EP A I SAA MN A x 12. PAGES PAGES 1-8 YEAR 82 NO 197 KINGSTON, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, AUGUST 24. 1915 a Russia Wi ERMANS REPU Gi ON VOSGES HEIGHTS They Hurl Vofantry Attacks Against French Positions With Terrible Losses And ~~ Without Any Gain. Tontons Keep Up Attacks For Two Days---They Were Also Beaten Off on the Crest of Sondernach Wood. -- Artillery Duels Continue in the Aras ~~ Region. v ------------ ' (Special to the Whig.) Paris, Aug. 24.--For forty-eight hours the Germans have been hurl- f Barrenkopf - and Schratzmaennele, and then launched guccessive char- ges throughout the day. The War ISED Il Soo On The Of v THE OCCUPATION OF PRZEMYSL. Archduke Karl Franz Joseph and Archduke i Przemysl on their visit to the city after it had been recaptured by the Austro-German armies. Fre derick being received in| Office reported the repulse of alll these attacks. : { The Germans were beaten off in an isolated assault on the crest of the! Sondernach wood. } In the Arras region the artillery duels. contintied --throtighout night, but theré were no important | infantry actions ing infantry against the French po- sitions on the Vosges heights with terrible losses, but without any gain. The attacks became more violent yesterday, the assaults on the pre-| ceding doy having failed at dawn. | The Teutons heavily bombarded | the French works on Lingekop{, near BERLIN IS IN DOUBT. Whether Submarine Attacked|: Try to S | ry ave 1'As To (Special to the Whig.) Berlin, Aug. 24, (by wireless to! Sayville) .--"Naval circles call at tion to a remarkable contradiction in the English press reports regard- ing the Arabic," says the Overseas News Agency 4 an item given out for transmission. "One report says that the passen- gers and crew received life 4 when the steamer entered the danger!" This statement is declared to Cotton Trade | Of the South (Special to the Whig.) Washington, Aug. 24.-- Ihe effects of its emergency arrangements in preventing the disorganization of the * cotton industry through the Allies order making éotfon contraband, were watched by the Administration sone. life] to-day, confidently but with anxiety. be "However, the disthibution of If ts, it is argued, ads ' con- politica LE ER "that the rime ides dog Cotton growers' increasing resent- obeying admiralty orders and spir-{ ment against the Administration, | ted on by a high money reward, in- freely expressed by the Souther: | tended to ram the submarige as soon Senators and Rgipresentatives for as it was sighted. ; What was termed the State Depart-| - «Other reports state explicitly that ment's lack of vigor in handling. the | no submarine or torpedo was sight 'cotton negotiations with Great Brits|ed, permitting an assumption that ain, 'has been a subject of worry to! the ship struck a loose mine, all this} | the President and his advisers. {showing the necessity for awaiting : | the official report." Assistant Press Censor. | The Deutsche Tages Zeitung says Ottawa, Ont., Aug. 24.--J. A. For-| editorially: . 'Her, a former president of the Par-| "If it is true that a German sub liamentary Press Gallery, and for| marine destroyed the Arabic and many years the Ottawa correspondent | that American citizens thereby were of La Patrie, Montreal, has been ap- accidentally drowned, this is a fresh pointed. censor of the French press Justification of German warnings to during the war and assistant to Ma- | forgigners not to enter the war zone Jor Ernest Chambers, the chief cen-|on board British ships and of Ger- sor, many's advice that they use neutral i ships instead. | "It is extremely regrettable," The Duke Going West. | Tage-Zeitung dds, "that the Unies . Ottawa, Aug. 24.--The Duke of States has entirely disregarded Ger- vonnaught will leave on September many's warning and tried by threats _-8th on his western trip. He will to cause Germany to give up sub: visit the various military training! marine warfare, which is an impos: ho ~ Fd pr} that the trip sibility. Thie doubtless is the unani- ie an on h rman 4 there will be no socia; functions. The Hous, sentiment of, the, Ge aa Duke will only be accompanied 'by Yon, hig military secretary and an aide. Wr ------------------ iy. rd i, Only Farmers With Capital. London, Aug. 24.---The British Emigration Office has issued a notice warning prospective emigrants, ex- cept farmers with capital, against go- ing to Canada this on the! 0 pe ds that the labor market is re- ids will be improved] stricted and that the. of fe- and the rations increased because | male servants is sufficie t for the of the sufficiency of grain stores" |time being. | 4 German Bread Improved. Berlin, Aug. 24.-- "Beginning Sep- tember 1st, says the Overseas News Agency, "secording to an order is sued by I Board, the Amok belts | | Needed By thi dec! million combatants w, nh in the west our in" thoroughly. good "Our men are in thoroughly. ta: haertul, hen : 'the Tr assum the offensive: - a. MAKE RECORD CATCH. Men Land Bixty-three Bass in Day's Outing. Alexandria' Bay, N.Y., Aug. 24.-- last | Thomas H. Hall, Edward Strong and Charles 8, Smith, of the firm of. Har- ris, Winthrop'& Co., New York, who are stopping at the Thousand Island House, brought in the largest catch of fish yesterday that has been land- ed in ten years at Alexandria Bay. They . caught sixty-three bass; } weighing from 1% to 315 "pounds "the SS. Arabic, each, three pickerel and one eel. : 10, Whose death in action is re- ed. He was attached to the 15th the Allies to Defeat the London, 'Aug. 24.--Donald Mac- Master, M.P., who has just returned from & visit to the front, says in a ny essdge already censored: "Mere trench fighting or bomb ig Will, I am convinced, never the issue between the four 0 are. facing rn theatre of d. confident, stating nothing that not know already when t the great demand at the {Clerk John N. | pay as a result of the : FRANK M. GI Ly nger son of Col Sir Jona Gib-. : 1y- Bleutenant- roor of. SWEDES T0 BUY HUN SHIPS IN U. S. PORTS ? A Strange Story to This Effect Comes From Hamburg, Ger Amsterdam, Aug. 24.--A message from Hamburg, Germany, states that a company called the "Sweden-Am- erican line" is being formed to garry on passenger trade between New York and Swedish ports withoGer- man ships. now idle in ' American ports. Delegates of the new con- cern are negotiating with German companies for the purchase of ships, it is said. The capital of the new concern is given at ten million kro- ner (about $2,500,000), of which 8,- J] 000,000: kroner have been subserib- ed The Norwegian- hip Comipany a three million "Steam- Petit tas, $500,000 IN CLAIMS |. Syracuse, N.Y., Aug. 24.-- Notices of more claims' against the city amounting to $100,000 for personal Injuries caused by the dynamite ex- plosion near Spencer and Maitbie streets May 22nd were filed with City Alsever yesterday. ese make a tota: of about half a million dollars the city asked to Ameng the claims ate those of Leslie J. Wagner, who asks $50,000 claiming the explosion ruptured both eardrums, caused him to lose the sight of his left ere, impaired the sight of his right eye, and that he re- ceived other injuries; and that of Joseph Burns, who claims $26,000 for the rupture of one eardrum and numerous cuts and | * SHEP EB ES b GERMAN CE PLAN, (Special to the Whig.) London, Aug. 24.--A new bi #* scheme 48 being developed i 5 pe a Will be dloloren is » The se + the world within a fortnight 3 German plans do not miscarry. 58%Ew '{ been in ciréu : Sieh of the bureau which they initia- PASSER OF THE QUEER. | Have Caught Dangerous Gang of Counterfeiters. Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; Aug. 24. Bap | rested here for passing counterfeit {$10 bills, Willlam "Salento, New { York, confessed to United States Se- cret Service agents that he had been hired to pass the bills, and gave name and address of his employer. It is believed that this will furnish a clue tending to round up one of the most successful counterfeiting gangs now operating in the country. . Salento was arrested by local offi cers while attempting" to. dispose of a counterfeit bill in the local Wogl- worth live and ten-cent store. The Sécret Service officials were at once notified and two of them came from New York city immedi ately. After a two-hour grilling by these officials, Salento confessed that he was a hired tool in the employ of counte;feiters in New ' York . city. |- They would not. give his name. The counterfeit 3 als. have have been causing the authorities no small 'amount of trouble. ! EA Let Birmingham Beat Krupps; We Can Beat Foe London, Aug. 24.--""My men, man for man, are superior to the Ger- mans in fighting qualities ,and the endurance of my guns is than the German gums. Wor instance. my thirteen-inch shell is equivalent to their seventeen-inch. The issue is one between Krupps and Birming- ham." : "This is the message. Sir John French asks us to convey-to the. peo- pe of England," sald = James O'Grady, M.P.,, who has returnel from a visit to the trenches, wo a Daily News' representative las. night. O'Grady went out to 3 with labor colleagues on a missi)a con- nected with the removal of ua in- ternational trade union burey: fron Berlin. ! : "This mission," he said, "wis gue- cessful, inasmuch . as the &rainsh trade unionist agreed with Great Britain and America as to tie de sirability. of removing (n> trade bureau of Switzerland, a neutral country. . In order that th: intetna- tional union should after the , war contirue to operate in its oid effec- He ak 9 now remains hs th ba sian w. attitu Jerman 12 amian- ists will wards tha proposa', as they tute a formidable sec- 3 te protect the capital." crushed our armies is ridiculous. . AVE evi that always can be regained. destroying we will and push to their own borders. ' There is no concealing. the fact that our present difficulties are due to errors we have made in the past, but we are firmly confident: that they will be followed by complete triumphs." doubtedly true that President Wilson has decided what course to pursue if Tnvinetd Germany meant to be de- rately unfriendly regarding the Arabic affair. that German-American relations will be severed if Germany refuses to pro- jot the lives of Americans while on alizes that a diplomatic break would | MeMULLBEN--- a A not want to be involved in war. is tho o Sress will be called to place the coun- ry s Nictotia arose trom A BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR RUSSIAN ARMS The War Office Greatly Cheered at the Rapid Increase in the Production of War Munitions. idl Vilna and Biostok Wil Fall But Russian Capital in no Dan: ger---Day Not Far Off When Enemy Wil be Chased Out of Rus sia. Isis (Special to the Whig.) people to repose the fullest confidence Petrograd, Aug. 24.--The trank | De the success of the Allied forces = admission that the impegtant cities | now i hk of Vilna and Bielostok will shortly | n attacking he Dardanelles fall- into the hands of the Germans, seems slow, the truth is that the most thus severing the Petrbgrad-Poland | intense warfare presently will be pro- railway -was made by high officials of | ceeding," he said, " the Russian War Office to-day. "Though the progress of the Allies the resulta | that 'will be finally mawifested will | be enormous. War Tidings. Bulgaria's co-operation will give the Allies Constantinople in less than | & month, { All the military experts agree that | when Germany comits the costs of { the invasion of Russia, the losses will not only stagger humanity, but Ber- "Our forces, however, will retain two trunk lines and various branches, |: sufficient fo withdraw - our armies] without the danger of capture," sald this War Office official in---en inter view approved by the Government. We do not believe that Petrograd is! in any danger from the German ar- mies. i The War Ofica gives full credit to] Nhe London Times says that not German strategy for directing a cam- less than 1,500,000 Germa: o! paign that will be recorded as one of | TR Ske on the greatest offensive movements in the world's history. the Russian fronts. Germans in Turkey are now de- voting their whole time to the forti- "But the War Office is greatly fication, of Constantinople. ~ The cheered 'at the rapid increase in the! Turks are preparing a second line of production of war sees a bright outlook for the future. | munitions," and | defence. : | = The German _time-schedule = has "The idea that the Germans have | again failed, and the comp! t | of the German Crown Princ in the Argonne will prove. the turning point of the war. Co ¢ A Vi That is just what the Germans have been unable to do. They have nded down forts and forced us to t territory is ' build day is not far distant when! val attacks by Austrian . fleet U assume the-offensive|the position 'untenable. - 8. Austro- Germans back'- The Victoria Cross awarded to Lieut. F. First Canadian B Mount Forest, Ont., for has succnmbed to when he alone with two machine guns held the enemy's :counter-at- The War Office official urged the! tack The Yankees 0 Not Want igus oath. 4 pm, Alexande to Go to War BED. BURKE--In Kingston, on August 24th, 1915, Willem 8, Burke, aged 66 years. ¥ Funeral from. his late - DANLY MEMORANDUM, Vaudeville, Grand, jv 7.80. Lake Ontario Park, ville, 8.15. See top of page 3, right' hand corner, for probabilities. 'Baseball, Cricket Field, LW ednesday. r Bay vs. Amn : {Special to the. Whig.) Washington, Aug. 24.--Iit is un- tery. Friends and acquaintances are respect. fully dnvited to aitend. RANE---At Sunbury, on Au t 23rd, 1915, John Cochrane, aged 84 Years. Funeral Wednesday, a o'clock, Au- to Sn i etery. acquaintances re« spectfully Avted to attend. X August There is no question the ocean. The Administration re- 24th, 1918, BY ; neral from vation J u" Friends and wnt 1 invited to attend. McDONALD-~At Howe Is ; st Fist 1915, Kine? Halen, Aeguas Cars. Funerer Cook place to Philomen's Church, where a" n requiem mass was sung for repose of his soul. : ™ oa " Interment. at Howe igiand, Killed Hushand; Then Suicided |QUINN--In Kingston, Augugt 23rd, Jictotla, B.C. Aug. . 24M], IHS Charles Quinn 2" Anderson, 'who lived near beside ' her Ean EE usband. Then she saf at a table wi 4d , as the country does It extra cession of Con- lulien. 1.30 cela in a position to meet eventuali-