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BRITISH EMBARGO
TIGHTENED AGAIN
Even Castings and Sausage
Skins Are on New List Of
Banned Articles.

WASHINGTON Dec. 24-Extensive adj
dit,ons to the list o: articles einbarsoed
by the British Government are reported
In "A despatch received at the state De,
partynent to-day from Robert skinner.
Consul General at London. From time
TO time the British authorities Nave been
shutting down on exports from British
possessions into neutral countries ad-
jacent &c Germany and Austria on the
ground thai these articles might hnd
their way TO enemies of the Entente al
lance
To-day's announcement shows tina.
British exporters now are prohibited
from sending such products as pig iron,
iron and steel smelling scrap. bichromate
of soda, bladders. castings and re
skins. colch!cum and other specified
articles to any destination whatever.
The cablegram from Consui-Genera
Skinner was as follows:
Exports OF hemastite pig iron. hereto
fore prohibited to European countries
now prohibited TO all destinations. Ex.
portation OF iron n steo, smelling scrar
prohibited all destinations. Expectation
OF bichromate of soda, bladders, castings
and sausage skins, colchicum and It's
preparations. solid drawn steel tubes,
wireless teleSraphs, prohibited 10 all des-
,inations other than British possessions
Expectation of material for telesraphs
and telephones prohibited TO all foreign
countries In Europe. Expectation OF all
vegetable hbres and yarns made there
from, not including linen threads, as are
not prohibited. to be exported TO any
destination. prohibited to all foreign
>O,,pYries in EurOuA"
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BRITAIN HUNTING VILLA
FOR MURDER OF BENTON
Will Ask Z. S. to Give Him Up to Tri~al-Ex-Leader
Trying to Slip Away to Safety
in Argentina.
in Argentina.

Ell. PAso. Dec. 24.-The British Gov
fnmen Is looking for Gen. Villa.
Homan c. Myles. British Consul in III
Paso. is trying hard to locate him.
Extraditlon of Villa from the United
States or Cub for the killing OF Will
lam 3. Benton, a British subject. in
Juares in the spring OF 1914 will be
asked.
Gen. villa Is suspicious Of the offer
OF protection from the United States
Government. He has said that only OH
the condition that Gen. Hugh l.. Scott
meets him at the border and guarantees
his safety In the Journey through Amer
lean territory will he come out Of Mex
leo.
Gen. villa is preparing the way for
MS arrival in the Argentine Republic.
according to Government advices here.
0cn. Medina, after the battle Of Aqua
frieta. In upper Sonora. In which villa
saw his final defeat. war despatched on
q secret mission, to look over the situa-
ton in the South American republic on
the matter Of h %extndition. Federal
authorities a " been told.
Lot Holmes. closely allied with he
villa brothers In the packing business,
a followed Gen. Medlnr OH the mis-
sion OF paving the way for villa IN
Argentina. George Holmes. his brother.
has followed within the past few lays
In his wake.
IL Villa main In Mexico his ob.
)ective for the present WILL be by way
or Sinaloa to Oaxacs State, where he
VIII attempt to Join anti-Caranza forces
therc Tor a move into the southern in
terlor OF Mexico making for Mexico
city.
Gen. Canuto Reyes. one OF Villas
most trusted chieftains. has not been
heard from since he darted south
through Torreon and the LSaguna dis
trict, presumably for Guadalajara, over
a month ago. 1t is said that villa may
try TO make IA Junction with him In
Oaxaca State.
The Americans kidnapped by the
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Niliista troops from the Babicora ranch
or William Randolph Hearst and his
mother In Chihuahua are =. Keane, +. =.
Black. William Evans and Richard
Wagner.
A conference Of all the chicftains OF
the former villa forces who had sur
rendered to Carranze here met with
Gen. Obregon and Consul Garcia this
morning n agreed to hold themselves
subservien; to the Constitutionslist GO,
rnmen and to accept as military leader
any man appointed by Carranza.
Gen. Obregon announced after tn,
meeting that Gen. Ttevipo. In
or the Carranza campaign in Chihuahua
state. IL chief of military operations a
this time.
Gen. Isabel Robes. 1t was announced
would superintend the gradual muster
ing out of the former Villa forces. Re
enlisted troops and commanders woult,
be shipped south.
Gen. Obregon received a message from,
his cousin in Chihuahua city. Sonora
barbara Palacios Obregon de Valenzu-
ella. telling him of Villas holding Obre-
CONS !, other M protection for Villas
relatives in Mexico. Sonora valenxuela
wired Gen. Obregon as follows:
Just before Villa left Chihuahua cit,
had an interview with him with the
object OF securing the release OF Fran.
cisco Obregon. my cousin and your
brother. whom I had tried to look nut
for while he languished In Villas prison
here. Villa offered to liberate Francisco
provided that you agreed to guarantee
his relatives in Mexico full protection for
their lives
Gen. Obreson's reply was:
Tell villa that. whether he liberates
or assassinates my brother. my action
would be the same. His relatives viii
come to no harm from me provided there
Is no Justified cause to proceed against
them"
Col. Hipolito villa. brought back from
san antonio on a charge of swindling
Victor Carusso. failed 10 furnish bond
to-day and spent tonight IN Jail. Other
suits nave been filed against him.
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COAL SUPPLY GROWS SHORT.
Fuel \rrivin9 Goes Into Im me
dtate COnsum ption.

The coal Age says: Anthracite
Supplies OF hard coal at distributing
&c ire, are reduced to "A point where
DAILY a~rrlvals are going into immediate
consumption, and energetic m asure are
o -asiondlly necessary TO keep consum-
orr from running short. All attention
a. tile moment Is concentrated on get
Grg tonnage forward with the utmost
lesp1tcl.
"B.tunlnous--The spectacular advance
o. the past week has caught producing
Interests, distributors and corsumer
alike u~uprrpared and the market Ii be-
yOud their control. Speculation is rife.
brokers turning over tonnage daily at
uuprecelerted profits. and this condition
VIII persist until the carriers solve the
transportation riddle.
"Exports-The sharp furry and anxi-
~ rgardlng supplies in the domestic
market have dispelled all interest In the
oNshore busin 81. While vessel rates
tay. apparently not Increased my fur
thcr. tonnage Is more difficult to obtain
srd rrlctically everything In the coast
~se market has been covered"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-25
SHOWS RIFLE PRACTICE NEED.
Gen. Mills Reports on National
Guard Marksmanship.

Gen. Albert L. Mills. chitf of the
division Of militia affairs. War Depart
ment, In his annual report for 1915 deal
ing with the condition OF the National
Guard OF the United States. says that
approximately only one-third Of the force
has had sufficient training In rifle prac-
:ice to make them Of any immediate
value or tho nring line.
That the importance Of preliminary
instruction in rifle firing Ia not suf-
fciently appreciated In the militia says
Gen. Mills. 'ia shown by the small pro-
portion reported as qualifying In gallery
practice. Out OF a total OF 90.835 men
ouly 2l.039 are reported as qualifying"
As to the time IL would take for or
carnations to take the field as an sf-
fective force in case of wal Gen. Mills
says:
ut is probably nearly correct TO
say that six months Of very active prep
aration would he required to NJ the
militia as u body for encountering In
the field a we'll disciplined enemy"
The present strength Of the National
Guard II S.TO5 commissioned officers and
100 500 enlisted men. an aggregate OF
l29,3 1913. This shows an Increase OF L.
+42 enlisted men over 1914.
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MARCH ON CHINESE REBELS.
Government Troops Sent Against
Tsai.Ao ana Anti.Monarchists.

PnKIN, Dec. 2%.-Troops nave been
called out to deal with a revolutionary
movement In Yunan, the southwestern
province of China. under the leadership
OF Tsai-Ao, former Military Governor OF
Yunan, who IS bitterly opposed to the
restoration of the monarchy. The move
ment has only recently assumed serious
proportions.
The latest advices indicate that the
Government troops of the province have
remained loyal. Thirty thousand sol
diers, however, have been sent In from
Sze-Chuen province, which borders on
Thioet. None OF the neighhoring prov
,nces 10 affected.
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WOOD NOW
Thinks the Public VIII IndOrsr
General Boards Scheme.

Henry A.. Wise Wood. who resigned
from the Naval Advisory Board. ex-
pressed his satisfaction last night over
the fact that at last the original pro-
Rramme Of the General Boar Of the
Navy, which Secretary Daniels sup
pressed. had beer made public.
He Is confident that when this pro-
gramme Is studied by the public there
will be an insistent demand
the country and in Congress for its adop-
ton and for the rejection of the pro-
gramme submitted by the. Administra-
ton.
Commenting on the explanation made
by the Administration that Secretary
Daniels substituted for Economical rea-
sons his programme for that Of the
General Board of the Navy. Mr.. Wood
said. after reading the dispatches from
Washington, that the Administration
still seems wholly naware of the dan
gers from abroad which are arising ON
niously upon our horizon and the de-
mand which Is growing everywhere
throughout the country that steps shall
instantly be taken to make us invulner-
abls I attack"
He Charges Evasion.
The Administration. he says. is owl
IDENTIFY trying to escape as cheaply as
possible the responsibilities which the
war has brought to this country. no
oniy In diplomatic but in financial ways
as we'll. and Is p%ostponing everything
that involves action or the expenditure
of money to al indefinite date.
In this spirit. he said. the programme
of the General Board was tucked away
..t ~ aIubf and aVQn the hOa P0'a mndi-
fled programme was asculated In such
a way that this country would be left at
the completion OF the programme about
where the country Ia now-in the posi-
tion Of approximately fourth naval
Power.
Mr.. Wood has been making his fight
upon the principle that the United States
should be restored at once to the position
Mt sea where Mr.. Roosevelt left it
that of second naval Power-and that
whatever facilities are necessary to this
end can and will be provided instantly
by the industry II the Government will
but order the necessary ships.
or Mr.. Danlels's action In expressing
the boards programme Mr.. Woo said
that It is evident MIR. Daniels thought
his party would be unwilling to spend
the money involved to carry out the
recommendations OF the board and so
substituted his own judgment for that
OF the people and acted without giving
them the trouble of exercising their own
sovereignty-"an extremely grave action
by an official when he is dealing with
the safety OF a nation"
The Monroe Doctrine.
In delivering an address recently upon
the Monroe Doctrine MIR. Wood brought
out a point which has n lirect bearing
upon the present controversy when ma
said that unless this country we're to
become an armed camp II Is necessary
to enforce the Monros Doct Inc and pre-
vent the establishment upon this hemi-
sphere Of new colonies n a military
| base by any of the European nations,
This. ne declared. can only be avoided
by the possession of "a navy which shall
be strong enough TO prevent the vio-
iation OF the Monroe Doctrine and the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-25

Undersigned. am in iced OF a house,
keeper for myself and father. wish
"A good. nrno cook, one who wishes
a nome for the winter or longer for
medium wages. or IL suitable would
marry. between tn. ages OF 20 and 30.
! am a daily laborer. sober and indus
tr!ous. To any LADY Wishing such a no.
sit!on ! Will supply references in any
amount. as l have lived in Newton To-
twenty a and have been a widowor
Tor three years. a Pennsylvania lady
pi referred. GEORGE ". SHARPE"
Mrs. Wright saw the notice and wasted
llttie time in communicating with NJ
Shafser.
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GREEK SHIP IN DISTRESS.
ThcssalOnikH, with o on Hoe rd
Round for New York.

The Greek Lin steamship Thessa-
lonika. bound from Greek ports and
Gibraltar for New York. with 800 pas
mostly Greeks. signalled on
Tuesday that she was In distress and
needed assistance.
a wireless message received yesterday
by fairfield. Solart & Co. agents of the
Italian Line, from the steamship SIAM
palia. said that the Stamfalia had gone to
the ThessalOnika and had learned that
she had been invaded by giant seas.
which had flooded her engine room and
temporarily put her out Of commission
Her pumps finally overcame the tiood.
and when the Stampalia parted company
with her on Thursday she was In good
shape and her skipper reported that he
expected to reach this port on Monday.
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LEAVE FOR MTERNED GERMANS
sailors VIII he Allow 81 20 Attend
Christmas Ser~ices,

NORFOLK. Va. Dec. 2+-For the first
time since October II. when rve officers
OF he informed German cruiser Kron-
prinz Wilhelm escaped to sea In the
yacht Eclipse, sailors and officers OF the
kronprin9 and the Prince Eitel Fried
rich will be permitted 10 come ashore TO-
morrow.
They viii attend religious services In
Norfolk and Portsmouth. Reservation
has been made 10 seat 200 OF the informed
Germans in ST. Pauls Catholic Church,
Portsmouth. AT the 10 O'Clock service to-
morrow morning. The men will be ac-
companied By American officers and
blueJackets.
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BILLION MORE IN THE NAVY
PLAN HIDDEN BY DANIEL s

deiivery upon the soil Of Central OF
south America OF "A European army.
MIR. Wood also criticised ''the wholly
aeronautic programme of the
navy. which ~contemplatcs the addition
OF but ~seventy-nve aerop!anes. in tho
iight Of information that aas come TO
I'm from the other side thar the larger
navies are employing from 1000 to 5000
ieroplanes each.
In con fusion. Mr.. Wood said that
the country has suddenly fallen upon
dynamic times filled with gigantic ac-
ton. the problems of whicn he believes
10 De wholly beyond the -rasp OF the
resident. whose attitude he likened to
ina, OF a disturbed literary gentleman
VINO is gazing with paiu.d surprise
academic s~pectac.es AT "A mis-
behaving world"
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.5th Avenue

NE and | want to see him married to
Annie before | die
Annie" Is Mrs. Anna May Wright. a
comely widow of "a who came from
Easton. Pa. In answer to Georges plea
for "A h~ousekeeper with matrimonial In
tentions, Following the death OF his
wife three years ago George addressed
n letter to Postmaster Horace Lehr OF
Easton, The communication follows:
'(lr. Postmaster--WHl you kindly
put this notice up in YOU post office in
some good. viewy place and oblige
George w. Shaffer, Isl Main street.
Newton. New Jersey
TO Whom II May C~oucern-I, the
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PEACE SOON, POPE HOPES.
Adds - the Litnny In Response Ia
Many Wishes.

i''IA, Dec, 2i.-Pope Benedict, reply
N- today 10 the Ch"'stm"s address nd
>sIrr'ng extended on behalf OF the Sacred
college Icy Cardinal Vannutelli. feelingly
"Ild"d 10 the terrible war In Europe"
''' -pyk" of the Immense carnage II
''lel'''S as unprecedented IN history,
Tie fOnt!n again expressed an ardent
.t>'to for peace. and said that In con-
''r'n,ly with the wishes of many OF the
>" '''' n" had consented to add the
words Queen of Peace, pray for US" TO
,Ie lttny OF l%oreto. and expressed the
nope mat the Virgins intercessi IN with
'''H would soon bring AN answer TO his
ltaI'rs.
Pope Benodlct's reply TO Cardinal
'Nuiltellls greetings was delivered on
IN" castor of The reception by the
E'a'I' 81 The Sacred College,
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SOCIALISTS DISCUSS PEACE.
All BeIligcrents Except Italy Reps
resented In Hague Meeting.

AMSTERDAM, via London, Dec. "a
Under the direction OF the Dutch dele
gates from the International Socialists
Bureau, "a conference Of prominent So
cialists from all belligerent countries OK
cept Italy was held at The Hague last
Wednesday. according to the Telegraph.
The purpose of the conference was dis
cussion of means toward a speedy peace
II Is reported that the talk of the con-
ference was of IN entirely provisional
character. The delegates met at the
offices OF the International Socialist Blu
reau.
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Continued from First Page.

consideration: This addition is believed
by the board to be within and practi
cally at the limit Of the facilities at pres,
ent existing:
-Four battle cruisers, four dread
noushts. six scouts. thirty coast; sub
marines. seven fleet submarines.
twenty-eight ~destroyers. six gunboats.
Auxiliaries@One destroyer tender.
W fleet submarine tenders. four fuel
oil ships. one supply ship, one trans
port, one hospital ship. one repair
ship. one ammunition ship.
Aircraft service dump appropr!a-
tions). $4,000. 900.
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PA. lO3. WANTS SON Welded.
And George, Through q Littlr
Notice, May DO II soon.

NEWTON, y. j.. Dec. 2I-Charles ASH
ford Shaffer celebrated to-day the 103d
anniversary of his birth. His fondest
wish is to see his son. George ". Shaffer.
a widower in the late ~fifties. married
again and well taken are Of before ne
dies. Georges chance are good for en-
tering the matrimonial state, for. as the
patriarch puts Il. George has the finest
housekeeper ! ever Jaw in my whole
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Eleven thousand men. This number
will provide for the needs Of the present
ships OF the navy including those near
ing completion. but It must be borne in
mind that the personnel. commissioned
warrant and enlisted. will have to be
further Increased as the new construc-
ton progresses.
Increased facilities for the navy
yards and shore establishments Gener-
ally. such as drydocks. berth!ng spaces,
bulldog shops. structural shops. cranes
for handling heavy weights. shop ma
chincry. ammunition and other storage
facilities. civil personnel. sc.
"GEoRGE DEWEY"
The W reports published as appen-
III \ n as appendix Il in my annual
report" said Secretary Daniels tonight.
'and the above report OF July 80 con-
stitute all the reports Of suggested build
ing programme made oy the General
Board this year"
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SEES PERIL TO NAVY
In LACK OF OFFICERS
Admiral Blue Would Have
Each Congressman Name
Three Middies.
CANNOT MAN ALL SHIPS

u -
W Every "e"'
OF Congress Will get an additional ap-
pointment to the Naval Academy al An
napo,is - a MAN nrono.ed nv IN. burea,
:. ...,-.uL- - oS....-.
VI "aVisa''o" o. '"o Ns~S Dope''"'en'
for Increasing the number OF officers In
..,.,,,,u .. 49,, g. .s.. ..,. az No,
cent. of tho present authorised number
~, ,,,a..,-.. ....ns A.. ..auv -.
-
any one t'fne' rear Admiral Sictor hiue'
chief OF the bureau, in his annual re-
port made public to.nisht. suggests thu,
-. ...... t.. g..
N' So ~
instead OF TWO appointments TO the
academy.
As another means OF raising additional
oniceis TO a the ships building. those
IN service ana others . 10 De au-
thoiixed. the report urges the enactment
OF "a law wnich Will permit twenty-five
graduates or schools through-
Out the country 10 be commissioner an
nuallE ior three year terms OF serVSce.
The bureau. with equal %ernphEsis. asks
the passage OF a law piOVid.nS ior en-
Forced retirement annually OK n certain
number OF officers above the grade or
Junior Lieutenant, TO prevent
IN promot'on 10 upper Srades. WIN tne
aooiition OF the piuckins BOARD 'ast year
the report says that the upper grades are
becoming so choksd ana chances OF pro-
motion 80 slim that oIhcers are oesIn-
mig to resign from the navy IN despair
twenty-five of1cers nave thus ieit tne
'
More Omcers Esse ntaes.
Rexardinp IN. nroposed method of in.
,rsasin, ,hs number of OFFICERS In the
lower grades tho repor, says:
The outnut Of the Naval Academy
for ,he ms, two vears has suppl,ed the
losses due 20 casualties and, in add.
ton. Increased the number at the rate
of 100 a vear This rate OF increase.
howeva- u,,ii no, .,,nn,y the demand.
The naturalization OF new vessels will
reouir, stilI more OFFICERS. In the event
of war under present conditions the
best TINT could be done would be to de-
tail regular officers as far as the num-
Der would permit, to the most important
sh,ps. and assign officer. Of the ma val
militia n volunteer officers to less I'm
portant ones.
Under existing law (inciuding two ap.
po,ntments for zach senator and each
OF the House Of Representatives.
1859 men may be maintained at the
academy. II has been the experience.
however. that owing to failures physi-
cally and mentally. an average of 800
begin the course each year and about
$50 maintain It throughout the year. In
other words. the number Maintained at
the academy Is about 20 per cent less
than the authorized number.
natal .-
~
II each senator and member OF the
House mad one additional appointment
three In all. instead Of two. as at pres
eut obtains, the total Authorized num-
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CATHOLIC PRELATE MISSING.
Pstrin rch Of Jerusalem Not Heard
From for SIX MOnths.

'p-''W 'hote DespHfch 70 iHh Sun
NoAl, Dec. 2+.-The Vatican IL very
anX.Ius concerning the fate of Mgr
Canassei, Patriarch of Jerusalem, who
has not been heard from in six months.
The apostolic delegate at Con~stantinople
has been asked repeatedly for news OF
.1e patriarch. n he replied that COM
nuu!ca'ions with Jerusalem have been
Gu ii.
Recent rcports have said that the
1urKs and Germans were inassing strong
forces ia Jerusalem for a drive on the
Sn"1 Canal This Is believed to have
teou fh' cause of the ~severing Of COM
nr1I-atOus with Jerusalem.
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woman Leaps to Death In Hospital

N. Anna Silvernagel, rs. was In
- tilled early this morning when
-H' olcd from IA private ward on the
.. .Iuur of 1T. AJary's Hospital. St.
venue, Broohlyn. She Has the
va. u' Joseph Silvernagci, vino run a
.".'tA a. li9 Anboy street. Brooklyn.
N's Silyernngel was suffering from
.I'"0Gula,
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GIVES $4,000 TO RED CROSS
Sir Edward Cassel Duplicates
EARLIER GSft to .'TiInes" Fund.

Special Gable Despatch to THE Sun.
LONDON, Dec. 24.-S!r Edward Cassel
has donated $4,000 (S125.O00) to the
Red Cross fund being collected by the
Times. He had previously donated a like
amount.
The Times Is ~endeavoring to raise
e. o 900 Nl5.0 600, 00O) by December
81 and Is already within $4,000 S29O,-
0Oo) OF that amount.
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Police station Abonsh~d.

Police Commissioner Woods yesterday
ordered the police precinct at Whiteston0
TO he abolished or December 81. Tho
twelve policemen and captain will h
transferred to College Point and the dis
trict will be under the Flushing precinct.
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Joseph C. Flick. superintendent Of the
City Farm Colony on Staten Island, will
organize after the holidays a brass band
from old men inmates Of tho inst tuition.