Manitoba Free Press (Newspaper) - August 12, 1916, Winnipeg, Manitoba f I ONLY MORNING NEWSPAPER IN MANITOBA WEATHER FORECAST FINE and Temperatures to 7 60. 40. VO 5 7.53 Moan AUGUST 12.1.916. 33. ITALIAN DRIVE SCORES VICTORY DOBERDO PLAIN Mile Plateau flow in Mil Help in Clearing Salient Below Gorizia and San Martino del Carso Point 20 Miles From Trieste Lost Ken in Killed and Over Prisoners Aug. mighty cattle which resulted in the cap- of by the cost 70.000 men i- tilled and and in it was estimated in from the front Aug. reported tnit in perplexity over the on the Italian and Galician the Austrians again have bright troops from to the front in a desperate effort to sive ths situation Turkish having been sent to the eun front to replace the By their new victories the Italians have taken an important toward clearing the salient li by the bend of the Isonzo The plateau was of heavy fighting earlier in hot the Austrians withstood of the Italians U win this important The took place on a front some below the capture cf which enabled the Italians to push forward in the direction of Trieste in this San Martino del Cirio it six miles southwest of It is about 20 miles from Fighting East Suez Proceeds With No Aug. be- tween the British and Turkish forces in Egypt cast of the canal con- on Aug. 9 and 10, with no important success for either cording to an official statement issued this Turkish caused the British cavalry to fall but the to their The statement the of August the who were holding a line running proximately north and south through with their on the Bardawil lagoon and their left thrown in a curve to the were heavily pressed by our mounted They made three counter- which were all About 2 p.m. they made a general along the whole Our cavalry then fell guns shelled large slacks of stores and convoys at a distance of only two thousand the replying this bombardment with what arc reported to be 6-inch he enemy's strength is mated at about including a regiment which Was not en- gaged in the action at His casualties were very the our cavalry remained in observation of the who re- tired to their CITY WAREHOUSE FIRE About Damage at age Premises of Leslie ing Company T Capture German Trenches Maurepas and a Quarry at Hem Wood AUSTRIANS EVACUATE TOWN WITHOUT FIRING SINGLE SHOT Army On With Astounding Speed And Iti tbe Who is in Retreat to to the on the Success Achieved North of the German Reserve Regiment Annihilated by Armored Machine Admits Re- Has Now Base for the Invasion of Hungary OF mm NEW LINE ESTABLISHED Bombardment Continues at Gains Have Been Made By the have the entire war office announced i aid Mattino del reached tilt hno of the The have to of town of V. 1V.1. war office in my v. itli the on Sap and which had on In di of tlie q and Tie i m nij touted ird c of Mi on I 111! 1. cant occupied nubbin and San JU Carso and the of the i -t of of Is fill in on lint of Sin Montr Hnn of thf lines of ehi Vr i our Ihe KM of the front die enemy the nanAi dealt with Tne of and thp or enemy y aircraft dropped bombs on on the were hut no one A of yesterday the 6nt 2' the railway fiom lost The Mie firc of and relumed on the ARMY ily from a army ln down tho tlle M- to to the i his ld tfic of a will the RUSSIANS WITHDRAW PERSIA R. C I of TUC Adjoining Property But Saved by of Firemen THE between and At 10.15 luat night four of the Leslie Furnishing company nestled apparently ly the Forrester Fifteen minutes the warehouse ono the Humes from which were angrily licking tho In some wily to be explained tire Imcl broken out in the with such rapidity by the lime the alurm given the stories were all The stock of furniture was a reserved add carrying insurance to the extent of Not even a spindle of a chair The which frame covered bv mated at 10.000. Not u rafter or lath was The stands on a jO x 100 foot lot running from Kort street to the lane at the Fire Chief sized up the situation 1m- on arriving at the Property Adjoining the Forrester which is rented by the militia department ami filled with army In Fire departments from halls 1. 3, 4, and 5 were all and with his of 80 men the chief immediately set about saving many hoses connected with the pressure Into the heart of tho the chief directed men to take positions on tho roof of tho Forrester Two or three men were placed with chemical and hose on each and for about ones hour these tactics wore successfully carried Hundreds of onlookers were stirred by the shouts from the men on Ihe roof of the Forrester as they frantically directed the strongest hose to points where ilie flames weie Just taking hold of tins The large store of the Leslie company on slain street and which is only separated from the warehouse toy a narrow also but continuous nn 1'nge BRAVERY REWARDED Two Montreal Lieutenants Receive Military Aug. ad- stale that Phil who went to the front with the Patricia's has heen awarded the military cross for gallant conduct In is well re- membered here as a Rugby No intimation has yet I reached hero regarding the lar service for which he was ed the military Second Lieut. John Gwynne to No. 16 2nd lloyal Flying be- toie the war a resident of also won the military The act lor Lieut. Howell was the cross as On May 4. in Captain tho pilot of the was by His ob- Lieut. managed to climb back Into the scat the machine was and In it safely back into the British sensa- tional is happening on the western where the entente allies tain s steady Although the British forces have shown little the French report the cap- ture of additional German trenches near Maurepas and a fortified quarry north of the Hem Despite the small gains on the western the entente allies have had another week of striking cesses with the great Italian and Russian victories and the repulse of the Turkish attack in August We have evacuated without says tlie official statement from general Thu statement also admits the withdrawal of Austrian troops to new positions in tlie and owing to the Russian Aug. to the north of the river in in brilliant have captured additional trenches fortified quarry to south of the Hem cording to the French com- issued this The communication Ihe north of the the afternoon was marked by an infantry attack was carried and which succeeded German trenches were cap- tin ed by our and our soldiers established a. new line oji the ridge to the south of ami the that and the ninth of ilio Hem wood a and two small woods fell Into our the of this Hunting we took 150 unwounded men and 10 machine of the Sommo the is the Verdun our flist nnd second In the of comt and in tho sector have been I the Sth inst. .in enemy aero- plane brought down in our linos to the south of by a pilot of the can BeUIan is nothing to Open Heavy Aug. Fiench a. heavy mnn positions of the to an statement Issued bv the wiir office On the left bank of the Mouse the French took some prisoners In a raid on German trenches east of I till 304. On the richt bunk of the Mouse there WUH skirmishing with about tlie On the of Ihe front cannonading was Tho statement of the Sommo artillery directed a destructive fire the defenses of the la the course of our operations we took prisoners and two In the small wood north of Ihe left bank of the Meuso we made a surprise attack on a German trench east of Hill HOI brought back On the bank of the river was the usual as well as with grenades northwest of the of 9-10 aerial bombarded the railway barracks at and Ihc station at August further series of surprising successes by tlie armies of Generals were announced today by the The most important of these successes were the capture the important railway junction and town of the definite occupation of and the ure of important positions on tlie Zlota Lipa Coupled with victories was the capture of many thousands of especially on the right bank of the where the prisoners taken number live The Germans appeared to regard the as the most critical position on the eastern and the appointment of Field Marshal von to the chief command ly had the effect of temporarily stemming the advance on the section of the But Field Marshal von does not hold the controlling command over the troops guarding the approaches to where having taken and being in striking distance of is rapidly completing his encirclement ot the of Gen. Count von The hitter's forces have held obstinately to their positions since last and have kept virtually it cannot be long now before the fate of Lemberg is military observers The possession of and makes the Russian possession of and gives them a base for an in- vasion of The fall of which also is regarded as would interfere seriously with Gen. von com- and would compel him to retire his army along left bank of the Dniester toward Lemberg and between the Russian forces advancing from the direction of and The German official today admitted a of the forces was taking place in order to meet the now positions of the Russian BRITISH OFFICIAL Aug. official statement issued by the British wur office shortly midnight reads as follows the and the Somite iho situation is On the rest of the front there is trench numerous dally some successful long distance raids have been carried out by the flying corps against the ob- Zeppelin sheds at railway sidings at railway ings and airship sheds at railway station station Of the 68 machines which only two failed to Press Germans Aug. and northwest of on the Somme front the have made it was an- officially here The announcement the opened heavy and tine fire on followed by an artillery on Pape REPORT GERMAN FLEET LEAVES KIEL CANAL Aus German fleet of and ines came out of the Kiel canal according to local The fleet was sighted oft steaming with great speed through the narrow waters of the Little which is between tha Baltic sea and the an important of ot lias been occupied by Russian The of is announced in the official statement given out this The of Gen. Thursday and who tu the direction of The Una sums have complete successes in the The statement a of our success on the inei la tlie of and the enemy was compelled to irom the fortified positions of and In conjunction with tho success hy us in tho vicinity of the our the offensive in the legion north of After an by our troops advanced to the middle after driving the enemy from fortified definitely occupied the lown or of our mounted machine gun under Lieut. til lev having repaired the bi idse at pushed along to the rear oi ihc third German reserve and tlie still offering was annihilated by our armored In the vicinity of the confluence of the our cavalry continuing the occupied the village at tho tion of the liver with Ihe and also the village of north of the Droops of Gen. 2kj achieved an important The of continuing the obstinate fight In the region or captured that town .it 7.15 o'clock Thereafter he the who In the of ex- plosions were heard previous to tho evacuation of the town pressure brought to bear on the he the left bank of the and our ments began to other meanwhile pouring and into the retreating Make Rapid Aug. lire advancing on the river in war announced They have the town of ot Is in The i cached the Dniester south which Is eight miles southeast of. the Important town of They have also advanced to the right bank of thu a branch of the which joins river near In the fighting of August S and 9 more than and mans were The statement lighting is continuing on the River in the region of the village the little town of and the of Desperate the River Sereth our troops are is a desperate alternating between actions and Notwithstanding the enemy's efforts to stem our ad- Anglicans in Synod at monton Will Decide Upon Action at Special Session MEET OVER Urges All Church People to Support to Late Dean Robinson Two Thousand Canadians Are Prisoners of War oil Page GREAT DRIVE ON LEMBERG he above map shows evacuated by tho Austrians and also toward which point In the north the are now purging the The capture uf sivea the another which they can match toward Like Im- radiate from it In live It Is 87 miles of Lemberg and la situated between two forks of the ton miles south of the was a. city and agricultural centre before the war had u population of Aug. synod of the Church of England In the province of Rupert's which concluded Its session In Edmonton to meet three years In was occupied principally during the closing hours hi ering what action should be taken on one of the most important tions that will conic before It In the whole of Us the revision ot Ihe Book of Common After long discussion it waa decided to request the moat Dr. j Archbishop of Rupert's to call a special of the provincial ay nod for the of taking whatever action may be deemed Tho subject has been under con- sideration by a special committee of the general synod from the for some and at tho last ing of this body at Toronto a draft submitted and forward to the pi It was anticipated that copies of. It would be in the hands ol synods ot the various provinces before but as they had not ar- rived tho house ot bishops suggested that a. committee should be ed to go through the and report to the committee of the This nut itself to the of the cial who objected to a com- such power on a ter of to and consequently a resolution was on the motion ot Rev. Dr. seconded by W. J. requesting the cial session to take action in regard to the revised draft prayer Temperance On tho motion ot Rev. Capt. seconded by Rev. W. B. the resolution whereas great and tial pi ogress has made in tho cause of temperance throughout the length of a prohibition having been recently put In force in the provinces of and and the bar abolished In tlie province of that this do record Its heartiest pathy with this movement and that we hereby call upon our church ple to support the advance thus far attained by doing all In their power to make legislation a and by co-operation with all who are interested In the ance that true success may attend the efforts and the tess causo Archdeacon sub- mitted the memorial relative to de- ceased brethren which referred In tins and to the deaths of Rev. Dr. warden of St. John's Rev. Hugh who hail been in the Peace River and Grande and who was killed in action at the ami Rev. ert superintendent ot sions at This afternoon the were the quests of Bishop Grey In an auto- mobile They also tho of MANITOBAN CHOSEN Aug. thousand Canadians are prisoners of war in according to the latest figures available The first exchange agreed upon in the case of those utterly incapacitated was carried out three months and the British prisoners to not as but as invalids who benefit by re- in the mountain is directed especially by the In- Red Cross In the initial exchange few Canadians mere So far as the militia department is there is no Canadian sentative in unless one has been detailed from The Canadian prisoners are treated as and are looked after by the British Serious Condition Exists Owing to Inadequate Supply of Labor Behind Provincial Organization Makes Appeal to Men and Women to Help Out F. A. Watson to go lo England for thirty-two members of the University of Toronto company who have been selected to KO overseas to undergo a six course In a school of Infantry In order to quality for commissions In the Imperial are fiom western The men selected will leave for about Sept. 1. Each ready holds an officer's certificate or is In possession of sufficient military education to make it almost a fore- gone conclusion that each will complete the The westerners chosen A. D. M. F. J. H. M. J. P. Fort F. F. A. of the of FORTY PERSONS 11. steamer bound from to with a of owned by an and principally dis- banded fire oft the Island Forly persons killed and many The captain of the finally in his The Island of Is one of tha northern in the Second Story in the Series Will Appear in Today's Free Press Evening of munitions from Ontario are running fur behind the quantities and we are seriously apprehensive If existing cannot bo Such Is the serious communication from thu imperial munitions board of which J. W. Flavelle is to Provincial Organization of Resources under the direction ot Dr. A. U. has been conducting a preliminary Into labor conditions In munition in Hamilton other Ontario The iu to Hie by tho provincial at the buildings has been Iv due to the faet that there has been a very inadequate supply of labor sufficiently skilled to make This has ies turning out steel forcings and component In turn havo adversely affected operations at the machining and But these also have been unable to make deliveries even when they lire fully equipped with and component ly owing shortage nf As a of existing conditions and the statement of tlie Imperial munitions the provincial com- has decided to bring tiie facts to the attention of the its message issued to the pi ess the committee states that it to call tlie attention of all those In the and allied industries to the importance of their service the great resting upon them as to co-operate and do all in their power to secure a steady and Increased supply of munitions for our forces at the to urge upon all who are ineligible for overseas service and who arts anxious lo voluntarily do best in this great struggle those now lit work or in thu duction of commodities arc luxuries more or to consider employment on munitions as their next best service to women's emergency corps to women for munition work or for woik which will release mon for the munitions VERBAL RECORD MADE FOR THE MANITOBA COURT Words Uttered by Lawyers and Horwood In Trial Number Witness Breaks Down at Close of Long Others Testify Yesterday Count de Bury Tells How Governor's Copy of Council Was Secured Five witnesses gave their evidence in the trial yesterday after Victor Horwood left the the rapidity with which they were disposed of being in marked con- trast to the time spent in dealing with tha wood's release came at after he had occupied the witness stand 14 during which time he and the lawyers made a court record of 000 The end of the ordeal came none too for Horwood had a nervous breakdown shortly after 11 He sobbed and turned his face to tha although the tions than being put to him were of minor Count de formerly aide to the that Christmas time in 1914, Malcolm Mac clerk of the executive procured from him the copy of the 000 When the in- quired whether the incident him the witness said it Mac Lean having been excited and anxious to get the Hugh B. secretary of the toba Bridge and Iron his firm supplied Kelly Sons with structural steel at a cording to the estimates of the Kelly was allowed 5115 ton for the same Mr. Lyall also gave evidence on costs of ing H. F. acting told of declining to pass Kelly's applications for on tha caissons until he not an and W. J. Ptolemy ex- how cheques were issued nnd payments H. F. Wilson told of being in possession of tha celled until it was taken away from him by Charles H the deputy minister of public after which he never saw it H. A. assistant deputy minister of public told of attending a before the contract was let to and being consulted in reference to the bility of having caissons instead of Ha recommended the In this the crown said GRAIN MARKETS REVIEW The action the market yesterday that while wero liable to go 10 cents either way at a ment's the break or rally will be made only by Jurd lighting on timed tho ket seemed to be due a. setback from Its and there would appear sufficient Kood buying to support Again the bad reports coming were occasionally thu cause of a shurp advance which would hf the signal for the ance ot heavy The market extremely nervous and all through though the of was It was more from tho than the size of the The from frost AH there has boon very little wheat but on one of the markets at the of week would had a Thy needed a. day or two to rest after ous labors of Wednesday and Is now In a belter position to otic or the 1-V'w to predict way it uill and the more consul to let enough AH eyes are at turned to western Miller slated thai while even under existing conditions we produce a. average the out- come Is entirely dependent on the weather from now An early front catch our crop this aion than In the average while the rust m iy spread further or be stopped by tills cool The nun ltd hiis fully discounted thr damage done and many think has than it nut If 'the weather the crop that Is to be- forgotten in the mad dangor of cool weather will be over by say a on FOE CASUALTIES Over of German Army Accounted to a tab compiled here from Herman casua ty totalled 12Z.E10, thV total the commencement of the fiken from tho game who died of wounds numbered 31.196; who died of severely wounded 17.807 According to thi of the war the killed or who have of K wounds 735.8U6- diod prisoners JoS wounded do not the WEATHER HIM 1: s laji i n. is. 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