PAGES 9-12 A YEAR 82 NO. 179 ~ VILE ATROCITIES ~~ ON ARMENIANS npn" Thousands Are Deported From Their Homes "To Asia Minor Draft Many Into Turkish Fleet Hang Leaders of Armenian Society Outside the War Minis- try---The Police. Swoeped Down on the Armenians Who are on Prescribed List. Dedeagatch, Bulgaria, Aug. 4.-- deported into the interior, while Atrocities that rival the outrages of [the women and children who were Abdul Hamid are ebing inflicted on | not carried off in an oppostie direc- the 2,000,000 Armenians in Turkey |tion were left to shift for - them- by the Young Turks Government. selves. Ofmelal circles in Turkey are using | In thousands of cases the deporta- every possible means to prevent the news from reaching the outside "world, I. have come here from Constantinople to cable a story of conditions as they were told to me by sources in the Ottoman capital whose reliability cannot be ques. | tioned, Thousands of Armenians have | been deported from their homes in | Asia Minor, ' their property confis- | cated and their families broken up. | Young Armenians have been hur- riedly drafted into the army and | rushed to Gallipoli Peninsula to] meet a quick end in the trenches of | the Dardanelles, Wives, mothers | and young children have been left | helpless in the streets or transport- { ed to strange cities and abandoned | to the mercies of the Mussulman | population, Thus far no. wholesale massacres | have been reported to Constantino: | ple, but the critica] moment for the Armenians will come when the Turks meet with a serious reverse at the, Dardanelles. If that should occur, | or when the Armenians themselves | become emboldened by the sue- cesses of their local revolts and at- | tempt a general movement in rebel. | lion, so eritical is the situatoin that | the United States Ambassador, Mr. , Morgenthau, who almost single- | handed is fighting to prevent a wholesale slaughter, has felt oblig- ed to ask the co-operation of the ambassadgrs of Turkeys two Allies. | Maron von Wangenheim, the Ger- | man Ambassador, and Margrave Pal- | lavicini, the Austrian representative | at Constantinople, have responded at least to the degree of joining with the American Ambassador in trying to convince the Turkish Government that a renewal of the atrocities of the former Turkish regime would be a serious mistake. The order for the present cruel- ties was issued early in May, and executed with all the extreme ge- nius of the Turkish police system. At Broussa, in Asiatic Turkey, the city which it is expected the Turks will select for their capital if Con- stantinople falls, I investigated per- | sonally the manner in which the de- cree was carried out. From eye- witnesses from other towns of the interior I found that the procedure in nearly every instance was the same, ns Swoop On the Homes. At Broussa the police at midnight swooped down upon the home of all Armenians whose names had been put on the prescribed list sent out from Constantinoule. These men were arrested and the minutest search was made of their homes for pos sible revolutionary documents. The | young Armenians were then ordered | into the army, the older men were | al SOHOOL GIRL SUICIDES After Being Rebuked By Her Mother Over Sweethearting. ! Patterson, NJ., Aug. 4.--Last Friday night 14-year-old Elizabeth Garrity, a high school student, who lived with her uncle and aunt, re- celved a visit from her widowed mo- ther who lives in another part of the town. The girl had not lived with her mother since she was fourteen months old, but her mother made frequent visits and exercised consid- erable supervision over her. On Fri- day Mrs. Garrity found tucked under her daughter's mattress a postal card signed "Eugene," which told that the writer was going away fora vacation and gave his address, Mrs. Garrity upbraided her daughter se- verely for having anything to do with boys at her age, and the girl Was morose after her mother left. The. next morning she was still gloomy and her ' aunt ordered -her sharply to sweep out the dining- room. Her aunt then went into an- other part of the house and when she returned the girl was gone. The police were notified that she was missing, and yesterday morning de- tectives found her body in the Pas- sai' River, : It a man and his job are not con- gen; Ajit is accomplished, inn CASTORIA No {unvof, of 20,000 inhabitants, tion has been carried out on such a basis that families, broken up by the Turkish officials, will never be re- | united, ' | Simultaneous with these arrests | throughout the empire the Constan- tinople police arrested the alleged leaders of an Armenian society who were charged with plotting the es tablishment of an independent Ar- menia. Nineteen wf these men were convicted by a . court-martial and hanged in front of the Ministry of War. Among them was a man who had been the cashier for a Turk- ish branch of the Singer Sewing Ma- chine Company. At the Armenian town of Zeith the young Armenians refused to enlist in Turkey's armies . A Turkish military force was sent against the city, but 300 of the Turks were kill ed. An overwhelming Turkish force wa3 sent against the city, and when |it fell the Turkish military officials carried out to the extreme degree their system of deportation and dis- persion, Beat the Old Men. Twenty thousand Turks from Thrace were taken to Zeitoun and established in houses that. for gen- erations belonged to the Armenians, while the former owners were scat- tered to the extreme ends of the em- pire, one portion being sent.to the sandy deserts at the head of the Persian 'Guif and the other to ma- larial marshes in the interior. Eye- | Witnesses from the interior, coming to Constantiseple, deseribe pro- cessions of these ragged, 'misérable Armenians as they poured off to Zeitoun, herded by soldiers in groups ranging from fifty to several hun- dred. Old men who could not main. tain the/pace were beaten by the sol. diers until they died in their tracks. Children dropped out by the wayside to perish. Mothers, unable longer to nourish their babies, dropped them in 'wells as they passed. preferring to end their sufferings. The Armenian colony of Constan- tinople, numbering about 70,000 is practically the only group that. has escaped, and they owe their safety largely to the Ambassador, Mr. Mor- genthau, who has assumed a sort of unofficial protectorate over them. In defence of these measures, the Turks assert that the Armenians, de- spite 'previous warnings, rose in re- bellion when the Allies attacked at the Dardanelles. The Armenians, the Turks charge, not only occupied the town of Van and other cities, but extended important help to the Rus. sians in the Caucasus, They express regret that it was found necessary to punish large numbers of Armenians, but declare they fowna it impossible to search among two million men for amall Broups of offenders. DEATHS DUE TO HEAT Philadelphia Has Forty-one From Same Cause. Philadelphia, Aug. deaths and numerous were reported as due here on Monday. Eight of the He tims were infants. Although the maximum temperature of 90 degrees was six below Sunday's high mark the humidity was greater, register- ing 82 per cent, at one time in the forenoon. Rain brought: some re- lief, at night and the local forecaster 4.--Fifteen prostrations to the heat row. During the last four days 41 deaths, including 17 children, have been reported as a direct result of the hot weather. Big Submarine Sinks, ; London, Aug. 4.--A despatch from | reports the sinking of one of the powerful new German submarines on her trial trip. -Fish- ermen. reaching Copenhagen from Lubeck brought first news of the loss of the submersible, which they sald was of the newest type. of her crew are reported to have Jeet aralad, At the time of the ac- cident submarine was on her way from Kiel to Fehmann. promises cooler weather for to-mor-|. MUST WORK OFF LEVY. Parmers Ordered To Bring In Gram To Germans. Petrograd, Aug. 4. -- Refugees from Windan, on the Baltic, who have: arrived at Riga; relate that the first act of Germans in taking pos- session of Windau was fo impose a levy of 50,000 roubles ($25,000), to be worked out by the inhabitants of the city on the roads and bridges and on their farms, Windau is in Courtland, 100 miles northwest of Mitau. Agricultural machinery was provided by the Ger- mans, and the local farmers were or- dered to proceed with their harvest- ing. They were told to bring in their grain to designated places, and that the producer of this grain would be permitted to retain one-fifth, the remainder going to Germany, The German troops have been for- bidden, these refugees continue, to discuss the war with the people of Windau community have been enrol- led, and at the same time warned that if the man disappeared this would be the signal for the destrue- tion of the cstate on which he work- ed. The Germans are said to be showing little respect for the Lettish pastors, many of whose homes have been looted. % TURKEY_AND BULGARIA Settlement. London, Aug. 4.--A despatch to 'the Exchange Telegraph Company from Geneva says: "The statement that an agreement has been completed between Turkey and Bulgaria is denied by the Colog- ne Gazette, which says that the ne- gotiations continue and that the set- tlement of the new frontier is de- pendent on the outcome of several old outstanding disputes. The Colog- no Gazette adds that Germany is in entire agreement with Turkey's view- point." SIR RODMOND ON VANITY OF TRINGS Rusticating on His Father's Farm _ Overtaxed Himself in the Ottawa, Aug. 4.--While his erst- while colleagues and supporters are in the throes of an" election, seeking return to the honors and spoils of office, Sir Rodmond Roblin is far from the madding crowd, driving the hay-mower and watching the cows milked at eventide on the old home- stead in Prince Edward County, sev- en miles east of Picton. The ex- Premier has returned to the scenes of his boyhood on his father's farm. He is renewing his youth, and for- getting as far as possible the last few years of Manitoba politics and the cares of precarious office. He is taking only a long-distance and somewhat cynical interest in the ef- forts of Sir James Aikins and Hon. Robert Rogers to bring the storm- braten party ship back into harbor again. He is more interested in the harvesting of a bumper crop on the old farm, and his interest in rural life and agricultural pursuits has been so active that last week he ov- ertaxed himself in. the hay harvest- ing, and in consequence for a couple of days he was under doctor's care. A consultation of two Picton doctors, however, found that the ex-Premier would be all right again after a few days' rest and massaging of muscles unaccustomed to the strain of pitch- ing hay. Yesterday when your correspond- ent called at "Roblin's Cove," on the Bay of Quinte, he was informed that "Rod" was around again and ready for more farm work. Among the neighbors it is reported that Sir Rod- mond is cheerfully done with active politics, an dis ruminating on « the vanity of things in general. FELL FROM HOTEL BALCONY Smith's Falls Man Probably Fatally Hurt In Brockville. Brockville, Aug. 4.--Fred Carey, Smith's Falls, a visitor to the Brock- ville celebration, fell from the bal- cony of the Revere House to the granolithic pavement, a distance of several feet. He struck on his head, and it is feared he has sustain- ed a fracture of the skull from which he cannot recover. At a late hour to-night he had not regained con- sciousness. Borden Praises Nurses, London, Aug. 4.--Premier Bor- -Jden spent some time in the Canad- ian pay record office and later pro- ceeded to Lady Languttock's residen- ver forget the noble part women had played in the war. Farmer And Hired Man Killed. KINGSTON* ONTARIO, ITO HUNT. SHBMARINES| | Che Daily Britis WEDNESDAY, BOATS TO GO THIRTY T0 SIXTY MILES AN HOUR. Their Great Speed and Ease of Han- dling Will Render Them Almost In- vulnerable to Attack by Gunfire or Torpedoes. Washington, Aug. 4.--Great Brit- ain's answer to the German subma- rine is almost ready, The so-called war zone about the British Igles is to be constantly pa- trolted- by an enormous fleet of ex- tremely speedy motor-boats, each of which will mount one or two quick- firing guns. Within a few months, it is expect- ed, there will be several thousand of these seq wasps in commission. Or- ders have bene already placed in the United States for five hundred of them, and the work of construction is far advanced. hy The submarine hunters wil] be from sixty fo eighty feet in length over all. They will be driven by gas engines which will send Yhem through the water at from 30 to 60 miles an hour. Their small size will make them a poor mark for torpedo attack 'even if it were worth while J to launch a migsile which costs $8,- 000 on the chance of. destroying a boat, which compared with other war Cologne Gazette Denies Reaching Of | eratts is not expensive to build. Their great speed and ease of handling will ¥¥0 aid to make them almost invul- nerable to attack by gun-fire, «It is planned to guard the sea lanes with swiftly moving patrols of these armed motor-boats, A number of them will be sent out to meet and convoy incoming munition ships and merchantmen. They wil] be fitted with searchlights, and once a screen of them has been formed about a lin. er it is not thought any submarine wil] be -safe in poking its periscope above the surface of the water within gunshot distance. AGAIN "MENTIONED" a Captain Harry Hodge's Bravery Has Been Conspicuous. py Campbellford, Aug. 4.--Recent word from the fromt states that Capt. Harry E. Hodge, who is in command of a machine gun section of the 2nd Battalion, has again been mentioned in despatches for consple- uous bravery. Letters received here say that Capt. Hodge had the arch of his foot broken by the kick of a horse, He applied for, eight days' leave of absence, but was re- fused, as his work was necessary in the trenches at the time. He stat- ed that only seven of the 42 officers of the original battalion were left. They are: Col. Watson, 0.C., Capt. Turner, Capt. Hodge; on the staff, and four others, of whom Lieut. O'- Flynn of Belleville, and Lieut. Bird- sall of. /Nerthumberland are two. ------ ARE MUCH ANNOYED, Swiss Say They Must Import German Goods. Berne, Aug. 4. The Swiss impor- tation trust is greatly annoyed at the British demand that an embargo be placed on certain articles which it is customary to ship into Germany. The trust opposes the demand, ds- serting that a compensation for ex- ports to Germany is absolutely ne- cessary to jit in the form of German goods. This 1s especially true of coal, which Swiss manufacturers im. port from Germany, Switzerland is an important chan- nel of Germany's trade with the out- er world, Great interests are in- volved. England's demand may pre- cipitate a crisis, WAR. HEROES' MONUMENT Bowmanville Already Has a Sub- scription To Fund, Bowmanville, Aug. 4.--Major Ar- thur E. McLaughlin, 8th Canadian Mounted Rifles," Barriefield camp, Kingston, made a suggestion in a let- ter to a local paper here this week that the town people erect a monu- ment to the memory of the heroes from here who have fallen in battle at the front. The best response came from Buffalo, N.Y. from a Bowmanville old boy, Brigadier Ed- wey White, of the Salvation Army western divisional headquarters for New. York, his subscription being $25,000. > BUMPER WOOL CROP Southern Alberta Farmers Will Pro- bably Net $219,000. Lethbridge, Alta, Aug. 4.-- The Wool crop this year will bring many thousands of dollars to the pockets of the farmers in the south, as ne- ver before have the price been so high nor the production so great. The quality is so good that the wool erop this year, can be rightly called a dumper sop. 'The actual amoun WOO! pped is approxi- mately 315000 Dominion; said the empire would ne- | kets Brussels, Aug. 4.--The first daily newspaper in the German 4Ce and reliance solely on the front UNITY OF RUSSIA Hint Of Still Closer Alliance Cheered In Duma. London, Aug. 4.--The final sec- tion of the speech made by Foreign the Russian Duma, was received in London last night. Referring to the relations between Russia and Japan, the minister said the press of both countries had .been discussing the advantage of a close political un- ion between them and that the ser- vice rendered the Entente Allies by Japan had 'created an atmosphere in which solid political ties between nations are forged." "Ten years have gone by," he ad- ded, "since the Treaty of Portsmouth proved that peaceful neighborliness between Russia and Japan was per- fected possible and recipreeity ad- vantageous. Our relations of alli- ance with Japan to-day should be forerunners of a still closer alli- ance." The statement was received by the members of the Duma with loud cheers. USING FLAX FOR (COTTON Germany Taking Inventory Of All Her Textile. Rotterdam, via London, Aug. 4.-- The Germans already have begun us- ing flax as a substitute for cotton in some of their. munitions factories, and all munitions factories are be- Ing remodelled for this purpose, ac- cording to a despatch to the Courant from Berlin. The taking of an inventory of alt stocks of cotton and of other textiles throughout Germany, the despatch adds, began Monday and will con- tinue for ten days. A large staff of officials is being employed in this work. All stocks of cotton and ar- ticles made from cotton, even includ- ing underclothing and shirts, must be listed. ITALIAN PLANS OVER BATTLE LINE Austrians May Soon Retreat to Block the Road to Vienna. Turlin, Aug. 4.--For the first time since the beginning of the war, General Cadorna, in his latest com- munique, discloses a fairly full ac-4 count of his tactical action, which proves how co-ordained is the Ital- ian plan of war over the whole front. Whetlier the Tarvis group of forti- fications will fall first or those of Tolmino and Gorizia, the result will be the same, namely, the Austrian line of defence of the eastern front- fer from the extreme Carnia right bend to the Adriatic shore will suf fer utter collapse. Supposing Gorizia first succumbs. The Austrians will be obliged -to wheel around to the east with their right wing, under cover of the Tar- vis forts, to make another stand first on the River Idria and thereafter on the River Save. the abandonment of the land defen- between Fiume and Agram for stop- ping the Italian invasion of the Hun- garian plain. Supposing, instead, Tarvis proper should start tumbling down. The Austrians would then perforce re- treat to the Drave River in order to block the road to Vienna. Moreover, the Austrian armies now operating along the middle and lower 1sonzo would thereby be compelled to fall back considerably so as to avert the grave danger of being surrounded. Cadorna allowed the fact to be- come known to-day that Fort Hensel. less than a mile outside Marborghet- to, is in its death agony, and that be- fore long we shall see the communi- cations cut on the great Austrian highway between the Carinthian and Trentino provinces. ITALIAN YOUTH DISTRESSED HS -- Deeply Hurt That None Under Eigh. teen May Fight. Lugano, Aug. 4.--The Italian vol- unteer corps are in deep distress as a resylt of a recent Government or- der, The trouble arises from a! new rule that no volunteer is to be accepted under the age of eighteen. All those who have been enrolled be- low this age are to be sent home. When this order was made known and the youths of sixteen and seven- teen serving in the ranks were told to give up their arms and uniforms and return home, the discipline of the volunteers underwent a severe trial. The sudden disappointment was too much for the feelings of the newly-made soldiers, and the sentj- ment expressed regarding the minis- ter was such that any court-martial would have judged them ly sub- versive of discipline, When oe | t'me for parting came many of the boys broke down and wept. h Whig | Minister Sazonoff dt 'the opening at} That would mean | Sddbdded | 12. PAGES Sebttbaddadioddded I -- , , HUN KULTUR IS 'WELL ILLUSTRATED French Commission Presents Irrefutable Evi. dence Showing That Prisoners of War Were Shot And Clubbed to Death Military and Civilian Prisoners Were Used as Shields Against the Fire of French Troops---How the Gentle fun Repays the Paris, Aug. 4.--The Commission presided over by Georges Payelle, president of the French Court of Ac- counts, has presented Premier Viviani, the final report of its inves- tigations into action on the part of German soldiers in violation of the rights of man. This report contains 12,000 words, and gives in detail the evidence | gathered concerning the use by Ger- | man troops of military and civilian! prisoners as shields against the fire of French troops, as well as of the employment by the troops of Emper-| or William of cartridges in which the | bullets were reversed in order to! cause more serious wounds; split! bullets and other bullets cut to make them more rending. Continuing, the report cites orders | given by General Stenger, com- | mander of the Fifty-eight German | Brigade, ordering his soldiers to kill the wounded enemy and to take no mage prisoners, Evidence confirm- ing the issuing and the circulation of this order was obtained from Ger- man prisoners belonging to the 112th and 142nd Regiments. The report contains also evidence of the massacre of French soldiers as a result of this order, as well as the massacre of wounded men afte: the battle of Fethe in Belgium. It presents the allegations of many in- dividual soldiers who declare they saw their wounded comrades put to death by a rifle shot, a revolver shot, the thrust of a bayonet, or a blow from the butt of a musket by Ger- man soldiers, subaltern. officers, and officers, to b For {skulls crushed by blows from SECOND SECTION lr Some of the French witnesses tés- tified that they themselves had been | objects of such aggressive attacks | after having been wounded and that | they had survived. | The report devotes considerable space to allegations of the inhuman- | ity of the German to British prison- | ers of war, which it says is proven by the evidence of the victims. Many prisoners of war have been shot, while others have had their the butt of a musket. At St. Die thirty French prisoners were assassinated in this manner by Bavarian troops. The truth of this is vouched for by five men who ac- tually witnessed the executions. Other men who appeared before the Commission had found the dead bodies of a French patrol numbering seven men, an infantry corporal and six privates, with their hands tied behind their backs and dead from rifle shots, This incident was fur- thér supported by evidence taken be- fore a Justice of the Peace. The reports concludes with' three columns of evidence to prove the bombarding of ambulances. by the Germans; the firing upon stretcher bearers, and the taking prisoners of surgeons. In some cases, It is set forth, French surgeons wera arrested by German surgeons and by them sent to the rear to be interned. Several cases are cited in which German wounded, succored by Frenchmen, are alleged to have taken the opportunity to kill thos going to thelr rellet: wun SE NEGOTIATES WITH BOTH BULGARIAN PREMIER SAYS COUNTRY IS TO TAKE PART | -------- | And To Achieve Its Aim.--The State. | ment Is Interpreted To Mean Bul. garia Is Not Particular On Whose Side She Fights, Budapest, Aug. 4.--M. Radosla- | voff, the Bulgarian premier, has | given an interview to the Sofie cor- | respondent of Azest. In answer to a question as to the result of the ne- gotiations with Turkey, M. Radosla- voff said: "There was much talk going on abroad about Bulgaria, but all I can say is that negotiations are proceed- ing quite satisfactorily." The correspondent suggested that it was strange Bulgaria should be carrying on negotiations simultan- eously with two groups of powers, and M. Radoslavoff remarked: "It is these negotiations that give us the chance to make a decision. Our country seeks only her own ad- vantage and wishes to realize her rights. We have decided to gain tise in any case. The only ques- tion to be settled is, how can we ae- hieve our aim with the least sacri- fice? As regards the Internal situ- ation of Bulgaria, 1 may proudly say that our conditions have improved and that everybody in the country looks forward to the great national undertaking we are about to embark on with immense joy and enthus- fasm." Commenting on this interview, the same paper says it does not convey anything else but that Bulgaria is resolved to join one side or the oth- er. In any case, M. Radoslavoff is resolved to realize the national as- pirations of Bulgaria, with whom or against whom he does not care, It argues that the winning over of Bul- fe i Fak LIVE STOCK MARKETS. The Prices Paid At Centres. Montreal Aug. 2.--About butcher cattle, 600 calves, 2,100 sheep and lambs, and 1,100 hogs were offered for sale at the Point St. Charles stock yards this fore- nodn : : the Various 1,100 The offerings of live stock during the week were 1,900 cattle, 800 calves, 2,600 sheep and lambs, and 1,660 hogs. Trades was rather slow, but there Was to material change In the price of cattle. The best beeves sold at 8 l-4c to a little 8 1-2 a pound. Pretty good animals from 6c to Sc a pound, and the common stock 4 1.2¢ to 6 3.4c a pound, Calves sold at 5c to 6 1-2¢ a pound, Sheep sold at § 1-2¢ to 6 1-2¢ a pound; lambs at about Sc a pound. Good lots of hogs sold at about 9 3-4¢ a pound. Chicago Prices, Chicago, Aug. 2.--Cattle -- Re- ceipts, 15,000. Market steady. Na. tive steers, $6.20 to $10.25; western steers, $6.80 to $8.15; cows and hel. fers, $3.25 to $9.25; calves, $7.50 to $11.75. 'Hogs--Receipts, 30,000. steady to a shade. above Saturday. Light, $7.10 to $7.75; ened, $6.35 to $7.65; heavy, $6.10 to $7.15; rough, $6.10 to $6.26; pigs, $6.75 to $7.60; bulk of sales, $6.45 to $7.10, Sheep--Receipts, 18,000. Market weak. Native, $6.10 to $7; lambs, native, $6.75 to $9.19. ---------- KAISER SANCTIONED SINKING, Emperor's Urging Friend Not Handuriting London, Aug, 4.--The Daily News says Edward Legge, whose books on the career of King Edward VII. cre- ated some sensation, 3 forward in his latest volume, "The Public and Private Life of Kaiser Wilhelm II.," a remarkable piece of evidence as to the complicity of the Kaiser in the Market _, Lusitania crime,