Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 25, 1918, Winnipeg, Manitoba Today s weather fair and Cool. Temperatures yesterday maximum 38.1 minimum 33.4. In o c z of r m film men angry film Ara a gait. The new building restrictions of tha City Council and threaten not to open picture theatres when tha ban is lifted by health Board. ,45. Sun rises 8.06 Moon rises 11.33 sets 6.19 . Sets 2.20 .. Winnipeg Friday october 25, 1918. Morning pages no. 97, important gain made by French North of Serre Noress along East Bank of Oise anal crossing waterway opposite Lonick mob lock Road Between la Forte of Terresia and ferries farm taking hundreds of prisoners Germany will return valuable works of Art London oct. 24 valuable Orfis of Art belonging to museums and private owners in the Cambrai Douai and Valenciennes now in the hands of the germans till be returned undamaged to their own cars after the War. This announce Manl is made in a German govern ment wireless message received Here. These works of Art have under the orders of the supreme army command been sent to a place of safety to save them from destruction by bombard ment the message adds. Fell Lles from belgian Boundary Force further retirement of German armies planes exceedingly Active airmen heavily bomb railway stations Paris oct. Troops have the Oise canal opposite Lons sips according to the War office Amoun Cement tonight. They Nave so made an important Advance Bertosen the Oise and the Serre Rivers. Statement says the Oise our forces after crossing the canal opposite Long Chanis have made Progress on the East Bank taking about thirty prison the disc and the Serrette delivered an attack in the after Coon and despite the resistance of tie germans our troops made an Iao Octant Advance South of Origney Benoit and North of Villers be our right we have reached the roid Between be Ferte Chev Resis Anc terriers farms. Several Hundred prisoners Are reported. There was considerable artillery activity East of Vou Ziers. Air planes Active. On oct. 23, observation planes in the course numerous recon Ais Sances proceeded More than seventy Kilometres inside the enemy lines Tiey brought Back several Hundred photographs. Two captive balloons Cee burned and twelve enemy machines were brought Down or put out of action. The greater part of these successes were obtained in the Region of the Aisne where the vigilance of Pursuit machines was Partick canadians closely following up retreating left Bank Scheldt canal present line of enemy resistance giving Way before smashing blows of Allied forces new British wedge will probably compel evacuation of Oise Serre salient review of War situation with the Canadian forces oct. 24. J. F. B. Livesay Canadian press troops which occupy the line of the Scheldt canal immediately North of Valenciennes have begun closing in. On this area contained within the Sharp trend the canal makes Northwest of Conde. We Are now Only a few Miles from the belgian Boundary. Since we crossed the canal Cle la sense South of Douai Many of our troops have marched Over thirty Miles Over Al indications of relentless drive being prepared by Pershing on american front Washington oct. British operations on the Valenciennes front took on new importance to officers Here today in the Light of the diplomatic situation. Marshal Haig s armies Are striking savagely at the hinge of the present German line of resistance and the Progress already made is thought by officers Here to make it certain that the German retirement both in Belgium most impassable roads and in miser-1 in prance will have to be re Able weather. Today the Sun was i sum ii without delay. Shining for the first time in ten Days. Despite bad weather our troops have been consistently cheerful. For in their Progress they have witnessed at last the fruits of four years of fight ing. They have seen tens of thousands of French people released from slav Ery and property in the Way of Coal mines and Factor ies restored to the Freach nation. Their Advance recently has not been. _ without opposition. Our aim has been j communication system of that front to prevent the enemy getting away. De threatened from flank at Leisure and we have trod on his i and the real. Heels daily. Our outposts feeling their Way along and driving in his rearguard. Thus his main body has never been More than four to six hours ahead and we have prevented him wrecking the country in his South of the new British wedge the French Are keeping continuous pressure against the enemy along the Oise Serre front making it difficult for the German commanders to Dis engage their forces from this most exposed sector of their lines. Success of the British Effort however which it now , a precipitate evacuation of the Oise Serre salient it is believed for the Early exercised. Burin the night our bombing machines dropped 14.500 Kilos of projectiles on the railway stations at Mon Cornel Olarle. Zervins and Signy. With particular attention to to Rosy on which More than seven tras. Of explosives were dropped causing several belgian official. Havre oct. Official com Rann cation from belgian Headquarters tonight Bays there was no event of importance on the operations of the armies in Flanders except that the French troops increased their and Vance East of the Lys and reached the Deynzer Courtrair Road Between passage. Villages Are intact though systematically sacked and looted while dirt and stench the Hun leaves behind him Are indescribable. Every where he has blown up railway and Road Bridges and left huge craters at the Corners of roads. Efficiency of. . A this adds to the Aliffi Cury of getting and supplies but the men have received their rations regularly thanks to the Fine exertions of the army service corps while Canadian engineers railway troops and labor battalions Are work ing feverishly in restoration of communications. This open warfare through a rolling country provides a magnificent. Training for our troops who Are fast closing up the scars of the recent fighting and present a fresh and smart appearance. Ono almost two battalions on each in engaged in actual May Retreat line reduction of the Oise Serro salient would Mesin of the lines probably East As the Argonne observers in Eli eve and coupled with the Franco american pounding there and on the Ieuse the British and ances of today and yesterday possibly foreshadows the Retreat of the enemy to the Meuse line. If that retirement is delayed much longer pet Ghem and on Sene and progressed Gade front Are North of Contact with the enemy hold East Bank of canal. Paris oct. Gains on the Oise front Between the Oise and the Serre and North of Rheims were re ported by the French War office to Day. On the Oise front we crossed the canal East of the communique said. Despite enemy counter attacks we hold the East Bank. Between the Oise and the Serre there was Lively fighting in the re Jion of the Railroad North of Mes Recourt. North of Nizy be comte we _ enlarged our gains during the night. On the plateaus East of Vou Ziers there were great artillery establish position Northwest a Antreville while the rest have a Chance to take things easy under pleasant conditions of land untouched by the War. The enemy is clinging obstinately to the right Bank of the canal no doubt As a Pivot for his retirement elsewhere though our airmen report that the City of Valenciennes itself is evacuated except for a few posts could enter it from where we Are now firmly established on the canal to the North. This position was stormed by a. Toronto battalion this morning if we occupied the City this would afford the enemy an excuse for shelling the town also. He still holds the right Bank of the canal Southwest As far As Miang and Thant. Where English troops on the Canadian corps Are it was said there is. Prob ability Tea f the British working East Ward con Vallaci enthes will gather in and numbers later on. In View of the existing military situation officers Here figure out that every Day sees the superiority increased superiority in Man and gun Power is increasing. Since president Wilson has already pointed out to the Ger Man authorities that the safeguard ing and guaranteeing of the superiority must be the basis of an armistice agreement a proposition the German leaders accepted statement Standard of Power in the Field must of necessity govern such it is Clear the conditions of the armistice to to formulated grows increasingly hard on the enemy each Day. The advantages in position derived from the latest British thrust officers said certainly will not be overlooked in estimating the situation of the opposing forces. Await Persong s blow More than Ever officers Are Aon Vinced that new operations on a in face of the stiffening resistance of the German armies in France and Flanders the troops of the allies have been Able to achieve considerable successes. In belgian Flanders the germans have endeavoured to cover their Retreat by flooding an considerable area though Thia May cause some delay in the Pursuit it can make no material difference to the situation. The continuance of the German Retreat to the Antwerp Namur line is being secured by the persistent Progress of the British armies North and South of Valenciennes quite As much As by the pressure exerted by the Northern command of King Albert. The recent crossing of the Selle by general Haig s forces and their establishment on the Heights to the East of that River opened the Way to the British Advance which was commenced on wednesday and was immediately successful. The offensive has been maintained with Energy both North and South of Valenciennes. That City is protected from immediate assault by the Broad canal which skirts its Western Edge and behind which the enemy has established Strong machine Srun positions. The British Are therefore marking time there while they push Forward on each flank and compel the evacuation of the City by encircling it. To Ward Thia objective they Are making Good Progress having crossed the Sheldt near Thant on the South and occupied the whole of the Salsnes Forest North of Valenciennes. Under artillery fire. The Valenciennes drive has brought the fortress of Mau Beuge under fire of the allies artillery and there is reason to. Believe that general Haig s troops May soon enter upon the Valley of the Sabre. At the Entrance to which Mau Beuge stands. They will then have begun to traverse the direct Road to Charleroi and Namur on the Meuse. They will also outflank the German positions behind the Scheldt to the. North Ward and the line of Retreat of the enemy from the Oise Serre Battlefield to the South. In the last named sector the French yesterday made important gains. At about three Miles West of they forced a crossing of the Oise canal. They have also made notable gains South of Origney on the same canal a few Miles North of rib Emont. pres sure of the French against the German front in the Oise Serre sector exposes it to Between risking a breach of the line by too precipitate Retreat and being pocketed by the Advance of the British further North. The disengaging their armies and with drawing them in Good order is hampering the German retirement. In the Meuse sector the american troops Are against a truly desperate resistance. North of the West of the River there has been bitter fighting the americans making a slight Advance and taking some prisoners. East of the Meuse North of the Kriemhilde line the americans have completed the capture of the Bois Belleau and have established themselves in portions of adjoining Woods. The country is difficult and the germans do not intend to yield Possession of a single Yard of the fifteen Miles covering their vital railway connections at Long Yon except under absolute compulsion. Huns drop Back in Serbia. In Serbia the German announcement admits the Retreat of their forces to Para can forty Miles Northeast of Nish and on the Morava River. The serbians Are making Good Progress toward Belgrade their old and there is excellent Prospect the establishment of a Strong Allied line from the the French have already reached on the romanian Border Westward through Northern Serbia. This will entail new dispositions of the German forces if Austria Hungary is to be protected from invasion. In Russia an Allied expedition has reached Volonda by water from the North and in conjunction local supporters has routed the Bol Sheviki in that District this is a notable step toward the re Stab tour British extend front North to River at Thant overcome enemy resistance be tween Sabre canal and Scheldt continuing Advance Robertssr quesnes and several other villages hearing important railway burgomaster Max of Brussels is released the Hague oct. Vai Erland in its Issue of today says it is reported that the political prisoners held by the germans at turnout Belgium Northwest of Antwerp including burgomaster Adolphe Max of Brussels have been released. Burgomaster Max was arrested in Brussels in sept., 1914, for his irreconcilable according to an announcement made by the cer Rhian military governor of Belgium. In 1917 it was said that the burgomaster was seriously ill in a prison at Celle Prussia and that King Alfonso was intervening in his behalf. Seven thousand prisoners and Over 100 guns taken--0n Western outskirts of Maing Little change in of cases Allied tactical even As their with the military London oct. British troops have overcome the enemy along the whole front Between the. Sabre canal and the Scheldt and their and Vance is being continued. Field mar Shal Hai g reports from Headquarters tonight. Since1 yesterday morning the British have taken prison ers and More than 100 guns. The text of the statement reads this Moraine our Battlefront was extended northward As far As the Scheldt at Thant. On the whole Battlefront Between the Sabre canal and the Scheldt the enemy resistance was overcome and our Advance continued. There was hard fighting at a number of Points. On the right the sixth division fought its Way to the Edge of the Bois-1 Eveque and captured ors. North of this Point we Are approach ing the Western. Outskirts of the Normal Forest and have captured Robertssr. On the of our attack we have continued our Advance to the Region of be Queancy. In the latter Village the enemy is maintaining of must quit cold now or fight on to bitter finish Germany can have peace at any time now but quitting would amount to surrender Washington officials place definite interpretation on Wilson s last answer to huns believe terms of armistice will be officially announced Germany has two alternatives reports indicate influenza still prevalent throughout can Ada and United states Montreal oct. Is Little _ change in the influenza epidemic to peace Dow is before the Allied report today. Total cases reported deaths. Washington oct. Many s plea for an armistice and and deaths. Increase in Toronto. Toronto oct. Reported _ i Hetnor Tiern expedition due of the a ate Fri front and Elf czechoslovak the Volga. Volonda is some distance East of Petrograd and a rather Shorter distance to the Northeast of Moscow. In the political held general approval of president Wilson s note As calculated to test the Bona flies of the government s peace talk is expressed by the Allied press. The effect of it in. Austria Hungary appears Likely to be salutary. Hungary is reported to be about to sue Tor a separate peace and the Empire itself is said to be considering unconditional surrender to the allies. Meanwhile the turkish govern ment is faced with the alternative of meeting an attack on Constantin Ople by. Greek and Allied troops operating Over the bulgarian railways to the european Boundary of Turkey in addition to the invasion of Anatolia by general who is nearing or. Of accepting terms similar to those which put Bulgaria out of the War. Flight alone before Many Days have elapsed. S65 and 133 deaths. Grand i governments which Are to deter totals since oct. I Are 13.036 cases j mine whether they Are disposed to accept president Wilson s principles of settlement to which in today from Spanish in j Germany subscribes and in a it Penza number 62 and from Insu d y United states ask Monia 29. Making a total of 91. , the total deaths so far this month i their military advisers and those in the City from these were j America to prepare the terms of an armistice which virtually will mean surrender by Ger Many. Subs of the influenza epidemic j Njo Orle Here today tin de take to forecast the probable 91s. Today s returns at the City clerk s office show an increase Over the preceding Day. Situation better. Washington oct. 2-1. Further St Nate resistance. On the left of. Our attack also Germany May be left to right of the meeting with on the general Young Mettle. Strong resistance. Large scale Are impending american. Front and that Persh ing s two aggressive armies will soon try their there Are Many minor happenings that seen to indicate to these observers that a smashing blow is in preparation although the extent or object of it is Only a matter of speculation. Hold the left the readiness of the German auth yes. Washington oct. 24. Continued Progress by the americans on the Battlefront North of Verdun was re ported today by general p or Shiing. Enemy positions East of the Meuse yesterday and West of the Oleuse a Antreville was completely occupied and the american Ine established on a Ridge North West of the Village. Fifteen enemy air planes and one observation balloon were shot Down in the course of Many combats in which three american balloons were destroyed and six planes failed to re turn. General Pershing s despatch the communique for wednesday follows Headquarters american biped i hairy forces oct. 23. On the cattle front North of Verdun we have Mornine drove hard ashore Debilt reef Lynn canal Iso further Yiyi details were contained in the wireless Siste message notifying the . Officials of the Accident. The vessel sailed i the demands were re remarkable when nil the circumstances Are taken info consideration. Little by Little she american divisions pushing owner of Minneapolis army replied that he Tribune Dies at Chicago Minneapolis minn., who secured passage on the vessel pubs hero themon from Interior Points in Alaska he was an authority. He water Power electric grand in where they Are protecting the. Trying to reach agreement on of our plan for league of nations. Ern ment is endeavouring to bring Home regiments and already Ieuse. British Advance to Sabre Oise canal British Headquarters in British France so sri tin troops Bok the germans from the 1 Eveque East of be Cateau reached the Sabre Oise canal Region. The British Advance brings rally East the North and parallel through Valenciennes. On Paje in strikers Case Calgary aha. Oct. 24.-James Mui k c. Representing the do minion government received instructions today from Ottawa that he should not proceed with the prosecution of five men from Ogden shops who were summoned to appear in police court this morn in for going on strike in violation Industrial disputes investigation act. Break the hindi Niburg line a Hussarek to the British army a discuss in oct. Von parotid distinction of toeing Amsterdam first to break the Hindenburg line j , the austrian m belonged to cheers enlarging scale of training Camp Dodge la., oct. The Transfer today of approximately men from the depot brigade to three to ins president Wilson s reply a Austria in the House of lords in Vienna on tuesday said that Austria. Was abre to peace programme Mark the _. Training for overseas work on a major ing scale. The depot Tion of seventy six companies. Pehaim without Tor Saemg deep noted convictions. He declared it was a historic and fundamental Dea of the hapsburg that All its Peoples should have equal he rights. He did not think the Presl beginning of dents reply would a a break exchanges. Declared that the l embodied in the Imperial Mani festo for the establishment of a czech state impracticable. Us at grandpre and land res they can fairly be said to have breached the Kriemhilde. Position. On the left of the american front around grandpre there is constant heavy artillery firing and vicious machine gun resistance. More to the right Romagne sous Mont Faucon Cuneo Cierkes and Han til Lois Are kept continually under heavy bombardment by the enemy who is using a Good Deal of Gas along the roads being the american lines. Advancing East of mouse. On the East Bank of the Meuse there is greater infantry activity and Are continually Haras sing and counter attacking. It is quite evident that Ludendorff and the German general staff have ordered this part of the line to Ibe held at nil costs and that reinforcements Are continually being thrown in against the americans. Despite All the efforts of the enemy who have every advantage of terrain the americans Are advancing slowly and with every Prospect of ultimate great activity in air. With the american armies in France oct. First real Sun Shine in weeks resulted yesterday in the most bitter fighting in the air.-, the sky was full of air planes. Two big expeditions bombed the German rear areas this afternoon. More than 150 american planes in one formation including sixty bomb ing machines swept Over the Buz Ancy Region. Tons of explosives were railway Yards and Woods where troops were concentrating were deluged with bombs. Iii the past 24 hours Lieut. Cham Bers of Tennessee has. Brought Down two hostile planes and Lieut. Rickenbacker fevers and Wright and Captain Grant one each. Lieut. Woolsey Manning Humes and col son encountered and brought Down lljcj.ivci.1 _ outskirts of Mains in the face of heavy machine gun fire. In this Sec Tor the hostile resistance was particularly stubborn. Severe casualties were inflicted on the enemy in the course of these operations. Since yesterday morning we have captured More than prisoners and More than 100 guns. We have reached the general line of the Sabre Oise canal due East of be Cateau West of the Edge of the Forest de Normal in the Region of be Quesnoy Ven denies sur is Carillon and the Scheldt canal at Maing. In local ngh tins on the Valenciennes Tournai sector we have made Progress and taken prisoners assault bastion of Mau Beuge. London oct. Drive for Mau Beuge was resumed today. After advancing nearly four Miles on a. Twenty mile front in fighting that extended from Early yesterday far into the night the British again attacked Between the Scheldt and the Sabre Oise canal this morning. The attack is directed against the bastion of Mau Beuge which is surrounded by a great Circle of apexes Advance third of mile on mile front with the american army North West of Verdun oct. A local attack East of the Meuse the Ameri cans today advanced about one kilo metre on a three Kilometre front and Bois Bulley de Hoppy and Bois de Belley Are within the americans As also is a part of the Bois de decrease from to.1.921. A. Stamford White president of the Chicago Board of Trade died to Day of pneumonia super induced toy Spanish influenza. He was 07 years of age. Portage Portage la Prairie Man. Oct. Three new cases of Spanish Fiu were reported to the medical health officer today who after a conference with or. Fraser of Winnipeg has decided to make the quarantine regulations More severe. He has issued orders allowing no one to leave a. Quaran tined House other than the wage earner and he or she to go to and from business Only. The salvation army also was notified today to Stop its outdoor meetings and All railway stations and Public institutions must be disinfected daily. A Small Quantity of serum has been received at the Portage Hospital and or. Cowan expects a. Supply for the City at any time. A death was re ported this afternoon from flu at Rosendale where there Are a Large number of cases. Thus far 33 cases have been reported in the City proper with no fatalities. Birtle Birtle Man., oct. A Meas ure of precaution the medical officer or. F. A. Smith has ordered the pub time of a filial decision on Ger Many s plea. It is known How Ever that the supreme War coun cil already has Given the matter the most Earnest consideration. Certain utterances of entente statesmen and of inspired official organs have led to the surmise Here that while accepting the terms Laid Down by president Wilson there May be Tion to inject new matters to propose new Points based upon. Ever shifting conditions. It however that if such. Should prove a Case the new Points would probably be dealt. With in connection with final peace negotiations and need not delay the consideration of the form of armistice. By Robert j. Beider oct. Must quit cold fight the War to the bloody finish. She can 3iave peace if she chooses to accept Allied terms but in any Way the situation is viewed her quitting will be a surrender. That was How the National capital today interpreted generally the joint announcement of president Wilson s peace answer to Germany and the official fact that Over yanks a pin embarked to Aid in finish Avrille and Lyon de Traye. The Advance was made after a Brief artillery preparation. _ the enemy s response was principally with machine guns but during the fighting he shelled the Back areas and threw a few. Six Inch shells into ver Dun the artillery on both sides was Active Over the entire american front the germans were unusually Ner Vous owing to the activity of the americans on both sides of the he schools picture shows and ill churches to he Clos Dirin View of the epidemic of flu. So far there Are no cases Here but four. Indians have died of it on the Sioux Reserve which s about twelve Miles from Birtle. Brandon. Brandon Man., oct. Date 98 cases " of Spanish influenza have reported. The Large increase since Thellas report is due to an out does not carry with it the de break at the Brandon College. There Mana the second is. Are 36 cases there today All of which however Are of a mild form. Apart from this Only three new cases have been reported in the City. One More death occurred last night in the person of Frank mine Tan Talion sask. This makes four deaths elect to right on. The next move is up to the allies. If they Are disposed to act on the basis of the president s peace principles the Allied commanders will Frame an armistice which would constitute in effect a surrender for Germany. Probably War Aims and peace terms will be cleared up in a conference soon. The armistice terms Are probably already stated through the Versailles conference and Are expected to be officially announced soon. Germany has two alternatives. The first is that the Kaiser abdicate. If that is done Germany can be free to accept an armistice which will make her powerless to fight on but with it the do to Date. Earl Grey. Barl Grey sask. Oct. Austin who has been working Hon brother s farm while the latter is overseas died Here of Senniah influenza today. This is the lir it death As a result of the disease although the number of cases is very Large. In several instances whole families Are affected among these was that of Reeve minor who Are now All out of danger As a result of. The ski us at Tention of or. Cameron of Saska 011. Regina Regina sa.sk., oct. New cases of influenza were today re american Early this morning the artillery Laid Down a barrage North of a Antreville where the infantry occupied Grande Carre Larm and the Edge North of a Antreville straddling the Freya line. Repulse boushev1ki. Attack Allied positions on Dina Advance oct. 2.4. British and american forces yesterday repulsed heavy attacks toy the bolshevik against advanced allied1 positions on heavily shelled the British and americana for six the Anglo captured two inflicted heavy losses Oitte enemy and captured prisoners. They made a slight Advance also. Dunbar Liberal elected. Regina sask., oct. The provincial by election for the Estevan hours. In counter attacks american troops machine guns continued on Sevan or Karl Liebknecht released. Amsterdam oct. 24. Friedrich according to Wilson that it the Raiser and his murder present German main in Power and if the United states and the allies must now or later Deal with them then sur Render alone can be accepted. Would carry it. Such terms As to nullify the Auto cratic Power of Germany. Ebert the socialist Leader in the Ger tee today said Dent s terms and the joint formula for an armistice. The state department Mode no comment today other than to say it fe2t its terms Are so explicit As to need no interpretation. Turkish request for an armis Tice is still in the state department s hands. It was held possible that the armistice terms will be such As to dispose of the austrian and turkish cases simultaneously with the Ger demand for unconditional surrender senator Chamberlain chairman of the Senate military affairs commit Man Reich Stag Reich Stag tempted treason. Method is of evacuation of All occupied territory and arranging for Sulci Wea Taleb Kusi Lott. Terms to be imposed upon the con Nup red As will make it the Toho Whie is Tho weather report in the German Snow at St. John s meteorological other after surrender Lort Story at 7 . Temperature 34.1 Maxl government and its allies to Niue for preceding 12 hours. 38.1 mini j endanger the peace of the world. Mum re. I Ece Dinc 12 hours. O3.4 birr the president very properly _ 50 server notice upon autocracy Meteorol Oscai service i that he has no Confidence in the the Canadian weather observe associated w Cloudy Medicine hat. 48, fair Calgary. 40, Cloudy Edmonton. 36. Cloudy. Ibcal Aloiys have occurred in Manitoba. And Southeastern Saskatchewan but us weal her Over the Western provinces has been mostly fair and Cool. Minimum and maximum temperature i Victoria 46-54 Vancouver. -i2-50 Kam goods 38-50 Calgary. 20-46 Edmonton 10-40 Medicine hat. 16-s2 balt Gerord. 22-3u Moose jaw. 50-46 Winnipeg. 32 with those who have been accustomed to look upon treaties As scraps of paper unworthy to be observed fit suits their purpose to violate them. We do not believe the president nor the allies will be satisfied with anything Short of unconditional sur Render and i think the present that perfectly Clear in his note. Four wokkers in. Flames without injury. C v polls to hear from. I has a majority i unionist with two fax 34-5i ;