Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 20, 1918, Winnipeg, Manitoba Today s weather fins very warm yesterday s temperatures maximum 72.8 minimum 63.5, Fyt w we am exes Are com in g the Brief visit Here Early next week of an american battalion will be made the occasion of an International demonstration. Vol. 44. Sun rises 5.19 . Sets 340 Moon rises 6.16 pm. Sets 2 230 a. Winnipeg thursday june 20. 1918. Morning pages no. 300. Every Yard of ground theatre epic struggles Battle of Piave Breaks out again with renewed held in Check germans will not be allowed to evade Levy All efforts to Cross River in Andrea and Cosseta sectors repulsed with heavy losses prisoners taken by italians total almost ten continuing bitterly Washington june 19. Consideration in Germany of legislation to prevent emigration after the Roar to evade payment of the heavy taxes that must then fee levied already is be ing considered according to inform j lion reaching the state department enactment of a Law requiring persons liable to personal taxes to leave Twenty per cent of their taxable properly in Germany in event of migration has been proposed. The Bill As drafted according to the Nord Deutsche at Gemeiner Zei Tung provides that persons who have hitherto had their permanent residence in Germany shall be liable to payment of personal taxes and state and com Mim Ial taxes for a period of five years after the conclusion of peace. The penalty for tax evasion through Emi Gration is fixed at deprivation of nationality which however can be re stored later by voluntary payment of the taxes due. Austria stands on very Edge of big upheaval under feeding has greatly reduced efficiency of pay demanded i Premier promises further Dis i Cussion next completely gone Rome june italians have captured since the beginning of the wire hungarian offensive on the front prisoners to the number and taken Many guns am several Hundred machine guns. Italian Var office announced to Day. The Battle on he Piave River broke i again furiously yesterday Atter -90b, the statement adds. Fresh of its of the invaders to Cross the Iver from Andrea to Candelu were a poised. An intense struggle also took place North of Capo advantage with Central Powers Ami Kossaia Seel Trio text of shows. On the night of june Lils. Course of yesterday the enemy his attack from the Isho plateau to the Montello. His actions were completely in a used i grappa and Montello carried out thrusts on the plateau the Allied detach sents capturing Many prisoners and Ito guns. Unceasing pressure we shorted the front opened by the enemy Jiu a of tie Monte Bellono railway. Bur artillery with deadly concent a fire did not give truce to the enemy masses waiting along . Of the Battle or in movement in the Send Back sick and crippled russians in return for Able bodied men Orsha. Mogilev Russia june by the associated Exchange of invalid prisoners Between Russia and the Central Powers which has been going on for several weeks is proving advantageous to Germany and Austria Hungary As under that Guise Russia has been sending Home Able bodied men who to the Eye of the physician in charge of the Sani tary train on which the correspondent travelled to Orsha produced the impression of being Well men. Of 653 prisoners the train carried Only 43 were bedridden and about 60 ill while Trie remainder mostly austrians were quite Strong healthy and cheerful in striking contrast to the returning russians who with few government obliged to again deduce already slim rations Bulgaria wants food Amsterdam june in Austria Are rapidly approaching the breaking Point the Vienna Arbeiter Zeitung which was received Here to j night says that representatives of the government owned mines ing works mint Telegraph and posts j secured an audience with the Premier or von Seydler and the finance i minister or. Von Wimmer on Friday j Deputy Gloeckel acting As spokes Man for the men said that the lower ing of the workers efficiency was j attributable not to ill will but entirely to under feeding and that the state employees need an increase in wages of 50 per cent in order to live at All. Or. Von Wimmer replied that the utmost limit of expense already had been reached an that the stats coulis not possibly Bear heavier Bur Dens. Ail he could Promise was further discussion next fall. Austria entirely without Grain London. June Grain supplies have completely run out and such food of this nature As she is getting is coming from what Ger Many has allotted to her from the ukrainian supplies according to indications in a Copenhagen despatch to the Exchange Telegraph company exceptions All were seriously no or this message quotes an interview crippled. The bolshevik chairman of the prisoner Exchange committee yesterday morning was Calm on Piave River but in the afternoon to tattle again furiously. New attempts made by the enemy Cross to the right Bank from St. Udrea to Candelu were repulsed. On embankments of the River be tween Candelu and Fos Salta the defence of our troops tried enemy sorely and his impetus was broken by our infantry. Equally intense was the struggle which in the sector of Fos Salta Southwest of Jerrolo and North of Capo Sile. Every Yard of ground was theatre of epic struggles As our own and Allied air planes took part bom Barding with 15.000 Kilos of bombs and firing uns of thousands of machine Sun rounds into the vulnerable offered by the enemy troops forced into the narrow space on the right Bank of the River. The Battle is continuing bitterly. The enemy in order to preserve some the with Herr Paul austrian food min ister obtained by the Vienna correspondent of the Berlin Tage Blatt in planned to the correspondent that the minister confirmed the Able bodied prisoners were being sent news the decent reduction in the Home by local soviets in order to get bread ration. This he said rid of hungry Mouths. The germans Wug due to insufficient supplies from always repatriate a smaller number of men than they themselves receive being reluctant to let useful labourers return Home. The sanitary train on which the correspondent travelled had received 301 russians for 4s1 enemy prisoners. Usually the. Differ ence is about 100 less. No russian officers another thing the correspondent noted was the considerable number of enemy officers returning Home some looking exceedingly Well while not a single russian officer was on the trains the correspondent inspected at Orsha. The. Circumstance no one could explain. Returning russians told of their ill treatment by the germans in Sim ple but eloquent words How their boots and clothes had been taken by my the germans when they entered hospitals and never returned to them Bessarabia and Hungary. The entire these sources had been distributed and consumed the minister stated and. The romanian Harvest had also been used up bring ing the entire process of replenish ment to a full Stop. The government therefore had been obliged to reduce the ration. The supplies exported from the Ukraine were very unsatisfactory. Bulgaria pleads for food. Amsterdam june to the Germania of Berlin the food problem in Bulgaria is becoming increasingly difficult. Its supplies Are receiving instead wooden shoes and torn trousers and jackets As they were driven to work in snowstorms and the cold and How they had been starved being Given watery the initial advantages gained by j after a hard Day s work and soup were him takes no heed of the immense j forced to gather potato peelings in losses which our Rifle fire and the suns of our airmen have been inflict ing in the past five Days. taken since the begin Ning of the Battle amount to Many guns and several Hundred aus Trian machine guns remain on our lands. The number of enemy air planes brought do in now amounts to fifty. Tiro of our own or Allied machines Era fail to make impression the italians in the Field june enemy has any impression on failed to make the Mountain pets where slops were thrown and eat them after they had been washed in order to appease their appetites. These statements were corroborated by a Steward who had witnessed hungry and sick russians pick Bones found in the mud near the station at Mold Echo Southeast of Vilna. The men told their stories in a simple impersonal Way and even smiled Dur ing the narration. But they vowed they would not forget the atrocities sufferings and humiliations to which they had been subjected. Entirely exhausted and the nation is of Grain to cover the time until the next Harvest. The Central Powers however the Ger mania declares cannot give Bulgaria to the extent desired. Pessimism in Vienna. Washington. D.c., june trias grave food situation coupled with the failure of the new against Italy is exciting pessimistic comment in the Vienna press. An official despatch from Zurich today quotes the Arbeiter Zeitung of Vienna As saying will be still More serious in Vienna when the sanguinary defeat of the Imperial i forces Oil the italian front becomes mrs. Villers Stewart charged with bigamy London june . Villers front. Fighting is centred at Mon Tello and along the Piave the austrians constantly using reinforce ments and fight ing hard to Pierce fee italian River line. The italians counter attacked after every enemy attack on a 25-mile front bit Ween Valdesa. And mount Tomba. Fully one third of the austrian formers lie dead before the original trenches. The italians repulsed nine assaults with fresh troops on mount grappa Heights. Thirty six thousand enemy troops crossing the Vive on hastily constructed Bridges and islets in front n Revsa were hemmed in at the of . Austrians using reserves Paris june Battle on the i Alan front now in its fourth Day presents a favourable aspect Accord to despatches to the havas Agency. The austrians have gained around along a line four Kilos in exit on the Montello plateau and on a Jine three Kilos Long on tha West the Piave River. The Austri ans have lost 6.000 prisoners and the losses of the enemy show that he is using his the italians protecting theirs. British holding firmly London june austrians "3ve been Able to make virtually no Progress against the British forces holding an important Sec Ion of the be on the italian front. action on the British front is in sacred according to the official communication tonight. The state says there has been very heavy fight on the Piave. But the enemy made if any Progress tuesday. The is in flood and Many of the Demy s Bridges have been washed away. The situation on the British front two additional Moun guns have been British doing great work italian front italian Headquarters june 19 via enter s Ottawa i Oval-3 naked Chain of Hills which age one austrian offensive has for several months by whitish who came to Italy under Plummer. A British Divi the southwestern ridges urges invalids to accept opportunities free press up Elia to Cable London june Mackeen of Montreal a member of the invalided soldiers commission with Lieut. A. 13. Otterwell has just completed a visited to the Canadian Hospital Cen tres in Derbyshire where he delivered a lecture and exhibited films to canadians residing in the convalescent Hospital and discharge depot. The men were delighted with the arrangements for their reception treat ment and training on return to Canada. Col. Paul Hanson the offi cer commanding the discharge depot urged the men to take advantage of a Hillion dollars Manitoba s red Cross fund triumphantly passed first line trenches last night and pressed Onward for new objectives. The fun Ted in Nunney Twenty four acres of wheat and a horse country Campaign to Date s or details of country Campaign to Date see Page 3. Enemy attack Rheims meet dismal defeat forty thousand German troops in to make slightest Progress review of War situation austrian offensive seemingly a Complete failure while a. Further attempt to take Rheims by German traces broke Down under terrific fire of Allied air Konting fifty hostile planes Haye been shot Down on italian front ranks devastated by fearful Allied artillery terrible loss i enemy was ordered to take City at a return to their own lines Stewart one of the chief witnesses at the trial of Noel Pemberton Bill ing member of parliament and pub Lishers of the newspaper vigilante for having labelled miss Maude Allen was charged in the Maryle Bone police court today with bigamy. It is alleged that she married. Stewart her present husband who is an army of nicer w Hile her first husband. Per Cival Drake a motor bus Driver was i still alive. Mrs. Stewart caused a sensation i at the Pemberton by Ling trial by testifying that Neil Primrose who was killed while with the British forces in Palestine had showed her the German Black Book which was said to have contained the names of people in England including the Teuton allies apparently have lost their spirit of do or die. Their attacks everywhere yesterday lacked the the graciousness of Days gone by. Instead of ploughing through Allied lines with stubborn in difference to casualties so Long As an objective was gained they now waver and then halt in the face of artillery and Rifle fire of the men barring their Way and with the Points they were trying to gain still far beyond their reach. Ambitious attempts by the troops of the Central Powers in the past few weeks have proven this. The opening a Gateway to Paris through the Western front running from Mont Didier to the Marne failed completely the offensive on the italian Battle line launched by the austrians seemingly has failed miserably in the Mountain regions and apparently has almost been stopped along the Piave while a stroke started by the germans against Rheims broke Down in its inception without the enemy taking a Yard of territory. In these various attempted advances the High commands of the germans and austrian hungarian armies have seen their men literally mown Down until battlefields have been clogged with dead or wounded As recompense to the Allied troops for the Small bits of terrain they yielded. The austrian offensive in the italian theatre is still in Progress along the Piave River but in the Mountain Region after the Sharp reaction by the italian British and French troops who in counter attacks pushed Back the invader from the Points he had reached in his initial Rush the enemy evidently is fearful of again trying out the Mettle of the de fenders. Fail to gain further Bridgehead. On the Piave numerous attempts have been made by the austrians to gain further Bride Heads on the Western Bank of the Stream but the italians everywhere Are holding them with their gunfire and also doing sanguinary. Execution within the ranks of the enemy across the River with bombs and machine gun fire. The austrian War office asserts that the Austro hungarian troops have crossed the Fossetta canal at some Points where tuesday it was claimed they had made advances., and also that several italian lines at the Southern foot of the Montello plateau the key to the venetian Plains have been pierced. Rome on the other hand declared that All the weak attempts in the Montello Region were completely repulsed. More than men have been taken by the italians since the offensive began and Many guns and several Hundred machine guns have been captured. That intensive air righting has also taken place is shown by the fact that fifty enemy planes have been shot Down. Only two of the Allied machines have failed to return to their base. The attack of the germans near Rheims resulted disastrously to them. Hardly had they left their trenches after one of the most terrific bombardments with shells of All kinds including Gas projectile Ever experienced on the Western front when nearly germans were faced by the reinforced French armies and literally Cut to pieces and forced to fall Back precipitately. Only at one Point to the East of Rheims did the enemy succeed in penetrating the French line. Here they were ejected almost immediately. The German official statement describes the attack As a demonstration of artillery and mine throwers. Little activity prevailed on the remainder of the Western front except the usual reciprocal bombardments and operations in the nature of patrol engagements. The Success of the recent naval attack by the British on the German submarine base at Zeebrugge seemingly was More successful than anticipated. Twenty one destroyers a Large number of submarines and numerous auxiliary Craft Are blocked in the canal by the ships Sun across the waterway. Destroyers and subs penned up in canal London june 19, Twenty one German destroyers a Large number of submarines and numerous auxiliary Craft arc penned up in Bruges canal docks As the result of the recent Brit ish naval operations at Zeebrugge the German base on the Bel Gian coast. T. J. Macnamara financial Secretary of the admiralty made announcement in the House o commons to this effect to Day and said thai the operations were More successful than at first had been sup posed. He added that German Craft Iacre now the subject of con Stant bombing. Entrance blocked. Amsterdam june in trance to the Harbor of Zeebrugge is blocked according to Lieut. George Coward and John read of the Brit ish Royal air Force who landed in the province of Zeeland and Are to be interned at the Hague. In an interview published in the Tele Raaf they say the germans Are Day and to Clear the passage but each night British Avail airs de West hardest hit in Advance in beef prices Cost of living Branch reports id minister on amount of food in cold storage increases recorded although no ground for charge of hoarding is found no unlawful acts on part of packers due to War situation attack american consulate Tabriz believe action May presage open hostilities Between America and Turkey with the French army i France Molish the germans Progress. June units German Shock troops which had been concentrated on the Western Side of Rheins bet Veen vre Igny and Ornes and which went Over to assault last night were met with such an awful fire from the French that they were unable to make the slightest Progress. They suffered such losses after trying time after time to reach the French positions that Only a few of the attackers were Able to return to their own lines. When the germans launched their attack in full Force on Rheims their intention was to Deal a heavy coun Ter blow to compensate for their failure to capture co Peigne. Forty thousand troops participated in the assault along the front extending from Rigny plateau to Silvery with orders to carry the City at All costs. They met with dismal defeat. At every Point they were repulsed with1 heavy losses. In the most Gal Lant manner the French troops pre vented the enemy from scoring even an initial Success. The artillery preparation lasted for several hours and was one of the most terrific yet carried out. High explosives from hundreds of Cannon intermingled with numerous Poison Gas shells. To the East of Rheims. The germans at first made some Advance but were soon Back to their original positions and a consider a be num Ber them were taken prisoners. At noon today the was still very heavy but the attack May for the moment be regarded As a Complete defeat for the attacking forces. Washington june attack by the turkish troops on the Amer ican consulate at Tabriz Persia and the looting of an american Mission Ary Hospital in that City was re ported to the state department to Day and was believed in some. Charge or Hoard quarters Here to presage the Long po1.t Ottawa. June Cost of Liv ing Branch reports to the Hon. T. Vav. Crothers. Minister of As Fol lows concerning food in cold Stor age from the cold storage companies for june 1 indicate an in crease in Quantity in store of butter eggs pork Mutton Lamb and fish and a decrease in the Quantity of cheese beef and fowl compared with May 1, of this year. As compared with june 1. 1917, More butter is in store also More beef and fish. There is less cheese eggs pork products and fowl than a year ago. The most striking com Parison is in the Case of beet of which there is 111.72 per cent More than on june 1, 191t. Since the purchasing commission of the allies is fully aware of this Laci and we have the statement of these gentlemen to the effect that a Lurse percentage of this Stock is already under contract to them we find no ground 1 or any declares the re anticipated declaration of a state of War Between the United states and the ottoman Arn Pire. Diplomatic relations Between the two governments have been sus Pended since april 20, 1917, when Turkey withdrew Abdul Hak Huss Ein Bey who had been acting As charge of the turkish embassy Liere since the compulsory retirement of the regular ambassador which Fol Lowed his open criticism of the United states government. Relations strained French official report Paris june text of the statement follows last nig let at 6 o clock the Ger mans delivered a. Violent preparatory artillery fire along the whole front or Rheims from the Region of Rigny West of the City As far East As la Pompelly. At 0 o clock the enemy infantry began an attack on the French positions Between these two Points. The. French troops resisted the German attack with Complete Suc Cess the counter barrage of the French artillery proving very Ferong. Between Rigny and Ormes Ger Man assault troops were stopped by the French fire and forced to return Many times to their lines of de parture and were not finally Able to reach the French positions. Rheims violent combats developed during the course of which the enemy suffered heavy losses and was everywhere repulsed. East of Rheims the fight likewise was ended to the advantage of the French. The germans having been successful in penetrating the Woods Northeast of were driven out by a. French counter attack. Prisoners taken in the Region cd Rheims declared that the was attacked by three divisions which were ordered to take the place at All costs during the night 1 Berlin official Brandon child seriously Hurt Little girl run Over by switch ing critical condition those of sex Premier and Viscount and mrs. Haldane. As she was remanded for one week. The ample opportunities the Canadian. Authorities were now offering. A j us sinless on Pace two Range rents have been made for it. Otterwell to visit the Canadian hospitals in England once every five weeks to deliver lectures and. Exhibit films with a View to encouraging the patients to take advantage of the arrangements made for their Restora Tion to Industrial life in Canada. Maj. Mackeen is leaving soon for Canada. Senator Mclennan head of the com Mission remains Here for another fortnight. Arrest ringleader in brotherhood. G. T. Little of Winnipeg Brandon Man., june adjourned cases of George Taylor Little of Winnipeg charged with theft and Richard Jackson Hanning charged with theft and forgery came up before the police magistrate Here today. Harming was charged with stealing an automobile from the Mcgregor motor company of this City and with forging a Cheque. To these charges he pleaded guilty and on account of the state of his health was Al i co l. Tolci Melbourne Australia june in suspended sentence of one announced that the government a Soia the stolen car to a has caused the arrest of seven ring j Man at Moose jaw for and was leaders in the Irish Republican theft. Evidence showed brotherhood. It is said the organza Haf. Only last saturday Little was u1.11c1 j Ion planned to enrol volunteers and Send them to Ireland to Aid m an s armed revolution with the object of establishing an Irish Republic. Vienna labor Council renew peace demands Amsterdam june 19. The Vienna City Council on tuesday according to a despatch received Here Resolution protest ins against the reduction of the bread ration. The Vienna labor Council passed a Resolution renew ing its demands for the speediest general peace notwithstanding the great obstacles at present in the Way of peace the Means of saving a. Child from drowning at Winnipeg Beach. Disfranchised any guilty of sedition. Sydney new South Wales june 19 via Reuter s Ottawa Cabinet has decided to introduce legislation providing that those found guilty of breaches of the existing Law regarding seditious utterances be Dis franchised for a minimum of five years and a maximum of ten and also disqualified from holding Public big revolt at Kiev. London june great revolt has begun at Kiev according to an intercepted wireless message transmitted from Moscow to the Exchange Telegraph company. Artillery stores clothing and succumbed to the Eftimiou Street fight nig. The revolt is spreading to the poltava and Tchern Igov districts. Forty thousand peasants armed and organized Are participating in the revolt. 2 Brandon Man., june Seri Ous Accident to a child occurred Here this evening when Little Helen Haye. 27 Rosser Avenue East Between four and Jive years of age was run Over by a switching engine of the Spur track in the East end of the City. The child now lies at the hcs Pital in a critical condition with one leg off at the knee and the other foot in a badly smashed state. The first intimation that the police received of the Accident was , about 6 o clock this evening a Small boy about eight years old arrived at the station and handed in a parcel which on was found to contain a number of child s toes. But nothing came of it. At last Fri Day s Council committee meeting in View of the fact that he was to appear before the railway commission the mayor asked the City Council to pass a motion authorizing him to take the matter of this switching up with the commission but the coun cil refused to do any tiling. The accidents to children in this City Are assuming alarming proportions three being taken to the Hospital last week All seriously injured As result of Auto accidents. The rain in the West Lethbridge alta., june rain fell for four hours last night in the country East and Southeast of Leth Bridge where it was badly needed. Repair mail bags in penitentiaries Ottawa june 19. Mail bags will it is stated hereafter be repaired by persons serving in penal institutions. Berlin via London june the attack on the French positions near Rheims is described in the official communication from Genera Headquarters today As a. Surprise bombardment by artillery and mine throwers. Infantry detachments la Ter brought in a few prisoners. The statement says " there were Lively infantry re con neitring activities. Patrol at tacks at Dieppe Forest and Northeast of Bethune were repulsed. The artillery Battle revived Only in. A few sectors. South West of Dommers an at tack delivered Early in the morning by the French in Villers Cotteret Wood failed. In the course of the Day assaults were. Several times repeated and. Pressed Back slightly in to the Interior of the Wood our line which projects to the East of mount a Orent Mont Gobert in the cling non sector Northwest of Cha necessarily american ambassador Morgenthau was obliged to leave constantinople. since that time the relations Between the two governments have been just Short of actual formal enmity. Recently there have Beer vigor Ous demands in Congress for a. Declaration of a state of War Between the United states and Turkey and Bulgaria but president Wilson and the state department have not regarded this step As necessary or desirable since there has been no actual collision Between american and turkish and bulgarian troops. On the face of. The reports from american minister Caldwell at Teheran officials were inclined to be Lieve that the sacking of the Amer ican Hospital a presbyterian institution Over the protest of the Span ish Consul in charge As representative of american interests furnish the necessary provocation for open hostilities Between America and Turkey. Brandon needs More registration boo Las Brandon Man., june greatest dissatisfaction is being Felt throughout the City at the Way the work of registration is being carried out and it is almost certain that uness something is done to Speed up in organization Here that it will to possible to Complete the registry on by saturday night. The general Eeling in the City is that extra Booths should be at once opened and n Opportunity Given to those who to Register to do so without having to wait for in some cases a couple of hours before they can get attended to. The business men of be City Are generally disgusted with Bis unnecessary waste of time and e looking for something to be done the matter. The most Sti living feature recently in the Market. Tii nation of products has been the great Rise in the Price of there has been a general Rise in beet products throughout the Dominion but the West starting from port Arthur arid fort William Hay Sutford the worst. The matter has been carefully investigated with the View detecting profiteering Aud while the merchants in some localities have apparently used to cover an increase we have not been Able to Rind any evidence that the general increase throughout the country was due to unlawful action on Thev Pai to of meat puckers. On these facts we might have stopped for this office has no the teau Thierry. Several enemy com by firms in various parts of the do minion. To affect an Economy it has been decided to have the bags repaired in the penitentiaries. Inquest unnecessary. After an. Investigation of the circumstances surrounding the your Vear old Annie Burdie whose parents reside at 101 Gladstone Street who died from the effects of Burns the Spur track is supposed to be the authorities decided that an used Only for switching purposes be i inquest will not be necessary. The tween the hours of 11 . And 5 am Only a Short time ago a Street car was wrecked by a switching in ire on eighth Street and an Endeavor was made to persuade the Council to take Steps in the matter child was playing in Gladstone school Yard with matches last saturday afternoon when she set fire to her clothing and succumbed to. The effects of the injuries received yester Day morning. How to Burn Western Coal they re telling All about it at Industrial Bureau this week Winnipeg people want to know Are the beet kinds of soft Coal and the to Burn them. T they can find out All about it at the Industrial Bureau this week at the big display of Western coals and furnaces in connection with the retail merchants convention. Experts Are there to show you what kind of Coal is Best suited for your Furnace and How to run the Furnace the display is free to every Winnipeg Ger should have the in formation that is available. The display is open All Day and in the evening up to 11 o clock. The same hours will prevail today. Panties who advanced to the attack were repulsed by our advanced posts. Our artillery and mine throwers directed Strong Surprise attacks against the enemy positions Naar Rheims. Infantry detachments which followed up the fire preparation brought in about fifty prisoners. Twenty three enemy air planes and three captive balloons were shot Down fifteen German air planes destroyed London june offi Eia. Statement on Aerial operations says today it was Cloudy tuesday by we were Able to get observations. In the air fighting we destroyed fifteen German machines and disabled five eight of ours Are missing. Nineteen tons of bombs w dropped in the course of the Day. A heavy rain at night prevented French Squadron Busy Paris june War office an tonight says ther was no event of importance durin the course of the Day. On june 18, our air Squadron brought Down or put out of action is German air planes and set face to on captive balloon. Our chates dropped ten of projectiles last night on railway station Cantonment and bivouac in the Region of Villers Franq Tex favor Olles and fishes. Give decision tomorrow serious charge again St Virden Resi on heavy bail Brandon Man. June the Case of Sec sullen of Virden no is charged with a serious offence against a girl under the age of 1-1 years and who is out on a. Sail will be Given at Portage in. Prairie on Friday next. Evidence in he Case some weeks ago Here before judge Barret who in adjourning the Case asked that the arguments for the defence Anil prosecution be submitted to him in writ no. This has been done and it Only remains for the arguments to be submitted verbally. Four drowned in St. Lawrence. Montreal june by jurisdiction Over the Farmers but we have been Able to go further and have found that the increased Price is due entirely to the War situation particularly to the fact that the Pur chasers of the United states army and the purchasing commission of the other allies have considered that the increased Price to the Farmer was necessary to stimulate the production of More beef on the farms. It a now unlawful for wholesale. Dealers to make More than a certain i limited percentage of profit on their meats no matter what change May come Over the Market. It is note worthy that wholesale prices of beef have advanced very much More in the United states than they have in Canada. In the United states the increased Cost of the carcass has been j taken up mostly by added charges for the cheaper cuts with consequent i added burdens upon the labor classes. The evidence shows that such was not the Case in general in Canada but that the Best cuts advanced As much As the common cuts. The amount of food commodities in storage june 1, 1918, were butter. Pounds cheese pounds eggs s.422.5ss dozens beef fresh and pounds pork fresh and pounds Bacon Ham and smoked meats pounds and Lamb pounds fish All varieties pounds fowl All varieties pounds the preceding figures cover Only goods reported As held in storage. To estimate the Quantity of any such goods available from cold storage companies for consumption and Export add about 10 per cent to represent goods in transit certain comparatively insignificant Quanti ties unreported. Increase in Fiji value the total value in first hands of sea Lish landed in during the month of May this year was 626, As compared with for the same month in 1917, according to the monthly statement issued today. Compared with May 1917, the Salmon fishery of the Pacific coast resulted in an increase of about 7.000 Hundred weights. The catch of halibut hundredweight less than. A. Year a go and Flatfish about 900 hundredweight greater. The catch of cod was greater by Hundred weights. During the month a steam trawler made eight trips from Princa Rupert landed an average of. 550 hundredweight of mixed fish per trip. Wheaton has slight Lead in Minnesota primaries was capsized and her master and the Crew of three were drowned this morning. The Crew consisted of James Doiran son of the Captain Pierre he Bert and George Lla Ilette. Weather Ollo Wiuff 13 he weather report issued at St John s meteorological Observatory 7pm yesterday temperature 68.6 maximum Lor preceding 12 7z.s minimum for 12 hours Munmum srom Etor. 29.79 Southeast wind blow my to. 16 Miles an hour Trace of rain. Canadian meteorological service by warm. Minimum Edmonton 64, fair. A i tvs scattered showers have occurred today in the Western provinces but the Eather has been mostly Fine and decided and maximum temperatures Victoria. 5c-74 Vancouver. 48-74 loops 62-84 Edmonton 44-72 Calgary 46-36 Fortt lord 56-82 Prince Albert. 50-72 Moose jaw 64-94 win pee. 60 72 port Arthur. S6-66 Parry sound 42 54 Jondon 53-74 Toronto 52-67 Mont real. 42-54 36-58 St. John 40 58 Hallax 46-64. St. Paul Minn. June a few votes tonight separated the democratic candidates for gubernatorial nomination in monday s Pri Mary. Returns compiled from of precincts and including 40 of the 86 counties Complete gave Fred e. Wheaton of. Minneapolis votes and judge l. Comstock Mankato returns from the Republican race showed practically no change in the to Jority for governor. J. A. A. Burnquist polled votes in precincts. Chas. L. Lindberg received votes. Lewis machine gun first. London june the House commons today j. I. Macpherson. Under Secretary of the War office said that the committee appointed to test the merits various machine guns As a result of the agitation Tor the use of the 3-. Adsen Sun by the British army had placed the various guns examined in tile following or Der first Lewis second. Liar by Hotchkiss third Madsen. The decision had been unanimous ;