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The caucus on Monday night is expected
to develop sharp differences over the leg
islatlOn programme as to what bills should
so ahead. and some OF the pentup dis
satisfaction with the President Is expected
to ind vent
The leaders seemed discourse ed when
they came out OF the conference Tonight
The troubles ahead for the Administra-
ton ship bill. however. are not confined
to the Democratic side. The Republicans
are lying in walt. They will not tolerate
night sessions unless a quorum is kept
constantly In session. II was re-
marked also that there would be read
into the Congressional Record lot of
modern fiction II strenuous methods were
employed by the Democratic leaders.
The Indications tonight were that the
ship purchase bill Is not likely TO pass
this session. and speculation as to whether
the President will call an extra session
was freely INDUCED in.
Republicans tonight were smiling
broadly At the failure of the Democrats
TO agree in their caucus. and were re-
calling that President Wilson at Tndianap-
oils laid the sole responsibility for de-
lay in the passage OF tho ship purchase
bill on the shoulders OF the Republicans
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SPECIAL Cable De.pstch 70 TnE srx

LONDON, Jan. is.-The Daily MdtPs cor
respondent at Copenhagen telegrdphs:
~ learn from Trustworthy source In
Vienna shat Austria-H Hungary has dis
cussed with Germany The question Of
peace Germany was Informed that the
Internal situation Of the dual monarchy
renders peace necessity and that Aus
tria was disposed TO resign East Galcia.
Germany will acquiesce In this on con-
dition that the German possessions fe-
mair as before the war. but she declares
that 1t is inadyisable at present 20 ad.
vance such proposals,
Concerning Turkey the two Powers
agree that :hey Will . unable 20 proven;
her partition.
Germany has agreed 10 transfer hait
a million men 20 repcl the Russian rad
OIL Budapest Vienna believes that I.aly.
and Rumania will remain neutral ualess
the Russians gain decisive victories. 7;
IS expected that Germany will have
100000 men ready for the field by
March or April"
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Blizzard i'm the West
Headed for New York
Temperature Drops 20 Degrees
in ChicagO-SnOw Ties Up
Traffic.

CHICAGO. Jan. 1S.-Chicago il due for
a 29 degree drop in the temperature by
tomorrow noon. by Monday noon the
30 degree drop will pass on east leaving
a still further drop OF 10 degrees in it's
shivering wake. AT least 80 said the
weather man tonight.
The Missouri Valley Is getting the cold
wave tonight. In some places II has
been accompanied by snow-eight inches
of 1t in Omaha and parts of Iowa. There
will be little more OF the snow around
here on the present cold wave, but there
may be snow In the East as far az New
York and Washington II sudden atmos-
pheric changes break the cold wave en-
route Temperatures here to-day were
as high as -.
SIOUX CITY, Jan ia blizzard from
the northwest struck Sioux City this
afternoon and IA high wind drlfted the
snow 20 badly that by dusk the street
cars were having hard work to make
Roadway. Railroad men feared a serious
tieup.
ST.. PAUL. Jan. l6-The Northwest IL In
the grip OF a blizzard tonight. Snow
driven before a hard gale IL lowering the
temperature, which this evening was still
above zero
LrNcoLN. Neb. Jan. 16.-Snow, which
fell throughout the day all over Nebraska.
accompanied by high wind, had stopped
tonight. leaving the skies clear and the
temperature lowering around the zero
mark. About six inches of snow fell In
the eastern section OF the State and the
drifting in the heavy gale lnterfered
greatly with traffic.
TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. l6.-Kansas was to-
night under n blanket OF snow and the
temperature is falling fast
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GIRL HEROINE FIGHTS
FOUR BANK ROBBERS
Three Hundred Shots Fired At
ter She ArOuses Citizens of
Kansas Town.
GET NO LOOT: 3 CAPTURED

AHpALs, Kan. Jan. 1s.-Three| yegg-
men were captured near Wichita and n
fourth escaped early to-day after two
hours battle with $50 citizens Of Andalc
Three hundred shots were poured into
the state Bank Of Andalc where the
robbers were vainly attempting to blow
the vaults
Clara Dressed. 10 years old. a telephone
operator, drove the bandits away with
revolver shots when they tried to break
into the telephone exchange and destroy
communication. She shared honors with
City Marshal Helder. who rang the FIRE
bell half AN hour while bullets were splin-
tcring wood about him,
Not citizen was wounded. but one
robber had his leg broken by bullet
from a poiceman's revolver in a second
battle between the safe blowers and the
Wichita police. Policeman Hay was shot
in the face and Policeman Merrill through
the body
binding snowstorm. one of the worst
Kansas has known in twenty years. aided
the bandits The citizens. unable TO dis
tinguish between their friends and the
robbers. we're unable to fire with ac-
curacy. Almost every window in the
main street Of Andale was broken.
The robbers after exhausting all OF
their explosives escaped In an sutomo-
bile half hidden by the curtain OF snow
through which they were followed by
many shots Their machine broke down
and they were forced to take 10 the
railroad tracks. where the police from
Wichita met them.
The yeggmen cut the telegraph wires in
the Missouri Pacific station soon after .
o'clock this morning. Then they made an
attempt TO break into the telephone ex-
change to cut the wires there.
Miss Dresse was awakened by the
splinterng of the door panels. She reached
for an automatic revolver and began ir-
ing. the robbers retreatnE. As she shot
she pushed the plug into the number of
Town Marshal Helder and notified him.
Driven away, the robbers attacked the
bank
The town began TO wake up. many
jumping from their beds at the first shot
in the bank vault Two OF the robbers
had gone inside the bank and the Other
two stood guard outside.
For two hours while the safe blowers
worked their pals outside stood of the
tlAlLtHos VIM hhh c''h hiOhS'' ny 'liF A'i'-
phone girl. The robbers shot the outer
doors of the vault. then wrecked the inner
doors They tried three blows at the
strong box, but II would not yield
with the entire town firing in their di-
rection the yeggmen worked coolly. Their
third attack on the strong box exhausted
their supply of explosives. The two men
on guard covered the dash of the others
for the machine. Under a continuous fire
they whrled away
Miss Dressed In the meantime had got
the Wichita police on the wire and eight
policemen started along the Missouri Pa
Cihc tracks. They ran into the bandits
about two miles out of Wichita.
In the fight that followed one bandit
escaped Three were captured and gave
their names as Tom Stanhed. Jack Horner
and John Smith. posse spent the day
hunting the fourth man.
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Progress Menaces Railroad
Parallel to German H.
trenchmentS.
INVADERS ABANDON
HILL NEAR CLEMERN
Spirited Attack by Kaiser's
Troops Against Flirel
Is Repulsed.
SUMMARY OF THE WAN NEWS.

The fighting az Seasons has become
less violent. The Allies have advanced
north OF Perthes and the EARN Il
Beausejour in the Argonue. say Pari.
official dispatches, and Their artillery
has been generally successful. Near
Arras further progress was made. but
between the Lys and the Somme tie
Germans have reoccupied part OF the
trenches they lost on January IA The
evacuation OF Belgian towns between
Nieuport and Os,cnd - unoGc.ally re-
ported.
An unofficial explanation OF the los
OF ground by the Allies at Seasons says
that the Germans damned Up a river
and then diverted the food into The
French trenches. Following up this
stratagem with an infantry charge. they
forced the Allics back one milo along
u front Of three miles north OF scissors.
The destruction of La Roisselle. near
Albert, by the German artillery, the
repu,sc Of aimed attacks at Arras nd
near st Mihiel. artillery lighting in
Flanders and defeats of the French n
the Argonne are the features of the
official report Of the German General
Staff.
The Russian General STAFF announces
that German efforts to regain the often
sive have been defeated at every point
and that the Germans have bombarded
Rawa and the Austrians Tarnow. In
central Poland there was no fighting
on January ~ or January -.
Rumors Of peace negotiations fol-
lowed the visit of the papal Nunc.o to
Emperor Francis Joseph in Vienna. The
purL ose of the visit was to transmit TO
the Emperor a letter from the Pope.
The German Humanity League an
nounces in London that Francis Joseph
has asked the Pope to try TO bring
about peace
1t is reported that the Russian feet
has sunk eight Turkish transports n
the Black Sea and that all the soldiers
were lost. Petrograd announces that
the Russians In the Caucasus have
routed the remnants OF the Turkish
army which reformed after the defeat ~
Sari Kamysh.
Rome reports that news has Just
reached there OF bread riots which oc-
CURED in Vienna on December 20. Ac-
cording TO the report crowds gathered
and when troops tried to dispense them
the soldiers were stoned
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Another Caucus Tomorrow.

\ second caucus was called for Monday
night, at which further action Will be
taken looking to harmonizlng differences
in order TO make tho ship legislation ac-
Ceptable to the Democrats.
The outlook for the bill was admitted
TO DO gloomy when the caucus broke
up shortly after o'clock. Senator Bank
head has an amendmep; to eliminate the
corporation feature Senator HardwiclS
has several amendments. and o:her Sem
stOrs admitted they NIGH: have some to
propose
The question of r!gh. sessions went
over. some Senators opposing them. and
Senator Overman of North Carolina OBJ
JeCted TO the pressing of the ship bill -
the exclusion Of the regular supply bills.
senator Hoke Smith reminded Senators
that rural credits was subject OF more
Importance 10 the farmers than the ship
purchase bill and warned Senators that
unless the present session passed a rura!
credits hill there would be an extra ses-
sion. Senators owen and Hollis also ad-
vocated rural credits legislation. which IS
a subject that the President ignored for
this session.
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AUSTRIA SEEKS PEACE.
Asks Vatican 20 Negotiate with
Allies. Humanity League Reports.

LONDON, Jan. l6.--Austria has asked
the Vatican to open negotiations with
the Allies for peace, according TO state
ment issued to-day by the German HUI
manly League.
The statement says that the manful
courage OF DR.. Liebknecht puts TO shame
the faint hearted Deputies who under
threats from the police have thrown in
their support with the conspiracy against
the worlds peace and the Workers OF the
world" and declares that all but one or
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FRENCH MAKE BIG
GAIN IN ARGONNE
Take Wood 200 to 800 Meters Be-
fore Beausejour.

PARIS, Jan. ia cessation OF the
furious action at scissors, an advance 10y
the Allies north OF Perthes and the farm
Of Beausejour in the Argonne and also
on the road 10 Lille from Arras, violent
cannonading from the sea to Ypres, the
recapture by the Germans of part OF
trenches taken on January II near
Carency and success on the part of the
French artillery from scissors to Rheims
are the features of the official com.
muniqucs issued by the French War Once
to-day.
The progress north OF Perthes seems
to have been considerable. The French
made an infantry attack there and seized
the first line of the new trenches which
the Germans had established since they
lost Perthes itself some days ago. TIE
advance of from 200 10 800 meters nor,a
OF the farm of Bcauseiour is important,
as It brings the French nearer l. tho
railroad line parallelng the German
trenches, for which they have beca aim
ing for several weeks.
The official communicate issued at 10 40
tonight says;
Nothing OF importance has been re-
ported with the exception that our
troops have captured a new trench ON
the outskirts of Perthes and we have
also captured "A wood 200 or 300
meters In front OF our lines north OF
Beauscjour.
Unofficial reports say that the Germans
have evacuated number of towns and
villages in Flanders to the north of Nleu-
port, including Westende and Middel-
kerke, three miles from Ostend. There
Is no confirmation OF these reports.
A large number of heavy guns have
been sent TO the front and We're in action
to-day nj various points where the Ger-
mans had assembled artillery and were
concentrating their fire on trenches and
towns held by the Allies The result OF
this move Is said to he that the tenn
porary superiority Of the Germans IN this
respect has been destroyed,
German attacks yesterday Were made In
tho region of Arras and also against the
French trenches at Fllrey. In each case
the attack was repulsed, Fast OF Point
a. Mousson the French artillery made un-
tenable number of German positions
The afternoon communicate winch lOIo"
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POPE SENDS A LETTER.
His Envoy spends nm Hour with
the Austrian Emperor.

VIENNA. via Il, me. Jan l6-There
WAS a. important conference :o-day be-
tween Emperor Frances Joseph and the
Pdpal ruGcio. who preser cd an auto
graph letter from Pope Bened.ci Nv 10
the Emperor
The audience lasted an nour Various
runors are IN circulation as TO It's nature
one story says u IS connected with peace
negotiations. Another report connects {;
with the case OF CardEd. MERCER. Arch.
bishop OF Malines
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BELGIUM MoURNs WITH ITALY
King Albert sends Condolences tn
King Victor.

PARIS Jan. l6.--The following message
OF coincidence on the earthquake dis
aster has been sent by King Albert Of
Belgium to King Victor Emmanuel of
Italy:
by the uncaled for suffering OF my
own people | understand so much more
how great must be the SORROW OF your
Majesty and the Queen in view of the
terrible catastrophe your country has suf-
fered IL Is with lively emotion ! think
OF the numerous victims, and | express
to your Majesties sentiments Of profound
sympathy. Italy's mourning will be
shared by the Belgian nation"
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ROME. Jan. IS -- The destruction
great As has been feared. Complete re-
ports Of tho damage done from all but
u few small towns show that the casual
ties will reach at least 10000. aad that
the number Of injured will probably e1-
coed 10000.
Sora, fifteen miles southeast OF
Avezzano, apparently had an eXtraordi-
nary escape BY comparison the harm
wrought In that town OF 10000 lnhabG-
tsnts is slight for the rescue and relief
parties have discovered that the num-
Der of dead was much overstated and
that conditions are not nearly so bad as
was first believed. What saved the sur
vivors from the most horrible fate was
the fact that virtually all OF the SOL
diers in the local garrison escaped and
took such efficient charge Of the situa-
ton at once that thousands Of lives
were saved
The greatest loss Of life in Sora was
N the cathedral, where hundreds OF
worshippers were at their devotions.
and in the market place just outside.
Many buildings II the town were dam
aged, but did not collapse. Thousands
OF the inhabitants were saved from
death because Of the prompt work of
the soldiers and the fact hat hundreds
were at work In the fields when the
shock came Six hundred bodies have
been recovered and the great problems
Of the present are preventing pestilence,
finding places to inter the dead and
caring for the living.
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THIN ICE COSTS 4 GIRLS LIVES
Boy Who lowed Three ON Sled at
Clinton, Mass. lis Saved.

BosToN, Jan. i6.-As Henry Kittridge
IL years Old. was dragging Monica Grady
10; Annie Hester, 7, and Agnes sheridan,
4. across the Big Pond, at Clinton. on a
sled to-day the ice broke and all were
thrown into the water,
Patrick Moran, Boston and Maine
Railroad telegraph operator, plunged in To
save them. He got hold of the clothing of
the boy and two of the girls. but the latter
struggled out of his grasp and sank
Moran kept himself and young Klttridge
ahoat until his brother Charles pushed a
ladder to him.
Christella Anti, years old OF Cam.
bridge was drowned In the Charles River
when the ice on which che was walking
broke.
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Hears Austria Is Pressn7q
Germany II, Peace Scheme
DAILY Mail" Correspondent Says Dual Monarchy Is Will
ing to Abandon East Galcia and That Kaiser
May Accept on Conditions.

two of the Socialists in the Reichstas
are towards
After paying tribute to the efforts OF
Rosa Luxembourg and Cora Zetkin on
behalf of international cooperation against
military despots," the statement urges
that the one clear fact that Prussian mill.
tarism is the cure OF mankind" De faced
at the coming conference at Copenhagen
The German people can crush Il only
by strength OF arms the Statement, adds
and that power IS denied hem by the
tyrants who are forcing our brothers into
'he trenches and ordering them 20 dis
grace our nation by their murders and
- atty"
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STONE AN ITALIAN CONSULATE
Special CaJIe Despafch 10 Tar Sun.

NIENNA, via Rome, Jan. 16-An out
burst of popular hostility against Italy
reached n climax on Wednesday in a
demonstration against the Italian En-
hassy and in the throwing OF stones at
the Italian consulate at Villach, north of
Trieste.
Particulars of the affair have not yet
been received.
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FOR SOCIALIST CONGRESS.
Belgian Leader Outlines Plans for
Allied Conference.
Special cable Despatch 10 Tnr srv

PARIS, Jan. l6.-Emile Vandervelde. tho
Belgian Socialist leader and member Of
the war Cabinet presiding to-day by in
Nltaton at conference of the Socialist
group in the French Chamber OF Deputies,
gave the conference an outline OF the
scheme Of 'he British Socialists for con
voN'ng secret congress Of the Socialist
parties OF the allied nations
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SHOWER BOMBS ON oSTEND.
Nine Allied AviRtors Damage Rail-
May Stntion and Dsrracks.

LONDON. Jan. 16.-Lloyd's correspond
ent on the Franco Belgian frontier to-
night reported that nine allied aviators
conducted a raid on Ostend late to-day
a perfect shower of bombs was dropped
on the town and considerable damage
was reported. The railway station and
barracks particularly suffered, 1t was re-
ported
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IRELAND PREPARES
FOR ZEPPELIN RAID
People Leaving the SeacOast and
Taking Their Belongings
With Them.
sr1cin, cnbi. n,spntch to rnr ST.

LoNuuN. Jan. iG.-reop!o !!"!ng CO. the
coast OF Drogheda, ireland, on the Irish
Sea, have been warned 20 beave for the In
terror on account OF the rumors OF an in
tended attack by Zeppelins.
The people on the coast OF Louth and
Meath counties are taking their cattle,
foodstuTs and valuables away from the
seashore.
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GIFTS PRESENTED UNDER FIRE
Germans lombard Pont-a-Mousson
During Ceremony.

PARIS, Jan. 16.-The Germans bonn
barded Pont-a- Mousson heavily for the
sixty-first time during the ceremony CON
Quoted by the Mayor in distributing the
Christmas gifts sent by American children
by the United States naval collier Jason
The gifts were distributed among 800
children rounded up from the devastated
countryside.
The children OF Nancy sent their share
of the gifts to Pont-a-M oussOn. as the
children Of the latter were the more needy
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TURKS SINK A SUBMARINE
French Craft Destroyed Trying TO
Enter the DardaneIIcs

BERLIN. by wireless to Sayville, l.. l.,
Jan. 16.-The French submarine Saphir
has been sunk BY the Turkish shore for
tficatlons while attempting TO enter the
Dardaneles
Part OF her crew were rescued.
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AMERICAN GIFTS IN PARIS.
Children Of Refugees VIII Receive
Presents To-day.
special CabIe DespatcA 20 Tnr Sd!


PARIS, Jan. l6,--The distribution of the
gifts offered by the school children of the
United States to the children OF refugees
and of modified soldiers will take place
tomorrow In the Hotel de VILE in the
presence OF Nine. Poincare. wife of the
President, and William q. Sharp. the
American Ambassador TO France.
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KNOWN DEADIN
SHAKEN ITALY
NUMBER
Likely to Reach 10000, Many
Towns Being at Present
Inaccessible.
SORA IS ROCKED
BY A SECOND SHOCK
ESTIMATES OF DEAD IN
CENTRAL ITALIAN TOWNS

The following list gives the number
OF dead in central italian towns as
36.72I. according to the latest reports
received IN Rome.
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REPORTS BIG GEM THEFT.
Mrs. w. 4. BurISe's Jewels, worth
$1,000 10 $4,000, stolen,

Mrs. Walter A. Burke of 735 Park ave-
nue. has notified detectives that Iewelry
worth from $4,000 to $4,000 has been
stolen from her home. The theft is SUD-
posed to have occurred Thursday after
noon, although Mrs. Burke did not dis
cover the loss until the following morning.
on Monday last Mrs, Burke hired a
butler through an employment agency. Hc
did not turn out very well and on Thurs
day afternoon Mrs Burke. returning home
after an absence Of several hours, found
that the butler had left.
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r crew were rescued.

The Saphr was built at Toulon in 1908.
She was OF ass tons displacement and
1912 feet long. Her speed on the surface
was twelve knots and submerged eight
knots She carried six torpedo tubes
The normal complement OF the Saphir was
twenty-one men,
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Many wounded survivors lie aban-
doned in the snow covered mountain
roads throughout the Abruzzi and
wolves have been attracted into the
valleys. A considerable number Of the
refugees are dying OF lockjaw.
Relief trains are conveying the in
jured from this district as fast as pos
sible and 1900 have already been
brought to Rome. The hospitals here
are full now and the additional patients
are quartered in asylums and schools
Private relief committees have been
formed to collect provisions, clothing
and an automobile and house to house
canvass is being made The munich
palities have contributed large sums
Milan gave $4,000, Turin. 10000, and
Genoa, $4,000.
Many cities are sending fire brigades,
doctors and rescue parties Reinforce
ments Of soldiers are being rushed to
the scene in order to hasten the res
cue work which goes on night and day,
with the soldiers working in eight hour
shifts. The Pope Is taking an active
part in the relief work and has in
structed the clergy to aid the soldiers.
A short. violent earthquake shook
SOro again at midnight and the panic
stricken survivors are camping out in
the open country. A number of ruined
buildings collapsed. \ rainstorm is in
creasing the sufferings of the survivors
and Is making necessary the arrival OF
more sanitary corps,
King Victor went to Sora this morn
ing, personally carrying provisions,
blankets and medical stores for the re-
lief of the quake sufferers in the out
lying villages.
The supply question is even more
serious in Sora than in AvezEano be-
cause Of the interrupted railway COM
municatlon. Food and medicines are
being conveyed from Rome and Naples
with all haste by automobiles. whose
owners are cooperating with the
authorities In every way. All the auto
mobiles In the capital without exception
are employed in the relief work, the
death and restitution in Avezzano, Sora
and surrounding towns demanding the
quickest transportation methods.
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Aiken-Augu.ts-FIorId,

Convenient departure and arrival via
SOUTHERN RAILWAY. i2:0s noon daily
from y. i. Dl.sins, Stale o9.., s!ee Dins ...i
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SPECIAL EXCURSION TO FLORIDA.

Feb, from Washington, N22bb round trip,
limit II days. AiIantIs COas: Line. ;sis D'wa:',
ADO,