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VOL. XIII. NO. 250.
Christmas
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Top,, left to tiitlit Volunteers of
Ahierica sentling odt packages of
' good things; children waiting
outside Armory where Muts had
their Christmas tree celebration
yesterday. " "
Center CSeorge Ij. llaker giving
, present to one of 3000 young-
ttters at Armory.
Bottom, left to right Children
from Frazer Home, at Christmas
tree In F. T. Hogers larbr shop;
Parking Christmas dinners at
Portland Commons.
BZURA BATTLE
Three Attempts to Cross the
Bzura River Result in Com
plete Destruction of Expe
ditions, Say Russians.
Petrograd, Dec. 25. Details
bloody attempts of the Germans
of
to
croxs the Hura, between Rava and
Hochtczew, were received here today.
AVurtemburfj troops were brought from
France to old in the advance "on War-J
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Let Saturday night the .Wurtem
burx troops charged across rough an-1
awampy ground against - Siberian
troop in the face of a frightful fire.
The enemy readied the Siberian
trenches and desperate hand to hand
fighting resulted. The Germans were
1 1 rial ly repulsed, but charged repeAt
dly, until seven Wurtetnburg bat
talions were annihilated.
On Sunday night two German Ue-
4 tachments crossed the ISzura. over a
; foot bridge near Plela. The detach
ments were anniniiuted by the Rus
sians. Two more German battalions
concentrated on the bank of the river
Monday. On Monday . night, without
waiting for an attack by the eneray,
the Siberians surrounded the Germans
and annihilated them. Twelve hundred
Germans were slain.
Russian troops hqve captured nu
merous positions, cannon and machine
guns In the fighting about, the Bzura
and Kawa rivers. A great battle is
Mill in progress, not having reached
a oe.-isiye stage yet.
Fighting was proceeding jn the Cau
casus, with the Russians assuming
the offensive in the direction of Sury
kamyth. according to an official state
ment issued by the war office- to
day. "Turkish outposts." the statemt
"aid, "have been repulsed along the
wfiole front. After a stubborn resist
ance in the direction of Van, the Turks
were compelled to retreat wirh con
siderable loss. (
''Curing the recent fighting at
Mlawa, a Russian battalion 'raided
a transport and captured a quantity
of Christmas gifts."
Santa Claus Act Fatal.
. Grand Forks. N. D.. Dec. 25. While
preparing to play Santa'Claus here to
day. Walter Bjcrke, J 3 years old, be
came entamrlcil in torn rnn iinH wan
Choked to death.'
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KING ALBERT SPENDS
CHRISTMAS WITH HIS
FAMILY IN El
British Maintain Christmas
Spirit; France Gives Bottle
Champagne to Soldiers, ;
By Ed Ij. Keen. ...
London, Dec. 25. Kngiand was. try
ing today to maintain its old Christ
mas spirit and it succeeded fairly
well. The ceiebrations here resembled
those of previous years. The royal
family spent Jhe day at Sandringham.
Hundreds of gifts were distributed
at various hospitals and thousands of
Belgians were fed. and cared for. .
King Albert of Belgium arrived at
Folkstone incognito yesterday. He is
the guest of Lord and Lady Curion,
with whom the queen of Belgium and
her children have been living since
September.
Kaiser wilhelm spent th day at
the front.
French Give Champagne, j
Paris. Dec. 25. French advances
along practically the entire 250-mile
front, from Belgium to Alsace, were
reported in today's official com muni
cation. It was said yesterday's ad
vances were pronounced and sustained,
despite German counter attacks.
Northwest of Mesnil and east of
Pethes, the statement continued, the
French took the main trenches of the
enemy and were .holding the entire
German first line trenches.
France sent every man on the firing
line a quarter bottle of champagne.
Concluded en roar. Column Two)
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PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING,
Dispensed in Wholesale Lots to Thousands in
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Boiler Explodes :
As Shoppers Leave
Chicago Department Store Catches Fire,
Is Destroyed j and Several Firemen
Hurt; Apartment Houses Also Born.
Chicago, Dec. 2T.. As the last of the
Christmas shoppers were leaving the
Julius 'Oppenhetmer department store
carl j" today, a boiler exp'osion occurred
in the basement, setting lire to the
building. The structure-was- destroyed.
Several fire-men were rurt by falling
walls. ' Two apartment houses also
caught, fire arid rten families, were ren-1
dered homeless, j- '
Eight Are Injured ,
In Nevada Wreck
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Fanenger Train Crashes Into First
Hear Xmlay; Injured Will Secover.
Reno,. Nev. Dee. 25. Eiht. -persons
were injured, none seriously, at Imlay,
Xev wnen the second section of South
ern Pacific train, No. 19, crashed intc
the first section, according to advices
received here today, from Imlay. The
engineer jumped and "escaped unhurt.
SING AT LOTTA'S FOUNTAIN
San Francisco, Dec. 25. Mme. Ber
nice de Pasquali and: John McCormaoV
sang to a crowd estimated at lO'O.OOO
persons at Lotta's fountain last even
ing. j . . -.
Christmas Quarrel Is Fatal.
Washington. tec. 25.-pGeoige Scher
hye, alias George Weaver, 35 years
old. shot and killed his wife today
following a quarrel bt their home here
Scherhye then rushcl to his mother's
home ,and committta suicide inlier
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CHILD BRINGS GAIETY
TO WHITE HOUSE; BIG
TREE CARRIES GIFTS
President's, Grand Niece Cen-
ter of Attraction; Washing-
; ton; Saddened by War,
Cn!ted Press Leased Wire.)
Washington, , Dec. 25. Anne Coth
ran," President Wilson's favorite- grand
niece, was the center of attention at
the "White House today. Gifts from a
huge Christmas tree were distributed
by the president. The party at the
White House was composed of Fran
cis B. Sayre and Mrs. Sayre, Secretary
of the Treasury McAdoo and Mrs. Mc
Adoo and Miss Margaret i Wilson.
The capital this Christmas was not
as gay - as usual,- the shadow of Eu
rope's war being plainly apparent. The
atmosphere at the various embassies
was particularly gloom y.
Excepting; Secretary of War Garri
son, all the members ofthe cabinet
spent -Christmas in Washington.
A - municipal celebration held last
jn.ight gladdened the hearts of thou
sandsof poor children. !
Blizzard Headed
Straight for East
Washington, Dec. 25.-i-The ' weather
bureau " here predicted tbday that a
big snowstorm, possibly . a blizaard,
would strike the east before tomor
row.. The storm was said to be rush
ing to the north from Alabama and
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DECEMBER 25, 1914. FOURTEEN PAGES.
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OUTS FEASTED
BY 01 (UN.
Scenes That Bring Tears Are
Witnessed at Ash Street
Dock as Men Out of Work
Are Fed.
Hearts grew warm and eyes grew
moist this morning at the dingy Ash
street dock when hundreds of home
less and jobless men gathered around
the big Christmas trees and' awaited
their turns at the Christinas feast on
board the Hassalo. The O-W. R. & N.
company played host to all these men
and when they entered saw to t that
their necessities were cared for, ami
besides added things that were to be
found on the menus of the very, very
rich.
The big waiting room on the dock
was a veritable Christmas bower, with
a brightly lighted tree Btanding in
the center of the room, and' other less
er trees flanking it. Strings of holly
and Oregon grape extended from post
to post.' . Nearly 1500 invitations had
been issued last night and the re
cipients began presenting them at 10
o'clock, though, the dinner was not
(Concluded on Pg e EleTen, Column FiTe.)
Buying Automobiles
' Every year, as new models come
out, automobile owners trade in
their used machine on a new ono
or else sell the used one outright.
In the great majority of cases the
used machines are good for long
and' satisfactory service, -the
owners taking new cars merel to
secure a few added refinements.
This condition of affairs in the
"automobile market offers an ex
ceptional opportunity to pros
pective automobile owners. They
can secure a machine at a big
discount from the original cost
and still, have one which will give
great pleasure and service.
The automobile column of The
Sunday Journal Want Ads is tha
' best Oregon market for used ma
chines. If you consider buyins
one be sure to read this column
carefully. You will be offered a
large choice of machines at very
' attractive prices.
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Bountiful Feasts Are Spread
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Muts Are Santa Claus Hosts
War on gloom , was continued today
with the dawn of a new Christmas
morning. And though the skies were
dark and a sleety rainr was falling,
the people were gladu- Throughout the
city little Christmas trees stood in al
most every hbme. Happy children were
playing with new-found ' toys. Even
in those abodes wnere unemployment
made the household drear were signs
of the glad season, for there came vis
itations from the kindly . and benevo
lent. . -
Portland had every reason : to cele
brate Christmas with unusual spirit.
And celebrate she did, beginning yes
terday afternoon. Family dinners .o
day were made more enjoyable by the
knowledge that tnose who have no
families and no homes were being
abundantly cared for. Without ques
tion, the agencies for relief have ac
complished more substantial aid than
ever before. Families have been out
fitted with furniture, - food, clothing
and the little comforts that make liv
ing brighter.
. Children have been supplied with
warm shoes and stockings, toys and
Floods in Arizona
Are Eeceding Now
Three Uvea Xaost and Maeh Damage
Done to Property by Southwest era
Floods Pollowiar Six' Day Kaia. .
Nogales. Ariz.. Dec. 23. After tak
ing a toll of three lives and several
thousand dollars' worth of property,
flood waters were receding here to
day after six days of continuous rains
The dead at Nogales were Walter
Fortune, county supervisor, and twe
Mexicans. All were caught in flood
i waters and swept away. ;
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candies. ' Better than all. men have
been supplied with employment and
put in position to remain- above
Charity. , ,
And so the dawn of - Christmas and
the -activities of the day; found "new
significance, in Portland. ! Doubtless
there, remained many "whom Santa
forgot," but these .probably were -fewer-than
ever before..
Once the children had emptied their
stockings and made home xiotous with
the blat of horns and the thrub of
drums, and while happy mothers were
preparing to set the turkey.' into the
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Oregon Man Killed
By Short Circuit
Aaolpn ICeyers and Companion Killed
By Electricity in TonopaJh Power
Plant; Keyera I,eaee Wife lm Orefon.
Tonopah.v Nev., Dec. 25. Adolph
Meyers and H. E. Mould. In charge of
the substation of a power plant here,
were instantly killed at 10 o'clock, to
day. In trying to locate a "short cir
cuit." they had climbed a pole, after
putting5 on a "first control." The cur
rent, however, leaped across, and both
fell to the : ground dead. :
Meyers leaves a wife In Oregon.
Mould's wife returned only two days
ago from an eastern trip.-;
Feac Overtures Intimated.
Paris, Dec. 25. It was reported here
yesterday that Austria had made Inde
pendent peace overtures to the allies
through f Vienna bankers, upon the
,basis of jthe concession-of Galtcia-to
Russia and Bosnia to Servla.
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GIRLS IN PORTLAND
iviaici nuy . i ivoyuai ijyviucu
tor by Late ruDiiCibpint-
ed Citizen: Documents i ed
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', rne wjnte Niiieid or I'ortiana. ure
gOD,"" a maternity h.MipJtat. for. way
ward, and unfortYnateyoin;, women
of -Portland. Is to be. founded . "at enee
under the terms of the will-of E. Hen
ry Wemme, the well known-Portland
who died December 1? .4 n Los 'Angeles.
To .provide :-for , the. hospital-, Mr.
Wemme set aside from hls- property
a half bhx-X on the west side of Fourth
street between Flanders and. Everett
streets, the northwest 'corner of Front
and Burnside streets." a plot 100' by
120 feet on which Is the building hous
ing, the tent -and awning business for
merly owned by Mr. Wemme, nd thje
souih 120 feet of thej block at Vnlon
avert ye and- the north side " vt ' Bulli-
vanis guicn, occupied. by jne -Moune
piow worKs. - -
In Mr. Wemme's will, filed late yes-
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Fire Starts Panic;
Santa Is Burned
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Kaaca Hand Xaf tired When MX Cloth
lag Catches Pire at Sanday Bekool
Chrietmas Tree Celebration.
Pacramento., Cal.. iJjcc. 25. Janiee
Holsten; ranch hand was s.rlouly
burned Thursday injght vhw his.
clothing taught 'fire jjwliile .uytlng as
Santa Clans at'a Sunday school Christ
mas tree in a school5jiise west of this
city. The room - wsj crowded wttii
children and a panic &as averted oly
by th presence of mSnd of Mrs. Bert
LeiK. who began r'yPI" the piano.",
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