Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 12, 1916, Winnipeg, Manitoba ONLY MORNING NEWSPAPER WEATHER FORECAST FINE and Temperature at 7 VOL. 42. Sun p.m. Moon am. FEBRUARY NO. 190. Correspondents Visit Soldier Boys of the Dominion in Good Spirits BOMBARDMENT In Twelve Hours Enemy Poured Shells Into Many Failed To Explode Associated Feb. the of the war office and tho Canadian headquarters in the third party of tho Canadian has today concluded a two- tour of tho Canadian to all Reserving until later a fuller account of cur I give today a fiw general Impressions of the Comparatively little change la token place in the actual tions by our force twelve In many they ire hold In tr precisely tho same ting on aa undulating which low extends a distance of some Conditions ot lave undergone a considerable and is Is no tion to say that the Canadian today aro a credit to any army is the Men in Excellent Health sturtes ot n few months back of our men having to pass their days knee-deep in mud and water does not apply in the trench and so to the health of the Is with the happy result that there are only ono und a half per on the sick These Improvements havo cised a tremendous Influence on the morale of tho I found them quite confident und Recently one of the members of the coalition on his return a visit to these said that had he found such un- diluted optimism This li literally I spent a whole night In the trenches held by the eastern and western nnd although the weather moat 1J not the murmur from the Germans In some caty yards tho men did allotted hour of sentry duty of every four with cheerful The other three hours they spent In Indulging in all sorts of do all we can to make them one to me eater fires are precious to and we aie learning from month to month how to safeguard We slvo them tho best of clothing and which almost invariably includes a found of fresh beef every Corroborating this the themselves me their tions not bo better or more Commander On Monday night wo dined with tte corps General Sir Edwin who we found ly optimistic tho general Snatching an opportunity for a few chat with I asked if wo had arrived In time to something of great German attack In the of which we had heard so and re- ports would bo made upon the positions held by the General Alderson had seen these but he begged me to dis- miss them from my ne should like to ice tham coma as wo aro ready to receive Our position here is most Our artillery Is In lino and aa for our man for the Canadian haa again and again proved his superiority over the and no one knows that bolter then the Bosche of the closing of the Dutch and the massing of troops on this front ate of aad undoubtedly ate from enemy They are sent abroad with a object IB aa a fow reflection the case of would The attack on the place lias been talked about tor six but It iu not yet Saw Artillery at Work On Tuesday morning I was to see tho Canadian artillery et The position held by these by tno arc most ingeniously arranged and con- practically several hours the mathematical literally pounded the enemy portions of which wero sixty feet Into the The on this particular day re- but feebly to our and on enquiry as to whether this was a typical I was Informed that the methods ef firing are very Five Hundred Shells a said my as many as 500 shells a day W one of our divisional On such ns we set about 400 between noon ttl there 1 asked on officer w to a decrease in the supply or duality of tho shells now being he very large them don't explode nnd proves that they under unfavorable to whether they it Is very difficult to Terrific Only a few days ago they poured which Is already In than 10.000 shells between 1 'n morning and 4 In the after- an unusually terrific The exchange opens noon and continues until the sharpshooters and throwers begin their deadly When the official account Is It be found that the have carried out some splendid In the dead of and I am that the recent raid of two Is no have not been fortunate enough see nay aerial but something ot the exploits y onr among whom wero and under of the German nnd nave no hesitation In saying that during and they would bo hard to Treacherous Attack on British Force Feb. war office tonight made public the ing t official dispatch received regarding the fn Mesopotamia reports that as a result of an by supposed to be on a party returning to from a reconnaissance up to the branch of the Tigris the British suffered casualties aggregating 373, and the Arabs lost considerably over 300 men small punitive dis- patched Jan. 29. completely prised the Arabs and destroyed four of their The British suffered only six BIG CAMPAIGN FOR Citizens of Brandon to Raise in Two Feb. cutive of tho Brandon fund plans to raise two days by n whirlwind campaign Tho two days chosen are Feb. and and the city will be as with a lino comb on two days in For several weeks past the subscriptions to tht the Inck of sub- has caused a great of on the part of the and the situation only met by a more determined effort to get moro subscribers to the Ex-Mayor J. Hughes has been elected campaign with O. L. secretary and un tive composed of Arthur Maybee manager of the Bank of Commerce D. and 1 It was at Intended to havo a full week's after careful consideration the strong committee appointed recently to handle tho mutter came to the con- that the two-day Idea would be Among the many recommendations of are ones to divide city Into with n cap- tain at the head of each to ask the organizations of the city to give their hearty also the ministers to lend a helping hand by of tho fund from their to appoint a committee with a view to approaching every business house or stoic In the to print Hats of oil subscribers lu the local to get all organizations und fraternal societies und to open a most energetic publicity The work will be carried on simultaneously with the efforts of the recruiting recently ed. By means of signed pledge cheques and tho executive hopes to overcome tho difficulty of of givers whose enthusiasm lingers as long as the campaign Is under Wound Accidentally Received According to Dr. the man Clifford who is -in tho pital Buffering from a mukes the statement that the Injury was sustained In an dental Butler says he was handling the gun when It went discharging Us contents Into Dr. Edmison tonight that Butler has u good fighting chance of The police are taking a hand in the matter to verify the accident brother of Joe the fast hockey left this for Winnipeg to Join the mechanical per name Is but ho has been among his many Blends here as anything but His chums at the gave him a world-wide membership ticket for ono and a half Briand Meets Italian Feb. 11. Premier Leon Bourgeois and the French to Italy held a today with Antonio the Italian at tho Palazzo and another with Baron the Italian foreign at tho Consulta Albert Thomas and tho French generals who accompanied him passed an hour at the war office with General tho Italian minister oC and tho for The day s programme closed with a banquet riven at the Consulta by Baron In honor ot tho French Prohibition Feb. on in began day and will bo continued Today's voto resulted In a majority of sixty-two against tho total number of votes cast 401. Tho of tho constitutionality of the prohibition measures beinK voted upon by municipalities In Quebec province from time to is before the and must be de- before prohibition can be en- forced In several which havo already voted In favor ot it. Cook Makes Feb. the notorious who made a the battalion while out In Jhe country flUD at hjB HtV n AMoe his off donned civilian taking the Wuh h in Thore was no word the or tn the Cook was to his 7 P. M. DAILY Is the CLOSING HOUR for acceptance of Display and Classified for next day's Advertisers are requested to hand In their large or as early as All cuts and mats should Office open avery PHONE MAIN 6340 TENTH BATTALION IN Eyewitness Report the Week the France TAKE GERMANS CAPTIVE Enemy Was Raising the Height of His Parties Scattered Feb. Sam minister of has received tho following com- from the Canadian general the period Feb. 2 to 9: Canadian general headquarters In Feb. via tho night of Feb. 4 n patrol of our tenth under Lieut. S. and discovered a gap In the German On who they cut a luno right up to the man without at- on the morning of Feb. 5 a strong under Lieut. A. H. Trimmer nnd L. with Milne Acting ns again appt cached the enemy's lines at the same When within a few yards of tho trench a largo German working party was observed at work on the and a second enemy was further to the our was engaged In watching HIP German working parties an patrol of between twenty and thirty men was detected advancing In close This which was Intended to cover the enemy working failed to ob- serve our until almost upon It then commenced and throwing but our men ed in to the using their bayonets and A hand-to-hand tussle during which live Germans were seized as Meanwhile the German working parties took alarm and Jumped back Into their A number of bombs were thrown Into the trench by our men al undoubtedly causing u ber of Violent Fire Opened A violent of machine rifles and bombs was then opened from the enemy In the thus adding to tho sion Into which the German patrol had been Word was passed to our men to It is thought that If the German patrol survived the flic from their own Our casualties were and of these the majority suffered only slight Immediately on tho return of our patrol our shelled the enemy front line trenches so effectively that tho and chine gun lire soon During the week of February 2 tho enemy has been unusually busy re- pairing trenches nnd raising the height of tho Our and machine guners have scattered several enemy working parties and Inflicted some Numerous useful reconnaissances of sections of tho enemy's lino have been made by our scouts and In spite of largo numbers of flares used nightly by the On three occasions Hooper and win R. of our 19th re- a small enemy ob- useful Make Close On the night of February 4-5 with Waters nnd and a patrol the 21st ern entered a German In spite of the proximity of enemy made close examination of tho enemy de- Some German grenades and other found In the sap were brought On tho same night with another Investigated a second German and tho following night went out nnd verified his The artillery activity has remained In retaliation for al bombardments of and Iges In our our artillery and trench mortar tiro has been on strong points In the enemy In several tho enemy works and parapets havo been aged by our high explosive arid direct hit was obtained on a man Hostile aeroplanes have been un- usually numerous over our and oit more than one occasion bombs havo been without close to our trenches nnd rest French As a result of effective patrol works and mine operations carried out by units of the Canadian Lieut. H. of the 2Gth a pled of tho Fronch hns been temporarily attached to our second Infantry brigade to ob- servo our Tho Distinguished Conduct Medal awarded to No. 79.331, for his gallant conduct on January 11 in removing tho from a bomb fell Into ono of our Col. Hugo De first of our second hna been promoted the British and C. A- of tho second adian divisional haa been moted to fill the A party of Canadian ists has arrived In and ar- rangements have been mado to allow the correspondents to spend a full day und In the Tho weather has been and Tho health of our troops remains ex- Give Thanks to ings on the army were closed before the house military tee today after resolutions had been passed thanking President Wilson for his confidence in the committee expressed In his correspondence with former Secretary Several witnesses were heard on various phases of preparedness during the The committee will work on the next week and have It ready for tho house within n No Sitting Fire Feb. 11. There was no session today of tho parliamentary inquiry It last night that hearings should be adjourned until In order to better for tho taking of CANADIAN CASUALTIES Feb. names of five men are posted ae twenty-two and two III In last list of William Medicine and Sapper Gerald M. an lishman In tho 2nd First Di- visional are posted killed In The death from pneumonia of H. Ramsay Duff Is officially John a man In tho 15th previously posted Is now reported killed In The list SECOND General Alta. Severely B.C. FIFTEENTH Previously reported ed In NINETEENTH Died of TWENTIETH Seriously in GEORGE Nenno P.E.I. TWENTY-SEVENTH No. 963 William Emmanuel C. Ont. THIRTY-SECOND Seriously HORACE FORTY-SECOND Que. ROYAL CANADIAN Wounded but on JAMES SECOND CANADIAN MOUNTED Killed In General Alta. Echo Ont. Alta. FIFTH CANADIAN MOUNTED CHARLES SECOND FIELD COMPANY FIRST DIVISIONAL ENGINEERS Killed In GERALD Sapper NO. 5 STATIONARY Died of l RAMSAY Bank of Success of Offensive Due to the Effectiveness of portant Points Feb. a general revival of activity Is reported along the entire sian tho only developments more than local and temporary Im- portance aro tho Russian advance In the southeast of where tho Russians succeeded in capturing heights the district in which runs main way line between tho Chodorov and Stry and the occupation by the on the heights east of Tchc Tho progress In tho latter Is between and Is another sign of the resumption of tho which came to an abrupt halt u month when tho Germans apparently succeeded such nrm that further at an advance on the part of the Russians became a wasto of energy and It Is considered that a new and more formidable Russian of- Is being launched against same positions and with Initial This is explained by most of the military observers as duo to the new power and effectiveness ot the which recently lias marked improvement on all Tho evidently by the of tho now Russian which promises to extend to a general Initiative along thu whole line; havo been forced at several points In to retire to their line of GERMAN U.S. Federal Authorities After Dr. Grant New Feb. G. Grant who Is being sought by the federal authorities here on a charge of swindling Investors In mining stock out oC or by uso of the under namo of John H. has been engaged In German to a made tonight by post It Is charged that he has been supplying men prominent in governmental circles In Berlin with Information obtained from the of an lish army said to be a ber of the British general staff In the authorities met the British officer's in where he went atter being convicted in Los in 1314 for mall swindling nud his It Ifl assorted that she came with him to titis but returned some time It also developed was once a member ot the New York stock hut was forced to sell his It was because he engage I in tho promotion of Lyman Is believed to for oti tho steamer Fii and of the vessel's have been bv enble to look for FAIR WAGE Lloyd George Insertion in Munitions Feb. special Interest to tho munition workers of Canada has been received at the Labor temple the effect that Lloyd minister of munitions In tho imperial house of has communicated with Sir Bordon the In- sertion of fair wage clause In all contracts given out by the im- government through the dian This ia the result of the active work of a ber of labor men who are Interested In the of the munition Recently a composed of prominent labor waited cr. Premier Borden to urge the me clause In ail war first was not very and after to J. W. nf HIP sluJI the again re- ferred to the A promise by premier that ho would with Lloyd In reference to 'the the result of Ihe latler More Feb. box of ite was found at the tion early this Today it was reported that another of cordite had turned up at 20 miles from but addressed to Tho provincial police ire endeavoring to solvo tho mystery surrounding both Adolphe tho who was arrested Tuesday nnd ed to give an account of was released on HOTEL Another Riotous but Situation is Now Well in Feb. riotous outbreak on tho part of diers belonging to tho garrison hero occurred tonight nnd for two hours tho police and were powerless to cope with the The Riverside a brick and frame structure In the Riverside north of the Bow was attached by crowd of about 500 and civilians and thoroughly The windows frames and and most of the furniture pitched out Into tho snow where It was broken to The rioters soon at least and speedily reduced the to n mere v Officers Were commanding the fiCth ono of the most popular of the was rushed to the spot In an but unable to restore military headquarters then collected every possible reserve and finally were marched to tho spot und the hotel cordoned off. In tho meantime the mob marched up again and along Eighth nuo with avowed Intention of at- and pickets hnd about both places und they wore It was also that tho 1'Hlllver, the big hotel was to cleaned hut a heavy guard prevented any Had Situation In By midnight it was apparent that the authorities had the situation In hand and the crowds began to melt All the threatened places are under The only rausa of motive for the attack on the hotel was tho belief that It was owned by a It Is. In owned by an who purchased it from former John some j The landlord Is Joseph a native-born Mavor hns balled n ing of tho city council In tho morning to discuss the It If under- stood that the men In the will be confined Jo barracks A military enquiry was held today by Col. commanding the 13th military Into the wrecking of the White lunch last night by a mob of It was attended by tho mayor and the chief of It the opinion then that no more out- breaks were to During tho day Col. visited tho where the battalions wete paraded and addressed tho men Inp them to respect the law and to refrain from classes of citizens in Calgary aro very anxious tonight and the feeling IB that strong measures must bo undertaken to prevent further A section of. the with a certain element of tho civilian population Is evincing an ugly dis- position and thore is fear of more trouble tomorrow New Rank In Naval Reserve Feb. new rank in the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer to be known an haa been Tno pay ranges from per month for chief operators to for There are the usual special for but there Is no separation Officers of tho Royal Canadian navy are to bo allowed to qualify as Ing and will be given additional pay when acting as I Tho languages specified aro Italian and Bonspiel Visitors The Free Press will keep house during the and cordially readers and to call and Inspect Its plant and Come to the Circulation Department on the ground floor and an attendant will bo furnished to you through the building and explain the working of tho many Interesting machines and mechanical The Manitoba Free Press Co. 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Just North of Portage Ave. Hard at Offensive to Recapture Trenches Taken by Germans HAVE SUCCESS Russia Continues to Make Gains In Their Campaign Against The Turks Feb. for tho Artols region of and tho nnd cast sections of Iho Russian tho virtual that has prevailed for several days The Italians and are keeping up their artillery duels on tho the heavy snows In tho mountain re- and hero and there delivering attacks each but without appreciable In Albania the have occupied a short distance to the northeast of tho port of nnd also dominating heights in that Petrograd aays the in their operation the Constantinople asserts that In tho all attempts by tho Ottomans to sume an offensive are being put down by the Russian Bombardments of Turkish positions on the Black sea coast are being kept up by slan torpedo On the other continue to make progress and that fighting between the Turks and the British in Mesopotamia the British attempted un advance from the right bank of the but were com- to retreat to their old Hard Fighting at Hard lighting IB still In progress uruund where the French arc endeavoring to recapture positions taken from them recently by tho Berlin reports that four French attacks In thlu region have been put down und also that a lar offensive with a like purpose to the south of the resulted In Paris reports recapture of tho greater portion of the lost The active with their artillery at oui und have caused erable damage to German In the lUpu section of tho Russian artillery havo been In violent In near the the Russians re- pulsed Teutonic und to the northeast of Tarnopol have held a strategic height despite by numerically of to denial Is made .in London of ii claim by Berlin thut German pedo bouts off tho Dogger Banks a British nnd torpedoed an- other boat of this dusk The British denial Indicates that It was ono o' four mine sweepers that was BRITISH OFFICIAL Feb. British of- issued this sprang mines north of and another south of Crater No. S. Today the enemy sprang a mine southwest of the but wo no artillery has been active today north of north of Loos and 1'pres. and were shelled during the This afternoon we sprang a mine northeast ot RUSSIAN Feb. following official communication Issued the Riga between tho M road and tho has been an active artillery Our artillery at many places dispersed bands of enemy east of two explosions curred In un enemy the region of wo ex- a mine under a German and occupied the Lhu result of a reconnaissance In the region south of we demolished a bridge which the enemy had commenced to build across the by tho combined action of our Infantry and we again repulsed two successive enemy which were launched after tions by bombardment with heavy and light Further south our scouts have made the region of the enemy attempted to reconquer a height we had taken from launching superior who were Western Conference On Military Hospitals Feb. Hon. C W. speaker of the provincial legislative assembly of the province of is at the Mr. Fisher came east chiefly to at- tend the meeting of the military held in Montreal on Saturday nf the Liberia provincial commission for re- turned an officio member of the military He is interested in the matter of land and at the sion on Saturday he brought up the matter in connection with relumed At his tary hospitals commission is arranging a conference between representatives of the provincial commissions of and which the vocational secretary oj the military hospitals 7. B. has been directed to be At Mr. Fisher's the conference will probably meet in the city of Edmonton at an early Mr. Fisher expressed himself ai greatly pleased with the action of the military hospitals commission in ing up this Germans Claim to Have Sunk the New Off the Dogger en Winnipeg Calls Brantford 11. Rev. Matthew at First Con- has received a call from Central tional German Paper a semi-weekly paper published In has been prohibited from circulation In WEATHER The report from the logical at fit John's College IB us at 7 maximum for tho preceding 12 30.52; north 6 miles per The Canadian meteorological service weather observations at 7 o'clock tut 11, Winnipeg I Port 1 Medicine Hat Swift I I The weather has mild again today In British while In the western provinces has been no change with the temperature everywhere below Minimum and maximum 60 34 Prince 24-56: 36-42: 34-42: 14 14 6 20 B Mooie 15 3 15 6 18 8 Port 14 2: 12 16: 6-20: 8 12i 12 8; 4 6: 14 2; St. 4 12; 8-tt, V Feb. official statement received here today claims that a cruiser has been sunk by a German torpedo boat and that another British cruiser has bien Tito official press bureau denies The statement was to the effect that the German torpedo cruf met British cruisers off the on Thursday night and and In the German message for the press bureau pended the states that the cruisers mentioned were four mine sweeping three of which have returned Berlin Feb. text of a German official statement of received here by the night of tho 10th nnd during an advance of our torpedo boats our met on the Dogger 1110 miles of the English several which ut Our and the new cruiser and obtained a hit with torpedo on a second Our torpedo boats rescued the com- mander of thf with two other officers and Our force but no German Account Air Feb. official ment Issued by the German Is forwarded by correspondent as the afternoon of 9 pomo of our dropped on und of the mouth of the The official British account on Wednesday's raid said bombs were dropped In the vicinity of and tho town of ami that the material damage to thp of ii Two men and one child wore Soldiers Threatened to Attack Hotel and of some of the troops in barracks here to attack the hotel und the Edmonton Bulletin tonight resulted In beiriG Placed on over these by Col. and of the ami Tho objections taken to the donald hotel was that was employed and the conception of an editorial reference In the Bulletin was the cause of that Tho the at the request of the addressed the soldiers at some explaining that the editorial referred to hnd no reference to the and he also expressed that it had been misconstrued by so mo of Following this the crowds dis- and was no further Find Second Box of Feb. box of cordite was found today at twenty miles from where ono wan found at tho earlier In the Police Investigation has shown that the box was whipped from In a car of household Lest We The regular appearance of the Canadian Casualty List in the columns of the daily press In- that the stream of wounded Canadian soldiers passing through the hospitals and convalescent homes In England constantly tends to in- crease In News From Home Their First Want The need therefore of supplying these institutions with papers from Canada In greater now at any previous You can send the Weekly Press and Farmer to any address in Great or at the Front for 60 for six for 12 This for as well The Free Press USE AS Janada Has Assurance From Washington That Plotters Will Be Dealt With BOPP KNOWS COUNTRY German Consul at San Francisco in Bomb Plots Lived in Montreal Feb. to tions put In the house by Fred dee Hon. J. D. behalf of the government gave tho that the United States would not allow that country to be na a babe for German plots against Ho intimated thai assurances to that effect had been received from the American Mr. Pardee started the quoting San Francisco dispatches telling of plots Canada for which prominent Germans are now being prosecuted by the American Tho whole day wan spont In sing the estimates of the department of practically oil of which wore disposed of. Just the rosu ut C Sir Robert referred to Hon. G. P. nry references the other day to tho way In which tho museum had been equipped with for the of The minister said he would to add a word ot appreciation for tho personal attention of the minister of public works Ho hnd sonal knowledge the Hon. Mr. had been night in connection tho Mng up ot the and the were even than he had It had always the Sir Robert to have a tho tower old parliament ings to Indicate whether parliament was In or A similar hud been and lie had been asked now to touch u button which would Illuminate for tho firs I Tho prime stooped ami pressed a bullon under his Members on both ful Protection for Gulf Hon. J. D. 1 of in threats of if no wed Get man activities on tho .my morg UUH on the gulf lower St. I laze u ho would rather give thut Information Tho minister told of In made un St. which will eventually bo to 1.000 oC at low between ond Ho said this would 01 nve tp ond would probably uost eight or nine million dollars In tlon to what hail been A little over two million dollars Is provided for in the present At Sorol the channel has been widened from 700 to 800 Better progress would bo made when tho now being constructed at tho plant In Montreal wus Mr. If any part nf the marine department at Sorel were lined for tho making The minister replied In tho that he had told tho shell committee that the would bo Klad to do anything they able to do at the committee did not consider It necessary to accept the Engineer Hon. tho minister In regard the report of Engineer of tho relating on Page GRAIN MARKETS REVIEW Yesterday saw a firm with all prices ing a little May closed at 11.27, with July at In the early both public and were and the opening wus over Ic better than Thursday's Later on the de- cline in tho Chicago with the bearish about Argentina combined with stop-loss orders over from the night continued to can BO a Export houses had been already buying a aad when the market went down to they got down Though their were not aa big as they considerably bigger than the other days at seaboard also wero though not at premiums ai Tho question of whether the new Argentine freight rates will have effect on the American was tho supposed causo of break In thu Chicago but this feature will probably nnt hurt the Winnipeg market so of the preference the the have for the quality ot Canadian wheat The traders are doing so little in spot wheat that they ure turning their attention to futures at The offers Friday were email tho spread was reduced by but no one to at the high 3c under Slay offered for No. 1. Experts consider market in a bettor after the Penning out on The weak have forced by lie drop fiom the Mgh of thu and tnide will be to legitimate nows nuro pit
