PAGES 8- YEAR 82, NO, 235 GERMAN DEFENCES ARE DEATH TRAP Powerful Dugouts Weio Reduced to Dust By the Terrible Fire of the British Artillery ---Germans Thought They Were Secure. Ie-- British Headquarters in France Oct. 8.--The, scene of the attack by the Britisk in the region of Lens. i a flat mining country dotted with heaps of slag, mine pits, ruined buila ings, splintered and felled trees and earthworks churned by explesions, with slightly rising ground toward Loos and Lens. Nothing is visible except the soft puffs cf shrapnel bursting and volumes of black smoke from the British Gerden high explo sive shells marking the positions where unseen British troops are or- ganizing their gains and the Ger mans are preparing their new defen stve line. Te their infinite satisfaction the British, who had long looked at that eyesore, the twin towers of the min ing works at Loos, now have in their possession this German vantage point. The church at Loos, which was used as an observation post, is a heap of stones as a result of the bombardment preceding the attack The normal population of Loos is 100,000 poor miners and their fam ilies. Three hundred- of the inha bitants remained in the town during the battle, taking shelter in the cel lars of their wrecked and miserable homes. One aged woman who cook- ed for the Germans Is now cooking for the British. The infantry skirmish line that approached the town saw six women and a child coming toward them in the midst of the battle. Some Brit- ish soldiers turned from the' fierce business of the charge to that of rescue, but before they could get the women under some sort of shelter two of them had been wounded. Elaborate Defences, The elaboration and permanency of the German trenches indicated the apparent conviction of the Germans that their line was secure. The dugouts often were thirty feet deep, cemented, "equipped with electric | lights and arm chairs, a home im. | penetrable even by high-explosive phy was a Russian machine operation. The slightly wounded walking back, fresh regiments going forward, processions of swift, ning motor ambulances, whose bur- dens were back in England twenty- four hours, late; the seemingly end- less precession of powerful motor trucks loaded with shells to feed the the "hungry and ever-thundering unseen guns; the troops in reservé in the fields, beside the gorged roads wait- ing for the call, while the French po pulation stood in the doorways and asked for the latest news from offi- cers and men, who know nothing ex cept their own parts in the big sch- eme of things, all contributed to the thrilling and inspiring picture On Sunday, after the attack had succeeded, a chill autumn rain fell, covering the field with a mist, and making aerial observation difficult, while the trcops fighting on the new lines were drenched. Dead and wounded British and Germans lay side by side where had flowed the ed dies of the fierce conflict. From the canvas rifle 's"eathes of the soldiers moving up in reserve ran little streams of water, and the soldiers who came back from the front were white with the chalky mud of the ground where they had dug them- selves in as they fought. Fine Symbol Of Success. Many of these scenes were repeat- ing themeselvés at all points along the western front where the Allies had attacked. One place near the front, a park of captured guns, guarded by a pacing British seatry, seemed an attraction more symbolic of success to the inhabitants than the parties of German prisoners. The distances of the last ranges at which they were fired before the Britith in- fantry engulfed them were chalked | on some of the gun shields. § Perhaps the most interesting tro- un tak- | ! { . ily British ° KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1915 -- 4 HAD"TO GET FIFTY POUNDS. ICOULONT GET IT AT THAT PRICE UNLESS 1 ORDERED A QUANTITY the stéady tramp of | smooth-run- | ~ Economic Waste T HE only road to REAL economy is the road that leads the FIRST COMMANDMENT in community our own community and send an order away jing, firoke of the - Give your home ven Same Condnions, } can beat any .- HOW MUCH \ DID WE GET AY OF IT, MA? I h N to the Home Town. This is development. Whenever we pass up from home we break this commandment dealer the CHANCE to fill that order. t-of-town house in the country. The 8 rr --y PACES -. SECOND SECTION SOME OTTAWA GLIMPSES | Special Correspondence by H. F. Gadsby. > Ottawa, Oct. 9.--1It has net escap- ed the notice of his friends that Ma- jor General Sir Sam Hughes is ob- liged to spend a large part of his time roving from one Canadian city to another, gathering salutes from the soldiers, verbal bouquets from of- ficers who have their way to make, and civic receptions. wherever the Major can be persuaded to sign the order. Although this is a duty not unpleasant to Sir Sam, the opinion Erows here that he could profitably stay at home at Ottawa and attend ; to matters, less personal perhaps, but | quite as important to the welfare of | Conservative | the nation and the party. For instance, there is the large question of getting all the gocd that can be got in the way of cheer for the people and arguments for the next election campaign out of the grand old Union Jack. It is felt that. the Migister of Militia should have this department in charge. He is just the man for it. Activity along this line has been neglected far too long. So far as an adequate display of flags is concerned the Ger- mans might well doubt whether we have a native land to die for at all This strange absence of flags has been brought to the attention of the authorities mostly by the remarks of American tourists in Canada, who cannot understand how a country can be in the throes of a great war without hanging out a banner or two. The average American visits Canada, sees our troops marching away by the thousands, the people lining the streets to fee the heroes off, but mo cheering, no flags. Naturally our America cousin asks why. "We feel too sad to cheer," we re- ply, with a lump in our throats. "So many of these brave fellows will ne- ver come back." And that explains why there is so little cheering. flags Wwe are fairly stumped. Why is it that the cities and towns and villages of Canada, the public build- ings and the private dwellings, are not aflame with the Union Jack and the Red Ensign? « Why do we deny our soldiers the sight of that oriflam- me of liberty, and justice, to hearten and inspire them? 'There's nothing _- Keep the Flags Flying But when the Am- | erican cousin goes on to ask about | ] 2 there's nothing doing in the way of concerted effort. Somehow or other nobody is taking hold of the flag and waving it, as it could be waved if they had the heart to do it. A pocsiole explanation is that they may have the heart, but not the nerve to do. it. Having waved: the flag for a peity partisan purpose in 1911, they naturally feel a little shy about tackling a lofty motive like the present. Besides, the people re- member these things and no doubt cherish resentment against those who used the sacred emblem of our na- tionhood for anything less than the noblest ends. At all events it doesn't do to recall the facts of four years ago by too much ostentation | now. / A cynic has sugested that another reason why the people have had no official encouragement from the Gov- ernment in the use of flags is that the Government doesn't feel like celebrating victories in Europe when it has nothing to celebrate in Can- ada---except defeats and reverses at the polls, as in Manitoba, and Prince Edward Island and---not yet, but soon--in British Columbia. However, this is a disgression. The point is that a movement is afoot to induce Major General Sir Sam Hughes to stay at home more in Ot- tawa and take charge of the flag op- erations. What the people lack is not the spirit but digéetion. The Major General is just the man for the job. . He is a thorough demo- crat and only accepted the knight- heod because it was Lan honor to democracy. For himself he didn't . give a hoot. He's like that, is Sir Sam, always sacrificing his personal feelings for the public good. He believes in the flag and the flag be- lieves in him and when Sir Sam has the matter in his hands the peop! | will feel that he isn't overdoing it. Besides, Sir Sam is a technical ex- pert on flag work which has become a science in Ottawa. At the capital they use flags to say everything. You can even tell by Jooking at the flag on the House of Commons tower whetlrer Senator Blank was cured of | his asthma or whether he wasn't. | Mostly he wasn't and that is always {a glad message tg the.new candi { dates. Ab any rate 8 a great {run on flags in Ottawa--they're al- en by the Germans from the Rus | sfans in the eastern front and re- taken by the British. The German prisoners were weil | clothed, neat and fresh from their comfortable dugouts, where they shells of big ealibre. The British bombardment cut the wire in front of the German trench- es into bits and battered the fire! trenches and their" traverses into Long Distance route is the road to waste, over- and false economy. This cartoon shows vividly the ECONOMIC WASTE in long distance buying. y bucks the soldier boy up like that ways hoisting of 'em up and hauling meteor flag fluttering from every fof 'em down, thus lett ng the world corner of the old home town as he | know what goes on. & marches away to Flanders, or the| As might be expected the Militia Dardanelles, or Egypt, or wasreves | Department excels in this branch of e irregular piles of earth. Under such a flailing of shells it was suicidal for the Germans to attempt to remain outside their dugouts to try to man the machine guns or to use their rifles, Dugouts Death Traps. 4 Where the artillery work was per ; fect the British infantry sprang over the parapets at a give} signal, and, sprinting toward the German trench es, arrived at them almost without opposition. Then the German tren- ches were theirs, with the Germans | who were alive huddled in their caves. Some of the dugouts had been demolished, with fsagments of | German bodies mixed in the debris; in others the openings had been! blown in by shell explosions and the occupants buried or suffocated. Again, when a dugout was un- harmed the British with bayonets fixed or bombs in hand appeared at the entrance to find the Germans still inside or perhaps just starting out. | All in the dugout might surrender, or 'f a British soldier started to en- | ter or even showed himseM he was received with a fusillade. In case = of refuseél to surrender, bombs were thrown without the thrower expos- ing himself. The Germans furviv- | ing the explosions usually gave in,! though not always, some dying fo! the last man. - { Ls % | Use Fists In Melee. { Some incidents had a humorous as | well as a tragle side in these sud- | den encounters at close quarters. | Where a chagging Briton met a Ger | man merging from a dugout, bayon- ets, bombs and even fists were used | in the melee. Great difficulty was | found in gathering and guarding the | prisoners in. stich a. confined space! as their wrecked trenches. With rifles and bombs lying about, the Germans, even after capitulating, were likely to seize them and rush to cover ina traverse or shell erater and renew the SEBL__ .. The British, in keeping with their, tactical plan, had undertaken to gain Certain ground by the attack. The - Germans fought desperately, and were vicious and prompted in their counter-attacks, displaying = & rage born of the realization that they had lost their comfortable dugouts which bad cost them much painstaking la. bor, and of the unpleasant prospect of a winter in the mud building mew caves. -~ So favored were the original tren- ches and so flat was the co with its screen of woods and s trees around the farmhouses which escaped the shell fire, that even the most. fortunate could see nothing of what was pr ing, and all the di rections of the staff necessarily had to be worked out on the map. A Wondrous Scene. i } were caught by surprise, but evident- ly they appreciated the generosity of the British rations. The three thou- sand prisoners taken by the British were but a small percentage of the! German loss. Burying of the dead in the captured German trenches still continues under shell fire. | The Man on Watch | It must make Ontario ward peo. | ple mad to be officially. told that! there are only 32 canines within! their midst. After reading the reports of the | Kingston fair, the Lampman came to | the conclusion that horse race judges | are no mote popular than baseball | umpires. ° With the farmers watering niilk, the Utilities Commission chlor | inating the water, and some vendors | doping the Mquor, Kingston i against it as regards pure drinking. | : --- That was a cruel kind of welcome | for Kingston to give the Minister of | Militia by 'chucking him into a Ford | automobile. No wonder Sir Sam gave the officers at Barriefield camp the ding-bats when he got oa the parade ground. i Short.sighted individuals are not the only ones who should look care- fully where they are going. Council- men should also do it. : When the Board of Works Chair | man cannot direct an automobile on a roadway thirty feet wide, the Lampman thinks this talk of making the highways narrower should be It will be in order, e Lampman says, for several town councilmen to have their heads read anew. by the The "Community Builder" ABRAMBON LOUIS, 336 Princess St. Clothing, Gents' Furnishings, Men's and Ladies' Boots and Shoes. ANGIAN, 8. & CO,, Manufacturers of Fine Woodwork, Sash and Doors. BROS, 126 Clarence St., Automobiles J. S., D.OS,, 342 King'St.,, THE MAN re will eventually consult about your Eyes and BATEMAN, GEO. A., The OM Reliable Insurance Office, For Fire, Life, Accident, Plate Glass In- Stirance; Broker and Money to Loan, 67 St. E.. 206-268 Princess St. Wines and omAERE Agencies: O'Keefe Brewery Co., Tor- onto, and Porters, J. K., AGENCY. Real Estate and Insur 56 Brock St. Phone 68. BOOK STORE, Stationery, Music and TOGGERY SHOP, Opera House Block. : and Campbell Clothing for the best idea is endorsed and approved of by, the following well-known and reputable business concerns: among others, KINGSTON PAPER BOX CO., J. G. Brown, Proprie- tor, King Streec West, acturers of solid and folding KNAPP, A. C,, Boat Builder. Boats of all kinds to let and for sale; alse St. Phone LATURNEY'S CARRIAGE WORKS, 390-8302 Prin- won St, Carriage and Wagon Livi the paths of glory lead him, old flag and the band playing "The Girl I left behind me' --there's a re- membrance to live in his heart amid- st the perils of battle. It sustains him like a religion. Knowing what aid and comfort it is, why don't the soldiers get a chance to see more of it? If ever there was a time tq wave the flag this is it. Here is a real crisis of Empire, a real' occasion for loyal bunting, a tremendous opportunity for all the moral support and spiri- tual enthusiasm the flag can supply, yet the Government does nothing. It does not even give out a word of ad- | vice and encouragement. The other day Premier Borden was visiting the great and loyal city of Toronto, with the object of deliver. ing a message from our soldiers at the front. His visit coincided with the news of victories in Flanders and the Argonne--a double reason for flags and paeans of joy. One would have thought to see flags everywhere, on the shop fronts, on towers amd | steeples, in the hands of the young McBROOM, W. F., 42-44 Princess St. Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Flour, Feed and Grain. McGOWAN, G. A., Cigar Manfg. Co. Milo, 10c; men and maidens, in the hands of the old people and the little children. Manifestly it was a time for flags. If an American city had been celebrat- ing a double triumph like that--vie- tory in Europe and a visit from the First Commoner---it would have been ablaze with flags. scape would have been completely covered with stars and stripes. But Toronto the loyal, Toronto the Con- servative, with the premier of its heart in its very midst did not hang out one extra flag. I take that back. One down town saloon ran up the flag that braved a thousand years the battle and the breeze, but doubts were expressed as to what it had to celebrate, now that the License Com- mission has got busy. Why was Teronto so timid, so meticulously thrifty in° the use of flags on that glorious day? Or ra- '| ther why doesn't Canada expit in a degree to show its colors, for The land- | | service. The red-tape colonels have made the flag almost a language. You can always tell what a red-tape colonel is thinking about by watch- { ing-his flag. For instance, if he has just had a high-ball the flag is at | peak, if he want a high-ball the flag | is at half mast, and if he doesn't ex- | pect to have any more high-balls that | day the flag' is hauled down. Some | of the red-tape colonels fly their flags night aid day, such is their zeal. All of which is to say that if Sir | Sam organizes the flag service out- side of Ottawa as well as it is or- ganized it ought to help a lot. ~H.F.G. | THE SPORT REVIEW John McGraw plans to rebuild his | New York Giants with youngsters. The Canadian Henley at Port Dal- { housie yielded the magnificent sum of $1,300 for the St. Catharines Red {Cross Fund. i The Juarez winter meeting opens {on the American Thanksgiving Day, {| November 25th, and there will be one hundred days of racing at least. { "Eddie" Nagle, the star Rugby and | hockey player, whom the Ottawas i have been after for some time, has | been persuaded to stay in | Hamilton Tigers have about set- tled on their regular team for this season. Erskine, the former Queen's | man, will be at rover, while the back | division will be "Jack" McKelvey, "Sam" Manson and "Chicken" Me: | Kelvey, i Hugh Gall, University of Toronto's. victorious football captain of 1916, | has been appointed as representative (of the University's Advisory {on the athletic directorate d h silanes. ra i who is at the front with niversity of Toronto Base Hospital. ty For the fisst time in Jhn . | Graw's thirteen