a oe -- YEAR 81 NO, 245 com ev -- S-------- GERM Daily = KINGSTON 'British ONTARIO. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1914 A SEVERE DEFEAT FOR THE GERMANS I It is Reported That the German Furce is Being Rolled Up Like a Ribbon---Staff Leaves Ghent. Reported at Fague That the Allies Fave Cut the German| Communications Between Bruges and Ghent =--The British Have Made Good Gains in Montedescats Region. London, Oct. 23.-- "The German gencral staff has left Ghent and there are strong rumors of a severe Ger- man defeat," says the Rotterdam correspondent of the Daily Mail. "Messages from different points of the northwest | frontier agree that the German forée is being rolled up like a ribbon. The German cavalry has been unable to manoeuvre in the tangled dyke country, and the (German hig guns are stuck in bogs. By a magnificent attack, it is stated, the Franco-British force have cut the German line south of Ostend." A despatch from Havre. to the Daily Telegraph states that the Belgians regained the right hank of the Yser river on Wednesday, and are prepared to move forward. This confirms the Mail's story to the same ef feet, Fighting of Pendulum Character. Paris, Oct. 23.--A most important declaration in the official communique telegraphed from Bordeaux this af- ternoon was that the gaps between the allied positions in the north were being closed up. The German attack, it was announced, continued to he of a most violent charac- ter. 'As a result, the fighting is more or less of a pendu- lum character. | Various gains ave offset by various loss- es of territory, it is stated, it being found advisable to make slight gecessions where German assaults are most severe. On the whole, however, the lines are maintained without amy very great change, despite the severe nature of the fighting. The enemy continues active in the viein- ity of Arras. Allies Cut German Communications. The Hague, Oet. 23.--Reports reaching here declare that the allies have succeeded in cutting the German com- | munication between Bruges and Ghent. The fighting in that section is declared * to he increasing. Bands of Franco-Tireuers ave reported operating in the rear of the German lines and have sniped hundreds of Germans. British Gains at Montdescats. London, Oct. 23.--The war bureau states that much ground has been gained by British in the Montdeseats. The Germans have stubbornly resisted the advance of the allies; and there has been ffequent hand to hand fighting. Th numerous dykes to the south of Lys district necessi- tated the transport of planks and ladders to be utilized for erossing. It has been very difficult to negotiate thege passages in the face of the German fire, but it' was always accomplished. A DESPERATE EFFORT BEING MADE BY ENEMY Paris, Oct. 23.--The (Germans are making desperate efforts to break through the allies' line in the vicinity of Arras, and especially along the channel. This was admit- ted by the war office here to-day when it was stated. that the fighting was of so severe a character that at various points it had been found advisable to cede territory and! at others ground had heen gained. It was plain from the tone of the despatches that the battle in the neighbor- hood of the channel is still come distance from a decisive result. oh ay Despite the severity of the fighting, the entire situa- tion, as described by the var office experts, is very -en- couraging. There is no resson to fear that the Germans will get to Dunkirk, they declare, and, therefore, little chanee of military invasion of Great Britain: ; French Linc Holds Firm. * London, Oct. 23.--Paris despatches late this after- noon state that Germany lus evidently thrown. into the firing line at several points in France strong reinforee- with the evident object of hreaking through at ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET, SIR W COMMAND OF TH WNDERWOODIASUNDERWOOD,INLY, ILLIAM HENRY MAY, SECOND IN E BRITISH NAVY. 10,000 PRISONERS AND Germans. London, Oct. 23.--An Amsterdam de entral New the Belgium, with thousand men have ers Three guns been captured spateh to the 1otes telegram from Wemduy ne, "Nictory is bharg as follows the been taken prison- and li and thirty-one flags allies. Seve between Chalons ngwy have West Cha tons - and bongwy tively in the French departments of Marne and Meurthe et Moselle, nearly 206 south-east of the Belgian which the above despatch province in lgian coast TE TURD miles province from ema nates, KILLED IN ACTION. Sir John Cavendish Rendered ( p His | Life, London, Oct. 23.-- Sir John Caven dish, aged thirty-nine, a brother of the Duke of Devonshire, heen killed in action He was captain in the First Life juards He was awarded a distinguished service i the Boer wa has Foe's Ships Must Quit Suez Canal, London, Oct. 22 official statement was The followin given out by THIRTY-ONE FLAGS, Belgian Burgomaster Reports Huge, Squadrons. Pous-Hail of Death. Upon Capture of the : respondent (FRENCH FLEET JOINS BRITISH IN ATTACK Germans Near Seacoast -- Allies Fortified. Amsterdam, Oct. 23.--The qraff's Sluis' correspondent that the bombardment of Ostend Nieuport is becoming still "The shells of the allies," says, "'are rainind upon the Germans and causing terri ble - desteuecifon battle fields veted with but fresh German troops. continue to arrive. The Germans have, retreated slightly "A French squadron. is. supporting the Fuglish warships, ! which can only ched wit] difficulty by the Cie man gunners, or "The German cavalry is useless the men and horses alike mowed down. "The allies' positions are strongh fortified by inundatiops of thrriva: and entrenchments, The allies, in addition to Ostend and Nieuport, ave also firing in the direction of Jab beka, about seven miles southwest of Bruges, in order to destroy the rail way line between Ostend and Bruges "'All the Ostend hotels are fillad with vounded."" lela SAvs and heavier the cor down The are co bodies, be and are being Salisbury Camps Not Dry. Oct The fact tha: expeditionary force is now under English command will be accorded all the traditional 99 London, the Canadian the Presss Bureau: 'Egyptian government taking Steps to remove from the Suez canal all of the enemy's ships which have been long enough in the canal ports to show that they have no intention of departing in the ordinary was and which, apparently, are puttin~ the canal' to a use inconsistent with objects. "Tha is Rritish eovernment the conventional rights free! access to tha canal and de nies the right of these enemy's ships to use the canal for an indefinite time for the purpose of escaping cap ture." denies Destroy Scientific Fish Pond. Paris, Oct. 23.<-When the Germans oceupied Moutdidier they destroyed the famous huge model fish ponds, which were part of the scientific pis eatorial park, says the Journal, They 'laughed and jeered about "hooking French fish," and after catching several thousand with lines fixed to tne end of their bayonets they killed the rest with dynamite, then destroved the basins. ------------ Spies Everywhere. Paris, Oct. 23.+Spies are being cap tured eveywhere in the vicinity of the fighting line. . A French general soe lected an apple tree for observatitn purposes. A shower of shells immed: ately 8 about him and caused him to retire. At the same time 4' man believed" to be a peasapt wha seen waving a rag from an adjacent farni The man was caught and was found to be a German officer. He was shot. A Lad Injured, Cliften Drury, son of William h Jine They are apparently absolutely fresh troops. is holding firm with heavy losses. Drury, 290 Queen street; met with an eh by breaking his collarbone rights and liberties of the old coun fry Tommy, was made clear by Gen eral Alderson's promise to the troops yesterday to abolish the dry canteen regulation which was in operation at Valeartier. Addressing the troops after review at Bustard and West Down south camps, General Alder- son stated that certain had been overcome with the that within a few days the usual priusn a. po Cpemad in the various canips. SLIPPERY KARLSRUHE * ELUDES THE ALLIES German Cruiser in South Atlantic Continues to Sink Mer- chant Vessels. Loudon, Oct. 23.--Despatehes from Tenerilie to the Daily Mail indicate that the German cruiser Karlsruhe, in the Scithern Atlantic, has capturdd or sunk fifteen British steaming and sail- ting fnerchantmen during the last two ror three weeks, Most of the crews were rescued and landed at Teneriffe. French and British eruisers are con- stantly on the watch for the Karls: rube, but she is very slippery. BULTTUD wr vr aaan Woman Victim Of Murderer. Kingston, N. Y, Oct. 223. Mrs. Edwin Van Aken, 50 years ald was mysteriously murdered at her home at Port Ewen, near Kingston, yesterday afternoon. Her body was dizroyered in her bedroom. by her husband when he returnéd from Kingston after an absence from Home of two hours. Mrs. Van Aren's Head had been batered in and marks on her throat indicated that n Macdondld schoo} yard. she had also been choked. » PLEADS HER INNOCENCE, Mrs. Carman Flatly Denies Murder Charge. Mineola, NIY., Oct.. 23. Mrs. Flor ence Conklin Carman took the - wit- uess stand in he{ own behalf late yes- terday and enteréd a sweeping denial of the charge that she murderad Mes. Louise Bailey, on which she is being tried in the supreme court here, Item by item she went over tw story of Celia Coleman, the South Tarolina negress in her employ at the time of the. tragedy ~ inthe Carman home in" Freeport last June, and de clared false every accusation made against her hy the colored domestie in her testimony. A fabrication from beginning to end was in the essence her characteriza- tion of the maid's narrative of the events of the might Mrs. Bailey was shot and killed in the office of Dr. E. Carman, husband of the defendant, and of subsequent happenings in the Carman home. HOG CHOLERA SPREADING. Hundreds of Animals Slaughtered in Kent County. Chatham, Ont., Oct. 23 With the diseases being carried from farm to farm by birds, the outbreak of hog chqlera in Kent county is assuming alarming proportions, according to Dr. D. A. Henderson, of Toronto, who has been sent to the scene by the provincial authorities. Hun- dreds of hogs arg being slaughtered daily. , nyt Killed AS A Traitor. Oct. 23 A despatch to the Exchange, Telegraph company from The Hague says the Magna Bell, the native chief of the Ger man Cameroons, has been executed because he attempted to foment among the natives a against Germany This announce- ment of this is credited by the cor- respondent to Herr Ebermayor, German governor of the Cameroons. TWO KILLED IN STRUGGLE WITH GANG OF OUTLAWS Canadian and American Immigra- tion Officers Captured No- ted Bank Robbers. Blaine, Wash., Oet., 28 --Two men were killed, another mortally wound ed "and a fourth seriously hurt, ves terday, at the international boundary in a fight in which Canadiabh and Am- London, { | | { | and | difficulties result | N---------- | May Disband 5th Engineers. | | Clifiore | erican immigration officers opposed five men believed to have formed the recently robbed a bank at Sedro-Woolley of $2 Adam gang that British Columbia immigration officer, and of the outlaws were killed. Another outlaw, phot in the hip; fired a bubet- into his head to end Kis own life. He is dy- James Keith, a Northern Pacific was shot through one ing railroad detective, the hand More than $4,000 was found on the dead bandit, while the one now dying carcied ¥1.700, mostly in gold. It is reported thatthe surviving outlaws ure surrounded. The gang, which originally numbered fifteen men, Russians and Austri- months it has in the Pacific half the killed by is composed of ans. Within eighteen robbed a dozen banks North-West and more than original band, have . been posses TO MOBILIZE IN KINGSTON. Division Volunteers to Come Here. The commanding officer oi the 3rd division, when interviewed by the Whig, on Friday afternoon, stated that he was awaiting word from Ot- tawa regarding the mobilization of the 1,000 volunteers of the 3rd divi- sion in Kingston. It has been prac+ tically settled that these troops will be quartered in the armouries and at the stables at the Artillery Park, The Third The talk in militia circles this after noon is that the 51h nugineers wis we disbanded and the 14th men nioved to the Artillery Park barracks. The P.A. S.C. have received orders to take an inventory of the Engineers' supplies. There are now 112 recruits at the Tete de Ponf "recruiting station. These men must have quarters, . The R.C.H.A.. is short of horses and as one officer expressed it. "We do not need any more men until we get more horses." DETECTIVES AT WORK As The Result Liquor Cases Will be . Heard. As the result of the work of gov- ernment detectives in and arousa Harrowsmith two or three liguor cases will come before Justices of the Peace Hunter and Bradshaw, so it was reported on Friday afternoon. Informations have been laid and the date will be set for the hearing of the cases in the course of a few days. Why Does She Cackler TO Because she lays the biggest eggs and the most of them, and she's thriving on Carnovsky's . newly- crushed oyster shells. . Sir Rébert Lady Borden, Jouve | ye weeks' holiday in the , proba at Hot Surings, Va. ' oa : GERMAN STAFF Gen. Von Tip Was One of the Number SUPERB MARKSMANSHIP BRITISH SIGNAL: MAN IN BAL- LOON SHOT BY GERMANS. Eleven British Warships Are Firing On the Kaiser's Forces--The Ger. mans Suffer From Swampy Ground, Retarding Attempt To Advance. London, Oct, 23.---A despatch to the Daily mail from Dunkirk says that the British naval bombardment has utterly destroyed the town of Slype, which the Germans held in force. The house occupied by the German headquarter's staff was blown to bits. The naval marksmanship, accord- ing to the despatch, was superb. A British signdl man in a stationary balloon was shot by the Germans. A despatch to the Exchange Tele- rebellion | graph company from Flushing says "Wednesday night and vesterday | the Germans made a violent attack {on the environs of Ostend, whieh was repulsed by an energetic coun- To attack by the Belgians. "Eleven British warships fired on the Germans again yesterday. Gen- feral Von Tipp and his staff, who | were together in Leftinghe, near Middelkerke, were Killed by the fire of British naval guns." As though the Belgians had not already suffered sufficiently during the war, the little villages along the coast north of Ostend are suffering severely from shell fire, Lying as they do, between the German lines and the British warships off the beach, some of them are reported to have been completely destroyed and others badly damaged. It is believed, however, that virtually all the inhabitants of the villages de- {parted from them when the Belgian [army retired behind the Yser riv- er. "Continual rains have made the land very swampy, and the QGer- mans, suffering from heavy losses, cannot advance. Large numbers of their wounded arrived at Bruges and Ostend wednesday, and a body of Germans came from Ghent to as- sist in their removal. "A further consignment of new guns for the shelling of British war ships has arrived at Ostend. Zee- brugge is still occupied by German marines. - * THE LATEST FROM QUEEN'S. Number of Theology Students Lar. ger Than For Years. The enrolment of theology students at Queen's is considerably larger than it Has been for some years past. The formal opening of Queen's The- ological ' College will take place on November 9th, when Dr. H. T. Wal- lace will be installed as associate pro fessor of Hebrew. Queen's Journal : J. W. North, BA, B.D., is back in coMege again. They say that "Dinnv"' Branigan is delight- ed that once again the council' of the "gods" is complete. Rev. Dr. Morgan, who enjoys the distinction of delivering the Kerr loc- tures in the U.F. College in Glasgow this year, expects to sail for home on Saturday, 'and 'will take up work at Queen's about November 6th, Rev. A. Macmillan, the general as sembly's secretary of praise, is next week to give a brief course of lectures in the department of practical the- ology, with special reference to "Ihe Minister in Relation to Church Praise." ¢ CORNWALL, ONT. LA. Ault, of Cincinnati) Confers Fine Gift Upon Mis Cornwall, Ont, Oct. 23.--At a meeting of the municipal council of the township of Cornwall, the mag- nificént gift of L. A. Ault, Cinecin- nati, Ohio, of a park at the head of Sheiks Island, near the end of the Longue Sault Rapids, was for- mally accepted, Mr. Ault, who was born at Mille Roches in this town: to ty of the township va condition that it be maintained the free usé of the people. . -MoAuley's Book - Store KILLED "BY BRITISH NAVA PRINCE MAX OF Kaiser's Nephew, Buried With British Offices. London, Oet. 2 Snlisting regarding Prince Max s nephew of the kaiser, wers ¢l by the war bureau to-day. killed in action in Mon ts region, and buried 'in the. pla Certain Unrest HESS Amsterdam, Oct. 93. ~The spondent of the , Nieuws amsche Courant at Ghent big troop movements are ing, pla and. there is a certain ubrest J "the German army. The German staff left the town on Tuesday for either terin or Grammont. y 3" There are further = indications thas Germany is hurrying every wi can possibly be spared to the f line in France and Belgium, Ten thos sand marines arched outvof werp in a southerly direction. The gar rison at Antwerp has been' greatly dex pleted. Sr ert 5 GERMANS HAVEHAD ENOUGH, George Edwards, the il pres ) ' Says They Told Bo, London, Oct. 23.--~George. Edwards, the impresario, who has arrived 'from The Hague, says "his release "by" the Germans was mainly due to American intervention. . German wounded him 'that they had had en people of Germany may revolt, | told, when , they oe they heen deceived by the ni THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG Is On Sale at the Following City Stores: ores' GE Bucknell's News Depot ,.298 King § Clarke, J. W, & Co. ..,...858 College Book Store L048 Coulter's Grocery .......200 "ullen's Grocery, Cor. Princess & Frontenac Hotel 4... 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