Edmonton Journal from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada • 1

DAILY CIRCULATION FRIDAY, MAY 11, 19X7. 16,634 LISTS OPEN FOR INSPECTION LAST EDITION Vol. 13, No. 259 EDMONTON, ALBERTA, SATURDAY, MAY-12, 1917. THIRTY PAGES.

FOES OF RUSSIA Sunday is Mothers' Day HIN 'DEN 'BURG LINE SUFFERS ANOTHER ATTACK BY BRITISH; MANY PRISONERS CAPTURED SUPPORT GIVEN Blow Was Struck Near Bulleccurt on Both Sides of Arras-Cambrai Road and North of the Scarpe River All Objectives Attained Says the Report Prass columns operating In the basin of Ih LONDON May offSc.al ghatt-El-Adhem and Dial river, have statement given out here today says press4d the enem the Jebel. Hnush troops attacking the Hinden- rac about from burg line have gained their objectives and taken some hundreds of prisoners, The Hritish attacked near Bullecourt! Russians on Offensive on both sides of the Arras-Cambral! PETROGRAD, May 12. via London, road and north of the Scarpe river, The Russians in Mesopotamia are last night and early this morning. The on the offensive and have forced cross-statement reads: ttips of the Piala river at two points "Very successful operations were northwest of Bagdad. undertaken by our troops last night and early this morning.

Attacks were delivered on the liindenburg line in the neighborhood of Bullecourt, also! astride the Ai ras-Cambrai road and! north of the Scarpe. We gained ourj objectives at all points and have taU-l en some hundreds of GERMAN REPORT "Local fighting resulted in our favor I German troops operating in the also took place during the night rpSlon on the Aisne front forced of Lornplre. I hack yesterday at Bovelle "Successful raids in which we can-i rldK' 3a'8 today's army headquarters tured several prisoners were made. ly us last night east of Vpres." MESOPOTAMIA FRONT IS QUIET between Acheville and Queant, on the i Arras battlefront, the statement re- LONDON, May 12. Since May 2 no ports.

The Fritish It Is declared, were event of importance has occurred in repulsed or thrown back in attacks Mesopotamia," says an official state-, made last night. The fighting is con-nunt Issued today. "Our mobile turning at the Roeux railway station. Exceptionally Heavy Artillery Fighting Along the French Front Maj. Lowery, Capt.

Hunt Were Hit by Same Shell That Killed Nine Soldiers After Having Attained Their Ferris Organized Stretcher Into No Man's Land Them Home PARIS, May 12. Unusually heavy artillery lighting took place last night on the Verdun front In the region of Avocourt, today's official statement says. French patrols penetrated the German lines at several points in Alsace and in the region of Bezovaux. The statement follows: "The enemy's artillery fire along the Chemny-Des-Dames was less active hist: night. Our butteries kept up a destructive bombardment of the German organizations and caused the explosion of a munition depot northeast of Juvlncuurt.

Patrol engagements in the region of Pantheon, south of Pnrgny, and In the Champagne in the wood wist of Mount Carnlllet. "On the left bank of the Meuse (Verdun front) there was violent artillery GRASS FIRE SPREADS TO CAMROSE CHURCH; LOSS ABOUT $1,000 Lutherans Negotiating For Union May Not Rebuild; Good Work by Brigade CAMRUPK, May 12. Fire caused by burning grass gutted the church of the Ilauges Lutheran Congregation Friday afternoon, causing a loss of about 51.000. The building had a good start before the alarm was sounded and the fire brigade did good work in saving a portion of the building and preventing the blaze from spreading. The two Norwegian congregations here have negotiations under way for church union so that there Is some probability that the church will not be rebuilt.

II Conveys Message of Friendship to Dominion from European Republic 'TRICOLOR PROMINENT AMONG DECORATIONS Given Official Welcome by Sir George Foster, Acting for Sir Robert Borden (Western Associated Press I OTTAWA, May mier Viviani of France, at the invitation of the Canadian government, paid a flying visit to Ottawa today, for tho purpose of conveying personally to the people of the dominion a message of allied friendship from the great Euro- pean republic. He was given a magnificent reception as he passed along the streets from the railway stations to the house of parliament. The buildings and private houses buildings ana private nouses the routo were decorated with ind bunting, in which the tri- France was prominent and along Hags a color of hearty cheers greeted the appearance of the French war mission. Over the parliament buildings alongside, the Union Jack of the British empire, Hew for the first time in the history of the dominion the French national emblem. Welcomed by Sir George Foster.

M. Vivian! arrived in Ottawa shortly betore noon ana was given an omcuu welcome by Sir George Foster, who in the absence of Sir Robert Borden, is the acting premier. All the members of the cabinet in the city were present, as were Sir Wilfrid Laurier, ex-cabinet ministers and privy councillors. As the representatives of France stepped from the train rousing cheers greeted them. Sir George Foster, whose acquaintance M.

Viviani had made in Washington, stepped forward and shook his hand, and then introduced him to Sir Wilfrid Laurier and a number of those present. PRICES OF FOOD SHOW ADVANCES IN EVERY COUNTRY Retail Cost, of Provisions in Great Britain Jumps 94 Cent. I (Correspondence of Associated Press) LONDON', May 10. The official statistics of retail prices of food given in the Board of Trade Labor Guzette phow an increase up to March 31 of 94 per cent as compared with July. 1014.

As concern other expenditures there have been substantial increases, except with regard to rents and the average advance, including food, rent, clothing, fuel, light, may be estimated at over 65 per cent. Food prices In other countries show increases as follows: Aurtrla 171.7 per cent; Italy 70 per rent United Statos over 24 per cent; Canada 38.5 per cent: Australia 25.3 per cent and New Zealand 25.2 per cent. PARIS BOURSE PARIS, Mar 12. Trading was ouiet on the bourse today. Rentes 61 mines 5 centimes; F.xcliange on London 27 francs a centimes.

x.rTn. C.P.R. LAST SALE NEW TOKK, May 12 lst side stocks: ALMOST 200 NEW Kitiwuki-to fCCUhED The niembeisnip campaign re- cently held unoer the auspices of trie f.umumun ioaru of 'naue was a greater success than was antic! pated by even the optimistic teams of business men that competed. While full returns are not yet available Percy Abbott, chairman of the campaign committee euti- mates that nearly 200 new mem- hers will be added as the result of the canvass, and. including re- newale, the membership roll of the board will number 450 fully paid-up members.

tltude and experience in construction of transportation systems. For months before the assault, men In thousands were building the water works plant and roads without which it Is now admitted, the conquest of tho ridsrn onrt fh nf if nflor itH i capture would have Ijeen Impossible. The railway avaiem treaun hv the; flin 1 01 a reconstruct fl and brought Into general use and untied the vital pur- pose of feeding both men and gunM, without disclosing Information of value to the enemy, who had his system of tunnels and subterranean accommodation of all sorts for men and material. It may be said that under the direction of Canadian engineers tn many places galleries were constructed as quarters for troops and dressing stations for wounded. There were water pipes which fed laps at which th men could fill their water bottlea or secure supplies for eooldns cr washing.

There were alai storage places for food ami ammunition. Water Supply Big Problem. A water supply for over 100,000 men and almost 60,000 horses in a circum- (ConUnued on page Ova) IE MM OF FRANCE PAYS VISIT TO OHAWA i i BY FRIENDS OF Efforts of Level-Headed Men to Achieve Political Liberty Made Difficult ORGANIZED BODIES OF GERMANS ARE CAUSING TROUBLE Thousands Got Across Border at Front During "Brotherhood of Nations" (Western Associated Press) PETBOGRAD, May 12. (via London) AVhile decent Rus sians are striving honorably to achieve political liberty by civil methods or arguments and persuasion, -which, if sure are necessarily slow, tbe, extreme parties anarchists and social-revolutionaries on the one hand, and upholders of the old regime and agents provo caturs on the other, and, above all, the vast organized body of Germans are using deadly weapons in the streets and lavishly spending money. These Germans are largely real "reichs-deutscher" -who have laid concealed here or'' got across the frontier during the revolution or through the Rus sian lines at the front during tho orgy of "brotherhood of the nations" which lasted for -weeks ar.d has not been entirely checked.

To these mist be added hundreds of German sDies who were incarcerated in prisons and liberated with ordinary criminals during the first hours of the revolution, and unknown numbers of German prisoners of war who have taken aa vantage of the newly declared liberty in, Russia and of- the Moujiks' apathy or misunderstanding of the situation to escape from Siberia and elsewhere. All these classes of open foes to Rus sia iind assistance, refuge and effec tive support in secret friends of the old regime, and some Baltic province Germans. Altogether these parties make a very formidable force in Petrograd and are in nowise susceptible to methods of argument or persuasion. The time has come for some united effort to be made to deal drastically with attempts to route dissensions, which, if not cnecK- ed, will lead inevitably to a crisis. GROUARD INDIAN AGENCY THREATENED BY SERIOUS FIRE Stables and Contents Destroyed In Early Morning Blaze (Special to The Journal) GROUARD, May 12.

A serious fire in the early morning hours almost consumed the buildings occupied by the Indian agency here Friday morning about 5 o'clock and had there been any wind the buildings belonging to the provincial police would also have been wiped out. As it was the stables containing all the hay and harness belonging to the Indian department were completely destroyed and also one horse. Luckily the other horse was in another building or both would have been burned. It Is a mystery how the Are started as there was no fire in the vicinity and everything was in flames when those In the neighborhood got up In the morning. A hay stack belonging to the provincial police was consumed and only the calmness of the early morning laved the other buiiding3.

VERMILION FARMER LOSES STABLE AND STOCK BY A FIRE Sparks from Stovepipe Started Blaze in Nearby Straw Stack (Special to The Journal) Alberta. May 2.C Dollmun farmer living rorth of juilion. Ind stable containing Vor- SiX hnrees. seventl vt of harnc-f ant sev-rxele compile! dwtrovcH by fire at noon v.tordav. DoUman h'i bf working throtiirh the forenoon with nl at dinm-r time tied thorn hp in the i'llile.

He then made a fire in the hou which in only short distance away rom fh ctnhiA ftnri tmHi frr.m the stove pipe set a iay stack standing between the house and the stable on H. There was a very bJeh wind blowing at the time and it was only the matter ef a few minutes until the stable hed 'ujht fire snd burned to the ounl. The hrMB ware tola! Ins (n th vtdriitv of, at.fO"). 'd lota Mm et tl-ne won )'! e'l ii fmt'r to put hir crcn iti. The wsMre-a now helping him out v.ith tiiu MARATHON WINNER NKW YORK.

May 12. Kohlemairen. t.nattached. of New Tork. today won ll, Evening Mails seventh annual mcd'flefl marathon inr.

Ills time was J. boor 7 m-cutea 11 4-5 aeoooUd. OLD OV RIE SON OF EDMONTON JUSTICE OF PEACE KILLED IN FRANCE CV A (eKaAi yL Vf 4 A I'ercy Barn.slov lluiifs, won of H. Mujfht'ri, local justice of Uit ha. been killed in action, nrooniini; to word received by his father at.

lilia acnu1, Kdmonton. TcoacH Jninpii a well known local battnlhm and I'-it here in li'Hi. Previous to cnlifiitmoui IhiRhes had homestead at Fort MclMunay which he left to join Hip army and before he wont I in MiioMrHUiMK lit' ill wrk on the C.N. it. lie came to Canml: ten ago from TunbrkiKe Well England.

Miixwell Ibis; Hughes whs kilU June 10. A les. a brother of IViv.v 1 in artiun at Ypres, of tper wa. tlrowiW at l.ac l.a Hlche in August. 1H16.

Another brother is Lieut. Willmni Uughr ter regimrnt, win, service in Meson, itamia of I lie l.eices-s'en Iv: ears and i.s now in- valided home to Knglanil. i 1 I ify AT u-j-v i 4 Word lias beioi received by Kckl'ord, nf Vermilion to the effwt that her son, Pte. II. II.

llrkforcl was killed action April IS. He whs years old and was born in Parry Sound. Out. Re whh well known throUMhout the Edmonton diatrict having employed as an iron worker on tile Macdonald hotel when that slruclure was Crcctitl. WANT 1HE OR AS CANDIDATE EASTE '5 ONTO Delegation.

Will Wait on His Worship on His Return to tho City A rra moments an1 bi-irig complptcd for a delegation to wait on Henry Foon as he return to the city from the south, asking him to allow bin name to go before a convention of West Edmonton liberals to content, that neat ugaiawt A. F. the present nittlng member In the ppivme'al houe. Mayor Henry left the city on Friday niorning and he in expected to arrive honi- either thiH afternoon or J. W.

Heffermin anil otiui" will wait on tiie lii iyor and we if be iVill icinil. HiM worship lias t.l;ilp.d. however, on more, tlmn one 'iccanioo thru iio voijld not PioiiKltt into proviin uil ponto at any eost. to tI.e a good rest after acting 38 mHvor for three, East End Liberals. On Monday nlnhi.

In tlm Albion hnll the Fant Kdmontnn liberals will hold their convention. Three named are slated an possible nominees. .1 't'" Kenny A. Ulatehford and Fred Duncan are the aspirants, a rot tnere i of another one to come before the convention. W.

J. Magrath la well known In the city. Kenny Ulatehford is a proniifiinir young nie.ntl,er of tliil party, Willie Fred lnjlifail i piefld. llt Of the IjjH Kdlnontoii l.liieml f'lul). Four May Run.

With the nomination Hot (-traiglit lilie nil en ii Ivist l.iiriO.i,i;i four I'oniered conlept tii riiliiic. Itrimwy In .1 It. K'KKOl is the poisiit A I'larke Is tiie '-andi'trite on tho Oelno-cratlc lieKet and the selection of the liberals will make a fourth. When the government party hold their convention at Ic Mo. Anne, another K'lmonton'an will hav name before the meeting.

Jo Adair It said to Is looking at this riolnn to opp. (J Hus-sdl Marker a resident of the district who haa received tho nomination of the conservative paity. the VVcal.nr Tan wttithsf fc rlMf ftf throui'isut tit wt. F0RFOKT MANITOBA A10 ASKTr.HEWAM lair tut ALStSIA Gwwillf fair nimmt. Hirli EDMONTON, tiHU e- i I i f.

rv Jhr- I He is said to have done fine deeds. In one raid of a particularly hot nature he is said to have boasted that it was nothing at all to do because his party was made up of men who had joined with him at tromend is feared that big Inroads have been made into the ranks of that central Alberta battalion, and not many of its members are now left. The three officers mentioned are recovering nicely.but they will be a long while on the sick list. Major Lowery had eight wounds. Capt.

Hunt Is doing well, but the doctor says he has a long way to go before he is fit again. Lieut. Maculloch has his right arm badly wounded, this time between the elbow and the wrist. He will be able to walk around soon, but his wound will take a long while to heal. Of Interest to Wetaskiwin.

The people of Wetaskiwin will be interested to hear that Lieut. Pelerkin. who had charge of a detachment at that place in the winter of 1915-18, has een makmg a good name for himself in a peculiarly tufted way. He appears to have a fascination for No Man's Land, where no man likes to linger. 1 put It that he has a wonderful fascination but that's not quite aptly phrased.

UOn DUt maiB nut gune aptiy pmwtu Mr peterkin gpen(Js Rl, spare tlmfi in the front line trenches scouting and sniping on No Man's Land. He is said to be wonderfully successful at it too. The many men who knew Lieut. "Joe" Stauffer, M.L.A. for Didsbury, will have been deeply grieved to hear of his death in action.

It happened at Vimy Ridge. (Mr. Stauffer, who was deputy speaker of the legislature when lie Joined, had been only a very short time at the front before he was killed. The people of Camrose will deeply regret having learned that Lieut. Mercer was killed In action.

He was company sergeant-major of a detachment at Camrose in 1313-16. and was given his commission in Lhe battalion when it was at Sarcee. BERLIN', May 1 via London, 4:31 stteincnt. Mfteen French and British aero planes were brought down on the western front during the day, it is an- fighting all night in the region of Avocourt wood, with no Infantry actions. Our detachments penetrated the German trenches north of Bezon-vaux and at several points in Alsace.

In tho sector of Ammertz-Wciler took a number of prisoners." CENSORSHIP CLAUSE IS STRICKEN FROM ESPIONAGE BILL Press Control Under Eyes of War and Navy Secretaries Is Defeated i (Western Associated Press) WASHINGTON. May 12. The news-paper censorship provisions were stricken entirely irom the administration esplon-agi hill In the senate by vote of 39 to on motion of Senator Johnson of California. I After the censorship clause had been stricken from tiie bill Senator Klrby, democrat, of Arkansas, introduced an amendment providing lor a definite and specific press censornip under the supervision of the secretaries of war and the navy and that was defeated 65 to 5. COL.

ROOSEVELT ALLOWED TO LEAD UNIT OVERSEAS i Western Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Afav 12. Bv a vote of 215 to 178 the house to- day after a stormy debate voted to Instruct Its confreres on the army bill to restore the senate amendment 10 permit Col. Hoosevelt to lead a division to France. of outs, and any decrease in these districts in the way of wheat will be made lu oats.

Information at the government offices also goes to show that the quality of the seed being put In this year Is generally good. Most of the farmers huvo either had their grain tested or have tested It for themselves, and no fear is felt on the score of poor seed. Especially in regard to wheat careful examination was not only advised but actually carried out, and so far as a good crop on be ensured by proper and energetic funning. Alberta will have It a few months from now. OVERSEAS TROOPS NOW IN EDMONTON ORDERED SOUTH Lieut.

Hyde Going to To Return Here For Recruiting Te few overseas troops now In Fd-tnonton are under orders to proeoed almost imtoediattly to tV.lgsry and expect to be in liien- tiny to wPhln the next fortnight, l.ieut. Ilydn will accompany as far as C'llKary the intst Fusilleri draft for the flh Kdnionton Bh nation consisting of some twelve men. and will then return to Edmonton to cotitiime recruiting operations. The draft for the mstti i niv-rsuies 1 which haa been recruited witn I headquarters at the University of Alberta i la a ao under orders to Droceo tn i sary almost immediately. lite nnm-dlate need seems to be for Infantry, as no marrhlng orders have Den rivd br the overseas' draft for the lfh VtxrU Dragoons, now recruiting in the city.

FLOUR JUMPS TO 17.10 4 MlNNEATMIdH. May 1. Flour prices continued their upward trend today and hwy patents ton. 'lied the new high point of 10 a 4i rents als-ve yes-- lerdsy's top figure. Kirst clenrs advanced 60 cents, beitig quoted at 14.0.

I Acreage Under Wheat in Alberta This Year Will be Fully Up to That Of 1916 Say Government Returns Department of Agriculture Reports, Especially From South, Indicate Encouraging Activity Farmers Are Busy and Happy Grain Seed All Tested Miraculously Escaped Death Objective Lieut. "Bob" Bearer Party and Went Himself to Bring LONDON, April 30. (By mail) The, people cf the Edmonton district will find a peculiar, if regretful, interest in the casualties who are now back in England from the excessively heavy fighting on. the Vimy Ridge. Notably will this be so In Edmonton.

In the No. 3 General Hospital, which is on Wandsworth Common, in London, are to be found In contiguous wards, Major J. R. Lowery, M.L.A. for Alexandra, and who raised the 151st Overseas battalion; Capt.

George Hunt, who Js well known for his association with The Bulletin and" who went over with the 138th battalion; and Lieut. A. S. Maculloch, of Strome, who went overseas with the 151st battalion, and was wounded some time ago when he was recommended for the M.C. Had Close Call to Death.

Major Lowery was attached to the unit raised by Brig. Gen. Griesbach when he was In the Vimy Ridge show. Thou tn- grthi Hn the same of the fight- 1 -J thir the inr which eot "them tneirs," as me men in Trance say. Their duty was to concentrate with a party each at a certain advanced point, where the bat talion there was tn aire neea oi rem- forcing.

Although Major UiOT Capt. Hunt went out together with the one party of two platoons, they got divided before actually going over the top. This they had to do as separate units. Their advance was made in good shape, though how they could have brought their men over and through the barrage without suffering a casualty must always be a source of wonder to them. In a lull the two officers converged their parties at the ordered point.

No sooner had they done so than the Boscb.es opened up on them furiously. The fire was creeping up on them. They were standing near a group of nine men in a shell noie deciding what was best to oo woen shell landed near them. It wiped out the nine men. Both officers were mown up into the air.

Miraculously, they were not killed. Both Badly Wounded, when thev gained consciousness again they, assessed their injuries. They found that Major Lowery had a shrap nel wound in his ankle and four otners In his body. Capt. Hunt got a very bad wound In his foot, besides otners in his body: but whether no goi nis foot wound at that particular time I am not able to' say definitely.

When it became known that Major Lowcrv and Capt. Hunt were lying out wounded, Lieut. "Bob" Ferris, who happened at this time to be back somewhere at battalion neaaquariern, immediately organized a atretcher-hrarer nartv. and himself brought It through the Are to bring in Major Lowery. for Capt Hunt at the time was able to walk.

As Major Lowery was borne on the stretcher through tbe fire zone, snipers nn.r.r"fT- no on him. Then he got a bad wound through his knee. Even vour sympathetic interest, will not let you follow these wounded Canadians as they followed tho very lopg. very rough and erj very pmfu! trail from Vimy Ridge to lhe hospital in London. Naturally their suffering was intensified by ahell shock and a pitiful losa of blood.

The one is loud In the praige the other, and I understand that lt has been suggested that Capt am hp Hunt deserved to be decorated. a he would not, of courae. deaert Ma Jor Lcw- wno a a matter of fact gone tnroufa ore o4o rvtacuiiocn naa tcnw wrwi wiiui. L'e-ju Jtscu'loch is the ofTWr from Strom" who hat been dist'rtjoishlng him-wif at the front er 'ince he cot l.iere last November. was popular-Ij fen-trjs by his fellow offlcTrs in aA thr- "War HorM," and the name followed him to He is reputed to he known at the front as a lremn-doui fighter.

Nothing couid tlaie hini. a I I i I Canadian Engineers Overcome Tremendous Obstacles in France; Allies Amazed at Recent Work Feats Accomplished in a Few Months Have Vitally Influenced Strategy on Western Front This Spring Battle of Arras Would Have Been Impossible Without Capture of Vimy Ridge It looks now, at the end of one of the best sowing weeks in the history of Alberta, as if there will be practically the same amount of land under wheat, in the province as a whole, as last year. The department of agriculture haa reports from the south country that Indicate encouraging activity on the farms during the past week or ten days, and the general story from tho district below Calgary, to Ieth-brldge and Medicine Hat, Is that-there ill be much the same acreage sown as a year ago, though a little later In getting the crop in. Exact figures are not obtainable ye, for the reason that there will still be some sowing for another week. The farmers arc tHlting a chanco on a late crop, and while at this time last year their crops were all in the ground, they will now risk it up to even May 20 for the sake of increasing Alberta's production.

Farmers Busy and Happy. The land Is now In excellent condition for seeding, according to the department's reports, with just enough moisture In it to start germination quickly and abundantly. From all parts of the province conies news of busy farming, and with plenty of labor the Alberta wheat growers are coniing out much better than tliey themselves In some localities there will be reduced acreages as a result of local conditions" In cases where the I. nA Vunnrall. IOIIM IP Wl Ul ml, speaking there promises to be a very al ent reauctlon.

ir inr. irom tna na urea of 191S, provided that next week keeps fine and warm. Everybody Is feeling distinctly happier about the prospects than this time two weeks ago. 6etd Grain Was Tetttd There has been practically no seeding of oats yet, but now that tho wheat cron Is nearly all lit the formers will luni to their oaf llelds, which It is expected will total as large, and pts-slbly a buger acreage, than last year, tn the Edmonton district particularly, and throttgliout the north country in general, there will be a large sowing (Ey Canadian Overseas Correspondent) CANADIAN HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, May 12. The proposal to send engineers from the United Ftatea to aid In working out engineering problems of the Allied nations arouses gn at Interest here, where the extraor dinarily difficult conditions of transportation of men.

munitions and supplies hive been overcome under the direction of the Canadian engineers. Kngineers from Allied countries who have visited the Vimy ridge and the region behind, express profound admiration and amazement at the magnitude of the work done in a few months, which vi'-ally Influenced the strategy of the Allies on the western front this year. Importance of Vimy Ridge. Tha battle of Arras wouid hava been without earrylnj Vimy Ridge co part of the first phase. Tha Oennaos knew this and counted on preventing: tli- development of Cen.

Hale's plnn- for his great ofTcndHe on both sides of the Bcarp river by holding Vimy ridge at all cosif. Then the capture of the position was ex-iirnrd to the Canadians, a decision probably influenced much by their ap-1.