- r Zhe Baily a | | 19 PACES ' "~~ ' - PAGES{-8 } YEAR 82 NO 213 KiNGSTON, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14. 1015 Ts - _ men drawn from this unit, and there vest that is red instead of golden. THE SIXTEENTH DAY "OF ARTILLERY DUEL French Gunners Wrecked German Batteries And French Salients in Argonne---Aero- planes Raid the German Front And Bombard Junctions. (Special to the hig.) 3 Paris, Sept. 14, Flotillas of French aeroplanes raided thé German front early bombarding railway junctions, while 'the incessant cannonade on the entire battle line continued for the sixteenth day. This afternoon's official statement said the railway station at Bons- dorf Junction, near Morhang at Chatel, in the Argonne, and at marche, north of Ypres, were attacked by French birdmen. The French gunners were particularly successful in last night's bom- bardment in the Argonne, damaging German batteries in Mermare forest and wrecking German salients. Artillery to-day, Long- fighting was very violent during the night in the entire Artnise region south of Somne and along the Aisne canal to the Marne. Foe's Field Works Heavily Damaged. 14.--1In addition to keeping up a general cannonade at many points on the long battle front, French artillery yesterday succeed- ed in damaging the organizatiens of the Germans on the front north of 'the Oise and thein works al Beauvraignes. The German trenches, cantonments, and batteries situated on the lines between the Aisne and the Marne were violently bombarded, especially in the environs of Sapig- neul and Neuville, near Berry-au-Bac. Paris, Sept. a tt a AAA At tA tA AAA tte THE ALLIES TO ATTACK TWO PARTS Of GALLIPOLI (Special to the Whig.) . London, Sept. 14.--Resumption of fighting at the Dardanelles, both on land and sea, was reported in despatches from Athens to-day. There are indications that the Allies are preparing for concerted attacks in\ both the Sedd Ul Bahr and Sulva Bay regions of Gallipoli. Turkish batteries, which have been shelling the Anglo-French trencehes at the southern tip of the peninsula by throwing projectiles across the strait, have been demolished. id Two British cruisers entered the strait and wrecked the shore guns on the Asiatic side for a distance of three miles. The cruisers then steamed in close to the European side of the Darda- nelles and shelled the Turkish lef on the Ganipdli peninsula. mists at home is furnished in a let- of Canadians Has Crossed to: from Lance-Corp. Percy R. Wood- . and, of the Somerset Light Infantry. France. . |. Writing to the Rev. C. J. Leal, of Ye 1 Be | roughbridge; he says: oth : | "At any rate you are not a pessi- {mist, and I am 'surprised to learn TO BE DRAFTED FROM RESERVE TRAINING DEPOT. A min MEN IN THE TRENCHES. Have No Fear As To the Final Re- sult. London, Sept. 14.--A striking re- ply from the trenches to the pessi- {that there should be anyone at home | with inclinations that way. Those fof us who are doing, or trying to do, | 'our bit' out here, consider such ideas a slur, more or less, on our efforts. If as they say, 'All is lost," what has | the British army and navy done, and rei Tu . | what are they doing? What of the The 20th Battalion May Not Be Brig- | © victories here and there, over- aded--Its Place To Be Taken By |halancing reverses? Jellicoe, the the Royal Canadian Regiment. | naval watchdog, and Kitchener, the . Be tek x __|army*sphinx, the V.C.'s, the D.C.M 's, Folkestone, England, Sept. 14. | the thousand acts of superb bravery The Second Canadian Contingent has : . (as yet untold--and many of them crossed the English ~ Channel and, vo. v5°he related because their ac- disembarked on French soil. The pre-{ 1,0"; 4 witnesses are now lying un- parations for the second ex0dus| gar :ne ground bver which those left were begun immediately following |, a gin fighting, and will continue the Royal review ten days ago, and, io sont in si te of th imist transports have beg departing for! Dismal In Shite of is pessimists and. several days, and ail have now safe "When you meet these 'whiners' ly reached their destination. iplease tell them the British Tommy . Men who are in reserve training iis not laying down his arms just be- dépot, many of whom have been here cause they say we are losing. That longer than 'those who form part of they themselves are not 'doing tneir the second division, Were-quite en- full share is evident, or they would vious Of their comrades who have at least refrain from sowing the wea gone to the front. In the first re- of discouragement. serve brigade of field artillery there "What a contrast exists between are several well known Ontirio men, the old villages at home and any dis- who for some reéason linger on, trict out here! In this country the though they have seen companions women do their work in the fields go to the front week after week. It while their husbands, sons and bro- is now on the tapic that a howitzer thers are ploughing the fields with brigade will be formed, composed of bullets and shell, and reaping a har- is a"keen desire shown to be draftéd Their sickle is the bayonet, their into the new brigade. 4 Whetstone patridtism, and their har- A change has taken place in the, vest home will be the greatest since command of the 20th Battalion ow- the world began." act ing to certain differences St upinion. x ; Lieut.-Col. 'A'lan relinquis! is War Tidings. command and returned to Canada ati, . 5 rather short notice. His men were 5 Bulgaria has assumed no politic- exceedingly sorry to lose him, and ia 01 gations with Turkey of the displayed their feelings by trying to ea -- ois as a result of cession hold up- his car as he left camp for hr 0 yarHiony to Buigagia, the station. The command has been 4 f Res n a heavy mabiliza. given to Lieut.-Col, H. C. Rogers, of "Oo or umanian troops, including Peterboro. It i likely that the 20th Several regiments of cavalry, to face will not be brigaded, and- that the iC SNEIpocind soncanuation of Aus- Royal Canadian Regiment now - ex- ans. whie directed presumably pected from Bermuda will take their against umaniang. ' 2 plave. : been decided to send eight When Gen. Steele was appointed parties of English workmen employ- to command the south-eastern. dis = plants manufacturing mari- trict 'it 'seemed likely that Majoritions for a four days' visit to the Jurvis, his old colleague in thie R.N.|irenchek "to show them the nved for WALE. would remain behind also, OTS amon Sad. greater activ- but Major Jarvis, who is oyost n producing i, 4 ; MR ua) has gone with the 2nd divie-|. Newfoundland has sent 2,000 sol- & experts in New York. the National Bank of Th ---------- THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT Is Again In Scssion--The Budget Next Week, (Special to the Whig) London, Sept. 14.--There was a generous attendance at the opening session of Parliament this aftersoon Premier Asquith announced in the Commons that he will move a further credit for war expenditures to-mor- row. The Chancellor of the Ex chequer announced that the taxation budget will not be introduced unti next week. NORWAY ENTERS PROTEST. Against the Holding Up Of a Norwe- gian Vessel. (Special. to the Whig) Christiania, Sept. 14.--The Nor- wegian Government to-ddy protested to Germany against the action of a HGerman-submarine commander, whe held up the Norwegian steamer Bess- heim and removed a British subject. cenit Mrs. P. Rhinelander Dead. Tuxedo, Sept. 14.--Mrs, Philip Rhinelander of 16 'Bast Fiftyefitth street, New York, died of burhs re ceived when an alcohel lamp éx- ploded in her summer home on the west shore of' Tuxedo Lake. After valiantly fighting the flames that enveloped her body, lightly clothed at the time, Mrs. Rinelander be- came unconscious. Her death oe- curred siortly after onc o'clock What caused the explosion of the lamp, a small-nlephol affair used by Mrs. Rhinelander in dressing her hair, probably will never be known. Turkish: Army > Cannot Hold Much Longer « Athens, Sept. '14.--1t is learnéd from a quite reliable man staff in Constantinople have informed the imperial military authorities in Ber- lin that it is impossible for the Turkish army, unless. it receives effective help, to hold out longer than Sep- tember 25th. In further reference to statements re- {garding the reported Austro- {German plan to attack Ser- bia, it can be said that up to. three davs ago, airmen's re- connaissances led to covery of a foree fen. Capt. Cronyn. of Torontd," has gh to fight Se. Empires battles been appointed A.D.C. to Gemeral| in the I as well as con- Steele. tributing man toward the Canadian and Im navies. German submarines are hunted, a French Cargo Boat Torpedoed. The airmen penetrated a considerable distance into 1 and damaged others. Turkish sonree that the Ger- She dis-|- of only 30,000 men on the frontier: ANGLO.FRENCH FINANCIERS IN. NE LAST EDITION | Kitchener J Cot Conscription London, Sept. 14.--The parliamen- tary correspondent of the Daily News says that the present views of the | cabinet on the question of compul- sory service, which iS now the most | liscussed question in the secret coun- cils of the Government, are as fol- | lows: Uncommitted--Kitchener. For compulsory service--Curzon, Lansdowne, Lloyd Geerge, Churchill, Bonar Law, Long, Chamberlain, Sel- bourne and Carson. Against compulsion -- Asquith, Grey, Balfour, Crewe, Buckmaster, McKenna, Simon, Runciman, Birrell, | Wood, Hargourt and Henderson. It is untierstood that Mr. Bonar Law, Mr. Long and Mr. Chamber- lain are not inclined to press for the compulsory policy if it appears like- ly.to lead to a schism in the Govern ment. Lord Kitchener, it is said, | considers that at the present moment | there is no need for compulsory mili- tary service. DE | a FELL TPRIEERIRIIIINN nd + PID SPLENDID WORK + : cial fo 3 | #7 {Special to the Whig.) | {® ' Ronie, Sept: 14.--The French +! le submarime Papin attacked and # t% sunk an Austrian torpedo boat #| + | | SHE E4000 02000046 cad 080000 . -NEWS OF PRISONERS. | Seven Canadians Have Died | Of! ©. Wounds. London, Sept. 14.--Nows has been received of the following prisoners: | Private Fred Armstrong, 15th Bat- | tation, is at ' Paddeborn; Michael {O'Sulivan is at Créssen; Dudas San- dor is at Rozyadow;. John. Rankin, of the Highlanders is at Wesel; John | Sumner, of the 29th Battalica, is at , Austersch; Joseph Strain, of the Regiment, capt at Ypres, Gottingen; Howard Halo, cap- tured at La Bassee is at Gottingen. The following are officially re- | ported from German sources as hav- INE of wounds: No.'18,983, Par ris; "2nd Battalion, at Stadeén; No. : 27,567, Douglas Tickuef, 15th Bat- italien, at Roulers; R. O'Dowd, 8th Battalion; A. P. Robertson, F, Lew- is, J. Cambridge and 8S. Asherott. | These last five were captured at Ypres. William Wallace, of the | Highlandors, was buried at Ohrdruf and Artur Gibbard, 1st Battalion, i was buried at Phelempin. | emt ee i MONEY IN WAR RISKS, | U, S. Federal Burean Receives $2.- Washington, Sept. - 14.--in the: first year uf its operations, complet- ed September Ind, the Federal War, ! k Insurance Bureau wrote 1,245 po! on American ships and 82. | Royal is at a | National Exhibition totalled by © | sian-American liner { Six of the most prominent English and French financial experts, members of the Anglo-French Commission selected to confer with American bankers, regarding a solu- tion of the Foreign Exchange difficulty, are now conferring with U. a (1) Left to right, Basil B. Blackett, of the British Treasury; Octave Homberg, of the French Foreign Office; and E. Mallet, regent of the Bank of France. (2) J. I>. Morgan, who met the financiers, photogra Lord Chief Justice, the chairman. of the London City and Midland Bank. nkey NS. and Canadian he PITH OF NEWS. Despacches From Near And Distant _ Places, *""' . The attendance at the. Canadian 864.- 000. It is estimated $1 been spent by Germ for press work outside of Germany. T. I. Thompson," ex-M.P.,, Owen Sound, has been notified of his ap- 2,000,000 has { pointment as sheriff of Grey county. The Italian Government is report- ed to have placed an order for $7. 000,000 wor.h of ammunition Swiss firms at Chaux de Fonds. The fire on the Labre line Sant-| including | was ex-| anna with 2,000 people Canadian nuns aboagd, tinguished according to wireless. The German aviator, Klubel, in- ventor of the invisible aeroplane, was killed at Muenster Sunday while test- ing' a new machine, years old. = The decoration of the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Sava has been conferred upon John D. Rockefeller] in recognition of the relief work dene the Rockefeller Foundation in Ser- bia. . Lieut. Robert Bruce, of the Royal Engineers, who has just joined the regiment in the Dardanelles, travel- led 6,000 miles to enlist. Heo was an engineer in Vancouver, and was married 'in Richmond a few years ago. TO BUILD NEW LINE Russian Liner Sails With a Laige Cargo. New 'York, Sept. 14.---The Rus- Dwinsk sailed Sunday. evening for Archangel with 408 passengers and 8,000 tons of cargo. Among the passengers on board were three engineers from the Bald-| | win Locomotive Works who will sup- | erintend the assembling of 250 loco- motives to be used on the new Petro- grad-Kola. railroad. . This railroad will sians an -all-year' com with the. outside world. Seward B. Utter, a member of the Curtiss Aeroplane Company, also sailed to superintend the assembling of the aeroplanes built by his com- pany. munication ---- Arrest Dentist in Hamilton Bank Case _ Hamilton, Sept. 14.--A sensation Was sprung here yesterday in con- nection with the Union Bank theft case for which John MeKinnon, for- mer manager of the Barton street branch of that institution, was con victed and in Portsmo 3 tion of which time he has se It was announced that Dr. Herbert (McKay, a dentist, had been taken into custody in connection with same case. Dr. McKay is : phed with Baron Reading, | (3) Sir E. Hopkinson Holden, managing director| (4) Sir Henry Babbington Smith, president of an secret service with | He was fifty! + give the Rus-| FROM ARR- ATTACKS | ---- Admiral Sir Percy Scott is Appointed---Ger- man Submarine Sunk At Dardanelles--- Turks Burn Seaport Town, Con- vinced Straits Must Fall. (Special to the Whig.) London, Sept. 14.--London will be ready when the Zeppelins come | again. Full details have not been made public, but it was learned to-day that the entire system of defending the Capital from sky attacks will be radically changed as the result of an important conference held last night. "It will 'be a lucky Zeppelin that succeeds in passing the city, out- skirts," was the significant statement made by one aeronautical expert | after the conference adjourned. The appointment of Admiral Sir Percy Scott, England's greatest au- thority on naval gunnery, to take charge of the defences of Londen against Zeppelin raids, is only one of the features of the new "anti-Zep pelin programme." Other measures will be kept secret for the same reason the Admiralty | withholds information of its methods of meeting. the German submarine | campaign. French Torpedo Boat Sinks German Submarine. (Special to the Whig.) Paris, Sept. 14.--A French torpédo boat has sunk a German submy- | rine. off the entrance to the Dardanelles, according to an Athens - | spatch to the Journal. The Ministry of Mdrine has not confirmed the | report. Turks Likely Retreating Into Interior. (Special to the Whig.) London, Sept. 14.--News Agency despatches from Athens to-day re- ported that the Asia Minor seaport town of Fecha is in flames. It is inferred from this, the Athens correspondent cabled, that the Turks are f convinced the Dardanelles defences are about to fall, and are retreatl ig into the interior, burning coast towns. Are To Evacuate Vilna. Petrograd, Sept. 14.~The evacuation of Vilna will follow the éut- | ting of the Vilna-Petrograd Railway, it was semi-officially admitted to- | day. The battle south-east of Riga is daily growing more furious. Gon. | Von Beseler has been reinforced by Von Hinderberg, and is making every | effort to" shatter the Russian front on the Dwina, from Dvinsk to within {thirty miles of Riga. *. The Germans are renewing their attempt to cross the Dwina near Lindeh under the curtain of a terrific artillery. fire. _ The assault upon | Dvinsk from the west has been fruitless. ! In the Tarnopol district the Czar"s troops continue to drive the Ger- | mans back, taking prisoners and machine guns, In the extreme south-east the Austrians have suffered heavily in at- | tempts to stem the Russian advance by counter attacks. i mam Registry For Kowkash. Toronto, Sept. 14.--Should inves- .| tigation show that sufficient ore has | been found at the Kowkash gold | camp, near Cochrane, to warrant | steps being taken, the Ontario De {partment of Mines will ppen a re- | . 50,000 Enlist . in One Day a 2# sys pp | COTding office in the district. T, A. i . mn Britain sims Re or Recording | Offices, has been sent to look into London, Sept. 14.--Increased re- | conditions. cruiting due to the recent Zeppelin | {raids on England has added more | than 50,000 soldiers to the British 1 | { i Cardinal Gaspari, the Papal Secre- | tary of State, has sent $200 to the , | Calais Hospital with a letter saying BEL a as rObADIS AA within | {ye Pepe repre thas he Bre because of reports that Count Zep. | ent conditions of the Vatican's finan- pelin had.in person directed the raid | 225 Prevents his sending more. on' Saturday night on the east coast; | details of -that attack were oapeti¥ | Vaud ALY MEMOBANIIM. | awaited. It is expected that the | See top of page 3, right hand eorger, Government will be called upon in | for probabilities. i Parliament to give more informa-| oC 3% ca tion as to what has actually occur- |THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG Following City ired in the various raids. Some | | members of Parliament believe that | IS on Sale at the certain facts can be given without | Stores: | betraying any military secrets. Bucknell's News Depot { Clarke J W. & ( | FRPP PPPE PERE E PRR PR 0000d Coliege Book Store * * Soiliers Groory, HA L209 2 ances ran oy ml en' seery, Cor. Princess T PROVE ZEPPELINS BACK. #| Frontenac Haw oo incess 8 arred -- 4 | Gibson's Drug Store *Market Square (Special to the Whig.) + Lowe's Grocery 'ortsmou i | McAuley's Book St +++. 93 Princess . London, _Sept.. 13.--British %! McGairs Cigar Store, Cor Prin. & Kin aeroplanes met and drove back #|Moleod's Grocery ....51 Union St. W. Zeppelins which were attacking + | Medley's Drug Sto! 158 University the east coast counties on Sun- #| pauls (oar Siare day night for the fifth time in + one week. Three British avia- | Prouse"s Drug Store & | Valleau's Grocery . tors were killed or injured. i : WE 0 + + «.313 Princess 208 Montreal ek. wat MARRIED : LOH - WILLIAMS On September 14th, at St Mary's Cathedral, by Rev. Father Hanley, Irene Anna, second daughter of Mr. and Mra Lawrence J. Willams, to Captain John Hugh Welch youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs John Welch. Kingston. Pht ete * | BIG INCREASE IN puTiEs. | | In the P {1 the Coming Huiiget of British Par. { London, Sept: vern- 14.--The Go . , hgh { ment has prohibited the withdrawal | ROBERT J. REID. | from bond of wine, spirits, tea, su- | The Undertaker. | gar, and some other dugiable EOUAS, | Phone rr Princess Street. a] ; [except at a rate corr not only with guns and explosive! : (Special to the Whig) : London, Sept. 14. 4 French rargo boat Oued Sebou, of 1,504 tons, was sunk by a German sitbma- | rine. ° Her crew was rescued. bombs, but alse with nets; that when they leave port-their command- ers know that the chances for their | those of their destruction far exceed return to. port. goes, with a risk aggregating 709.689, aécording 16 & report made 2 3 1 the enemy's country and did C. Delaney, {not see any additional troops or any signs of econeéntra- {tion of hostile forces. ums recel 16 with receiving $3,300 of money. :