9 THE 3IOIIXIXG OREGONIAX, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1916. FRENCH TAKE 11.387 3 GERmANS l!l DM5 Success Along Verdun Front Is Regarded in London as 4. . Answer xo uvertures. DICTATED TERMS DISLIKED "Paris War Office, However, Admits Violent German Attack on tho . Meuse lias Resulted In Obtaining of Footing. PARIS. Dec 18. French forces hare taken a total of 11,387 German pris oners on the Verdun front since De cember 15, according to the announce ment made by the French War Office this afternoon. A violent German counter attack on the Meuse has resulted in German forces obtaining a footing at the Cham brettes farm. NEW AUSTRIAN EMPEROR AND GENERAL FALKENHAYN MEET IN ROUMANLA. DICTATED TERMS AXGEK AWLIES French Victory at Verdun Consid ered Reply to German Overtures. LONDON. Dec. 18. The morning papers comment with enthusiasm on the French victory at Verdun and pay the heartiest tributes to French lead ership, valor and skill. The opportunity Is taken to rediscu3s the peace offer in the light of this blow inflicted on the Germans, which Is regarded as demon strating that the latter's morale is se riously undermined. It is also claimed that the battle puts the actual position as between the central powers and the allies in a truer perspective than that offered by the Teutonic successes in Rouraania. The Telegraph says: "It comes at the right moment as an assurance of allied success. "We can imagine no more eloquent answer to Chancellor Bethmann-Holl-weg than that furnished by General Nivelle's victory." The Post, recalling German claims to victory in the war, says that France has given a most damning refutation at Verdun, and, according to the peace offer, asserts that all the allies are resolved not to accept the dictated terms of peace. The Daily News says: "The value of the victory at Verdun Is not to be measured by the prisoners and guns taken or the ground recap tured. Its real significance lies in the effect it must have on the morale of both sides. There is no doubt that on both sides the campaign in Roumanla has exercised an influence quite dis proportionate. It is an additional ar gument, so far as the allies are con cerned, not for an arrogant refusal even to consider the question of peace, but for a cautious willingness to listen to terms which the sobering influence of the war is inducing Germany to offer' The Chronicle also refers to Rouma nla, and says that the "brilliant victory at Verdun comes at an opportune mo ment, and should serve to remind neu tral and allied opinion alike that, in spite of their single victorious cam paign in Roumanla, the record of 1916 has been a record not of victory, but of defeat for the central powers." The Times says that Verdun is one very apt reply to all Germany's vaunts, and the attitude of Russia is another. FRENCH BATTLESHIP HIT Berlin Reports Submarine Action, but Paris Makes Denial. AMSTERDAM. 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The meeting pictured above took place at Kronstadt. DEAD AVIATOR FLIES Report of Late Captain Boelke Tells Grewsome Tale. ONE FIGHT AT 3 METERS Famous. German Cripples Another Enemy Aeroplane and Observer Climbs Out on Wing to Balance Machine. CHEYENNE HAS BAD FIRES Two Conflagrations Cans Property Xioss Totaling $200,000. CHEYENNE, Wyo, Dec 18. Roy White, of Bayles, Cal., his wife and four children lost their lives early today when fire destroyed the Interocean Hotel, where the Whites were patrons. The bodies of Mrs. White and two sons were found in the ruins today, while a 9-months-old baby, rescued by firemen, died from burns. One child still Is In the smoldering wreckage. The property loss was 140,000. Shortly after midnight, while the entire fire department and volunteers were fighting the hotel fire ,a blaze was discovered in the paint shops of the Union Pacific Railroad. Two hour later this fire was under control. Rail road officials estimated the loss of buildings and materials at $166,000. Parcel Post to Russia Proposed. NEW YORK, Dec. IS. Inauguration of a movement to have a parcel post system established between the United States and Russia was announced to day by the Merchants' Association here. At the request of business interests with houses In Russia, it was stated, tiuch a postal convention was urged in a letter sent to WUliam C Redfield Secretary of Commerce. taken by the Germans. The War Of fice announces that the attacks were without success. The statement reads: "Eastern front Northwest of Lutsk an effort was made by the Russians to recapture positions taken by us on December 16 near Bolporsk (Maly Porsk). Their attacks, which they re peated at night, were repulsed. Also renewed advances by the enemy near Augustowka, south of Zboroff, failed." French. 16,647 TO GO HOME I? " movement out of Reduction of Border Guard Continued by Funston. MOVE TO END JAN. 5 OR 7 tonight that the order for the return Guardsmen for mus- Federal service was not s foreshadowing a Mexico by General Pershing's column. Officials also explained that a force of 75.000 Guardsmen would be main tained on the border until Pershing was withdrawn, and that today's order merely, was in pursuance of the pre viously announced policy to reduce the militia in the field to the minimum necessary. It was generally understood here that when the expedition in Mexico Is with drawn the entire Guard torce will be returned to home points for muster out. Ohio Liability Ijjiw Verdict Upheld. WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. Sustaining application of Ohio's employers' liabil ity law to railroad employes injured in intrastate commerce, the Supreme Court today affirmed a $5000 verdict against the Erie Railroad in favor of J(mes T. AVelsh. Toungstown. O., yard conductor, who lost an arm in an accident in 111. Extra Dividend on Steel Ordered. PITTSBURG. Dec. 18. Directors of the Crucible Steel Company of America today declared an extra dividend of 2 per cent on the preferred stock on ac count of deferred dividends. It will be payable January 31. BERLIN, Dec. 18. (By wireless to Sayville.) Replete with dramatic in cidents and interesting features are the reports Just published of the late Cap' tain Boelke. the famous German avia tor, who brought down 40 hostile aero planes during his service with the armv. which ended with his death on October 29 last. As summarized by the Overseas News Agency, these reports from the field include the following The reports show that in the major ity of the air engagementa the distance between the combatants usually was about 100 meters, but often from only 30 to 40 meters. On November 2, 1915, Boelke approached a French aviator as close as three meters. "He fled." says Boelke's report, "but it dldn t help him, for I was much quicker. I fired 500 shots, keeping up the .fire until he be gan to fall. I had approached to a dis tance of three meters, and stm ne naa not begun to come down. "At the .moment when & collision seemed inevitable, I turned my ma chine rapidly on its left side. The enemy turned his upside down on the right hand. I did not see him any more." On Harch 4, 1916, Boelke reported: "Again I approached the enemy, who already had been violently fired upon. Then I saw something most peculiar. The observer had climbed upon the left wing of the machine and was climbing to the supports. He looked at me as if auite terrified and waved his band. I had shot away a piece of the helm, and the machine had pitched down with him. In order to get it in balance the observer had seated himself on the left wing." Boelke reported a grewsome Incident as "occurring on one of the last of his raids, on October 8 of this year. I wondered at the stubbornness of the enemy." wrote the aviator, "con sidering that he must have been fin ished a long time ago, but he continued to circle in the same fashion. Reason told me that the man must be dead and that the machine was being maintained in its right position only by the rubber bands at the helm. There fore I approached closely, and saw the occupant of the machine leaning to. ward the right side, dead. The aero, plane bore the number 7495. The hor rible picture left me unshaken. I let the man alone and attacked the next one." PARIS, Dec. 18. The text of the of ficial report from- the French War Office today follows: "South of the River Somme a detach ment of the enemy which was endeav oring to occupy our lines southeast of Berny, has been repulsed with hand grenades. On the right bank of the River Meuse. after the bombardment reported in the communication of yes terday. German forces delivered a vio lent counter-attack yesterday evening upon our new positions. They sue ceedtrd. newever. only in securing a footing at a point on the Chambrettes farm. We continue to hold the imme diate surroundings of this location. Elsewhere the night passed in quiet. "The number of prisoners taken by us since December 15 on the Verdun front is at present, according to the latest counting, 11.387, including 284 officers. The war material captured or destroyed includes 115 cannon, 44 bomb throwers and 107 machine guns." The bulletin Issued by the War Of fice tonight reads: "South of the Somme there was quite pronounced, activity of the two artil leries in the section of La Maisonette. At 4 o'clock this morning an enemy detachment, which attempted to carry out a surprise attack against our trenches south of Fresnes was repulsed by grenades. On the right bank of the Meuse our troops. In a spirited engagement, drove the enemy from the Chambrettes farm, which we occupy anew in its entirety. We took two machine guns. "Intermittent cannonading occurred on the rest of the front. An enemy aviator dropped five bombs on Vieux Thann, but no damage was done." Strength, of Militia tTnits Remaining In Service Now 75,000 All o Troops Affected Are From ' Eastern States. SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. Dec. 18. Na tional Guard organizations aggregating 16.647 troops today were designated by General Funston to leave the border service and return to their respective states to be mustered out of the Fed eral service. He acted in compliance with' War Department instructions. The homeward movement of these or ganizations will be In three groups to facilitate use of rolling stock. Cars are now being assembled for regiments included in the first roup and the movements from various border points will- begin In a few days. General Funston estimated that it would be January 5 or 7 before all units in the last group had started. Other militia organizations included In the movement are units of Pennsyl vania. Michigan. Missouri, .Maryland, Illinois. New York. Wisconsin and Vir ginia. The movement was directed by Gen eral Funston under authority of a gen eral order issued recently by the War Department to reduce as he deemed best the forces of the National Guard on the border. It involves 16.647 men, which brings the strength of militia troops on the Mexican border to 76,000 men. The entire movement Is expected to be completed by January 7. The following units will be returned to their home stations as soon as trans portation is available: Nebraska Fourth Infantry. Iowa Company A. Engineers. Minnesota Brigade headquarters and Eeo ond Infantry. Kansas Company A, Signal Corps. North Dakota First Infantry, Vtah Field Hospital No. 1. "General" Damages Denied Shippers WASHINGTON. Dec. 18. Interstate Commeice Commission reparation awards against railroads for charging unreasonable rates, the Supreme Court decided today, bar recovery by ship pers In state courts of additional "gen eral" damages for injury to business. Shippers may elect to take Interstate Commerce Commission awards or sue in state courts, but cannot recover be fore both. Storm Cuts Sisal Crop in Mexico. NEW YOR.K. Dec. 18. One of the worst storms in the history of Yuca tan, Mexico, cut down the production of sisal so that receipts of the product at Progreso during November were 45.7 per cent below normal, according to advices received here by the sisal regulating committee and made public today. Beached Norwegian Freighter Afloat ' BRIGANTINE. N. J.. Dec. 18. The Norwegian freight ' steamer Juno. which came ashore off Little Beach, N. J., during the snow storm on Saturday, was floated at 12:30 P. M. today with the aid of several wrecking tugs. Ap parently undamaged, the Juno proceed ed to New York. Xlplsslng Declares Extra Dividend. NEW YORK. Dec. 18. The Nipisslng Mines Company today declared a divi dend. of 5 per cent in addition to the regular quarterly dividend of the same amount. SHIPPING POOL IS URGED COMBINATION OF ALLIES TO CHECK GERJI.IXY SUGGESTED. Germanic coalition on equal terms the ports of the entente powers. In French Expert Points) Oat That Effort Will Be Made by Enemy to Trade Under Neutral Flans. PARIS. Dec. 18. Pooling of the ship ment of the entente allies to the ex clusion of the flags of all countries now at war with them Is suggested for the economic struggle expected after the war by Georges Ancel. a Deputy from Havre, and a specialist in such ques tions. M. Ancel believes the benefits of pooling as Illustrated by the pros perity of shipping combinations should be taken Into consideration -in connec tion with the rebuilding of the French merchant marine, and in consolldatin positions which the fillies have garned through the blockade of Germany and Austria. As soon as the seas are open to her merchant fleet, M. Ancel said. Germany naturally will make an immediate and violent effort to recover her shipping. It Is his opinion that she expects dis crimination against her flag 'in ports of France and Great Britain, and will endeavor to bring about a union of heutral shipping interests to be pooled with her own to help her to compete under their flags In those ports. To checkmate this move M. Ancel pro poses the admission of neutral shipping to the pool of the entente allies on con dition that the neutrals agree not to enter any combinations with shipping Interests flying the flag of any nation now at war with the entente. This arr rangement, M. Ancel points out. would have the double effect of protecting the interests of neutrals and preventing Germany from organizing pools that would enable her to use neutral flags to escape from the restrictive measures to which the German flag is likely to be subjected In French, British, Italian, Portuguese and other allied ports. M. Ancel considers It inadmissible in any case to tolerate the flags of the Receiver Takes t $2,500,000. CniCAGO. Dec. 18. Jacob M. Dickin son, receiver for the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Hallway, was au thorized by Federal Judge Carpenter today to pay $2,500,000 worth of re ceiver's certificates which fall due Jan uary 3, 1917. v The order also called for the payment of $62,500 accrued Interest. Westminster Is Reported Sunk. LONDON, Dec. ' 18. Lloyd's reports the sinking of the British steamship Westminster. The vessel referred to probably la the 4324-ton steamship of that name, built in 1905, and owned in London, There Is also a British steamship West minster of 252 tons, owned in Grimsby. Ex-Premier Accused of Treason. LONDON, Dec. 18. A warrant has been Issued at Athens for the arrest of Eliphtherlos Venizelos. the former Premier, on charges of high treason and of libeling the Greek general staff in articles published in a newspaper several months ago, says a Reuter dis pntch from the Greek capital. Supreme Court Holiday Recess. WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. The holiday recess of the Supreme Court from nef Friday to January 8 was announced today. Anchorage Postmaster Named. Washington. Dec. 18. Fred B. Wood. Anchorage, Alaska, was nominated postmaster today by the President. Official War Report. Roumanian. BERLIN, Dec. 18. (By wireless to Sayville, N. Y.) No change In the situation on the Roumanian front ie recorded In today's communication from army headquarters. The state ment follows: "In the Mestecanescl sector, east of the Golden Bystrltaa, there was a vio lent artillery duel. Local engagement with varying successes continued In the Uzul Valley. Tiostile columns retreating to Ibraila were attacked by our airplane squad rons with visible success." 75,000 TO STAY OX BORDER Return or Entire Force Expected Upon Withdrawal of Pershing. WASHINGTON, Dec 18. It was offi cially stated at the War Department sjr m Macedonian. BERLIN. Dec. 18. (By wireless to Sayville, N. Y.) Only artillery opera tions on "the Macedonian front are re ported in today:a army headquarters statement, which reads: "There has- been temporarily lively artillery firing in the bend of the Cerna. GeVman, East Front. ERLIN. Dec 18. (By wireless to Sayville. K. Y.) The Russia made an attack in Volhynla In the region northwest of Lutsk yesterday In an effort to recapture positions B' German, West Front. BERLIN. Dec. 18. (By wireless to Sayville.) 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