I I ,_.- s _ g MQRNINQ oA||_y THT5 CARLOTTETIIW G ARD Newly. (Nm swing pany) raw - f; to-»»»uj-o,~u.»_r»»»¢._.i ia. - cHARLo1'ri-;ToWN, CANADA. sA'rURDAY, JUNE 22, 1918 gg ';=_f,\g;;_»r <;»1D;|;"~o"g3)~»-win cw- --ri up-°° THE TABLES ~ Turner in miiv Ilelians Have Converted the Austrian Offensive into an Attack and are Driving Their Enemy Out of Italy or Forcing them = to Surrender. _% I L ' . (Special to The Guardian) LONDON, June 21.-The battle in Montello region is turning into an at- t tack upon the Austrians, who, at vari- I ` l' ous points have secured a lodgment oners were take and at Ca Sile of the went bank of the Piave, with the 0b.lect of driving them back or forcing them to surrender. n. D0 where the Italians regained the town, which is located on a lagoon to the west of the Piave near Its mouth. The The Italians are pressing their lighting all along the river front has countenattsck with the utmost deter- been distinctly in favor of the itali- miuation. and are regaining ground ans, who in their official report pay on the most vital sector of the Piave a tribute to work of the Italian and .i'roni;,\especially on the Monteim other Allied airmen, who not only TIDES. An official bulletin from Home prevented the Austrian aviators from says that Italian troops have driven approaching the Italian lines, but car- the Austrians back to the north of ried out bombing and machine gun the Monte Belluna railway. and have operations over the Austrian positions made them withdraw their from or and incidentally brought down ionr- attack somewhat toward the north- ¢ eastern salient of the Montello. In this operation the Italians captured I 1,226 prisoners. and took also numer- ous machlne guns. een Austrian planes. The mountain front is no less firm- held than that nearer the Adriatic y . It is officially reported that on the Asiago Plateau the French by a sur- Correspondents describing me fight. prise attack carried positions at Dort- lng on the southern slope of the Mon- |80 Bild Polinar- The formor ii be- teIlo_ where the Austrians were seek- youd the front as it existed before the ing to get out far enoughin the plain Austrian drive, the prisoners taken to control the Monte Belluna railwa Uumbsfed 102 and the Italians Ci1Dt\1i‘- Y. say that it was of the ne,-ces; sort, ed another hundred in com Ietin the but when the Austrians yielded the ground their dead littered the railway track in heaps. The report from Vi- enna of this struggle on the Montello says:- - "The battle increased to a violence equalling that of the great Curso bat- tles. At certain points the -Italians* drove forward storming columns six times. Heavy losses forced the ene- my to employ his reserves without any system, divisions and regiments being thrown into the battle. All his efforts were In valn." The truth seems to be that on the Montello, the Austrians are not car- rying on offensive warfare, but arc desperately defending themselves from Italian attacks that threaten them with disaster unless the floods subside and food and munitions can be brought across the' Piave in ample quantities. ~-On the-lower reaches of the river ‘- all goes well for the Italians. They were forcedtoyield some ground in fi-oliat of the Zenson Benld on Wed- ne ay ft oon when t e Austrians attacks? MT-Eli "fresh and numerous troops." but when the Italian reserves » D S capture of the mountain of Costaluu- ga. The strong positions held by the Allied troops to the west of the Bren- ta Gorge absolutely safeguard Bassa- nlno. The enemy dare not descend into the plain, even if he could. leav- ing strong mountain positions on his flank held by the Italians. The Austrians in last 'nlght's official report make no further claims to pri- soners. The Italians enumerate 1,940 capturedat various points, bringing their total up to about 11,000. AMERICANS SUCCESSFUL LONDON, June 21.-The Americans not only on the Marne, but also in the St. Mihiel salient near the Meuse. are taking an increasing share In the fighting. Berlin states that near Seicheprcy German "thrusting troops" penetrated deeply into an American position and inflicted heavy loss on the defenders. An American report on operations on the Morne front tell of ap( advance of eighths of a mile underta. en to ej- - ect the enemy from a small pocket in Belleau woods, the German positions were occupied without resistance. (Special to The Guardian) OTTAWA. June 21.-There has been in circulation in some places in Canada a reportthat the use of pleas ure automobiles after 7 o’cI`ock in the evening was to be prohibited, and that a tax of 25 cents a. gallon was to be levied upon gasoline. it was stat- ed by s member of the War Trade Board today that there is absolutely no ground for such a report. Amherst Woman is Not Guilty of Arson Plot AMHERIST. N. iS., June 19.-The. June term of the Supreme Court open- TORONTO ROSE DAY (Special to The Guardian) TORONTO. June 21.-Rose Day workers collected $16,318 in aid 0* the Red Cross Fund. BIG WHEAT CROP (Special to The Guardian) CALGARY. June 21.-There is a big wheat acrcage in Saskatchewan. Nearly a million acres more than was cropped last year. IIEEENGE IIE PARIS ' NIIT NEGIEGTEB ed today at Amherst with one of the longest dockets in the history of thc country. _ Six criminal cases were DTBBBDWU for the consideration of the Brand jury, In all of which true bills were found. _ The first criminal case to be tried was that of Rex vs. Jeanie T. Logan. The charge against Mrs. Los-an was attempted arson. A colored woman named' Mrs. Adolph Skinner, testified that In August last Mrs. Logan offer- ed her five hu rod dollars if she (Mrs Skinner) WOUITS WT- IT" I0 U°3a“'“. “The Germans have as much chance Lodge, a boarding house _owned ily, Mrs. Logan, while she Mrs. Loean was absent in Scotland. Mrs. Lose" deuisd the charge. 'rue inry WM °“*i only about ten minutes and returned a verdict of not suilty- LEADER8 CONFER OVER PEACE AMs'ri§miJAM. -Nine 20-PIM' Troelstra, the Dutch Socialist leader. after conferring with Philip Scheidcr- rusnu issuer of- the German majority Socialists. at Leeuwsrden. announced that he would carry H I`°I>°l’¢ 0f "I9 conference to $011600- 3°h°Id°““‘““ will take a duplicate copy beck A0 as.-nu. Neither would sive ent' ‘lv tails of the cozference. If 'ma Waxman - TEM _I RATURE, _ Tron, Moon, arc. TORONTO flume 22.-Fresh ti: strong soutlfth southwest winds. bv- °°-'l'I.'Z'tf.I`l"lv°i'i'l'»s mah tin- m°f°i°¢ at 9.18 tome w at 10.04 and Mon- as, at '1o,so;§ win as high tonight at 11,50 ¢smo_ tv at 11.50 and Mou- “Th:ts1\TiIaHet| this aveninl at 9.07 tomorrow. and- Honda? ll 9-03? TI 'G ses tomorrow ruin! MON!" °“ Tuesday st 5. The moon at 4.40 and .-M The first qu on Sunday, Ju A tomorrow morniiih day at 5. _- '- `cr of the_ N061! V5! 16th at 0.1! s. rn. . '21. :rat ':°::.° °“ av- une t I . - - 'rite imgtn its today will I” ‘"*°°“ hours and tw ty-six minutes and oi ' DI". » tomorrow il hours and twenty -PARIS, June 20.-With the Ger- mans iifty miles from Paris, the sole topic of conversation is the victori- ous stand the Italian armies are mak- ing and their successful counter-at tacks which cause keen delight here. The announcement in some German newspapers, attributed to the inspir- ation of the German general staff, pre- dicting that Paris will be subjected to an Intense bombardment within a few days. are meeting with cynical comment, untinged hy any touch of perturbation. to enter Paris as I have to occupy Du- Barry’s aparttnents.in the Versailles chateau," was the remark of la girl worker given as an indication of the temper of the rank and file. "But if the Germans should get within bombing distance of Paris and shell the city would you go?" thc young woman was asked. "Yes; go to work as usual," shc replied. A somewhat different view of event- ualitles is taken by Louis Puech, s Paris deputy. who is taking apromin- ent part in the work of the committee of deputies for the defence of Paris. He writes to Le Matin advocating the taking of certain precautionary meas- ures. "The-capital is no more threatened today than it was three months ago." says the deputy in his article. “No- front, no one fears s withdrawal. but we must exercise foresight. which we too often have failed to`do in the ooituivct aavnisrs, ' ANNoUNoEMaN'rs- Mnnrinos, arc. ` , . -1-4-Xl "Dunk River Ilnstltute. Meeting of the Dunk River Farmers institute will be held in Lower Fieetown hall on Monday evening June 24th at 8 o'clodk Prof. Tennant will address the meet- m¢_ I ll098pd. -._..,..._ , turns acptist eumiu School vi Kingston sreiioldlng an Ice _Cream lrectivsli on Wednesday evening June as in . r. Beni. Newaovn's tleid to wihich the public are cordially invited. A horse swing and other emuaemeuts cached thesceue of action the Aus- trians in turn were compelled to re- ire. The encmy’s lines were driven n also at San Dona, where 513 pris- NEW IIEEENSIVE IIUE BRITISH MAIIE READY (Special to' T,he Guardian) LONDON, June 21.-The British lines weresuccessful in advances yes- terday morning. a short distance northwest of Morris, near Bailleul, and a few prisoners were taken. The Germans counter-attacked twice dur- ing the day. but were beaten off, There has been heavy German gas shelling at Ayette, south of Arras, where the enemy might be expected to launch an enveloping movement with the driving of the Allied forces from Vlmy Ridge as its object. The British lines south of Arras have been great- ly strengthened since the attack in 'the first week of April. and the Can- adians who are believed to be still in line between Ayetto and Arras, should nrove a fairly tough proposition for the Boche li' he ussails on the sector south of-Arras. His new offensive is fully due and may bo expected to develop during the“i1ext"'i'éw"iliiy§I"` HINBENBURG All RIGHT NIIIIIMSITS IIAIY » (Special to The Guardian) ITALIAN I-IEADQl.lAlt’l‘EiiS, Juno 21.-Owing to tho pause in`tho oper- ations on the western front, Hinden- burg and Ludcndorff have been ablc to take two days’ lcavo to join the sol- emn council- of Austrian generals at the headquarters of the Italian front. The two German leaders gave their advice on the best way to conduct the offensive with a view to breaking through into the Venetian plains. The visit of the commander-in-chief of the Teutonic forces indicates the import- ance attached by the Germans to the operations on the Piave front. They have probably realized the impossi- bility of breaking through the iron resistance of the Anglo-French army, and therefore determined to play their last card with an offensive in grand style against Italy. .___________ ITAIIAN TRANSPIIRT. SUNK (Special to The Guardian) PARIS, June 21.-The transport I~'i\nta Anna, proceeding from ll‘.o\‘ia or Malta. vols torpedocd owl sutiif.. recording it thc Ilavas agoiitry. There were on board 2,150 soldiers -md native workmen ot' whom 1,512 were saved. GERMANS BIIMBARII BRITISH EIEEI (Special to The Guardian) LONDON, June 21.-German air- :iianes attacked a British naval squali- ron north of Heiigoland Ilight, on lune 19, the British Admiralty dn- iounced today. The Gorman niachiii- :s made no hits, and one seaplrine was destroyed. IATESI IRISH PIIIIGY GIINSIIRIPTIIIN ANR HIIME RIIIE ABANIIIINEII, \ LONDON, June 21--The Chroniclc'sl parliamentary correspondent says:-‘ "A sensation was caused in thc Lobby last night when the nature' of Eurl Curzon's spccch on lreliizid lieovuc known, that utterance made it I that the govcrnmcnt had slf'v~ ‘:~'~cl: ,,I both Home Rule and c'>:i:'crip'i':u ftr Ireland." The Daily News and Morning Post go further and say that Home Ruin and conscription for Ireland are dead. Earl Curzon said the discovery of the Sinn Fein plot in Muy and thc action of the Irish Roman Catliolic clergy in advising the people under the penalty of eternal damnation, to resist conscription, had altered the situation since the government. decid- ed upon a policy oi’ I-Iome Rule and conscription for Ireland. "In these circumstances," he said. "it was necessary he did not say to abandon their policy or to change their front. but to adjust their policy to them." __i__g LUXUPY TAX I LEAD T0 PROTECTION (Bpeoisi to The Guardian) LONDON, June 21.-Mr. Andrew Bonar Law. Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, said in the House of Com- mons today that in imposing a lux- ury tax the government intended to place an equivalent duty on articles imported from foreign countries. SIR WILFRID iNDISPOSEDi (Special to The Guardian) OTTAWA, June 21.--Sir Wilfrid Laurier will be unable to fulfill his plans to visit Toronto and other points, for the present at least. He is In the hands of his physicians. and may be compelled to take a holiday after he has undergone treatment at present being administered. I-ie is suffering from neuralgia, but apart from this is somewhat run down_ and needs a rest and change. IN SASKATCHEWAN -canons crust Loss SABKATOON, June 21.--Bandits at Craiit. Snsk., gagged and robbed of $1,500 Manager Chas. Hill of the Farmers' Trading Company, and not fire to the company’s grain elevator GERMAN AIRMEN (Special to The Guardian) ITALIAN ARMY HEADQUARTERS. June 21.-The first American aviators to fly on the Italian front went today on a. hom-ning expedition and succeed- ed in blowing two holes in a new Aus- rian bridge across the Piave river. msn iiuuulrinili Next Offensive Will Foil lfher- ever the Attack is Made. (Special to the Guardian) BRITISH IN THE WEST. Juno 21. -A German onslaught is oxpectcd soon somewhere on the British front, .iioiyyiicn Amicus' and Hazcbroack. Granting the possibility of a certain amount of success for any Gorman of- fensi-vc it is not likely' that thc enemy will obtain his objective, no matter whcrc he attacks. BRITISH PATRRIS ‘ MABE RAIIIS (Special to the Guardian) LONDON, June 21.-Today’s ol- ficial statement reads "during the night we captured a few prisoners and inacbine guns and' indicted many casualties upon the enemy in raids and patrol encounters in Aveluy Wood in the neighborhood of Hcbuteme and Boyelles and on both banks of the Scarpc. Several hostile attempts to recaptu- re the ground gained hy us yesterday north of Morris were repulsed with loss to thc enemy. There is nothing further to report." Lord Rhondda’s Illness (Special to the Guardian) LONDON, J-uno 21.--Grave reports oi' the condition roi Baron Rhondda (David A. Thomas) British Food Minister come from his home in Wales where h9_haa.-heen.conflned by a serious illness for several weeks. It sume his work ut thc Food Ministry il hc recovers. Draft Response Satisfactory (Special to the Guardian) OTTAWA, June 2l.-l<`ifty-live" thousand men oi’ ninotccn yours of ng-c have registered for servicc under thc; Military Service Act as previously in- dicated, it is not the lntentou of thc government to call any of tiiem in to the colors probably before harvest is over. Keen satisfaction is expressed with thc way in which the young men responded to the coll to register. In a number of cases the numhcr of rc- gistrations was considerably higher than the estimated posible registration Over the Dominion as a whole actual the estimiaterl possible registration. Registrations by districts were as follows, tho return for Quebec dis- tricts still bcing incomplete; London 883, Toronto 9,248, Kingston 5.201. Hull 916, ‘Montreal 0,070, Qucbcc'2.- 848 Halifax 3,924. Si. John 3,0114, Charlottetown S78, Kenoria /$09, Win- nipeg 3,l98. Vnn visiting knigllts worn oiitci'tiiiu cd by, the New Glasgow council oi. Tuesday night when a prograiiinie oi music was ronilcmrl and an nrlrlrcsr delivercil hy’ Prof. Bucknell. On Wed- licsday afternoon tho vi.sitoi‘s worr conducted in autos to Little Harbor where supper was served. GERMAN PRESS TEEMS WITH PEAGE TAIII ROTTERDAM. Juno 20.-~Disr1ia Sion regarding tho desiriiliiliiy oi’ the Germans for conducting a IIUTIIIUHI peace offensive occiipltis iuiicii spool* in thc Gcrmziii press. Tho only delin- ito thing is that iis advocates cnunol agree among iiiomselvcs what lines should he taken. While writers likv George Bs-rniiiirrl populari'/.c tim idea of an agitation in favor of it troncrnl peace coiifi‘i'oiit'r~. otlif-rs urn". sopfiriiit' npproaclics in the cnoiny powiirs. Tho pan-(li-.rnmnu as rcprcsciiioil Ill' tho Kreuz Zoitung are declaring limi the only basis upon which a Gorman pcaco offciisivo could bo conrliicictl is it clcur nntl absolute rlcmauii limi llcl- glum. including ihc const of Fluiiilers he reiaiucrl in Gorman hands. The Berlin corrcspontlcut of tho Frank- furter Zoitung quoting. with condom- nutnry i'omn\i~|ii, this rli\.i:luri|lImi ills clog;-it tho iritnrosiiiig fact that tho series of anonymous articles in ilu' Kr:-.uz Zeitung which created qulic n stir wcro written by Count Wcstarp. leader of the Iteiclistag Conservative party. M. Troolstrn. clinirman of tho in tornational {~loc-Ialist committee, who is iindorsioorl Io hc going to England to attend thc British labor conference had an interview yesterday with Philip Scheidemann, chairman of tho Ger man majority Socialists. The latter came hero from Berlin purposely to see him. A Joint statement was drawn up, a copy of which M. Troelstra in tends to take to London with him. Her Schiedamann retained a copy tc be submitted to his colleagues in Ber- lin. ._€\___é1_.__i. RATIONING MUST COME IN CANADA ____ MONTREAL, Junc lil.--The ration ing system must certainly' ho im- posoil in Unitarian within .thu nr-xi month nnd rt half to protect citizens in general. I.. G. Crosse. superintend- ont rcgisirur for Quoliec sinisri torlsy. Mr. t‘i'i-uso said that within the lust few wocks hundreds of ihousnnds _ (Special to the Guardian) LONDON, .lnnc Zi.-Yesterdays casualties include 127 officers (33 and lumber yard. causing a loss of idcd. Pr ds In aid of reolirl T.T>`c'Iiurcii lf°i::o°t.°dne the followi e 8000 bushels of Krnin and a million dead) and 5,074 men (780 dead) and infill missing of bushels of whcat have gone down with vessels sunk on this nnd the oth- cr side of the Atlantic. , . Mr. Grease made this annoiincoinent in support of a plea for complete reg- istration in uebcc France. (Special to the Guardian) LONDON, Juno LII.-The Canadian Associated Press luurlls that an im- portant ticvelopmcnit lu 'the adminis- trative orgnnizittion of the Canadian 'bit'/ci"§l§i§ hfiTTtary'"foFircs has Whcen' ef- fected by the i`orniutIon, of it Canadiam sei-lion at British general headquart- ers' in France. Tho new section is a brunch of the (_‘-uuadian overseas mln- lstry in London and is tho outcome of it tlcsiro for Cztnurlzi to maintain com- plete control of Iwi' own forces. Sir Edward Iiomp, after ncgoiatlng with tho imperial authorities, succeeded In cstublislilug thc -principle that the Canadian ‘authorities should have control of all matters pertaining to footing military operations. The Canadian section at head quart- organization, except those directly af- V imroinini l DEPARTURE in "11 ARMY Anminisiiiailndfi A Canadian Section ol British .headtiudlilers For Administration ~of Forces Established in _l___*_J__ 'ers will be a direct amd* convenient channel. whereby the Canadian view point can be presented. Documents will The l’oi'w:.rded direct to the otver- ”_E’_€‘¢?_,m"i!=?_lfs! instead of through chen- uels hitherto the cause of delay. This section will also exercise a certain supervision over the Canadian or- ganization and outside corps scatter- Aod throughout 1l‘r'i/ace. The new scheme has been revolved after numerous conferences between Sir Edward Kemp, General Currie, General Turner. the war ofilce and Field Marshall Haig. f It is uderstood the head' of the sec- tion will *-ic Brigadier General J. F. Emory, who commands a brigade in France with distinction and has the conflcience of the corps commander and all branches; I IWII MIIRE ISIANB BIIYS BIE IN ERANGE Basil Goodwin, Emerald, Wes Drowned, nnd James ii. Cairns Died of lilounds. , Tho sud ncws was receivctl in Em- i-riiltl on Thursday that two ,more brave young mon who cnllstcd with 'lm 105th I-luttulion arc no more. Unc ~i' ilicsc, Pte. Basil Goodwin, son ol thc imc Mr, Tcrcncc Goodwin met his dcntli iicf.-iiicniailly in Franco hy" irowiiiniz. The other, Pio. .lumen Aiiiiirosc Cairns, son of Mrs. Elizabeth ifuirns, of Newtown, died of wounds :cceivcd in action. Young Cairns was employed in thc Royal Bank., Suu.-~ uiersidc, for some time before cn- iisting, and was a clever, bright young I man. l’urtir‘iiiars have not her-u re-' .-oivod. The sympatliy of the com- .liiiniiy guns out to lilo i`uliii.i\'0s and .riiuicls ul' thc young men. IIIIIINTER-PIITIS IIN All SIDES BIGGK SIIVIETS LONDON. Juno 20- The Central Executive Committee of the Russian Soviets took it drastic step Friday in deciding to expel those of its mem- bers rcpresenting the ‘Social Revolu- tiunists, the Right, thc Centre and the Mcnsheviki, according to a Rus- sian wircless message received here. All local councils are to be asked to expel representatives of the same parties. ' Explaining thc step, the message says: “Tho authority of the councils pre- siding through nu extremely difficult period is being attacked simultane- ously by international imperialism- on all fronts and its coadjutors within the Russian Republic who- -irc in conflict against. tho Govern- ment of the Workmen and Peasants. Thr.-y employ the most contemptihle_ moans, including siismcful calumny. conspiracy and revolt." It is flcclurcil, also. that it has been ost:-ihiisliod clearly that repre- sentatives of thc ousted pzirfics. in- cluding the most responsible mom- hnrs, Iinvo boon found guilty of or- quiiizlni.: an urniccl revolt :iguinst thc workmcu und poasiiiits, and in ii acted In alliance with thc counter re- volutlouurics. "On thc Don in con- Iunction with Gcns. Kuleillncs and iiornlloff, in tho Urals in conjunction with Goo, l)utoff, In Siberia in con- juiicilou with Scnmnoff. Ilorvnth and Iioltciiuk, and in iho last fcw days with the (izccho~SIovn.ks nnri their supporters." ‘ , PANAMAGIIIES I GIGSEII TI] TRIIIIPS (_TT