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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1915-10-14, Page 7INVADERS OF SERBIA MEET A HEAVY CHECK •••••••••••.., •••••,••••••,110., Teuton Fore2s Crossing the Danube Made a Failure of Their Attempt WhileThose Crossing the Save Are Pinned id the grink of the River. A Louden, Cable says—The advance Mill of the Austro -Germans who crossed the Danube at Belgrade bas beeu partly destreyed and partly -Cap- lured, and those who entered Serbian territory across the Save have Met with enormous losses, according to an official despatch received to -night by the Serbian Legation from Nish, The* despatch says: "On the northern frontier the ene- my has crossed the Save at Yarak, the Isel of Progarsita, at Zabrez, op- posite Ostrusnitza and at the great isle of Ciganlia, and on the Danube at tbe. Belgrade fortress, at the Quay and at Ilam. "The advance guard which crossed At the Belgrade fortress bas been paitly destroyed and partly captured. "At Yank, Zabrez and the Isle of Progarska, atter eeveral fieree attacks the enemy has been pinned to the very brink of the river with enormous losses. At the other crossing points tite struggle continues. • TOOK MANY PRISONERS: "At Belgrade two officers and over 100 soldiers were captured, of whom 18 were from the 2941h Infantry Regi - meat of the 48rd German division. Among LI'- captured were also sol- diers of a sussian brigade belonging Lo tile Otte ith army corps, who came her fro". the Italian front." 7:et A at co -German troops have not, of tour- e, es yet come into touch with the mails Serbian army, which is en- treaceie .the mountains Just. be- yond the rivers, The Anglo-French toms which was landed at Salouilei is making its way northward to assist the Serbs and to protect. Macedonia from a threatened Bulgarian invasien, The landing or Biltish and French troops is prceeeding despite . the Omega in the Greek Government. The Herlin report claims progress in the crossing of the Drina, Savee and Danube Rivers by the German an Austrian armies under Field Mar- shal von Mackeneen, and the capture. or three cannon opposite Ram, on the Danube River, about 40 miles east of Belgrade, is anaounced. Allied fleets aready are reported oft Bulgarian ports In Aegean and Black Seas, and .n view of the eds. sibility of a Russian landing on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria, it is stat- ed that 4 Turkish army is being sent there, so that the Bulgars will not be called upon to fight their old friends and protectors. What assfstance Italy will lend her allies in the new Venture forced *Ilion them in the Balkans is not disclosed, nor has any change in, the policy of Roumania been announced. The German press suggests that the allies, despite the landing of troops in Salonika are preparing for more energetic operations agaiest Turkey he the hope of sraashixtg heir before Germaaic assistance arrives, and that Italy may take part in these operations. There still are three months of good weather ahead for any new move against the Dafda- nelles or for operations irs other parts oaths Aegean district, while the Rua- sians under Grand Duke Nicholas are expected to force matters in the Caucasus and the British to push along to Bagdad, Although there has been no formal declaration of war, the cordial re- ception by Bulgarian officers at Sofia of the German aviator Who dropned bombe on Belgrade and Nish yester- day Is regarded as tantamount to the commencement of hoetillties agaillat Serbia by Bulgaria. The Bulgarian Minister in Paris has been handed his passports.. A, Serbian allied army is massing at the point where the railway runs near- est to Bulgarian territory and a Bul- garia's army is being concentrated on the other side of the frontier In the same district. News of a elash in this region is momentarily expected. Tbe Serbian 1Government, according to Rome despatches, is moving its archives from Nish—to -which they Were removed from Belgrade at the time of the earlier Aestria.n invasion —to Ietip, in the southern part of the kingdom. According to a despatch from Sofia, King Ferdinand, as commander-in- chief of all the Bulgarian forces has entrusted comntand of the field forces to General aecoft, Minister of War. FREKCH GOT FOOTING 1N HUN SECOND LINE Captured Important Fortified Work in the Invaders' Champagne Position British Repulse Germans at Loos, With Enormous Losses. Paris cable saysa-The gaining -of a foothold in German position'in Champagne southeast of Tahure and the capture of several 'trenches and I two blockhouses- is announced in the French official communication to- night. The place penetrated is a I fortified work known as the Trapeze. The trenches and blockhouses -formed ran of a salient- still held by. the Germans in front of their second de- fensive lines. Over 200 prisoners were taken by the French in this action. The Germans again endeavored in ain to drive a wedge into the allied line at Loos. After hurlinga ram :diens of all calibres upon this place and the regions north and south of it, they tried an attack, which was er- pulsed with heavy losses to them. At other parts of the western front artil- lery conthate continue without pause. North of Arras last night the can- nonading continued, with both sidee taking part, according to anounte- meat made by the French War Office this afternoon. There was also artil- eery activity in the region. of Roye and to the north ot the River Aisne. Forty officers of high rank were called together yesterday by the Min- ister of War, Alexandre. Millerand, who charged there with the task • of visiting all garrisons hi Prance. They aro to ascertain whether every man Mobilized is fulfilling his duty. M. afillerand also instructed the officers t� tsee that all orders issued to facili- tate the resumption of eoenomy teeth.- ity, particularly in agricultstre, are being carried out. Albert Thomas, French Minister df Munitions, who has :hist returned from a. visit to Lloyd -George, declares that the road to Berias Must be hewn aot by explosives. Als Thorium went to 'altigland to attange for the ex- tehartee• of raw 'materials. FRENCH REPORT. Palls Cable—The fallowing (neat eoninienications was issued by the aver Office to -night: After an intense bombardment with shone Of variotts calibres tee O(rmans attempted to -day a. very .violent attack againet Loos and its northern and senthern approaches. This fats& Was cOntpletelY repulsed and the attackers stIfferee beavt lessee. Chatimagne we have Made now and Pereeptible progress to the south- east of Tahure. We have gained a foothold in the fortified work 'Le Trapeze,' and carried several trench - as and two blotIchouses ineluded in ahe salient atilt held by the mettle In iiront -of his secondline Of ;defence. More than 200 prisoners. 0, baba). IhroWer and some machine guns were captured by nil, "Artillery actions have taken place - on both tildes in the Weetern Argonne, In the weed of Le Pets, in the Vosges at tiramtkopf and On the ati- prottehes to SOliderilitell."' BELGIAN REPORT. Paris Cable—The Belgian official communication issued to -day says: "The night and the day were quiet. Our front to the south of the Ferry- man's House was submitted to a rath- er violent shelling by means of bombs." GERMAN REPORT. Berlin Cable—The following state- ment, was issued by army headquar- ters to -day: "West -ern theatre of war: After fruitless attempte on Oct. 5 and Oct. 6 made by the Preach to penetrate our lines comparative ' quiet reigned Yesterday in the Champagne. The trench section to the east of Navarin farm, which the French still held, was cleared in the morning of the enemy by counter-attacks. Some prisoners and two machine guns fell into our hands, Towards evening the enemy artillery fire again grew in- tense. During the night there wete infantry attacks at certain pointe. AU were repulsed. During our successful advance against an advanced enemy position to the smith a St. 1Vfarie-aa Py We captured six officers and 250 men. To the east of the Argonne, near Malancourt, we destroyed sever- al enemy mine positions by explo- stone. -FOR LAKE SAFTEY Separate Courses Arranged for - Navigation On Buren. * Detroit Report—President Living- stone, of the Lake Carriers' Associa- tion, is sending Out to the masters of vessels operated by members of the association the following announce- ment: "it is withgreat eatisfaction. that we announce tnat the DOminion 'Vier- ine Association of Canada has de- cided to observe the different coursee on Lake Huron, as laid dealt by the Lake Carriere' Assoeiation, and has instructed vessels enrolled in lee membership to follow them. eln this connection the Doininien Maritio Aetociation has laid down courses on Lake Superior far Vessels navigating to and from Jacktish Bay and Port William, the upbound ves- sels passing to the eastward and dowoward vessels to the westward of Caribou bland, Ille Dominion Mar- ine Assoctation requests that Muerte can vessels also observe these eoUrses on Lake Superior, "The anhjeet. Was 4IW:UW(1 ittn meeting of the AavisOrY Committee of the Great Lakes Protective Assoc*, tion, will& endorsed it, and referred the Matter to the Lake Carriers' .A.sso- dean for consideratien. The aseo- elation submitted it to the Conunitte0 on Aids to Navigtion as individuate, TSvery captain en the committee has been eorintitinieated with, and while net all cf thern have replied as yet, it 1:3 Pim from repli'eeiv(4 that the " great maierity of the cenimitte are in favor of followiug these courses. "Pending a general meeting of the Committee on Aids to Navigation, witteh obviously cannot be hOld until the elose of navigation, it In suggested that masters follow these tourses dur- ing the remained of the season." HARSH USA -GE French Sympathisers in Germany IVIust Be Very Discreet, Berlin Cable—Lieut, Jecqued Del. easse, son of 'the French, It -Volga Mia - toter, who is a Prisoner of war at Halle, has been sentenced to deten- tion for one year in the fortress for 'having spoken abusively of GeematlY and declined to obey orders. Many cases of individuals charged wish having eapressea anti -German sentiments in Alsace have been heard by a court-martial at Strassburg. The Abbe Moreau of Wenzel, who, at a meeting at 'councilors of the- church, shouted "Vive la Prance was sen. teneed to eighteen months' imprieon- m ant, • 0 • GREEK STAND iS NOT CLEAR But "Purely Hellenic" Attitude . is Most Likely. Protest Against a Landing N Not Considered. a Athens Cable—Premier Zaimls of Greece informed the British, French, Russian and Italian Mieleters who visited him to -day that he collie not define the Govet araent's policy until after a meeting oi the Cabinet, Ip is understood that the Govern- ment proposes following a purely Hellenic policy, without leaning either way, and that it will not abandon armed neutrality maces high national interests compel it to take such a step. The official news agency announced to•day that there wag no foundation for rumors circulated in some quar- ters that the new Greek Cabinet in- tended to protest against Die landing of allied troops on Greek suil. THE ATTITUDE OF BERLIN, London Cable—It is reported un- officially from German sources?, that a protest has been sent from Berlin to Athens against the Greek Govern- ment's :countenancing of the landing of allied troops at Salonika In. this conneetion the Frankfurter Zeitung is quoted, in a Reuter despatch from Amsterdam, es saying. "The Greek Government, even un• der new men, will not be able to Op- pose the illegal act in Saionild, ether - wise than by formal protest. The protestation wbich Getmany made to Athens does not ignore the difficult situation of Greece, but is, at' the same time a warning that silent sia- ferance et further encroachments' by the Entente on the sovereign right of Greece would be a breach. of neu- trality by Greece herself. Any favor of the Entente's military prepara- tions at Selena(' by the Greek author - 'Hee would undoubtedly constitute a transgression of the limits whith can be consideerd reasonable in view .ot Greece's emergency," et• • • BRITISH HERO - IN GREAT DEEll • Officer Swam From Submarine, Pushing Raft of Explosives. Blew Up Turk Railway, and Es- caped Safely, London Cable—How Lieut. D'Oyly Hughes attached to a Britteli minuet.- ine operating in the Sea of Marmara, swam trom the craft, pushing ahead of him a, raft bearing explosives with which he made a breach in the Turk- ish railway skirting the beach, is re- lated in an official report giveu out her to -night. This statement, citron- ebce gltvhaparet, rshhaaaeypos:b e rtat ns tarna gmesatn edauprei ur thls "Hie weapons consisted Of an auto- matic service revolver and a sharpen- ed bayonet, He also carried an electric torch and a whistle. The cliffs proved tuiscaleable at the first point of land- ing, He therefore launched his raft till a, lose precipitous spot was reached, and after a stiff Climb and a Vonsider- able March he reacbed the railwaY. Sighting a viadttet, continues the statement, he Planned to destroy itt but abandoned the idea because Of the preeenee Of Welty workpien He then selected a brick culvert under which he pIaeed a charge of explosive and lit a fuse. He effected his escape by running a mile down the railway, and plunged into the Ilea just as Me exploeive Wept off. Debris was scat- tered near lain, Indicating that the ex, pbesioe. was effectiVe, Having blown, his whistle to sum- mon the submarine, the lieutenant swani Out to sea. however, on sight- ing the statiniarine lte mistook it for a group of Turkish rowboats whereupon he swam toward shore and began to aSeend the cliff in hope of hiding, Ile then dieeoVered his mistake and again entered the water, Subsequently he was reecued by the euhiparine when Ile Was on the verge or eichaustien. **de LIFEGUARD FOUND DROWNED. Erie, P., Repot—By means of a letter found in the pot*et the body of a man found floating in the lake yesterday afternoon was identified as that of Jas. W. Pretty, Port Rowan Canada. The letter would indicate that he was in the soviet) of the Can- adian Government as a lifegeard at one of the stations along Lake Erie as it Was eigned "James W. Pretty lighthouse, Port Rowan." The body wag in It badly deem posed %tate. another letter ?mind in Pretty' poeket was esfilreesed to Mies Heim •fichratu -of Normantlate, Ont. 111,1110 OF THE MB IS NOW READY Great Fleet of Battle Planes, of All Sizes, Shown to Cor, respondents. 3 -INCH GUNS • Giant Machines Oarry Cannon; Which Are Used at Will in Their Flights, Paris Cable.—Aa terial army is no longer a dream of romance, Such an army, forinedsin aivisions and squad- rons, with battle aeroplanes, cruiser' aeroplanes, stouts ana forpecto planes, all armored heavily, and carrying three-inch =non and rapid-fire guns, Is a reality. It has been made Pos- sible through the remarkable develop- ment of military aviation in France. The French- Government to -day 'permitted the first inspection of ita new fleet of aeroplanes. Opportunity was given to -inspece the largo and small- types of the new betel() planes, and watch them as they were man- oeuvring high in the air, firing round, after round from their Iliree-inen rifles, while they soared, looped and darted about. The Minister of Witte Alaandre Millerand, assigned two military ex- perts of the staff of the aviation ser- vice—Captain de Lafaruge and Lieut. Parta—to conduct the correspondents first to one point, the name of 'which may not be meutioned, where the new fleet of battle craft had been assem- bled, and later to ehe aviation school at B—, whore 100 military aviators were learning to navigate the • new war craft. • The aviation field is a vast enclos- ure. Entering the field, a monster battle plane loomed up 30 feet high, with a number of planes .stretching 130 feet across. Further back was ranged the fleet of battle crtasers and scout ptanes. They were formed like a battalion, twenty planes in a row across the front tit ten deep. Their huge wings made a front half a mile. wide. s Tha battle plane and. all the cruisers were armed heavily.' Each . careled both the three-inch. cannon and the rapid-fire gun. The huge battle plane was the chief centre of attention.' The engineer who constructed it explained the details. The officers stated that this was the first actual realization of the battle plane, other aerial Dreadnoughts hav- ing proved to be impractical. Thie monster actually flies, carrying a crew of twelve men, with' two cannon on the wings throwing three-inch steel projectiles. Three trial flights have been made, demonstrating- that it has the steadiness ot an ordinary biplane. The huge entre .is now ready for the battle line. The regular crew to' righting will consist of four men and an officer. The armored cruiser aeroplanes were then brought out and put through tests high in the air. They are small biplanes. of high. power. Each is armed with a eannon, and le capable of rising 'almost vertically front, the ground at a speed of 90 miles an hour. Captain Frantz and Operators Mondelli 'and Mallard made successive flights in ertasers, rising from the ground at an angle of 60 de- grees.'' The steady roar cf. the three-inch rifles eantineed as the cruisers circled far above. Mallard was the most (tar- ing operator. He fired his big gun wbile plunging from side to side and drapping rapidly, imitating the man. - oeuvres carried out while engaging an enemy,. A large number of the•se battle crui- sers ia now ready. Several of them recently earried -out a night bom- bardment fax back of the German. line. 'During the Champagne engages. ment these cruisers hit a German balloon, whieh exploded in a mass of flames. • e This, hiniever,was only the initial trial. The battle' planes and cruisers are soon to begin:movements in. large squadrons, both defensive and often sive. They are to attack the' German lines of coMmunicatiOn; particularly the railway junctions, with the object of cutting off tamales .and spreading demoralization in the rear �f the Ger- mans. . Each squadron will 'consist of land' aeroplanes of all types, including one beetle plane, two battle cruisers and six scout plant* The complement -for a squacIton will be upward tit" fifty officers and men, for the Operatien of the aeroplanes and their teausporta- Aloe on lorrlea.drawn by automobile% with which etteh -Simadron will • be equipped: • A M UN DSEN QUITS Explorer Abandons His Drift Across North Pole. New Yak Report—iaaptain ItetouId Amundsen, diecoverer af the Soath Pole and navigator a the only ves801 that ever Wett through. the North. - West Passage, has abartIoned his drifting expedition across the North rote according to informatiote receiv- ed in this canary today. The lattropetin war and the elloking of the Pallannt Canal, by whieh route he was waiting to aeproach the Arc. tic from the Pacitic, combined to in - Dunce the explorer to forsake the proeosed lottrney, which has been bis es/Mitten for nearly ten years. Caetain Amundsen had made ar. rangeMente ter enter tha Polar Sea through Dehring Strait, thenee Steam deist north uhtil hie vessel shoead be- cople frozen in the lee. Then he ex- ported to drift for alit year% or pos- sibly seven, the time that scientiste have learned it takes fax ice or wreck- 0ge to croft the Arctic Ocean from west ts east, 'Captain Amundsen eVis to lieve 'tam- ed through the Panama. -Canal early last spring, so his slowolittle freak of a vend, the Pram, could get to' the Arctic by summer. But the war and the slides in the canal have -delved itha mail he lifis derided to send hie reeseT 1:aelt to Chrietiania,,Norway. • Gifl' EIGHT YEARS Onddard's Sentence for Killing* of Mrs. Nancy 3.01). •••••••• Kingston iteport.---To-day Mr. Jus- tice Lennox Benteneed Albert H, Sad - card to eight years in the peniten- t/are, he having been found guilty by a jury of mansia.ugliter in the cese of the death .of Mrs. Neney Job, an age e woman, 031 July 31, phe plusses, who is 25 yearn, at age, has 4 wife and baby girL Atter Ben - tepee was imposed be broke down Completely, ilo huggea and kieeed the hahY and his wifee and It was some tame before he could get tip courage to make hie, way to the fait with a coil - stable. Saddard pleaded with the court fax leniency on account ot having :e wife and child, and said he would snake Good if given, a chance, Judge Lennox said he had sympathy fax the prisoner, but that he coincided with the veraict of the jury, Had he allowed the prisoner to go free it would hase been an appalling reflection on the courts of justice. He had no doubt that Sed. ofiard's love for strong drink had been the cause pf alt, Isis trouble. The jury had recommended MereY In their,verdict. FIRMER MURDER CBE A. aassan, Richardson Tawnship, in Bad Precliclinent. Evidence in Degeorge Inquest Was Damaging - Parry • Sound .Report.—After a" few minutes deliberation the ;jury In the inquest' on the body of 1.1araes De George, an Italian, whose body was found in a well nsar the temdence ot Arthur Caseate in Richardson Township, 'found that death was caused. by a gunshot wowed in the bony arta three i nthe head,fired by an unkaown hand, bat -that the eve aence wee sufficient to warrantthe arrest oel'Aetheir,Oassan for the crime. The adjourned lustiest was re. eume.d this afternoon at Sprucedate before Coroner Ore Limbert. Mr. W. L. • ataight, Crown Attorney ot Parry Sountl, acted for the Crown For nearly four, hours Mrs. Cas' sem, the wife et the suspected man, Was examined and ter stary with all cortradictione and oyasions was preetically an admission that while ehe • was not a. party' to the crime and did net see it committed,- she heard the shots - and when Degeorge failed to turn tits she suspected her Westland had eht him. "ape bat Des george had worn • to work the morn lag he was killed had. been brought heck . by Iter attsbaatt, who eata begeorge had suddenly .decided to go to Toronto and wished tre be driven. to Rurk's Palls. Cassia packel moat of hie clothes en twovailaes, which were o he taken to Smith'e'• De. gouge, he said, was to meet' him- en. the road. She ale° admitted that her 'husband lialuced Degeorges to . write his clothes in two valises, what were Cassaae afterwerde cut off sold , wrote tafeceipt fax $75, for Degeorgee horse, -buggy and liftmen. Witness said she :knew no money was paid and that her •Iimsband Led none to pay. The murder • appears to havebeen sa cold-olooacd affair, the motive ests- ing tho ownee.thip of the borse, nese, putter and buggy, owned by the neurdared .man and tsome•raile ay ties he had made Or Cassell and had not been paid for. It was later discover- ed that theses.articles Werncovered by a lien note. . There is eome.attempt to show that two other Men assieted in the crime, bot these were called and were able to. show that they hto net been near tlaasan's place during the month of Sentember: gaegeorge worked for Casten up to the t5th, the-- day on, Which it is be - Roved he was murdered: The body an found last Sunday .seul the sus. 1,ected Man is in jail and Willebeve hie ereliminary trial.here next week. HAVE LEFT SOFIA Envoys of Allied Poesiees- ' From Bulgar Capital. • ' L�idon Cable.—In a despatch from Sofia, Reater's 'correspondent says: "The representatives .of the 'Elamite .poWers left here by special trains this eveneng with the staffs of their respeo tive Legations and their nationals. The Russians are travelling by the Restchule route, whin. will take them across Bulgaria tothe, Roumanian frontier, south Of Bucharest. The other parties are proceeding honie by way of Dedeaghatch, "Gene Salioff, Commander-in.ehlef of the Bulgarian army, representing the Xing, and representatives of the Gov- ernmeht, were present at the station to bid farewell te the Ministers, Prior to their departure the King received the Bridal' and French Ministers in andience." INSULTS U 'S Cologne Gasette On American Pro- test as to Armenia. • Amsterdam, via London, Cable.— CoMmenting on the representations made to Turkey by the 'United States concerning the Massaeres of Anima- ians, the Cologne Volks Zeitung the. atteriees 11 as a presumption, and says that the United States again -gives herself airs as a. guardian of humanity in a matter that dOes not concern her directly, The neWspaper adds that the Voited States would be better to scrutinze it colessal sup- plies of arms to the Quadruple- Du- tente, and the comoataiiiiity with im Inanity of these shipments. Any woteep Would bather tell her no than have it gacissed at. • SERMAN OR' INTO FUSS -IA. HELO BY MUD "Neither Side Call DQ 1\1110112fl.Pol- and Till Winter Makes the Roads Passable. V•••• DVINSH. SECURE ••••••••!..r. Invaders Hive Made Practically No Gains in Their Effort to Reach Oity. • London, Cable, --The fighting in the eastern war theatre iseetue 10 be iiwingIng Weimar(' and forward with- al comparatively narrow limits wher- *her the opposing threes are in coll- ./Oct along the extensive lauselan front. rite Germans several Ulnae have shown signs of developing a tag at - tacit amulet Dvinsk, but neoua gaining a few yarde trenenee they taste made no progress, wahe treau seat region•rigne deem to %Wham the aesstresaermaue base Otiett engaged lu ea.eaug ma ems' etass.an atuteae. 'also ruitee wee againecteggina the eeetas ye eue toutsee, 11, J4 amothe eat:wee teener stue wiu t30 auie to name an important move for some weeas.'' Sat winter,. with its hara, etrozen ground, is eXpectha to ming a 'tenewai ot tne oifenetve by one side or taeotuer. The Ileac/lest ligating is in the neighborhood of Dvinsa, tothe eolith °a wince the Germans have had some success: On the whole, however, the Russians have been able to with, stand their assaults, Tbe Germans aave succeeded in crossing the Vilija north of Smorgen, enabling them . to co-ordinate their forces north and south of this point. Concentration of considerable Ger- man forces in the vicinity of Tarno- pol, in Galicia, aboot 25 miles south of the frontier, is believed to be due to political conditions in the Balkans rather than to an intention .of menac- ing Kiev, Comparative quiet prevails throughout the southern fighting area. Rerugees continue to pour into Pet- rograd at the rate of several thoneand • The municipal pawnshop at Riga has been removed in the course of the evacuation by the civilian author- ities. Inasmuch as borrowers are unable to obtain the articles they have pledged, they are not required to pay Interest. . GERMAN REPORT. Cable.—"In the eastern thea- tre: Army group of Field Marshal Von Hindenburg: Russian attacks north of leoejany and south of Lake Wiezniew were repulsed. Army group of Prince Leopold of. Bavaria: The situation is unchanged. Army group of General Ton Linsingen: Russian eoste near Newel and Omyt, southwest of Pinsk, were driven 0! £. Our attack in the ,rogion of Czartortwsk is making pro- gress. German troupe of the army of Count Bothmar repulsed severel Rus- sian attacks. the Balkan theatre: The cross- ing of our army over the Drina, the Save and the Danube Rivers is taking a favorable course. Southwest of Bel- grade four officers and 290 men were taken prisoners and two machine guns were captured. After an engagement opposite Ram three cannon fell into out hands." AUSTRIAN REPORT. Vienna Cable.—The -official com- munication of the War Office issued to -day says: "Russian theatre: Tho enemy yes- terday . attacked on the whole East Galician and Volllynian front 'with strong forces and an abunadance of ammunition -but his attacks were succesafd. • "On the Bessarabia frontier, on the heights north of the Dniester, and on the Stripa. River, Russian etormieg cehmtns collapsed before they readied our entanglements. Northwest of Tarnopol the Russians penetrated our trenches at two points, but this morn- in,g theywere repulsed by newly - arrived German and Austro-Hungarian. reihforcemente. The same fate befall a hostile attack against the village of Sapanow, northwest of leremince, which yesterday was the =Inert: of hitter .fighting, and changed heeds several times, but is now in our hands, "Southwest of Owyka we have re- pulsed 'superior Russian forces in hand-to-hand fighting, in which -Wan - try regiment 89 of the Landwehr and infantry regiment Teschen 31 distin- guished themselves. There is • very violent fighting '8outh ot Olyka. North and northeast or ICOR' our cOnnter- attacks have progressed and we have taken the villages of Rissole) and Galazia. The total number of Russian Prisoners taken' during the fighting of Oct. 6-7 in the Volhynian territory is abott 4,000. The enemy suffered tory heavy casualties." HEADS TO CONFER Division Commanders Summoned to Meet at Ottawa,. HASG ERNI A N WIFE Sir Ildwarci Grey's Chief Secret. ay is ill Bad Position, LUnd011, 00)10 -Describing Omit BrItaia,'s "dtplonuttie failure" in '1.1te lialltans as "ghastly,' the (11pbe de. garrti77677,--iratGur.o.f --the country cannot safely be left in the bawls of the Foreign Office as It is at present constituted. Its record, says the Globe, "hasheen one of dismal, tragie weakiteee. It Is a misfortune that Sir EdWard Grey speaks no language but his own. It is a greater misfortune that he has been incapacitated through ill -health. It Is Me greatest of all .that hie Perman- ent Under-SecretarY, Upon Villein he must chiefly depend, is prung from a German mother and Married to a Ger. man woman, "lf the failure 18 uot to culminate in dleester, the ill-omened partnership must be ended." The Under-Secretary referred to ap- parently is Sir Eyre Crowe, weiese mother was Asta, daughter of Baron G. von Barby, while his wife is Clomp., widow of Eberhardt • von Bonin, and daughter of the late Prof. Gerhardt, of Berlin. Sir Byre Crowe was appointed an,Assistant Under-Sec- retary at the Foreign Office in 4912, The London Globe is a staunch Lib-. wet paper, though not an official or- gan of Sir Edward Grey's party, 4 41. KNOCKERS BUT ON Sri E GREY -London Papers Hammering Brit- ish Foreign Office. Ottawa Report.—Mnjor-General Sir Sam Hughes has summoned to Ot. ta.wa for Friday next the command. ing officers of the various miliry divisions throughout Canada. They will hold a, conference. with the Min- ister of Militia and the Militia Coun- cil in regard to the work of training and recruiting soldiers during the cone ing winter. Various details of organ- ization Work will be tousidered, in- cluding emelt niattera ail the health and comfort of the troops military tlieel. aline, training methods adapted to winter work, recruillog, ete. In regard to the supply of recruits, General Ilaghee say that a steady streaitt pf meet is pouring in, and no difficulty is being experiented in ineetitig 011 present requiremmits. The Minister's sante of getting leen) centrea to raise small units to be le cAlly qtiartered and trained during thewinter hi Meeting with a most eatisfaceory reepottsts. Dozens tor Menet and villages are sending In Applications to be made local train- ing eentres on promise of 'raising the reatiired number of 111011. Th,e Thunderer, of Course, is Leading the Attack. tiondon Cattle—The newspapers devote an increased amount of editor- ial apace to a discussion et the For- eign Office's share in the Balkan de- nouement. The Post, after remark- ing that its handling of Balkan af- fairs has been "a series of bunders which would have -been remarkable in a parish council," discusses at length the work of the Foreign Office in the diplomatic exchanges which preceded Die war, and then in the contraband controversy over iron ore and cotton. rest. totally turns iJinnay tne prOp0Ual fax eststeeIsnotg au Interna- tional court ot appeals 'rout decisions ta use time court, saying: appeara that propopals are being entertained by the teoreign Office. We are glad Lera eseacnie is to raise the question in the House of Lords. Snould it prove to be tne case that such a design is being prosecuted, we say Planity that in tne name of our na- tional honor and our national security the resignation of. Sir Edward Grey and the reorganization of the Voreign Office will be demanded. "We do not propose to commit the decisions of a. British judge to the mongrel assembly of foreign jurists in which Great Britain can be out- voted by representatives of Ecuador, Bolivia, Switzerland and Germany. 'the record of the Foreiga Office is sufficiently dubious. It may be that Its series of unparalleled blunders is due simply to incompetence. If it is not incompetence, what is it?" The Post lodges a, vigorous protest against old-fashioned secret diplom- acy, remarking that the British For- eign Office always demanded abso- lute immunity frem criticism or com- ment. "Previous to the war," the newspaper declares, "the Premier and his friends assured us nothing could be more friendly than the attitude or Germany to Great Britain. Last year the result of diplomatic secrecy and misrepresentations was, briefly— discussion of Balkan affairs, Itsliaelnr.e"liatsil says: "We have frittered away our great near easternsprestige of power and tra.dition, allowing them to be snatched out of our hands through optimism, carelessness and stupidity. Our failure closes a groat page in his- tory. What possible excuse has the the Foreign Office to make to our al- lies and our people?" The Times ie not surprised to find the Government's record in relation to its Balkan policy becoming a matter of publie discussion, asserting that the shortcomings of British diplomaty constitute a painful theme. It con- tends that Great Britain held a un- ique position in the Balkans, especial- ly in Bulgaria., for she alone among the -Entente powers had a reputation for complete unselfishness of purpose in Balkan politics. Russia, France and Italy all were regarded with sus- picion as being too deeply interested. "Britain alone," says Use Times, "could speak with force and weight and get an attentive hearing. That precise advantage somehow has been frittered away in recent months, large- ly as the result of inattentiOn, half- heartedness and want of a, definite policy. It care still be regained, but only by v__„4„..igorous Gov_ernment Action, backed; by the whole weight of an In- formed public °Melon." ROBBERS ESCAPE Search for Bandits yb.o-I-ItOie Prom B. & O.1ainrage. Wheeling, W. Vas Despateh—Hun- dreds 14 arMed men scoured the hitis of Harrison, Pleasant and- Dodridge eounties during the night, in search tilei higilwaymen who early yester- day robbea Baltimore as Ohio passen- ger train No. 1 at ;Central Station, and get away With 'unsigned bank notes said to have n face value of $500,006. Every avellable eine wag followed by sheriffs, United States deputy mar- shals and posses of citizens, but in- formation reaching here this morning was that no real progress has been made. 'The hunt was taken up again soort after daybreak, In the hope of locating the rifled Mail bags or the place where the men had spent the night. ItallrOad officials were in close touch with the elluation, but de:Oared they haft 110 news, PRI CE INA ES WAS ATTACKED AWM.M.Infrinvon10 Oorperai Pins On OM- . cers Seated in An Inn Where His Wife iltras Acting as Waitress, Parte Cate (Correspondence). —Last week the Prince of Wales, While taking tea, in an inn At it British station steer Ypres, was shot la the arm by a French corporal. The at- tendant at the inn its an attractive - : coking, young WoMak who was pee. Mg„ as an unntarried girl under the same of Barthou, but, as a matter of .aet, she is Married to a corporal ia He uFgrueenthussar. regiment named Mlle. Barthou had many admiress among the British etaff officers, among whom the inn became a popu- air resort, for tee or other refresh- ments when any of the staff had ao visit this part of the British lines. News et this state of affairs reached the. husband, wao became furiously jealous, nugget wrote to his wife to say that stories about her flirtatiOns wiele British officers had reached him and if he found out that they were true, and that she had been unfaith- ful to him, he would shoot her and and then shoot himself, As a matter of fact, the stories that had reached Huguet were grossly ex- aggerated, The British staff officers treated Mlle. Barthou properly and between none of them and the pretty Bretonne was. there any -levity of con- duct or undue familiarity. One young, officer, ipdeed, on the staff, who had fallen very much in love with her, proposed to her and had ceased to viniasirtrytihilentinn after her. refusal to On Saturday last the husband ob- tained 24 hours' leave from the trench- es and unexpectedly turned up at the inn where his wife was employed at about 5 in the afternoon. The Prince of Wales and another staff officer were having tea in the inn at the moment. It appears that Huguet watched his wife talking to the Prince and his companion for some minutes and then was seized with a blind rage, lie rushed into the room and without a word of warning fired two shots in rapid succession, one at hie wife and another at the two staff oftcierss.elhen he turned the weapon oariira The Prince and his compauion sprang at him, but the corporal fired before Ise could be seized and wound- ed himself in the neck. The Prince of Wales Was wounded in his arm just above the wrist. The corporal. was taken to a field hospital by the Prince or Wales in his motor oar, whore the Prince also had his wound dressed. The Prince then proceeded to head- quarters, where he reported the whole incident to the Commander -in -Chief. The corporal, under ,military law, is liable to be shot, but no official notice will probably be taken of the incident. The corporal's wife almost immediate- ly after the incident left the inn and wont 10 the hospital where her bus - nand was taken and is looking after, him herself. 4 • • ARE ENEMIES NOW Orders Issued in Canada Govern- ing the Bulgarians. , Ottawa Report.—Orders are being sent out to all registrars .of alien ene- mies, the polite who are acting as ;such, and the Royal Northwest Mounted Police in western Canada to treat the Bulgarians now as alien enemies. They will be registered like the Ger- mans and Austeians, and those who are reservists or are likely lo be troublesetne will be interned. There are about 25,900 Bulgarians in Canada. It is thought they are largely located in the ,cities, few hav- ing taken homesteads. The necessary orders in Council de- claring war with Bulgaria and Plao ing the Btugarians under the various orders in Council which apply to other aliens will be passed at once. n the meantime also orders are be- ing given to stop any Bulgarians from leaving the country. 11 18- not antici- pated there will be any trouble with the Bulgarians, as it Is believed most of them in Canada are in sympathy with the allies. The experience of the officials after a year's dealing with the Austrians is that they. have little sym- pathy with their homeland, and are anxious to obey flahadian laws and be. have like Canadian citizens. The only alien enemies who have caused trouble are the Germans. • * McMILLAN SAFE Arctic Explorer Says Crocker Land is a Myth. New York Report—Word has just been received by the Amerieali seum ot Natural History thaaJaseald 13, McMillan and a party.. of six ex- plorers, who left New. York in 1913 to explore and Onst-Sithat was supposed to be gresSrter Lahd, in the Arctic Gent, 'were gate, and that the re- -her ship Cluett, later sent with sup- plies to the Me:Ulnae party, readied its destination, Dr. E. 0. Hovey, commander of the McMillan Bxpedition, in a letter dated Aug, 4, and sent via Detanark, Mdicated that the party had deeided that Crocker iiand was a Myth, Rear - Admiral Peary had reported that he thought Croelter Land had been lo- cated by lam front the summit of Cape Thomas Ilubbterd, Greenland, 130 miles to the northwest, Dr. Hovey eaid the explorers were returning to New York, after two years' absence. TSe relief ship Oluett, whieh at one time was thought to have been lost in crossing from, Newfoundland to Greenland, was reported to have reached it port in Geeeniand. It will be used to bring back the ssientifie natural collectien by the McMillan party. 4 44 "What's the troilble In the houses hold?" "Mother gave away all or fatherte old elothes. And be retalists -How?" "By throwing away all her old nuelleine bottlee." Hattie. Free Press.