- 12 PAGES YEAR 83-NO, 231 he 1 KINGSTON, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, oC! TOBER 4, 19]6 LAST EDITION THE SITUATION 1S SUMMARIZED The Position " iy Now Occupy on NT LINE WITHIN MILE OF GERMAN FOURTH POSITION WEST OF BAPAUME ROAD. British in Three 'Months Have Ex- hausted and Broken 350,004 Ger- mans and the Enemy Has Failed to Stop the Allies' Advance. Ya (Special to the Wh London, Oct. 4 Reeling the capture of villages, including Com- bles, Gueudecourt and Thiepval the official statement to-day says: "These victories brought our front| within | line at more than one point a mile of the German fourth position west of the Bapaume-Transloy road. At the end of September the situation | may be summarized as follows: "Since the opening of the battle on July 1st we have taken 26,7356 prisoners, and engaged 38 German di- visions, of which about have been withdrawn, exhausted or broken. We hold a half moon up- land south of Ancre and occupy every height of importance and =o have di-| réct observation ground to the east and northeast, | "The importance of the three months offensive must be looked for} in the effect upon the enemy's | strength in numbers, material and | morale. The enemy has used! up his| reserves in repeated costly and un-| successful counter-attacks without | causing our Allies or ourselves to re-| lax our steady, methodical pressure. | "Seven new German divisions have | heen vainly, thrown against the Brit- | ish." ~ The 'Berlin Report. (Special to the Whig.) Berlin, Oct. 4.--The Germans re- pulsed English attacks near Thiepval| and Mouquette farm last night, also repelled. French attacks | In Transylvania, Rumanian at-/ tacks in Gorgeny valley were fruit- less, but the Rumanians successes east of Parajd. in Germans ad Bulgars withdrew to new ppsitions on the right wing. The British has oc- | cupied Karazako]. The Russians suffered enormous losses in a renewal of stheir attacks west of the fortress of Lutzy yester-| day. NEW YORK STOCKS. The Prices Paid For the Good Stuff] To-day. a Close 107% | 89% 181 Open. Atchison .. «107% Baltimore & Ohio err 89% «JP Re oo 180% : ia .. 40% New York Contral 110% 1 Northern Pacific A143 1 Union Pacific LAB1Y b Car Foundry 72% 72 Amn. Loco. .. 84 83% Anaconda .. 9% 96% | Republic Steel . 81% 8. Steel .. 17% ti ve 41% Cement .. 64% Steel Corp. .. - 64% Steamships, pid. . 80% General Electric ,..120% Toronto Live Stock. Receipts heavy; trade fair; prices] good; heifers, $7 to $7.36; medium, $6.35 to $6.75; others steady. 'Grain rain Markets. w heat --December, $1.58% ; May,! $157%. Corn--December, - 4% 1 895 120% | L 6c. New York Cotton. December, $16.92; January, $17; May, $17.30. Over 50,000 Autos in Ontario. Hamilton, Oct. 4.--W. A, deputy minister of public highways, | addressing the Town Planning Com- | mission of southwestern Ontario, pointed cut the increasing wear and tear of highways owing to the rapidly growing number of automobiles. A few years ago only 533 cars were registered-in Ontario; now the num- ber exceeds 50,000, and will soon each the 100,000 mark. The steamer Maid of the Mist broke " her propeller shaft when close to the foot of the Horseshoe Fall at Ni- agara; the passengers were taken ashore in lifeboats. Charles H. Ritchie, K.C., Toronto, well-known barrister, died suddenly | th on Tuesday of heart failure. -------- WHIG CONTENTS 1--Situation at Somme: Rioting in Montreal: Canadians Set Standard: Liew. Oakes Kill. Tr. in a Told Sate John McIntyre: Gibson's Suit; i Wreck Fog. 3-4Kingston Prize List; in the Twilight torial Notes; Random S--dligher Wages for Firemen; fan Halls of Queen's: Areal M1, Eastern Ontario. ments. Announcements; om. ¥Y Matters: Theatri- From Barriefield War 'Confession t R al Ne 3 OXAne; ryside -- ts, In "She World of Sport. 10 1 ¥ Latest . x . 350,000 men | | from | But the Belgian King and his allies andi, obtained | g a | bebe ENEMY LOSSES VERY HEAVY 10% | 13% % i CcLean, | TO MAKE ADVANCE ON SOMME FRONT The Allies Have dened Their Breach in the'Ger= man Lines. . (Special to the 'Whig.) vith the French Armies on the Somme, Oct. 4 The Allies have now widened their breach in the German lines on the Somme front about twenty-five miles, to a maximum depth of about eight and a half miles, In the early days of the of fensive, the Allied attacks were de- livered on a front extending from a point north of the Albert-Bapaume highway, to a point north of Chaul- nes. The capture last week.of Thiep- val extended the British attack al- most to the Ancre brook. The French reached south of Chaulnes and cap- tured the village off Chilly. A heavy rain that hindered operations for two days, ceased yesterday noon, and the artillery began tuning up, par ticularly south of the river, prepara- tory to another big infantry advance by the Allies, " North of the Somme, last night completed the conquest of a_German trench between Morval and St. Pierre Vaast Wood, taking 200 prisoners. South of the river there | was a violent bombardnient in the region of Belloy-en-Santerre, but no important infantry fighting. 'SPURN/THE OFFERS MADE BY GERMANY King Albert and His Allies Reject Suggestions From the Kaiser: (Special To The Whi tgs New. York, Oct. 4---The Tribune's London correspondent says: Ger- man agents, acting through King Albert of Belgium, suggested recent- ly definite forms to, Allies regard- ing Belgium, Serbia and Lorraine. This I learn from excellent authority. The proposal included the withdraw- al of the Germans from Belgium, the payment of an indemnity for destruc- tion due to military occupation, and the retirement of the Kaiser's forces Serbia without an indemnity, and the return of Lorraine to France spurned these offers repeatedly. SEPPEPEIEFE IEE SHPEEES FPS 7 GIVEN D. 8. 0.7 ~ nna + + + + + (Special tw the Whig.) London, Oct, 4 --King George + to-day conferred the distin- + "guished service order on Sub ¥1™o # Lieutenants Fred Sowrey and # #& Arthur Brandon, of the R. F.C, # & for bringing down Zeppeling in % recent raids : {ONLY A SMALL NU NUMBER OF DIVI- SIONS, IN "RESERVE, | Information Gleaned From Prisoners and Deserters' as to Germany's Weakness on the Somme Front. New York, Oct. 4A New York Times cable from London says. Ellis Ashmead Bartlett, who is now | with the French armies, sends a de- spaich analyzing Germany's man powe He says hal "of the 193 infantry divisions com- | posing the present German army, 117 consist of only three regiments ol | three battalions each, instead of four | regiments of three battalions. | "The proof that the Germans have Fe no strategic reserve is shown by the manner in which divisions are moved from one batt]efield to another | without rest or reorganization." Among other instances of this ,he | gives the following: "The forty-third reserve division | was taken from Vesdun on June 10, and on June 24 it was discovered in front of Lutsk. | "Of ten divisions taken from the Somme front between Sept. 2 and 3 for a rest, four have already been employed to relieve others in Artois. "On the occasion of the attack of | the Allies on Sept. 12 to 15, a divi- | sion, already entrained and well on the way to'Russia, had to be brought { back hastily to the Somme." The correspondent goes on: "It is perfectly clear from an ex amination of prisoners, from the re- ports of deserters and from identify- ing the dead on the different fronts that Germany and Austria"each has now actually no' reserve but three divisions, when, at the commence | ment of the attack on Verdun, afte {the concentrating on the Avocourt- Fresnes front of sixteen divisions, the general staff had still in reserve op the western front eight divisions four in the north, one in Champagne, and three 4a the east In regard to their reserves of men, e figures are evermore significant. rf the 19186 class it is certain that all have been incorporated in the Fania except the weakling: who have n put back. By July 15 among the fif- teen divisions on the Verdun front the 'average was 25 per cent. of the 1916 class. In ten other divisions the figures ifty per cent. on the. same date. he the Somme front by 'Aug. 15° the average of the 1916 class a among thirty-two regim Thus it can only be concluded that the whole of the 1916 hie tale wp of he 1917 up of the class in December, 1915. At the time at least 25 per cent e¢lass are incorporated into Sanit and already at the e the remaining 75 per x various stiges of train of the 1918 class | and July, 1916 over a paiod of the Frenehtl... ENGLISH RED CROSS NURSES WHO LEFT RECENTLY TO CARE FOR WOUNDED RUSSIANS. RIOTING OCCURS IN MONTREAL Serious Anti-Recruiting Trouble There ono Wednesday Morning. FIGHTING IN THE STREETS . STUDENTS. CIVILIANS AND PO- LICEMAN WERE INJURED. Mayor Martin Suspended Police Captain For Entering Cathedral to Make Arrests--Four Laval Students Are Under Arrest. vo A Special tothe. IDIED.. Montreal, O¢t. 4--This city again was the scene of serious anti-recruit- ing - rioting this morning. During a procession of Laval university students after - attending mass, somebody demolished a large re-! cruiting sign. The police were call- | ed biit, and there. was street fighting, | in whieh clubs and stones were free- ly used. Two students, one police- man and several civilians are more | or less injured. Mayor Martin has temporarily /su- | it being | spended a police captain, charged that he entered the sacred | precincts of St. James cathedral to] arrest students. There will investigation. Four students under arrest. BOMBARD BULGARS On Left Flank Ne: Near Rasova-- | Mackensen's Forces Are Being Attacked. {8pecial to the Whig.) Petrograd, Oct. 4-3 Russian gun- boats have steamed down the Danube river and are bombarding the Bul- garian left flank near Rasova, in Dobrudja, it was officially announced to-day. The Russian warships are co-operating. with the' Russo-Ru- manian forcds now attacking Field | Marshal Mackensen's army south of | the Constanza railway. The baMle is going on along a line extending from Rasova through Ka- baden to Perveli, 2 On the Austro-German front stub- born battles are going on in the re- gion of Bulnov, near Chelvoy, and near Korythna. Thé enemy is re- taining his positions along the river Ce ka, near the : source of the Zlota' Lipa with the greatest stub- bornness. j Had to Retire. (Special To The Whig) Berlin, Oct. 4.--Sofla reports to day that the Rumanian force that crossed the Danube and invaded Bul- garia has been forced to withdraw ing hasty flight when attacked on three sides by. German and Bulgarian troops threatened with eneviepment. EAUCOURT L'ABBAYE TAKEN BY BRITISH They Got in Several Days Ago But Germans Clung to lan Special To The Whig) 4 --The village of urt nace Bet three miles from Bapaume, was completely occupied by the British last night in a resump- tion of the Somme offensive, Gen. Hag Inport reported this afternoon. The British lines were pushed, forward into the village several days ago, but the German clung tenaciously to several houses, There were cleared of the enemey in last night's fight- After a slight intermission a heavy downpour of:rain on the Somme front jof the rights of small states. | be an| are | expresses | troops who have eas ---- jeeasingly ithree months RUSSIAN GUNBOATS kr i "Verdun | TEDDY WANTS ACTION TO BACK UP SYMPATHY Says Administration's Attitude Is "Terribly Hypo- critical." Switzerland, Oct. 4 Louis Macon, president League of Neutral Countries, Roosevelt applauds the recent denunciation of the Belgium, The le Ker) €eneva, letter to of the Theodore league's invasion ys: "These protests against the en- croachment by Germany form a noble | contrast to the timid silence un- worthily maintained by those at the head of my country. Every civilized | | nation is morally forced to protest ragainst the violation of Belgium. "That is probably true to country, where those directing government ms ake speeches advocat- ing peace leagues and the protection It is to of my pitiful and terrible hypocritical such declarations of rights in an abstract manner without taking an active part in the relief of Belgium's misfortun [DEATH BLOWS TO FOE IN PICARDY {Gen. Joffre Congratulates the Armies of France--Huns Cannot Recover. | ---- Paris, Oct. i Gen. Joffre, under date of September 29th sent the {low g£ to the armies of the north: "The general commander-in-chiefl great satisfaction to the been fighting un- Somme for nearly By their valor they have given blows to the enemy from whi ich he has diffieulty in recover- fol on the 25 replied; villages re conquered; more than 35,000 prisons {ers and 150 cannon taken successive through for a such are 'the enemy lines broken depth of 10 kilometers results already obtained. "In continuing the contest with the same tenacious will, in union with our brave Allies, the valianti armies of the Somme will be assured of a glorious part in the decisive victory." CHEMIST MAKES FORTUNE. Poor Student From Germany Dics a Millionaire. New York, Oct. 4.--How a poor student of chemistry, who came here from Germany in 1868, attracted the | attention of John D. Rockefeller, he- came the chief chemist of the Stand- | ard Oil Company and by his ingen- uity amassed a fortune of $10485,.- 828, is disclosed by an appraisal of the estate of the late Herman Frasch of this city. After attaining success as a chemist, Mr. Frasch undertook to develop a sulphur mine in Louisi- ania, which had passed through the hands of four companies that were unable to make it pay. The sul- Mr. Frasch devised a method of con- veying super-heated water into the mine, melting th phur and then pumping it out een a pipe. GOT OVER DANUBE. A Roumanian Town Captured by 2 the Bulgarian Forces. (Special To The Whig) Sofia, Oct. 4.--Bulgarian forces have occupied the Roumanian town of Malak at, near the Danube. The War admitted at the same time that "considerable units" of | Roumanians had crossed the Danube and invaded Bulgaria. The river was bridged by he Roumanians near Riasevo. » 4 - » ' SHIPS DAMAGED. : (Special to t the Whig.)' - + New York, Oct. 4---A Paris ¢ + despatch says the British Red + # Crwss ship Radnor was serious # 4 ly damaged b p in the Salil Dover Details of damage and loss 3, Hie JF hye 2% 298 Yet ta Nand tress py Ancre, | the | pronounce such speeches and mAKE] phur lay 800 feet below the surface. | «% gubject" occupies a very -------------- CANADIANS SET THE - STANDARD In| fa the Australians By Their Heroic Fight- | "Aga Yor oes. OTHER DOMINIONS St {THE STANDARD IN THE NUMBER OF MEN ENLISTED. t N. W. Rowell Speaks at Woodstock on "The Dominions and the War" --Canadians Will Return Stronggr Canadians Than Ever. al to the Whig) ct, 4. lnspiring praise which he heard Europe (Speci in both from Australians and New Zea- landers as to the gallantry of Can adian soldiers and the standard for | righting they had set for tle other ! Dominions, was a message delivered by N. W. Rowell, KC., M.PP, in his speech on "The Dominions and the War," at the public meeting of the | Woodstock Canadian Club here last evening. Mr. Rowell told of his visits to the South African, Austra- lian and New Zealand troops, well as describing again his visit to the Canadian front. = As to Australia, Mr. Rowell told of an incident pleasing to Can- adians. When he congratulated one of the Australian the heroism and self-sacrifice of the Aus tralian troops at. Gallipoli, the an swer was: "It was the work of. the Canadians at the-second battle of Ypres which get the pace for us. We (were then in Egypt, and when we read how the Canadians had saved the situation we said to ourselves that Australia could mot be behind Canada and that when the time came we would have to acquit ourselves equally well." This officer said the | work of Canadians in this battle set ithe standard for the rest of the over- | seas Dominions. "While the Canadians," continued Mr. Rowell, "at the second battle of Ypres admittedly 'set the standard for the other Dominions, we must {admit that it is they who have set the standard for us in the number of {troops enlisted and sent to the front. {At the present time we arin urgent |need of a larger supply of tigorough- {ly trained reinforcements, Only those who know the situation could understand how urgent this need is." Closer Relations. Mr. Rowell went on to deal with the mpre general question of the re- {lations of the Dominions and the Mother Land. "The meeting to- gether," he said, "of Cangdians, Aus- tralians, New Zealanders, South Afri- cans and the men of Great Britain and Ireland on the battle front can- not but help toward a better under- standing each of the other. One of the sentiments most frequently ex- pressed was the desire for closer re- lations between the Dominion and the Mother Country. The subject ap- pears to be in evervone's mind. I found members of the Trades Union {Congress just as much interested in jdiscugsing the question as members of th vernment. The statement of ube | MI: Asgltith's that after the war the {Saver ment would Es conference of representatives of the Dominions to consider and pass in review the relations between the Dominions and the Mother Country, met with hearty approval everywhere. While the ch larger place in the public wf in Great # Britain than in Canada, one found pretty general t that we must see the war through before we enter upon the serious discussions of as most officers on these grave internal problems, but we Hould do well 10 kepp In mind that question con~ sideration when the ¥ te Waris over a a a te Empire have touched shoulder with each other. They have fought as brothers side by sidé. They | have shed their blood in a common cause, They have struggled back to] life and health side by side in the same hospi tals Many of their com-| rades lie buried in the same grave Bonds have been created which will never be broken. Henceforth they will pay much less deference to old | conventions and customs, to party appeals and party Shibboleths: 1 be- shoulder to Canadians than ever, maintain our freedom and self-gov- ernment; but they will also return | with a consciousness of a larger | citizenship in the British Com? non- | RUSSIA'S PERMANENT RESERVE 1,500,000 Petrograd, Oct. 4 ---Inter- viewed by the representative of a Paris newspaper, General Polivanoff, Russian Minister of, War, declared Russia now has a permanent reserve of a million and a half of young recruits, which permits the army authorities to fill the various units without sending to the front for men with in sufficient military training. PEPPER RP EPE Pre EXPRESS STR RREGAT JUST WEST OF MALLORYTOWN TUESDAY NIGHT, Locomotive Was Derailed and Four Freight Cars Were Smas Lucky That Express Had Stopped | at Mallorytown. The G.T.R. express No. 9, due here | from Montreal at 12.57 a.m., collided | with a frefght train just west of Mal- lorytown station shortly before mid- night Tuesday. The locomotive of the express was derailed, and four cars of the freight were smashed up, but no one was injured. Pessengers were jarred by the collision, but their injuries were slight. If the express had not had to stop at Mallorytown, which is only a flag station at night, a terrible collision wouid have resulted, as it would have crashed into the freight at a speed of fifty miles an hour. It was very-lycky indeed that four soldiers were prpceeding to Mallorytown, re- quiring Xhe train to stop. The express pulled out of Mallory- town, and had attained a speed of perhaps ten miles an hour, when the freight suddenly loomed up ahead, crossing from the westbound track to the eastbound, in order to allow the express to pass. From what could be learned, the conductor of the [Treight forgot about No. 9 and did not take precautions. It was quite foggy, and the engineer of the ex- press could see no freight was slowly backing from the westbound track. The locomotive first hit an empty car and smashed three others before being thrown off the rails into the ditch. None of the cars on the express were damaged, and the passengers only felt a few jolts as the train was brought to a stop. An auxiliary engine arrived from Brockville an hour later, and the ex- press was pulled back to Brockville, Traffic was delayed until a wreek- ing train arrived from Belleville and cleared the tracks. ¥t was 8.30 am. before the express Kingston, Miss Hudon, of this city, and J. A. McKendry; of Glenburnie, were o- the express: also a number for Bar- riefield camp soldiers: 'returning from their last leave, v BASEBALL ON'TUESDAY. "National League. Brooklyn, %; New York, 6. Boston, 6-6; Philadelphia, 3-1. / American 1 : New York, §; Wishingten, | Heve they will return to us stronger | determined to| a hstarre lights as the] Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Newlands 'and : LIT. C. E OMES | wrrn THE DUMMIES WITH A | FATAL RESULT. | . [The Deceased Officer Was About | Thirty Years of Age and Belonged to North Augusta--Ready to Go Overseas. : Ottawa, Oct. 4.--Lieut. C. E. { Oakes, of the 156th Brockville Bat- | talign, was instantly killed at Rock- | cliffe "Musketry School yesterday by | a bullet accidentally fired from a rifie {in the hands of a fellow-officer. | Oakes and the other officer were {at firing practice with dummy am- | munition. The method in this par- ticular part of the course is that one ! officer places a sighting disc over his | eye and the other takes aim at it and [fires five rounds, unloaded shells be- ling used simply to operate the | mechanism of the rifle. The officer | Wéaring the disc is able to see whe- | ther the rifle is being held true and to correct.any defect in the aim. The two officers were taking turns at the test, and in some unexplained manner | a loaded cartridge got into the maga- | zine. The bullet entered Oakes', eye | and passed clear through his head. | The dead officer was about thirty | years old, and the son of William | Oakes, of North Augusta. He had been recently detailed {from Barriefield Camp take a course of musketry instruction the capital. He was ready to accompany the 156th overseas next week. CALLS ON GOVERNMENT Infamous Speeches of Cer- tain Demagogues. Montreal, Oct. 4. --8peaking of the speeches of Henri Bourassa and Ar- mand Lavergne, which the Messrs, Tarte's paper designates as ous work," La Patrie asks how long the government is going to allow this thing to go on impunity, while our valiant soldiers at the firing line are waiting in vain for reinforce- ments which would hasten the final victory. "In three months," La Patrie con- tinues, "the British army has lost over 300,000 troops, and while the heroic armies~of Great Britain and France are shedding their blood for the common cause certain dema- Bogues have resumed an anti 0- tic agitation seeking with more energy than ever before to show our | rural population that we are not con- | cernad 4in this war, that all we have {to do is to remain quietly at home, | that we owe nothing to England, and [awit the Allied vietory which is be- ing obtained at the price of awful jsnerifices," - A NEW PREMIER. | Marshal Terauchi is Now Head of Japanese Cabinet. (Special to the Whi Tokio, Oct. 4. 2 Marshal KFerauehi has bee appointed Prime Minister, succeeding Count Okuma, who re« signed yesterday. Count Marshal Terauchi, the new. Japanese Premier, holds the highest rank in the Japanese army, and un- til his appointment to the premier- sup to-day was Governor-General of orea. "DAILY MEMORANDUM King's Daughters' Ru e Sale, Oet. 27th and 28th. -----y Tag day, Saturday, Oect. of General "Hospital. Bee typ of page rl ht hand corner. tor probabiitien °F Ladies' Musical Club ning recita Convocation hall, Thursday, 5.5 P h Admission 25c. Tudnkagiving th, in sid Brock St. Methodist supper, Thursday, Oct. Sth. Tea from 8x to ie BIRHOB 1 John Oct. 4th, 181 days, son EET osha, & 559 dn ontha Andrew F. Bishop. - Funeral Friday at § o'clock, from 47 Elm street, to St. Mary's ceme- ter: Friends. and acquaintances dre res nig ctfully invited to Attend. ~In re hs 2nd 81s William A aged ati Atiy-nine Funora). rom his late residence, Cat- araqui, ursday afternoon, 2. ntances Ar iy invited to attend © "0 Gladstone . {darkness). aa 3-5: