| 16 PAGES aily Beit KINGSTON ONTARIO. SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1915 "YEAR 82 NO 125 The Russian ~ SUPREME STRUGGLE LAST EDITION Defence An Unyielding Wall MAY BE THE SUBJECT OF SERIOUS TROUBLE IN LORETTE HILLS For a Position' Dominating German Railway Centre at Lens.-Combat North of Arras Increases in Violence. Allies Drive Germans Out of Trenches East of Aix Noulette «The Austro-Germans Encounter an Unyielding Wall in Russian Defence Along ~~ Whole Front. (Special to the Whig.) Paris, May 29.--(Official.)--By smashing night at- tacks, the Allies drove the Germans out of a line of trenches east of Aix Noulette at the point of the bayonet, consolidating this new ground with territory previously gained. The official communique to-day indicated that the violence of the combat being waged north of Arras is in- ¢reasing almost hourly. . Both sides are engaged in a supreme struggle in the Lorette Hills for a position dominating the German rail- way centre at Lens. At midnight the enemy attacked positions recently taken by the French at Ablain. Searchlights swept their front amd they retreated under a hot machine gun fire. wi Russian Defence Unyielding. ; (Special to the Whig.) Petrograd May 29 (via London),--Phe Austro-Ger- ward to within thirty miles of Warsaw into Southern Poland. ~The most important of these operations are the re- sumption of the bombardment of Ossowietz and artillery battles and eavalry engagements near Edvabno and gen: erally along the Narew front. = Here, as in the Bzura re- gion before Warsaw, the German maneuvres have not developed sufficiently as yet to reveal whether they are preliminary to. serious offensive operations or are merely demonstrations. Reports reaching Petrograd from the Galician front indicate that the Aunstro-German forces have encountered an unyielding wall in the Russian defence from Jaroslan |' all the way to the Roumanian frontier. Nevertheless, the Teutonie allies continue assaults over the whole] length of this line with as great determination as ever. Particularly strong German forces, with heavy artil- lery, are massing on the roads leading eastward in the di- rection of Lemberg. CoptainDied | ie "in St. Catharines (Special to the Whig) lidia having been checked, there ap-|" widening Getman wetily on she lm! St. Catharines, May 29, -- Capt. o The American steamer Nebraskan, mined or torpedoed. If the latter is prove Washington and Berlin may be very acute. METHODIST WOMEN. 'Officers Elected at the Woman's Mis- sionary Society. Montreal, May 29.---At the thirty. second annual meeting of the Meth< odist . Women's Migsionary Society (Montreal Conference branch) it was reported that the number of auxil. faries is 141; annual members num- ber 4,107; life members, 765; nam- | ber of-eircles, 48; membership, 931; mission bands, 43; membership, 1, 109; amount raised by circles, $2.- 86082; by bands, $786.06; sent in by branch. treasurer, = $171,461.43; Easter offering, $3,112,73; sent in genral treasurer, $16,919.91. The rest fund amounts to $896.82, Fol- lowing are the branch officers for the coming year: President, Mrs. T. G. Willams; bon. vice-president, Mrs. Lett: 1st vice-president, Mrs. W. L Shaw; 2nd viee-president, Mrs. W. H. Henderson; 3rd vice president, Mrs. Wm. Craig; recording secretary. Mrs. E. M. Grose; corresponding secre. tary, Mrs. J. A. Gordon; treasurer, Mrs, R..C. Antlff; circle and band secretary, Mrs. B. O. Britton; super intendent Mrs. T. G. Raynor. iver gp allies, snd, in Shale ormer : \ afforts at control, much 'alread fy has Sean damaged. tion ves be ages of 43 and 60 from t 7 nL 3 (5 Carinthia and the Tyrol is proceed- ing quickly, and will be completed Jume 7th. 5 of Christian Stewardship, ed hoe mW FAIL The German Reply Hot Lily to Sats THE UNITED STATES THE DOCUMENT MAY BE SENT ON MONDAY. Ni TTT : Ambassador Gerard Says Reply I¥ Full of Friendliness But Not -Convincing--A Sharp Rejoinder From the United States, (Special to the W &.) Washington, May 29; ridence of increasing nervousness o ¢ man situation were d y visible in official circles to-day. . Th Ea -- whieh; hile westbound from F d to be the éase, the issue ri E 2 op Tor GHEMANS WOULD JAIL WOMEN Sentenced After Conviction Om Ohsrge of Insulting Officer. Berlin, via The Hague, May 39.-- Charged with insulting a German of- ficer, Mrs. Harriet Boyce and daugh- ter, of San Francisco, have been sen- tenged to three weeks imprisonment in the little Bavarian town of Lin- dau, Ambassador Gerard sent a mem- orandum to the German: foreign of- fice on behalf of the Américan women Pending action by the ol he Mrs. Boyce and her daughter" are at liberty under $5,000 offered by the American consul at Munich. The authorities at Lindau alleged that the American women used in- sulting language to the German of- ficer who examined' thelr baggage. Mrs. Boyce explained that she intend- ed no insult and if her remarks were so construed it was because she was unfamiliar with the German tongue. CALGARY'S OUT-OF WORKS Of fiona O1 Tn : : Cardiff, Wales, May 29. - or . rwenna say torpedoed and, was | d between } | Decreasing in | sibility THROUGH THE P/ And Pouring Into NustriaFourteen oy Taken By the Invaders In a Flanking Yoremien w (Special to the Whig.) Geneva, May 27 (via Paris).--The Italians are continuing their advance into Carinthia. They have taken three of the lower mountain passes and fourteen villages. Italian forces, Supported by gun- boats on Lake Garda, have captured several hills north of Mount Baldo. Their object is to flank the Austrian fortifications at the mouth of the Adige River and also to advance on Mori, Two Austrian aeroplanes attempt- ed to bombard the Italian gunboats on the lake, but they were driven off. The mew 76-millimeter Italian guns, said to be an improvement on the French model, are reported here to have been used with conspicuous success. At a point in Carinthia they are sald to have silenced an Austrian Battery served by Bavarians, that Another incident of the fighting in' the mountains is the case of an I Lieutenant who, with 865 i passage of the Agno valley, 'bay for one hour a of Bavarians, Ital ing up heavier guns and are attack- ing the Austrian forts along the Ty- rol frontier. The Italians have captured Colonel Tonale near Monfalcone, which is be- ing bombarded. They continue their advance in the Isonzo valley, . Most of the fighting is now on the Aus- trian territory. ~The Austrians are described as mounting more guns in the Alpine passes facing Velentine. Another despatch reaching here S8¥3 aut large forces of Ans an rmans are near Bozen, about thirty miles Toit of Trente, where they will be formed into the Twelfth Army Corps, For Austrian Attack. (Special to the Whig.) Rome, May 28 (via' Parl official reports from the front show fo, he ie tor 4 i: 3 waren, WEES abl BANE HS: THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. Is on Sale at the Following City Fl oi" Siskin i MAY BE STARTED IN THIS PRO- VINCE, = & " 2 » Reports Say That Bass Are Rapidly . Georgian Bay--Make . Ontario. Waters Delight of Tour. , Toronto, May 29.--There is a pos- that the Ontario department 'game and fisheries will turn to a serious study of Increased hatcher- ies in hope of maintaining a provin- i. + According to the ed the bass are As in Georgian Bay, ce ous fishing ground to lovers of the The advice of the de- that several hatcheries bed i She hope of er supply of game fish. 'Trent River and waters are considered as likely fields for activities. Attention 1s the increasing popularity of 'a8 summer resorts, ext Sugar Bigre : Valleau's he ug Grocery .iieei : BORN, HANCH---At the General on May 28th, 1915, to ; IT. Hatoh, a datighter, tol MORGAN-<AY on, = 10 Mr, and re Wnts