12 PAGES YEAR 85: NO. 212 > "Western Sides of the ~~ and twenty-mile iront in the Lorraine region. : lasting four hours American and French infantry sw ept for- of several points on the German The assault was everywhere successful. : The attack made by the Freneh ward and fook possession first line. saul The weather is fine. and Americans was a most daring one. southern side of the St. Mihiel salient was made along a distance of twelve miles; the attack on the western side was \ There has been a great coneentra- on a front of eight miles. tion of Franco-American artille in operation in large numbers. Take Main Cambral Defence. (Canadian Press Despatch.) London, Sept. 12.--RBritish ing of Canal du Nord, north-west of the town of Havrin- The canal line here forms the main defence of Cam- A short distance British have pushed to the westerly bank of the canal east anc north of Moeuvre, and established themselves there. a British troops have captured the towns of Vermand, Attilly| and Vendelles, all on the front north-west of St. Quintin. the advance towards St. Quentin they have progressed as| far as the western outskirts of the Holnen wood south-east The Germans offered a stiff opposition in the Moeuvre sectors, court, brai on the south-west, of Attilly. Havrincourt and took. Paris.' 3 A REAL VICTORY + IOAN BE ACHIEVED. +* -- #+ (Canadian Press Despatch.) Manchester, Eng., Sept. 12. LAUNCH A BIG ATTACK -mile Front Along the Southern and ee riecile Fron St. Mihiel Salient and Make Good Progress--British Take Main Cambrai Defence. \ (Canadian Press Despatch.) With the American Force in France, Sept. 3 4 merican forces to-day launched a new attack on 3 Only raiding operations and artillery activity on the French front are reported in to-day's War Office statement from THE PENSION RULES An Order-in-Council Will Be 12.--French After a barrage The attack on the ry, and Entente airplanes are forces have effected a cross- to the north: the Inj which 'the British over- ARE TO BE REVISED Passed Widening the Scope, Of Germany This tank is passing a field dressing station, At, A tre A HUNS NOT FIT 10 OWN COLONIES (Terrible Indictment of Germany's Treat- ment of Southwest African Natives. RETURN OF ANY COLONIES WOULD RENDER THE ALLIES AS REALLY PARTNERS. in Her Unspeakable Crimes--{outh-west Africa Must Never be Returned to the Huns. (Canadian Press Despatch) London, Sept. 12.--The terrible * + + 3 + * * + + ad +» + +* * + +» + + * , + * + + * + + + + + +> "+ -* +44 George, gun. emy. but manity, of nations, as a whole. side. DIED NATURAL DEATH. Ministers Who Saw Late Hon. T. C. Casgrain Refu Ottawa, Sept. 12--The story which appeared last Saturday in Le Franc Parleur, a weekly French paper pub- 'lished in Quebec city, to the effect Hon. T. Chase Casgrain had died as the result of an assassin's was: branded was absolutely several members of the Cabi- he late Mr. Casgrain was visit- ed by several of his colleagues before his death, which was pleuro-pneumonia. The story, which appeared in the weekly and a resume of which was sent out over the Can- adian Press wires on Monday, was al- 1 to have heen divulged by a Do- a Father while the latter was that the late bullet, false b; net, | N against the a fow entered Joined by a hage det H.W. airplane troops have landed at assist the Allied troops -='Nothing but failure on the part of the [British mation can prevent our achieving a real victory," sald (Premier Lloyd The Premier that the (British casualties in the last offensive were 75 a of what they were v Premier Lloyd George said 'we are all for a league of na- tions, and that league already had been be- "To end all wars," the Premier sdid, "we must impose a durable peace upon our en- The Prussian military 'power must not only be beaten, Germany herself know and the German people must know, that their have outraged: the laws of hu- and strength cannot protect tham from punishment." sure foundation for a league the Premier said, was a vietory for the Allies. Peace must be of a kind, h» added, that commends itself to the conscience of the nations * It must not be dic, + tated by extreme men on either $ Concluding, the Premier # said we shall neither accept for + ourselves nor impose upon uur # foes a Brest-Litovsk treaty." * village Jitter minister died a few agp he died in 1916, -------------------- 'peasants who revolted Bolshevik Ss MEY are r 8 part of the popula- tion, says a tech from Copen- a deg broken out all the city. said in France be adjusted. In fact the olutions for pensions. are these: , must rulers hat Prussian Cou The only 9 PERCE S BL PIPE I REI REPL E PRBS Ear b be THE WORLD'S + * te Quebec Story. appointed Fuel robbery. French forces. caused byl" oo Alliance, , 'The story sald Government ried to have d and to have been 4 year ago. Ri L. Jacks and Ca were killed in an Beamsville. Joondlt fas the when he was -- h Bg Attack: Hoi Rd "period o wo 'Ontario and Frink' afternoon. Halifax, N.S., Sept. in the scape of pensions for returned soldiers and their dependents are to be incorporated in orders-in-ouncil at an early date, according to Major B. L. Buchanan, traveling represen- tative of the Board of Pension Com- missioners, who is méeting with pen- sioners in Halifax who have claims to At the local branch of the GiW.V.A. Major Buchanan stated that the board has passed several res- widening the scope of Two of the most important 'First--~Prospective where a widow or mother or an in- valid father of a soldier wsa not de- pendent at the time of the death of the soldier, but has become through fllneps or other causes, the board has recolamenied that by order-in-Coun- cil the regulations be amended to have the pension paid such worthy causes. A second resolution was pass- ed recommending that the allowance now paid to disabled married soldiers also be paid to unmarried soldiers who are pensioners and have a de- pendent mother or father, pilot of a German Jovi near Zergy, Aug. 28th, eut. Miller Thompson, of the Am- erican air force, was a wo: At (Ogdensburg, 3 Seatt,, aged Rineteen, ax jumate of o the «ity orphanage, is in a dying at the Hepburn Hospital| with TIDINGS IN BRIEF FORM Tidings From All Over Told in a Pointed and Pithy Way. Joseph H, Parker, master in cham- bers, Regina, has been appointed dis- trict court judge for Yorkton, Sask. R. Home Smith, Toronto, is to be Commissioner for Ontario in succession to R. C. Harris, Clarence Brackenbury, Brantford, wag sentenced to two years in the penitentiary on- charges of highway The Germans are falling back on fronts on each side of the St. Mihiel | salient before the American Nebraska, | The captain of a company of "| 167th U.S. Infantry reports that the causes, such as plane brought ers toward the y N.Y. It of injuries received | his position. struck by an auto- At Earlville, N.Y., four persons were instantly killed! when an auto- | Cus tae passenger y {Western Railroad | 12.--Reforms dependency, and | twelve people were killed and eighteen in- Jjured when Burlington train No. 43, westbound, 'was wrecked. 2 At Watertown, N.Y., steps for the employment of a policewoman are expected to jbe taken at the next meeting of the Board of Safety. The London Daily Express claims unquestionable information that the former Empress of Russia and her|for four daughters have been murdered. Traffic earnings of the Canadian Pacific Railway for the first week in September aggregated an increase of $387,000, or 14.5 per <cent., over the corresponding week of, the labor market, sooner or later the $3,053,000, "Thomas indictment of Germany's treatment of the natives of South-west Africa is generally commented upon in the morning newspapers. The Daily Chronicle says. it is known = that whatever the future of other Ger man colonists may be, it is imposs- ible that South-west Africa should be returned to Germany. Native opinion there and in the territory adjacent to the union would regard its restitution with horror and con- sternation. The crimes of her own sons defensively forbid Germany's re-entry into this region of Africa. The Daily Graphic says that after Such an expression, the return of any oolonies to Germany would By J. Courtland Elliott. In view of the demand of the local sheet iron workers for an increase of twenty per cent. on their present wages, bringing the total since the beginning of the war to ninety-two per cent. which 'has been the subject of some comment, the fol. ing the problems created by the up- ward living costs and the methods suggested to secure peace'in the in- ustries. | If one were to seek the causes of the industrial unrest which prevails throughout the Dominion the coficlu- sion-would probably be reached that the recurring strikes and walkoufs and threatened strikes are the result of the enormously advanced cost of living. Bound up closely with this there is the realization on the part of the worker that the country reeds his ser. vices at the present time as néver be- eo E --then that hiv dex mands for more pay will be met be- cause of the lack of help, he has less hesitation in announcing them, and, if they are refused, he knows that bes cause of the shortage of workmen in his re- other contributory antagonism of employ- union organization, the oplaymen: of enemy aliens, and so h, are exeréising an influence on the situation, but the main cause is to be found in the enhanced living costs. The result of the pressure imposed the high costs of living, together h the confidence in the security of osition, has about a : in the attitude of the worker. Te is becoming more independent and subservient, and the organizations which he holds membership are him to hecome: more con. "of his power, employers must accede to e, quests. Various One has only to tistics 10 note the tren in trade unioism to verify this At the close of 1913 the was 175.799 d increased to - KINGSTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, maks the Allies pamtmers in her un- speakable crimes. The Daily Teleg#iph holds that whatever former rman colonies may be returned after the war, South-west Africa a#sured must not be. RE-OPEN THE BLAND CASE. Methodist General (Banference Likely to Discus; Matter, Winnipeg, Sept. 18.-It is consid- ered very probable that the matter of the Bland-Irwin dismissals from the staff of the Wesley College will be dealt with at the Methodist general conference which will be held next month at Hamilton; The Manitoba velfarence uphela the board of the college. The Sas- katchewan conference in favor of the professors being feinstated, Both these professors were dismissed as their teachings tended more towards socialism than spiritualism, it was claimed by the board. IMPRISONED IN FORTRESS. Bolshefrik Have Shut Up Some Eng- lishmen and chmen. (Canadian Press Despatch) Stockholm, Sept. 12. --Eleven Englishmen and eleven French eiti- zens have been arrepted and impri- soned iin the forty of St. Peter and. St. Paul jini v aecord- ing to apparently relable informa- tion received here to-day from. the Russian capital. 'The Englishmen incarcerated include R. H. IN. iLosk- hart, the {British consul-general at Moscow, who was condémned to death by the 'Bolshevik Government but who escaped execution. The four-masted schooner Gov. ernor Powers was abandoned by its crew, after a collision with an un- increases } lowing article is of interest as show- ibe cost of living d glance at the, sta [rom of war. known steamer off the Massachusetts coast, 2 Bh ce SRN, EN ADVANCING FOOD PRICES AND INDUSTRIAL UNREST or {A Typical Family Budget Mas Advanced a Minimum of Nearly 46 Per Cent. Since the Beginning of the War-- Increased Wages Must Be the Result. opportunities for. their insistence for more wages and better hours, and the situation which has prevailed during the past few months of unnatural la bor unrest is but the 'beginning of a new era. The labor men have awak- ened to their needs, and the reconsti- tution and revision of the wage scale must be the answer to their demands if harmony is to predominate in the future relations of labor and capital. In view of the influenées that the cost of living exercises upon the in- dustrial situation, it is of interest as well as important for a elear insight to note that the index number of wholesale prices which is used bv the Department of Labor to denote the Auctuations in the price level has more than doubled since the outbreak of the war--to be exact, there is an increase of 110.99%, : Taken by groups, the increases from July, 1914, to the latest statistics js- sued for July MOIR are: July, 1914 150.4 195.7 « 1303 a 1 TY Eruits and vegetables . 131.2 Miscellaneous groceries 112.5 Textiles . 132.8 July, 1918 Jig.a 369.5 281.0 240.9 280.2 256.0 og Grains and fodder ,... Animals and meat , ... Dairy products 3 "rh on nr FIRE Metals and implements 108.4 Fuel and fighting .... 199.0 Building materials ... 130.6 House furnishings ,.. 128.8, Drugs and chemicals... 111.6 Miscellaneous . Nevin 1433 gob All commodities . 2840 A glance at the increase in She ous groups wi nstrate mous strides that have he ng Bys "#56 rq. 2065.6 250.9 - 94 293.1 Ie will TANK MANNED BY CANADIANS the day before was German territory. A AA i ca Attn ADVANCE. NORTH OF ST. QUENTIN The Ghurch Spires of That City Visible to the British. FRENCH AND AMERICANS PUSH FORWARD IN "HE ST. GOBAIN DISTRI, Systematic Evacuation of Doual-- Half a Million Germans Killed or Wounded in Past Two Moths. (Canadian Press Despateli) British Armies in France, Sent. 12. --The British have advanced their lineg north of St. Quentin. The spires of the city churches ars now visible to the Allied troops. The French and the Americans are pushing slowly forward in the St. Gobain district,. Rain has been interfering with the movements. ---------- | Evacuation of Douad. Washington, Sept. 12.--8ystem- atic evacuation of the town >f Doual, one of the important forward bases of the present German line in France, ig described in official ad- vices reaching Washington to-day. A vast amount of war material is being taken out of the town, the re- port says, including the equipment of the arsenal here, which was the 'argest establishment of the kind maintained by the enemy in the northern region of his advapeed lines. 500,000 Huns Left in Field. (Canadian Press Despatch) London, Sept.* 12.--During two months, the Germans have left five hundred thousand men upon the battlefields, of which 300,000 were dead, the Paris correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Company esti- mated to-day. New Hun Projectiles, With the British Armies in France, Sept. 12.--Just before the British launched their attack yesterday morning on the enemy trenches north-west of Polziere, below Gouze- aueourt; the Germans for the first time employed a new kind of projec. tile in an effort to drive the New Zea- land troops from nearby positions. The projectiles, which were about the size of oranges, were fired at bort range in salvos of from 200 to 00 each, and were sprinkled over an area of two to three m These projectiles burst into flame as they hit the ground and gave off gas, THE EMPEROR SPEAKS, He Has Dome Every Possible to Shorten Wak, Amsterdam, Sept. 12.--Speaking at the Krupp manition works at tT Wiitiam -- declarsd that everyone in the remotest corn- er of the Fatherland knew that he had "left no stone unturned to shorten the war as far as possible for your people 'and for the entire civilized European. world." Emperor William declared in an address to munition workers that Germany was at all timds ready to offer a hand on 'peace, but it took two to make peace, and no one party to the war could make peacs {til the otler was overcome. ' persons of the LAST EDITION ONE GOVERNMENT | FOR ALL OF RUSSIA |The Northern Administration at Archangel Issues a Mani=- festo of Its Programme. Washington, Sept. 12.--Contaot has been established by the Russian embassy here with the newly organiz- ed independent gdvernments in nor- thern Russia and Siberia. Ambassa- {dor Bahkmeteff, who long ago repu- diated the American Government as the official representative of the Rus- slan people in the United States and the new governments, which are co- operating, with American and allied forces, therefore have a spokesman in Washington. From the government of the north {at Archangel the embassy yesterday { received an encouraging despatch telling of activities there in co-oper- ation with the allies, and of the pur- pose of the new government to set up again a great and indivisible Russia, The norther®? government at Arch- angel has issued a statement: 'Not recognizing the treaty of Brest-Lit- Oovsk the government has set as its task the ejection of all Germans from Russia and the re-establishment of a great and indivisible Russia "The Russian army is again cre- ated, and on the basis of discipline. The allies are aiding us Mobiliza- tion Las been declared in the north- ern region. Desiring to securing real liberty and a democratic regime, the government of northern Russia, join- ing hands with other regional gov. ernments, has a final aim the for- mation of a single government for the whole of Russia, based on universal suffrage. The kof ern Russia appeals to all Russian citizens to rally around the banner of salvation of their native country, of the liberties gained, and the resur- rection of Russia.' THE HUNS NOW HAVE JUST 199 DIVISIONS An_ Evidence of Shortage In German Army--Sirength Is Inadequate Washington, Sept. 12.--New evi- dence of the shortage of man-power in the German army has reached Washington from an authoritative source, it was learned, showing that Seven of the enemy divisions on the Western front had been disbanded early for lack of men. There are now only 195 German divisions on the entire front, ac- cording to these reports, and of these there are only 16 that have not been engaged in heavy fighting of the present year. In at least eight divisions the battalion formation has been reduced. to three . companies from four, which means a reduetion of one-fourth in the fighting strength of these divisions. The report adds that the strength of thé German army i now entirely inadequate. Thesésreports throw light upon the underlying reasons for the great Ger- man withdrawal and complete aban- donment of the drive which was started last March. It was vitally necessary that the enemy shorten his lines to conserve his troops. By withdrawing to the Hindenburg line he has reduced the length of his front between Yyres and Rheims by about 60 miles, MERE BOYS SENT TO RESIST ALLIES The Boisheviki Keep the Sol- diers In Ignorance of Oppon- ents' Identity. Archangel, Sept. 12.--Many of the Bolsheviki engaged against the Al- lies in the north are ignorant as to the identity of the forces they apé fighting an American ocer who Has returned from the Bolsevik front with prisoners, informed the corres- pondent to-day. Some of the cap- tured Bolsheviki declare their com- manders claimed that the soldiers dressed in the umiforms of the Al- lied powers were only Russian White Guards masquerading. prisoner thought he against the Germans. o At one place the Bolsheviki sent a force of mere boys, 14 to 15 years old to the front, under threat of death, unless they fought against the Rus- s0-Allied forces, ~ Two soldiers from the Russo-Allied forces who had been missing for some days were found dead with their clothing removed. Apparently they had been shot after being captured. Fugutive: riving from Vologda, after a lengthy, roundabout jouraey, brought reports that a reign of ter. ror had been instituted by the Bol- sheviki in Vologda and that many vise class were] There is no was fighting being executed daily. confirmation of this, FOE FORTIFYING LIEGE. '° Civilians Are Deported From Mau- For Defences, Amsterdam, Sept, 12. Travelers from Germany state that thirty men of the 25th Ersatz Regiment, who the other day refused to depart for the front, were shot. At Oberhausen a soldier returning from the front told in a shop that his regiment nihilated near Bapaume, He was sen- tenced to six years' imprisonment in are making fortified Liege. Recently civilians from to dig tremches. vernment of north-| A NEW PERIOD Field Marshal Haig's Order Marks Change in the War. AWAITING THE NEXT BLOW BRITISH PUBLIO SPECULATES ON FOCH'S COMING MANOEUVRE It is Believed it Will Not be Long Before the Great American Forces Will be Into the Fight. London, Sept. 12.--Field Marshal Haig's historic order issued yester- day, set beside his famous "back to the wall" order of six months ago, pointedly marks the end of one of the most critical periods in British history. That the country has triumphantly issued from that dark period is ungrudgingly and grate. fully attributed to the timely assist ance given by the American nation, not only in the. field of arms, but also in the economic field. It is universally felt that Field Marsal Haig's order marks the be- ginning of a new perfod in the world struggle to which the nation is able to look forward with hope and con- fidence. There is growing evidence thut the enemy will withdraw to the Hindenburg line and try to make his stand there and begin a new phase of its defensive warfare. For the moment there is com- parative lull in the fighting opera- tions, partly due to adverse weath- er conditions. . The British public is now specu- lating with confidence on where and how Marshal Foch will strike his next blow, and it ig firmly believed Anothit |- a fortress. Rumor says the Germans 1 that it will not be long before the great American forces will be found taking a more prominent part in the operations. In the meantime all despatches from Germany and Aus- tria bring evidence of a new and rapid growth of the peace offensiye movement and the tottering of the enemy's home front. Promisent among these despatches are rénew- ed reports of a coming potitical crisis in both Germany and Auatria, BOSTON RED SOX WIN WORLD SERIES They Defeat the Chi Cubs Yin Final Gime By 2 Fenway Park, Boston, The Boston Red Sox are sential world's series champions of 1918. They defeated the Chicago Cubs. by a score of 2 to 1 esterday afternoon in a hotly fought game which was replete with fine fielding plays. Flack's error in the third erased the National League cham. pions from the world's series picture, the last to be shown on the baseball screen until she great war is over, Mays' underhand delivery held the Cubs helpless throughout. Thomas and Whitman made bright fielding plays. The official box score shows how the Cubs went down to defeat and the Red Sox became the wun- crowned kings of baseball, The score-- RH E. +. 000100000~1 3 2 so +. 0020000022 5 0 Batteries--Tyler and Killifer; Mays and Schang. : A NEW ORY FOR HEARD IN HUNGARY It Is Useless to Dream of Vic tory, Says Sourlt Karo= ------ # 'Bagel, Sept. 13.--President Wil- son's programme as & basis for pe- gotiations for peace are endorsed by Count Michael Karolyi, president of the Hungarian Ind party, A despatch from Budapést, g Tom a open Jotfur written > 0 aro to his elect : recommends an arly Te ' "A decisive military victory, de- spite its successes, is a dream it is useless to pursue, The condition of peace neg democratization of nations and abandonment of Imperialists' les. A second condition fs tha should not become slaves 80 the of a Middle Europe, either military economical, or political, and thi should not strengthens our - with Germany, which the fir, of thj IN THE STRUGLE -~ »