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| pitish Whi o 16 PAGES PAGES 1-8 Hinting 203 \ he Daily KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1918S. . EDITION - - LAST = YEAR 85: NO. | BRITISH ENEMY LOSES POSITIONS 10 THE EAST OF CLERY Marshal Haig's Advance In This Locality Is Con-/ A os DRIVE GERMANS AWAY FROM CLERY rare BRITISH STIL [58 %ons NS STRING Be. STE PUSHING AHEAD TO MAKE STAND Maurice Barres Eulogizes Its Widely-Extended Efforts The Germaps. Mave Retreated From the Resistance _Siiflens in Peronne Angle--- - tinuing--The British Have Entered the Vil- | fown of Bailleul. Allies Hold Entire Somme Line. lage of Dranoutre on the North Side of in Allied Cause. Ed Paris, Aug. 31.--"In addition to being represented on the battlefields } > ££. 3 . ¥ i § the Lys Salient. [E. C. EURE BATISH CAPTURE CLERY ENEMY 1S WORKING | ard : ; an article in the Echo de Paris, enlo- z night Australian troops drove the en-| ¥ - 3 wo. : ' -Sur-| 0 a gizing the part played by Great Bri emy from positions east of Clery-8ur TERRIFIC LOSSES INVLICTED Sising the yart ON DEFENCES. ON. MONT Bp. UPON. THE GERMANS, After dwelling on the consistent QUENTIN HEIGHTS. and the line of the Laws river from] Viellechapelle to Lestrom, both of | which villages are in our hands. We| 2 im i ne E Billy abandoned ' *hi i : ave | of the enemy. The British have | Power Bill will bring Field Marshal ly abandone Are approaching Doulieu and have; captured Clery and are pressing | Halg's atmy up to Jo maximum | tempting to hold ground south-west ; on toward Peronne. Terrible | yg makes speclal' mention |?! Uhe Somme. Wa hoped the in- losses have been inflicted on the of Flanders by a powerful army, Somme, capturing many prisoners success of the British fleet, M. Barres s gain Bailleul station and Lille moun-| { of the important results achieved by | Itial success of August 8th assured Germans, le (Canadian Press Despatch) London, Aug. 31.--German troops have been driven from thelr positions east of Clery, on the Somme north-west of Pe- ronile, and the British advance in this locality is continuing, On the south side of the Lys salient the British have occupied the village of LaCouture, north- east of Bethune, / British forces have entered the village of Dranoutre, south of Loore, on the north side of the Lys salient, demician and novelist, thus concludes Ly& front our troops hold Lacouture| month, and says that the reinforce-| west of the Somme is now free | all pretence of at- The Capadian steam trawler Triumph, seized a U-boats and now sinking her sister fishing boats. § = gloriously participating in hurling back the invader, Great Britain has posted throughout the world vigilant sentries, defending the great inter- ests of the Entente." . Maurice Barres, the famous aca- and machine guns. Friday after-| aslish iro or he The British Are at the Drocourt-| refers Jo ny fish BASIAtAIG in the May Try to Delay Allies While Fur- J i : St. Servine eant Line Where a Bitter Strug-| campaign in France e varied | ig a aia ee Tar on Su Will Boon Take Place. [Allis expeditions which have Neges: ther Witiiics wan » Nase w id the east bank of Sensee river. . On the (Canadian Press Desoatch) 8 500,000 men Hume up the Brit-| British Army in France, Aug. {Sh Fictories during. Be resant} Hindenburg Line. 31.--All the country south and ish. Yielories ar ng P | British Headquarters, Aug. 31. -- ments provided by the recent Man | The Germans.seem to have qefinite- tain. | British expeditions to distant fields | retirement beyond the river and the | of activity. He points to the oceupa-| stubborn local fighting at various | tion of serchory in Phssapatania aud | points was no more than rear-guard sie penseratios lof J Ey . a do.| actions intended to enable the with- with less THE GALLANT SERVICE CHAPLAINS One Killed While Ministering to Badly Wounded Mont Kemmel, south-east of Ypres, which was the scene of terrific fight-| ing during the German offensive in| Flanders late in April, has been cap-| tured by the British. Mont St. Quen-| London, Aug capture of Combles, The French Official, (€anadjan Press Despateh) Paris, Aug. 31.--Heavy artilléry HIEVES ACTIVE 31.--In the the Brii- fire north of Noyon and between Ail- ette and the Aisne rivers is reported to-day. The text of the statement reads: "During the night there was heavy artillery fighting in the region of the Canal du Nord, north of Noyon and between the Ailette and the Aisne rivers. German raids in the Cham- pagne were unsuccessful." Advances All Along. (Canadian Press Despatch) London, Aug. 31.--During the GERMANS TIRED OF WAR DECLARES DR. BELAND tin, a mile and a half north of Pe-| roune, lias also been taken. | French troops made a small ad- vance on Allette river and in that neighborhood occupied southern out- skirts of the wood 500 yards south- west of Coucy-le-Chateau. In the Lys salient the British hold La Cou- ture and Lestrem and are west of Doulieu at Nooteboom. Field Mar- shal Haig's forces also have pro- gressed a mile and a half east. ~~ MOST CROPS HEAVY IN LONDON DISTRICT IN 0LD LONDON The British Metropolis Without Police Protection on Friday Night. 22,000 POLICE ON STRIKE THE "JITY" POLICE WENT OUT FRIDAY NIGHT. Man. Ottawa, Aug. 88. --Roland Hill, correspondent with the Canadians, writing from-Frangs, says: With the decling®f the high pitch of excitement coMmected with the first chapter of #he big battle now raging in front of iens, stories of the bravery of inflividual officers and men, and thrilling incidents are going the rounds of the Canadians in the front and réar lines. The chaplain of a mounted rifle brigade went over the top on the morning the attack begun, with a party of stretcher-bearers. For also took 260 prisoners, - The Americans have advanc- ed west of Crouy, capturing Chavigny and Cuffies, The vil- lage of Champs, north of the Ailette, has been taken, ish took one entire battery and | tachment into Baku, the great oil| drawn to be conducted | | | Baillenl Occupied. London, Aug. 31,--Troops of Field Marshal Haig yesterday crossed the Hindenburg line to the south of Bullecourt. In the Lys salient the British forces are reported to have taken Noote Boom, three miles south | centre. . | of | Barres deals with the British expedi i | tion to Siberia and the part played | Selves. by Great Britain on the shores of the | long 'at 'difficult prepared positions White Sea, where it is, he says, a| question of protecting maritime com- munications and important mission in the common in-| ¢*Ution and dealt methodically with terest on the borders of the world. | confusion: © And so it pas provea, After pointing out the importance|and the rearguard fighting 1s fully the expedition to Bagdad, Mas costly to the enemy as to our- We declined to rush head- where fresh troops were put to wel- but we proceeded with | come us, accomplishing an | Slav | each point of resistance. | Meanwhile our guns and sero- | planes made the retreat of the main {German force extremely unpleasant. | Troops and transports crossing the rivers were subjected to continudus SAYS CZAR IN GERMANY. While Czarine and Family Reported | of Bailleul, in Crimea. | harrassing shell fire and bombing. Are Not Militaristic as a Peo- ple--Half Million Ruling Whole Nation. Toronto, Aug. 31.--'T believe it was unwise on the part of certain \ men in certain of the Allied coun- tries to make public declarations tending to establish a will to exter- minate Germaay. "I have no doybt that the Ger- man people are tired of the war. "A feature of the war not real- ized here is that the German people are mot L.ilitaristic as a people. A half 'million men rule the entire na- tion. Two things have kept the Ger- mans convinced that they are fight- ing a defensive war, the offer or peace by the Kaiser in December, 1916, and the peace resolution of the Reiscitag passed July - 17th, 917." ig These were a few of the strong 'War opinions expressed by Hon. Dr. H. 8. Beland, M.P., the ex-Postmas- teér<Geéneral of Canada, in an inter- Yiew. "THIS, OUR GREATEST VICTORY" General Cwrrie Ascribes It to 'In. ©" domiiiable © and Morale," Ottawa, Aug. 21.-- "This, pur greatest victory"--the phrase occurs in a message which Lieut.-Gen. Sir Arthur Currie, commander of the Ca- nadian corps in France, has sent to the Prime Minister In response to a telegram of congratulations. Sir Ar- thur Currie's message reads: "Your kind message of congratu- lations is greatly appreciaited by my- self and the forces under my com- mand, To the splendid discipline and leadership, the indomitable cour- age and morale throughout the fight- ing force, and to the co-operation of all services under the marked effici- .ency of all the staff, this, our great- est victory, is undoubtedly dug. With such a combination, I am fidént that we shall be agale in the future to accomplish even greater things to- oo the attainment of pote prin- es for which we are fighting and the establishment of a firm and last- ing peace." ---- Hindenburg 1s Chim, on, Aug. 31.--Field Marshal i rg, replying to a tele- ly sent him by members Stratford Aug. 3L--Unofficial fig- ~ ures of the city's population given out to-day place the number in the cit ATI The A e will likely he sed a ith the final figures. The: effect of the departure. o the 7 men is shown in a decrease Jae 7420 last year. : 4 Reta th re n Notices: Local News. 5» 5 Even the Bees Up There Have Gone in For Greater Pro« duction. Eondon, Ont, 'Aug. 31.--Farmers in this district report exceptional yields in all crops excepting fall wheat, sec- tions of which were frozen out during the spring There is a magnificent crop of oats, the yield being from 50 to 75 bushels to the acre Corn 1s also abundant, August rains having proven most advantageous. The fate potatoes also are making an August growth which promises ®ood quality and quantity. Many growers report a very good crop of early potatoes in spite of the lea blight, which appeared early in the season, ' Fruit and honey have come in abundance this year. Early ap- ples are bending the branches The honey crop is said to he the best in years One beekeeper in the sub urbs of London is reported to have obtained two and a half tons of the nectar from 38 hives PAINTED RED CROSS ON BOMBED TRAIN The Wounded Had to Wait While Germans Photo- graphed the Wreckage. London, Aug. 31.--A neutral was an eye-witness. of the following example of German knavery: British airmen had bombed and partly destroyed a German military train, killing and wounding many soldiers. But before any attempt was made to succor-the wounded a number of men began painting a huge red cross on the wrecked carriages, the idea being, of course, to pretend that it was a hos- pital train. The Germans then pho- tographed the wrecked train, and doubtless the pictures are circulating in, Germany and neutral countries, MAY NOT SAIL MUCH BEFORE END OF YEAR ; 5 -- The Siberian Expediti Force Likely to Be Moblil~ ized at /ancouver. Canada's Expeditionary Force to Siberia grill probably be mobilized at either Vancouver or Victoria. The military authorities have not definite- ly decided yet as to the date or exact place of mobilization. It is hardi probable, however, that the force will be ready to sail much before the end of the year, : Permission To Sell Refused. Toronto, Aug. 31.--In the weekly court yesterday the application of the Capital Trust Company of Ottawa for an order for permission to sell the coal and wood business of the late The Windows of Jeweliers' Shops and Other Places of Business Broken and Considerable Proper. ty Stdlen, (Canadian Press Despatch London, Aung. 31.--Considerable lawlessness marked the first night protection. During the earlier hours of the morning there were some harmless demonstrations, but later on thieves became active and day- light found a number of windows of jewellers' shops and other plages of business broken and considerable property stolen, This was particu~ larly true in such centres as the Strand, Aldgate and other busy. streets which are usually so well guarded that shop keepers leave thelr goods on view during the night. Twenty-two thousand policemen are now on strike, including the "eity" police, who went out last night. NOW WORTH 54 CENTS. The Purchasing Power of the Dollar is Lower. Washington, D.C, Aug. 31.--Com- parison of food prices prevailing now with those of five years ago shows that the purchasing power of a dollar bill has shrunk to 54 cents in Wash- ington, 57 cents in Philadelphia, 59 cents in New York and Chicago, and 63 cents in San Francisco, according to a statement to-day by the Depart- ment of Labor, Food which could be bought for $1 in July, 1913, now costs $185 in Washington, $1.77 in Philadelphia, $1.68 in New York, $1.69 in Chicago, and $1.58 in San Francisco. FAVOR FREE EDUCATION. But Want It Under Immediate Sur- veillance of Clergy. Quebec." Aug. 31.--At a meeting of the Federated Council of Trades and Labor ,a lengthy discussion arose out of a motion rintroduced in favor of compulsory and free education. The speakers weére many, and all approv- ed of the idea. but some doubts were] expressed at the danger of the State control that would exist over such a method. All the delegates said com- pulsory and gratuitous education would be a great boon, but they want it to be under the immediate surveil- lance of the clergy. 'INCREASE CHLORINE DOSE, ---- : Engineer Also Advises Chatham to ~ Have Two Water Tests Weekly. Chatham, Aug. 29--In a lengthy report 'on the 'local water situation, Engineer J. Willis Chipman, of To- ronto, recommends the appointment | of a competent man to supervise the plant while present conditions con- tinue. He recommends also am in: crease in the chlorine dose, and that hej water tests be made twice weekly, hours he worked ike. a Trojan help- Ing to carry out the wounded, min: istering to their needs, and offering what encouragement he could to the dying. Hig example was an inspira- tion #hroughout the brigade, for the role he was filling was quickly pass- ed along the line.. While he was binding up the wounds of a badly wounded man, a shell fell and burst near him, A short: time later he was picked up Weil. It is said by his seniors of the cloth and the rank and file of the brigade he had work- ed with so faithfully and well that he was one of the best chaplains in the Canadian corps. For the second time the Roman Catholic padre of a western brigade lias been wounded. He was busy in an advanced dressing station when a ghell burst close by. Three frag- ments hit him, and while his wounds aré happily not serious, he is likely to be in hospital for some time. As he was being carried away he said that he would take care that he was not kept away from France as long as he was when hewas wounded before. The senior chaplain of a division, whose father was the principal of Queen's University, is in the ecasu- alty list. He came to France early in the war, and is admired and loved by all ranks throughout the corps. A few days ago he was close to the front line reconnoitring for a loea- tion to establish a centre, from which to distribute free biscuits, cigarettes and drinks, a feature of what is known ag the chaplain ser- vice, when he wae struck down by enemy bullets, and painfully, but not severely, wounded. FRENCH MONEY VALUE. Rate May Reach Flat Five Francs wo : the Dollar, Paris, Aug. 31.--Americans in, France living and doing business on remittances from America have found supplies converted into French money gradually diminishing since the be- ginning of the big Allied victory on July 18th. This is because the turn in the fortunes of war have material- ly increased the value of French money in exchange, mans reached the Marne in the mid- dle of last month the rate was 5.67. As the enemy fell back the rate when it dropped to 5.44. At banks it was said the drop would probably fontinge rapidly ped thet is talk that rate may reach a five francs to the dollar. . 'When the Ger- changed point by point until to-day The. Germans have retreated from the tqwn of Bailleul. North of Sois- sons French troops captured Hill 159, and they now hold all the high ground between Soissons and Leury, according to information from the battlefront. Yesterday morning the British] pushed forward rapidly from .Ba- paume and are now fighting to the east of Fremicourt on the road to Cambrai and at Bancourt, The Germans are fighting rear- guard actions. The main enemy force seems to be in full retreat in this lo- cality. The British are now at the famous Drocourt-Queant 'line, which proba- bly is one of the strongest positions the enemy has ever erected on the western front. The Drocourt-Queant defences con- sist of five lines of trenches many machine guns and immense quantities of wire, and the ground is homey- combed with deep dugouts to offer shelter from bombardment. It is along this line, perhaps, that one of the most bitter struggles of the war may soon take place, , THROAT OF THE FOE 18 IN: FOCH'S GRIP Is Unable to Hit Back at the Allies and Able Only to Parry London, Aug. 31.--Major-Gen. Maurice writes: The Germans are withdrawing on almost the whole of the front from Bailleul to the Aisne. That is the cardinal fact in the situa- tion of the moment. The position is, in fact, very much what it was after Foch delivered his counter-stroke last month, but on a very much larg- er scale. Then the Germans wanted to withdraw from the awkward cor- just far enough to allow them- sglves to re-establish a comfortable and secure line to be constituted. To do this the Sjemy had to abandon the initiative, and Foch, humming a tune, gave the enemy no rest; and, power- fully aided by the keen vigor of the Americans, pushed him from one se- lected position to another until he had driven him across the Aisne and the Vesle. There is little doubt that the Ger- mans intended at the time af the battle of the Marne to retire deliber- ately from various parts of the front, 80 as to reorganize their troops. Sir Douglas Haig's surprise attack of Aug. 8th upset this plan, and Foch has never since left the Germans a on the authority of a certain Erbs, conductor of a Swedish curity in a German town. violating the Espionage Act by mak- sion at Halifax was "an act of God attack on Marshal Joffre during the acquiring an option to purchase ing held on remand pending investi- | London, Aug. 31.--The following message from Stockholm signed | "Hanson," and in French, has been | received by the Daily News: "I report under reserve a story published by the Svenska Dagbladet band, who has been serving as a volunteer at the German front in the Crimea, and | who has arrived in Stockholm on leave. Erbs states that the ex-Czarine, with the ex-Czarevitch and her! daughters, has been living in perfect safety in the Crimea since May, that they have never been in Siberia, ana that all official reports to the con- trary have been manutactured for po- litical purposes. "As for the ex-Czar, Erbs knows nothing definite, but mentions a ru- mor that he is glive and lives in se- The ex- Czarine would 'not be disposed to go to Germany, but has sent her jewels there." PREACHED SEIITION. A Lutheran Minister of Boston' Is Under Arvest. Boston, Aug. 31.--Charged with ing seditious remarks from the pul- pit and in private conversation, Rev. John Steik, a Lutheran clergyman, known throughout New England, was arrested here yesterday, The minister is alleged to have sald from his pulpit that the explo- against the enemies of Germany," and to have entered into a personal latter's visit in this city. In private conversation Mr. Steik is alleged to have advised young men contemplat- ing enlisting. to enter the German army and to Have offered to help drafted men to escape military ser- vice, He is alleged to have sald that the soldiers of the United States would be "like children when they encoun-} tered the Germans." The clergyman, who is fifty-three. years of age, was born in Russia, Australia Buying Mines, Melbourne, Aug. 31.--Premier Watt states that in order to enable the Federal Government to retain some hold in' the future over iron manufacturing industries within the Commonwealth, the Government is within the year the Blythe River Iron Mines in Tasmania. The total purchase money will be $550,000, Posed As Policeman. . London, Ont,, Aug. 31.--Pte. John Williams, of the 1st Canadian Gar- rison Battalion, who was apprehend-. ed in Woodstock while posing as a! military policeman, was brought to London under escort, and is now be- gation of his conduct, make new telephones or changivg Now the only point of German re- sistance on the side of the river seems to bo the angle where the Somme turns sharply southwards before Peronne. Across this angle our advanced positions this morn ing practically made a ehord reach- ing to Feuillers and north to: the bridges at Brie. Below the French ever go further forwabd, being wetuatly on~the---heights above the river north of Nesle and below that on the west bank of the Nord canal." It-is 'possible the Germans may strive 'to delay us in the Peroanne angle by holding the high ground at Flaucourt, but that can do them little good.. North of the river we now have Ham. and the position of the.enemy south of the river is be- coming precarious. Probably the last remnants will clear out across the stream dnd make a stand on the heights of Mont St. Quentin and Bouchavenes, east of the Peronne- Cambrai road. Here the Germans are sald to be working hard on de- { fences, whether in the hope of per- | manently standing tere or only de- laying us while a further with- drawal is made in orderliness to the real winter defences of the Hinden- burg line, it is impossible to guess. The great fact is the Hne of the Somme is ours again. We are once more in possession of all that ground west and south of the river across which our thin line fought so gallantly against overwhelming odds in March. Loe : ROOTING OUT SEDITION, United Siatpe Authorities Seize lon Letters, : . Chicago, Aug. 31.--Upwards of 2,000,000 letters and other mailed documents of alleged seditious im- port have been seized fcently, As a result more than 300 search warrants were jssued secrelly to post office in- spectors co-operating with United States District Attorney Charles F. Clyne, it became known yesterday. According to reports practically every pro-German and anti-war or- ganization has made and the use of the : Among those nam warrants are the Socialist party and affiliated organizations, their of and publications. x The 1.W.W., its defense organiza- tious, propagandists and officials. ONLY 031 CAST BALLOTS, Halifax, Aug. 31.--A plebiscite as to the form of civic n which the citizens of was held yesterday. Only 9 ers went to the polls electors of 7,800 persons there will be no change of civic administration