" YEAR 83 NO. 1583 THE BIG BRITISH OFF KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, JULY 1. 1916 SIVE HAS BEGUN -- LAST EDITION TREMENDOUS SMASH --- Sk ue vies i sereunen senvioe FEM RESUMES ANTI-UNIONISTS to Discuss Means--Districts for Ontario. VERDUN DRIVE -- PLAN CAMPAIGN. Presbyterians Meet at Toronto KITCHENER'S WILL f | | | i MADE BY BRITISH | Makes Poweful Attacks on Both Banks of « the Meuse River. Toronto, July 1.---Upwards of 200! a. prominent Presbyterians attended al conference at New St. Andrew's | [I Estate of the Late British War See- | chureh to consider ways and means | for nullifying the recent vote of Against the German Lines on a Twenty-Mile - Front North of the Somme---Drive Started At 7.30 Saturday : . Morning. (Speeial to the Whig.) he : London, July 1.---The long-expected British offensive began at 7.30 o'clock this morging with a tremendous smash against the German lines on a fwenty-mile front north of the Somme. The British swept forward with a rush, capturing some enemy front line trenches. Many German prisoners were taken. The British attacks were continuing with the greatest violence at the hour when the last despatches were filled. Newspaper extras were grabbed eagerly in the clubs, hotels, on the streets, and everywhere. Within a few min- utes-the word spread throughout London: "The big push has begun." After Four Days of Lavish Shell Fire. The British thrust forward this morning following four | days of the most lavish expenditure of shell fire the world has ever known. The German front for nearly ninety miles, from the Yser to the Somme, was bathed in a never-ceasing flame of artillery pounding with the expenditure of millions shells. a At dawn to-day the British bombardment, which grew more intense throughout yesterday, suddenly concentrated a terrifie fire on the German line from Arras south to the Somme. For an hour and a half the German line was under a steady rain of high explosive shells that blotted out the trenches and hu- man life. 1 ports of which were heard in London. At the same instant rows of British troops sprang forward to the attack. "By 9.30," read one despatch, "we had occupied the Ger- man Front line, digging in behind rows of German dead. Brit- ish casualties thus far have not been heavy." Official Statement From War Office. British troops have broken the Gierman forward defences on a sixteen-mile front, the War Office announced to-day, in the first brief statement on the beginning of the great offen- sive. French lroops, attacking at the same time, penetrated deep into the German trenches. ' : . "North of the Somme, in an attack in conjunction with the French forces, the British have broken the German for- ward defences on a sixteen-mile front," said the official state- The big guns lifted their fire at 7.30, the first re-| Crowds lined the { in memory of Kitchener. | ~~ ~------ BRITISH RETAIN THE INITIATIV In the Great Artiiery Duel on the Western Front. INLTING HEAVY L0SSE WITH VERY ¢ | TO THEMSELV | | | | | | SUAILTIES slreels of! ain's King going and relurning from the service at St. Major Moraht Says That When the | the general assembly at Winnipeg in favor of church union. After being in session for two hours, on the motion of Rev. Dr. Robertson, those present pledged themselves to start a campaign with the object of securing the peppetuity of the Presbyterian church in Can- ada. It was suggested that the Prov- ince of Ontario be divided into three districts, with Toronto, London and Kingston as the respective headquar- ters, to rally the anti-unionists .to gether for the purpose, of safe guarding their great heritage The action of the majority at the general assembly was declared abso- lutely illegal. THE FRENCH HAVE REGAINED ALL THE LOST GROUND EAST OF HILL 304, Thiaumont Redoubt Entirely Smash. ed by the Terrific Bombardment-- | =The French Retain the Outskirts, . (Speciazl to the Whig) Paris, July 1.--The Crown Prince Paul's | | | * | + KITCHENER'S LETTER ES BR RINGS $30,000. |» -- [# London, Julgll.--Earl Kiteh- |% ener's autograj letter, calling {4% for 300,000 r its for the new |% army, was sold to-day at auc- tion for the efit of the Red Cross to Tho Fenwick Har- rison for £6,008. Mr. Harri- ntdhe letter to the bo | 12 KING NICHOLAS * son will prese % nation. + be | herr b bree bad @ ---- pa BASEBALL RESULTS. National League, St. Louis, 5; Chicago, 3. Boston, 6; Brooklyn, 2. Pittsburg, 3; Cincinnati, 2 { has resumed the drive on Verdun with the most powerful attacks on both banks of the Meuse, the War Office announced. The most violent fighting in many days has developed on the north-west sectors of the for- wi" tifications. The Germans gained | TO HANG TWO UNLESS some fortified work 'and the elements | of connecting trenches in fighting | A THIRD SURRENDERS. east of Hill 304. The French coun- | | ter-attacks later regained all the | ustrian Commander at Cet- lost gtound, i: he'd | tinje After Scalp of Monte= Las! ie Meuse, the Germans | again penetrated the Thiaumont negrin Cabinet Member. | work which was recaptured by the! a French yesterday. The redoubt| Bordeaux, July 1.--THe Monte- itself was entirely smashed in by ter-|negrin foreign office, which tempor- rific artillerying The French re-|arily is established here, has given tain the outskirts. | out a communication stating that i -------------- {Seu Weber, Au commander : ; {at Cettinge, has is a proclama- in solemn silence to see Brit- THE BRITISH TERMS tion to the effect that unless M. Vuk- TOO SEVERE FOR HUNS otitch, former member of the Mon- A -- tenegrin Cabinet, surrendered hims Regarding Relief For Poland, self within five days his two broth- 4 {ers would be captured and hanged. But Germany May Have | At the same time an order pon is- To Yield. | sued offering 50,000 francs each a-------- | for M. Vukotich and his brothers. Washington, July 1.---The State Gen Weber's action is said to be Department has forwarded to Ger-|due to popular agitation on the part many England's last note on the sub-| of Montenegrins against the Aus- ject of relief for Poland, and to-day | trian forces of occupation. It awaited Germany's reply. stated that the principal Some Washington officials believe|rin tribe has been fined heavily. { the negotiations dre bound to fail, due to Germany's unwillingness to comply with the strict conditions | England lays .down. egro, f 's Fate The view was privately expressed, OF Monten Th Waste Nations however, that if the Allied offensive x | becomes" general on all fronts, and] Foris.July-1.--The Mpe-prints | there is any such success by the| 30 interview with King Nicholas of | Russian right wing as has followed | Montenegro in which he says: Gen. Brussiloff's drive with the Rus-| _'I;have placed my fate and that Sian southern armies, Germany may| Of Mm¥ people in the hands of France, be willing to concede some of the| Which Tiove I have confidence in points, | her and feel..sure that her sense of - { justice will induce her to give Mon- THREE DROWNED; BOAT UPSET, | tenegro the compensations due it, '"'Cattaro and Scutari are more ment. "The French attack o equally satisfactory." NORTH PEEL BYE-ELECTION IS TO TAKE PLACE ON THE 10TH OF JULY Conservative Majorities Reduced in Other Bye-Elections--North Peel the Centre of Political Interest at ; t. } --{Speciat to the Whig) Toronto, July 1.--=North Perth with its bye-election contest sehedul- ed for July 10th is the centre of pol itical interest in the province. Al- though the Government majority in " this riding at the general election of 1914 was 1,100 and although there- fore one might judge hastily that the seat was a perfectly safe one for the government, as a matter of fact "very decided nervousness is being shown by the government in regard to the result. Undoubtedly the chief reason for this uneasiness on their part is the fact that all bye- election contests since the last gen- eral election of 1914 have been dis- appointments and reverses for them. The contested bye-elections since 1914 and their results are as fol- lows: ; Hamilton West--June, 1914, Con- servative majority 1,411; bye-elec- British Really Undertake a Great | n the | Strategical Offensive It Will Mean | New York, 4; Philadelphia, 3. Quebec Man, Young Son and Woman | than ever desired by my people. We | hope that after their victory the Al- immediate right was ~~ tica November 1914, Conservative majority 36. Dundas Couniy--June, 1914, Con- servative majority 673; bye-election December 1914, Conservative major- ity 62. "Peel--June, 1914, Conservative majority 627; bye-election Liberal majority "305. In Hamilton West, therefore, the Government majority was reduced by 1,375 in Dundas by 611 seat with a drop of 932. three by-elections, therefore, the change against the government amounted to of almost a thousand. There is nothing to indicate that public opinion has shifted since these bye-elections, in fact there are many evidences that the standing of the Liberal party in the province is higher even than during these con- tests, It is little wonder, therefore, that the government is worried Nerth Perth. Indications are that the movement towards the Liberal party will be maintained in that con- test, ™ Wellington, Hay, the Liberal can- didate is a most representative man the constituency. One who has al- ways supported Mr. Rowell in his moral and social reform programmes and one who has been a leader in all the patriotic activities of Perth county. - WHIG CONTENTS Page 1--dllustrated Section. 2~iWar plotures from many Fronts, Sh e of Kingston soldiers; Jr. IV. Class, Victoria School. 4--iPictures of Prominent Cana- dians, dr" Verdun; British I . tative Kitchener's Wi Begins, vices; Auto Ran en. - Letter; Told in'the w t. $--Editorials: Press Views; Walt Mason's Rhymes; Ran- m s. Sn of Legal Offices; layed Double; Man on Watch: 4 10--jBastern Ontario News. li---Amusements; Announce- ments; The Forum, 12--0diiitary Matters; Theatrical Notes. 13--Barriefield Camp; Mutt and on. 14--Told in the Twilight; Confés- sions of Roxane. 15--Agricultural Page: Latest Market Reports. 16-{ln the Automobile World; Diuntryaide News. 17Plays Players; Newest 18 eg of Solante. oo Communit vement; Can- i a Problem. ne 1; | BRITISH HELP UNITED STATES. at Disposal y. | New York, July 1.--Through the {courtesy of the British Government, {the United States war department | Machine Guns Are Placed i of American dite delivery 250 Lewisamachine guns says the Times. At the same time, erto used by United States troops are not suitable for the Lewis gun, the 000,000 cartridges from the United States Cartridge Company. The tured on British specifications for shipment to the British forces. Both cartridges and guns will go forward at once. RUSSIANS WITHDREW numbered it in Fight. '(Special to the Whig) London, July 1.--The German fleet attacked a Russian squadron off the Swedish coast Thursday night. The Russians withdrew, af- ter a sharp encounter, owing to the superior number of the enemy forces. - and in Peel the government lost the! In these 2,918 or an average | over! has been enabled to obtain for imme-| made by the Briggs-Seabury Ord- | nance Company for use in Europe, because cartridges of the kind hith-| war department has ordered $6, | ammunition also was being manufac-| As the German ¥leet Greatly Out- the End of Their Army. | London, July 1.---All the | papers print lengthy headquarters' | accounts of the fighting, which testi- { Iy to the extravagant use of shells | by the British forces. The Daily | Mail says: | "The Germans are answering our | great bombardment and are well | supplied with shells, | never before employed artillery on such a scale on so wide & front as | we are doing. An extensive, as | against an intensive, method is now agitated the enémy, caused him con- siderable losses and left our infantry free to enter his trenches at night, here, there and everywhere." The Times headquarters corres- pondent says: "The Byitish still re- | tain the initiative and' are inflicting | heavy losses with surprisingly small casualties to themselves, At no point has there been any permanent change in position. The ground al- news- | but they have | on trial, and so far has clearly much | American League, Chicago, Detroit, 2. Boston, 6; Washington, 1. Cleveland, 2; St. Louis, 1. New York, 7; Philadelphia, 0 | International League. | Newark, 2; Rochestery 0 Buffalo, ;. Providence, 4 Richmond, 22; Baltimore, 3, « IMMER e Fedele dedi dod dob d . «> + THE KING ORDERS + \ nd CASEMENT DEGRADED. # (Special to the Whig.) London, July 1.--An appeal # #* has been filed on three technic |* points in the Casement case. % |* King George has directed that + #* Casement be degraded from his % "order of knighthood. * FERRER RRR PIR PRR bbb + { * most everywhere is deep in mud and | the trenches full of water, and while the British have harried the enemy | badly, no attempt has been made in | any of the raids to hold or consoli-| date ground won | points seems to have been to inflict Our object at all | | local losses, in which we have been | | very successful." What Moraht Says. Paris, July 1. { { in a recent issue of the Berlin Tage- blatt.on the British activity in Fland- | or and Northern France, says: "We | | believe that when the English really make up their minds to undertake a great strategical offensive the end of the British army will certainly be in sight. We do fot wish to underrate the seriousness of such a fight Neither, on the other hand, do we I want to allow the British to frighten | us. The British army has not, and {never will, have the. operative strength to drive us out of Northern France and Belgium." BERNHARDT COMING BACK. | Divine Sarah Will be in New York in § r, « New York, July 1.--Sarah Bern- hardt has announced her intention of making the visit to America which the illness that followed the amputa- tion of her leg prevented her from making last season. following cablegram from Mme. | Bernhardt: "Sailing from Liverpool | end of September, after an engage- ment in London, Where I will pre- sent a very novel piece in English | and French." - | Mme, Bernhardt will be 72 years | ¢6ld when she makes her ninth yisit | to this country. Her éngagement in {New York will be at the Knicker- ! bocker Theatre, which is to be re- | modeled during the summer. W. F. Connor, | her American manager, received the | Major Moraht, the | German military critic, commenting | LORD ROSEBEREY o-- of the strong thinkers in Britain * ing all into the water. Friends Victims, Quebec, July 1.--Mrs. W. J. Guil- lot, wife of W. J. Guillot, manager of the dry goods firm of Marceau & Co., St. Joseph street, this City; M. A. Jobin, a local correspondent of La Patrie, Montreal, and his young son, were drowned in the Jacques Cartier River at Stoneham, Mrs. Guillot was recovered shortly afterwards, but as yet the bodies of Mr. Jobin and his son have not been found. . The party, whose families are sum- | | mering at Stoneham, were on a figh-| Their boat capsized, throw- They made i desperate efforts to save themselves, ing trip. Mr. Jobin doing all in his power to | save Mrs. Guillot and his son, but as | {there was no assistance to be had cries for help were heard, but unfor- tunately too late to save them. WANT TO CROSS OVER Demand Has Been Made on Swiss | Republic Berne, July 1--It is reported here that Germany is pressing Switzer- {land to allow transportation of troops across her territory. The situation between Switzer- {land and Germany has been strained {of late. The Swiss Government recently ordered that foodstuffs and | raw material be not shipped out of {the country. This order was issued lin fear that the entente powers | Would cut off Switzerland's {mports. | Germany retaliated by threatening |to cut off Switzerland's supplies of {epal and iron. This has not been {ad justed. ' Since the beginning of the war the {Swiss army has been mobilized to | prevent any attempt on the part of the belligerents to cross her bor- | {der. The Swiss president has de- jclared that war would result from i sireh an attempt. | 3 SHEEP IL IPE I FEEL 00 WAR BULLETINS. Italian offensive in the Tren- tino has been extended to other portions of the front with great successs, 2 It was officially announced that the Russians have captured Kolomea in eastern Galicia, Night raids of trenches continue on th est Information ned in preparing the way for the big drive. ry rr Tr ry yen The Russians have taken the Gali- cian town of Obertyn in pursuit of the retreating Austrians. | | | | | BISHOP The body of | | following lies will not forget it." A VERY UNPLEASANT WORK FARTHING SAYS CON- NECESSARY | } | SCRIPTION IS | Tells Irish-Canadians He Thinks It Time Canada Fell in With Britain --War's a Holy One. Montreal, July 1.--A | the government for conscription call upon in| | Canada was made by Bishop Farth- ing, speaking to the officers and men | of the Irish-Canadian Rangers. "KR is a shame, a very great | | shame that you men who have given from the shore, all three sank, Their | yourselves to go forth to fight for| {your country should have to spend | your time in the unpleasant and dif- ficult task of getting recruits," he |said. "It is a shame that you should have to do this work, a shame upon the manhood of Canada that they do not respond to the call, { Some are, held back for physical rea- sons, others have reasons which are sacred. We all realize that, but I am speaking of the thousands of men in Canada thinking of themselves, up their own ambitions, {and holding back' from this Holy Cause. 'Tis a shame for them, as it is a hardship for you to have to do this work. I think it is time to call upon the government. I would like to see the government strong en- ough and bold enough to organize the whole thing as they have been obliged to do in the Mother Coun- try. "This is not an ordinary war. | think one may say in the highest sense of the word that it is a Holy War. It stands on our part as a war of righteousness, in the truest| {sense of the word. It stands for, us as a case of national honor and {for the-preservation of the ideals of {our Christian faith. "When one reads, as one did the] {other day, an extract from a leading | German paper in which it mentioned | that they would make the soil of France reek with the blood of her citizens and after they had des-! troyed Franée they would make the! soil of England run red with the) blood of her citizens, one feels that one is right in realizing the right-| eousness of the British cause. If I| did not feel it that I could not speak to you and others as I have since! the war began." To Restrict Travelling. (8pecial to the Whig) London, July 1--The War Office! this afternoon requested that in| the interests of public safety, trav- | el on the continent would be restrict. | ed to persons having the most seri-| ous business. i | war, retary Valued at $850,000. LARGEST BEQUESTS MADE TO THE NEPHEWS OF THE DEAD FIELD MARSHAL. The Will Dated 2nd of November, 1914--Officers of the Personal Staff Benefit By the Will. London, July 1.--The will of the late Field Marshal Earl Kitchener, the British Secretary of War, who lost his life in the sinking of the | cruiser, Hampshire off the Orkneys June 5th,was admitted to probate yes- terday. It shows that he left an es- tate valued at 171,420 pounds ster- ling (appréximately $860,000). The largest bequests were the sum of £20,000 to his nephew, Henry Hamilton Kitchener, and the Broome Park estate and all lands in Kent county to his nephew, Commander Henry Frankling Chevallier Kitch- ener, of the Royal Navy, a son of the new earl. wr. The will makes a number of small- er bequests to relatives and friends, including £200 each to several offi cers who served on Lord Kitchener's personal gtaff. Among these was General Sir William R. Birdwood. Te Colonel Oswald A. G. Fitzger- ald. Lord Kitchener's personal mili- tary gecretary, who was drowned with the Field Marshal, was willed all Kitchener's lands in British East | Africa, amounting to about 5,000 | acres, with plantations, ete. | Swords of honor, plate and other gifts from public bodies are devolv- as heirlooms in settled estates | | ed is | The will dated {November 2nd, 1914. Monteneg- | sdb a & * + HOSPITALS CARING | + FOR 2,000 SOLDIERS. ¢ Be -- - |# Ottawa, July 1.--Two thou- + sand returned soldiers, maim. {4 ed, wounded or invalided at the $ + front, are now under the care of '$ the Military Hospitals Commis sion of Canada. Sir James Lougheed, chair- man of the Commission, said to- day that he anticipated that by Christmas the number would be 10,000 +* +* +» + +* + * Prete | | NO CHURCH UNION TILL AFTER THE WAR. Statement Issued By the Mod- erator of the Presb: an General Assembly. . Winnipeg, July 1.--The Rev. Dr. Baird, moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly, has prepared a brief statement on the church union question to be read in all Presbyte- rian churches throughout Canada on Sunday: . . Dr. Baird points out that no steps for the final consummation of union will be taken until the close of the Meanwhile a special commit- tee will seek legal advice about the legislation required and will confer with similar committees from other parties to the union. AAA A te i DAILY MEMORANDUM Band Concert, Macdonald Park, Mon- day 8 p.m No Whig Day holiday Bee top page 3, for probabilities. Baseball on Monday: Queen's Cam- pus. 10 am. and 2.15 p.m. Baseball, Cricket Fleld, Monday, 3 pan, Havana Red Sox vs. City League team. 156th Battalion Band in attend- ance Decoration of graves, by Oddfellows of the city, on Sunday, July 2nd, at Cataraqui cemetery. Busses leave Y. M. C. 'A. at 9.30 o'clock sharp. A = on Monday, Dominion right hand corner. . MacKINNON-WRIGHT--On June 29th, 1816, at the home of the bride, Alfred street, Kingsto Rev. M. MacGillivray, D.D,, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Wright, to Rev. John MacKinnon, M.A, B.D, of Halifax, Nova Scotia. donald, Galway, Ire., and Pte. Tho. mas H. Bocking, of the 146th Batt: C.E.F, youngest son of Mr. and Sirs. James Bocking, Lower Bag Street. AAA tN oa ROBERT J REID The Undertaker. Phone 577. 280 Princess Street. FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS - WORDS OF WISDOM FROW MANY THINKERS Life is too short to waste; "twill soon be dark. EMERSON