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VOL. XL VI. NO. 155.
OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 15. 1916 TWELVE PAGES.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
ENGLAND WANTS
A MILLION MORE
MEN FOR ARMY
That Many Soldiers and Four
Hundred Million Pounds Is
What Government Asks
to Carry on War.
ANNOUNCEMENT BY LAW
Now British Ministry Submits
Needs of Army for Coming
Year to Commons.
COST OF WAR INCREASES
Loudon, Dec. 14. A supplementary
estimate issued today provides for an
additional 1,000,000 men of all ranks
for the army service during the pres
ent fiscal year. Thi original estimate
was for 4,000,000 men.
Andrew Bonar Law, chani-cllor of
the exchequer, announced in the
House of Commons thL afternoon
that the daily average expenditure of
Great Britain in the war had risen to
5,710.000. Mr. Law said the actual
expenditure had exceeded the esti
mate owing to xne increase in muni
tions and additional loans to Great
Britain's allies and to its dominiums.
In moving a vote of credit of 400,
000,000, Bonar Law decided to con-
line his sDeech entirely to financial
side of the war, and in the absence of
Premier Lloyd George and former
Premier Asquith, owing to illness, it
was expected the debate would be
merely along this line. However, this
will not prevent members of the small
group of peace advocates from asking
questions lit an crtort to draw out trie
government in regard to Germany's
peace proposal, although it was re
garded as unlikely that tuey would
succeed.
The proposal of the central powers
had not been received at the foreign
office this morning and it is under
stood simply to refer to opening ne
gotiations, containing no terms, the
consultations of the entente allies re
garding it are expected to be purely
formal, preliminary to the transmis
sion of a joint reply. In any event
Great Britain will make no official
comment until Russia, France and its
other allies express their views.
Today's note of credit is the four
teenth since the outbreak of the war,
bringing up the total for the present
financial year to 1,750,000,000 and
the grand total for the -war to 3,
532.000.000. While there is always a large at
tendance of members on the day a
vote of credit is moved, even more
than usual interest was shown in to
day's proceedings, owing to curiosity
as to whether any change would be
announced in the manner of financing
the war and as tothe reception by
the liberals of the new chancellor's
policy.
German People Anxious.
Copenhagen, Dec. 14. (Via Lon
don.) A dispatch to the Politiken
from Berlin says:
"What the entire citv and the coun
try are discussing now is not procla-
m?,'.ion by the emperor or tne speecn
of Chancellor von Bethmann-Holl-
wcg, but the nature of the reply from
abroad, ihe anxiety betore the de
livery of the chancellor's speech was
great, but now it is many times
greater.
"Despite the press opinions from
many countries of a discouraging na
ture telegraphed to Uermany it is
hoped they do not express the opin
ions ot the respective governments.
Canada Would Continue.
Ottawa, Ont., Dec. 14. Canada's
attitude toward the German peace
proposal is indicated in a message
sent by Sir George Foster, acting
premier of the dominion, to Premier
Lloyd George, as follows:
"Canada stands with you and the
empire for vigorous prosecution of
the war until complete victory is
attained."
Not Taken Seriously at Tokio.
Tokio, Dec. 14. Officials of the
Japanese ioreign office said today
that they do not take the German
peace proposals seriously. They ex
pressed belief that the entente allies
would have to fight to the end. Japan,
it was stated, has not yet been offi
cially notified of the proposals.
The Weather
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l'or Nebraska Knir, rising1 temperature.
Temperature at Omaha Ycterla.
Hour. ten.
Ti a. m
fi a. m 5
3 p. in.
4 p. m.
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Conipttrutivfi Tx-al Record.
1916.
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IVinporatiirr ami prprtpltalion 0 "par hum
''mm it - normal at Omaha ptrirp March 1.
i-iii rutnpurpi with tho last two years;
N"' mal If nipr-raturo 2S
I 'f li"t'VM-y for thf .tuy 2fi
Itii.il o.vrss Mni-. March 1 :t;iO
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! Il' ieiiry for thf ia,v Ki tin t
Tcia rainfall lnm M;.rih 1 1 fi.H Im-hf
l. liipncy blncp March 1 U'.fil inrrtfp
hprtciency fur cor. period. 1 81 iiichn
1 . ttf lem-y for cor. period. 1A14.. 3.6'.' im-liu
Report from Mtntlons nt 7 P. M.
Jtlation and Slato Temp, Hlirh- rtaln-
of Weath'-r. 7 p. m. est. fall.
rh: eriTie, clear H 16 ,01
laenport, clear 2 4 .00
iMnver. clear 26 .12
).',h Molnts, rtear..... J 6 .00
I uidc City, clear 14 23
I .stridor, part cloudy . ... IS 20 .02
North Platt clear lfi 26 !oo
Omajia. clfar U It .00
Sh r- 1 a P, c tear 14 :i 11 .00
Stvridan. cloudy :;: 01
Sioux City, clear p' in lot)
'alcii1ln rlcar 2j i ,fjn
Indicates below zero.
L. A. WtlLSH. Meteorologist.
CHRISTMAS PLUMS
WILL DROP ON TIME
Six Democratic Applicants for
Each Job to Be Handed Out
by Neville and Committee.
SOME PLACES ABE CINCHED
Five hundred and sixteen demo
cratic patriots have filed written ap
plications for eighty-five county jobs
which will be distributed next week
when Governor-Elect Neville shall
have returned from Washington and
will confer with the executive com
mittee of the Douglas county demo--cratic
central committee. These jobs
will be handed out in time to be
served as Christinas presents. In
cluded in the list of eighty-five are fif
teen janitorships at the county court
house building.
It is practically understood that Dr.
Lee Van Camp will be retained as
county physician. M. B. Thompson
will be retired from the position of su
perintendent of the Kiverview home.
Applicants for his job are Joe Wright
and Frank Hogan. deputy sheriffs un
der Sheriff McShane; also J. K. Mus
grave. Charles Kelpin. W. 1.. Nich
ols and Bob Holmes arc mentioned in
connection with the superintendency
of the county poor farm. J. M. Fitz
gerald, assessor-elect, will retain
Frank Mahoney and H. G. Counsman
and will have on his staff Nick
Wranic, J. Buckley. John Stolinski,
Ruth Foran and Lottie Petersen.
Competition Keen.
Competition is keen for the posi
tions of superintendent of the poor
and superintendent of the court
house.
,Omaha will be well represented in
the state appointments. George Nor
man, well known here in connection
with organized labor affairs, is slated
to succeed Frank Coffey as state labor
commissioner. Arthur Mullen is said
to have endorsed Norman and Keith
Neville is favorably disposed toward
this appointment.
There is little or no question that
Walter E. Steele will succeed Phil
Hall, jr., as adjutant general, a posi
tion which pays $1,800 a year. Mr.
Steele is a Spanish war veteran and
has strong backing.
Sophus Neble, jr., is the probable
successor of Clarence Harnian as
state food and oil inspector at $2,200
per annum. Mr. Harman borrowed a
lot of trouble for himself by endeav
oring to get through an amendment to
perpetuate himself in office, fie alien
ated the support of the Douglas
county democrats, who fought him at
the election in November when his
amendment was submitted.
Mayfield is "Made."
E. O. Mayfield is admitted as prac
tically "made" for a membership on
the state board of control. He has
substantial support in this county.
Jens Nielsen, legislator-elect from
this county, is after the secretaryship
of the state banking board, at $3,000
per year. It is not believed that Mr.
Neilsen will land this plum, although
he admits he is the man for the place.
Jerry Howard maintains he is not
after an appointive job. He says the
people elected him as state repre
sentative and he believes he would be
betraying a public trust should he re
nounce an elective job for a more re
munerative appointive position.
Old-Time Coal Dealer
Dies in Auburn
Auburn, Neb., Dec. 14. (Special.)
August Seigneur, one of the pioneer
coal dealers in this city, died sud
denly at his home in the east part
of the city last evening after a very
short illness which was not consid
ered serious.
Eugene August Seigneur was born
at DcRochcs, France, February 3,
1849, and came to America in 1871.
Mr. and Mrs. Seigneur have lived in
Nemaha county forty-four years.
Mr. Seigneur had been in the retail
coal business in Auburn over twenty
two years.
Mr. and Mrs. Seigneur liavc no
children of their own. hut have at)
adopted daughter, Mrs. Cad Cham
bers, who, with the wife and four
cousins, cPter Bertet. Fmilc Bcrlet
of Brock. Mrs. Fred Keichcl and Mrs.
Frank Gilbert, survive.
Schulthess Elected
Swiss President
Paris, Dec. 14. Edmund Schulthess
of Aargau was today elected president
of the Swiss confederation for 1917
by o vote of 176 out of the 1H9 votes
in the Swiss national assembly, says
a dispatch from Kerne today. He was
vice president of the federal council
for the current year. Hcrr Golnier of
Triiis was elected vice president of
the federal council for 1917.
Randolph to Escape
Trial for Murder
York. Xrb.. Dec. 14. (Special Tel
egram.) County Attorney Gilmorc
of York has received a telegram
from the county attorney at Lewis
ton. Mont., that the preliminary
hearing of Harry Randolph, who is
charged with the murder of J. H.
Afflcrbach, a former sheriff of York
county and more recently a home
steader at Grass Range, Mont., would
be held on December 29, but as the
body of Afflcrbach has not been found
the county attorney will dismiss the
case. Randolph is charged with
stealing an automobile in York.
Mrs. Leigh, Who Killed
Former lowan, On Trial
Missouh, Mont., Dec. 14. Mrs.
Bessie Leigh, a former resident of
Cadmus, Mich., went on trial here to
day for the murder of Fred Hofman,
whom she is accused of having shot
on October 4. The shooting oc
curred in the sheriff's automobile, in
which they were riding to jail after
Mrs. Leigh had sworn out a warrant
on a s luction charge. Hofman was
a former resident of Westficld, la.
ALL MEN SAVED
FROM GAS-FILLED
SUBMARINE 'H-3'
Twenty-Six Men Batt' N
Their Lives as ' vVv
Diver Wallow pN
OffO X I
TIDE AIDS .eCTTE WORK '
Fear Felt That Ebb Might
Drag Disabled Vessel Back
With It to Ocean. t
STRANDED DURING STORM ,
Bulletin.
Eureka. Cal.. Doc 14. ,'i'lie live
were followed ashore within an hour ,
by the remaining nineteen men of the
crew and the two officers.
Eureka. Cal.. Dee. 14. -hive of ilie
crew of the L'nited States submarine
H-3, which has been pounding in the ,
surf north of here since dawn today
with twenty-six men imprisoned in
it. were brought ashore on a breeches !
buoy at 5 o'clock.
Kureka, Cal.. Dec. 14. Twenty-six
men were battling for their lives in a j
gas-filled submarine wallowing in the j
surf 300 yards off the shore of north-1
em California's coast, where the sub
marine had been stranded since before
daylight. i
A full tide was assisting every form
of human mechanism that desperate
rescuers ashore had been able to .
bring to play in their efforts to save
the men.
Coast guardsmen shot a line across
the bow of the H-3 an hour before
dark and by watchers on shore the
submarine was seen to become more
steady in the roll of the surf as the
line was made fast. Then the task ov
rigging a breeches buoy was began.
Life savers were working with all
speed possible to get other lines
aboard. Rescuers held the fear that an
ebbing tide might drag the disabled
vessel back with it.
Strikes Sand Spit.
In a dense fog the H-3 struck a
san dspit early today while cruising
down the coast from Puget sound on
its way to the Mare Island navy yard
in San Francisco bay. It was aCcnm
panied by the United Slates ship
Cheyenne and the submarines H-l and
H-2. Officers of the Cheyenne said
I they believed that the accident was
caused by the engines ot the H-3 be
coming disabled.
Commander W. B. Howe of the
Cheyenne, directing the rescue work
on shore, said the men had been able
to keep alive by crowding beneath
the conning tower for air, in this way
escaping the chlorine gas fumes from
the batteries.
The H-3 is ashore just outside the
entrance to Humboldt baj Lieuten
ant H. R. Bogitsch is in command of
the H-3, with Lieutenant E. F. Zcmkc
second in command.
Men Are Rolled Around.
All day long until the sea swept
the frail little craft further beachward
to a steadier position, the men of the
H-3, bottled up in the hull, were rat
tled around like nuts in a barrel. One
lonely figure stuck to the bridge as if
he were lashed to the diver's super
structure until the beating of the great
breakers bega heeling the submarine
over and back, its conning tower
pounding the sandy bottom of the
surf. Then it disappeared; the hatches
were battened down and crew and of
ficers twenty-six in all were pris
oners in their bottle-boat.
Watchers ashore could hear faintly
a'bove the grind and roar of the
breakers the short "toot. toot, toot,"
of the diver's air whistle, dying away
as the air supply was exhausted. A
telepragh operator thought he detect
ed the start of a message in Morse
code by the diver s whistle.
j Meanwhile the mother ship Chey
jenne slowly edged its way in toward
the 11-3, until within the lirst breaker
line.
Mother Ship Moves Back.
About noon the curtain of fog that
had lifted earlier in the day again
closed down and the mother ship
moved back. Wreckage, evidently of
the conning tower and superstructure,
was flung up at the feet of the shore
watchers.
The Cheyenne, with only one pro
peller, put into Humboldt bay. At the
lift of the fog in the afternoon a line
from the mortar gun fell across the
deck of the diver boat, but there was
no one to make it fast. An hour later
a man ventured to the submarine's
deck, but was driven back by f he
breakers as he attempted to make fast
a second line-. Then the sea swung
the H-3's bow shoreward and it
i seemed to steady. A third line was
i made fast and a breeches buoy was
rigged.
Signals irom the conning tower re
ported all still alive, but packed in the
lower lo escape chlorine gas gener
ated when water leaked to the bat
teries.
Commander Noted Officer.
Washington, Dec. 14. Lieutenant
H. R. Bogusch. one of the best
known submarine officers of the
navy, is in command of the H-3. He
attracted attention by his work in
salvaging the F-4. lo.st at the bottom
of Honolulu harbor. Lieutenant
E. F. Zemke is second in command.
The H-3 began heeling over in t lie
breakers about 200 yards off shore
when the conning tower was awash.
Rut every few minutes over the roar
of the surf came the blasts of the
diver's air whistle the commander's
message to those ashore that the
crew was still safe within.
It was believed that with the div
er's hatches battened down the im
prisoned men were using their sub
mersing equipment air tanks as an air
supply and that conditions were sub
stantially the same within as if the
H-3 was submerged save for the tre
mendous pitching. The crew con
sists of twenty-two men.
AFTER THE ARTILLERY FIRE CEASED This is all that remained of the magnificent
cathedral at Ypret after the artillery fire ceased. Only smoking ruins are visible.
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THE. PATHWAY
RAILROADS WIN i
YELLOW PINE CASE'
Interstate Commission Re
verses Findings and Puts Ad
vanced Rate Into Effect.
VICTORY FOR DEALER IN FIR
U''ruiii a Stnff Com'spoTiiliii. i
Washington, Dec. 14. (Special Tel
egram.) The Interstate Commerce
commission lias just handed down an
opinion in the long-drawn-out rate
case involving rates on yellow pine
lumber from the southern producing
districts to Omaha, Lincoln and Des
Moines. This opinion reverses the
three former decisions of the com
mission, all of which were favorable
to the Omaha interests, and allows
the railroads to advance the yellow
pine lumber rates from 25 cents to
ZiiVi cents per 100 pounds.
The case has been pending in one
form or another since August 1, 1912.
On that date the 25-cent rate original
ly established by the commission in
1910, was advanced by the railroads
to cents and suspended by the
commission. Through persistent ef
forts of the trafhc bureau, represent
ing the lumber dealers of Omaha, the
increased rate has been kept suspend
ed for more than four years. During
that period the center of production
and shipment of lumber has moved
southward so that the average haul,
which was then 821 miles, is now 972
miles, somewhat farther than the dis
tance from the same territory to Chi-
j rago, and the Chicago rate has been
I 26' cents for some years.
! The order of the commission per
mits the new rate to he made effective
December .K), and it is assumed that
the railroads will put their tarilTs in
on that date if that is possible. Oma
ha lumber dealers are not as vitally
interested in the southern pine rate
as (hey were when they made the
fight in 1910, because in the mean
time the use of fir lumber has greatly
increased and the advance which the
railroads have won will have only the
effect of further decreasing the move
ment of southern pine to the northern
markets, since it increases the handi
cap of the pine as against fir lumber.
Adjutant General
Sends Two Talking
Machines to Border
(From a Stff CorrPRponrlPitt. I
! Lincoln. Dec. 14. (Special.) Ad
jutant General Phil Hall today sent
I to each headquarters of the Nebraska
! regiments a victrola as a personal
J present from him.
I Last night General Hall spoke at
ja meeting of ladies here in Lincoln
who arc preparing a lot of stuff to
be sent to the Lincoln boys, and he
hopes that the "home folks" in the
j towns which have sent soldier boys
to the border will not forget that
I even a letter from home will swell
1 the Christmas cheer.
Peace Note Greeted With Cheers
By German Soldiers in France
German Great Headquarters in the
West, Wednesday, Dec 13. (Via
Berlin to London, Dec. 14.) The Ger
man peace note was read at noon on
Tuesday to all the reserves and to
the troops resting behind the front.
Its contents were made known to
the soldiers at the front or on thf
way lo or from the trenches through
announcements on improvised bulletin
boards.
The elf eel of the announcements
V t
OF WAP
SLINGSBY BABY j
IS NOT LEGAL HEIR'
House of Lords Makes Final Dispatches Indicate Evacua
Disposition of Case In vol v- tion of Wallachia by Roil
ing Half Million Estate. i manians About Complete.
i
IN COURTS FIVE YEARS i SKIRMISHING IN FRANCE
London, Dec. 14. The House of
Lords refused the appeal in the
Slingsby legitimacy case today with,
out calling npoij the respondents:
Jn giving judgment the House of
Lords held that it had been estab
lished that the child in question was
the son of Lillian Anderson and that
it also had been proved that the child
was handed over to Mrs. Slingsby.
The House of Lords expressed regret
at the pain caused by the decision lo
"the gallant officer, who is now serv
ing his country Commander
Slingsby."
In the House of Lords lay the last
hope of the Slingsby claimants in
the contest which has been before the
courts of England and the United
States for several years. An inher
itance was left in England to the lirst
male heir of three brothers of the
name of Slingsby. The estate, in
Yorkshire, is valued at about $500,
000. The case grew out of the at
tempt of one brother to establish him
self as the father of an heir and the
denial by the others. As the alleged
heir was born outside the empire it
was necessary to establish the fact of
his legitimate birth.
In jjecember, 11J, a petition was
presented in the probate court for a
decree that Charles Eugene Slingsby
was the lawful son of Charles K.
Slingsby and Dorothy Slingsby. It
was said thechild had been born in
San Francisco in 1910. Thomas and
Alan Slingsby, brothers of Comman
der Charles Slingsby, alleged no heir
had been born, and that the infant's
mother was Lillian Anderson and its
father Paul Colvin; that the child nad
been procured for the petitioners and
passed off by them as their lawful
offspring, the birth record being al
tered. A t alifornia court ruled that the
child was the legitimate heir and the
i nrobale court of England declared the
I II 1 1 ii Hds nit: ii rii intuit urn .
Notice of Hearing on
Grain Rates Given
(From (i Slaff CorreHpmi'lf nt )
Lincoln, Dec. 14. (Special.) At
torney General Willis Heed received
a communication from the Interstate
Commerce commission today giving
notice of a hearing in Kansas City
before Kxamincr liertell, January 4.
on account of probable changes in
rales which will affect minimum car
load rates on interstate shipments of
grain products.
Pending such further hearing the
rate fixed by the commission on July
M, 1915, will remain in force. It is
the intention of the attorney general
to investigate the matter and attend
the hearing.
, was to call fortli spontaneous shouts
of joy, tempered later by doubt as to
j whether the entente would agree to
make peare now. It is generally
(agreed, however, that the note comes
exactly at the right time and that in
case it is rejected the fighting will
I continue with renewed vigor.
The inhabitants of the occupied ter
ritory displayed as lively an interest
I in the announcement as did the sol
j diers, and many praised the emperor
1 for his peace initiative.
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&m. swr flfievyc .
TEUTONIC FORCES
NEAR BUZEU RIVER
1,MiflMl I'rfHB War Kumrnarjr.)
While the warring nations are
awaiting developments front the Prcs
filiation ol peace proposals by jUci
many and its allies, the operafionn on
the various fighting fronts arc pro
ceeding as usual. The immediate fu
ture so far as the peace proffers are
concerned is indicated as likely to be
taken up by consultations among the
entente powers preliminary to the
sending of a joint reply.
Interest in military developments
still centers upon Koumauia, where
the armies of Field Marshal von
Maekensen are fighting their way for
ward despite the difficulties of trans
port caused by the bad condition of
the roads in a Roumanian winter.
Whether the Roumanians have suc
ceeded in establishing themselves
along the line of the Huzeuncar the
southern Moldavian border, iS not yet
apparent. Merlin's last specific men
tion in this connection was made in
last night's communication, in which
the Teutonic forces were reported to
be Hearing the Buzeu. In any event,
it appears that the Roumanian evacu
ation of southern Wallachia is virtu
ally complete, as the German war of
fice announces that Great Wallachia,
south of the Bucharest-Tchemavoda
railway, has been cleared of hostile
forces.
Beyond the German report of the
repulse of a French attack in the Ar
goune on the western front and of
Serbian assaults on Bulgarian posi
tions in Macedonia the war news pre
sents little else of interest.
Wilson WiU Get
One Vote from
West Virginia
Charleston, W. Va.. Dec. 14. Al
though Charles K. Hughes, republican
nominee for president, carried West
Virginia by a plurality of 2,721, the
official count, nearly completed, shows
that 1'rsident Wilson will receive
one electoral vote from the state.
Colonel S. A. Scott, republican
elector, who was placed on the ticket
following the resignation of J. W.
Dawson, was defeated, receiving a
smaller vote than Orlando Dcpue,
democratic elector.
Complete returns show that woman
suffrage was defeated by a larger ma
jority than that given the prohibition
amend men t when it was ratified in
1912, A total of 0.VS4U votes were cast '
tor the suffrage amendment and lol,-!
! 007 agauiM it. j
Ten Millions More j
Gold from Canada
i t
! New York, Dec. 14 Cold to the!
. amount of $10,000,000 imported from j
Canada was deposited in the assay i
office here today to the account of I
J. P. Morgan & Co. This brings the
I total imports from all .sonrces since
j January I to $602,000,000. This
! amount of gold imports exceeds by
I $150,000,000 the entire world's produc
tion ot the metal tor tne year Ivi 3.
Copper Company
Declare Extra Dividend
i New York. Dec. 14. The Thelps-
Dodge company, copper producers,
today declared an extra dividend of
$10 a share in addition to a quarter
I ly dividend of $2.50 a share. Three
j months ago an extra dividend of
1 $5.50 a share was declared.
ENTENTE WON'T
FLATLY REJECT
GERMAN OFFER
Official Copy Does Not Differ
in Substance from tho
Version Given Out
at Berlin.
WILL TRANSMIT IT SOON
I Undecided Whether Comment
i by President Will Accom
pany !t.
: CHARGE GREW REPORTS
BULLET'N.
Washington, Dec. 14. The tin
j bassies of the entente allies here to
! day reflected Ihe view that Germany's
peace proposals will not be rejected
j without examination, but that the
, allies in reply will probably :all for
j a statement of proposed terms, so
i they mav not be placed in a position
' ol unqualifiedly rejecting peace.
Washington, Dec. 14. The note
conveying the proposal for peace by
; the central powers, which the United
States is lo transmit to the entente
belligerents, arrived during the night
j and was being prepared for President
j Wilson early today,
j The document was said to be sub
stantially the same' as published in
! the unofficial dispatches from Berlin
i in the repo t of the Overseas News
i agency. .Accompanying it was a con
1 ridential report from American Charge
I Grew, understood to be an outline of
affairs which led up to the German
I chancellor's speech in the Reichstag
, and the sending of peace proposals.
As soon as 'resident Wilson has
seen the note it will be forwarded to
Minister Whitlock in Belgium, Am
bassadors Sharp, Page, Guthrie and
Francis, in France. Enntand. Japan
and Russia, and to the legations at
the Serbian and Roumanian govern
ments, i
President May Add Word.
The actual transfer of the peace
proffer now brings up the important
question of whether President Wil
son will decide to act merely as an
intermediary, or whether he will ac
company the transmittal with some
expression of hope, in some form,
that the proposals for consideration of
peace shall not be rejected without
examination and reflection. There is
a prevailing opinion here that the
president vants to do something of
the sort and .iajlooking forward to
some movement for a league of na
tions Id preserve peace as one of the
elements .of the settlement of the .
war. '
It is possible that some means may
be taken to establish a little more
definitely the temper of the entente
allies toward peace proposals before
the president acts, but it is under
stood there wilt be no delay in for
warding the German note to the for-
cign belligerent capitals.
After reading the German note
carefully Secretary Lansing said that
while there were some differences in
translation when compared with the
official copy, and while the order of
arrangement of some of the para
graphs was a little different, there
was absolutely no change in meaning.
Mr. Lansing said the note would go
forward to the belligerents presum
ably today and that no decision had
been reached as to whether the
United States would accompany it
with any expression.
The German note was the only one
to arrive. Nothing has been heard
of the communications from Austria,
Bulgaria or Turkey, but it was said
they would be forwarded in the same
manner without delay.
At least one of the European neu
trals here already has sent a dispatch
to his home government asking to be
authorized to assure President Wil
son of the support of his government
in sending some expression to the
I entente allies designed to influence
them to give consideration to the
i offer to discuss peace. There are in
! dications that some of the other neu
' trals may follow suit.
French Troops Begin
Advance at Verdun
Berlin, Dec. 14 (By Wireless to
Sayvillc.) French troops took the
offensive in the Verdun region this
evening, says tonight 5 supplemen
tary war omcc statement, advancing
on both banks of the Meuse.
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