YEAR 82 NO, ENEWAL OF AL OFRAINS ~~ NIP GEMAN OFFENSIVE m---- l i 1 ¥ ------ ' The Trenches Have Beg ~~ Miniature Rivers. TRANSPORTS _ STALL HARD TO SUPPLY FOOD AY AMMUNITION, French Trying to Retake Position # St. Mihiel--Hundreds of Hpi and Belgians Are Suffering Fe Rheamatism, Paris, Jan. 6.--The French fons in the east are endeavoring to ren the positions at St. Mihiel toads the only point where the Germs have been able to cross the Meuse Fighting In that vicinity and is ow per Alsace ocenpled the attention of the experts to- A The renewal « e rains wid are now deluging the entire bath tine in the north and ce tre, © has nipped in tie bud the attempt of the Germans to resume the offer sive. The trenches are minigtae rivers. 'The entire country in trot and rear of them is almost de sable bog It is almost im posgible| for transports to move and the ait of keeping the men supplied * with ammunition and food is almost: in- possible. $ Hundreds of men from rheumatism despite the best efforts of the docs tors. Half &@ dozen trains are re ported arriving at Dunkirk loaded With sick men. Not a single wound- ed soldier was among them. Many of the men are reported dying from lung diseases. Few of them will be able to return to the front for many weeks. The British seem to be suf fering more "from this cause than the French. The majority of the patients are British soldiers. It is reported that few French troups have suffered from rheumatism but that the. British and Belgians seew Unusuatly subject. : eports from the Alsace figh thow that the French er ug vontinulng very slowly. 'Wa literally a yard at a time." wag est ro. are suffering and pneumonis, n sentence incliided® in the lat port from that section. Wap Tidings, . -> -« + FLOODS AT SALISBURY. # London, Jan, 6--At Salis. % bury Plain, all training is again % suspended owing to heavy # floods. Thousands of men are % compelled to remain in huts, # Muchof the training area is un- % der several feet of water and + Salisbury streets are impassable % except by boats.' ° PEELE EPPO PEPE IB IR PET TELL bb FSP P bb PEP PITH OF THE NEWS Coudénse Items By Telegraph And From Exchanges. The Ontario Motor League will protest against the increased pro- vinelal license fee for autos. British bondholders 'of ' Mexican tailway properties have made pro- tests to Washington regarding band- its, C. P. R. earnings for the period ending December 31st were $2,244,- 000, a decrease of $1,062,000 com- pared with last year. Moral reform leaders fear they lave gone about as far in local op- tion in Ontario as the three-fifths clause will permit. The Children's Aid Society sought the co-operation of the provincial government in placing orph Belgian children in Ontario homes. Bibles, prayer books and hymn books to the value of $50,000 are al- leged to have been fraudulently im- ported into the United States. +. A. P. Devlin, county crown Attor- ney of Victoria county for forty! years, died at Lindsay, in his sev- | enty-fifth year, after a long: illness. | Grand Trunk Railway earnings for the period ended Dec, 31st, show a decrease of $210,449, the totals be-| ing $1,611,606, against $1,722,065: | Lieut.-Col. A. E. Massief of Bf. John, N.B., will be in command of the divisional train which will - go with the second Canadian contin. vent, { 8B. A. Armstrong assistant provia- {ial seérptury, has been entrusted with 'the re-organiation of the pro. vipcial Bepartment for Neéglected Children. . a Chief Jlogeph Hill, for forty-two raty 'secretary of the Bix Nation 0 died of pneumonia on the' nserve at Brantford, aged seventy- fiir yeprs. oy po a WON New Yéur's day tour 28-cafti: metre guns were removed from Os. ond to Heyst, to defend the comst The transference of such guns from Ostend {8 of ant as indicating that no attempt will be made to hold tend once the allies Gom- mence to advance gplong the coast. Accounts receivgd of the Turkish defeat of Sari Ka 1 Turks digplayed g their position wa mpsh say that the reat bravery when 8 seriously threat- ened and made frequent desperate bayonet sorties, \ Eight districts in Bukowina have | been occupied by the Russians, Who are now moving along the Austro- 'Roumanian frontier. Some detach- ments of Austrians are trying to cross into Roumania, where they will be disarmed and interned. & An agreement has been between England and Germany pro- viding for the exchange of prisoners of war © who Were incapaciated for further service, A big military camp is being pre- pared in the north of France, and a rumor 18 in circulation that the | troops of the first Canadian ©on- | tingent are to be transferred there | fram Salisbury Plain : i The Princess Patricia's has not yeét been in action. are in the reserve trene the firing iine. Ce battle at any hour. A new arm | | to | They. were advan- | of Boer eleven men were ling "tliat 'it was all right for the | tire. new division, to which has been | tive service. Garnet Hughes, son' of the mi (The Shes ; : around Petrograd, Jan. 6:-It 'is officially' A a decisive victory at Sa- [the Princess Patricia's uearer to-day, and may. | rifle and were armed with the' Lee- | Enfleld is givem by. a. corporal of S| of the regiment in 4 letter receiv- was wounded in the: Clotiring ther, # wellk <horo, and Ff Fi Jae: in 4 1 o> ok ¥ A drop of overt a quarter of a mil! lion' dollars<-$3178,235.35, to be ex- act-- ig shown BY the inland revenue fighres for Montrézl for the last nine months, April to ember. The French stehmer Kabylie has foundered at sea with & loss of thir' ty-gix lives. Only the mate was saved. The Kabylie was sailing from Morocco to Frante she was loat. $ i "South Renfrew: Reform Associa-| tion decided not to offer opposition | to the return of Hon, i T. w. McGar- | ry, the new provin¢lal treasurer, in the bye-election wsomination on Thursday. "a Fah The oceanic liner Venture has ar-| rived at Honolulu from Sydney with | reports that nine troop ships, carry-! ing Australasia's second. . expediti- onary 'force of 25,000 men had sail- od for England between December | 14th and 22nd and that a third] force of 20,000 men Was being re-, crafted. It was said that captured] | German steaniers were being used as: stated that a satisfactory level of re- ) { eruiting is being maintained. {ranSports for cavalry horses: An explanation of the reason why regimgnt, now at the front, ed the Ross! {ed . He says that a large | raat jge of the "Princess Pats" are old soldiers, accustomed to the | British rifle. From the first they ex- | pressed dslike for the Ross rifle, 'say-; | range, but would never do for ac- C. P. RB, Deuies It. Montral, Jan, | ment, was issued +2241 FUTURE OF PALESTINE, Will Jewish Kings 'Reign Once More ; inhabitants p would have a far-reaching cffect. He | pletely averwhelmed tde Austrisus. KINGSTON FIFTH CLOSE ESCAPE. Assistant Paymaster Wakeford One Of Few to Escape. " London, Jan. 6.--Assistant Pay- master Francis Wakeford, one tf the few survivors of the Formidable, fur- nishes the latest instance of a Ty markable series of escapes from dis- aster experienced by members of the family. : His . father and brother were among the Empress of Ireland sur- vivors, Mr. Wakeford, sr., a pas- senger, was exhausted after swim- ming for forty-five minutes, when he was rescued by his son, an assistant purser of the ship. Mrs. Edmund, an. octogenarian aunt of Francis Wakeford, was the only survivor of the Bennett family, killed * in the Scarborough bombardment. A third son of Mr. Wakeford, in the army, escaped Injury in a recent motor smash, : LEPROSY IS DECREASING. 16 Cases This Year, 24 Last, Four Deaths. Ottawa, Jan. 6.--The dread dis- ease of leprosy is slowly decreasing in Canada. At Lazaretio in Trae- adie, N. B., there were sixteen cases at the beginning 'of the year as com- pared with twenty-four a year ago. During the year there were four deaths, two admissions, while two are thought to have been cured. At the D'Arcy Island hofpital on the Pa- eific 'coast there are now no cases. A few Chinamen who wer~ detained there have been deported home with a small pension allowance, But SACRED HISTORY LAND Over Ancient Home of the Israelites ? Paris, Jan. 6.--~The French news- papers 'yuote the Cairo Arabian duily uewspaper, Al Wala, as sayivg : "From geographical considerations Palestine is to Kgypt what Albania is to Italy, or the Netherlands to Great Pritain, Current events have proved 'that Egypl ean be one day or another threatened from that quarter. Therefore, it is absolutely indespensable for Great Britain that this country should become a ney- inal state or be annexed. But the objection to a British ocoupation - of Palestine is that if the province a door on Ngypt it also holds 1 jou to this country of an » Bri ou Kea a of Syria awake. So it is better to solve the problem by neu- trality." a i "he London Globe in this connec- tion resurrects the formation of a new Jewish _ kingdom. the wrophesies of Moses and prophets be fulfilled concerning Jewish. renaissance destined to pate for the coming, of Christ." All the A Increasing Resources London, Jan. 6.--Barl Kitchener, addressing the House of Lords this evening, made it plain that all of the allies are increasing their re solirce both men and materials. in order to prosecute the war to a triumphal finish, He did not give the figures of the men available at . present for service in France, but the m pre- The war secretary also stated that a house-to-house canvass had shown that there were 218,000 men who had registered to he called on for service should they be needed "later on, but Who were not at the present moment 'ready to enlist for the war. Earl Kitchener stated that Sir John French's 'force has been increas- ¢d by territorial 'units and an en- attached r fine Canadian regiment, The war secretary declared that in six weeks the allies had won marked * both 'if the eastern. 'and torn theatres of war. He ox "the belief that the news of Rusgian. victory in the Canicasus also id high tribute to the opgra: oy Tg BP Paris, Jan. 6.--A two-cent sub: can ES -- a ---- ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, CONTINGENT GOES IN MARCH. ---------- | JANUARY 6, 1915 Ottawa Military Circles of That Opin- lonEquipment Soon. -- | Ottawa, Jan. 6.--It. is understood' Worst Disaster in History of ae eer ss 7 New York's Subway, Neri . DIS German Attacks Repulsed. at ET -- ---- TINCT SUCCESSES OF FRENCH IN ARGONNES LIVES LIKELY LOST , | March. It is expected that all ne-| { cessary equipment, rifles, etc., will, FOR HOURS ENTIRE SYSTEM WAS ! STALLED. \ be available by next month, and the! Many Passengers Burned By a Blow- {force will be ready to" embark by | the last week in February or the out and Fire at 58rd Street--Part of Line in Darkness. New York, Jan, 6.--Thousands of | lives were endangered and it is fear- ed some lives have been lost in the worst disaster in the history of New York's subway. to-day. For hours 'the entire system was stalled. Long trains filled to thé point of suffoca- tion, With passengers en route to their 'work, were , tied up bétween stations. At a part of the line they were in total darkness. On a section of the road begween 95th street and 14th street, many parsons were rendered unconscious from smoke, and, as the result of a blowout and subsequent fire at 53rd street, many pagseéngers were burn- ed. Passengers wgre unable to get out of the cars and walk owing to the darkness and danger of electrocution from the third sail. The heat in the crowded cars' became unbearable, and many women fainted when a rumor was passed through that the tunnel 'was on 'fire and all cut off from escape. The Fiomaley List, New York, Jan. 6.--One woman is | dead, thirteen other persons are in | very serious Condition and 700 are| suffering from the after effects of shock 'and sniGle® asplixiation as re- result of the Worst transportation accident in New York's history. In artditicn, thoussnds of persons were o-Unnerved Mom fright that they required moditsl attention. ec Aimed To Frighten Recruits. London, Jau. B.<The Morning Post correspondent at Berne wires: "I learn that the death sentence of Wil- liam Lonsdale, the Britich prisoner of war eo at Doberitz, will not be carried out snd that it was pase- ed with ve. t, of terrifying pri- soners of war who, according to the ; are often not very amenable ling to' my, in ation this is to deter the. British army." | ' TA th y of 'a' plan entering the Belgian Cardinal Under Arrest. Amsterdam, Jan. 64~The Tyd states that Cardinal Mercier has been arrested by the i Gergnans in his own palace, owing to charges brought about by 'a ciréular letter sent out him to the Catholic clergy and P with them to maintain their loyalty to the Belgian king and gov- ernment. Numerous Catholic priests in Bel glum have also been arrested but ave again = heen released, although the cardinal remains a prisoner. Place~Factories In Canada. Ottawa,' Jan. 6.--There is talk of the American government prohibiting the export of arms,: ammunition and war equipment to i t coun- t As i i have been doing enormous business with the allies, it is understood that many American manufacturers, in such an event, are quietly prepared to estab- lish branches oe Eieban 9 wa | e-------------------- . Triplets Release Recruit. London,-Jan. 6--James Pedder, a bricklayer's laborer, joined the Roy- al Field Artillery yesterday. He was anxious te join the army some weeks back but was deterred by anxiety about hig wife, who has just present- ed him with triplets, daughters, who are to be named Rose, Violet and Ivy. The king's bounty has been re- cefyed. * ; J. C, Eaton's War Gift. Toronto, Jan. 6--J. C. Baton has 'offered $100,000 to provide 15 ar- mored motor ¢ars for the second Ca- acdian contingent. The idea is that 50 cars in all be provided, the gov- ernment to put up the other 35. Forty-one Alsace Towns Ruled y French b the people of Bélgium, in which ho | first week in March, Although no official information is given out here .as to the plans of the war office in connection with thé Canadian troops, there is rea- son to belMeve that a "brigade at least of Canadians will be sent to Egypt to assist the Australian, Bri- tish and Indian troops there in the SHensive operations against Tur- ey. Hints At Change In Ministry. London, Jan. 6--Interesting minis- terial changes are likely to follow the death of Percy Holden Illing- worth, chief liberal whip, according to the Daily News, which says it is probable that Augustine Birrell will retire as chief secretary to the lord- lieutenant of Ireland, and be suc- ceeded by Herbert L. Samuel, post- master-general. Will Be Exchange Of Prisoners. London, Jan. 6--A despatch | to the Daily Chronicle from Berlin by way of Amsterdam says the first ex- change of wounded prisoners of war will take placé in Geneva this month. URGES POPE 10 CALL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES A Striking Propasal Put Forward by Rev. R. J. Campbell, bell, of - London. London, Jan. 6.--A striking propos- {al is 'put forward in the Christian Commonwealth by Rev. R. J. Camp- Lell, with the object of putting an lend to the war. He suggests that a jgeavral council of the | churches of the world be summoned to 'discuss , the war. Mr. Campbell | writes : "Who is to summon such a council ? There is only one person who could with any chance of success, and haps he would not - ing if. I wean The Archbishop" of Ci not do' it. of. ; 3 | Protestants will think of than has been the case for nearly 400 ivéars, and there "is precedent for it. Is it generally' koown that the Pro- | testants were summoned te the Coun- cil of Trent in the sixteenth century ? They did not come, but they were in- vited. Had they come who knows but what the scandal of a divided christendom might have been avert- ed." | { KINGSTON MAN TESTIFIES | At the Stone Inquest Being Held at Whithy. Whitby, Jan. 6.--At the Stone in- | quest here Harry Birmiggham, a {young plumber from Kingston, stay- | ing with his sister in Whitby, admit- {ted that he spent many nights with | Stone, and that Stone was giving him lessons in telegrapby. He took Stone's place several times while the latter went off duty. . He knew that Stone had been laid offy for being aslezp on duty. x Birmingham said he 'kpew that Stone's best girl lived at Port Union, but denied knowledge of any rival or any trouble Stone had over any young woman. He denled telling the murder. Hib story was that he had, while on the rallway at Cor- bett's Crossing," heard a shot which sounded near. He had hurried away. He blamed the reporters for exaggerating what he had said. The witness said he Jeft the station at 11.30 the night of the murder, and did not know of it till awakened the following morning. Not Walking On The Route. Watertown papers had, an article stating that people were' forced to walk part of the distance in taking the stage from Kingston to Cape Vin- vent. This is not the ease, eo the stage driver and authorities at the stage headquarters here state. Speciai regulations have heen 'ssued since the foot and mouth diséase be- came prevalent, but a special permit was granted to. the stage driver as border. The driver livek on Wolfe Island and he returns to the island after every trip to the. gape. -. if horses are driven. to the cape and kept. there over ni they would ~~ christian. | | and "fifteen per cent. .of potatoes that he had been shot at seon after' ithe several patriotic funds: his horses are not housed across the' {A Fowler, $7%; Se veral Points. ENEMY FORCED BACK A HUNDRED YARDS NORTHWEST OF RHEIMS molished 800 Yards of German Trenches-~The Weather is Intol- erable at Every Point on the Line. Paris, Jan. 6.--Distinct successes in the Argonnes aid in the neighborheod of Courtechausse are announced by the French authorities to-day. In ad- dition German attacks have been re- pulsed at several points. The Germans, despite the torren- tial rains, have essayed two attaches in force in an attempt to retake the positions at St. Georges, but were driven back with heavy loss. From Lys to the Oise, the only artillery has been silenced by the ac- curate fire of the French heavy guns, and the Germans have been foreed back a hundred yards to the: morth- west of Rheims. In violent fighting in the Argonne region the French have wom back three hundred yards of tremches which previously were captured by the Ger- mans. Two violent German! attacks at Bagatelle and Fontaine have been repulsed, while near Courtechausse the French bave dynamited and de- molished 800 yards of German tren- ches, capturing half of them. Fight- ing is still in progress for 'the "re- mainder. The. weather is stifalnmnmm mm m The weather is still almost intoler- able at every point on the line. Kaiser Eating Bread of Rye. Berlin, Jan. 6.---via London---Em- peror William kas given orders that the so-called war bread be served to himself and the members of his em tourage. The bread, styled also "K" bread, consists of 85 per cent. of rye flour 'flaked. It is being consumed in ae- cordance with a war time proclama- tian with the idea of making the sup- | pi¥. of looJainis divthe empire' last onger. - Up to the present time it bas not been bought rapidly by the general public. it is hoped, hew- ever, that the decision of the emper« or to eat this bread himself will ins fluence the people to follow his ex- ample. The newspapers are giving much atiention to the course of his majesty in this connection. WOMAN SAW HER SONS BEFORE SHE DIED Five of Them in Army--How Hh Kitchener Brought Them 4 From Front. London, Jan. 6.--The Chronicle) says: "Earl Kitchener is so gener- ally credited with an iron character devoid of sentiment in matters affect- ing his great purpose that the fol- lowing story of his thoughtfulness is of special interest. "A Sunderland woman with five sons in the army lay dying. Her bne desire was to see her boys again and through the offices of a local Sal- vation Army officer four of the sons serving In England reached home within twenty-four hours. Their expenses were paid by the authori- ties. © The fifth son, however, was at the front, and there seemed little chance of the old woman's wish be- ing fulfilled. But the Salvationist officer wired to the war office, and back came a reply over Lord Kitchén- er's signature saying that if the son could be found he would be sent home. Afterwards came a wire to say the man was on his way home, and eventually hg landed in time to see his mother before her death. The authorities had paid his expenses and gave him seven days' furlough and rations." 'Amherst Island Contributions. | Collections ox Amherst Island for For Ahapiial i -- the Wo- mans In 10. ¥or the Red stitute, $31.85; patrons Am t Island cheese faciory, $116.09: = rons of Emerald factory, $43.87; to- tal, $191.31. Patriotic fund---Colleeted by R. A PUTO Buerell cese L386; tota $115.36. we The Belgium fund--Grant Am-| Island: Council, 350; grand total, | Espa ER buns Supplies for the Red Cross con taining pillows, pillow pads, hand- socks, shirts, bave been Supplies for the Belgian relied included ten boxes, articles of cioth- ing. and several pounds of tea. . Near Courtechausse, the French De. | o, Cross--Womens' In-| - JUDGES BUY GUN. 4 Toronto, Jan. 6.--~The circuit + rifle corps, and may later go to +" the front with the third con + gent. PEP 94P P0000 d | | ZEPPELIN DREADNOUGHTS Now Number Seyen As Britisher Pamaged One. Geneva, Switzerland, Jan.- 6. Count Zeppelin has at present sevem aerial dreaonihis at his disposal at Rwsiedrichshaten, Dusseldorf, Ber tin and Huwhwy. An eighth ajr- ship was Yeriously damaged by Com- mander Driggs, of the British aerial squadson, in his #aid on Frieders whehafen last month, and is i !patched up to join the second. line Zeppelins which number a dozen which are useless for long ney's. jour- Canadians In Battle. London, Jan. 6.~R. F. Winnipeg, has been wounded. hors¢ was shot under him. Edward Jenner, a chauffeur, fore merly of Gait and Toronfo, is seri- ously ill with pneumonia. . Numerous Cegnadians 'are serving Bobby, His lin the British army' In France. Major Dr. Perry Goldsmith, Toronto, has been at the Front three times. Germans Cut Off Trigger Finger London, Ont., Jan. 6.--John Mur+ ray, of this city, received word to day that hie brother, Lieut. Murray, of the Coldstream G bad his trigger fin, cut off by German soldiers while lying wounded on the battlefield. According to this" letter, a nomber of Murray's come rades-in-arms met a similar fate, Canadian Club's dinner on. Friday night will be served at 7.30 o'vlogk at the Frontenac Hotel 8.15 o'clock by Principal ronto. : 3 ~ "Nyal's Face Cream," at Gibson's. PATLY "Tom!" Marks Co, - : Band at the Palade #nk to-nlght. LO.F. entertajpment, Thursday, § p.m. Bee top of page 8, right hada' dormer, or probabilities. : THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG Is on Sale at the Following City Stores: Bucknall's News Depot Clarke, J W. & Ch, .. College Book Store .... 163 Princess Coulter's Grocery 209 Princess Cullen's Grocery, Cor. Prin. & Alfred Carnovsky, T. R. ....068-670 Princess - Frontenac Hotel ........ Ontario St Oibson's Drug Store .. Market Bquare Lowe's Grocery .......,. "Portsmouth McAuley's Book Stofe ....9% Princess McGall's Cigar Store, Cor. Prin. & King McLeod ts Grocery ....5l Union Bc W. Mediey's Drug Store, 250. University Prouse"s Drug Store . Valleau's Grocery Paul's Cigar Store 03 gi ~y -.205 King B 353 Princess . 208 Montreal ses 16 Princess DIED > HASTINGS--Passed away of his jale assed residence, 211 Queen §t, Ki on Jan. si, TH Wika Heat 8. Funeral will take place on Thursday, at 2.30 pm, to ul o Divine Rervice will 'be Rola en use. Friends and acquaintances are respests fully Tvited to attend. . (Chatham papers please copy.) McGUIRE---At the Hotel Meu, Kinga ston, on Jan. Sth, 1015, Thome Melville, James MeGuire Qu xr. . Ja ebec St. Funeral Th ve ursday morning, 19 o'clock, IN In memory of Muriel Jao. 6th, 1913. ob This lovely iad, 40, young and fair,' &' Called home wacly doom. J in Frais uiay Blaper ve * tomer ROBERT J. REID Phone 577 230 Princess Baird, who died Jambs $12 Princess