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VOL. XL1V NO. 163.
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GREAT CITIES MAKE
MERRY ON THE EYE
OF CHRISTMAS DAY
Munioipal Celebrationi Are Every
where Held on the Night
Before.
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CHILDREN SINQ IN STREETS
Poor Remembered by Charitable
Throughout Every Part of
the Nation.
SANTA PLAYED TO THE WORLD
New York Preachers Today Will
Speak for Suffering in Europe.
AID OF BELGIANS TO BE PLEA
fall, for Help for Distressed Tte
tlrns of Dreadful War ioiadfd
from Polplts of Gotham
( hirrhri,
NEW YORK, Pec. S4.-In their Christ- j
inas sermons tomorrow more than 1,000 j
ministers of all denominations throughout j
the United States, if not the entire world,
will dwell at length upon the needs of
starving Belgium.
This action of the priests and ministers
and bishops. It was stated tonight In an
announcement by the commission for re- j
lief In Belgium, will come as a result of
a request In country-wide form to them ;
by the commission. i
Among those who will take up the war
In their sermons, la the Rev. Frederick t
T. M, C. Birmingham of Nebraska, who, j
It Is stated, la the author of a sermon i
entitled "World Peace," which was
printed as a public document by congress
In July, 1913. I
It was said at the office of the commls- i
slon for relief In Belgium today that the I
entire cargo of the steamer Feronna, sail-
Ing from Philadelphia for Rotterdam, j
should be credited to the Rockefeller
foundation, as It was donated entirely
by It.
Observance at Cleveland. " I
CLEVELAND, Dec. 24 While hundreds
of children sang corals and a band played (
selections appropriate to the season, a !
large crowd thronged the public square I
tonight, the occasion marking Cleoland's j
second festivities In connection with the ;
community Christmas. A mammoth '
Christmas tree, decorated with scores of
electrlo lights towered above the crowd.
The sons of the charity work extended
outside of Cleveland, Including the east
ern Ohio coal fields, where 15,000 miners
have been on strlKe since April 1. - Many
families In that section were sent cloth
ing and food.
C1kratlon at St. lile.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Deo. M.-Chrlstrnas
festivities hero opened this evening with
a municipal celebration around a great il
luminated cedar tree which had been set
up on Twelfth street ptase. Serenty.flv
smaller trees' lined -the plaa. "A chorus
of SO sang. Christmas carols around the
tree, after which they went to all parts
of the city and sang In front of every
window In .which 'a lighted, candle had
been placed.
Hoy Seoats Play Baata.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Dec. M. Five
thousand persons, 2,000 of them Boy
Scoots, plsyed Banta Claus In Kansas
City's Christmas celebration, bogus, to
night. They played Santa Claus for
children, for grown' persons, for Euro
pean waf sufferers, for Colorado strike
sufferers and for animals.
The Boy Scouts, working In troops, co
operated Vlth a charitable organisation
in caring for the city's poor. They re
ported, so far as they knew, not a poverty-stricken
family had been neglected.
Boxes of clothing and food, collected
under the direction of Frank P. Walsh,
c hairman of the Federal Commission on
Industrial Relations, were sent to the
Colorado strike sufferers. Tomorrow
Plans are being made to entertain 2,500
children in Convention hall at the
mayor's Christmas tree.
The horses of the city were given a
I hrlstmas dinner at Convention hall,
every animal getting half a bushel of
oats.
Candle la Windows.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Deo. 24. In
thousands of windows here tonight fan
dies were burning In celebration of
Cliristmaseve. The custom In vogue
throughout several European countries,
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Associated Press Correspondent Has
Persona Interview with Gen
eral von Hindenberg.
VISIT TO FIELDS OF BATTLE
I Newspaper Man Taken Over Ground :
wnere onienaing Armies
Struggled.
AN IDEA OF OPERATIONS
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Between Forces is Waged in
Church Yard.
KEY TO CAMPAIGN IN POLAND
PEACE
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Drawn for The Bee by Hal Coffman.
M'MONIES FREEMAN;
GETS FULL PARDON
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President Wilson Shows Kii. Clem-
, ericy to Lyons Banker Under .
r- ' Sentence V- '
CoaaTresamaa Dan Stephens Secures
for MeMonles Christina Gift .
of ' Freedom from the -'
y President. ' '
(Continued on Page Two, Column Three.)
The Weather
WASHINGTON,' Deo." 24.-Charlcs .Me
Monles of Lyons, Neb., who Is serving a
five-ysar sentence in Leayenworth peni
tentiary," received a Christmas present
from President Wilson today in the form
of a pardon to take' effect Immediately.
Mc Monies can spend '.Christmas -at home
with, his wife, who Is sick with pneu
monia, and wltlu his . two children, one
of whom' Is reported to be dying.
McMonies was sentenced January 2,
1914, on a charge of making a false entry
in the ledger of. a bank. His term, with
time off - for good behavior, would have
expired September 8, 1917.
Accordlng'to reports to the Department
of Justice, . the offense was a technical
one and the bank lost no' money. At
torney General Gregory recommended
the sentence be commuted to expire Jan
uary 2, 1916. Representative Stephens of
Nebraska asked that the pardon take ef
fect Immediately In order that McMonies
might spend Christmas with his family.
President Wilson took Into consideration
the fact that Mrs. McMonies, despite her
Illness,, was supporting her two children
by giving mualc lessons and signed the
pardon to take effect Immediately.
Six Hundred French Cannon Tear
Big Gap in German Line Near Arras
PARIS, - Dec. 24. General Jaffra, '.the
French cnmwMBjdt-hichtef, said
onels Ignatleff and , Yarde-Buller. the
Rustnn and English htflltary attaches at
the ' field headquarters of the French
army, three or four days ago: "Cdme
with nie and you will 'see something nevjr
seen before In war."
. The military attaches accompanied the
general to a place near the lines not
far from Arras. There 600 pieces of heavy
artillery, were placed In a position so as
to ; bear upon a comparatively short
plexus of German entrenchments The
ranges already had been fauna. ;
Upon a word from General Joffre, re
peated by his aides telephonlcally, the
CM -pieces opened a sustained fir upoii
Ul4aerman works and the spaces j'Jnt
behind them.
After a quarter of an hour the French.
Infantry charged. Not a hostile shot met
them. Not a bayonet gleamed ovur,.t!ia
edge of.the works. , The Jrenches actually f 0f tlo Warsaw reserves, turned
ftrr Downfall of (llr l.fnrril Re
tirement Toward Waniin Was
"irrrssary How tUe l.rr
nana tdvanred.
'j 1.0HZ, KusNinn Poland. lcc. 2:!. tHy
i Automobile Courier (o ron, Trussls,
i ' j Dec. a. Via London. Ie. 24.1 The rap-
ture of Irfulx, according to a declaration
, I made today by General von Illndenburg,
the German commander to a corre
pondent of The Associated Tress, was
tho turning point of the campaign In
Toland. The Russian lines In northern
Poland tested on this city for the pos
session of which there occurred the most
hitter struggle of the entire war on this
front. After the Kusslans, following a
most obstinate resistance on their part,
were forced to evacuate the town, a
gcneial Russian tvtlreiiMnt In the direc
tion of Warsaw became necessary.
Malt to Battlefields.
Under tho guidance of Major Von tlol
Innben, a cousin of the late Haran Von
Ilolloben, who was at one time Ucrman
ambassador to the rnited Ptates, The
I Associated Press correspondent today
visited some of the battlefields In the
vicinity of Lods ami gained an Idea of
j the nature of the operations which led to
j the rapture of the city,
i According to the general alignment of
thj Austro-Germsn fortes, they might
i have been expected to advance from the
j west. At a matter of fact, the attack
was mods Inrgely from the north and
; northwest. They drove their columns
Into the Ausslans In the form of a huge
pitchfork, with another large force be
tween tines of the fork. It looked for a'
llmo as If the Russians would le forced
to retreat If retreat were at all possible
In the face of the glgantla enveloping
movements by the Germans In the direc
tion of their Warsaw base.
The intention wss to drive the Russians
Into thes arms nf Urge Austro -German
forces massed to cut off their retreat,
but . the timely arrival of Russian re
serves . from Warsaw resulted In the
breaking of the eaaterntutt line of tha
fork relieving the situation for the Kus
slans. -' -
In one of the operations around Lods
occurred the celebrated "cutting off -of,
two. German . corps, which, after .being
entirely surrounded by the rapid advance
nd cut
wore torn to pieces as though by gigantic
plowshares.
Dead and wounded, half buried, littered
the line where formerly had been '-'le
trenches. . The few alive were struggling
to free themselves from heaps of earth.
Those who had tried to run were caught
by the horrible spray of bursting shelli
In the rear of the German trenrhea. '"
.Probably not a man defending t7iai part
of the line escaped.
OMAHA GRAIN MART
SECOND JN WORLD
Receipts Here for the Day Are Sur
passed Only by Those of
Chicago.
F0UK HUNDRED EIGHTEEN CARS
Prteea Are Stronar, Roloai Higher
Than on Wednesday Diran
Wheat Is Now I'p to One
Dollar Thirty-Five, '
Forecast until 7 p. m. Friday:
For Omaha, Council Pluffs and Vicinity
Unsettled with probably snow; no Im
portant change In temperature.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterday.
Hours.
5 a.
6 a.
7 a.
8 a.
9 a.
10 a.
11 a.
13 m..
1 P.
2 P.
3 p.
4 p.
5 p. I
p.
7 P.
8 p.
Deg.
Floods Drive People
. Of Four Towns on
Gila from Homes
Com pa rail re Loral Record.
PHOENIX. Arts., Dee. 24rResldnU of
! Iluckeye, Sentinel, Arlington, Wellton
....9 (and other towns on the Gila river began
.... 9 I seeking higher ground today , as a result
' i of warnings Issued by the weather bureau
!!!!Ti'nat th river, already at -the. highest
.... 7 stage known, would continue to rise. All
rivers In tho-southern and central sec-'
m"."!.'.""!ll j u"n of the state were still rising rapidly
m 18 today under the effects, of the heavy
m J? rains which entered upon their eighth
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vuiiitluu.v -uay wiin nu sisn'UK auaiins
TUCSON, Aris., Dec. 24. Tha - Banta
Crus river, heretofore called 'river" by
courtesy of the mapmakera. Is on Its
worst rampage of a generation. Ordl
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In i grain receipts yesterday Omaha
topped all markets of the world except
Chicago. And while , the receipts were
I not the heaviest of the year, they were
well up toward 'the record. Omaha, Kan
sas City and St, Louis receipts were:1
Omaha. Kan. City, St. Louis.
IWheat lf2 lib 63
Corn 231 31 308
Oats ' 35 17 19
Local prices were strong, wheat selling
at $1.17 to $1.13H. 1 cent above Wednesday.
Corn sold to 1 cent higher and at 62
to 634 cents per bushel.
Durum wheat made its usual advance
of 1 cent per bushel, selling at 11.35.
During the morning session of the
Omaha Grain exchange the floor clerks
were the recipients of Christmas gifts' In
cash, netting them S2S, each. Members
of the exchange contributed such sums
ss they felt like giving and the total
sum was divided among the floor workers.
Highest yesterdar
lowest yesterday 7 19 Ss 19
Moan temperature .... 10 V 41 &
Precipitation 00 .US .00 .00
Temperature and precipitation depar
tures from the normal:
Normal temneiature ..." 24
Deficiency for the day 14
Total oxecsu since March 1, 1914 619
Normal precipitation 03 inch
Deficiency for the dsv 3 Inch
Total rainfall since March 1. .26.79 Inches
Deficiency aince March 1 3.25 Inches
l)ettctency for cor. period, litis.. ( J7 Inches
Leflclncy for cor. period. 1W4.. 4.11 inc hes
Rorts from Stations at T P. M.
Station and State Temp. High- Raln
oX Weather. 1. u m r.n
v uajviiiwf, ciear .w
Davenport, clear ., 10
Denver, clear 32
lea Moines, part cloudy..
iJodii City, cloudy 24
'i.naha, dear g
Uapld jt'llv. cloudy 14
Hlieridan. part cloudy M
Hioux City clear 41
ViiJentliKj, clear 14
1 indicates trace of Dreclnltatn.n
L. A. WELSH, Local Forecaster,
1914. 11 19ir 1911. narlIv tne bad of the ganU cy,,, u dry
40
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Ban rearo river, ' west of iiisoee. Is a
stream nearly a mile wide. Other streams
are swollen In proportion. Railroad tracks
have been washed out, buildings flooded
or carried away and property damaged
to the extent of thousands of dollars as
tho result f seven days of rain through
out southern Arixona.
Italy is Buying
Horses in Montana
MILES CITT, ifont., Dee.. M.-Miles
City stock growers axe In receipt of or
ders from agents of tha Italian govern
men for lioraes for cavalry and artillery
service. The Italian government la In
the market for 10. 0 horses. It Is an
nounced. Two hundred and fifty head
mere shipped from hers yesterday to Chi
cago,' consigned to Italian ggenti.
WASHINGTON LAYS
OFF FOR CHRISTMAS
Everyone from President Down to
Humblest Employe to Have Fes- ,
tive Day at Home.
WILSON GIVES AWAY TURKEYS
Clerks, Dome! Irs, Policemen and
Other Aroand White lloue
Oft Hundred Twenty
Five Festive Birds.
their , way out nnd brought with them
12.000 of their would-be captors. The scene
(Continued on I'bko Two, Column One.)
Arizona Dry Law
Becomes Effective
on New Year's Day
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. J4.-Th
Arisona prohibiten law will go Into ef
fect January 1. The special United
Ktatea tribunal, from which Injunctions
were sought, to prevent tts enforcement,
i ef lined vto Issue such Injunctions in a
brief decision renders todsy. Appeal to
tha United States supreme court will be
taken at once.
Immediately after the decision waa
rendered, attorneys for Hev. Thomaa M.
Connolly, a Catholic prleat of Tocsoa,
and for otl er petitioners aiada a motion
to atay the execution of the law, pending
the outcome, of the appeal to the .United
States supreme court. This motion wss
denied, thus clear in the way for the law
to become effective on the dy act, Jan
I uary L '
WASHINGTON Dec. 24.-Govcrninental
business praet.cally was su spended today
and the national capita! was resdy for
Its Christmas celebration. Congress was
taking a recess at the White House only
necessary business was being transacted
In the executive department, work had
been postponed, and the supreme court
had adjourned for the holidays.
Officials of the government, from Presi
dent Wilson down to the humblest em
ploye, had made arrangements for the
festal occasion. Many members of the '
house and senate from near by states
were oh the way today to their homes
for ChrlHtmas, while others from the more
British Ships Fined
. for Violating Canal
- Zone Quarantine Act
WASHINGTON. Dee. M. British col
liers In the canal sons recently have vio
lated quarantine regulations, according
to the canal record of December 16., Just
received here, but no mention Is made of
alleged Infactlons of American neutrality.
From December B to 16 six tirltlah col
liers snd tm-o Ilrltlsh merchant vessels
arrived at Cristobal, on the Atlantic, and
Halboa. on the Pacific side, without bills
of health. In violation of quarantine reg
ulations. Fines of (X were .inosed on
the K od dam and the Klernwood, whl;h
brought coal from England and Wales.
They were allowed to proceed throtiRh thu
canal and detained at Balboa until the
district court had acted. The merchant
steamers Nyansa and Atlantio City,
sugar lac! n, were fined I3 each. The
i collier Molllna was fined S.V; the Wltli-
ernza, also coal laden, waa fined and
the Lena, and the Boyne, with coal from
Wales, wre fined 1140 each.
All of the six coal shipments were
consigned to the British admiralty.
Louisville Law to
Segregate Negroes
is Declared Valid
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 21 -Segregation
of SJ.oCKiO negroes in Louisville Is the
rlKhtful exercise of a police power of the
state, according tn an onlnlon handed
distant sections of the country remained down In criminal court here todsy by
Judge James 1. Qregory. It violates
The Day's
War News
Official atntenipnU reveal the
Intense nafure of tlie fighting
now In progress both rant and
west, but Indicate that, with the
possible exception of enst Prim
Pis., there tins lieen no significant
change In the alignment of tbo
opposing' forces.
The Uermnn statement tells of
fight for possession of a trench
In France which was won ny the
French, recapl tired by tjie Ger
HiHiia and finally abandoned. So
fierce was the slrugttle that the
trench was ii'tnost leveled by ar
tillery fire. No Important move
ments are reported In the Ger
man communication.
The French statement, while
saving that small gains have
been made here and there, men
tions German attacks at so many
points that It 1 apparent the al
lies have not been permitted
solely to take the offensive Into
their own hands. Such ground
as they have won rcrent.'.y is not
to be held without hard fighting.
Although accounts vary as to
the present status of military af
fairs In Toland, it is evident that
the scene of heaviest fighting has
shifted southward from Sochac
ew, the town on the Bsura
river, thirty miles from Warsaw,
toward which the Germans for
several days devoted their princi
pal efforts. Austro-German
forces, operating from the Cracaw
base, are attempting to push
northward Into Poland. In this ef
fort, however, they are meeting
with determined resistance from
the Russians.
A semi-official statement from
Petrograd says that Russian sue
renees In Gallcla continue and
that in the Carpathians the Auh
trlans have been thrown back. An
other sortie by the garrison at
Praemysl, which has long been
under attack by the Russians, la
said to have resulted disastrously
for the Austrlans.
FEW CHANGES AT
EITHER FRONT ON
CHRISTMAS EVE
French Armies Cautiously Feeling
for Opening in Strongly En
trenched German Line.
SUPREME EFFORT IN THE EAST
Warring Hosts Are Swaying Back
and Foith on Rivers Barring
the Way to Warsaw.
RUSSIANS CLAIM SUCCESSES
Germans Are Making Gains, How
ever and Are Bringing Up
-Heavy Siege Guns.
THOUSANDS OF GERMANS SLAIN
i Men Hurled Forward to Fill Gaps in
Line with Great Prodigality.
CHRISTMAS IN THE TRENCHES
noses and Gifts Am BrlaaT DlatHh
wted to the Soldiers Klas;
Georce Sends Postcards
to the Meau
RAISER REPORTS
. SUCCESSJN WEST
Berlin War Office Says Artillery
apd Infantry Attacks in Bel
giam Are Repulsed.
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ASSUME OFFENSE IN THE EAST
, ,
Teatoas- Advance, Through East
Prussia aid' North l'olaad and
Recapture Mlawa Bayonet
Flaats West of Warsaw.
HE RUN. Dee. Jt (By Wireless to
Ixindon) The official communication Is
sued by the German general headquarters
staff sas:
"The enemy did not renew his attacks
In the nelKhhorhood of Nleuport yester
day. At lilxschoote we took 210 prisoners
on December 23. . .
"The enemy wss again active yester
day In the neighborhood of Cahlonea. In
fantry attacks followed a fierce artillery
attack made by the enemy la the regions
of Houaln and Perthes. These were re
pulsed. '
A trench kept under continuous artil
lery fire by the enemy was lost by us,
but was recaptured In the evening. The
position was abandoned . after this suc
cessful counter attack because parts ef
the trenches hnd been almost leveled by
the enemy's fire. More than 100 prisoners
were left In our hands.
"In the east we have assumed the of
fensive and are advancing from Nleden
burg and Boldau (In East Prussia). We
have repulsed the Kusslans after several
days' flKhtlng at Mlawa (northern Po
land and the enemy's positions at
Mlawa again are In our hands. More
tlinn 1,000 irlnoners were taken In these
battles.
"At the confluence of the Piura and
Hawk a rivers, fierce bayonet attacks took
place at many places. The artillery could
do little on account of the misty
weather.
"The Russians suffered heavy losses on
the right bank of the I'lllca river, tn the
district to the southeast of Tomasiow.
The Russians, attacked fiercely several
times, but were repulcd by theAuslro
Oernian armies with heavy losses.
! "Further to tlit so. tn. the situation
! gcnerully Is unclisnged.
LONDON, Dec, 24. Christmas eve
finds little change In the under
ground warfare now being 'con
ducted In the western theater of the
war, where General Joffre, the commander-in-chief
of the French - ar
mies, still appears to be cautiously
feeling for an opening In the
strongly entrenched German line
across France and Belgium.
In the east a supreme German ef
fort continues to be made before
Warsaw, the capital of Russian Po
land, where the forces of the Ger
man center and of . the Russians
seeking to check them, away back
and forth along the banka of the
rivers, barring the way to the Polish
capital.
The Russians claim successes In the
latest encounters, but during the last ten
days the Germans have advanced appre
ciably, and It la said they now are bring
ing up their 43-centlmeter guns prepara
tory to siege operations.
Rnaalana Advstnee la Gallcla.'
"In dalle: la the ' Austro-Qerman forces
seem to have made no further progress
snd In the north. the; Russians are re
ported . totiiai'e pushed the Invaders
further back into East Prussia.
, T.he Qermsrj tardea in ,tho march to
ward Warsaw, military observers in Lon
don ' point out, are beginning to have
soma of the characteristics of the rush
towards Calais and Dunkirk which the
allies' stemmed, , thousands being sacri
ficed and others being hurled forward to
fill the . gaps with the same prodigality
that was shown by tha Germans In
Flanders. Military experts here are un
able to agree on the . number of the
Austro-German troops In the east, estl
uites varying from . 1.000,000 to 1.500,000. '
but It Is pointed out. that Russia, unless
exaggerating Its resources, should ba
easily able to top this figure, now that
Its concentration of forces la Hearing
completion. . . i . .
Petrograd has never conceded that tha
occupation of Leda by tha Germans had
any strategic Importance, but the Ger
man view has now found expression
from Field Marshal .von Illndenburg. who
remarked to tha representative of tha
Associated Press on tha eastern front
that he considered It "tba turning point
of the campaign."
Chrlatsaas la tha Trenches.
All tha armies are planning to spead
Christmas as best they may. Boxes and
greetings from home have been, or era
being distributed in the trenches, at the
hospitals and in the camps, hundreds of
thousands of post carda to the soldiers
and sailors from King George and Queen
Mry being one feature of the British
gifts.
The Austrians' attempts to crush
Servla, which some predicted would be
abandoned In view of the recent turn of
events by which the Servians reoccupled
Belgrade, are soon to be renewed In tha
form of a "final blow," according to dls
patches from Buda Pest.
Germans Drlvlasc Warsaw Camaalga
PKTROORAD, Dec. 24.-Vla- London.)
In the front of Warsaw the attempt of
the Germans to force a crossing of tha
(Continued on Pane Two, Column Two.)
here.
At the White Hone the president waa
(Continued on Page Two, Column Four.)
"Gambling Trust"
Clears Up Million
Yearly in Chicago
CHICAGO, Dec. 24.-A huge gambling
"trust," which makes a profit of Sl.OOO.OOO
a year and which pays fl&.UOO protection
money every week to members of the
Chl'SKo police department, exists' tn
Chicago, it was chsrgid to lay be fore the
Merrlam Crime commission. Monte
Tennes, known for years as the gambling;
king of the city, was declared to be the
head of fhe ring by Kdwln W. Alts, an
Investigator ' who testified regarding
gambling condltiona In the city.
He testified that policemen receive $M
for each handbook operated, and that
of theae are scattered throughout the
city. Home of the books are "squsre."
he said, and others "rrookeJ." Ha said
only books controlled by Tennes were al
lowed by the police.
Alts said that his Invcstlgatoia had
headquarters In a vacant west side store.
Mul telephone lilies were tappej to get
Information,
neither the fourteenth amendment nor
the Kentucky bill of lights, the court
held.
The city council passed a segregation
ordinance Isst May. Arthur Harris, a
negro, lajnorcd Its provisions. He was
arretted, fined in police court and ap
pealed. His counsel endeavored to show
his constitutional rights had beon
abridged.
The ordinance contemplates no Immedi
ate ouster of one race from blocks where
the other pit-dominates, but requires that
future removals of citizens be made only,
to blocks where their rsce Is In tho
majority.
Pontiff Will Plead
for End of War in His
Christmas Address
IXNDON, recTS:7-The Chronicles
Rome correspondent sends an Interview
with Cardinal Gasparrl, papal secretary
of state, In which the cardinal urges alt
combatants to lay down their arms and
settle their disputes according to the dic
tates of. Justice.
"This Is whsl his holiness will say pub
licly In the cathedral tomorrow," the
cardinal is quoted as saying.
Russian War Off ice
Reports Successes
Along Line in Poland
PKTROORAD, Dee. . 24.-A statement
Issued by the official press bureau yes
terday regurcling the fighting along the
Russian front says:
"On the left bsnk of the Pollra obsti
nate figntlng continues In the region of
the villages of Jeavsxee snd Rojkows
wolla, a'lout all miles west of Nowem
laata 'On the right hunk of the I'lllca we
have made progress In the vicinity of
Opoczno and Toiiihswiw.-
"In Gallcla our success continues.
Koutu or the Vistula we raptured during
the 3lh snd '.it sixty-six officers and
6.610 men. three cannon and ten mitrailleuses.
j "In the Carpathians while pursuing the
retreating Austrians we captured on De
cember l-J thirty officers snd shout l.roO
men.
"Nesr rrsemysl (he Austrians at
tempted a new sortie during which sev
eral of their advance companies were
completely annihilated, other advance
companies were tiiacie prisoners. In this
sffair we seised about a mile of railway
leading into the town."
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