«dent PEEP P Eee ee 12 PAGES YEAR 83 -- NO. 31 PEACE OFFER BELIEVE THAT BOMB ham's, Ottawa, "Ottawa, Feb, 7.--Grant, Holden & barat up to Friday night had half 'a million dollars' worth of war con-| tracts, and a large quantity of shirts Pere stored in the upper floor of the bere sto The firm was recently urged to complete an order for the, 75h Battalion, and much work was! in progress. Over $50,000 worth of military shirts were also completed, Members of the firm are self-satisfied et that the fire which wiped out their {plant was the work of alien agents or sympathizers, and in some respects it Is very similar to the circumstances onnected with the start of the Par Jie iment buildings fire pu Thursday VISIT TO KING ALBERT BY EARL CURZON AND SIR povG. LAS HAIG, PPPL ddd To Belgium Is Being Dist $s assed in London. dee deode Geofef Bevo ede Speculation -- Berlin Claims That 'Negotiations Are Now Causes Much & og + ALLEGED SPIES ARRESTEI Started Fire in Grant, Holden & Gra. |, KINGSTON, v Feb of out 'partment of & Co.'s too] Saturday etely department tinguished Hespeler lieved in Progress to Restore Belgium. London, Feb. 7.---There "peculation here regarding "ous underlying the visit of Earl Curzon and: General Sir Douglas Haig, commander-in-chief of the Brit ish forces in France, to Albert, King of the Belgians, which was annound ed by the Official Press Bureau Almost coincident with the official announcement comes a despatch from The Hague forwarding Berlin ad Vices regarding negotiations said tg he in progress between Germany and King Albert forthe signing of a sepa rate treaty of peace between Germany and Belgium These negotiatiens, the Berlin advices are quoted as say lng, have made important progress in the past ten days In spite of de- nials, they add, King Albert has con- sented to consider tentative peace proposals if such proposals contain guarantees for the complete restora- tion and independence of Bélgium The Dutch correspondent under tands that Germany is willing to make these concessions if the tations can be concluded spring ime is made an consideratiop in th& discussion Nor is Germany unwilling even further concessions in obtain Belgian neutrality, the reported current Fire, t incendiary the muni- the E. B. and shell afternoon and destroyed the shell before it was ex es, to he broke tions de Jardine plant an in much the rea- is Crate origin Wingham, Feb Germany -An Spy was arrested € in connection . with ler fire. 'Three a ré made at Hempeler alleg- spe 'resid PRE E SFR phe PE BR eet MORE SPEEDY CONVICTION OF DESERTERS PROVIDED. i eo | Order in Council Passed Makes Absence Without | Leave Criminal. { Ottawa, Feh7 heen pas sures Act provid «dy. conviction of overseas forves every man of the Canada or of the Canadian Over : Expeditionary Foree who ab- | Dutch diplomatic circles Diplo ents himself from his corps while it4 mats at The Hague have obfained is on active service without the leave | trom sources the reliability of which of his commanding officer, shall i) An order under for nego in-coun the War | a more | deserters from | It provided | { active militi cil has Me sed the that of to make order to according to opinion in Seas they do not question, the information | guilty an offence under the crimi- that Germany willing to restore | nal code On_summary conviction the destroved Belgian cities and to! the offender PE Ra conve for pay a large sum of money to the Bel- | two vears, with or without hard la Zlan Government for the further re-: bor Production of the att estation storation of the country on the condi-| paper shall be deemed top be suffi- tion that the word "indemnity" shall | cient proof that the accused was du pn not be used In connection with sueh entered, mt SENSATIONAL REPORTS ij bo the/absenc e of any explhnation HEARD oi from official British sources regard- ing the visit of Lord C urzon and Gen. Halg to King Albert speculation based on the Dutch despatches Ing indulged in here without straint IN OTTAWA OF GERMAN PLOTS. is be- NEW re ---- Discuss A FALSE STATEMENT, DECLARES LANSING, That the United States Has Re- post duced Its Lusitania n Demand. Parliament 'to --~Sherwood's the Big Report Will Say Was of Accidental Origin. Ww g Sensational of new irculation as Par to thi It | { Fire | | | ' re ot tlie discovery rer an plots were ament prepared vternoon, to discuss tl 4 the firé that destroyed Pr ment buildings stood that the view held in official circle that the fire which de stroyed the buildings was accidental and not of incendiary origin r report of Col. Sherwood, Director 1 Dominipn Police, it is said. express this opinion when pre Parliament by the Prime Mi afternoon Notwithstanding the whole capi tal is secret service men 1d nation stranger From points comes hening of on power buidings and in « 8 'mbl origin the Canadian It under- a 1e Hngton al turn was between the niany to-day when ing declared that Under Secretary Zimmerman of the German Legation had made an '"'utterly false state- nent if he said, as quoted A news agency, that the United had nade new demands" in Lus tania case The flat decla A sensation 18 controversy and Ger Secretary Lan Feh. 7 given the United Sta Ww t es e bry anted tates to the this 8 offic from Unit de- for he Presi- decide to half ation coming Secretary of State that the ed 'States has not reduced its mands believed to bode ill German hopes that to-day and secretary 'might the compromise offers the 1 exam! of i contin the Do greatly and is all of news of military pl meet * pubic ar way -- | feodidede deen dodo doe dotted de de dee foots : : : Personnel Of Commission, Ottawa, Feb, 7 The personnel of the Com ion which will enqu nto the origin of the fire has not ) been officially announced t practically certain that RA K. C., member for Cornw . nominated by the Government Wilfrid Laurier is to-day consider ing his choice of nominee for the Commons . 3 HAS KITCHENER * GONE (Special to the Whig.) New York, Feb. 7 It is stat ed in private cable messages from England to-day that Lord Kitchener has gone to take per- sonal charge of the operations in Egypt and Mesopotamia, and that Genéral Sir William Rob- ertson, chief of the Imperial General Staff, who rose from the ranks, will become War Seq retary. There is no other con- % firmation. .* ddd dd PREP bP ddd Sdb ddd dd British Ships Not Bombed. recial to the Whig) London. Feb. 7.--Specific denial was made by the Admiralty to- day of the German official claim that British ships were bombarded in last Mon- day night's Zeppelin raid on Eng- land. TO EGYPT? » a | CODERRE FOUND GU ILTY, { | Lieutenant Charged With Slaying Sergeant, l.ondon, Feb. 7 Lieut George Coderre, of the Canadian expedition- ary force, was sentenced to death Saturday at Winchester on the charge of having murdered Serge Ozanne of bis regiment Canadian Frere bebe reer Hon. Ottawa Martin Burrell Resting Easily, Feb, 7. Hon. Martin Bur- rell, who was severely burned in Thursday night's fire, is reported as resting easily It will be some time before he will be able tgMbe out of doors. There are hopes that his face will not be badly scarred "General Hughes, in reply cisms of Capt, Hahn, Chief gence Officer of the Mil tis ment overseq won the D to criti [ntelli- Depart he had trenches ese de Bille de dodede dodyde dodo dod dead dods THE WHIGS CONTENTS. > -> -* up the * + DECORATHMNS REQUIRED. In order to brighten streets and to Jend a holiday + appearance to the city during carnival week, the merchants and business men are requested & to decorate their store fronts' & "Display some colors some- $ where, as an evidence that you # appreciate this effort to enter- $ tain our soldiers and to induce better recruiting," remarked # a military man to-day. "Every little bit helps, so get busy and # decorate.' % * PEPPERELL PEPER Page * 1 Peace Of f Germany; 1 wit Te - German Fo-aSlewp iin Iho IT---Military f Bport Meenas, WEBER EIA E hat News, World - of lof ONTARIO, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7. 1916 THE DESTRUCTION OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. uins. ~~ INCLINED TO IGNORE STORY Of Another Plot To Destroy. Weliand Canal. (THE DOMINION POLICE MINISTER bOURBY AND OF IT. MILITIA Into Fi Munition Investigation at Hespeler 1 Fire--London, Ont. Double Guards. . Whig.) When asked thi report the New another Gérman Welland canal had the Dominion Police hes that ori tory Manufacturers (87 i y LNé Ottawa, morning al York 'Her plot to destr been discove and Gen they did ously said story Put On Double Guards, London, all kinds of warnings, are putting day on their vily armed A full military tion is on destroyed the Jardine peler Ont., Feb. 7 Following wild rumors of plots and munition manufa double guards 1 factorie AH turers and to-day Charged With Marder, Buffalo, N. ward Tieper, a vou Orchard Park 4 murder, in the first Justice Marcus in a3 conne his mother and hold-up about a reed degree Suprer « h thie K brother in tion w WeFK ago hip-ow ner ard Liberal member Commions was barn in 0 since 19)0, 1846 WNT. F. FERGUSON, ian cov FER | presented with walking stick by officers of the ATi Frontense Regiment. Be Mackensen has { % mand KING MOURNS HIS SOLDIERS Atter Performance Of Verdi's R quiem In Their bh Memory, idgn, Fi Kin made nce he suffered accident while revi {troops in Franee 18s¥Dctob Majesty attended a earmanTe Verdi's Requiem in memory have in George t injuries from a of who Roumanian wnnounced intention a forty million dollar foréig "presumably Satugday its floatii loan immediately, war purposes Troops have been Leipsic to quell riots our hundred and attacking Dvinsk, the Dvina, were drow when was smashed by heavy Russian fire called out fifty froze; the ice 'onion LOOKS LIKE his first publéegupearance n wing the, Bitish) of 1¢ war, Government on of Four hundred were killed and five hundred wounded when French avis tors bombed a Bulgarian the Greek border it Lord Kitchener preme command of the Allied the western front with the up of the spring is the concens: opinion in high military Old Country. German trenche re subjected to a terrific rench artillery German aeroplane in flames by French machine Fhe Berlin War Office reports ths attempted British advance sout of Neuville was repulsed German warship by a mine neg camp will take on ing of fire Saturday fro A down an west wassh near the X narms factorv.at t s destroved, together with Austri UPHOLDS GE IN The Minister of Militia They Are All-- Right. (NS » chief Departmen he army, is 86 her any . States Gen Satirday night Germai d in 1 Ss he mau Germany arm lifference And there irtments, y ia has t 8 no are tao His German wot a t again ave fe Ovey a splendid fight, Kaiser to fizht England todos doled dred ode DRIVE ON SALONIKA. . (Special to the Whig.) London, Feb 7.----Gen, Von assumed com- of the Ausiro-German '# troops for a drive on Salonika)" 1% which,--according to latest de- 13 spatches has commenced, circles 11 in the Champagn + a 'Se eetse ood Ar su forces open ni was brought at h ip Swed- rough VIL SERVICE. Says of the t a was. an officer ir' AY v to me,' other huginess fight » + * INGENDIARISM +. Chemical in Extingeishers Was Changed, WOULD INDICATE THAT LINE WAS USED. \ LE] "THE WAY FIRE SPREAD Germans, Ottawa Fire Chief Thinks Extinguish- ers Were Tampere of Mesdames Morin and Bray moved to Quebec, Ottawa, F goes to show gration Isto that the work of Stewart ali licem Charles man Helmer, covered the of the Commons Thursday, who tried quench it with guishers, unite in testimony indicates that the fire protection paratus of the Parliament had been tampered with that they were the blaze | extinguished it exp from the extinguishers had acted in the However, they unite turned on extinguisher upon down, ninion ind on P who were Moar on to at it to have substance led way that as stream soon they from With--Bodies Re- Further evidence Ottawa confla- incendiar e an st ho dis- fire in the redding-room and extin- which ap buildings They say "00n en the hand normal in saving a a the renewed fire testimony the belief depart- of that 1ad been tampered he extinguishing quid had been replaced by substance: or that in some 'w the extinguishers which were about tl Parliament buildings been replaced by others which charged with 1 lar fuel h r some Ti an inflam ay hung ad re-charg- ir prope r WOR Meésdames o Quebec by the ame to receipt of r 1 brought house ty of Madame and tragic ter there 8 a by in abrupt ion possibility others who the conflagration, list of known des bib pdt ded 5 NEW YORK RAILWAYS STRONGLY GU ARDED. (Special to the Whig.) New York, Feb. § Special guards have been assigned to all underground, elevated and steam railways. The police refused to discuss the matter, but it is believed warnings have been received of an attempt to dynamite the railways. in Morin and he- the new the vigny to an that lost the ¢ i remains at seve n Ssssssnssies DECLARES HE"LL SUE THE GOVERNMENT. Will Ask Belgian Consul in Ot- tawa To Take Up the Case. Feb 1. director Winds rand ~--Strony, the held here on rom Ottawa and later an althi far as the BuNdings was con- was found that Stroney pianist for Mme singe AL a concert Theatre, Ottawa, be- of Connaught and his time the fire started, didn't leave the theatre p.m who st who is an lared that immediately Consul, in Ottawa ng suit against the Canadian mprisonment opNa struction released, had Parliament cer 1 It S80 fire vas acting as a Edvina, in the fore t taf a Boston Russel] Duke the he 20 16 at hat wis formerly official the Queen of Bel- accomplished violin- he would commun with the Belgian with a view to Col. Sherwood Government compani gium, of t. d ist, dec cate bring ind faise for DEMANDS IGNORED BY THE ROUMANIANS. The Central Powers Have Ask- ed For Partial Demobiliza~ tion, and Pledge Given. London, Turkish the inl to Whig Feb. 7 "Bulgarian and troops are moving toward Roumanian border to meet the conecentratiop of Roumanian troops against the Bulgarian frontier, de- cording to Milan de: spatches received liére to-day. From another source came the re- port that the Central Powers have demanded a partial demobilization of the Roumanian army and a pledge of benevolent neutrality toward the Austro-Germans and Bulgars. THese demands, it wis stated, have been ignored by the Roumanian Govern- ment deseo Sblod d ed dod EES LJ A BIG ORDER, (Special to the Whig.) tawa, Feb, 7 The Tm . ial Munition Board bas received + an order for nearly one million 4 eighteen pounder shells *» * FREER P LEE PPI PILED ELS SD bd 0 Bed ode de ob be RIDICULE THE IDEA OF 17-INCH GUNS. On the German Fleet--15~ Inch Guns For Real Ef- ficiency. (Special to the Whig.) don, Feb. 7 The idea' that fleet will come Baal Kiel some day equipped ii guns that will blow dreadnoughts = to pieces, by British naval ex- n England's was ridiculed pert to-day. Official utterances on the subject are taboced in London, but it was. learned to-day that British naval offis cials believe the fifteen-inch gun,! with which the monster Queen Eliza-! beth is equipped, is the maximum! calibre for real efficiency especially] in the North Sea where the Ro and German fleets might clash, PAGES1-8 LA ST EDITION A SOLDIER IS ARRESTED Charged With Des Deserting Wo- man He Married. DECLARES. HE NEVER SAV. THE woMmaN HIS LIF IEFORE IN A Peculiar Case--Kingston Police Make Armest--Woman Belongs to Norih Bay--Accused Says He Wilt Make Her Pay Dearly, "Her statements are f never married to the not know her,' Robert McMillan, an overseas 'sol- dier, is one of the principals in a MOSt unusual case in which the Kingston police have taken action. McMillan was arrested on Saturday on a warrant taken out by a woman Who claims that she was married to him a little over a year ago, and who charges him with desertion. McMillan has served at the front and * was just" recently invalided home He declares most emphatic- ally that he does not know the wo- man, that he was never married to her, and that he will make her pay dearly for having h\m arrested. The woman came here from North Bay, where she says the marriage took place, and McMillan IS now being held at police headquarters here, awaiting an officer from North Bay, where his trial will take place, The woman in the. case arrived in the ¢ity a week ago, and it will be remembered. that her story appeared in the WV hig She told the police that had been married a little OVer a year ago. - The marriage took place at North Bay on a Monday, and on the following Friday she alleges that Bubby took French leave, and at the time of his leaving, she missed He and ¥58 She stated further, that she tried to get trace of husband, bat that she did not until just a short time ago, un she ascert: tined§ as a result of an investigation on the part of the Militia Department al 'Ottawa, that her husband had en¥sted for the front, had been invalided home, and that he was in Kingston, She lo- cated him at one of the convalescent bone, and she declared that when she greeted himi he said that he did not know her, and that he had never .married her Not safistled with this "turn down," however, she brought her case to the attention of the military author The mili. tary authorities took action, and then she took the matter up with the police again A warrant was issued on Saturday, and McMillan was placed under arrest on Princess street by Constables James Bateson and Nicholson, while he was stand- ing on a'corner watching a military yarade He offered no objection to ng placed under arrest, but. de- clared that the woman had made false tements, and that he had never been married to her Ag both parties come from 7, the local police know nothing ver about the circumstances, are awaiting with interest the the case Asam DALLA MEMORANDUM 1k tonight . right hana corner, alse. 1 was wonian, and do her succeed ities fio be North Be and esult o jes Up Father ar val at at Grand, 8.15 Armouries THE DAILY "BRITISH WHIG Is on Sale at the Following City Stores: King Bt Princess Princess : 9 Princess Princess & Alfred Hotel ....Untario St, Drug Store Market Square | sutheott's Grocery, Portsmouth Book Store «#3 Princess Prin. & King Unjon 8t. W. !50 University .76 Princess : Princess 1 L308 Montreal Porn ar = op ------ MARRIED, CHRISTLEY Jan. 26th, Cathedral, Mary Hamil sy Grocery, Cor CHR IST LACY 19186, by Agnes Christel m Christley, both DEED, Kingst Sir on Feb aged Ty residence, at 2.30 p m » hn om his late street, Tuesdas raqui cemet and acquaintances are invited to attend San Westhrooke, James years and eight months, from hig late residence, Wests oke on Wednesday at 1 o'clock. and acquaintances are respects Hy invited to atiend ROBERT J, BEDD SR . [230 Princess AMES REID The 3 Firm of Undertakers. 254 and 256 PRINCESS STREET, Phone 147 for Ambulance. FAMILIAR AR QUOTATIONS CHOSEN BY FAMOUS FAMOUS, MEN AND WOMEN OF THE DAY. I am not covetous for gold: But, if it be a sin to covet honour, 1 am the wost off soul alive, THE BISHOP. on respect. SM IT 1918 cht