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0'1"1‘AW|A, Sept. 30.-An increase
of $2,110,391 in customs receiliil |5 the healthy condition shown by the figures issued today for September by the Department of Custemi- F01' the month receipts totalled $3,029,665 as compared with $5,919,274 in Sep-
tember of last year, or an incrgse of $2,110,391, for the si_x months d- ing September 30 of the present fiscal year receipts have been $44.7i30»330 as compared with $43,044,913 an in- crease of $1,715,917. This indicates that for the first half of the 1915 fin- ancial year, at least, the customs revenues have been swelled by the tariff increases of last session to the extent of almost two. million. As it usually takes some time before cus- toms taxeshave their due effect. The showing for the .last half. of the year is expected to be even better.
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(From our own correspondent) OTTAWA, Sept. 30.-The Dominion
Govemment has been giving careful
. _ _ I
SITUATION 3-”
consideration te the effect upon Can- - _ing, when the officers gave the word, ‘l§_ATTALI_ON, AD-
_ (From our own Correspondent.)
OTTAWA. Sept. 30. -The second
Canadian division, which less than a month ago, moved across to France after s. long period of trainlnl ‘ it Shornclitfe, have iostllttle time in get- ting into the battle line. They are now in the trenches and have been there since last Saturday. The Mil itia has no word of either of the Can- adian divisions being in the offensive yet, at least as units. ReD0!‘tB llldi' cate that the lighting took place at s point south of the Canadian location
have not yet taken part in the bi! drive of the Allied armies, but they are there and ready, the second div- ision having gone into the trenches on Saturday the day when the drive started. This was stated definitely to- day by Sir Sam Hughes. The Cana- dians are believed to be in the front trenches in their part of the line.
SUMMAR 2,' _ OF WAR'
Trenches ai
I Town Where
Sheets and Troops
Gruesome
'""\
Rooms
Till _
LONDON, Sept. 30.-Philip Gibbs cables from British
headquarters to London: `
“I am now able to write a clear story of the fighting by
the British army, which began on Saturday morning last, and still continues beyond Loos. Many__battaiions of the new army men were among those who led the attack, in- cluding Scottish men who had their full share of the horrors of the first assault. These regiments, which have already won undying glory on the western front, were filled with recruits from Lord Kltchener's army. who had just arrived
n Flanders. ,
BATTALION ADVANCE. `
adian conditions of the new Anglo-U (SP°°I\‘I f° *IW G“°"dI*“)
French loan in the United States. It is understood here that the loan is not to he earmarked ln any particu- lar way if it can and doubtless will be used for the purpose, among others. of selling exchange to the British and French buyers and doubtless the bor- rowing governmsnts will use part of its proceeds to meet their maturing obligations, but its main purpose is to stabilize exchange and in this it will help Canadian, producer and man- ufacturer, `our sterling* bills will sell on equal terms with American ex- change bills. The improved rate will enable the British Government and people to purchase millions of grain and food products in Canada without the heavy loss in exchange which
and which would have prevented ‘the placing of such orders. ,
Mlnard's Llnlment cures Neuralgia
THE WEATHER,
TEMPERATURE,
TIDE. MOON. ETC
TORONTO, Oct. 1-.-Maritime: Moderate winds, fine and not much
change in temperature.
The weather yesterday was fine and
warmer than the previous day.
The highest temperature recorded
yesterday was 57- degrees above zero. At nine o'ciock yesterday morning it registered 51 degrees above zero; at nine last night 4_4 degrees above. The coldest the previous night was 44 above zero.
The title will be high this afternoon
at 4.34 and tomorrow at 5.41; it rises ten_l_ol;l;_ow morning-at 2.51 and Sunday at . . "
The sun sets this affernoon at 5.40
and tomorrow at 5.38; it rises tomor- row morningat 6 an'd Sunday at 8.01. The moon rises tonight at 10.40. There was a full moon on Thursday,
Sept. 23rd at 5.85 a. m.
The last quarter of the'moon will be
on Friday, Oct. 1st, at 5.44 a. m.
The length of today will be eleven
hours and 41 minutes.
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LONDON, Sept. 30.-While Anglo-
French troops in Artois are apparent- ly now simply engaged in consolidat- ing the ground from the opposing Ger- man, counter attacks. the battle for the German second line of defence in Champagne. the collapse of which would acutely menace the greater. part of the German. position in tlle_west, is proceeding with the greatest“-s_tub-
borness. At several points _%],Ii‘_ench_ troops have gained a footingdn he' second line, some of them even went right through but encountered Ger- man reserves and were unable to maintain progress. According to the German account these latter troops were captured or exterminated. The Germans however admit the loss of Hill No. 191 to the north oi' Massiges where the French are not far from the railway triangle, possession of which has been of the greatest advantage to the Germans as one line has been used supplying the Argonne army. It is believed here that besides the gain of ground both in Artois and Champagne and improved position of the Allies generally, the’i'ecent successful opera- tions must soon relieve the pressure on Russia and perhaps 'prevent the Austro-Germans from sending any~ large force against the Serbfans. Al- ready reinforcements for the Germans' ar_e arriving at the Western front and their presence already has had the effect of slackening somewhat the»~Al- Iles’ offensive, but there is a possibil- ity of an offensive breaking out_ in some other section on this front. In fact, the correspondent of the Col- ogne Gazette at German headquarters announced the attack was made east of Aubervllle, which, he says, was re- pulsed. " “'41”
Field Marshal Von I-Ilndenburg.
while he claims to have made some progress in his operations against Dvinsk is still s. long way from that city. His troops to the southeast of Vllna, however, _have better success. They have broken through the Rus- sian line and captured a thousand pri- soners._ It is believed that this is the first stroke in his latest blow. against the Russian right. andftbpt he intends to advance southeastward in the direc- tion ot Minsk in an endeavor to cut off the Russians retiring from Baranov- ichi, south of ‘Pripet Marshes in which Field Marshal MacKensen and his troops are stuck. The Russians have been driven back across the Stir Riv- er, but alon the Galicia border the
. 8 Y are still hammering the Austro-Gen
lllllll. ' ‘In London lt is felt that Bulgaria has-,snow abandoned any aggressive action, she might, have intended ltllnlt-.B9 bla. - But Athens says:
The lil, tion is still considered ser-
ious and __ greece is going on__with lllfkbfébt _ s for eventualities. -
Anorisislht- _ _ q1ight.hav_e~r-ednli;_ed in thu,-,lermeqcelr-let>s._lz,ass?illqs css- lnet is said to hiya-been a srted, the liL‘l‘i.l3.l‘°i l3‘“i°‘.‘l’ &°ll‘ih“‘° 'Si
0 -' _ly ,ster »
glasses, who hal ;N0~Gsrm'an tenden-
ilre, with the church in the centre in ruins, no fire had been
gtleets. They also fired through windows and doorways _and 'behind shelter walls. Home worked their machine "hills in__ tire, barrels., Here and there mail parties of
I , lasainmorensea by on 1-sslalty,ena_sy ' sins stream or =_ , _Etl\e’B_i‘itI|h attack. It was their-» wiloxsals _surrenders
“These splendid boys, at half past six oil Saturday morn-
VANCE' leaped out of their trenches and dashed toward the German lines with a. wild llurrah. Their point of at- tack was the village of Loos, three and a_half miles away. they reached the German first line trenches without suffer- ing many casualties. The first two lines of barbed wire had been effectively broken down by the Artillery bombard-
ment, but THEY FOUND THE THIRD L`_iNE UNCUT. It consisted of a very strong wire with great barbs.
"The first two trenches were carried with a d_ash__ at _the
.point of the bayonet. many Germans being. killed, but THE "UNCUT WIRE PRESENTED A FORMIDABLE OBSTA- CLE. The Kilties, reckless of lives, attacked it desper- ately. They stood up under a deadly fire from machine guna and bit by bit forced their way through the entangle- ment. - -
“An extraordinary grim incident occurred ln thc smoke-
laden mists when a company of kllties, advancing at the charge, came face to face with a very tall Germanwho, although stone dead with a bullet through his brain and his face blackened with the grime of battle, stood erect in their path, wedged in some strange way in the low trench.. It was so startling and uncanny that with one accord the WAVE OF MEN PARTED AND SWEPTON EACH SIDE OF HIM, while the great tide of men followed. They swarmed forward to the village now only,three quarterl; of B. mile away. As they ran, shouting hoarsely, they were faced by the fire of many machine guns. From every part of the village came the stead’y rattles of these weapons, pouring out streams of lead. There were machine guns in the windows of many houses, on the top of the lower bridge, with its tall mine cranes which rise 300 feet from the__centel' of the village and the narrow trenches dug across the streets. In the cemetery to .the southwest of the' village, which the British had to 'ass. 'there were more than one hundred machine guns begind death.
»
-rue HUMAN ouA|.l'rv coilwrso
“Once again, as many times during the war, it was
proved that in personal combat, when high explosives and heavy artillery are no longer the chief agents of battle, and WHEN THE HUMAN QUALITY COUNTED, THE BRIT- ISH ARE MASTERS OF THEIR ENEMY. These battal- ions were scarcely ever checked after the first dash through the barbed wire. Over the dead and wpunded bodies of their wounded comrades the men went on bayonetting and shooting at Germans, with alan.
"lt was eight o'clook when the British advance guards
reached the outskirts of the village of Loos. For nearly two hours the STREET FIGHTING there was of a terrible character.
"Many of the battalions were mixed up _and with many
oillcers killed, and wounded, the battle wap tranlifsrred into individual combats, or between small groups fighting their way from house to house with GRIM ENCOUNTERS in the rooms and cellars. _
"Although the village had been severely damaged by shell
_started by the shells. Where the houses still stood they
.wereorarnmed with German troops. who, usinK the cellars
trenches, fired upon our men through. apertures to the
troops Idefsnded;thelnselves`,witIl the courage of despair; not yielding new nlsy were lcllmso 'ro 'rua
‘Free greet mass, however, undoubte y was surprised
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TOWN OF LOOS
4
a Shell Swept Area oi They Captured German
Sweeping into the
Fi bling 0ccurred in Cel ers, Some German Last lllfili , WSIS Killed. Terrible Battle.
which enabled us to take a large number of prisoners. It ii. reported that the men of this class, after the‘flrst resist- ance at rifle range or with machine guns seemed to have No Fleur LEFT IN THEM. -
“In one house, entered by a little kllted signaller, a tiny
fellow with a stout heart, thirty Germans, including an ofllcer, surrendered to him, AFTER HE HAD SHOT DOWN THREE WHO TRIED TO KILL HIM.
CELLAR FULL OF DEAD.
"Reslstance, however, was prolonged in some parts of
losses among the besiegers. These were silenced by hom- i barding parties, who flung-hand grenades into these sub- terranean forts from the heads of the stairways. In Loos
the cellars still are full of dead.
"In one cellar there was an amazing incident which rc-
veals that the highest form of courage and sacrifice cannot bs denied to the Germans. Tho colonel of a battalion, which must be given high place in history for its glorious work, _came into Loos after his men had already gone for- ward to Hill No. 70. With the signallers and others he established quarters ln a house practically untouched by shell fire. it seemed safe for the purpose of a temporary signal. station.. but the colonel noticed with surprise, soon 'after his arrival, that heavy shells began to fall close, the
mans were found. But this was only after he had been in ,E the house for forty minutes. In a deeper cellar was dis- covered a German ofilcer actually telephoning to his own batteries, directing their fire. Suspcctlllg the colonel and
his companions to be important officers directing the gen- 5
house knowing that a lucky shot would mean his own death
age. The telephone apparatus is now a trophy, being held by the Colonel. _ _ _
"Meanwhile, the battalions which had fought their way
through Loos were struggling to gain Hill No. 70, nearly a mile further on to the southeast. The road was swept continually with shrapnel and machine gun fire, as the battalions forged steadily up the rising ground since, on the further ridge, the village called Cite St. August was held by the Germans, who looked down from the windows of the IIOUSB 011 the llisller ground, and from the entrenchments in the immediate vicinity AN INCESSANT STORM OF' FIRE RAKED THE APPROACHING BRITISH. Neverthe- less the new troops held on like "men of the bull-dog breed" "DUI, 81101115 a kind of ridge, they dug themselves in and so won some protection.
“The first men to reach Hill No. 70 arrived about 40
o'clock and clung to their position with heroic endurange until eleven o‘clock tllat night, when they were relived by other troops, who carried on the struggle the next day.
"This ends the story of the battle in and beyond Loos un-
til Sunday, when the position was organized and the ad- vance was continued with varying success around Hill No. 70.
- ANOTHER TERRIBLE BATTLE.
Here, I must.revert to the dawn of Saturday where an-
other attack was in progress further north toward the town of Hullnch. It was another triumph for new army men, who formed a large proportion of the massed troops. The strullle here was fierce and formidable. The new men had advanced under a terrible fire. That, however, was after the first assault upon the German trenches, which were carried swiftly. Because of our machine guns, a considerable number of which were brought forward rapid- ly. THE GERMANS LOST VERY I-IEAVILY, the bayonet finishing the work of the bullets. _ Then our men stormed on for three miles, until they reached the outskirts of I-Iulluoll. whichllristled with German machine guns. At sn points hand tossed ngntlng took place. H1-Ja 'rl-lla GERMANS YIELDED GROUND WI-IEREVR THE BRI- TISH CQULD 'COME WITHIN REACH. They were lwept back again and again, by e. tempest of bullbts. The struggle continued in this direction for two whole days.
"During the day Sir John French rode about these mining
villages, sad whenever he met a group of these men he Personally thanked them for the gallant work they had
ss
done.” ~ . -
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Cenl Better
The Prince County Exhibltion` n
f
day.
The exhibits this year in nearly
exhibition, especially in live sw ;:, c
if not excelling, that of thé Pro. .~» 1:1. ll Exhibition. In horses there v\~ -\ "ll ‘, I1 entries, all of the best quality. ~ ~\- ~ I’
e, ow r, Q
showing was made. In Sholtnorns g J. W. Callbeclo& Sons. Summcrside, won 'the bulk of the first prizes. Their
to one owned by James McDonald, _of b North Bedeque, and to another owned
Theodore Ross also gave Messrs. Call-
bunch of large well developed milk- ng Sllorthorns and won first with a I
aged cow, second for a two year old and for Shorthorn herd.
Other exhibitors of Shorthorns were
W. H. McGl-cgorr. Central, Lot 16, Richard Clark and Frank McEwen, Summerside. Their cattle were not
show ring. The competition in Short- orns was the best ever soon in Sum
Stewart, Cairns & Sons. Freetown,
D. B. McDonald, North Bcdeque, and' Frank McEwen, Summerside, were the principal exhibitors of Ayrslllres. , They showed some very useful large
PRINCE COUNTY FAIR
IIND EXHIBITION
l »__»»:eIft¥..:....._ '-wld.
The Best Showing Yet Made in tile
Western Capital Cattle 50 Per
Than Last Year.
Record Number of llnbies. To- day’s Programme.
,.- ,,,. ._
oted advance ill the grain showing,
opened in Sunlmerside yesterday. The touching briefly upon the advantages weather was ideal and there was a of high class seeds, and emphasized airly good attendance for the first the necessity of giving special atten-
tion to this branch of agriculture.
Professor Reid, District Represen-
. 0.1.1, AWA sept 30___-I-he Canadiéns "' `~ I ,. _ ~ e'very class outclassed any previ. .rs tative for Prince County spoke briefly
f the work done by the Prince Coun-
the showing in that branch equnil- » ty branch of the Agricultural Depart-
lent, and in conclusion extended a. enrty invitation to all who wished to o so, to call upon him.for_any in-
in cattl h eve that the 'r».lwst formation which he mi ht be able to
8
ive them. In the Agricultural Building a, con-
siderable portion of the exhibits were
aged bull, however, had to give place judged yesterday. The lt,lance will
e concluded to-day. In Live Stock owing to the keen
by John stavert, of Wilmer. Mr. competition. Judging was slow. the
majority of classes being unfinished
me vmage_ and the mid me from the cellars caused heavy geek & Sons a prety close chase with at a late hour last night. '
To-day's programme includes rac- ng, in which some of the best horses
yearling bull, for bull calf second, for in tho l>l‘0\/11100 Will COUIPBW-
rluzr usr a "
HORSES »
Standard bred Stallion over 3 and
qui'te highly enough fitted for the l1Hd€l‘15Y0H\”B Of “Eel
1, Malcolm Steele, Sumnlcrside. Carriage Stallion, over 3 and under
h ' .. lllcrside. 15 Years*
1, John McPhee, Freetown.
Carriage Stallion, 3 years oldtf 1, R H Morrison. Summerslde.
Carriage, 2 years years old: I, Kimball Sample, Traveller’s Rest. Carriage mare with foal at foot:
German guns.obviously aiming directly at this particular dee b°dI9d WWE D B MCD°"“Id'-‘J
p- . . .
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building. He ordered the cellars searched and three Gen a§§db?1‘i‘,T ?J§,°°‘}_h2rstpr';zé‘ss t.;l:'s;3,'o§l':; patterson Wmker, F,-eewwm
tock went to Mr. Cairns.
1, -Robert Baker, North Bedeque; 3;
Carriage Filly or Gelding under G
Frank Glyden, of Margate. and Al- Years:
bert Schurlnan, of Central Bedeque, _ were the principal exhibitors in Jer- 93°F 2' Arthur °McEW°“' Summa!"
eys, while Lea & Clarke. ol’ Victo- sidei 3’ Thom” schurmanf T“V°I‘
ia, .showed an _excellent herd of Hol-
eral operations he had caused the shells to fall upon the stains.
1, James N Campbell. Cape Trav-
ler's Rest. `
Carriage Filly or Gelding under 3
The classes of sheep are well iillcd Years:
as wen as ¢|,ei|~g_ 1,, My case he was certain to die and and the competition will likely be
died bravely, having made the supreme sacrifice .of cour- been' The principal exhibitors of
his class were Glyden 8. Sons, Henry Moas T W Bentle and Frank Mc
completed last night.
out with their hogs, making an excel-
lent showing. Other exhibitors in this class are Richard Clarke and D.
In the building all the classes are`
n excellent showing, especially in roots and vegetables. The fruit ex-
hibit will perhaps not equal that of I previous years but was better than
last year. ~
In the Domestic Science Depart-
ment there is a big display, some ex- cellent samples of cookery and pre-
serving being shown.
In ladies' work there are a great
many samples which are most cre-
ditable.
In the Art Department there is a
much larger display than usual, some
0- ~ - Y ' .
Ewen. The judging of sheep was not Yea"-
1, J T Mullin, Kensington; 2. Patter-
son Walker, Freetown; 3,Edwin Laird. Bedeque.
Carriage Filly or Gelding under ll
1, Fred Taylor, Freetown; 2, Law-
In Swine, J. W. Calbeck & Sons are 5°" M°M‘"'d°' North Bedeql-W'
Carriage Foal of 1915: 1, Judson Blackman, North Bedeque. Carriage mare oi' gelding shown in
B. McDonald. carriage '
1. Malcolm steels; 2, Jenn C weed,
well oiled. In nerd products mere ls‘1"“V°""”’“ Resii 3- Fred -I E WHEN- a eummerside. »
Cart Stallion 1 year old: 1. Richard Clarke, Summerside; 2, H Callback; 3, J J McNally. Cart Stmtion, any age, registered: 1,Alfred England, Travelier's Rest. Cart Stallion, Shire Horse: 1, George Kelly. Shamrock.
Cart Stallion, Pucherons"
1. Hugh Morrison, Kensington. Cart Stallion. any other.. breed: _ 1, Tyndal Semple.
Cart Mare with her foalr'
1, Fred E Compton, St. Eleanor's.
splendid specimens of artistic work being shown.
The Experimental Farm exhibit
which was practically identical with that shown at the Provincial Exhibi- tion, elicited much fabourable com-
TTo be continuedf) ` _*___
BRITISH-FRENCH TROOPS
FOR SERBIA-
:-'-11
BERLIN Se t 29- b ree
ment' and was viewed by many.
#Ml
The Exhibition was formally open-
ed at 2 p.m., by His Honour Lieute- nant-Governor McDonald, who was in- troduced by" Mr. J. E. Wyatt Presi- dent of the Exhibition Association. In his opening remarks, Mr. Wyatt took occasion on behalf of the committee to thank the various Farmers' Insti- tutes for their valuable and practical
;4_uggcstions in arranging the prize s .
'I
. E_XHIBlTlON OPENING.
His Honour,
nor exproshed opening the said, was very partments, he dances that County are
Lieutenant-Govan
_in f rmally
whYch, he In all lir- W€l’u |~\'i 0| l"l'inf'1~
inir-r-
est in in- dustry.
to the large
tural building, farmers' on the
had made in
on the the
the
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Sayvllle).-British and French troops. intended for service in~Serbis, have been landed at Port Kathrin. near Salonika, Greece, according to reports from Budapest, received by the Frank- fllrter Zeitlms. the overseas news agency announces today.
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Charlottetown School of Music. Prof. Thompson will reopen for the' s_¢s_o1_l on Sept. 30th. Terms ons "lie\tRn§.`
ner 4117. _ sliositlllltipd, f
“Rapid l'0lPe|s.--Students who
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nl lu is la s as-»"l-..e 'sa H0' I an I _ vm on-also sn m?ms1nee. also