WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1917.
TELEGRAMS.
(Continued from Page: 1.).
THE WESTERN FRONT.
FEATS OF BRITISH AIRMEN.
Loxpos, Oct. 9.
THE CHINA MAIL
MESOPOTAMIA VICTORY
POPE ISSUES ANOTHER
NOTE
·SIGNIFICANT STATEMENT.
THE CAPTURES.:
PARIS, 000. 9. The British have taken 13,000 Turks prisoners in Mesopotatis. ·
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ROME Oct. Losoby, Oct. 2-
The Giornal Italia states that the An oficial despatch from Meso-
the potainia states that owing to the Pope baa asized a Note to extent of the fighting een nt Entente Powers intimating that be Reuter's Correspondent as Head-nude, it is at present impossible hus reason to believe that the Central
to give the complete fotal of the quarter, referring to the fonts of the
Faptures, which include thirteen lowers replies to his Peace Note British airmen, tells how the Inhus gun, twelve machine-guns and 600 may be regarded as an intimation Wounded and 3,200 unwounded prior Geranny readiness to evacuate Two British aeroplanes w Voss'soners," of whipna." 200 are officers. Belgium and northern Fritice. triplane and another aeroplane e-We Have buried 2001 Turks, ** The Pope asks whether he shall gaging a British machine, and hasten-
request Germany to state its precise conditions.
Gemaan airnun, Voss, was killed.
ed to the assistanée" of the latter: "One British machine was piloted by a crack einar and "the cabut resolved itself into a dues between him and Yosis. For a while they inale a ruming fight, muincalling stream of bullets. Frein their nucbine guna and manevring for position, so that the wings" of the "neroplanex were frequently within a few feet of each "istle, When the Englishman had replaced his munition, drun for a third time, he acceeded in getting flow Vox, who shut off his engine wind dived to the"earth.
The Englishman followed and got. good burst of fire right upon Vos who machine glide down until it bumped the grand and it
WILS
gvident that Voss had been killed
in his sent.
"He dived from 2,000-
wounded him, whereupon the aiman limped to cover,
Four British Inaches attacked pine German machines and drove down five, nie of them on fire All our mineirines returned safely.
BOMBING ST. DENIS WESTREM.
FRENCH COMMENT ON. THE
VICTORY.
Panis, Out
The newspapers give prominence to the Mesopotamin victory and point out that is has upset the Germano-Turkish preparations for an attempt to recapture Bagdad... GENERAL BOTHA ON THE “
WAR.
FIGHT TO A FINISH."
PRETORIA, Oct. 2
At the opening of the South African Party Congress, the Chairman, Mr. yan leerden, Minister of Agriculture, deal ing with the subject of industries, congratulated the country on its great progresa and its unprecedented prospeci- ty, notwithstanding the war, •
EAST AFRICA.
A GERMAN DETACHMENT:
SURRENDERS.
Loxnos, Oct. 2. An offieint, merge from Eust Africa states
We are steadily progressing, to the south-west of Lindi) and have repulsed strong counter-attacks,
A German detachment, consisting of Stern Europeans, 160 native troops and several hundred carriers, surrendered, south-east of Kondou Imngi.
RUSSIANS ADVANCE A MILE.
Lesvos, "Oct. 2)
A Boun official message states We advanced a mile, in the Rigu region, on the Kronenberg-Spitali Grounduli sector,
TROUBLE FOR THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT IN TASHKENT.
PETROGRAD, Oct. 2.
EARLIER TELE
BRITISH FRONT. POWERFUL ENEMY ATTIONS
REPULSED,
OUR PRISONERS FOR SEPTEMBER
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LONDON, Oct. Fiehl-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports
The enemy launched a powerful attack on a mile front northward of the Ypres Menin road and eastward of the Polygon Wood. The infantry, advané
PIRATE BRIDGE
Card-players will be interested. writem in the
the pow
claimant topopular favour from
Mr RF3 Foster, of Auctions", "Tammoj mainly responsible for framing the rules and straightening out the gazre generally
This foster child," an Pirate Bridge: inay be appropriately termed i owes its
rentage to notion and Solo Whist The advantages claimed for ituro hus partner; that the hands which it bort I player is no longer tied to
tedious
tend to come together; that fawer, final bids are defeated, thus shortening the duration of the rubber; that every constantly changing position of dummy player is cat for himsel; and that the
ment!
la sariety to the game of tummy
ing in three waves, were driven back in
Certainly, Pirate Bridge should disorder, suffering heavy caualties We few dificulties to Auction players, as the followed up, capturing a few prisoners.suit value are thoseme sa in that game. The enemy strongly renewed his The difference lies in the methods of attack during the next three hours, and, sering and bidding. tmly the player after heavy fighting he was repulsed whole left in with the fun bid and who why the two hands. scores below the everywhere, except opposite the son to the game) His partner east corner of Polygon Wood, where be (dummer berely adds the value of the occupied two advanced posta,
tricks and honous to his bcnour score. During September wo captured 5,295
How To Score prisoners, including 146 officers, olevan guns, including thred heavy guns, 57 is accepted, but after some furthex bit
For example, Yealla "one spade” and trench-mortars, and 377 machine-gunding Bnally left in with
"four The visibility bar improved, and on spades with Yas bia accopter would Sunday much artillery photographic play the two hands, having F. work was done.
As to the scoring of
of this band,
the Bombing continued without respita 45 below the line, winning the game, and declarer, winning Ave by tricks, acores throughout the day and night. Eleven 36 above, the declares and dummy bold tons of bombs were dropped on the ing, four honours between them. A bar aérodrome at Goatrode, bilets and com- also a bonus of 50 points for winning the munications in the battle area, a dump, game. I, on his side, scores the fall 131 and be the Headquarters near Cambrat points (45 plus 38 plus 50), but they raids at night-time, but little damage to the winner of the first two games, The enemy carried out many bombing added to his honour score. A game.
st30 up as at Auction, and the rabber military importance was done.
additional bonus of paints. the winner of which is entitled to an
150
Are
A photograph of the results of the bombing of the Gontrode serodrome.
Dummy, by the way. Dever changes shows that a shed was hit, and also that his seat, while the original leader in the out of three large machines which had player to the left of the declamr unless landed in a field three miles south of tent individual happens to be duminy, the aerodrome two are clearly shown as when the player on dummy's left lends damaged and a large abed accommodat
of
foar ing Gothna was reported to be on separate columns, and it is best to con-
The score has to be kept in fire last night
vert ench total to the nearest hundred before reducing it to units Thus, taking the score of two of the players, should Brown's total amount to 236 and Green' & to 583 the former's aggregate would become two and the latter six, the difference the pair- being four in Green's
Four German machines were brought down and eight were driven down. Five of our machines are missing.
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THE LATEST ÄIR RAID.
ENEMY COME
GROUPS.
An official report states:
FOUR.
a
vour. The other two players would also come into the count, and each player would pay or receive from the other thret. Tur HPPING
An nirman, who crossed the enemy
General Botha, in the course of an line at Zonnebeke, lus an exciting address, emphasised the fact that the "experience.
war had been forced upon the Allies feet and machine-gunned" and seats and that the only thing to do now was tered a party of Hans and bombed to ight to finish. An inconclusive a munition dapp. He was attackiui peace, he said, would only mean another by superior forers and dived through and perhaps a greater, war in the future the burruge into the British Hines which would constitute a serious menace Eix aenplane was crippled, and he to Africa. "Let this peace, Generál Baths added, "he one which will be was wounded in the leg and two beneficial to the whole worki and enable stretcher, bearers were carrying bini
every country to shape its own future in when shell killed, one and on a sound basis”.
Agitators at Tashkent, supported -wounded the other. The aviator Referring to the republican proby two egiments, declared their "rone to itssist one of the wounded paganda; General Botha pointed out independence and rejected, the ulti
men, when a second Khell again that the people of South Africa lived matuni of the Government which has from the North-East at 7.15 The the first bid be not accepted it be
under a constitution which graated sent troops to suppress the disorders avery kind of liberty. It now seemed," The Musulmans and military bead, as though the Nationalists Cadets of Tashkent are opposing the wished to break down the constitution rebels. The Cadets have occupied which they themselves had helped to draft. The Nationalists, he asserted, were not in earnest but only wished to gain a few votea. General Botha sail he was second to none in love for the } republican ayatem, but he warned the The Admiralty annotices that propagandists that they were playing] naval air-craft, aut Sunday, honed with fire. In conclusion General Botha to remain at their posts, for the present hangers at St. Denis Westrens uero-
denied the rumours of coalition with the AN AMERICAN FOOD CONSERVA drome igniting one.
Unioniste, maintaining that it would be The fire wa -visible 30 miles distant.-.-.
dangerous to "swop horses in the middle of 2. fast ninning stream,”· and They also bombed Zeebrugge lock
dangerous to go in for new ventures Cate
Another al an St. Pents West.when the main object should be to see
Monday, took place,
the war brought to a successful Jen, ut noon an
when several direct hits were ob
conclusion."
The Congress debated the question of served and also two sheds were wer
"reunion with the Nationalists, and on fire.
preparedness of Congress to bring about finally passed a resolution affirming the
a better understanding on a basis, firstly
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LONDON, Put, 2.
The shed hit, on Sunday appears to have been completely gutted.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 2.
the fortress...
SWEDISH CABINET RESIGNS.
STOCKHOLM, Oct. 2, The cabinet has resigned: The King has requested the Ministers
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DRAWING OF WAR
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To the dealer fals the privilege of A group of aeroplanes crossed the
starting the bidding or of passing. Esser coat at seven o'clock making for Directly a bid is made each player. London. They were followed after to the left most in turn sccept or pass. quarter of an hour by a second group No further bidding is allowed until, the The first attack on London was made bidder has found on accepterer bis
declaration has been passerl by the others FOR If back, but one or more penetrated the comes veid, the right of declaring to the majority of the miders were turned defences and bombed the South Western player on the left of the bidder From September 26th to October 16th
No player whose bid has not been sc- district to cross the defends north-east and the may be the mospter of another bid bid again until another cepted can At 3.15 the second group attempted player's bir has been duly accepted, but porth of London but they were un-If no one is made or none of the bids be aueccastal untilshortly after nine o'clock accepted the deal is void and passes to
the left. when a few passed over London, Bombe were again dropped in the south bidding is reopened, and any player to Once a declaration is accepted, the
the left of the accepter, including the A third group of miders crossed the bidder who has just been accepted, cun Kentish coast, but they did not pene.bid again until another players hid has trate far westward. They however, been duly acceptat, but he may be the dropped bombs at various places accepter of another bid. If no bid is coast and approached London shortly
A fourth group crossed the Essex made or poas of the bids be accepted the
deal is void and passes to the left.
Once before ten o'clock. They did not pezie bidding is reopened and
declaration is accepted, the and any player to trate beyond the north-eastern outskirts, the left of the last been accepted, can including the where bombs were dropped"
bidder who has just bid higher or pass, a larger number of tricks
„în every instance: "outbidding smaller number in anything.
western district.
Reports of casualties and damage have not yet been received.
It is uncficially estimated that ten bomb were dropped in the London de The accepter sine not over-cal trict last night.
Several of the bombs fell on waste ground, and one near a hospital, break ing windows t
his
is own acceptance until an accepted. hid or doable întervenes. A higher, bid. finding no acceptance is void, and the biri returns to the last acceptance, the
player sitting to the left of the one
whose bird has not been accepted having.
WASHINGTOX, Oct. 2 Mr. Hoover appeals to the country to observe a huge food conservation week, from October 21 to 28, emphasis ing the demands made upon the Iuited States and declaring that the Allies are America's first line of defence and
would win the war. they must he fed and also that foodThe raiders could be plainly heard,
the right to bid in the event of no and some people claim to have seen them higher bid being made or accapted, the The movement includes a houst-to There was andders cheering at many last receptance always becomes the of the maintenance of the Union Con-house canvas of 22,000,000 familica. points in North and South London winning declaration. A double he it owing to the impression that some of added, reopens the bidding, while a the riders were brought down afre redouble closes it. The subject of LONDON, Oct. 3rd. penalties, some new some oid, may be Londen experienced a sixth serial Biven a miss. raid last night.
clock. Generally the bombardment Firing stopped shortly after ten was not so continuous as that of Sator day, and Sunday. Still the firing was more frequent, but when the barrisge started it seemed heavier.AR
The whole sky was alight with shrapnel bursts and star shells, while shrapnel fragments whistled overhead.
The arst reports from the coast stáže that the bombe dropped mostly in open felda
During the ale raid on S. Denisacitation, secondly, of carrying out the Westrem, a bomb made a big bo'e obligations in connected with the Union, in the railway linda troop train and thirdly, of the mutintenance of the was bombed and derailed and there South African Party principles. were a number of casualties,
FIFTEEN GERMAN AÉROPLANES DESTROYED.
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AMSTERDAM, Oct. 2.
It is reported that fifteen German aeroplanes were destroyed in the Allied air raid on St Denis Westrem aerodrome,
September 30.
CASUALTIES IN THE LATEST AIR RAID.
LONDON, Oct 1 The Press Bureau announces that Last night's air raid resulted in ten
being killed and 38 injured. people
It is officially stated that all our pilots have landed safely, during the last eight days' raids.
GERMAN REPORT Germaan official message states Our vintors, last night, again attacked London Sheerness, Rams gate and Dover
BRITISH AIRCRAFT ACTIVITY
LONDON, Oct 20
Both the mover and the seconder emphasised that they could have noth- ing to do with the Nationalist republican propaganda, which would be fatal to any possibility of reunion.
Subsequently, the discussion disclosed
a clear and emphatic repudiation of the republican propaganda and amended the motion unanimously endorsing the Rt.
AMERICA'S SECOND LIBERTY,
LOAN.
NEW YORK, Oct., 2. The Second Liberty Loan has started auspiciously, with two subscriptions of $10,000,000 each, from the New York Life Insurance Company, and Messrs Kuhn, Loeb and Company.
AMERICAN LOANS TO GREAT BRITAIN.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.
DR. HAT KINDLER,
A TRIBUTE TO BRITISH HUMANITY.
Dr Max Kindler, recently acquitted at the Mixed Court, Shanghai on. A charge of conspiracy, has asked the NC. Daily News to make statement
Hon. J. X. Merriman's (the Premier of A further credit of $50,000,000 will Cape Colony) anti-republican resolution, be extended to Great Britain. The total THE SECORD, US, LIBERTY LOAN in the paper on his behalf, expreming
which was accepted during last session of Parliament
The Congress passed resolutions thank ng General Shunts for his services and hoping for his safe return and also a resolution in favour of providing land settlement for returned soldiers was unanimously passed..
The Cape branch of the Bouth African Party has presented General Baths with an eulogistic address, emphasising the support of a large majority of people in the Cape province.
ENEMY GOODS IN OCCUPIED, „TERRITORY:
SAAVAT LONDON, Oct. 8- Reuter is informed that an Inter Field-Marabul - Bir Douglas Haig Ally. Conference to dial with the
of enemy rooda, in occur Gontrobe aeropied temtory is to meet in Paris
verul tony
treak
loans so far, amount to $1,240,000,000,000
WAR TAXATION IN THE UNITED STATES."
A GREAT CAMPAIGN
his sincere admiration for and thanks to the British authorities for the manner in which he has been treated both in Tientsin and Shanghai WASHINGTON, Dot 2 great campaign on with When the warmer for his arrest reached Tientain, Dr. Kindler was lying the Second Liberty Losu Begant at noon. ill at hotel Ho was visited there by WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.
The Campaign will last month and Inspector Almond, who said at once The War Tax Bill, for raising it is planned to raise three billion dollars, that as De Kindler was ill had no ,575,000,000
has been while the Treaming expects that over wish to disturb him, and,
he would adopted by the House of Representatives, subscriptions will swell the Loan to Bro give his word not to attempt to carsper billion dollar, the largest amount the
he might, haE! in the American people have ever been a
better. after few days left police station,
without a roll call
The Senate is expected to adopt the tobarb Bul tomorrow
EXPLOSION IN A BRITISH
MUNITIONS FACTORY
(Oct
The Press Burea there has been a serious" Kri
the north of England
Moch damage was done to the
Mr. McAdoo will tour the countr "delivering"? speeches,
clubs, commercial and societies:
THE ONLY"" BEOLU
"ENGLISH TAILORS
Diss
Bros
OTHERS LOOK THE SAME
"MALTHOID"
IS THE SAME
EVERYDAY! EVERYWHERE !
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