19 PAGES YEAR 82 NO 100 Che Daily British Whig KINGSTON ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1915 a : { How THE CANADIAN SOLDIERS APPEAR iN THE TRENCHES. ALLIES ARE FORCING THE GERMANS BAC From Positions Northeast of Ypres--ermans Admit Failure of Their Costly Attempt to Take Ypres. Enemy Exhausted Reserve Supply of Ammunition and Hus- ' DEFINITELY banding Supp®s on Hand---Allied Gains so Far Reported Are Along the Right Bank of the Yser. (Special to the Whig.) Paris, April 29.--The Allies are slowly hut surely reco®ering lost ground in the north, according to to-dav's official reports. The task is most difficult as the Ger- mans have dug themselves in at every point. In addi- tion, they have brought up numerous heavy guns and are constantly shelling the entire Allied front. In conse- quence, the gains can be counted in feet and even inches rather than yards, ] The Germans are constantly receiving fresh troops, and it is believed here that they have not abandoned their plan to hack a way through to the sea. But in the! early fighting they exhausted their reserve supply of am- munition and are now husbanding what they have on hand. ' Allied gains so far reported are along the right bank of the Yser. Most of the villages in the north have been completely wiped out bv: the German guns. ved Ypres is simply a mass of tumbled bricks and mor- tar and smoking ruins. The inhabitants have fled panic- stricken far inside of the Allied lines. Fighting is also reported in progress in the Cham- pagne region, where the Frenel lines of trenches lost 'to the 'in the region of Beausejour. In general the situation is descr "Office as satisfactory. EP i sn, PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. Nansen Will Them. It Said Lead 1 are slowly recovering Germans in a surprise attack | ibed by the War (Special to the Whig.) London, April 29.--The correspondent of the London | Daily Express telegraphs: "The Germans admit the failure of their costly attempt to take Ypres by storm! and erumple up the British left wing. Their retirement | from positions northeast of Ypres is being steadily ae- celerated by incessant attacks by fresh "British French troops." Nem A A et tt ttt Air Election 20,000 People For Dominion ~~ At the Memorial | Is Anticipated Held in Ottawa FRIDJOF NANSEN London, April 29.--The Hambirger Nachrichten ammounces that Fridtjof and | Nansen is on his to New York to partivipate in a conference, 'the object of which will present not. discuss," journal st that of import ant men from neutr | desire to organi' | propaganda port of President way a he the conferenc at ites 1 one tl countries wha "an energetic and court soon the Wilson." nce sup CANADIAN CASUALTIES, Thirty-Seven More Names To Ottawa. cial to April A issued this afternoon names ol thirty-seven sioned oflicers Contingent gave Canadian v Daniel Ernest Scott, Alliston, Ont:, first Battalion. It is supposed the Militia Department is withholding the names of with ad dresses till the relatives been notified. The list hy battalions di vides this way First, 15; second, 6: Third, 2; Fourth, 7; Fifth, 1; Sixth 2; Seventh, 1. Belgian Army Is Co-operating hl With the i'renc ------------------ | ¥ Details of the massacre of native, (Special ! 2 - | Christians at Urumiah, Persia, by| London, April 29.--The Belgian offi- "Kurds, received Wednesday by tho cial statement made public to-day de- Presbyterian Board of Foreign Mis- clares that the Germans are hom- (Special to the Whig.) | Yypurted Ottawa; April 29. Although vo elec tion date is announced preparations are certainly proceeding here as) if an election was assured. This meen ing twenty-one huge cases were filled with ballots and other election para- phernalia, ready for shipment to Ca- nada's overseas forces, to collect the soldiers' votes. Twenty are addressed to the High Commissioner at Lon- don, for forwarding to the paymas ters of the Canadian Battalions: in action and one to the commander of the Royal Canadian Regiment in Bermuda. These are not to be open- ed till the receipt of actual instruc tions as t® the election date. It is pointed" out here that the British | Government has not yet expressed its approval of the Government's scheme of balloting among the soldiers at the front. The Council of the Montreal Board of Trade adopted and sent to Premier Borden a strongly-worded resolution declaring that the holding of an election "at this unprecedented » time of stress" would be most de- plorablé from both a patriotic and a business standpoint. Camiello Masteriecolo, aged nine- teen, was fatally crushed by a dump- car on the Welland Canal construc tion job. . (Special Ottawa, Apri and people this othe Whig) ¥ 2% --Twenty thoas morning attended the impressive memorial service held en Parliament Hill in honor | of the. Canadians recently fallen-a' the front.. The spectacle was an iu- spiring one, with Second <Conting ent. troops massed on the grecn sward in front. The Duke of Con- naught, Sir Robert Borden, Major- General Hughes, Justices: of the Supreme Court, and Admiral King. mill were among the many present. Rev. Dr. Herridge was in charge ol the service which was brief, rever- ent and impressive. i the Whig.) casualty 34 showed the non-commis the First of these cept Pte (Spe Ottawa, 1 men of None and wounded, addres o Canadian have those ir Big Answer To Call. London, April 29.--The appeal of | the British Committee for relief in| Belgium has resulted in £60,000 | ($200,000) being coHected in: loss | | than twenty-four hours. New South | Wales contributed $142,750. The] Lord Mayor af Melbourne's fund | aggregated $100,000. to the Whig.) or than 800 have been murdered pernisse aml Gosveperen. there, and that as many as 2,000 The n, army have perished from disease, NKING OF WORKMEN HAMPERS THE WAR OUTPUT is now vo- (attacks pgainst the Germans | Steenstraate. ZEPPELIN STRANDED. (Special to the Whig.) Paris, April 20.--The War Office to-day issued a statement announcing the destruction of a & German Zeppelin, The Zeppel- + in, which attempted a raid on Dunkirk: a week ago, was ¢ wrecked by the fire of the anti- @ aircraft guns posted there, + The crippled ship was able to i i (Special to the Whig.) 1 employees in one plant alone 1,800 London, April 29.--The Govern jot the othe failed 2a resume ment bill designed to restrict tue WOK after three days ays as Easter." ! sale and use of intoxicants was in| "py o° henker declared that the "troduced in the House of Common; glackness in some of the big hip! this afternoon by David .LIoy: yards due to workers losing time, get eng but the SNCS ion George. In introducing the bill, Mr. through drink, was causing anxiety] ® received to-day shows that it is Lloyd-George decla at excesiva| to those in comimand of the British ® ROW stranded near Bruges. drinkig among the employees ui battle fleet. At Portsmouth, he o , va y said, seventy-eight per cent. of the ' Baged in the manufactur of muni-| men are working an average of sixty tions of war was seriously affecting | hours and more a week. Normally : the output. "The British nation," they would work forty-eight. Dav Nancy Wednesday. he said, "should subordinate every- | Portsmouth, he continued, was an were d thing to the present struggle ana exception as elsewhere in the big] city. clear ya es so that ve Shipp A\number may win Yhi obstacl s the men are tle war. Out of 8,000 mere Fon Bes Bg Bolo injured. : ; i of others were ceriously Some Pictures taken in the Canadian trenches in France. near where the Langemarck battle was foneht. A A AAP tr A A REAL German one more shot at them, please don't | Flanders and Ne infores the Allies' lines. | | | | i | | vester Company will i Ni 0 few- barding Ramseappelle, Pervyse, Lam- | sions, New York state that n 2 DF | men will be thrown out of employ | operating with the French in their | | said that the European war forced PHP bbe PPP P Leen A German aeroplanes attacked | Three. bombs | the war will end repped in the centre! of the are 'optimistic out persons were killed and | go : VICTORY FOR THE ALLIES ooo desfeddeobede fede obo eodeed doboled (Special to the Whig) Northern France April 29 (Despatch to the London Times) During the last thirty-six hours the enemy attacked our lines east of the Yser Canal with redoubled violence in a last desperate effort to gain a footing on the western bank. They expended their force in vain. The Allies still hold firm on the western side, and every attack was repul- sed and enormous losses inflicted upon the enemy. Appreciable progress has made by the Fréneh, north of line, and by the British in the south in the direction of St.- Julien + British {roops now Hind a new line of trenches, north and northeast of Ypres. ' | The Canadians, worn out by the four days and nights of unceasing struggle, have been relieved and 1 »- tired to their rear lines for a much needed rest. They retird cov- ered with glory, but their ranks badly thinned. The most critical 'days were Satur day and Sunday. The Germans on | those days brought up howitzers and | heavy artillery to advanced positions | Then they threw shells of high ex | plogive into Ypres and covered with {a curtain of fire every avenue throukh which our reinforcements | might pass. UNION FORCES OCCUPY DABEROS, (Special (0 the Whig. y Capetown, April 20.--It was officially announced to-day that t} Union forces occupied Da- beros, southeast of Gibeon on Sunday, and that the coun try north of Daberos has now been cleared cf the enemy. been Ea EER ERR ERR Bedelededoddododeobdodobdrbddedib ddd ded HLLED IN ACTION. STORY A British Soldier Fired His Last Shot. AFTER HE WAS BLIND | GOT DOCTOR TO FIX SIGHT AND t HOLD HIM UP, e Recovered From Wound; Re- turned And Slain. | He Refused to Be Made Comfortable IN AI ssi i, . In this final bombardment the de- | | Pinisi-g ON LAST EDITI STOPPED ~ THE GERMAN ATTACK This is the Report of General Sir John French ---fermans Have Failed to Break the Allied Lines. Allies Making Determined Effort to Recover Ground Lost Around Ypres---Only at One Place Have the Germans Kept Their Fooling on West- ern Bank of Yser. -- struction of Ypres was completed Tt famous Cloth Hall has been com pletely ruined. There scarcely a house in the town left standing Every village on the Ypres Popper inghe road had its share of shells Some of our ambulances have been hit in Popperinghe and suffered se- vereiy. German Attack Stopped, London, . April 29 "Our opera- tions in conjunction with the French have definitely stopped .the German attack.' la-these words, Field Marshal Sir John French, chief in command of the British forces on the continent announces the conclusion of another German attempt to break through the Allied lines around Ypres and along the Yser Canal, which brought about one of the most sangulinary battles of the war, This, however, brings to an' end only. the first phase of the battle, for the Allies have yet to win back the ground they lost in the great German sweep For this purpose' they are now delivering counter attacks against the German lines Only at one place, Steenstraete, have the Germans managed to keep their footing on the western bank of the canal. , an Until. He Had Had One More Chance At the Enemy--F¥Fell Over | Dead When Shot Was Fired, BRANTFORD SOLDIER. Recommended For Dist inguished | Conduct Medal for Bravery. Brantford, April 29.--According to | imformation received Pte. Edward | Hodson, a British reservist, who left {here at the outbreak of the war to | tejoin his old regiment, the Second { Bedfords, has been recommended for | the Distinguished Conduct Medal for LAROT We 4 § | conspicuous bravery. The: decoration Liont William Tok Dox i th | corresponds with the Distinguished Second Overseas Battalion yo kill 3 | Soryice Orde, v hich rr soufarrer iy : . ' s killed | ,flicers only. What his particular act at Langemarck, on March 3rd. He | 6f bravery was is not stated, but was reported wounded but he appar lhe was through some of the fiercest ing the range and direction. He wa ently recovered ang retwesud to. the | ighting in the early part of the told 600 yards He demanded that oki? ch he fell n Re Bea) battle [war, and has just _ been discharged the dector fix the sight and hold him o> i ( b If i on Shri Ma- | from a hospital, having been . wound- up. The soldier fired and fell back.{>. © 'amphbelilord, Unt., and a very » fF {ed in the head as a result of Ger In a few minutes he was dead promment citizen of Eastern Ontar. | pan treachery. His company had a io. 1D Fe a dps 0.2 Tell eon, British Rout | The British advanced, not expecting Tur kish Army At Souvli Gulf (Special to the Whig.) London, April 29.-- Here 18 a true story of the baitle field A surgeon found a British soldier { lying dying after an upsuecessful charge He had a bullet hole in his head but refused to be made comfortable "For God's cake, doctor, give me fuss with me until I have had one more chance," he ruged. The bullet had completely blinded the soldier and he insisted on know- for in time S---- War Tidings. A state of siege is reported in a de spatch from Copenhagen to have been , declared At Budapest, the" capital of | Hungary. . Although it ix officially stated By the French War Office that the (er man: rush toward Calais has been halted, it is evident thai Field Mar Shel] Sir John French and General Jolire expect the Germans to te another i movement. attempy Athens, April 20.--The Turkish re- | Uol. McHarg, Vancouver, was killed | gulars have been defeated with yay | in rescuing, almost at the mouth of 5 | heavy losses, and an entire Turkish | Call On British Households To De- machine gun, a private who was his battalion has been captured in a feat Gas Warfare. intimate friend in peaceful daysi, Col. battle between the Turks and the London, Apri! 29.--The War Of Birchall was wounded twice before be British landing party, which took {fice has signed an invitation to thei ing mortally hit. He was possession of the coasi along the | heads of British households to maké ful example to the men. Gulf of Souvli, twenty-five miles | supplies of the simple respirators Two hundred thousand French from Rodd-Fi-Babr on the Gallipoli which are required by the troops at troops are beng rushed into West | Peninsula. | the front as a protection against as- | hein France to re- that the | phyxiating gases. | fight, but when they got close to the | German trenches the latter opened {fire. The British casualties were heavy, but those who remained cap tured the trenches and either killed or captured every German in them, Hodson was an employee of the, S--i Massey-Harris Co. in this city ' (Special to the Whig) ------ ws | ASK FOR RESPIRATORS. a wonder Advices received here say Some of these battles commended early Wednesday reinforcements are being massed be and Insted until long after nightfall. tween Ypres and Dixmude, whers the The Pritish were 'assisted in their | gr Sue are, and full force of the latest German drive landing operations by war ships. : a au me ah b lab h | was felt, while the others are strength } frequently sed ¥ {3horers, who are ening the British lines on the Armen: | compelled to work in smoke or dust. | tieres front. * | is worn over the Shell From Jaw For Charm. Ottawa, April 29.-- A letter from Private Horace Gaul, a for-| Big Plant To Close Down. mer Fada lacrosse player, who er - | i 29. i .| listed at Por rthur, and was] close its big States that the last piece of spell | About 1,009 | has been removed from his jaw, | : {and he is having it converted into! ment In times of prosperity the | & watch charm. He is at Netley | company employed about 2,000 peo. | 0tPital. ple, 'H. H. Biggert, general manager, | i CASUALTY LISTS GROWS MATERIALLY. Many More Canadian Officers Were Either Killed or Wounded. . (Special to the Whig.) Toronto, April 29. Later « ually lists show that thirty-one addRional {Canadian officers were killed and wounded, makin, the total thirty- two killed and fn wounded as re {ported to date from the battle of | Langmatk. Several ofhers are also | | unofhicially wounded. | | Capt. J. HM , Victoria, with the Sixteenth Battalion L sour. i i. M. Williamson, Montreal, Fourth Battalion; Lieut. F. R. Medland, and Lieut. W. In P. Jarvis, Toronto, cam Third Battlion, were killed % many's are nearly | Offered a Call. © They hav® one more re | Winniueg, April: 29. Rev. J. B.' When this is Wilson, Winnipeg, has been invited the' field, they! to accept the pastorate of High Par'. esbyterian Church, Toronto. A available man. py, We are satisfied of this, so is Gen- salary of $3,000 is offered. He is | Ukely to accept. eral Joffre." General ob h-Dorrien's address : a'copy of which has reached military | Ii has become known that a direct | aumber 'of ap en hay i be yo 4 2 itary Russia al - L Ee > Temay | and gUverament pur Cans ih . ; Poses. { 4 plant herg in May. Lissant Beardmore, {he Canadian | opera singer, has been given a com- the company to close. | mission in Kitchener's army. SURE AT END OF YEAR Montreal, April 29.--Discussing the; will not be another winter duration of the war in an address he Pajem We Susy th delivered to the officers and non-| COCETEE PC EIURE Se | commissioned officers of the Cana |garve to draw on. dian Contingent upon their-remeoval traind #6d put on from Neuve Chapelle to Ypres, Gen- | will have used every eral Smith-Dorrien said: i "No one can say definitely whe. As you know, we here, | the war two ~ . I do not. i otie 'month | think I can" i 3 w ~ The respirator is made of gauze| Such devices are orpriisN der, Pear Queen Would Abdicate. 2 London, April 29.--"The Queen of Holland has announced her intention to abdicate the throne if her kingdom ia dragged into the war by either side," stated J. I. Elderkin, Halifax, in discussing the position in the Neth. erlands. The deadly gas the Canadians in- haled from (German attacks caused deaths from acute bronchitis. DAILY MEMORANDUM. Council, 8 of p.m ' fon students, Chalmer's Church, 8 pm See top of page 3, right hand corner, for probabilities BORN, RIPLEY---At Elgin, on Mr. and Mrs. H. H MARRIED. NDER -- SCOTT THOMSON---In George's Cathedral, Kingston, Canada, on Wedpesday, April 28th, by the Very Rev, G. L. Starr, DW, D@dn- of Ontario, Beatrice, daugh- ter of the late Henry Scott Thom- won, of Stoke Cliffe, Stapleton, Gloucestershire, and Mra David Graham, Fritwell, Oxfordshire, to Thomas Callander, Professor of reek, Queen's University CAINES--MAODONALD---At Sydenham street Methodist Church, April 28th, 1815, by Rev. Alfred Brown, Pauline Macdonald, of Kingston, to Roy Caines, of Carlsteadt, Alta McCONNELL--TISDALE -- In King+ stom, April 28th, 1915, by the Rev Canon W Fitzgerald, Walter Alexander McConnell, son of Mrs J. MoConnel, of the Collender Hotel, to Miss Pearl Evelyn Tis- dale, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Tisdale, 91 Bagot street SELBY ~JOHNSON--In Fingston, on April 28th, at St. James' Church, by Rev. 'T. W. Savary, Mabel M. Selby, second daughter of Charles Selby, to Alfred Johnson, B. A, Kingston. DIED. --In Tacoma, Waskington, on April 28th, 1915, Baws 1, eldest won of the late Lawrence O'Brien, 67 Union street W, - Funeral notice later SANDS--In Kingston, April. 28th, 1915, George Bands, aged 51 years. Funeral from his residence, : Sunbury, to Band HIN cemetery, Friday, April 30th, at 10 am, ROBERT J. REID The Undertaker, Phone 577. 280 Princess Street JAMES REID The Old Firm of U ndertakers 254 and 256 PRINCESS STREET 'Phone 147 for Ambulance Antiques nln ia For House Cleaning . Polish, Venere Brasso, 8 ool Wa n. Ami, Dustiess ubs, Fibre Pal polio, Fi Brushes, Dutch Cisanser, line, Wing-Wing. Jas. April 26th, to Ripley, a son CALLA at yoor foo ilvo, Lux,