12 PAGES com YEAR 83-NO. 259 MACKENSEN STILL 5 RETRING The Remanians And Russians Are Driving the Tentons South. CERNAVODA AND SHATTER THE ENEMY'S PLANS. ---- For a March on Bucharest From That Quarter -- Allies Reccive Rein. forcements and Fresh Equipment and Prepare For Wide Offensive. London, Nov. 7.--The Rumanians and Russians in the Dobrudja have rallied and struck back at Macken- sen. Infantry and cavalry detach- ments drove southward along the Danube yesterday and forced the in- vader back along the whole western flank of the front. Mackensen's troops, under the strong pressure of the advancing columns, were com- pelled to abandon four villages north of Hirsova. These positions--Daeni, Garlic, Rosman and Gaidar--were set on fire by the retreating Bulgars and Germans, and were almost con- sumed by the flames when the En- tente troops reached them. Close to Hirsova. The reorganized forces of the Rus- slans and Rumanians are less than twelve miles north of Hirsova, though nearly forty miles from the Cernavoda railroad line. Tho main forces are quickly catching up with the advanced detachments, according to advices from the front, and a sharp battle between the opposing armies is expected at The Entente troops are believed to have received reinforcements and fresh equipment since the last clash with the enemy, and are Pp to launch a wide offensive' movement to wrest back the lands of upper Do- brudja. . Striking along the Danube they are apparently aiming first to recapture Cernavoda and shatter the 's plans A march on Bucharest from that sector, Invaders Gain in Transylvania. The general situation on the Tran- sylvanidli front shows little éliange. South of Pred aie Red Tower 1) are still pressing forward slowly, in the face of stubborn resistance. = Yesterday Falkenhayn's forces seized Laomu height, south of Predeal, and ad- vanced slightly the neighborhood 'of Racowitsa, in ' the Alt Valley, where Bucharest 'the continu- ance of furious fighting. In the lat- ter region the German troops are still clinging desperately to the posi- tions twelve miles within the frontier which they won in their big assault of ten days ago. In the Jul Valley, on the western end of the front where the Ruman- lans have been - pushi forward steadily for two weeks, Teuton resistance has stiffened. ucharest announces that the enemy has re- ceived reinforcements that have checked the advance of Ferdinand's troops. n the rest of the front no gains were recorded by either side. CANADIAN STOCKS. Bteel Corp, .. .. .. Cément . Steel of Canada .. .. N.S. Steel .. ,. .! Bmelters . . vy Steamers .. .. York Papers Two Cents. York, Pa, Nov. 7.--THe publishers of all York daily newspapers recently announced an increase in the selling wspapers, The Dispateb, an evening news- Paper, goes to two cents™a copy and ten cents a week delivered. The York Dally and the York Gazette, hoth morning papers, ansounce a price of two cents a copy and eight cents a week. : The abnormal price of white paper Is given as the cause for the increase, A ----------------------------. i: Man Toute ¥; e ToL Eity Years; iario News. ; cements; Annual Meeting; ANS TO RETAKE any mement. | of off as | ASK GOVERNMENT | TO UPSET POLICY | Cost of Living Delegations Amuse Globe--High Cost Men Elected Tories. Toronto, Nov. 7.--Under the | heading 'Faithful to a Policy," the | Globe says: -- "There is a sad rumor | in the organizing of a deputation to| Ottawa to protest and plead against the abnormal advances in prices. The aproaching high cost of living was| the issue in the latest federal elee- tion. The Liberal Government, with a low cost of living platform was voted out of office by a large ma jor- ity. The Conservative opposition, with a high cost of living platform, Was retyrned to office triumphant. The endorsation of the Dominion was emphatic. "It is painfully amusing for a de- putation to profeed to Ottawa 'and ask that pledges be violated, It is as if a ministry, returned on an open barroom platform, were asked by a deputation to establish prohibition. "There are interests making inor- dinate profits out of the high cost of living. They naturally use . their political power in their own behalf. They were stocessful in the Do- minion election. "Until the people who lose by the high cost of living become as intelli- gent politically as the people who gain, the high cost influences will continue to dominate." r-- = TORPEDOES ANOTHER HUN DREADNAUGHT (Special to the Whig.) London, Nov. 7.--Fur- ther report from the Brit- ish submarine operating off the Danish coast claims to have scored hits on two German dread- naughts of the Kaiser class, the Admiralty an- nounced to-day. A report from the Admiralty 'yes- terday said a British sub- marine had hit a dread- naught with a torpedo, but the damage done was hot known. INFANTILE PARALYSIS SEVERE AT MONTREAL it Is Thought the Disease Found Its Way in From New York. (Special to the Whig) Toronto, Nov. 7.--The Provincial teresting report from Dr. Malohey, Cornwall, special officer of the board sent to Montreal and Westmount to investigate the outbreak of infantile paralysis there. Dr. Maloney reports that a careful inquiry of the medical officers has failed to discover the probable sources of the epidemic, but from outside information it is learn- ed the disease came from New York. Dr. Maloney also reports that the number of cases is larger than first reported to the Ontario Board of Health. The disease is chiefly amo the EngHsh-speaking people and th well-to-do classes. It is being kept under control. : THE BRITISH NAVY Test of Scamanship EMT: yeu ciency. (Special to the Whig.) London, Nov. 7.--For four days and three nights the Brit- ish Isles have been the centre of terrible storms on land and} sea. Much anxiety is felt re- garding the safety of portions of Britain's protecting navy which have borne the brunt of the: storm in the North Sea, the English Channel and around the islands of the north. British ships on patrol duty various coasts have suffer- ed experiences even unusual for British sailors. The heay- iest dreadnaughts were hurled 4&bout on giant waves like sail boats. Gunners at their sta- tions were compelled to tie themselves to the guns, and caplains: were unable to leave their bridges for from twenty to forty-eight hours. The wildest stories reached England of disasters to Bri ish:ships in the storm, but se far as known one or two s patra] boals only have faile o report. Newspapers describe the last few days as the test of seamar Board of Health has received an in-|: | solng IN GREAT DANGER 2 8 sow ot Fx ts Toa be Daily KINGSTON, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7. 19l6¢ sani, MAKE GERMAN PAY IN FUL For Every Allied And Neutral Ship Sun Against Law of War TEUTON OBJECT IN SINKING ISTO GAIN ASUENDANCY ON SEA AFTER WAR. British Navy League President Has Support of 217 Chambers of Com. merce and the Most Influential Business Men. - (Special to the Whig.) London; Nov. 7-- Robert Yerburgh, president of the British Navy League, which has been foremost in the con- duct of the agitation tor full pay- ment by Germany for the destruction of Allied and neutral ships, yester- day said he had the support of 217 Chambers of Commerce in the British Isles and the most influential men in business life. "The destruction of British and 0 merchant shipping by Ger- Manx. bos unquestionably the object ing Germany the dominion fon as competitor for the ocean- trade of the world after the war," sald Mr. Yerburgh. "The only basis of compensation which could conceivably give satis- 1 to the Allies is that Germany must hand over from her mercantile marine when peace is declared ship for ship,-ton for ton of equivalent values to those sunk by her war ves- sols agaiiist the law of war." ---------- JI0000000000 2000000 0000 4 RUMANIANS ADVANCE © 4 'ALONG WHOLE LINE. + + * + _-- + * (Special to the Whig.) * Bucliarest, Nov. 7.--Ruman~ ¢ # ian armies on the Dobrudja + front have advanced along the + Whole lipe, the War Office an- ¢ 3 nounced this afternoon. + SHIPPIEI20000 2000044 S000 THE G. T. R. ACCEPTS Railway Company Orta Trunk way Com has accept e tinding of the Board of Ministration appointed to enquire into the dispute between the company and its main- tenance hours of labor. The La Mgt rn The Whig will bulletin the results of the presi- dential eleetion in the United States to-night. There is comsiderable in- terest manifested as to the result in view of the apparent close race being waged. The news will likely begin to come in at eight o'e od wd itis ex- ected that > sagulf will knowl by © eleven Cetooe Re] oe and read , the' Whig 'bulletin , boards. - J TO REVIVE SHEEP RAISING IN NORTHERN NEW YORK Farmers WII. Receive Aid From State College--Few= er Animals Grown. 'Watertown, N. Y. Nov. 7.--In con- junction plans which have been made by the State College of Agriculture at Cornell University to promote sheep raising in the farming districts of the state, it is proposed to take Steps to arouse greater interest in the industry in this country. Through information gathered by the state college, it is planned to in- form the farmers and cattle breeders of the country concerning methods of breeding and raising sheep and the opportunities for profit in the indus- try. * It is believed that the changing conditions of agriculture will resuit in a larger production of sheep in the state and it is planned to secure some of the benefits for the farmers in Jefferson county, 'According to- the records of the state college which have been re- ceived by local agricultural workers, the state contained twice as many sheep twenty-five years ago as/it does at the present time, Will Not Move Ship, Ogdensburg, N. ¥., Nov. 7_- The Thom Steamship Company of Quebec, owners of the steamer John F. Thom, which recently 'went aground on the westerly end of Island in the St. Lawrence 'near Wad- dington, has decided to leave the vessel in is present position until spring, : : ---------------- Elections in the United States. to ig. g Nov. 7.1% addition to the President, thirty-three Sens language of the French OF LE DRO No Liberty is the French: ey EER OF LAN. LONE The Law Lords Gave Strictly a Technical Ruling Says the Ottawa French-Canadian Paper. Ottawa, Nov. 7.--In its editorial columns, L& Droit makes the folow- ing comments on the decision of the Privy Council re bilingual schools: i "It is plain that the letter only of the law has been considered by" the Supreme authorities fn giving their | decision, and the final meéaning of the judgment is that the Provincial Legislature can when it sees fit ex- tinguish the rights "and privileges hitherto guaranteed to the French language in Ontario, just as the Norris Government did in Manitoba. "As French-Canadians, if we could make a deduction of the judgment Just rendered we see that we are en- tirely in the hands of the Govern. ment of Ontario, and we Nave no rights strictly gnaranteed by the Act of Confederation. "Senator Landry was right in say- ing that this act has not been an agreement of honor, but only a trap of infamy. ? "Long before Confederation the Frencii-Canadians of Ontariy taught the French language without inter- ference in the schools built anu maintained by them. The council of public instruction . res; the o, eers, Bitter "When a government, forgetting tae history of those 8ery, tries to put its hands on 88 rights which had been freely enjoyed for a century and a half, we t at least by the spirit of the tion Act, if not by the letter, Fiench-Canadians could turs their fPpeals to the Empire, to the King of England. y "They thought that in England, where everybody is i about the sacred duty to proteet the smal tionalities unjustly dealt with by Powers, which. 'were treating Taw, I (Special To The Wu J 4 onde big POSITIONS IMPROVED About the Pfice Where Terrific Fighting Centered. y n, Nov. 7--The British posi- tions about Butte de Wariencouit, south of Bapaume, where terrific fighting had centered in the Somme offensive, were improved last night, Gen. Haig reported to the War Of- fice to-day. A successful raid was conducted by British detachments onpermhn trenches near Serre, War Tidings. Mackensen's forces continue to re- tire before the Allies in the Do- brudja: > The French have captured six hundred more German prisoners on the western front.' St. Pierre Vaast- wood was taken by Gen, Foch's men. MILLION FOR VENIZELISTS Allies Are Financing Greek Revolu- tionary Party. London, Nov. 7,--The Entente Powers have loaned the sum of 5, 000,000 francs ($1,000,000) to the Provisional Government at Salonika, the Exchange Telegraph Company, The despatch says that the Athens and Ionian Bank has received ap or- der to advance a preliminary sum of this amount to the Venizelist officials according to an Athens despatch to- PAGES 18 LAST EDITION FLOOD OF BALLOT WIL TLL TAE En WEATHER FINE ALL OVER THE PARTY LEADERS ARE VERY MUCH AT SEA. Complete Lack of Indications of Which Way the Straws Blow-- Even Money Was the Call on Wall Street~--The two Candidates Vot- ing. New York: Nov. T Tre flood of ballots which will sweep either Wil- son or Hughes into the president's chair on March 4th began rising early to-day. The polis opened at 6 a.m. and will close at § p.m. in most states. The weather is fine overy- where. While publicly sponsors for and charge to the account of the En- tente Powers. I -------- a -------- +! { ) SUBMARINE SUNK; TORPEDO BOAT LOST * (Special to the Whig.) ® _ Rome, Nov. 7. -- An Austrian submarine that attacked a troop-laden Italian transport yester- day was sunk in an en- gagement with a torpedo boat escort to the trans- port, the Admiralty an- , nounced to-day. The tor- pedo boat was so badly damaged it sank later. The transport escaped dam- age. Most of the torpedo boat's crew was saved, and the crew of the sub- the Republican and Democratic or- ganizations declared entire confi dence in the vote privately, they are very much at sea. In no previous election has there been such a com- plete lack of indication of which way the straws will blow. The "silent Yote' has been more silent than ever before. Since the cam n opened, about August 1st, there ve been half-a-dozen different "trends" to public sentiment, overlapping at times. The most unusual eleventh hour development in connection with this election was in the betting. Wall Street prides itself on having picked a winner. Up till midnight the odds favored Hughes. But to-day opened with less advantage to the Republi. can nominee almost at even money. More Republican cash was in evi dence than Democratic, It was esti- mated that at least $7,000,000 will change hands on the verdit of the voters to-day---probably the largest sum that has ever been wagered on marine taken prisoners. J Ne tems metre. Berlin, Nov. 7.--It Dr. Karl Liebknecht, the Socialist leader, from the senten i upon him by the court-martial Berlin, Dr. Liebknecht was sentenced by a court-martial to four years and one month imprisonment for military treason. He appealed to the Imperial Military Tribunal, F020 000 0000 PROPEL $000 ) held 'WAR NOW COSTING $105,000,000 A DAY, New York, Nov. 7--The Euro- % pean war now is costing its + participants $105,000,000 every # day, according to a brochure # issued recently by the Mechan- # jes' and Metals' National Bank + of this city. Since 1914 the indebtedness # of the seven principal nations # engaged has been increased * from $27,000,000,000 to $75,- + 000,000,000, If the war should end in 1917, # interest on the combined debt # of the nations will amount te + $3,800,000,000 yearly. England # is spending the mest money, + France next, Germany third, 4 and Russia least, + * + + C4440 90 4000000004 Division and a Half Lost. | to the Whig) Londen Nov 7h rman losses on the Rumanian frontier in the Juli valley fighting have exceeded a di- vision and a half, wireless despatches from Bucharest stated to-day. A Germany army division consists of about 20,000 ofticers and men of vir- tually all fighting classes. A Generous Gift. Montreal, Nov. 7.--J. K. L. Ross has donated an additional $50,000 to the Royal Victoria Hospital, fol- lowing the opening of the Ross Me- morial pavilion. This sum will be utilized in building am additi6nal unit to the Nurses' Home. London, Nov. 7.--King George re- ceived Sir Thomas White. Previous officially | clock Military a presidential election. Where Candidates Voted. ) Shadow a i. Tiron President Wilson] was up at five o'- his brosktyst, this morning, had ' 3 and by 7.15 o'clock was enrcute made the Jounay to his home town by automo le with Mas. Hilson. and expected to bck summer White House by noon. The presi- dent and his entire official family were supremely confident to-day. He will play golf this afternoon. New York, Nov. 7.---Republican candidate Charles Evans. Hughes voted ballot No. 18 at 7.03 o'clock this morning in & laundry" voting booth. He arose at 5.45 a.m. and took an hour to dress and left the + Astor Hotel with Carl D. Sheppard, his public agent and two detectives at { daybreak. He walked three blocks [to the voting booth and return. A | flock of newspaper men and movie operators were on hand as he went into the dingy little voting booth, BOWSER TO QUIT SOON. ---- Will Not Take Advantage of Legal Tenure of Office. Victoria, B.C., Nov, 7.~The pre- sent Government," said ' Premier Bowser in a statement last night, "must retain office until the legal formalities are complied with, which I expect will be early this month, when I will hand my resignation to the Lieutenant-Governor.' Although constitutional. practice would permit his vernment to hold office until thé new Legislature sat, yet he would not do so "in the face of the well-expressed and conclusive verdict of the people so recently recorded." DAILY MEMORANDUM See top of Sage 8, right hand corner for probabil Queen's Alumni Conference, Convoca~ tion hall. § p.m. Address by Cap- pon. Open t6 public and all h BORN, "Kingston. on November Hospital Kingston, mber 7th, 1916, to Mr na 4 A. J. Pettigrew, a son. ly the minister met representatives of here. ;