8 PAGES: YEAR 82 NO 140 Th ¢ Daily British Whi KINGSTON ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1915 ® LAST EDITION ~ THE EASTERN F @ RONT: ON TOP OF PEAK.' Artillery Can Now Dominate Aus. | trian Positions. (Special to the Whig.) Rome, June 17 9 --- Italian troops | now oecupy a whole ridge of Monte- nero. Despatches received here % this afternoon said that the artiHery Bending the German Line in Northern Poland. A COSSACK REGIMENT 18 CREDITED WITH A DECIDEDLY BRILLIANT VICTORY. Forded River in Face of Hot Fire and Dispersed Enemy Russians Fighting Hard to Save Lemberg-- Varying Fortune In the Fighting In Shavi, (Special to the Whig.) L Petrograd, June 17.---Battling along an hundred-mile front, extend- ing from near the Baltic into North- ern Poland the Siav armies have bent back the German line at several | points and have resisted determined | attempts, by large forces of the en-| emy, to approach Rovno. "An official statement from the War Office to-day credited a Cossack Regi- { ment with a brilliant victory, near Popeliany. The Cossacks forded] the Ventari River in the face of a hot fire and drove the enemy from the east bank. "Our cava' ry continues to pursue the enemy, sabreing the retreating forces," said the official statement. "We have taken hums | dreds of prisoners." The fighting in Shavli region con- tinues with varying fortune. The enemy has captured some villages and has been driven from others. Beyond Middle Niemen, large forces of Germans attacked heavily on Tuesday. Their offensive was beaten back and they suffered heavy losses. In Galleia the Russians are fight-! ing hard to save Lemberg. War Tidings. A Greek army has invaded bania. Emperor Francis Joseph has blot- | ted from the Austrian army list the Twenty-Eighth Bohemian regiment because it surrendered to the Rug- sians, ~ } The German recruits of the 1916 draft, who were ordered last week to prepare for service, will be sum- | moned to the colors to-day instead | of in October as he had been pro-| posed, | FRENCH PRESS Al- v FRONTENAC CROPS FINE. Interviews with the reeves of the various townships attending the June session of the Fron tenac County Council reveal the fact that the crops throughout the county will be superior to those of last year, 2 "The crops are splendid all over the country," said Reeve J. M. Stoness, Loughboro. "The rain of Tuesday did them more good than even our council sit- tings could do," he added. "Loughboro looks for a bumper crop." Reeve W. J. Franklin, Pitts- burg, said that in his township the principal increase will be in oats, although grain generally will be good. Reeve William Spankie, Wolfe Island, remarked that his township would yield well. Hay might not be so good but every- thing else was in fine shape. Reeve P. J. Wensley, Claren- don, one of the north townships, expects the crop yield out there will be larger than for some years. The rains have made & big difference, * -- + Reeve A. Thompson, Olden, remarked that his township went more into dairying. The crops in general were good. Reeve John Foley, the veter- an Howe Islander, told the Whig ¢ representative that Providence # had smiled upon that little ¢ river municipality. Grain would 4 + be excellent. " + + PPP P PPP PPPPRPPP PRR RPP P PRR PR PPP RTP PRR IPP E PERRO bre + Peed Sabb FEES bP Sbb SEE Sent to Penitentiary. Owen Sound, June 17.--Norman Ryan was sentenced to eight years An penitentiary by Police Magistrate Creasor on twg charges of burglary. Ryan's partner in crime, John Wil. liam Turner, was given two years. Miss Kate O'Donahue, arrested for réceiving stolen goods, wag sentenc- ed to one year in the Mercer Re- formatory, FORWARD ON WIDE FRONT IN VOSGES Paris, June 17 (official) --A new this new movement toveard the Ger- French offensive movement in the man military centre of Colmar, in . Vosges, pressing forward on a wide 152¢e, but contained no hint of the . front, has resulted in the capture of all heights dominating the River valley from Metzoral to Stein- abruck. This afternoon's official ique reported further SADDLERY MEN AWAIT ORDER. | Representatives At Ottawa To Share In Contract. Ottawa, June 17. Expectation of a big Russian order for army saddles has brought here repres- entatives of all the Canadian saddel- ry manufacturers. The last Rus- sian order amounted to $1,500,000, and was divided among the manu- facturers at a fixed price, While the new order has not yet been placed with the Canadian purchasing com- mittee, it is believed to be about the same as the last, but at a slightly « decreased price per saddle. The saddlery manufacturers will probably form an association to bet- ter handle war orders. Oppressive Heat Attacks Italians. Rome, June 17.--Oppressive heat is increasing the difficulties of the Italian armies attacking Goritz, For Several dayg the fighting has been under temperatures of nearly 100, with high humidity, adding to the sufferings of the heavily burdened soldiers and the eavajry horses. Despite these ded ~ disadvan- tages, General Cadorna. reported to- day that the spirit of hig troops is of the best, and that the ring around Slorits is steadily tightening. All ustrian attempts to dislodge Ber. saglieri forces who crossed the Ison. zo six miles north of Goritz have been repulsed. Severe fighting has oceurred near va, and also in the region south in the last Fecht gains between branches of the U number of forces engaged. "Our troops have made important pper Fecht and also along the heights be- tween the Fecht and Lauch valleys, commun west of Colmar," said progress of statement. the official PITH OF THE NEWS, - Condenséd Items By Telegraph and Froth Exchanges. McGill No. 3 General Hospital has left Shorncliffe for overseas service and has arrived safely in France. Huron Anglican Synod voted down a resolution commending the Gov- ernment for establishing thé dry canteen. I Frost damaged ' garden produce considerably in Western Canada, al- #0 setting back the field crops in some places. Lieut.-Col. Labatt, who went with the First Canadjan Contingent, and who was forced to undergo an opera- tion after reaching. England. is ill again. 8 Rev. Eduardo Gifarde, a Roman Catholic priest who is serving as a chaplain in the Italian army, has been decorated with a silver medal for comspicious bravery under fire, Oberlin University, Ohio, gave the honorary degree of LL.D. Dr. J. A. Macdonald, editer the The Globe, Toronto, for his work in the cause of international good relations. A banquet was tendered by the Masons of Athens in honor of mem- bers who are leaving the village) Dr. G. H. Hamilton, has enlisted for overseas service; S. A. Hitsman, principal of the high will en- ter Queen's College and Mr. Smythe, 1 of the public school. Jr. Hamilton 'was presented with a gold locket and Messrs. Hitsman and twenty. four hours. Smythe with pins, all engraved 'with the emblems of the order. : a is being dragged into position on a peak five thousand feet high, domi- i nating the Austrian positions at Tol- mino. To Talk It Over. (Special to the Whig.) London, June 17.--The Minister of Munitions, Lloyd George, an- nounced in the Commons this .af- # | ternoon that the Government is send + + * + L 2 + + < #|ing "a prominent business man' to | # | America to discuss the whole subject # | of United States and Canadian war +% | contracts. : Turks Fail To Recapture (Special to the Whig.) London, June 17.-- PEPE PPEEI Te #| on June 12th, according to the of- *| ficlal statement on the situation made | # | public to-day. #| On the night of June 15th., the * & | cupied by one of the British brigades. Lost Trenches Turkish troops | #!in the Dardanelles have been repul- | #|%ed in their attempts to recapture # | trenches Tost by them to the British | enemy led by a German officer, made | + (a gallant attack on the trenches oc- | | Many dead were counted, including { the German leader and his Turkish | | subordinate. | -------- | Four Years For Housebreaking. | Belleville, June 17.--A_ young man named John Wilson, of this] | eity, was sentenced to the peniten- | tiary for four years after being pro- | ven guilty of a charge of breaking | into. a residence with intent to com. | mit an indictable offence He was | also found guilty of committing per- | Jury and subornation of perjury. | Wilson had previously appeared in court charged with minor offences. Attacked His Wife, | | Chicago, Jume 17.--Calvin Dema- | rest, former national] amateur bil. | Hard champion, attacked his wife with a pocket knife yesterday, and | then slashed his own throat. His mother, who tried to restrain him, was cut in the hands. Husband and wife were taken to a hospital. FEE S00 $0P 200 E S40 994% $oux DAYS BOMBARDMENT # Lai -- » *. (Special to the Whig.) ® ¢ Athens, June 17.-- "After & 4 six days of continuous bom- & + bardment the fire of the allied ¢ Dardanelles ¢ + nesday," said a Mytelene des- : : patch to-day. nd Lack of Men to Lower Boats of Lusitania (Special to the Whig.) London, June 17.--Charges that incompetency of the Lusitania's crew was partly responsible for the heavy Poss of life when the liner was tor- pedoed, were made by survivors who testified to-day at the official inquiry. A passenger named Baker swore that the steamer lacked competent men to ald in lowering the boats, and that several passengers undertook the task, but were stopped by offi- cers. One of Them Innocent, Albany, June 17.--Rabbi Jacob Goldstein, a chaplain to Sing Sing and the Tombs, asserted before the bill of rights committee of the' con- stitutional convention that one of the four New York gunmen execut- ed for the murder of Hermann Ro- senthal, went to his death an inno- cent man, and that the district at- torney's office has admitted as much in a'communication to Governor Whitman, Mr. Goldstein would not name the gunman, but he is believ- ed to have referred to "Dago Frank" Cirofici v Cheese Markets. Peterboro', June 16.--Two thou- sand two hundred and eight-one All sold at 15 1-4 cents. Mado¢, June 16.--Three hundred and twenty boxes of cheese Were boarded. Al sid at 15 5-16 cents. wi , . June 16. -- Three a Stock hundred and sixty boxes offered at 14 5-8 cents. Some sales on street at 15 cents. Three Were Sunk. ' (Special to the Whi Athena" Jane 17--A fish. sud- marine; on Wednesday, sunk three | bronchitis and is confined to his bed | at tuttgart. Owing to the fantastic Tumors.cir- | cheese were boarded here to-day. |.g% transports full of troops for | g accord- | PITH OF NEWS Despatches From Near An Distant Places. THE LATEST TIDINGS PRESENTED IN THE BRIEFEST POSSIBLE FORM. | Senator Elihu Root said GERMANY TAKES VIEW ~ZUEE UL THE UTILITIES ARE RUN ON BUSINESS PRINCIPLES Albany, N.Y., June 17.--In at- tacking Belgium and. the Lusitania, Cermany returned to the theories of the ancients, that the state is not bound by the rules of morality as are individuals, former United States to-night, t a meeting commemorating the 00th anniversary of the signing of Magna Charta. "An opposite view," he continued, "was the hope of mankind * "The first theory of the ancient a 7 [republics, that the state is all in all, {and that the individual derives his The Whig's Daily Condensation Of | The News Of the World From Tele | graph Service and Newspaper Ex- | changes. { rights as a member, is the principle which was applied in Belgium," he said. "It is the principle which was applied to the Lusitan.a. Its logical and inevitable result is, that {state is freed from those rules of Mrs. August Belmont, formerly | Eleanor Robinson, actress, was oper- | ated on for appendicitis in New York. | W. J. Bryan denies the story that | he made a personal subscription of $500 to Welland "for the alleviation of distress among interned Ger- mans." Hon J. M. Tellier has practically | accepted office as Secretary of State | | In 'succession to Hon. Louis Coderre, who will take a judgeship. In London, on behalf of the Red ! Cross Funds, William Waldorf Astor | has'cpened the subscription list with | a cheque for $100,000. In Montreal it is thought the sol- | dier who was crucified by the Ger- | mans at Langemarcke was Sergeant Gauthier, of the 14th Battalion. At Pittsburg night and day, in | three shifts, 2,500 men are working on a shell order for the British Gov- ernment. John E. Redmond, the [rish Na- tionalist leader, is suffering from ptomaine poisoning and will be un- able for some time to attend sessivhs of Parliament. Sir Thomas Shaughnessy returning to Canada next week says unques- tionably Canada has got her fullest possible share of orders for muni- tions. Count Zeppelin, builder of the Ger- man military balloons, has been stricken with an acute attack of culated recérntly about French losses in the war, the League of the Rights of Man has petitioned the Govern- ment to publish the exact figures. Out 357 days from Newcastle, Eng.," the French ship Rene Ker- vilier is in San Franeisco after hav- ing fought storms during most of her passage and changed captains twice. Captain E. L., Bguire, of the steamer Fernfield, fell overboard on the night of June llth, while his ship was near St. Paul's Island in the St. Lawrence, and was drown- ed. The German papers last Saturday published an inspired notice showing the necessity for the restriction of the production of cotton goods used as luxuries. The notice stated the German supply of cotton was suffic- lent for war needs. All danger qf a stoppage of the Lancashire cotton industry by rea- son of the demands of the men for an increase of pay and the threat- ened lockout by the employers in re- taliation, has been averted by the decision of all parties to the dispute to accept Government arbitration. CANNED GOODS CHEAPER. Montreal Wholesale Dealer Cuts | * Price Because of Glut. Montreal, June 17.--The. canned | goods market in Montreal has col. | lapsed. Up to now Dominion Can- | ners' Co. has controM&d prices, but | owing to the glut of stock they have¥ found difficulty in getting them Re. | cently a prominent wholesaler broke | out and cut prices, and the retailers | are expected to follow hig example at once, so that bargains in canned fruits and vegetables will be a fea- ture of the local grocery situation. State Must Pay Debt. Washington, June 17.--The state of West Virginia was adjudged by the Supreme Court of the United States to be debtor to the state of Virginia, from which he separated by the fortunes of the Civi] War, to the amount of $12,393,929 28. This amount represents interest, as well as principal of the part of the public debt of the parent state of Virginia at the time the separa- tion was brought about . The in- terest on the debt, which has been funning since Jan. 1, 1861, amounts to $8,178,307. Canadian Casualties. cial to the Whig.) ottawa June 17.--The Canadian ualties up to this morning reach a total of 8,830. This included 1,419 Killed, 5,788 wounded, and 1,623 missing. 5 Are At a Low Ebb. to the Whig.) 17 orarkich prison- bush till their victims appear. morality by which individual men are bound. "The other asserted in the Great Charter, by logical and inevitable result binds the state by the units of morality, which the 'dividual re- cognizes and the Supremacy of that rule of right governing all men and {al states and powers, is the hope of mankind." - ACTING-MAJOR W. ¥. MILLS. Who will succeed to the command of the 14th P.W.O. Rifles. He has spent fifteen years in m'litary serviep, enter. ing as a private. AUSTRIA SENDS OUT MEN AS BRIGANDS Cut-Throats Released For: Malian Rear to Wage Guerilla Warfare. Rome, yune 17.--austria nas ieft in the territory yielded to the Itali- ans emissaries provided with am- munition, and paid $250 to foster brigandage. These agents.are men of the landstyrm, gendarmes and forest guards, and they have been caught firing at the backs of the Italian troops and attempting to cut off isolated detachments and econ- voys. They have even fired at army medical men while succoring the wounded. These men wait in am- An official note says that it is the pur- pose of the Austrians to check Itdlian operations, to carry on spy- ing and to lead the Italians to exer- cise cruel reprisals. CUTS THROUGH WIRE, Germans Use Burning Fluid On The | Entanglements. Petrograd, June 17.--The Ger- mans on the Bzura have a new in- strument of war, which consists of a metal cylinder, filled with a mix- ture of benzine and kerosene. At a pressure of 75 pounds to the square inch a turn of a screw opens a vent, which liberates a jet of burning fluid from 12 to 15 feet in length. Storming parties are provided with these apparatus, with which they fuse a path through wire eniangle- ments. The heat of the flame iso intense that it cuts through the ob- structions like a pair of shears. Killed On Land And Sea. (Special the Whig.) London, Jund .17.--The Admiralty announces that forty civilians, men, women and chiliren, were killed and eighty injured in the last two Zep- pelin raids. Paris, June 17.--Twentytwo lives were lost when the Germans torpe- doed the British steamer Gleneair, yesterday. 4 Estimate Of Enemy's Losses, (Special to the Whig. Paris, June 17.--A Freeh estimate of the German es to date is four million two hundred and of Austrians two mil- { lion five hundred thousand. The Italians have just their fourth Austrian rao the | 'Commission Refuses To Al- Clow Them To Be Bled. {THAT EXTENSIONS MUST PAY i FOR THEMSELVES. | Refused To Give Hospitals Water at | Less Than Cost--A Correct Valua- | tion Of the Plan Secured By En- gaging Experts. In further discussing the work of the "Utilities Commission, Chairman T. J. Rigney informed the Whig rep- resentative who interviewed him that the Commission had last year laid down the principle that the rev. enne derived from extensions mains must be sufficient to meet the principal and interest on the bond Issue, so that it would not be neces- sary to cut in on the genera] revenue of the plaht to make up any defi- ciency. "1 say we laid down that prinei ple," sald Mr. Rigney, "and we have never departed from it. "Probably the only differences we tion that we should reduce the wa- ter rates of the hospitals. Mayor Sutherland urged the Commission to do both these things, but the rest of us opposed his proposals, and for the best of reasons. As your pa. per has already stated, the city so- Heitor reported to us that the pur- chase and operation of an incinera- tor was not justified by the Public Utilities Act, and he pronounced the whole proposition illegal. With regard to the proposal to reduce the water rate of the hospitals, our an- swer wag that thé Comission was already furnishing these institutions to-day at cost, and we could not ' possibly do better than that. If the hospitals are in need, the City Coun. cll can relieve them by increasing their grants." "This broad principle guided the Commission," declared Chairman Rigney. 'We refused to allow the Utdlities to be bled to meet grants that should be voted by the Coun- ell, and we decided that we were going to run (the Utilities on busi- ness principles" Shattered Old Valuations. In discussing the question of the valuation of the plant, Mr. Rigney said that one of the first acts of the Commission was to have a general inventory and stock 'valuation made by experts, in order to establish a correct valuation of the plant. This was done in order to replace the fle. titious book values which had here- tofore been carried forward, At the same time, the Commission thought it advisable to open up a de- preciation account for each utility. Thig was carried out after a scien- tific investiggtion and adopted in 1914, for thé first time in the his- tory of the plant. "We shattered some of the old valuations," the Chairman said. "The people were living in a fool's paradise, thinking that the plant was worth all the money they had put into it" business under Commission manage- ment has been very During 1914, 286 new consumers were added to the @lectrical depart. ment, while in the gas department we had an increase of 214 consum- ers." Regarding the {nterest charges on the plant, Mr. Rigney stated that in 1913, the last year of City Coun. cil management,the interest amount. ed to $19,084.23. In 1914 the in- terest was $20,538.27, The in- crease was due to work undertaken by the Council] and left over as a legacy to the Commission, and upon which the interest charges had to be met for the first time out of the rev. enues of 1914, Commission Government. The Chairman was asked as to the mber of places {a Ontario which have commission government of received fro F. A. Gaby, chief en- gineer LAID DOWN PRINCIPLE of | have had in the Commission," said | the Chairman, "were over the pur- | chase of a site for a garbage incine- | rator for the city and the sugges. | Ci "I might say that the increase in pronounced. | gy their utilities, and he read a letter [Re t Y Com. "55, Fr" Begin ALA -> serve on Utilities Commissions ow- | Ing to the prestige it affords and the | fact that they are not troubled with the general municipal matters, which take so much time on the part of a | councillor, "The experience of municipalities not only in this provinée, but all over America, is decidedly in favor of | commission form of government, for [utilities at least." | The places that Mr. Gaby men: tions as having commissions for | their eleptric utility are: Toronto, {'Hamilton, Ottawa, London, Brant. | ford, Windsor, Peterboro, Berlin, | Part Arthur, St. Thomas, Stratford, | Guelph, St. Catharines, Galt, Wood- | stock, Barrie, Welland, Collingwood, | Midland, Ingersoll, Preston, Dun- | das, Goderich, Waterloo, Walker- ville, Paris, Penetang. St. Mary's, | Brampton, Tillsonburg, Hespeler, | Prescott, Weston ,Milton. "Doeg Kingston desire to take a backward step by abolishing govern- | ment of its utilities by commissten?" | asked Chairman Rigney. Big Smelter To Be Built For Belgians | Allentown, Pa. June 17.-- The | largest smeltihg furnace in the {world is being constructed In this |eity, and the contract is in the na- | ture of a war order. The plant {makes a specialty of heavy machin- |ery, and, before the outbreak of hos- |tilities had started work on an or- {der from the Belgian Government {for a large copper smelter for the | Congo. | The war interrupied proceedings. Recently at a conference of military and business men standing high in the ranks of the Allfes, it was decid- ed that the result of thie war would be such that Germany would not re- alize its ambition to become a pos- sessor of the Cengo. Belgium needs copper, its home works having been destroyed by the Germany army, and intends to get it from the Congo" As a result the order for the furnace was changed and enlarged. The smelter will be 80 by 105 feet and 144 feet high. "Safet first' 1§ 5d otto, but too many people: "antl its too late to be careful. Ex-Mayor John H. Fulford, dy his will left $1,500 to the Brockville General Hospital. rier, Brockville, Francis M. Tu now enjoys the ttle oi B.A. of To- ronto University, and h ined the distinction of a Fellowship. Goold H Bt 'Rev. W. Lambert, is the new r of the hn Place. Methodist Chureh, Carl DAILY MEMORANDUM, Civic Finance, 8 p.m. Vaudeville, Grand, 2.30 and 7.30. See top of page 3, right hand corner, tor probabilities. ' THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG Is on Sale at the Following City Stores Bucknell's New C! Ww. ry . Cullen's Grocery, Cor, Frontenac Hotel rug leau's Grocery DIED. DAVIS--AL Violet, on June 15th, 1915, Benjamin Davis, in 99th year. Funeral, will take, Biase - his lat residence on Fride ie Friends and scquaintaioss whi kindly accept .this Intimation, #. Station KNOX---At ths Ou 6th, yo hie Grimi on June beloved wife Knox; aged 57 years. Funers]l from her late Fri -aftern ul ce to end nd ual spectfully init MORAN--A ose, 18th. 1915, Dr. mains will arrri a ly 5, - of Wi al 2.80 oelock, Fri ve Bore ot 1 o'clock to the King- ur ston Mi