Baily Dei . THE ALLIES HAVE BEGU T0 SQUEEZE THE: ENEMY Berlin Office dmits III 00s Joh Wick Al 4 PARDON FOR GIBSON. : . PETROGRAD AND PARIS BOTH ISSUE DECIDEDLY MISTIO REPORTS. © It is' anderstood that friends of Joseph Gibson,' Toronto, who was sentenced to life imprison- ment_for the murder of Joseph Rosenthal, have made applica. tion for a ticket of leave or a pardon, Gibson was sentenced to be hanged, but a large peti- tion was dvawn up in Toronto in his behalf and was presented to the minister of justice, after which the prisoner's sentence was changed to life imprison ment. orTi- Passenger Service Between France and England to Be Extended -- TE FEPOTINd How have been called ups There is Less Dread ofl the Sub- marine London, March 8.--According to despatches from Berlin to-day, the war office officially admits that Ger-| many's enemies are on the offensive on both eastern and western fronts. This is regarded as highly sigificant of the fact that the Russians on the east and the French-British on the wekt have begun their long promis-| ed squeezing of Germany's legions back towards their own frontiers. Official reports from both Petrograd and Paris fo-day are decidedly op- timistic. - -- Less Dread Of Submarine Loudon, March 8.---A despatch to Reuter's Telegram Company from Flushing, Holland, says an easier | feeling wilh regard to the German submarine blockade is indicated by | the anpouncement that beginning] March 9th, passenger service to England by the liners of the Zee-| land Company will be considerably extended, .. At present the British | authorities permit only two hun- dred' passengers to leave England | daily. The rush of passengers in Flush- | ing bound for England is enormous. Thousands are awaiting aecommo- | dation. All available cabins have been booked up to March 17th. sian, Canidlans Wounded, . Corporal George Stewart Le! Mesurier, suffering from ga gun-shot wound in the chest, is at a hospit- al in Boulogne. . Among other Canadians wounded are: Lieut. J. Doxsee, Campbeliford; Private R. M m, Mt. Veraon, J LB. Y. William-| h. P ai A, | Maron is An gi at Nethertvon, Eng. War Tidings. Germany Is building at Kiel fif- teen small submarines of a new type which will be used for reconnoiter- ing the home const in the Baltic Sea. Germans up 10. the age of firty-five years, who two months ago were de- | clared unfit for military service, now have beed called upon to undergo training with younges recruits. The Roumanian Parliament has passed a law empowering the govern- ment to Im a state of siege un- | til the end of the war, if such a step | shonld be deemed nedéssary. 4 Germans up io the age of fifty-! five years who two months ago were declared unfit for military service, it "gan, St. in Bowpital 1 on to undergo training with younger recruits. All Greek army officers in Switzer- lahd were recalled Saturday. Other Greeks of milithry age must present themselves at the offices of the con- wul-general in Geneva before March | 11th. A : The university students Greek capital jmude a demonstration Sunday in favor of immediate action by Greece. - The legations of the triple enténte powers were visited b the students and cheered. The Berlin Vossische Zeitung prints a Vienna despatch, which says at the n in the A in the | Dominion who are thrown® out of} | work as a result of the war have ag) PEPPER P LIPPER PIERS PEPE PPLE PRP EER | GREEKS DIVIDED PEACE OR WAR Venizelos, Who Wants to Fight, Has Strong Fol- lowing. Loudon, March 8. Greece appar-, ently. isfat the parting of the ways, | with her King exerting his influence to maintain the neutrality of hig] country inf opposition to Eleutherios | Venizelos, the retiring premier, and | the man to whom Greece owes her revival. > King Constantine won great popu- larity by the successful manner in which he led the last two Balkan | wars. This popularity, however, he shared with M. Venitzelos, to whosé | diplamaey in the conferences follow- | ing the war Greece is said to owe her! success and 'whose organization was| largely responsible for her ability to | Aight as she did. | The retiring premier also was the] moving spirit in the Balkan Alliance, | which united against Turkey. There seems to be some doubt, however, whether the deputies will follow amy other leader than Veni: zelos, the Balkan states | | ' ing WANTS FEDERAL AID, Von Suggests Means of Hellev 'the. Unemployed. "Montreal, March '9.--Maydr Mar- And tin "claims that the people of the much right to protection 'from the| goverpment as have the familles of those who have volunteered for ac- tive service, and he wrote yesterday to Premier Borden about the matter. Mayor Martin, who says there are 100,000 in need of the government's 'help, asks that a law be passed em- powering municipalities, during the war, to draw on the federal war! budget, so that Jedging, food, warmth and medical ; treatment | where necessary may be provided for families who may be said to be without means of subsistence, and that the munieipalities be allowed to defegate their powers to charitable organizations. ITALY AND BALKANS WILL JOIN ALLIES This is Belief in Washivgton Whose Negotiations Are Nogt Secret." {ve others seriously wounded | Saturday by Monroe Phillips, a tum- The funeral of Captain Carl Erdnann, commander of the German or ous, North sea battle, was celebrated with full military honors at Edino argh, \ KINGSTON ONTARIO, MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1915 BRITONS AT CAPTAIN'S FUNERAL. the castle with a German flag draping the gun carriage. Am, ER ame LUMBERMAN RAN AMU( K, Killed Five Men and Wound Others In Georgia Town. Brunswigk, Ga., March 8.-- Four men were shot and killed and twel- | here | berman, who fired at random on the street. Phillips himself was killed by a policeman, who sought to ar- rest him. One of, the men kille was H. F. Dunwoody, a prominent attorney. The others killed were W. M. Hackett, an undertaker; Rex. | Deavers, a policeman; W. P. Padgett | a former policeman, and George W. | Asbell, motorman. Several of the] wounded are prominent citizens Bhunswick. Woggy over , financial difficulties, | which he blamed on others, is ®aid! to. have made Phillips temporarily | of'| dnsane. ALLIED FLEET ENTERS DARDANELLES NARROWS Fi Forts on Both Sides of the Straits. | 'Lond®n, March 8.--The allied | fleet has entered the narrows of the! 'Dardapellés and 18 now bombarding threw out he forts on both sides of the strait, Two Turkish land defences have been se- | verely damaged and the magazine of | oneshlown up by the warship's shells. | The Admiraity's statement was | taken to mean that the guns of Kilid | Bahr, on the European side of ~thu| Dardanelles, and possibly of Chanak,| on the*Asiatic side have been silenc-| ed by the Anglo Frengh fleet. Both! these strong fortresses, lying about) fifteen miles ingide the strait, have|, been xgbjécted to terfific pounding | for 1 days. ' { The "narrows" of the Dardanelles, | mentioned in the official statement, is the strip of waterway one and one- | fitth miles in width leading past Gallipoli and into the Sea of Mar- mora. Once the allied fleet passes] the narrows, which is thickly strewn | with mines.and commanded by mod- | ern forts, the way will be fairly clear' to Constantinople. 1 SAW FREIGHTER SUNK. | Ryndhain Passengers Say That Big! y One Was Blown Up. New York, March 8.--Passengers Jesse mal & TL fr 3 ¥ 1 A It AAA ip, = -BURNING LINER Will Reach Havre on Monday Night or Tuesday. FIRE UNDER CONTRUL STEAMERS WERE SOON ON HAND TO GIVE AID, And the Passengers Were In No Dan- ger--Fog and Danger of Mines Make Progress to French Coast Slow, (Special to the Whig.» i London, Maryh 8. ---3teaming | slowly through a dense fog, the! French liner La Touraih® was early! to-day. to 100 miles fire io ho der control. "Under convoy : Holand- Americ liner Rotterdam, she will reach vre either late to- night or to-morrow. The Rotterdam was less than 100 miles from La Touraine when thi vr call for help, -accord- ing to a wireless to-day from Cap- tain Harris, of th Cornishman. Other steamers viosey in so rapid- ly that the passengers and crew of! the blazing liner were in no serious danger, except from an explosion of her cargo of cartridges. The Cornishman, Captain Harris, messaged, was = eighty-five miles, from a Touraine whep she caught "8. 0. 8.". She put about, and dash- d to her aid. When his ship was only twenty-five miles away, Capt. Harris véported ho received a wire less. from the Rotterdam saying she already had reached the limer and was escorting her to port, i Becausg of fog and of the neces- | sity of steaming slowly through the! Channel to avoid mines and pos- sible submarine attacks the owners: of LaTouraine said to-day that she may not reach port until Tuesday: The Thaw Trial Onin New York; trian capital that the Greek govern- ment will measures which' will result in armed neutrality. open swerving of thé Greeks from neutrality is im- * probable, acciMding to the despatch. (Special to The W. ix.) Washingion, Siarch "3: Because of the most universal belief here that Italy and most of the Balkan states will enter the Huropean war in'a very short time, the Administra; tion has velled all docked at Hoboken Sawrday, said the sag channel off Dover, eith- er by a ®ubmarine or by a mine on the afternoon of February 24th. The freighter carried no. flag, they said, and her crew was taken off by a dy , which signalled the Rynd- ham oi eep away, as the channel of min hy of $ 1 to the Whig) i Now 'Yok. March'. Bac-With his] "Nemisis," William T. Jerome, "ab- | sent and his defense a mystery, Harry K. Thaw, to-day, went on trial before Justice Page, of the i uy hi er | ws vio big _ BRITAIN LAST EDITION FLATLY DENIES THE CLAIMS OF TURKS That French and British Cruis- NOT FORCED T0 MAKE SHELLS. : | Pittsburg Workmen Allowed" Option ers Were Badly Damaged. = of kine War Supplies. w---- {men disapproving of warfare for hu- | manitarian reasons are not compel {led to join crews making shrapnel {shells for European armies in ma- | Jority of the dozen. or amore Pitts- SHELLING OF THE ASIATIC CITY i lerial ® has best el oh RY : i ficials o © actories. Anics OF SYMRNA. {are invited to assist in the Work, yon {but they are informed at the same Pouring an Incessant Fire Upon |time that there will be no ingistence Pittsburg, Pa., March 8.~~Work- = | burg plants turning out ma- Turkish Land Batteries--Civillans | If they possess views antagonistic to . | has conducted nl 'Miss THE uniser Bluecher sunk in the fam. The procession started from A CLOSE CALL. Cobourg Man In House Where Shell Kill ix, Cobourg, March 8,--Major (Rev). William Beattie, whe is Brigade Chaplain to the 1st Brigade of 5,000 men, First Canadian Expeditionary Force, in writing' to friends here States that Major Swaddling, Cob- ourg, was in a kitchen, where he happened to go for a cup" of tea, Have Fled To the Hills--Modern (furnishing war materials for & belli- Turkish Fortifications Maintain a | Stubborn Defense, | (Special to the Whig.) { London, 'March 8.--A French cruiser | was put out of action and an Eng- lish cruiser badly damaged during the Sunday afternoon bombardment of the Dardanelles, the Turkish war of- | fice claimed in an official statement given out to-day, and transmitte ere by wireless frog Berlin. Uh- | official dispatches, Berlin wirelessed, | confirmed the Turkish claims. Turk- ish shells exploded on the deck of | {the French warship, killing many' of | her crew. She steamed slowly out of the fighting line with her upper works in flames. British admiralty officers flatly de- | nied the claims of the Turks. They asse~ted that the latest official dis- patches from Vice-Adwmiral Card reported the Allied fleet By | forts at long rainfe, outside the fire of the fopts. i; 4 The shélling of the Asiatic Smyrna has been resumed by the British East Indian fleet, accorsing to Athens despatches to-day. Rear city of gerent nation. Thus far, it is said, only a com- paratively small number have de- clined to be transferred to shell making departments, Bars Liquor From Banguet. Fredericton, N.B,, March 8.--Lieu- tenant-Governor Wood has placed the ban on intoyicating liquors at his social functions during the war, and. there will be no wines served at the dinner in connection with the opening of the Legislature here next week. German Guns Arve Engaged In Hot Attack (Special to the o ME) Petrograd, March 8.---The Ger. | mans have taken a violent offensive in South-East Poland, the war office admitted to-day. For the first time when a shell burst, killing six of the | Admiral Peer's squadron has been ve. | 10 three weeks the region around nine men who were in the building. He was badly shaken up, but is back on duty. Major Swaddling left Co- bourg soon after the war broke out lo offer his servives to his country. Before sailing for England he was married to a nurse in Toronto, who it is understood is at work at the front. Major Swaddling is well known in this district, where he a garage for some years. He has a son with the First Canadian Expeditionary Force. HOME FROM BOREMIA TING Cross, Vankleek There Just Ong Month Ago. Vankleek Hill, March. 8. Mids Margaret Cross, daughter of Mr. Al« bert J. Cross, Vankleek Hill, reached home last Friday after some interest. ing experiences in Austria. . Migs Cross hag resided for nearly 0 time she #pent in Bohemia. She is a plofespional violinist, and has been studying music there under a fam- ous Bohemian professor. At-the Miss Cross beginning of hostilities was ohliged to cancel her concert engagements ia .Sigl i has been waiting for an opp ity to return home, but until a month ago no permission was granted her to leave Austria. Any atiempt to leavé without permission t have resulted in: imprisonment. tra- velled to Genoa, Italy, from where she took passage on the Finland for N York. Migs Cross, while in Italy, had con- versations with several prominent military officials. One of these of- ficials told her that beyond any tion Haly and Roumania would be at war with Austria inside of two thy, and in all probability sooner. He gaid that all preparations were near: 1 . ur years in Austria, most of which | ° and On Saturday three cruisers (nn the on- | inforced by a French warship and flotilla of smaller mine sweepers, and is pouring an incessant fire upon: the Turkyih | {land batteries. Nearly all the civil- ians in Smyrna, a city of {have fled to the hills, Athens | ported. ; Part of the 35,000 lin the Smyrnm garrison are throying up entrenchments behind tha city to | iguard the Smyma-Constantimgple | railway. i From the Gulf of Saros the big | | guns of the Queen Feliaubeth, direct | by aviators. were hurling great mass- { against Fort Kilid Bahr hed the ad- oA insula jng > into the rear + but: teries of Turkish fortress. In. side the strait modern Turkish for. | tifications are maintaining a stubborn | defense, the admiralty admitted to- day. It was for this reason that the Queen Elizabeth was assigned to | make an indirect attack from the | Gulf of Saros. : ! : War Tidings. The Przemysl garrison is no long- er attempting sorties, but the fort- ress artillery is firing an enormous quantity of heavy shells, which, however, are quite harmless. The Russians brought down a German | machine at-Sokolka. a cpaft, including 0 were ple § i | guilt of Saros bombbrded across the { Gallipoli peninsula the Turkish fort { Kilidbahr, exploding 3 powder maga- zine. The bothbardment continues Very satisfactorily. The battleships Queen Elizabeth and Prince George and the battle cruiger Inflexible with eight: 15-inch guns and an even dozen 12 inch guns have seriously damaged two of the principal forts which guard the nor- Fowent parts of straits from Europe side. A gemi-official estimate of the cas- ualties in the German army to date place the figures at three million, in- eluding sick. trawler B icih 4 Opoczno and Tomasef {s being shak- en by the boom of big guns. The right wing of Mackensen's army, west of Warsaw, is delivering infan- try attacks against the Russian posi- tions. The enemy's threat along the Pil- fca has developed into a big battle overshadowing for the instant all other operations in Poland, At least two German army corps are reported to be engaged. ! There has been no news from the Russian forts around Stanislau or ap- proaching Czernowitz for the last twenty-four hours. . ; ENORANT LAIDLAW-~In Westport, Fabruaty 25, to Mr. and Mrs. Alex. hy & daughter, SPEAGLE-~1y Westport, Fr rary 23, to Mr. and Mrs. Ja V poasic, a daughter. MARRIED, PRASIS, at 130 pam aCk , at 7.30 p.m, : Mrs. Charies Smith, by Rev. GQ. 1. Ci Hy Kathleen, dau omas, to OEP pitt, 21st Battalion, DIED, CAMBRIDGE--In_Kinghton, on March ~I8 1916, Th bridge. Crimean Vetoran: Aged Funeral. from his son's rn Ordnance street, tos 'ng at 1030, to Cataraqui ceme- tery. Friends and ascquaimtane are spectfully invited to ¥ th, CooRER Sin Jingu, dart, 1915, Mart late Richard Cooper; 39 years. ednesday Funeral from her late bye re. Concession street, Voki, afternoon at 2.30 o Friends and ron bor i spectfully invited to at DIXON----In Battersea, Wiliam Dixog, Funeral! took pigee from dence, on onday far o'clock to Sand Hill vault PORTER--On Sunday, 7% th of March. 1915, af Iniversity ly 6 1 has _great admiration for the people i the of BohemM, and says | ted people under the rule" Austrian Government. They dislike the German people, and long to re- gain tHeir former independence. National Paris, March 8.---A patenl of nobility, for General Joffre suggest: fl title the Duc dé la Marae--is the Paris, for expressing France's tude to the national hero. ? : -disen "of the sublect at one of the most afis- toeratic clubs. an authentic. prine informed his surprised hearers tha the prerogative -formerly vested in of eréating " And still the King <i with many Canadians aboard, arriv- was noughts, Fines s raiser arrived at Bryoula on Satur-- | no damage - Leading The sweep for mines in the North Sea, was : on- Saturday with her crew of nine. The Austrian army under Arch. duke Joseph Ferdipand is in full flight towards the Pruth River, pur sued by the Russians, The White Star liner Megantie, ed safely~at Liverpool, Eng., on Sat-| urday, after an uneventful voyage Russian troops are continuing with the same success their offensive erations in the vicinity of the Teh tliwest of Batum. There have sian front. . "The resignation of the Greek ca- binet was presented to King Con- | stantine on Saturday. Athens news papers consider the intervention of Greece in European conflict cer- Smyrna forts opened fire but resulted to the ships. German de ve op: | no other encounters with the" Turks on other parts of the Rus- |: Funeral (private) from house of 3 nber. brother, Charieh | Porter. 438 1 Bagot street. ? : formenly Funeral ee BY terment at Napanee. 101%, Mary . Eien late J Sr Puncia} will leave the fami res. dence, 63 Earl strest. Friends and . asgual tfully