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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1916-08-17, Page 7r$' bOMBERS IN DEADLY WORK Our Patrols Did Great Exe- cution in Trench Raids the Past Week. THE UPPER HAND Artillery and. Other Arms Still Show Their Super- iority. Canadian Field Headquarters, 'Cable —via London. Cable. --During the e ast week the weather *as partimi- larly fine, Gooprogress 'was made in the improvement and consolidation of our defences, Our artillery main- tained its activity, and carried out frequeut systematic shoots upoa ee- tem ed eection of the German front live. Enemy trench'', mortar and ma - bine gun emplacements were born- abarded, and hostile batteries engaged, lettith marked suceess, On more than el nee e occasion the German gunswere eeeilenced by our fire. It Numerous enemy working parties a were dispersed by our field and ma - :chine guns. Indirect fire by our ma- ' chine guns was also colestantly !s employed upon points in the rear of the German pogition.s. One machizie gun company in one night fired over seven thousand rounds in this man - leer. The enemy exposed themselves leare than usually, and our snipers accounted for a consiaerable number. Hostile retaliation for our bombard- ment and other acttvities was weak. An aerial combat took place over our lines. The British plane drove the German to the ground behind the Getman trenchea, following It down to within four hundred feet of the earth. Several patrol enterprises were car- ried out by our battalions. A patrol of a Winnipeg battalion, under Lieut. Power, encountered two Germans about twenty yards in front of mu' vire, and opened fire upon them. The Germans were seen to fall as though killed, but as it was becoming very light, our patrol could not aperoach to secure the bodies. Another night a German patrol of six men attacked one of our bombing posts. The bomb- ers of another 'Winnipeg battalion, under Lieut. Young, immediately drove them off, wounding and capturing one or them. The others escaped in the darkness. A party of one sergeant and three men of a Montreal battalion while on patrol, discovered a large shell crater, -which they proceeded to examine. Having entered the crater, they were suddenly attacked with bayonets by two Germans, who emerged from a concealed sap. Although taken by surprise, our men shot and killed the Germans with their revolvers. A. third German, who .attempted to at- tack, was killed in the same way. A number of the enemy were heard in the sap, and our men emptied. their revolvers into the opening with good effect. A DEADLY RAID. A successful raid was carried out one night by a third Winnip g bat- talion. An assaulting 'Party, under Lieutenants leerndorf and Harris, ad- vanced after a short but intense bom- bardment by our trench mortars and artillery. Dashing forward, our ettused pructicallY no damage. A earieus incident occurred one day. A Mall White dog was seen running toward our lines.. It was abet and killed by the Germans. That night our Petrol found the body and ccured the dog's leather collar, to wItich wail at- tached a small cylinder containing the "Miner leaves at Offen fifty. Sir Frederick Willieme Taylor -was a. visitor at the corps .during the week. The distinguished service order has been awarded to LieuteColouel II .3. Lamb, 4 TO THE VICTORS, Italian King Congratulates His Splendid Army, row, Aug. ie.—King Victor Vmman- uel has addressed the following procla- mation to the army: "But a short time has elapsed since you interposed an insurmountable barrier to powerful enemy forces attempting to invade the rich ItaUau plains from the Trentino. "To -day you have conquered strongly fortified enemy positions, It is through Your bravery that ItaiY, reieleing, claps Gorizia to her bosom, This particular- ly is an important step on the glorious n arch leading to the fulfilment of our national aspirations. "Soldiers of Italy, you 'will achieve the victory which already looms on the hori- zon. Let the memory of your brothers gloriously fallen be an example, and en- courage you in your struggle against the secular enemy of the race. "I am proud to be your chief, and thank you in the name of the fatherland, which looks upon you with admiration, love and gratitude.. GREAT RING MING IN ON LEMBERG Russians Are Sweeping in On Great Front On Ga- lician Capital. "GATES" UNDER FIRE The Drive Has Resulted So Far in Capture of 85000 Prisoners. London, Aug. t •-Tbe seml-circle formed by the Ruesian army chain in Galicia from the region south ei ,Brody in the area south of Stanislau has been drawn an average of 10 miles closer to Lemberg during the last 24 hours. Swiftly rolling up the armies of the Austrian thrpne heir in the direction of the Galician capital, the main goal of Gen. Brusiloff's drive in the south, the Muscovite ferces • drove theTeuton defenders from the greater r;O.rt of their posi- tions on the four great streams which formed the main natural obstacleen the road to Lemberg from the eolith - east; the Sereth, Stripa, Koropiec and Zlota Lipa. Though fighting desperate rearguard actions. the Austro -German troops are rapidly retreating on the whole front from the head waters of the Sereth down to the eastern and southern approaches of Halicz, the withdrawal having 'become necessary with the fall of Stanislau last Thurs- day. As a result of yesterday's and 10 - day's fighting the two southern "gates" of Lemberg, Halicz and Brz- enany are now in the range of the Bunten artillery and their fall is men entered the German trench. near. • • Lieut. Harris, Scout Sergt. Mackie and Four important towns fell to the R Private Burrell were the first to climbeissians during the last 24 hours. The over tb.e enemy's parapet. Lieut. Har- ris killed two Germans with his re- volver, and the weapon then jamm d. He thereupon threw a bomb, which exploded and killed. two more of the enemy. Suddenly, encountering still another German, he threw a bomb in his face and knocked him down. Sergt. Mackie shot three more of the garrison, and then began bombing along the German trench. Lieut. ,Harris attempted to secure aa wound- ed German as prisoner, but was hit In the arm. Private Burrell, who had been wounded before entering he trenches, assisted the officer until he himself became faint from loss of blood. Eventually both raen re- gained our lines. In the meantime another party of three men, under Sergt. Scott, had en- tered the trencla and bombed their day down it. Sergt, Scott shot two Gerraans with his revolver, and sev- eral others were acceunted for by grenades. When the signal to retire was given, soine bombs were dropped in the Gerrnan trenches, and under cover of the smoke our party return- ed safely, without the loss of a single man. On the previous day Sergt. Mackie had crawled to within twenty yards and had made a close examination of the wire and parapet, securing infor- intion of great value for the raid-. Under cover oadarkness a patrol of a New Brunswiek Battalion, under Captain Reeeell and Lieut. Carling, ap- proached the German trenches, sup- ported by a covering party under Lieut. Boa. For ten minutea lively exchange of bombs took place and then. a party of about twenty-five Germans came out in an attempt to cut off our patrol, Lieut. Boa and his men im- mediately attacked with bombs, driv- ing the enemy back and Inflicting as- ualtiee eetiniated at fifteen. Cu the same night a patrol of a Canadian re- giment, under Lieut. Woods and Lieut. 13ole, crept through a double line of wire entanglemee Is surrounding an enemy post. A theme of gun eaten was placed beneath the parapet, The lighting of the fuse alarmed the gar- rison, who threw a number Of bornbs e before the explosionmarred. Otte • party had Managed/ea ivititihia0 tie tie distance, and daring the interval forty bombewere thrown be' thei garrison. et tlie.pest. Afterward no bombe:were thravn. It is probable'flie 411614'0:re' risen was destroyed. Two camouflets .wcre fired by our nuners in front of the trenches held by a Toronto,. bake v ere:. • deeteeareeter: etteseelteeie The position was at once occupied, and in e,pite of heavy hootile tire, ae,wir- lug party under Lieut. P:,:hetettuik erected entanglements. Ah atfainfit by the Germans to come acroee after the exidearefiVallatitedeleeneesernette$1411e. gon fire. The enemy exploded a 1ot possession of .each serves to tighten their grip on Lemberg. They are: Ezrna (Jasirma), between the Stripa and Sereth Rivers. 63 miles southeast of Lemberg. Poclgaicy (Podhajce), on the ,Koropiee, 30 miles to the north- east of Stattislau, and only 15 miles south of Brzezany. • From Podgaicy a trunk railway runs northwest through alrzenany directly to Lem- berg, which is 61 miles away as the crow flies. Horozonka, west of the Zlota Lipa, ten miles north of Halicz, Maryameol, on the Dniester, 10 miles to tho southeast of Halicz, Thus liana is being encircled and the Teuton lines there, menaced since the fall of Stanisleu, have become untenable. In the north, just south of tbe headquarters of the Sereth, the Rus- sian army, under Gen. Sakharoff, has reached Oleuv (Olejow.) Here the Czar's forces are only 53 miles from Lemberg. but the drive on the Gala clan capital is directed from the south, with Brody as the pivotal point of the giant svving. ' The huge serai-circle's right end rests on the lines in the Sereth Val- ley, the centre is pushing ahead against Brzezany, and the lef t threat- ens Halicz. These two later points taken, the road to Lemberg is practi- cally clear and the Russians are in a position to take the last lap of their drive along three railways, with the Transvaal railway. Tarhopol-Stria serving excellently as a Supply line. To -night's Russian War Office statement enumerates captures of prisoners in the Galician fighting, giv- ing a total of nearly 85,000 officers and men. Of these captures 27,534 alone were made by the armies of Generals Sakharoff (south of Brody) and Letchinsky (Bueza,cz and Stan'slau fronts), within the last thirteen days. The balance is made up of pri- setters taken by General Telterbatcheff (middle Sereth front), from lune 5 $10 to date -1,263 officers and 55,158 men. General Letchitsky's forces tap- tured 12 officers and 1,000 men in the Met 24 hours on the layetritza River, In the Carpathians, Where a week ago the fortunWof battle showed in- .,plinotions to faeor the Teutons, the •lItiesien advance' being temporarily ehecked, the Aichduke Karl From 'Jteeeph!s right wing is now retreating before ,reuene,eit Russian offensive. Atteiutits by Meer, eutons Wrest the initiative feta: the Muscovites and:. prevent the gradual seperatioti from elle,,,Ausegoeceernian northeenearmiese ei1a4leelee-esesesedlag.-th • to•nightesePenee gran report. NONitik; *UT, ERN London, Aug. 14:aaliiiperer William, on lite return the weetern front, reviewed easiteatiteetkaterateletekbeseetar timeettleeetavey • inalleenteasa elate offieial telegram re - NEW BATTLE RAGING EAST OF GORIZIA •••••., News From Front Gives Hope of Further Italian Successes. COWARDLY TEUTONS Austrian Commander and Staff Sneaked Out, Leav- ing Troops to Die. London tlable.—(New York Times cable)—A Daily Mail despatch from Milan says: A battle is now proceeding east of Gorizia, and the news which is coin - lag in from the front gives hope of further successes, Tee entrance of the ) talians into Gorizia was accompanied by stirring events. General 'Zenner, who commanded this part of the Aus- trian front, had stolen out of town, with all his staff, leaving troops to sacrifice themselves in the last fruitless resistance. General Zeiller, before he took to flight, carrying with him all docu- ments. of military importance, gave or. ders that the civilian population should be removed and sent to Lal- bach, 45 miles east of ,Gorizia. He meant the houses to be left empty and in ruins. Non-combatants bad at- tempted to escape toward Tarnova, northeast of Gorizia, driven on by the Austrian military police, but, encoun- tering a curtain of fire, had to retreat. There were tragic scenes. Old women and children ran across the country, seeking for shelter in ruined houses and in dugouts, panic-stricken, terri- fied. bewildered, weeping, and ehriek. Ing reeonized appeals for help. In the end they regained the town, which was not under fire, and ran and hicl themselves in the cellars, waiting un- til the hour of their deliverance came. More than 7,000 refugees were found when the Italians entered. The enayor and the magistrates had taken. to flight, The Italian cavalry are eller- ing the:r food and water bottles with the starving and thirst -stricken popu- lation, for the water supply had bemi destroyed by the Austrians before they fled. Very many shops had been loot- ed by the Austrians, under the eyes of their unprotesting officer.% The people of Ciorizia, despite tae fact that all suspected of Italian sym- pathies had long ago been interned or accused as spies, or otherwise harass- ed by the Austrian police, still pre. servo their Italian spirit. This is proved by the fact that in the midst of the machine .gun fire two women climbed in the dark to the top of the castle to hoist the Italian flag. The first night that Gorizia spent under the Italian Mae, passed in a tu- mult of arms. There was no light, . for the Austrians had. destroyed the electric light works, but the Italian sappers are making rapid repairs and establishing depots to eupply water. The big guns captureel number about fifty, and the prisoners exceed 15.000. The battle still rages on. the Carso as we progress to the Doberdo plateau, At the Austrian aviation park at Ais- sovissa, the airmen huriedly took to fleseht, like eagles surprised in their net,. and, abandoning their air sheds intact, flew off to Lubiana. The feeling here is that the blow in Meted on Austria exceeds all expecta- tions. The confessions of prisoners are. unanimous and eloquent in their revelations. CREEK FILLED WHOLE VALLEY W. Va. Stream Rose 8 Feet Per Hour. 44.Known Dead and Scores Missing. teigmaed AmsterdaM from giktc! camouflon the efront eot CalgarY e battalion:Mei Aittle4'esutece,,nsitedelteedain-; The* Ptinreror ezImitettetir 4 email mine under tile %lege ;'.11; fightiingithw vitp$,Aptomili sOng hice aleiifired' a' Matte . retiree teethe men le t ' new crater held by ' tir60... • but ItTlit %de! ;Huntington, W. Va., Report —Res- cue parties proceeded far into the mountain districts to -day, carrying re. lief to themeands of homeless people in tho Cabin Creek Valley, which Was swept by a flood Wednesday, causing a loss of more than sixty lives and property damage reaching into the millions. Progreee was slow, as many bridges have been washed out and the roads are blocked by slides. J. W. Hartless, of this city, who waa at Eskdale Wednesday morning, when the cloudburst swept Cabin Creek Valley, is the first eyeewitnem to rea.eh Huntington from the flooded district. According to Ins story, at 8.30 o'clock in the morning Cabin Cieek Started rieiug at the rate of eight feet an hour, and continued un- til the creek reached from mountain to mountain, Houses flouted downstream at the rate of one a minute. Ile watch- ed almoet all of Eskdale swept away. Whole, families rushed for the hilloide, he said, but solile never reached saf- ety, One could hear women praying on all sides. Known dead by towne follow: Ferndale, 18; Dry Branch, two; Hur- ricane, one; Oakley, seven; Eskdale, three; Leevvood, one; Cherokee, one; Karford, three; Acme, one; OhleY, five; I3rounland, one; Red Warrior, Otte, Scores of others are mieeing and are believed dead. PECULIAR DEATH Causes. Stoppage of Funeral 'cif Whitby Woman "TitilTS011LAND SUNX. French. Cruiser Takes Such a Report to Florida, Pensacola, Fla., Aug. 13.—The Oer- Mau merchant calm:1441m Deutsch- land, which left Baltimore for Brem- en Aug. 2nd was sunk eix days later by an Allied warship in the Atlantic, according to a report, brought here yesterday by the Velma cruiser Ad- miral Aube, The Admiral Aube Is the first Allied Man-of-war to enter an American port since the opening of hostilities in EurOPe• .A.ccording to the stery told by an orderly a the Admiral Aube, CaP- tain Lique, commander of the Admiral Aube, had stated that his vessel, which has been cruising in the Gulf of Mexico for several weeks, Imaing come fro MIVIartinique, had received evirelese message telling them of the Deutschland's fate, The message seid that the giant undersea boat had been sighted by the Allied patrol while navigating on the surface, and that early in the morning of August 8th, just as the German was sub- merging, a shot from an Allied cruiser sent aer to the bottom, This story was brought to Captain Lique by reporters, who asked blin to confirm it. This he refused to do, He would make no comment, declaring he would neither confirm nor deny the report. p8 captain, however, stated that he lied come to Pensacola for the purpose of obtaining iraportant papers from. the French Consul at this place, The warship will leave to -day, it was said, without waiting to take on supplies. / 4 SASKATCHEA AN WILL PRODUCE GREAT YIELDS • Thirty Thousand Men Will be Required to Harvest the Grain Crops. 6,600 SOLDIERS Great Bulk of Workers Are Expected From Provinces of Ontario and Quebec. •••••••••••06.0.1••••••••••••• (From Times Special Correspondent.) Regina, Sask., Report, With normal weather prevailing until cuttingtime the farmers of Saskatchewan will be confronted with the problem of liar- veeting a crop which, in round figures, will consist ot 125,000,000 bushels of wbeat and 100,000,000 bushels of oats, with barley and flax thrown in for good measure. The Department of Agriculture for the province estimate that the acreage of wheat will this year be 6,058,441, that of oats 3,025,- 210, slightly in excess of half a million of flax, and less than 300,000 of barley. A decrease of .826,433 acres ia wheat Is thereby shown, but the increasei sowings in oats, barley and flax brings the net loss in area down to 622,03 acres. Along the lines of the Cana- dian Northern throughout the pro- vince there will probably be an in- creased acreage harvested this year even over last season. as department officials say that the farmers to the north generally had a better oppor- tunity to get a larger acreage under crop than had the farmers to the south, Splendid stands of, grata are visible from the main line of :this railway, and the farmers down the famous Goose Lake division between Saskatoon and Calgary anticipate a crop almost as heavy as was that of last year. Between Saskatoon and Re- gina 'the crop prospects are good, al- though the effects of the hail are to be seen from the line. Down to the south, notable in the Gravelbourg district, the returns to the department are indicative of an excellent yield. air. P. IL Auld, acting Deputy Min- ister of the Department of Agriculture, estimated the average production per acre at 20 bushels for wheat and ap- proximately 33 bushels to the acre tor oats, this, of course, being eonditional upon average August weather prevail- ing during the next few weeks. The harvesting of this crop will require the services tif an army of 30,000 men. Of this the province will contribute not more than 10,000, which means that 20,000 harvest hands will bo collected from pointe in the United States and in Eastern Canada. Ot the Saskatchewan contingent 6,0.00 out of the 10,000 will be soldiers, in all prob- ability, as, owing to the war, the supply of civilians from local points in the province will be strictly lim- ited. In addition, something lees than a thousand mexi will come from points on the Pacific coast in Canada. Mr. Auld does not anticipate a large supply from the United States, although let- ters of inquiry tome in daily, and bases his cnief hopesupon leaetern Canada. The tendency in provincial centres is to place eonSideritole reliance, upon a large body of experts:need men being available from Quebec. During 'last harvesting season a lorge number of trains were run trent points itt ihe imcient province, and the Saskatche- wan people would' like to see that record Increased considerably this YCaP. If, tab, the farmers in Ontario are able to get their crops in befote the western season opens in earliest, the expectation is that a large delega. tion will come from the older pro- vince. One thing Is eure, and that is that with sunny days and tt reasonable amount fo wind to counteract the de- velopment of rust which has put in an aerearance itx some sections, there will be employment at good wages tor large'number of men. No one cares, en ladliance, to gauge the pay for the ,menluping, harvest, but it is gener- ally eget:ceded that the rate per day 4;111 ble12,50 and up, with board, of aurae', thrown. In. .. As etnetintlication, of the tirgeney of btIi'.ettuatiste, tate department pointed opt -Able theroing,that winter pye was table harveeted now; that barley Vvickl1ri..7e thought in by the 2,Ist; that ec'nee ftelde' of' wheat oit light sand eitoileeeould een „tut -Hite week ,and that erteeting. ?goad Jie morel threugliont 41te kretinee bylye 25th or 30i at 'Angled: • • „ • .,'Whitintig6,Apiew,,..vga....aospiner4.:Charles P. IVIeGillivray yesterday stopped the fun- eral of Mrs. Samuel 11, Pennock at m1IltIni5le, and an inquest was opened, alfiVe.ajourned until Wednesday next at 2 o'clock In WhItevale. v , The woman died WeditesdaY morning,'a 4W.491z/lAt".14144tIlied1Rill a 1)11. .A. phys c a was i 'n, f a a.- len the. end came. Beath was apparently dusk(' Atrychnine poisoning. . The deelsidn len hold Nape inquest el. el i ,,reac6ed after AOple of,W itevale •serten that th etase was en for inqui e elfeilowlitglat /meanest:ate the ingti the body wee buried. e 4** oxa LAST LINK IN AWED RING BEING FORGED Great Battle Raging in Bal- kans Completes Circle About the Enemy, ROUMANIA' TO CT? Military Expert Sees Finish of Turkey and Bulgaria Drawing Near. Loudon Cable.—A heavy battle is raging to -night near the -Graezo-Ser- Wan frontier with the allied troops from Saloniki attacking the Bulger - tans. Already the alliee hair() captured Che station of Doiran and tile WO ground nearby, The attacks are believed here to be the preliminaries of a great offensive of the 800,000 men who have been gathered at Saloniki. The last ounce of pressure will be brought against the far-flung battle fronts of the cen- tral empires and their Balkan allies. The drive has a two -fold purpose, to clear Serbia of the invaders and to tiring Roumania into the war on the side of the entente. With the allied steam roller under way in the Balkans, the last link in the great offensive on all fronts in completed. First news of the battle was received here to -day in an official statenaent from Paris, which au- uounced the occupation of Doiran station. Berlin, for the first time in weeks. mentions the Balkans, repre- senting the repulse of "sham attacks." A. great artillery engagement is under way, according to a despateh from the Central News to -night. French. English and, Serbians are taking part in the new campaign, according to word from the front. About 120.000 Serbians, constituting the reorganized arrny, are at the front. A Central News despatch from Athens says that Gen. Serrail has Peen sppeinted commander-in-chief of all the allied farces at Saloniki. Gen. Ccrdonnier has taken command of the French troops. OPINION Ole EXPERT. The importance attached in Lon- dou to the new offensive in indicated in a long article written for the Daily telegraph by Col. Aiihmead-Bartleet, rho noted military expert, who was official obeerver for the entire press of Britain during the operations on Gallipoli. Col. Ashmead-Bratlett eay.s: "The Bulgarians, even assisted by the remnants of the Turkish army, are not strong enough to resist an offen- sive from Saloniki and' at the sarao time hold off the pressure of halt a million, Roumanians from the north. see no reason why Roumania should ont throw pontoon bridges across the Danube in 1916. There may be some resistance, but under cover of her heavy artillery that task should be fairly easy of accomplishment. Once tho river is crossed there is no for- midable position between the rit er and Sofia which could not be elesilY turned. "In 1915 Roumania had neutrality forced on her by the great German drive which cleared the Russians out of Galicia and Bukowina and brought their victorious armies to ter northern a ender. She could not afford to risk an attack on Bulgaria with her north- ern and western frentiers thus threat- ened. Therefore, she continued her wait-and-see police. "But this consideration no longer' exists. The Central Power have lost forever their power of making a big' offeneive on the scale of 1915. The stubborn, ill-informed German will tight till cruehed. but the entente will be able to clear Ile the Near East and get rid of the foolish dupes who back- ed the wrong horse. Then we shall be in, a position to concentrate our en- tire strength against the arch-villaine of the piece. "Already the Turks and Bulgarians are beginning to realize how com- pletely they misread the European situation. It will come as a great shock to Ferdinand and Enver when they find the All -highest has not . a single division to send them in their hour of need. THE FIRST MOVE. "The first impOrtant move IS to separate Bulgaria, and Turkey from all comraunication with the central powers. Thi oan only be accomplish- ed by the clearing of the enemy out of Serbia and regaining possession of the Orient railway. With Nish in our possession the communication now Open between Berlin, Vienna, Bel- grade, Sofia and. Constantinople will be cut, and with the Danube patrolled by gunboats not a biscuit or a cart- ridge can reach the Bulgarians and Turks,- who Must• then rely on their own feeble resources. "Orme Nish is in Mir possession the Anglo-Prench army can turn its at- tention to an invasion of Bulgaria. When Bulgaria finds she has been abandotted to her fate by Germany and Atietria, she faces absolute ruin which mewls disappearance from the map as an independent nation, or elate she nnist endeavor to eave something from the general wreck by coming to ternie cie speedily as possible, "The collapse of I3ulgaria meane the collapse of Turkey, The last stand of the Turks in Europe must be made at two points, the lines of Chataldja and the lines of 13ulair. But by re- tiring on, Chataldja, they must leave the army on Gallipoli isolated. "Once Gallipoli falls and we com- mand the straits and the longed -for sea route to Constantinople, we could send the Mediterranean fleet to Con- stantinople, together with transports, and thus turn the lines of Chataldja, At the same time it must be renew.. bered that onee our fleet is in the Sea of Montero., it can vitally amid the army attacking Chant:10e by en- filading the whole left wing of the Turkish positions from the Bay 'of Blytikeliekmeje, The clays of the %lurks are certainly. numbered." ' tri REFINED PellIoLEUNCti?OwN New York, Aug. 144-eih4,1Siendard 011 Company, of New' York, to -day re- duced the prices ore:leaned petrOleuni for export ten points, making eefitied cases 11,254enite o.„galion, itt tanks 8,85 cents. 5:00 Cents turd etard white beel,ehi 'A ROAST YOR U. S. "Too Proud to right," but Not to Raise Prices. Londe; Aug. 14.—The Daily EX - pros, iii a long article to -day, says: "Undeterred by the world war, the wheat gamblers of Chicago are kneading akYWard the prices a grain from ythich mankind derives its daily bread, =ageing their gains with as little eompunction as the BoUrbous used to gather taxes. "Once again the provision pits pre - Spat .a discreditable spectacle of fren- zied ,speculation, fleecing those whore they facetiously 'style their lambs, while In the British House of Com - 1110114 the Premier is being urged to take what steps ne can to arrest the rrse in the price of a leaf. That a Dation which has been described by its President as too proud te fight la the cause ef liberty should comprise a body of so-called bueineete men willing to add to the Sem of human suffering in this day of Armageddon, actuated 'solely by greed of gold, bodes ill for the verdict, of the fixture." PLAGUE MUST GO ITS COURSE N. Y. Doctors Fear They Can Do Nothing. Seems to be Gathering Force So Far. 1.1•0....1••••••104•••••••11 New York, Aug. 13.—Despite the night and day fight against it, the plague of infantile paralysis grew stronger on Saturday. The Department of Health reported 167 new canes against 165 for Friday. There Were 42 deaths, as against 31 the day be- fore, The,eternal optbnism a,ncl the steady combat of the surgeons is unflagging, but there is a growing fear that the disease will have to run: its course— "burn itself out" an one doctor put it. A e the surgeons are still in a fog re- garding the cause and the genesis of the malady, they are at a loss to ex- plain the daily fluctuation. of the fig- ures, And they are still groping for a standard cure and a standard weapon with 'which to fight its ad- vances. .One thing alone is certain. Slowly but surely it es gathering force and felling victims. The figures 'show that since August 1, it has overtaken a greater number of persons than in all the plague weeks preceding. Like- wise the deaths have been more numerous. Toter -figures for August are: Deaths. 254, cases, 998. Total fig- ures for the epidemic: Deaths 1,371; cases, 6,140. Commissioner Emerson to -day ap- plied to the United States Depart- ment of Health to secure the release of 12 Canadian nurses who are being detained by the immigration official at Montreal. The nurses are gradu- ates of American institutions and were on their way to ...New York to help in the infantile paralysis fight. The im- migration officials, however, deemed this to be a violation of the Alien...La- bor Law and refused to permit them to enter this country. PARALYSIS KILLED WOMAN. Mineola, L. I., Aug. 13.—grs, Kath- erine Sefton Page, wife of Frank C. Page, .died at her home, 112 Fourth street, South Garden City, yesterday afternoon, of infantile paralysis. She had been ill but two days. Mr. Page is a son of Ambassador Waltdr Hines Page, who arrived in this country from London only yesterday, RINGING HMS IN E. AFRICA British and Belgians in Big Encircling Movement. Enemy Well Beaten in Sev- eral Battles. London, Aug. 13.—The advance of a wide encircling movement by the British and Belgian forces, in German East Africa, is reported in an official statement issued by the War Office to -day. The text of the statement fol- lows: "The forces under Gen, Smuts be- gan a simultaneous forward move- ment on August 5. A strong mounted force under Brig. -Gen. Enslin under- took a wide enveloping movement north and north-west of the Nguru mountains. After traversing the cen- tre mountains Gen, Ensliras troops emerged on August 8 at Mhonda mis- sion, between -the mountains and Kan. ga hills overlooking the Mdjonga vat - ley, completing an arduotie march at 50 miles, where wheel transport was impossible. "At the same tirne Strong form moved into eldjonga valley from north tr,rid to the eastward of the Kettle hills. On August 9 stubborn actions developed ot Mhondo, and Ittiatamondte in the valley, lasting until August 11, when the enemy's resistance was broken at 1Viatamondo, and pursuit started down the valley, "Further west Lieut. -Col, Vendee venter, after occupying Kilinatinde; Docloma. and Kikombo, on the central railway, pushed eastward through lawayangalo on the main road to Mpwapwa, and at nightfall on August 11 encountered the enemy in a strong position in a road defile at Tsehungo, 10 miles west of Mpwapwa, The ene- my was defeated and pursued by ue. In all these engagements the enemy's losses were relatively severe. "In the south our columns, after in - Meting seVere losses on the *meetly at Malangali, are now approaching TAU- ga, On Lake Tanganyika we oceepied Kirando Island, aleo Kato. On the reed from Disrearekburg, parallel to the eastern shore of the lake, the 13e1' glans oecupied Karenne 50 miles north of Kirendo. South of Lake Victoria Nyanza, the British and Belgian CO. - 11111118 are closely pressing the enemy eft the roads to Tabora." Look not upon the wine When it is red. It ietl't the seed of the grape that makes us feel seedy. FRENCH AND BRITISH BOTH ADVANCE ON SOMME FRONT Former Take Four Miles of Trenches For Depth of Half a Mile. Anzacs Smashed Through the Enemy Lines West of Pozieres. po,ommelow••••••111,1".•.14,11.11., ,1,01•1•1,1,, London, .Aug, 13.—General 110We Anzac corps again won the honors of the day in a continuation, of the strong Anglo-French forward moveinent on the 15 -mile front from Thiepval to the Somme. These veteran troops smashed through the enemy lines west of Po- zieree during the night, penetrating the German trenches for 300 or 400 yards in an advance which their com- mander-in-chief deseribes as "inmort. ant." The British also approached closer to the Martinpuich ridge by an advance across the plateau northwest of 13azentin le Petit, while General Fcch's French troops shoved their lines further un the river highlands, around 13uscourt and Clery, and are now nearing the summit of the chain of hills designated on military neaps es Ridge No, 109, The French advance to -day was re- gistered after a series of violent coun- ter-attacks against the positions con- quered in yesterday's sharp biow had been repulsed, The Germans were ec- tive throughout the night, their efforts to win back the lost ground reaching a climax in a powerful assault, deliv- ered from the direction of °emblem, on the positions held by the French in the outskirts of Maurepas. This at- tack, like the other, failed. The Teta tons were no more successful in at- tacks against the British southeast of Guillemont, while north of Pozleres a eoutemplated blow was forestalled by a British aeroplane, which reported tho concentration of large' forces be- hind the IVIounauret farm, enabling the British artillery to take these bat- talions under a heavy fire and putting them to flight. On the Verdun front the French report some progress southeast of Fleury, as well as the repulse ef Ger- man attacks both in this sector and south of Avocourt wood, on the oppo- site bank of the Meuse. FIGHTING WAS SEVERE. In their drive yesterday, the lerencb carried the entire German third nue for four miles north of the Somme, emashing forward for gains at some points almost a mile in depth. They seized a foothold in the outskirts of Maurepas and penetrated into the western edges of Clore, besides cap- turing the entire stretch of high road between those points. More than 1,000 prisoners had been captured at midnight, and thirty machine guns brought in. The attack., by far the most power- ful in weeks, was launched in the early afternoon after a night and morning of patrol and infantry pre- paration. The full force of General Poch's blow fell on the four -mile front, between Hardeeourt and Bus - court, which the French are slowly pushing forward to flank the import- ant town of Combles. The ground was a criss-cross ,of trenches, supported by a tremendously sluing field work. 'With great devo- tion and epirit the French troops leaped from their trenches and ad- vanced to the attack. The field work had been taken under a severe artil- lery fire and was greatly damagede but from its defences the Germans carried on a heavy fire, while whole lines of ditches spouted machine-gun bullets. Advancing behind an urn: lery curtain, which was lifted from trench to trench as the attack pro- gressed, the French line swept for- ward along the entire four miles of front. The field work was carried in. a brilliant charge, in which the French soldiers clambered over the log bar- ricade, swept aside the shell -cut strands of barbed wire and jumped down among the Germans. Late in the evening after the French advance had finally come to a halt, the Germans launched a furious counter- attack along the Maurepas-Clery ingh road. The French positions had - been quickly organized, however, and machine guns posted. Under a storm of fire tbe Germans fell back. Prior to the attack there had been strong fighting itt Which both armies attacked with great fury. The Ger- mans, according to an official an- nouncement of the War Office at Paris, were able to gain no ground. An especially. severe attack was di- rected by the Germans against La alaissonette, which stands on a domin- ating height south of the river. The French fire broke up the assault. BRITISH REPORTS, London, Aug. 13.—Sunday night's statement frotn headquarters in France reads: "Southeast of Guillemont the en - city made a bombing attack Which was repulsed. On the right flank, exe cept for Some heavy shelling of our front trenches and minor encounters with hostile detachments near the Delville Wood, nothing of importance occurred. "North of Poziereis the enemy was observed by an aeroplane to be con- centrating large numbers of troops behind the Matinauret farm. Artillery directed on them was seen to be very effective, the enemy scattering wildly in all directions, no hostile attack re- sulting. "In the same neighborhood a work - Ing party of 200 Germans was sur- prised by our machine gaiis and lost heavily. On the remaiader of our front there Is nothing to report except some hostile shelling Of the villages behind our lines. "Yesterday the flying corps tarried out another long-distance mid, great damage being done to some railway works and sidings. Several short raids and reconnaissances were undertaken with good results. The hostile air- eraft though fairly active, avoided combat. We downed an enemy ma. chine. One of ours is missing." The afternoon report reads: "Oa the Plateau northwest of Bazentin-le- Petit we pilled ground toward Mar- tinpuich and eaptured enemy trenches. Northwest of 1'02101.CS we also made a further important edvanee of 300 to 400 yards on a front of nearly a mile. Our losses were slight in oft° of the heavy artillery Wrier fire of the rte. nrihuile:e mtr it0 y ridge; the second oppoeite rn "Last night we made three success-, ds on the enemy trenches, the s uthwest or La Pone farm, 011 Calonne and third east of Armeutieres. We inflicted heavy casualties on the miemy, capturing a machine gun and Prisoners. The enemy attempted a raid near the Hohenzollerij redoubt, which was repulsed with heavy loss by our infantry. Several Bavarian prisonere were captured. "The enemy exploded a mine east of Cabaret Rouge, but we occupied the lip of the crater, We fired three mines north of Neuve Chapelle and ado south of the quarries northwest of Hulluch. The enemy made no at- tempt to occupy the craters." Saturday's official report stated that the enemy renewed his efforts to recapture trenches we lately wrest- ed froin him on the high ground north of Pozieres by delivering a strong infantry attack yesterday ev- ening, supported by heavy artillery fire, This attack was repulsed with heavy loss, and nowhere did he suc- ceed in piercing our positions. Between the Ancre and the Somme there was no change, There was in- termittent shelling on the whole front. After a heavy bombardment of our trenches southeast of Ypres this morning the enemy infantry, or lanstetileviiolnywararrived eorps, attempted to leave their trenches and attack. The elpvaosrteddefgeautreetcl., and everything FRENCH REPORTS. Paris, Aug. 13.—Sunday night's War Office report reads: "North of the Somme the Germans made no attempts during the day. Some small local actions enabled us to advance on the slopes of 109 Ridge. The artillery fighting continues quite evihoaluenintesin. the sectors of Barleux and. "On the left bank of the Meuse yes- terday evening a strong German at- tack against our lines south of the Avocourt Wood was checked by our .atlternrt. ier and grenade fire. eon the right bank of the Meuse taere was an intermittent bombard- n" "On the remainder of the front calm prevailed. "During the afternoon a German long range gun threw four heavy shells toward Givenchy," The afternoon statement reads: "North of the Somme the night was comparatively calm. Our troops con- solidated their ports on the conquer' ed. ,ground. A German attack from thili direction of Combles against the church and cemetery of Maurepas, which we occupy. was stopped by our machine gun fire, which inflicted heavy losses on the enemy. Eighty prisoners remairael in our hands, "On the riget bank of the Meuse we have made sleight progress to the southeast of Fleury. The enemy at- tempted several small attacks in the same region, which were repulsed easily. The artillery on both sides was very active throughout this sector. "Adjutant Lenoir yesterday brought dawn his seventh enemy aeroplane, which fell near Gincrey, Department of the Meuse. behind the German lines. Last night French bombarding squad- rons dropped 120 large bombs on the railway station at Metz. Cablons and on the railway workshops and bar- racks of Metz itself." Saturday night's report stated that north of the Somme after prepara- tory shelling during last night and to -day our troops attacked,the Ger- man third line, extending from east of Hardecourt to the Somme, at the highlands of 33uscourt. On. this front of 6 1-2 kilometres, our infantry with magnificent elan, captured all the trenches and a powerfully orgaaized work to a depth of from 600 to 1,000 metres. We have penetrated into the village of Maurepas and the southern Dart of the cemetery IS now in our hands. Our new lines now extend from the southern slopes of Hill 109, along the road from Maurepas to Clery and to the western edge of the latter village. The number of un- wounded prisoners taken by us which have been counted up to now le 1.000. Thirty machine guns also fell into our hands. A German counter-attack be- tween Clere and Maurepas was check- ed by our fire. South of the Somme we repeatedly and effectively shelled German organi- zations in the region of Deniecourt. On the Verdun front there was in- tense artillery fighting in the region of Fleury and Vaux-Chaentre. On the rest of the front the day was ealm. The afternoon report read: "On the right bank of the Meuse (Verdun front), we advanced dun, Ing the night in the region south of Thiainnont work. In the region of bleury, two German attacks, deliv- ered respectively about nine o'clock at night and three o'clock in the morning, against our trenches in the village, and our positionto the northwest, were entirely repulsed. "The artillery struggle continues Very active in the sector of Ohapitre and Chenole. "Northwest Of St. •Miehiel and be Lorraine, near Velie, German patrols weirde;eteived With rifle fire and dis- persed, leaving some dead on the ile REPINED SUGAR elikApeti. New York, Aug. 14.—All grades of refilled sugar were reduce,d 25 cents per hundred pounds, making fine granulated $7.00. BRITISH COAL PGA ITALY. (By Times Special Cable) Milan, Aug. 13., via Paris, Aug. 14.— An arrange/110ra has been completed by Italy with Great Britain for the Purpose of 'obtaining cheaper coal for Italy field winter, The British G'oVerninent, With the eo-operation of Prance, will provide for tile transportation of coal to this country, and Italian goodS to England and France. "Marriage is a tie," quoted the Wipe) Guy. "Octagonally it is Merely a Slip, knot," added the Simple Mut.