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Wl d as qef dar 6t 57 g2 30 Blkos or â€" FRENGH TROOPS CAPTURE OVE R 800 PRISONERS IN ALSAGE FIGHTING 14 14 He it i. . Stratford, July 16.â€"Recruiting reâ€" fhnforcements for the third contingent ceased toâ€"day on orders from: London, â€" but it is understood: that within two y weeks the lists will be again opened > for 150 K for the fourth continâ€" wisogent.> In past three weeks 106 !omughiay enlisted here, : 67 per cont.‘ being niafB#itishâ€"born : and© 22 ~per ‘oent. Can&â€" jA m «Fiftyâ€"five> srte isingl6. men and i id iank,~21; Scotchy 17‘“&miun. > iÂ¥ tmaxried;© The national tepre f July l‘l.â€"AM ‘ human history cafl‘ no Â¥ n a & < y c to the tremendous Mmmn ?Mfll::& » it says involves results to Kussia and western Allies comparing Russia‘s resistance to. an invasion by China. y ~"The ‘Times says it is now apparent that the Germans are planning ‘a @nvelops the entire Russian army in Poland and that the fall of Warsaw will have a ‘grave.significance for the west. Eo xh eE us it €) 2 1 ‘An announcement that the German& have been thrown. back on, Ob8 point of Narew brings some reliel to military observers here:as they hold rt' fikal results depend largely upon Russia prolonging her resistance ung til climatie conditions in that country interpose a barrier to full realiza~ BERMAN PLAN JS APPARENTLY T0 . â€"â€" " EAVELOPE THE EATIRE AUScIMN .. uin ound, SaYs LONdoN TMES ALLIES SUCCEED N EXTENDING _ AND CONGENTRATING POSITIONS _ vâ€"â€" â€"OF LINGEKOPE GREST IN VOSGES tion of the Germans plan Parls, July 27.â€"This afternoon‘s official.statement says that the Germans yesterday bombarded Furnes and . East Dunkirk, and our guns retaliated ort West Ende and Middiekerke. in the Artols district there were artiliery engagements and exchanges with hand grenades. 4 ‘Two German attacks in the Argonne were checked with ease. In the Vosges we succeeded in extending and concentrating our posiâ€" tions on the crest of the Lingekopf and in occupying a height between our iine and the stone quarries. ‘The enemy delivered three unsuccessful counter attacks. \ German artilliery yesterday bombarded Mt. Chucst. A German aviator yesterday dropped five damage. GERMAN TROOPS ARE SLOWLY PURSUING RUSGIANS 1N DIREGTION OF THE BUB; > (APTUREOVER 3,500 PRISONERS Berlin, July 26.â€"The German hudt]uarun report says; . "An official telegram from main headquarters dated July 26th says n the western theatre mo important events have transpired anywhere. o avrdaiil \o s _ in the eastern war theatre, north of the l:x'or whnn, the army Aindet Von Buelow, have reached the district ‘of ‘Poswo!‘ Pohicwitz. Wherever the enemy has offered resistance he has been beaten.‘ We captured over 1,000 prisoners. l «o L:dks s t bate On the Narew front our troops forced the crossing of the river. Furtherâ€" more, both above and below Ostrolenka, our troops are slowly pursuir‘y the enemy in the direction of the river Bug. The Russians are offering obstinâ€" ate resistance to these advances. . Here: also. we captured about 1,000 Rusâ€" sians and more than 40 machine guns. ; On the northeast front our troops are advancing toward a groupe of forâ€" tifications around Novo Georgivsk and Warsaw. in the southeastern theatre, north of Wojnlnwlcex'xu and south _ of Cholm on the river Bug German troops in recent fighting pushed the enemy still further back. Yesterday we captured here 11 officers, 1457 men _ and eleven machine guns. °_ Otherwise the situation west of Vistula and with the allied armies UNUCF General Von Mackenzen shows no change. C â€". :TWé towns of Poswol and Ponicwitz are located some forty miles east and southeast of Shavii, in the Russian Province of Kovno. Paris, July 25.â€"In Alsace, where the French have‘ been steadily pressâ€" ing forward during the last month, a new success was won yesterday. . A power{ul defensive work constructed by the (GGermans between La Fontenâ€" elle and Launois was captured by assault and at the same time 11 ofiâ€" cers and 825 men were made prisoners. As an jndication of the sweeping character â€" of the victory the War Office announces that only 70 "of the character â€" of the vict prisoners were wounded 1. ioh a<mmintadiictud s dibeintrantn id The positions gained here were further organized toâ€"day, says the night communique, in .spite of a heavy bombardment by the Germans, and toâ€"night the French forces are complete masters of their newly acquired Elsewhere on the front there have becn no infantry. engagements, alâ€" though at several places lively cannonading occurred. RECRUITING â€"~ _ IS HALTED IN STRATFORD sented . ar®: Englishâ€"born, 83 J. Irish,.1: Itatian, 1. KAISER WANTS _ _ PEACE BEFORE CHRISTMAS erails the Kaiser held a Crown Gouncil in Berlin, according to a telegram from Copenhagen. The Emperor declared that Germany gould not undertake to negotiate a het" enemies until Warsaw * _ Calais. had been captured. "Generals . yon Hindenburg Paris, _ July 26.â€"Belore . going to Posen to confer with his Genâ€" in Toh i c wan4 | + n Â¥ *4 % July 26.â€"Before : going lbbaadian Ermes Service) ... ....o..;.| Oi of Vistula and with the allied armies under LIEUT. BECKER‘S ‘ EXECUTION 18 POSTPONED 3N% New York, July 26.â€"The execution of Charles Becker, former police Oofâ€" ficet, charged with conspiracy in the Rosenthal murder, was postponed toâ€" night by Thomas Mott Osborne, Warâ€" den of Sing Sing, until Friday morhâ€" ing. ‘The postponement was granted at the request 6f Supremi@ Cgurt Jusâ€" tite â€" John Ford," who ‘ â€"beard argument on Becker‘s pled Tor a third trtal. â€" Justice Ford, at the concluâ€" sion of the hearing, decided that he could not digest the mass of affidaâ€" vits and the voluminous briefs subâ€" mitted in time to hand down a deâ€" cigion toâ€"morrow. Becker was stNeâ€" duled to die in the electric chair at ‘s.u Wednesday morning. t AMERICAN i *~ smm London, July 36.â€"The Ametridan steamship Leclanaw from Archa#â€" ..:l‘ on July 8th fot ;-» at: , was a & bombs on Dunkirk _ without STEAMSHIP ; 8SUNK BY SUB (Canadian ‘Press.) and exchanges wl ui sls RTTLT T ECaD 1. _ Ohronfcle Telegrap®; Watbrloo, THursdayJuly 20, 1915 Page 6 : *=>* Â¥a, _July 22.â€"Nedjemkden E4 Poouet uf Pataas thoul, by Fassun here "*tomorrow from Vienna, for the purpose, it is report . of opening separate peace negobl i B8 ho 0K Bs # M:n\efi:tnvam Turkish Minister of Justice, w Mh. was on ir:fl Switzerland: to meet ~representati of the Entente powers. Theyâ€" wets reported on July 14 as having pas#: ed . through Sofia. Bulgaria, H WMany Frenchâ€"Canadians How! Down Major Ranger‘s Recrulting Mesting antipathy against :.cumu uoz l‘nnel&-dhn. which have been mildly . .'?n'.l.: in Montreal for & 'M“'M k ...:;:mym night Emile Ranger of the !4%% who has been invalided from the front, was howled down when be attempted t nake a recruiting ‘speech in La{o® taine Park, a Frenchâ€"Canadian section of the city.> Earlies in the week C. C. Ballentyne, a fommer Harbot Commissioner was bowled down when he expressod the opinion that conâ€" scription wo..:d come if Canadians 4:0 not â€" resp« moge rap.dly. : Last night‘s drtnu‘rbe: st'lmonwno hl‘l‘: were mostly yourg French Canad! of the Nationalist school. When Majot Ranger‘ started is speak last night stones and eggs were thrown on the platform, accompanied by cries of "No conscription." Beveral W{owu had gathered in the park, and "It was apparent earlier that there woald be trouble. When the in ‘khaki who accompanied Major m‘n touk their places on the platform © they were hooted by portions of the crowd. Rome, July 24+â€"The most important decision taken by the Cabinet Council was in connection with the attitude of Turkey, which the w ll: determined not to tolerate, W McKenzte, >:corfespondent. _ Rome. The Italian Aimbassador .?‘c«m.n- th e m-l.rneted to demand & :*.r0 tion for the arbt trary seizure of the Italian mgobo‘t Mondello, which since Junue has Turkey Likely to See More Trouk ‘‘in Store Uniess Terms® Acceptéd 4 . PEACE WITH ___. (1 "~ ‘ENTENTE ALLIEBS been used by the Turks ag a troop #liip An the Sea of Marmora, under the protection of the Italian flag. The Ambassador will exact a formal apo‘â€" ogy from the Turkish Government and assurances that no Turkish officers have been sent to Tripoli. A reasouâ€" able time limit will be given Turkey to comply with these demands. But unless Turkey immediately, promises toâ€" unconditionally accede to Italy‘s demands the expiration of the time limit will be unnecessary, since Italy holds she would be justified in resoftâ€" lkng to coercive measures against Turâ€" ey. â€" New York, July 24â€"The White Star liner Cymric with 52 cabin and 120 steerage passengers and 15,000 tons of freight pulledâ€"for Liverpool yesterâ€" day afternoon. There was one Ameriâ€" can aboard. Extraordinary precautions were used at the pier to prevent the smuggling of bombs aboard the vesâ€" sel All baggage was searched & fore it was allowed on the ship and ione but passengers were permitted to cross the gangplank. With above exâ€" ception the passengers were English or Canadians. .Milton, July 24â€"Sir John Gibson was n%‘nchhi speaker at the patriotie garden y last evening under the auspices of the Daughters of the Em pire.. ‘Sir John made a strong appeal to the young men to perfect themâ€" gelves in the use of the rifie, enlist and go to the front. He warned them that the fate of the Empire was in the balance and that Canada was in danger from German militarsm. He said he was too old to fight. Not Bo White As He Appeared Somervilie, N.J., July 24â€"Dantel Haley, who never used tobacco or liquor, a trusted agent of the Prudeyâ€" tial Life lnun?nce Co,. fot 20 years is in the county jail here accused of embezzling $600 from the company. Although his neighbors bad regarded him as a "model man," Haley could not furnish $1,000 beil. hokb uin e EDVe > :. D ) Uk Bs 10. Ottawa, July Nâ€"%"o whe gonh "Mrâ€"D. As Thomas, Britisk it.on nt, inspire considerable spectilation in ‘Ottawa. He has beer expecied wn‘f:t the past fortnight. Mr. v:‘lho however, has not come, and ew York says he is not there, nor is there any knowledge where he is Lindsay Farmer Killed Lidnsay, July 24â€"A fatal accident occurred hw‘ yesterday when George Switzer, a Fitired farmter, aged sixtyâ€" seven years, Wwas struck by the 3.54 pht. C.P.R. train for Toronto: He d an hour after w accident. Mr, lvl11 :l.l'::.du to A 'dhltt had ce wnship, recentiy Toon Tiring in Lhilgeay, ‘"@t. Catharines, July 24â€"Master Leo | _ The undersigned desires to notify Wright,a Port Dal lad, savel |the public that he has taken out an the life of a fullâ€"grown man who was | Auctioneer‘s License the County awimming in Port hartor |of Waterloo. ‘A ht for. sales ITALY FIRM IN DEMANDS Disappearing Act By. D. A, Thimes» "Emplire‘s Fate in the Balance" A Chance For Humane Boci¢ty ‘The "Cymric‘ Sets Sail INAL DOG o (mek ME NT Eyewitness of Eastland Dis OvER IXx TWO MINUTES :-m' July E'HM;.‘; . us a i * ou the steamer ammn.nw the Chicago river y mothing, was the Arst cyewitness to tell a deâ€" tail story of the accident. : "It was . about ~7.40 :‘ o‘clock this morning and the boat was lying at the dock near Clark street bridge loading‘‘w th passengers," said . Gaâ€" dory. We were to leave in twenrty minutes and the upper deck and cab ins . were crowded with passengers. ‘There were hundreds of women and children. 1 cstimate there. were : beâ€" tween two and three thousand on the boat at the time of the accident. I was standing on the lower deck near the lank watching the wmo.:&d Suddenly I noticed the ‘boat list toward the centre of the |rlvn. «Jt rolled slightly at first and then seemed :o stop. Then it startâ€" ed to roll «again. I ‘became alarmed alarmed and shouted to the ctowd to keep still. Apparently a majority of the passengers were on one side of the boat and this had ‘overwaeighed it and caused it to list. Suddenly the hawsers which held the boat to the dock snapped and the officers pulled the gangplank in and refused to alâ€" low any more on the boat. j ‘"At this time everybody was panâ€" jcâ€"stricken; women screamed and men tried to quiet them. I attempted to reach an upper deck, but could not for the crowd and excitement, and ran back to.the port side where the gangway had been. The boat then slowly drifted away from the dock, rolling as it slipped into midâ€"stream and a ynongnt later it had‘ turned ovâ€" ¢r on its side. I climbed over on the side of the boat and stayed there unâ€" til ~I was ‘t&ken _ off by lifeâ€"savers. Many of the passengers leaped into l_;lhp‘zat;r as the boat went over. Scores ‘of others were caught in the cabing "nd?owu}d. When: the small boats began coming out to us I workâ€" ed _ with other survivors in taking passengers out of the water and cutâ€" ting _ holes in the cabins to remove bodies." Capt. Harry Pederson, fiftyâ€"seven years of agq, »«of Bentom; Harbor, Mich who was in command of the boat, i‘I was on the bridge _ and was about. ready to pull qut when I noticed the boat begin to list. 1 shouted orders to open the gangways nearest the dock and give the people a chance to get out. The boat conâ€" tinued to _ roll, and shortly afterâ€" ward _ the hawsers broke and the steamer turned over on its side and was _ drifting toward the middle of the river,. _ When she went over 1 jumped and held on to the upper side. It all happened in two minutes. The cause is a mystery to me. .Iâ€" have sailed the lakes for 25 years and pre-‘ vious to that sailed on ‘salt water 13 years, and this is the first serious accident I everâ€"had. I do not know how it happened." w Resoues Three Women. Chiel Steward Albert Wycoff said: "I was in the ‘lunch room on the main deck when I noticed the boat beginning to list. Dishes fell â€" out of the rack and a scene of wild exciteâ€" ent followed. I shouted Jor the people to, save themselves. A moâ€" ment later I jumped into the water and managed to _ rescue three woâ€" men." William Barrett, a deckhand, said: "I was on the main deck at the stern line ready to cast it off when the boat started to list. 1 shouted warnings to the passengers around me and tried to let go the hawser. When the boat went over I climbed onthe upper side and helped get a number of passengers into boats. It all happened in a few minutes." TWO STRIKERS _‘ KILLED IN N ITG PASSENGE ARS (Cnu‘lu M‘»b' la aty New _ York, .â€"July B.â€"-dl‘owdl of five.. _ hundred strikers attacked 1Bs guards on duty at the Barrel House of The Standâ€" ard Oil Company, at Bayonne, N.J., shortly before noon, using sticks, stones and revolvets. The guards _ reptied with Winchesters and two men were killed and six seriously injured. A heavy rain storm helped quell the riot. The sherif has asked the Governor of New Jersey for troops. f Were on LICENSED AUCTLONEER All in Two Minutes All Panicâ€"Stricken.« L N. J. OWtW& e Cld oc Jipnat® it\ "is â€"a patglotic duty fbr every man, woman mp"* per day «is being advocated by Peosituat cot" tat) wengy ot yeade ui A _ person in this country would go with â€" two du gie P hemoott fve esn She ol thas enough to go ,‘" he quoted in an English publication. _ f AMEnta .> 4 1 Make . the . Sunday joint last you can eat Bome ways of ctonomizing which he advocates are : â€" / th #:, â€" phie 28 Cc + d ‘Au-dufiomt:rl.-nom tent with one meat meal a day. _ Eat 'uior.:dl‘fi. n‘ohth‘h and ‘ so‘ . Restauran ners shou! h* d‘hote, not a l4 carte mflln:\“ in â€" London, England,‘ in proportion to its population, ‘is regarded as the, principal meatâ€"Cating, city. : Tywo yearg hiaxs commumed in the Panet, Rlog coni A ‘ dom was estimated at 2,580,000 tons per annum, averaging something .like 123 pounds per ‘head each year. . ARTILLERY _ ___ ENGAGEMENTS â€" â€"SUNDAY NIGHT French aviators . have thrown down shells and steel arrows on the military . railâ€" road station at Nantillois, north of Montfaucen. NASIRI YEH OGGUPIED BY BRITISH TROOPS Let the "second helping‘*go py the Never ‘ask for more than you think London, â€"July 26.â€"Official _ deâ€" spatches . concerning operations along the _ Euphratesâ€" river _ anâ€" nounce that British forces, after rushing and capturing Turkish adâ€" vanced aud main entrenchment poâ€" sitions, occupied the town of Naâ€" siri Yeh on the motning of July 25th. A British _ gunboat shelled the city on the previous night _ and Turks disorganized and retreated morthward. . 2# ‘The â€" British in _ the coutse of their â€" advance captured 11 guns and two machine guns. _ Several hundred prisoners wers taken and 500 dead Turks were found in the main position. ‘The British casualties were from 300 to 400. m' advintede96:! \. ;. 1 +AMERICANSâ€"OF ts “Bm%]l ENEMY ORIGIN NEW INTERNATIONAL || rerusEDp PASSPORTS Dictionary in his home,~ now ity all kinds of pussling questions g:'hinou. mm"t_"?hy. in history, geography, biography, ;allgnpmmm.mm and ces. t raniencirlag __ Yhe enly disticnary with the Divided Page, _ and Authoritative than any oth: IN WAR TIMEX®" / » d uns y not your boyn':?rrlm ty to Why coes GTEAMER PAPER RDITIONS. REGULAR INDIA» CROWD OX ONE SIDE OF ‘BOAT Chicago, July 24.â€"â€"The big steel steamship â€" <Eastisnd crowded .w&-f-umuumcm”m,.nfixw mm&wm‘bfimmmt > P "}0 ; mtny News estimates that 1000 people are‘ cither drowned 0 missilig in‘the Eastland disaster. It: is â€"said there Were 2,500 s ists aboard. ‘The boat hecled over away from her pier. until, snapped And then settled on her side and floated out into the: ¢ Scores ol women andchildren in the | cabins must ma«mhfi having a chance to escape. Eyewitnesses state that apparently a majo! ity of the passengers were on one side of the ‘boat, moumgn o causing the streamer to heel. t ..At 8,40 this morning more than 800 bodies had been recovered 2c cording to a statement by Dr. T. S. Carter who examined the podies. | ‘The Eastland was at her wharl and suddenly began to list crowd biH deck slid, and scrambled to low side and their wakl% ca her to heel over until she lay on her side. Scores were thrown into river and scrambled to the bottom aud side of boat and were rescued. Six ‘bodies were almost immediately picked up. _ At 8.15 o‘clotk fiftcen bodies had been recovered. Soon after the first exaggerated reports of the los#s were given out it was reported to the police that 75 had been drown= ed. Four, members of the crew of th¢ Steamer Theodcee Roosevelt, tied up ‘at whar! near by, rescued thirtyâ€"five in life boats. The tragedy was witiessed by crowds of friends and relatives of excursionists who stood on north Clark street bridge waiting for steamer to depart. ; . ~_ FATALITY REPORTS EXAGGERATED. ® , ‘The boat had beem chartered by the Western Electric Co. for a picnic for its employees. ‘The first reports gay more than fiv~ hundred. persons were on board. when it keeled over.. It is thought however, the number drowned* was exaggerated as several boats rushed:to the rescue. . \ ULTIMATUM TO _ . SQUARE WIPED _ _ . . @ERYIASERVED OUT BY FIRE IN ; s J; / ONE YEAR AGOo POUGHKEEPS MACKENZIE KING WARMLY THANKED BY BUSINESS MEN BODIES OF MISSING MEN RECOVERED AT LONDON New Yofk, July 23.â€"The ~Rocke feller Foundation made public today resolutions adopted by the ‘Trinidad, Colo., chamber of commerce for the aid it extended to the men and . their families who were ‘brought to a conâ€" dition of suffering because of the late industrial troubles. Heartfelt thanks are expressed to the foundation, to W. L. Mackenzi¢ King, who was the minister of labor in the Laurier cabinet, because of his personal interest and attenticn and to the reliet committee, appointed by the governor, . ‘"not only for the ready response to the cry of the needy, but for the practical adminisâ€" tration and distribution of the sum whereby Colorado has reaped the lasting benefit of ‘splendid highways radiating from Trinidad in every dirâ€" ection." Parig, \July. 23.â€"One . year ago toâ€"day‘ the . Austrian -mat:: ; occasic Â¥ak SR TTE Tne â€"French press commemorates the anniverâ€" sary â€"with articles voicing the reâ€" golution of France and her Ailies to carry on the war unswervingâ€" ly.® = (Canadian FPress.) London, Ont., July 22.â€"The bodies. of Percy Golby and Walâ€" ter Crfundell of East London, who have been missing since yesâ€" terday aftermoon, and for whom a search has been going on in the Thames,.. wete recovered shortly before noon at Siloam, five miles New York, July 23.â€"A cable from London to The Tribune savs that Americans of German ot Austrian origin cannot trade in Paris because they are refused French passports and cites the case of wmeâ€" American woman reâ€" presenting a New York firm who started â€" for Paris to buy millinâ€" ery.. She had American passports and applied at the French Consulâ€" ate in London for:a French passâ€" port but . was refused because her daily â€" appeals to the Amériâ€" d -"'v?'*â€""â€"---f" 2 ae 7 _ oo Phkk on the Vessel. . e A 1. s*a PA . OVER 2500 (Ccnfl:zzrx@--) ~â€"\July: 23.â€"One . | (Canadiam Press.) â€"â€" BODIES OF 300 RECOVERED. o omm CAUSED STEAMER . TO H BELGIAN AND 4 pERBIAN CONSULS _ . _ LEAVE WARSAW » (Canadian Press.) ; â€" Poughkeepsic, © July fi.â€"fl;c n this motning swept an entire city square, wiping out several estabâ€" lishments, including Armours and Nelton Morris packing plants, with a loss of $250,009. Thirty â€" fireâ€"> men were injured by explosions in . the packing plants. f ‘_j,'.f_'_IICanadian @ National Model Military Camp *‘ Destruction of Battleships Battles of the Air . *~" TORONTO * * $150,000 ,2"s. $150,000 pFAxHBITION Serbian Consulates Farm under Cultivation Millions in Livestock Government Exhibits Belgian Art Treasures Creatore‘s Famous Band Biggeat Cat and Dog Show **PATRIOTIC YEAR" Field Grain Competition Greater Poultry Show Acres of Manufactures Military Display MARCH OF THE ALLIES WAR TROPHIES THRILLING Naval~Spectacle REVIEW OPF THE PLEET One Thoasand and One New Things to See MAMMOTH

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