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is believed to be Villas objective in order to obtain a port through which he can import supplies. Villa was re- ported to be between Torreon and Chi huahua preparing to attack Chihuahua soon.
 In anticipation of this attack Gen. Francisco Murgui was reported to have ordered Gen. Francisco Gonzales, for mer commander in Juarez, to proceed south at once to reinforce the Chihua- hua garrison.
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sOITTH DAKOTA

Sioux Falls, s. D., December 26.-The worst storm in years is raging over the western and central part of the state tonight. according to reports here. heavy gale is drifting the snow which fell early today and railroad traffic is badly crippled. Aberdeen, 8. D.. reported a fall of 2 inches of snow yesterday,
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Big Order For Birmingham District

Philadelphia
  iron Argentine Birmingham 0tonso 
  of pipe
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$500 RUMANIANS TAKEN

Berlin. December 2s.-(via Sayville.) In Rumania $500 more prisoners have been taken by the Teutonic allies, the war office announced today.
 The town of Filipechti. on the rail- road between Buzeu and Brailia, was captured at the point of the bayonet. Strongly entrenched Russian positions on both sides of the village were stormed the statement says.
 The statement reads:
 Front of Archduke Joseph: On Lu- dova height in the wooded Carpathians there was temporarily a strong artil- lery fire. In Neagra valley south of Dornawatra, an advance by Russian raiding detachments failed.
 Front of Field Marshal von Mae- kenzen: During engagements on the great Wallachian plain, on the edge of the mountain south of Rimnik Sarat. during the last few days, $500 Russians were taken prisoner.
 Yesterday frequently tested Ger man divisions with auxiliary. battalions of Austro- Hungarians stormed at the point of the bayonet the tenaciously defended village of Filipechti, on the railroad from Buzeu to Brailia, to- gether with strongly entrenched Rus sian positions adjoining on both sides"
 MACEDONIAN FRONT
 Paris December 26.-Following is the official announcement of today re-
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NORTH DAKOTA

Bismarck, N. D., December 2s.-A blizzard with snowfall of IT inches in "A hours, today broke the record of the fall during the great blizzard made last November. In the wake of the 3e-mile gale carrying the blizzard lis a zero wave.
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INDEPENDENTS AND
 MINOR PARTY MEN
 ARE IN CONTROL
Neither Democrats Nor Re publicans Can Elect a Z Speaker Without Aid of Others Q
 O

Washington, December 26.-Revised figures on returns of the last election show definitely that neither democrats nor republicans will have a majority Of the next House, necessary to elect a speaker, and that handful of in- dependents will decide which side will control the organization.
 Conceding seats to candidates, be- cause they are certain to participate in the organization of the House, the personnel now stands:
 Republicans, 214; democrats, 213; in- dependents, 2; progressives, 2; prohi- bftionist, l. socialist, 1; contested, 2. A majority is 21S hence should either democrats or republicans win both of the contests they still would be short of majority
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at no disadvantage.
NO OFFICIAL COPY YET

NO OE II ISlAL AOI GI
 This is the official view of Germanys reply so far as it has been formulated on the basis of the unofficial text. The official copy had not been received to- night and President Wilson was keeping his mind open.
 Neutral diplomatic quarters, too, re- earded the note as a step toward peace and rather leaned to the view that Ger many might follow it with a confidential communication of some sort, outlining her terms.
 The view of the entente embassies, frankly expressed, was that the note was not an answer to President Wilson's com munication, but rather a document for circulation in Germany and in neutral countries, with the object of molding pub lie opinion to place the responsibility for continuing the war on the entente.
 Among the Germanic diplomats the only view expressed was one of surprise that the reply preceded receipt of the ententes reply to Germany's original peace proposal of December 12.
 NOT DEFINITE
 It was everywhere agreed that the principal sticking point was the lack of
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MESOPOTAMIA

In Mesopotamia, the British forces are still in quest of Kut-El l-Amara, in which sector they have made fur- ther advances on the right bank of the Tigris and consolidated and ex- tended their positions south and east of the town. Gassabs fort. 20 miles southeast of Kut. a base from which hostile Arabs had been operating against the British, has been de- stroyed.
 The British victory over the Turks at Maghdaba. 90 miles east of the Suez canal was of considerable pro- portions Tn addition to making pris- oner of 1850 men of the Turkish force of about 20o0, seven guns, d large number of rifles. much ammuni- tion and large quantities of other war stores were captured.
 On the other fronts there have been only artillery engagements
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Nothing has yet come through to indicate what will be the tenor of the replies of the entente allies to Presi- dent Wilson's suggestion, and, so far as is known, none of them has yet given an answer to the announce ment made to them in the note of the Teutonic allies that Germany is ready to discuss peace.
 MEETING CALLED
 Meantime the premiers of Great Britain's colonies have been urged to attend at an early date-not later than the end of February-a series of special meetings of the war cabinet. At these meetings, says the British colonial secretary, urgent questions affecting the prosecution of the war. possible conditions on which. in agree ment with our allies, we could assent to it's termination. and problems which would then immediately arise" are to be discussed.
 Rumania continues the theatre of greatest activities. In northern Wal lachia along the southern Moldavian border and in Dobrudja, the Teutonic allies continue to make gains over the Russians and Rumanians. Thirty miles southwest of Braila the invaders have captured the town of Fi1ipechti, and west of Rimnik Sarat are on the offensive. In this latter region, dur ing the past few days. $500 Russians
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It was everywhere agreed that the principal sticking point was the lack ol
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COLUMBIA MEN TO ACT.
Annual show to Re Given At Hotel
AstOr Wednesday.

Tho Dramatic 'iub of columbia coli
lcge Will his year give its annual play
at the Hotel Aston beginning OF Wednes-
day night. II IN called THE Peace
Pirates" There will he two per-
formances on saturday.
The Pcac. Pirates" is a musical
comedy In two acts. written by n. j.
Mankiewicz n Il. l.. Perkins, both
juniors. TIL" librettiSt, who conducts a
humorous column in the Columbio Daily
Spectator. has William Jennings Trvnn.
AndTeT Rockyford and a whole boatload
Of peace lovers III their way to stop
the war In the Oscar the rwenty-third
submarined by the Germans. Then they
fall into the hands ~ Capt. Kidd and
his band OF pirates. American ingenuity
sees possibilities in the situation. how
ever. and TTynn organizes the piratical
firm Of capt. Kidd, Inc. giving a worth
less gold mirc in return for the con-
trolling interest. In the second act,
which is aid in a Broadway cabaret.
the gold mine turns out TO he "a bonanza
and the submarines wreck the pirates
business. The bold bad pirates wed the
American heircsses and everything end
happily.
There are sixty men m The Peace
Pirates" near,y all OF whom are mem
bers Of the glee club. r. !. Perkins.
who Is u soloist in the glee club n
was formerly on the vaudeville stage,
Is said to have written the best show
music IN years. There are four girls
in the cast besides ten ponies" One
of the features Of the show which In
expected to make 81 big hit is "a celc-
bration Of the Shakespeare tercentenary
presenting ShakesDear,an characters as
they would be to-day.
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RED hot POKER HIS ROD
FOR CHILD, Is CHARGED
Painter Accused Of Burning
Adopted Boy to Make
Him Honest.

Detectives say that a red hot poker
was used In Furnishing a child by WILL
lam J.. Walsh, IS years old. a painter.
living at i27 Seventh street. Long ISL
and City. The child is the painters
adopted son. william J. Walsh. Jr., )
years old. The backs Of the boys hands
we're scorched.
Walsh was committed to the Queens
county Jail yesterday by Magistrate
Conway in the Long Island City police
court. lie vas unable to furnish $1,000
bail. The painter will be examined to-
morrow on n technical charge Of feloni-
Gus assault.
Just where the original complaint
came from was not made public. but II
is understood hat some n called up
the Fourth street police station In
Long Island City last Saturday n
asked that Walsh's treatment OF his
adopted son be Investigated. Detec-
tives John a. Hurton and James Haley
we're sent to the Walsh nome. They
found burns upon the boys hands and
took Walsh and the child to detective
headquarters In Long Island City.
There Capt. Herbert Graham questioned
Walsh. The captain says that Walsh
admitted passing a poker over the backs
VI the Cnllu nhnus, Dut eNTldlUeu tHdt
the poker was not hot. Walsh's reason
for doing this. according to his story
to the police. was that tho boy on
Thursday took a few pennies that were
lying OH a shelf IN the house. He
added that he wanted to teach the boy
not TO steal.
In assuring the detectives that the
poker was not heated Walsh said that
he placed II under the faucet and turned
on the water to cool 1t OF before he
applied IL to the boys hands. The
child's screams. IL was said. alarmed
the neighborhood and some one asked
the police to act.
Walsh said that as he had no chill
dren In HIS home he and his wife went
on Thanksgiving Day. 1914. to "A Cath
Ollie society at Twenty-second street
and Fourth avenue and he selected the
boy for adoption. lie said that he had
always treated tho child Indly and
wanted him TO grow up to be an honest
man. The child was placed IN the care
Of the Children's society in Brooklyn.
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FORD RECEIVERS roRDs FORD.
Nau's Aato stands IN street I'm
touched Five Days.

This il the history Of three Fords--
one a detective. one a citizen n the
third an automobile owned by the citi-
zen. Walter Ford OF Ioe West Seventy
nth street.
Last Tuesday Ford. who keeps his car
at Hagerty's garage. iA East Forty
first street. took II out for a spin. He
went to tho garage yesterday intending
to take another ride. Mr.. IIagerty said
that Mr.. Ford had not brought the car
pack since las. Tuesday. Mr.. Ford said
that he had and that II " have been
stolen. Forthwith he went to the Sec
ond Branch detective bureau. where he
tild Lieut.. HaRerty OF his loss.
Dctcc,iyes Ford and 1aherty went
with citizen Ford to Iiagerty's garage,
Mr.. Hagerty said that he had rot seen
the car since las, Tuesday and added
Mr.. Fore was very absentminded
and tina, perhaps one OF the Ford babies
had been playing with the automobile
and had lost IT, Whereupon Detective
Ford searched citizen Ford.
His hunt vas rewarded by a memo
randum on which war written, II left
my Ford machine at The Grand Central
station"
The searching partv went to Wander
bilt avenue, behind tho terminal. and
there stood Mr.. Ford's Ford-untouched
In 1--WE days.
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AFTER THIS cITys FACTORIES.
jersey Boosters PrOpOsr Fort
Change for Their cain.

The Jersey ct! Chamber Of COM
mercc has written 20 Interstate Com
merce Commissioned T.. |" Clatk, now
conducting AN investigation INTO freight
congestion in New York. asking tina
at the conclusion of the Worl; ~ provid-
Ing relief from freight congestion "a
series of public hearings be held III
Jersey City to consider plans to pre-
vent congestion IN the future,
Officers of the jersey city Chamber
~ Commerce hope that the Interstate"
Commerce commissioners may h. in
duced to compel the railroads 10 dis
continue IRE. lighterag" service from
their New Jersey terminals TO the river
front on Tho New York side by fAtug
rates FOR Goods delivered in Jersey city
different from those for rates delivered
in Now York,
"A natural consequence OF II ruling Of
this character announces the Jersey
City Chamber OF Commerce. would III
q scramble on the part of factories now
located In New York to secure New
Jersey building sites in order 10 take
advantage of the cheaper frcigh, rates.
and the steamship companies would soon
follow the factories
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SIMPLEX.



SUPREME COURT. NEw YORK COUNTY
--FRANCIS u. cANSOCk. PIaintir.
against JESS IRWIN CANNOCk, Defend
ant, Summons. ACTION FOR ANNUL.
MENT.
TO the above named Defendant:
you ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to an.
swer the complaint in this action and 10
serve a copy of your answer on the Plain
Inns attorney within twenty days after
the service OF this summons. exclusive OF
the a.y ~ service. and in ease ~ your
failure to appear or answer, Judgment
will be taken against YOU by default for
the relief demanded in the complaint.
Dated New York, March md. 1916.
Al.MN. 4 GORDON, EVANS & KELLY.
Plaintiffs Attorneys, Once ana Post
Ohice Address. AZ Cedar street. New
TO rmE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT,
JESS iRWIN ChNNotk.
Tho foregoing summons " served uuon
YOU by publication, pursuant to AN order %
Hon. Edward IL. Finch. a Justice Of the
supreme Court OF the Stat" of New York
dated tho 10th day Of March. 1915, said
summons and tn" complaint having henn
fled In the office OF the Clerk OF the Count,
OF New Norb. In he County court linysc.
In the Ci;y OF New York. Borough OF Man,
haitian, In said state OF New York, on The
I'm day OF March,. 1916.
Dated. New York. March 18th. 1916.
ALMY, VAN GORDON. EVANS & KELLY,
Attorneys for Plaintiff. Office AMI Post
once Address, No. IS Cedar Street.
Sercush u nsnhattsn. City Of New
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LOSES DIAMOND AND
BIT OF TAIL IN FIGHT
BlOOded Terrier With Be-
jewelled Collar Assaulted
by NANCY MOngrcl.

Junior. a blooded Boston terrier owned
by Mr.. and Mrs. *. n. Sla vcns. guests
At the Hotel Majestic. was attacked near
the Seventy-second street entrance OF
Central Park yesterday afternoon by a
mean lowdown specimen Of plain dog
that was unattached. When Mr.. Sla-
yens's English valet. who took Junior
out for All airing. succeeded in separating
he lebeian from the a~ristocrat the lat
ter's tail had a toothmark near the tip
and his collar Of gold was minus one of
its three diamonds. It wasn't n big
diamond. to be sure. hut IL was n real
sparklcr and the valet vas unable TO
find IL, although ne bent low and searched
long.
! When Junior arrived at The Majestic
1 with his master and mistress on Satur-
day he wore a costly plush robe with his
name woven in silver letters on the sides.
furthermore he was carried In state in
a japanese silk lined wicker baske. by
the aforesaid valet.
Junior didn't put on any airs with the
hotel attendants. although he Is the win
ner OF many Western dog show prizes.
but he did act a little supercilious yes
terday afternoon when he passed the
NANCY mongrel near the park entrance.
The New York canine looked contcmptu-
ously at the regal trappings and at the
vale, at the other end of the leash.
growied and rushed In. The fight didn't
last long. Junior lost his robe. his dig-
nifty and his diamond In fifteen seconds
and when the ~astonished valet pried OF
the New Yorker the terrier was bowling
piteOusly.
The servant carried the prize winner
back to the hotel and "A veterinarian
was summoned. lie looked the terrier
over and said except for his slightly
damaged tai, lie was %uninjured,
Mr.. Slavens Juniors owner. halls from
! Webster Grove. a suburb of st. Louis
He Is in the grain business.
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EDNA May MAKES HER
DEBUT ON THE SCREEN
Once Again Seen in the Uni
form Of a Salvation Army
Worker.

Miss Edna MAY returned to the stag
last evening by way Of the moving pic
lures and was seen for the first time
as a film actress at the Fulton Theatre
In a picture entitled salvation Joan"
Miss May appears TO be jus, as young
and beautiful as in the Belle Of New
York" days and she makes n charming
is similar to Miss Mays most noted
role in thai in ZACH case she portrays
a Salvation Army girl. In the present
instance the heroine is a wealthy girl
VIII secretly IL interested in uplift work.
This brings her into contact with those
people commonly supposed to inhabit
East Side slums and she meets a good
looking gangster who turns Out TO be
a secret service man.
In the various adventures which the
picture brings out BiH. the secret ser
vice man, arrests the former sweetheart
Of Joan, who is charged with being a
SOY. International complications are
avoided and Joan and BH OF course
olive happily ever afterward.'
Miss May was supported in her excel
lent efforts by Harry T. Morey, L. Rogers
I.ytton. Donald Hall, Dorothy Kelly ana
Bobby Connolly. The scenario was the
work OF Marguerite Bertsch and pro-
duced under the direction of Wilfrid
North for the Vitagraph Company.
Other pictures OF view this week in
cIude Lillian Gish In "Sold for Mar
riage" at the knickeripcker Theatre.
Mary Pickford in THE Eternal Grind"
a new release. at the Strand Theatre :
Bertha Kalich in ISLANDER" at william
Fox's Academy Of Music and Riverside
theatres and Charlie Chaplin In his bur
Iesuue on Carmen at the Broadway
Theatre. The film version of Helen
Hunt ~Jackson's novel Ramona" con-
tinues to interest audiences AT the Forty
fourth Street Theatre and Anna Pavlowa
i'm a picture version of THE Dumb Girl
Of Portici" continues its run at the
Globe Theatre.
The Park Theatre will undergo
another change to-day when the Willard
Moran fight pictures are to be replaced
by a set Of war Aims entitled France
on the Firing Line
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GERMANS IN HOBOKEN
PLAN BIG MONUMENT
Start Campaign to Raise ST..
l1L.7JO for Memorial and
Relief Work.

\ campaign was started Yesterday At
ternoon in lioboiien to raise $~1,1iA,750,
OF which $1l4,15O will be spent In the
erection Of a monument ffty-eeven feet
high to commemorate the part Germans
have taken in the present war and an a
testimonial to the fidelity OF German
Americans 20 the Fatherland. The re-
naming 81 900. 900 will constitute a fund
for the relief of widows and orphans Of
German soldiers. The monument will
stand on the property OF the North Ger
man Lloyd Steamship Company in River
street between Third and Fourth streets.
Hoboken.
The idea of the memorial orisinated
with Carl Schmidt. chief engineer Of the
North German Lloyd liner Friedrich der
Crosse. who In chairman of the monu-
ment committee. His colleagues are
George II. Pfersch. Henry Bender. Chris
topher Bobbe, Emil Berckmann, August
Volmer and Andrew Lingner. all promi-
Ecrt IN Hobokcn German c!rc!er.
Plans for h campaign were completed
at a meeting Of the committee on the
North German Lloyd liner George Wash.
ington. 1t was decided to enlist the sup-
port OF all German societies in the United
States.
The monument will be constructed OF
granite and basalt. At the haas there
will be figures representing Columbia and
Germania. II will he divided into three
stories u its top will % surmounted
with four ornamental lamps and Ave
fagpoles.
The inside Of the monument will be
lined with bronze and copper name
plates. the cost Of which to subscribers
will range from $50 to $500. A name
on an oak panel will cost s25.
A fec Of 10 cents will be charged for
admission 10 the monument when Il 10
completed.
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DILLINGHAM; WILL MARCH
AT HEAD OF HIP PARADE
Unique Celebration to Mark Eleventh Anniversary of
Huge Theatres Existence-"The Correspondent" to
Be Seen This E~vening-Gossip of the Stage.

Charles Dillingham; Gill act an Grand
mar.h., .,... az. - =. -. It.
~o"0 su'h out 10 parade III ceieorat'oh
Of the eleventh yea OF the existence OF
the institution. Having had his silk hat
proper,v sh.,,act.d Mr p,u,rgh.m 4.
N' "' D''e""n" Is
socre.Iy Tor . rehearsal OF the
paraoe' whicn may be held at . o'clock
on any clear morning etwee now and
T@nsed ~ az follows:
Sonn Pniiip Sousa ~ the head OF the
!ine directly back OF Mr.. Dillingham;.
ioiiowed ny heads OF administrative and
technical departments wearing silk hats
ma tawn coiored spats.
E~iepnants, horses. ponies, logs and
other Hippodrome fauna.
Group OF general managers. acting
managers, assistant managers and mere
nag to the number Of 100.
Group OF trained press agents. bearing
cakes Of ice surmounted with figures Of
Charlotte.
children and Members OF the chorus
will follow the floats representing Toy
n while Charlotte II Belle Storey
will ride In an automobile directly ahead
Of the uniformed force Of the institution,
which to the number OF 500 will march
to the music Of the Hippodrome or.
chestra.
As the Hippodrome box offices will be
closed during the parade Il will be neces-
sary to buy tickets from the accommo-
dating t%reasurers along the line of
march. This will extend across town 10
Eighth avenue, then to Thirty fourth
street and UP Madison avenue 70 the
H~ippodrome. Examine your tickets he.
mistakes will be rectifed afterwsrd.
-
Mimi ASuQlia. the emperauen a
Sicilian actress who has been nlayiny
for some time in an Italian theatre IN
the Bowery, will be tho next foreign
| accession TO vaudeville. She will piay
in English and will probably make nor
first appearance as Saufu..a al Inc
Palace Theatre this sprinp
Jasper. the star ~ .Yo,n~ Amsr;c. =.
ha. folIoved fSe exaun,s ~ o,har us,,
| known dramatic artists and will mas. ,he
! summer acting twice a day in the vande.
| willie theatres,
Edith Wynne Mat,hison will anpear
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NIJINSKY WILL DANCE,
AFTER FORCING TERMS
Gets About What lie Wants
Is 10 Appear in Opera
House Ballet.

It was officially announced las, night
that waslav Nijinsky will lance with
the Ballet Russo Mt the Metropolitan
Opera House for the remainder OF the
season Of three weeks. At a conference
held between Nijinsky. Serge Diaghiler.
John Brown. /. \. Steinhardt Of Gug-
genheimer. tntermyer Il Marshall, in
whose hands the dancer had placed his
affairs. and Alfred Seligsberg. counsel
FOR the opera company, there was an
amicab'e adjustment OF the differences
existing between Nijinsky and Diaghiler +.
NijiNsky. it is understood. obtained
just about what he wanted from Diaghi-
left in the way of financial enumeration
and the artistic direction OF the troupe.
The only fly in the ointment was the
apparent inability of both to agree on
the ballet "L'Aprcs Midi d'un Faune."
This ballet viii not be presented this
week. Whether IL is to be seen rests
on whether Nijinsky will agree to tone
1t down to suit the taste of the Police
department and others who objected to
its presentation at the Century Theatre.
This il still to be decided.
The first appearance Of Niiinsky viii
II" Wednesday afternoon in ''I.e Spectre
de la Rose" and "Petrouchka.' Other
hallets for the week announced yester-
day are "L'Oiseau de Feu,' "Carnaval"
and cleopatra this evening Wednes-
day night, '~Tleopatre,'' Les Sylphides."
"Soleil de Nuit" and "Thanar': Thurs
day. "L'Oiseau do Feu." ''Thamar.'
"Soleil de Mutt and ~"Carnaval"; Fri
day. lies Sylphides" and "Carnaval,"
with Niiinsky, and cleopatra: Satur-
day matinee. ~"Petrouchka." Les Syl.
phides." '"Thamar" and "Soleil dc Nuit":
Saturday evening, ia Princess En-
chantee" and "Schehera zade." with Min
sky. and also "L'Oiseau de Feu' and
prince Igor"