Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 39, 26 December 1914 — Page 1

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RICHMOND PAIXAM VOL. XXXX., NO. 39 rnrtednd1,souTn-Tolesram RICHMOND, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, 1914. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS

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FORTS OF METZ NEW OBJECTIVE

IN ALLIES DRBVE

English and French troops was reFrench Alone Moselle Rivr i I)ulse1 by the Germans, and that In j i cut. 11 iiuK itiumuc mer . .. . at HllbBrt the Ger.

Try to Cut German Line of Communication to Metz Fortifications. TEUTONS HIT AMIENS Want City to Control Railroads on Which Supplies Are Brought Forward to Allied Lines. BY FRANKLIN P. MERRICK, jStaff Correspondent The International Newsservice. PARIS, Dec. 26. Severe fighting is in progress at two points today in France, the outcome of which will have an important bearing upon the 1 outcome of the great conflict. Along the Moselle river the French troops, nre trying to reach Metz and cut the ; (rrrman lines of communication leading Into northern France. i South of Arras the Germans are at- j tempting a similar drive toward Ari- i ns, from which radiate several rail-: way lines upon which the French, Belgian and British troops in Flanders I iind the extreme northern part of, J-Yance depend for their supplies, ex-1 'ept such as come from Hcgland j through Dunkirk, Calais and Havre. News that the Germans are striving! to reach Amiens explains the con-1 tinned fighting about Eeon, where the; conflict rages from house to house, , find the capture of a single trench or ti gain of a few yards is considered Important. j Reports Conflict. Conflicting reports reach here as to ; he sit uation - along the Moselle. It i s stated unofficially that the French lave made so good progress there that Jhey will be able to bring their heavy tirtlllery to bear upon Metz and are shelling the outer forts of the Gerlnan stronghold in Lorraine. A brief lull In the lighting in Flandera is due to the fact that the allies i have reached the barriers that halted j the Germans when they tried to hack j their way through to Dunkirk before I the Main English forces had reached the front. This is in the inundation along the Yser river. EASTHAVEN INMATES ENJOY BIG HOLIDAY

said the physician, shaking his head, '' The prisoners are believed to be the Every effort was made yesterday an(j vossler was hurried to the hos-; ring leaders of the conspiracy. The to make Christmas day full of good! pital. where he died about 2 o'clock ! situation is stated to he well in hand iheer for the inmates and patients ofi the afterroon. Mrs. Vossler ar-j but it is known that the conspirators S'afthAven Presents had been pro-1 rived in the city shortly after her hus- i aimed to have the plot extend throughfor each person in the institu- i band's death. out the Philippine islands. In addi-

iin and These were -dMtri tt -crc-r-r. V.k in the morning A big turKey, ' irV , . i ,i ! (ho rVuner-pas serveu ai noon. " . , th omrdoveis of gave theirSv'inual Christmas dance. The holiday celebration will contimie at -liHUJ, during tne iiexi. week. Pev. J. S. t bourn preach on Sunday liovlng picture Miow 7.34 in Hie evening. niomm, a rv.il) be given at ELKS AND EAGLES TO HUNDREDS

Lodge Members Distribute Baskets and Give Toys to Unfortunate Ones Inmates of City and County Jails Made to Feel Joyous Sentiment of Holiday Charitable Homes Dispense Happiness.

It is very doubtful if there is a man, Svoman or child in Richmond not made J appy on Christmas day. for never before in its history did Richmond show nich a Christmas spirit. Tons of 1'ood, clothing and toys were distributed to the poor of Hie city, not only yesterday but for several days preceding Christmas. Christmas was a big day for the "Good Fellows" of the city. Laden v,lth gifts they visited every section tf the city, visiting hundreds of needy families and encouraging them In the hard struggle for existence they are engaged in. Haggard women thanked them with tears in their eyes, iliscouruged men found new courage 5 1 1 hearty slaps on the back, and pale, jagged children romped with glee because of the bounties heaped upon them. Those who believed Richmond In its growth from a town to a city had lost J;s neighborly spirit opened their eyes v ith astonishment over the spectacle they beheld. Elks Get Busy. Karly in the morning a large numVer of members of the l-'lks assembled lit. the club house and began the lislitbtition of baskets heaped with good things to eat. These baskets w ere distributed to over two hundred and contained enough to feed l.tuu profile for several days. This is an anJmal event with the UlUs but they all declared they had never seen so much Hiffering as this year. In the midst of the distribution of these gifts, however, the- hinii spirits of the merry volunteer Santa Clauses came to an abrupt termination with the receipt of the news that one of the most popular members of the Klks' club. John Minnick, had been found dead in his bed at a hotel where J:e had lived for a number of years. This news transformed the lodge Jrom one of Christmas cheer to a lodge of sorrow. Mr. Minnick had linen suffering with heart trouble for iibout a month. His sister, Mrs. Clarnee Minnick. is the wife of the dean .1 Oxford college, Ohio. Mr. Minnick iad traveled for a shoe Company for Jaany years. The body was taken to :is old home, f-rvona, O. today for liiiria!. escorted by delegations from the F.Iks' lodge and the T. P. A. Yesat-dfly was children's day at the

OFFICIAL GERMAN WAR STATEMENT

BERLIN (By" Wireless), Dec. 26. An official statement issued here this afternoon says that a night attack by mans captured 19 officers, 819 men and 14 machine guns. It also tells of the repulse of four Russian attacks near Notzein, East Prussia, and the capture of one thousand Russian soldiers: The official statement follows: "English and French attacks on the night of December 24 were repulsed. In the battle against tlie English and Indianas near St. Hubert we took 19 of fleers. 14 machine guns, 12 mine throwers and other material. "Four Russian attacks in the vicinity of fodz were repulsed. We took one thousand prisioners. In north Poland, east of Weichael (Vistula) the situation is unchanged." CHRISTMAS BRINGS DEATH TO COBBLER

ANTICIPATING J 0YpREVENT REVOLT

Christian Vossler Found Dying in Shop by Friend Calling to Extend Holiday Greeting. I For years Christian Vossler, 73, la- ! bored repairing and making shoes for ' east end folks in his little shop, 1538 Main street. He lived alone in a room in the rear of the shop. I Christmas was to have been a big ! day for him. He was to forget all ' about cobbling and go to Indianapolis to spend the day with his wife and ' family. George Martin, who operates I a grocery at Sixteenth and Main j streets, knew of Vossler's contem- ; plated Christmas outing, so bright and I early yesterday morning he went to : the old cobbler's shop to wish him a ; merry Christmas and to present him some cigars, a customary Christmas gift. But Martin found the door locked, So he peered through a window and saw his mend a huddled neap Demnu 7, TV . i a. l " r!illrt to Vossler that lie would summon aid and the old man feebly nodded his head. Soon the uoliea and a nhvsieian arrived and broke the lock. "Apoplexy,"

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- . v. his savings In a little sate in njr ... n,.., ,,.i, ,,, pnnt1 muui iiiiis is not Known Decause " aJ i-V.t opened today. The funeral t tw Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock V ?e Doan & Klute undertaking est?Clishment. The burial will be in the G. A. R. section of Earlham ceme tery. Vossler had a splendid record ! as a soldier in the Civil war. BRING JOY OF LOCAL HOMES Eagles' club and in the afternoon be- ; tween 60 and Ton boys and girls received gifts from the big tree in the lodge room. So many youngsters came to receive gifts that two Santa Clauses had to be detailed on the job, Wiljliam Torbeck and .lames Hums. The jtree was beautifully illuminated. Mu- ! sic was furnished by the Weisbrod jorchestra and a quartet and an ad- ' dress was made by the captain of the Salvation Army. And the Salvation Army did itself proud at noon Christmas, when between 11 o'clock and 2 o'clock there were nearly five hundred people served with piping hot meals. Many poor "down and outers" received their first, warm meal in many days at this feast. A large number of baskets containing food and clothing were distributed to people who could not. attend the feast. Helps City Prisoners. The homeless colony at the city building were given hot breakfasts and one big hearted woman sent Officer Vogelsong a large collection of bandages, finger stalls. Mash rags, towels, vaseline, frost bite salve and soap to be used for the benefit of suffering men who came to the city building for refuge. These gifts were accompanied by the following letter: "To the Good Samaritan. Officer Vogelsong: I have tied up so many sore fingers for boys that I think some of the "strangers within our gates' may need a stall or attention for a frost hite. "Hopeful Christmas for all the sons of mothers on the anniversary of the birth of Jesus Christ." Another woman sent OTfieer Vogelsong a doliar for the fund to feed homeless men. Cheer for Convicts. P'ven the way of the transgressor was made easier yesterday, when over twenty inmates of the county jail sat down to it fine turkey dinner as the guests of Sheriff Kayer. At the Home for the Friendless n half hundred women and children enjoyed a fine Christmas dinner and the children spent a happy day In the nursery playing with the toys good hearted people had sent, to them. The majority of the churches had some kind of a Christmas celebration for children and hundreds of them attended these events.

BATTLE HALTS HOUR ON CHRISTMAS DAY Warring Nations Cease Firing While Soldiers Dream of Distant Homes.

BY L2ASED WIRE. PARIS, Dec. 26. For one hour on Christmas day the warriors of the nations locked in deadly conflict in western Europe ceased to fight. During that brief interval the clash of armsand the boom of artillery was halted and hundreds of thousands of soldiers knelt in prayer to the Omnipotent. No armistice was officially declared. It was as if a mightier mind than those of the commanders of the greatest armies on earth had decreed a return of peace, even for so brief a period. After the short truce had ended, however, the mightiest combat In the history of the world was resumed. Frenchmen, Briton, Belgian and German all alike put away the visions of home that the day had called forth and took up again the task at hand, the slaughtering of his fellowmen. IN PHILIPPINES; LEADERS SEIZED Uprising Not Attempted in Manilla But in Some Other Places Fighting Has Been Reported. COMPREHENSIVE PLOT Loyal Native Constabulary Unearthed Plot and Aid in Foiling it Washington Somewhat Uneasy. I rgy LEASED WIRE. MANILA, Dec. 2G. American milithat conthat i ry authorities aummeu toua (eight men had been arrested in : nection with a plot for a levolt i was to have started Thursday night. nere it was also planned to have an uprising at Pace. Novolas, Gagumbayau and Caloocan. At Caloocan the revolt was sta-ted. but was quickly quelled by a force of American sailors. Definite reports from outlying points have not been received, but it is said that there was fighting between the natives and Americans at several towns not far from Manila. The plot was revealed by members of the Philippine constabultory force who had gained admission to the organization which was promoting the conspiracy. These agents have reported that the revolt, leaders claimed to have 10,000 members. As soon as the scheme was revealed additional guards were placed over structures which the rebels had planned to attack here, including Fort Santiago and the medical depot. Officials Anxious. WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. Administration officials today are anxiously awaiting a reply to the cablegram sent by Brigadier General Frank MeIntyre of the bureau of insular affairs of the war department, to Governor General Francis Purton Harrison of the Philippine islands, yesterday, inriuiring as to the true condition of affairs in the far eastern archipelego. Despite the press dispatches reporting grave disturbance, due to discontent among the natives, government advices have reported everything in the islands to be serene. It is stated, however, that officials reluctantly admit that native agitators of a sinister type have been more active rerenfly than at any time since the Philippine insurrection. BAVIS CONTINUES IQARD PRESIDENT Marlatt and McMinn Positively Decline to Serve in Such Capacity. The question, who is to be president of the board of public works next year, has been settled without, anv difficulty. Alfred Mavis, it has been - decided, will continue to bold down this job for ;tt least another year. "Mr. P.avis is well fitted for the position and Mr. McMinn and myself have agreed to vote for his re-election," said Charles A. .Marlatt, the Democratic member, today. -' don't w-xu the job athough it was agreed at the first board meeting this year that the three members should alternate as president. The other day I told McMinn that under this agreement I would vote for him if he wanted to be president, but he b -pged me not to do so and we then decided to keep Pavis on the job." .Mr. Ha vis has been a tireless worker and has more than made good as board president, lie has been most capablv assisted bv Mr. Marlatt and Alt. McMinn. Ai D RESEARCH EODY. CHICAGO. Dec. 20 Osteopaths physicians here have r-trtrted a campaign to raise $l,nno, endowment for the A. T. Hill research institute.

ROMEY CO, BUYS JENKINSON SITE FOR NEW HOME Property at 920-924 Main Street Purchased by Furniture Company for 4 Story Building.

PRICE IS UNKNOWN German-American Trust Com pany Takes 60-Day Lease on Old Romey Building For Bank. The extension of the retail business direct, eastward along Main street continues. W. H. Romey, president of the Romey Furniture company, today announced that he had completed a deal for the purchase of the building site, 920-924 Main street, from Mrs. Nareissa Jenkiusou, widow of the late Isaac Jenkinson. It is understood that fjtiis valuable property brought a fancy price, ..but the consideration was not made public. Mr. Romey also announced that he had given a sixty days option on the beilding his furniture company now occupies to the recently organized German-American Trust, company. It is quite probable the trust company will purchase this building in which event the llonie'y Furniture company will erect a large building for its own use on the property it has just acquired. Plans 4-Story Building. The property purchased by the Romey company has a frontage of t9V. feet and extends back lfiO feet to Sail--r street. It is the site of one of the oldest buildings on Main street, which Mr. Romey intends to raze soon. It adjoins the Hoover-Homl Furniture company building and a part of it was used by the Palladium for many years. On this site Mr. Romey contemplates erecting a modern steel, four story business block to be used exclusively by the furniture company. The real estate deal announced today by Mr. Romey is one of the largest consummated in this city this year, which has been featured by the transfer of a number of important real estate holdings, notably the purchase of the Tremont block at the corner of Kighth and Main streets by the Dickinson Trust company. The Palladium recently announced that negotiations for the der. Jenkinson property were in orfWfl iUFSNATIVES nrrrnrn iniiuonii OFFERED JOHNSON Wife Deserter Must Aid Her or Serve Time Visits Woman Here. A guarantee to support his wife or a term in state prison will probably be the alternative offered Edwin L. Johnson, who came to Richmond to spend Christmas with a young woman with whom he Is infatuated, the police say. Mrs. Johnson said that three months again she and her husband came to Richmond, he hoping to secure employment here. The expenses were met out of $75 Mrs. Johnson's parents had given her. After their arrival in this city, Mrs. Johnson says, here husband disappeared and left her in a destitute conditon. Mrs. Johnson says that after her husband left he wrote to her from Cincinnati, telling her that his love for her had been frost bitten and urged her fo secure a divorce, saying ho would offer no opposition. He also told her, Mrs. Johnson says, that he was in love with another woman. Johnson was arrested at the home of Mrs. 1 lasecoster. South Thirteenth and J streets. CZAR'S NAVY SINKS 2 GERMAN SHIPS Cruis2r and Tvline Layer Reported Sent to IlcUcm in North Sea. BY LEASED WIRE. PETROGRAD, Dec. 2(5. The German cruiser Hertha and a German mine layer have been sunk in the Italtic sea, according to information received by the Russian admiralty. Xo details accompanied the message telling of the Germans" double loss, but admira'ty officials believe the. Hertha was sunk while it was trying to protect the mine layer in its operations along the Russian coast, being overtaken by a fast Russian cruiser. The Hertha was placed In commission in p.H7 and for several years before the war was used as a training ship. Her complement numbered 47:; men. Sh was a vessel of TJ,C,',) tons. The Hertha was equipped with L' i guns, but her largest, were two of S.2 inches. MOTLEY TO READ TO PREACHERS A i taper on "The Church of Today," Will be rend bv th,. iev. .Mr. v R Motley, pastor the Ceinrp.l Christian church, at meeting or the Ministerial Association, .Monday morning. The repcii of the (.-011111111100 appointee' to render a decision op the mailer m holding an "Every member at Church' Sunday," sometime during January, w ill be received, and the matter of taking over the work of the North End iMision will be acted tujon. j

61 TERRE HAUTE MEN

HELD ON

Deputy United States Marshal and Deputies Swoop Down on Indicted Men and Make Sensational Raid in Don Robert Bailiwick Sheriff Dennis Shea Surrenders to Marshal Storen.

BY LEASED WIRE. ! TERRE HAUTE, Ind., . Dec. 26. ; With the arrest today of fifteen men indicted by the federal grand jury at ; Indianapolis for alleged participation in election frauds, Deputy United States Marshals still carried more, than fifty warrants in their pockets, which they hoped to serve before to- j night. The men arrested today added to those arrested before last midnight in a raid on the tenderloin district made a total of sixty-one. United States Marshal Storen made preparation to take some of the prisoners to Indiaanpolis to be placed in jail in case they could not furnish satisfactory ( bond. The arrest of Donn M. Roberts, mayor of Terre Haute, and Eli H. Redman, circuit judge of Vigo county were announced early this afternoon. When tie was informed that he was arrested Mayor Roberts displayed some anger. How Roberts Tock it. "It's a nice thing," he said to Marshal Storen. "for you Democrats to be arresting us Democrats." Turning to Frank Uarnhart, newly appointed deputy United States marshal, Mayor Roberts said: "What Republican club do you belong to?" The indictment against Mayor Roberts charges that he gave John F. Nugent, formerly assistant chief of police a, list of ganbling houses, saloons and dance halls and specified the amount of jnoney to be collected from them, the money to be used for the registration of voters in the tenderloin district of Terre Haute. It is alleged Roberts employed Wesley Godfrey to haul "repeaters" from one voting place to another, that he told Joseph .Teffers that he did not want any election officers appointed in precinct "(.'" of the sixth ward that1 could not be bought; that he told Jack Dines, a saloon keeper that he must register Ton voters in precinct 150,000 LETTERS ENT FROM Heaviest Christmas Rush in.

Quickly System Keeps Mails Going Fast and Without Interruption.

The heaviest Christmas rush in the history of the Richmond postoffice was not closed at noon yesterday, when employes returned home with the office clear. Another shipment of mail came from Chicago this morning. The Chicago office was swamped, and the mail transfer wagons were blocked. If this had not been the case the Richmond employes probably would not have eaten their Christmas dinners until the middle of the afternoon. Instead of the usual twenty city carriers, there were thirty-five. Clerks were pressed into' service as soon as they completed their work in the office, to deliver parcel post. The employes checked out at 12: "5 o'clock yesterday noon, and every member of the postoffice force carried a bundle of mail and parcel post with him to deliver on his way home. 131.CC0 Pieces Sent. The canceling machine shows that in the six days preceding Christmas 5 31.000 letters and postal cards of regulation size were dispatched from Richmond. In addition there were several thousand undersize let-t-ith-stations brought In thousands of through the machine. The total dispatch is estimated at 1 r.o.ooo in six days, exclusive of parcel post. The work was conducted systematically at all times. The only time vlu n the office was nearly swamped was late Wednesday. A trip to all sub-stations brought in thousands of packages, till of which hr.1 to be cancelled with a hind stamp. Several of the fastest clerks were set to work and prevented the mails 1 eUig tied up temporarily. This was avoided In parcel post mailed at the postoffice by preoanceling the stamps and distributing the packages as soon as they c:inie to the windows. Parcel Pest Heavy. No record could be taken of parcel post matter, but it is believed that Kio.nno packages were delivered in the six days preceding Christmas. An equal number was mailed. Estimating on this basis the total number of The Weather FOR INDIANA Fair tonight and warmer west portion. Sunday increasing cloudiness and warmer. Temperature. Ycste rciav Noon Maximum M inimum 1 r below' EOCAE CONIMTION'S toi.ithi. X'-or zero. (MINERAL .CONDITION'S- Sunday it.ci cr sing c'ovdlr.ess ;;:h1 warmer w'tli snow by night or Vonday. Canadian co'.d wave will effect the entire Mirrissippi and Ohio river vatly. Temperature of ten below zero at Earlham college this morning. During the past is hours tiie coldest weather of the whiter has occurred 1n the northwest with a temperature of 2i or ..S degrees below zero at Hisinark, North Dakota, and in Canada. W. E. MOORE. , Weather Forecaster,

FRAUD CHARGE

"A" of the red-light ward, and that he instructed Frank Hess, another saloon keeper to register from 2(hj to 300 voters from his saloon. The price for a false registration, the indictment against Roberts charges, was 25 cents, and for a vote $1. Lists of Arrests. Among those arrested today were county Sheriff Dennis Shea who called at the hotel and surrendered to Marshal Storen; City Judge Thomas Smith; Maurice Walsh, county sealer of weighth and measures; John Masselir.k, formerly a state representative and at present sealer of weights and measures for the city of Terrellaute; Eno Harmes, who credited a few days ago with administering a beating to Mayor Rob. rts in the executive offices; George Woodall and Thomas Brady, saloon keepers. "Jack" Nugent assistant chief of police. und r the present administration was cie- of the men arrested. Nugent refused to make a statement after his arrest. . A squad of more than thirty deputy mashals and guards from Indianapolis descended upon the city during the night. Their arrival created the ui: most excitement and word of their coming spread through the city quickly. Released on Bonds. All the men arrested were released en bonds signed by themselves in the sum of $2,5(io. These bonds were approved by Mark Storen. United States marshal, who had charge of the raid. Charges against the men for whom warrants were issued are sensational. It is alleged the men for whom warrants were issued are sensational. It is alleged that they violated the Federal statutes by interferin with an election at which candidates .r United States senator and representative were i let-ted. The indictment ( barges that the men conspired to vote (Continued on Page Eight.) AND CARDS CITY IN SIX DAYS History. of Postoffice Handled pieces of all classes of mr,il handled in .six days was aUO.oon, exclusive of the outside transfer work. The rural carriers worked on a legal holiday for the first time this year. All patrotis on tip. eight routes out of Richmond received service. The carriers could hardly place the mail in their wagons. On Thursday, Easthaven received twenty-eight pouches of mail. The as.lum received about one hundred sacks of mail during the week preceeding Christmas. AC A FEE WILL LEAD MEN'S MASS MEETING Promoters Expect Large Crowd at Cennett Theatre Sunday Afternoon. In the absence of Secretary El'is M. Lfliriter, the V. y. c. a. 's meeting at the Gennett theatre, t. morrow afternoon will be in char.ee of .1. II McAfee, chairman of the religious work commit ' ee. It is thought that t! will be almost as lars: Wiard meeting sever: 1 'ttdaner at the ago, as ks Allison and (Juan el have a wide repti- : ;.t '.on. and have been attracting lare crowds wherever they appear. The dows will ! (pen at. 2:-!" o'clock and the niec-it-j will In gin at Z o'clock. There v li! be good mii-dr by the orchestra, and several speeial numbers. A ofl 1 ; i. n will be taken to help defray the expenses. All men are invited to come to :h.' meeting. ALLIANCE SUPPORTS OTHALIY BILL ilL. The German New York Chamber of Commerce and the German American Alliance are supporting a bill in congress asking that the shipment of supplies and munition of war from the Timid States to the warring European na;ons be stopped. The members of th: se organisations co-iteml t .".at th-' sb'pm -:t of :- i:c!i good - is in v I '.: ::: of l! :; ;: it of neutrality, .-.r:d wiii ur.ii io prolong the war. 'lite local ib nr.. in American Alliance will set ii a p.-tifon to Kin'ey H. Gray, asking h'.:. to sii; ;oit the bill. A PROMINENT HAY VIEW -MAX EXPRIES John M. Hall, whom man Richmond citizens have known in Hay View. Mich., died Tuesday in Detroit. Mr. Hall was known io all tourists who stopped in Day View and a number of Richmond people were Intimately acquainted with him. iie built the bathing pool and bowling alleys and recently completed a $10,nno auditorium in which a $.",000 pipe organ was installed.

RUSSIANS JAKE GERMAN POSTS :OTHERAWI(A Celebrate Xmas by Drivin? Teutons Out of Small Town in Midst of Raging Blizzard.

AUSTRIANS Slav Generals SURPRISE Now Admit Stubborn Fighting Qualities of Emperor Joseph's Mobile War Machine. BY FRANCIS LAVELLE MURRAY. I Staff Correspondent The International News Service. i PETROGRAD. Dec. Smasbin? their way forward throufh a blizzard that rendered operations by the enemy's scouting aeroplanes impossible. Russian forces celebrated Christmas day by driving the Germans ont of Rawa on the Rawka river, and drove them back six miles to Jesow. For five days the Germans had been in possession of Rawa. part of which stands on the highest point of a range of hills between the Pilica and Bzura rivers. A sanguinary 'tattle took place on these heights, but after a conflict of three hours, the Hermans were driven down the western slopes. The Russians took 2,3"0 prisoners and three guns. j Effect of Victory. According to the Army Messenger, this victory at Rawa, while not ovtr- . whelming in itself, opens a way of making a breach in the German lim to lessen the pressure that the Kaiser's troops are maintaining agains' the Russians on both the Bzura ami Pilica. "The Rinssiau positions on the Dzura are now secure." it says today. "The Rawa heights are of great importance and dominate the situation between the Pilica and Hzura. It is fortunate that they were taken at this time, as the Germans are bringing up heavy reinforcements. Germany is apparently drawing upon her last resources to concentrate one million men on our western front. Among prisoners passing through j Warsaw were noted many profession- , al m n. Scores wore spectacles show- ' ing that men who had been rejected early in the war bad later been sent to the fron:. Austrians Surprise. Fmler the caption "Austrian army a surprise" the Army Messenger dis1 cusses the Galician campaign at some length. "The stubborn defense of our Aus--t-yin opponents in wsU:ru Oaiichv has been tlr? surprise of the war,"' it admits. "Beginning with the battle of Dutka pass it has shown a resonreepected in view of the early events of the war. "Though we won at Dukla, and captured several ammunition wagons and more than two thousand prisoners, the Austrians inflicted severe losses t-pon us. They contest bitterly for evcrv foot of ground. CHILDREN OF HALER GO WITHOUT XMAS Thieves Steal Food and Toys of Cambridge City Man in Jail. The children whom William Haler of Cambridge City, thought he was protecting in committing an assault and battery on E. E. O Maker, superintendent of Cambridge City schools, were robbed of their Christina:?. Mr. Haler received word yesterday at the county jail where he is serving a l.lo day sentence, that his home had been entered on Christmas eve and the groceries and some of the Christmas g;tts were taken. Many other things of akie were stolen. Mr. Haler's wife sent him word that the family would have no Christinas b.-cause of the btlrghiry. The family - as out jf the house for a short time and discovered the robbery when tbey returned. The materials for the Christinas dinner were included. EARLY SATURDAY NG OF THE STORES FAVORED Five of Richmond's dry goods stores took the lead today in establishing a 5:30 o'clock Saturday closing hour to give the clerks a well earned rest. This is along the lines of a plan advocated by Henry Goldfinger last summer. It is probable that Mr. Goldfinger and a number of other merchants will now make an effort to establish the 5:30 closing hour as a per manent Saturday custom. The stores which announced they would close at 5:30 today are KnolIcnberg's. Boston Store, Lee B. Nusbaum's, Mashmeyer's and the Palais Royal. WIN DISPLAY PRIZE John M. Eggeniejer and Sons, grocers, received notice today that they were the winners' of a '$J0 tirst prize for their window display during t'o:'lee Week. Oct. l:t to L'4. in a territory covering Indiana. Ohio. Illinois and Wisconsin, '1 In- prize was often-d by n large Chicago lirm f -offee importers. Clarence Geier, a clerk in the Eggemeyor store, was the originator of the window display and arranged the decorations.