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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1914-10-1, Page 7SIR JAMES WHITNEY DEAD P kernie of Ontario is Called Suddenly by DalJi at His Residence in Toronto. A despatch from Toronto says: Sir James Whitney, Premier of On- tario, died at his residence, 118 St. George Street, Toronto, shortly af- ter noon on Friday.. His sudden eleunise was quite unexpected, al- though his health had been very poor for the past month, ,, Early in the day he complained that he was not feeling so well, and at about 10.45. o'clock his .condition was such that an emergency tele- phone call was sent to his physician, Dr. H. J. Hamilton, 220 Blow: Street west, Dr, Eaanilbon was on his round's, but was located in the course of half an hour, and hurried to his distinguished patient, who was rapidly sinking. It was already apparent that the end was near. With the Premier, when dewbh .came, were Lady Whitney and Mies Whitney. Dr. Hamilton, who has beenin constant • attendance upon Sir James singe the Premier returned from his long convalescence'la New York, stated that the fatal termi- success. Since then he grew in the esteem of his eonstitucnts. so that he was returned at every succeed- ing election. After Nine Years. - After he had been nine years in the Legislature, Mr. Whitney was acknowledged to be in the front rank of Conservatives. A vacancy having occurred in the leadership, he was in 1896 unanimously select- ed to lead the.Opposition. On that occasion the people of Dundee ten- dered their representative a pub - He demonstration of a nonpartisan character, in which Conservatives and Liberals vied with each other in their efforts to honor the rising statesman. Becomes Premier. February, 1905, saw him as head of a victorious party, and returned by an overwhelming vote as Pre- mier of the Province. Since ac- cepting the control of the destinies of Ontario Sir James demonstrated his remakable insight into public affairs in many instances and TILE LATE SIR JAMES PLI.NY WHITNEY. nation of the Premier's illness had been entirely unexpected. A Canadian by Descent. A Canadian by descent and by birth, as well as in sympathy and sentiment, was Sir James. He cane of that sturdy English stock that gave to this continent its hardy pioneers, and planted civilization in the New World. One might trace his ance•stor.s back to 1650, when one of the early Whitney& crossed the Atlantic in a sailing ship .and established the family in the Ameri- can colonies. Mr. Whitney's father chose Eastern Ontario for his home. At Williamsburg, in Dundas Coun- ty, the coming Premier was 'born on an October:day in 1848. In his early years ho had the advantage of that active work on the farm that devel- ops brain and muscle and gives one intensely practical ideas of life, Yet while he was still plowing the straight furrow of boyhood his mind was fixed upon greater achievements, and he knew that the golden key of knowledge alone could open the gate that admits. to the higher walks of life. • Studies Law. Quick and practical, young Whit- ney- soon outgrew the educational facilities of has neighborhood.. One morning he drove from the home- stead to Cornwall to study at one . of the most famous of. Canadian schools the Cornwall Grammar School. In this institution, where so many distinguished men,. includ- ing Sir John Robinson, Hon. Philip Van Koughnet, Chief Justice Mae - lean, and other eminent sons of Ontario, received their training, the husky Tad froin'the farm developed a 'keen relish for intellectual pur- suits and formed the determination to master the intricacies of law. Accordingly, in the ,Isew office of Macdonald & Maclennan at Corn- wall, the county town of the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, young Whitney prepar- ed to qualify for the Bar. In the general election of 1886 Mr, Whitney was' first tendered the Conservative nomination for Dun- das, The result of the count show- ed that he had come within 25 votes of defeating the :Govermmnt candi- date and carrying the constituency. In 1884t :the bye -election., Mr. Whitney achieved his first political throughout maintained the same steadfast honesty and tenacity of purpose that ,characterized his fight as leader of the Opposition. At the Quebec Tercentenary cele- bration in 1908 he was knighted by King George in appreciation of his untiring zeal in working for a 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, Sir James was among the first to volunteer, and contin- ued on active service for five months. He served in the militia for many years afterwards becom- ing in his retirement Lieutenant- Colonel of the Reserve Militia for the County of Dundas. CRUISER BOMBARDS MADRAS. 011 Tanks Were Set on Fire and Three People Killed. A despatch from London says: The Official Press Bureau issued the following statement :. "The German cruiser Emden 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 hit. The ,forts at the harbor front replied to the Em- den, which then withdrew. The af- fair was all over in 15 minutes. There was no panic and there was no material damage, the _ oil loss being possibly a million and a half gallons. Two Indians and one boy were killed." Madras is a seaport of British In- dia, the seat of -the Government, and headquarters of the Madras army. Ib is the third seaport of India, ranking after Bombay and Calcutta. It is situated on the open shore in the Bay of Bengal. War Costing ,$38,060,000 a Day. •A despatch from Paris says: Fourteen thousand.. million dollars is the yearly cost of the war (or $38,356,154 per day) to Germany, Austria, Belgium, France, Russia and England, according to .the Ger- man statistical expert, 'Captain Max Reinke. Of this expense France and Germany, he esti- mates, each ,with $,000,000 men in the field, must stanch •$2,800,000,000 each; while Russia's share, with her 4,000,000 lighting men, will be $3,800, 000. Kitchener Appointed a Lord Rector A despatch from London says: With a view to avoiding a political. contest, Sir Edward Carson and Sir John Simon have withdrawn their candidatures to the lord roc-. torship of the University of Edin- burgh, and Field Marshal Earl Kitchener has 'been invited to .as- sume., the lord rectorship- and has accepted: BOBS HOPPED IN MANY CITIES Prhpi tin PlASINI. Over Belgium, Visiting Ghent and Other .'lases. A despatch froze. Landon says : The Germans evidently chose Sun- day for a general raid . by bomb - dropping Zeppelins and aeroplanes, Visits were paid to Paris, Warsaw and many towns in Belgium. The loss of life was inconsiderable, A d'e'spatch from Ostend to -day (Sunday) says that a Zeppolin passed' over Belgium, dropping bombs in Ghent. One 'Man was. 'killed• a•nd'a 'hospital damaged. Thiel''t the gas factory was badly, damaged, but no lives were report- eel lost. Eight other towns reported being visited by :.the airship, which dropped missiles. Five bombs were dropped at Dynze, which mortally injured an old, man and damaged the roof of ,a Hospital. One bomb was dropped at Rolle,ghem., ,but did no damage. The Zepp;elin disiap- peai ed in the direction of France, after dropping bombs at Minelboke mid A1ost. A Zeppelin was 'shot down and its crew of German :officers and air scouts was captured at Warsoa.w, after .a futile attack upon the Mod - lin fortress, The Zeppelin appeared over the city. After dropping two bombs near the station of the rail- road to Kaliscz. Only one of these exploded, and the damage was slight. The garrison of Motilin had niade careful preparations to re- eeive the German aircraft. Guns had been trained and ranges ascer- tained. When the Zeppelin ven- tured within range it was made the target of fierce, concentrated fire. Within five minutes its envelope was pierced and it fluttered to earth. Those of the crew still alive were made prisoners. Four bombs were dropped: on Paris from a German ,aeroplane. One missile, exploding in Avenue du Trocadero, at the corner of Rue Freycinet, blew the head from ibhs shoulders of a man who was !stand- ing on the corner with his daughter, and crippled the child. TOMMIES LOVE GEN. FRENCH. Cheer Iliuz to the Echo Whenever General Visits Them. "Sir John French is in great health and spirits, and looks twenty years younger than when he went off to war," says a' letter from an officer of the British 'headquarters staff, which has 'reached London. "His army idolizes him and the 'Tommies are crazy about him.' " After one day's work he insisted on visiting the trenches. - This was during the British retreat, and his staff was "hard put to it to prevent the old boy running needless risks." Whenever the word went through the ranks that Sir John was around the men cheered him to the echo. After the magnificent tribute which' the Field Marshal paid to his men, testimony on their side shows the inspiration of his personality. This instance of Sir 'John's per- sonalkindness is told. When the Field Marshal. left London for Paris he undertook with what those who know him well say is .character- istic courtesy and simplicity, to convey some small parcels to her little children from a lady, who is a friend of Lady French. These children were stuck in Paris with their governess, and were about to be taken to .the south of . France with two or three families, similar-. ly situated. Lady French lives near London and devotes her time to good works in the interests of the 'troops under her husband's command. Socialist Decorated. A despatch from Copenhagen says : The Kaiser has for the first time decorated a Socialist. He has conferred the Iron Cross on Herr Schwartz, president of the Social- ist Unions of Bavaria, for bravery on the battlefield. xJ)IA',' SOLDIER'S NOW I'IGIi'l:'INNG IW l R1.14CE 017 -CH OFFICER. - l�iilia's British Soldiers. These picturesshow the uniforms France. Sir Pertab Singh is one of the few whose presence with the the few' who epresence with the contingent has been made public. GUN MMAMUS STORED IN BELGIUM How Germany Prepared for the War Many Years Ago. A despatch from Paris says : The Matin confirms that emplacements for heavy artillery were made around Maubeuge before the war. I•t nays.: "The work, of preparing masonry for heavy 'guns is always long and heavy. The Krupp guns arrived before Paris at the end of November in 1870. They were not ready to be fired before ,the last days of December; in some oases not until the beginning of January. At Maubeuge they fired immediate- ly. As soon as they arrived by way of Belgium they were mounted on ,carriages, which previously had been installed on platforms which themselves had been ready to re- ceive them far several years. Lan- ieres woors, four miles from Mau- beuge, were sold by auction in July, 19)1. The real purchaser of the most important lot was Frederick Krupp. Under cover of .a Belgian nominee the Krupps pretended to install a locamoitive factory, -which was covered with concrete platforms necessary for huge guns. Wiz;; a SUBMARINE ESCAPED. Crew Which Destroyed British Ships Received Iron Crosses. A despatch from Berlin says : It is officially announced that the unterseeboot (submarine) U-9, commanded by Lieut-Commandef Weddigen, which successfully tor- pedoed and sank three British ar- mored cruisers in the North Sea on. Tuesday, escaped unhurt from the guns of 'the cruisers and their accompanying destroyers. Com- mander Weddigen and the entire crew of the submarine have been decorated with the Iron Cross for their excellent work. WIRELESS STATION CLOSED. Marconi Company Fails to Give Satisfactory Assurance. A despatch from Washington says : Secretary of the Navy Dan- iels ordered the Marconi wireless station at •Siasconset, Mass., closed in consequence of the failure of the company to give assurance that it would comply with naval censorship regulations. st. Son of Von Moltke Killed. A despatch from Paris says: A eon of Field Marshal Count von Moltke has been killed in the fight- ing at Esternay. Thousands of Wounded Hospitals - A despatch from New York says : The number of wounded in the bat- tles of Europe is ,already in the hundreds of thousands; the hospi- tals of Paris and Berlin, cottages on the battlefields and churches are filled, while many wounded lie ex- posed in trenches, according to Er- nest P. Bickell, national director of the .American Red Cross, who arrived on the ss. Olympic from Liverpool. Mr. Bickell spent sev- eral weeks observing conditions in the countries at war. "Official reporte give, libtle defi- nite information of the .losses, but the number of wounded is already in the hundreds of thousands," Mr. Bickell said. "The •truth is that over the thousands of square miles already battieswcpt there have been left almost countlese•thousands of nien, helpless from ghastly wounds. Some have been gathered into trains by -the Red Cross surgeons and nurses and taken to hospitals in the larger cities, 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- bore -increase. "Some of the wounded were taken into cottages on the battle- fields and the churches, but still there are thousands who lie in the trenches in the fields suffering from thirst and exposure. "Let no man imagine that the American Red Cross can do too much or enough. Nurses and sur - ports are needed more and more, and also medical and hospital sup- plies." 000x.. L C?MBAY CANCER ' COh. 7KANAc1ARAH' ciiee_PERTAB rS,ING'It. K.C.cS.I.' INDIAN STATES READY TO AID Troops Already ]rave Been Accept- ed Froin Fifteen. A despatch from London says : Offers of .assistance from the many states of India 'continue to pour in. The Viceroy reports that contin- gents of the Imperial service troops have already been aeceptet from fif- teen states and that similar offers from ten other states will be ac- cepted if the need ;arises. The joint offer of four other states, the Vice- roy adds, is under consideration. The tribesmen of Kurram and Swat Valley are anxious to partici- pate in behalf of the Empire, and various Maharajahs and the Arab chiefs in the Aden hinterland have expressed their loyalty 'and desire to be of service. The Maharajah of Gwalior has donated $110,000 for motor cars and transport and $25,- 000 for the relief of the Belgian suf- ferers. Take No Prisoners. A despatch from Bordeaux says.: The French Foreign Office made the statement that General . Stenger, commanding the 53rd German In- fantry Brigade, has issued an Or- der of which the following is a translation "Take no prisoners. Shoot all who fall into your hands, singly or in groups, and despatch the wounded, whether armed or un- armed, as the Germans must leave no Frenchmen living behind them." Canada Gives $50,000. A despatch from Ottawa says: The Government of Canada views with the deepest sympathy the movement in aid of victims of the war in Belgium. It has decided to make at present ana,ppropriation of $50,000 towards this. fund, .and will supplement it if it should prove ne- cessary, according to an official 'statement issued. AW/A.7 1.1,46YcORf(4 $:. R./Fit-FA - GENERA1, JOREEIT JOINS THE ALLIES, Will Fight With Sir Jahn French.. Whom Once Ile Opposed. A despatch: from Bordeaux. says : The Boer general, Francois Jou- bert-Pienaar, has arrived at Bor- deaux to' offer This sword to the allied armies. "I fought against. General French in South Africa. Now I am going to fight with him," said the General to the correspondent. "I command- ed a Boer army opposed to him at Elandslaagte, where I received nay baptism, of fire in civilized warfare'. "I have offered my services un- conditionally, .and do not know as yet how I will be employed, but ex- pect that it will be in a advisory capacity, and that I will be attach- ed in this manner to - General French's staff. "The war will be long and fierce. The German army, which I know well, is the finest na•achine in the world, but we shall beat it in the end because our ,armies are smile - thing better than a machine." x GERMAN SIHIP CAPTURED. Was On 'Her Way From Oregon Port With Wheat. A despatch from London says: A British cruiser has captured the German ship Gssa, from Portland, Oregon, laden with wheat, and has towed her into Falmouth. Angry With Holland. A despatch from Amsterdam says: The Koelnische Zeitung com- plains regarding Holland's releasing the British sailors of the cruisers Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue. It say that neither the Geneva con- ventions nor the Hague conventions legally support Holland's conduct,' and that the sailors ought to have been interned until the end of the war. FU J'.1t bUS FIGHT NG ON WEST D sperate Attempt of Germans to Fling Back Allies, Onslaughts - A despatch from Paris says : The Germans with unprecedented via- k'.iee attacked all along the battle line: in probably a final effort to save the army of von Kluk and pre- vent a general withdrawal from France. There •ca.n be no doubt that the Kaiser, disturbed by delay, com- manded such a 'stupendous' attack, but Berlin is again 'disappointed. The mighty stroke, launched with immense numbers and aimed with incredible fury, failed as it failed on past days, At 'the centre, near Rheims, the Germans l.aun•ched a dnbonmined blow at the allies, but were thrown back near the fart of , 'ogent L'Ab- besse. Farther eastward, toward the Argonne, they gained ground,: but were obliged to surrender it. Along ttbe, Meuse, their position is improved, hut they have not bro- ken the barrier .of Verdun-Toul- Nancy. There have been no deice - sive ,engagements in Lorraine -Al- sace the. Vosges. With the Bayonet. The Government report contains that the allies' flanking movement is vigorous in spite of increased German resistance and the severest fighting isnow with the bayonet. Germans and allies have been strug- gling- back and forth over the same ground, and the loss of life is frightful. The allies' centre holds while the righttrives to clinch vie - tory. The Germans holding a position near St. Milii:el, on the left bank of the Meuse, have made no progress in breaking the great barrier line. Adequate understanding of • the Battle of ' the Aisne is impossible. One is bankrupt of superlatives. Such endurance, valor and deter- mination was never before seen on any field of battle. Combats o£ greater violence than Austerlitz or Leipzig are mere incidents of this unprecedentedly desperate struggle. Loss of Life Staggering. The most reassuring news. receiv, eel from the front is that the allies have not been forced to abandon the great :flanking movement design- ed to envelop the German right wing or compel its rapid retreat, While the artillery of each side was operated,incessamtly, the .allies and Germans unet between the trenches in face-to-face fighting: Thereha.ve been :a.euecession ref hay-. onet chargee. STeencleas a. few hun- dred yards apart Were taken and retaken, and the loss of life ' wa; tsttaggering