St. John's Daily Star, 1917-10-10

              The St. John's Daily Star Newfoundland VOLUME 111. ($3.00 per Annum) WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1917. '(Price: One Cent) No. 232. ALLIES MAKE IMPORTANT GAINS ON THE WEST FRONT British and French Take Over Mite And Halt ot Hun Trenches ; British Capture Poelcapeiie Amsterdam Oct 9th,===Germany and Austria agree on a new peace offer, according to The Berlin Tages Zeitung, the basis on which the offer is made is no Territorial Aggrandizement, evacuating of Belgium and France and no indemnities for either side.=— United Press. GAIN ALL OBJECTIVES IN JOINT DRIVE IN WEST Notwithstanding Water-Logged Ground Successful Attack Was Launched MORE THAN 1000 PRISONERS ALREADY PASSED TO COLLECTING STATIONS LONDON, Oct. 10.—(Official.)—A heavy rain fell, mostly during the afternoon and evening, yesterday causing the ground to become soggy and very difficult for passage of troops. Notwithstanding the stormy weather and water-logged condition of the ground, our troops succeeded in launch ing an attack at 5.30 o'clock this morning, in conjunction with the French on our left, with very successful results. The front of attack extended from a point southeast of Broodzinde and St. Jansbeek to one mile northeast of Bixchoote. On the extreme right the Australians moved forward over the crest of the ridge east and northeast of Broodzinde, securing them as their objective. On the right and centre a third line of territorial divisions comprising the Manchester, East Lancashire and Lancashire Fusiliers regiments, advanced one mile northward along the ridge in the direction of Passchandaele, capturing aHits objectives under  ing and difficult circumstances, - with great determination and gallantry. In the centre between the main ridge and Poelcapelle a considerable capture of many fortified farms and concentrated redoubts. On the left centre we have completed the capture of Poelcapelle. On the extreme left of the British attack, English, Welsh, and Irish troops and Guards have taken all their objectives and gained the outskirts of the forest of Houtholst, nearly two miles north-northwest of Poelcapelle. On our left flank the French crossed the Broenbeke stream, which is in flood, and gained the outskirts of the forest of Houtholst, capturing all their objectives. , More than 1,000 prisoners already have passed into the collecting stations. I—■ ■  Big Fire In Ecuador Guayaquil, Ecuador, Oct. 10.—Fire today did damage estimated at $1,000, 000 in the principal section of the city. The buildings bufned included the Government Palace and a number of the city's most important stores. Sultan of Egypt Dea<! % London, Oct. 10.—The Daily Telegraph says it' learns the Sultan of Egypt died at noon Tuesday. THE QUITTER SPECIAL SESSION OF SYNOD OPENS TO-DAY TO ELECT NEW BISHOP Many Affectionate Tributes to  Bishop from Clergy and Laymen CULL of years and crowned with honor, the Most Rev. Llewellyn Jorijes, D.D., Lord Bishop of Newfoundland, resigns from active work, and today the Synod meets to discuss his successor. Prayers have been offered for Divine guidance in the Anglican churches throughout the Diocese of late, that the holy office may be filled by one fully qualified. The resignation of His Lordship causes a severance of ties that will be felt by all, especially those in the high offices of the Church, who were in frequent conference with him. The work of the Church here will be carried on, but the stately form of the Bish6p will be missed. Always fulL of spirit and life and hope, His. Lordship was an optimist and saw the good in out. Colony. Admiration was often expressed for his great career and work. His people faithfully devoted, found the greatest pleasure in revering him and all were delighted to do him honor. As men have been great in their office, so Bishop Jones was great in his, and friends were drawn to him by his magnetic charm. His pious and powerful mind has caused to be erected valuable monuments that will remain long after his busy life closes. A man of men and a bishop of bishops, the retiring prelate's influence will ever be felt, and future generations will know him as one of the greatest princes of the church. The Bishop's executive abilities are well known, and as a preacher he has few equals. Being master of the English language his thoughts were expressed in the most /beautiful words which all could understand. It is not surprising that the Bishop's fame as a preacher extended to the United States and Canada, as well as in the Old Country, and crowds were attracted to his discourses there as in his, own Diocese. In the pulpit his manner was striking, unusual, deliberate, and his discourses have a freshness and originality which give them a force all their own. The Bishop was born in Liverpool, Eng., October 11, 1840. and was educated partly at the Collegiate Institution in that city, under the celebrated Doctor Howson, late Dean of Chester. From that Institution he removed to the Public School, Harrow, thence to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated 8.A., taking his M.A. in due course. After leaving the University of Cambridge, I he further prosecuted his theological studies at the Well's Theological College, under the sound and exemplary scholar, the Rev. John Pindar, Canon of Well's Cathedral. He was ordained both Deacon and Priest by the Bishop of Worchester, was licensed as Curate to the Parish of Bromsgrove, where he served for ten years. In 1874 he was presented by the Bishop of' Worchester to the Rectory of Little Hereford with Ashford Carbonell, which he held until 1878, when he was appointed Lord Bishop of England's Ancient Colony. He was consecrated by Royal Mandate on the Feast of S.S. Philip and James, 1878, in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, by the late Most Rev. Archibald C. Tait, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury. A few weeks later he arrived in St. John's, and entered upon the duties of his office. In 1879, on the invitation of the Diocesan Synod of Bermuda, he undertook the Episcopal supervision of the Church in that Colony.jand, in the following year, paid his first visit to the Islands. His Lordship's Episcopate has been characterized by zeal, activity, and a liberality of sentiment and means which have deservedly won for him the esteem and veneration of a united flock. Under his fostering care and charge he has witnessed the growth of a large increase of funds to Diocesan Institutions, and the erection of some of the finest churches which grace the land. But Bishop Jones* name will be long remembered in connection with the completion and rebuilding of the Cathedral Church of St. John the Baptist in this city, a work intended to commemorate the active life and labors of a noble predecessor. Soon after his arrival in his Diocese he threw himself with devotion into a scheme, which had not only this for its object, but which was to afford accommodation for an increasing Church population; and furthered by a liberality of Churchmen, unprecedented in the history of any colonial diocese, he was enabled to set the crown to thie work, by consecrating it. Then in 1892 the magnificent and stately building was swept by fire and, after that memorable night nothing but the ruined walls and charred remnants of what was then the finest Cathedral in British North America remained.HUNS ARE DRIVEN BACK (And Sub. Bases Seriously Threatened) BY FRANCO-BRITISH DRIVE Unexpected Onslaught, Made By British And French on Tuesday, In flicts Heavy Casualties On Germans, and Captures Much Terrain FINAL OBJECTIVE OSTENDLILLE ROAD French Advanced Over a Wide Front, Penetrating German Defences to Mile Length, While British Pushed on for Communication Lines 1 BIG FIGHT is on again in Flanders, and the Germans are being hammered hard. Haig is battering away on the sector east and northeast of Ypres, while the French troops have joined up with the British on the left wing to the south of Dixmude, in ac endeavour to bring that section of the line even with a sharp wedge that has beeii driven into the German front by Haig, east of Broodzinde. Launching their attacks on Tuesday, both armies had been rewarded with goodly gains before night, in addition to having inflicted heavy casualties on the Germans and taking many of their m**n prisoners. Prior to the announcement of the commencement of the attack, there had been no intimation that the French were ready for an advance. In fact, it had not been expected that even the British Commander-in-Chief would be taking the aggressive again for several days owing to the condition of the ground, he is in quest of, being a veritable marsh owing to the heavy rains of Sunday and Monday. With apparent ease the French crossed the flooded Broenboek ar d Jensbeek Rivers and captured the villages of St. Jean, De Mangelares and Veldhook, together with numerous block-houses, and made prisoners of several hundred Germans. The advance of the French was over1 a front of more than a mile and a half. They penetrated the German line to a depth of one and a quarter miles. Haig's principal offensive centered on portions of Passchendele-Ghelvuet ridge, still held by the Germans, being directed eastward from Poelcapelle, which was captured, and northeastward from Broodzinde toward Passchendele, the ultimate objective still being the* Ostend-Lille road. Taken as a whole the joint action makes more apparent that the crowning desire of the Allies in this region is the forcing back of the Germans to points where, their evacuation of Ostend and Zeebrugge, their naval and submarine bases in the North Sea, will become necessary. At several points Haig's advance was sharply contested by the Germans, particularly north of Broodzinde, the nearest approach to the railroad line and near Folderhoek Chateau, where the terrible fire of their machine-guns momentarily forced the British to give ground. Later the troops realigned themselves and successfully the push went on again. Aside from Flanders, operations in all the various theatres of war are of a minor character. Along the Aisne and Champagne front and on the left bank of the Meuse, in Verdun sector, artillery duels are still in progress between the French and Germans. In Champagne the French carried out a successful raid near Butte of Tapuro and have taken prisoners. There is still considerable infantry and artillery activity between the Russians and Germans in the sector of Riga. Neither side made an attempt at advance. Bombardments are in progress between the Italians and Austrians on the Austro-Italian front, and between the Entente forces and Teuton allies in Macedonia. ATTACKED WITH GREAT BRILLIANCE Freech Troops, Despite Unfavorable Weather, Make Great Gains Of Territory pARIS, Oct. 10.—The French official report says: In Belgium, the attack launched this morning, was carried out with particular brilliance. After having crossed the marshy ground at Fromabeck brook, our troops captured with admirable spirit, along a front of two and a half kilometres, the enemy defences. Despite the difficulties of the terrain and bad atmospheric conditions, the villages of St. Jean de Mangelare and Voldpock, as well as numerous farms which were turned into blockhouses, fell into our power. Our advance, which reached a mean depth of two kilometres, has brought us to the outskirts of Hontholst Forest. Our airplanes, despite the wind which blew a tempest, cooperated in the attack, using their machines at a low height against enemy infantry, and assuring our commuuication with other arms. The number of prisoners so far exceeds 300, of whom 12 are officers. On the Aisne front the artillery,, action at time was violent in the region of Laroyere farm, aad-along the whole Aisne-Craonne sector. Belgian Report. A Belgian official report given out says: Yesterday our artillery shelled several enemy batteries and observatories as well as enemy works near Dixmude. During the course of the night we strongly shelled German batteries with the object of co-operating in attacks then in preparation. The attacks were launched this morning by our Allies. The reaction of the enemy was feeble. Today we shelled enemy organizations at Dixmud.; and counter-shelled several atbteries in action as well as enemy communications. Our 75's cannonaded the Germans before the French offensive on our right. GRIM WORK TO BEGIN Minister of National Service says Brit ish Will Soon Start Reprisals. London, October 10—Sir Auckland Geddes, Minister of National Service in a speech at Nottingham last night predicted that the grim work of bombing German towns and villages would be in full swing before many moons have elapsed. He said he wished it had been possible to avoid inflicting that last punishment on women and innocent children in Germany, but that the brutal spirit ruling Germany made it inevitable. This decision had been reached, tfie speaker added, reluctantly and not in any spirit of vengeance but in pursuance of the inexorable law which life lays on every man, "Thou shall protect thy women and children or perish." « » ' His Wife Arrested Paris, October 10—Madame Turme! wife of Louis Tunnel, Deputy for Cote* dv Nord, was arrested yesterday. Th# newspapers say she often changed Swiss bank notes at a Paris bank. Louis Turme! recently has been under investigation by the French Chamber of Deputies because of a charge that he had been dealing witfe the enemy.» q» a  Appointed Comptroller Ottawa, October 10—A. Mac Lean, who represented Queens, P. E. 1., in the last Parliament, has been appointed Comptroller of the Royal North West Mounted Police. Under Goverameat Control Washington, Oct. 10—Virtually all staple foods consumed by the American people will be put under Government control on November fifteenth, it i» officially announced. MILITARY STRENGTH OF HUNS DECREASING German Losses On The West Front Heaviest vet. Suffered By Them WEAKENING THE RUSSIAN FRONT TO PROVIDE RES ERVES FOR FRANCE WASHINGTON. Oct. 9.—Germany's military strength now shows a clear decrease for the first time since the war began, according to a review based upon data of the French General Staff, made public here tonight by the French High Commission. Worn down and driven back by the never-ending pounding of the Allies on the west front, the statement says, the Germans have made their supreme military effort after drawing heavily upon their inactive armies in the east and calling out their 19f8 and part of the 1919 reserves. While the Allies have reached and are prepared to maintain their full strength while awaiting the coming of America's great army, the enemy's resources are diminishing, and at the very moment when the military situation demands that they increase. This shows, concludes the statement, the decisive character attending operations in 1918, when the three great democracies—England, France and America—will unite their entire strength in attacking the enemy in conformity with the only sound principle of war. The Commission's statement, issued through the Committee on public information, follows: Both the Franco-German fronts on the Aiioc in !917, axui ihe Verdun front in 1916 have already been compared, and it has been noted they are practically the same length. It has been stated the German forces occupying them before the attack were equally comparable—l 2 and 13 divisions.It is known today that during the same period from May to September the Germans engaged 25 fresh divisions at Verdun, and that they have been obliged to engage 45 on the Aisne. Furthermore, during an equal period the French took 5,863 prisoners at VeTdun, and 8,553 on the Aisne. Not content with declining to give battle and withdrawing a portion of their front on the Hindenburg position they have transported to the west front between January and April a certain number of divisions drawn from the east front. As this did nit suffice they have drawn picked men from each of their companies on the east front, and with the assistance of the class of 1918 formed 27 new divisions, 26 of which have appeared in France. They have then exchanged their picked troops of the east for inferior ones on the west front (Landwher), and finally, once the battle begun, m order to hold out, they have successfully replaced a number of exhausted (.Continued on Page 8) (Continued oa p*ge 2) j Furnishings for the Home I SEE OUR 52 INCH 3 CURTAIN VELVET, I Cardinal, Blue and Green, 1 $2.70 yard. I f  I TAPESTRY CURTAINS, I Full Size. Reds and Greens. 1 $6.50 & 8.00 pair. I A BIG LINE WHITE LACE CURTAINS, 1 Prices from 57c, 70c, 90c, 1.00, I 1.50 and up to 9.00 a set. 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