Daily British Whig (1850), 17 Oct 1916, p. 1

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y aE 883-NO. 241 KINGSTON, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1916 me---- LAST.'EDITION ULTIMATUM HANDED TO GREEK GOVERNMENT By Commander of Anglo= French Fleet--Allies in Charge at Athens. (Special 4n ths Whie Athens, via London (Delayed). End " bs Soom Of Masi Nit fl, 7.~--The Exthange Telegraph | Ocenia here learns authori- | tatively that a new note, in the form WIDENING OF THE FRONT MADE POSSIBLE BY THE CAP. TURE OF THIEPVAL. Enemy Trenches Entered West of Serre--The French Capture Part & of Sallly-Saillisle Village North. cast of Combles. ton aiSvectal 4: the ) 17. he Brith troops extended the Somme offensive north of Ancre Brook last night, and en- tered the ememy trnches west of Serre, Gen. Haig reported this after- noon. -, Since the first day of the offensive when the British drew their lines close to Serre, and then were driven back, there has been no fighting on this front. The Germans, holding a strong position at Thiepval, made it inadvisable for the Allies to extend their operations further north. The capture of Thiepval opened the way for a widening of the front. French at Sailly-Saillisle, (Special to the Whig) Paris,. Oct. 17.--French® troops conquered a number of houses in the village of Balilly-Saillisle, north- east of Combles, last night, it was of- ficially announced to-day, and re- pulsed severe German counter-at- tacks. » Ninety prisoners were taken. MONTGOMERY INQUEST ADJOURNED TO FRIDAY A Delay in Getting the Presence of Wi From Thiessen ---- Belleville, Oct, 17.--The inquest Jintao the death of Joseph Montgomery, | » suicide, and the alleged slayer of his brother, Walter of Madoc township, the court at Lhe hour, oa forwarding him the Comore's cartificate of tie death of Hiv acrvsed. © ' , $100K EXCHANGE. The Prices at Which the Goods Are Delivered. Pda) to the Whig.) 4 ew York Stocks. Atohison .. ..%,. ...106Y Baltimore & Ohio .. 3 5 rf Close. 106% ar asiens 303 een xs 38% New York Central 108% Northern Pacific ., .111 R soy o 108 149% $7 Union Car Fo Steel of Canada Smelters .. . Steamers .. N. 8. Steel .. .. Cement .. .i oo. General Electric .. 136% « 68% 69 117 Bid Chicago Grain, Wheat--December, $1.62; $1.63%. Qorn--~Dyetinper, 78 %e¢c. York © May, 'ork Cotton. December, bye March, $18.10; May, $18.19, | PREMIER MAY TOUR ONTARIO. | Mis VI, if Undertaken, Would Be| Non-political. 'Ottawa, Oct. 17.--~Sir Robert Bor- "may may undertake a brief tour of he near future. No ar- been made as much the Prime Minis- duties in Ot- with the war, will the trip. The be non- * + + * * 1% * pi fb + * > + + + * | of an ultimatum of an extremely grave.charaoter has been handed to the Greek Government by Vice-Ad- miral Fournet, commander of the An- glo-French fleet jn the Mediterran- {'ean, King Comstantine has returned to the capital from his residence at Tatol since the note was presented. | French and Italian marines with ma- chine guns have heen placed in charge of railway stations, Muniei- pal buildings and other meeting places in Athens and Pireaus. The population is quiet and expectant. KING, CONTRIBUTES £5,000, To British Red Orpss Soclety--Asks For Support, Toronto, Oct, 17.--The following cablegram from his Majesty King George has just been received by the Provincial British Red Cross Commit- tee. Its commendation of Red Cross work and the practical example set, Bake a powerful appeal for October 9 "The work of mercy jointly ear- ried out by the British Red Cross So- ciety and the order of St. John of Jerusalem his evoked amoung my people the deepest feeling of grati- tude and pride. From what I have seen at home and at the front, I tully appreciate the splendid work the So- ciety has accomplished as it is only by a united Empire that victory will be secured, so for the relief of those who suffer in its attainment must we stand equally united. I have great pleasure in (giving five thousand pounds as a donation to the fund, upon the resources of which there must be ever increasing demands. (Signed), George, R. 1." Her Majesty Queen Mary and his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales have also commended the work and contributed ome thousand pounds each to the empire-wide "Our Day" collection, a SEND PRIESTS TO FRONT; . CLOSE CHURCHES. : Peterhoro, Oet. 17.--Bishop, # O'Brien, in announcing in St. # Peter's Cathedral priests of Ontario dioceses were wanted for chaplain service overseas, said that though priests for home parochial work were badly needed, priests would be sent to the front even if some churches would have to be, closed. am te i PRUTEST TO HEARST. Against Permits for Moving Pictures on Sunday. (Special to the Whig Toronto, Oct. 17. Ee Promior Hearst to-day promised serious consideration of the arguments of the deputation which appeared before the Govern- ment to protest against the Govern- ment's issuance of special permits for the use of moving pictures on Sumn- day for philanthropic purposes. The deputation was a strong ome, repre- sentative of Roman . Catholic as well as all Protestant denominations ia Ontario. CANADIAN FISHERIES, During Last Fiscal Year Valued at About $36,000,000, (Special to the Whig. Ottawa, Oct. 17.---The total value of Canadian fisheries during the last fiscal year, according to the annual report of the Fisheries Department, was slightly less than thirty-six mil- lion dollars, an increase of four and a half millions, as compared with the previous year. Salmon, with a pro- duction of upwards of eleven million dollars, cottinues to hold first place as the most valuable of Canadian fish. Lindsay Telephone Rais (Special to the , Oct, 1 17. he Ynis. stroyed the plant achine that five | RUSSIANS CHECK ENEMY INVASION Aust Geum fase a ic hor ian Frontier is Stopped. ALONG THE WHOLE DOBRUDJA FRONT, PETROGRAD REPORTS Enemy Advances Eastward in In. vasion of Northwestern Rumania ~The Serbians Repulse Bulgarian Counter-Attacks Southeast of Monastir, (Special To The Whig Petrograd, Oct. 17 -- The Austro- German offensive, near the Rumani- an frontier south of Dorna Vatra, has "been checked, it was officially announced to-day. The Russians re- pulsed several enemy attacks. out along the whole front. North of Korytnica and near Bol- schoyc¢ obstinate fighting is going on. Fierce enemy counter-attacks were repulsed sterday," and throughout the day tliere was no interruption in the intense bombardment. The Rus- sians captured a machine gun and | fifty prisoners in this region. Enemy Pushes Eastwara, (Special to the Whig Buc harest, Oct. 17. Eneny forces advancing for an invasion of North- western Rumania have pushed east- ward in the Trotus Valley as far as Agas, it was officially announced to- day. Fighting is proceeding at that point. Serbs Repulse Bulgars. (Special to the Whig.) Paris, Oct. 17.--S8erbian Bifoops re- pulsed several Bulgarian counter-at- tacks in the Cerna river region, southeast of Monastir, it was official- ly announced to-day. Russians Defeat Turks. (Bpecial to the Whig.) Petrograd, Oct. 17.--Heavy Cava- Iry fighting in Turkish Armenia, in which great losses were inflicted by fhe Russians, is reported by the War Offtes. RUSSIAN ARMY READY TO HELP RUMANIANS None Too Soon, for Hinden- burg Has Qathered a Strong Force. Lausanne, Switzerland, Oct. 17--It is now announced that the main Rus- sian army of 300,000 men is ready to take the field against the Bulgars. It is time, for the Germans are develop- ing a powerful offensive. I am told Hindenburg himself is directing operations from a distance. Infor- mgfition verified from several sources shows that since September 1 the Germans have sent 12 divisions against Genera} Brussiloff, in addi- tion to 12 'divisions despatched months ago. Of the last twelve divi- sions nine were used in the defence of Kovel, Viadimir and Volynaski. For the defence of Kovel, Hinden- burg concgntrated some thirty-one divisions. # When Rumania entered the war three German divisions were sent in part to Transylvania, in part to Dobrugen, while Austria sent sev- en divisions, of which six came from' the Russian front, and one from Al- bania. Thus Austria now has on the Rus- so-Rumanian front forty-four divi- sions and Germany sixty-five. More- over, there are ten German cavalry divisions and eleven Austrian. FIGHTING HAS BROKEN UT In Dobrudja fighting has broken| FIGURES IN OTTAWA'S SENSATION. RB. Bonnett, MP, (ieft service in of trouble over hi sec «Mr. Murray is turers' Association. LIZZIE METZNER ASHORE; CREW WAS TAKEN OFF Kingston Men Had a Thrilling | Time in a Gale Off Osw A despatch "The schooner Lizzie Metzner went | ashoreoff Oswego, early this momn-| ing in a sixty-mile gale." Tremendous seas were running in the lake, and the crew, consisting of Capt. Chaun- coy Daryaw, Samuel Williard, and' J. R. Lobb, all of Kingston, Ont, were rescued by Goast guards by meatis of bréeches buoy. "Several yachts na Oswego harbor were driven om rocks by the gale. Fears are expressed for safety of sev- eral other ships on the great lakes." The schooner Metzner cleared froin Kingston on Momday moming at 8 o'clock. Capt. Daryaw and the mem- bers of his crew are well-known here, also the scheoner Metzner, which is one of the oldest vessels engaged in the coal carrying -trade, ot pak > : SNOW STORM ON LAKE, $ % 5 : ' * There JS ugranty - lots of + wind on wight on the % lake, but there was also snow, %-and 'quite a bit of it, teo. The crew of the steamer # India, which arrived in port on + Tuesday morning about four + o that they got to.a blinding snowstorm about * three o'clock, just a short dist- % ance from Nihe Mile Point. + Cos SERIOUSLY INJURED. Ernest Viualstine and Miss Isabella Jordan Struck by Engine. Brockville, Oet. 17.--Saturday evening Miss Isabella Jordan, and Ernest Vanalstine, were found lying unconscious alongside of the G.T.R. track at a point a few yards east of the platform at the Union depot, If is thought that they had been struck by a light engine which came in from the east a few minutes be- fore, Miss' Jordén, suffering from a bro- ken collar bone, places, was removed to the General tal where she fs still suffering considerable pain, and Mr. Vanal- stine, cut on the right side of the head, was removed to St. Vincent de Paul Hospital, where his injuries were dressed. As his wounds were not serious he was able to leave the institution. ~ . . Style New Governor "His Excellency." Ottawa, Oct. new Governor-General, the Duke of Devonshire, will be referred to as "His Excellency," and not "His Grace." By reason of being a duke he is entitled, in a personal way, to the latter address. Pe the arrival of the new r Charles Fitz- patrick, Chief Justice, is acting as ad- Government. in | ministrator of the 10 | made. from Oswego says: | BEEP e tebe b sete broken in three ) is made director of national as Tait having resigned because Sppoimment of G- M. Murray (right) as ssptetary of the Canadian Manufac- MEDICAL SERVIC 15 DEFECT Some Defects in - Canadian Service Shown By Col. HA A. Bruce. . COMPLETE RE-ORGANIZATION IN ENGLAND AND CANADA 18 RECOMMENDED First Defect in Canada~--Authorities Have Been Ignoring Natural De- sire of Canadian Wounded to Go to Own Hospitals. : Ottawa, Oct. 17.--Important, re- commendations for the re-organiza- tion of the Canadian army Medical Service in England, and to some ex- tent in Canada; are contained, it is understood, in a report submitted by ©ol. H. A. Bruce, special Inspector- General of Medical Services, to the Minister of Militia. Col. Bruce, of Toronto, who is one of Canada's leading surgeons, it will be remembered, was appointed ister of Militia, to investigate and re- port upon the work of the Canadian Army Medical Corps in England, in- cluding the administration of the various Canadian hospitals. Col. Bruce left Canada with the Minister of Militia in July, and the investiga- tion was conducted during the pres- ence of 8ir Sam Hughes in England Col. Bruce was assisted by a commit- tee composed of several of the lead- ing Army Medical Corps officers from Canada in his investigation. The re- port, which has been submitted to the Minister constitutes, it is' said, a serious condemnation of the service in England. As already announced from England, Surgeon-General Carleton-Jones, who has been direc- tor-general -of---Medical-- Service in England, is returning to Canada: A complete re-organzation of the Canadian Medical Service is recom- mended with the suggestion that the arrangement in Canada, {England and overseas be co-ordinat- ed. Other recommendations are that Canadian casualties be, as far as pos- sible, treated in Canadian hospitals, and that the care of Canadian sick and wounded be the first duty of the Canadian Army Medical Corps, that the Canadian hospitals be woncen- trated and voluntary hospitals for Canadians be abolished, hospitals now conducted or equipped by the Red Cross being taken over by the Medical Service for administration; that incapacitated Canadian soldiers be returned to Canada as soon as they are fit to travel, for further medical treatment and re-education; that the three Canadian hospitals now at Salonika be returned to Eng- land immediately if they can be spared by the Imperial authorities. ------ Needs in Canada. A number of recommendations af- fecting arrangements in Canada are These are, that immediate steps be taken to provide hi with a fax, Montreal] to, and Vancouver, a one in Ottawa, that in provide by Lieut.-Gen. Sir Sam Hughes, Min-) ospitals ron Wipes] records, invalidiy nd supplies is -- - U LZ)" 2 p: In their criticism of the medical service, Col. Bruce and the commit- tee state that many soldiers are ar- riving from Canada, who, owing to medical unfitness, should never have been enlisted. They say that this system of disposing of casual- ties to hospitals in the, United King- dbm is unsatisfactory, and that the present method of having Canadian hospitals so widely scattered is ob- jectionable. There, is, they add, un- necessary detentiop in hospitals, in consequence of whi¢h Canadian sol- diers are retained in hospitals in Great Britain, many of whom should have been returned to duty, and oth- ers should have returned to Canada, where they could have been more economically and efficiently treated. THE BRITISH GAINS ARE SIGNIFICANT German Gun Captured With "Green Cross" Shells Turn= ed on Enemy. ' British Headquarters in Frarce, Oct. 16.--Perhaps the most striking evidence of the extent of ou¥ recent advance is the fact that our line now is over 5,000 yards due north of that last bit of main ridge to the east of Ginchy, ™ which the enemy for the sake of his last possibility of direet observation was clinging so desper- ately. There, beyond Gueudecourt, we are already practically at the end of the descent on the farther side of the ridge, on the very lowest ground, | that is before the new ascent com- meénces. In one of our recent advances we | captured a German gun with over 500 rounds of 'green cross' gas shells, which they are so fond of us- ing. The gun was in perfect work- ing order, so that she was turned on the enemy. When just as she was firing her first shot in her new direc- tion the artillery officer commanding was lightly wounded by a 'stray slifap nel bullet. that the gun was to go on firing till it had gven the Germans back every round of their ammunition. His or- ders were carried out, and all night long and through the next morning | she went on punctually using up that | ammunition, distributing #t imparti-| ally among the several spots which are known to be full of the enemy. It was late the next afternoon before the job. was done and by that time a great many had been very sick-of their own shells, BY Jw Tidings. A Buchdrest official statement re- cords fresh Rumanian advances, driving the Teutons across the fron- tier. England is now paying Holland to export herring to the United States, instead of Germany. Teutonic lines in Dobrudja have been withdrawn in the southern part of the province, King Ferdinand of Rumania says the situation Is excel- lent. allied attack north of the Somme, be- ginning last Friday, is believed to have been an attempt on a grand] scale to break through the German lines. The Teutons have begun a new of- fensive against the Russians in the Eastern Carpathians. Both 'the French and British have| moved forward in Picardy. A thou- sand prisoners were taken in a small | yood. ' A spy caused an explosion on an! Italian Dreadnought on Sept. 21st. The Government is offering a reward of twenty thousagd dollars for his capture. A Petrograd report indicates that the Russians have arrived on the Do- brudja frontier, and the enemy has} retreated forty miles. Reduce Size of Sunday Paper, Washington, Oct. 17.--Reduction in the size of Sunday newspapers as a means of conserving the mewsprint supply of the country and possibly preventing the suspension of smaller newspapers was recommended in a fetter sent to-day by the Federal Trade Commission to all the publish- ers of large Sunday newspapers in the United States. Wam-------------------- Make Paper From Hemp Hurds, Washington, Oct. 17.--Specialists of the Department of Agriculture are convinced that a satisfactory quality of book can be made from hemp hi , the wasle stalk frag- ments uced in preparing hemp fibre for the market. accom- modation for a limited number of of- of assist. WHO EXPRESSES ADMIRATION OF THE BRITISH. New Armies Are a Feature of Over- whelming Importance, And They Have the Teutons Quite Mystitied. Chantilly, France, from a staff correspondent * of the Assuciated Press, Oct. 16.--""We now have the Germans by the ears, and will "eon- tinue to shake their heads until their brains are addled and they will be compelled to give in." These words were spoken to-day by General Edouard Castelnau chief of staff of all the French armies in the field, to the American and Bri- tish war correspondents.' "The great question at issue," continued General Castelnau, "was whether we should be the slaves of the Germans, We shall not be, we will be on the pattle- field, but we never Shall be their Before beng taken 'back | to the rear his final instructions were A Berlin despatch says: The great | | ------ laves." General Castelnau had just wit- |nessed a review of the first infantry | regiment, which despite. over two years of constant campaign, during which it had distinguished itself on many battlefields and to-day had had its regimental flag decorated by Gen- eral Joffre, Apyeared on parade 2s though fresh from the barrack room. Many of the officers and men were personally decorated by the general- isso, General Joffre, who embraced them, General Gist who has a more intimate knowledge of General Jof- {fre's plans than anyone else and knows every branch of the army thoroughly, spoke' with great feeling of the fraternity between the officers and men. He pointed with pride to {the verteran soldiers who had just passed, saying: "It is to men like thse that we owe thanks for caus- ing the disastrous failure of the great effort of the Germans at Ver dun, Encouraged by the immense of- forts made by our om hes. we.shall.go.on.to.the end,.and 1h tinal victory which {s certain." sd s. Admires the Admiral. Admiringly, General Castelani re- ferred to the new tish armies, saying: "They are formed of splendid material, and entered the fight with a keenness which surpassed the Ger- mans, and have become & feature of overwhelming importance h the war. The main pre-occuaption of the Ger- mans at present is the British ar- miés. They already know the French army. They had hoped to exhaust its strength, but they have learned oth- erwise. Now they find themselves faced by sfrong, well-trained British armies, which they find too much for | them, "The effect on them of the new situation can be sean best from the speech of Herr Scheidemann, one of the German Socialist leaders, in the Reichstag, who has greatly changed | his tune since the beginning of the war." | General Castelnau, like Gen. Joffre, {is no talker, but a of deeds. {He is much loved by soldiers, { despite his-sigrn discipline. Since the beginning of the war three of his sons have been killed, while a fourth iis seriously wounded and a prisoner.' A ----------------------. -- DAILY MEMORANDUM Board of Trade, § pa. . Board ot Yorks, 4 pm, Wednesday. See top f Base 3, right hand corner for Drobabil t. Rummage sale, St. Searge: s Hall, Sat urdaypOct. 21st, § a Bt, Paul's Guild, Che Sale, at Mrs. Percival's, 237 Nov. 22nd, from 3 to 6. "'WRIGHT--On Oct. Sth, 191 Mrs. James. weishh a DIED i NESBITT-At Pen 15th, 1916, Rev. J. "Wi. Bi D, formerly Radu AR Tor AA i Puncgel a at + Pembroke, Ot. 17th, 2 Pum. -------------------- AAI TAINS 4 Tea and kk St. 10 Mr. and ughter.

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