ko i 0 22 PAGES Freeda ered earth . YEAR 83---NO. 216 KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1916 PAGES 5-12 BRITISH ROLL THE ENEMY BACK The Storming Columas of Gen. Haig Sweep On To Bapaume. CERMAN EFFORTS IN VAI ALTHOUGH. THEIR RESISTANCE IS VERY STUBBORN. British Capture 2,800 Prisoners-- The Serbians Are Driving the De- feated Bulgarians in the Directioh of Monastir. > (Special to the Whig.) London, Sept. 16.--Fighting des- "Perately to save themselves from re- treat on a wide front, the Germans * thi ning are throwing battalion afl talion into action against the storming British columns north of the Somme in an effort to check Gen, Haig's advance. By the glare of illuminating bombs men fought like demons all night with bayonet and grenades in the shell-torn country between the roads leadifig down upon Baupaume, Gen. Haig's men are rolling steadily down the slopes leading to Bau- paume, but the German resistance is growing more stubborn as the Bri- tish advance out of the area wrecked. by their artillery. Courcelette, Mar- tinpuich and Flers are firmly in Bri-{ tish hands. A later despatch says--* "The Bri- tish centre has been thrust forward to a point 500 yards north of Fopr- eaux Wood in the violent battle rag-| 'ng north of the Somme, Gen. Haig reported to-day. Five hundred more prisoners have. been captured, mak ing a total of cially reported captured in: the first twenty-four hours of the renewed Sgmme offensive, Four German field guns were cap- tured south of the Ancre last night and two loeal counterattacks by the Germans failed. Though mans resisted desperately, the Teu- tonic commanders made no atempt to organize a great counter-attack. British carried out many succes night raids, entering the enemy the Ger-| 2,800 Germans offi-| French troops, co-operating with the Serbians, are reported to have re- captured the important Greek town of Florina from the Bulgars, said a {Central News despatch from Salonika to-day. - J A German-Bulgarian Victory. (Special To The Whig) . Berlin, Sept. 16.-- Kaiser Wilhelm has telegraphed the Empress from the eastern Mbeadquarters that the Russian-Rumanian forves in Dubfou- dja have been defeated by Von Mac- kensen's forces, Rumanians admit- ted last night that they were retir- ing on this front. The Wily Italians' Work. | (Special to the Whig.) Rome, Sept. 16. Italian troops are now en the offensive om the whole Isonzo front from Goritz to the i%€ea, and the Austrian line has been broken at several places. Austrian ,losses In two days of fighting are said to exceed 10,000: i Doing Fine Fighting. R (Special To The Whig) { "Sdlonika, Sept, 16.--British troops | have crossed the River Struma and |are attacking the jBulgarians at | Dramjmah, Komaja and villages {along the Upper and Lower Gudeli, it | was officially announced to-day. Ar- | tillery duels are going on glong the | Doiran front. GERMAN ALMOST GOT | PTE. GEORGE E. WOOD | Rifle--Bullet Splinters Hit Him in the Right houlder- Shou der Merrickville, Sept. 16.--Pte. Geo. | E. Waod, son of Rev. G. C. Wood, of Merrickville, formerly of Brockville, writes as follows of his experiences {at the front: "Did I tell you how close an escape I had of being sent away with a nice | Blighty. I was on patrol one night {outside the German wire, Another chap and I were covering party while two others were cutting through the | Hun wire. I was lying resting on my right elbow with my revolver pointed [through an opening .in the grass, watching to see that mo Hun patrol | took us by surprise on that flank. A German fired three shots right in | where I was. He must have suspect- |ed something, ag it was a very bright The moonlight night. The first two shots sful mm {sséd, but the third one hit the top of the little mound I was lying be- | hind, splintered, and a few of the | splinters ran into my right shoulder {about a quarter of an inch. I cotildn't | help myself, but let out a little ex- trenches at several places. Message From the King (Special To The Whi London, Sept. today sent the following message to General Sir Douglas Haig, British commander in t "I congratulate you and my brave troops on the brilliant success just achieved. 1 have never doubted that | complatg victory will ultimately crown our efforts, and the splendid results of the fighting yesterday con- firmed this view." Serbians Sweepi (Special hg on hig.) Salonika, Sept. 16.-- Victorious Serbian troops are dtiving the defeat- ed Bulgars in disorderly retreat back toffard the Serbo<Greek frontier in the-direction of the Serbian town of Monastir, said a Serbian official Statement received here to-day. The Bulgarian losses are enormous, one regiment losing: 1,600 men. The French Victorious. (Special To The Whig) Paris, Sept. 16.--German attacks both north and south of the Somme were repulsed by the French last night, . North of the Somme the French consolidated new sitions and re- pulsed a German "attack east of Clery, taking several prisoners. - South of the river the Germans at- tempted to attack east of Berny, but were checked by the French screen of fire. : Four hundred prisoners were tak- en by the French in ' yesterday's fighting, To illustrate the heavy German losses the War Office report- ed that in a single tredch eighty-six German corpses were found. . . In addition to the nine German aeroplanes previously reported shot down yestefday, six others were de- Jenteq and fell behind their own ines, Re-taken Florina, iwi (Special tn the Whig.) ' London, Sept. 16.--Russian and { = WHIG CONTENTS ( Page. 1--War Pictures from All the leton's Expedi- ition to ar Pictures. Fronts; Shack thon! 5 2--~Wanamaker Alaska; Late 3--Kingston 'Views; St. Mary's Cadets: , School. . Childrens' etures from London: Photo a of 1 3 ri Roll Enemy Back: Letter from Germany. 0's Saerifice; Ministers and co 6 Church Services; A 57.year- T<Told ln the Twhlight: Minis. rs ah dom Sued), i i Random » © Sin atre in Khakl. Metho- Financial Meet % 10--Kastern Ontario ey I--Announcements, Amusements, tters: Theatrical, January ba 1 tter; Man on the ~The First Almanac : . ¥ ch Dammants. a. the Countryside. 15--News vob Game™" "The Girl and To4W ngs from Camp Bar- ®) 16.--King George | clamation as it felt as though some- one had poked a red-hot needle into me. At first I told the fellow with me I had a nice Blighty, but on run-|' ning my hand inside my shirt I could hardly find the place. I continued on duty and have done patrol duty | ever since, being on patrol duty ever {since hat night. My pal took the | pleces out with his Knife the next {day. The largest was about the size | of half a small pea ™ Ahead. PREDICTS WAR WILL ) LAST FIVE YEARS 80,8ays Col. Robert Thompson, » President of United States Navy League: Washington, Sept. 16,--Col. Robt. M. Thompson, president of the Navy League of the United States, said yes- terday that the European war will last five years. His prediction is based upon information given him by naval and army experts 'who have been in the war zone. "Our information," said Colonel Thompson, "would lead to the con- clusion that the defeat of Germany is Inevitable. It will, however, take much fighting to expel the Germans from France and Belgium. This Should take two years. fa "Germany seems to have proved that she has within herself the means for carrying on the war indefinitely. Battling within her own borders, she will die very slowly. It would take three years after she is driven back to those borders." NEW VORK STOCKS. The Prices at Which the Good Staff Sold. ° cial Toronto, Sept. & ae Yum) . Close. 106 5 '90 180 $7. 39% 109% 112% Open. +... 106 . 88 Atchison ., .. .. Balt. & Ohio . . C. P. R. St. Paul .. .. . Brie .. .. ... N.Y. Central , . Reading ..",.".. Union Pacific .. . U. 8. Steel Steel of Canada ..-.. Steel Corp ~Twilight: Roxane's + © Activities. of ral = Page: Latest ris. Reports. Automobile Worla » More Difficult: Fin. \ . PUISLEUX # SERRE VALBERT ® ® FRICOURT Scalein Miles . 1 2 3 & MONTAUBAN & GUILLEMONT g>rrianes {LE SARS : --'. GUEUDECOORT MAUREPAS region. FORGED LETTER FROM-CERMAN Acknowledgment of Reception of Parcel By Soldiers From Canada Bogus THE RED CROSS DISTURBED Ottawa, Sept." 16>--Evidence that in one case at least parcels address- ed to a prisoner of war in Germany have not reached the man for whom they were intended, has been secured by Mrs. Willlamy Hogarth, of Ottawa, mother of Corporal Harry Hogarth, of the 8th C.E.F. In the past year Corporal Hogarth has been a prison- er of war and for a year his mother has been sending money through the Red Cross in London, that he might receive supplies of food and clothing. A few parcels reached the prisoner, but the supply ceased after he refus- ed to make munitions for the enemy, and was put {nto a prison. Mrs. Ho- garth has obtained from the Canad- ian Red Cross in London a sample of acknowledgements received there g to be from Corporal He- It was a forgery. » » Ives, United States Vice-Con- Breslau, was appealed to , and has since come from Corporal Hogarth stating that he had been called to the prison office to make a statement, that he had received no parcels except a few at first and that his mail had been very irregular. The discovery of the non-arrival of the parcels and of the foregoing ac- knowledgements in the Hogarth case has caused uneasiness in Red Cross circles here, ' TORONTO PREPARING TO MEET SITUATION Should There be Demonstra= tions Over the Closing of the Bars. (Special To The Whig) Toronto, Sept. 16.--Reports from all sections of this city and from various parts of the province indi- cate that there has been no appear- ance of unusual demonstration to mark the death of the open liquor traffic to-night at 7 o'clock. rumors are afloat that hotel ers In some cities will, at 7 p.m*( do a rapid change from hard drinks to soft stuff and keep open till mid- night, no word has been received here of actual announcements to that effect. Toronto police will be rein- forced tonight, and the military will likely 1d down (heavy pickets, as many . diers are here on leave from Borden and- Niagara camps. Every precaution is-being taken for the ef- fectual handling of whatever situa- tion may develop. mrt ---- STARVATION IN LEVANT Inhabitants of Asiatic Turkey Are In Terrible Plight. London, Sept. 16--An American - woman who recently returned from Beirut, Syria, by way of Turkey, Bul- garia, Austria-Hungary and Ger- mbany, contributes to the Times an account of her two years' experience there. She says: | This is " "The Levant is starving. escribes the plague of locusts in 1915, which de- A the literal truth." She 4 ------ tn ststbinminsd-- 3 Map shows the gain made by the British on Friday last, when they scored the greatest They advapced nearl from Bouleaux Wood to a poi cnr success yet in the Somme y two miles on a six mile front nt north of Pozieres. PREPARING TO RETURN TO FRONT AS AVIATOR Lieut. L. J. Dunham Was Badly Gased--Has Been Given Money for Course. Brockville, Sept, 16.--Lieut. Law- rence J Dunham, a returned member of the first contingent, who was badly gashed, leaves in a few days for Flor- ida to take a course in aviation prior to returning to the front, Mrs. C. Z. Fulford has just given Lieut. Dun- ham $750 to enable him to take the caurse, h a p. hb Shi ddd dd * ALLIES' GOOD WORK. ~(Special to the Whig.) London, Sept. 16.--Martin- nnich has 'been taken by the British. The German line crum- bled before the British assault. Bucharest, Sept. 16.--Severe #* blows have been given the Bul- 4 garians on their east and west #* fronts. The German-Bulgar in- # vasion of Rumania has made no # further progress. Erber Eero PEE PEPE P Beers e | * ------------ IN CLOSING DRINKING PLACES DURING THE WAR What N. W. Rowell, Ontario Liberal Leader, Said On Sept. Sth Before Sailing From England For Canada, (Special to the Whig) Toronto, Sept. 16.--The following Statement was made by N, W., Rowell, K.C., M.P.P leader of the opposition in the Ontario Legislature on Sept. 8th before leaving London, England, The liberal leader sailed from Liver- pool on Sept. 9th: . "'September.16th marks a new era in the industrial and social life of the Province," said N. W. Rowell, K. C., leader of the Liberal opposition in Ontario in speaking with reference to the coming into operation of the new Ontario Temperance Act. Thou- sands of our fellow-citizens have given years of unselfish service to secure the coming of this day; others have cheerfully given up for the pub- lic good that which théy claimed to be their right; and the bill which passed the Legislature without a dis- senting voice comes into operation as an expression of deep conviction as well as of the patriotic spirit of the people of the Province. All I have learned from- Russians of the effect of the prohibition of the sale. of liquor in Russia, and all I have seen and learned in France and Great Britain, confirm the wisdom and pat- riotism of the course pursued in clos- ing all drinking places in Ontario during the war, "When the war is over, and our gallant soldiers who survive the con- flict have returned to their homes, and normal conditions have been re- established, he people of he Prov- © the opportunity of say- ing hey they wish the law to continue, or to revert to former con- ditions.. I am convinced that if the law 1s well enforced it will be as per- manent as our local option laws have proved to be, and the benefits to the whole Province will be gs or greater, than those which have accrued to citizens in local option communities, . "The of the law removes those engaged in the hotel bus- the civil and social disabili ¥ GREAT BRITAIN'S* BiG SACRIFICE Her Achievement inthe War Unparaliclied in All History. AMERCAN LAWYER TELLS WHAT GREAT BRITAIN DONE FOR THE WORLD Realizes How Deeply Concerned Am- ericans Are In the Victory of the Allies--Expects Another Year Of War. sy New York, Sept. 16.--Paul D. Cravath, the corporation lawyer, re- turned yesterday on the American liner Kroonland from a two months' trip to France, where he visited the Somme and Verdun fronts. He said the official figures regarding the aer- fal fighting gave the Germans as losing 120 machines and the Allies 60 during the month o; August.' It was evident, he said, thatthe Allies were preparing for at least another year, of war, if not longer. Mr, Caravath said: + "We in America have no adequate conception of the magnitude of Eng- land's achievements in the war.. The appeal of France has been so simple and direct that one's sympathy and admiration could not go astray, but we have heard so much of England's mistakes and shortcomings that we have lost sight of the real greatness of her achievements. ' By common consent among the Allies, the crea- tion of England's volunteer army, with the mobilization of the indust- ries of the nation for the support of that army, is the most marvellous achievement of the war--always ex- cepting the victory of the Allies in the Battleélof the Marne, which still' remains the miracle of the war. We are apt to forget that before con- scription came, almost 90 per cent. of the available men of England, Wales, Scotland and Ulster had al- ready volunteered, England has as- sembled, trained equipped and offi- cered a volunteer army of about 4, 000,000 No one who has not seen for himsélf can form any con- ception of the gigantic proportions of this task. England has done in two years, by the voluntary action of her people, what it has taken Ger- many and France two generations to accomplish with the most drastic measures of conscription and organi- zation. nd has turned into a veritable armed eamp. ' Sold- fers are everywhere. To" equip and munition this army there aro over 4,000 factories operated by the Gov- "ernment or under its control, many of them built since the beginning of the war. . 'What Britain Has Spent. "In two years England has spent over $9,000,000,000 on her own pre- parations and loaned about $4.000. 000,000 more to her allies and col- onles, After allowing for all the blunders and delays, this gigantic mobilization of the energies of the nation has been accomplished with a prompiness and a universality of sac- rifice and service for which history affords no parallel, The women of England have been wonderful. Hun- dreds of thousands of them, of all ranks, are doing work which in nor- mal times is being done by men. "I, for one, have never realized, as I do now, how"deeply concerned we are in the victory of the Allies, and what terrible risks for the future our government is running in imperilling our friendship with France and Eng- land, to say nothing of the deadening effect .upon_ the spiritual life of the nation which' aloofness from the struggle which ia.convulsing the rest of the civilized world would entail." HAS | | CANADIANS' SUCCESS. (Special to the Whig.) 4° London, Sept. 16.--A Canadi- # an Associated Press despatch 4 says the Canadian troops are % secure and hold the advance of 4 fifteen hundred yards in the're- 4 cent flerce fighting at close # Quarters. Certain battalions 4 suffered severely. ! Pee b 2 Peete | DRUGGISTS NOT IN TRADE. Will Not Handle Intoxicants in Any Form, Peterboro, Sept. 14.--Local drug- gists decided mot to handle liquor when prohibition goes into effect in this province under the Ontario Tem- perance Act gext Saturday, This ap- plies to every form of. the traffic, even to the filling of doctors' pre- scriptions under the Pharmacy Act. Pure alcohol, however, will still be handled, as it is required in the dtug- gists' business as a chemical, and may be purchased as formerly, on a physician's order. - never has had LAST EDITION | THE WORLD'S NEWS ; IN BRIEF FORM. ni ons. MINISTERS AND CERSERRE LABOR UNIONS "a Pithy and Pointed: Way. . | 'Brantford police will get am 'in-{ | .- Crease of:about 20 cents a day. | Rev. F.D. Floyde, Aultsville, has | FOGI Are been appointed rector of the Church ] of the Good Shepherd, East Corn- 3 : : PTE. WALTER H. SWAN. wall. To ' IONORE CHRIST'S TEACHING | ister to the United States.. Serbia | Canada and the United States. | Labor Gathering. | were some of the statements made by | ancial secretary of the local Trades in which he emphasized the need of | had any other organization. It stood should do their bit in the industrial urged the workingmen to take a Moding Ai, Sys Present . Waters. ONTARIO NOT PREPARING John Lubersky, East Meadow, L.I, 100 years old, yesterday had his wife, | LABOR MOVEMENT DOING MORE FOR | WORLD THAN CHURCH. a legation at Washing- | - - A ton, . : | Parliament Cares More For In 'Newark, N.J.,, Charles A. Cain,| That the Parliament of Canada New York, a brother of Postmaster | cared ore for property than for hu- "¥. C. Waters, president of the Domin- fon Trades and Labor Congress, in | and Labor Council. The audience was | small, but what it lacked in numbers organization among the working classes. The professions had 'or- | for an entire change in the economi- i cal and social condition of the peo- So of Hire Ee to ; | warfare, 80 that those now overseas n o rs. " vens, J N eet, who is now interned he Switzerlana' ould, on thelr return, find Sonditions greater interest in the government of their city and country, Eighty-seven 90, arrested on a charge of slashing | Prof. -Kurizagawa, professor of | purty J. W. Cain, Adams, N.Y., wag killed, man lite, that the members represent- an address Friday evening in the La- it made up in appreciation., ganized for their own protection, but {ple. The speaker referred to the after being confined as a prisoner. of | improved, and be inspired to take up per cent. of the electors were work- him with a knife. | Negotiations are in progress with | literature at the University of Tokio Than For Hu Mip--Mem 2 re y v | ers--Vice-Presi Japan, is in Canada on a mission by: Represent Employ Vice. when an ammonia tank in the plant] eq the employers rather than the em- of a milk and cream company. €x« ployed, and that the church had ar- [bor Hall. A. Watchman, vice-presi- dent of the Congress, also spoke. The Mr. Watchman, Mr. Watchman, who was the first the working classes were at sixes and sevens.: The trades labor movement | large number of trades unionists who {have donned the King's uniform, and war in Germany. q arms and continue the struggle for | industrial freedom. ing people, the remaining thirteen per cent. being drones, and there was Serbia for the appointment of a Min- | his governffient to the universities of| dent . Watchman Also Addresses ploded. | raigned itself on the side of capital, | chair was occupied by W. Baxter, firi- speaker, delivered a stirring address, | had done more for humanity than sald that those remaining behind In conclusion, the vice-president Trani es TO MEET EPUCATIONAL DIFFI. CULTIES AFTER THE WAR. "at Toronto--The Education Department Is. Without a Head. (Special to the Whig.) * Toronto, Sept. 16--With the open- Ing of the Ontario schools education- al matters once more take their place in: the sun. 'The future of our pro- . Mr. Waters. vincial educational system presents Mr. Waters, who is a most Interest. a problem to thinking minds; and the | Ing speaker, spoke of the mission of adequacy of the present system to i the Dominion Trades and Labor Con- meet post-bellum conditions is seri-| 8ress, and told of some of the work ously questioned. The gradual re- | it had accomplished. The object of turn of our soldiers is already in the Copgress, he sald, was to secure process. These men are all more or | the enactment of legislation beneficial less incapacitated and unfitted toto the workingman, and Yo prevent fill their previous avocations. The the passing of laws that would be cessation of hostilities will create a| Prejudicial to his interests.., The sithation unparalleled in the histofy | Speaker passed on to pay his respects of this province. It is therefore of |t0 the machinery of government. the utmost importance that prepara-| This machinery, he described, was tions 'should be made to anticipate | designed to give effect to legislation, conditions. The Oniarto Department | 2nd was'invariably put into motion and in Parliament. There were just as capable men to be found jn the ranks of labor as in any other walk lof life. of Education should be grappling tenaciously with the "difficulties which are arising, in order to be in a position to deal effectively with front it at the close of thé war. Facilities for acquiring a technical education: should be ready at hand for the returned soldier, to enable him _to fit himself for some useful occupation. : Insistent demands have been made in almost every section of the public press since the death of Sir James Whitney for a reorganization of the Department of Education in Ontario. Hon. R. A. Pyne is recognized as be- ing totally incapable of administer- ing the educational affairs of the province even 'intimes of peace. With the problems of war facing his department, instead of setting him- self to study the trend of educational events, he is careering around the Old Country with Premier Hearst, acting, it is supposed as Consoler-in- Chief to the Premier in the dire straits in which he and his party find themselves through his weak-kneed leadership. and unprogressive ad- miffistration of the affairs of the province. Sir James Whitney was said to be hia own Minister of Education. Hon. Mr. Hearst can by no means be hand- ed a similar bouquet. And thus we have a department, second to none in importance to the welfare of the province, utterly without a leader. Hon. Dr. Pyne and his genial col- league, the Minisfer of Agriculture, should be shelved at Shee, sad 8 he¥ | blood infused into these two ments of the Ontario' Cabinet. If the Premier is not strong enough to take thig action the people are de- termined to recomstruct the Cabinet in their own fashion at the next genm- eral election. the prodigious task which wili con-! to protect property instead of lives. And this would continue until the labor men sent to parliament repre- sentatives of human lives rather than representatives of property. At present the members of parliament (Continued on Page 7.) Billy Sunday, in a characteristic letter sent to Toronto, congratulates the Ontario people on the advent of prohibition. AAP A DAILY "MEMORA YDU'M See top of page 3, right hand corner for probabilities : seen St rommage sale, 29th, Island Market. Two Billy Matheson meetings Sun- day, Strand Theatre, 4.15 p.m., for men only, 8.15 p.m. all invited. BORN. MERGER At mers Island, on Sept 13th, to Mr" and Mrs. W. J. McKee, a son, INE---At Napanee, on Aug. and VANALST 28th, to Mr. rs. Harry Van- alstine, a son. MARRIED ROBINSO NE tyrER it Napanee : oseph Henry to RRL on ter of W. J. Foster, DIED. ' BOON---In Kingston, on Heptamber 15th, 1916, Jonn Boon, In his 86th year, Funeral (Private) from hig lite resi- dence, 100 tham st Monday ng at 10 o'clock. ° 4 -- AL Richmond, on Sept, ith, ty Arthur, infant son of Mr. and yy John 8. AEA Lister, aged 4 months and-7- days, MceALX - a not-De: i in the city council, in the Legislature Pp Robinson, Foster, 7.