Eo force and was reported to be friendly 12 PAGES eC 0 u U Bri YEAR 88-NO. 224 KINGSTON, ONTARIO, 'TUESPAY, SEPTEMBER 26. 1916 LAST EDITION ~ BRITISH TRO Ke POINT OF GERMAN ~ BATTLE LINE TAKEN The Bitish Capture of ¢ Combles is Most Striking Single Achievement of Whole Somme ~ Offensive. | (Spécial to, thé Whig.) 1 London, Sept. 26. ComBles, the key point of the whole German battle line from Bapaume to Peronne, has been cap- tured by the British after eighteen hours of most furious bat- thing north of the Somme. Gen. Haig this afternoon an-= nounced that the British troops entered Combles, overcoming the German resistance. The enemy's losses the official. re- port said, were severe. : The British vietory, achieved after perate driving against the German centre, is the most strik- ing single achievement of the whole Somme offensive. It removes one the last two obstacles to an Anglo-French thrust to Squeeze the Germans out of Peronne, one of the two objects of the great Allied advance. The capture of -Combles followed a day and night of most brilliant Allied successes, including the capture of the vil- lages of Morvai and Les Boeufs by the British, and Rancourt and Fregicourt by French. In summing up the day's successful operations, Gen. Haig reported that 1.500 Germans were captured by the British, and that more prisoners are being brought in. The work of listing large supplies of war material also saplured has not been completed. Combles' fell after the thrusts by both the British and, French in yesterday's fighting. which drew a noose about the | German garrison which made their escape almost impossible. | For weeks the Germans. had used the town. with its wonder- ful system of fortifications, as a pivot point from which to swing attacks north and south at the Allies' lines. The! British not only gained this important victory, but pressed forward in their drive toward Bapaume. A strong redoubt| between Les Boeufs and Guerdecourt fell before the British attack. The French also swept forward again last night, car- fring Fregicourt village, and later repulsing the German at- tacks against the positions won yesterday. three weeks of des- f ol "ONLY A QUESTION OF TIME® TILL GERMANY-COLLAPSES (Special to the Whig.) many's sympathitors as to the ulti-| New York, Sept. 26. The Tribune mate outcome of the conflict. It is! in its leading editorial, under the patent to the least trained military | caption * 'Defeated Germany," says: eve that Germany Is beaten. Ger- | "Au we approach the end of the [TARY hag had her chance, and shel third campaigning period of the j, se Bi enemies pos-| great war, one fact stands out clear session inferior numbers of trained! beyond all cavil. 'There Is no longer troops when she cose to strike. Now any question in the minds of any numbers, preparation and everything . have turned against her. It is only but the most pronounced of Ger-", quastion of time." STOOK MARKET The Quotations on the New York! Stock Exchange. New York Stocks. Open. 106% 178% . 66% 97 . «89% .1085 130% 32% 113% 148% 67% we 19 L116 98 THE * 2439044344944 4 BULGARS HEAVY LOSSES. | (Special to the Whig.) Paris," September 12. Very Bulgarian forces launching a powerful attack 'against the French near Arnie- nohr, east of Florina, fled in disorder after sustaining tre- wgndous losses west of Florina. The French and Prussian troops captured 54 machine guns in violent fighting Close. | Atchison 105% | C.-PR, Ches. & Ohio . St. Paul Erie .. "ia New York Central Narfolk & West, Northern Pacific | Reading » Union Pacific Car Foundry .. Locomotive Smelters .. iin Anac onda Copper a 113% 148% GREEK STAFF. CHIEF RESIGNS 983% Gen. Moschopoulos Reported Friend ly To Cause of Allies, cial to the--Whig.) Londedi, Sept. 26.--General Con- stantine Moschopoulos, chief of the! &tafl of the Greek army, has resigned. | He commanded the Greek forces at | , Salonika at the time of the landing | of the Anglo-French expeditionary . Canadian Steel Corpn. Steamships .. .. .. . { Cement .. N. §. Steel .. | Steel of Canada .. 59% 65 64% Stocks. .. 60% 34% . 66% 135% 656% Toronto Live Stock. | Receipts fair, market steady. ! Spring lambs, $9 to $10.35; hogs, fed | and watered, $11.90 to $12; fo.b.,| $11.15; off cars, $12.15 to $12.25.! Others unchanged. Chicago Wheat Market. September... ..... .. December. . .. .. May. as » ids Liverpool Cagtan. September. . .. $0.44 September and October cava 344 October and November .- .. 9.43% | wilt coSrnys 3 | GERMANS GO TO FORT ' After Being Held at Police Station About Three Weeks. tothe cause of the Allies. Loan Doubly Subscribed, . (Special to the Whig.) Ottawa, Sept. 26.-- The new Cana- dian war loan has been doubly sub- reribed. A hundred million dollars asked for. Over two hundred mil- lion dollars: has been subscribed. This makes three hundred millions' raised in Canada by the two floata- tions of this and last year. vim be ~ 155% | Page. 1--Conibles Has Fallen; Fregi. court Taken; Special Hatred of Canadians; Ultimatum to t. Peters. 2--Kingston Industrial 'Degerters Lined Up. 3---Prince Edward Prize Letters from Trenches +~Saitoria} Notes: Random S-AUimatum to Capt Soldier s Speech, 8--News of Eastern Ontaric Ty Musdeinsnts, Announcements s--Calieq for Volunteers: Mili. Le ers: Theatrical s-Bareienerd War Camp: ancial News. 10---Roxane's Confession' 11---News from the Countr 12In the Werld of 8por: ns Fn Father Fair; | been held in the police station for nearly on weeks, have been re-| moved to . They were, arrested on a charge of having as- | sisted in the pe of two Germans | trom Fort Henry a short Boy to. The e_militar authorities ha in enquiring into their deen brs on on Monday order came "Yor their} i List; | Peters; removal to the The resignation 'of Gott! von | foreign Tar is went. 11 heath is given as ihe \. Sq | Montreal, jand in Convocation | University, of Germany and Austria | under one of the most terrific | was officially' admitted noon. The statement says: | lages on the line The two young Germans, who save) 8,000 GERMAN SAMPLES TO BE ON EXHIBITION | Manufacturers of Canada Can bo Have Them Examined by Expert Wor Workmen. "261 Conimeérce is sending | invitations to Ottawa, Sept. of Trade and out extensively and Austrian samples of manufactur-| ed praducts collected overseas and se- | sured for Canada for a limited! They will be exhibited at the |W Li, r Club, from Sept, 28 to Oct. 7, Hall; - Toronto from Oct. 23 to Nov. 6, It will be a business man's exhibi- tion, having in view both the exten- sion of the home market and a ecap-| ture of a portion of the export trade! Manufae- | turers may have thg samples examin- | ed By expert workmen. The exhibi- tion. wi]l not be open to the public, but any manufacturer will be wel-| comed. : BERLIN ADMITS ALLIES 5 VION, The German War rm Tells of Foes Fighting For Co For Combes. | MASSED EMPLOYMENT OF THE WORLD'S WAR INDUSTRY. Successes Obtained by the Enemy and the Conquest of a Number of Villages Must Be Recognized, Says the Berlin Statement. (Special to the Whig.) Berlin, Sept. 26.--The loss of several villages to the Allied forces at- hole Somme offensive, this , after- tacks of the "The Allied infantry, after a four- day artillery duel, launched a uni- form attack between the Ancre and | the Somme. Fighting commenced at noon, and went on last night with the,same fury. he successes obtained. by the enemy east of Faucourt-L'Abbaya, and the conquest of villages on the line of Gaudecourt-Bouchacesnes must be recognized, but before all we must think of our heroic troops, | who face the united Anglo-French | | principal forces and the massed em-| | ployment of the whole world's war | industry prepared for many months. | "At other points," says the state-| ment, "French assaults failed." statement | The German official that the Allies have conquered vil-| of Gauderourt. | Bouchavesnes is seemingly an ad-| | mission that Combles has been cap- | tured by the Allies. The village ot} Les Boeufs, Morval and Combles lie on the line indicated. JUSTICE GALT. (Who sentenced the staff of the Win- nipeg Telegram for contempt of Sour, | A civil action has been entered a } gain him by a confidential adviser of Ton. | Robert Rogers for the | the newspaper men, BASEBALL ON MONDAY National 'Boston, 5-3; Pittsburg, 0-2. Chicage, 7-2; Brooklyn, 4-4, New York, 1-6; St. Louis 0.2. Philadelphia 4; Cincinnati 0. confinement ot| Chicago, dS «New York, 1. Boston, 2; Cleveland, Washington, 8; Detroit, 5. Edward Joseph Kelly, Philadel Abs rs. Jhmeritar Field Service, was killed visit | { the exhibition of over 8,000 German | 155 Drummond street, | i % thousand Teutons of Von Mac- rai ---- TROOPS HAVE ENTERED VILLA OF COMBLES E-- 7 WITH THE FRENCH ON THE SOMME FRONT. ! | --The Departnient| i laughing diabolically. was advancing over No Man's Land. | Suddenly they heard the frightful, | blood-curdling sounds. It was as| though the tribes of the Blackfeet | were upon the warpath, yelling as| they swung their tomahawks, dane- | ing 'round their scalped victims. i The Germans hated to hear 00H, It was as though all el upon them; They turned | oise. devils of hell were and 'fled. +! personal tion with the German Foreign Sec- | | Kavala, GERMANY TO RETURN | KIDNAPPED GREEKS Under Certain Conditions, | ULTIMATUM TO. CAPT. PETERS Must Return {o the. Water Department or Resim. bo CEN WEEK TO DECDE Which Are Announced by | Secretary Jagow. London, Sept. 26.--A Reuter's de-| spatch from Amsterdam -says that] according to a telegram from Berlin| the Greek Minister in Berlin, in a] and 'confidential conversa- retary, G. von Jagow, intimated that | his Government would be pleased if | Germany would soon transport the | Greek troops, who surrendered at to Switzerland, whence they i could be returned to 'Greece The German Foreign Secretary re- | plied that Gernrany was adhering | loyally to the agreement to treat the! | Greek troops as guests, and also was | ready to meet the desire of the Greek | { Government for their return, but that French and British aviators studying the Boche war= | SAYS- THE TEUTONS: FACE plane, a brand new model. | S0tnh ier hite tiiaees sod * + SPLENDID WORK. * + (Special to > the Ww hig ) London, Sept. 26. --Two * + + Kensen's army have been made # # prisoners in the Dobrudja, a big + % victory by the Russo-Ruman- + + fans. SPP PRPPEL PIR eps ADMITS GERMANY SUFFERS Dr. Karl Helfferich Says There Will be Great Privations. Berlin, Sept. 26, by wireless to Sayville.--Adressing the representa- tives of the Greek economic union, Dr. Karl Helfferich, secretary of the interior, said: 'Nobody can deny that Germany suffers heavily under the British crimes of commercial war and that the German nation in the third war year must sustain the greatest sacrifices and privation, but the exceptionally bad harvest last year proved that Germany cannot be vanquished by famine." Dr. Helfferich declared that in spite of the mobilization of millions of men for war, the industries of the country maintained a high position. Late reports Monday cated further gains by |lans in Dobrudja. FRENCH TROOPS TAKE VILLAGE night indi- the -Ruman- FRENCH AND BRITISH ADVANCE ON TWELVE MILE FRONT. A Storming Attack Swept the Ger. mans Out of the Village--A Ger- man Attack Repulsed and 800 Prisoners Taken--Germans Lose Heavily at Another Point. "(Special to the Whig.) Paris, Sept. captured the village of Fregicourt, a little more thay a mile east north- east of Combles, last night, closing still further the Anglo-French noose about the German garrison of Come "bles. The War Office also announced to- !day that French advmnce guards | penetrated the Combles cemetery, | while dthers reached the. southern edge of Combles. Southwest of Com- bles a German trench was captured. The capture of Fregicourt was ac- complished with scarcely %any lull in the great battle that began yester- day, when the British and French advanced simultaneously on a '12- A storming attack last thé Germans out of 26.--French troops |, {SPECIAL HATRED OF CANADIANS : { { | +| Indian War Whoops By ¢ By Canadian ote 3 Put Huns to uns 10 Flight. MEN FROM THE DOMINION HAVE PAID THE GERMANS BACK LIFE FOR LIFE. Capture of Courcelette One of the Astonishing Things in Battle of Somme -- Ome Counter-Attack Repulsed With Grotesque Comedy. By Philip Gibbs On the British Front, Sept. 26.-- Germany seems to have a special hatred of the Canadians. The Can-| adians have paid them back life for | life. The trappers among them have de- vised cunning ways for crawling at night over No Man's Land. Red In- dian tactics are used between the snipers, and the Germans are never sure what men are coming against them. Below Courcelette to get informa- tion they sent out a number of bomb throwers just before the Canadian attack was launched. The German bombers,out of the darkness, sud- denly pounced on a bit of trench, flinging hand grenades and trying to grab the British as prisoners. They had short innings. Not a man went back. A Canadian machine gun op- erator named Lewis killed those mounting the British parapet, and an officer with twelve bomb throwers accounted for the others. Canadians Cool. This awkward happening at the hour of the grand attack, when the men were waiting for the word to go, might have disorganized the whole plan, but the Canadians did not let it make any difference. At the exact moment waves of men swept over the dead bodies of the ders. A great tide rolled over No Man's Land. A long way beyond the outskirts of Courcelette and across the open country the German shells were fall- ing, tossing up great masses of earth as large as village churches. Smoka, esrth and flying shell splinters filled the air. Through such fields the Canadians went, losing men, but never losing their heads or their|, grim courage. Outside Courcelette they stopped to dig in and take breath. At a con- ference of officers those still un- wounded in the ranks asked the same quest hy not take Courcelette itself?" An Astonishing Capture. The capture of Courcelette was one of the astonishing things in the battle of Somme. There were seven coun Shire theta sailors, actual and efficient guarantees must be received that the troops now un- dér German protection are not to be intercepted by the Entente while re-|, turning home, nor to be punished for! "loyal and neutral feelings and | their actions." - dd & SOD TRAPPED THE TEUTONS (Special to the Whig.) London, Sept. 26.--The Brit- ish have captured two fortress- es and trenches to a depth of a mile, severing the German com- munication with Combles. Trap- ped by the lightning advance of * both the French and British % wings in yesterday's great % storming attack. The German force estimated at from 2,000 to 3,000, has been surrounded # at Combles. Their surrender is believed certain unless the Teu- tonic counter-attack opens a # wide gap for "their retreat. +* + + * FIPEP000000000 $400000 $000 SX (NES WERE LOST WHEN THE STEAMER ROBERVAL SANK AT OSWEGO. N. Y. { The Lumber Cargo Listed, the ou) to.' Shipped Water and Foundered-- How the Survivors Escaped Death. (Special to the Whig.) Oswego, N. Y., tered lifeboat, half filled with wates, exhausted rived at the coast guard station at! 2 o'clock this morning with the story | of the sinking of the steamer Rober- | val, loaded with lumber, Ottawa to| Oswego, six miles off this port, at 8 o'clock last night. Six members of down. The lost are Captain Peter Eli, Ottawa, owner. | Mate Joe Perrisien, Alfred, Ont. Cook Jennie Parent, Ottawa. | Firemen Marcells Messiner and | Henry Sagain, Hull, Que. Deckhand Theordore LeRoy, Hull, | | the crew went The survivors of the wreck are: | Engineers Phillip Trotier, Hull; | Oliver Osagen, Ottawa. | Wheelsman Eddie St. Anne de Bellevue. In a heavy sea, the Roberval's| deckload of lumber listed. Waves! dashed into the craft, sinking her. | The crew was ~ washed overboard. LeRoy was struck by a board and sank immediately. The survivors'| escape was miraculous. Trotier was thrown into the lifeboat and he pick-! ed up Osagen and Lagoe from the! lake.. The sea then dashed the life-! boat away from the wreck. Other| members of the crew sought safety| on lumber, but a search to-day failed to bring about their rescue, | and they are given up as lost. The! Roberval was a steel boat. { Lagoe, | In face of heavy German cdlinter:| attacks, the British and French have | held all:-ground gained Somme river. shelling heavily for a fresh advance. r ' ZEPPELIN RAID; 29 PERSONS KILLED . (Special to the Whig.) London, Sept. 26. -- ' Twenty-nine were killed in last } Zeppelin raid on d, the second within fo . eight hours, Gen. French, commander of the Home Forces, reported to-day. A number of small houses 'were wrecked or dam- aged, but the raiders were successfully driven away from the industrial centres. No damage was done any faclories or military establishments. - {- { WOULD BE GIVEN 2999934444 4444444 r "electric bill for May. Sept. 26.--In a bat-| after an eight-| hour fight with wind and waves, ar-}| | Friends and acquain' near the | The Allied artillery is! COMPLETE | CHARGE OF COLLECTION STAFF. Commission to Assume Direct Con- trol Over Its Employees in Treas- ury Department--OCampbell Power to Be Turned on Wednesday. Capt. William Peters, casualty of- ficer of the 3rd military district, was given one 'week by the Utilities Com- | mission at its meéting: Monday after- noon to decide whetlief he will re- main with the militia or resume his duties as receiver of water rates. | Should he decide on the latter course of action, he will he given charge of all the Commission's employees in | the city buildings. It is the inten- tion of 'the Commission to pay all its employees in the city building direct- ly, and to have them come under its | sole control. If Capt. Peters decides [to devote all his time to the affairs of the Commisston, Tre will take up ns additional responsibilities on the understanding that as he increased the efficiency of the staff and decreas- ed the operating expenses his salary would be increased. General Manager Folger announc- ed that he expected to couple up with the Campbell power lines on Wed- nesday, and would begin by taking 200 horse power for street lighting. Saved 28 Cents. Ex-Ald. R. G. Armstrong appear- ed before the Commission and asked that the sum of 28 cents, the amount of the discount, be struck off his Hosiaunad that as a result of the bill being de at the wrong place he did not get it in time to avail himself of the dis- count. "Pay the twenty-eight cents, and let the matter drop," suggested a Commissioner, { "I will pot," emphatically replied | Mr.:Armstrong. "It is not the money but the principle that I am objecting On motion of Commission Elliott, | it was decided to lop off 28 cents | from the bill. Ministerial Protest, Rev. J. D. Boyd also addressed the Commission in regard to a grievance which had arisen in connection with the removal of a metre from his | residence. Mr. Boyd, before going to his summer home, had the metre removed. On his return to the city he desired to have it installed, but (Continued on Page 6.) DAILY MEMORANDUM See top a f 3080 3, right hand corner { for probabil Hear evangelst BHly | Bethel church tonight at Matheson at 8 o'clock, BORN, PAYNTER-On Saturday, Sept 23rd, 1916, to Mr. and Mrs. Frederick T. Paynter, 138 Ordnance #treet, a son, DIED. EBLLIOTT-~In Kingston, on Sept. 26th, 1916, Annie Elliott, eldest daugh- ter of the late Robert Ellott. Funeral from Cgand Trunk inner sta- ho at 1.3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept 27th, to Cataragui cemetery. ces are respect 25th, aged fully invited to en SMITH In Kidgston, on Sept. 1916, George Leslie Smith, thirty-nine: year. . Funeral will take place from his late residence, 542 Fon street, Tues- day at 2.30 p.m. to taraqui ceme. tery. Friends 'and acquaintances are respect- fully invited to attend. iN WEMORIAM loving memory of iia Dud. ley Joyner, who lost his life at Asn herst Island, on Sept. on 191 15, aged' 47 years, 7 months, 10 days ne year has p today, and yet we miss him; friends ma: wound is healed, but little do they know the sorrow that Hes within od¥ hearts concealed. Dear is the grave beneath the cruel waters where my husband lies. Old friends may forget, but never shall his children or I, his wife. In ~~ Wife and Children. e