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RUSS ADVANCE cAL|C|A HALTED
GERMANS COMMENCE FURIOUS
 COMMANDMENT FRENCH LINE

fighting and indicating desperate in- tention to drive the French back at all hazards So far no attempts have been made to advance their infantry. The French guns are replying to the enemy with vigor aud the struggle is close with neither side gaining any advantages.
 Owing to the constant encroach- ments of the French on the Peronne sector, the German positions are sor- ously jeopardized and the present at tempt is not unexpected. The fighting along the Verdun front has again lull- ed to steady artillery action with both sides engaged.
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SENATE CUTS
 NAVAL BILL
International News Service.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-The en- completed according to an announce ment today.
 Both the house and senate commit tees are said to be in agreement as to the details of the measure in every that thep revision calling for an ap- propriation of six millions for the Puget Sound, Philadelphia Boston and Norfolk navy yards sholld remain in
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BRITISH EXTEND ATTACKS
 ALONG SOMME FRONT

Highwood.
 The British attack was renewed yes terday after a brief lull Tuesday night and Wednesday morning and has been carried on continuously throughout the night and early today.
 The British forces are drawing steadily toward Bapaume, apparently the objective of the British efforts, and the fall of which will seriously jeo. pardize the entire German line ovel forty mile front.
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there is no possibility of settlement on any other basis.
 IL is definitely known that President Wilson will demand the eight hour day for the men when he meets the employers. What his attitude is with respect to the overtime demands is less understood but il is believed that he will use his best endeavors to per suade the companies to grant the de- mands in full.
 The opinion is expressed that the president will succeed in bringing about a settlement.
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Today's Check Shows Three Hundred
 Sixty Thousand Prisoners.
international News Service.

international News Service.
 PETROGRAD. Aug. 17.-TodaY's of hcial check of the number of prison CTS reported captured since the in- ception of the Slav offensive exceeds three hundred and sixty thousand ohi- cers and men.
 Intense fighting is reported in pro- gross along the Kovel- Nladimir-Nol- yns< front this afternoon with the Russian conducting a strong offensive.
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International News Service.

LONDON, Aug. 17.-Reports from British headquarters say that the Brit along the Thiepval- line to the Highwood and Guillemont sectors this extended line today.
 The official statement declares that trenches have been taken during heavy night fighting a short distance west of
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lnternationa> News Service.

WASHINGTON Aug 17.-President Wilson is preparing 10 take decisive action toward securing settlement of the railroad situation and has sum moned to Washington, the presidents of every important railroad in the country. A statement to this effect was issued from the White House last night.
 It is said that the request of the president called upon the railway heads to appear immediately. The larger portion of the six hundred and four members of the employees confer
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CARMEN DEMAND
 REINSTATEMENT DISCHARGED MEN
International News Service.

lnteFnatlonal NeWS SoTNlCc.
 NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-The efforts of the street car officials to estab- fish a blacklist have been promptly called by the carmen who have de- manded the reinstatement of all of the men who were discharged by the company for participation in the re- cent strike.
 The action of the unions resulted in a conference between the carmen and the trolley car officials this afternoon but nothing has been given out as to the results. It is the general view that the officials will be forced to allow the reinstatement of the discharged employees,
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international News Service.

PARIS, Ahg. 1.-The official state ment of the War office this morning says that the most furious lombard Snent that has yet been witnessed along the French lines south of the Somme was commenced by the Ger mans last night and continues today without cessation. The Teutons are bringing hundreds of guns into play and hurricane of shot and shell is pouring over and around the French positions.
 The Germans are devoting their ef- forts to shelling the ground which was taken by the French in yesterdays
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BERLIN ADMITS FRENCH GAINS SOUTH soMME
Pacific News Service.

BERLIN, Aug. 1.-The official statement of the General Staff today admits the French gained a foothold along five hundred yard front in the first line of German trenches south of the Somme during the course of heavy fighting yesterday
 Todav the Germans are conducting
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RUSSIANS HALTED BY FURIOUS
 COUNTER OFFENSIVE

ton movement to be the strongest that has been met since the tremend- ous fighting last fall.
 It is believed, however, that the Teutonic offensive is only temporary and will shortly cease. Heavy forces region to assist in holding the lines.
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OAKLAND DISCUSSING
 TRANS-BAY BRIDGE
Pacific News Service.

OAKLAND. Aug, lit has been decided to call d great public mass meeting to discuss the matter of con structing d bridge to span san Fran cisco bay. At the present time the considering the plans for this great undertaking and are expected to ap- prove the scheme which has been laid out.
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EMPLOYES AGREE
 TO WILSON PLAN
International News Service.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.-What ap- s-s.-sssss> Ia peaceful settlement of the railroad l dispute was gained by the president ployes that they accept the eight hour day at the present ten hour scale of wages
 The railroad workers agreed to the proposal and il is now up to the man. agers This does not mean that tho managers will change their attitude, of course. but it is, nevertheless, look ed upon as a favorable omen of an ultimate settlement.
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NOTICE.

Have the Daily Nugget do your Job Printing-Reasonable rates as- sured.
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AMERICAN PRIVATE
 SHOT ON BORDER DUTY

Pacific News Service.
 COLUMBUS, Aug. 17.-An Ameri- can private was shot in the chest while on patrol duty along the border today by supposed bandits on the Mex jean side of the boundary. The sol dier is expected to recover.
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Chickens, 50c per pound: eggs 75c per ilozen George Prosser. phone Black 5.
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Get your JOB PRINTING done by the Nugget office.
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FodaV Inc Germans are conducting
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HUGHES LEADS IN OREGON.
Womc0's Vote Puts Justice Ahead,
Returns Indicate.

PORTLAND. ore, May i9.--Late re-
'urhs from to-day's Presidential primary
indicate that Hughes is running away
from Cummins and Burton by slight
margin. About 20 per cent. Of the enrolled
vote was cast. and the assertion ,s
nade That the women voted for Hughes
10 |. This. 1t is declared. will be
The sole cause OF IIughess success IL
he does win out.
The counting of the ballots show that
many voters wrote in the name of Theo.
d"re Roosevelt and that a large per-
centage of the Progrcssives supported
CJnmns.
TWO Democrats received the indorse-
ment of the Prohibition party for Rcp.
roscntatives in Congress when that marty
met in nominating convention during the
day. Oswald West of Portland. from
the Third Congress district. and Mark
Weatherford of Albany. from the First
district.
he party also indorsed the present
prohibition amendment to the State Com
stitution and declared that the law
should be gwen fair trial and no new
tsislation save that to eliminate the
abuse of the law should be enacted.
Almost complete state ticket was
named by the prohibitionsts.
The party went on record for the elec.
tion as President Of j. Frank Hanley of
Indiana. The Rev. T. w. Emerson OF
Los Angeles received the Endorsement
for NiCe-Pres sdent
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Letter on Stationery of Seymour & Seymour
Talies With Gable Message to
Morgan & Co.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY GIVES OUT
CORRESPONDENCE INTRODUCED
Burns Agency Denies 1t Was Used to Install Device in
Offices of Accused Lawyers-Detective's Son
Refuses to Testify.

Of telephone cenrins about the
alleged to have
lawyers whose telephone
at them
supplies containing nor-
cable the
before the date OK
the letter.
Frederick
when nsoa
T. Nor
gan&
a correspondence between
the manufacturer had
had led falsely
he sdealng
the which the Burns
that
with them and an employee in the Morgan hrm
The Mayor
involves
front OF
police
he Of
William F@rreus telephone
o
le axes the " neX
the Seymour wire Raymond Burns
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AMBASSADOR PAGE ACTS.
Take. IN Lsnr" case wit" British
FOfeiRn Office.

WASHINGTON, May 19.-President
Wilson's move to save the life of Jere-
miah G. Lynch, accused Of completely
in the recent Irish plot, was delivered in
time to the British Foreign office. The
report that Lynch had been sentenced
to be executed by an English firing
squad in Dublin this morning proved
inaccurate.
Ambassador Page at London reported
tonight that he had taken the matter
up with the Foreign Office He added
that he did not yet know what Lynch's
sentence was, as It had not been made
public and would not be made public
until II had been confirmed by the King.
This Government. 1t is explained, can
do little more than make Inquiries, as II
is felt that any demand on behalf OF
Lynch would be- entirely improper II II
is proved that he violated the British
law by participating in the Irish re-
hcllion. As an American citizen Lynch
has the support of this Government in
seeing to IT that he obtains fair trial
and that he is given such rights as are
customarily extended under these cir
cumstances hut that is about as far as
the state Department can so In the
matter.
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WILSON'S PLEA WINS
RESPITE FOR LYNCH
British War Office Orders En-
ccutiOn of Irish Amcri-
can Postponed.
Special Ca6ie Despatch 10 THr suS

LONDON, May l9.--From what could
be learned up to late hour tonight
from official quarters. jeremiah c. Lynch
of New York. a naturalized American
citizen. convicted by court-martial OF
participation in the Dublin rebellion and
sentenced to death. il still alive. The
War Office and Gen. Sir John Maxwell.
commander OF the British troops in
Ireland are considering Lynch's case as
result OF an appeal in his behalf sent
by the American State Department by
direction of President Wilson. Lynch.
il was reported last night, was TO be
eXecut, at o'clock this morning.
The American Embassy gave out n
statement this afternoon saying that n
had received an inquiry from Washing
ton concerning Lynchs offence request
ing that he be not executed pending the
forwarding to Washington Of the facts
IN the case. The embassy added tha,
It was awaiting the reply Of the War
Office
Al the War Office it was learned that
n telegram had been sent to Gen. Sir
John Maxwell reading:
If the facts are as stated the execu-
ton is TO be postponed"
Later in the afternoon the Foreign
Office forwarded the state Department. 3
request concerning Lynch to Gen. Max
well at Dublin
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RUSSIA BUYS WIDENER YACHT.
The Josephine Not Used since the
TItauic Disaster.

pulLApELPHA. May l9.--The steam
Yacht Josephine, owned by the late i.
A. B. Widener, has been sold to the
Russian Government. This vessel, which
cost $500, 900. has been laid up at the
East Columbia avenue wharf IN the
Delaware River ever since the Titanic
disaster carried George ID. Widener and
his son, Harry, to the bottom of the
Atlantic.
When the Titanic disaster robbed the
financier of son and grandson he de-
clared he would never again set foot
upon the yacht that had carried him so
many thousands of miles along the coast
and across the ocean He kept to his
word, and members of the family did
likewise.
The Josephine was built at the Neahe
e. Levy shpyard in this city at cost
of $500, 900. She IL 2l3 feet In length
and OF 80 feet beam, with l6 foot
depth Of hold. She is of 974 tons gross
register and $50 tons net Launched In
1899. she is equipped with submarine
signals. wireless and powerful engines.
and is furnished In the most expensive
style.
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LONDON CHANGES TINE TO-DAY.
Business Exchanges All to ADOPT
Daylight saving plan.

IoNpoN. May ia-The Stock Ex-
change, the Baltic Exchange, the Max
Lane corn Exchange. the metal ~
changes and Iloyds will all conform 10
the new daylight saving plan. which goes
into effect tomorrow night. Time viii
be advanced one hour
The stock Exchange will open at 10 g.
and will close at 3. ON Saturdays twill
close at | o'clock, an hour earlier than
usual 1t is not necessary to keep open
for American quotat tons, as the Treas
ury regulations forbid speculation or
arbtragc business.
The secretary Of the Baltic Exchange
said that the New York opening grain
prices would be posted outside the cy-
change. hut no trading after hours would
be permitted in the exchange,
All the principal banks and business
houses, as we'll as the Government
offices, will open and close an hour
earlier than at present
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what the Mayor Said.

The statement given out by Mayor
Mitchell was as follows.
Il simply want to add 10 what the
Police Commissioner has said. As he
has told YOU, the District Attorney ot
this county, who is the responsible law
officer for the prosecution Of crime, has
stated that in his judgment the police
were fully justified from the point OF
view of the commission OF crime as he
knows it in this ease. Now his opin-
ion Is valuable on that question. The
opinion OF the chairman of the commit
tee is not valuable on that question, nor
is IT authoritative.
"The Police Commissioner has told
YOU that there IL n national element
that entered into this Seymour case. The
Police Commissioner has told you that
the work in the Seymour case was in
cooperation with representatives Of the
national Government-that gives the
Nat lie to what has been stated In that
statement from the D!ltmore. Now IN
order that the public may undcrstan nd
the recklessness with which this matter
has been treated by the Thompson COM
mittee up to the present time and the
disregard shown for national interests
! wish to tell you this:
Senator Thompson has been warned
by representatives, OF the national Gov
egnment that the interests Of the national
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According to this statement II seems
that senator Thompson cas's uoup's ''
my statement of yesterday that inpor-
t.nt Government matters were also III
yolv,d here IN the listening over the
seymour wire. No matter what any one
else may say in this question To cause
further serious embarrassment 10 IN"
Government in the conduct or the al
fairs of the nation--and this has caused
1, already. and the longer this sensa-
tional agitation iS kept up the more
IN. embarrassment viii bel am not
going TO be "A party to this unpatrotc
conduct and shall refuse 10 say any
thing more on the subject except 10 as
sort apnin the fact that vital interests
az ,he Government were connected here
in his case. that we have been work
ing with the Government on this case,
,h,, | have been in consultation this
morniur apain with high Government
officials. who have urged that every
hing h. done for the make of the na-
,ioual good to prevent this great harm
h.inr done by further delving into Gov
crnmcnt AFFAIRS,
"It IL not true that the wires OF
seymour 4 Seymour were tapped so
that the Burns Agency could listen IN
On ,ho conversation. The only listen
ing was ty members OF the Police De-
partment who have been regularly as
signed to this kind OF work Tor more
than two years. Any Information that
came over this wire was guarded with
the same scrupulous care that all IN
formation coming in this way is guarded
habi,ually.
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T. r. LIBELLER NOW FOR HIM
Editor Newett, Who Paid Colonel
Six Cents. "Admirrs" Him

DETROIT. May 19.--George A. Newet,.
editor Of the Ishpeming Iron Ore, has
come out for Theodore Roosevelt.
This announcement may seem of small
Importance until II Is recalled that this
is the same editor whom the Colonel
sued for libel got judgment and got a
six cent verdict.
In a message received here to-day by
local newspaper NeWett says:
ITO me II looks like Hughes and the
sentiment is large for him up here.
should Roosevelt be nominated | GER
tainly would support him. admiring his
vivid Americaulsm."
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RENDERS PROpELLERS SILENT.
Italian OHicer's Apparatus DeRdens
sound Of Airships.
Specia, Cabh Despatch to Tue Su>

ROME. May l9,-An Italian officer has
invented an apparatus for deadening the
noise of airships propellers.
A successful test of the device was
made in recent raid on Trent. An
Italian airship with muffled propelcrs
was able to fly undetect.d at an alt-
tude sufficiently low to insure hitting
the targets aimed at, Thus bombs were
thrown on the station, which was
wrecked; on the barracks where nu-
merous sleeping soldiers were killed, and
on the Grand Hotel, used as military
headquarters.
Bombs from the airship also damaged
the railroad between Trent and Malta
rollo, cutting OF communication with the
Austrian forts on the plains Of Fol-
garia and Lavarone. since the Italians
hold the railroad between Morl and the
Lago di Loppio, west OF Rovereto, and
Austrian communications with Riva are
limited to hlyhroad which is exposed
to the hrs Of the Italian svt!llery.
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The clash between Mayor Mitchell and
senator Thompson. rallying after the
respite Of Thursday night. when both
sides reached an agreement that Police
Commissioner Woodss Justification for
tapping the telephone wires of Seymour
n Seymour should bc made known at
once. reached hectic stage yesterday
morning soon after both were out Of
bed. The hostll!ties were occasioned by
Senator Thompsons statement that the
tapping was not justified that he had
information that the tapped line led into
the office of the Burns Detective Agency
and that there were not national in
,erests involved in the incident.
Commissioner Woods took issue with
the Senator on that point. but his re-
marks were slightly cooler than those of
the Mayor. who did not hesitate to say
that he branded as treachery the de-
rberate attempt of any one tn destroy
one Of the most powerful weapons in
the hands of the Government To detect
and prevent the operations OF public
enemies. Both the Commissioner and
the Mayor were incensed too because
Senator Thompson did not keep his
promise to call Mr.. Woods TO the stand
at II o'clock in the morning. Both
statements follow. Commissioner Woods
said
senator Thompson is quoted "a say
ing that the tapping of the telephone WIRE
OF Seymour q Seymour was un)ustlhapIe'
1t is hard for me to believe that he mas
been correctly quoted because he SAID
Yesterday to me- and the Mayor that
II the tapping of telephone wires was
Justified at alias to which he had not
Vet made up his mind-the tapping OF
the seymour wire was justified from the
facts as presented to him. Further thah
that. after the statement given py pls-
trict Attorney Swami. Senator lhohlp-
son. with the rest Of US. heafd tne p'S-
trict Attorney state that IN HIS Judgment
the detective work done by the poll'e
over that wire WAS justliiable. Inc l's-
,rict Attorney stated that there was
sufficient evidence that a crime hau p'eh
committed to justify the police III Ns'eh-
! ing over this wire
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N0RWEGIANS FOR ARBITRATION
NH to Enforce II Inspired by
I.OcLOut Announcement.

CHRIsTIANIA. May ia bill for COM
pulsory arbitration is being considered
by the Government in order to prevent
the lockout of all union workmen on
June 3, which has been announced by
the Employers Association
There is feeling here that IL tho
lockout went into effect it might pre-
cipitate an internal CONFLICT Of large pro-
portlona =.
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FAIR PLAY DEMAND
is MADE BY HARDY

When the executive session hcgan.
early in the afternoon, the committee
room was crowded, expecting a iurther
clash between the committee and the city
administration. Just before he left the
'oom, an hour before Mr, Hardy re-
peated his demand Tat Commissioner
Woods be heard.
We want a fair Showdown he said,
and We are going to GET it."
Both John =. seymour aud his brother
Freaetck, as well AS O. B Philips, Will
lam HIS, Jr., Mortimer Sultzcy and
William DE Wit. all Of whom have
desk room in tn" Seymour Offices, were
ready 10 tell their stories TO the COM
m.ttee in secret. Judge Swami came
along and took charge OF the investiga-
'lon In IN" committee room. All of the
seymour principals were called in TO-
gether with &. T. Colcy operating man
ager OF the Equitable Building. and Bart
lett Smith Of ~ Broadway. Il mlnufaC-
ture1 Of dcteCtaphones.
Inc iISt lnt!mat.on of the trend of
the executive inquiry came from judge
swami, when he emerged from the COM
m!ttee room with a roll Of papers. lie
said he had requested the Morgan firm
To furnish him all the papers which the
hnrhs agency was supposed to have OBJ
tanned ,;'!a, from the Seymour Offices. Judge
ms Is a letter which hcu.S the sigma
lure %. II, Phillips. It is addressed TO
me humboldt Fibre Company, HUMBOLDT
Tenn, dated February 4, 1916, on the let
ter paper of seymour y seymour Mr.
Phillips was called in and at first denied
mat 1t was his signature. Then ne said
he might have writt,n i. Mr. Phiilips
~ "A commissioner Interested in various
munition contracts, Il Is asserted by
one or the manufacturers that he rep
resented himself to he the oouiidcntia,
representative Of j. T. Morgan & CO.
ana mat he wtS to enter INTO preliminary
| negotiations before the mluufacturc.
| finally negotiated with the Morgan firm.
A man named DE Wit, who is asso-
, cIAted with Phillips, WAS called in after
| ward lie did not know that Phillips
| had denied the signature and he r,cog-
nizcd IL at once. lir had distinct
! recollection that Phillips had dictated
the letter to him aud that Philips had
signed II in DE WITS prcSence."
| The letter follows,
| Feb, 4, 1916
| DEAR Mr., JAEHElL; 1t occurred to
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Rates on War Risks Reduced.

LONDON. May l9.-Lloyd's rates on
war risks have been greatly reduced
owing to the decreased activity of sub
marines The premiums asked are now
from 10 to rs shillings below the recent
quotations, ...-...-.. -.-.