YEAR 84: "No. 190 The Daily British Whig [=~ KINGSTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1917. en . hg STRIKES AGAIN NORTH OF YPRES re ---------- The British Capture Langemarck---Cana- dians Hold All Newly-Won Positions Dominating Lens Despite Desper- ate German Counter-Attacks. / -------- (Special to the Whig.) London, Aug. 16.-- Field Marshal Haig struek again to-day this time in Belgium, north of Ypres. At 4.45 this morning the British and French attacked on a wide front, Heavy fighting was reported, but progress was be- ing made at atl eB in 8pite "of stubborn resistance by the enemy, the British commander stated. : The attack was on the line running to the east aid north of « Ypres, where bitter fighting took Plate in the first recent as- sault in Flanders. : The Canadians to-day slill held the positions dominating Lens, -which were taken yesterday, despite strong German counter-attacks during the night. Attempts of the Germans to regain Hill 70 and other important positions continued during the night, Gen. Haig reported, but all were repulsed. In their counter-attacks the enemy sustained heavy casualties. At least one entire enemy divis=- ion was practically wiped out in the counter-at- tacks by the Germans. The Fourth Guards division was caught in the midst of the deadly cannon fire and was practically annihilated. Langemarck Captured by the British. (Special to the Whig.) London, Aug. 16.--Field Marshal Haig's troops captured Langemarck at noon to-day, Premier Lloyd George announced in the House of Commons. Twolve hundred prisoners and five guns were cap=- tured. 1915, that the Canadian llant stand that prevented the Ger- reaching Calais. It was at Langemarck in April, First Division made the g mans breaking through -- In Conjunction With With the British. (Special to the Whig.) Paris, Aug. 16.--The official statement to-day says: 'After violent and minute artillery"preparation, the French' launched an attack at daybreak in conjunction with the British right. Our infantry irresistibly rushed the enemy positions on both sides of the Steenstrate-Dixmude road and carried all objec- tives. "(Orossing the Steenstrate rivep the French progressed with the British to the right bank. South of Ailles we vigorously at- tacked on a kilometre front and carried a solid trench system; we easily threw back four German counter-attacks, taking 120 prisoners including an officer. / "Near Hurtebise the French advanced, ers," the statement continued. banks of the Meuse. A successful raid was carried oul at Louvjont. - During the night and morning enemy encampments al Houlthulst forest, Lilchterwilde statjon, Ailles and Hurtebise were. bombarded by French aviators." BRITAIN HAS WHEAT GALORE taking some prison- 'Artillery was acti®e on both "OUR ENEMY IS HUNGER." Germans Short of Food as Well as Men, Washington, Aug. 16.--The Rus- sian embassy was informed by the Petrograd Foreign Office that there is a general calm on the Galician front, except In the direction of Brody, where the Germans are mak- ing intense efforts, on account of the strategic value of that locality. ANOTHER AVIATOR KILLED AT DESERONTO Cadet Gilley the Victim of an Accident on Thursday } Morning. Fixing Cadet Gilley, of Winnipeg, was tly killed in an aeroplane acc at the Mohawk Camp of the Royal Flying Corps, near Deseronto, on Thursray morning. it is understood that the deceased was just taking a machine from the ground. Another machine was de- scending and at a very short distance from the ground the two machines ame together, Cadet Gilley was crushed in his machine but fortun- out an accident. : It is rather peculiar that this sad fatality should follow so closely on that of Cadet Morton who was kill- ed on Saturday. Both flyers worked | in the same stock-broking office at Winnipeg and were great friends. { THE ALLIED BLOWS. The accompanying map SHOWS the jocation of the three allied strokes on Wednesday, and also the importance the Canadians' capture of Fill 70, just north-west of Lens. This important height dominated the whole of the Loos salient and the city of Lens ftgeif and ity capture was necessary to fur. ther advances in this section of (he front. WOMEN TO WORK ONLY EIGHT HOURS A NIGHT. (Special to the Whig.) Toronto, Aug. 16.--Eight hours a night or forty-eight a week will be the legal maximum for female work on munitions, or other night work in Ontario, after September first, according to an announcement made by the Minister of Public Works # this mobming. The present # maximum is ten hours a night. % seettiessnsee JEWS IN LORDON 'FACE RAGE WAR PEPPER Pe IPO +0 Russian Enlist There or Return * 2 E EEN RRNE REND Phd Peed LONDON 8 SHOUTS . TO AMERICANS London, Aug. 16.---There is a Sight of Fighters Rouses City's' race war developing in East London Millions to Peak of Enthusiasm. : of the world's largest city is thickly London, Aug. 16 --American . populated with Russian Jews, who troops marched through London Y&S- j,ve refused either to join Eng- terday. They werq received by Am- 1,,4'5 army or return to Petrograd bassador Page and later by King go, service there. They are in bad George at Buckingham Palace. repute with the Londoners, and the Great crowds lined 'the streets, '; reeling has lately taken a men- which were decorated profusely with acing turn. American and British By The Am-, since the publication ofthe agree ericans were cheered by civilians, dy ont entered into by the British and soldiers on their way hy 'the front pgsian Governments the demands and by wounded men. The trooPS gor 4 cleanup of the Russian Jews in were escorted by gudrd bands. , |London: has grown tremendously. The Governments have decided that all Englishmen in Russia and all Russians in England shall have the 1 choice of joining the army of their the feeling recently displayed in East St. Louis, Ill. The &ast side PROCLAIM "ROMAN ORIGIN. | EY Wallachs Want to be Kept Under Italian Protection. adopted country or Rome, Aug. 16.--Wallach's re- [their native land. While the mea- Li ADVANCE. CONTINUES, | DESPITE THE STORMY WEATH. ing of money. ately the other aviator escaped with- rs | London, ithe s \battlefield after the suc- Element Refuses to!established on a triangular dine like ja pair of shears whose points are to ithe north and south of Lens. to Native Land. I | the Canadians that promises to become as bitter as 'inues. returning to | ber siding in - Southern Albania and [sure is aimed mostly at Russians ia Northern Epirus have sent an em- | English territory it will also affeet pHatic address to Italy strongly pro- |a goodly number of a a | claiming their Roman origin and | have' been sojourning in Are} their desire to be kept der an | countries. ! Italian protectorate, and expressing The Jews in England has never- hope that their soldier brethren in | theless responded well to the call to Italy have forever broken the chains arms and many decorations have wherewith the Mussulman first and | { been won by men of Hebraic origin, Greeks afterward "attempted to de-| Yet the Russian Jews have centinu- stroy their Latin originality." {The 'ed their business In East London Wallachs declare that if th re despite all efforts to put them into not allowed to live in freed A ' khaki. der the protection of the great moth- | to threaten them. er, Italy," they will fight until they The people are beginning and $5,000 each to Italian Red Cross and Serbian Relief. GIVE CONSCRIPTION IRAIN CHECKED THE CANADIANS 1 Thi how of Yt 0 1c Lens Bat: tefield. Ne Re Re ay or March --New Idea. Ottawa, Aug. 16.--Will the Gov- ernment hold on till Ferbruary or March and give conscription a fore bringing on the election? may or may not be the intention of diction of a well-known parliamen- tarian who is in close touch' the workings of the Cabinet. He points out that there is nothing to All that is required ER THAT SET IN. a session of the new Parliament can ---- be called within the yéar." Even the As the Canadians Pushed Into the 1 oney difficulty could be overcome Lens Environs the Defence of the hy voting warrants that could be Germans Stiffened. sanctioned by the next session of Aug. 16.--Rain gtruck | Parliament. Borden Must Disclaim. (Special to the Whig.) Montreal, Aug. 16.--The (Conservative) gives some advice to Sir Robert Borden this morning re- cesses of the Canadian troops yes- terday morning in the capture of Hill 70, just as it halted recent op- erations in Flanders. . General Haig reported a downpour, which fol- towed a beautiful morning to start the fighting. "Kast of Klein," the statement continued, "hostile raiders attacked our newly won positions, but were completely repulsed. We made four: teen prisoners. Stormy weather has begun." The new British front has been Montreal Star yesterday to the ef- fect that the elections may be de- ferred until next March. It says: "Sir Robert Borden, it is to be hop- ed, will promptly disclaim responsi- bility for these wild proposals with which his name and authority indirectly connected." The Mail apparently desires election immediately, $158,440 SURPLUS an ' In the first stages of the fighting met with compara- tively small opposition, but as they ushed into Lens environs the de- ence of the Germans stiffened. Whatever becomes of the battle it already has taken a place in the list of the most important conflicts n the war through the capture of ill 70. The Canadian advance con- Payments to the Canadian Patriotic Fund. Quebec, Aug. 16.--The Hon W, year ended the 30th June, 1917, péenditure for the same War Tidings. German prisoners taken recently are sixteen and seventeen year old boys, The Canadian troops continue to advance around Lens, Eighteen British merchant ships and three fisher boats were sunk by German submarines last week. Neutral nations will bdve a big conference at Amsterdam in Septem- ture last year is $533,440.61, ture. The Russo-Rumanians have check- ed the advance of the Teutons in Rumania, Canadian Killed in .action--J. Hutchison, Wilton; J.- H. Blalr, Pakenhali. Died of wounds--A, Urguahart. Williamstown. Be First National Guard Unit Overseas. Ontario has made grants of $25, 000 to King George Sailors' Fund, New York, Aug. 16.--The "Fight- ing "Irish" Sixty-ninth Regiment of this city will be the first unit of the Federalized National Guard of this are exterminated. The Wallachs aré descendants of Roman colonized in the Balkans by the first armies of Ancient Rome which penetrat®d that region. One of the best-known groups claims | ernment, FOR SAKE OF WOUNDED London 1s to Prohibit Whistling For Taxicabs, whistling for taxicabs in Loudon is SIR ROBERT BORDEN"S DUTY. The Whig has declared for a national, coalition, or winsthe-war gov- It realizes that the first move in that direction lies with Sir Robert Borden. He was in office when the war broke out. descent from Pbmpey"s Legionaries. his power to make a record which would shine out gloriously for all time. had been: good to his political friends, those who sufféred with him in position and for years. They were fairly remembered during the first two years of conservative-nationalist rule. mens had been made with an eye single to the good of the party. The ex- London, Aug. 16. The sound of pected, in this respect, therefore happened, But all the truckling to party interests and party benefits should have been ended when Canada became soon to be heard no more It isa bad one of the Allies and depended won her people to make the sacrifices which State to join forces now in France. Orders were received that the regiment had been. chosen to stirt for France as soon as it could be recruited up to war strength of 3,- 605 men, as prescribed by the new regulations. The additional men will be drawn from _ regiments of this city. : . News that the Sixty-ninth had been accorded the great honor reached the rank and file yesterday morning, and when it was finally confirmed 'the armory was the scene of a demonstration of wild delight. He bad It in Contracts and appoint- CHANCE BEFORE ELECTION n to to Bring on Vote chance to get in working order be- Such 1 Premier Borden, but it is the pre- with hurry on an election except the vot- is that an election take place so that Mail garding the story published in ihe are Ss FOR QUEBEC PROVINCE { ei After Deducting $375,000 in {North Hattley. G. Mitchell, provincial treasure, an- nounced yesterday that the ordinary receipts of the province for the fiscal amounted to 10,441,118.71, and that the ordinary and extraordinary ox period amounted to $9,507,673.10 so that the surplus of ordinary revenue over qudinary and extraordinary expemndi- Out of the surplus was paid the sum of $375,000, to the Canadian Patriotic Fund, during the year, on account of the subscription of $1. 000,000 of the province, authorized. at the last session of the Legisla- The surplus over and above all or- dimary and extraordinary expenditure and payments on account of the Can- adian Patriotic Fund is $168,440.61. IRISH" TOLD TO GET READY 69th Regt: of New York Will the expeditionary More Than Last Year. LLOYD GEORGES ANSWER TO GERMANY'S HOPES OF STAR- : VING JOHN BULL, It. Simply Cannot be Done:--Russian Olaw of Allied Nipper for Big Move Broke, (8peclal {to the Whig). London, Aug. 16.--A pointed an- swer to German hopes of starving out British through the submarine) cimpaign "was given by Premier Lloyd George when he anounced to-day 'that the food situation was now hetter than it has been in many years. The stock of wheat on hand is now sixteen million bushels above In the southern Carpathians and in Rumania, the German push is less spirited, and the Russian = re- sistance has scored. several fresh successes. The reasons for the de- creasing force of the German pres- sure on these fronts were said to be the frequent and energetic Russian counter-attacks .and the. total lack of reserves on the part of the Gers man armies. The Germans are now being held in the direction of Sloutch and Boftiana Rivers. Germany is expected to withdraw some of her forces on Russian ter- ritory because of the vastness of the space recently occupied by her and the impossibility $1! maintaining all lof it without to reserves. hold it; Petrograd . advices stated, Germany will have to detach troops from the tern front and send them to the Russian theatre. German prisoners 'taken by the Russians sald that the German troops. are very short of food, and The regiment lived up to its reputa- -- 1 LAST EDIT1 oN ib DOWN PRIEST IN PULPIT While Attacking Conscription in Sermon Wort ned A RIOT ALMOST ENSUED THE QUEBEC PRIEST ORDERED TO WITHDRAW FROM PARISH. He Stated That the Military Service Bill Was an Attempt to Kill Off the French-Canadians. Montreal, Aug. 16.--A rebuke administered by a prominent Mont- real man to the parish priest who counselled resistance to the Military Service Act, in a sermon in the North Hattley Quebec, Roman Cath- oliec Church-a week ago last Sunday. developed into a serious disturbance. As a result of the incident it is un- derstood the priest has been ordered to withdraw from the parish and will leave at the end of this month. The incident also has been report- ed to Gen, Wilson, 0.C., command- ing the Quebec Military District, and to Military Headquarters here, and an official investigation {is being made by the authorities, The happening had the effect of a bomb on the little community of ~ The priest was in the midst of his sermon and was - vigorously conderdWsing the Military Service Act and urging his people to do evérything in their power to resist it. In an impassioned period he declared that the English-speak- ing people of the Province of Que- bec intended through the Act to send the French-Canadians to France to be killed in order that the English might usurp all the power and take the reins of Government into their dwn lands. At this point the Mountrealer who spends his holidays in North Hatter- ly and who is a Roman Catholic, be- came so incensed that he could no longer restain his feelings. He leap- ed to his feet, and 'in a clear yoice, that could be heard distinctly all over the edifice, called out, accordin, to one report, "You are a damm scoundrel." He said other things too expres- sive of his disapproval of the words of the priest, but little more could be because the worshippers were thrown | tly into the great- est conf any of the parish- lofiers instantly resented the attack on the priest and the interruption of the service. Many others, on the other hand, sided with the Mont- realer, and sharp words were ac- companied in some finstatices by near violence, { N. G, Scott has leased the house in Athens being vacated by Mr. Nicol and will take possession soon, DAILY MEMORANDUM See top of page 3. right hand corner, for pr robabilities, oh Eng " The sun. rises Friday at 5.06 am, and s sets At 7.01 p.m THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG Is on Sale at the the Following City: Stores. Ahern, Joseph, Jr, .... 308 Montreal St. Austin's Drug Hore .. Market Best Drug Store |. Princess & Diy Buckucll's News oo pot .. 5 Clarke, J. W. & Co. .. .. College Hook Store .. .. 1 pu nuisance when taxicabs are' the war demanded, y, but mow that taxicabs are | scare the prolonged whistling is a worse nuisance than ever Some time ago it 'wes | bited after ten at ) com: Sir Rebert Borden was not qual to the emergency: He may have de- sired to Break away from the party shackles, but he simply had not the courage or ability to do so. From the beginning of the great crisis until now his has been a weak and vacillating policy. He has been like a character in Pinafore, whem Gilbert and Sullivan have immortalized. He has been always going to do something, but he has never done it. Party riled him until when confronted with difficulties of the gravest kind, with his eyes opened to the dangers of Canada by visits to the front, he suddenty Decne a conscriptionist, Then came the blight whith' is still upon parliament and the coun- 'try, the curse of indecision. A good conservative is the Whig's authority for the statement tiat Sir Robert Borden could hardly expect the men whom he traduced to assist him in his dilemma. He did what is regarded as the| Sal hing possible under the sircumitahecs. He put #t Up to the opposition him out. 'It has been said that he was willing that the new min- es" Of istey should be of the AfY-AMty kind, a ministry made up equally of con- Coulter's Grocery . 20 Cullen's Grocery, C or. Prince Frontenac Hotel .. .. . McAuley's Book Store .... 5% A a MeGall's Cigar Store, Cor, Prin. & Kin McLood's Grocery . . Fa eldley's Drug tore ul"s Ci at lore . Sto uge's SoS ieats tion by the enthusiasm. 'The mien talked exuberantly of their selection for the great adven- ture in France. LLOYD GEORGE'S PRONOUNCEMENT It is Sald He Will Speak in CHAPMA! HARTMA N--On Waednes- dag ug. 16th, 1917, at Rochester, at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Gio, Hartman, John Chap to Frances I. Hartman, both of King- o BRE KILLORAN-In Kin ton on Nednentay Aug. a, at Bt. Cathetral by #h Rev. 'a- Ka Kitloran, ah o Thomas XKilloran, Augustine Joseph O won Mr. and Mrs. Bdward O'Brien, "Mrs. that of last year," the premior told the Houseof Con , Discussing the the year, Toya George said it had been intended to make one big move this year but, h "the Russian claw of the nipper broke. that a common. epigram among them 18 "Our pen is hunger.' Winnipeg Electors Meet. Fe Winnipeg, Aug. 16.---At a meet ing of South Winnipeg electors Dr. 8. G. Bland was nominated as can- didate in: Je 'forthcoming general election. In accepting the lans of 1-tal ht ¥ Britain as y Down Sheet; Rain' orate na- 1 Riginears Vietorious: | Days Porismouth W Our Hum ters to the 4-- Baharia Army; Lat- Rhymes: #8 That ing: Lets News: S. ane Mission: Military: Theatrical y $--Sunday School Lesson: Plenty Xane's Confession: To Face He Baar Way to Berlin: 12--In & Fords of Sport; Bringion 1 he d6ne. pts ato tr. ah ee which will invite thelr support. . ; ar cabinet at one ree hd 10 vesign, So inform. the fes of the hour, In other words Ht is ! fiat. be cantor 40 sain wore 18 xis thacw he CUNNINGHAM: -In Kingston ust 14th 1817, Alice foe Fai p jus. wife Un 38 Breck Funeral he nderaaking parlors of James Reta, Friday morning at Friends is and Et kindly in-