The Daily B » itish hi PAGES 18 YEAR 85: NO. 215 BOLSHEV PAD BY THE KAISER i Si EAPOSES LENINE AND TROTSKY AS HIRE- LANGS OF BERLIN. American Agents in Russia Uncover Secret Official Documents Re- | vealing Amazing of Blood and Gold. Washington, Sept. 16.--Proois removing any doubts that Lenine and Trotzky, the Bolsheviki leaders, are paid German agents--if indeed any doubls remain---are laid bédfore the world by the United States Gov- Intrigue ernment in the first instalment of | an amazing series of official docu- ments disclosed through the com- mittee on public information Obtained in Russia by American agents, these documents not only show how the German Government, through its Imperial Bank, paid its gold to Lenine, Trotzky and their immediate associates to betray Rus- sla into deserting the Allies, hut give added proofs, it any are neces- sary, that Germany had perfected her plans for a war of world con- quest long before the assassinations at Sarajevo, which, as the world now is convinced, conventiently fur- nished her pretext. These documents further that before the world war was four months old, and more than two years before the United States was drawn into it, Germany was setting afoot her plans to "mobilize de- struetive agents and observers" to cause explosions, strikes and out- rages in this country and planned the employment of "anarchists and escaped criminals" for the pur- pose. iRanking in their sensational nat- ure with the notorious Zimmerman note, proposing war by Mexico and Japan on. the Unjted States, these focument,. lay bare a new gtrata of sign. intrigue; a new view of the warkings of kulture to disrupt the Altes, standing between the. world a aiserigm. They aficiose a mew story of human treachery for gold which might almost well be de- seribed without sacrilege as placing ity perpetrators on a pedestal with Judas and his 30 pieces of silver. Typical German Intrigue. The intrigue appears to have been carried down to the last detail with typical German system. It will be revealed comipletely in a series of seven articles furnished by the com- mittee op public information. . The disclosures show that the Bolshevik revolution .which threw Russia into such orgy of killing and excesses ds the world seldom has seen, actually was arranged by the German general staff. They show how the pald agents of Germany be- show | {ot J. C. Watters, the present holder of that office, is James Simpson, who is supported by the Toronte Typo- graphical Union, Mr, Simpson-is a present in New Zealand, where he is conducting a temperance campaign. The French Have Captured Town of Vailly, East of ~ (Canadian Press Despatch) 'With the British Forces in France, Sept. . 16. Field Marshal - Haig's | forces continued 'their steady im- provement of the British line at nu- merous points yesterday and Tast | night, The most important gains re-| corded were in the Ypres-Comines ca-| nal sector, where an advance ot.gbout | 1,000 yards was achieved in the| neighborhood of the canal and in the | Havincourt zone, where posts were | established along the Canalu Nord, | to the east of Demincourt, thereby | | giving the aggressors a better posi- | tion for future operations should | they be undertaken. The German | artillery has maintained a steady | bombardment at Havrincourt/and in| the surrounding territory, [ ---- | French Capture Vailly, | (Canadian 'Press Despatch.) | Paris, Sept. 16.--The town of Vail-| ly, on the north bank of the Aisne,| east of Soissons, has been captured | | by the French, The French have { contigtied their progress between the Oise"and isne and captured Mont des | Singes, FOUNDER OF EMPIRE DAY MOVEMENT DIES !Mrs. Clementina Fessenden, Noted For Patriotic Zeal, Passes Away. LATE MRS, FESSOENDEN. Hamilton, Sept. 16.--Mrs. Cle- mentina Fessenden, founder of Em- pire Day, a patriotic movement that became nation-wide, died at her home here Saturday, following a se- vere illness lasting three weeks. De- celusgl was over seventy years of age. i Mrs. Fessenden, who was noted for her patriotic zeal and service to the State, was, the widow of Rev. E. J. Fessenden, rector of St. John's Anglican church, Ancaster: the sister of Judge Treholm, of Mont- real, and mother of Professor A. Fessenden of Boston, who gained much distinction for his discoveries in wireless telegraphy. Two otner sons,-K. H., of Kamloops, B.., and C. R. T. Fessenden, of this city, sur- BRITISH CONTINUE { TO MAKE ADVANCE | Soissons, i | i I | ------ reat CANADIAN LINER IS ~ KINGSTON, ONTARIO, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1918. TORPEDOED C.P.R. S.8. Missanabie, which 'was in service as transport, sunk Sept. 9th, sécond day out from British Atl At it. VP is, GERMANS CAUGHT CLEARING OUT They Were Moving Hon the Salient " WHEN YANKEE GUNS SPOKE AND WERE UNABLE TO REPLY AO THE FIRE. Prisoners Say the Hindenburg Line is Untenable---American Success Frees 155 More Square Miles of French Soil. 'With the American Armies on the Metz Front, Sept. 16.--The Hinden- burg line is under continuous shell- ing from heavy and light American guns. Numbers of Germans' were caught pehind the American lines. It is now permissible to state that the task of wiping out the salle] ent, which had existed for four! years, was actually accomplished in twenty-seven hours. The German! defence was so caved in that the Americans advanced hours ahead of their time-table everywhere. The Allies retain supremacy the air, completely preventing Ger- man attempts to attack with ma- ehine guns and bombs the roads Which are heavy with traffic. (Many officer prisoners | say the Hindenburg line is untenable in its present state. They said they ex- pocted an attack on September 15th, and the artillery had been ordered to move from the salient on the | Midvale .. | Dom. Steel of'] Oc port. ma BTOCK MARKETS, iii cvs ei. ees CRUSHING. VICTORY Ryerson & Co.. Bagot mereet. New York Stoc 0 pen N.Y.C. ..! .- 73 Reading .. .. 87% Southern Pacific ... 853% So. Pacific .. +. we 122% Marine .. .« +. 4 Marine, pfd. .. Gen, Motors .. Studebaker .. .. . 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Edmonton, Alta., Sept. 16.-- Close Close 18 FOCHS PLAN 55 Foundation Stones of 3 Creal Win- Are oa il Being Laid. 6% | 05% | | p.m. | 73 | 7 8 8 2 0 it DECISIVE BLOW COMING. 883% | 67 80% | 2914 | 80% | Foch's Latest Stroke on the Arlette 093 | Are Succpeding--An Early 0f- 52 fensive in Flanders is Expected. | London, Sept. 16.--The first part of the new French on both sides of . -|the Allette river is meant 'to 'out- 44% | flank the foundable St. Gobain 67A. [Massif -on the south..--The-seeond na | part of the drive between the Alsno 25 {and the Vesle rivers is likely to | place the Chemin Des Dames in similar danger. Both drives ar: likely to converge on the important city of Laon. It is felt that this, like the St. Mihiel operation is meant to be only another foundation stone on which Foch will eventually build a really emashing success. An early offensive by the British on the Flanders front is' looked for. When that comes the German line will be in action from the séa to the German border in Lorraine, A crack-up in some part of the line is bound to happen sooner or later. The Germans cannot stand for even such terrific blows ag the Allies have launched recently. When such WHEN MORE CRACKS ARE MADE IN HUN LINES. 66134 71% 55% 53% 49% 71% 72% 73% Hon. ! sions Board trayed Russia at the Brest-Litovsk | vive. Thus, A. G. MacKay, Ministér of Munici- a break comes Foch 'will seize his in J. K. L. ROSS RESIGNS AS PENSION HEAD His Opposition to Civil Service Appointments Said to Be Cause. Ottawa, Sept. 16.-- Commander J. 1 K. L. Ross, of Montreal, has resign- ed the office of chairman of the Board of Pension Conrmissioners, which he has held since the organi- zation of that body. Some time ago Mr. Ross voiced objection to the placing of the duty of making ap- pointments to the-staff-of the Pen- in the hands of the Civil Service Commission. The Pensions Board, like the De- partments of the Government and other commissions, was by the legis- lation of the last session of Parlia- ment brought under the jurisdiction of the Civil Service Commission in so far as appointments and promo- tions of officials were concerned. Mr. Ross wag of opinion that the Pensions Board should be left free to make appointments to its own staff. This opinion, it is under- stood, has led to his resignation. Mr. Ross, a wealthy business man, has been active in public ser- vice since the outbreak of war. He handed over his yacht to the naval service fop~t\ge as a patrol boat. He served himself in the navy"and at- tained the rank of commander. When the Pensions Board was or- ganized Commander Ross accepted the chairmanship and gave his ser- vices without remuneration SHORTAGE OF MILLION BARRELS OF PETROL Is Garfield's Estimate--Deple= tion of Supplies 60,000 Barrels Daily. ---- Washington, Sept 16. --Stirred by vague reports of a serious situa- tion regarding the country's. oil supply, Congress is seeking all the facts in an effort to provide a re- medy Three efforts are now under way to get before Congress and the coun- try 'the truth regarding oil upon an adequate supply of which a great deal of war activity depends. Figures Garfield has submitted forecast a deficit of 1,000,000 bar- rels this year in gasoline. Figures compiled by oil men for the finance committee show daily depletion of the crude oil reserves of sixty thou- sand barrels. Members of Congress from oil producing States declare production is lessening, and they blame a gov- ernmental policy for this condition. THE GALWAY CASTLE HAS BEEN TORPEDOED And 189 Are Missing--There Were Women and Children Aboard For Canada. (Canadian Press Despatch) London, Sept. 16.--The British steamer Galway Castle, 8,000 tons, with 960 persons on board, among whom were 300 women and children, has been torpedoed, The missing number 189, of whom 120 were pas- sengers,, The Galway Castle left port for South Africa on Tuesday last and was torpedoed on{ Thursday in a stormy sea. Hundreds of the pass- engers were rescued by attending steamers, but twenty first class, ten second class and ninety third class passengers are missing, in addition to thirty-four of the crew, a total of LAST EDITION PEACE PARLEYS MRE. SUGGESTED By AustriaMungary at Some Neatal Mezting Pla. | WANT EXCIAGE OF VEWS SEE IF NEGOTIATIONS WOULD BE WORTH WHILE, TO The War-weary Enemy Stats the . Long-looked for Peace Offensive That the Allies (Were Warned About. pis (Canadian Press Déspatoh) Amsterdam, Sept. 16.--Aystro- Hungary has invited all belliger- ent governments to entgr dnto a non-abiding discussion at some neutral meeting place with a view to bringing about peace. The Holy See and all neutral countries wiil be notified. An oficial statement from Vienna making the above announce- ment 'has been received in Amster- dam.» The object of the conference would be to secure an exchange cf views which would show whether thos pre-requisites exist which would make the speedy inauguration of peace negotiations appear promis- ing { n The Austrian proposals suggest that there be no interruption in the war, but 'discussions would go only §0 far as considered by the partici- pants to offer a chance of success." Useless Peace Talk. (Canadian Press Despaich) Washington, Sept. 16 Referring to the Austrian peace talk, it was stated in official circles that "Aus- tria is cracking and instead of wast ing time with worse than uselcss peace talk, now is the time to strike her the hardest." Important Conference. (Canadian Press Despatch) Amsterdam, Sept. 16.--There were important conferences in Berlin on Sunday regarding the Austrian peace note. Chancellor von Hertling, the president, and all the military and . State leaders of Germany were pres ent. #5 Plans Doomed To Failure, (Canadian Press city New York, Sept. 16 he Adsocl- ated Press this morning issued the following: While Austria was prepar ing her note to the belligerent na- tions proposing that they meet for a formal discussion of péace terms in a neutral country, Germany was mak- ing ready to make another offer of separate peace to Belgium, If official sentiment is reflected by newspaper étomment at the Entente capitals, the efforts of the Central Powers to reach a peace by negotiation are doomed to failure. In London and Paris the offer of Austria was very coldly re- ceived, while at Washington it is pointed out that the United States will not entertain any peace tenta- tives that can,-at best, bring about only a temporary respite from hos tilities and will leave Germany and Austria free to break the peace offer night of September 11th. they said, the American barrage caught the Germans when they were unable to retaliate. opportunity and drive through the hope of scoring a really deci- sive, crushing victory. 154. The bodies of th at any future date. Even in the Ger- r {f the child- ren, who had died, Yhre brought ashore. The captai nd several of man press there seems to be little hope that the Allies will azree to Mrs. Fessenden witnessed the jecrowning of her patriotic endeavors when the Imperial Government es- "peace" conference; how German staff officers secretly have heen re- ceived by the Bolsheviki as military palities and PubMe Health, in Pre- mier Stewart's reconstructed Cabi- net, wag the only candidate put up advisers; how they have acted as spies on the embassies of the na- tions with which Russia was allied or at peace, how they effectually have directed the Bolshevik foreign, domestic and economic policy wholly in the interest of Germany and to the shame and degredation of Rus- They show how a picked German commander was detailed to "de- fend" Petrograd against the Ger- man army, . 0 IN QUEBEC Coolie and Mil Ser= vice Act Are Two ing 4 A ------ A {Canad Press De: ch) ' pi Bont. 16. Fhe thirty- fourth anhual convention of the Trades and Labor Congress in Can- ada was opefied this morning in the Columbus Hall, with 418 delegates from all pants of the Dominion in at- tendance. According to a statement of P. M., Dr , Secretary-treasurer of the congress, the principal subjects + to be-discussed will be the question * of coolie Jaber in Canada, a question which Mr. Draper says is causing real to men, particularly in ) (Resolutions usking for the re- tary Service Act and tion of all union in means of meeting can- i tablished Empire Day which is now celebrated throughout the British Empire. * * SERBIANS CAPTURE BULGARIAN POSITIONS. # (Canadian Press Despatch.) #* Washington, Sept. 16.-- # Launching of an offensive + against the Bulgarians on the + Saloniki front by th re-organ- 4% ized Serbian arms in co-opera- # tion- with French forces, and + the capture of three strongly # fortified Bulgarian positions, th announced. TEPPER RRR EERE RRR PREY WAS A CENTENARIAN. . Mrs. William Brebeau, of Cornwall, Dies at Age of 101. «Cornwall, Sept. 16.--Mrs. WAil- liam Brebeau, an old resident of the fown, died at the home of her som. William Brebeau, Thursday, at the age of 101 years. She was born near St. Raphael's, Glengarry County, close to the Quebec border, her maiden name being Jennie La- fave. Until two months ago her eyesight was good and she was quite smart up to three months ago, een she was forced to take to her and his family up to Sunday morn- ing last, when she sutfered a slight _stroke. : Epp t etsy aa ence, Says Balfour. (Canadian Press De: eh) 1 Sept. 16. doh A. & Balfour, ¥ 8 vo X British Foreign Secretaryy speaking at a lunch to a number of visiting Dominion ists. sald in regard to the Aus tria ce honestly s Encounters: with' hostile and patrols have taken pi Ueighborhood of \ She conversed with her son |} eon given to-day || (The American bombardment started at 1 a.m., September 12.) Freed 155 Square Miles. Thirty-six hours of fighting net- ted Gen. Perghing's forces approxi- mately 156 square miles of territory in the St, Mihiel salient, which has been in German hands since the autumn of 1914. Nothing could better illustrate the increasing weakness of the Ger- man arms than the ease with which thé Franco-American forces en- trusted with the task advanced in the St. Mihiel salient. It is true the operation was admirably planned and carried out, but one rarely has witnessed anything like the ease of that first day's fighting. : at the nominations by acclamation. To. Fell Famous Woods. London, Sept. 16.--Two hundred and fifty Canadian foresters about to fell the famous woods of the Duke of Devonshire at C worth, Derbyshire. § Premier Lenine and War Minister Trotsky made all preparation t cape tu Switzerland a month ago Toronio milk dealers*tefuse to pay the increased price asked by the ducers up there, In the British operations as the YpresiComines canal prisoners and machine guns were taken. Help This Cause GT The Catholic Army Hut Appeal which will hell this week of His has be age eral, and Excellency the endorsation of Sir Robert , 'is under the patron- the Governor-(ien- {Borden and Sir Edward Kemp, Overseas Minister of Militia; General Turner, commanding the Ca- nadian troops in England, and many other pro- minent men who are in a position portant work done in these to appreciate the im Army Huts. 5 With reference to this appeal Sir Robert people. Am ribution." - week. cause Borden says "Am glad lo comurénd the efforts of the Knights of Columbus in raising a fund for supplying the Canadian troops 0 with war huts and eomforts. The the fund must command the Sup forwarding by firs n battlefield. pur, of port of all our mail my con- Rr will help x ooet in Athabasca, and is therefore confirmed in office know and war Tidings. Count von Hertling, the Imperial FGerman chancellor, is convinced peace is nearer than. generally sup- posed The Prussidns are defied by social democrats who want an end of the franchise cody and the. dissolution of the Landtag. Germans are carrylug out dia- bolical! practices in destroying vil- lages and towns by mines, poison- © 5°! ing rivers and wells and generally ; making life impossible for retyrn- ing refugees. =u Parisiens' faces beamed, when the newspapers told them of the Ameri- can's success in the St. Mihiel see- tor. The British made further pro- gress in the region north-west of St. Quentin and in Flanders near Labasse Saturday night. . The Germans are continuing bombard Rheims cathedral. north tower threatens to fall. The American hospital organiza- tion in preparation for the Ameri- can offensive in the St. Mihiel sali- ent was practically perfect. Elimination of the St. Mihiel sali- ent by the first big American o! sive and the consequent 'rednction of that sector by 22 miles gives the Allies 2 much better base "fbr fut- ure offensive sparatiogs . Austro-Hungarian pdtrols, which approached, the Italian lines on Monte Corno, were d. The number of prisoners captur- ed by the British in the Trescault and Havrincourt sector exceeds fif- teen hundred. ie Americans at their doors and 8s of long-range gums to be | loose on them have caused are hats- pro- tride to The ps where. the Oisne and the Aisne Mar. | ment creates the third A collector will eall upon you during the ni Y bseripti : cite 7 Sriptioy the officérs are reported to have been still on board the ship when she was last seen and sinking. The Central News's account of the sinking says that one of the life- boats was driven by a stormy sea inst "the ghip's propellers and smiashed. One of the steamer's pas- sengers, the account adds, was Henry Burton, minister of railways of the Union of South Africa, whe was saved, and Major Rabuntine, a member qf the South African Parlia- ment, who is missing. The missing from the torpedoed Galway Castle number 189. They include 120 passengers, 36 naval and military officers and men and 33 of the crew. Ninety third class passengers were without exception women and child- ren. The liner floated for two days in charge of the captain and volun- teers. INDUSTRIAL PEACE. No Interruption of Production Will be Tolerated. Washington, Sept. 16.--Presi- dent Wilson took a hand to-day in the enforcement of industrial peace and.continued war production. In effect, he gave notice to employers and employees alike that no inter- ruption of production will be tole- rated; that both the Government powers of commandeering and the work or fight order will be applied rigidly where necessary to deal with recalcitrants. ; S Judge Trenholmd Leaves Bench. Ottawa, Sept. 16.---Justice Tren- holme, Montreal, who has been a Justice of the of King's Beneh of the Province of Quebec for many years, has presented - his resignation to the Government, and it has been His retire- vacancy in the Quebec courts. meet the representatives of the Cen- tral Powers. Along the battle line, the British are creeping nearer the Hindenburg line in Picardy. Maissemy, north- west of St. Quentin, has been taken from the Germans, who were also forced out of Holnon wood further south. The Gérman retirement in the Flanders area is still going on, the British pressing closely on the heels of the enemy us he oxtricates his forces from the perilous salient into which he rushed last April, ADVANCE THE LINES AT SEVERAL POI a-------- The British Have Been Doing, Good Work on Various - Fronts. (Canadian Press Despatch) London, Sept, 16.--British, troops last night advanced their line north of thé Arras-Cambral road, establish ing a post in the vicinity of Sauchy- Cauchy and Oppy, according to to- day's report from Field Marshal Haig. On the Flanders front the Brit Ish pushed ahead in successful oper- ations on Comines-Ypres canal front for depths of two miles. Parcoled Man , Toronto, Sept. 16--8o0 good an impression did Arthur Miller create while at Portsmouth penitentiary that he was allowed out on parcie with twenty-two months, of his term to run. Saturday in the police court Miller was sent back for two and a half years for the theft of $25 from a man on a er street - car. Cheese sold at Iroquois at 22%¢c. and at Alexandria at 22 %ec, the 'dda FORTRESS METZ FACES AMERICAN ATTACK. {Canadian Press Despatch.) London, Sept. 16.--Genera Pershing has made an advance of from two 10 three thirty4hree mile front Peeee Bere sttte satire