's constitutional prohibition amend
ment and the enforcing statute do not be
come effective until midnight January 1
but It waa alao decided that the expira
tion of all liquor licenses at midnight to
night will render Uauor sales on New
Year's day unlawful.
ales In Colorado Rafenslvt
According to one authority between
S2.O0O.O00 and $.1,000,000 has been expended
for liquor In Colorado within the last
week.
Arkansas will hare Its first experience
with prohibition when the statewide law,
passed by the last legislature, goes Into
effect with the coming of the new year.
The Arkansas department of the Anti
Saloon league has announced that the
league will have workers in the field to
see that the law is enforced. Anti-pro
hlbltlnn leaders have announced that ni
fight will be made for the repeal of the
law, st least until prohibition has been
given a thorough test.
In Iowa ''bargain day sales" In the 502
saloons of the state are In progress today
preparatory to the final oloalng tonight.
Under the mulct law repeal passed by the
last legislature statutory prohibition Is
restored, pending the action of the next
legislature and the people on the proposed
constitutional amendment for prohibition.
which is to be disposed of within the next
two years.
Hresyon Law Drastic.
I In Oregon the manufacture or sale of
i any kind of Intoxicating liquor is abso-
lutely prohibited by constitutional amend-
I ment. Drug stores are not permitted to
sell liquor for any purpose, with or with
i out a doctor's prescription. Each family
j may Import for personal use a maximum
either of two quarts of spirituous or vln-
ous liquors, or twenty-four quarts of malt
liquors in any period of four successive
and the illegal purchaser of liquor Is
made equally oulpable with the seUer.
In the state of Washington the Initiative
prohibition law, ratified In. November,
1913, permits residents to purchase from
outside the atate two quarts of spirituous
liquor or twelve quarts of beer each
twenty days.
Idaho will go dry tonight by virtue of
1 statutory prohibition. Most of the state
I baa been dry under local option and only
about IfiO saloons will be forced out of
business. '
Poesesaloa f Uaaor Crlsae.
Idaho's prohibition law is said to be
the most draatlo in the union. It not
only closea the saloons, but makes poa
session of any kind of malt or spirituous
liquor a crime, excepting wine for sacra
mental purposes and pure alcohol for
medical, scientific and mechanical uses,
which is procurable only on an order
from the probate court.
The Houtli Carolina dispensary system,
under which fifteen out of forty-four
counties operated liquor dispensaries, will
cease to exist at sundown ti.day. Under
the new prohibition law individuals may
obtain through shipment one gallon of
liquor a month for personal use. Cer
tain spirits are permitted for churches,
and the practice of arts and sciences, ac
cording to an opinion by the attorney
general of the state.
CLOSING OI7T U,ES IW IOWA
(lit Ilasdretl ...oon aaa Fifteen
Hrrfrln Will t)aM.
DKH MOINKS, la., Dec. SI. More than
60 saloons In Iowa are today conducting
their "closing out" , sales, preparatory to
shutting their, doors for the laat time,
unless some unforeseen set of the courts
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motor car then approached the trenches
and opened an enflladinu flic on the
Oermans. The Letts In the rear then
yelled out In Herman: "Hack, back; the
Russians are coming."
Thereupon the Oermans fell back to
ward their supposed comrades. h met
them with rifle fire. In the confusion
few of the German's escaped. Occupying
the vacated trenches the Letts singing
The Watch on the Khlne.' waited for
the approach of Oerman reinforcements.
The unsuspecting Oerman reinforcements
Joined In the singing and were nn.wn
din from the trenches by machine guns
their comrades hud left behind.
BRITISH CRUISER
NATALGOES DOWN
Big Fighting Ship Sinks in Harbor
as Result of an Internal
Explosion.
FOUR HUNDRED MEN SAVED
LONDON. Dec. 31. The Urltlsh
armored cruiser Natal has sunk after
an explosion. Official announcement
to this effect was made here today.
The Natal was sunk yentorday af
ternoon while In harbor, as the re
sult of an Internal explosion. There
are about 400 survivors.
The Natal's sinking Is the most severe
loss which the British navy has sustained
In several months. No British naval
veasela of Importance have been sunk
since laat May, when the Triumph and
Majestlo were torpedoed at the Darda
nelles. The keel ot the Natal was laid
down eleven years ago and Its displace
ment waa only about one-half of the
largest British sea fighters.
The vessel's normal complement was
704 men. Its displacement waa 1J.W0 tona.
It was if) feet long and ?S feet beam. Its
largest guns were S.S Inches. Of these
It carried three forward and three aft.
It was armed also with four 7.5-Inch
guns, twenty-four three-pounders and
three torpedo tubes.
The Natal brought from Portsmouth
the body of Whltelaw Held, American
ambassador at lmdon, after his death
In 1912. remaining at New York for two
weeks.
California Solons
Called to Revise
New Primary Act
CAN FRANCISCO. Cat.. Dec. Sl.-Oov
ernor Hiram W. Johnson Issued a state
ment today announcing that he would
call a sDcctnt session uf the California
legislature to meet Wednesday, January
ti. lSltt. to cotislder the acquisition of the
California building at the ranama-ra-clflc
exposition for a state normal school
and to unravel a primary law tangle.
T-e call will be iaaued within twenty
four hours.
The primary laws ot the state are gen
erally considered In an unsatisfactory
condition because some measures In
tended to provide for non-partisan regis
tration and elections were rejected at a
recent election, while one of the aerlos
of lawa to thla effect was left standing.
In his statement the governor terms
the election law situation "Inextricable
confusion." A third object of the special
session, the second to be called during
the five years of Governor Johnson's ad
ministration, is an act for the benefit
of the Panama-California International
exposition at San Diego, Cal.. which will
be open all through the year.
Four days are set as the probable dura-
tlon of the session and I1S,000 as the cost,
although the statement says filibustering
tactics may run this up.
Rumors Five Are to
Quit British Cabinet
Again Circulating
LONDON, Dec. 31.-AII members of ths
cabinet attended the meeting today to
consider the draft of the bill for com
pulsory military service, and It appears.
consequently, there have been no resigns- I
Uone. j
Rumor still is busy, however, with the
nsmes of Reginald Mk-Kenna, chancellor
of the exchequer; Walter It unci man.
prealdent of the board of trade, and Blr
John filmon. home secretary.
The foreign secretary. Sir Edward
Grey, and the war secretary, Karl Kitch
ener, are also mentioned In connection
with possible changes ln the cabinet, but
even if several members withdraw it la
now clear that the government will not
break up over the question.
Sir Edward Grey's health Is again put
forward as a reason he may retire ln
case of any reorganisation of the minis
try. The general Impression Is that opposi
tion to the plan for compulsory service
en the part of labor Is lessening, although
the decision of labor leaders to refer the
matter to the trades union congress
leaves this question still open.
Trial of Lorimer
Set for January 17
CHICAGO, Dec. II. William Lorimer,
former United States senstor and presi
dent of the defunct La Salle Street Trust
and Savings bank, waa formally placed
en trial today on a charge of looting the
institution of U.OOO.OUO la money and se
curities, and the oaas was then continued
to January 17, when the selection of
Jurors is to begin.
Indictments against Thomss McDonald,
assistant cashier of the bank, were dis
missed today by liny den N. Bell, as
sistant state's attorney, who aald the evi
dence did not Justify placing Mr. Mc
Donald on trial.
Former Caahlcr Aoaoltted.
DENVER. Dec. II. -John S. Cuaak. a
former cashier of the first National bank
ef Wellington, Colo., today waa acquit
ted by a Jury In federal district court ot
mbeaslement and misappropriation of
M,one of the bank's funds. Cusack pleaded
he had no criminal intentions ln oonneo
tlo with the sileged, tiTedularitlao.
AUSTRIA AGREES
TO MEET VIEWS OF
UNITED STATES
Unofficial Version of Reply to Sec
ond Anoona Note Indicates
that Danger of Rupture
Has Passed.
FITNISH SUBMARINE COMMANDER
This Amounts to Disavowal of Act
and Assurance that it Will
Not Be Repeated.
TRANSLATORS WORK ON NOTE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. Ameri
can demands on Austria-Hungary a
connection with the destruction of the
steamer Ancona apparently hare been
met In the new note from Vienna. The
official text of Austria's Anoona note
was received early today at the 8tate
department. The work of transla
ting from diplomatic rode will take
several hours and arrangements for
publication will be made later.
If the official text of Austria's reply
to the second American note coo forms
to press dispatches, saying the com
munication announced that the submarine
commander who torpedoed the steamer
had been punished, virtually only one
phase of the Incident remains to be
cleared up.
Indemnity Isaae f Be Hat.
That would be the payment of Indem
nity for American lives lost, for which
Austria has expressed a willingness ta
make reparations. Later, however, there
may be full exchanges between the United
States and Austria on the question of
submarine warfare and the necessity for
warning before attacking merchantmen.
It waa pointed out her that la punish
ing the submarine commander for failure
to take Into accouut the pan! a prevailing
aboard the Anoona before torpedoing the
vessel, the Austrian government In ef
fect, disavowed the aot and gave assur
ances that there would be no repetition
ot auch sn Incident.
Officials Reserve Comment,
Although officials reserved comment
today pending the receipt of the official
text, there was a relaxation of tha ten
sion which has been evident here. Up un
til a few days sgo there waa an air of
gravity in oflclal ciroles here over the
situation and the relations between the
two countries appeared to be on the
verge of a break, but within the last day
or two there had been Intimations of a
favorable settlement of the controversy.
The Ancona was sunk by an Austrian
submarine off the Tunisian coast on No
vember 7. A few days later the Ameri
can government dispatched a note to the
Austro-Ilungarian government demanding
a disavowal of tha attack, punishment of
the submarine commander, reparation for
loss of American lives and assurances
that such acta would not occur again.
Austria's reply was regarded as unsatis
! factory and unacceptable to the Amerl-
can government, and a second not was
I sent asking for a compliance with the
original American demands. The new
Austrian note is In answer to that com
i munlcstton. ,
If.ft1v Cntiirs In StlofN.
The reply came in sections. Secretary
Lansing said thla forenoon that ons sec
tion had been translated and that he ex
pected the complete translation would be
In his hands before night.
Officials who had read the unofficial
version of the reply received In press dis
patches from London apparently were
much gratified at its nature. Danger of
a break of dlplomatio relation with Austria-Hungary
was no longer considered
Imminent Officials said, however, that
J additional correspondence on the ub t
was sura to ensue, (Secretary Lansing
declined to comment on tha reply until
he bad the complete official text before
him.
It was considered doubtful that the offi
cial text would be given out for publica
tion either today or tomorrow. Secretary
Ijtnalng has received from Ambassador
I'enfleld a brief resume, ot the contents
of the note.
Issues Formal Statement.
The members of the expedition are
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