YEARZS1 NO. 240 THE KAISER'S FORCE ONTARIO. SATURDAY, ocTo BE R I - 'e - KAISER PREPARES "T0 DEFEAT BRITISH He Reserves That Honor To The First Bavarian Corps, Since Von Kluck Has Failed Sd In The Task No Less Than 400,000 Of The Landwehr and Reserves Are To Be Hurled Against The Allies In The North To Retrieve Past Failures 0f Von Kluck Copenhagen, Oct. 17.--The kaiser, ! Vin Kluek's failure to crush the British troops, is pye- paring to hurl against the British the flower of the varian troops. There is no doubt that reinforcements rushed westward to the German armies in France. 13 way service has been suspended for present. : "The new army designed to retrieve Von Kluck's fail- ure is'composed of 400,000 freshly trained landwehr and reserves The honor of "heating", the British is especi- ally reserved for the first Bavarian corps, one of the best in all Germany. " fp depressed over are bg Allies Gain Advantage. } Paris, Oct. 17.---Furious engagements, with 'terrific carnage, were reported vesterday from the two extrémes of the 300-Mile battle front sweeping in a jagged are from the Moselle, through France to the Belgian North sea coast, Everywhere the Franco-British line has held, and. at some points notable advantage has been gained. Laventie, west of Lille, has been added to the French line of offensive positions in the battle of the Lys, as a re- sult of a stubbornly contested and courageously fought engagement in which the losses on hoth sides were heavy. German Left Gives Ground To the east the incessant assaults upon the German left wing have brought the French right almost within cannon range of the outer works of Metz. One report says the French are twelve miles from the forts. While the allies have been pounding away at | Von Kluek on the left, and have been heavily engaged in hurl- ing that arrow-shaped barricade in front of the German Antwerp army, intent upon sweeping along the Belgian coast, the allies' center and right have been occupied with a desperate effort to cut the German line to the | east, with every prospect of suceess. Already the Germans have Heen driven back by the Freneh, who have taken the offgusive, from their garris- oned and strongly fortified positions of Tonl and Naney in an endeavor to carry out the plan of interrupting the (German eérown prinee's lines of communication, between the Meuse and Metz. : : German Force Weakened The German armies here, principally that of Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm, had been severely weakened by the withdraway of several erack Prussian corps sent to aid of Von Kluck, and these have never been ed. Now the position of the German erown prince has heen seriously endangered by the French domination of the Naney-Metz route, by which a German retreat might be effected. SN aLTaUIN nae : a, More Ground Gained By Allies Paris, Oct. 17.--That ground has been gained in the vicinity of Arras and St. Mihiel and that the allies have occupied the district around Armentieres eight miles north east of Lille, and the little village of Fleur-Bai was officially anmmounced here this afternoon. The official three o'clock statement telegraphed from Bordeaux sta- ted that the situation generally ot the front is unmodi- fied. There has been no change whatever in the Ypres distriet, and as a general thing the lines remain as re- ported in yesterday's and Thursday's official statements, : Germans In Full Retreat _ Petrograd, Oct. 17.--That the Germans are still be- ing hard pressed and are in full retreat in Russian Po- land, west of Warsaw, was the claim made by the war office to-day. It was stated that Germans were vainly en- deavoring to rally their forces, which have been badly cut up in the fighting that has now been in progress without cessation for eleven days ; : The war office insists that the Germans were led into a trap the Russians retreating for strategic purposes un- replac- | pieces being compelled to ly a question-of time til they had reached a poiut previously selected where heavy Russian.artillery was mounted strength. The Germans, flushed with their apparent suc cess were bombarded from all sides and literally eut to! retreat equippage, transports and guns. One entire ammunition train is reported to have been captured. The war office in dealing with the Galician situation reports. the situation at Przemys! unchanged. rison has attempted sorties, only to be great loss and the fall of the fortress is considered mere- patrol and in great and abandon their The. gar- repulsed with 4,000 FRENCH BOYS SENT TO GERMANY Government May Ask Our Aid To Obtain The Release Of Next Recruits Paris, Oet. 17--The French gov ernment may request the good offi- ces of the United States to obtain the release of some 4,000 lads, fif teen to seventeen years of age, al lege to have "been made Peison ers in order not to be incorported among the.next list of French recruits, They were drawn from the districts of Doual, Cambrai, Caudry and No- yon. They were ordered present theniselves by a certain day and warned that any one endeavoring to evade the order would be summarily shot, When all were asgembled hey were told off into sections and taken by special trains. into Ger many. - to REFUSED TO WASH FEET French Soldier Who Disobeyed Offi cer Gets Five Years. Paris, Oet. 17--Four German pri- soners convicted by court martial of pillaging and house-breaking were given severe sentences, Two were ordered shot A thirds was con- demned to life imprisonment and a fourth was given ten years in prison. A French soldier, 25 years of age, belonging to fhe territorial infantry, was sentenced to- five years' labor on public works for having refused t0 obey the command of his lieuten- ant to wash his feet in a stream when all the others of his company did so after a march on an August day. London, Oct. 17.--The police have found at Willesden, a suburb to the north-west of London, a building egccupied by Germans, with foundations and roof of heavy con- efete. They arrested 22 Germans on the 'premises. The premises were being used by C. G. Roebef, a German music publisher, as a fac- tory. The police laid their plans and conducted a successful raid. In large force they surrounded the building and then entered. , The factory is of one storey. * WHhin they found very thick concrete foundations, and it "was discovered that the roof also was of concrete, and between three and four feet thick. The 'sife of this factory at Willesden commands sev- ™ eral important railroad Junctions. | » + CRITISH CASUALTIES TOTAL ABOUT 30,000 Many Wounded And Missing, How ever, Have Returned To Their Regiments London, Oct. 17.--Totgl British army losses of pearly thirty thous and men are indicated by the cas ualty lists just published. The de tails are Killéd--280 officers, 6,400 Wounded--625 oflicers, men. Mising, 298 officers, 7.40. men Of course it is assumed that some percentage of the wounded have already returned to the firing line and a proportion of missing have since found their way back to their regiments at the front. ------------ FEET IER OSTEND OCCUPIED. + men. 12,280 Londen, Oct. 17---.It is uanoffi- cially admitted to-day, that the Germans have occupied Ostend with a small force of Uhlans who are treating the people with consideration. The main German force, however, has been diverted southwest to meet the British army. + +> Serer rrr ere + | The steamer Nightingale is be ing used on the Prescott-Ogdens- burg ferry route in place of the steamer Miss "Vandenberg, dam- aged by fire. Colonel George W. Goethals, ernor of the Panama canal, says will be ten days hefore the canal will be veady for traffic. gov GERMAN FORT LOCATED IN HEART OF LONDON Le The Paris premises of-this same firm were blown up recently en or- ders issued by the French, govern- ment. "The agitation of the press against the employment of thousands of Germans in the hotels of the city resulted yesterday in an announcement that three of the lairgé and fashionable houses were free of Germans and Au-trians. This was followed by a similar an- npuncément from two hotels in the Bloomsbury district. Several important hotels, how- ever, notably in the Strand, are mianaged Germans, and English help is not desired. It is stated that in one case a score of English employees were dismissed by a Ger- man proprietor at the outbreak of the war. + | it |S London | 3 t eT H. M. S"HAWKES LAUNCHED 1891: SUNK OCTOBER 15th, 1914. ia The British cruiser which was sunk while on #1 Oct. 15th, by a German submarine. ed. H., M.S. Theseus was-attacked also, about the cape the torpedo. The Hawke was 7,350 tons displacement, 360 feet long and 60 duty in the North sea on Out of a crew of 400 men, only fifty were sav- same time, but managed to es- CHOLERA SPREADING. At An Rate In and Galicia, London, Oet 1L7-- Rome corres- pondent says that cholera is spread- ing at a most alarming rate in Hun- gary and Galicia He declares theré are ten thousand cases, in single. city in northern mostly soldiers Alarming Hungary a Hungary, English Biplane Shot Down. Berlin, via the Hague, Oct. 17.-- An English Bristol biplane, with two military aviators of high rank as passengers, is reported to have | been shot down near Peronne, and the officers captured. 'VALCARTIER NOT IN IT WITH SALSBURY PLAIN This Is The Statement Of The Canadian Soldiers Already There London, Oct. 17---The Canadian soldiers, or such of them as have al- ready arrived on Salisbury Plain, are immensely pleased with the look [ot thelr place = of encianipment and | one and all vote the place a huge im- | provement on Valcartier, to put it | mildly. The army service corps, Highland- {ers and a small portion of infantry, already have reached Salisbury, but tt probably will be well in to next | week before the camp is complete The correct address for letters to | members is "Headquarters Canadian { Contingent, Bustagd Camp, Salis- | bury Plains." with member's fuli i name, rank and regiment. UNION WITH CANADA. | ~-- . | Urged in Newfoundland .as Result of 1 War. New York, Oct. 17--The Herald | prints, the following from St. John's | Nfid.: The possibility of a union of New- | foundland with Canada is receiving | renewed attention from political ! leaders here as a result of the Euro- | pean war y ~ Advocates of the idea show the | danger to this colony of a separate j existence if misfortune should come {to the allies in the present struggle, {and they emphasize also the strate- ¢ advantage to Canada of the pos- ession of Newfoundland, at the { mouth of the St. Lawrence fiver. | In this connection. the possible | fate of the French island of Miquelon {in the event of a German victory is being considered on account of its | suitability as a naval coaling sta | tion. | Six years ago the German cruiser Panther made a lengthy stay in St. John's harbor, and her officers took many trips to the suburbs. They also went down the coast to the fishing settlenvent at St. Plerre, Mi- | auelon. It is now believed that | they made extensive notes during | their stay. The harbor of St. Pier- {re is recognized as one of the best | in this region, as it is free of ice dur- | ing the entire winter, ---------- DENIES THE RUMOR. _ | That Two Big British Cruisers Have { + Been Sunk. | Londpm, Oct. 17.--An unconfirmed rumor widely circulated throughout | London to-day declared that the big crujsers Invincible and Terrible have been torpoad and sunk by German' | submarines in the North Sea, The admiralty insisted that the rumor was utterly without foundation, The United States congress close its sedsions within a week. White Rose flour for all purposes. will S FALL DOWN IN POL THE GERMAN ADVANCE ALONG COAST B Allies Lines THE ALLIES CONFIDENT AND ARE FIGHTING WITH GREAT VIGOR. Ostend Admitted To Be Occupied By German Force --But British, Beh gian and Fréiich Army Bars the Way West! Paris. Oct. 17--Desperate fighting in heavy rains continues in the north west according to the reports reach- ing military headquarters to-day The Germans are reported attempt- ing to break through the allied lines at a point vaguely referred to as "some fifteen miles from the sea coast." But it is stated that at no point have they succeeded in gaining territory. Reports that the French have re- pulsed an attack in force in the neighborhood of Lille are widely cir- culated. Ostend, it is admitted is now 'held by Germans, in force. Another port reported occupied by the Germans with a heavy force is the northerly seaport of Zebrugge. However, reports reaching here say the Germans have found it im- possible to push their advance south along the coast, because of the pres- ence' in their path of a combined Belgian, British, French army. Allies Confident. On the Baftle -Front, Oct. 17 Belief in their final success appears to have taken a firm hold on the al- lies, All the men display confi- dence in their commanders, who are doing everything possible to spare their troops. The allied soldiers are fighting with vigor. They often break up into small detachments and act apart from the main bodies. French dragoons recently were en- trusted with the task of covering the passage of a river by artillery. They met a party of Germans hussars in a clash, Both bodies charged simul- taneously, and the melee lasted ten minutes during which the men slash- ed and pierced each other with swords and lances amid a crack of officer's revolvers, Him a Prince, 17.--Advices reach ing here from Berlin say that the emperor intends to elevate Gen. Von Hinderberg, the commander-in-chief in the east, .to_rank of prines, for his work in driving the Russians from German soil. To Make The Hague, Oct. War Englishmen are becoming very im patient . over the refusal of the press bureau to release delinite news of the fighting in France. An attempt by the Russians occupy Lyck, East Prussia, with the loss of their artillery 800 prisoners. The Great Northern Oriental steam ship Minnesota is to be chartered by the British government, it is report ed, to carry to Europe 9,000 horses The Minnesota can cairy 2,000 horses each voyage. Riding at the head of the Cana- dian supply convoy, at Salisbury, Eng., was a small Montreal news boy who had stowed away on a transport. This little chap, in spite of the'fact that he was almost lost in the folds of an army coat loaned" by a good-hearted sergeant of High- landers, was nearly frozen, hut he insisted on 'practicing the bugle, proficiency in which he hopes will give him a chance to go to the front. Lots of Recruits Are Offering . In England London, Oct. 17 --There is mno- longer the slightest nervousness over the outlook. Plenty of re- cruits are enrolling and their train. ing is being rushed with every equipment they ' will carry with them into the battle. There will, however, he no sending of raw lev- ies to the front. - Earl Kitchener set his foot down hard on the pro- position. Even the Canadians, ad- Notes. to failed and mittedly ome of the best-looking |. forces ever 'sent to the aid of Brit- | ain in fighting her battles, were de- | nied "the privilege of being rect to the fron Instead they will be forced to complete a thor- ough course of training. How- ever, it is explained .that this will neither be long nor exacting, and the overseas contingent are look- ing forward to early action. The khedive of Fgwpt, now in Con- stantinople on a visit to the sultan, has been forbidden by the British government to, return to his do manions. x $ { re The Barbarians Fail To Break, Cholera Spreading In Galicia and Hungary. £4 Rome, Oct. 17--A despatch to the Giornale d'Italia from the Austrian frontier says that cholera has sumed frightful proportions in Gali- cia and Hungary. "Wednesday in a large town and district- in Northern Hungary," despatch says, "there were 14,0 cases among the soldiers and having been in contact with: nD The epidemic is extraordinarily vie- lent and a large percentage of the stricken persons die after a ew hours, A; "It is asserted that the withdraw- al of the 'Russians from Hungary was due to a desire not to expofe them to the contagion." LONDON IN WARTIME. Touching Incident on March of Scottish Regiment, a London, Oct. 17--A picturesque incident illustrative of Londgn in wartime occurred to-day om Victoria street. With' bagpipes playing mar- tial airs, a company of the London Scottish regiment was marching to- ward the near-by barracks when their captain spied among the ¢rowd on the sidewalk a little Belgian col- onel of cavalry, in a gold-lace unl- form but with his left arm ina sling. He was gazing with eager curiosity upon the brawny lads in kilts. The captain promptly saluted the Belgian and then gave the command: 'Eyes right,' whereupon the company pass- ed before the little colonel. as if he was their reviewing officer. i The compliment brought: tears to the colonel's eyés as he stood until the last of the column gone by. af Servians Win. A Big Victory Over Austrians -- London, Oct. 17.--The following Ser- vian official statement has: been re- ceived from Nish war office by Reus ter: "I'he Servo-Montenegrin troops. com- manded by Gen. Bojanovic; on Wed- nesday, gained a great victory ower the Austrians in (ilasinate, in Bosnia: This victory is particularly important, because the plateau of Glasinatz do- minates the fortifications of Sarajevo {capital of Bosnia). * Captain George Mortimer, the oll- known rifle shot, has heen apomal as assistant in. the ordnance depiart- ment at Ottawa. Thurston, magtolan, Grand, 8.15 pm. See tcp of page 8, right hand coraer, for probabilities. MARRIED. 3 NICHOLS: FILTZ--On Wednesday, Sa 14th, 1914, in Union Street church, by the Rev. G. A. Lo Charles B Nichols, to Miss Mina Filtz, second daughter of Flitz. messenger of the Buftk of Montreal, Rochester and Elmira copy. papers please DIED. COOK~-On Thursday, Oct. 15th, 1914; at Regina, Sask. as F. Cook, son ot the late . Cook, of . Har- Towsmith. Refains will be brought to Harrowsmith, re Funeral notice later. FRANCIS--In Kingston, on Oct. bal ° Cable. ow . late m Francis, aged 48 years. Funssal From heb Jae pr Aa 3 onn street, on morning § 1a Sock, y mor ade "riends and acquaintances re invited to attend. tPastiully 18th, of ' the