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VOL. XI. NO. 39.
CITY EDITION
Portland, Oregon, I Sunday morning, December 20,! 1914.
price five ;. cents
BRITISH
SHIPS
IUIEIGE11
Twelve-Inch Guns Put Out
7 of Commission i by Fleet,
Which British Say Escaped
' From Battle Undamaged.
IMPORTANT CHANGES IN
WEST ARE DEVELOPING
Germans Falling Back There
WhHe Russians Retire
in the East.
Iljr Ed Ik. Keen.
' United Presa Staff Correspondent.
i london. Dec. i9. Tho most import
ant developments lh the westeAi the
atre of, war since the battle of the
''A tune art tonight belicvTif to bo im
minent. While the Germans on the
astern front are striving to continue
their advance upon Warsaw, the kai
ser's forces in France and Belgium
are being vlgorouHly ., aaailed. Ad
vancea have been made all along the
line from DIxmude to Arras and in
the regvn of Albert. Several army
corps were withdrawn by the Germans
from this dlxtrtct to reinforce the
army of Field MarBhal von Hinden
berg In Poland, making his rush to
ward Warsaw possible.
The Germans are believed to b se
riously threatened In the west. Ger
man official statements declare that
attacks upon their lines have been re
pulsed, but there are strong inaica
tions that the allies are rushing for
wanl.
Hritlsh warships off the Belgian
coant were urgaged with the uerman
land batteries of 12-luch guns for five
hours early Saturday. Reports reaching-
hre tonight from the front state
that the German guns were eventually
silenced or destroyed.
X.and Battery Silenced.
The British ships fhelled the Ger
man portions at Nteiipor ni Middle-
klric, The bombardment wan openea
t mfdniirht. ond latrted until 7 olclock
Katurdav morning. The German 12-
inch iruns replied wifh a heavy flr,
but the "British vessels, are dedtarett
tn hav escaped undamaged. The war-
Rhtr" tliikty tound the range of the
land butteries. rneir lire . was ex
ceedingly effective, and at the end
of five hours the Germans ceased to
reply.
In th meantime the allied laud
forces directed a determined sortie
gainst the German lines in the region
of N'leuport. "
The French official statements ac
count for advances of more than two
miles In the vicinity of Arras, with
lesxer advances at other points.
The outcome of the fighting along
tho coast Is still in doubt, but outstUo
of this district Berlin statements men
tion French attacks and not German
offensives. "
German Xiosses Heavy.
Four new casualty lists published
In Berlin account for 22,601 dead,
wounded and missing, Amsterdam ad
vices received here today ileclare. One
Wurternberg regiment alone is men-'
tloned as having lost 1600 and an
other 1G00. A Saxon regiment is said
to have lost 2000 men near Beclearc.
Belgium. One infantry regiment lost
liOU men and another 1200 in en
gagements along the Yser .and It .waa
Estimated that the German losses in
tho Yser campaign to date total
30.000.
With the formal denial from Petroi
grad of the German claims of a great
victory in Poland and the failure of
Berlin to follow up its original an
nouncement with details. It appears
certain that no. decided gain has been
made by either side toward complete
supremacy. "
la the ; vicinity of Cracow and
throughout western Gailicla toward
rrzeraysl, it is evident that the Bus-
(Cnnrluded on Page Six, Column Two)
Gives Up $20,000
A Year to Marry
Divorced Wife of Robert OfttUt Be
comes Bride of Henry Clows Jr
f xne aruit, juso sivorceo.
(By the International Kiwi Service.), .
New York, lec. 19. Mrs. . Elsie
Whalen, Goelet, whose divorce from
Robert Goclet gave society a decid
ed shock last spring, was married to-
day, virtually in secret, to Henry
Clews Jr., the artist son of Henry
Clews, the, banker. Only a few friends
, were present at the ceremony, which
waa performed ' at the home of the
bride in ; Washington Squarer Mr.
Clews, ho come over fromrParl3 fpr
the weddinx. . : '
The ceremony was performed by
the Kev. Dr. Tatton of Wayne. Penn.
Mrs. Ooelet's divorce was obtained
on the grounds of , excessive cruelty,
and after the filing of the bill the
Vase dropped frgin sight and tho hear
ing wa quietly 'conducted at New
port, Mr. Goelet making no contest.
t It is said that a settlement was. ar
ranged ,y which Ooelct was to pay
his wife $40,000 a year for the sup
port of herself and her two sons, Og
den and Peter, and that this was to
be rut in half if Mrs. Goelet married
again.
v ' Mr. Clews also has been married
and divorced. His first wife was the
divorced wife of Freddie Gebhardt.
They ' were married In, 180J, Jusst a
month after Mrs. Gebhardt had been
granted a divorce in DakotsE.' " ,
Mr. an Mrs. Clewa were divorcod
In Paris in 1910. They had two chil
dren. Henry Clews III, and a' daugh
ter. . No announcement has been made
to the plant of the newly married
Clews, hut it is supposed they. will go
o Pari to llv. : Mrs. ; Geolct, - who
i avas a daughter of the later , Henry
Whelan of Philadelphia, has always
v wished to bc an artist.-
NEWS INDEX
SECOND OXK 10 PACKS
Faff. ' ' 1 :
1. CritU Imminent in Western Theatre
of W,
Soldiers Remembered at Christmas
Time.
' Railroads Place Equipment Orders.
jcarir Buopping u.at xnia Xear.
8. Money Atauable far Oreg-oa Reciama-
tion,
' Expert Review of the War.
Europe in State of Siege.
l 4. Complications in Mexican Situation.
. Clark Champions States' Rights.
Political Dictatorship Rebuffed. ,
5, Historical Society Elects Officers.
Buiiness Concerns to Remember Em
ployes. V. 8. Army Officers go to Germany.
6. Improvement in MUk Supply Re- -
ported.
How to Prevent Christmas Fires.
7. Oregon Conservation Commission Re
ports.
Perils of the Policeman.
- California Expositions Nearly Ready,
Eventful Week in Wall Street.
t. Winter Relief Bureac'a Fund Grows
Huts' Christmas Tns to Be Heavily
Appeal for 'Beliianr Redoubled.
9. Retail Merthants tc Meet Her in
z ebruary. .
i Annual fire Loss Due Carelessnes,
10. Waahina;ton Dairymen Meet.
. Industrial Accidents fjr Week. ' '
: Permission to Seek Treasure Asked.
Making- Railroad Ties . Thriving In
dustry. U. 8. S. Oregon Withstands Inspeo
lion. t
Northwest Newt Briefs.
'11, Mad Coyote in Eastern Oregon.
Recent Deaths in the Northwest
Witness , Rocatls Whitman Massacre.
Molaua i Awaits Railroad Service.
Pioneer Tells of Aahlartd of the
Fifties. 1 . " '
12, Bojrs Write f Exparienoes at State
Mrs. Orier Leaves Albany,
State Sugar Contract Awarded. -Seattle
Clubs Plan Consolidation.
Gov. West Pardons Jack Michael.
John Spain Awarded Damages.
13. Clattop County Critioized.
Discovering the Unfit Dr. Woods
Hutohinson.
Cold Weather General Throughout
Northwest.
14. County Officials Vexed at Accounting
Law.
Oregon Stone Cor Federal Buildings
urges.
Rate Increase Victory for Railroads.
American ensigns I or war z.ono.
16. Aid in Clearing Land Urged.
Suburban Kews.
16. Catholics Frame Protest.
SECTION TWO PAGES
Page.
1. Business Prospects Bright for 191$.
8. Illustrated News Review.
3. News from Foreign Capitals.
4. Editorial.
6. City News ia Brief.
- 6, Real Estate and Building News.
7. Markets and Finance.
. . University and College News.
Development of Rural Districts 3
Aim.
Cause of Allies Championed.
SECTION THKEF lO PAGES
Part 1 Sport News.
Part 2 Marine News; Want Ads.
SECTION FOUR 8 PAGES
Page,
1.
S.
3.
Servioe by Public Utilities Discussed.
Aran. lie net,!.
In the Photo Playhouses.
Popular Science Developments.
4-6. Automobile and Good Roada News,
6. Career of Late E. Henry Wamme Re
newel,
A Monument to Thomas Jefferson.
7. War Letter from Many Lands,
Statesmen. Real and Near.
I. Journal' Trade and Circulation Con
SECTION FIVE 10 PAGES
Pare.
1-2-U-4. , The Week la Eociety.
6. News of Seattle Society. -
Orogonians in New York. -.
Ban Francisco Society Letter.
6. In the Realm of Mt-sio,
7. ' Parent-Teaoher Uewa.
Social Service Activities.
Fraternal Notes. ,
What Labor Is Doing.
S. ' What Well Dressed Women Will '
Wear.
9. What Every Woman Wants to Know,
10. Women's Club Affairs.
Art and Ai lists. (
SECTION SIX 8 PAGES
(Magazine and Pictorial.)
Page.
- I.
France and England as Seen- in War
Time r . Hepkinson Smith,
"This War Is a Glorious Thing Ellen
Terry. .
S. Mexican War Ends Carear of Ambrose
Bieroe Bailey Millard.
' 3. "War Must Be Fought te Bitter
End" Andrew Carnegie.
4-5. 'New Photographs from the War Zone,
e. Germany's Bernard. Shaw Maximil
ian Harden.
7. The Sick-a-BrA Lady (Short story)
Eleanor HalTbwell Abbot.
I. How Foreign Cartoonist View the
War.
The Passing Show.
SECTION SEVEN PAGES
(Comic.) : .
Cold . SpeU Still
Has Lease of Life
Summer Costume Not Xiilely to Be In
Vogna for Soma Time Tet, Accord
ing to Waather Man.
No chance yet for the palm leaf.
Another defeat for the moth ball.
Muffs and mittens, flannel and felt
boots are still in style.
Yesterday, when the barometer fell
and, with It, a whole flock of snow
flakes, old residents squinted at the
sky and- prophesied rain and warm
weather. But next time Acting Fore
caster Theodore F. Drake looked at the
air machine, it had aviated again and
the gky began clearing and the cold
began tightening once moreJ
In- the meantime, the wood man Is
planning how best to haul his net
operating . revenue to ; the bank. ' The
humble householder stares . goggle
eyed 'at the few splinters of fuel, sole
remnant of what was a mountainous
pile such a little while, ago. Skaters,
who pay no wood bills, are not worryf
ing, however, because the Ice is thick
ening all the time. , , -
The Cold weather continues all along
the coast. Storm warnings were, dis
played by the weather bureau last
night. Small craft warnings have been
out for three days but. late yesterday,
on indications ' tit a storm sweeping
down flrom British Columbia, the fall
warning was sent out.; The distur
bance probably will extend no further
south, however, than the Columbia
river.
Prince Kimal Now '
Sultan of Egypt
Elaborate Ceremonies , Mark Installa
tion of Former XhadlTa's Vepbew
ar Sulex of Nil Country. . ,
1 Cairo, Dec. 19. Prince Hussein Ke
mal was formally installed as sultan
of Egypt today with' elaborate ceres
monies... The new. sultan was escorted
through the streets by British, 'native
aad colonial troops,, following the
reading of the proclamation -deposing
Abbas Hilmi, the former khedive. Cai
ro made a holiday s it. Great crowds
filled the streets. The . installation
ceremonies concluded with the firing
f th salute f 101 guns. ; v
CHRISTMAS 0
FORGOTTEN BY
Fl
Mails of Every Country in
Europe Filled With Gifts
Bound for the Men at the
Front, Far l and Near. ;
EVEN PRISONERS
ARE
PLANNING
CELEBRATION
Yet There Are 30,000,000
Broken Homes in Europe
Because of the War.
" Zfnfope Is Grateful.
London, Dec. 19. The Times
announces that an Influential
British committee is preparing
to cable: a message which will
be sent to the people of the
United States ' at Christmas
thanking them for tke'aid they
have given the British wounded
and other sufferersC during the
war. This announcement is
made lii reply to avttter from
taud ' Pauncefote, daughter of
the late Lord Pauncefote, for
mer British minister to Wash
ington. As indicating the ex
tent of this help Miss Paunce
fote mentions the American
hospital , and the Santa Claus
ship, the several splendid base
hospitals and ambulances, the
tons of dressings and clothes of"
all sorts. i
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By William: G. Shepherd.
United Press staff correspondent.
London, Dec. 19. There are thirty
million broken homes In Euro.pe, from
which the men have departed and are
now dead, held as prisoners' or aro
fighting at the front. Ths means so
many sorrowing womern and one hund
red million children who will spend
Christmas day without their daddies,
While the .clocks tick off the first
minute, of Christmas the nations of
Europe will , spend $50,000 la the kill
ing ,of men. Every hour in the day
or tne "Man of Peace" wtll see 3,
000.000 spent on war.
The admonition , "Thou -shalt toot
Kill' has been forgotten, but never
theless,, the spirit of Christmas will
stride to the most remote corners of
the grimmest battle fields and fill the
trenches and forts just as it will lay
hands on the men Of war and the min
istries and the great capitals of the
warring nations, j
: "Cariatmaa Spirit" Xdves.
I have visited all of the countries
Involved in the "war. except Russia,
since Christmastlde approached, throw-
Ing .its light as j brightly as ever in
early December. I I saw devout Ausr
trians in Gallcia wearing sprigs of
Christmas trees and mistletoe in their
hats, I " say . the mail for : Germans,
composed almbst entirely of Christ
mas cards and packages. As long as
a fortnight age in Prance and Flan
ders, military transport autos groaned
past bearing burdens of gifts which
had been accumulating for 10 days
for the. English, I French and Belgian
troops.
' This outburst Of giving is so over
whelming that eVen the French-Mo
hammedan and English-Hindu sol-
tilers will- -receive ' tons of presents.
The, Russians alone so far havte not
shared in the general flood of presents
which - will- sweep - the trenches and
battlefields "of Europe next Friday.
Their Christmas' does "not come until
January. .
' Hot "Spur" Christmas.
It s not a "spug Christmas in Eu
rope this year. Gifts, of every descrip
tion are being sent to 'the men in the
trenches. London papers have pub
lished special instructions stating jus
how packages should be addressed and
mailed to reach i the soldiers. But
warm clothes, cigars, tobacco, cigar- j
ettes and fod of every description,
from puddings and dainties to the
more substantial varieties, comprise
the bulk of the gifts from every
country, . , .
Realization that Its men are suffer
ing, fighting and dying, has resulted
in a different, a stronger Christmas
spirit than Europe has ever known.
There will be some merriment of Eng
lishmen even In Berlin. , For a fort
night the English' "prisoners of war
there have been rehearsing for a
Christmas concert.
In England, German , prisoners will
give concerts In i the" various CQncen-
irauou camps. mere is to De a
Christmas, too, for- the Belgian re
fugees In England. Scattered as they
now are throughout the country, they
will consume tons of goodies fur
nished by the I English people on
Christmas day.
Toys Given Out in Yieuna. '
In Vienna, United" States Ambassa
dor Fenfield will distribute a shipload
of toys sent from! America and tons of
hospital cotton, which left Ameiica on
th steamship Sominelsbyk. This 'ill
b distributed to the Austro-Hungar-ian
Red Cross society. - '
Santa Claus will go to the trenches,
but not between! them. He wouldn't
be safe In that t territory where tUe
bullets from each side criss cross. In
some cases the trenches in " northern
France are, less thJn a hundred feet
apart. It was concerning these shots
that the German general, von Em mi eh,
eaid: - " , - . , '
"I don't believe in the Germans be
ing so friendly with the enemy. :They
throw messages back and forth to each
other in tie cans and use dogs as
couriers. The quit shooting during
meal time afid even learn each other's
names, ' Such relations are not good
for soldiers.-' " : " '.'
But it is afe jta say that many a
Christmas message of cheer' will pass
t-via' ttfe Untan route in Flanders and
France: Xs. ' C" -t--;- . -. - ... i
" This, wilL: not -be; ftiefi cae in the
Austrian, SvianJ'or Russian trenches,-
TNG
RACES
(COTichMlciy, Pas-a Culuinnl Sir)
' - CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS THRONG BUSINESS STREETS
17 " - V -t ai
: ! . " 0 ef
Italy Authorizes
$200,000,000 War
Loan Thru King
Victor Emanuel's Decree In
sures Fund Large Enough .
to Permit War.
.. Rome,; Dec. 19. King Victor Eman
uel today issued a decree authorizing
a national loan of one billion francs
(approximately $;00.ate,00). J '
" Promulgation of this decree marks
the culmination of the fight for funds
to carry out the program of military
preparation for which the, "wax party
of Italy has been striving and which
resulted in the disruption of the cabi
net and its subsequent re-organization
with a personnel Which eliminated the
opponent of further expenditures for
military purposes. It means that with
floating of the loan Italy will be con
fronted by no financial obstacle if It
elects to enter the war., r f,.
Eank Reserves Show
Increase for "V?eek
".'" ! " "" . . " f '.T'
While Surplus Beierr) I Pattem by
. Eight Millions, Outstanding XKana
Decrease by j?our. , .. "'
New York, Uec. 19. The week'y ac
tual bank statement showed the -following
changes: T h
Surplus reserve, increased (8,305,580.
Loans, decreased 14.372,000. f
Net demand deposits, increased
$340,000. " I
Circulation decreased 83,230,000. .
Aggregate reserve $465,687,000.
Reserve in own . vaults, increased
$5,128,000. - . J . ' -
WON'T SEND A WARSHIP
r ( I
Washington, Dec. 19. following as
surances from Ambassador Sir Cecil
Spring-Rice, that the British; govern
ment desires to conform I to President
Wilson's neutrality proclamation at
Panama, Secretary of the Navy Dan
iels today announced that he had aban
doned the plan of sending a warship
to those waters as requested by Colo
nel Goethals. '.,". "1 ' j- .. .
Wreck Kills Two. L
Cartersville, Ga.; . Dec. 1 9. Two
trainmen were killed and 53 other per.
sons injured, 15 of . them, seriousljv
today when train No. 93 on the Nash
ville, Chattanooga & St. Louis railway
(the South Atlantic- limited) south
bound, was wrecked, near; here.
THE DEAREST LITTLE
HOME AND SMALL
FRYS
The name of the classification in
which it appears - to'Jay precede ,
each of these Journal Want! Ads: .
POR saxb anscxiJ.AJ!n:ops is
."21 ' jewel Hamilton railroad
watch-, 25 year Crescent -case, excel
lent timer; want only $30 for It." , ,
SWAP COX.U&LZT
33
"Kxchange organ for chickens or
anything.".. it' t "'.
FOTJLTST AHD PXQEOXTS 37
"2S large chickehs and 14 small
f rys for sale , for $12.50; ! mostly
White Leghorns; bens are laying."
TOr. BEHT HOUSES
12
"The dearest little horn near TI
gard, - 1 ' acres, right sat station; ,
barn, chicken house, newly papered,
$10 month.": . : (
BTJSraEBS OPPOBTUaiTlJKS SO
'"$500 " buys H " interest : in rood
commercial business, paying; $150 a
month; cash not necessary.;' if you
can. give security; man needed more
than the money. '. 420 Lumber Ex- -change
bldg. r. .J. : T
ATrTOJMOBIXS ACCESSOHDBS 44 ,
' "1 M Ton White fad." -'
r "Twenty-four nsssenger1 stafte. tn
A-1 condition, with top full Jeatffer.'
upholstery, 'solid tires on rear.
i pneumatic tires In front; ipost UtOOJ
A sacrifice. See." " . -i - , i - . '
' . , v- ::;'.-
"- Over 10C0"othe'c offers' are pnb--'
lished lrt the Want Ads todays Look -them
over. . v ,
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C "fx
m , t
These are busy days In the retail district with Christmas less than one
tveek away. . -
EARLY CHRISTMAS SHOPPING RULE THIS YEAR
AND BUSINESS SHOWS GAIN IN WANY LINES
Department ; Store Managers Report Satisfactory Holiday
Trade; Purchase of Practical Gifts. Seems to f Be" the 1 '
Rule; Influence1 of "Spug". Movement Felt,
Portland people ; hav been .doing
their Christmas . shopping early this
season. -They have shopped often, they
have shopped well. Merchants in the
general lines declare the business at
tributable to the holiday season ex
clusively showsl. up fully equal to last
year, and some T say" It will be better,
taking Into account the -purchasing to
be expected ' during the so-called
"rush" period.1 , . "
Department store managers are the
ones who say their- operations are
most satisfactory. Men engaged in
"specialty" lines, with limited classes
of stocks, , find business . less ' lively
than the general merchants, but most
of these say sales will be but little if
any. the less- satisfactory than in 1913.
; Heavy Inroads are being made upon
the toy department this year. The de
mand is constant, running to the. bet
ter class of goods and less to the
flimsy ephemeral contraptions that go
to pieces after the first babyish grab.
Dolls will delight many a Portland
miss Christmas morning and some of
these lovely things are costing up into
the dollars. - -
' Gifts Axa Substantial. '
Arcordinsr to eeneral verdict of
store-keepers, the day of the Christ -
mas flimsy In every, line- has passed.
Whether- because .of utilitarianism . or
not, nobody is. buying the celluloid col
lar boxes, the near-plush toilet sts.
Indiana Legislators
Found Not Guilty
Thirtavan Members sad Employes Ao
. quitted of KaUng Palse Claims tat
Casn.. y 'y .- '..' : --'
Indianapolis,' IndL, Dec. 19.- All . 13
members and employes of the Indiana
state .... legislature, - who were indicted
by the Marion county grand jury on
the charge of making and presenting
false claims against the state . of
Indiana.- were' late this afternoon , ac
quitted by ; Judge Marker. ' The ac
quittal came In quick -.time. the; court
having the matter under , advisement
since Friday noon." : The . Indietments
were returned December .4.
. - Decision was first announced as to
10 defendants whotwera In the court
room. Ju.Jge MarRey later announced
the same decisions in the cases f two
absent defendants and the prosecutor
men none prossea tne ase against
John : J.x Keegan, to havf been tried
later..
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the ornate but short-lived leatherette
writing-pad. - The result is that the
stores have .laid in no stocks of this
trash and, as another result, Christ
mas gifts this year probably are cost
ing more.
Some dealers say- the ."Spug' move
ment has had an indirect - effect this
year in cultivating a new Christmas
industry. It is In the distribution of
engraved greeting cards. These cards
serve as remembrances for distant
friends, who formerly werernot re
membered at all. .-They are being
sent also to some, : who usually ex
pected actual gifts of , more or less
value. . .
I The distant friend, therefore, is get
ting the breath of Christmas in the
inexpensive card. One statidner said
an enormous business in thes cards
has been built up. The engraved? name
adds a personal and elegant touch that
disarms the man' who looked for a
costly gift of any feeling of chagrin,
and puts a thrill of pleasure Into the
friend who expected to receive noth
ing at alL - .
I " Zncrssss Zs Voted.
I Intermingled . with the Christmas
shopping is another variety of buying
which represents a considerable sum.
'1 ls he
purchase of necessities-
(Ccachjded on Fas five. Column On.)
ould Prevent All
Auto Exportation
. -,".;" . .. ' . " ' ' i'
t Washington,-;: Dec' ' 19.- Attack j on
American ' sate, of armored motor cars
to European belligerents wilt be made
on the ; floor when the military bill
comes up after Christmas recess. Rep
resentative Kahn of California an
nounced ' today he intends to register
a protest. . " .
I "I'm tired ef "" having this nation
liointed out as a lot of damned hypo
crites," he said. "The president asks
us to pray for peace and we do it
fervently. But hypocritically, we turn
about and. furnish the belligerents with
the" means of carrying on the, war
! Three Fires at One Time. ; ,
("'Montgomery, Ala.. 'Deo. 1. Three
fires, happening at practically the
same time, caused a loss of $200,000 In
. Montgomerv this afternoon. The Naf-
j tel Nicronl wholesale drygoods house,
: with $100,000 worth of stocX was a
I total loss, v Fire in the power plant of
j the Citizens Light Co. catMed $50,000
I damage. ' The Berry Soap factory was
destroyed with . a. loss of $25,000.
Noon Hour Truce
Is Obsetved by
Foes in France
French and German ! By Mu
tual Consent Stop Firing Be
tween 12 and 1 o' Clock.
By Karl II. Von Wiegand.
United Press Staff Correspondent.
With the German array in the Ar-
gonne. France, Nov. 20 (by mall to
New York) A soldier must have time
to eat. Both French and Germans like
food. Theref ora the ; men ' In . the
trenches who, day In and day out, are
striving to kill each other, have made
mutual agreement - and ' concession to
hunger. There is no firing between
noon and 1 o'clock. That's the lunch
eon hour. JT i
Such an agreement is in force here.
It was noticeable today how strictly
both sides, observed, this little resting
time: Tbs soldiers or both ' sides look
upon it asLalt riht vto-f hftot one An
other and hold there Is plenty of time
In which to do It, but. making ene an
other hungry st noon ls considered un
necessary, cruet and unethical. -.. - ;
There are constant exchanges be
tween the enemies in the trenches.
The other ,' day a big German went
around bewailing his lack of smoke.
A moment later a tin can rattled Into
the trenches. In it were two cigar
ettes from the enemy over In the
French trenches. Somehow the Ger
man managed to dig up a cigarette
later In the day and bs threw the can
with the "smoke" in it back to the
French lines with ths note: "To the
good friend for his cigarettes. I hope
he'll still be, able to enjoy this."
' There is every Indication here that
If German and French soldiers in the
Argonne had their way they would
probably meet half way between tne
trenches, shake hands, embrace and
declare themselves friends right there,
But just now, they're fighting.
Frank Case Goes
To Supreme Court
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Pedcral District Court Denies Xabsas
corpus. But Allows Attorneys to
Carry to Highest Tribunal. .
Atlanta. Go.. Dec. IS. The applies
tinn of T.o M. Frank, convicted of
the murder of Mary Phagan. in .the
federal district Court for a, writ of
habeas - corpus on the constitutional
grounds that he was not present when
the verdlst was read, was denied this
aftornoon bv 'Federal ' judge ;'W." T.
Newman.; Frank's attoTieys: immedl
ateiv c-resented a written-' petition ask
ing permission to appeal from today's
decision to the supreme court oi mi
United States. Judge Newman signed
the petition, which throws r the esse
araln into the highest court ' in ' the
land. ' ' " . I
This procedure will probably "have
tH ffect of necessitating, the post
nonement Of the. execution jof Frank,
which "has -been set for January ..22,
Judge Newman in his decision stated
that "no federal point Is at issue. -
Appeal . to Take .Years, '
Washington. Dec 19. Unless ap
plication is made and granted to ad
vance for earlier hearing, the appeal
to the supreme, court of lo M.. Frank
as granted by District Judge New
man at Atlanta today, court officials
stated tonight that Frank's case proo
ably would not be reached In the or
dlnary course of business1 on the
crowded docket, before the fall of
Mohammedans and
Hin&us Are Agreed
.- -. -i - .-. . - .-
BerUn' Press Bureau Oives Out me-
port crPlsss for Orsat Bebelllon Is
' India - as Kesult of Wnderstsaiulng,
Berlin, Dec. 19, (Vis wireless to
Sayville) Persian papers report that
an understanding has beetv. arrived at
between tlte Moliammedans and Hin
dus in India, and a great rebellion is
imminent, a statement issued, by the
press bureau here' today - asserted.
GERMAN RESERVE;: GAINS
Berlin,' Dec.? 19. (By v wireless).
The gold reserve in the Reichstag bPik
at the close ot ' the , week was
000.000 marks, an -Increase ov
J - lsa
week before of 33,000,000. i
POT
IN BIG ORDERS;
Interstate Commerce
mission's Decision
matically Releases
Number of Orders. .
Cbm
: Auto
Large WINTER TRADE HEAVY, -WEATHER
SEASONABLE
Wholesalers Predict Rale In
crease Will Have. Import
ant Result on Business. .
(Special to Te Jnuraal.) '
Chicago. Dec. 19.11 Indications .
point to constantly ( Improving busi
ness condition's throughout the United
States. il . .
The chief factor, bf course, is the
rate Increase granted. pastern railwayi.
This will turn loose sparge amount of
..luney wnicn, in time.; will rilter-donn
so that If -will be widely distributed.
It will do much m5re. thaw s, matter
of dollars and centsf : because it will
restore confidence in, railway secnrl
ties and encourage 'jlnvestment, 'thtfs
upplying the roads wfth badly needed
junaa lor extensions I and improve
ments. I- -
All sections of th"' country-report
unusually heavy Chrlfctmas buying. In
dicating that confidence has been re
stored and people ho have been
hoarding money are4 letting loose, of
It, feeling Assured they will be able
to get more. The opening of the stock
exchanges and the lowering of dis
count rates have sJsobad a. strength
ening and " reassurliuf. effect on the
country at large. . j:i ..
Weather Xs Seasonable, v
Seasonable weatheri has hrourht
about heavy merchandising and Blin
gives promise of putting the land Sn
condition to produce -great crops next
season. -. . . - . .
Hundreds of thousands of dollar
worth of railroad equipment and sup-'
plies were sutoniatioally ordered to
day by railroads In ;the eastern classl-
noation, and if several qualification.
In the interstate commerce comnais- A
elon's decision are cAnstfued.iavflra-.
bly,' the total wtll , run ud into th.
millions. I -.,. ., -.: '-'
This was the artc4ffsct of ths'5
per cent freight rt increase granted
to the eastern railroads. . Numerous
"holding orders" hs-l been aTiyen. eon-,
tlngent upon. s sstlsf actory decision.
Without the stroke ot is, pen these be
came bona fide orders, .
. BalUead Orders . Brlgat. ''
In Chicago- the first announcement -
of sn automatic ordef came from the
central manufacturing district, where -a
concern began work, on a $100, 60
order for paints, .car roofing and other '
necessities, ' .
A number of concerns ' announced '
they would Increase their forces, and
if the railroads' view? 'of the decision
Is as satisfactory after analysis it -is
at "first blush" the reemployment
of men, both by them' and the great
Industries dependent upon them, 111
run up into the thousands.
"It is the greatesti- single Impetus
to business which has been received
in many months." W. J. Collin, in
charge of the traffic-department "ef
the Central Manufacturing District,
said: "It has met practically unaai-
mons indorsement. Work . was started
today in the manufacturing district
on $100,000 worth ofrdern. The paint
order alone amounts to $30,d00, Th
best: of it Is that there are many
other orders promised." '. -:
Will Xs Tonic to Steel. ;
I doubt if the decision is srolna- to
turn the world up sicj-down, but thers
is no denying that If is going to bo
mighty helpful." said; ,F. T: Uentley.
head of the trafflo department of th .
Illinois Steel company -"It is one of
the best things for sihe country at'
large that-. the iiiterstnto ramnorr.
commission-nas ever. Jlone. . Th help
ful effect will be felt 'especially in- the
lines dependent upon the railroads for
business, in the basic Industry, steel,
it is certain to prove a strong tonic"
."We would never. have had the pres
ent stagnation if Ibis decision tud
been rendered yesr ato " said J c.
McAullff, head of the' traffic depart,
ment of Butler Brothers. "Many, more
persons would have, been spending
Christmas money If. ths commission -
had shown an Inclination to do this
thing earlier in the game . -
It seems to be agreed by every
body that the decision Is certain t
start business rlth s, bound." said
F. B. Montgomery, head of ths traffic
bureau of the International Harvester '
company. "Th mer psychology of
the thing will help remove uncertainty
and help brine about prosperity."
.: ; "Prosperity Xs JUamrsd. - V :
Real prosperity has now been as
sured." said Howard '.Eltlns former
president of the Chicago Association
of Commerce.', "The action means the
employment of workers, upon whom
ths toundatlop. or welfare rests."
"Shippers today express satisfaction
over the situation," wild J. K. Wait
Of Illbbard. .Spencer ?JJartlett - A Cow
BUSINESS GOOD
-we are well pleased With the effect
sJrtAdy shown." " , .-, . t. -- .- .
V Returns for October, of 6flT re pre- .
sentative rallrcad systems, operating
approximately 167.60$. -. miles . In , all .
sections of ths. country, - show a de- "
crease: In gross earnings, of 9.02 par
cent, while net earnings decreased S.t
per cent.. This compares. wit u-s. de
crease In gross of 832 pet cent and
an Increase in net of 2,(1 per cent tot
September.
- Operating ratio, exclusive Of . taxes)
but including results of outside operw
tlons. was .S9 per qent against T.41
per cent in October, i91 3 ; ope ratio g
ratio for September, J1914, was tJH
per cent.' . -. ' . .. .
Sadiator Contpaay Prospsross.'
Y An officer of the American Radiator
company said-. "Our domestic busi
ness is ahead- of a year axo and bn
4 been right along ths; last 19 months.
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