1 ' 'BRITISH PREPARE PDO SB Glo Gn 8 PAGES | ttt ta bh KINGSTON, ONTARIO, MONDAY, SE aily British PTEMBER PAGES{-3 | Whig 27. 1915 . The Allies Are LIEUT. GRAHAM SPOKE. | To Queen Street Young Men's Club | About the War, A splendid address was delivered i by Lieut. Gordon 'Graham, Laketield, | who has recently returned from the front, to a large audience: in the fauditorium of Queen Street Methd- | dist Church on Sunday afternoon un- | der the auspices of the. Young Men's { Club. Lieut. Graham is a machine | gun instructor "at Barriefleld camp. ucorge Joyner, president of the club presided. When Mr. Graham left Canada, he was a private in a machine gun sec- tion and after the death of Lieut. Calvin Day he was promoted to the | rank of lieutenant. The speaker sta- Germans Rushing Troops to Meet Attack-- Allies Occupy More German Positions in Champagne Region---Germans May ~ Be Forced From Verdun. (Special to the(Whig.) London, Sept. 27. + The Germans ar rushing a new division through Belgium to meet the British attacks on Nie impdrtant railway centreof was called off. Lens The enemy poured a steady stream' of shells over the Summit and Lieut. Graham to.d about down the eastern slopé to prevent the British from bringing up guns for | Richardson in the battle of the bombardment of Lens, which town is dominated by Hill 70. April made his way to the Saxon ; 3 : trenches. A sentry cof the litter call- A furious fight for possession of this hill is now on. ed out to him to halt and then sent works on the hill were him back to his own lines. Graham declared that the Saxons swere true gentlemen and often times the Canaaians held concerts with thém. Next to these the Bavarians were good fellows, but the Prus- sians were nothing but brutes. ery time the Saxons would leave the trenches they would inform the Brit- ish but by ted with the late Lieut. Day and the late Lance-Corpl. Allan David- son; as well as with Capt. George T. ! Richardson and Capt.'Guttman. On {the trip across the Atlantic Lieut. Graham said he was scheduled to participate: in a boxing bout . with Lance-Corpl. Davidson, but the lat- ter having had his finger broken, it Capt. The German wrecked by a steady, hammering shell fire that lasted two days before the troops stormed the position. In face of a ter- rific fire, the British are digging themselves in near the summit. High hopes are held out here that the fifteen-mile advance of the French in the Champagne region is preliminary to a great smash that will force the German Crown Prince from in fronf of Verdun. ! Wave of Patriotism Sweeps London. The Allies' successes have caused an intense wave of patriotism to failed: and in the interval the Prus- sweep over London. All the newspapers gave the greatest prominence | gians held the postion. A terrible to the official communiques telling of the Anglo-French successes, and at | slaughter ensued when the Prussians the same time urged the necessity for more recruits and more war muni- | fired on the Canadians, but they got . : i : ib : t 'back upon another occasion. tions, There was a noticeable increase in recruiting this morning. =» . audience was when Lieut, Allies Occupy More German Positions. made reference to the late (Special to the Whig.) | Davidson who was one of the first Paris, Sept. 27 (Official).--The Allied troops have occupied some | MeN picked upon to be a grenade | a : . N i | thrower. A glowing tribute was more German positions in the furious batfle now being waged in the | paid to the dead soldier. Champagne region. 'pagne front, and it is stated that 300 German oificers have been made | T; S ff prisoners. rees u er Unger heavy German counter-attacks, "the French are maintaining | riving Ev | mistake one time they France and One thing that greatly pleased the of Loos and Graham | teén Allan [guns were taken, their newly-won positions at Souchez and elsewhere in the Artoise re | gion. In the Gale Several Large 'ibbles." | & "(Special to the" Whig.) London, Sept. 27.--The British and French armies have taken sev- eral large "nibbles" out of the Ger- man lines between Verdun and the Belgian coast, capturing, in the pro- cess, trenches along a front of about twenty miles, 20,000 prisoners, eight | guns and a number of 'machine guns. | At the same time the British war ships and French and Belgian bat- teries heavily bombarded the Ger- man positions on the coast between | Zeebrugge and Nieuport. | The offensive which resulted in the French and British victories be- gan Saturday morning. For sever- al weeks there had been an almost incessant bombardment with guns which late last week increased. The French, who have the most im- portant gain to their credit, made their chief onset against the German lines: around Perthes, Beausejour and Suippes in Champagne, where, in December, they gained considerablé ground. Saturday's attack, howev: er, backed by a tremendous artillery fire; Rave them possession of more territory than they had fetaken from the Germars since the latter dug | not yet succeeded in passing the edge of heavy pieces, r 1d are bombardi : the Allies in preparation for-a cou 1 ter-attack. * - Rely Solely on Bombs. On many sectors both Germans and the Allies have abandoned rifles and are relying almost solely on bombs. The ground between the trenches in several sectors is full of struggling figures. | In the Artois region to the .naorth, | the French have made important | progress north of Thelus, but have of La Folie and the Arras-Lille road. The Germans are making a stubborn stand. in this region. German batteries are violently cannonading F¥ench positions near Quennevieres farms, south of Arras. The French artillery is making vig- orous reply. An intense bomb and artillery duel is proceeding between the Meuse and the Moselle. In the Vosges, all infantry opera- tions have been halted by a great wind and rain storm. jon Sunday and rainstorm on Sunday morning, and while no very serious i hds been reported, things were quite| lively. It rainéd until about noon, | but the wind continued all day and| on into the night, and on Monday| morning mariners stated that there, was still a very heavy wind on' the lake. Several trees were blown down in! different sections of the city, and limbs were broken off nearly every! tree in the city. As 'the result of the storm there was a Very slim attendance in the| churches on Sunday morning. | Was British Transport Sunk? | (Bbecial to the Whig.) { New Fork. Sept 27% heording | to reports to shipping circles to-day, the British transport reported sunk by the Germans on Sept. 21st was the former Cunard liner Trafisylva- nia, having a tonnage. of fourteen thousand. .In the British House no statement has been made regarding it. BIG ADVANCE BY ALLIES 'Made in Northern France on Saturday DRIVE GERMANS BACK ¥ doi acens v ted that he was personal.y acquain- TWO AND A HALF MILES ON 20- home at Green Point. Deceased was MILE FRONT. And Captured 20,000 Prisoners-- The Allies © Are Holding Their Newly-won Territory--The Casu- alties Very Heavy. (Special to the Whig.) Paris, Sept. 26. -- (Official) -- Twelve thousand Germans were tak- en prigdners by the French in a ter- last | rific battle Saturday in the Cham-' and sugar | pagne district of France. French | troops penetrated the German lines {along a front of fifteen miles and a half miles. still going on. Stubborn fighting is The British Advance. (Special to the Whig.) announces British forces Lave as- sumed the offensive~ in northern cantured on Saturday | {five miles of Gernian trench south of the La Bassee Canal. In some in-| stance8 the German positions were | penetrated for four thonsand yards. | Captures were of Hullueh village, | Hill No. 70. Seven-| hundred prisoners and eight Berlin Official Statement. (Special to the Whig.) Berlin, Sept. 26.--The official The French attacks continve on: the whole Cham- | | statement says the Allies attacked all along the western front from the | Vosges to the sea and succeeded ir | penetrating the German lines in some places, ' Terrific hand-to-hand | fighting was a feature of the battle. | The casualties are heavy. Hold Captured Positions | (Special to the Whig.) | Paris, Sept. 26.--Reports late to-| -. Kingston was hit by a heavy gate Light from the western front indi- cated that the Allies had entrench: ed in their newly won territory and | were holding strong against fierce! counter-attacks. i Allies Took 20,000 Prisoners | (Special to the Whig.) { London, Sept. 27.--The official statements indicate that the Allies took twenty thousand prisoders on, Saturday and Sunday. The German! osses have reached probably sixty thousand since Friday night, War Tidings. The enemy displayed great activ- ity north of Dixmude, but the Bel- | gian batteries replied effectively. =~At Sofia it is semi-officially stated | that Bulgaria merely declared arm- | ed neutrality like Holland and Swit- | zerland, and will continue negotia- | tions with the belligerents. i Cannonade in the Riga district. is | becaming more intense. The Germans | are again using asphyxiating gas. | The Routhanian ing has sum- | mohned into conference members of | The Germans Bac London, Sept. 26. Genera! French NEW TINY SUBMARINE LAST EDITION about 79 yearsvof age. TO. CAN 10,000 JARS OF FRUIT \ -- in Fruit-Growers, Civilians, Scouts, Sol. diers and Ladies Join. St. Catharines, Sept, 27.--A four to Mrs. George Hunt's and had | were taken by Mr. Allum to (Special to the Whig.) weeks' campaign has heen started in gotten out of the rig to go in. When | London, Sept. 27.--The tide of war has turned for the Allies on every St. Catharines to-can 10,000 jars of SUDDEN DEATH AT DESERONTO. | , | Austin Vandusen, Died In House Of | » a Friend. | (Special to the Whig.) | Deseronto, Sept. 27.--At Deseron- to on Saturday at noon, death came suddenly to Austin Vandusen, | Green Point, Prince Edward County. He had driven up! Miss Laney Hunt went to call for him | he complained of a pain and said| . . that he couldn't get his breath. = Who A e passed away shortly after "Tn Mrs. | I inning on very fon na. 8 rman Hunt's home. Dr. Vandervourt was | called and said Heart trouble was] : ) the cause of death. The. remains| es em e ences Ie emg mas g ~The Czar Has Halted the Teu- ton Offensiv - LON UTTensive. front. y y. Wi i vi truit for Canadian soldiers in hospi- ! The greatest artillery onslaught of any war is blowing whole tals in France and England. Jars Sections of Germans on the Franco-Flanders fronts to bits. The Allied are being supplied by a|troops are smashing their way toward the railway lines by 'which the Teu- committe, ladies will put up the fruit,| tons hold their grip on Belgium and northern France. which growers will donate on the| trees. Boy scouts, goldiersand civil- The German losses in the Allied drive that began Saturday morning Lieut | for a depth in some places of two and | ians will do the picking. Ven. Arch-| 8lready are believed to total more than 100,000. deacon Perry, Rector of St. Thomas' | Church, was the first picker to volun. | Czar Halts Germans in East. tees. The Czar has halted the German offensive -in the east. Von Hin- denburg has been thrown back in his attempts to reach Dvinsk and Riga. {The Russians are on the offensive on two-thirds of the eastern battle- front, recapturing villages and taking a heavy toll in prisoners. The Italian War Office claims fresh successes, The Serbian artillery ------ | is holding up the Austro-German advance, and despatches from Athens to- HE | day asserted that Bulgaria, three days ago ready to léap into the war with New York Man $ Invention Has the Austro-Germans, is hesitating. : Searchlight Workable Under A Call For Moderation. 1 \ w I. The newspapers called for moderation on the part of the wildly en- -New York, Sept. 27.--The diminu- | thusiastic British public to-day. They pointed out that the Allies must tive submarines conceived by Profes-| have suffered heavily in the victorious smashes towards Lens and in the sor Herschel C. Parker of this. city, Champagne, and that to-day's official communique may bring news of seri- and recommended by Henry Ford for | ' ; . 0 adoption by the United States Navy, | Ous reverses. is in reality a submersible that acts They hinted that the sudden offensive movement launched on Satur- in the water the same as an aero- day may mean only a "fegling out" of the German positions, preliminary plane acts in the air, according to its + nd that tk psent attac Fak inventor, wha said that he also had to a real offensive, and tha he prese attacks may cease before night, mem invented and patented a searchlight | to be used under water which, with | . he so-called "'fishboat," 1d ke | H ihe pocatled "nenvonc" woud mare Russians Have lete. It is the desire of Pr i gssor Parker to give his invention the United | It-is. his wish to make - this contribution to his countrys aefen-| ces. . He would also have the Gov-| ernment test his undersea search- light, which he calls a "helioscope," | because it will make possible the de- tection of lurking submarines and ob- 8,000,000 More Men to Fight Petrograd,, Sept. 27.--The Rus- | slans now have commenced a new t {offensive movement which it is ex- stacles to uevigation at a distance of | 0 ted will not stop until the Ger- perkiasis wiore than an kod out Mans are either cut off or beaten | back over the territory along which the idea of the small submersible, | } 0 have been advancing for the propelled by a gasoline engiiie, Prim-| oot several months, With 8,000,- arily as a defensive craft. = It Willi 409 more men in the field, and more have a cruising radius of fifty miles | equipment, thousands of guns and anda Speed 3 veriape forty wiles) millions of rounds of ammunition, | an hou 0 men. | fighting than when they first enter- ed the war, and everywhere through- | - out the country there is a feeling To Come To Serbia's Aid and Keep (hat the tide of battle really has : Treaty. | turned id favor of the Czar and that Athens, Sept, 27.--King Constan- | success will.crown the Russian arms, tine and Premier Venizelos at & con-| Continuing their success of Friday, ference Saturday reachee a complete | the Russians lave re-taken the towns agreement in regard to both the steps Of Atkala, Vileika and Logischin, and the measures already taken by | have driven the Germans and Austri- { the Government and the measures ans from several strong positions, | which are demanded to meet the Bal- | and hive captured thousands of pris- | GREECE IS READY, | Despatches PITH OF NEWS. From Near and Distant Places, ' Farmers of fhdiana are giving lib- erally of their crops for.the feeding » of the destitute in Belgium. Guelph has decided to drop the in- surance on the lives of the soldiers who left with the first contingent. Charles Beaubien, Mdntreal, may he given a senatorship made vacant by the death of Senator De-Boucher- ville. The trial of the ex-ministers at Winnipeg has been adjourned owing to the serious illness of Hon. W. H. ' Montague. Gustave Lamothe, K.C.,-has bean appointed a Superior Court judge at {the Russians are in better shape for Montreal in place of the late Judge Beaudin. . The coroner-stone of Mount Ham- dlton Hospital, Hamilton's new hos- pital on the mountain, was laid by Sir John 8S. H rie. > Windsor, Walkerville and Sand- wich representatives decided to ask the Provincial Government to form a Metropolitan Commission to control various utilities in the three towns. . Province-wide liquor restrictions covering every centre where soldiers are in training this winter is likely . y: themeeives in after the battle of ow Arabian % Crew The importance of thjs gain lies in the Cabinet and leaders of alt politi. | British Casualties. cal parties, aceording to Bucharest | kan situation. These measures in-|Oers and war supplies. F. ant {to be the solution of the Provincial clude niainténance of Greece's treaty i | License Board for the problem that ------ (Special to the Whig.) | | | the fact that every yard of ground taken in this region weakens the Ger- man position around Verdun, from | which the Germans might be | com: | pelled to retire should the Frenth| , Succeed in making any further ad- vance. "The (French have also captured the cemetery at Souches and trenches east of the "labyrinth" in the Arras distriet, which was the scene -of thuch heavy fighting earlier in the year. There the Germans had built what they considered almost impregnable |, fortifications; " British Aid French, This attack was fade in co-opera- tion with the British who gttacked on either side of La Bassee Canal. The attack to the south of the can- al was, Field Marshal Sir John French reports, a complete sucébss. This push forward gives the Brit ish possession of the road from Lens to La Bassee which was used by the] Germans for moving troops and sup- plies north and south, and threatens to outflank the German troops which hold the town of Lens. ? " Hill No. 70. one of the positions taken on the road, is less than a mile dipeetly north of Lens, while Hulluch which also fell into the hands of the British is at the end of the road ne: La Bassee. _ It is only twelve miles from Hulluck to Lille, the capital o Northern France. < 4 Germans Resist French Advance. 3 "(Special to the Whig.) Paris, pt, 27 (Official). --Ger- man ° reinforcements ' have been thrown into the front by thousands since the Allies swept forward. . It is officially admitted this after- noon that £t many points the enémy is successfully resisting the efforts of the French to continue their .ad- wince. Everywhere the battle is raging with the utmost fury. Most desperate / fighting is ocecur- ring between Brico and the sector north of Wacques farm. Both sides are resorting to the use of high pow- er explosive shells and shrapnel. The '| posed to be holding part of the line : | In the Gale! (Special to the Whig.) Buffalo, Sept. 27.--Tugs were en. deavoring to-day to release the steamer Arabian,\blown ashore near Wilson on Lake Ontario in the Sun- day gales. The sgeamer is badly damaged from pounding on the rocks. Her crew was taken off dur- ing the morning. The Arabian was bound from Montreal to Washburn, Minnesota, with a cargo. The steamer L. F. Hines nearly foundered in the high seas off Point Abino, and the barge Athens was barely saved =from disaster on the Canadian shore. Other lake vessels sought shelter under the lee of Long Point. Gales are general on all the Great Lakes. . | e-------- Doesn't Think = the Canadians Were in Fight ere in rig ( ial Ottawa, Sept. 37 Mak: ren. Sir Sam Hughes stated this morning he had received no advices which would indicate that the Canadian divisions took part in the British fightifg in northern France during the last few days. The Minister of Militia point- ed out that the Canadians are sup- some distance north of where the vere fighticg took place. Saturday's attack was pressed at a point where the British line joins the French. The small list of Canadian casualties received is not i tive of any un- usual fnovéments. | e------------l mete. D. M. Perry, for bout thirty-five years assessor and tax | ties published this morning indicate London, Sept. 27.--British casual- 29 officers and 744 men dead and 74°qfficers and 3,136 men wounded and missing in recent operations. AN are of English and Irish regiments. This Is not thought te be a complete list of the casualtiés in the recent engagement. Bulgaria Wait Final Offers t the Allies (Special to the Whig.) Rotile, = Sept. 27.-The Balkan situation is apparently deadlocked to-day. Bulgaria was believed to be ting 'for final preposals from the + Serbia and Greece were awaiting 'orders from Roumania, which is said te have demanded ex- planations from Bulgatia. A Nish despatch says that uncom- municative and carefully censored despatches from the Serbian capital carried no comment on the Bulga- rian statement issued on Saturday. PP -------------- Has Left For Ottawa. ' Rev.' Dr. Macgilliveay, Moderator of the General Assembly, has left! fof Ottawa, to De present at the ceremony of presenting memorials « the Duke of Connaught. On Wed- nesday he will officiate at the dedi catory service for the opening of Knox College, (Toronto. " be Another Attraction Added. : R, J. Bushell, 'manager of the Kingston Industrial Exhibition, an-- nounces that Col. Ouiitie has kindly to give an exhibition of physical drill at 'the fair on Tuesday and Wednes- day.Y ° collector at. Woodstock ead former Councilman, Germans have brought up a number died at the age of 79- consented to allow the 59th Regiment! despatches. ! Between September 2nd and 20th { forty-five Austridn prisoners, includ: i ing ten thousand sick or wounded, | passed through Kiev on the way to | Moscow and Voronezh. In Galicia, Russian successes con- tinue. An additional hundred offi- cers and three thousand men were captured, The Petit Parisien says the Allies | have enough reserves on Gallipoli to | attend to Bulgaria and Turkey at the | same time. Amsterdam reports that German wounded will be brought from the east into Belgium. Louvain will be a hospital-centre. . SHOT BY HIS OWN DEVICE. Forgot He Had Set Trap To Catch Thieves, Peterboro,' Sept. 27.--Sydney Gar- rett, a farmer of Otonabee, is in St. Joseph's Hospital, suffering from serious gunshot wounds. Without | thinking, he opehed the door of his fowl house and received in the abdomen the contents of a gun he had, chatged with shot and set as a trap for chicken thieves. Several shots penetrated the walls of the ab. domen, and his recovery depends up- on the absence of complications. 1 ----------------. tr. i . "Buck Up," Says Kaiser. ' Petrograd, Sept. 27.--German pri. Soners -eaptured in Galicia afd brought to Kieff say thut une of the Kaiser's orders to the army was: ."From- reports of the commander I know that 'my courageous troops are tired after their continuous vie- torious advance," and require rest. This may be obtained only at Kieff. Buck up and strenuously endeavor to reach jt." { | ¢ Citizens Slain In Mexico, Washington, Sept. 37. Thirty rted to have been eo, T obligations. | Prisoners Treated Cruelly. | important operations now in persons are repo killed Jhen thousands of shots were | jg the streets : Montreal, Sept. 27.--A Montreal | soldier managed to get a letter home of to his mother from a German prison, '| telling of crueltiés and indignities at | the hands of his captors, and stating { that food, not fit for a dog, was be-| {ing supplied to the prisoners of war. | | He smuggled the letter out of Ger-| | many. Big Actions , Along Russian Battle Fron { Pte. Bofind of the 14th Battalion, | Nan: | one of the wounded soldiers now be- | a | Ing cared for at the khaki convales- | 37 ThE oat cent home, this city, states that he| gress along the Russian front are Witnessed a Highlander crucified on| a i centering about three points: Baran-| 8 tree. » This was after he section] ovighi, Molodechno, and Dvinsk, The | With which he was fighting at Fes- struggle brought on by the new Ger-| tubert had Sained German trenches, mas movements against' Dvinsk nas | The erucifieq oo sige 2 ot dea been under way for several days. The | When seen y €. HBolind, but expir- Germans are makifg a' de! | ed 'shortly afterwards. attack in the Dvina River regiot, = have pushed their lines to within' al Mme. Dumba Free To Sail. . Washington, Sept. 27.--The' Allies days march of Dvinsh, | have consented to ensure "safe con- The city itself is not yet within the| oot TOF Mime DA wi or Ph direct sphere of military action a.:.| Austrian . A Ne EtiE though its situation is regarded by oh 3 Ambassad Tusseriana ha Ruasian Shiers as a oo | thi assurance Saturday to Acting-! ward on both stdes of the high road! Secretary of State Polk, replying to| between Novo Alexandrovsk and| the United States' request for "safe Dvinsk, and in the vicinity of Lakes! conduct" for Madame Dumba and her : id, who sail Tuesday. Dresviata and Obole, 20 miles south | ™® of Dvinsk. wb SEE A Severe Gale Swept the City 2s Petrograd, Sept, the Styr, and Stokhod Rivers, from which the Teutonic forces have been cleared. The Russians report that! many prisoners have been taken here. | More important still was the re-| rapture of Lutsk, a strong position regarded as the key to the entire field of operations in the south-west. | Syracuse, N.Y. Sept. 37 Syra- Tower Grain Rate. "+ feuse and vicinity was Winnipeg, Sept. 27.--Conferences \.(. on Sunday evening and between the Grand - Trunk Paeific, morning. In the city trees we Canadian Northern, and Government gq ang considerable property loss: en- Raltway continued. RUMOrS| 1q1104. : While: no. statistics are. re- of contempfited amalgamation of ported the crops in this : these lines are not credited. What "low and Wires Ca (Special to the Whig) Turk faces them. DAILY MEMORANDUM City Council, § pm. Kingston Fair opens Tuesday. Division Court, § am, Tuesday. See top of page 3, right hand corner, for probabilities. - BORN COLE~--At Deseronto, on. Beptember 19th, to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cole, a son. McCRACKEN---At Roblin, on Septem- ber $th, to Mr. and Mrs. Arch Me- a Cracken, a daughter. SMITH---At RobHn, on September 14th, to Mr. and Mrs. 8. W. Stith, a son. MARRIED. GRIER-BADGLEY On September 22nd, Miss Ethel Badgley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Badgley, Tweed, to Will Grier, Tordnte, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Grier, Tweed. DIED. CLAUS--<At Deseronto, on September 15th, Hazel, 'infant daughter of Levi Claus, aged four months. ma ny ROBERT J. REID _ Phone 577. | 230 Princess Street. JAMES REID NCESS STREET. Phone 147 for Ambulance. : REFRIGERATORS. From $2 ta Ys ile they last, at Pickli n Pure Spices Fon English Mah V Pure Cider V =