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MEDFOHP. OREUONV EH I DAY, PECEM15EH '29. 1)1
NO.
yMIL TRIBUNE .
FINCH REPEL
T
Effort to Strike Back Opposite Scene
of Recent French Success Ends in
Failure for Crown Prince's Army
Mackensen Keeps Up Drive
Against Rumania.
GERMAN THRUS
VERDUN REGION
PARIS, Deo. 20. German troops
last night delivered nn attack in
V strong force on a three-kilometer
front between Ilill ,'!04 uiul Dead Mini
hill, northwest of Verdun, the war of
fice announced today. The French
infantry mid machine gun fire broke
the attack, but one of the French
trenches south of Dead Wan hill was
penetrated by a few hostile troops.
Striking back at the French in the
Verdun region, but on the bank of
the Mouse, opposite the scone of the
recent French successes, the Ger
mans made n strong effort lust night
to penetrate the French lines between
Hill 304 and Dead Man hill, the two
dominating eminences north of the
fortress.
Wentlicr Checks Fighting.
. The activities around Verdun have
been virtually the only breaks in the
monotony of trench warfare nlong
the Franco-Belgian front. The battle
of the Sommc admittedly is in a state
of suspense, because of the had state
of the ground and uiiluvornble at
mospheric conditions, according to
liritish authority.
The opening of what may prove to
bo an important offensive by the
Teutonic forces along the Moldavian
western frontier is revealed in the
current Berlin statement. Apparent
ly it is the Austro-tiermau purpose
to break through the mountain region
here and force the Russo-Rumanian
lines back along the lower Carpathian
barriers to Moldavlu.
Heights Captured.
Several heights were captured in
the effort, which evidently is made
in conjunction with the northward
thrust of the Tenutonic armies from
Wallachia, to the east of this line, the
southern flank of which is thus
threatened.
From Wallachia northward Field
Marshal Von Mackensen's advance
has been pressed on the west nearly
thirteen miles north of Rimnik Sarat
and new progress also has been made
near the Danube whore Braila. a
grain and oil center, is the next im
portant point in the line of tho Teu
tonic progress.
Stubborn Kosislonce.
The Petrograd statement reveals
that Rumanian troops arc again in
the field in northeastern Wallachia
and the indications are that resis
tance of a most stubborn sort is be
ing offered to Von Mackensen's thrust
towards tho Sereth line, which runs
northwest through Central Moldavia
from a point on the Danube just
north of Uralla. The Germans, how
ever, have taken H00 more prisoners
from the Russians, together with
three cannon.
in Dobrudia, opposite Uralla and
Galatz, tho Bulgarian, Turkish and
German forces have closed in further
upon the Matchln bridgehead, taking
the town of Ratchelu, on the Danube,
k ten miles across the northwestern
neck of Dobrudja, from Matchln and
opposite the Bessarablan shore
RAIL EMPLOYES
DECIDE NEXT STEP
NKW YOl! K, Dee. 20. The 40m,
OilO railroad employes affiliated with
the four trainmen's brotherhoods will
decide the next step which will be
taken by their authorized committee,
which has been handling their side of
the controversy over the opcrate-ii ,.t
the Adamson act, it was announced
here today by the brotherhood chief-.
The brotherhood leaders, after an
unannounced conference here this af
ternoon, gave out ,a statement indi
cating their fear that the pending lit
i:riitiun, together wiih possible fuliirc
steps on the part of the railroads
would delay indefinitely the investi
gation by President Wil-on's special
committee headed by George W.
Goi'lll.ils,
ALLIES OBJECTS
IN CONTINUING
WAR OUTLINED MEXKAN BANDIT
London Spectator Gives Peace Terms
Germany to Lose Alsace-Lor
raine, Colonies, Poland and Its
Navy Turkey to Yield Constanti
nople and Armenia.
LONDON', Dec. 2fl. The Spectator
devotes the greater part of tomor
row's issue to answering President
Wilson's question as to what are tin
peace terms of the entente allies
Uriel ly summarized, the principal de
mimils as outlined by the Spectator
follow :
"The peace terms are to start from
the status quo before the war, thus
including the evacuation of the who!
of northern France, liclgiiim and
Luxemburg, and of all lands taken
from Serbia, Kumania, Hussia and
Montenegro.
"Alsace-Lorraine is to be restored
to France. The Danish portion of
Schlcswig-Ilolstein is to go to Den
mark and l'oscn, Polish Prussia and
Austrian Poland are to be added to
the new sub-kingdom of Poland which
the c.ar has pledged lo create.
Xew Slav Kingdom.
"The Slavs of liosnia, Herzegovina
Dalmutia, Croatia, etc., tire to he ere
ated into a new kingdom.
"Iloheiuia to be an independent
state.
"The Kmnauiau section of Trim
sylv.inia to be added to Kumania.
"The whole Austrian Tyrol, pin:
Tries!, Istrin and the oilier portions
of Austria which are Italian in blood
feeling, to be added to Italy.
'Turkey to yield Constantinople
and the straits to Kussiit.
"The Armenians to be put under
lltissiun tutelage.
"The Arabs to be freed, while Sy
ria, Asia Minor and Mrvopotnmin are
lo be under external protection guar
anteeing tranquillity.
"The Gorman colonies to remain in
the hands of the entente. .Moreover,
a money indemnity for the ruin Ger
many has done in Helgium, Fiance,
Serbia. Montence.ro, etc.
Full Hopnrntion.
"As regarding shipping, Germany
lo make reparation in kind for all
ships of commerce destroyed, ton for
ton, neutral- shipping to be replaced
only after all the demands of the al
lies have been satisfied.
"The German navy to be handed
over and distributed among entente
nations.
"As a guarantee against future
war, the allies are to insist upon the
democratization of the German gov
ernment. "The Kiel canal to be neutralized
under an intenialional non-Ocrmnn
commission, including the entente
ountrics, the I'nited States and other
neutrals.''
MUST GO TO JAIL FOR
OLYMPIA. Wash., Dec. 29. The
state supreme court today upheld the
conviction of Paul Haffer of Tacoma,
who was convicted in the Pierce
county superior court for criminal li
bel because he published an article
defamatory of George Washington,
accusing hlni of drunkenness and
other irregularities. The supreme
court ruled that publication of ar
ticles tending to hold the memory of
deceased persons up to ridicule, con
tempt and obloquy constitutes libel
and thai it Is not necessary to show
that relatives and friends of the de
ceased person were Injured in the at
tacks, tlaffer was sentenced to four
months in the fierce county jail, and
must serve his term.
HOWARD PRESIDENT OF
AMERICAN SOCIOLOGISTS
COLl'MP.I S. O., Dec 20.-Prof.
Gcorue F.. Howard of Ihc 1'niveisity
,, Nibra-ka wa- elected pre-iden! of
the Aircticjin Siicn.lo-jical society
here t.iday. succeeding George F.. Vin
cent of the l'nivcr-ity of Minuc-ola.
Prol. --or S-..il W. llcdfi.nl ( the
I nivcr-ily of Clin-iu'ii re-elect -
i-d -cci'laiy. ...
Uncle Sam
Trying to
STILL AT LARGE
Estimated at Washington That Pur
suit of Villa Has Already Cost
$49,000,000, and End Is Not Yet
Total Cost Likely to Be Astounding
WASHINGTON, 1). C, Dec. '). It
is estimated today that I'ncle Sam
has spent more than $-10,000,1101) try
ing to catch "Pam ho" Villa, and the
Mexican bandit is still at large, lie
has .just captured the .Mexican city
id' Torreon.
The war department has not yet is
sued an official report on the cost of
Irving to catch the -l!l,((HI,000 ban
dit. Last year the cost of feeding the
regular army was -7 cents a man per
day. Food price increases have plac
ed the cost at 110 cents. I'ncle Sam
has spent about !fN,V20,!l!lo feeding
the 14H,i"i!) men for 193 days spent on
the border.
The pay bill for officers and men
is put at ,f22,4Si.08n.
The cavalry and field artillery of
the stale militia were practically
horseless when they went to the bor
der. The b'ill.'i cavalrymen had 1 S'J4
horses, the II.V2-I field artillerymen Ml 2
horses. It cost if l,0-i:!,8!10 to buy
horses and mules. -v-.r
From the time Pershing went into
Mexico to June .'10. Dllli, there were
bought for the exclusive use of the
expedition ."iKS motor trucks, ."i7 mo
tor tank trucks, 10 motor machine
shop trucks, (j motor wrecking
trucks, 75 niitomobiles, 01 motorcy
cles and 8 tractors for repairing
roads. This cost is placed at -t2,17.5,-11711.
The .T-in,(Mll,000 estimate does not
cover wearing out of tentage and sap
plies of all kinds, nor cost of main
tenance of roads and supply truins.
With Villa at large and the cost to
I'ncle Sam going on, the total figure,
when the Villa. mutter is finally end
ed, will be all the more astounding.
IT
PETItOCiliAD, Dec. 29. Violent
fighting took place between Russian
troops and forces of the central
powers yesterday in central Ru
mania. In the region of Amara, ac
cording to the Russian official state
ment issued today, a Teuton force
35, duo men strong launched an at
tack on the Russian lines. The bat-
tie continued until evening when the
i engagements slackened. In the sector
of Rimnik Sarat and Holdu all tho
attacks of the Invaders were repulsed
by the Russians. The text of the
statement reads:
"All attacks on the sector from
the railway near Itlmnlk Sarat to.
lioliidu southwest of Rimnik Sarjl, !
were repulsed. The enemy was over-
thrown bv our energetic counter at- j
tacks.
"In the course of tho day the ene -
my about two divisions strong con -
dueled atlacks 111 the direction of
Amara station, ton versts to tho
south of Boldn. Towards evening the
battle Hlaehened.
"Near Filipochtl station an enemy
Httafk was repulsed by us. Else
where there were artillery attacks.
"Dohmdja: Alone the whole front
the enemy conducted attacks against
our patrol guards. '
TURKEY'S REPLY TO
WILSON'S PEACE MESSAGE
WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. Tin -fccy'f
reply to President Wilon;
pence note wa received today nt th'1
-tutc department. It MibMjuihuliv i-tin-
;iihc if jei tiniu V and Au-lriit's.
Spends 49
Catch Pane ho
;'" "
Mi-
V wX if
ENTENTE REPLY
TO PEACE OFFER
LONDON, Dec. 2!). As a result of
the conferences which have been in
progress for several days, the entente
reply to the German notls now com
pleted. It could go forward today or
tomorrow except for the necessary
formality of transmitting It to all the
allies before final delivery. This
means that the delivery will be made
early In, or in the middle of next
week, perhaps on Wednesday.
The delivery will be made at Paris,
after which the communication will
be forwarded to Germany through
American channels. The reply is a
very long document, much more
lnngthv than the German note. This
point has been one of the matters of
discussion during the conferences,
-the objection having been raised that
i It is too long and should bo short
j and sharp. Hut there were so many
I points for elucidation ami such
complete difference of conception of
jthe objects and purposes for which I ,.jV(,, i,,.,-,. ye-tenlay from Saltillo
. the two sides went to war that ituilh the n rt that the de facti,
was found desirable lo extend the
note lo considerable length, Tho
presence here of Alexandre Itlbot, the
French finance manager, permitted
jthe French ministry to be represent-
1 ed during the conferences,
1 I'niisiial optimism is shown here
as lo the final result of the form
which the reply hau taken, which Ih
believed to be such that It will meet
with satisfaction at Washington.
The reply to the American note
will follow within a few days after
the delivery of the reply to Germany.
OMAHA NEWSPAPERS
SUSPEND NEW YEAR'S DAY j
OMAHA, Neb., Dee. 'JO. - An- j
noiinecmcr.! wjc made today by the! WASHINGTON, De-. Piei
Omaha daily papers that no papers j dent WiUon hi I c" today si'.'iied the
will he printed Monday, .January l.j Ferris bill, opening up (ilU-acrp
Publication was omitted bv all morn- home-tcads l"r stock rai-ini: and
Mi' and al ternooii puper t'liii-tina-j razinjr pnrpo.-e.-. It i-- accounted ot
day. Conservation ol the paper slip- reat importance to the ue-leni
ply i jiven a? tlic objr; t. j -ti'tos
Million
V'lla
VILLA EVACUATES
TORRE
HI. PASO, Tex., Dec. 'jn. Gov
eminent agents here received an un
confirmed report today that Fran
cisco' Villa and his forces were mov
ing north from Torreon in Ihc direc
tion of Chihuahua City with a col
umn of approximately ,"000 men. . j
Torreon was evacuated by the Villa
forces, ai rding to the same source,
and wai rcoccupied by do facto
forces. No dale was given for the
re-occupation of Torreon.
Forces nprrating under llie banner
of Villa have occupied Saltillo, the
.capital of Ihc state of Coahuilu, il
was nuiiounced here today by ilia
partl--alis.
'flic report wa
denied by Carrauza
officials hcl-c.
ai jjrs Ainullo Giuiziih , wile of
' ;llM (ionznlcs of (iiihiiahuii, in
I In
oi.s had lelt there lo lake llie iiclil
gainst Villa foiccs near Torreon.
Gov.') imient icictlts here al-i, re
ceived llie report I. .Hay Hint Miitnn
hful been inMM!iied by ti I'orcc Hiiim
inir I" lie Villa fnllmver-. Thi-. re
port Muled tliiit this force lunf come
there J 'nun tin- Miitlh ntal inul tin eon
neclioii wiih Villi!'- mnin enmrnaml in
the vieinttv of Torreon.
i
PAPER MAKERS
REFUSBTO TALK
Manufacturers Decline to Discuss
Figures or to Testify Before Fed
eral Trade Investigators at Hearing
Held at Washington Prosecution
of Trust Seems Only Relief.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2f. News
print paper manufacturers at a hear
ing called today by the federal trade
commission, declined to discuss fig
ures presented by tho eoininb:slon's
Investigators bearing on costs and
profits of paper manufacture, but
consented to continue consideration
of a dlstiilmllon plan they proposed
to the commission two weeks ago.
The manufacturers declared they
had not time to study the cost fig-
urea.
bearing hold Iwo weeks ago at
which tho same statistics were pre
sented, was suspended when the
mnmifiirinrors nut fnrwnnl the nliin
for distribution. Today's was the
final hearing before tho commission
makes its report to congress on the
news print situation.
Causes Astonishment.
Members of tho trade commission
appeared astonished when tho nianu
facturers declined to testify and dc
elared the original hearing was
called at tho request of the manu
facturers themselves. The postpone.
ment, they said, not only was for
time to study one distribution plan
but to give tho manufacturers an op
portuulty to go over the commission's
figures.
KcprcHcnlullvcs of the manufac
turers replied that the commission
Itself had stated It would make an
early report to congress and that the
manufacturers did not wish to block
the report by asking for time to
study tho statistics.
Commissioner Davles hinted early
in tho day that If the trade commis
sion failed to find relief for the pub
Ushers, some other governmental
agency probably could offer the aid
asked. PuhliHliers believed he re
ferred lo tho department of Justice.
Sharply Criticised.
The unwillingness of the manu
facturers to testify drew sharp critl-
elsin from tho publishers, Frank
P. tilass, chairman of the paper com
mittee of the American Newspaper
Publishers' association, told the com
mission the manufacturers alt along
had declined to help solve tho situa
tion and that their distribution plan
was far from a concession, that It
would not Ineonvenicnco paper
makers, but Hie country's largest
publishers, who would have to relin
quish paper lo fill the needs of the
small publishers.
TO BE ANSWERED
T
WASHINGTON. Dr.-. 'J!l.Vlint
HhMvcr will Im ivliiriii'il to (ifiKM-nl
'iirnurit'.- Istd-M jtimi-jfl Ur mnli-
lieiMioiis in the protocol, Muucd at
Atlantic City, will be determined here
Tuc-dav. On that duv tlie American
members of llie Mexican-American
ioint ciuiuni---ioii will meet and con
sider the MexieMM cniniiniical ion d
Ihcred y-tcrday to Secretary Lane
bv Luis Cabrera of the Mexican
eoiuinis-ii'ii.
The Mcxirniis iiinbublv will be
here on that da. and in the event the
AmeriejijM decided Cnrraii.a's ivply
can be LMveii .-crioii- eon-idernt ion, mi
immediate seMon of the .joint
mission may be held.
tieneral ( airatiza - l;ite-t com
mitment ion ji-kihji iiMubt it-at iun of
the pn iincn I covering wit hdra ual of
American t mops from Mexico, was
examined clu-ely today by Secretary
Lane, chairman of the American
litem her ot t he .punt com tut--ton.
who ha- iiin!iio!ieil his cul'caiiue- to
confer with him here a oon as pos
sible. They will decide what answer
to -five the Mexicnn rcprc-cntat it-e.
when'another ,-c--ion of the commis
sion i- held carlv next week.
TO COMMISSION
SPAIN PROTESTS
RUTHLESSNESS
Vigorous Demand Made Upon Ger-
many to Cease Piracy of the Seas
Denies Right of U-Boats to De-i
stroy Ships of Neutrals Carrying
Contraband Threatens Action. ..
.MA lli 1 1 1, via Pans, Dec. 28.
The note addressed to Germany on(
the submarine question bv the Span-i
ish government reviews at length thu
policy of Madrid from the time thof
first Spanish ship, the Isidoro, wusj
torpedoed, in August, .1 !).". It de-
lares Hint the Spanish government;
has always niuititumed that it was il-.
legal to destroy prizes, as is the con
stant practice of submarines, and
that the cabinet also demanded tho
ibservation of the declaration oC
Loudon, notably article ,ri0, which ib
maintained submarines violate by
abandoning the crews of sunken!
ships to the mercy ol the waves trim
land.
. Protest Destruction.
The note further reeulls the vigoi
of the ri'presenlutions of the Spnnisli
government, which it says sometime!
uuscd the llcrlin government to bo
surprised at the radical attitude of
Spain, whose protests, it is said, hovo
been more energetic than those on
anv neutral slate, even the United
Slates.
Willi regard to tho contrnbaniil
question, the note says:
What the Spanish government!
dois no! admit is the central em
pires' interpretation of iuteniiitional
law, wherebv Ihcv destroy ships nE
nations which have always com-'
plained and .protested against sucW
an interpretation.".
flic note concludes with nn an-
noiinceinciil Ilia! lurilier steps lira
being taken lo avoid or diminish irk
fill urc the risks to shipping of Spain(
History or Protests.
In Seplcmbcr of this your tho
Spanish government sent a note to
llerlin protesting vigorously against;
I In- torpedoing of Spanish steamers
bv German submarines. Prior to tliuti
time dispatches from Spain' stated
that indignation over the operations?
of the submarines was growing
Ihroicihoul (he country and that mer
cantile and shipping bodies wero
bringing strong pressure on the gov
ernment tor action. In October a
liorlin dispatch said thai Ihc German'
government had offered to let Span-1
ish fruit ships sail unmolested linden
certain giiai'aiitccs, ami provided Hint
the allies permitted siinilur cargoes
lo pass for the Geriiiiin market.
The agitation in Spain continued
to grow mid on December 12 Alcxan-
ilio Lerroiix, leader ol the Spanish
radicals, introduced n hill in thu
'hninber of deputies "rohilntiiier
Spanish subjects and vessels from
provisioning (icriunn 'submarines.
This was followed mi December 22 by
llie introduction of a resolution by
llie republican parlv declaring that
there was urgent need of putting a
slop to Ihc torpedoing of Spanish
ships, which was "continuing to
weaken a merchant ma rine ' already
insufficient and threatening to ruin
Ilit- agricultural interests of Spain.'
Knriwtlr .Mnisures.
1'AIHS, Dec "JS. A Hnviis dis-
patch from .Madrid says the Spanish
'jiliiiirt, after eon-idcrntioii of the
torpedoini; nf Spanish vessels, has
decided lo take energetic measures
avoid the constant dimunition of tho
count r'- merchant marine. Another
nicctim,' will be held to -jive precise
form to these measure-, the nature of,
whi h has not been disclosed.
FIFTY PERISH WHEN
HKIil.lN.
'!, The Finnish
of 1 070 tons, with
-learner Oihoniin,
a regiment of liu-sian eoa-t artillery
from the Aland Uland- on board,
-truck a mine and ank in a lew min
utes, iiecotdiiii: to a dispatch to the
Frankfurter Zcitutii; from Copenha
gen. All on hoard, with the excep
tion of titty pcr-oti-, are -aid to have
been drowned. -
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