KINGSTON, ONTARIO, a YEAR 85: loi oes SATURDAY, WAS LOYAL; | iemessatan enim APRIL GERMAN: ATTACKS |" 22:5" hemor) {Young Man Once Interned in| ARE BEATEN OFF Fort Henry Served With American Artillery. Tie British Reps be Enemy at Various. int A specla Saturday { Leonard W,| ed for a year | 1spected Ger- | led in aetion Ripton, of | word | { 7 of | Water- | an artillery | nan has prov- 8 with the Al-| d town, morn Ripton Fort p from Water- | OInis. Henry iin SITUATION 13 UNCHANGED A man spy been His father John A Jehnsontown, N.Y that he t deat n April I « » town with eived the i at I oo NORTHERN | last len | lies ON MOST OF THE BATTLEFRONT, year that his In 1 at Kingston, was intery released, the Ame 2 a . [C.M British Advance Near Festubert-- | 0-3. R and re North of the Somme the Enemy, ovontuaily ~ Artillery Has Been Active, ed he was an Amer (Canadiam Press Despatch) on the )f Octobe London, Aprit 13.7 British | Watertown, decla advanced their line slightly in the |he would prove tha : German neighborhood. of Festubert took { . i ---- 4 few prisoners. There was heavy | NEW SALIENT fighting last evening near Netlve | Eglise and Wulverghem. and h---- battle here was still in progress at | All High Ground of Tactical a late hour last night 3 i Importance Still Held by The statement follows: { British, sus- | He was | as it was prov- an citizen, and he irned to that some day ? was not pro- 141 is 16 +} the "Heavy fighting developed yes-| ---- terday evening in the neighborhood | of Neuve FEglise and Walverghem | R ' | A and at a late hour last night was still | sal newly made 1 a by continuing We advanced our Hnes| Germans is "more dangerous to slightly in the neighborhood of Fes.f€nemy than to us." he ov o ds tubert and secured a few prisoners. | All the hig ErOUNS Early the a { importance over the w "arly in e night a strong hostile field is held by the British attack, preceded by a heavy bom- | useless for the Germans to come on bardment, was launched against our | In far greater strength than hitherto : sector. Their effort to tur positions east of Locon, The enemy in this sector Their sffor! to tym succeeded | ------ 5 the heights commanding Ypres is in entering bur lines at| helieved certain to end in a.bloody certain points but was driven Ar ns out | fatlure IRISH MOTION | again by a counter-attack and a| Meanwhile Riadenburg J: expec ted | | ac oy , y s en.i 10 Teap some advantage from his second attack attempted by the en- northern diversion by a fre at-| | emy later in the night in the same lo- | tack between Arras and the ®ise i a cdlity was successfully beaten off | Though the Jritish in the latest | During the early part of the night | fighting passed ghrough a terrible | the enemy also attacked west of Mer-| ordeal, all reports testify to their | ville and was repulsed. | unimpaired coolness and confidence On the re-| | mainder of the northern battle front the situation is unchanged. | lb bbb bbb bbb bbb bbb ob PPbe "Sharp local fighting took place| yesterday south of the Somme, in| * ZEPPELINS PENETRATE the neighborhood of Hangard and) ® positions into which the eénemyR had | + forcad his way were regained hy | + counter-attacks delivered by British | % and French troops. North of the | Somme the enemy's artillery has| * been more active, "Strong enemy forces laundhed an | attack early last night east of Loon and succeeded in entering the British lines at certain points, but were ejected by a counter-attack. A see- ond attempt iater in the night at the same place was beaten off. In the sector south of the Somme British afd "French troops by counter-at- tacks drove out. the Germans from vitnesses | 1 Messines | Ige and Givenchy that the | 13 Eye- between report London, April the situati The left hand pleture above shows the Are shells the famous sculptures which adorn it. 'The arch was begun by N ire in large relief on each of the four sides of the fac bomb on a typical six story apartme sons took "Shelter in the cellar of this building, despite the destruction of the of : ad apole vent he and the sculptures ade 1 ! shows the damage wrought by a single tactical batt] It is | of e- | 1 safely after many hours VU Ce MN Hold on Firm Says Gen. Haig. (Canadian Press Despatch.) London, April 13. Field Marshal Haig ad- dressed this message lo his troops on Friday: "Every position must be held to the last man. There must be no retire- ment. With our back to the wall and believing in the justice of our cause, each of us must fight on to the end. The safety of our homes and. the freedom Nationalists Wanted to Omit Conscription of Ireland From Man-Power Bill ASQUITIS STRONG SPEE | y [DECLARED HE WOULD | TAKE RESPONSIBILITY | | | f | | | { FAR INTO ENGLAND. H * (Canadian Press Despatch.) London, April 13.----8evaral Zeppelins raided the east coast + and penetrated inland last night + Ome German Airship reached A € the Midlands and another pene- 4 -- of mankind alike depend trated almost to the north-west % | Of Pushing His Opposition To Irish} on our conduet in this cri- asst, it was officially announe- 3 Conscription to Extent of Forcing tical moment." 5 of the announce | Change In Government: During Field Marshal Haig an- travelling-at a great height and | i + | London, April 13. A proposal by Tg had »3 and in gpeakforce" to the support of the British. The text | dik A The raiders were «| the Military Crisis, nouneed that the French FN mnie eer tpi ay] men reads: { #* | (Canadian Press Despaten) army "is" having rapidly + * NOT Trp Ptr showed mo inclination to at- tempt to penetrate the defend~ ed' area. Most of the bombs were dropped in open country, and apart from the demolition of four houses at one place the damage so far is reported in- 4 {of Commons considerable | Five persons others injured in German raidon England. dodo odobeddodod ddd dob dod oof KILLED IN ACTION. A | New York, April 13.--The Associ-| Williamstown Athlete Pays Supreme | jecting to the conscription of Ireland, | 15400 States. General Vignal 'mili ated Press war review says to-day: | Sacrifice. | frankly declined to take the respon- {tary attache of the French Embassy Indications that the German drive in Cornwall, Ont., April 13 - John | Sibility at the moment the nation is | after a conference ybsterday with Ma Armentieres region is losing some | Cattanach, Williamstown, received facing a grave military crisis, Of | jor-General March, acting chief of Of its force are contained in to-day's | official notice that his son, Sgt. W.|Pushing that opposition to the ou. | Saft, cabled his Government suggest official news from the battle lines. | J. Cattanach had been killed in ac-|!®nt of forcing a change in the Gov- ing that any officers that caf be spar. The Germans apparently are making | tion on April 2nd. Sgt. Cattanach jernment. Cy ed be detailed for duty in America. their strongest effort in thelr drive was attached to the 21st Battalion.|. Henry F. Duke, chief seeretary for Many 'French - instructors aire for Bailleul, : | He was awarded the Military Medal Ireland, made a brave atten {are on duty at the camps, givihg [Further attacks on British right! some time ago for conspicuous brav- [conciliate the Irish members. | American officers and men the bene. wing between Givenchy and Robecq, | ery in the field. Three boys of Mr. | : -- mene pes & 1 their experience in actual fieht. on LaBassee canal, yesterday, wholly be, Mrs, Cattanach were serving in| U-BOAT SHE MONROVIA, Je or hie expe] pew I actual Agnt failed. Two attempts made late in| the great cause of himan liberty and | ae er . that Hore" are nééded to carry out afternoon to capture Locon were re-| the two remaining are stil at: the | The Capital of ~Liberia Oi the plans for Sending the téogos Lo pulsed." British also counter-attack- front. Sgt. Cattanach was one of the | Coast of a Africa. io I aa d to the fie nt much en od around Givenchy and took . im- | brothers of that nate was figuged in| Washington, April 13.4 German | [HIOPE an ginal oo idach suet .: portant German post. hockey contests with Williamstown, | submarine of the largest sea-going | than Ly original programme cor a peat Cornwall and Brockyille teams a few | type on April 10th appeared in the | templated. . American Troops Help, years ago, He was'of fine physical] port of Monrovia, the capital of Li- (Caradian Progs Despateh) ability and a good player. | beria, on the west coast of Africa, Paris, April 13.---The Germans i ---- and bombarded the wireless and cable' FARMERS MAKING SYRUP. "the Irish 'Nationalists to omit the conscription of Ireland from the Gov- + | ETRmMent man-power bill was reject- lo sz itv of 179 i . % ie led by a Majority h ] 2 in the House | TO TRAIN T. 8. TROOPS ast night. The total | vod 8 : . -- W vote shows that a large section of the | p re 1 eo re - killed, fifteen %| y arg | France Is Asked To 'Send Over In air «| House abstained from voting. | structors. #| The debate in the House yesterday | Washington, Aprif 13. - France has % land last night was remarkable for the | been called upon to aid in hastening * | of Hon. H Hangard whieh they penetrated yes- terday. $54 d The bb ebe -- The Enemy Repulsed. (Canadian Press Despatol) London, April 13. The Germans made an attack last night west of Merville, on the northern battle front and were repulsed, the war office an- nounced. + speech . -- Losing Its Force, to West -" QUITE A FEAT. He Plays The Piano With A Grafted *Thumb." : Reading, Apri} 13.--During their visit to Reading this week, King | George and Queen Mary white visit- ing one of the hospitals were much interested in the case of one of the soldiers. He had lost a thumb, and, being an enthusiastic pianist, felt the loss keenly, A young surgeon amputated the third finger of the Iéft hand and grafted it on in the place of the missing thumb. The man can now use his "shumb' quite comfortably in playing. the piano. WHAT WAS HIS PURPOSE? Box of Ground Glass In German's Clothing. Tast night renewed their attacks up- | stations there, the State Department on French positions in Brule wood in thas ben informed in an official des- the forest) of Apremont.- American At Pembroke' Deny | Datgh. G troops in this section, in conjunction | The Submagine threw scores of with the French, says to-day's offi- shells from. her deek guns into the clal statement, have combatted with wireless station, causing extensive vigor and broken the majority of the damage. 'She had just turned her enemy's attacks. At one point where ; . wh | attention to the cable offices when the enemy obtained a footing "he {2 band of deserters who were sup- 4 steamer was sighted passing the kc d to be about 20 miles from! re was thrown out by a counter-attack, | Po5€ : : re. | 1TbOr"s mouth. "The submarine left On the Somme battlefront the entire| 1®T®, and who it was said were pre-|i, chao and did not return. village of Hangard and the adjoin-|Pared to defy the authorities. ------ | ¥ One the military police officers in metery have been regained Eg ce ¥ g I MILITARY POLICE MAN SHOT. here is authority for saying that when the news reached them and pn By a DPefaulter--Detachment Leaves for the Scene. they investigated it was found that the supposed deserters were farm- | ers engaged in making maple syrup. | {Canadian Press Despaten) Sudbury, April 13. --Dominion Policeman George Meleod was shot ; rigs Arrested After Chase of Two Years. in the body and legs and probably fatally hurt at one o'clock this morn- Montreal, April 13.--Affer a chase ing when he attenipted to round up of nearly two years duration Con- stable Colangelo arrested Peter Shar- banovitch, alleged to have murdered | a French<Canadian named Whissel Pascale Rossi, an Italian soldier, who | ufider the M.S. A. in a French conmi- Was found dead with his throat cut|{ munity about three nriles from Es- in a house oh St. Agathe lane on! panola. It is stated that an OTgAR- March 18th, 1916. ized gang, including women, made ) an atack on Mcleod. Inspector Boys Burned to Death. Story and a large detachment of Police have left for the scene. Norman, Okla, April 13.-- Thirty -- VEGETABLES CREMATED bors were burned to death when a fire at an early hour to-day. 3s Stroyed a ward at the State Hospita ------------ for Idiotic Children. " Nearly 100,000 Pounds of Turnips, Onions and Apples Destroyed. : Toronto, April 13.--Nearly 100, 000 pounds of vegetables and apples have been destroyed at western crematory and Don 4 © be tween April 4th und April 10th, cording to an announcement Widde by Street Commissioner 'Wilson. | Tur. nips and onions were the 'principal Military Police Sensational Rumor, Pembroke," April 13.--There is ab- | solutely no truth in the report that | the authorities were om the track of from the Germans, War Tidings, Twenty-four persons killed, sixty. 'two wounded as result of German air raid on Friday night on Paris. British casualties reported for week ending to-day totalled, killed or died 6f wounds Officers, 372: men, 1,101. Weunded or missing: Of. cers, 1,888; men, 4 768%. ground glass was taken from the clothing of Jacob Hendricks, former Constable of Aurora, Iil., when he was brought here to-day. Hendricks was arrested at Aiirora, charged with promoting a lottery to aid German ations interned at Fort Oglethorpe, a. . VBIG CONTENTS. '# IMastrated Section Attacks Beaten Of; dish Motion Rejected: Gare mans Bundhed on Front; British m. 3 Incidents of i Soil Nates; Witfe Gives Up Hus. band, i Rippling Rhymes. _-- Liguor; The to News. m: Announcements. "German. Peace: "The J Fvents: ie Woman Wha thes of Women, A : hn. { ------------ emi The British Government; through the Royal Flying Corps, will erect in Fort Worth, Texas, a monument {ation cadets C0 mm tytn'. tain J Cd. M. W. Maynard, manager of Dominion Bank branch in Toronto, Is under arrest for stealing $3,000. The amount is.greater than that, The City of Rhiems is in flames. French are attempting to limit burn- ing area and are working under heavy bombardment. ~ * En It cost a sum approximating $5.- 000,000 to float %e Canadian Vic- tory Loan, of which canvassers re- ceived $1,140,000. : The Grand Trunk officials have utiearthed a plot to blow up the St. Clair, Mich., tunne} power house were not returned to England. -- testers, i "HOW TO DO IT. : best way for citizens Bow: ely Clocks is to do ey retire to-nish the hands an hour ahs 'Sunday morning every will be in order to go rch at the proper hour. it t 7 5 i Anbomobile World. y ; prands Eftore; The Olty | 15--Nows from the Countryside, Hdiate | arieet Reports; Financial 20---In World of Sport: Bringing Up Father, g g + y E ---- Frank MaoKinnon, Avonmore, 3 peacefully away on The deceased, i § £5 | PEPE S EHP Sh ebb bbb le Triomphe protected by sand bags to preserve H.. Asquith, for. | the movenient of American troops | It has been decided | . Chicago, - April 13. A box of from bombs and on Isto commemorate his victories, rear the base. The right hand picture nt house in Paris, Two hundred per- upper floors; and all were taken out ON SHALL FRON Was CONTEND WITH, The Epemy Is Advancing Over Flat, Intricate Country, And Has Not Obtained Eooting on Any Hills, London, April 13.--The - London evening newspapers, in reviewing the situation on: the western front, state GERMANS i Seventeen Divisions Engaged on Enemy 8,000 NEN TO THE MLE WHAT BRITISH HAD TO that in the Wysehaete region theiGer mans failed to get the main crest of the ridge, The Germans have taken the vil laze of Messines, while the British are holding the outskirts. Attacks lon Wyschaete and the Messines Ridge failed, the Germans losing * very heavily in their attack. 'At least seventeen 1 {her it is estimated have hee { Into the fighting up to the . would present, { This {fans put more than mean 200,000; in ac- jtion, so narrow front of approximately 25 { miles or some eight thousand men to {every mile'of frontage. I" "The reviewers point out that the | Germans, checked in {toward Bethune, have turne | ward with the idea of devel success in the direction of -Bailleul, | which 'is an important railway cen- {tre, and Hazebrouck, miles. west of Armentieres They point out that the enemy is now with- in a short distance of Baflleul and that his advance in the direction of Hazebrouck 'has taken him rather more than half way there from his original starting point. The enemy's flank in the direction of Bethune and the remaining coal paratively broad one, making it ap- pear that he may intend, if checked westward, to renew his pressure southward. On the other hand it Is pointed out that the enemy is ad- vancing over a flat, intricate country and has not vet obtained a foothold on any of the hills, a, ---------------------- ALL TWO CENTS OR OVER se i-- There Are No One-Cent Papers In British Isles, ~~ London, April 13.--The Jast one- cent newspaper. in the British isles, the Daily Express. has now pe up 'to two cents. London mow has one #ix cent morning paper, two at four cents and the remainder at two cents each.. The afternoon papers are all Iwo cents, except one, which sells at four cents. 1 -------------- Work Cost Ottawa, April 13.--The perform- ance of the several duties assigned by tife Government to the new de- Supet National Service Com over Seas troops, $37,872: ad- offices, $50,540; man-powet invent. [0Ty and occupational survey, $68,, 552; special thrift, 'and War savings campaigns, $90,238; War savings certificates selling cam- paign, $5,782, area of Northern France is a com-| b ii iditional divisions are|vostok is expected té have ' i i Across ? 8 56 dition y is ox t | mer Premier, who while strongly ob. Roross: the ea By Sonsingt id in' the | °U8aged on the German side of the|iNg effect in Russia. I Tnited E =a { tof + 4 ADS | front from Holebeke to Givenchy, the | ©3808 joining the British and Japa i : Vv. "es " : Ry reviews declare, that being the num- naval forces in protecting lite n thrown longing te that 'the Ger- tinetly international character whit TNO VOTES far, on this comparatively | Fears of the Russians aroused by Ger- 4= | MAN suggestions that a Ja i .| States is credited with having. stay-| their advance |tervention dd west- man influence, participation by Am- oping alericans is co ahout fourteen | ang | i LAST = EDITION ee -------------- GERMANY WILL NEVER | OBTAIN OBJECTIVES {British Line Pushed Back, = BRITISH TROOPS | i | Though Outnumbered the British By Courage and Stubborn Will Have } Ambassador to the United States and|- "It 'Would be foolish to minimize | jtives 'of the '@6rman commanders Flung the Germans Back. [flict can come only by the signing of | para Marshal Haig's men, who also i It Will Hold, Declares i Lord Reading. | i y Chicago, April 13.--The allied | . -- : | line on the western battle front en A the Vital Points fhe A s {Lord Chief Justice of England, said | Line. {in an address before the Chamber of | n------ i Commerce of the United States; "HIGH GROUND IS ALL HELD the onslaught of the German horde! HE ---- . < against our line in the west," said | BY THE BRITISH DESPITE EN. Lord Reading. "Gains have been| EMY'S DESPERATE ATTACKS made by the enemy. Our line has juave not been attained. They never! { will be attained. [ "The liberty of the world is the| london, April 13, The British issue of this war. There will be no! have stood firm at vital points along ja just and lasting peace, and Ger- maintain their £tip on Messines jmany will never dictate thé terms." | nd | : 2 Ridge, Lestrem, Ploegsteert and | | Ploegsteert Wood; and Hollebeke, RUSHIAN FLEET GERMANS | "&timst which furious assauits have been launched only to break down hold, the Earl of Reading, British session nere. been pushed back. But the objec- {German peace. The end of the con- the line. Wytschaéte is still held by or be tacks . The drive south of Ypres developed Kronstadt. {into a major operation, it would ap- | pear, and the Germans, using their | Petrograd, April 13 The Russian | massed attack system, are not count- {fleet at Helsingfors, aggrégating 200 ing the loss inflicted on them in their | vessels, apparently has escaped from advance, but théy have gained little {the menace of capture by the Ger-|of great tactical value. The high | mans | Eround along the front is still held by | The first squadron, "composed of | the British forces, and the retire- | battleships and cruisers, has arrived | ments here and there have not as safely at Kronstadt, the naval base | yet endangered the integrity of the of Petrograd. The second squadron, | line from Arras to the North Sea. composed of torpedo boats and sub Once again the British are eutnum- marines, is reported off Kronstadt, | bered and it is only by the courage and the third, made up pf transports and Stubborn will, with battalions and vessels of older types, is expected | weakened by losses, and of individual to reach Kronstadt tonight. | soldiers animating their comrades by - [acts of brave example, that the en- |emy has been unable to make rapid | progress, and as at Wytschaete and Mesdines, has been flung back with most bloody losses. nullified by British counter-at- {First Squadron of Two Hun-| | dred Vessels' Arrives at i -{ BUILT FREIGHTER IN TWELVE WEEKS New Record in Shipbuilding | There were strange and terrible Established by S#attle [scenes pn all the roads leading to the Yard | battle zone, where British infantry . {and gunnefs were going forward to Q Er 3 Sixty. | Stem the tide, Masses of transport a Wash, Suit 13 Sy. S00 and civilians passed thém in laid the 8,800-ton freighter West TelTeat to villages outside the wide Durfee was launched at the Skinner | rea of ¢hell range, and wounded {men came staggering down afoot, if and Eddy plant on Thursday. The net tame = " : vessel is the third of its kind to be | the could walk, or brought down : . {by ambulances thredding a way launched by the plant in 64 d . a x from the date of keel-laying, | through this surge and swell of War, Within twenty days, it was an-|'! they were badly hit. nounced, she will be delivered to the Government, setting a new world's | (Canadian Press Despatch) record for delivery of 84 days from Berlin, April 13. Aho head- date of keel-laying. The. réecord i8| quarters' statement says the captutr- now held by the steel freighter Can-| ed Armentieres gartison numbered Oa, Which wis" delivered here re:| fifty officers, 3.000 men with forty- cently, 93 days after her kedl was | five guns. The folal captures 'to put down. 3 | date in tlie present attack are one | Britisli and one Portuguese general, | 25,000 men and 200 guns. | NS. | | ays What Berlin Claims. TO QUIET RUSSIAN FEARS -- Object of the Landing of fhe U, Detachment. Washington, April 12 The land ing of American marines at Viadi- | War Tidings. | Two air pldnes dropped bombs on | Paris Friday 'night, killing eleven and injuring fifty. <A Colonel Repington thinks the a reassur-| German navy will strike soon,. and With Ameri-| Geneva hears of &reit activity at nese | German naval bases. } and | It is officially announced that the war material be-| British will build nine cannon to Stores of : at the Sibepian| throw a shell eighty miles. y the allie port," the enterprise the vast FOR WOMEN BERS panese in-| Almost United In Opposition to the New Franchise Bill. » an 13.--Opposition of i Quebec to the government's bill ex- 1,0 | tending the franchise to all women unted upon to emphasize | was voiced frdely in the Commons. the purely focal character of an op-| Consideration bf the bill was resum- eration undertaken to protect life} oq in committee and representatives property : where ' there is. nofeg Quebec provines who spoke were competent Russian authority to en-| practically without exception in oppo- force order. | sition to the extension of the fran- . chise to the other sex. = _ : A. R. McMaster, the English-speak- ing representative of Brome, was an = - exception. While favoring the prin- Eleven Have Been Killed or Died of | ciple of the bill, he thought it had ~ Wounds. | some objectional aspects. He sug a a nine | 5ested that all reference to the War- Ottawa, April. 13. Dy ine tig a should be omitted members of the Canadian Expedition- | trom fhe measure and free $ti- ary Force have been awarded the| ed the act under which ny of the Victoria Cross for exceptional brayv-| women voted at the dla 'general ery on the battlefield since the be- | clection ginning of the present war. A re-| The wa jority of the Quebec repre- ¢ J niatives Martin Burrell, Secretary of State, in! ype idea ned i ion du response to a motion by W. §. Mid-| to vote to women would be detri- dlebra, gives the names of the heroes) mental to family life and social von- and stories of their exploits. ditions generally, Of the twenty nine who have won| | View that the fra this most coveted decoration, eleven! main a matter ok provincial control, have been killed or died of wounds | with whiol the Dominton Govern- according to the return. | Toronte Con is given a dis- --_---- should SAY QUEBEC MEM it is believad here quiet vasion has been begun Since the attitade of the United ed the proposal for real Japanese in in Siberia to, check Ger. 29 CANADIAN V.C.'s ------ : d not presume to inter. GERMAN DRHADNOUGHTS Two Added To The Fleet Since Start . of War. 8 Amsterdam, em i TO, USE TABLE WASTE. troller Offers To Finance ing to the Vossische Zeitung, and bave participated fn 'the bombard: 'ment of the fortifications on the Is- lands of Oesel and Dago. These ves. sels are the Baden and the Bayern, which were launched in 1915 Kiel and Danzig. They fire thirty-| eight centimetre shells. 'No Mote Pink Teas. New Liskeard, April 1 3.~Refresh- ments which do not serve the pur- Dose of a regular meal will be ta-| booed for the duration of the war, according to a decision arrived at by the local branch of the Women's Institute. The ladies are taking active interest in the production Pinal b ell has offered to fequirsd $7,000 himselr, paign.,