Daily British Whig (1850), 24 Sep 1915, p. 1

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' YEAR 82 - NO 222 Greece Ha GERMANS SUFFERING IN BOMBARDMENTS ® H np French Damage Enemy's Works Around Arras Also in Champagne And Argonne, Where German Trenches And Encamp ments Were Wrecked. nt -- (Special to the Whig.) Paris. Sept. 24.--Allied batteries seriously damaged German works in an all-night artillery battle around Arras, the War Office stated this af- ternoon. Another furious artillery engage- ment occurred around ~ Roye and Quennevieres, where the Germans us- ed asphyxiating shell, but without result, Near Bretencourt, a strong Ger- man patrol detachment attempted to storm a French advance post but was driven off, suffering from heavy losses. The French have poured in a Leavy cannonade upon the German works in the Champagne and the Argonne for twenty-four hours, wrecking trenches, blockhouses and enemy encampments. German workmen, atfempting to repair damage done by previous bombardments, were dispersed. Several German attacks in raine, west of Manhof Bures, were repulsed. Lor- and north of Berlin Admits Russian Successes. (Special to the Whig.) Berlin, Sept. 24._The War Office admitted that strong Russian at --~------ Three Lurkish Transports Sunk | By the Allies (Special to the Whig) { Paris, Sept. '24.--Three mote | Turkish transports were sunk by Al- * lied forces at the Dardanelles, it was | officially announced this afternoon | An Allied' aviator bombarded and | sank an enemy transport in Niagaiia | Bay. | British submarines sank two Turk- | ish transports in Ak Nachi Bay un-| der enormous difficulties. | There has been a lull in infantry actions at the Dardanelles for the past few weeks, it was officially stat-| ed. "The Turkish artillery has capricious," been said the official commun igue. "Sometimes the Turks seem | tp Jack ammunition. they fire with maximum rapidity, though they do little damage. Tur-| kish adéroplanes have been inactive,| and the Allies have been just tg: re-| verse." DEAN STARR LED SINGING When the Anglican Synod Declared « Its Loyalty. (Special to the Whig.) Toronto, Sept. 24.---Anglicans in Canada are "'énthusiastically" loyal to the King and Empire. This was declared by the General Synod to- day in a résolution fathered by Arch-} deacon Patterson-Smythe, Montreal, and Dean Schofield, Victoria. The resolution was received with enthusi: astic singing, led by Dean Kingston, of the National Anthem, minus the famous second verse. Archdeacon Patterson-Smythe in speaking to his resolution, made him- self the authority for. the statement that at least seventy per cent. of the Canadian troops now on active ser- vice are members of the Church of England. { umbix, from Montreal An official photographer and an official cinematograph staff have now been appointed to operate on the British front in France. The films to take to the boats. hetr temporary | not be aFow-| will" be taken for value, and many wi ed to be exhibited till after the war. Germany has made notable conces- sions to the United States in the mat- ter of the submarine warfare. Al other times] Starr, | . tacks have forced Gen. to reach the Vilna-Rovno Railway. The Russians are attempting to en- velop Mackensens flanks. In the fighting for Dvinsk, Slavs alsp gained temporary suc- cess, capturing sevefal German can- ron. The Teutons immediately counter-attacked north-east of Smie- lin, taking 1,000 prisoners: In the western theatre only one|N. Y., destroyed a hotel and several engagement of importance occurred | business places British | mated at $50,000. yesterday. An attack by troops near La Bassee-Bethune Can- al was shatteréd by German fire. 1 Cobourg Constable Expires Suddenly | cent Toronto loan. 24.--Constable| p, Cobourg, Sept. William Rourke died Wednesday night while in the performance of his duty. He had made an arrest and, assisted by Chief Ruse, practically carried the prisoner the lock-up. The man {and the officers were half-way down to "the stairs when Mr. Rourke sud- | field, Que., denly sank 'down on the steps and | Louis Trudeau, sixty-eight, expired at Qnce. | Fenian Raid veteran. Fhree sons and three daughters survive. A Hydroplane Dropped Near Steamer Jex|. The members of the erew of the coal steamer H. N. Jex, which arriv- ed in port, from 'Charlotte, viewed the hydroplane of Aviator Macauley, of the Curtiss Aviation School of To- ronto. ' Mr, Macauley was making a test flight from Toronto to Oswego, and while on his way back to Toronto Jn | Thursday afternoon, and when the of Jex was just a few hours out Charlotte, Macauley dropped his hydropiane down near the steamer He came upon the Jex so suddenly. | that the members of the crew were given quite a scare. The hydroplane did not remain in the water very long but long enough for the crew to get a-good peep at it. . CHINA AGITATED. | Plan On Foot To Change The Form i of Government. Peking, China, Sept. 24.--The Council of State, sitting as the Pro- | tisional Congress, advised President | Yuan-Shi-Kai to-day to call a citi | zens" convention before the end of the present year to act on a new con- stitution which will settle the ques- tion whether China is to be a repub- lic or a monarchy. 'Horse Transport . From Montreal Was Torpedoed (Special to the whic) : Washington, Sept. 24.---The Brit. i as D Mackensen | to retreat behind the. Oginski Canal. | temporarily abandoning his attempts] | had | poyval North-West Mounted Police, was drunk, | gears' service in the force. He was a capabe| ggg damages for alleged breach of constable and trusted official and a! promise. | | |in a few days by popular subscrip- | | ledrdded deodibdob ddd ddd bbb bd ddd | - er the | | tion more than $6,000 to the Patri- | otic Fund. - Si ; KiNGSTON, ONTARIO, ' AN ATROCIOUS ACT. Canadian Spared Life of Hun, Who Shot Him . f Lethbridge, Alta., Sept. 24. --That Captain Frank Pett, a Lethbridge of- ficer with the Tenth> Battalion, was intentionally murdered by a wound- led German on the field of battle at | Ypres, is now established by word {from one of the soldiers with Cap- | tain Pett at the famous charge. Cap- |* | tain Pett, in the charge, came across a wounded enemy, who asked him to When he turned to go the German shot him ! with his own rifle in the back. | spare his life, which he did. | i EPP ERR FLEE E SEED E ES GREEK MOBILIZATION (Special to the Whig.) London, Sept. 24 --Premier Venizelos wil ask King Con- stantine to sign a decree declar- ing a general mobilization of the Greek armies at. four o'clock this afternoon, accord- ing to an Exchange Telegraph despatch from Athens. Paes E treet ate * < + + + + * + + + * * + PITH OI" NEWS. Despatches From Near And Distant FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1915 ecided To | | The Daily British Whig Armies LAST EDITION Places. Fire ¢i Thursday at Chateaugay, recent raid. {to by Count Reventiow and others. The loss is esti- Proviuacial Treasurer McGarry obtained a loan in New York at half | The United Mission h of one per cent. better than the re-| a esbyterian Chure i . | work prospering and a general spirit | ry of optimism prevailing. 1 Comptroller Fortescue, head of the 'Declared to Have Been Lost: is shortly to retire, after forty-two | By Germany . of Valley- | RRC | aged sixty-one, is suing "HARD BLOW T0 HUNS for $5,- The town of Mitchell, with a popu- boing vee pics THAN 5 Gr lation of 1,700, has contributed with- | WHY KAISER CHANGES HIS SUB- MARINE METHODS Board of the found their Madame Demase Pitre, | Providence Jourhal Says That Eigh- Ernest Babcock; Perth Road stage ty Per- cent: -Of the German Subs driver, was stricken with typhoid! mavine Fleet Has Been Lost. - fever on Thursday. His mother a short time ago was stricken with this; [London, Sept. * 24.--Among other disease and her condition is yet quite matters discussed in the House of : Commons Wednesday night was the e Motiarch Knitting Co., St. | administration of the Press Bureau. Thomas, las received a large army | Mr. Hogge complained 'that the coun- contract for sweater coats for sol- | try was kept in ignorance and had to diers, and the factory will run night | g6t the news of the British fleet by and day for the next three months, | Way of New York. He added, as one to complete the order. | of the facts which he eould not un- While there is a probability of the | derstand, why the Government con- manufacture of heavy guns in Can- | "ealed that "since the outbreak of the ada the matter:is still under investi-| War we have sunk 50 German sub- ation, But if it is found practic- | marines' "Everybody knows this, able to make the guns to Canadian/! have mentioned it in speeches, yet work shops very considerable orders the press is not allowed to publish will be placed. It. Germans Fear Allied Advance In the West Loss Is 80 Per Cent.? Providence, R.I.,, Sept. 23.--The| | Providence Journal says this morn.- | ling: The reason why the German aov- | | ernment has consented to change ts! submarine methoas is because more] than 80 per cent. of its submarines have. been brought to complete fail-! ure within the past two months. | Eo | It is positively known that since] London, Sept. 24. --During the April 1st the folowing boats have past week the German positions in| . y Belgium have been heavily reinfore-| been Justroyed:, 5 Fe ys ed, while the fortifications at Lille, | 0-7 "U4 besides 'tonr unnumbered in "France, have been restored and boats of what is known as the Augs- strengthened. _| berg two-cycle motor type, and thrée cantion 'have bevn (Aken sob. O the Nurembare moter (pe, which appareftly have carried no numerica pation of a possible general offensive designation whatever, on the part of the Entente Allies Th . | ese boats mostly were destroyed along 4 Western line before the by the great iron nets placed in the autumn rains begin. + paths of the submarines by the Brit. WHITE PLAGUE PRISONERS, | Ish. The operations' under the present - method have lasted over a period of Befligerent Nations Turning Over 2 four months, and they would have . vy | been brought to a successful comple- Geneva, via Paris, Sept. 24.--Con-| tion many weeks ago if the British Snptive prisoners to the number of | naval authorities had realized that 2,500 will shortly arrive from belli-| soma of the mechanical contrivances gerent countries for asylum .and| made use of were not fit for the treatment in Switzerland under an 2 agreement recently reached between work. ZEPPELIN RAID HITS ONE Picture shows a house in London hit by a Zeppelin bomb during the Perhaps these walls represent the "fortifications" referred | speak of HOUSE. A A A A A A A A AAA AAA A a ant HELL PLACE FOR SHIRKERS Torture Of Their Mind Almost bearable. Hamilton, Sept. 24.--There have been many' attempts by clergymen and religious orators among - lay- men to describe hell that region be- yond the Plutonian shore. At a re- .Un- | cruiting 'meeting, lield on the corner! of King and James streets, the thou- sands who listened to the speakérs! heard Rev. W. H. Sedgewick, pas- tor of the Central Presbyterian Church, give an entirely new deéfini- tion of the future punishment of the| damned. "We have heard a great many kell," said the speaker "Many tell us that it is a region of fire and brimstone. Others say that it is merely the torment of the mind- I will' tell you what hell 4s. When af- ter a man has seen his empire fall into destruction, and has to see the ruins of lis one beloved « then has to admit that if ers had done their duty that it would | not have happened, the torture of that man's mind and body. will be hell. That is hell enough for any man and will be hell enough for you if you are placed in that position. "The grand empire of Great Brit- ain was not built upon sentiment: Sentiment is all very well, and we are thankful for it, but the empire was built upon sacrifice and the only way that we can maintain it is by sacri- fice, Every one of us must make sac-| rifices for the cause of our native land." Turk Defences Are Battered ~ by Warships (Special to the hig.) Athens, Sept. 24.--One hundred thousand fresh troops have landed on Gallipoli Peninsula to reinforce the Allies. Heavy bombardments by warships on the forts yesterday opened the way for a further ad- vance, which is expected immediate- ly. Turkish defences were batter- ed to pieces in many cases. The casualties were very heavy. News from Constantinople indi- cates that the Turks believe the Bul- garians aré mobilizing against them. GREAT, AERIAL FEAT. One French Machine Defeated - Six German. Mobilize Ley, said é and and "In the region of Atkala, stubborn Dy the Swiss Government and those of belligerent nations providing for the Sixty-seven German submarines 28 of which are declared to have been of the newest and 'latest con- Paris, Sept. 24.--One French ae- roplane, carrying Lieut. Daum as ob- CENSOR DRAWS VEIL ~ OVER THE BALKANS The Situation is Regarded As Serious--Has ~_ Bulgarian Mobilization Order Been With- ~~ drawn ?---Greece Has Decided to Mobilize . H (Special to the Whig.) London, Sept. 24.--The censor's veil was drawn <osely over the Bal- | kans to-day. Scarcely hint a of | Rhus is going on in the Bulgarian, | § reek and Roumanian capitals | reached . London during the night, This fact alone increased the belief kere that when the curtain is lifted, King Ferdinand will be discovered at the head of the Bulgarian arm- ies ready to strike. The press ofall the Allied capita's is talking of the gravity of the situ- | ation. A Petrograd despatch to-day | said -that "The Russian press ex- presses no surprise at the Bulgarian mobilization order and regard the situation as most serious | (Specigl to the Whig.) 1 Petrograd, * Sept. 24.--In tha. | south-eastern theatre the Russians] |are again on the offensive and driv: | ing the enemy westward on a 150- {mile front, Large captures of SUDA | | and amurunition dre being made, "On the River Eckau, south east | ot Riga near Stounga, the Germans { were forced to _ flee, abandoning | grenades, cartridges and utensils," the official statement. fighting is going on. Neugut vil- | lage has repeatedly changed hands! in the last few hours. i "Near Smorgen (45 miles south-| | east @f Vilna) and near Guwina, east | {of Lida violent fighting continues. | | "Northwest of the fortress of 4 Dubno, the Russian forces have oec-| | cupied Woinitzy, on the left bank of |the Ikwa River, capturing 28 offi- |cers-and 1,400 gen and three Max-| | ims, | { "In the region of Dworets, south- | west of Kremenec, our forces occup- | {led a height and took prisoners two | |. officers and 100 men. | | amen er Armies. © The Bulgarian legation to-day was unable to confirm a report that the mobilization order had suddenly been withdrawn This rumor only increased the pefplexity here as to King Ferdinand's real purpose. Greve Decides To Mobilize, (Special to the Whig.) Paris, Sept. 24.--@Groece has de- cided to mobilize her armies, accord- ing to Athens despatches received here to-day. The decision was reached at a Cabinet meeting yesterday, the de- spatch said. It was not stated when the mobilization decree will be pro- muigated. All Bulgarian officers in aug departed for their homes to- ay. RUSSIANS ON OFFENSIVE AND DRIVING ENEMY BACK "In the region north of Zaleszezyki TWe drove the enemy from the vil- lages of Worwolintse and Ghin- kowtse. Our cavalry pursued the fleeing Austrians, killing and taking many. prisoners. Our troeps; in their pursuit, finally arrived at Parovsy where they captured additional pris- oners and men," The Germans are attacking Rus- sian positions west and -west of i ' veloping, but the Ozar's troops are holding their own. x Russians Win Victories. {Special to the Tole) Petrograd, Sept. 24.-- Brilliant victories at both .ends of the long battle front were claimed in the offi- cial despatches to the" War Office to- day. Gen. Ruzsky has been beaten back, with heavy losses, German forces who attempted to approach the Dwina river, twenty-five miles south-east of Riga, and Gen. Ivanoft has captured four villages from Aus- - trians, taking moré than 1,500 pris- oners, 5 Pt IN LONDON ON EVE OF WAR. 4 Joachim | There Incognito to See an | English Lady. i | London, Sept. 24.--Prince Joa- | | chim, the Kaiser's youngest son, who | has just been reported as the future | | King of Poland, was in London at | the declaration of war, according to | {a report here. Some months be- | | fore, while staying .incognito at a ! Swiss hotel, he had become very | much attracted by an English lady | who lives, it is said, in Kensington, | {and it was with the objeat of renew- | nig his acquaintance that he went to ! | London, also, of course, incognito, | jat the end of July, 1914. i | The last heard from him was a | | telephone message saying he had to | leave hurriedly for home. No move | was made to detain him. War Tidings. | Two German aeroplanes dropped | {a bomb on Swiss territory, injuring a child. woos . Winter snows. are falling in the Alps, making more difficult the Ital- O'KBELLY--At the Urayllle Monastery. | Quebec, on ni 23rd, 1915, c#re of invalid prisoners under Swiss struction, have been sunk and their | ish horse transport ship Anglo-Col- to England, was torpedoed by a Gerntan submar- | ine off Fastnet at 9.30 o'clock this | morning. The crew had ample time Six Americans were among-the erew. No lives were lost. | | A member of the British Medical | Association declared there. was a dire need for more army surgeons. WANT SALE OF STOPPED DURING THE WAR (Special to the Whig.) Toronto, Sept. 24. Led by Presi- dent Theron Gibson, of the Ontario branch of the Dominjon Alliance, and Rev. Ben Spence, secretary, a large | deputation, 'répresenting practically | matter of the liquor traffic had been 'a matter of absorbing attention to {him and the Government during the last six months. "We will-earnestly strive to » reach every social reform society and asso- | ciation 'interested fn temperance re- form, waited on Premier Hearst and Hon, L B. Lucas, the Attorney-Gen- eral, to-day, and presented a memo- | rial asking that the Government take measures to suppress the retail sale of liquor during the war. , Premier, Hurst in reply said the of its executive functions, is now en- quiring into the whole question." The tone of the reply seemed | be sympathetic, and Rev.Pen Spence, | secretary, {the interview with the Premier was ["a very gratifying i the opinion that |. guard at the expense of the bel¥iger-| owe destroyed by the British navy since the 5th day of May. It is stated on positive authorify that the full capacity of the German ship- yards for underseas boats is not more than three a month, but that even if Germany were 'able to replace her stibmarines as fast as they had been destroyed the most grave situation she faces ip regard to this method of warfare is the actual destruction of the morale of the officers and crew of such vessels. : ao-- Three Germans Were Arrested | At Parham Toronto, Sep® 24. If a German . lives thirty-three years in Canada, | and at the end of that time does not | ham, whe was in the city on Thurs- know enough to take out raliza- | day, stated that three Germans we: papers, he has not the intelli- ' rounded up there on Wednesday af- to conduct a hotel | and sent to Petgwawa deten- \ That is the opinion of | tion camp. The were found Flavelle and Fommission- {on the waterfront deciphering a rail- "Dane of the On License | road map of the various stations sur- And the said opinion is | rounding. Their actions aroused ed up by a decision Anptunisd | suspleion and led to their arrest. 3 i -------------- ts. The British section of the sick prisoners will be sent to various places in Oberland, the French to Leysin, and the Germans to St. Mori- | ix. U. 8. SOLDIER KILLED 19 a Skirmish With Mexicans Near oe Progeno, (Special to the Whig.) Brownsville, Texas, Sept. 24.--One American soldier was killed and t were wounded ¢ in a skirmish wil M near no early to-day. A small detachment of United States soldiers was surrounded and was in dan of annihilation by Mexicans until reinforcements arrived. German Loses Hotel License. C. Lowery, a lumberman of Par- bi server, and Sergeant Garnier as pi- lot, attacked andl defeated a fleet of six German battie'aeroplanes, it has been revealed. Both French avia- tors are mentioned for conspicuous gallantry. The fight took place . over Naney. The French aviators attacked the | German machines one by one, pre- venting them from bombarding the town. When the French machine landed it was riddled with bullets. Dies of His Burns. Saskatoon, Sept. 24. -- Harry Jones, 'Magog, Que., who | burns along with eight other thresh- ers at Colonsay, when the car in which they were sleeping de- stroyed by fire, died in St. Paul's Hospital on Thursday. It is sald that Jones came west as a 3 merely in a spirit of advent Miss Veals Dead. Toronto, Sept' 24.--Miss Eliza- beth Veals, who came to Canada as governess to the children of the Mar- quis of Dufferin, and who 1 many years ago the Glen Mawr Girls' School in Toronto, retiring from the principalship three years ago, is dead. 2 i ian army's campaign, 9,000 feet above the sea level. Two thousand workmen from | Krupps are idle in Constantinople from lack of raw materials. There DAILY MEMORANDUM See top of page 3, right hand corner, for probabilities. A A A AA A Pn BORN ASSPLSTINE--At the General Hospi- tal, Chatham, on September 19th, 1915, to Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Assel- stine, a son 3 MARRIED, MARCHEN-FERGQUSON-In Kingston, on September 22nd, 1815, at the residence of the bride's mother, 161 Sydenham street, by the . Campbell, B.D, Olive Olivia Fergu- son to Damon O. Mabehen, both of this city. EN SIO YIN ON DIED, ASSELSTINE--On Sept r 19th, 1815, the infant son of . and MP§ Oliver Asselstine, Cliatham. Ont. * Eleanor Mary ORs ly, widow the late Gerald lly, CE,-in religion, Rev. Mother of Paula, and sister of Mrs. Daniel Phelan of this ~olty * MURPHY--At Wolfe Islahd, on Sep- tember 22, Terrance Satur- 1915, Mrs, Murphy. Fungral from her late residence, day morming at § o'Glock, to the {Church of the Sacred Heart, Wolfe / Island, where & soleinfi requiem mass will be su for she happy repose of her.soul Friends and acquaintances are kindly invited to attend. . = neither gas nor electricity in the city. : | BIG STEAMER SUNK i | By a German Submarine--Part of { Crew Saved. . " (Spectal the Whig. Lowdon, Sept. 24.--The British steamer Chancellor has been sunk by a submarine. Only part of the crew was rescued. Rescue boats are searching for missing members of the crew. The Chancellor was one of the great fleet of Harrison liners. She displaced 4,586 tons, and had a 17- foot beam. She was built in 1905, and registered at Liverpool. Died in the West. Matthias Clow, Princess strest, has received tidings of the sudden death on Thursday at Delisle, Sask., of Jokin Miller, aged sixty years, ile was formerly a farmer at Perth Road, a quiet, unassuming man of integrity and uprightness. 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