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12 PAGES - ® 1 LL 183 a] Hahenrwood, Dodo Wood, and towns of Marceleave and Lamotte-en-Santerre., miles into the German lines. mer British line ran. maps. tonneux ridge. Attack Launched in Mist. (Canadian Press Despatch.) With the British Army in tacked this morning extends roughly from the neighborhood of Morlancourt, about three miles and a half southwest of Albert, to the Avre valley, south of Moreuil. slowly. The British launched their attack in a mist after only three minutes of artillery preparations. are coming to the rear best available information. Gained Objectives In Four Hours. (Canddian Press Despatch.) The British attacked over a twelve-mile front on both sides of the Somme, They gained all their objec- tives within four hours; and have captured a considerable num- ber of prisoners and guns. British and French,advanced at some than three miles. nks pave crossed the Avre-Luee valley in the new drive, London, Aug. 8. points to a depth of more French Advanced at 8ame Time. i (Canadian rress Despatch.) "With the French Army in France, Aug. 8.-- The assault he- ran exactly al dawn along a front of between forty and fifty ilometres and a success was se advanced toward Cerisy-Gailly, on the south side of the Somme east of Sailly-Laurette and Mardelcave. . al the same time in the direction of Demuin and Aubercourt. - Around Morisel and Moreuil the German résistance is ter- rific. Along the French front the artillery preparation lasted for forty minutes, after which with wonderful dash. themselves enced in Flanders where shell L} {Canadian this afternoon: in the district north of the Somme the Germans are report- ed to have launched two counter-attacks. broke them both up. Prispners taken by the Brilish are so nu- merous that they are having difficulty in handling them. ' Reports received up, to mid-afternoon indicated that the of- fensive was progressing favorably. The advance was approxi- miles on a mately two and a half twenty-five miles. : Many Prisoners Are Taken. Vv _ (Canadiar Press Despatch.) i , Paris, Aug. 8.----The Allied attack on the Albert-Montdidier front to-day apparently was a complete surprise lo the Germans and many prisoners were taken. One German division was sur- prised as il was coming up to relieve front line troops. Italians Strike At Austrians, enemy advance post on front north »f Col del taking prisoners gun, the War Office do-day. An enemy at Altallan positions on Cor- ria RITISH STRIK EAST OF AMIENS ------ Aided By the French They Make An Advance of Over Two Miles--Many Villages Tak- en--The Germans Were Surpris- ed---Attack in Mist. (Canadian Press Despatch.) With the British Army in France, Aug. 8.1 sive on the front east of Amiens to-day, the British have taken An advaneé by the British to Marcelcave and Lamotte-en- Santerre would represent a penetration of approximately two The latter town is about three miles east of Villers-Bretonneux, slightly east of which the for- Marcelcave is two miles southeast of Vil- lers- Bretonnenx. The woods named do not appear on available The advices indicate that the principal force of the British altack was exerted in the Villers-Bretonneux area, slightly to. the southeast of Amiens, where Field Marshal Haig's troops had an advantageous jumping-off place from- the Villers-Bre- Before 8 o'clock considerable progress had been recorded and all first objectives had been attained. The attack mist have taken the Giermans by surprise, as the weather has not been such as would generally be chosen for the commencement of new operations. was a continuous down-pour of rain along the Amiens front, but advices slate that the British troops were congratulating al the ground was not as bad as they had experi- craters were filled with water and Shere} fas no means of draining them. : Many Villages Captured. ress Despatch.) London, Avg. 8.---A very considerable number of villages have been captired inthe Franco-British offensive and sub- stantial progress has been made, according to news received In their offen- probably have possession of the HAS. IDENTIFIED fee TONEL FOUND France, Aug. 8. Details of the fighting constitutes the Mis. W. J. 8. Sharp Says That It Is Her Property. THINKS HUSBAND DROWNED HIS DISCHARGE BUTTON FOUND AT HI» HOME. "ioing fine" Franco-Brilish| pominion Police Detective Making Enquiries -- Military Enquiry Merely as to Major Sharp's Ab- sence. ' 'A court of inquiry. was held at the armouries on Wednesday re- spesting the disappearance of Major W. J. 8. Sharpe, casualties officer. The character of the Inquiry was purely official and the evidence was given by those employed in his de- partment and hid official relations with him. The finding of the cloth- ing beside the water is not consider: ed evidence of death and the major is officially 'absent without leave." It is intimated, however, that the case will be fully investigated and any clue likely to shed light on the matter will be followed out. This is not properly the work of the mili- tary authorities and interest of the family seem to requive the institu- tion of proceedings through the civil police. Mrs. Sharpe, however, hiag not made any representations to the local police, and in the absence of representations pointing to sui- L cide or foul play and supported by résonable evidence the attitude of the military authorities is. eonsider- ed quite correct. Without absolute proof of death, the wif id family of the officer cannot/Teceive the pension provided by the Gavern- ment, so that their position is a most unfortunate one. ored immediately. The British The French advanced the troops left their trenches On Monday there What Mrs. Sharp Says. Mrs. Sharp, wife of the missing Major Sharp, says the whole affair is a mystery to her. She says his war button is at his home and was there before his disappearance. He was at his home on Friday evening and play- ed with her'and several ladies who came in, He was at work in his of- fice during the evening and when ask- ed to go out he excused himself be- cause of the amount of work he had to do. : £ Mrs. Sharpe states that the towel found near the spot with the cloth- ing is her property. When asked ther views respecting the disappear- ance, she stated that she believed her husband was drowned while bathing, but she is unable to ac- count for him going to 'bathe at the point indicated. When he left | home on Friday evening he said he was going. td the office to work and did not take a towel him from the house. Yet this towel is her British artillery fire front slightly more than NEW ITALIAN FOOD MIN- ISTER. used in the offices at the armouries. She is positive on this point becuse she hemmed it her- self. She had heard him say that Hl he the opportunities for bathing he enjoyed when on duty jat the camp. This official photograph, taken on the British front, shows a supply pontoon bndge over Marne niver, and goes to prove that somewhere aliead the Allies are pushing the Germans back in what is probably developing into the greatest battle of the war, - own, and is quite different from the | towels SUPPLY TRAINS CROSSING THE MARNE KINGSTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1918. ~ PAGES 138 ¢ LAST EDITION © trair crosting a GERMAN BATTALION KILLED TO A MAN Enemy Was Moving to Attack Bridge-Bulldérs on the Vesle. With the American Army on the Aisne-Marne Front, Aug. 8. ican machine-gunners, protecting a location on the '¥Wesle, west of Fismes, wiped out . an entire bat- talion of German infantrymen and machine-gunners. The Germans, at the time, Were manoeuvring into position te attack & group of Am- erican bridge-buildefs who were ap- Pproaching the location. Some bridge material already had been moved near the south bank of the Vesle, and the German, appar- ently discovering this fact, had sent a battalion to a' hilk position to pre- vent the Americans from carrying out their plan. A' detachment of crack American .machine-gunners, however, previously bad taken an elevated position 'commanding the location, and ¢ tire when the Germans Lppeared. Observers' reported that they did not sce a single German get away" from the Jeaden hall, and, accord- ing to the last accounts, not even enemy stretcher-bearers approaoh- ed the scene. The Germans replied so feebly with their fire, because of the surprise, that there were no American casualties. SEEKING AN' OFFICER WHO SEDUCED GIRL Detective Looking Into A Sore did Case Regarding An Ottawa Girl. (Canadian Press Despatch) Ottawa, Aug. 8.--Prosumably act- ing on instructions from either the -Dominon Police or the Militia De= partment, a detective has been sent to 'Kingston to investigate series allegations regarding the conduct in that city of an Ottawa officer, whose whereabouts are apparently not known. Aceording to charges, the officer in question went to Kingston 'a short time ago with an eighteen- year-old Ottawa. girl, and the two registered as man and wife. After spending about a week with the girl, it is said that the officer then tele- graphed the girl's step-mother, tell- ing her where the girl was, and ask- ing her to come and get her. He then disappeared without indicating to the girl his intention | of going away. The foster mother of the vie- tim immediately acted upon the tele- gram and obtained from the girl a tearful confession of . the sordid story, which was then reported to the authorities. WILL BUY SEED. * - Ontario Government Orders 50,000 Mo Ss of Wheat. Toronto, Aug. 8.--The Ontario Government, acting upon the 're- commendation of the agricultural section of the resources committee, will purchase 50,000 bushels of fal} wheat in the United States in order to supplement the home supply of Ung in the province The failure of this year's fall whea - crop in many parts of the province has made the seed pro- blem & serious ome, and extra of- fort >! be} ges if farmers are o put © hereage of wheat so needed. seed i pur- in the States will be selected by Dr. C. A. Zavitz, of the Ontario Agrioplturai College, who is mow in V York State making the neces- PAN 1S READY T0 HELP RUSSIA The Tokio Government Will Send More Troops to Combat Germans. JAPANESE PREMIER HOPES THAT INTERVENTION WILL RE- STORE PEACE IN SIBERIA. That Country ~ May Soon Have a Government Strong Enough to Control Situation as Far as Ural Mountains. : Tokio, Aug. 8.~--Premier Count Terauchi, in a statement concerning Allied action in Siberia, sald the Japanese Government would take further military measures in case the position of the Czecho-Slovaks demanded it. The premier also 'in- dicated that if the chaotic situation in Siberia continued the government might find it necessary to adopt suitable - military measures to cou- vbat. the Austro-German menace in the far east. Count Terauchi stated that tho present step had been taken in per- fect accord with all the Allies. He hoped, he said, that it would mark the beginning of a new era of peace and order in Siberia. If # should be necessary for the Allies to do- spatch additional troops and arms the country must bé prepared to meet the emergency. : The effect of the government's declaration of intention to despatch forces to Stberfa. in aid of the Ozecho-Slovaks, which was pub- lished in the Official Gazette, had been completely discounted. The Japanese-American \negotiations had been made the ba of a recrudes- cence of wrangling over domestic politics, with charges and counter- charges and sensational 'demand: for the resignation of the cabinet and the customary campaign of re- criminations. Consequently the government had recently closed down 'tightly on the newspapers, which were rigidly suppressed if attempted to discuss the negotia- tions. The publication of the de- claration, however, has to a certain extent Joosened the muzzle, al- though the censorship continues of a most ri character, especially regarding the movements of troops o anything affecting military poli- cles. Wait-and-See Policy. It. is understood that the Selyukal majority party fp the house is will- ordered to drop ovér the SAYS RUSSIA WILL CONQUER GERMANY Rising Will Come and End War, German Enquirer Is Told. Washington, Aug. 8.--It is Rus- sia which will furnish the war. This Is the declaration made to Dr. Hans Vorst by an officer of the Red Guards, according to an article by Dr. Vorst in ihe Berlin Tageblatt, portions of which have been receiv ed in Washington through official channels. Dr. Vorst is considered in Ger- many as one of the best judges of Russian affairs, and was sent to Russia by the Tageblatt to report conditions. Through conversations with Rus- stans of all classes he came to the conclusion that thé Soviet Govern- ment is thoroughly detestet, but that the hatred of the Russians for the Germans is still greater. The Soviet Government, he declares, is the oligarchy of terror and unre- straint A merchant declared Dr. Vorst: "The war with Germany Is mer. A new Government wiil formed in Russia. It will decree a general mobilization and will drive the enemy out of all the territory that le occupies.' The officer of who declared that Russia will end the war, added, according to Dr, Vorst, "A national rising so power- ful and so general will be accom plished that victory will return to our flag." THE GERMANS DREAD ALLIED AIR POWER Enemy Will Not Face Single Combat in the Skies-- Want Great Odds. British Air Force Headquarters in France, Aug. 8.--There have been many signs recently of extreme un- easiness by the German high com- mand regarding the increasing as- cendancy of the Allied airmen on the western front. This has been especially evident since the Ameri- can alrmen have begun to appear in force and have proved themselves of the same mettle as the French and British fliers. It has become a among British airmen opponents will not face combat In the air unless in strength of three or four to one, and Gérman prison- ers have told of German airmen be- ing punished by their flight com- manders for returning to their air- dromag still laden with bombs and ammunition which they had been British Hines. It is becoming increasingly hard to find a German airman over the Allied side of the lines in the day time, as is proved by the Cer- mans' own admission that when they do manage to bring down an allied machine it is almost always over their own territory. ta not the Red Guard comman place that their PLAN TO REORGANIZE CONSERVATIVE PARTY Such Is Idea of Some, From Fact That Political Bane quet is to be Held. Toronto, Aug. of Hon, Robert Rogers brought to tre King Edwaf{d a host of 61d lina Conservative politicians. One! of these offered to bet a silk hat that Canada would return within the year to party government. They are planning a big banquet at the King Edward on Sept. 21st to celebrate the glorious victory of 1911. Lead- img Conservatives will be here from Ontario, Quebec and the Maritime Provinces, and Mr. Rogers will be the guest of honor. Some of the faithful see in the man from Mani- toba the future leader of the recog- nized Conservative party. VESLE CROSSED BY ALLIED FORCES The Germans Vainly Tried to Throw Back the Franco= Americans. On the French Front in France, Aug. 8.--Franco-American forces were thrown across the Vasle River Tuesday evening and forced the en- emy back. The crossing was effected to the east of Braisne. The enemy was at- tacked there and 100 prisoners were taken, launched a counter-attack with a heavy artillery barrage, but did not dislodge the Allies, who stuck to the post they had won. The enemy ap- pears to have strong forces in this neighborhood. 1 The Allied line was advanced four hundred yards north of Rheims. he | 8.--The presence GERMANY CANNOT NOW WIN 007 Mer Lat Hope of Miltary Vietry Gone says Lot George. FOG RECENT STROE WAS THE MOST BRILLIANT .IN (WAR ANNALS. One Hundred and Fifty Submarines Sunk--1In July 305,000 American Troops Went to France, London, Aug. 8.--"General Foch by his counter stroke had driven the enemy back, and, although the danger was not over, and he would be a manguine mar on the German general staff who would now pre- dict that Germany could obtain a military victory," said Premier Lloyd-George in the House of Com- mons yesterday. The Premier cha- racterized Gen. Foch's counter-of- fensive as "the most brillignt dn the annals of war." The Germans, declared the Pre- mier, had attempted their land of- ifensive because the submarine of- fensive had falled. 1 Mr. Lloyd-Geotge stated that dur- ing the month of July 305,000 Am- eritan troops had been brought over, 185,000 of them 'im (British ships 150 Submarines Sunk. Since August, 1514, including thosé already with the colors, Great Britain alone, said the Premier, had raised for" the army aud navy 6. 250,000 men, for the most part voluntarily. The Dominions had contributed 11,000,000 men, and India 11,250,000 men. One hundred and fifty German submarines have been destroyed, Mr. Lloyd-George announced, more than half of them jin the last year. In aMuding to the subject of peace, the Premier said that the people who had made the war were in evidence, and they would not have peace ¢o lpng as they were pre- dominant in the councils of the en- emy. ) Everyone wanted peace, the Pre- mier added, but it must be a peace. that was just and durable--one with power behind it. 4 In furtner references oe fight- ing in'Prance, the Prémier declared it was too early to say the German effort had been exhausted. The Germans still had powerful forces in reserves, he pointed out, but it was not too early to say that the chance which they had had on March 21st would not again present itself." The American army, sald the Premliér, would soon be not far short of the German army itself. 3 The German people and Ger many's allies were beginning to be disillusioned, the Premier continued. OFFENSIVES LAUNCHED SOUTHEAST OF AMIENS The French "and British Hope to Wipe Out German Po- sitions at Montdidier. (Canadian Press Despagoh) & Paris, Aug. 8.--At five okioek this (Thursday) morning French troops, in company with British forces, ate tacked in the region south-east of Amiens, The attack is developing under favorable conditions. An attack south-east of Amiens probably is aimed at weakening, if not to wipe out, the (ferman position in and around Montdidier, where the battle line swings to the north. The Brit- ish troops hold the sector south of Somme which joins up with the French lines south of Villers-Breton- neux. Late last week the Germans withdrew to the east of the Avre in the region west and north-west of Montdidier, Since then the Fremch have been gaining ground on the same front. A line from Somme to Avre and thence south along the river faces fairly open country and the region of Picardy in front of it is part of the region devastated by the Germans in their retreat from Somme in March, 1917. A break through the Montdidier region would ve a menacing effect on the Ger- Shortly afterward the Germaiis joan lines from Rheims to Ypres. bY ©; ck . " (Canadian Pr teh London, Aug. he Brive troops launched an offensive east an. southeast of Amiens this says a statement from Field Marshal Haig to-day. The early reports indt- cate that the aitack is satisfactorily. command of Field y is on a wide front, en- gaged, the British fourth. army and the French first army, advanced dawn, r Mr. and Mrs. Danlel Michaelis, Parry Sound, ware