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THE 3IORMNO OREGOXIAN, MONDAY. AUGUST 7, 191G. RUSSIANS GATHER IN SIX MORE VILLAGES RUSSIAN GENIUS WHO IS DIRECTING VICTORIOUS DRIVE IN EAST. Smash! Goes Your Trunk ' 5.T---VV-"''''' '- V:: "Clever mind! faaLOdy'B-ank. and uttfBntevHC 3r5Y9arf Possession of Entire Ridge South of Brody Important to Drive on Lemberg. BaorfUiyC AUSTRIAN LINE IMPERILED Xondon Believes if Pressure Can Be Continued, Von Bothmer Will Be Compelled to Withdraw to Prepared Defense. BT ARTHUR S. DRAPER. VTar Correspondent of the New York Tri ' bune. By Special Cable.) LONDON, Augr. 6. (Special.) Fol lowing their sharp blow of yesterday and Friday againstthe Austrian lines south of Brody, along the rivers Gra berkl and 'Sereth, the Russians have awept in six more villages, an entire ridge of commanding heights, and 3000 more prisoners. In the two days' bat tle. which has given General Sak haroff's troops successes vitally im portant to their drive against Lem berg and Von Botnmer's flanK along the Stripa, more than 5500 of the enemy's soldiers have been made pris oners. That the assertions of marked prog ress in this region are not unfounded is proved by the German official ad mission tonight that possession of the west bank of the Sereth has been wrested from the Teuton forces. Ber- lin also records advanced actions be fore the army of Von Bothmer. Austrian Again In Danger. Although the check which the Czar's forces in Galicla received early last week relieved somewhat the threat which their northern advance had brought against Von Bothmer. the suc cesses which have crowned the latest Russian efforts south of Brody have again put the Austrian lines on the west bank of the Stripa in a dangerous position. If Sakharoff's army shows further signs of a sweeping advance to the southwest, where it will be aiming at the lifelines of the Austrian troops, it is not believed that Von Bothmer will hesitate any longer about retreating in swift order to his prepared lines behind the Bug and Gnila Lipa, there to make his last stand in defense of Lemberg. The fact that the Russian cavalry has been extremely active in the recent op erations south of Brody is an indication that the Austrians no longer have pre pared lines to fall back on and an being rolled back so swiftly that it is impossiDie ror them to construct any sort of fortified works with which to oppose the Russian advance. Cossacks Masters in Open. In open fighting, military men agree. me Cossacks are masters and will push the enemy s forces to the limit. It was me LosaacKa tnat conquered an Aus trian Infantry battery on the Sereth in the recent fighting and captured more man 3UUU prisoners. On the Stokhod line the influence of Von Hindenburg is already being felt in the stiffening of the Austro-German lines and in the growing fury of their counter cnarges. By winning command or me northern part of the stream. wnere it crosses the .finsK marshes -Brussllorf has eliminated all danger of xianK movements against his lines and can concentrate his attention on rrontal attack for the possession of -tvovei. In the Carpathians the reorganized army of Pflanzer is continuing its harassing of the Russian left wing south of Kuty. but it is more of a de fensive than an offensive movement and can have no effect on the Russian operations along the Dneister. The Russians have succeeded in con solidating all the positions they won in me recent Dattle between the Stokhod and Ivovel, except one village, which they were compelled to yield before a determined German counter attack. Meantime, the Russians by gaining control of the northern part of the Stokhod seemingly have effectively eliminated all danger of further flank attacks by the Germans and now are in a position to continue their progress along: the direct routes to Kovel with out fear of the possible encircling of their right wings. The Austrians con centrating on the roads of Lemberg are endeavoring to hold their opponents In the region of the Sereth River, a few miles southwest of Brody. The Rus sians already have scored minor suc cesses in this continuation of the Brody battle, but the strong Austrian defense leaves the outcome in doubt. BERLIX. Aug. 6. The Russians have been driven from the positions to which they were still clinging near Zareczo on the Stokhod, in southern Volhynia. according to today's army headquarters statement. German troops in the Carpathians . are continuing their successful oper ations. The west bank of the. river Sereth near Zalocze and northwest of that place have been captured by the Rus sians, the statement says. French Take 2 500 Prisoners. PARIS, Aug. 6. According to an of ficial announcement the number of prisoners taken by the French in the week of July 3-August 5, for the most part in the Meuse region, exceeded 2500. J. H. JONES IS MISSING Wife Fears Husband May Victim of Accident. Be J. H. Jones, a printer living at 569 Hawthorne Terrace, has dropped from sight and his wife fears that he has met with an accident. He left home July 21 for a two-days' trip into the country. Since that time the family has had no trace of him. Mrs. Jones does not know where he went, further than that he intended or dering the Winter's supply of wood at some point in the nearby country. He left home saying he would make a short hiking trip and would return within a hort time. Mr. Jones was employed at an East Bide printing house. Besides his wife the missing man has two children in this city. Franchise May Be Revoked. CENTRALIA. Wash.. Aug. 6.- (Spe cial.) The Pe Ell Council has appealed to tho Public Service Commission re.a tive to the refusal of the Central Light & Power Company to submit a bid for lighting the streets of the town. The Council intends to annul the franchises granted the company to operate in Pe Ell. providing such action can be taken legally. N.w regulations of th United States steamboat '.naDeotlon service reauiro per- aons to be 21 years old befor bel Ucense-d as masters or cojet engine. ta, - ATHLETES ARE SLAIN Britain Loses Star Rowers, Boxers and Football Men. GOLF CHAMPION FALLS Kugby Football Pays Heaviest Price of All Sports In War--Well-Known Welterweight Cham pion Also Is Gone. BY ARTHUR S. DRAPER. (War correspondent of the New Tork Tribune. By special cable.) LONDON, Aug. 6 Since the begin ning of the "big push" on the western front, which brought under fire the footballers and sportsmen's battalions, the war's toll among British sportsmen has been heavy, several stars in every branch of sport being -killed or wounded. Boxing is represent! by the death in action of Sergeant Tom McCormick, the well-known welterweight Cham pion. His last known act was to send $5.25 from the trenches to the sports men s ambulance fund. Noted Cricketers on List. Cricket claims Major W. Booth, of the Torshire Country Club, who fell recently, while B. Kilner, of the same club, and Lieutenant C. Kolloway, the famous Australian, appear among the wounded. . A prominent rowing man. Captain H. M. S. Carpenter, has also made the big sacrifice. As secretary of the Kingston Rowing Club and one of the best-known oarsmen on the Thames, he rowed in the Henley eight for the Thames cup in 1912. The wellrknown golf champion, G. V.. M. Boyd, was killed in action last month. A member of the Royal and Ancient, Prestwich and Troon Clubs, his one-hole victory over T. Jennings in the south of Ireland championship in 1912 is on record as being one of the moR exciting finals in the history of the game. Lieutewnt Stanley Wootton, the jockoy and .brother of the famous Frank ootton. has been wounded. Footbnll Pays Heavy Price. Rugby football has paid the heaviest price among British sports in the war. The 18th Scottish and 45th British in- ernationalist being killed in action is Captain R. Fraser. He captained the Cambridge University flfteeen In 1910 and played for Scotland against Ire- and, Wales ana Lngland in 1911. J. L. Williams, the well-known Cardiff and Welsh internationalist, has fallen on the Somme. He represented Wales 17 times in the international games against England, Scotland and Ireland n 1907, '08, '00, Ireland in 1910, Eng land. Scotland, Ireland and France in 1911, South Africa at Swansea in 1907 and Australia at Cardiff in 1909. The most prominent soccer footballer to fall is Evilyn H. Lintott, the Eng lish and Bradford City player, who was killed last month, but the loss of the famous amateur Captain O. E. Wreford Brown also will be read with keen regret. He represented England In the amateur internationals against Ger many in Berlin in 1899. Official War Reports French. "PARIS, Aug. 6. The text of today's oniciai statement is: "South of the Somme two small local operations have enabled us to progress in German trenches southwest of Es trees. "North of the Aisne an enemy sur prise attack on our position on toe Vauclerc plateau failed under the cur tain of fire of our artillery. "On the right bank of the Meuse heavv patrol firing at some points has sensibly enlarged the ground captured by us at the northwest of Thiaumont work. e have repulsed a counter at tack in the same region. "In the region of Fleury and in the sectors of Chapitre and Chenols artil lery fighting continues without any in fantry operations , "On the night of August 5-6 our ai squadrons dropped 40 shells in the rexion of Combres. 84 on the station o Noyon, 30 on the station of Stenay and Sedan. 40 on the station at Metz and the railway establishment there and 40 on the military establishments Rombach. north of Metz. Several these squadrons made two raids the same night." Germans on Western Front. BERLIN, via London. Aug. S. The text of today's Official statement con cerning the western front is: "Fighting continues near Posieres. In the evening local enemy attacks at Foureaux Wood and directly south of the Somme were unsuccessful. In the region of the Meuse (Verdun front) especially on the east bank, great ar GENERAL. BRUSILOFF, tillery activity, developed. Around the Thiaumont work desperate infantry ac tions are taking place. The number of prisoners captured In the Fleury sector has Increased to IS officers and 676 men. "In Chapitre wood we progressed far ther yesterday. The number of un wounded prisoners taken at this point was three officers and 227 men. "Northeast of Vermelles in the Ar gonne and on the Combres Height we carried out successful mining opera tions. Enemy patrols were repulsed at several points. Some undertakings near Craonvllle and on Combres Height were successful." Germans on Eastern Front. BERLIN, via London, Aug. 6. The text of today's official report on the fighting on the eastern front is: "Front of Field Marshal von iiinden burg. south of Zarecse (on the Stok hod) The enemy was cleared from the position which he still held. His counter-attacks were repulsed. Four offi cers and 300 men were taken prisoner and five machine guns captured. "Near and northwest of Zalocso the Russians captured the west bank of the River Sereth. "Front of Archduke Charles Ad vanced actions took place before the army of General Count von Bothmer. The successes of our troops in the Car pathians ave extended." FRANCE MS BLACKLIST AMERICAN FIRMS AS IX LONOOX. SAME French Merchants - Also Warned That Fact Enemy Firm Is Aot Listed Will Not Be Defense. PARIS. Aug. 6. The Official Journal today publishes the namee of American individuals and firms which have been placed on the French blacklist under the "trading with the enemy" act. The list, which is marked No. 1, is the same as regards American individuals and firms as that given out In London uly 18. Tho complete lust printed in the Offi cial Journal covers 24 columns and ncludes firms and Individuals in Africa, South America, Japan, the Philippines, Cuba, Denmark, Spain. Portugal, Greece, Holland, Norway and Sweden, with whom French citizens are forbid den to trade. The list Is preceded by a notice from the committee', on restriction of supply and commerce with the enemy, saying that it Is Incomplete, and the fact that firm or person is notflnscrlbed on it cannot be invoked in any way, and French merchant having commercial relations with neutrals must, in case of trouble, continue to make the supple mentary dispositions provided for in the ustoms declaration when taking out goods. BRIDGE OPERATIONS SHIFT Worlc Will Start on Second Draw Span Tower at unconver. VANCOUVER. Wash., Aug-. 6. (Spe clal.) The falsework used in buildinsr the flrst two towers on the Columbia River Intcretate Uridge. with which to raise and lower the draw span, is being taken down. T.his week another frame work will be built on the other end of the span to construct the second tower. The cables running over the two 15 ton sheaves at the top of the tower have been put In place, and soon wil be attached to counterweights to bal ance one end of the draw span. when the other tower is built, four eparbs now ready will be floated to position. This will not be done until some time in September, it is believed te&'lfa E25iT A. nii ii n a jr. rf tHorthwesternBank Bld" PortlanAOregorx, y , f Photo by Underwood. FRENCH GAIN MORE Advance of 500 Yards North west of Thiaumont Made. ALLIES, GAIN ON SOMME Both French and British Tell of Minor Successes at Scene of Big Drive; Berlin Records Desperate Engagements. PARIS, Aug. 6. A further gain of more than 500 yards by the French at points northwest of the Thiaumont work on the Verdun front was an nounced by the War Office today. A German counter-attack in this sector was repulsed. Progress for the French southwest of Estrees, on the Somme front, as a result of small engagements, -also was announced. LONDON. Aug.' 6. In fighting along the Somme front in Northern France last night, the British made an addi tional slight advance at High Wood, according to the official announcement today. The Germans actively shelled various . portions of the front during the night. BERLIN, via London, Aug. 6. Des perate engagements continue in tne Verdun region, notaoiy in the vicinity of the Thiaumont work, says today's army headquarters' statement. The Germans have made progress in -napi- tre wood. On the Somme. the battle near Po zieres is still in progress. British local attacks near the river and across Foureaux Wood were repulsed. Sunday's War Moves. TN Northern Galicla the Russians have JL struck another hard blow at the Teu tonic allies and occupied along the Ser eth and Graberki rivers, south of Brody, six villages and the entire ridge on which they are situated. Furious flKhtlnK marKed tne engage ment, the Russians being forced in the villages to drive their adversaries from house to house. The Austro-Germans, at last reports, were bombarding vio lently their lost positions. In the fighting the Russians cap tured a regimental commander and 140 other officers and more than 5500 men aad also took numerous machine guns and bomb throwers. Berlin admits that tho Russians have gained the left bank of the Sereth riv er, but asserts that the Germans have mnrlo nrorress against the French In the Chapitre wood near Verdun and in mining operations agamst them in the Argonne; that the Russians have been driven from positions along the Stok hod river south of Zarecze, and that in the Carpathians the Germans are still operating successfully. Slight advance for the British at High wood and east of Pozieres. on the Somme front, and by the French south west of Estrees, south of the Somme and to the northwest of the Thlamount work near Verdun, are recorded in the British and French-communications. In the sector northwest of Pozieres. the Germans, in an attack in which liquid firo was used, forced the British back along cne of their trenches. but later the British regained the ground i lofst. The Germans are heavily bnm- THE location, facilities and services afforded by this National Bank, together with the fact that $1.00 will open a Savings Account and only a rea sonable amount is required for Checking; Account, causes it to be truly the "bank for the peo ple." It already has more than 23,000 patrons. 1 1 4 ' IE! ihl . mi - J Si I 1 A full, size Suitcase, 24-inch, exception ally good matting just what you want for short Summer trips 08 bardlng the Thlamount work and Fle ury positions of the French. In Asiatic Turkey the Russians re port the capture of various new "Turk ish positions. In the Klalkit Chia river basin positions protected by five lines of trenches were wrested from the Turks, while south of Erzingan and west of the village of Ognut addi tional trenches and two heights were captured. In the region of Mush and Bitlis the Turks have assumed the of fensive, but Petrograd says they are being held by the Russian forces. The 14,000 Turks' troops .operating on a even-mlle front from the east against, the Sues Canal also have met with defeat at the hands of the British and have been forced to flee, leaving more than 2500 prisoners behind them, including some Germans, says London. In addition the Ottomans suffered heavy casualties. Australian and New Zealand cavalry took an Important point. In the Austro-Itallan theater the Austrians are heavily bombarding Ital ian lines between the Adigge and Up per Isonso rivers and the Pasubio area. while in the Sugana valley and the Upper Cordevole valley they launched infantry attacks against the Italians. These attacks, according to Rome, were repulsed. unofficial advices from Salonikl say the Serbians have taken from the Bul garian the village of Rmli on the Macedonian front. OREGON EX-TR00PER HOME H. Goldstein Says Experience Is Great Benefit. Barnett H. Goldstein. Assistant United States Attorney, who was discharged from Troop A at Palm City last week because of defective eyesight, arrived home yesterday at 5 o clock after i pleasant trip north on the Hill steam ship Northern Pacific. "I am mighty glad to get home and to work again." said Mr. Goldstein 'though I don't regret for one little moment the time I have put in with Troop A. In fact, the service has done me a whole, lot of good. It has done every member of the troop good. "I never felt In better physical con dition in my life, and the same is true of Just about every man' from Oregon who is down on the border." LEAGUE PLAN EXPLAINED L. M. Lepper Addresses Meeting Evening Star Grange. L. M. 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