Wa 'The Daily British Whig YEAR 82 NO. 83 RUSSIA'S FIRST EASTER UNDER PROHIBITION LAW The Churches Were More Crowded Than Ever. HOLIAY IS CURTAILED NEITHER. JEALOUSY NOR SOLE- LY SELF-INTEREST Dragged Britain Into the Count Denies That Motives Influenced John Bull War The Commercial Petrograd, Easter has been celebrated Russia much as' usual, the churches being, if possible, even more crammed with worshippers at this, greatest of all Russian festivals, than in ordin- ary years The great state ceremon- ials alone have not taken place with the customary pomp but services have been conducted quietly at Tsar- skoe-Selo. A new and most gratify- ing feature has the entire ab- sence of the drunkenness and exhil- aration which formerly were univer sal and inseparable from the Russian Easter celebration. Stréenuous efforts made to obtain alco- holie liquors, but for the most part nothing beyond light red and white wines could be procured Chemists' shops, in particular, had to keep a sharp lookout on doctors' | prescriptions authorizing the dispen- | ping of spirits, which is one of the | methods occasionally tried for evad- ing the law. One doctors' name ap- | peared on so many prescriptiops and | for such unusually large quantities that suspicious were aroused and many chemists hastened to ring up| the doctor in question. The poor | man was distracted and not a little alarmed. It appeared that his head- ed letter paper and rubber stamp had been stolen by some enterprising top- er who proceeded to do a roaring trade in proof spirits for Easter, Half-a-dozen arrests have been made, | but the principals have not yet been caught, The Eastern holiday, which in or- dinary years means ten days' entire cessation of work, of all kinds, this year has been reduced to two days, | or even one, in all that concerns the | single business upon which Russia | has Been whole-heartedly engaged | for eight months past, namely, war, | The reserves and new formations! have resfinied their daily drills and | yesterday the despatch of reinforce- | ments for the front was again pro-| ceeding as usual. These reinforce- | ments are of quality such as to re-/ Joice the heart of any soldiers, and after elght months strenuous war- | fare against three empires on three fronts, totalling 1,600 miles in ex-| tent, {t is éncouraging to see these | splendid fellows, between the ages of | twenty and thirty, thoroughly drilled | and keen to go forward to the work | which all Russia has get before her. April 9 throughout the been of course, were "PIRATE" WAR A FAILURE. Losses Small Compared With Arriv. | als and Departures, New York, April 9.-4Sir Soufiney Bennett, British Consul-General here, | made - public yesterday a tabulation | showing sailings and arrivals i steamers of all nationalities at Uni. | ted Kingdom . points, the number of | vessels torpedoed and the lives lost The figures. embrace vessels of 300 tons register and over, and cover the | period from December 31st to March | 17th, inclusive. During this time, according to the | tabulation, 8220 vessels arrived at! these ports and 7,629 sailed there from. Lhirty British merchantmen were torpedoed with the loss of sev: | enty-six lives. Neutral losses were | three Norwegian, one Swedith and | two American vesscls. The two Am- erican vessels and one Norwegian wery sunk by mines. Six persons--all aboard the Swedish steamer--Ilcst their lives. bringing the total ior all ves- | sels, British and neutrals, up to thir ty-six vessels torpedoed and eighty- | two lives lost. of 'Doctor | Livut, W. | bank | The young 1 apparent | spect VEXES BRITISH PRESS, Times Complains England Behind In Organizing War Industries, London, | April 9.--1Re Government and the War Office are the objects of strong editorial attack by the limes ip conmection with the ap pomntment of George Macaulay Booth to take charge of the committee 'ap- pointed by Lord Kitchener to take steps Lo provide such additional la bor as may be required to secure the manufacture of munitions of suflicient to meet the Government's reqairements. , The Times. criticises as unsatisfactory what it terms the piecemeal methods of the (Government in' appointing ' various commjtiees. "A. whole month .has passed," the Times says, Mr. Lloyd-George promised us better management. Now get Mr. Booth who is disclaimed by every permanent official, evidently looked as #skanc) in the War Office, and not associated with the Admir alty at all, "Are we really going way to work ? England is a way behind France in the orgamiza- tion of war industries and the Dri tish Government is blameable more than the workman "Fven Lord Kitchener must a share ol the responsibilit done wonders, but be expected to create and train huge armies and control the greatest busi- ness in the world as well," war "since the right long bear He has cannot even he CLEARS BRITISH FLEET. Lansing Tells Of Only Case Where Neutrality Was Violated. Washington, April 9.--In formally announcing the action of the British Ambassador in transmitting a denial by the Admiral of the British fleet off pre. Atlantic coast that his vessels obtained provisions or supplidh American ports,. Counsellor Lan- sing, of the State Department, said that with one exception the depart. ment had found no violation ol neu- tralify in cofineftion with supplies for British cruisers, Last September, Mr. Lansing ex- plained, = Wireless message arranging for a tug to take supplies to a British vessel was picked up. Representations were made by the Washington Govern ment at the time to the British For- eign Office, and it was said there had heen no evidence to show that the at- témpt was ever repeated. Officials said no further information had been received in the dase 'of the German steamer Odenwald which was forcibly prevented from leaving San Juan, Porto Rico, without clearance papers. The note of eomplaint from the German Government in this con nection had not been answered and before a reply is made further reports from the War and Treasury Depart- ment representatives at Porto Rico will be sought. tne had from KILLED BY GERMAN SNIPER. Chatham Bank Clerk Inspecting Posts When Discovered. Chatham, April 9.---Major George | Smivn, of this city, in a letter from in France, states that CGalaugher, the Chatham who was the first local fall at the front, was in killed by a German sniper. officer was out in front in- specting his posts early m the morg ing of March 20th, when a flare went up from the Gefman trenches and Galaugher was almost immediately picked off by a German sharp shooter, the trenches N. clerk, officer to stantly OXYGEN FOR GERMANY. Socialists Admit Strength Shown Is Artificial. Paris, April 9.--Thé Echo de Paris from a Spanish correspondent re ceives interviews with the German So cialists. Dudekum and Bernstein, both showing considerable doubt of Ger- man success. Sudekum began with confidence, but admitted a lengthy war would be serious for Ger- many. Bernstein said : "We are liv- ing on capital; our financial prosper- ity is only outward show. In this re- Germany resembles an invalid to whom oxygen inhalations give a temporary appearance of strength." id Sciatica- - seumatism--Lumbago But He Could Not Help Me, and Endorsed the Use of Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills. ------ ~ Mr. Wm. Parker, 105 Cayuga street; Brantford, Ont. tells in the following letter of his remarkable ex- perience with Dr. Chase's Kidney- Liver Pills: "My doctor treated me for some time for Seiatiea, --Rheu matism, Lumbago, but to no purpose, for 1 had to lay off work. Tho visit- ing officer of Sick Benefit called to gee me and advised the use of Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills, stating that he had been cured of the same trouble by their use. I asked the druggist about them and he recom- mended them highly. Not being sat- isfied 'with this 1 went back to my doctor, and 'when he said they were good 1 began their use. The promipt- ness with which they enlivened the action of the kidneys and bowéls was wonderful, and it was not long be- fore 1 was rid of all my trouble. "1 was so bad that 1 could only - Walk by hanging on to a chair or the . My wife had to Tice those anv had who have my trouble know of these pills. You arg at liberty to use this letter, and if anyone interested will call or write me I will give every detail." ! Write to Mr. Tarker, cnelosing stamp for reply, unl he will verify this statement. He will do this out of tae gratitude he: feels for his cure and. because he realizes how difficult Jt is to c¢htain the cure of these dread- fully painful ailments. There are so many treatments re- commended for rhetmatism that you naturally doubt them all. Here is an opportunity for you to verify the Sate and put Shin great medicine to the test. Tt wi cost 'you a qudrter to try Dre Har dney- Liver Pills. They get. foundation of rheumatism, and by removing the poisons {rom the sys tem take away the cause of pains and NE Pill a dose, 25 cents ers, or | UR mens IT MADE HIM SICK But Intervening Saved the Lives Ot the Crew. Newport News, Va., April 9. Commander Thierichens of the Prinz Eitel Frederick declared that the action he had been forced to tak. made him sick. Unofficially he sta- ted that he had never intended t intern if it were possible to prevent it; that he had hoped for the .-- rival of German forces to do battle with the British and French war- ships off the American coast and thus clear the way for his return to the open sea "1 would like to have gone to sea myself." Commander Thierichens declared. 'I would not hesitate to go. but I had to think first of my men." 4 is understood that the relief he expected was the German Battle- cruiser Von Der Tann, which is said to have left Germany some wéeks ago which since then las been re- ported to bé in the South The plan was for- the submarine to attack the enemy, while'the 'Von Der Tann made. a iversipn from the sea and the "PrinY Eitel Friedel: es- caped from: 'the harbor. Though Commander had known for almost three weeks a once did he give any inténtion that he would intern, and the sailors to- night were in ignorance that the in ternment was an accomplished fact. The last few days of the Eitel's free stay in this port proved to b a serious embarrassment to Britigh commerce. her arrival here she has held not | less than three British cruisers and: idleness off | tone French warship in the capes in expectation of her de- parture. i {the American Government held up'a { dozen British and Russian ships | that were ready to sail, and twice | that number of ships' captains were away, AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE Forty-Three Were Carried Out In a Day. Paris, April 9.--""The first days of spring, longer and clearer, have been marked by a recrudescence of active ity on the part of the French avia- tors," says a Press Bureau note. "The simple recital of a day's aer- ial operations," the note continues, "will show the = value 61 the efigris of this branch of the service. The record of April 2nd includes forty- three reconnaissances and twenty instances where the aviators were able to ditect with greater efficiency the artillery fire. Numerous' photographs of enemy's positions were taken. "The bomuardment - operations were as 8. om this day : The:avia- tion sheds at Habshelm, a factory at Dietwillery . and (the railroad station at Walbeim; the barracks and rail- road 'station at Bensdorf, barfacks of the Germans under construction at Vigneulles, the aviation grounds at Couey les Chateau, north of Sotssons and the railroad station at Comines, Belgium; the raijroad stations Somme-Py and Dontrien, and bivouaecs near L'Ecaille and St. Etienne sur Suibbe. "At wther bivouacs near Bazancourt and Pont Faverger French aviators dropped a thousand steel arrows." The note then gave instances of daring combuts: between the Fyench and enemy aeroplanes in the region of Soissons and Rheims, and in the valley of the Lys, asserting that three German machines were brought down. "It is hy continued' activity, au- dacity - a... ofiensive spirit that the Frenck aviator. has to-day acquired incontestabie mustery of the . air," the note says in conclusion, CHILI HAS GRIEVANCE, Claims Neutrality Violated In Attack. Un Dresden. Washington, April 9.--Aflter a vis- it of the Chilean ambassador to the State Department yesterday, came known. that the Chilean Govern- ment has made representations to the British Government complaining that Chilean neutrality was violated in the recent sea fight in which the German cruiser Dresden was dis- abled This fight occurred near the island of San Juan Fernandez, some distance off the Chilean coast. The island: belongs to Chili. Immedi- ately after the battle, the German Embassy in: Washington issued a statement which made the claim that the attack en the Dresden was made by British cruisers within the three- mile limit and that this constituted a violation of neutrality. . \ THREE GIANT SUBMARINES Brought by River And Canal To Bel gian Coast Base. Rotterdam, April 9.--An eye-witness gives me an account of the passage by river and canal from Antwerp through Belgium of three German sub- marines to one of the bases on the Belgian coast. They came up the River Scheldt as far 'as Ghent, and then by canal, unig shrect from there to throu upelmonde. re fo Bruges hong Rupuanss, twenty to twenty-five knots. h haxe been construbted at Hoboken. The canal has been de and wid- ened at several points to allow their Crop Estimate Washington, April 9.-- at the very !oop Atlantic. , "Thierichens just when his time would expire, not* Since a few days after! In order to give the cruis-| er a free exit, if she decided to go, | complaining of their inability to get | at | it be-' ! quarter of well-trained men, in addi- - You feel difietont as soon as "Pape's GRAIN RUSH WAL | LAST SIX WEEKS! After That Larger Lake Boats will | be Transferred to the # Ore Trade. | } Moentr April 9.--J. vice-president and managing' director 'of the Canada Steamship Eines, stated yesterday that book- ings for the trapsportation of grain from the head of the lakes had been closed which would' insure active operations for the company's fleet during the fest five or six weeks af- ter the opening of navigation. Af- ter that time it was likely the small- er boats carrying fromt 70,000 to 860,000 tons would be able to handie the grain business, and that the larger boats would be used in carry- ing. irbn bre Mr. Norcross stated that the movement of grain this year. would not be as great as last, but that as the company had char- tered' sixteen ol its boats it would nat suffer froni the defitiency From present indications the pas senger |! this year promised W. Nor-| Cross, business te be much larger than during last season Mr. Norcross said ,and the Jlargest proportion of it was es- pected from the eastern and south- "esrn part of the United States. The company's agents all over the coun- try had®reported very brisk inquir- ies from tourists. Although a re-| cord 'year was not exmected bv the Coarada Steamships, the company looked to a better business than uring 1dlsa, - ------e---------- | | LOOK FOR GREAT CROP. | Spring Sceding In Alberta Advanced. Lethbridge, Alta., April 9.---Al-! though definite figures in regard to] seeding in the south will not be avail- able till all the seed is in the ground, | it has been po¢sible to obtain a fairly | accurate account of the general con- ditions. There js An increase in sum] mer fallowed land of 25 per cent, over last year, about one-fourth of | the land being summer fallowed this ! year This fact, together with the | large amount of moisture, practical- ly insures a crop, provided the sum- | mer is not too dry. The acreage in fall wheat is relatively small owing to the scarcity of seed grain last fall. | In the south there is a fair amount | | in the country west of Spring Coulee | and Cardston. On the Coutts Line, considerable land is in fall wheat, al- though not so much as last vear. The | wheat is five inches high and looking fine. East of the Coutts Line there is very little fall wheat. Seeding | | operations began in the Taber dis- | trict last week 'and that most of the'; {land would be seceded this week was | probable. Further east, however, . both north and south of the railroad the ground is still a little wet on ac- | : count of the heavier snow fall in that | ' district, and. seeding operations have | [been accordingly delayed.. In the! | Cardston district, seeding operations have just started this week. In the { Foothills west of Cardston and Pin- | cher Creek, but little show has Tallen lately and seeding is well advanced. West on, the Crow from MacLeod op- erations are under way this week. On the Carmangay line seeding opera- tions are in full swing. So far as information is available it appears that there wili be more land in wheat than in oats. : Is Well | DREAM OF VON DER GOLTZ. i ---- {Says Turkey Has 1,250,000 Well. x Trained Men. Vienna, April 9, via London. --Field Marshal Von Der Goltz, on his way back to Uenstantinople from Berlin, stopped in Vienns and saw Emperor | Francis Joseph. Later, he spoke to a reporter of the Neue Freie Presse of his visit, saying : "l found Emperor Francis Joseph in a serious mood, but resolute and very confident." Regarding the sitostion in Turkey, Field marshall Von Der Goltz said: | "Turkey todat is better prepared than ever. She has a millisn and a | tion to several hundred thousand re- serves, for any emergency." AT ONCE ! STOPS STOMACH MISERY AND INDIGESTION "Pape's Diapepsin' mick, sour, gassy i + Do some foods you eat hit back-- taste good, but work badly; ferment into stubborn lumps and cause a sick, sour, gassy stomach? Now, Mr. or Mrs. Dyspeptic, jot this down : Pape's | Diapepsin- everything, leaving | | nothing to sour and upset you, Shere never was anything so safdly quick, so ! certainly effective. No difference how will 1 but what | is you relief in five minutes, you most is that it Positive | pe comes in contact with the KINGSTON ONTARIO, FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1913 + The Absolute Supreme ? -- of All Mystery Serials WRITTEN BY THE ACKNOWLEDGED MASTER OF MYSTERY STORY WRITERS, E. Phillips Oppenheim IT IS' THE MOST THRILLING AND ENTHRALLING SERIAL EVER It is marvelously unique from start to finish. novel and strange, with®a gripping do not know Oppenheim, here is your chance. this story his genius outdoes itself. baffling to the extremest limit. THE FFROINE New PRODUCED It is completely new, power that gets and holds you. If you Millions read his books. In Fhe result is stupendously mystifying y THE HERO Cad This photo-play York March started in 15th, King- stonians ave going to see it April 12th and 13th. ac How is this for tion? It is a case of the IDEAL THEATRE keeping up the repu- tation it has made of giving its patrons the very latest and best in Thirty-three The wil! not show the It has broken all shown. You know our standard tell you with all confidence the best photo-play ever shown on anv screen, Pas THE STORY WILL BE PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK COMMENCING SATURDAY, AND THE PICTURES AT THE photo-plays a E : a cm atres in Toronto have "BLACK BOX" until realize what we are giving you? = Rawlinson Herbert booked this serial, 26 of them after it appears here. Do you box office receipts in the short three weeks it has heen , When we say "It is good." he "It is good." We that if you miss the "Black Box" you will miss IN THE WHIG, Ideal Theatre KINGSTON 'S PROGRESSIVE PHOTO-PLAY HQUSE, EVERY MON. DAY AND TUESDAY, COMMENCING APRIL 12TH AND 13TH. WILLARD-JOHNSON MOVIES. Cdonot Be Shown Im The United States. 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