12 PAGES red i | YEAR 82 - NO 267 KINGSTON, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, The Daily Bri 2 Whig PAGES 1-8 NOVEMBER 17. 1915 LAST EDITION KAISER TO PIT HIMSELF AGAINST KITCHENER KAISER TO DIRECT BALKAN To Offset the Effect ence--Heavy Bulgarian Reinforcements Render the Position of the En tente Troops Uncertain. London, Nov. 17 it is reported that the considerable force flanking movemer Pa descending from Tetov® in the direction of Gostivar and threglening Prilep and Monastir The Kaiser mar the set arg attempting a around Babuna is rushing to take com Balkan campa effect Lord Kitchener's He planning to direct ns personally from Con ad of the presence of the: operatic stantinople . The foreign diplomatic body n Serbia is proceeding to Scutari, stead of to Monastir, tants are preparing to hough the French report their tion practically unchanged, heavy yreements to the Bulgarian ar in have rendered the position of the Egleunte troops some what precarious. A despatch from Zurish, purport ing to be from Vienna, asserts that British and Italian troops are trying to relieve the French near Veles, but it is not ¢lear how they n reach that point nor from where they are coming The Bulgarian force and Uskuk, actording oniki despatch, now visions, probably 100,000 men All or nearly all of this army has been Concentrated in front of the French n whose inhabi- eave ¥ rein my the south near Veles to late includes five di Sa. AN ALLIED WAR FOR THE ENTENTE ARMIES Pr---- and Paris, Nov. 17.--The French British fighting forces are virtually one to-night Hitherto, though al- lied, they have fought more or less independentely Henceforward they will be guided from a single source-- the Inter-Allies War Council. Rus- sia and Italy will join the combina- tion as speedily as possible. The Franco-British arrangement was perfected to-day. Present at this first council to-day were Premier Asquith, Munition Minister Lioyd George, First Lord of the Balfour, and Foreign Secretary Ed- ward Grey, of England, and Premier Briand, War Minister Gallieni, Min- ister of Marine Lacaze and Gen. Jof- fre, of France The English group included three of the five members of the British in- ner War Council of the Cabinet. The French officials represented as nearly as the ministers' personnel permit- ted the corresponding French posts. Premier Briand acts as French For- eign Minister, Premier Asquith as THIRD CANADIAN DIVISION 10 BE (Special to the Whig) Ottawa, Nov. of General Sir Sam Hughes in Hali. fax, officials of the Militia Depart- ment would not comanent on the cab- led report of the oer of a third di- vision. It is understood, the report is correct and that Can-| ada will shortly make such a proposi- tion to the Imperial Government. It! is possible that a fall division with its different. units will not be offered, but thai the full guota of infantry will constitute the proposal. It would! take its place on the Held beside the first. and second Canadian divisions to three divisions, therefore it would i Lew there and would be maintained! up to strength. . ----- THE WHIGS CONTENTS. Page I-dKaiser to Dip Commission Australian Happentogs 3~Red Cross Contributions; «cial Rows. f--Eslitorial: Sleepytime Tales: MenusiWalt Mason's Rhy mes. Military News; Won V. © Many Tunes 6 Eastern Ontario News 7 Anise nite; Announce- ~The People's. Forum. -- The British Sta®! Theatricals fRejecis Proposal, fferms of Peace 10--Teold in ct Campaign: tained 3 Cadejs: Local So. Realm of Women 11--Countryside News 12--Latest Market Reports ee et a tt at a A ttt et tata ts. | | Admiralty | I -- 17.~in the absence! however, | CAMPAIGN of Kitchener's Pres- KRUZ o> y Serbilans -- HRUIHENOD » 2 2 PRI Germans Retreat From Riga. W N¢ 17 Riga 18 situat The Germans fensive agd re V Spirited front on in 1 ad quite few have reversed t day on the de are now the «NOVI- BAZAR L LESKOVATZN TROVITZA H A WU wl EAS Rg | 0 Eo; | > oh! A R } or "DUBNITZAY *DJUMAIA - ®o avo nN we' MONASTIR » STRUMITIR BS ABROVO. - <Q SOLID 23 SHLONCA 5 treating withis they are Th mans ar tive evacuation © some weeks has been a for them Mitau eink bombard- ed Russi artillery, and Kem me as been captured by the Cc s troops A week miles ago they were Riga; to-day miles away © beginning the ac Mitau, which for secure base of SERBS Map shows location of the which is nearly overrun. from Uskub to Krivolak. five twenty-five Ger by n an HE HF ee | + HELP FOR ps TITUTE. Zar New York, 3,000,000 pers and Northern France, women and young children, must be clothed and shod by Christmas. If the garments and shoes for these destitute people, are rot forthcoming at once, there sufferings during the winter will become desper- ate. Such is the note of an urgent % appeal issued to the people of {% the United States by the Com- # mission for Relief in Belgium. | Nov hE Over tum mostly War been Frenc according Tidings. in Lens } by 22nd, statement issued Office This is announcement that is bombarding this city, which is the! goal the Anglo-French forces in the Artois regi Anti-dynastic reported on good Loccurred at Patras, mbard- tillery since an official the War the first Ilied artillery under art as 0 ment Oct the n to by of demonstrations are authority to have one of the strong- olds of ex-Premier Venizelos, and also the former home of former Premier Gounaris, who now _repre- sents it in the Chamber of Deputies. + * +> > + LJ > * J +* LJ -* LJ oe tasrrescnaretiseitas PEPPER PPPPPOP DEI DIP LP Sd ANOTHER GERMAN EFFORT | COUNCIL To Be Made By Germans To Reach \ Riga. (Bpecial to the London, Nov. 17.- | correspondent of the irle telegraphs: The Germans are evidently still | fired with the hope of finding winter | quarters in Riga Recent Russian successes in this region have elearly shown the enemy that any delay on | his part would merely allow the Rus- sians to concesdtrate their forces and hurl him back once and for all from the prize he so often has thought within his grasp. Action on the enemy's part was thus imperative, and it has taken the form of opera- tions near Dalen Island, an seven miles long and two broad. Whig.) The Petrograd Daily Chron- war minister of England ward Grey is not a member of the | British Council, but was present be- cause questions of foreign affairs were involved . The Englishmen arrived on Tuesday night their diplomatic, military and naval advisers. The conference began | early to-day This afternoon it was understood that the work was com- pleted so far as the co-ordination of the British and French armies' work | is concerned There must be sub- | sequent meetings to deal with fresh | situations as they arise and new poli- cies as they become necessary. Ad- journment was taken subject to call. The next meeting, it is said, will ! be to take the Russian and Italian re- LL presentatives into the joint body. The Paris purpose of the joint War Council is to handle all four armies | as one, to strike with them combined | sledge hammer blows, with four times the force it is possible to strike with them separately. Sir Ed- in Paris accompanied by island' miles | Japs Foresee A Second War Of the Nations Tokio, Nov, 17.--China will loom | Lup as a great question after the pres- | ent war, in the opinion of H. Ijuin, | former Japanese Minister to Peking, | and Japan should prepare herself | ! now for a solution of the Chinese] aysstion. zine article Mr. Ijuin| -- his. I, countrymen that while the European war continues western powers may seem to be ta- i king little or no interest, but that af-| | ter the war their ambition: for a! i share in Chinese commerce will re-! If a third division is to be placed vive. He even goes so far as to ex- in the field it will necessitate large- | press the opinion that if the Powers ly increased reinforcements. Besides, were unable to agree on the Chinese the first and second divisions PIOP-| question, a second international war er there are now what are known as | would be certain to ensue. | "corps troops," ' comprising 10,000 In consequence of this general sit infantry and dismounted cavalry, in! uation Mr. Ijuin, while not a parti- the field, and these could probably be san of a formal alliance with Russia used, if necessary, as a nucleus of a! at the present time, strongly recom-! third division. With two divisions mends that Japan and Russia" main- now at the front, the plan has been/ tain their existing cordial relations! {also to keep two in training 4n Eng-| and be ready to face ang emergency | lland as a reserve for the supply of| that may arise in sonneetion with reinforcements. If the field strength; the Chinese problem of Canada's army 'is to be increased | SENT TO FRONT WANT "uxtoN WAGES.™ a Instead of "Prevailing Rate of Wages." (Special to the Whig) i Toronto, Nov. 27.--The provincial| + | executivé of the building trades or-! + | Eanizations, led by Thomas Moore, «| Niagara Falls, General Organizér of probably necessitate the maintenance {of three divisiods in England as well. | Homa . | POPE TO RENOUNCE i» TEMPORAL POWER. |e i. (Special to t the Whig.) % London, Nov. 17.--Te enable I: him to take part ia future Eun- n conferences, the 'Pope is win . practically though not for- 15.4 mally, ance all clainis to i temporal power at the next Consistory, according to a Rome + despateh to the Exchange Tele- jt graph Company to-day. : [stead of being merely contained in| | the specifications. Brerrrrncsssnniisend Premier Hearst thanked the de] Allied ------ worked havee in a «the United Brotherhood of Carpen.| «1 ters and Joiners, waited upon Prem-! @ ler Hearst and Hon. Finlay MeDiar| + | mid this 'morning asking that the fair + | wagé clause in the Government cou- & | tracts stipulate 'union wages." .in-} # stead of "prevailing rate of wages," | »! and that the fair wage clause be { Suatios Lor the clear and Judicial : jis which the ease {man town. occupied by the 1 Jr asented. RESISTING Angio-I Allied armies are making a determined stand ! ledge that their men were in khaki |» i | objective. "wsontact, + | made part of the signed contract in-| : BRAVELY. 'rench and Serb armies in Serbia, : STOP TAN AND ENLIST Starting pisode in An Ot- tawa Tea Room. THE SLACKERS THERE WERE VERY WHAT UNEASY OVER Young Men of the Capital Got a Sure prise And Were Ashamed Their Young Lady Friends. Ottawa, Nov. 16.--The activities! of the unofficial recruiting sergeants who are working strenuously for the local recruiting campaign have no respect for places or persons, and do not hold sacred the leisured hour or two that the youthful slacker of Ottawa likes to spend with tea and toast and tango. The young men with the fox trot faces and the hesi- tation atitude towards enlisting awoke to a realization of this on Sat- Before !urday afternoon in a local tea room, iwhen they were each presented with a neatly-typed invitation to stop dancing for a moment and to con | sider the call of their country. The annoying part of the whole affair was the keen interest = the young ladies took in the missives. { They could not be stuffed up a fel- low's sleeve with his handkerchief or slipped quickly into a vanity case. The ladies insisted on knowing what sort of letter it was that was so im- portant that it had to be delivered in the middle of the sacred tea hour, | The missives read: "Pave you yet | considered that you're called upon to {help defend Canadian homes and Canadian women?" A most inept reminder to intrude at such an hour, and one that made | the partners of the invited ones look longingly towards the tables where other girls sat secure in the know- and having learned the quick march | had a perfect right to spend their spare hours. in doing the one-step. Great Battle Rages About Strumnitza {Special to the ws .) i Salonika, Greece, Nov. --A.big | battle rages about Strain, Strong | Bulgarian forces are engaged with a formidable body of British and French. The Allies have been inside the | | south-western Bulgarian frontier for | week. Strumnitza is tieir first | The Bu . evidently determined | to prevei he Allies from gaining | leven a small permanent foothold on | their soil, have been strengthening' Strumnitza's defences and bringing up 'heavy reinforcements. In the past twenty-four hours the opposing main bodies have come in and the skirmishes have merged into a great general battle, perhaps the fiercest thus far in the Balkan campaign. BR "r H k 3 Checking Up Food Supply. London, Nov. 17.--A despatch to, the Times from Petrograd says: "In connection with the Toad 4h and: fucl problems, a Census is p ing in Petrograd. in which 2 Sooen. cials are engiged. Many huge pri- Yate Sure of sugar, flour and fire-| which | Serbians bre id Se oe Ely ho previ vr Babuna Pass. ~ | olas" VON MACKE! Take Charge of the Dardanelles Operations. (Special to Whig.) Athens, Nov. 17.--Field Mars Von Mackensen will take or urshal of the Turks' Dardanelles operations as soon as he arrives in Constanti- nople, advices from Turkish Capital state to-day Marshal Von Macken- en is considered by many military thorities as one of the ablest ( man commanders jhe war has yet produced MARSHAL Will Turks' the SPARED ITALIAN VESSEL Because There Were man-Americans Several Aboard. 8 « to the Whig.) Rome, N 1 A German sub- marine stopped the [talian steamship Milano in Mediterranean, but spared the vessel because there were several German-Americans on board Malian. passenger ship Bor- ;¥unk by a'submarine. All board are reported saved th the The ida wa on ARTIL LE RY FIGHTING But Otherwise Quiet On the German Front. Special to t Whig.) Paris, Nov. 17 Heavy agtillery fighting in .the vicinity of Fonteney, in the Champagne, and about Flirey, in the Woever region, are reported in to-day's official communique. Otherwise it has been . compara tively - quiet on the Allies-German front HEAVY Allies. | Chester Hughes Killed. Whig Lieut. (Sp the Ottawa, 'Nov. 17. Lieut. Chester Hughes, nephew of the Minister of Militia, was killed at the front. He was a member of the Canadian En- gineers, and a son of Dr. J. L.Hughes, Toronto. Chester Hughes was a graduate of | the Schoo} of the Practical Science, land soon after the cutbreak of the war he enlisted in the Engineering Corps, going to Ottawa to receive in- struction in this branch of the ser- vice. He was 27 years of age. Has Over 100 Witnesses. (Special to the Whig.) New York, Nov. 17.---District At- torney Woods announces that he has over a hundred witnesses to testify that the Hamburg-American line act- ed as distrijutors of money for the German propaganda in America TR ------------ French Capture Ship: (Speciat-to- the Whig.) Shanghai, Nov. 17.--The Japanese steamship Iro, eaptured by a French | cruiser, is suspected of taking arms | to Hindoo mutineers. A German agent was arrested aboard. Britain's War Council Meets French Cabinet (Special to the Whig.) Paris, Nov. 17.--The co-ordina- tion of the Allies' military operations is believed to be the purpose of ai conference here to-day between Pre- mier Asquith, Munitions Minister! Lloyd George, First Lord of the Ad- miralty Belfour and Foreign Secre-| tary Sir Edward Grey of England, and members of the French Cabinet. The members of the British War Council were in communication with Premier Briand directly following their arrival in Paris. To-day they visited the Quai D'Orsay and were closeted a long time with the French Government heads. Grey, unlike Asquith, Lloyd George and Balfour, is not a member of the British Cabinet's inner War Council, but it was announced when the Coun- cil was formed that he would be called into consultation whenever its | deliberations involved Britain's for- eign relations and it is presumed that they figure extensively in to- day's discussions. Poisoned i By Chicken Sandwiches New York, Nov. 17.--Chemists of the Board of Health last night began analyzing chicken sandwiches served at a' luncheon given at the American | Museum of Natural History at which, it is said, three of the many guests who came from universities all over (the couniry contracted ptomaine | poisoning. French Painter Killed in Action. Paris, Nov. 17.---Eugene Bonne- | ton, well known as a pdinter of goen- ! es of Paris, whose. Port Saint Nieh- | is on exhibition at the San' Francisco Exposition, has been kill- | ied in action. His death is said to | have been occasioned by asphyxiat. {ing gas. Serb Armies In the North Escape Enemy Soecinl tn ar. to in Waig Salonika, Nov. 1. After a thirty- | six-hour battle on the Cerna River, southern Serbia. thirty thousand Bul- were repulsed along the ! whole line, with very heavy casual ties. + The Audstro-German effort fo en- | frelon thes Serbian Arties in the north fal A h lied. Serbian counter-gf- | The were forced to leave The Bulgarians have i F Gill stated that there had been a ra- | { the committee, that there was som ! taken over { from tin and "fix the rates." { mission had gone into {fair to the consumers. The speaker (bad asked Sir Adam, "what abou: | Adam had said. mour Power. Company. ~REJECTS PROPOSAL T0 OUST COMMISSION There Was Lively Discussion At the Board of Trade Meeting Over the Policy And Plans of the Utilities Commission. night's session the en question Tuesday of Board of Trade was given over tirely, to the aH-important to Kingston--that of power rates, and after a discussion lasting two hours, the recommendation of the Power Committee, that citizens be asked to abolish the Utilities Com- mission, and free the city from Hy- dro-Electric influence, was vote down There was a very large attendar at the meeting, and it proved t one of the most interesting ever held In the history of the Board, Prof. L. W. Gil hairman of Power Committee, brought in th port of his committee, which read follows: "Whereas policy of the U ties Commission has resulted in th loss to the city plant of many power consumers, and has seriously nj ed the manufacturing interests o! cit ---- WHAT BOARD OF TRADE DID. Voted down, by a unanimous vote, the recommendation of the Power Committee, of the Board of Trade, to have the citizens urged te abolish | the Civic Utilities Commission and free the city from Hydro-Electric in- fluence, after a discussion, lasting (two hours, Left over for discussion next meeting, another. recommenda. tion of the Power Committee, that tho Board recommend the Utilities Commission, to make a definite offer of power, at the present rate of 1 °1-3 cents per kilowatt hour, to the Street Railway Company. Had a business-like discussion of the entir®# power question, from members of the Utilities Commission and various members of the Board, Heard an able discourse from W. F. Nickle, M.P., regarding the power situation, as it affects Kingston and Eastern Ontario, in which he pointed out that the question was one far bigger than that of the rates now charged for power in this city--that of the securing cheap power. He gave information regarding the pro- posals for power from Waddington, N.Y. the Trent River and other places, and pointed out the obstacles in the way of getting the power from these places. His information came as a result of information he hai sought as Kingston's representative | in partiament. at the € as th the Be it resolved, that this commi* tee recommend that the Board of Trade urge the citizens to abolish the Commission and free the city from Hydro-Electric influence.' "Resolved that this Committee commend that the Board ask the Ut- ilities Commission to make a defirite offer of power at the present raie of 1 1-5¢c. per K.W. hour to the Street Railway Company, so that the conti- nued operation of the railway le sured." In. presenting -the..xsport, us- Prof, ther decided feeling, on the part of ion on the part of the Utilities Com-~ mission. Mr. Givens remarked that it was a good job that the rates of the Hydro- Commission had been dropped. "We would have had nothing left if you (Continued on Page 9.) thing radically wrong, in view eof the high charges for power, charged in the city, and it had been decided to present this resolution to the Boar for discussion. Whether the aboli of the Commission would bring about a remedy, it was hard to say, It was felt that to have the bus'ness again by a committe» the, City Council, migac make the legislation more resp ingle log public opinion. He had no comments 10 make on the resolution. It was decided to discuss the clause of the report, relating to the Utilties Commission, by itsed. R. J. Carson said that when the members of the Conrmission wera el- ected by the ratepayers, they should be men well qualified to handle the business, and especially the power question. He could not see that the city would be better served by a committee from the Council. There had been a gemeral complaint avout the rates, but it was just 1 question as to whether the committea from the Council could handle the mat any better. "Have we any evidence' bafore the Board that this power can bz pro duced 083 auy less money askee G. A. Bateman. ~ "If om he, we want to know it DAILY MEMORANDUM top of page 3, right obabilities Rummage Sale, King's Daughters, at i e's Hall, Saturday, November 10 o'clock THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG Is on Sale at the Following City Stores: See hand corner, for pr first 183 Princes 209 Princess Princess & Alfred Frontenac Hotel Ontario St Gibson's Drug Swore Market Square C.V.F. Southeott's Grocery, Portsmouth McAu s Book Store «+33 Princess McGa Cigar Store, Cor. Prin. & King McLeod's Grocery . 51 Unjon St. W Medley's Drug Store .250 Uwniver: 'ty Paul's Cigar Store 76 Princuss Drug Store 312 Princess Valleau's Grocer 208 Montreal A lA A SAE lO 'ullen's Grocery, Cor 'rouse's ter Md ARRIK b. Ww. I6th, ect. Kingston, « rnd) Wl B.D, hter of William Traff, i B9Lh 1915 Pa Blanche {0 Sergt Battalion Kingston the Highest. W. R. Givens stated that he accumulated a mass of evidence, and declared that Kingston was paving the highest rate for power of any city in Ontario, and he proceeded to give the rates of several places, which he had secured. As a result of these high rates, the city was vu- able to attract new industrie:. These high rates had been charged, because of the fact that the Utiliiies Com- mission had invited the Hydra Com mission to come in and "fix the rates for Kingston. x G. Y. Chown objected to the state ment of Mr. Givens, that the Hydro Commission had been asked to ecme The Com- the matter with an engineer from" the Hydro Commission and had then modified: { the rates. Mr. Givens held that the Commis- slot was at fault in putting these rates in voguW, for a steam plant. It was no! good policy, and was no: DIED, Wolfe Island, on Nov Rosetta Hennessy widow William Hennessy, aged had | ona Essy --at 16th, 1915, of the late 56 ye al Thursday mira'ng at % o'clock the Sacred Heart Church, where a golem requiem mass will be sung for th® repose bf her soul ahd acqoaintances respectfully ed to attend "At Leeland, on Nev. 16th, relict of the late Jos- eph Pet aged 7% years § months eral on Friday morning at 19 o'clock from. her daughter's resi- dence, Leeland, to Cataraqui ceme- { tery. Friends and acquainiances are respect- fully Invited to attend. ROBERT J. REID Undertaker, Phone 37 BIT. aner > JAMES The Old Firm of Undertakers. and 256 PRINONSS STREET. Phone 147 for Ambulance. : IN MISSION OAK Large Buffet Massive Table, eight irush-battom Chairs: cot over for $65. Turk's, phone 705. New Sweet Cider 30c Per Gal. ex Jas. referred to an jnterview he had re cently with Sir Adam Beck. He the little consumer of power?" Sir "lét them take out their motors, théy are no good 'c us". He has said. "no, we do net want to do that. These men are halp- ing to build up the city and they are taxpayers." Mr. Givens also read a statement from the Mayor of Belleville, tel: ing bow the small consumers, | were well cared for there by the Sey- Mr. Chown stated that the Util ties Commission was alone respon-| sibe for the rates in Kingston. The! Hydro-Commission 'hall merely been asked to advise the Utilities Com- + i :