TIZEN
TIMNCK GEORGE, B.C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER-"4,. 1918
Five Cents
}' Have Left Behind Famous Hindenburg Line
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
German Dead Strew Ground
.StM'ri;.. to the Citk'.<-n). f>KATll HATE ixcIi
�j{)s; i ,(.;�;, pet. I, An ;:tta.k by WASH IXC! TON, Oct. 4�Twelve
..;;]) j::'ru�M*.. arid tanks .along anHhcrusnnd new cases of Spanish in-
[tjn-nviie front, from SeCi'uolva.rt io Ituenztt, were reported in army.camps'
,,,n.i. north <>f Oony.hi the St. yesterday. The death rate is in-
�p\nin '.'for. has proved complete- creasing as the^epdemje spreads to
suct-'ossfiij. British, troops have many parts of the country. Since
,..;,.; the mf-skirts ot Mor.i IJre- Sc-ptembor KUh li:!.7:;7 new cases
ve been reported in camps, besides 7;. eases f-i pneumonia and I' 4 7!�
urther north luiyo capture nd LeciiL'otcL Au:- ralian
g beyond the Ueau- ,;<-aths.
^ W�ancourt, La Mottc
!.i Hi:s.en. in the �>t. :S'i^t . ; /(H>/thn f to t ii<' of-
The United States government terd^y granted .1 further credit ^ 0,0t>0,000 in Belgium.
vu. .are uow retiring i'r�'j....n. Thus tho -1 in-ttciu Huh" Ik?cm definitely
! . u! KN'I IN IS TAKKN. i spec al to the Clt I7.cn ).
i. xsoLiNK sriisrrn 1 f..
NHW ^ ORK, Oct. 4. A substi-' '� for gasoline invented by Henry Ciulott, Trenton, N.J.. was tested here, yesterday by the Automobile 1'! >i of America and will \m given oad test within a fe\V days. Tin1 Head q mirier in. France; lost showed the substitute developed ! ;��� whole, of St. Qtitutin '!:")l"r horsepower than gasoline." i!U. hamiso! the French. ' t;:':!(-<< s:'< ! �"? f'?uld produce the
I substitute at a 35 per cent less cost (.ii:ii>LVNs IN K'KTKKAT. ' jt-linn ir--/o|in,..
s'l'n.v. c. I.":-:. The Germans KAILWAV MV.S sTIH Kl-:.
i-.ireai over ;i wido 'front to L'DMO.VTON, Oct. 4. -Members of iL(1 > "Mh C)f l-n.liussepj lro rall-wa> clerks and freight hami-.virh.ilie British closely fol- io-j; union employed with iheC.P.R.
Ivei\c '�� t'ht-cn sir Ike yesterday. Men
"i have gained a little :r , ',),,, s>nn.. union are out ai Port
:.;-;h of Ciimbral, wheru. the ! Al t |mr< Winnipeg;, Moose Jaw Leth-
fiftlulnK.. stubbornly on afj ,-.,jg0. Medicine Hat. Calgary. Van--
! ,�� nnlis with eleven rllv-. ,. ,mvor njK] ,,,!,� r western cities. The
men, requesi the McA.' made retroactive from May first!
>i:i/.l-: GKU.MAN MINI-:s. They also demand the recognition <�f
H i-;r unl'O.K.
i\.\Di;\ r>i;i-;sti-:ks at
wohk in i>i:i:insiiiKi:
� N, < �(�; � .!.' Tit'- seizure by
h '-\]>>'�]ition <>f German
rojxM'ty aiii! other develop*!
its in Spitzbc Ron, i'nclud ing I
' installation, is ropftru LONDON, Oct. J. Remarkable
,'''�:).. ;kr.(i?;s .lie being made on the hi,vke "; Devonshire's Derbyshire I'lropert ies lor operations of Canadian JUmbernien. Lydop Wood will b< the first to be foiled by a Canadian forestry company who for ncar-iv :i >oir have, been engaged in sini-
�vith the intimation that work of ..: (he rich Iron and coal
-]� - .- ;>nic.'e ling. It U Maid ��lil'if of'the greatest lm]>ort-�' ('<�� cat Krituln and t it.' Allies.
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WITMI.NO.NK VKAK'
ihiv work in the. Mansfield, district, is: Nottingrhamshire. The company �s being reinforced by another batch of tbi' F.orestry Corps.
N�� LKI-l I* ON DKVI'T i:\.VDKKS.
The regular fortnightly meeting of
the City Council was held last even-;
1
ing, Mayor Perry presiding, and � ���"-�
Aldermen Harper, Porter and Wat- (Special to the Citizen).
son present: WITH THE BRITISH ARMY, St.
me ina\or opened' a discussion; Quentin Sector, Oct. 4.�British re in.e . e.signation 01 Aid. Keegan, troc'ps smashed a large and vital sec-sugxesting tiu-.t as the alderman hadjtor �f the Hindenburg line yesterday ieLuineu to tne cit> hid resighation| between St. Quentin and Cambrai.
They occupied many additional towns and villages, and 5000 additional prisoners and numerous guns were captured. The ground gained was
i.e. .c^iiiued. The alaermen piesent aii'-apoke on Uie mailer, and on n.>-Lion or Aid. \n atson, seconded
by
Id. Porter, the minutes of the prev-�.-u_s meeting weie passed, including :., < estgiiaLipn cf-.A-1-d-. Keegun.
1 he report of the l*'ire, Water and *t'gh.L committee,
lil'tered with German dead.
!>i:STIU>V NAVAL BASE.
ROME, Oct. 4.�American. Brit-
Light committee, recommending a jsfi and Italian warships have de-n'umber 01' water service and light strpyed the Austrian naval base at extensions, was adopfed. Durazzo, also tho enemy warships
.'.(�counts amounting to \. ere ordi red paid.
� Aid. VS'Atsoii moved that the ar-rAngement with -Miss Mauiidvell lor
3376.91 anchored there; according to an announcement by Premier Orlando.
IlIUTISH CAPTUKES.
l\obpi,tal accommodation .be con-" LONDON, Oct. i\�,During Sep-t.jiueu lintil the end of this month. [tCinber the British captured, on the
A report on thevquesrion of drain- western front, 66,300 jirisoners ami ing the slough west of George street ^ Ji.M A \:' '.1 Gepjnany, when told 'JKHria had .surrendered.
�? uHmn� tho end oi Turkey in \*A.\C()r\'KF\. Oct. 2.......-Whether,
an! with Bulgaria and there will be any further calls for ";i: !l"' ''"d is not far off." rn'oro classes to join the colors under. 'iHied, "Witb those allies in n,,, Military Service Act-will dependl ;!.in.v Him enemy might1 have largely on the casualty lists. said � ;":- two years. Shu can not m,-. h S. Leniue,-AVLhu�is-tho regis-' '� Th.o t�n.d may come even n-;:i- in Brftish Columbia for the ad-l!ll!1 1 predict, but within a niinistration of t'he M.S.A., who has, '' l"' AlH<-s wjll have won." jUsl returned from a confer-;
.. � (;-'-ard predicted a German erce in the Bast of all tlie registrars' !';tl "':":>siv,. (his V(>ar. 1'nable to of the Dominion. The meeting \vas 1:! n!:' "ii land, be believes Ger-i for the purpose of exchanging idens x'il! [Keek to do what damage niul standardizing- the system in all ]'iin u'>lh her (leot. That the licet t-ho M.S.A. oflices in Canada. '' '" ' I(|I1h,i by tlie Allies ho has' �'Whether there are additional � ''""I'D'., but he believes Ger-' classes called up or not." said ,Mr. ll" �M-toinpt to reach the At- I.eiinio.. ^'the.ro will bo no let-up on -:; '' "i;'.v try an attaTek on ! rounding up draft evaders and see-' i 1 iig that they are punished.
LONDON. Oct. 3.�The Times ^ ��
special correspondent says: Besides Victoria, having been brought back 5000 prisoners, the. Canadians withItxr join the Canadian Siberian .Ex-two British divisions, tbo'k 150guns, j peditionary Force. For the past IS bringing their total since August S months he has been commandant of to 27.000 prisoners and 450 guns, the officers'. engineering school at which is a truly m'ji"enTnrcent perfor- Bexhill. The previous IS months he inance. '< was in ^rance. He won the Military
Cross at Courcellette in 1916.
HOO/J) 1 LOWS DOWN STIJKFTM.
-.,.-. .� [3ILM8TKK8 KNTHUSIASTIC-
SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 1.�Four; OVKI1 NORTH COrXTRY
thousand gallons of beer. wine. Cider' ------_.
and whiskey, seized since Utah wentj EDMONTON, Oct. 3.�The party into'the prohibition column fourteen I of Dominion and provincial cabinet months ago. gurgled from barrels j minis-ters and railway men who, and bottles in front of the city hall personally conducted by J. D. Mc-liere this week and ran down the Arthur, have beeir,-making a tour of
' d
deep gutter like a
fair-sized,' the Peace River country, returned
p g
torrent. The liquor destroyed by j by special train "last evening. Hon. the polite was valued at about $40,-j ,1. -A. Calder is convinced of the ex-000 ..1- � istence of oil in the north. They saw
Whiskey valued