Daily British Whig (1850), 15 Jul 1915, p. 1

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Plt dat tet bodied 8 PAGES 5 rarer art tt teak YEAR 82 - NO 163 FRENCH CAPTURE TRENCH ~ AFTER FIERCE BATTLING Far Several Days to the North of Arras. yn ae Ey . re FRENCH | POSITIONS IN BEAURAIN WOODS. THE And Obtain a Foothold--The Enemy Lost Heavily In Attempt To Push Forward Their Lines Between St. Mihiel and Pont-a-Mousson. {Special to the Whig.) Paris, July . 15.--After several days of fierce battling north of Ar- ras the French have captured a Ger- man trench south of Chateau Car- leul. in the War Office reported this afternoon, ' : It is admitted that this gain is partly offset by the loss of the gqbeaurian woods where the Germans have obtained a foothold by storwm- INE positions occupied by the Freuch several weeks ago. The enemy lost heavily in a res newal of the attempt of last week to push forward their lines between St. Mihiel and Pont-a-Mousson. Caught between a cross fire from machine guns and mitrailleuses, a German regiment fhat attacked near Feyenhaye was forced to retire. German attacks in the Labyrinth with hand grenades and bombs con- tinue the official communique declar- €d, but Without resolts. Ready to Pay For Sad Work Done to Ship {Special to the Whig.) Washington, D.C, July 15.--~Ger- many has admitted responsibility for the torpedoing of the Hawaiian-Am- erican liner Nebraskan, off the Irish coast several weeks ago. - In a mem- orandum sent to Ambassador Gerard from the German Foreign Office, sin- cere regret is expressed and the Ger- man Gevernment offers to make compensation. | NEW GROUNDS FOR TRIAL, ' Letter Written by Rose Basis Becker Investigation, Yoial ta the Whig.) '| New York, July 15.---A letter said | to have been written by Jack Rose, | the State's - star witness against Charles Becker in his tria) for the murder of Herman Rosenthal when Rose was in the Tombs, is the basis of an investigation by Becker's'coun sel in the hope that it might furnish grounds for an application for a new trial. The letter, its said, came into pos session of W. Bourke Cockran, Beck er's lawyer, yesterday It was not , made public, but is said to have con- tained the following expression: "I've got a splitting headache and am in ternible shape. Xebou and | Vallon are trying to framé up Bock- er, I want you to come in and see | me right away." John B. Johnston, associated with Mr. Coekran, began at once an inves tigation to determine if on the letter there could be bsed an application for a new trial, Becker's counsel are sald to regard the letter as im portant, To whom it was addressed | was not made public. of | ~ having | insane .been i eriminals incarcerated at the Ports: JOINS 62ND BATTALION, Will Go Overseas With Columbia Forces. He British be KINGSTON ONTARIO, THURSDAY A NEW FU. 8. SUBMARINE, That Can Cross Atlantic and Return To New York. cial to, the Whig.) New York, July 15 ---<A submarine that ean eross the Atlantic oeean and return to New York without stopping for fuel is soon to be added to the United States navy. The new boat, the G-3, is undergoing final tests at the plant of the Lake Torpe do Boat Company of Bridgeport, Conn, its builders. It has proved a cruising radius of 5,500 ahites at a speed of 11 -knots {an hour. At a lower rate of spead it can go =ven farther without replen. ishing its supply of fuel (&pe Sy | FREE P Ee PPP ERP RR bbb bbe PRZASNYSZ CAPTURED (Special to the Whig.) Berlin, via) wireless, July 15. The Russian fortified city of Przasnysz, 50: miles forth of Warsaw, has been stormed and captured by German troops, the War Office announced. PPPS P EEE Sy DNL HRREEeS aaaas ans Ee an a) | Manitoba Elections. | (Speciai to tue Whiz) 3 Winnipeg, July 15.--The Norris ~ | PRESENTED IN THE BRIEFEST | POSSIBLE FQRM. | The Whig's Daily Condensation 'of The News Of the World From Tele- graph Service and Newspaper Ex- changes. Twenty-seven pupils were on Tues- day enrolled at the Cuftis Aviation! | Schesl Toronte, bringing the total! number up. to 5, and making the school the largest in the world. | According to a Vatican report, , there are now about sixty thousand | | Government has practically decided | w ve He Oa MAJOR JOHN McD. MOWAT. It-was hoped that the services J. Macdonald Mowat, Vanceuver, a fomer popular Kingstonian, could be secured for a command in the 59th Battalion, but he has not been able to accept the off>r made to him, been previously appointed junior major in the 62nd Battalion, which is to be mobilized at Vernon, B.C He will go to Vernon short ly to. assume his new position; and Kjngstonians will watch with a great dea] of interest his connection with the Overseas Contingent, x of Gave Gabys Deslys 82350. Lendon, July 15 Sir James Bar- rie yesterday gave Gabys Deslys $250 for a tiny French flag. Mlle. Gaby, who was one of the thousands daintily dressed women selling the tricolors in London streets for the benefit of the French Red Cross, vis- ited Barrie's home, 'and emerged tri- umphantly waving a cheque for fifty pounds, FRESH AIR AND WORK FOR CRIMINAL INSANE Al Patients in Ontario Will Be Transferred to Guelph Farm For Treatment. Toronto, July 15.---~Hon. W. J. Hapna, Provincial Secretary, yester- day announced that all the criminal patients in different institu- tions in Ontario will be transferred to the Prison Farm at Guelph. Un-| der the new arrangentent Hon. Mr, Hanna stated that provision had also made to care for the insane mouth Penitentiary, the Dominion Government having agreed to ad- vauce money to cover' the mainten- ance of these inmates in the Pro- vincial institution. A special department has been as- signed to handle the _ housing of these patients at the Guelph prison farm. There are some seventy-five insane criminals patients in Ontario, all of whom will be transferred to Guelph during the coming = week. Hon. Mr, Hanna emphasized the fact that while the matter had been under consideration for some time the feel- ing of the Government was that they { should not act until they had made | suitable arrangements for the care Lindsay's tax rate this year will} be 37 mills on the dollar--an in-| crease of two mills over that of 1914. | Premier Borden held a conference | has accepted a call to the Westport | with the British Cabinet on Wednes- | day, Wm mp of such patients at one central point. Rev. M. F. Boudreau, Merrickville, Presbyterian Church and will be in- ducted on August 20th. THAW THE. MURDERER IS NOW DECLARED SANE (Special to the Whig.) New York, July 15.--Harry Ken- dall Thaw yesterday was declared sane by a jury which for nearly threa weeks had listened to testi- mony given in the Supreme Court here before Justice Peter Hendrick. Forty-eight minutes were consumed and twe ballots were taken in the reaching % a verdict, Justice Hendrick on Friday morn- ing will announce whether the com- mitment upon which Thaw was in- ca ted in the State Hospital for the mina gy a." Mansawan } vaca thereby ing to the slayer lib- er of Stanford White the erty for which he has fought in the courts for nine years. It was at the end of a a dresses by counsel and the Bharge of the that the jury retired. 'Shortly before 4 o'clock a bailiff came from the jury room and In- formed ¢ Hendrick that a ver- dict had been reached. "Gentlemen of the jury," sald the clerk, "the question you have been Tanet A w, who 1 the ¢ Tha ve 'was 'announced, sat at the] in a handkerchief, had ' turned around hand of sev- wh of he went of 'ad- Your answer is: Yes) and grasped fhe and, throwing his arms about her neck, kissed .her twice. at the same time patted her daugh- ter, Mrs. George L. Carnegie on the shoulder. Thaw later shook hands with his bailf brother, Josiah Thaw. The verdict recorded, John B. Stanchfield, chief co 1 for Thaw, made a motion that the commitment signed by. Justice wling, follow- ing a verdict of not guilty on the ground of insanity, which was re- turned by the jury at Thaw's second trial for the murder of White, be vacated. Justice Hendrick asked Deputy Attorney-General = Becker what he had to say- to such'a mo- tion. Mr. Becker, in reply, request- ed time in which the state might prepare ah appeal. Justice Hendrick reminded the lawyers that he had not given his decision and consequently it had not been finally decided which side might desire am appeal. He them set 11 o'clock this morning as the time when he would receive briefs. and is this: Is Harry K. Thaw now | feet away of | { | { | Mrs. Thaw | | | to dissolve the House on Saturday. Elections will probably take place August ith, but may not be held juntil August 13th. The Government | may delay action until next Tuesday Criminal prosecutions are, entered ,Against all those accused in.the Par- liament Buildings scandal. TWO WARSHIPS HERE VIGILANT AND GOLLINEKR RIVE IN THE HARBOR. AR They May Make Kingston Their Headquarters For a Time, And Pa trol the St. Lawrence River. On Thursday morning bright and early mang persons were astonished to see two Canadian warships in the harbor Out in We stream opposite the waterworks there ed the cruiser Gollineer and be side the Kingston Shipbuilding wharf was tho cruiser Vigilant It seems that both cruisers had been given orders to be in Kingston harbor at the same time, The oruiser Gollineer has been en gaged practically since the opening of hostilities along the Atlantic coast | $ Italian ecclesiastics in the army. They are engaged variously as chaplains, as Red Cgoss workers or as officers, Subscriptions to the new Italian | war loan, which was authorized by | royal decree June 17th, continue to! come in most satisfactorily, but, Ital-| fam financiers say, owing to the pos: | sible length of the war, other loans are forseen which the Government officials prefer should be voluntary. Women are coming inte London from every quarter of the United Italian | { | | patriotic procession in the West End |'Kingdom to take part in the great | was anchor- | | dragging for mines and the cruiser | | Vigilant hag baen stationed at Port Dover; on Lake Erie, guarding the Canadian fisheries. brought about the elimination | these, Instead rifles are carried. Both cruisers are to remain in Kingston harbor until further orders, | and according to some reports this city is to be made the headquarters of these boats, as this is where" so many of the American foreign ele- ment land in Canada. down the St. Lawrence river between Kingston and Prescott. TEPER TO BE OF BEST. (Special to the Whig.) Ottawa, July 15.--The War Purchasing Commission is de- termined in-so-far as is pos- sible, to see that the food pur- chased for the soldiers in train- ing at the various military camps is of the best quality. Any complaints which are made by officers and men will at once receive the attention of the $ Commission. AZT SSX TESS 22 SEPP PPPP2PP | § A NORWEGIAN STEAMER SUNK. By German Submarine--Her Second i Officer Killed. (Special to the Whig.) * Yarmouth, Eng., July 15.-- The Norwegian steamer Rym, carrying a cargo of coal, was torpedoed with- out warning and sank in three min- | utes, off Shipwish last night. Her second officer was killed by the ex- plosion. Fourteen members of the crew were landed here to-day. The latter boat formerly carried | Chronicle quotes the Berliner Tage- | Maxim guns, but an agreement be-| blatt, which publishes an article tween the United States and Canada | Fritz Mauthmer, headed 'Honorable of | Peace." in which' the writer, a well- | known publicist, pleads for "a peack The cruisers | will In all probability patrol up and | Honor to whom honor is due. | are the army, the honer of the army | of the world, and should the Ger- . not : : » & smaller | considered, or.were it in any way] on Saturday to' demonstrate to Lon- don and the Minister of Munitions how strong is the women's determin- ation to take their share in defeating | the Germans { The British' Government has com- pleted a plan for state insurance against damages by aircraft and bom | bardmient, in which it. will work in| connection with fire insurance offices. | The rates to be charged in all dis-| triefs will be idential, and for private | dwellings are fixed at two shillings | per cent, against aircraft, and three shilings against aircraft and bom- | bardment. | to Dictate Peace Terms ¥ ! London, July 15.--The Daily y which will satisfy thé sense of honor of the German soldiers." He adds: "If in spite of their clear super- iority over their many enemies, a peace -is" made Which" does not em- phasize this superiority, the German soldiers will be deeply chagrined. "The German army is the noblest | in the world, and it would be a deep | and irreparable wrong were this not | limited by an unsatisfactory peace. The army is the people, the people is the honor of the nation. | "It is clear that German kultur, German organization, Gérman, public and private Fittlibhjeit are pre-emi- nent and known to all the world as pre-eminent. The German army and its victories serve the ethic advance mans, in spite of all this, seek oaly a useful and not an honorable and ethical peace, they would be untrue to their principles." » NOTHING TO WILL, Archbishop Quigley Died a Poor Chicago, July 15.--Archbishop Quigley, head of the largest and most cosmopolitan Catholic diocese in the world, died practically penni- less. & This startling testimony of the de- votion of the late Archbishop of Chi- cago was giver by Dr. D. J. Dunne, priest of the Holy Name Cathedral. "In his capacity as corporation sole of the archdiocese .the archbishop's wealth aggregated approximately $70,000,000," said Dr. Dunne. "But, personally, he died practically penni- "Everything he possessed--his en- ergies, his 'learning, his personal wealth, his health--he threw into the work to which he had consecrat- ed his life. His gifts to charity were e. I doubt miuch that he even left a will ; En July 15.-- Islands Country Club 'Of much activity this Week on account of the tennis toura- ment. More entries have begh made this season than at any period uring the club's history. There over 100 playérs and many of na* tional mn. i 3 Colonel 0. ©. Staples is having a lonnls court buh n connection with The Rs 3 : i Island House, are by them. . JULY 15, 1918 | must retreat. Since the loss of the po- | an bi MUST RUN FACTORIES English Exports Mean Salvation for Her Allies. PITH OF NEWS Despatches From Near An Distant Places, Paris, July 15.--Lord Murray, of | | Elibapk, has written to the Journal! Desbats a letter correcting the im-| | pression which, Lord Murray admits, | exists in France that England is ap doing her full share in the war. e says that free speech and criticism 1 England may cause the appearance of confusion, but "throughout it is the Government that directs. Im- mense armies are preparing, and the | production of supplies weekly In- creases, The English people are now trying to accomplish what a year ago the majority would have de- clared impossible." After referring to the tervice ren- dered by the fleet, Lord Murray says: | "It is beyond doubt that the British | armies will reach and if necessary pass the three millions authorized by! Parliawent, in addition to the regul- | ar army." He maintains that the English are now devoting all their | resources to "the ' supply question, | but reminds the critics that Eng-| land must "keep in her factories a | part of her population, Bot only to | make munitions but té produce and | esport goods which permit her to bring supplies from all parts of the world. It would be disaster for! England, as for her Allies, if she | failed in this respect. They British machine has not the German clock- work regularly and respects indivi- dual freedom to a degree unaccept- able to strict disciplinarians, but the French nation may trust the mach- ine's strength and endurance." NOW FACES A RETREAT IMPORTANT COUNCIL OF WAR CALLED AT CRACOW | Huge Hosts Running Short Of Sup- | plies.--Austrian Forces Are .Al- ready Moving Back Towards Gali. cia. Geneva, Switzerland, July 15.--A despatch to the Tribune from Inns- bruick, says: 'Archduke Joseph Ferdinand is expected to-day at Cracow to preside over a war council. "If within' the next few days the Austrians cannot stop the victorious Russian advance, the whole frent sitions south of Lublin the revictual- ing of the armies has become impos- sible. Large Austrian reinforce- ments have been hurried to the Pro- vince of Lublin, but the Russians though fighting against superior for- ces, continue advancing. "The Austrians have been retreat- ing to Galicia since July 10th and are now at 'Wrzawy. The Russians deféated the Austrians at Zamosz and surrounded and captured two Hupgirian battalions. "It is reported from Lemberg that important council of war was held there on July 10th and that as a result of it a number of superior officers were disgraced. KICKED OFF PIRATE CRAFT Negro Muleteers Say Germans Laugh- ed At Struggles. Newport News, July 15.-- The British steamer Victorian arrived here yesterday with four survivors of the British mule ship Armenian sunk by a German submarine June 28th, with ghe loss of more than a score of lives. The men landed here were negro muleteers. ey asserted that when they attempted to scramble aboard the submarine they were kicked off by the German sailors, who laughed at them. FRENCH GRAFTERS JAILED Heavy Sentences Meted Out To Sup- ply Purchasers Clermont Ferrand, France, July 15.--A court-martial has condemn- ed three members of a co tén which was charged with pu ng supplies for the army. They were accused of falsification of accounts. M. Meuville, president of the com- mission, was senfenced to eight years in the penitentiary; M. Esteve; the registrar, to nine years, and M. Sanceime, the disbursing officer, to five years. ------------------ AN ELECTRIC FENCE NILLING MANY MEN The Hague, July 15.-- re- ceived from the Bel n- tier are to the effect that many per-| sons are being killed by a yol- tage electric wire fence wh THE 123,000 People Are die By te Val. ONLY UNTIL THE END OF PRESENT WEEK, THE As the Miners Say the Government Investigation Will - Prove Their Claims Well Founded--They Are Fighting Against Organized Greed. (Special to the Whig.) 'Cardiff, Wales, July 15 ~The Brit- ish Government to.day faced the most serious internal trouble the beginning of the war. 0 Page EAA... o1-8 | LAST EDITION SOUTH WALES MINERS HAVE GONE OUT ON STRIKE since | In open | STRIKE MAY CONTINUE | | { | defiance of the Government's threat | to enforce the War Munitions Act, practically every coal miner in South i Wales collieries quit work to-day. is estimated that 120,000 were made idle by the walk-out. The strike will probably only last | until the end of this week, the min- | ers said to-day. In the meantime they believe an investigation by the | Government will prove their well founded. "We do not want to embarrass the Government at this time," said one clams of the strike leaders to-day, "but we | to strike | believe now is the time against organized greed. The ecol- liery owners are making huge pro- fits out of the war. they plan to close their pits indefi nitely when their coffers are filled at the end of the struggle and starve us | into submission to their terms All We ask is a fair deal for our men and their families." War Tidings. The Russians in their successes against Archduke Joseph Ferdinand's army of the Vistula have not allowed them- selves to be tempted too far south- ward, Having pursued the retreat- ing Austrians almost to Wyzinca River, the Russian forces now re-oc- cupy their old positions north of Ur- zendowka. The Germans have stretched chain across the frontier bridge Zurzach, a Swiss town on the Rhine, sixteen miles northeast of Aarau. It 18 supposed that these measures have been taken following recent attempts at espionage. Important Turkish positions north of Krithia have been stormed and captured by the Anglo-French for- ces. The Allied fleets are in a gen- eral engagement. The Italians troops, closing in on Goritz, have captured two important Austrian positions north of the city, and the Austrians have evacuated two miles of trenches near Carnia. The famous old bronze and copper lion that stood in the Battlefield of Waterloo, has been pulled down and is being converted into German shells. The Gérmans have launched a new drive in North Poland, and the Rus- slans have fallen back slightly. The terrific assault by the Allies by land and sea on the Dardanelles is continuing. Minor successes for the British Unionist furces over the Germans on the frontier of German East Africa are chronicled. Allied aviators bombarded Smyrna on Sunday and set fire to the petrol- eum depots there. British troops are reported to have been sent into Serbia and are now fighting with the Serbs against the Austrians. Two alleged spies were arrested in London on Wednesday and will be tried by court-martial on the charge of attempting to communicate ififor- mation about the British fleet. General Limah von Sanders, Ger- man commander in Gallipoli has been recalled to Berlin. ® May Return to Work. 1 to the Whig.) Cardiff, Wales, July 15.--The executive council of the miners or- ganization met this afternoon. It Wis expected it would confer with Government officials later in the day and would advise the men to return to work on daily contracts, pending a final settiément. WAR'S APPEAL TO YOUTH. Young Americans Ran Away To Soi Post New York, July 15.--A cable to ihe. efit" from London says: "a 1 merous parents Amer 'have eviden suddestf -itacovered has 'received t the who ran join Canadian contingents. | The ambassy will ask the British t to discharge the boys they are minors who enlist without their parent's "consent, -------------- " We know that | series of | immediately east | at | It | persons { AUBREY Deputy Ministe the f } dled at his | Elmo, Muskoks WHITE, CMG, of Lands and ons in Canada residence evenly. years of who St STATE OF SIEG! DECLARED AT KIEL There Is No Explanation Given For This Very Extraordinary Procedure. (Special to the Whig ) Amsterdam, July 15. The entire | distriet surrounding the great Ger man naval base at Kiel has been placed in a virtua] state of siege, ac- | cording to Herlin despatched to-day: | By military decree all constith- tional rights, such as the Inviolabil. ity of private houses, freedom of speech and right of assembly, have | been repealed. Berlin despatches contained no ex- planation. To Defend Constatinople, Loudon, July 15.---According to a Mitylene dispatch to The Times, ad vices from Constantinople are to the effect that the Germans are strength- ening and adding to the fortifications at Constantinople on a stupendous scale. They are employiig thous- ands of soldiers as laborers, and trenches are being dug on the sea front at halfmile intervals all the way from San Stefano, on the wes tern skirts of Constantinople, with the usual accompaniments of mined approaches, entanglements and con- eealed batteries, mounting guns of all sizes. There are ample supplies of guns, the dispatch adds, but through what channel they were obtained is not Known. DAILY MEMORANDUM, Vaudeville, Grand, 2.30 ana 7.20. Lake Ontario Park, vaudeville, 8.15 p.m. See top of pay for probabilitie THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG ge 3, right hand corner, s. Is on Sale at thd Following City Stores: Buocknell's News Depot ..295 King St larke, J. W. & Co. ....353 Princess Book Store ....163 Princess 8 Grocery 209 Princess Cullen's Grocery, Cor, Prin. & Alfred Srontenac Hotel .... ...Ontario St ibson's Drug Sto arket Square Lowe's Grocery . +. Portsmouth McAuley's Book Sto .93 Princess McGall's Cigar Store, Cor. Prin. & Kin cLeod's Grocery ....51 Union St W, edley"s Drug Store, 250 University Paul's Cigar Store 76 Princess Prouse's rug Store .312 Princess Valleau's Grocery 208 Montreai BORN, WOOD--In Vancbaver, 1915, to Mr and Wood, a daughter, in, MARRIED. MORGAN -EVANS---On July 14th, 1915, in St. James Church, by the Rav 8. W. 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