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VOL. XLIV NO. 1G.
OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 22, 1014 TWELVE PAGES,
Om Trains and at
aTotel Slews Stands, So
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
GOLD WAYE YISITS
OMAHA AND THEN
HOYESON AGAIN
Mercury Drops Twenty-One Degrees
Since Sunday Noon and Then
Starts to Rise.
SHOW IS EIGHT INCHES DEEP
Large Force of Men Required to
. Remove Fall of Beautiful from
the Streets. .
CLEAR OUT IN THE STATE
Entire Western Country is Also Cov
ered with Fine Blanket.
COLDER IN THE WEST PORTION
Coldest Spat Waa at Ericksoa, Be.v-
enteen, Drltn Itira, Kaanaa
and oath Dakota Ala Ht
Coo Fall of Snow.
HEIR TO AUSTRIAN THRONE AT FRONT Prince
Carl Fran Josef von Mitervcitch, commander-in-chief of
Austrian forces, with his staff at Prz emysl.
The cold wave struck Omaha and soon
left. Forecasted Sunday to visit tUis
section of the country Sunday night, it
came, but it did not last long, as t:e
crest wis reached Just "before t o'clock
yesterday morning, when the thermometer
reached 2 below and tnen It started to
rise, until at 3 o'clock It was 20 above
aero. Late last night the Indications did
not favor another decided drop.
Snow to the deptb of eight Inches fell
Bur-day and this gave work to an army
of the unemployed, as the deep snow had
to be removed from tbe sidewalks and
streets In the central portion of the city,
from the tracks In the railroad yards
and from the walks in the resident por
tion of Omaha.. Commissioner Ryder put
a large force of teams and men at worn
early Monday morning having had teams
with scrapers out all, night dragging the
snow from the, gutters. " '
'." Clear Railroad Yards.
At the passenger yards of the Union
station 100 or more men were given work
-shoveling snow first thing Monday morn
ing. The snow had covered every part
of the yards to a.' depth of six to eight
inches. With shovels and brooms this
snow was gathered Into heaps and loaded
on cars,' after which it was hauled to
clumps.
In the Burlington yards more than fifty
men were at ' work early In morning
sweeping and shoveling the snow into
piles, later to be hauled away on flat
cars.
The sweeping of snow was continued
through the freight yards of practically
all the roads later In the day and during
the afternoon, some 600 '"'men were at
work. .).,.,.
. Bnaw la General. .
The railroads report a fall of snow gen
eral over nil Iowa, Nebraska, South Da
kota and .Kansas Sunday, the weather
clearing during the night and tempera
tures dropping to aero and below. Out in
the western part of Nebtaeka'tha -Union
Taciflc reported the.. snowjrlrtf ting apron,
but elsewhere It lay aa it ft.lV
"According to tire' railroads the lowest
temperature of the twenty-four hours
was at ' Erloson, where tho registration
was IS below." The highest was 6 degrees
above at Crawford.
Throughout tho state the new enow of I
Sunday ranged from a loot at Ravenna
to an Inch at Uenkleman. Generally It
wan tho heaviest through the central and
western portions and lighter In Wyoming.
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ARMY FLIER DIES
AS HIS MACHINE IS
a WRECKED IN OCEAN
Lieutenant F. J. Gerstner, Observer
in U. S. Scout Planes, Drowns
Off California Coast.
THAW LOSES HIS
FIGHT FOR LIBERTY
Supreme Court Orders His Return to
New York for Trial on Con
spiracy Indictment
INSANITY IS NOT FEATURE
TWO CRAFT FALL TO SEA
Pilot Rescued b Another Military
Aviator Whose Ship Also
Meets Disaster.
STORMY WEATHER IS TROUBLE
Run Beinj Made from San Diego to
! Lo Angetes as Mishap Comes.
EIGHTEENTH VICTIM SO FAR
STATE COMMANDER
OF G. A. R. IS DEAD
. .. . '
John A. Dempster, Resident of Ne
braska for the Last Forty Years,
' Passes Away.
WAS 'ALSO A PROMINENT MASON
Faacral Services Be. Vader Aa-
pices of .the Masons, Assisted by
. , , C A. A., wltk Rev. K. H.
.leaks Officiating;.
. John A. pempstor. (or forty-thre years
a citiseit of Nebraska, died at hi home
fw St8u f " S ftfT ""Ti tl irrness' of '" One'
yt-RP ' from. Brigbt's disease. The end
came a few minutes after S o'clock,
artor a more acute suffering of three
weeks. .....
John A. Dempster was born at Dun
dee, I1I September 28, 1840.' In August,
1SS1, he' rullsted in the Fifty-socond Illi
nois infantry and served to the end of
the war In the Fifteenth army corps,
under John A. logan. Hi participated
In the battles of Donaldson, Hhlloh, siege
Down throigh tile southern portion of -of Corinth, luka, second battle of Cor
the'central section the fall ranged from j mth, Hatclile, Toa n Creek, Bear Creek,
six to ten iiH hes. -Now the reports to the . lteoaca, Snak. Creek Uap, Iay s Ferry,
rkllroads Indicate clear, calm and rlning Rome Crossroads, Dallas, Calhoun's
FcrQ-, Mills Creek, Kenesaw Mountain,
Decatur, Atlanta, Lovejoy, Janesboro,
temperatures everywhere
even Below at Denver.
DENVER, Dec. 21. Colorado and Wyom
ing last night sht ered In the coldest
weather of the season. At Denver the
lowest temperature recorded by the gov
ernment thermometer was. 7 below sero.
Pueblo, Colo., reported II below,
Lander, Wyo., 10 below sero. -
Altoona, Ogeesche River, Savannah and
Bentonvllle, N. C. '
He. marched with therman to the sea
and north through the CaroJInas to Rich
mond and on to Washington. He partlcl
Jobless Men Given
Work Moving Snow j (Con,
and ' I,at'1 the grand review at Washington
ana was jmiMerea out juiy t, istw.
J ' Came Mere In 'Seveo ty-Oae.
J In Mareh, l7lf Mr. Dempster came to
) Nebraska and lived en 1 a homestead In'
inued on Page Two, Column Four.)
;Two Boys Beat Way to
But Can't Locate'Her
CHICAGO, Dec. 21. Thousands of men
Ing houses last night were given employ- ; Omaha to Find Mother;
ment too ay ry railroads, trolley linos and j
tbe city, clearing the streets and rail
road' tracks of the heaviest snowfall of 1
the winter. There were 3,800 jpbless men
sheltered In two municipal lodging houres
and the Rufus Dawes hotel. All of them
were ready for work.
per day.
They were paid 12
The Weather
Forecast till 7 p. m. Tuesday:
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Fair; slightly warmer.
TeatBeratara at ouan Seaterday.
Dug.
Hour.
5 a. m
a. in i. 1
7 a. i n 0
It m. t
a. ra. l
10 a. in 0
11 a. m..'. s
12 in
1 p. in H
2 P. m 1
i p. ra 18
4 p. m 17
5 p. ni U
p. in 1 '
7 p. in M I
in.ni V, :
(Comparative Loral Hri-r. j
VI. ivii. ItlZ. 1911. I
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15 .utt
Two bright-faced' boys, .aged 1 and 14
j years, are.- in Omaha' looking for their
mother. Mrs. Clara Belle 8topf, who left
the Colorado metronoll last week for this
city. It wasthe agreement at the part
ing of tbe youngsters and their mother
that they would follow her to Omaha the
best waythey' knew how, and that way
In thia tim - was be&ttng their passage
on trains., , . .
They arrived here last Friday and the
Union "Gospel 'mission' has been taking
care of them since. But beginning with
last night, the Salvation Army will look
out for., their, welfare until such a time
f.. their, mother con be located.
The eldest of the boys is named Lowell
snd the other Kor. They . are br'ght
younseterft and feel sure their mamma
would look them- up. If she knew that they
were In the city and their location.''
Dreadful Sight in
HomerGreets Doctor
BOTH SAMONS AND
SMITH SENTENCED
First Given Two and Half Years and
Latter Six Months and Fine of
Five Hundred Dollars.
TO HAVE HOLIDAYS AT HOME
Ex-Sacrlff af Baffalo Caaaty Files
Appeal and Kearney Psatafflce
Clerk Mas Freedom Vntll .
. Second f Janaary. .
'Bentenoes, of twq ejid, one-half years tor
Wltp!wwrnons ftijd- aUjnpnllis, )n
prisonment and a fine of fiOO for Delbert
R. Smith, ware pronounced in. federal
court aa tho culmination of tho recent
trial and convictions of Panmions on the
charge or robbing the Kearney postofflce
of $5,000. . ' ;
Both men will be able. to spend Christ
mitrf and New Year's day at home. Bam
mons Immediately ' filed a 16,040 appeal
bond and a bill of exceptions containing
1,000 pages and 275,000 words. Smith had
pleaded guilty to conspiring aa an ac
complice. His sentence was suspended
until January 2. He will be confined In
the Buffalo county, Jali at Kearney, his
home town, by special permission of the
court. Sammon's sentence is to the fed
eral prison at Leavenworth, Ka'i.
Highest yesterday..
lxwest ycHlerday...
Mean temperature..
lrcli.ltaiion
Temperature and precipitation
tures from the normal:
Normal temperature
Deficiency for. Uie day "J
ivuu excess since March J....
Normal precipitation
Kxcess for the day
ioiai rainrall sinee March 1. .. .25. T Inches
Def iciency since March 1 S. li Inches
eflctency for cor. period 11J. 6.30 Inches
Deficiency lor cor. period. 1812. 4.02 Inches
B-rts from Vtatlaaa at T . M.
oiauon ana statu
of Weather
t. neyenne. clear 34
Davenport, clear
Denver, clear is
Dea Moines, vli-ai- J2
North Mi. tie, dear 20
Omaha, clear is
Rapid City, cloudy a
fchoridan, cloudy 24
Hioux City, ileir t)
VaJeotine, cloudy a
mandates below sero.
U A. WfcLtiH, Local ForecasUr.
MITCH1CLI, si.. D.. Dec. 21-In a
mall farm hm:a neap her. s Mitchell
!!? i doctor today found the charred body of
an aged woman,- Mary Traenor, lying on
the floor. In the same room an imbecile
sister ( of tho dead woman was lying
ssleep on a couch. In an adjoining room
was one brother of. the woman, stone
deaf, nl suffering with pneumonia. An
other brother, James Trseslor, was mov
ing about nearly blind from "acute
alcoholism. The place was reeking with
I filth.
Temp. High- Rain. n Dt'Mev'd tnst tne woman came to
1 p. ra. est. fail I her deatn wnen ner nea doming ignuea
Capital National
Bank Cases Soon
Before High' Court
(From a Staff Correspondent )
WASHINGTON, Deo. 2L-(8peclal Tele
gram.) The United State supreme court
today set for February 23 next arguments
in four cases coming up from tho supreme
court of Nebraska, namely,, the Jones Na
tional bank, the Bank of Slaplehurst, the
I'tica bank and Thomaa Bailey, plaintiffs
in error, against Charles E. Tales, David
E. Thompson and Louisa Hanger, adminis
tratrix of the estate of Bills P. Hamer,
deceased, defendants in error.
For fifteen years tho cases have been
before tho United States courts, growing
but of the faUure of the Capital National
bank of Lincoln. In 1907 the supreme
court reversed tho several judgments of
tho supreme court of Nebraska. In the
ssme Identical suits affirming judgment
of the district court of 8eward county,
which Imposed liability on tho defendants
for deposits In the Capital National bank
uion the ground that the state court had
denied to the defendants a right of im
munity granted by statute. , .
The proceedings and judgments for re
view once more are going to bring before
the court of last resort the names of
r'harles.W. Mosher. Charles E., Yates,
Duvld E.' Thompson and others who fig
ured in the history of the Capital Na
tional bank of Lincoln nearly twenty
years ago.
Lysle 1. Abbott of Omaha, was. a guest
of Representative Lobeck today, the
urbane congressman introducing Mr. Ab
bott to the "lions" -tn the several depart
ments. Mr. Abbott, after interviewing
e?retary Tumulty, left for the west.
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tho room. The glare of the flames
awakened the nearly blind brother, who
smothered them with blanket and then
went back to bed. ,
The brother wbo extinguished the blase
declared fee know his sister was dead,
so thought it unnecessary to call for assistance.
Military Chiefs
I Overrule Order of
! ' Kaiser's Physicians
LONDON. Dec. 21.-The depsrture of
Emperor William for the front announced
yesterday Is said by the Kxcliange Tele
graph company's correspondent at Am
sterdam to have been liecljed upon
against .'he advice of tHe emperor's phy
sician, who strongly opposed his making
tho trip at this time. The military chlefH,
however, lm rited, the corrasfiondent adds,
that the emperor . spvad Christmas with
his troops, and he decided to do so.
Twenty-Three Years Old, Bora la
Michigan and Appointed to West
Pol a I la 1900 Later As
' signed to Cavalry.
OCEAN MDE. Cel.. Dec. 21. Lieutenant
F. J. Gerstner, observer In one of the
six Vnlte.1 States army scout aeroplanes
that started on a flight from Pan Diego
to I os Angeles, was drowned today In
the sea ten miles north of this place.
Captain L. R. Muller, pilot of the
wrecked machine, wna rescued by Cap
tain L. W. Patterson, anothor army
aviator, . whose aeroplane had been
wrecked near where Lieutenant Gerstner
met his death.
Captain Patterson saw the wreckage of
Mailer's machine la the water and sum
moned aid. Muller was rescued, badly
bruised, by the fall, and exhausted with
fcLt efforts to keep afloat Oerstner'a
body was recovered.
Four Rrasgkt ta Karth.
Four of the six machines that entered
the flight were brought to the earth near
here. The other machine reached Los
Angeles In safety. Stormy weather and
bad air conditions were held responsible
for the, accidents.
The aeroplanes were to have made the
flight back from Loa Angeles tomorrow
to report the number and disposition of
troops maneuvering In the vicinity of
San Diego.
The contest was for a trophy.
Hlghta Army flier Dir.
WASHINGTON. Deo, 22,-Lleutenant
Frederick J. Gerstner. killed today at
Ocean Side, was tho eighteenth aviator
to give his Ufa In tho Interest of govern
ment aviation. Since Lieutenant Bel
fredge fell to fcls death at Fort Myer,
Vai, In IKS testing the first aeroplane for
tho army, fourteen army officers, two
naval officers and two olvllisas. In
structors make up the toll:
' Lieutenant Gerstner was only 28 years
old: He was born In Michigan and was
appointed to the military academy in
1M9. Oa graduating in 1913, he was as
signed to the Tenth cavalry, but recently
he was assigned' to th aviation achool
at Han Diego, Cat.
Christmas Ship
Gifts Arej3ent
' Into Belgium
ROTTERDAM, Holland, Dec. 21. Vla
London.) The Belgians' allotment of the
Chfl8lmas presenta brought here by the
United Slates naval collier Jason baa
been divided Into three parts and for
warded to Antwerp, Brussels and Liege,
whence the toys will be distributed
throughout the country. . .
Unfortunately, owing to the frontier
regulations, It was necessary to unpack
all the- packages and remove letters
and Christmas messages written for the
most part by American children. The
members of the American relief com
mission greatly regret this, aa It robs
the Belgian children of the messages of
good cheer sent them by little Americana.
The Dutch government has granted free
transportation of the American food sup
plies to Belgium.
Hitchcock Proposes
Byrnes for Collector
(Prom a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. (Bpeclal Tele
gram.) Rene tor Hitchcock today recom
mended tho appointment of John C.
Byrnes of Columbus to be United States
lnernal revenue collector for Nebraska.
The new choice on the part of the Ne
braska senator eamo after Secretary of
the Treasury McAdoo hsd Informed him
that Secretary Bryan Would not consent
to the appointment of Chris Gruenther
to any office under any circumstances.
Senator Hitchcock has declared he will
make no further efforts on behalf of
Gruenther.
Senator Hitchcock had suggested that
Mr. Bryan name the collector, of Mr.
Bryan in turn would consent to the ap
pointment of Gruenther for marshal.
The National Capital
Moaday, December ill, 1014.
The Senate.
Met at noon.
Resumed consideration of Immigration
bill. Lands committee decided tu close
water power site leasing bill hearings
next Wednesday.
Judiciary committee deferred action on
nomination of J. G. itland as I'nlted
btates marshal for western Missouri.
The. lloasa.
Met at noon.
Agreed to meet at 10 a. m. Tuesday and
(-,., !. .1, . BO . I It lillllllltlUU .
rtitutlnnal amendment is dlNpored of.
i Considered miscellaneous bills by unan-
In'ous consent.
I'rKt-nt de"cleniy appropriation bill,
carrying 4.370,6, was reported.
Jasllce Holmes Hays It t'annat Be
New York Coarta Mast
Decide It.
WASHINGTON, Iec. ei.-HaYry K.
Thaw lost his fight today In the supreme
court of the United States against being
extradite 1 from the state of New Hamp
shire to the state of New York.
In a brief declJlon by Justice Holmes.
which wss the unanimous decision of the
court. It wss held that the celebrsted
prisoner should be turned over at once
to the New York authorities to answer
an indictment charging conspiracy 4o e
rape from Matteawan asylum for the
criminal Inssne.
Whether his escape from the asylum,
his counsel contended, while he was In
sane constituted a crime and other ques
tions the court dlamlssed with the com
ment that they could not rter Into a
habeas corpus proceeding and that they
were proper questions for the state of
New York to decide.
White Mardrr Not Mentioned.
Actually the celebrated Thaw case the
killing of Stanford WhHe-was not before
tha supreme court. Merely the question
of returning Thaw on the conspiracy In
dictment was up for decision.
What other moves, If any, were open
to Thaw's counsel to prevent his return
to tha state where he was twice tried
and had made many futile eftorta to be
released, those familiar with the legal
procedure were at a loss to forecast
To those who have followed the rase It
seemed that the fight against returning
to New York was lost and that nothing
remained but for tho sheriff, of Coos
county, New Hampshire, to turn Thaw
over to New York officers upon the ex
tradition granted by the governor of New
Hampshire, but stayed by tha decision
of Justice Aldrlrh.l whluh Was today re
versed, Thaw Has NothlnsT ta ay.
MANCHESTER, N. 11., Dec. ll.-Harry
K. Thaw received without comment to
day the announcement from Washington
that tha supreme court had reversed the
decision of tha federal court In New
Hampshire which refused to extradite
him to New York.
His secretary, speaking for him, after
manifesting surprise, said:
"Mr. Thaw baa no comment to make.
Any statement regarding tha court's ac
tion will have to coma from his counsel.
Philander C. Knox, In whom Mr. Thaw
has every confidence."
. Thaw received the news through a
press dispatch. ' He has been stopping In
this, city for the' last three months. '
' Mora Trials la Prospect.
Thaw may, however, remain. In New
Hampshire for thirty days, unless his at
torneya consent to his removal sooner;
Thia results from the fact that the man
date of tho supreme court, carrying out
Its decision. Is not Issued until thirty
days from today, unless the attorneys for
both sides Join In' requesting ' an earlier
Issue of the order.
Legal authorities who have followed the
case pointed out today that New York,
with Its custody of Thaw secure, might
now direct his Immediate trial for con
spiracy or might annul the Indictment
and return the prisoner to Matteawan, or
It might return hint to the asylum In
disregard of the Indictment.
During the argument of the case before
tho supreme court, Chief Justice White
intimated that Immediate Imprisonment
of Thaw after his return might give rise
to another habeas corpus proceeding to
determine whether a federal right had
been denied by putting him In an asylum
after extraditing him for conspiracy.
. Jerome Hays Thaw Will Be Tried.
NEW YORK. Dec. 21.-Mr. Jerome,
who acted In the rase as deputy state
attorney general, said today that as soon
as arrangements could be perfected Thaw
would be brought to this county and
tried on the conspiracy Indictment be
fore he was returned to Matteawan.
"I am not surprised at the court's ver
dict," he said. "Harry Thaw will ba
brought back aa soon as possible and
trlod on the conspiracy charge and then
returned to MatteawW The conspiracy
indictment was obtained in good faith
and Its prosecution will be undertaken
In the same spirit."
Tha decision In the rase of Harry i.
Thaw marks the end of sixteen months
of litigation In the cf foils of the author
ities of the state of New York to get
Thaw back m prisoner again In tha Mat
teawan state hospital for the criminal In
sane, from which he escaped.
With the aid of five conspirators Thaw
got away from the Institution In an auto
mobile and made for the Canadian bor
der. Thaw Immediately gathered around him
an array of legal talent, who by various
court processes blocked the efforts of the
New York state representatives, headed
by William Travers Jerome, his prosecu
tor at the time he was tried for the mur.
der of Stanford White. While the legal
proceedings were In, progress the Cana.
dlan authorities summarily decided the
question by removing Thaw from jail
and thrusting him across the border In
ait automobile. This was on September
10. Thaw found himself In Vermont and
at liberty. A newspaper man who had
followed him permitted him to use his
automobile and the two cmsaed the Ver
mont line Into New Hampshire. Here
Thaw, at Colebrook, was sgaln jailed.
He was taken to Concord, N. 11., where
the litigation decided against him was
; begun. '
RUSSIANS HOLD
GERMANS AT BAY
Two Hundred Thousand Teutons Are
Trying to Take Bridje Over
Bxura Hirer.
BATTLE ON FOR THREE DAYS
Russians Are Heavily Entrench am
Rlsht Bank and Are HaldlasT
Hachaaaew, Which Com-'
mnnda Read ta Wnraaw,'
PETROORAP,' Dec tl.-Vln London)
Tha Russian forces are still holding at
bay the German column which la seek
ing to cross tli Bsura river at Bochaosew
and advance on Warsaw, thirty miles
away. For three days this German army
of aoout 200.000 men has ben endeavoring
to cross the river and throw back tha
Russians who are holding the right bank.
Sochacsew continues to be tha German
objective In the attempt to reach War
saw. The Rusnlan forces oa the right
bank of the Bsura, are heavily en
trenched. Their artillery Is so placed
that it commands the river to its junc
tion with the Vistula, eighteen miles
north. Southward tha Russian line, ex
tends to' Opocseno, twenty-five miles east
of Plotrkow, which recently was evacu
ated, and forty-five miles east of Scaero
sow, where the Russians first opposed
tha German extreme right.
It' is' pointed out that the Russians
thus" have .assumed positions en their
third Hit of defense. The evacuation of
Lods, which lies to tha -west of this Una
was thua In logical sequence to this move.
ment and, according the opinion her had
no bearing on the attack on Warsaw.
The Russians for the present apparently
are attempting nothing more than - to
retard the enemy and to defeat attempts
at flanking movements.
Saprem t'wart Takes Steeaas.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 31. The supreme
court today took reoeta untU January 4
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Hawkins Says Coal
Miners Bought Arms
for Own Protection
CANON CITY. Colo., Dec. 21. Horace
N. Hawkins, attorney for the United
Mine Workers of America, today made
the opening statement for the defense in
the trial of seven striking coal miners
charged with the murder of William King
In the attack upon the Chandler mine
on April 26, 1911. He said the defense
would show that the guns purchase by
the miners in Fremont county were ac
quired for use la self-defense.
Tha Day's
War News
The operations ot the allies In
Flanders, after a long period of
sporadic fighting at detached
points, apparently have now as
sumed the character ot a general
movement In an attempt to press
back the entire western end ot the
German line.
In Poland, the Germans continue
to close In on Warsaw, forcing
their wedge nearer the city. They
have reached the Rusnlan position
on the Bsura river and are leos
than thirty miles from Warsaw.
Heavy Russian reinforcements are
being dispatched to the front and
undoubtedly severe fighting Is In
progress today. Petrograd reports
that the Germans have sustained
great losses In their attempts to
reach Warsaw, while General von
Hlndenburg states that the casual
ties among the Russians are
enormous.
The allied fleet is reported to
have begun a bombardment of the
Dardanelles last Saturday. Noth
ing Is yet known of the result.
GREAT BATTLE
NEAR WARSAW
YET UNDECIDED
British Experts Say Von Hinden
berg's Claim of Notable Sac-
cess Mast Be Qualified.
RUSSIANS IN STRONG POSITION
Germans Are Nearer Warsaw, but
They Hare Much Hard Fight
ing Before Them.
SIEGE OF CRACOW IS RAISED
Indication that Advancing Austrian
Armies May Also Relieve Gar
rison at Frtemysl.
KAISER RETURNS TO THE FRONT
Intimation from Berlin f that Em
peror is on Way to Belgium.
LONDON RAID NOT THOUGHT OF
Traveler from Berlin Says Scare In
British Capital Ceased by Prob
able 'Bennlla Invasion
Ceases Amneemeat.
Adminstration May
Back Newland's Plan
for Waterways Bill
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 In congres
sional circles the outcome of the confer
ence at the White Hcfus tonight between
President Wilson and members of the
cabinet and Senator Newlands regarding
Henator Newlands' proposal for the com
mittee to control federal activity in
waterways Improvement was being
awaited wtlh Interest. Upon its results
depends whether the administration shall
seek action at thia session of congress
and the plan for such a commission.
Those who have been invited to discuss
with the president the advisability of
throwing the Influence of the administra
tion behind the proposal Included, In addi
tion to Mr. Newlands, Secretaries Lane,
Red field, Houston and Garrison. The
cabinet members were to outline to the
conference the results ot an Inquiry, con
ducted by them at the request of the
president Into Senator Newlands' plan for
abolishing the present method 'of making
river and harbor appropriations. Presi
dent Wilson already has approved the
Newlands plan in principle, and Chair
man Bharkman of the house rivers and
harbors committee la undeatood to favor
the Idea.
It Is expected that an effort will be
made to secure the adoption of an amend
ment to the rivers snd harbors bill now
pending In the house to provide for the
creation of the proposed commission.
Senator Newlands has announced his In
tention of Insisting upon action when the
measure reaches the senate.
Kansas City to Send
Presents to Miners
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Dec. 21. Suffer
ers In the southern Coloralo coal fields
will be sent a Christmas consignment
from Kansss City, consisting of
clothing, bedding, shoes and food.
This wss announced after a meet
ing of the Women's 'Trade Union league
yesterday, after a conference with Frank
H. Walsh, chairman of the federal copi
mlsalon on Industrial relet ions. Mr. Walsh,
who had just returned from the strike
district, told of suffering among the
encamped miners and their families and
made an appeal for a Christmas gift
Suit Against Hard
Coal Roads Quashed
NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-The govern
ment's 8herman law monopoly suit
against tho Lehigh Valley Railroad com
pany and a number of other defendants
engaged In tho mining and transporta
tion of Anthracito coal, was dismissed
by Judge Charles M. Hough In the United
Stales disuict court hers today.
LONDON, Dec. 21. The great
battle to tbe west of Warsaw has
yet to be fought out, Judging from
Indications conveyed In recent dis
patches from Berlin and Petrograd.
It appears today to British military
observers that the German conten
tion that General yon Hlndenburg
had scored a notable success over
the Russians must be Qualified. . A
parallel casa la found in the recent
claim of a crushing Russian voctory
near Lods, which subsequently
proved to be premature and exag
gerated. The German army commanded by Gen-'
era! Von Hlndenburg has made a steady
advance In the direction of the Polish
capital, but tha Russians In falling back
appear to have taken new positions in
strong entrenchments and In spite of the
fact that the Invaders are within two or
three days' march of Warsaw, there li
good reason to believe that much hard
fighting must come before It can be de
termined whether or not this latest at
tempt to occupy Warsaw will be crowned
with success.
Blear f Cra'cew Ralafd. ' '
Along the southern ' frontter of . East
Prussia the Russians claim to have the
upper hand, but further to the south. In
southern Poland, as wall aa in Gallcia,
the leaders of the Austro-Oerman forces
declare they are sweeping the Russians
before them. They assert further that
they have cleared all the Russians out 0'.
West Gallcia. This means that the long
siege of Cracow has been raised, and If
thia advance on the part of tha Teuton
allies continues It may bring slmUar re
lief to tha Austrian garrison at Prtemysl
besieged by the Russians since the early
days of the mar.'
The vigorous Austrian offensive in thli
arena of hostilities has necessitated the
withdrawal . ot many troops heretofore
used against Servla, and there are indica
tions that the Austrian attempts to cruel
Servla will for the time being be aban
doned. I
Kaiser Returns to Freat.
Emperor William has so far recovered
from his recent Illness aa to return to the
front. Here her- wilt spend Christmas.
The dispatches from Germany do not say
to which front his majesty has gone, but
advices received earlier from Berlin lead
to the belief that he has turned west
ward. It this is so tha battle conditions
the emperor will find are far less spec
tacular than those prevailing la the east,
for the reason that with the exception of
the offensive operations of the allies ca
the north end of their line little but siege
warfare Is being recorded anywhere on
the western front. This condition Is
driven home In all the official communi
cations which measure the day's gain In
scant yards and chronicle the gain or
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