YEAR KINGSTON, ONTARIO, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1916 SECOND SECTION WHY FORT VAUX WAS' EVACUATED Awful Gunfire of the French Rendered the Famous Bridge Untenable. THAT COULD NOT, BE TAKEN AWAY IN RETREAT, It Is Thought the Germans Intend to Remain on Defensive and Direct Their Main Energy Against the Rumanians. > Paris, Nov. §,~~The French troops under General Nivelle Thursday even- ing marched into Fort Vaux, the last of the Verdun strongholds oc- cupled by the Germans. The fall of Fort Vaux was not the result of German generosity in yielding an undesired position, as claimed in Ber- lin semi-official despatches, but was due to the terrific gunfire to which the famous ridge was subjected. Its ocoupation marks the first great tactical triumph won in the whole war without loss of Jife; andy the explanation therefor is France's de- yelopment in gun power. [Teechni- cally, Fort Vaux was rendered un- tenable when a fortnight ago Gen. Mangin seized Douaumont and drove a4 wedge between the fort and the village of Vaux, The result of this move was to expose Fort Vaux to a converging fire, but the fort was in precisely the same position as during last May and June, yet at that time Major Raynal held up the Crown Prince's advance for a month and inflicted terrible slaughter on German assailants before he and his handful of men were compelled to capitulate. The capture of Fort Vaux alone cost the Germans 50,000 permanent casualties, On Monday Generals Nivelle and Mangin began to pound the fort and ridge. For 72 hours thousands 'of tons of high explosives were hurled into the ruins, while all the corridors running up the hill and communicat- ing with the fort were swept with three-inch shells, Early Thursday the great French 16-inch long-range guns began to hurl their massive missiles among the wreckage. The huge shells pene- trated the underground ents aud corridors, blowing some of the garrison to pleces, © DNeftroyed All Stores. . When, late in the afternoon, the --~------ a ina ry Every order P They are former t for health's sake, If you suspect that tea and coffee contr | able the observers to report on | effect, the French infantry poste | trenches a thousand feet di heard thunderous explosions beneath the fort's wreckage, and nstantly realized that the Germans were des- troying all the ammunition stores | they were udthle to remove owing | to the fire. which was drenching their communications, But it was not until late at night that Gen. Mangin sent. forward three companies to oc- cupy the position, which they did without loss of a man. The fort is now a shapeless mass of debris, which, with its masses of mutilated corpses .and battered equipment, marks the loss of the.last foothold the Crown Prince had on the main Verdun plateau, His army at this moment is entrenched a few hun- dred yards below and to the north- east, To Remain on Defensive. Important conclusions are drawn here from the evacuation of Fort Vaux. The chief of these is the ex- pressed belief that the Germans, con- sidering the western front as now of comparatively secondary importance, intend to reduce their operations on the Verdun front to a minimum, and will direct their main energy with a view to a successful campaign against the - Rumanians. » The newly-estab- lished Ministry of Mund Ger- many is regarded by military obser- vers here as the result of the Ger- mans having experienced the super- fority of the Entente Allies in artill- ery and munitions along the Somme front, War Tidings, Bucharest and Berlin reports indi- cate,Rumanians are again assuming the offensive in Debrudja, More gains have been made by the Ruman- fans in Transylvania. German officers recently arrived in Berlin say that German submarine U-41 was destroyed near the Scilly Isles by a vessel flying the United States flag. It is reported in Berlin that the Russian battleship Sevastopol struck a mine and was badly damaged. The. Austrians have lost forty thousand men in the last few days around Trieste, nihe thousand taken prisoners by the Italians. The Germans counter #ttacked east of Guedecourt on Saturday, but were driven back leaving 100 dead, thirty prisoners and four guns in 'British hands. Counterfeit Notes by Foreigners, New York, Nov. 6.--Six foreign- ers arrested here last August by Federal officers and charged with making counterfeit $5 and $10 bills, were to-day sentenced in the Federal Court to terms of three and five years in the Federal Prison at Atlan- ta, Ga. Two pleaded guilty and their confessions led 'to the conviction of the others. ant machined CHARLES EVANS HUGHES, Who is making a great run for the Republicans. RENFREW MAN RETURNS After Thirty Years in West--Saw Seott Killed. » Ottawa, Nov, 6.--Thirty years ago, Daniel McMullen, well known around Renfrew, left for the Northwest to asgist in putting down the rebellious Touis Riel. Saturday he returned for the first time, chiefly to visit his aged mother, who is over eighty, and whom he had not seen since the day he left the parental abode. In those thirty years, "Dan" Me- Mullen has seen more life and action than falls to the lot of most men. He claims he saw Scott killed and that during the rebellion while tak- ing part in an action to erush Riel he witnessed a gun being levelled at the noted vebel leader, but the shot miss ed its target. fs? x 3 nds AA Canadian Casualties Killed in action--@. N, Gallinger, Cordwall; J. C. Feeney, Marmora. Died of wounds--P. Curtin, Lind- say; D. McLaren, Carleton Place. Unofficially prisoners of war--@G. J. Thompson, Belleville, Wounded---H, C. Jarvis, Morris- burg; W. Kettle, A, B. Lawson, Chesterville; H. Bowen, Stirling; @. Ball, Perth; W. Lampke, H. 'A. Rob- inson, G. P.' Hogan, Pembroke; F. Lewis, Odessa; A. Wood, Morrisburg; G. Edwards, Keene. ------------ French forces Saturday night oc:u- pied the village of Damloup, a mile east of Vaux fort, and took a unm- ber of prisoners. / Lloyd announces that two Swedish and two Norweglafl steamers wer» sunk on Saturday. your discomfort or illness, the names of several POS neighborhood; get in t hear their story. SHADOW OF DEFEAT LIES ON AUSTRIANS Fourth Severe Blow Struck by ftalians Since Month of August. London, Nov. 6.--The Times com- ments as follows upon the Italian victory near Gorizia and on the Car- 80: "Once more General Cadorna has struck a shrewd, successful blow. Since the great attack in early Aug- ust which led to the taking of Gorizia the sweeping advance of Gen. Cador- na's troops on the Carso has never really stepped. The same master hand that secretly transferred a large army and ninety-three batteries from the Trentino to the Isonzo front in one week evidently controlled the subsequent operations, "The influence of the new Italian success upon the Austrians will be considerable, For the fourth time since the beginning of August Gener- al Cadorna has hit the foe hard. His prisoners already outnumber a com- plete Austrian army corps. Much hard fighting is doubtless in store for King Victor Emmanuel's troops be- fore they can reach the positions commanding Trieste and the railway communications of the Istrian penin- sula, but the enemy will fight with the foreboding .of defeat in his heart." Hero Succumbs to Wounds. Paris, Nov. 6.--Gen. Ancelin, Com- mander of the brigade which led in the assault of Fort Douaumont, in the Verdun region, on October 24th has died of wounds. Gen. Nivelle, the Commander at Verdun, in an- woouncing the death to Mme. Ancelin, mentioned the fact that her husband had hiepared for the victory and capturé~of Douaumont, jen, Ancelin was a Breton officer, and had served as first assistant to three Ministers of War, Berteaux, Etienne and Millerand, in the direc- tion of the army administration. He was in charge of the reorganization of the French cavalry before the war. Big Galloup Island Land Sold. Watertown, N. Y. Nov, 6.--An- noiuncement made of the sale w Capt. A. A. Phelps of Dexter and 8. Brown Richardson of Lowville of 1,400 acres of land on Big Galloup island to Rudolph and Edward Gow- ling of Sacket Harbor. The island is about six njlles from Stony Point and about five and a half" miles from Point. Peinnsula. There are about 2,200 acres of land on the island. \ Italian troops captured strong pos- ition in Avisio alley on the Carso, six hundred additional prisoners were taken with a whole battery of how- terial. TUM u itzers, and large quantities of --- BR - ON CARSO FRONT Fighting in Rocky Country They Advance Over a Mile. PRESS TOWARDS VIPPACCD AUSTRIANS MOVE TROOPS FROM RUMANIAN FRONT. Carso Full of Natural Caves and That Is Why Progress Towards Trieste Is Slow. ~ London, Nov. 6.--The Italians, who have captured a kite-shaped area in the Oppiacchsella region of the Carso during the past few days, yesterday report that they have en- larged it to the north in the direct- fon of the Vippacco River. Official reports indicate that the advance in that region somewhat resembles in its general outline the allied advance on the Somme front. That is, when the Italians are extending their gains northward, they are making a move corresponding to that which the Brit. ish are ma' ing on the north of their Somme "bite" in their advance to- wards Bapaume. The Italian advance, however, is being made over a country very dif- ferent from that in which Anglo- French troops are fighting. The Car- so is almost as inhospitable as the Rumanian Dobrudja. It is full of natural caves, which are easily con- verted into fortresses by the enemy. That is why the Italians, though only a dozen miles from Trieste, expect no rapid progress, Already, however, their gains have caused the hasty re- moval of Austrian troops from the Rumanian front to make good the huge losses suffered in the past few days, Additional heights were stormed by Italian troops on the Carso front, Rome officially announced yesterday, the Italians having advanced about a mile towards the Vippaceo River. Near Trangnold an isolated position was carried by assault and a battery of four-inch guns 'captured. Justice Panneton finds the Drolet street eivie deal in Montreal was ille- gal and fraudulent. Ex-Controller Hebert is chiefly blamed. and Mayor Martin is scored, Rome despatches of Sunday say that Castal Castagnievissa on the Carso is virtually invested - by big Italian army. { A DOMINION STEEL IS - BEING WELL BOUGHT J. K. L. Ross Has "Unloaded," But Demand Oontinues Unbated. Montreal, Nov. §.--J. K. L. Ross' boy, a blonde urchin of sixteen, was gringing from ear to ear as he said "the thief lias cleaned up $120,- 000 on Dominion Steel and my salary is sure for a whole year." Sure enough, Mr. Ross sold out his full purchase of 20,000 shares at an average advance of six dollars a share. Later on the many times millionaire philanthropist confirmed the "street'" rumor that he had un- loaded, saying that he had no idea the market would stand so much when his brokers, Farrell and Seely, began to sell. He expected the op- eration would have, in fact, exten- ded over several weeks instead of as many days. There does, however, look to be more in the movement than Mr. Ross' innocent testing of the market, for trading in 3900 shares to-day brought the price back to 72, closing strong with the opin- ion expressed that 75 will be reached at once and that the exceptional good news expected, when President Mark Workman returns from Sydney on Monday, may s00m carry the stock to par, t FARMERS' COUNCIL TO URGE FREE WHEAT Winnipeg, Nov, 6.---~Elimina- tion of the tariff on wheat will be urged by the Canadian Coun- cil of Agriculture, which will meet in Regina, Nov. 24th, ac- cording to R. McKenzie, "secre- tary of the counci]. "The farmers want wheat duty free," declared Mr, Mc- Kenzie. "It is near time we had it, too. At our meeting in Re- #'gina this will be the chief sub- + ject for discussion. Our de- #+ mands will be sent to Ottawa as + an appeal from' the farmers.' PEL PPE PIP eR ree + FEEL 2402000000400 WILL USE SENIOR OFFICERS All Will Have Some Service At The Front : London, Nov. 6.----Geén. Steele has presided over a board with the pur- pose of utilizing more fully the sen- for surplus of officers coming over with battalions which on arrival here are broken up and used as reinforce- ments. The result will be that every officer coming from Canada will have at least some service at the front. Many will ain there and others Will retutn for instruc. tional duty, grocery store has its customers who OSTUM regularly instead of tea or coffee. ea or coffee drinkers who, changed their table drink. ibute to ask the grocer for. ..|k .. users in your ouch with them and -.