Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 8, 1916, Winnipeg, Manitoba Only morning newspaper in Al Manitoba weather forecast hmm yesterday 7 Maxim Una Sun Moon leu september fourteen Allied armies preparing for fresh Advance utties Are being continued bring Forward Tai Irlam East of Den court counter attacking South of the some squadrons in Boa Taring Points of Vantage behind the foe lines infantry e n the Somme of was inactive met South of the where the to the East of captured elements of trenches from the germans and brought Forward their front More in alignment with their newly acquired line running thr0ugh Belloy Santerre and the saw a cd Nanua of the Battles which always pre cede attempts at fresh advances by the entente in great Aerial activity was shown by French and British Aerial squadrons in bom Barding Points of Vantage behind the German South of the so violent was the French artillery fire that under ii the germans were unable to make their customary according to the germans Are heavily shelling the French in the old first line Ger Man a mile in be tween the Vaux Lapitre Region and the town of Chenois in the Verdun which were taken by the French wednesday French artillery fire South of the Somme has prevented the germans from making a according to the official communication issued by the War office some additional Progress for the French troops is also Tho text reads North of the Somme there has ii6n ii violent bombardment in Vari Ous without infantry in a Trench recently captured four bomb throw cry did sixteen machine uns were added to the materials previously brought South of the Somme the enemy reduced to impotence by the violence o our artillery was unable to make a to Tater immediately East of Danicourt we captured Sonu now Trench elements in the course o isolated in which we took so in chum Parne i German recon Naissance was Raul run by our fire West of liaisons de Champagne and dispersed some prisoners fell into our on the right Bank of the Meuse Verdun sector the enemy bombarded our new positions in the Aux cd Apitsc during last evenings attack in this Sictor we captured 280 incl filing everywhere else there was intermittent aviation on the night of in spite of unfavourable atmospheric ii of our bombarding aeroplanes dropped heavy bombs on railway bivouac and enemy stores it Athis and a Biff fire being caused the last named German attacks Ere made yesterday and last Iii rat the French and British along the som Rae today official announcement says Verma Dovillers entered but that assaults at other Points gain mile of French captured the German first line trenches Uver a front of one mile on lie Verdun the War office announced the breach in the German line was effected on the front Northeast of Verdun Between the Vaux Lapitre Region and the town of the French took 250 the French statement adds that powerful Effort made by German troops to dislodge the French from Hospital farm on tie Somme front without Success and the de mans were dispersed with heavy prisoners the French official statement Sayfi North of the Rio mme the germans made a powerful Effort to dislodge be worn Hospital their attacks swept by our machine guns and dispersed with heavy the enemy did nut renew his elsewhere there was nothing to re South of the Somme the germans of Bouclier in Force from the Village of Horgany and made several attacks against our pick positions Southwest Belloy Santene and South of All these attacks were Stop Ptel by our curtains of before they were Able to approach our he enemy losses during these restless attacks appear to have been four Hundred prisoners were taken South of the Somme yes capture front according to fresh he German troops beaten Back yesterday by our infantry in the Region of Chilly belonged to a Saxon which was transferred Hur id from tinaisn5 ill the Richt Bank of the Meuse Verdun front towards the end of Day after violent Ariller our troops attack the organizations on the Vauni Lapitre Wood i fat mire villages East Africa Cap tved sell of Vina Kivine and Kiowa n German East respectively 50 and 1 75 Miles South of dares Fiove surrendered to the British under threat of a bombard according to an official state ment issued tonight giving details of he recent surrender of dares the statement says at Dawn of the 3rd of septem Ber a naval attack by British forces in in conjunction with a heavy bombardment of enemy positions North of the town from the direction of was followed by landings at Kon Duchi and in Sassani the enemy evacuated which Mas occupied by combined naval and military the Colon being hoisted with full the except for the portions occupied by the Ger Man was virtually on the 7th British naval forces and with Little Landing Par occupied the ports of Kiowa Kiv Inge and which sur rendered under threat of a naval romanians Force austrians retire wide encircling movement threatens enemy who now occupies Olah Toplitz take important pass Bucharest says Turt Ukai Evascu ated Berlin reports fortress prisoners paymaster for Canadian forces in France is dead granting of land the safest policy Flumerfelt with problem of caring for the War heroes immediate preparation for meet ing situation after hostilities is urged maintaining the granting of land to the Canadian heroes upon their return to be the most sane plan for the solution of the great question with which Dominion will be faced upon the cessation of of delivered a most enlightening address to the members of the Board of Trade in the lecture room of the Industrial Bureau yesterday after tithes opening the speaker pointed out that he merely offered his plan As a upon which a Complete scheme could be built f it is considered a Good he let us adopt if not let concedes a Retreat of the austrian forces be fore the near Olah top in Eastern 20 from the romanian the Retreat was in face of threatened enveloping to the in this same Region the have occupied the in the capture of Turt Ukai fortress the and bulgarians took More than and More than 100 according to Bucharest fighting in this Vicinity is of great violence and that the losses on both tides have been explanation of the capture of the romanian Garri son at a Sofia despatch to the Vissi Iche received Here by Way of that the were prevented from re tiring across the Danube by the Vio Lent artillery fire of the attacking i it became a Case of annihilation or and the Garrison troops have withdrawn before a threatening romanian envelopment to the Heights West of Olah South West of Dorna and 20 Miles East of the romanian says the official statement issued at the Austro hungarian headquarter a to on the russian front the aus Trian troops Between the Zlota Lipa and the Dniester Rivers also have been statement follows romanian front near illness caused b overwork in France Lieut Coote Nesbitt of the Canadian army pay died at his 15 Willcocks this on the organization of the first Canadian division col then major Shanly was appointed chief Field paymaster for overseas and served in that capacity at Salisbury and in with head quarters at it was at Rouen that under the Strain of a period of strenuous work his broke Down in april last after some weeks spent in the red Cross Hospital there he was transferred to while in England his health improved and it was thought that a visit to Canada might assist in his he sailed on july was born in to he was the last surviving son of the late Francis tha Well known railway who was also Engineer of the City of to he was educated at upper Canada he had always been much interested in military affairs and was for twelve years connected with the 10th Royal of which regi ment he was for three years the and contractors say they lot i further inquiry into College administrative Block ruled unnecessary Points brought out Why firm tendered House contract May be probed next transit schedule is almost Normal strike on new York transit lines does not seriously inconvenience big City olttx4t m f evolve something that is Turk movement in euphrates stopped enemy suffers severe losses West of Erz Ingam from Russi wounded Olah Ujj wit i let us do it for we must be prepared for the position with which we shall soon be we must give an open door to our Mene must make some special provision for our Canadian we shall be dealing All round with new but Canada is preg Nant with great the Northwest rebellion and South african provision was made by the granting i am making no new de fiume Felt stated that according to the Best 15 per of the Cana Dian men had been 3 per totally 6 per cent seriously and 9 per slightly in cured based on these it would a Faure assuming that Canada secures her it would aggregate Between and per the after the War will most probably find it impossible to monetary recognition to their said is land for the soldiery am speaking More especially of men Toplitz at the Junction of the Haros and Toplitz Rivers to avoid a threatened envelopment our troops Lave been withdrawn to the Heights West of the russian front in connection with the fighting described yesterday Between the Zlota Lipa and the our troops have been re moved to prepared evacuate a fortified romanian town on Trie about 50 Miles Southeast of has been evacuated by the according to the who come not but also j Only one sixty eighth of the total land in Canada is now utilized purposes of it will be Ari rued that much of this Marevis unsuitable for take half of the figure i have you still have one Bil Cut it half Agam if you rhe three Prairie provinces have a combined area of of which Only were under cultivation in mixed farming the speaker went on to Point out the wonderful possibilities for mixed d Tion the speaker can be overcome by the throwing open of the millions of acres of vacant land or Flumerfelt proceeded to show he the Aid of charts according to the census of the entire population of the Dominion was 0648 half of this population was resident East of land for the soldiers must be looked for to Lay be fore his audience a mass of iji6 russian official statement issued to romanian via romanian official North and Northwest fron tier we occupied Gyergyo Ditro Orsovai where we captured Een guns several machine searchlights and important food the Southern Frontier the in my having received numerous re especially in heavy a Illery continues with great violence o attack the Garrison of is ceaselessly counterattack in the losses on either Side Are Ery which has been evacuated v romanian troops the face of German and bulgarian is one a series of fortresses defending the romanian capital from the it s situated on the Southern Bank of he River opposite rom which a Railroad runs to file German army head Quarter staff announced wednesday hat German and bulgarian troops lad seven of the Turt Ukai including the batteries of the claim in sept than indians and 100 guns were when bulgarian and Tierman Oom captured the romanian fort Ess of says the official tenement issued today by German new and elevated transportation lines on Man Hattan Island were being operated to night on what officials of the inter Borough rapid transit company said were virtually Normal Al though twas admitted that service on the surface lines of the new York hallways company was seriously affected by the traction strike called last officials of the amalgamated association of Street and electric rail Way who Are conducting the conceded that on the subway and elevated lines were not seriously but re iterated their determination to fight to the and announced that wide spread efforts would be made to in Duce strik Breakers and employees who have remained Loyal to the com Pany to quit their Theodore president of the issued a statement late in which he said the strike was a failure and that if police Protection continued As Good As it had1 been throughout the City was assured of Normal transportation facile several arrests were made Dur ing the but disorders which occurred in various parts of the City resulted in Only minor injuries to a few according to police disruption of service on surface lines diverted such of this traffic to the elevated and subway and during the Rush hours this evening there was considerable after the evening Rush hours the new York railways company ordered most of its surface cars to the de Claring that they would be taken out again in the failure of the Union to tie up the subway and elevated lines is Attri buted by some Union men to the fact that thousands of strik Breakers congregated Here and in Many nearby cities in preparation for the nation wide railway were available to the Many of these men Are being used Here and the Union leaders was confident of obtaining plenty of in a statement issued Fitzgerald said he was highly Satis fled with the strike the East to handle the manifold continued on Page is were destroyed one was Western heroes t on Page full seventy per and Nin ont 1 visors station a turkish movement along the West of in turkish is said by the War office today to have been in the Region of of where stubborn fighting has been under the russians Are driving the turks from their Strong holds in the the report follows a turkish offensive on the left Bank of the River West of was notwithstanding stubborn enemy resistance n the Region of our detach cents Are advancing and driving tha enemy out of his strongly fortified Mountain repelling All Turk so according to statements of prison the turkish troops operating in the Region of Gnott have suffered great Here the commander of be thirtieth turkish division was the commander of the second turkish Faik was killed or seriously and the com Mander of the twelfth turkish Divi Sion was aeroplane raid by British aeroplanes on turkish positions at Al in the Sinai to Miles East of the Suez is re ported in the following official state ment Given out Here today on tuesday two of our aeroplanes raided the turkish aerodrome and aeroplane repair Section at Al twelve bombs were dropped apparently with Good enemy aeroplanes attacked our but did not close Only opening fire at Long they ultimately gave up the our machines returned air raid on Brussels Justice the commissioner for the investigation into the Agri cultural College expressed himself yesterday a of the opinion that it was unnecessary to delve into minor matters in connection with the administration the Asser Tion of of the firm of that his firm had lost or on this work made the matter of Small Over payments on some details somewhat Carter admitted that the firm had tendered at a Cost estimate on this building in order to be on the ground to secure other this was Only one contract which the firm had carried the commission adjourned in the afternoon until when it 19 Likely that the Power House contract will be taken this contract was let to the same Points brought Points brought out by Hugh Phil in regard to the administration building were As follows the plans for the construction of the floors throughout were changed after the letting of the and though the contractors benefited to the amount of from to the Only reduction made was for in the composition of Concrete gravel was used instead of broken Stone As and the gravel was cheaper than the broken Stone by per cubic by the change in plans Concrete beams in the ceiling were eliminated without any excavation was eliminated by the raisins of the Grade line and no deduction was Carter said that the Earth taken out was graded around the he free Tuples if seed Grain and potatoes instructions of the Minuter of a distribution of Superior sorts of Grain and potatoes will be made during the coming Winter and Spring to Cana Dian the samples for Gen eral distribution will consist of Spring about five pounds White about four pounds about six pounds and fold about five these will be sent out from a distribution of potatoes in samples of about three pounds will be carried on from several of the experimental the Central farm at Ottawa supplying Only the provinces of Ontario and All samples will be sent free by Only one Sample of Grain and one of potatoes can be sent to each As the Supply of seed is Farmers Are to apply requests received after the end of december will probably be too railway like near Halicz is Cut by russians town is in flan Tot Teutons still stubbornly fighting in greatly modified Bellig Wento a Fol Stol have use of fish clause struck ont Wilson Given retaliatory pow ers to Deal with interference of american Commerce a of operations the Balkan War theatre also shows Strong russian forces have each a Southeastern Roumania near bulgarian where they Are with the bulgarians and transferred up Canadian associated the following officers have been transferred to France lieutenants h x Stuart Vulte v Ana Blind author new dam the Blind author Nyguist arid noted who lost is Eyo sight at the age of died on londay at the Home of son after Brief Mcclelland was Orn in Ireland in and came to us country with his parents when 8 years Argyle Farmer Duncan Farmer of died at the general Hospital esterday at the age of 51 Ras the body will be for raided by Thomson to Argyle for interment the number of prisoners taken by for Purdin to accounts already received exceeds among whom generals and More than 400 out Hastern bin sweep one of which 5s a Famou watering sudden death Estevan Man sept Hudson 60 years and believed t from was foun late today at tie foot of the of the r Abou Allied aeroplanes drops bombs in City wednesday the was bombarded by Squadron of fifteen aeroplanes according to an eyewitness of the raid who has arrived to the associated he said he was sitting with friends in a hotel in the Centre of the City when the Squadron appeared Over the antiaircraft guns immediately went into it was at 1 Oclock in the he and some time previously soldiers had issued warnings for the extinguishing of All the aeroplanes were seen he and some flew so Low that they seemed to touch the roof of the but nationality was not made intermittent bomb explosions and firing continued until one he was reported to have been brought Down at Porte on the outskirts of the he said the damage done had not been ascertained when he left Brussels this was the most important raid a Long he Small affairs occur almost every other these air visits by entente aeroplanes hearted the belgian people and inevitably Lead to a notion of the impending departure of the this is the first report of an air raid on Brussels a Bri official statement issued 4 reported that on the two preceding Days British aeroplanes had made a raid on near and on a Tow near a mistake had been made in computing the and the firm was paid for less than it a Public works department expert and Carter arranged to go out to the administration building measure up and Settle some Small disputed says firm lock representing Halls and contract made the statement in the morning that the firm had lost from to 000 in the erection of the administration building at the agricultural col this statement followed the declaration by Carter that his firm had tendered in the administration building on a Cost basis and with out the expectation of making any he said they had done this in order to be on the ground so that they would have a Good Chance to secure contracts for several of the other commissioner gait seemed to be much impressed with these state ments of the contractor and his coun Sel and repeatedly questioned the desirability of proceeding with the investigation of Small matters in connection with the he declared that the lowness of the Halls and Al Tager tender in com Parison with the eight others was explained in this used gravel instead of broken in the face of All this Hugh counsel for the government secured an admission from Carter that gravel had been used through out the building where broken Stone nine months devote to both houses held protracted sessions last night to wind up their affairs by approving the conference agreement on the emergency Revenue Bill to raise approximately de sired by the administration to meet the extraordinary appropriations for National defence and the mexican the Revenue As it will go to president Wilson for approval to contains drastic provisions empowering the president to retaliate against foreign interference with american creates a non partisan Tariff increases the duties on Dye Stutts to encourage their manufacture tha United provides Means to dumping of cheap foreign made goods into american markets after the and provides for corporation liquor and miscellaneous internal Revenue March on Tenberg continue steady pressure causes further retire int of enemy both Berlin and Vienna admit defeat quiet in Macedonia and Albania Galicia lha russians Are still actively working toward keeping up their pressure against the Austro germans Westward from the regions of size Zany and near Brzezan the driven Back the Teutons from fortified and advanced to the Nara Iuka a tributary of the Gnita i and at some Points have crossed near Halicz the railway line has been Cut by who Are now heavily bombarding although in Tho forces of the Central Powers Are still stubbornly in wednesdays fighting in tha Halicz sector officers and men of the teutonic allies were Mads both Berlin and Vienna admit retreats Between the Zlota Lipa and Dniester the russians in turkish near continue to drive the turks from their Strong Mountain according to and also have put Down a turkish Offen Sive West of on Mace donian front and in the Austro italian the fighting is still being don0 mainly by Means of suffering from James of was taken to he general Hospital today suffering rom lock the result of an accidental Cut on his hand late in while there is Hope for his his condition is declared to e exceedingly enemy air enemy air raids were renewed according to a renter Bucharest against Constanza Kus Neamtzu and the Public demand reprisals Framst the despatch West indies treaty treaty providing for the Purchase from Ark of the danish West indies for 000 was rattled by the Senate tonight there was to Roll Cau and less than half a dozen m Clutts senators Jones an3 against value of improved at a conference of members of the seed growers at by non inert seed breeders we exerts of Alberta and pro Braken outlined it explorers reach Battle the exploring ship George bearing the Crocker land headed by Donald entered Battle Harbor kills wife tolls this morning Alphonse a Wel Todo j continued on Page Domestic War loan announcement to made from Ottawa next second can Adian Domestic War loan will be announced in the newspapers through out Canada some time next closely coupled with the floating of this a Thrift with the object of promoting greater National will be though the Bank returns for july How an increase of Over 000 the minister of finance considers that much greater results Canada must be prepared to find Money to pay for the munitions bought in the Dominion and the min ister declares that the Way to find this Money is by National a Vegs which could never in the past find such desirable investment a will now be available in the government War loan Queen in submarine Wil of has enjoyed the experience of a plunge under water in a the Queen was pres ent at the naval manoeuvres yester to the Nieuwe Van fences on the Revenue emergency Bill late today reached a final Effort will be made to dispose of the measure in the House at a night session and administration leaders will seek to hold the Senate so that it also May act and Congress adjourn As finally agreed upon the Bill retains the income Ami inheritance the munitions net profit tax raised from 10 to 13 per the corporation Stock tax of 50 cents on each liquor and theatre All stamp taxes and a tax on Renners of Copper Are tie Tariff commission is retained without the continuing appropriation of a and anti dumping provisions and increased duties on dyestuffs remained in the gives president amendments giving the president authority to withhold clearance to vessels of nations which discriminate against or interfere with american Trade and to retaliate on embargoes Wainsc american goods Are the conference struck out the Phelan amendment authorizing the president to deny use of the wire less and Cable facilities to citizens of foreign belligerents which interfere with american it also eliminated the Chamberlain amendment striking at Canadian fisheries in the Pacific an amendment to the corporation Stock provided that in determining the basis for taxation stocks Are to be assessed at a fair value instead of Market confers with British Secretary Lansing said today no protest had yet been made by any foreign government against the Trade reprisal provisions of the Revenue although the legislation has been discussed informally with Tho British ambassador sir Cecil the ambassador conferred again to Day with the american embassy at London cabled today that the British foreign office will give special consideration to difficult cases where Large amounts of tonnage Are not in the negotiations of the department to secure elimination of certain americans from the the state ment was officially described As not related to or the result of retaliatory it relates to individual russians Are bombarding the galician town of about 60 Miles Southwest of says the russian official report issued Tho town is the russian statement adds that russian troops have occupied the railway lines Between Halicz am be Miovitz and in the fighting in Eastern Galicia the announcement the russians took More prison on the Northern part of the front russian troops crossed the Dina in Small Force and captured part of a German the official announcement says in the South of an enemy aeroplane brought Down by Oul fell within the German of our advanced after having crossed to the Western Bank of the drove the enemy from his trenches and captured a portion of his our aeroplanes successfully bombarded the railway station and Brzezan 25 Miles North of and Halicz the fighting is continuing in our the troops of general having driven the enemy out of a series of fortified positions Ana advanced Westward in their reached the River a tributary of the which they crossed at some in the Halicz Region our troops occupied the railway line from Halicz to Seiko Vitae and to Oil they Are bombarding with continued prom Page descendant of 83 years whose grand father was a son of de join and the grandson of of died yesterday at Home in the township of near the Village of bom in the province of join Villa represented a French fur Trad ing company for Many he resided in Sandwich township for 43 six sons and four daughters j Grain markets review whereby a crop association would be formed with and distributing seed Grain produced by the association members will be shot and killed his wife in her then walked to tolled the returned and submitted to and then asked to have last look at his his request j was dead authors wife Vic Tor whose author husband was killed by a train near their Home at port on has been missing since shortly after his arid is believed to have by from her the has been it is said she expressed a wish to die after the death of her the authorities Are convinced Victor ended her Atlantic the National american woman suffrage association convention today changed its Constitution so As to bar from membership All organizations not m Harmony with the policy and Constitution of the a re port that this action was aimed at organizations affiliated with the con Gressional suffrage Union or the woman party was but it was admitted that it affects such organizations though not specifically aimed at a aboard a which while her majesty was Ocean arrived at Strong feeling against Black list from err orc weather the weather report from the meteor Telal at Johns College la As at 7 674maxlnium for preceding 12 773 to the Canadian meteorological service weather observations taken at 7 Oclock last september Winnipeg port fair Winnipeg Clear m Cloudy Clear Swift current rain Clear Medicine hat fair far the weather Baa been and warm today throughout minimum and Max Huja temperatures 32s8 Rupert 50o4 4866 5066 Kam loons 46t8r 4470 Prince 4270 3870 Medicine 4478 Moose 3780 3476 port 5072 part 6590 to Ronto 6290 6082 08 5874 5458 Hali sept on the amendment to the Revenue Bill passed by the United states Senata tuesday empowering the presi Dent to retaliate against interference with american the Man Chester guardian says that although those who see in it no More than a flourish having a special virtue on the eve of election May be nevertheless we should Well to note two things first these reprisals Are directed against the allies and primarily against ourselves they Are popular in the guardian considers it is not generally realized Here How Strong a sentiment has been aroused through out the United states by the blacklist policy and interference with and asks if the foreign office is con Vinced these practices of ours ares useful As to counterbalance the weakening of american sympathy they or that they cannot be modified so As to meet american objections without seriously impairing any utilities they May have for our tie Trade were caught pretty esterday Between the Devil and the keep better War new checked he tendency to Bull wheat and tha Prospect of a government Ort this afternoon held the bears in a Little Short Selling took place n the Early part of the when wheat was decidedly weak on Rumor that Greece had thrown in her of the Broomhall though slightly bullish in his International Evlewt was rather bearish in other the Sacasas of the allies s getting More and cons Dera Ion from the Trade every Day ant he Eastern front is a critical Sven though tha report this afternoon s bullish the Market has been known to a exactly opposite to the news before and it is a Well known fact that pit conditions Are an important feature in the tha Short in Terest has been ill Manatad while there is still a lot of Long Public interest la the Market is pretty Well Trade during Tho last Day or two been almost purely local and there has Little Export and Moat of that Little has gone american when the liver Pool Market did not respond to Tho american Advance of wednesday tha prices got out of Lin and Russell re ported yesterday that there Hail been no Export Trade done at a time near the close of the unless the foreign buyer starts buying better than he has been doing wheat Wilt soon begin to act Trade will never keep it ;