YEAR 81 NO. KINGSTON ONTARIO, WEDNBODAY, OCTOBER 28, 1914 TTT > An LAST EDITION THE ALLIES ADVANCE ~ REPORTED STEADY | | BS kttacks by the Germans Between Nieuport and Arras Have Become Less Violent, Indicat- ing Slackening on-Extreme Left. North and East of Ypres Allies Steadily Advacing, as Are Also French in Woewre District---Snow interferes With the Russian Offensive in East Prussia. The German forces attempted aivio- raonne last night, according to to- Paris, Oct. 28. lent night attack in the vieinity of C only to be repulsed with heavy losses, , day's official announcement. The three o'clock communique telegraphed, here from Bordeaux was unusually optimistic in tone. It de- clared that the German attacks between Nieuport and Arras were becoming less violent, indicating that the foree of the German assault on the « left has been slackened. . North and east of Ypres, and between Cambria and Arras, the allies are declared to be steadily advancing, and Germans are also suffering severe casualties at these points. The French are also advancing in Woevre dis- triet. : xXireine Snow Delays Russian Offensive. Petrograd, Oct. 28. --To-dav's advices from the front say that snow is again interfering with the offensive of the Russian army and delaying the movement of trans- port fo the front. man retreat on their east Prussian positions, has been slightly halted, and they are putting up a much more de- termined resistance. At no point, however, have they been able to assume the offensive. The latest reports from Przemysl decl fortress is on fire at several places, and that badly battered by constant shelling from Russian guns. that the is being are Slight Abatement in Fighting. London, Oct. 2 All ireports reaching here to-day indiedaté that the bloodiest fighting of the war Tas been progressing in Belgium during the past week and con- tinues to-day with but slight abatement. Desperate night attacks directed against the French and British lines by the Germans in their efforts to éut their way through to- ward Calais and Dunkirk, have been repulsed, according to official word from the war bureau, What the cost of holding this liye guarding the ¢dadtTias been to the allied forees is in n¢ way intimated by the war office. It feared, however, that the losses will prove staggering. All reports declare the Germans pressed their attacks with the ntmost bravery and utter disregard for the number of lives sacrificed in the assaults upon the allied positions. MASSACRE OF GERMANS BY THE ALLIES IN NORTH Geneva, Via Paris, Oct. 98. Melograns received in Basle, Switzerland, Tuesday night * from Cologne and Uablens declare that the war on the German right flank from Lille to the North Sea has become a massacre. Dur ing the last six days, it is declared, many thousands of Germans have been killed or wounded. Long trains eon- taining wounded continue to pour into Cologne, Dussel- dorf and Coblenz, and the Red Cross doctors and hospital 3 in those places are overwhelmed, it is stated. -- SANK TO DEATH IN MUD. Wragedy Among Miners Near South : Porcupine. South Porcupine, Ont., Oct. Two 'men. sank to death wm the mud of Sampeon's lake, Monday afternoon, " file twa others were rescued with greatest difficulty. The dead men are Mark Hama, mine' captain of the Porcupine Pet mine, and an Italian named Carino Four men wers engaged in repairing the mine when they fell into the lake and sank in the mud. Employees of the Dome mises managed to pull two out in time. ante was well known in this and leaves a wife, ea -------- Augusise Bowder, agent in Lon- don w Brunswick province, : Finsbury Park, morning. He from heart is R. M. C. GRADUATE WOUNDED. Lieut. C. F. F. Mackenzie, Toronto, With Scots Fusiliers. Toronto, Oct. oN the war office last night a cable an nouncing that his son, Lieut, C. F. F. Hackontie, of the Royal Scots Fusil-| ' had been wounded in action on! Sah 25th. The cable did not dis close the degree of Lieut. Mackenzie = wound. He was a graduate of the Royal Military Uollege at Kingston. Artillery School Opened. Guelph, Oct, 28.--A 'school of in struction for probationary officers of artillery was opened at Guelph armouries last night, and will con- tins or the next six weeks or iohg- er. Major Brown, of | Goderich, anc res, of > Ro, rte Hoo s ¥ Artilliey of: Ringston, are ip charge | lo In consequence the rapidity of the Ger 23.--H. Gordon Mac-! kenzie, 81 Walmer Road, received from | | | & dadiile i | | CANA | One of the first pictures of | hi te way from the deck to the CRUISER EMDEN. SANK JAPANESE SHIP 'She is Now Harassing the Com merce of Japan -- Sunk Steamer. london, Oct I'he Emden continues to evade column, made up of British and French warships, nearly the todal the Japanese nav) f port, veceived from her commander, shows that she is now harassing Ja panese commerce Ihe big Japan ese liner, Kamazaka Maru, en route to Singapore, from Japanese ports vith a valuable cargo, has been sunk in the Indian Ocean. LIEUT. INCE | i | | { 28 lerman erui the pur twenty Ser suing and PROMOTED To a First Licuiepancy By the Wai Office. Toronto, Oct. 28.--Lieut Tee, a graduate of the Royal Mili tary College, Kingston, who was in England when war was declared, fered his s&trvices to the war office was gaeetted second Sept. 17th. He has now moted to first lieutenant and is tioned at the Borden training cam near Aldershot Coming soon al ter his appoinement, the promotion is a compliment to the lieutenant' Ability and the splendid trainir en at the Royal Military Colle H. and been pro so STATES MAY SE ND FLOUR. the Belgians. Washington, Oct. 28 sending a cargo of Holland for the relief of the sanfls. of Delgian' refugees were cussed at the state department Ambassador Spring-Rice and Secretary Lansing. The project heen launched by a Minnegpolis mill er, who proposes that American mill ers donate the flour : Officials believe the warring will not object to shipment of flor if guarantees are given that will not sent out of Holland Plans for American flour to thou dis 1 by th it be WILL LIKELY BRING DETAILS With Regard To The dian Contingent. Oct 28. --~Major-General minister of 'militia, will _be about November 10th Ottawa, | Hughes, back in Ottawa As no word has the British war oft as to the com position of the cond foroe it is tak en for granted now that Major-General been ford Kitchener, will bring back ; details himself, | with these BIG FALLING OFF the Revenue of Inland Department, Oct. 2 tt of, the war ia d on li jquors, tobaceos, et session has {not yet hecome apparent on the rev- enue of the inland revenue depart ment. The total revenue collectea by the department from all sources in September last as against Septem ber of 1913 shows a falling off of nearly $330,000. 8 Otiawa, Canadian KITCHENER THE BRAINS, Electrical Wizard Has Profoundest Admiration For Him, { Chatham, Oct. 28 Speaking of ithe war while motoring through i Chatham on his. way from Detrofi, Thomas A. Edizen, the inventor, de- ¢lared. that ke had the profeundes: { admiration for Lord Kitchener, who. {he said, was the brains of the Rrit- Heh empire at tbe Present time i ca CARR ANZA OFFERS TO RESIGN Conditional, However, On the Retire. ment Of Villa. Mexico City, Oct. 28 -Genersi Car ranza has submitted his resignation to She Aguason fiemtes gonvention, His of- to relingui his post as supreme ehief ofthe dation, however, iv condi- Hare tonal on_sthe retirement to private of General Frgnsisey Villa. Me(. | of- | lieutenant on | © . | may { the decision to write off uncoil | Minneapolis- Miller Suggests Aid for 20 Acting | has | nations | | further move Second Cana- | received from Hughes, who has been in consultation | Revenue | Raa a RR, LIAN CONTINGENT ARRIVES AT PI the Canadian contingent since its arviv station. BLEW HEABS SUI HIS THREE CHILDREN, Canty Dealer Also Shot His Wile and Then Committed Suicide. ill, Oct William * early to-day three children with an | shotgun, shot part of | Lis wife's arm, and then turning the | upon himself, inflicted a fatal | Stromberg returned home at | announced that he ih | his wife. Mrs him, while her, ran 99 M Femporar Stromberg, | blew ti Galesburg, automati oli ound ht and to kill ught with to madnig { tended herg fe | tempted he finally | yard it and into the shoot and recover broke loose She wall TO MEET EXPENSES. | | New York City's Budget May Re ach | £200,000, ano, | New Yi¥y Oct. 2 that preliminary § New York city's expenses next year 1 a proposed saving of § administrative expenses budget as a whole ca $41, an incre: of $11 last year Even wit which the Board of timate the Board of Alderme th Kk, it believed that final bu will call for, $200.0 in the 'tenative or $204 J,880 over the pruning is dget 1000 The increase is due principall sum of over to the y iations. for « er appropr G ERMANS MAY INTE ND Eastern "Part of Winter. 28. ~The writing To Hold Aisne Al corresponden oi the Morning Post, from a point near Rheims under date of Sat urday and discussing the situation in | the e part. of the valley London, Oct wetern Aisne t is possible that the Germans in tend to hold this Yine all winter and if they fortify their positions it is » possible that they can do s certain that they can make ne forward into France French Await German Attack On Belfort London, Oct. 28.--A despatch to Times from Berne, Switzgriand, rts that the Germans are re g large reinforcements in Al- , dnd that the French are mak great preparations for on Belfort which is powe entrenched. } ONERS. I the HAS 206,969 PRI { Comparatively Few Britons Held b) i Germany. | Amsterdam, Oct. 28. Berlin des patches says the number of prison ers of war in Germany up to October 21st was 296,969, including 5.501 officers. This total includes: French, 2,672 officers, 146,897 men; Russians, 2,164 office 104,52 men; Belgians, 547 oificers 31,378 men; British, 218 officers, 8,660 men. Further envoys of prisoners are én ronte, General's now in Gear- man fortresses number 27, of which | 6 are French, 18 Russians, inelodin two commanding generals; and 3% Belgians, Lu MAN, AS' A DESERTER. \ Germans Looking For Excuse to Ex- ecnte Heroic Détender. Dunkirk, Oct. 28.--Aecording to ad vices [rom Halle, Germany, a move- ment is under way 'that seeks to iden tify General Laman; the heroic de: fender of Liege, Wh a Heinrick Leh mann, wha deserted from the Geeman army in 1870. It %s declared that the! resemblance between the two men' ja very sirtking. \ ; \ ydoperal Leman ie nov 3 prisoner in the fortress of Mogdeburg ; | mitted Strom | { fr jon an arder for 200,000 steel Loree of the Dutch 0 x YMOUTH. al in England. A regiment halts [ PRACTICALLY ADMIT SUCCESS OF ALLIES Berlin is of the Most Desper- ate Character. Berlin, via The Although the G to-day Belgium has perate character, to both optimism v ultimate being Hague, Oct, 28 rman war office ad- that the fighting in been of a most des- with heavy losses only the greatest pressed ak to the the campaign seted against seaport sides, 6x 8 ot no ities i : has offered stubborn statement issued office, declared, "but been enormous in our troops {he greatest enédmy re ance," a the their es have opposing vange of with war who are fighti bravery GIBMAN STAFF MOVES from Ostend, Unsafe, Oct. Heyst Which is German stafi removed from Os vesterday and is now the Hotel Plage, which considers safer than Os- 28. ~The are on tender hooks the landing of Brit Jelgian coast, and own runes along the Ostend tugs and dredges nirpose. The work of mine appears to be poorly German mines broke ashore, wees--dash- revetments and n the oating e stone Officers. Make Rigid Examin- at Liverpool. erpocl, Oct. 28.--Having re formation that twenty-two e on board the Cun- an Mauretania with 8 ports, several office » tice subjected the » liner vo a rigid exam- pation on her arrival from New York yesterday. No spies were found on board the The only victim of the in s the agent of an American 8 rectory, who had with him amples of American rifles No- scaped examination, not even Timothy Healy, the Irish member of parliament, who evidently did not relish the cross-examining he had to undergo British ation body MOUNTAIN TUNNEL FINISHED. Down Distance Paris and Berne. Jerne, Switzerland, Oct, 28.--A gve mile tunnel through tne Jura moun- tain from Moutides, 'France, to Gren- 'hen, Switzerland, , was pierced yes- terday after three years of uninter- rupted work. The tunnel will shorien railway communication between Paris Will Cut Between { and Berne and Paris and Milan. The cost of cutting the tunael through the moumtain was $5,000, - 000. Of this sum the Eastetn Rail- road pf Frange contributed $2,000, - 000. No Nurses Needed. Ottawa, Oct. 28.--The Canadian Re- lief Committee, which met in Ottawa charges vesterday,'came to the opinion after vondideralde discussion that it was inadvisable at present than any mov ment be initinted in Canada having for its object the raising of funds for gending nurses: from Camada to the scene of war. No purses are wanted fromr Canada, at least not at ¢ sent, and none will be sent to land or the continent unless the de- partment of militia decides fo send ambulance units with the secand con- tingent, in which case the usual com- plement will go. J The Nova Scotia Steel company, it is stated, i¢ at present epgaged discs which are to be used inside that number. of shells being made for mi- litary purposes. The etport of cheese had been temporarily probitited by special de- government. Statement nt Says the Fighting | BY Ales Concentrated Attack on Left Flank. ADVANGE ON CALAIS THAT ON PARIS HAS UT- TERLY FAILED. LIKE Tremen- Success The Invaders Lose Ground at | dous Cost -- First-Class Now Attends the Allies North. laconic an- nouncement of less than twenty words, the French war office last night made known a gain by the al- lies which is weighty - with signifi- cance. ' After declaring that "there is nothing to announce' the commu- nication, makes the exception of "some progress on our part in the region ¢o the south of Dixmude." aken in connection with unoffic- details of the. fighting in the in- Jeno which has come to be known the Battle of Flanders, publica- | tion of which was not perniissible { until the dfficial anpouncement of Jie completion of the manoeuvre | vvas made, this bare declaration | 8 vast importance "Since the fighting of Friday, Sat- which carried the Yser in small de- between 7,- main effort of supported to cut of the Paris, Oct, 28.--In a | ial | urday and Sunday, Germans across the tachments numbering 000 and 10,000, the the Anglo-Belgian forces, by the French, has been through upon the left flank main body of the Germans. Yesterday by a supreme Belgian, Brit and French, under orders from General Joffre to con- centrate the force of their attack on this left flank position of the enemy, succeeded in driving through and es tablishing themselves in a position to direet a deadly cross fire from the fiank which is calculated to relieve the pressure against the allied posi- tion to the north. rally the The Belgian Defence. the Belgians undertook the of the Yser they held it for a I'ien by sheer weight of artil- and men the Germans pushed the but not before for the tem When defense week. lery gallant Belgians back, they paid the full price porary gain At least two army corps faced the Belgians. Their object was to force them right into France and thus suc- ceed in turning the allies" left. It cost the Belgians a thousand casual- ties Lo prevent the attainment of this object. - it 1s reported on reliable authority that the German emperor had placed eight army corps (320,000 men) in this | section of the field. Their losses have | been frightful; their successes practical ly nil Towards the end of last situation was doubtful; now there no reason for fear of failure. On the contrary, first-¢lags success may be looked for, which will place the Ger- maps finally on the defensive. in the west Great progress the reorganization army Ex-King Manuel Wants to Serve With Portugal London, Oct. 28.--Failing the ac- ceptance of the proffer of his services by King George for ithe war against Germany, Manuel, former king of Portugal, has now offered the gov- ernment of the republic of Portugal. to serve with the Portuguese contin- gent if that couniry decided to join the allies. Manuel is also strongly urging his followers at Lisbon to avoid any at tempt to mak® political capital out | of the present situation. Former Queen Amelie of Portugal, widow of King Carlos, aiready has gone to the front with the British Red Cross. + week the 1% has been made in of the Belgian Prodding The Consc In the Canadian" Magazine for No: vember Britton B. C , in an arti cle entitled "Is This True?" almosi dhe Canadian people with dis- Pra in ngt demanding Canadian- made goods whenever their is equal 4 oe. HUGHES AT FRONT, oy Ouawa, Oct. 28, It is am- ored here that ; tia, is now with the ters staff of the French armies at the front. fore he left he declared tention, If possible, lines. of the allies some of the fighting. BER PPEI SPE i FROM LAND MINES -- SUSPECT- ED GROUND AT TSING-TAU, -- 2 Failed to Explode When Cattle Passed Over -- Concluded Place Was Not mined, and Met With Terrible Losses. Chicago, Oct. 28~A cable ERY to the Daily News from Pekin says: "Te. Japanese left wing suffered heavy casualties when it was attack- ing the north-east positions of .the Germans at' Taing-Tau. "Having received informatibn that the ground over which 'hey had to go was mined, the Japanese drove herds of cattle over it. The mines, not 'being of the * contact variety, failed to explode, and, ; ; that their 'information was incorrect, the Japanese continued' to advance im two extended lines. "The Germans resisted with rifle fire ann retreated slowly, so as to en- courage their opponents to advance. When the Japanese reached the base of a low range of hills the by means of electrity exploded mines, killing five hw men, then turned machine gam on the ve treating foe. "This bears out. the weport that the Germans have heavily mined all approac to the town, waking unlikely Shat it. % it will be jake storm. be probably: reduced by lo ke of ings guns, this will take longer. A-- DAILY MEMORANDUM. See top of page 8, right hand corner, for probabilities. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG Is On Sale at the Following City Bucknell's News Depot ..206 King RB Clarke, J. 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CLIFP- en Qet.. 37th, 62 4 Kingston, 1914, George CH aged 62 Funeral from his i resident, 162 University Ave, Thursday, at o'clock (Toronts and Edmohton papers please NOLAN 1p Kingston, -- et 2 TR he Oil 1914, Hann Funeral ye ort tram" har late reki- wife of Wi dence, 277 Sydent ton morning, at Selo Cathedral, Where x i lis 88 May mass will be su Mans ah eu eto" th eepome of The Phone 577 The Old Fi 254 and 256° Our stoves torn iow thad ever Yetore: + 705. a -- value and attention given. He cites instances where preference has shown to articles of foreign mann' facture, but the gist of his article is in to the conscience of the Canaslian people on the point of pa triotism of this nature. Galt "whirlwind" tained $30,000 for the Ca 'an otic Fund in three hours' It is again veported that the German cruiser been captured. Cotton may now be shipped may and Austria without Lier ; Setiots unake shicioks oceurred t northern cities of Italy. ob- Bahia Patri in EX ansbuver Leipzig has WwW. R. dohuibton, of Délta, was in . jthe city on Fuegday. JAPS 10ST HEAVILY