THE WEATHER ;
Portland and vicinity Sunday, fair
and ooatinued cold weather la tola
district; aaatarly winds..
Oreroa and Washington Sunday
fair and continued coldt northeast to
east -winds. y.
Zdano Sunday fair and eontlnuad
cold. it : i -'
CONTENTS
I General Hewe 6-society. Clubs,
Editorial, Baal - Muslo, Features
Xstate. Markets for Woiien.
3 Part 1. Sports 6 JSdagrarine, pie- .
. part 8. Marin torial Sapple-
News. Want Ads ' tneat
4 Drama Autos 7 Comlo
VOL. XI. NO. 38.
CITY EDITION
PORTLAND, OREGON,
SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1914.
PRICEFIVfiJ CENTS "
aELLSTOSIMG
tNLY YULTIDE
RROLS ABROAD
, I : .
Poi's Plea for Christmas
lice Is Rejected by One
Qthe Nations and Plan
VI Be Given Up.
CHDREN OF EUROPE
0 RECEIVE PRESENTS
Chritrias Ship! Provided for
Ttfh, But Elders Will
(Have No Joy.
By Ed L. Keen.
pltfd Press Leased Wire.)
Lond Dec. 12.--The thundering
roll of (ivy guns will bo the Chrlst-
xnas cites of Europe. Its carols
will be crtes of dying men. Across I
the sky sward which the wise inert 1
looked f.the star which guided them I
to a mar will dart the aircraft of I
hostile Irers the j latest man-made
fiii.wtnVT " "
Thousiw may die upon battlefields I
n this tnlng Christmas day, when
the.measa of "peace On earth, gooff
will to ny- is being again repeated
In other -ttt of the world. '
Pope Bidlct, in Rome today, an- 1
licunced tt his effort to bring about j
a truce Uveen the warring nations 1
of Kuropoyrlng the Christmas sea- I
son has- red. I
t .iut.i :
. i-t 1
One of t-powers, a communication
from the can said, was opposed to
the propoa The power is not men-
tioned. to Berlin a report came
yesieraay n Kussia nua rejeciea tne I
suggestion (, his holiness. The Rua-
sians' Chrias and thatbf other na-
tlons at W. fall on different days,
The RusslaChrlstmas Is January 7,
but the entj; plan for a cessation of It is reported today thsrt'a squadron
fighting thteven the armies in the of six British warships met four Brit
fleld might st upon their arms dur- lsh colliers on Friday at sea 60 miles
In g the perlteacred rto peace through- I
out the Chrian world has been abafn-
tioned. ,
Had an aeetnent been reached
there wouldava been a possibility
of two trui-v-M least one upon !
eastern and astern battlefronta at
different titn-
- ' TtlBusaWif sf t children "of England,
Bngluu ., - Attstrla and Qer-
. many will flvin "their stockings if
the Belgian Jildren have stockings
now a remenrance from the children I
oe Amenra ugn across me bwb
by the Clirlliaa ship Jason. For
the ciders th will be only heart
aches and miring. The American
relief com ml is sparing no ef
fort to relievthe' suffering in Bel
((ABoludrd on.ge Eight. Column Six)
EVERY PASENGER ON
TO Gf VACCINArtD
Conductor ji Train Which
Left HerFriday
Had SmaSox.
rnng
fny the Infertonal News BerTir.j:
Ssn Krtincisq-Dec. 12. Flftv-six
passengers on he Ore?on Express.
which arrived -m Portland at 'the
Oakland mole tais morning fmund
themselves in tit clutches of the po
lice and tne ncai authorities of Oak
land an4 wcre tc-lbly vaccinated be- I
fere they were lowed to go to their I
homes or hotels) Keverat of them; ob
jected. Womentrith ' babies were es
pecially obduraf But the threat of
10 days qurania brought themi all
to the scalpel.
This action tv taken becduse of the
supposed Illness om smallpox of Con
ductor Scheer, M had charge of .the
train between Ijeburg and Ashland,
" w" removea iroiu me
train at Asnian.at noon. lhe day
mm RESS HAS
coach where hdiad sat was flimi- J corners or linger before shop win
rated and the psengers were herdedJ dows
into two rear ftchea. The Oakland I
officials were n if ted to take Drooerl
action by DonaUI. Currle. secretary I
roue TOund Cars. i l
One of the pllar features to the 1
situation is thanone of the pasaen-1
gers knew whaHag going to hai&pen
to them until ty reached th Oak-
land Mole and Hind their cars sur-
rounoen ny pnnen. Then Dr. Alien I
tt. uitiinan, nea,i orrice.r of Oakland
and two of his Wistants, boarded the
train and work so fast that all the
-passengers weraccinated in an hour
nd a hair. i
Many passenrs pn this train Kot
on and.of f durie the trip down from 1
Oregon. Passers exposed to ;the
same supposed langer as those who
were captured ' Oakland, were ul
lowed to leave fc" train at Hacramento.
nnr got ornt nerneiey. it was
only the 6 ttueremained on the train
that fell Into i (.hands of the officers
11 VM Quarantine,
'.Y.n or. nlhlnder nn-ranMn
At. ' .
" v .v " . ?S
....... u ui. r ma
wake of eeve policemen, followed
by his asslstaqj, with suspicious look-
ing inairumeni. ana iutes in ineir
hands. ' I
Tho compaiti had parked the two
cars on the Me outxide the shed snd
the police haiclosed all exits. The
passengers wrt too dazed to do any
thing but sutdt In the majority of
instances. f- -
Ono womaowith a baby cried and
(Concluded oax Two. Coluua four
Cruiser Dresden
Is Run Aground
at Rio Qallegos
British Vessel Which Escaped
Admiral Stur dee's British
Fleet, Reported Ashore.
Bnanos Aires, Sac. 12. A dispatch
from Sio Gallegos reports that the
German light cruiser Dresden, which
escaped destruction by Vic Admiral
Sturdee's British fleet off the Falk
land Islands Tuesday, was run aground
at that port today.
Bio Galleg-os is on th Santa Crux
coast of Argentina, 300 miles directly
wast of the Falkland Islands, where
th battle occurred. , It Is 73. miles
north of th Atlantic entrance to the
Straits of Magellan.
Berlin, Dec. 12. Via Wireless via
Sayvllle "The loss ot a cruiser squad
ron off the FaUclands," says the of-
.VapiT.
sine th most optimistic had sot
dared to expect that th ships could
escape pursuit."
Destroyers to Keep
Canal Zone Neutral
Colonel Qoethals Cables to Washing'
ton for Xfavai Tassels to Help En
fore Herniations of United States.
Panama, Dec. 12. Colonel Goethals,
governor of the canal zone, cabled to
Washington on Friday a request for
torpedo boat destroyers to enforce neu-
trallty la canal waters
On Friday the British auxilliary col-
"iier Lena violated the neutrality of
canal waters and the canal laws by
using its wireless. The United States
naval station here was not At the mo
roent ready to Interrupt the Lena's
message, and quick orders to the Fan
ama railroad steamer Advance to do so
developed that its wireless was not
prepared ror duty.
vv irciwss inrewiicK m i-uuo nave uccu
ivj ..- otn
nd the pre8t.nce of allied warships off
the Paclfic terminal demonstrate Hhat
4hr wi.tr nrn madn a. naval hasn
for th allies
Tne British minister here has been
informed that Colonel Qoethals will
grant absolutely no deviation from
President Wilson's neutrality orders,
south of Panama and coaled from
theiru it is believed here tnat these
warships came from Australian waters.
One of them Is -said to be the battle
cruiser Australia.
Greatest American
Armada to Gather
mut taeindiar fli Sattlashlos.
Wine of Them Saper-Draaananffhts,
to Maneuver in January.
Washington, Dec. 12. The, most for
midable armada ever assembled tinder
the American flag will be seen at the-
naval station at Guantanamo in Janu
ary. Secretary of the Navy Daniels
announced tonight that he had -issued
orders for" concentrating the Atlantic
fleet there on January 15 for maneu
vers. -
The fleet will be composed of 21
hattleships, nine of them of the most
powerful typo of sijper-dreadnaughts.
Tho two latest monsters, of the navy,
the Texas and the New York, will be
among them.
Admiral B'letaher, recently appoint
ed commander of the Atlantic fleet,
will leave New York between January
10 and 15 for Guantanamo to direct
the maneuvers.
The vessels will- be stationed at
Guantanamo until ready to start
through the Panatiia canal to the Pan-uma-Pacilc
exposition as eBcort to
President Wilson, the congressional
and official party.
Portland Gets Taste
Of Winter Weather
8trt Temperature of 34 Makes Peo-
pi Step Along Lively and Get Their
Tuts Out.
With a street temperature of 34 de
gTees Old Man Winter got in
powerful licks last night.
It was undoubtedly the snappiest
coid Portland has had In a long time.
8nd it made Dedestriana sten live v
v.. cared to loiter lone on atreet
nn. onnM 0A tliisi- fxraa "Brin test
fwnm ' ti& mimHf r-f -Put tviats snrl
.,.-
Every little pool of water in the
streets was frozen solid and you
longed for the hlack velvet earmuffs
rVou used to wear. The kind that were
held on with a piece of wire. So. tak
ftig all these things under considera-
tlon. it seemed like real winter weather.
Mount Lassen-Is
Aeam m Lruntion
. w ...
I Sixty-Third Outbreak Believed to Have
Made Wide Test la, Bim of OU
Crater. " !,
Redding. Cal., Dec. 12. M(int Las
sen went on another tear this afternoon,
the sixty-third eruption breaking at 4
o ciock ana isui.8 nil oar.iieas urK
i on oot?rv atuuii.
The cloud of smoke was intensely
black much blacker than has been
eeen before and the blackness stayed
wUo the cloud until it drifted miles
l and miles to the southwestward. The
I shower of ashes must have been ex-
J tremely heavy. No reports direct from
I the .immediate vicinity have been re
i celved. To an observer in Redding, the
peak appears to have been split wide
open by today's eruption and far down
the western slope. This Is probably
due to the new crater making a wide
vent in the western rim of the pre
historic crater.
UNITED STATES
FEELING
PULSE
OF NEW TRADE
European Nations Coming in
for Immense Orders,) In
cluding. Heavy Buying .of
Raw Cotton rf or .Germany.
ORDER FOR $6,000,000
IN MOTOR TRUCKS DUE
eden Is New Factor in the
Market, Making Heavy
Purchases.
(Speeial to The Jrarnal.)
Chicago, Dec. 12. Heavy buying of
raw1 cotton has been started in the
United States by agents of the Ger
man government,, according to infor
mation obtained by Chicago bankers
Six vessels are now loading at south
ern ports for destinations in Germany,
and the cargoes will cost that country
?60 a bale by the time It lands there.
Resumption of cotton exports, which
ror rive months had practically
amounted to nothing, is taken In bank
ing circles to Indicate that the sea
son's crop will soon be moving and
the financial difficulties which had
attended the situation will be greatly
relieved.
Further evidence of increasing busi
ness in the United States as a result
of the European war was contained in
dispatches from Detroit, which quoted
Captain W. It. Eaton, of the British
army as authority for the statement
that a new order for 3000 motor trucks
for Russia, France and England will
soon be placed in the United States
The value of the order is estimated at
Enormous Track Purchases.
Captain Eaton1 Is quoted as saying
that the total number of motor trucks
for which orders have thus far been
placed in this country since the out
break of the war is about 6500 valued
at 316,119,000. He said the total busi
ness stia to come to America in motor
truck orders is enormous.
According to Captain Eaton, within
30 to 60 days vast orders for equip
ment for 1,000,000 more English, 1,
000,000 more Russian and 600,000 more
Tencn souuers will come to this coun
try.. ... ..."
Most of the motor truck orders so
far have gone to the Pierce-Arrow. the
White, the . Federal,. IU. .Unkmi,n uo
reeriess and Hie; Autocar companies.
All are .said to Iwave orders of sufficient
size to keep them busy throughout the
winter.
Aside from the : warrinsr coimtrio
Sweden promises to enter the market
for American goods on a scale never
oerore equalled. Recently that coun
try's agents have made numerous in.
quiriea for products and several sub
stantial orders have been reDortpd
Requirements of the country cover
a wide variety of products. Raw
goods ror textiles are anions the goods
wanted, as well as motor vehicles, oils.
iemer goous, naval stores, paints,
drugs, essential oils, cotton, erain.
wool, groceries, copper, lead, hickory,
ash and tobacco.
Tho trade between the United States
and Sweden has shown a decided in
crease since the war began. Twenty
additional vessels have been plying
between the two countries, chiefly full
cargo vessels that have brought wood
pulp and have taken back grain. In
the three months ended Oi-tober 31
exports compared as follows:
Month. 1914 1913.
August $104,614 $510,536
September 683,645 539.870
October 3.915.119 992.764
'November and December so far are
said' to have shown even greater In
creases, although the official figures
have not yet been made public.
The Pan-American Consular asso
ciation of Chicago, which Is composed
of consuls of South and Central Amer
ican countries, has started a move
ment to bring the raw products of the
latin American republics to Chicago
and the middle west and return manu
factured goods from this territory in
their stead.
Ballroada Show Activity.
Since December 1 the United States
Steel corporation has taken a greater
volume of new orders than for the
same period in any of. the last sev
eral months. Shipments thus far in
December have not averaged as heavy
as aurinK the same time in November,
which, if continued throughout the
month, should cause a more favorable
unfilled tonnage statement than for
any month since August.
The Great Northern railroad has
placed a contract for 21 passenger
coaches with : the Barney & Smith
company, the Santa Fe railroad is
about to order 100 more steel tank
cars from the Pressed Steel Car com
pany, the Toledo, St. I-ouis & West
ern railroad is reported to be negoti
ating for 1800 steel car underframes,
the Westmoreland Coal company is In
the market for 200 gondola cars and
the ' California Western Railroad &
Navigation company is preparing to
let a contract for locomotives.
Turkish Gunboat
Is Sunk by "a Mine
Submarine Mic at Entrance to Dar
danelles is Believed to Sat Been
Placed There by a British Ship.
Constantinople, Doe. 12. Via'Berlln
and ; Amsterdam. Dec. 12. A Turkish
gunboat! was sunk when It struck a.
submarine mine at the entrance to
the Dardanelles today. -:
lt is believed ths mine was placed
there by a British ship.
' - -i .
RAIROAD SHOPS REOPEN
Los Angreles, CaL, Dec. 12. The local
Southern, pacific shops, which, after
working several months on half time,
closed entirely the first of this monlh,
w ill on Monday begin running; on full
time. Fifteen hundred men will, be
given employment.
REOPENING OF STOCK
EXCHANGE TO
REVIVAL OF BUSINESS
ramBeeHTriosed
.111 Days, National ; Mart
Resumes Activities; "
By B. C. Forbesi i
Bt the International New Service.)
New York, Dec. 12. Like a mighty
ship taking the water, the rler York
Stock exchange glided from Idleness
to activity on. the stroke of -10 o'clock
this morning. . . j j , : j .
' There .was . no mishap and only 1
seconds cheering by those, on! the board
and by the privileged spectators.
Five minutes after 10 all j was nom
inal. .' i . -.
And thus was history made.;
For it is history Important history
with tho greatest market in tho Unit
ed States, the market for) $25,000,000,
000 worth of securities reopened after
1eliiK closed for ill dayis, imuch tho
longest period In the country's life
time. I i
With a closed stock exchange Indus
try languishes. Investors refuse to in
vest, enthusiasm Is strangled, develop
ment ceases. The country goes back
ward, not lorward. progress and pros
perity fly away and depression and
idleness visit the land. . j j
Turning of Tide Expected.
Th reopening of the stock exchange
should mark, tlie turning of he tide of
America. j j
The incident signalizes tho restora
tion of financial confidence, j It means
that our most powerful men of affairs
are no longer afraid of undue injury
from war stricken Europe, lit means
that America feels Itself capable of
withstanding any shock the fortunes
of war may entail. It means that wa
are able and determined to go about
our own business, to attend to our own
affairs, to stand on our Own legs.
For. more than four months capital
has been frozen solid capital- the very
life blood of the nation ivill now; be
gin to circulate naturally, restoring fi
nancial, indi-strial and commercial
health.,. And labor should feap as great
benefits as anybody. I .
- So you see the stock exchange is not
a mere Monte Carlo, not a gigantic
roulette wheel,, nor any cancer eating
into the vitals of the nation. It is
rather the financial hear df the na
tion, beating slowly or rapidly in unl
son with the state cf the ;iand. More,
it is the fount from whiih flows the
, , 1 i
(l'HH-lnded or Cage Two. Column Four)
Kaiser Must Stay
Indoors for While
. I i :
ma Physician Says He Is How Able,
To Talk With Guests t But Most
Stay In for Week or Tai'Days.
London, Dec. 12. An exchange tel
egram dispatch from BerjUnj says the
kaiser's physician. Surgeon General
Von Medner. when interviewed today
concerning tlie emperorls j condition
said: , '. ! i
"The kaiser has suffeileds from an
infection of the throat I which has
taken the form of bronchial catarrh
caused by taking cold. lie nad
fever but that is now j gone. The
kaiser is now up and today i he re
ceived and -talked with j numerous
guests, lie is becoming convalescent
but he" will have to remain Indoors for
a complete rest during several days
He will not be able to return to the
field within less than a
days." , ,
week or 19
MM
DO DREAMS COIVIE TRUE?
H ; ; r
NEWS INDEX
, SECTION ONE 14 PAGES
Pare.
1. Pope's Plaa of Trace Fails.
V. S..FmIi Pulse of Trade.
Battle in Poland Beaches Naw Crisis.
N. Y. Stock Exchange Reopen.
Winter Belief Bureau's Pi ogress.
Z. The Kew Array Rndrard Kiplinc-
Expert Beview of tho War. J, W.
T. Mason.
Immit ration Bill May Not Pass.
4. General Finser te Sepraaent Got- j
. eroor. .
' Columbi Hishway Tended.
South Amerio liivitea Xrmde.
Motire Boon in Opposition to Teen.
Legislator Frovna on Steaogrsplian.
t. Stock Show Is Concluded.
Effie Xreis Repudiates Caarraa.
1. Power to Finance Utilities Urged.
Tax Levy for .1815.
. Building Material Be port of VsJuo.
Oregon Civie Xemsno Ianoheon.
Bailiff Stewart Celebrates 86 th An.
niversary.
10. Yisitinc Mane Association Seeds
Fonda.
Officials Named for Jefferson Co.
Montenegrisa Greet Christmas Ship.
Methods Employed by Masarens
Army.
Salratios Army Asks for Plain Food,
11. Beds for Homeless Provided.
Winter Belief Bureau Commended.
Belgian Belief Fund Grouts.
Mats Plan Toyland Matinee.
12. Industrial Accidents for Week
Old Paoifio IT Graduate Back From
China.
Northwest News Briefs.
13. Crime Against Children Charged.
Care for Crippled Children Planned.
Gov. West to Practice Law in Port
land. News of Commonwealth Conference.
Suburban News.
14. City's Fire Loss Causes Concern.
SECTION' TAVO 8 PAGES
Page.
1.. San Diego Fair Almost Beady.
2. Illustrated News Beview.
3. News From Foreign Capitals,
4. Editorial. -
6. City News in Brief.
6. Real Estate and Building News.
7. Markets and Finance.
t. To the Summit of Larch Mountain.
SECTION THREE lO PAGES
Part 1 Sports .News.
Part 2 Marin News; Want Ads.
SECTION FOUR 10 PAGES
Page.
1. An Oregon Woman in Hospitals of
France,
t. Dramatic News.
S, ' In the Motion Picture Field.
4-5. Phonographio Dance Record Offer,
0. Good Boads News.
7-8. Automobile News.
9. Letters From the War Zone.
10. University and College News.
Popular Science. .
SECTION FIVE 12 PAGES
Pace.
l-S-3-4. The Week in Society.
6. The Maxixe an Enjoyable Dance,
a. News of Women's Clubs,
Art and Artists.
7. Parent-Teacher News.
Social Service Activities.
Your Horoscope.
I. In the Realm of Music.
9. The Journal's '.Trade and Circulation
Contest.
10. What Every Woman Wants to Snow.
11. What Well
Dressed Women Will
Wear.
12. San Francisco Hews Letter.
SECTION SIX 8 PAGES
(Magazine and Pictorial.)
Fare.
S.
Colonel Haivey Analyses the Verdict
at the Foils.
Kreisler. Wounded, Tells of War as
He Saw It.
"War Stops Literature, " Says W.
D. Howell s.
Japanese Military Documents Praised
by Colonel koosevelt.
Soldiers of Many Kinds in Brussels
(Pictorial).
Group of East Indian Soldiers (Pic-
toiial).
Tho Wars of War and Those Who
Participate (Pictorial).
German field Postoffice (Pictorial).
Radium a Wonderful Stimulant to
the Farmers' Crops.
No Christmas Famine. Bays Ameri
can Toy Town.
,A Village Child (Short Story-
Jennetta Lee.
4.
C
T.
i.
SECTION SEVEN 4 PAGES
(Comic.)
Foot juad Mouth Quarantine.
"Washington. Dec. 12. Modification
of the foot and mouth quarantine was
ordered tonight by the department of
agriculture in 10 Pennsylvania coun
ties, one Illinois and one Ohio. . At the
same time, - the quarantine, was placed
in the crrazina; country. .Richland. Kal-
Ion and Wibaux counties, Montana,
CAN YOU WHO HAVE
BE HAPPY AND SEE
NEEDY ONES SUFFER?
Let tvery One'Who" Can, Re
spond to Call for Bundles;
Tuesday's the day,
e Winter Belief rund.
4 Trevlously reported ..$2,052.7!; 4
4 P. It. DuRette S0.00 4
e Kdward Boyce 25.00
4 fash 25.00
Arthur C. Spencer ... 20.00 e
e Junior League 10.00 w
K. A. W. 10.00
e A. strong 7. CO
O. D. (oughlln 5.00 4
Mrs. Annie Stute 5.00 w
e A. u o , r..o
rash 5.00
Cash 5.00 e
Cash 2.00
w Cash .. 2.00 e
Cash l.no 4
4 Miss Frances llanley . l.uO
e Cash 1.00. 4
4 Cash l.oo
e Cash ,r.O 4
4 Cash .50 4
:
Total J2.234.76
All the needy, the hunsry. the cold,
the cheerless. th sick in Portland
must be heard in. tho plea. f
"Do not ; forget that Tuesday Is
Bundle Day!"
Not that all tlio contributions for
winter relief of destitute families
are to be expected on that one day,
but that through the mayor's procla
mation a store of groceries, fuel or
ders, money, toys, clothing may "be
gathered quickly, which . will more
nearly commensurate the need.
Bring bundles to the organization
that yon prefer to handle them.
The Winter Relief Bureau. 184
Broadway, Journal building, will glad
ly receive and distribute where need
Is greatest.
No one feels any uncertainty about
the generous and kindly spirit of Port
land people, in iew of the contribu
tions for needy families that coma
rolling in. The growth of the winter
relief fund is shown by the figures.
Last Sunday morning it was $1286.25;
this morning $2,234.75. It almost dou
bled in a week.
Aid comes generously to pleas for
(Concluded on Faee Sine, Column Sen)
Oregon Girl May
Christen Submarine
Kiss Jasmine Boshnall of Gold Hill
Believed to Be Cescendaat of Ad
miral Bashnell.
Kugene, Or. Dec. 12. After a long
search over the country for an heir
of Admiral David Bushnell to christen
the new submarine named for him. an
Oregon girl lias been located whoso
name is now in the hands of Secretary
of the Navy Daniels, as a candidate
for the position. She in Miss Jas
mine Bushnell of Gold Hill, Or., living
with her father, James II. Bushnell.
on a fruit ranch near that town. , She
recently visited in Kugene, where she
has a sister, Mrs. Stanley smith.
Miss Bushnell Is believed to be a di
rect descendant of the Connecticut
family of Bushnells, tracing back to
David Bushnell. an admiral in the
Revolutionary war. The genealogy of
the family was prepared 60 years ago
and the records are now. in the hands
of Secretary Daniels.
BATTLE III
POLAND REACHES
NEW CRISIS, CLAIMS DIFFER AS
TO WHICH IS WINNING . VICTORY
Result of Second Advance on Warsaw by Germans Will
Have Far-Reaching Effect on War; Petroerad Reports
Germans Repulsed, Fleeing, With Russian in Pursuit
South of the Vistula. U
IN WEST FRENCH SAY GERMANS ARE QUOTING
THE YSER, WEST BANK CLEARED , ABttvE YPRES
t . r - m.m
Germans Claim Successes There, Too, However, But Ru
mors Reach London of Important British'!! Gains;
Including Victories by Territorials) . . '
i.-iiuica rress ieasca vv ire; . ' 4
London, Dec. 12. The vast engagement In Poland yiv which Field
Marshal von lllndenberg and Grand Duke Nicholas d- engaged, la
now believed to be entering a critical stage. J$. -.
It has been conceded that the
the Germans toward Warsaw will
entire war. The Russian clalmB of
ment today are contradicted by reports from-Herlln. ;iy t
South of the Vistula, the German
are assuming great importance. Here the Russians claifi to have re
pulsed numerous German,attacks
Berlin advices express the greatest
the operations north of the Vistula
Petrograd reports a severe repulse
with the Russian army pursuing the
It is evident that much now de
pends on the success of General
Francois, commanding the Germans
north of the Vistula. He has for his
objective a wide movement toward the
north of Warsaw and an advance on
the Polish capital from the northeast.
The operations in this section of Po
land have worked disaster both to
Germans and Russians In previous
campaigns. General von Hlndenbergs
first retreat from Warsaw was made
necessary when the Russians inter
cepted reinforcements advancing from
the north and drove them back. When
Grand Duke Nicholas had a large part
of von Hindenbergs army practically
trapped recently, he depended on. Rus
sians from the north coming to his
assistance to complete the closing of
the ring about the enemy.-- . ' e
Germans Checked Bnsslans. '
As a result of reperts that General
Rennnekampf commanding these forces
was disgraced for falling to arrive in
time, it is believed the Germans suc
ceeded in holding the Russians in
check, as they were held in the cam
paign before.
The flerman official statement
claims that; Russian attacks against
the AUHtro-Gorman position in south
ern Poland have been repulsed. Pet
rograd. claims tho advantage In this
Beetlon. It is also reported that the
withdrawal of German, troops to aid
the Austrlans in Hungary la becoming
more and more imperative.
On the western front the allies are
fighting yard by yard over and, under
the German trenches and by long-
range artillery duels for new ground.
It is genpsally Indicated that the
French artillery is proving superior o
tho German, Dut tne ornciai siaiement
from the opposing war offices today
arq contradictory. ,
Germans l.eava xser,
Tho Germans claim that French at
tacks in Flanders were repulsed, while
the Paris communique declares the
west bank of the Yser was cleared of
the enemy north of Ypres. Lo Perthe
and Igrurio forest regions, where
the French- claim tho advantage, the
German statement dtclares the attacks
were without success. In the Argonne
tho Germans assert an Important posi
tion was- gained by the explosion or a
mine.
DesDlte the German claims rumors
ot big British gains which have not
been announced are reaching London.
Tho Canadian and territorial forces are
declared to have fought with the ut
most bravery. Thair advances may be
measured by yards, but advantages
have been gained by direct storming
after German , trenches have been
blown up.
GERMAN LINE CUT. IN
TWO POINTS, CLAIM
PETROGRAD ADVICES
Petrograd, Dec. 12. Ths German
line has been cut in two points on
the front between Przanysx ana jiec-
hanow, the Russians destroying tne
lines of communication between tne
German columns, according to advices
which reached Petrograd today.
The success of the maneuver gives
the Russians an Important strate
gic advantage, though it probably will
not figure as a deciding factor in the
fighting about Warsaw, Which today
was raging with such fury that the
roar of the guns was plainly audible
in the Polish capital.
Its main advantage win. tne
freeing of the Russian right wing
west of Warsaw. This- body has been
cramped against tbe right bank of the
Vistula, a. situation into which they
were drivVn when the Russians fell
back upon the Polish capital. Tho
repulse- of the Germans on Prsanyss
Clechanow front will now give them
space in which to maneuver.
Bnsalaac Are "Attacking.
Day ,and night attacks are being di
rected against the Rusians below Do
wics and the Vistula, where the Ger
mans are being reinforced constantly.
The German plan of campaign . in
Poland has been completely disrupted
hr reoulses on the northern and
southern, extremes ot the lines, -while
in tbe vicinity of IjOwics and east of
Dodz, the Russians are maintaining
their positions.
- This is the claim made in Petrograd
tonight. On the north, the advane of
General Francois from the vicinity of
tl
reult of this secbild thrust of
have a far reaching 'tfcfect tipon the
victory made in the 'official state
statement asserts;! $he operations
in. the region of Lowt.. Unofficial
satisfaction with del
elopmenta in
about Milawa and Pr$
iiyansz, whll"
for the Germans frf.
this section,
retreating forces,
Mlawa has been checked
it Is dstflared.
It is officially clalmwNtliat a portion
of this force was ' re "kilned and the
Russians followed up; heir advantage
by pursuing the retrea;jlng columns.
Kouth of Cracow- thejattempt of the
Auatro-Oerman forcesto pierce tlie
Russian line has fallal, it is stated
here. The Germans, fcere ; prevented
from forming u sudcifesfur . junction -with
the Austrian' arfiiy and sustained
great losses. . ij.l ..'".
German Attack aepulsad. '
Following the ad.iiife, of tba Ger
roaus in the region ofrIrsanansz, a r
connalsance of the erjejny was begun.
Their forces operated eastward from
Mlawa. their right flstfik renting -upon
the railroad running Jrbm Novo Geor-
gievsn to the Kast imiIar frontier.
The Russian, forces defending .tttie
Narew , line, hnve adfojioed, . lipwvav.
aiM TArtMRWU" UTT'i'mo'MejhenC.' r -----North
of Lowlcx ruinated " asraulls
of the Germuns hAvg been repulaed.
Repeated attempts toi Jtorm the Rus
sian trenches were reEulsedi The Rus
sians have beeir. gbiiikH to close, quar
ters with the enemy, mhtlfig wltti th
bayonet or l.ennittln io lines to jui-
vance close to the trenches before) rak
ing them with machine igans and hurl
ing hand grensdea Intc the ranks.
The forces south oflletrokow are
still engaged without ltfi(ilvo results. :
With tlie repulse ijftr the VAustro
German attacks soutn t$t Cracow, ft ts
believed the siege b this fortress '
may yet proceed sooni' It was the in
tention of the enemjf fto endeavor, to
throw- the ltussiun f a-es In western
Galicia back beyond tnj Donajeo river,
but this mpvement IsUftclared to have
failed. i J. . .
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GERMANS ADMIT THE
RUSSIANS GAVE UP
LODZ VOiiUNTAKlLY
v - ' ' -
Berlin, via wireless Sayvllle, -le-.
12. Th claim of the? J Russians that
they voluntarily .withticw from fods
Is partially substantia! by the hosd
quarters report, as it awbles the evacu
ation of the city' wa t first not bb
served, being merely j the result of
there previous days' -fighting.
The Russian trenrjWs were :- filled
with dead, the rciorr tales. ' .
Contrury to ivtroerad reports that
the Viermans lost t-rku-moua sumhf rs "
in cutting their way hVougU the Rus
sian lines in the memorable dash made
by the Twenty-fifth army corps, which
was-practlf-ally aurrc&nded, tlie head '
quarters statement isscrts .only ISO
men were lost. x " i '."
The statement tonfcght asserts: '
'"The eastern-army headquarters con-
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