/ = » 4 mesic | The Daily Dritish Whi i PAGES YEAR 82 NO. 201 GREAT GERMAN GUN IN OPERATION A Striking Picture of the "Big Bertha" in Her Deadly Execution at the Front--A Cap- ~~ ftain's letter. The Gun Placed on a Concrete Foundation Beneath a Big Tree---Throwing Shells at a Fortified French Town SomeTwenty-One Miles Distant---No Shock Felt Close By. Berlin, Aug. 28:--1In a letter from Flanders Captain Carl Schroeder, of the 79th Reserve. Infantry, gives a striking picture of a German 42- centimetre gun at work. * He writes: - "We had an eventful week. First Landstrum troops arrived. They possessed themselves of the houses of the village, and took things easy for a few days. Then a railroad battalion came, and we got busy. With- in twenty four hours we put down about five miles of tracks. The quickly built line began at the depot of the small town of ----, and ended near a large swamp. . ) '""At daybreak a long train of hat cars came creping sver our line. The_ train brought a 'Big Bertha' and its attachmefits. Six hours later the giant 42-centimetre mortar was placed in posiffon on a concrete foun- dation beneath a big tree. " : : "The population of the district was kept at akrespectful distance while the work was going on amid torrents of rain. Nb civilian was allowed to approach the improvised railroad and our vill . Le "In the early morning of the next day 'Big 'Befthal went into action and began to throw shells on a fortified French town twenty-one miles dis- tant. At the first shot the pressure of the air smashed every window in our village. The houses rocked as if they had been struck oy a fearful cyclone. 'The firing of this monster gun was a sight of indescribable .gran- deur, With a dull, deafening roar a ring of fire rose from the mouth of the mortar to a height of about a hundred feet, and then we could see the immense shell as it sped toward its destination through the clear morning air. The shell looked like an enormous grey ruvver ball pro- pelled through space with the speed of lightning. : "The queerest thing about these monster mortars is that you do not feel the shock of the shot if you stand close to them." - mm a. Pm, ea nine full seasons with Detroit, | getting into only 41 games in 1905, EVIEW his first year. In these nine com- | plete campaigns he Lgs never failed s | to hit over .300, his lowest mark be- -- 0, 1 ; = WNP Saw Sr SSRN The New York American team has bought Outfielder Gilhooly of the | Buffalo . Internationals: Gilhooly | has been leading the.league in bat- | ting. ers in turn. \ Buffilo received several play- | It is stated in Philadelphia that the first fifty home games of the Phillies drew 360,000 people, an av- | erage of 7,000 to the game, and it | is further stated that the Philadel- phia National League Club will clear | $100,000 on the regular season, with | world's series profity still in pros- | pect. It is great to have a winner. | i When Sir Sam Hughes was a lad | he was a great athlete. He was one ofthe best mile ranrers in the whole of North America. He was also a | great lacrosse player and football | player. In fact, he. was a born ath: | lete. He developed" a magnificent frame ih those days. { The pennant race in the American | League has become a mere matter of pouring out dollars, and we have the old -evil of club. owners boasting about how much money they have | and how they are willing to spend it + buying a championship. Every move lately seems directed to weaken the weak and strengthen the strong, ab- : solutely the wrong principle. "Rube' Marquard opened the sea- son this year with a no-hit game, yet he is canned in practically mid-sea- son. Another southpaw, Pemnock, of the Athletics, opened the season with a one-hit game, and he is now with Providence, Such is fame! If the Boston Red Sox return home with a three or four game lead it will be hard to beat them out, with 25 games on the home grounds to wind up the season. = Commenc- ing Friday, the team will have six- teen straight games with Cleveland, New York, and the Athletics, eight , with the last named, and the chances are that they will win a large per- centage of these games. It can be seen the Red Sox have a great ad- vantage in the schedule, and they are playing good ball to boot. A new world's record. for consecu- tive innings played in three consecu- tive games by two clubs was estab- lished at Chicago on Thursday, when the Chicago White Sox and Washington Senators battled thir- teen innings, the latter winning by 2 to: 1. . Incidentally, it was the fourth straight extra innings ga played by Chicago, making & total of 89 innings played in six days.' On stwo of the six days double-headers were payed. : A New York despatch says: El miro Palmero, a left-handed pitcher of the Rochester Internationals, was signed by Manager MeGraw Thurs- day to pitch for the New York Na- tonals ih 1916. Falmero's. contract is said to stipulate that he will. not be transferred to any minor league clu. . He will report at the closnof the season, *ieigeis . 7 ---- s Al Mamaux, the sénsitional young Pittsburg pitcher, is threatened with appendicitis, but refuses to quit the game for an' operation, . He fears that the Pirates' riously léssened if he is the game. Mamaux refused to be treatment, operated upon, but did submit to the freesing 1 FH the |. ing .320 in 1906, and his highest 420 in 1911, He has topped the American L#gue batters since 1907, and is sure to 'do so again this sea- son, making a total of nine years of { leadership, a record never even ap- | proached by any other player. In addition to his prowess with the flail, he has led the league in stolen bases several'times, and always has ranked among the most brilliant fielders. It is impossible to 'overestimate what Tyrus has done for baseball in Detroit. Largely because of his wonderful work the club has been. a factor in almost every pennant race | since he joined, winping three péen- ABRAMSON nants in.that time and finishing in the second division but twice since 1906. : NOTABLE TITLES EXTINCT British Nobility Paying Toll In Crisis Ot Empire. London, Aug. 28.--Not a few great British titles are doomed to extine- tion as the result. of the death in bat- tle 'of the sole legal heir, and the list is increasing almost daily with the publication of fresh casualty lists The changes in the peerage brought about in this way by the war are al- most certain to require legislation to straighten them out and amend the complicated laws of succession. i 1 ) Among the sole heirs to famous titles who have been killed are® Lord Wendover, sole heir of the Marquis of Lincolnshire (Lord Car- rington); Capt. J. N. Bigge, only son of Lord Stamfordham, Private Sec- retary to the King; Capt. Claud Meysey-Thompson, only son of Lord Knaresborough: Lord 'Hawarden was killed early in the war and his title went to a cousin, -.. Capt. Eustace Maude, now serving in the Egyptian arty Vis- count Northland's title, on his death, went to his infant son, less than two years old. Lord Worsley, eldest son of the Earl of Yarborough, has been killed, and both his brothers are at the front. -. The Earl of' Erne, who succeeded to the title in the early months of the war, is missing and probably is dead, : Major Clement - Freeman-Mitford, eldest son of Lord Reddesdale; alfo has perished, and of his four bro- thers two are in the army and two in the navy, Robéft Bruce, eldest son of Lord Balfour of Burleigh, is succeeded as heir by a brother, also in the army. hi 3 These form only a few among the me | many instances of the destruction he war has wrought among the Brit- ish nobility. 5 : -------------- ! Survivors dward Honor. Lohdon. Aug. 28. --The Victoria Cross has been awarded to Willis. ¢ H Keneally: of the fers, by an int unprecedented, meth . The comrades treme valor du 'the: Gallipoli « The } 'Ake murvellons Ty Coby has plag- | oy 2 ~ LOUIS, 336 Princess St. Clothing, Gents' Furnishings, Men's and Ladies' Boots and Shoes, ' ANGLIN, 8. & CO., Manufacturers of Fine Woodwork, © Sash Doors Wa ANGROVE BROS., 126 Clarence St, Automobiles and Supplies. ASSELSTINE, J. 8, D.0S,, 342 King St., THE MAN you will eventually consult about your Eyes and Eyeglasses. BEAUPRE, KE, 206-268 Princess St. Wines and Liquors. Agencies: O'Keefe Brewery Co., Tor- onto, and McCarthy & Son Co., Ales and Porters, BELL, R. CHAS., 239 Bagot St., Insurance and Rea! Phono 1002 BELL, or Gro. W., 1:0 Clarence St., of br. Bell's Veterinary Medical Wonder, the most ropular medigine in Canada, : BEST'S, (he Popular Drug Store. COOKE, J. B., Dist. Mgr. Imperial Life, 332 King St. Phone 503: Res. 842. CARROLL, J, K., AGENCY. Real Estate and + ance, 56 Brock St. Phone 68. 2 COLLEGE BOOK STORE, Stationery, Music and Insur- COLLIER'S TOGGERY SHOP, Opera House Block. Hobberlin and Campbell Clothing for the best MEADO » W CREAM SODAS, NN DOMINION TEXTILE CO., Manufacturers of Cottons, : Prints, ngs, ete. : DAVIS DRY DOCK CO., Manufacturers 'of Moor + Boats, Gas and Steam Engines. Phone 420. GODWIN, W. H. & 39 Brock Phone 424. 80 years. ve TE GRIMM, N. R., 102 Princess St. Best Homes Made GILBERT, JON, Grocer, 104 Barrie St. and 94 Pia. | NARRISON, T. F. CO, Furniture, Carpets and Lino ATALOGUE waggons may be all right to look at. ferent thing. Particularly when you're in a hurry. It is then you learn the addi- tional advantage in trading at home. Not only has the home town dealer the best goods that can be obtained, but he offers you HOME SERVICE as well. Your time is too valuable to risk one of these expensive break-downs. Buy your implements from your home dealer and take advantage of the HOME SERVICE he can offer you. FENWICK, HENDRY &'CO., 189 Ontario St, Whole- « . Importers. Established 1846. * KINGHTON, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1915 But catalogue repairs are a dif- "FROM AN How a British Aviator . Bombs on a Germ 2 London, Aug. 7.--From out of | the sky came .the weapon that de- cording in the annals of history the first time that an aircraft sent a sub- marine to the bottom. Lieut.-Commander Bigsworth won for himself the distinction of having accomplished this feat. Single- handed. while on an "air patrol" near Ostend, Be.gium, he tackled a German U-boat and within a few minutes his victim, completely | wrecked. submerged - for the last time, REY, The text of the statement follows: "The Secretary of the Admiralty announces that Squadron Command-| er Arthur W. Bigsworth, R. N., de stroyed single-handed a German sub- | marine this forning by bombs dropped from an aeroplane, The submarine was observed to be com- pletely wrecked and sank off Ostend. "It is not the practice of the Ad- miraity te publish statements re garding the losses of German sub | lnarines, important though-they have! been, in cases where the enemy has! 1 not other sources of information as to the time and place at which these losses have occurred. "In the case referred to above, however, the brilliant feat of Squad- ron Commander Bigsworth was per- stroyed an undersea boat to-day, re-| {the submarine men The 'Community Builder' idea is endorsed and approved of by, among others, the following well-known and reputable business concerns: KINGSTON BRIUK & TILE 0O., Manufacturers of ck and Tile, 611 Division St. 3 KINNEAR & I'ESTERRE, Manufacturing Jewellers, 100 Princess St. Phone 336. ? KINGSTON PAPER BOX CO., J. G. Brown, Proprie- tor, King Street West. Manufacturers of solid and folding boxes. ~ . KNAPP,"A. €., Boat Builder. Boats of all kinds to let and for sale; also fittings for sale. Cataraqui Bridge, Foot of Ontario St _ KINGSTON ICE CO. 1.TD:, Phone 1307. Pure Ice, KINGSTON HOSIERY CO., Manufacturers of 'high- grade "Dmperial" Underwear and Hosiery. NAIDLAW, JOHN & SON, Dry St. Phone 897. : LIVINGSTON, C. & BRO., Clothiers, Gents' Furnish- ers, Military Tatloping, 77 Brock St. LOCKETT SHOE STORE, Boots, Shoes, Trunks, Suit Cases, etc., 116 Princess St. Goods, 172 Princess A oo MANUFACTURERS' LIFE. INSURANCE CO. M. Johnston, district manager, 58 Brock St. MENDELS, Kingston's Only Exclusive Ladies' Ready- to-Wear Store, 132 Princess St. : MULLEN, J. E., Monumental SY OHEs, Sob. G. Princess a * and Clergy Sts. Lettering of Specialty : > * McBROOM, W. F., 42-44 Princess St. Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Flour, Feed and Grain. McGOWAN, G. A, Cigar Manfg. Co. Milo, 10c; + Peel, Be, a McKELVEY & BIRCH sell the H McINTOSH BROS.; cor. Princess and Wellington Sts. Dry Goods, Fancy Goods, Ready-to-Wear, Notions NEWMAN & SHAW, the Busy Goods 'PERCIVAL & GRANGER, Local Agents McCormick Mig. Co. All kinds of Biscuits and Confectionery. ' REDDEN, JAS, & CO., Groceis, 176 Princess St, ROBERTSON, GEO. & SON, LIMITED. CHARM TEA. SAKELL, T., Best Tee 'Cream in Kingston by Govern: ment Test. ' wa ol : hE corner Princess and Montreal Sts. STORE, 103 Princess St. Home of Good Shoes. : SARGENT, T. SHOE OYE KH. & CO. Bread Bakers and Wholesale and SRILTLIES COM Office, 19 Queen St. force. and mo bétter man could be picked town council should would be warmly welcomed. 4 what he said. formed in the immediate neighbor | hood of the coast in occupation' of | The Man on Watch | It takes Col. Hunter's constables to catch apple thieves, The Lamp- man expects to hear of a big demand on the checker expert's detective | The Lampman nominates James T. Sutherland for the Army Service Corps. James wants to go to war, for supply work. Good roads are a help to trade, says the Whig. The Lampman un- derstands that the University avenue residents are thoroughly in accord with this pronouncement. IT it comes to a showdown, the Lampman sees no reason why the not biy the street railway. The town has to have a railway, so what does it mat- ter who operates it so long as the people have to pay the shot? " There was a time when a certain Board of Works ignered the town en- gineer. Now the éngineer is "putt- ing one over" on the Board of Works, | If the Plymouth Brethren find al a fertile field at Barriefield camp. | what is the matter -with the W.C.T:| TU, @éstablishing a tent over there? The Lampman is sure the T.U.- ---- Years ago Kingston's demi-monde circle had a large membership, but| the Lampman recalls that the 'police broke up the organization and chas- ed most of its members to Water- town, N.Y. But wartime and automa- biles bring many changes, and King- ston, is becoming raore like the old] gay "Paree" every day. i If Dean Starr cannot get to the front, he will find that there is lots for him to Ho right im Kingston fight- ing the world; the flesh and the devil. : : > The Lampman heard a townsman | remark that there might be less tu- berculosis if there were fewer trees in. Kingston, and there is truth in are too many trees on some of Kingston's avenues. Trees may be ornamental, but health | comes before beauty, as Col. Hunter remarks to the abbreviated costumed girls. in winter. Where there are trees there is dampness, and where there is dampness there is trouble. Now that the bars have closed at 7 p.m., the male rushout "between acts" will surely rome to a stop."The : 3 curtain falls. ~THE TOWN WATCHMAN Germany Will Have Food Bureas Berlin (via London), Aug 28.-- Reichstag has {ed triumphal procession, amid SECOND SECTION * SANK A SUBMARINE AEROPLANE Single-Handed Dropped an Undersea Craft Near Ostend. Leehrugge Sheds Were Shelled---Several German Subma- rines Destroyed By the British Fleet--A Significant Statement Indicating Many Enemy Craft Have Been Caught. ---------- the enemy, and the position of. the sunken submarine has been located by a German destroyer." Coucgrning the recent - bombard- ment of Zeebrigge, Belgium, by a British fleet, the Amsterdam Tid) says it has learned that a large num- ber of soldiers were killed by the fire of the fleet, and that 90 severe- ly wounded men were brought to Ghent. The material damage done, jit adds, was apparently very great, as a shed bui.t for submarines was commletely destroyed and with it some submarines, The significant announcement in the Admiralty report that it is not | the practice of the Admiralty to pub- lish accounts regarding the losses of German submarines, together with the statement of the Earl of Sel- horne,, President of the Board of Agriculture, in the course of an ad- dress to a deputation of agricultur- al landowners that the navy now has ace well in hand, lends color to recent unofficial re- ports to the effect that the British have of late months captured a very large number of these submer- sible vessels, and that many others have ben sunk. . The number sunk has been variously stated at from 20 to 40, put to-day's statement is | the only official admission that there | Were others than those previously announced by the Admiralty as hay- | ing been destroyed. FAIR GROUNDS + BLAZE OF LIGHT Electrical Arrangements For Cana. dian National Are On a Mag- nificent Scale, The electrical arrangements for the Canadian National Exhibition i should prove a pleasant surprise for visitors to the grounds. The hand- some Gooderham Fountain has been equipped with colored lights, sub- merged in the fountain, that will flash and play on the falling waters Flags of the Allies in colors will be | stretched across the roof of the Ma- | nufacturers' Building and at night | Will be brilliantly illuminated. An- other new feature will be the strings of colored globes strung about the grounds in all directions, while an artificial moon has been erected north of the grand stand in the outdoor agricultural section. The sphere is eight feet in-diameter, contains I= 800 globes and when illuminated the supporting éolumn will be 4nvisible, giving the effect of a huge ball of fire hanging suspended in mid air. The interior of the buildings have been equipped with vacuum or nitrogen lights of high power, and these will add greatly to the brilliance of the indoor illumination. 1 The grounds themselves never looked more beautiful. The floral arrangements are unsurpassed, while the lawns are a deep green and show no indication' of the presence ere this spring of the thousands of sol- diers who were encamped over the winter. : 3 --------. VISITED FRENCH FRONT King of Belgium Cheered By Soldiers . of France. Paris, Aug. 28 --Belglum's King received a remarkable tribute from the soldiers of France on his first trip of inspection of the French bat- tle front. His two day tour of the French trenches from Arras to the Vosges just ended was one continu- the _ cheers of the French fighting men. King Albert returned the visit re- cently paid to the Beigian front by President Poincare. . He motored first to the French lines noa- Arras, where Ite was met by President Pcincare and Gen. Joffre and cseort- ad to Geral Headquarters where an exthange of decorations took place. From headquarters the Bel- gian King was driven to an im ant . French position along t Aisne. Five Freich regiments pass- ed in review before him there, dem- onstrating new formations. Presi- dent Poincare, on behalf of the French troops thanked the Belgian King for his visit: . ~The Cheese Alexandria, Aug. 26.-- There were 313 white cheese offered; all sold at e Brockville, Aug. 26.---Af to-day's clieese board iieeting, the offerings were 892 white and 2,992 colored. The sales were, 465 white and 980 colored at 13%e, and 36 white and 420 colored at 13%e; = Vanleek 'Hill, 'Aug. 26 --There auspices were 771 white and 154 boxes color- ed cheese boarded to-da fold ut 13 1-16¢, and the .