Sk 2 am Betily British YEAR 81 ET -- GOOD NEWS .NO, 238 KINGSTON ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1914 OF ALLIES AD FRENCH PRESSING THE GERMANS BACK An Optimistic Official Statemest of the Situa- tion in France is Issued by the French War Office. Germans Abandon. Their Positions on Left Bank of River Lys---French Make Marked Advance Betwean Arras and Albert---German Offense North of St Die Amested. Paris, Oct. 15.--German troops are evaenating the left bank of the river Lys in the vicinity of Baule, accord- ing to an optimistic French official CONNIE; at, three o'clock this afternoon. The statement also told of a Freneh advance in tlie region of Lens, Arras, Albert, and in the contre at Craonine, Berry-au-Bae, Rheims and Prunoy. Further on the right wing, advances were reported on the route between Verdun and Metz, The German offense north of St. Die has been arrested. The three o'clock statement Savs: "The Germans have abandoned their the left bank of the river I Between this section and Labassee, however, the situation remains unchanged. We have made marked advance between Arras and Albert. Along the centre an advance has been made to- ward Cragnne, particularly marked on the road from Berry-au-Baé to Rheims, and from north of Prunoy. We have forced the enemy's retirement from a number of entrenched positions in this 'neighborhood. We have pressed forward toward the north wing the line from Verdun to Metz. On the extreme right, the enemy has ceased his oceasional resumption of the offensive north of St. Die. issued | positions on VS, i Allies Push Wedge Between German Armies. ' Paris, Oct.- 15 (4 p.ni)--An offensive move through- out the French battle line was indicated in to-day's war office statenient, and it was the cause of unusual opti- mism here. From far up into Belgium, zigzagging here and there across into French territory, and down to Metz, the allies are apparently pressing "the Germans hard. ¢ Tuere is every indication here from sémi-official re- ports, that the wedge of the Belgians, British and French, with which the allies countered the German blow at the north seaports in Belgium, is being pushed forward between the armies of Generals Von Boehn and Von Beseler. THE CANADIAN TROOPS ARE IN HIGH SPIRITS B¥. Toronto, Oct. 15.--A special cable from "London. published in the Toronto Star to-day, says: At last the London journals are allowed to know something about the Canadian contingent surprise. They learn that they landed at Plymouth, which is near four prepared camps on Salisbury Plain. The men say the sixteen days' voy- -age was pleasant enough, and they are glad to see peace- ful Devonshire, but it is in France they want to be. * The Plymouth messagé says the troops landed in high spirits, bands and bagpipes playing merrily. Rous-. ing cheers were raised from crowded docks in answer to waving hats and sticks ashore. The landing lasted twelve hours. The scene last night was unparalleled in the western port. Ships were ablaze with light from stem to stern. 4 ; The Times' account says thé Canadians are splen- didly equipped. All ave iif khaki and on the shoulder straps is the one word "Canada." THE BARS OF OLD 1ONDON Have Been Ordered to Close at 10 p.m. London, Oct. 15~The, public house: in this erly were ordered closed: 'at 10 p.m, beginning Oct. 15th, by nb regulations. isswed to-day.' London's bars usually close at midnight. Seve ral weeks ago they were ordered to shut up at eleven o'clock. Advices reported at El Paso, Tex, by Carranza officers state that Gen- eral Francisco Villa has confisea- ted property belonging to German citizens in the state of Durango to- talling in value $1,000,000, WARNING TO VETERANS. Need Not Pay to Secure Fenian Raid Grants, : Ottawa, Oct. 15.--1t has come to the attention of the militia depart- ment that in crtain parts of the scountry efforts are being made to col- lect money from persons entitled to the Fenian raid bounty. Claims for . remuneration are put forward on the Hrelenee of assistance in filling up the im papers. 'The department does not intend to recognize and will not recognize ap eh attempt to extract . from the veterans, and expresses be hope that no veterans will be mis: MORE CATHEDRALS FOR THE KAISER On the left is the chureh of St. Paul. at Cathedral of St. Bavon at Ghent, now occupied by ( the ninth ¢entury and contains many fine examples gium was famed for its cathedrals. . Ostend. ~ TO BOMBARD. On rermans, the right is the I from of the old masters. Bel dates A DEFEATED GERMANY IS AMERICAN VIEW In Endurance and Resources, Ger many Cannot Vie With Adversaries. Oct 15 says ITALY 1S NEUTRAL SAYS AMBASSADOR She Will Not Fight Unless He Vital Interests Are Affected. Washington, Oct. 15 main neutral unless her "vital in terests'" 'are imperilled, Count Cel lere, the new Italian ambassador, de clared today. He said when he leit Rome recemtly, after conversation with leading Malian ministers, that they were firmly convinced that Ttaly would take no part in the war. Since he had been in the United States he said, he has no official ad- vices indicating a change in Italy's attitude. The reported withdrawal of 40,000 troops from Tripoli, he said was simply ane of the steps in the and did not in New York, I'be Herald military eritie "I'he operation of tiring the enem, will ocenpy the attention of the allies all winter in al probability. while, the necessary reserve, the sub stantial' and "efficient force, is bens hammered into shape in England. the fact that the shaping is being accom plished under: the analytic eye of Lor. Kitchener should be a sufficient assur to the allies' general staff that reserve will not ednsist of ray From the infornia tion which has been obtamable garding it, the should be greatest in efficiency as will as Italy will r Mean nrfce the troops meagre re new army new colonial policy, licate_ that Italy was prepared to en ter the present war by withdrawing her trained soldiers to the mainland. According to the ambassador, Italy's policy will not he changed unless she ie attacked or provoked, or her vital interests are affected the strength that has ever left the United v Lt is the objective of the a bar the Kingdom Franco-British rier of men and Germans and the channel coast of Bel giutn and Franee, which will serve the double purpose of ~ holding open all avenues reinforcement and supply by sea and seriously interfering "against the forces to place metal between SIMPLY SCRAPS OF PAPER ? : with - (yerman offensive flank. Consensus of military expert is that a Germany held during the winter months is a Germany defeated in the spring. In the matter of « durance and resources Germany can not hope to vie with her adversaries Sir Wilfrid Laurier Refers to Move- ment For Election. Ottawa, Oct. 15.--So apprehen- sive are the liberals that a general | election is contemplated by the gov- ernment that Sir Wilfrid Laurier has broken his rule never to grant interviews, and has hinged a state ment on the recent utterances of Hon- Robert Rogers hinting at an election > . "TI have always been believe many things of Mr. Rogers, but I.do not believe that he is speak ing for the government or that the latter contemplates such a course," says Sir Wilfrid "In the month of July last thay advised his royal high ness to dispense with all formalitie necessary for an election this year The election law found in the tutes of 1908, chapter 26, provides that every year in the unorganized portions of Ontario-a board of jud ges shall prepare voters' lists for such unorganized portions of the provinces, and that in the case of Manitoba a similar board shall, be tween the 15th of July and.the 15th of August, proceed to define and es tablish polling divisions into which for the purposes of the next domin ion election the electoral districts shall be divided. These provision: of the law are peremptory and mfist be complied with, unless the gover nor-in- council by proclamation di rects that these hoards be released from fhe duty of complying with the legal task assigned to them." The release was given by proela- mation on July 18th. "In the face of these facts" s Sir Wilfrid, "It Seenis to me manifest that his royal highness' advisers would not now ask for a dissolution unless they want us to believe that the orders- in-eouncil upon which the signa- ture of H. R. H. are simply scraps of paper." POISONED BY FATIGUE. Physician Tells Why So Many man Wounded Die, Bordeaux, Oct 15 The of resistance of fatigue of the Frent soldiers is six percent. greater th that of the German soldiers, de clares Dr. Philip Tissie, an eminen physician, who made observations o 151 French and 256 German wound ed in the Pau hospital The-ebser vations were made with Pachon's o cillometer, which shows the effect o fatigue on the blood circulation According to Dr. Tissie, the mense efforts which are demanded of the Germans greatly reduce their recuperative power. "" Their blood, he says, is poisoned by fatigue to such an extent that when they die their bodies immediately decompose. prepared (o power Russians Hurl Germans Back From Warsaw London, Oct. 13.1 hear that the enemy approached to within ten miles miles of Warsaw, but was thrown back to a distance of thirty miles," said the Times' Petrograd correspondent "Lhe fall of P¥zemys! is imminent, the garrison there being decimated by cholera. Private advices received here say that the main-forts already have been taken by the Russians, There is no change in. the situation in last Prussia.' ENGLISH NURSES KILLED ea : Woman Slain by Hushand. Winnipeg, Oct. J5.~Mrs. A. Ward, cashier in the retail butcher shop of Gibson Cage company, 524 Notra Dame avenue, was slain yesterday af- ternoon thy a man believed to be her husband, who afterwards attempted suicide... The murderer is said to be in a precarious - condition. Victims of Exploding Shells While on Duty in Field Hospital, Paris, Oct. 15~News" was received in Paris of the death of General Ron- donya, commander of the third br Jade of the French' Colonial Infantry. he general was killed while leading his brigade against, the enemy. Two English nurses have met their death on the field of battle. The wo: men were killed by an exploding shell while they were on duty in a field hos pital bohind the centre of the allied armies. The national convention at Agua- scalientes on Wednesday reached a point where the question of the re- tirement of General Carranza was to be discussed, according to official telegrams' to the American govern- ment, as well as messages received by agents here of General Villa. Eh New Pigs and Tokay firapes trom California, at Carnovsky's, loft Ger- | TRIED TO KILL THE FRENCH PRESIDENT Spy Communicated Fact of Poin- caire's Visit to Battle ~ Front. London, Oct. 15 The Paris cor- respondent of the Exchange Tele- graph company in a despatch dated Wednesday, says: "Now that the headquarters of the French staff has been changed it has become possible to announce that when President Poincare visit- ed Gen. Joffre last week at Romilly- | sur-Seine, a German aviator dropped | a bomb into the town, doing no dam- age. 4 "The news of the approaching vis pu of President Poincare had been | communicated | py One of to the enemy by a their best pilots was | sent out with a bomb which he was | ordered to drop an the quarters oc- | cupied by the president and Gen. | Joffre A French aviator named Framnz, immediately pursued and brought down the raider. Framnz was rewarded by M. Poincare, avho pinned the cross of the Legion of { Honor on the aviator's tunic." GERMANS Whig LAST SDITION ga VAN WIL MEET " STUBBORN RESISTA In Attempt to Extend Right to Calais. VERY DISTINCT GAIN FOR THE ALLIES WHO ARE AT YPRES. Heavy Blows Are Expected That Will Bring About a Decisive Result Of the Long Drawn-Out Battle, 15,~The Germans will a very stubborn resist- ance in their attempt to extend the right 'wing of" their main . army through Pas de Calais to the French northern ports. They have, in fact, fallen back in this region in the face of the allies' offensive. A few days ago the German caval ry were fighting as far west as Haze brouck and Cassel, but to-day, ac- cording to the Fremch official munication the front of this extends from La Bassee Estaires to Bailleul on tha frontier, while across the border allies have occupied Ypres This is a very distinct gain for the allies, and shaws that the German attempt to work around their left has failed, the German right being bent back toward lille and Cowr- trai, both of which places the.invad ers hold with strong forces. It hero that the heavy blows, that! both sides hope will hring about a decisive result in the long drawn out battle, will be strudk, and it i for this reason that the Germans will be able to make their way Ostend, althomgh even there troops have been left to inflict damage they can before joining larger body further south. The 'censorship has prohibited any mention of the operations to the north of Arras, which is ly = sgousible for the belief that the al lies have prepared what onemilitary critic declares is "'a' smashing blow which the longer it is delayed will be the more érushing in its effect." London, Oct. be met* with Com battle through Belgian the 18 18 to some what the A British Denial. London. Oct. 15.--Through official war information bureau the British government has issued a statement denying the German as- sertion, published abroad, that i.- though Germany, ning' of the war. belligerent governments twice week- ly with a full fst of all . their wounded and prisoners, no news has been received by Germany concern- the BANK CLERK ARRESTED. | | { To Face Trial After | sence. | "Montreal, Oct. 15. After eluding officers of the law for more than a | vear, W. IL. Wyatt, formetly collee- | tion clerk at the head offices of the { Molsons Bank, was brought to this j city from San .Jowe, Cal. by Deputy Shorifi Hicks, of that place, and will face trial here on the charge of steal {ing £2000 from the-hank. { The charge against Wyatt is dated Sept. 13th, | the city. a Year's Ab. 1913; when Wyatt left CANADIAN IN FORTRESS. Friends That He But Cannot Leave, London, Ont., Oect. 15. "Quite well, but cannot leave" is the text of & |S received here from Captain | 'Notifies Is Well, I. P. Anderson, formerly of the mili | tary headquarters staff at Quebec, and 'in this cily, who, with his wife and threo children, has been incai- cerated by the Germans: in a fortress | in Bavaria, where he had been living | for the past two years, ' FOR MONTREAL UNEMPLOYED 50,000 Recommended By the City Council, Montreal, "Oct. 15.---For the relief of the families of the unemployed this winter the council adopted a veso- lution recommending that the board of control. vote tite sum' of $50,000 which it is proposed to distribute | | Vote of {r: { lieved ing the German wounded and pris- oners. ' War Tidings. letter from Vienna states that Archduke Frederick was re- of his duties as general-in- chief, not because of illness, but on account of the disaster suffered when his army was marching on Lubin. Despatches A the from Petrograd say that careful estimates in military circles there put the number. of Germans killed, wounded and oth- erwise unfitted for service since the outbfeak of hostilities at 700,000. Safe conduct will be given hy Great Britain to all civilian officials and diplomatic officials of belliger- ent countries travelling aboard neutral ships. The British Méd cal: Journal sta- tes that the war office has appoint- ed Sir John Rose Bradford, Sir Wilmot Herringham and Sir Alm- roth Wright consulting physicians with the British expeditionary force in France, General Barsevit has been ap- pointed commander of the Third German army by the emperor. Ad- miral von Schigger has been assign- ed to command the naval forces at Antwerp. : Major-General von Bodenhausen, police president of Metz, has been appointed commander of the fort- ress of Antwerp. through the various charitable: or- ganizations of Montreal. The city has already pmesed a reso lution to supply the sum of $150,000 to the patriotic fund. es t-- BUYS 50,000 STRETCHERS. Britain Contracts to Receive 1,000 a 'Week For a Year. Reading, Pa., Oct. 15%~A local firm has received a contract from the British | government for 50,000 stretohets - to be used in oarrying wounded from the fiedd; They are to be furnished wt the rate of LOO a wenk. - Sheep Losses Heavy. Lethbridge, AMa., Oct. 15.--Com- munications 'restored with outlying districts / after the recent snowstorm tells of loss of sheep. Bamds of 2,000 cast of 'Stirling and Chin are re- God of Battles" Washington, Oct. 15.--President Wilson's neutrality proclamation was torn to shreds in the house of repre- sentatives to-day hy Rep. Gardner of Massachusetts. "It is true that with respect to the present European war my views are not those of a neutral," said Rep. Gardiner. "I am entirely convinced that the German cause i= nholy and moreover a enace {0 the principles of democracy. = Fur- thermore, I believe the God of Bat tes will visit defeat upon the Gir- ans. = But no matter which she Wins, we must begin at once to re- organize our military strength if ve expect to be able to resist high hand- po Small sheep men 'man: their 5 o bring r fodke through edness when the day of necessity comes." . pe MASONS TO HELP BELGI mesmo Each Member Will Be Asked to Sufi scribe Dollar, of Toronto, Oct. 15.--Three hun- dred Freemasons, -, representin, twenty-two districts in Ontario, a provincial lodge of instruction in Toronto, passed a resolution that & fund should be started for the bene: fit of the distresed Belgians. Each member of the craft throughout, previnee will be asked to su be cae dollar, and it is expected . wilt bring in between $30,000 and $10 000, * 3 MANITOBA'S GIFT. ¥ Decides to Contribute $5,000 Fap Belgian Relief. 3 Winnipeg, Oct. 15.~8ir Rodman Koh- lin, premier of Manitoba, stated to: day that the government of that pro- vince had decided to contribute the sum of $5,000 as a gift from the peo: ple toward the relief of the an sufferers from the awful results of the German destruction and depredations in their country. FEEEPERE PEER R EEF P RII INES + » MORE GERMAN LOSSES. a Longon, Oct. 15.--~The Brit- : ish admiralty announces the + capture of the German steamer # Pontports off the island of Su- & matra, also the sinking of the + Hamburg-American liner Map komannia near same place. + * * * + * * * + > Harvard Professor Forced to Resign. « Cambridge, Mass, Oct. 15.--Hugo, Muensterberg, professor at Harvard and ex-professor at Berlin, has re- signed from the faculty of Harvard His resignation followed a threat by .aajor Clarence Weiner, of Lon. don, that he would withhold a b quest of $10,000,000 to Harvard ' less Prof. Muen rE wal dis ed. He cited Mw ster bn, ly-p! a ro-Germas MALS the o of the Wary as he rea- b, 3} ~y sons. x The death occurred in the genera hospital on Wednesday. night of Lloyd Lewis, aged six years and sev- en months. The remains were Sent to Amherst Island far burial. © =. DAILY MEMORANDUM. I. O. F. ementalnment, § Vian, Peace prayer meeting, City "Hall, Fri- day noon Marie Tompest TH "Mary "Goes First," Grand, 8.15 pan. See top of page 3, right hand corner; for probabilities Queen's Rugby excursion to Toron- to by GTR, 6 . Friday. Wait for gr sale Friday and Saturday, Oe 16th and 17th, 280 Princess Street. EE A A . THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG Is On Sale at the Following City Stores: Bucknell's News Dépot ..208 Clarke, J. W. & Co. i... 3 College Book Btors Coulter's Grocery ) A Jullen's Grocery, Cot. Princess & Alfred Frontenac Hotel .........Ontentp We Gibson's Drug Store ..Market Sq ! McAuley's Book Stors ....98 Prim McGall's Cigar Store, Cor. Prin. & fcLeod's Grocery ....51 Union Bt W. Medley's Drug Store 260 University Avs Caul's Cigar Store .,.... 7¢ Pri Prouse's Drug Store ....513 Valleau's Grocery ......M8 Lowe's Grocery Portemoutts; ne bes King J Armd aanat DIED, ~On, Thursday, . at 6. am, of Thomas tia, 1 Mr. and Mra, vd Toronto, aged weeks, BOWEN 1814