1 12 PAGES PAGES 1-8 Batiste sp dead YEAR 82 NO 121 German = i WiLL, TAKE ACTION | RUSSIANS ROLLING - "TE = THEIR ENEMIES BACK Surrounded VERY VIOLENT DRIVES MADE BY GERMANS from Mian says 'thé Corriere della} Serra of that ¢ity publishes a siate- | ment by M.. Ghenadieff, declaring that Bulgaria has maintained its neu- | trality in a loyd! spirit and has no reason to be suspected by the Tiiple| Along a 400-Mile Front the Slavs Are Deliver ing Crushing Blows Against the Austro- \ German Lines. \ I ---- Germans Must Soon Evacuate Their Positions on East Bank of San---Russians Threatea to Cut Off Germans From Main Body of Gen. Mackensen's Left Wing. / (Special to the Whig.) Petrograd, May 25.--Along a $00- mile battlefront, | stretching from southeastern Poland to southeast Galicia, | the Russians are now cn the offensive and delivering crushing blows against the Austro-German limes, accord- ing to an official statement given out here to-day. The Germans are attacking in the Shavli region, and in the Russian province of Kovno, southeast of Stry, the Austro-Germans are battling stubbornly before the ad- vancing Russians, aceording to the War Office, but the Slav armies continue to press forward, capturing new heights and hundreds of prisoners. The Germans must soon evaefiate their positions on the east bank of the San, above Jaroslan, it was stated at the War Office to-day. - A Russian forge that erossed the San and occupied Nisko and Ruduik is moving southward along the railway and threatening to eut the Germans off from the main body of General Mackensen's left wing. In southeastern Poland, the Germans steadily are bing. rolled back slong. a ling eStending from : Kiolce) to Stagzef. (oval London, M Turks and thelr fought a bloody Asiatic forts elles, according to-day. The Ger! Turkish troops to t a tha Whig. ) utinous youhg dd officers ement near the & the Dardan- a despatches ans called other elf assistance and quelled the mutiny, #0 Sofia reported ' Po! many rebels were kille removed to Constantino New "Industrial Board Albany, May 26~--Governor Whit- man appolntea i sciexiag mems bers of the e Thdu sion, which erodes the Work- mens' Compensation Commission and the State 1. ment; John iltchell, Mount Vation. chairman; ames Lyne! Syracuse; liam H. 4. Rogers, Ri or; Edward P. Lyon, Brooklyn; Louis Ward, DIa- tavia. : The appolittoss their nominations by the Senate days after the' next year. Washi Wilson i of the P and others to serve until be confirmed twenty-five ure convenes 8 are $8,000. x President 1 On Po ) trade and | prov . and pital cannot means of com- tes Gov fertak ad hater go. BERL Conn | "storm Tun Fron. he Canadians Hive Repulsod Four German Attacks. i London, May 25.--The Dally Mail correspondent, writing from Pas de Calais under Sunday's date, says that very 'vigorous fghting has taken place on both sides of LaBassee with favorable results. "In front of the British, he con- tinues, ' a definite action was begun on Friday near Festubert, whew the Canadiang, fighting again with splen- did dash, took a line of German trenches in the orchdrd of a farm- house which was a critical and apt "On the next day the Germans made four strong attacks on our trenches, especially against the Can- adians., The first was in force and in massed formation, but our shrap- nel caught the enemy in the open and inflicted very heavy losses. The at- "ads which followed were not on the same scale, but resulted in heavy toss to the Germans, and they were easily repulsed." Increased Western Crop (Special to the Whig.) Ottaw as May 25. jon. Robert Rogers, Minister' of Public Works, who has returned om #& three weeks trip to Canada, when seen this morning spoke in glowing terms of the Increased crop pros- peta. The King's Kins Improvement. (Special to the Aho May 55 Srking Constan- time's condition t "his P wih gL wa, Bullet from the im. | air io stom in Entente. M. Ghenadieff says: "Why do sot the Allies: reopen vie negotiations whieh they dropped six months ago? They have only to as- er national desl try with them. necessary, but it must bo: spoken." Bulgarian Government has lodged | a protest at the Porte against the seizure by Turkey of a number. of | Bulgarian rallway cars loaded with goods. ACCIDENT. AT PICTON a Collision, tion held on Monday a serious ac-| | cident occurred oa the Fair | | Grounds. Manly Tripp, of Trenton, | | who was 'rifling a motor-cycle, col-! | lided with a buggy driven by Thom-| {as Stewart, the hotel proprietor and | | horseman, of Deseroato. Mr. Stew- art escaped . @iminjured, but Mr, | | Tripp's collar bone was fractured. inh os FELL 200 FEET. But Tanded On a x # Chicken Coop, And | Was Unhurt. «(Special to th: Whig.) ney, instructor at the Military Avia-| tion School, fella distance of 200 feet yesterday altetnoon, landing on a chicken ¢oop, but was unhurt, All-Day Cacking Main. Brockville, May 25.---The annual | cocking n took place yesterday on OM waters of the St. Lawrence opposite Brockville and was attended by sportsmen' from many points in On- tario, be¢ and New York State. The 'eontitued unmolested from, 'morning until nightfall was Poon in by birds from Belleville, . Kingston, Ganan Be » Brockville, Ottawa, Montreal, | -denshurg and Redwod, reds of Holtrs Sheng ands. Had, Tuagen at Ar in 'the. war . These pamphlets : den step in at once to secure the Independence of: Finland, by an aftdek on Russia, or by other |. means. ¥ CL --------------; : Reports Italian Consul Slain. London, May 25.-<A despatch to the Exchange Telegraph from Odessa says it 18 reported that the Italian consul at Constantinople has been killed: aS 40idg strane Mees $ MAJ SEDGWICK WOUNDED 3 Speen to the his. ) po ny a y Ss ame $ officially jer > ho the British Artil- & F. 8. R. Bedg- + .professor in the 3 College, Kings. + SEPP EII ERE * sure, Bulgaria of the fulfilment of | h : to have the coun- Only one word is] Picton, May .25.--At the colebraZ] Toronta, May 25 --Capt. EL. Jan- an Island, in the American a { It is reported from Sofia that the] » Sustained a' Broken Collar Bone In) Showing afl the shin continental WELL SL t Many AVIATORS | 70 CROSS ThE The Southern talk From: Aerial Atl ures of Venice, Removed To Rome; May 25- interest here fii th the aerial phase of Haly is shorousht ae nes an i. the French where the Italian are favorable for = fights of the. oothilte is ext ling can be remy uo fie mountainous ature of the whole, causes air currents which render aj ost im ble the gelection of suit- 'able landing for . Zeppelins. Austrian ai of the Parsefal {ype are more hon) for: such ter- ritory, but it is doubtful a" sven they could" be successfully. opera May Use: ant The existence. of the great Ttalian lakes suggests the pom ble employ- ment of hyd i It is thought the. great chain of the Apennines, forming the kbone of Italy, will constitute an actukl pro- tection for the cities to the south, in- #| cluding Florence, Rome and Naples. The only cities of first importance ngrth of the mountains are Venice, Bologna, Milan snd Tutin. It is true. that aeroplanes have crossed the main chain of the Alps, but they were not under the neces sity of Making the return Mant Air £hips never have mola tain crossing, and th is he Appre- hension here of of possi e air attacks. doubtrul if Zeppe- taken in Venice, the most SET (| his Majesty the King, s| Sovereign, the undersigned Ambas- yed here, owing to <The mass of narrow valleys fore I London and Faris have been | exposed ® uations and tow tie are lined up in. the FORMAL WAR DECLARATION sade By Maly ani and Presented In ienna. Amsterdam, May 2£5.--A despatch from Vienna says the Italian Ambas- sador to Austria, the Duke of Avar- ina, Saturday afternoon presented to Baron Von Burian, the Austro-Hun- garian Foreigh Minister, the follow- tng declaration of war: "Vienna, May 23. 1915. "In conformity with the orders of his august sador of Italy has the honor to deliv- er to his Excellency the Foreign Min- ister of Austria-Hungary the foliow- ing communication: "Declaration has been made as from the fourth of this month to the Imperial and Royal Government of the grave motives for which Italy, i { confident in her good right, proclaim. ed apoulled. and hencetorth without éfféct her treaty of alliance with i | Austria-Hungary, which was viclated by the Imperial and Royal Govern- ment, and resumed her liberty of ac- tion in this respect. . "The Saver oaht of the. King, firmly resolved to provide by = ail means at its disposal Tor safeguard- ing Aialian rights and ¥interests, can- an its Buy A to! Jake skpinat tres which 'events Es aac or the fulfillment of national a» ir fo "itis N Majesty the King declares that he morrow in & state of war with Aus-| tria-Hungary. "The un od has 'the honor to make known at the sanie time to his Excellency the Foreign Minister that passports will be placed ' this very day at the disposal of the Im- rial and. Royal Ambassador . at ome, and he will be obliged to his Excellency if he will kindly have his passports handed to him. '"(Signed) Avarna," + APPEL PEPRIMY MADE ADVANCES (Special to the Whig.) 25.~Official PREP PPEP EP ed ® as, May 7. a official Bute un ng 8 operstion 1 'the Dai hat a British The Bt is Still Proceeding Though It Ras Continued For More Than Twenty- Four Ir Hous. he considers himself from to-| lage Bodies of Troops " Been Concentrated Near Langemarcke---British Thus Far Have All Assaults Ground (Bpecial to the Whig) - Paris, May 25--The Germans are | attacking fiercely along the road east | of Ypres. They have coucentrated a large body of troops near Lange- marcke, and have launched several | violent drives against the British po- sitions, The battle has continued more than twenty-four hours, with | the result still in doubt. The Brit- ish thus far have repalsed al} the Ger- man attacks in the last twelve hours. In addition they have re. gained part of the trenches they lost when the enemy hurled strong forces against their lines yesterday, Thirty-five miles to the south, the | French and Germang are locked in an The equally desperate struggle. Germans are on the offensive in this region also, but' th ench artillery has worked havoc the German lines. The enemy's losses in fight. ing around Ablain have been particu- larly heavy. War Tidings. It is estimated that the Cgmadian casualties in the Thursday night at- tack upon a German position in an orchard, during which several mach- ine guns and an numbet of prisoners were i 44. numbered 480. Exputsion Stlialiang trom Trieste Pola, and QGradisea continues by thousands. None are permitted rota ans. ry od d ta rain forwarded to t interior of Au _-- . Commander-in-chief. Cadorua, Pre- mier Salandra and Foreign Minister 'Sonnino have agreed that no war cor- respondents shall be allowed with the Italian army and that the Italian Press Bureau shail operate in the Same manner as do those in France and Great Britain. In' eight: 'months Italy has spént $400,000,000 in military prepars- tions, Profitifg by the lessons of the war to date, particular attention was paid to artillery and her equip- ment in this arm, from machine guns to heavy siege pieces, is sald to be unexcelled in the world's armies. Her heavy guns are reported to be super- for to the now famous German and Austrian type, Beaten back in an attempt to des- cend on Przemysl from the north the Repulsed and Regained Taken. Austro-Germans drove back the Rus- | sian line twenty-two miles in a bloody engagement. The Russians hurled | reinforcements In a counter-attack, | regaining the lost ground. The Germans used chlorine gas on the British near Steenstraate but res- pirators enabled the British to cut the German attackers to pleces. A German air fleet of Zeppelins with aeroplanes joined German troops in the Adige Valley near the Italian fromtier. Heavy artillery for bombarding Tyrolean forts has been sent to the front. A strategic hill north of Arras was | captured by the French in a bayonet charge. Three thousalid German dead were counted after the battle. Germany's officers have arrived on the Italian-Austro frontier to direct the campaign. Austria's naval 'and air. fortes struck the first blow on Monday, the fleet bombarding Antona and EQvera: Adriatic coast towhs and Srstual ut bombarding the Italian. arsenal at Venice. . The Rome War Office reports that 'only sHght dam- age was done. A German taube flew over the northern suburbs of Paris Mofday morning, a several bombs, Slight property d lives according to dosha Bucharest. ity The hospital ship at- tached to the Indian forces; founder: ed on May 17th, while to towed in the Persian Guif. No lives were lost, * The ship was purchased and from | fitted out by Sitisens of Bengal Al ® cost of $75,000 Interesting developments' A) be taking place in centfal le where a Russian force i8 marching - southwards on the left ba San, threatening the flan Austro-German army occd right bank of the San in Vicinity of Jaroslau. King Alvert of the Belgisns has conferred upon field Marshal Earl Kitchener, the British Secretary of State for War, the Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold. THE GREEK WAR PARTY. Grows As the Result Of italy's De- claration. London, May 25.--London yester- day awaited an outbreak of ctual hostilities between Italy and Austria. Communication across the Austro- {Italian border has been brought toa standstill; Italian mobilization has begun and in Rome decrees were is- sued respecting nomic nature, establishing a censor- | ship and providing for public safety. hose anxiety over the {li- Constantine has been 'war party Is now gaining in strength --- that t the recall of DE mein nizelos is tmminent. on the other Hand, to measures of an eco-| FIC DAILY MEMOR) Yaudeville, Srand, pF L page Ro Probabilities + DIED, n OCONNOR---In - Ki ston, ay 25th, 1915, p OnIIoF, 7 30. ourner, s. MM. 915, Mr Funeral ivate) morn- 5 . dgom the nome it daugh- 3 = 218 Interment at INTE Sard, 1915, Wadby), beloved ite of Judge Funeral privat STORMS--In Kingston, on May 24th, Ran Wt . of the 1915, Sar late Geo Funeral iho He