Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 26, 1918, Winnipeg, Manitoba Today s weather fair and Cool. Yesterday Xiv pm. 33.6 minimum. 19.8. No abatement yet White there is no abatement yet in the influenza epidemic Here the Mal Ady is not spreading to the arming extent experienced elsewhere. Vol 8.08 . Sets 6.17 . 0-4l . Decs 2.-19 . Winnipeg saturday october 26. 1918. Morning edition no. 98. Ays president of diet French gain footing in Hertz Mil despite stubborn resistance of germans Advance North of Hills taking Ferriere farm Comiter quacks smash powerful defences of enemy i i from Berne oct. 25 havas the Lola or Wust of inc prussian diet resumed session in Berlin thurs Day Couitt Schwerin president called upon the deputies to Malfe a United i front against the enemies of the country. He said that never before had chamber assembled at such a j grave How with the enemy threaten ing to stride Down the doors of the country a upon Yaj London. Oct. Albert ii has been appointed Hun Premier in succession Lodr. I according to a Vienna do i Spalich to the of Copen j Liagin und forwarded by Lite Exchange 1 Digraph co. Count an Fansy has succeeded Baron Burian us a Usoro hungarian foreign minister led Loda in a Despal Cli and queening now held by British reach whole of important railway line Between la Quesnoy and Maing Between Gissonne and Chatea u to Iceni teutonic forces. I flood Ose Valley successfully German positions on High ground North of Mareches in two Days marshal Haig s forces capture prisoners and 150 guns review of War situation oct. -3. Line thousand i inns have Teeri made prisoner j and 15-0 Yuns have been captured Fey j j Tho British in their attacks a Anat i strengthen natural defences the term apis. According to marshal tonight. The but French armies undaunted by formidable obstacles it form. On the w have or in tru by Ivren Moi Lions live Osta n ii sail eurs Evvs Imi North the y. Vittit of Nurs ear Viula it Oats -iivi.1 i Fri sir in t cast Fot t Vii Cut Firth Tinifu. Got. I a in ral Aimont d Oring Ryand the Vul Loy Tiv Forre is very Stout the Liu to rag 1 Ali. Stirm of. Cd ire to this in the i i ust am. Determined j Tai Ili Spuit of fool i . They no Lurly t nor j tiu1 of terrain cd i. Natural Usu Urkov enemy if Uini Ost in shop. Which Ilio they i our to i m a i t i o n t n r. F r Oft be n eyes i it attack Tut from rib court of is m wih v the Sorre in i the posit i Liy the uasi Ilera i it. I1 Tor is tics i capture in tht1 reports a the min Iii in nit is tronier Mii a main. Is an Extension he a rim tier in i unt which the in of but in the to re sent Battle is Kajj a communication tonight. South in Valenciennes the British have reached the entire railway line on the front Between e Quesnoy and Malu a. The text follows we i Itlie continued our Advance on. Tin South the River Scheldt. Have captured sep Meries and Queren Ingr and reached the line of the be Quesnoy and Valenciennes rail Way from the Northwest of be ques to the East of in the a afternoon several counter attacks were j repulsed on this front. Durins wednesday and thursday on the Sabre Scheldt Batt Leiton. I first. Third and fourth British i of 1 s armies captured prisoners and women of 18 Inu runs. Ortli of Valenciennes. J have cleared the enemy rear guards Frum the i guises of braille and Buri on outskirts of is Quesnay. The British my in France Gnu Flanders. Oct. To. 11 by the associated press the germans i Belgium and France still Are stubbornly resisting the attempts of the Allied forces to break lines and bring about an immediate collapse of their defensive positions. On the whole they Are succeeding but nevertheless on All salient positions under attack the enemy line gradually but slowly a being forced backward. On the Northern italian front Between the by Enta and Piave Rivers the austrians Are being put to the test in a new attack by British French and italian troops while in Mesopotamia the British again have Sone on the offensive against the turks tie last accounts Are making Progress. In Albania and1 Serbia the operations of the allies Are tending to ward1 slow but sure evacuation of the invaded districts by the enemy forces. Huns offering stiff resistance. Everywhere the germans Are offering the stiffest of resistance but nevertheless they have been compelled to give up the town of Maing and most of the intervening Points southward along the railway to la ques Noy which now is All but in British hands. Between the Oise and Serre Rivers american naval gunners with 16 Inch guns have joined the French in their efforts to Hammer their Way northeastward1 toward Hirson one of the key Point positions in the German line. American shells fro m these guns Are being hurled against both Zervins and Rosy. Sonic further Progress has been made by the French in this Region hut Only after the hardest kind of fighting. Likewise on both sides of the Meuse River the americans have advanced their line notwithstanding the Strong resistance enemy. North of grandpre which lies in the Valley above the famous Argonne Forest several Hills of tie utmost importance from a strategic standpoint have been taken from the desperately resisting enemy machine gunners and artillery. Numerous violent counter attacks have been launched by the germans against the americans but All these have been successfully sustained. The germans in this Region Are now badly outflanked by the French standing on the left of the american line at Vou Ziers. And it is not unlikely that they soon will be compelled to readjust their entire line from the North of Vou Ziers to the Region of Etain. Long discussion Wilson reply by Hun War Cabinet decided to await entente s armistice Terras before sending answer to Washington arrival of answer followed immediately by adjournment of Reich Stag representatives of . Reach Paris to attend sessions of supreme War Council compel germans to use raw troops from East Wilh the British army in France and Flanders heavy losses which the germans have gained since he Allied offensive began j have forced the enemy to use raw i troops brought from the Eastern front. The enemy has now 195 divisions j on the Western front of which 831 Are German infantry divisions sex eluding 31 divisions withdrawn after they had suffered severe casualties during the past two Reelfs and 6 Musiro hungarian divisions. J there Are Only 12 enemy divisions i available in Reserve on this front and none of these Are fresh. The Degen Erate situation which the enemy is now facing appears to be fully appreciated by Many of the German people a j cording to letters captured along tie front. Success attends opening of new italian drive Likely to outflank austrian positions from Monte grappa plateau to the sea on asiago plateau Monte Sisemore River crossed and Monte Sola role held disease spreads 1 three thousand prisoners taken i if austrian morale will i stand heavy blow bolshevik open free love Bureau Over Uver British troops tonight were. Oil the outskirts of be Quesnoy having driven Forward across the be ques Noy Valenciennes railway after heavy lighting. The enemy appears to have retreated from a considerable portion of the ground in this zone. British patrols late today were operating in the be Quesnoy Region while British infantry had reached tie High ground North of Mareches and were attacking the Oernia positions there. Menace increasing. Advance greatly increases the menace to the germans Irol Ding already prepared. J Valenciennes. Thich is rapidly being i bottled up. If a line were drawn hay.1 i through the positions now held in Tori. By Urt Ilicia 1 Gen. Home s army on the North and from tin Rution of Uriso South j Gen. Byng s forces on the South. It to i v a. Damn Long would pass Welt to the Easi of Val for Iii eventuality of i -. Should the British con eat have enabled the to Tine their Forward pressure As it of the c.ms-. Of Lul Riichi Vii a. They Kis e tin. San of to prot it Timeir pics res Rene pressure on Serre Sone he front j j f of Tii fur Nidin i u Lair anti almost constant vie. In the lighting i Rulith for the past Nii in is of Gen. De i i continue to forgo Abend find i Avo re Ivoti the in my Back i n i i old of Trio Retreat i 1 i oni Chyirl Cirii in the germans no to make u stand around tie Kreutc u in old them i i or a Short Lime during their tit the munic. T i Lai tips of the germans appear become property of state under recent decree Are kept Hon. C. A. Dunning states Tele phone service meeting1 All demands made London oct. 25 Maidens under the jurisdiction of certain provincial bolshevik soviets become the property the state when they reach the age of is years and arc compelled to Register at a govern ment Bureau of free according to the official Gazette of the Vlad report increased business in consequence. The Only real trouble arises from the fact that the Rural lines Are Cut off from service. With the flu epidemic and All the people within ten to fifteen Miles of the City dependent on Saskatoon Mimir soviet and workers and sol Dier deputies which recently published that soviet s decree on the subject. Under the decree a Wotan having registered has the right to choose among men of 19 to 50 a cohabitant the consent of the Man chosen is not necessary the decree the Man having no right to make a protest. A similar privilege of choosing from among the registered women is Given every Man Between 19 and 50. Strikers and the government without the consent of the Jea Ciers believe thai within London oct. Wilson s note was received in Berlin in the course s sitting of the Reich Stag which immediately adjourned a cording to. An Exchange Tele graph despatch from Copenhagen. Discussion of the note was taken in sectional meetings of the Reich Stag members. Await armistice terms Basel Switzerland oct. 25. The German War Cabinet considered president Wilson s reply at a lengthy session yesterday according to the Frankfort Zeitung. It was decided not to answer the present time but to wait until it is Learned what the entente s armistice conditions May be. Will continue reforms Jot Don. Oct. Solf. The Ger i. Man foreign Secretary speaking in the Reich Stag thursday according to an Exchange Telegraph despatch from Copenhagen the govern ment would continue the reforms already undertaken Iii the govern ment of Alsace Lorraine but would not anticipate the solution of that problem. The foreign Secretary contended that polish annexation demands were not in accordance with the peace programme of president Wilson. Wilson Benefactor of humanity Basel. Oct. Must be an end to the Maxim where a German places his foot it is Ger Man declared Anton Stychek a. Polish deputy., Iii the Reich Stag wednesday. Tie asserted that president Wilson is the Benefactor doctors the situation is Inisi Easau of humanity and recalled the ves this respect. Ati on suffered by the at no sign of settlement. J hands the germans Aegina sask., oct. So Ike i Deputy Haase. Minority socialist. Of the government Telephone opera the speech of the Chancellor tors Here still continues with so tar compulsory to Wear masks in Vav Ashington oct. Sudden t. Flare of activity on the italian front. Act after a youths of compete ties crippled j quiet attracted attention to j Day among military officials Here. I it was noted that the first Toronto. Oct. I the re i official reports from Home carefully Saskatoon. Sask. Oct. Inconvenience is Suft ered in the City As a i result of the strike of the Tele phone operators and linemen the automatic switchboard which serves All City phones being kept working without difficulty. The Long distance lines Are Cut Oft. And the Telegraph suits of the influenza epidemic in1 the province has been that the provincial Board of health has had the govern ment give to municipalities the same Power to take Over buildings to Iso late cases of the malady As now permitted with other commune Aba diseases an order in Council has been passed amending the Section of the Public health act which provides for the talking Over of land and buildings with which to treat communicable cases so As to make it to apply to epidemic influenza including Span ish influenza Grippe and three Day while 101 deaths from Spanish influenza and pneumonia today put the City s death rate from these diseases Over the thousand Mark the Outlook in other parts of the province appears in interest of state. Tills provision is cles rec has been for the past three Days the enemy will to forced to evacuate Valenciennes very shortly. The British attacked this i my icing they held Vendee in and the High ground East of that place. From Thorpe Points they drop e off before Daylight into the ring e country East and North. It is known that the. British who i Aown coi. The girls fess than is. The Tarou ii Early in the Day were decree further states that it has been still crying ahead. The British second no sign of a settlement Between the strike l Short their ranks will be increased completely tie up Long distance the interest of the the of i telephones in the province. A. Picket port unities for choosing husbands j today was placed by the strikers and wives is to be presented at the around the local Telephone Exchange end of each month the decree stated. Hon. C. A. Dunning minister of children born of such marriages Are telephones today stated that the ser to become the property of the j vice was going on As usual Aud meet stringent rules and penalties Are Laid my an. Demands on it. _ increased Cotton i erring to. I example of Simi Washington oct. Sin attacking in con with j decrees already issued at Luga Ning from january j to october 13 Kolln and other a similar this year showed an increase of project of provisional rights in con i Bales Over the same period Keetion with the socialization of to in 1917, the department of Commerce men in the City of Khz Velinsky and i announced today. In 191s. The report Vicinity has been published in the shows that Bales were the French on the Northern Battle j front fought Way steadily for Ward in the face of heavy artillery fire and captured Moen in Flanders. The French arc reported to i of. Making the ran on Good in Cre re a on the British left. In positions k l Cine retiring i two mile Advance. Afir us with the British army in France i Iii Nul the Kivney troops and Flanders. Oct. 25. Further in in attack to drive them j Porta it gains were today by h halting Tim plan. I a let a by the nature of the Vrr the Are it hiring o h to make great Sci s by tlu1 Hir Rerisi u f i Iii nil a the Bishu Field. Dismiss petition judge refuses injunction an ground of interfering with War work i it. I. In stick Tui Lay dismissed lilt petition Marconi a ireless tale graph i i which asked the Superior Mil tin . C t Oil inter injunction tit restrain. The i i and Kui Nuiry of. Ltd. Coria in for Stelt i Iii Why in under us lion Tor the ii i set Ai thur unit ise a Here ram. Tin Iii Iii Iii at the to tiny in if to fact that hips an nce Alfil for Vurpo-se.-, Lel m ill Thi would be Paiik Dolit a. His lord shirt the it is i t on of any to in manner asked Wuu Lay Winst Iii icon. Equipment of the the j i-spuiu1 i May made 10 account i they Liaf Init i ill War. T m of. The British. First and third armies in ground j their encircling drive about Valenciennes. South of the invested City Gazette of the workers deputies of that City. In jul Soldier ginned. Mcadoo approves contract Washington dire dior general Mcadoo approved the form of contract to be entered into be organize third tank battalion. Montreal. Oct. 25. Authorization As too vague declaring Germany could not expect an armistice from it. He added that it would be Crim Inal to hide from the German people the fact that the hinder our Bagdad had Cunil Leci. Supreme War Council to deliberate soon refrained from describing tie actions As a drive. The fact that nearly prison ers were taken yesterday Sho svs the Surprise nature of the attacks and it also May indicate waning morale ill the austrian army. Officers Here not be surprised if the aus Trian forces in View of conditions showed weakness under heavy As Sault. Tie place selected for the attack indicates that the present operations May be preliminary Steps to a. Major offensive. If the High ground Between the Brenta Piave Rivers is car ried in sufficient Force observers Here believe it might be possible for the italian army supported by French and British units and Artil Lery and. Possibly by american troops to reach the Valley of the upper Piave and outflank the whole austrian position on the lower running from to be More encouraging. Kingston reported the smallest position number of deaths for a number of j stretches of the luulilll6 Days and Hamilton with Only four 3ionte to the sea. Deaths also recorded the number of. Cross optic River. Cases decreasing. _ i oct. Troops have foe gun an intensive Between the five Brenta. In the Monte grappa sector thursday they advanced across the Ornic River arid captured Monte Sola role a part of Monte Pra Solan and Monte Pertica. In River the italians have captured the islands of grave Pat Washington. Oct. Arrival in France of col. E. I. House presi Dent Wilson s personal representative and Admiral Benson the High est ranking officer in the america.1 Navy has cleared Lite Way for the beginning of such deliberations by the supreme War Council at Versailles As May be necessary to Frame the draft of an armistice to be submitted to Germany. The premiers of the Allied countries who make up the political elements of the Council can _ has been Given to major Ostl try 1 be Aas envied at Short notice tout it is commanding the Laval --c.o.t.c. Presumed their presence will not of Oversea til to org Niima the third necessary until the military and Canadian tank battalion to been aval have completed their tie attacking forces pushed Forward More than two Miles. Capturing queening and . While on the North Domese was taken. South of Valenciennes the attack at an Early hour had taken the British Forward More than two Railroad administration Board. This action cleared the Way for More than 700 Short lines to be taken under the protecting wings of the government. Representatives of Short line association had already agreed to the contract. Terms of the agreement Wil be made Public French canadians. It will be or the same strength As previous tanks corps already sent overseas namely 900 rank and file Aud so officers one in charge of each tank. Recruiting officers will be established at Llou Treal Hull. Ottawa and it was said today in official quarters that col. House would not he a member of the Council at least for pet Aciu that he simply is the eyes and. Ears of the president in Europe charged with ascertaining continued on Page great Victory loan Campaign opens on monday sir Thomas White asks for half a billion dollars for the purposes of the great the rate of interest is the denomination of the Bonds and How they Are got changes in regulations Are unlikely for a few Days. Red Cross women Are calling for help in their work. Reports from Western Canada Fol Portage Portage la Prairie. Man. Dot. There were two deaths in the City today from Spanish flu one at the Hospital and one at the Home for incurable while another death re ported from the Rosendale District. This makes a total of in. This District from the disease but none Are City cases other than that at the Home. Up to this noon. 4 had Beer reported to the medi Cal health officer but some of these have since recovered. Or. Cowan announced this morning that he had received a Supply of vaccine and physicians were kept Busy today administering same. Brandon. Brandon. Man. Oct. Latest figures on the Spanish influenza situation Here available from the i medical health office puts the number of cases at 111-, of these 24 were reported to Day. However the majority of eases Are of a mild nature and the doctors Are All optimistic. Everything in the nature of a Public gathering is still strictly prohibited and there seems no immediate Chance of the in Teci Minnedosa. Minnedosa Man., oct. 25. Hadap Oli and Maggiore. The weather on the front is unfavourable. On the Piave front the British have gained a footing on some islands in the River and captured enemy Garri sons of 400 men the italians have Trade Progress Between the Brenta and the Piave overcoming determined resistance repulsed counter at and captured iou prisoners. On the asiago plateau the French have taken Monte Sisemore. Increasing their number of prisoners to Soo. Operations of great strategic importance new Iron a oct. 25 2 Day s new offensive by the British and italian armies along the Piave is Effort to Knock Austria Hungary out of the War and permit the establishment of a new front against the Kaiser s military machine along the ban being Austro German Boundary. If As the result of the Piave operations Austria Hungary were to sur the Render unconditionally. Von. Hindu of health of the town Council Burg would have to face an impose met Here thursday evening for the strategic situation brought about by the opening of a new route hold in Minnedosa. And Vicinity. S permission Wai asked of the Provin a Berlin Only Way von Hillenburg government for the use of i he thereafter could defend Berlin would Esse some Mje by drawing night on she Caine from gait visit some friends Here who persuaded her to remain in Minnedosa. She had been nursing in the local Hospital for the last four months. Kaiser s strategy and the consequent lowering of the German morale might even permit the allies to reach the Rhine from France an-1 Belgium Anil Advance into Berlin from Bohem i As i the result of simultaneous Winter for later in rant this in Emu Niy h Ini Oti. Noel cat Nii-staki., Luis than in i Imo against thy . Without loin ctr i Good to the Hirson Junction oct. A is this Nau nil the following with evening railway Iliin Lur enemy machines ten of our a Hen sir Thomas White debated last sum Ier in Ottawa the Date in the fall on which he the charge made due to the fact that the government does not get the Money in full of november 1. All the Bonds Are dated nov. 1. And a full half year s interest is paid to the Wollod ask the people of Canada for half u j buyer on May 1. The interest re Billioni dollars for tie War he was reminded bu5 Al is Thui Exi icily that the late fall on the Prairies was Apt to Bonds Over counter be marked by severe taking this circumstance under i View. He decided on a Date two weeks earlier than would otherwise have been the Case. The that on monday next the people of Canada will have the Opportunity to buy tie Victory Bonds of the second series. A ._._. Of form of undertaking the latter while called an undertaking to pay is in reality a promissory note. The idea is that the person signing the promissory note will Call at thu Bank i mentioned within a Fen Days and pay in the actual Cash and get a proper receipt. The canvassers arc instructed Noc to accept Money but in cases where seven More cases were reported of Day. A Large number of nurses today s operations Alung the r in the Hospital ill. Therefore May turn out to be Saskatoon. Most important of. War. Saskatoon Susk. Oct. 2.1. Nilu 1 took prisoners. Enza is spreading rapidly in this City. Oct in Billel. Flip although the exact figures cannot be ascertained it is estimated that there a three Here until this registration can be attend cd to. Banks deliver the Bonds it should be borne in mind that the Victory loan committee has no thing whatever to do with the Deli Che " feat Campaign opens of october 2s through a period i Ery of Bonds. This work is dons Ana closes three weeks later on november 16. On eighteen week i of ten or twelve months and win and j absolutely and the Banks Days citizens will have the privilege of putting up their Money in support of the War for hum Ait Freedom. All vane Money for the purpose at i the buyer must therefore eventually a. Lowra be. Go to the Banks and for this reason How to get a Bond it the. For asks in printed Prosi. Which sir Thomas the official formal Spertus is it Pershing s rep fit i enl ulv Fia Tolci Orrt. 36. Ivury ears. Or definitely stated that the retains the privilege of Rupi Tiivi a a the Money which May by offerell to it. Script Oais last fall 8-117.000.000. There is As the total sub amounted to reason to to Sieve that this year there will be offered 10 the government ail this is the sum which has been mentioned by the finance minister in All his Public addresses. As much Money As this is actually needed to finance the vast operations of the War and there is Little doubt that this High figure will be reached. The interest rate the interest which the government which Ada at a rate As Low As o per cent., and it is certain that the Day of these Low rates will come again. A rate of 3 1-2 per cent from the Federal government would have been deemed preposterous prior to the War but the convulsions of the past four years have altered everything in everything possible to simplify Purchase these Victory b the financial world. Hence this desirable that the buyer should americans take firmer stand in Belleu Cay in the Region of Monte grappa the italians established Ion the Northern Bank of the Ornic River. They captured nearly i prisoners. Important Points taken. Although the government has dons a the Bonds still remain certain formalities be complied with before the pub finally delivered lie completes duty and there is j a always some uncertainty with ret i find his Way to the Bank us Early in the proceedings As possible. All the subsequent payments must be made1 to the and the Bond will thai source. Terence to taken. The Steps to be the Best Way to proceed is to s o rate which in future years will be i direct to the Bank denied Enmen de a very High one for the gov Tion will be answered and All details ent of Canada to pay to promptly attended to. This jul is save the time of the canvassers am. Immensely reduce the difficulty of the citizen the terms of payment for the convenience of the Ordinary buyer of these Bonds the payments 1c the canvasser comes Effort. Amount of the Bonds it hoped that this year nearly a. Million Canadian people will but Bonds who did not buy Las Anci for their information it May be again stated that the Bonds a in four denominations that is so and is 000. The buyer has the Choice of a Bond repayable in live years or repayable in fifteen years. The Long term Bond favored by All the big investing companies. It prepared to pay on Money is loaned to it is 5 to the War private mortgage panics borrowed Money in Large Cen-., amounts in Britain for use in can cent. Have been spread Over a period of five months that is Iso Venber de Cember january february and March. Ten per cent of the Bond is payable in november that is. On 1-2 per cent. Application 20 per cent on dec. 6 the mortgage com-1 20 per cent on january 6 per on february 6 Aud 31.16 per the ?1.16 House it is not desirable to give i Cash. The proper procedure is to sign either the Blank Cheque form or the Blank undertaking form which Are attached to the application. Which Bank if the buyer Bias no connection with Bank the name of the nearest Bank May be inserted in the Blank a e g m will no doubt be at a Premium five ears from today and at that time will be impossible to buy a Federal government Bond More say. Four per cent. The purchaser i has. However the option of tie five j or fifteen year Bond. Ten per cent of the people of Czoik iacued on with the american army North West of Verdun. Oct. Has been comparatively Little alteration in the position in hip Centre but the Arn or Eft footing in Bellau Wood Easi of the in Euse. Wus More securely notwithstanding the determined efforts of the. Germans to Force the americans Back. The fighting for positions just Pond Bellea Wood at 4 o clock this morning when the americans drove their Way Forward. At Liht the germans counter attacked and Sliu to the failure of that opera Tion have launched three other at ticks usually unsuccessful. Of the extreme left the gains made by the americans left Thi i i of the Lay on the Ridge extending from Talma farm to to Seuss farm on a line through la Woods. Must defend Iron mines farts. Oct. Order signed by the German general von ;