Sherbrooke daily record, 25 juin 1917, lundi 25 juin 1917

[" Sherbrooke Daily Record.Established 1 897.SHERBROOKE, QUE.MONDAY, JUNE 25, 1917.Twenty-first Year INCREASED ACriVITÏ STARTS UP ON THE WESTERN FRONT; WAR MINISTER U.S.FOOD BILL AID.PARKES\ti ASSOCIATED BOARDS OF TRADE EXPLAINS WAR MAKES COUNTRY RESIGNS FROM SUCCBSFE BRITISH RAIDS AIMS OF RUSSIA ABSOLUTELY DRY OTY COUNCIL Enemy ervv_____ Entered By Raiders and Many Germans Were Killed and Taken Prisoner.Sharp Artillery Fighting on Front at Froidmant Farm.Two Surprise Attacks on French at Chevreux Cost Enemy Losses Without Any Other Result.(Canadian Press Despatch) LONDON, June 25.\u2014Increasing activity on the western front is reported in today\u2019s official announcement, which records various successful raids by the British.ARTILLERY FIGHTING ON FRENCH FRONT.(Canadian Press Despatch) PARIS, June 25 (noon)\u2014Sharp artillery fighting was m progress continuously during the night near Froidmont farm and Chevroux, says today\u2019s official statement.BRITISH MADE SUCCESSFUL RAIDS ON ENEMY (Canadian Press Despatch.Y DONIXW, June 25.\u2014(Special) \u2014 The British official statement follows: \u2018\u2018Successful enterprises were undertaken by us last night at a number of points on our front.Parties of our troops raided the enemy\u2019s trenches in the neighborhood of Epehy, Bullecourt, Roeux, Loos and Hooge.killing many Germans and taking several prisoners.\u201cIn another raid east of Vermelles we captured 15 prisoners and two trench mortars.Our party remained over two hours in the enemy's trenches, blew up his dugouts, and inflicted heavy casualties on his garrison.COUNTER ATTACKS BY ENEMY REPULSED WITH HEAVY LOSS (Canadian Press Despatch.) PARIS, June 25.\u2014The French official statement fallows: \u201cUnusu ally active artillery fighting continued during the night in the sector between Royere and Proid-mont farms, and also near Hurtebise and east of Chevreux.Two surprise attacks against our trenches east of Chevreux cost tiie enemy Tosses without any other result.German attacks on our small posts in the Woevre and in the region of St.Mihiel were checked completely.\"Everywhere else the night passed quietly.\u2019\u2019 INCREASED ARTILLERY FIRE ALONG THE CANADIAN FRONT BY STEWART LYON (Canadian Press Representative in France) Canadian Headquarters in France, via London, June 25.\u2014There has been a marked increase of artillery-fire all along the Canadian front during the last twenty-four hours.Early Sunday morning the enemy began shelling Vimy and Farbus Wood with vigor.About 10 o'clock the Canadian guns began to hammer Coulotte, Avion and Mericourt.A heavy barrage was also thrown upon the enemy\u2019s front line, and gradualft* moved toward his support trenches.This put the German artillery commander on his mettle, and by 11 o'clock he turned on a very creditable barrage, of his own, using for it guns from all parts of his line within extreme range.For two hours the guns on both sides, after their exhibition of barrages, maintained a lively bombardment, but no infantry movements followed.While t,hc ,'annonade was in progress, the ceremony took place behind the front of the presentation of the decorations conferred upon the heroes of the Vimy Ridge battle, belonging to one of the Canadian divisions whose duties prevented their attendance at the recent investiture by His Majesty the King, in London.One of the recipients was Lieut.MacDowell, who won the Victoria.Cross for his gallantry in capturing machine guns and mopping up the enemy dugouts.An Independent Foreign Policy Will Be Followed and Army Will Remain Intact.(Canadian Press Despatch.) PETROGRAD, June 25.\u2014-\u201cRussia is following an independent foreign policy and the government unconditionally forbids Russian troops to disembark at Athens,\u201d said Minister of War Kerensky during the debate in the all Russian Congress of Soldiers\u2019 and V/orkmen\u2019s Council today on the subject of war aims.Regarding th earmy the war minister said: \u201cMy orders are the expressions of the will of the majority of the Russian democracy.As long as I remain in office I will not permit the disintegration of an army, which should be strong, and should not allow Prince Leopold of Bavaria and this new socialism to threaten us with divisions and heavy artillery.\u201d Referring to Finland and the Ukraine M.Kerensky urgently appealed to the demand of those regions not to break their union with Russia in the struggle for common happiness and liberty.\u201cThe dismembi^pnent ot Russia,\u201d said the minister, \u2018 \u201cwould involve their ruin.\u201d Concerning Armenia M.Kerensky declared that that country had not been evacuated because, if this were done, it would become a prey to the Kurds and Turks.MOVE FOR DISSOLUTION uF COUNCIL OF EMPIRE.PETROGRAD, June 25.\u2014 Dissolution of the Council of the Empire is Saturday by the Pan-Russian Congress of Councils of Deputies of Soldiers and 'Workmen, after prolonged debate.The elimination of the Duma also be asked.The resolution was proposed by the Minimalsts.It is proposed to abolish the Duma by annulling the mandates of the deputies and cutting off the credits voted fur the ui keep of that body, as well as those for the support of the Council of the Empire.Measure Prohibits Manufacture of Any Alcoholic Liquor From Any Food Materials.WASHINGTON, June 25.\u2014Nationwide prohibition, including a ban upon whiskey, beer and, every other intoxicating beverage, was put into President Wilson\u2019s food control bill Saturday night by the House and the bill was passed by the overwhelming vote of 355 to 5.No more drastic measure has been adopted by >By of the nations now at war, and no such sweeping legislation has even been proposed in the Americans Congress.It means a \u201cdry United States from ocean to ocean.The proh'hftion clement in the House fought hard to gam its ends and after several hours of debate in which every maneuvre of parliamentary tactics was used, succeeded, in gaining the upper hand.Before this was accomplished, however, many prohibitory proposals had been thrown out on points of order.When the final victory came the1 prohibitionists had forced the adoption of amendments which would forbid the use of any foodstuffs during the war for making intoxicants and would give tbs President authority to take over in his discretion all stocks of distilled liquors now-held throughout the country.Sequel to Vote on Conscription.Resignation Comes Before Council Next Week.Rumors having been current in the city that Aid.T.J.Parkes had resigned his seat in the City Council as one of the representatives of the North Ward, The Record interviewed Aid.Parkes this morning.The chairman of the Parks and Real Estate Committee confirmed the rumor of his resignation, but declined to make any statement at present, beyond the fact that the Mayor, to whom the communication was addressed, had not yet acknowledged Its receipt.It is understood that the reason for Aid.Parkes\u2019 resignation is the vote taken at the last Council meeting on the question of conscription.The matter will come before the next meeting of the Council, on July 3rd.AND FOOD CONTROL QUESTION Resolution Adopted at Richmond Urging Government to Give Fullest Powers to Hon.W.J.Hanna Even to Extent of Declaring Absolute Prohibition of Liquor Traffic During War.Forcible Address by Mr.C.W.Cate Setting Forth Seriousness of Wheat Situation in North America and Necessity for Thrift.Speculators and Middlemen\u2019s Extortionate Profits Must Cease.SECRET HISTORY OF Ü.S.BREAK WITH GERMANY AN EXPORT EMBARGO COUNCIL.(Canadian Press Despatch ) WASHINGTON, June 25.\u2014President Wilson, by executive order, today created an Export Embargo Council to administer the export embargo provisions of the Espionage Act.# *\ti?: iff.# ® # * * *\t* * « * * « «! * * * * * TROUBLE OVER POTATOES AT ROTTERDAM AGGRESSIVE ;500,000 MEN NAVAL POLICY ! VOLUNTEERED IN IS DEMANDED UNITED STATES Churchill Declares That Surplus Fleets Should Be Used in Forcing Fight With Germany.(Canadian Press Despatch.) TdINDON, June 25.\u2014Winston Spencer Churchill, in an article in the Sunday Pictorial, demands an aggressive policy for the vast surplus IIsets under the allies command, especially since America\u2019s entrance into the war.\u201cThe Allied navies,\u2019\u2019 he declared, \u201cHave today at least two dreadnoughts for every one at the disposal of Girmany and Austria, and in addition, more than four old battleships to one for the enemy.But the superiority in weight of metal, \u2019 modernity and tonnage is far greater even than these immense figures imply.Aro we really to be content to see this vast mass of about 200 battleships wait idle on the off chance of the German fleet emerging to lignt until peace perhaps an unsatisfactory peace is declared ?When three old tfattleships were sunk in the Dardan elles it was represented as a great naval disaster, hut what kind of a disaster would it he wh™, on the day peace Is signed, hundreds of battleships are found to be practically unused and pass into ohsolesence to be supplanted, in future wars by aeroplanes ami submarines ?' At e must have a vast blue water fleet capable of engaging the full strength of the enemy with good prospects of success, but after that has been provided for an immense surplus of old, but valuable, vessels remains and it is in their adaption for and employment in aggressive action that escape for them, in the present deadlock can still be found.It is only1 when we are able to devise and execute some method of aggressive naval warfare against the Germans that.W'e shall find his weakness and our strength, that we shall li \u2018ncrale our sphndid navy from the enchanted circle the submarine\thas drawn about if.and compel our en emirs to absorbs themselves so much in the pruc.-ss of their own defence as to leave them no leisure to com-ia, ;u our ruin.\u2019\u2019 Army and Navy Will Have Strength of About Two Million Soon.(Canadian Press Dcsoatch.) WASHINGTON, June 25, \u2014 More than half a million men have volunteered in the American army and navy during the period of less than three months that has < apsen sin re war was declared to exist, j Ihe army, navy and national guard represented an aggregate strength of .little more than 300,000 when the | war resolution was adopted.To-day [ between 700,000 and 800,000 are enrolled in the various branches of the 'fighting service, and the great majority of them are armed, equipped, and under training.They will be I joined at the end of the summer by nearly a million men selected for the new national army from the millions registered for war during June 5.E.T.MEN CASUALTY LIST COWANSVILLE SOLDIER ON CASUALTY 1,1ST.COWANSVILLE, June 25.\u2014(Special)\u2014Mr.Ernest Brown has received word from Ottawa that his son, l\u2019te.E.W.Brown, has been seriously wounded in the chin and left arm and admitted to hospital.Pte.E.Brown enlisted with the 87th Grenadier Guards and has been in a good deal of heavy fighting, having been at the front for several months.W0UNDED\u2014IN F AN TRY.J 748)97 L.P.Hwens, Sherbrooke, One.7482G» F.Rath', urn, Bury, Qut, SERBIAN MINISTRY HAS RESIGNED (Canadian Press Despatch.) CORFU, June 24.\u2014The Serbian ministry has re.igned.A new cabinet will be formed with Nikola P.Par-hitch as premier and minister of foreign affair».Bernstorff Pleaded That No Move Be Made For War Until He Had Made Final Plea in Berlin.(Canadian Press Despatch.) WASHINGTON, June 25.\u2014 Secret history of the events leading up to the break with Germany by the United States is contained in a \u201cRed, White and Blue book\u201d which has been issued by the Government.Though put out by the National Press Bureau, \u201cHow the war came to America,\u201d is believed to have been prepared under the direct supervision of the President, and many passages appear to be from his pen.It is made known for the first time j that prior to his departure for Berlin, CouAt von Bernstorff, the Ger man ambassador, \u201cbegged that no irrevocable decision should be taken until he had had the chance to make | one final plea for peace to his sovereign.\u201d Because of this plea nothing that could be interpreted an an action of war was taken by the United States Government until Bernstorff had ar-i rived in Berlin, and had had oppor-: tunity to see the Kaiser.CONFERENCE ON I CONSCRIPTION _____ Suggestion tSiat Provincial Premiers, Relgious Orders, Etc., Should Be Consulted.(Canadian Press Despatch.^ WINNIPEG, June 25.\u2014The calling | together by Premier Borden for con i saltation at Ottawa of the Premiers ! and Opposition leaders of each pro- I vince, representatives of all numeri- \u2018 1 cally important religioiiR denominations, the mayors of all cities of over ten thousand population, the repre- ' sentatives of farmers' organizations in each province, the Bar Association, the Medical Association, the Boards of Trade, the Trades and La bor organizations, and the National Council of Women of each province, was the suggestion advanced by Dr.IS.G.Bland at Young Methodist 1 Church yesterday.He urged that the ! selective conscription bill must be I passed.i BERLIN SMELTING' WORKS DESTROYED BY AN EXPLOSION (Canadian Press Despatch.) AMSTERDAM, June 25.\u2014 The Berlin Vnrnaerts says that an explosion practically destroyed the Lichtenberg smelting works, near Berlin,! Saturday night.Six workmen were) soyUiusIv hurt.POLICE FIRE Sîfi FEINERS Unable to Restore Order in Cork Machine Guns Were Turned on Rioters.CORK, June 25.\u2014Machine guns were used on the Sinn Peiners in the disturbances here yesterday morning.They were brought into action after the police with clubs Lad failed to restore order.The soldiers cordoned various points, while the police chased the rioters to side streets.After Laving borne much stoning the police ordered that guns he fired on the disturbers.One rioters was killed, another severely wounded, while a dozen were treated in hospitals for bayonet and other wounds.The riot wag eventually quelled without the troops coming into action.30 MORE OR LESS INJURED (Canadian Press Despatch.) LONDON.June 25.\u2014The number of persons injured, more or less seriously, in the rioting in Cork last night is riven as about 30 in a Central News Despatch, from that city.One po ice in ipcctor was injured and several policemen had narrow escapes Whan machine guns were trained on the crowd most of the rioters disap-.peared.VIOLENT ACTS BY SINN FEINERS CORK, Ireland, June 25.\u2014 The Sinn Feiners were active here early yesterday morning when they smashed the windows in a number of recruiting offices and by means of a fire escape hoisted the republican flag on the court house flagstaff and smashed the scales held by the figure of Justice over the court house.They committed many other acts of violence.The Sinn Feiners at a big meeting yesterday a'ternoon passed resolutions denouncing the national convention as a diplomatic attempt on the part of the government to place Ireland in a false position and prevent the fulfilment of Ireland\u2019s claim to sovereign imlenendenee.The resolution demanded that the executive convene the council to express the opinions of the people and elect representatives tio a peace conference.Women Storm Barge Containing Shipment That Was Bound For England.(Canadian Press Despatch.) LONDON, June 25.\u2014A despatch to the Times from Amsterdam reports that a crowd of women stormed a dozen barges in the inner harbor of Rotterdam on Saturday and seized about a ton of potatoes destined for England.The barges, which were loaded with 11,000 tons of potatoes, were then removed to the outer harbor, guarded by police.The trouble, whereof the foregoing Is a mere incident, has arisen, according to the correspondent, between Holland and England and Germany.Germany expected last week a consignment of new potatoes In return for German exports of coal to Hoi land.Before a consignment could be made, 11,000 tons of old potatoes had to be shipped to England under contract.The peop\u2019e of Rotterdam, who are themselves insufficiently supplied, learning that the potatoes were awaiting shipment, raided the barges.Meanwhile the Germans are threatening to seize coal supplies unless the potatoes are sent.The correspondent says that if the Dutch yield to German pressure and send these potatoes to Germany they will break their agreement with England, and endanger their supply of grain from America, which might prove as serious as the loss of German coal.DISTURBED MEMORIAL MEETING IN HONOR OF LATE MAJ.REDMOND (Canndian Prccj Despatch.) NEW YORK, June 25.\u2014A woman waving a Sinn Fein flag disturbed a memorial meeting here last evening in honor of the sate Major William H.Redmond, brother of John Redmond, the irisii^ Nationalist, killed recently at the front in France.She was seized by members of the United Irish League and ejected from the theatre after the audience, angered by the demonstration, had demanded her removal.REGULATIONS WORKING WELL Travel Less and Everybody Armed With Passports.PASSPORT REGULATIONS WORKING WELL\u2014FEWER CANADIANS BUYING FARMS IN THE STATES THAN IN FORMER YEARS.Immigration officers on the B.& M.and G.T.R.lines report that comparatively few travellers are now-being turned back in either direction.Nearly all of military age arm themselves with the special permits before boarding the trains.A good deal of difficulty was experienced in connection with auto travel when the regulations first went into effect.At the border towns, such uk Rock Island and Beebe, where people were accustomed to pass freely hack and forth, the situation was difficult at First.People along the line, however, have secured three-month permits, and everything is working smoothly now-.One striking effect of the regulations at the line, however, is to discourage emigration from Canada to the States.During the past few years a large number of people, mostly French-Canadians, have hought farms in the north.Real estate agents have been very active in this connection.This has now- almost entirely ceased, for the reason that parties from Canada w-ho would start Out to inspect property would be stopped at the line.(Fifth Article, E.T.Boards Meeting.) \u2018\u2018Food Problems as Affecting the Eastern Tow-nships and the Country as a Whole,\u201d was the subject introduced by Mr.C.W.Cate, K.C., of Sherbrooke, at the summer meeting of the Associated Boards of Trade at Richmond.Mr.Cate expressed his pleasure at being present at that meeting, as, although he had not been appointed as one of the special representatives of the Sherbrooke Board, he had always taken a very deep interest in the work of the Associated Boards, and felt greatly honored in being asked to introduce a subject of that importance.A VERY SERIOUS QUESTION.Mr.Cate said that the food question had become one of the most serious questions now under consideration.For a long time it hart heen represented that the great needs of today wrere men, munitions and money.Food had now been added to the list, and he was not sure whether it should he placed fourth in importance.The importance of the world's food supply could he readily understood.Each of the great parties in the war was concentrating every possible effort in order to starve out the other\u2014the Allies by their blockade w-ere endeavoring to keep food from the Central Powers so as to weaken them and force them to capitulate more quickly, and the German submarine warfare, which had been carried on so ruthlessly and with such serious results, had the same object in view.Canadians had not yet quite realized the seriousness of the food problem; neither had, the English, although they thought they had, for up to the present England had had practically all the food it required.' inif the pinch was coming and the people were beginning to feel it more and more.SHORTAGE OF WHEAT CROP.Everyone knew' there was a shortage in last year\u2019s wheat crops throughout the world, and the situation this year was very serious.The report for April indicated that the prospective wheat crop of the United j States, instead of being normal, would he only about filfi million ; bushels; the winter wheat had very largely been a.failure.The States\u2019 requirements were fiOO million bushels.leaving a margin of only sixteen million bushels.The Allies required ; 500 million bushels by way of exportation during the present year, of which the contribution of the United | States should be 250 million bushels, j True, they had a certain surplus, but J it was nothing near adequate to meet ! that demand.In Canada the reports j showed that this year's w-heat acre-! age was seven and a half per cent, less than last year; of course, the | prospects here were fairly good, hut ; unless the cron reports were unusual-! ly favorable there could he nothing like the surnlus Canada should have ; for her contribution to the reouire-; meats of the Allies.As nothing | could he done now to increase this | year\u2019s yield, the only possible aid to the situation lav in the direction of harvesting to the very best advan-; tage and in cutting out all waste, ' and perhaps in laying plans for an-j other year.THRIFT AND PROHIBITION.Mr.Cate continued that while the production phase should he greatly encouraged, the inculcation of a spirit of economy and thrift deserved ! special- attention and effort, and in , this connection he touched upon the | subject of prohibition during the war as affecting the food supply, incidentally mentioning his interest in the present campaign in Compton County.He Could not understand ! why Great Britain had not introduced prohibition as a war measure (whatever its views may he upon the temperance question) when most of the Allies had done so.England, ^»>i-«>ev'es»»vyx BRIG.-GENERAL J.E.B.SEELY WOUNDED (Canadian Press Despatch.) LONDON, June 25.- The Daily Î Express learns that Brigadier-General J.E.li.Seely, ex-minister of war, has been accidentally wounded in France.The nature of his injuries is not giv-eu.WEATHER REPORT LITTLE WARMER.THEN LOCAL SHOWERS.Since Stturday morninpr showers and thunderstorms have been very general in the Western Provinces while rain has fallen heavily in the southern portions of Ontario and the Maritime Pro- Ottawa Valley - Fine and a little warmer today and most of Tuesday, then some local showers.Maritime Moderate west to northwest winds, fair and moderately warm \u2022 today and on Tuesday.through Lord Devonport, the former food controller, had decided this year to reduce the manufacture of beer in Great Britain about thirty per cent, of the normal output, which would save 275,000 tous of barley and 34,-000 tons of sugar, but if cut out Altogether it would represent 125,000 tons of sugar and about a million tons of barley, almost one quarter of the food necessary to maintain Britain for a year.As showing the importance of saving that quantity of food, an official in London had stated that during the last ten days 40,000 tons of sugar has been sunk, or more than would he saved by the restrictions placed on beer manufacture.In the face of that, it seemed imperative that Canada in considera-: I ton of her own requirements and her j contributions to the Allies should ; prevent any waste in food.Here Mr.I Cate referred to the splendid work of t he women during the war and many were delighted to know they would receive recognition In an extension to them of the franchise.The women could assist very materially In economy in the kitchen, in preserving and canning food, etc.SPECULATORS AND MIDDLEMEN MAKING ILLEGITIMATE PROFITS.Coming to the increased price of food, which had become a very serious problem, the speaker submitted that notwithstanding the increase in labor, freight charges, etc., many men were making much more money out of the situation than they ought, and there was a necessity for retrenchment and control in that direction.Mr.Cate said he had a great admiration for the wonderful and businesslike manner in which the United States had organized and taken hold of everything connected with the war.The only way to win it was by putting forth every effort.Mr.Hoover, who took charge of the\u2019 Belgian relief with such remarkable success, and had now heen asked to accept the nosition of food controller for the United States, had made the statement, when explaining the Food Control Bill to Congress, that food speculators had been taking 50 million dollars a month for the last five months from the American people in excess of normal profits of manufacturers and distributors.Mr.Hoover disclaimed entirely that the bill set up a food dictatorship, and told the Senators \u201cits purposes were entirely to organize the resources of the country and the people themselves into a food administration to limit middlemen's commissions and prevent extortion.With righteous manufacturers\u2019 and distributors\u2019 prices, the price of flour should not have been over $9 per barrel, yet it averages 514.\u201d Mr.Cate claimed that the same state of things applied to Canada, and told of an instance which came under his notice, where a middleman had ad-mit.tr ! that his profit on a certain carload of food which he had refused ns not being according to sample, would have heen just double what he made in ordinary times.That illustration showed the view everybody was taking, viz., \u201cThere is lots of money being made; let us make our share.\u201d People did not seem to be impressed with the obligation to win the war quickly as they were with the opportunity for making money.RESOLUTION ADOPTED.Mr.Cate welcomed the appointment of a food controller, the news of which reached the meeting while the subject was being discussed, and moved the following resolution, seconded by Mr.P.C.Duboyee: \u201cWhereas the advance in food prices in Canada during the past ye