Paris, Aug. 16.--The apparent slow rate of progress by the French and British forces om the western front sinee July 1, as compared with that of the Russians on the eastern front, it is explained in military cir- cles here, is due to the methodical nature of the. entente offensive t a line of strongly fortified tions, extending virtually from the North Sea to Saloniki, and the Tact that Infantry must wait until the artillery has done its work, The front of the central powers in the western theatre of the war is much more . strongly fortified than the front with which the Russian armies have had to deal, so the latter are in a better situation for manoeuvring on a large scale, One of the principal drawbacks against the entente Allies on the western front is the nature of the Teutonic positions, which prohibit the use of the Wings of the entente arm- les. The Russians, however, face no such obstacles. The tions, it is exp not been plan with politiea siderations, such as necessarily have arisen on the western front, owing to the co-operation of various entente armies in view, The methodical, if relatively slow policy of the entente leaders on the western front is held here to be justi- fied by the fact that the losses in the field are now much smaller as com- pared with what they were earlier in the war. Sinee - July 1 the entente losses have been only, dbout one-fifth of what they were during the push in Champagne last fall, or during the fifst month of the battle of Verdun. it is claimed, BRITAIN MAY NOT (yi o Me tH Rearation Is Made For Murders. (Special to the Whig.) Londop, Aug. 16 -- Britain may not resume diplomatic relations with Germany after the war until Ger- many makes full reparation for the execution of Capt. Fryatt and similar alleged outrages, Premier Asquith in- timated in the House of Commons this noon. . Prime Minister thus replied to a question to the Government by Sir Edward Carson. Sir Edward ask- ed, in view of the Fryatt and. other cases, whetlier England was prepar- matic intercourse r the war unless the declare that the Kaiser is wanted for mur- der?" asked WIH Thorne, Labor member, The question went un- answered, amid a tumult of cheering. JTALIANS CAPTURE Austrian Trenches on the Slopes of Mont Pecinka. Special to Whig.) Rome: Aug. 16 Tails troops captured Austrian trenches on the slopes of Mont Pecinka, south of Gorits, and in the neighborhood of | YO Scatina and San Marco, taking 353 prisoners, it was officially announc- ed to-day. Duke to Inspect Camp Borden. $ ecial to the Whig.) Camp' Doron Aug. earn the Duke of Connaught, the Duchess of Connaught and Prigcess Patricia will visit Camp 'Borden, on Monday, Seplember 4th. His Ro¥al Highness will inspect thé troops. \There will not be any march past in Noe, Canadians Returning Home. London; Aug. 16.--Among the peo- ple sailing for Canada are Premier . Sifton, of Alberta; Lady Walker, - John Aird, of Toronto; W. F. Nickle and J. BE, Armstrong, members of Parliament. f ' Onadian Casualties. Killed in Action--Thomas Vance, Seriously INIT. Johnston, Bab- caygeon. : WHIG CONTENTS Iie ab, ST cul ans on San Vienna, ! Crisis. . by GTR; i Re a ary ¢ Reopened. Ree! Burned; Lit- 4 Aug. 16.--In the Ba the Thousand Is- motor championship Pan VII, won races st at five jay over the twenty- 8 trouble, putting it for to-day. Mr. ve it ready for the races to-morrow. Hawkeye was driven by Commo- dore A. L. Judson, her owner; P, D. Q. IV. was driven by J. Harold Hay- den; P. D. Q. VIL by A. Graham Miles; Peter Pan VII, owned by Simpson J) P, Bishell, driver; Baby- Marold did not arrive in time for the races. Peter Pan made 5 points, Hawk- eye, 4, and B. D, Q. IV. 3. The water was 'very rough and was blowing down the course at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour, which made it very choppy at the time of start. Hawkeye's speed was 38.004 miles per hour. Peter Pan's speed, 46.8 miles per hour. The Hawkeye slowed down appreciably after the first lap. CABINET MINISTERS COMPLETELY AT BAY Ferguson Devoted His Time to an Attack Upon "Billy" Toronto, Aug. 16.--Two members of the Hearst Government, Hon, I. B. Lucas and Hon. G. Howard Fergu- son, invaded the riding of South-west Toronto last night ostensibly for the By purpose of explaining the position of the government in relation' to the nickel problem and the hydro-electrie situation, Mr. Ferguson was to speak on nickel, while Mr, Lucas, as a mem- ber of the Hydro-Electric Commis- sion, was to announce the policy of the government on the hydro-electric and the hydroradials. Mr. Ferguson threw no new Ii assigned to him, but devoted almost his enti speech to a vitrolie de- nunciation of W. F. Maclean, M.P. Mr. 'Lucas touched lightly upon the hydro situation, but protested that endship between Sir Adam Beck and the Hearst Government. The greater part of his address was de- voted to the prohibition issue, and he leaned far toward the liquor side of the question in appealing for sup- port from South-west Toronto. COSTLY DYFS. First Consignment »f Deutchsland's , Cargo Reaches New York. New York, Aug. 16.--The first consignment of dyes brought from Cermany by the submarine freight- er Deutschland has been received by a coloring company in this city and constitutes the first shipment of the kind to reach this city from Ger- man manufacturers since the begin- ning of the war, Cther dyestuft users 'here received bills of lading for some of the Deutschland's car- go, which is estimated to have in- excluded above 200 tons of dyes, val- ued in excess of $1,000,000. It-is reported that high prices are demanded for these dyes, but one of the consignees here said that it was absurd to believe that [abulous profits will be realized on their sale. He' declared that the cost of the dyes in Germany is at least twice what it was before the war, that freight and insurance charges are three times as great and that the - dyes ught by the Deutschland were not in the form of paste, composed of ten and twenty per cent. dye and the rest paste, but are 1¢0 per cent. dye. CAPTURED BY ARABS. Lifeboat From Steamer Letimbro Reached African Coast. Rome, Aug. 16.--A Tripoli des- patch reports that one of the miss- ing lifeboats of the steamer Letim- bro, sunk by an Austrian submar- ine, reached the cogst of North Af- rica with eight survivors who had been given up for dead, but that the entire party was captured by Arab- ian rebels and carried into the inter- tor, rescue (expedition is Yeing formed to effect the release of the prisoners, who include one or two women. NO CAUSE FOR ALARM, Major McCullough Has Returned From Petewawa Camp. % Toronto, Aug. 16.--Major (Dr.) J. W. 8. McCullough, provincial medical officer of health, returned to-day from Petewawa Camp, where he has been Investigating the disposal of sewage, which has been causing some concern to the citizens of Penibroke, Ont. He is satisfied that the pre cautions taken by the military au- thorities are sufficient to provide against any possible contamination of the waters of the Ottawa River, Steamer Topeka Sunk . Detroit, Mich., Apg. 16.--Within a rammed by , off Sand- i The King simply went abgfit Official march. During 1 : J : { BRITISH MOTOR TRANSPORT HALTED ON WESTERN FONT. from the British lines on the western front, e_ halt many of the men are engaged in making m inor repairs. showing a motor supply column halted on the line of TROOPS CHEERED German Dugouts. KNOWN BRITISH SOLDIER Prince of Wales With Him---Presi- dent ' Poincare and Gen, Joffre Took Lunch With the King and Gen, Haig. Frederick Palmer. th the British France, via London, Army in Aug. 16.-- a week. He left to-day for England and his departure was the first in- formation that the majority of the troops had of his presence. As a matter of precaution the visit was kept a secret and there was no dis- ght upon the subject{®lay or big reviews, as on the occas- of his visit last fall. : see- ing all sections of the army dt work and the fields it had won. The flutter of a bit of bunting bearing the royal Coat of arms a8 & motor car speed along the road in clouds of dust nd motor truck drivers and passing battalions started and looked around, exclaiming, "The King!" The Prince of Waleg 8 with the King all the time. "The monarch was dressed in fleld marshal on his shoulders, and the Prince wore the uniform of a 'Heutenant in the Grenadier Guards. Neither wore any decorations, and immediately recognized everywhere, they might have been taken for two of a party of officers making a round of inspection. . King Climbed Parapet. At one point on the line, the King met Lieut.-Gen. Sir Henry Rawlin- son, commander of the fourth army, which delivered the main attack, and Major-Gen. Congreve, whose métz. Alighting from his automo- bile near Fricourt, charge. "Now, I will breast the aparapet as my men did," mounting it, fects of the British shell fire on the maze of fortifications and trenches which the British had wrested from the Germans. Standing on the edge of a big shell crater, the Kink look- ed with a sailor's telescope he was carrying adross the foreground of desolation toward Pozieres, the Bazentins, Longueval and' Delville Wood. A dramatic moment oecurred as the King was 'walking across a field swept by a British charge. to a grave at the bottom of a shell crater with a cross bearing the in- scription: "Unknown British sol- dier:" Both the King and the Prince of Wales halted and saluied the cross. Trailed by Movie Men. Gen. Joffre came over 'from- his headquarters, and President Poin- care came from Paris to take lunch Haig. On Sunday King George Belgiums. best to keep up with the King, while the diffident of the pisture just as the operator began turning the crank. least of the many scénes with dra- matic appeal during the King's visit He was received by a guard ded. an the of honor from a battalion of whom had been wounded. Smite pe, Walsress Killed Motoring. Portland, Me., Aug. Margare: Whipple, -hotel summering ngar in which the pair road and was wrecked, . » Sneissie soners.of war in KING AT FRONT His Majesty Visited Some of the Captured ST00D AND SALUTED CROSS THAT MARKED GRAVE OF UN. King 'George has been at the frdnt for khaki, with the crossed batons of a but for their features, which were corps stormed Montauban and Ma- the King went into the first line British trenches from which the British made their he said, He walked acyoss the old No Man's Land and.saw the ef- He came with King George and Sir Douglas lunched with King Albert of the Throughout the week a moving picture man was doing his Prince of Walés was noticeably proficient in slipping out Not the was that on the quay when the King King's Royal Rifles, 76 per cent. of 16.-~Miss waitress, was killed and Ruben Higgins, jr., here with his wealthy parents, was slightly injured' early yesterday when the automobile were returning. from Old Orchard, skidded from the Ottawa, Aug. 16.--The British au- thoritfes advise that parcels for pri= y must not in linen, canvas or anyi} materials, FOUGHT ON SCAFFOLD WITH THE HANGMAN Murderer Had to Be Bound to| Chair and Carried to Place of Execution. Vancouver, Aug. 16.--Strapped to! a heavy arm chair, and hysterically | calling to be taken back to court, | Rocco Ferrante, who last year de-| capitated his partner, Dick Foracee, and cropped his head down a well, | yesterday morning paid the extreme! penalty of the law. He put up a terrible fight against the execution- ers, and before he left the death cell! Lhad to be pinioned and strapped to] 8 chair on the trap. Executioner Ellis attempted to adjust the chalr, \ and the condemned man all the while! calling "Take me back to court, you! can't do anything here," seized him | by the hand. Instantly the hang-| man turned on him, and with his free hand pinched the hands thar! gripped his wrist. | "What ig' the matter with you?" | he shortly demanded. | | The priest who accompanied Fer-| rante to the scaffold attempted to | offer his spiritual consolation, bat | he paid no heed. } ~~ Hangman Ellis pelled fiercely at | the condemned murderer in Italian, | bidding him be still, and at the same | time tightening the noose until he choked off utterances of the repeat- eG cry to be taken back to court. | The trap was sprung in four min utes, and Ferrante was later pro- nounced dead. fight against his execution. He was overpowered and was trapped to the {Shadr, which was carried to the scaf- | fold. # AUSTRIAN FLEET S SAILS AWAY. ee + -- Geneva, Aug. 16.--The Ital- ian advance guard moving southeast from Gorizia is within thirteen miles of Trieste. whence the greater part of the Austrian fleet has sailed for an unknown destination, accord- ing to a telegram from Buchs, Switzerland. PEER ERE EER t rete b beste e | Queer Way of Harvesting Berlin, Ont, Aug. 16.--Four young Toronto lads were caught stealing plums in the Glick orchard yester- day, and appeared in the Police Court this morning. Three of the boys were under sevenieen years of .age and were allowed to n home with their guardians. The fourth, Walter Brown, aged twenty Japs, is wanted in Dundas on a charge of desertion and will be turned over to the military authorities. The boys had left their homes with the in- tention of going to the Northwest to help harvest the wheat crop. IF HE VIEWA RELIES CRISS 1S NEAR And is Ready to Become 2 Vassal of the Kaiser. -- " THE KAROLYR MOVEMENT IS GAINING RAPIDLY The Peace Party Leader Is Gaining Support From Many Parts of the Empire. Milan, via London, Aug. 16.--The BRITAIN IS MAKING ALL HER MUNITIONS 8he Will Soon Be Making Ma- chine Guns for Her Allies. London, Aug, 16.--Reviewing the work of the munitions department of the Government in the House of Commons yesterday, Edwin Samuel Montague, Minister of Munitions, after telling of the immense increase in output of all kinds of guns and munitions by his depart- ment, informed the House that all machine guns for the armies in the field were being supplied entirely from home sources. Mr. Montague pointed out that half of the engineering resources of the country, were acquired for the navy, but declared that very shortly Great Britain would have provided for her own requirements and be able to devote herself exclusively to the wants of her Allies in regard to meeting between the German im- perial chancellor, Dr. Von Bethmann-| Hollweg, the German foreign minis-* ter, Dr, Von Jagow and Baron Burian; the Austrian foreign miRjS¥er, Vienna, with renewed rumors of the impending nomination of Count An- drassy as Austrian foreign minister is evidence that events of almost translucent political importance are transpiring in the Austrian Capital. Count Andrassy represents the party of absolute surrender of Aus- tria to Germany. He idolizes the] German Emperor and is idolized by | Wm. It is likely that pressure has been brought by Berlin to force the acceptance of Andrassy on the Aus- trian Government as a -sort of com- pliment to the appointment of Von Hindenburg to the command of the Austro-German armies in the east. A Closer Union Thus if Andrassy is appointed suc- cessor to Baron Burian it will' mean a closer union between Austria and Germany . Andrassy has been back and for-| ward between Vienna and Berlin frequently, figuratively speaking, to kneel at the feet of the Kaiser. As if to counteract the policy of Andrassy, the Hungarian party of independence, under Karolyi, has re- ceived a considerable extension. Numerous adhesions pour in from the provincial ¢entres. Vienna papers depreciate 'Karolyi's move- ment and hail the arrival of the Ger- man chaneellor and rumors of An- drassy's appoinfment. "These are decisive hours for both the German and Austro-Hungarian empires," says tha neue Freie Presse "Ausiia being attacked on all sides" The collapse of Austria means the imminent downfall of Geimany and aver its political as well as its mili- tary direction to Berlin, Amid it all ona can hear the death knell of the Ausiri-Hungarian em- pire sonading. TEESE ERLE ESD mm ¥ re r For The suggestion published in MN proval. matter, and does 80 with pleasure. chase battalion colors. Subscriptions will be received knowledged. The 146th is possibly the only about ready for oversea or is not scheduled te 156th at Barriefield Camp are to 155th recently received theirs at emblem of the Empire's colors. behalf of Kingstonians, that it wi out such an emblem being placed the colors: One is that a civic d "Cricket Field. drew's Church, to which the com: away, meets with general favor. Anglican officer, and is certainly a inspiring than viewing the 'colors over, the Scotch kirk pulpit ? take no:befter form than in the 'g old Union Jack. a Beggar ww The Whig Asks Subscriptions be presented by Kingstom® to the 14 6th Frontenac Battalion, which was mobilized and trained for some months here, has met with ap- The Whig has been requested by citizens to take up- the This amount should be very quickly raised. service, that has not been presentéd with, presented with, colors. allow the 146th to leave Canada without presenting it with a silked The Whig feels safe in saying, on officer, Lieut.-Col. Charles A. Low. . Two suggestions hre made with regard to the presentation of and make it; the other is that a number of the officers of the 146th should be Invited to Kingston and the presentation made on the The suggestion that the colors should be deposited in St. An- longs, while the battalion is overseas, The 146th will soon finish ité training 'at Valcartier 'and pro ; ceed to England and then to the front. Kingston's godspeed could --- Colors For the 146th fonday"s Whig, that colors should It will cost about $300 to pur- at the Whig office and duly at-; .battallon in this military division, The 164th and receive theirs this month. The Belleville. "Kingston should not 11 not be allowed to depart with- in the hands of its commanding eputation should go to Valcartier manding officer of the 146th be- instead of being carried This suggestion was made by an . good one.. What would be more displayed Sabbath after Sabbath ift of the Empire's flag, 'the good J machine guns Already, he said, she was sending large amounts of guns and muni- tions to her Allies and in addition was sending to France one third of her production of shell steel and transferring to her Allies metals nec- essary for munitions to the amount of £6,000,000 monthly. * 4 WAR IS LIKELY +» TO LAST TILL SPRING. bo -- % New York, Aug. 16.--Ameri- # can business concerns hear from representatives in Holland, Scandinavia and other neutral countries indicate thay the erowing telief that t'» marked consideration of economic mat- ters foreshadows the approach- ing end of the war, although a majority of the pregnositica- tions of the actual date still lean toward the spring of next year. FPP PSE E PET ee DAUGHTER-IN-LAW SUES HAMILTON PHYSICIAN But Her Action for Alleged Malpractice Is Settled For $1,300. Windsor, © Aug. 16.--Suing Dr. George S. Bingham, a prominent phy- siclan of Hamilton, because of in- juries suffered through alleged mal- practice, Mrs. Mabel Bingham, twen- ty-three years old, his daughter-in- law, received $1,300 by an agree- ment reached here between Bartlett & Bartlett and Frederick C. Kerby, counsel for the two parties." According to the-statement made by Mrs. Bingham to her attorney, Barrister Kerby, she was married to Sheldon B. Bingham, son of Dr. Bingham, at Guelph, September 24th, 1915, young Bingham being at that time a student of the University of Toronto. Mrs. Bingham said that she took an oath to keep the marriage secret for one year, to allow her hus- band to finish his college course. After the marrjage, although her husband's parents refused to recog- nize it because she had no social standing, they said, she was allowed to live at the Bingham home, dur- ing which time she alleged Dr. Bing- ham performed two operations, which resulted in her health being brok- en. Early this year, according to the statement, young Bingham brought his wife to Detroit, where he had ob- tained a position in an office. They lived together as'man and wife until June 7, when, she says, she was de- serted, although she pleaded that she was penniless Frequent appeals were made to her husband, Mrs. Bingham said, for financial assistance, but they were always rejected, it is alleged, until her attorney took action against the father. Then offers of $5 and $10 to "settle the whole thing" were, it is stated, made by the husband. Mrs. Bingham signed a separation agreement, and released Dr. Bing- ham from any further obligations, | -------------------------- BASEBALL ON TUESDAY. Natiomml League. . Boston, 4; Brooklyn, 1. : : Philadelphia, 1; New York, 0. Pittsburgh, 1-2; St. Louis, 0-1, American League, Boston, 1; Washington, 0, ~ New York, 6; Philadelphia, 2. _ Buffalo, §; Newark, 4. . Providence, 6; Toronto, 2. Rochéster, 5; Richmond, 3. Baltimore, 10-1; Mantreal, 9-4, Af a by Te Remo Fro Yes Soll o te Somme. DID GEN. SIR SAM HUGHES SECURE THE TRANSFER OF THE CANADIANS? The Battle of the Somme Requires the Very Flower of the Allies' Forces in France. Ottawa, Aug. 16.--~There bre now approximately 100,000 Canadians at the battlefront in France, with close on to the same number in Eng- land, and as many more at home. Troops are going over at the rate of ten thousand a month, and the trans- fer of the Fourth Division will stém- ulate the movement. The movement of Canadians to the Somme district will likely involve a material change in the character of the warfare. Heretofore their work has b essentially defensive, Now it will be more offensive, as part of the big drive initiated by the Allies. Bn the occupancy of Ypres salient the it is in that territory that the battles of St. Julien, Festubert, Givenchy, St. Eloi, Santuary Wood, Zillebeke, and minor engagements took place, from which casualties totalling up- wards of thirty thousand resulted. Was This Hughes' Move ? There is some speculation as to whether General Sir Sam Hughes had anything to do with the moving of the Canadians. He openly ex- pressed hig opinion that the salient should be\ abandoned. However, General Hughes did not advocate the withdrawal of the Canadians, but the abandonment of the salient, It is thought that the shift of the Canadiags is due to the development of the ttle of the Somme, which requires in ever growing numbers the very flower of the Allies' forces in France. IMPERIAL GUARD ASKED CANADIANS TO HELP Nurse Kennedy Tells of Tri- butes Paid by Peoples and Authorities... ara Ingersoll, Aug. 16.--Nursing Sis- ter Margaret ("'Midge') Kennedy, who, with a medical officer, last week accompanied 2 discharged soldiers to Quebec, has arrived at her home here. Although detailed for trans- port duty, Miss Kennedy, since ar- riving here, has been granted a fur- lough, and she will not leave for Eng- land until well on in September. Since going to England with the first contingent nearly' two years ago, Miss Kennedy has been in the hos- pitals. in France and at Shorncliffe. She made the return voyage on the Empress of Britain, with Captain Main in charge, who was in charge of the Hesperian when she was tor- pedoed. The people of France and England, and the military authorities, Miss Kennedy stated, pay glowing tribute to the service rendered by the Cana- dians in the war. . At one time, she stated, the Imperial Guard selected Canadians to assist them to hold a position, which was the greatest com- pliment that could be'paid them. The only souvenir brought back by Miss Kennedy is a blood-stained French bayonet the gift of one of her patients in the hospital. Congress voted to give the United States navy 157 new ships, DAILY MEMORANDUM 8 of 8, for rota litase right hand corner 'Remember Princess Street Church Moonlight Excursion, Thur: 8 pm, SS. Thousand Islander. Fare 35c. BORN. MAHONEY--On Tuesday, August 16th, 11916, to Capt. and Mrs. Charles A. Mahoney, 4568 Barrie street, daughter. MARRIED. LIVINGSTON-BUR! DIED. HYLAND---In Hotel Dieu, Kingston, 'George Wilson Hyland, aged thirty« one years. Funeral from his late residence, Mid- dle Road, Pittsburg, Thursday lgeriing at 9 w'elock to the Holy Name church, Kingston 1 where a solemn requiem mass be sung for the happy repose of his soul * Friends and acquaintances are respect~ attend. rnemnd fully invited to ROBERT J. REID The Undertaker Phone 577. 230 Princess Street J. a Pim of Datars The Old Firm Canadians have made history. ~~