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miitd , Tk WeeUW FWI data toeBli Ota weather win be found today o Paca Three - Best Adrertislnf ' ,v Medium. In. : ; North Carolina i : r prjce CENTS -vol-or no- 17. RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 25, 1914, WARSAW OBJECTIVE Frontal Attacks and Outflank ing Tactics Keep Russian T-- Center-Busy Obsirver - - - " r. 1 1 . - CHRISTMAS SPIRIT pflirepifjs SIEPSCOUNH MAY GET IN BY BACK DOOR Instead of Christmas Truce Armies of Jhe Belligerent Powers Are Engaged in Fierce Battles On Both The Eastern and Western Eronts, Allies Hammer at Germans CB u Aj.il.wl rnm.) . lxndori Dec. 24. (10:00 p. m.) Instead of the Christmas truce which " Pope lienedlrt endeavored to arrange. Christmas eve finds the armies of the belligerent power engaged in fierce .battle on both the eastern and west ern front, and all Europe celebrating the anniversary in a subdued manner. In the will, the allies hammer la pounding; at the German entrench ments, tiyina lo find a weuk point wh:le In the eaxt. th Russians who have been driven back frum the Aus trlan and German frontiers, seeming ly have been brought to nay behind Tteere which offer them natural de fense, and. turning;, have counter-at tacked the AuMlro-German forces. ItBfJr Toward Warsaw; The Germans In their great rush to ward Warsaw, drove the Russians over .lie. IfxilK. .and,itaiJi.a. siveee -e-d-tfce-r- themselves succeeded tn c roiling trot accoriing to. Kuaaian omelai report Uo- mr vrcrmans - mere reacneo me tnaln Russian Use and were routed from this report It is gathered. that the Germans directed their main at tacks against the Russian front, which Miarr sr -aMa n tin i r if a if il. . 1 hence southward to -the Plllca, but without success. Russians Claim Victories. '"Along the rest, of the front south to the Carpathian mountains. te It us stalls: claim similar victories: but in Kaat Prussia the Germans apparently hare turned the scales on "their ad veroarles and after bavins retreated into their own territory -resumed the offensive and again are back in Mlawa. Kven now it Is possblle that the tier mans have resumed their outtlanklni tactics, and while keeping the Has Sinn center- busy by making frontal attacks are hoping to get Into War saw by the back door. All that is cer tain at present is that the two great mMum ni r rugasni ill Mn ui inn tcreate-t battles of the' world's history on a front which extends from Hast i franla to the Carpathians and In -!ieh the advantage sways first on side and then to the other. Can Hold German In Check Military experts say that the Run. tans, by virtue of the retaining of the lhr hunt. .. Iki. VluA.ilu u tv hI ft IMock. can prevent the Germans from crossing the river for transit of supplies, and that along the whole of he rest of the front they have rivers ana streams to rail behind when hard pressed. This, however, will all be changed, the experts say, when the rivuK. fri mil the. trmiM ean easily be moved Over them. Mining and sapping artillery. duels, .attacks and counterattacks, and in "Tact every" means of warfare is being employed in Belgium and France by the allies in their efforts to force the Germans to give up their present lines t oeiense. Home advance nas neen made, but only against stubborn op position. , Bomb Dropped In Dover. England lias her first experience of an attack,, when a German aeroplane coming from the Belgian coast, flew over Dover and dropped bombs In the garden of St. James rectory, in front of Dover , Castle. No damage was dune. Two British aeroplanes went in pursuit but the German escaped in the mist. TO MAINTUS X EITRALITY Plana To Be Submitted b South American Countries. . . till IS, AMurlatrtl i'rew. I Washington, D. C. Dec. 24. Com mittees to consider the plans propos ed by various South American eoiin- tries for maintenance of neutrality by the representatives of the won tern hemisphere were named at tdday's meeting of the special commission-of the governing board of the Pan- American i. nion. The ambassador from Brazil apd th- minister from- -"Pern an 'Hon- ras were appointed to consider the Peruvian plan: the ambassador from Chti and the mtnrsrera from Uruguay and Cuba, that of Chile: and the am bassador from Argentina, Secretary Bryan and the minister from Kcuador. that to be presented by Argvntlns. The Peruvian plan would provide for enlarged neutral sonea in both tha Atlantic and Pacific which would be declared free- from all artivttles of belligerent' warshlpa. The Chilean plan proposes that belligerent vessels In American ports be given only enough coal to take tbeni to tha near- Jesa ahey. wtre .ta go, jllica. to Kuro pean porta. CANADIANS TO FROXT. utaw nqiwnii iasii ana vnuro w , (Rr Um 4wirtUrS mil Xonaon. uec. zf. :Z p princess Patricia's regiment, a part of theAanadian contingent, which has as Ms honorary colonel, the daughter of the Governor General of Canada. - lowed soon by the Scottish regiments of Canada's army which after train' Ing on Salisbury plain, are considered fit to take their places with tha sea soned soldiers of Great Britain. - The rest of the 10.000 Canadian soldiers are reaching tha concluding stares of their training; and it la ex pected the full contingent before many weeks will be on tha continent. . m Japan Was Xot Aaked. im Minim rMai , ' Tokto, Dec 14 During an inter pellation todajrthe war minister de clared no country had asked Japan t send sa army to r.urope. (The minister said tile Japanese had -sent arms to Europe to the train of . AAA AAA . T AAA IAAI ll.rwn GENERAL SCOTT MEETS IITOREi Tbef Mexican Bolder Problem Seems To Be Nearing Friend- ly Sojutipn . ,. (Br th AiMcUtKl rrtm.) Naco. Arix.. Dec. 24 Govrrroi Maytorena. Villa coniman-ler. how- ed a friendly attitude and a dispo sition to consider the settlement o the Mexican border problem, accord Inr to Gen. Hugh U tk-ott. I'nlte States chief of Staff, who' conferred. with him today in tin artny tent pitched on the- International bounda ry four miles from Naco. Progress, was tnj term uen. Scott applied to, this conference "Very satisfactory," was his charac terization of his meeting yeaterda with .Gen,. .Jhe-Carraiuta. Jcadet cooped up in Naco, 8onora by May torena a troops. Various solutions of the border problem, brought to a crisis by th, killing of five persons and the wound ing of 4T on the American side b stray Mexican bullets were discusa- jk meeting. tien: Scott said- his mlnslon was one "not to hi rushed." Tiie two conferences thut far were favorable but i:. decisive he id. Bcottnd-Mftytorena Anally cross- ed the boundary during their discus sion which was held in rarge of 11111. una At Gen. Scott's request Gen. ml discontinued nring in tnai airec- tion. , Satassr I-Siuncl.es Kcvolutkm. El Paso. Texas. Dec, 24 Tie Car- ranza - government hits declared void all contracts made by the Guttierres govamment. which is backed by Vll-ls's- aiiny, aciurding-ta a bulletin is sued today from the local Warrants consulate. ' The Mexican border town of Palomaa, opposite Columbus, N. M.v Is threatened by Uen, Ralakar, who has launched a revolution ajralnat Guttierres and Carransai. It was learned today that Salaaar froon (Continued on Pa Two.) - -.r Be Good Cheer of the Christmas The Spirit of the Day in Sentiments . 1 None more fit in all the world lo dve expression to the sentiments Ahlch have to do with the Christmas Day .are ta be found than the women of North Carolina. The amile of love inj Joy which first fell "upon the face of the Babe In the Manirer was that of a woman, and in all the ages since '.hat day of the Nativity of the Chrixt it has been woman who has given the jweeteat, smile. ta.Jtheu-WorJcL, The very Apostle of Peace it is 'rom the heart that woman can give ixpression to sentiments which shnxhii animate mankind, and It is thehigh privilege of -The News and OnWrver -n thia Christmas morn, to present to he State Christmas Pay sentiments 'rom a number of the women of Jorth Carolina. To secure these there was sent to out the following letter: "Dear Madam: i "Tlio Xmrs and. Observer de sires to print on Christmas morn ing a -.brief Christmas Sentiment from a number of North Caro lina women, and you are request ed to use the enclosed postal card in giving expression to sentiment appropriate to the day. "At this time-when all Christ-"- endom should "be ready for "the celebration of the birth of Christ there are messages which wnrnn " can g'IVo the world. Will you ; not act promptly -in replying to this letter that your- expressinn may be-used Chrintmas morningT'' Tha- reapoiisaJ fcrven to this letter are such as to point the way to hlither Ideals In living, for they preach ser mons which .all mankind should hear. These responses coming- from soma of tm women prominent !4n the ree. llKious. the educntional. the (luii life of the State, from wpnwn of North Carolina who believe in the best fuv the home life, are- herewith given: "When Children Rejoice." This is the time when universal aii,,ihy and kindness pervade the earth, when children rejoliv. and tones of the Divine benediction sweeten and bless the lives of, men. M ItS. LCKE CRATT. Raleigh. N. C. "May the Hearts of TImmc at War Be Moftenrd.' ' May the Christmas spirit soften the hearts of those In tattle and impress upon them the uselessness of causing such untold suffering as has never been" witnessed before. MRS. B. U DAI'CHTRIDGE. Rocky Mount, N. C. - "Lot lore Abound." Love is the great propelling force In th Christian relKlon. "God so loved the worlri'that lie gave His only begotten 8on that whosoever Kelieve In Him shall not periih but have ever lasting life." . This gift of love to a perifcring world, our own beloved Savrour said "A new commandment I give unto you. that ye love one an other: as 1 have loved you that ye also love one another," l'pfs love abound. In our hearts and la the dominating controlling force of our jives w. can not truly and mlyenter tnta the spirit of thlt world-wide crle ors tion, of the birth of th word's Chrbt whose llf& on earth was lova Incarnate and who loves us wltfc an eve rutting love MART W. JAK V IS. Greenville. K. C. . "IUas; la Um ValUnt Man mi Free" May this Christmas time see the crooked ma'le Ftrubiht and the much wavs plain.--Kt. I. like. King In the valiant man and free, the larger heart :h' k.ndlior band: rlnn out the dark- iii-x- of the land TennyKun. Ml;S. Z. 1JL VANCE. Ashevllie. N. C. "Cootl Will Towards Men." Ve cannot claim "Peace on Karth" at this Chririnas tide, yet me can re J.OlEt JTt . we.hitvs. peace.ja A metlca. and that we feel the "good will to wards men." which prompts us to cheer and succor the sufferers In Eu rope, with the plenty Which has bless ed this. land. 8AU.IK SOimiAIJ. COTTEN. Former President North ' Carolina federation of Woman's Clubs. Bruce. N. C. ' "That Tlie Xallim at War May Panse" fHher.daya permit r. variety of sen timent: but not "-Christmas. The Msster spiike intHs birth the only-true-Christmas sentiment: "Glory to God In the highest slid oh esrth peace, crood will toward' men." 7ur' legacy from Him waa peace, . "Peace. I leave with you, my peace I aiv Into you." I pray that the nations st. war may pause. Have they forgotten the mean ing of, Ills coming? - I prsy that thia carnage in Kurope mav end. Godly merund women should end It MRS.' FRANCIS P. WINSTON. "Windsor Castle." , - "IsH l' Be Glad." Christmas: - The Shepherds. the Wise Mjcn. thift. the manger, the Chrt!rt-ChlldS Merry, merry Christ mas! Th season of happy children. (Continued oft l ace Three.) T GETTING ACTIVE Torpedoes French Armored Cruiser in Gulf of - Otranto- ' iHt thf wji!t rr Amsterdam, Dec. 24. (Via .ondon, 7: 40 'p. m i n official telegram re ceived" here today from Vienna says "The French submarine Curie wai Bred upon by our coast batteries with out having been able to deliver an at 'ack. The members of her crew were imprisoned. "Our submarine No. 12 attacked on December 21 a French squadron com posed of sixteen ships in the Olranto "Ttaftlieir The suTimarThe' successTunif torpeaoea,. two nattlesntps or the Courbet type, but the Coftsequent con fusion among the hostile squadron, .he dangerous proxlmliy of some of the ships and the hiRh sea running, rendered it Impossible for the subma rine to establish, with certainty the fate of the torpedoed, hips." Psrls Admit) It. Iondnn. Dec. 24.r (l:S7 p. m. ) An official statement, given out In Parts .oday say that an Auntriirj i subma rine torpedoed a French armored cruiser in the t;ulf of Otranto. The Uattleihip was damsitrd only slightly. No one was injured. .Washington tJoia News, Washinglun. Dec .Foreign of fice dispatches to the Austrian em oflHsy tooay' confirmed the Vienna an nouncement of the submarine attack limn Krnch battleships in th Otranta channel, giving th date as December 21. mid told -of the sinking f an enemy submarine by shore bat teries. -.. The message said: "Inalic.a and in Poland stubborn fight. nc continues with success for-tb A ustro-llun.arian troops. " American Cities Vie With E&h Other in Dispensing Gifts and Charity SNOW IN WASHINGTON New York and Boston Will Also Have White Christmas. Community Trees Given In Many Places; President Wil son Holds Family Reunion. (B? Um amcIm Phh.1 Washington.. Dec. t4. Th nation's government waa virtually at a stand still tonight. On Christ ma v everybody, from the President dowm to the minor departmental employ-, had ' declared a holiday. Th first real snow storm of the winter pat In Its appearance to add to tha si ting of thK Christmas celebration. A community celebration was held on the plaxa In front of the capltoL thousands of children braving tha snow storm to gather about a bru llantly dscorated tree, loaded down : with presents. . President Wilson, with a group of his close relattvea spent Cnrtatnuut" eve at the White House' preparing a tree for hi small grand-niece, Anna, Col hi an .and rlaiiy McAooo, daughter of the. Secretary of tha Treasury, la the party wer the President's three - daughters, Mrs. F. a bayr, Mra. Mo- -Auoo, and Miss Jdariret W'ilaon. Mr. 4 Oayre. Secretary SIcAdoo. Sally Mo. Auoo. Mrs. Kaward howe; th PreM deut'a sister. Mrs. Anas ,ioinran,hh ' nelee. Anne Cothran, and Mfss HeUea '' Uonea, his cousin. .... At 8:10 o clock th President '' touched the button which Illuminated -a "community"' Christmas tree in lirookiyn. During the evening he v sent gjeetlng to many frlenus la , aluertiit parts of the country. Poor, Guests of MobUe, " Mobile, Ala.. Dec. 34. Twenty-Dye hundred poor children in Mobile coun ty were guests ot the people of aioolle today at a Christmas tree given la a local theatre. "The Salvation Army also distributed Christmas alunerir for twenty-nve hundred. Inmates of all charitable Institutions will b fed by tiie mercnante o Mobile tomorrow t ' Pittsburg Olebrate. IHtsburg. Pa., Dee, 14 Pltuburg caletoraied tonight a "municipal Choaunaa eve." A. giant Chrtaunaa tree, erected- the heart of t ow elty, waa the center of tb ieetlviUee. Irish Are TlianAfuL Washington. Dec. 24 The British AmbaMnuior, Sir Cecil Springs Klce, touay received the following cable. gram from lrdAJiaeenA.viceroy.-C Ireland: " . "Pleas convey loving thanks from . Irish soldiers chuuren for Santa Claua guts irom the children of th Ceiled Statea."1, ' lu The MJusuaslppI Valley. Chicago. Ilia, Dec. 14. Many pub lic Christmas tree uisplays were held throughout the larger cities of the Mliunsiilppi Valley tonight. In soma cities the European custom of burning candlea In windows was revived. la others, choristers sang carols in front of houses displaying a signal light that charity had burn given by the occupants. In auuitlon to extensive aid to the poor in the various cities, many gifts of food and clothing were sent to ns tlons aftected by war and to families f strikers in-Colorado. Will Speak for Belgians. New York. Dec. 24. In their Christmas sermons tomorrow more than 2.000 ministers of all denomin ations througteoiit vh"'l nlted States will dwell at length on th nceda ot the starving Belgians. This concert-, ed action it waa stated today In an announcement by the Commission for Relief In Belgium will come as a re sult of a request in countrywide form to them by the commission. Chairman Llndon W. Bates, wrote; to ministers In every Slate, and hat request met with hearty response - Xt was stated at the olnc of the commission touay that the entire ear- ' go of the steamer Kerrona, sailing , from Philadelphia, for Kotteroanv sheraitT m creblle'tt To the Rockefeller foundation as it was donated entirely by iu ihe conim.Kulon merely furn ished the ship. White fhnouuas in Boston. Boston, Mass.. Dec. 14. With anoW flakes flowing about them groups of men and women today aanl Christmas carols' In the streets, on Beacon Hill and other autneta while households Kept lighted canuie at the windows. Another old custom revived was .the sounding uf hymns by four trumpeters from The balcony of Oie Old- State House. It was estimated thd,t nearly uti.ovo persona would be cared for by charttyr"-" : " Christmas In Tiie South. Xtlania. ua.. Dec. it. ihe advent of Christinas in the bouih was marked by executive clemency to prisoners. aid to the poor,, and various public celebrations in city and country. Amnna the srovernort who issued naruoua. commutations and paroles to convicts were faiease, of South Care- .ina, and llooper. of Tennessee, Many city and county judges also showed leniency-tn court actions: : Governor. Hooper also mad the oc casion one for abolishing striped anU . forms In the two Suite penal laati tutUns. The new garb ia a brownish gray. Heretofore it nas neen aiiuwed on.y to prisoners whose good conduct made them eligible for Ihe first caxaa. Gifts of Pod and clothing to the poor were especially extensive In -th chief Southern cities. Funds for the . purpose were collected by both news papers and charitable organisations, Public Christmas dinners' far the ne-dy have been provided for by char itable aOhciea. Montgomery, Memphis.' Jackrrexi. Miss., and other cities had municipal Christmas tree tonight attended by (Continued on Page Two.) .. ,
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