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The Seaforth News, 1918-10-10, Page 3BULGARIA INVADED BY BRITISH CAVALRY IN MARCH ON USKUB Comeau liteinfoecemellte Fail to Stem Allied Advance-. 300,000 l3falgarian0 boomed if Allies Reach Uskub First.. A despateh from London says: The reports received en. Therpday em- phasized the demoralization of the Bulgarians who are retreating In eonfuslone loving behind an enat`- mous amount of material, and prob- ably many thousands of prisoners, as the allied troops strain every energy to got to Uskub and thereby make the vietoey complete, It is pointed out that the, Bulgar- ian army, estimated to aggregate 300,000 meat, is in a dangerous po- sition, but the victory will not be de - C.181•710 11 the opinion of the military • experts, until Uskub, the centre of all the .enemy's communication lines, is captured, If that le accomplished it is believed the victory will be num- bered among the few decisive ones of the war, The renewed resistanceeof the 13ul- garian rearguards and the arrival of German reinforcements in Macedonia have not succeeded in stemming the great allied advance. British cavalry on Thursday entered Bulgaria, oppo- site Kosturino, thus avoiding the Belachista morintains, which it was feared might bar its progress, while the Serbians, French, Greek, and Bri- tish troops routed the Bulgarians from either side of the great salient, which now stretches far into Serbia. The Serbians, who are taking the leading part in the liberation of. their country, are at the gates of Ishtib (one report says they have captured the town), and their cavalry, entering the town of Isvor, has cut the only remaining roadinorthward-that run- ning from Frites) to Veles, and along which a Large body of Bulgarians are reported to be attempting to escape, Unofficial reports also stale that Velee bee been occupied. This pro- bably will lead to an abandonment by the enemy of the Babuna moult, tains, which are considered virtually impregnable, A, Pater despatch says; --The Right Bons, Arthur Jamoe Balfour and Andrew 'Bonar Law aro ' conferring with Premier Lloyd George yn re- gard to the Bulgarlan armistice pro- posal. The British Government on Friday received from an official Authorized source an application from Bulgaria for an armistice, The application is reeerded as a serious movement, and, contrary to the report from German sources of the tixrmistice move, there is no sug- gestion that it Is the aetion of Pre- mier Mallnoff on his own initiative, The request, which is addressed to the allies, is for an armistice for the discussion of peace. Great Britain can only reply after consultation with her allies. It is understood that the official view is that peace with Bulgaria would have a ,prodigious effect, espe- cially with Turkey, It would free the -whole •Saloniki army, and hi cer- tain eventualities bring about peace with Turkey and thus free the Meso - potentia and Palestine 'armies and thus skill the German menace to the East. Moreover, it would affect ad- vantageously the world's, food situa- tion. From . the purely military. view- point the granting of an armistice to Bulgaria, it is considered, would be such a great advantage to 'her that it could not be granted without'severe conditions, such 'as possibly the evacuation of Serbia. RUMANIA RESISTS CENTRAL POWERS Victories of the Entente Have Made the Peasants Restless Under Teutonic Rule, A despatch from Rome says: -The situation in Rumania, according to Information received here, has be- come alarming for the Central Pow - ars. The Rumanian peasants made enthusiastic by the victories of the Entente• countries, are beginning to resist openly the German and Austra- Hungarian military. Local revolts have occurred at a number of places and the Rumanian Government has sent agents to Ber- lin and Vienna to obtain a mitigation of the Austro-Hungarian rule. The Rumanian 'Government is reported to have pointed out that if its request is rejected it will be unable to guar- antee the maintenance of order or avoid the eventualities of a sanguin- ary crisis. °It is the want of motive that makes life dreary. CANADIANS TAKE BOURLON WOOD: HAIL �l' ARMY WITHIN 3 MILES OF CA BRAT British Make Quick Progress in Cambrai Area -Hindenburg De- • fences Crossed at Several Points=Canadian Losses Light. r - A depsatch from London says: - British troops advanced to a point within three miles of Gambrel in a great attack made on a wide front. They took between 5,000 and 6,000 j�-„ea prisoners. The attack started short- ly after five oiclock, Some Ger- man guns, Including e complete bat. bery, were captured by Field Marshal Haig's nen. Haig's maximum advance en Friday was three :miles. The Hindenburg outpost defences were crossed at sev- eral ,points. -At two b'clock on Fri- day afternoon the British line- ran soubhwosb of Gouzeaucoturt, east of Beaucamp, west of Marcoing and east of Graineourt, where some of the enemy were still holding out. Thence It ran between Atmeux and Cantaing and east of Bourlon and the Bourbon Wood; a thousand yards west of Ral1- lencourt and along the road to Marco- ing. It is not known whether the British or the Germans hold Marco- ing. The capture of Bourlon is of the highest importance, becaulse it is the bulwark of Cambrai. It was captur- • ed, notwithstanding the waterline in front of it, the whole of which has now been crossed, The British are in a •good position to capture Cambrai. Even now the enemy cannot use bhe town, as the railway, roads and junctions are under the British fire. A despatch from the Canadian Forme says: --A great and impres- sive victory, and with relatively few casualties -that is the situation at this hour. Gur tromps are still pressing on towbrds the gates of Cambrai, The Canadian Corps opened the battle for Bourlon Wood sharp at 5.20 Friday morning, and before noon was reported to be in complete possession, while others of our troops were sweep- ing northeast, turning the enemy flank on the Canal du Nord. A great concentration of artillery; in which Imperial heavies and the converging' fire of British neighboripg corps matersally assisted, prepared the way for the infantry. They had a hard battle for the Canal du Nord, for, although it is dry at the point selected for the attack, in front of itchy -en -Artois,., it is a formidable embrasure a hundred feet wide and thirty to fifty deep. But soon their flares from the hills to the east showed they were making satisfactory progress. This is the fourth set show the Canadian Corps has put over since August 8, and its :developments pro- mise to make it the most notable of all. Ab midnight it began to rain, but it cleared up on Friday morning. Our infantry moved secretly from their old line, and''Thursday night toughed it out in the open, lying in old trenches or behind hill crests. There are always some tense minutes be- fore "zero," It is a pregnant hour. If the enemy is eippraised of the at- tach he will lay down a barrage on our concentrated troops and reap a hibter harvest; For several days he had been nervous, but he was again caught by surprise. Routed The Turks -General Allenby, who reports a smashing defeat of the Turkish army in Palestine. Many thousands of prisoners were taken as well as many guns. The British have captured Haifa (shown on the map) which is the terminus of the railway to Damascus, Y WQl{� Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 30 Marketsof the t to 31e; elegy bellies, 29 to 30c, Lard -Pure, .tierces, 30 to 3014ie; tubs, 30% to 31c; pails, ao% to 31iiel Breadstuffs prints, 33 to 333cec. Compound, tierces, Toronto, Oct. 1. -Manitoba wheat- 2531 to 20e; tube, 26 to 26%c; pails,1 No. 1 Northern, $2.24,1; No. 2 North- 9(Wi to 205:ic; prints, 27%_ to 28c, ern, $2.21%; No. 3 Northern, $2,1762' -- No. 4 wheat, $2,11%, in store Fort Montreal Markets Williams not including tax. Montreal, Oct, 1. -Oats, Canadian Manitoba oats -No. 2 (LW., 8774e; Western, No. 3, 98e; extra No. 1 feed, extra No. 1 feed, 84%sci No. 1 feed, 97%e, Flour, new standard gr'a.de, 845%; No. feed, 82 sue, in store Fort $11.35 to $11.455. Rolled oats. bug, William. 90 lbs., $5.20 to $5.30, ran l!37:25; Arnerioan corn -No. 3 yellow, kiln Shorts, $.14.25. Mouillie, $68. flay, dried nominal; No, 4 yellow, kiln No, 2, per ton, car lots, $17. Cheese, dried, nominal. e finest easter'n.% 24?%c. Butter, Ontario oats, nava crop -No. 2, choicest creamery, 47 to ei,e Eggs, white, 76 to 78c; No, 3 white, 75 to selected, 58 to GOc; No, 1 stock 1-:c; 77c, according'to freights outside. Ni. 2 stock, 49c. Potatoes, per rat, Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per cur lets, $2.40 to $2.50, Dressed car lot, $2.31; No. 3 Sinter, $2.27; hogs, abattoir killed, $28.50, Lard, No. 2 Spring, $2,26; No. 3 Spring, pure, wood pails, 20 lbs, net, 3la'i to $2.22, basis in store Montreal. 88c Peas -No. 2 nominal, at $2 to $2.50. -. Barley -Malting, new crop, $1.05' Live Stock Markets to $1.10. - Toronto, Ocf. 1. -Extra choice Buckwheat -Nominal, heavy steers, $15,50 to $16.00; ...Melee Rye -No. 2, nominal. heavy steers, $14.50 to $1.5.00; but - Manitoba flour -Old crop, war qaul- cher's cattle, choice, $12.75 to $13.50; ity, $11.25, Toronto. - do. good, $11.75 to $12.50; do, me- Ontaria flour -War quality, old dium, $10.50 to $11.25; do, common, crop, $10.75, in bags,, Montreal *and $8.50 tcf$9.00; butchers' bulls, choice, Toronto, prompt shipment. $10.50 to $11,00; do, medium bulls, Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mont- $7.25 to $8.25; butchers, cows, choice, real freights, bags included: Bran, $10.25 to $11.00; do, good, $9.35 to $36,40 per ton; shorts, $41.40 per $9.50; do, medium, $7.75 to $8.25; ton. do, common, $7.25 to $7.75; stock - Hay -No, 1, $19 to $20 per ton; ers, $8.00 to $10.50; feeders, $10.50 mixed $17 to $18 per ton, track, Tor- to $11,00; canners, and cutters, $5.50 onto. to $6.75; milkers, good to choice, Straw -Car lots, $9 to $9,50, track $90.00 to $150.00; do, con. and nted., Toronto, $65.00 to $75.00; springers, $90.00 to $150.00; light ewes, $13.00 to $14.00; yearlings, $15.00 to $15.50; spring lambs, $17.00 to $17.60; calves, good `to choice, $14.00 to $17.75; hogs, fed and watered, $19.50 to $19.75; do, weighed off cars, $19.75 to $20.00. Montreal, Oct. 1, -Choice. steers, $11.00 to $12,00: butchers' bulls, $7.50 to $8.00; butchers cows, $7.00; sheep, $12.50; lambs, $16.50 to $17,00. . Country Produce-Wholesole Butter -Creamery solids, per ib., 43%r to 44x%; prints, per .lb, 44 to 45c dairy, per lb, 39 to 40c. Eggs -New -laid, 46 to 47c. Dressed poultry -Spring chickens, 33 to 35e; roosters, 28e; fowl, 28 to ' 30e; ducklings, 83c; turkeys, 82 to 35c. Live poultry -Roosters, 20c; fowl, 123 to 26e; ducklings, lb., 22c; turkeys, 27 to 30c; Spring chickens, 28c. Wholesalers are selling to the retail trade at the following prices: Cheese -New, large, 23% to 24c; twins, 23% to 241,40; old, largo, 25% to 26c; twin, 26 to 2631c. Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 42 to 43c; creamery prints, fresh made, 48 to 49c; solids, 46 to 47c. Margarine -31 to 33e. Eggs -No. 1 starage, 50 to 51c; selected storage, 52 to 53c; new -laid, in cartons, 57 to 59c. Dressed poultry -Spring Chickens, 38 to 40c; roosters, 25e; fowl, 30 to 34c; turkeys, 40p; ducklings, lb., $5c. Beans - Canadian, hand-picked, bushel, $7; imp., hand-picked, Burma or Indian, $6; Japan, $7; Lima, 19c. Honey new crop -Strained, 60-1b. tins, 26c; 10-1h, tins, 27c; 5-1b, tins, 28c. Combs -Dozen, $3.75 to $4.50. Provisions -Wholesale Sterokod meats -Hams, medium, 37 to 39e' do, heavy, 30 to 82e; cooked, 51 to 53c; rolls, 82 to 33c; breakfast bacon, 41 to 45c; backs, plain, 45 to 46c; boneless, 48 to 50c. NO PRIVILEGES ALLOWED TO MENNONITES A despatch from Edmonton says: Opposition to the invasion of Western Canada by Mennonites is very strong and protests are being poured in from all over the country. Hon. Geoege'P. Smith, Minister of Education, has lost no time in making the policy of his department plain and has issued the following emphatic statement: "So far as the Department of Edu- cation of Alberta is concerned, no special privileges of any kind will be extended to these new settlers. They will bo required to conduct and sup- port public schools under the law of this Province, to use our authorized text -boobs, to use only the English language, to employ teachers with proper Alberta qualifications and to satisfy the regularly appointed school inspectors in the employ of the department" BRITISH TROOPS CONTINUE TO SURROUND THE SES►°O.F GALILEE Occupy Tiberias and Aimanan:Fourth -Turk Army Faces Alnihi. lation in Region East of the Jordan, A despateh from London Says: Bri- 'fact that Arab cavalry and infantry fish, troops operating in Palestine aro north of it. Areh and British areforces east of it, and British trope extending their occupation about the Sea of Galilee. They have ee- to the south, All these hie phessing inward on the enemy, while the Jor- eupied 'Tiberia'a and Semakh, on the dan, with the crossings, is in the borders oe that sea, and Es-Sumra, it hands of the ellies. was officially announced. The full Turkish strength in Pales - Pushing on the eaat of the Jor- tine is not definitely known, as hard- dan, the British have oocupied the ly two Turkish divisions are of the strategio town of Amman, on the same size or organization. It is Hedjas Railway. known, however, that .the allies had The British casualties during the to deal with 18,000 fighting men west offensive were lees than one-fifth of of the Jordan, with about 1,000 men the number of prisoners taken from on communications, as well as many the Turks, the announcement autos. thousands east of She Jordon. The fourth Turkish Army on the Palestine front is virtually surround- ed in the region east of the Jordan, and faces annihilation.by General Al- lenby's forees. '.The annihilation of the a,Fourth Army;'now hoped for, would complete the clearing up of the Turkish forces in Palestine, accounting for about 80,- 000 men. The precarious position of the Fourth Army may be seen from, the powers. A despatch from Lausanne, Switz- erland, says: Public irritation in Con- stantino le hes become so great ac-,. cording to a des,ppateh from the Turk- ish capital to the Lausanne Gazette, that rumors are again spreading that the Ottoman Government will. seek a separate peace. The Sultan himself, the message says, would favor a separate peace if he could obtain fav- orable eonditions from the Entente AMERICANS CAPTURE MANY GERMAN GUNS A despatch from the American Forces Northwest of Verdun says; Gen. Pershing's troops, in their drive between the Meuse and the Argonne Forest, made a great haul of Getman artillery in the region of Dannevoux, The American's capture included four big 8 -inch guns and eight 0 -inch mil- lhmetre pieces, and fifteen trench mortars, ten field guns and thirty- four, machine guns. West of Dannevoux the Americans captured twelve 77's, which are now being used against the Germans, a large amount of ammunition also having been captured. CAN :ADA'ST1917 FIRE LOSS AN INCREASE A despatch from Ottawa says: The report of the Superintendent of In- surance on fire insurance companies, just issued, states that during the year 1917 the amount paid oat for fire losses in Canada was $16,379,102, which is ae increase over the amount paid in the previous year of $1,265,- 039. Cash received for premiums by the 60 fire insurance companies doing business in Canada amounted to $31,- 246,580, an increase of 33,469,676 over the previous year. FRANKFORT BOMBED BY BRITISH AVIATORS A despatch from London says: - British airplanes on Wednesday drop- ped bombs on the Getman city of Frankfort, according to an official statement issued on Thursday even- ing by the War Office. 'Five enemy machines were shot down. Four Brit- ish airplanes are missing. FRENCH TAKE 10 FISHING BOATS SUNK BY SUB Canadian Shipping Suffered bine- August. , A despatch froth Ottawa say'si•-n Canadian fisheries auiferod s materlti , loss through the activities of a Cie ,r man submarine operating' offthe A. iantio coast during the month o August. The monthly statement 041 sea -fishing results issued from the Department of Naval Service shows that nine vessels from Lunenbut'g County, NS, valla:'* jpnn4 laden with fish worth $io.,._ sunk, One 'Yarmouth vessel wits -. geed catch of fish an board also fell a prey to the German raider, Not- withstanding' Its great loss, Pbhe quantity of cod landed /by the Lunen - berg fleet daring August was only, 4,80Q cwt,, less than during the saute , Month last year. The statement shows that the total value of sea fish, In first hands, caught in Canada during August, was $4,260,388, an Increase of $139,177 oven August, 1917. The quantity of cod, haddock and hake landed on the Atlantic coast was 66,063 cwt. less than last year, but herring and macic- erei were caught in greater quantities, the former by 52,166 cwt, and the lat- ter by 12,495 cwt. 10-0000 GERMANS' NEW SIBERIAN ARMY OFOO,OOO Splendid Victory in Champagne Sector With Capture of Cernay. A despatch from Paris says; The French troops in the battleline east of Rheims made farther advances on Friday, and in the two days' battle have taken more than 10,000 pris- oners and considerable war material, according to the official communication Friday night. The total advesace by the French has been about five miles at certain points. The French 'have cut the main rail communication of the enemy from Vouziers southeast- erly toward Rheims, "We broke the enemy resistance on the whole battlefront," said the , statement. "On file right we ad- vanced our lines a• kilometre, cap- turing Bois de 1'Echelle and Cernay. We freed the 'railway from Chal- lerang for four kilometres and pressed more thane two kilometres northward. "General Gouraud's many continu- ed on Friday splendidly to assault the formidable enemy positions in Champagne. Clinging to the inex- tricable maze of trenches, redoubts and labyrinths in which they were in- earthed, the Germans tried to op- pose our advance, but it was in vain. They are throwing in their reserve' divisions one after °she other, but our troops. with admirable tenacity, are carrying them one after another, all the redoubts bristling with ma-: chine guns. Our advance continues methodically everywhere. We are reaching the line of the hilltops." FRA CO -AMERICAN TROOPS IN SUCCESSFUL ATTACK IN CHAMPAGNE 8,000 Prisoners and 14 Towns Captured on 40 -Mile Front -Ad- vance of From Four to Seven Mlles -Menaces the German Line in That Vast Territory. A despatch from Paris says: - Marshal Foch delivered a new attack on Thursday morning against the Germans in the Champagne on a front of 40 miles, from the Suippe River, east of Rheims, to the River Meuse, just north of Verdun. The offensive was launched in a dense fog after six 'hours' artillery preparation, The Americans advanced to an aver- age depth of seven miles, penetrating the defences to a depth of nine miles at the maximum point. They captur- ed 5,000 prisoners and 12 towns:'The French made a gain to an average depth of four miles and 3,000 prison - ars have already reached the cages. The enemy, anticipating the attack, had voluntarily abandoned their for- ward positions. The Americans at- tacked on the right wing and the French made their assault on the left, Taken in conjunction with the al-• died offensive which has materially kept back the German front in Flan- ders, Artois and Picardy and along the' Aisne, the new drive of Marshall' Foch in the south will bear important fruit if it meets with suecesii. Drive- ing northward the entire western bat- tlefront would be shaken and of ne- cessity be compelled to readjust it- self. Lateral railway lines of great importance to the German positions between Laon and Verdun lie direet- ly in the path of the advancing Franco -American 'forces, Vouziers, an important railway junction on the main line from Laon toy Metz. is but 12 miles north of Servon, which al- ready is in the hands of the French. The Americans thr\ongh the capture of Gercourt, north-west of Verdun, are in the Meuse Valley, which leads northward to Sedan, and a little far- ther west at Varennes, have won the Aire Valley, which winds in a north- westerly direction to Vouziers. A succeesful advance along these two valleys for any appreciable distance would be disastrous to the German lines from the North Sea to the Swiss frontier, Ng, i14,1 U01.1rGrT TH4IPA OP WINO Ql1T 70 0AT WG. HAYS PANSY WHO Is A MIGHT` L t GooD cool u a ) rr'� D'EN'T Notri di1PP9i8 1 h1Ke• A LITTLO CHANGIs oyc. IN A W}IiLE$ 100 I}AYa L Y�OVR 1-01,10H OoWN TOWN r;+ I'4L NAYS AN °Urea cost<TAM±, some CREAM OF TomATo, SOME STI/IVSD cel -ani, AN eNG1I5tl MUTTON CH.4q . 1`t 6110(Hj FRIED POTAT0*6, FRENCH PlaA5, 467100E SALAD, epleFEE AND FR611CI \, PASYR 3131, ).ET ME NAVe A MAMHATTAit CogWatt, o4sfe*s ON 'Tee HA6F;$HF(-b A P1.AHI<p.o STEAK, RARE - FRUIT SALAD- • eerie CRASKFes = ANb• 1Henee • aistemareAr •1 k.__ • 2.• • � ' 30,000 Officers Available to Lead Conscripts -Army Under Strict Discipline. A despatch from Washington Saye: A despatch to the Russian Embassy on Thursday from M. Golovatcheff, Assistant Minister. of Foreign Affairs of the Omsk Government, said that an army of more than 200,000 men had been formed In Siberia by con- scription, and that there were 80,000 officers available there to train and lead it. The army is being organized on the basis of strictanilitary discip- line, it is said, and will constitute an increasingly powerful force to co-op- erate with the allied and Czecho Slovak forces in Siberia. Out of the chaos which has existed in Russia sines the overthrow of the Xerensky Government by the Bol- sheviki there is emerging a central authority which officials and diplo- mats here hope will be able, to re- establish order and renew the fight against the common enemy. WORLD'S BIGGEST LOCK NEARING COMPLETION A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie says: Work on the new Government lock here, which will be the largest in the world and will connect the up- per and lower levels of Lake Superior. and Huron, will soon be finished. Only the installation of the 1,100 -ton steel gates remain to be done. The foundations of the lock are built into the solid rock floor of St, Mary's Falls, The work of excava- tion was commenced in 1912. The total cost of the lock will be $3,000,. 000. CANADA'S NET LOSS • TO DATE 115,806 MEl4 A despatch fromeOttawa says,: To Aug. 14, 1918, the net looses in the overseas military forces of Canada in England and France were 115,806' officers, non-commissioned officers and men. This includes those killed in. action or died of wounds, died, miss- ing, prisoners of war, discharged as medically unfit, disable -eget' to take up, other lines of wax work and those - non-commissioned officers and men given commissions in the Imperial' army. It does not take into account offi- cers and other tanks wounded in ac- tion who have rejoined their units or are still fit for service overseas. TRAIN FERRY ACROSS CHANNEL ' A despatch from London says: A train ferry from England to France has been in operation for some time. Coaches and wagons for use on the French railways have been going over regularly for months, but re- cently the first passenger train was ferried acres% The ferry is abroad boat with rails laid on deck, which receive the train direct from the dock of departure. The train is broken into sections and made fast on the ferry's rails. On reaching its destination it is assem- bled and proceeds on Re journey. BRITISH COMMISIONS FOR 3,885 CANADIANS A despatch from Ottawa says: Canadian military headquarters in London state that tip to August 1, 1918, 8,833 non-commissioned officers' and men of the overseas military • forcee of Canada had been given corn nt(ssions As officers in the Imperial army:This substantial number of recognitions to the, rank and file of the Canadian overseas.army does not' include any iltdividua) Canadians who ggame on their own responsibility to plttgtand and losaed the Xmperial forces without beikigg .taken oil thy', tretigth of the overseas • milit:al. gorses of Canada.