Winnipeg Free Press

Monday, October 28, 1918

Issue date: Monday, October 28, 1918
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Previous edition: Saturday, October 26, 1918

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 28, 1918, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba free monday october 23, 1 8. Great Campaign on Victory so Jig today continued from 1. better than for any event in he previous history of the Dominion. A great army of committee men and women has been enrolled and entire regiments of Active canvassers. Between sixty and seventy thousand people Are on the in rious committees Tho total for this province being a the neighbourhood of four i jus and. Arc. More directly engaged in the Effort than was the Case and much of the canvassing the residential districts will by done by them. Their head quarters in the City Are in the great. It St in the premises Corrm Ray used the Canadian Kire company. Last year the first subscriber was. The his excellency . Oilily Misjuk a. To a Good example realizing that a Dis was in every Way desirable. In a. Letter to sir Thomas he referred to the fact that the loan would enable great Britain to make purchases in Canada for the army and appealed to the patriotism of canadians to support the loan. The governor will no again first on the list this year. Pommet tech meet. Jarge meetings Are forbidden Dur ing the Campaign but the commit tees will be in session for. Part of the Day each Day for the next three weeks. There will be no relaxation of Effort and the combing of the province for subscriptions will go on continuously. The general committee will meet in the Northern Crown building the City committee sits at 422 main Street where line premises were obtained and the women s committees will meet at the great West Jaife building. Various groups will meet from time to time luncheon and dutch dinners and will Confer there with reference to the Groat undertaking. Members of the committee say that the influenza is rot helping them at All. On the other hand it is not do ing As much harm As was feared. In sections of the province which Are hard hit plans have been Dis arranged but the great bulk of the possible subscriptions will come in. The sentiment is that nothing will prevent j tin Loyal citizens of the province from making the necessary to sustain the soldiers at the front. How to subscribe. Persons wishing to buy Bonds Are asked to go direct to the Bank. Any one who gets a Bond must go to the Bank eventually since All Bonds Are delivered by the Banks. Information will be gladly Given by the Banks and All questions answered. It is not desirable that Money should be Given to a canvasser under any circumstances. All that the buyer needs to do is to fill in the printed application form which the canvasser presents. On this form there is a Blank Cheque form and also a Blank promissory note form. Persons having Bank accounts can fill in Blank Cheque and those persons not having Bank accounts can nil in the promissory note which must be paid before the close of the Campaign on november 16. Harry Lauder s work at the loan Headquarters on Satur Day a visitor told of seeing Harry Tauder Selling Victory Bonds in i Montreal a year ago. It was in Goodwin s departmental he j said and a big crowd had gathered j in response to the announcement that Harry Lauder was to be there. Among those who came to the to make a Purchase was a wounded Soldier who wished to buy a Bond for his Little son who was with him. By Wilber d. Nesbit you know you Are going to buy Victory Bonds. You would t be Square with yourself if you did t you could t take off your hat to the Flag with half the sense of ownership if you did t. You could t read the War news with half the eager Faith if you did t you could t be 100% Canadian if you did t you know the Victory loan starts october 28th. You know you Are simply lending your Money to your the Best Friend you and your Mother and wife and sister and have. You know what Security is Back of your that Means Good interest and that your Money will be paid Back to you. You know All of know the business Side As Well As the patriotic Side of it then buy your Victory Bonds the very first Day of the loan. Don t wait do your thinking beforehand. You Don t need to consider it you Don t have to be argued into know you will buy Victory Bonds. Be one of the first to get the badge of Victory Bond Button. Canadian government Bonds Victory loan i9is buy your Victory Bonds the first Day let us buy and pay for your Victory loan Bonds no commission charges. Starts the Purchase of Bond and a Bond the balance can be paid off at your convenience with a month the minimum. Dominion loan and securities co. Ltd. 200 Sterling Bank building capital paid up Reserve e. E. Hall president b. G. W1nans, vice pres. Notice to railway men this Sylva Star improved hand car built exclusively for hand car in guns Usa and embody All la sit sold on monthly payment plan if Deal red Gat our prices now. Sylvester co. Limited Lindsay . For women s ailments by c Veryn Over a Quarter of a Century accept a substitute. Sold re for there press for five for Sale Cash b. C. Cigir factory established 20 years Runn a concern raw material All appliances such As presses Moulds typewriter Safe adding machine desks work benches. Labels boxes. Office furniture Etc. Build ing and lot. Concrete basement apartments of 5 rooms each modern line condition first floor Oil rely used for factory. Inde feasible title no encumbrances. For Lurther particulars write owner b. Wilberg. B. C. Cigar factory buy Sample shoes the logical Way to get Good shoes below regular retail prices. Belden s Sample shoe store 304 main Street opposite Industrial Bureau. Next door Singer sewing machine store. Between Union station and Portage ave. Phone a 3906. There s a lesson to be cried Lauder. Here s a. Man who has risked his. Life j for his country and who is now i Retting a Bond for his Baim. I that s the spirit beat the i Kaiser in an hour. Lii uder sold j Bonds to the amount to 1 Over 600 buyers. Some one asked Lauder to sing but that Day As May be judged he had no time for sing ing we re Here to sell Bonds and they la Cost you Money too he re i i Early subscriptions i it is expected that this morning i will yield some fair sized subscriptions. One or two of the larger fun Anclaim Here have in fact already determined the amounts which they intend to subscribe and this information at once Siven to the r Public. There Are also a Feu private individuals who Ore Able to take Large blocks of the Stock. Winnipeg s quota the general committee has been working or the distribution to the various sections of the province of the forty million but the final arrangements on this matter Are still to be made. Vinety. Per cent of the country districts live been allotted a proportion of the loan. The quotas the committee has taken into account the exact positions of every area in making allocation of the sums to be raised. This work been done very thoroughly Here in order that the distribution might be fair. For this reason the announce ment of the allocation has not yet been made. The expectation is that Winnipeg will take about and thu country the balance that is 000.000. Last year the City sub scribed t20.000.000 the. Balance of the provinces. The financial position of a Large number of Farmers and other residents of Rural districts has improved considerably during the past twelve months it is thought that the response from the country May sur pass five mile gain made by French various Points continued from Page 1. L conquered Mont d or iffy Origney , Cour Jumelles and Chi Vres and also a number fortified Points Between these villages. On the right French units crossed the Peron River and progressed toward the Northeast capturing Hui 117 and Suc Erie. Metres East of Riche court. A number of prisoners also were taken in this Section. Penetrate German trenches. On the front of the Serre the second army supporting the move ment of Tho first army also made1 gains. He crossed the Serre East of Assiz sur Serre and penetrated the German trenches. East of Rissone violent German counter attacks in the Region of the Mac Quigney farm were Orolen up by our fire. Artillery no Hting continued very Lively on the front Between ban Ogne and Nante Uii sur Aisne. The number of prisoners taken during the fighting of oct. 25 and. 20 Between Rissone and Cloteau por Cien is More than including 51 the positions prepared by the Ger mans in i East of the Souche the night was marked by energetic reactions on the part of the enemy infantry. Rather Lively fighting especially in the outskirts of Petit Caumont. In spite of German counter attacks the French maintained their positions East of the River. Victor s Merit investment for those looking for a real invest ment whether they be old or Young they can not do better than sub scribe for the coming Victory loan. In All probability it will be the last the French pushed Forward their the War Loang which the Dominion of line As far As the Road from re Canada will Issue. The that being Courance to Conde be Herpy. More Oase it. A most probable that with the to the right the French captured the curtailment in the Supply the value of Herpy Mill and several centres of the Vic tory and other Canadian War resistance. We took a number of Joan win ultimately appreciate and prisoners and a. Considerable Quantity will Geil at a or erbium rather than at of material. I r there was no change in the Situ one we Atton on the rest of the May be assured. When peace obtains while gov i Ern ments. Will As in the past need to i borrow Money yet it obviously will receive unofficial Washington oct. Uno j Nof be an thin g approaching the in facial text of Germany s reply to Oramous sums they Are now compelled president Wilson was received to to raise on War account. That be night too late to be seen by presi j ins so it follows that the demand be Flent Wilson and other officials. Ling curtailed they will not find it to pay the abnormal rates now obtaining. When that time arrives. Those who Are holding Long term Victory Bonds yielding 5 1-2 per cent of their investment will n aurally be in an enviable position. Extend Harvest leave. Ottawa oct. Coi Man dins military districts have been i notified that Harvest leave to draftees has. Been extended to nov. 15th. Unreserved Cash auction Sale of 600 sheep and 150 cattle carry lines through Strong Hun positions Paris. Oct. War office announcement of last night reads our troops supported by tanks on saturday carried out a vigorous thrust Between the Oise and the Serre. The enemy was overthrown and driven from several villages. We captured parse Vila and Chev Resis Les Dames and pushed North of Plevine Selve As far As the approaches to Cou Jumelles. We took numerous prisoners. I Rissone and chateau porcine the germans attempted Dur ing the Day to retake from us our of yesterday. Their counter attacks with effective were renewed several times especially South of ban Ogne and Moulin Herpy. These were brought up against the resistance of our troops who every a there repulsed the enemy and main i trained their positions. The number of prisoners taken in this Region since yesterday exceeds one of our divisions alone captured several Hundred machine i guns. I during the night there was heavy artillery fighting Between the Oise and the Serre. Contact maintained with the enemy All along Tho front reached yesterday. Captured mortars. On the South Dank of the Serre River the French attacked the Village Mortiere which fell into their hands after a. Violent fight in which they took 167 prisoners. Between Rissone and chateau porcine the i French breaking up the enemy re i distance carried their line Forward i on a front of four and a Quarter Miles to a depth of two Miles through airman killed flight Lieut. C. M. Wilson. Flight Lieut. Claude m. Wilson eldest son of c. H. Wilson of the Wilson furniture company who was reported missing on oct. 14 is now reported to have been killed on that Date. Lieut. Wilson enlisted with the 6sth Battery in Vancouver sept. 1916. He transferred to the at Petawawa in july 1917, and trained in Toronto and Texas be fore going to England in january of this year. He was awarded the c. In september while on leave in London and had Only returned to France a Short time when he was re ported missing. The late officer had Over a dozen machines to his credit. He was born in Kildonan in 1898, but moved to Vancouver with his parents in 1904, and has resided there until enlisting. Although better known at the coast he had Many friends in Winnipeg who will greatly regret to hear of his death. He leaves a father four Sisters brother George who has enlisted in the . Fir Novelty siding. No. 1 and 2-1x4. Per so. It. Cents Edge Grain. Fir flooring 1 and 2-1 x 4. Per so. It. 5% cents Edge Grain fir no 3-1 x 4. Per so. It. Cents delivered in quantities of 500 Square feet or Over. Tanber department Hargrave Street. Eaton 6oo Breeding ewes age 2 to 5 years. 150 heifers age 1 to 2 years. 1 pure bred shorthorn Bull v i 5 head working horses and harness. To be sold i thursday october 31st at Fanny Stelle Man. I. Marco Iloilo. Liavine sold my Butcher business and farm will sell i without ree rvs the above described Stock. 600 head of Choice ewes these i were bought from Gordon. Ironsides i Tares part of their Breeding i Stock forced on the Market through the extreme drought Early in the summer. I lao head of Grade Slio Thorn heifers land a number of yearling steers. I u head farm horses and harness. Train leaves . Station Winnipeg j ., arriving at Fanny Stelle at And leaves for Winnipeg at 7 . Sale Sharp. Terms. Cash. Marcel Mollot proprietor Winnipeg main 2142. Morse i . Phone 7-14 Sanford Starbuck Man. By h. Gray sox Cash auction Sale of horses cattle farm in. Elements household furniture at Silrdi Hill Manitoba. Tuesday october 29th at 1 o clock. Instructed he t. Is the on the Bird s Hill Road Well school. 4 Miles e. Part As follows la one team Bay horses about a. Each. Black about 112 ibs. Grey gelding ibs 5 of milk cows Milkin and in or ill calf. 1 be Keif t a water barrels. Harness. Sznal harness. Set breast Collar paints. Oils. Whip Fletre yokes. Shovels. Hoes and Arden tools. Cook Rauche Abinet Heater. Bureaus hairs sewing machines. Beds com linoleum. Chairs. Milk cans an pails. Seed potatoes Etc. Etc one House. 2-Storev. 7 room. Lined inside with Beaver Board Pahr de inside and out. Is insured for is nil terms red Flag take East Kildonan car of Walt in and walk e. I Miles to farm of h. Gray i son Stock auctioneer 282 Ellice Avenue Winn Neu hone m. 15-16. No Cit phones Sher. By w. H. Mcpherson insure with c. H. Enderton co. Insurance in All. Its branches fire Inland and Ocean Marine liability automobile workmen s compensation and personal Accident 228 Portage Avenue. Phone main 4138. Cash auction Sale of 95 Grade cows All fresh or immediately freshening i and 40 Durock Jersey pigs weight about 125 pounds each. On the premises Section 29. Township 10, Range 3, 3 Miles South and 3 Miles West of Elle Manitoba on thursday oct. 31st at 1.30 . Instructed by messes. Lambert and Roy. We will sell by Public auction the Stock As above All of which Are in first class shape. Cash terms at Sale. Conveyance will meet train at Klie. Train leaves Union station Winnipeg. At 10.50 of Sale. A Ansert ;