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I ANTICIPATED ANSWER OF AUS TRIA UNSATISFACTORY IS VERY NEAR Summaries of Note Roach Washing* ton Prom Foreign Capitals—Haps> burg Empire Wants, to Exchange. Opinions' But Diirtomatlc Relations ~ May be Severed Soon. The New York Times print* the following dispatch from its Washing ton correspondent: Austria's reply to Secretary Ban* sing's note on the ttTrohn~Tr~fc to be ~sen garded, on the basis of tf^e unoffi cial reports received from London and Amsterdam, as wholly unsat isfactory, unacceptable and disap pointing to the U nited States. Dip- I o loniatic relations between the two countries may safely be described as standing at the breaking point. President Wilson and Secretary Lansing are recerving comment until they have the official translation and text at hand, but it is statdd authori tatively that the United States will enter into no exchange of opinions as the Vienna foreign office is repre sented as suggesting, and absolutely will decline to discuss the facts of the torpedoing and chelling of the Ancona by an Austrian submarine with loss of American lives. Persistence by Austria-Hungary in the course she apparently has deter mined to pursue, may. result in the severance of diplomatic relations be tween the United States and the Vienna government. This stop wouln .not be taken by the United States, however, it was authoritatively stat ed, without one more communication being dispatched tft Austria-Hungary. The United States is described .8 being prepared to insist that Austria- Hnngary- promptly comply with the demands for disavowal, punishment of the submarine commander, and reparation by payment of Indemnity for the Americans killed or injured, making it clear that failure will mean immediate breaking off of re- lattens. A second note, it is-said, renewed with the original demands and with out dealing in a decision or ex changes of views, would ba of even more insistent nature as to the expec tations of compliance without further delay. The state department had received no official Information from Its own sources that American Ambassador Penfleld, at Vienna, had been handed the reply. From Baron Erich Zwied- Inek, charge of the Austria-Hungary embassy, however, came tho Informa tion that the reply had been deliver ed. * Baron Zwiedlnek received a “wire less message from hie government calling his attention to the reply and giving him, it was believed, certain instructions as to what course to pur sue. The charge called upon Secre tary Lansing twice Thursday: once during the forenoon and once in the afternoon, following the receipt of the wireless dispatch. On both occa-- sions he discussed the situation in formally and received additional light on the views which this government holds. • A The state department received a 1 dispatch described as being Informa tive from ' Ambascador Penfleld, which described the viewpoint of the Austro-Hungarian government and tofd^ of the feeling of Vienna offi cials in regard to the American note. The dispatch, it was authoritatively explained^contained no mention of a reply having been handed to the am bassador. The report of the ambassador was said to be different in several re- cpecls from the press reports con corning tho views of the Austro-Hun garian government. Details in this connection, however, were unavail able. the report being of a conflden tlal nature. ^ ", Officials seemed to be of the rfpfn- lon that Mr. Penfleld probably had gained the information ho conveyed durihg conference with Baron vpn Burian, minister of foreign affairs, similar to those held by Secretary Lansing and Baron Zwiedlnek. Officials were unable to under stand why the r^ply if delivered to Ambasador PohfleW Tuesday, as In dicated in press dispatches, had nptr reached the state department. Eafty- eight hours usually is .the maximum time required-for an offj.crJU dispatch to reach the United " States from Vienna. It was/pstognized that the reply had to be^ translated and then put into cipher, before being dispatch ed, but^even w ith that delay the offi- ci^la^believed the note should have rived. London Has More Hopeful Feeling Over Situation in Balkans— Expect German Attack.! There Is a more hopeful fefellng in London with regard to the Balkan operations, ntyv that it is definitely announced that the Italians have ef fected a landing on the Albanian coaot* ahd that the Anglo-French force, jrhich has fallen back toward SaloniklJ has been strongly reinforced with men and guns, including some heavy naval weapons. It is not stated how large a force the Italians will send to the assist ance of the 'Serbians and Montene grins, but from the fact that the of ficial account intimated that landings have -been made at more than one port, It is taken for granted thai an army of considerable proportions is across the Adriatic. y- Thts, with Montepegrins and Ser bians who escaped from Albania, will be a serious threat to the central powers’ right flank, while they can never look on in Idleness at the con centration of an army at Salontki, which would undertake an offensive, and at the gathering of Russians In Bessarabia, % It Is anticipated therefore, that the Qermans will strike at Salonlki be fore the Anglo-French forces grow too strong and It Is believed with that end tn view they are now nego Bating with the Greek government. If their plans include the partici pation of the Bulgarians In the at tack, they are likely to meet with op position from Greece, as Greece is strongly adverse, any Bulgarians crossing her frohtler. This applies also to some extent to the Austrians, whose ambitions always-have been for a port on the Aegean, preferably Saloniki. On the whole, therefore, it Is thought here that the Greeks might prefer to see the Entente alllep re main there until the end of the war In fact. Lord Robert Cecil, under secretary of foreign affairs, said In the* House of -Commons that the Anglo-French plan was to keep the central powers from tliaX city in ac cordance with the wishes of Greece. Tracing Crime by the Imprint of Fin ger Upon ,Any Object Near the Scene Now a Science, and Regard ed aa Infallible in All Courts of Law. WINTER CARE OF ROADS Keep IHtcbes and I train* Often and Use Road Itrag to Prevent In jury by Freezing Weather. Water, not cold. Is the cause of the deterioration of roads in winter, ac cording to the road specTalists of the department. Cold a eather does not In itself injure roads, no matter whether they are earth, gravel, or macadam. In fact, an earth road will stand more traffic when it is solidly frozen thaq at any other tit Excess water, hoafever, is always de trimental to a highway. When cold weather turns this water Into Ice the damage that it does Is greatly In creased. Ice occupies considerably more space than the water from which It Is formed, and every person kto wear gloves.” THE TELL-TALE FINGER PRINT tiv JOSEPH A. FAIT*OT. (rom the -1 soner who had bees so brazenly defiant, but a few hours be fore ncar'j-'rtupeftod the entire couil. #1 My victory bad been hard earned 4 and bitteily Sought ^ ^ ^ ^ '♦>. Copyright, 1916, The International Syndicate. : with gn unassaTIaMe alibi and the admit, but it & l was all the sweeter for that very rea- <$> ♦ '*_$> j sou Handwriting experts who wet*® doubtless recognized that Finger, prints never lie. The Im pression of fingers upon any object is far more Infallible as a means of identification than a photograph of that person’s features. Give me the finger print ef ffn infant in arms and when that baby grows to ripe old age' Til prove that his finger prints then are identical with those taken while in infancy. As a means of de tecting the author of .any crime they are absolutely unerring, as many a man now doing a long stretch of time in state prisons will attest. When the finger print system was being introduced into the police bu reaus of the capitals of Europe I was sent abroad to study it. Of course, it was in a primitive stage then, but there was enough there to convince me that the science was one well worthy of development, so I set to work to absorb all I cpuld learn there, and then upon my return to improve upon the methods there em ployed and make It even more far reaching in scope. Close study for a year convinced me that I had taken the science to that stage' where I could prove Its usefulness, as well as its.infallibility In any court of justice should the opportunity present ttsetf. I shaD never forget the first case called for trial In New York City In which the finger print was the sole evidence we, the police, had to base ou^ case on. Fortunately we had been able Ut get an Indictment on what then was called the flimsiest of evidence. To convince twelve men. tried and true, of the Infallibility of this evidence, however, was a far dif ferent matter and I can tell ytfu as I Took back upon V all, whereas I was just as certain of my prisoner's guilt as I was of my life, I had sore mis givings as to my ability to prove this in court. IVint on (>la«M My Sole Case. The case in question had to do with an especially daring loft bur glary In which the salesrooms of Bernstein Brothers in Wooster street had been entered and robbed of m*ny thousands of dollars worth of expen sive goods. To effect an entrance the burglars had removed a pane of glass from the door of an office on the floor below that of the place they expected to rob and then cut their way through the ceiling to the loft In question. New York at that time wag w^rst part of It was that I knew It tob. It would require a .mighty level headed jury to digest this finger print evidence, especially wbgre there waa nothing else to back it Tip with, but nevertheless r’Teallzed we had to maljle a beginning some time so no time was better than the present. My reputation was at stake and the repu tation of the new identification sys tem, as well, so I was confronted with a mighty weighty problem. My first duty was to ascertain Just how strong an alibi Crispl had built up and then to see If the character of his witnesses was such that It would carry weight wilh.ajury. Criapi said present, doubtless recognized that a new factor ‘ had entered into the science of criminology and they were 'one .too well pleased at the turn events had taken. But as dear as that moment of victory was t®, me none realized Of what tremendous im port It was to me in the work that • stretched before me. Here was the one test I had wanted above all oth ers and I had won. Henceforth It would be a matter of record, a prece dent established, and the finger print system to/whlch I bad devoted hard years of study would be accepted as a fact which any Jury would have to consider. Before court adjourned Judge Ro- salsky commanded the prisoner to stand before the bar. Bo NEW GEN. HAIG TAKES BRITISH IN HoneS the pames of those who were with him and each and every, one bore out this contention. Further more, { learned that several of the party were known to the theatre at tendants and theyv too, were equally positive that Crispl had been one of the party. Crispi's wife swore that her husband had retired when she did on the night of the robbery. She he had been at a certain theatre on , the qight of the robbery. He men-}—■ “Crispl, since you have admitted your guilt, there are certain things you can clear up in^this case that the court deems of Interest to both Jus tice and science. I might add that the court will be disposed to deal len iently with you if your answers are satisfactory. In the first place, did you cut the pane of glass from Bern stein’s window?" “I did,” answered the prisoner. added that he was sound asleep. wTieti, "After cutting It out lifted it from she arose in the morning and that she allowed him to sleep undisturbed until she had prepared his breakfast As he sat down to partake of this meal one or two.of her women neigh bors had stopped by to ask her to go on a shopping tour.with them and these women, both respectable, swore emphetlcally that Crispl was at the breakfast table when they entered the flat. Hls Alibi Was Perfect. These were posers I knew, out there still remained my unshaken faith in the finger print system, so 1 decided -to go~to trial on that evi dence alone; Even at the first stage of my fight I encountered opposition for when I had Crispi arraigned In a police court it was only after a bitter battle that I succeeded in having him held for the grand jury. 1 knew the same old fight would bfe contnued in the grand Jury room and the hardest bght of all when we reached court. If Indeed I could get the case that far. TJue. sase rame to trial and Crispl was surrounded by an army of wit nesses capable of swearing him at any one place at a given hosr no mat ter where it might have been. He had an alibi that seemingly was flaw less. His wife told a straight and well connected story. This was in a measlre corroborated by her women friends who had seen Crispl at the breakfast table, while his companion^ who attended the theatre with him ight GEN. FRENCH RETIRES Field Marshal Requests Relief From Duties of the Field—Receives Tit e as Mark of Appreciation of' Work—New Chieftain L. aa AM#-* Soldier. Field Marshal Sir John French, who, at his own request, has been re* lleved of the command of the Brltlah—i forces in France and Flanders, ban •’ been succeeded by Ge*. Sir Douglas Haig. Since the landin' of the expe ditionary force Sir Douglas Haig Las commanded the First army and haa been repeatedly mentioned in dis patches by hls chief, whose place he now takes. - The change had been expected for some time and it was announced in the House of Commons Wednesday that a statement would be published immediately. Sir John French be comes commander-in-chlef of tho armies in the United Kingdom and for his 16 months’ service st tho front has been created viscount of tho United Kingdom, r infested with sn especially daring .detail of hls every move, adding the SEARCH FOR RELIEF SHIP who has lived in a cold climate is familiar with the powerful bursting •effect of water when left to freeze in a confined vessel. The same action takes place when a wet road freezes to any considerable depth. It simply bursts, or, as we generally term it In road parlance, the road heaves. Later, when the frost leaves, the road is disintegrated and ruts badly. If this process Is repeated a number of times during the winter, a gravel or niacadajn road may be practically destroyed,' while an earth road may become entirely impassable. A,dry road will not heave. Rock, gravel, sand, and even clay v hen per fectly dry contract slightly on freez ing. In order to expand on freezing, these materials must contain or be mixed with water, and the more water they coniaih the greater the expansion which takes place. But so long as the rdad remains frozen the damage does not become apparent. Hence the frequent and erroneous idea that it is the thaw which.^in jures the road. The injury w,a*"done when the water in the road froze and the particles ofthe road surface— broken stone, sand^dr still finer par ticles of earth oi^clay—were pushed apart by thg.-dxpanding power of the freezing Water. The thaw merely al- lowsAWe ice to molt and assume its original volume as water. The remedy is self-evident Keep the water out of the road. The time to begin preventive measures Is early in the. fall; before the rains begin. If the road goes into the winter thor oughly dry, with the surfas^ and drainage in good condition, the chances are extremely favorable that it will come out all right the follow ing spring. * • \ Keep the ’ditches and drains open. Remove all accumulations of weeds, To Send for German Wompn Held in South Africa. Under orders from Washington, Edmund Bullings, collector of the port of Boston, began inquiries re garding the possibility of chartering an American steamship to send to Cape Town to bring back one hun dred and fifty German women and children who a o reported to be anx-: ious to leave South Africa. Accompanying the orders was a copy of a letter from the United States consul general at Cape Town to the department of commer^ and bor, describing the plight of the .en and children, forced to re main v hi. territory of kn enemy coun- ^ try against their wishes. The letter * explained tljat the trouble arose over Vw refusal of the British steamship lines to take them as passengers. This . /' action, it was explained, was not due X* to any antipathy by the steamship -Hum, trat Mtanse oT feeling that ex isted among crews and passengers of the veeaels. This la a poor time (or tile pur chase of » map of Europe. It’a all liable to be •0Detbl8C aIm. band of loft burglars and the'police were put to their wits ends In keep ing up with them. -'As soon as I learned that a pane of glass'had been removed I instruct ed my detectives io bring the glasa^n question to police headquarter^^and at the same time to exercise d ' that no one handled hands, that rclse dde it wKn care bare a. • "Let the man whe picks sp piece of gltss," I said, "be sure on the nl of the robbery told In With tire glass at Jieadquarters We went over it very carefully and sure enough the telltale finger marks were still freshen its surface. These were careful# photographed and we set to work'to search our files to see If we had/fhe duplicate on record. In less thjm a minute we learned that the finger prints were identical with those of Charles Crispi, a young loft burglar, whose reputation for cun ning and desperation was second to none in his class. It was only a ques tion of finding Crispi,.! argued, to cinch the case for I knew In my heart that the author of that crime was none other than the man I_had fas tened It on. * At police headquarters we have Impressions of thousands upon thou sands of criminals, all indexed and carefully ^Jed. One* would imagine to look afthat rack of prints In which to-day* there are upwards of two hun- dred and fifty thousand impressions that it would be an endless task to locate any particular one. But that is a mere detafl. Bring u^any print from any point ofl The globe and if we have the duplicate we can find it in less than a minute at the outside To learn how to group and classify the prints is a science in itself, yet when one learns how, it is as simple as learning one’s A B jC’s. All finger lines are divided into four classes of loops, arches, whorls and composites and itjs easy to no group and classify them. ' Crispl Is Arrested. After satisfying myself that Crispi was .the man we wanted for the loft, burglary I sent my mSu-put to arfest ham. We had no difficulty in locat ing him in his flat in - Hoboken and when he was appraised of his arrest he burst out laughing and told the detectives he would make them look ** he could account for every ture and obstruct drainage, h urther-t- 8econd 0 f his-time on the night of the burglary and that his alibi could be proven, by at least half a dozen repu table witnesses. That made no dif- more, do this work early, while the ground is still dry and hard. Vege tation and Jitter hold water like a sponge and allow it gradually to soak In and soften the earth, fore the road man is The job be- to keep the hard, dry surface formed in the sum mer time from becoming softened by the fall and winter rains and snows. When the fall rains begin the earth, or gravel road should be dragged frequently to prevent the formation of ruts a^l the collection of water. All graveled places on macadam sur faces should be carefully filled in and consolidated. During the winter, whenever a thaw is coming on, the cross drains and side ditches should be opened up as far as possible so as to prevent water collecting along the roadway. If the thaw is so pronounced that the roadway is softened, the drag should be used; sometimes one round trip of the drag, with the hitch reversed, will entirely .ild the earth road of ciush and melting-enow and-leave the road surface practically* dry. Don’t get the Idea that the .drag Is not needed on your earth and gravel roads in the winter time. Instead, keep R where ypn can get at It readily, for if the winter la aa ordi- aary one. you will seed it many Uior time to the minute Criapi had bade them good night to go to his home. The theatre attendants backed this Tip in a degree, and in consequence Crispl and hls lawyer wore wide.gritis every time they glanced In my dlrec- toiu— The testraony of the wife was the most direct given. She swore her husband had entered their flat Just as the clock was tolling midnight. He said he was tired and retired imme diately. He was sleeping soundly when she turned In half an hour later and he was still asleep when sh^ arose to get hls breakfast. When 1 went on the stand 1 was armed with hundreds of exhibits to prove the infallibility of the finger print. I had diagrams of-all sorts on hand to show that the finger prints of no two persons on earth are alike. This I think I proved, for the Jury and court attendants were deeply Im pressed, to judge from the profound attention they bestowed upon my tes timony. To cap the climax I turned to the judge and asked permission to be put to a test which I believed wouiiLcIlnch my case. I offered to leave the room and in my absence have some one take the prints of any member of the court attendants the judge directed. I would return and finger print all the attendants and after developing my print compare it with the one taken in my absence and pick out the person .originally finger printed. The court readily agreed to thfi proposition and the test went on. When-I returned I finger printed about twelve persons. - .Then when these were developed and printed I was given the print taken in my ab sence. At a glance I identified it and matched it with one I had taken thereby identifying the person print ed in my absence. Test Amazes Jurors. The; success of the test created profound sensation. The jurors sat up and asked dozens of questions which proved .that they had intelli gently followed every move I had made. They soon recognized the dif ference between a whorl and a ridge and were asking technical questions innumerable which did more to con vince me Jhat I was going to win my case than anything that had tran spired since court convened. I had been on the stand continuously for three days apd when court adjourned that Wednesday evening Crispi and his lawyers had lost their air of the sash and carried it across the room and set it against the wall Just as Inspector Faurot said I did. In doing so my -hand slipped and that is how the finger print was left on the P»ne.” _ “I want yub fb explain those alibis.’’ Jddge Rosalsky COnfihued. “I fear there has been some tall lying here somewhere." "No, sir. You are wrontf," said Crispl. "I was at the theatre. When I left the party 1 asked saveral of them the time, thereby Impressing upon their minds the eqae-t hour 1 left them. When I got home my wtfe was up as she said. 1 went to her anr feigned sleep. When I found she was sleeping soundly 1 crone and slipped out. I met the gang that robbed the loft and after galling away with the loot I slipped back into my flat and to bed * without awakening my wife. When she got up the next morning I was asleep at her side just as she said. I had care fully mapped out all the details sev eral days before the Job was done and I built up my alibis so strongly that I thought they would defy at tack. But I hadn't reckoned with the finger print. - That's what fixed me and if I ever get mixed up in another job you bet your life I'll wear glovee.” That ended the first finger print conviction in the united States Criapi went away for three years and he la out now and I believe leading an honest life. He comes to aee me __ ... .. _ .. _ occasionally and none more firmly be- C * T TT T w ‘ th th * HevesJn the Infallibility of the finger l***- print than Criapi, its first victim. A Woman’s Question. Do you know you have aakad for h* costliest thlpg Ever made by the hand above. A woman's heart and a woman's life And a woman's wonderful love? Do you know yon have asked for the priceless thing As a child might ask for a toy? Demanding what others have died to win, With a rrt-kless dash of a boy. You have writtea my leeson of duty out. Manlike, you have queetioned me. Now stand at the bar of my woman's soul Until I question thee. You require your mutton shall al ways be hot, Your socks and your shirts shall be whole, I require your heart to be true as God's stars And pure as Heaven above (your soul). You require a cook for your mutton and beef, I require far better things— A seamstress you’re wanting for stockings and shirts— I look for a MAN and a king. ^ A king for a beautiful realm called home, A man that the maker, God, Shall look upon as he did the first And say IT is good. I am fair and young, but the rose will fade From my soft young cheeks one day; Will'you love me then ’mid the fall ing leaves As you did ’mid the month of May? Is your heart an ocean so strong and deep I may launch m-y all on its tide? A loving woman finds Heaven or Hell On the day she is made a bride. I require all things that are grand and true All things that a man should be If you give this all I would stake my life To be all that you demand of me. The war office’s announcement reads as follows: ^ ... * "Gen. Sir Douglas Haig haa been appointed to succeed Field Marshall Sir John French In command of Uh« armies in France and Flanders. "Since the commencement of th« war, during over 16 montha of severa and Incessant strain. Field Marshal French has most ably commandad our armies in France and Flanders, and he has now, at hia own Instance, relinquished that command. "His majesty's government, with full appreciation of and gratitude for tho conspicuous services which Field Marshal French has rendered to his country at the front, havo.-witfe- king’s approval, requested him to ac cept the appointment of field marshal commandlng-ln-chief the troops sta tioned in the United Kingdom and Field Marshal French has accepted that appointment. “The king has been pleased to eoa- fer upon Sir John French the dig nity of viscount of the United King dom.” General Sir Denglaa Haig, who win succeed Field Marshal Sir John French as commander of the British forces In Branca and Belgium is 54 years old. Ha began hla military i la sad South African campaigns, la both of which he won distinctive honors sad promotion. At the outbreak of tho present war he was geseral otfleer commanding at Aldershot and after wards was mads commander of tho First army. Several times during tha war Ges. Haig haa come In for high praise in the dlapatchM of (he general he Is succeeding. At the battle of the Alass hls conduct waa described by Field Marshal Sir John French as “bold, skilful and decisive." In November of that year Sir Douglas, than a lieu tenant general, waa promoted to th* rank of general for distinguished set** . vice in the field. Field Marshal French in hta dis patches to the British war office de scribing the famous retreat from Mona, credited Sir Douglas with hav ing hxtricated his corps from u dif ficult position at Landraciea. Gen. Haig is a Scotchman. He won bis first honor under Gen. Kitch ener in the Soudan, where he was promoted to a brevet major on the field for gallantry at Athara and be fore Khartoum. Field Marshal Sir John French had been in charge .of the Brltlah foreee on the continent since the outbreak of the war. Me Is one of the beat known of the British soldiers and al ways has had the reputation of being a skilful and dashing leader of men. He was born in 1862. He served four years in the navy but not liking the sea, "he joined the militia and through It entered the army. He has seen wide service. During the famous Ulster move ment in March, of 1914 Field Mar shal Frenctar-Ahen chief of staff of the British army, resigned hls com mission, giving guarantees to ths army officers that they would not be ordered to fight the Ulst r unionists and regarding the repudiation of the document by the government ~ as slight on himself, he resigned. Sir Douglas Haig then became chief of staff but at the outbreak of the war Field Marshal French was appointed to command the expeditldt ary army. REFUSED TO TAUK fereivce to Crispi's captors; howeverT and instead!)! the sneering for nearly every prisoner, ho matter "* how guilty he is, can always make a bluff at proving an alit>i„ Alibis in fact, are second nature to afl erdoks. Crispl was brought before me at police headquarters and without mincing words'! told him thaf-be was wanted for the Bernstejn loft bur glary and furthermore that I knew he was the man who" had -cut out the pane of glass from- the office .door and then set it pver against the wall in the hallway. Of cotirse, he pro tested his innocence. He vjasp t in the least worried, nor did he bluster. Calmly and in a conservational tone he sajd:. ' _ “From what you tell me k I glances bestowed upon me their looks clearly proved how deeply concerned they were. ‘ When court convened the next morning I was again called to the stand. Thefe were one or two Httle points that I wanted to make clear, although I wa*-*ey\ well satisfied with things as they were. But' before the district attorney had an opporjmuiy to start the pro ceedings. Mr. Moore, chief of counsel for Crispl, arose and said If you can not do this, a laundress and cook You can hire with Httle pay, But a Woman’s heart and a Woman’s life Are not t<f be'WON that way. * —E. B. B. “NATIONALYeFENCE” DAY can prove, and easily too, that I was at! the theatre with some frj this trick was pulled. Lean account for every second Of my ‘time that night and the morning following, ana the word of my witnesses Is just as good as those of gny-you can confront me with.” Hie candor and cool effrontery was rsfrMhlag to say ths least. He was cocksure he had surrounded himself “May it please your Honor, wflh the consent of the district attorney, the defendant would like to with draw hls plea of not guilty and enter a plea of guilty to the third count pf the Indictment—that charging unlaw- “The. court ao Southern Commercial Congress Hold Third Day’s Session. ‘National Defense” was the sub ject for discussion before the South ern Commercial Congress at . the opening of Its third day’s session In Charleston Wednesday. -Secretary of the Navy Daniels arrived Wednes- . ■■ day to be the chief epeaker. Secre- lt .j|‘ e JlteL’UySE Daniaie chose "The Navy aatf Judge replied, even before those In National Defense.” the court room could grasp the sig nificance of the move. Criapi Admits AIL A ripple of sufpflM swept over tho court room And even the Jurors turn ed in their seats to gaea Into each other’s faces. The sdmlMloa of guilt Assistant Secretary of War Breck enridge, It was announced, would ap pear as. the representative of Secre tary Garrison and discuss “The Army and National Deeuse.” Other speeches along similar the Socialist Member Asks Question von Jagow Dodges. ■ ' Amsterdam reports: A dispatch from Berlin says tfiST Herr von Jagow, the German foreign secretary, replying in the relchstag to a, ques tion by Dr. Liebknccht, Socialist, an to whether the other belligerents were prepared to enter at once upon peace negotiations on the basis of re- nuaciifTSn of annexation of the eon- qhered. territories, said, after A refer ence to the debate on December 9: “I decline to answer.” Dr. Liebknecht then asked wbut attitude the government would take toward proposals made by neutral countries. He was interrupted, how ever, by the president of the chamber, who declared that hls was not s sup plementary but A new question. Admiralty Defends Act. The Austrian admiralty has astn submarine commander which deetroy- ed the Ancona. Thai n.