PAGES 9- o | The Daily British Whig Sp -- YEAR 82, NO, 260 QUEER NEW SHIPS ® \ OF BRITISH NAVY Have Enabled Us to Regain the Command of the Sea At the Dardanelles---They Are Immune From Submarines. W-- How Britain solved the German submarine problem to the Mediter- ranean 'by the invention of a new type of warship is entertainingly told by ¥. Ashmead Bartlett in the Lon- don Times. A few German torpedoes well aimed had forced the British fleet to retire to sheltered harbors, protected by booms and nets, while the Turks exulted. Then the brains at home set to work to design craft which could carry the guns of battle- ships without having their vulner- ability to submarine attack Only a nation with absolute command of the sea and with unlimited shipbuilding resources could have to work to replace one fleet with another of an entirely different type, at a few hours' notice, in tlie middle of a great war, while at the same time blockading the German fleet and holding all the world's trade routes. One fine day in July the first of the new craff arrived. She was un- like any other vessel ever seen in Mhese parts, having a low freeboard, almost flush with the water, a 9.2- inch gun in 'her bows, and a long 6- inch astern. She looked more like a Chinese pagoda then a ship, but she talked like one all right, as the Turks found a few days later when she went out and tried a few shots at Asia for practice, She wag followed by another little hird "of passage even smaller, armed with two brand new, beautiful 6-inch guns. She was so small and so young that no one had even taken the trou- ble to baptise her, so she carried a number in lieu of a name to live on her; there is no room for that--they apparently hang on anywhere. The Turks must have regarded here ar- rival with mingled contempt and amusement; but they sang a differ- ent tune when one day she went out- side to celebrate, and they found that this baby of the deep could throw 100 pounds of high explosive 12 miles without over reaching herself. set The New Monitors. The next arrival caused some- what of a sensation, not only to the enemy, but to our own. troops. One afternoon there appeared at the entrance of Kephalos harbor an amaging-looking object. She could hardly be said to steam up, but rath- er wobbled into port, like a huge goose primed for Michaelmas. It was impossible to tell at a distance whe- ther she was broadside on, or show- ing her bows or her stern, for she seemed to be quite round. Her high sides held aloft an. absolutely flat deck, on which nothing showed ex- cept an enormous turret, from which projected two guns or enormous girth and length, whilsy rising from her entre, like the giant of some Cali- fornian forest, was a hage striped tripod, bearing algft a kind of oblong jewel box, With great difficulty, steering vite: ly, she made her way through the the crowded harbour and dropped her anchor with the eyes of thous- PA A A GIVES MACHINE GUN ~ T0 AVENGE MURDER Anglican Church in Ottawa Also Contributes Thousand Dollars For Gun For 77th Batt. Ottawa, Nov. 8.--J. C. Brennan, of Ottawa, has sent General Sir 'Sam Hughes a cheque for $1,000 with «whieh to'buy a machine gun. In the letter Mr. Brennan stated that kis object was to partially av- enge the death of the English nurse. Edith Cavell, at whose murder he was greatly incensed. At a meeting of the congregation of St. Matthew's Anglican Church last night a cheque for $1,000 was presented to Sir Sam Hughes for the purchase of a machine gun for the 77th Battalion of Ottawa. mn Murray, of {heen ands riveted on her. No one had ev- er seen the like of her before. Sen- sation, ip fact, followed sensation. Her crew began to bathe. Apparent- ly all possessed the divine power of walking on the water, for, on de scending the ladder, instead of plunging into the waves, they walked ed along them by the side of her, and, having thus distributed themselves, proceeded to 'dive im, only te climb out again a few minutes later at their will. We set off in boats to investigate this strange phenomen- on, and then found that just below the surface her sides bulge out some 10 feet and then curve under, form- fng a platform just washed by.the waves This is the secret and the mystery of these craft. In that bulge man has concentrated his ingenuity to de- feat the submarine. If a torpedo strikes her side it will explode am- idst a variety of substances which 1 must not mention ,and the hull of the vessel will escape injury. These huge monitors carry naught but two 14-inch guns and some anti-aireraft armament. They are roomy and com- fortable, unlike their smaller neigh- bors. Their speed is, however, very slow, on account of their strange shape, and they steer badly, but at present their development is only in its infancy, and they are interesting because in them you see the germ of what will probably be the battleship of the future. Shoot Fifteen Miles. Their gins go off with a terrible roar and carry over three-quarters of a ton of metal 15 miles. Later on three more of these monsters ar- rived, giving us eight 14-inch guns with which to bombard the enemy's positions, in addition to a large number of smaller monitors of all shapes and sizes. Then the new fleet began to settle to its work, sallying forth day by day and bombarding the enemy's posi- tions, while planes "spotte ( for them. face of the seas, and that the great been wasted after all. almost impossible When they fire smoke and flame smothering everything astern. They te keep clean.! their big guns of | ing gun platforms. Nevertheless they serve their purpose success. You will have some strange! in a rough sea, raging surf. SPLENDID GIFT, Woman Gives $125,000 For Preach. | ers' Pensions. n { Chicago, Nov, 9.--Mrs. Fannie! Nast Gamble, of Cincinnati, has be-| queathed $125,000 for pensions for! preachers, the largest sum ever given! for this purpose by any woman in| the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Gamble's bequest became | public through a statement made! public by Joseph H. Hingeley, secre- | tary of the board of Conference! pal Church. The trustees of the | Methodist Church receive in trust | $50,000 for yetired ministers of the! Church in general, and $25,000 for retired members of the Central Ger- man Conference, There also will] be $50,000 for the permanent preach- | 'ers' pension ° fund Conferences. Not Till After the Wary Brantford, Nov. 9.-- Hearing of- ficially of the death of their son, + Private Cecil Hubert Epps, Mr. and Mrs. Epps, Scotland, Ont., éndeavor- | ed to have the body sent home from the Canadian General Frande, where he died of enteric, were informed by Ottawa that could not be done until after the war. He was a member of the staff of the Bank of Toronto at Toronto before Medical Corps there. | b | ---- Now Major H. P. Snelgrove. Cobourg, Nov. 9.-LCaptain H.. P. Snelgrove, son Snelgrove, Cobourg, and . of Snelgrove, Toronto, who has wounds received at Festubert, has been promoted to the rank of Major and attached to the 82nd Battalion at Calgary, with which he will again £0 overseas. Ca Alta...Nov. 9.--Word was | received here that Private James H. | Bankhead, Alta., has awarded * the Distinguished Conduct Medal for gallant pry cour h conduct in action at Ca; Helles, un Peninsula. the Gallipoli WILL BE ARRESTED -- | guards, not only to allow them to es- WHEN SS. ROTTERDAM REACHES | york. Providence Journal says: "The stea- on Saturday, carried i hended and taken off the vessel by 5 | British authorities the moment she ooh ships and Tifa | Eeaches Falmouth. The Germans of-| | Turks and the Huus then began to ficers were grasp the sad fact that we ba once 1YOOPS over six months ago and sent more regained command of the sur-| *® prisoners to Southern Siberia. effort' whish had-led to the retire. AMEHCan liner sailing from the port ment of our High Seas F ! Fitters. Fleet tad ystem of Whorsal prisoner i i , i The big monitors are as steady as' livery, as Never i Eoateption sind _ a rock at sea, but they are no beds! Tomahtic mn expen ion a8 aut he ° of roses 'to live in, for the coal dust! e Charac ter 1 At Bas: aver been st penetrates everywhere, and they are| 'eMbted in history. from the funnels, $€r%° Some are not really shi t all b .| lous times captured by the Russians, z Ps at all but float have passed through New York their way back to Germany well, and as| : an experiment have proved a great! with fraudulent American passports. experience: : 1 { ia down through Manchuria into periences if yan "wn, 'waves prone! Norther China by caravan transp- over the projecting sides just below | 2'tation routes, owned and operated the surface, causing a long line of| DY Germans. | them from eight to ~~ | make the trip from southwestern Si- ! beéria to the first point where they could reach more main travel roads, down to Tientsin. BEAUTIFUL HAIR, Dra i loth through hair ¢laimants of the Methodist Episco- | ' nA ois X " Savé your hair! in ten German that's the joy of it. {comes light, wavy, fluffy, abundant 'and beautiful as a young girl's after an application of Danderine. try this--moisten a cloth with a lit- tlé Danderine and carefully draw it through your hair, taking one small strand at a time. the hair of dust, dirt or excessive oil, Hospital, and in just a few moments you have but doubled the beauty of your hair. this |A delightful surprise awaits those {whose hair has been neglected or is |scraggy, faded, dry, brittle or. thin. Besides beautifying the hair, Dan- the war, enlisting with the Army !derime dissolves every particle | dandruff; vigorates the scalp, forever stopping {itching and falling hair, but what 'will please you most will be after a of the late Major few Weeks' use, when you see new Mrs. hair--fine and downy at first--yes-- been (but really new hair growing all over home on sick leave as a result of the fresh showers of rain and sunshine are to vegetation. the roots, invigorates and strength- ens them a ---- lating and life-producing propetties An Albertan Distinguished. ouuse the hair te grow long, strong and beauti charming, i tle " store toilet ater Bae Sy eli lS CHATHAM WOMAN BURNED, Rushed Into Burning House, Beliey- ing Son in Danger. Chatham, Nov. 9.--Mrs. Lewis, a colored resident of this city, was burned to death in her Rome on Prin cess street this morning The fire broke out in one of the bedrooms in the second storey. The family were aroused and all of them escaped from the buillling. When she reached the sidewalk, Mrs, Lewis became confused. Believing one of her young sons: was in the building, she rushed back into the house, and was overcome by the smoke, and the firemen were unable to locate her After the fire was extinguished the body was found and taken to the KINGSTON, morgue, and an-inquest was opened. | EXEMPTIONS REVOKED British Government Reserves Right to Requisition Any Vessel. London, Nov. 9.+The Times an- nounces that the British Government already has revoked the decision ex- empting loading wheat from requisition in the United States before December 15th The rea- son for the revocation was that own- vessels ers of vessels employed in other im- portant trades, also had applied for exemption, and if exemptions freely granted the fleets from which were the vessels could be requisitioned in the future would have been steadily diminished. HUNS ESCAPE FROM SIBERIA And Came to America By Way of China. ENGLAND. Passport Prisoner Delivery Reveal. | ed--Germans Detected in New | 9 | Providence, R.I., Nov. 9.--Thel mer Rotterdam, which left New York with her four German officers, who will be appre- captured by Russian "Their presence on a Hamburg- New York last Saturday reveals de- "In the last six months, it is de of them still suffering rom wounds, and all of them at var on armed "These meh have come from Siber- It has"taken many of ten weeks to "Caravans have been organized for THICK, WAVY, FREE FROM DANDRUFF and double its beauty at once. Dandruff dijs- appears and hair stops coming out. Immediate ?-- Yes! Certain?-- Your hair be- Also This will cleanse of cleanses, purifies and in- scalp. Danderine 48 to the hair what It goes right to . Its exhilarating, stimu- ful. You can surely have pretty, 1 lustrous hair, and lots of 'will just get a 25-cent bot- Knowiton's, Danderine from. erian cities, this event. Ams mmm this purpose and have been operated by Germans masked as Chinese coolies, and by many Chinese helpers "From Skanghai these officers have found their way to New York City, either through South American ports or California. "A large number of German sol- diers 'are held in camps situated in a trisngle made between three Sil "These . officers have been receiv- ing money through Red Cross agen- cies, from friends and relatives in , and have used this money uccessfully "in bribing Russian cape, but to furnish them With Rus sian passports and to take them down to the points at which they can be ! kes by a ans. A Remarkable System of Fraudulent | picked up by the caravans "It is only the officers who are picked up in this way. As soon as these men reach New York they are | supplied 'with money and fraudulent passports "Nige of these German officers reached New York on Thursday last, and four of them left on Saturday on the Rotterdam. The other five are being held in New York until passports can be secured that fit their description, Among the offi- cers who have heen passed throurh in this way was a German General Staff officer, whose name is said 0 be Von Hofsten. This man had becn wounded in both legs and walked on crutches. He left here some months ago on the steamer United States un- der the name of Schrast, and carry- ing a passport bearing that name." MAYOR. OF POLISH TOWN, Appointee Once Victimized By Wil. clared, over 200 German army offi-| liam Voight. Berlin, Nov. 9. -- Burgomaster Langenhaus of !Koepenick has, been appointed mayor of Lompza, Poland. The burgomaster is well known for his experience in 1906 with the no- torious false Capt von Koepenick. William Voight, "the false Capt. Koepenick," in October, 1906, play- ed a trick on the authorities of Koe- penick, a small town near Berlin. Voight, a shoemaker, was parading the streets of Berlin on Oct. 16th, 1906, in the uniform of a captain of the guard, when he met a de- tachment of 12 soldiers. He produc- ed a forged order authorizing him \to take comand and the men recog- nized his authority. He then or- dered them to march to Koepenick, where he arrested the burgomaster, Herr Langenhaus, and the treasurer, and took possession of the cash, $1,- 000. Voight rode off alone with the money. He was convieted and sen- tenced to four years' imprisonment, but later he was pardoned by the emperor, CANADA IS DECADENT, Inconceivable Audacity Shown In Bleeding of Public Treasury. Montreal, Nov. 9.--Archbishop Bruchesi in a pastoral letter on "Justice," which was read in a num- ber of Catholic churches in Montreal to-day, regret that "the lone HO! Jamies no longer holds that place in the bosom of our Can- adian social world which essentially belongs to it." Further he says: "What can we say about the impu- dence, the inconceivable audacity, the very cynicism with which the public (treasury is bled--in a manner that none would ever dream of attempt- ing in regard to vrivate individual?" This he regards as a symptom of na- tional decadence. BARRED FROM JOBS. Moral Conscription Now in Force In Britain London, Nov. 9.--Without legisla- tion empowering conscription, a sort of moral conscription is being exer- cised. The newspaper columns are full of advertisements for men over military age only, and employ are refusing to engage any others. China Wants Monarchy. Peking, Nov. 9 --PFittéen of the eighteen provinces of China are d by the Government to have votediin favor of a monarchy. It is reported from reliable souree that the Gov- erment may request the Couneil of State, acting as Parliament, to legal: ize a postponement of the monarchin! restoration. - 5 . | | | | ONTARIO, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1915 A A A i i i, WHEN T0 RS Kingstonians Should Mal Parcels to Cairo By November 25th And to England And France Before December 7th, the Postmaster Says. Mail for Canadian soldiers in France and England, if it is to be delivered before Christmas, ought to leave Kingston before the end of this month. Post office officials say that parcels, ete., mailed befora De- cember 7th have a chance of being delivered before Christmas; things mailed after that date have a pretty poor chance. To be safe, it is advisable that persons wishing to send Christmas presents to their friends in' the trenches should regard the end, of this month as about the last time for mailing. Parcels and letters for British and Canadian expeditionary forces should bear full details of the ad- dresse's rank, number, military unit, etc, and be addressed to Expedi- tionary Forces, care of G. P. O., Lon- don, England. S0 that there may be no mistake in this connection, the post office has issued printed direc- tions. They say that mail should be addressed as follows: (a) Regimental number, (b) Rank. (¢) Name. (d) "Squadron, battery pany. (e) Battalion, regiment (or other unit), staff appointment or depart- ment. (f) Canadian contingent. : (g) British expeditionary force. (h) Army post office, London, Eng- land. Unnecessary mention of higher formations such as brigades, divi- sions, is strictly forbidden, as it causes delay. or com- Must Have Declaration. Every parcel amust carry a cus- toms 'declaration preperly filled out and securely attathel. There are four conditions whieh have to be ob- served in respect of every parcel; First, it must be prepaid. be "any deficiency -in the postage a parcel cannot be forwarded. Sec- ond, it must be so completely ad- dressed as to be reasonably sure of finding the person to whom it is sent. Parcels for soldiers which are insuf- ficiently addressed will not be ac- cepted by the army post office in London. Mail for civilians which is insufficiently addressed stands a good chance of being delivered. The authorities do their best to dig out the addresses. But ip the case of soldiers the aimeuity/for finding a man without a full" address is so great that the army post office sim- ply throws out anything which does not fulfil this regulation. Third, a parcel must in no circumstances ex- ceed 11 pounds in weight. Fourth, it must be so packed as to be reason- ably secure against the inevitable abuses to which it will be subjected in transit. Dardanelles Parcels. . ls for members of the expe- dit ry forces in the Dardanelles must be wrapped in cotton or some other such fabric. Parcels for the expeditionary forces in France should at least be enclosed in corru- gated cardboard, tin or wood. In no circumstances should frail card- board boxes be used. The address should be written on the eover, pre- ferably more than once. Address tags should not be employed, hecause they are liable to be torn off and lost. As already stated, the Kingston postmaster fixes December 7th as the last day for sending Christmas mail to the trenches. -He points out that delivery before Christmas can- not be guaranteed in respect of mail sent away from this city/ss late as pretty good' If there] December 7th, but it has a good chance. The reason for the uncer- tainty is the disorganization of the ocean mail traffic. Before the war, schedules of mail boat sailings were prepared six months in advance. It was possible fo predict a mail deliv- ery with almost mathematical acea- racy. But nobody knows now what boats will be in the mail business. For members of the expeditionary force in the Dardanelles parcels should be away from Kingston be- fore November 25th. Parcels Rates. The rate of postage on parcels to England is 12 cents a Ib., or fraction thereof, and this rate can be applied to parcels addressed to soldiers who are known to be still in England. Where there is doubt as to the sol dier being still in England, the French rate should he employed so ensure the prompt delivery of parcel. Parcel post mail for Belgium, etc., must be pre- paid 'according. to the following rates: ; Forlibh.orless .. .. .... .. Over 1. 1b. and less than 2 lhs-- Over 2 Ibs. and less than 3 lbs. Over 3 Ibs. and less than 4 lbs. Over 4 lbs. and less than 5 lbs, Over 5 lbs. and Jess thaw 6 lbs. Over 7 Ibs. and less than 8 lbs. Over 8 Ibs, and less than 9 Ibs. Over 9 Ibs. and less than 10 lbs, Over 10 Ibs.and less than 11 lbs. Very small parcels may be for- warded at-the letter rate. Such parcels are subject to registration if desired. The post office accepts, «ft $ .32 40 48 64 a2 .80 1.02 1.10 1.18 1.26 ee gai -- and the Worst is Yet to Come. aes The British Whig's Cooking Classes in session in the City Hall all last week. The ladies greatly enjoyed FORWARD GIFTS TO SOLDIE - mn, letter rave, anything up to 16 ounces, But although the letter rate is « heap- er for small parcels, it is still prefer- able to send them by parcel post. This is the case because parcel post mail goes in big wicker hampers, which protect it against damage aboard ship and 'on the trains. Small packages sent by letter rate are merely put in bags, and run more risk of breakage. Mail For Prisoners of War. Mail for prisoners of war in Ger- many and Austria goes absolutely free. Newspapers, however, may not be sent; and it is not advisable to send books because they are lia- ble to be held up so long by the cen- sor as to be useless. Tobacco is a good article to send. Anything likely to be affected by heat, such as sweets and: candies, should not be sent, refrigerator cars not being available. Candies have been sent in fair auantyfles to the soldiers in France, and Ahere is no regulation against this being done in the fu- ture; but they should always be packed in tin boxes. The world is full of actual paup- ers with the correct millionaire style. v Batisly your conscience even at thé expense of displeasing your friends. FEEL FINE! TAKE "CASCARETS" FOR LIVER, BOWELS Spend 10 cents!. Don't ious, sick, headachy, constipated. you! Best cathartic men, women and children. Enjoy life! Your system is filled with an accumulation of bile and bowel poison which keeps yofi bilid ous, headachy, dizzy, tongue coated, breath bad and stomach sour--Why don't you get a-10-cent box of Cas- carets at the drug store and feel bul- ly. Take Cascarets to-night and en- joy the nicest, gentlest liver and bowel cleansing you ever experienc- ed. You'll wake up with a clear head, clean tongue, lively step, rosy skin and looking and feeling fit. Mothers can give a whole Cascaret to a sick] eross, bilious, feverish child any time---they are harmless--never gripe or sicken. stay bil. har fc Can't St ng LC sy tii ani Pri yl >. Q