THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1916

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THE MINER WAR BULLETINS

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The Verdun Struggle. ,
Paris: After a period of com-

parative inactivity on the part of
the German infantry, the enemy
once more hurled large masses of
troops against the entire French,
line in the Mort Homme region.
To the east the Germans pene-
trated the French first trenches,
but were driven out with loss,
To the west, on the northern
slopes of Mort Homme, the enemy
occupied a portion of the French
advanced trenches, but under
violent artillery fire from French
guns, were compelled to retreat
in disorder, Artillery continues
active in other sectors about Ver-
dun.

In Champagne the ‘French
cleared a German trench by sur-
prise attack. All the occupants
were either killed or captured. A
German gas attack in this region
was repulsed,

British Gain Ground

London: Not only have the
British troops repulsed two fierce
onslaughts by the Germans in the
vicinity of Loos and Weiltje, but
they haverecaptured, bya brilliant
attack, astrategic point on the
crest of the redoubtable, Vimy
ridge, which has been the scene
of much hard fighting during the
last few days. The possession of |.
this point means command of the
plains of Lens, the British front
no longer being dominated by
the German lines. .

With the return of fine weather
aerial combats are again common,
Thirteen occurred yesterday on
the British front. . Two enemy
machines were brought down.

Raid By Seaplanes

London: Last night three Ger-
man seaplanes raided the east
coast, The enemy lost one ma-
chine. There were few casualties.

Bight German submarines have
been caught recently in British
traps. War insurance rates have
been cut in half, _s

A Christiania despatch says’ all
\verman steamers in Swedish
ports have been instructed: to re-
main till further orders, owing
to the activity’ of British sub-
marines in the Baltic.

‘It is reported the Russians have
joined forces with the _ British
troops i in Mesopotamia: Tn Per-
sia the Russians. have occupied
Sakiz and are advancing on the
village of Van,

Considerable activity is report-
ed on the-Italian front,
Lick the Germans First

_ Capetown: General Botha, the
premier,speaking in the house of
assembly, said, ‘'This is not the
time to worry over the fiseal
question.. We should first devote
our attention to giving the Ger-
mans a sound hiding,”

Germany's Food Question
‘Copenhagen: Thereis great

‘ unrest in Germany over the food
guestion, which caused the vice-
chancellor and minister of agri-
culture to be relieved of their
portfolios. Thé Kaiser has arriv-

ed in Berlin to male an attempt
at settlement of the question. .

(tars, MAY 23 3)
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“Three Monthe’ Fighting -
, Paris:

amost bitterly. fought ‘individual

. Fhe Battle of Verdun, | *
which is proving the longest, and!

fourth month taday. The Ger-
mans are hamtmering at - Mort
Homme, where the most ferocious
and bleody fighting of the three
months has taken place. They
are clinging desperately to the
trenches wrested from thé French

ton the lower slopes of the hill,

The Teutons, have hurled sixty
thousand men, backed by sixty
batteries of guns of all calibers,
forward on a severi-mile front
from Avocourt wood tothe Meuse,
in u desperate effort to seize the
coveted suinmit of the ridge,

In the course of last night's
fighting, French grenadiers oety-

pied several blockhouses in Avo-|

court wood, After a severe
struggle,German infantry attacks
west of Mort Homme were re-
pulsed, East of the Meuse there
was heavy fighting at Haudre-
mont, where quarries were cap-

‘tured yesterday by the French.

The enemy attacked these posi-
tions, but was repulsed with
heavy losses,
Russians Join British
London: The report that Rus-
sian cossacks of the Grand Dtike’s

‘¢ommand-and the British forces

in Mesopotamia have affected a
junction has been confirmed.
General Lake’s force is nearing
Kut-el-Amara.

Four thousand German troops
are expected in Bagdad in June.
Twelve thousand Austrian sold-
jers are already there to assist in
thedefence, The Turks are weak-
ening the defence of Constanti-
nopie to send every possible man
with the reinforcements, for Asia
Minor. A large force has been
concentrated at-Marash, midway
between Adana and Diarbekr,

Other War News

London: The Germans, ina
heavy attack, succeeded in reach-
ing the British first tine trench on
a front of three hundred yards,
at the north end of Vimy ridge.

Notvithstanding the snow-cap-
ped ‘mountain barrier, the Austri-
ans launched a desperate attack
on the Italians, The enemy forees
broke against formidable resist-
ance and retired with enormous
losses.

An aerial attack on Cairo is
reported, Two persons were
killed and a number injured.

British submarines continue to
harass German shipping in the
Baltic. ;

A Copenhagen report says Ger-
man military authorities have
determined to dismantle all the
church bells, for use in manufae-
turing ammunition,

Washington Notes ©

‘Washington: The state depart-
ment has been advised thata new
note' from Catranza i is. expected
today.

President Wilson is consideting
the army . reorganization bill
passed by congress last week,
He intends to sign the measure
in a few days, it is stated,

A Scotland Yard officer arrived
today to take batk to England
Ignatius Lincoln, the self-con-
feased spy, -wlio was formerly. a
‘member of the British pa#liament,

, Jeremiah C, Lynch, a natural-
ized American, has been’ dentenced
in Dublin to ten years’ imprison |-
ment for participation . in the
recent, uprising, .

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THURS., MAY 25°

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"-Vietory Before Peace ,
Washington: The die is east,

struggle . of the way enters its

and 4 Germany must fight | to the

ad ae a -

bitter end.
retribution by making useless
appeals to neutrals for peace.
This is the Entente reply to the
steadily increasing peace «talk
which has reached official circles
here from Berlin. Both Presi-
dent Wilson and Seeretary Lan-
sing have been confidentially
notified by the Entente powers

that peace proposals are dut of

the question. :

Further French Gains

Paris: On Tuesday the French
made further gains at Fort Doua-
mont, and the Germans now hold
only a small angle of the dis-
mantled fort. . During the pre-
ceding night fighting continued
with extreme violence on both
banks of the Meuse. - Two Ger-
man counter-attacks on Hill 304
failed completely, The’ battle in
this sector was especially severe,
the enemy using flaming liquid.
One of our trenches was pene-
trated by the Germans, who were
immediately dislodged by a bril-
liant counter-attack.

In the Verdun region yesterday
the German counter-attacks took
on a character of extreme violence
along our whale front. On the
left bank of the Meuse, after a
bombardment with large shells,
which confinued all morning,.the
Germans several times launched
their assaulting masses against
our positions to the east and west
ot Mort Homme, The first at-|:
tack was repulsed with sanguin-
ary losses, - without the enemy
having reached our lines: A
second attack in the evening suc-
ceeded in gaining a footing in.
one of cur trenches to the west.
An immediate: counter - attack
drove the enemy. out, :

On the right bank, the region
of Haudremont-Dousmont was
all day the theater of 4 murder-
ous struggle, The Germans mul-
tiplied their assaults, which were
preceded as usual by powerful
artillery preparations. Despite
these efforts,: the positions’ con-
quered by us the preceding day
were held, notably in Fort Doua-
mont. More than three hundred
prisoners remained in our hands,

The Russian Advance

Petrograd: South of Krevo,on
Sunday, we exploded a mine and
occupied the crater. In the region
of Kusocka-Volia we repulsed the
Germans and destroyed their re-
cently-constructed trenches.

On’ the Stripa, enemy artillery
bombarded our positions witli
shrapnel, in which splinters of
glass were discovered,

Southwest of Trebizond we re-
pulsed — repeated | attacks, We
dislodged the Turks from an or-
ganized position. on the slopes
north of the Taurus mountaius,
We have captured Serbecht, in
the direction of Mosul. :

A Move From Saloniki

‘Paris: According’to a Saloniki
despatch receive today. the

_ | Entente Allies have oceupied the

railway station of Florina, ~south
of: Monastir.

Germans Claim Gain

Berlin claims. ‘that the “giant
German. nut-cracker is closing in
on Verdun” and that the French

,/ have evacuated their positions an.

Mort. Homme. :: This, if true,
Means that. the. French ‘forces

{have retired to the-main line of,

defence, tilong the. Charny. ridge.
The Paris‘ communique states!
that French troops, fighting witht

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grenades, have advanced on a
portion of thé front west of the
Meuse, and that the Germans,

tured a part of the French trench-
es north of Haudremont. |
statements say there is no‘ ma-
terial change in the situation
around Douamont, on the east
bank of the Meuse. .

On Italian Front ~
~ Rome: . ‘One hundred eannon
of twenty miles, according to mil-
itary experts, is the form of ar-
tillery concentration which ‘
being employed by the Austrians
in - their offensive against the
Italians. .
Turks Retreating -
London: The Turkish army in

Mesopotamia has begun its re-
tirement toward Bagdad, evident-

‘ly asa result of the Russian forces

having come ‘into: touch with
General Lake’s British army south
of Kut-el-Amara.. This develop-
ment, with the Russian menace
in the norLhwest, has apparently
decided the Turks to concentrate
in the vicinity of Bagdad with a
view to its defence,

Meat Scarce in Berlin
London:
the authorities in Berlin have
issued an order allowing each
person in the city half a’ pound
of meat~weekly, or the same
quantity of fat. | This permission
is given pending the issue of]:
meat.cards on June 1.- In all
former orders sausage was given
as: an additional alternative, but
in the present notice sausages
are not mentioned. Asa matter
of fact,.there are no sausages ‘to
bethad in Berlin at present.

Government Wants Bonds -

London: Reginald McKenna,
chancellor of the exchequer, has
given notice that next Monday
he will move in the house of
commons that an additional -two
shillings in the pound of income

from securities which the treas-
ury is willing to purchase.
object of this action is to induce
holders of such securities, which
are mainly American bonds, to
sell them to the government,

Prospectors’ Outfits

. The important problem of out-
fitting, . which prospectors .and
miners are now!.facing, is solved
by R. Cunningham & Son, Ltd.,,
who carry at their Hazelton store
everything required in the. hills.

Aluminum camp sets for one, two
or three men are to be had at
pre-war prices, while the large
stock of drill steel, powder,.caps,
fuse,ete., carried by the.firm was
obtained at the old: ‘prices,go that
prospectors and miners are not

prices which ‘now: prevail,
clothing, boots, -hats, ete., the
Cunningham store can’ furnish

highest quality and at the lowest
prices.
to be informed: that in the im-

old firm leads all others,

Ste a ree nen ae or agen

Extending Moratorium a,

will be\passed this ‘week. ‘The

sion with ‘respect to ‘any ‘debts,

judge may.see fit,’ - “This ‘rule.; ds

w te apply to. the Gnd of the. war,

who are attacking strongly, cap-{

placed on each mile along a front .

The Telegraph says:

ecient

tax be chareed on the income

The | stor

compelled ‘to pay the higher
-In|:
also everything necessary, of the!
Old-timers do not have]:
portant matter of provisions this
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-_ Victoria, May 2Bi—An exten- 7

moratorium in: Britigh Columbia}
will redult from legislation which | |

new measure provides that judges i
may grant a moratorium : ‘exten-|,

covering principal, intereat, and: .
‘eu, for whatever. ‘ause -thel’:

Lieut. Pondér Promoted .
Russell P. Ponder, formerly of
the Hazelton office of the provin-
cial police, has written J.E, Kirby,

‘stating that he has seen'sea ser- .
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vice in the navy. Mr. Ponder,
who was one of the first Hazel-
ton men to leave for the’ war, is
Gada first Heutenant on H, M. 8.
adfly.

DALBY B. MORKILE.
British Columbia Land Surveyor
zt MINE SURVEYOR «=:

Hazelton, B. C,

Surveys of Mineral Claims, Townsites,

g| Timber and. Coal Leases, Etec. and Gen-
eral Engineering Surveys.

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