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Full Leased Wire Dispatches wm Today's News Printed Today lallii THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1914 ppin Twn rrvTC ON trains and newb riVlUi!i 1 Y t lJ!iJ 10 STANDS FIVE CENTS II. i' 1 idfitd ITALIAN MARINES LANDED AT AVLONA MAY START TROUBLE Italy's Act Under Ordinary Circumstances Would Be Cause for War AUSTRIA'S CONSENT SAID TO BE CIVEN Russia Reported to Have Traded Sakhalin Island for Heavy Cannon Vienna, vin Berlin ami Loudon. Ho,.. 2(1. "Fighting continued Christmas day-' nimomu'e.l the Austria:! war of. m i- whs arioraooa. "along must of our '""'I' "out. I "Our forces repulsed Russian attacks near Magyng, in tho Latourcza region, with heavy losses to tln oneiuv. Tin? Slavs were driven toward Liski. "Between Wisloli ami Itiala the Rus sians nttnckod us Christmas eve anil the following day tho fighting con tinueil with the utmost violence. "(la the Donn.jec river there has lieen no change in the situation.'' Another thins; in wliii-li deep interest was expressed was Austria 's probable attitude toward the reported seizure by Italy of the Albanian port of Avlona. ' Italian marines were landed nt Avlona late in October but it was stated at the time that this was done oalv to Keep order. The latest occupation, F'riday, had every appearance however, of being permanent, it was stated. Whether or nut the force first set Ishnre was withdrawn later or if Fri day 'h landing pnrty simuly strengthened the first one, wus not known hem. Might Oauso War. Inasmuch as the Italian port of Otranto and the Albanian town of Avlona command the Otranto strait, which serves ns Austria's outlet from', the Adriatic sea into the Mediterranean the seizure, on the face of it, would constitute sufficient cause for war be tween the Austrinna and Italians, it has been reported repeatedly, however, that Austria was prepared to (jive Italy a free hand in Albania in return for assurances that the Italians would remain neutral in the present F.uropenn eonfliet. Gritnsy reported the sinking of on other trawler by a North sea mine the Oenna with the loss of eight out of its crew of nine. Confirmation was lacking of the Copenhagen story that Russia had ceded its half of Snkhnlin island to Japan in return for heavy cannon. The .Slavs lost the southern half of the island vihieh lies off the Siberian const mirth of the Japanese archipelago, b'v the. appearance in the London Morning treaty of Portsmouth, which ended the I'ost Thursday. Matichurinn war. I Kfforts to secure from Berlin some It was recognized liere that Russia 'b aort of confirmation of the assertion lack of equipment was preventing the'"""'1' lVtrograd, whence the Post re eznr from putting into tne field all hisj l'('ivo'' its dispatch, that the kaiser available forces anil Japan, it wns not j favored his second son ns Hungarian doubted, could help out ill this respect ' ru',,r proved unavailing up to to il' it chose. f the story proved true, ;'"' Tl'i was not considered surprls howevcr, It wns remarked, it seemed toi '"K. however, inasmuch ns it seeuied lispose of reports that the Mikado in- tended to send troops to Kurope, or he ,. ....1.1 ...... I -II I.! !.! v , , n-Mini ii..-i-'i mi ins IMUIIIIIUIIS lor 111 UWII soldiers' use. In Asia Minor, it was understood the Hussion army of invasion had been com pelled practically 0 suspend operations merely holding the territory It had nl ready occupied, pending bettor weather. HUBBARD REPORTS ACTIVITY IN REAL ESTATE both of them, os ut present, a complete Crow & Pierce report three sales of divorce would be more probable, real estate which were consummated! The Dutch view was that the Hun within the past week, Mr. Win. Miller,' carinas however, might prefer to select lor eighteen years connected with thei their own-siib-ruler, mi l the prediction post office deportment at Portland, and ' " made that, In such an event their who has been prominently connected choice would be the eldest son of the with tho political history of the state hite Archduke Frnncies Ferdinand, for a number of years, has purchased1 whose assassination at Serajevo last a tract of land In the Hall Acres nddi-1 summer was the immediate cause, of the tion one-half mile south of Hubbard, Mr. Miller will build a modern bunga low early in the spring. He is a brother of J. M. Miller, collector of Internal revenue nt Portland and his wife is a sister of Mrs. Chub Wear of Hubbard. The Millers expect to make Hubbard their future home. Mr. Carl ttruger of Butte, Montana, lins pun hnscd a piece of laud In Coudy Caniens and Intends to locate there next summer. Mr. Kruger Is a close friend of A. J. Huxton, who recently bought I niece of (loudy (lindens. Mr. Kruger will build n home hce early in the summer of the coining year. Miss Agness Lyons of' Worcester, Mass. has tied up nice, piece of the Mimlck Homestead tract nnd will pnyjnnd If the nntural line of succession cash for it In January. This Is the sec-! should lie followed l'erdlminnd 's sou ond piece of the Diniirk Homestead tract that has been sold by this firm recently, t row ft Pierce, ilo not tor a moment let the prevailing belief in "hard times" interfere with their welD laid plans for success, but keep ever-j for peace in Kurope will be handed lastingly nt it, and the results show, here soon to the ambassadors of bcllig they are beginning to bring new people erent nntlmis. . It will be signed by Hon,, into Hubbard seeking perninuent homes. IPOO Amerlejin school children. GENERAL VON BUELOW ATTACKS OF ALLIES f ' r. " 'if -V Wrt, iCT Jn Gcncinl voa Huolow ommands one hi' the German armies in France. has offered stubborn resistance the allies and has bpeu responsible fo the stand that followed the retirement at the Maine. I'hoto bv American 1'ress Association. CZAR GOES TO FRONT. Pctrograd, Dee. 20. The czar left last night for the fighting front in IV laud, it was announced here today. His majesty left front Moscow, where he has been spending several ilitys witli the (zarina. Samentlm Ann goes to church every time she gets a new dress, s Intimated Germany Will Ab- sorb Austria No Matter What Is Result of War The Hague, Dee. 20. The suggestion that Prince Kitel Frederick might be come a candidate for the throne of Hungary has been the subject of eon- "'''''"'I'll' interested comment here since V P. i ; ' I TjEtii-RAL VOrtBUELOwj natural in the tlerninn government toldny. Since that time Coventor West - hesitate at admitting the existence of la ,ln !.:.. i. i-i..... ... ..... II I, a plan which ienna nnturnllv would! object to strongly. Nevertheless, it Is known from ninnv sources that the Berlin chancellory con siders the war likely to end, even if the Teutons win it, in the nmalgainutinu of Aiistrlu-Ilangny with the Cerinnn em pire, Assuming such an outcome, official dom here held to the view that Austria would come in ns one and Hungary n another distinct slnle, and while' one man might continue nt. the head of With the death of Frnncls Joseph, the1 ""'"""V "? r")0 ........ a Hi I..... :...... i ' 4 Tins nri-nnueu present Austro-llungnrian ruler, Francis rerilinand would have become emperor of Austria find King of Hungary, Ills children were by his mnrgnaiitlc wife, the Countess Chnlek, who wns slain with him and lis such they were not recognized under Austrian law. Hungary, on the other hand, regarded them as legitimate nnd there were ninnv forecasts of trouble between the twn countries when Francis Ferdlnnnd died, had he ever come to the throne, ns a result of this difference In views. With the two separated, however, and entering the Herman empire as scpnrnte Slates, no audi ditllcultv would exist onl I reign In Hunanry THE CHILDREN'S PLEA. Washington, Dec. 2M. A novel pica AMERICANS' THREAT IE IE Cruisers North Carolina and Tennessee Prevent Mas sacre of French REPORT UNVERIFIED BUT BELIEVED TRUE Requisitioned American Ship and Loading Foreigners On It Saved Them Washington, Dec. 2fi. Inquiry con cerning the truth of a report that they threutoaed to shell the port of Tripoli, Syria, to iuell u demonstration against French citizens, being taken away on an Amoricun steamship, was cabled to- dny by Secretary of the Navy Daniels to the commanders of the American cruisers North Carolina and Tennessee, at Beirut. It was the second time within ten days that Secretary Daniels SAVED THE FOREIGN CITIZENS I BEIRUT oilind heard that the two cruisers had "threatened bombardment" of Turk ish towns in order to save aliens. la the ubsence of confirmation from Ambassador Morgetithnu or the com manders of the cruisers. Secretary Dan iels ignored the first report. Reitera tion today, however, caused him to seek the truth. The latest report was that one of the cruisers requisitioned tin American steamship at Tripoli to transport the British and French consuls and other foreign citizens and that a mob tried to prevent their embarkation. Several members of the steamship's crew were ri ruled injured In the fight wuich fol lowed. The inee, was reportij to have been quieted by it threat of bom bardment ly one of the American cruisers. It. was nlso reported that nteriena .Ambassador Morgcntliuu bad protest ed to the Turkish government, but con firmation from the diplomatic, repre sentative was lacking. CHAPIN MUST RETURN THE OLD FOLKS' MONEY As n condition precedent to the con siiieration ot extending executive ''! ncy to W. II, t hniiin of the Chan in llerlow Mortgage & Trust company, oi rortiuuit, wiin was convicted of larceny by bailee of the funds of nil- otliei to his own use i it connection with a real estate transaction, tlovemor West this moi ning informed the peti tioner for Mr. ( hapin's suspension of penitentiary sentence that some means be provided whereby the old couple, William and Marion Clinic, who were alleged defrauded of their savings, be restored to their rightful means of sub sistence during their declining years. Mr. Chnpin was convicted 'in tho Multnomah court of the crime stated in the above pnrugraph and the convic tion was affirt I by the supreme court In an opinion handed down Inst Tues. has I n presented with mi immense petition signed by scores of Mr. Chap. Hi s mends pleading lor cleineiiev in his behalf. In discussing the subject to the newspaper men this morning Hov el nor West issued the following state ment: "The trouble appears to have grown out of a real estate transaction, through which a man and his wife, well along in yea is, lost their savings, "I am more interested III seeing this old couple provided for ill their declin ing years than I nut in having Cliaplu go to prison. I would likely see my wnv clear therefore, to extend clem ency should his friends como forward with relief for the old couple, '!( ho Is given his rclense a reason able provision must be mnde for the Immediate needs of the snld couple, find a bond entered Into which will insure future pnyniciil, to the extent of the monev lost, ills triemls will be expect ed to join in the bond to a limited This nrrnngeincnl. will enable Chap In to meet the situation without calling upon his friends to advance the run amount of nioncv nt this time, and will Insure the full protection to those who suffered the loss,'' LINEMAN KILLED. Oakland, Cnl., Dee. 20. Mark Covell, a lineman, living nt 212!) Mcllee street, wns instantly killed by an electric cur rent at 4 o'clock this morning while at tempting to sever n live wire lending tu tu the plant of the California Soap works in Kniervvllle. The Cnlifoinin Soup works was to tally destroyed by lire, witli u damage of tlO.UtlU, Four horses In the studies at the woiks were burned to death. The fire is believed to have been of iuceudiarv oiigin. During the Inst few days meo have been going about ton n bundled up in overrents, but you can't bluff the " n ishbone giils. " Temperature Below Zero Gen erally- Below at Herk imer, New York Washington, Dee. 2ti. The east and north were gripped today in the coldest weather of the winter. The cold wave extended as far south as northern Flor ida. The following below zero temper atures were reported: Northfield, Vt.,1 32; Albany, N. Y., It) below; .Syracuse, 12; Peoria, 111., IS; Boston, 2; St. Baul, Mian., 22; La crosse, Wis., 24; Davenport, la., 14; Kansas City, 2. Zero weather prevailed at Omaha, Neb. Key West,Fla,, was the warm est spot in the country, with the tem perature 7G degrees above 2ero. The temperature dropped here to 8 degrees above zero. Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina and West Virginia were visited by lieavy snowstorms yesterday. 32 Below In New York. , Little Falls, N. Y., Dee. 2C The coldest weather of the winter prevailed throughout this section of the state to day. At Herkimer the thermometer dropped to 32 degrees below zero. Street thermometers here registered 25 degrees below. Coldest of Season. New York, Dec. 26. Residents of Greater New York were shivering to day in the coldest wave of the season. Municipal lodging houses and charit able organizations were swamped with applications for rcliefi Chicago 4 Below. Chicago, Dec, 2li. The coldest wea ther of the winter gripped Chicago to day. The thermometer registered four degrees below zero at ! o clock. Patrick Hurley, found unconscious on the street, Inter died from exposure. It keeps a ma; guessing The he meets a woman who has nothing to suv. 'SI Fearing Attack London Re mains All Christmas Night but Lights London, Dec. 20. Following Thurs day's bombardment of Dover by a (ler- man aviator and Friday's appearance ol a hostile Hying man over (Irnve send, Sheraess and Southend-On-Sen, elaborate precautions were being taken Here today to guard against aerial at tacks. Orders hud been Issued agalaat onv lights except such us were absolutely necessary and it was required that even these be kept carefully under cover. Probably never before in historic times was the city in such Kgyptian darkness us lust night. Few people ventured out, nnd these were forced to grope their wny through pitch black ness, What was the fato of the aviator sighted Christmas day nobody knew, lie escaped in the fog from the Kng lish neroplaiiists who ascended to fight liini, and when lust seen was making for the North sea, but whether or not he made n safe landing on the (lerman side, London hud no menus of know ing. Though the L'ngllshmcn who ntttick- I him thought his neroplune wns hit by their shots, it was certain that he wns flying with undiminished speed nt .1... l!.'.... I... .11 .....1 .... 4l... ...... IOC lilliU III uisii I " I" I"' www ou t Injuries he or his machine suffered must have been slight. He dropped no bombs. It tas expected a regular aeroplane patrol of the coast would be maintain ed henceforwnrd. STEAMER ASHORE. London. Dee. 20. Disabled III n North sen gale, a Hull steamship was nshure today nt the entrance to Peter- head harbor, on the Scotch const. The1 crew hud been saved but five rescuers were drowned ill accomplishing it. i m When vour odenl is nlu ttered, sove the pieces. The Weather ll r e g o m tin in west port km to night and Sun day: southeasterly winds, Wno JcitoOl REPORT FRENCH ARE BOMBARDING METZ SETS PARIS AFLAME This, If True, Marks the Most Spectacular Advance Yet Made by Mies BATTLE CONTINUED ALL CHRISTMAS DAY French Claim Other Gains Though None of Any Very Great Importance Paris, Dec. 2li. Tioports that the French were bombarding Metz.'s outer defenses caused tremendous enthusiasm here today. Sinco the Gallic forces' repulse in the Mulhausen region early in tho war, it marked the most spectacular advance yet made by any of the ollied armies into ticrmnn territory, although the French troops have been operating on the kaiser's side of the Lorraine frontier for some time. In their progress toward the Metz defenses, it was said the French lines were advanced beyond Arnuville and through LnPrietre forest. There was no cessation of fighting Christmas along the front further to the northward, it was stated. Tho (lermniis continued their efforts to re gain the ground they lost earlier in tho week in Belgium, but failed uniformly. Allied forces were said to have con tinued their mining and artillery oper ations along the coast throughout the dnv. Official Statement. Paris. Dec. 2(1. Fog was so thick to day in the fighting zone between the North seu ami the Hlver Lys that little cannonading wns being done today, it was stated in the war office statement posted here this afternoon. Between the Lys and the Oise, It wns declared, a series of desperate (lerman attacks had been repulsed by the allies. Mention wns made of one entrenched line nt Lihons, which the French cap tured from the (iernians, the Germans recaptured from the French ami then the French wrested again from the tier muns. Besides Lihons, it was slated, the kaiser's troops suffered repulses at Nnulettes, Boiszllo and east of Albert. Further progress by the French was reported in upper Alsace. "A night attack in the 1'erthes region," said the statement "wns re pulsed, the French artillery silencing the liermnns tire. The attack was re siinied Friday and wns again repulsed.' "Between the sen nnd the Lvs," said the statement's text, "cnuiionailing is feeble, n heavy fog intcrferring with operations. "We have repulsed numerous counter attacks by the (iernians between the Lys and tho Oise, ut Nnulettes, Boisselie, Lihons and east of Albert, At Lihons the enemy's trenches were taken, lost and retaken, "We have made further progress In upper Alsace, maintaining our new positions on the hills west of Ceruay despite the enemy s counter attacks. "Our troops have occupied the out skirts of lower Aspacli and the heights west of Carpatch." Iteferring to the struggle in Poland, the communication declared the Rus sians had repulsed the Germans who succeeded in crossing the llzura river, south of Sochnczew, inflicting heavy losses on them. " The ticrmaiis were also said In have been repulsed nt Bollnnw. Farther southward and alonf the Pilien river hard fighting wns reported still in progress. The striii'iMo soulli or the islulii anil , .., , , , , , nlong the Nldn was iWlare.l l be turn- Ing in favor of the Iiiisiaiis. The Ooramn Version. Berlin bv wireless to London, Dec auack. in the western war ?.ouc was! claimed ill the official staten t Issued 2H. The repulse of French inn! British todav by the war office here, it was said that ut. Festhubeit the allies left .'Hal (lend on the field and lost in officers flint xm men iiiucu planners. In the same fighting It wns stated that the Germans raptured It machine guns and twelve mum throwers. I III the eastern war theatre It wns dc- I elnred the nitunlinii was iinclinnged. WHITMAN IS OOVERNOR. New York, Dec. 2l. District Attor ney Whitninn was swoin In iinlny ns1 governor or -ew lorn ny rrcsining Judge Ingrain of the appellate court. His inauguration will take place Janu ary 1, TIFTY riVE BELOW. Saratoga, N. V., Dee, 27.--A report received here today from Lake De-oila-timi snld Die thermometer there drop ped to fi." degrees below r.ero curly In I tne day. i tie mercury loucncu in ne Ion in rtf. GENERAL VON BESELER HERO OF ANTWERP, IS ACTIVE IN FLANDERS V : 1 General von Vcscler, tho aero of Ant werp, is now believed to bo prominent in the attempt of the Germans to drivo to tho ctust. Alter ho captured Ant werp, which wns the greatest feat of the war up to that point, ho joined most of his forces with tho Clorninn right wing in France, and then tho at tack on the Belgian and Knglish and Fren'h began, .witji Calais and Dun kirk ns the objective and vital points. Photo by American Press Association. E Lloyds Charge 5 Per Cent to Insure Against War Be tween the Countries Christianiu, Norway, Dec. 2fl. Con siderable surprise nad some uneasiness is being expressed here nt news that. Lloyds, of London, Is charging fivo per cent to insure against war between Great Britaia and Norway within a year. The rate is low as compared with the charge for insurance that such coun tries ns Italy, the neutral Balkan states, Hollund, Denninrk or even Spaia will not be drawn into the con flict but the supposition here had pre viously been that such a thing us an migin-iiiirni-Kn u in.-.. " n - ifroops at the intermit loinil border re in'! H'ility t int a f ruction of oncj, ( (i B j(jml o(t of per t would bo ample to "'"" j ,,,, tliM t.iwn. It was believed that against it. before night the entire Villa forcn The real basis for worry ia Norway I under General Mayloreiia would be nt was, of course, Fnglund's recent re-ljt, (w pimt. quest, which the Christinnla govern-1 inent refused, for a Norwegian port as on Anglo Norwegian risks wns token a naval base. jus suggesting that englishmen consld- That Lloyds should have deemed , ered trouble as n result of the incident even a fivo per cent rutu necessary at least u bare possibility. "WORLD AT The Capital Journal has just received a new shipment of the "World at War" atlases. They are of a later and revised edition, compared with those we have heen giving awav to our subscribers. Instead of 1.0 paces, they con- sjst 0f 24 large, highl v-illustratcd pages, printed on heavy t i i, "i CllUllltlCU nuur... The at as contains si) warring countries, with routes of travel and railroad lines; many tables of army and navy and general statis ticsin fact, the work is a complete ready-reference li brary for students of the great war. It is a book which would ordinarily.sell for $1.00 or $1.50, but we are having them made up in large lots and buy them at a price which allows ua to give them away to subscribers on very easy conditions. All who pay three months subscription, old or new, back subscription or in advance, in case their papisr is de livered by carrier, will receive one of these atlases free. All mail subscribers, old or new, who pay a year's sub scription ($:t.00), either back subscription or in advance, will also be entitled to receive an atlas without extra charge. This is the most liberal ever made. KAISERS FORCES ARE BEATEN RACK IS RUSSIAN CLAIM Warsaw's Russian Defenders Holding Their Lines Against the Germans BATTLE IN POLAND REACHING CRISIS Say Nothing Can Save Von Hindenburg from Being Forced to Retreat Pctrograd, Dec. 20. Resisting con stant day and night attacks aloag tho front between tho Vistula river and Opoczno, Warsaw's Russiun defenders were holding their lines against tho Ger mans today. The kaiser's forces lauuehed assault after assault against, them in massed fiLinntinn but each time they were beat en back. The banks of the Bzura and Huwa. rivers were covered with their corpses. Only nt ono point, tho war of fice stated, had the Teutons succeeded in -rossing tho Bzura. They were directing their main at tack against n spot midway between Sochaczew and Hkiorniewicz. The Slavs wero not entirely on toe defjnsive. Along tho Pilien river they were trying to penetrate the Gorman front. Tho fighting in Poland was believed hero to be approaching a crisis. General Fraiica's, commander of tho Gorman force which recently attempted an iidvnnco on Warsaw from the north ward mid wns beaten luck the way it emtio, was endeavoring to resume It i it march to the southward from Mlawa. It was conceded that ho had managed partially to regain the offensive. Mxpcrts said that nothing hut success by Francois or the defeat of the Slav I line before Warsaw could save Marsha! Vim lliiidenbiirg from being compelled to retreat ngaln. The war office wua confident that neither of these two things would happen and that Vou Hin denburg would havo to retire. The battle west of Warsaw hud reach ed enormous proportions, In southern Poland and Galirin, tno Itiissiaus wero regaining the advnntugs over biith Germans and Austrians. It was expected tho siego of Crucow would be resumed soon. DEATH OF Mlttf. J, r. HUGHES. Monday afternoon occurred tho burial nf Mrs. J. F. Hughes, of Aurora, in the Hiibbaril cemetery. Mrs. Hughes died Saturday night, death following a stroke of paralysis. Funeral services were conducted Monday morning nt Au rora by Hev. Kennedy of tne Presby terian church. Mrs. Hughes wns form erly n resident or Hubbard and wu past till years of age. MEXICANS WITHDRAW. K ni.ii .! Dec nilThn Villiutn WAR" ATLAS enuid colored maps oi an me offer the Capital Journal has