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5 ATTACKS German Offensive in Champagne Stopped By Gunfire FRENCH AND BRITISH GAIN Bad Weather Halts Operations Along Somme River Front I'AKIS. Sept. Ill- Tin' lior- iiuiii tmik 1 1 1 1 offensive in Cliam- I i niulit. live stlooi ssi I' attacks nil 1 1 1 Ivlls- sian 1 roups IhTc official ays I each iliio 1 1 1 jv civ o''eok-ci' li tin' Kllssi; i'h illi'-U HIl illtllirl'V (i ff Tin' (i'i'I'iiiiiii attack iii was in the sector lm-t ci'ii Snii.iili i Siiiniii'' hi I i i iiiii upi'iiii puis Hero lliil'loreil I iy eat RAINY WEATHER HAMPfRS BRITISH 'X. pt.

la. Ih.u- rain ha fallen durum the last -I hunt t. f-ti' iiil t.f i 1.11 he 1 i ISclgiaii front. "The neral I 1 1 1 1 1 1 I- 1 1 i L4 I "In Uit neighborhood of In -li I'A 'ii- i noi tuw, ffl olit.rcl the trenches in ttin places, capturing pr.son-i-rs anil .1 ma. Inn.

-gun ami ihll let ing main casualties-, u.nr casualties vole vi i slight. i 1 1 1 last night's report live in, of our am. have failed in 10-l II Til. Keep Up Drive til i I til a In south (lie Somnio river, in I ram iln- Ihitish fl mil Cie'nh IroiM'S ai v. points ill- i i i.n; na 1 1 ii- xigon.us offensive against the li.rmaus.

anil ha i i -li i i -( fin hi-r snccessi and (ml down strong (uininn ii'Ks. 'J 1 1 I In- sunt Ii of i 'limbics hi' French have talon aililitinnal in in In making stronger llnii' in- i i 1 1 i 1 1 1 I'd Thirl i-i'ti E2BE Sflfje pitmmeg feimm Sa VoiaxX "ISSliliir WINNIPEoTTUEgDAY. SEPTEMBER 19, 1916-SIXTEEN PAGES WEATHER; ry a fly. No. a A 111! IN ni dPLEIE i Serbs, French and Russians Pursue Enemy Forces After Defeat FOE'S POSITION CRITICAL Allies Expected To Turn Flank and Capture Large Numbers i LONDON.

Sept. 19 An Alliens dispatch to the Kxcliiintrc TclcgTitph com pany says that information received there indicates that the Hul(ars are lieuiit-niiij? the evacuation of Monastic. It is said that the Bulgarian archives arc heing hastily transported. BULGAR RETREAT IS DISASTROUS ROUT ATHKNS, Sept. 19.

From tho Craeco-Serbian frontier comes news of the greatest importance. The Serbians, French and Itussians, following up their successes-of the last few days in magnificent fashion. Hulgar retreat is deloping intc a disastrous rout. The allied udvnncu" parties must now be within sight of possession of which will place the whole of the enemy's linn in a critical position. An attempt to eiem the allied advance was made on the Cernu, river, but.

the French and Itusslan forces. like the SerbB further down stream. rushed through the Liulgar lines and greatly hastened their retreat, which i.s now proceeding in disorder. Can Turn Flank The information is to the effect that the heavy defeat inflicted on the enemy enables tien. Cordonnier to threaten Alonastir seriously, a position from which the allies will be aide to turn the Bulgarian right flank.

Late this afternoon the ltulgars were endeavoring to make a stand 'on the Khali line, which is within the Serbian frontier. It would appear, however, that they are In greater risk of being outflanked than on their right. The fall of Is expected tomorrow or the follow-j ing day. Large numbers of prisoners were taken during these operations. Many of them arrived at Koran! today.

They complain bitterly against their offieers. especially against the Germans, who they say treated and led them badly. GERMAN GENERAL STAFF MOVES TO EAST LONDON. Sept. PJ The Wireless Press today gavt out a Heme dispatch quoting Sudd Deutsche.

Zei-tung to the effect that the German great general staff has been moved from the western to the euslern front. This would seem to Indicate that the tlermuns are going to 'make one final grand assault in the east. Since the appointment of Kiebl Marshal von llindepliurg as chief of staff it lias been reported that he desired to leave in Kiunce and Ue.1-(I'ontlnunl on Pane ThirtnJ 'tr -ir Roger's Announces: ''No Elections9 iiise io ASK CHANCE 10 TESTIFY i Announces He Will Request Invitation to Appear Before Gait College Commission SETS VOTE RUMOR AT REST Declares Government Will Not Appeal to Country Until After War lion. Hubert Kogers caine'lo Winnipeg with two important announcements today. In ah interview with The Tribune, he dated: "There will be no Dominion elections until aider the war." "I will ask the dalt commission to invite nie to make tin explanation before il of my part in the Agrlcd' oral Colb-ge building con- Vii' announcement thil i there will be no Dominion elections until after the war is intended to t-t i at st the many rumors current that elections are to be called in a few weeks.

All. Poyeis fl llltawo a feu davsi I after he ricciveil a tele.iam from Commissioner Call, tellini; him of thoi testimony of W. II. Carter before commission relative to contracts giv-j en tho eom- pany when Mr. lingers was provin- jcial minister of public works.

Air. I Carter's statement was that he in- creased his tender on the power-j house at the college after he had! started win on his (list contract, at i Poeis' suggestion. Air. Kogers telegraphed a reply lo! oiomissioner Gait explaining that he' did not believ It to be in the public tf. force Mr.

Carter lo go through with a contract at a loss, af- I iter he had lost heavily on the admin- 'isolation contract. It is ljiheveil thai Mr. ltogeis will; teiteiale this explanation lo the com-; mission if ho is Invited to tostifv. nl- though he was silent today oa what1 hij testa. will bo.

Air. Kogers' ofi'ice in ii.p effice Ui.ld'ng was thronged with cullers this morning and he was engaged un- til long aftii- the noon hour, lie In- tends to remain in Winnipeg for sev- tlal days. I i I i I i Australians Urge Compulsion; Laud Plans of British Members of Party Returning From England Aver Allies' Victory Is Sure That compulsory training and con-I scription are necessary in all llritish liominions is the general opinion of most members of the Australian Parliamentary delegation which lias born visiting Croitt diirim; Hip sutniiior, and which arrivid in Winnipeg from be oast today. Members of tho party were nu at tho station by Premier T. Nurris, i Major I.

Wallah. Ibm. T. II. sou.

Iton. .1. W. Ai instron. Hon.

P. S. Thornton. Hon. Kdward Prown.

V. i l'an isli, I "oiitrollprs .1. W. Cock-Ibiirn, .1. .1.

Wallace, .1. W. Astlry and other civic a ml provincial officials. I The party consists of Hon. David I WaiUins, so.

rotary of the Australian Labor paitj; Hon. Thomas, ex -postmaster-general Hon. Senator Iie.al"io, lluii, Senator Stephen kor, Alfred -I. Hainpson. Itcumald i Kurcliell and A.

i Palmer, "The delegation had an opportunity i of seeing what no Itritish cabinet minister has seen the i.avy uml the front trenches in Frame," Mr. Wat-' kins asserted to The Tribune "We iiiM.I Twr-lxei i i NEW 3-CENT STAMPS 60 ON SALE IN CITY TODAY; Canaja nrw thrcp ri'iit stanii'S I liavi- arrived und are on unlay at tin- Wmnipi'n post iff ice. They aru the same as till' rarminr Ithii-i- iint but thr i-olnr is a bistro brown. It was iliti ndi il first to I have Ihiin a nirilih lino but there was senio trouble over the dyes, so brown bad to bo substituted. Thoro air a sealtc roil in the mails ar- riving from the east today and postal i eb iks said that by a poor liuht tliey i arc hard to from the two- i i nt stamps.

The bn e-oeni stamp1 was ili vised to save postal patrons the trouble of licking stamps fur! eiry letter. i Tribune 1 rumps I Am So It is a ''ii; soniT Sol- I I .1. I I la "i no- i at a (-1. o- ii- it a ml Kiil I' i in" i i p. i i ml u.

'-teinl 1 1 a in Ii i- to women. The i ast niio lov. bn: i' th. ro by in s. i 1'ior.

ii. n-nsii. ins I' "i.mIu.iIo i iMii's. in rhii-iimi at tin- lo' ol his ila-s. Thai's ha I tla i.uis mate Manitoba docs lor man.

nator II. I of Ai.sliaiia. vho is Willi iis today, sas li.it in Ins Lo'lllLt ttnle "is tlo Mitinp. and th'-j In the I'olis as rb Ibr llirll." I'. an.

M.T.. ti.o pot. at iittawa. ant-'trv ho lints on tin- parliament i ni hi i jo! i-- to hp "to W'liinip. in- 'or us." In 1 nil.

in a uo'i- i 1 1 i "no i tta v. a nu ho. lor i.r." A nd la re win a i I if. Sir hrotlnr. "e' ina.la pirltn mm moi ihci'lent tiian I "ran or and." Now.

-i a jolt, iiist wh.ii wo won th nKiin! 'hat Toronto i.s lie nio-t ilghteons ii! in l.utope, Asia. Afri. a or A iiktum. What Would i s.v of the of 7.s".'-,ii 1 1 p. oph tli it crnnts the balance of tho Ion, say to rnfntce la-is that add 'n tho r.t of li in-- la to ji ir mil.

The I lottonto: i of Airl a would hardly stand for that. S. ine white pro; 'a do. "When nood fellows not tni'olhir." soiinils like a pretty miod i eminent. il f'tti; lor Cul.

battalion. 1 What is so rare as a iia in the pint. Hp never lived urn oi i in- days in September. 1 'li irhe 1 eliiu asked il he thoicdit of a nolle proseipii, replied i "I Jinks I don't in, ml If I do." If I'hies- overtakes everybody "bo ha- lahl in a few bottles In p-I" I I li.il of hi illu the ed'e- I- that Toronto will soon rank' a a iiale a It hy cit i The Mont real Mail place? our lair on the map jn this manner; Waaopi'i: a place whore pub- I hinhlins are erected, and hi i on ractors a ml pol I ieians 1 I i hadn't I I Hon. K.

Reese. M.P. for Md- i Austral. a. describes Camp I Pot 'I, as "a place of sail 1.

s'tl and th. sin beinif tiikinir nun ll.ii-e. ami the sorrow alter thc 1 ha ai i i I ohl-fashionoil i.ntariii is now the In, mo of people ho can mp Uhio 1 1 Ii the thirst ol the Turkish army crossini; tho iU sort In Smz tanal. is the opinion offered by one yood prohibition I friend. John K.

Hobinson. I i Slr lad'ort I'eel wrote away bark in 147: "All patroiuico of all descrip-j tions. ro far from belne of the I Kfoat advrintaite personally to teimsler. invohes in in nothin.c it in bn lad! minister with brains enough to tne in out of the wet should i Know that. I PRINCIPALS IN SUIT i English mine-owner, sued for $50,000, and woman whoso affections he is accused of alienating 1 I 1 7 1 MRS.

EVANGELINE CHITTICK HENRY CECIL Cecil Will Fight Suit of Chiitick Mine Owner, Asked for $50,000, Denies Alienating Affections I i II. R. McTa ish, attorney for Henry Cecil, ealthy property holder of London, LnRland, against whom Frank Chittick, of St. Joseplf's Xorwuud, filed suit de-nianditiK for alienation of his wife's affections, declared today that the allegations were unfounded. Air.

AkTavish said that a defense would be entered and that it would entirelx refute the charges. Air. Chittick, in his suit, alleges that Air. Ce'cil alienated the affee- lions of Mrs. Kvnngcline Chittick.

manicurist at the Alexandra hotel, from tier husband. Cecil It III Air. Cecil was too III lo be inter- viewed at He is ieuoveiiiie from an attack of pneumonia at his noyal Alexandra apartment. Airs. Chittick says the whole is a mistake on her husband's Part.

I She says that on the rare occasions when she met Air. Cecil, no feelins xcept friendliness existed. Airs. Chiitick first met Air. (Veil when he called at the manicure booth in the Royal Alexandra base- I mcnt to have his nails attended to.

I "He was very Rent lema nly." she 1 said, "and alter that Mist time called i HKiiin at intervals." She refused to discuss thetr meet- I ine.s outside the hotel. She admitted I that she had met hlmf I Interested In Mines Cecil Is well known In I he milium World. He mined In Cobalt and Hailleybiiry. anil is at i present interested in ftiee and Onld Lake properties. He was recently i idontiiied with deal which oapl- i talized the Cold Pan and Gold Seal i I claims for a vast sum.

Mr. Chittick was formerly an em- I ploye of tho Manitoba provincial rov- 1 eminent and la now New "West- i minster. ll.C. i I IMAN KILLED II LIFT FILL W. M.

Blair Drops Three Floors To Death Through Open Elevator Door i i W. M. Clair. ears old. of Leaf a pat tments, Corydon avenue, l'urt ItoiiKP, slipped between an open jdi.or and the elevator shaft of the Itlault building.

Princess Lnd Banna-t lie avenue, ilvs moriiing, to liis el Mill. lie fell three Hours to a concrete pit. liis skull and sliouKiers oi i -Mr. iJlair ent.ied the doonvay of tho elevator intending to null a label oi. a packing cas.

fur his employ rs, It. A. I.i-ter maiinfactiiiers' ii-ntb. Ail opcKini; caused by the failure of a uoor to shut, caused liis 'all. lie "stepped into space and.

unable to save himself, Tell to the bottom of the shaft. lie is survived by a widow and one child, who arc at present in Toronto. Plair has been resident of Winnipeg for one year, coming from Toronto. Ho is a brother of former City of St. Ilonifaec Kniiieor Plair.

now with an overseas battalion. NO ARRESTS ARE MADE IN ROBINSON "SAFE BLOWING" Xo tests 111 connection ith the attempted safe-blowing t. the Kob-i us on departmental store. Sunday, have been reported by police officials. The absence of clues is proving a stumbling block in the way of detectives working on the case.

A number of llunerprints. found on the surface of a counter, beside which the vi iismeit are known to have stood benu o.iaiparc.l with the I tort il -Ion records of safe-blowers at present on tile at hoadiiiarters. jn the hope that similar ones may be found 4111I so prove the identity of the criminals. MAJOR LAING IS ORDERED TO RETURN TO ENGLAND i. S.

LhIiik. chief bombing officer for Division No. 10, has received orders to report in laiK-lsnd at lie went away with the i'Tth Winnipeg Ilattallon but returned 11 months ago to give instructions in bombing und all the rfficlenry attained by troops in this litary district Is due to him and he is proud of what these men can do. lie la a WlnnlppRger, his home beinc at 104 Scott street. He went to the front as a lieutenant and received promotion through merit.

'saskatoon alarmed as coal famine is heralded; SASKATOON. Sept. I i. An! mine s'tuation is report, il by lo-! cal coal dealers mm existing Hi thoi l.ethbridso and I iruinlieller iniiips, which supply Northern Sashatoho-; wan with fuel. The Lcthbridi-'o; mines are almost stopped for want of labor and the lrutnheler mines are working only about half time.

A i i coal famine is certain this I say the dealers, unless this tdtua- 1 I lion is remedied. The mine owner are already Kwamped with orders; which they cannot fill. I i WORKINGMEN IN VIENNA RIOT AS FOOD SHORTENS i LONDON. Sept. 19.

Food disor-ders have broken out in Vienna, said a Geneva dispatch to the Kxehanup TcleKraph today. There Is terrible distress among the families of working men, the dispatch says. CONTROLLER SHORE IS PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN, Controller Cohen Shore, a lieuton- ant in the army, has been pronioleil to the rank of captain in tho lSitrd Ilattallon. it is anniiunceil in today's war office orders. Vhe pn.

motions given in the orders are: 108th Battalion To be captain Lieut. P. Thump- sun. 183rd Battalion To bo captains Lieuts. li.

J. Shore. I S. AIi limsie. 196th Battalion i To bo lieutenant Lieut.

L. II. Ken- nedy. To be Captains To In- i a p'a ins --Lie. its.

A. .1. C. Hanson. I.

.1. AI. I ils.ni. C. II.

Spragg. I HARVEST CLOSING CAUSES RECRUITING TO IMPROVE Cecruitiug is inipruviiig in Winnipeg, local recruiting men nn The 174th and Cmth. Hattalions both report prosputs much brighter and look for a big Increase in their fig- ures for the coming half month. Thisj iiccounttd for hy the fact harvesting is nmrins to an end and many men who went lo garner grninf promised before they loft they would sign up upon return, some already arc fulfilling this obligation, and now arc la khaki. jWinnipeggers Win Glory on Somme Canadians Take Big Part in Battle Fight Most Dramatic of 2 Years' War Writer Describes Vividly How Dominion Troops Led In Charges i BRITISH I KiiNT IN Sept.

ID. Tho most dramatic and iiiclures(iie battle for the army In all its two years In Trance was fought on September 13. Here Is I the story of how kinds of men from the ends of the rarth took part in this mighty conflict. In the same dressing station this week the correspondent of the Associated Press has seen Canadians. New Zealanders.

English, Scottish. Irish. Newfoundlanders and Americans. These were some of tho men of many countries who took part in the now historic battle and with them there went into nctlon those motor cars, called "tanks" which are to the credit of a quiet officer of engineers. When the correspondent met this officer in London six months ago and asked him what Job he was now on, he replied: "Sh! Sh! Don't tell." It was the "tanks" that compiled the wonderful business of this buttle.

Today when the correspondent was calling on a Canadian brigadier it (Continued on Page Tw-clvel ill RE-TRY R08LIN IN Government Will Again Press Case Against Ex-Ministers, Is Report That the prov incial gov eminent in. lends to seek a re-trial, of the ex-j cabinet ministers at an early date, was the report in government cir-I i les today. Definite action, according to one official, will be taken soon after lion, A. Hudson, attorney-general, re-j turns from the north and rev iews thej result of the trial. I "The fact that one or two Jurors caused the disagreement on the ease 'has convinced the government that: there is a possibility of a definite decision if there is a new trial," said I The Tribune's informant.

Air. Hudson Is expected to return to Winnipeg the latter pari of thisj eek, or early next week, It wan said at his office today. Mr. llud- son. it is believed, does not yet know the result of the ex-ministers' trial as he has been cut off from com- un, oa ion with the outside world since a few houis before the jury reported il could not find a verdict.

lie Is at present traversing the Ilud-j son's Bay country with a perty of engineers. CHILD DROWNS IN PULMOTOR FAILS TO REVIVE! -i Doiuthv Alary Chilwell. one and a half years nd. daughter of Airs. K.

J. 'Chilwell. I 111 Inkster avenue, was ac-; cidentally drowned in a ater ban el. Her mot hoi1 was busy and did not boar the child's cries, if she uttered 'liny. The barrel was full from the ra ins of last week.

and Airs G. A. Harrison, instructor and instructress of the Cornish Park baths, worked on the in-i 'ant's body with a pulnlotor for over hour in an attempt to resuscitate Coroner McConnell ided that an hupiest would not be held. ONE LONE RAT'S TAiL PUttSEG BY G1TY One rat's tail was purchased for live cents over the city health department counter today. The campaign of extermination opened early this morning, but the expected "rush'H consisted of one small boy who carried one tall wrapped In a newspaper to the city hall.

The authorities expect, however, that by night tails will appear In dozens. Demands for rat poison were of the usual speed, nothing of an outstanding rush developing. Store Searchers Are Searched by Orders of Chief Police Who Hunt for Robbers Are "Frisked" Thsmselves, Is Report If old man Diogenes went out -with his flashlight to look for his honest man among the members of Winnipeg's police force, his ardor would be dampened if he came to share what appears to be Chief Danold Alatl'het son's opinion. i Here's an authentic statement of affairs as they happened Sunday morning. A squadron of reserves visited Kobinson's departmental store from Central police division in answer to a hurry call from W.

AI. Lel'Hge, manager of the stole. They were in command of Deputy Police Chief Chris. 11. Newton, and Chief of Police Donald Alacl'hoison i acted as director.

1 A posse of the men scoured lie I stole from "cellar to attic," looking for two safe blowers who Were not there. I And when the search was over, before the policemen would be allowed to leave the store, they were searched. Tile older, it is said, came fmin the chief of police. i I I GIRL SERVANT ENDS LIFE; HANGS HERSELF IN ROOM Annie Thompson, a domestic In the employ of Patrick Shea. 1 IU Colony street, prominent brewer, killed herself today by banging hrrseif in her room.

Severe slashes on her breast indicate, the police believe, that she, at first attempted to stab herself. No motive for her self-destruction has been learned. Hans Will End War in Jiffy For $5,000,000 Calls at War Office With Invention But Officers Short On "Change" If Hie big war comes to an end within a month, Hans August Larson will le responsible, lie, claims a invention which will blow anything, even the Kiel canal, to small piecis In less than 2U minutes. He eallpd at the local war office today and wanted to see the head officers in order that he might sell them the Invention for They were all "too busy" about that time, however. Hans was told also that it was not believed H.

N. Kutlan, A. C. Gray, or any other of the staff officers, had that amount of "change" with them. Larson sas this deadly weapon can bo attached to Mibmaiine hi small cost and is cheap lo operate.

His plans and figures are alleged to prove that the device would blow the whole llritish miy to smithereens in less than '-) minutes und. destroy a whole nation In less than a day. i For Iti years Hans liod along the shores of Iike Winnipeg, but never was in, Seirk, be told reporter. Thpn he moved to i he now is iarni- ing. His Winnipeg address today is llu Coffee house, Logan lyrff" after today his location Willi be doubtful for he Is sailing for hisjna- live city of Copenhagen and from there will negotiate with the Klig of Kngland, Kmppror of f'zar of Russia, J'residr'nt of France! and other men with money.

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