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nN YEAR 81 NO. 2350 ALLIES a A ---------------------------- AD ALLIES CAPTURE GERMAN TRENCHES They Continue to Make Progress Against the Enemy, Especially in the Region Be- tween Ypres and Arras. French Advancing in Argonne Region---It is Thought the Germans May Attempt Long Range Bombard- ant of Coast Cities---More Warships For Channel Ports. Paris, Oct. 29. progress against the Ciermans. worthy in the region between Ypres and The allies are continuing to make This is especially note- Arras, where the allies haveitaken a number' of German trenches hy a series of brilliant operations. This information was made It was also stated that the ailies are ad- communique, publie 'aneing in the Atgonne region, and in the forest of Apre- mont. Elsewhere along the long battle line, it is stated that conditions are unchanged. What Will Germans New Move Be? Paris, Oct. 29.--Although the tone of to-day's official communique was optimistic, new information regarding conditions at the front. this reason it was generall: movements are in progress, no For that important it furnished practically accepted It is known that the Germans have moved far in- land, so that they are now protected from the guns of the fleet, amd that they are also bringing up some enormous siege guns. With them it is believed here they may at- tempt long-range bombardment of eoast cities to the north, and it is said at military headquarters that steps have been taken to checkmate any such move. Repulsed along the coast, the Germans are certain to deliver their next from a point between attack from the interior, probably Lille Heavy reinforcements are reported Belgian frontier. air the 1 by the allied and scouts as en route to the front from Aix La Chapélle and from the left of the French centre. _their part ave taking similar precautions so that the Ger- But the allies on mans will gain no matetial advantage. . More Warships For Channel Ports. London, Oct. 29. Additional warships have been sent to channel ports along the northwest coast of France. They will furnish support to the allies in the new attack which is apparently being planned by the Germans on these ports. either an under-water or an air ports. Incidentally, they will be in readiness for raid against English No doubt is felt here that the Germans have massed submarines and light torpedo eraft in the eanal between Bruges and Zeebrugge their aerial navy, or at least GEN. BOTHA PURSUES SOUTH AFRICAN REBELS Defeats Force Under Beyers and Captures Eighty in Rout Near Rustenburg. London, Oct. 20.----The following official statement was issued last night regarding the rebellion in the the Union of South Africa: "Gen. Botha reports thgt he lef: Rustenburg (a district in the wes part of the Transvaal colony) or Tuesday morning and proceeded ir the direction in which Gen. Christiar Beyers, with his commando, wa: supposed wo be He came in.touclt "with General Beyers' men in the forenoon and drove them in head long rout the wiiole of the day anc captured eighty of them fully armed "In the fighting which teok place towards the end of the pursuit one of Gen. Botha's men and several of Beyer's commando were wounded. "When the report was made, the pursuit was still in progress." ACCEPTS MONEY GIFT, ------ Britain Takes $100,000 in Cash Fron Nova Scoua, LE London, Oct. 29.--The war offic has informed the governor-geners . of Canada thal as it has been foun: 'impracticable for the government o Nova Scotia to make a proposed gif to the home government of 100,00 tons of coal, his majesty's govern ment has acee] the offer of $100, 000, which will go to the Prince o Wales fund for the relief of distress s fac They are also reported moving a part of it, into Belgium.. GERMANS HONOR FRENCH ON COLONELS BIRTHDAY Promise "Not to Shoot Much" When Soldiers Send Mes- sage Across. Brussels, Oct, 20.--Evidence is receiv- ed here daily of the extremely bitter feeling of the German soldiers against the British. Wherever the Germans op- pose the British the fighting is report. ed to be incessant. Between the Germans and the Freheh there is a more cordial feeling, Neary Courtrai the French soldiers in the trenches signaled a message to the op- posing German soldiers : "This is our colonel's birthday." The Germans passed the word along the trenches and réphied : "We won't shoot much to-day; the colonel enjoy the day." BRITISH SHELLS DESTROY Jelgian Villages, In Order to Chase Germans. London, Oct. 29.--The Times cor- espondent in Belgium wires the fol owing: "_YObservations from a captive Iritish balloon has revealed how ef- ective bas been the fire of the Brit- sh warships on Ostend, Middelkirke, sombaertzyde and other coast vil ages. Not a single wall remains tanding in the village of Westkerke Jlype and Novie, Several other vil- ages are also' in ruins. All this lamage was caused by the artillery of the British ships." lot in the official | Baily Bri h KINGSTON ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1914 BATTLE OF AISNE; Rifleman David Lloyd, of the badly wounded in hospital, was one Aisne single file over a drive the Germans from a ridge wh pontoon bridge, "1 den't want to crossing that bridge with bullets al shells bursting every where, but we of chaps fell into the water." CROSSING plank bridge THE RIVER. King's Royal Rifle corps, now lying of the gallant band who crossed the nnder terrific fire, in order to ile the engineers were bujlding a pretend," he said, "that I liked nast as thick as hail all around, and got somehow though a lot ACTOSS TE ELUSIVE EMDEN. DESTROYS WARSHIPS She Floated the Japanese Flag and so Deceived the Vessels in Penang Port. London, Oct. A News advice, from Toki ve that the Bri tish ambassador in formed that the Km den, flying the Japanese flag, slip ped into the port of Penang, in Straits , Settlement, and the Russian cruiser Jemtxhug, French destroyer that were in. bot. Both are reported to been sunk 'with considerable loss life. The German cruiser, Emden, was fly ing the Japanese flag and carried one extra dummy smoke-stack when slipped in here and destroyed lies two warships. there has heen Gorman cruiser torpedoed and a har have ol she the al Earthquake Shakes Palace. Turin, Oct. 29.--Castle Stupinigi, where the Queen Mother Margarita is residing 8 damaged by the earth quake w {- ternoon, rich occurred here Tuesday af Now Numbers 1,500,000 London, Oct. 29. The" British ott rolls and drilling the Kingdom now amounts to ately one and a hali million Of this total about 800,000 men long io what army" --men who have responded to hig two ealls for 500,000 serve three tion of the About long to the Territorials, remainder are enrolled with the cial reserves, so called, or with regular army previously. The Tervitorials are considered flower of the force, as a great jority: of them belong to the middle and upper middle classes, and are men accustomed to athletic pursuits, Both physically. and mentally they are comsidered- by military men to he about the finest body of its num- bers ever assembled vinder arms They are drilling with feverish ~ en- thusinsm, and are anxious to go abroad for service on the firing line. \ considerable portion i Field Marshal Lord Kitchener's army; course, is not yet fully equipped, but are working hard. They are being armed and clothed with great rapid- ity. The Canadian eontingent is not included in this total THE BRITISH NAVY army United Approxime mn men. soldiers the dura- 600. 000 be the spe- the and have seen service years or for while the ma- Needs No More Hoyal Resefves or Yolhmteers. Ottawa, Oct. 29. The British navy has its full complement of men and in in a state of thorough efficiency. Such is the vonelusion to be gathered from an ntieation received at the naval setvice that no. A gency | \genc 18 termed "Kitchener's t here to the} [EUROPEAN DEMOCRACY MUST PURGE I1SELF Thomas Edison Says United States Should Establish Strong Coast Defences. Mich., Oct. ilization is 'only European war we re slowly | betier, materialism the | of all our moral and intellectual ad | vancement,' thomas A, great inventor to-day Eventually, Edison d. all goun tries' will be republics. As an after {ticught he added: 'And republics j aon t care for fighting European K 10¢ra must purge itself of par itutions;" k mn declared, will be £sibility of It rid of i ' UC as ar and 1 S Detroit, 29 esent | veneer | that and said kdisgn, lis a pc IOC before world peace here must get representeu In Ger thousand i nany re are abo run the country hs ia oflicers, and they repre | | | | nen These nt the social system of the land Edison declared that in his opin- n ti United States should estab- sh a stromg coast defence, and be prepared for any emergency, Kitchener Asks. For 100,000 More Soldiers: | London, Oct. 29.~Both Parl Kit- chener and Sir John French insist on Germany's fierce resistance, her per- istence in trying to win a way to Calais, oven if every water-course and toapal in Flandexs hecomes choked ith her dead, leads the Times to re- { mind citizens of the empire that they must emulate the German example. Germany is hurling mass after mass of men 'against the allied line as ruthlessly as she whuld sacrifice shee. | Britain, and the British empire, can ouoly remain free and inviolate if, despite the immense sacrifices the Bri- 'tish, French and Belgians have . al ready, made in the flower of their manhood, fresh troops now come for ward. Earl Kitchener issues an tgent ap peal for 100.000 more men. He says that the war office machinery, which was somewhat clogged by the sud- den creation of 4 new army of 300 .- 000 men, is now reorganizxl, The minimwn height is reduced to five feet four inches, and the age extendegl to thirty-eight years. Re- cruiting sergeants gay they could get ad many smart young men as is wanted for the cavalry, but cavalry regiments are closed, so far. | { i Verdict Of Murder. New York, Ocf. 20-7 verdict of murder in the second degree wag re- turned PA a jury in the supreme court last "right agamst charged with killing william G. Mar tin, a Toronto miNiner, in this city on August 11th, 1913. Harry Schaei- for; of Woodehili, L.1., already is serv- crime, Martin was strangled to death i Serago's room. His assailants fled r they had robbed him. Serago himit® Michael Serago, | ing a life sentence for his share in the in. Den. | AUTOMATIC GAS BEACONS. -------- 3 Ten Erected in Hudson Bay and Straits, 7 Ottawa, Oect. 29. Engineer Clawson, who was in charge of a party instal ling aids to' navigation on Hudson Bay and Straits, has returned to Ot tava. 'Ten gas beacons have been erected--three in 'the bay and seven along the straits. They are automatic in operation, and on being turned on in spring will burn for the seasom.. They will great- ly facilitate the havigatiGi"on the Hudson Bay rodte.-" : Reni MAMMOTH ICE BREAKER, One Building at Montreal Will 'be Largest in World. Ottawa, Oct. 29.-- The marine partment will replace the Earl Grey on P. E. Island winte ervice with the st rers Minto and Stanley The ice-breaker now being built t Montreal to take the place of the Earl Grey will be the largest in the warld, with an indicated horsepower 10,000 de the of A ustrian Warship Damaged. London, Oct. 29.--A despatch to the Central News from Rome says : "The captain of an Italian steamer, vhich has just arrived at Naples fron I'riest, reports that during the voyage | on the Adriatic he observed an Aus | trian dreadnought under way for Pola, | the' Austrian naval I'he | nought had come from Cattaro, where recent action one of her burst, a ma explode vessel was damaged turret was base dread during a ght-inch to seriously blown causing I'he Her guns 1 | i up and there were rents in her | i { | | Jews Starve in Holy City, New York, Oct. 29 The Jews are dying by thousands of starvation i rusalem, according to elman, vice-consul of\ the vited States in, Palestine, who arrived here yesterday "Two-thirds of the population of are Jews," said KEdelman ere is no industry in the city they have to depend on charity." Je Al F Ur city KING GEORGE'S COUSIN "KILLED ON BATTLEFIELD Prince Maurice of Battenburg Falls in the War in France For Britain i) London, Oct Prince Maurice of lattenberg, a cousin of King George, son of Prince Henry of Bat has been killed on the battle Wd a tenberg, | field of Prince France, Maurice Victor Donald, of | give was the youngest son pi of Battenberg who mai Battenberg, a sister of Fdward The of King Battenberg Prince Henry ried Princess the late King vas a brother-in-law » of Sphin Al fon and second lieu- Rifle | | He was twenty-three vears old { 1911 had been a in the King's Field Marshal John i'rench, the commander-in-chief of the | British expeditionary force in France, in his report to Minister of War Kit- chener, given out on Oet. 18th last, | mentioned the prince for meritorious service in the field, ince Royal Sir { tenant | Corps | All Enemies Of Canada "Must Register Ottawa, Oct. 29.--Registration bu- reaus will be established at Toronto, for Ontario province, for the registra- tion of alien reservists in Canada, in accordance with an order-in-council passed yesterday. Steps will be taken at once to obtain a full list of these men so that every hostile reservist in Canada may be under the survgillanee of dominion police authority. will be allowed their freedom jon the system of parole. Others considered # menace to the country will be placed in detention and held. The dominion police will be in charge of the work. Some FEARS BORDER RAID. Fort Erie Asks Government to Sta- tion Troops There. tufialo, N.Y., Oct. 20.--The Board o I'rade of the village of Fort Frie, Ont., opposite Bufinlo, has agked the Dominion government to station troops thera. . The nearest militia force is mow doing guard duty on the Welland eanal, eighteen miles away. 'The possibility of & raid by German sympathizers from the United States. was openly discussed at the last meeting of the village council and { the action of the hoard followed the failure 'bi the council (6 take action. All Over a Pie The burning of a pie in an oven at 288 Barrie street gave the fire- nen a run at noon on Thursday. In {the excitement following the burn- ing of the pie the firemen were cal: led. as the kitchen was filled with smoke. The total loss was one pie. * To The Front. prince | {comment ' young | enjoving life in England when their For the first time in Kingston, Ca- VANCE CONTIN! LAST EDITION SE THOUSANDS MASSACRED IN SEEKING ADVANTAGE fo Mercy Was Asked and None Was Given. ARMIES IN DEATH GRIP BATTLEFIELD OF FLANDERS RE- SEMBLED A SHAMBLES. iermans and Allies Rushing Fresh Masses of Troops To the Fighting Lines The Sand Dunes and Canals Show Evidences of the Ureadial Conitict. London, 29. The 'bloody massacre," as it is described by those on the spot, among the sand dunes and the canals of Flanders, ows as yet but few signs of slack= ' Oct. German attack countered by steady ranks The vafor of the has been persistently equal valor from the efore them Apparently no quarter being asked or given in this battle on the tern front and the land over which it is being waged consequent- ly resembles a shambles. Seven times altogether the Ger- ins have crossed and recrossed the is wes Yser. themselves in a death trap manded by the guns of the defénd- ers immovably entrenched behind their embankment running more or less parallel to the Ywer and com- pletely barring their progress Some German forces, according to the latest reports in London, suc- ceeded in finding shelter enougt among the sand hillocks to enable them to retain a footing between the Yser and the railroad running from Dixmude to Nieuport, but this num- ber up te the present time has been insufficient to dislodge the allies. German re-enforcements are still rolling up, and the efforts to break through the line show no sign of essation. The oninien is expressed widely British military observers that present clash of tactics cannot, as- was the case in a number of previous battles in the campaign, fade away into another phase with- out some result which will thwart or marked success to one side or the other If the Germans are sending fresh asses of men to*the fighting zone, the allies, probably ._ are . equaling their opponents numerically with re- enforcements. The Belgian government has been stirred to greater activity by the that there are many physically able Belgians by the and proper place, it is contended; is in the ranks of their own army. A call has now) been issued by the Belgian rovernment summoning all efficients between the ages of eighteen and twenty to enlist for the duration of the war and announcing that after November 15th all bachelors are to be automatically enrolled. Simultaneously it declared here that the British government has repented of its recent instruc- tions forbidding the capture of re- servists of the enemy on neutral ves- sels, and has withdrawn this order. Holding Line To The Sea Paris, Oct. 29.--The vigor of the German atacks on the north was di- minished greatly after they had car- ried out two surprise assaults dur- ing the night which cost both sides dearly. Real success has by the, allies, who have not only brevénted a breach. in their lines, but has made considerable progress and now firmly hold the line from Nieuport to Dixmude and on to the rneghborhood of Lille. Officers who have returned from the front describe a difficult and dangerous task 'performed by the native troops the night along the Belgian coast. They surprised and destroyed a German ammunition vark, thus putting out of action se veral German batteries which had caused great annoyance to the al- lies, who could not reach them with their artillery. In absolute darkness, several na tives erept up stealthily and killed ihe German sentries. They then se! fire to a thicket where the ammuni- tion wagons were sheltered, causing all the shells to explode. . is been attained Ostend Crowded With Woanded. London, Oct. 29. -- Travellers reaching Amsterdam from Ostend declare that as the fighting between Nieuport and Dixmund increased in violence, Ostend became more "and more crowded with Germas wound- ded, according to the correspond- ent of Amsterdam of Reuters Tele- gram company. Nearly all the inhabitants of Os- tend are fleding the city, the corres- pondent .continues. In the vicinity of Ostend the German forces are almost exclusively marines. On the sea dyke the (lermans have posted heavy artillery which was swecess- ful in driving off British warships in eo vicinity. Fi tish prisol : but ek od gaining the left bank they found | gorod, Warsaw and s : y on having repulsed all former Rus Ghent. There are also many woun- ded of the allies in Ostend, and the roads to Ghent are jammed with arching soldiers. At a point-mot far from Ostend the -Germans'. have erécted am air- ship shed of non-inflammable mis terial. Food in Ostend in scarce, War Tidings. hy The German garrison at Bruges, Heist and Knocke, he says, are not Very numerous. Some of the French trenches in the Argonne wood have been carried and the defenders captured. The Duke of Wurttemburgls army has lost heavily in the north oi France, arcording to a despatch re ceived © by the Exchange Telegraph company from Paris, \ On the right bank of the Aisne the Germans attempted at night very violent offensive movement in tha region of Craonne. On the heights of the highway Des Dames they have been repulsed. \ In the Woevre district the French troops hawe continued their advance in the forests between Apremont and St." Mihiel, as well as in the forest of Le Pretre. I'he German and Austrian troops in Poland, according to am official an< nouncement. issued in Berlin, have heen forced to withdraw before fresh Bach time they succeeded in | Russian forces, advancing from Ivan. Novgorlesck, ai- sian attacks. Boys' overcoats in all the popular styles just placed in stock. We secur ed a /bargain and will give you the benefit. Come soon. Livingston's. DAILY MEMORANDUM, > See top of page 3, right hand corner) for probabilities. Rummage sale, 260 Princess St Rummage sale, First' Con al hall, Johnson Si, near Friday afternoon. .and Charity Circle of hters' tea and sale, 8 Miss Nina Ferguson's, Oct, 30th and 31st. regation- allingtan, |THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG Is On Sale at the Following City Stores: Bucknell's News Depot Clarke,'J. W. & Co College Book Store 183 Princess Coulter's Grocery ..309 Princess 'ullen"s Grocery, Cor. 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Knowlton, York St, to Kenneth J, Curragh, only son of Mr. and Mrs. James Cur- ragh, Stuart St. DIED : NOLAN--In Kingston, on Oct. 28th 1914, Hannah J, Nolan, * beloved wife of Willlam Nolan: ¥ (Toronto and Edmenton. papers please copy.) Funeral (private) from her late rest dence, 277 Sydenham St, on Fridsy morning, at 9 o'clogk, to St. Mary's Cathedral, where & Solemn requier: mags will be sung for the repose of er soul, "ROBERT J. REID The Leading Undertaker Phone 577 , 280 Princess Sires -- ---------- hou JAMES REID . 2154 Tend 350 PRANGI on STREET "Phone 147 for Ambulance. Take Notice - Our stoves and furnit ow than ever Potore. 3, TURK Page 705. :