\ + sthe most pressing problem, - " YEAR S82 NO. 1 GERMANS RENEW DRIVES IN THE ARGONNE REGION Borers] eisai. To Force French to Withdraw in Alsace. THEIR FORTS FALL TO MAKE ANY DISTINCT IS THE REPORT GAINS " Gen, Joffre. Believes Allies Hold Germans In North and Driving Enemy. From Soil On Centre ani Right. Can Is French Paris, Jan, 2.---Meagre the battlefront to-day tell of renewed Géfman drives against the French in the Argonne region and between the Moselle and the Mause. Thousands reinforcements lave been brought wu and & general offensive has been maintained for the purpose of forcing a withdrawpl in - \lsace, where the Germans are boing strongly pressed. Despite their best elorts, the Qerinns have been unshle to make Ty distinct going, according to the t reports. Ig the dines on a The artillery duels cottinue. The allies bave failed" in another atternpt to take the Germun positions~at La hassee, but in turn prevented The Ger- mans [rom gaining avy ground in a reports from the allied left gy eral Joffte is believed to have initiat- ol u driving movement, which has for its object the forcing of the enemy itom French s6il.- His latest reserve armies, which have been sent to the front from the southern! centres, have all been sent 'to the centre and right, leaving the veteran French corps and Writish and Belgians to hold Von hluck in check on the leit, . dalns Dy French. Paris, Jan, 2 Minitg cperations erations on the battlefront during the Jast thirty zix hours. The Germans operating with veteran sappers, suc Salsgyghs in the region between Beuu- matz and Achicourt The French managed to demolish a line of Ger- man trenches at Villieres and in the forest of Selle It was admitted to-day New Year's eve the Gremans at- eked in foree at numerous points | ™= along the battle line but the war of- fice ingisted that they were eveiry- where repulsed. The violent artil- lery duel coutinues in the dunes at Nieuport, at Bonncheck and in the regions of Arras, Albert and Heoye The French artillery ha Heucedqne eneury along the Alsne-ad 'wel ak iu the region of Rheims and materi! uwivantage has resulted By a series of bayonet charges, the French bave been able to attain new advanced positions in the wooded res glon of Perthes and have regained that on series ofs bitterly coutested counter- attacks. It is believed by military experts that the present fighting along | the line from the Argonne to the /osgés marks a second period in the | present, campaign. | Convinced that the allied armies can hold the = Gers part of the ground previously lost inthe Argonne, Slow steady fight- ing with small gains dare reported ja the Woevre region. In "Alsaga, while the fighting continues with unabated ferocity at Steinbach, the French are slowly pushing down hill and now dominate the main road fag mans everywhere in-the north, Gen- BOTTOM OF FORMIDABLE BLOWN OUT ; 151 SAVED fo on ¢ Jan. 2~No. naval disas- tet' of the war to date has so de- | pressed Britalu as the loss x the | British 'submarines, and he orities ask why they guard vessels. of ua Sn wi withholds i deluily t reports Feceived .10- day ae ee BL of the Formidable's crew have | adedunted for. There ie stills } 8 that others may be boats, but this is very in » 8¢ the Nase way TURN" UP GHASTLY ReLIGS OF SLAIN SOLDIERS Loudon, Jan. 2--1In nother leug- thy review of the operations at tne front, issued by the Press Bureawto- day, it 1& stated that ror the last several weeks the extension and gon: struction -of new trenches has been Exca- vations have been made in all direce tions, until the entire front now pres- sens a Ips th 'of confused inter: 5 £& trenches. resembling a aang | £ 8s huge The earth in vicinity is ploughed N at ZA : ng | the loss of the British battleship For i Porto : Turkey Fears | An Attack on Dardanelles ; most of the village. kaipedosd fore aud oft, and practi: cally her entive bottom was blown oul, She sank in less than ten Paris, Jui, 3 coment po of ! midable was made here to-day. The report igtioatas that she was tor- by a German submarine while Britith naval base of | eighteen miles = south- east of Southampton. The survivors of the Formidable describe their arrest as miraculous. As soon as the vessel was struck they realised that it was doomed, as the signal was immediately given to launch the life boats and launches but the seas were so high that a few on board were smashed as they were put over the side. One cutter alone | Hoated, the surpivors say. by both sides have featured the apf arrest, ATION THE RE-ORGANIZ penis ge KINGSTON ONTARIO, itigh SATURDAY, JANU ARY 2, 1915 A STORE WAS ROBBED] BURGLAR GOT JEWELRY TAW AY. WITH AND SKATES. Broke Into Second Hand Store LiosRoutbard, Corner of and Clergy Streets. of Pringess A daring robbery was perpetrated at the second-hand stone of L. Roul- bard, corver of Princess aud Clergy streets, on Thursday night, by soni unknown person, who managed to gel awpy Ugmolested, taking with him two hundred dollars worth of booty. Mr. Routbard, the proprietor of the store, was, at the time, in Montreal. His wife, who resides 'in the house next doep, did not hear any noise. Mr. Routbard statod that all the vala- uble jewellery which he had in tae case and' six pairs of skates were stolen. + boxes in which ° the skates were pa were placed back in their fi itions, so that the logs wou! be deétected, but the contents of them were taken by - the culprit. Upon examinstion, it was disvover- ed that the lock on the front door was broken: The police are working on the case and certain articles have been picked up that may lead to an Six Armies to be Created by Ab- sorption of Kitchener's Army _ Into Regular Army. London, --An army order is- sued last announces that the present organization of the army will ko further developed by the creation of six armies, each of which will ¢on- sist generally of three army corps. "the first army will be commanded by headed the first army corps of the ex- peditionary force; the second by Gen- Toval Sir Horace 1. Smith-Dorrien, the third by Lieut.-General Sir Archi: bald Hunter, the fourth by Genéral Sir Ian Hamilton, the fifth by General Sir Leslie Rundle, and the sixth by General Sir Bruce M. Hamilton. Major-General Sir Charles €. Munro, Ligut.-General Sir Charles Ferguson and Lieut.-General Sir H. C. 0. Plum- er have been given command of the first, second and third army corps re- spectively. by shells, bombs and mines. Even when there is lull in actual fighting, ' troops "are kept busy straightening out their trenches and improving the! sanitary conditions. ' Many times spades tur up ghast- | ly relics in the form of bodies and' parts of bodies of slain soldiers. The war office report says that some of the German prisoners taken have a gloomy view of the situation and blame their officers, but the ma- jority are cheerful. absorption of Lord Kitchener's. army into the regular army. Three Thousand Frozen London, Jan. 2--The correspon- dent of The Daily Chronicle tate graphs {rom Petrograd: "Forty Arabs brought into a hospital after having been found, freezing by the | Bien say they left Bagdad nuwn- g 10,000 not knowing whituer Licit.-General Sir Douglas Haig, who | This -re-orgavization fflows on the | | they were goifig, and unwilling to fight, having heard only of war hav- va broken oul between the Germans the: journey, and six thousand had bee frozen on the way." © Thouius Hanline, an employee at Maodonatd College, wilked into the shaft, on the second floor of the building, fell tu the St, Ape de Bellevue. Fortam mouth Council | will hold ats inaugural esting on ® Jaamary 11th. -- They had" and_lhe clothes to 'epuip them for | W BRIDGING THE DANUBE. Pontoons built by the Serving over the Danube to help them out flunk' the Austrians in their attack on Belgrade, ---------- _-- GERMANY IS PESSIMISTIO m-- Member of Reichstag Says (he Pe tO. ole Are Disappointed Copenhagen, Jan. 2.--~The growing pesgtiiom in Gertiiany--is-evident. The profle ure dissppointed in the army's progress. A member of the. reichstag, of Belgian lineage, Kotivad House- many, writing to Jeckiner Tage- blatt, says: "Lyegywhere the endeavaring | to simulating optimism, but privatdy they invg E Tably express surprise that fayoral lo. developments do not come oper. a pimphthizers with the military pakty 'criticize the diplomats for not having (secure for 'Germany more allies before: the war. There isa strogg undercurrent outside the reich- stag. against the imperial chancellor, who is accused of having made every conceivable mistake." Scandinavian - papers. are the people in public are keep cool and surprised "that the asticle should be allowed to be published, and they think the fact is highly significant Lieut. Spreed Wins Cross For r Bravery moo tivo fo LIEUU. BE. J. W. SPREAD, Ottawa, Jan. 2~Jn the lisis of the firet recipients Of the new military cross decoration, appear the names of two Canadians. Second Lieutenant 'Charles Shergold, oyal Canadign Engineers, is a Toronto soldier. i 1 was recently promoted from nou- commissioned rank to a second lew- tenancy and was mentioned in Geney- al Sir John French's despatches for "coolness and bravery under fire." opposing team. '| teanis of this latter town. Last year "|. € CE----T _INEWYERR 'SATY.MSA. VISITORS WERE TREATED REFRESHMENTS TO ---- V A Rurai Basketball Match In the Evening -- Other Events During the Day. . New Year's Day always finds &very- thing busy about the local YIM.C.A. building. In the evening a social time was spent in which gliests were entertained in a cordial manner. Some five or six of the ladies, who are 'always to be found on hand, in help- ing out on such occasions, were early refreshment table for the visitors. upon the. scene to prepare a dainty Lvaryone who accepted the invita- tien pnd attended was treated to re- freshments. The first amusing item upon the programme was a rural basketball match. All classes of people were represented in this game. Some two or three were dressed in cannibal fashion. For the time being they were also rathel cannibal in nature and were more than a match for the Not even the "wild west cowboy" portrayed. by Herbert Holder, nor the cunnin, Japa by 1i. Edgar and G. 'H coud cope with these, furious creatures, who needless to say, ran up ahigh score. Everyone who t ook this Ws 0 took pect if His The The Cannibals and other Peimitisge-- Forwards, J. MoLoughlia, E Lon H. Kennedy; defefice, erie} centre, | J. McOulla hb, H. Holder. and' Japanese--Forwards, H. a Ww. Kelly; centre, W. 'Joyner; defence, =. Holland, P. Kinnear. Uniforms were discarded later and other interesting games were played, such as '"'dodge-ball'. and "pin-ball." Both of these amusements appealed strongly to the spectators. The foregoing was the splendid pro- gramme of the evening, but in the morning and afternoon other events were pulled off, including junior and beginners - classes competitions - in swimming. . In the afternoon the in- termediates had an athletic meet try- ing out for stahdard efficiency tests. There were four events." The sixty- yards potato ' race, running high jump, three standing broad jumps. The boys all made.-a iood showing and with a little training will have no difficulty in passing their tests. The senior wud "intermediate basket: ball teams of the Y.M.C.A. left on the 3.04 o'clock train Saturday. after: noon for Belleville to play the same Belleville won the championship. NEW YEAR'S HONORS FROM KING GEORGE he" Canadians Who Ar on - the _ List ; One Member of Government, Captain (8. J. W. Spread, Royall North Lancgshire reghaent; is a gee- | duate of the Royal Military. college, Kingston, He wus promoted to. hiz| present rank after being mentioned in despatches. On Sept. was reported missing, but was Tutor said lo wounded In a French hos. pital. He also wears the Carpegie bage- | wedal Tor rescuing twenty worn went and was killed. This was at | and children in the Iroguois fheaire fire, Chicago fn 1504. cross ranks next Cross. The militar to the Victoria The: industries which lie along the front of the city, from the Grand Trunk passenger station to West étrest, are suffering becuse they have uot railway Eonnestions, aid' the marvel is {hat-thoy have been so patient. 'The locomotive works have had. one track, which has met their. wants, inadequately, The Slater pompusy have bees drawing oll the ge Tate Copimany 1 LY dnt icin, tho. negra sullvay sosnoction: 10 17th fe -Lbadon, Jan. Canadians named in a ge. New Year's 'honor list and the titles they now hold are: £ Baronetcy-- Sir Hamar »Green- wood, M.P., for Sunderland, Fog. "'Koights of St. Michael and St George---- Sir George Perley, Cana- dian acting high cowmmissicuner Io Loudon; Sir Clifford Siften, K.C. Knights Bachelor --8ir Herbert |. Holt, president of the Royal bank, Montreal; Sir Francois Lemieux, aei- ing chief justice of superior court of Quebec; Sir Willlam Prieé, Que- bec city; Capt. Sir Clive Phillips Wolley, Victoria, B.C. , de- Buty minister of hoo "Ottawa; rgeon Major General Eugene Figet deputy minister of ot Companion St. Michael and 8t. | ., George-- George J Whig _ LAST EDITION ITION THROUGH CARPATHIANS Much Nervousness in Vienna) and Budapest. PEOPLE ARE FLEEING BUDAPEST FROM THE THREATENED TERRITORY TO What Vienna Thinks of Grand Duke Michael's Move To Force. Ger many To Withdraw Part of Its Forces From Poland, Vienna, Jan 2.--There is now no doubt that the main Russian attack is being directed against Hungary, instead of Uermany or western Galicia. Official despatches. from the front say that the Russians. in. enormous force have driven away. through, the passes of the Carpathians, advan- acing in four columus near Mysykow, Skyi, Turka aud Corlice. The van- guard of the invaders is the crack eight Russian corps, and behind it is declared to be the first line Rus- sian troops, apparently © withdrawn from the Polish front, "There is much mervousness hoth hete and in Budapest at the news, although military authorities say that everything possible ie being un- dertaken to stop the drive. The officials are now coffyinced that un- like previous Russan raiding expedi- tions this one represents Grand Duke Nicholas' long cherished plan for the road invasion of Hungary. 4 Checked by Gen. Von Hindenburg in the north and with . Warsaw threatened, it is believed here that the Russian commander-in-chief hae undertaken the present move in ths expectation that it will force Ger- many to withdraw part of her for- ces from Poland to aid the Austro- Hungarian forces In withstanding the present assault. Many refugees from the threatened * territory are reaching Budapest. BELIEVES HE STRUCK "A GERMAN WARS London, Jan. 2.~The experi of Plight-C Francis = Hewlett, the" rece aerial 'raid on ~ an naval base at Cuxhaven, are described in an interview with the aviator transmitted to Reuter from Amsterdam Commander Hewlett, who was be lieved to have lost his life until it was Josturday that he had heen picked up by a steam trawler and landed &t. Ymuiden, Holland, says' he beliovef that hé hit a Ger- man warship with one bomb which he dropped. Ho said: "A formid- able fire was directed at me and I replied with several bombs, It is my opinion that I bit one of the Ger- man vessels, because soon afterwards dense smoke arose from her." War Tidings A Logdon Chronicle correspondeirt believes preparations are being made Tor a faid by Germany sh Bay, on the south-wwst coast of Africa, was re-occupied! Christmas day without opposition by 8 strong British force, Theodore Roosevelt thinks Japan should not keep Tsing-Tau; ° both Tsing-Tau and the South Islands would be a fair means of bargaining for a more definite sphere of Influ- ence on China. . Death of Wallace Simes. Wallace Simes, Bic ibid fours, died at fT on ber 26th. © He suffered on on heart | trouble and is survived by his wife, one son and one daughter, Dr. A. Simes, of Winnipeg and Miss Myrtle Simes. school teacher. The fuper: al took place on December S1st. from church at Lyndhurst, the remaing being placed ip the vault at Elgin Rev. M¥. Curtis, of Newboro, afficiat- ed. Deceased was a very highly Teiyetied Bf Landhurst He was a and a staunch Ji- beral in politics. bis late residence to the Methodist] QUEEN ALEXANDRA MESSAGE To Women OF mplre Who Mourn For Their Dead London, Jan, 2.--Queen-Mother Alex- ugh "The Gentlewo- New Year's mes- sage 'to the women;of the exapire, and - especially loss of loved ones in the war : "I wish to; seid to the women oc the empire as' this great crisis in our histor§,a message of hope and conso- lation for the New Year. You have been: through a period of great sufier- ing by 'the of dear ones and many m serifices will yet be de manded of you, but I feel that they will be borne with that patience and fortitude which have su and sustained you throughout the last five terrible months. © You have suffered in a great and just csuse, and my exrnest prayer is that in your sorrow you muy be consoled by 'the thought that those who are near and dear to - you have died likey heroes for their king avd country. May God pour his infinite blessings upon you fn whatever calamities you are called upon to bear until the blessings of peace once more dawp upon us. Drunks Given Chance, "This is-the new year, so 1 will give you a chance to turn over a new leaf" remarked Magistrate Farrell, in the police court. on Saturday morning to an able-bodied man who appeared for being drunk. He gave two others & chance. Godwin for school Frontenae ward. "Buttermilk Cold Cream," son's. trustee in at Gib LAEILY MEMORANDUM. fee. 14] al 3, right hand corner, or pfol ial Slection. polling 8-a.m. to & p.m. Monday THE D BRITISH WHIC 1s on Sale at the Following City Stores: News Depot'. 285 King IN. « 353 Princess Budknell's Qlarke, J. W. & Co. College Book Store .... 168 Princess Coulter's Groeery "200 Princess Cullen's Grocery, Cor. Priw™g Carnovsky, T. BR, .:..668-410 Princess Frontenac Hetel A &» Onitario "8t ° Gibson's Doig Stade Sr, Emacs McLeod ery -. Medley's Drug" Stora, "aeo NE Paul's Cigar Store "76 Princess Prouse"s Drug Store '....%12 Princess Valleau's Grogery . 208 Montreal: 2 BORN LAPPEN--In Kingston, on Jan. -2ud., 1916, to Mr. and Mrs. Lappen, 118 Qugen St, a da aha ii Ra op a to, a on, IES go on Dac, ns, u- Jessie Mos on Dec. 23rd, Milford to, , Cha laski, Virginia, to' donald Hatt est REBID-HEAD--At Charles Elvin I Lena Head, Hall os E, rd, py or 2 w. , in en 71th EB ding Jan int 1915, : years. Fagcral pes tril the residence o of a Bt, Mi day. Jan. "ith a 9. tn og th ROW Sudden gary ls , 1916, Jess' day, or Ey dee Judge on . Mrs, ngeton, Funeral notice : MON i LE Hospital A gh Inte Foran Dimers plate: Bowen g on acrow, Tacs those whe are mourning the Fr A arrickville, 2