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TXIE SfOnXTXfr OnrnONTA"V. MOXDAY, DECEMBER 13. 1915. ! SOFT SNOW DELAYS MAP SHOWING SCENES OF ACTITTTY IS BALKANS. Portland Is Keeping Awake For visual evidence attend the A ACT AS BOOMERANG ! RAILWAY TRAFFIC Jsfrc's War Order, Lord Ca Storm Continues General in van's Address to Grenadiers Middle West, but Tempera 4 1 taktft Ana DIminn Ms ' JI Arc Examples. i . vui c mic niauiy. - Dinner Dance at 6 P. M. Tues day, December 14 in the ballroom of il PEER MADE RIDICULOUS I LAKE VESSELS ARE SAFE rerloa rmaUckM la Ca flora fca Teeth of BUzurd Drawn It Trar r.rrmHrH "nrae Docama-nt Do- ela Eastward Colder Weather and Heary Ralna Ara Experi enced In Soutli. '(x4 to la flame) Soldier. Othr ? leaders ClfxaUteal, BOASTFUL PAPERS IV- iTT,J.2CrtMU. Jikmc front -sy 4 ; lleU , -- rJL, ..aeOWA,W i nmm iwr i mtm i "iar .-.i aey.e t at in ct'-eea rrttee. C'T-'a'M. t '5. ' I ) Tl ll4. I"4- i tea , a -ai -! .a l i MA- ARMT XX FXAVK Nasi t im pkt diary ef tn whiateg sot ir wha la taptured or ku;d aad la either m eearrhe the moat ember. reusing document that caa f:l lot the han-l of lit inmr are the pro- bat:! order cf a commander m a le waning finHitai phrase. rieaerel Jofrr era.r ta the (roort prel mtaarv te tne gr.t offetaetae a ep-ima of ikia bind of thlnar. II '; t1 ta (rail the dire can ...,. oca wi tie e.ni wa ta inlut aaoa Ik Germane. l-tieie. e k of Ika '. aed emyftaaised tk ImeertssKe af a aanft aa.j everwkeiroing followtnaT " ai uia preliminaries af the tn. tien, Caeveaat Ntai RMWalaaa. Ta the inna af tKa matter a.'t tM the aor.t possible ffa-t. for three reaeaa. rirt. II showed hoar f,r VeM af Ita pad-far raeulte Ika af fenaia kat fe.ies. se-end, II made l t.reral (ifi.iiiuu. end. taTi. alt-) M ( Important of atL l left kls e ,eete ta ericcte nl af adtii the V aa Xri,'WJ II III ) J GREECE vSnJ;" r'fW&W : t jlaalrlaaa aad Caraaaaa llava DHa tarklaaa ta Alkaala Parr, M'kara raraalt artaa.ly la , (lava fmS til a Caattaaiaa. Laaaoa Tkaary la Tkat Autra-Ctnuat Em part ta Ba I aa4 X. I nap,! 'aa Akaait aa riaat Itaaalaaa. a. nalaarlaaa raaaiaa vm a rmti waavrara lUaiMab af imMh Itanltta Anar W ith aarblaa kaatbara Araar raacb aad Kaallak la Maaaatlr lUta. a. AMl-rm Maaa Han lXVaa) Mao ta brtm na Ara Rala ta Ba Oat Kaa far At ,aak la Far aai BalaaHaa Laft. Maaaatlr RtMrltl ta Ba la lamlaat Daaaaa af Oerpatlea hj tka Balarlaaa, a. Half rraaaHaa Kir"tlaa af e aaaa ta Ca ta Alt at Sarklaaa Tkraagk Alkaala. R tratla aarMaaa ai ta Ba llaa4 far kaatart, Alkaala. a ! CHICAGO. Dee. II (Special.) HttTr anewfall. which began Friday I night continued oractlcally all of to day. but It was wet and heavy ana much of It disappeared, except is the uburba and country districts. The atorm was general over Northern parti of low ana i and la (Dreading east slowly, because of the absence of the gale. The high wind ibilded in the night and temperature Thla changed the character o itorm from sleet to aoit enow, which clogged railroads and streetcar system, but did not damage telegraph tnd telephone service aa seriously as sleet did Saturday. Trains from all directions crept in late. a I The atorm was g I Illinois. Indiana. I I Lower Wisconsin a J I ward, but more sl a a bociic I I subsldi I rose. the it I an DEMAND IS MADE iTr V"k T:'."7- 'V".."? Dipfcmaiic Relations Are De- effni ka t falit as la Its ! sr-I cfarcd In Grave Dancer. aaa. aane IKal It a.v.r tad keea mora tftaa try al aad )st t.e ,armn I . Tkat la is. 'if"j n(..t t!e tail af Jef f ra ar4 a yramlaaatlf la tk.lr 11 swaapaeare. far t.ta ama ra I.ari faaae ar Tr t ta a. wklck laIu-la-t ta k t Firaar. a5aut tka dt:ay af gira-i-aa af ?-:!fimee da HM f aa tka la i af tita lrrrMn-4i ( act. a . ia4a ailrfc af ta Ika Oar. aa sraaa. ? la af ta faat tket iaraiaa mH4 ara era .1 i etraUtne; ! taa irra.ii a? I.il'a at aa ala "ir'tf ff't thinfs fr tk.ir wi. Ika f.a Bkraea ktt a ta4ay ta soaka tka eaaia lar-e rHinlwt. rsiNa. Ciaai orarr fine. ! af Ika aaaat artaoe Mnr.tt t ka aaart Hire rraaa rr.k aad r.!i '. ara "katl.tiaa af Inrar. atadaa' raataiat-is- stataanaata eala late la ckaar ar lB.".ma aa.Jiar. or la t" tn.na aa Imjf.i.cn af Ike aa j. af tka l.t rofronlo(c Ikam. Far utrtjlt. I'raaoa aa't.r f4 aa srt aa.ra ?4r.-t la tka Caeaitae sail "If Ik Oaratena) .ma; I ear aa. k.imka tkT t;i a ..Tr4 aa4 cam f ttraiski Is la tse traaxkes la rinxa cka vara TSra eamatklnhc la tit. ft far tram tj;:a I aiat a JoyNI Oermea olf.-r arka ka4 com out af kaitt a f' keira ta.'ora ac4 wka w a. .till la a kif!k a etate af erttm.ttt tkat ke wa. caanesuab'aM. fart af kla rar retire was 4.ata4 ta a fcaajrtr trtkata ta ta effra-T ef the As'a-rran-k "itlni-aoaMn." aa ba calla4 liana, kat. rt -.!a DrMa an4 con f i-t'ara. fea 4 at kta alary aim the word. Tay (. y.. kit aat good as we stlak." Craay LJaa PI i llaeta-4. Of tka i-4 try af dawamaata tkaaa Rtnda4 to Inf.araa .oljlara k.ra ara aar auaiet aeatlntea. Von. I n! that the enemy are poisoning .:.. a:.ier that tnay ha ka ekMoctrrtf vrtaneara on tkar fronts an4 ai l a taa aama ta ca.a tkay take prlannara an the nck front. Maar a craiy :e le tkue disseminated far It aseral or .Tact up1 a morale, and ike ramarkaakla part ef tfcla kind ef trpfanla l. tkat a commanding of rirar can ta fount aho, tr Ijjula at-k ). taBt tkat ha kae trr4ar klaa MMKri eo cradvilaae and staflf a. to b:ta it At fl-at I rou'd aat b.!l.a that rtn af Ih.aa "kuilatln. af Inforrratlon" ekant volaonad wetta aad ekoottnc !rtser kad ra:ty haaa laaaad. kat finally I cama en a k'lll.ttn of In for ""tun tket kad kan circulated among nvk, troops. Iira is a traoacrip- tiwa: V'tl'aati .f tnf--aa ka Siaa ta ika tr'i... ea- t kf 'V'-Trana '""al i i z rai. Xajrca.raV wmwinratw 'a i:n So.ltr. mt ma ajit-a A inrui Carve ak- .f i'aa p'- -'a n ffa '"at Ji ra alrta mt '&lna a'aa loot. a-r'i.e la ra actual at 'ka rirr tr-ra4 t3e r,.fM ka.. SaiMl attaiaa aaMra at K.aa-ti'jaak. awia-ara a4 1 t na. tra-a alk thmj kaaa tfakM a-a m, a !af nmatir; la a UK a Ik. "Tf anttata are a'tanaa raaaaa Hank Ware AltaaV. rerameat'naf aa tM a Oeranaa Ce aaal aai4: Ta tkav thlak. ar pra- in ta istaa. mat wa carmaaa ara aat arly . kit Imkaclta Mtkh rt'kam wa make 144 Raaalaa ansae r 'irr mae more ta aa alive tkaa dead karatsa wa caeno pat d.ad snaa ta wea aft at reaaa CMt.ji.s tkoae-a tka fa kad katlattta af tnfor-riatiaa is aa a taaaaa af Inarir- I'fnaT troop. It la not mora rhlMlsh tkaa the fragment alaad.r tkat traoee ara saat drrak Into kattia. P-a far aa tka t:aris! troop, are coaceread. tkay ara murk snare Uhatv a wark tkara a-iTaa mta ar"e orJr ay means af a wtif tkaa a 4rink. from Laatkaa to ia tkat kaa alwave keaa tkatr way. tkh.a prtaonor af war are aoea-ll.-i4 aftar kala a'arrkad. Ika moat ff.-taa af eitrartlng Infarma- fta la ta ta'k wuk than la gro-ipa. A maa eaanttned a.ite la eaatlaoe an4 keaae k'. kead. - A araoa la vetakle an4 eicitad. and aark maa l II la eee-er ta sat tka e'k.r rtgkt. Th.a It k?sand so and so. sissasts tka ef- fl. ar. wka la chattlaT b a srro'ipi of 3rtiT. T. It kapranad that war. ana af Ika otaa raapoada. Ka, kav aa atk.r lntar!--t. It waa this war. an4 ka lira a 4 ffar.at '!( af tka mtt r We!!. I ara a at ecri and each a Mace, a third Insist, and what t saw a tkis and lat. r.ry tnaa la Aat li'4 In ihiM and e.rr maa wanla la am important ay contrikadaa a fact tkat ke think Important. And eev from taa varloiia and varying r arra ti'aa aamarklea rakaroat and vataakle taa efati k dediced. ait'o eTcars ta.k lltt!e wbea tkay ara lekan prtaonar. Tka ana ara d!f farani. wlt'mg to talk and rapaMe af talking wall Pa::sa prisoners wore aepar'eny fr!ora and epa-:te!!r frank Tbev 3r-i eaty tka wiak ta kaa Ika war ever and the k-aeleaenae of coo Ma ood eftort an tkatr part. Cid It, faar salX asd let as get home. Their loaaas ta prisoners and kl.:ed kad b..a -4t af at) protortio3 ta tka aamker f'fktleg The llttla greqp wklrk I aa reuatarad bad ortginaUr baan a ecaut tng partr of Twenty had fallen aaaf Dtjuasda The raet were prison era Tkay ware waerteg eaw anltorma. made, tkey aavid, from Am.rlcaa eletk. TEXT OF NOTE GIVEN OUT t'allrcl Flatre Conaldera rriaclplea of ITotavanlly Wavw Igaorad by abettarlnc, Woleh haak A roaa In MrdllrerajteaB. rr-act-4 yi-at para sureed, of the impoaslbUity of taking- it into port as a rrita of war. Law at Masaaalty TtoUtaa. ta Coaaransant of the t'nlted glalee caasidsra that the command. r vtotatad tka principles af tntarnallonaU nptyfrg to the American Oorarnm.nt s aa submarged and torpadoed the Ancona. Pltaatlaa l"arthr raaapllcated. The situation betwaaa the two eoantrlee la complicated by the facts which have been brought to tha atten tion of the Slate papartmant In con nection with tba Invastigatloa of Ana. trie a consular and diplomatic offlclala. Thaea caeea. Involving Alexander von Kuber. Consal-Henaral at Mv Torn Baron Rrlrb Xwl4lnk. charge of tka Ao.trlan ambasey hare, and other officials, still were nndrr considers. lion. It wae said tonlrht that It was prob able that decislooa might not be rearh4 antil aome Indication waa re- caivad of the proposition of the Austro- Hnnaarlan aovrnnaat la regard to tha Anrona 4aman4a. Tha braahlBg off of diplomatlo rela- tlona witn Austria-Hungary, aside from all other considerations, would be daplored bare, bacause It would snaan Ika recalling of rre4ertcK C. "en- field. A mar if n Ulalster at Menna. wha Is regarded as being engaged In a great work In tha causa ef humanity la tha war sone. mr.nixn still is missi.xq Aaatria'a Delay In Sopplrlitf Ancona tVtail Itiplalned. VITTTX A. rvae. 11. aria London, D.e. It The r.eaon of Austria's delay la taw and of humanity by sh.tMng and torpa-iolng tha Aneaaa baforo tha par sons aa board had b-ea put la a place af safety ar area gten sufficient time la laava tha veeoaL rl.a lararaaaHa ta I He IkauaaaJ prta- tka eommeadar caa aaty ba ckaraeter isad aa waaloa sleug hlsr of dafeaealeas aoacasBbataata. slace. at tba time whea the vaeel wa shellad and lorpar!iad, afeo was aat. It appears, restating or at lamptlng to ascapa. and ao other rea son Is sufficient to excuse such aa at tar k. not avea the poaalblllty of rescue. "Tha Ooverament of the Vnltad Stat la foread. tkarafore. to the roe rlotloo either that tka commsod.r of the submarine arted la violation of his Instructions or that tha Imperial and royal government failed to Isaac In struction to commander of ICS sub- tnarinee ta aecordaace with the law of natloae aad the prtnciple of humanity. Tka Oovarnment of tha lnltd atatre Is nnwii;ing to believe the latter altsrna lire and ta credit Ike Aurtro-llm-carlaa govrnmat with aa Intentloa to parmtt It aubmarlna to dratrcy tk ln of help!. man, woman and chil dren. It praf.rs to b.Ilevo that the commander cf the submarine committed thte outrage without authority and Contrary to general or apecial instruc tion which be bad received. af Ufactlaaa la DemaaeVd. "Aa tha good relations of tha two countries must rest upon a common reaard for law and humanity, tha Gov ernment of tha United Htatsa cannot ba exp.ctad to do otharwlae than to demand that tha Imperial and royal government denounce the sinking of the Ancona a an tilaaal and Indefens ible act: that tha officer who p.rpa iral.d tha daed ba punished: and that reparation by the perm. at ' an In datnnttr ba ma4e for tha dtls.n of tka t'nltad atat'S wha were hilled or Injur ad by the attack on tha vassal. 'The Uovernment of the United Utates expect that the Aostro-liun-garlan gavsrament. appraclatlag the gravity of tha case, will accede ta lis ataman d promptly; and It rests thle ex pectation aa tha belief that the Aus-tro-liangaxtaa government will aot eanctiea ar defead aa act which I cendmnd by the world aa lahumaae aad kerberou. which la abhorrent ta all ciTiiia.4 natlona and wklrk ka caused tke death ef lane-rant American citisena LAX BIN a Wevfci la Ba Ctvea for Raply. ronsldaratloa of the txt of the pot overshadowed all elsa In official and diplomatlo circles In Waehlngtoa to day. Everywhere laformatloa wa aaralta-4 InditalJng how the communi cation waa received by the Vienna government, and what effect It might have oa public opinion In Austria-Hungary. The course the United Flelee will pursue la understood to have bea de t arm load aa. Tha laaue la rlaarly de fined. A reasonable lima will be given Austria-Hungary la which la raply to tke communication, before further ac- tita la taken. Tha word "prompt" aa uad In the aoe la understood to mean that Austria-Hungary must accede to tke dmnd ef tha United ft a taa with waa al moat. If tha 4aman4 le not eamp'ta4 with. Immadlat aevar- aivre of diplomatic relation Is r. gerdad aa cartain. Italaaaaat Baaed aa Kaawleafa. The elatemant la tha note that tha Aastra llunaarlea government had boon advtead through correspondence which paaa4 between tba United State aad Oermany of tba attitude of the United B'ate toward submarine warfara s baad oa the knowledge that the Auetrtaa embassy here ai fully cognisant of everything that passed becweea 'Washlagtoa and Perlln, Aitkouch in aorae auartera It wes thought that the Auetrtaa government might reply that tha ceamtettr of Ike submarine exceeded or disregarded hie Instructions, It was pointed out that tha nffirlal statamant of tha Aaetra-Hungertsa Admiralty In ra gard to the sinking ef tha Ancona at tercpted ta Justify tha action of the aubmarlna ky declaring that the teem. er triad to a scan and that a veaael was approaching wbea tha Austrian war Inuulrr for details la tha Ancona case. the Associated IT. as correspondent learns from a wall-Informed source. Is that It bss baan Impossible thue far to . . I.IA MBMH.lMtlM Wit k tka SttK- aexia I maplaa Involved a thSUIk aarV Sflort has been made ta do so. Ambassador Tenfleld submitted the Am.rlcaa communication on November It, and aasurancaa were given him that the desired Information would b obtained aa soon as possible. A few daye later It bad not yet been possible to find tho pubmarlne, and nothing Is known of Its whereabouts up to now. Inasmuch aa the submarine Is a large one. with a wide radiua of action. It Is' declared this might easily happen. It la considered possible also that tn aabrearlne may bava met with misfor tune. BELGIANS BLOWN UP gaearahevel.ra TAark AH Mght. In Chicago 1500 men and many teams were kept busy In the downtown dis trlcta. In aa effort to keep the streets open. Ajl the traction lines also naa large forcea out all day and night, but tha steady snowfall undid much or their work. The storm Is diminishing tonight and tba forces of snowshoveW rs will work all night and bava tbs streets la fair condition when busi ness opens tomorrow. The fact that tha storm cama on Sunduy, when traffic Mimiiirmei Far.tnrv at Havr i minimum, prevented much j " I ai Wrecked, 110 Killed. order and many accidents. Dispatchea from points around the great Lakes said that all belated ves els had been accounted for. Heeding tha warning of gales sent out Friday night by wireless, all of. them mad hastily for shelter -end escaped the PRISONERS CAMP IS NEAR r00' t,mp"t of sturda- veaeeia ruae oat sisrak Those which could not make port slipped Into the first eonvenient cove and rode out tha atorm safely. Tha anow storms la tha North are reflected In tha Bouth by colder weath er and heavy ralna Tba blixsard which punished five atates severely Saturday Is headed for tha East and probably will strike tha Allsghenles tonight, but Its tssth have been drawn by higher temperaturae and the subsiding gale. Device) Intended to Cause Ex pic alon loand in Dos of Ammuni tion Sent From America Cause le Not Yet Determined. PARIS. Dec li One hundred and RML GARS FORCE FIGHTING pvrigsi ar report. 10 piti nwwn rCoistintiH From Klnt P(r. ktlU4 la yt-rdir zploaloti In th It aa t ar i at ca aaa. at a I I I An a fiflnrw eat l - Wt-eh ye a dlep.tch from that city to the' Savr"e. N. T. Twenty-fiva thousand Austro-nungarians who naa oeen toaae prisoners by the Serbians were aet free by the Teutonic forces during their drive through Serbia, a statement Is sued by tha Overseas News Agency todey ssys. ilsny others died during epidemics Tempe today. "The causa af tha explosion hss nol yet been determined." eays tha news paper. "Tba investigation has devel oped that one of the buildings con tained boxes of ammunition which came from the United states some time ago. It was discovered that In one of these I end the fate of others still is unknown. boxes wss an apparatua designed to causa defiagration. Tba bos of ex plosives was - rendered harmless and tha laboratory examination which fol lowed disclosed Interesting facts. It Is also pointed out tbst a Oerman prisoners' camp Is aot fsr from the factory and that nine months ago yes terday the Iximarali Oil Company'a plant, also near tba prisoners' camp, waa burned." "Serious fesrs are entertained re gardinc missing prisoners," says tha newa agency, "since Bulgarian officers I have alleged that Austro-Hungarlan prisoners were mercilessly treated dur. lng tba campaign, tba Serbians leaving them without food and even killing prisoners In several Instances." Hotel Multnomah Table d'hote dinner, One Dollar Tables by reservation for dinner and dancing up to 9 P. M. Entire floor cleared and devoted to dan cing for guests and patrons from 9 P. M. to 1 A. M. Informal 1INTELEH IS DISAVOWED (.unsAU Dr.air.s ornci.iL co.t .arCTIOJI Or CAPTAUf. Beroatorff Xatlftea Laaalag He la atrarllaaa Wava Clvew ta Vlalate Una af t ailed State. WASIIINGTOf. Dec. 12 Count Von IJemstorff. tha German Ambassador, announced todey that ba had been au thorlsed by hi government to "die avow" Captain Krans Von Klntelen. and declared that he had no Instructions to commit any acts which were in vio lation of the laws of the Ualted States. The ambassador will convey thla in trurtion to tha State Department for Ita Information. When In America. It was said at the Embassy. Klntelen act ed solely In the capacity of a purchas ing agent for private Intereeta. Klntelen. now a prisoner - In the Tower of London, has been charged with coming to thla country armed with a largo corruption fund to Incite etrtkere la munitions faetorlsa. Ha also baa been accused of being con ceraed In attempts to set up a counter revolution In Mexico, and la tha flnanc laa of the organisation known a "La bor National I'eace Council." Rtntelen. who is ssid to ba a friend of Emperor William, was apprehended by Kritiah autborlttea at Falmouth while attempting to return to Crr many. -" CENSORSHIP IS RELAXED London 1'orelcn Office) to Trust tha Xewapaper. LONlxN. D-. II. Tha following of- final statement was made publlo to night: "rlr tldward Orey hae arranged that from I'ecrmber lo. ll. ceneorshlp by tbe ores bureau on behalf of the tor aiarn Office shall be suspended. This will not mean a chance In the provl alone of the defense of the realm act or of regulations made thereunder. They will ba binding as heretofore, but tbe responelbillir of eeetng that they are compiled with aa regards taa publica tion by any newspaper or by any news agency or matter relating to forelga affairs will rest on the directors ef that newspaper or news agency. "As regards matter telegraphed abroad from thla country, the responsl. billty will rest with the senders of tele, grams. -Nothing la this announcement af fects the existing arrangements for tbe reasorshlp of navgj or military matters to which wholly different considera tions spply. nor the censorship of other matters, save In so far as they relate to foreign affaire." Taa Qeialae That Does 5H Affect the H-ad. n-uee of tie tie eel lesatlve afreet LAXATIVE SKOMO Qt'IMMB caa ba lak.n br envoae vitHati reusing nerouece nor insist ta haag. There la etur eae ' areaie Qaiaiae." C tk. Creae s siguiure ea baa.:c Sunday's War Moves BRITISH DEFENSE VIGOROUS Tenacity Against Odds Saves Allies From Destruction. LONDON. Dec. 13 Router's Tele gram Company sars that it has authen. tic Information that the allies have decided not to withdraw from SalonlkL, The special correspondent of Keu- ter'a Telegram Company with the Brit THE Anglo-Frrnch troops who last week began their retirement from their advanced poaltiona In Southern Serbia, ar now approaching. If they Un headquarter staff in the Balkans nava not crossed, tn ureea frontier,! thus describes the retreat or the al and the attitude Greece will adopt be comes mora ana mors important. Dispatchea from Athena and newel available In London indicate that the lsu. which waa left to tho Greek and allied military authorities at SalonlkL lies: "Last week General Sarrail had al ready prepared to evacuata advanced positions along the Cerna front. On Saturday Krivolak waa abandoned and after establishing a first bridgehead at Detnlr-Kapu. tha French made a la being amicably arranged and that second bridgehead at Grabec, after the allies will ba allowed to retire to withdrawing ail storea and destroying that city without any Interruption on tunnels and bridges on the railway, tha part of the Greeks, and will be Meanwhile the Bulgarians and Ger- permitted to remain there. roans in constantly increasing; strength Questions which are aerlously occn- began to bear heavily on the point of pylng tha Greek government have to junction of tho Franco-Brltleh lines, do with tha uaa of tha railways, which especially threatening the Strumitsa are needed for the Creek troops, and which forms tha main artery of the damage that might be don to them with the object of Impeding BulgarlanI pursuit, should the Sofia government! decide that the British and trench are to ba followed Into Greek territory. Tha Greek government has good evl-l dene of the efficient manner In which! tho French englneera destroy railways In the work done along tha Una north of tha Greek frontier. So well was I this accomplished that tha Bulgarians! were greatly delayed, having to use! roads covered with snow, with the result that tb French escaped almost unscathed. our position. 'The Germans soon began to maka things hot for our first line. They had weather conditions in their favor, and under cover of mist, which prevented our longer-ranged field gun from reg- isterlng with 'accuracy, they brought numerous mountain guns to positions mpraetlcabl for our less mobile pieces and opened a murderous fire at close range. Exposed to this hot gruelling, and threatened partly on our flank owing to tho French retirement, our positions soon becanie untenable anu the men of tho Irish division were withdrawn to a second line prepared long time in advance. During these engagements tba fighting was often at close quarters, owing to the mist. but tho gallant Munster fusiliers, the Dublin fusiliers and the Connaught rangers repeatedly drove the enemy off with the bayonet with heavy losses. The superiority of numbers of tha enemy and bis mountain guns, now. ever, in tha long run prevailed and we retired to our second line, the French having in tbe meanwhile abandoned the bridgehead at Grabec and Hill No. 56. The importance of our stand in these positions is difficult to exagger ate. because had the Bulgarians sue. ceeded in pushing through they would have cut off tbe retreat of the French main forces, as well as ef the British, and probably would have Inflicted grave reverses. Since Tuesday the pressure of the Bulgarians has re- axed and our new positions are strong." GREECE NOT TO DEMOBILIZE All but Division, However, Will Be Withdrawn From Salonikl. LOXDOV, Dec. If. Greece will not demobolixe but will withdraw all her troops from Salonikl. except one dlvi slon, according to tbe Times' Pari correspondent, This, the correspond ent adds, is the result of negotiation at Athens and the entente allies nav decided to prosecute the Saloniki en terprise vigorously. A dispatch to the Times from Athen says the embargo on uree snippin has not vet been raised and that Gree grain shipments continue to be held back In the entente allies ports. FOES OF SUFFRAGE GATHER Association Onnoeins Votes for Women to Convene Today. WASHINGTON. Dec. 12. Women delegatea representing 23 etate anti suffrage associations were here to night ready for the opening tomorrow of tho annual convention of the Na tional Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage. A feature of the opening session will be the reading of a letter by Mrs. Rob ert Lansing, wife of the Secretary of State, from her rather, John w. Fos ter, an ex-Secretary of State, opposing the enfranchisement of women. The delegates will be received Tues day by President Wilson at the White House. The following day tney win seek to appea. before the Republican National committee. VoncaIJa High Gives Bazaur. VONCALLA. Or.. Dec. 12. (Special.) The Yoncalla High School held a Christmas bazaar and social Saturday afternoon and evening, in assembly hall, to raise funds to pay for the new piano, recently purchased by tho stu dent body. About S0 was raised. Mulholland Santa Clara Captain. SAN JOSE. Cai., Dec. 12. Eddie Mul holland, or Spokane, Wash., has been elected captain of the 1914 rugby foot ball team at Santa Clara University. He played second five In the recent Stanford-Panta Clara frame. The British, who bad advanced. far-1 ther from the railway to the northeast! of Lake Pol ran. bad a much more dif ficult feat to accomplish when retire-1 meat was decided on and Buffered morel heavily. They were faced by greatly I superior forces and. according to anl oficial report Issued In London last! night, their successful withdrawal to al position extending from Lake Uolranl to tho Vardar Valley was largely due to tbe gallantry of three Irish regi-l meet, the Munster Fuslleers. the Dub. Iin Fuslleers and tbe Connaugbt Hen-1 Bars. what the next move win be Is known I only to the allied staffs, but it la gen-1 erally believed, that the Anglo-r rench I forcea will fall back to Salonikl. where I reinforcements are arriving and which I will he fortified from Salonikl and near the Bulgarian frontier, but Is not con firmed. If it Is true, the object doubt less Is to secure the railway and pre- vent tha Bulgarians from sending! troops westward Into Greece. He cold 143 7 for and dampness Dispatchea from Fetrograd Indicate I that tha Germans are withdrawing their renter to what I known as tba Bug River line, which, however, is con siderably northeast of that river. 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