ew AT IE I I HS SHES TEST HAS Force of German' Drive in Attempt to Break Seems Apparently Spent For the. Present. All Attempts of the Enemy to Cross the Yser Were Frus- trated---The Allies Hold Their Positions About -- Yores---Snow Haudicaps Operations the Allied Lines in the Paris, Nov. 13.--The fofee of the an attempt to break the allied lines and reach the coast cities of Dunkirk and Calais is apparently $= time being. . The official communique diminished. Yser canal have been frustrated. Ypres is unchanged, with the allies positions. The French have occupied Tracy lLeval, the state- ment declares. Snow is now falling in the Vosges heights and operations in that distriet have been hampered. Sank a German Submarine. London, Nov. 13.--A special from Dunkirk states that a French torpedo boat sank a German submarine off the west end of Belgium. The submarine, it appears, was trying to torpedo a. French warship, when.the latter's commander caught sight of her periscope, speed and charged down on the enetny, which disappear- ge quantity of dil rose to the surface, the-spot where the submarine sank. ed. . issued from the war office this afternoon, declares that the violence of the fighting from the coast to Lys, through Dismude and Ypres has | All attempts of the Germans to cross the st: ZINGSTON ONTA A - RIO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13. 1914 Hl DIMINISHED German drive in spent for the The position about still holding their put on full marking CANADA MAY CONTRIBUTE 150,000 MEN FOR WAR Ottawa, Nov. 13.--The announcement from London that Great Britain proposes lion in ly big 150,000 men in the field. In government and military cireles, it is stated to- day that Oanada is prepared for an indefinite period to send forward men as fast as they can be armed matter of some two or three con tingents, but of sehiding. forward a continuous stream of reinforeemeniz, so long as they are required to accom p- lish the decisive defeat of the legions of the kaiser. ped. It will not be a i field, undoubtedly fort must be made year to maintain a steady and ever increasing flow of Canadian fighting men towards the firing line in Europe. It is estimated that if the war is still in from now, Canada will have an army of --- to put an army of two mil- means that a corresponding- by Canada during the next progress a yeax approximately and equip- GERMAN DASHES BROKEN BY BRITISH TROOPS London, Nov. 13.--~The official press bureau issued the following statement last. night "The operations during the last few days have consisted mainly of fighting to the th of the Lys, where the joints x: St were at first on the b i ecke, . Wytschaete -and x have also been on the line from inzhein € ¥ of the fighting has 'one of frequent and vigorous in at 8 the Germans, i-- heavy shell-fire, alter vigorous counter result being ° the "our lines, with consid- r , but with still "Fhe allies' strength has been con stantly maintained by reinforcements Latterly 'the stress "has been in the neighborhood : of : Gheluveldt, - to the north of Ypres, and at Dixmude, "The German artillery fire was prac: Sieally & continual bombardment, in- = to' pulverize the defence paratory to the advance of the infan- tryy In the centre the struggle has at Ypres, 'the defence of which will "certainly be reckoned in history as ohe of the most striking episodes of the British army. "For more than three weeks the position, witich projects like a bastion into the enemy's lines, has been held pugs a rain of shells which has hard. Iy by day or night. During this time' the enemy has ! successive waves of infantry against it. only tc So ham. break to pieces, one after the o % 5 yi ies for. the Canadian contingent now reaches: pearly twenty thbusand pounds. J Over ten thousand pounds have Ea Im hie GERMAN ARMS SUFFER Whole Regiments Are Report: ed to be Wiped Out. CIRCULARS ON ENEMY TELL THEM TO.HUSBAND THEIR AMMUNITION. Battle of Aisne Renewed With Fer- ocity -- Attempt of Germans to Pierce British Line Near La Bassee Failed. London, Nov. 13.--The Times to-day has the following specials from its cor- respondent in the French and Belgian fighting zones : North France.--According to Ger- man officers who have fallen into the bands of the allies, roughly 500,000 Germans were fighting against the al- lies at the beginning of the great bat- tle on the Yser river. The enemy's casualties among officers themselves are put at 90,000, from which it may | | | This little FINE. BATHROOMS Also Shaving Parlor, and Cafe Con cert Hall Not Far From German Lines. Paris, Nov. 13.--The French have lparned to outdo the enemy in the art of trench-making. An officer writes that not only 'have his men fitted a cooking range in their tren- ches, but have half a dozen baih TOOMS properly tiled, screened off and fitted with hot and cold water spray 'and shower. Better still, is a regular system of drainage to be installed. Next to the baths is a shaving salon, and the soldiers are now at work upon a cafe concert hall, all underground, warmed and lighted, and something less than half a mile from the German lines Marked on Map Towns he Wished Spared. Paris, Sept. Temps from Saint-Omer says: "a map prepared by the German general staff was found recently in the pos session of 'a German officer who had been made a prisoner. On the draw- ing cectain distrists of Roubaix and Tourcoing 'were specially indicated by marks 'made by a red pencil. "When asked for an explanation of the markings, the prisoner said that he had received an order from ¥m- peror William to spare these two cities, which are important industrial centres." S-------------- Waldeck Gives Reason. Tokio, Nov. 13.--Mever Waldeck; who was in command. of the German forces at.' Tsing-Tau, according to despatches from that place to the Asabi, has sent. a telegram to Em- peror William, saying he was com- pelled to swrrender the position on account of lack:of ammunition and the heavy damage inflicted by enemy on his forts, Jap Warships Await Germans To Leave Port Chili, Nov. Leipzig and Dres- den _ are here to-day taking «on coal and supplies. "It is also Te ported that just outside the inter national three-mile lniit two Japan- ee cruisers are waiting to 'give them battle. The Germans can only stay in port twenty-four hours, or be interned for the gest of the war. Valparaiso, 13.--The German cruisers Advertise Industrial Classes. After a néeting of the Board of Education on Thursday night tne. Wie 8 meeting of the finance cov- mittee of the board when the yuss tion of 'advertising the. industrial classes was taken up. It was de cided that 10,000 circulars be print- ed setting forth the work of the classes and to have the same disfri- buted in the local newspapers - on Saturday. . ies 3 -- ; The Man. Who would like to invest $15.00 in a Winter Overcoat, can get a biz measure of value at Livingston's Saturday. See Advt. . been collected for the | Australian contingent. i "Duy nail brushes" at Gibsons. KAISER'S EYE ON MAIN CHANCE. | IN FRENCH TRENCHES |" * { | 13.--A despatch Yo. the | talion the | IN THE MARKET SQUARE AT FURNES, Belgian city has been in the thick of the fighting for the coast cities, the centre of the town occupied by # convoy of French and Belgians. OPERATE COAL MINES. Government. Philadelphia, Nov. 13.--A tion was presented at to-day's vention' of the American Federation resolu con- of Labor urging President Wilson to { | insist that the Colorado mine owners | accept 'the federal plan for peace and if they fail to comply that the president twkesteps to have the eoal mines operated under government supervision. The resolution was filed by Wil liam Green, of the United Mine Work- ers/of---Americn; acting for the min: ing department of the federation. Jt |! was referred under the rules of onvention to a commitiee, MARRIED ON PARADE. Soldier Weds in Public At London | 18 Pictures Taken. London, Ont., Nov. 13 O'Brien a recruit of the Battalion from Windsar, was ried by the chaplain at the ba racks parade groupds yesterday i the presence of Col. W. E. Hodg his staff nnd 1,200 men of the bat- The functiop was arranged by Lieut.-Col.- E. 8. Wigle, com- manding officer, and moving pictrr. | es were taken TO VISIT F ford Roberts Will Have Look At Indian Troops. - i. of L. Makes Saggestion to U. S i "| the LORD ROBE London, ~ Nov. 13.<¥%eld Marshal Lotd Roberts, of Kandahar, is going | to France. "The official announce ment making. this fact public nay = the famous general is going into the war zone "to see the Indian troops." Lord Roberts was bors in Cawnpore, India, eighty-two years ago. ----ee Police Contribute To Fund. Ottawa, 'Ont., Nov. I13.--The offi cers, noi-commissioned officers. and constables of the Royal North-West Mounted Police force who cannot go to the front because. they are pe quired . in "Canada, have contributed 8865 to the Canadian Patriotic Fund, one day's pay, beginning with Oct. st. The contribution will be con- tinued every month so long as it is required. Kaiser Restores Peace, Amsterdam, Nov. 13.--The Tele graai states that the German em- peror's recent wisit to Thielt, Bel gium, was to restore harmony, 170 Germar - officers having refused to go | to the iromt.on the ground that they had been misled. * "Buy shaving cream," at. Gibson's. The picture shows OFFICIAL STATEMENT | OF BRITISH LOSSES (More Men Are to be Rushed to | the Front at Once --More | Recruiting. London, Nov. 13.--England was staggered, to-day, by an official an nouneement, from Premier Asquith { stating that the British casualties in [the war to dute are 57,000 killed, | wounded With this tol | and missing h ar, more men dye to be »d to the front from the ared that with total Bri would be 2, nentary O-aay dec illion more. men the vength of all ranks reased to ring the last' week. It is wat Premier Asquith will formal | the sanction of parliament for | raising of million additional | | troops. The statement of the premier, plac casual at approximatei, give on reply to inquir members of the House one . t 57,000, was ies from Commons { | { | | i Dirugged And Robbed. Watertown, N.Y., Nov. 13.--Claim | ing to have been token to a strange | {house where he was given a drink | after which he remembered nothinz | until he awakened in some other house, the location of which he has been anable to furnish, Byron j Fairman, of Trenton, Ont., appeared { at polive headfuarters yesterday with a story of having been drugged | and" robbed of between $70 and $80 last night or early this morning Canal Business Declined. Ottawa, Nov. 13.--Tonnage through | Canadian canals up to the . end of October shows a decline of 10,000,000 tons up to-the first of the mouth, compared with the same period last vear. Most of the decrease is in | won ore through the Soo. The busi {ness of the Welland and St. Lawrence | canals increased, Has Defeated Rebel Dewet | London, Nov. 13i--An official Pre | toria dospaich rebeived at Reuter's { Telegram company says that General | Lois Botha, premier of South Afri- ca, came into contact with the rebel Geneval- De Wet's commando twenty- four 'miles east of Winburg, River Colony, after a forced night's match. The rebels, were severely do feated, 250 being taken prisoner. The Telegraph has a spedal from Johannesburg saying that the rebel general, Chris Muller, has been cap- tured near Pretoria. It adds that he was wounded. The Official Press Bureau received the following statement from the gov- ernment of South Africa: "On Nov. 9th the union forces drove the rebels from Weltevreden over the Zandfonteinin the direction of Rietfontein, and to the Oka por tion of the laa on' the Zandiontein. The enemy lost" 120° killed and wounded and twenty-five captured. {The union doss was twelve killed and | twelve wounded. Of the officers and men killed, with few exceptions, they were shot py dumedum bullets "and | made. | extraordinarily heavy. | were killed. jcame on in | back | mans thus | made by be assumed that actually their losses run well into six figures. In one case a regiment of infantry (maines), 1,800 strong, had only eighty men left when the great movement on Ypres was The losses among officers is Five generals I am informed by a British artillery officer, who has taken part in the fighting at Ypres, that he has seen a large number of German shells with the date of October, 1914, on the fuses. Only four out of five of these explode. Nét only is there a scarcity in German heavy ammunition, but in small arms ammunition. Circulars re- cently found on dead Germans infan- trymen at Ypres call upon the soldiers { to husband ammunition French Driven Back. In West Flanders: The Germans again assume the offensive on the Yser only dv points where they could do sor between Nieuport and Dixmude. All the front in .between these towns has been made impossible for fighting by floods. - The German troopsiare con- centrated between Dixmude and Thourout In the morning the Ger- man batteries opened a heavy fire on the French positions, and kept it up through most of the day. The can: nonade was a prelude to'a violent in- fantry attack on the outskirts of Dix- mude. The attack was met with great gal- lantry by the allies. Very- heavy fighting took place. The Gerinans overwhelming numbers, and towards evening 'the French | were compelled {0 retire. They fell into the town, destroying two their retreat The Ger- won the bridge-head reinforcements were brought and the fighting br in Strong upon both glides, | continued in and' about the town. In | the afternoon a force of Germans succeeded in penetrating into the town A desperate struggle in the streets ensued Between the Marne and the Aisne; the battle of the Aisne, to give it its old name, has broken out again with something like its old ferocity. The three main areas of this eternal battle are, roughly: (1) the district between the Oise and Croenné; (2) the immediate neighborhood of Rheims; (3) the actual forest of the Argonne La Bassee Move Falls A despatch to the Chronicle says: A very determined attempt was the Germans to pierce the British lines in the neighborhood of La Bassee on Tuesaday. They were repulsed with great losses and their artillery suffered heavily. Two of their biggest guns, sald to be 14- inch, were destroyed, and one of their largest howitzers, believed to be of the 16 1-2 inch type, is said to have been captured. This was a brilliant achievement for which the British artillery was almost entirely responsible. The British troops have. been relent lessly shelling the German positions for a week, and have crippled the German offensive. War Tidings. The destruction of the Emden has given a much- needed impetus to trade in India. A military revolution has broken out in Adrianople in consequence of Orange-raie subjection of the Turkish force: to German commanders. The allies are at the gates of Os- tend. It is thought they will soon enter the town, which was aban- doned by the enemy. A despatch from Rome says that two Austrian -dlivisions have been an- nihilated along the River Pruth While a small Russian force made & frontal attack, the main force invad- ed sukowina from the south, cut off the Austrian retreai and delivered an attack from the rear. The official Berlin newspaper pub. lishes a decree forbidding the export of leather, horseskins and calfsking shoddy and tin plate. News of the beginning of a battle at Cracow, Galicia, is momentarily expected. f Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney has arrived in Paris from New York with 15 trained nurses and fous suffered frightful wounds." physicians, She is organizing a so- y . ) TREMENDOUS LOSSES called flying hospital for work near the firing line. From Las Palmas, C Is lands, ten officers from the North German Lloyd steamer Kalser Wil helm der Grosse, destroyed early in the war by the British cruiser High- fiyer, who were on parole, have made their escape in a Dutch stea- mer, FREER EP PREP PPI PIM RPP * + MUST STOP IT. * + Washington, Nov, 18.--Eec- + uador and Colombia have been $ + warned by Great Britain and $ # France in emphatic terms that $ # the allies will not countenance # * further violations of neutrality # by these South American states, * HEE0000000000000000000000 CANADIAN SENTRY - KILLED AS INTRUDER Preis Dead Man Had Vials of Cholera Germs to Put Into the Camp Water. Ottawa, Nov. 13.--A private latter received by an Ottawa family from a member of the Canadian contingent at Salisbury Plains describes in an exceedingly circumstantial manner: a startling incident in camp. Dur- ing the first week at Salisbuty Plains one of the sentries while on duty by the big water tanks chal- lenged an individual lurking in the shadow of the structure. The seu- try's challenge was answered by a shot 'which entered his arm, bt which did not prevent him from ye- turning the fire. The intruder was shot dead. When the body was 'ex- amined, there were found in his session several-vials containing ¢hol- era germs, intended apparently fe spread disease through the water among the troops. - Mn RRS Now's The Time, | to select your Winter Ovations. lines are all in. How about one of our comfortable," bélted beck, aha collar coats at $15.00. Seq ston's Advt. ] FEN "Buy plasters". at Gibson's. At Clayton, N. 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