Daily British Whig (1850), 5 Sep 1916, p. 1

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YFAR 83-NO. 200 big - | age THE GREEK KING ~ SHORN OF POWER Premier Zanis Mas Became Dictalor by 3 blomatc Soke CONSTANTIN. CONSIDERING ABDICATING AND GOING TO GER- MANY TO LIVE, The German Press Expects Zaimis to Declare War at Any Time -- The Allies' Note Is Called An Ultimat- am, 4 London, Sept, 5.--The entrance of Greece into the world war is only a matter of days. Her neutrality isa thing of the past. A new dictator has arisen. No longer her King, or Venizelos, her dominant politician, hag any word: to say. Alexander Zalmis, who holds the portfolio of Premier, has seized the reins of pow- er, " . Greece has surrendered utterly to the ultimatum of France and Great Britain that her mails and telegraph lines be handed over to Allied supervision and that all Ger- man and Austrian agents be expelled from the country. Already French and British officials are taking con- "trol of the postal and wire systems. Greatest - Crop In Years. The seizure of power by(Zaimis is one of the greatest political crops accomplished in years. His entire hand has been played beneath the table and it is only now that the na- tion is awakening to the fact that its fate rests in his hands. Zaimis holds the most complete power. He can do what he will without Parliamentary questioning or the embarrassments of public opinion, Zalmis made the first public move in his well-planned campaign on last Wednesday. At that time he issued a decree forbidding a contem- plated political gathering by the people. Two days later he disposed of any danger of parliamentary in- terference through the issuance of a decree dissolving the national body. Parliament had been adjourned and elections will mow be hecessary be- fore a new Parliament ean sit. ' Then began a series of conferen- ces with the Venezelists and anti- Veneselists as a-result of which Zaimis siié¢eeded Tn obtaining de- clarations of approval and support from both parties. He thereby gained from his cabinet the complex- fon of a representative body, ap- proved by all factions, King Plahs To Abdicate. That King Constantine is serious- \ly considering abdication, in. the Made of recent events is indicated in an Athens despatch: to the Daily Telegraph. Although denying re- \ ports that last week he had threat- ened to quit his throne, the monarch said: "I want it to be understood that on the day when the Greeks no long- er want me I shall retire with my family to Germany." \ Zalmis is expected hourly to de- clare war by the German press. The Vossische Zeitung, according to despatches from Amsterdam warns the public to be ready for a declaration of hostilities by Greece. This German paper declares that the "Allies' note was really an ultima- tum," BASEBALL ON MONDAY, ° National League. Philadelphia, 2-10; Brooklyn, 1-3. Boston, 3-3; New York, 2-8. Pittsburg, 7-2; St. Louis, 0-0. Chicago, 3-8; Cincinnati, 0-10. nm sn American League. Detroit, 7-11; Cleveland, 5-8. Boston, 7-3; New York, 1-4. Chicago, 3-2; St. Louis, 2-1. Washington, 2-3; Philadelphia, 9-1 2}, Inte League, - Toronto, 5-2; Rochester, 4-0, Buffalo, '2-3; Montreal, 0-1. Baltimore, 3-5; Newark, 1-4. Providence, 2-2; Richmond, 1-7. "Wheat Went Up, (Special To The Whig) Chicago, Sept, 5.--Bull raids sent September Saturday's close in Chicago grain market to-day. Light offerings and strong cablés accentuated the up- ward movement, -------- } Berlin, Sept. ad Was announe- od that the city Suthorities of Vien. na have a third meatless day. The sale and consumption of mutton is permitted on this day, however. ' "NC Falfemopt Somme; Air yeition; Veter. ie. Island Did Not mn Control in ndom Reels. to Petawawa; Caureh, 0 4 4 Guide. striet Foiled; Mik. 8. Theatrical, imp News: La- of Roxane: Press and of Sport five cents-overt RUSSIAN TROOPS MEET BULGARIANS A Russian Cavalry Detachment Encountered Foe in Do- » brudja Region. (Special To The Whig) ' Petrograd, Sept. 5 Russian troops which crossed through Ru: mania have been in action against the Bulgarians for the [first time since the beginning of the war, it was, officially apnounced to-day. A sian cavalry detachment en- couhitered a Bulgarian force in the Rumanian Dobrudja region yester- day. SETTLEMENT REACHED. Between Grand Trunk Employees And the Company. (Special To The Whig) Toronto, Sept. 5.--After a confer ence between representatives of the Grand Trunk conductors, brakemen, baggagemen, trainmen -and switch- men and President E. J.' Chamber- lain and Vice-President Howard G. Kelley, of the Grand Trunk, at head- quarters in Montreal, it was announc- ed to-day that a satisfactory, settle- ment had been made between the em- ployees involved and tie\ Grand Trunk, whereby the men involved will receive a substantial increase in wages. Roughly speaking, the new scale means to the men from five to eight per cent. increase all around, and to the Grand Trunk it means that the company will have to pay sime- thing like five million dollars in wages more a year. Teer bee 4 THE FOOD DEALERS 5 ARE TRAPPED. | " New York, 'Sept. 5.--Food dealers who gambled on the £x- pected isolation -of New York found themselves yesterday overwhelmed in their own plot. Prices suddenly collapsed with the averting of the strike dan- ger, and the food gamblers were caught with vast quanti- ties of supplies on their hands from outside supplies as a re- sult of the threatened railroad strike and held back shipments to unload at famine prices as the markets became glutted. PEEP LEFOP PIPER, Cre bbb bre b bbb by » THROWN INTO A TREE IN AN ABTO ACCIDENT Six Soldiers. Had Thrilling Time. While Travelling on York Road. Six soldiers from Barriefield camp had a miraculous escape from death on Thursday night last, when they were thrown out of an auto- mobile on a bridge near the farm of Edward Kayler, York road, five miles from Kingstom, The car was travelling at a lively rate of speed, and was in the act of crossing a bridge when it swerved to one side. The chauffeur did his best a second time and crashed into the side of the bridge. The six soldiers were thrown out, two of them alight- ing in a tree alohgside of 'the road, and they had presence of mind to hand on to one of the limbs and thereby save themselves a bad fall. The other four were thrown in the water, but were able to gét out. Two 'of the khaki-clad men received such a severe shaking up that they were forced to remain, at Mr. Keyler's home over night. -- WOULD NOT SIT WITH LABOR MEN From the Central Powers-- Statement of Will Thorne, M. P., Was Cheered. . (8pecial To The Whig) Birmingham, Eng., Sept. 5.--Dis- cussing the proposal by American Federation of Labor officials that an international conference of organ- ized labor be held after the war, Will Thorne, Labor member of parlia- ment, declared "We men couldn't sit in such a conference with workers of the Central Powers even after the war. We would gladly meet work- ers of Allied and neutral countries." The labor delegates cheered the statement. . ' MADE A BIG CAPTURE. Prisoners, Guns and Bomb Throwers Taken in Carpathians. (Special To The Whig) P , Sept. 5.--The Russian advance in the Carpathian woods near the fromtier of Hungary con- tinues, it was officially announced to- day. More hi ts have been captur- ed. In the i along the Upper 4,629 prisoners, six 'cannon -nine machine guns and a throwers have been this afternoon. ma have again bombarded e Phar TO CALL UP RESERVES, : -------- to right the car when it swerved for | KINGSTON, ONTARIO; TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5. 1916 THE VILLAGE OF FALFEMONT. FELL The Whole German System of- Strong. De: fences Held by Bish NORTHWEST OF -COMBIES E nin THE BRITISH HAVE % D FOOTING IN LEUZE WOOD. The Germans Tried Hard to Retake Some of the Ground Held by the French on Both Sides of the Somme--Quite a Number of Pr oners Are in French Hands, tr (Special To The Whig) © British eastward in London, Sept. §.--The pushed 1,500 yards fighting near Guillemont last night, capturing the village of Falfemont, Gen. 'Hague reported this afternoon. The whole German sys- tem of strong defenses at Falfemont is In British hands. The British also gained a footing in Leuze Wood, one mile north-west of Combles,~ The French Hold Ground, (Special To The Whig) Paris, Sept. 5.--The Germans last night made several unsuccessful at- tempts to recapture ground lost to the French on both sides of the Somme in the Allied drive on Sunday and Monday: The-strongest Ger- man counter-attack was delivered north of the'Somme between Com- bles and Forest. The French had throughout yesterday and were fully prepared to meet it. South of the Somme the Germans made gever- al unsuccessful attacks near Belloy- en-Santerre, the French taking 100 frisoners. On the north-eastern front of Ver- dun the night was generally calm, the French taking fifty prisoners in local encounters. South-east of Thisumont, a small German attack failed. French Have New Guns. (Special To The Whig) Paris, Sept. 6.--France"s new 400: millimetre guns played an important role in the new victories over the Germans, according to despatches from the front to-day. The eXist- ence of these guns was kept secret for. many weeks, It is believed they will work more wonders in the closing ddys of the war than did the German 42-centimetres that bat- tered in the Belgian forts. 200 ARE INJURED By Collapse of Grand Stand at Welsh- White Fight. Colorado Springs, Col., 'Sept. 5.--- A portion of the grand stand, filled with men and women who were awaiting the start of the Welsh White fight, collapsed shortly before 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. - Two '| hundred persons were more of less | seripusly injured, but no fatalities have been reported. Le HAD NO VERDICT. The Jury in Casé at Winnipeg Sent I) eu aisbecial To The Whig) Winnipeg, Sept. 5.--The jury in the cases against the ex-minis €0| with the construction the ment buildings reported at 1 o'elock that ' thex had not "a verdict, and were ordered to report again at 2.30 p.m. \& KING CONSTANTINE « ~ observed preparations for this blow |. FIGURES IN REPORTED GREEK ABDICATION. + QUEEN JODHA +6 CROWN AMZ GEORGE It is reported that King Constantine of Greege has abdicated in favor of the | power etina'. with Wemizelos as the power hind the tnzong. REVOKED THE ORDER FOR RA AY STRIKE After Congress Passed Eight- Hour Bill--Wdrning to the Raiironds. -- Washington, Sept,' 4.-- President Wilson at 9.23 Sunda signed th eight-hour bill for g#ilway employees and left for Hodgenville, Ky., 10/30 a.m. . : An order country-wide railroad strike Monday was sent out by labor union officials Saturday night, after Congress had passed the 43 to 28. Should the railroads take no ac- tion, but await the beginning of an investigation of the werkings of the eight-hour-day by tfie special com- mission for which the measure. pro- vides, the hrotherho will remain inactive. The "i leaders declare, however; r should - the law be held unconstitutional and the railroads attempt to restore the ten- hour/day a strike will follow prompt- The bill that stopped the strike provides that after January 1st, 1917, -eight hours shall be regarded as a basis of reckoning for a day's pay of men engaged in the operation of railroad trains in inter- state commerce (except in cases of roads less than 100 miles long and electric lines), that they shall re- ceive prorata pay for work in excess of eight hours, and that their rate of compensation shall not be changed pending an investigation for from six to nine months of the effect of the eight-hour day upon the railroads by /a Commission to be appointed by the President, A LITTLE LAD WAS KILED MANURE SPREADER CAUSED THE BOY'S DEATH. John Anglin, of Pine Grove, Died in General Hospital as a Result of an ccident. ' most pathetic fatality oceurred-at Pine Grove on. Friday aftérnoon, -- | een of Peronne Cannot Much Longer With- stand the Pressure t| of | Will Be Exposed From the North, | * rovoking 'the call for a | Adamson éight-hour-day | bill and sent it to the President. The | Senate passed the bill" by a 'vote of | -| is the pressure still slight..Germany, | . SHACKLETON'S MEN wk From Elephant Island Succeeded. snf-- Punta Arenas, Chile, Sept. 6.-- Lieut. Sir Ernest Shackleton has rescued the members of his Antarc- tic expedition who weré marooned on Elephant ian Shackletgh returned here with his men safe-And well on board the res- cue ship Yelcho. y Sir Ernest Shackleton -left Punta | Arenas on August 26th with the ship Yelcho for a third attempt to rescue his men marooned on Elephant Is- land. b After the failure of his Antarctic expedition, Shackleton with members of chis crew managed reach Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, | on May 31st., Twenty-two others of "the crew were left on Elephant Is- land on April 9th. The first attempt to rescue these men was made _in | June and the second attempt Wn July, both failing on acco ice. |v | (Special To The Whig) Petrograd, Sept. § | days': advance, Gen, Brussiloff cap- tured 385 officers and 19,000 men, with twelve big guns and eighty { other guns. 2 Russians have taken a whole (Four Villages and 5,000 German Prisoners Taken on Monday. i The series of mountain heights in the Carpathians and are close to the ALLIES ON THE OFFENSIVE 5.5.55 | | In the Caucasus the Russians have | made a further advance aginst the | Turks. » y | dedi de dobdodol FRR ddd | | w ; * to Which It #4 MANY PRISONERS TAKEN. 65.--In a three | | ON ALL FRONTS, GIVING THE NEMY NO RESPITE - : 3 ime London, Sept. 5.--During the | last few days the Russians have # % taken 20,000 prisoners on the + % eastern front and the Allies have captured 6,000 on the | + western front. +> The Russians continue their #4 advance, taking several small | towns during last night. + London; Sept. 5----Advancing along a front of six miles north of the | Somme, the French and British forces yesterday struck their great- | est blow in weeks at the enemy. The| powerful joint attack won for the] Allied forces the villages of Clery, Le | Forest, Guillemont and part of] Ginchy; extended their lines nearly | half a mile at every point and| brought them to the very outskirts of Combles, and swept in nearl 000 prisoners. Thé attack was one of the most violent made in the two months of + + <* Fhbdbddolib ibd bbb db bbb db bid d Y 5-| VON HINDENBURG WANTS | STUBBORN DEFENCE, fighting on this front, and far more! Me Had an Opportunity to See | than evened the score for the small German gains won in the counter-| the Smashing Blows of | effensiye Of last week. the Allies. Allies on the Offensive, | (Special To The Whig) With this attack the Allies are Paris, Sept. 5. Field Marshal Von again on the offensive on all fronts, | Hindenberg has arrived on the west- and the respite which the Germans era front for the first time since the had while the Rumanian question beginning of the war, and is urging was being settled is ended. At a! his commanders to, more stubborn time when the Austro-German armies' defence along the Somme, the Echo are "being driven from their vital|de Paris stated to-day. The "Old positions on the iron gates of the Man of the Magurian Lakes' wit Danube and Germany has sent 50,-| nessed 'the retreat of the German { 000 men to attempt to stems thie tide armies under the smashing British and avoid disaster, Russia, Italy and and French blows in Sunday and {now Britain and France have again 'Monday's fighting. It was the first {applied the pressure which had great battle in whieh the Teutons | proved too much even before the have been engaged since Hindenberg | Rumanian battle began. Only along was appointed chief of the German |a part of the southern Balkan front general staff The whole Somme battle front, has suddenly- burst into | again, cannot hope t raw troops activity with furious infantry fight- from any point to meet the need at|ing and some qf the most terrific another, without risking grave dis-|ghell blasting since the Anglo-French | aster. | offensive began. The Germans are - (fighting desperately, but in the past | Combles Now Threatened. [forty-eight hours have been pushed | The latest allied success in the steadily eastward by. impetuous Al- Somme region carries the British lied attacks. » - {front 500 yards east of Guilfemont, | Since the beginning of the Allied | from Ginchy to Falfemont Farm, offensive on July 1st the French and | while it extends the French lines al- | English have captured twenty-nine {most on top of Combles on threevillages, which the Germans had or« | sides as much as half a mile east of [ganized to the highest defensive de- | their former positions in the district gree, hey have. taken about 41,- { ARE SAFE AND WELL Third Attempt to Rescue Them > five to" unt of the! : ' RUSSIANS CAPTURE | hs | 19,385 OF ENEMY = 'In Three Days Advance--Now | BY THE MLS Close to the Hungarian : i Frontier. | rapidly to the earth. when John, the eleven-year-old son | petween Combles and Clery. The be- of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Anglin, of gsiegers' guns now threaten Combles that place, died as a result of beinz| from the west, south and east. In a torn in a manure spreader. The|few days no forces will be able to little fellow, with his brother, was| live within the shell-torn ruins of working in the hay field on Friday |that town. : afternoon, and for:some reason went| By capturing Clery the Franco- to the back of the waggon. He was British troops together have accom- caught and entangled in the large] plished what the French alone found claws of the spreader, and his thigh too difficult a task. Foch"s soldiers and leg were severely lacerated. He was taken to his home nearby, ter-assaults pressed with vigor, where the wounds were dressed, and | which seems to have left the Ger- for a while it was thought that he mans of ldte, always succeeded in was making good progress. On Sat-| turning them out again. With the urday afternoon his condition be- town in their permanent possession came so serious that he had. te be Peronne cannot much longer with- rushed to the Kingston General Hos-| stand thé pressure to which it will pital, Medical attention could not be-exposed from the north: save-him, however, and he passed | away at 8 p.m. Saturday. 1:3 2 War Tidings. : The little : fellow was a 'general! The German press urges the Ber- favorite with the community, and the, lin Government to declagwar on residents are greatly grieved over the Greece without "delay. = accident, and the sincerest regret is = British air forces bombarded Ger- felt for his family. man works at Hoboken and Chris The deceased is survived by his|teels in Belgium. parents and five brothers and:sisters. Rumanians continue their advance The funeral, which was held on Mon-| capturing several other towns. Ger- day afternoon, was conducted by man and Bulgarian assaults have Rev. Mr. Ralph, of the Movement church of Pige Grove. ron Won Schenk and many oth- er Germans at Athens were arrested and taken aboard the Allied war- ships. v . Dar-es-Salaam, the chief town of ytroops at 9 o'clock morning. TO.LAST 18 MONTHS. (Special to'the Whig.) , Geneva, Sept. 5. ish Government officials have informed the Italian " Prime Minister of their belief that the PEPE PIP d S223 tate lust at least another eigh- teen months. go {had entered Clery before, but coun-| n repulsed with heavy losses. -.. German East Africa, surrendered to Monday | 000 prisoners," 150 big guns and several hundred machine guns. {CARRANZA CLAIMS VILLA | FINANCED BY AMERICANS Attitude Indicates Effort to Evade Responsibility for Indemnities- Washington, Sept. 5.--First Chief Carranza, it is said, will attempt to, establish before the "international commission appointed to find a so- lution $0 the Mexican problem that | "Panche" Villa and the enemies of {the Constitutionalists have been fin- !anced by United States capital. The move is accepted as an attempt to evade responsibility for indemnities which amount to millions. { Price of Foodstuffs. Toronto, Sept. 5.--Premier Bor- den has written a letter to Secretary. | T. A. Stevenson, of the Trades and! Labor Council, stating that he would | give attentive consideration to 'the irequestion of the Labor men in To- ironto for the appointment of a com- | mission to look after foodstuffs and! | coal. x » é i Infantils> Paralysis Decreasing. - | New York, Sept. 5.--A further de-| n ber of new cases of infantile paralysis is reported by the, of Health. Compilation of shows that the total num- cases reported so far in the 8,148, and the number. L988. | } Hogg Dick, a teacher ton) balf a century and pricipal of A sorte ated Saddell # at helirt failure, in his YBOWER-~In Rochester, Mari CREAT ZEPPELIN RAD A FALIRE On Enemy Arship Was Wrecked by Guns aad Bought Down, { THRTEEN ARSHPS CAME | | FROM GERMANY BUT DID VERY LITTLE DAMAGE. "a Only Two People In English Countied Raided Are Reported Killed and Thirteen Injured. London, Sept. 5.--Thirteen Zep- pelin airships took part in the raid over the eastern counties Saturday night, and, an official statement says the casualties reported are one man |and one woman killed, and eleven { men and*women and two children in- | Jured. It was the most formidable air attack ever made on Britian. { Only three of the Zeppelins were able | toeapproach the outskirts of London. One of these was shot down at Cuff- ley, near Enfield, and the other tw: were driven off by aircraft guns and aeroplanes. A correspondent of the Assoecint Press, who was in the eastern ccun ties in the early morning, wateche the bombardment of the Zeppal® which was destroyed. When fire! seen it was sailing with shpapne' bursting all around and searchiig® centered on it. Suddenly the Zep pelin disappeared in a cloud smoke emitted by itself. The sky was clear at the time, nt the, searchlights lost trace of their quarry. A minute afterwards a light appeared in the sky like a bright eomet, which increaséd 'n iptensity as it descended. Then the light spread ort into flames, falling gradually until an altitude of about 1,000 feet was reached, when it burst into an onormous sheet of flames lighting -u; the surrounding country for miles, ~ . of Witnessed By Thousands, Apparently the gasoline had caught fire and the airship dashed From villages and towns went up loud cheers, but it was difficult to tell exactly where the airship had fallen. The people congratulated one another on the good marksmanship of the anti-air- craft guns. For some time search- lights were thrown gkyward, search- ing for the companions of the fl fated airship, but apparently with- out success, An eyewitness who reached the scene early said the charred remains of a big ' fierman engineer were found. The hands still were grasp- ing a lever of the engine, the engi- neer apparently having clung on ftry- ing to steer the ship to the ground Ital ns Seize Ships. Sepi. 5.--The Italian Gov- ernment confiscated thirty-five Ger man setamers, interned in Italinp ports at the beginning of the war The steamers seized aggregate 132.- 000 tons, Rome, The Italians captured a submarine and crew in the Adriatic. By A at Ni ----ne 'DAILY MEMORANDUM Bee top of page 3. right hano for probabilities ROBERT J. REI The Leading Undertaker Phone 577. 230 Princess Stree JAMES REID The Old Firm of Undertakers 254 and 256 PRINCESS STREK) Phone 147 for Ambulance. MARRIED, GIBSON-BAJUS8---In St. James' chape!, Kingston, on Monday, Sept. 4th, by Rev. Father J. V. Meagher, Hany Geraldine, daughter of the late John Bajus and of Mrs. Francis ( Armsirong, 303 Barrie street, Hugh Gigson, Howe Island. LOCKETT-DOUGLAS~In Toronto, Aug 31st, 1816, by Rev. Dr. W Wilson, Edith Lorene, daughter Mr. and Mrs. "James F. Douglas, of York City, to Garnet Haines Lockett, son of F. G Kingston, Ontario, a np ~- DIED. ve to on Lockett 2A, 1916, Anna Bower. 3 Burial at Sydenham. ESFORD--On Bept. 4th, . 1916, James Lindon, infant son of Mr. and Mrs Sterling Esford. age 1 year & mos N.Y, on Aug a Tot wy Funeral took place this morning ar 19 o'clock to Cataraqyi cemetery, METCALFE-In Kingston; oti Sept. Ind, Evelyn, beloved wifé of H Met- calfe. ; Funeral took place from her late resi. dence, 384 Alfred street, Mono afternoon, to C.P.R. station, In- terment at Harle IN MEMORIAM In loving memory of Riéhard ¥. Howds, « who died Dec 25th, 1915: | % Dear is he grave where darling Rich- Sweet 1s y memory that wil mever 8, ~ 4 Plowers may wither, leaves may- fade~ and die, Others may forget thee, darling Rich. but never shall I ~--His loving wife and child. FAMILAR TOS spied Long"

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