12 PAGES Brits PAGES 18 YEAR 84: NO. 199 ITALIANS MARCH T0 COMPLETE VICTORY The Austrian Casualties Nearly 100,000---The French Nearing Village of Beaumont--- The British Advance North of St. Quentin. ¢ (Special to the Whig.) Rome, Aug. 27.--The Italian troops on the Isonzo front are marching to complete victory. The battle along the Isonzo has developed further brilliant successes. The total losses of the Austrians from all causes are reckon- ed at nearly 100,000, the most important of which, in the Carso region, have not yet been officially announced. The Italians have made a further advance on the north of Gorizia, closely pursuing the Austrians, the War Office announ- ces. Austrian counfer-attacks on the Carso were repulsed. The French Near Beaumont. {Special to the Whig.) Paris, Aug. 27.---Another smashing blow by the French yesterday, on the right bank of the Meuse, in the Verdun sector, netted a gain of about two-thirds of a mile or a front of two miles and a half, giving the French possession of the Fosses and Beaumont woods and bringing them to the ontskirts of the village of Beaumont. British Advance Half a Mile. (Special to the Whig.) London, Aug. 27.--British troops yesterday made an ad- vance of hall a mile along a mile front east of Margicourt (north of St. Quentin), storming and capturing strong points at Cologne and Malakoff farms, according to the official report from British headquarters in France last night. a ---------- Canadians Consolidate Lens Positions. (Special to the Whig.) Ca.adian Army Headquarters, Aug. 23.--Puring the past few days the Canadians in front of Lens have had a period of comparative quiet aud have been able to consolidate posi- tions recently captured, with little retaliation from the enemy and with surprisingly little loss, Er Posts have been pushed out at favorable points and where trenches could be connected up to shorten the front this has been done. The general result is that our men hold a compact line which, on that part of front west of Lens, is about six hun- dred yards from. the burned out area in this city. The enemy oor the area between our line and his main defensive posi- tion on the eastern side of the burned out section by means of strong outposts located in conerete cellars. During the clearing up operations our men have destroyed three more machine gins and captured five, making the total of machine guns taken since Aug. 15th, forty-three. Twenty-one trench mortars also are among the spoils of war. YMAKING SMOKE PRODUCERS HUGE CROP OF BEANS J, iy Which Will be Placed on Ships for Sub. Protection. (Special tv) the ig. Washington, DiC, Aug. 27. Thousands of smoke producers to protect American troop, food and animunitions ships from submarines are being turned out to-day by a Government contractor in Delaware. On and after Octobér first no ship of any descripdbn may sail from American ports unless equipped with them: On that date, too, all vessels must be Yainted by system of Camoutlag worked out by the Naval Consulting Board. Details of these systems aré Government war secrets, is ny (Special to the Whig).- Tokio, Aug. 27 Count Count Ukuma, after serving atthe head of the Japanese Government for several years, retired fram that position about a year ago. On his retirement the Mikado heaped hon- orz on Qkumay and elevated him to the rank of uis. Three Times the Size of Last Year's Crop This Year. Detroit, Aug. 27.--Last year the only States that produced &s much @s a million bushels of beams were Michigan, California and New York. "This year several States will produce much more than that. Michigan will produce 8:900,000 bushels, which is simost equal to. the entire crop of 1916. California follows with 7,- 26%,000 bushels; New York, 2,836, 000 bushels, or 22,141,000 bushels in all. ' Multiply Just year's orop by three and the total is not much over the estimate of 1917. SEVIGNY TAKES ACTION. Against "Le Cian Quebec, Aug. 27.--iIn the Su- perior 'Court Hon. Albert Sevigny has entered an .action for damages to the amount of $800 against "Le Canada" of Montreal. The action is the result , it is sald, of articles pub- lished in the "Le Canada." 3 mously elected president of the minion Life Underwriters i J The United Stabes Government's shipbuilding calls for a total of 1310 aps, ot 7,968,000 his. J.T. Wileox, Halifax, was unani-| Farm, KINGSTON, ONTARIO, MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1917. "FIGHTING S i? SPER HOT ATTACKS _ BROKEN UP The French Were Abie 10 Hold on to All the Ground Taken. ADIACENT 10 VERDUN ON SUNDAY IN A SUDDEN SHIFT PRISONERS TAKEN, Gen. Petain Made a Drive From the East to the West Bank of the Meuse--Great Enemy Activity at Various Points on the French Front. (Special to the Whig) Paris,, Aug. 27.--German count- er-attacks of the most violent mat- ure failed early to-day to maké the French relinquish any of the ground they gained in yesterday's new of- fensive around Verdun. The War Office reported to-day all such at- tacks around Beaumont had been "broken up." "We not only retained our gains, but consolidated our positions," thé statement added. On Sunday, in the sudden shift of Gen. Petain's drive from the east to the west bank of the Meuséd, the French took 1,132 prisoners, the War Office asserted. ; Elséwhere on the French front the Germans were busy. The offi- helal report to-day told of great en- el of Cerny, in the region of Monument and Hurtibse; attacks. : LEFT KINGSTON AS ADJUTANT OF 253rd QUEEN'S BATTALION Captain Arthur Hopkins Tett, lat. Kingston aS Sdjutant of the 253rd Queen's University Highlan- ders under Lieut-Col. P. G. C. Oamp- died on Monday at the home of "George ~ Poole, IXTY-NINTH" there were a series of | | CAPT. A. 1. TEIT 1 DEAD} ON THE Aaa A -- 'No greater or more encouraging Godspeed was ever given a regiment of United States troops than accorded to the Sixty-ninth regiment as it marched and bade goodby to wives, sweethearts and friends when starting on the first leg of its long journey to France. Notwithstanding the heart twinges they felt the men marched with the aplomb and with the jaunty air of men on dress parade. WAY TO THE FRONT, a ' --Sbecinl Uhulran N21 Servide Mrs Buswell Baker, Winnipeg; Miss Honor Text, Ro; Victoria Hospital, Montreal; Edmund Tett, Newboro; Benjamin Tett, Bratton, Sask.; and Captain .R. Preston Tett, quartermas- ter Queen's Field Ambulance, c.ty. BUILDING SHIPS FOR THE ALLIES Japan Offers This and Asks Re- laxation of Steel Em- bargo (Special to the Whig) Washington, Aug 27---Japan is willing to grant the use of her ship- yards for building bottoms to be used eithier in the Atlantic or Pacific trade. Viscount Ishti will offer these yards in conferring with the American Government heads probably this week, Lo In return, Japan will seek ow relax- dtion of the steel embange but will nog urge too strongly the case of the Osaka shipbuilders who have been making fortunes from the war, This was the foremost develop- ment to-day in an international situ- ation, w Japan, Russia and peace Pcie Tas roles: . CONSCRIPTION BILL "READY TO BE SIGNED Justice Duff Will His Signature for the append H General activity east of Noisy and 'west |. JUSTICE DUFF. (Bpecial to the Whig) fr + German front line with light easual- {in the morning and the enemy resis- Ottawa, Aug. 27.---<Justice Duff, an : NOCH TOP OF WEDGE AT LE A Carefully Prepared Operation Brings Sucess to Westem Canadians. A TRENCH FULL OF DEAD WAS WHAT THE ALBERTA BOYS DISCOVERED Troublesome Dugouts Were Blown in Before the Advance Was Attempt od---The British and Canadian Ar- trillery Fire Efficient. oH Stewart I yon Canadian Army Hemdquarters Aug. 27---Another carefully planned min- or opération by the Alberta ttal- ion, which holds that pmrt of the line east of St. Theodore, iti the re &lon known by our mén as the Crick- et Pitch, on account of is flatness gave us possession of 250 yards of Bz ties Saturday. The attack was made at 2 o'clock tance was weak compared '| centrating at certain places from WANTS A DENIAL OF HUN CONQUEST AIMS German Socialist Organ De- mands Explanation of Ger= many's Intentions. Copenhagen, Aug. 27.--Herr Erz- berger the Centrist leader, alone de- clared in Friday's Reichstag com- mittee sitting that doubt as to the Chancellor's acceptance of the prin- ciple of peace without annexations and indemnities now had been elim- nated" for good. All other views ranged from mild doubt and open sieepticism to flat denial, Vorwaerts, the Socialist organ, is inclined to give the Chancellor the benefit of the doubt, but demands that He de- fend his political integrity and good faith against pan-German machina< tions by a plain and unequivocal statemeny that he does not hold ideas of anpexation and conquest which these elements attribute to him, The Berlin Tageblatt says the! crisis is only adjourned Herr Hauss-! mann, Radical member of the! Reichstag, declared in a speach im the committee yesterday that the Chancellor had introduced elements of doubt and uncentainity into the in- terpreta'ion of the Reichstag resolu- tion, had alldwed the Conservatives to claim him as their own man with- out a word of protest, and that he had done nothing 'to shake off the assertion of the p§n-Germans that he is playing a false game in politics. The lor on Wednesday, as on the day when he assumed office, demanded elbow room for peace negotiations but the majority 1 ars lihen as now declared expressly that there could be no question of such elbow room gnd that peace must be made on the basis specified in the peotution. He warmed Dr, Michaelis of the danger of reparting therefrom. TWENTY-TWO DIVISIONS NEEDED REPAIR Effect of British Offensive on "German Armies in Flanders. London, Aug. 27.--The Times' military correspondent, reviewing the Allied offensive, says: "The united operations of Gen. Gough and Gen. Antoine tm Flan- ders have compelled thie Germans to withdraw 22 divisions for repairs, As a German division is rarely with- drawn unleSs it has suffered 4,000 casualties, and as the divisions as vat not withdrawn also have lost se- verely, we say with confidence that the German losses have been very Since the end of April have been much less than were estimated be- forehand.' . The says there are signs that affairs in the eastern thea- tres may become interesting before "The Russian Caucasus army has not, given signs of life this summer, consequently our campaigns ln Syria and . Mesopotamia have been injuri- ously affected. The Turks are con- which they may advance upon Gens. Allenby or Maude. They 'will be warmly received, while our Arab Aides, who are extending their opera- tions to Maru, will be useful auxil- TWO MORE YEARS OF WAR Washington Aug. 27. According to information received much heavier than ours... Our losses). -- BISHOP WARNS ul i sits Tat Hs pots Stal Realy Priest a Fo Gi, -- WON TOLERATE MOB LAW EXTREME MEASURES IF PARISH. . IONERS DO NOT SUBMIT Parishioners Still Keep Guard About Church and Have Put a "No Sur- render" Sign Above the Property. London, Ont., Aug. 27.--Right Rev. M. F. Fallon; Bishop of London, | whose action in appointing Rev. F. X. Laurendeau, of this city, parish priest at Ford City has been oppos- ed by 'the Frénch-Canadian parish- ioners, has directed wm communication to the malcontents, in which he states that his decision is final, and that # endeavor is made to hold the church against Father Laurendeau Noy will be had do the civil aw, Faither Laurendeau, who was born in Kent County, was educated in Quebec, but he is persona non grata with: the French parishiomers of Ford City, who hold it against him that he supported the bishop in insisting upon the teaching of English in the Catholic schools of Essex during the bilingual discussion a fow years ago. Guard is Maintained. Windsor, Aug. 27.--Conditions Catholic Church. row at Ford, both sides apparently having decided they, are within their rights. "A number of| the parishioners of Our Lady of the Lakes Church printed a "No surren- der'" sign above the property and are maintaining a volunteer guard about the church and presbytery with the avowed intention of keeping out alll persons not in sympathy with the movement to oppose Bishop Fallon imi his appointment of a priest to suc- coed tiie late Father Beaudoin, Father Laurendeau, the newly- appointed priest, says he does not wish to force himself upon the parish and is awaiting further inet: uctions from Bishop Fallon. See top of page 3, right hand coroer, tor probabilities. i . : The sun rises Tuesday at 5.18 am, and gets wt $41 pom THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG Is on Sale at the Following Olt) Stores. g Ahern; Joseph, Jr. .i.. Austin's Drug Store ,. Best Dru, are .. Prin Buckncil's nous Depot . 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