YEAR 81 NO. 302 THE FRENCH CAPTURE A CHAIN OF TRENCHES By a Suis of Brliant Bay- onet Charges. Enemg Is Violently Bombarding St. 5 George's--Fighting In the Alsace District Continnes--Official State. ments, Paris, Dec. 30.~The French , have been able to rgoccupy . very impor- , tant strategic positions southeast of w » onthe Bar Le Aere-Pas- Road, and are now in» 10 drive 0 wedge into the 1 in that vicinity. The ting bere has been of o desperate dor weuks, but the allies, advantage of the German awal, caused by weather con- , simply shed their lines forward and finally captured an en. 1 chain of trenches by a series <f brilliant bayonet Ochargos. The official three o'clock statement confirms the capture of these posi- tions, and Seo states. that the bom- it. Ghorge's by the Ger- violent. 13 4 © 1 wi , in the Aispe and Cham- been almost con- i cannopading. The allies have do light progres in the region of In the Argoone district, Between Argonne and the Moselle,' the cgn- - Hoteding has been particularly vio- lent. German attack on Teje-de- Faux, 'in Vosges, has been repulsed, while the statement says that fight- ing in the Alsace district continues. Seryians Repulse Austrians. Cettinje, Dec. 30.~RAn official-stnte- ment issued to-day by the Montene- grin war office says that on Monday the Austrians attacked in force along the whole Herzegovina front," but that they were everywhere repulsed. Three aeroplanes dropped' bombs on thet Montenegrin camp' at Gratovo, without serious result. My ab 1d ER CR appearance, but from that night he resigned himsel! to death, 5 "Then years later a Hoheénzollern was dying and she was seen standing by the bedside Her last reported appearance was in 1887 at Heldel- berg. She was seen by a' drunken Yager, or guardian, of the castle, and uot much faith was placed in his story. Nevertheless, within three weeks death descended 51 (ie Hohen zollern family. A son of the grand duke of Baden was thrown from, his hunter and killed, and very soon af< ter emperor William died. Queen Marie, the mother of King Ludwig and King Otte, died, and three other eaths fh the Hohenzollern family pfeurred, All these deaths are dir- ectly attributed to the appearance of the 'White Lady.' "It is on record that she has spok- en twice, In December, 1628, she appeared inthe piace of 'Berlin, and sald in Latin, 'I wait for judgment,' and then again 'when che appesred at the castle in. Neuhaus, she said in German. 'It is 10 o'vlock,' and the lady-in-walting who beard her died in a few weeks. "Agnes of Orlamonde" is the one to whom nil these legends refer. The other 'White Lady' is the Princess Bertha von Rosenberg, who died in the fifteenth century. She also is ae- cused of doing away with her children in order to marry. She was involved with the Margrave of Bran. denberg, and when he died, wished to marry a prince. It is related that she was buried alive, and her soul was doomed to 'walk the earth forever,' as an appirition and a warning. "There is another reason given for her appearaifices. This probably originated from the poor and super- stitions people of that section. When she died she left an anvual gift to be distributed to the poor. A few years later the gift was discontinued and she commenced to appear each night that the gift should' kave been di:- tributed. She always = appeared in white, flowing robes, carrying at her girdle a large bunch of keys, evident- 1y the kevs of the chatelaine of the castle, "While all these iraditions seem very foolish in this age and date, still © siniiler traditions are believer in other countries, and these are be- lieved by many of the peasant class a vote : KINGSTON ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1014 TURKEY 10 GET ONE-FIFTH Of thegSpoils Should Germany Win Brom Allies. Sofia, Dec. 30.--Alleged details printed. here of the trealy between Germany and Turkey, which was signed in the middle of Nov ember, Un- der the agreement Germany agrees to supply the necessary war material and money throughont the war, in addition to officers, expert artillery men and engineers. In case of German victory that country agreed to pay Turkev ' one fifth of the war indemnity which she will receive from the allies. In. case of defeat Kkrmany pledged herseli to defend the - territorial integrity . of Turkey. ) 1 In consideration if these Turkey on her part agreed clare war on England and and to proclaim a Foly war, She als promised to follow Germany's plans and not to conclude a separate peace with any of the enemies of Germany. are promises to de Russia, BIG CHURCH CONTRACT Nave Will. Be 170 Feet High and 240 Feet Long, New York, Dec, 30 the Cathedral of St. John the Di vine, have signed colilract: with archit of Boston for «<onstruc- tion plans and designs for ¢he buildings of the nave the cathe- dral. The entire cost Ss said, will be more than 1,000,000 The nave of the cathedral wil 170 feet high and about 240 long and constructed of Peekskill granite, ! ais 1 Winnipeg Hotelmen Punished. Winnipeg, Dec. 30.--Pun shment | for every licensed hotel in tlie pro vince which kept its bar open aiter seven o'vlock Christmas Eve, con trary to the under with the | government, w led out by the license depar it, which su pended | every offending hotel until seven | o'clock Friday morning, J: mary 1st Ten hotels inthe city « lsat' the | agreed time, and Tuded the stispensicy Retreat Is Admitted By The Austrian I'rustees of of 1 be féet | | s h are nof in S and wore ignorant people in Ger- many. Judging frem the news, [ do; not think t the 'White Lady of the one as yet, although [ expect to see London, (by wireless from Dec. 30.--An official given out by the Austrian _ staf headquarters, admits the retreat by the: Austrians in Galicia. Vienna), his holiday vacatien to handle matter the no | | day | make C.M.G. CABINET MEETS To Consider Protest of the United States. SEARCH AND SEIZURE) ON THE HIGH SEA B SHIPS Y WAR. Objected to By Americar Government | --Sir Edward Grey is Handling the Matter In Person, London, 'Dec. 30. Not since the | early days of the wu has popular | interest been: so centved on the ses- It was a special meeting, and was called to take up the formal protest filed by the United States against | the right to search and seize, now in | force by British warships on tha~high | seas. Sir Edward Grey came back from the | He went 'direct | the train to the foreign office, took up with his subordinates | it of the protest of the United as filed there by Ambassad- When he entered the ca- | eeting he took with him | te and raports"already' com- riled by his assistants, answering va- points raised- by the United in person, from and the inet ious entire question was threshed | it length at the cabinet meeting | and outlings of England's re- | decided on | VETERANS MEETING | e---- | To Establish Club Rooms--T0. Visit Teeble Veterans. | Veterans | meeting There was "a ston Association on good attend A. M. Chis | regular Tuesday commandunt, in the of Lieut.-Col. H L £ vice-commandant, accepted, anc he was presented with a life member ship Tt chair G was tion ~ il } | was agreed that on New Y 3 | at 2.45 p.n., a committee of vet- | erans will meet at the Windsor hotel | visit the veterans in the Houses | of Providence and Industey, and also a call Lieut.-Col., Hudon, and on The patriotic fund committee will be asked what is being dove about the | to death at the time, has succumbed PITH. OF THE NEWS Condensed items By Telegraph And From Exchanges. George H. Webster, - Vancouver, B.C., a well known civil engineer, formerly with the C.P.R., is dead, The Provincial Board of Health is compelled by mandamus to consider the city of Ottawa's water plans. Col. Winter, military secretary to thie auinister of militia, will likely 80 on the staff of the Second Con- tingent. Ralph K. - Danforth, Milwaukee, with the first Campdian Contingent, sufeided in a Loudon, Eng, hotel. He shot himself. Premier Sit Robert Borden ad- dressed the Canadian and Women's Canadian Clubs in Winnipeg on Can- ada's part in the war. : London, Ont., will close its fin. ancial year with an overdraft of some $80,000. The war is respon- sible for the greater part of this. Addressinir - 'the = Canadian uier Borden said Canada was pledged to stay in the European war and fight to the death. St. Lawrence University, Canton, N. Y., will receive $200,000 from the John -D. Rockefeller general educa- tion board. Rochester University recives $1,000,000. Rufus Hall, the aged Lisle farmer, whose home was destroyed by fire {wo weeks ago, his grandson, Edward Callahan, of Toronto, being. burned to his burns and exposure, In Orangeville only three of twenty-four nominees for the coun- cil have qualified, while six need to be elected, so another nomination | will have to be held. Similarly; in Guelph, of thirty-seven nominated only seven qualified, but eleven are needed tiss Constamce Ingram, favor- niece the Lord Bishop of «mdon, and Corporal Edward Bray, the 18th battalion, now in train- ing at London, Ont., were married on Sunday evening. Two years ago visiting, London Miss In- gram met Bray whose father is Bishop ef Fl te of ile in eof - Chab | sion 'of the British cabinet as to-day ! at Winnipeg, Tuesday afternoon, Pre- Berlin Admiis German Loss Of St. George's Berlin, ~via wireless, Dec. 30.--Offi- cial admission that the Germans had been compelled to evapuate St. Lreorges, two miles west of Nieus port, in Belgium, was made by the | 1 { Rhine to Strassburg and Metz WINTRY An Epidemic of Sickness is| Feared. ALSACE OPERATIONS HAVE BEGUN TO OVERSHADOW ALL OTHERS. The 'Long-Looked-For Drive to Clear Alsace to Swiss Border and Rhine to Strassburg and Metz is Under Way. Paris, -- Dee. 30.--Rain, snow, squalls and wintry gales weeping in from the sea, are reported to have almost checked the fighting along the Belgian 'and 'Northern France frontier. For thirty-six hours the weather conditions have been fright- ful. As a result, there are grave fears of an .epidemic of sickness amohg the .men who are compelled to remain exposed to the waather, with the only protection of their muddy trenches, now half filled.with water » So fierce have been the elements that even ihe long-range artillery is silent at many points on the line, Only where the opposing forces ac- taally have been almost in personal touch is fighting continuing to-day, according to reports received here. , There is,-however, much activity on the centre and right wings, where the French are steadily pushing for- ward. The operations in the Upper Alsace region have begun to over- chadow all others, in the opinion of French military experts. They believe that the long-looked-for drive, which is intended to clear Alsace to the Swisé frontier, and the , is un- der way. : The German positions at Stejn- bach are being shelled, and it is be- lieved here that they soon will be taken. This will open roadways leading to Altkirch and Mulhausen. Meanwhile, | long-range gums of French picked artillery have begun shelling German trenches around Mulhausen. pe s----pp-- IN MILITARY CIRCLES, FIGHTING IN INORTH WHAT WILL CITY DO In Way of Saying Farewell Queen's: It is understood that Sho 2st overseas battalion w on ° Saturday, and march G.T.R. station to say Gur's""agiacutng Corp leaves for Otlaws, en route for Seas gervice. as ; What do the civio authorities in- whole" parade | to the to the which tepd to do in the way of saying fare well to the university engineers? ~ Couldn't Break Through Harbor. nesday morning, . tri way Youth the 'ice in ter 'at Garden Island. a little too much for the ferry and after smashing the" ice w the ferry wharf, it ran again and will 'possibly' have here for the winter. This will first time that the steamer Wol lander has'ever intered here. City 1s. Protected. The city streets and distribution of power by-law allows the cannot he distributed or sold for any other use. = Vote for the power by- law, Was Serionsly Injured. Mrs. Frederick Scrivens, Chestnut street, fell on a sli sidewalk near her home, on y - morn+ ing, and was very « She suffered severe cuts: about: the face and was rendered unconscious, Voter For Power By-Law. With the consent of the authorities, the present poles may be used for carrying the power wives, into the city, and it' should not be" necessary to erect 'more poles on the' streets. Vota for the power by-law. | overs wi Holenzollerys' has appeared to any No Orders Received To Recruit For | * Patricias. 5 Lieut.-Col. W. G, Ketcheson » Capt. H. R. Wilson, of the 49th Regi- ment, of Belleville, were fn the city on Tuesday. The state: | $2,000 that was 46 have been used fog appointed to bring the matter befors charitable werk and a committee was Hon. W. T. White, treasurer of the fund, as this affects many 'veterans. A letter was read by J. G. TL from Col. L. R. Carletoo, expre his 'regrets that he had left the cit and thanking the a$sociation for the | many little kindnesses it had she him. ) A committee was appointed to se | cure what will be known as *" it War office to-day. It stated,. how A 4 ever, that the raverse was dus to a | S surprise attack by the British, and that an attempt is now in = progress o to retake it. : Tom Marks Coming. Considerable interest is mani est ith the theatre going public in the "WI | approaching engagement a&t the Grand Opera House, of Tom Marks and his splendid company, who will her make her appeardnce inn the news | ment 'follows : of the day very soon.' . "The old Russian avmy, which about .a week ago commenced an of- | febsive against those of our forces | which had crossed the Carpathians, | i bas been reinforced with supplement ary troops, and fresh divisions, in (such a manner that it necessary i for us to withdraw our troops along no, the entire eastern front, and in the 3 of the Carpathians, and to the east of Now: communication | See ¥ or pr Ered Ea t's Association -- mort. Svnt at: 7 pm Labor The sergeants of the 21st battalion | I4lk N 00d aif eles =, " are arranging for a sergeants' mess in | ed. part of the quarters now used by the : THE DAILY BRITISH WHIQ DISEASE CLAIMS SOLDIERS. OF THE HONENZOLLERNS OF THE GERMAN EMPIRE Legends of Two "White Ladies" Who Appear As Sign of Death in Family Tragedies of Agnes of Typhoid Fever Deadly to Men Con- centrated in Camps at War, Scientific American The fire of the enemy is by | : means the only risk to which the sel-| plain of Corlice, just 'nortl is band. Orlamohde and Bertha Von Rosen- berg: | Ghostly apparitions presaging a death or Bter are popular tradi- tions of prastically al! the courts ot , The Hohenzollerns of Ger Wany have two, both of which are called "White Ladies," Their various appearapves were recalled recently by a German officer who 'was about to leave this country to joiu his re gimeut. "With all the information I seein the papers about the emperor and his family," be said, "I am surpris- ed that no one has mentioned that the "Ghost of the Hohenzollerns, the White Lady of Orlamonde, or 'White Lady of Rosenberg,' has ap peared at any of the castles of the Joyal family. It would only be fit ting that one of thew appear to pre the dict the 'End of the Hohenzollerns, as itewould be written in the papers. "The 'White Lady', according to the traditions in Germany, is a well- authenticated ghost t'i2} appears be- fore some disaster or death in the ruling family: The rea! 'White Lady' is the ghost of Agnes of Orlamonde, who made her lust appearance in 1879. © The night before the death of "Prince Walemar she appeared to a sentry und several others in one of the old Castles. The soldler on guard was go frightened that he fled from his post and took refuge in the guard room with his fellows. The next day Prince Waldemar died and the sentry was arrested and court- martialed for deserting his post. It is a tradition that he. said be prefer red to serve the rest of his life in a dungeon cell rather than face the 'White Lady' again, : "This *White Lady' 1 the ghost ot Agues Orlamonde, according to! A ation Agnes of Orlamonde' two children in the year | ie might marry Albert of 4 refused to warry her that 'four eyes sep- He meant the eye: but she thought he f cbilren cud put them 'Way. For about two ceu- t ber death Agnes of Orls- at Balreuth and in came to Berlin in te several and tely Albert Fredeii- ! : nt une. x © WAS seen roc! dle "the baby Prince As 80 clearly visible ov the ghostly key of Orlamonde was seen ber girdle. Within two 'which the court lived King Sigismund «ud? she appeared, chortly after | of disease. dier is subjected. Where large bo-| dies of mew #re gathered into small | quarters there is alvays the danger Before anti-typhoid vaccination was introduced typhoid fever rivaled the enemy's fire in the terrible toll it took among soldiers. In the Fronco-Prassian war in the year. 1870 there were 73,000 es of typhoid fover in the German this number there were In the Boer war the suffered from typhoid fever to the ex. tent of 67,000 cases, of which 8,000 died. During the war with Spain the United States airy was ravaged with typhoid fever. In 189% there were 20,738 cases and 1,680 deaths among 190,000 men. In other words, one man in every five contracted typhoid fever, ven among the troops which never left the United States, but remained in tbe various concentration camps at bome, one man in every six cae cown with the. disease. In 1808 nine-tenths of the deaths which oc curred among troops ih the Ugited States were caused by typhoid fever, The Poultry Show, he. Central Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock Association held a meeting on Tuesday" evening, with President D. Scott in the chair. It was decided to hold: {he annual show in the market 'shambles on January 4th-6th, and to devote the proceeds to the Red, Cross Society. e association will take possession of the shambles one Satur: day alt ruoon. Stoves, electric lights, platferms and coops must be all in readiness Ly Monday forenoon, as all Lirds must be cooped by twelve { o'clock. George Robinson, of the Ex- { perimental Farm, Ottawa, will place { the awards. | A Terse Description. | "Everybody knows how difficult it is to grasp an impression, and more '0 to give a terse and vivid , des- cription of a battle," writes a Paris | correspondent. "It would be bard to [beat the following picture, given ime by u wounded British soldier. J j askod what he could tell me about the battle in which he was hit, and this was his answer : "First you "ears an ell of a naize, and then the nurse says : 'Try und dvink a little of this ere." ! Te Command The Enginects. Licvt Cel. HT. Hughes has re. tursed frem Salisbury Plain. Las retnrned to Ottawa where it is understood that be will take com wand of the adian engineers whe are mobilizing In Ottawa, and going a ir with 'the second contingent C. my, Ou f 7,000 de { British army Phorlys Elton Rogers, a He! Sandée. ; The situation in' the-narth has not been' influenced thereby." GAVE CHILDREN BICHLORIDE Woman Took Dose Herself, Then Hpmonced Boctor. New York] Dec. 30.--The motives of/a mother's ortn" when Mis. Ida Roge Vern , wife of | awver of 36 Park Row, former partner of Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, gave bichlorite of mércury to her two babies, John two and a hat,f years, and Loretta eight. months, took poison herself, and then, seeing the children suffering, summoned physicians ave them The three - are now I ebanon Hospital, with hiehi r ry to ine the hope Help The Manufacturer. Why force a manuiacturer to gener ate expensive power By steam wnen he has obieap hydro power on the out skirts of the city A sheriff from Michigan came to city on Tuggday * and vigited Fort Henry, where a prisoner, who had a name sicilar to a murderer wanted by the Michigan state police, is in-' terned. Tt was proved that the pris. oner of war was not the man wanted. club. Canadian Engineers, who leave for Ot- conllicting | # Caused the Destruction: of British dent ple orrhage after addressing a municipal I Veterans' Home," which the veterans will be able at all times to use as a | A committee was also appointed to give a "send-off" to the 5th company, fava on Saturday. The next shooting evening at the vill be on the first Thur New: Year. armouries lay in the "AN ACCIDENT" Battleship Bulwark. London, 1 The destruction oi the British "battleship Bulwark was, to-day, officially entered as an acei-. The inquest into the death ol practically ite entire was com- and this verdict was ordered It 12 now accepted as certain that pontaneous combustion among smoke leas powder in one of the magaziges caused the explosion which destroyed the wrahip crew A. W I Martin of Binseart road, Toroutu, died of cereoral hem HE rieeting in Howard Park School. Dairy produce from provincial farms reached 3,518,192 pounds of wilk during the year ending October 31st. | Rule." oren a week's engagement in the beautiful Irish comedy "The Golden This comedy has been ap- proved and spoken of in complimen- tary terms by the press of all cities where this company has appeared, and Mr. Marks' version has bg highly commented upon, Besides Hs witly comedy, it also contain; a dendid plot which is fascinating in real and sublime in its attrac. ive qualitie With a cast puch as \ Mar has surrounded himself vith, thie season, one may expect omelhing good A change of play falty will be given nightly. War Tidings, It i vid that Princess Patrivia's regiment is on the fighting line, Petrograd expects Germans will he defending their frontier on January 13th Berlin admits that the fact must be inced that the Russians are superior to the Austrians. The Italian cabinet will discuss the Hodeida incident, ansd is expected to make a peremptory demend on Tur- key for a rformal apology and indem- uty. Hamilion council decided to issue debentures for a large amount for various purposes without consulting the electors. a | | i i of Lieut. Cqok, an ex-cadet, who is at present atfached to the R.C.A. here, will leave, in the near future, to join the ammunition column of the 6th brj- gade, in Montreal. Major J. W. Odell, of the Cobourg heavy field artiilery, has been promot. ed to the rank of lisutenant-colonel. Major Munroe, who was a few days ago appointed 0.C. of the two squad- rons of cavalry, to be recmuite: in this division, has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. Lieut. Albert Stroud, _ofticer com- manding the signalling settion of the 21st battalion, has been given the rank of captain. ~ -- Montreal headquarters reported that an orfler had been received to send to the front a draft of 128 men to join the Princess Patricias, who are at the front. No orders have yut heen re ceived at the 3rd division headquar- ters to recruit men for this purpose from here, Separate School Trustees. The Separate School Board Srustens' s_ School on' Wednesday . E. H. Howison was re- turning officer, and the election ye- sulted in every one of the old mem- bers of the board being re-elected. The only new trustee elected was W. Gannon, who was nominated to fill the vae made open by the death the late Edward McFadden, in Frontenac © ward. The remaining wards will, for the next_year, be ro- presented on the Separate School Board as follows' Sydenban, J. P. Burke; Ontario, J. J. Behan; St. Lawrence, Edward Cochrane; Uataraqui, William Cool; Frontenac, A. W. Gannon; Rideau, Dr. William Gibson; Victoria, C. J. Corri- gan. Mrs, Mnlloy's Red Cross Dopation. This afternqon Mrs. L. W. R. Mul- loy presented to the Ki Red (ross society a cheque for $88.95, one-third of the proceeds of the pa- trioti¢ concert held at Cobourg on Nov. 24th. Mrs. Mulloy sang that co and the Cobourg com- mittee ted her with a portion of the proceeds, which she had re- quested for Red Cross work. As Co- Is on Sale at the Following City Stores: Bucknell's News Depot ..208 King BE. 'larke, J. W. & Co. ......353 Princess 'oliege Book Store ......163 Princess 4 'oulter's Grocery ....:... 209 Princess Jullen's Grocery, Cor. Princess & Alfred Jarnovsky, T. R. ....668-670 Princess 'rontenac Hotel ... «+» Ontario St, #ibson's Drug -Stote ..Market Square MoAuley's Book "Stors ....93 Princess McGall's Cigar Store, Cor. Prin. & Kix dcleod's Grocery ....51 Union Bt W. iedley's Drug Store $60 University Ave 'aul's Cigar Store ...... 78 Princess 'rouse's Drug Store ...,312 Princess Talleau's Grocery ...,.. 408 Montreal owe's Grocegy "vhs MARRIED LEADBBATER-JO! ee nesday, Di 0 1 Barrie Becimber oun assisted b y the Rev Gillivray, LD. B dau urg, eldest son ater, Ellis t -- Tonidence ydenham stree 1914, by the A, B,' Morell ro, Ont, to this city. Wr Te OLDHAM -MACKER of Miss M. Boyd, on December 308), Rev, J. D R Oldham, M Ethel B. | . and Mrs. ille. fackee, of DIED iL eomaner - ar Tol WhImOE Er a y at 2.30 pm. WILMOT--On 30th, 1914, of the late Funeral private sidence, 91 New Year's Please omit flower: ROBERT J The Leading U Phone 3577 'REID ndertaker bourg bas po Red Cross society Mrs} -/" Mulloy decided to give it to the | Kingston society to sid in purchasing Mmatefiale for the soldiers on the bat- tlefield. Not Opposed By Chalrman. by-law passed by the i Oa and was