| 19 PACES | YEAR 83 - NO Tryin THE WAY IS PAVED a 219 By. Great. Damage Done German Works By French Artillery---Aerial Observers Flew Along the Front Noting Results of Connonades. (Special to the Whig.) Paris, Sept. 21.--(Official)--ountless German works were destroy- ed, other enemy positions were made untenable, and the way was paved for a possible Anglo-French movement by the furious bombardment of the past three weeks all along the battle front. An official statement this afternoon explained the reasons for the can- nonade that for duration and number of shells poured in on the enemy's trenches surpassed any previous artillery storm of the "These heavy artillery actions along the destruction of divers enemy works," said the official statement. cannonade, often unaccompanied by infantry atacks, were intended to de- stroy worrisome enemy positions and mitrailleuses, demolish' eneiny shel- ter places and the concentration of enemy troops, and render it impossible for the enemy to hold certain works. war. entire front resulted in the "The Efticacy of the French Fire. "Day and night storms of French shells descended upon the enemy communication trenches, encampments, bridges and supply columns. The efficacy of the French fire throughout the bombardment was recounted by the reports of our aerial observers, who constantly flew along ¥he front "noting the results of the cannonades. German prisoners also admitted that the damage done their positions was most serious. "The amount of ammunition expended proves the resources of France in shells, The incessant activity gave assurance that the war of attrition could continue with small losses for our forces. "French troops made noteworthy progress during the night at Hart- mann's Weilerkopf by using grenades and bombs." Pt, AAA AAA at DRASTIC LEVIES TO MEET GREAT BRITISH-DEFICIT-. (Special to the Whig.) London, Sept. 21.--A forty per cent. increase in income tax and other drastic levies to meet the greatest deficit ever caused by the British nation were proposed in the Government's tax budget introduced in the House | of Commons this afternoon by Chancellor of the Exchequer Reginald Mc- i Kenna. - 3 Mr. McKenna estimated the revenue for the year from all sources at one biilion three hundred and sixty million dellars. Against this, he said, was an expénditure of nearly eight billion dollars. "Taxation must be on a scale never before imposed by the British | nation," said Mr. McKenna. "At the end of the war we will face dead weight debt, estimated at more than ten billion dollars. a This will by no means cripple our resources, hut every section of the nation must | contribute and make the greatest sacrifices." ,Cost of the Army And Navy. "The navy," Mr. McKenna said, "is costing, Great Britain more than | nine hundred million dollars yearly. The army costs more than three | and a half bililons, and external' advances more than two billions." "This is an unprecedented situation, and it has resulted in the placing | of unprecedented burdens upon the nation," he said: "Consequently, bi "appeal to 'you for approval of the measures, which, may seem, are necessary for the economic life 'of the nation." The income tax exemption limit is lowered from, $800 to $650 a year | Thousands of workers under the 'provisions. of the bill adepted to.day, heretofore exempt will be forced to pay income taxes. Excess war profits will be heavily taxed, the Government hoplug in this way to raise $150,000,000. The annual tax on practically all patent medicines is doubled, and ad valorem duties averaging 33 1-3 per cent. list of luxuries. To illustrate the increase iy a man with an income of $50, of $12,645. : Dutch Bill In Faver of Woman Suffrage (Special to the Whig The Hague; Sept, 21. 31. Queen Wil- income tax rates, Mr. McKenna said that Sir Sum. He Can Cet ; Million Men :: | Toronto, Sept. 21 General Sir 3 Hughes was in a' jovial mood | belminia in opening the fession of When he passed through Toronto to | the Dutch Parliament to-day an-| Barrie, where a civic reception; nounced that the Government will in-{ ing held in his honor. The troduce a bill eliminatifg the present | ter had nothing more to report re- hindrances to woman suffrage. The { garding his proposal of billeting | Queen's announcement was greeted troops during the winter. Officials with applause. were not ready to report. Regard- Parliament, the Queen said, will be | ing his statement the other day that | aslted to vote credits for an increased | he was getting two recruits for every navy in accordance with the _ pro-|one mn , he simply said: "1 can gramme recently drafted by the nav-| gat a million recruits any time I want | al committee. them." if SHERI IE THE KAISER INJURED. (Special to > the Whig.) Amsterdam, Sept: 21. Kal + NO STATEMENT MADE (Spec London, Sept. chim were slightly injured in an ¢ | operations on the 'Serbian front, to Berlin despatches to-day. The # | Imperial automob.te was wreck- # 'ed. No further details are + given. : td Capt. John Manson, keeper of Col- Ei itor were reported in action for the first time since the war began. SPIE EP ROTH 1 to the Wh pt. 1 toms has been at is Me first five Ged WG om 5 An | of | Sessebsatiebsstbes tbr however drastic they | Bre | : By British War Office Regarding Ser. : fal to _the Whig: + B 21m "War Of-l automobile accident, according # | where German batteries yemerday, KiNGSTON, tu. 8 W. L. Saunders, N [onn. «+ nominee Inventors' Guild. (5) Dr. P. Aeronautic Engineers. automobiles. MONTAGUE AND ROBLIN To He Further Charged In Manitoba Scandal. (Special to the Winnipeg, Sept. 21. formations have been the Crown against three former Manitoba Cabinet Ministers, accor- ding to notification given to the. de. fense by R. A. Bonnar. The new in- formations grow out of the evidence of Horwood. James H. Howden is to be charged with perjury and D¥: Montague and Sir Rodmon Roblin with destruction of public documents. Whig.) Further in Poor Strategy to Let Germans . Seize Railways (Special to the Whig.) London, Sept. 21.--The Czar "has not' been so sucessful in his army leadership as the deposed Grand Duke, the military critic of the Times hints to-day in discussing the possibility that the Russians in the Vilna region may be unable to escape from Von Hindenberg's trap. The Times critic | was poor strategy | Permit German for the Slavs cavalry to} to sweep | | around the flank and seize the rail- jars east of Vilna. Gives $150,000 T> McGill. Montreal, Sept: 21.---Dr." James Sugiag of New York has given ,000 to McGill University, Mon- | Bint toward the cost of the erection a students' vresidence on the grounds where the new campus was | opened 'a few days ago. PEPER RRP PPE R ERR PP PPP PPE | * 2069 MINERS TRAPPED, (Special to the Whig.) Nuneaton, England, Sept. 21. % --An explosion in a colliery % here last night trapped 269 % miners in the lowe] levels. Ten # bodies have been recovered al- : ready, and a heavy loss of life % is feared. < 2 LJ + & + -» Aaa Russians Sink Big Submarine in Black Sec (Special to the Whig.) Petrograd, Seépt. 21,-- Russian tor- pedo boats have cornered and sunk, | with the loss of all the crew, the Ger- | man submarine which has been op- { erating in the Black Sea for some | time. are assessed against a long | It is supposed this is one of Ger- | many's largest seagoing submarines | which voyaged around from Heligo- 00 a year will pay an annual income tax | pay | several points. land and dodged the Allies fleets at WILL Nor Pp PRESS | The Conscription 1 Tesne At This Ses sion. (Special Yo the Whik.) London, Sept. 21.--Conseription-| nt, members of Parliament at a cau- $day decided not to press the: . Fiption issue at the present ses- | ston, unless the Labor members at- | te to force the Ministry to declare | itse I against compulsory- service. Italian Volcanoes Erupt. Sept. 21.--Maultiple | tions of the Italian volcanoes | oorurring, says a ati ! Rom Rone viva, Aetna and are all 'active, a phe | before recorded. None of The Sup | tions, 'however, is of a character to | cause alarm. | greeresiteniaeisiseseneny {2 BULGARIA NEUTRAL. (Special to > the Whig.) | ti anno) + day ser Wilhelm and, Prince Joa- # dns was silent regarding ' the ¢ Bulgaria has ord "in the interest of stad 3 [4% tion | ® neutrality." | Saressstsssssenssssssessed I "Rev. F. W. W. Squire, rector of Holy {Trinity Church, Ottawa East, has The British: been. appointed chaplain of the 77th --d Tinkmore re four thousand Battalion, Rockliffe. nk by a German ub Miss Rul ; Cleon" or hatiiles the bar of Aiherth A prepared by, Russian | declares that it' * i + * * Fashingiom Sept. 21.--The & The Daily British Whi ONTARIO, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2], 1915 ~ NAVAL ADVISORY BOARD HEADED BY EDISON. Left to right: --(1) Andrew L. Riker, Detroit, nominee American nominee Ar ¥ mi, Slav Detence Is Improving London, Sept. 21.--The Times cor respondent with the Russian forces says "The character of the Russian de- fence is improving every week, and if the outside world thinks the Ger- mans are driving this army before | {them it makes a gross mistake, it the Riga and Dvinsk sectors are typi- cal of Russian rearguard operations 3 their nature is such as should cause | more depression among the Germans than among the Russians; and with winter approaching, and no impor- tant objective attainable before the season changes, 1 believe the Ger- man commanders must now recog- | nize a growing anxiety.' War Tidings. Reports from the British and grenades on Monday, but no ac- tion of importance. There is great enthusiasm through Greece at the prospects of entering the war with the Allies against Bulgaria. King Ferdinand, addressing troops {at Sofia Monday' night, said all Bul- | garia was prepared for action in a | righteous cause. \ a pr believed at Paris that Bulga- | ria Jill yot.Jom the Allies. i" 'More sharp fighting has occurred |at the Dardanelles. The Allies' cas- |ualties were heavy. = New naval squadrons arrived on Sunday. Despatches to the London "Times from Dvinsk, Russia, say the Ger- [mans are losing two men to every {one the Russians lose. John Hodge, English labor lead- | er, told Paris Socialists that if con- | scription © were needed, England | would accept it. WHO IS THE OWNER. Locating a Soldier By a Medal He Had. | Cobourg, Sept. "21.--Major Wil- liam Beattie has sent a medal to To- ronto for which he is trying to as- certain relatives of the owner, a dead Canadian soldier. On one side is "Fid def ind imp, One Shilling 1910," and on the other side "Pat & Jim.' Describing how heXound it fie Woon, '"'Some nights after the awful bat-| tle of Ypres I was out in front of the trenches with a burial party. We had buried nineteen bodies in one grave and had moved up closer in | search of others. We found some more and were in the act of burying| them when the enemy shelled us. 1 had in each case carefully bundled up the personal effects and labelled them. When the shelling began the remaining things were hurriedly ga- thered together. I could not learn from which body this article was tak- en. If the owners friends are found and would write to me giving the name of their dead, I will give them a sketch of the location of his grave." FERRER RE Bebe + : » + TRANSPORTING TROOPS, * -- + : (Special to the Whig.) * Athens, Sept. 21.--The Turks % % are rushing more reinforee- # ments to> the Dardanelles ex- # % pecting a renewal of the Anglo- + ¢ French offensive. ' The Thrace + # railway is being used exclusivé- # a ly - for their transportation. + $: . Li FESR P LEP PLP PPI Gave Birth To Triplets. Montreal, Sept. 2T.--Mrs. Isaac Reback, a Russian Jéwess, gave birth triplets, two girls and a boy, in the ontreal Maternity Hospital yester- 'day. Mether and children are do- ing well. Society of Automobile Engineers. . ew York, nominee American Institute of Mining Engineers. (4) Andrew Murray Hunt, C. Hewitt, New York, nominee Inventors' Guild. (6) Elmer A. Sperry, New York, nominee Society Mr. Sperry is a noted inventor, having perfected one of the first arc lights and gasoling) a EE Every Week and \ ensorship, the country front | tell of desultory attacks with bombs | | commerce said to the writer: | a | sable for Germany: { that she | many. gy | PAGES{-8 5 AST EDITION g To Put Loop Around The Russians RUSSIANS FIGHTING THEIR WAY Bet £ (2) Stamford, Ehgineers. (3) Thos. Society Robbins, merican of Civil READY FOR PEACE | Germany Would Cry For It If She ! Could. New York, Sept. 21.--A special cable to the New York Times from Faris, says: "That Germany Is convinced that London, Sept. 21.--The Russian | army menaced, since the fall of Vil- na, by the German encircling move- | ment is estimated variously at 250,.- G00 to 500,000 men. The conditions i d under which the Russians are at- peace is near and desires it ardently tempting to extricate themselves fur- that, freed from the. military | nish 'a striking parallel to those ~ would CrY¥ | which followed the capture ef War- we are weary of war, give us peace"! saw. * They may precipitate one of 8 the assertion of a prominent new | {pe greatest, if not the greatest, bat- tral who has just returned from Ger | {'es which has been fought on the many, published in the Temps. eastern front. The Germans, he SAYS, are so co™ | (Cgncern is expressed in the Bri- {tain that Russia will soon make tish press for the retiring Russian terms that leagues for the re-estab-| forces. So far as can be judged. lishment of economic relations are| von Hindenburg's troops' have flung already being formed. They refuse a loop "abouf the. Russians over a to believe that Russia intends to con | front of some "200 miles, and are not tinue the struggle. It was with only .in their rear but are menacing {anguish that the German mation | seriously the single railway line and learned that the advance was to 99/119 few available wagon roads | prolonged beyond Warsaw. The ap- stretching to the south. As was the! [nouncement that men of Sixty-ivo| cage at Warsaw, the number of Rus- ore: to de jake aroused Yervara sian prisoners left behind with the ssociations racuati Filna wag og Hitiover the. Rarer ions Do evacuation of Vilma was not great. measure. Kerr Schumacher, the director af the Liepsiz organization for foreign | Uounter-Attack Possible. the retiring force may the seemingly bad a counter blow. It that Von Hindenburg's cavalry has 'penetrated so deeply - into hostile] country as to create a salient open | to sudden attack, if the Russians should be able to command reinforce- ments at the proper time and place, 'Peace with Russia is indispen | Situation Russia realizes is impotent against Ger- President Wilson, though momentarily threatening a rupture would be the first to offer media- tion. The whole of Germany is ter- rifled at the idea of a winter camn- DRIER: i Shee isthe sols tonic af} opponents are in a position to deal ¥ {such a blow effectively. Opened Up Way to Turkey For Her Munitions * London, Sept, 21. 21 --Bulgaria has removed all restrictions oh the pass-| or age of merchandise through that A Sister superior. of he Order " country to 'Turkey, according to ®| searched on her departure for. a trip despatch from Sofia received here.|; "gli aang This means ,according to observers y . of the Balkan situation, that Bul- garia has definitely allied herself with the Teutonic central powers. |" GERMAN CENSORSHIP STRICT. | Nun Who Had Uncensored Letters i ~Sent To Jail, Paris, Sept. 21.--A despatch to the | Havas News Agency from Geneva Extraordinary precautions have been taken by the German military | administration to prevent uncen-| tended for mailing 'outside of Ger- many were found upon her and she was sentenced to fifteen days in pris- | on. A sister who had written one | of the . letters was sentenced { | month's imprisonment." German's Body Has Been Found on English Soil (Special to the Whig.) ---------------- ARE WAITI NG ORDERS. Yuoen's Men Are Soon To Go To the | Front. Rentrew, Sept. 21.--Lieut. (Dr). Kenneth McKinnon, who crossed with Queen's dressers in May, writes home saying: "It rather looks as if we would get to the front at least. Or- ders are up that we leave the last of this week or the beginning of next. We will likely go to Alder-| shot for a week to have the men out- London, Sept. 21.--One of the fitted. Where we are going no one! crew of ona of the "Zeppelins that knows yet, it may be France or the | recently raided London fell, or was Dardanelles, I am attached as third blown from the airship by shrapnel, in command of 63 West Langdashire | according to the Daily Express, Field Ambulance, there are seven, of- | which reported to-day that a Ger- ficers under me and two above. Un- { man's body had been found on Eng- fortunately Dr. Howard Box and I lish soil. The Express has aalso | the 66th West: Lancashire Field Am- | er of 'one of the largest of the Zep- | bulance. There are only two other pelins, was missing when the dirigib- | Canadians in my ambulance, bath of les returned to their base. them very good fellows. One of | them I met in Winnipeg. He is a brother of Adamson, the lawyer who -I went to see the first year I return-' ~ed from the west. The gther is Camp- | bell, from Vancouver. He is a man' of thirty-two or three, and a very. clever chap." mans are preparing to meet a new Corporal C. S. Walker cabled he raid on Ostend by the British fleet. was sailing $vith No. 6 company, but New long range gufs are being, plac | either did not know, or tould not say ed along the dunes, sweeping the just where the No. 6 company of En- | coast) gineers were. Corporal Neil Stewart, Sapper Alexander Young and Sapper | that mahy marines and military | W. Stewart. They were Fectuited | wor kites were killed in the last | from Queen's University, and were bombardment of Ostend, and that | considered one of the most efficient! the city's defences were 'seriously | 'branches of the service that left the | damaged. shores of Canada. GERMANS PREPARING To Repel British Naval Raid on Os 4 tend. Amsterdam, Sept. 21.---The* Ger- a ing as to war, ennoble their character. great cloud of witnesses cipate their final victory, share their ** who wi The "A Noble I see in imagination-a stalwart host of young Canadians march- The cause they espouse should nerve their arm and They will be "compassed about with a high endeavor and from myriads on earth the 'voice of prayer will mingle in its ascent to God with the shouts of Outlook CONSTANTINOPLE EXODUS, | tants To Depart. Paris, - Sept. 26.--A news agency despatch from Athens states that er PP | Turkish authorities have advised the inhabitants of Constantinople to gait re? 5 fegtin. Pera and Galata are almost de- serted, but poverty prevents many Inhabitants from other quarters from leaving, and the greatest misery, due to lack of supplies, prevails, James F. J. Archibald, the Amer correspondent their valorous deeds and anti- heroes of past days will seem to sored letters from leaving Germany. { Various letters in: * | Authorities Have Advised the Inhabi. | | gigantic Apparently the only way in which | ameliorate | --A They May Counter-Attack And Precipitate a Great Battle--Kiev is Being Evacuated here Are Sufficient Cars For the Purpose. . There is a great deal of specula- tion as to the German objective. Opinion is divided whether Von Hin- denburg will seek mere.y to close his loop, thus capturing the army within the net, or, not content with this, will press eastward 'towards Minsk and from the west through Slonim in an effort to reproduce the encircling movement on a more scale and again try for a decisive victory Similar tactics attempted after the fall of Warsaw met with failure The Russians are employing their familiar rearguard tactics, and the hope is expressed in the British press that they will be able te fight their way out without shattering losses. Next to Warsaw, Vilna is the most important town in western Russia. It is a railway junction of great mi- litary importance. - It was from Vil na that Napo'eon fled in disguise in 1812 during the retreat from Mos- cow. Evacusting Kiev, Petrograd, Sept. 21, (via London} despatch from Kiev to the is "by| Boursg Gazette quotes the director is pointed out! of the Southwestern railways as say- ing that thé evacuation of that town wis 'proceeding normally," and that 'there were on hand sufficient cafs far this purpose. | | | ge i | | { | | are not together, he is attached to learned that Dr. Sticker, command- | {SOMMER On Monday September 30th, i {who "was accidenta { Despatches to the Telegraaf said | Phone 577. | tha city, and that the exodus has al- 4 ' 5 authorities eresrasrass | Ri Military critics assume, in the ab- sence of official information, that the put it is not believed here that his| Russian forces have abandoned Vil- | na and are retiring to the south- ward. - | dob ded bb SPE bE TR dhb I bbb bd DEALING WITH SPIES, (Special to the Whig.) London, Sept. 21..--A woman spy was convictéd at Old Balley and senienced to serve ten years; her male companion was also convicted of espionage and sentenced to be shot, the press bureau stated to-day. Both were of German origin, Parse ert int 1 : i : DAILY: MEMORANDUM Board of Trade, 8 p.m, Wolfe Island fair to-morrow See top of page 3, right hand corner, to ator probabilities. Lawn Social, J. AS Wilmot's, Front ad, 3rd. Thursday evening, Sept, THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG Is on Sale at the Following City stores: Bucknell's News Depot Clarke Wik College - Book Nore Coulter's Grocery 209 Princess Cullen's Grocery, Cor. Princess & Alfred Frontenac Hotel Gibson's Drug Store Lowe's Grocery McAuley's Book Store McGall's Cigar Store, Me¢Leod's Grocery .... Mediey's Drug Store, Paul's Cigar Store Paul's Cigar Store Prouse's ° Drug Store Valleau's Grocery .208 Montreal A tl AN 0 LI INL BORN ..93 Princess Cor. Prin. & Kin .81 Union Bt . 250 University to Mr. and Mrs Mary Doyle), a daughter. IN MEMORIAM. In loving memory of my dearly be- {loved nephew, John Joseph Gallagher, y killéa by a train 1812 forgotten, WwW. Gom- 3 Chestnut 5, L. mer (nee street, on September 21st; Never shall he be Never shall his memory fade; Sweetest thoughts shall ever hnger 'Round the place where he is laid. ~=His aunt, Mrs. John A. Pitman, London; Ont. ROBERT J. REID The Leading U 'ndertaker. #30 Princess Street. JAMES REID REFRIGERATORS. From 3 Jo % 5 Wille they last, st Turk's. Pure Spices E