YEAR 82 NO 53 DR.C.K. ROB THURSDAY, MARCH 4 1915 ° "LAST » EDITION GAINS BY GERMANS NORTH OF ARRAS The Enemy Pressed Forward in Massed Attack and Took Advanced Trenches of Allies Over a Considerable Distance. Two Prussian Guard Regiments Were Almost Decimatcd in Attempt to Recapture Lost Positions in Cham- pagne Region---The French Have Made Fresh Progress in Varennes. (Special to the Whig.) Yaris, March 4.-<Offivial--German gains in the fighting north of Arras, around Lorette Hills, was ad- | mitted in official despatches from the battlefront to-day. The enemy pressed forward in massed attack, and took 1; the advanced trenches of the Allies over a considerable distance. The: Germans. are again pouring a hot shell fire into. Rheims, completing their work of ruin. All day yester- day, at intervals of three minutes, shells shrieked across the valley and into the heart of the city, sending buildings tumbling into the streets. Two Prussian Guard regiments, the kaiser's prige troops, were partly decimated in a v iolent atte mpt to re- take positions captured by the Allies in the hampagne region. The Prussians stormed the French 'trenches northeast of Mesnil, but were beaten off 'with heavy losses. French: troops have made fresh progress on the plateau of Vauquois, near Varennes, and mow hold the south portiqn of the town. Street fighting / continties cat all hours. = At several points in the Argonne region, Geran attagks have been repulsed. PETAWAWA 10 BE THE TRAINING CAMP Of Next Coptingent, as it is Away From City Dis- tractions ri men into shape there. thah in the cities, where they have so many other attractions to divert their at- tention. * From the standpoint of health is generally. admitted it is almost impossible to improwse on the plains of Petawawa. The camp is near Ot- {tawa and' has splendid reilway fa { cilities. It has been anpounced that the order providing ir the: sending of thirty-nine men frgm the Sth C.M.R. to England with a shipment of horses has been cancelled. No reason for | the cancellation of the order is ob. | tainable, ' einai Ottawa, March 4.-IL is generally | wxpected in military. givcles that ss soon as the spring arrives the troops in training in this division for "the third contin will be moved to JLetawawa to put on the finishing touches to their war preparations. Accommodation for soldiers is be coming nite | er here at pre- sent, and as there is ample provis- ion at the 'famous camp on the Ot- "tawa river 000 to 15 000 men, this spot is likely to be so lected. i Phtavava 8 ited with * a splendid water sud rainage system; ile. ie agen and has many other ad- | i military stantlpoint. | Fy is antagel tof {ha much better pro- gress could be made in whipping the | American waters. CREWS WERE LANDED. Of British and French Vessels Sunk By Raiders, * Santiago, Chile, Ma¥ch. 4.Crews of the French bark Jean and of the British steamer Kinaldon, sunk on January dsb. were, Janded. 5 Waster Island, necording to the navy department statement to-day. The! censor prohibits further details re i garding the sinking of these ships. aldon._ are victims of - raiders. possibly of 'the Karlsruhe, wr CAN DA'S MOUNTED TROOPS. | gloom th | Which has heen reported In. Southis test than: 3,000,000 Britleh tol-. | 18t, Recording | Mace stated that no untoward UND "NOT GU LTY' » H. + Dardanelles. { strong enough to resist her sheiis. purposes. A AM i GLOOM IN HOLLAND. Blockade a Blow T To Dutch Shipping Interests, Rotterdam, March 4.--Mr. quith's declaration, while not caus- in. a great surprise in Holland, has nevertheless created something like in Dutch shipping , circles. When the war commenced all Ger- man exports were diverted from Ger- man ports to Holland, whose ship ping lines have since heen carrying on a big-trade in goods not on the con traband: list. All this is now stop- ped and. the very big trading inter- ests are naturally affected. It is computed, for instance, that quite Rixty per. cent. of the trade o ma lit wilt be stopped. By the al-| ibition of exportation of sev-| oral things that can only be obtaine | from Germany, the need of these, it is helleved, will be sorely felt in the neutral countries, while the duties | paid to colonies which use large quantities of cheap German machin- ery, Will also be affected. In Amsterdam there is a disposi- Ag- to the fact that cargoes now ab sga aré not affected by the declaation, It is also pointed ont that the ssag- fation which followed: the declarn-| tion of war has not lasted, and the shippers prefer to wait and see if some means « cannot be found iu bridge the new difficulties. satisfae- tory. MILLION AND ARAL SOLDIERS AT- HAVRE Drilled and Seasoned British Troops Are Ready to Take the Field. -- - New York, March 6. Favre now a gigantic military oamp, in which are quartered more than 1,- 500,000 drilled and seasoned British | that there rd Kit teh- | ef will fulfill his promise to have it is assumed that the Jean and Kin- 1f00Ps, and such large additions are German soa being made almost dail [no longer is a doubt tha fit for service. in France by May! to passengers who _ reached this port yesterday on board {38 steamer Chicago of the French! The Chicago is the first large pas- este] to leave Havre for New. {i Hromete, the creation of the co-called "war-zone,' but Captain] eir- 's efforts to and France would prove 18! M 5. QUEEN ELIZABETH The new British super-drea nought which is in action for the first time against the forts along the With 13-inch guns throwing a projectile weighing 1,050 pounds, has proved for hostile no fortress This is the first time 15-ineh guns have ever been used A AN wo NO MERCY FOR BELGIANS, German Decision Practically Relief 'Work. The Hague via London, March 4-- The German government has deter mined to refuse to grant any more safe conducts for American reliet ships to touch at English ports for] coal on the homeward voyage, ac- cording to advices received here, and it is also reported on the same autho- rity that a permit for the return voy- age to the United States will be giv- 8 only to vessels which take the Allies Squadron. ourse north of the Shetland Islands. STRENGTH OF ALLIS PLY YEN INTO THE HEARTS OF cles in Holland that the efforts of the THE ENEMY. i Amgrican commistion or relef to Eh save the civilian Populate 0 More of 'Dardanelles Forts Reducea | 51UM from starvation are THY ~The Allied Fleet Consists Forty Battleships Besides Destroyers Vessels, A AAA A rs en en ... TURKISH FLEET Has Fled at Approach of the Halts of terdam is the Only practicable port and Cruisers, through which the Belgians can be and Smaller fed, and it is argued that the reliet ships must be able to proceed to and from that port by the direct route (Special to the" Whig.) with a safe conduct under the com- London, March 4.--The Turkish mission flag, or the whole work of re- it tioh to do nothing at present owing fleet, assigned to give battle to the lief will become absclutely hopeless for practical reasons. . The American minister to The Ne- Anglo-French warships inside th» Dardanelles, has fled at the ap- proach -of the allied war squadron, therlands, Henry Van Dyke, on being according to. Athens Jespatches to. apprised of this report, said: "I am day. infinitely sorry for this, I have done | While a. dieavy fog hung over the! my best to get a better answer from strait, the Tufish war craft liftoq | Berlin, but none comes. Surely, ships | anchor and steamed sileatly oui o: engaged in this humane work ought i the Nagara Road and into the Sea of | to be sacred; but it seems not. Just , Marmora. With the Mfting of the now the case looks dark. God pity ' mist the allied aviators Reported jot Belgium if the decicion stands." & Single TUrKish war vessel in ih strait, and reconnoitering flights far up the Marmora Sea failed to re RUSSIAN SUCCESSES veal their whereabouts. Admiralty officials to-day admit- DISTURBING - 10 BERLIN ted they were puzzled at the myster- iods disappearance of the Turkisa Root, When the bombardment of News of Fresh Seif the. Dardanelles 'began neaply <¢ho entire naval forces of the Sultan - Pouring Forward Disconcerts were cquventrated in the narrows of x ET Pe ET Nagara Road to block the progress General Staff. of the allied fleet toward Constan- Copenhagen, March 4.--Apparent- tinople. The successiul advance of ly the fierce Russian offensive which (fhe Anglo{Frengh warships has developed in Poland is Tsien brought them to within six Miles some alarm in Berlim, ac the enemys s fleet private advices received here. ng lo was concentrated. Tcorrespongent of The National Tidoe- The Turks are believed to hav: nde is permitted to be pessimistic on with-drawn to. the very approaches' what he described as the greatest of Constantinople, prepared to pass battle of the whole war. The Ger- the Bosphorus 4nd enter the Black man general staff, he says, realizes i Bea if the Ottoman capital falls. tha¥ the Russians are occupying very 'Turkish aviators flew over the favorable positions in Poland. Beth allied fleet 'all day Sunday, and the the German and Austrian staffs an-| = | report they wade of the stremgth of nounee that fresh Russian. troops are { of the bombarding forces is believed pouring in on both flanks, enabling to have caused 4 a precipitate retreat. the grand duke to launch attacks at several poiuts. The Germans are to doubt whether the Russians an Jnjend So} ake i counter-a been reduced, the mt, or oily to drive their East Prussian ng lish arshi .{ enemy , behind the hd To | Frontib. The and ie are Maan, Soin t, according to Ath. | Dull Pass. 1g 252 Only Two Forts tened with immediate danger, as ot Thar 3 DR. ROBINSON MAKES A FULL CONFESSION Ne Tried to Save the Life of Miss Blanche Yorke When She Came to Him in Danger. ~He Used No nstrument---After Her Death He Became Temporarily Insane and Cut Up the Body--- Doctors Testified He Acted in Accord- ance With Medical Usage. (By Staff Reporter.) Napanee, March 4.--The jury in the Yorke murder case this after. noon at 3.80 o'clock returned a ver- dict of "Not Guilty," and Justice Sutherland immediately discharged Dr, C. K. Robinson from custody. There was an outburst of cheering in the courtroom when the verdict was announced. Napanee, March 4.--Dr. Clifford - K. Robinson, accused of the murder of Blanche Lillian (Happy) Yorke, has spoken. In the court room late yesterday afternoon, and before the big crowd which has been in attendance at the trial ever since it was opened, the young physician went on the stand as the first witness when the defence | was called, and there he told his story--or rather: what may be reo garded as a confession, in that it con- !that night, veyed to the world the part he had | taken Nn: the events leading up to the death of Miss Yorke, whose antimely | end had been a puzdle to the.crown | t ge of Tamworth ht of July 1 J 1914. 1 br. jury that he | had treated Wien Yorke at_his home | on the night of July 8th, that he! had eperated orf her ip an attempt to save her life, and that she had died in his howe. = After all, his of forts put forth to save her life had failed, he went suddenly insane, and cat off both her limbs. Miss Yorke came to his home ' on the might of July 8th and died = one o'clock the next meni Dr. Robinson said he had ate yo Yorke at his office rly in the even- ing of July Sth. Her second visit to him was made just as he was about to retire for the might. Dr. Robinson said that the young | woman was suffering from "placesta | previa" and that the methods he | = (used to relieve her were those laid | down for him in his college conrse. He bad used no instruments in his | |wotk. He had no time to get medi: eal aswisthnce to help him in his work as it was a matter of life or {death with the patient. Aer Took Forty Minuies. . Robinson told "his story in for- | hy mihutes. He was quite cool, and | i _everv detail, apparently | phasing back nothing. He not : Suly | Hold the story but explained - thing carefully to the jury. In et fact. one would almost have had the ides | that instead of defending the charge | of murder, which had been lodged | Against Wim, he. was giving 'a meds- | The audience listened with breath. | silence, and it was most pathetic | doctor told of the woman, upon Rn, i The defense called doctors "old & man were you in J hap ot was twenty-four : on Tt sy Bay 4 Friends ton at this time, as she was ill under- going treatment. Witness wis alone in the house. He had no servant, nor even a telephone. His office was down town, a half block from the drug sjore. "Did you know Blanche Yorke?" he was asked by Mr. Robinette. "Yes, 1 know her." "Did she see you om July 8th last?" "Yes, she came to me twice." "Did you give her any modicine?" "I gave her a bottle of medicine the first time, for stomach trouble." "On July. Sth did Blanche Yorke come to your office?' At Doctor's Office, "She came to my office in the night of July 8th about 8.15 o'clock." "Did you give her any medicine?" Tell the jury just what oceurred.' "When she came into my office shé was looking rather worried. 1 asked her about her revious. coudition but she did not tell me. She said sho bad bad very. bad pains. 1 thought a few questions. ested she undergo an 3, ition. Bhe consented and I. placed her on the examination table." Witness here stated that he then noticed her condition, and made an | examination with a discovery that she was in delicate health. He con- tinued his examination, and eX plained, in detail, everything - he @id. He fold her she was in a weri- ous condition, and was threatened with a miscarriago (Continued fon Page Five) DAILY MEMURANDUM. Rand at the Palace Rink to-nieht Band at the Covered Rink to-night. Hee top of page 3, Hght Hand cuines, Foo rotates. BORN, { BRADY--In Inveraty, on Saran 2nd, 1s to Mr. and Mre. M. P. Brady, son. SHARPE--O March 4 1915, to Mr. a Sharps, 360 Bartle NN ~1n Kingston, March 4th, PT Jo h beloved wife ot the Inland nt. | Funeral n KEN NEY , Miss. Mar Funeral notice later. 1, 1913, May y i beloved Scholes, Aged 64 years Za James mont Funeral from her Jestdence oe a3 Queen street, ¥ri 10. | Friends and onitnos are ri Tully invited to ret & | Napanee p. hast copy. eH a on Mal 1915, Wiliam, # won Sands. Funeral 1 from tg March 3rd, ot "Kennedy. are uly hi to attend. : Frida Toronto, Ottawa, 3 viease coy. E