1 12 PAGES a he YEAR 82 - NO 225 MORE GROUND TAKEN | FROM THE GERMANS In Champagne Region And Around Arras---Ger- man Crown Prince's Attempt to Divert French From the Champagne to the Argonne Failed. (Special to the Whig.) ) Paris, Sept. 28.-- Despite the most desperate resistange' the French have .made further gains both in the Champagne region and around Ar- * ras, it is officially anwoinced this afternoon. The fighting of the last twenty-four hours on all sectors of the battle- front has been attended by heavy losses on both side Steady streams of fire are playing across the Champagne and Artois fronts, where the Anglo- French offensive continues. A gp + tr \ French Gain Ground East of Souchéz. By steady onslaughts throughout 'last night, the French gained ground east and south of Souchez, approaching the hills held by the Ger- mans in those regions. The French troops stdrmed the strongly fortified German second line trenches at several points in the Champagne region. Slight progress was made toward La Justice, north of Massiges, and a few miles west of Villeso-Tourbe. Further. west a French detachment is approaching Hill No. 1856 north of Wacques farm. ~ Rumors have reached and sunk off ('rete. CUNARDER TRANSYLVAN IA RU Daily British KiNGSTON, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28. 1915 llies Again Sma New York that this 14,000 ton vessel has been torpedoed Inset is picture of Captain Black. MORED \ big [re] LAST EDITION sh The Germans ING 10 SECOND DRIVE The Allies Reform And Deliver Another Stroke --French 'And British Successes- -Ger- mans Try Gas But Wind Drives it Away. (Special to the Whig.) Paris, Sept. 28.--The greatest battle of the year on the western front is being waged to-day with even more furious attacks than charact the beginning of the Anglo-French onslaught. ! Having staggered the Kaiser's armies with one mighty smash, the | Allies drew, back and reformed for another blow; that explained the ap- . | parent slackening of the offensive indic fmunique. The, second stroke was made last night with artillery and cannonad- ing, the infantry leaping to the attack. SUNK. erized ated in yesterday afternoon's com- Germans Are Yielding Ground. Despatches received here during the night said the Germans were yielding ground yard by yard in the Champagne, fighting bravely but 8O- ing down before the massed charges of the French bayonets. The enemy has made several attempts to stem the advance by flood- ing the area before their trenches with clouds of asphyxiating gases. High winds swept the vapors away as they left the German trenches. At other sectors of the Champagne front the French inflicted heavy losses on the enem¥, though they were unable in some instances to pierce the strong German wire defences. The Crown Prince's Attempt Fails. The attempt by the Crown Prince to divert the French from the Champagne by attacking in the Argonne region uyroved fruitless. Dur- | ing last night the French troops téok the offensive in the Argonne and re- captured nearly all the trench sections taken by the Crown Prince's ar- mies, The Crown Prince threw eighteen battalions against the French lines around the hill known as "The Daughter of Death" and elsewhere in the Argonne. y . The Germans finally retired to their trenches. The Daughter of Death' were covered with German bodies, an still in possession of the French. The Chief Objectives of the Allies 3 re of "The | the, hill was | | SIX U. 8. PEACE ADVOCATES | Given Honoraty Degrees By Toronto | i University. (Special to the W Taronto,, Sept. guished United States advocates of peace were this afternoon honored with the degree of Doctor of Laws by the University of Toronto, at the London, Sept 28.--With the full! opening of its second 'war year" to- strength of the Allies engaged in the day. The men thus honored were: greatest drive yet ungertaken against | Hon. Joseph Hodges Choate, New the Germans in the western theatre| York, former Ambassador to Great of war, the assaults continue night| Britain; William Church Osburn, and day with these as the chief ob-| trustee of the Metropolitan Museum jectives of the Anglo-French armies: | of Art, New York; William Bailey | 1.--Dominationy of the Ypres-Men:| Howland, John'Appleton Stewart, in road in Flanders. | Nicholas, Murray Butler, and Hon. | 2.--Recapture of Lille. {Alton Brooks Parker." The distin-{ 3.--Destruction of the German 'sa-| Buished visitors were entertained at | lient at La Bassee and Givenchy. {luncheon by Sir Edmund Walker. | 4.--Retirement of the German| Prominent in Convocation Hall, | lines in Champagne and the Argonne | Where the degrees were _ conferred, where the French lines of communi-|{ Was a large body of soldier-students cation to Verdun are threatened. { in khaki, leaving for the front. | 6.~Destruction of the German sa-| - Sh ik { Hent at St. Mihiel-an the west bank | BRITAIN MAY KNOW. | BF the Meuse. |The Real Object Of the Mobilization | In Bulgaria. | | (Special to the Whig) | | London, Sept. 28.--Sir Edward Grey, British Foreign Minister, de- | clared in the House of ° Commons! { this afternoon that he is convinced | : x ci Bulgaria has no hostile intentions Sy \ Kings- | . A jetian Synod uf Torente and pe toward her neighbors and, further "Square Presbyterian Church, has|MOre, that there is no ill*feeling in| under consideration a recommenda-| Britain against Bulgaria. Bulgaria's| tion "That the Provincial Govern-| Mobilization, he said, was only for ment be called upon to prohibit im- | purpose of defending her rights. i mediately the liquor traffic up to the| This speech is sijjficant and may, limits of its powers during the war| indicate that Britain knows the real] and give thé eléctors of the province Object of Bulgaria's mobilization the right by referendum, to say whe- | #nd officially approves of it. tinuance or resumption { Ee ne unuancs PHOT Cpl. Skinner's Splendid Work | This resolution is to be debatéd by London, Sept. 28.--Colonel. Skin-| the 'delegates from the Presbyterian | ner, the staff office who has been! Churches situated between Ganan-; doing such splendid work with the TO DEBATE RESOLUTION Calling for Prohibition of Liquor Traffic During Wag (Special to the Whigy¥ Toronto, 'Sept. 28.--Thé Presby- oque on the east, Guelph on the west, | Canadian Headquarters at Shorm and Cochrane on the north. | cliffe, has gone overseas with the) ---------------- Brtish (troops. General Steele has PLEA NOT TO RAISE. | wriften a strong letter of commen-| R Yd { dation of his 'servifes and it is ex-| The Question Of Conscription At| pected that promotion will be forth-| This Critical Moment. (Special to the Whig.) London, Eng., 28.---Premier " | coming at an sarly date. Col. Skin-| quith this afternoon appealed to all or-General's gold medal. i members of the Commons not to | raise the question of comscription or the suce of recent recruiting "at thie critical moment in the history of the war." , "It Is especially undesirable that the recruiting question be discussed "just now," said the Prime Minister, "when we are watching with intense sympathy and hope, the gallant ef- forts of our Allied foyces." .As-| the sword of honor, and the Govern-| (Special to the Whig) ! Amsterdam, Sept. 28.--An Allied aviator 'lew over Liege, yesterdm. dropping flags and telling: the Belgian population liverance was soon to come. Recovering More Bodies Ardmore, Okla... Sept. 28.-- | . plosion here was raised to fifty to TO INVADE SERBIA. day when the bodies of four uniden- ; -- . tified negroes were found in the {Special to the Whig.) London, Sept. 28.--The Ex- % change Telegraph's Athens cor- + respondent wired to-day that it "% has been Jearned positively at + Athens that the -Austro-Ger- + wans plan to' begin their inva-. Z sion of Ser¥ia within a fort: + night.- % teed street, about noon. The Berlin loka Anseiger to-day > ported that telegraph and rai : between Bul has been sus- RAGS FSP0 4000s | «| tons have lately been so.d in Nor- A A PPP tl. mosis HUGE FORCES FIGHT IN EAST Reports Of Joining Germans Have No Foundation. 2,601,000 Austro-Germans . Face Russians. Stockholm, Sept. .28.---Rumors that have been current regarding | -- Sweden's intended abandonment of her neutrality and intervention on way and Denmark at favorable pric-| AT DVINSK AND ACCUMULATING es. This tonnage, however, is being | FORCES. *f'the side of the Germanic powers are totally unfounded and are stron contradicted source. The report of the transfer of al substantial number of Swedish mer-| chant vessels to American owners, | which has been taken as the founda-| tion for the. intervention rumor, 18} probably founded on the fact that | { gly | from an authoritative Swedish vessels aggregating 28,000 mm, tions. Experts on the staff do not believe that the enemy is aiming at Petrograd or Kiev. His task is to endeavor to separate and annihilate the Russian army. All his opera- tions tend to this purpose. War Tidings. The chalky hills of the Champagne region are throwing up great white clouds of dust under the consta shells. Dead and wounded are be | splotched with crimson. nt hammering of French and German ing mantled by snow-white powder, Allies Press on To Railway. The Germans under General Von Fabeyk are battling desperately in the Champagne to save the Bazanco urt-Argonne railway, towards which Berlin. despatches to London say | the Allied armies have been moving sincé early Saturday. the Allies' drive has been halted at "practically" every point, but admits that in some places the Allies are still advancing. It is claimed Ger- mans have captured 7,000 prison- 8. A semi-official statement from Bu- | charest says that Roumania will not { order the mobilization ofs hef re- | i serves, but permanent troops will po- | lice the frontiers. British aviators bombarded Per- | onne on Monday, destroying the Ger- man barracks and stores. All the French gains are being h improved to meet counter attacks. eld, and the newly-captured positions British Driving With Success, To the north, the British are reported to be making further progress under the greatest difficulties. northward to the sea. . Against tuis ing with remarkable success. The Germans Coming Back. The strongest 'defensive line of the western front reaches from Arras hard barrier General French is driv- $ hig.) 28.--Six distin- | | amply replaced by building orders to! Petrograd, Sept. 28. Fighting around Dvinsk and in the [|] * ipyards. | ; |- Russian treops have repulsed all : i | Seandihauinn shipzanis, To Try And Break Russian Front-- | ,¢tempts of the Germans to advance | South-east of Riga Is now becoming more violent. {such misleading news should find Object of Enemy Is To Try And |in Galicia or at Riga. { Separate and Annihilate Slav currency, awakening injustifiable | suspicions, and interfering materi- Army . | LILLE IS AGAIN FINED, Petrograd, Sept. 27.---Military ex- jally with friendly relations and com- : | mercial intercourse between England | nertg of The Rassky*itivalid estimate French City Refuses To Make Sacks and Sweden. | that there are 130 Austro-German di- For Enemy. | visions, comprising 2,600,000 men, Ama Ee | distributed over the 1000-mile front ma serdam, Sept Bi The oe regions The Germans evident- ly have received supplies of ammunition for which they were waiting, and are bombarding the Russian positions all along the Dwina. The Czar's troops, however, are more than holding their own, and, besides one thousand prisoners mentioned in last night's communique; have made other large captures. From the Dvinsk region to Pinsk stub- born fighting is going on, with no important changes in the situation. The Austrians have been reinforced in Galicia. & here . that ge semen ¢ Displeased Lad been recalled unconditionally. | mer graduated from Kingston with | Inhabitants | ¥oi proclamations ens continues in view. of to | keep up courage as the hour of de-| ichanies who enlisted in the army, | but have not left England." -- déath list in the gasoline tank' | or wreckage of a building on Main! eb . ' . » * 0 , : > ial to the hy Lausanne, Switzerland, Sept. 58. re- | i from Riga to the Roymanian' fron- | tier. +The distribution is as follows: | The sector of Riga-Dvinsk-Svendiany, twelve divisions, seven infantry, five cavalry; the sector of Svendiany-Vil- na-Orani, fifteen divisions, twelve in- fantry and three cavalry; the sector of Orani-Sionim-Pinsk, forty-five di- visions, forty-three infantry, two cav- Over Delay About Dumba {Special to the Whig.) Washington, Sept. 28.--The dis- pleasure of thé Administration over Austria's delay in acting on the re- quest for Austrian Ambassador Dum- ba's recall was evident to-day. That the delay is in a measure discour- teous is the feeling here. The noti- | fication that "Dumba is no longer ac- ceptable" should have brought im- mediate acquieséence in"Dumba's re- tirement. Unofficial reports from New York were that Dumba. has cancelled his passage for to-morrow on the Hol- land-American liner Rotterdam. dy-Tarnapol-Novo Selivy, fifty-four divisions, forty-foyr infantry, ten cavalry. There is a marked ascendancy in tavalry in-Von Buelow's and Von | Bichorn's armies, which are used to and to get to the réar. Russian cav- alry forces have succeeded on the Vilna,.Dvinsk, and Ligo-Trody lines, but the Infantry failed Hi ifabask of causing general operations to be frus- trated. °. Fighting in the Dvinsk re- gions is growing fierce and stubborn with every step forward. Recalled Unconditionally | The enemy is losing heavily. Washington, Sept. 28.-- Austria to-day notified the United States Gov- ernment that Ambassador Dumba they have noticed that the enemy has been greatly reinforced at Dvinsk and is evidently accumulating con- siderable forces with the object of This removed all possibility of breaking the Russian front and sepa: Dumba being recalled only on leave of absence to give an explanation. hno group. WELL SUPPBLIED FOR DRIVE. British Army Now Is Not Short of | J J Anything. : London, Sept. 28.--The Chronicle says: "Whatever may have been the case in the past, there is authority for saying that the British srmy in France is now abundantly supplied |' with high explosive shells as well as every other requisite for war. All the supplies are ample, and no short- age ned be feared under any head. "At the same time, the necessity for a largely increased output of mu- nitions of our industrial establish the army's future and growing needs. The War Office is facilitating the re- turn to the factories of skilled me- ing of the scope of the main opera- = : front say that only twenty minutes was required for the French infan- try to complete the victory prepared for by sixty hours of violent shelling |and over-run the first line 8f the { German trenches north af Perthes in | Champagrie.. While awaiting the | moment for the aitack, the French i soldiers rested behind their lines, | joking and putting their arms in per- | fect order. Ene | . The bright glow from the slow ' burning illuminating rockets and the glare of expleding projectiles light- 'ed up the entire zone of action dur- ing two nights. "After a few hours of intense fre, emy's es, it 'was officially an- | car hopes that our batteries were ed. here to-day. fo dominating the situation were trgns- A shot from a /Ggrmin formed to" certain conviction," says aeroplane struck a Russian _Yessel, [a wounded officer who took part in ned battle. kil : er the ~ ski tain Swinin and five others, | "The moment for 'the attack was and wounding eight sailors, aa To ein i st. 28 SILENCED THE BATTERIES the Germans Near the Gulf of Set «8pecial to the Whig.) ws Sept. 28. Russian warships bombarded the German po- sitions near the Gulf of Riga on Sat- urday morning, silencing all the en- A alry; the sector of Pinsk-Dubno-Tro-| break through, to cut 'off railways, more | Experts on the staff say, lately that} 5 rating the Dvinsk fPom the Molodec- | | rister, is dead, aged seventy. Such a plan necessitates a widen-| was a special TOOK GERMAN TRENCHES IN JUST TWENTY MINUTES French Flanders, have again ¢lashed with the populace, this time over the! refusal of Lille factories to make | sacks for use by the Germans as | sandbafs for their defence works. | (Unable to procure the sacks, the Ger- | man authorities potified the Mayor "that an amount Jequivalent the the! | output of the Lflle factories would be manufacturéd|in Germany and the | cost of productidn assessed against | | the city. This \wgs carried out, | notwithstariding a vigorous protest. | | The strong room. of thé town was { forced and 375,000 francs ($75,000) was deducted from the civie funds. In addition to this 81,000,000 | francs of war taxes-were de 5 | Periding the payment of this s th | Germans placed seals.on the banks' | as well as on the strong rooms of in- | dividuals, as a guarantee that securi- | ties would not be removed. { The Lille authorities insisted that | this sum could not be met, where- {upon the Germans suggested a com-| 'promise payment of 16,000,000 { francs. A penalty of 100,000 francs] | a day was imposed pending this pay- | | ment, J i | George A. Boomer, a Toronto bar- | He examiner at 'Osgoode | Hall, ' i ¥ i | The rush was so impetuous 'Ger- | { mans still alive and unwounded in | | the battered works seemed dazed and | {unable to resist. . They were dis-- {armed and pushed back for our re- | | serves to pick up, while the attacking | {line went on." . i { "There was little or no musketry: | | The bayonets did most of the work. | | The proportion of dead to wounded | {and prisoners was large. What was i {left of entire companies threw {their hands at the sight of the {ly onrush by the Zouaves." : The general impression of wound- Ted wan bros from the field is that | ithe affair of hes is only a begin- | i ming of the h effort. i { with Greece in sending an army of | neutral, { rs HOME. Canadian Explorer Back From Baffin | joe Island, | new land he discovered in the north, | Paris, Sept. 28.-- Reports from the isounded. ~ Whole battalions, rein- | CD s | forced by reserves, bounded forward. | I | Allies to Join 1 Greece in Flank | BI | ow at Bulgars iets 7 | London, Sept. 28. England; | France and possibly Italy will join! more than 150,000 in a flank attack] against the Bulgarians and Constan- | tinople if Bulgaria joins the Austro- Germans, according to reports re-| ceived here. + Such a proposal has been made to! Greece by England and France, it is| --~ stated in despatches. from Athens The despatch adds that official an- nouncement of the proffer will be made there to-morrow. For such a! campaign the Allies contemplate us-| ing Saloniki as a base. | Bulgaria, however, has reiterated, her intention of remaining strictly ~ Quebec, Sept. 28. --Captain Joseph Bernier, the Canadian Afctic explor- er, has reached port his vessel, the "Guide, after a successful trip to the known as Baffin Island, and which in "1916 will be recognized as a Canadi- an possession. This newly- discov- ered land, - which is located in the Arctic Archipelago, about 2,500 mites from Quebec, comprises 500, 000 Square miles of territory, as ex- tensive as France and Italy combined. The only casualty reported "by Capt. Bernier was the loss of one of his crew, a German, who, while taking photos of the islands, wandered too far away from the Eskimo settlement and was lost. His frozen body was found 30 days later 150 miles from the station, by a search party sent out by Captain Bernier: Ontario Brigade Changes. - (Special to the Whig.) Ottawa, Sept. 28.-- Brigadier Gen, eral Mercier, co ding the On.V tario brigade has transferred to a new brigade of "corps troops," and Lieut..Col. Garnet Hughes has been promoted to command the Ontario brigade. y Bobertson MacAulay, esident of the Sun Life A a tii, WERE GERMAN WARSHIPS, Engaged With British Submarines Trying To Enter Baltic? (Special to the Whig.) Stockholm, Sweden, Sept. 28, -- Heavy firing was heard off the south- ern coast of Sweden early yesterday. The fog was so dense that incoming skippers could not see what was oc- curring, but it is beijeved that Ger- man warships were engaged with British submarines attempting to en- ter the Baltic. , DAILY MEMORANDUM Kingston Fair continues Wednesday See top of page 3, right hand curner, Se. for probabilities. a el ae] BORN STEACY--On September 27th, to Mr. and Mrs. B. Noble Steacy, a daugh- ter Nn at i ARAN ANI SAA wg DIED ELLIOTT --In Barriefleld, on Séptem- ber 26th, 1915, James' B. Elliott, aged four months, infant son of James ETfott. Funeral! Tuesday mornihg at 10 o'clock to Cataragul cemetery. HAPPER--At 135 Ballantyne avenue, Montreal, on September 27th, 1915, William G. Happer, Interment at Belleville morning. SHARPE---In Kingston, on September 27th, 1915, Joseph Kenneth, infant son of Mr. an Mrs. William Sharpe, 362 Barrie street ROBERT J. REID e Phone 5717. Thursday a rt REFRIGERATORS, From $2 7, while © last, Turk's. 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