ansaid BOE Ee sy | 12 PAGES Fre rrr re YEAR 82 NO 86 PARIS IS CONFIDENT OF FRENCH SUCCESS In Driving the Germans Out of St. Mihiel Very Soon and Sending Them Scurrying Back Towards Metz. Redistribution of French Regiments for Second Phase of Great Battle Continues---Berlin War Office Says Thirty-Nine English Officers Have Been Imprisoned in Retaliation. that heen (Bpec firmed Paris, April 13, troops have not expected offensive around St according to from front to-day The process of redis tributing the French regiments for the second phase of battle continues Parl that the next great effort will drive the Germans Qf St. Mihiel and send them scurrying back toward Metz nied them The official communique from the war, War. Office thi had little to concerning Bt. 'Mihiel - fight thraugl ing The French, according to the communique, in contact with the enemy at many places, fighting their way through German entangle ments, | Between Alsne there have gagements- in the last twenty-four hours East of Barry-au-Bae and near Soissons the French gained sev eral German trenches, in t 5 (official) the report Englich officers ha military prison treatment of German thirty-nine in for French umed their Mihiel, the ve placed in retaliation accorded the captured the vet the Crew Dy British despatche submarines War Tidings. to the great confident 1 [if di n Bel has been ol Peron ining sehd money friend that outhre relatives pri INCE out gum, a lege the tor a de ak the small rate ol fi offic in Belgium werman dirigilile ean Bow forward the York ston for Rehief April 12th a dropped even these and afternoon exchange, moneys say New of th Oomins are Un bombs fell another nirst on near the near n were caused by the promptly ip Nancy e of civilian ntal chool fires hombs, th wire the River been artillery the sea and en but re ex tinguished. French prs authorities been taken the German Cathedral of the galleries of and the Hotel Inva buildings being used for I bey are equipped wireless apparatus officers who have informed the in Paris, ners have that Notre Dame th hides mil tary purposes with searchlights, and 'machine guns. 5 Louvre des English Officers Imprisoned. (Special to the Whig) : Berlin (vid wireless), April 13 The War Office to-day officially con ct at at AAA At THE KING IS WILLING TO MAKE CONCESSIONS Mil Not Insist Upon Absolute Pro hibition of Liquor During the War. (Special to Whig.) London, April 12 T Cabinet met to-day for a final dis cussion of the liguor question be fore the meeting of ' Parliament to- morrow It was considered probable that before night the Ministry would formulate a definite programme for regulating the liquor traffic during the remainder of the war. Premier Asquith . réfurned at noon from a lengthy conference with King George at Windsor. He brought to the Cabinet meeting the final message from the King. who it was reported was willing to make some conces- siong to the liquor interests 'and wouwldinsist upon absolute prohibi- tion. are RADUAL WEAKENING OF GERMAN RESISTENCE On the British Front--No Counter Strokes Are Now Attempted. London, April 13.--"1t cant fact that although a month has passid since the action at Neuve Cha | pelle, the enemy has made no attempt to retalliate in any quarter, but has remained inactive while have tablished ourselves securely on ground won," is a declaration made by the "Eye-Witnes attached to Pritish army headquarters on the con tomnt in a communication dated Ap ril 9th. The Writer of this report adds : t he 1e@ British is a signih we e3- the | "Looking back over the past four months, it is instructive to note the gradual weakening of the German re front. Formerly any oltensive action on aur part was met with an immediate counter stroke, I'his is the first occasion on which the enemy has made no reply at all." Referring - 10 the. condition border ing on panic which prevailed at Lille during the lighting at Neuve Chapelle this writer g0e8 on to say: sistance on our PhP bbb bb bb bd bbb bb bb dobdd bd WAR EVE MEASURE. (Special to the Whig.) Rome, April 13.--An order is printed in the Military Journsl directing all army officers to dull the metal on their uni- forms and the scabbards of their swords. This is a meas ure which usually is adopted on the eve of war, 'Both oflicers and men have openly expressed their uneasfoess. Appar ently a marked change began to occur in. the general demeanor of the Ger-| man troops soon after Christmas. Till then they had been absolutely conh- dent and extremely cheertul, but lat terly this feeling has been steadily decreasing." SEPP ERP rer 2S Serb beret re % BP Rdh PPR R PRR RR RRR Rb WAR PROVES BLESSING T0 RUSSIAN PEASANTS 4 -- More. Prosperous Than at Any Time in Country's History Ban on Vodka Keeps Money in People's Pockets. prohibition of the sale. "It is the i of vodka which is primarily respon- | sible for the ameliorated condition of the peasant. The sieve through which | all the available earnings formerly disappeared has now been closed and the money 'is either spent. for pre- | sont for future Petrograd, April 13.--~The opinion was expressed by Pierre 1. Bark, Rus- sian Minister of Finance, that econ- omically considered, the war has been a blessing to the people of this coun- try. Discussing the financial and social aspects of the conflict, in an interview with the Agsociated Press, Mr. Bark said : : *Notwithstanding the depressing and paralyzing effect of the war, the Russian peasant class is more pros perous than at any previous Sime i the history of the country. To "It is not difficult to account for this unusual prosperity, By virtue of the allowance made hy the Gov vrnment to Yathe families of soldiers, which exceeds the earning power of the soldiers, the total income of these families is greatér than in times of peace. "Thus, instead of feeling any priva- tion as the result of the absence of the men and the loss of their ser- vices, the people are beginning to regard the war as a peculiar sort of godsend which is putting money in to their pockets. necessities or saved wants. "It is not necessary to invent theo- i ries to explain why the Russian peo- | ple should be more prosperous, for the actual fact is that this prosper- "ity is everywhere noticeable. Before the war the average yearly savings | deposited amounted to 30,000,000 to | 40,000,000 rubles ($15,000,000, to $20,- 000,000) while in/ the month of January alone about 60,000,000 rob- les (230,000,000) was deposited. "The farmers have been very for- tunate in being compelled. to hold | their supply of grain on account of | the difficulties of transportation, for the year. There is every reasom to | believe the farmers will soon be able | {to dispose 'of their grain in i | 'markets and at a great advantage." ® Fifty-two | mutinxrs ; grain is now at ths highest price of 614 have len capturcd and 12 ki lod, | ' 5 Zhe Daily British Whig [| KINGSTON ONTARIO, TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1915 5 St 4 THE MEN WHO BOMBARDED RHEIMS. * 3 a % In the centre i THIEF WAS ARRESTED. Express Driver Mad $300 Of Booty. Lindsay Spent alt the Wi x.) Lindsa) Apri 13 Howard P Coneyheare, driver of the Canadiar Express Company, amped with containing three was brought back vincial Inspector Boyd He given a preliminary hearing morning on three charges and .elect- ed to be tried by a jury No evi dence was taken {'oneybeare had big time during hi lib erty and spent almost chiefly at Winnipeg and Regina was caught near Edmonto: hand ed back to the company who recently de two par of thousand last night mney lars Pro was this by days' $500 »ten CRUSHED TO DEATH, Engineer At Stratford Meets His Fnd At Stratford. ial to the Whig) April 13.--~When a shunt side-ewiped his locomotive loeal- Grand 'Irunk engin this morning, Engineer Id ward Ronan was erushed to death. A Young wife survives. Ronan escaped death in a fatal derailment near icrh in February when Engineor John Ress was fatally scalded (Spe Stratford, mg engine atthe house Sen Shedd boi ib dob oh bb bbb a SICK OF BERNSDORFF. (Special to the Whig.) New York, April S3.--A Washington despatch to the #* Herald suggests that the Unit. % ed States may demand the re- call of German Ambassador - Bernsdorfy, * +» + + + + &* %» Sesdesdestodedodosdede dood odeodeodeodeie odo deo oe oe died of MOST CONTEMPTIBILE STEAL That Was Ever Pulled Off Ia Canada. Ottawa, April 13.--"It contemptible steal ever pulled off Canada." That was Frank B. vell's charactérization in the Accounts' Committee yesterday noon of 'the deal which DeWitt Foster, Conservative for King's County, Nova pulled off last August and ber, when he, with twe "patriotie ex-Uanadians and the present Secre- tary of the Chief Government Whip in the Commons, hought 428 horses for $72,000 and then neglected to supply the Militia Department with receipts and vouchers. The last chapter of the story was told to the committee yesterday by Mr. Foster, who acted as' purchasing agent "with- out remuneration," and Dr. Chipman, the veterinary surgeon from Kent- ville, Nova Scotia, who passed the spavined, ' antiquated dnd decrepit horses on whom the lives of Cgpada's soldiers might depend. ia'the most in Car Public after A M.D. Scotia, Soptem- '» horse More Than 7,000 British Fell. London, April 13.--S8ix hundred twenty-three men who' were killed, were added yesterday to the previ- j ous casualty lists of the losses in the fighting at Neuve Chapelle last month. > This list brifigs the total casual- ties in this engigement to 7;244. Of this number 2,08 were killed. i SINGAPORE RIOTS | HAVE BEEN ENDED of the Mitineers Were Killed and Many Y1 Captured. (Special to the Whig.) London, April 13.-- Marines from five Allied cra sers co-operating . with { the military and civil forces at Singa- tablespoonfuls of the i pore and latir reinforced by six com- with panies of British Territorials, have pore riots that kegan February 15th, according to an official statement is- sred todgy. All but Bleven of the have 'been accounted for, the had with 'scarcely any casualties to Allied forcis. Native soldiers Flanned a general massacre of whites, | but the Japanese prevented it. BALKAN STATES May be Plunged Into. War Very Scon FOR THE THIRD TIME MANY NATIONS MUST BE DRAWN INTO CONFLICT, And It Is Said They Will All Be On Fhe Side Of the Victory Fer the RB The, Ball View. \ilies--Decisive ssians May Set Rolling--The Ends in s 1 the vid erbia, April 13 T the mid May all thw Balkan states may again be plunged: in war for the third time ia less than four Years. This is the information 1 have ol tained from some of the leading po litical authorities of Serbia and Greece. Greece, Bulgaria and Rou: as well as Ttaly, they hold, must ke 'inevitably drawn into the conflict, if it continues much longer. With e jual certitude they declare that all th: four eountries will" enter the side of the Allies. A decisive vie- tory for the Russians in the present Cgrpathian fighting may set the ball rolling Ihe Balkan states have two ends they fe:l they must at some time at tain. Cne is the expulsion for all time the Turks from Europe and division among themselves of what remains of European Turkey. The other to wrest from Austria the Provinces of Pukowina and Trans ylvania. £) N sh, dle of mania, on ol the THE BRITISH FLEET GREATLY AUGMENTEL If Present Fleet Was Destroyed Britain Would Still be Sea Mistress. London, April on the British public were privately informed that the British fleet was being augment. ed by something like a submarine every - three 'days, a destroyer every week and a battleship, cruis or Dreadnought every month 'it would laugh the statement to scorn. And vet that is a fact. If Britain's present overwhelming fleet were to meet defeat at the hands of the German navy and be totally destroyed there would be a residue of such dimensions that. the balance of sea power would still remain with Great Britain. By May lst this country will not only be supreme from a naval stand- ue! and eighty-three' names, including Pint, but it will have a perfectly trained . and equipped army of. iy 500,000 men. By the end of the war England will have the biggest navy that the wopld has ever seen and it will also possess the largest army in the world. f course it is not conténded that Great Britain is building a subma- sine every three days. That would be, humanly speaking, an impossibil- ity. But there are other ways of obtaining these little craft. Every day that the German fleet remains cooped up in Kiel the odds are in. creased enormously against Germany - Ciasoline Giving Off No Smoke. Ottawa, April 13.--After a decade of experimenting, a Hull, Que., scien- tist claims he has found a. sub stitute for gasoline and at a test be fore several officials of the. Public Works Departwent Fusteiday © two iquid, mixed two quarts of water, proved sufficient to run a 2§ horsepower en- now completely suppressed the Sings gine for an hour and a half with. | at stoppage. The discoverer, who is Gideon Lbsrbommetu, of Hull, laims he will a o manufac. re the liquid which he calls "char- boil" in any quantity at four dents : smoke, and the i ry off y y } Lhe mvenior | 'as. sts 3t will revolutionize the auto Gon, Von Ehen, commanding the 10th Reserve Ge rman Corps opposite Rheims, AA A Ne. ttt tare RR A NE An a DR. PARKHURST TO BE TRIED. Presbytery To Probe Complaints From California. York, April 13.--Trial of Charles H. Parkhurst, Madison Square Pre before the New Yor h conduct a clergyman, was fore Naturday \fter a fort deliberation, the Moderators of that decided to "sub t the case against the noted preach- today's meeting of the Pres New the Ren pas- Wier Pres un bir of the ian church, on becoming hadowed tor by tery, es of night Council body at Parkhurst's is the . Pres- hytery of Oakland, Cal:, which charg ¢s him with having helped the liquor interests n the California prohibition campaign last fall by writting a let- ter in which he is quoted as having aid the state was net ready for pro- hibition, and the wise course * would *be to tolerate the use of light svines there in order to placate the Califor- and. wine industry. The complaint says the Pankhurst letter was stronger than any other in- fluence in making California stay "wet," . accuser wa grape Dr. Parkhurst Upheld. New York, April 13.-- There is no cause of action against Rev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst, according to the report of the Moderators Council of the New: York Presbytery, just made public. Against Long Hold-Up Of Ships, Washington, April 13.--Moved by the appeals for relief from the own- or American ships and cargoes now held in British ports, mainly at Kirkwall, the State Department is preparing further representations to he British Government requesting a speeding up of the machinery of tho prize courts. So far not a ingle American ship or cargo has passed through the British prize ourts, although many of those held were seized months ago. of Prince Of Wales Healthier. London, April 13.--The first thing the Prince of Wales did on his ar rival in London from the front earry- ing despatches from General French, was to have a swim at the Bath Club, : Every one remarks at his improved appearance. He has grown taller, put on weight, and there is a healthy tan on his cheeks. Can Send Scrutineers, 13.--A new clause in the soldiers' votes bill provides that scrutineers may be despatéhed to the front by both sides. Paid the Penalty On the Gallows For Murder (Special to the Whig.) Toronto, April, 13.--With a "thank you' on his lips, John Ziolko, | a Russian Pole, passed into eternity {this morning. He was hanged for| | the murder of a fellow countryman | here last October. Just as the hang- | man pulled the lever which dropped | | the condemned man to his doom, he! { loudly expressed his gratitude to the | priest who ministered to him in his! | lagt hours, Ottawa, April (Special to the Whig.) i London, April 13.--Severe fighting | has been resumed near the seacoast i in. Flanders, 8 | despatches 'to-day, with 'the Belgians § mans irom Drei Grathten, on the i western bank "pf the Yeu, | hand combats in the streets of Drei "ward to the Vistula, according to a {Donn "M. Roberts, one of the fwen- him walking into a trap. BELGIANS ATTEMPTING ~~ TO EXPEL THE GERMANS according to Amsterdam { the Germans. { @gain attempting to expel the Ger- | bombs along the raiiway line leading give Handto- | the villages io the! ment PAGES 1-8 LAST EDITION THE GERMANS LAUNCH A NEW OFFENSIVE ip In Poland From Suwalki to Vistula With View of Preventing Russian Troops Being Withdrawn to Carpathians. They Have Also Resumed Bombardment of Ossowetz For- tress---Russian Staff Has no Fear That These New Activities Mean Anything More Than to Divert Russian Movements. ial to the Whig.) April 13.--The Germans a new offensive move ment in Poland, from Suwalki south V (Spec Petrograd, have launched heavy siegé guns smash away at the outer forts. By night the enemy is attempting to fire the city of Osso- wetz by use of incendiary bombs and floating fire rafts, The Russian- General Staff bas no fear --that--the new activities of ~ the Giermans in Poland constitute any general resumption of the attempt to reach the Warsaw-Petrograd railway. Von Hindenburg, it is generally be lieved, is creating a diversion with a view of preventing any Russian troops from being withdrawn from Poland for Carpathian operations, or er- haps to conceal the weakening of thy German forces in Poland. semi-official Office to-day. They resumed the bombard ment of Ossowetz, abandoned nearly a fortnight ago, and are making infan try charges against Russian positions elsewhere. Ossowetz fortress, the Kaiser's troops In their new attempt against the are combining ancient and modern methods of warfare. Their aviatars are hurling bombs by daylight, while statement frome the War have HUGE BRITISH ARMY Sent Within «. German Trawlers Are Fishing of Sweden (Special to the Whig.) Copenhagen, April 13.--A great fleet ol Lerman trawlers is fishing off the west coast of Sweden, under the pro- tection of German cruisers and sub- marines, according to despatches from Halmstadt. Swedish fishermen, the despatch said, have protested against the presence of the ierman hoats. DAILY MEMORANDUM. See top of page 8, right hand corner, | tor probab IIE ob Spy ty-seven cenvicted by a jury in the Yauddville, Grand Opera House, 2.30 Federal court for participation 10 Rumnare the conspiracy to defraud the Gov- | tional Hall, ernment in the election in 'Terre! 8fternoon Haute on November 3rd, 1914, wag" sentenced by Judge Anderson to six years in Leavenworth prison and to |/PACH pay a fine of $2,000. In all 116 men, Ap) 89 of whom pleaded guilty, were to be sentenced. Lost Their Lives. Aberdeen, Scotland, April 13.--~Many lost their lives in an explosion at Lerwick, the chief town in the Shet land Islands, used as a naval station for Royal Naval Weeks. New York, April 13.--A British army 1,100,000 strong has been transportad to France during the last six weeks, according ito KE. Thompson Seton, the well-known Canadian author and na turalist, who returned an the St. Louis from England. 'They were ship ped at Southampton and Portsmouth and-Janded fn Havre and \ordeaux, About half of this army is already at the front. "The great drive Allies for May launched bei planned by the is prepared and may be that date," ae said. Given Six Years In Jail. : Indianapolis, April 12.--Mayor First Con street, April sale at Johnston and ev ing, rega- ay Monday, At the bride's avenue, by Rev: (formerly of Methodist Church), irnest E. Leach city), son of «1 Leach, 220 Toronto, rimerly and Johnson p LAFFERTY AWS March, at St. Mary's Church, Chat- 1, by the Rev. Mr Lafferty, Lieut. R i son of Draand Mrs, J Lafferty, Calgary, Alberta, to Alison Margaret, only daughter of . . She late ] ai aon, ¥sq t Mi O. bey Buper « n ern - Mighty Raid | tn, Septet, Sluis, Fl 0 Kingston, Ontario n England S vy det ror June Mrs Dawson, | PROK~~TYO---In 8t. Mary's Cathedral, on April '12th, 1416, by the Rev. Father Halligan, Miss Margaret Tyo to Frederick Peck, both of Kingston Paris, April 13.--Five hundred and | AYERS--In the fifty Zeppelins and aeroplaned have Esobell Ayers been assembled by the Germans for | Funeral from J a raid over England in June, accord- a 2 TE ing to information Just. brought 16 | Interment at Cataraqul Paris. McCREA--At Cochecton, N. Y. of The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rpeumonia, Donald Percy .MoCrea, yesterday gave ont. a statement from ALL: secand son of the late Heman a Spanish traveller, who has return- | Funeral from the residence of his bro- od from Germany, saying that every- Aer in law, Dr. R. K. Kilborn, . 2 . * al ars y body there is predicting the greatest Wiig ry air raid over ¥ngland in" June, in {ingston, on Monday, April 12th, which 150 Zeppelins and 400 aero 1915, Ellen Routley, relict of the , . : tai ate George F 'ilson, aged 76 planes, all fitted with aluminium vears and eight months. motors, will take part, i . Even Germany has not laid claim | to surh a tremendous fleet of Zeppe- ling, although she has' never * made Funeral from the residence of her sister, Mrs. W. J. Mahood, corner any official announcement as to the exact number. ! of this Mrs. Edwar On ° the 20th reserve, DIED. General Hospital, April 12th, 1915, MecAuley's undertak- Wednesday afternoon the General Hospital, Johnson and Bagot streets, on Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock, WOODRUFF--In Kineston on April 2th, 1915, Helen Faral Woodruff, aged 19 years Funeral from her late residence, 105 Thursday morning, King street, on at § o'clock. Unterment in Har- rowsmith - ROBERT J. 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Phones 20 nnd boo. south-west are increasing in violence. British aviators, the Amsterdam de- spatches said, have executed another raid into Belgian territory held by They have dropped from Bruges to safely along of the Antwerp, returning the coast. The evient damage done by the bombard is unknown. :