YEAR 83-NO. KINGSTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, ---- 19ie CANADIANS SUFFERED " IN DASHING ATTACK Ontario Ad Westem Battalions Went Forward ~ 500 Yards~-Met Withering Machine Gun Fire And Had to Retire. (Special to the Whig.) 12.--Particularly Ottawa, Oct. w severe and desperate fighting, in which heavy casualties have heen sustained, have characterized the operations of Ontario, Winnipeg, British Columbia and Alberta troops on the Somme front during the past few days. A cable from the Canadian representative at the front, 'received by Sir Sam Hughes this orming, by the Canadians battalions on a front o records gn attack 8,600 yards: The troops of the Dominion, with dashing gallantry, managed to penetrate to a depth of 500 yards on the enemy's front, but : were thére met by a withering heavily. points on the front attacked. " The Canadians, however, machine gun fire and lost very This hail of lead wiis directél from practically all held on their way and captured the objective, but savage counter-attacks were launched by the Germans, and it i8 admitted that the Canadians were com- pelled to relire almost to the point from which they started | out, An Alberta battalion, which ran into entanglements, suf- fered particularly heavily. Describing this engagement of the Canadians, which took place last Sunday, the 'Canadian Official Eye- witness says: "Considered as a demonstration of dash and courage of our infantry, as & grewt Incident in the military -his- tory of Canada, it will have an in- spiring significance. Our men have ro-affirmed their personal ascendency | in battle. They feel no sense of de- feat. On the contrary the living are more confident of victory, and the dead have not died in val Ontario Battalion's Wi The Eyewitness' 8 refers to Ontario troops in n as follows: "On the right a task of special difficulty in the capture of a criss- cross formation of strong German trenches, known as the 'quadrilater- al,' had been to an Ontario battalion, mn, encount- ering heavy wire on right flank, th 'the 'left and, or- ta until the nes were n. Between 150 e nging to dif- pegiments, including So i a marine division, were captured. The trenches were found to have suffered severely from our artillery fire, and as a further consequence of the bombing and bayonet fighting they were in places literally heaped with German dead. Had to Retire. "Not long after our occupation the enemy artillery began to range up- on the trenches with increasing in- tensity. During the morning two at- tempts by local enemy forces to re- cover the lost ground by bombing attacks were fruitless, our men toutly resisting. The Germans hur- rledly brought up reinforcements, however, and in the early afternoon, after half an Nour's concentrated bombardment, launched a determin- ed attack from three directions against the centre of the 'quadrila- teral.' ~ Bh "Our men were gradually "to withdraw to west, until the whole position was evacuated. Nothing daunted, they organized successful bombing coun- ter-attacks, but were unable to re- establish themselves." ' BOSTON WINS WORLD'S SERIES; ~~ DEFEATS R. H. E. of another plonship and . tening on the throats of C hopes, the Bos- ton -Red Sox: into the fifth game of the world's series this after- noon simply ng with confidence. Boston was with another per- fect day for this fifth game, and coupled with the usual observance |- fzed as a for taking a holiday, record crowd. Overcoats, furs sweaters were much in evidence in the stands and bleachers, although the sun shone brightly. The batteries are: Brooklyn--Pfeffer and Meyers. Hoston----S8hore and Cady. Umpires--At the. plate, Connolly; bases, O'Day; foul lines, Quigley and Dineen. ? prs of, Daubert 1b, Stengel rf, Wheat If, Cutshaw 2b, . Mowrey 3b; Olson ss, Meyers ¢, Pfef- rf, Janvrin 2b, 1b, Lewis If, .of , Columbus Day, perfectly .| fanned. BROOKLYN TO-DAY rey out, Hobby to Shore, Cutshaw taking second on the sacrifice, Olson out, Gardner to Hobby, Cutshaw tak- ing third. Meyers up. Cutshaw scored on a passed ball. Meyers out, Scott to Hobby. 1 rum, 0 hits, 0 er- rors, Boston--Hoblitael out, Pfeffer to Daubert: Lewis tripled to left. The ball 'bounded over Wheat's head. Gardoer . flied to Wheat, Lewis scoring after the catch. Mowrey dropped Scott's foul, Scott fouled to Meyers, 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, Third I Brooklyn----Pfeffer fanned. Myers out, Gardner to Hobby. Daubert out, Shore to Hobby. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors.« ! Up to this time not a ball had been hit out of the infield by the Dodgers. Shore had walked one man and fanned two. Boston--Cady singled to right. Shore fouled to Meyers. Hooper walked, 'Janvrin hit to Olson and Cady scored, Hooper taking third when Olson juggled and them threw wild to Cutshaw trying to get H er. Janvrin was safe at first. Ji vrin out stealing, Meyers to Olson. Shorten singled to centre, scoring Hooper. Hobby up. Shorten out stealing, Meyers to Olson. 2 runs, 2 hits, 2 errors. - Fourth Innings. Ro Brooklyn flied to Shorten. Whea Shaw ut, Shore to runs, 0 hits, 0 errors. Dodgers' effort in this innings Hobby, The SILENT AFRIL TORPEDOES SED By French With Uncrring Accuracy in Pre- paring For Assaults. -------- ; iia i ------ THE BARBED WIRE DEFENCES : OF THE GERMANS. - Ch British Made Successful Raids=-No Important" Actions on the Somme ' Front on Wednesday Night. Paria, Oct 1 oe She United Press correspondent at the Somme river fighting tells of the use by the French of new aerial torpedoes, which leave the guns silently, and with unerring accuracy smash and cut German barbed-wire defences, in preparation for assaults of the French infantry. The correspondent says work of the Allies' air forces Is magnificent, and continues superior over the Germams at all times. Ea 2 the Wot London: Oct. 12.--In five British ralds near Messines, Granier Wood and enes, German prisoners ware taken and casualties inflieted Lon the enemy, Gen. Haig reported to- day. No important actions occurred ob 3 1h; Homme front, during - the night, Lo ------------ At . Ba ACTS LIKE A PRESIDENT. He Will Not Be Led to Talk on Euro % © pean Policies. Successes. ¥ iT GERMAN SUBMARINE OPERATING WITHIN FIVE MILES OF CANADA. These fine pictures of the German U-boat 53 and crew were taken during her three-hour stay at Newport, R:l., be- fore she started her raiding operations which resulted in the sinking of pine merchant vessels off the U. 8. coast. DUS. ATTORNEY-GENERAL DENOUNCES THE METHODS OF THE MURDEROUS GERMANS Britain's Entry Into War Will Go Down In History as, the Glorious Act of an Unselfish People. New York, Oct. 12.~The Canadian { Club of New York held its monthly {dinner at the Hotel Biltmore last night with James M. Beek, former Assistant Attorney-General of the man which British soldier, "who takes his war- fare as he does a football mlteh." In another part of his address Mr, Beck said: "Thank God there is not single British officer or soldier who would sink wemen and children in the depths of the sea, nor one 'who would leave women and children in open boats at the peril of the waves," He spoke of the optimism of the British goldier, and the superiority of British aeronauts. It was with pride, he said, that he had noted: the fact that the allies had gained mas- tery of the air. To prove this, he said that his three days' experience in the Somme front had taught him that the Germans had not got the range, and only observation - aero- plane had passed over the British and French trenches in three days. Mr. 'Beck praised the British Em¢ pire for its courage in going to the rescue of Belgium. "England," he said, 'had no idea of impending war, and might have stayed-out. That she was willing to stake her whole great Empire for the cause and basic principles of civilization will go down in history 'as the glorious act qf an unselfish people." id | | hl SEFPIP FIRTH 1 { $860, which they represented, was | paid him. | Addresses were delivered by the counsel, A. B. Cunningham, for the | plaintiffs, and T. J. Rigney for the | defendant, and the judge announced {that he would reserve his decisioa. | Motions Granted. | Two motions were granted. One | was- for an order directing and ap- - proving of the sale to Catherine Agnes DW, |. FAR NIKE THREATS In Order to Receive Lands From Sisters of T.). Bon? DEEDS GIVEN T0 MR. FAR TILL DEFALCATIONS ©F HIS AGENT WERE PAID, Sisters Sue to Have Deeds Set Aside as Defendant Is About to Sell Prop- erties--Claimed Me Was Merely to Hold Them as Security. Justice Sutherland reserved judgment in the case of Sarah Ellen Boon and Isabella Susan Boon against W. J. Fair. This action was to set aside a deed, dated May 16th, 19165, of certain lands. in Kingston, on the grounds of fraud, undue influence and failure of consideration. The story told by the plaintiffs was that the lands in question were merely to be held as security by the defendant until the indebtedness of T. J. Boon to the North American Life Assur- ance Company had been discharged, the defendant agreeing that neither he nor his estate would sell the lands. 7 " Slit the lands were deeded over 4s a re- sult of threats made by the defen- dant to have Boon arrested if some- thiug was not done at ofice to make good, in whole or in part; Boon's shortage. The evidence of Mrs. T. J. Boon and Miss Sarah Ellen Boon showed that in order to satisfy the demands of the defendant two properties had been deeded over to him on the under- standing that he was not to sell them. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Boon dgeded over property valued at $360, and the Misses' Boon transferred to the de- fendant property valued at $500. The evidence of Mr. and Mrs. Boon (that of the former having been taken some time ago, on the eve of his departure for overseas) was to the effect that threats had been made by. the defen- [dant prior to the deeding over of the properties. Miss Boon stated she had not heard Mr, Fair maké any threats, but Mrs. Boon had told her that he had threatened her brother with ar- rest, and this was what had prompted her and her sister to deed over thelr property. Me. and Miss Boon stated in court that when the pi ies were deeded over the defendant agreed that he would not sell the properties. But despite this assur- ance, he had placed the properties in the hands of 4 real estate nt; hence the action of the Misses n to recoved their lands. 'Wor the defence, William Mundell, barrister, told of"acting as convey- ancer when the properties were trans- ferred, and he declared that he had no recollection whatever of the de- tendam agreeing not to sell the prop- erties. : Mr. Fair's Evidence. " W. J. Fair, the defendant, said that the first jatimation he had of wrong- doing on the part of Boon, who was an employee of the North American Assurance Co., was when he forged a signature to a note. Other forged notes kept turning up until there were 70 or 75 of them, with 2h aggre gate value of $2,200 or $2,300, forgeries had been going on for seve- ral months. = Boon's e was to pocket money from policyholders n cover up his tracks by fo notes. The wi was the latter part of i first part of May, 1915, whe that Boon was forgil The plaintiffs alleged, further, that and} t- | Virginia Killoran of the assets of the | estate of her late husband for the {sum of $6,000, The other motion was for an order | directing and appointing of the | sale to Agnes PurteM of the asses of | her late husband's estate amounting to the sum of $3,600 EUROPE'S MAD KING DIED IN A CASTLE Where He Has Been Confined For Several Years Past. (Special to the Whig.) Copenhagen, Oct. 12 --King Otto of Bavaria, Germany, Europe's mad king, aged seventy, died suddenly at the Castle of Fuerstenried, where he has been confined, insane, for several years. The "mad king" startled Europe by his eccentricities before he was declared. incapable of ruling in 19183, and was succeeded by his cousin, King Ludwig III. Since then Otto was {mprisoned in a castle, Though in the midst of rich furnishings, he is reported to have lived like a sav- age, refusing to have his halr or nails cut, and avoiding water and soap. He Is reported to have cursed his emperor, Kaiser Wilhelm, and to have declared that he (Wilhelm) would come to his end in a dungeon, like himself. SIR WILFRID'S REMARK A member of the Whig staff was in Ottawa this week, and had a few words with Sir Wil- frid Laurier, wha is looking ex- tremely well, though showing evidence of the accumulation of years. His faculties, however, are ¢9 keen as ever, and when the Whig's name was mention- ed he quickly remarked: "Good! A good mame and a good paper." Sir Sam Hughes, debonnair and sprightly, greeted all the newspaper men in happy vein. He said to the Whig that his brother, Brig-Gen. W. €. Hugh- es wae now in very fine health. SPE PPPPP REPRE BP PPP PFE 4 202424440000 | VENIZELOS HEADS A NEW GOVERNMENT A Warm Supporter of the Al- lies Is Made War Minister. (Special to the Whig.) London, Oct. 12--The new Greek provisional government, headed by Ex-Premier Venizelos, and favoring Greece's entrance into the war, be- gan taking shape at about the same hour that the French naval authori- ties yesterday took over the ships of the Greek navy. Gen. Zimkrakakis, a warm sup-~ porter of the Allied cause, was sworn in as war minister. The ceremony took place at Salonika, where Ven- izelos has established headquarters. CHURCH REPAIRS COMPLETED, About $2,000 Expended by the Cath- - olic Society. Cape Vincent, N.Y., Oct. 12.--Re- pairs costing about $2,000 to the local Catholic church are about com- pleted. The last work to be done was the laying of a new hard wood floor and the installing of new seats. Father Burne, who came here from Colton the first of the summer, has been greatly troubled im getting car- penters and laborers to finish up the work, However, now the people can be justly proud of their church, for the interior is practically new, The altar has been done over in white and gold and the walls have been en- tirely tinted to match the woodwork. e money for the repairs was raised at a fair given by the church in July. Plans were discussed for the rais- ing of $250,000 by Toronto for the British Red Cross during a three-day campaign. .. ~ THROUGH RUMANIA AB MACK- ENSEN DID THROUGH SERBIA? Believed That Falkenhayn Has Not Yet Struck His, Heaviest Blow-- The Bulgarian Offensive Checked Definitely. + 4 London, Oct, 12.--Thé stage is be- ing pet for a great bajtle In southern Transylvania. Before von Falken- hayn's troops, the Rumanians, are still falMng back south of Kronstadt, but their rearguard is fighting back, and reinforcements are coming up. The decision in all probability will determine 'the course of the winter campaign. It may decide whether Falkenhayn shall ride through Ru- mania as Mackensen rode through Serbia, or whether King Ferdinand's troops can begin another offensive in' Transylvania. 3 Both Sides Reinforcing. Both forces are preparing for 8 giant "battle. Falkenhayn Is aug- menting his army, and the Rumany fans are concentrating more troops in the Kronstadt sector, An import- ant factor in the situation is the power the Russians can exert in the Dobrudja and the extent to which they can divert troops from Falken- hayn's command. There is increasing activity in the Dobrudja, with indications that the battle there will be resumed without delay. The Russians are sending more men into this provinde, and von Mackensen is being hard along his right wing. : offensive seems to have kod definitely. } AEE CR Greatest {nterest centres In fhe Transylvanian fighting, where it Is believed that Falkenhayt has not yet struck his heaviest blow, The Ger- mans, besides moving the Rumanian east, too, and tain War Tidings. In terrific assaults. ednesday the French : red Genermont farm, w to an important part 'the ne. = Allies continue to on all sectors. The Serblans captured two more towns. 1 The British Adm , ed the direction of Allied freighters and. the United States. Italians continue to The prisoners pow |} thousand. f 4 The British have cut line, completely I garian left wing in The French artillery opened a raking artilléry ie Tro night on a thirteen » nt in Picardy. ; Germany is calling on men up to the, Age o sixty-three. oi loy eorge says Britain w tolerate no outside interference, Member Goes 10 Prison. Regina" Oot hi §; Devine, Liberal member of ; ; sentenced for. Kinistino, was 'to twp years and five months' imprisonmen tor 'complicity in the regent election scandals. di ite DAILY MEMORANDUM Board of Education, 4. pa. Bee of Sake 3, right {and corner for roBabili ey. : rs ¥ 5 Limestone Lodge, ¢ AS ¢ meets tonight, 8 o'e : Princess St. Church » Friday, Oct. 13th, St 4 Doors open at 3 0 BORER ;