i 9 PACES Fitish Whig od Che D =n 3g ily "YEAR 82 NO 148 Germany SLAVS ARE BEATING THE ENEMY BACK Austro-German Attempts to Cross Dneister Have Failed---Enemy Thrown Back With Heavy Losses. sn -- German Attacks North of Warsaw Increase in Violence--- "Only Minor Clashes Have Occurred Between Russians | Who Withdrew From Lemberg and Armies of Gen. Mackensen. Whig.) German | | (Special to the Petrograd, June 26. tacks north of Warsaw are increas- ing in violence. The War Office ad- mitted to-day that under a terrific bombardment by German howitzers, the Russians were forced to evacuate a fortification wrecked by the en emy's fire, In Southeast Galicia, the Slavs continue to beat back all the enemy's attempts to cross the Dnelster. tem- nants of General Von Linsingen's forces, defeated at Kosary, have been thrown back across the river with heavy losses, In the Martynow Styr region, 715 prizoners have been taken, in addi- tion to those pgeviously reported Austrian troops on Thursday night launched a new attempt to cross the river south of Bukaccovice. The ithe enemy's poritoons after another, | and at noon yesterday, when the last | despatches were filed to the War Of- fice, the Czar's forces were holding their own. - | Only minor clashes have occurred in the last twenty-four hours between | the Russians, who withdrew from | Lemberg, and the armies of General | Mackensen. | at- Rain 1mpedes Western Operations, (Special to the Whig.) { Paris, June 26, (Official) A] heavy downpour of rain from the dea to the Swiss, frontier, has. im- peded infantry operations in the! past twelve hours. | "A lively cannonade in the region of Scuchez is continuing," said this afternoon's communique. { "Elsewhere the night was com-| paratively calm because of the heavy | rainfall." 1 May Mak LORD FISHER'S SUCCESSOR, ADMIRAL SIR HENRY He is an expert in torpedoes am KINGSTON ONTARIO, SATURDAY JUNE 26, 1915 T -- JACKSON. 1 the submarine. Bui must be re- | membered above all that he is a very practical, as well as Russian artillery shattered one of | LOVE REVEALED BY' WAR. | Hon. Walter Tong Refers Germans Likely Moving Troops | | of With | Pride to Generous Contributions. | London, June 26.-wAs president | the Local Governmont Board, | 3 { Hon, Waiter Long paid a generous | " to an ers tribute to the work of the whole of | * | the local bodies, up and down the | country, in grappling with the new | London, June 26. -- The Daily {ang SAL bier arising | Mail to-day printed a despateh de- | from the war. As a consequence, | claring that the Germans closed the | pe claimed, the suffering and incon. | Belgian frontier yesterday, evident venience to which the country had ly In preparation for a great move. | heen subjected had been 12duced to ment of troops from Galicia to the | a minimum. "To-day, after ten | Franco-Flanderg battlefront. months of war, we are stronger and pm better than we could ever have | hoped to be," he said "A matter | With regard to which we can take no small pride ig that almost imme- | | diately after the. war broke out, | when it wag doubtful how stable our | resources would prove to be, our| overseas dominions sent us, in_a| richten, in commenting on Captain | most generous manner, gifts of food | Hersangs J. 300.mile gpubmarine voy- | of all kinds." Mr. age from Wilhelmshaven to the Dar- | sure that the House would wish to | danelles, as pointing out that the recognize that splendid generosity, | distance between Bremen and New |and if Britons were inclined to feel | York is only 8,600 miles. {at times more bitterly than at oth- | The paper adds the undisguised |ors the burden of the great trial warning to America that in the | with which the country was con. | event of war German submarines fronted, there was even in sorrow a! would be ready to cross the Atlantic | very bright silver lining. In faet, | and torpedo American warships. {it had revealed, as it had never been ge revealed before, the wonderful love | . . - {of the overseas dominions for the Canadian Casualties 9,042, | Mother Country. (Special to the Whig | Ottawa, June 36.--Canadian casu- | altles have now reached a total of | 9,042. The killed number 1,484: | the wounded 5,947 and the missing Applications for Loan Well Up To S11. : Expectations, London, June 26.--The Bank of England already has sent out over four million prospectuses of the new war loan and the clerks devoted to their special business continue as busily engaged as ever in handing out further copies and explaining the details of loan to inquirers. Ac- cording to the Times, the applications from the general public for allot-| ments of the loan are coming well | up to anticipations. { . tas sn WARNING TO AMERICA. German Paper Says Submarines Could Oross Atlantic. The Hague, June 26.--A telegram from Munich quotes the Neues Nach- 4,000,000 PROSPECTUS { WHIG'S CONTENTS, I~-May Exempt Passenger Ships; Beating Enemy Back: Telegrams, --Church Services; 3 pehnings. & teception to Clergymen; So- claki Need for Men, --Editorial; Walt Thymes. War Cal 6--Chaplaj 9 Local Hap- Mason's mp Tidings. n Gordon Writes; ate ths. T--Want Pdge: Annofnocdments, S--Letters From Front, Canadia A DUTCH STEAMER Was Sunk By Torpedo in Guif | of | Bothnia, Amusements; England and NS at La Bassee; Toronto Swindle; Man atch 10-Soclaty News: Realm of Wo- 11-4Frooks f § (Activities of Woman. 12--psricultural Page;; Market 13<-Book 'Reviews; 8 li--Financial; "Swat the Fly. Hohe x" Serial. wat the Fly" Page. 9 A h on (Special to the Whig.) A Copenhagen, June 26 --The Dutch steamer Ceres, 1,749 tons, was sunk in the Gulf of Bothnia yesterday, either by a mine or a torpedo. The crew landed on the Swedish coast | last night, Captain Duyg believes | the steamer was: torpedoed. He said he saw a torpedo boat near by half! an hour before an explosion his. vessel. i ! Girls; wrecked | 4 Newport, LI, Jun 26 --Re tionary changes in naval oe States navy mpi. arin® the United -date, § Daniels to-day. - 2ech at times that Wal, he tol ; e thas old the War riers for the first year of the great world war. "Old things have passed pay, poor he called on the members 0 e pons which wil] make the vy the sub | BEd Ed bleh bhi bbb dob ddd dd * kd | #° TORNADO RUINS TOWN. 8 FOR GREAT U.S. NAVY to find the new w ; ollege to find oe meee | witness the fact that he commanded the Sixth | Mediterranean for two years; and, especially, that he was n the Royal Naval War College from 1 the War Staff in 1912. Last year h in the Mediterranean. entered the navy in 1868. >. ma AN"AGTOR WAS FINED. For Disturbing Peace at J, K. Hack- ett"s Home. New York, June 26. ---For laying siege to the portals of the home of J. K. Hackett, actor-manager, rais- | i ing a disturbance and annoying the | guests at a reception, Dallas Welford, a well'known English actor, was fin- | ed $10 by Magistrate Duell. Wel- ford was arrested in front of Hack-| ott's home after he had repeatedly rung the bell. According to Aug- ust V. Muller, complainant, Welford raised his voice in a loud and object tionable manner that disturbed the guests and said he had come to col- ett. He!challenged Hackett to ap- pear of the street and be thrashed. Major C. E. Long Was Wounded on June 7th Major C, E. Long, formerly of the R. €. H. A, here, and of late in the Militia. Department at Ottawa, was wounded at the front on June Tth, according to letters received here. Major Long had just come through a period of six weeks in hospital, re- covering from the effects of chlorine gas, which for a time _completely took the power of speech from him. | Major Long if*a letter states that if it re not for the large number of automobiles at the front, the Al. lies would not be as splendidly equip- ped 'and fed as they are mow, + + -- » + Medicne Hat, Alta, June 26. + ~=Redcliffe, Alberta, a prosper + ous manufdcturing town near & + # day as the result of the tor & + nado + town last evening. * + re persons weve injlred at oy Lake, Alberta. Mrs. & +* Olson * «TRY . GERMAN HEAVY GUNS. Hat, is in ruins to. &| which swept over the + | Cruiser 911 until 1913, and § e was appointed Com# Ho was born at Barnsley on Janua His appointment is everything 1'desived; "he is a fine sailor and a master mind, AUSTRIANS REPULSED WITH HEAVY LOSSES Attack on italian Position Proves Very Costly--200 Dead Left Milan, June 26.--Another deter- m"ned attack upon the Italian posi- {tion at Mount Freikofel has failed. The enemy was driven back, leaving { 200 dead behind in his retirement. { This means that the Austrian at- tempt to carry this position, support- Long was | lect $50,000 due him from Hack- | ed by heavy artillery fire, was seri- | ous, and it also proves that great im- | portance is attached by the enemy to the summit held by the Italians. The Austrians make daily desper- | {ate effort to dislodge their-opponents [from this and other positions in the {Carinthians Alps. 'Thus far these lattacks have been:-marked by failure, while the Italians have made further | progress in this difficult mountain warfare by capturing another: com- manding height, Cresta Verde. | The Italian Army after its rapid {advance during the first few weeks {of the War is now up against more serious opposition. Its task is to attack formidable defences, includ- ing scores of fortresses long ago erected at great expense by the Aus- |trians. Artillery is now playing an {important part in these operations. | Guns of all calibre are pounding at numerous Austrian strongholds, | which have been put in condition for most stubborn defence and supplied | with heavy guns. These prolonged artillery duels constitute the second stage of the Italian campaign, but several famous Austrian forts al- ready have been seriously damaged. | { MUST HAVE PASSPORTS . {Many Americans Are Detained On| i Steamers. | { London, June 26.--The American| | Bmbassy was informed to-day that| | many Americans arriving on steam- ers from New York were being de-| tained aboard the ships at Liverpool, because they did not have passports, | In the last two weeks, no less than| than fifty Americans were held up| for four or five days while officials| » cabled back to American for proof of | . 3 citizenship. { f t | Formerly American citizens wri THIS Of er 0 i | ing here without passports were able | to leave steamers on getting ( into] tcuch with the American Consul,| who would veuch tor them, but the recent rigid restrictions, owing to the| detection of spies masquerading as| Americans, . makes it necessary toi have absolute proof of citizenship from Americans. { ing thém to inform prospective pas- | sengers of the necessity 6f having passports when buying tickets in| America. i | ddd bddd Phd 200 Ht She Le + % BLEW UP GERMAN TRAIN. + - #. Berlin, June 26.--There are good (Special to the Whig.) = #! prospects that the forthcoming Ger- London, June' 26.--British #| man note to the United States will go aviators bombarded and blew up a large German ammunition supply train near Roulers, kill- ing fifty German soldiers, ac- cording to Rotterdam despatch. es to-day. #| erican Government's wishes regard- +! ing Germany's conduct of submarine #*| warfare and making passenger traf- #| fic on the high seas safe. #| While it is stated that submarine ! #| action against hostile merchantmen *PPEPPEFER EFI P E2040 00M | will not and cannot be abandoned ------ | entirely, it is increasingly probable IN AFRICA WITH STANLEY € {that the German note will embody --tn | some proposals to exempt ships em- Haligonian Officer Has Had Active |p) Career. oyed wholly or principally in pas- Halifax, June 26.--L'eut.-Col. | senger traffic rom submarine attack. p.| Such ships, it 'is said, would of G. Twining, of the Royal Engineers, |°0Urse, be subject to stoppage and General Headquarters Staff, who is among those mentioned by Field- Marshal French for distinguighed service in the field,'was born in Hali- fax, his father being the late E. 8. Twining. He has i brother, E. S. Twining, in New York, Thirty years ago, Colonel Twining entered the Royal Military College at Kingston, | Ont., where he graduated and after- | wards obtained a commission in the Indian Army. Previous to this he went to Africa with the Stanley Ex- pedition. PEPPER Feed Denies Report that British Molested Him London, June 26.--Dr. Berhardt Dernburg, who is due in Berlin to. day, cabled the German Chancellor, Dr. Von Bethemann Hollweg, from Norway, denying rumors that he had been molested by the British when the steamer Bergensfjord was de- tained at Kirkwall. Dr. Dernburg told newspaper-men he and others aboard the Norwegian ship were splendidly treated by British offi- cers, ---------- COAL FOR DENMARK } Special Bureau Will Prevent Export To Germany. London, June 26.--An agreement has been reached between the Danish and British Governments relative to the supply of coal from the British Isles to Denmark, according to the Exchange Telegraph's Copenhagen correspondent. A spetial bureau, | the correspondent says, will be estab- lished in Copenhagen to deal with coal coming from England and Scot- land. Eight coal steamers arrived in Copenhagen yesterday from Eng- land. GERMANS CELEBRATED Junketings and Feastings In Western Trenches. North France, June 26.--The tak- ing of Lemberg was celebrated with much revelry and feasting in the German lines in Northern France, all manner of entertainments and junk- etings being kept through thenight. The enémy's songs of victory were heard plainly in our own trenches. Several German aeroplenes ventur- ed over the Allies' lines, varying their bomb-dropping recreations by a demonstration of another kind. They cast overboard sarcastic mess- sages and selfcongratulatory notes, GRAIN FOR NEW ZEALAND Tenders Asked To Carry One Million ' Bushels From Lakes. Ottawa, June 26.--The Depart- ment of Trade and Commerce has called for tenders for the transpor- tation of one million bushels of wheat from the head of the Lakes to Mont- | One of them was as follows: real. This is the grain purchased| "Lemberg is ours. Calais to follow. by the department for the Govern-|It may be late, but better late than ment of New Zealand. It is believ- | never." a ed that the railways, as well as the | ace lake steamship lines will tender for | AFF EIPIP PET PIP EP ELLIE 1 00 NOT SO BAD! Petrograd, the contract. June 26.--~ The ians bac CPP PP 000 FRANZ JOSEF OBSTINATE Oppose Concessions To Keep Roum- ania Out of War, ¥ London, June 26.--The Daily Chronicle's Turin correspondent tele- graphs, : The Stampia learns from Buchar-| est that Emperor Francis Josef | strongly opposes concessions to Rou- | mania. 'Let, things go their own | wav," he declared. "The sword will] decide their question as many oth-| ers." { have thrown the Ger- | k in South Galicia. i * No Trade With Germans. London, June 26.--The Board of Why We Should That "Swat the Fly" campaign. . been recognized by nearly On another page of to-day's issue we present a have been resorted to in an effort to exterminate the' dangerous pest. Some of the most effective of these are advertised on page sixteen. We commend them to the attention of our readers. The season is now here when the fly menace begins to take definite form. If _ every family will do its part, the danger may be reduced "to a minimam, Turn to our "Swat the Fly" page, and consult the advts. of screen doors and windows, fly doing a most useful service in calling the- menace. : Germans in China must be stopped, and a proclamation will be issued prohibiting trade between Britain and the subjects of enemy countries and the branches of firms of enemy countries in China and Siam. It is understood that one month's grace { will be given before the prohibition | becomes effective. Enemy Unable to Move Troops Back to West London, June 26.--A despatch to from says that All Try To "Kill Fly." The menace of the fly has everyone. Many expedients 5 # a long way toward meeting the Am-' +90 000002000 Trade has decided that trading with | LAST EDITION e Passenger Route Safe BOATS EXEMPTED Submarine Work to be Made by Germany to the United ~ States. | ie: pmerican Embassy communi: Bt These Ships Will be Subject to Search---Expected That United States Will See That Such Ships Are Not Used MW Traps Mui ons. -------- $ examination by submarines in accord- dance with the practice in vogue prior to the present war and to cap- ture, if carrying contraband, but the regular rules of the prize law, re- garding the safety of passengers and crew, would be obsérved. | It is hoped here that such a solu- [tion will satisfy the requirements of President Wilson's not. It is ex- pected here among those who are working for a friendly settlement of the situation between Germany and the United States that 'the United States would see that such passenger | ships were not used to transport am- munition and guns nor lend themsel- ves to attack upon submarines. ti | DAILY MEMORANDUM. Vaudeville, Grand, 2.30 and 7.80. dake Ontario Park, vaudeville, 8.15 pm. See top of e 8, right hand corner, tor probabilities " BORN. MAOPHERSON---At the Kingston Gen- *. eral 'Hospital, on Friday, June 26th, to Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Macpherson, a daughter. y ~- MARRIED, | BROWN-BURLINGHAM--At Picton, on | June 19th, William Brown, of the | Union Bank, Orilita: to Miss Linel- | la, Burlinghaoy Plefeh. | DETLOR-DEMING----At Napatiee, on | June 23rd, Ninam Spencer Detior 1 to Mary Chase ming. | PARKS- ANDIRSON---At _ Ftanktord,on { June 16th, Carrie Hélen Anderson, daughter of J. M.Anderson, Frank- ford, to Sydney Fraser Parks, son { of Mr. and Mra, Arch. Parks, Na- { panee. |PURVIS-BROWN---iAt Lime Lake, June | 16th, Annie Florence Purvis, eldest daughter of Mr. a rs. J. M. Purvis, Lime Lake, 16 Donald Hue- | son Brown, eldest son of Mr. and Bal ~"At on | Mrs. W. H. Brown, leville. |STORMS-BAILEY nee, | June 23rd Gilbert James Storms to 'Edith Balley, both © apanee, AAA Ait tA DIED. {HENRY in Kiogston, on June 26th, | 1915, David Henry, aged seventy- three vears six months. Funeral from the residence of his son, David Henry, Jr. 46 James street, | Monday afternoon at 23 o'clock to | St. Paul's Church. | Belleville and Toronto papers please COPY. «C | ARE In Picton, June 15th, George 'Elmer Hare, aged 30 years. McFADDEN.--In Michigan, June 13th, { Mrs. James McFadden, formerly of | Prince Edward county, eighty-six years | MOORE~--In ®outh Marysburg, June | 19th, Minnie May Moore, aged thir. i ty-gix years, g OSTRANDER---At South Bay, June 17th, Matthew Ostrander, aged 73 Years. ROSE---~In 'Athol, June 18th, Lilllan Elizabeth Rose, . daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Rose, aged nine months. | BANDS--At Latimer, on June 25th, 1915, Robert Sands, aged 58 years. Funeral to take place from his late residence at 1.30 p.m. Bunday, to Sand Hill Seimetery nds and acquaintances are res | spectfully invited to attend. | THOMAS--1In Bloomfield, June i Mary Jane Thomas, dau | the late Asa Thomas of | WBLLIAMS-4in Picto { Eliza Gibson, belo { leb Williams, ag! years. ROBERT J. REID The Undertaker. Phone 577, 280 Princess Street. JAMES REID The Old Firm of 254 and 256 STRERT for Ambulance aged | | Frie 21st, hter of Her. June 2st, wife of Ca- sixty-eight Phone 1 REFRIGERATORS. A Rs haan Turk's.