t.-. 4. ,y4yXfoifliirMu wtlfcT' Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Mat. m: Mln. II. Kulr tonight mid WetfnuWir. mntt -- On.- -,- y V Forty-fourth Tr. IlRllvNlnlh Yrnr. CHRISTMASGOES WITHOUT TRUCE ON BATTLE LINE Nil Cessation of Military Activity, But No Decisive Action Russians Resume Offensive French Claim Prourcss, But Emphasize Repeated Attacks of Germans. LONDON', Dee. 20, 1:1," . in. -( lu ihIiiiiim Iiiih coiiio nml kiih uitli nul 11 truce 011 lliii pint ol' nny of tint twining tint iK of lluiopo, W'liilo thorn Iiiih boon mi cessation or mlli tiny uollvily, 1111 deeisivo action Iiiih occurred along cither of tlm great lilt t tK 1'lOlllN. A Hiri'tiiiMiliir oloinonl of tlm !' 'lit news was supplied liy 1111 ni'rinl duel, between a (Ionium aircraft ami two Kllgllnll hiphlllCS over tho Thainiw. TIiIk noouwed CIiiMiuuh ilny ninl wiw vvitnonsod liy Hovernl lliiiiiKiuiil K'Dili'. Tlm Herman es caped. I'roni I'olrograd comes news Hint tin- llinwiitim have ri'Nttiiinl tin- nf foimivo ut kovoiiiI point! in I'olnml nml that limy havo i'iiitini'il mi fewer tlinn 11,000 prisoners. To of fuel thin, however, Merlin reports inactivity along Hut Polish front. An Austrian army is Mill making a cour ageous i-l'foit o Mriko down the valley of tln Nioa in the direction of Cracow, Ilritish observers uro of the oiiiiiiii (hat tliix movement "ill be Ion Into if it in a fai't that tlm Ann-lin-dcimuu nttni'k in tin- center bus renlly received its iriorli'il chock. Fiench rinlni I'mrrti Although slating that further progress Iiiik boon mndo, today's t'oinmiinii'iitinn I'nnii the French war office lus chief emphasis 011 tlm re peated attacks by tlm (Ioniums, who niiiirciilly luivn undertaken a scries of vigorous onslaughts in response In the offensive movement of the allies, Kniuo of IIiono (Ionium iiIIhcUh ex tended over considerable sections of ground, involving largo bodies of troop, lint the assertion is iniylc that all wore checked. Perceptible lirnnri'-h in Alsnoe in claimed liy the Pioach. Reviewing conditions in tin1 oast itin arena, tlm French war office ns to ti 1 1 i that tin1 (Ioniums have boon thrust hank along tin' linn before Warsaw, ami that in llu fighting in Hit region lil' Cracow tint Russians luiMt won tho advantage. (.Vriimin Contradict Tho (Ionium slntomout onnlniiis the sti iking aiiuoiiui'i'inrnl Hint tlm (li'iinan attack on the ll.iim river have censed. It claims successes on Ihc right hank of tlm I'ilica ami tic scribes tho situation elsewhere its iinchaiigcil. ('liming to the western aiemi of tho fighting, Merlin i clitic Hint (Iciiimn troops havo heen nut, eossful. They havo repulsed English ami French nltiioks near Niouport ami minor enggenieiitn in tho Vo-gos nml upper AlMitco Iiiim not allereil the Hitnatlnn. Other cneoinitoix in l'raucu aro mciitiiiueil, hut nothing i sniil iih to Hie outcome. Italy Occupies Al-mv Italy's oeeupulion of tho Alhuninn putt of Avlona wan beliovotl tn open up poMublluMcrt of coniplieationK which might niako it difficult for tho Koine' government In maintain itw ncuutrality. Tlm ullitudo of Hit mania nlno was umro limn epr u mailer of ilouhl, on account of re purlh from Paris that tlm only oli. slnelo that jnovenlcd her from join ing with llm ttiplu oiitonto had heen removed. IltilKiiriit wnfl reprchcntcd iih hiiviug given tiHHuram'oH that hIui would louuiiu neutral, relieving llu mania from tlm fear of in attack f i urn llial ipmrtor hhoiild Him enter llio war. ON WALL STREET NKW YOIUC, Doc. 'Jll. 0ieniug witli tlm lightest trading ami lower prices, foilay'ri hriul HOHhion hoim ro covtuod to a level well almvo Tiich day'n i'Ioko. lmpiiry from tho Hain't Int'oicHt wan tlm most poloul 1'uotor in hriiigiug ahoiit a rondjiiHlinont of values. Rending, Lehigh Valley, h ion Pacific, New York Central and Hnltinmro & Ohio weio lenturox ol (lio rvonvery. )vwh wcro ati'atly. RUSSIA CEDES TO 'RMSSIANSRI AIM lAI JAPAN ISLAND IN Trr,V.LS T EXCHANGE FOR GUNS UIM. ALUAINUt :.... FAILS IN GALICiA WAHIMNIITUN, Dec. 'if: Tlm Jiipnni'Mi oiiilinmiy io ! t'dlvuil official mlvlroM from 'I'o lilo Hint KuhhIii Iiiih '.mIciI to .Inpiin Its linir of llm lilatid of Haklinlln for Hoinit lieitvv gutiM, Tlm Ifilaml wiih officially Kiih- riliin until Heptciiilier 1 U 0 5 . Tlm iioulliern half wan coiled tn Jupiui liy ttm term of tlm treaty of I'ortHiuoiitli. 4 INDIANAPOLIS, liul.. lice. 'JO. Tho arrexlN of foil MX ini'ii at Terre llaiilo Into laxt mghl, who wcio imliclcd hv the federal grand jury Dcccmhcr "J.'l, charged with ennpir aoy In violate the election law, has created a Hciihation in political cir cIch ihroiiKhout tlm Hlate. More nr rcxlH were cvpeelcd today ami it wiih Haul tho iiuuilior might reach imne than 100. Frank C. Dailcy, United States district atloiuoy, who conducted llm iuvofttigntioii heforo the federal grand jury, Hind today he would take up at once tho ludiauiipnli election cum', where it is claimed frauds were com u.illed at the N'ovemhcr election. t'uitcil Slater courlH hae juridic' tiou in the proposed investigation lie cmihO a I'nitcd Status senator ami memher of emigres wero elerteil at the last gociiral t'lvi'tton. INDIANAI'OLIS, Intl.. Dee. 'Jll. Charged in indictment with attempts to corrupt tlm election of N'nwiulicr :i last in Term Haute, Don M. Holi er!, mavor of Torre Haute, an an nounced candidate for tlm demo oratio nomination for governor in HUH, was taken in culody liy I'uit ed States .Mai-shal Mark K. Storeu at Tone Haute today. ltohcit, aecoinpauied liy .ludge Kli II. Kediuan of Hie Vio circuit court, answered a Miummus and soimlit tho marshul jit his hotel. At first Rob erts, Redman and Storeu would not talk, hut later tho mavor admitted that hoth ho and Redman had heen placed under airosl. F.urly this aft ernoon neither had heen utile tn fur nish Imml. County Sheiiff Dennis Sheak, who surrendered voluntarily early in the morning, emerged from Marshal Sin roa lemporary offico in a hotel this afternoon mid annuuiieed that he had heen aide to furnish Imml. With tlm arniht of Kdward Diis I'nll, M'oretary of tho denmorntii) oily commit Ice, and mi employe in tlm city lecnrder'H nl'fioo; Ruheit Lloyd, a nieuiher of tlm police dopailnieiit, mid hoven others, tho total ntimlicr of ar rests wan brought up to sovoiity-foiir this afternoon out of the nmio than 100 men iudiccted iih tlm result of probing tho recent oily election at Terru lluutc. ANGRY AT VILLA WASHINGTON, Dec. 'Jll. Tho Carranza ngenoy hero announced to day tho receipt of tlm following eom niunicalioii front Carrana'H agent at Vera Cruz: "(lenoral Villareal at Monterey infonus us that ho recent ly had a eouforenco at HuUillo with (lonoral Alvnro, tho (lutierrez gov ornor of tlm stuto of San Luis Po tusi, who iufoimod hi nitluit Knlalio (Intiorrex had'Hont hi into inform Vilhtrenl that ho had deiiiamled from Villa that ho eliminato hiiitsoll' fiom politioal activities, hut that Villa had not munplied and that Uutiorrex was disposed to enroll himself and his troop.4 oiil'u again under tho banner of tho first cliiof ami tho plan of Guadalupe." The Weather . Oregon - Rain tonight and Sun day bpiitliensterly winds, ELECTION FRAUDS CAUSE ARREST OF HUNDRED INDIANANS CLAIM GUTIERREZ mbdjj'oiid, Austrian-German Campaign Pro nounced Failure Lack of Cohes ion, Doyrjctl Pcrsevefancc and De moralization Rcsultlnii From Lack of Success Characterizes Efforts. PKTROORAD, Dec. 'JO, xia Lou don. -Tho war expoil of the Ninoo Vicmyn, in a summaiv f Hie war published toiluv. refers to what ho calls tlm "collapse of the Austrian campaign in (lalicin, the lack of co hesion on the part of the (loriiiau ar mies In tho mirth of Cracow and tho dogged persowraneo. but with wan ing spirit of llio (iormnn at Sochac row," which ho mi.vh desoiibcd the situation in Poland. doing into detail, this ob-crver say: "Tho lack of miccc oT the Aus trian armv in the Smiok-Liskn front deutalied all the Austrian o' ra tion in (lalieia. The fate of I'ro mysl has been a weighty factor with tho Austrian giytoral staff, which placid gtent importance on tho co operation of the garrioou in this fortress with tlm anny ndvauciui; through the I'e.laboretr. Pass. Tlm iiiisuecessliil sotlioH of llio garrison of tho forlresH ami llio failure tn ef fect a junction with the field aniiV caused the collap-c of the entire Austrian plan. The Preinysl sorties were the lat feverish effort of tho garrison's expiring energy. Campnlgii Weakens "Following tho failure of tho Aus trian army on the Saiiok-Lisko line," tho writer goes on, "their entire cam paign weakened so that our counter Mltnok"broniim mom ami mom ef fective. Finally the Russian unities took the offensive along the .entire front. The Austrian lost all inter est in their third (laliciau campaign when they failed In relieve Pivcmysl. They began with high spirits mid largo hopes, based on the cfi-opcra-linn of fresh (lenaaii troop, which had nut as yet fought in Russia: re liance was placed also on a siiuul taneoti attack on a largo scale by tlm (loriiiau army before Warsaw. At the present time there i fighting go ing on in the Mzura, near Holimuw; in the valley of tho Pihca; on the banks of the Nida; along tho river Diiuujeo in (lalieia ami in the foot hills of tho Carpathian. There is no cohesion oilier tlian that resulting from isolated episodes. Although largo forces aro engaged on hoth sides, there is no fundamental unity to tlm strategy of llm ejieniy. F.ven tlm dailv struggle about Sochacrevtr show Hint tho (Senium iicrsovoraiioo is merely tho breaking through the Russian right. Slego of I'rcmysl "Russian control of the riuht battle of tho Vistula," h ewrites, "for a distance of fortv miles below Row has been a decided stop to tho deliv ery of food mid ammunition to the (Ioniums by boat from Thorn. "A soldier who has been invalid ed from tho forces besieging l'rzo ntysl says that tho garrison within tho fortrosH is short ,if ammunition mid is oeonnmir.in" in its uo of shells, ami cartridges. Tho fuel sup ply, however, evidently is good, since (Contlnuod on page two.) . . i GENERAL KELLY-KENNY OF LONDON. Dec. 'Jll. l n. m.Gen- cVnl Sir Thonins Kelly-Kenny, form erly adjutant general of the Ilritish forces, is dead. Hi homo was at Doolough Lodge, in County Clare, whore ho had lived biueo his retire ment in 1007. (loiioral Kelly-Kenny was n distin guished bohlior and had been aotivo service in many foreign fields. In 1110.1 (loneral Kelly-Kenny by appointment accompanied Primus .Ar thur of Comiaiight on a special mis sion to tho emperor of ilapiui. Ho visited (ho Furled States in 11)01) af ter ho had retired from aotivo sorv ico. (loiioral Kelly-Kenny was nearly 7(1 years Of ngc, liming been horn in County (la ro, ireimui, t'cnnutry "Ji, 4 NO, bRKfioy, Saturday, TURK PORT OF TRIPOLI ATIIKNB, Dec, 2. Uoni luirilinenl by nn American emitter of Hie Tnrkluli port of Tripoli, Hyrlii, In nnld to havo been threatened on iu count of nn tittnrk by tlm TtirM on the erew of nn Auierlniin mer eliiint mini on which HrltlHh ami French nolUlurii L'eslred to do part. Inciiuilet report!) mate Hint the threat of the warnhlp'i couitnnndcr ipiolleil the attack. The emitter TeuucHiteo tins been in the cunt .Mediterranean KCYernl iiiontlm uml wtiH lattt reported not far from Tripoli. TO FAVOR ALLIES PARIS, Dee. 'J(i, (5:1.-, u. m. -The only obstacle to RuiiiHiiia joining tin forces of the triple entente, accord ing to the Figaro, was the lack of gi.arantcots. from llulgaria regarding the eountr.vV, neutrality. The Figaro learns fiom u good vmrt'c, it snys to day, that these guarantees have now been obtained ns it result of the joint action of the triple entente povvern at Sofia with the further under staudiuu' that in tho event of llul garia deciding to intervene in the war it would be against the enemies of the entente. eightIStby -airship in russia PKTKCKSItAI), Dec. L'U via London, C:20 p. in. Klght perrons wero killed and over 100 wero wounded In the town of Socliaczcvv, Itithslnn Poland, today by bombn thrown down from five (Iormnn aeroplane. Ono bomb dropped in the mli'dlo of a crowd which wan watching tho avia tors and iu exploding, it killed or wounded vlrtunlly tho entire gnth erliiK. The market pi a co in Sochnczew and n number of wooden houses wero set aflro and dcntroyod. Sochaczow Is on tho lUurn, ao miles west of Warsaw. WASHINGTON, Dee. Jtl.-Pix-lnii-iuary estimates hy postoffico offio ials place the number of pared po-t packages handled during the Christ mas rush at 100,000,000 and indicat ed that the total volume of parcel post traffio for 11UI will total near ly l,000,00l),000 paokage. BALKANS PLEDGED New Year's Issue Tho Mail Tribune 'a annual Now Year's issue will be finer than ever this year. Special attontion will bo paid to tho tourist attractions of southern Oregon, including tho scenic beauties, world wonders and paved highways. Tho issuo will bo better illustrated than any of our provious New Year's issues and that is going sonio. It is necessary to know in advanco how many papers will bo required, so placo your order now. Last year tho issuo comprised thirty-oight pages and oxceeded 10,000 copies. Help make tho edition 15,000 this year. Price o couts per issuo. Mailed to any address by tho offico for 10 conts. MLL TUTS COUPON OUT AND MAIL Mail Tribune, 4 Medford, Oregon. Pleaso reservb mo copies of 1915 Now Year's issue. Nanio : . Addvess VKcmnmi 20, 3914 REBELLION OF Filipino;; R1S OUI A FIZZLE Eight Natives Arrested on Char. of Sedition Plot of Secret Order for Uprlsinu Betrayed hy Constabulary and American Forces Prepared Effort Poorly Organized. MANILA, Dec. (i. Fight Filip ino have been arrested in n charge of sedition a u lestilt of an abortive rising in .Manila mid its immediate environs Thursday niht. Further arrests are probable. From army sources it is learned that a general warning was sent to all officers on Thursday afternoon, slating that fully 10,000 Filipinos iu Manila alone wero ready for u eon-' eerted attack on Port .Santiago, the oiiartel cspmm, the emirtel Infmtterm nml the medical dcp-it. The military units were immediately prepared and a street patrol was started at dusk. Uprising ltetni)il Constabulary agents who are mem ber of the secret societies disclosed the plans for an upri-iiig, thus enabl ing a force of oon-tiibulnry and po lice to disperse gatherings nt Ilaguin baan, Paoo mid Navotas, near Mai ntain. At Caloocau a squad of American sailor seized chairs when a force of Filipino approached a dance hall in which they were gath ered, ami using the chairs as weapon-, routed the Filipino, of whom quite a number were injured. The rising was evidently poorly or ganized and lacked leaders. It was composed for the most part of per sons implicitly trusting the word of Artcinio Riearte, a revolutionary who conducts n continual propaganda '"from Hong Kong', to which, place he was banished by the Ameneau au thorities Home lime ago. Riearte, it is stated, advi-od that the anti-Amer ican attempt be made on Christmas eve. when the American officers would be expected to celebrate the holidnv. Well Under Control Reports from the province tell of minor rNings mid occasional vio lence, but detail.- from those bcctions aro lucking. The situation today from all np pearanee.s mid according to official statements, is well under control of the military authorities. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2C Manuel Quezon, resident commissioner gen eral of tho Philippines in congress declared today that conditions of tho Philippines wero being exaggerated by Interests opposed to tho pending bill for a greater measure of self government and ultimate Independ ence for tho Islands. "1 know nothing of the reported nrronta for Insurrectionist plots," bo said. "I am satisfied that when in vestigated they will dlscloso nothing moro serious than what hero would bo arrests for violations of police regulations Tho Philippine people know n revolutionary movement would Interfere with independence. They will be much disappointed If tho bill does not pass at this session of this congress. Hut failure to pass it will not mean Insurrection." ...w. E ENVOYS TO BELGIUM LONDON, Dec. 20 -Tho Ilritish authorities havo boen advised of Germany's notlfl- cation lo neutral governments 4 that It will no longer rccog- nl?? the exequaturo crediting their consuls to Helium. a preliminary step to tho offl- clal taking over of Itolrlum by the Germans, it will mean tho 4 refusal to recognize Hrand ? vvitiuocK tno American minis- tor. z PAItlS, Dec. 2C, 3:53 p. m. A dispatch received hero from Nancy says that a Zeppelin airship flew over this city early this morning and dropped a total of 14 bombs Two persons wero killed and two others wounded. Several houses In Nn.icy wero slightly damaged but nono of tho pub lic buildings wero Injured This is the first report of any hostile activity on tho part of any Zopitolln against any French city. Tho last notable exploit o! a Zeppe lin was over Antwerp, when such a ship flew over that licIlleJan seaport in tho first weeks of the war and throw down bombs. Nancy has a population of about 100,000 It Is duo east from Paris and about ten miles from tho Ger man frontier. Tho Ilcrlln official announcement of today said that German airmen bad thrown medium sized bombs into tho outskirts of Nancy in re taliation for tho throwing of bombs by a French airmen Into an unnamed German village. NO BATTLE RAGING VALPARAISO. Chile, Dec. 2C No new sea-fight has occurred off tho Chilean coast, so far as c.nn bo ascer tained today nt Valparaiso. Tho cannonading reported last night IS miles off this port by tho Chilean torpedo gunboat Tonio and which was supposed to be an en gagement between tho Ilritish cruis er Newcastle and tho German cruis er Dresden and converted cruiser Prlnz Kltel Frederlch, Is now be lieved to havo been tho Newcastle saluting the ilng of Vice Admiral Sir Frederick Sturdeo, commander of tho Ilritish squadron which sank the German squadron off tho Falkland Islands. Tho Australian battle cruiser Aus tralia anchored in tho bay this morning. Vlco Admiral Sir George Patoy, commander of tho Australia. came nshoro and patd hU roapectB to tho Chilean authorities Ho suld bo had not met tho cruiser Newcastle whllo on his way to Vnlparulso and assorted ho was unablo to explain tho origin or tho firing roportod off tho coast. Tho Australia has been cruls Ing along tho Pacific coaat of South uncrica lor sovoral wooks A fow dttys ago sho paid a visit to Callo, Peru. AUSTRALIAN CRUISER ARRIVES AT VALPARAISO VALPARAISO, C'hilo, Dec. 20. Tho Australian battle cruiser Aus t rutin camo into this port today. She had been on tho Facifiq coast of South Amorien for several weeks. A wcek ago sho put into Callno, Peru. Portland Livestock Market PORTLAND, Or., Dee. iu.-Cnltlo -Receipts 28; steady. Hogs Receipts (JO.'); higher". Primo light, $7.2r(o7.-10; medium, $7.07i( 7.1.1; fiinootlt lipnvy, .$(1.70((1.00; rough heavy, $G.'10(7iG,f)5. Shcojv Roecitt8 581; btendy. TO EFPEUN D REN BIBS AT NANCY Nt OFF CHILEAN COAST NO. 237 ENTIRE EAST Below Zero Weather Breaks Records From Mississippi to Atlantic 52 Below in Vermont, 18 Below In lllh nols, 40 Below In Adh"&ndaks Florida Also Suffers. . From Omaha, Neb., to tho AtlanHo coast zero weather prevailed today in the wnke of n cold wave which orig inated in Manitoba, Can., nnd swept Moiithward and eiiNtwnrd. Cold wenther records wero Hhattered in mnny point where official weather reports nre maintained. Among tho coldest places were J Charles City, la., 24 below; Lu croiKC, Wis., 24 below; Pnorin, III., 18 below; I)nvcnxirt mid Den Moines, In., 14 below; Devil' Lake, N. D.f 18 below; St. Paul, 22 below; Orecu Hay, Wis., 18 below. Telegraph nml telephone compan ies reported many "cold wenlbor breaks' due to tho contraction oC w ircM. Chicago fared better than its out lying fttiburlw, beemiso of n protect ing curtain of fog, but nono the Ichs experienced its coldest morning with tho mercury nt -I below, though it, quickly went up to 0 above. WASHINGTON', Dec. 2C A cold wave held the country from the Mis sissippi river to the Atlantic const in its grip today and broko December tcmjierutiire records in many places. Fifty-tvyo degrees below zero was. (he temperature nt I Jarre, Vt., while Albany, X. Y., reported 10 degrees, below zero; Hartford, Conn., 4 de grees below; Synu'use, N,..Y.r12 de grees below, mid Peorin, III., 18 de grees below. Tho extremely cold wenther ex tended southward as far ns Florida, peninsula, nnd below zero tempera tures were recorded in New Knglmid, interior of New York, West Virginm, Michigan, Illinois, Northern Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, mid North Dakota. Lower temperature were promised for tonight iu the ninth Atlmituj fetutes. NEW YORK, Dee. 20. New York' shivered today in the grip oC tho coldest weather of the season. Tho temperature dropped to 4 degrees nbovo zero. Tho wind blew thirty miles nn hour New cold weather records for De cember were reported up slate, Og densburg reporting 32 below anil Uticn 25 below. S. ALIIANS, Vt., Dee. 2.'.. TJio lowest temHraturc in Vermont, ,r" degrees below zero, was reported in Hurro today. This shattered all pre vious records for December. Horn it was 20 below; nt Rutland, 22; lib Montpclicr, !10, mid ut Darlington 10, WATKRTOWX, N. Y., Dee. 20. Northcru New York is experiencing today tho coldest weather of tho win ter. Tho official thermometer regis tered 24 below zero during tho night in this city. Temperntures from !I0 to 40 below have been reported from various points iu the Adiromlal mountains. COR FY, Pa., Dee. 20. December records for cold iu northern Penn sylvania weiu broken hero today when thermometers registered 21 to 110 degrees below zero. PHILADELPHIA, Dee. 2(1. This was tho coldest December 20 in Phil adelphia since the weather burcuu begun keeping records forty years ago. At 7 a. m. tho temperature wau ! degrees nbovo zero. E SHIVERS IN GRIP OF COLD WAVE SUNK BY MANS , PARIS, Dee. 20, 0;10 a. m. The Italiuu press stales, according to ud ' vices to tho Matin, that a Frunok submarine belonging- to the fleet of Yieo-Admiral Lnpuyrere has bi sunk whilo attempting to twrpvdo Austrian battleship jn tho Austria 7? naval base of Polit. The orew, it in stated, wore rcsoued nd ttken fri oners. . , ' )-