"Better ar Joti | te Seen," mn Oc, TEUTONS SURPRISED AT WORK OF BRITISH AMATEURS. "They Came Up (in Mametz Wood) Like Charioteers ina Roman Cir. cus at Full Gallop" --Field Observ. ers Are Audacious Men. By Philip Gibbs. With the British Armies in France, July 27.--A German army officer, who brought reinforcements from Verdun to the British front, and is now a prisoner, said: "Your artillery is better than any- thing that I have seen before, even at Verdun, and worsé than anything 1 bad suffered." All German officers with whom 1 have spoken are surprised that an army of amateurs, as they call the British, should produce such scien- tific artillery work in so short a time. They also pay tribute to the daring of the Sod gunners. ey came up," said one, speak- ing of the Mametz Wood ' attack, "like charioteers in a Roman cir- cus at full gallop. Many of their horses were killed, but the men, reckless of danger, placed batteries in the open as though at manoeu- vres."" Observers Are Bold. The field observing officers are au- dacious almost to the point of fool- hardiness. Before the ground of at- tack is cleared of Germans they walk calmly, sit down on the crest of a knoll commanding the field of obser- vation, and send back messages to a battery a mile or so behind. When the territory round Contal- maison still was swarming with Ger- mans one of the British officers made himself at home on the top of a Ger- man dugout getting excellent infor- mation. He went back to the bat. tery for an hour or two, and when he returned to the chosen spot he found it occupied by Germans. They want- ed to round him up, but he fired a few revolver shots and retired with dig- nity to choose another place not so crowded with the enemy. CL BEPRPEE PEEP T EPI R bbe NO INJURY TO CAUSE. (Special to the Whig.) London, July 27.--The # breakdown of the Irish settle- # ment does not in any way in- # jure the cause of Home Rule # nor indicate any change in the # attitude of the Government to- + wards the Irish question, sald Sir Horace Plunkett. to-day. * CEPPPEPPRPRRTS Seb bbbd TWO GERMAN DUKES TO LOSE ALL HONORS. The British Government To Advise King George To V Strip Them. (Special to the Whig.) London, July 27.--The Dukes of Albany antl Cumberland and Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein will probably be stripped of all British honors and rank. Premier Asquith, speaking in the Commons to-day, said the Government proposed to advise King George to take this action against these members of the Ger- oP rP bbe 0 bee +40 NO WILL AGAIN EVER SEEK ANOTHER WAR Great Britain Not Tiring of Conflict, Despite Its Nature, Lord Derby Asserts. London, July 27.--""Great Britain is not tiring of the war. On the con- trary the country has 'gever been more hopeful and united, d Lord Derby, former Director of Repruiting and now Under-Secretary jor War, in an interview, "lI want you to impress upon the American people," Lord Derby con- tinued, "our determination to de- stroy the efforts of Germany to dom- inate the world. ; "The fighting now is terrible, so awful that not a man in jt--our- selves as well as the Germans--ever wants another. But we must push our victory until we make it impos sible for the German rulers to revive the conflict." The military situation was sat- isfactory, he said, but refused to prophesy the length of the war. He added: "You ask how far the present offensive expects to go. 1 don't know, but personally I want it to go as far as Berlin." * * > -- # London, July 27.--In new + contracts made by the British + Government departments for + material concerned with the 4 war there appears a clause pro- % viding that such contracts may % be cancelled at any date after % September next. * * SLEEP PEEP REIE Hb Eb EP Se A SIGNIFICANT CLAUSE. Sree Peas bd HEALY CREATES SCENE IN BRITISH COMMONS. Says 2,000 Innocents Were Cruelly Treated During the Rebellion. London, July 27.--An exciting scene, indicative of the strong feel- ing which prevails among the Irish members, took place in the House of Commons last night, when Timothy Healy charged the Government with arresting 2,000 innocent persons in the course of the Irish rebellion and treating them with a cruelty and ferocity which even Germany had not shown in Belgium, The Home Sec- retary, he added, by his administra- tion, had started the Sinn Fein or- ganization in Ireland, and therefore was father of the movement, The Speaker called Healy to order for irrelevance, but did not refuse the request of Herbert L. Samuel, the Home Secretary, for permission to reply to the charges made by Healy. Secretary 'Samuel charac- terized Healy's charges as utterly unfounded, and denied vigorously that prisoners had been ill-treated or placed in solitary confinement, as alleged. The Home Secretary said he would leave the House to judge the value of Healy's allegations. BRITAIN LIFTS BAN AGAINST POLISH AID. Insists, However, Teutons Take No Food Supplies from Stricken Region. London, July 27.---Great Britain will consent to the admission of food to the areas occupied by the armies of the Central Powers under the su- pervision of a neutral commission ap- pointed by President Wilson This will cause surprise in relief circles which had been working hard to procure some form of relief for Poland, as the belief had become general that the negotiations be- tween the Entente Powers and Ger- man royal families. GRAFT CHARGES. A High Police Official Is Involved In Affair. | | | New York, July "7..--One of New York's deouty police commicsinnere was named by a witness in District. Attorney Swann's investigations ot grafting by members of the police "vice squad." Seven policemen al- ready have been indicted upon evi- dence supplied by under-world ters. Munition Men Are Slow. Ottawa, July 27.--According to re- turns to the Imperial Munitions Board, shell production in Canada is not up to the mark, in ratio to the amount of orders given. = The situa- tion is sald to be due largely to lack of co-operation among firms mak- ing different component parts. Some of these, behind in their or- 'have up others dependent their upon output. ; fchael Leahy. a Brooklyn police- 'was one of the victims of in- fantile paralysis. He was the third adult to die of the disease since its . - G CONTENTS British Guns; Rains impeds Drive; the Submarine; Kaiser. Bowlers Here; Dr. HE ones s; oan fon Plan. 3 ndom Reels. ing of Oddfel- f Association. WHI Hi Lg s--Beliwti 3--The ~~Annusl ws' Re! ern News. nouncements; Amusements 1 i Mtary Mat- ters; Theatrical 'War Camp; Mutt Roxane; eal of Woman. Fashions; Coun- | many had reached an impasse which offered no hopes of agreement. AUSTRIANS RETKEATED TT ey » And Before a Superior Force of The Enemy. (Special to the Whig). Berlin, July 28.---The retirement of Austrian troops south of Leszny- ow, before a superior force of the enemy, was announced in the Vienna communique to-day. The Austrian retirement was to the Boldurka sec- tor. . The War Office statement contin- ues: "Very violent attacks prepared by artillery fire in the vicinity of Radzivillow resulted in Russian ad-| vantage. "On the Italian front at Valsug- ana the Italians ceased their attacks and artillery duels are pow going on." . Kaiser 'Apologizes to Sultan Amsterdam, July 27.----According | to a Berlin report the Kaiser has apologized to the Sultan for his in- ability to visit Constantinople, as promised. He thanked the Sultan for the help the Turks are about to give the Austro-Germans. GERMAN SHELL FRAGMENT FROM THE JUTLAND FIGHT. | | Thi~ piece of shell killed | HEAVY RAINS | INPEDE DRIVE | Of the Russians Into Northern Galicia But | Progress Made. RUSSIAN BATERING RAN | CRUSHING RESISTANCE OF AUS-| TRIANS NEAR BRODY. | The Czar's Troops Inflict Heavy | Losses Upon the Teutonic Columns of Gen. Von Hindenburg on the Extreme North. { (Special to the Whig.) Petrograd, July 27.----Heavy rains are impeding. the progress of the {Russian drive into Northern Galicia. iThe Styr, Stokhod and Lipa rivers are swollen over their banks and the sticky marshes hedging the Stokhod in particular have been rendered | even more impassible, | Russian forces are battling against | the elements as well as against the Teutons, but notwithstanding are] steadily forging onward. Brody is] harassed on two sides by the Russian | battering ram, which is gradually | crushing the resistance of General | | Boehm-Ermollis' Austrians | On the extreme north General | Kuropatkin's forces are successfully repulsing furious assaults by Gen. Von Hindenburg, inflicting heavy losses on the Teutonic columns, BRITISH CONTINUE TO PRESS THE ENEMY. iin Hand-to-Hand Encounters; Gen. Sir Douglas Haig Reports. (Special to the Whig.) London, July 27 Hand-to-hand jepcounters with the Germans are re iported by General Sir Douglas Haig | to-day. '""No event of importance," was re- ported by the British commander-in- chief. '""Throughout the night," he |said, "our artiilery was active. We {continued to press the 'enemy in hand-to-hand encounters at various] | points. | {using gas and tear-producing shells | a7. {There was no event of importance." {at a great rate when drawn to the| Seek Reprieve For Casement. | London, July 27.--Premier As- quith received a deputation of Nationalist . members of the House of Commons yesterday, who pre- sented a petition signed by thirty- nine of their colleagues, the Roman | Catholic Bishop of Dublin, four- | teen other bishops and 119 repre- | sentatives of universities and learned | societies for the reprieve of Sir Rog- | er Casement. The Premier prom- | ised a careful consideration of all | points. . { | ¥ Get Music With Meals. | Ossining, N. Y., July 27.--Warden Osborne has prohibited inmates from | smoking in Sing Sing Prison during | working hours. | THe 1,650 inmates yesterday for | the first time got music with their meals. Tom Brown's Aurora Band | played during dinner. Efforts have been made to oust Ma- { jor Kelly Evans from the command | of the 153rd Battalion and place Ma- | Jor Head of the 34th in his place. THE TURKISH RETREAT BECOMING A STAMPEDE (Special to London, July 27.--A despatch from Petrograd says: On the Caucasus front the Turkish retreat is in the way of becoming a stampede. gan is burning. With this city. in Armenia, which"was delayed after the capture of Trebizond by the sudden renewal of Turkish resistance, will be accomplished in fact. Tha Turks west and also south-west, apparently with the object of pro-| tre are the Whig.) Erzin- Russian hands, the occupation of all AA A A ANN | numerous Ieconduct, a British sailor, Alongside NOT A SINGLE LIFE LOST ON CHANNEL TRANSPORTS Admiral Bacon Reports on the Efficiency of the Dover Patrol. London, July 27 In a. report to the Admiralty, reviewing the opera- tions of the Dover patrol since Des cember, 1915, and recommending officers for _ meritorious Viee-Admiral Bacon, com- mander of the patrol, says that in s'x months more than 21,000 mer chant ships, apart from men-of-war and auxiMarfes, passed through the patrol lines. ° Of these only twenty- one were lost or seriously damaged by enemy vessels. "But to effect this security to mer- chant shipping," says the Admiral, "I regret that over four per cent of our patrol vessels have,been sunk and the lives of seventy-seven officers and men lost to the ration." The Admiral further notes that the patrol assists in tle protection of the ;flank of all sea transport to and from the British Army in France and that this vast transport has been so thoroughly safeguarded that not a single life hds heen lost during the sea passage. SPEPP EPEAT Ith SEPSIS Idd ¢ 93RD IS OVERSEAS, (Special to the Ottawa, July 27 cially announced that the 98th, 105th, 106th and Battalions have arrived in England. + pedo dod dedodidods dbfededediod ddd 93rd, 118th shfely PRP rrrre Se edd dbl b bP GOT 600-POUND SHARK. Capture to_Date Off New Jersey Coast, Holmesville, N.J., July When Captain Jack Benson's crew of pound net men came into the station of the Ship Bottom Fishery, on Long Beach, five miles above Beach Haven, they towed behind their motor boat a 600- pound shark, ten feet eight inches in length, "he largest captured since the man-eaters from southern waters be- their raids on the New Jersey ~aast, In the boat were four oth er sharks, two of them five-footers and two four-footers All of them had been taken in the morning draw of the nets. The Ship Largest gan Bottom fishermen had Elsewhire the enemy. was|an exciting battle with their ferocious) game. The big shark tore around side of the boat. Captain Benson i pounded it on the head with a heavy iron bar, finally dazing it enough to allow one of the-hands to lasso its tail Then the line was made fast, and the shark was towed to shore tail first All of the five sharks were one va- riety, blue with large spots, entire- ly strange to the Jersey coast. They have four rows of large teeth. The big fellow had an' eighteen-inch spread of mouth, and was thirty inches in diameter at the thickest part of his body. He was shipped to Asbury Park for exhibition. (mounted) is a German fuse. A AA AM PAP tN tN WAL FOLLOW AS A SPY SH A British Tramp Steamer Will Move At the Same Time. ° IAS DOES THE DEUTSCHLAND A WATCHER AND HIS JAPANESE CREW ON LOOKOUT. The Ardgryfe's Wireless Can Tell Tales If She Wishes To Take a Chance With the American Neu- trality Rules And the Radio In- spector--Such Things Have Hap- pened Before. (Special to the Whig.) Baltimore, Md., July 27---~When the German sub-seafreighter Deutsch- land skims down the Patapsco for the Capes, enroute home, a big Brit- ish tramp steamer, the Ardgryfe is due to follow her as a spy ship, A watcher on the tramp boat ad- mitted to-day that "We plan to go out when our friend over wonder does." He was reticent about his purpose though he admitted that he and his Japanese crew are keeping lookout, "Look up our record in port," he said, That record showed only that she came in light. It didn't tell where she goes from here or wheth- e~ she will dog the submarine far- ther than the Capes. The Ardgryfe carries a swarm of little brown men, They watch well, and the Ardgryfe wireless can tell tales if she wishes to take a chance with the American neutrality rules and the radio inspecfor. Such things have happened. To Make a Dash, (Special to the Whig.) Baltimore, Md., Jaly 27 Ger- man merchant submarine Deutsch- land was cleared at customs. house yesterday for Bremen ed she will make a dach for sea with- in the next forty-eight hours. War Tidings. evidence of the the Austro-German lines, Turkish troops have been put in action in { Galicia against the Russians An official statement on Wednes- day afternoon says French fire scat- d the enemy near St. Fine. A German munition depot was barded at Dun. The Russians have made further progress on their way to Lemberg. They are now only twelve milés from the outskirts AS weakness of bom- admit that Rumania is about to en- ter the field on the side of the Allies. A FINAL EFFORT PLANNED BY GERMANS. The British Artillery Superior To Anything Germans Ever Saw Before. (Special to the Whig). London, July 27.--The German plan for a final effort, and great masses of troops are being hurried to the westery front. The British now hold all the villages to which the German staff attached great impor- tance. German officers who brought rein-| forcements from Verdun to the Brit- :ish front, and are now prisoners, say lthe British artillery is supérior to anything they ever witnessed. RESENT DRUG STORIES, "Snowbirds" Not in the Canadian Army. London, July 27--The cocaine stor- jes appearing in the London press are being criticized by Canadians, who say that the conditions are greatly exaggerated and injurious to the Canadian troops in train- ing in England, as well as those at the front. ', "I never saw a_'snow- bird' in the army," writes a ded man from the front who is now on hospital duty. Of the five hundred no one could wish to see a better lot of men. | HUNGARY ADMITS It is expect- | Both Berlin and Vienna despatches | SH RUSSIAN SUCCESS. Big Gunes Given as Reason For the Teuton Defeats. Budapest, July 27.---Overwhelming artillery power is the secret of the Russian success, according to a semi- official statement published here. The article says: "What is the reason for the Rus- sian successes? Briefly, the answer is ---nothing but overwhelming artil- lery. The war is developing more and more into a war of mechanics and industries, What Russia can- not provide in this respect is being given her by her allies. She has re- ceived munitions in enormous quan- tities. "If equipped with these technical means of power a general has no more need for the intuitions which hitherto have heen the most promi-| nent quality of an army leader--he gets nearer to the sober viewpoint of the engineer. "On a front of a dozen miles the normal number of cannon Is two hundred to three hundred. If thie number is doubled or trebled and masses of ammunition are provided, then relative superiority is establish- ed. Our artillery cannot rival the overpowering strength of the enemy's guns, and is, therefore, unable to protect our infantry." SPENDS $700,000 A DAY, Ottawa, July 27.--For war purposes Canada is now spend- ing at the rate of more than $20,000,000 a month, or about $700,000 a day, or $30,000 an hour, or $5,000 a minute, or nearly $100 a second. And the cost continues to rise with the increase of the Dominion's legions. SEPP r rrr rrr hd Ce PP RPP Er ree | VIGOROUS APPEAL TO CIVIL SERVANTS. Several Hundred More of Them Must Be Induced to Enlist. Ottawa, July 27.--Under the cap- tion, "Young men, choose," the Civil- ian, the organ of the Civil Service of Canada, declares that by some means several hundred more civil servants must be induced to enlist in the next few months. The article concludes by urging the men in the service in strong terms to enlist The article follows: "The civil service has for nearly two years taken its full part in the work of raising the Canadian expeditionary force. It has paid its way, but no more It has no balance to its credit. Fhe war still goes on, and the Government calls for at least 150,000 more men. To this number the civil service must fur- nish its quota. By some meang or other several hundred civil servants must be induced to enlist, within the| next few months. If this is not ac-| complished the credit of the service} will be irreparably damaged, all the| work of the organizations to raise its status and improve its opportunities will be lost, and the abuse and con- tempt of its enemies will return upon it in overwhelming force." CORPORATIONS RESPOND To the Call For Taxes On Their Busi- | ness Profits, Ottawa, July ~The Canadian corporatiens, firms and individuals are responding nobly to the call for taxes on their business profits. They had up to the first of Juy to make returns of their business, but it was | extended till 15th. Twenty { thousand notices had been sent out. {| In the vast majority of cas2s the re- {turns are in, and on September 1st | : | the assessment of taxation will be | made | A remarkable thing about the situ- | ation is that several firms, who on their percentage of earnings are not eligible to taxation, have written the department expressing a desire to be taxed. The country is divided into twelve districts each with an inspec- tor whose duty it is to look up firms to make returns of their business and to see that the statements when for- | warded are accurate. on { A REAL GUNGA DIN. { Indian Soldier Enacts Kipling's Hero | and Gets Victoria Cross, | London, July 27.--A Sepoy, Chatta Singh, of the 9th Bhopal In- fantry, has received the Victoria Cross for a particularly brave rescue of his commanding officer. The latter was wounded and lay helpless in the open," Chatta Singh {bound up the officers' wound and then dug cover for him with his in- trenching tool, being| exposed all the time to very heavy rifle fire. For five hours until nightfall he remain- ed beside the wounded officer, shielding him with his own body on the exposed side: /He then, under {cover of darkness, went back for as- sistance and brought the officer into i safety. BASEBALL ON WEDNESDAY. National League. | Boston, 1; Chicago, 0. | St Louis, 3-0; Brooklyn, Cincinnati, 4; New York,2. Philadelphia, 7-2; Pittsburg, 1-5. } { o 5. 3 | American League. Chicago, 2; New York, 0. Boston, 3; Cleveland, 2. Detroit, 6; Washington, 5 (10 innings). St. Louis, 5- * International League. Montreal, 2; Toronto, 2 (game Rochester, 6-6: Buffalo, 5-3. 5: Philadelphia, 0-1. MORE HOT AIR FRON THE KASE The German Emperor Makes a Bitter Al- tack on Britain. TH TELTONS ME FOTN NATION THAT HAS SWORN TO DE- STROY GERMANY. The Germans, He Says, Are a Peace- loving People--Kaiser Uses Absurd Terms to Describe Attitude of Fa- therland. London, July 27.--A despatch from Berne, by way of Pontarlier, France, given out to-day by the wire less press, says: "Another speech by Emperor Wil- liam during his recent visit to the Somme front is being discussed in Berlin. The Emperor sald: "Comrades: It is our especial privi- lege to fight against the English, which means that you are fighting against a nation that has sworn to de- stroy Germany. The English built up during the years before the war the combination of countries which at a given signal fell upon us, attack- ed us, the most peaceful and peace- desiring people in the world. The English led us to believe they were our friends when they were actually plotting our destruction. "English diplomacy brought on the war, and now an English offensive is intended to carry the operations to German soil, into our towns and vil- lages, to the peril and undoing of our helpless women and children. Your. duty is to break the English offensive; to prove once more that Germany is invincible, and reduce to despair the relentless enemies of our country, so that they will sue for peace on terms honorable and profit- able to Germany. "From conservative circles in Ber- lin comes the announcement that | when the Reichstag reassembles in | the autumn an interpellation will be addressed to the imperial chancellor why inspiring speeches by the emper- or at the front are withheld from general publication." cee r-- RUSSIAN PROGRESS MOST REMARKABLE. Czar's Forces Proceed Towards Angora Like Marching in Peace Times. Petrograd, July 27.--Brsingan, captured by the Russians, was the most important base and military po- sition of the Turks in Asia Minor. It was the headquarters of the Tenth Turkish Army Corps, and contained large barracks and military factories. Erzingan is gituated at an altitude of 3,900 feet mear the western end of a rich, well watered plain through which -runs the Western Euphrates river. It is eighty miles south-west of Er- zerum, which position was captured by the troops of Grand Duke Nich- olas last February. The population at the outbreak of the war number- ed 15,000, of whom about half were | Armenians. Russian troops are forcing back de- moralized Turkish forces and estab- lishing almost a record for quick ad- vance. Their rate of progress has been almost that of & marching army in peace times. Now that Erzingan has fallen into Russian hands, ap- parently the Grand Duke's troops will have little difficulty in pressing jon ward to Angora. The new motor license teciprocity pact between Ontario and some States of the Union has entailed the eon- struction of some good roads in Essex county. DAILY MEMORANDUM See top of page 3, right and corner for probabilities. Limestone Lodge, No. 91, A OUW, meets tonight, 8 o'clock. BUCK--In Kingston, Wednesday, July 26th, 1916, to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Buck, 808 Queen street, & son. MARRIED, ANDRE-FORD--In St. Mi 's Cathed- Ay on July 27th, Biss May Andre, eldest daughter of Mr, and Mrs, Fred Andre, Rideay Street, to Robert Ford, of the 146th Battal- fon, DIED MAPP--In Kingston, on July 26th, 1 PP. of ee to St. Mary's Cath emn requiem mass will be sung for the happy repose of his soul. Friends and acquaintances respectfully invited to attend the mass. sain WARNBR--On Sunday, July 16th, Soloman Warner, aged ¥ esday J Tain at 2 pm. ¥ iT . ho 5-0 his Late Tr dence, to Moscow etery. \ 3 Phone 577. 230 Princess Street JAMES REID aa rams a Baltimore, 2. i ; Richmond, 1. §