The Wingham Advance, 1917-09-27, Page 7HELD ALL GROUND CAPTURED;
ADVANCED AT MANY POINTS
Betweel 3,000 and 4,000 Prisoners Taken
by Britisii—German Dead Cover Field.
Many Stung Counterttacks About Menlo
Road Were Repulsed.
British Headquarters in France,
cable: German officers taken pris-
oner in Menne road battle were im-,
pressed greatly with the magnitude of
the British success, and have expressed
keen diesatisfaction with their own
higher command. They freely admit
the great efficiency of the British ar-
tillery preparation before the attaek,
and characterize as awful those tre-
mendous barrages which swept over
the German territory ahead of the as -
vaulting troops. The vast nuinber of
German bodies which lie in the muddy
shell holes within the territory traver-
sed by the British and the devastation
wrought by the big guns give added
stringent in their testimony.
London cbie says: The number of
German prisoners taken by thellritish
in yesterday's 'fighting on the Belgian
front now exceeds 3,000, according to
the British War Office statement to-
night. The British repulsed several
strong counter-attacks of the enemy,
who suffered exceptionally heavy
losses.
The text of the statement follows:
L'vening—"Farther evidence shows
the continuous and obstinate nature of
the enemy's counter-attacks yesterday
in which he suffered exceptionallY
heavy losses and gained no advantage.
"During to -day fighting of a minor
character has taken place on differ-
ent parts of the battle -front. We have
advanced our line at a number of
points and have beaten off further
German counter-attacks. This morn•
ing English county troops attacked
and captured a collection of German
trenches and concreted strong points
south of the Tower Hamlets,
"Later in the day the enemy laun-
ched a powerful counter-attack against
the Tower Hamlet ridge. This attack
was repulsed after heavy fighting. East
of St. Julien regiments from Liverpool
and Lancashire gained possession of a
fortified farm, where a party a the
enemy had succeeded in holding out
during a previous attack. These regi-
ments also cleared up a number of
dangerous and strong points lying in
front of their position. This evening
another German counter-attack eat
Langemarck was broken up by oar ar-
tillery.
"The number of prisoners taken by
us in yesterday's fighting so far le -
ported exceeds 3,000.'
HELD BACK RESERVES.
;British Front in France and Bel-
gium cable says:The importance of the
mew ground won liee in the fact that
.that it waG high ground, taking in
the ridge on which the Anzacs' flag
no wflies, and extending southward
and constituting the keystone of the
German defences here. Over this the
onrushing British yesterday swept
with irresistible force.
The British infantry did not pro-
ceed without oppositiop to their ob-
jective, but the details of the fighting
show no particularly spectacular fere
tures.
The whole question was a most as-
tounding performance, but it was ac-
complished with such clock -like
regularity that it left one gasping, It
was as though one had witnessed the
wiping out of a city by a huge dyn-
amite mine, which doeG its work in-
stantaneously.
The German prisoners clearly feel
the weight of the blow inflicted.
They are dazed by it, and many of
them look on the situation as dark
Indeed for their forces.
Virtually every counterattack the
Germans have attempted since the of-
fensive has been shattered by artillery
and machine gun fire, and the enemy
undoubtedly lost a great number of
men in these abortive attempts.
Throughout yeeterday he struggled
determinedly at many placee to regain
the ground Met, but as each attempt ,
was broken in a deluge of explosives '
burled into his make, he finally
itdopted the attitude of waiting, and
during the night offered little opposi-
tion to the victorioee forces opposite
him.
Yesterday'e fighting from Lange•
marck southward to the Ypres.
Routem railway was largely among
strong concrete and eteel redoubts,
with which this section le pitted. Roee
Farm, Quebec Farm and many other
Well -defended pceitione fell before
the British. In most instances their
capture was accomplished after the
troops had forged forward through
mud and water and aurrounded them
in the face of machine-gun fire.
00UNTER-ATTACKS. FAILED.
Many Germans lost their lives in
the region south of Lahgemarck.
Along this section the enemy attempt-
ed six Counter-attacks during the
day the _first being essayed as early
as ten o'clock, but in nearly every
instance they were met by such a
murderous artillery fire that they
were forced to withdraw, leaving
large nurabers of dead and Watuided
on the field.
Early in the afternoon a' °Limn
• of 2,000 Germans; advanced- frem the.
direction Of OCet Rieuarkerke for, e
cOuhter-attack, As they proteedid
through-attaek. As they proce.cdee
through the village they came ender
the artillery fire and aeroplanes net..
reseed them continu.allY. The ern.
pioyment of gas shells by the British
forted the Gerntens to eat ea gas
Meeks, and they oroceeded lit this
miner to the front, where they de-
ployed In waves and atteeked at two
points. .0ne of the atteeking forcee
was smashed to plecee wirli artillery
find Machine-gun fire. The Wend
Wee pertly eticceseful end of Lange.
friarek, but soon Was forced back and
eittfered the sante fate as. the Other.
A strong GerMan position on the
high ground south of the Lange-
Marek-Zonuebeke road Wm captured
by the British troops early in the day.
As Mu Nvgs an important defence the.
Gernialie delivered a limey eoanter-
attaek here last night and Intee hand-
to-hand fighting developea, In whin
the bayonet Was used freely. 'The
Germans Were forted to withdraw at
ter ft ehert bet deeleive I Atilt.
AlISTRALIANS' FINE! 'WORM
Smith of the Ypreeelloulere Railway
the Aitstrailan trOopti tarried eilt the
early stageOf the task Without en.
Conritoring many snags, but they were
ounter,attacked quickly, and sharp
fighting followed at many placee, They
had reached their final objective,
which carried them well east of the
Nun's Wood, the Glencorse Wood, and
into the western Part of the Polygon
Wood, a little after 10 o'clock, and in
Venni places the outposts had gone a
donsiderable distance in aelvance of the
main line. The terrain over which
they had to travel represented some
of the most difficult ground in this
section, but the artillery had made
mattere easter by ernasbing twist ot
the shell -hole defences and shattering
the forests which clothed the eleva-
tions.
THE GERMAN VERSION.
Berlin cable says: Britisb troops at
Paseehendaele and Gheluveit, on the
Belgian front, at times yesterday
pressed forward for a distance of
more than two-thirde of a mile, says
the official statement issued to -day by
the German general staff, which
reads:
"Western theatre: Army group of
Crown Prince Rupprecht—Troops of
the Fourth army fighting under the
leadership of Infantry -General von
Arnim have successfully withstood the
first day of the third battle of Flan-
ders.
"The fire effect of the last few due,
presaged a powerful effort on the part
of the English and the concentration
of figlat means employed by the enemy
on Sept, 20 on a front of 12 kilometres
(I% miles), reached the limit, of its
intensity at Hoechstmass.
"Behind a formidable wave of the
most intense drum -fire from guns and
inine-throwers of D,11 calibres,. there
advanced to attack in close formation
in the morning, between Langemarck
and Hollebeke, at least nine British
divisions, inciuding several Australian
divisions, which were often supported
by armored cars and flanie-throwers.
"After fluctuating fighting as a re
-
stilt of the attack, the enemy was able
to advance as much as one kilometer
deep, into our derence zone, and at
Passchendaele and Gheluvelt the en-
emy at times passed further forward.
West of Passchendaele he was pressed
back again by our counter-attack.
North of the MenineYpres road, a por-
tion of terrain remained in his hands.
"In all the other sectors of the
battlefields, the English, sustaiaing the
heaviest losses, were thrown back into
the crater field or our fighting zone
by the stubborn and heroic fighting of
our troops, which lasted until late in
the afternoon. Reinforcements of the
enemy, which were newly brought dp
into the fire throughout the evening,
were not able to gain any further
ground. The villages situated within
the fighting zone are all in our pos-
session.
"So far this morning the English
have not resumed the,battle. As in
the termer battled in Flanders, our
leaders and troops reached the high.-
eet point cf Efficiency."
CANADIANS
DECORATED
Long List of Awards After
Lens Battle
With Some Gallant Deeds
Recorded.
(By Stewart Lyon, Canadian Press
Correspondent with the Canadian
Forces.)
Canadian Headquarters In France,
Sept. 23.—In connection with the bat-
tle of Lens the following awards
have been made for conspicuous gal-
lantry in action:
Distinguished Service Order—Act-
Acting Lieut. L. E. Jones, of a west. -
'ern Ontario battalion; acting Major A.
F. Miller, of an Eastern Ontario bat-
talion; Lieut. Allan Cockeran, of an
Eastern Ontario battalion; Acting
Lieut. -Col. W. H. Brown, of a New
,Brunswick battalion. Liettt. Cockeran
gets hie decoration for a very gallant
act, When his battalion was attack-
ing during the battle of Lens, it came
under heavy fire from a machine gun
on a slag heap. Taking with him two
men, Lieut. Cooke= rushed forward,
climbed a slope and personally killed
the gun crew. On trying to carry off
the gun he found there was a booby
trap attached to it. He tnrew the gun
from him, Whereupon the trete explod-
ed and the gun was brought In. Al-
though wonded in action, Lieut.
Cockeran refused be go to the rear,
and later in the day while scouting
i11 some ruined houses in front of
tti:e neerposition, accompanied he two
'ffenr-connireatieohed officers, he got a
party of Germans, including two staff
officers, all of whom were killed.
Next morning Lieut. Cockeran aided
in repulsing a very severe counter-
attack, and lat hand-to-hand fighting
accounted, for several of the enemy.
In this action he was severely wound-
ed, but was carried in.
Major Miller'a deceration Was Won
hi the same engagentent. Twice the
enemy drove our men out ot their
newly -Won positions and twice he led
them back, finally holding the ground.
41e accounted for several Germans
with his revolver during the struggle.
Military .Cross—Lieut. Leonard A.
Reid, Of the Canadian Field Artillery';
Captain D. 3. Corrigan, of a centra.I
Ontario Wealth:el; Captain J. D.
Bell, of a Western Ontario Batten
Lieutenant F. W. Fenton
Of a Western Ontario battalion; Capt.
Allan Parker, C.A.M.C.; Capt, E. H.
McCusker, C.A.M.C.,• Captain Frank
ilft Dtnthant, Lieut. A. J. It.
Craig, of a Western Ontario batten
ion; Acting -Major 13. M. Clarke, con-
tral Ontario battalion; ActIng-Capt. R.
W. Gatti), central Ontario battalion;
Capt. It. N. Jape, central Ontario bat-
talion; I, M. Bennett, entre!
°Marie battediell; 1.40Iet, W. Wald.
rcentral Ontario hattallen;
IP. U. Canaan, central Ontario bat.
telioe; Lieut. J. 0. E. Audette, east -
era Ontario battalion; 4out. E. 3.
Wood, eastern Ontario battalion; Lt.
3. D, Davie, eastern Ontaria battalion;
Lieut. 3. 11. L. Irwin, eastern Outer -
to battalion; Acting -Major II, Chasse,
Quebec battalion; Lieut. le. II. 1Vior-
gam Quebec battalion; Lieut. N. W.
Robbins, Quebec bataillon; LieUt. A.
Durnate Quebec battalion; Lieut. A.
Payette, Quebee battalloa; Lieut. P.
E Cole, Quebec battalion; Lieut. W.
Morgan, Quenec battalion; Lieut
G. E. LaMothe, Quebec battalion;
Lieut. P. 4. Guay, Quebec battalion;
Lieut. G. B. Hallett°, New Brunswick
battalion; Lieut. R, A. Maier, New
Brunswick battalion; Licata, R,
Smith, New Brunswick battalion; Act-
ing -Capt. T. H. Fisher, NoYa Scotia
battalion; Lt. C. 3. Orem, Nova Scotia
battalion; Lieut. J. A. McCapius, rna-
chine gun corps; Lieut. R. F. Merrick,
machine gun corps; Capt, A. 5, Diwes
Cauadian Field Artillery; Lieut. L. C.
Spence, Cle.A.; Lieut. A. S. Fennell,
C.P.A.; Lieut, T. 11. Lockett, Royal
Engineers,
Distinguishea Conduct Medal—
Corp. S. Finnktter, of a British Colum-
bia battalion; Lance -Corp. S. Temper-
esq, central Ontario battalion; Come
Sergi:Major T. Jackson and Serge
H. A. Templeman, eastern Ontario
battalion; Sergt. C. Brusselments,
Sergt. E. Keller and Corp. P. J, Bale
lie, Quebec battalions; Sergt, J. Vass,
Corp. W. Oakley and Pte. C. P. D. E.
Bow, New Brunswick battalions;
Sergt, D. R. C. Grant, Serge Kilpat-
rick and Pte, J. Lacey, Royal Irish
Regiment.
• • •
MCOBSTADT
IS HUNS' PREY
City On River Dvina, and
25-Mi1e Front, Taken.
Russians Have Taken Up a
New Line.
London, Sept. 23.—Jacobstadt, on
the Dvina, has .been captured by the
German forces on the Russian front,
together with the positions on a front
of 25 miles and six miles deep on the
west bank of the river, army head-
quarters announced to -day.
The Recelans, after giving up their
bridgehead and the terrain it pro-
tected, fled to the opposite bank of
the Dvina, leaving Jacobstadt in Ger-
man hands, together with more than
400 prisoners and more than 50 guns.
The German aviators engaged in
the operations at Jacobstadt were un-
der the leadership of Prince Fried-
rich Sigismund of Prucsia, cousin of
Emperor William.
Tne Petrograd official statement
states that the Ruesians have fortified
themselves on the right bank of the
Dvina, Describing the evacuation of
Jacobstadt the report says:
"In the region of Jacobstadt the
enemy yeeterday morning fiercely
bombarded our •positions. particular-
ly in t.he Doktemelburg sector, and
also other pointe at our rear. At
noon the enemy attacked, and after
piercing our lines, occupied parts at
our positions southwest of Admini. In
tine sector some of our positions two
miles distant from the Dvina also
were captured. Our detachments,
under the cover of our rearguards,
retired to the right bank of the
Dvina."
After a battle on the Riga front
yesterday Rueelan forces advanced in
the region of the village of Rudna
and nreeeed back the German ad.
voiced guards, it was officially an-
nounced to -day by the Russian War
Office.
Gen. Doukonine, chief of staff to
the commander on the western front,
has been appointed chief of staff to
the commander-in-chief of the Rus-
sian armies.
The evacuation of Jacobstadt un-
der German preeeure le not coneld-
ered by some of the military writers
to indicate an attempt to advance on
Petrograd, farther than the capture of
the whole Dvina line. The Birzhe-
viya, however, says that a further ad-
vance on this section is expected,
and that the situation is serious, on
which account (Premier Kerensky will
remain at headquarters for some days
more. Other newspapers explain „that
M. Kerensky's absence from Petro-
grad is due to his interest in the lo-
cal Korniloff inveetigation.
The Rechs' military writer predicts;
that the 'German commander, General
von tichhorn, aims to establish him-
self on the right bank of the Dvina,
and then begin operations againet the
Dvinsk fortress by marching east
along the Kreuzberg-Porche railroad.'
The Provisional Government has
decided to reduce the nuinber of men
In the regular army, This decision
wee reaehed tor two reaeone. First,
because the country minuet remain
longer without male Water, and, sec-
ond, because it was thought desirable
to relieve the army of men who are
too old to fight, or who hese been
wounded, and whose fighting capac.
ity, therefore, is not great, It is be-
lieved the measure will have import-
ant financial results by reducingatlie
total amount required for soldias' de
pendents. '
to,
HUNS TRYING TO
BUY IN BRITAIN
London, Sept. 23.—Dr, Christopher
Addision, Minister without portfolio in
charge of reconstruction, speaking et
Iltaideysfield lag night, referred to
the activity of the Germans, who, he
coed, were endeavoring to obtain kip -
plies of materials for naunitione and
building from different parts Of the
World. The Germans, he said, nave
been making, and still are making,
efforts to acquire control of great
minerel deposits, even atteMpting to
purchase theta in England (luting the
war,
ea.
Patience—lee's vern niee to hie wife
When they Etre out in compat v, but at
home he acts like a bear. Patrice—Oh,
to. he clown% She says he never huge
hen—Yonkers Stateente,n.
A South Floridian tens the Times.,
Union thee, (IOW floCSn't, fall. Now if he
will Map things front falling duo he
will confer 0, real favor.----Plorida
Thnee-Union.
Mrs. CralvfordenDoe't you think
Your husband Would be happier if you
let litre littee his oWn Way Ifiere,? Mee.
Hehpeckeelle might be happier, Me
dear, but t wouldn.t.---Life, •
HID MICROBES
IN CONSULATES
UNDER U.S. FLAG
Black Treachery by Huns
Exposed in Bucharest,
Roumania.
1.1.00,1••••.1101,,olonkal.,
TO POISON STOCK
Strongest Explosions Also
Secreted for Foe
Use.
Washington, Sept. 23.—"How Ger-
many shamefully abused and exploit-
ed" the . protection of the United
etatee by secreting iu the German
Legation at Bucharest, after the
American Government had taken
charge of Qermanyea affairs at the
Roumanian capital, quantities or
powerful expiceives for bomb plots
and deadly microbes, with instruc-
tions for their use in destroying
horse e and cattle, was revealed to-
day by Secretary of State Lanalug.
It was another of the series of Mr.
Lansing's disclosures of German in-
trigue, made public without eomment
In the same manner as the von Lux -
burg telegrams which have brought
Argentina to the verge of war with
,Germany, the von Eckhardt letter
from Maxie() City and the von Bern-
otorlf telegram asking the German
Foreign Office for authorization to
spend $50,000 to influence Congress.
The lateat story is told in a report
to the State Department from William
Whiting Andrews, aecretary of the
Legation at Bucharest, and a letter
from Foreign 'Minister Porunibaru,
of Roumania. .
Parcele• and boxes taken into the
German .Consulate at Buchareet witit
display of great precaution aroused
the suspicions of the Roumanian
Government, On August 27, 1916,
the evening prior to the date of Rota
mania's declaration of war, some of
the cases were taken to the German'
Legation, located in a different build-
ing from the Consulate. Convinced
that the boxes were not taken away
from the Legation by the German
diplomatic miesion on its deearture
from Bucharest, the Roumanian au-
thorities later ordered the police to
find and examine their contents. The
police communicated with American
Minister Vopica, then in charge of
German interests, who reluctantly as-
signed Secretary Andrews to observe
the search.
ADMITTED KNOWLDDGE.
The boxes were founa burled in
the garden of the German Legation.
Air. Andrews' report said:
"Upon my return from the exam-
ination, which resulted in the discov-
ery of the explosives and of the box
of microbes, both of which the Lege -
tion eervante admitted having placed
in the garden, the former confidential
agent of the German Minister, Dr.
Bernhardt, who had been left with
the Legation at the German Minis-
ter's request to aesist in the care of
German intereets, admitted his know.
ledge of the explosives placed in the
garden; told me that more were in
the garden than had been found; that
a still larger quantity had been bur-
led in the house of the Legation, and
that still worse things than tine box
of microbes were contained in the
Legation, and insinuated that they
would have been found even in the
cabinets of dossiers, which I had
sealed.
"Dr. Bernhardt also stated that all
these objects had been brought to the
German Legation after our Legation
had accepted the protection of Ger-
man interests, which agreed with the
statement of the servants. A similar
confeseion was made to the Miuister
by this; man.
"The protection of the United Stated
was in this manner shamefully abused
and exploited. In this instance, at
least, the German Government can-
not have recourse to its usual system
of denial."
Fifty-one boxes were taken from
the ground in the garden. Fifty of
them contained each a cartridge
filled with trinitrotoluene, among the
most powerful exploeives known, one
fifth of each of one being sufficient
to tear up a railroad track. In the
other box were bottles of liquid found
to be cultivations of the microbes of
anthrax and glanders. It bore a seal
showing that it carne from the German
Consulate at Kronstadt, Hungary, and
inside was found type -written note in
German, saying: "Enclosed, four
phials for horses and four for •cattle.
To be employed as formerly arranged.
Each phial is sufficient for 200 he'ad.
To be introduced, if possible, directly
into the animal's throat: if ,not, into
their fodder. Please make a MU*
report on the success obtained; in case
of good results, the presence of Mr.
Kostoff for one day here 'would be
desirable."
PROVEN INDISPUTABLY,
Foreign Ministtr Porumbaru ac-
companied his letters with documents
to prove the origin of the boexs and
their coutents.
"It has been possible to prove in an
indisputable way," he said, "that be -
tore our declaration et war to Austria-
Hungary, when observing strict
neutrality and keeping up normal
relations with the Gentian empire,
the personnel of the Gerraan Legation,
violating all rules of neutrality attd
all duties of diplomatic missions, in-
troduced clandeetinely eonsiderable
quantities of an extremely powerful
explosive and cultivations of microbee
destined to effect demetitic anixnals,
and in consequence susceptible Of pro -
yoking terrible epidemics else among
the buman population.
"There can hardly be any doubt
about the way by whin these sub-
stances were introduced into Rata
martian territory; the very stringent
pellee measures an all frontier sta.
tions taken by the Royal Itotnuaniati
GovernMent eince the outbreak of the
war, and continually made stricter
sinte, prove sufficiently that. these
eeplosives and mieorbes cermet have
reathed this country otherwise than
by diplerriatie courier.
"On the ether hand, there dm be ne
doubt Of the final object of the ine-
Pertation inte Itounlarcia as Well as
about the U80 tei which they Were
assigned. The expleleivee and the
Microbes Weid destined to be used in
Reurnattia, very peoblibly In time of
Deem Front all this it reenits that
In time Of pence members of the Ger-
mon Legation, covered 14 their int-
munitY. Prepared in concert with the -
Bulgarian Legatien the perpetuation
on the terrinery ef a neutral and
tete directed reeeinst
ftflies(laitYet"te t g
y 0, s state and againut the
lives of its elibleete.
"The Royal Government makes it
its slay to proteet ageenet these
Criminal practices, and espeeially
against the Use et the microbes, an
illegal weapou and certainly worse
titan poison, the use Of whIch was
formally forbidden by the fourth core
ventiou of The Hague, as well as
against this violation of the duties
and of the loyalty which International
law imposes upon diplomatic miselone
as an exeliange for the privileges
wince are guaranteed to them."
HUNS AVOID BREAK
By Humbling Themselves to
Argentina,
Buenos Airiest Argentina, Sept, 23.
—Just as the Argentine Chamber ef
Deputies was preparing to vote on the
question of breaking dilpomatic rela-
tions with Germany, an offieiel cont.
munication was received from the
Berlin Foreign Office. The note disap.
proved of the idea expreseed by Count
von Luxburg, the German Minister
here, regarding Germany' "cruiser
warfare." Tile word "cruiser" leaves
some doubt as to whether or net
Germany intends to modify her sub-
marine campaign. However, a declare.
tion of war by Argentina on Germany
lime been postponed.
In its ultimatum the Government
demands a formal statement from
the German Government on its tti.
tude toward the behavior of its Min-
ister, Count von Luxburg, and a
repetition of the promises made re-
specting Argentine shipping in eon -
flection with the Toro settlement.
FOOD SHORTAGE
TELLS ON HUNS
Prisoners in Late Battle
Show Ghastly Pallor.
Lack of FOod, With Defeats,
Has Weakened. •
London, Sept. 23.—Telegraphing
to -clay from British headquarters in
France, Reuter's correspondent says:
"The situation is unchanged upon
the new front created by Tnursday's
great victory. The most satisfactory
news means that the Germans' costly
efforts have been in vein. What we
nave we hold.
"The guns roared with earth -shud-
dering intensity all night long, but
tor every cramp of British shell we
have at least half a dozen blasts of
British gunfire.
"One now begins to bear some-
thing of the features' of the battle
from participants in it. It consisted
entirely of open fighting on our side
against coucealed fightlug on the
part of the enemy. Apart from the
admirable staff work which co-cirdi-
nated all the infantry movements and
the artillery work, there was little of
a distinctive tat:Heal character.
"The infantry bad to attack visible
positions and to deal with the here-
totore undisclosect ones as they went
forward and the initiative of the regi-
mental officers was one of the great
contributory causes of the success.
Occasional opportunities for display
of tactical genius were always grasp-
ed in the ablest manner.
"The A.ustrallans are in extraor-
dinarily high spirits over their suc-
cess. They had anticipated a very
inuch higher ratio of casualties than
they suffered, knowing full well the
tough task set them. It is no mere
figure of speech to say that these
splendid fellows are thirsting to be at
the Huns again. It is the literal
truth as expressed in terms of un-
mistakable sincerity by an enemy
prisoner who asked, "What can the
Germans hope to do as man to inan
against such troops?"
'The almost ghastly pallor of the
Gernuen prisoners appears to indicate
that short rations are doing their
work in the Gei-man army. The .de -
meaner of practically all officer pris-
oners strikingly illustrates the chang-
ed spirit of the enemy. Their atti-
tude is that of tnen who have lost
all confidence in the future. As usual
the prisoners belonging to the differ-
ent arms are indulging in mutual re-
criminations, while all unite in derld,
ink the German dirmen."
Telegraphing last night, the corre-
spondent stated:
"The Germans are doing just what
was expected of them, and for which
we were fully prepared, 'namely,
counter -attacking in great force.. The
first began, at 6.5.0 last night against
a wide front held by Draftee and Aus-
tralian troops. The night being, good
for aerial 'co-operation, oar ertillery
did great work. The attackers were
fresh troops, brought up from re-
ser.''vTells
oattackers, despite the intense
artillery fire and heavy losses, press-
ed an With great determination, actu-
ally penetrating on a front of three
hitndred yards, where desperate
hand-to-hand fighting ensued. Oar
supports, however, took up the strug-
gle and the enemy wavered, they _be-
ing infiladed from a number of pill-
boxes and concreted shell holes
which wo had recently taken.
"Tho ground was soon piled up
with copses, and by 0 o'clock tho ene-
my was beaten back with heavy
casualties.
"Two very heavy counter-attacks
felloWed further South, which were
also beaten, and thotigh othera fol-
lowed, each on A formidable scale, all
Wero repulsed with great losses. Our
casualties have been relatively light,
Many of them beitig walking casesn
The weather is inclined to be misty,
but we have bei lucky on tho whole
in. title respect."
PittNell FRONT.
Spirited Cannonade On the
Banks of the Meuse.
Paris, Cable. --The offIckil stritenirtt
lesued to -night by the French War 0!-
fkt
"An enemy eurprIse &Week againat
one of our small posts to the north of
eotiy elided In failure. The terinorittde
W& s tether epirited en both banks ef
the Meuse, Calm prevailed everywhere
else,
"Avlittlon: During Weenesdae an a
Thursdity, two Germarc rrieditities were
brought down in the daylight awl two
others, xerlottely damaged, everahnrced to
land ulleg the Matt." e-
t
SOUKHOML1NOFF
MUCH WRONGED
Is His Counsel's View at
Russian Trial.
Says Spies Testified 'Under
Year.
....01raml,••••••••••••••••••
Petrograd, Sept. 23,—General Soule-
homlinoff, the former Minister of War,
was depictee as the victim of a con-
spiracy, in which M, Guchkoff, his for-
mer friead, was the arch -conspirator,
by Attorney Zacharin, the et -Minis-
ter's counsel, in the closing arguments
of his trial on a charge of treason.
Dealing with General Soukhomlill-
off's alleged 'relations with Altschul -
ler, whom the prosecution charges
with being a master spy, Zacharin de-
clared that the only ground of preju-
dice against Altschuler was that he
was a Jew.
"If Altschuler was a spy, how was
it possible that 'he lived for thirty
years in Kiev, which was packed with
countless secret agents," asked the de-
fendant's lawyer. He branded allega-
tions against Altschuler as frivolous.
Hia said the prosecution's reference to
are office maintained here by Altschul-
er, in which he was supposed to have
had secret dealings with Souelminlin-
otf, proved nothing, as he also had
columerCial dealings With other Minis-
ters. There was no proof that he had
received favors from General Souk-
homlinoff, who proved by his dealings
with his own relatives that he was ex-
tremely scrupulous.
The prosecutor, Attorney Zacharin,
declared, being unable to prove that
General Soukhonilinoff had had mer-
cenary motives for treasonable acts,
attempted to prove it by referring to
"mysteries" in the War Minister's
life, but all tilt was "childish gossip."
Concerning General Soukhomlinoff's
relations with the traitor, allassoy-
doff, M. Zacharin said that this store
was invented by M. Guchkoff with the
aim of driving the War 'Minister from
power and replacing him with Gener-
al Poliovanoff. The lawyer attempted
to discredit M. Guchkoff's evidence at
the trial. He pointed out that when
he asked Guchkoff the source of his
information that there were spies in
the entourage of General Soulkhom-
Ruoff, Guchkoff had answered:
"I do not wish to say."
"M.Guchkoff alleges that he knew
of these epies dealing with Soukhom-
linoff before the war. If that is so,
how is it possible that the president
of the Duma and one of Russia's great
&len did not take measures • against
these spies?" asked al. Zacharin.
"How could any man neglect to do
this in view of the terrible misfor.
tune threatening Ruseia. The tact Is
that the original frieadship be-
tween Guchkoff and Soukhornlinon
developed later into enemity be.
tween the mein"
The general's counsel declared the
evidence of the Austrian spy, Mil -
'ler, which was obtained behind closed
doore, should be discredited becalm
:Miller, threatened with execution,
was ready to invent "ridiculous fab
les" in order to save hie own neck.
CANADIANS -AID
IN CONSOLIDATING
Road and Railway Men Busy
About Ypres.
Our Boys Not in the Menin
Road Battle.
(By Stewart Lyon.).
Canadian Prue% Correspondent With
the Canadian Forces.
Canadian Pleadquartera lii Fran,
Sept. 23.—Occasiona1 attempts to raid
our outposts, sharply repulsed, are the
only evidence of enemy infantry acti-
vity on tuis front. The use of gas
shells in copsiderabie numbers as an:
other devioe of tne Germans whien
requires constant vigilance at night oa
the part of the men in our tr,meheet.
There has been a marked renewal
of tne enemy aerial activity during
the past few months. This seems to
be asseciated with the increase in his
long-range shelling of the back areas
and the counter -battery work.
While the Canadians had no part, in
winning Thursday's victory in the
region east of Ypres, where for many
months in 1915 and 3916 they kept the
flag flying under niost difficult 'con-
ditions, they are doing their full part
in the consolidation of the ground
won. A.1 at Mee -sines, part of the road
and railway maintenalice under fire
is undertaken by companies of Cana-
dians, who have remained In the
Ypres region ever since 1915. During
a visit to the region south-east of
Ypres on Saturday 1 encounteed a par-
ty of men with Maple Lead badges
assembling preparatory to going out
to their work on the roads in Hill 60
region.
COSTLY SALMON.
Competitive Bidding May
Close Canneries.
Vancouver despatch; Live bidding
for salmi), at Stevestoti, where many
of the largest fish packing plauts on
the Fraser River are located, to -day
forced the price of salmon to a point
Where both Canadian mid AMOrtean
canners were cornpelled to pay exces-
sive pricee. Bach of this movement,
It is asserted that Japanese fishermen
hold the canners virtaally in the
hollow of their hank, and it is said
that if the price -advances much fur-
ther, every canner on the. river will
be forced to dole Within the week.
Anierteau buyers have invaded the
PraSer River Ilinits to such an extent
that two canneriee have already shut
down, being unat le to meet the com-
petitive bidding. Seventy cents was
offered for sockeyes to -day and 75
tents bid by Amerlenns,
"A Mel and his money Aro soon
Darted," Quoted tho Wise 'Guy. "Noth-
ing strange abaut that," replied the
Sinntle Mug. "The remarkable {Wag
I e haw thee ever Managed to get to.
peter in the first plane,"
HUN PLOTSfIN TUE STATES
ARE REVEALED BY *LANSING -
Stories of Treasonable Conspiracy Civulged
by U. S. State Secretary.
Sup:eme Court Justice in 'Nei! York City
Among Big Men Involved.
Washington, Sept, 23.—The most
startling revelation of German in.
troign.ue in the United States that bee
been enade since the war began, ira
p in! icoartlienagn we let il zeeicnnsohWi pa a ninde en nwylotiov iugclaim
A
Supreme Court Justice lit NeW York
City, was made last night by the Gov-
ernment Committee of Public Informa
ti
In a bulletin styled "official expoee"
the coinraittee quotes numerous let-
ters, seized by the Department ot
Justice in April, 1916, in a raid on
the New York office of Wolf von
igel. Von Igei, in carrying on his mane
cold anti-American activities, docu-
Meats ehow, was in constant touch
With the German Embassy, and with
Count von 13ernstorft, then German
Ambassador to the United States,
"In the form of letters, telegrams
notations, cheques, receipts, ledgers.
cash books, eipher codes, lists of spies
and other memoranda," the committee
says, "were found indications—in
some instances of the vaguest nature,
ai.ers of the raost damning con-
clusiveness—that the German Imperial
m
Governent, through its representa-
sciotct liotvaneeetelconcerned de wthiethn:triendly nation, was
"Violation or the laws of the United
"Destruction of lives and property in
merchant vessels on tbe high seas. •
"Irish revolutionary plots
against
Great Britain.
"Fomenting ill -feeling against the
United States In Mexico.
"Subornation of American writers
and lecturers.
"Financing of propaganda.
"Maintenance of a spy system under
the guise of a commercial investiga
tion' bureau.
"Bubsidizinga bureau for the pur-
posetionpolfansttise.ring labor trouble in muni -
"The bomb industry and other re-
lated activities."
The committee, of which Secre-
tafies Larlsing, Baker and Dahicis are
members and and George Creel chair-
nalioaini,andh:as this to say concerning
'HOLLAND IMPLICATED. -
"It has lone been an open secret
that Holland is merely a way station
for Shipmenteof cohtraband into Ger-
mane. Here is official confirmation
from the von Igel records which would
seem to indicate a suspicions and 'con-
fidential relation between the Holland
commission and the German diploma,
tIc oficials accredited to this country,
or possibly a belief' by the Germans
that they could nat successfully get
the enunitions• to their own Gauntry.
The message ?in epee with interlinear
translation is entered as 'A.2493' and
headed 'German embassy, Washington,
D.C., April 6, 1916.'
It follows:
"Telegram from Berlin by secret
roundaboug way for Carl Heysent.
Consent • sale, Holtand 3,000 chests
(-cartridges) and 200 tons powder,
Please get in touch with Holland com-
mission. Sender, War Minister, for-
eigu office, in representation.Hatse'
"
" `(Signed) feldt.
Prince Hatsefeldt was an official of
the German embassy.
The Hamburg -American line's bur-
eau of investigation, the committee
states,an"innocent pretending agency,"
was at the outset the secret service of
the Ilniburg-American Steamship Com-
eau. Under Paul Koenig, its. man-
ager, it zecame an adjunct of the Ger-
man diplematie secret service. A let-
ter dated July 20, 1915, from "Cr." one
of its operatives, to "7,000" (character-
ized by the committee as Captain von
Papen, former German military at,
tache)ntells of the payment of $150 for'
an unnamed person, under peculiar
precautions after the recipient had
made this statement:
ENCOURAGE IRISH REBELS.
"I intend to cause serious damage
to vessels of the 'Allies leaving ports
of the United States, by placing bonths,
which 1 am making myself, on board.
These bombs resemble ordinary lumps
of, coal, and I, ang planning to have
them concealed in the coal to be laden
fenthtley Awileineet;"
Money
from Ger-
oilsnteeyamaeprpsaor
man sources in tho United States
through embassy channels to Sir
Roger Casement, the Irishman exe-
cuted
evienraLlolnindecnse
tween the German diplomatic service
and the Irish revolutionary movement
are indicated in the captured docu-
ments," the statement continues.
"John Devoy, of New York. now ed-
itor of the Gaelic Atnericau, a vio-
lently anti-British paper'was one of
the active agents of this cohnection.
Significant entries appear here and
there; references to messages from the
German embassy at Washington and
the German consulate at New York:
mention of a secret code to be em-
ployed in communicating with him
and of 'cfpher decoy,' also a notation,
the (Waite of which remain undiscov-
ered, concerning communication re-
garding mahufacture hand grehades."
The following reference to Justice
Daniel F. Cohalan. of New York, is
contained, the conlinittee states, 15 a
letter found in the von Igel papers,
in cipher with interlinear translation.
numbered 336-16, and inscribed at
the tee "very secret."
"Judge Colialn required the trans -
Mission of the following remarks:
"The revolution in Ireland eau only
be successful If supported by Gere
inany, otherwise England Will be able
to suppress It, °Yen though it be ante*
after hard struggles, Therefore hell)
le necessary. This shotild eoltsiet
primarily of aerial attacks on tug
-
land and a diversion of the fleet siin-
tiltaneously with Irish revolution,
, All) Bit ZEPPELINS.
"Then, if possible, landing of
treepe,arnis, amerninitien in Ireland,
and possibly seine ()Mem from Zen-
pelins. Vile Would enable the Wall
ports to be cloeed againet Ettgland,
the estitblisliMent of stations for sub-
inerince on the Irish coast and the
cUtting off Of the supply of food for
England. The services of the revolu-
tion may, therefore, decide the war.
"Be asks that a telegrru to this ef,
fect be sent to Berlin."
This letter was signed "513284670-
230." It was addressed to Count ,on
Bernstorfa "Jmperial Authassaeor,
Washington, D. C."
A code message sent to Berlin was
given Na tai os owGe sr m:
ania insurance con-
tract certainly promised. Executor is
evidently satisfied with the protection.
Necessary steps leave been taken.
(Signed) "Henry Numan,"
Of this message the committee has
this to say:
"Not so innocent and harmless as
it looks, for what the message,really
means t
"Irish agree to the proposition. The
necessary steps have been taken."
"Information carefully and exten-
sively set forth in the secret dome
ments of tne German officialdom."
the communication continues, was
sometimes wide of the facts. For ex.
mete, a lengthy ineniorandum' of
March 1, 1916, transmitted by the
secret agent, Capt. Boehm, dealing
with the Mexican crisis, appears to
nave been largely the work of some
:ervid and projective ituagination.
MEXICAN CONSPIRACY.
"It predicts that the President will
attribute Mexico's antaAmericen -ac-
tivities to Gernaan money and incite-
ment, that he will all upon Congrese
to support him in radical measuree
(the prophet even attempts to para-
phrase •the language to be employed
.n the Message); that Congress will
indorse the President's stand, follow-
ing which upward of 150 German
4pies and agents were to be arrested
end the Ambassadors of Central pow-
ers were to receive their passports,"
After citing an extract from Cap-
tain Boehm's letter, the committee
states that he was "too loose of
ongue" for the good of his service
Ind, citing a report of the German
nilitary Information bureau of March
el, 1916, quotes the report as follows:
"Too great confidence in the silence
of his fellowmen, especially the mem-
bers of the American Truth .Society,
. . was probably the cause
of his becoming known here."
The committee's statement contin.•
•nes:
"So the notorious American Truth
Society, which so strenuously cleated
its pro -German associations, figures
as indirectly linked up with Ger-
many's secret representative. This
society is still extant, and Jeremiah
A, O'Leary, its moving spirit, is now
the editor of Bull, recently shut out
of the mails for publishing seditious
matter."
Many inventors, . the committee
states, are represented as having
plans involving the use of devices of
destruction. One entry is cited as
follows:
CONTRACTS FOR BOMBS.
"June 15, 1915. Sender G. S. Vier-
isk. Contents, enquiry as to bombs;
supply often Told to send further de-
o"ssibly the further details," the
statailtement continues, "are indicated
In another entry, four months later:
" 'Sender, Vierick. Contents, offer et
picric acid.' "Picric acid is a con-
stituent of many high .explosives."
An entry entitled "pure war ex,
penses" from the von Igel papers Is
madepublic by the committee as fel
bows:
"Edwin F,merson, e1,000, fair plat,
r. Braun), $2,000, fain play (Mr.
Braun), $1,500, Marcus Braun, $1,000,
J. Archibald, $5,000."
The statement continues:
"Concerning the identity of the last
entry there might be room for doubt
but for a signed receipt from J. F. J.
Archibald acknowledging the sum of
$5,000 from the German Embassy for
propaganda work."
The committee concludes its expose
as follows: :
"1,Vhile chiefly concerned with mill -
tem, affairs in Europe, the represent-
atives of a suposedly friendly nation
were keeping an interested watch on
our own activities in that line. A sec-
ret code message of April 11, 1916,
signed '1323246672946919,' addressed
Von 'gel to this effect:
" 'Herewith respectfully send an
extract regarding the troops stationed
in California and the armament of the
coast fortificatioase "
A NEW GERMAN
FRIGHTFULNESS
(By R. T. Small.)
Staff Correspondent of the Aesociated
Press.
British Headquarters in France,
Sept. 23.—It is reported that the Bri-
tish battalions which captured Shrews-
bury foreet and Bulger vood, to the
east of the former place, in Thursday's
drive, experienced a new kind of Ger-
man frightfulness. The advancing
troops are said to have scan fired an
with "flaming bullets." These bullets
set the men's clothing afire, . aud in
eevcral instances, according to the ac-
count received here, wounded men had
to be rolled in the Mild by their com-
rades to extinguish the flames.
'Using Bits of Etnbroidory.
Save any embroideries of denim
cushions, etc., after the material itself
on which the embroidery Is done, Is so
worn out that the piece is of no further
use. The initials front handkerchtlefs
all old lingerie can be but on new
lingerie again, They are ahnost at
ways as good as new. With the rest
of the etnbroideriee charming little
gifts can be made. The pretty butter-
flies in colors on a woraout etishien
Were it in the flaps of a child's White
apron. The trailing poppies of a
cushion were appliqued on. a hateiral
color linen garden apron, Other uses
occur front tinle to tithe.
Wigireel belieVethey are now Otte
perimenting with a imbstititte for lea-
ther. Wagg—iitilizing the by-produet
of the railroad eating stand sandwich
Industry, 1presume,