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NO FEAR OF RUPTURE.
Vienna Believes Reply viii Lead
70 solution Of Trouble,

VIENNA, Dec. Is delayed In trans
mission THE newspapers here are
moderate In discussing the reply to ths
American note OH the Ancona sinking.
The Impression was gathered at the
Foreign Office to-day that II was ex.
pected that the reply. which has beer
given to Frederic C.. Penield. the .Amcri.
can Ambassador. would lead to n stage
In which the American claims could he
given h attention desired by Washing.
ton. At the same time II seemed evident
that the Austro-Hungarian Governmer,
was Arm In the decision to permit no ap-
plication Of a precedent in which It Is not
involved.
AZ the American Embassy the belief
seemed to prevail that the situation was
susceptible OF solution and that the
danger OF a rupture Of relations vas
over.
The Neue Freic Presse says In par, /:
Baron Burlan has answered the UNI
couth note of the United states with
careful reserve. In the preliminary
counter explanation the effort Is made
To induce the Washington Cabinet to es-
tablish tsie reliability Of charges that
international law had been violated In
stead OF accepting the generalities Of
accusations made IN "a state Of super
excitement.
"Thic calm treatment of the Ameri-
can note Is good. for the reason that
the Old World has been stupid enough
To a itself economically dependent
upon the New World by wasting it's
strength. But 1t will show itself SUI
periOr In the politeness governing the
relations between peoples"
The Neuc Freie Prcsse and other pa
pers insist on the impossibility of the
Austro-Hungarian Government admit
ftnE that tho ~ ~ "a. " " -
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Is BRYAN DOVE PAID?
GARDNER FOR INQUIRY
Massachusetts Man Hints That
an Defence Plot
Exists.

WASHINGTON. Dec. IA suggestion
that Congress should make an inouiry
to determine whether or not William ;
Bryan and other peace advocates are
furthering the paciffst movement FOR paw
was made I'm the HOUSE to-day by Rev.
resentative Gardner of Massachusetts
Mr.. Gardner aroused the House T.,
jntimating in broad terms that a COZ.
spiracy has been Matched to proven, a
report on q general revenue bill to rails.
additional funds for national defence.
"If the Committee on Rules" said Nj
GardneT. feels that for international
reasons they do not desire to investigato
Labof's National Peace Council cut INA,
out Of my resolution. But investigate
these defence organizations which have
been assailed not entirely in this Hous,
but over the country and some Of the
assaults charge that ! and others hsv.
been inspired by the munition makers.
III the Committee on Rules il pre-.
pared to protect the members OF thls
House and other gentlemen who have
no other protection from assault on The
floor they will report my resolution
They will investigate me. and not only
me. but they Will investigate the former
Secretary of State and And on, 10 ic Il,
making any money out OF his propa.
ganda, and they will investigate any
other gentleman on whatever side ~
question he may be found"
In conclusion Mr.. Gardner said tha'
he believed there was a plan afoot IN
prevent the financing OF the defence pro
gramme.
Mr.. Gardner vas followed by Reprc.
Mondell. who denounced the
Administrations defence programme.
Talk about u people being too
proud TO fight cried Mr.. Monde,l
THE battleships are too valuable 10 be
to night. They are for dress
parade purposes solely"
Mr.. Mondell attacked those who propl-
esy that some day the United States
may be invaded Such prophets he
characterized az "pusilfanimous, yellow.
and unworthy" of the name NJ
citizens. He insisted that no
would ever attempt to invad.
he United States. and tina II a landing
were made the enemy would be driven
INTO the sea inc SO badly punished that
he lesson would endure until the end
,f. time.
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ATTACHES TO DENY ALL.
Statements Are Expected From
DOy-Ed and Won Pnpen.

Before they leave the United States
apt kari Boy-Ed and Capt. Franz Won
Papen. the recalled German naval and
military attaches. will make public n
statement denying the charges against
them. according to information given out
by an official OF the embassy Yesterday,
Denial was made OF reports that the
attaches would 60 to either Mexico or
South America.
Capt. Won Papen, II was learned. will
sail New York next Tuesday on
the steamer Noordam and Capt. Boy.Ed
VIII sail on the Rotterdam, which leaves
New York on December 2S.
A man close to Ambassador Won Bern
storm said that the German Government
would send men from Berlin 70 take the
places OF Boy-Ed n Won Papen. pro-
vided the Allies civ them safe conduct
otherwise, It was said, the Ambassador
would appoint SUCCESSORS from his stan
There were UNOFFICIAL rumors that the
selections In this case might be made
from Prince o Hatxfeldt Trachenberg.
Baron Won schoen INC Baron Kurt Won
Lersner.
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PRAISE REPLY.
Ven Bethmsnn-Ronweg's month.
piece Secs Lesson for wivsou.

Special Gable Desposch TO THE sux.
BERLIN. via Amsterdam. Dec. 1.-THE
h~okdtdnsei0er In an editorial to-day en-
tirely approves OF the Austrian reply Ia
the American Government. saying:
The Austrian reply rejects with dir.
MY the unJustifed sharpness and de-
termination Of the American demands.
Ihe reply Will make President Wilson
aware OF the fact that In international
intercourse IL IL not suficient to make
demands. but that facts must first be
proved on which such demands are
based. and that deficient proofs cannot
be replaced by big abusive words"
me naval expert Of the Tageblatt
says:
Washington plainly forgot when Il
sent its note that it's case rested on
statements OF excited passengers ms
aEain~t sworn statements Of Austrian
naval Officers. The American note shows
little diplomatic aptness. II was regret
tably hurried work. based on one sided
ard inadequate information. and amaz.
insly deficient In j~uristic understanding.
The Austrian note. or the contrary.
points out the weaknesses and ~absurdity
Of these accusations"
The Cologne Gazette says:
America may now choose. II IL de-
sires intercourse as a well hammered
State with other large and we'll man
nered States II must bring itself 10
acceds to the sta ndpolnt OF the Vienna
note. and fret fulnl conditions without
which the question at issue cannot be
dealt with between nations OF equal
standing"
The ~LokdidnseiOer Is generally re.
garded rs the mouthpiece Of the I'm
perial German Chancellor. DIR. Won Beth
mann-Hollweg. and therefore as an or
gan expressing the views OF the German
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tho Lusitania, was submitted tn m.
State Department.
Stahls afidavit was to the effect that
ne saw four guns on the Cunard liner
Just before she left New FORK on her
iatal trip Stahl pleaded guilty to per-
Jury oefore Judge Hough In the United
states District Court September 8 and
was sentenced the next day TO serve n
year and a half In the Federal prison
In Atlanta.
koenig was said TO have obtained
stahrs signature to the affidavit. II
was reported to have been on money
which he supplied that Stahl left the
city a few days before his arrest and AT
his in~stigation. also. that Stahl returned
soon after and appeared before he in
v~estisators of the Department Of JUS
tice.
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BOYS COLLEGES HELP
PLANS FOR DEFENCE
Gen. Wood Tells Queens Cham
Der Of Commerce 49, 900
Are Being Instructed.

Major-C;en. Leonard Wood told the
Queens Chamber OF Commerce In Long
| Island City last night how schools and
colleges were cooperating with Uncle
Sam in training young men for a mill
tary reserve.
At the so-called military colleges, he
said. such AZ the Virginia Military In
stitute. Norwich University and the
| Pennsylvania state Military College
about 10000 young men were being in
structed, usually by active or retired
army officers.
What W. need to do he added,
rs to s~tandardize the training and get
these men for at least two summers In
camps Of Intensive training in conjunc-
ton with regular troops.
In the non-military colleges, said
Gen. Wood. there Is an almost inex-
haustible supply or material for Of
ficers. He hoped that the plan of CIV
Ing credit toward a deeree to students
attending summer instruction camps
would he extended.
From these various sources" he
continued. I'VE ought to get 10000 or
10000 men u year In camps. hOpo
that from these 1t will be possible TO
attach about 1900 to the regular army
as provisional Second Leutenants. The
young men who nave had this training,
IN addition to college and camp. will
De as well qualified as reserve oflcers
as men car he without actual expert
ence In handling and training other mon.
Men OF this type will be useful for the
proposed continental army. and many
OF them will probably desire to enter
subject to examination. the regular
army as permanent officers.
Interest Is encouraging in every di.
rection. and out OF It. I believe. viii
srow a real interest In seconding the
plans OF the Administration for real ma
tional preparedness"
the Chamber of Commerce passed
national defence programme and
requesting Congressman from Queens 10
do likewise.
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INSANE FROM AERO INJURY.
SeliEnan Not RcsponsibIc for >rt
Coroner Holds.

GLovERsvrLLy. n. v. Dec. l1.--Jcee
X. Seligman murdered his wife. Mar,
and committed suicide yesterday after
noon while temporarily insane. accord
ing 10 IN verdict Of Coroner Robert i
Palmer. which VAS issued at . SO ms
afternoon.
DR.. Palmer holds that aeroplanmg Nss
responsible for an injury which yruig,ed
the mental condition which caus'u =
rash act.
To-day friends and relatives arc tr-..
ing TO the belief thai Mrs, Seilgiu,n
never agreed TO the suicide a.rerprI',
II was ascertained to-day that S"iisr.tn
wrote "A note saying this IL tir oIy
way while his wife was downroNu shop
ping.
~Seligman's father issued the fu''o, F,
statement:
They were so happy las, week eel =
they were at my home in New York My
son and his wife were unusually irtu'"'
TO each other ana their Relations era
always OF the happ!est When ,r," p
on Tuesday they were JOY u aII 'H
PLY planning for the holiday s,a~""
The shooting Is almost incomprcs,r- ..
and he must have done il vi
brainsiorm."
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WITH AUSTRIA
HANGS IN THE BALANCE

commander allowed ~fortysfve inmates
IN which to abandon the steamer, but a
panic reigned and only a small number
OF boats were lowered. and ever these
we're occupied principally by the crow.
great number of boats. probably suf-
nc,ent 10 ave all passengers, remained
u~noccupied.
"After nifty minutes the submarine.
IN the presence OF an approaching
steamer. submerged and then torpedoed
the Ancona. which sank after another
nfty-nv minutes. II the passengers
LOST their lives II was the fault Of
tne crew. because the steamer tried to
escape when they received an order to
STOP. n then the crew saved them
selves ana not the passengers. Tho
statement that the submarine fired ON
lifeboats IL an invention, When the
steamer stopped the submarine ceased
fring."'"
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out OF the water by the crew of tn,
tug Hustler. A few others, ten per
haps. had drifted up river with the lid,
to be washed ashore later.
The work Of saving the many horse
that remained alive on the upuer decl
Of the Virginia was amazingly SLOW I,
begin and amazingly slow 10 produc,
results after IL did begin. The secretar,
Of the Jersey City Stock Yards COMPANY
Leo b. Horney, put I'm an appearance
about 8 L. NJ. but when he arrived M
could do little, apparently, because the
STOCK yards crew he had telephoned fol-
not arrived with the veterinaries
" was ieft 10 the police and to the An.
Purge 10 do what ws. nnss,h,s ...
| the animals thai wer. ,rannsa =, ~
upper deck. ~
IL was s.aO y NJ h.for. orv ~ -.
horses was rescued from the fra..ins
water. BY that time the stock wards
people appeared with n Merritt-t,hap
man wrecking tug and their own bar9s
Paving. Whom The Pawling was
ranged up alongside the Virginia and
the business OF really getting the suffer-
Ing horses out began IL was I r.. NJ.
The fireboat James Duane, which for
some extraordinary reason had moi re-
Nv. VI uh'ii ps-V - VI tudt ueF
services would he needed. finally ar
rived she was able to throw her big
Onward searchlight straight down into
me hoid or the sunken lighter Chief
hshioh OF the rire department sent a
squaa OF men 10 heip the STOCK yards
wi az u ponee'
90 s'A'y nurses sun ahVe pu'
c1's aus 20 waIN' hau oeeh uahen
an, ~ nan suuI'erseu upper uecs:
a.'u :, eees'eu 10 the ssarchers ,nat All
.ne oeheI HORSES were "eaa' ms tnaue
."e ".nnoer Oh noIses sa'en aoou. ninety,
Us to'ai ioes Oh ooi. Inc ~orN was
'"' e'"e -" "' "'u''s""
" e"'' shy" ""'""'
Secretary H8rney OF the stock yards
company said the 62l horses had been
consigned to the Northwestern Trading
Company OF IA wall street. and were
to be shipped 10 Brest, where they were
to he taken over by agents of the French
Government for cavalry and arsillery
service. Most of the horses had been
purchased in the West and middl West
under the supervision of French army
officers. Mr.. Harvey expressed the opin-
o that the horses were fully insured.
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p CALLED L
Providence "Jasrnal" Quotes Mes.
sage e Bernstor6 ON Aneoua.

PROVIDENCE. r. l.. Dec. 1.-THE
Journal will say tomorrow:
The declaration by the Austrlan Gov
eminent In its reply to the Government
OF the United States In connection
with the Ancona matter that the United
States possesses no evidence a. to the
circumstances which should be allowed
to c%ontravert the evidence OF the com.
mander OF the submarine is a faiseiiooi,
the impertinence of which can be proved
by tho hles OF the Sayville wireless
station.
THE Journals wireless reports OF
messages transmitted to Sayviile In
clude a message which was sent fror,
Nauen to Sayville and addressed to the
German Ambassador. Count Won Bern
storY. on the night OF November IL.
This message was sem to Count
Won Bernstorf from the Foreign Onice
In Berlin. II Is an exact copy OF a
message received In Berlin on that day
from the Austro-Hungarian Admiralty
in Vienna. This message conclusively
proves:
Il. That when the commander of the
submarine torpedoed the Ancona he had
conclusive knowledge that hundreds of
men. wome and children passengers on
the vessel were still aboard.
"2. That the Ancona was sunk de-
liberately, when the commander Of the
submarine knew not only that these
people were on board but that there
was not Il boat left on the ship by
which they could be taken away from
the vessel within the time limit al
lowed by him for the passengers to
leave.
1.-THE full tex OF his message 10
Count Won BernstorH IL as follows:
berlin. November II, 1915.
German Ambassador, Washington
D.. C.
"'From Foreign Office.
IAN OfficIal Austro-Hungarian Ad-
miralty report just received here says
foreign press Is spreading false re-
ports about the sinking Of the Ancona,
which took place AZ follows: The sub
marine fired one shot before the steam
er's bows. upon which tho steamer God
full speed, acting under the orders
OF the Italian authorities. which are
thai they must fee from or sink any
"''The submarine continued to pur-
sue the steamer, which stopped ohly |
after 1t had been hit. The submarine |
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DIFFER ON ATTACK.
Ancona Survivors Tell Conaictins
stories Of the sinkinr,

stories Of the sinkins.
BosroN, Dec. i7.-Connicting accoun
Of the sinking Of the Ancona are given
by two survivors who have Just reached
Boston on the White Star liner Cretic.
George X. Moore Of Olive street, Paw
tucket. general agent for the General
Importing Corporation Of America, calls
the acts OF the crew Of the submarine
inhuman. He declares shells rained
among the lifeboats and the men. women
and children Who were struggling In the
water as he steamer was sinking. He
Also holds the crew Of the liner respon-
sibie for the loss Of many lives. because,
he says, no orderly attempt to save them
was made.
Samuel Milschtein on the contrary de-
niles the submarine fired on the lifeboats
and afiirrps that at no time did the An
oona come to a full stop, though given
repeated warnings by shots. Milsch-
stein was picked up by n British steamer
and landed at Malta.
Moore states that only eighteen min
utes elapsed between the firing Of the
hrst shell n the disappearance Of the
steamer. He stated that during that
period the crew Of the submarine con-
~tinually shelled the liner. projectiies hit
ting the vessel n bursting In its vlcin-
ity, where passengers were struggling In
the water. He said:
II was in the first cabin saloon at
noon OF November z when the FIRST
shell was fired at the Ancona- The
passengers were In a panic. As for the
crew. they acted as insaneiy as any Of
the passengers. I looked about for q
lifeboat and vas running toward one
when a shell struc the vessel amid
ships.
ut was the frst bullseye and wal
followed quickly by others. The An.
coma was slowing down from the firing
Of the FIRST shot and by this time had
to n stop. but the Smelling kept up
and II seemed more furiously. OF all
hfeboats aboard the liner but four
got safely away.
'On the boat IN which I escaped were
many Of the crew including ono who I
believe was an engineer. He drew a re-
and pointing at the sailors or
dered them to pull away from the An !
coma Survivors have told me that three |
girls swan to he submarine and erasped
a rope only to drown as one Of the crew
reached out and cut the rope with a
knife.
The nag fio~n by the submarine was
Austrian nag. but others who ESCAPED
and passed near enough to the subma. |
line to hear remarks shouted by the |
rev declare positively that the mon OF
he crew spoke In the German language"
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SONS IN ARMY TRIES 10 DIE,
Former German soldier shoo,. NJ.
Wife and Cuts His Thro..

ELIZABETH, n, j.. Dec. l7.--Crazed nv
worry over the safety Of two sons in the
German army. August O~ssenkopf OF 4hs
rhird avenue, shot his wife and than
~, ms throat severely with "a razor
entered Mrs, O~ssenkopf's body near Tho
heart she IN expected TO recover, Roth
are In the General Hospital. where II il
said o~ssenkopf will die. "
ossenkopf came here from Berlin
twenty years ago. lie served for years
IN the German army. and was Discharged
af'"r reaching the rank of sergeant. N,
was employed at the local plant OF The
singer manufacturing Company, In the
,ain',y are zen children, eight OF whom
live in this city. '
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WILL CONFER WITH ADMIRALs.
Edison's Consulting BOa rd 20 Hold
Meetings Here Next Week.

The naval consulting board. Of when
Thomas a. Edison is chairman, will meet
In the American Institute OF Mining En-.
gineers Building. 20 West Thirty-itl,h
street. next Wednesday evening fvY an
informal conference with Rear Admiral.
Griffin. Strauss n Taylor and COP.
Bristol and Smith of the United state.
navy.
The following morning the boar WI
meet In the administration building NJ
the Brooklyn navy yard for another coy.
ference. in which Rear Admiral Usher.
c~ommandant OF the yard. will t.'0
Afterward there will bc a luncheon. Tn.
entire New York division Of the Atlantic
feet will be in the yard for the boar.
inspection.
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Continued from Fret Page

with the preparation Of the formal draft
OF the new note to Austria.
The Preeident himself expects 10 re-
turn TO Washington about January 3,
out should any unforeseen developments
occur IN the meantime Mr.. Lansing will
Visit the President and confer with him,
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IN THE STAHL CASE.
stemler Was Once Before . Figure
In German Activity,

Paul Koenig, known also as Stemlsr.
who was at the head Of the HAMBURG
American Lines bureau Of Investigation,
came into public notice In June last,
when the affidavit Of Gustav Stahl. a
German reservist. In regard to guns on
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10 Killed In Train Wreck.

NEWCASTLE ON II TYNE, Dec. IT,
A triple collision to-day between n
freight train. . pilot engine and a pas
senger train In a heavy fog. near Jar
row. resulted IN sixteen deaths. Fifty
persons were injured and many are
missing.
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531 HORSES FOR
ALLIES DROWN
AS BARGE SINKS

Continued from First Page.
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Papers Found Mt Home.

After Barnitz had grabbed Koenig
and taken him to the Department OF
Justice. he went to Koenig's room in the
Hamburg-American Building and selzed
all the notebooks, papers and other doc
uments, which filled a large suitcase and
two large boxes. These were taken to
Mr.. Offiey's office. as were more papers
found In koenig's home at the same
time that Koenig's wife was invited to
so 10 Mr.. Of1ey's office.
koenig was questioned for several
hours. and his attorney. William NJ.
Parke, OF Stanchfeld & Levy. visited The
headquarters OF the special investigators.
A request was made by Koenig TIA re
be allowed to spend the night at the
Y aldorf under a guard II ;w"nty l
detectives. The request was refsrrtd 10
Mr.. Wood by Mr.. Slrfaty but Mr.. Wood
sald that that matter mad tc be decided
by the United States Marshal.
Lyendecker was arrested by mother
squad N men and from his shop and
IRON his nome was gathered another
suitcase full OF papers. AmonR these
were innumerable newspaper CLIPPINGS
telling OF the fires and expiosion. In
munition plants, giving records of fires
on sugar ships and various other acts ~
violence.
Al 10 O'Clock Barnitz with sevor,,
detectives went to New Jersey. whore
they awoke Metzler. anew told h,ro ,Sas
koenig wanted to see him NJ nn,a ~
New York and FASTENED him m ana
mobile once they got him within NJ,
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When the oversee Notifications ara
complete 2sl officers and $500 men will be
required for duty outside OF the United
states, This will leave in the United
States only 40 officers and 1919 men
hich Is approximately ~ per cent. OF
the officers and SO per cent. OF tho en-
listed men necessary for providing n
minimum manning body for all mines
and for that one-half of the guns and
mortars which it il contemplated sinai
'be manned by regular troops
Apart from this the action OF the coas,
States has been most discouraging in
their failure to provide coast ARTILLERY
personnel from the State forces for tbe
manning body Of the other half of Tbs
gun and mortar batteries in the United
states. OF the III officers and 17soa
enlisted men which It was hopei and
expected the States would furnish for
this purpose there were at the lo1h an.
a inspection only 40 officers ana
7.43S enlisted men organized ana avail.
able. ''
If Congress will provide for the short.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1915-01-07

gellau uuBte, ooB es I'M ieinen
9errn geldeben Jet. neber 6ieIe g(b-
ldieoSi8ene orobntett n1o oonnerten
Die &anonen ibr grauliges 2ieo uno
pfiffen Die &ugeln aus Ben @epeh@
ren MIR 10 bin nno fer. Die @nq.
lonoer riiften Dor ltne pir muBten
sepp, Der nod INNER ipielte, nit
8tpolt Dom @rabe bolen, oomit Ell
nidt IN tire @dnoe fiel, Caro- aber
blieb nno MIDI nidt.' Mls mir 5pei
Gage ipater oie gnglGnoer geteorfen
batten uno an oerielben Steae por-
iiberfamen, lag Der treue garo tot
altf Dem @rab. 8ir nrBten nidt,
lpar er Dor Sul1eer nno Gram ee=
ltorben ODER bette i'm ein fleines
@elboBitiid ~getroffen, cine @nnne
fanoen mir an ieinem aorper lai6t.
Sen treuen Sumo lieben mir su sSii=
leines Serrn einidarren. Set iener.
Gag blait Der Sepp feinen Son mebr;
er bat leine Sarmonifa aus Gram
ms 8aiier getporfen.