Sherbrooke daily record, 10 juillet 1918, mercredi 10 juillet 1918

[" \u2014.i\t,\t.\t-\t________._____________ 'V ;# \u2022 f \u2022 Mi Sherbrooke Record.Established 1897 SHERBROOKE, QUE., WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1918.Twenty-second Year ACTIVITY OF ENEMY ARTILLERY ALONG WHOLE FRONT IN FRANCE MAY BE PRELUDE TO OFFENSIVE fifitisti Carff Out Operation in Flanders Front and Advance Line Short Distance.German Attach In the Villers-Oretonneux area Were Repulsed\u2014French Troops Retain Positions Recentlj Taken From Enemy in the Mont Didier Front\u2014Since June 15 French and American Troops Have Captured SABI Prisoners Including 60 Officers.(Associated Press Despatch) PARIS, July 10.\u2014Artillery duels on the front north of Mont Didier and south of the Aisne, near Chavigny Farm, where French troops have recently made inroads on the Ger-ïnan roads, were announced by the War Office today.ENEMY ACTIVITY IN AMIENS REGION.(Associated Press Despatch) LONDON, July 1 0.\u2014Considerable activity was developed early this morning by the German artillery and machine guns in the region east of Amiens, from the vicinity of Villers-Bretonneaux to the Ancre, says today\u2019s War Office report.The Germans delivered local attacks in the Villers-Bretonneux area, but these were repulsed.On the Flanders front the British carried out an operation in the vicinity of Merris, northeast of Nieppe Wood, by means of which the line was advanced a short distance and prisoners were taken.LULL ON AMERICAN FRONT.(Associated Press Despatch) With the American Army on the Marne, July 10.\u2014The fronts west and east of Chateau Thierry where American troops hold positions have been unusually quiet, but it is believed that heavy fighting may break loose at any moment.Last night the enemy artillery fire was far below normal.The American gunners maintained an intermittent bombardment of the enemy lines, especially in the region of Hill 204, west of Chateau Thierry.FRENCH HARASSING ENEMY.(Associated Press Despatch) PARIS, July 10.\u2014(Havas Agency)\u2014Since the last German offensive, despite the absence of actions on a large scale, says a semi-official statement, the French troops have harassed the enemy by minor operations, improved the positions and captured numerous prisoners.Since June 15 the number of prisoners taken with the co-operation of the Americans, who especially distinguished themselves at Belleau Wood and Vaux, is 5,400, including sixty officers.ALLIED FORCES MAKE SEVERAL ATTACKS ON FOE Associated Press Summary.While waiting for the German high command to show its hand in beginning a new assault, the Allied forces on the western front are giving the enemy little opportunity to perfect his arrangements for launching his expected but still deferred attack.From the Lys sector, on the north, to the Champagne front, in eastern France, there have been sudden thrusts at the German lines, at least one of which has made considerable ground.This particular blow was struck by the French, west of the Oise and north of the Matz River, on the battlefield, where the Germans were stopped short in their attempts to hew their way through the Com-piegne early in June.The French advanced along the Compiegne road northwest of Ant-heuif and occupied the Loge and Porte farms on each side of the highway.The ground they have taken Is important from a defensive .standpoint, and cuts down the area in which the Germans must manoeuvre in this part of the battle area.There seems to have been some spirited fighting on the British front along La Bassee Canal, nrothwest of Lens, and north of the Somme, in the Picardy sector.Berlin announces that the British were repulsed in frequently repeated attacks in the former region, and adds that their attacks north of the Somme broke down.\t, .The French attack at Antheuil is merely mentioned in the official German statement, which says, however, that attacks in the Villers- Cot-terets and Chateau Thierry sectors were repulsed by the Germans.While the fighting on the Macedonian and Albanian frontiers must remain a side issue to the great battles that are expected momentarily in France, and possibly Northern Italv, the progress of the French and Italians along the Albanian coast brings that theatre of the war into consideration.Rapid strides have been made since the French and Italian assault was launched north of Avlona on July 6.Strong Austrian positions have been stormed, and it appears that the Allies have been successful In turning the Austrian right wing.An official statement from Rome soys that Italian cavalry have gained the Austrian rear and destroyed bridges across the Semini River, which parallels the Voyusa, where the attack was begun.This marks nn advance of about fifteen miles.-?- ANTI-SPY LAW IN SPAIN.(Associated Press Despatch) MADRID, July 10,\u2014Publication of any news of the movement of merchantmen is prohibited beginning today.This is the first application of the new anti-spy law.BRITISH OFFICIAL STATEMENT fAssociated Press Despatch) LONDON, July 10.\u2014The text of the official statement follows: \u201cIncreased hostile artillery activity early last night east of Villers-Bretonneux was followed by local attacks, which were repulsed.Early this morning the enemy\u2019s artillery and machine guns developed considerable activity from the vicinity of Villers-Bretonneux to the Ancre.\u201cA hostile raiding party was driven off yesterday afternoon south of Kucquoy.\u201cDuring the day we advanced our line a short distance by a successful local operation in the neighborhood of Merris and captured several prisoners and a machine gun.\u201d FRENCH OFFICIAL STATEMENT (Associated Press Despatch) PARIS, July 10.\u2014The text of the French official statement reads : \"Activity was displayed by our own and the enemy\u2019s artillery north of Mont Didier and south of the Aisne, in the region of Chavigny Farm.In the Champagne, French troops carried out several raiding operations which resulted in the taking of prisoners.\u201cThere is nothing to report from the remainder of the front.\u201d \u201cAviation: On July 8, seven German airplanes were brought down and two captive balloons set on fire and destroyed by our forces.\u201d PART OF CREW OF AMERICAN SHIP SAVED Several Men Were Left on Island of Flores on Uruguayan Coast Suffering from Exposure.(A»sociated Prem Despatch) MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, July 10.\u2014 Part of the.crew of the American Î three-mnsted schooner Adclia T.Car-leton, which went aground Saturday inear La Paloma, was landed today by a Government tug.The captain of the tug reported there were no deaths among the crew, but that several 1 men had been left on the Island of j Flores, ill from exposure in open life-i boats and the terrific seas.The Adelia T.Oar le ton was built at Rockport, Me., in 1892.She was ti7 feet in lenirth.AUSTRIA HAS DECLINED HUN ARMY LEADER Reason Given is that Germany Refused to Send Twelve German Divisions to Italian Front With Commander.(Associated Press Despatch) ROME, July 10.\u2014Austria has declined to accept General Otto von Bue-low as commander-in-chief of the forces on the Italian front, because Germany refused to send twelve German divisions -with him, according to the newspaper Epoca, which bases the statement on advices from a Swiss source.Austria, it adds, has temporarily given up the idea of revenging herself for her recent defeat by Italy.Despatches from Rome through Paris on July 7 reported that Germany intended sending three army corps to aid Austria, to be put under General Otto von Buelow as commander-inchief on the Italian front.Reports from Zurich several days earlier declared that General von Buelow had been appointed commander-in-chief, but there has been no official confirmation that such a change in command had been effected or was contemplated.NO DECISION AS TO ACTION IN RUSSIA U.S.Government Has Made No Definite Plans as to Military Aid Owing to Rapid Changes in Situation.(Associated Press Despatch) WASHINGTON, D.C., July 10.\u2014 The Government regards the situation in Russia as so rapidly and constantly changing as to make it impossible to come as yet to any decision as to what military aid may be extended by the United States.This was stated authoritatively today.All of the plans so far submitted which involve military action, the United States Government feels, involve at the same time a weakening of the western front.It is the decision of the Government that nothing must be permitted to detract from the military strength in France and Belgium.The project for extending economic aid, it was stated, is going forward favorably.INTERVENTION OF ALLIED TROOPS AT KOLA PORT Report Given of Measures Taken to Aid Non-Bolsheviki Russians Along the Murman Coast and Railway.(Associated Press Despatch) LONDON, July 10\u2014Measures taken by the Allies to aid non-Bolshe-viki Russians on the Murman coast, and protecting the Murman railroad and the ice free port of Kola are summarized by the Daily Express from Russian newspapers.While the Bol-sheviki opposed the landing of allied troops, and even agreed to trade the Murman coast to Finland, the local population has decided to join the Allies and secede from the Bol-sheviki.The first allied intervention occurred early in April, when Finnish White Guards, assisted by Germans, faced the Red Guards at Kom.The Red Guards were reinforced by an anglo-French detachment that had come up on armored train.The next Russian report mentions the landing of a force of British marines to co-operate in the defence of the coast.Defensive measures were said to be under the leadership of three men, a Russian, a Britisher and a Frenchman.Two British and one French warship, and some British trawlers were in the harbor of Kola in addition to a Russian squadron.A report from the committee of the White Sea fleet to the Russian naval commissioner in Moscow, printed in a Russian paper, said that Kemp (assumed to be rear-Admiral Kemp, of the British navy) had declared there was no aggressive design regarding the Murmansk region, only a desire to help the Russian republic and protect the coast and the railroad.He also offered to assist in developing the local fisheries.The Bolsheviki Government, however, made public a protest through the Russian wireless on June 30.Leon Trotzky, the War Minister, on Juiy 1, denounced as high treason, any help given \u201cthe foreign detachment | which has invaded the Soviet repub-I lie,\u201d he also proclaimed M.Yuriv, : president of the local Soviet, a traitor and an enemy of the people.A despatch to the Daily Mail from ] Copenhagen dated Monday quotes German papers as saying that there are 25,000 Bolsheviki troops left on Kola peninsula.-«- PLAN WELCOME FOR DR, mAND CZECHO-SLOVAK TROOPS DESIRE TO GO TO FRANCE Force Now Operating in Russia Send Memo that They Do Not Wish to Be Mixed Up in Russian Internal Affairs.NEW PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT WHICH WILL FIGHT GERMANT ESTABLISHED AT VLADIVOSTOK WARNED GERMANS TO GET RID OF GOVERNMENT Prussian Deputy Declared that America\u2019s Millions of Soldiers Will Prove Too Strong a Force to Combat.(Associated Press Despatch) WASHINGTON, July 10\u2014An official despatch from Switzerland says that the Independent Socialist Deputy Stroebel, in a violent speech in the Prussian Landstag recently, condemned the German Government for its efforts to secure a peace by force.He warned the German people that unless they rid themselves of their government, and send their politicians of war and rapine to the devil, \u201cAmerica\u2019s millions of soldiers will prove too strong a force to combat/ SERBIANS WILLING TO SERVE IN U.S.ARMY Order to Deport Men from Kansas City to Sussex, N.B., Has Been Cancelled.(Associated Press Despatch) PORT HURON, MICH., July 10\u2014 United States Provost Marshal General Crowder has wired draft board officials to refuse permission to deport forty-three Serbians detained here, who were sent to Sussex, N.B., for service in the British army by Kansas City officers.The men have been ordered back to Kansas City.All the Serbians are eligible and willing to serve in the United States army, it is said.DUNKIRK HOLDS RECORD FOR BEING BOMBARDED Big Demonstration Will Mark His Return to His Native Village in Beauce County.QUEBEC, July 10.\u2014When Hon.Dr.Beland, returning after being three years a prisoner in Hunland, puts his foot into his old riding of Beauce, the first public act he will be called upon to perform will be to assist at the celebration of a solemn Te Deum of thanksgiving, offered by the citizens generally, for his safe delivery from the hands of the Germans.The Beauce people are determined that it will be no small turnout which wiil greet their released representative in the Commons.Though the exact date of his arrival is not yet known, they have set on foot a movement calling upon everyone to participate in the demonstration.There will be a special train to accommodate the hundreds from the riding who will come up to Levis to meet the Intercolonial train, which will arrive at 3.30 in the afternoon.At the Levis station an address of welcome will be read, and Hon.Dr.Beland will be conducted to the Quebec Central special, which will be waiting on an adjoining track.(Associated Press Despatch) LONDON, July 10.\u2014Czecho-Slovak troops now operating in Russia desire to fight on the western front, and do not want to be mixed up in Russian internal affairs.A memo to this effect has been presented to Japanese Foreign Minister and the Allied Ambassadors in Tokio by Colonel Vladimir Hurban, on behalf of the Czecho-Slovak national council, says the correspondent of the Times at the Japanese capital.The memo says among other things that the conflict between the Czechoslovaks and the Russian Soviets must be settled for the following reasons: \u201cOur forces are acting in Russia according to the orders of the Czechoslovak Council, which can only be modified by Professor T.G.Masaryk in agreement with the other members of the council.The orders are to transport the forces from Russia to the French front.\u201cThe Czech army consists of volunteers whose objective is to fight Germany and Austria, to liberate the Czecho-Slovak nation, and to establish an independent state.We shall pursue this course to the last man.We desire above all to exhibit our determination on the battlefields of France.\u201cThe Czecho-Slovaks are a subjugated nation making the first steps toward liberation by paying a blood tribute, and have no moral right to pursue a policy of protection with regard to such a state as Russia.No party in Russia, and no class, is capable of establishing anything that will endure.Order must be re-established by force, firm, energetic but friendly and humane force, which will open to the Russians the possibility of again finding themselves.\u201cFor obvious reasons the Czechoslovaks cannot attempt to accomplish this.Their clear duty is to pursue a strategical movement toward France.\u201d FRAME NEW WAR TAX LEGISLATION IN UNITED STATES | List of Articles to Come Under New Tariff Includes Clothing for Men and Women and Other Necessities.Report Says New Administration Wiil Summon Constituent Assemiilf to Re& totf Law and Order Itiroughout the Country-Will be First Democratic Stile in History of Russia-Counter Revolution Assisted By the fzreho-Slovaks Spreading Throught Eastern Siberia-Bolsheviki is Fipected to Be Eliminatrd from Country in Short Time, (Associated Press Despatch) AMSTERDAM, July 10.\u2014A declaration that the Soviet Government of Russia would ally itself with Germany in case of Anglo-Japanese intervention in Russia is contained in a Moscow wireless message printed in the Vienna Nucue Freie Presse, according to an undated message to the Berlin Lo-kal Anzeiger.The Vienna newspaper quotes the concluding sentence of the despatch as follows: \u201cIf the Japanese and English should occupy Russian territory, the Soviet Government would immediately join Germany.\u201d 115 PERSONS KILLED IN WRECK (Associated Press Despatch) DUNKIRK, France, July 10.\u2014This city on the North Sea coast of France holds the record for having been bombarded from land, sea and air.It has received bombs from airplanes, torpedoes from dirigibles, shells from German destroyers and projectiles from 14-inch guns.The number of alarms un te July 4 totalled 400.Latest Reports Indicate that 50 White and 65 Negroes Were Victims of Railway Collision.(Associated Press Despatch) NASHVILLE.TENN., July 10.\u2014 Latest reports from the morgues and hospitals indicate that fifty white persons and sixty-five negroes were killed, and that one hundred were injured in the head-on collision between the two passenger trains on the Nashville, Chattanooga and St.Louis Railway near this city.A number of the injured are expected to die.The track was cleared late last night, and trains today arc running through the piles of wreckage.No official statement lias been made as te the cause of the collision between the train».(Associated Press Despatch) WASHINGTON, D.C., July 10.\u2014 Preparations for framing the new war revenue bill went forward in the House Ways and Means Committee today with attention centring upon the list of suggestions for new or higher taxes on luxuries and necessities, submitted yesterday by the Treasury Department.Members of the committee indicated that the list would form the basis for consumption taxes in their draft of the bill, though some of the proposals would be changed and others disregarded.Besides doubling present taxes on liquors and tobacco, quadrupling soft drinks levies, and making general increases in other existing rates, the treasury suggestions include taxes of 60 per cent, on retail prices of jewelry, watches and clocks, except those sold to army or navy men ; 20 per cent, on automobiles, bicycles, musical instruments, etc.; 10 cents a gallon on gasoline, to he paid by the wholesaler ;\t10 per cent, on hotel bills for rooms over $2.50 a day, or American plan over $5 ; 10 Per cent on all cafe or restaurants bills, and taxes of unstated amounts on men's suits selling for more than $30, women\u2019s suits over $40 and coats over $30, men's hats over $4, shirts over $2, pyjamas over $2, hosiery over 35 cents, shoes over $5, gloves over $2, underwear over $3, all neckwear and canes, women\u2019s dresses over $25, skirts over $15, hats over $10, shoes over $«, lingerie over $5, corsets over $5, and all furs, fans, etc., children\u2019s clothing, including suits over $15 ; purses, toilet articles, etc., over $2.In addition to all these taxes, which would be levied directly upon the consumer, the list proposes doubling the present motion picture admission tax and imposing a tax of 5 per cent, on moving picture theatre rentals, with the present film tax eliminated.IGNORED DEMAND OF GOVERNMENT.(Associated Press Despatch) j CHICAGO, 111., July 10.\u2014President Konenkamp said the Union insisted ! upon the reinstatement of a number of telegraphers discharged last March, who later were vindicated of charges made by the company.The Canadian Government officials, he said, had requested the company to reinstate the men, but the company had ignored the demand.(Associated Press Despatch) LONDON, July 10.\u2014A new provisional government for Siberia, which has the unanimous support of the population, and which will continue to fight the Central Powers, has been established at Vladivostok, according to a Times despatch from Tokio quoting the Vladivostok correspondent of the Asahi.The new government intends to summon a constituent assembly and to restore law and order throughout the country.The programme of the new government includes the liberation of Siberia from the Bolsheviki, the avoidance, if possible, of foreign intervention, universal suffrage, establishment of provincial councils and a labor bureau distribution of the land among the landless, and control of economic activities.Siberia will thus, adds the correspondent of the Times, become the first democratic state in the history of Russia, and, it is hoped, be the forerunner of a great Russia.The flag adopted by the new government consists of two stripes of white and green.Bolsheviki Being Driven Out.The situation in Siberia is undergoing important changes ami the counter-revolution assisted by the Czecho-Slovaks is spreading all over western Siberia, says a despatch to the Times from Pekin, dated July 4.The Bolsheviki are being driven westward from Irkutsk and many are endeavoring to escape into Mongolia.Referring to the Czecho-Slovak movements as a basis for the struggle aeainst Bolshevism in Siberia, the correspondent predicts that it will lead to tee ejimination of the Bolsheviki in a short time.The question of intervention, however, is still pressing, he adds, because Rusia is torn with political differences and personal jealousies, and there is urgent need of a responsible government.Political circles in Harbin are discussing the danger of a new government in the eastern provinces which may be formed of elements favorable to the old regime.Pro-Ally forces at Harbin have declared for an immediate summoning of the constituent assembly, which would appoint a provisional government, the real need of the situation.Army of Million Could Restore Order.\u201cWith a million men, of whom 300,-000 only need be Allied troops, it would be possible to reconstruct th« eastern front on a line running through the Ural Mountains,\u201d is a statement made by Lieut.-Gencral Horvath, vice-president and general manager of the Chinese Eastern Railway, according to a despatch to th« Mail from Harbin under date of June 29.General Harvath calculates a formidable army could be placed in the Urals in four months, mostly Japanese, and, as order is restored, Siberian volunteers and other Russians would flock to join the colors until the requisite million is reached.He believes it quite possible for an Allied army to live upon the country.GERMAN FUND\" TO BUY PAPERS New York Papers Assert that Central Powers Set Aside $30,000,-000 to Get Control of Newspapers.(Associated Press Despatch) NEW YORK, N.Y., July 10\u2014Sev eral New York morning papers assert that evidence which has been obtained in connection with the department of Justice investigation of the alleged purchase of the York Evening Mail by the German Government, which resulted on Monday, in the arrest of Dr.Edward A.Rumely, on the charge of perjury, is said to show that the Central Powers set aside a fund of $30,000,000 with which to buy American newspapers and circulate propaganda which it was hoped would end the danger of this country entering the war on the side of the Allies.THE WEATHER - FAIR ON THURSDAY WITH LITTLE HIGHER TEMPERATURE.The disturbance is now disbursing in the St.Lawrence Valley.Since yesterday the weather has been cool and unsettled with showers from Ontario to the Maritime Provinces, while in the Western Provinces it ha« been fine and warmer.Light winds, some scattered showers, put partly fair today and Thursday, a little higher temperature.HOG PRODUCTION It is a matter of the greatest importance that Canada should increase her production of BACON HOGS and other live stock as there is at present a world-wide shortage of meat.Good markets for some time to come are assured.THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE will gladly make loans to assist farmers in good standing to acquire live stock.W1 Dafferfn Av* *na* (Iftin Office) Wellintton Street Branch .Upp«r Town Branch (Kin* Street) BEANCHES IN SHERBROOKE: .£L Winn Far well.Manager A.P.Taylor, Asst.Mauapez *\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022.F.A.Briggs, Manages .N.F.Dinning.Managse WhenYou Travel, Even in Canada I SI 30 carry your funds in Travellers\u2019 Cheques, issued by The Merchants Bank.Personal cheques are often refused.Money may be lost or stolen.Travellers' Cheques, on the other hand, are cashed by banks, hotels, transportation companies and stores at their face values, and enable you to raise ready money wherever you happen to be.If lost, they are of no value to the finder ; if stolen or destroyed, they will be replaced without extra charge.Use them for your next journey.-» - \u2014 THE MCRCHANTJ BANK Head Office: Montreal.OF CA.N$AJ?jAk.Established 1864, SHERBROOKE BRANCH, BURY BRANCH, \u2022 H.IRWIN, Manager-H J.SIMMONS, Manager., r t \u2018TWO SHERBROOKE DAILY RECORD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, I9T8.Bringing Up Father COPYRIGHT 1918 J&.By George McManus h\\oe M-r wine CuLLA^ KEV IN C\\fK& humidor the servants - DON'T 18 able t0 be up and about Georgianna, Helen and Minnie Shed- again.\t, rick, of Magog, a couple of weeks j The Misses Beatrice White, Marat Mr.¦\u2019Merrill\u2019s camp; the Misses | garet MacRae and Annie MacKay re- Patton, of Ruth Patton, Montreal, and Nettie Lovering, of Crystal Lake, spending a few days\u2019 vacation with the Misses Shedrick; Mrs.Howard and son Gordon, of Smith\u2019s Mills, were also guests of the Shedricks for the week end; Mr.and Mrs.Minard, of Magog, have moved into the farm house belonging to Rev.C.R.Eliot.About eighty-five were present at bourne, spending some time with his ^be Ladies\u2019 Aid held at the home of grandparents, Mr.and Mrs.Geo.Car-son.RED MOUNTAIN tives.Mrs.Bachelder, of \u201cFairview Arrivals and departures: Mrs.Le-!F*™f « «covering after a slight attack of illness.Mrs.C.S.Sweeney has been con- of Miss Ethel MacKay; Mrs.A.R.i Miss Flossie Sherman, of Scotstown, calling on relatives recently ; Mr.and Mrs.A.McKenzie and chil-The monthly business meeting of ^ren\u2019 °7 Scotstown, recent guests at Brown and children to Sawyerville on the Red Cross group was be]d in the Mr.D.Gillies and sister ; Mr.Angus Saturday; Mrs.F.Govell the guest of ; Lodge Room of the Town Hall on Fri.Campbell, of West Keith, calling on herson, Mr.W.A.Coveil, East Angus, jda aftenloon.The attendance was hls oltl frlend' Mr- John Gunn- wh° md a certain amount of TliTes.^ith hif aepheT Ml\\/\u2022 F work was accomplished, before tke J\" \u2019 * L aa , 1\t1 ayh\u201c Mrs.R.R.Merrill last week and the sum of $21.00 was realized.ceived word this week that they have successfully passed the June examinations in Grade X.of Gould Model School.Mr.Duncan MacKay is in the Sherbrooke Hospital undergoing treatment.The Red Cross met with Mrs.A.A.Morrison on Friday night and was the largest attendance for some time.Work was done on socks, pyjamas, surgical caps, etc., and at the Oyer fourteen dollars was raised close of the evening a dainty lunch by the Red Cross workers at the home iwas served by the hostess assisted by of Mrs.Wm.Partington on Friday j ber daugbter, Miss Hazel and Miss last:, lbe next fneeting will be held Lottie McCaskill.The next meeting at the Maple Hill Camp Thursday, July 18th.ULVERTON λ Bartlett, home from her uncle's, ^'Math^n^f7 ShVrbroo^'at Mr' fined\\o her home for several days\u2019:ed\tLaife\u2019^ M^ 'V6ry g0°^ and 8 Certain amount h7