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' _ .. _ ' ` the summit. ni the rirlgie iieiir it`o:~t_ __ ________________ ___ ___ “np ___ __ job fm

I ` ' I ` - ` Malmaison on the heights or the ill; lliiotrtiiisaiiiitl this lteiivlui' tanks

. L, Aiene to the north of Vallcy. '1`licsi~ ' "

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.» 0 _ - - _ THE. COVERS PRINCE EDW XRD ISLAND LIKE THE DEW ` _ L _L THE News Woars -READING A . A ALL THE ADv'rs_. Woim-i

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CHA1i_LQl,l.E '

autnsiimissciriuas AMERICANS

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"°“'---_'" ”‘“°'“’°""‘ triroiriiitti Positions "l

I?li__W¢ Captured Three Positions from Bulgarians, I _ = French and Americans Within ld of the

thtl »\¢l‘bS Gaining a Foothold in 'Nidie Mount- ‘ . . . Rhine. - Enemy Bombardment ‘Indicates an

n h Ground on Ranks oi

tins and _Capturing |,50(‘) p,;,0n§¢,s_ French Have ~Taken_ Vailey .a d liig _ ____¢______d A_____c__ _____o__ A_______ _______z__s__..»_

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_toi§i>'I§§.'l»§§._°'i§__'-T.-'Z.1"`lIZ§`.l. ......` f‘;",,,',§,",’§f‘, {‘§"‘;§§{j_“m'éb“y"°a°§g§§;§i The. Road Now Practically C_leat' to Main Hind enb_ur_g_Line. French have begun an advance into attack. '.1 with weather

Aisne with 900 Prisonei-s,a Total oi 4,400 Since Saturday. .~».~.. _ ~ A

(Special to The Guardian)

LONDON, Sept. 17.-ln the face oi'

greatly increased German artillery

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M“°°d°m“ at “ Umm “b°“¢ fWBl1iY y ilre in upper Alsace tho enemy guns

3" “‘""° d“° "“°‘ °f M°““°Uf- Of- 1600' eui.oAniANe cAP1'unEo Machlnes DOWn€d

iicial desputches state that ln the Y A Nidle mountain range where the Bul- mpeg h

n undred prisoners and many - '

garmnsl m"'$hh“:__ :t|'°"‘5 d°f°“9lV0 Bulgarian guns have been captured (Special to The Guardian)

nos ence e ner of 1916 the in ridge M I ., '

591-bs and the Fr-ongh lmye ga t d pos img am the Amed LONDON, Sept. 17.-The most hn-

pum "ODDS were still nndvanclng when In . _nl ‘

three key positions in the region of me despatch was med _portant news oi the /lay is co ont.

Vetrenik. tin the former movement

which resulted in the capture or mg 8UC¢Es8 'N ~ lit-iztakcit in' coiiltuwlloit with i|\<‘

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M°“""" the 'Serbs 05130105 A 10118' __ MAC DONIA Sancy and of me t°“'"-of Vmley °“ French who tarc a|>,i>roacliing from ttho ment in the Nirije mountains, at LONDON, sept. 17.-Serbian and ‘he “°"h "“"" "f ‘he A“"‘“ ““’°"» soiiiint-est atom: the line of the Ham

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in the l~‘ren»cli report which tr-lls oi the capture ol' ground north cast oi'

Kay, Machslm. oi' the dominating French troops continue the offensive together “nh 900 p‘i3°“"r5‘ mah 9

peaks of the range over 700 feet ab~ in; Macedonia and have progressed

ave sea level.The newground won on- more than five miles according to n ‘ delsi’ H161" ill Uleif i‘~d"i‘“C@ “nd li

Ruiiday iii tp the northeast and will Serbian oiilcial statement received enable the Serbs to cross the rnngel here.,The Allies have occupied an im- and descend into the valley of the portant series of ridges. The Allied Cherna. The movement is doubtless troops have captured more than 3,000 intended to outfiank the main Bulgar- prisoners and 26 guns. Their casual- ien defences in the valley of the Var- ties have been slight.

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Hon: Mr. Mr. L__10__ ___s_e_f ___ ______u_. 250 fee; :_lnii thc t‘:iinhi.\i opcrnl.ii>ns zlppcnr- to

_ Interview Supt. Hayes on Trans ortation '

_ _ _ _ _

p numerous earthworks oi inotlern con- _

4,400 since Saturday on this sector. With the town the French secure thc

only practical roads northward ac- ross the riiggeii plateau upon whicli ltho Cheniin Des Duinvs runs, in their ndvance from Soissons and the Aisne toward Laon_ihe lt`reiicli have now arrived at a point where another mile. oi uphill climb will bring ihvm_ to

are 480 feet above seat level. Tliorc ie a`furtlier rise oi almost it hunilrcd feet to Malmaison and the main illn-

ldcnhurg li_nn_ AI`i<‘r lliui, the roziil lim down hill iiironltgli thc valley oi' th

above sea level and is divided hy

., ' _ struction. At Allemant the French are

progress is slow but they have to

_ _l-ion. Mr. Kennedy and Mr. John at so mucii per day, per trip, ihelm mm as may advnmp Um Ouwr

Messervw spent Monday in Monc- characters providing the coal and ' D ' ' ' ' tiny out soinc posts to the cast. 'l‘h~

_ - ' l'=.. . t . d .=..'tl 'rk. it‘ ‘ _ _ ,

ton in conference with Mr. C. A. being responsible for all other expen- H wh W8 mm “H ml mo _T ) t.vai-untion ol thc (axial Du Nord an-!

Hayes, General- Manager oi Canad- ses. tit is possible that Mr. Ilayes may

the Hindenburg linc in thc legion where it was built to resist any as-

ian Government Railways. Mr. Hayes bo induced to place this steamer at, `

assured them that he would do all in 1. ilxed rate per bushel so that oth- his power in the matter oi moving srs shipping to Newfoundland could freight and in seeing that the great- have equal advantages. It will be oi est possible iacilitles would he pine- immense value to shippers to have

adult it will hc coiisiilewil poszillilw :night he launched against it.

With thc rci.\irii ol' siiiisliinu i-hero

has been a great iiici't-asc ol' artil- icr 'ictlvlt in tho Oiso Aisno rou-

ed at the disposal lslund shippers. this steamer to fall back upon in the I Y ` y

event of nothing better presenting

THE NORTHUMBERLAND melt

Ae already announced the North- |.||L|_3ggR0 gmpgg

umbefiand will -be on the Charlotte- town Picton route during exhibition The condition ot the Iiillsboro week. lt aulllcient freight oflers she Bridge was brought to the attention will continue to run on this route of Mr. liayes. He stated that _the during the remainder of the tail. piankingmndthe lighting otthe bridge Possibly she may be used when nee- should he kept up by 'tho local govern- esslty arises on the Magdalen ls- ment. He was now taking steps to lands route. tit is up to the shippers have the approaches levelled up and to see that -the steamer is provided it would not be long before these with siiillolent freight to keep her on would be placed in first class con- thie route. - ' ditloll- .

Mr. Hayes was assured that tho RAILS

Longshore men would do all in their 1 power to give the steamer quick des- Mr. Hayes assured Messrs Ken- patch in the mi\tter_of 'loading and nody and Messervey that he was unloading, ' l doing his best to have _the third rail

Mr. Hayes was asked if. in the ev- placed between Charlottetown, Sum-

ent of the Car Ferry and.Northum- iuerside and Borden this fall. There berland being unable to keep the was some disappointment in the ro- freight cieo.r_ what other steamer or ceipt of rails but he hoped that mat- steemers were available. He thought_ters would so adjust themselves that the Car.Ferry steamer Scotia coiild'thia part of the road would be com-

be used in such- an emergency. plated in time for the fall t_i;?de.

Messrs Kennedy and esservey

NEWFOUNDLAND TRADE feel that in Mr. Hayes the province

. ` has e. true friend who will do every-

” mb "’°|m°d °“t t° Mr' Hay” thing possible to facilitate transpor-

that a large business had iorm°l'\¥ ,mom _

beeirdone with Newfoundland and _

that steamera operating there' had ____________

been subsidized by the Dominion _ Government. Mr. Hayes stated that ' `

,,!he'Bt_eueer'Drummond would he av- .6|'e_eCe U05 Army ' ailaiile for sonic trips between Is- _ _Men lend ports and Bt. Jolnre. csrryllll _ --

v:f9‘\T‘l27'°M 'mm' “T °°t'°'H° 'mum (special to The Gulrdilni l_‘.ll’°".».t,=lil,\‘_t¢rtns I1" *°l_° C°""’”’ - i.'oNDoN. sept.:-14.-Miciissi Aeon- qu 9' “M ¢h‘"°" *T “` 'p°°m°d mm oulosj tho Greek Minister of asfiwl'

'T I ' ' __ _ '“““' , ~ lure. interviewed Y0Bl8l'~'1RY. Bald 1:3* T|||}“’\{K';'||Ei'; Greece had 200.000 soldiers un oi

.- ._|.n“‘§»““h_»|s|_1n_”_ sririssnd _oould raise ari8do;l:_i_:;n_e_l

-_‘ s (_-‘ Ev|\n_ -100,000-.but Val hlmd call?

_ _ '. \ ‘ » shipplng.ii0lIlUe»»

'ronomtoi sept. ma »,r. . _ , .

-'fha tide will .be hllluhis mornin; at t

an me tomorrow gi. 10.02. it _wtu im, 00Y0l'I\0l' GQlt8f|\,| _ Nth tonight it 'i0.(I'4 and tomorrow ii. ' in .'r0|'0|\f,0

ovenpig at 7.25 and _--~ _

rises t`omorr9w ' _

et 7.02. | (epselai to The Guardian) _

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“_-°."‘ °' »s¢¢._ 11.--i-iii

General

T” nm “I arrived in

he nun

_ l0p\o|-_my A .'°°\"lN'

It l,S¢.~

Jon. The Americans to thc oust. oi

l‘ont Arcy may bo oxoectetl sonic :lay very soon to plunge for\v;n-il in in attempt to cross the river there, ind also at Pont Averl: und curry thc ’.‘.rooirte Plateau. 'I‘his part. ni the iront has been relatively quiet for some time. T-he lihciins» Luon high nad markstlie direction oi' thc proh- able advance, if tho operations nir-

alnst I_..a0n orc to be pushed to com- pletion this fall. There luis been fur-

i‘.l

_shout nine mites from the city. 'rnair

ther progress toward Saint Quentin

Sunday. _

in the region vast oi' llolnoii Wood. The British lines are now su near tht: ~neniies‘ nihin dcllnisivc system in

front of the city that little inure Pllll he ilonc until li great. aisszttill is nn-

St. Quentin Caiiul. Numerous small watercourscs and several .diiilcnlties

will he several days yet before they :irc as Close to the liiittlenhtiit; line on thcsoiith west as thc British are now.

A JOB FOR THE BIG GUNS

On tho pQi'ninu~ St. Quentin rout'

:intl it may he that tho (‘.ainbrai show will inunopalizc thi,-ir >aci'virt~.=; fn;

eontq littlo limo. it is doubthil who thor an attempt would be mzidc lo

pltiro thc two i-_ities siiil\iittini~on.<l_\

ie ncztrcr 3 climax than the move

inont toward ,St. Quentin, although he attacking corps are farthest iron' heir goal at `Caniiiro.i. There is ni- liridcnhurg line si.ai\iiiiif.‘: in thc wit) there, The (lanatliaiis lrtvo linen init

.1 tgriieral assault upon lloiiurlin-_ Wonti, the utit\voi'l-; ol' t‘.aiiil>i‘ai'.~i tio ii-in-cs, in l.i-\ iininistlizilc i'\t|iii'i~, i prohtllilc.

BRITISH ADVANCE ON TWO MILI' FRONT

Sir _iionglas llait: tolls oi att :Hi

viincc on a two milc t`i.nit. on tht sides of lim Yprce t‘.0i\|inus Uanzil I » iho iiiirth oi' the Mcsftitirs llilitllk 'l`lli~~‘- nioveniciit. is i;inn.pliin.-nlary lo -an .'.tlit_=r uouili ol the rlrl..',o fl. l"lo-~tést:-i~- to. The object. in to. envelop the on only iiolillnix the ridge and ilislotlge

the (lcrnmns withtiitt sti.l’fr~riit£§ U10

i

GREAT AERIAL ACTIVITIES

Aorlzil ucilvity has hcen rcsuinotl

on :t tri-mit smilie :iftcr :t wcek of un- l':x\'orltl\ic \\'i>:itlif~i‘. ilritisli aviators

on ‘Sntitril:iy night lii\:t\'ily and i'-'tpeat 1-lily lloinhexl four enemy ."tiri.iroinec with excellent- results completely ile- molisihing two Hangers. Military ob jectives at Metz, at Mainz and across the Rhine at Karlsrhue were bombed and at l{iii'slii'iilie seventeen direct hits were obtained on docks and sid-

ings. On Suiitlay lhcro was it great tical of ali' i`i_t'htlng_ British aviators lirougt down thirty planes and drove i-.even others otit oi control. Sixteen l‘.ritlsh pl'ine.~t are inissing."’1‘he l<`t'encli tl<~sl_i‘oycii or put. out til' action on Sunday l'ui1rle-.en (I-‘iinan planes. So that the nneniy`s loss was forty l‘oiir plant-;; iliiriiiyz the clay. The Ain .»;i<':uis on thi' l\ltisvlle continue to tid- tiiiivo in\\‘ar<l i’:igity.

ERITISH DRAW NEARER ST. QUENTIN

' Special to The Guardian)

LONDON, Sept. 17.-Last night

\\'i;,nosscd a further closing in of thi liritisli lines north wr-st oi’ St. Quen tin. l<‘icl;l ltinrsliiil liaii.: in his re- port today annotinrorl thai. tho Brit-ish had nizttlc pi‘ot:i't-ss in this urcu in the <lii't‘<-limi ol' l.1tv<=i‘t|tiiei‘. "\’Vc im provtetl our positions slightly yeeter alziy and tliiriiit.: the iilighl. iiortliwcsi ni lluliti\1'li, l>ct.\\'-ittrii Lens 'and La ilastsoc anil nnrtliwrsi ol’ Nuevo (‘.hap» 1-llo on Ihr- Flanilet-s front.

PULGARIAN TROOPS JOIN GER- MANS ON WESTERN FRONT

(Special to The Guardian)

AMS'l‘l0ill)Ai\l, Set. l7.- Bulgar~._

lun rr~glnio_tilft have iirrivctl at Mailb-

losscs that would ho inevitable iverc

it frontal attack untlertakcii.

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ugh to ci)-opoiuitc with the German troops on the \v<>sii‘ri1 i`roi\t, accord- ing to the itll-ho Beige.

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have been so active that an utlacli upon the Allied lines on the .St. Die sector is indicated: The French and Americans here are well down in the eastern slopes of the Vosges. The Germans consider -them perilously near the Rhine which is only eight- een miles from the battleiront.

AMERICAN AIIRPLANES TOOK A HAND

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON

THE LORJRAINE, Sept. 17.-=Ameri-

‘extensive bombing raids on

ville Frescety and Le Sableon direction of Metz this a!ternoon.Fire| were observed at Sariopp. One of the American planes shot down e German

balloon near Pren. _

AMERICANS A MILE AND A HALF FROM. BORDER

(Special to The Guardian)

PARIS, Sept. 17.--American troops

have reached Vaudieres. within s miie and s half oi’ the German tren- tier, Le Liberte announced today. Vandieres is in the Molello Valley

. convention in which a great many re; ' '

ptaycss and $520,000,000 is paid out~ `

three miles north at Pont Arnouuon.

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RETAIL MERG ANTS

NNIIAL MEETING

cans and Allied`aviators carried out

v

The Local Organization Decides to _Line Up

with the Dominion* and Become Part of the Maritime Branch for the Present.

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At the meeting oi the Retail Mer-_ Votes ot thanks were voted to the

chants Association held in the Kozey_V|9if°l'B T01' I-T19" |°\'V`I°°9 Ind W U30

Korner on Monday evenin the flnan- pre" which “many Baum"

g led ed

cial report submitted by the Secret- 8 `

ai'y-Trensurerf Mr. C. H. Black, \

showed a balance on hand of $94.77. I T

Mr. J. C. Doyle, oi' llallfux, Sec-

mtary of me Maritime Provincial FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCC

Board, gave a very interesting out- tt 2 .. -ss

iino ol’ what had been accomplisiied in Nova Scotia. llo showed that by - 1' ’\-__§ l ' orguiiizntion the merchants solve .‘°'*°°**.°°'.*‘*‘*.. U

_their problems by being in a position nwAN1-ED__ NURSE MRL 14 7° 1' ‘U 1’r°“e“t their cases as 3 ‘-‘““°d_ years old. Country girl preferred. tiody, before the Government, the Apply 243 _cumbsrhnd _su.°et_ ,L mztiiufacttirei' or wholesaler and win _.____- ` what they were after. in Llape Breton MAN WANTED FOR CONSTRUC-

is :1 result. oi’ their efforts no mining tion work, Apply 187 Kent Street.

..-ompany would now be allowed to between 8 and 8 p. m. I 2|. xicduct from mcn's wages. This has ' had a line moral effect, and the men '-031' TUE3DAV cHATE|-AINE can now purchase where they like case °°m“l“m3 Dall' °f “"5"- .ind cultivate it saving spirit. Under Finder M9559 |°°"° 5'- 0“°\'d|‘“\~3|~

the old method he knew of one nmn who in three years had never had Los-r FRIDAV 1“h`A ‘OUNTMN

more cash in his possession at one' pe" between Prince M Wm" cd' Mme um" amy ceml lege and Bt. Awards. Finder: please Mr. Doyle then read the seventeen] leave at C°"°g° omu'

resolutions passed nt their recent' 1462"'18Mu°d'

. wAN'rsD A aint. Fon olnza/ti.

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_txinlagtsere amed at including betl hou§°wm_k_ “muy of thN°_ Apply

Mr. E.M.Trowern, the Secretary of: _ 204 Euswn Street' usllgdsmsg he Retail Merchants Association iol-' L05-|-_ GREEN yE|_V£1- pEAK5°

owed v_vith a decidedly interesting' hat_ mm,” ple", yuva at W_ N_ md °"‘l““°’““§ “ure” Wim" "°. 1'am<>n's. _mo-e-isnzipa. *ntitledz “When and l-low we Organ-f

'__ I d S ' ' ei an ome _of the Things We__‘_,0R SALE _BASE BURNER su’

liave Done and are Doing." I-ie dwelt

upon the importance of organization' ver moon N0 is ‘Daly 151 Prince st' pointing out that there are ten times_ T

more men engaged in the distribution

1419 9~1B M

t' merchandise than in the produc-' wlgmlafi; ':“‘::l_‘:°t°r°TA_._:_,A-$2;

lion. There are about 200.000 retail' ,

.tres in Canada with a million em- L0 Lolmwonh A"' "‘u7°8°w““

|°wAN~reo _ emi. ron asses-`

in wages to these at the end of the _ _ ~ vcar. The retail merchants th I "1 h°“°'°r*'-“WU m wi,

are e _ _

largest tax-payers, he said and con-‘ mom' St' 1120-? In 8 , ; <

tribute more to the various move- ' ' f .. r mms HL th cl _ Th #Fon sAi.£ A_llz|._i. |{iANo-i_N___l_X»

Bn Ilny U 9|' BBE 0 si

lg:-ente-st compliment ever .paid to any ’ ‘;:“°;:m:°:‘?; nation was by Napoleon when he hy ` " ' f s 'r~ian'ed \'l:lltain ‘tt ilittle nation ol Mm st' 12“`°'"“"

t -it U thi ii r " gijgllp-RESSSIE has Dixon T1iit:le(i)lnth)e ~F0R'sM`E -'ont-V‘N°-M-`»A-nl 7Yn.

old, auto broke. also rubber tired

.greatest force for right iii the world _

today. The speaker dwelt upon many V l°;‘Vtm;t° “ “

on . ». _

phases of the `organir.ailons work.

' Other speakers were Messrs James, M* Paton, M. L. A.. S. A. .\lcDonsld.`

G. E. Hughes. M. L. A.. A. A. Al- le'.'. C. li. Black, and Tlios. White.

On motion oi Mr. S. A. McLeod. seconded by Mr. Alley it was decidedi

‘T0 DAII

ir-r paper Butter-ilise per ttiiardian Once

to join the Dominion organisation, an-:l to be part of the Maritime:

Buxton.

the el'/“.1

branch. Oilicers were elected ae fo!-C lows: ' \

President, 8. A. McDonald. . Vice President. C| H. Chandler ~ Second Vice Pres., A. A. Alley `

_ Secretery.`C. H. Bleek' I " , _. Treasurer, J. P. Gorddn. ‘

,._f,.

to lie oiilceru o_f`

Board until time