~y | 12.PAGES | YEAR 82-80 238 The Daily Be KiNGSTON, ONPARIO, THURSDAY, OCFOBER 14. 1915 itish Whi PAGES 1-8 LAST EDITION L LONDON'S AERIAL DEFENCE IMPERFEC Papers Citicize the Authorities For Permitting a Zeppelin to Break Into Aerial Defence --Scheme of Protection is Yet - Inadequate. (Special. to Ww London, Oct. 14.--Bitter-denune ation of the Government providing better defense st aerial attacks filled the London news papers this aftgrnoon as sequel to Wednesday night's Zeppelin raid, in which eight persons were known to have been killed and thirty-four in jured. "People who went to bus morning amid the spectacle of shat tered window sajd the Globe, "may be forgiven if they won der how long t! rt of thing will be allowed to go on without effective measures to check it We have a new scheme of defense but it did not defend us The plain. fact is that apart from wind and weather Lon- don has no adequate protection against Zeppeli " "Our air defences," said the Stan- dard, "clearly are not yet up to the mark. As a spectacle the thing was disappointing Drury Lane theatre has often done better." "We learn from an official state- titi Fat BARS CLOSE AT 8 P.M. THIS IS THE ONTARIO GOVERN- MENT'S WAR ORDER. 1h h delay in this nes fronts 'Finally Makes Compromise On Re- duction of Liquor Selling {n Hotels ----8Shops and Clubs Untouched. Tofonto, Oct. 14.--The Hearst® Government, which last session brought down the guillotine on the suggestion of the Opposition to re- duce the hours for the sale of intoxi- cants, has at last to some extent bow- ed to the weighty pressure of public opinion, and declared for 8 o'clock closing all over the province, The announcement to this effect came of- fidlally late last evening. For over a fortnight speculation has been rife &3 to what length the Government wild prepared to go. At one time it lnoked as if 7 o'clock might be the hour of closing, but the vigorous Campaign waged by the hotel inter- ests, aided by labor deputations, was believed to have exercised a wavering influence on the Cabinet, and during * the last few days the belief was pret- ty firmly grounded that a solution would be found in compromise. By the order which has been passed about 1.400 hotels are affected. The Saturday hour of closing will remain as before, 7 o'clock. Shops and clubs are untouched The. order takes effect on November 1st. This is the date of the soldiers going into winter quarters throughout thé pro- vince, Premier Hearst, in the course of a statement last night, declared that "the great necessity for economy and thrift on the part of our people, and the necessity for fitness, not only on the part of our soldiers, but on the part of our people generally, for the great struggle in which we are en- gaged, will, the Government feels as- sured, justify the action taken, and it is confident that even those who " may suffer financially will be prepar- ed to make the necessary sacrifice for the general gogd. The action of the Commission in providing for the early closing of the bars and the hour. fixed for closing meets with the approval of the Minister of Militia," Rowell's Criticism, (Bfecial to the Whig) Ottawa, Oct. 14.--N. W.*Rowell, the Ontario Liberal leader, who was in Ottawa last night, on hearing the announcement that thé Ontario Gov- ernment had ordered the closing of all bars at 8 o'clock during the war, expressed approval of the Govern. ment's action as far as it went, but | declared that only the complete clos- ing of all drinking places during the war would satisfy the people of On- | fario, and that if the Government did not do it of its own volition the! people at least should de given the T0 HOLD INS i At a meeting of the 14th officers, held on Wednesday evening, it was | decided to make it possible for hun- | i g in the Ar- At the pres- | ent time the reghment, owing to the | war, is practically depleted of officers, | non-coms. and men, but it was felt | by the officérs of thg "old guard" | 'that those left would and should turn | ot and help trail others this win- | The classes carried on all summer | will be, it is expected, greatly aung- | 'mented, as an energetic campaig is | soon to be launched to ensure well- | attended « The officers will | Bepors wa Ae for ther | 1 and a meet- ing to consult with them { od soon. ' {acterized by Chairman Flavelle : have ment," said the Pall Mall Gazette, that another Zeppelin last night broke through the aerial defence of the London district, but we look in vain for an announcement that the visitor 'was brought down. Sir Percy Scott's recent appointment to the command of 'our defences against such raids is proof that we are on point of commencing to bégin, but it is permissible to hepe that we will soon have a gorps of naval gun- ners who can really distinguish be- tween a Zeppelin and a star." the Demand Retaliation. : (Special to the Whig.) London, Oct. 14.--A resolution wag adopted this afternoon before a mass meeting presided over by Lord Willoughy De Brooke at the Cannon street Hotel, calling on the Govern- ment to announce formally a policy of reprisal through British or French aeroplane raids on German towns. "A raid for a raid," the resolutions | expressed it opportunity through a referendum of expressing their opinion. Many Hotels Will Close. «Special to the Whig.) Toronto, Oct. 14.--That many ho- tels throughout Ontario will put up their shutters for good is the con- census of the opinions of Ontario bonifaces to-day when asked by a To- ronto paper to state their views re- | garding the new regulation to close the bars at eight o'clock. Several intimated definitely that they purposed to go out of business within a month or two, The opinions of mayors and reeves of municipalities on the other hand | generally supported the new restrie- , tion of hours as a move in the right direction. Temperance leaders were practical- {ly unanimous in saying that it was good =o far as it went, but should have been more drastic. The general opinion here is that while the eight o'clock rule was char- as "an experiment" it is hardly likely that the Government will ever ex- tend the hours again. Enlarge Development Committee. Ottawa. Oct. 14.--W. A. Black, former principal of thie Manitoba Ag- ricultural College, and well known in the west as an agriculturist, is the likely choice as secretary of the pro- posed-development commission to be appointed very shortly. It is to be enlarged to nine members. It will investigate the whole question of Ca- nadian production, marketing and al- ! lied questions. Lines Are Cut Between Nish And Ti rahmva (Special to the Whig.) Athens, Oct. 14.--Communications been cut between Nish and Trahmva for a distance of five miles. Fity miles south of Nish on the trunk | line between Belgrade and Saloniki, the possession of which is the im- mediate object of Serbia's foes, is the town of Vraaya, which is probably | the one referred to the despatch. General Sarrail, Commander-in- Chief of the French forces in the Or- lent, who arrived in Saloniki Tues day, will tae command of the expe- dition army of: the Allies in the Bal- 1 1 A $30,000 Fire Loss. kans. Italy Will Cooperate, (Special to the Whig) Paris, Oet. 14.--"Italy will par. ticipate fully in the Allies' plan," de- clared Premier Viviani, speaking in the Senate to-day. TRUCTION CLASSES AGAIN Whether or not a young man in- | tends going overseas, he should train | now, as officers structional classes. Two evenings a week devoted to drill and lectures will be all the time required except for those who wish to try examina- nations for certificates, which will mean perhaps three evenings a week. Particular attention will be given to rifle practice, and, if necessary, tar- on will be put up so that fifty men can shoot at one time: The officers have decided to call in all band instruments and uniforms, and the band will be reorganized once, : at much sacrifice the 14th Jor Mills, Capts. C is to be call- | Peters, D'Esterre. and Lieuts. Mar- have decided to start the in- | - The meeting was attended by Ma TT -- BELGRADE A SHAMBLES When the Bombardment Ceased Last Friday. Nish, Serbia, Oct. 14.--The official story ©f the bombardment of Bel- grade shows that the Germans are pursuing the same plane of extermin- ation adopted in Belgium. Begun ;on the fifth, in the afternoon, the i bombardment continued untic the eighth without ceasing. Tens of thousands of shells of all ealibres' were thrown methodically, with the object of making as many victims as possible and creating a panic. Ba- | fore the bombardment the enemy opoued a barrier of fire on the roads leading out of the city, killing many persons who were fleeing. During 'the bombardment enemy aeroplanes | flaw over groups of refugees, signal-| Ing the range to the batteries. The! southern part of the city, where the! inhabitants had taken refuge, was bombarded al the night of the sixth. The number of victims was grea:. From a military standpoint the bom- - official denial of the rumor that he bardment has had no effect on the plan of operations drawn.up for Ser- bian troops. « REITERATES REMARK. That Freedom of the Seas Is Debat- able Matter. (Special to the Whig.) London, Oct. 14.--Foreign Secre- tary Sir Edward Grey's remark of Aug. 25th that the freedom of the Teas was "'a debatable mat'er," was reiterated in the House of Commons, to-day by Under Secretary Lord Rob-| ert Cecil, who meant, he added, "ex- actly what I said." . Sir Edward's comment was in ans- wer in German Chancellor Bethmann | Holloweg's declaration that it was for tke freedom of the seas that Ger- many was fighting and the PBritish| Minister's expression of a willing-! ness to discuss the matter caused much remark. | GREBCH AIDS ALLIES Rome, Oct. 14. --The AMNies : 'haye already landed at Sal- oniki, 100,000 men and: others are on the way. Greece has placed her 1ailways at the dis- posal of the Allies. A Russian attack upon Varna and Burg- has will be made simultaneous- iy. SPUR pbb et | | ! | ob SSIS EED 41 Dead And brine STA . In London Raid -- ' (Special to the Whig.) London, Oct. 14--Forty- | one persons were killed and | 101 wounded in Wednesday | 'night's Zeppelin raid on| {London, it was officially an-| nounced 'this afternoon. Of the casualties, fourteen | (of the killed and thirteen of ithe wounded were soldiers {The others were civilians. { Including the last attacks, | there have been 177 people | (killed and 436 . injured in| German Zeppelin attacks on| England so far. Of the killed, said the offi-! \eial statement, twenty-seven |were men, nine women and! {five children. The wounded! numbered sixty-four men, thirty women and seven chil-| |dren. | One Zeppelin, the report] stated, was seen to keel over| land drop to a lower altitude. | | The raid was by far the! most costly in human life of | 'any made by German air-| {ships on England thus far. i ---- i | i Watertown; N.Y., Oct. 14.--One of | had this year caused a loss of about $30,000 late on Tuesday night. The ng store and the O'Con- | nor-Kelly furnituré store in the | Flower Building were ruined by the blaze. The cause of the fire is not nown. | Coufidenice in French Government. | OA The Bi ber of | i X ow -- m Deg aties 1 0 confidence in the: of 372 to 9. fer Viviani said the Allies are {all in agreement on the Balkan situ- | ation. , ; i I. i £0 101 Wounded |i: | to net about $800. | 80 to the patriotic funds. | material [the warst fires that Watertown has' PITH OF NEWS Despalches From Near And Distant Places. THE LATEST TIDINGS PRESENTED IN THE BRIEFEST POSSIBLE FORM. The Whig's Daily Condensation of The News Of the World From Tele graph Service and Newspaper Ex. changes, Roya) assent was given to the Am- erican loan bill after noon. Sir Edward Carson has issued aa Wednesday has resigned as attorney-general. Charged with stealing a duck trom a Chinese cafe at. Niagara Falls, James Clarke was Sentenced to six months in jail. Grand Trunk earnings from Oct Ist to Tth totalled $1,019,826, com- pared with $1,008,265 a year ago, an increase of $11,561. . The Grand Trunk Railway Com- pany intends spending $200,000 in rebuilding the burned freight and passenger car repair shops at Port Huron, Mich. A national Liberal convention {along the lines of the great conven- tion of 1893, twenty-two years ago, which presaged the return of Liberal- ism to administrative and legislative responsibility in Canada for a decade and a half, is being mooted by some of the prominent Liberals in various parts of the Dominion. SEAT FOR SIR E. H. HOLDEN. | Will Represent The Heywood Divi. sion Of Lancashire, London, Oct. 14.--It is reported | that the Parliamentary vacancy in | the Heywood division of Lane { caused by the death in the Dardan- | elles region of Capt. Harold Thoma: hire, Cawley, second son of Sir Frederick Cawley, probably will be filled by Sir Edward Hopkinson Holden, who | held the seat in the interests of the Liberal party from 1906 to 1910, and who will be given a feat in the Cabi- nec. Patriotic Acre Scheme, Winnipeg, Oct. 14.--The first car- { load of wheat grown under the pat- riotic acre scheme will be placed on the Winnipeg market in a few days. ere are approximately 1,000 acres of high grade wheat, the product of the patriotic acres of the grain grow. ers of Shadeland Townghip, near Darlingford, Man. It 4s expected The money will Located A Base. Athens, Oct. 14.--A British agent has unearthed a submarine base in the Gulf of Napulia, . south-eastern Greece, from which it is believed here the submarines which recently i sank AHied transports have received | their supplies. The discovery was reported to the Greek authorities, who immediately seized a large quantity of petroleum and other sup- plies at the base. United States To Recognize _ Carranza (Special to the Whig.) Washington, Oct. 14.--United Sta-! tes' formal recognition of the Car ranza Government in Mexico is ex- pected to-day. The proc tion, notifying the | world of this Government's action, was drafted, and Secretary of State Lansing planned to issue it during the day. Zeppelins Raided London. (Special to the Whig) London, Oct. 14.--Zeppelins raid- ed London on Tuesday night, killing eight and wounding thirty-four. The was small, and the extinguished fires were soon . ia the Mexican oilfields, / taeking ship, was manned by Ger FEW OUTSTANDING FACTS. In Regard To The Early Closing Movement. Special to the Wiig.) | Toronto, Oct. 14.--Whatever the! final decision of the Government on | the seven o'clock closing proposal may be, there are a few facts of out- | standing interest in commection with the controversy: 1.--On April 1st, 1915, during the Session of the Ontario Legislature, the Goverument voted down the pro-| posals made by the Opposition thaf all drinking places should be closed | at seven o'clock, eight o'clock, nine] o'clock and ten o'clock and on Sat-| urday at one o'clock The Govern- | ment did close the shops at seven o™ | clock but left the bars and clubs open. } 2.--There has been no denial that | the Central License Commission af-| ter consultation with military auth-| orities, recommended to the Govern- | ment the proposal of closing all} drinking places at seven o'clock. ! 3.---McGarry and Ferguson, who! have always been distrusted by the! better class among both Liberals and | Conservatives and who have been in| the political limelight unfavorably al number of times, are the leaders in| the Cabinet against the early closing | proposal. { 4.--All the talk at the time of the! appointment of the commission | about the liquor traffic now having been taken out of politics has been proved in the last two weeks to be| absolutely untrue. The License} Board made a recommendation to the Government and "*if there was no political influence the Government = would have accept- ed that recommendation right away. Instead of that, they have delayed | and delayed @nd by their very delay encouraged such a politieal lobby by the liquor interests against the tem- | perance measure as has not been seen at the Parliament Buildings] since the same: liquor interests pre. | vented the Government from taking any real temperance action at the last session. Australia in Lead For Belgian Relief London, Oct. 14.--The Lord May- | § { ! ' or announced at the Mansion House that the fund of the National fom. | mittee for the Relief of Belgium had | reached £1,000,000, the committ having been formed in April to as | sist the American commission. Of that amount, £700,000. was contri-, buted from overseas, Australia I ing the way. As the cost of feeding the people of Belgium is over £200, 000 weekly, aumeeting was alled for the purpose of pledging the City of London to systematically support the National Fund. Earl Curzon and Sir | John Simon made eloquent speeches, reiterating Belgium's heroism, and need, and the Allies' obligation to her. The treatment of Belgium by | the Germans, said Lord Curzon was | without exception ithe greatest crime | in history. Sir John Simon declar- | i ed that it was Belgium's stand which | united Great Britain in its determin- | | ation to fight. | FALL OF GORIZIA. { Italians Using Big Guns To Reduce | Fortress, | Geneva, Switzerland, Oct. 14.-- | The Austrian city of Gorizia, twenty- i three miles northwest of Trieste, is| about to fall, according to a telegram received from Brescia. The Italians | 0 | the despatch says, ha brought up a large number of heavy guns and are | bombarding the town from five di-| ferent points. At the same time the | Italians are attacking the inner de-| fences of Tolmino, while on the | Carso the Austrians are said to have | been forced to abandon several miles | TAB attack and that the Central Em- | Is on Sale at the of trenches. : | Heavy snows in the Carnie Alps are reported to have buried the Aus- | is stil? on the cards that the Buchar- | Clarke trian gun positions in deep drifts. YACHTS ATTACK OILSHIPS British Agents Watch Activities or { Certain Craft. i Washington, Oct. 14.-- British | agents are investigating operations of certain yachts, which they suspect have been prepared, or are being out- fitted, for use against ships earry- ing oil from Mexico for the British navy. Information has been gath- ered from Norfolk, Pensacola and { from the Gulf of California. Recent reports of an attack on a British tanker bound from "the bellel of the agents that the at- mans and carried one gun. Half-Penny Post Stays. . London Oct. 14.--A phature.,post- | 'card known as "Thumbs Up," reacH- (ed the newspapers yesterday from ! Raphael Tuck & Sons, d ng 'the withdrawal of the to _ abolish the half-penny post. - This ncement . 1 i i | * i i | west A od discussing Viviani's RUSSIAN SUCC ESSES ~ ALL ALONG LINES centrate at Vidin, Bulgarian, German And Austrian Troops Con- Opposite Roumania ~-Serbia Will Publish Serbian- Grecian Alliance Treaty. (Special te Whig.) 1 Petrograd, Oct. 14.--Continued Russian successes all along the Ger man and Austrian lines, from the Dvinsk - region into Galicia, - were claimed by the War Office here to- the All German attacks west of Illukst, | in the Dvinsk territory, have been re- pulsed. The Czar's forces were said to have occupied the heights north of Illukst and to have beafen back a German attempt to recapture them. From the country south of the | Pripet River, on the left bank of the | Styr and north of Rafalovka, the Germans have been driven in disor- er, it was stated. Reference was made to the cap i ture of several villages with several hundred Gérman and a number of guns. Following up earlier Galicianisuc- cesses, the Russians were said to have occupied various important po- sitions and to be driving the Austri- ans before them. The latter were prisoners | described as "fighting irregularly." To Publish Alliance Treaty. (Special to the Whig.) London, Oct. 14.--Because of Greece's refusal to help Serbia against Bulgaria, Serbia was ar ranging to-day to publish the Ser- bian-Greek treaty of alliance and to lay all the documents connected with it before the Allies and neutrals. Concentrate At Vidin. (Special to the Whig.) Bucharest, via London, Oct. 14.-- Bulgarian cavalry' and German and Austrian troops were concentrated to-day at Vidin, on the Bulgarian bank of the Danube, opposite Rou- mania, apparently ready for an of- fensive or defensive against Rou- mania or possibly to amest the Rus- sian forces reported on their way across Roumania to help the Ser- bians. -- War Tidings. After an exciting session on Wed- nesday regarding France's foreigu policy in the Balkans, Premier Viviani demanded vote of confi- dence in the lederal Chan.ber of Deputies. It is understood to be the Allies' plan to keep the Kaiser too busy in the west to push his Balkan cam- paign. Whatever may happen in the out- {lying theatres of the war, it seems | more likely than ever that the real decision must be made-on the French front. French newspapers are therefore now loudly warning the Government against gending too many' men to the Balkans. WOULD ROUMANIA AID? n Analysis Of Difficulties Confront- ing Russia's Entry. London, Oct. 14.-- The Daily Chronicle's military correspondent, statement that Russia / would send help to Serbia, | says: | "There ate difficulties, both politi- cal and geographical, in the way of Russian intervention. © Any military attack by Russia myst také one of both of two routes. They are--first, | landing on the Bulgarian coast, prob- ably in the neighborhood of Varna and Burgas; and, second, direct pas-| sage through Roumania, probably by | the railway to Silistria. | "A supplementary route would be! by the transport of troops to the Rou- manian port of Constanza, and then | through Silistria southward. "Against an overseas' expedition | must be reckoned the presence of German submarines in the Black Sea, and the danger they would offer to the passage of Russian transports A landing is never an easy matter, and we have been told that Turkish troops have been brought up from Thrace to strengthen We garrisons of the Bulgarian port. i "There remains an easier route through Roumania Whether - the Bucharest Government would allow! the Russian army to pass across Roumanian territory is not quite cer. | 3 In favor of such a course! there would be Greek precedent. If she liked. Roumania could use the! Belgian precedent. It should be re- membered, however, that Rouman- ia's long northern and north-western | frontier is exposed to an Austro-Ger- | pires have been lavish of threats at! Bucharest. And, after all Rouma- nia is only a small country. Yet it} ast Government, whose friendly dis-| position toward the Allies is not in' doubt, may take an opportunity of Russian intervention in the Balkans to throw off her neutrality and plunge into the common struggle." « Short On Precious Metals. Zurich, Oct. 14.--The Austrian' Government has made an appeal to the public to take all gold and silver | jewelry, plate and other articles made of these metals to mints for conver- sion into, coin or bars. | wrens Says Britain And Her Allies London, Oct. 14.--The Daily Chronicle's Athens' co ndent | gives the following from : Premier Venizelos® , he said: "It is impossible to prophesy with Jechracy hat logic must Rad 28 a 'believe 10 accept a victory 1 Central Empires as certain, which the German to persuade i Creeks Refuse Serb Plea to Fight Bulgars Athens, Oct. 14 --(via Paris), -- The Greek reply t6 Serbia's répresen- tations that the Bulgarian attach on Serbia completes the act of aggress- fon contemplate® under the treaty ot allegiance between Greece and Ser- bia, and asking if the Greek army is ready to enter action against Bul- garia, was delivered yesterday. The note minutely argues that the | treaty dbes not cover the situation which has arisen to-Hay--a situation !m which "Greece might destroy he:- self without hope of saving: Serbia, which cannot wish such a resmit." It is added that "common interests demand that the Greek forces still be kept in reserve for a better use later." The note concludes with the de- claration that Greece intends to re- main an armed neutral, and "assures { Serbia that Greece wil continue to give her every assistance and facility compdtible with Greece's exclusively interpational position." DAILY MEMORANDUM Feldman and Christie Co, Grand, 8.15 See top of page 3, right hand corner, for probabilities. : A meeting is called of the Ladies Auxiliary, YMCA, to-morrow after. noon at 3.30 A AAA THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG Following City Stores: Bucknell's News Depot . W. & Co College Book Store Coulter's Grocery Cullen's Grocery, Cor. Prin 4 Frontenac Hotel Gibson's Drug Store Lowe's" Grocery McAuley's Book Store ... McGall's Cigar Store, Cor. McLeod's Grovery ....51 Union Medley's Drug Store, 150 on Paul's (Mgar' Store .. 78 Prin r Store «.296 § 353 Princess rug Stor Montreal Valleau's Grocery MARRIED, JOYCE-CRAIG--An Kingston, on Octo- ber 14th, 1915, by Rev. G. I. Camp- bell, Mary Gertepde, daughter of Mrs--Willlam Craig, to Sheldon R Joyce, of Toronto ROBERT J. REID The Undertaker. Phone 577. 230 "Princess Street. From Turk's. After all, to equal our