1918-01-02, vol. 29, no. 01, Evening Herald

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Brilliant French Advance
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Polish Troops
From America
Firing Line Celebrates
New Year
:tors>. Parties swarm
jrt length of trenches o
l elsewhere they were
ih the parapet in face ol
L   supports     were    organizing
counter-attack   our gunners p
,   tierce barrage against
up
iream tn.m th. ....sHtoa, h- hud clad 8round we took '
.inc.   ,h„   Italian,  fa.  their  ^ trenches ihe Germans
a.le movement from the lsonzo WaM " ver>' "truBelln8
their stand along the western ' original «urn.l!l« par,
of the Plavc. Thus the entire 'lcrotfl -%0 -Man 8 LanU
bank of the Plave is cleared of i     The New Year was
lvaders except far north, where   cording to    custom.
am thru billy region. Fighting for
znn bridgehead hud been in pro
■a since lasi Thursday, the Itali-
kecpiug    energetically    after the
with   the
lole of tl
there la established the reign of
'justice and liberty In the relations
among nations." The King bestowed warm praise on tbe army,
saying Its valor and deeds wonld
form part of history, not only ol
Roumanla. but of the world. Ht
thanked Pariament for tbe constltu-
tinoal reforms enacted at the last
session and for the laws urovldlng
for the apportionment of . land
among the people and for equal suffrage.
BATTLE IN SOUTH RUSSIA.
Petrograd. Jan. 2—The battle be-
ween Kaledines Cossack, and
shovlki troop, has been resumed at
Kursk, midway between Moscow
and Bostov-on-Don. It Is reported
there have been .heavy casualties
in three day. fighting. The Bol-
[shevlkls are reported to have occupied Poltava, (be scene of the historic battle between Peter the Great
and Charles of Sweden. Thorn la a
famine In the Province of Moscow.
KAISER'S NEW YEAR BOAST
Amsterdam, Jan 2.—Reports from
Berlin say that Emperor William has
addressed   the  following  New
year of heavy and Important battles
has come to a close. The glgantli
battles which raged from Spring tc
Fall on the Belgian and French soil
were decidi
Year
"A I God   to   fresh   deeds   and   fresh   vie- or tonight.    While the East Is suffer
ttles jtortes. ilng from cold, the West. In part,
KAISKB   AS   EDITOR. jcept on the Pacific slope, is enduring
London. Jan  2—Emperor William ] wanner weather with    the   tempera-
Germany has edited a    three-vol ,tur8 to 6 t0 36 above, as an average,
i favor    of our glor-   ume work  on  "Kaiser     William     in ln tna    South    temperatures    below
the   East  the   often- ,War Time."    The proofs are    being, fre*llnS were predicted for    tonight
ive spirit of our armies,  by power- revised and will be submitted to   the • extending Into Central Florida,
u   blows,   achieved     great     success General Staff and  Foreign.Office, ac- FRENCH OFFICIAL
groups of batteries put over saiutes   and our arms there are now at rest. cordlng   u>  an   Exchange     Telegraph ia^S^S   »Win .
of  high explosives    In    bursts of a   Brilliant victories In a few day. de- dMpalcn trom Amsterdam. Tbe warJt)r °,rU?   fW
dozen"at a time, thus indicating that   stroyed Italian offensive preparations  vln emprise all the speeches the'fern!
it was twelve o'clock. The other gun-  0f years,     in co-operation  with  my r uaB delivered during
"»~ Joined in punctually with firing.   amy, rav |)eet naB aga|n pr0Ved '-
In the Supreme Court;
ivlng  c
Bay,   Voli
All  parUt
the estate of George H. Bishop, late
of   Pass   Islands  in  the  district     of
Fortune.       Volunteer. deceased,
are requested to send ssme duly at-1
tested to Charles H. Em.rson. the
executor named in the last Will and
Testament of deceased on. or bo-
Core tbe tenth day of January, 19IS,
after which date the Executor will
proceed to distribute the estate
taking cognizance only of those
claims  of  which  he  shall   have  no-
The  10th day o! December, 1917
CHARLES   H.   EMERSON.
Executor of  the Will  of George  H.
Bishop.
Address:   The  Court   House.
8t.  John's.
Il.w.decl».19.26,jan2
St. John's
Municipal Council
Notice   to   Quarrymen.
f, stream On the northern front in
s Italy the Infantry again is Idle for
the moment but the big guns of both
I Bides arc keeping up Intensive duels
[|on various sectors, particularly at
Monte Tomba and on Astago' Plateau. The enemy Is continuing his air
over important towns of the
plain, his latest attacks having been
directed against Vlcenza, Bnssano,
CasteJ-Fronco and Treviso. Thirteen
rere killed and forty-four
wounded, the majority of them clvlll-
s. Small material damage resulted
>m the raids.
Likewise operations on the front.
France and Flanders are confined
cluslvely   to   bombardments,  altho
the German War Office claims further
ground by the army of Crown
Prince Rupprecht    over    the British
south of Marcolng. Cambral sector.
There   are   persistent    reports   of
heavy fighting   in progress    between
Kaledines's Cossacks   and Bolshevik
troops ln    Southwestern    Russia, and
le caualtles have been heavy
details of an authoritative na-
indlcatlng the numerals of 1918. (
after which bouquets of gaa shells
speeding to bid Fritz u
happy new year. Naturally this form
of greeting was resented at some
places, notably near Ar.eux and Fres-
here a regular quarrel between
the heavy guns ensued. The Scottish
more subdued than
usual, possibly owing to the scarcity
r whiskey. A wonderful story Ib be-
ig told of the adventure of a young
Irman who in thick weather landed
and asked a peasant his whereabouts,
the moment he beheld a troop of
German cavalry galloping towards
Ha Immediately opened his engine full and skimming the ground
charged the advancing Germans. The
leading officer fired an automatic
pistol. Tbe airman opened with his
Lewis gun. Tha casualties lm
the officer and numerous me
Tbe remainder bolted.
Intended leaving nothing to
.o he Dew a great distance
westward to ensure landing on the
British side.   When be next landed It
needles, to ask his
for he recognized Paris
meters away.
I   of   I
y by daring enterprises.    Tbe j
GERMAN     OFFICIAL.
5. n'ccntgafl In Chompagni
'jthe region of Butte de MeBntl, J says
j today's official
difll-| Berlin. Jan
and effective work. Filled with] cnt artillery
pride and admiration we survoy the Tomba srctloi
heroic work of our colonial troops, j where the Fr
The German people In arms has thus Sunday while
everywhere on land and sea. achlev sued today (Tuosdt
ed great deeds. But our enemies still General Staff readi
hope,  with the assistance of new al- j   -In Tomba region
2—All yesterday vlo"'Beaumont was without
uols raged in Monte.took some prisoners,
.northern Italian front. |«lse the night was calm
nch took the offensive
ofllcial stutement Is-
Wo
ever the world position won by Gor- !
many in her endeavors. They will not '
succeed. Trusting ln our righteousness and in our strength we face lh«
year 1918 with firm confidence and
Iron wl'.l.      Therefore, forward with j1
PRESIDENT WITHDRAWB
MATTER
Washington. Jan. 2—A state'i
by President Wilson, reviewing tbe
part played by tbe Dnlted State, ln
the nine months It has been at \
Issued for publication ln the mi
as-hington, Jan. 2.—Relief from I Ing papers to-day. has been •«
:old wave In the East was prom- drawn with the explanation that
by the Woathor Bureau today President himself decided It she
it began to grow slightly warm- not be published, and requested that
ry duels thruout the day
COLD IN" AMERICA.
HINDENBURO TALKS    BIG.
Amsterdam, January 2—In a
telegram to Admjral Von Holtzen-
dorff. head of the German Naval
General Staff, as forwarded from
j Berlin, Field Marshal Von Hlnden-
3dD<th'fV9'lburg d*6'*™ the <*Dtare of    OB8el
»
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^ayATa^ATi«^^
land  Dago  Islands.
Battle Coast,  brought  the
Tenders addressed to the
undersigned and marked
"Tender for Spawls," will be
received until Thursday, 3rd
January, 1918, at 4 o'clock,
p.m., for delivery in the West
End of the City, near the Promenade, One thousand five
hundred (1.500) tons Quarry
Spawls.
Also for delivery in the
East End, on the old Railway
Property, Two thousand, two
hundred (2^00) tons Quarry
Spawls.
The Soawls are to be delivered at the rate of thirty tons
per day.
Tbe lowest - or any tender
will n6t necessarily be accepted.
By order,
J.L.SUTTERY,
Secretary-Treasurer
Russian
German
mHwA&sgzsfr* 'n\rvt,n e,"VSE
atlng against the Turks ln Palestine |«r-  whae  the    ««™"n     ""bmanne
,rth of Jerusalem. The Turks In the i*«» s^en considerable relief as relighting of  the  past  few days  have gsrds th. Wertern  Front.  The me«-
than 1.000 men killed and I sage continues:   "Hand       In    hand,
prisoners. [with Go*', help.-we .hall gain vic
tory In the coming year." Admiral
POLISH TROOPS CROSS OCEAN |Von HolUendorff replied thanking
Washington, Jan. 2.—The flrtt.lh. Field M.rshal for his words,
contingent of Polish troops recruit-., -which win spur us to our uttered In America for service with the mo,t affort."
Allies ha* landed eafely in France,
It wan announce to-day by Col.
;Ju». Martin of the Military, Mission.
Is composed entirely of
men graduated from the Poll** trata,
lag camp, at Niagara. N. V. and will l?>°nden?l,
be attached to Polish
fighting on west  front.
th.   publication  of  th.
ln  th.  contingent
CLEMENCEAL'S     MESSAGE
Pari.,   Jan.   2.—Premier Clemen-
ceau   give,  this  New   Year
to iP«Ut Journal:     "Why    have
pollu.,   (soldiers):   because   I   know
For  mm- thelr «"•'•« «le»r alKhted and rwol-
ute;   because  I know  our  steadfast
Allies;  because I see the American.
withheld.    Th. fore  was  wel- «t work;  bwaw. our enemies  now
[corned by th. military and civil. ... P»t .U th.tr hop- of peao. In   tar)
'thorni- «d   glv.n  an  ov.Uon   by •<*loo  of  th.  Ru^.p  n*x.mall.t..
Ith. popotac who wttne»«. th. d-l*   «*»   ^,^'^^1
Wotlo». according to on mnno.nc. "*f |* H***" "*' «••    «°*1
ment  caW*d  by  A.   R.   Chlaard,  a «*«h'
war writer with the Frwch Army.   I       ROUMANIAN PARLIAMENT
VRAR AT FRONT I     ■***■*   <*•***»*>  '*n-  *—**• R*U.-
YKAR AT 0RONT |    ^^   ^^    ^^    u^f
Otuw. A,.nc"-A-^.r;dRCtrch  w«T.n odd      , by Kin. Ferd.nand.
from British headquarters states that I
'   attack, yesterday, north-,
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tion whatever he made of tho
it It was made. The commlt-
Publlc Informatlop gives out
the following confidential note to
: "The .tatement of ' the
President reviewing our progress 1.
killed. It Is urgent that no mention!
of its Issuance be made." (The word
killed" Is a technical -newspapar
erm for the suppression of matter
Intended   for  publication^.)
ROYAL TOMB BKMOVED
London, Jan. l.—Tbe sarcophagus
containing the bodies of Charles X.
of France and members of M. (am-
reni to Austria to Hr« after
Charles was dethroned In 1130. havo
loved by the Austrian author
the Carmelite monastery In.
Vienna, according to a despatch trom
Vienna as forwarded by the Central
News| Tho sarcophagus, had been
lodged ln tho Franciscan Monastery
Castagnavlsia. near OorUIa., ln
Austrian territory regained from It-
In recent Austro-Oqrman often
The bodies ln addition to tho
kings, are those of the Duk« of An-
gouleme. eldest son of Charles X. his
consort, who was daughter ot Louis
unt Dechamboru. grandson
of Charles X. and his consort. Prln.
cess Thoresa.
ADVANCK IN FALK8TINK
London. Jan. S—The ' .British
forces In Palestine under General
Allenby have made torther progress
along the battle line north of Jerusalem. Tbo British War Office announced to-«ay that'more than one
thousand Turk, were killed and 75U
taken prisoners. The text follow.:
'The Brltiah line ha. been still fur
ther advanced north of. Jennalem..
(Contlnned on 2nd jage)
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