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Newspaper Page Texta Full Leased Wire Dispatches Today's News Printed Today THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, DEC 23, 1914 omrr Twr rrvTC OK trains and NEW 9 & llllU 1TIU lJUl! lO STANDS PIVB CENTS m . rJl I I I T"' I :Si l lit, . I i 1 11 11 If , tt r J :i .11 irrn-iv-,.-! ,.- ' - DREADNAUGHTS AH E I Germans Have This Iniorma-tion-Which Explains Their Recent Raid FLEET TO ACT ONLY IN' CASE OF EMERGENCY Safe from Submarines But Ready to Meet German Fleet If It Comes Out (By J. W. T. Mason, fonnw London Correspondent for United Press.) fu-tv lork, Dec. 21!. The Germans apparently believe Ihov have discov oriiil the Hritisu battle fleet's hiding plac?, which has been one of the ma jor secrets of the pending European war. In his remarkable frank statement HON IS COAST OF IRELAND to Correspondent Karl II. Von Wicgnnd of the Cuited Pi-ess, Admiral Yon Til pitn. the kaiser's minister of marine, oil id he supposed the British dread noughts were still lurking off the Irish west coast. This wuild moan that Kugland's ttront squadron of capital .Teasels, her mile protection against being starved oml raided into submission In the Her minis, are kept llti hours away from t'.io enter of the North sea fighting nrci. The tact that the battleship Audu ciouswos sunk off the Irish coast sug gested that this was the case. Admir al Von Tirplf 's wmark seems to con firm the impression. It seems tit have been generally un derstood since the war begun that no -A, first line Itritish ship would be as i-igned to patrol or blockade duty in the North sen. The risk would have been too great. If. the second line eiuiiers the (lennans have blown in tlius fur had been dreuiluui'ghts in stead, the Jlritish and the kaiser's nn utl strength might be eipial today. , Its Power Effective. This possibility, evidently foreseen by the Itritish admiralty, has prevented any active use of the most formidable if King Cieoige's vessels as yet. The fleet's potential pctwer, how ever, "though kept in secret Isolation, has been nearly as effective as if it bad .ictuully been exercised. (July once ronhl ilrcadnuiights have been used more effectively than the siilio.dinnte warships tho udiniiiilty has Kept i" the North sea. This wns nt the time of the raid on the Yorkshire const, when the icriiian:i, to England's astonishment, used several of their 'Ircudnanght cruisers to bombard U.-ir-tlepml, Scarborough and Whitby. Hail British drcailnuuglits been avail able to attack them their chance of escape would have been slimmer, Hut the (lennans plainly knew, when WIICIl'. i . .. . . . i a . ,, i i i .in m ii-ii-i'iiit ii, nun it-o-i; i ii iin nnt-n tliey ventured forth, that there would1.... , i....n i .... I.n i.n .niilor will, bhv- nt ll.a .......I""" ' ' " '"""'""il niui"i, my's first line craft. They knew this because they were certain, not only Hint no Hiitish dreiidtinughts were do ing patrol duty, bul that theie were none of them off the I'uglish east coast at all. Admiral Von Tirpitz has revealed tn I lie world the fact that he possessed till this information. The Bast Protection. To tnhe the maximum in the wav I' picuiutions against n submarine. Inrp.'do bunt or Zeppelin raid on (ileal Itril tin's I'lipitul ships, which guard Ijiglund's very life, it has been neces miiv for the adtiiiinltv to leave the island 's oust cuuvt uiiguetib'd by dread- j n.iuuMs. i A:nl nppaiciilly Ihesii great vc-sels nfV mi; to be In n nub I from their place1 of .'out cnluiciit iiid'Hs tlie Germans utl-! ii'il.tl.c to challenge llrttjitn's s.-n su-' pieioacy by sending out their own fleet 1 to Invite n butt le. I Then the entire lbilish naval, treiilh would etnerye fiom its .-ecrct h-isli we-t collet Iriibo-s iiiul .tc'iin in to the Ninth son to meet tie1 foe. Seemingly toi po'ii will permit 'on e Herman e:i-t const rind. Ni sqeh oxploiti risks are attached, however,: which ptobiibly will ntahe them iiifre-i incut. Not oulv must tin kiiiser's! .1. I.,,,,., I I,,, ,C, v,,lv.,.l in i,l I tacks on them by llritidi torpedo bunts,"' "' uud submarines, but Ailniiini You Tlr-1 ' ' pit, .-tin never be e.itaiu that two ur; POUND TO COACU PHILOMATH. , three ilii'iidnauiilils have not been tniits. : - " j loriv.l to .Mirth sea haiboi, to surpiin'l , ,,,,B s, pli,,g, of I'oilhnul-has I BACKINO NOT roitTHCOMINO. It looks as though then' will be no I 'oil. ii town busketssill team this year, us the commercial club has taken action, nnd tin- team will not start out without backing. I linllenges liuve been 1 eivid fnini the An iier-Wig- jins Weonas of Pert land, nnd from tlie Purple (limits n" eastern (begun. If the town would back a basketball five, Iheic would be no trouble in Jetting gullies hoic for the 1tn. The towns of Washington are bu"kethall' No mutter how big n iiiiui may be. 1 crnrv ' tins t-ea'-on, neat I v ev cry one i tl(. () , I , H are I hut there's n woman some ol tiiein pulling renins iu me i o-ni.- nn in Observer. Has Dug Trenches for Miles, and Has Fleet of Small Boats Watching Coast New York, Bee. 23. Trenches ore being dug about London and extraor- lin'ivy precautions are being taken nlong tlie English eoast, accenting to information from prtvute sources in England which reached the United Press todnv, in anticipation of another (iermnn raid or possibly an attempted invasion.- Operations in defense of London be gnu in October, it was learned. It was announced at. the time that tho re cruits were merely practicing but it wns said- in latest advices that this pretense has been abnudoued, and that it is generally understood that the military authorities mean business. The entrenched line as described as heiir; to the north and northeast of London nnd as extending almost im brok'iily from liendon through Pcittor's Bar, across KppingforeSt and as far south as the Thames. . two months, it seems, a German lending has been expected "next week." . The I'nitod Press' information was to ihe effect that General hm Hamil ton, commander in chief of the na tion.!! . defense forces, is in charge nif the prcuirntioiis. Harbors Are Mined. ' It "as also known that War Min ister Kitchener recently made a per sMi:il inspection of east eoast points wiere a landing by the enemy was deemed likeliest ami that lie had mob ilize! between Dover and Leith ap proximately "00,000 troops. These were said to be mostly territorials, a: militia, but at the most important points it was understood they were backed by i-ogul.irii. All east coast harbors, nccording to reliable information, have been heavily mined, as has evpry inlet and water way, and mi addition to the mines, night and day pntnt's are maintained by sen planes, yachts,..niotor boats and n fleet of KdU trawlers, manned by navy gunners. Altogether, HiOU small craft were said to be engaged in tin: patrol ilnt v, the coast stretches offer ing the best opportunities fur landings being chiefly watched. These places were described as mostly remote from fortified t'twns ,such as the Kenlist const, near Sandwich and stretches ia Kssexv Siiffu'k and Norfolk. Many Armed Camps. Many east eoast towns were describ ed as virtually armed camps, from whluii the bulk of tho civilian popula tions have already departed. Thirty thousand troops were under stood to be billeted at Felixstowe, in Suffolk, 'and similar eondit'ions were reported at I'roiner. The I'niteil I'ress' infm limit spoke of concealed trenches and barbed wire entanglements at coast points where Herman descents nro feared, all such spots being dominated by artillery post ed further inland. The shore pa'trols were said to be mainly cyclists, aided by a furce of "ui.liilii Hov Scouts. All nloiig the coast a eoniplele sys , i .1... I ....I ...I the exclusive use of the military tltorities. Aside front the enst coast, it was ropO'ted that Kuglnnd's (.bore line was all .iiider .careful guard, though the pa trols were raid to be not quite so thick. FRENCH PARLIAMENT ADJQURNS TOMORROW Paris, Dee. 2.'!. Unanimous approval by the French parliament of the gov ernin.'ut "s war nieaiures wus a-.-.iired lulny. The liiwuial.ers were expected to h'lie their work finished nnd to ml- .I'inrn tonioiTinv, . A new wuve of patriotic enthusiasm wns sweeping the country, following Prenner iviunis spirited addre-s to the chamber of deputies Tuesday, Full li'lenee vv.ns everywhere expn'ssed iu ileneinl .lol'fre. I-rum the I run t clime the ii"-s Hint the lulled otl'eiisive cunt iiiued today n'l iilomj the line. It was stud, however, tliiit tho Oorniinf were beginning to put up n morn stubborn resistnui e. pre- siimiil'ty lis n result ol the shitting ol the kaier of troops to points ngaiint ii the l iniico-Anglo Itelgiiin lorccs have been delivering their heaviest nt- , i , , .1 l.l -l ., ,, i bei'ii I'lnplovei bv the I'hilumuth I ol . - . lege Atliietic n-sii int ion to take i (ih:ii ':" of the college basketball tenuis i il ii.l geinunl field spoits, Mr, Poling' ! ranks second among the till iiiouud tuiiuers nf tiie northwest, having 1 u - i''iuiii -eted 'with the fiumiiiH Ihillus bns Itelb'ill cliMinpioiis, and also ciuituiul mid center of the Arclwr & Wiggins! Wen ins, IHKI-II'U champiuns ut the Voitliiiul City league, lie also wa pi. ki d nil-star center of that league. Dallas observer. . v neie iu nie woun vvnu is rii wni Id who :iblc of I uuiliing him fi'el small. I GERMANS DEFEATED REA IS RUSSIAN STORY Placed Batteries to Command Crossing of Vistula, and Mined Banks TWO THOUSAND KILLED BY SHOWER OF SHELLS V Hundreds Drowned-Attempts of Austrians to Relieve Przemysl Defeated Petrogra.l, Dec. 2:1. The terrible slaughter of tho German forces which took part, in the buttle of the Xzura river was described here today in be- lilted dispatches just received trom the front. , , Tli4 Kussiiins, it was slated, antici pated n German attempt to cross the stream on the way to Warsaw. They accordingly held masked batteries of artillery in readiness for the invaders. As had been expected, the crossing be-: gan :n due season. The gunners refrained from filing until the Germans were in mid stream. Then thev focucd on them murderous ly. Two thousand were said to linie been killed by the shell fire alone and hundreds more were drowned. In other places the lizuin's banks had been mined, and these mines were expladed wheju the Germans were over them, killing great numbers. Hirh wus the slaughter that the at tempted advance was quickly checked. At present, it wns announced, the Kussinus1 steady advance north of the Vistiln is tliinnlcning the Gorman Hank, Along their .1(1 niile front from Nei dcuburg to Lniitcuburg the Germans were said to be retiring, euib-avoriug at the same time ti protect the enst Prus sian railroads, on which they depend tor the traustoi'tiitiou ol troops. The Slavs were swinging southward, upon Thorn alsn.M'oiupelliiig tlie kaiser to rush reinforcements to that point. In the southwest, nlong the Pilicn river, na extensive engagement was re ported in progress.' In this quarter, it was stated, tiie Geiinnii advance had been chiM-ked. The fighting with the Ausliiiins in Gnlicia was described lis extending from t'rncow through the Douujec riv er v.llley into the Carpathian region. Austrian attempts to' relieve Prze mysl were declared to have proved vain. In (1i Turkish eniupnigu a Russian torpedo boat was said to have shelled the Khopiiob rcgiit'i, raking the vil lages occupied bv the Ottoman troops. The Slavs were report ml advancing in the Van region, in Asia Minor, TO EXPLODE AT SEA German Arrested Confesses Conspiring to Destroy Brit ish Vessels" ,.w Orleiin, Dei , 21 As- the miIi of ii ii I i-si ii n bv Huns Halle thai M. puHo-ipiiled i.i n iii'ispiiucv to phml I,,,,,,,,, on lliilish and I'lenVh sliiii- lenving New York, limed to i vplode at : n,,, ,iuv Orleans police t'eluv ask- ,,w York nut hoi die to iu-ii'pernte , ln rounding up a gui.j of dvi:nmitci. Ihille was uiresloil in hi ui'liituieiit h re niiiid nn array of peieu-iou nip-', giiiipi-Wiler and pieces of fuse. Ilulle il. the police he plniii.cd to: si,, ,,I1V , ,,. Ym K u bui.ib wkicii I jas to have been pi: 1 o-i the Fiench j , jcc ( hi-ngii. He said he . nine to New uileans I'lom New Yoik two iniuiths lieu utter ciill-linctillg ntiinber of I bnii'bs there. Ilulle is .to years old anil vvns4iiirtt in lliiniburg, llo denied in w :is connected In ma wnv with the Cornum secret icrv ii e, saving Hint Lis motil e was tu 1 1 1 1 Villi. VIC! CIlll 1 11 1 SI 1 illlU 11111- - ' ,, 11 " t o t in. ii ll c i Coniad Ibiiii kuiiiii w.'.s held bv the police todav In Ccorg.' Sotnine llccou'pllci', ii inn I ii i:i I vvltnex and wns nebl llnlle NAMES HIM AGAIN". Wti-tii nijl Dee. L'.'l. llenrv C. Hull, f i iiloiiido, was ic iiinnleil todnv by President W'iln.n for n seven , s' jterm a- iiib'islate loinioi'ice ciiininis- Nioiier. The limp who borrow tu.uble il n't have to pay il buck, but he pays heavy inlciesl oil Hm loan. JOHN D. HELPS COLLEGES. New York, l'eo. 2H. Univer sities and colleges got $ln,!)00, OOO of .liJm U. liockefeller's money in the past year, it was' shown by the Rockefeller gen eral education board's report issued today. - j Among the institutions re ceiving donations were Whit man college. Walla Walla, Wash., $12o,000,: and Pomona college, Pomona, Cnl., lri0,0UO. WATER USERS TO GET Railroad Commission Holds Water Users Should Get Benefit cf Penalty As n result of the hearing held by the railroad commission, yesterdny afternoon, upon its own motion, to in vestigate into the cause of the short age of the water Bitpply brought upon the patrons of the Salem water com pany through the force of a combina tion of circumstances which the mnn ngement did not anticipate or foresee, the railroad eonimissieu, after hearing the explanation of President Paul Wallace and Manager C. A. I'urkHi im posed a penalty of a 2.1 per cent re duction in the monthly bills of all- of the patrons of the system in the south part, of town and lo per cent reduction to the patrons in the north nnd east parts of the city nnl a Jike reduction to the city for the service rendered in those sections of tlie city. This reduction in the monthly bills of the patrons of the company, which Was rendily ami cheerfully agreed to by the officials ns being only fuir to their customers, is to be made In addi tion to the regular monthly discount of 11) per cent for the payment of bills befuie the 10th of the month, making a totul average, reduction of 2!i per cent on nil of its December bills. This in addition to tho great expense that the company hm been put to in re covering from the serious condition in which it found itself Inst week, will full as n rather heavy burden upon the cnufpany in its December revenues, Jiut nil concerned expressed themselves ns satisfied with this adjustment of the matter. For a technical violation of the rules ami general orders of the commission, which the commission conceded il amounted tn since the company was not j able to avoid the situation under the: extraordinary circuiustnnces which led up to nnd surrounded it, the commission could have imposed n nominal cash penalty upon the company but In levy, ing a piccenlnge reduction iu the monthly bills of the patrons tho coin mission nnd the officials of the com pany felt thnt the patrons, who were the only sufferers as a result of the occurrence were more entitled to tn entitled to tnej nnltv than the i. - i benefits (if the ncn general public which was nut Injured or concerned. BORDER TROUBLES NOT YET SETTLED Na.-o, Ari.., Dec. 211. General Hill, com minding the Cm ruiizisla forces at Nuco, Sonoiu, wns lepnrtcd today to be uiu.lteiably oppu ed to the plan sug gestcil by General Hugh L, Sent I, I), S. A., tn create a neutral strip of terri tory along the iiiti'inatioiial bonier at this point. Hilt, it was said, wilt take the stand lli:ll Iin has fired no bullets iciiiis the bonier; that bis troops ni'"!shc sluill ,V"t live without lliine aid; fighting with their luces tuwiird ,Mexl mi lerrilorv, nnd Hint efforts of Gen eial Siilt should I"' directed at tin' be sieging Villistns, u ti -1 .Muvtorciiii, who face the bolder, Srult expected to Interview Hill In tiny. Pos-ihly be will converse with Muvlorciiu iil-n , Hill wus said to I'll voi :i willolinivnl by .Mnvton'iiii to u point severul mile hoolii of Ihe bor der, ami, Tuillier, Gt be willing In re iiiuiu himself in his ciinip ul Nin o, This, however, would be a viitmil vlelor.v for Hill, -once ho Is ileli'ioling .Ntieo uud would be loll in possesion. Then' iviis no filing at Nuco last night. Tlie surtouinliiuf riucitiv 1 1 1 -been made n sea of sticky innd by re ecu' lliilis. PAROLED SIXTEEN I hnib'sluii, S. C lice, 2:1,- ( tfiviM-iHir Dlcus,, tuilny paroled 10 convict' I'lili-dinns pusi'lit. Nine wie ili-led of niansliiiigliler. ns 11 CIlll The Weather Gelier- tonight Thin -.biy; much ehnni'i ti'inpeinlnn", wil'ds inns' ly cilv. I VI O 11U Oiun Oregon ,vma; "S nllv fuii & h LORD FISHER TALKS AND POET LAUREATE UNLOADS Englishman Intimates Amer ica Is Missing a Great Opportunity ALLEGED POET WATSON ADVANCES SAME IDEA Our Not Taking Part Will Leave Us "Without Crown We Might Have Worn" (By Ed L. Keen.) (Copyrighted, Jill I, by United Press.) (Copyrighted in Great ilritain.) London, Dee. 23. England 's hope ot Christmas cheer to humanity rests up on its trust that American sympathies arc with the Itritish iu the, present Eu ropean war. ' This declaration wns Lord Fisher's. He made it in a statement to the Unit ed Press, his first utterance to the pub lic since he assumed chnrge of Great Britain's naval forces, as first sen lord. His lordship was one of the leudiug Itritish officials asked by the United Press to any what the Christinas of I!I4 brings to the English. "Lord Fisher," came the response, "hi this immediate reply to your telegram, this moment received' at midnight : "Ves, he has very eloso bonds with the United Mates in his domestic re lations and ills friendship. no nappuy possesses an American diiughtei in law and she is none the worse that her name at birth wns Mor gan and that Philadelphia wns her home. "Lord Fisher has tu say he Is com pelled to say that the hoie and good cheer- that the Christmas spirit may brio,; to Immunity almost solely de pends upon the 1110,000,01111 Christian men ami women in America and the realization by this 10tl,000,0(ui of what tho word 'neutrality' means, "That, word '-neutrality' comes frii'.en on tho frozen spruy. .10 I hsk those lo(i,iiiii),iioo in A erica to rend William Watson's poem to America concerning Einihind." The Lnglish poet laureate 'b poem follows: "This Ib a Poem." " ' Art thou her child, bnni iu the proud midday Of her lagro souls abundance nnd ex cess; Her daughter and her mightiest heri- - -i Dowered with her thoughts, and lit on thv uri'iit wnv tress, lly her great lump 'that shine nnd fail not f leal "And at this thunderous hour of struggle nnd stress Hither across the ocean wilderness, What word comes frozen on the frozen spruy Neutrality I The tiger from iiis den Springs at thy mother 's throct: 1 ' And canst, I hou n?iw Wnteh with n stranger's tzc .' " Su In I it, then. j Thy loss is inure than hers ; and lorn, for, bruised Auil thou Willniiit. tl town fliviiic thou minlitfl iiiivc worn." Tn tin1 t'liiti'il I'ri'K, iiiiwmiUP, (IciHjic II, r'iii'hy, ni'tiiiK rumiiii.Miiim'r iu Kiihiml fur iiiunhi, niliii; "i liiilninM I'linU i'K In the innl'lle u II )MM'i()' III' tilt 11) l Villi! III1"M'JIII'T tn (iiir uii'i1. "We I itiiiiliiiiiH iiir Iti'i'iily Mini lie ; t i vi'lv int first nl In in ii"!' u,. Iiclicvi' (li'ilnliny 'h ili'lciil in jut.' HMiuy to Mll wiil'r'v, j "('mm. In tiinl tin1 I'niti'il Stnti's Iiiim' I tin I'IOik liiiirH iniil li Miiiic iiMpitii lion " Altlmiiylt we Iiiic 11 limni-liuy Miif i'tiiiKi in i If in li'iiutli it in witluiiit I tn - I titiwititmi of miiv Mini. Tin? I'lilti"! MiiIi'h jiimI CiiiiiiiIii Jtuvi' livr-l -ni hy ! i.t I ur inn vcniH in M'iii' iniil liini'l liin'-H. Wo lin i' uv ' imiI I'li'in-f thnl ' '"'I'l'V w ill In1 hiiin rttn I HIM '!. " Wn mi' uttw (iulilinif tin' l'litllc nl l Wild I I'lT'llHI), llllil til people III tilt' I1 1 T ' M llll'l. IIMtllllllh NVIII 'iillii-c witli dm in our Mtniyuli', 'MVi look furwiihl with i'i'iv ltnn' In tin urn vctir, t'.M'liin; ilmt it. "ill I111114 m thi' riiiinli tit' ili'iiMiriiilh1 M ill"ill'K Hll't II pl'lll'l' Ullicll V4 MH V limy hi m for i'i mill I huh. ' I'fiui-iH A. Ai'lnml, nn liiiiin'iiliiiy secretary to Hie foreign office. HIH replied Ihe I'nited Press lor Foreign n judgment Hint no nation ever again Secretary. Fdward tlrev: j will let it-i'll" be iiilshiinilled by ruth- "i',r llilvvnid Orev is in no belter 'leu militiii ism for their commitment, pnsitiop limn anyone else to duivv 11 "Hut our tush now i not to lulk no'ssaui' of hone mid ioml cheer finttiiiibout nnr beliefs, It Is tu see Hint t,u, hrlslmns, Kveiyone slinuld I Hint lor himself, il he i nn. ,'"''1'; "Wi. In this country believe thnt 1 none mid uoii.l will mi ellith inn mil be restored when vn-toiy by 'he allies MURDERERS CAUGHT GERMAN VAH OFFICE sFMSi INSISTS SHD1G IS Young Alexander Resting Easily Assassins Badly Beaten Up by the Girls Los Angeles, Cal., Bee. 23. Christ mas preparations in the home of Wil liam M. Alexander had given way to dnv to arrangements for the funeral of the head of the house, who wns kill ed early yesterday by Charles T. Ox nam, 17, who had entered the, Alexan der home to commit robbery. Oxuam is the son of a Methodist minister, who died Iwo yenrs ago. With him in the escapade that resulted in the shooting was Glenn Witt, 2H, who the police believe to be an I. W. W. worker. Jt was expected today that murder changes would bo filed against both yciiths beforo night. -Doth, the police said, had signed confessions to their part in their affair.' And both slept 10 long hours Inst n-ght after a hearty dinner thnt followed their alleged con fessions, William M. Alexander, Jr., who wns wounded twice in the fight with Ox inini and 'Witt thnt followed the shoot ing of his father, was resting easily. Mrs. Alexunder was under tho care of nurses, the result (if the shock. Other uurses were caring for Alexander's daughters, Penelope, 1(1, and Anna, IS, who courageously wmt to their broth er, 'a aid as he battled with tho thugs, nnd were themselves badly battered in the. melee, The young women wielded hair-bru-uics, silver-bucked uud heavy, with such effect that the entire orous of the murderers' sculps were covered with gashes and cuts Hint required sut uring. "Those girls fought like tigers," re marked Witt, who hud borne the brunt of t.ieir attack. Alexander's funeral services will be held here tomorrow. Arrangements for the disposition of tho body have not been made. As the result of the murder, Chief of Pnllcp Kebnstiuu has appealed for more oft leers to handle the usual winter po lice iirobleius here. Also he has issued specific instructions til round up all queiriuiiable persons. ll Makes Plimpton "Acting State Printer" Until Legislature Acts on the Matter At n special meeting of the slate printing hoard, hold late yesterday ,1,,, afternoon, the controversy over election of a state printer to succeed II. A. Harris the first of the venr was temporarily disposed of In the nature uf a cuiupromisc or u truce by the selec tion of W. M, Plimpton present secrc Ilir.V'iuniingcr of the state printing board, to serve as Hiding state printer until adjournment of the legislature, In in-riving at this decision the biiuid had la mind the probubility of the leg islature ciiaetiiig some new Icgishil ion for the conduct of the stute printing plant and possibly changing the mI tit us of the Mute printer and, in retaining Mr. I'liinpluu lit the head of the de- iiiirttiiciit, Hifo In' rnniiot (niiilily tor lie rnniiot quality tin I'oviiioii of Mutt1 iiinti'i hihIit tin' ritllM l till I'llllll I'l'illlll'i'llll'llt wlnrli tirn- ;T:rt;; I MM lrlll'1' III I IK' II II nild rM'M'lHT 10 print iii, ' i- to lmi' iin cxpi'i hm I ....ti in ll 1. incut nl' t Iin 1 1 1 11 lit ' I in i m 1; the iii-Ii of the session. While Mr, Plimpton cannot qualify as state printer under Ihe consl it ul ion uud tin' slate b-uislutuie eiinnul change the qillllirvillL' clliusc of the enlist it ill ion lis regards the ;.lnte printer, it i pus sible tllllt some legislntion limy bo ell in teil under vv lu ll the fnrcuuiu of the I'llnliiiu il:int, Aithur Hue -a ut pu'sent tliue, i-mi f-erve ill the cnpiirily of stute printer III till' plescillled Hi II I II tori siilinv ol I .villi uiut 11 in igei secieinrv, 01 imi.iii-ii'i in.-, to cull it, din I ngiigc. I to assume tin'' business inuiiiiui'Oieul of Ihe plant whatever salnlv Ihe legislaluri K' see( '" 's stlll.li At ll II llile, under tin' pre 'cut urd of things, the slate plln Inler quesliun has '"' '." V ,,V, il the' legis ,,1'letenniml c seal. . law . hat I he I 1 11 disposed ol 1111! oioviiles some si ili j hnie pilnliug plant i nn be used, lis tin' lac. which U into ellei-1 on .innoiuv 1 provides Hint Ihe stale printing shnll be let out by ciintraet. and name 11 pennu nent printer. proves Hint tin' crime of breaking lien'ies, di'viisting Innocent, ciiunlrie" nn, I violnliiiu Ihe code of i ill el Mill 1011 'al bi.vs Is Inevitably fnHowiul by such iin thev cnnie true. " I'ho lids of Hie Hritiii governuiciii 'lire known, 'I'lu' lliilish muse Is V 1 1, now n. We ti lis content to leave ( Ihnies there fn the present IN FAVOR OF KAISER Claim to Have Driven British From Position and Recov ered Trenches FRENCH STILL CLAM STEADY ADVANCES Claim to Have Captured Last Line of Trenches and Made Gain of 800 Yards Berlin, by wireless to London. Dee. 2.1. The German war office's official Ilium was choked and betaen into iu- strongly nt variance with the version it wus understood appeared in Paris concerning operntious in the western wnr theatre. Its showing wns distinctly favorablo to the kaiser. Our enemies' attacks in the Lom- baertzyde and Hixsehote regions in Bel gium, it said, "have been repulsed. We havo ngnin driven the British from the positions they captured in tho tfichehonrg district and -despite dcspe.r- nto counter attacks we retain all our positions between there and the L Basse canal. "Tus far in December we have cap tured 7.10 English ami 'colored' prison ers, five machine gnus nnd four mine throwers. "Tho enemy is showing great ac tivity in the neighbrohood of Chalons. "Wo partly repelled attacks on tut north of Sillerio nnd southeast of Ithoims; nt Hoiiain and Perthos. "ln the enst the situation is tm changed. The bnttle In Poland con tinues." . The Trench, Vendou. Purls, Dec, 211. General progress by tho allies wns reported by the official wur office bulletin issued here today. Among the giiins mentioned was tho recapture by the British of the village of Givenehy, enst of lV'thune, and an advance by the French in the Bixachota region. "We havo progressed slightly," said the communication, "between tho North sea nnd the mud from Nieuport tn WeHtende. "Iu the region of Sleenstrawo anej Bixschote ulso we advanced, capturing a wood near Bixschote, "East of Bethuno the British retook Givency. "Fog has been Interfering with oper ations iu the Arras region. "East of Amiens, in the Aisne ami Chninpague districts there has been cHiinonading. "We have captured from the Oer- mans the last line of trenches, part or WHICH llll'l oci'll liiiM-n inn.mii-ii, the region of Petheses Ijs.IInrliis, gaining H00 yards. Here both gnus and prisoners fell into our hands. "We have progressed also iu the lloiiiiscjour district. "About llourielles we have been un able tn maintain the great advnntugn we gained Tuesday.' ' The still nt concluded with a re view of the situation iu the eastern then I re of war. deports of a Gerniiui repulse along the Nieili'iiburg-Laiilenbiirg line wero confirmed but it was admitted that tho kaiser's forces had reached the Bznrn l,n I Uiivva rivers in their Warsaw on- Vance, must serve longer UNDER PRESENT PLAN i iiltentioll having l'"cn tlirecicil (h(i . . . t (loveiuor Wes( iiunle nn inii'stigiition i'i me '" penilciitiiirv and slates thnt no nuns that the average minimum lime served in the penitent im y by prisoners who were given indeterminate' sentences and subject tn ll"' provisions of Ihe piirobv ., laws of tlie stale Wls gienler mail linn. nerve. I bv indelerliiiniite scnicncn prm- I..,- It,,, former credit svstem of pill ule ehnrge by at bust mm ,. '-,(, ' h-.-idiIm show, he slates, that i...:,,,, , , four veins since th" parobi .nne 110, PHI, tllil ,,,,.11111,. Ill 1 1 1 1 111 II III II Sl-iveii ni - . . 1..- .1... 1... , ...I si.nlelii-CS 111 er IM' iii- net, was is. luring the four yearn previous the nvcruiJ" minimum sentem n m us but 17. (I months, Coder Hi" ciclil sislem of piuole or din-hiiii'i', if 11 piisuner be given n nun year sentence he wns crcdile.l w Itl. two 'months le.liielion for goo 1 bchnv lor and was rcleiis'd at the cxplnit mn of in months. Cnder Hie parole systcn h. prisoner Is required tn serve out thn minimum lerui nf bis sentence, or nne venr at the leiiV. licfme his case wi s taken up by the parole board and in , ordininy case It took at le. st. a mouth before the board took final nc linll i illsposlliou of tho case, KAIHEB ON TUB WAT. Anistcnbiin. Dee. 2n.-Th.' hnl-er r hed Colugne tiidiiy rm his way to the western fi,hting front.