Winnipeg Free Press

Saturday, September 09, 1916

Issue date: Saturday, September 9, 1916
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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 9, 1916, Winnipeg, Manitoba Only morning newspaper in weather forecast fair and Yee Hiruy to 7 Mil Mun my Sun Anu Moon september heat Battle is big Boughton romanian soil Southern he votes very Smo scent of Fiir i with Bulgari m front of seventy Mills forces have withdrew from positions fifty Miles to the Horth of Kro Sterit drive Westward in Eastern Transylvania the teen of Orsovai has been taken n sent the european which less Atlantic Triumph for the woman suffrage cause in a Little while was predicted by president Wilson Here to in a speech before the annual convention of the National american suffrage 1 have come Here to fight with the president immediately the four thousand women present stood and a few minutes later Anna Howard honorary president of the Asso with Wilson still pres declared we have waited Long enough to get the we want it 1 want it to come during your admin Carrie Chapman presi Dent of the remarked you touched our hearts and won our fealty when you said you had come Here to with the president did not speak on he method by which he would bring about woman but said we shall not quarrel in the Long run As to the method of foe driven by Verma Dovillers French report vicious fighting reported at Bernye Santerre violent bombardment ambitious schemes to give work to veterans men now trader arms with the details was the question of accommodation for Toronto today under the presidency victims among returned the Dominion hospitals meeting in heavy guns Roar on whole of West squadrons Are busily engaged of senator adopted important advocating the building of National Highway by the Federal government and1 the promulgation of a comprehensive land settlement policy for returned the Resolution regarding the National Highway pointed out that the project would provide employ ment for thousands of Many of whom Are in the unskilled labor at a Small capital outlay that it would be of immense value As a Means for transport of agriculture and other produce would form an attraction to solve the pro Blem of and be a practical memorial to Canadas part in the regarding land a comprehensive policy for the returned soldiers and Steps to the is now the of 7 Battle Between rus Sorou forces and armies of the cent of r Eastern in and the of along the Black sea led bait Jik and two other the fort Russ or 50 Southeast of has t Ken by a combined armies of the Central have not yet crossed the Dan on the Somme front in France the violent bombard ment continues along almost the entire franc British with Many Aerial the Only infantry engagements have taken place South of the the French report a further Advance for their troops in the Village of in the Berne Santerre and a Hulnes Sec where the fighting was particularly both the germans and the French record successes for their armies in the repulse of there has been no infantry action on the front in greek but the artillery duels have continued was left in the hands of the medical superintendent of the mus Coka sanitarium and committees for Ontario and with Power to Call in it was reported arrangements Are betas made with the Ontario government to carry out a system of vocational training in the convalescent hospitals in the with regard to various Vale scent there Are at pre sent overseas 269 non and from 700 to 900 out patients who Are receiving according to the latest returns from the director of medical services in there were on 4 Canadian inmates in Canadian and other 63 being in special reports were Given by Lloyd Harris and major both of whom have recently returned from my directing Somme defence ube All reports the romanians continue their of in Eastern and have occupied the important town of on the Danube above Iron advancing from in Transylvania North of the romanians ing and Vienna admits the withdrawal of austrian forces before attacks along the Strum and in the Region of Lake the troops Nave made further Progress in the Village of according to the French official communication issued this the communication says extends use of mail censorship admission of Lloyd George will be seriously considered by the United states of the British mail censorship from its original purpose of destroying All Trade to or from Germany to the Field of providing data for great Britain fight for commercial supremacy is seen in admissions made by David Lloyd the i British War before Parlia tie oi2t of the Oleuse just received in full in this Lloyd George Van chantre it is the practice to communicate o other departments concerned any information on matters of Public m which Niay be obtained has weakened other fronts to strengthen developments near i raw service about Normal subway and elevated trains in new York Bun As despite strike news reaches Here from Paris that emperor Wil Liam is visiting in person the terrible struggle on the he has seen the French Advance to within two thirds of a mile of cobbles and the German communications imperilled by the drive which resulted in the capture of two and half Miles of the Railroad from Roye to heartened by the emperors pre fresh German troops have South of the Somme isolated in Ireson Gage ments enabled us to Advance a i thrown their weight into the struggle the Village of where in tremendous counter we captured about 50 artillery struggle continues romanian troops have occupied an important hungarian town on the Dan according to a despatch to the times from Bucharest an unofficial despatch from Vienna on wednesday announced that or had been taken by the Kou Orsovai is one of the principal ports hit lower Danube and has con commercial it Terest mde Ratip Leonii Miami a Low Miles above the Iron Gate of the where the River leaves him pary and forms the Boundary Between Roumania and northeastern Bulgari to feel russian beginning of a creat Buttle in Southeastern Rou when he russians have Ikon the offensive against the bul syrians and is reported in a Noim dispatch Given out by the wireless the struggle is now under Way Over the whole front in Dob Rudja be tween the Danio Brand the Black Folph tinier is dispel rate near on the Black Sou about ten Miles North of the bulgarian the wireless Dis Ichih was received in Rome from through the for such use to be made of it As the department May consider the government is perfectly within its rights in using any information which comes to it in these in any Public and National Pur this made recently in response to questions by members of the House of created a stir when asked about the matter Secretary of state Lansing said it had been called to the Atten Tion of the state department but declined to make comment at this it is that the department will take a most serious View of Lloyd Georges meter pita offt any we captured in the and Chenois the who had succeeded in setting his foot in one of the was soon ejected by a brisk in course of which we took a Hundred prisoners and Many machine Southeast of theaumont we advanced with the Aid of a grenade at in the theaumont sector and the fort de Vaux Road violent in the Forest de Parry an enemy attack on one of our works was elsewhere on tie front there was custom Arv on omme front two enemy aviators were bought Down in the Espenan court and competed after a fight near oui Neutral mails on the High seas statements at it is pointed out that the War Man try attitude appears to be m Cru have failed to win Back for them any lost this the Kaiser is reported to have is vitally you must spare no Effort to hold off the enemy and die at your posts rather than at the same the emperor promised to Send Strong reinforce ments to von who has replaced von the latter has been transferred further to command the army facing von Buelow led the left Wing of von Hindenburg rus Sian and is one of the new chief of staffs first in fulfilment of the kaisers orders fresh troops have been concentrated in Large Force for the defence o where the Battle has been raging the highest pitch of other reinforcements were drafted South of the Somme with the object of von her who still commands the Ger confirmed that on the 5th new sept and elevated trains ran As usual and 20 per cent of tace new York rail ways company cars were in opera no additional lines were involved in the and those per sons who wished so to do under or above As they had on yet the great traction strike and the second Day of the hearing before the Public ser vice commission brought no Settle Union leaders in the face of the almost Normal service on the subway and that the strike was not and that it would spread rather than officials of the How insisted that they regarded the strike directed against that company As the new York railways i View of the fact that its service remained badly could make no such but it announced beginning it would use strik Breakers in earn in an attempt to Cut into the wavering Union it that those men who would throw the Union Over and return by 1 saturday could Bave their jobs that the leaders of the Carmens blacklist Polo Cecil announces will be no change despite legislation is purely War measure no intention of injuring american of Paris con Ference misunderstood is not Likely that great Britain Wil change her Black list policy at the request of the United said Robert minister of War in Dis cussing today the possible effect of recent american retaliatory Legisla to the associated press lord Robert stated that a reply to the Black list protest made by the United states May be expected lord declined to enter into the details of the contents of tie beyond the statement that the principle embodied in British legislation forbidding trading with an enemy country is unlikely to be sur rendered in any the min ister of War Trade professed himself to be puzzled by the provisions in the Revenue Bill passed by Congress at Washington dealing with the prohibition of As he were adopted strictly in an Effort to conserve tonnage and were applied in a general lie Fence of British commercial to the associated lord Robert said purest the idea expressed by some of to hold inquiry into munition labor Mark Irish has been selected by the Imperial munitions Board to make an investigation into the labor according to a circular issued by chairman of tace to the munition Man fac Irish has now charge of a department which win Eive consideration to Organiza Tion of women for efficient service in munition russians Cross Theori Anorth of Lin eat Rig a repeated efforts tha bit Law to dislodge than Hava been unsuccessful desperate fighting to prevent tha czars Advance Teutons fall Back on Sita Lipa Canadas debt at your newspapers that great Britain is adopting a deliberate policy with which to injure american Trade is the purest since outside of our own dominions our Trade with the tinted states is the most important of natural Trade rivalry sex but no responsible statesman in this country would dream of propos ing an insane measure designed to injure american the for is try s contradiction expressed by contradiction la or nip lord Robert minister of and reiterated empty tical in Berlin claims big German erect the news of the capture of the romanian fortress n tur Turni with Gazette recalls that Marsha von Moltke considered this the lies mint for crossing the Dan hut the news Pipor does not pro diet unitarian March against Volks Untung this crossing of the Danube is barred to the romanians and the capture of the cannot strongly is the general and Statis extracted from ical Cai information extracted t Nde letters which has proved so in valuable to his majesty govern choking the supp of a statement of the Paris and Par to Cuury violent were made by the germans on fro flt last in an Effort to regain round won by the French the War being and South and the germans preceded s3 a tatty assaults with a tens also made an Effort to m the ground won by the French Lay on the Verdun front be Vaux Lapitre Wood and Che where nearly a mile of the Ger Man first line positions were earned the official report says the German Iii eats were the French official statement says the Sorn me front our artillery Rea Ste Day on weighty Victory but where a new loaves of consider to etiaii1 till argument r formation contained Tion possible further say result exaggerated romanian authorities m London say the result of the tar Hlinik in the romanian prov Ince of Dubruil a is being greatly exaggerated and that what has Hap owned was More or less they say there was not As Many romanian troops in the District 83 he germans claim to have the Danube town of Turt Ukal was not a strongly fortified they stained m i mils w Man the Somme activity continued in various Sec the enemy at tacked during the night the position Ion by us from Berny to South of a dunes his attacks resulted Only m id Erable losses for Between Union will attempt to extend strike if they find any excuse such action is considered a committee of five was appointed at a meeting of the Central Federated Union tonight to secure the co operation of organized labor in sew Wuu Auu and to Appeal to the City a from the Aisne to the cd authorities to take Over the operation of the transportation it was announced by Ernest the Secre Bohm was he said to communicate with Samuel president of tie american federation of and to ask him to come to new York at once for the purpose of advising with the leaders of the Union in the present transit Bulgari exhausted not in position to Start offensive in Reuter dispatch from Salonika says found on bulgarian had 10 Supply these fresh Divi Joffre has thus achieved the enormously important result forc ing the germans to weaken their lines at various Points of the Western front in order to meet the great Somme and Verdun and since this is one of the Cardinal Aimson to whole Allied strategy the Battle May be expected to flame up this month on the thinned Section of the German that is from his Headquarters at von Buelow is employing All available re serves in the of Price Kite is observing operations with the horizon of fire graphic description of fighting along Somme eve increasing violence of the bombardment now in Progress along More Titan 30 Miles of fighting front in the Somme sector is thus described in a dispatch to Day from the authorized correspondent of la with the French end to the other of army from one the Industry but was with simply defended Emma ton which Ould tension relieved citizen at Stockholm tells of British Sweden Frederick Secretary of Neutral con Ference for continuous will fail for new York Friday on the Steamer Husiar on Ivis Way to de Sweden and Achord inc to have entered into an Clement a birding Sweden in in station of salted by which barrels of herring taken Leeland Waters for Sweden Wil inc As also will barrels additional to be in i Tecl Way of this added Given rims to Many expressions the swedish fringed object of the advantage to otherwise the Linister replied Ine Pron that the any i fornia any appreciation in italia full 111 Lih of Ana consigned to Britain which Lave teen held i for a Long time a Sweden now will be Holt Western companies Cameron it top has been m Liy Dominion letters a National terr1fcgun fire practically torn from bodies by British strewn German dead Village was sub the bodies Lay is Taos alive on Page Frencht dominate there a Large munitions it not near an old sugar me French Cate Ray swept their lines right unto the North and South rail was and within 200 Yards of Hall Yards of the munitions debt of Hae ther was ind Soo plies to All Man Ocean of the sustained arrived at the attacking front the cannonade raged yesterday reaching a degree of intensity hitherto without each Day it seems As if the extreme limit possible had been each Day the bombardment still grows in and the French and British along the whole front never cease to pour out a deluge of thousands and thousands of shells of every never be fore have i witnessed such a spec said an officer who had just arrived at the front at Vermande the German positions at the close of yesterday evening were surrounded Witti Clouds and through which objects could be distinguished one frightful explosion followed from time to time one saw enormous masses of Earth and material thrown and among it All the bodies of the Tor a to when night came the sky stretched out like one vast so that As far As one could see there was nothing but an horizon of Winpen Burton West to Berlin dispatches Here Fiel marshal von the i new German has arrived at for the first time on the Liverpool i attle and will inspect All the Mons on the Western that Section of the Ger both the slain and those made show the overwhelm Unimportance which the bulgarian co Tamand attaches to the offensive in and especially to the de feat of the serbians occupying the line on the Western Shore of Lake serbian communique Points out far from achieving these the after the sacrifice of nearly Are too exhausted to make the least offensive move and Are digging themselves the bulgarians admit they found their vermin at Ostrova raids Are following account of yesterdays operations on the front in greek Macedonia was issued Here today of the artillery continued on our Doiran front and Pur patrols carried out on our Strum front the enemy shelled the Bridge at Kopriva during the in Trot our patrols crossed the River and raided East of Gud Elti a Strong enemy patrol was encountered and driven sir same Sam Hughes intends to devote next week to visit in Canadian hospitals in England and Timber Camps being worked by Canadian forestry battalions in Scot Lane to electrify sept nothing official can be Learned Here it is reported that there is a proposal on foot to have the Canadian Pacific railway line from Kingston to Renfrew electrified and that Power will be secured from the Mississippi River sufficient to operate the Road and also to meet the needs of King Ston and adjacent that the Black list is merely an entering wedge for a Trade warfare after the War May be dismissed at i assure you the Black list is purely a War and i cannot insist too strongly that the government is taking every pre caution to guarantee its enforcement so As to cause As Little hardship As possible to innocent we believe our Trade measures Are proving although it is difficult to give any figures indicating the extent of the harm done to our but i might Point out that the Mark is still declining m noninterference with Legal Trade it was then pointed out to lord Robert that the belief prevailed that consignments of firms trading with blacklisted firms might be refused shipment from american to other Neutral ports through the fear of not getting lord Robert replied this fear is As we have no desire to interfere nor does the Law contemplate any interference with legitimate we Are taking precautions to prevent an unjustified Extension of the blacklist questioned in regard to the Fate of a ship accepting a consignment from a blacklisted firm to any South american the minister of War Trade said i fear we have to Inist that our nationals refuse to Supply Coal for such a and i am afraid that a of the United states to per Mit the clearance of a vessel refusing such a consignment would cause Fric Tion Between the two design lord Robert expressed the opinion that not Only the purpose of the but also the real design of the Paris economic conference was misunderstood in the United saying in this connection the real purpose of the pans conference was to arrive at some plan by which to prevent any re net debt has nearly doubled since the War interesting figures Revenue shows an increase of Twenty four millions for fire months Deb now stands at this is an increase of since july 31 Ani of since this last the net debt has nearly doubled since the War total Revenue for the month o August amounted to a increase of about two and a Quarte millions Over that for m customs accounted for an increase o million and a half excise for a a increase of and Public Lorica including railways for an increase o Over half a Post office re despite the additional Stam tax of one show a decrease o or nearly half a Milho this is almost 21 per Cen lower than in total Ordinary expenditure August was an increase of about As compared wit capital expenditure o Public works including railways an canals totalled a decrease of nearly three millions As compar with Fouss operations in Galicia now regarded As a 6eneral foe attacked on two fronts russians on Northern end of their line near Uga Harve commenced a new under and have crossed the Orth of repeated efforts by he germans to dislodge Petro Rade have been a Success in Eastern Galicia the Austro sermans Are fighting desperately to Lold Back the russians advancing on Southeast of Petro Grad says the aus Rogerman forces have fallen Back to the Western Bank of the Gnita while asserts that the troops of the Centra Powers Are holding their own in the Leavy fighting that is going rus Sian attacks against German on the ziota Southeast of with heavy Berlin the present operations in Galicia Are now regarded by military critics in Petrograd As a russian general says a renter dispatch the russian the military critics comment on the difficulty facing the Central Powers in being driven to fight on two against Sakharoff on the East and generals Scherf Batchoff and let Chi sky on the regarding the heavy fighting in the Region of Southeast of Lem where the and turks Are All fighting the critics say the russians have 1 overcome tremendous and Are now menacing the Only railway reached the on the line of Retreat for the Halicz for the first five months of the fiscal year ended with August total Revenue amounted to an increase of Over the corresponding period last customs receipts accounted for eighteen millions of this excise for a million and a Oost office for Public works for Over four total Ordinary expenditure for the five months amounted to an increase of about As com used with the corresponding period last Public works on capital decreased in the period by five for the five months expenditure on War reached the formidable total of dope habit increase has assumed dangerous proportions according to prison alarming in creams in the dope habit in Canata indicated from the annual report this line parallels tin Dniester for some through Chodoroff to russian official a Lite do a Man to and sumption or Extension of the political on Canadian prison management just 1 evil pal during the past 15 says the there has been a rapidly increasing ratio of criminals who assert that the crimes were committed under the influence of the drug habit at one of Pur ins Titu a very Large proportion of these admitted Are confessedly dope Vic Tims a dangerous characteristic of the habit that the Man appears to be unconscious of the crime Anc Durins Hia sentence will persistently assert his absolute ignorance of the and of his to convince a that he is serving a lust penalty of his while he really believes himself pre sents great attention is called to this cause of concludes the be cause it is Only within recent years that it has assumed dangerous pro portions in our prisons and among the classes of the Community from which our prisons were society will be greatly benefited by anything that can be done to remove the evil before it shall become a National commercial system prevailing before the War in the first and in the second to devise Means for accomplishing both Fer ourselves and our allies the enormous task of recon we fully realize that such a plan must involve readjustments of existing with their favored nations now stand in the it must be remembered with the exception of this which has no Tariff All countries have constantly evaded and violated the favored nations to conclusion lord Robert declared that the adoption of the plan outlined at the Paris conference might result in a worldwide scientific Portugal Welcome British warships visit Lisbon As act of visit by British warships to the portuguese capital As to appreciation for Portugal intervention on the allies Side is recounted by the official press Bureau As of the British Fleet recently visited where they were Cor dually russian Gas shells mysterious Gas the russians the Vladlmir Volynski effected j tremendous and against them the enemy seem almost Power general Brus Lofes policy is to make a grand offensive until he meets with serious to concentrate for a powerful thrust in new the changing trend of his attack prevents try Teutons from strengthening one of their line at the expense of an during the artillery preparation in this part the Teutons were treated liberally to the russians new Gas the austrian fire was Sud Denly the pushing found the trenches tenanted Only by grimly grotesque pictures line or evidently killed instantly by the fumes of the the num Ber of austrians who thus perished is several russians hold captured troops which have crossed the Dina River North of were attacked repeatedly by the germans the War office but succeeded in holding the captured Posi in the sector Southeast of Lern Berg the aus Rogerman forces made a further the state ment falling Back to the West continued on weather lines in company with Crown Prince Frederick Kaiser to visit sept go to Bulgaria to Confer the the Southeast wind at 9 Miles per Adian meteorological Wea j ther observations 7 Oclock he move general with ears at Stith u rata ligation of i company will carry on the Busi of wholesale and retail Mer tin Armour Canadian has been similarly with Headquarters at Ami with a Ca Pittil Stock of Kii Chenor buttons with capital stuck of 1j Irtis comi puny to be incur to incite which was for 1iirly under its new name of College thur fair Edmonton Fine today tighten restrictions re official Gazette today prints an amendment to the order Council governing the restrictions imposed upon aliens by after the written Sanc Tion and approval of the Board of to in Trade must be obtained for the and order Merite on the bulgarian Mission to the United kingdom of German commanders who Cap any alien who works in any other German co fortress of capacity than munitions j i j n a v o Exchange Tele rigid application of this order some Aimee ram i officials apparently would sex 13 elude from the United kingdom for Uroe closer i eign musicians and Ratreal is no All others who do not come to work Stehen entente in munitions which proved so beneficial Between France and England show not d a received by the portuguese president and As Well As High military and naval and Grain markets review from the Flag ships paraded before the cheered the president and marched through the town Ana the portuguese minister of foreign me ii to out us today he was slightly Kodak manufacturer George East famous Kodak is ill in his private car his Condi Tion being regarded As the ailment is the same that caused the death recently of James being an abdominal accompanied by a noted and other arrived Here three Days ago to but he was taken ill on the More infants paralysis u of a number of in Clay county at the present the of the City in a Rece Mon to be a delegation of men who to it bet by visit French Ter acquainted with their French 16 Miles North a the British while the men were entertained in a theatre and at a Pic Nic they were greeted by dense of nods the Admiral in command of tie visiting unit3 reports that the men of both nations appreciated the and that the visit was in every Way a decorated by King Canadian associated the King at Windsor Palace today decorated Rantain George of the 21st shadian with the unitary Barre committed for a wealthy Farmer of Rose near was today commit Ted for trial at original assizes major Campbell Diee of British artillery instructor at Curtiss died Thi morning at the Erie county Hospital injuries received wednesday his biplane fell 300 feet at Kenilworth the body was taken to his late Home in to invited to yield dispatch to tha havas from dated says the German command ant has invited the greek authorities to quit where the greek administration will be Fiorina is on the railway i North the Trade pretty Well guessed un4 anticipated the report of the they went a Little too far on the suggestions of some the experts who thought there was More damage done than there really has the condition of the crop is surely pretty bad Down South and the Trade on this Side of the has to take into account How the report will be taken on the other Liverpool May not look upon it As slightly bearish and much ends the strength of the wheat developed considerable strength yesterday in spite of the curtailing influence of the expected there was not a great vol ume of and to this fact was Lue the size of the local there was some Good buying in Tho morning at first credited to Export but later said to be for american the Trade saw ittle wheat hedging sales were few and the had no no Tion of trying the Short the Small Short interest in the Market lad quite a time conflict no rumours came regarding the american War news was Given credit for some of the hat seems to a Dally growing into a bearish the weather continues to be near perfect and the Harvest is going private advices from Saskatchewan say the reported in Fargo or in Case Ted Tor term and a All cases so far being confined to the charged with the murder or is win tit tit of and about Miles crop will if anything be better ejected a week or two since the worst is known on this continent wheat should Settle to a real the drop of 3 cents m the Cash Market yesterday did not Point to a big Export demand for Lake space also a that v ;