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= LAST EDITION thorities to consult on matters af- | te 3 mow permitted to disclose, fecting the active service troo These destroyers, which form only HAV The statement made by Sir Will tte | Hearst is as follows: 2 "My colleague, Dr. Cody, has re- ceived an urgent call from the Im- | convoys, consisting of 773 ships, in | 16,000 PRISONERS IN THE PAST |Perial authorities to go overseas | UPSET THE PLAN OF THE EN- NORTH OF VESLE ON A TWENTY a part of America's fleet in Euro- pean waters, escorted 121 troopship FOUR DAYS. EMY LEADERS. MILE FRONT, AA ------ RT ---- I~ ENTENTE NAVIES' DR. CODY RECEIVES WORK IS AMAZING CALL TO WAR ZONE L He Will Go Overseas at Urg nt, - 1 Sh London, Sept. 5.--8ome idea of 3 . : I i, work of the Entente Allies nav- was made by Premier Hearst that S-- {by American destroyers from one Honors on Wednesday Were With the | base in April, May and June of this urgent call from the Imperial au- | French and Americans on the year, witich the Associated Press is Dari 3 5 "ie ww ati iles Ww. ie mies Paris, Sept. 5.--Victory still smiles on the Allied armies. [77 period. At the same time they The enemy is in retreat along the whole line from Ypres to|escorted 171 merchant convoys, ¢on- the purpose of consultation and ad- vice on educational matters affect of the Allied right wing which at last gained their reward of hb Asides at ie , apeiste ) y merican navy in that period did 44 several days persistent effort. Exactly how far they advanced only' 27 per. cent of he convoying,| ers--Halg's Forces Have Taken |to respond to the call, and he will| Motto Adopted--None to Blame! tha Aisne River--The Germans Enemy Position Bast of Given. [40 so immediately, Dr. Cody will| o. cpoumictances Causing With-| May Make & Stand on the tae, ag ip y it may be seen what a tremendous hurried destruction of material his intention of abandoning, if olen 27 Allied navies is performing,.| p, (c anadian Pies Despatch) imessage of encouragement and ap-| Amsterdam, Sept. 5.~--'"Trust atis pt. 5.5-The German re-|preciation from the people and Gov- | Hindenburg and Ludendorff!™ is the to forcing the Germans to re- gress to-day. can troops exclusively, . , critics A ot th 250,000 Am-| zi HL . . | province can contribute further to he ap August piore than 35 night. - Freneh kep* In 'tourh the comfort and welfare of our sol- "We have full confidence ih the made big gains north-west of Noyon. The greatest gains were north-east of Noyon the French are | culminated when the French virtu- | voyed 34 per cent, the British 65 per a I thei nearing Ham. They are reported to | ally swept away the last remaining [cent and the Frénch one per cent. Cinal du Nexd. © Franco-American RY ohite Ri rainy Dr. Cody will |1sche Zeitung. "No one is to blame y mile front. - The French have p aw ia : : reached a point six miles from y mericans | Ame § f Soiss 8 States nava Bg 8 AS objective. Itallans and Americans | Americans north of Soissons and [United States naval he adquarters in of the Aisne, & ding to advices | cation, with the object of giving On- a i. Cavalry forces are being extensively | dominating the Aisne and the Chem- [letters have to be re-addressed. 4 ee , : d used by the French in their advance. | in-des-Dameg and crossed to the It is understood that American Advancing north of the Vesle, |¢R¢ of the mother country in that : : (Canadian Press Despatch) respect. The trip, though nécessar- [ceeds to review the situation onthe London, Sept. §. nal du battleline, and in great danger of a Everywhere from {'eronne to |eoast, enderit R 3 taal . " 2 " Ba 2 5 iv ? Nes - {rendering these important services turning movement eastward from | Ypres Field Marshal Halg's men are | the river Aisme. fm the Nesle re Pp non plateau the battle front Is| north of Moislanias by English >and Welsh troops. Has been forced to begin the retro- | farther eastward, giving the Bri-| CO! 2 grade movement in the Solssons- | tish better points of vantage from OF UNTER STROKE Voyennes and Offey, Just to the ---------- with the concomitant economy in south they ye reac! t 3 uth they have hed the region |gyample of Obliterating Effects men necessary for its defense, it| of the canal on a front of two thousand yards. Excellent pro- YEAR 85: NO. 2¢6 KINGSTON, ONTARIO, THURSSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, i918, Figures From One United States Base Raise The . Request of Imperial Curtain Slightly. Authorities. Toronto, Sept. 3.--Announcement ---------- . _ fes in European waters is shown by ' Hon. Dr. Cody, Minister of Educa- | ' All Alora the Line From Ypres to Rheims--The [interesting figures on the part taken Whe Push After Jeet Foe East of Sou for Quiarie, was going Syermsan (Critics Admit Americans wh Brought The Canadians Have Reached the west Canal Noid and to rhe front in response to an Precision And Das Dash lo eal. Bank of Cam Canal Noid. . . . Allied Right Wing. (Canadian Press Degsoatch.) Rheims. Honors yesterday were with the French-Amerieans|sisting of 1,763 ships. a ue pratt : When it is considered that the : 1g the soldiers. e Governmen . eens. : Further British Advance in Fland- [agrees with him that it is his duty | "Trust Hindenburg and Ludendorf," | They Are Six Miles From Vaillf on is difficult to say as the line moves forward hourly. and that the figures represent only Hit. the Tatil Trot' ia BY a x an > s 3 > WW astroy . vis e battlefront in France, an The enemy, who has lost heavily in men, announces by the [the work of destroyers at one base, chy. ay aistront In Brante, amd | java) (Canadian Press Despa . v Paris, Sept. 5.<In Paddy on - he has not already done so, Chauny, Jussy, Lafere and probably There areiat present 155 ships Tove Ham. The British also continue to make very important pro-|ig the British flag carrying Ameri. | (Feat before thé Wrench nort).-east| ernment of Ontario. He will also watchword of the German military | treat north of the Oise and on , of Noyon contifiied during the |gather information .as to how the the Vesle front the French St. Quentin the Objective. can armies. The climax to the Ger- |erican troops arrived in Europe. Of with eremy :<ar gua of 1sh- Paris, Sept. 5.--In the gains | man manoeuvres along the Vesle [this number the American navy con- at ry a Stands ay Sr di Fore: aig what additional measures military leader," declares Captain > 2% vatrgating foe cast of lit should take to prepare for the yon Salzmann in the Berlin Voss-| Made north of the Vesle, which has been crossed on a twenty- have taken Guiscard. The drive | portion of the old salient in the re-| An average of 2,000 personal let-] forces pushing the Germans north . h here has St. Quentin as its ultimate | gion of Noyon, and the French and [ters daily are now arriving 'at the of the Vesle hav@ reached the line el Mi RH Ho th bri foe SlFéaustancss stronger a Z1sl 4 *dU-~ feould have heen foreseen The are aiding the French on the Aisne. | along the Vesle reached positions |London. Ninety per cent of these X 1 Vailly on the Alsne river. | from the front this morning tario the advantage of the experi- With. that bold preface he pro- -- Outflanked on all defensive | north side of the Vesle on a front of | {naval aviators have begun seaplane| French an path- i " 3 OTe Ee tes pry onaive Ro ty ie rivaling le el £3 ap ahs hi ney add hoi 2 -~ Houns Fouls ily 3 pusie) og will, I beiicvs, a western front. He explains that be- Nord and Tortiller river have y & 8 Lord JT, oCy an opportunity Tori, oo. the Lens salient and Chavig been crossed on a wide fronf the regions of Noyon and Soissons, keeping bard after the enemy gion on the Somme front the French I " 3 the German high command at last | whose Iine daily is being bent back | HUNS GIVE NO SIGN comed the Somme canal near | DAUGHTER OF BRINE on I becomes auite swraighe,] "Uh, troops. reported she peome stri , 'he nadians are rt Rheims sector, which the military | which to work in their task of re- Qe Pri 8 Kk fr to have reached the west-bank 4 experts long had predicted would be | gaining as their first objectives St.|@erman risoners peak ofl. ona Hombleuf, Bsmery-Halion of War on Caste Is "will mean tk d of the F mean ne en 0 e ranco- Shown. Angio-A'merican shouting about vic- gress is being. made toward necessitated through the successes | Quentin, Cambrai, Lille and Armen-| Great Mysterious Army Led and Flavy-leMeldeux. Between the Ai v lette and the Adsne the towns of tory, for public opinion in the Ern- Cambrai. of the British, French and Amerl-' tieres. By Mackensen. Clamecy, Braye and Missy-sur-Aisne| London, Sept. 5.---Lady Louise terite countries will become depress- : : eration |(Mont ten, te -Prince have been captured. The operation (Mont Batten, daughter of ex-Prince| Front Reduced Sixty Miles. was still no sign of the expected Ger- 3 ul 8 : PH man counter-stroke, which must soon | on the Vesle has extended to |l1Ouis of Battenberg( formerly First : Joon fed Sea Lord, now since the abolition of Salzmann speaks of the German Paris, Sept. 5.-- The Entente Als be delivered if Ludendorff wishes to ys ed jt Li Prisoners pad the east and a crossing has = beem |Goinan titles in England the Mar: | withdrawal as a "bitter maneuver" | lies have reduced the length of the effected ~ between: Venteaux and quis of Milford Haven), is to he but cne almost completed. The | western battlefront by neatly sixty "mn ---- - London, Sept... §.---To-day there French Soil Slipping From (ROME'S MURDER BY BOLSHEVIK Is Bitterly Desounced By the Press of ~~ london, Eng. of a great mysterious arniy headed by Mackensen, which - is ready to pounce upon the Allies, but its where- abouts is unknown. The chief pro- blem of the moment is where the en- emy will turn. Experts expect that Under His Feet (Canadian Pross Despatch) Paris, Sept. 5.--- Between Ypres and Rheims, with Gen. Mangin menacing the 8t. Gobain forest and 'the Chemin-Des- Dames, with Generals Humbyrt Brebleres<-Moeuvres Hne, but this will be the most uncomfortable, as it cov- ers Cambrai and Doual on such a he will attempt to stand on the|' gress was made by the Dritisa F.anders front. Jonchery on a two and mile front. night British Advance in Flanders. (Chnadian Press Despatch) married to Pte. Hall, a young Scot- tish painter dofhg orderly work is the same hospital in France where Lady Louise is employed. It is quite a romantic love match. The consent of the parents was ob- tajned, and Pte. Hall has been re- ceived in Buckingham Palace, where King George assented to the mar- riage. Hall is a clever painter, good fighting on the quadrilateral ef Douai, Arras, Baupaume and Cam- brai he regards as the most import- unt operations The French task further south, in his. opinion, is much more difficult, owing to the natural condition of the ground, which favers the German defence. "We still hear," he says, "of pre- paratiop for the attack," but he is miles since July 18th by pressing back the Germans from the territory which they conquered in their of- fensive of March, April and July. This places at the disposal of ' the Entente Allied commander-in-chief a considerable number of divisions which heretofore had been engaged in holding the line. narrow margin thet there will be no Ploegs: ecrt village has been captur- looking and cultivated. His father {unable to consple his readers by P to Stand at Olse. aw r a a e es ed, as also Hill 68, south-west of |; engaged in the fish trade in: |stating that the end of the fighting Amsterdam, Sept. 5.---Gen. von in yay ADR iF 3 a k 138 ng Messines. On the Lys front the Bri- | Aberdeen. ' is in sight. Hutler is preparing to make a stand tish held a genendd A1c of Voorme- |: Lady Louise is a niéce of the for- "The crisis of the movement of on the Oise river, is to Thi and Debeney advancing on St. 8S WHAT RUSSIA IS CALLED BY A BY-WORD OF CONTEMPT Quentin, and the Franco- Am- i i une A . "3 ericans on the Vesle, with LEED Tr Da Sl -- ~Rawlinson before Peronne, Gen: eral Byng before Lens, and Gen, Plumer before Armentieres, ation pa€ked seventy thousand men on a front of eight thousand yards. The name of the Hindenburg line has : not yet appeared in the German com- Hie enemy feels the soll of mique, while it has utterly vanished France slipping from under his from the German papers, in which it THE CHRONICLE. The Bolshevik Leaders Resolved to zeele, Nieppe, From sNeuve Chapelle southward -to Givenchy the British have reached Queen of Spain. As an example of the obliterating effects of the war on caste feeling this match is the most striking yet recorded, and was he argues, "because the withdrawal of the so-called Flanders salient became untenable for taeiteul rea- sons when the offensive . salients completely succeeded. 'That 'salient mer Czarina and of Princess Henry | withdrawal, "however, has passed," } ports here to-day, a "|of Prussia, and first cousin of the 8 statement to the Corman von Hertling. The Oise runs east and west, crossing the Hindenburg line at La Fere and behind that ine it turns feet. was the chief feature for some weeks | the line 'hey held up to the German impossible in the days before the |across the Somme and the Marne | it right 'angles and runs north. » past. 'So far no indication of the| attack cn April 9th last, while to War. were evacuated. fesling in Germany can be secured. |the sastward of Givenchy, sections | ------ Germans Dam the Official writers are elaborately ex- of old German positions have been AIRMEN INVALUABLE AID. Determined Unbreakable. London, Sept. 5.--In an effort to Blajuing the advantages of an elasttc talon. "The enemy believes he has now | over their retreat the Germans Jefehte preparatory to breaking the On the battle line dn front of Cam- | Touch All Day With Artillery, {reached...the line of. Vis-enArtols,}iave dammed the Scarpe river and ; n the a iney rent oh Cay Infantry and Tanks. Hendecourt, Bullecourt, Ecoust and | flooded the country over a considers . brai an improvement in the British London, Sept. 5.--Of the work of | Vaulx-Vrauconrt, points where Ger- | able area, according to a despateh 3 HOG & Ea rar position south of Mocuvres is re- [the cirmen in the battle zone, an | many's supreme army command was | [rom the British front to the Daily GIRL, WHO SHOT LENINE. : p -- ported. The positions to the east of [official 'communication this even- | resolved to put an end to the game Maik ---- BS: , ------------ Had Poisoned Olgarettes--Refuses Hermoes, near Canal du Nord, just |'"8. GIS oi unber 2nd, our airplanes | jor im Know, har Me Gorman| WATERTOWN COAL PRICES. Amsterdam ip Pra ame me Kap- to the south, also have been 1im- worked #H day in front of the ad-|army's determination to persevere lg " lan, the Russian revolutionary, who | Proved. Still further south the [vancing battle line, behind which | unbreakable. Have Increased a little Over the plices. a stand arresting the onward ||#ttacked Premier Lenine, has re- |British have captured the village of| Our Sbservation ballogns loved The Frankfort Zeitung's mili- August The Dally Telegraph interprets N fused to disclose the names of her Neuville<Bourjouval, east of the Sjosely. nr Alen werd Fegan tary eritie hag the same confidence Watertown, N.Y., Sept. 5.--A gen- th { £ th trage thus: march of the allies. » accomplices or to give any informa- . .|ly_ attacked by large formations of in the leadership of the German [oral increase in the retail price of e meaning 0 € outrage thus: tion regarding the attack, says a Canal du Nord: More than sixteen [hostile machines, but persisted in generals, but he is more cautious in | anthracite coal for the month of Sep- Bolshevik leaders know that their eee despatch from Moscow to the Beriin | thousand prisoners and more than [their various tasks. predicting. He thinks the.enem;) | tember was annBunced yesterday, un- tours & marly run and VIE rmE WORLD'S N Lokal Anzeiger. She sald that she lone Lundred guns have been taken | The targets offbred by the re: is having certain successes, remark | der the pooling arrangefiient'in this mhies i Book to gar: thay uv IN. BRIBE FORM |iSciir, arrived in Moscow mom uy ve Brith fn th past fou dye [Sin Sam ere Foperiod to our mgr © SEE sy wand Smit, oust resolved to shed still more before BRIEF FORM HR mes. stated that > sladent fantry and tanks was maintained. to overlook "our own reverses in Sie ima 18 ohly Sue I= the fatal hour strikes for their own d about 15 years old, stopped the Pre-| "ays Lundendorft Caused Disaster. |Concentration of hostile troops and | contémpulation of the enemy's fail amounting to twenty cents a ton fn bloody end. Tidings From All Over Told In Mier add handed him ob vapor. and Washington, Sept. 5.--Despatches [transports along the road ¢eje en-|ure to realize his bia The | the price of pea coal. On the other 3 a Pithy and Pointed tbh ti - [from Switzerland say Crawn Prince (gaged with bombs and machine [two maln factors of the German de- | sives th i The Chronicle asks how much tr) at tae same time two women ap-|Rupprecht of Bavaria is in complete guns, hostile: anti-tank guns' were) fem were its underestimating of ere was an increase ranging longer the Russian people will en- ax. gt ge after the shooting |disagreement with General Luden- silenced and supplies of small arms [the enemy's strength and the unity ove Be Aue ave Seis 1 ton dure the corrupt .nd blood-stained £ I'\dortf. ammunition were dropped to our{of command. , 2 A revolution in Bulgaria Is pre- fled into the street, where she was| mpo crown prince, it is said, op- |int i' the forward oy A . County Administrator Smith ex- tyranny which has ruined this once | dicted within a fortnight. arrested and taken to the ministry | poeed tho last German offensive. | Many serial emecuprars took | rec ve attacked too exclusively the | joing the increase becauss of the great country and made it a by-word | ' The British postmen, it is report- [of war. Poisoned cigarettes were holding that the Germans neither place Ee Soran oh HPs dr whieh wh defeated ja Uazes flat raise of ten cents in the gross of contempt. ed, are about to demand an increase {found on her. had the means nor the strategic po- | machines and drove two down out Ba a a Arh re for. | margins of profit allowed the deal- . of Jigen nd better arrangements sitions to be successful. of control. © Our missing machines | got other reserves that Foch posses- sre, whish BoI0% 1.35 and wlio 3 : : It is suggested that this situation |amounted to 20. val . P o «i m n Lieut. Ewart Gladstone Dixon isimoved its 'headquarters fourteen |may explain why the crown prince |. oc Roi tons of bombs were ed or Wa able io reste. Shed More Blood Before the Fatal' Hour Strikes For Their Own Commentators point out that Bloody End. in the fresent offensive. con- (Canadian Press Despateh) tinuity has been maintained London, Sept. 5.--The Times lasting forty-seven days with- says that the murder of Captain out a break, and wot since the Cromlie #t the British Embassy In beginning of the war has such trograd wag a considered act of an extended series of hammer Bolshevik Government and not a blows been directed; throwin i 4 mere outbreak of brigandage. It the' adversary into complete calls for: exemplary pasishoient (52 dismay, The enemy Is unable to the murderers and their accom- reorganize his forces fo: make pendent coal has been coming in. The following is a table of the Sep- The German general staff has ACGIDENT. ALLY SHOT WHILE IN AN EXHIBIT | reported wounded, Known as "Red-|miles cast of Liege. has gone home on a long vacation. dy," Lieut, Dixon is a famous TUEDY [tna J. H. Davidson Victim of Mis-| player and athlete. hap in in Whe Relics Tent Arab forces under the King of the Hedjaz continue to make har- ' Toronto. assing raids upon the railway In at Yoram the hands of the Turks. Toromo, Sept. 6.--J. H, Davidson,| (Miss Ruth Walker, B.A., of Wood- of Wellington, Ont., was accidentally | stock Collegiate Institute staff, has, shot while in the war relics tent on [after competitive examination, been the Midway at the Exhi asked by the Dominion Government day .afternoon, to join the Civil Service Commission at Ottawa X EXCEEDS ESTIMATES A Heavier Grain Yield in Ontario is Expected. Toronto, Sept, 5.--Actual threshing returns show evem heavier grain yields in Ontario than w at first estimated, according to this week's report of the Ontario Department of Agriculture. Mixed grain in Norfolk has gone as high as sixty-five bushels per acre. The surprise is in corn. It looked like a failure in this crop early in the season, but it mow promises fair IF general crop. Fall wheat land ¥ rapidly put into Shape, and |e has already started in some of the southwestern counties. Fodder supplies for the winter _ jare already well assured. 'Hay fis | lent in yield, but much of the straw is of excellent guality for fod- t froin advance in prices on hy 4 _ THRUSTING AT THE HUNS' VITAL SPOTS ischools where po religious instrue- dropped during the day and the night following." WANT RELIGION IN SCHOOLS, National Union Convention Attacks Montreal Labor Resolution Quebec, Sept. 5.--Delegates of the National Unions of the province, who have been in session at the Parlia- ment Buildings here for the past three days, took a slap at the Mont. real International Trades and Labor Council, . when they unanimously passed a resolution roundly condemn- ing the policy of free schools, com- pulsory education and what they called "Neutral" school--That is tion is imparted To Have Orders Cut Down. Washington, Sept' 5.--Sixty eit- ieg of the east, south, middle west and Pacific coast are to have their indastrial' war orders cut down be- Saute of congested housing and a i ts on y t the gene had -allowed all supply bureaus 'Department to see that Have Disregarded Americans. "We were not thinking enough of the Americans, of whom three- quartérs of a million are said to be at the front and half a million be- hind the lines, England too brought across an enormous num- ber of troops. "Official quarters in' Berlin as- sume to-day that about a milion and a half of men are (fighting against the front of Arras and Sofs- gons, which means a great numeri- cal superiority over the Germans, in view of the resistance we put up we can be full of caim confidence. "As to the united command on the enemy side we must be under no fllusion as to the precision and dash which came over the enemy's operations, 'his manipuiation of the reserves, etc., as the result of this measure. We Germans do not need iWuslons. We are still strong en- ough to defend ourselves against He mightiest armies." Concluding, he exhorts the people to be confident that the enemy can be resisted, although, unlike von Sakmann, he declines to commit in whether the Ger- man army command already has reached the tinal fine of resistance chosen. tember prices as compared with the August prices: Grate'... i, .. ..$9.58 Egg .. 3 Stove .. Ficstant "): oJ ee forth arrives in the United from Canada and the United States be placed at his disposal. No in the United Kingdom will be § mitted to deal in canned salmon Canada and the United tates" 4