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12 PAGES Daily British 19 PAGES 1-8 YEAR 85: NO. "193 BRITISH CAPTRE INPIRTANT RE And Beat Off 3 Ferocious Counter-Attack By the Germans. M OVERLOOK BAILLEL FRENCH HAVE TAKEN ST. MAKD LES TRIOT. Several Other Places Also Captured by the French--How the French Line Now Runs. (Canadian Press Despatch.) With the British Army in France, Aug. 19.--British troops, after cap- turing Outtersteen ridge in front +f the town of Merris, have beaten o'f a ferocious counter-attack and in- flicted heavy losses on the enemy. More than 600 Germans were cap- tured by the British. The ridge was captured by the British yester- day and the Germans counter-at- tacked last night and this morning. The position, which overlooks con- siderable ground held by the enemy in the direction of Ballleul, is now firmly In British hands. French Take More Places. (Canadian Press Despatch.) London, Aug. 19.---8St. Mard Les Triot, over a mile southewest -f Roye, was taken by the French yes- terday, according to reports from the battlefront. The French also captured the town of Beuvraignes, two and three-quarter miles gouth of St. Mard, according to despatches The new French line runs from Fonteney to the ridge south of An- digncourt. From there it runs to Nampoel, which the French has sur- rounded, and extends to the edge of the Montaghe forest. It passes about fifteen hundred metres south of Carlepont, and finally joing the old line north of Tracy-le-Val. The French now hold rather important high ground to the south of An- dignicourt. . British Take Important Ridge. On the new Somme front, local fighting continues, the Entente Allied forces biting off pieces here and there all along the line. Patrol fighting has continued and there are some indications that the enemy has made up his mind to withdraw from the present front, but would rather go back in contact with the British so as to inftict all casualties possible by the free use of machine guns an without himself risking many of his own men. Intense-shellidg and bomb- 'ing of. enemy rear areas continues. At no point has the enemy organized attacks even against the new out- posts of the British, French Reach Le Hamel, (Canadian Press Despatch) London, Aug. 19.--French troops penetrated into the village of Le Ha- mel on the hills west of the Oise and north-west of Ribecourt, to-day, ac- cording to advices from the front. During the fighting to-day the French were on the aggressive but made some slight headway against deter- mined German resistance between . Lassigny and the Oise... : - SERRE PREP RR bE bbb Iver perere kasee 3 : FROM DRAFTEE'S CHEST. + -- * + New York, Aug 19 ---The + # Kaiser must be delted from Ar- # 6 re FOR ALLIED PEOPLE Rationing Will Be Practically Over For Coming Year-- Meats Plentiful, London, Aug. 19.--Universal war bread for all the nations fighting Germany, practically without rations ing will be one of the chief results of the food controllers' conferences in London, Herbert C. Hoover, Am- erican food administrator, announc- ed yesterday. He added that there will be ample supplies of meats and fats if the populations are economi- cal and avoid waste. "The danger of privation is now passed," he de- clared. Mr. Hoover said a programme had been reached regarding the different commodities that are required, not only to maintain the health, but the comfort, of the armies and civilian populations. No increase in the amount of bar- ley used for beer in Great Britain will be permitted, notwithstanding the demands of the brewers for an extension of their allowances, ac- cording to the Central News. Barley Is an important constituent in the standard loaf for the Allies which has been agreed upon, and is also necessary for feeding animals. These demands are considered more important than the claims of the brewers. CANADA HAS CAUSE FOR GREATEST PRIDE Our Men Are Simply Irrepres- sible, Declares Gen. Currie, Who Commanfis. - Ottawa, Aug. 19.--The dash with which every Canadian division enter- ed the present attack and carried on day after day is illustrated in this observation from the Canadian Corps Commander, Lieut.-Gen, Sir Arthur Currie, which has been cabled by Sir Edward Kemp: "Canada has been thrilled many times by the record of the deeds in the fleld of battle by her sons, but never before have our battles given so much cause for pride as in the fine fighting of our men. They wer: sim- ply irrepressible. One of the tanks which accompanied us in the fight and was rechristened the 'A1 Domin- ion," went into action with a piper of an infantry battalion playing for all he was worth." SOVIET MAKES APPEAL TO RUSSIAN PEOPLE It Says 'That Russia's Interven~ tion in the War Is Neces~ . . sary. ---- (Canadian Press Despatch) Amsterdam, Aug. 19.--Telegraph- ing from Petrograd the correspond- ent of the Dusseldorf Nachrichten quotes the Russian newspaper Pravda as saying: "The Soviet Government will de- clare war on the Entente Allied coun- tries. Soviet officials have issued an appeal stating that Russia's position is alarming. Russia's intervention in the war is necessary. The removal of the Government to a safe place, consequently, has been decided upon, and Kronstadt, the fortress of Petro- grad, has been chosen as the seat of authority. All preparations have been Hage to move the Government offices ere." BURNING CiNAPIAN COAL. US. Warcraft Using Vancouver Is- land Product---Big Contract Let. Vancouver, Aug. 19.--- Vancouver Island coal is now being used by the United States ;Navy Department on a large scale. It is understood that the Canadian Colliers, Limited, has contracted to supply to the neigh- borhood of 150,000 tons of the best Comox 'coal within 'the next eight or nine months. Tt ig said that all the United States fleet at the Bramer- ton Navy Yards will burn Comox coal. A new development in the use of coal there isthe experiment of BETTER WAR BREAD { KINGSTON, ONTARIO, MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1918, LAST EDITION Records Official Photo. TURNS IN WAR FAVOR ENTENTE Retreat to Old Hindenburg Line Would Not Surprise General Malleterre. HUNS BEATEN IN PICARDY LUDENDORFF HAS DIFFICULT TASK BEFORE HIM. Found His Masters in Foch, Petain and Haig---Allies Will No Doubt Continue Pressure on Both Banks of Oise. By General M. G. Malleterre Paris, Aug. 19.--As in Tardeno1s, the German high command is fignt- ing an energetic rearguard battle in Picardy. It is trying to snatch as much of its material as possible out of the Montdidier pocket from the Allies and probably to form on the northern bank of the Somme new halting positions as it did on the Vesle. 'But there must be 'enormous ob- struction across the Somme pagg- ages, which are 'continually bombed by ANied aviators.: Consequently the rearguard is fighting stubbornly soufh of the river. The essential re- sult of the battle already has been acquired. the big open pockets caused by the German offensive are being closed. Under AMied pressure the front will once more become rectilineal be- tween Albert and Rheims. New Retreat Likely. ~ The big German effort against Paris and against Amiens was there- fore vain. It ig possible the high command foresees a further and larger retreat to the old Hindenburg line. The German newspapers seem to predict .it and even to-advocate it. 'Marshal Ludendorff, if he is really a master nfind, must consider the new situation as needing many thoughtful resolutions. Whether. he did so himself, or 'whether he was advised by the crown price, he let himself indulge in certain illusions, Which events have cruelly belied. He played an On both sides of the Oise | Under forced THREE CHEERS AND A TIGER FOR SIR ROBERT BORDEN Sir Arthur Currie, commandant of the Canadian Corps, officers and men cheering Canada's Fremier somewhere in France. This was on Sir Robert's visit to Copyright. © = . - adversary whose value he did not | sufficiently appreciate. He be- lieved in the depreciation of the re- maihing Anglo-French strength. He thought himself master of a new me- thod of surprise attacks, but he found his masters in Marshal Foch, General Petain and - Field Marshal Haig. We cannot, we must not conjec- ture the ulterier inter-allied high commands projects. It will no doubt continue the pressure exercised on both banks of the Oise. Two Employees Dismissed. Montreal, Aug. 19.--One hundred and fifty employees of .the Dominion Transport Company went out on strike because two of the employees had been dismissed. Some of the men remained at work, and the company expects that most of the others will be back in a few days, The dismissals, according to the company; took place because the men neglected their work and idled away their time. \ War on Hookworm. | Kingston, Jamaica, Aug. 19.---Dr. F. Connor, the hookworm expert sent out by the Rockefeller Insti- tute, and now in the island, Mas com- pleted his preliminary investigation for the campaign to be waged against the disease, and has given lectures in public and to the school child- ren. The Government is making preparations to finance an expedi- tion to do Be actual 'work of ex- e yt ¥ In Their First Raid. Washington, Aug. 19.---General Pershing advised the War Depart: ment that. early in August a com- plete squadron of eighteen De Havi- land "Four" airplanes built in the United States and equipped with liberty motors, successfully carried out the first reconnaissance flight of American-built' machines behind the German lines. They returned with- out loss, Picking Up Bargains. Geneva, Switzerland, Aug. 19.-- conditions .and at nominal prices the Germans are sell- ing many beautiful French chateaux and homes in Alsace. Prince Wil- liam of Hohenzollerm lias just bought the chateau of Baron de Bussiere, near Mulbausen. The Ger- man Crown Prince already has bought two places at ridiciulously low prices, and is said to be negoti- ating for another. E "Lightning struck and killed six mileh cows on the farm of Bryon Rose, Napanee Road. The loss will be about $700. the troops on Dominion Day. -- Canadian War | {of July, 1918, are understood to be KRONSTADT 1S IN The Russian Port And Fortress Has Been BOLSHEVIK] MAKE ARRESTS AND FEARED Kazan Has Been Surrounded---Vio- circulation in Finland that the Ger- mans have seized the Russian naval port of Kronstadt, Stockholm despatch to Le Matin. Petrograd, at the eastern extremity of the Gulf of Finland. principal fortress of Russia. the most prominent representatives of the Russian Socialist party have been arrested by the Bolshewiki. is said it is feared the men will be sentenced to death because they had planned to summon a conference uf all-Russian workers. important ity in the Volga region, has been surrounded, and is being bombarded by Soviet troops. telegram states. ed under arrest at Vologda. Civilians between the ages forty are being 'mobilized by Soviets trenches. ward Onega Bay, have occupied Kiri- lov, gorod, east of Petrograd. ported that violent fighting is pro- ceeding on the southern the direction of Tcherkask for the possession bridge. nish News says it has réceived a report ~~ CERMAN HANDS Seized By Germans. | MEN WILL BE SENTENCED TO DEATH. lent Fighting is Going On--The Banks Have Been Taken From Moscow--The Germans May Not Intervene and Help Bolsheviki Government. Paris, Aug. 19.---Reports are in according to a Kronstadt is twenty miles west of It was the Bolsheviki Make Arrests. Copenhagen, Aug. 19.--Forty of It Kazan Has Been Surrounded. Amsterdam, 'Aug. [19.--Kazan; an The that a number of nglish and (French have been nluc- of eighteen and the construction of for 'the Bolshevik 'troops, advancing te- of Nova- It is Te- in the government front in of the Don 'railway Banks Leave Moscow. Stockholm, Aug. 19.--The Fin- Bureau at Helsingfors from commander, the sald, had reported that ag fate as July 10th they had lost 2560 men kiled and 1,200 wounded. These advices also report the es- tablishment of the new Siberian Government with headquarters at Omsk, where the people and the government have repudiated the Brest-Litovek treaty and declared their determination to fight the Ger- mans. i War Tidings. After the capture of Monolithe Farm by the French, the Germans made a strong attack, but the only result was heavy losses to the en- emy. The line is still held firmly by the French. French troops on Saturday morn- dng captured Authrechet . plateau north of Aathrechet village. This gives command of the region north- west and south of the Oise river. Local actions elsewhere resulted in tightening the grip of the Alles on the approaches to Roye, to the west, north and south. | The total of German losses from the beginning of the war to the ead 6,000,000. 'Austrian morale is suffering from the Italian propaganda raid over Vienna, according to Rome de- spatches to the Italian' embassy. The British line north of Proyart was slightly advanced on Friday night and on Saturday the British made progress on a front of nearly a mile north of Iihons . Concentrating their efforts on Zeebrugge, the German submarine base in Belgium, British 'aviators working with the navy dropped 60 tons of bombs on enemy positions during the period from August 8th to August 15th. The Canadians have made a total advance of fifteen miles singe the) began their offensive, German bombing machines made two attacks on American hospitals but were driven off. There were no casualties. . The British Admiralty announces that two destroyers struck mines and sunk Thursday night. Twenty-six men are missing. Japanese forces have landed at Vladivostok and joined the British and French; The Allied contingents received ovations at many points, The Americans early Saturday morning captyred the village of Fra- pelle. The fiermans suffered heavy casualties killed and wounded. The French made further progress Saturday and captured one thousand prisoners. They took the village of Canny Surmatz and enemy positions on a front of nearly two miles to depths of one mile in the region of Autreches. Twelve enemy planes wero brought down. COST OF RICE STARTS RIOTS. Ten Policemen and Many Rioters Wounded in Town. Tokio, Aug. 19.---Ten policemen have been wounded seriously and many rioters injured in a riot at Nagoya over the high cost of rice. Fifty persons have been arrested at the Nagoya and 400 men and wo- men at Ohaka. Industrial disturbances continue elsewhere. The police have succeed- ed in prohibiting meetings in Tokio. The price of rice has doubled twice in the past year, due largely to a corner in the arket. ENEMY FAKES DESPATCHES. Austrian Papers Declare Italy Hos- tile to Russian Intervention. Washington, Aug. 19.--Austrian newspapers are devoting much space to alleged quarrels of the Entente on the subject of Russian intervention, official Rome cables announce, Vi- enna and Budapest papers are de- clared to have published false de- spatches that Italy is openly hostile to Allied intervention in Russia and Siberia. ; FLOODS iN CHINA Has Caused Great Desolation Amon, « the P: on : (Canadian Press Despatch.) Hong Kong, !Aug. 19.----Many CANT STOP FOCKS ARMES The British Have Made a Further Advance West of Armentieres. ROVE 1S BEING ENCLOSED AND THE FALL OF THE TOWN Is AT HAND, German Counter-Attacks Growing Weaker ---- The Enemy Pushed Back Behind the Roye-Lassigny Road. { (Canadian Press Despatch) London, Aug. 19.--British troops west. of 'Armentleres have advanced their line to a depth of one to two thousand feet on a four-mile front between Vieux Berquin and Bailleul and also niade progress south-west of Merville and taken four hundred prisoners. The Allies are [gradually enclos- ing Roye and the fall of the town is hourly expected. The Germans made counter attacks since Thurs- day, but all are growing weaker. The French have occupied the ad- vanced defenses of the town souto- ward of the Avre river, They have also occupied the junction of .he Montdidier{Estrees<St. Denis roads. St. Mard has been taken, after the fiercest fighting from house to house. The Germans had formidable defences at this place. Beyond Loges Wood, the Germans were pushed back behind t*s Roye-Las- signy road. French Advance Near Soissons. (Canadian Press Despatch.) Paris, Aug. 19. --Between the Oise and the Aisne, French troops attack- ed 'at six o'clock last night over a front of fifteen kilometers bétween Sarlepoint, about four miles east of Ribecourt and Fontenoy, .approxi- mately six miles west of Solssons. They advanced an average distance of two kilometers over the = whole front." The French have occupied the plateau west of Nampoel, about seven miles north-west of Fontenoy and the edge of the ravine south of Andignicourt, two miles and a half east of Nampoel. Nouvron-Vingre was captured. Seventeen hundred prisoners, including two battalion commanders, . were taken in the operation. There were violent ar- tillery actions north and south of the Avre river during the night. Further British Progress. (Canadian Press Deapateh.) London, Aug. 19.--Near 'Merville, at the apex of the (Lys salient, the British have made further progress. Fifty prisoners and a few machine guns were captured... A German counter-attack between Outtersteen and Meteren was broken up by Bri tish artillery. A . The text of the statement reads: 'We secured a few prisoners last night in the Ayette sector and also south of 'Scarpe, where our patrols entered the ememy's trenches and penetrated some distance into his position. North of Scarpe, a hostile raiding party was repulsed with losses. During the night our troops made progress in the Merville sector in spite of the opposition of bostile machine gunners. They captured be- tween forty and fifty prisoners and a few machine guns, Early in the night the enemy launched a counter-attack against our new positions between Outtersteen and Materen. The attack was completely broken up by our ar- tillery and machine gun fire. The to- tal number of prisoners capured In Bunday's successful operation in this sector is not yet avallable. The bos- tile artillery has shown some activity the British Columbia Sugar Refin- ery 'Co., which is burning powdered coal with fair results to date. CHANGE FOR ALIEN RULES. He -- All Those Over Sixteen Years Must ereaftor Hy , Ottawa, Aug. 19.--All alien ene- mies over the age of sixteen years are now required to register under. the alien regulations. Previously the. 24444404 | regulations required only aliens of 3d enemy nationality, of military age and having no permanent place of residence or abode in Canada, to re- gister, : people lost their lives, five thousand are homeless, and 250,000 are starv- ing as a result of floods from the Tung Kiang (River. south of the Sothme and has been active south-west and north of Ball- leul." French Penctrate Two Miles, (Canadian Press Despatch 7 London, Aug. 19.--The ench tenth army, which attacked German positions between the Oise and the Aisne last-night, has penetrated to an extreme depth of nearly two miles. The enemy machine gunners are re- sisting desperately and the German air service Is also very active. # THE CASUALTY LIST. Another Record ¥rom the Re- a Sy (Canadian Press teh.) Ottawa, Aug. 19. er long list of Canadian casualties from the recent heavy fighting was handed out this morning. There are 403 In a. including Hr enty seven kiMed in ~~ action, seventeen wounds and 258 wounded. ' ¢ Rioting In Tokio, (Canadian Press Tokio, Aug. 19. serious rioting in Tok®. Mobg dam- aged property in the business dis- Food shortage is the cause of the trouble, . Fie * thur Martin's chest before he + # enlists in the marines, = Martin, + # former circus tatooed man, said + * to-day he would submit to an + * operation to have a tatooed + # likeness of Wilhelm taken from + # his chest, as he does not want + # to join the marines wearing + # such a decoration. He will ¢ 4% have ths skin taken off and # : new skin grafted. * x + a 5 ad NS Petrograd that measures have been taken for the spéedy transference of the state bank land other state de- partments from Moscow. Private freight and passenger traffic on the railways has 'been suspended. German intervention in Russia to assist in [Bolshevik government is strongly opposed by the Germania of Berlin, which Is in close touch with Chancellor von Hertling. The newspaper decfares that Germany's sole interest in (Russia lies in the re- storation of orderly conditions. Irkutsk is Taken. Washington, 'Aug. 19.--Capture of ae the important Lake Ba kal port of the Trans-Siberian rail- road, by the Crecho-8lovaks, aided 'by the Siberian People's army in July 7th is announced in a belated de- spatch from Ametican Consul Harris ai 1s dated July 4 Demantieet' 138 a gallon on whiskey and other The council reported th the | distilled Nquors was tentatively de- n charge d'affaires at Pekin. cided on by the House Ways and He not been heard from for Means Committee. 'The present tax many weeks, owing to the demoral- 1S $3.20 a gallon. The new rate is ized condition of the lines of com-|Sibject to change if the committee - munication and the presence in Ir- should find itself short of the $8, Jn the outposts and trenches wh kutsk: of /Boleheviki forges, Red |000.000.000 goal when the bill is we were only able to : ready to get seven unwounded Guards and German ang Austrian & : triets. several machine guns. rhe railway to Samara is open, News. I tek ut trang not running ku are ru through to Moscow. The Czecho ENEMY FORCES DREAD -- ~ ANEW BRITISH DRIVE The Canadian Raids Have Them Greatly Worried and Looking for New Push Forward Ottawa, Aug. 19--Roland Hill, Correspondent with the Canadians in France, writes: ~ : : According to prisoners which we took in one of our effective 'biz lit- tle" raids there is no longer boast- ful talk in the Hun lines about their coming offensive. On the contrary, | although these German rs still claim to have something like thirty divistons in reserve from Antlens to the sea, they are in deadly fear of what they call the coming Allied attack. Th which the Canadians Rochester is Going Dry. Rochester, N.Y., Aug. 19.---Ro- chester isn't dry to-day, within half a mile of the four army posts in operation here, but it will be soon. Most of the prominent hotels of the city will be closed under the dry zones. : The dry zonesorder is made offec- tive on August 27th about the Me- chanics' Institute school. It closes the bars at the Whitcomb House, ithe Eggleston, Pete Gruber's, E. M. Higgins Co. Hotel Rochester, Hotel Powers, Hotel Seneca, Odenbach's and some ninety others. Heavy Whiskey Tax Coming. , Washington, Aug: 19.--A tax of halt 2 2 5 cb 4 trenches about three-quarters of a mile long, and half a niile in depth. We expected serious fighting, and went over in strength. Masked in darkness and heavy rain, the Can- adians surprised the German garri- v returned @5 a result of the inquest into the death of Lieut. John Freele Meek, Port T , Ont, who fell into the EE: aEht of Several thou- feet while the coast. An officer swam to the wrecked ma- Former Collector Dead. Quebec, Aug. 19.--The death og- curred on*Saturday of Capt. W. H. Carter, former collector of H.M.S. Customs, Quebec, at the age of eighty-four years. Deceased, wh was the second son of the late Ad-: miral T, who served with Nel- son at falgar, was in the British *Fmy, and' came to this country in - ' t i * nexiy that all did not survive," although all night long the enemy stood to in battle order, our artillery still punishing them, think- ing that the dreaded attack had ar- i i + i : the field Sunday. on the recom- | nade Fi BOOTY OF CHAMAGNE och. : NOT FOR Posties Promised Ottawa, Aug. 19.---A statement outMning the Govermment's attitude in regard ond the letter Savion grievances is expected to be issued. to-day. Since the conference with |#% 1eépresentatives of the Letter riers' Federation and of mail clerks {+ August 6th a committee of the Cabinet has bad the whole question ander mation. Washington, the return to | Gorse Erbe E eI bA ati TT