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.i! $ FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES n OVER 3800 DAILY 'Js$i - . THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR ZZ7 SAIORN, SATUIyTOUSIS TllICE TWO CEW"ggfflo il lCKSESFOR 5K SBSSSi 1 GER" GERMANS IH RUSSIA of iipto. i w now mund ON WESTERN WAR FRONT Victorious Legions Are Pressing Close On Heels of Retreat ing Slavs and Riga Is Expected Soon To Fall-Italians Report Capture of Mountain Summit Dominating Goritz -Vienna Reports Capture of Italian Dirigible-News From Various Theatres of War Berlin, via The Hague, Aug. 7. Fresh victories for the German armies in tin' east are hoped for" within the next twenty-four hours. With Koxno, the fohress of North west Poland ami the Baltic port of Hign threatened,, early occupation of lliese two important points is ex peeled while the Russian forces which retreated from Warsaw aro believed to he in danger of envelopment. Kovno in being evacuated, according to ad eiirs reaching here. All treasures and Hie n'dd from the banks aro said to have been removed and the civilian i'iiilatii)ii in leaving us rapidly as pos sible. The Teutons are fairly at the gates of Riga and their entry is ex pected to be announced at anv time. rim Teutonic forces which crossed; (lie Vistula river between Warsaw and hnngnrn.l are now swinging to the north, l hey are threatening to cut on Hie retreat of the Warsaw garrison by 'iiiniiig up on their rear, lu suak 'v cut, the capture of the defenders of Warsaw is regarded as certain. . l'r.-pite tho stubborn resistance of lore, I by the Russians they have not been able to halt the forward sweep f the widely separated wings of the Herman nrmics. , General Von Buelow, "ii the north and Field Marshal Von Miickcnscn, on the southeast, contiuuo Hi press forward, one threatening the r.iilr.uiil to l'etrograd and the other pushing on toward BrestLitovsk, tho new Russian base. These steady ad vances, coupled with the smashing at Hie ISlnv line alone the Narew bv Gon- iiil Von GnllwiU are adding to the onfusinn of the Russian retreat. With I Hie continued sueeesN of the Teutons, i here are the strongest reasons for be lieving that Grand Puke Nicholas' iruiies will not escape intact. That the Bteady German, sweep lins caused ft change of Russian pluns in the north is believed to be indicated by the fact that the fall of Kovno is near. This fortress a strong dofen-! .dve position was originally under-1 -l"id to have been selected as the northern extreme of the new Slav line villi Kovnu, Grodno and Ilrest-Litovsk is the key points. beports from Fotrograd that the foi tress of Novogeorgiewsk is prepared ! pressed the tear that .Sweden's un to witlistnml an extended siege conflict! friendly attitude toward Russia may itli statements that the Russians werei ' Hilling this position nnd the official 'laini that the Germans had Pierced the liitions of the positions. Novogeor-! Hl,il' IUl' apparently emboldened by ii-wsk is now isolated, the Germans,11"' Ihtiiibii successes. holding Warsaw on its rear. It is believed, possible, however, that! Gorman Troops Mutiny, H Liege the Germans nuiv have pene-l Havre, Aug. 7 Serious mutinies have tinted between some of the Novogeor-1 broken out in the German garrison ut Kicwsk forts. But at nil events it il I-iet;. Ghent and Bruges, according to i"t believed tlm f.,rt ,i,i,.i, or.. u.:ir ndvicos here today. The landstrum '"mined and defended can withstand I'c batteriiiir of German sice rmi for I'""-. With the capture of Novogeor- the railways and the Vistula r,'i. which it commands, will be open 1,1 Hi" Herninns for the transportation "' s 'l'l'lies. Italians Capture Summit "in, Aug. 7.-TI,e Italian lmvo "'"Unci 1 110 silllim t of Monte Sun "'"lo'K dominating the Austrian "''"i' Jwld of Boritz, .according to ad x "' here today. With this important: 'lintnije gained, the Italian attacks. -aid to have been renewed with! ,n'li fury as to promise the early cap-i "uriiz. II" I'ndgc'rs slopes, dominating Gor- tl"l tllO WeH ImL-u i;.ir,.IK. i. ...... "hcl in ,oi.d since the lVraglieri j"'-'n attack, upou the Austrian po.i- 'a- Uednes-lay. The Italian a, til-, in an exten.led bombardment, v rc ked the concrete and armored ll'li. ... .1... ...... ... - "i niv ausinaris naif way up "I", itersaglierulien swent for-: w in. i "til! ir the crest, however, the 1 rv I,... i .... .... 'lie enemy trenches and the Aus- ''in.- --wept the slope with a deadly In,. "ie intnntrv forces whieli flrt -' I up the slotm ..r.. ri.l.lt.,.! I... ' he "strinii firu ni,.l ...c.'.... ..i i '.. me and suffered lieavv '"hers retiirnel to the attack, i which u ,eiui steadilv ll' Gei man Attacks Repulsed. I the United Press siurf correspondent, ; tive than if ntiimnls were led to slnugh 1 ;'"s. Aug. 7. Attacks of th" 'crown' with the French army ut the front. That ; ter. 1 ' 1'irces about Ver.l.m ti 'a war correspondent should be grunted Hie Irench want to create this inv yesterdav and last night 1 success the wnr office an-1 Inv. In the western part of "(nue lliTu. ,'. ,ll' French line. .!,! 1 lemlinu t.. V....1... " '" fie reoion f ll.n an - ..: i ' "'r"':in as.'inlt , .......i i I !auni, "'T'" said. About Tiaev I.e Val and ' region 0f Berry-aubac snng'iin-1 ""'l' attacks have occurred during! " 2 hour,. Artillery exchanges ! Ir, n,l fcnide fig(inj? conin,1(. i)Hut 'i'W " Rmu' Russians In Full Estreat. Berlin, via wireless to Sayville, Aug. 7. The Russian line north of Warsaw is in full retreat. General Von Schoelz and General You Gallwitz have broken the resistance ofthe Slavs near Loiuza at the mouth of tho Bug river and are driving them in confusion, it was an nounced here today. The Hermans have captured Dombr, the statement declared. From the east bank of the Vistula the Russians are now bombarding War saw, until this week their strongest point on the Polish line. The bombard ment of the l'olish capital continued throughout yesterday it was stated. Gorman uviators dropped bombs upon the Novo Minsk and JSiodlce railways stations. Both of these points are east or w arsaw nnd the Russians are re treating along the railway running through the towns. Italian Dirigible Brought Down. Vienna, Aug. 7. The Italian dirigible Cittu Di Jesi, attempting to approach Poln, was brought down by shrapnel from anti-aircraft guns it was official ly announced today. The crow was captured. The airship was only slight ly damaged and was towed into I'ola. The loss of a dirigible and it crew to the Austrians was reported yesterdav from Rome, though the Italian official announcement merely said the airship "tell in the Adriatic" while returning i rum rvw. Submarine Sinks Submarine. Faris, Aug. 7. A spocial agency dispatch here today declared it was re- IorUJ in Rome that an Austrian sub marine sank the Italian submarine Noreldo ia the Adriatic recently, The report was without confirmation. The Nereide carried 17 men. Six Fishing Vessels Sunk. London, Aug. ".German submarines have sunk six Knglish fishing smacks and set the Danish schooner llaus Kmil on fire during the lust 4 hours. Tho crews of all the vessels destroyed were rescued. Sweden May Attack Russia. London, Aug. 7. The Post toduv ex- 'end to war. It is reported that war like preparations have been observed j 1,1 northern fcweden. The Swedes, it 'troops. 1"" being ordered to the tier lim'-' uf .' T f' r ai4 h'e refused to go. The eaders ot ' "''" to have been s'1(,t f San Francisco Chronicle: I'ntilthe ed Hott's wile ami the hired girl In illations tire ready to make a declarn-; another room, but before they could tion of interdependence there can beini nplish the robbery they were of , ,vorM, no I lilted Mules 01 r.urope, iar less War Expert Thinks Peace Object of French Attitude By J. W. T. Mason, nVrie tV . Tnited PresO - ' , N,,v ,,k' '-A K""""'" "i"'" : . I il. I IV,,.,.... I. i.v ' in-nii .... ..-.. thin tie French forces will have com imrnfivelv little difficulty to check any ' ... .... . . .i . . . break through the line -of the allies to to the channel or upon Pari. Nicer tiiin is t ie iretieriil army stall nun Vrmieii difensivelv can master anv lit- flint the nl.l time amrit of secrecv ha disant'cared. Positive evidence of this is shown in the fact that the rare I fully guarded defenses of Verdun were j . thi-.'.ivi. ,m..ii to William Philin Simms, , those privileges is rot only unprece- dented but also very significant. As a consequence of the attack upon the. considered. France apparently decided , western line nntwi.lered. r I that if proper publicity concerning her, ....... ...ii ... ... ...!..,.... .,. a I.,, ulveii! It msr demon- !....'. i... f.n.,n,v th. nsole'ssnes of i iin te to the enemv the uscle'ssnes of , attempting nnv major assault. At the, same time the Bnlkuns who are hesitut ing whether to join the Austro-German I forces or the allies, cannot help from, being impressed. 1 . jj,,,,,,' t,,ls f iubterraneau city, Local Mutual Insurance Com pany Tangle To Be Aired In Courts A motion was filed in the circuit court of this county today in the mat ter of the receivership of the Horticul tural Fire Relief of Oregon which raises the question of the right of the credit ors of the company to claim the uneurn ed premiums or such parts as are avail able. This motion paves the way for a suit which will be. filed next week against the receiver of the company to compel him to proceed against the direc tors of the company nnd to hold them personally liulily for the debts of the .company. The suit is being brought by J. 0. Luc kid, C, L. MiKennu and Louise M. Blair-Wilkes, as the committee repre senting the policy holders of the com puny. Oswald West nnd Claude Mc.Cul loch ure representing the policy holders and they hold that if they win their contentions in court tho assessments against the policy homers will be virtu ally wiped out. In round numbers they give the assessments us $32,0(10, to this is added $0,000 in other assets making a total of ifllS.OOO in ussets of the coin puny. To the ijtf0,000 losses of the com uun'v is added the $72,000 genortl linbil ities of the company making a total of SlO-.OOO in liabilities and the commit tee holds that this shows a dividend of approximately 113 1-.') per cents for the nolicv holders. Since one-third of $72,000 is $24,000 it is hoi dthat the $21,000 .virtually cancels the $:2,000 assessments held against the policy holders and relieves them of further liability. The suit against the directors is based on the ullegatiou tlmt the director slevied flu assessment when they knew that the company was insolvent and questions the right of the directors to take over the Pacific Home Mutual and Oregon Merchants' companies and pay the losses of these two companies out of the funds of the Horticultural Fire Relief. The report of the examiner shows that the cost of taking over the Pacific Home Muluul was $I0,i00 and that the ussets gained from this trans action totaled $:i,fi00, leaving an al leged deficit of $l;t,20(l by the transac tion. In the taking over of the Oregon Merchants ' Mutual the report of the examiner shows that it cost the Horti cultural $20,000 and that the assets gnined were $1,000 limning the cost to the Horticultural company approxim ately $24,:t00 which added to tho cost of taking over the Pacific Homo Mu tual iiggregated $.'Ii,300 which was charged to the Horticultural company, if the plaintiffs win the decision of the judge, according to Claude McOul- ,,,,,;' wl0' wns in Nli,.m twiny( the 're ceiver will be compelled to proceed against the directors of the Horticultur al Fire Relief of Oregon. The second suit, outlined ubove, is now in the coure of preparation und will be filed in the circuit court of this county next week, LOOKING FOR ROBBERS. Klleiisburg, Wash., Aug. 7. Deputy sheriffs are today on the lookout for three robbers wbobuind and gagged A. K. Holt, Nil, at his ranch near here. Thev deniainled $100. TheV lock- irigineneii nwav ov me approaen oi a neighboring liirmcr. prepared 200 feet below the surface. Verdun's remarkable rxnmplc of con tinued activity bos been necessary dur ing the present war in order to meet new conditions. The defeats in Gnlicbi and in Poland lire undoubtedly due more to the !ilience ot tlie Mavs crealive lie l..... .. ...... ..it.... ....... 'I'l.. tivitv than to anv other factor. The present war is primarily n struggle to muster physical difficulties uud to adapt physical riil'rouuilings to meet tho reipiirements of the defense. When this is done, the iiuiiiericully superior enemy has no udvautiige in number;;. If ii million men were suddi lily add- ed to the offensive against the French, it would probably be no .more effec- pre.sioti. It would I'liiph anenee of the western .1. The German command leildloek. ers iinqiiestion positions but the public at large doe. not. i,,.t it h tiriotii ioi. liuir Til., r "vpih- Minns weic made in sn effort to stim ulate pence propaganda ubite peace propaganda. It may be assume. Germany s ingei nuitv hss been natched bv France. fince the Germans cannot hope to overwhelm 'he French und the trench cannot break the Ger J"'" T"' TT "", . . . ii" ftnt when the civilians understood this. Communication From Dom inant Faction Leader t Is Received UNITED STATES TAKE STEPS TO RESTORE ORDER Religious Issue Is Paramount Owing ' to Position of General Carranza By C. P. Stewart. f. United Press staff correspondent.) Washington, Aug. 7. General Cur ruuzu is willing to treat with General Villa for peace. It wns announced ut the state depart ment today that Hocretary Lansing had been notified of the "first chief's" willingness to open peace negotiations with Villa through Judge C. A. Douglas, his 'Washington representative. ' Lansing said he had not laid Cairan za's proposition before the Pan-Amcr-ican conferees yesterday, but it was re garded as significant that Major Gen eral Hugh fccott wns ordered to the iTivAiiun uoruer immediately after it was received. It is generally believed that ISeott's mission is to conifer with General Villa to whom lie will suggest the advisability of negotiating with Garranzn. Carranza 's offer to treat is in line with the first step of the plan for restoring peace in Mexico agreed upon by (secretary Lansing and the South and Central American en voys. The success of this first move consequently now doponds upon Villa. General Cariniizu'a communication suid: "Any citizen of Mexico who, in good faith, has a suggestion to make for tho country 's welfare, I, or others concerned in the government wul gladly hear and confer with. "There has been no time when Gen eral Villa or conimninJers under him could not have obtained a conference with General Obregoa or our other com manders in a uiilita. way, We are ready to confer with any Mexican ele ment for tho welfare of our common country, but we must not yield or throw to the winds the victory which now enables us to realize the aims of the revolution." Trying to Rostoro Order. Without waiting for tho indorsement of the Paa-Aincrican diplomats the ad ministration is now actively engaged in efforts to rest ore order in Mexico. The immediate work is purely pacif ii ntoiy so it is felt the conyroos will not object. The approval of tho diplomats must be secured before a definite policy is iidopied, out nope is entertained that a favorable impression will be Pro duced on them if they can bo shown tangible progress in the scheme of President Wilson uud ISecretary Lans ing. This plan is Uir uu agreement sufficiently in the interest of General Can nn zn to permit its acceptance by the "first chief" and with enough consideration for General Villa to en able the latter to acquiesce nnd at the same time "save his face." Jt is be lieved Villa will accept such n plan, inasmuch as the indications lire he will be igiiomiiiioiislv beaten otherwise. The arrangement of tins understanding is the essence of General Hcntt's business! though it i not doubted that he is j charged incidentally ivith keeping peace' along the border in last night 's official ( annouiif oiiicnt snid. ; The conference between Heeretaiyi Lansing mid t he I 'cut ml anil Hunt Ii Am--erieiin envoys did iiof end in it quar rel yesterday, as was rumored, following ; adjournment with the iiiiiiiiuiicoiuoiit that the next meeting would be held in New York "on account of the heat! "I Hut it Is known I" huvc fuiled to lend j to the expected final agreement. Religion the Main Issue. I Religion is uicl' iKtood to have been the in ii i n issue. I'm' fuel inn wns dis posed to accept ( run pa 's views lis to1 the division of the state li ml church,1 while another ele n opposed him, or any provisional president he might choose, because they believed his policy ; too strongly anti clerical, With General Cm iiiiizn willing to talk j peace und General Scott en route to (Continued on Page Five.) ft THE WEATHER 1 n a n i 1 1 i 'wet nnii- IfHAPUHT Oregon: Fair a ml tonight Hundny; cooler east purl Ion to night; westerly winds. . . Two Thousand English and French Civilians Would Have Been Sacrificed By Henry Wood. (1'nited Press staff correspondent. 1 Constantinople, Aug. 7. (By courier to Pcdengatch and cable to New York, Aug. 7. By a dramatic move which n roused even the admiration of the Turks, American Ambassador Morgen than saved 2,(100 Knglish and Preach civilians whom Knver Pasha, the Tur kish war minister, hail decided to ex pose to the bombardment f the allied fleet in the Dardanelles. " The fact that fifty French and Kng lish civilians were actually taken t.i the Dardanelles to screen' the Turks' from bombardment, but were rescued by Ambassador Morgentluui has been! known in the Balkan capital for some! time. But the full storv was learned only today. Angered by reports that several un defended villages hail been shelled, Kn ver Pasha secretly ordered the chief of police to transport all enemy civilians from Constantinople to the Dardanelles. He planned to scatter them through de serted Turkish villages, and then warn tho fleet that further bombardments would result in the death of non-com-bntnnts of the allies. The order of the war minister was to have been executed on Monday iriorning. Morgenthnu accidentally heard of it the preceding evening. The ambassador called Knver Pasha nn the telephono immediately nnd protested with the result that the Young Turk leader promised to spare women aad I children by'leaving them behind and' finally consented to postpone execu-1 tjon of his order until Thursday.' I Ambassador Acts Promptly. Ambassador Morgenthnu rushod cab-1 les to Kngbind and France. Thev neces-, snrily took n roundabout route through Washington and no response had In received on Wednesday. Desperate, Morgenthnu again telephoned Knver Pasha, nnd asked for an audience. i "I am sorrv. but I lmve not a sinele 1 moment until' I o'clock when I attend i the council of ministers," was the re - plv given the anilinseuilor. "Hut unless veil receive me ly 4 o'clock," Morgenthail retorted, "I will enter (lie council myself and insist up on speaking to you." This bold stroke won. Knver Pnshii met the ninbnssador at .1 o'clock and thev conterred for an hour. I he war minister admitted he "But the order i had acted hastily. ' irlveii ii ml w 111 drawing it would weaken discipline," old time secrecy of the early Hays oi the Young Turk leader said. "I must ' the war. The French officers, with at least send sonic to innke a demonstrn- j General .Toff re's permission, threw their tion." i curds face up on the table, proving Morgenthail suggested that twenty at least to the layman that the only dis five of the civilian nllies be seat to aster which awails a new drive on Paris the war nrea and finally compromised or Calais Is to the Germans, on fifty. The ambassador' supervised the . Strength of Verdun, ilenartiire on the fobowluL' moriiiau of. On this trip over the battle front, I 21 French und !iil Knglish civilians the! police had collected. The scene at the Golden Horn pier where their friends. and relatives came to bid them g 1-, bye they were going to seemingly cer tain death was one of the most affect-1 ing ever witnessed. At, the last moment nn Knglish pastor volunteered to go along to offer spirit ual consolation to the victims. Am bassador Morgenthnu seat Huffman Philip, first secretary of tl rnbassy, with them to see that they had food. Rescued at Klcventh Hour. Arriving at 'Gallipoli the party was divided. They were ipiurlcrcd in vacant houses of a village which had been ' nailer fire for days and was deserted except for eats ami dogsT For five days they huddled together tn lulls, awaiting the'ex ted buaibaidiiieiit. Their hours were full of terror. At any moment they expected to hear the dull boom of a gun the whine of a shell and liuv" their miserable hiding places knocked to pieces about their ears, Oil the sixlh day n courier arrived from t'oantiintiiii'i'le. Upon Ambassador. Moigenthiiu 'h plea, Knver Pasha hud agreed to their return to t'onstiiutiiiople Kelatives sobbing with joy. met the seemingly dooaied civilian" at th" pi"r. Pittsburg Chru'ii'de Telegraph: Whv does it always ruin hardest when n fel low is going to work or going home f rnm win k f Quick Justice Is Meted Out to Men Guilty of Assault Upon Lincoln County Woman New p rt, Ore,, Aug. 7. Lstnhlishing what believe il to be n r id for specly justice in iiiegnn, ine iho mini who criminally assaulted Mrs. It. H. Liiin, nged L'o, near ( hitwood, late Thursday are under sentence today to f Imprisonment in the state pealtea- tiarv, The men gave their names ns rhsrh's Reynolds, nged of Tulsa, Oklu., tuid FrBlik Jones, nged 2S, of Tillamook. Ore., and pleaded guilty when arraigned before Circuit Judge Ilnmilton. They Greatest Slaughter Ever Witnessed Will Result From At- tempt To Break Through French Line, Assert Military Leaded of That Nation Wonderful Stores of Muni tions and Food In Great Fortress of VerdunAbsolute Confidence That Positions Are Impregnable (Copyright 1U1S by the United Press; copyrignt in Great Britain,) How long will the wnr lust? "Until we are in Germany. We will fight until this is ac complished, be it two years or ten." This was the reply of a fa mous French general Wednes day, tho anniversary of the dec lination of war between Ger many nnd France, to the ques tion of William Philip Hiiinns, United Press staff correspon dent. By William Philip Simnis. (1'nited Press staff correspondent,) (Copyright liHIS by the United Press; copyright in Great Britain.) With the French Army ut the Front, Aug. ll. (Via Paris, Aug. 7.) If the Germans make good the threat und at tempt to smash thro,i;ii the line of the allies to the channel or upon Paris after taking Warsaw, the greatest slaughter ever witnessed by man will occur. The kaiser will meet his Waterloo. This is tho opinion, most emphatical ly expressed, by every officer of the French army, from generals down, with whom I talked on n tour of the buttle trout on the anniversary of tho iirst year of war. They declare they only fear the Gor- minis will not try, knowing such nn attempt would play into the hands of tin' nllies. For the Germans, they sny, it would be the beginning of the mid. Drive Would Be Failure. "Such a drivo wi-sf bo pre ilooiued to failure," one officer said. "Then, weakened by frightful losses, the kais- er s legions woum ne ar inn merry oi the allies, who with tune working to their ndvnntage have from the first con served their troops to this end, nnd largely the thanks is duo to the genius of General .Toff re." Not only was this assertion niinle re- peatedly but with frankness which startled one who wis iicciisiomeii to uie was shown sights which few, if nnv. civilians have heretofore seen, or if. thev did see them and were caught, j they paid the penalty of standing blind folded before n firing sipiad. u ... ,.P tl ..!.,, I. .I ,.f Vi.r. . dun were made an , book by French officers. I w .inducted through sub- terr.inean passages nearly l!M0 teet be- low the surfn f the forts where the siege preparations comprised every - thing from foods nnd shells to grist mills, water works, hospitals, a wire- less plant, aad sleeping unrteis for the entire civil as well as military population of Verdun. . The military governor find his staff were working Inn feet underground iuj ail office of eonsideriilile size directly beneath the citadel. The governor ex plained that these precautions were be ing taken, not because Verdun was lie ( mi 11 v in danger, but because on dune I. twenty-six .W niiliineter shells were hurled Into the town by the Geruiaas who li."l the same long range guns Unit shelled Dunkirk from n distan if about twenty miles, fa this subterran ean office the staff Is able to work wi'h'iiit regard to possible daageis and It is also possible for the civil popula tion to find refuge iiaiTergrouiul If the b'Ui.liiirdiuent should be repealed. Sobseiuenlly I was shown through the outlying foils and the miiiiil inn fiictoiii'S. The officers allowed me to linii lle grenades, to inspect several new id.-. i phuded guilty to the charge of iiit'o'l.ing Mrs. I.nkiu nail were each given l!n years impi imminent for this. The assault was I'nuimiltcd ubout '. o'clock Thursday afternoon. Mrs. I. ak in was compelled to dismount from the horse sin; was riding nnd drugged into n lonely canyon. Four hours biter the two fiends were ruptured by a posse of fnrmei s. Fliday morning they were Indicted by tin grand jury, n ml just 1!4 i hours after the commission of the frime I were (luiiiiied to life imprisonment. mortnrs and strange shells and to ex amine miles of the front line of de fenses. I was also shown the organiza tion system behind tho line. Apparent ly nothing was secret. Fronch Are Ready. "Wo aro ready for nay move." said ono of the officer escorts, "but wo nre in no hurry, Time is working for us. Wo can break the German lino any minute wo wunt to, but the opera tion would be costly. We prefer to wait nuil let the Germans try to break our line. They certainly will uttempt it shortly, and when they do, let them look out." One is vividly impressed with the spirit of determination everywhere pre valent in the trench rnnks after a year of war. Men nnd officers alike agree that an other year is a practical certainty. Both displayed the utmost cheerfulness as to the French prospects. They sny they are so accustomed to campaigning now Hint they fear they will find peaceful pursuits tame when tho wnr ends. All along the battle front trenches und villages back of the lines liavo been renovated to ndd to the soldiers' comforts, giving further evidence that the troops expect to be in action for a long time, lu somo ot the villages elab orate power plants and water works have been established and churches and theatres built, yuiet cross roads townt have been equipped with electric lights. Photograph galleries und postcard stores novo put in their appearance. American barbed Wire strung be tween the opposing trenches has estab lished a deadlock from the sea to the (swiss frontier and war is reduced to a routine business. French officers, however, expect a change shortly though few think pence is ut nil near. On Wednesday, the nnniversiiry of the formal declaration of war between France nnd Germany, I asked ono of Jol'fre's ablest generals how long tho war would last. "Until we lire in Germnny," he ans wered (piietly. "Wo will fight until this is accomplished, be it two years or ten." Russia Fears Sweden Will Side With Germans Portland, Or., Aug. 7. That Russia' has feared for somo time Hweilen would evoiituully cast her lot with Germany in tho Kiiiopeaii wur is indicated today by literature in Swedish sent from Rus sia direct, to Swedes in Portland. A. booklet, entitled 'MiusHia's advance to the Atlantic and future relations be tween Russia uud Hwedeii," setting forth inn ii r reasons why Hweden should "''I .friendly toward Russia has just '' received. I he author is Kngmcer ,' . . j" "". .' . . I l'.mel.iinol f points out that n inriea I "' ' "M enmity between Hweden and """""a as a result of the series of war involving the destiny of the Baltie - provinces uud Finland have long s e vanished, so far lis the Russians aru rl,,,'l. Believe Peace Nearer Among Warring Nations Wa.-liin;:tont Aug. 7. The belief tlmt ! pence is nearer in Kiirope was ex- pressed In several official .punters to (ili.v. Th" allies and cential powers aro now deadlocked, it was pointed out and ' the opinion was cxprcsM'd that if th" belligerents decide they can gain noth ing furl her bv continued fighting, peace will follow. I ll was, suggested that if the adininis l trillion is convinced that Hie war may ! end soon, it inity influence negot intioi.s j now in piogress with the different pow 1 its, rHpccinlly ia Knglaiid as to intei ' feieace wilh commerce ami with tier- many regarding the sohinui ine will'- line. Miss Eirma Goldman Fined In Portland Portland, Ore,, Aug. 7. Held guilty la poliei urt on the charge of dis tributing improper literature in the city Miss 1 l i Milk Goldman, the anarchist und her malinger, Hen Ueiliiniu, were fined 100 each today, The literature which brought down he wruth of the iiuthoi it ios related to birth control and discussed th" sub joe' ill very plain language. The police court was crowded when Miss Goldman and licit man w ere sen tenced. There were audible sighs nf -disappointment when Deputy City Attor ney l.atoui'ette declined to rend aloud the pamphlet on birth control, the dis- I tributioii of which caused the arrest I of tho two anarchists. i