NIGHT EXPRESS LEAVES ILS NEAR KINGSTON MILLS Montreal Girl Had Hor Am Broken--Eiht her Passen gers Were Shaken Up---~Three Coaches in the Ditch---Traffic Was Blocked. Mrs. Elizabeth Confray, aged 36, Montreal, badly cut about the face , na hands. Suffering severely from snock, Ellen Confray, aged 11 years, left arm fractured. Edith Confray, aged 6 years, suf-| im shock. from old, uninjured. Miss Josephine McCaffrey, 500 Guy mere], suffering from seri- ous up. . Miss Eva MecOaffrey, 3500 Guy street, Montreal, suffering from Samue] Frankel, aged 20, Mont- real, suffering from k. . Miss Elen Adams, London, Ont., badly shaken up. | d ------ Eight people were injured when % | as follows: Matthew Confray, 9 weeks| v track was completely ripped by the train leaving it. The train which left the frack is known as the fast train, No. 13, which is due to arrive at the Grand Trunk outer station at'3 o'clock. It Was composed of tem cars made up Two baggage cars, one gecond-clags car, one first-class car and six pulimans. Two baggage cars rolled over into the ditch, while |' the second-class car, which was right behind the baggage cars, was thrown on its side and was lying crossways of the tracks. The ~class car and the pullmans' were thrown from the - rails but fortunately did not topple over. The tender of the train left 'the rails but no damage was one. Passengers Surpriced. Ee ------------------------------------ 0, FRIDAY, MARCH 3. 1916 The ar attack from indicate the THE NEW GERMAN ATTACKS ON V east of Verdun; 'where the Germans are preparing ERDUN. direction of also toward Pontimousson another drive. NO GRAFT | SAYS WILSON IS WISE, Congress Revolt. the new German Chronicle Sces Germany's Hand in IS VERDUN A FENT? London Expert Looks For Hun JOFFRE HAS NOT YET DRAWN UPON OR MOVED HIS MAIN FORCES. Used (Just Enough Reserves to tain Conflict at Verdun---- French Thought Dead German " Column Was 'New Army. London, March 8.--The Times' military correspondent, analyzing the situation around Verdun, de- clares his bélief that the long-ex- pected big German offensive has be- gun, although he doubts whether Verdun is to be the real point of the great attack. He further declares emphatically that no front is impentarable in the face of a modern artillery attack, but he believes that the Allies' cue intensity yesterday evening and fast night in the Woevre district. -- ; War Tidings. Three army corps have been con- centrated by the Roumanian general staff along the Danube opposite the Bulgar fortress of Vidin and in west- ern Roumania. # Official reports to the French Min- istry of Marine increased to nine hundred the total survivors of the French iser La Provence, sunk in the Nalorranonn. The inquest over the victims of the Maloja disaster proved that the ves- sel struck a mine in the channel, and was not torpedoed. "President Wilson Thursday after- noon denied that any utterance be made which might be interpreted as indicating he was unfavorable to war with Germany. MILITARY ELIGIBLES. 62 Per Cent. Will Be Left After 500, 000 Are Sceured. Ottawa, March 3.--Information 28 to the number of men of military age In Canada was furnished in the House of Commons to-diy to Mr. J. A. Ethier. THAT STAFF THINKS A STIONG GERMAN OFFENSIVE IS IMMINENT. ! Se---- The Germans Have To Figure On a British Flank If Offensive Is Be- Gun Between. Somme And Aisne Rivers. \ London, March 3,---Germany's next big drive against the allied front in France' will take place between Rheims and Soissons according to Sir George Foster told the Two | the belief of many English and Mountains member that the census French military experts. The Ger- population of the Dominion was 7,- 'man lines are nearer Paris at that 206,643; male population 3,821,995; | point than at any other place on the male population from 10 to 19 years | west front. : Inclusive 706,155; male population | . The violent bombardmetit of the from 20 to 29 years inclusive, 756, 349; from 30 to 39 German positions east of Soissons by the French yesterday is considered years inclusive, x in { | London, March.. 3.--Commenting| on the new German submarine cam- paigh, the Daily Chronicle remarks that it is certain to create fresh com- plications between" Germany and the On account of the train being a few minutes late the engineer in charge was evidently endeavoring to make up for lost time. He made 43 miles, with one stop at Ganan. the fast train coming from Montreal, known as No. 13, was-derailed near Kingston Mills, about 3 o'clock ov Friday morning. 588.214. According to these statics, "said Sir George, 62 per cent. of the male ' population from 19 to 40 years of! is to "keep cool, to be avaricious in depleting the main reserves and to keep increasing-.those reserves for an imminent offensive in this region action when the Germans have ex- and are trying to hinder its prepara' The injured were all brought to oque Junetion, the city, and are now patients at the, Hotel Dieu where they are doing| njcely. [ Little Ellen Confray, the Montreal girl, who was travelling with her mother and two other members of the family, received the most serious injuries. It was stated that her left arm had been fractured. The train was travelling at a fast rate of speed, and the fact that there was not 4 heavy death list, is noth-| in 8ffy minutes, at the train was going at the rate f over fifty miles an hour. As the accident occurred so sud- denly, it was almost impossible for any of the people who were aboard the train to state what happened. The first thing they felt was a severe bang as though there was a colis- fon. Getting from the beds in the pullman they were surpriged to find that the train was a wreck. Upon th 0 SAYS HUGHES Who Defended Himself in House of Commons. LBERALS WERE FAR . | changing his ground. United States. ~ "Germany," says the Chronicle, "is moving heaven and earth to bluff jor cajole President 'Wilson into What Ger- many hopes to gain by its propa- ganda in the United States is not the disarming of allied ships, but the disarming of American opinion, whenever an allied ship with Ameri- cans aboard is sunk. "In Cahgress hausted themselves." age would remain in the country af- | tions with big guns. mans ain at'ack at some other point oth- han Verdun is supported as fol- lo The writer's belief that the Ger- are preparing to launch their wAny great success by the Ger- mans further to the, north-west than Champagne may, undey the present conditions, bring about'an enforced retirement from the Meuse. What ter the recruiting of 500,000 men of that category. -------- FRPP RPE RRR RIN > SEIZED SHIPS. * -- + (Special to the Whig.) + Bombay, March 3.--German ¢ A 'similar bombardment by the French preceded the German offén- | sive at Verdun. It is known that the { Germans have been making elaborate "preparations for strong attacks all , along the front from the Somme Riv- | er to the Aisne. < | The Germang have to figure upon | a British flank attack in West Fland- +> + + + pro-Germans are the Gefmans hope for is to attack the bulk of the Allies' reserves east of the Meuse, making an immense clat- # ships interned at Mormugao, in # # the Portuguese colony of Goa, # # have been seized by the Portu- ers if they figure tensive hetween upon a serious of- the Somme and lobbying hard, trying to put their contention in the most favorable light. So far as can be judged, their supporters in Congress are few, but so long as division is known to exist, and the numerical proportions of the two camps is unascertained, { Aisne Rivers, In any case they can- not hope to surprise the French for air scouts keep Gen. Joffre constant- ly notified of movements behind the German front, At every point: where it is possible for the Germans getting from their beds they were informed by the porter that two of the leading cars had gone into the | ditch and the pullmans had received a very bad shaking up but were still standing up-right. After dressing ing more than a miracle. Mrs. Confray and her children wersyon their way to Hamilton. ter there, and the next German flow from the north-west probably awaits the fulfilment of this desire. The |# crews taken to an internment French appear to have met the Ver-|4 camp at Panjim. dun attack with reserves just suffi-{¢ . cient to maintain the conflict. There + guese authorities, decked out # IN THEIR DEALINGS TO HIM, HE #* with Portuguese flags, and their DECLARED. + War Taxation Changes Made--Pow- Spronding I Canecd Accident. er Given Finance Minister to Fix A Whig representative aid a visit Bibl 2 a Sidi reve fr to the scene of the accident on Fri- day morning." Prom information received from men who were aboard the ill-fated train and men who are engaged In clearing up the wreck- age, there appears to be no doubt | that the accident was caused by the spreading of & rail. 'The scene of the accident is about one and one half miles east of -Ri- dean station. + To ges' there #¥ is ary | '18 walk along the railroad trac m Rideau station. When the Whig man arrived on the scene he found about one hundred mer employed by the Grand Trunk Railroad Company engaged in clear- ing up the wreckage and also laying 4 a new line of track as the right hand the passengers got o the train. Upon going up the front they found that the two baggage cars were in the ditch but were standing right up. The second-class car, which - was third from the locomotive, received the worst breaking up, being thrown on its side and dragged for a con- siderable distance before the train was brought to a standstill. The fourth car, whié¢h was the first-class ear; remained upright, but was thrown from the tale; owing to the front 'car being off the track and tearing them up. The train was going at such a rate of speed that the place where the baggage and mail ears lighted was about twenty or thirty yards to the right of the (Continued on Page 8.) Assessment of Mining Companies. Ottawa, March 3.--Major-Geperal Sir Sam Hughes presented his own budget speech to Parliament yester- day. He gave an acocunt of his stewardship, and answered his crit- ics, It was not an oratorical effort, but a plain statement of facts as Gen- eral Hughes sees them, presented in a conciliatory manner, and, as the General said, "suite frankly," to the House. His explanation of the work of his department, which oden- pled an hour and a half, was listened to attentively, with but few inter- ruptions either for applause or for censure, There was no graft, was one of his statements. Sir Sam said that he bothered only with the big things, depending upon the Administration cannot thority. dent Wilson to Mr. Pou. the country stand." TIMES' GENTLE REBUKE. omic + Movement Pioneers." London, March mobiles and petrol"the Times says: conduct its negotiations with unimpaired au- Hence the letter of Presi- President Wilson has acted wisely in insisting that he must known where he and Is Satircal At Expense Of "Econ 3.~Commenting this morning on the Guildhall meet~ ing, at which Earl Kitchener and others yesterday urged nat'onal eco. nomy, particularly in regard to auto: "The meeting could hardly be des- is no sign that General Joffre has yet drawn upon or even moved his main forees." Thought Dead New Army." New York, March 8.--A special Paris cable to the Tribune says: A wounded officer recounts how the German dead lay on the battlefield so thickly that in the faint light of early morning they seemed a new army advancing to the attack. The officer was in the trenches on Hilt 288, before Vachepauville, Just before daybreak, in a little valley between two hills, the French saw at a distance of about 500 yards a dark line, which slowly took the form of human figures silhouetted against the snow. It was all a confused to make a strong drive the French have massed great forces of reserve to- gether with reserve supplies of guns and ammunition. THE SENATE UPHOLDS | PRESIDENT WILSON. By Vote of 68 to 14 It Tables Senator Gore's Reso~ tution. Washingjon, Harsh 3, Sen- , 'ate to-day formally gave notice to the evidently was hit by enemy artillery. world that it stands behind President It fell at Hzhesce, damaging a house Wilson. By a vote of 68 to 14 the and injuring eighteen children. An- Senate voted down Senator Gore's other fell at Maisnult. The debris resolution to warn Americans to TWO ZEPPELINS FELL IN BELGIUM. One Came Down'in a Small Town--Eighteen Chil dren Hurt. (Special to the ig. London" March Sra Boppeling were wrecked in Belgium on Feb. 22nd, according to a despatch from Amsterdam to-day. One of the | Zeppelins, returning from the front | 1 was loaded on a train bound for Co- keep off armed ships. Amid dra- logne. matic scenes unparalleled since the ee eee United States declared war against Big Customs Revenue. | Spain, the Senate tabled Gore's reso- Ottawa, March 3.----For the fiscal lution-as requested by President Wil-_ year which ends with March, a Cus- SOD. . toms revenue increase of twenty-; The House of Representatives will four millions is in sight. In the 8180 gO on record as favoring the eleven months just ended the total President, possibly to-morrow, but increase was $21,039,976 on total Probably by a smaller vote. collections of $91,946,386. In Feb- ruar- collections amounted to/$10,. | ' Citizens of any belligerent coun- 127,846, or $3,080,264 in excess ot {ry Will be prohibited from address- the * corresponding month of last INE any public gatherings in Sweden year. during the continuance of the war. ~ his officers, and did not have time to see whether small contracts for 8ro- ceries, lumber, etc., were peddldd about in various localities. He declared that because he had refused to play politics in the. ad- ministration of his department many Conservative members had - found fault with him, and had threatened to get hiswscalp. But with all and sundry he had but one policy--fair prices and: efficient service, "The Liberals," he declared, "have been more than fair to me. There are very few. who have not been straight and square in their oriti- cisms." cribed 'as inspiring, and it was un- fortunate that the last impressions left on the-minds of those present was the stream of private automo- biles and taxicabs, driven mostly by men of military age, being marshall- ed by policemen up to the steps of the Guildhall to convey away those whom Reginald McKenna, chancellor of the exchequer, had deseribed as pioneers in the great economic move- ment." GERMANY OFFERS : MODERATE TERMS But Insists Upon Separate Ar- rangement With Each of Allies. mass, but there could be no doubt that the Germans were preparing a new assault. The artillery was telephoned to, and the "75s" fired on the German battalions. The sol- diers in the trenches could see the wide gaps the shells made in the en- emy lines, but still thé Germans did not give way. Under a hail of shells they stood firmi, and neither advanced nor retreated. Only when the full day came, did the French see the truth. ' The dark mass of men they had been firing on was a great pile of bodies. Sur- prised by the French fire the even- ing before, when attempting an at- tack, the German column had been annihilated, and in the little ravine the men were so closely packed to- gether that many bodies had ' .re- mained upright. KINGSTON LADY FALLS HEIR T0 TWO AND HALF MILLION Mrs. Lawrence Kenny, 114 Ordnance Street, Hears Great News---She Was Kidnapped When a Child---Discov- ered Her Pareats in England Three Years Ago. ; { Changes In the new war taxation Kidnapped when she was three ther, and the long-lost daughter to-| terday by Sir Thomas White. These DAILY MEMORANDUM Band at Palace Rink to-night. Hear Miss Robbins, St. George's Hall, p.m, Women And Gids 2 Watertown, N. Y., March 3.--The force of 200 girls and women em- | ployed at the New York Air Brake | See top Take 4. right hand corner, Company's plant in this city in con- |£0r probabilities. nection with the munition War Taxation Changes Made. years of age, not knowing who her parents were, or having the 'least idea as t6 how to trace them, finding them alter a Spasch 'which = lasted | twenty-three y , and just within | the past few days to learn that she | had fallen heir to an estate believed | ito be valued at about two and a half million «dollars, as the result of the death 'of her grandfather, is the | story of Mrs. Lawrence Kenny, of | 114 Ordnance street, and which | reads just like a story book, | Mrs. Kenny and her husband in. | tend to ga overseas to her old home, | the end of March, or the first of | "April, to have a settlement made of | the property and money which has | been left her. } Mrs. Kenny, whose maiden name was Jones, was the daughter of Capt. Bdward Jones, a prominent sea cap- | tain, © One day while she was just a} tot of three years, she was at hey seaside, near her home in Wales, when she was kidnapped Ly parties . unknown. She was brought out to . America, adopted by different people, and when she became a young wo- man, did not know her parents were. bering that her fa- ther was a seaman, Mrs, "Kenny had + her. husband, three years ago put an 2 ptisement in the Liverpool Cour- Tent dittle advertisement was the means foupien went under the name of gether. The father answered the advertisement, with the result that Mrs. Kenny, three years ago last Oc- tober went dver to her old home and therd was a bappy reunion with her parents and other members of the family. The father tried hard to locate his daughter, and on one occasion he came all the way to Montreal, believ- ing that he was on the right track, only to find that the girl he had lo- cated was not his daughter. At that time, his daughter . was {ving { Kingston. - Mrs. Kenny hak residéd in Kingston many years, and is wel and favorably known. A representative of the + Whig heard of the circumstances of the case on Friday morning and called to fee Mrs. Kenny, at her home. Al. though very modest about her ex- periences, Mrs." Kenny related some of the particulars. She is looking forward with much pleasure to an- other visit to her old home. Before her marriage, Mrs, Kenny Minnie Jones and also several other names. The fact that she was married made, the task of her father who was en- deavoring to trace her, all the more difficult, : : Mr. Kenny is an insurance agent, and is also well known in the city. He instramental in the locating of his wife's parents, £ ' "of bringing father, mo, THE WHIG CONTENTS. { ----- 4 ; ast Train Ran Of; Fight i Pt Verdun: May, Attack mx. Teach Hockey? and Curling: Fierom the Countryyside; uneral at Lansdowne, torial: © Random Reels; Walt Mason's Rhymes. : Wit-at-Arms; Cases Court 6--Hastern Ontario News. J--Amusemenis; Timely Ane -Bouncements: The Forum. S--Miltary Matters; Theatrical. 9---=British Hold Big Force; Brit . Ish to Sacrifice ' 10--Sleepytinne Menus; a's Losses at Front. eral Information for People. i Ja-antiitary Matters; Sporth Allens; in > Scat For Hon. Mr. Fielding Ottawa, March 3.---It is rumored in political vireles at Ottawa that Hon. W. 8. Fielding, Minister of Fi. nance in the Laurier Government, who was defeated in Queen's and Shelburne in 1911, may be nominat- od by the Liberals at Yarmouth, N. 8., for the seate vacated by the late B. B. Law, M, P., who lost his life in the fire in the House of Commons, Roumanian Quecn Mother Dead. London, March 3.---A Bucharest despatch received by Reuters by way of Ams says that the Queen Mother Elizabeth of Roumania (Car men Sylva) die? yesterday. At Oswego, N. Y., work will. be the Tha x changes have been considered neces- sary as the result of difficulties dis- closed after discussion with repre- sentatives of business interests in Canada. The main principles of the business tax were: 25 per cent. of the profits above 7 per cent. of in- corporated companies; 25 per. cent. of the profits above 10 per cent. of othef firms, partnerships and -indi- viduals; that it should be retroactive London, March 3.--Dr. E. J. Dil- lon, in an article in the current Fort- nightly Review, says he has personal knowledge that Germany has thrown out furtive feelers after a settlement. He writes: , "I learn that seemingly moderate but really insidious peace proposals have emanated from Berlin without finding any spokesman in these is- lands who would ve ntare to lay them Fighting On Again. (Special to the Whig.) E Paris, March 3.--Renewal of se- vere fighting around Verdun is re- ported in official despatches to-day, has _congince experts tTidt the present German of- fensive is the !"¥®a] thing." the French military The German ead are now strewn about Verdun woods and hills iintil tomtracts Is being increased daily, owing to the scarcity of male labor. The women have been put at 'work in the inspection of shells and shell cases, General Strike in Madrid. London, March 3.--A Reuter de- spatch from Madrid says that 4 strike of bakers in that city on ac- count of the, high price of flour has developed in a general strike and THE DAILY B WHIG Is on Sale at the Following City Stores: : 2 163 : Bucknel's News Depot .. Clarke, J. W. & Co. College Book Store jEoulery Grocery .. {Cullen's Grocery, Cor. y rontenae Hote! to August 4th, 1914; that it be ex- tended over a three-year period, and that capitalization up to $50,000 be exempted. The changes are: That the retro- active period begins January 1st, 1915, which enables the payment dates to be separated into the years 1916, 1917 and 1918. To obviate the difficulty over reserves, capital will be regarded as only the actual unimpaired reserves of a company, and watered stock will be dealt with by taking the cash value of the stock on Jan. 1st, 1915, and deducting from it the Habilities of the com- pany, thus arriging at the basis of taxation. - Holding companies will aot pay on profits from other compa- n which pay under the act; and payments of war taxes to Great Brit- ain and her Allies will be deducted from any payment required by the Canadian Government. Power ig given to the Finance Minister to fix the assessment of min- ing companies, as the profits come from the impairment of thd assets of the companies, before any Allied Cabinet. "As 1 am cognizant of the terms offered, I write with first-hand know- ledge, and I regard this offer as one of the most hopeful circumstances that has come to my knowledge since the outbreak of the war. "It would - serve no useful purpose to unfold these proposals here, but 1 may say that one condition insisted upon is a separate arrangement be tween Germany and each of the Al- plies. It is needless to add that this condition would suffice to rule every peace proposal out of court." FEW MERCHANT SHIPS Germany's' Claim 'of Right to 8ink at Sight Manifestly Absurd. London, March 3.--Sir Bdward Grey authorizes for publication the following statement: * "The assumption apparently made by the German Government that all' British merchant ships are armed is entirely incorrect. Practically all British merchant ships employed in trade between the United States and the United Kingdom have hitherto been unarmed. : 3 , | therefore, made Government to sink all British merchant ships at sight be- cause of their armament is one which cannot possibly be justified. This is clearly proved by the state- ment issued giving a list of British and neutral unarmed merchant ships which have been torpedoed by Perman, submarines without warn- ng." ; ! Mrs. ML the 4 -------------- Tha Naval Prize Fund derived from the sale of contraband goods seized by the British Navy and con. demned by Prize Courts Jow amounts to over $30,000,000." This fund WHI be distributed among' all men of the navy r the war. ' The canonading at Verdun was so heavy that it was heard at Marburg and Ziegenhain, a distance of 188 i miles away, according to a stato. ment issued at Berlin by the Over- teas News Agency. : At Montreal, Alexander St. Jules, alias Grouix, found guilty of desert- ing from three -Canadian regiments, was sentenced to five years in the peuitgntiory. : ---- i its will be taxed in Landon, Lyndhurst, has LG in only on the pay they [leased the : Hamblin house, Main the British Government, | street, Athens. by | Fighting was conducted with redoub- brought trade to a standstill. Riots have occurred and several persons be covered with a strange, #re¥|have been injured in conflicts with green growth. Not alone because the zhe police. "The mayor of Madrid Teutons have suffered enormous has resigned as a conquence of the losses, but for other reasons. Paris trpuble. dritics do not believe that the Ver-| ! dun attack is a feint. ! The situation' on the Verdun sec- the fields, from a distance, seem to Avalanche Kills Thirteen, Berlin, March, 3.--D hak Grocery senenue LE OUATR--In Mexico, 9th, 1916, to Mr. NY , Mrs, Frank G. Le Clair (nee Jeo Bail), a son. tor' was described by a competent authority to-day as satisfactory, though no secret was made of the fact that it is still serious. It is considered. certain = that Germans have not launched such a vast under- taking with the intention of giving up after only a partial check. The French commanders arp ready to receive the remewed German at- tacks in a way the enemy will never forget it is stated to-day, but des- pite the heavy losses , the Kaiser must strike now wi mavimum strength, it is held, or German pres- tige and German army morale will suffer. In the presence of such an immense possibility, Paris waits, con- fident and calm, Ferocious Fighting Continues. (Special to th Paris, March 3 BS edmonits and attacks on the part of the Ger- man troops continued all yesterday evening north of Verdun, says the War Office report this afternoon from Innsbruck say that thirteen persons were killed by an avalanche in Stelvio Pass, on the borders of Tyrol and Italy, WAR BULLETINS, The 'British have retaken the # trenches they lost near Ypres # on Feb. 14th, together with : number of German prisoners. % - There is great dejection 4 Germany, Ten thousand women # march through the streets 4 Berlin crying for peace. " ---- | oa 8 2 +e 8 Be 38 B i ® Ee £ a g s From any sources the Ger man raider Moewe is reported captured. Tord Derby Jets hate ite + too many exe ns in led violence. 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