- . emer THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1917 oy THE MINER WAR BULLETINS (lerreeeremrrrrrnrtery aaaaadl| MONDAY, ocr, AS | iEyowreer UV UCN UCTOURV SCTE TOS TION TOSCT ORTH! Fre London: Germany’s most _ Striking military move since the attack which resulted in the eap- ' ture of Riga was started on the same Russian front when Ger- man troops were landed on Oesel and Dage Islands, at the mouth of the Gulf of Riga. Heavy units of the main German fleet were brought up, to assist in the opera- ‘tion, some dreadnanghts appear- ing off the coast and covering the landing with their guns, which silenced the Russian shore batteries, The Russians hamper- ed enemy progress in every way, but considerable numbers of ‘Ger- mans appear_io have obtained a footing on Oesel Island and on the shores of Dapo Island. Petrograd ‘alludes to the Ger- man movement as a stubborn " effort to clear the Gulf of Riga near the Courland mainland. It is possibly the forerunner of an ambitious push ‘for Petrograd. The imminence of the carly Rus- sian winter season lends color to the assumption that even if the German high command is taking these steps as a preliminary to a march on Petrograd, it will hard- ly essay the campaign this year. | However, the demobilized state of the Russian army might make the operation a short and easy one now, in comparison with the task a German army headed for - Petrograd wotild have to fuee j in the spring if the Russian govern-|- ment’s plans for the regeneration of the army are carried through, Heavy rains in Flanders have ‘turhed. the plains-into seas of mud and neither of the hostile armies seems able . to~ move, -Whether the weather and condi- tion of the ground ware the sole reasons which-impelled the Cer- mans to refrain from meeting the British advance with speedy counter-attacks § ig considered as doubtful, in view of. the many corroborative reports of the low- ered state.of German morale, The occupation by the ‘British troops of an important. puink flanking the German line of re- treat in German Hast Africa is “announced today. Copenhagen? Chancellor Mi- chaelis may -be the next German‘: ‘minister to fall, for he is now on shaky. ground,.. Sovialist news- papers are calling for his deposi- tion,and when the Kaiser returns Jt is possible Michaelis will go: - Germany has. bffered td supply 4. certain. quantity of potatoes to Dentnarle In. exchange Germany ~ -expects Denmark to ‘supply her with needed articles, 3 ’.... Amsterdam: . “ terviewed by-the Landes Zeitung, -. says: ‘‘We are now at the fateful _ hour of our existence, Germany “+ g@annot maintain her position ag’ i ee were lost. ; ; Rame: Violent artillery fighting has been resumed on ‘the > Bain- sizza plateau, . Looe Copenhagen: German socialists are kéen' for peace. | Speakers ut thes convention. at’ Wurzburg demand the dismissal of Michaelis and -assail members of the party who want €p prolong the war: The president of..the party. de- clares. the policy. of the mailed: fist will disappear after the- war. . ‘Petrograd: forces on the island of Qesel are developing their. Success, and are|- being -reinlorced, They’ have Finstituted_ an- offensive’: aguitist. ; ‘with - the}. the Svorb péningula, . object: ot capturing: the batteries at Serel, which cover the entrance to the Gulf, of Riga. . Cee Is ‘Your Chimney Safe? - Defective chimneys | are” the greatest. ‘source: ‘of fires. the commission of. ‘conservation discloses the fact that for they year. . +1916,” ‘of the’ places reporting, no { less'than 640 fires Were” due to #I. faulty chimneys. Phisi is exelusive of. fires, resulting from: danger oud . stovepipes or. chimney sparks: eid . German landing’ ; The . investigation being’ conducted by | examination of the chimney where it passes through the attic, Yet ‘this portion: of ‘the building. ig probably, the source of. the great majority of fires which start from | defective chimneys, Changes i in weather conditions and vibration have a deleterious effect upoh the mortar i in the brickwork, causing’ it _ to” disingegvate and leaving may Readily pass;. S Look > ‘Recovery of Sulphur for the economic recovery of sul- produced by'a new. process from at from $12 to $18 per ton. waste: pases ‘from Sudbury have been’ estimated to- discharge’ into the airover:100 tons. of ' sulphur per day.-° Canada possesses no are of economic importance, but there are large reserves of pytites which contain a high pereentage of if... oe The development of new. pro- cesses for its recovery is of special |” ers of sulphite pulp and news Sicily are eut off by. the scarcity of. ocean lonnage, . ‘whilst those from ‘the United States are re- : stricted by the recent ‘imposition hof an export licence by the U. 5. government, OS building and. kindred, industries for. one or.-two. years _ after. -the war? orders until the requirements of fully inet, openings through which: ‘Sparks - Canadian Express” © Many | processes have béen tried phur from smelting fases with: more or less success, but itis now renorted that sulphur is to be| sulphur dioxide in-smielter gases , ' The}, known deposits of sulphur that |] interest lo Canadian manufactur: } ; print, now -that, supplies - from. 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