pray Ht ongnl [re PAGES | ily British ¥ FPDP ERAIE FBP SBP PACES1-8 YEAR 83 -- NO. PREPARED TO JOIN ISSUE Over Question of British Trade Interference. BLOCKADE OF GERMANY WOULD HAVE AND Washingion Officials Say Real Block- ade would Remove Principal lssues, One of to the Wh Jan, 17 Britain' and the United States are prepared day to join issue, definite and clear cut, over the question of British trad« interference The agitation in I (Epecial Washington, to don for a declaration of an actual boc 2 of Germany to replace the paper how: aed of orders-in-councit promises td bring the Anglo-Ameri can disputes to a head. State Department afficials effeqt upon this country of Britain actually blockading Germany would have gome good and some unsatisfac- tory resulis, % . The declaration' by Britain of a real blockade of Germany, officials here declared, would remove one of the "principal issues heiween the countries If Britain failed to en force it, however, American shippers right to sell to rmany would still be maintained TURKISH WAR OFFICE ADMITS RETREATS. Before Russians in Caucasus and British in Mesopo- © tamia. Constantinople, Jan. 17 'he Turkish War, Office tepdrted that the Turks were « nfronted by supericr forces under Russian Grand Duke holas. and after holding the enemy for a week retired The official statement refenred on ly briefly to the situation in Mesopo tamia where a Britigh force sur 'rounded, reporting intermittent ar- tillery fire near Kut-el-Amas fn the Caucasus the Russians made repeated attacks against the Turk- ish pesitiond on Both banks of the Aras River; said the official state- ment... This was especially true in ¢ "district between Arus and in the Id Valley where Turkish advanced posts retired several miles after having detained for an entire week strong forces of the enemy. said, the off British Defeat Turks, (Special to the Whig.) London, Jan 17.--General mer's forces, marching to the Ayi- relief Ni ad: YOUNG MAN. YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU One of the reasons as- signed for the failure of Britain and her Allies to fareethe-Dardanelles was. lack of sufficient rein foreements at a eritieal hour. Had the necessary men been available when they were needed the straits would have been foreed, Constantinople would long sinee have been in the hands of the Allies, and thousands of British lives wonld = have \ beer spared: Bulgaria would not be "to-day fighting wilh the enemy, and all of the Balkan states would probably have been lined ~up against thy German ty rants. Other eritical hours are bound to arise before the end™mbre- critical than that when the Dar "danelles might have heen opened. Will the British forces be ina position to take advantage of their oppor- tunities? Every physi- cally fit man of militar age can help answer the question in the afMirmative | By enlisting al ence. WHAT ABOUT YOU \. THE WHIG CONTENTS Pr Re » 1 "United St Join in Likely: atex fi Bloc kade Recruiting Campaign Buriied Near Seeley Flanagar Pte J Ann ivebsary Event Church Hockey News f--laditorial; Ragdom Walt Mason's Rhymes ~ MARTY News Marvello Music, ffeastern Ontario News ants; Timely 'ments; The Foru Suther tale An = Canadiar to Duty Sleepy 4Eight Million Shells: Clariop © o-=Countryside Ne wi; ime Tales; Menus Nipigon Line anal. Is Member of Bureau of Circulation Fourt} Aud ered b ¢f.the British {ut-Ei-Amara have; inflicted another defeat on the Turks, « Capturing Turki wsltion, it was of- tly announced, to-day at More Turkish Defeats, hiws * Turks important two of the it was offi- London, Jan have uffered severe struggles now ragi theatres Vv » t announced afternoon. Secretary Chamberlain informed the Commons to-day that the Turks continue in YotTon in Kut-El- Amara ave fallen back from positions which they. were forced to aetres everal days ago. Bad weather is hindering the Brit- pursuit, it believed the Kut-El-Amara will be lift- 'w days owing to the marshy condition of the Saad and Kut ief forces have heen directly westward Townshend but llow the wind- They "are march of place i de tails the region to ven Sheik re or Gen * been forced to } the 1 within defences v days' of the PROTY Anglo-F rench Ocenpution of ( erty, AUSTRIA Against the Vienna, Jan is ernment has protestpd Anglo-French Greek -island transmitted can Ambassd jan Gov against the ocen pi ) the of 'orfu, in a note Amer IS LIKELY By Those Who Are Opposing Conscription. ONLY FEW HOTHE ATE A NATIONAL ENGLAND, IN ENGLANI 4 $ ADV up literate Driver Sways Uy J. H, Thomas, Who ed Extremists, Is Ger ed. anion Men-- las Restrain- erally Admir. n London, Jan continu~ to wage a #0 troversy over the' §, compulsion J. H waymen's official, with swinging against Swindon merly-a- Swindon foo ive driver. won | his spurs in the We Town Cound il, becgme a power b; Trade Union | movement and Yeached Parliament He is terate, having worked hard from early boy hood, but is simple; sincere! and 0 4)60yent Everyone. hk, disinterestedne ghtfotwal! and abi Formerly disputes he trained thet risking his po- sitigh and J ttme and again by / stoppi railway, strikes his counsel ¢ Some hot HE 11 generat There iy pose tl Labor ranks remendous con- towards Thomas, rail- much do rajlwaymen Thom: for-| ( Attitude has the to Local n the y. res- irdness, dahor hot-heads, popularity yng unauthorized Much-depends "ad advice to the men. are undoubtedly advising | Strike To repty to the bill + RO reason, however, to sup tat this policy is.even consid- the majority of the men. boilermakers support com- pulsidy,, Their secretary, John in his monthly notes; says that up to the introduction of the sure he fought compulsion in any e or form, but the Wews of mem- from the shops came as a » to him heir trade doesn't aud, e, 'but it was made apparent that our members realiz- that we in the midst of a life-and 49 a tn.struggle, for: which they had » !1spended their cherished rules-and 'ustoms and were toiling to the full imit of their strength Yor the equip- ment of our forces They thought of their brothers and sons who had: left good jobs and comfortable homes for wet trenches, wounds, and death. They very firmly and definitely said: These sacrifice$ shall not only be made hy eligible fighting mien,' so at our ,conferenée we decided to Sup- { port a measure of compulsion for fit i single men who are hanging back provided we obtained adequate repre- sentation for labor on loé¢al niunition tribunals." This, I believe, represents views of a vast Majority of men, 3 . The Daily News. discussing the resolution to. rseist compulsion hy | every means in their 'power, dismis- ses the possibility af railwaymen or "miners striking. It declares we must make the best of the bill, now the principle is accepted by Parlia- ment, but urges modifications ipon ; REE RE Ther' x shap ¢ bers prise . L make elo abundant for ec i the working X FULL n All the New York Papers For To Belgium. i to the .V 2) New York, Jan. 17.---A full page advertisement captigned The King- dom of Grief," and /appeating to-day in all the New York newspapers, the appeal of the Greater New York Committee of the Belgian Relief - Commissiok It points out that a penny a day m every will clothe the ragged children of "Belginm® | France. * £ - Aid al women and and northern Rev. H. D. Raymond, M.A. finan-! ronto, has been appointed vicar o ! "Trinity Church at Barrie. * St. Nicholas Church, was destroyed by fire. | Gelelefede odode de food LABOR MAY VOTE Mh *. Progress' International 'anada, are conscription ish House; the passage of the American | 7. 1916 KINGSTON, ONTARIO, MONUAY, JANUARY a7 NEW TRANSPORTS FOR. JOCK} the hille im London enjoy don't to fie I's oh Te woe Tate t 4 ken' 's ride, firing line novelty Frome the the a0 "ts : - in this stvle, ve i -High- of beach chair with fair Hee work: I he same follow dire fxr Iy shor n the anada ' Ww in TOTAL, FOR MONTH. DINED WITH KIPLING. (Spe eived from Capt ted that the Hughes days "Hefore London yard Kipling, ing report of (% casu Pp w Hef hersiil 1 1g. Lhe famous hor Mr: Kip ' I rued from the had been told ff officer that Win a posi- through at any 1 cost, however, cak through now in com- Brigade Am f. Rs; at Ottawa ting ties is es as they : ath ae : ye he there oo 2 x 0 Septetabor 14 fia n nd i mneement ven the ren enlist: gonistic variance principles of ON CONSCRIPTION. of ~ Compulsion England Leads to Request For Vote. to the labor i and ®ith the - fundamental constitutional freedom 'ig rests, in seesessann nople oe offi ial statement 3 A new general offensive along | a loG-mile front in the Caucasus has teen begun by the Russians There have been ficers lost in the war r up to the end of December : A rd ---- TT OTR A Con AVS Four hundred.Arabs and their quipment were captured by the Brit sh near the Suez Canal. Berlin officisily announces--that it artillery ts bombarding Lille The Driti steamer Toduet was unk by a submarine. tant 17 Labor evidently ons « hie 8 Movement watching legislation in the Brit and appear to think that limited conscrip Ottawa, Jan Sect in the igh \ Recruiting Sosiiale of the 146 Battalion for the 146th Bat- I want 500 recruits talion by the end of January, and I expect your sympathy, your practical help and every effort you can put-forth to get Kingston's 'overseas' unit up. to strength, a credit to the old Limestone city. ~ Stampede starts to-day. . Willyoustand by me? a Chas. A. Low, Lieut. Col, Officer C ommanding 146 Overseas Battalion,CEF. isi] | cial agent for Wycliffe College, To-|| _Birehcliffe, re : FE pbr rR SP 22,081 British orl fll | to have about sig PEER P EET t bd | Where the Alls re Making 8 | The 31 of her crew were reset i | LAST EDITION BIG CAMPAIGN FOR RECRUITS To Be Run In Kingston For Two Weeks. * DEPOTS TO BE OPENED will appoint a commission withi na ap short time tosonduct an impartial in- vestigation d ithe charge of German atrocities in Belgium, it was learned to-day. Ths is the first result of 'Both Political Parties To Assist ---- Cardinal Merjer's visit, to Rome for Drill of 146th Battalion Suspend. an audience vith the head of the Ro ed For Two Weeks To Alle 'w Men man CatholicGhurch T 0 Bring In Recruits. Lieut.-Col. C. A. Low, Dr. Richardson, President of the Apgociation, H Angrove, of the Conservative Association, and representatives of the press, met in the Armouries on Sunday evening and organized a recruiting campaign for the 146th Battialion 'Starting now we are going to run campaign (0 bring the 14vth Bat- tation up to strength." said Col. Low in opening the meeting, and he cul & * limed a plan that. will take in every . medium for the gecuring of recruits HERE SAE 444400 Recruiting depots are to betopened in the railway stations, pool-rooms, hotels, theatres=and other centres, and antomobiles will for the coming weeks travel iv one of these nots another gathering up those sign The men, will be taken tly to the Armouries where they be sworn in immediately, advertising of the campaign the biggest ever launched here. The newspapers, window signs and othér mediums will be used for advertising purposes, By permission of headquarters, training of the men on the battal- ion wil] be suspended for two weeks, and Col, "Low sail to them on Night Proves Saturday morning every one will be expected to bring in two recruits. They will be given every assistance and the names of the men will be put don has resultet a great increase : : 18 a great increas€ | q.i vy orders and in the papers | in crossing acciings During the fn thetn edit' for a thE ' last year 800 pesoms have heen kill- Syms them credit for the men Sey 1 Bs by collisions in@ other accidents The City C ouncil this evening will at crossings, lamly caused by the | pq addressed by the Mayor and Col. j darkness of threes. A system of | Low and the aldermen will be ask- | better proteAionis required ed for their earnest co-operation. The names cf all of the young men the city of Kingston. who should ~The local! be in khaki will be secured as soon 8 made applica- | as possible and every man will be so- i thon for a recoumi scrutiny of the | licited. For thi§ pwrpose teams m | vote for local ofio, which showed | charge of an efficer will go into ev- | eight votes less bah the necessary ery ward and a house-to-house can- (three-fifths. Tkd@mmittee is said | vass will be made. : f Bases to put he- For the purpose of, attracting the fore the judge, doging voting by 'rowds, ithe newly Weanized band non-residents ani aliens and' other of the battalion will play at noon | offences and every svening ét prominent | Street corners and in the Armouries Herts stasis and the military spirit wil] thus be | Installed into the minds of the young HAVE HA) on FLEE. men, Lieut.-Col, ous support of all the meeting, and earnest supporf and every citizen in bringing Battalion up to strength. BUY ROU MANIAN WHBAT. A' British Syndicate Wil) Surplus Produced, Ee i wi Take * {8 ial to 4 | Buchares!, Jan An Fuglish syndicate today closed a deal for the purchase of eighty thousand cars hd Roumanian grain, payir fifty lions- in gojl. The entire + nian grajn sarplus will be purchased by the Allis, in cokformity with a plan of crippling Germany in the) matter of fod supplies POPE 10 INV HSTIGA" TE The Chargesof German Atrocities in Sign, ALL PUBLIC THROUGHOY THE PLACES, CITY. A.W, Liberal EIR PIIAD BD Gee dodo f ob deeded fo +* A President TURKS RETREATING, (Speci to the Whig.) London, an. '17.--Officially announced at the Turkish for- ces are Rkfreating on both banks of tl River Tigris. twen ty-five mils: south of Kut-el otamia, and being preseg by the British * * + * tan 'STILLA MYSTERY, Knox 'What Fplosion. 3 {8 the Whig) York, lan. 17. \fter investigaiop the cause explosion 'which killed men and injurd: ten ahoard marine 12-2 is tll a nivstery authorities to-dyiscoffed at gestion that tleaxplosion sult a Germa plot 'Po Not Cansed The |, mn ds to {Spec who TWO dire will four Tl will New | days ternal of in ie Sub I'he he sug- was a re- of DARKNESS KILLS 800. Absence Of Li ¥ At Danggpn 8. Jan, \% Darkened Lon- as London Recount ip Port Arthur, jy option committe in te tte : - had the unanim those present at now asks for the co-operation ot the 146th 4 P Low (Special tohe Whig.) Constantinops, 8via Berlin, Jan, 17 Tekigh advance + posts in the adrasus have + | been forced toriMeat several | miles before th new Russian * offensive: wai pt WAIT oh | ted to day 3 THEE. Sea borers * * Norra Buimed. Whig.) - Jan. 17.--The Bergen (Special to the Christiana, Norway, city of Bergen, population ninety {Abusand, was nearly destroyed by fire Satyrday night The loss is es timatgd at fifteen million, TO ASIA. . Sarah Horton, dn inmate of the Clgin County House of Industry since it was established, died there at the-awe of one hundred and two years Onslaughts Fron. hree DAIL v MEMORANDUM City © il, $ pm Band at Rink to-night Hockey Pinton va. Queen's IL See top of page 3, right hand corner: for probabilities, tar nam An DIED, NOR TON: AVLOR (Spec Londbn, Jan, 1 lipoli forces have wt Constantinople and red into Asia to meet M (on three different i to Athens' advices +d One body of Dare being moved oth | where the Russia § Nicholas has layndd second force i# Bagdad. and je paign, and same detsd inforce the Pergian sy shah now threatemd slang, Fighting ine] ancient Asian Empm the present all opergs Europe al to hig.) urkish Gal- arriving at being rushed onslaughts ge, according Palace R pan ae nr PS veterans Caucasus | and Duke in offensive aining for amia cam- [un from her late nts will re- : t Kerman- the Rus- pnds of the clipses for in modern is in Kingston, Jan Narton-Taylor *o!. Norton-Tay- residence, 106 Tuesday, 10 a t orge"s Cathedral, 'ataraqul cemetery + Hotel Dieu Hospital, 1916, Mrs. Margaret ivate) 61 late resi- Tuesday to St. Mary's soler re- sung the from her George street, at 9 o'clock, il, where a mass will be of her foul, lances respectful- tend the mass at x -- eae Spanish Steamer ¥ (Special to tu¥ London, Jan. 17-T steamer Belgica, 28 sunk by a submarine r foed. ) Spanish ons, was enty.-three | REI™ -"n Kingston Eliza Jane, oi KF. Reid, Funeral from the on. Jan: 17th, 1518, widow of the late aged 72% years. residence of freee daughter, , Mrs. Thos. Pollitt, 223% Division street, on Wednesday af- ternoon, at 2 o'clock; to Cutaraquil cemetery. ie rds and acquaintances are ully invit®d te attend. ROBERT J. REID Undertaker. Phone 577. 230 Princess Strest, Quesnel; B, (, hlled. Vancouver, B, ¢, of the dawn of Quest Konic Th luded hotes® , Saturd | burned Gathered Ti H {Spex o Paris, Jan. 17. __Op@ marine was sunk apd {tured by a French gut onika to-day 7.--~Most $ burned Tr buildings | ills, and respact. 1) to te ER) man sub- her cap- off Sal- 9 ------------ GE RMANY MADE FAMILIAR QUOTATIC CHOSEN FAMOUS AND WOMES On OF THE i (Special to tye WD i% London, Phe {% from Zurich say puts 1 {% movement {gs on fe" { # million followers #1 {* manifesto demanain | many be made a yaoi a #! Cast your coat, my Ger- # at him + ; # | LORD CHAR.