in YEAR 81 NO. 265 ALLIES INCREASE THE FLOODED. AREA An Entire German Regiment Was Destroyed by the Rush of Water Which Swept Through Their Trenches. Flooded District Now Extends South of Dixmude---Part of Allies Defensive Measures---Last Week When Waters Receded, Germans Were Able to Renew Attack on Dixmude. Paris, Nov. 16, 'Bixscheete, when the allied troops again tlooded the district in which bit- ter fighting for the line month. This was declared the war office. . About five miles has now been added to the to the official announcement. The inundated district heretofore has ex- tended to Dixmude, but it is now within three miles of Bixscheete, fit was there that the German regiment was destroyed in the rush of water which swept through the trenches. The renewal of the attack upon Dixmude during last week was made possible for the Germans by the re- ceding of the waters which poured over the lowlands, "first flooded the district. as a 'part of the defensiv e measures An entire German regimeut was destroyed north of to the cogpst has beem in progress for the past to-day in the official communique, issued by flooded area, according south of that point, and continues to or to the forest of Houthulst. when the Belgians More ground ig new being inundated, however, GREAT SUFFERING FROM WINTRY WEATHER. London, Nov. 16.--Biting gales driving before snow from Nieuport along the entire left wimg of the allied army, brought to the fighting line in Belgium and France causing the war office the greatest coneern The attacks of the Germans have slackened, dation of the additional territory, réalized, however, that under the present conditions, British and French ranks of an epidemic must soon become gcute. saflerilig of the men is intense. other supplies for winter campaigning have been rushed to France and more are followng. It is feared, however, that with ground sodden from heayy rains and snow now falling, the death rate greatly Increased, as all reports indicate that the men find it practically impossible to keep dry. The situation the left bank of the Yser with the allies. cally impassable. might still be used despite the mud, the A as LORD | ROBERTS DIED - WITHIN SOUND OF GUNS London, Nov. 16.--The death of Earl Roberts was extremely sud- den. was in his usual good health 'when he left England on Wednesday with his daughter, Lady Aileen Roberts, and his son-in-law, Major Imwin. The party had alhe rough trip crossing the channel, but much as in England. the aged general felt no ill-effect | and went through with his pro gramme on the continent. In fact, he was about to return home w hen his death oceurred. Barl Roberts had motored to the British bases and camps, had re- viewed the: Indian troops and had fonterred wiih the leading officers. t was not until about dinner time . : Friday evening that he complained uch the news of is that reach. of & slight chill, As he was subject | hin trenches many of the veterans to or less trifling chest "rh "rend 3 1 troubles, he followed his usual e French nation regards Lord course snd went to bed early.. Roberts" end as the most inspiring As his temperature rose, medica] | istoric incident of this: war. men were called in and pronounced his condition critical. They reliev- ed the eral of what pain he was suffering and he fell asleep. His death: uring sleep. . The passing of the great warrior has profound grief through- out country. At all churches and in | _eamps where the soldiers tauthing reference - was them hail, rain and have conditions which are owing both to the inun- and the storm which prevails. It is the danger in the The Great quantities of heavy clothng and from sickness will be with German lines is more serfous than on the All roads are declared to be practi- mired down, and roads which Guns and wagons have are now made more treacherous by | eo tributes to his sterling qualities as a man as well as a fighter. They comment in moving terms on the grave train of circumstances which brought him to French soil to end a well-filled life, and declared that will be meffrued in France as/ Veterans Sobbed. Paris; Nov. 16.--When jan affection of the lungs developed Lord Ro- berts returned to Boulogne. "1 don't expect to recover," he is quoted gy saying after his arrival at Boulogme, "but 1 am glad to be vear many of 'my old comrades." ------ His Devotion To The Army. London, Nov. 16.--Lord Roberts' de votion to the interests of the army, his hard work in this connection, and bis seeming good health had been the subject ne comment since the begin- ning of the war. He was the most popular military figure in Great Bri dain and a national hero without ri- val in the fi gear of jFeotle, ad ngver to ------ Work stice 'Bis nominal res ent, ant Sines had often res Be rigidly abstemious at ho might preserve his for the service of his coun: ivale conversation, he ex: to the ending of the life conviction that Germany of seemng soldier that he should | was planning to make war on Great havé passed away in the midst of | Britain ny she found an adv Fr he loved so well and with- j ous moment, and he believed that A in of the ie guns. po su Ww Lady Roberts, Sir John French, In of the army serving in| ti deep sympathy. | ma phir} our grief is shared by! life, ds the loss of a much- | try. A Ar he was called, it menace of civil war in Ire was a Sactoe in satiny alight the present European conflagration. Nov. '16.--~Sunday's papers| Lord. Roberts commanded none of comm at length upon the death! the arts of the orator and usually of at Roberts. All review the read his . His popular nick- splendid career of "the soldier bt| rend nk mp nd lack of per- Lucknow, Lahore, Afghanistan and sonal di . the 'Tratavaal, and pay eloquent | A Page 3.) 'yan Regrets Loss Drowned In River Avon. London, Nov. -16.--Walter Bur. dock, an artilleryman attached to the Canadian contingent, who broke m. Salisbury Plain 'New Bursar At Cobourg. oF the Mimico nespitar e has been rd riiny -K 1 NGSTON THE LATE GENERAL LORD ROBERTS. ONTARIO. MONDA Ve NOVEMBER 16, 1914 | JUSTIFIES BARBARISM. One German General Says Nothing Matters But Victory. London, Nov. 16.~--The correspon- dent of the Standard in Copenhagen wires as follows, quoting Major-Gen- eral von DisParsh (retired) in an ar- ticle contributed to the Hamburg Nachrichten: "No object whatever can be served by taking any notice of the accusations of barbarity level- ied against Germany by their foreign | erities. We dwe no explanations to 'anyone. Whatever act committed | | by our troops for the purpose of die-| jcouraging, defeating and destroying {the enemy is a brave act and fully { justified. Germany stands the su- Ipreme arbiter of her own methods. It is of no consequence whatever if all the monuments ever created, all the pictures ever painted, all the buildings ever erected bv 'he great architects of the world be doestroved, it by their destruction 'we promoted Germany's victory. War is war. The ugliest stone p. ced mark LAST EDITION AUSTRIANS MAY AY NOT ~ DEFEND CRACOW CITY There is a Genera Exods| From That Place. THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE THIRTY-FIVE MILES INSIDE THE EAST PRUSSIA FRONTIER. Germans Said to_Have Withdrawn "From Vicinity of Kalitz--Mazur- ian Lake Region Clear of Enemy. the burial of a German Grenadier is a more glorious monument than all] the cathedrals in Europe put 'to- | gether. They call us barbarians. | What of it. We scorn them and | their abuse. | "For-my part, I" hopé that in this { war we have merited the title bar- | barians, Let neutral peoples and war enemies cease their empty chat- ter which may well be compared ito the twitter of birds. Let them jcease to talk of the cathedral of { Rhemes and of all the churches and {castles in France which have shared its fate. Our troops must achieve | victory What else matters." Fire and Water Both Assail The Germans Nov. 16.--The Germans are now assailed by both fire and water Virtually marooned in some the flooding of the lowlands, they "ary subjected to a terrific artillery fire from the allied lines, and hold their positions only by the greatest show of bravery and at a terrible cost. The combat is now largely confined to artillery duels. The (Germans have mage sporadic attacks between Dix- mude and Bixscheete, but have been re- pulsed. As no official confirmation has been made of the reported recapture of Dix mude by the allies, it] ig helieved here that the ruined town will bevgewnrit able, death trap for the Germans ow ing to the renewed flooding of tne fer- ritory. London, Cut Off By Floods, London, Nov. 16.-~In consequence of heavy week-end rains, says a Rot- terdam correspondent, it is rumored that a big force of Germans around Dixmude have been cut off by floods AUDACIOUS IS REPAIRING, Is The Information From ihe British Admiralty. New York, Nov, 16.--Owing to the fact that the British will permit no referenve to the dis- aster or accident to the super-dread- nought, Audacious to cabled or printed in London papers, it was on- ly through the most carefully word |v messages that the United Press was able to convey to London the places by | | have been consors fuformation that was degired A message, so framed that it was pas- sed by the censors, came in reply, | and declared the "best information is that the Audacious is repairing." | A surgeon of the liner Baltic, whe | had been transferred from the Olym pic, denied, late on Saturday, that | the Olympic had seen or heard of the which the rescue of the dreadnought's | crew was made. (STORMS CAUSE LULL I | BATTLE OF FLANDERS! Germans Have Not Given Up At| tempt to Reach the French | Coast. London, Nov. 16.-<After four] weeks of most desperate fighting, there is a lull in the battle oi Flan- ders. With this lull, however, has come little relief for the men in the trenches, 'as the artillery and rifle fire, to which they have been subject- ed. with bardly any intermission, has been replaced by one of. those severe storms which so often accompany | November in this latitude. For the most part the opposing armies have been content to shell each other at long - range, but the Germans have made several aitheks | around Ypres, which, according to the French general staff, have been repulsed with heavy losses. Despite these losses, it is' believed that the Garmans have no intention of giving up their attempt to reach the French coast, and the allies are making elaborate preparation to, block any further advance in force. Extensive defense works have been erected along the Yser canal, and the French armies are holding that line from the Belgian border south to the River Oise and pushing forward ap- proach works which place them in a better position for either defense or offense. Fo-night, Marks Bros. The Ernie Marks Stock company will be the attraction at the Grand Opera House this evening. Mr. Marks has selected for the- opening bill in Kingston The American Girl, ope of the very funniest comedies ever written. It will be remem- beéred that it is the piece in which Paege F. Hall made es big hit some WO Seasons ago. i will play the | agri the ANAY Hom Audacious on a trip to Belfast during i; [East Prussia. "Blanketed by Fire," Dragged Wounded Soldier to Shelter {{roin cur machine guns." is excellent : Germany Denies Placing Mines In High Seas Child Burned To Death. | i Iroquois, Nov. 16.- William Roberts caught fire on Sat- urday morning and his little child ly- ing in the cradle was burned to death. The mother had gone out for a few minutes, leaving three children alone. Whether a' spark from the stove caught the clothing of the cradle or : . whether the pipes fell down is not Berlin, Nov. 16.--(via the Hague inown. The fire started in the kitch and i.ondon).)---Germany's answer én, where (he children were, and be- to the charges made by the British was noticed. by outsiders the government regarding the methods haby was so badly burned that it emplayed by Germany. in laying died, and the hair of the others was mines jn the North sea is printed padly scorched. The house and every- n the Nord Deutsche Allegemeine | thing in it was burned. : ~The residence of fore it als Lake goes Zeitung. The article asserts that the eight ference at the Hague, which were| Port Arthur, Nov. 16.--The United among ~the conventions signed on States freight steamet Onoko is re British government refers in its outside of Passage Island in the open note to the neutral powers, never Jake. The tug Whalen has gone to less Germany announces that the The bulk freighter Colonial is will act in accordance with the (Ee near Cedar Springs, The British charge that : hat. Gorunuy | violated. provisions» hey Taying of mines is a "ally "~ used fishing boats or vessels flying neutral flags in laying mines, all has Germany laid mines in the high {They Have the Advantage of Steady sehs. All have been laid as near | D ill t Thei H d- oast lines and character of the bot-| g tom permitted; all have been care-! duly. Informed. Outawa, Nov. 18a fter inspecting It is untrue, continues the the members of the second contingent norts by laying mines, If Sediral headquarters; Major-General Sam the Germnan mines laid on the | Hughes has returned with the firm drifted to sea| for the second is quite up to the hig} through avy st 5 380 are ] p gh hrou heavy storms . these are standard sot by those of the first. lish mines which have been driven " 3 . on 10 the Dutch and Pelglah toasis men,"" he saeid. Many of them have the advantage of steady training at Woman Gets Long Sentence, will stand Shem in good stead they get across of fore gt taining * Miss guard dutv on the canals and the lelle Beatty, aged nineteen, of To- | public. buildings is fine test for the , Belle Zilch was sen- | L ahead splendidly and there are Taylor to Auburn | lenty of good men offering themselves |p g {0 ten years. The Beatty girl came | > lon J: eatty g Po | also paid a tribute to the home { ment for housework. | guards. BOYS CUT DOWN LIKE A BRITISH OFFICER agreements of the second peace con- Freighteérs Ashore. October 18th, 1907, to which the ported as being disabled twelve miles have been Inlly ratified. Neverthe: |Ler assistance. terms of these agreements. Erie. nied. in the article. © Germany hever WiTH ER, were laid by war vessels. © Neither lish harbor entrances as the { quarters. fully anchored and neutral powers | paper, | . To tk al *hat Germany has barred at Kingston and Toronto divisional Eng- Wah codgt have {conviction that the standard of men much less numerous than the Eng- "They are particularly a fihe lot of where py hav 2 ere they have inflicted damage | headquarters and on guard duty,which uffalo, N E h n tl) 3 . I uff , 3 Nov. 16 On t General }ughea believes that night y o> 5 9 . egw gn 2 home here at 492 | nerves of the soldiers. "Recruiting on for a term of from four | for service," he said. General Hughes to Buffalo in answer to an advertise- | GRAIN IN FOE'S LINE| WINS IRON CROSS Says Russian Officer | - and Was Himself Hurt Dur- in . Petrograd. ing the Action, Petrograd, Nov. 16.--An officer | London, Nov. 16.--~A Paris despatch who has returned to Petrograd from |to the Central News says : the t Pr n front reiterates| "During the recent fighting the the report tl the Germans. are | {rerman troops, after a fierce charge, sending whele companies of infantry | retreated, carrying all their wounded formed exclus y of very young except one man. A British officer men into tie firs One who went out to bring in the wound- of the i od soldier was himself wounded, but ing 1 he managed to drag the German 'was th soldier, to- shelter, where later hoth gome of were picked up by a German ambul- years cold, moving forward shoulder ance. te shoulder like automatons, and be-| "Ag a reward for hie bravery and ing' cut down like grain by the fire humanity the British officer 'received !the Iron Cross from the German | commanding officer. He was sent back to his own trenches, where he was recommended for the Victoria Cross, * but succumbed to his injur ios, of these youngsters, hem fifteen and. sixteen hr PERE PPh hd bbb db bee A MEMORIAL SERVICE. Kingston, as the leading mili- tary city of eastern Ontario, should mark the occasion of the fungral of Lord Roberts by a service in the aymouries, at hich the whole body of sol- diery in this city would be pres- ent. AX few brief pointed ad- dresses by clergymen aud othe ers could be made, in which they could™set forth the great incidenis of the late earl's lite and the lessons to be learned therefrom. Such a service could he held at the hour at which the service is being held at St. Paul's in London, Eng: land, and should be made wor- thy of the occasion, and the great wan whose memory would be honored. |} | OFFICERS RETAIN SWORDS. Over 5,000 German P Prisoners Taken | To Japan. | - Pekin, Nov. 16.--All prisoners taken by the Anglo-Japanese force as a ye sult of the capture of Tsing: Tau have heen sent to Japan. combatants captured numbered more than 5,000. All officers of the German garrison | were allowed to retain their swords. | i CAPT. ED. C! ARR-HARRIS KILLED Was a Son of Prof R. Carr-Harris, Kingston. Nov. 16,-~The name of $ London, Captain E. D.: Carr-Harris, of the FIERIIIEIIII IIIS Royal Canadian Engineers, aj pears | in the 1st of killed to-day. Ease eae IR es sre Tees a $544040sertILILLs + when } 16.--With the con- tinued withdrawal of the Austrians from central Galicia, the Russian advance is developing with continued success. It iv declared here to-day that there is a general exodus from Cracow, and judging from the 'lack of resistence shown the forces - ad- vancing upon it it is believed "that the Austrians may have. detided not to defend this city. An official statement the Mazurian Lake region bas been all but cleared of the enemy. The advance along the line toward Koin- igsherg has reached Amgersburg, thirty-five miles inside the East Prus- sian frontier. Fighting is in pro- gress in the Soldau region. = In the movement upon Thorn fighting con- tinues between Plock and River War- the. The Germans are said to have withdrawn from the vicinity of Ka- Hsz. Patrograd, Nov. declares that War Tidings. rest the re- agreement issued a agreement has set at port that she had an with Turkey, and has siatement that no such exists. British and French navy yards, and private shipyards as well, ate working night and day to have mew submarine destroyers in service within the next few months. Constantinople reports that the ameer of Afghanistan has decided to declare war on Russia and Great Britain. A battle of some going on between the Turks at Keprukeui, us, the result of whjch 1 marked effect on tle art of the world. The Germans have not eeded in crossing the Yser in front of Dixmude, and since that own has been entirely destroyed the possession of it has thus. far been of little value to the invaders. The purpose of the trip to South America of the former French mini- ster of finance, Joseph Cajllaux, is a visit to Brazil, where he will in- to the possibilities of obtaining Brazilian raw materials and ?® food- stuffs for France The liberality with which the warring nations have spread mines in the North sea is indicated hy the fact that during the last week the Duteh coast guards have picked up 'rom twelve to twenty mines daily. England, it" is announced, has mo ntention of undertaking any sili- ary or war orerations in Arabia, xcept for the protection of Arabian interests against Turkish or other igression, or in support of attempts by the to free themselves from Murkish Captain Estill of the British séea- mer Scepter, which arrived from Santos, Brazil at New York, told how ship, with a cargo of coffee n transit for Toronto, escaped cap- ture by the German cruiser Karls- rube because her distination was New York. RISING MONEY FOR. CANADA'S WAR FUND Minister of Finance Devising Plan --What 'Will Farmer's Part Be ? Ottawa, Nov. 16.--Hon. Mr. White, minister of finance, is engaged - day and night worrying with the problem how to raise the money necessary to enable Canada to properly participate in the great war. Extra taxation for the purpose of providing from thirty-five to fifty mil- Bulgaria proportions is Russians and in the Caucas- may have war in that yet sue- Araly rule his lions of dollars will, it is said, be re- | quired. Mr. White's special problem is tol devise. a scheme that shall distribute this extra taxation as much as pos- sible over the entire population with- out pressing unduly hard upon ous} section. And the particularly hard nut in that special problem is: How | shall the farmer, who has suffered least from the war, if he has sufiered at all, be made to contribute his fair share of the extra taxation negessi- tated by the war ? Hon. Mr. White has been in close consultation with the pro iinent men in the financial world, ol, it is ru mared that there is every probability some further form of direct taxation in the shape of a samp duty on 1 and bills of all aie may be imposed. Such taxes were umposed in the Un- ted States to meet war expenses. Ac VAR COSTS BRITAIN About Five Million a Day Over Nor. mal Expenditure. London, Nov. 16.--Addressing the House of mmons to-day, in mov- ing for an additional vote of credit, Premier Asquith declared that up to Sas) Saturday the war had cost Britain aud a Naif million ahd at normal ex. 2 at of the Ta of Toi -Tan, a graduate of the as the Orient. Is o Roral Miltary Col: | bet lege, Kingston, On t., Where his an BO oF Tosiden. RECALLED FOR SERVICE. Major Lumb, Brockville, Goes to Jol nt. . 3 Brockville, Nov. 16.--~The mili secretary of the Brush war office h notifid Major H. Lumb, of Bi ville, to report Ly duty at "the earliest date to the oflicer col Sth battalion of fhe Sagem at Colchester, ssex, Lumb, who is a well-known commis: cial teaveller, will respond at once to the call. Mrs. Lumb, who -wll ae compgpny 'him, will engage in Red Cross' work, 3 THREE SMALL BRITISH BOAT -- 8 Reported Disabled by German Guus on Belgian Coast. 2 Berlin, via wireless to Sayville, R. 1, Nov. 16.--A report received here from Geneva declares #§ British cruisers, Falcon, Brillia and Rimaldo have been disabled hy German guns along the Belgian coast, according to an official states 'ment issued to- day: ¥ are al The above mentioned small and old ships. MOST OF CANADIANS STILL IN ENGLAND Section of the Artillery and Trans port Units May Already be in Field. « Ottawa, Nov. 16.--No official ad- vices have as yet been received by the militia department here confiru- ing the published rumors to the ef- fect that a number of Canadian troops, including some of the "west ern cavalry, are already in Frapcs and in the firing zone. It is thought probable in official circles here, hows ever, that some of the regulars among the Canadian force, with perhaps a few of the artillery ang some of the motor transport sen vice, have already been sent to the front. It is not. expected that tha main body of the first contingent will see active service for som® weeks, it being Lord Kitchener's policy to send only thoroughly trained troops to the firing line un less further reinforcements of more recently enlisted men are' s solutely necessary. Premier Roblin, in Ottawa, splendid health and 'will meet ministers in daily cabinet ; to press forward area ts for the despatch of the additional contingents to the front. DATLY MEMORANDUM. City Council, 8 pm. Ernie Marks Co., Grand Opera House, 8.15 pm p of page 8, right band DOrRery See Lo for probabilities THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG | Is On Sale at the Following City Bucknell's News Depot ..296 King HN Clarke, J. W. & Co. «vi.0s 383 Princess College Book Store . Coulter's Grocery 'ullen's Grocery, Cor. Princess & Alfred Frontenac Hotel aL Gibson's Drug Store ..Market Square McAuley's Book Store ....93 Pri McGall's Olgar Store, Cor. Prin. & Klug fcLeod's Grocery .+:.51 Union St. W. Medl Drug Store 360 University Ave cvaul's Cigar Store ..... ©®rouse's ' Drug Store Valleau's Groopry Lowe's Groce ARTHURS---At Inverary, on Nov. 14 1914, Sampson Arthurs, in: 83rd year. a Funeral touk place from his late dence, - Monday, at 1 . Band Hill cemeter: A LY Ne Rudd in Be Baneregs on far. oy 1 M i ye Ringaton, Bis late rosidenses:. x Wed: to Bt Iuneral fr 'Johnson Bt, 3.39 Fdloalt.. wilt Ter ung Friends 'and aes fully invited to attends ROBERT J. REID | agg. Leading Undertaker : Phone 677 0 Princess The Old Firm Of 254 and 266 ; 'Phone 147 for Ambulance.