BOOTY FROM WARSAW IOFFRE(S READY T0 WEAROUT GERMANY ¥ RI | 12 Pages | YEAR 82 -NO 175 The 1 aily Beiti KINGSTON ONTARIO, FRIDAY JULY 20, 1915 sh Whig [ren LAST EDITION FAMOUS MONUMENT IN MENACED WARSAW. WILL BE QUITE LIGHT The Evacuation of the Place Has Been Decid- "od on---Treasures he Removed. The Principal Military Booty Capture is Not Warsaw Itself But the Fortress -.-The Russians Are All its Equipment. I------ (Special to the Whig.) London, July 30 The Russians have begun the evacuation of War- saw with the removal of all public documents and treasures. The banks are sending their gold to Petrograd and by to-morrow it is believed the city will have been denuded of all government stores likely to be of use to the German. Such was the substance of advices, reaching here to-day. ' Military authorities are now con- RPA AAA AAA tet At el lA AN, te tm At se THOMAS MURRAY DEAD, ther of the First Parliament. Pembroke, July 30.-Thomas Mur- ray, the only surviving member of the first Parliament of Ontario, in which he sat as a member for Pem- broke during the last two sessions, died Thursday, in his seventy-eight year, Mr. Murray, during his different terms as member for his home town, was actively .gonnected with the ear ly legislative history of the vince. Following the first Parlia- ment, he was an unsuccessful can- didate at the 1871 elections, but was re-elected again in 1879, and sat un- til June, 1882 when 'he resigned to contest North Renfrew 'in the Com- mons, but was unsuccessful, He was re-elected again in 1883. Patriot Acquitted for Slaying Wife Paris; July 3%mfccourt martial has acquitted Audre Barbier, a Ly- ons engineer, who killed his German wife because she daily ridiculed his patriotism and scoffed at th French army. pro- | And Documents to | 1 | Which the Germans Hope to Having "it Denuded of | { | centrating trains for the removal of troops. The work of removing the heavy guns from the great fortress of Novo Georgeivsk, which guards Warsaw's north-western flank, is now being pushed. The principal military booty which the Germans hope to capture is not in Warsaw itself, which is not a fortress, but in Novo Georgeivsk. If arrangements do not niscarry, the booty that will fall to the Germans will be comparatively small. fares cf:the besieged city. rt es -- Se BACK INTO SERVICE. ¥ Lion Joins Fleet ardanelles. Herlin, July 30.Ineluded among the news items given out by the Overseas News Agency is the follow- ing: The correspondent at the Vessische Zeltung reports that the British superdreadnought Lion | has arrived in the harbor of Mudros, on Lefnos island. The Aquintania and the Mauritania, being used as troop transports, also are in this har- mor. "The Lion," the correspondent goes on to say, "received serious in- juries in a naval engagement last January, off-the Dogger bank, in the North Sea She apparently 'Is net considered a first class ship and has Superdreadnoug At the a eS | RELATIVES ALA, DROWNED, "Little Feller," Victim of Eastland, Has Been Identified. Chicago, July 30.---The "little fel- ler," over whom perhaps more tears wa* shed than any other victim of the Kastland disaster, was identified yesterday - as Willie Novotney, of West 24th Place. His father his mother, and his only sister were drowned in the ac cident, and their bodies were found at a morgue several miles away. The boy's only living relative is a grandmother, who was too old to come.-to the morgue, she zupposing that the entire family had been | wiped ut, The identification was made two of the boy's schoolmates. danelles fleet. non, badly damaged, .also is lying in Mugros harbor." PROOF THAT HUNS POISONED WATER London Gets Facsimile of Intercept: i German, cer London, July 80.--The Press Bu- by | ---------- | Tendered Resignation, ! (Special to the Whig.) Teoklo, July 30.--Count Okuma, [Japanese premier, has tendered thed | resignation of himself and eabinet {as a result of scandals. The Em- | peror is considering Okuma's action, § 8 x ¢ {and has not yet accepted the resig. | Fe3U publishes a fac-simile of an in nations. tercepted message alleged to have | been sent by a German ¢aptain nam- (Special to the Whig.) Paris, July 30.--Franee is fully prepared for a4 winter campaign. It 8 understood General Joffre is un- willing to force a decisive battie on the ground that Germany must give way under a long drawn out pres- America Calls Halt on German Passport Fraud Washington, July 30.--Represen- tations were made to the Berlin Gov- ernment by the United States relat- ing to reports that German spies ap- preliended in England have been supplied with American passports by German officers. State Depart- ment officials said a thorough in- vestigation of such charges had been begun. . -------------------- TO HURRY THEM To Canada For Treatment In Native (Speciil to the Whig.) ; Ottawa, July 30. Premier BefFden while in England will endeavor to secure an Arrangement whereby we- verely wounded Canadian soldiers may he dispatched as rapidly as they tan be moved to Canada for treat- «in their own country, Nl rt ai t---- Premier Hearst bas returned to hs work at the Parliament Build- Ss. voy = a ¢ in "Ty '30 communique) -- Striving to win the Labyrinth, German troops ade nent, last t 'morning. ing was in the environs f Souches Another fighting battle occurred i; ere also th FRENCH FORCES ARE HOLDING ON he st . + (French oficial! back | bight, being finally repulsed pre- cipitated a fierce hand to hand gren- night, that lasted un-| The fiercest fight- ¢ occurred in| aeroplane at-| without effect, ed Kruger to Pforte, an outpost in German. South-west Africa. The translation follows: "The patrol at Gabit has been in- strueted, so far as possible, to con- taminate the Ida Mine Observe extreme caution in entering Swakop and at the Ida Mine. Don't water there!' The bureau comments that the fac-simile furnishes proof that the Germans practised contamination of water supplies. War Tiflings. If Warsaw is evacuated Emperor William has arranged to make; a state entry into the city, accompan- ied by the Empress. Goods consigned to American citi- zens, valmed at $150,000,000, are | lying on the wharves of Retterdam, DECLARED HIS INNOCENCE, Holland, held up by the British or- der in council forbidding all com- merce with Germany and Austria. Much of the merchandise is of Ger- man origin. It is anticipated by the Petrograd papers that the whole country about Warsaw, if evacuated, will be de- nuded of resources which might prove valuable to the Germans, as has been done in most of the terri- tory heretofore given up. Hon. Mr. Norri And Governme sure afld by such tactics he can save the Allies thousands of men. He is £aid to be an exponent of defeating Germany by attrition, no matter how | long it taken France and her Allies, | being in 'a bette position te play a waiting pame than the Central | European powers. | What the Priests With Becker Had | To Say. (Special to the Whig.) Ossining, N.Y., July ° 30.--That Becker died an innocent man, is the opinion of his spiritual advisers, Fathers Curry and Cassin. \ "From your experience with the condemned men," Father Cassin was asked. "lsn't your belief that a guil- ty man always confesses in the last few hours?" "Invariably," the priest respond- ed. "Usually the confession comes after the sacrament has been given. Becker maintained his innocence. to the end. "Father Curry said to him after we had administered the Holy Sacra- Trent: "Are you guilty, by word, or deed, or in any manner whatsoever of this crime,' Becker answered: 'Father, as I stand on the brink of the grave, I am not." " Sunk a Trawler. (Special to the Whig.) London, July 30.--The trawler Young Percy was sunk \by a Ger- man submarine to-day. The crew was saved. "(Special to the Whig.) * Winnipeg, July 30. -- The Perdue Commission, this morning, in a unanimous finding by three judges, de- clared that there has been nothing brought out in the charges preferred by four- teen - private Conservative members, preferred by C. P. Mis§ Pierce, B.A., Delta, has been engaged assistant principal of New- castle High School aya salary of $700, & £ ¥ 3 a : nema | ¥ {reflects on the honor of the Cabinet Ministers of the Norris Government, or Pre- mier Norris, or on the Norris Government as a whole. AN B. M. C. GRADUATE. i tempted to win back : They kept up the attack PD) Rens | French crossfire which took a vy raat of dead and injured. : An artillery duel was progress | tate cen Gise. and: the Alsne Rivers | Nancy was visited by a German rp Sr eles | "Ss Pieture shows a monument to Athens of | therefore, been sent to join the Dar- | "The British battleship Agamem- | Are Clean! Fullerton, which in any way| 4 | { f | | | { King Sildismund in one of the main thorough- - 1 { B I a in as Sem ECKER'S: END ---- ii | who condemn me and in the pres- | {ence of my God and your God I prow | elaim my absolute mmnocence of the | foul crime for which I must die. | ~ "You are now about to witness | my destruction by the state 'which is organized to protect the lives of | the innocent. May Almighty God pardon everyone who has eontribu-| ted in.any degree to my untimely | death and now, on the brink-of the {grave,"I declare to the world that | [1 ani proud to have beem the hus-| {band of the purest, noblest woman | | that ever lived Helen Becker. | "This acknowledgement iui i re | OU1Y legacy I can leave her. I bid! SEING SACRIFICED FOR | you all good bye. Father, I am HIS FRIENDS, . {ready to go. Amen." | ne | leet { His Wife's Picture Was Pinned On | Mrs. Becker Prostrated. | His Shirt Above His Heart--His | _ (Special to the Whig.) { Nerve Was Unshaken. And He ee I Iu with grief at| , | pC rw ( 1 at Walked Unassisted to the Death |, home, Bronx, to-day, when thé Chamber. ? { mlectric current at Sing Sing prison! (Special to the Whiz) | made her a widow. She arrived | | Ossining, N.Y.4 July 30.--Lieuten-| home from a heart-rending farewell | ant Becker was eloctrocuted and | at Ossining shortly before three pronounced degd at 5.55 a.m. 'He! o'clock and relatives almost had to| protested his, /Wnocenge till the last.| carry her up the steps and into the | At peace with his maker, a pray-| house. jer en his lips, but with never a fal- EE -------- | tering of his iron will former Police GERMANS FORTIFYING BELGIUM--- WHAT FOR ? Lieutenant Charles Becker expiated J TL on A LL the murder of Gambler Herman Ros- gd og son . . ; Is Gigantic Movement Against Bel a gium by Allies Anticipated hy German War Leaders ? Amsterdam, July 30.--An impreg- nable line of fortifications, defended by heavy guns, is being built by the German army in Belgium from Na- mur to the German boundary. 'The new defensive works are con- | structed with steel beams. They are | equipped" with bomb-proof caverns, | electric lights and telephones, ! The new fortifications are than forty-five miles in length. Try to Make Belgians Love Dirty Huns Rotterdam, July 30.--In the hope '| of making the Belgians love the Ger- mans the latter in Ghent are "strafe- ing" the inhabitants more than ever. Because the people wore the nation. | al colors on Belgium's national day the following proclamation by the! German Governor has been posted on | the walls of the town: "The way in which a part of the people behav- ed on July 21st and the exaggerated way in which they wore the.Belgium | colors compel me to issue the follow: ing order: 1 forbid from to-day the wearing, showing, buying and selling of Belgian colors, portraits of pictures of the Royal family, or green leaves with or without an in- scription, or any other display of col- or combinations mednt indicate political inclinations. I forbid all Belgians to wear the insignia of any order or decoration. For any of these offensés a maximum fine of 4 thousand marks or a maximum term of five years' imprisonment, or both, will be inflicted. The order must be posted on the walls and come into operation immediately. "(8ig.) Lieut. Graaf von Westarp, "Ghent, July 25." ¥ { } | 3 d Hig & is the HE WAS I ~--Mrs. Charles | | * more THE LAT CHARLES BECKER. ree ATR. CHARLIE BECKER. derloin carried with him in death the picture of his devoted wife. In his hand he clutehed a erucifix. The death current cut off in his throat the whisper, "Jesus have mercy." Just before he entered the death chamber Becker declared to Father Curry: "I am not guilty by deed, conspiracy or in any other way, of the death of Herman Rosenth 1 am eed for my friends." Pre- vio the former police lieuterfnt, at 4 x had issued "My dying stite- ment." Becker walked unas cell tg the death a .. His herve was unshaken even as the Euards stepped forward and adjust- ed the electrodes. . The, last « statement of Becker, made public reads: "Gentlemen, I stand before you in my full semses, knowing that no Power on earth can save mé from the grave that is to receive me, In the face®of that, in the teeth of" those sisted from his Charles USSIAN PEOPL E ASKED TO HAVE FAITH Newspapers Call Upbn People to View Events About to Transpire With Con- fidence. 'There is Much Demand For Military Supplies and Until They Come it is Sensible to Avoid Battle---Retirement From Warsaw is Quite Probable Now. ---- Petrograd, July 30.--The military petent military authorities" to-day, call upon the Russian public to view the events which are about to trans- pire with confidence and tranqguil- ity, and to "maintain their faith in the glorious Russian &~my until such time as it shaM undertake a decisive aggressive to break once for all the power of the stubborn enemy.' The Rech says: "Until such time as our armies receive the .needed military supplies, the most sensible thing is to avoid a battle and re treat to previously prepared posi- tions, even theugh such retirement carry with it the occupation by the | enemy of more extensive territory than they previously had held It is better to give up territory which may be regained than to sacrifice an army; "which could be replaced only | With difficulty." Quoting a military authority, the Rech goes on to say it is possible that Russia is on the eve of a man- oeuvre which will consist of the re- | ticement of the apmy from the line of the Vistula to' new defensive po- sitions' marked by the strong for- tresses of Kovno, Grodno asd Brest. Litovsk. In conclusion, the Rech lays emphasis upon the necessity of giving greater weight to strategic than political considerations. The Bourse Gagette directs atten- tion to an interview secured by its milits-y writer who says that sev- Merman. divisions, all the Ger- man cavalry, and a big g=rt of the Austro-Hungarian army {is at pres- ent operating against Russia, there- by prevenitng such concentration of 'aw WILL MAKE DYESTUFFS, Two Canadian Companies Hope To Do Work, Quebec, July 30.--That at least two Canadian companies are grasp. ing the opportunity offered by the failure of German concerns to fur- nish dyestuffs to America, to boost their own business, is shown in the last issue of the Quebec Official Ga- zette, announcing the incorporation of the two new companies that will produce the dyestuff, The Berman Dye Works, Limited, of Montreal, is empowered to carry on the. business of dyers and are also empowered to produce all necessary products for their industry. The Weedon Clemical Company, among its powers, has been. given that of distilling, wood amd produc ing all sorts of chemical products. | The former company is backed by | Montreal capital, while the latter is promoted by Sherbrooke interests. i Mounting Heavy Guns. ! (Special to the Whig.) Athéns, July 30.--The Turks are| mounting heavy batteries in the! Greek quarter of Tatavla, according | to reports forwarded from Constan- tinople. Germans Stake | Everything on Big Drive London, July 30.---The Petrograd correspondent of the London Daily | Telegraph cables: Bo obscure is the situation here that even that semi-official critic, i"Russky Invalid, is compelled to , on v is the crisis of Josie or only one of those pauses to low one side or the other to draw breath or effect a rearr t of A forces. The writer concludes the article thus: - ~ "Neither in the west fior in the th, among the Italians, fn the in- ment of Turkey, nor on the seas anything occurred which can be | a8 an event contributing to early issue of the war. The full | ~ ~~ the Russian army on the northern ~Ann A nnnarem | Citic Of the newspapers of Petro- | front as would be necessary if Rus: | grad, after conversations with "com. | sia undertook this time a decisive {aggressive movement, This paper | points out that until Russia has com- | pleted the mobilization of her in- dustrial forces her army cannot meet the German artillewy on equal terms. It argues furthermore against the retention of fortresses on the Narew. Vistula line which are the objec- itives of the present German ad- | vance. ' War Tidings. The Austrian Government ordered the confiscation of the 1915 vegetable crop of the country. Germany is said to be suffering from a severe drought, which is sald | to have ruined the chances of a good harvest. Cattle are being fed on leaves of trees: Potatoes, however, are plentiful. | France admits that she has had no word of the submarine Mariotte, which the Turks clajmed to have sunk some days ago. Roumania is stil busy checking the smugglers who have been taking munitions through her territory into | Turkey, and now. she has secured {from the Allies the loan of skilled customs officers to put a final end to the practice. , A French military. biplane, carry ing Quartermaster Duvoy, of -the Fifth Light Cavalry, caught fire while flying over Etampes, France, at a height of 300 feet. a of- ficor was thrown "Git of the hero- plane when at an altitude of 150 feet and died in a few minutes. The machine was demolished. GERMANS, To Magnify and Applaud Their Dar- ing Deeds. HELPS THE (Special to the Whig.) London, July 30.--Orders issued at the Censor"s Office that, hereafter full details regarding the operations of enemy submarines will not be passed for publication abroad. It is thought that the publication of stor- ies concerning the submarine vietims is being found to ge Germany news and encouragemen otherwise not obtainable, Another interpretation of this is that by some new method the Brit- ish are capturing or destroying a | #reat number of German submarines, and it is advisable, for the present, lo avoid publicity in the matter. Austrians Loot And Burp. Rome, July 30.--An uncensored despatch from Trieste says that over 300 houses and villas there have been looted and wrecked. Verdi's monument and other works of art have been destroyed. The city In practically empty. A majority of the Italian inhabitants have been ar- rested and interned. § ly DAILY ORANDUM. Vaudeville, Grand, 2.30 and 7.30. Lake Ontario Park, vsulieville, 5.15 Pedy nd Macdonald Park, § p.m City League Baseball, Cricket Field, Saturday afternoon. . = See top of page 3, right hand corser, for probabilities. SH ? 0 concert, » DIED. WICK ---At the home of\ Mrs. Fen- ick, 200 University avenue, July 29th, 1915, Amelia Maude, Ahird daughter of the late George 8. Fenwiok ) Raturday mornt Service 10.30. Please pra Funeral (private q flowers. ROBERT J. FEN w