YEAR 82 - NO 170 FALL OF WARSAW ~~ APPEARS IMMINEN According to Berlin Reports, Unless Some Un- expected Reverse Yon Hindenberg. is Met With by # Figuring Upon the Likely Tactics of Grand Duke Nicholas-:- Prayers Being Offered Throughout Russia for | Slav Armies---Situation is Grave. --p---- (8pecial to Berlin via rr Wr hE July 23. Warsaw's fall appeared immin- ent to-day Official despatches Te- ported that German®troops now hold all three railways entering from he west and that the city is nearly ak. surrounded by a German ring at an average distance of less than fifteen miles. Unless von Whig) Hindenberg"s forces meet with some unexpected reverse, | the Russian evacuation cannot be long delayed. It is belived here that Grand Duké Nicholas will repeat Gen. Ivanoff's tactics at Przemysl and Lemberg, withdrawing with his major forces and leaving behind a garrison strong enough to prevent rapid pursuit by the enemy and at the same time capable of inflicting considerable losses on the victorious | Germans din, Offer Prayers In Russia. {8becial to the Whig) Petrograd, July 23.--In an order of the day, issued fin conhection with the services of prayer held throughout Russia to-day. Grand Duke Nicholas, the commander in chief, called upon the troons to ac- sweeping away C erican consul at Warsaw cabled the, had a chance. 8 Belgian consul had left Warsaw and | Portable that the American consulate had tak- | horthern France. | Victorious end of the great _ battle | now raging. | The Sitnation Grave | (8peclal to the Whig.) | London, July 23.-+The tone of | despatches from Petrograd bespeaks plainly "that the country is aware of | the graveness of the military situa-| tiow, involving not only the fate of | the Polish capital, but the integrity | of the Russian Army in Poland, the northern and southern sections of whieh might be cut in twain by a decisive defeat along the Lublin- | Chelm. Ih is along this sector that the Russians are now fighting most' des- | perately for this railway in the selet! great artery of communication of} Poland with southern Russia, | from Lublin 'and helm towards Odessa. Russian Consul Leaves Warsaw. (Special to the hig, { Washington, July 23.--The Am-| tate Department yesterday that the imports. ritish KINGSTON ONTA&10, FRIDAY JULY 23, 1915 Must These-Our Brothers--Die in Vain ? - Nearly 2,000 Canadians have laid down their lives for the Empire. Over 10,000 more are wounded or captive. Shall we allow these. fellow-Canadians--the very flower and fruit of our young and resolute nationhood -to make this sacrifice in vain? Perish the thought! For every brave Canadian killed, ten will rush forward to avenge him. : . Kingston boys at the front, in letters home, * adian soldiers crucified by the German beasts. Shall such atrocious crimes go unavengeéd?- No, a thousand times, no. ese gallant men shall not per- ish in vain. They fought and died in a noble tause, and their kinsmen now at home will make doubly sure that this cause will triumph. "The call to arms has sounded again. Fall in! Fall in! 'The bugle sounds ! Your Country calls again for men. Your chums have gone, their lives, their wounds, Are calling out, where have you been? Fallin! Fallin! A mother weeps: Cruel war has robbed her of a son; But in our Empire's nobler deeps, Her mother's sacrifice will win. : all in 1 in! A a PITH OF THE NEWS, confirm the reports of Can." a An mt SCHUSTER ON OUTLOOK Despatches From® Near and Distant (GUN AND MEN GIVEN | Places. IN SEVEN MINUTES! Several offers of 'machine guns are | -- " i ; laces . . Tey In. dulvient J Serbia and Before Leaving Store Employees Montenegro is under control. ! -Subseribe For Gun and Pro- vide the Crew. View. {of which he fs governor, At Vankleek Hill market, 2,000! cheese sold at 13 1-8¢ to 13 5-16¢. | Colonel W. W. Burland was re- ceived by the King at Windsor Pal- ace, as the staff of J. F. Cairns' store Premier Asquith intimated that! were leaving for their usual weekly there might be further taxation on halfday off. Mr. Cairns had the | members called together, '"'Boys," 'he- said, "we want a machine gun it the voters and eight men and a sergeant to {man it." In about seven minutes [the fund was subscribed and enough men had volunteered their services| to operate the gun. It is under- look. Saskatoon, Sask., July 22.--Just foreign exchanges, particularly Am- erican. The adverse trade balance had assumed dimensions which could not be met in any ordinary way, but the country's commercial condi- tion, he said, was sound and it could look confidently to the future. It was essential, Sir Felix added, that Great Britain continue to be a creditor nation. He pointed out that on June 13th, thirt out of Local temperance leaders say On- tarlo would go "dry" The Allies have ordered 30,000 houséS for Belgium and Financial' Authority Takes Cheerful London, July 23.--Sir Felix Sch- uster, presiding at a meeting of the Union of London and Smith's Bank, took a cheerful view of the- financial out- In his opinion the most seri- ous problem was the question of the Whig [re RUSSIANS ¢ ¥ LAST EDITION HECKING ADVANCE ON WARSAW Enemy's Bombardment Unable - to Break ~~ Through the Outer Works of Warsaw--- Damage Done Slight. 'Russians Beat Back Assaults . lalions---Petrograd War Westen Approaches | (Special to the Whig.) | Petrograd, July 23.--The great! | battle for Warsaw has reached its de- cisive stages. | South of Vistula the Russians have | withdrawn to their strongly fortified | outer defences, extending from Novo- | gorgeizk to Ivangorod, and are check- ing the Austro-German advance. North of the river the right arm of the Russian army is holding Von Hindenberg"s army at the Narew river and inflicting severe losses by sudden jabs against the German line. { Despite a terrific bombardment, the Germans have béen unable to break down or break through the outer works of Warsaw lying west of | the city near Blonie. For forty-.| eight hours an avalanche of explo- and Slaughter German Bat. Office is the to Warsaw Cannot Be Stormed. sive shells have been crushing against the Russian redoubts perfected dur- ing the winter months, but without serious damage. ' With a minimum expénditure of ammunition,. . .the Rusgjon infantry have beaten back every assault and the War Office is confident that the western approaches to the city can- not be stormed. . Y The Germans are sacrificing © men on a scale only comparable to the Galician campaign. Von Hinden- berg in particular has driven. whole battalions to certain slaughter against the Russian strongholds north of Warsaw, according to official despatches. The Russian losses, hue far, have been comparatively ght. enn, A COAL SHORTAGE. THE NEXT FLEET Operators Fear That There May Be Shortage In Near Future. TO ATTACK LONDON -- Hamilton, July 23.--That there A New Invention it is Said will may be a scarcity of coal in the near en charge of the affairs of both Bel-| complish fresh | Elum and Serbia there. deeds to achieve a Hard Fighting PEPE EEEI IEEE SSPE SIP | 8 - Jo OVATION TO BOTHA. 1 -- . Takes | #.. Capetown, Unien...of South ' = Le Neon 1 GA Trien; July -23.~Premier Bo. | % tha arrived here yesterday from : th V : [# the campaign which ended on in the Vosges % July 9th, with the surrender # of German Southwest Africa. (Special to the Whi + ) '# The Premier received an ova- Paris, July 23 (OMeial) ~--Hand- # tion wherever he appeared. to-hand fighting up and down the|# Business was suspended. The Vosges slopes In Alsace was reported | % city was decorated and the peo- officially to-day. x | # ple thronged the streets, On On the high mountains an impet-| # the arrival of Premier Botha uous German charge threw the en-|® at the Government House 10,« &| emy inte: the French first line. of | # & 49 to to Perro bre | merchant vessels for war purposes. Jntadla Gan Jarmally opened at Los the profit available for distribution The 50 machine guns Ontario will |glve to Canadian soldiers will be | | niade in Canada. United States Navy making survey of all American A threatening letter has been sent | anadian manufacturers of war munitions by a German-American, : Mon of 1,100 men is 1 in Toronto military { district, and possibly another High. | land regiment too. The. first Hydro-radial raliway in Port Stanley Railway. | The British Government is nego- | a8 a Coastguard vessel. Street Commissioner George Wil-| Department | the gun. | tion is likely. stood Mr. Cairns is putting up about seventy-five per cent. of the cost of | C.P.R., IS PROSPEROUS Statist Concludes Dividend Will Not Be Reduced. .- London, July. Statist, in an article dealing with ~ Canadian Pacific dividend, gives figures inf sup- port of its opinion that no reduce It is caleulated that on ordinary stock out of railway earnings would be about $500,000 in tiating fo take over the Lysistratar, | 8Xcess of a seven per cent. dividend, the yacht of James Gordon Bennett, While in the case of special income, to be used there would be a margin of about $750,000 in excess of the three per | gon, Toromto, will be recommended | cént., payable on that accoumt. The { 880,000,000), {Amount of £177,000,000 ($886,000, { was struck, with frightful results. z | future is the opinion of some of the Make the- Zeppelins Quite operators, and they base it on the | reports of the Canadian and United sixteen clearing banks had deposits Noiseless. amounting "to £776,000,000. ($3, (Special to the Whig.) and cash to the Geneva, July 23.--Fresh rumors of an impending Zeppelin attack on London were brought here to-day ¢ from the German air base at Freid- cent gigantic war loan. erickshaven, and with them reports LEST of a remarkablé new invention to ATR RAID anmay SUCEESE = shisid the big dirigible trom attack. The next fleet of Zeppelins that G Military Works Much: Dama. bombards London will be unseen and ged By Fremch. A Zurich, July 23. --Travellérs ar- unheard by terror-stricken crowds in the street, If the latest Austro-Ger-| riving from Lower Alsace report that Monday's air raid did great dafiage to the military works. Several bombs exploded, and a troop train entering Colmar from Strassburg, 000), so that the nation was prepar- ed to deal successfully with the re- War Tidings. Grand Duke Nicholas sent an in- spiring message on Thursday to the Russian troop battling to save War- saw. The supply depot also caught fire, Berlin reports that' the German States Governments which indicate heavy crops, the movement of 'Which will necessarily affect the supply of cars availablé for coal Joaqing in the fall and winter months. is wi occur at the time of the heavy de- mand for cozl by rail and water. INVOKING GOD'S HELP, en WI TH King To Attend St. Paul's On War Anniversary, London, July 23.--It is Abnouné- man experimentssprove successful. ..°d that the King and all thé leaders of the nation will attend St. Paul's Cathedral on August 4th, the anni- yersary of the declaration of war, to {inaugurate the second year of the war by invoking God's help. Lieut. the Hon. Charlés Douglas 000 schocl children sang the, | trenches. They were speedily eject- national anthem, ed by French Chasseurs and hurled | # down the mountain side. East of Metzeral and at several points along the river Fecht, west of Colmar, desperate fighting is pro- ceeding, néither side being able to make satisfaciory gains. "In the region of Bagatelle, we captuped part of an enemy trench ad- vantageously strengthening our lines," said this afterndon's commun- ique. "We al80 made progress near Pont-a-Moussen." Paris newspapers to-day ealled at- tention to the fact that this is the first anniversary of the delivery of the Austrian ultimatum to Serbia that led the world war. They declared "it is France's purpose to carry on the war, however long it may be prolonged until the Allies are victopious. : a ---------- Hon. T. W. McGarry says that when the machite guns, to be giv-| en by the Ontario Government, are brought, the revenue raised by the war tax will be all expended. Mayor Martin, Montreal, is to start a slander action against Con-| troller Alney for $25,000 damages. | J. P. Morgan will be back at his | New York office bn Monday. | * *ee db TPP EE PPP | -------------------------- i Refuse To Work. { Edinburgh, Scotland, July 23.-- Defying the Government, one thou- sand shipyard and munition work- ers on the Clyde refused to resume work yesterday following a heliday. The Admiralty had ordered the men to return to work upon penalty of punishment under the Munitions Act. If punishment is meted out it will be the first time that the Gov- ernment has resorted to the" new law. Conclusively 'Shown. (Special to the Whig.) Washington, July - 283.--That a German submarine attacked the Cunarder Orduna, on its way from Liverpool to. New York, without warning, is conclusively shown by Collector Malone's report to the Gov- ernment. » Charles Jameson, of the Arbuckle Co., New York, is dead from intes- tinal trouble, with a brother they in- hefited most of the $30,000,000 left by John Arbuckle at his death two years ago. KINGSTON IS EQUIPPING THE 59TH BATTALION Twelve Kingston merchants have brs po tthed $800 for ihe purchase of a fully.equpped machine. gun for the 59th Kingston Battalion The names of these firms are: ! SE $16 se 00 100 100 50 50 50 _ Credit must of the firm of Mills hang, Jor the collection. ir as showed that the 59th Bat. w talioh needed Juachine guns and field- 0. : i and. hat the amou "Vas $4,000. Tat evening a mailed to Lieut-Col. H. cheque for $100 as his won *geisibution ; and the remain. der of amount was not long in coming in 'when Mr Ta gift of 500 waa The Commercial Travellers' Asda. ication was the first to subscribe for a machine-gun, and offered it at the the. above city firms, . The professional are raising $800. dealers and manufaet: of Kingston are unde vide the for a field-kitchen. cers and their yees have ready subscribed a large amount t, wards the purchase of a fully-equip- ped gum. : At a 14th ms of Kimgaich concern to pro. t sam of The retail] instruments for . Dawson's battalion, . Mills interview- ® | James W. Somers for Mr. Wilson's | dend will probably be maintained, as {dian soldiers, 'and the | around' her," he declared for the Fire Commissionership, and | conclusion reached is that the divi- post. | the harvest outlook is good. | Five members of the Canadian | { Pulp and Paper 'Association have | given five machine guns to the Cana- | association | probably will give fifteen more. ! Only one of the hotelmen originaly cited In connection with the sale of | Nquor 10 young girls has been ab. | solutely exonerated, and affecting the others wil] shortly. SHELL-FEEDING SYSTEM Endless Chain Carries Ammunition | To German Guns. ! Rotterdam, July 28.--The Ger- | mans have now devised an automat- judgment | je shell-feeding system for eight and | be given | seventeen-inch guns. An endless { chain, on the principle of a moving | | Staircase, carries the shells to the | | | | guns through an underground pas-| " f th muniti da t! Switzerland $30 pl Sumani gow . : < | the Tynge is found, the gun is londelt he | ir t tically, contro} Is Uncertain | ing Pros Fo bY DfMicons fons on ar- i' mored Shier ation post. Rapidly of t F | fire and ine accuracy are claim- as 0 utare ed for the new device, which also em- braces a novel use of the periscope for aiming purposes. GERMAN UNEASINESS | Over Suggestion Of Mies To Exclude Teuton Exports. London, July 23.--The Morning Post's Amsterdam correspondent 88) =: "In German industrial cir- cles great uneasiness prevails apout tes the suggestion in the Allied to exclude German {Special to the Whig.) Berne, Switzeriond, Jaiy 23, -- Gen. Wille, 'eommander-in-chief of the Swiss Al An an address at the celebration of the anniversary of the Battle of Sampaca, declared that while - Switzerland to a peace the future is still uncer- tain. "It 'would be almost unmerited luck if oyr nation is spared in the midst of 'the 'heavy storms beating { lians at the fact that they restrained but the flames were soon mastered. Satisfaction was expressed by eivi- from bombarding the town itself. Two Powers May Break Off Relations Rome, July 23.--Turkey ha# de- cided to confine in concentration camps all Italian citizens whose re- patriation is impossible on the pre- text that they are apt to act as ples. Since the Italian-Turkish diplo- matic relations are as yet unbroken, Turkey's decision is a flagrant viela- tion of international laws which, un- doubtedly, Italy will not tolerate. Developments are shortly expected and, although Germany has net yet declared war on Italy and has fe- frained from direct acts of hostility, it is still indirectly aiding the Aus- trians. Italy, aparGfrom the faet of her poining the Allies against the, common enemies, will be fully jasti- fied in initiating hostilities both Germany and Turkey, who are preventing repatriation of Italian consuls and openly aiding the Ttipoh rebels. It is authoritatively stated that hostilities are likely to be start- Pennant, of the Ooldstreamy Guards, is unofficially reported. killed. Lord Penryhn thus has lost his éldest son and his two half-brothers in the WAr. armies again forced the Russians to retreat south of the Vistula toward Warsaw. It is reported in Rome that Bul- garia permitted Germany to send ammunition through Bulgarian. ter- ritory to Turkey under the pretense of it being Red Cross supplies. Gen. Sir lan Hamilton, report- ed to the British War Office Thurs- day evening that he had made a further advauce against the Turks on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The British forces captured a redoubt, with "Insignificant losses" accord- ing to the General. A Russian military critic says that between the Vistula and Bug Riv- ers the Austro-Germans have 1,200, 000 men, or as many as are oper- ating on the Western front. DAILY MEMORANDUM, Vaudeville, Grand, 2.30 and 7.90. Lake Ontario. Park, vaudeville, 8.15 .m. See top of page 3, right hénd corner, for probabilities. Remember the Oddfellows' Brophy's Point, Monday, July Outing, 6th, yy THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG Is on Sale at the Following City Stores: TO RESTRICT PRICES To Issue Orders Bunderstradte Fog! Gibso All Germany. > {owes rocery Berlin, July 23.--1It is reported MeGaifs Cupar Store, that the Bunderstradt is about to Is- McLeod's Grocery . sue an edict, applying to the entire Medley & ry Empire, against the unjustifiable Pro ral of the prices of all necessities such as food and wearing apparel. Severe penalties will be inflicted up- on any Store, | gre » 20s use's Drug Store ... Valleau's Grocery . DIED. IN--Accidentally drowned at Rome, N.Y. on ay 2nd, 1916, Heary MoCutcheon, nineteen |, ¥ Funeral from his fat 522 Pri bi iting meeting on W. me 'Now comes the Sun oR furt ed soon, and a declaration of war To Wait Indications. | unnecessary. A Ww, cial Jo 5 .) kk od i, Ju .--The Un States Government, before determin. | ge Premier Borden is ing jhe step in its general diplo- '| ish headquarters in ma pile. wh for a brief period inspected the Canadian Ds. visiting Brit: and has i Siid Friends and a 'where a solemn be su for the his sou} nia cqual Tully invited to a 4