+ lr,

fi

.nv-A-'-'-`-‘-‘~`

is Read Daily

-Sworn

s s

5

Pearle- C I D

Statement --Furmshed Advertisers,

C5

I _ . 4 . I A , l _ 1 ‘

. ' T' E D "T t ‘ `f- Het “ff r~ ‘g , l- . -, D I

' _ . .E , ` ~_ .__ ' \- t

- . » , . \ _ , ' _' r ‘_t

C " ‘ ' . .' _' :_ M `

., - -‘. <' -i _ ` '- ` ’ _ ~

` T ;‘~ . ’ 5. 2- ‘.3 -2*! , rr ~ I; '. _ . » ‘ " <

` *T"t'M9jtsN-’|l_~_sc l:»A|uv '

lv

Ht_T||'Ty) 1ss1

1, - L_

.V _ , W |

CHARUOTTETOWN, CANADA, THURSDAY, OCTGBER 21,1915

.T38-50 Per Year (delivered) in

I I2-50 par your by mailto ating

r' .

rom in » not num

IEIIIS THE HIIUSE

PrimeMlnisierSufferingfrom Attack of Intestinal Catarrh and Must Rest.

Llo d George’s Suggestion asyto How Italy Can Best Assist the Allies- IiaIy’s Participation in Balkan , Struggle Discussed-

Sir Edward Carsoni Was Noi In Attendance and no Explanation Was Given as to His Beslgnaiion.

LONDON, Oct. 19.-Asquith has

suddenly become ~ill. His stato of health will require withdrawal from public activities, at least for a few days. Shortly before one o’clock the following bulletin was issued at Down- ing street:

"The Premier is suffering fromlan

attack of gastro-intestinal catarrh, which will necessitate a few days of complete rest."

Earlier in the day Mr. Asqnith at-

tended meetings of the war commit- tee and the cabinet, both of them held in his ofllcial residence.

In Premier Asqnith's absence, David

Lloyd George, Minister of Munitions, led in the House of Commons this af- ternoon, and steered off all propound- ers of what the Government consider- ed awkward questions.

"lt is impossible at present," was

hlsreply. _to urgent requests for a statement regarding the situation in the Dardanelles.

As to Italian cooperation in Serbia,

Mr. Lloydfleorge was only able to say: “Methods whereby Italy can most effectively co-operate in helping Serbia in the common cause is under discussion among the Allies."

The statement was made that the

Earl of Derby was serving as director of recruiting without salary or mili- tary rank.

Sir Edward Carson, whose resigna-

tion as attorney-general was announc- ed yesterday, did not put in an ap- pearance, and no explanation was made of his retirement.

The I-louse was crowded, owing to

the expectation of developments in the political arena and the excitement over the expected refusal of the Gov; ernment to reply to a flow of more or less hostile questions. No incidents of this nature occurred, however, and

the. l-,louse proceeded to a peaceful discussion o finances.

ANOTHKR `GOI.D

, , TRAIN SLIPB BV.

NEW YORK..-.0ct. 19.-The latest

shipment bf gold from England to the United States said to be larger than any of the previous consignments, nr- rived bsre to-day and was placed in the assay oftlce. The gold is said to consist chiefly of British soverelgns and to be worth approximately $25,- 000,000. The gold was consigned to J. P. Morgan dl Company, but no of-

ficial announcement concerning the value of t e shipment was made by that firm. it was teamed that the coins will bs melted into bullion bars and creditedto the British Govern- ment by the Morgan firm.

ooNDE~ BED am.

il'0fJ"I.'A__'rls :von

onaesmlourlos

ii ' word

°~' ..I::.°:

I0! "ml:

tion Cas

SEHIUIIS HEIEIISE Ellli THE SEHMINS

The Enemy Failed to Break the Serbian Line apd ltefreated. The Ser- lnans Captured Two Thousand Prisoners and Four Guns.

ROME, Oct. 19,-Bucharest reports

a serious reverse to the Germans on the Danube. The enemy’s force at- tempting to penetrate Timok Valley in Northeast Serbia was vigorously attacked by the Serbians and repuls- ed with heavy losses. in the Gorn- acco section the battle raged for eight hours. The enemy was unsuc- cessfui in trying to break through the Serbian line and retreated. The de- fenders captured 2,000 prisoners, chiefly Germans. Four guns were abandoned by the beaten foe. The Bulgarian brigade co-operating with the Germans shared the reverse. The Serbisns advancing occupied several Bulgarian positions. Neither Germans nor Bulgarians were able to make headway in the face of the deadly Serbian fire. An enormous number of enemy dead are scattered along the front of the Serbian position. It is claimed that the Serbians' success for the moment, at all events, has shattered the enemy’s offensive. Ans- trians operating on the Drina front have'been driven back with heavy loss.

THE SITIIITIUN IT THE ITIHIIIIITLLES

Uneasiness Increased by

Announcement of Cas- ualties. Sir Ian’s' Suc- cessor.

(Special to the Guardian.)

LONDON, Oct. 20.-The uneasiness

regarding the Dardanelies operations has been increased by the explanation by Harold J. Tennant, Parliamentary Undersecretary of War, in parliament lyesterday, that the recently announc- led figures showing nearly'97,000 cas- ualties at the Dardanelles did not in- clude the sick. This, he explained, was because the number of sick varied from day to day and could not be counted. With the example of the Dardanelles expedition many members of parliament express anxiety about the size of the Serbian expedition. fearing that a similar mistake will be made.

ln this connection the Daily News

prints a rumour that General Sir Ian Hamilton, recently relieved as com- mander-in’-chief of the British land forces at the Dardaneiles, already has arrived in England.

The newspapers continue to land the

appointment of Major General Sir Charles Carmichael Monro as succes- sor to General Sir lan Hamilton in the Dardanelles post. Major General Monro’s rise has been perahps more rapid than that of any high oflicer in the British army during the present war. At the outbreak of hostilities he was merely an officer of the -Militia force. To-day as a commander-in-r)ief ‘ he is entrusted with the most difiicult and dangerous task ever undertaken by British arms. He»is comparatively young for such a high command, being only fifty-five of age.

General Monro type-a sturdy

frame and As a soldier his chief according to

"instant

belongs to

IPIDY-

. .

‘front the position is just the reverse.

.52 Kill-EIT. lllll IIIHIIIEII I

--v " _.. . - _ - \

IN SITUATION

Germans Are Being lie-ld Up Along the Slyr River.

I Austrians Driven Back and liave Iivacuated Czarnowliz. .ln the West the Germans liave Suiiered Severe lleverses. Military Mission En- aroule to Paris indicates that lioumania Contem- lemplaies Action on ~ Side of Allies. Britain has Promised Cyprus to Greece as Soon as She Enters, War on Side oi Allies. “

(Special to The Guardian)

LONDON, Oct. 20.-Battles South

of Riga, where the Germans have made" some progress in the new thrust at the Baltic Province Port and in Boihynia and Galicia where the Russians have gained rather impor- tant victories, are now competing in interest with the operations in the Balkans. The Germans have concen- trated very large forces with s. great amount of artillery South of Riga and as a. result a stubborn battle has been in progress for several days. Field Marchal Von Hlndenburg who is in command in this region reported' two days ago that his forces had

,driven his opponents back and there’ Anglo-French forces have been in is 9- l'€P0l‘|1 l0-ll|8\1i- that the Al!!-` action near the Greece-Bulgarian fron- trians have evacuated Czarnowitz, a l tier, pu; seemingly the battle was not report which finds some confirmation an Important one as no omcial reports in an Odessa despatch declaring that have been issued with regard to it. the Russians have abandoned their The Germans, awp,-ding go 13|-meh contemplated evacuation of the North- ,md French Statements, aggemptod €l'l1 districts. Of B€SB8I‘bia~ The Dl'0- offensive movements near Hulluch and gress of events in Serbia is surround- Rhenos yesterday, but again gpffo;-ed ed by considerable mystery. The AUS- severe reverses. On the other hand, tr0-G€l‘lI\\1ll8 allil B\l|El1l`iHllB M9 Hd* the Germans claim success near Prun- vancing along the varous fronts, but oy, ln the Champagne dlstl-|ct_ Mlm-ng “Ot With We 917960 al\fiCIDHt9d- The operations have occupied the atten- A“5U`°'Ge"m““5 apparently have tion of Anglo-French troops and Turks spread their armies over a wider front lll Golllpoll, while ll-om Mosollolollllo 113 B§l‘TI\'l»,t0'“TSh§-h 'l;¢I’°l`t°-h, hT,heY~ it is nnofficially reported that the are 3 VHHC “S 011 H M5 W C 5 5 British are within a few miles of Bag-

reached the River Dvina but as onliong distance West of Belgrade while ooo, Considerable lmllollonoo ls previous occasions this broad and fast for the Bulgarians it is claimed they attached lo tho alllval ol Odessa of o running waterway appears to have have captured ` Sultan Tepe, South- llllllloly mission oo l-onto from Roll. held him up for the time being. The west of Egri Palanka and that in ad- lllolllo lo pol.ll,_ lls object ls ,lol situation, however, is considered by vancing toward Kumanovo they took lmowm but ll ls thought here that the Russians to be more serious than two thousand prisoners. Both these Buell mlsslon would hardly be l,mle,._ it had been for a long time and there places are East of Uskup. There is lake" unless Roomlmlo conlemplalell is .again talk of the evacuating of still some doubt as to whether they llollon on me olde ol llm Alllés_ The Riga by the military who have been have cut the railways near Vranya. ‘Gel-mono are now omllloylllg lllell, in sole occupation of the city since the Serbian Government denying

the civilian population left a month

ego.

-At the other end of the Eastern

9 T990' 1 W 6 B' submarines in the Baltic, where er-

“Y that the Bulgarians reached man ships have been suffering l1e(;vi- the city but were driven back. ly ,lurlng the ,mal lormlghl The general opinion is that the '

General Ivanhoff who has proved him- Germans in the first place aim "°°°“

self to be the most aggressive of Rus- at the Serbian grain country of (Special to the Guirdlln-) sian commanders, has been striking which Pozarvac, already reached by LONDON. OCL 20--It i9 l`€ll0l'l€l1 hard at the Austro-German forces on the Middle Styr and all along the fringe of Galicia which is still in Rus- sian hands. At several (places he has

-;_-::.-:_-_-:_-.--.~, , _ _ .-:»\.-_~.-_-.-.~.- ~.-.-.-_~.-_-_-.-.-_-.-_-:: .-_~.-.~_~.-.~.-ff:::_-.-:_-.-:_-_1-,-_-,»_-_~.~:_-.-::_-,-_-rfr.-.-.~_-_-_-.-_-:.~.-_-.~;_-.-.-_-:_-_-.~:_-_-rv-:_-:.-_-.-.»_~.-.-_-.-Y-_-,-,-1-_-;*:_=

|TIEI'S METHIIII A

[IE HELPING SEHBII HIIBIEII THHEE HITS ___

nut nnnsnvis our

pr s the following statement by

General Polivanoff, Russian Minister

--° of War:

The German offensive is checked,

(Special to_the Guardian-) The intense collective efforts of the

LONDON, Oct. 20.-A British ofllcial whole Russian people during the past

communication -dealing with opera- month is having its effect at the front, tions in Gallipoli Peninsula made and every forward step the enemy public to-night says: takes to-day costs him dearer than

“The general officer commanding did a kilometre in the month of An-

the Mediterranean expedition reports gust. Also at several important points that during last week there has been the Russian army is advancing and little to report as regards operations even should the 'enemy march farther above ground, but that on beth sides tothe East-which we do not imagine mining activity has been considerable. is probable-the price of such a suc- At Hill 60 the Turks exploded a. mine cess would render it worthless.

at evidently a predetermined hour. i The rlendulumdsxlngli now Ioliglltly

_ Unfortunate] for the enem the mine ll DUI' HVOY 811 all B 0 USB 8-'S

ml-Y be 0bll¢0d t0. ll'iDl9 lTlB|l'_f0\'C°l egplpded pegyepgh his owngylmeg and resources the men at work behind the E° m°°* 'E' _ entsnglements, causing much damage army. and the help our Allies are siv-

to his own trench but none to ours. Ill! ill eilllllllllelll OUP D0Bi¢|0ll 19 illl' lnianother part of our line the enemy Dl'0VIll8- succeeded in exploding g, mme under Russia is of but one mind about the our trenches. The garrison, however, WBT, Bild Gerllllllly WUI leflfll *Tilt

had already been withdrawn, but five when RUBBER is Ullited- |15 “E19 I5 t°',

'H ‘of»o_ur miners working under lho,,day, no nation can strike her down. l ,, '_ , -_ 'E fr-ound were pm-led and given ul, ol., An official Petrograd despatch says: ` » ost. Three days later, having dug The Germlms h°V° MSU" P"°P*“`°"

themselves out, they reappeared little mln” f°" ° Winter defensive- bm h°9° the worse for their experience. '° take Dvmsk fir"-

‘ The report of the bringing of 16- inch guns is empty bluff. The Ger- mans may postpone the effort, it is

.QHE WE ` , thought, till spring.

"I‘EliII’EBAT'U`Rlli,

(Special to the Guardian.)

VERONA, Oct. 20.-The Italian

offensive along the Tyrolean front her is believed to be the beginning of the execution of the plan of Geneilll Cadonma, chief of the italian general staff, for the invasion of Austrian territory, which he is declared always to have held to be the best way of assisting Serbia. The capture by Italian forces of Pregasina threatens Riva, while the taking of Brentonico Castle at Dosso, 2,500 feet above it, threatens Rovereto, meaning Italian command of the route to Mori and the railway to Trente. Results of this offensive movement thus far are held here to indicate that the Austrians

or more were were women

which was buildings in

WSIB

TIDE¢ 'MOON ETC

-"- ’ `llul||sria’s Aegean

Port oilomlisrded

li I , , , u VHHHIM, N-B

' cor-

sends l Tues- I

above zero. morning st

zero; at

The deg.

troops _having received

pass the Bu¥arisn

was

*"0 has not bee occu-

tide will be high this and tomorrow at 10.20° f-Olllllll Ol -$40 Ind tomorrow

IMI aftarnoo t 5.04 at was a 'Easel-_ pt Il. -_andiatnrday at

moon risssthls pg

I Wil

Frlllly,

lil!!

u-PonrnsroEvELoPuENTsB""l'"'S “HW

EIIIIIIIIIIL PHIIBEEM

- .

Obligations People o the' United Kingdom Must Surrender Half Their incomes Either in 'Loans or Taxes.

LONDON, Oct. 19.--The deficit for

the current financial year is more than £1,200,000,000 ($6,000,000,000) and it is estimated that the deficit for the next financial year, starting next April, will be more than £1,-100,000,000 ($7,000,000,000), supposing the war to continue on its present increasing scale.

To say that these sums will have to

be borrowed mainly at home does not make the problem any easier to solve, but rather makes its more diflicuit. in his sensational speech last week the Hon. E. S. Montague, representing the official treasury view, declared _all people of the United Kingdom must surrender half their income to the State, either in loans or in taxes. Very rich men are already surrender- ing one-third of their income in taxes, but it is clear that the small wage earners cannot spare much without a loss of efficiency in production.

Lord Kitchener realises the import-

ance of maintaining the industrial out- put, hence the new recruiting activi- ties of the Government are more scientific than the last, and proceeds on the theory that the single man can be spared from shopkeeping and the luxury trades. The best ccouomists hold that we must rely mainly upon economy, and that if the army is en- larged the support of our Allies finan- cially and industrially must be corres- pondingly diminished.

Tho treasury has estimated, as I

mentioned last week, that Grent Brit-

airliuis sugporllng 3,000,000 foreign

ese financial considerations con

stitute undoubtedly from the Cabinet’s

th t hu other ccounts ZGDDBUIIS 8g_l1iIlSt British and Ru_sslan point of view, the chief obstacle to

conscription.

HIJLSAHIIII K|IIl§'S

them, is the centre, while the Bulger- Britain has made definite promise of ians are making straight across for Cyprus to Greece as soon as Greece

Macedonia where they will find part enters the war on the side of the _

of the popnlation_friendly to them. , Allies.

Russian Official State-

EIVE BHITISH SUEIIIEHS ,G¢"“‘°“S |i‘¢“'\l“il ` "

ment M' W d

we If-I-==--If-»»» .. ,..;‘:f.r.;‘°,.i;.:

Treachery.

(Special to the Guardian.)

LONDON, Oct. 20.-A despatch from

the Petrograd correspondent of -Reuter‘s Telegram Company says:

" The Official Messenger will to-

morrow publish a long communication from the Russian government concern- ing the role played by King Ferdinand, who remained a German Prince, al- though reigning in Bulgaria. The com- munication terminutes thus:-

‘During almost thirty years, the

Prince of Coburg has stood between Russia and Bulgaria. Throughout this period Russia never ceased to hope that its brother people would ut last open their eyes. Even now, when Bul- garia sacriflces itself to German per- fidy. Russia still has not abandoned the hope that the Bulgarians, faithful to their historic traditions, will not ii|'t their hands.agaiust the sons oi' the Russian warriors who died for Bul- garia."

THE CIILIIIIIES WILL

HIVE NIIIIE UT THEM

(Special to the Guardlan.)`_ LONDON, Oct. 20.-Immediate steps

will be taken by the British authori- ties. the Evening News understands,

to restrict the sudden rush of able- bodied Britons of military age to the colonies, to the Island of Jersey. Guernsey and Ireland to escape mili- tary service. " It is perfectly obvious.” says the newspaper. " that grave dam- age will be cqused to the relations ,between the Mother Country and her dependencies, if hordes of these slack- era are allowed to pour into Canada, Australia and India, which have given their best blood for the Empire."

German Torpedo

loaf (Silt 'Ill Two

.isa-

(sgsclsi to the Guardian.)

Loup N. oct. so.-A nn-gs ost-msn

torpedo boat was run' down and cut in two by s German steam- ferry, which left Trelleborg Sweden, at 8

To Meet the Increasing

rsllfllf ers s ye as our own 3,000,000:

Mu

IHEIIIIHIT SITE IIE 'HIW EIIHS

_-15 ` -,'

~- .. -1- ..._

$41,500 in One Cheque for 137 Silver Fox Skins- One Sold for $2,250.

Representatives Present o 27 Leading United States Fur Houses. Canadians Bought 75 Per Cent -

of Offering-

The Great Consuming Market for Furs is this Side ofthe Atlantic. Huge Orders Already Placedior this Season’s Furs.

_ig

MONTREAL, Oct. 18.-The large!!

siuglc sale of raw furs ever recorded in Canada was effected last week when the firm of A. & E. Pierce & Co.; St. Paul Street. paid over $41,500 in one cheque for u lot of 137 silver fox skins. Representatives of twenty-sev- cn of the leading fur houses of the United States were present, yet in a. period of so culled local depression, Canada bought up three-quarters of the offerings.

A. Pierce showed a representative

of The Star the little pile of furs which represent probably one-third of the silver fox furs collected by s. great corporation during the past season. The early war impression that thc fur trade had been affected was a mistaken one. he said. The great consuming market for furs is on this side of the Atlantic. Ger- many, while not a fur producing country, had practically cornered the fur market both in Russia and in Canada, reselling to these countries, 75 per cent of the furs bought in them after being dressed. The fur indus- try lius now adapted itself to the new conditions and Canada is taking a bigger place in the trade than here- tofore. The German fur agencies are eliminated for good.

lt is-the first time in the local fur

market that homo dealers have pre- ponderatetl over the big American buy- ers io such an extent. In side the last month, A. and E. Pierce and Co., has paid over $90,000 for raw furs.

Their new stock of silver fox furs

alone represents over $48,000. One skin picked up and examined by a prospective buyer yesterday, was valued at approximately $2.250, the best skin in the pile. Nearby lay piles of skins of white fox, red fort, and skins from a cross between silver and red, which are quite common in the St. James Bay district.

E ` f me

*vm

SMIIIEIIGIIEII Illll TIEI]

Tl] HIIEWIT TITIIIK

CHESTER, N.Y.. Oct. 19.-Highway

men sandbagged Newton Hoffman, 22 years old, as he stepped from a south- bound Erie train at South Avon last night and wired him bead and foot to the tracks. lie was run over by a train which came along an hour later and his foot was taken off. His head was placed between the tracks and was unhnrt. After the accident he regained consciousness and told the story of his hold up. He remembered nothing, he said. from the time he was Hlllldbdgscd until he felt a sharp pajn in his foot. He was rushed to n Rochester hospital on a special train nud it is thought he will recover.

I

AUSTRIAN GENERAL'8 WIRELESS

CRY FOR GERMAN HELP!

PARIS. Oct. 19.- The Serbians are

offs/ring stout resistence to the Teu- tonic advance in the Scmendria .sec- tion. according to information froin Nish, received by the Journal. A wireless message sent by the Au. trian general in charge there to Field Marshall Von Bscensen,-and inter- cepted by the Serbisna, is laid to be as follows: - ' `

“Impossible to accomplish my task

successfully, unless you send -heavy reinforcements immediately."

comma svn ` ,' ’ '

aunouuolgtgnums, '

MEEYIITNGS, ETD.

s:iifi.f.i-T-"..'T-%,=.i.2~'i~'#°-i‘.:.#="’;“~l”'m“ mum charges, twsrtggvs cents. " ` ‘°’ been socisi inhlid 'of Egiiias

on yas ear some from -. m..~ . ‘- o’ctloc2¢\ Frida; .ligtt 'xltll ltliitof Willa; liquid, Malmo. Sweden. Onl ave of thi; mea. lgloents. ' -.-~'~ E." " sw

torpedo bowl crew of értydfve were'

saved. ‘ '~ w Mlnsrds