PAGES 1-8 12 PAGES 1 "YEAR 82 bi DRIVING THE ENEMY ~ BACK IN GALICIA Troops From the Low DneistirAegion Are Busy And Have Forced the Austro- Germans Back Nearly a Mile. LAST NS. EDITION KiNGSTON, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1. 1915 : GERMANS REPAIRING A STEEL BRIDGE BLOWN UP BY RETREATING! "RUSSIANS. - A VIOLENT BATTLE IN VOSGES REGION Gemans Attacked French Works But Sent ~~ Back With Heavy Losses---Second Charge at Night Repulsed. Asphysiating Gas Bombis Were Used---The French Used . The Situation is Regarded as Satisfactory by the Russian ~~ Bayonets and Knives---Heavy Artillery Fighting | ; FL ¥ : War Ofice--The Gena, tis Said. re Pures Continues at Various Points on the | a ER to Wilke 3 Bit Susp Western Line. | Pu | ea i 6 Pengray (Special to the Whig.) | whi : ' hich attempted too ha: Paris. 1.-- (Official) --A battle is 'raging around have been Schratzmaennele, in the Vosges, after the cessation of infantry actions im | Josses. this region for several days. ~ In their sudden attempt to expel The Germans yesterday shelled the French trenches on the slopes for: | the Russians Jom Galicia the Aus- several hours. The hundred asphyxiating gas | heavily rentorced TT hepato bombs was followed rush of German infantrymen on the French which were reported in action Laters works. The French chaussers, who protected themselves from the gases Warsaw participated in the Austro- with respiratods, met therattack with bayonets and knives, and drove the Surman, tusks ga. 1st the Slavs enemy back from the parapets. The Germans suffered heavy . spa. en the Rus- leaving many bodies before the French trenches. A second charge was wv sty a' purpait defeated with severe (Special to the Whig.) | Petjograd, Sept. 1 --Strongly re- Inforced, the Russians in Galicia have taken the offensive, and by Successive attacks are threatening to roll up the right flank of the Aus- tro-Germans. Despatches received here to-day indicated not only a { complete check to the enemy's ad- vance in Galicia, but Russian gains 1 between Strypa and Zelota Lipa, wooden military | south-west of Tarnopel. Troops * | brought up from the low Dniester region are battering at Gen. Pfian- {zer's flank in the hilly country be- .tween the two rivers, and have driv- en the Austro-Germans back nearly a mile. At the extremity of the 500-mile battlefront the heavy . German at- | tacks are being repulsed in the re- | gion south of Riga. "- The enemy's. | | offensive in the direction bf Vilna | and Warsaw-Petrograd railway has been stopped, and the whole situa- tion" is now considered satisfactory | by the War Office. Germans are conce i Iy south of Riga. + Their heavy guns are hammering at Friedrichstadt bridgehead,and fresh German forces, | presumably from the Brest-Litovsk | district, are approaching the Dwina. Military men hege believe this activ. ity forecasts a drive on Petrograd. | Around Brest-Litovsk and south- | west to the Galician border the Sept violent of several explosion by a A steel bridge near Lemberg, whieh wae W being rebuilt by a corps of German engifiee rs. bridge across the stream in the foreground. own up by the retreating Russians, YossEh. Note the temporary sian forces were redistributed to meet this blow the enemy was halt- y ed. | | made last night, but was repulsed. SAAN SN 0 S03 Elsewhere there have been no ant Heavy attillery last twenty-four hours. yr MIN ts a NE i EXCEL GERMANS IN AIR War Tidings. A Washington State "effieid] said that British concessions to American shippers would not effect the Ameri- can formal protest against the Brit- ish order-in-council. The Welsh coal striffe is now def- nitely settled, The Government has granted the demiands of the min- ers, #nd is taking steps to prevant any mope strikés. = ~The advance of Italian troops con- { tinues near Valsugana. Austrians | in retreating are blowing up bridges, viaducts and railway lines. . The Russian fortress of Grodno is | "ow within range of héavy German guns, Russians have been evacuat- ing it for many days, taking every- | thing of value to the enemy. Adolphe Pégoud, a noted Frenca infantry engagements in the duels continued throughout the night around Neuville, St. Vaast, Roye and at several points around Arras. Other artillery fighting occurred in particularly at Fontaine-Aux-Charmes, Houyette and Haute CHevauchee. a a aa Att A tt tt a alt ENLARGE CZAR'S CABINET. New French System Restrains Hun Aviators. Paris, Sept. 1.--The new French . W. Ten Members, Five From Duma And Australian ar Bi ill Calls | The system of handling the air fleet, de- ' . . ; scribed in dispatches last week, has from the Duma.and five from the For Registration = restrained the German : air Council of the Empire, has been ten- | activities, according to a letter from tatively agreed on a means of mak ME fe Soris {@ German aviator in the Temps to- ing the Government more truly re- Ottawa, Sept. 1.--Australia is go-| day. He says: presentative of the people, according ing further than Canada by its War My squadron has been withdrawn to the Daliy Telegraph's Petrograd | The object of it is torbecause the French a€éroplanes now correspondent, | Census Bill. OF AUSTRO-GERMAN ATTACK furnish' the Government with com-| appear only in large numbers, either \ "Since - Parliament OF reconnaissance op to bar our the correspondent adds, '"vigorous| plete and acéurate knowledge of the forces it aspires to organize. Scouts systematically. The Aatter ee | efforts have been made to devise] | task accomplished is this: Ten ma- (Special to the Whig.) {some means by which the Govern-i Every male citizen of fighting age is compelled to give an exact ay-! chines patrol our line at a height of Rome, Sept. 1.--Italy has no fear that the Austro-Germans, having | ment and the Russian Chamber could | count of his physical condition, nis 10 Hhousaid. metres and ten more finished their campaign against Russia, will throw forces down the Adige | co-Operate more closely and effect- at three thousand, both flying in op-| valley for the invasion of the Ttalian northern provinces. { ively. The parties on the left of the Five From Council London, Sept. 1.--The enlarge- ment of the" Russian Cabinet by ten members, five of them to be chosen Argonne, ntrating heavi- assembled," | social and industrial status and his : : 4 mi'itary capacity. posite directions, so that if a German {Duma would have preferred an im- In addition. there must be disclos-| Scout -tries to get through he is at- "ed regiment from Eastern RIT | "We hold every important peak dominating the Adige valley section," said a high official to-day. "The Germans nfight throw half a million men mows. the ¥alley. but we conld hold them off with ease for months, "Winter is approaching, and by December military operations in the Alps will be out of the question, another fact the Germans have undoubt: | edly taken into consideration. And before the arrival of spring England, | France and Rusisa will be keeping the Austro-Germans busy elsewhere." : The Government several weeks ago contracted for large supplies of | wool, and every weaving and knitting factory in Italy is now turning out | heavy clothes for the winter campaign. Extra heavy garments are being | made for the troops engaged in the Alps along the Trentino frontier. | On some of the highest peaks, two miles above the sea level, struc- tures to house Italian soldiers during the winter are being built in the | shelter of rocks. These will be heavily provisoned, the War Office anti- cipating that many of the positions on the summits will he shut off from the outside world by heavy snows. * THE FOUR EX-MINISTERS ~~ IN WINNIPEG POLICE COURT ! | (Special to the Whig.) - | Winnipeg, Sept. 1.----A féw minutes after ten o'clock this morning | Sir Rodmond P. Roblin walked dejectedly up to the City Police Court preparatory to stepping into the dock charged with conspiracy." Fol | lowing him came ex-Attorney-General Howden and Hon. Dr. Montague, | and after another brief interval Hon. George Coldwell appeared. The four ex-Ministérs of the Crown all met in the office of Crown Prosecutor | Graham, and after a conference with their solicitor, went to the office of the chief dectective, in which they waited pending the arrival of R. Ac} Bonnar, K.C,, Crown Prosecutor. The ex-Ministers asked that the case | against them should proceed immediately, but Mr. Bonnar's absence preé- vented the authorities from pursuing this course. The names of the four ministers appear on the docket charged with that they did "conspire to defraud." The hearing will be very short and a date will be fixed for the preliminary trial. : "The ex-Ministers pleaded not guilty, And Were reminded until next ! 8th CMR. to Go Overseas _ As a Unit (Special fo. the Whig) Ottawa, Sept. 1.--Two mounted regiments, 'the 8th at Barriefield. commanded by Col. J. R. Munroe. Ottawa, and 12th Calgary, coms § ed by Col. C. Macdona d, Nave been 'selected to go on overseas service as complete units. This is one mount- anada, Russian Duma | Extends Rights of State Banks (Special to the Whig.) Petrograd, Sept. I.--The Finance Committee of the Duma presented a bill to-dgy extending the rights of state banks to issue paper money. The committee report was discussed. It was stated that t for war expenses we all possible sources of revenue must be used, taxation, internal eredit op- erations, an issue of paper money, and foreign loans. Ean and one from Westérn Canada. They were selected after an imspéction of the mounted troops by General Les- sard. ¥ ing the report of the committee, said that in "Spite of the exploitation of ; Se be unprecedented, amounting vo = of pver three billion roub SWINGING\ TO ALLIES. {Special to the ig.) London, Sept. X--The lat move indicates that 'the kans are swingig to the side the Allies. It is believed Teutonic advance aga mania may be begun Roumania having ret many's offers. , Russia posseses of which the Government intend soon to make use. The Govern is increasing the number 'banks, simplifying and facilitating their use by the people. : afi i i i § GENO PEP BOD | found 'many opponents. { ment. finally was veachdd on a pro: { ject under which five members each { ministers without portfolios. | eonvention soon would {up a Provisional Government. Inde- «pendent Mexicans, yet | with any of the factions would take | would be asked to arrange the de- ['witho@t warning, and without pro- i veying his instructions of State on | £0 large that! . Minister of Finan¢e Bark, support-} | internal credit to a degree hithetto to total!' immense reserves of savings | of saving) v mediate transition to a Parliamen- tary Government, this idea naturally An agrea- ed, in confidence, the nature, extent and value of &very man's possess ions. tn sd Austrade's wer outiay 18 comput-| ed at $225,000,000 per annum. f CREP RRPPEPPR PRI P PIER PIR | ® "| 4 ARE UNDER ARREST. & * of the Council of Ministers and the Duma should enter the Cabinet as (Special to the Whig.) Winnipeg, Sept. 1.--S8ir Rod- * mond Roblin, Dr. W. H. Mon- * tagye, James Howden and G. # R. Coldwell are arrested here, # and under $50,000 bail to dp- # pear in court to-day charged + with conspiracy to defraud. See Peave Coming Soon. Washington, Sept.1 Villa and Zapata agents here said that a peace be called in neutralized territory. in Mexico to set + * | BEPRPE EER EE PIII IEEE ESE | THIRSTY ENTOURAGE | Seber bpp unaffiliated part, they swid, and it was_ possible that the = pafi-American conferees tails. The delay in receiving 'Geu- eral Carranza's reply to the pan-Am- erican peace appeal has raised hopes that influences are at work to induce him to participate. The Villa and Zapata adherepts, however, apnounce their Intention! of proceeding without Evangelist's Party Emptied Philadel. | . phian's' Liguor Closet. | Philadelphia, Sept. 1.--An eight-| page schedule reciting 'reasons for a | claim for damages against the Phiia- | delphia Evangelistic Association, | | Which backed the Billy Sunday reviv- | E47 Carranza if necessary. Will Not Sink Liners Without Giving Warning Washington, Sept. 1.-- "Liners will not be sunk by-our. submarines | the Common Pleas Court in the City | Hall. The lists sets forth. the con-| dition of the home of Col. Charles M. Keegan, 1914 Spring Garden street, which the Sunday entourage occupied while working here. In- stead of the original claim of $1,754, Col. Keegan's demand has risen to $3,043.75, and formal action to re cover the amount has been started by him. Now, for the first time, { authority is" found for the accusa- tion that liquors Col. Keegan left in his home when he turned it over to viding for the safety of the lives of non-combatants, provided ' that the) the Sunday party were missing when fers Go 3ot Ui to seo or offer 10, AEsin Look possesion. Tie resistance, ay the Hite a ate] 53 quarts bt wines, whiskies and cor- ment of Ambassador Bernstorff, con | dials, valued at $40, : | One of the heaviest items among the Lusi ine claims is $298 for scraping and refinishing floors. Another charge fs $57 for carting away rubbish '| found In the house after the Sunday party: left it. Also several marble figures and fwelve French novels were gone. % ' 3 Ee i tas am HAVE MERELY DRIFTED Times Makes Attack-On Direction of > Campaign. London, Sept. 1.--The Times mi- litary _correspondeat this 'merning § | makes a strong attack on 'the higher *{ direction of the campaign from the British side, which he declares is the' v ) in the the Germans answer to tania. A i tin non, Loyal Warsaw Bankers. Amsterdam, Sept. 1.--Thirty War- saw 'bankers who refused to accept German promissory notes have been arrested and interped in Germany. . failure to organize a munitions sup- i the correspondent says the Cab- 8 has shown no genius for war. -*To put it brutally," the corres. pondent says, "we have not been gov .jerned in a strat sense, We | manly Grirtea ' ; tacked by the nearest two French- Czar's troops are moving back in |aviator termed the "Terror of the al here last winter, has been filed in| have} then above apd below simultaneous- | ly, others joining if the two are in- | 1 v | derly. their | y 8 hot to stop Bit Thee Lomb throwing is operating with similar numbers. We must follow exam ple or yield commana of the! air" > i } WA NT EVERYTHING SETTLED. Before They Get Busy In the Mines (Special te the Whig.) Cardiff, Sept. 1.--Though a settle | ment was reached at Loudon, yes terday, -30,000_ miners in- the Khon ada Valley and 12,600 in Monmiouth- | shire refused "to resume work to-day | until the agreement is formally rati- fied and signed by the miners' de legates, ~~ * . British Troops Melting Away From London London, Sept. 1.--The Just now is as silent as the desert! sphinx, but London hears tliat some-| thing is about to happen on the west-| ern front. > The question most asked here is-- when is thie big show coming off? i The average Londoner is waiting! in highly. interested expectancy. He believes he will not have 'to wait | long. ' { ! All the reasons behind his deduc- tions cannot be stated heré. Bat it is 'sufficient to 'note that soldiers ake becoming more scarce in London. | Kilted Scots, be-capped British 1a) | anders and Canadians, -be-hatted | Australians and New Zealanders, and turbaned Indians are fast disappear | ing from the gaze of civilian Lon--! don--hundreds of thousands of | them, daily for the past month they | have been moving off, somewhere. | , It is known here that the British trout in France has been lengthen. | ed--exactly how 'much the publie! does nét know. Wh f i | | ta : i § | wintér-grown grain is harvested al- | war office! | Exportation. Prohibited Until Furth. | AEE EEE Be | conformity with a general plan of re- tirement adopted when the evacua- . tion of Brest-Litovsk became neces- . The retreat is slow and or- Severil enemy detachménts RUSSIA'S WHEAT CROP | 2,000,003,000 BUSHELS Winter Sown Grain Already Gamered , rEg Hapviss Are. ound. Petrogrdd, Sept. 1.--A despatch to the London Daily Mail says that | M. Krivoshein, Minister of Agricul- | ture, has given- definite assurances in figures about the Russian harvest which completely dispel all doubts thrown by German agents on its un- usual size and value. Taking all crops together, these figures indicate that the yield will be about 2,000,000,000 bushels, The Huns," was killed on Tuesday. Italian troops are making further | progress eA Tent, The sum- | it of Monte has been eaptur DAILY MEMORANDUM, Vaudeville at Grand, 2.30 and 7.30 Lake Ontario Park vaudeville, 8.15 See top of page 3, right hand corner, or probabilities. | MARRIED "ETTIGREW-BARDELS--On Tuesday evening, August 31st, 1915; by the Rev. G. IL. Campbell, Vera L., eldest daughter of O. V. Bartels, to Archie J. Pettigrew, both of King- ston SEGSWORTH - DALTON + In Bt. George's Cathedral, Kingston, on Tuesday, August 31st, 1815, by the Very 'Rev. Dean Starr; M.A. .D., assisted Uy the Rev. Cecil Whalley, MA, BD, Mabel Elizabeth, elder daughter of Mr. and 's. Wm. Bartlett Dalton, to Robert Freder- ick Segsworth, barrister-at-law, Toronto, son of the late John Segs- worth of Toronto, » DIED, * KBOWN---dn Kingston,' at Hotel Dieu Monastery, on August 31st, 1915, 'Rev. Sister McKeown. Funeral will take place after a solemn requiem mass, which will be sun on Thursday morning at 1.3 Me ready, and 'also a large proportion of spring-sown crops. The figures arrived at are 446,000,000 bushels o'clock~in the monastery chapel better than last year's total, and | SWIFT--In Toronto, September 1st, 291,000,000 bushels in excess of the | 1915 Mary K., beloved wife of Jos: five-year average. Sph FL Swill G 88 at St. Mary's Cathedral, Of wheat altogether there will be; this city, Tuesday, $30 am. harvested 571,000,000 bushels, | Friendginvited to attend against 428,000,000 in 1914, and a | WALDRON~In Ringston, five-year average of 478,000,000 | 21% 1915, Gordon Kil bushels. For export there will be | 1 available 450,000,000 bushels. THE difficulty of finding sufficient | harvesters has n__ successfully. overcome, and there will not be any | difficulty in transporting wheat to | IN MEMORIAM. Black Sea ports as soon as grain | YORKE dn loving Mmetiory of my ships can pass through the Darda- | Sear Iather, John M. Yorke, who nelles. Great quantities of. grain | pu: Some aro we an. are at these ports already awaiting | Through the péanly portals wide, the success of operations in Gallf- | He will be the Dest do mest us poli, | Safe within our ong £8 § § at i { { { { Fun on August OF, young. d and Mrs. Douglas 5 'Waldroh, aged four years { Funeral from the \ { grandmother, Brock - street, ing, at 19 o'clec - -- NO WINES FROM FRANCE er Notice, { ROBERT J RE rt ID London, Sept. 1.--The Daily Mail Phone 577. say that the exportation of all wines! from France is prohibited until fur-| ther notice. . Sinee last Wednesday no wines have been shipped. It is understood that the French Govern- ment wishes to keep all IY, Tate aE verahos y natlo , for the use of he troops. Te. 1 " vintage . in Bordeaux are exceptionally bocr. Us E ] v : hs . ually large quantities are exported to South American-and other a and, faced with the prebsbility of a) LUNCH TONGUE IN TINS LUNCH IN GLASS shortage, the Government has order- ed that none shall be sent out of the country. "> WORKING OF TIDE. (Special to the Whig.) Petrograd, Sept. 1. --. * with thir Rese .