YEAR sz NO 48 KINGSTON | oNTARIO. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 26, 1915 LAST EDITION BANKRU PTED PARENTS. Bank Clerk Gambled a and Ruined His ALLIES MAKE MORE GAINS ALL ALONG BATTLEFRONT British Repulsed Series of German Charges In Counter-Attack Threw Enemy Back and Gained 100 Yards of Trenches. Mong Meuse, French Gud Fire Wrecked German Trenches Rainy Weather in Belgium and - Norther France Is Hindering Operations, Gen- eral French Reports. / Paris, Feb, 26. (3 p.m. official )-- Further gains for the allies all along the battle front, particularly in the fighting west of Labassee and in Aprement forest, were reported in official despatches to the war office to-day. The British repulsed another series of German charges along the Labassee-Beéthune road. They coun- ter-attacked and threw the G ermans back in confusion, gqining 100 yards of trenches, In the Apremont region, French infantry attacks caused severe losses to the Germans. At the point of the bayonet the French forcer the ene- my to evacuate several trenches. Fighting in the Champaigne regi- on continues with the French mak- ing steady progress around Perthes. The Belgians are stubbornly re sisting' German drives against their positions in the flooded area In Flanders. They made a successful attack yesterday, recapturing a Toronto, Feb. 26 Through his connection with the gambling estab- lishment condueted by Henry Lasher and Frederick Christy on Victoria street, George W. Statts, a teller, has practically bankrupted his par- ents, his father having to meet a band of $3,000 to. cover part of ih: young man's defalcations at branch of the Imperial Bank. he money was lost in the course of : few weeks. Young Statts is punished by law because he I a a crown witness. Christy "was yes-| terday fined $200 and sent to jail fer six months. . Lasber, who was out on $2,008 bail --did not appear in court and a bench warrant was issued for his arrest. SEPSIIIISIIEIIEIIS 40S THE DARDANELLES. The Dardanelles are thirty. three miles long and from 1,300 yards to four miles wide. Im portant fortifications which have recently been supplied with German guns, manned by German officers, are built upon the shores. Some twelve years ago Lord Charles Beresford estimated the cost of forcing the Dardanelles at "50 per cent. of the ships making the attempt," and the defenses at that time were not what they are now. The allied fleet has been try- ing to get by the outer forts since early in January. treich previqusly taken by the Ger- mans. German artillery bombarded the French positions along the Aisne for several hours yesterday. The French replied effectively, silencing several Germany batteries Along | the Meuse, French gun fire wrecked a number of German trenches and forced the withdrawal of a German battery. Rain Hinders Operations, London, Feb. 26.--Rainy wea- ther in Belgium and Northern Frame: is hindering operations, Gen. French reported to the war office to-day.y The canals are out of their vis PLAYED HAVOC in many places, and both the allies IN 1 Ww AT PIT and the énemy have heen forced to evacuate the flooded trench at sev- Forcing of Dardanelles Causes Drop in Prices in eral points. Chicago, Near Ypres, British tfoops are en- Cdwene Chicago, Feb. 26.-- News of the gaging in intermittent engagements with the Germans. Elsewhere, only long distance artillery duels are in progress. destruction of the Dardanelles outer! forts to-day played havoe 'in the wheat pil. The market opened at $151 a bushel for May and $1.21 a ADMIRALTY PREPARATIONS FOR GERMAN SUBMARINES epeaseaiet Siero. tones of | from 2 19.5 cents a bushel. At 10 | m. May wheat had declined to $1.- London, Feb. 26.--The Daily Chron: | the work of the German submarines | 48 while July had fallen to $1.20 son-gntes have been ' easy." | and is still weak, the admiralty has. nn Lo 1 the "nature of prepara- Swedish Vessel Damaged. | DEAD IN CHUBGH a. ¥ that they ars Amsterdim, Feb. 26.--The Swedibh | danger for | steamer Svarton arrived wt' Ymuiden Body of Wilberforce Man * Found pin to pass oe | to-day th a big hole in her Hae | Hanging in Shed. ) : . : board bow, the vietim either of anville, Ont., Feb. 26.-- Tue: ed Je Hata pine; nid out- mine' or a submarine atiack. She | Fe some spectacle met: the gaze of the there | reported! no casenliies among : satrick's Lhurch are other meand which will not make ' crew. gp ra of St. Jape 4 on they discovered the body of a' man y 'by a rope from the ralters the result of the war, they sought te oe puch shed. Upon being cut defend them on the untruthful ground | do CEP PPPEPPPPRP PERE EOTY 3esateiitestdtondaning ; her PU to pay the interest on one hundred | bo atfributed as the osuse of his ac- | budge': so a i ie, Hap. "Bob" thets had been S07 dismissals and. 700 ed distinctly, The conforefices be- { Haronetey is at present interned in | Germany { If the French and Tnglish warships | batter their way past the great chain PITH OF NEWS THE LATEST TIDINGS PRESENTED IN THE BRIEFEST POSSIBLE FORM. The Whig's Daily aily Condensation of the News Of the Woild From Tele- | graph Service and Newspaper Ex-| changes. On Saturday morning Mrs. Young, an old resident of Consecon, passed | away after a lingering illness. The death oecurred on Feb. 16th of George Empey Taylor, Esq. De- ceased was horn in Murray on the | 30tp March, 1852. : Henry Dowsley, Prescott, has been appointed to take™harge of the Ca- nadian military post office, establish- ed at Bologne, France, for the Ca- nadiap contingents at the front. Dr. C. F McPherson, Prescott, had the misfortune to receive a fall or Sunday and has eome through with a broken ankle which will necessitate the doctor's being 'in terned" for about six weeks. Sir William Eden, artist and land owner, dled in London on Sunday. His eldest son was killed at Ypres in November and Lhe heir to tha Despondent because he had been upable to obtain work, John Was. fon, aged sixty, of Parrsboro, N.S. committed suicide by hanging. The body was found by his wife to whom he had been married only five months. Germany Stops 86% Newspapers, Amsterdam, Feb. 26.-Figires com- | piled by the postal authorities show | that since the beginming of the war | $61 German newspapers have suspend- ed publication. RUSH COAL TO GERMANY. Great Activity In Department 4 "Nord Paris, Feb. 26. A araunt who succeeded in escaping from Demain, a coal-mining town, in the Depart- . metit dd Nord, a short distance from Valenciennes, says that gangs of Ger- man miners are working in the coal pits with the greatest .activity and that coal is being shipped to Ger- many on fast trains. The inhabi- tants of the town are permitted to buy what they desire for domestic uses. All the wheaten fluur in the town and its environs, according to the merchant, was requisitioned and sent to Germany. Rye flour bas been submitted for wheat flour and the bread from it is being =old to the in-| habitants' at the rate of five pounds for a franc. The people have pro- tested vigorously against this. FFF EPP rP EPROP PIPES bP ddd NOT CONCEIVABLE. London, Feb, 26. --Premier Asquith in parliament endorsed Churchill's statement that Brit. nin would continue the war against Germany even should France and Russia withdraw, but soch situation, he said, was inconceivable, +* + + -* PEEP RAAEHMINS greesiesceaie UNDER SEC RET ORDERS. Will Leave England Shortly on Mys- terious Expedition. London, Feb. 28. --A romantic and land in about three weeke' time. It will consist of a corps of -frentiers- | men raised by Lieut.-Colonél Dris- call, who headed a body of scouts in the South African war, and, accord- ing to that gfMcer, it will go "on a sort of spec al mission in a tropical country.' Driscoll says that men with the old British spirit of enterprise will get all the fun and fighting they want Among the officers of the corps are such noted big game hunt- ers and travellers as Frank Selous, Cherry Kearton and G. H. Outram. ALLIED FLEET HAS MOVED INTO THE DARDANELLES Destroyed Outer Sos Tah Fost Twenty-Five Miles Away---A Great Battle Will Soon he Fought For Constantinople. London, Feb. 26 Preceded . by mine sweepers, the 'allieg fleet, under Vice-Admiral Casden, has moved past ! the destroyed Turkish fortress at the entrance to the Dardanelles, | begun shelli the land fortifications on both i of the strait, aceord- ing to Athens despatches to-day. . Twenty-five miles away the Turk- | ish fleet is lying in Niagara Roads, the narrowest part of the waterway. and has of forts leading to Niagara Roads, | one of the most decisive naval bat- | ties of the war may be fought in the | narrow, tiver-like channel. The 'ofidial 'announcement that the outer forts of the Dardanelles have | beem forced aroused great enthusiasm here. Military experts, however, | make no effort to minimize the great obstacles facing Carden's fleet before the ips ean emerge in the ses! od | Krupps., | patches J | ment Jas made preparations to aban- ually, the allied fleets must of Marmora aid begin the bombard: ment-.of Constantinople. They dauat _ through a channel thickly strewn with mines, and fight | way past an endless series of forts. Fifteen miles inside the straits sud- denly narrow tp.a width of one and one-fifth miles A small island further obstructs the channel at this point, and twelve fortifications, nine {on the European and three on the | { Asiatic side, command the waterway. with heavy | These forts are equipped Reports from various sources, how- ever, confirm yes ay's Athens des- that the Turkish govern- don Constantinople. This is = taken as an official admission that event: force their way through the Dardanelles, bottle up and destroy the Turkish ! pavy and drive ofie of Germany's allies from the war, 2 THE FRENCH PUGILIST ly was recognized as | service, enough could have been saved | jor this is the only reason that. can | fon. Bob Calls i is According to Prof. Adam | {jon. When his clothing was search- { Shortt, 8,000 ew civil servants had | od, among other articles was found | | beer appointed to replace 2,000 who | $656 in casn and $13 in cheques. {had bean dismissed. Hon. "Bob™ was on his feet. He A Japan Agrees a parhinment: was with the Rogers') department, he = dechred, Not to Press urbane and suave, Hoge ato Hansard with a vitriolic Itighations. um, had been outburst, My Ragers was leading the | "moo "on Pugsley opined ~ that it ouse at the time. Hon. _~ Ly, am | ug manif-st that parliament should | ing OPmer | have siditional information in regard tween China and Japan has improv- The hockey excursion to Toronto | yween representatives of the two na- was- welt patronized, about 300 DIF tions app: were inno Yor: [dion ui MpTOMIse: : { The most gt Important step yet tak: {en in this direction was disclosed | {age and appointments in the civil | slightly deranged or eccentric,. and so | Ottawa, Feb. on a adden, Loads by any "man hihis (3h differences which have arisen be-| opposed to impose on the people. | Witte ther membersof -the government + ) oh : i rently are progressing { to A STARTLING DISPARITY. Diane, Feb 26 -- That there bas; (CANADIANS CAPTURED. TRENCH FROM GERMANS The Ontario Man, Including the 14th of King: ston, Were Under a Heavy Shell and Rifle Fire For Hours. But They Conducted Themselves With the Utmost Gal- lantry and Steadiness---They Suffered a Good. Many Casualties--Their Behavior Was a Credit to Canada. Toronto, Feb. 26.--A Mail-Empire | ian Aseneh, only yp five are re- SN ' ; ve, por unhurt of a cable dated Napthur Fran, Tues: | Th Cats tend Tomlin day, via London, Feb. 25th, says | under 'cover of darkness, in "lI am able to state definitely that ! single file over a road shat by the Canadian troops have been in | bursting shells. Their behavior was action. They conducted themselves | a credit to Canada, and British sol- with utmost gallantry and steadiness, | diers are proud to fight beside them. and were under a heavy shell and! From now on the Canadians will rifle fire for hours. | regularly take their are of © the The infaptry brigade was in | fighting. action. ts casualties were not | he heavy. The regiment repulsed a'de- |. The Ontario infantry brigade, thé termined attack. The machine gun Toronto regiment machine gun section is doing good work, but [section and the Queen's Own Rifles has had a number wounded. apparvently are the units referred to The Rifles distinguished themselves | in the foregojog despatch, the Mail. but are reported to have lost a num- | Empire says. No doubt the 14th ber of men. They captured a Ger- | men, of Kingston, were in this fight. first WOULD LIKE PO KNOW. INFORMATION BUREAU. | A Statement That Failed To Give Enlightenment, Toronto, Feb. 26. Ignorance stiil prevails as to why Sir Adam Beck left the provincial eabinet at the time of its re-organization and why ier. W. J. Hanna did not become | prime minister when, as it' was sta- | | tl, the position was offered to him Flot shall bo carried out with com. | as well as to Hon. Dr. Pyne and | F All Yfacisnet: ving sick and | Hon. J. J. Foy. According to consti-| wounded "will ab revel notify the tutionalist precedent and on the re-! bureau of any GC quest of Mr. Rowell, Mr. Hearst has aundisns amoiig made a statement to the house re- ing C dia garding these cabinet changes, but | th statement leveled against the! FRE i'statement is that it failed to ex| ' Boulogue upon plain the points in' which the public' oa Som a _Yigitons to eal pon | Were most interested. These fea- they m may be lying | tures, undoubtedly, were--first, op formed. " inthe ap- Re ------------ pointment of a premier and, second, | Interest why did Beck leave the cabinet and | No Tale Ot eduction. why "did Hanna 'not become prime Toronto, Feb. Gann minister? "Mr. Hearst vehemently | | cial of one of Canada denied that he owed his position to said to-day there ia federal influence but it was easy to! of reductions in a on see that Mr. Rowell's references to deposits in chartered banks, -- | charges in conservative papers, (in some quarters. $ ; which, as he said, were in the-con-' | fidence of the government much | { more than he was, that the appoint- | ment was the work of the Hon. 4 Frank Cochrane in Ottawa, disturb-| {ed the new prime minister who | showed every sign of being annoyed | and agitated. Red Cross Organization Makes Ar. rangements for Carrying Out Plans. % London, Feb. 26.--Lady Drummond, on behalf of the Canadian Red Cross, is making preparations for: ¢ that the work of the information bu- £ DAILY MEMORANDUM. lee! at' the Palade Rink to-night. of page 3, right head cornet: See u tor, "Srobavtifier vered reserved Saturday ] morning for dren | THE DAILY BRI BRITISH WHIO | Is on_Sale at the 'the Following City Stores: Blicknel's News Depot ..398 King 8 Clarke, J W. & Co. +... 358 Princess College Book Store 183 Princess BUYING A_SITE. $3,000,000 Paid For Old Democratic Headquarters. New York, Feb. 26--~The old Hofi- | m an house, one of the oldest down- i | ows. hotels, and for many years Coulter's Grocery ...... 309 Princess | headquarters in New York for demo- Cullen's , Cor. Prin. & Alfred | eratic politicians, has been sold to a| Frontenac Hotel seenvsss Ontario Bt | construction, company. The price Gibson's Drug Store . Market Square iis said to have beep more than $3,- | Lowe's Grocery ... vig Portsmouth | 000,000, McAuley's Book Store ....93 Princess | Melioodr Grocery vv. Ul EE sous on * RUSSIAN VICTORIES " BEING ING ANNOUNCED | Medley's Drug Store, University | Paul's Cigar Store ....... 70 Princess Prouses Drug Sar 132 Valless's Grocery . PEt . 264] 1915, to Dr. and Mrs. H. E Day's daughter. 5 been almost as startling a isparity | i in prices paid by the: /| a ent! Petrograd, Feb. 26. Russian vie- | | for the. remounts purchased through-| tories at both ends of the long battle | HUGE out the eastern provinces between | line, particularly in the east around | December 1st last and January Sist| Stanislaw, were claimed in despatch. = sod M , as there was in the prices paid for! es from the front to-day. It is ad et age. Six . ad binoculars and razoss is indicated by 'mitted, however, that the Gormans| LAWLER Suddenly, in Kingst a return brought down in the com-| bave made slight progress in their| February 26th, 1915, James mons by Major-General Sam Hughes. drive southward and eastward upon ! f od $3 years, re The return states that the general Warsaw. North and northeast of | Funeral notice later, el FOSEMT BED DIED. {E8---At the lugston Hospital, Februa, 2, Robert Hughe 'that they were "war taxes." | dase of, ay Lemke, of town- | government, declared Dr. Pugsley, wd ship of Wilberforce. 'The unfortungle | exerc:seds ordinary prudence in patron- | man was "generally supposed to be Unfair. { declared this assertion of Prof. Bhortt J------ to 'te "the most dishonorable, dis honest and uolair statement ever! Peking, China, a, Feb. 3. : Te . ® had been scoring Hon. W.'F.| (Fy SF Gel sutlook for an adjustment 4 sttempted' misrepresenta- -- tion of the direct and tariff taxes he . here yesterday. The Japanese gov- | ernment has given ind which | i rded as definite that it will| i wi s $150.30 in one of the phricts to $188.94 afi _ JAMES REID