16 PAGES YEAR 82 - NO SERBIAN C NISH HAS FALLEN TO THE BULGARIANS After Three Days of Fierce Fighting--t Wil Take Several Weeks For the Allies to Turn the Tide In Balkans. (Special to the Whig.) 1 Berlin (via wireless) Nov. 6. --The Bulgarians have captured Nish, War Office announced to-day. The Serbian Capital's fol- lowed three days of tenacious fight ing, said the report A pew movement to cut off the re treat of the Serbian Army is report- ed by the Overseas New§ Agency The Austrians are said to have begun an attack along the western border of Montenegro, in which country the Serbian forces are expected to seek refuge. fall Will Take Weeks to Turn Tide. (Special to the Whig) London, Nov. 6.--If the Bulgar- Teuton tide is turned, the best opin-| jon here is that it will be some weeks hence, involving a period of uncer- tainty such as preceded the stand be- fore Paris and on thg Yser But giving 'the Entente PoWers a month's time, it is argued that they can throw | 300,000 men, and perhaps 500,000, into Serbia, not including. Russians, and with such a force not only dis- pute the advance of the Central Pow The Japanese Emperor Goes For His Crown of the Vardar river. | 1 ninth monthly 'instalment of the war aily British Whig KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SATURDAY. 2 ers, hut contest Bulgaria's tion of Serbian Macedonia. Serbian Situation occupa- Improved. ial to the Whig.) APITAL CAPTUR NOVEMBER 6. 1915 -- CAESAR'S WAY. (Specis | Loudon, Nov. 6.--The Serbian situation has improved in the view of the British and French staffs at Salonika. The British troops, in splendid form, now have taken their place in the first line. Fresh troops left to-day for the Serbian front, as well as convoys of arms, munitions and provisions. The Bulgarian army descending into old Serbfa to invade Macedonia by way of Veles and Prilep, was de- feated at Isvor at the entrance of Bdbuna pass, after a battle lasting several days. French infantry and British cav- alry took part in the struggle, and gave efficient aid to the Serbians. British horsemen have arrived from Rivolak to assist their Allies. The Serbians have captured Isvor and Gradsko. The Bulgarians, whose ranks are said to have been decimated, are re- treating in the direction of Veles, and have evacuated the right bank BELGIUM HAS PAID THE SUM OF $72,000,000 To the Enemy. Provinces Scrupulously Meet Instal- ment of Huge War Levy--Deceiv- ed By the Germans. . ber of Commerce of Antwerp has is- sued a report written by its presi- dent, E. Castelein, to the members of the permanent deputation which re- presents the chamber before the Bel- gian Government, outlining the steps which the Belgian provinces had ta- ken to pay the German war levy of 480,000,000 francs ($96,000,000). The report states: "The Belgian provinces have just o- paid the German Administration the levy of 480,000,000 francs. They have up to date actually paid out 360,000,000 francs ($72,000,000), { of whieh 45,000,000 are to be credit- {ed to 60:000,000 imposed specially with the guarantee given by the Gores man autharities in December, 1914, The Absence of Kitchener . fe \ 3 \ d that indemnity for requisitioned mer- S y ISCUusse |chandise, or merchandise which | f Amsterdam, Nov. 6.--The Cham- | One of the best known streets in Nish, Serbia. | | o* An Election Is Now Likely In Greece to the Whig.) _ Nov. 6.--King Constan- | ssolve the Greek Parlia- | ment, according to a News Agency 10 ge from Athens to-day. his means that Premier Zaimis will remain -in office until the gen- eral elections can be held. Inas- much as the troops are mobilized the election must be much delayed. It cannot be held inside of two months at the earliest Zaimis will recon- struct his cabinet, which will consist BRITISH SHIP SUNK. (Special to the Whig.) London, Nov. 6,--The British steamship Woodfield has been sunk by a German submarine, the Admiralty announced to- day. Part of the crew has been landed. It is believed the rest have been picked up by another boat. cial hr bbb breed Prep bbb dg 0 | CANADIAN RED CROSS. Controls Many Hospitals and Depots * In France. London, Nov. 6.--Col. Hodgetts Canadian Red Cross commissioner, when interviewed after his trip to| rs a ¥ . : of the same ministers as hitherto, France, Hated nat his, SrgRDIzation yyy, two additional appointments will | now controls, besides the principal | oa depot at Boulogne, advance depots Though not definitely so stated, at each of the three general hospi- it is assumed here that these posts tals, 4is0 one at general headquart-'| wij pe given to Venizelos supporters | Bre: x Jaiter Supplies six HEH in the hope of placating that party. -| ambulan®es and one clearing casual- ty hospital. - The Canadian organiza- | | tion also controls one stationary hos- | +> PAGES 1-8 St tt tated LAST EDIMON BY THE ENEMY BULGARIAN LOSSES PLAGED AT 100,000 Bulgars Severely Defeated Southof Strumnitza And At Babun Pass---Thought British Troops Are Co-Operating With French--Repulse Germans. (Special to the Whig.) London, Nov. 6.--Bulgaria's killed and wounded in the Serbian eam- paign are estimated by the Serb staff | at 100,000. The Serbs - admitted | that they too had lost heavily but gare BO Bgures. i Russian bombardment Germans! are" DutChering. nan-som sent 2 (LOE Kitehener bas ben Pr Bn the ground ou have | 360 to the Balkans to take the Brit- Pe i ol ) | ish command or either to Gallipoli of oie rs] is denied or Egypt, since being replaced '"'tem- 8 de . | porarily" by Premier Asquith, as of- i ---- | ficially announced Friday afternoon The Russian minister to Rouminia | returned to Petrograd on Friday from Bucharest and immediately confer- red with Foreign Minister Sazonoff, presumably concerning Roumanian man dead on the field after the at tack. War Tidings. A German submarine is reported sunk off Varna apparently by the The validity Bulgarians Defeated. (Special to the Whig.) London, Nov. 6.--South of Strum- nitza on the Bulgar frontier the Bul- | garians were severely defegted. It is thought British troops are Co-0p- | aid for the Allies. erating with the French here | Kitchener conferred with King A great Serbian victory is reported | George Thursday 'night despite the at the Babun Pass, the Bulgars be- King's condition. This, with the re- ing completely routed. | cent conferences with Premier As- | quith, caused the rumors of impend- | ing change'in the War Cfice, (Special to the Whig.) | That the British transport Rama- London, Nov. 6.--German efforts an was torpedoed and sunk in the to recapture. ground lost t¢ the Rus-| Aegean Sea by a submarine on Sep- sians near Lake Swenton have been | tember 19th, was officially an- unavailing. ght There were 1,000 Ger-|{ nounced Friday ni --~------ NI ca em a, German Attacks Failed. ™ A | would still be requisitioned en bloc, | pital and one advante depot at Paris, | Tokio, Nov. 6.:.--Yoshihite, Em- "ge "and twenty-second head of the Japanese imperial house after the first Em- peror Jimmu whose reign began 2, 675 years ago, left Tokio to-day for Kioto to make his state entry into the capital of his forefathers and there formally accede to the throne of the Empire of the Rising Sufi: The monarch was to have been aecom- panied by Empress Sadako, but ill- ness prevented her from participat ing in the ceremonies | As the Emperor emerged from the| palace he was greeted by 200,000 school children, who paid silent hom age to the ruler, There was no cheering, the authorities bearing in mind the accident which happened to King George recently on the western front, when his horse was frightened by the cheers by the soldiers and threw him, causing painful injuries. Soldiers and bluejaékets were drawn up in the streets tem lines deep. NO DOCTOR NEAR. When King George Met Accident At . Front. London, Nov. 6.--A letter /from Corp. Fred Clark, of the Military Mounted Police in France, describes his futile gallop for two miles when King George was injured. He says: "The horse started kicking as the King lay on the ground, but several Of 'the Stall officers ran and picked | the King up. They then laid him! down again a little distance away. | One of them ran up te me and said breathlessly: 'Go find a doctor. Ride like hell' 1 went on a straight gal-| lop for two miles, but could not find | a doctor anywhere. 1 out on duty with their regiments. So 1 returnéd and reported that I could not find one, "They them picked the King up again and carried him to his auto- mobile. He had been lying on the! ground about ten minutes, evidently rather seriously injured. I happened to be the only mounted man there except the King's escort." A great reception is planned for Brand Whitlock, former mayor of Toledo, Ohio, now American minis- ter to Belgium, upon his return to . Toledo. Page = i A-Nigsh COaptured; : Bulgarian 2---Sunday Services; To Attend | to-day They were alli A Edison, Nikola Tesla, and Theo- | ment, the (Special to the Whig.) London, Nov. ..#8 Kitchener's absence from the Brit- ish War Office, where Bremier As- | banks. quith is presiding temporarily, is | provinces, in order to free our coun- connected with some military move- | try completely from the heavy bur- ment of capital importance, is the | den imposed upon her after growing belief throughout England | months of invasion and devastation, ' to make monthly payments for Sep- tember; October and November, 1915 resignation as War Minister is truth- | --that is, another 120,000,000, of ful. His ostensible retention of the | which 15,000,000 are on account of post of Minister of War will not pre: | the 60,000,000 special imposition in vent his taking a field command. exchange for the guarantee of One opinion is that he has gone | prompt payment for requistioned to & conference with Joffre in |goods." France, and the other is that he has M. Castelein, after pointing out taken command in the Balkans. { how scrupulously Belgium has met : -- her engagéments relating to the war Is Placed On Half Pay. contributions, severely arraigns the Amsterdam, Nov. 6.--Another fa- | German Administration for the lax vorite of Grand Admiral Von Tirpitz | Manher in which they have paid for has been retired from the German | requisitioned goods. In a report navy, according to adviges received [Submitted on March 19th last it was from Berlin to-day. These report shown that the value of requisitioned that Rear Admirai. Capelle, director | 800s reached a figure in excess of of administration, and one of«the | 85,000,000 francs. Since this re- chief supporters of the Von Tirpitz port, declares M. Castelein, Germany submarine policy, has been placed on | kins yaa less' than one-tenth of the yr 4 aalf pay. es I" M. Castelein then reviews a series EAR of acts and formal engagements by Women Take Place Of Men. { which the Germans and Belgians Washington, Nov. 6.--Sixty thou-| regulated the matter of requisitions, sand women have registered as skill-| stating that at first the Germans ed workers in various trades to make | made many requisitions forcibly in a up a reserve army of workers in Lon-| summary manner. Then in Decem- don and take the places of men elig- | ber the war levy was fixed at 35,000,- ible for military service, decording | 000 francs monthly for a series of to a London Board of Trade bulletin | twel#e months. The Belgians ac- Lcarreney, in. commercial. change, or in credits on German The official denial of Kitchener's | the four | | would be paid as soon as possible in | the latter supplying the French hos- i bills of ex- | pitals with medicaléhoenssi ties under | the superintendence of Philippe Roy, It therefore remains to our | Canadian commissioner at Paris. At ont and many of the depots per- manent buildings are replacing the tents, so that for the coming winter the prospects are for greater com- fort than was experienced last win-, ter. Col. Shillington, bf Ottawa, has been appointed by the Imperial Gov- ernment as head of a military hospi-{ tal with 200 beds at Boulogne. ENGINEER DIES AT 90. Was Visiting His Daughter in Lon- don, Ontario. London, Nov. 6.--While visiting his daughter, Mrs. (Rev.) H. A. Gra- ham, in London, W. H. Kennedy, Toronto, died after a few days' ill- ness, in his ninetietn year. Mr. Kennedy, who was a mechani- {cal engineer, was born in Adolphus- i Frajericksburg; Mrs. H. A. Graham, and three sons, W. J. Kennedy, To- made public at the Bureau of Forei- | Cepted this figure after long hesita- | gn Commerce to-day | tion, and after,. it is. declared, se- _ curing a formal promise of promipt 3 < settlement of the requisitions, the Nobel Prize for Edison. 1 London, Nov. $.--Accurding to 41 sum was raised to 40,000,000, with » NOV. ©. prompt settlement stipulated. On despatch to the Exchange Telegraph | January 9th, 1915, Governor-General Company from Copenhagen, Thomas | yon confirmed this dore Svedberg, Swedish chemist, of | mise was the University of Upsala, are suggest- | ed as probable recipients of Nobel | prizes. | M. Castelein continues: "Of all this, gentlemen, nothing has materialized. No commission to | was appointed at Antwerp, and with Cost of the War. London, Nov. 6.--It is now cost- ing England $27,500,000 a day 1% report states; and the pro- | * ing, Montreal, Friday afternob: made that a body of Bel- | * spreading to other glan business men would be appoint- | # The entire fire, fighting forces + | ed to reach a solution of the problem | # were out. | of payment for irregular requisitions. | ¥, killed. carry on the war, according to 'the few exceptions the requisitions were | parliamentary correspondent of the not paid for." \ | Daily Chronicle. | M. Castelein states that in April, { J | through 'promises made by Senator «| Strand, president of the German civil Mine Activity omission Sontilies! In The Argonne | tlement dragged the Senator inform- | ed him that the scheme was being re- cast In Berlin. | A commission was finally organized in Ber 1y, according to M. Castelein, to take n { euse the plice of the promised Antwerp body. The commission prepared Paris, Nov. 6.--"Mine activity I sicscrilied us of an nquisi- | continuous in the regfous of Argon-| sively insignificant advances ' (ne and the Meuse. Am explosion in| Castelein asserts | vicinity of Maldncourt seriously dam- 4 o- n that the time aged the. enemy's organizations," ity, citing Article 52 of The Hague Convention of Oct. 18th, 1907, which he. declares ob es Germany to re- pay requisitions even without a for- mal undertaking such as the Bel-. glans signed with thes. "Existing relations between ' Italy | and Germany again are the o™<ect of interest among Italian po® _al observers owing to the lack Jr a Seclafation of WAT upon either side and both countries seeming- is now ripe to demand of the Ger- 1 mans a fulfilment of their side of the | | contract, and he argues theiy liabil- | i . ly are avoiding anything which might embitter their intercourse. his Calling in town, and spent most of his life near THE WAR COUNCIL. (Special to the Whig.) .. London, Nov. 6.--The fiew war council, which will conduct the war, held its first meeting vesterday. It consisted of Premier Asquith, A. J. Balfour, David Lloyd George, and Sir Edward Grey. These members of the Cabinet conferred With various military and naval ex- perts, le SASS EEE EE 0 LBD PELFEP EP MPIP LL PEP PE PIPIED NO THREATENED RISING. Rumor Of Danish West Indies a Can- ard, St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, Nov. 6.--There is no threatened ris- ing among the negroes in the Danish West, Indies. The only event which may have given currency to such a rumor was the celebration recently held in the Island of Santa Cruz, in RAZZ 2222222 28 2) 1S en in London, Nov. 6. ficial publication it of the war is much than in iron grip of making themselves | the evidence of thei November FACING THE GERMANS -- Entirely upon | r own latest of- is manifested { that the German food situation on the threshhold of the second winter more serious 1914. Admiral Jel- licoe's submarines in the Baltic are felt, say the British, as never before. A year ago it was not necessary | for the Kaiser's government to resort to any more stringent regulations that the introduction of bread cards, while Germany was in possession of a vast reserve of American cereals. This year it was hoped the extra- ordinary extensive seeding and plant | ing, and | available acre the conversion into land, Would produce of every agricultural crops which would provide the country with as generous a supply of farm products | ple. The! . 3 RR ee The new fodd Jaws 'echoed by the { Imperial Government which are com- ing into force this week, certainly seem to tell their own story. They provide for putting the Ger- mans on rations in 'practically all the greatest necessaries of life. What a Prisoner Says. New York, Nov. 8.--A special cable to tre World from Lendon says:* The World correspondent to- day was shown a letter from an Irish soldier, who is a prisoner of war in Germany The letter had evidently in 30me manner escaped the vigilance of the German censors. "The Germans have old men, fifty and sixty years old, mostly Poles, do- ing guard over us," it says. "I go | naw and again to the neighboring city and it is terrible to see the peo- They are half starved. > i honor of the first issue of a newspa-¢ | per devoted to the flegro cause. The negroes took part in a big procession apd various kinds of fetes, The publisher of the paper ig the negro leader, Hamilton Jackson, who! recently vistted Copenhagen to lay before the authorities there alleged grievances against the local gdmin-| istration, | S Perfect quiet prevails throughout the islands. Kingston, altfiough he sgesided in Toronto for the past twenty-five years. In his early life he was a personal friend of the late Sir John A. Macdonald. He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. J. T. Loyst, London; Mrs. J. P. Morris, London, ronto; W. W. Kennedy, Kansas City, | U.S.A, and E. L. Kennedy, Toronto. een. TRUTH ON PRAIRIE FIRES, * Modem } THREE FIREMEN KILLED. + Official Denial of Alarming Cabled - ® + Despatches. TerTTeYTYTeY tech) to the Whig.) + Montreal, Nov. 6.--A spec- #/ tacular fire in the Reid build- # ies eabled to- n 4 Prairie fires in the west, covering | buildings. # four huhdred square miles and en- | tailing heavy loss in life and prop-! erty, have caused an afficial denial to | be sent out by the Department of Ex- ternal Affiairs. The facts are that there were small fires at five differ-| ent points. .The area burned was a mem | . G 12,000 acres, the loss $300,000, and | RUSHING RAILROADS. there was no loss of life. : { i Day and Night Work to Connect Up | { Athens And Salonika. ---- { Paris, Nov.*6.--Work on the rail- | By the Germans, to Regain The Ta- | road being built from Larissa to Sal | hure Positions. ! onika, which will form a railway con- (Special to the Whig.) | nection between Athens and Sal- Paris, Nov. 6.--Counter-attacks by| onika, is being pushed night and day, | the Germans endeavoring to régain according to a Salonika despatch to Tahure positions, taken in a recent! the Temps.. The railroad is one of offensive, were violent and uided by | great military importance. artillery and liquid fire. Only at Hill| Highest Peak | | 19% did the Germans make a slight : . te Died From Gunshot. { In the Rockies | Oftawa, Nov. 6.--Harold Richie, | Three firemen were # + w* * SILL IEI E0000 00000 00080 FIERCE ATTACKS MADE | gain. : | . | organist of McLeod Street Methodist! : { Church here, accidentally shot in the : onument abdomen while hunting with a com-| : i panion at Eardley, Que., on Monday, | 1 | succumbed to his injuries on Thurs-| i avs. Nov. oS tiount Robson, | day. _ He was a native of Charlotte- | Rockies, is to be constituted an eter- | 0" PEL | monument to the memory of Miss + i Edith Cavell, if action initiated by | Gives $100 Of $500 Salary, | 8ir Richard M of | Ottawa, Nov. 6.--E. W. Southern, ! British Columbia, ester | keeper of a lighthouse at West Port, | He states that he intends. to ap- Dighy County, has written to Hon. | Bical Board of J. D. Hazen, authorizing a deduction | of $100 from his salary during 1916; ftex 'Yo be used at his discretion for pur | | poses in connection with the war. He| is receiving a salary of $500 a year. ply to the Ottawa, Nov. 6.--Alarming stor- | Officially reported to-day to be so tothe" Old -Counrty of big | Heh as Germany had on hand in Novem- ber a year ago. The 1915 German crops fell little | short of failure. Despite the unpre- | "You could count all the loaves of bread you see in the shops on your fingers. The other evening I saw {about 180 boys between fifteen and cedentedly large acreage only the seventeen drilling and they were ter- potato harvest was above normal. | rible wrecks. The Germans are confronted by far; "Their men are complaining daily the gravest food conditions where- | about the amount of food they are with they have had to deal during | allowed, and they even try to get the entire period of the war. sonie from the prisoners here." pn DAILY MEMORANDUM - ' See top 35 as e 3, right hand corner, 3 or proba oy Before King Geo Be Can Leave His St. Luke's Christmas sale and tea, Wednesday, November 24th. Tea from » 6, ¢ t 3 to 6 concert 8 pm WILL BE SEVERAL DAYS Room. (Special to the Whig) London, Nov. 6.--King George was BORN. FRAY--At Roblin, on November 1st, to Mr. and Mrs. Dan Gray, a daugh- --than no more bulletins will be issued concerning his condi: tion, his doctors admitted that it would be several days yet before he can leave his room. | r------ i {BRUYEA---At Napandé, | on October Bishop Refused Legacy. . ! 30th, Harold, infant son of Mr. and Trenton, N. J., Nov. 6.--When Mrs. Edward Bruyes, aged t ree John Butterhof, ninety-one years old, | months and fifteen days. \ { died recently at Egg Harbor City he| ° | left a will in which he gave only ROBERT J. REID ter TAYLOR--In Kingston, on November Sth, 1915, to Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Taylor; a son (stili-born.) DIED. small sums to relatifes and gave the, bulk of the estate, valued at $11,000, The to Bishop James A. McFaul, of the FPhome 577. Roman Catholic diocese of Trenton. | The three sons and daughters of | Mr. Butterhof filed a caveat against _ The Old Firm of Undertakers. the probate of the will, asserting that 254 and 254 When the matter was called to Bishop McFaul's attention to-day he! IN ON OAK - directed his attorney to see that the | Large Buffet Massive Table, eight heir Saat over ing to him, shall be divided among 35. - - the protesting children. | ve Sank Three We Sell & Recommend . - | Gibraltar (Special to the Whig.) i Paris, Nov. §.--Germay ? subma- | sank the French steamship Dahra off | Arzeu, the ~itéamships Calvados | (French) and lonie (Italian), off | & 2 The crews of the Dalira and Tonio were saved. Details concerning the Calvados' Joss were lacking. their father was incompetent. Phone 147 for i h-bott residue of the estate, instead of go- | jush-bottom ie Vessels Near | rines passing the Straits of Gibraltar | Cape Ivi. ndertaker. 230 Princess Street.