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i^??f^0^ ?' C'' FR1PAY MORNING, DECEMBER 17, 1915 NUMBER 290. UNITED SUTES WILL INSIST m UNOFFICIAL VERSIONS OF AUSTRIAN REPLY NOT SATISFACTORY OFFICIAL REPLY EXPECTED SOON Persistence of Austria-Hungary in Couree- Would Sever Diplo matic Relations. Washington, Dec. 16.-Tho United States .will regard Austria's reply tc the American note regarding tho An cona affair as unsatisfactory and un acceptable, should tho: official text he Identical with Sie unofficial versions in the . London and : Anisterdlam press dispatches: Tho reply is momentari ly expected et tho ?tate department tonight. The persistence of Austrian-Hun gary in tile course she apparently has determined to pursuo would result in a severance- ot diplomatic relations between >?? 3 United States and Vien-, na governments. This action would not ho taken by the United States,;It was aulQiorltively stated tonight without one moro communication be ing dispatched by Vienna'. . The United " States is described as being prepared to insist .that;. Aus tria Hungary promptly comply with the demands for. disavowal, punish ment of tho submarine commander and reparation by payment or in demnity for the Americans hilled br Injured. Making a clear .failure will mean an immediate break in rela tions. Tho second note, lt is said, would renew the original demands -without a discussion of an exchange of views and be more nBlatent.' DISPATGHWF?F^S FEELIh?G IN VIENNA loudon, Deo. 16,-An Exchange telegraph Amsterdam dispatch ejuotes a Vl?'niia telegram saying that tao feeling ' there is . that: the United St?tea wil ask for the rocall of the Austrian embassy, as the American Ariccmiv note is not),couched in such tenus that such Eton is considered unavoidable. lt is'said that the noto was sub mitted to t've German ambassador be fore presentation to Ambassador Pen field, says the.diepaich, and that Dr* Dumba recalled1 ambassador to the United tates, toole a hand lu drafting . -tho document. ? V?RSIOlv?SF REPLY AS'M?lSr?ED ? London, .Doc. 16.-The Austrian rc ply to thc American noto slates that Aoietro^HUngary ia> prepared in prin cipio to enter. into, an exchange of opinion ' wlUr ' tho Ambric&h govern ment and leaves it to tho Washington cabinet to draw up individual "egal: ; maxims which the commander of ti'xr eu'bruarlne that sunk the Ancona ia alleged to lhavo violated. The govern-, liuint oxpreasca,; sympathy with the American victloyv. This is tho yor "sion given .by tho Renter'sAtne>terdai% c^rreSpbn^f nt . wi'.io. eays. $3ie anster vavir handed to Ambassador Penfield Tuesday. Tho correspondent Quotes the note ns follows dn parii . "Prom the sharp ness. wit-U wiiish rUslted -SUUes' hc : ilevcd lt ought to censure the corn^ ..Tcaadov bf the nubmsrine, and from - the firmness wKu .which it" de-. man?s, addrawc.'l to tho Ausiro-Him ! garlan g?Vorn?nbnt, appear to have ' <been brob&ht forward, it could bo ex , pr* ted ihaki the - A-aerlcnn government woul d clearly give the actual circum stance upon which it rell^.. Aa ca?, be :cl4ariy.3'0coghiaed, represen^ationfl of the c?renma?a^eo^ic?ntain?d In the ? ; not?;;-al lp ws ' numerous - doi'bi?, and glv'c? "not at alli ?ulUclen))rdkeona for blaming tho . comhjajid?? of -tho . Bahtnarshe, ond-?Jvb /"?u?t^HtiW/far ian govsrinnenii>:Wr^ tatiana, prttVo cbVreot tn all points, d jndgbient iii?vfrh6^oa^-^bM-?d..up:; ^e mest rlsorbu? legal interpretn - Further on the ne-tb Is Quoted: ^Tiib : ?a?tro-Hungr&rian govern ment ls less ebie to follow the Wash ington ?ablast in itti-unnsaal attitude, o? St in no way possea^ knowledg? of ol? the cbrreirxfcndencb haytor, re ference to. .lt. "Tho Autrtro-Hnngsrlan govern ment aleo ?3 not. of the opinion :th*t Ah?* ?khb'wied^* oou?d ,b?s.snffic?ep,t for: the present - case, according tb >.?' ita' ovn\ information;ii taai?r^fy dito^ ?nt 'rrbm-Ahe &*n;.K*f :caa?s" fp-, whte& ?te An???can gc^eV?men?: a foTetv?ns." New Mexican Ambas sador to Washington Ambassador El?seo Arredondo; Eliseo Arredondo, former chief of t?i!o Washington junta of the Car ranztsttis, has just been appointed ambassador to this country from Mexico. ' Ambassador Arredondo is a first cousin of General Carranza on his mother's side and; ls a nativo- of the state of Coahulla" where toe Carranza family has lived for years. Before the revolution her was 'a federal dis trict judge, and. later, when Madero came into power, was ai member of tho lower house ot the Mexican con gress. After. that ho .was secretary of tho government , of Coahulla, a position tiat corresponds' to that of secretary of stvte in! one ot our states: Before he. came to Washington, Mr. Arredondo was sub-secretary of. the interior ot the Carranza cabinet'. ' ??SIOsI?? m ADDRESSES Va rymer 'J Arttr?oy Qjvui JJ?IO^ I Sates , cn Many Various Sub jects .Yesterday. Charleston, Deo. l.G.-Dr, J. Wi Jenks,. "professor of' government in the Kow" "'Yorsi University, told the delegate:? ?o Vaa ou them Commercial congress today that Gornianys. euc coss in lAtln-iA.racrIcan trade was.'due to her training salesmen for that special work. E. Ns Hurley, a member of tn o Federal Trada commission, urged "mobilization of : American . forces," because, he said, ^ competition for Lotln-Amerlcan. business tit the close of the- war . would .bo "fierce*" Pleas also'wore'made for. tho crea tion or a'; national ?chamber of agri culture; _ a national system of rural creoles and an enlarged' merchant ma rnie.; : ??BLSiSrMl fiBEiiO?il?SS ;-!?LO?5!?O??, 'Dec. ? 16, ^A?" iuMUiry >ia the house of. comm ?ns today caused Reginald Mckenna, .chancellor ct fie exefcequer, to announce that the plan for. tho mobilization, and purchase of Atuerlcun and Canadian securities would provide 'tha$;'.'-the. control " bf Can ad lah rall roads would ; not pass.. in to tho haii!?3 of Americans. . Ho cold tbjrX ,the*pxoblHxatlon ?cheme liad the iwaoTSemeat o? the'dominion covcrh n4int,\ and it _-va3 hoped the good will of the American government. Darned teDeath, Charlotte. Dec. 16.-M. s M. Cel. ( harpe 'A . traveling man from ??ori Min, s . c. ; wis butha*io; deathia firb that. destroyed a boarding boase ot Monroe, N. C. * ... . Kift?fr-??'nfois* ? * * ._ v * Wbshington, Deb. 16. -^Ca p- * .fi;' .tain Frank ' F. Rohvrb; Ubit- ? fl? ed State? marino corp?, woo * <. kiaiedr by a fall' fi oin a ?horas * *., wbils on dnf^ AVfch the bxped-- ' 4? * iUobory forces bear Port-au- * *.'. Priacfti llait?^. sbco?ddn^ to *, * ^..dtepbichVto .tbe navj ; depart- * ??eat'.toaigbvV & * . v'* SCHEME SED BY SENATORWORKS SAYS PACIFIC COAST- AT MERCY OF ASIATIC ATTACK WOULD CREATE MOBILE RESERV? Soldiers. With Families Be Set tled on Land Provided By ' Government. Washington, Dec. IC.-Senator Work3 of California, told the senate today thot a standing anny cr 1,000, 000 men. would he necessary for i?ie defense of thc- United Siatc3 against invasion and declared that tho Paci fic coast was completely at tho mer cy of ' hn Asiatic attack. Ho proposed aB a part of prepared ness a ?cheme for tho creation of a mobile military reserve' of 200,000 at a coat of $60,000,000. According to Senator Works' .bills this reserve wouli be nettled with their families on. five-acre tracts of land, pro\l'dFd by the government, supplementing ton, months of ^produc tive work, such da Irrigation, flood prevention and reforestration, with two montibs of military training, They would he soldier-settlers. EXTENDSWAR TAX FOR ONE YEAR Washington, Doc. 16.-Tho house tonight, by a vote 'of 205 to 189, pass ed' a - Joint r?solution extending tr * emergency war tax until Decemr* f 31, 1916; The eenatie is expected <0 take' similar action . shortly. . ? Th? law bringa in revenue at tho rat?'of $32,000,0^0-yearly: : -r-r-r* ??filiSiii? fl??IN^E^i 0BIW? Double Tfack Railway Line Be ? a.rilt : ir*?'? l??jj ? >VHI : UWUOKUt to Frontier. . . . . . ... . "Rome, Dec.. 16.-The. Turko-Q?rman thireat again?ti Egypt ?B becoming moro grave dally la lie opinion of mil itary men; hore. Tho'con?truv.**on of a double track railway line from Dam ascus ^ tho Egyptian frontier la be ing pushed with extraordinary speed, hnd ls expected to bo iinit?cd . by February 1, : ' Tula Uno at io considered by mili tary men will permit the concentra tion of a half million men equipped and munitioned, on the Egyptian frontier in a month. . - -About three; b?ndred ?horasand Ot toman ;troopa driilod by. Germans are already concentrated between Aleasen dret?s;* Al?rvo and liorna, iV?+ raport ed?-.V?.'. ? "Mil cs bl tubes for carrying' water, across' the "desert are being laid and material ior /bridges to . cross tho" Sue? ??nal ls, being ijrrpvlded. ; Tur?iO-Qerm?a emissaries aro re ported to bo urging anti-British prop aganda" >miorig the natives. Rome newspapers ask it arter nie Balkan lesso? ifc"e entente powers are going to allow ' themselves to bo "sur prised ?s'Sfeypt. . . : ittiiiiiiii ' New York, Dbe... 15. --Tangled fi r'^^^ransacrions, alleged toV h?ye 4*~?u engineered'by Edwa^VD. ?ob-i bin?, formar general counsel of tho' Neyr H3wfrn ' railroad to . get ita st?asta?rs/Harvard and . Y?lc to *^'e Paella coast^ nett?d him fe&l.OO?, ac ooW^-ib'Xiio reckoning 'of govern irie^icot?i^ .-?^e;*o?lmpny at the triatvof Eiobbtns and ten other former Kflw 'Haven directors; charged with iint'tniBt "law coifi?^trafty. He organtxci several, cbh^av?e?. to ' '_ get the boats. ?tnpertnl len? Ifeavy New York, Dec. l6:-~Tho; Importa tion* bf French ROwno ' were heavier during. pecsait^V"t?w& th?, (?rie^orv / or: oId^<Vcostbnt>'o"?c?rs; Many ure .^otnl^g for trad?, but a gr*a$ p*^te^?&*i* to individ?ala wfeo pto^hXik bought. them ?^ewboally in Paris h?V&dfoyo, APPLICATIONS OF GREEN WOOD BANKS WERE DISMISSED i BANKS HAVE REMEDY AT LAW Winning of Case j is Accounted! Victory for Attorney Gen eral's Office. Columbia, Dec. 16*-The act create lng who state tax conSniBston was up held tonight! In an cf der by tho -su preme court, dismissing tho applies-j tlon of the National Loan and ?x- ! change bank of Greenwood for an In junction and tho. application of the Peoples' Nattont? balik of Greenwood for a mandamus, directed against -the taX commlsatlon. THe court says there is adequato Temedy nt law for these banks and refuses to enjoin Gie | tax commission. The winning cf the case is account ed a g.cat victory for, Attorney Gen eral Peoples and Assistant Attorney General Dominick, who appeared ior the tax commission, i Tho attorneys who brought the action against the tax comm ir; ion w?r? F. B. Grier of Greenwood, .T. P. Coitaran of Green ville and, B. H. -Moss,of Orangeburg. The opinion was written by Af:30- 1 ciato Justice Fraser ': and concurred in by Chief Justice Gary an?J ASso-| ciato Justice Hydriek. Associate Justice Gage dissented. The opinion oveprules" Associate Justice Watts, who originally granted tho relief asked for by tho banks, tho case being carried ?jn appeal to the supremo court by- A?sistant Attorney General Dominick. Pesics^. ConiHsittsss Expected to j Confer on ' Baseball tVtat ;. tere on Arriva!. New .York, Doc. IC-Tho National leaguo magnates passed tally in in format conferenco and perfunctory duties :nwaiting-. the arrival hero to morrow of the American league naaco committee from Chicago. Thc Amer lean and minor loagues named con* mittees. but. the Federal and Nation al have not.'! Tho National will de cide tomorrow. . ' .. rr^aideat. Tener of the . National, indicated dn n statement that ?e wds against barring .. contract, ? jumpers, unless, they made themselves morally unfit or a. detriment to ball prayers. ???.i msg Issued Yesterday-Hon ey moon Pians Are ^Secret They Come S^ti?i. ^TW?hrngtoh, Dec, 16.-The mar M?iK?lcenso : Issued tor. President Wildon and Mrs.. Galt, today dlsclos- ! od that a. clergyman ot Mrs. G*lt'aj faith, F.-3V. Herbert Tcott Smith, Kpis copaliarij w?\l perform the ceremony. The president, ia PresbyIQT?\'?\ and an cider in the orurch. . The license gave tho president's age aV ?ifty-ntno end Mrs. Oslt'a as ferty-t tines.'. The ceremony will $e et tho Galt residence'on Saturday night at nine o'clock, but honeymoon p?an? ^are sUU Secrat, although lt la known that tho couple will go gouty. B!gr Cflrgo Gasoline. ; Char ri union. Deo. KL--The largest CarobVet gasoline ever brought to Charleston arrived here Friday: night on the steamet* Louisiana ot tho Tex as company, which*, after discharging her cerge' ot 1,400,000 gallons - began the .return. voyage to Port Artbnr 6)ariday.: : ? 1 ? . Greek atng lH. >%tM&m*J!&*'i'' 16.--Rihfc ?Constan tine er,Greece-ia GI again, according to au AtfrenS dispatch to The Chron icle. The mewirch ts snffeiing Crom influ&ns? and a;slight tench bf fever. KAINS RECALLED GERMAN NAVAL ATTACHE MAKES AN SWER TO CHARGES INVENTIONS OF NEWSPAPERMEN Says He Proposes no Longer Bear Brunt of Absurd Stories. Now York, Dec. IC.-Captain Boy Ed, tho recalled' German nttucho, bi a statement issued tonight, branded as fabrications and inventions tho newspaper reports that he had ob tained, through secret ageriis, tho confidential report prepared by the American naval ofTico and submited to President Wilson. J Car.tain Boy-Ed said that as a mat ter of fact, he never heard! of such a ! report and proposed to no longer bear the brunt ot absurd stories put I into circularon. Siucu he is no longer connected with the , German embassy he feels free to talk. BEFORE COMMITTEES Both Sides Make Arguments to j Committees of Senate and : House. :_;_t '/Washington, Dec. 16.-Tko wo man suffrage advocates; : appeared ,bOr ' toro tho senate' suffrage committee and women, opposed to auftrage met with the house Judiciary committee., Both sides prosented arguments. Senator Fjinsdell called attention to auffrage, that the women of the south did-not. want to vote because of tho negro women vote. i .*'.U is not a negro aueation . which j is endangering, suffrage in' tfie south" replied Francis j ol i fte bf Cali fornia, "but the factory owners who employ women and children." Sirs. Hutt io Jacobs of Alabama tobi, tho house committee it is fallacy to ray stiff raga in any way involved -the race question.'' Enfranchisement, s?o said will still t? subject tb tito samo" qualifications' imposed upon men ; She decried trie attitude of many southern men toward women as j "wards of tho' man" and said the women of the south do not want to ho enfranchised within ?tate limits. ,: " ?Representative ' Wh??ey of South Carolina callehgcd MXB. Jacobi's state ment that ihero is no limitation to tho tours . women may work in, that state. Chairman Webb' raked her why wa rnen did not go-to tho state? instead "bothering congress with something congress has nothing tb. do with, "" . Hil BIST?HBE? ey ?f?iiiSi! I ; Feklng,,! Doc. 16.-China is much disturbed';by rumora of serious up risings 4n India aa lt in in tiru a tc J in como Quarters that"this ls mado pos sible by tito smuggling from China i to India, - English, newspapers charge j that Chinese are entirely too friendly with German agents. Dispatches from. Russia indicate fti?t'. Emoslaa. officials feel that GIT man. activities in China, should be checked/and' suggeibs that tho allies seize tho German possessions in Chi-' na. ; German .newspapers boast that t|iO forces of Emperor William will soon touch Chinese ' territory on the ' wes- j tern fxonfc- i . London', Bec? 18.~^Kte Melbourne correspondent of the ' Times tel6 "Adylcoa fi om tho Santo.. Cruz and Solombp, Islandsreport that e drought has chased the death bf 4,000 ntyUvos. Born o -vJHagta have- been depopulated, the advices say, arid; nobody io left to bury the dead." TiVade Is targe. ^Cfli&ta, Dec. ?f>*A*%^f? mer f ei}??*? 'Say u^S? . ?& - CuT?triiu?J? ?r??v i this year is faily" normal and that if . ^?t??j>s.. up "through Christmas eve Will be the largest in history. Yuan Shih-K'ai, Emperor of China Yuan SM-lmi, ,?reaident OT the Chin?se republic, has accepted tho bffor of tfie cooneel of state and will accept the ihrono as emperor. BF LAURENS Grand Lodge Meeting at Char leaton With Election of Officers, Charleston, Dec. IC-The Hon iRobort AV Cooper, of Laurent?, waa ?yesterday elected) 'Grand Master. the Grand Lodge of Ancient Pr?s Ma* sons of. South Carolina. After ?M Installation of the new grand, .master, and tho announcement by him of com mittees and district deputy appoint" ml9nt?i oae. 139th annual meeting of the grand lodge ' adjourned!, : Th?> sessions had been in progress In the' Masonic Templo here slnco Tuesday. Mr. Cooper. eucceedB George T. _ Bryan, of Greenville/ who served ,two" ternuras grand master. The, newly elected grand master is well known all ovor tho state. Ho ls solicitor of tho eighth circuit, and has been .prominent, ia Masonic circles long time. His friends aro congratu lating him unon.?is elevation to tho highest office in the gift of-Soul h Car ,ollna Masons. Following are ,the nantes of the; of ficers elected: W-fr\ Tho New .'Officers.' ; Grand Master-it. A. Cooper, Lau rens. Deputy Grand Master-William W. Wahnamaker. Orangoburg. ? .?; ^Senior .Grand! Warden-S. T. Lan ham,- Opartanburg. Grand Trcasurer-'William.Jd. Prlo 1 eau, Charleston. Grand Secretary-O. ; Prank Hart, Columbia. I Grand Chaplain, tho Kev. W. P. Smith, ?partanburg. .: Senior Grand Deacons--J. P. Duck ed- Anderson; and .J. C. , Bissoll, Charleston. &0Huwt Junien' lacena-'(to. be an nounced, by. Senior Grand'Warden and installed in their own ledges..) Grand Marshall-J. C. Blackwood, 'Spnrtanburg. Grand Marshal.-~0. A.. Power, Laurens. Senior Gund Deacons-J. H. ?owJi*. Columbia' <tpd Ty D, (Boland, Ware Shoals,' Grand Tiler-M, AV . Wlnkler; Cfcar lestoa. ?????^nH ;.'..-Gen : Jackson** .Monument. :?,-;'.'.; . Washington, DceV Vle.^A: bill to appropriate $500,000 to aid tho . An drew. Jackson; Memorial association td erect q. monument to Gen. Jackson at Nashville ' was introduced by Iteprc Sentativo Byrnes, Tennessee. ?.?'.***?Mr#**?*******### K^fi?i'- --? * Montgomery. Dec. 16.-The .?+. 4? Alabama supremo court today #. ?/ . reversed n former ruling and * ? held tlmt the:"vWestera Union . cannot condemn - a vortlon cf * ? tire. Lou?*vllle and Nashville /.'.? ? i right ot way for uset in it's ? business/ Tho decision mesas * ? thai the/railroad ?my icreo * ?the Western linio?; ; to" . re*. ? v> move poica and. vwires rrom ? ? I :aBro$d: property/ \ THE ITALIANS HAVE LANDED TROOPS IN ALBANIAN PORTS ANGLO-FRENCH REINFORCED Troops of the Entente AIHas WiH Threaten Teuton's Right Flank. London, Dec. 16.-There ls n hopeful feeling hero regarding tho li a'!; an ?, ?now that it ls definitely, an nounced -that the Italians hod effect ed a landing In Albania and the Anglo French fbrco at Saloniki : thad been strongly reinforced. It. la not stated how large tho Italian. forces wero wWch were seat io assist the Ser-; binns. From the fact that the official ac count intimates that'landings woro mada at.several "parts, it is taken, for granted.timi an army of consid?rable.; proportions will bo sent. This,. with ?Oho Serbians and Montenegrins, will bo a serious threat to the' - central powers* right flank, whllo' they can't look with idleness on. tho > concentra tion of forces at Salbniki and. the gathering of '?Russians In Bev's arabia. It is anticipated therefore that the Gormans will fl'.rike "at .?sionikl be fore tho Anglo ?Front?* forces grow too strong. It1 ls"'believed .that with that end In' view thoy aro nev?.' aegbV tinting with Gr?oco. If their plans include Ibe Bul garians, they aro "likely to meet Oreek opposition, OB Greece ie etrobg-s ly averse to any Bulgarians crossing the 'frontier. < This applies' also .to como extent-to Austrians, whoso ?-ni b'? ions bave 'been always -for- ' aft Aegean port, preferably Saloniki. . On tf"e whole, therefore, lt is' t'hbugbt here that tho '? Greeks might prefer to soe -the entente nlltes ..ro-; main there until ahe wir end?. ?rt 2aet, Lord FJobevt Cecil, underrsscre-. tory for foreign .affairs, in tho house of commons said that the entente plan was. to keep <fhe central, powers frojn the city in accordance with Greek mkhaa "f-~7r._; ' ^LEiyED?,?Lfc: MAY^NT?N?E . London, Pee. 10.- AA lull hos' set ts on-the Macedonian front which well informed Athens observers : holleys will continuo until after tho Greiuc elections Sunday. - The allied forces, which aro roported to^n'jmber .200,000 ere well fortified north of Saloniki, and should' tho Germans .decide to at tack, it will take thens. Sometime . to propare. -Heavy guns aro heeded, and few If any of these, aro reported boar tho frontier. In tho entente capital?, tho well organizad retreat of tho allies. In the' Balkans;ds viewed as one reshlt of the new co-ordination among lbs allies. In London tho retirement pf Sir John Frenan; as commandor-ip>ehiof and tho succession of Slr Douglas Haig over-shadow ell other. . tws?r news. Haig comes to tho position; With tho r?putation bf . having: seen more bard : service than qoy. other Britta!* o Alcor. Ho. ie England's youngest general. ^t:-'ts. reported in ?aria that tho stock of gold ot the bank of Franco has reached a record of a'tofbl Mi ll?n dollars, . Abbeville, Ejoe, -The Bttlt of ?as. P. Gosaett,'-'i;?wm?^t-pf\i^?--<ia^im mills. Can-bun - ^lsV ^?I?.;^ P, fceard for criminal libel, w*?.tried b?-> foro araglRtrate 'Han?m?nd ??'triaf?'.. Mfr. Gossen - w?j?s^rep'res?ni^.b'^.;^!!";; YV. NV Graydon end MrV,J0e??|?^y Messrs. Cllnkscates obd'A^ims, Mr Beard was bound ov$r lb ?he^hlgber court. Th? suit grow out of ab ?art^elb Itt" a recent Issue ot the Sc'linalfdf.^'-^eb it ia charged ssvoral, ch?^rgos were? made1 which woro tlbelo??". Tho eise WM-tattr?ct 'cbn?iderbWe '.at^rb^t et thc next court, nb doubt, ; ?* wUT bo Gas B<ot>.A????flem*., 7." Venice. :l^W.fimQ^mm. ita, bomb? fopped on ,$ot?*4^ Pj^'^rro?..:tb the .tftroftW^-*** ,.-teaeiro?;:*?.' ibo .s&rihV tbs resal ted birt 'the.'.v?c.Umv}/^BK