Alds. TH Rich Wor he AL NOMINATIONS HELD 1ardson tress the Elect Utilities Co THE CITY HALL McCann, Mayoralty Candidates, Ad- ors---Three Names Proposed For ommissioners---Attendance of Electors Small. WCONTENTS pai CR uy British Whig PAGES 1-8 [rr ---- OJ) : ' t i : 4 ¢ | KiNGSTON, ONTARIO, MONDAY, DECEMBER = 1915 LAST EDITION Tepipalam Dwed Sea ~ CTESIPHON FROM WHICH BRITISH HAVE RETREATED TO WUT-EL- AMARA SYRIAN DESERT = GERMANS AnD =" JURKS WAVE COMPLETED DOUBLE TRACK RAILROAD TO NITHIN 50 MILES oF SINAI PENINSULA, AND LAID PIPE LINE TO FURNISH WATER SUPPLY - ABYSSINIAN TROOPS coup REACH SUEZ IN 4 DAYS 200,000 SOLDIERS CFPERED TO THE ALLIES BY EMPEROR OF ABYSSINIA J (0-OPERATION OF JAPANESE IR FLEET PTE TRANSPORT! [ABYssiniaN \ TROOPS Could | | REACH BASRA, | MESOPOTAMIA IN 5 DAYS IL i THE SURZ. CANAL AND ITS RELATION MOVEMENTS OF ABYSSINIAN TROOPS TO POSSIBLE THE EXPECTED NEW BATTLE GROUND. LOSES 8,000 IN FIGHT British Artillery Teaches Ger- man Troops a Lesson. CL TEUTON. GAS USELESS y Council i 'm, which won ie of great ad should also zas and water uld also be Coun colle garbag mis HH. Dr sed we the ibut to ector Timmer ited with 1 ar (1) | test company hey could buy ci util 1d wa- GRY har ation the like te n which dow tiitar little needed Why cannot 0 said he | could | | the and | for S | asonahle Ar otliesr area with oth na re Sam el or some of the law com rughter nt Dir more equit- I ners distribution should he whereby it would 00 man for $1 perhaps property more manu of the religla be im 00 house 000 A rich man value « 1s for one th the How eturit are we plac aald that the 08 1 answer power If power he cost if was cheaper there was airplus t be factories low by so doing more tld be established, giv mi work to the people If Iyvdeo-Electric Commission not give Kingston power (Continued on Page 8.) tt YASKA MARU HIT wo 1 should ! | said | tire who | and | Ir Richardson | play | | lery PUSHING HARD BEHIND CLOUDS OF POISONOUS FUMES Reach Brit- Driven \n Communica- Enemy Tries 'Vainly to ish Lines-- Assailants With Bayonet--Not Gain=--The OMcial Inch Of tions I'wo days Dee hgnhting yet wee Paris tinuous ¥ pre trmentieres Wed nesday resulted in a loss to iar mans of 8,000 effectives, corresponden The object of the streng this point Behind clouds of pe Teutons made a doze but where the Brit machine guns failed break the assailants w bayonet on Tuesday and at oncolning the he In Artoig ther y by artille Bailleul and vrville south o 1 Champagne rile Navarin cored some lucky shot erman workers In the Woevre tillery blew i depot our ton v "In the Vosge les fired on an which was standing tion of Hachimette, Bonhomme Our tained that a bis red The nunition still in the southeast lookon explosion ternoon off icia I'he night wa front I'he following tion was issued by Saturday night In Belgium du the day the artillery marked activity official the War ymmunica Office on ing course of continued to dis on both the sides by getting |in the region. of Bombaertzyde anv would favor giving | In Artois our batteries successful ly bombarded German works to the south of Angres and in the region of Arras "In Champagne we dispersed enemy convoy on the road from an Ta- here! hure to Somme-Py tn the Vesges there duel of a rather intense charac The enemy 'bombarded without | ter WITHOUT WARNING. f effect our positions on the Hirzteen | mt and on the slopes to the north The Nationality of the Subma- [of Hartmanns Ww sllevkopt." rine Not Known--News to din Washington. yo to the Wh Washi Raton, Ded 27. Official confiriuation of the submarining of the Japanese Liner Yaske Department before framing a protest the pardizing of one "Ameri- pASSenE or was received to-day cane from 'Consul Bristow at rt Salil, Egypt The vessal was kKed without warning, the Te- aid, the periscope of the sub- rine not being seen until after the I wag struck minutes The nationality submarine is unknown over an 1 Maru, | : which has been awaited by the State! ItY | Rain Brings i Truce. | Berlin, Dec. 27 Sunday's cia] statement says: On account of the continuous rain on a greater part of the western front there has been but little activ- The most notable operations have occurred north of Albert, at some places in Champagne, in the Vosges and north of Sennheim France will not reply to the Ame- rican note prostesting azainst the re moval of Germans and Austrians from American vessels on the high It sank in forty-!seas by the French cruiser Descartes of until the commander of the warship | has reported, Back y was an artil. | | offi- | Grermani vill Imperial south for (ie of for Were 34 vd van 1 dur PITH OF NEWS, And mm Near hes Fre Rhod ontest gland Gen Be riram vice-chairman of 1 of 1 Thi The death from apoplexy rman general, Karl Jung at urt, Frances, announced Shad and lobsters are disappe : rapidly from American wat artificial propagation effor anadian Pacific Railway the week ended December 21 $2,945,000, an increase of $ 1.000 ite k Railway week ended December $1.040 4 in reas nated The I Brit rnest ( 125,000 assell has dd fund raising for the Sir I £ to the Cros revolutionary move eadership of Tsa tary Governor eof Yunar I nent forn iroken out tes Government ! post office aside $55 a new It has laid 000 to build it M trong £ Queen Watertown, N. ¥ 000 in 1 he haif under partial ance le Pennsylvania arly ness ayor elect acclan was Ald. W. B. of Mavor Burgoyne was Catharines by Hett, Berlin opposition Navy General United ualit Ww 19256 Del St ed without 1. 8 the ed on an float by Josephine has offered $2 10 t of Italy for distributi ong the families of ggmbatant Corporations and distributed employees States navy th rest Drago, N HW oon Mrs irk merchants 52 presents to ng given on the In New York States towns are "dry" license. are pressing cooperative pla nore th and 140 The temp for wic the people sislation An epidemic of grippe is sweepi The disease partie fatal to old and young houses are crippled by the ness of employees ch $270,000) Ford kroner leaving Mr 1.000.000 finance Before eck for gave (abo to oe LIVE UP TO aero CONTRACTS Munitions Work Put on a Business Basis. THE MANUFACTURERS from spend i he munitigns ard, AlA8 gone | a 6 peut. he an ar ers ts earnings earning r sh unde i in ed 1a loardour be ew he on som AL an ATE er ier ng ul busi il a But the expedition He left because he recognized that it was impossible to make headwav th Company, a ed of su ment, ern ces of General : carload the first send a Beigians by The has offered to bag of. flour for every for by the citizens. General Francisco Villa, a large part of his army throu rrender to the de is preparing to together with Rodriguez, to the € year contrib one prov Sinaloa, in co mand of 2,600 troops. PEPE IPL SPIE Pb PPD PLP Ib bbe < CPP h beter ATTACK ON CANADIANS, (Special to the Whig.) Ottawa, Dee. 27.---Gen Sam Hughes received informa- tion that the Canadians were heavily bombarded and gassed on December 19th near Ypres The casualties were slight Nir . Thomas and County of Tiegh raise funds to flour of of Empire Flour Mills te id stripped gh facto Govern- invade Nprth the for m +» * * +> + + + + + ¥ COMPLY WITH THE IGRERD UPON, f Must. Repart Daily Ou the Made--The Big Is Re- | garding Complicated Parts--The Best Experts Are Engaged. MUST TERMS Progress Problem Ottawa | Munition 1d. W, Fl gress Dee, 27 The Imperial Board for Canada, under avelle made great pro- reorganizing the shell-mak- business Careful investigation of orders placed I committee, and where ol delivery, steps been taken to see that the firms live up to their contracts or to other firms. Daily tele- being received from every working on shell orders, iving detailed reports as to the pro- Ihe daily correspon about 2,000 letters elegrams The commit the board for this month will aggregate about $25,000,000. I'he problem with which board struggling is in regard to the manufacture in Canada of the more complicated parts on*the com- pleted shell This applies to the manutacture of fuses A few expe- rienced experts from England are coming to Canada to assist in the organization of central plants for the testing of the completed shells. Until this part of the work is pro- perly organized, it is not expected that Great Britain will place many orders for shells The gcarcity is not now in regard the machine shells which ample supplies ean both in Canada and in Hitherto much has in ng | has been by the old there is have made all shel slackness either | give place grams fa are tory now made 1n« 400 t gress dence ludes ind ments of big the to of secured United States ofthe finishing part of the work is had to be done in England The best experts available plosives, the technical iron and steel chine making, he the on ex- processes of manufacturing, ma- purchasing, tool mak- ing, ete are being enlisted by Mr. Flavelle It is understood also that Jregotiations are under way with deveral large American firms to | establish branches in Canada for the manufacture of some of the shell parts in which Canadian firms have had as yet no experience \ DISASTROUS FIRE. Cansed Serious Damage To Cargo On Steamer. (Special to the Whig.) York, Dec. 27. Fire which broke out on the British steamship Inehmorr at her wharf in Brooklyn, damaged the cargo of sugar to the extent of $100,600 and started the authorities on an entirely new line of Investigation to-day German agents are suspected New Submarine Attack. ¢ ecial to Whig London, De 27. --The British steamer Hadley. 2,000 tons, has been "unk by a submarine. Her crew was rescued the he British losses since ths war began have been 119,922 killed, 38,758 wounded and 69,548 mise. ine, Of the latter at least two-fifths are ninidentified or unreported dead, the balance being priseners of war Emperor William because of his indisposition, spent! Christmas with his family at Potsdar BRITISH MINISTRY UNDER FIERCE FIRE. Only Decisive Action Can Save Premier and Others From Retirement. BRITAIN'S WEALTH Has So Far Not Been Affect neh. ed By y War. ":. WHERE LOSS COMES Cian their 1 influen papers have launch regan minister and s from retiren hinte IT IS IN FAILURE PRODUCTIVE TO MAKE RE/ EXPENDITURI Would Oust Dec, 27 onging for a Asquith mdon Tlie coukis ir. Making Shells and Not Building Houses, Building Warships not Making Practised Not Capital and ng i ier S4ys the Observer irticle denouncing Premier ship and declarin that George is the Railways--Ir War on Feonomy May People's Asquit David possible is eader the Expenses | Lloy only d n Encroach the head of a new na Week after month, on one onal government week, month after question after another London, De ' I'he Lie nvolved practic: difficulty ol accumulated contw es | George Paish, we think ancia after war h upor whenever great questions ind hi no Ith said the leading England, i lestruc there he least Wen there is he ng seventeen procrastination What are tolerate these one of authoritis n nterview Observer of to things to-day ur wal 08s mainiy I' We ire months o when al in the wealth speaking we 1 to create nas fi 3 een is 10 say making building way broadly hells, not building hou oniy put his fs hatham did few who warships Our main fatiure to n penditure and C4 100 not making ra arises trom the ake reproductive ex the Know this 00,000 per true ( hat we are the holiday t but rench lance we Rus And on there has or ttle an the red ud action adjournment * no i the not ir and Ite and words Mi n effic g ing the a rach settled ir ox ow hostility toward be questior ot one of uly during 18Y need to great expenses realizing pur capital, of course we Khall fail tc ng the wai usual yearly of on that for reproductive purposes--building house ships, factories, et As a whole period of meet - - our by War Tidings on sh t he 1 although duri ann and Russ gris Britain has 200.000 gave on £400,000 the Great income n Egypt Sixty ported 16,000 4 roops we use of guarding the thousand to he whom railway Suez canal German Monasti 1 Valley lied the wor will not in massed at Furks an ind the the consequently expansion n production ther hand, the expansion in popula tion will be much smaller than val and the economic pressure would othewise wil! war will ave much, and very little On the nS pre pos there be paratory tions Ieheran despatches lan Cabinet hts fallen I'he has nominated Prince Firman mier, which considered a o production diplomatic victor the ed Allies Temporarily the It is said that single men did not nomic Lord there is a working Attack on Al the Per Shah pre great Entente say us tha from cheek come the minimiz 18 thu ye for re w eno eco pressure of conslderahl re verity at the of the war That pressure will be caused mainly by the readjustment of conditions from war to peace No doubt the weath of the qountry will EFOWw a8 ¥apidly after tHe war af ft did beinre the war respond adequately to recruiting plan and tha trong force in the CO for conscription Every man fighting under the Bri tish colors, whether in France, the Balkans, } or wherever elge was the recipient to day of a bounti ful Christmas parcel The Moslem religion will be legal- ly recognized in Hungary if a bill introduced by the Hungarian Minis ter of Justice is enacted into law by the Hungarian Diet The professors universities ve to asking the lish after the nent many The gres and of Jerby's Derby end thinet "sia MAIL ROBBERS TAKE $750,000 SECURITIES. Du Pont and Other War 8tocks Stolen From a Wagon in Wilmington, Del. of the signed a Government War commercial relations Austrian manifes to estab and perma with Ger close Dee, 27 Stock Pent, Atlas and Wilmington, Del, certificates of the du Hercules Powder companies and Gen- eral Motors Company, and coupon railrg bonds to the value of $750,- 000 stolen Irom a registered while it was being trans. the Wilmington Post Pennsylvania railroad sta this amount, $350,000 was hidden beneath a blan mail wagon Johnson and Earl Johnson negroes, drivers of the wagon, were arrested I'ney are not related. They are believed to be merely tools of the real robbers, who escaped with the booty works successfully has an artillery duel Character in the Vosges bombarded unsuccessful mail north Hartmann's German were there intense The enemy ly positions Weilerkopt south of An bombarded, been ad wera pouch ported from Office tion found later ket in the Albert of LO Of 30,000 CHINE REBELS of Tsai Ao Grows--=Guaran- tees Safety of Foreigners, Peking, Dec. 27 The Government troops in the province of Yunnan have joined the revolutionists under Tsai Ao, who has declared the pro vince independent and guaranteed the safety of foreigners The revolutionary forces now ber 30,000 Conditions in Kwei-chow are unsettled, but disaf-t fections have not heen reported in \ (8 the other southern provinces \ Army 'o CLOSE THE num RANKS, the province of The Ford Party Has Had Further Losses, pecial to the Whig) holm, Dec, 27 The manage ment of the Ford peace party was to- day"vndeavoring 10 close the ranks ema and prevent further secesslons fol Firm Offers Full Credit to lowing the withdrawal of Gov. Han Customers, p08, North Dakota, and Mts Inez Berlin, Dec, 27 A Breslau firm, Millfolland Boissevain dealing in talking machines, hag The Swedish papers, either decided to go in for long cred- ferent view than that its or else it expects an early peace. the press Norway, It advertises its instruments and Ford's expedition might actually records on the following terms: have hastened the war's end had ir "During tue war you pay nothing. not been badly managed Beginning four weeks after the war TTI AAA A A A AA A i you pay four marks monthly until phonograph and records are paid DAILY MEMORANDUM at Palace ¢ to-nigh for.' Band See top of page 3 ht 'bang corner, for probabilities tock ray APT THE WAR. German taking a dif expressed by of declare that Er 3 1 hi i A, AAA os rnin rt WAR BULLETINS, BORN, S101 wi Dee, 27h Mra. Chas F. Ang n sireet. a daugh The Germans lost 8,000 men n-their offensive near Ypres last Wednesday A i Official denial given to the ré- port that two monitors had been destroyed by the Turks on the Tigris MARRIED, SHERMAN at McGOW AN ight bre other Ne Alexan McGaw an of Kings i un Ch af the cal street laird, George Sherman. he "tmae hr The Minister of Trade and Commerce announces another Canadian war loan of 300 mil- lions is likely to be floated soon A i DIED, Kingston Robert W ° 8mi A French battery exploded an enemy munition train dn the Vosges on Sunday The export of arms and mu- nitions to the Allies from the United States now averages two and half milion dollars daily SMITH Ir 1915 five Funera n Dec th, aged fift ram hix late am street, Tuesday 'ataraqil cemets A tm tn, 5 private) 197 The Austrians lost 800 dead when driven further back by the Montenegrins tere FrsereIsITeiastetes rary Sede FREER EPP r eT rr ee Pisa i oh