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Evening star., 1916-12-08
FRENCH WARSH|P LOST
WITH ALL ON BOARD
Suffren, Which Left Port November
"a, Has Not Been
Heard From.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, December 8. . p.m.-The bat
tleship Suffren. which left port on No
vember "a. has not been heard from
since, and the minister of marine con-
siders the vessel lost with all on board
The Suffren sailed for rOrient, a French
naval station in Britanny.
The French battleship Sunren dis
placed ;..750 tons. Her normal COM
plement was 730 men. She was 410
feet long and 30 feet of beam, and was
laid down in 1899. She was armed with
four twelve-inch. ten 6.4-inch and eight
four-inch guns. twenty-five three
Founders and four torpedo tubes.
Last year the Suffren took part in the
bombardment of the Tu, kish forts at
the Dardanelles. She entered the straits
to attack Turkish batteries, and. ac-
cording to an official Turkish an
nouncement, was damaged seriously
and withdrew in flames. She was sent
back to Toulon for repairs.
Evening star., 1916-12-08
U. S. SUPREME COURT IS TOPIC.
American Society to Discuss It for
World Judicial Tribunal

The sixth national conference of the
American Society for Judicial Settle
ment Of International Disputes, which
begins here tonight, will be devoted to
subjects relating to the powers and
procedure of the Supreme. Court of the
United States. a topic selected because
of the many suggestions at past con-
ferences that the court forms the best
model for an international tribunal.
At the opening session Theodore
Marburg of Baltimore will deliver the
presidential address. The speakers to-
morrow include William H Taft and
Charles j. Bonaparte. and the conference
will close tomorrow night with a ban
quet at which John Hays Hammond
swili deliver an address.
Evening star., 1916-12-08
Heavy Fighting Now
on Macedonian Front; =
Rival Claims of Success
Re the Associated Press.

gy the Associated Press.
PARIS. December S.-Heavy fighting
is in progress on the Macedonian front.
Three successive counter attacks on tha
Serbians have been made by German
and Bulgarian troops in the region OF
Stravina. The war Office announces.
that these attacks were repulsed.
BERLIN. December S. by wireless to
Sayville.--"'On the Macedonian front
last night attacks made by Serbian
troops near Trnova, in the Cerna river
region, were repulsed by the Germans
and Bulgarians," the war once an
nounces Renewed BritishA ttacis IN
the Strumas sector also failed
Evening star., 1916-12-08
WANT TO HEAR PRESIDENT.
Members of Southern Commercial
Congress Extend Invitation.

Senator Fletcher. president of the
Southern Commercial Congress. which
begins it's annual session in Norfolk
next week. accompanied by a delega-
ton of Virginia citizens, called on
President Wilson this afternoon to in
vite him to address the meeting. The
President may accept the invitation, al
though it has been announced from the
White House that Mr.. Wilson will stick
pretty close to Washington for the next
three months. while Congress is in ses-
sion.
The President has intimated to
Speaker Clark his desire to make a
western trip next spring if conditions
of public business will permit.
Evening star., 1916-12-08
OFFICE Is sELF-sUsTAINIElG.
Annual Report Of Commissioner of
Patents Is Made.

Review OF the statistics composing the
annual report OF Thomas Ewing. COM
missioner of patents, shows that the Of
flee is seif-sustaining. The receipts were
s., ,;3i. .030. ~. while the expenditures were
S2,05l 656.73 There was a decrease in
the expenditures during the period COW
cred by the report as compared with
1915, and an increase of receipts. The
figures for 1915 are: Receipts. $2.270.S37.6S.
and the expenditures. $2.0s7. 7.5s1.26.
An increase in the volume OF work also
is shown. there being 53,477 letters pat
eat. design patents. reissue patents. trade
marks, labels and prints ISSUED In 1916
as compared with SEQ i'm 1915.
Evening star., 1916-12-08
MR.. PETERS IS TO RESIGN.
Assistant Treasury Secretary to
Leave Post After March 4.

Andrew j. Peters, assistant secretary
of the Treasury in charge of customs.
has told friends he will resign after
March 4. to attend to personal affairs
in Massachusetts.
Renewed reports that Secretaries
McAdoo and Houston and Attorney Cen
eral Gregory planned to resign from
the cabinet were met at the White
House with the statement that they
had given no indication of any such
intention. Friends of the Attorney
General, however, believe he will resign
and later be placed on the federal
bench.
The report of Mr. McAdoo's resigna-
tion is generally regarded as true.
Evening star., 1916-12-08
WILL TRY TO RESCUE HIS MEN
Sir Ernest Shackleton to Sail for
Antarctic December 16.

LONDON. December s. 6:55 a.m-sir
Ernest Shackleton will sail from Dune
din, New Zealand. for Ross sea December
l6, to rescue the members of his An.
tarctic expedition marooned there. ac.
cording to Reuters dispatch from
Wellington. The explorer will take his
auxiliary ship, the Aurora.
The ten men whose rescue Sir Ernest
will attempt are Capt. Macintosh and
niue members of the crew of the
Aurora. who were marooned in the
neighborhood of the Ross barrier when
the ship broke away In blizzard twenty
one months ago. They had only scanty
supply of provisions at that time, and
nothing has been heard ii ON them since
Evening star., 1916-12-08
Wants Suffrage Cause
Considered in Forming
New British Cabinet

LONDON, December S.-Mrs. Emme-
line Pankhurst, the militant suffra-
gette, has seen some of Mr.. Lloyd
Georges chief supporters. as she does
not desire a reconstruction of the CAB
met achieved without the cause OF
woman being taken into account.
The Asquith ministry passed through
a trying ordeal, while the militant SUI
fragette campaign was at it's height.
but truce has been declared on mill
tant methods during the war. The
suffragettes foresee that the new cabi-
net may survive the war and have
much to do in shaping the future stu
alton of women. 1t is recalled that
Mr.. Lloyd George was a conspicuous
figure at the review of the monster
women's demonstration early in the war
Evening star., 1916-12-08
Favor More Pay for U. S. Clerks.

That the membership of the associa-
ton heartily indorses the movement to
increase the earnings of all govern
ment employees and that Congress be
respectfully urged to pass a law forth
with increasing the earnings of the
government employees is the gst of a
resolution adopted at a special meeting
of the Capitol Retail Grocers' Protec-
tive Association held recently.
a committee was appointed to take
the matter up with other associations
of the District to organize a concerted
movement to advance this cause. The
committee is composed of Simon Cor
don, president of the association; John
Wolf. S. Peak, S. Brown. J. Siegel, s. /.
Cohen, +. Cooper, a. Goldstein, A. Mos
tow. y. CafritZ and Louis Cohen.
Evening star., 1916-12-08
GREEK KINGS HEALTH
is CAUSING ANXIETY

PARIS December S.-The health of
King Constantine is again causing
anxiety, according to neHs from Ger
man sources, says a Zurich dispatch to
the Matin The old wound in the king 8
side continues to suppurate. the dis
patch says, and has kept constantly
open The kiugs condition is said to
he very weak.
Evening star., 1916-12-08
FRENCH CLAIM SUCCESS,
BUT GERMANS DENY IT

PARIS. December S.-The Germans
last night were driven out of the
trenches which they had captured on
the eastern side of hill 30a, on the
Verdun front, it is announced officially
BERLIN, December s. by wireless to
Sayvilie.-An attack was made by
French troops yesterday on the Yer
dun front. in effort to recapture
trenches taken by the Germans on hill
30i. The failure of This attack is an
nounced in todays communication from
army headquarters.
Evening star., 1916-12-08
New Room for
Presidential Relics
i'm White House

This remarkable collection
is now housed in a specially re-
modelled room at the White
House. the work having been
done while the President and
Mrs. Wilson were at Shadow :
Lawn. Read this account of the
show feature" of the Execu-
tive Mansion in The Sunday
Star. -. :. =,
Evening star., 1916-12-08
One of Crack Ships of Fleet.

NEW YORK, December S-The Gale
.lonia was formerly in the passenger
service between New York and Glas-
Cow one of the crack ships of the An
chor Line fleet. The local Offices of the
nothing of the vessel since she was
omnlandeered for government service
Il August, 1914. They had no word OF
ler destruction other than contained
in press dispatches. The ship is regis
tered as commanded by Capt. Blaikie.
Evening star., 1916-12-08
Ratiies Auxiliary Service,

LONDON. December S.-The German
emperor, according to the Berlin
papers, has ratified the auxiliary serv-
ice bill which thereby comes into force,
saws Reuter- dispatch from Amster-
Il
Evening star., 1916-12-08
Congestion at Terminals.

Local railroad officials asserted that
+, eouentIy cars of goods for export have
been shipped without arrangements be-
ing made for bottoms to carry their
loads to Europe and that as result the
tan.,le of freight cars mas grown SO great
that ga stern roads have found it difficult
10 carry on their necessary business. Eff
forts of the roads. it was asserted, to car
,.v ont the recent orders of the interstate
commerce commission to return the cars
TO the western lines, have brought the
situation to crisis.
officials of other roads operating east
from Chicago early today did not COM
,neot on current rumors that other lines
Intended issuing similar orders
Evening star., 1916-12-08
Urge Clerks Court of Appeals.

Representative Byrns. chairman of
the subcommittee in charge of the
legislative appropriation bill, was asked
today to consider the Importance of a
for clerks court of appeals" in which
clerks having charges against them
could argue their case. Mr.. Byrns was
told that at present clerks may be dis
missed from the service without a
chance to present their side of the case
Representative Byrns position on this
matter has not been stated by him pub
licly, but clerks who saw him said they
are hopeful the legislative bill will
carry the rider
Evening star., 1916-12-08
Russ Suffer Heavily
When Attacks Fail,
According to Berlin
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN. December S. by wireless to
Sayville-Attacks made by Russian
troops yesterday in the Ludova region. in
the Carpathians. and in the Trotus val
ley. on the northern Rumanian front.
were repulsed with heavy losses the war
office announces.
Rumanian troops retreating from the
Predeal and Altschanz passes Awere cut
Off by Teutonic forces and most Of them
have been captured. In western RumaniA
the pursuit is being continued by the
took more than 10000 prisoners.
The Rumanians on December s. in al
dition TO the fortress OF Bucharest and
the most important commercial towns.
lost one division which was forced into
an engagement on the Ait and was Obliged
to captulate with 5000 men and &c cam
non.
Evening star., 1916-12-08

tive posts without any adverse influence
on Germany's military operations, and
altogether there is disposition to give
the new administra ton a fair chance.
Evening star., 1916-12-08
NEW NOTE likely
ON U-BOAT ACTIVITY
General Submarine Situation
May Be Taken Up With
Germany Again.
DIFFERENT VIEWS, BELIEF

! A new note to Germany on the gen
eral submarine situation appears to
be among the possibilities which may
come out of the latest activities of the
underseas boats.
| If decided upon. such a note would
F; be for the purIose of clearing up what
appear to be differences of interpre-
tation in Washington and Berlin as to
what Germany's pledges in the Sussex
case covered. especially as to armed
ships.
Secretary Lansing said today no final
| course of action had been agreed upon
| b. President " Ilson and himself
! Although the State Department has
been going Oil the principle of decid-
| ing each case separately on it's merits
| it was said today that the number of
| cases had reached such proportions
| that some feneral action would be
| justified. although it was made clear
that nothing had been determined upon.
Developments in Situation.
The days developments in the situ-
alton were:
| The United States asked Great Brit
ain for information to determine the
StdtuS Ol TIE anu w. liner afdOld'
which German submarine commander
took for an armed transport.
Official information coming to the
State Department established that the
British ship Marina. torpedoed with a
| loss of six Americans. was in no sense
transport, and was entitled to the
! immunit;es of a peaceful merchantmen.
In both cases Germany has expressed
willingness to offer amends II her
pledges were broken.
United States Stands Pat.
1t was reiterated again today that
| the United States stands squarely on
the position it took in the Sussex case.
This combined with Germany's state
ment that she, too. holds to the pledges
she gave in that case. leads officials to
declare there seems to be some differ
ence in interpretation.
A new note, if it should be decided to
send one. would be to clear this up and
make plain beyond question that the
United States expects all merchant
ships, under international law. shall not
be destroyed without warning or hav-
ing crews and passengers removed to
places of safety.
| Affidavits on the sinking without
warning of the Italian liner Palermo
OH which State Department record.
cans. are being collected as rapidly a.
possible AS yet there are no indica
tfons that any American lives wers
lost, but from Information at hand, TIL,
| case seems to parallel closely the Ara
bia and the MArina4s
Evening star., 1916-12-08
Latest German Statement.

The latest statement follows:
Front of Archduke Joseph-Aftef
the failuree of the great relieving Of
fensive in the Carpathians the Rus
SLAMS have undertaken only local at
tacks Yesterday they several times
drove against our lines on the Ludoya
and in the Trotus valley. They were
sangrinarily repulsed
Front of Field Marshal Won Mack
ensen-Our advance against and across
the Bucharest -Ploechti line proceeded
so rapidly that the Rumanians. located
in the frontier mountains. in the Pre-
deal and Altschanz passes. had no
chance to retreat in time. On their re-
tire,nent they encountered German and
Austro- Hungarian troops. and. being
pressed from the north. a majority OF
them already have been made prisoner. =
Between the mountains and the
Danube the pursuit is proceeding. The
ninth army yesterday took more than
10000 prisoners. On the Alt the Ru-
manians cut off in western Rumania
met their unavoidable fate. Col. Won
Szive with Austro- Hungarian and Ger
man troops under his command. on De-
cember 6. forced them to surrender. Ten
hattalions. one squadron and six bat
teres numbering 5000 men. with IS
cannon, laid down their arms.
Evening star., 1916-12-08
No Limit on Duration.

No limit is set on the duration of the
embargo. which is attributed to the
concession Of loaded freight cars in the
wards on the Atlantic sea5oard
Notice of the embargo was served on
the connecting lines by The two roads
coma time ago. The Pennsylvania or
der forbids agents to accept freight
from connecting lines which is des-
tined for points east of Pittsburgh. The
Erie order fiAes Marion ONO; as Tue
fartbest east point of destination.
STAPLE foodstuffs which do not require
,old storage are forbidden by the en-
la rgo from going east of the Pittsburgh
Marion lines. This would apply to po-
t,toes flour beet sugar and canned
Goods such commodities as wheat, corn.
building materials and manufacturing ar
ticles are also brought under the ban of
the embargo orders.
Evening star., 1916-12-08
WESTERN FREIGHT
IS UNDER EMBARGO
Railroads Will Not Accept
Shipments for Points East
of Pittsburgh.
TERMINALS ARE CONGESTED

BY the associated Press.
CHICAGO December S.-Embargo or
ders. which practically bar the west
from shipment of commodities for ex-
port from Atlantic ports or for eastern
consumption, went into effect on the
Pennsylvania lines and the Erie rail-
road east of Chicago today.
TWO other railroads, the New York
Central lines and the Wabash. ordered
embargoes today. The Wabash placed
an embargo on grain shipments and the
New York Central on all foodstuffs ex-
cept perisha bles and livestock.
The orders bar virtually every COM
modify. the usual exceptions being
made. however, for perisha BILE freight
in transit and for United States gov
ernment shipments II. c. Snyder. as
sistant general freight agent of the
Erie, explained that the order of his
road even applies to livestock to the
extent that we no longer accept live
stock from connecting lines.
Evening star., 1916-12-08
Attitude of Irish Party.

One of the most interesting matters still
to be decided is the attitude of the Irish
party. MIR. Redmond now has PERHAPS
the greatest opportunity he ever had to
secure a settlement of the home rule
question. The position of the new cab
met will be none so secure in the house
Of commons as to be able to disregard
the Irish vote: hence. the nationalists will
have an opportunity TO bargain, OF which
they are likely to take full advantage
Speaking generally. the situation is re-
garded with greater hopefulness, and il
is believed that the crisis will be sur
mounted without the need or fear OF a
general election. which the country would
regard as great disaster in the midst Of
war. when SO many electors are serving
In the field. As to the effect OF the crisis
on the war, II is pointed out that Ger
many suffered much worse crisis in the
disappearance of Admiral Won Tirpitz and
Gen. yon Falienhayn from their rexpec-
Evening star., 1916-12-08

Three Departments Not Included.
This proposal does not apply to the
public schools, nor police and fire de-
partments.
Accompanying the bill. as laid before
the subcommittee. were tables showing
the result of this proposed enactment
in the case of each Individual. About
$500 employees on the annual and
per diem and institutional rolls would
be affected.
I In the case of the post Office employees,
Thomas F. Flaherty. representing the
National Federation of Post Office
Clerks. told members of the post office
committee today he was prepared to
give substantiation to the claims of
1000 postal employees that they should
be given substantial promotion. The
employees he represented today are in
the class which enters at $500 and re-
ceive automatic promotion to S1.100,
after which IS per cent go to $1,000.
They asked today to be placed ON a
basic or entrance salary of 5000, with
automatic increases to $500.
Evening star., 1916-12-08
WEATHER.

Increasing cloudiness, followed oy
rain late tonight or tomorrow; warmer
tonight; moderate southeast to south
winds:
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ending pm: Highest. 81. at pm To-
day; lowest. 40 at l am. today.
Full report on page 23
Evening star., 1916-12-08
D. c. SALARY RAISE
ONSC|ENT|F|CPLAN
Sliding Scale Does Not Apply
to Teachers, Policemen
and Firemen.
is BEFORE SUBCOMMITTEE

scientific plan for horizantal in
crease for District of Columbia en-
ployes was under consideration today
by the subcommittee of. the House ap-
preparations committee in charge OF the
District bill; a plea for liberal amend
ment of the civil service law to allow
government clerks the right OF appear
in cases where dismissal threatens, ana
a definite proposal to put into the next
postal appropriations bill a horizontal
increase for 10000 post office employees
in the classes from $500 to $1,000 in
elusive.
These are the definite legislative pro-
posals under consideration at the cap
itol today. In the case of the District
bill the Commissioners have presented
proposed legislation providing for the
horizontal increase, in what Commits
sioner Brownlow termed the most
scientifically arranged general increase
plan yet seen"
The bill was drawn at the District
building, and The Star presents here-
with a complete copy of the important
section:
THAT from and after June 80. 1917.
the compensation of all employees or
the government of the District OF Co
lumbia shall be increased as follows:
or compensation of all employees receiv-
ing less than $1,000 per annum. or Its
equivalent on a monthly or per diem
basis; Is per cent increase in the salary
or compensation of all employees recelV-
ing $1,000 or more per annum, and less
than $500 per annum, or its equivalent
on monthly or per diem basis: 10 per
cent increase in the salary or compen.
sation of all employees receiving $l,oOo
or more, and less than $1,000 per an
mum, or it's equivalent on a monthly or
per diem basis; 5 per cent increase in
the salary or compensation of all en-
ployes receiving $4,000 per annum or
more Provided, that employees receiv-
ing subsistence and quarters In addi-
tion to their compensation shall be en-
titled to an increase of but per cent
in their salary or compensation: pro-
vided further that employees shall not
be paid more than the union scale of
wages of the trade or occupation to
which they belong prevailing in the
DiStrict of Columbia
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-05-13
SENATE VOLUNTEER PLAN LEFT
OUT BUT FEDERALIzED MILITIA
APPROVED; ADDS q GENERALS
Citizen Camps at Government Expense.
Three.Yedr Enlistment and Four With
Reserves, and Big Increase in Avia-
ton Corps Are Features
IAasoclated Press Service BY Federal wirslass.l

WASHINGTON, d. G., May 13.Weeks of difference between
the house and the reorganization BILL dead
lock between the conference committees end today with
the OF Compromise plan acceptable both sides
AT the conclusion of final conference today
and adjusted the differences that have held widely
apart announcement of the plan made detail
The regular will have peace strength of 100000 with pro
that time of may be easily expanded
this has been definitely reached according
The regular will be composed of 65 regiments infantry and
3 OF cavalry q field artillery artillery corps numbering 10000
and signal corps of $780, including the aviation corps
One feature Of the bill taking shape plan
than double the officers of the aviation corps number win
be increased from 90 to 148.
The plan approved by the conees conempae attaining the
full peace strength of the army within FIVE years Is
The general officers of the line increased
and II brIgader generals The general staff increased
he conferees agreed to eliminate the bills provision
i've officers OF the militia the general provide suitable
substitute that assigned citizens yot6nteef
camps at the expense Of the federal government
Vocational training provided for regulars an interesting
feature that the rider calling for government operation of nitrate
plants is accepted
Under the compromise plan enlistment years with
the colors as regulars, and four in the reserve.
Inc senate plan OF volunteer has been eliminated leaving
the reserve to the militia which will be federzed and the mI
strength is to be 425OOO
The report OF the conference will be submitted 70 both
branches of Congress next week