: Government Takes Fresh rip Announcement YEAR 81. NO. 73. On Army DOUBT ASTO CONTROL 'BY PARLIAMENT NO LONGER EXISTS Received With Fn. thusiasm in London Officers Not Desiring to Serve Asked to Hand in Their Resignations, 2 London, March 27.--Amidst unit- ed demonstrations of the liberals, nationalists and lahorites, Premier Asquith intimated in the commons this afternoon that the government had taken a fresh grip on the army situation and under its direction the army council had issued new orders, that left no dorbt as to the control of the army by parliament. Mr. Asquith said there would be no room oe misunderstanding on the part of officers after reading the new orders. It was intimated that they took the form of an ultimatum to all interested that they must consider themselves available for service any- where under the government, with- out regard to recent events or agree- ments, Any officer 'not desiring to serve under this condition might hand In their resignations and they would be considered by his majesty immediately. : Mr. Asquith's. bold announcement of this policy was received with un- paralleled enthusiasm on the streets of on. & - It is thought that this straight statement has caused French and Ewart to waver as to their de- cisions to stay with the army. NO DEFINITE STATEMENT "AS TO ARMY SITUATION The, Cabinet Is Waiting For The "awaiting the decision ~ Decision Of The Army London, ch 27. Prémier Asquith arpearad Sal 4 : 1 a ab tergoon; auicunesd that there was; 80 far, no. definite statement to be Wade. ae to the army 'situalion. It is ubderstood the cabinet . is still of Generals French . Ewart as to whether they will "on resigning from the ser: vies. Asquith admitted that the loss of nen would be a serious result to the army and country. While ad- mitting that the generals were justified in si she Gough memoranda, "in view of the genuine, but mistaken, be- liel that they were acting with the cabinet's acquiescence," "they must abide by the new orders which were is- sued by the cabinet to-day. TO RELEASE STRIKERS Were Semtenced to Long Terms of "Imprisonment. . Ottawa, March 27.-~-On the recom- mendation of Hon. C. J. Doherty, minister of justice, twenty-two of the Nanaimo, B. C., coal mine strikers who were sefitenced to long terms are to be released as soon as the necessary papers reach the governor of the penitentiary in New Westmin- ster, B. C,, where the strikers are serving their terms. The ladies of Queen Street Meth- odist church opened up a rummage sale 'on Princess street, to-day, the proceeds to be used for general hos- pital furnishings. The array of goods turned over to the ladies is large, varied and generally in good condi- tion. Robert J. Reid has on exhibitkon this week in ts window a Jacobeay sett in old antique onk with cane hacks. a very handsome Ches- torfield upholstered in old tapestry, the very t. It in worth seeing. DAILY MEMORANDA Conservative meeting, City Hall, § p. 3, m, fi og probands Opera House, 2.3 m. to Sf page rdeY, "Uncle Tom's Cabin," Doten Tnstitu gyimiast n ex. Bi dh Opera House, 8 p.m ---------- -------------------------------- It Must Pay You 8s the advertisers who A } hewspaper can make on : ness announcements of iit to you they cannot hope to make them of profit to hey must please you to make & customer of you. A they are going 'io make offerings as attrac- tive ble in their adver- | more than thas they are make good on their nronises. the wise advertiser tries to do & lMttle better than he Tromises. : a right hand corner, | LORD .KITCHENER. BEEBE FES PLES ELO BLISS A LOXG SESSION Ottawa, March 27.--From present appearances the former prophecies of a short session will not be fulfilled and it is beginning to look as though the legislators will not get away from the capi- tal this season until well on in June. There are signs that there will be some stormy days in the house be- fore the close, SFPD E SPIER IES SF BP PP ET TAX REFORM DEAD AGAIN + * + -* + + + Tag FESS bb ESP bb ea * * + * + * * * * + Whitney Government Once Again ; Decides to Delay it. Toronto, March 27.--Tax reform has has 'again gone down to defeat at the hands of the Whitney government. The final stage on the debate on the se- cond reading of the hill brought in by R= J. McCormick (East Lambton) to give municipalities Jocal option in the matter of assessing land and im- provements was Teachoy. yésterday = af- ternoon. The government fever weak- ened in its hostility, and the second reading was defeated by a vote of 59 to 15. No amendment 'was offered; it was a straight hegative vole. Mr. | Studholme was loyal to his tax re form" principles and voted with the liberals, COL. HUGHES FORCED TO TAKE BACK INSULTS TO LIB- ERALS He Used Offensive Words and After a Stormy Scene He Was Compel- led to Withdraw Them. Ottawa, March 27. --~Amid scenes of wild disorder and upronr, reminis- cent of the bitter days of the last session, Colonel Sam Hughes was brought to book in parliament yes- terday. Passion flamed up and broke bounds. Angry taunts were flung across the floor. A roar of un- KINGSTON, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1914. CAUSE OF A WAR SCARE Collier Ordered to Stop at San Diego to Take Typewriter Aboard Vallejo," 'Cal., March: 27.=The fact that a iypewriting machine was -nead- ed by one of the United States war- ships now in Mexican waters was re- sponsible for a "war scare" at the Mare Island navy yard yesterday. Information leaked out that the col- lier Justin, which has been ordered io [Mexico would put in at San Diego, and a rumor was eirculated that the [purpose of the stop was to take aboard ammunition {5r the fighting Joasgls stationed off Mazatlan and oth- er Mexican ports. Capt. Frank M. Bennetl, command- fant a: the yards, exploded the war talk bubble last night with the follow- ing statement : "The collier will stop at San Diego to pick up an extra typewriter now on board oue oi the vessels theve. Ii any war talk has arisen from the order kindly blame it on the typewriter. Ii seems that one of the vessels in Mex. ican waters is shy a machine und, therefore, the collier must take one down there. Typewriters are indis- pPensable in modern warfare. SERUM VOR PNEUMONIA Rockfeller Institute Ready (6 Treat Advanced Cases New York, March 27.~Discovery of a specific serum for the treatment of lobar pneumonia was aanouneced today by the Rockefeller Institute for ed to treat patients suffering from For the preparation of the serum a culture of the germs is prepared for injection into the blood ef a healthy animal, the horse being used in this case. CLERKS' MINIMUM SALARY INCREASED 0 $600 |Raise Of. $100 Until Salary Reachies $1,400 For Railway Mail Clerks Ottawa, March 27.--~How. L. P. Pelletier is improving the position of the employees in the postal ser- vice of Canada. He gave notice of two resolutions raising the minimum salary of post office and railway mai! clerks. The first provides that the minimum salary of clerks in city post offices, the supenintendents of the railway mail service and the money: order exchange office shall be $600 on ADPOINIIEE and . that the annyl rate. of increase for any such clerk shall be raised to $100 per year. If the salary of any tem- porary of permanent clark in these offices on the iirst of April next is legs than $600, it shall be forthwith increased to that amount. The sal- ary of those employed temporarily t $600 a weur. The other resolution fixes minimum salary of railway mail clerks on probation at the rate of $700 a year with annual increases of $700 a year, with anual increases of $100 up to a maximum of $1,400 Provision, is made for the employ- ment of temporary railway mail clerks for not more than one year at a salary of $600 and mileage al- lowance; for the appointment of temporary. railway mail clerks as permanent clerks at a salary not ex ceding that which they received as temporary clerks, and eligible for the usual annual increases until the salary amounts to $1,000, but not eligible for increases above $1,000 until they pass the qualifying ex- amination. If the salary of any rail- way mail clerk op April 1st is less the Medical Research, which is prepar- | the disease in acule form. n these offices shall be at the rate of | uy 'Kitchener May Be Made British Secretary of War RUMOR FROM CURRAGH FRENCH AND EWART WOULD RE- TAIN THEIR POSITIONS Kitchener Would Rule Away, With Tron Hand and Permit No Truck. ling With Politics -- A Spirit of Compromise is More Apparent Than Ever. - 3 Dublin, Ireland. March 27 ~-That Lord Kitchener, now civil adminis- trator of Egypt, will be recalled to England 'lwmediately ana asked to accept the 'post of secretary of war, In succession tq Colonel Seeley, in the Asquith government, is a rumor emanating f Curragh camw, this morning, and lin conzervation with afiicers. who apparently have anthor- ity for their Statements, your cor | respondent fama it was consider- ed by them g@ite probable: | In this evemt it is stated French and Ewart wemld retain postions fin | the army council. ' Kitchener was always known as a unionist in sympathies; but as a ! strict discipisarian, = famous for |'brooking no interference with duty | to superiors. | He 'would rule the army with andiron hand and permit no truckiing #p politics. In some sections of "BA army he would be popular, in other, not. Throughout Ireland, this after. noon, there i8 a feeling of relief from the tension 9% the past few days. Though neither side shows signs of yielding the seems to be abroad more of & Spirit of concession and compromise than has existed for days. : Seeking His Withdrawal London, March 27.--The Asquith cabinet¥met twice this morning and between ings . Colonel Seeley and Sir John French had a confer- ence. Fremeh was summoned to the cabinet meeting for a few min- utes. It is supposed the govern- 'ment is endéavoring to have him withdraw his resignation. Grand Steeplechase Liverpool, Merch 27 --Sunlock,. one {htmdred to Six"glot, won the Grand | National steeplothase to-day. Trianon { TIL, at one hundred to sit, second, and Lutteur 111, at ten to one, third. King George's entry, Twelfth Lancer, on which royalty placed high hoped, was scratched: i -------------- b CAR STRUCK A SLEIGH AND THOMAS WHITE Wis QUITE SEVERELY INJURED Collision at Jackson's Mills Beyond Cataraqui, on the C, P, R. Cross- ing -- Mr. White Was on a Gaso- lene Car, { - One of the closest calls which any man ever had from being killed. oo- curred on Thursday afternoon at 5.30 o'clock, to Thomas White, employed a3 a section man on the C.P.R. This accident occmrred at Mills, of Cat road erosses a place about two. miles north araqui, where the above raik CALL GENERAL Jackson's 1 CONVICTS STEAL OUTING Borrow Warden's Automobile for a Night's Lark _ Chicago, March 27. "Numbers ¢,- 152, the warden's chauffeur, and "Nomber 901," the warden's coach- han, fallen from their proud place in the convict aristocracy at Joliet, ¢lept "In solitary" last night after a frugal dinner of bread and water. It will be a long time before No. 6,182, who used to be Edward Smith, and who is serving a life sentence for murder, sits at the wheel of Warden Allen's automobile again, and quite as long before Jim McGee, as No. 991, was known before he killed his wife and went to the peniteniiary to serve seventeen years, whips up the warden's grays. * The automobile shot out between the prison gates on 'Monday evening under control of the favored *'trus- ties.'" Hours later an alarm was sounded and word was sent for miles around that two convicts. both mur- derers, were escaping in 'a white striped touring car. No news of the ear of convicts was received, until. eight o'clock yester morning, when the machine rolled into the prison yard and McGee and Smith jumped out. 7 3 "We just had 'our fling--that's all," explained Smith. "It would have been ecsy for us to forget to come hack, but the warden has been good to us and it would have put him in bad. BeSides we knew it would end the "honour system.' " The men had - driven to Chicago and back and had enjoyed a hilarious time in the city's tenderloin district. As dawn broke they cranked up the warden's car and returned to prison. SCIENCE AND ARTS PAYS Came To See His Uncle On Wolfe Island HER TO A MLK HAD LITTLE TO SAY ABOUT HIS FORTUNE He Recalled Ola Days in Kingston and Wolfe Island -- Glories in His Ability as a Baseball Player With the Old Park Nine James K. Hackett, the noted actor, and heir to an estate of over a mil. lion dollars, spent Friday morning in Kingston, and left at one o'clock in the afternoon for Montreal, carqute to New York. Mr. Hackett, in com- pany with his wife, crossed the bor- der for the purpose of paying a brief visit to the former's aged' uncle, George Morgan, of Wolfe Island. They travelled over Kingston har. bor in-an 'iceboat on a rather un- Pleasant morning, as a drizzling rain was fall, Mr. Hackett was seen by a Whig representative ' at the Frontenac hotel, and told of the pleasure it' gave him to visit Wolfe Island and Kingston once again, "Over at Cape Vincent, they told ACTOR J. K. HAC Brisbane, A rel 7.--HEight of the crew of t French Et Tat e drowned when she striking a rock outside' harbor to-day. ° A * Directors Hada Most Meeting on Thursday a The directors of Kingston's ( Fair, held a most enthusiastic ' n in the pevaul Sritlce Sam room at city hall on Thursday afternoon. president, A. E. Weller, presided. One of the most important mattes which came before the directors that of the throwing open of the pr list. to the public. Heretofore this been limited to the township, but was decided -to throw it open ta publio. In so doing, much more # est will be created, and the me of the association desire to the fair as much as J make it a still greater 'success. fair will be held on September and October lst. 2 Arrangements 'are beihg made fine programme, which will trials of speed, The field erop : ition was discussed, and appli tions me that the Whig claime! me as a Canadian citizen," remarked the HAD A LIVELY RUSH There Was A Considerable Damage Both To Arts Guilding And Men The and Arts men Que a's university clashed this noon, with the result that men were, injured, - though nqt se riodsly, many windows in the . new Arts buildidg were broken, and the second and third floors, were 'well Hooded with water. Principal Gordon * arrived in time to bring 'the episode to a close. During the early * hours of the r orning' the Science men, as a lark, gathered all 'the raincoats--the Lig majority of them were of the same color and-design---and deposited them | in the room. of the lady directress. smelt... Art's men had some dificilliy in re- Mr. Hackett loves to talk of the covering their garments and they laid (Summers he used to spend on Wolfe for the Science men, havitig attired (Island and in Kingston in the late themselves fox, 3 first-class rush. sighties - and hy Bietios, Por At eleven v'clock the Science men |playe aseball © wi e 0 ar returned and were deduged with wa- fine. of Kingston, during my Sollege sar from an upper window. The |vacation one year, and made e Science man 'made a successful at- longest hit ever made on the old tempt to get in, were overpowered by !Mills' field up Johnson street. It the Arts men, and some were rushed |Was a home run and a dandy one, down the stairway, while others were remarked Mr. Hackett, who forgot pushed into class rooms. The Science |for the time that he was a great ac- men retreated and prepared to have !tor and heir to a million, in his de- another hose fight. They ran hose (Sire to" talk about old times. He from the Science building to the Arts jaise Diayea with the 4 Princes buiiding, when Principal Gordon hove strent Rhine, and has not forgotten in sight. The Arts men, not notic- |either. ing hfm, shot a stream of water It is some years since Mr. Hackett ver his head. The principal held ! visited Kingston. It has always been ub his hand, the dine men aban- [his wish to appear on the stage here, doned their work, and after a few [but he has not been fortunate in ar. minutes the Arts men were quieted [fob i tous of his viseuit, He fo. down. 18he ms se. Son las Satu A mgnt, One Science man had his wrist jand will ail next ng or England bod hres wa Hoe ame (16, pEcuugt for angi pins, /® ral hospital for examination. he Yolle 's'and, J Science men were thoroughly ASxench- his Sotlege Sours te. York, pr ed with water; during the melee win. | 98 . 3 » ie 8 ¢ dows were broken and the floors in |¢laimed him, and he rose rapidly to was an American, altaough I do love Canada. My people were all Ameri- cans, but my mother's family, about | 1867, moved across .the border to Wolfe Island, and it was on that is- land on the 6th day of September, 1869, that I was born, and where lived for some time. At a dinner of the Canadian club, of New York, of which I am.a member, I was once called upon for a speech, some years ago, and in the course of my remarks I made reference to -the reciprocity Science at fore- several line beiween the two great Anglo Saxon countries was all humbug, and that free trade should prevail. Speaking about myself I said that I was simmuggled into Canada and taken back to New York state again with- out any duty being charged upon » eminent actor, "but I assured them 1 issue, declaring that this imaginary | W sent around to the ed out. P: It was reperted that the child were very much in "in school competition which is to be Seven county and seven city have already entered. 3 Dr. G. W, Bell is making" the = age rangements for the trials of speed. "Ice cream bricks." Gibson's, W. S. Middlebro, M.P,, of Sound, who will speak: conservative i fall will be the Nickle, M.P., during his it Gay oi 04) of R F will also speak," wifl stay at the delph hotel, Th 3 "Moth camphor." : tiibson" Eroest Villard, - charge of forgery, bany, N.Y. is members to be ay : " Buckuell's News Depot ..205 King Clarke, J. W. & Co... e MeGail's Cigar Sfore Cor, Prin. McLeod's Grocery . Prouse's Drug Stove ....313 Princess Vallean's Groeety ......308 M SELL--TARRANT -- At Tri March 50h 1004 by Hay. arc ¥ a Th M.A. Richard 4 Russell and Minis. both of ishand. | leashed rage drowned out the voice of the speaker and those who shout- ed to address him. The storm of pas- sion threw galleries crowded with Outario deputations into unrestrain- ed excitement. ! Sir Wilirid Laurier and F. F. Par- dee, chief liberal whip, fought with than $600 it shall be increased forthwith to that amount. THE WHIG'S JUMBLE, A Lot of Short Items Run in To- gether. \ the Sydenham roads This man, wn company with another section man, Charles McCulla, were coming along the track on a motor car. driven by gasoline, at the rate of jabout a mile a minute, when {came into collifon with a {driven by a team of horses. the building were 'well saturated with water, flooding many of the rooms, and in some instances destroying the garbs of the lady students which were upon 'the wardrobes in the hallways. The controversy was watched with great interest hy many of the stu- dents, and, altogether, was a very they dleigh The dri- the stellar firmament of the theatrical profession. To the Whig representative who met him years ago here, Mr. Hackett nam ed over various Kingston people who were warm friends in years gone by. } The, Folger family were among these, tand he heard with regret of the death of the last of the three elder ; DIED, ALARIE--At Kingeton Mills, Feb. 28, 1914, Mrs, Midhael Alarie, aged on years. Funeral was hel@ Tuesday, March 3 T9016, "at 11 oelbek or St Mn Cathedral, where a solemn req : ung for the repose | earnest indignation for opposition rights. Premier Borden essayed the assistance of hls military-mad seol- league. "Bit liberalism triumphed. Liberal cheers swept through the chamber as the minister of militia fin- ally had to take 'hack offensive words which he had applied to liberal ac- tionky { The storm tignals went raised. when Fdmond. Proulx, of Prescott, rose to inquire of Captain Tom Wallace (Cen- tre York] regarding his cablegram to Sir Edward Carson, promising sup- port for the opponents of home rile. Out of this inquiry grew the first outburst, which was to be sucoseded by the scencs which shook the com- mons. J y Out of it all came this statement, from the minister of militia : "My record shows that I have nev- ér once violated any . constitutional rule. I have never, directly or in- directly, had any such _commanication reg Ulster's affairs as is alleg- td in this newspaper report. SE ------------------ New Spring Soot . You can find at Carnovsky's as paragus and _ artichokes, 'beets, and Boston n eolery, Tatts "carrots, leaf lettuce and leeks, mint, parsley, peppers and: sweet potatoes, vhubarh and radish- es, spinach, shallots," sage, salsify, summer savory, ete. it K. C. L Exhibition Grand Opera House, 8 p.m. "McConkey's caramels." at 9% large force of rebol cavalry was Gib-* A plague of field mice is reported from Western Ontario, and fruit and other trees have suffered. George H. Gooderham, M.P.T'., has given $10,000, or about oné-tenth of the sum required, to meet five years' expenses to the Toronto Buretu of i Research. A a at my wife,' said Wil- liam Parent and swung on Ernest Markett. "Wouldn't you. admire her, judge?" said Markett in a New York court. Parent was fined $10. Convicted of Murder : Halifax, March 27.--Edward Cook, a young man was convicted last ov- ening of the murder of an Assyrian pedlar at Sheet Harbor, N. 8, the jury adding a strong recomnsenda- tion to mercy. 2 nn ¥ 2 . Kaiser Also Orders That Both Sexes Shall Remain In Drawing room Berlin, March 27.--The kaiser has issued two prandial edicts. The first decrees that no official dinner shal} be er than forty-live minutes from i the guests sit down until they arise. This is one-half the pres- ent duration of such affairs. The second decree prescribes that olen shail no longer remain in the drawing-room alone, leaving the men 16 bi 3 in the dining'toom, iu ac- cordance withthe English custom, but! | ver of the sleigh, David | lives in the neighborlood of the accident happened, When they both came together the motor car smashed the sleigh to smithereens and Mr. McCrow was thrown out and landed several feet away. The occupants of the car wrecked, Mr, White was picked up were also thrown and their ear was about thirty feet away in a semi- conscious . state, he having recet:vd a bad fracture of the left leg. When the section men saw Mr. McCrow coming along the road they applied 'the brakes and brought the jear almost to a standstif. Thinking i Mr. McCrow was holding back they started the car again, and were surprised to see Mr. McCrow drive on to the track. The sleigh and car came into collision with a terrible impact. Mr. White, one of the oc- cupants of the car, when thrown, had his left leg struck by the sleigh, which was hurled about six feet in the air." Charles McCulla, the other occupant of the ear, did not receive any injuries beyond a bad shaking up. He was on the rear ¢nd of the Lear. : hs After the accident '\ injured man was taken to the nearest house and waited until a waggon could be se- cured to being him into the city. One was finally obtdined, owned by Hegry Hoarpell, of Cataraqui, and the for te man was brought to the Hotel Dien_sbout eleven o'clock the same evening. On Friday morning Mr. White was resting easily. McCrow, where "Fresh MeConkey's sweets." Gib 8 Folger vivid finish to a rather placid year brothers, in the passing of Benjamin W. in Toronto on Thursday night, He looked up, Howard S. Folger, Joseph P. Hanley and two or three other oki friends of his boyhood. With regard to the estate to which he has fallen heir, and about which litigation has begun by other claim- ants, Mr, Hackett would say nothing. '"I'hat is a matter for the courts to decide," he remarked. "It is a pure- ly legal question, and is not worrying me. Government on Defensive Ottawa, March 27.--The special pleading and the obvious side-step- ping of.the real issue by Hon. Arthur Meighen, the chief apologist and ex- plainer of the Gutelius-Staunton at- tack on the Nationa! Transcontinen- talon the Grand Trunk Pacific, and on the liberal party, in the commons yesterday in continuing the debate on the "soandal report" was significant of the att that the govermment is now entirely on the défensive, The ex- plaining is being done not by the lib- eruls, but by the men. who inspired the attack on Canada's greatest na- tional undertaking. ¥ TWO WIDOWS SUED Barbers Want Shorter Hours The Whig was informed on Friday afternoon that the journeymen bar- bers of the city would seek a reduc- tion in the number of working hours. At | the present time the men are working from eight osladt in the morning until eight in 'the evening and Saturday night until eleven o'- clock. The men will likely FOR REAVY DAMAGES Tog the shops close at ten o'clock on The Judge Dismissed The Action Saturday evenings and 7.30 o'clock After Hearing The the other five days. = Evidence + Flooring Caught Fire : firemen were. Toronto, March 27.--~Chiel Justice a a 27 Paleonbridge to-day dismissed the ao- at 8 o'cla od T tion of the widows of Robert J. Birch clack and Alexander MeDougall, who each laimed $10,000 - damages from the ~ - Chatham Planet, Tocause their Bus. (22° will amount to about $30. . The bands, for many years employees cause of the fire is unknown. that paper, lost their lives in a fire in "ai Melvin esident May Jast. The .plsintiffis charged that r Lyman Jones, pr the building he Plain and flimsy, that | 30d general manager of the Masse it lacked fire escapes! oJ held that non-compliance with the factory act was mot proven as the direct cause of death. The chiei had re- TASS Was § her soul ot FOLGER--In Totonto, on March 8 1814, Benjamin W. Folger, in te 76th year. Funeral notice later. MOQORE--In Ki ori, om March 236th, 1914, Minnie "Moore. Funeral from her late residence, Victoria, St. Saturday afternoon 2 o'clock, .t6. Cataraqui cemetery. SANDS--At Sunbury, Ont, on "March 27th, 1614 Margin bert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sands, a Funeral will that all shall remain' in the drawing- room, where the German custom - al- lows cigareties to accompany the col- ¥Hundreds of customers" save mon: : Srey Senk at Gibson's Red Cross son 8. > At Havana, the three suspected | cently inspected the bul | of bubonic discovered have been pronounced te be genuine Y : and had |