YEAR 83 - NO. 58 KINGSTON, HAS DEC MARCH 9. 1916 WAR ON POR PAGES 1-8 2 Z LAST EDITION | SNOWBALLED IN TORONTO Oliver. Chown, Kingston, One of These Struck, A DISGRACEFUL SCENE ALONG THE ROUTE OF THE PRO- HIBITION PARADE. Recruiting Agents Insulted Delegates Who Were Well Up In Years -- The Prohibition Leaders Gratified At Government Reception. Oliver Chown, Elmer Davis, and Frederick J. Wilson, Kingston, and and John 'Anglin, William Anglin, | Earl Lake, Byron Gordon, Rev. Mr, Stewart and Mr, Ormsby of the | Germany Has Declared War "Upon Portugal (Special to the Whig.) Berlin, March 9.--Germany to-day declared war on Portu- gal, and the Portuguese Gov- ernment becomes the four- teenth involved in the world conflict. The German Minisfer at Lis- bon to-day notified the Portu- 'guese Government of the de- claration, handing the official document to the Fareign Min- ister, with the remark: 'The | German Government therefore now considers herself from this date at war with Portu- gal." The German declaration was | based on the act 'of Portugal in seizing without previous no- County ot Frontenac, who represent | tice German merchantmen mn hibition rand County " he, Pro- | Portuguese ports. This ac- oronto on | ¢; 3 : Wednesday were aniong the many tion Germany charged in a sharp note of protest violated "delegates" who were snowballed b y tS hc the Toronto soldiers. Oliver Chown, | the existing commercial trea- rmany and Por- Who presented the Frontenac ies y i peti-| ties between Ge tion, w | . i hen asked by the Whig on | fuga], and offered evidence that Portugal is\ "a vassal of Thursday morning about his experi- | graceful that the military authori: | England." ences, stated that it was simply dis- | ties in Toronto allowed the soliders | to throw snow at those in the pro- | cession. For fully two hours, the | time required for the procession to bass a given point, a large number of soldiers along the line of march | threw snow at the delegates. Chown received a snow-ball in face. The large banners which the | delegates were carrying were almost | destroyed by the soldiers' snow fusi- | lade. The Frontenac banners, which' were made of strong material, | stood the rough usage very well. Mr, Chown is of the opinion that the | militaty- authorities should have | called out enough men to put an end to. Hie disturbance. r. Chown is very much pleased with the prohibition event. 2 He is of the opinion that if the question goes to the people the liquor traffic will be wiped gut. .. Premier Hearst Was Very emphatic when he stated | that the Question wouldbe put to the | people. - If thé people vote to do | away with the liquor trafic, the Suwerament au 8¢6 that laws | e liv { a, up to in every e-| th YY 3 fleon, | ® ¥. M. OQ. A, who acted as re- | tary of the Kingston and Prone ae i committee, stated that the procession | was the grandest he had the oppor- | tunity to attend. He was very sor- Ty that a certain lot of soldiers tried | to*make It very unpleasant for the delegates, Although he was not | struck by snowballs he narrowly | missed them on several oceasiehs. Ho was very much surprised to see a Toronto liquor dealer's wagon | going along thé streets in Toronto loaded with soldiers, There was anti-prohibition banner hanging on | the wagon. | Some of the delegates were in- | sulted by recruiting agents. The recruiting men tackled men old | enough to be their graffiTathers and | went 50 far as to state that they | should be carrying a rifle tpstead of | WA proMibition petition, i VILLA'S MEN KILL ELEVEN AMERICANS. | 8wooped Down on Town of Columbus In Darkness | Early Thursday. (Special 46 the Whig. - i Columbus, N.M:., March s--Hlev- | gn Americans were killed by 400 | Villistas who swooped down on this town in darkness early to-day and | were driven off only after nearly | two hours fighting with 300 United | States cavalrymen' and citizens. | Thirty \or forty Villistas were killed or wounded, it is estimated. Five American civilians are wounded. Mr. | the | general secretary of | . GERMANS DRIVEN OUT. BY Counter-Attacks By French At to the Whig.) - Paris, March 9.--German troops village of Vaux, south- Bumont, but were ut by a po THE WHIG CONTENTS. "Page J-<Kingstonians Snowballed; oi Fisher to Counell; Ask Armistice. 2--~+Won Victoria 'Cross; ¢ tions Received 3+Countryside News; OM, But Yet Young. §--BEditorial; Random Reels; Walt Mason's Rhymes. Bomb Thrower: Garbage Committee: Whig's Tobacco = Fund. $---Eastern Ontario News. Amusements; Timely An- nouncements; The Forum. S~4Curling and Hockey. $---4Gadsby's Letter; Tyrks Seek Peace; Two Brothers Dead. 10-Capt. G. : Doha- i: Menus 4 Study of Skulls Reveal | Bulgaria to. Buch To this note Portugal on March 4th replied with a com- | munication to the German For- | eign Office flatly Germany's demands. TURKISH REVOLUTION; MANY GERMANS KILLED. Roumania on the Brink of Joining the Entente Allies. Rome, March 9.--News has been received here from Turkey that a revolution is raging\in Constanti- naple. Enver Pashahwas wounded and many Germans were killed when a mob fired on them. The mob has pilfaged the army storesy barricaded the streets and the railroads. - The German troops are repressing the rioting with gun- fire Meanwhile developments Turkey which are likely to lead to a separate peace sooner than was ex- pected, are bound to hasten the in- tervention of Roumania which is no longer conditional on the Russian of- fensive in Galicia and Bukowingl Bacause of these facts Bulgaria is striving to improve her relationd with both Roumania and Greece. The correspondent of the Sun is in- formed through diplomatic circles that the efforts of Germany and Aus- tria to arrange a visit of the King of est. for the pur pose of setting at the rumors of of the imminent intervention of Roumania on the side of the Entenge Allies have failed, owing to the op- position of Premier Bratiano of Ro- mania. The Romania pretext for prévent- ing the visit was the. fact that the court was jn mourning for Queen Mother Elizabeth, (Carmen Sylva). BRITAIN rejecting TO BANDY NO MORE WORDS On Sea Inhumanity---Writes "Finis" in Reply to Ger- man Note. London, March 9.--The British re- | ply to the German note sent through | the American Embassy at Berlin in the middle of January, rejecting the British Governmé&at's offer for an in- vestigation of the Baralong case by a court composed of American naval officers and announcing Germany's intention to adopt imeasures of re- prisal, has béen issued. It is for transmission to Ambassador Gerard at Berlin through Walter Hines Page, the, American Am ador in London. The Baralong, a British patrol boat, last fall sank a German sub- marine, and allegations were made that men from thq Baralong after- wards killed members of the German gzdmarine's crew, while they were in the water or on board the American stpamér Nicosian, which had picked them up. = The British Government disglaims any igtention to further discuss its general charges of the inhumanity of Germany's sea warfare. whieh, it holds, has been amply proven. Com- menting ob Germany's statement that her officers had been acquitted of all blame after a thorough exam- ination into the three cases which Great Britain asked ny to re- fer with the Baralong case to an Am- | erican raval board---the sinking of the White Star liner Arabic, the des- truction of a stranded British sub- marine by a German destroyer, and the German submarine attack on the British hip Ruel--the note says the version of the sink- ing of the Arabic not only is inher- ently improbable, but directly cen- tray to all the evidence that the Bri- tish Government possesses from a lange number of independent and ARE READY T0 SELL OUT Power Interests Would bis- pose of Their Rights GOVERNMENT PLANNING BIG POWER DEVELOPMENT In EASTERN ONTARIO Seymour Company Control Trent Powers--Legislature To Protest To Dominion About Charter © Exten- sions, Toronto, March 9.--Important ne- Botiations, 'which if brought to a successful conclusion will enable the Ontario Government to secure for the pecble "Bf Central and Eastern Ontario the benefits of public-owned power as fully as they are now en- Joyed by the people of Western On- tario, are now under way. So much was intimated in the Legislature yesterday by Hon. G. Howard Fer- guson, and while he did not give any further information to the House as to the Government's plans it is un- derstood that the negotjations are for the taking over of all the Sey- mour power interests in the Trent Valley Canal district. For some years the demand for the eastern part of the province for Hydro has been growing in force, but the tying up of Trent Valley water -- powers by leases granted by the former Liberal Government at Ot- tawa, many of them held inactive upon a nominal rental, has brocked the way to public power develop- ment, ! According to Hon. Mr. Ferguson's announcement in the House yester- day the situation has been receiving special attention from the Prime Minister and himself. . "This Government," he said, "is determined that not only Central On- tario but Eastern Ontario as well shall the benefits of public own- ership 0f power and Hydro distribu- tion just as soon as it can be work- ed out." . 'The Migpister did not say that the Government was negotiating for the Trent powers, but in connection In {with his assurance to the members from Eastern ridings he dealt with the present situation of the Trent Valley water powers. The statement from Hon. Mr. Fer- guson was drawn forth during the '| progress of the debate upon the rad ial railway resolution introduced by T. Marshall, of Lincoln, A. E, Dono- van, of Brockville, bringing it out by a vigorous demand for. power for the East, The Brockville member turned the direction of the _debate somewhat, but to good purpose. He told of the delay in supplying the Gast, and the pressing demand of the Eastern and Central municipali- ties. "I say that if the Government and the Hydro-Electric Commission can- nct get together with the Seymour people and buy them out then they should go further and expropriate them." R. H. McElroy, of Carleton, sup- ported Mr. Donovan in his appeal for | power for the East. He pointed out that the Ottawa River afforded am- ple power even if the Trent powers could not be secured. Hu Monro, Liberal member for Glengdrry, also put in a strong plea for the Eastern districts. LEGISLATURE OPPOSED TOC. N. R. RENEWALS. Attorney-General Amends, in This Way, Thomas Mar- _shall's Resolution. Toronto, March 9.--Thomas Mar- shall's motion to memorialize the Do- minion Government not to grant any charters to interfere with the Hydro- Electric railwhy system and not to revive charters of local electric rail- ways: or extensions of charters save by and through the provincial char- ters, was amended by Hon. I. B. Lu- cas, Attorney-General, at the meet- ing of the Legislature yesterday af- terpoon. Mr. Lucas declared that under the] law as it now stood, if a company de-| clared a' line was for the general good of Canada, it could get a Fed- eral charter. But it was ridiculous for a local electric line to get a Fed- eral charter by simply making such a declaration. He therefore moved an amendment, and that a copy of it be sent to the clerk of the Housé of Commons. > Mr. Lucas amendment was that the Hotise approve the action of the Government in opposing the renewals of the local-eloctric charters in Nia- gara district by the Federal Govern- ment, reafirm pryvincial righi to control lines begihning and ending within- the province, anc declare its objection to local railways evading pro ial control by declaring themn- sel "for the general gucd of Can- ada," and that a copy of th: resolu- tion be forwarded to the clurk of the House of Commons. Norwegian Steamer Sinks. trustworthy' witnesses. The population ot British Colum- bia has been reduced n five per cent. since the Suthreak of 3 Le 13-Military Matters; Sporting. " x the war, ly twenty-| ~~ (Specialito the Whig.) Copenhagen, March 9.-afThe Nor- f weglian steamer Memona struck a mine and sank in the North Sea. |. The crew of fifteen men are believed to have perished. ¢ Lisbon, March 9 _ | week. Barrett, and they will eventually be 'brought to see that such actions are within the scope of the Criminal Code. PORTUGAL DEFIANT OF GERMAN DEMANDS. Seizes Another German Ship at Madeira--A Naval Conference. (Special to the Whig.) . = The Germans | still remaining in Portugal were to- day advised by their consuls to leave at once fer Spain. It 4s rumored that German diplomats are prepar- ing to leave before the end of the The Foreign Office has made CALL FISHER 10 COUNCIL Weighty Matters Being Dis- cussed By Admiralty. CLASH IN NORTH SEA no reply to the German note protest- ing against the seizure of the Berlin protest another German | ship was seized at Madeira | day. Naval officials held a conference aboard the~Fagship Vasco Dagama to-day. FOUR HEROIC NURSES German | merchantmen. As if in defiance of | yester- | WERE HONORED IN PARIS BY THEIR COUNTRY, -- } Oited In General Orders For Excep- tional Devotion To Duty -- They Did Work Under Fire. Paris, - March 9.--Four nurses were cited yesterday in the general | orders of the day of the army for | exceptional devotion to duty. A 15% power | ASKED FOR AN ARMISTICE To Bury Accumulated: Heaps SO de GERMAN CROWN PRINCE MADE A REQUEST OF GENERAL PETAIN German Losses Have Been So Heavy In The Fighting Around Verdun-- Third Shift Of Fresh German Troops. New York, March 9 ---A agency despatch from London lished 'here says : The editor of the Paris after a visit to Verdun, says the German losses have been so heavy the Crown Prince on Monday asked Gen, Petain for a ten-hour armis- tice to bury the accummlated heaps of Pomeranians and Brandenburg- ers. "There is fresh evidence of 'a third shift of fresh German troops brbught-to the battle front, whersof many divisions are of entirely new formations, only three instead of four regiments strong," he adds. - "This is the best avowal of the enormous German losses, as concur- rently fresh troops and also recon- structed Pomeranians and Branden- burgers are hurled against our lines. "The German advance through Forges would De unimportant if it' news pub- Journal, military critic of Petit Parisien, "but in view of the slackening of the at- tacks' north of Verdun, the question arises whether it is not the prelude to very severe assaults: on Goose Hill. But there need be no anxiety. The French staff has not omitted to prepare for an attack west of the Meuse." Cost Germans 150,000. Paris, March 9.--The Germans' violent efforts to advance along the west bank of the Meuse are p ably for the purpose of removing the danger to their right flank from the fire of French batteries in this reg- ion. They seem vainly to have tried to accomplish this end with artillery fire and finally badyresorted to a big infantry attack. bably some fif- teen thousand men.participated in the assault, which finally gave the Germans Hill 265, but they must go farther still, before.they will seri- ously affect the French artillery po- sitions. If they succeed in pushing the French back along the west bank' of the Meuse, they will probably re- new attacks on the east side, but if they fail on the west bank, there is considerable reason to believe that the battle of Verdun will be ended. Swiss military experts te that Germans must already have jost 130,000 to 150,000 men It is difficult to see where they will be Lable to scrapé up men for fresh ef- forts on a really serious scale, Repulsed The Assaults. ; Special to the Whig. Parle P3iarch '9 -- Reopen x had occurred elsewhere," wrote the | ed ang ZEPPELINS RAID PARIS. Photo shows an apartment house in Par top to bottom by Zeppelin missile in recent r is ripped from aid. } noavs German attacks against the | village of Bethincourt, eight miles | northwest of Verdun, throughout last night, were repulsed, the War Offite reported-this afternoon. Two of the heaviest onslaughts were preceded by artillery fire last- Ing several hours. The Germen ad- Vance was stopped by the French curtain of fire from Goose Hill and Deadman's Hill to the east. The Germans attempted to swing forward with their right wing on the Forges-Bethincourt front, west of Meuse planning 'to straighten their front before making a grand assault on the Goose Hill and Deadman Hill positions. At the same time they mads fruitless attempts, the War Of- fice reported to dislodge from Cor- beaux woods positions, southeast of Bethincourt, recaptured by the French yesterday. In this region the French are consolidating the re- conouered works, it was stated. 'Bast of the Meuse, around Vaux- des-Pile, the intense artillery firing continued throughout the night, ac- companied by violent assaults. The enemy, however, was "unable to weaken the efficacy of our artillery and was completely repulsed. "In the Woevre region, intermit- tent bombardment continued throughout the night. v pretre Woods we took twenty pris oners. In the eastern Argonne, in the region of Montfaucon and Mon- tiliois, we continued to bombard the enemy communications." THE NAPANEE PLATOON OF THE 146TH BATTALION HAS ARRIVED THERE. Broken-down Show Troupes Victim- ize Hotelkeepers--County Council Undecided About Its Patriotic Fund Grant. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Napanee, concert given in the Armouries by the 80th Battalion band under Lieut: H. A. Stares, drew a crowded house, and judging by the applause and encores the audience appreciated the efforts of the musicians. In the Police Court before Magis- trate Rankin, L. Davis was fined one dollar and four dollars costs for dis- orderly conduct in a public place. The Napanee platoon of the 146th Battalion arrived here yesterday from Kingston, to remain here for the bal- ance of the winter. Comfortable quarters have been, provided by the Town Council over' the fire hall. Bunks have beeh built for about fifty men, with room for mare if required, and every arrangement for the com- fort'and sanitation has been provid- ed. he dining room is located in a building just around the corner 'from the fire hall on Centre street. Messrs. Paul and Holland have charge of the catering. The boys are well pleas- ed with the arrangements made for them. : One of the things to be determined by the County Councjl during its session, which commen! yesterday, will be the amount of money.to be contributed to the Canadian Patriotic Fund, and how it be raised. Some favor giving $2,000 a month, on that fund, ] days departed without paying th ~ March 9.--The band! as Lennox and Addington counties have a large number of dependents Several hotelkeepers have been victimized this winter by broken- 'down show troupes, One such com- ew and ac- count, but was located later by Chief | inch shell burst within thirty feet of | Mme. Juliette Berdon while she was | caring for wounded at Villers Cot- | terets during the bombardment ot | that place last June. She was cov- | erqd with mud, but without showing | any tion continued waiting upon | the sick and wounded, -and declined | to leave the hospital until every pa- tient had been taken out safely. | . Mme. de Saint Martin, a Sister in | the Order of St. Joseph de Cluny, | was chief nurse at Auxiliary Hospi- | tal No, 11, at Senlis. She remained { at her post during the occupation of | the town by the Germans. She nurs- {ed German wounded, and went | through the streets of Seplis in peril i of her life to find a German military | surgeon who was able to attend the |' wounded and sick ih her hospital. { Mme. Carpentier, known as Sister | Blanche, of the Order of St. Joseph { de Cluny, who 'was the superior - of the convent at Senlis, remained there during the ocfupation, and was able |.by her courageous aftitude to pro- | tect all those under her authority. { She also worked indefatigably in as- sisting the doctors. { Mme. Octavie Malahieude, who is | Sister Marguerite, of the Order of St. Vincewt de Paul, also remained in | Senlis during the occupation and | | performed her duty continuously. | Afterward she became permanently | engaged in service among hospital | patients afflicted with contagious | diseases and has worked évery day | since, and often at night, without a | | day's respite. | ! { | War Tidings. { Twenty-nine German battleships were encountered by a Dutch steam- | er on Monday. After asking the| | wheraabouts of the British fleet they | | steere north. | | First Lord of Admiralty Balfour | | Admiralty, declared his assertions | were paradoxical and of the wildest kind. Balfour does mot favor the supplanting of Jacksorn by Lord | | Fisher. 7 | | Germany is-preparing an wtima- | tum to Portugal because its note has | been ignored. The Germans think | Portugal is forcing a declaration of | war from Germany. MILITARY TRAINING FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. | Grand Black Chapter of Onta- rio West Asked to Aid { : Move: | Hamilton, | March. 9.--Lieut.Col. | Belcher, of Toronto, who for years| has been advocating military train-| ing for both boys and girls, induced | the Grand Black Chapter of Ontario] West at its convention here yester-| day to pass a resolution urging those | in authority to take steps along this) | line. i | A resolution also was passed urg- {ing the Dominion and Provincial| | Governments at least to suspend for | the present Germans in their employ | who might not we favorable to Great | Britain's cause, and who might be in| a position to do harm. ---------- i Lesson For Young Doctors | Paris, March 9 --General Joffre | _has ordered that a junior army sur-| geon be held in close arrest for th'r- | ty days for having conversed too | freely with fellow-passengers on a! railroad train in regard to opera-| tions at the front. SEF LOOK FOR VICTORY. (Special to the Whig.) Toronto, March 9.--The_tem- # perance delegation was highly + pleased with the reception by & # the Government, The mem- & bers believe victory is assured. # # Premier Hearst, replying to # + the prohibition appeal, said a # + majority vote might make On- ¢ + tario dry, in place of the three- ¢ + fifths vote. * ®il : 4 : Ry, A . 4 | | * + |» + + | years. % Funeral from the residence Wim Jif APPEARS TO BE EXPECTED AT ANY MOMENT. | Opposition Papers Call on Govern- | ment to Heed Churchill's Warning | And Leave no Stone Unturned To Insure Victory. London, March 9.--Matters of vast importance with regard to the British fleet and the anticipated clash with Germany's great warships in the North Sea were disclosed yes- terday at a meeting of the War Council, Lord Fisher, formerly First Sea Lord, attended the session, it was the first time he had been called into a formal meeting of the Council, but it' was stated that the inv"tation sent him antedated the proposal made by Winston Spencer Churchill in the House of Commons yesterday, that the famous sea warrior to be given a high post in the Government, Churchill's warning that the Kai- ser's fleet will make a dash is com- mented on at length by the London papers. Those which have opposed the present Government declare that the warning be heeded and that no- thing be left undone to assure vic- tory for England. Government organs, to the con- trary, assail Churchill bitterly, sug- gesting that he wishes to return to the Cabinet and that he is willing to wreck the Government in order to satisfy his personal ambitions. They flatly deny Churchill's inti. mations that the Admiralty, umder the leadership of Arthur J. Balfour, has neglected to take the necessary precautions. against the German fleet, : Breas, x bt ht th hh 4 CALL MARRIED MEN. (Special to the Whig.) London, March 9.--Newspap- ¥ nnounce this morning that + oclamation will be oe » * * + +> * * + ers +a + married men between the ages % %+ of 27 and 35. + 9 s * SPE PPRr PES 2 bbb bb bb bbb ibid Big Steel Dividend. Montreal, March 9.---The Herald announces that the Nova Scotia Steel and Iron Company will pay all the common stock dividends deferred, six in number, since dividend payments were suspended in June, 1914. Alexandre Chauveau, formerly Police Magistrate of Quebec, died suddenly on the Ward Line pier, at the foot of Wall street, New York, shortly after he debarked from the West of' Le-| criticizing Churchill's attack on the | Steamship Saratoga after a two months' sojourn in Havanas«_ - 7 DAILY ,MEMOGANDUM Band at Palace Rink to-night. Band at Covered Rink to-night. See top page 4, right hand corner, for probabilities. Limestone Lodge, No. 91, meets to-night at 8 o'clock. . MARRIED. TH-FERGUSSON---At Holy Trinity Church, Monifieth, on Wednesday. Feb. 9th, by the Most Rev. the Bishop of Brechin, assisted by the Rev, H. T. J. Waring and the Rev %i. Crossland Bell, M.A, Brevet- Lieut-Colonel Gilbert R. Frith, Royal Engineers, to Maud Olive, ,elder daughter of the late Robeyt Arklay Fergusson, of Ethiebeaton, Forfarshire. HARTMAN -WATTS--In Kingston, March 7th, 1818, y Rev. G. L Campbell, Jean, second daughter of Alexander Watts, 328 Queen street, to D. C. Hartman, city. AOUW, FRI - on 1 DIED, DOYLE--At Quyon, Quebec, on March Sth, 1916, Michael Doyle, formerly of Kingston. Funeral notice later. 'h MAYNE---Killed in action, on the 19t ay Feb, 1916, Victor Moore Mayne, second son of the late Col. Blair Mayne and Victoria Moore, aged nineteen years. - WALK ER--In Kingston, on March th, 1 18, Walker, aged Meolllr. if nr daughter, Mrs. h oY, 5 Dontreal street, on Friday after. noof, at 2.30 o'clock, to Cataraqui cemetery. Marcus Friends and acquaintances are respect. . fully invited to attend. ROBERT J. REID Fi The Old of \ Bo ue ae? oo le 2 A ANNAN ANANSI, FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS WORDS OF »..0M y va pons 5 other. Eliot, ssued + + next week calling to the colors #