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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1915-10-07, Page 7CROCE° INTO SURE OEFEgT TO MD ALLIES Om. • ,4,1raby Heroism of 1)ismounted Auatralian Troopers 011 04144 relabel Stile Unexcelled in Hi9tory. 1 IN 6 CAME BACK Xnew They Went to Destruction, But Brave Antipodeans Never Hesitated am Instant, Lyndon, Oct. 4. -As illuetrating the difficult and desperate character of the lighting en the Dardanelles, at the same thue paying tribute to the tiglitiag qualities and herolem of both Auetrallan and Turk,' Captain C. E, Bean, efficial representative with the Ausaralian forces, sends a belated description of the "glorious charge" of two Autaralian light horse brigades at Anzac. The attack et these two brigades occurred at a spot where natural ob- etacies made success impossible, but the movement was regardee as neces- sary in order to draw Turkish troops away from points where real advances could be made successfully. Only one man in six ef the Austraetems who lett the trenches came back safely, 'line charge differed from that of the Limit Brigaue, says Captain Bean, •••in that it was made by horse- men e ho had volunteered to fight on Loot or in any other way, provided they ccuid get to the Gallipoli penin- euia and heip the other Australians there. The two scaling ladderthey carried with them are aeng out there in the scrub, about half -way to the enemy breaches, and there are a num- ber of tumbled little heaps of that dull pea -soup -colored Australian khaki which is the hell mark of un- recorded heroism on every battlefield on this peninsula. You can piece together a few simple deductions as to the details. There are no Victoria Crosses; .there are no birtheay honors, but I know just fetes that for sheer self-sacrificing heroism there never was a deed of his- tory that surpassed the charge erbich two Australian light horse brigades Macle. in the first light of Saturday, Afiga7th in order to help their com- rades in a critical moment of a great battle." After describing the preliminary bombardment of Turkish trenches by artallery, whin lasted a half hour, Captain Bean tells of the actual in- tantry advance which really consisted of three separate names, on three sides of irregular-shaped ridges, abreast of which the Teaks had plant-, ed infantry defenceworks. In the first of these -movements the second lino men were ordered to advance two minutes after the first line, the third line coming alone after another ten minutes. The orders were obey- ed as if by a. =Mem, although over'y man knew death almost certainly awaited elm at the top. cf hie own parapet from the machine guns of the Terke. Describing the Turkish fire al this point, Canteen Bean says: "Otte knew nobody could live-in R. Many fell back wounded before they had even cleared the parapet. Others, wounded just outside, managed to crawl back before being hit a second pr third time. Col. 'White had run only ten yards betere be was killed. The Turkish machine gene drew a line which none could pass, and a man who fell wounded often was hit six or eight times more as he dropped through the stream of bullets. "It was all over within a quarter of en home -but in the extreme south- eastern corner of the. Turkish trench there did appear for just two minutes a small flag indioating the presence there of a group of our men. Nobody saw them get there; nobody ever will know who they were or how they did -4it. For two minutes the flag fluttered, nd. then an unseen hand tore it down." After a deacription Of similar un - Successful charges on other sides of the ridges, Ca:stale Bean concludes his story by stating that the only man who returned from the Turkish parapet re- ported that the Turks there had their packs on and were in full *marching order, probably being ready to hurey off to reinforce further north, when this attack in the centre delayed them. "The Australians had, in the richest and fullest measure achieved the ob- ject for which "their help had been needed at a crucial point," deelares the chronicler of their charge. "This place always will be sacred as the scene of two very brave deeds. The first -let us never forget it -was the desperate attack made by the Turks across this same neck at dawn on -June 30, and the second was this deed of SeleSatrificing bravery whin never bas been surpassed in military histery-the charge Of the Australian light horse into certain death at the call of their comrades' need during the crisis In the greatest battle ever Men oh Turkish soil." NORTHERN CRIME Young Italian Murdered -Two Suspects Held, Dirks Palls, Ont., Oct 8.-A murder has been committed near Whitehall in the district of Parry Soend. A young Italian, James DeGeorge, a lumber jobber by occupation, disappeared About September leth. He had been working for a man of the name of Riehard Cassan, who is a small farm- er living near 1,Vhitehall, and 'Who is now Wider arrest as the suspeeted Intirderer Of the unfortunate young man, DeGeorge. Semi LI= after the disappearance of iletleorge trent Casean's places sus- Pieions were entettaated that some - leasing was wrong, District Constable ,..e..11r, Herbert Stewart, of Burk's Falls, on September 28th received Word to go and re-pc.isess a horse that De. ce;crge had bought. The constable found the horse at Cassatia place Cassini stated to Stewart that Des George had retest ed. On September 20th COtistable istetvart revisited Cita- Stai`e nittee. Cauan was not at hotne, and Mrs. Calton bad told hint that :Deflect -1'g° had left and he had Well seett tu Wee tee train f. aprecedale. onstaele Stewart's; suephnons were aroused, anti en Oct. ist be reettraed te Whitehell With Conetable Johlitioe, Of Burks Vallee and together they =do enquirtee among the Settlers, and Oleo Wok Cassette Statenteea in whiett he claane he heel taken Detleorge's baggage to Durk% Fella to be checked, Out, having no ticket, he eculd not get that done, and he had left it at the staticn, ',Mee proved to be correct. To -day Constables Stew artand Johnson returned to Whitehall with a search party, and at 3 p. m. foetid the body of the murdered man In an old well about forty rods from Cassaree liousa elie body bad been thrown in head -first, There was a bullet wound, apparently entering the back between the shoulders and pass - Ing out through the chest, mut a large gash in the tweet. Casson and his wife were arrested and, brought to Burk's Falls lock-up, Dr. H. I.. Bar- ber, coroner, Burk's Falls, will leave to -night for the seem of the murder, The murdered young man was very highly thought of. Coustablea Stew- art and Johnson had hard work to restrain the Italian settlors in the neighborbood of the murder from do- ing violence to the suspected mur- derer. • RUSSIANS NOW DEN BETTER Making Gains in Some Places, and Checking German Drive. Hungarians Now Calling Men Physically Unfit, London, Oct. 3,-Althotteh fighting centinuee, there is little or eo change In the eituation along tne caetern front. The Russians, while being forc- ed back at one or two points, are them- selves pressing the Germans at other eointo, particularly to the east of Vilna, where Fitld rot Hied- enburg's die\ e teward Minsk has been checked. In one of the combats on the north - era front it is stated officially in the Russian communication to -night that eight mortars and six light gens wore captured trom the Germans in a ad put out of actien before the onceey recovered the position. The 'Russians in the Caticasue, fol - toeing the load of the British in Meso- potamia, are taking a more active of- fensive aezinst the Turks. A despatee from Petrograd says it is ofricially an - 'tomcod the' o that the lie ;shut Black etea fleet 1,ombented awl destroyed the Zunguldak collieries and building tea the coast of Asia. Minor, east of the Bosphorus. The Rureien Houma Will be reassem- bled on Nov. :Alt for action on the :budget and financial affair. • This an- nouncement was made after represen- tations had been -received from Fin - most Minieter Berle who is now. in London. g'be Hungarian Minister of National Defence has ordered all classee be- tween the .ages of 19 and 42, Who were previcesty declared unfit for military service, to present themsel vim again for rupplementare enrolment. Simi- lar order has been istmed 7toe those be- tteeen the same ae,•es who horetorore for. various reasoes have been excused from military eervice. TOOK. TRENCHES . THEY HAD LOST -- — British Recovered Two Which Germans Ha,: Regained, Using Captured Teuton Guns Against Their Makers. London, Oct. 3. -The Britislt deliv- ered a counter-attack Friday night on the Teutonic forces southwest of Fosse, France, and achieved their ob- jective, which was two Gorman trenches, according to a report re- ceived from Field Marshal Sir John .French, Commander -en -Chief of the British army in the field. elle Field Marshal's communication, received under date of 10 p. m., Oc- tober 2nd, was given out by the Brit- ish %ear Write as follows: "We delivered a counter-attack last night and achieved our objective, which was two German trenches southwest of Fosse, which the enemy had recovered in Ls counter-attack of the 26th. There have been no other Mills en our front." A member of the Canadian emigra- tion staff in the Royal Artillery, writ- ing from the front on Monday, says: "Yesterday we were driving the Germane back with their own guns which our infantry had captured. I think the Germans arc on their last reserves, judging by the prisoners taken. They are either old men or boys, most of them an a bad state, and seemglad to fall into our hands. By all accounts, the Germans were more thee surprised, as they thought we had settled down for the winter. We have had heavy rain again and are In an aWftil mess." OTTAWA TEACHERS BARRED. Toronto, Oete 4. -Mr. Justice Riddell at Osgoode Hall on Saturday granted an interim Injunctive against the old Ottawa School Board and two teach- ers, Diane and Beatric Dealoges, pro- hibiting them interfering with the Management of Ottawa Separate schools by the commission appointed by the Ontario Government. The in- junction will remain force until the trial on Oetobet 26 to determine the status of the commission and the val- idity of the legislation tinder whin it Sias appointed. CAN1101INS IN HONORS FOR 000E01 Fifteen Heroes Decorated tor Their Part in tb,b Fighting Against the Genitalia, MAJORIIESKETH Gets the D.S,0,-Others Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, Ottawa, Ontelteport.-War Office despatches to the Canadian, Govera- ment intimate that Alajor James A, ilesicetli, of the etratlicona eforee, has been made a companion or the Distinguished Ser- vice Order, The announcement says. 'Tor conepicuous gallantry and de- votion to duty on .Au. 1, near Ales - sines, when a magazine in a farm con - tabling much small arms, =men- tion and many bombs and grenades was set on fire by the enemy's ehells. One box of ammunition imam to burn, and the cartridges were exploding in all directions when Major liesketh left his dug -out, entered the farm still under heavy 811811 fire, and removed all the ammunition. The risk was very great, and, but for his gallant action the reserve =Munition would bave been destroyed." ON THE ROLL OF HONOR, The following Canadiaa soldiers have been awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for acts of galiautry and devotion: Pte. H. C. Cameron, No. 8 Field Ambulance, First Canadian Division - For great bravery and devotion to duty on the night of May 20-21, 1915, at Festubert. He was the firet to volun- teer to assist in collecting the wound- ed at the orchardecaptuted from the enemy, and which we atm under a very heavy fire. The task was one of 'great ilifficulty and danger, and of the party of eight men who undertook it four were severely wounded. Squadron SergteMajor G. S. Strathcona. Horse -For ' conspicuous gallantry on Aug. 1 near Messines. A building in occupation of our troops and containing a large suPplY of am- munition, was set on fire by an enemy shell. Several of the bombs and hand grenades caught fire and one of the ammunition boxes began .to burn, the cartridges exploding in all directions. SergteMajor Collins, together with an officer 01 1113 regiment, in spite of eon- tinuoue shell fire directed upon the building, entered it witlt the greatest coolness and bravery, and assisted to put out the tire and remove the am- munition and bombs outside the build- ing. ALONE FN ENEMY TRENCH. Pte, E. Gledhill, 1st Battalion -For conspicuous bravery on June 15 at Givenchy. Finding himselt alone in a captured German trench and at- tacked by a bombing party, he con- tinued firing until his rifle was deetroyed by a bomb. In withdrawing he found a man with both legs broken. He bound up hie legs and carried him into safety through a. very heavy rine and machine gun. fire. His display of ,bravery and devotion' to duty were most marked. aaflee-Sergt. Ner, E. Hart, 41h Bat - 1 talon -For, conspicuous gallantree ability and devotion to duty on April 23 at Langemarck, when he carried many messages for the comtuanding officer under a very heavy rifle, ma- chine gun and shell fire. From May 28 to 31 at Festubert he repaired on no less than eleven occasions in broad dayligbt, under a heavy shell fire and while being constantly snieed at. breaks in the telepbone wires. was ate° every night engaged ou this hazardeus work. At Givenchy hie bravery and excellent work in face of severe and •constant fire wae mainly instrumental in keeping communieie lion intact. LED' HIS COMPANY. Col. -Serge J. Hay, 8t11 Battalion - For conspicuous gallantry on May 23 at Festubert. After the company offi- cers had been killed Or wounded Col.- Sergt Hay took .command of the com- pany, which was occupying a trenn separate from the battalion, and by his coolness and gallant behavior un- der fire, set a fine example to all ranks, arid a,ssisted to keep them steady 'throughout the day. Pte. E. H. Hester, 5th Battalion. For conspicuous gallantry and resource on the night of May 20; at Festubert, in the neighbor:hoed of "K 4," as a bomb thrower. He did exceptionally good work, 'showing the greatest bravery and skIll. This Was tweeted on the fellowing night when attacking with the 10th Canadian Battalion, and again all day on May 22, in assisting to hold a pest and to repulse a German at- tack abet neon. Pte. Hester was continuously on duty throughout this period and showed the greatest powers of endurance and devotioh to duty. On May 24 he again did splendid work with the van of the attacking party, entering the bomb -proof of the enemy and cutting all the wires connectling their mines, thus undoubtedly prevent- ing great loss of life. Hie daring akill and initiative throughout the opera- tions Were most marked. SAVED SEVEN LIVES, SERBS NOT neserriNG. (By Tllnes Speelal Cable.) London, Oct, 4, ----The semi-official statement has been made at 1410, ae- cording to a Reuter despatch, that reports in Bulgarian newspapers re.) gantl:fog wholesale Idesertions from tlie Serbian entity are devoid of faun - (laden, and are circulated with the object of detracting front the import - me of desertions from the lluigar- I tan Army, which are Said to be as. Stinting grave intportaitee, Corp. S. G. Habday, ard Battalion, For .conspicuous gallantry on June 15, at Givenchy. After two men bad been killed and ohe wounded in their ef- forts to dig out of a trench an officer and sie, men who had been buried by the bursting of a high explosive shell, Cerp. Hobday took up the work mem a heavy fire and sticceeded in extricat- ing the entire party, who must other- wise have perished. Ot the followleg day he participated in the attack on the German trenches, being one of the fitst in the advance. In the sib:m- (111mA retirement he rendered assis- tance to four men who .were badly wounded and who wero bought in later, On all oecasiOns thromitout the (secretions Itie coolness and great bravery have proved a splendid ex- ample and -given efittouragement to all ranks. LAID 'WIRE UNDER FIRE. Lame Corporal II. W. King, 1001 Battalion, leer ,conspicuous gallantry on the night of the 22 and 2it or April at Ypres, when •he fOltowed the talion during the charge Of tho, wee& with his telephone M11111118 wires had been tut 'several times. He then re- ported to the 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade headquartersand acteti wirier their orders and, on the following night he brought a telephone to the captur d German trenches. Lance Corporal King alsb diselayed great bravery tet May 20 at Festubert, when the line from lite GUI , .City of London Dattat ion, to the Inc trenches of his bet - talion, having been destroyed, he +aid in broad daylight, anti under an ex- ceptionally heavy fire, a new line so that communication Was not lost for more than a short time. Segt; .1. MacDonald,. P rrineate l'utri- ela's Canadian Liget Infentry. For : conspicuous gallantry near Hoge Chateau on May 8, wheu a front line of trench had been obliterated by shell lire Ile dug oat under very heavy shell fire two wOunded men wito had Non Milled, On the same day ha carried a badly wounded ma a on hes back alld at the same time azeieted another Wbuuded Man into safety under both 0011 end rifle fire. RENDERED rmsT AID. Private J. McKie, 15th. Battalion. For conspicuous gallantry and re - were° on May 21 at Festubert, when he accompanied the, men over the par- apet in the charge of "le5" eine llama thately began attending the notentee and rendering tee find aid under very hem's/ fire. Pe continued tieing eoall day, located the wounded in the open during dayliglit end ;viten dareness came on, assieted to remove them to o place of safety. His bravery aint devotion to duty were very marked, Sergeant G. A. Mote, ard Battelicn-- For conspiceous gallantry en May 44 at •Festubert. In conipany with an- other non-conunieeioned officer, 'Serge Moto volenteeted to attempt the res- cue of an officer of his battalion, who, after beteg seriously wouucted, hail. been left ir: a place of cover within a few yards of the German trenches. They proceedee by different routes, under a very heavy sheet fire, Seegt. Mote reached the spot indiented only lo find that the officer wee rot there. The other non-commissioned officer lest his life in gallantly making' tles attempt to reseue this officer, TOOK PLACE Ole OFFICER, Acting Company Sergeant-Major C. Owen, ist Battalion -For conspiettous gallantry and ability on June 15, at Givenehy. When all the' offecers of his company had been killed or wounded he took the slonemand and displayea great courage and powers of leader- ship and rendered valuable eeevice at a critical period. After the withdrawal of our front line, he retained througe a heavy rifle fire and machine gun fire and rescued a wounded officer, whom he carriee into saftey, Corporal J. E. Feltner, 10th. Bat- talion -For conspicuous gallantry and ability on May 22, at Festubert, when he took his machine gun to an ad- vanced position covering the attaelt or the "K5,"- and ccmpletely cheeked the enemy's counter-attetek by breaking up their bombing parties and cutting a rope attached to e bag of bombs, which the eitemy went endeavorin to drag acmes front one treacle to an- other. His devotion to tletee and cour- age were most conspicuous. Private IL Vincent. ist Battalion - Fon eonspiceoes bravery and devotton on. June 15, nt Givenchy. In a pota- tion where -n menthe gun tripod could not be used, Private Vincent held the -gun on his back under a heavy -tire while len officer fired over 1,0e0 rounds. Afterwards he dragged the heated gun through a fire -swept zone and same it from capture. JOHN 0, IN ON Olg New York, Oct. 4. -John D. Rocke- feller was reported to -day to have subscribed to the $500,000,000 Anglo- French bond issue. It svas said that lie subscription was a ming the larg- est taken by individual investors, and approximated $10,000,000. 4 • COTTON SEIZED And Hungarian Factory Hands Are Out of Work. esandon, Oct. 4.-A Gesteenment de- cree, orderirag all factogies in Ilue- gary engaged in the manufacture of cotton .goods to cease work and sur- render their stocks for military pur- poses, has thrown 100,000 persons out of employment in Bohemia alone, and at least as many more in other parts of the Empire, says a Budapest des- patch to the Post. The decree has af- fected Czechs, particularly. Wholesale and retail dealers in cotton goods are said 'to be going bankrupt by hun- dreds. There is a zimilar paralysis in building, rubber and other industries; Police reports show that the num- ber of women in Budapest who have committed suicide has increased enor- mously in the past year. Seventy per cent .of these suicides are aecribed of- ficially to poverty, and virtually the remainder to grief oVer the toss of husbands who were killed while fight - Mg. INDIA TRANQUIL Viceroy Hardinge Says Order is Restored in Punjab. • Sint' la, Oct, 3. -Lord Hartlinge, the Viteroy, elate att important speech at the Conclusion of the autumn .es - Oen of the Legislative Couaett, liav- Ing Wetly reviewed the progrees of the ear, lic maphaelzed the fact that Great 13ritaires sea power wns a de - delve fader in the struggle, and paid high tribute to the Magnifieent emir - age and tenacity shown by the arrele$ ei Butane The Viceroy affirmed thet in Incite tranquility peevalled, il,.t Oefmce of India Act having succeeded in restering order in Punjab, which bed been distarbed by onlgrttats returning from Cansula and tbe Crated etates imbued with revolutionare ideas. • -spe-e- GEORGE EDWARDS DiThrti* London, Oct. 4. -George tdwarcles, the well-known kinglisit thetttricat manager, died In 'London this morning, after lone illness og Edwardee, who was bean Ott. 8, pee e as one of thee best known theatt1- etal in the world. He wan chairman and managing director of the cialety Treatte Company, sole lessee and manager of the Deere 'Theatre and had an Interest in kweral other London theatres. The theatrical manager produced fifty. four nriginal pieces In the enutse of his Ca reor. NIEPAIIIIG FOR II SECOND OHNE French Are Now Shelling' the I*, man Second Lines Heavily Before Another Advance of In., fautry in Great Force. Paris Oct, French pro- gress 1;1 Cltampagne eontlpues with- out abatemont,the Official communiques are becoming -more laconic and lacking in deZail, The French advance along the entire Clianaragne front now averages sev- craf miles, and the French front line now for the greater paet faces whet was the Germap second line. AG I attempted to indicate la my despatches a tow days ago, with- out disclosing details, the French on their first advance actually pene- trated far beyond the first German line in some cases. At one point they threatened a Position which would have ambled them, to rout the enemy to rIght and left by the severance of his communications. One fantastic Recount, written in Paris by a correspondent who Projected Ills astal body to the bat- tlefield, was allowed to pass be- cause in the light of later Press Bur- eaa announcements nearly every paragraph in It was found to be wrong., For instance, he mentioned a certain river, describing how the Fr:of Germans. It is nli forded ion bridges come pointed out this river is so small and dry at this season that one living Ger- man standing in it would effectually das t posed of the bodie The reason given by a Foreign Of- fice official for the meagreness of de- tails in the latest cemmunique is thae. the artillery is now engaged in doing to the eecond line just what it clid Lo the first -applying the "iron cur- tain," as the French call it -and carry- ing out the orders of the general com- manding that particular army. "I ex- pect you to so do your work that the infantry can advance with their rifles on their shoulders." o It is this French form ofwarfare op- posed to German mess attacks sup- ported by saatillery that is now- pre- paring ultimate victory for the French amdeaderse,ssFeodtot For, no inatter haw' hard, the Wrench Commander-in-Chiers orders he soldiers of the repub-, Ile will be carried out. CIINION9 THE BIG OPINE Eye -Witness Tells Their Part in the Recent Offensive, Made Demonstration to Draw Enemy to Their Front, Ottawa, Oct, 3.-Majorelene1'al Sir tam Hughes to -night retetite l the following cable frcm Sir Moe: Aitken, general repreemetative el: ins Ler of Miiitia itt France: "Canadian headquarters iu leseece, Oct. 3. --During Lite latter leer or the period Sytt. 20-30, a comoined British and Leh offensive hie beat etta.tey aeveloping. Fierce fightins eau taken Place at various points alone the alliea line in weather alternation brilliant runshine and torrential rains. "Progress has been wade en cur Iront. Hestilc, fire- has been some- what heavier than usual, and the enemy's artillery hau been more ag- gressive, but with little net results. The enemy's aeroplanes and snipers nave been 'patticutarly active. • ."Cee 411e, nioi'nlflg of Saterday, Sept: 20, a demonstration wascarried mit by our division. The •Gerreau trenches wereheavily mamma, eat our artillery, machine gull ena rine .fire areebeneeed to have caused num- _anus ea-I:lattice Tec eiteley's communique stated that an attack had been made by -us and had been repels eel with heavy loss. This, of course, is false. • "Reports indicate consideeable movement of tioops in tha rear 4.,f the enemy's lines opposite on!. front Ourworking parties have repaired the slight damage to our wire and parapets eaused by the enemy's steel fire, and ha ee been ceatinuously em- Ployed improving our Linea:. 'Our I atrols continue Li lie very active at night. • "Major H. If. Matthews has assumed a:mu-nand of the infantry flatlet ion." CABINET. SHIFT Dominion Government Changes- Meighen's New Honor, Ottawa, Oct, 3. -The promotion oe Hon. Pierre Blondin from the post of Minister of Inland Revenue to the portfolio of Secretary of State and his auccessien by Mr. le. L. Patenaude, of Montreal, will, Itis understood, be a fact within tte next few days. It was merited to -day that Mr, Biondla had been offered the Secre- tary of State, Mr. Blondin, how- ever, has not Yet deeided 'whether to accept la However, It is likely that Mr. Blondin will eventually aecept the post proffered to him, and that Mr. Patenaude will be severn in and will beeome Minieter of inland Revenue. Hon. Louts Coderre, it is under- stood, aill get a Montreal judgeship vacant, or soon to he. Heu,lArvtIsmrMeighch, Solecitote uertcla, Naan Saturday sworn in as a Member of the Privy Council by 11.11.11, the Duke of Connaught. Is Is uneerstood Mr. Meighen remains at prescut 0.3 rt Minister without Port- folio, lint that ext 'session the posi- tion of Solleltor-G'eneral will be mad., a Cabinet rost. It Li said that new dal( s may be added to the office in - reeding eoesibly 1 arole and pommy - talon of isentenias, and thee ihe ;Self- eitorglenerso wilt eventually be giveli eltarge f all publ:e proseent:on,. .The big new eke ferrY, Ontario No. I ne-eassesess. e, en lea initial trip front lloneeter ,les reemerge carried 39 loaded ears. ITALIANS GAIN 'While. Austrian 0ounter.4ttao1is Are All Repulsed, ROM% Oct. 3. -The folloWing c'irl- dat wa,6 irsved Satur- day night: "Along the'Velire is me) freet frolti Mont Bouillon to Canso Lite enevy yes. terday wasted a large amount of heave gall and rifle .emmunitieni in ccrthin dictrlets the actioa was So prc.. cipitate that large eliells front Mama eatteries fell on the most advanced --eastrian trench. However, Oa enemy s infantry Made no effort to .advauce on any part of the 1:roilt. Only in the slopes of Menet .Roinbon im enemy detaehnlents try to ap proaeli our lines, Lut they were promptly repulsed by a well -directed fire." I he following statement was twitted on Sunday; "in the higher mountain ceglons where snow is uow thickly falling there have twee einall engagements curled nt our favor ttt the Lagoscura Pass (tit the head ct the Genova Valley) tonl at Pramosio tin Ganda.) In the Tchttine section Italian .troopa Iv:pulsed an attack directed against positions rcomti,v conquered by us on the heights or THE LIMIf IN GENII] GAL London, Oct. 4,-l0xplaining the reasons for the resent British KW - cess against the Germans in the ra- glan of Lens, the official sstatement issued to -clay by the German army heedquarters sten says: "It was not by any soldierly quali- ties of the English attack, but by a, successful surprise and by a gas at- tack," • LIES' BOMBS ON ZEEBRUGGE Amsterdam, Oct. 4. via London. - The Telegraef announces that, five aereplanee of the Allies yesterday bembarded Zeebrugge, on the Belgian. coast. Some of the bombs which were derpped weighed 75 pounds. The aeronlanect were attacked by auti-aircraft guns , which brought dcwn one machine. Another was com- pelted by a defective motor to land neer Nieusayllet, on Dutch territory. A British officer was interned. THE ARABIC CASE Washington Hopeful That Ger- many Will Agree to U. S. View. Washington, Oct. 4 -'-Although Ger- many's new note on the Arabic case is not entirely satisfactory to the Un- ited States, the condition is not con- sidered critical at tees time. This was stated to -day on high official authority. The, view held by Presi- dent Wilson and etate Department of- ficials on the note handed to Secre- tary Lansing in New York Saturday by Count Von Bernstorff, the German Ambassador, is that it was not spe- Mlle enough on the points insisted on by the President. These are a lis - avowal of the sinking, assurances that the act would not be repeated ana proper reparation. Careful reading of the note delivered by the German Ambassador has con- vinced Administration' officials that further negotiations on the question were poeeible, and there is reason to how that Germany in the end will agree to the wishes cf tlic United States. 4 tr- A ThR1( GAIN Bulgarian Convention Gives Big Force for Gallipoli. London, Oct. 4.-A despatch to the Exchange Tele,graeli Company from Athens says: "It is learned from a diplomatic source that directly after the signing cf the Turco-Bulearian convention Turkey ccmpleted the evacuation of all her fortresses on the Bulgarian frontier, whence treops estimated to number 80,000 have now been. trans- ferred to tbe fertile:0 line between the capital arid the Dardanelles. "Munitions depots haVe also been removed from the Turco -Bulgarian frontier, and only a feW Turkish corn - rallies have been left in the fortress cf Kirk Kilissa, Miclea. and Adrian- ople." CANADIAN PROMOTIONS. Loudon, Oct. 3, -The following have been appointed lieutenants: 1st bat- talion, A. J. Darcy; 5th, T. Jenkins, J. Ie, Purslow; 7th, F, V. Elliott. II. S. Quigley; 8th, R. 13. Francis; 10th, F. A. Ladd, 10. Goddard; 16111, G. 10. Gib- son, W. N. McLennan; Army Service Corps, V. S. Houston. Capt. Bent lSih Battalion, is to be temporary major. Lieut. Part:int.:Me Mounted Rifles, is appointed to the West Lancashire En. gineers. Lieut. R. W. Williams, Welsh Regiment, Is appointed to the Cana- dian training division. STEAM SCHOONER LOST, San Francisco, Oct. 2. -The Iittie steam snootier Graywood, butting het way tip the eoast in weather which bothered the largest passenger liners, opened her mins and went to the bot- tom just south of the entrance to Puget Sound to -day, The steamer Ilileman nieitcd to the crew of 21, , The Gray - wood was bound for Vancouver with ore. . IRES OPEN AGAIN. London, ()et. 4.- The Postmaster - General announeee the withdrawal •cf the nett es. issupd ,Sept. 30, staling .that front that date all telergams for neutral countries itt leorope, for Res- staby way of the Great Northern Lines and for Serbia would he subject to forty-eight hours' delay. SHORT ITEMS OF THE NEWS Of THE DO Six Britisli Ships, Out of 1,387 Ar. rivals and Sailings Submarin. ed Week of Sept, 29. BOATMEN KICK Swiss Federal Council Orders Heavy Guard On the Fron- tier of Germany. ' Cleueral (lenient was rewardeci for Arbilal nrie, eervloce d.uring the battle '.t the The appointment of Charles. Clive Bayley as British ConsulsCieneral at New York wee announced Friday. The United States has taken titepti to prevent the "dumping" of foreign goods at her ports atter the war. Lieut. -Col. Henry Brock has been appointed inspector of recruiting sta- tion a in the second divisional area, Arnold Kernolian, an e:eetrieim in a factory at Windsor, was fatally in- jured by being caught in )naninery, Lieut. -Governor Sir John tiendrie- asked. 880 municipalities to collect fends for the Imperial Red Cross So- ciety on Oct. 21, Solcmon David was perhaps fatally stabbed at Welland by Max Berger, with whose wife he has been living for a year or more, The Ontario Railway Board ordered the Toronto Street Railway Company to place twenty-five extra improved cars on the city's streets by Dec. I. The Spanish steamer Millan-Carras- co has been wrecked near Bilbao, Spain, eleven members of her crew being lrowned. The silver anniversary of the found- ing of Sydenham Street Methodist Church was fittingly celebrated at Brantford Sunday. Joe, Martin secured the Liberal nomination for the Federal House for Cariboo at a convention held on Saturday afternoon in Ashcroft, B. C. Allen Huber, ex -Mayor of Berlin, Ont., who had been ill at Berlin and Waterloo Hospital for nearly a year, died at an early hour Sunday morn- ing. The Nelson liner Highland Warrior, 7,485 tons, bound from London for Buenos Ayres, is ashore on Cape Prior, near Corunna, Spain, according to a despatch received by Lloyd's. Sir Charles P. Davidson, War Con- tracts Commissioner, has begun his inquiry at Victoria, into the purchase of submarines by Sir Richard McBride, Premier of British Columbia. The svarehouee of the Rodney Wooclenware Company at St. Thomas was destroyed by fire Thursday night. The fire is supposed to be the work of an incendiary. Directors of the United Farmers of Alberta in session at Calgary estimate the average svheat yield at not less in Alberta than 30 bushels, and 'perhaps as high ae 35 bushels to the acre. Mrs. Tony Kuzyk was killed and Mrs. Stanley Tyrkys was seriously in- jured Friday afternoon by a train at the Canadian Pacific Railway crossing on Higgins avenue, 'Winnipeg. The Admiralty announces that six British merchantmen, aggregating 20,727 tons, were sunk in the week ending Sept. 29. In the same period the arrivals and settings from ports of the United Kingdom totalled 1,387. No report has been received of the C.P.R. freight steamer Montreal, bound front London to Montreal, and now several days' overdue. It is pro- bable that she has been delayed by fog and snow. Anxiety is not felt. lutes Fournier, editor of the French weekly of Moareal, L'Action, was arrested Saturday, ,charged with crim- inal libel at the instance of Mayor Mederic Martin, and he will appear for a preliminary enquiry on Wednes- day, He is out on bail of $1,000. Mr. Wm. Robb, ax -city treasurer of Montreal, dropped dead in Erskine Presbyterian Churn, Sherbrooke St., Sunday morning just as he was en- tering the church lecture -room to at- tvencla gathering of elders in prepara- tion for the monthly Communion ser - ie:? . The Manitoba Government has ap- pointed Chief Justice Mathers special commissioner to investigate the al- legations of wrong -doing in connec- tion with the construction of the Manitoba Law Courts building in Ss innipeg and the power house in con nection. There is absolutely no necessity for suspension of the Canadian coast- ing laws, say boatmen at the bead of the lakes, Caeadian steamship lines, they declare, will be quite capable of transporting the grain from Port Wil- liam to levier lake points as fast as the receiving elevators at such ports can take it. . William Kenneth Barker, the three- year-old son of Mie and Mrs, 'William Barker, injured by being struck by a train while playing on the C.P.Rel tracks opposite his home, one mile south of Sherbet Lake on Friday ae, , ternoon, died in the General Hospital, Kingston. The Swiss Federal Council has or - tiered several .squadrons of cavalry to , assemble at Schaffhausen, Zurich and Frauenfeld. This unexpected step ' has aroused much liscuseion, as the troops will be station •id along the Ger- Man frontier. Hon. G. Howard Perguson, Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines in On- tario, denied the report that Mr. Albert Grigg, M. P. P. for Algoma, has been ttepointed to succeed the late Mr. Aubrey White, C. el. (e., as Deputy Mibister of the depattment. The Northwest commercial travel-. Itrn arc eirmating a petition et Cal- gary that will be presented to the lause ef Ceminons asking for a erai law that will fix precticalbs all arlidaye on Monday, except Gool Freer:, Christitut • and New Year'e. The Illinois Striate Zeitung, a Chi - Imp) (1011110n paper, and the Altend. met, a German tlaily, published in the same oltv, 110-e been forintlik11 the irielletee clth ereer-iu- e a fine of $5,000 0" iiyo years iMprisonment ilitV:111111111 'trinity for lily -disregard if MIA are. KELLY TO FIGHT Winnipeg Contractor, Held in Chi- cago, to Resist Extradition, Chicago, Oct. 4.-Plansfor a deter., ciminen n ra Men more lain to -day by lawyeracting for Thomas KellY, millionaire contractor, at Winnipeg Man., held under arrest lu.re incconnection with alleged fraud la the conetrection or Canadian. Gov- ernment buildings. Kelly has engaged eight lawyers to detena hen. From his cell in the =rite Jail et Waukegan Ile ()barged that he was a victim of a political Plot, and that he would fight efforts to return hitn to Canada. Horace Nugent, British Consul at Chicago, who signed the complaint against Kelly, conferred with R. A. Bonner, King's counsel, and L 0, Mc- Rae, Provincial superintendent of eolice, of Winnipeg, regarding extra- dition proceedings. Kelly is eneduled to appear before U. S. Commissioner Masop to -morrow in the first step of his fight against extradition. Secretary of State Lansing, It vets said, probably will be appealed to to- morrow to Issue the necessary paper, Lor extradition. 901.01ED OF KAISER'S ARMY VIIHO DESERTED Had Worked in London and Was Horne On a Visit When War Broke Out. • FEARFUL BRUTES irtit1 :tc,71ygot a Were Germans When Blood Thirst Overcame Them -Deserted and Came to Canada. (Hamilton, Ont., Despatch.) 'Vesterda,7 a citizen was stopped 1»'a typical down -end -out. A `piece 1)1silver changed hands. in a curious mood the citizen asked the man what seemed to be the trouble, and in re- turn wa-s asked: "Aro you a British- er?' "Yeset came the reply. "Why do you ask?" "Sell, said the man, "I am a Ger- man and you have given money to ene who has been fighting against the Al - lice." The citizen made a, pass at lane but this ens dodged, and the nian cried: "Wait a =meet till I tell you the rest of it, then if you are not satisfied, go e11.e iltil was born Berlin and did my time in tie?, army. Whole tweuty- ears of age I went to England position as waiter at the Charing Cress Hotel. Londe!), working there six years. Things were differ - e111 to what they wen ill my country, and while I cannot honestty say that I was in lsv) with England, I ceteeinly considered it the better country or the two---it'e peat to have a little free- dom, yoe ho 'nave uever been neid down be an iron heel can hardly real- ize tbat. "On the first of June, 1914, 1 decided to take a few months' vacation and visit my relatives in Berlin. On the first of Ally 1 deceive.d an order from militia headquarters to present inyself at wivit ymi *would cal: the armories, and there was informed that I was again to put 011 'A uniform, the officer in eharge explaining that the Kateer had ordered mobilization of every man in the Empire; that there was to be a big t oute march to show off the glory onth we were drilled as of ,,eFunrr mamlyt. only the Germaes drill W? were giv- ilar4eltt were marched towards Belgium, camp- ing in sight of their towns and vil- lages. On the first of Augest we were ['lawn uti on parade, reviewed ey the Raiser tout his son, aud an officer of emit cemnanv informed in that war had even deelared; that we were to mareh through 'Wei= to Parise 'Ile. news was at first received in sileece nett consternation, then 9nme one started to cheer, and in a moment ever- rem was ahouling his bead off. ..viwr miners have, no doubt told you of the bloody mareb to Liege. Hinlmel: the horrors will remain with me to the lest day of my lite. "I ant no angel, vet I ewear that I could art,twer Inv 0011 right now, I never committed a Crime. When form- at re neeinet the defender3 of a town my rifle was always fired overhead. "At Liege rey cbance came. I was 011 picket duty. Near the end of ottr lines lay a per sant-his body only, hitt heed was gone. Each tiros I reached im 1 removee seem of his (Ratting, ned then T iraee a braik, ten miles away fall'rig in with a erowd cf refit - gees, who were being taken to Eng- land, "Alan, the stories they had to tell would freese the blood in yentr veins, their poor mutilated bodies blaring silent testemony of the manner in which they NO been treated. Arms. feet, ears and noses eta off. One wo- n= ,a mere girl, lay en a pallet of Area,. An officer bad cat a cord peal lier seine end paralyzed ber foe life. Half of them went, gibbering itliots-thn murders; ena worse had driven them rot of th.le mind. 1(1111cfr,.."naTittlintlivnuteitil \i‘Iticyrtlifsig,T8 tnIbbe:eit anew 0 little stronger 1 ithippee to (*amnia on a boat, working, thy way ove)'. 1 weak good Tenteash tied had c'"ldltrf.iii‘tuictit* lintlye'e‘svrtilYugtett( Yerls. iirtreat wt -t, and there ; hemto hide myself en sewn • fern.: there, 0 Deseible, to forget the months .if Angtist and ben- APothe, 'deco of alt ;r cbantred bande mei the eitizat walked Away, ir;rtiltrati;,,stoor h to itgReIilto t him s,e-ilt a, nn the re(ruiting. 1)10 110 mne had gone. e;'; \s"olttaIi;s8r annennel'letintiloit7'l''..korlrlAl."11;1011in things aro r01111113" 111$ WaY."---aillti- More American.