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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1914-10-02, Page 3INl)x&'S SOIAIER'S NOW FIGHTING IN TRANCE. envier, of `' Ontario is 'Called suddenly by Death at His Residence in Toronto A despatch from Toronto says: r James Whitney, Premier of On- io, died at his residence, 113 St. urge Street, Toronto, .shortly af- noon on Friday. His sudden ise was .quite" unexpected, a;1� ugh his health had been very r for the past month. arly in the day he complained he was not feeding so well, and about 10.45 o'clock his condition s such that an emergency tele- ne call was sent to his physician, . H. J. Hamilton, 220 Bloor eet west. .Dr. Hamilton was on rounds, but was 'located in the rse of half an hour, and hurried his distinguished patient, who s rapidly sinking. It was. already parent that the end was near. Vith the Premier, when death e, were Lady Whitney and Miss itney. r, Hamilton, who has been in stints attendance upon Sir es since the Premier returned m his long convalescence in New k, stated that the fatal termi- • success,.: Since then he grew in the esteem of his constituents. so that he was 'returned at every succeed- ing election. Aftee1V'iue 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. Oa that occasion the people of Dundas'ten- dered their representative a pub- lic demonstration of a non-partisan character, in which Conservatives 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 1886, at the bye -election, Mr. 'Whitney achieved his first political THE LATE SIR JAMES PLINY WHITNEY. tion of the Premier's illness had sen entirely unexpected. A Canadian by Descent. to Canadian by descent and by irth, as well as in sympathy and ntiment, was Sir James. He me of that sturdy English stock at gave to this continent its hardy ioneers, and planted civilization in New World. One might trace is ancestors back to 1650, when ne of the early Whitney% crossed e Atlantic in ac,a ilin'g ship and tablished the family in the Ameri- n colonies. Mr. Whitney's father ose Eastern Ontario for his home. t Williamsburg, in Dundas Coen- , the coming Premier was born on October day in 1843. In his early ars he had the advantage of that five work on the farm that Bevel- s brain and muscle and gives one tensely practical ideas of life, et while he was still plowing the raight furrow of boyhood his ind . eves' fixed upon greater ,hievements, and he knew that the Iden key of knowledge alone could en the gate that admits to the ghee walks of life. Studies Law. Quick and pra'ctica'l, young Whit- y soon outgrew the educational il.ties of his neighborhood. One o.rning he drove from the hom.e- ead to Cornwall to study at one 'the most famous of Canadian pools --'the Cornwall Grammar chool, In this. institution, where many distinguished men, inolud- g Sir John Robinson, Hon. Philip an Koughnets Chief Justice Mao - an, and other .eminent sons of nterio, received their training, the usky lad from the farm developed' keen relish for intellectual pur- uits and formed"the determination el master the intricacies of law. Accordingly, in the Lww office of i4lacdonald & Maclennan at 'Corn - 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 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. SUBMARINE ESCAPED. Crew Which Destroyed British Ships Received Iron Crosses. A de•spateh from Berlin says : It is officially •announced that the unterseeiboot • (submarine) U-9, commanded by Lieut -Commander Weddigen, which successfully tor- pedoed'and sank three British 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 deoorated with the Iron Cross for their excellent work. etchensrAppointed a Lord Rector A despatch from London flays : With a view to avoiding a /Political !Contest, Sir Edward -Carson and Sir John Simon have withdrawn their candidatures to the lord rec- torship of the University of Edin- burgh, and Field Marshal Earl Kitchener has been invited to as- sume the lord rectorship •andhas accepted. `•+ OFFICER. t • India's British Soldiers.. These pictures show the uniforms France, Sir Pertab Singh is one of the few whose presence with, the the few who's e.presence with the contingent has been Made public. BOMBS HOPPED IN MANY CITIES Zeppelin Passes Over Belgium, Visiting Ghent .and Other Places. A despatch from London 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 despatch from Ostend to -day (Sunday) says that a Zeppelin passed over Belgium, dropping bombs in Ghent. One man was killed and a hospital damaged. At Thielt the gas factory, was badly damaged, but no lives were report- ed lost. Eight other towns reported being visited by the airship, which dropped missiles. Five bonnbs were dropped at . Dynze, which mortally injured an old man and daanaged the roof of a hospital. One bomb was dropped at Rolleghem, but slid no darhag"e.. The Zeppelin di•s-p- ,peered .n the direction of France, after dropping bombs at Minelboke and ,Ai'ost. A Zeppelin was. shot down, and its. crew of German officers and air scouts was captured at Warsaw, after a futile attack upon the Mod - lin fortress. The Zeppelin appeared over the city. After dropping two bomber near the station of the rail- road to Kaliscz. Only one of these exploded, and the damage was slight. The garrison of Modlin had made careful preparations to re- oeive the Gorman 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 en Paris . from. a German aeroplane. One missile, exploding in Avenue du Trocaderg, at the corner of Rue Freycinet, blew the head from the shoulders of a man who was etand- i•ng on the earner with his daughter, and crippled the child. INDIAN STATES READY TO AID Troops.Already Have Been Accept- ed Frown 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 b e en, acceptet 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 oars and transport and $25,- 000 for the relief of the Belgian suf- ferers. Son of Von.11Iollke )<tilletl. A despatch °from Paris says : A son of Field Marshal Count von Moltke has been killed in the fight- ing at Esternay. .Ph'!I/ATZ- 5 W Gh'OORKK4 S.• COQ. :,>• M ci/iPgRTAB ARif'B cSI c5lNGH'. K-C.cS •I: GRN PLATFORMS R GENERAL JOBBERT JOIIS THE ALLIES Will Fight With Sir John French, Whom Once He Opposed. A despatch from Bordeaux says: The' Boer general, Francois Jou- bert-,'Pienaar, has arrived at Bor- deaux to offer his sword to the allied armies. "I foughtagainst General. French in South Africa•. Now I am going to fight with him," said the General to thecorr•eapondent. "I command- ed a. Boer army opposed to him at Elandslaagte, where I received my baptism of fire in civilized warfare. have offered• my iservices. un - r ,i ally • and do not know as ye • [low I will be employed, but ex pest 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 machine _in, the world, but we hal beat it in the end because our armies are some- thing omething better than a'machine." Socialise Decorated. A despatch from Copenhagen says r 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. STORES 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. It says: "The work of preparing masonry for heavy guns is always long and heavy. The Krupp gun's'. arrived before Paris at the end"af November in 1870. They were not ready to. be fired before the last days of December, in some cases not until the beginning of January. At Maubeuge they fired immediate- ly. Ae. 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 for several years. Lan- ieres woors, four miles from Mau- beuge, were sold by auction in July, 1911. The real purchaser of the most important lot was Frederick Kruprp. Under cover of aBelgian nominee the Krupps pretended to install alocomotive factory, which was covered with. concrete platforms necessary for huge guns. GERMAN SHIP CAPTURED. A despatch from London says: A British cruiser has captured ..the German ship Ossa, from Portland, Oregon, laden with wheat, and has towed her into Falmouth. FURIOUS FIGHTING ON WEST D_ sperate Attempt of Germans to Fling Back Allies' Onslaughts A despatch from Paris says.: The Germans with unprecedented vio- lence ,attacked all along the battle line in probably a finaleffort to save the army of von Kink and pre- vent a general withdrawal from Eremite. 1' There can be no doubt that the Kaiser, disturbed by delay, .'com- mended such a stupendous attack, but Berlin is again disappointed. The mightystroke, launched with immense numbers and aimed with incredible fury, failed as it failed on past days. At ,the oen'tr•e, near Rheims, the Germans: launched a determined blow at the allies, but were thrown be.. near the fort of Nogent L'Ab- besas. Farther eastward, toward the Argonne, they ,gained ground, but were obliged to surrender it. Along they Meuse, their position is improved, but they have not bro- ken the barrier •of. Verdun-Toul- Naney. There 'have been no deci- sive engagements in Lorraine-Al- seace-or the Vosges. With the ]Soyonei:. * *The Governanent report •contains at bbs allies' flaxrking movement Germans and allies have been strug- gling b;ick and forth over the. same ground, and the doss of life is frightful. The allies' centre holds while the aright !strives to clinch vic- tory. The Gerimans holding a position near St. Mihiei, 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 of greater violence than Austerlitz or Leipzig are mere incidents of this unprecedentedly desperate struggle. Loss of Life Staggering. The most reeseuring newts receiv- ed 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 o:r compel itis .rapid retreat, While the artillery of each side was'operatted incessantly, the alleles and Germans met between' the trenches in face-to-face fighting. Therehave been a suecession of :bay- onet .charges. Trenches. afew hun- vigorous in spite of Increased dred yards apart were oaken and Gerinain resistance and the severest retaken, and the loss of life was 1ghfing is now with : the bayonet. staggering, GALICIAN FORT MAY SURRENDER Przemysl Believed to Be on Point sof Occupation by the Russians. A despatch from London says; There ds a report from Ronne that Przemysl is ,ri the point of ;surren- dering to the Russians. Correspon- dents of Roman 'newspapers trans. - mit rumors current in Petrograd that Russian siege guns have des- troyed two forts " of Przemysl.'s outer ring of defences. The reels. - tame of the garrison has weakened amazingly, despite euormous re- sources of defence guns and animu- . nition. This is attributed. to demor- alization produced by troops which fled to Przemysl !after numerous 'Costly defeats. These beaten troops are reported to be spreading the news that the Russians: are ferocious creatures aided by the devil. While discounting some of this, opinion here inclines toward early capitulation of Austria's• last strong- hold in Galicia. Rumors of broken morale at Przemysl merely bear out confirmed stories of Austrian weak- ness in critical situations. "That Cracow has been occupied by German troops, that the town has been put under a. German mili- tary comanandant, and that the Austrian eivil !administration has been displaced is the giet of the latest advices received here," says the Petrograd ,correspondent of the Morning Post. "AI1 the original administration of the town and all civil officials of the Austrian Gov- ernment have left, and the residents are fleeing in a panic." The news from the eastern thea- tre of war reinforces public belief that Germany within a week will be facing a more dangerous situa- tion on her eastern frontier than. now exists on her western battle line, Military writers predict that the Kaiser will be called upon, far sooner than he expected, to find not lays than 1,000,000 trained soldiers • protect his Prussian and Silesian frontiers frown veritable hordes of Russians. In addition, vast quan- tities of heavy guns, as well as field batteries, will have to be found. CRUISER BOMBARDS MA.DRAS. Oil Tanks Were Set on Fire and Three People Milled. A despatch from Lo`nM' tags 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. It is the third seaport of India, ranking after Bombay and Calcutta. It is situated on the open shore in the Bay of Bengal. VICTIMS AT RHEIMS. Cathedral Wilfully„ Chosen as a Target by the Germans. A despatch from Paris says : Maurice Barres, in the Echo de Paris, gives the story of Baron Durrieu, an ex -officer who arrived at Rheims recently. Baron Dur- rieu confirms the previous reports that a large Red Cross flag flew from each tower of the !cathedral, and the Germans knew their own wounded were in the edifice, be- cause they placed their wounded there when they occupied the town. The Baron says the Germans had undoubtedly wilfully chosen the cathedral as a target. During their first passage through Rheims the Germans demanded a war levy of 20,000,000 franca, ($6,000,000). This should have been paid last Sunday but the arrival of the French troops saved the city from the levy. Among the victims of the German bombardment of Rheims were two graduate women nurses and 25 nuns, who held diplomas as nurses. • Angry With holland. A despatch from Amsterdam says: The Koelnisoh•e Zeitung cern- plains regarding Holland's releasing the ,British sailors• of the cruisers Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue. It says that neither the Geneva, eoh- ve•ntions nor the Hague conventions legally support Holland's conduct, and.that the sailors ought to have been interned until the end of the war.