YEAR 82 NO. 37 ' 3 aily KINGSTON ONTARIO, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13 ps Pitisl) vise 1915 GERMAN THREATS MET BY GREAT BRITISH RAID Thirty-four Naval Aeroplanes and Seaplanes Did Great Damage to Enemy's Sub- | mairne Bases on- Belgian Coast. | All the Pilots Returned Safely---Only Two Machines Were, Damaged---Greatest Raid in History---Object of Raid to Break tions For German Blockade. London, Feb. 13.--A descripiién of the British aeroplane raid of Fri- day was given out by the Official In- formation Bureau as follows: The secretary of the. admiralty makes the following announcement: During the last twenty-four hours, | seaplae | combined aeroplane and operations have been carried out hy the naval wing in Bruges. Zeebru gee, Blakenburghe apd Ostend di:- triets, with a view fo prevent the de- velopment of submarine bases and establishments." Thirty-four naval aeroplanes and seaplanes took part, "Great damage is reported to have been done to the Ostend railway sta- tion, which, according to present in- formation, has probably been burned to the ground. The railroad s tion at Blakenberghe wns burncd and the railway lines were torn up in many places, "Bombs were dropped on gun jo- sitlons at Middlegerke, and alse on the power station and German mina- sweeping vessels at Zeebruggee, bul the damage done is unkdown. we IE "Safelr; f the aftack the machines : banks of snow. British Aeroplanes and Seaplanes Make Raid And Do : Gre bi t en ON om ki LAST EDITI 4 + Damage To The German Submarine Bases--Pilots Unharmed SHIP MET HIDDEN DEATH; SAVED BY BEACHING. and Destroy Prepara- | | Flight Commander Crahame White | | fell into the sea off Nieuport, and was rescued by a French vessel. { | "Although exposed to heavy gun | {fire from rifles, anti-aircraft guns and | { machine guns, all of the pilots are safe. Two machines were damaged. i "The eseaplanes and aeroplanes! were under command of Wing i Commander Samson, assisted | by Wing Commander Longmers | and Squadron Commanders Porte, | Courtney and Rathorne." German Threats Anticipated, The London Chropicle's naval eor- 'respondent says: The greatest aero- ! plane and seaplane raid in hist wy | | has been achieved by the naval wing | | of Royal Flying Corps, is the splendid i news of this mecroing. German | | threats of a #o-citlel blockade, to he | | begun next Thy. sday, have been an- | ticipated by a boid and sueecesiu j-aet of our gallart airmen against | EA SAA © iy 5 -- * Sept LA seg their bases. Tho ohjeet wa, to { break up and destroy preparations v {for blockade, which the Germang 5 J {wera making on the coast, eltiofly at | hole paronghly A twelve-foot square, | Foonrupee, WHA everything th | beaching vessel... eofild. assist tid in their prepars- | i tions. THE BAUKAN SITUATION, HE PREFERS HANGING 10 LIFE _ se---------- Dr. J. W. Edwards, MP., of Frontenac, Declared in the House Of Commons 4g to Abolish Capital Punishment. Ottawa, Fob. 12.--~"I am not pre- "od . use 1 believe that to |} 4 man for an offence is to do fa kindness, if the al ternative be fo send him to King- ston penitentiary," Dr. J. W, Ed- wards, conservative member for Frontenas, thus concluded a serious arraignment f the conduct and operatiops of the penal institutions bear his eounty city, ; of the present minister of justice," which wag "is no wise to his cre He ted that three yoars he Airat brought the terrible . ! io the attention of the minister, but that nothing had WL Ly They were a "'dis- grace and Mandal io humanity, society, to and charges, made by a he in this house, ared to vote for the bill to abolish | PAPAL ent, beca | Rowmania and Bulgaria Fricndly -- Much Depends On Serbia, Leadon, Feb. 13.--The correspon- dent of the Times at Bucharest says that through a conversation with an éminent Roumanian : statesman he lerrns that Roumania's relations with { Bulgaria are now quite satisfoctory {nnd are expected to improve, | "The question of concessions { Bulgaria," the correspondent adds, "probably will be enslly arranged, but it depends .upon Serbia being i willing, to made concessions to Bul- garla In Macedonfa---that is to kay, | that Roumania is unwilling to take ; action until the harmonious co-opera- {lob of the three countries has been arranged for and Bulgaria's policy 1= clearly defined." IMPRISONMENT "iy ainst the Bill Introduced , who followed in support of the mea sure under discussion. .. - Three Innocent Men Hanged, Robert Bickerdike (Montreal, Lawrence), had submitted his for the abolishment of capital pun. ishment for its second reading. He GUARDING BRIDGES CLOSELY, Extra Military = Protection 'Provided At Niagara Frontier. St. Catharines, * Feb. 13.--The sending of an additional fifty-three men from St. Catharines to Niagara St. bill The effect of & mine upon a steamer Siam sete = oe i No Am ne SL x Falls to man the bridges across the river exhausts the supply of the 19th Regiment, every man who has not been accepted for overseas ser- characterized the existing statute as "a Jaw of blood and vengeance," and declared that 1914 had been Canada's | hanging year'* not equalled = since "WITH ThE protec- | tive force, almost six hundred. Mili-| {tary guards were also stationed at | the Canadian end of the International | ear who were ihnocent, and g A bridge at Bridgeburg. } | that public sentivent for fittle more mercy and a little ww. . (uPull and money had bosons p teat, Miors in dealing with capi 'of fences, and Mr. Bi ike urged that "from lesa, ity of i Malis, legal murder" in : Pe Feb. 13.--Pembroke id =» visit this week from Capi. well of D. Company, 21st Bat- 'Kingston, who came here to r with the county and local authorities with a view to funds with which to ion be kitchen which will id. The cost is | positions at county will fur- ; pour te = which {t met in the North Sea is shown by The fulness of the capiain prevented. ifs total 1 miles east of this polis was killed and two wes' The Amsterdam: gram | learns that 200 yor Bel N | A TACK who * 7 one | obeyed a request of the and | reported themselves have fi arrest. Made by the Germans on" and sent to Germany. ' those of the Belgians whose paren ts were Notun Miltay Begols. . 2c' 0 as A COMPLETE FAILURE awaits upon this gov ," Sena- tor La Follette told the United States BRITISH REPULSE GERMAN AT. TACKS AT NIEUPORT. senate on Friday, in speaking on his resolution to authorize the president German Axtillefy" Shelling Positions Around Ypres--Fighting From La. to' call a conférence of all neutral nations to oce-operate in restoring bassee To the Sea Increases in Tu. tensity. peace in Europe. marae -------- ------------ KAISER HURRIES BACK. Paris, Feb. 13.--Taking a leat Council of War Berlin Believed Ominons Sign, from the book of the allies, the Ger- mans to-day made an gttempt to de- molish the military depots at Veraun from. the air. A squadron of ten aeroplanes flew across the fortress and dropped bombs, but, according to latest word received here, did practically no damage. The fighting in the north from I. Sea Is Ine Bg Juiin-! poe not + ding : tensity. The ' Germans vigorous : in In - the royal attacked the British Boston ut | palace on the lon of the aft Nieuport, but were repulsed with | cr oary of the kaiser be hon- heavy losses. They also attempie | rary eolomel. of the § te Shards to carry the British trenches com-! tack that the Kaper Se 10, the Handing the grand dune, but failed council 6f war to d " 3 + eal situation of the. German ariflieny fa paw shelling on the east front. The National Tidende's have su ed in exploding two : . | respondent plainly bint Surman mines in the region of Car. German capital is kept the Ofse to the Ad ,_. | the fear ughter to activity is in evidence; with artille War theatre. He wires | y ¥ 'a mysterious silence # of both sides engaged. Elsewhere, v aha the situation shows little change. 42 Syenls, Shieh may chy 1 he Copen er's hurried return to Berlin from the east front is regarded here ag & very ominous sign. It is officially an- nounced that he received at the im- perial palace Marshal ven. 'Moltke, former chiet of the German genera: staff, and other generals; as well as Count von Eulenherg, of commerce, and General von The announcement that of- Ragen, Feb. 185The Kals- | DESPERATE CONDITIONS EXPER. ON THE FIGHTING IS FIERCE WESTERN SIDE 'Some French Trenches De- molished by D Dynamite. GAINS MADE BY FRENCH 1 PEL S 600 r IE | | IENCED IN THE VOSGES. * | | German Activity Checked at Lebasses l but Artillery is Being Brought up | ~=British Are Being Reinforced | { Germans For Present rave Aban- | { { | | bein, i { | | | | { } i i | | | 1 want to ta | domed Attempting to Cross the Aisne, | Paris, eb. 3. tinues in the the Germans --Severe fighting con- | Argonne region, where have again been reinfor- ced. Along the line, between I an- taine-Madame and Marie Theresa, the Germans are, to-day, continuing their violent assaults in an endeav. or to gain a foothold in the French trenches, some of which they have demolished with dynaniite, They ave ag repulsed, however, by French artillery and rapid-fivers. German losses in this operation, the war olbee says, are very heavy. There has been a renewal of the bombardment of the German positions along the heights of the Meuse and especially in the St. Mihiel section, where the French have made slight gains in the heavily wooded territory to. the west of the German positions. y In the Vosges slow but certain gains are being made under the most desperate conditions, It continues to snow heavily and conditions are described as "very blizzardy" but the French infantry are steadily push- ing their lines forward toward the main' highways that run north and south. . German activity at Labasses' has he time sat, troops that are massed here, it is be.' lieved that the enemy has merely halted his operations while additional artillery is being brought. The Bri- tish at this PE are also heing heavily reinforced. The bombardment of Soissons econ- tinues at long range but the Ger mans have seemingly abandoned, for the present at least, all thoughts of attemnting to'force a passage of the Aisne. In the north, from Arras ta the sea, the artillery duels continue and nearly every building glong the line of conflict has been flattened to the graund by the intensify of the shell fire. ALLIED TRADE MISSION | T0 LATIN ANERICA ho es py Ni ~ ore About 150 Industrial Leaders to Go| _ in April. 1 London, Feb. 13.--An aggressive step in the direction of capturing | German trade will made at the beginning of April, when about 150 | leaders of industry In Britain and | cigl mission to" South America, tak- | ing with them a vast aumber of sam- | ples. . A French vessel has been i chartered, and will start from South- | ampton. One of the organizers of the | mission said: "We mean to show | Latin-American the good, and not | x' i hmerely talk to them; it iz no good go- ! 7.1 Ing out and telling the people there | 'those made the Germans. We we can dae 1p as good articles as | the articles and show them. RUSSIA'S DALY WAR "BL IS $7,000,000 Pet r Feb. 13.--Russia's iy Petre, 3 estimated at irk 000 rubles ($7,000,000) in the dis which preced ed the adoption | ie il aA + AUDACIOUS REPAIRED. . a. yok Feb. 13.--Lett Pp here to- say the British tip A cious, which was disabled in North Sea, but whose loss never been admitted by British admiralty, hag now fully in will likely be in comm within a few days. METHODISTS TO RAISE BIG PENSION FUND Conference Decides to Coliect $11, 600.000 For Retired Ministers Chicago, Feb. 13.--A campaign' for a fund of $11,600,000 with which to provide for retirea minjeters and for widows ahd orphans of ministers of the Methodist Episcopal church of the United Statés will be made this year, according to action taken at the annual m of the of con- ference claimants of the rch here yesterday. # There are: 7,000 claimants in the United States, it. was Said, and their claims for 1914 amounted to $1,600,- 000, or about $500,000 moro than the church thud had prov To meet this and p e for an adequate fulld for 1915-34 'the came paign for $31,600,000 4s t§ be made. a ---- ifseefes *EEFEE Eero Rat * Soir Is on Sale at the Following Stores: Papot ..298 King Clarke, J W. ves $63 Princess College Book' hae Coulter's Grocery ean pr . Cullen's Grocery; n Prin. Fronténac Hotel visvi.,. outarte a ; r d Bucknell's News, . ¥ 8 University Paul's a cassnss 76 Princess Prouses Drug Store .,..713 Prin Valleau's Grocery .,.;., 208 Mon on Feb, 7H v. ®: ¥ in ind. 1 fC Baten, ngston, Si Sn on Fev. igh, " s y's thedral, by the Rev. Father Hagley, Emma Sungest rand 3 obert' " raham, y "both of fief "ADIRD ; CORRIGAN--In Kigston, Feb. 13th, of the late Danis] Corrigan. a F 1 from her late reside is "abo Fagus ty Godse o to 8L Mary's Cath- em mass will 2 ¥ repose of fier, soul, : # Friends and acquaiiiances invited fo attend. ney GLIDDEN--Suddan Sudbury, On on Feb. Jn on Renmin en. 3 : 3 Fu I (private) Monday at 1 hE) Oh Mantes v1 Jol mother, dwar vate. Friends and fully fav a #