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TTIE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIO AT. AUGUST 24, 1917. 3 25,000 ARE TAKEN IN 3 DAYS IN WEST Nephew of Count Bernstorff Among Captives From Dead Man's Hill. WAY INTO LENS IS OPEN Definite Success Recorded for British Operations East and Northeast of Ypres Berlin Admits French Gains. LONDON, Aug-. 23. "In the past three days the entente forces on the western front have taken 25,000 prisoners, and since July 31 they have taken 32,000 prisoners," said Major-General Freder ick B. Maurice, chief director of the "War Intelligence Office, in his week ly talk with the Associated Press. PARIS, Aug. 23. The number of pris oners taken by the French in their of fensive operation on the Verdun front has been increased to 7639. the "War Office reports. Twenty-four cannon and 200 machine guns also have been captured. The French last night cap tured a German fortified position north of Mortmont Farm. Among the 600 prisoners taken by the French in the hollow recesses of Dead Man's Hill was a battalion com mander, with his stiff, including Count Eugene Bernstorff, the nephew of the former German Ambassador at "Wash ington. By the Canadian Press, Ltd. CANADIAN ARMY HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, Aug. 23. Southwest of Lens, at 3 o'clock this morning, after a short but intense bombardment, the Manitoba troops attacked the Green Grassier, a huge heap of pit refuse on the north bank of the Souchez Itiver, by which our advance into Lens from the south was barred. The Fosse tit. Louis, which consists of a tangle of pithead machinery, shot to pieces by many bombardments, was also at tacked. On a front of about 700 yards the Manitobans went forward from 200 to 400 yards and opened the way to ward the heart of the city on the south, as the other advances of the past week had cleared one on the north and west. By the Associated Press. BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM, Aug. 23. Definite success can be recorded this morning for the latest British operations east and northeast of Ypres, on the Belgian front, which yesterday were surrounded by much uncertainty owing to the fierce ness of the resistance offered by the Germans. BERLIN, via London, Aug. 23. In the fighting yesterday in the region of Verdun, the German general head quarters staff today reports, the French gained a footing only in a German foremost trench on a small front to the west of the Vacherauville-Beaumont road. PARIS. Aug. 23. The French object ives north of Verdun appear to have been attained. If the offensive were continued fresh artillery preparation would be necessary. A projectile fired by a French bat tery, which was silencing enemy bat teries, struck a depot of asphyxiating gas. It burst, silencing three bat teries. German prisoners express en vious admiration of the French artil lery fire. "No troops could have got through your barrages," said one. ITALIANS ACCOUNT FOR 30,000 Kolli Northern and Southern Wings Record Further Gains. VDIXE, Italy, Aug. 23. Enemy losses during the first two days in the new Italian advance are calculated at 30,000 in killed, wounded and prisoners. ROME, Aug 23. Furious fighting continues on the Isonzo front. The War Office announces further gains for the Italians on both the northern and southern wings. The number of pris oners taken is more than 16,000. Austrian counter attacks of re doubled intensity are being beaten back by the Italians. the Langtag, violates its own constitu tion. Russia can consider the consti tution non-existent and act accordingly. 11 CERTIFIED AT ST.HELENS County Quota for Army Is Expected to Be Filled. ST. HELENS, Or., "Aug. 23. (Spe cial.) From the last call of 49 men the local exemption board has sent in the names of the following 11 who were not exempted: " Tracey Parcher, Rainier; Joseph Donald McDonald, St. Helens; Leo Mescher, Rainier; Henry Moreland, Clatskanie; Conrad Keller, Melbourne, Wash.: Bord S. Hegli, Rainier; Thomas R. Fowler, Rainier; Theodore Erickson, Vernonia; Charles :!nmnA i nnimn m Unilm LUUiUIIU IU U. S. FOe LEADER PORTLAND BOY DIRS TRYING TO KKSCIE COJIRADKS. I f , j( I I fv 4 J" I I F . , . f I X Robert Barron. Robert Barron, who met death in the Delaware River Wednes day while trying to rescue two fellow aviators, from the United States School of Aviation at Es sington. Pa., was born in Port land 21 years ago. He was a son of James T. Barron and a nephew of Judge M. G. Munley. Mr. Bar ron is a wealthy salmon packer, president or. the Thlinket Pack ing Company, in which Judge Munley is also interested. Robert Barron was widely known in Portland. He was here last on a visit in June. He was graduated from Boston Univer sity, progressed rapidly and was soon transferred to the Army's aviation school at Essington, near Philadelphia. One of the saddest features of the boy hero's death is that his mother, who left Portland Satur day night on a visit to her son, arrived at Essington scarcely an hour after he had given up his life for hl3 comrades. F. Brough, Rainier: Carl H. Aamond St. Helens, and Ole Brevik, Deer Island Fourteen were exempted on account of not being able to pass the exami nation. Ten did not appear. Fourteen claimed exemptions on account of de pendents. It is probable that the county's quota of 49 will be filled by this last calL RESERVE BANKERS COMING Portland Branch to Be Discussed During Contemplated Visit. James K. Lynch, the newly-appointed governor of the Federal Reserve Bank at San Francisco, is to visit Portland within the next few weeks. Mr. Lynch recently was appointed to 'the office to ucceed Archibald K.ains. who resigned o engage In private banking business. He formerly was president of the American Bankers' Association. Mr. Lynch probably will be accom panied by John Perrin, chairman of the board of the San Francisco bank. One object of their visit is to renew their acquaintance with Portland bankers, but they will take opportunity while here of inquiring into status of the plans to establish a branch reserve bank in Portland. America Has Opportunity That No Other Nation Enjoys, Says Military Man. VAST ARMY IS AVAILABLE RUSSIANS ABANDON POSITION Teutons Occupy Land West of River , Aa on Riga Front. BERLIN. Aug 23. via London Ger man forces yesterday occupied without fighting the Russian positions west of the river Aa to the Oding-Bigaun line on the Riga front, according to the official announcement made today by the German war department. PETROGRAD. Aug. 23 The Rus Fian forces on the northern end of the Russian front, .where the Germans have begun an offensive, yesterday re tired under pres ire from the region of Raggedzem and Kemmern to the Lake Shloyirn and Frankendorf region. The official statement issued today by the Russian war department announc ing this withdrawal says that the Ger man artillery conducted an intense fire in this sector. PORTLAND MEN INVITED Effort Made to Send Special Car to Centralia-Chehalis Fair. Portland business men are invited especially to attend the Southwest Washington Fair, at Centralia-Clie-halis, and an organized effort is being made by the Chamber of Commerce to get a car of Portlanders to go up for Portland day, which is next Wednesday. A. G. Clark, of the home Industries bureau of the Chamber of Commerce, s issued a letter to many Portland merchants and jobbers asking that they join the excursion to the fair. A special programme has been ar ranged in honor of the Portland party and it is desired to have a large dele- ation make the trip. FINLAND FACES CRISIS SERIOUS DISORDERS OCCUR. SHALMO, NEAR HELSINGFORS. IN Socialists Find Difficulty in Forming: - Cabinet and Refuse Assistance of L Professor Insman. PETROGRAD, Aug. 23. The situa tion In Finland is serious as a result of the continued difficulty of forming a Cabinet and of the persistence of the socialists in their plan to renew sessions of the dissolved Landtag on August z, According to the evening newspapers, Premier Kerensky instructed Governor Stakhovitch to prevent at all costs reopening of the Landtag; if necessary to surround the building and compel the members to disperse. Governor felakhovitch has conferred with the commander of the Iaitic fleet. The Socialists have finally refused the help of the Finnish Professor Ing man to form a government. In Shalmo near Helsingfors. serious disorders have been caused by unemployed work men supported by soldiers. Citizen guards from Helsingfors sent to quell the revolt were fired on and driven into the railroad station, where they were besieged, captured and threatened with summary execution. Petrograd morning newspapers sharp ly attack the Finnish socialists, de claring that if i'iulauj, by. convoking Prominent Men Are Eager to Have "Washington Provide Officers to Train Troops, Captain Nichol son Is Told When on Visit. "The United States, as no other na tion in the world, is in a position to help shape the destinies of the Chinese people," says Captain Malcolm Wheeler Nicholson, recently returned to Port land from the Philippine service. Cap tain Nicholson is at present lecturing to the officers and enlisted men at Clackamas, being home from the islands on a short leave. While on his way home he was In China and Japan for some time and had an opportunity to gain first-hand information as to con ditions in those countries. "China looks to the United States for guidance not in civil affairs alone, but in military affairs, as I learned from nearly all of the Chinese men with whom I talked while there. "It is not Germany, nor England that is in a .position to mould the armies of China in the future that privilege is ours for the asking, and the leaders in China would be eager to have Amer ican officers to train her army. " 'Send over officers to train our men and we can give the United States as big an army as she wants,' was a sentiment that was expressed frequent ly to me. "The Chinese trust America they trust no other nation. Perhaps one of the greatest opportunities to serve hu manity that has presented Itself to us is thus given to the United States." Many Coolies Go to Front. China is contributing more than the layman realizes to the conduct of the war in Europe. Nearly every month, according to Captain Nicholson, a group of working coolies, under English of ficers, leaves Tsing-Tau for the French front to do camp service and other work behind the lines, which will re lease white men for the fighting line. These groups consist of about 2500 men each and are organized along military lines and are well uniformed and equipped. "The terrific growth of the ship building activities in Japan is the most noticeable thing in that country," he said. "Every creek and bay and estu ary that can be used for the purpose seems to have been converted into a shipyard and every port is in an uproar of shipbuilding activity. "There is a great deal of naval con struction going on, but the building principally is for the merchant marine. "At the rate the construction is going forward now, it is possible that Japan may be in a position to control the ocean carrying trade of the world after the close of the war. "It was told me that the country has a big crop of new war millionaires and is in a more prosperous condition than ever before. They are working under a shrewd and far-sighted policy, which contemplates the permanent control of the shipping of the Pacific Ocean. Contract Extends Into Fnture. "One example of this is found in the case of one shipping concern, wnicn arranged with an American corporation to handle its shipping at a figure low er than the prevailing war rates, under condition that the contract shall be continued after the war conditions have passed and shipping has returned to normal. "Japan is after the carrying trade of the world, it appears, and seems likely to get it." Regarding the captured German strongholds at Tsing-Tau. he said that the Japanese have taken no steps to fortify them further nor to develop them in a military way. BOY 12 YEARS OLD DROWNS Arthur Fisher Loses Life in "Wil lamette River. Arthur Fisher, 12, who lives at Court ney and Houghton streets, was drowned late yesterday at the foot of McKenna street. The body was recovered last night by Municipal Grappler Brady. The boy, with several other young sters, was playing on a log raft in the Willamette River. Waves from a pass ing steamer began to roll the raft and young Fisher tried to climb up a ladder to the dock. He lost his hold on the ladder, fell into the water and did not come up again. Patrolman Hatt sum moned the harbor patrol, but the lad was dead when taken out. He was a pupil at the Portsmouth School. NEUTRALS FEEL PROD GERMANY USES PRESSURE TO OB TAIN ADVANTAGES. or utumn In a display of Exclusive Models in attractive Millinery especially designed for Outing, Traveling and Dress Wear c'Mordwrwlia affJ Merit OnW 1 tri H 1'M.rv-k.ntaA oTC IMent LJI1UI A COAL RATES FIXED Anthracite Prices to Range From $4 to $5 at Mines. Steel Denied to Holland Unless Promise la Made Ships Will Be Ger many's for Five Years. WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. Germany Is increasing her economic pressure on Holland and now refuses to let steel go into The Netherlands for shipbuilding purposes unless the Butch agree to devote the ships to German uses for a period of five years after the war. Secretary Lansing said today he had received unofficial advices to that el feet; also that Germany has refused to let Holland have more coal unless Dutch miners are sent to her mines to pet it out. Thft State Department's in formation is that Holland has repliea that if the terms regarding the steel are insisted upon the Dutch shipyards will be shut down. The allotment of coal by Germany to Holland is exhausted and Dutch Indus tries are said to be in need of fuel. It is not known what Holland will do re garding the German coal. German pressure on all the European neutrals, latest advices say, is Increas ing, but it is being manifested mainly on Holland. Denmark and Switzerland although it is understood that Norway is feeling it more and more. None Is Passed at Marshficld. MARSHFIELD. Or., Aug. 23. (Spe cial.) While Coos County was not called upon to furnish any men for the first draft, the exemption board has been called upon to examine a number of men resident here who were drafted in other localities in Oregon and some in California. Few that have . pre sented themselves have passed the re quirements, and five have been re jected. The last contingent of four who were unable to pans were Charles Binns. of Arizona; George Donnell, of Curry County; Clyde I. Rush, of the Interstate Commerce Commission rail way appriasers, and Archie Edner, of Eureka. Hop Picking On. HARRISBURG, Or., Aug. 23. (Spe cial.) Hop picking is on in full swing in this vicinity and with the present good weather the crops will be har vested in a comparatively short time. Each yard has a large crew picking. The yield is excellent. Nearly all the local hops were contracted for before the rise of 13 cents a pound. Bead The Oregonian classified ads. LABOR DEMANDS SHARE Gompers Confers "With President on Strike Situation. WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. The general strike situation throughout the coun try was discussed today at a confer ence between President WHson and President . Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor. Mr. Gompers de clined to discuss it further than to say that he had laid "labor's just griev ances" before the President and that he had been assured that the rights of labor would be cared for. Some time ago Mr. Gompers was credited with having expressed th opinion that unless labor had a better representation in handling some of th war labor problems the no-strike prom ise made at the beginning of hostilities might not be respected. Commissioner of Patents Named. WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. James T. Newton, of Georgia, was nominated today by President Wilson as a Com missioner of Patents: William L. Frier son. of Chattanooga, Tenn., as Assistan Attorney-General; Brigadier-General Lloyd England, Adjutant-General of Arkansas, as Brigadier-General in the National Axmy Work L.ooks for Men Now . There's money for everybody who can work". More money for everybody who will save. They are the only ones who will have money when they have to stop work. Deposit Today In Our Savings Department ILUMBERMENS SSJATIONALi BANT? .' Fifth and Stark Capital and Surplus 81,200,000 DEALERS' PROFIT LIMITED Far Western Operators in Bitumi nous Fuels Object That Proposed Prices "Are Unprofitable and Not Based on Investigation. WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. Prices of anthracite coal were fixed in a state ment issued tonight by President Wil son, and Harry A. Garfield, professor of Williams College, was named coal administrator. The antnraclta prices, effective Sep tember 1, range from fi to $5 per long ton (2240 pounds) f. o. b. mines. Job bers are allowed to add a profit of not more than 20 cents per ton for deliv eries east of Buffalo and of not more than 30 cents west of Buffalo. The jobbers' profit on bituminous is limited to 15 cents per ton of 2000 pounds wherever delivered. Screening Rate Is Set. Producers who incur the expense of rescreening anthracite at Atlantic or Lake ports for reshipment by water are permitted to add not more than t cents per ton to the price. Anthracite prices are fixed as fol lows: White ash, broken, $4.55; egg. $4.45: stove, $4.70; chestnut, $4.80; peaj $4. Red ash. broken, $4.75; egg, $4.65; stove, $4.90; chestnut, $4.90: pea, $4.10 Lykens Valley, broken, $5; egg, $4.90; stove, $5.30; chestnut, $5.30; pea, $4.35. The biggest problem ahead of the coal administration, as seen by offi cials who have studied the situation, is the labor situation. The general reduc tion of prices in the bituminous fields probably means that labor will be dis appointed in many requests for wage increases based on the high prices pro ducers have been receiving for their output. Wages Big; Problem. If there are strikes and production is reduced the Government can take over and operate the mines, but it has no power to compel labor to work. Offl cials of the Government and labor rep resentatives are conducting negotia tions over this problem. Some opera tors have declared it will be impossible for them to grant wage increases under the new scale of prices and throughout the Middle West and in other parts of the country general coal mine strikes are pending. Early extension of Government con trol to fuel oils was predicted tonight by officials. Power to fix prices for oils and to govern their distribution and sale is given to the President in the cou.1 clause of the food bill. DENVER, Aug. 23. The Colorado Coal Operators' Association, represent ing 60 operators of the state, at a meeting today protested the action of President Wilson in fixing the prices at the mine of bituminous coal on the ground that the prices were fixed with out investigation by Government agen cy. A telegram was drafted to be sent to President Wilson. . The association decided to prepare a schedule of cost of production at the Colorado mines to be sent to the Gov ernment administrator. BILLINGS, Mont.. Aug. 23. Operators in the Bear Creek district today formu lated a telegram to Senator Walsh pro testing against the prices for coal as fixed in the order of President Wilson yesterday. They declare it means a closing down of the mines if enforced. TRAIN JUMPER IS DEAD Body of Man Who Suffered Mental Disorder Found in Woods. ROSEBURG, Or., Aug. 23. (Special.) The body of Antone Lubbring, who Jumped trom a southern Pacific pas senger train at Nichols Station yes terday while suffering from a mental affliction, was round late today by searchers in the timbered districts of Southern Douglas County. The message received here did lot state whether Lubbring committe culside or died from Lubbring committed suicide or died from natural causes. The body will be brought here by the Coroner. Lubbring was en route from Los An geles to Portland. 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