Evening Advocate, 1917-07-02

              Vol. IV.   No. 160.
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told this Is accord-
er  hp  has  percepts  'being
mst  equally  he  to.
dog   feeling.   More;
lave bolted on the advance!
i. and even an order of a!
mand to rcorganlic the
it can
The Guardian
of Consumer
Speaks
ROYALTY VISITS
AMSTERDAM.     July
-Emperor
• Hungary, and Em-
rrivid at Munirli.
il hy the Kins antl
ly justify such tactics.    The spirit ofj
our troops Is Indomitable and beyond,MAft  1Me' nlUt.
ich OF A RHINOCEROS
.doniitabji
praise.    Here Is a little c
words of extravagant eulogy.   A lit-; N0t  Satisfied   With   His  Powers
idv.nced post south of Cojeul niv-| Amj Wag GoJng (o t^,^
More
.-   ol.J,
a Oppy Unc. between ">»t placet
Souchez. and so occasion was i.
lo strike a blow here with quite  d
i. and south thereof. »e
llfteen   of  our
t of a surprise a
irkesl hour of We
sday night     Following upon a
(storming troops I i
remaining Ave slam
made a stand that
rift The noise of
llring   brought   up   r
LONDON. July   2.—I-ortl    Ruondd-i.
, Food Controller, speaking In CardlS
.last night said he had a suspicion
i that Premier Lloyd Qeorge, who had
j eenscrtpted him for his new post very
much against his will, chose him for
, the almost impossible Job after so
' many belter men had refused, because
I   the  1
1  ..
TRIBESMEN PUT DOWN
I.ONDON. July l.—Tho return of a
inlllve  expedition   from   thc  district
Waxinslnn In a northwest frontier
province, on thc border between India
and Afigbanstan is reported In an
nclal   statement.    Thy opposition
ountcrcd   was   negligible.    Our
lanes raided Maki.i and Marobl '
onaidcrablc       effecL Mohamead
ilbeamen who lived tl
dla   gave    the    British    Gove
much   trouble  early   la   1915  and
November   1H15   by   breaking   through
the hills on raids into northwest front
ler province.    On  each
British disposed thc hostili
THE RUSSIAN ATTACK
Prisoners and, J:™
Captures In
LONDON.   July   ■.'.—Austrian  troops
a Eastern Oalicla are on the defence
d particularly of   the'against   Itusslan  attacks, says an  of-
Lord   Khondda   said! Octal  statement  Issued    to-day    (rom
(tied  with the powers   the Austro-Hungurlan General   Head-
going to taka    more I quarters.    Russian attacks south and
German
iged in lively fighting
of Dcudmau'1 Hill in
>ctor.      The    position
power
He  i» il>'lernilned   to  put  a
southeast  of Brnx  in'near  Knnln-
■top ll
prolllcei'iug and speculation 111
ohy and west or Kaloox. the statement
adds, were repulsed.
*£
that   it   was   Impracticable   to
down   prices   to   anything   like
FRANCE RETURNS SHIPS
l.nul.i
d   before  the  war.
	
June
ally   abandoned   b}
fort of Avlcourt  f
8GS« ENEMY TAKEN
DURING JUNE,
k-d. Surprise at-
and Champagne
repulsed    by    thc
ENCIRCLING LENS
LONDON.    July    1—British    I:
i mining ti
clrclement of the Fi
of  Lens.     To-day's
from the British headquarters repi
capture of a German defence o
UiM-fah Abo Tw* 67 Guns, 102 HOW EXCESS PROFITS
Trench Mortars, 354 Machine    j BRING IN REVENUE;Iialf m,lc front along ,he noi
Guns and Other Material
lXlNDON. July
tilery has shown considerable activity
during the day In the Scarpe Valley.
In tho neighbourhood of Lens and
north of the Rlrer Lys. says a report
from British Headquarters In France
issued to-night. 17 prisoners were
<aptur
FRENCH STEAMER GONE
t on Uie north bank of thc I
"Tics   nivcr.    During  the   month
Jane we have taken in the course of
our succea.ru | operations against Mes I
sines and  Wytschaete  Ridge, and  on      PARIS.      July      2.—-1
oUier  parts  of our  front  8686    Ger-1 steamer  "Himalaya."   wl
man prisoners, in eluding 175 officers.; sengcrs and crew was s
and have also captured 67 guns,  In- suit of sn  explosion  In the Medlter-
eluding two heavy  guns.  102    trench   rnnean.     176    persons    were    saved,
mortars. 354  machine    gens,    beside  The   Himalaya"  was 5620 tons gross,
groat quantities of other material.        and last reported at Marseilles.
.ONDON. July 2.—The Total Reven-(Wesl of Lens.
of the United    Kingdom    for the] ...	
quarter ending June 30 shows.an In-jFRENCH REPEL ALL
crease of more than  £«.00<>.000 stcr-j ENEMY ATTACKS
lllng over  the  same   period  in J.916.; 	
The most striking Increase Is' Iri cx-j    PARIS,  July  1—All  enemy  attucks
ces«  profits  amounting  nearly   £ii.-  aullb of b-t   Quclllln  Rcrc ^pulsed.
000.000.    Cnstoms duties show a total
of    £18.000.0110   as     compared     v
St. 6.111)0.00(1 In  1916.
ATHENS. July 2—An agreement
has been reachod whereby French wlll|
return to Greece, vessels of Greek light j
flotilla stationed at Salamis. ten miles
west  of Athens.
Hammers, Club
and Rotten
Eggs
USED   FREELY   AT   MEETING
Anti-Conscriptionists Get a Hard
Time in Winnipeg and Have
To Give Up Meeting
WINNIPEG. July 2.—Police intcr-
ntlou averted a riot at an anti-conscription meeting to-day. Four arrests by thc city pcllcc followed a
free for atl fight In which antl-con-
scriptlonists were quickly driven from
thc neighborhood of Market 8quare
where the speeches were to have been
delivered. At last fifty prcent of the
crowd were alien enemies, according
to Lieutenant Campbell of Intelligence
Dept. Clubs were freely used during
the fight. Hummers and roUen eggi
also played a destructive part. On<
foreigner was caught In the act o
stabbing with a clasp knife a wcl
known returned soldier. Alderman
Queen, ttjbo attempted to xp.-uk made
a successful get away although riot
without being mauled.    All of thc ar-
| rested men »ere antl-conscriptlonlets.
They were released on bail, no coar-
I tea being preferred.    The attendance
' Is estimated at 9.0U0.
LONDON. July 1.—The gun-
i American liner fired upon two Oer-f
an submarines   during   the   voyage
rom the United States   to   England.
Both targets  wero. at a considerable
range but In his report to Washington
the Commanding Officer will    express
the belief that one of the pericsopes
i shattered.     A   third   submarine
I sighted but at a great distance and
submerged   Immediately.   Passcn-
s expressed the greatest admiration
thc marksmanship of tho American
gunners.
REPORTED QFFER
OF ARMISTICE
■OPKNHAOKN. July 1—Il is
ted from German sources
Hindenburg has again offered ai
nistlcc to ussla. He wished to
lend hostilities durng the election ot
delegates to
VUSTR1ANS EJECTED
FROM POSITIONS GAINED
ROME. July 1—In n surprise attack
st night Austrian troops cntoicd
Italian advanced trenches southeast
rtoiba and southeast of Got
by   Italian   reinforcements, s
in official    ntateine.it    from the V
HARD FIGHTING
PARIS, July 1—French and Gcrmanj
troops were engaged In lively llght-
ng last night west of Deadman's Hill
n thc Verdun sector. The position,
banged bands five timea and was!
finally abandoned by both sides. . The
German Infantry attack on the French
fort of Avlcourt failed. Surprise at-
on Aisiie and Champagne fronts
cere repulsed by the French.
THE NIAGARA ACCIDENT
NIAGARA
CHINA'S PROBLEMS
thc Great George
tho rails and plunged dow
j foot embankment, and turned o
Chang  the water on thc edge of the
I'ekln.has pool rapids.
LONDON.  July   2.—Gei
llsun. says a despatch from I'ekln.hasj pool rapids, at 3.30 Sunday afternoon
informed   Prealdent   Li    Yuan     Hung. Nine
that   he   must   retire,  as   the  Monchu'and from two to ten persons reported
Emperor   Hlun  Tung   has    been     re-| missing.    More than a,score are
stored to the throne.    Another Router '• hospitals   suffering  from   injuries   r
despatch     from     Peking     says    that  eelved in  tlie accident.,
Tsun Tung Issued a mandate Saturday ■ —o
morning, announcing   his    succession,      -^-ADVERTISE IN
to thc throne of China. | THE   ADVOCATfe
Russian Troops Once More
Take Up the Fight
Russian Troops Once More Take Up the Fight—
Intense Duel Taken up in a Region Extending About 175 Miles—Germany Admits Attacks Are Powerful
. July J.—The soldiers of
New Russia hare assumed thc aggres-,
► uc for tbe first time since the rc-'
••Mutton last March. Russian troops
•ive- begun an attack on an extensive
-•ale. Along a front of eighteen and
■' half miles, ln the region ot Brze-
zany. Oalicla. Russian troops hsre
Hurraed German positions. Berlin
says the Russians suffered heavy,
losses, and were compelled to retire
before German lira. The attack was
made betwen Upper. Strips and Nar-
a> uke River, a tributary of Gntta
i-ipa. ia the section southeast of Lem-
l'< rg. toe Gallclan capital, hero artll-
'fry Bring haa been heafy recently.
Kusslana also made night attacks on
ijoth sides of Brtetany and near
•'-"■•ran. and Berlin' reports that as-
"u)t*M>etwcoa  ZIota   Llpa  and   "the
Naruyuvka have brought oil
ties   between   opposing   forces.      The
artillery army of Russian forces
been active, and from the Berlin
port.  It  la  learned  an  Intense
lias been In progress from tbe region
of  Brzezany to aa far  nortln
the middle Stokhod, In Volhynla. a dls
tance of about ITS miles.
Berlin declares that tbe Russian
attacks, which It says were powerful,
were brought about through the pressure of the leading Entente Powers.
The region of the Karayuvka and Upper Htrypa Rivers haa been the scene
or much bitter fighting since Oeneral
Brusalloff ended his victorious campaign last year. Briesany Is one ol
the keys to Lemberg. Field Marshal]
Hatg continues to tighten his grip
yesterday of Ud;;d'Oi-ot3« (■--;'']
he said the war wltleoru* to an *e»d
when the All ed armies here Teacljad
the alms which they set «p to ss- .
tain, when they accept
lenge thrown do»S» by Germany, although mainly approved by tbe morning newspapers, docs."not escape
criticism thc moderate papers' cok-
of little more than an
accordant paragraph of the Pro-
statement, but the r
■enic press of opposite camps
ad Tory, questions thc a
Thus some c
papers strongly dissent from his assumption that aay Jlffcrcacc of cpln-
Gcrmnn Oov-
pcuplc. and
declared the German people n
ful to tbelr Government because tt
accurately mirrors the spirit of Germanism.   Tin- Post says thc Germans
all In this war
if    thc     P.-c
<ystcm of Government
llielr spirit hc knows
i German people.
GERMAN ATTACK ON
VERDUN AND AISNE FRONTS
•ARIS. J
—The
HUNS OFFER ARMISTICE
TO RUSSIA
COI'KNHAGKN. July 1—It is reported from a German source that
Field Marshal Von Hindenburg. chief
e General Staff. In a wireless
again offered an armistice to Rusela
This time ills wish Is to suspend hos<
i during the election of delcgatei
ie Russian Constitutional Conven-
The report is not confirmed of
Ily. but in accordance with pre
llmlnary intimations last week It li
thought that Von llndenburg's ne«
offer  was  contemplated.
suined their violent attack
Verdun front west or Dcadman Hill
laat night. Picked German troops
were r.nnlhllatod by the French, t'ae
Germans penetrated the first French
line over the entire front attacked
but ere driven out excepting on thc
eastern slope or Dcadnan" HIP.
The French made a' counter attack
est ot Hill 304 and- took back most
of the trenches lost on Thursday. On
the Aisne front the Germans attacked
north east of Cerny, employing burn-
I Ing liquid. They occupied a salient
artcr the dcrencca had beon levelled
by shell .fire   but ere repulsed   else-
Artillery a
Great Weapon
FIVE HUN AIRPLANES
BROUGHT DOWN    British    headquarters    in
  , FRANCE, July  1 — American    oflloers
ONDON, July 1—(Offlcl:.;> — ThC|W*l0 i,arc been studying conditions on
British have captured a turthcr por-jti,u front for some time past say that
of the Gcrmao lines In the vlctn-|thcy arc wonderfully   Impressed   with
Ity of Lens.    In air   encounlors   five the British artillery which made them
Hun  planes were brought down. One'morc than ever conscious or Jhc ini-
planc is missing. 'mense efforts the United   States   will  '
o — (have in that direction.   Artillery solv-
FRENCH WAR 'ed  most of the problems of modern
CORRESPONDENT KILLED |»'ar.    It  was artillery that blew the
  .Germans from their grim grip on Vlmy
BRITISH   HEADQUARTERS.    July.""J*0*  » *M    »rtlIlcr'r    tb,t    *book
1-Serge Basset. French War Corrcs-,,hem loOBO from the""   nMrly   thrc<'
s killed,5'01"*' ho,tl on hl*h Krot|nd about Me.i
ii„litjtl.. nines.    It was artillery' that shattered
and bumped the steel and concrete defences ol the  Hindenburg  Line from
'Arras nearly all tho way   to   Queani.
raa artillery today that Is harassing
Germans until they are fairly daz-
——*—■- cd when tho infantry attacks begin.
WASHINGTON. July 1—The eighty „	
merchantmen seised In GREECE RE-UNITED
American ports rt tl
pondent with the  British, i
yesterday whilst watching tl
AMERICA TO USE *
CAPTURED SHIPS,,
o outbreak or thc
r were turned over by thc President
,    SALONIKI. July 1—The Provisional
Shipping Board yesterday arter- Govornmont   wh,cn   WM   ^^^
noon  ror their operation.    The °"lcr' hero
fourteen already are Ir	
the Navy Department
lis ago by Premier Von
lielos and his followers, waa merged
jn Saturday Into a legal Government
BELGIANS REPULSE
ATTACK ON POST
BELGIAN.    July    1—(OfflciaD—An
attack  on  advanced  post was
repulsed    Artillery very active.
Salonlkl ror Athena and steps are being taken to repatriate refugees!
Salonlkl thus returns to normal conditions.    The Greek    Steamship    Co.
announce the resumption  of   service,
between  Salonlkl    and    othor. Greek
GREEK MATTERS |P<>^ .  *
r VonUel- u- & USES REMAINDER OF
Athens.   Most of the officers have]    WASHINGTON. July
«r.nft*jl  *h»  invitNflnn *nri •«-_ orrlv-' merchant shins    Hauled
ATHENS. July 1-	
, ha. invited the chief, or th. Greek j SEIZED GERMAN SHU'S
Army Corps at Peloponnesus tc
"   ~~-W (
ships   seised
the Capital.   The Premier will' porta were today turned o»ur to ii)"
with   them   the   question     ot Shipping  Board by  President   Wilso.i
sending forces to Macedonia jfor operation.   Tha other 14 have at.
o ready been turned over to the Navy;
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