SS Po Ped oY ager pe SIR JAMES WHITNEY DEAD Premier of Ontario is Called Suddenly by Death at His Residence in Toronto A despatch from Toronto says: Sir James Whitney, Premier of On- tario, died at his residence, 113 St. George Street, Toronto, shortly af- ter noon)on Friday. is. ears demise was quite unexpected, al though his health had been - poor for the past month. i he complained o'clock his condition n emergency phone call was sent to his physician, lamilton, i 220 Bloor eame, were Lady Whitney and Miss Whitney. Dr. “Planilton, who has been in from. his og convalescence in toby York, that the fatal tei In 1886, at the bye-election, Mr. Whitney achieved his first political sucess, Since then he grew in the esteem of ‘his constituents. so as he was returned at every succeed- ing election. After Nine Years. rele had been nine years in he Kegilatare Mr. Whitney was pata ged to be in the front rank Pe Conservatives. A vacancy agen occurred in the leadership, he was in 1896 Pamnnouile select- ed to lead the Opposition. On that occasion the people of Dundas 'ten- dered their representative a pub- lie demonstration of a non: “partisan character, in which Conservatives and Liberals yied with each other in their efforts to honor the rising statesman. Becomes Premier. February, 1905, saw him as head of a victorious party, and Bante by an overwhelming vo} Pre- mier of the Province. Since ace epting the control of the destinies of Ontario Sir James demonstrated aa THE LATE SIR JAMES PLINY WHITNEY. nation of the Premier's illness had been entirely unexpected A Canadian by Descent. A Canadian by descent ens by birth, as w s in sympatl hy and sentiment, was Sir James. e came of that sturdy English stock the: Atlantic in a sailing established the tami in in the Ameri- ean colonic: mey’s father chose Eastern Ontario 13 his home. ) Dundas Coun- ne inet practical ideas of life, Ye le he was still plowing the Wetey “hey ot boyh ‘is mind was fix upon achievements, and he knew 1e alan Bs Boy of knowledge alone could gate ae admits to the cSt walks of 1 ote Baye Giijol and practical young Whit- 1? ney outgrew the educational facilivies of his Selgiblighood, if $0 ing Sir John ‘lip Van Koughnet, Chief Justice Mae. and ae eminent sons ed their training, the Macdonald & Maclennan at wall, the county town of the Unive we and carrying the constituency. his_remakable insight into public in many instances and throughout maintained the gr steadfast honesty, and, tenacity of purpose that characterized his Ke as leader of the Opposition. ‘At the Quebec Teroentenary cele- bration in 1908 he was knighted by King George in appreciation of his untiring zeal in working for greater dominion as a part of a world-wide Empire Federation. His patriotism was not of the lukewarm or timid variety. In the Fenian Raid of 1866, the fini to yebiels active for eculitiat He devel in “the militia for many years afterwards becom- ing in his serene Lieutenant- Colonel of the Reserve Militia for the County of Dundas, a contin- OFFICER'S BRAVE DEATH. All But Thirty Under His Command ~ Had Fallen lespatch ae Ra ae! France, says: The family of Major C. Dupont, of the artillery, has re- ceived news of his heroic death in a ke a position in a meadow near re town. There was a dense fog at the time, rumblings were heard, but Major Dupont’s instructions were urgent. All his men stood at their posts waiting. Suddenly the fog and thirty men had fallen pears the storm of ot, Major Dupont was amon to it and sprang to a gun be- side which his srpnere: lay dead and trained if upon the er . But be- and | fore he vould fire a ‘pallet ‘stretched him gun, mortally Rounded Glass windows began to be eran He SO oh houses in England) in Madea the Egyptian, invented the letters in the year 1822 before Christ. Thousands of Wounded in Hospitals| A despatch from New York says: The number of wounded in the bat- hundreds of thousands; the hospi- tals of Paris.and Berlin, cottages on ne battlefields and churches are led, while who Liverpool. Mr, Bickell spent sev- eral weeks observing Sonditions in in the hundreds of thousands,”’ Mr. Bickell said. ‘The truth is that. over the thousands of square miles already battleswept there have been left almost countless thousands of inen, helpless from ghastly wounds. Some haye been gathered into trains vel the Red Cross surgeons and and taken to hospitals in the eee eit Into, Paris and Ber- lin thousands .have already been brought, and one by one the hospi- tals have been filled, private and public buildings have been utilized for the wounded, but still the num- ers increase. “Some of the wounded were taken i bag the battl ho. lie trenches in the fields suffering from thirst and exposure. “Let no man imagine that the American Red Cross can do much or enough. Nurses, and sur- geons are needed more and more, and also medical and hospital sup- plies.”” Sir James was among | Mrs. through which ominous | Hi NEWS FROM SUNSET COAST WHAT THE WESTERN PEOPLE ARE DOING. Progress of the Great West Told fo a Few Pointed Paragraphs. The mill of the New Ladyemith Company at Nanaimo w: pletely destroyed by fire, $20.0 000 bridge over the Fra- ser River at Price George has been completed and ‘trains are now running over it daily. William Cartiledge, aged 10, was killed in North Vancouver, beneath the wheels of his father’s wagon ear his home, 3 == any camps have | been robbed in the vicinity of Nov ouver. The police believe “that a organ- by the cable steamer Iris will ne commenced before the end "Ot month, Notice tania given to the own- ers of vacant lots in Kamloops by the corporation that all weeds grow- ing thereon must be cut down forth- with. Tracklaying is no procteding on Canyon where a number of bridges have re- a {ently been completed nds of Vancouver Be and coi husband an i heir LancUDAY Grectnened. Bases Ela) Rinds leaves two lads. Mike Donovan, of Rossland fallen Reir t. 000 by the death of an f running the and is now in Ireland getting the Praiche > pees the tee GT. ‘ail and steamship lines, was re- Es rived at the Vancouver offices of the company. Nearly 350. men are employed in the mines in the vicinity of Bennet: and forces are being increased eacl week. Before winter it is yer Sandon will have as large a payroll in the boom days. ard Summers down the family home at Victoria. Nathaniel Summers, three small children survive Gracksmen have. disturbed the tranquility of Walhachin. An in- jured Hee was found with @ quan- tity of missing jewels and remo Nhe in a serious condition to the ho! tal, Four man have been Setazsied widy amounting ito, 30, Charlotte Islands service. The present subsidy amounts “to Com) considers this sum insufficient. A: party-of Skeena River and: Ri- vers Inlet hunters shot about a hundred ea lions, w time have been destroying the bores, i pe feats the eRe in the mery men ay rte ‘for chee in peaeaitedeadene the animals. By the completion,of tthe new tele- phone line for ithe Provincial Gov- eet forest branch between Ben te pig 200 \settlers, and their foniiNen in the northern wilds | hav Brought into. Cae with the city of Van Through mistaking peer for mushrooms, ‘three “persons nearly bt t big? pies at LAS ett i ‘ge is h- ya a pan "full of what thay ats were mushrooms and had — th to serve to guests. Imme- diately after the meal they were all taken ih but first ai, rendered by visitor saved their lives. There has been quite a rush for be- i the “idea strike 10,000 and the @.T.P. pany | Pofadicg the Roads to Paris Before the German Retreat sees ONSLAUGHTS THRUST BACK Gaps in Allied Troops Had Been Filled by Fresh Reinforcements and Much Ground Was Gained Battle Front.—The German of. fensive has been extremely vigor: ous at the western end of the long ine stretching along the Oise, Aisne and Woeuvre The allied troops, whose gaps had been filled with freshly-arrived re- inforcements, not only repeatedly thrust back the masses of Germans thrown against them, but eventu- ally carried out a — successful counter-attack, which resulted in the gaining of considerable ground and the definite capture of Pe- ronne, north-east of St. Quentin, Rivers | ¢ about which town the fiercest en- Ragement occurre French troops are south, to the west, to the north and o the north-west of the German right wing army commanded by General Alexander yon Kluk. With on ew more mil to the south of Peronne will have comlete. the tie end of the German line be able to cut this force off from its base of sunplies over the railways into Belgium. Efforts of the Germans to begin a new in- of France near Vosges. Mountains, t wi 00k cet thirty-five miles south ot ‘Ke Tady, on the Fraser River. There were fifteen claims staked a few days ago, when the news leaked out. local company has seven men ing, now getting a hydraulic ra $e the place. It was worked before, 8 tailings and wheelbarrows still Petiaia outside a shac Reports vay [Say there is gold in every pan. VICTIM AT RE Cathedral Wilfully Chosen as a ‘Target by the Germans, despatch Paris, gives y pay x-officer who arrived ims recently, Baron Dur- rieu confirms the previous reports that a large Red Cross flag flew from each tower of the cathedral, money. “ and the Germans knew, their A parcel rah mee ee first| wounded were in the edifice, be- direct shipment from Montreal to] cause they placed their wounded e Ba bean first passage through Rheims the ermans demanded a war levy 000,000 francs ($6,000,000). ‘This should have been paid last Sunday Ai the arrival of the French troops city from the — levy. erie the victims of the German bombardment of Rheims hayb two graduate women nurse 25 nuns, who held diplomat as nurses, cS PATES READY TO, AID INDIAN § ‘Troops aires “Have Been Accept From Fifteen. A Sa from Teowrlon says: assistance from the many states of India continue to pour in The Viceroy reports that contin- f gents of the Imperial pebrice troops have already been acceptet fro m Ate teen states and that similar offeth from ten other states will be: ac- join ana m the Aden hinterland, have expreied their loyalty and ‘desi » be of service, ‘The Maharajah of motor cars an nd § 000 for the relief of the Belgian suf- ferers. ~ pan aged War Costing $38,000, ie a Day. A- despatch from Tourteet thousand ‘nil Sine is the yearly, cost of the war (or $338, 356,154 per day) to Germany, ; France, Russia | nd England, accotding to ‘the Ger- | man statistical expert, Captain Max Heinke. tl xpense esi mates, each with 3,000,000 Bey an the pala, is raed $2,800, @] each; while Russia’s prea ‘sith her a tae fighting men, will be $3,800,000 lespatch from London says: with’ a view to avoiding a political contest, Sir Edward Carson and Sir John Simon have withdrawa their candidatures to the lord rec- ‘|Kitchener Appointed a Lord Rector torship of the University of Edi burgh, and: Field Marshal a Kitchener has been invited to as- sume the lord rectorship and accepted. has beth possibly a million and a hal CRUIS R BOMBARDS MADRAS, Oil Tanks We n Fire and Three People Killed, A despatch from London The Official Press Bureau the following statement : he German cruiser Emde: fired nine shells‘at’ Madras, British India. One of the shells hit the oil tanks, firing two. The telegraph office, the Seamen’s Club and some trucks were also The forts at the harbor front Sauliee: to the Em- den, which then eri The af. air was a minutes, says: issued ;|There was no bani and there was o material damage, the oil loss Hons. Two Indians and one boy peseibiliea’: Madras is a seaport of British In- dia, the seat of the Government, M and head quarters of the Madras army. It is the ‘third seaport of India, ranking after Bombay and Caloutta. It-is situated on the open “| shore in the Bay of Bengal. a omens SUBMARINE ESCAPED, Crew Which Destroyed British Ships Reecived Iron Crosses. A despatch from Berlin Tt is officially announced that unterseeboot (submarine) U-9, Lieut-Commander Says: ‘the pedoed and sank nn British ar mored cruisers in the North Sea on Tuesday, Meal sie from the guns of the ate) and their accompanying — destrs Jom mander Weddigen an ane entire crew of the submarii ave been ecorated with the Tron Cross for their excellent work. a WIRELESS STATION CLOSED. Marconi Company Fails to Give Satisfactory Assurance, A des) pain from Washington wst Secretary of the Navy iels ordered tiie Marconi “ads station at Biasconset, Mass, ¢ in consequence of the failure x3 a company to give assurance that. it would comply with naval censorship regulations, £ | COL. V. A, & WILLIAMS fn command of the Canadian coné tingent at Valcartier. on Wid A despatch from (London says: The news of the war in the east in- .|dicates, after all reasonable allow- ances for exaggeration are made, that the immense forces of Russia. are rapidly nearing the that of the Aisne, between one mil- lion Germans and Austrians, who are sonbentrtg, on this line to 8 territory, and 10,000 Rus: “Reliet that gn ‘diveat Russian ad- ties ther Despatch from Rome, St. Peters- burg and Amster rm. pre- yious intimations that all attempts T0 CHECK RUSSIAN MARCH Germans and Austrians Will Offer Desperate Battle e Front to hold the Russians Mink? cai and Poland until the com! in the west are decided have fal led, and that the Germans oye from Russian territory are combining with such Austrian forces as have capture or disintegration in a final effort, to clack ‘the Russians from Prussia and Silesia. . A Two-fold Invasion, Tt is now certain that the Russian jadvance is a double movement. great army is moving westward from Warsaw and the south for the purpose of Reon at Posen, while another army, released from. Gali- cia by ‘the alane of Austrian re- sistance, is co-operating by an ad- vance against Cracow, It is con- servatively estimated that the Rus- sian strength in the two armies is mplete a asi ‘ations, There are reliable .| Russia, having now as the front troops ample Germany, i6 assembling a line of 2,000,000. DIPLOMATS TALK TOO MUCH. Latest Assertion Is Japan Is Ex- speeting War With U.S. A despatch from Washington re is trouble again in ae Washington diplomatic camp. e Baron Wilhelm von Rito © | an attache of the German Embassy, has irritated the Administration by giving out an interview in which he says that the Japanese consider war with the United States inevitable, Secretary Bryan discussed the in- h| terview with President Wilson, and the State Department called the matter to the attention nf the Ger- ie Ambassador and asked for an ex: ion. lomats here since the war have greatly displeased the Administration, but in some res- Bae the interview with Baron yon n is regarded as the most of- fone of all. The statements con- tained pe me such as to le: inesitably ‘© the eopeltaien that if ny ge aah were expected it must be that of inciting the hostility of the 2 ay elie hope that opinion creat- ot against the Far Eastern nation ould be correspondingly favorable it rGanhen German Embassy in Tokio when war was declared by Japan, and was handed his passports by the Tokio Government on het occasion. He the United) es, and is now satiactiad to the}? Embassy here. On his way from | Tokio to the United Sakae he was reported ag speaking in a vein ate like that of ts interview, ga ittle attention was paid to it, as he was not then serying under the Wash- ington Embassy. ee 60,000 HELPLESS VIENNA. In eles to Unemployed and ugitives From Galicia, A ni patch from Venice A rapt picture of conaitidin of life in Vienna is revealed in an a ficial statement of the Mayor .| Vienna that his ¢ity is support: ed the families of 82,000 reservists at a daily cost of $50,000, and in addi- tion is endeavoring to soa for 100,000, Lasplered and another 100,000 fugitives from Galicia and the Crowntand. of Bukowina. For expended $1,000,000. the Mayor's statement 40,000 employed have been giyen positions on the public works, but the re- maining eh 000 are in a helpless condition. eee N NERALS KILLED. GERMA Von Wroohen, You on Arbou, and Von Throtha Perished, A despatch from Berlin, via London, says; The latest casualty. list. shows the death of two German generals in the western camp, Gen- erals von Wroohem and von Arbou, and=Major-General yon Throtha, The Cree losses so far published aggre, 10,086 dead, 37,769. wend, and_ 13,621 missing. The list shows the heaviest losses, were sustained by the 174th Infan- try in the battles of St. Die on Au- gust 20th and asda on Sugayy 22nd, This regiment its colo- nel, 17 officers, and 105 1 men dead ; twenty-one officers and 1, One wound: ed, and 59 men missing. th Bovera statements by foreign dip- e beginning of | jf ve thei: aaron Schoen was attached to the TOMMIES LOVE GEN. FRENCH. Cheer Him to the Echo Whenever General Visits Them. “Sir John French is in great health and spirits, and look: ” says a letter from an officer of the British headquarters staff, ‘whic ‘eached London “Tommies are crazy about him,’ After one day's work he, insisted on visiting tl en 1 during the British retreat, on his was “hard pui to it to p ‘ent the old boy running beeilashy risks,” Whenever went through ‘This instance of Sir arsha! Lor Paris he Dre ak with what those istic “leonvey some small parcels to her Tittle children phe a friend Lady children were stuck in Paris with abowt to with two or three families, similar- ly situated, ree French dr near London levotes her ti bo good works nthe. interests of t the troops under ae husband's command, pater f SUCCESS OF BELGIANS, Break mee Own Record in_ the faking of Prisoners, A hints from London sa; Heavy Aghting is proceeding at it. eat, points to the south of Ant- erp, ne “place, the name of which was “ieleted ‘by the Belgian censor, a German force of 2,000 men was routed, many being killed, wounded or taken prisoners. Never have the Belgians taken so prisoners in a single battle Servian Assassin Killed, A despatch from Rome Major Tankosne, the Servian of- ficer who is said to have instigated the assassinatio) ‘Archduke the Duchess of Hohenberg, at Sara- jevo on June 28, was hie ah battle at Kroupagne, on the D) fh jor Tankosne is the ma Whew assured by, Austria of upping the bombs which’ were thro: atta eanichiog Socialist Decorated, + patch from Copenh ays * td Kaiser has for the “frat ine decorated = Socialist. He has m Cross on Herr Schwartz, president of the Social- ist Unions of Bavaria, for bravery on the battlefield. Son of Von Moltke Killed. A dogpate ich igh Paris says: A son of Field al Count von Moltke has ie Killed i in the fight- ing at rte Pagers “You see, had the lamb been replied -'th baie “it, would have been eaten by Strict Censorship Ottawa says: xtending the ot censorship has A despatch from An -ordér-in-Counei Government's power ‘to telegraphs and. telephones | been passe | The property of any elo nan | or telegraph company may be taken over by the vernment, pee of | censorship is assumed over all tele- s authority to di- any message of a character to con yey information to the enemy to go quai Cana A maximum pen- ks | 1 [alts y of $5,000 or five years’ ae on. “Al “Messages onment, or both Another order-in-Council passed praia ve publication of mili- information of a kind or actling soldiers ation from, the enemy; spreading a s vided that all visible lights in the - | neighborhood ods a defended harbor may be ordered kept éxtinguished v | between ieaited pa and tha’ wired m4 a eas within their hanes A penal- ty of $5,000 fine or ae years’ im- prisoument is fix i a ae