i UPON THE LINGS They Can Keep : to Pre- Whig.) 26.--" "We are came to-day and | transportation stronger than executives contended they dent trains :unning employees" to pre- and food famine, garnering of jeath ---- the roads as a tighter than ®t for ruin or With 18pon railway France. {_ proposal, 5 in a story sent from headquarters in Francd of the fighting around Thie; val, says: 3 Many Germans defended themsel- ves to the death. A sentry outside one of the dugouts saw the British approaching, and turning quickly he outed down the word "England" to his comrades below. One of the Warwicks closest to him hurled his last bomb at him and then, seizing the man's rifle, sprang onto the par- apet ready to shoot the Germans as they came up. They came up in a swarny with bombs, and there was a great conflict which ended only when the last German was dead. In one dugout there was in the midst of all this horrop, a comic epi- sode. A curtain divided the dugouts. A Warwickshire man thrust his bay- onet beneath the curtain, when sud- denly the curtain was drawn to one side, and a German soldier, yawning and rubbing his eyes with his knuck- les, stood there as though to say "what's up?" He had slept heavily through the bombardment and the attack and now believed he was dreaming. So the Warwicks took 400 yards of trenches along a front of 600 yards, and thrust the wedge closer to Thiepval. | iat while tie| SUSPECT BIG PLOT J heen wrest- ~~ of meeting the A working out expected - TO EXPLODE SHELLS Arrest of Austrian at Walker~ ville May Olear Up New York Explosion. Detroit, Aug. 26.---Startling reve- { lations that may lead to the solution | Of the baffling mystery of the great 2 (11|Black Tom Island in New York Har- Brooklyn Bt. Louis innings). Detroks, 2 uis Vous Cleveland, Richmond, Toronto, 2; Rochester, Providence, ) Russians | ® limited period. t bor about a month ago by which mil- | ions of dollars worth of allied muni- BG (11) tions were destroyed, are probable | as the result of the arrest of a work- man at the Canadian Bridge Works |: Company, | day night. The man is suspected of being a | tool in a widespread and clever plan Walkerville, on Wednes- » 9-2. to blow up Allied munitions all over | the United States and Canada, by a [most ingenious arrangement, : } Before the nose and cap of the 1 great shells manufactured for ] #26 fitted, a solution of varnish is run through a centre bore, this painting the inside of the projectile. A Li claimed by those, responsible for arrest of 'the workman that he or was employed to introduce into the varnish a chemical solution designed { to cause a4 premature explosion after It was such a so- to in the lution it is now said introduced by parly a | treachery into some of the shells at week's lull in t the village of sources of the turin ee tho | great catastrophe that almost blew | Black Tom Island that caused the ithe lower tip of Manhattan Island funced | Into the kingdom come. that recaptured the ridge of K tf, died su dence in Smith's morning. He w He had sustained alysis about six m ealth and | ¢ The workman arrested gave his lorce | name as P. Bjerlich and claims to be pn to! an Austrian by birth. Bpur- | present he has denied all knowledge Birth | of any plot. § the Up to the SePe Ie CONSCRIPTION FIGHT IN AUSTRALIA. London, Aug. 26. -- News reaches London .6f a stern con- scription fight progressing in Australia. New Zealand has al- ready adopted conscription, finding voluntary service inade- # quate to fill the drafts promised % for the front. SEO EWR Et 40d "red for | a about | 1a. m, and failed Senator Frost's other Liberal vaca House, . Mrs. Anna Hill, tw Charles Hill of the * West Main street, W ended her life her! Friday evening by dri The German Goi ordered the sequestr: property of the gas co ing in Berlin, the owne is British. . ing, who has deen in | the last two weeks, di IIL, on Friday afternooj C. P. R. earnings fo Aug. 21st were $2,860, $904,000. J J. H. Symons, Halif -. Montelair, N. J, aged . years. THE WHIG'S CON Page i ~ Wir Scenes at the ers; The War Camp High; Conti Menus. staves an- the Upper x, wife of WOMAN KILLS OFFICER AT MILITIA CAMP Husband Says She Objected to "Remarks He Had Made + to Her. Macon, Ga., Aug. 26.--Captain E. has | J, Spratling, Company F, Fifth In- the | fantry, Natinonal Guard of Georgia, at- was shot and killed yesterday th front of his tent in t the state mobi- | lization camp, nea™ here. Objected to Remarks, , Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 26.--H. C. Ad- fms, Hisband of the woman arrested Macon for killing Captain E. J. pratling, said that his wife had been oubled with nervousness and had pen treated by Captain Spratling, \ F | who was a physician in private life. y Mrs. Adams told her husband, he id, that she had objected to re- rks she said the physician made to Adams sald he tried to get his wife pb visit relatives away from here, inking that would "relieve her Ind of the matter." Cap Spratling at one time was Insanity expert at Matteawan, N. Ka a pari 3 fs # Gerninn Sybinatine In the North ke (Special to the Whig) don, Aug. 26.--The armed boarding . steamer Duke of g sunk Thursday in the Sea'by a submarine, with the twenty-four lves, the Admir- nnounced this afternoon. even of her crew were saved RECOVER QUICKLY. Those Wounded in June of Hospital : London, Aug, 26.--The cheerful news that under fifty per cent. of the Canadians wounded in fighting from une 2nd to 16th remain in hospitals, ven to-day by a medical officer, London, Aug. 26.--Philip Gibbs, | the} N, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, Hon. M. Burrell, Hon. T. W. Crothers, Hon. T- ©. Cas Dr. he. Lower pl ture shows new faces that may short inet to fill the places of the ministers shown above who are Joing to resign. Left to right, W. F. <8ir ©. H. Tupper. t AUGUST BIG CABINET CHANGES COMING AT OTTAWA. Upper picture shows members who faces are soon to vanish from the Cabinet. Left to rain, Hon. F. Cochrane, Hon. y be seen in the Borden Cab reported on good authority as Nickle, R. B. Bennett, 8ir H. Drayton, Sir R. Forget, |FEAR CANADA WILL GET ALL THE POWER Americans Want. | More Power Developed at Falls on . U. 8. Side. Niagara Falls, N. ¥., Aug. 26.-- Appeal for additional diversion for power purposes of Ni Falls wa- ter was made by representatives of Western New York imdustries at a hearing here yesterddy before Major Burgess, of the U, 8. Lake Survey. Speakers declared that the action of the Canadian Hydro-Electric Com- mission in appropriating 25,000 horse-power is heing severely felt in the United States, 'and expressed fears that before sprigg the Canadian authorities will further curtail ex- port power by approgriating another 25,000 horsepower. Major Burgess will report to the War Department the fesult of his in- vestigation, and the @epartment will decide whether additional diversion, is to be allowed. x | CERMANS LAUNCH HEAVY ATTACKS In the Champagne And on Northeastem Front of Verdun. AL WERE DNSUCCESSU. CHECKED BY FRENCH FIRE AND GRENADE COUNTER-ATTACKS Allied Air Forces Dominated the En- tire Western Front---Nine German Flyers Brought Down and Three Captive Balloons Destroyed. Paris, Aug. 26.--A strong German reconnaissance south of Maurepas and Hill 121 was dispersed by French ¢ re, Jaa night, There is aS BRITISH 44 ent. "struggle on the ! o 4 front. Loh Germans attempted no other attack on this front, but launch- : ed heavy attacks in the Champagne ANOTHER 10 and on the northeastern front of Verdun. The German attack in the Cham- pagne resulted in the most violent fighting on the front in several weeks. Followitig 'the. intense bombardment, the Germans attacked in force at 9.30 o'clock last night west of Ta- hure. They were either stopped by French fire or driven back by gre- nade counter-attacks. 26-- On the northeastern front of Ver- i Sondon, Rug. h The Brit- dun heavy artillerying occurred all '® eft wing on the Somme day Friday and last night, The Ger-| River broke out with a new at- Juang made Severn) unsuccessful at-| tack against the German posi- niapts to advance in the region of| tions defending Thiepval Vil- Thiaumont and Fleury, but were Pp checked by French. fix. lage last night, and advanced another four hundred yards, capturing trenches by bayonet and grenade charges, Sir Douglas Haig reported to the War Office this afternoon- The British line at this point is steadily encircling the Ger~ man fortified . positions and threatening the capture of Thiepval, which has interfer= red with Gen. Haig's advance since the Somme battle began. The Allied air forces domidated the entire front yesterday. - Nine Ger- All counter-attacks were re- pulsed. man fiyers were brought down and three captive balloons were des- The new British gain re- ported by Gen. Haig was made troyed. MANY WOULD CONDUCT near Mouquet farm. WAR OAN LAST STANDARDIZED HOTELS YEARS OR DAYS Applications Outnumber Pres- ent Hotel Licenses--License Board Busy Considering The Allied Advance, According to Gen. Von Kiluck Is Minor Affair. Toronto, Aug. 26.--Shoals of ap- plications have been made to the On- tario License Board to carry on busi- 1ess as Standardized hotels, and next week. the Commissioners will be busy looking over the list. , The ap- plicants outnumber the present hotel licenses, this being accounted for by the additional places of accommo- dation in local option localities. It is understood there. will be a dis- position on the part of the board not to shut out too many applications to (Special to the Whi 'London, Aug. 26---The, German general, Von Kluck, whose advance almost. to the gates of~Paris was stemmed and turned into retirement by the brilliant work of Gen. Gal- lieni and Sir John French, has turn- ed up again in an interview with an American newspaper correspondent. He declared the present Allied ad- vance was a very minor affair, and estimated that the British casualties since June 1st. amounted to a hun- begin with, the idea being to give a dred thousand men. - Asked as to his fair trial to make good. opinion of the probable ending of the The view has previously been ad- vanced by those interested in making war, he said: "It can last years or hotelkeeping. a paying proposition, that it would be advisable to dis- courage over-competition, but Jt is thought that the happy medium will in due course be reached by the weeding out of those who may be un- able to get along successfully. In any event the Ontario License Roard will do all that lies within its power to see that a goed standard of hotel- keeping is maintained. In a .city like Ottawa, where the people voted at the heginning of the vear in favor of a reduction in li censas, the board, it is understood, -at-the lications be lim- bars, and consequéntly aj Hike an acoident." for gandard hotels will not eg ited on this account. COLORS FOR THE Tene 146th BATTALION MSM ED FROM ARMY The Amount Des ired Is Now Gen. Riedel, Who Was In Command| Within Sight--To Arrange of Austrians, Loses His Rank. © Matters. Berne, Switzerland, 'Aug. 26. -- A | | ------ wireléss despatch received from Aus- Up to Friday night tie tria says that a court-martial sitting | received $288.50 towards at Klagenfurt has sentenced General | chase of colors for the 146th Battal- fon. The collections will clase soon so all who wish to contribute are Riedel, who was in command at Gorizia when the city was captured urged to immediately do so. The latest su 8 are; : by the Italians, to dismissal from the army and loss of his renk and pen- sion, - ; Total to Friday night ..... $288.50 f BE. J. Teeple, Battersea .... 1.00 Jackson Press .... .. _... 10.00 William Smith .... , (... 1.00 i Total .oiviy, hig had he pur- Preparations for another voyage of the submarine Deutschland from Germany to the United States' are well under way. 4 ------------ days. The end will come suddenly TWELVE MORE FIRE VICTINS the Which Raged in the rT THE CASEY MINE: COLONY ESCAPED DEATH BY A VERY NARROW MARGIN Sixty Farmers Lost All -- Bodies of McKenzie Family Found In Ruins Of a Root Cellar. Cobalt, Aug. 26.--Twelve lives at least were wiped out by the bush fires which raged in the north country last Tuesday. The danger of further des- truction is mow practically over, as | heavy rains this afternoon have had the effect of hr any all of the fires smouldering .n the dfs- trict. Apart from the loss of life the proporty loss in Tuesday's fire was very heavy. The fire swept over two or three of the oldest settled town- ships of the district--Harley, Hud- son and Diamond burning up practically everything in its path. Mrs. Arthur McKenzie and her six children, their ages ranging from three months to ten years, took re- fuge in an old root-house, but the fire burned the timbers supporting the earth covering for a roof, which consequently fell in upon them. The bodies were so badly burned that the seven corpses were brought into New Liskeard in an ordinary under- taker's basket. Had the wind not changed nothing would have saved the town of New Liskeard. The heavy forest to the west of the town was ablaze when the wind suddenly veer- ed around. The Lady Minto hospital was in great danger for a time and many women and children had left the town, The Nipissing Central Railway cars were held waiting for the worst, but fortunately the wiad changed, blowing the flames and sparks back over the burned area. Sixty Families Homeless. | About sixty farmers have lost both | buildings 'and crop, and they, with| their families, are homeless. One farmer had just completed the filling of his new barn with 90 tons of hay, worth $1,500, all of which went up in smoke. Some idea of the igtensity of the heat of the fire can be gained from the fact that in nearly every case the farm buildings were sur- rounded by nearly a half mile of clearance. In Hudson township the new Consolidated school was burn- ed. It was the only one in the dis- trict, and cost several thousand dol- lars. The transmission line supply- ihg the Casey Mine With power was completely destroyed when the fire swept through the great swamp flats. | Farmers Who Lost All. The farmers whose homes and buildirigs nave been burned are: Da- vid Dunn, R. G. Howie, Peter Grant, Robert Lyons, Thomas Stevens, Sam- uel Alexander, Charles Fitz, John Miller, Joseph Lachine, Frank God-| dard, R. Robertson, D. Taylor, John Grills, William Hobbs, Charles King. Neil, McFadden, George Peebles, | George Hayes, Joseph Heathering-| ton, Alex. Holmes, Philip Hondinger. | Geo. Fowler, M. Pettifer, W. Jack- son, James Smith, Edward Villen-| euve, Edward Colborne, Richard R.| Russell, Wm. Johnston, James! Dunne, James Webster, postmaster at | Sutton's Bay, Walter Richards, Bert Overton, Laffins Livery buildings at Casey, John Suider, sawmill, Walter Richie, W. Webb, J McQuay, John Semster, John Connolly, W. Faver- on, Alfred Nichols, Philip Bolger, Fred Littlejohn, J. 'Kingswater, John Armstrong, William Young, James Greene, A. Gullenoil, J. Gibbe- mar, Andrew Wertberg, W. Fitzpat- rick, J. Connolly, Dan Dempsey, L. Labonte, J. Bucknall, the latter los- ing 230 tons of hay and $2,000 worth of grain, J. Calvert, W. Waglan, W. Cochrane, James Green, and others. In all twelve bodies have been re- covered, but it is possible more may be found later. Leave $800.50 1088a in German East Africa. British troops have occupied OPEN THE PULPITS TO THE WOMEN FOLK Would do Much Better Than Many Men. London, Aug. 26. --Rev., ' Percy Dearmer, one of London's most prom- inent clergymen, makes a novel con- tribution to the controversy which has been hotly raging some time past over the question: Should wo- men preach? . A great national mis- sion is being organized by the An- glican church, and, in view of the fact that so many clergymen are away doing .chaplaincy wok, it was suggested 'that women might con- duct certain parts of the services, in- cluding delivering addresses. A ma- jority of the bishops, however, ve- toed tne pr "esal. Dearmer, whose first wife held a great position in artistic and literary circles in London, and died a few months ago nursing in the Balkans, remarried recently. He has now | written an article advocating preach- ing by women, in the course of which he says: "Women ask to be treated on equal terms with men. Their powers and gifts, it is true, are different, but-they ask for equal- ity of opportunity, so that their dif- ferent gifts and qualities may be used in the best possible way. We let them 'do' heavy manual labor for | which they are not suited. We have | no right to prevent them from speak- {ing and teaching in public, a task | for which they are eminently quali- | fied." Indeed, I have never heard a | woman make a really bad speech. Ox | the other hand, when I«think of men I have heard on the platforms, at dinner tables, and in the pulpit, a dumb feeling of despair overtakes me | especially when I think of sermons {that are listened to every Sunday, |'which, indeed, a majority of our | population refuses nowadays to lis- | tén to.™ WERE LIKELY DROWNED OPPOSITE PRESCOTT | | Wife of Capt. Whitely of 156th and Michael Powell Missing. | Capt. P. E. Whitely, quartermaster {of the 156th Battalion at Barriefield Camp, left Friday afternoon for | Prescott to try and ascertain if his | wife wag in the fast motor boat | Spray, which drifted ashore afire at | Ogdensburg, opposite Prescott, on | Thursday morning, and mention of | which was made in Friday's Whig. It was feared that she was drowned, bg-with. Michael Powell; a promin« ent Prescott business man. Mrs. Whitely went:-to Ogdensburg on the { ferry boat, and it is thought she was | returning to Prescott at night with {| Mr. Powell in the Spray. | Mrs. Whitley and members of her | family were staying in Kingston {while Capt. Whitely was at Barrie- field. She was spending the week with relatives in Prescott. While there is no direct evidence of anyone being drowned, neither Mr. Powell and Mrs. Whitely have been seen since, and the river around Ogdensburg and Prescott js being dragged for their bodies. The general belief in Prescott is { that Mr. Powell and Mrs. Whitely | have lost their lives; that engine | trouble developed and Mr. Powell [lighted a match to investigate and i this was followed by an explosion | which set the boat on fire and the occupants were obliged to jump into the water to avoid being burned, los- | ing their lives by drowning. | A message received by the Whig {on Saturday morning from Prescott | states that a lady's hat was picked {up near a plier at Ogdensburg and | identified by Capt. Whitely as that {of his wife. KUROPATKIN'S TROUBLES M | Situation in Turkestan Reported To Be a Trying One. Berlin, Aug. 26.--Reports receiv- ed through Stockholm indicate that the situation in Turkestan is | growing worse, says an Overseas { News Agency statement today. Gen. | Kuyropatkin, who was recently ap- | pointed governor-general of Turkes- [tan, has been compelled to issue se- | vere orders to cope with the -condi- { tions, the advices declare. War Tidings. The Turks are being badly smash- ied by Grand Duke Nicholas. Teuton efforts to launch an of- { fensive near Kovel were repulsed, | French-and British on the western | front made further advances on Fri- | day morning. Many prisoners were | taken. ; The British and French took 1,200 1 London Olergyman Says They, Bucknell's News Depot .. Clarke J. 'W. & Co, 35 College Book Coulter's Grocery 8 Cullen's Grocery, Cor. Priricess & Alfred Frontenac te A Lat. e $ 6-12 WAR OT YET NER BO 80 THE LONDON TIMES MILITARY EXPERT THINKS He Discusses the Arming of the Al- lied Armies For 1917 and 1918----- Present Superiority Not Adequate. London, . Aug. 268.~The Times' military efpert, in an optimistic re- view of the present military situa tion, points out his reasons fer be- lieveing the war is not yet near its end, and discusses the arming of the Allied armies for the campaigns of 1917 and 1918. "Our superiority in the field," says the writer, "is not yet adequate, hence it does not give us that anui- hilating preponderance which is nac- essary for victory. Next spring, hav- ing completed our own supplies, we can set to work to arm Russia with a will. We can fit out our armies for 1917 and 1918, which must in the end crush the most frantic ef- forts of the Central Powers, and, as soon as we can last so long, or lon- ger, if necessary, we can be satis- fied with nothing but the complete satisfaction of our demands, "The Allies will end. the war as such formidable military powers and s0 supergbundantly supplied . with weapons and material that failure would bc gross negligence on the part of our governments during the. peace parleys; Germany will never be able to face a war again in our time 'Many soldiers firmly believe the politicians will sel out in the end, But this opinion ig certainly wrong. for the force of public opinion behind the war is now so strong that the public would think nothing of taking all the members of the government and hanging them in a"row if they showed any inclination to throw away at the peace parleys the fruits of our stupendous war efforts." AVIATOR DROPS WREATH FOR FATHER'S GRAVE Enemy Airman Dropped An- swer Saying Favor Had. Been Accomplished. Paris, Aug. 26.--Aviatiorn Lieut. Fevre, flying over Sainte Marie aux Mines, in German Alsace, dropped a wreath and letter requesting the curate of the village to place the wreath on the tomb of his father, Col. Fevre, of the 221st Regiment of French infantry, who was killed in that locality during the French of- fensive of 1914. A Geran aviator. flying over the . Franch lines, dropped the curate's answer saying that the favor had been accomplished, The final span of the Quebec bridge will be placed in position on Sept. 11th. Sir John Maxwell has been officlal- ly exonerated from all responsibility in the execution of Sinn Fein sym- pathizers. The Serbians have made material gains on the Allies' left wing in the Balkans, DAILY MEMORANDUM See top of page 3, right hand corner for probabilities. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG Is on Sale at the Following City Stores: Bing Bt y Prd Store Ontario St cLleod"s rocery oe Medley's Dru tor tore .. Princess g Store Paul's Cigar Prouse's pi 0 Southcott's Grocery . Valleau's. Grocery .... BORN. ROBERTS-4In Kingston, Aug 24th, 1916, to Mr. and Mrs. BE. R. Rob. erts, 11 Deacon street, & son. DIED, ROBERTS--In Kingston, on Aug. 26th 1916, George Zdwaid, infant son of My. and Mrs, BE. R. Roberts. IN MEMORIAM a In loving memory of our dearly foved son, Reginald H. Holland, taken home August 26th, 1915. Oh little life soon spent, Oh tender_heart soon stilled With tears of deaptay Our aching eyes are ed, prisoners during the last two days, The advance continues on the wests| ern front. % The British War Office on Friday night announced that the British and Bulgarian iad been in action in the alkans. The British are holding |, eR a the line at all points. Several Sur Re Ble ne dear, The. bridges--were---destroyed to prevent A - pain ro the advance of the Bulgers. And we left mor De Fathir. FORD WILL FIGHT SUIT. The "Battle Ory of Peace" Owner Brings Action, . Detroit, Aug. 26.--Henry Ford re- turned to Detroit with a large party of friends from New York. full of fight and ful uit just filed defend the $1,000,00 against him by the Vitigraph Com- Pany of America for alleged libel in statements made in 6 newspaper advertisements against the presenta- tion of the moving picture feature-- yn. Battle Cry of Peace." teiunds T. Ford's closest personal frie MANY THINKERS say that he is prepared to spend his -- : i entire fortune to defend his state-| 'Tis mot with success' that ments relative to the teachings of the | build our life, but by noble endeavor, v FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS