i?l, -ins !! stfm -i dl? n Full Leased Wire Dispatches Today's News Printed Today 4 THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR RUSSIANS TELL II ID 1 VICTORS GERMANS If IT Claim That flip AnshriaiK Aro Routed and Are in Dis organized Flight PROMISE ADVANCE BY RUSSIAN NEW YEAR Austrian War Office Hotly Denies Statement--"Moved Back to Straighten Lines" Potrogrnd, Pec. 30. Russian success es against Germans, Austrinns and Turks were claimed here today. Ho pronounced was the ' advance against the Germans and Austrian de clared to be that their speedy expulsion from the czur's territory was pro .lie ted. To the west of Warsaw it was paid, the only thing which wan delaying the Slavs progress was the awful condition of the roads. This admittedly was mak ing the army's movements slow. The fi Kliting was described as consisting iiminly of artillery encounters. In southern Guliciu the Austriaiis were reported not only to have been beaten, but routed, and in precipitate flight. Such was their haste, it was de clared, that they were abandoning equipment, supplies and cannon, which were falling into the Uussinns' hands. The latter were said to have surrounded Tunny of the fugitives and their capture was expected. Summing matters up it was state. 1 that the situation in both Poland and (Continued on Page Four.) England's Declaring Whatever She Pleased Contraband of War Started the Trouble Washington, Pee. 20, It was learned fioin a high state department official this afternoon that the final cause which prompted President Wilson's pro test was Great Britain's conttmitl v shifting policy regarding contraband. In November, he snid, Sir (.'ceil Ar thur Spring-Kite, the British ambassa dor here, presented a note from Foreign Secretary Sir F.dwnid (irey figrceing that turpentine ami rosin should no longer bo considered, contraband. The state department Immediately notified American shippers to this effect. Short ly afterward the state department learned Hint L'nglnnd hail placid tur pentine and rosin back on the contra band list and seized such cargoes as rapidly as British warships found them. British officials explained that they hiil learned later that the Germans were using turpentine ami rosin in the manufacture uf a new kind of bomb. It. was understood that ono of tiie st longest features of the protest was based on the reiznro by British war ships (if copper destined to ltnly and tne bcniiitiiinvinii nations. Some com plaints received said that BritUh inter ests, seeing American firms were grab bing their commerce, hail inspired the Iliitish government to put copper on tho contrulmtid list. A direct indication that other nations wero preparing to join the Lnited States in Its protest was seen todnv when several foreign diplomats asked j i'.w copies of tho note. Copies were furnished to the representative! ot ' Italy. Sweden. Denmark. Norway and' Illi.i,i ' Ambassador Page cabled the state I country and before departing he wants department from London this afternoon i f" l"r,lon Bml restoration to citizen that Foreign Secretary Grey was not:sn'P- in the city, and that formal nclinnwl edgment of the receipt of tho nolo could n. K be expected until his return. CLARK NON-COMMITTAL. Washington Pee. 30. Asked here to day regnrdlng a report that President Wilson had agreed to support his candidacy for the presidency on the democratic ticket In lHlu", Champ Clark, speaker of the house of representatives, snid this afternoon: "I im not bothering myself about the idea of being a candidate for the presidency In IWllI, Mv chief concern is to do everything in my power to pass the legislative program at. this ses sion and avoid an extraordinary ses sion." Hposker Clark conferred with Presi dent Wilson today regarding the legisla tive progrnm. fivt meet a girl who was jj pretty her own picture? Ff News As Told by All Parties Boiled Down for Conven ience of Busy Folk The English cabinet today was con sidering the Washington protest against British warships' interference with American commerce on tho high seas. , Prolonged negotiations seemed cer tain. British officialdom professed to think the protest friendly bat some un official opinion was that it was un friendly and of German inspiration. Washington indications were that it would be strongly backed reuardless or party alignments. Congressman Vollmer, of Iowa, bit terly denounced Americans who pray ror peace in r.uropo and snip war ruu nitions to tho belligerents. Bad weather had practically tied tin military operations in northern France and Belgium. ine rrencn center .and right were active, however, and in Alsace Gallic gains were clnimed. Cannonading at various points was terrific. The Uussinns said they were advanc ing in Poland as fast as bad roads would permit. They added that the Austrian? had been not only beaten but routed in Gnlieiu. The Austriaiis declared that they had done no retreating except for strategic reasons and in good order, but German statements confirmed the Tiussinn version. Berlin reports did deny the Slavs' Polish claims, however, asserting the Germans were ndvnncing instend. Berlin also said the western situa tion was unchanged. The Berlin statement remarked, too. that The llaguo convention entitled neutrals to inlk pence whenever they chose, but that Germany did nut sane (ion it, Both Russians and Turks claimed to be gaining in Transcaucasia. The Russians complained of the mur ders and outrages perpetuated by the Turks in the czar's territory they hud occupied. I he .Montenegrins told of repulsing an Austriun attack on them in Herze govina. After an inquest on the disaster's victims, the Knglish announced that their battleship Bulwark, recently bhUvn up nt Sheerness, wus destroyed by accident. The Ottoman government stripped his titles n ml ftecorntions from the new liritish'tuade sultna of Egypt. WOULD GO TO HOLLAND AND WANTS PARDON T'pon the petition' of bis relatives and friends and the recommendation of the president of the bank whose clients were made the victims of his alleged fraudulent operations, it is quite prob able that Governor West will grant, a full pardon to Vice-Consul Mnttlies of Holland, in Portland, who confessed to the wholesale fraudulent loaning of de posltors inonev in the International Mortgage & Loan bank, of Atieldoom Holland, upon bogus mortgage securities in cnhnnls with a ring of nllegcd swindlers in Portland. Governor West, however, has taken the matter under advisement and has not definitely de cided upon his action upon the petition. According to the records of the ense, ns understood by the governor, Mutthcs, as vice-consul to Holland and agent of the bank above named, has for a long period of time been negotiating loans of tho bank 's funds to a coterie of nl- lege,! Bwnidlers in Portland and was not pnrllnilnr concerning the value or the bonn fides of the securities winch he took in exchange for the money, His operations were finally discovered through nu investigation on the part of some of the clients of the bank and im mediate prosecution wns threatened but I ! AlnMl.i,a' fiilufivna In tlm rtnsl mill 111 i the old country, it is understood, come to his rescue and have made nil of his losses good to the losers, and, upon his making n full confession to the court - Tu'ltfe McGinn granted him a parole. Now Matthes wants to return Now Matthes wants to return to the old MUCH MORE DEADLY THAN THEIR BULLETS Sacramento, Cal., Pec, 30. Reports that Mexican refugees are carrying commuiiicnble diseases into southern California lias caused the state board of health to appeal to the federal au thorities for quick action. San Bernardino, San Piego and Los Anueles counties have reported tci the i state board of nealth thnt refugees at flicted with leprosy, rabies and advanc ed stages of tuberculosis are touring into those counties. A report today from the health authorities in Santa Paula is to the effect that a l umber of refugees afflicted with tuberculosis in its Inst stages have Just arrived there. M id of the leprosy victims in the. southern hospitals are Mexican, ATTACK OF ALLIES EASILY REPULSED SAY THE GERMANS Say the French Claims of Cains Are Utterly Without Foundation ADMIT FRENCH MADE BRILLIANT CHARGES But Say They Were Without Result-Claim They Have Made Slight Gains Ilerlin, by wireless via Sayville. Pec ,10. French claims of gains by tha al lies in the western war zone fuosday were sweopingly denied in the German war office's official statement issued hers today. So, also, were Russian stories of prog ress in tne eastern mentor or nosiinues. The Slavs' accounts of successes against tho Turks in Transcaucasia were likewise contradicted. Tho Germans, it was asserted, were gaining southeast or ipros and in the vicinity ot Neinport up to .he tune when the weather grew so bad that op- rations had practically to cease. The French were given credit for a series uf "brilliant attacks " northwest of Saint Meiichoiild, in nn effort to re take certain trenches the Germnun had npturod from them, but it was declar ed these attacks were all repulsed and that several hundred of tho attackers were made prisoners. French attacks west of Apremont and elsewhere all along the western front ( Continued on Page Five.) Says America's Selling Sup plies to England Is Really a Violation of Neutrality Washington, Pec. 30. Kepresjiitatlve oHmer ot Iowa urged the house lor eigu affairs committee today to report lavorablv on the V n liiiorllnrthuldt-Lo beck resolution, which would prohibit the exportation from this country of munUioiis of war for the Ktiropcnn belligerents. He called the l.'nited States a partner in "the greatest crime against civilization in all Ins year, Referring to prayers fur peace being ol'lered on Sundays in various churches. Vollmer said: "Are wo so anxious to achieve the reputation of being tho world s arch hyprocitc that we go into the ford's sanctuary mid uller up prayers ot peace when we have blood money in inr pock ets "If the United States stopped fur nishing munitions oi' war to the belli gerents the war would end III Ho days. "Our present attitude on neutrality has undergone a strange change since the outbreak of the war. Munitions of war from the United States lire going to tho allies only. We are furnishing instruments of iminli-r to one side only in n conflict in wuic'u we protess friend ship to all." Representative Vollmer voiced the opinion that It was impossible for the allies "ever to conquer the Germans. " He declared if the war continued uni versal bankruptcy, "Into which the l!nit"d States wuuld bo plunged," would follow. Representative Vnlliuer disclaimed uuy licsirn to peso ns an alarmist but lire.liftcd a win between .liimin mid , Ainericn for control of the Pacific was mire to come. He argued that Japan does not intend to surrender Kino Chan and this fact, he said, "would mater ially affect America. Ho hinted that if war comes, Cor many winld be the United Hlatti' only ally. He also intimated that America was disqualifying itself for such nn al liance and preventing itself from acting as mediator Hi luture pence negotia tiuus, by tiie shipments of ammunition to be used against Germany Representative llmthold referred to the munitions situation ns one if "dul Inr neutrality sold for British p,o'd." "Kngland's alliance with dhe yel low race whose appetite, for territory has just been whetted in this war," said Bnrtholdt, "is an ill omen tor Am erica." Bnithold criticized F.nglaml because the ninth's cotton shipments were crip nled. He called America "na ally" j and declared thnt " l!."i,00li,00) people in America believe we are waging war .on Germany." 1 " A misdirected search for happiness in the stepmother of selfishness, SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DEC. I Yuan Shi Kai Has Term Ex tended to Ten Years, and Perhaps for Life Shanghai, Pec. 30. The Pekin bov- crnment'a latest order making the Chi- aese president s term practically of life tenure was the subject of the most in tensely interested comment today in various circles here. The fixing of tho term nominally at 10 years wculd not have been regarded of so much significance but for the additional provision that it might be in- uoriniteiy extended by a two-thirds vote of the senate. Inasmuch is Presi aeni man aoi Kai admittedly is in omplete control of the legislative branch of the government, this was taken by almost everyone to mean that ho has nci intention of relinquishine his grip until death ends U, and that he prouahiy will do all in his power to puss his power on to a successor of his own choosing. foreign traders in China, with wtom Yuan is popular, because they think no one else is so well able as he to oimroxi- maie a siame rule ot nia country, were mostly pleased. Tho same view was taken of tho situation in conservative Chinese circles. Even in these ouarters. howover, surprise was felt nt the bold ness of tho step taken. the republicans were not sui prised for they have contended for some time that the president had become r, mere dictator, but to say that tnev were an gry was putting it too mildly. The pre. iictrjn was wildly mado nmoiuf them that the new development would only hasten the revolution which unquestion ably has been simmering for months in tne soiitnern provinces. Latest accounts were to the effect that Yuan had completely crushed the Pekin crnspirucy to overthrow his re gimo and pluce the former prince regent at the head of tho government until the deposed emperor comes of uge, and Tiie.ii to put mm on tlx throne. No definite news was'nvailnble, but it was rumored that there hml been many executions in connection with the plot. MAY MEET WELSH. San Francisco, Pec. 21). Willie Jill. chic, former lightweight champion of me worm, announced here this after noon that he had received an offer from a New York promoter to meel Champion Freddie Welsh, Joe Shugrue or Charlie White in Havana, Cuba, some time in January. Ritchie refus e to mnke public the promoter's inline, uuc it was iiclioved to be Jimmy .'vuimiiMi, imcine sum no would ac cept the offer if satisfactory terms ntiic uiicrcu. PARDON OF CHAPIN HANGS IN BALANCE Governor Vest wns yesterdnv after noon in conference with C W. Hodson, representing W. II. Chnpin nnd Pr. W. T. Williamson nnd a Mr, 'Freeman, of Portland, representing Mr. ami Mrs. William Grace, concerning the applica tion fur the granting of a pardon to Mr. Chnpin who stands convicted of larceny by bailee of $:t,5()0 to property of Mr. and Mrs. draco nn aged couple's money which ine linn 01 Clinpin-llerlow mortgage & trust company are alleged to have Invested fur them to a loss. Governor West has heretofore tenta tively agreed to extend clemency in bo hnlf of Mr. Chaiiln upon the ennditinn that arrangements bo mado by Mr, Chapiu nnd his .- friends whereby full restitution be mnde to the old couple who have lost all of their means of live lihood. It is understood that some tentative plnn has been suggested by which the money due the old people will be re stored to them and Governor West went to Portland this morning to meet with the representntlvo of the two parties concerned to nrrnnge the de tails of the plan of restitution. Although the amount involved in the action, ns n result of which Mr. Chnpin wns con victed of the crime elm reed in the In formation and sentenced to serve a term in the penitentiary, was only ftl.fiat) the governor understands that the full amount of the old couple ' speculations totals approximately 0,000 representing their savings or years or toil and economy. Tho meeting Is to be held In the law office of C ('. McCullocli. In the Journal building, at Portland, at. 10:30 this morning. There Is alwnyn an overproduction of things until the consumer goes to buy them, Oregon: Tonight and Thursday un settled, probably rain; increasing p o u J h a rl 1 1 rly winds. The Weather 30, 1914 ENGLAND STIRRED BY WILSON'S STAND AS TO NEUTRALITY Officials Disposed to Take It in the Friendly Spirit that Dictated It SOME PROFESS TO SEE GERMANY'S HAND IN IT Others Mistakenly Declare Americas Demands Are Not Enforceable" (By Ed L. Keen.) London, Pec. 30. It is doubtful if a single incident of the war, since hos tilities actually began, has nrciised such interest as was manifested hero today in the cabinet session called to consider the Washington administration 'e pro test 'against the treatment by the Brit ish navy of American commerce on the high seas. Foreign Minister Sir Kdward Grey, back from his holiday vacation In the country, had carefully reviewed the American communication at his own of fice betorc he joined the other mem bers of the ministry. To tho meeting ho carried with him the message itself, together with the, re ports his assistants had prepared, cov ering the various points made in the protest. Say No Precedonta. Tho American statement of the sit uation having been based on thi Inter pretation placed by Washington legal experts on questional of international (Continued on Pnge Six.) E German Prince Had Little Is land Well Stored with Sup plies and a Wireless London Pec. 15. (By mnil to New York.) Until recently Germany actual ly had a submarine base in tho Knglish chnnnel on territory belonging to the British crown. Destroyers of British shipping received supplies under Kng land's very nose for a time, This fact was developed hero today In connection with tho announcement of the cancellation of a lease under which the Island of Ilerm was held by Prince Blucher, a desceiidunt of the famous Gonernl who helped the Duke of Wel lington to defeat .Napoleon nt Waterloo. The London government originally leased the Island to a Herman company 111 lHlHI nnd it was bv this company Hint it wns turned over to the prince, who lived the life of an eccentric recluse on it for several years. It wns searched after the war began but the work was done by raw country militiamen who, quite Innocent of mili tary knowledge, reported thnt they found nothing which could be used for wnr purposes. Afler several Gorman submarine ex pluits In the channel n mure thorough investigation was mnde. It revealed the' presence on the Island of quantities of fuel oil torpedoes and other suppli.'i, Motorboats, it appeared, had regular ly carried these stores and munitions from llerm to submarines tying sonic distance off shore. ' There wns also n wireless station, by menus of which the princely recluse could commuiilcnto ul will with Ger mnil wnrshlps. In short, llerm was an Ideal sub marine base tucked neatly under Kng land's wing. Among those familiar with nil these fuels considerable Irritation Is felt and were It not for an Indisposition on the politicians part, to emlinrriiss tne gov ernment in war time it Is likely that charges of negligence would have been made In the house of cnmi'.ens. ANOTHER KILLING. Aberdeen. Wash.. Pec, 30. As the result of a nuarrel Alvin Preston, oT. was shot three times and killed by R..rt Mnilev todnv. Preston had been employed at I lie. Hoqiiinm pumping station and was laid off tiv Moxloy. Preston went to the station today and the fntal shots were fired by Mux ley following an altercation. Moxley alleges that Prcstoa attacked him with a sledge hammer and that be shot lu self defense. Both men have families. But If. a man is fcollh and doesn't know It, It's a sign that he haa no wile to instruct I im. BniPU rimrA rl?XTTC! OK TRAINS AND NEW mvii iiiw Vyiil AO BTAVnfl mm irv.Nm Special Trains and Boats Loaded-3,000 Go From Imperial Valley in Autos Son Piego, Cal., Pee. 30. Estimates ninda by exposition officials, hotel men and traffic heads hero today indicated that the crowds now in the city and those that will arrive during the next 2-t hours will swoll the total number of visitors at tho Panama-California ex position opening tomorrow night to pro po tions even tho most optimistic had not predicted. Piling into the city on regular and special trains and special boats, thou sands were coming in today, and the in- mix lias not yot reached its crest, ac cording to railroad and stonmsliip men. Many more aro arriving by automobile, a delegation of 3000 coming from Im perial valley by machines alone. At tho exposition grounds the finnl work on the exhibits is being rushed day and night, with an enormous force of workmen Kept busy. "Wo aro rendy for tho opening," said President Pavidson today. "There aro tno tinai preparations yet to be completed, of coarse but the Brout bulk of the work has been done and no one will bo disappointed at the condition of the grounclB of exhibits at the open ing." The finnl electrical tests have been made and tho great distilav is ready for the touch of President Wilson in the White Ho-iso at Washington. Kvery building will bo nbliizo with light as the midnight hour nrrives. Hundreds of marines nnd Boldiers are ready for tho parades Friday and Sat urday. Tho cruiser San Piego and the torp'.uln fleet aro in tho harder, the former vessel getting a rousing welcome, ns it nrrivod Into yesterday. Practical ly every whistle la tho city was blown as the cruiser stcamod into the harbor. McAdoo Du Today. Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 30. Secretin v of the Treasury Williani G, McAdou, tho national administration'! envoy to the jaii Diego exposition, was expected to reach Los Angeles today en routo to that city. Ho is accompanied by his wife, formerly Miss Klennor Wilson, daughter of the president. The visitors were expected tit spend tonight with Secretary MeAdoo's daughter, Mrs. Chillies T. Martin, at Alhaaibr a. eon- tinning their Journey to San Diego to morrow. CABNAHAN GETS JOB. Sacramento, f 'ul.. Pec. .10. Cnrniihan attorney of Riverside. Cnl.. wns nn pointed by tho governor today to the position of commissioner of corporations miner mo new uiuo sKy law. The salary is "i,000. DIRIGIBLES BOMBARD RAILROAD STATION Paris, Pec. SI). French dirigibles have been bombarding Zaarburg rail road station ami other points in Lor raine between there nnd Avrlcourt, ac cording to a war office announcement tonight. Gallic aeroplanes, It was added, were continuully flying above Met, throw ing shells nt the German hangars ill Frasciitti and creating consternation nt other plncos in the same locality. The war office ridiculed tho (lerinnn statement, that tho attack made by one of tho kaiser's Zeppelins on Nancy was na "act, of reprisal." It was ns serted that French aviators invariably direct their operations against German military positions, whereas the Ger mans have killed unarmed civilians. Brush off that little whito lie: it's just what I wantedl" 'Oh, "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 been giving away to our subscribers. Instead of 10 pages, they con sist of 24 large, highly-illustrated pages, printed on heavy enameled book. The atlas contains splendid colored maps of all the 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 rcady-refercnce li brary for students of the great war. It is a book which would ordinarily.sell for $1.00 or $1.50, but we are having them made up in large lots and buy them at a price which allows us to give them away to subscribers on very easy conditions. All who pay three months subscription, old or new, back subscription or in advance, in case their paper is de livered by carrier, will receive one of these atlapes free. All mail subscribers, old or new, who pay a year's sub scription ($:J.OO), either back subscription or in advance, will also be entitled to receive an atlas without extra charge. Thiols the most liberal offer the Capital Journal haa jvermade. ''RMflffiil GERMANY ADITS AUSTRIAN DEFEAT AND SCOLDS ALLY What She Expects to Gain by ' Goading Austria Cannot Be Even Guessed MAY DRIVE HUNGARY TO ASK FOR PEACE Or It May Mean She Hopes to Stir Ally to Greater Actioc It Encourages Russia By J. W. T. Maron. (Former London Correspondent for the United Press.) New York, Pec. 30. The sugges tion offered in this column Inst week to the effect that the Russian forces' withdrawal from Cracow, togothsr with, redistribution of the Slav troops in (Indicia, might foreshadow a fresh cam paign by the czar against Hungary, was borne out today by the Berlin admis sion that tho Austriaiis had been beat en. The Austriaiis, It appears, 'nave been driven Into the Carpathians, which is the first, step toward a Huugariun In vasion by tho Russians. Proluil.lv the latter will express much difficulty in making thoir way across Hie Carpathian range, tor the mountain pusses are few and easily defended. Nevertheless, the undertaking cutainly will not ho as serious nt would be for the Slavs to inarch to Berlin. Germany Admits U. The most signitiennt fact in conucc- (Continued on Pago Five.) Washington Hotel Keepers Want Law Changed So They Can Have a Liquor Trust Sejittle, Wash.. Pec. 30. More than 50,0110 signature are claimed by tho Washington State Hotel Men's associa tion for Initiative Measure No. 18, which seeks to amend the state wide prohibition bill adopted by the peoplo Inst November, Nearly one half of the signal ores have bceu obtuincd in Scuttle. An extra force Is employed at tho rily registration office, chucking up the signatures, as the pclitiou must be filed nt ( 1 y in iii by tomorrow afternoon in order to obtain a.-tioa upon it. at tho next session of Hie legislature. It ro quires 311,000 valid signatures. This measure, while iibolishing sa loons, permits breweries to operate in the stale and allows hotels having fifty or inoro rooms to servo liquor to gnesls. The legislature will be com pelled to submit tlin measure to a vote of the people if the required number of Valid signatures tiro shown. Advocates of Ihc bill want tho legis lature to cull a special election in 1015, so (hat the vote may bo taken on it be fore the present, prohibition law goc into effect on .laiiiiiiry 1, I'Jili. WAR" ATLAS