immer Of YN PPOS- 12 PAGES YEAR 82 NO 95 K INGSTON ONTARIO. FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1915 h Whi a PAGES {-8 LAST EDITION -------- A MIGHTY CONFLICT OF THE ree The British to Make an Attack on the in the Neighbor- Kaiser's Fleet | hood of Heligoland. All Commercial Shipfing Tleared From the Old German Ocean---Orders to Brilish Land and Sea Forces Are That the Dardanelles Must be Forced. gr ) (Special to the Whig) London, April 23,--A great battle in the North Sea, the most titanic en gagement in the history of naval war- fare, may be a question of hours. All commercial shipping has been cleared from the old German Ocean and all preparations are complete for atrial of strength between the British | fleet and the German fleet, supported by the Heligoland fortress. . Dardanelles Must Be Forced. (8pecial to the Whig.) London, April 23.--The great fleet, battering at the Turkish positions which block the gate to Constantino ple, has been augmented by several new warships, chief of them the War spite, equipy od with sixteen-inch guns. The orders to the land and sea forces are that the straits must bé forced, and it seems certain®now. that the of fensive again has been begun. Germans ( Naim Suce esses. (Special to the Whig.) London, April 23.--The German War Office this afternoon issued an official statement claiming that Ger- man forces have captured Anglo- French positions In Belgium at Langemarck, Steenstraate, Hetsas and Pilken, taking 1,600 prisoners and thirty guns. Langemarck is five miles directly north of Ypres The German statement says: The Allied defenders lost very heavily in killed and wounded. This | success breaks a line through the Anglo-French frontal trenches north | and-opens a way for the re- newal of operations in the angle T HOT BATHS FOR BRITISH SOLDIERS. BIG FLEETS This motor bath. built for the use the baths are in a tent as sho Am A A i Canadians are in the neighborhood DRIVEN FROM SYNAGOGUE. indicated. A Hamilton Jew Drank Too Much Wine At Meetings. Hamilton, April 23.--Claiming that Isaac Levy made a nuisance of him- self by drinking too much wine at meetings in the synagogue, the con gregation prosecuted him. In police court yesterday Levy protested against being forced out of the gogue. "(Go out into the fields or woods and worship, if getting to heaven is what you are after. Your chances will be just as good as if you wor- shipped in a church," said Magis: trate Jelfs. : Levy was warned against to the sy nagogue. Allies Regain Ground. ial to the Whig) Paris, April 23 (official).--The charge that the Germans are again using explosive bombs was made to-| day. The statement says that north of Ypres the Allies were compelled to give way in the direction of the Canal as the result of the effects of them which were felt for a distance of two kilometres behind the battle line. Later a vigorous counter at- tack made it possible to regaln some of this ground and also to take many prisoners The Belgian army is again figur- ing in the operations, to-day's report saying that at the bend of the Yser the Belgians repulsed an assault upon Chateau Vicogne, north of Dixmude, fnflicting very heavy losses on the enemy. * At Forest of D'Ailly, near St. Mi- higl, the French have captured seven hundred metres of German trenches and capturing 100 prisoners, includ- ing three officers. (Spee syna- returning PILING vp AGONY: Lawyers Want "Seven Thousand For Two Months' Work. Vancouver, B.C., April 23.--The latest "sensation in connection with the defunct Domininon Trust Co., is the receipt by the creditors' com- mittee of a bill from, Cowan ans | Grant, solicitors for the liquidator, for $7,504.54. The taxing master at the court house had cut a thousand ! dollars off this amount, but tne cred- itors are planning to take a further : J R | appeal to the Supreme Court. This London, April Military crit-| j)} is for two months of last year ices after analyzing the French and| when the: provincial liquidator was German official reports to-day admit |, charge. that it is apparent the British troops The lawyers charged $216 for the | were led to give some ground wygrical labor requi t Ty \Cramanl a required in making out | Will Not Compensate Germans, (Special to the Whig.) on 23 St, wn. John's Ambulance Association, carries 12 folding baths. Water is brought from rom boiler rs by hose. BRITISH FLOCK To the Colors With Amazing Regu arity. RECRUITING RESULTS OF When in MORE MONEY, LESS HOURS Detroit Announcement Affecting Ca- nadian Ford Employees. Detroit, Mich., April 23.---An- nouncement of a sweeping advance in wages and reduction of working hours for all employees of the Ford Motor Company, Limited, of Canada was made here yesterday by G. M.| MeGregor, general manager of the! concern. All employees who have been in the service of the company six months or longer are to receive a minimum wage of 60 cents an hour, or $4 a day, the working hours be- reduced to eight hours a day, or 48 hours a week. The company employs about 2,400 persons at its factory at Ford, On- tario, and its nine branches located in the principal cities of Canada. It] is estimated this advance in wages will distribute among Ford employ- in Canada, in addition to the wages they already receive, about $600,000 a year. The scale, as adopt- ed, increases the wages of all em- ployees from 15 to 60 per cent. The parent Ford Company in De- troit pays a minimum 'wage of $5 a day, based on a profit distribution system. The Canadian company's wage scale is simply an advance in pay without reference to peofits, it was stated. Thanks Sir Percy Glow, | london, April 23.--Sir Perey Gir- | oua, temporary Major-General, was THE LAST FEW MONTHS GRATIFYING, Not a Case of Dysentery Among The British At the Frent--Large Addi- tions Made To the Aerial Service, "The recruiting months have and gratify ees ) London, April results of the lust been most satisiactory ing," was the statement delivered in the Hous» of Commons yesterday ad tercoon from Earl Kitchener, by Har eld J. Tennant, Parliamentary Secre tury of the War Office "Month by month the stream of na men has been maintained with amaz ing regularity," Mr. 'Tennant stated, "and when th: timé comes to call for still more men, I am confident the ny ten wll respond with the same readi ness, | decision and promptoess as it has responded in the past.' Mr. Tennant made these remarks! few GERMANS ATTEMPTING A DRIVE AT BRITISH Sir John French Reports That British Hold the Entire Crest and Dcminate the Whole Section at La Bassee. Canadians in New British Expeditionary Force Under Fire ---In All Operations Against the British Front in Belgium the Germans Are Using Their Sappers. (Special to the Whig) London, April 23.--"We hold the entire crest and dominate the entire section," proudly declares Field Marshal Sir John French in his ofli cial report to-day. The Germans were attacking again to-day and were also attempt ing -a drive against the British lines at Labassee and along the bank of the canal there In all the operations along 'hi: British front in Belgium, the Ber- mans are utilizing their sappers. It is plain from the vast number en- | gaged that various regiments on the eastern front must have been roo- bed of these trained experts, as miu: ing operations are reported from the North Sea well down into the ter- AA ritory: between the Meuse and Mo selle It is understood here that the new er units of the British expeditionary army including the Canadians 'are now gradually receiving their initial baptism of fire, Gen. French taking the present opportunity to season his volunteers without exposing them to the great risk that will come when the offensive is directed against the miles and miles of German trenches with stretch like a gigantic spider web from the British front to insice lof German territory. While interest in the land encoun ters is intense, the nation is also ex pectantly listening for great news from the North Sea and from the Dardanelles. A -------------------------- BRITISH AVIATORS CARRY THE WAR (Spec Whig London, April 23.--British Y itor are running wild over German trenches in Belgium. Scores are pene- trating well into German territory. Railway signal bases have been bom bardedt successfully, interfering German trains. In hig official report to day, Genera | ial to the rd, who was yesterday gazetted | French mentions an attack by nine- | teen British aviators who dropped with | formed by the Yser River and the] Yser Canal. It is hinted that before | long another attempt may be made to hack a way through toward Dun- kirk. made splendid gains. Apparently | the Germans are acting very deter-| minedly against Ypres. But their local success will not likely compen- gate them for the loss of Hill 60, and ---- ; : there is no occasion whatever for It is generally supposed that the British anxiety. mA rg A A Al lh Czar's Troops Britain Severs Are Entrenched = All Its Trade In New Territory With Holland Petrograd, April 23.--The Czar arrived at Lemberg to-day, enroute to ingpect the Russian front in Gali- cia and the Carpathians, Because of the melting snow and spring rains, the campalgn generally is at a standstill. There are plen'y of rile and artillery exchanges bul no attegpt at a general advance 1 possible at this time. The centre of the exchanges still Uszok Pass, where additional fresh Russian troops have been! brought up, and on the Bukowiua front. The Czar's troops have strongly entrenched all their recent ly won teirilory. | House all signing Amsterdam, April 23.--(via Lon-| don).--The following official an- nouncement was issued here yester day in behalf of the British Govern-| ment: | "All shipping between Holland and the United Kingdom is stopped for the time being. "No ships will leave the United Kingdom for Holland after to-day. "Ships for Holland will not be ad- mitted to the United Kingdom aftr) to-day. "It is hoped shortly to resume limited cargo and passenger trafli:. Special arrangements have been| made for the transfer of mails." is KITCHENER'S NEW FEAT. CANADIAN TRADES UNIONS Sent 3,915 To the Front To the End | Of January. ! (Special to the Whig.) Ottawa, April 23.--The "Trade Unionism in Canada has supplied | 3,498 men for the Canadian Over- | seas forces up to the end of Janu- ary of the present year, together jo 417 British army reservists ccale, The wimos (NAL was contems | Fi, Tuer Coto ot 3011 mommvars plated by this country by way of mili . 'tary intervention, was six "divisions. aniston who have gone to oe To-day we hgve at. the front more] prong than six times that number--in oth- | . ------ er words, over three-quarters of a' Attorneys for Leo M. Fsank have million men, as efficient, as well offi- | |filed a petition with Governor Sla- cored, and well equipped as any ar-| ton and the Georgia Prison Comms- my in Europe--and that number will sion asking that the sentence oi be doubled as the months go on. This | death imposed upon Frank for the is an achievement for which there is | murder of Mary Phagan be ~mo-compartson inthe history of any miisd 15 THYS country." | - At Soltan, Prussia, the "Belgian | prisoners have started a university. Abin has been passed abolishing | Belgian professors and students ate capita} punishment in Alaska. there, RUSSIANS LURE AUSTRIANS INTO A TRAP OF DEATH Pptrograd, April 23.-- Thrown back | vance by pon-resistance. Not a shot from the prinvipal summits "of the Was fired "until {he range was Carpathian mountains Lo the Plaips 61 "py Russians then sudden Cl Hungary, the forces of Austria are! | with the bayonet, with the naked now attempting to relieve the weak-' the Austrians were completely hr ness of their position along the entire | the Russians taking an unusually Carpathian front. | larg large number of prisoners. The results of these attempts have | By the same tactics the Rudisng |e hee officially announced in Petro-| near Polen captured an entire Kustri- The tactics of the Russian an estalion with its ful complement was to invite the enemy 10 ad: i of Mukes New Record In World's tary History. London, April 23.--The Daily News, commenting in its editorial columns on the debate on munitions of war in the House of Commons, | says: "In eight months the Government! has created an army on a continental Mili- | when a resolution, | seconded | tion leader, | cords of the House. | Andrew Jackson Stone | Mr. Stone was a Government claim (ant and shared the fate of sucn peo { There was a balance due him of $60, | 76, which the Comptroller of { Treasury has just allowed, and afte Lon | VeFy| while sjeaking on tho army cstimates. SIGN THE PLEDGE. supply '8 rvic 8 of the ariny, and the health of the troops at the front, mention'ng incidentally that there was not one single case of dysentery among the men. Large additions had been made to the aerial service since the beginning of the war, Mr. Tennant continued: He bel'eved the danger threatening from spotted fever had 'been over come, and he laid particular stress the importance lord WKitchener at tached to a limitless supply of am munition. Prince Edward Island Legislators To Go Dry. Charlottetown, P.E.IL., « April 23.- Another step in the total abstinance movement was taken here yesterday, moved in the .le- Premier Mathieson, and John Richards, Opposi- passed unanimously. This resolution, endorsing the tion of the King and the objects the Patriotic Abstinance League, followed up by the members of the pledge to stain from liquor during the war pledge and signatures gd on the gislature by by ac of was the ab- The Claim Allowed After 51 Years. Washington, April 23.--Frederick came Into his own after waiting fifty-oge - years Attempted Advance North- ward on Left Wing. ple. In 1864 he was an engineer on the Chattanooga and Nasaville Railroad while the same was being operated by Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman as a military necessity. the | deducting a war tax of sixty-four cents, the balance was sent to him a { at his home in Tallapoosa, Georgia. RUSSIANS SINCE THE RIDGE. TO CRO _SING Molybdenite Plant In Syduey. | 5yqirians on Pilica Firing Explosive Sydney, Australia, April 23.--A| pune, Despite Notification That | plant for treating molybdenite ores has been established here, and a first| Prisoners Having Them Would Be shipment-of -169-tons-of 'metat-is-to; be sent to England in June, The principal supplies of molybde-| num have heretofore come from Ger-| man sources and the eutting off of these supplies has caused fund. The ble embarrassment in England. The metal is used in the manufacture of | special steels, having the quality of increasing greatly the tensile | strength of steel when added to it. varian army against the Russian left wing in the Carpathian position | Russians have re-occupled the hill vilage of Oratchik," four miles west- | ward of Koziouwka and overlooking | the Munkaecz-Stryi road. This =r StH On CsGrades Russians have hud -to- Ottawa, April 23.--The cost of ¢fossed the main ridge. living in Canada continues to rize.| Generally the situation in the The department of labor index num- | Southern campaign is now very fav- ber of wholesale prices rose- nearly orable: to the Russians. There are! TWO PONE during March as Copipar- | "of discord between -- ed with February. The index n ber | Litzinger and Archduke Frederick,| in March was eight points higher Who is the nominal commander of! than in March, 1914. sthe entire Austro-German combina- | tion. The Germans are ready to sac- ! rifige Hungary, at least economically | (Special to the Whig.) | by fighting a series of rearguard ac-| Ottawa, April 23, Bs Robert | tions and drawing the Russians aown | Borden is slightly indisposed and re | towards the middle of the Danube. | maining indoors for a couple of This would religve the Silesian dank, | anys. Due, Prime Minister was out where great German forces are now orenoon but not in the being deployed from Cracow, chiefl flame. sad-is wt-tome-senin-te sig tbe be tip y LY. $ Borden Indisposed Field A Arabel vou Hipdeabors I a -------- | tains ih nearly its full strength his Odds On Close Of War. ' extreme northern army, which at- dh" York, April 23.-0dds of $I ol $8,000 were offered in . Wall | |ruary along the borders 'of East Stent Josteiday ha that the war will | Prussia, but he has sent great num- Dedember 30th, 1915; $1. | bers from the winter positions on the to $900 that it will end before | Narew, Bzura, and Rawka * Rivers, pit I end Yubrire southward to join the Austrians on it will end before October 30¢k.- the Pilica and Nida, 5 He referred in glowing terms to the} A Bt gt A Rr St es ut Ratt Itt | wheat GERMAN COUNTER MOVE BLOCKED BY RUSSIANS a ONLY SERIOUS THREAT Petrograd, April 23.--The count-| | er attack of General Litzinger's Ba-| has now been-definitely stopped. The. at-| i | tempted German advance northward : has been the only serious threat the ;. meet-sinee-they: | tempted to reach the Nieman in Feb- a con- have been ed by the Rt. Hon. or Tas. ight bomhs on a Zeppelin" shed just out- in the House of Commons last t | side of Ghent, He declares that for his valuable assistance in the great oxplosiod to War Office arrangements to nthe and it is.supposed that two dirigibles | the production of munitions of war| inside of it were destroyed. by the transformation of locomotive, motor and other engineering works into armament factories. Succeed In r Dashing Raids. London, April 23.---From ur CONTROL OF INDIA'S WHEAT every Cries From The Trenches. (Guelph Mercury.) -- Premier Asquith says the éry from | 2 000,000 Tons To Be Sold Under the tinches is for more ammunition. Government's Auspices. Hon. Robert Rogers is cocksure that a T a London, April 23.--Under arrange | soldiers are Sryig out fof ballot pa- ments by the Imperial Government pues. | for controlling the sale of Indian exports to the enormous amount of 2,000,000 tons will be sold under Government auspices. | This is probably the largest transac- i Wi the kind on record., first cargo has been sold at 7 TE re per quarter. Assuming that an average price of 65 shillings is obtained, the whole amount invol- | ved will reach about £29,000,000 ($145,000,000). tinuous and strongly-held line from | ie Judisn Wheat Committee, ot | Piotrokow 10 Cracow a3¢ soptaverd | issued full explanatory details of the Russians, and may be the scene of a steps Jakes oY ecliop pihviig great battle before it is possible to India This has been done by ap- move furier South om ise lower pointing the firms engaged in the| 8 Opes Se ae pau the Pilica are] trade to be Government SEchty aud 2 by fixing the maximum price, whic using only explosive bullets despite) wi be gradually reduced as (he sea son advances. "Any profits accruing found with them would be punished. | | on the sale of the above-mentioned General Selivanoff, who directed the! will benefit the siege of Przemysl, informed General | gxportable surplus i - Kusmanek on Jasnaly 2 that | prisoners wit explosive ullets we NEEDED MOISTURE COMES T0 THE WEST. would be shot as criminals. Docu- ments found in the fallen fortress) show that General Kusmanek on| +Fanuary 26th ordered that these bl lets ghould be returned to tne areil-| | lery depot. | ae Tam in Saskatchewan, Both Spanisii papers print reports that | Welcomed. wid | a British East Indian liner was pur | Kdmonton, Alta. April 235A] | sued by a German submarine in the peavy fall of snow was He all | Mediterranean after passing Gibral | through Alberta Wednesday night, tar, but escaped. and while it was not needed in this Turkey's. call for a "Holy War" | immediate district, the copious sup- spot bearing much fruit. Official py of moisture was welcomed in announcement WES REde 6 more southerly parts olgihe Pro | that a foreeé of Mohammedan troops | vince, where the wheat crop is prac. tried to invade India from the Af |ijcally all in the ground. Seeding | ghagistan frontier on April 18th, bat operations around Edmonto will they were driven back with a 1085 | ho' delayed for a few days o ae oft r-men:-- ~=+oount of "last night's snowfall; but | British manufacturers are plan-| even so, conditions are much far ning 'a large campaign to induce] ther 'advanced here than at this | skilled laborers who have emigra-|time last year. The seeded area for { ted ifi recent years to Canada to re | the entire Province, it is claimed by |' turn home for work in the war the Department of Agriculture oi factories, particularly for munitions | Alberta, has been increased by at {and ship building on the Tyne war- | least. 30 per cent. over lant, season # ships and on the Clyde. x 1 The Italian Government has stop-| area. The precipitation, the reports say, the transatlantic service wita algo 'visited the dry partsiof Ses | Passengers who katchewan in the form of a drench ! the United States. { had purchased tickets have had their ing rain, which should do more good | TONEY TErunasd to them. THe TWil- thai even the snow In Alberta. AT an Government, thé Tepory Says, Té-Toool wave has -aléo quires all the steamships. 3 {week's unnaturally warm Twenty-nine more French Geuci- and the country regards als have been placed either in Te | of temperature with much serve or retired lists to make way With the seed nearly all' in {for FR iT ! i favor. the | and wore active men. ground, cool weather and moisture' rnal contains names are needed now for a while to en- of eleven ERE division and AE grain plant to become weli teen 100 before dev: ing i eigh erals brigade hob eloping into matur al Jok place in the shed | aeroplanes have bombarded in the | von | voys in the Grand Dutchy of Baden, | as well 'as an electric power plant at | started Snowfall in Alberta, Rain, INTO GERMANY side comes news of the activity of the air fleets, which have been busy {bombarding towns and military sta- tions behind the lines of the armies. The British clalm to have damaged the German airships at Ghent. The official report says: "A bold { and successful attack was made on the enemy's airship harbor and shed at Ghent, The extent of the dame age must have been considerable." The French official report is: "Our Woevre, the headquarters of Gen. Strantz, and a number of con- Lorrach." A TRAWLER TORPEDOED Ap! Sunk in North Sea, By German Submarines. (Special to the Whig.) Grimsby, Eng., April 23. ~The traw- lor St. Lawrence has been torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by Ger- man submarines. Two of the crew were drowned. The remainder were landed here to-day. Marmora School Burned, Marmora, April 23.---The Mar- mora public school burned aown on Wednesday afternoon, but the chil- dren all got out safely. The fire in the basement and the cause is unknown. The building was insured for $8,000. Dr. W. W. Ogden, a veteran educa- tionist, and one of Toronto's oldest physicians, died at the age of seventy- eight. DAILY MEMORANDUM. 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