12 PAGES YEAR 82 - NO 190 The Russian Mai FRENCH BLEW UP GERMAN TRENCHES "Blue Devils" Charged Through Gap and Drove Enemy Out, Capturing Some Prisoners and Guns. An Intermittent Cannonade Proceeded Sunday Night in the, Region of Souchez---There Was Bomb Fighting South | of Arras and Also in the Western Argonne. (Special to the Whig.) comparatively small batches of pris Che Dail KINGSTON, ONTARIO. MONDAY, AUGUST 16. 1915 n Arm -- Ri GERMAN GUN FOR CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION. Picture shows a German gun captired in Flanders and loaned by the British Goyernment to Canada, to be exhibited afitne Canadian National [ixhibition, which soon opens. It is expected the gun will Be the centre of great interest. rrr me ---------------- Ls 1 < - Wanted in Picton. ies Are Still Intact RE a ee A A A A A CA. | PAGES{-8" tesa nrrd LAST EDITION T0 THROW BALANCE IN ALLIES' FAVOR is Result of the Austro German Attack Along | | the Serbian Frontier and Bombardment | of Belgrade. 'Roumanian and Bulgarian Diplomats Are Watching Develo ments As the Move is Regarded as Threatening Na- | tional Existence of Their Countries---There is Much Dissatisfaction. (Special tc Whig) % { Paris, Aug. 16 (official) French Chasseurs exploded a big mine un- der German trenches at a point be- tween ~ Burnhaupt and Ammertz Willer, wrecking the enemy's works along a wide front, in yesterday's fighting Through this gap, the "Blue Dev- ils" charged, driving the Germans, who survived the bomb explosion, down the communication trenches leading to the rear, The collapse of the earthworks im- prisoned a number of Germans who were dug out and made prisoners. The Chasseurs also captured two bomb machines and a mitrailleuce. "Am intermittent cannonade pro ceeded throughout the night in the region of Souchez and on the Nou- varon plateau," said this afternoon's communique, "There was bomb fighting near Queenevieres farm (south of Arras) and also in the Wegtern Argonne." Russians Still Safely Retire. (Special to the Whig) e London, Aug. 16.--~Hindenburg countines to press. im on the retiring Russigns, but his advance follows the Russian, .not the @German, time table. The Russian Mrmies . are safely retiring, but whether the halt will be made on the Bug, with Brest-Litowsk at the end of any degree of certainty . Macken- sen is now within forty miles of Brest-Litowsk, and is still advanc- ing. Having recovered from the. check inflicted on him early in the week by the Russians, General von Bue~ low, commanding that portion of the army of Field Marshal von Hinden- burg operating to. the west of the Dvinsk River, again has taken the offensive. In the Polish sector the various German armies are slowly drawing in their line and advancing from the north-west and south on Brest-Lit- owsk., While they continue to take Perm, rn, Italians Stone German Ships | at Boston | \ (Special to the Whig.) Boston, Aug. 16.--The assembling yesterday of 1,300 Italian reservists, who were to sail on the steamer Can- opic last night, and their friends, was marked by demonstrations against the interned German rteam- ships Amerika and Cincinnati, as a result of which several policemen were severely injured, Sailors of the vessels were struck by stones and sticks. Revolver shots were exchanged between the crowd and the police, but so far as could be learned none took effect. In an earlier disturbance which developed about the formation of a parade of the reservists' in North Square, thiee police officers were in- lured, one being stabbed. ' Ten ar- | rests were made in both outbreaks. | A SENT UP FOR TRIAL. { | For Smuggling Aliens Across River! From Brockville. ! (Special to the Whig.) Brockville, Aug. 16.--For some time past the citizens of Brockville and vicinity, have been suspicious that aliens were being smuggled across the River St. Lawrence. On the 8th inst. their . suspicions ! proved to be correct, when three Aus-| trian men and one young woman, were arrested "on a charge of in-! er fringement of the Immigration law. They werd brought back to Broek- ville by Inspector Foster of the Deo- minion Immigration' . Department, and arraigned before Mayor Donald- son, acting Magistrate, on Saturday. They pleaded guilty and were re- manded to jail, and the authorities at Ottawa communitated with, who arra to intern the Austrian at Pettawawa Camp. George Marks, Brockville, was arrested charged with unlawfully assisting aliens out of Canada. On Saturday he was ar raigned before the Mayor and pleaded guilty to taking six Austrians across to the Ameri the | line, cannot yet be determined with | (try and the number of men avail- oners, they make no claim to the capture of artillery or booty, which is considered by ilitary observers as a fair indication' that Grand Puke Nicholas' armies continue their or- derly retreat, and that for a long time to come they will be able to prevent the Germans from detach ing any part of their army for large ventures elsewhere The Russian report shows that their armies are still capable of tak ing the offensive . Between Siedlc and Lukow a fresh German offen- sive was checked, the Russians cap- turing 800 prisoners and some ma- chine guns. Germans Short Of Ammunition. (Special to the Whig.) London, Aug. 16.--Military opera- tions in the eastern field are devel: oping slowly. Both - sides have shown effec f the intensity of the Warsaw struggle. The 'German ad-? vance now centres on thé efforts of Field Marshall Von Hindénburg to force troops across the Dvina River. | The Germans are evidently short of | ammunition. | Notwithstanding the steady pres | sure of the Germans, the Russians | | bave succeeded thus far in holding | them at the Dvina River. i | War Tidings. | The German Gazette officially de- | nies the stories circulated from Lon- | | don that the Kaiser, through the | | King of Denmark offered peace terms | "to Rugsia which were rejected. | A Vienna despatch says that after making a stand on the entire front west of the Bug, the Russian forceg are again retreating before the Alusi tro-Germans all along the line. The Norwegian steamer Albis wigs sunk by a German submarine. The First Battalion, land Regiment hadNbge Egypt. Commander Zerch was drowned by ! the sinking of the U-12. { ed for 'trial. Two more Aus-| | | trians were arrested on Sunday for trying to induce parties along the Canadian shore, just east of Brock- | ville, to take them across the river. | Men of Britain Are Listed For Service (Special to the Whig.) London, Aug. national registry day throughout the United Kingdom. Every persofi be- tween the ages of 15 and 65 was called upon to fill out a form giving age, occupation and ability to do work useful to the state. The forms, distributed will be col- lected to-day and the Government in the present crisis will bé in pos- session of important information as to the labor resources of the coiw- able for military service. The enumerators had been sup- | plied with pink forms upon which to supply particulars regarding those capable of military service for the use of the Wap-Department go they can be called upon immediately in "ase of need. mmr an INDIA TAKING MEASURES. -- Children and Men Will Be | { Women, London, Aug. 16.--The Govern- | ment of India, according to a special | despatch from Simla, has been | oblir ad to adopt more drastic meas- ures in the treatment of alien ene- mies throughout the Empire. The despatch says: "A statement describing in detail the measures' for interment, surveil- lance and registration hitherto ap- plied to alien enemies in India, has been issued by the Government. It States that the prolongation of the war and the bitterness aroused by German savagery have now altered the position besides adding to the continued strain of su i has accordingly been Seciden ided, with ofpthe Secretary of the approval State for India, to repatriate all wor ren and men of non-milt~ tary age as soon as the ni can side. He was committ- | Wright, | wounds he received at Langemarcke. BLUE RUIN STARES ESSEX FARMERS IN FACE Mr. Wilcox Puts Loss at Half Million --Government: Aid Only Salvation. Toronto, Aug. 16 Charles 491 Rexton Road, was ar rested on a warrant charging him with obtaining $700 by false pre- tences The warrant was sent to Toronto by the Chief of Police of Picton, where the charge was laid. He was taken back. FEDEE FE b bb bb bbb bb bid + + INCREASE THE NAVY. + thirds of the acreage of Essex county are a total loss as the result | of "the heavy rains of the last two | weeks. This statement was made! here to-day by Oliver J. Wilcox, M. | P., for North Essex, who owns a large farm at Woodslee. | Mr. Wilcox said that on his farm to appropriate funds for the + aidfe more than $2,000 damage haa | usual annual increase of two # been caused in three weeks by rain. | How battleshipy And. 3 Sun 3 Oats and corn are drowned out, ana on, for two large battle cruis- 4% Pan ers and sixty to seventy subma- # oki Te pmbles 3 Joma, al- rines. Construction of many # " % es new torpedo "boat destroyers$ on] en. fhe sotal Wis. Z| wil 1 © nmended. bt OF 'wit ney mented, : 000," said Mr. Wilcox. "The chief | departure in- framing the ma- # | lorers will B& tenant farmers; | tional defence programme from there are many of this class in the policy against a large stand- sex county. result for the¥e, u ing army. » aid is offered." - + (Special to the Whig.) + Washingtony Aug. 16.--Pre- # sident Wilson to-day began ac- # tively mapping out his new pro-* & gramme and policy of nation- $ al defence, While not defi- ¢ nitely determined, it was un- # derstood Congress will be asked + PPP REPS SPER E SSP + * * + But' ruin wil] . Government $ + * * ddd dp dabdodid bb de ddd dod ddd fos EE -- PUTTEES NOT DISCARDED, The Crippled at the Front Very Great | ~~ | But For Trench Service Top Boots | Provided. | Ottawa, Aug. 16.--The published | report that the Canadian Militia De-| partment would follow the lead of! | the British War Office and dispense | i with the use of puttees for the troops | Sergt. Perry, First Contingent of | is denied at militia headquartérs| the Queen's Own Rifles detachment, ! here. i The puttees are still to form was in the city on Sunday evening on | a regular part of the men's uniform, his way home to Toronto. Sergt. | but for trench work in autvmn and| Perry has been invalided home for winter, when the soldiers are ex-| Es- | & | de ALLIED WARSHIPS SHELL, Turkish Encampments Near the Gulf Of Smyrna. (Special to the Whig.) Athens, Aug. 16.--Allied warships raided the Asia. Minor coast near the Gulf of Smyrna Saturday, shelling Turkish encampments at Dakeli, Phocea and New Epczus. The Turks | fled to the interior. Windsor, Aug. 16.--Crops in two- | Feed e ds dbd dnb dddddd ddd | we 'PUSHING AHEAD, (Special to the Whig.) Athens, Aug. 16.--British reinforcements which landed last week near Suvla Bay, on the Gallipoli. Peninsula have % fought their way southward and 4+ effected a junction with the # British and New Zealanders # near Gaba Tepe. +» Despatches from Mytilene to- # day said the new British artil- lery broke down row after row # of the Turkish trenches along % the- Gulf of Saros shore, the # Turks beating a hasty retreat. & SEEPEL IETS MMII id PITH OF NEWS. Despatches From Near and Distant Places. Dartiguenave was elected Presi- | nt of the Republic of Haiti. There may be a plebiscite on the question of women's suffrage in Al- berta. Walter Murray, ex-Warden of Ox- | ford county, and ex-Reeve of Blen- heim township, died following a stroke sustained two days ago. Reports are current in New York that an enormous war order for Hol- land has been placed in the United | States through the banking house of Harvey Fisk & Sons. The Toronto Board of Control re- | fused to actept acting Chief Smith's resignation from the EERE P FLEES RIDE | men over there." 16.--=Sunday was : | that some person had entered dur- men, child rangements can be carried out." three months to recover from | posed to water and slush, there will be issued a supply of top hoots to Del His. right arm is partly paralyzed, | used instead of the puttess as occa- | ont while he also has a long scar on his | sion demands Orders have already | 1 N p body from a bullet. In speaking | been placed for large numbers of | LasEton for ¥ JS Commissioner. to a Whig representative he said: ' these boots, similar to what are be-| Trade and Commerce denied that "We can't begin to dream of the | ing supplied by the British | | number of deformed and crippled | French War Offices, a -- Fire Depart- who re-nominated Col. J. G. of and| Canada's customs restrictions were | causing American grain and flour, | instead of Canadian, to find their way to Great Britain. Turkish Poets Are to Inspire Patriotism Constantinople, Aug. orders from Enver Pasha, War Minister, all the leading poet's and literary men of Pirkey are to be taken on a tour of the Turkish bat- tlefront at the Dardanelles. The plag is to give the writers inspira- tion by which they may send waves ' of patriotism swee key. The Sutcess of the Italian poet d'Annunzio in stirring the people of Italy to action suggested the expedi- tion of Turkish literary men. They are to spend several weeks im the trench country, and to visit the Tur- kish forts on both the Asiatic and European sides of the strait. -- | LAHAJ SULTAN DEAD. | Died of Wounds Sustained in Attack On Aden. { | Calcutta, Adg. 16.--The death is Store Robbed Two Nights | announced of Sir Ali Bin Ahmed Bin in Succession an at Taha, ye is the result of a wound received dur- ing 'the recent Turkish attack upon During the past forty-eight hours, | his fortress near Aden. He was the hardware store owned by Bots-| thoroughly loyal to the British. . In ford and Nicol at the corner of Wel- | this connection the Government of lington and, Princess streets, has|India has testified to the value of his been entered twice by some unknown | co-operation as the leading Chief of persons and a quantity of goods car- the Aden Protectorate, pled away. { On Sunday morning when Mr. | Botsford went down to his place of | business for the purpose of seeing if | everything was all right, he found | 16.--Under Establish Gas Bomb Factories. Amsterdam, Avg. 16.--The Tele- graaf states that the Germans are es- tablishing - asphyxiating gas bomb factories throughout Belgium. -------- ------ Mrs. Scott, Bearchburg, moth®' ot R. H. Scoft, of that place, on-Mon- day last celebrated her: hundredth birthday anniversary, and, notwith- standing the fact that she has at- tained the century mark, is still smart and active. ghd \ 3 ing the night and carried away a number of pocket knives and some cartridges which were in the cases. Upon making a closer search of the premises he found that the burglars had made their entrance by the rear door, breaking a pane of glass, pull- ing off some steel bars, and crawling through the hole. - There were a number of burned matches on the floor which plainly showed that the robbery 'was committed during the night. After reporting the matter to the police, Mr, Bbtsfofd boarded up. the hole in the door thinking that he would not be troubled again, bu sich was not the case as when the shop was opened for business on Monday morning it was found out that the burglars had made a second trip and carried away more goods. Upon investigating it. was discovered that the boards which had been placed over the hole had been cut either by a knife or a saw. Have Reached England. Otta Aug. 16.--It is officially ONE HUNDRED AMERICANS With Canadians At Front Have Been WAR BULLETINS, is helleved in Athens that : "Bulgaria have d an agreement bringing digria into the war on the ide bf the Aliss. i have commenced nce into Serbia is. | FERAL EPL IIL P20 FER? i It i i § i 1 poini Allied airships have again rded Constaatinople. a PFE DEPERPIIELO RIPE e 0 ping through Tur-! > the Rome, Aug. 16. --The massing of Austro-German troops along the Ser bian frontier and the bombardment of Belgrade, coming at a critical time in the Balkan negotiations, may throw the balance in favor of the Allies and bring the Bulgaria and Roumania and Greece into the war. Despatches from Bucharest and Sofia early to-day said the greatest alarm was caused there by the news that the Austrians have resumed the offensive on the Serbian frontier, preliminary - to an Austro-German drive (hrough'th@ Balkans to the re- lief of Turkey. Both Roumanian and Bulgarian diplomats here fear such a move threatens the national exist- ence of their | countries and Are watching developments near Bel- grade 'with the greatest anxiety. ments mgt to-day. Decisions they are to on No possibly within the next: fortnight, probably the fate of the Balkan states and will have a tremendous influence on | the outcome of the world war. The {meeting of the Roumania crown council at Bucharest yesterday was another incident of the great import- #_ance in the Balkan situstion. { Both Bucharest and Sofla despat- | ches to-day indicated that the latest move of the Austro-Germans has | aroused the greatest dissatisfaction. | on War Tidings. 2 Germany is making her best ef- CANADIANS AGAIN IN THICK OF BATTLE (Col. Victor Odlum's Name as a Casualty Suggests This to Ottawa. Ottawa, Aug. 16.--It is- believed | at the capital, although there is no definite information, that the first | Canadian division, after a month's rest for reorganization and recuper- { ation, is again back in the front | trenches, and probably took some | part in the recent Battle of Hooge. { The casualty list last night con- ined the name of Lieut.-Col. Vie i | { [ta 1t | 7th Battalion, as having een | | wounded on August 9th. the date of some of the heavy fight | ing a Hooge. been unfortunate in its commanders. Col. Hart McHarg was killed at the Battle of St. Julien. Lieut.-Col. Od- { lum, then second in command, suec- | ceeded him, and now he is wounded. How serious his condition is is not known here. {| _ Col.-Odlum, whose home is in | Vancouver, is a former well-known coast newspaper man. a short time editor of the Vancouver World. | { ing Toronto University. { ------ To Make Russian Lace. San Francisco, Aug. 16.-- Russia is seeking to create in the United States a market for Russlan koustar or lace handiwork 'of the peasants, i | | for her maimed and crippled soi- | diers, according\to an announcement with a view to providing employment | fovich, special commissioner from | Russia to the United States who has | arrived here from Petrograd via Jap- | | an. " | The direction of the lace industry, | the commissioner said has been tak- {en over by the Russian Government. | Able bodied peasants will no longer be allowed to make lace. The work will be turned over to crippled sol- diers incapacitated for ordinary work. : : A - "I am oh my way to New York, where a large shipment of samples of Russian koustar handiwork is 8 the com- Aug. 16.--The following Elsi announcement has just been "passed for publication": "Seo distillers have been compelled owing to the urgent needs of the Govern- ment for. industrial; alcohol used in connection with the manufacture of high explosives to curtail their allo- cations of spirit for whisky to such Both Grecian and Serbian parlia- | will sottle | or W. Odlum, commander of the! The 7th Battalion has ! He was for | i He is a South African vet- | eran, having enlisted while attend- { made to-day by Theodore Kryshto- | Seon" OUR, B forts to intimidate Bulgaria and Roumania hy pouring immense num- bers of troops into Hungary. Near- ly 140,000 are now concentrated be tween the Ess and the Danube It is reported that the combined Russo-German casualties, including prisoners, during July alone, total led nearly .one million and a half Mukhtar Pacha, Turkish ambas- sador at Berlin, has been recalled at the Kaiser's request because he re- ported to Constantinople that Ger- many and Austria were in the last stages of exhaustion, and. that the first serious German repulse would bring destruction. . That the German fleet will have a most difficult task in attempting to foree a passage into the Gulf of iga is the opinion expressed in military circles Riga 18 recognized gs es sential to any German scheme in- | volving an advanee on Petrogred. During recent fighting at Vpres a German, who is believed to have j been a prince, was killed. His body | was placed in a black coffin - and transported by 'motor car to Ghent It was followed by another car con taining officers of high rank. All signs indicate that the Aus tro-German armies will not follow up their advantage any further than the second line. of.Jiussian. delennes after the fall of the Russian for- | tresses, but will reorganize them- selves behind Warsaw and await further developments there, strengthening and rebuilding the de- fences -behind them. | NE AR er At tt Pt Nat Air DAILY MEMORANDUM, Vaudeville, Grand, 2.30 and 7.20. Lake Ontario Park, vaudeville, 8.18 | See top of page 3, right hand corner, for probabilities. | THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG Is on Sale at the Following City { Stores: | Buckneirs News Depot | Clarke, J. W, & Co. . | College Book Store Coulter's Grocery | Cullen's_Grocery, Cor, | Frontenac Hotel Gibson's Drug Store 295 King St 362 Princess 163 Princess 209 Princess Prin. & Alfred Ontario St ..Market Bquare Lowe's Grocery Portsmouth | McAuley's Book Btore ....93 Princess McGall's Cigar Store, Cor. Prin. & Kin McLeod's Grocery ....51 Unlon St. ' | Medley's Drug Btore, 250 University | Baurs Cigar Store 78 Princess | Prouse's Drug Store ..312 Princess | Valleau's Grocery 208 Montreal ~ - AEB man a BORN. PAFFORD----At Spaffordton, on August 15th, 1915, to Mr. and Mrs. Myles 'W. Spafford, a son. Ani yr MARRIED GAUDREAU-CIRTWILI At on Monday, August 9th, Rev, Father Cullineen, doseph Edward youngest son Mr. and Mrs. Z Gaudreau, King. ston, to - Mary 'Veronica, eldest daughter Captain and. Mrs Charles R. Cirtwill, of Rockport WILBON-WERR In Kingston, fakes Rectory, on e morning August 12th, 5, by Rev. 8. Fornerl, Florerwe FE. Webb to Robert W. 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