16 PAGES 168 he Daily Fos --... KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1918. 0h in LAST EDITION YEAR 85: NO. ES SOON 70 BE LOCKED IN GIANT CONFLICT The Germans Are Determined to Make a Des- perate Effort to Hold Their Positions--- Franco-Americans Pounding Steadily. (Canadian Pres§ Despatch.) HWith American Army in France, July 20.- The Associated Press says the battle zone along the front of the Allied counter- attack between the Aisne and Marne is being extended further south fownrds Chateau Thierry than the region previously af- fected, according to information early this morning. The Fran- eo-American forees are continuing the steady pounding of the northern part of the line near Boissons, although the movement is lacking the dashing advance days of the attack. which characterized the first The attempts of the Crown Prince's gener- als to rally their forces to meet the steady movement of Allies has resulted in such a strengthening of the opposition as to in- dicate that the battle is approaching a point when the armies will soon be locked in a giant struggle. Both on the northerh end of the line and farther south the reinfdrcell Germans are making 4 desperate effort to hold their positions. The weather was elear this morning and this gave some satisfaction to the thousands of men engaged on the were that the day The indications, however, exceptional heat. 1 Allied side. would be one of Piling Up the Prisoners. (Canadian Press Despatch.) London, July 20.--As a result of yesterday's operation on the Flanders front the British line. was advanced a breadth of 4,000 yards ithe Meteren sector, putildings southwest of the village, the group of The village of Meleren and known as Le Waton, are now held by the British troops. The prisoners {aken aggregate 436. Driving Germans Hack, {Canadian vress Despatch) With the French Armies in France (11 a.m.), July 20.-~The Entente Al- lied troops to-day are driving back the Germans on the southern bank of the River Myrne and are now ap- proaching. the river embankment, x Advances, ess Despatch) 20.--The French one front have ex- ce from Moute De (Canadian London, July ad the: fo PODEAN SHIP WAS SUNK BY MINE Twenty-8ix Lives Were Lost-- Brave n Went Down ith Vessel. a : Vancodver, B.C., July 20.-- Pas- sengers on a trams-Pacific liner brought news of the sinking off tie New Zealand coast of the asteam- Ship Wilwmiara, a yeasel of 8,900 tous with the logs of twenty-six dyes. A heavily charged mine in the shipping route betweén Sydaey and Auckland was responsible for --the 4 _ The Niagara had passed within a few hundred yards of the. spot Wheto the ~mine was ut th 'minutes bétore lost sh large crew and about 100 passengers. "Captain Rolin, the commander, in- the i Dassengers with con- LY fi; manner ii Moan ge the situa- oh on: mare ah his ship. pon ke, drat had a thrilling ex- ce, one open boat being in water for 3 hours before reach- ing shore. During this time one of the padsengers, & young girl named G Kennan, rowed the boat for a part of the 36 hours. The part of the New. Mand shore where the survivors: ed was in- habited or. a few Muoris, the ma- Jority of hol sca pell-mell : ng he an " 'boats ap- e shore. One of the : $ A Temained and ected the. to a re ranch twelve miles: yg "Most the passengers, ah omen, rere barefooted ' ght attire." This. wag the first marine dis- of auéh a nature to occur in and the Kalserin Paris. south-west of the city to Bel- lean, a town south-east of Soissons. The number -of German. prisoners taken in the Franco-Amerjican offén- sive now has reached 18,800. On the Rheims front the French forces have advanced for a distance of 1,000 yards, between Mouain and Auberive; the French also made slight progress near Pourcy. The French advanced on an average of one mile on a twenty-mile front be- tween noo yesterday and. nine o'clock last he r,.an GEN. SEMENOFF SAID TO HAVE HAD VICTORY But Where And When Is Not Disclosed in the Messages Made Public. (Canadian Press Despatch) London, Juin 20.--General Seme- noff, the anti-Bolshevik! leader in Eastern Siberia, says a Tien Tsin despatch to the Daily Mall, dated Thursday, has inflicted a sharp blow with heavy losses in men, stores and ammunition. The correspondent does not specify his opponents or date or place of the action. An As- sociated Press despatch from Pekin, dated Monday, reported that Gene- ral Semenoff again had taken the field and had occupied Sharasun. It was not reported that there was any fighting. THE WORLD'S NEWS IN IN BRIEF FORM Tidings From All All Over Told in a Pithy and Pointed Way. More than 300,000 women are at present engaged on land in Great) Britain, compared with 91 .000. Jast year. Lord Robert Cecil, Minister of Blockade, has relinquished his post, and will become Assistant Secretary of State for Foreign Alfairs. The body of an unidenti'ind man found on the shore of the St. Law- rence river, five miles west of Ogdenburg by two boys camping in that vicinity. Attorney-General"Merton E. Lewis, chief rival of Governor Whitman, for Republican nomination for Governor [of New York State, issued a state- ment announcing he would withdraw if Jot. Qol. Roospvelt would become a can- Ld MAJOR ASTOR ? fe ssTon ror, MAP OF SIXTY MILE BATTLE ne, WHERE HUN DRIVE IS BEING CHECKED The Allles have succeeded in checking the Hun In his latest desperate drive: In a sixty mile battle line the Kalser's troops have suffered severe setbacks, In which thousands of the Teutons were slain by the fierce fire of the allied soldiers. = U.S. CRUISER SAN DIEGO SUNK It Was AC First han That a Submarine BUF THS VIEW CHANGED IT WAS EITHER MINE OR AN IN- AERNAL EXPLOSION, What the Survivors Say in Regard to the Affair---Sallors Said a Tor- pedo Had Struck the Warship Amidships, (Canadian Press Despatch) Néw York, July 20.---The cruiser San Diego was sunk off the New York yesterday morning by a sub- marine. There (8s no report of a floss of life as yet. Positive information as to the canse of the sinking as well as to the loss of life, if any, was lacking today. Thirty-one sallors, who were landed at Point O'Woods, on Long Island, yesterday, sald that a torpedo had struck the warship amidships, following which two explosions oc- curred, Other survivors, among the 300 who arrived at this port on a tan- kr. lust night, were reported to have said that either a coast defense mine op an internal explosion caused the disaster, Other steamships, with survivors rs thar, were expected to grrive OW York or other nearby ports dieing the he day. CH By a To a Torpedo. » {Canadian Press Sespato Washington, Jul 20.2 he. belief that the cruiser San' Diego was sunk by a torpedo is expressed in a des- patch to-day from the chief of staff of the eruiser forces to the Navy Depart- ment. 'The despatch follows: "The captain of the San Diego reports that he 1s inclined to the belief that the ship was sunk by torpedoes. There are no conclusive factors, however, on which to base a definite opinion at present." STOCK MARKETS. Quotations Furnished: By Bongard, Ryerson & Co., 230 Bagot Street, 3 2.456 p.m. EQ... LN 54% " Fe TRE 149 Reading . v Southern Pac. $0. Rallway Bulon 'Pacific Marine-pfd. . Studebaker Am. Smelters Baldwin Loco Anaconada . .. Beth. Steel "bd" , Inter, Nickel .. Inspir. Copper | Rep. Steel . U. 8. Steel Midvale .. am. 'Sumatra .. Mex. Pete New York Stocks, Open 66 Brasfllan .. .. Can, Cement .. Qan. SHenmshlp Can, Car pret. .. Maple Leaf .. Steel "of -Canada , Corn. Op'n H " loss July ... 151% 161% 148% 14 Lowe. 162% 153 1495" 15 cus 153 - 7 } 163% 160% 15) © High, re 70% % and possibly more DEATH OF MRS. F. C. McGUIN. She Was One of Napanee's Most Be- - loved Citizens. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Napanee, July 20.--One of Nap- anee's most beloved citizens in the person of Mrs. F. 'C. McGuin pass- ed peacefully away at the ripe age of eighty-one years. Deceased was only ill a few days. Mwo daughters survive, Miss Sarah MoCuin- and Mrs. Robert Perry, (Boston. The funeral took 'place Friday after- noon. The remains were taken to Morven for interment. Mr. and Mrs. A. F. D. Lace and family, Toronto, 'are guests of Mrs. Lace's parents, Dr. and Mrs. Leon- ard. Ohlef Barrett is aftending the police conference in (Hamilton this week. St. Mary Magdaleéne's Sul- day school held a very successtul pic-nie 'in the driving park on Wed- nesday afternoon last. A splendid programme of games was carried out, after which an abundande of ice® cream was indulged in by the children. "In the evening a visit to the movies was enjoyed by the children. Miss Marjorie ' Flach, Pembroke, Piety Hill. Miss Margaret: Daly and Miss. [Elizabebh Waller. are spending a week with Mrs. Godfrey Bartlett, Hamilton. Miss - Lalu Charters, trained nurse, Chicago, is visiting her moth- er, Mrs. William Charters, Sillsville. Mrs. Margaret Whiteman, I.onsdale, spent a few days this 'week with friends in ljapanee. METHODIST HIGH COURT. Quadrennial in Hamilton n A Toronto, July 20.~--Officlal an- nouncement has heen. issued by .the Methodist General Conference special committee that: a strong committee of arrangements has been organized at Hamilton for the quadrennial meeting of the Me- thodist High Ceurt.-. It will open at Hamfiton on Oc- tober 2nd under the presidency of Rév. Dr. Chown, geénemal superin- tendent, and hold meetings regu- larly for three weeks. ~The homes of the Methodists of Hamilton will be thrown open to the hundreds of delegates. WORK OR BE INTERNED. Sydney, N.S. Aliens Give Up Idea of Strike. Sydney, N.8., July 20.--An en- tirely new development in Cape Breton, and perhaps in Canada, oc- curred yesterday when about fifty aliens who were employed as fire- men quit work without, it ls said, having given the Steel Company notice that they intended tn do so, and were ordered by the military authorities to either return to work or be interned. They returned to work. 8y Lieut. -Col Repin om" London; July 18. ™ Yatormation which has reached ne from Francs during the last 24 + reveals more completely the 2 tious. Sha racter of the German plans. It. now believed that not less Han 56 erman divisions are in Mine or in reserve from Cha- teau Thierry to the Argonne forest, and among them are many of their best storm troops and crack divi- sions, including three of the Imper- ial Guard Fo URL The new army under Gen. von Mudra, wl A " ment rmy , detgch Previously held the Mperthe sector in: the east of France, with head- eh at 'Strasuburg, is found is the guest of Miss Helen Wallace, | FOCH'S CHANCE HAS NOW COME Dramatic Counter-Blow is Thing For Which Allies Have Waited. BAD HOURS FOR HUNS INEMY IN QUANDARY As TO WHAT STRATEGY TO PURSUE. Philip Gibbs Says the Fate of the World Will be Decided Before the Leaves Turn Brown on This Year's Trees--End May Come Even Quicker. "The fate of the world will be decided before the leaves turn brown on this year's trees, and perhaps before the harvest is gathered in. I believe it will be declded in our favor "Phil. ip Gibbs. ---- 1 War Correspondents' Hefidquar- ters, July 20.--Wihile the battle in Champagne is being fought Dy French and American troops, tho British armies from Flanders to the Bomvme remain on the alert. The morning's news between . Soigsons and Chateau Thierry, with its men- ace of turning the enemy's right flank, will have a great effect on our men. 7 It is what we have been hoping for. It ig in the traditions of the Foch school of strategy, by -which he has had to deny himself so long because of enemy superiority ia numbers at the beginning of the offensive. But now at last the balance of numbers on the western front hag begun to tip in eur favor, and Foch is able to use his reserves with greater freedom and surety .of striking power, The enormous patience of the French general, whose motto 18 "attack," was put to the severest strain after March 21, when for many weeks he had to husband his forces and remain on the défensive. But this morning the hour of wait- ing thas passed, and after checking the enemy's 'enormous efforis on each side of Rheims, he seized the psychological moment to strike him on the right wing of the German WHOLE GERMAN OFFENSIVE KNOCKED INTO SMITHEREENS Ludendorfl's Plans Were of the Most Ambitious Character----No s Than Fifty-8ix Divisions in . Line or in Reserve. : the plan in the Champagne district up to the, night of the 16th, may very likely have caused the stroke to 'be postponed. In any case, I think We can assume the German plan now embraces the eastern defences of France in-itg scope and suggests an extension of the German line to the -Seine at least before the Ao vance on Paris continues. Failure in the Champagne dis- trict: knocked the German time- lable inte smithereens and placed e | and ae ve He kBOW ote coud find tw ive finer ier oe a gifted ch "The impression 1 derive trom the salient, between the Aisne and the Marne. Our own future depends intimate- ly on the progress of the French counter-stroke and on the necessity of the German Crown Prince for more' men to replace all those dead and bleeding soldiers who' le on slopes and in the valleys eas: and west of Rheims. He is as deeply engaged now as he was at Verdan, and cannot call off the baitie which he began after months of prepara tion. Twenty-four hours more of his- tory may decide which plans the German high command thinks best, but to-day, anyhow, they must be thinking 'hard, filled with doubt and apprehension. They are play- ing all but the last ecards so far ag offensive action and initiative may carry them. They must do what- ever they do within the next two menths or so, and after that they will be forever ox ._.the defensive, because their reserv * \power can- not maintain the same level as ours, with Americans legions behind us. The fate of the world will be de- cided befoe this year's leaves turn brown on the trees and perhaps hefore the harvest .s gathered in, I believe it will be de 1 in our favor. The enemy is =till immense- iy strong. (me's mind 8 stazgered by the number of men he has erowd- ed on to this western front. hat he is using :hém up apacs and we know he is mot replaciae {hem at anything like the ra'e of loss. He is immensely strong on Jur front, but so are we now that wa have had time to repair the losses of March and April and to prepara a closé® scheme of defence with positions which can only be taker. hy enormn- ous sacrifico of life. r------ AGREEMENT MADE, Czecho-Slovaks Proceed Westward Via Manchuria. $ Peking, July 20.--Gewr Horvath, commander of the anti-Bolsheviki forces in Siberia, Is reported to have reached an agreement with the commanders of the Czecho-Slovak forces. The latter, it is stated, will proceed to the westward by way of Manchuria. Gen. Horvath is quoted as saying that" he was forced to issue his re- cent dictatorship proclamation against his judgment; that he had little hope of success, but that con- ditions in Russia were such that he saw no alternative. PLAN TO COLONIZE ERIN. Settle . Country With Eaglish, Scotch and Welsh Soldiers. London, July 20.--+A newly pro- posed solution of the Irish problem is to colonize that island with Eng- lish, Scottish, and Welsh soldiers after the war, It is claimed the isle will support three times its pre- sent population if proper agricul- ture and industries ars introduced. Saskatoon Phoenix Sold. Saskatoon, Sask., July 20.--The Saskatoon Phoenix 'thas been bought by the Northern Publishing Company, Ltd., a new company re- presented by Charles O, Smith, for- merly of the Port Arthur Chronicle, and the London Advertisér. The new owners have already .. taken over the Phoenix. Mr. Smith will be managing editor. Curious Food Hoard. Amsterdam, July 20.--A curious food hoard has been discovered at k, says the South Hanover {an Gazette, in the parish church baptismal font. Investigation fol- lowing a denuneiatory letter reveal- ed six hundredweight of oats and a hundreweight each of rye und ns. The National Division Sons of Temperance re-elected C. E. L. G. Hobenthal of South Manchester, Conn., Most Worthy Patriarch. re- DIED ATER OPERITH TION FIERCE WAR 15 WAGING eT hei a (SOISSONS WITH ALLIES S50 FAR SOME 17,000 PRISONERS HAVE BEEN TAKEN, -- An Additional Mile on Soissons Front Has Been Gained---Metoren Is In the Hands of the British--Good Results Everywhere, Paris, July 20.-A docsated trom the French army in the field, filed at 2 p.m. on Friday, said the battle along the Franco-American front, between the Aisne and the Marne, was becoming fiercer. The Qer- mans are bringing up reserves. Despatches indicate that Boissons has been retaken. The French and Marites troops between the Adsne and the Marne yesterday took 16,000 German pri- soners, advices state. : Still On The Advance, € Janadian Presy, Despatoh Paris, July 20.--F neh and Am- erican trdops are toxay continuing their advance between the Aisne and Marne. South of the Marne the 'French have thrown back the ememy between Fossoy and Reuilly and have retakefi ground towards the Marne. The' Allied advance has reached Vierzy, beyond the wood of Mauloy, east of Villers Helon and Neuilly St, Front. The Germans lave been forced to bring up one hundred thousand re. serves to the army of the German Crown Prince as a result of yester- day's fighting, The French and Am- ericans, after fluctuations, have been ° enabled to strongly fortify the newly gained positions south-west of 'Sdis- sons. Sys Mariel Hutin in the Echo aris. o» Happiest Man x In World,' Paris, July 20.--"Last night when he na his troops on ominating Soissons th utd west, Gen il a correspo! mier nt a warmly shook the On his' return' the front mier Clemenceau od to his frien Il have shaken the band of the plest man in the world." ---- # Vierzy Captured. With the American Forces on the Aisne-Marne Front, July 20.--One of the towns taken by {he Americans was Vierzy, six miles south of Sols. sons. Towns to the north and south of this were also taken ing-out of the plan to iin arty. the entire line on the Solssons-Chatean Thiorey front, 0 resistance was encountered at Jierny or in the neighboring villages en, + An Additional Mile Added, London, July 20. Thue magi cye Franco drivg still continues. Ger- man reinforcements have not' stop- ped them. Seventeen thousand pri- soners are so far accounted for and three hundred and sixty guns. An additional mile, on Sissons front has beeh gal #0 = or ot Mined 'captu British yesterday prisoners were taken an chine guns. Mhree nde Soflery were taken in Baliiew -- on. + ' WOUNDED FILL, BHINE CITIES, German Empress Broke Down on Them. Geneva, Swit ne zeriund, July. 20.-- diers from the zome of Sifendive lon 2long the say, are being od E pitals at Cologne and ne,