20 PAGES YEAR 83-NO. 222 KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1916 "AIR BATTLES WON BY FRENCH | 'aris, | document in the form of | dential service order has been found Friday Was a Time of Great Aerial Activity on West Front | CLOSING. UP ON CONBLES TRAE GERMANS DEFENDING IN | STRONGLY FORTIFIED HOUSES The British Drawing Along the High- way Leading to Bapaume--QCap- | turing Strongly Fortified Trenches | on a Half Mile Front--Link Upisible." With Others Taken. (Bpecial to the Whig.) . . Paris, Sept. 23.-- French aviators took part in fiftv-six air battle yes- terday, bringing down ten' egemy fiyers, it was officially announced to- day. On perhaps no other day of the war has there been such great aerial activity. Sergt. Baron dropped three shells on the military works at Lud- wigshafen and three others on the manition works at Mannheim, caus- ing a bad fire. On the Somme front French pa- trols, 'which reached the southern edge of the town of Combles in yes- terday's fighting, . found numerous German corpses and took fifteen prisoners. The Germans defended themselves desperately in strongly| fortified houses on the outskirts of the town and from strong under- ground defgnses, There was lively cannonading on the Somme front last night, but south of thie river there were no In- fantry activities. British Successes, (Special to the Whig.) London, Sept. 23.----The British drove forward along the highway leading to Bapaume last night, Gen. Haig reported this afternoon. Kast of Courcelette a strongly fortified system of German trenches was cap- tured on a half mile front. The new- ly captured positions are linked up with 'those captured between Flers and Martinpuich in the previous night's assault. In two night's fighting the British line was pushed forward on a front of a mile and a half in the direction of Bapsume, The Germars emerged from their trenches near Thiepval and made a violent attack west of Mouquet Farm. They were driven back with heavy losses}. oe] Quiet. in Macedonia, (Special po the Whig.) Paris, Sept. 23. -- Bad weather hindered operations on all fronts in Macedonia yesterday, it was officially announced to-day. There were no infantry aptions, excepting patrol fights in the region of Lake Doiran. MOST EFFECTIVE OF AERIAL RAIDS Considerable Damage Done By British on German Positions. -- (Special to the Whig.) London, Sept. 23.-- For the third time within a fortnight British aviators made a raid this morning on the German aerodrome at St. Denis-Westrem in Belgium. An of- ficlal statement from the Admiralty indicated that the raid was the most effective yet made. Considerable damage was done, and there were heavy German casualties, the Ad- miralty stated, in deseribing the op- eration as "highly satisfactory." Be- fore raiding St. Denis-Westrem the aerodrome at Chistelles and Handz- aeme were heavily bombarded. » . Editor Edward Beck and almost the entire staff of the Winnipeg Tele- gram, generally regarded as belong- ing to Hon. Robert Rogers, have been subpoened as witnesses before agri- cultural building probe, as a result of a scathing attack made by that paper on Justice Gault, commissioner in the inquiry, respecting the clash between the Commissioner and Mr. who was a witness, The people of Stratford and vicin- ity have applied for allotments of the new Canadian war loan to the extent of $154,000. a -------- ~~ - ~~ f WHIG CONTENTS 1-=The Freshest War Pictures ortation in New York Hat Artillery Work. Mary's Cadets; Kingsto Nurses Abroad; Many Pic. dures of Kingston soldiers Eh of Ahapal. St. Jos- 3 's hospital, London, Ont. Se S--iffestive Alr Battles: GTR. : Brakeman J Arrested; ist Badly Cut Up: Turks at Dob. urch Services; Money. 7 4 dsby's Letter; Social Mat- J Rakorinla; Random Reels, Ki in Action: Fair © at ,. rawsmith; Mothers' Coun- ay Matters: Theatrical War Camp at : : " 1i--Social News! Roxane's Con. fensions; Activities of Wi. Jtural Page; Lat Mar. Scheme to Otes: Man on : Island of Wonder- Financial =] tario Is Poor Man's the Countryside. Serial "The Dog & World of Sport: "At Father, pa - . |GERMANS EXPECTING GREAT ALLIED DRIVE Officers Instructed to Prepare Inferiors to Take Command of Forces. 23.--A significant a confi Sept. on a German prisoner recently eap- tured. The order is dated September | 14th, and was issued by the chief of the General Staff of toe third army group to the officers. It refers to the 'new battle en- gines employed by the enemy whose cruelty is equalled by their effi- ciency," evidently meaning the new | armored automobiles used by the British, the so-called "Tanks." 'No dou," says the order, 'the enemy will intensify the use of these mon- strous engines and measures must be taken to combat them as far as pos-! The order also says that the recent Anglo-French attacks are but a pre- lude of what is shortly to be ex- pected and enjoins the commanding officers to prepare gradually the in- ferigr and accustom them to take hile commands for all eventualities. The officers, are also notified that the attacked positions\must be held at all costs, whatever the intensity of the bombardment and that officers whose men do not fight to the death are liable to court martial, IT CANNOT CAUSE RESTRAINT OF TRADE By Prohibiting Direct Deliv= eries of Liquor to Consum=- ers in Ontario. (Special to the Whig.) Toronto, Sept. 23.--Serious doubt | is expressed in provincial political | circles as to whether the legislature | will be prepared to respond to any | request which may be made to amend the Ontario Temperance Act at the next session to make direct deliveries of liquor from brewers or distillers warehouse's to individual consumers impossible, The constitu- tional diMiculties in the way are stat- ed to be insurmountable, inasmuch as the British North America Act does not permit of any-legislation which will place restraint upon rade be- tween provinces of the Daminion. Mackensen Preparing to A TRAVELLING OPERATING THEATRE. : : \ Sa The motor field operating theatre which i8 to be presented to the Italian by the Wounded Allies Relief Association. 3 A a TURKISH TROOPS 60-0 DOBRUDJA Where the Fighting Has Now Developed Into Trench Warfare. THE. RETREATING TEUTONS FAILED TO DRAW THE RUSSIANS INTO A TRAP. Make a Stand--Heavy Fight Is Taking Place Between the Armies in Dob- rudja. {Special to the Whig.) London, Sept. 23.--Large "bodies Rogers, | | {« HON. F. E. SMITH. Momber of the New Brunswick Con- #ervative Government, returmed in the C arieton byeselection. WENT UP AGAIN, A New Record in Initial Trading on New York, Sept. 23--Un 'Change. (Special to the Wis) ted States Steel, Common, sold at 115, up 18, and a new record in initial trading on the Stock Exchange to-day. During the heaviest two hour ses- sion Steel, Common, jumped to 117%, an advance of trading since 1908, U. 8. of 43% over yesterday's closing figure. General Electric .. Nova Scotia Steel Smelters . . Cement ... . Steel of Canada Canadian Stocks. Open. L117 «134 Close. 136 I% 65% 64 Steamships . . Steel Corporation . 581% BASEBALL ON FRIDAY. * National League. New York; 5: Chicago, 0. Brooklyn, 11 : Bt. Louis, 1. , 8; Boston, 5. 7: Pittsburg, 4. Chicago, $1 New York, 3. St. ; Cleveland, 1. t, 6; Washington, 5. 6; Philadelphia, 3. To Vote on Question. to the Whig.) 2 23.--The Aus- 0-day passed by a "to 9 a bill calling for a a of Turkish troops are moving north- ward through Bulgaria to join the Bulgars and Germans now engaged in heavy fighting with the Russians and Rumanians in Dobrudja. After several days of fierce fight- ing, much of which occurred in the open, the Dobrudja battle has set- tled down to trench warfare, with first one side and then the other at- tempting to breach the enemy's lines. . A Bucharest despatch to-day re- ported that the retreating Teutons made an unsuccessful effort to draw the Russians into a trap, but the German flanking operations were de- feated. It also said that the retreat of Mackensen's army in Dobrudja has halted, and Mackensen is prepar- ing to make a stand. VALUABLE TROPHY. Second Canadian Division Sends Home German Machine Gun. Ottawa, Sept. 23.--The militia de- partment is in possession of a Ger- man trophy of real value. It is a Hun machine gun, captured by the Canadian second division at Ypres. The gun has been sent over from Canadian headquarters at the battle front, and is the most {nteresting of several battlefield trophies. / -------------- cc: ess (Special to the Whig.) Athens, Sept. 23.--Al- lied troops are within an hour's march of the Ser- bian town of Kenali, just across the Greek frontier, on the. Florina-Monastir railway. It is "#glieved the position will be taken at the first assault. The Bulgars have partially evacuated i Monastir, and are removing some guns fro Babes Pass de- fenises. The Belgian cav- alry are now assisting the Allies, also Greek revolu- tionists. -_ 2 (Oped tothe Whig) ~~ London, Sept. 23.--An | ONTARIO LIBERAL CLUBS PROGRAMME FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF FEDERATION On The 11th of October In London, | Ont. --Sir Wilfrid Laurier, N. W, | Rowell and Hom Mr, Norris, Win- nipeg, to speak, 8pecial to the Whig.) London, Ont., Sept. 23.-- The an- nouncement was made today by the London Liberal Club of the prelimin- ary draft of the programme for the annual meeting of the Ontario Feder- ation of Liberal Clubs, which is to be held on Oct. 11th. This is the big gathering in conmection with which it has been already announced that Sir Wilfrid Laurier, N. W. Row- ell, and Hon. Mr, Norris, Prime Min- ister of Manitoba, will be speakers at the evening banquet. Every delegate to the annual meet- ing will attend the while provision has been made for several hundred other visitors to the banquet. and the latter, whether members of the club in aMillation with the Fed- eration or not are being invited to the afternoon meeting as well. This meeting will \be held in Hy- man Hall, the large auditorium of the London Liberal Club, and the mro- gramme promises to be most interest- ing. Following the preliminaries which commence at one o'clock, three or four topics will be freely discuss- ed by the rank and file of the Liberal party. One of the srhisets to be dls. | cussed will be "Lawless Legislation" | and the delegates are invited to come | prepared to give instances within their cognizance of the autocrptic | "The Public Attitude Toward Graft" | and "The Patronage System' are to | be discussed, while the subject that | "Canada's Duty To Her Soldiers." | The Federation executive is selecting | four representative members tb lead | in the discussion and all other speak- | ers will be limited to five minutes | each, The tickets for the banquet are being sent out only where the dollar | admission fee has been sent to C. C.! Ferguson, secretary at London, and these are to be accompanied by dele- gate badges as a reception committee | has been appointed to make the visi-| tors welcome. Already the appli- | cations for tickets are numerous, and | the accommodation of 350 seats, re- | served for Liberals outside of Lon-| don, is likely to be spoken for within | the next week especially as the rail-| ways are glving a round trip at al fare and a third from all places west | of Toronto. | in -- 12,000,000 SHELLS FIRED. Sept. 23.--During the bombardment -- that preceded the! British advance 'on the Somme Fri-| day, the British guns must have thrown at least 12,000,000 shells on the Germans lines and positions, says Malcolm Ross, war correspondent with the New Zealand forces. Canadian shipping interests are up in arms against 'a by-law of the Mersey docks board prohibiting la- Boe at the Liverpool docks on Sun- ¥. 3 unconfirmed wireless des- SHEE EEELEIEI III IO I0 CTR. BRAKESHEN Charged With Stealing Goods From Some STOLEN GOODS ARE "FOUND methods of the Ontario Governmant+the proceeds of other car robberies. | Barrett for "theft, | Wilton, 120; Enterprise, 75; Whit- Wd Government = INDER ARREST Gars At Napance. IN BRAKESMAN DICKSON'S HOME AT BROCKVILLE. Silas Woodcock Loses Part of Thumb--No Drunks all Week at Napanee -- Cheese Sold at 21 Cents. : (From Our Own Correspondent) Napanee, Sept. 23.--A number of boxcars on the C. N. R. and G. T. R, tracks here have been broken into during the last week and d quantity of goods stolen, including drygoods, groceries, candies, etc. The Chief of Police has been working on the case, and ad a result Benjamin Dick- son and Donald Beach, of Brock- ville, G. T. R. Brakesmen, were ar- rested in Belleville Thursday night, charged with stealing the goods. When Dickson's home in Brockville was searched a large quantity of stolen goods were found, apparently VENIZELOS TO HEAD THE REVOLUTIONISTS? He Will Wait Brief Time to See What the King Does. Athens, Sept. 23.-p Ex-Premier Venizelos, in an 'interview evaded a request to deny or verify the report that he was going to Salonika to head a temporary Greek revolutionary Government. He answered: "If the King will not hear the voice of the people we must ourselves decide what to do." He added, however, that he was resolved to "wait a brief time yet," and see what action the Kalegorop- oulos Cabinet would take, Phe ex-Premier expressed the opin- ion that of the Bulgar-German forces are successful, "certainly all of Mace- donia is lost to Greece." He denounc- ed Bulgaria and Germany for "violat- ing their pledge by occupying Greek territory. After arguing at length in favor of Greek intervention on the Allies' side he added: "And finally we are, perhaps, on the werge of making, now at least, | thai war which we have not fought, but ave paid for in blood, tears and treasure." PRAIRIE PROVINCES GROW IN POPULATION In Spite of Drain of War and Recent Commercial Depression. o Ottawa, Sept. 23.--The results of the quinquennial census of the Prai- rie Provinces taken last June by a large staff employed by the Census Department will be announced with- in a few days. The population figures are now practically completed and will be issued in installments, giving first the urban populations and after that the populations of the rural districts. While no definite figures are yet available for publica- tion, it is understood that the gen- eral results show that there has been some increase in the total population in the three provinces despite the drain of the war and the effect of the commercial depression of two years ago. The increase, however, is small compared with the big increase of the preceding five years, when settlers were pouring into the west and everything was booming. Among the cities Winnipeg shows the largest increase dn population. ENDING ENEMY FIRMS. Businesses Wound Up Under the London, Sept. 23.--Between Janu- ary 87th and August 19th of this year no fewer than 312 énemy busi- nesses have been wound up under the Defence of the Realm Amend- ment Act. These businesses repre- sent many millions of capital. A very large number of them were companies which had been register- ed in this country as English limited liability concerns, but in which enemy capital and interest predominated. In several instances the share capital ran into hundreds of thousands of pourids. In other cases, with a small capital, the concern had en- ormous ramifications over the whole British Empire. . The official who winds up the busi- nesses realizes the assets, pays off creditors and hands over to the pub- The articles stolen from the cars in Napanee were all recovered. The] promises to arouse great interest is| Accused will "be brought here for latter nav trial. | Silas Woodcock, an employee of | the - Gibbard Furniture Co | met with an accident, resulti 1 the loss of part of his thumb, whilst operating a saw at the factory. __Not a drunk has appeared in the police court this week, which is something unusual. Annie Schnyver, arrested by Chief appeared befdre Magistrate Rankin, pleading guilty to the charge, and as there wad a previous conviction against her, she wag sentenced to not"less than three months and not more than two years in the Mercer refofmatory. At the weekly meeting of the Nap- nee Cheese Board yesterday the fol- was boarded and sold for 21 cents: ! White--Moscow, 100; Kingsford, | 65; Selby, 125; Deseronto, 110. | Colored -- Napanee, 105; Forest | Mills, 100; Union, 140; Odessa, 130; | Farmers' Friend, 80; Marlbank, 50; Camden East, 115; Johnson, 45; a lowing cheese man Creek, 40; Bay View, 35. MUNICIPALITIES WANT THE SEYMOUR TAXES Mayors and Reeves Will Ask Hydro Commission to 'Modify Action. Port Hope, Sept. 23.--The Mayors and Reeves from all the municipali- ties in the counties of Victoria, Peter- boro', Ontario, Durham and North- umberiand met here. As. a result of v Sesstttetetieteces lic trustee any amount which would be payable tc enemy subjects. The cute are vested in the Public Trusice until the termination of the war, when the money will be dealt with in such manner as the King may, by Order in Council, di- rect. The winding-up means "that the businesses are swept away as far as the enemy owners are concerned. One of thesé businesses was recently disposed of by the Public Trustee for £500,000. Reprisals are threatened by the German Federal Council. According to the Berliner Tageblatt, Germany holds £75,000,000 of British asséts, but this sum can be increased by more than £60,000,000 if the British as- sets in Belgigm added. URGES STERNER METHODS. Times Says New Greek Cabinet Set of Intriguers. London, Sept. 23.--The Times, in an editorial urging sterner methods by the Entente in Greece says: "The new Greek Cabinet is a collection of puppets and intriguers, whose posi- tion would be merely ludicrous were it not fraught with danger to their country and embarrassment to the Allies. They have been called to the office for the sole object of thwarting the Entente. "It is notorious that th n are hostile to the Allies; that they desire the victory of our enemies; that their underhand manoeuvres against us are limited only by their fears. 'We must end this state of affairs, which daily become more dangerous to the interests of the Entente." A and Polang are PAGES 512 C se-- LAST EDITION 21ST BATTAL BADLY CUT UP Four of its Officers Were Killed And + Fourteen Wounded. UEDT FANK IEE DEAD ALSO IIEUTS. BROWNLEE, AL- LEN AND NORTON-TAYLOR. sami sn The 78rd and 87th of Montreal Also Heavily Cut Up~--The Canadians Took 1,200 Prisoners at Courcel- ette. Ottawa, Sept. 23.--Private advices received in Ottawa are to the effect that the 21st Kingston Battalion, formerly under command of Brig.- Gen. W. St. P. Hughes, and now com- manded by Lieut.-Col. Elmer Jones, Brockville, has been badly cut up in the. recent fight at Courcelette and Martinpuich. Of 36 officers it is stated four have been killed and 14 wounded. The killed include Lieut. Frank McGee, the well-known hockey player; Lieut. Brownlee, Lieut. B. . Allen and Lieut. Norton-Taylor, Other regiments which have been heavily cut up include the 73rd Mon- treal and the 87th Montreal Battalion of Montreal. Lieut. Arthur E. Goodeve, of the Princess Patricias, son of Commis- sioner A. 8. Goodeve, of the Rail- way Commission, has been killed in action. Word of his death was re- caived from Capt. Harry T. Good- eve, yesterday. Lieut. Goodeve was killed by the bursting of a shell over the' trench on which he was at the time. He won his commission on the field. Canadians Took 1,200 Prisoners. London, Sept. 23.--Percival Phil- lips, writing to the Dally Express from headquarters. says there was nothing spectacular about the fight- ing before Courcelette so far as the Canadians were concerned. It was just plain straightforward work, ably assisted by British guns. Bavarians hung on to their crumbling third line better than their enemies liked it, for they knew the outcome, Can: adians gathered in about twelve hun- dred prisoners all told from Cource- lette and round about, but the enemy put up wu good. in the usual m he would be killed anyway. War Tidings, The French Government on Fri- . day voted. war -credits for the re- mainder of the year, totalling nine billion francs. Berlin reports that the French sub- marine Foucaus was sunk in the Southern Adriatic by bombs from Austrian naval aeroplanes. The crew of twenty-nine were taken prisoners. The German and Dutoh Govern- ments agree to submit the question of the sinking of the Dutch liner Tubantia to an international com- mittee after the war. DAILY MEMORANDUM ! Hunrisq prayer meeting at Y.MCA. Sunday, am, See top of Jase 3, right hand corner Mties. ¢ for probabil Remember Billy Matheson meeting. Strand Theatre, 3.p.m. Special music; - all Invited. COWILING--At Napanee, on Sept. 17th, to Mr. and Mrs. Victor Cowling, a son. BOVAY---At Christian Street, Sept. 15th, to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bovay, a daughter, ~~" MARRIED. CARRETTE-SPENCE--At Rhodes Ave. "Presbyterian church, Toronto, on Wednesday, September 20th. 19186, Jennie Hazlette, fifth daughter of Mrs. A. Spence (formerly of King- #ton) to Frederick W. Carrette (of the 180th Battalion), Toronto a SARGENT-REID---At Stella on Sept. 20, Jarems by the a da Priscilla, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Reid, to George C. Bargent, son of Mrs. D. Sargent of this city. --~ DIED. Cal, Kachina (nee fle Anderson, Picton). nterment in Glenwood cemetery, Pleton. HOUSTON---In O Neb, on Sepls Campbell, w i Houston, INER~--In M BUCE 17th, res. WIOOD--in Ameliasburg, on Sept. 13th, Bertha Darling, 'e of Abraham Wood, aged 45 years. t. 23nd, ton, on hy william Tait, wed 15 years. from his late residence, 1% Funeral C fireet west, day af- ternoon, at 3 o'clock to Cataraqul