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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1917-09-20, Page 7CANAMAN GAS PLAYED HAVOC WITH LENS RE Enemy Tried Desperately to Pay the Score and Pre- vent Attack. MORE HEROES New. Lists of Officers and Men Decorated for Gallantry. (I3y Stewart Lyme Canadian Press Correspondent With the Canadian Forces.) Canadian.Headquarters in France, Sept. 15. -There have been uo in- fantry engagements on the Canadian front during the past few days, The enemy has apparently given up patrol- ling in the chaos of wrecked houses, of which No Man's Land consists on the greater part of the front. Retaliation for the recent projection of gas into Lens was not swift, but when it came it was vigorous and direct. On Friday afternoon the German trench mortars opened fire on our lines to the west of Lens, where the enemy perhaps believed our gas pro- jectiles were located. After the mor- tars had been going for some time enemy guns, light and heavy, were also turned loose on this section of the front, In response our artillery put on a barrage on the German lines and silenced their trench mortars, but the violent artillery duel continued for several hours, I believe that there has been no concentration of infantry there, or any other indication of an intention to attack. The only reasonable ex- planation of the enemy's marked ac- tivity is that his losses from our gas attacks have been so serious that even et great cost in projectiles, he was determined to search that part from which he believed the attacks came, in the hope of locating and destroying the projectors. GERMAN LINES BADLY SITUA'PED. The situation of the Germans down In the centre of Lens, with the vigi- lant enemy on high ground to the north and southwest is not a happy one. The bombardment was renewed during the night, when gas shells were used by the Germans, but this morning (Saturday) rain is falling heavily and all is quiet. For ads of great heroism in sav- ing the lives of the men of an Ontario ,battalion who had been wounded dur- ing a raid, and left out in No Man's Land, Military Crosses have. been awarded tO Acting Captain Benjamin Ethelbert Nicholls, And Lieut. Gordon Grief! Richardson, and Distinguished Conduct Medals to Sergt. Herbert Som. erville and Sergt. Walter Prust. The raid was important and several hundred men were engaged in it. A number of badly wounded men, who lay out in front, were located in day- light by the officers and men now decorated, and were brought into our lines. Captain Nicholls not only brought in several .men by daylight, but went out again after dark, covered the ground up to the wore, and brought away men whom he had been unable to reach bY day. . Lieut. Richardson spent several hours in No Man's Land and located eight badly wounded men. RESCUED WOUNDED. Sergeant Somerville, though woune ed himself, carried back a comrade the badly wounded to walk, while Sergeant Fru, on -the w.tbdrawal of the raiders, succeeded in getting seven sevei ely wounded men aim shelter of No Man's Land, and after dark brought all of :hem safely into our lines. "During this gallant and deVoted action," says the official re- cord, "Prust was buried ey shell fire, but tenaciously continued to perform hie self-appointed task." To thee four men, who gladly risked their live' e it is due to state that over tweety comrades who otherwise wnuld have died in agony out in No Man's Land are now safe in a, hospital. Sapper Bagrie, of the Signal Sea Without cessation to ma.iataen com- munications under fire, has been awarded the Military Cross, and Lance. SergeantMerle Benjamin Keith and Corporal Joseph Irvin Dugan, Dis- tinguished Conduct Medals for great bravery at the battle of Lens, Of Serge Keith it is said that his platoon,. after inflicting at least 110 casualties on the enemy and withstanding three atta.eks in a position which proved untenable, was withdrawn only after half of his force had become casual- ties, and when his machine gun am - Munition was exhausted, and no one had mere than five rounds of rifle -ammtinitioe, That the platoon got back at all was the result of Keith's wonderful qualaies f leadership. Aeting Capt. E. N:cholis enlisted h1 Toronto, next of kin in England. Lieut. Richardson enlisted in Toronto, next of kin in Montreal. Sergt. Somerville enlisted in Toronto, neat of kin in Elk Lake, and Serge Prust enlisted In Toronto, next of Id Ain England. Sapper Alex. Bagrie enlisted in Ot- tawa, next Of kin in Scotland, Lance - Sergt. Keith enlisted in Montreal, next of kin in Montreal, and Corporal Dugan enlisted in London, Ont., next Of kin. in Ireland. MANY MEN RECEIVE HONORS. So nunaerous were the cases of et- traordinary courage, resoureefulness, or selasaerifice at the battle of Lens that it hag been found necessary to recognize them by awarding an ex- ceptional number of military medals tei the men who so dietinguished themselves, The corps Orden yes- terday eentained the nanses of almost 'ninety men from Western Canada thus honored, In a Manitoba battalion those awarded the Military Medal are -Lance-Corp. George W. -Cocks. PIM Monezuma Brothers, George Petrie, Samuel Twigg. Sohn James Williams, Corp. Ernest Hatdeastle, Ptea, Robert eamegen Scott, Charles Albert Foster, John Finnigan, Sohn Brown, Ernest Chappel. Gilbert Brunt" Wilfred Reginald Long, letank Ballile and John Wrigh t, Lanee COrp. Vona emulated for Isis of the enemy by sniping. tale with a little group of men be bela for several bonne one end of a trench while the Malty. from the other end, =Matted the poeitien With Machine. gun tire. Pte. (Ilutpel was wounpded in an tate* on a trench southwest 0( Leas, and he held a election of the trench alone after his conaredes had been killea by ellen fire. The men of a Saskatchewan bat- talion awarded the Military Cross are: Sergeants Richard Chas, Potter, William Thomas Durrell, Lance-Sergt. Anthony Adams, Charles Ball, Cor' porais Reginald George Doorbar, J. I,. Macititosb, Lance•Corporal Walter Greenway, privates Alexander Barry, Harry Gordon, Alexander C. larding, Wellington Walker, Raymond T. A.darns, Patrick Macdonell, Harry Stephenson, Samuel 13. Haswell and Joseph Bahia°, Private Barrie threw bombs almost continually for eight hours while helping to hold a newly - captured trench against a counter- attack. Private Adams led a bombing attack to cover the evacuation of six weunded men, who had been left in enemy territory. All were removed Safely. The following non-commissioned officers and men of a British Columbia battalion have been awarded the Military Medal; Sergeants Alexander Choll, Harry McNally, Lance -Corporal A. Duncan, Privates Edward Alex. Braithwaite, Joseph Edward Finnigan, Walter Hodgetts, George EmsleY Lewis, Alexander London, Fred Earl Jackson, Alfred ,T. Nesbitt and Roes Neville Wilson, Of Sergeant Choll it Is said that he . showed wonderful fearlessness in action. All his officers were wounded in a German counter. attack, and the supply of borabs ex- hausted. Choll reorganized and beld the enemy off with bombs taken from the German dead till reinforcements arrived. Private Finnigan was cut off for twenty-four hours with a small machine-gun party, and held his posi- tion in a shell hole in front of the enemy wore. He inflicted heavy cas. males with his gun on the enenav after all the rest of his platoon had been killed or wounded. SHORT ITEMS OF THE NEWS OF THE DAY • Toronto Aviator Decorated for Destroying a Zepelin. PUGE U.S. WAR CREDIT J. G. Kerr, "Win -War" Can- didate in W. Kent, Has Withdrawn. .....••••••.•••••••••••••••••• Pte. V. A, Pritchard, Tornto. who was reported dead, has heen heard from as a prisoner in Germany. Mr. Francis Weir, of the township of Otonabee, died in his 93rd year. He was 77 years an Orangeman. • Mr. Harry Ryrie, Secretary -Treas- urer a Ryrie Bros., Limited, Toronto. passed away after only two days' ill- ness. Masked and armed robbers drove up the drug store of N. Lamont McMillan at 36 Vaughan road. Toronto, and got away with $15 from the cash register. Loudon Pierce Watkins, son of Mr. E. J. Watkins, Toronto, has beett promoted to' be a captain and given the Military Gros for destroying a Zep- pelin on June 15th. The Medical Boards under the Mili- tary Service Act in Military District No. 3 (Eastern Ontario) have com- menced their sittinks. A. marked decrease in drunkenness and the in crime is reported by the authorites of Kitchener as a result of the year's operation of the Ontario Temperance Act. More food, except eggs and mutton, was in cold storage on. the 1st of September this year than last, much of this being owing to vessel shortage and not speculation.' Mayor J. G. Ker, nominated in West Kentas a Win -the -War candidate to support a National Government, has withdrawn, as there is to be no Na- tional Government before the Federal election. Madame Feng, wife of Feng Kwo- Chang, the President of the Chinese Republic, died at the Presidential Pal- ace, Peking, after a long illness of fever. The Deutsche Tages Zeitung and Boerse Zeitung have been forbidden publication by the censor. The Preis- nige Zeitung also anounces that it has suspended. Harry Massey, wher was injured when Dr. Kingsley Home's auto turned turtle into a ditch at St. Joachim's Fri- day morning, pinning hin beneath, died at the Chatham General Hospital. Fitton checkers and truckers at the Grand Trunk freight sheds walked out Friday when their demand for an in- crease in wages was turned down. Arnold Goodyear, the 12 -year-old son of Henry Goodyear, East Zorra, died in the hospital as the result of a col- lision with an auto Thursday night in which he sustained a sevre fracture of the skull. Two Chinaraen were asphyxiated in a rooming -house in Toronto. -Mark Lum was found Saturday morning dead in bed, While Lon Wing was found lying beside him in an uncOn- mime; condition. He was removed to the General Hospital, where he died some hours later. The war credits bill, atithorizing new bonds and certificates aggregating $11,538,000,000, and the largest measure • of its kind in the world history, was passed by the V. S. Senate without a roll -call or disenting vote. It had al- ready pasesd the 'louse. ' NO LIQUOR IN SONORA, Douglas, Ari,, Sept 15. --More than 500 carloads of wItiskey, champagne and other wines, wired at 0,11p0,000, were dumped into the bay at Guaymas. Sonora, under orders of the state autherities, on Aug, 28, aecording to a statement by Ives G. Lelevier, aleie lean Consul here. Every government warehouse in the state has been. emptied of liquor, it ie declared, and the information to Mr. Lelevier says that so far as the authorities are aware, there is not a drop of Intoxicants in the state, "Of want to tek out a pawliey," 'Life, fire or marine?" drawled the tapper clerk, with eatcaoin. "All three; Olen goln* fer a stoker in the navy." -Life, BRITISH GAIN AND LOSE IN FLANDERS ZONE 0••••••••••••••••••4 Win Ground East of St. Julien, Go Back Near Langemarck, LEAVING OSTEND Huns Prepare to Evacuate— French Make Gains Near Verdun. London, Sept. 16.-R, T. Small tele- graphs: On the Flanders front dur- ing the past few days the only activi- ties have been slight outpost engage- ments. The Wurttemburg infantry suceeded in taking a few small British British posts on the north bank of the stream called the Broenbeele, east of Langemarck, causing the British to fall back to the opposite bank, where their main defences are established. On the other hand, the British have Pushed forward their line east of St. Julien. A sucessful local operation was carried out on Saturday by a London regiment north of Inverness Copse, a German strong point being captured, while in the afternoon tho Durham troops successfully raided the enemy's trenches as far as the western out- skirts or Cherisy, destroying the de- fences and taking 22 prisoners. Over 70 Germans were also killed. German efforts to recapture these positions on Sunday were repulsed. The Portu- guese repuleed an attempted raid on their trenches in the neighborhood of Neuve Chapelle. The usual bombing operations were carried out by the airmen and many hostile machines were shot. down. . EVACUATING OSTEND. According to the Amsterdam Han- delsblacl, the population of the Bel- gian city of Rulers, behind the Ger- man front, has been removed, and the evacuation by the inhabitants of Os- tend has been begun. Many persons haye departed from Courtrai, and many Belgians have been forced to work on the defence of Tourcoing. FRENCH MAKE GAINS. There has been some fighting throughout the week on the western front, the French gradually enlarging their positions north of Verdun, while holding the Aisne against counter- attacks. The present policy of the commander seems to be to use these two sectors, one to relieve the other. Verdun is performing the same func- tion for the Aisne as the battle of the Somme did for Verdun last year. When the one front is heavily counter- attacked, the other breaks into an of- fensive, and in each offensive there is a little bit gained, while the Prussians are losing men much More rapidly than the Allies. Thus the French are stretching out toward the village of (ernes, north- east of Verdun, taking the Bois le Chaume, pushing forward the Bois des Fosses and ocupying the Caurieres Wood. .At the same time they have repulsed attacks along the Aisne roses and occupying the Caurieres plateau. In a rather quiet sector in the Champagne tliey made a sudden drive across two lines of German trenches between St. Hilaire and St. Souplet, and entered a third, killing or making prisoners all their ocupants. BRITISH REPORTS. London, Sept. 16. -The official re- port from British Headquarters in France to -night reads: "Duringthe night the enemy raided our trenches in the neighborhood of the Ypres-Comines Canal and east of Messines. A few of our men are miss- ing. In the morning the enemy heavily bombarded our trenches north of Langemarck. His infantry attempted to advance; our counter -barrage op- ened immediately and no hostile at- tack deVloped. "There was considerable artillery activity on both sides of the Ypres section. "On Saturday the weather did not improve. A strong west wind still ren- dered difficult the return of our ma- chines from bombing raids and fight- ing behind the enemy's lines. Artil- lery end photographic work continued and three tons of bombs were dropped on two hostile aerdromes east of Courtrai, an aerdrome and ammuni- tion dump north-east of Cambrai and hostile billets and hutments. Six Ger- man machines were brought down in the air fighting and two were brought down out of control. Four of our ma- chines are missing." Saturday night's report said; • "A successful local operation was carried out this afternoon by a Lon- don regiment north of Inverness Copse. A German strong Point was captured with thirty-six prisoners and a machine gun at little cost to our troops. This afternoon the Durham troops successfully raided the enemy's trenches west of Cherisy and captur- ed twenty-two prisoners. Out casual- ties were slight. "Early this morning e raid was at- tempted by the enemy in the neigh- borhood of Neuvechapelle, but was re- pulsed by the Porttiguese troops, leav- ing a number of dead and wounded Germans In our hends. Another hos- tile raiding party, which endeavored to enter our lines south of Armen- tieres, was form' to withdraw, with- out loss to our troops "On Friday the donde weather con- tinued, with a strong west Wind, mak- big artillery observation difficult and greatly favoring the enemy's nia: -Chines in combat. Eleven heavy bombs were dr ipped by Us on a rail Way station nort 1 ol! Charleroi and 76 bombs on railway stations, billets and encampments nearer the 'Ince. "Three enemy meatus were shot down, one falling behliti our lines, and six were drivee down, out of con- trol. Four of ours are Ihe Sunday afternooe report read: 'Following their mem-mild vale yes- terday afternoon, west of Cherisy, our troops raided enemy trettehts hi this neighborhood a seaend thee last night and penetrated the German pesitions as far as the weg:tetn Outskirts of Cherisy. We captured a few more prisoners and two machine guns. Our casualties were gaf ght. In addi- tion to the prisoners Wien by US and the eneMy's ae.euelties in wounded, over 70 Germain were killed in the course of these ewe rattle. Me dugouts and defencee were 1 omplet,•ly wreck- ed. -Duette; the Weld. a 'motile party • altaeked one of our poets north of Lens, but was driven off. "Early Ma morning the ettenly counter:attacked north of Inverness cope in an endeavor to retake the strong point captured, by Us yeeter- day in this arm- This attack wai renUised. wrhe hostile artillery showed in- creased activity lea night east or ypres." FRENCH REPORTS. Paris, Sept. 16, --The official com- munication from the War Office to- night reads: "On th.e Aisne front the two ar- dilutes were quite aetive In the region of Brayeau-Laonnois and (luny. On the rietht Intuit ot the Meuse the Germans delivered a new attack on our positions norin of the Caurieres Wood. Oar fire, directed with precision, compelled the enemy 10 retire in the direction of the trenches which they had left. On the left bank of the Meuse there was lively artillery fighting in the region of Le More Homme, rhe day was Calm on the rest of tile front. "'eastern theatre, Sept. 15.-•Tue day was generally quiet. There was artillery ane trench -gun legating at several pointe along the front." "North-west of Rheims a stro ig attack by the eeemy agataet our position, in the region of Lolvre, was repulsed by our fire," Sunday after- noon's statement reported:. " "The, artillery fighting wee rather severe in the sector between Mai- sons de Champagne and Messiges, with no infantry aetion. (in the re- mainder el the front the night was calm." Saturday night's report read: "Quite violent artillery actions oc- curred in the sector of Moulin de Laffaux and on the eight bank rt. the Meuse. In Champague we sue- cesseally curled out a surprise at- tack on Garman trenches in the re- eion of Mont Haut. Wo destroyed an observatory and a number of shelters. and breught back about ten prisoners. "On September 13 and II lour German aeroplanes were brought dome by our pilots in aerial engage- nients. "Eastern theatre, Sept. l4.-Theee is nothing to report. On the Mane - (Ionian. front the artillery activity Was of a minor nature." "On the right bank of tile RIV.1 Meuse after a combat we ejected on Friday night,. the enemy from the greater part of •the elements of trenches which he had penetrated earlier in the day north ot Caurieres wood." -41 • RUSSIANS How. I • NEAR RIGA Have Held Long Line Dur- ing Internal Troubles. Letts Fight Furiously for Homeland. Petrograd, Sept. 16. -The panic which followed the capture of Riga and which was much more prevalent in certain belligerent nations than in Russia itself has almost entirely bah - sided. After croaaing the Dvina at Uxkul the Prussians branched out in fan shape, their forces • forming tne arc ot a circle, of which the river was the chord And the fartheet point reached Nt as 37 miles away on the railroad in the direction of Venaen and Walk. At the latter place five railways con- verge, two leading to Petrograd by routes widely separated by the twin lakes, Peipus and Pskoff. Venden is 44 miles from the Dvina at Uxivil and the railway which reaches it from Riga runs north-east, parallel to the 'Avoid= River Aa. After crossing this river from south- east la north-west Prussian cavalry pushed along both bemire and the rail- way toward Vonden. The Russians with new forces reformed their lines, advanced against them south of the railway, inflicted a severe defeat and occupied three. villages, taking prison- ers and booty. To -day they report a further advance towards the village of Lemberg, east of Riga. It should be aeted that the troops sent here were Lettish battalions -that is, soldiers from Lithuania, the region inunediate- ly cast and south of the Gulf of Riga. They are fighting fcr their homes and are not anxious to ses them ravaged by Prussian brutality. Even Berlin has admitted the defeat, saying that the cavalry withdrew "under strong Russian pressure." Along the rest of the 900 -mile line from the Dvina to the Danube the Russianshave held, iheir positions firmly through alt the internal dis- turbances of the country, despite the fact that for three dive; they ware without commanders, each milt left to its own devices, and that the corn- missazy departnieet wan di-organizedand the troop e were hungry. The Zborocz still marks the limit of the r'russian ativerice below Brody, while the Vonmaniane are hanging with death -like grip on to the mountain passea which form the western border of Moldavia and are steadily Duetting tho enemy back trona the region of Gene. The winter is likely to hold their line rigid and ready for an ad- vance in the Spring. General Valuveff, co =land er-4n- chief of the western Russian front, in an order of the day issued to his ar- my, says: ,'The enemy does not sleep. On the .contrary„ he is -intoxicated by his Riga succees, and is, according to reliable' information, prepariug attempts to hreek through the Russian front at Dvinsk and Minsk. Should he nue:reel the liberty secured by the revcIntion will be lost. "I exhort you to leave to the Gay - element the solution of luternal gees - 'ions mitt to devote YOUrVive4 only to the maintehance`of discipithe arid fighting effieloney." VALUABLE 'DOGS KILLED. Woodeteck, Ont., Sept, 1.6. Three valuable bull terriere, the property of S. W. Church, -of Slime, acre • found smothered to death in a box lu which thev were shipped from Loudon Saturday. The animate, five in num- ber, were prize wirmere at the West- on; Fair, They were emirate(' in a box, and -when- the box was taken frorn the train here to be traneferred to anoth- el.. car three or the five' doge -were dead. The veterinary who was tailed thought it pezeible the doge were poi- soned. They were valued M e500. Meer (Magee- And you meed ta tek but 10.ten setup; dream. :‘Ir. Cwigge-Yee, but that wee beam!. I was awakened by the Alarm el02k. ef reality. KEENEST AND BEST TROOPS AT THE FRONT Canadian Forces Win High- est Praise From All Ally Sides. OUR OWN LEADERS And the Magnificent Work They Have geen Doing Told Of, London Cable, --(By mail) --From all oldes, both in England and France, one hears the resourcefuluess, moral determination and general fighting qualities of the Canadian spoken of in the highest terms. Two years ago Canadians earned the reputation of being the keenest and best all-round troops fighting in Europe. At that time our force was directed almost entirely by Imperial officers, and much of the credit for the splen- did work was due to the staff. As recently as a year ago, nearly all the superior staff were Imperial officers, There were thirty-one such officers on the staff of the Canadian corps, which was commended by an eminent British officer, who today commands an army. The Canadian. generals thoroughly appreciated the work of the British titan officers, and could not have sue• ceeded as they did without them. There was a feeling among -our leaders, liowever, that Canadrau officers had the ability, and needed only training, This they have now received, aud there is no moec remarkable illustra- tion of the adaptability, astuteness and genius ot the Canadian for making war than the fact that after less than three years of great war experience we have produced an army corps, led and staffed by Canadians, which is held by the highest authorities in France to be second to none. We have not only produced men; we have produced the best men. We hare not only pro- dueed leaders; our leaders measure up with tho best, There are only eight Imperial staff officers with the Cana. Man army corps to -day. The aptitude of Canadians for mane operations bas been such as to single out many officers for special attenLion by the British authorities. The case of Col, C. H. Mitchell, C. el. G., D. S, 0., Legion of Honor and Order of Leopold, a Toronto University gradu- ate, Is particularly interesting. Col. Mitchell's epecialty is "intelligence." That is to say, he has to deal with the intention, operations, conditions, etc., of the enemy. The success of our operations depend largely upon the efficiency of our intelligence work. Intelligenee is gained by every pos- sible -and many apparently impos- sibie means. From the air by aero- planes, captive balloonin innumer- able ways; on the earth 'by countless methods, among the moat useful of which are trench raids, prisonera, ci- vilian population, and a close study of an the euemy's characteristies: from underground, in saps and tun- nels. The scope of the intelligende Offi- eer's realm is boundless, After he has gathered together his information, be must piece it together and deduce cor- rectly. That many battles are won and lest by the perfection or imper- fection of an Army's Intelligence De pertinent, is readily underetood. Other Canadians who Dave been marked for distinction in the Intelli- gence Branch are Lieut. -Col. J. L. It, Parsons, D. S. 0., a graduate of To- ronto University, Lieutenant-Colonel W. W. Burland, D. S. 0., of Montreal. Major D. alacIntyre, D. S. 0., M. C., of Regina, and many others. Another staff officer who has had a career full of interest is LieutaCcl. Harold F. McDonald, C. M. G., D. S. Q., a graduate of 'McGill, who is now the chief general staff officer in England. Lieut. -Colonel McDonald enjoys the dietinction of having been twice dan- gerously wounded, and both times in the front line. On the first oe casion the officer who carried him out, Captain Scrimger, V. C., gained the coveted Victoria Cross. It le freely admitted by the Imper- ial authorities that bright young Canadian busineee men make the best kind of adminietrative officers. One comment made by a prominent ofa fieer was to the effect that Canada should insist that her regular soldiers specialize on the operation of armies. and leave the administrative work to men of breinees qualifications. After title war, for the few uneet- tied years which will precede the a4 - vent of a. world peace, Canada will have a fighting force which, size rola Watered, will be second to none. With men like General Turner end fleeerel Currie and the eplendid stares which they are building up, Canada will have at her call experts worthy of the soldiers wlit;ec undying glory te mak- Ing "Catha,dian" a symbol for valor and chivalry throughout the entire world, -Cttrran. •U.S. EXPORTS ARE CURTAILED New Conservation List Af- fects Canada. ma.iot Wheat, Plour, Sugar, Steel and Iron. seashington, Sept. 16.--A coneerva lion list, which includes sheat, wheat Mier, sugar, steel and iron for. ship- building, and many materialneeded tor the manufacture of explosives among ite more important items, has been prepared 1,y the axports Admin- istrative Board in connection with its policy of tightening up reetrictions al- ready made. With the publieation of this last to- day comes the asnouneement that 'export of tem; commodities will be "practically probibited"for the pres- ent. The loophole is provided, haw ever, tbat licenses may be issued when the cargoes for whieh applications Inc Made (ter 'destined for ttetttaI war pur- Imre, or where limited (manatee; may ne epared without detrimentto the Cnited Sitatee. To-dhv's ruling vile neeepted pretty generally as definite notice to most of Ilia northern emitrale of Europe that for some UM° to mine, despite proteete lodged againet the. present complete embargo, they would heire to get along without Anierica's wheat, at that at no time during the war perical would ehipments be made to them ex - cot en the Strictest rationing basis, and only after obtaluing satisfectore guarantees. Thls may lead to renewed negotiatious for the Intimating of the 400,000 tone of neutral Millis tied UP in Atlantic ports, because of the for- mer fulings. Most of these oltit/6 Mc laden with wheat, corn and cattle Nader. Corn is not included on the "con- servation list," and it is known that some feed exports here have ilopeo for the adoption of a .policy by which the Allies of Americe could cooperate in the sonservation of the wheat sup- ply here by tieing larger quantities of Americas corn instead of wheat. This volley .might be adopted in connectiop With the movement of Canada's sur- plus wheat supply for uee in Eu- rope. To -day's ruling also Is made effec- tbre in trade relations with Canada, after September 20, as up to this time many of the artielea included in the "conservation list" were permitted to go to that country without individual licenses, Theelist follows:, Acetone; alcohol; aluminum; ammonia calts; ammonia nitrate; aubydrous ammo- nia; arsenate of lead; arsenate o. butter; carbolic acid (Phenol); cas- tor oil and castor beans; chronic nickel steel; cotton linters; cyanide Of sodiuni; ferro-manganese; phos - parte acid; phosphorus; pig iron; potash and chlorate of potash; ferro- silicon; ferro-vanadium; flax; glyee rine; iron and steel plates, including Ship, boiler, tank and other iron and steep plates half-inch thick and heav- ier and wider than six inches, whe- ther mom at fabricated; mercury - sage; nitrate of soda; nitric acid; nitric salts; potassium salts; salt- petre; scrap iron; scrap steel; searcla- lights and generators (suited for aimy or navy use); sodium sulphite; stile. geleisen; stearine and stearic acid; steel billets; steel blooms; steel in -- gots; steel 'sheet bars; steel slabs; su- gar; sulphate of ammonia; sulphur and sulphuric acid; super phosphate; tinplate; toluol; tungsten; wireless apparatus; wheat, wheat flour and wool rags. ITALIANS ARE WINNING WAY TO LACII Cadorna's Troops Now Com- mand Ground Leading to -the City. MONTE DANICLE Last Point Guarding Place, Will Fall in a Short Time, London, Sept. 16. -Italy continues to wage one of the most difficult cam- paigns in history, winning peak af- ter peak of strongly -defended Aus- trian positions in regions hitherto be- lieved impracticable for military oper- ations. The capture of Monte Man Gabriele, announced in Saturday morning's newspapers, gives Italy command 0!' the Bainsizza, plateau and the Chiapa- vano valley; it removes the last dan- ger of an Austrian counter-offewsive against Garizia, and with the expect- ed capture of Monte San Daniele, less than two miles further south, will open the way to Laibach, the key to Vienna. For three weeks the battle has raged for this mountain, which lies directly in the path of any advance to the east from Gorizia. It is not merely its height for 2,140 feet that made it so formidable -both Monte Santo and Monte San Daniele are a little higher -but the almost perpendicular rocky face that the eoldiers had to climb before attaining the summit. Several times they reached it, only to be , beaten back. Again and again they attacked, only succeeding at a cost of life to both Sides which the correspondents de- scribe as the most frightful of the war, even comparing it to the Prus- sian slaughter at Verdun with the difference that the Crown Prince lost while the Italians have won. The mountain was approached from the north by Alpine troops, climbing over the rocks In front of Monte Santo, to Gamer° and Dol. They spread out earlonnrgae. the western and eastern slopes of San Gabriel°, which are less steep, and then proceeded to climb the north - Thus the Italian army succeeded after One of the most brillio.nt opera- tions of the war. As General Oe- dema's campaign develops military critics here are more and more im- pressed with his genius. He has prac- tically cleared the BainsizzA plateau in the north, driving the Austrians to the eastern edge. In the south he is slowly but surely encircling the Her- mada. Motintain, which bars the way to Teerriletsrete,. Now, in the capture of Monte San Gabriele he has solidified his . CADORNA 131IIINCUNG UP GUNS. Washington, Sept. 16. -Italian mita tary offices in Washington predicted yesterday that Monte San Daniele, Which Is dominated by the peak of Monte San Gabriela, the crest and better part of whicli is now in Italian hands, will be the next bnportant eminence to be captured by the Ital- ian army in its great offensive inove- ment against Austria. The Italiano are confident that as soon as their heavy artillery is brought Up to San •Gabriele the sur- render of the eastern slope of this mountain, and possibly u withdrawal of the Austrians from San hankie will become necessary. It is difficult to pay how long it will take for the Italians to ac- complish this, baraase all depends on the preparationa the ,Austrians have made along the eastern slope of an Gabilele. A spirited and savage fight is now in prOgrees for this part of tlie mountain. ITALIAN itivoirr. Rohm, Sept. In. -Sunday's War Of. flee ret ort saki: "On the Banat= platenu yester- day, the gallant Samar' Brigade, with eetienifid dee'i gainel ground al the Southeastern margin, etieteiring 17 officers. more than 400 men 111h1 nome ntachine guns. EIGHT GROUNDS FOR EXEMPTION Application Forms Show Reasons Considered. Military Report Forms Are Very Simple. •••,.1.111••••••••••.•••••••••• Ottawa. Sept. 16.--3Pxemption front ,ervice under the military service act they be claimed on eight separate erounds. The forms or application which will be available at pont oficee throughout the Dominion in the 4ourse of a tow days, makes this clear. ehe grounds are: 1. The Importance of continuing mployment in habitual occupation. 2. Impoetence of continuing em lloyment as one for which lie le specially qualified. 3. Importance of continuing educa- tion or training. 4. Serious hardship owing to excep• Antal financial obligation. 5. Serious hardship owing to excep. ionai business obligations, 6. Serious hardship owing to excep tonal domestic position. 7, Ill -health Or infirmity. 8. Adherence to religious denomina- ion, of which the articles or faith orbid combatant service. The form is drafted muck after the .tyle of a ballot paper. The Applicant for exemption ie required to place a noss opposite the ground on which he claim is made. His case will then eo to the local tribunal, to which prom 11 support will be submitted. Application for exemption. may be made not only by the man himeelf, mt by his employer or a near rola - `lye. In Great Britain claims for azemption on the ground qf a man ming indispensable in his civil oecupa tion are generally made by the em- ployer, who appeals .to the tribunal on behalf of his men. It is felt that suet) 1. claim can best be made by the em- ployer. In auy event, a man claiming :ssential occupation would need to have the support of his employer to els claim. The forms of military report are equally simple. These will be used )y. men who do not wislt to claim-ex- 3mption. They avoid the necessity of :eporting in person until such, time as recruit is called up for service. The leclaration reads: "I hereby report myself for mule'ary service. I will report myself for luty when called upon by notice ' mailed to me at Blanks follow for the name and eddress of the recruit, his status whither a bachelor or a widower, his uresent occupation, and the name and address of his employer, Both classes of forms are now in 'he hands of the printer. and will be listributed as soon as they are avail. PUNISH TRAITOR., Russ Regiment Wanted to Finish Soukhomlinoff, Petrograd, Sept. 17. -The trial of General Soukhomlinof a the former War Minister, for treason, was inter- lupted Sunday by the breaking of win- dows in the court room, tollowed by the appearance of delegations from three companies of a regiment which was waiting outside. The delegation declared that the Soukhomlinoff case was the simplest of issues, and that it was plain the court was deliberately prolonging the trial. It demanded that the defendants (who included Souk- homlinoff's wife) should be handed over to the regiment, which would set- tle the case forthwith. The demand was refused, whereupon the delegates demanded that the defendants be placed in a strict prison, and deprived of all comforts. The court decided to trausl'er Souk- homlinof ffrom the hotel, where he has been confined to the fortress of. St. Peter and St. Paul. 0 • • REWARD CAPTOR OF FIRST SAMMY 400 Marks to German Who Takes Him. (By R. T. ghillie Staff Correspondent ot the Associated Press.) British Headquarters in France and Beightm, Sept. 16. -German military mthorities on the Western front have 'shown concern about the imminence of the American army's entry into the fighting by offering rewards for the production of the -first American pris- oners. The general couianding the leleVenth Reserve division recently put the price of 400 marks on the first American soldier brought, dead re alive, into his lines. This infgormation has been disclos ed by the diary of a Prussian sergeant of the Twenty-third Reserve Infantry iaegiment. fie wrote at the end of - "We are suposed to have had. Am- erleans opposite ue ter some time haw and two divisions of Portuguese on our right. The man who brings it the first American, dead or alive, to head' quarters has been promised the Iron Cross of the first ciao, 400 marks xtul 14 days' leave." The diary, which covers a period ot 'warty two utonths, describes in de tail the destruction of an important in - Mistrial town by the Germans and ite transformation by a German army eommander ini.o a great mass of for- tified rains. Batteries have been Planted in thecellars of private housea, factories and puldie buildings, Which have been partially .demolisheO to give a better field 'for the fire, while, streets and squares and even the 'city cemetery, have been torn up and enmeshed with wire to provide petitions fer groups of machine-guns. snrrisH STEAMER AftiRE. South American Allentle Port. Sip, British el:le:unship of 7,fie0 ton arose, bouna from a North Anil ricee part for South, Africa. Pitt into the lurhoe a rro !II 111 1.1.11 lomker, elect' t nilangeted the et filo ;01:i and AMMO, the 51 lira cabin ua.ssengerr3 Alre many Auntie:In iniselonarles. All are gate, UkTCONY - eliethee II ea: Se No Further Neirtrvrtr-Bt At - anti port yeeterday, that eneniy*b- hour to -night no definite news aeled been received here to confirm theZge- lief expressed 1»' °Mere of Ma marines have begun depredVa0 in American watere, It was repo rr eti by all neradrsii vc aSa ti"i nt0hiatth8 a.° :IasignalsFsrhl di lat steamers, witiati armee at ,ati /La- the officers of the steamere on their New York, Sept. 16y.lswilnaeUrsole)rbnepliti:coggkae::::...) Off Nantudiet. .... ect by a IT -boat in the vicinity of Nta- tucket Lightship. One ship receiving the distress eels was a British freighter and the other an American tanker, Both reported the %one of the attack at about sixty nines east of Nantucket and the time about eight o'clock yesterday morn- ing. The identity of the supposed vic- tim of attack was not learned by either vessel as far as publicly known. The American tanker's caetalu eonfirmed the British skipper's re - poet, but added no details, 'the British captain said he under- stood an American radio station also had picked up the distress call. Fol- lowing the new rule of the sea estab- lished since German submarine war- fare began, neither vessel went to the assistance of the pubraarine's victim. The place where the attack was reported is in the steamship lane of trans-Atlantic ships calling at New York and in the vicinity in which last October the German submarine U-53 sank five steamships. ACCEPT PAPAL TERMS. Central Powers Agreeable to Them as Basis. Amsterdam, Sept. l -1, --The reply of the iNattral Powers ,o the peace not of Popo Benedict, says a Vienna despatch to the kid, bagins by duclarin,,,, that they re- gard the Papal proposals as a suitable oasis for peace negotiations. Regarding the exchange of occupied territories, arbitration, disarmament and similar proposals, declarations aro made, the despatch adds, which testify to the :dualism of the Central Powers and their sincere desire for a peace which will 011- IWO happiness to all nations. Conciliatory declarations also arc mode vcspi:cting the settlement of the Balkan respecting the settlement of the Bal- kan question, Poland and the restoration of Belgiurn, but emphasis is laid on the condition that the allied powers must 11140 give serious evidence uf a desire for peace by a joint and benevolent discus- sion the questions which now separate the nations. The reply, it is sald, will be published as soon as the consent of the Papal Nuncio at Viennala obtained. .••••••.41 BELGIAN RUSE FOOLS GERMANS •IMPO••••••••••••••••••••••=1.1 Motorboat, .With Hun Ad- miral's Flag Raised, 'Carries Belgians Past Forts Into Holland. Amsterdam Cable says -The Tele-. great gives particulars of the adven- ture of the Belgian motor -boat &al - dish, which left Antwerp on Sunday and arrived at Walvoorden, East Zee- land, in Flanders, by way of Holland, with Belgians for the Belgian armee. The iScaldish belongs to the Belgian Government, but was confiscated by the -Germans, who re -christened her Schelde and fitted lier luxuriously for the tree of the highest officers. The Belgian pilot, van. Dingell, always known as "Jot" was appointed cap- tain because he knew the river intim- ately. He frequently had the Geyer - nor -General board, and generally floated the admiral's flag, for Willa every guard on the Scheldt and the eVillebrook canal showed respect. He determined on a serious attempt to convey Belgian eilivians to Holland, these men being so weary of Germat tyranny that they were willing to rise their lives to escape. "Jot" had ordere to take .Governor-General lealkenbaue 'rem Antwerp to Brussels last 'Mon - lay. He reckoned if he cruised north- sard on Sunday the guards on the ;cheidt would think the Governor- 3eneral was taking a trip to the frontier along the forte. He etarted on aunday at midday, hoisting the ad - Wren -4 flag. The Belgian civilians tare hidden below the deck and the eaptaln and two assistants alone re- eiained on deck. They passed the orts of South Maria and Phillip do i'a.ddro by Liefkeneock and Doel, the lerman flag being ealuted everywhere ind the eoldient presenting rums. At Doel the whole guard turned out. Clam to the frontier the Motor stee- ped, the petrol being almost exhaust- ed. A. German patrol boat approaehed, but no aesiQtalice being asked. appar- ently did not dare to conic alongeide a boat flying the admiral's flag. A friendly salute by "Jot" indicated that he did not require aree?.tance.. Ills sa- lute was returned. By good luck the •.notors were made to work a little longer, and the tide also helped the veesel ultiniatelY .to reach Holland, vhere after a v'eit of examination by the Dutell naval authoritiee enough petrol wee obtained to enable the boat to reach Walvoorden where the cap- tain and naatengers were heartily welcomed and congratulated on the eutcoes of the daring and dangerots etiventure. The incident created remelt amnscinent on the whole Scheldt. 'REOPEN COTTON FUTURES. London, .Sept, 115. -The Cohtrol Board has placed before the British Board of Trade for approval it scheme for the reopening of the totton fu- tures market, according to the or- reenonelent at Mantheater, of the Len - don Times. If the Suggestloh 114 adopt- ed, dealings; in fames will commence Oct, 1, WthliOlit drastic* limitatione' th ell the menthe from Jirtmary to An g -t. The bates will be gocd middling, instead et WO(Iling, and no te)tdert) will to allowed. A PECULIAR DEATH. Cobelt, Sept. 16.- -Peettliar clreum- etancee stn round the death of John etabaren ,who wte, found in hie bed at his home in Charlton. McLaren, 1V1{ skull frattured, Ali un. :onoPious and Wee hug when found at six o'clock in the morning by it ne:geber. The injurea man, It is dated, appears to has e met with an ate.dent Ah:le (hieing in a motor eir \Otte a heal deeter. After be • (•;a.n •0 Nee 1. eleeerd eeeeleilluel to ble ;pier leee Wati freettirel has not been explained.