eh MAKES A GENERAL DENIAL * OF THE KYTE CHARGES Sir Sam Hughes Says if Alison Got Money He Was Etited To It--The Whole Attar the Minister of iti Describes As "Biffle." Ottawa, April 19. --For an hour be- million dollars behind the i { i . constituents." . YEAR 83 NO. 98 THE US. -- -- fore the House assembled yesterday afternoon crowds started to congre- gate before the Royal Victoria Mu- seum in anticipation of the return to the House of General Hughes. Half an hour before the summons bell rang, the corridors were packed, and the stairways leading to the gallery doors jammed with curious crowds. George Kyte held the record to date for drawing the largest crowd seen this session on the occasion of his mo- mentous utterance which brought General Hughes home, but the crowd to-day was the biggest seen since the naval debate of 1912. The galleries have accommodation for not more than three hundred,-but a thousand Or more were there to-day. General Hughes, his secretary, and members of the headquarters staff ar- rived at 2.45. The Minister breezed through the crowd and shook hands with friends on either side. He looked well but curious. When the House opened he took his seat quiet- ly with the rest. When he rose to speak he was accorded a rousing re- ception by his own side of the House. Compelled to Leave For England. On March 9th he declared he had been compelled to leave for England. He had conferred with the Prime Minister as to his going, and asked him to ask the Opposition if there were any questions which would re- quire his presence here. The leader of the Opposition had stated that personally he knew of nothing. With his characteristic statesmanship, however; he had said that he would not be responsible for what his fol- lowers might consider should neces- | sitate his presence. Before leaving the member for { 4 Carleton was speaking, "and every how : eye wan- dered to the clock, praying for or Blacher." (Laughter.) "He repeated himself over and over again, and I could not but see that he was killing time. I desired to speak on that night, as I was leav- ing next day, and it was the only chance I had to get a crack at him (laughter), but he adjourned the House and continued in my absence next day. Well, not much harm has been done in any case." "I don't desire to say much about night _ my trip to England, but that many of our boys are falling at the front-- too many, I am sorry to say." Prime Minister 'to Take Charge. Gen. Hughes stated that he would | commission with those take his part in the investigation to! but if he did get some money out of the best of his ability, and he did not it I will say frankly that he is en-| titled fear the consequences. In the meantime he would ask the Prime Minister sto take care of the business of his department. "Now," said he, "what was the ob- ject 'of the attack of my honorable friend from Carleton? Was it to obtain information? If that had been his desire all he had to do was to go to Gen. Bertram and he would have received it . 'Was it to obtain notoriety? 80 it wil be short-lived. "Was it to kill the Tory party? If * If so he will not accomplish his pur "Was it to assist the cause of lib- erty? I may say, and I do so, that ,only truth and honesty directed on a strajght line will accomplish that uw 3 r "Was it for purely parochial politi- cal reasons? I let the public judge for itself. "I can't imagine why at a time like this a man should play upon the highly-strung nerves of the people oi Canada, whose sons are dying at the front. / But he must be responsible .to his own conscience and to his ("Hear! Hear!'" from the Opposition side.) History of Shell Committee, Gen, Hughes them proceeded to sketch the history of the Shell Com- mittee. At first no one could be in- duced to go into the business. Later hordes of self-seekers came around, bankers came and pestered Gen. Ber- tram, asking him to bolster up small companies. Want of confidence has been dissipated by the Shell Com- ¥ _ "The companies which were given fuse contracts had now eight men at work, and had six i - THE WHIG CONTENTS Page 1--8ir Sam's Denial; Trebizond Taken: Whison's Ultimatum to Germany. - 2--Fire Committee Meeting ;Saw 250 mers Taken. 3-Batling Vessels Going: Social 4--Editorial; 5--Red Cross Society Donaticas. frimnats Sh Set ts: Timely An- -_ nouncements: The Forum. . S--afilitary Suwa Theatrical. Missing uried; Joseph. ~ Abramson's Sale Advt. 19--8ocial Events: Realm of Wo. 3 time Tales. 1 in Dilemma; More - 13-3 i Sporting News. | | discovered that no Canadian project. They had other difficulties, but there | was only one company which was do-| ing better on the whole of America. | So well were they doing that recently | the British Government, through the Morgan firm, had placed an order for four million fuses with one, and for a million fuses with the other. "The contracts were guaranteed by the strongest guarantee company in America, and the men behind the company were very wealthy men. The advances given to the companies were only 15 per cent. of the contract price as against 25 per cent. advance universally allowed by Morgan. How Allison Came In. "Now we come to a gentleman known as Col. J. Wesley Allison. This officer was formerly connected as purchasing agent with the Van- derbilt Railway, and was well and favorably known to all the promi- nent manufacturers in the country. At the outbreak of the war American manufactureres were not sure whether they would be permitted to export their goods a belligerent country, and it was féared that Wil- ham Jennings Bryan would stop the export, so that the Canadian and British Governments had to take the responsibility of getting out their purchases. "l was requested by the British Government to arrange to get them through, and I enlisted the sympa- thy and assistance of Col. Allison to the work. The goods were shipped in bond for a considerable time, until it was discovered through Col. Alli- son that they could be sent by Ne York. ® "When fuses were required it w com- pany would undertake to make them. Not even a single company, with all respect to Mr. Mr. Lloyd Harris, would undertake the work. So I asked Allison if he could enlist American capital to do the work in Canada. He saw Gen. Bertram, and he came back and gave me names. I don't recall them at pres- ent, but they were prominent men in finance and business. We planned to have them made in Canada, but we would have had to have the build- ings erected and the British Govern- ment wanted the fuses at once, so Gen. Bertram and his shell commit- tee let them to the companies in ques- tion. who were to secure it had to face Col. Allison's Commission. "I know nothing of Col. Allison's | companies, | to it, as gentlemen who are| selling sausages, boots and breeches." | (Laughter and cries of "Sausages.") In connection with rifle ammuni- tion, Gen. Hughes stated that he had also secured Col. Allison's services, As a result the price to the British Government d been reduced from $37.50 per thousand to $33. In the purchase of motor trucks, Col. Alli- son had also assisted. The price now paid was $2,800, as against $5,240 paid by the British Govern- ment. "If Col. Allison has faults," de- clared Gen. Hughes, "I don't know whether they are ahy more numer- ous than those of the rest of us, and he saved some money to the taxpay- ors." In the question of Colts pistels he declared that the price paid was the lowest which could be secured, and that if there 'was commission on them they couldn't have been secur- ed for a cent less than $.8.50 by any nation. "We are told of a which was to be secured by the men who swung the contract. Well, that is only ten per cent, and the men the risk of German outrages and fear of loss. "Not another company-in America would touch the fuses at the price. "We hear of a contract for the; division of profits. I know nothing of it. It is like a rainbow affair, | and those who made the contract will | not have much. money to divide when | the contract is filled." { Denies the Agreement. Gen, Hughes then referred to the agreement said to have been entered into, between Yoakum, Lignanti, and Allison whereby profits on several tr ti were to be divided. ! "Now 1 know,' said the Minister, "that when the member for Rich- mond stood up in the House and read that agreement he knew that no such t existed. (Applause from she Sehverninent. laughter from the Opposition. "Not one dollar has been received or will be received in commission by the men mentioned by the member for Richmond, and yet he stands up and makes these abominable state- ments." The Speaker called General Hughes to order at this point for overstepping the bounds of parlia- unary; propriety, and the Minister took the word "abominable" back. Calls It All "Pifle." Russians Occupy Turkish The German Zeppelin L-15 after it had been recent raid on the Kentish coa below the waves. rt rt rn TREBIZOND IS CAPTURED Black_Sea Port. GARRISON GOT AWAY BUT IS BEING CLOSELY PRESSED BY VICTORS. The Russians Will Likely Threaten Isolation of, Turkish Armies Oper- ating Against British In Mesopo- (Special to the Whig.) Petrograd, April 19.--It is official- ly announced that Trebizond, the most important Turkish port on the Black Sea, has been captured by the Russians, . The Turkish garrison at Trebizond escaped capture when the city "was | occupied by the Russians under Gen- eral Indevitch, but is being closely pressed by the Slavs, The Turks are expected to make their first stand at the'crossing of a small stream emptying into the Black Sea, six miles west of Trebi- zond. Heavy fighting is expected at this point. ' The Grand - Duke, it is believed here, will now straighten his line by advaneing against Daiburt and then against Erzingan, the headquarters of the ninth Turkish Army, where desperate resistance is expected Since the Grand Duke's advance into Armenia began, the Russians have conquered nearly 20,000 square miles of Turkish territory, or about twice the area included in the whole of European Turkey the newspapers estimated to-day. It is generally predicted that Rus sians will now swing forward in a south-westerly movement that will threaten the isolation of the Turkish armies operating against the British in Mesopotamia. PPh PPeds + GERMAN SPIES MAPPING U, Savannah, Ga., April 19.-- % The United States military # 4 authorities have arrested three + Germans accused of esplonage + and mapping United States forts. * PPP PEPPER RRP E lb di bbdidob be Snub Count Bernstorff, Washington, April + S. FORTS + * + * * + > * * + +> + * { 19 --Count | commission |'Von Bermstorff, the German Ambas- | sador, called on Secretary Lansing late yesterday afternoon; and was! told by the Secretary of State that he! could not discuss the submarine is-| sue With him at this time, | "| ploits of Germany since war broke; out. "And now I come back after a six weeks' absence and what do I find] in Canada when I return? [1 find! two hundred of the ablest men in! Canada, members of Parliament, sit- | ting here listening to this piffie," and | he threw down his Hansard amid loud! cheers which lasted for several min-| utes. ! This concluded his speech. Sir Sam Still Minister. Sir Wilfrid Laurier said he had to express his regret that Sir Sam | had not gone into the sale of small arm ammunition. It had been charged in the press that rejected ammunition had been sold by private firms for a profit. { Gen. Hughes said he would be pleased to give Sir Wilfrid Laurier information on this matter at any time. : Sir Wilfrid asked if Sir Sam, who said he had passed his department over to the Prime Minister, was still] a member of the Government. { ; Robert Borden said Sir Sam! was still Minister of Militia. He (Sir Sam) in to devote all his time to the Royal Commission whose enquiry he intended should be full Gen. Tlughes recounted the eox- and complete, rought down st. rer i sm ee MORE TOWNS He Has Finally Called Germany To Account. BASEBALL. ON: TUESDAY. American League. Chicago, 7; St. Louis, 2. Washington, 4; Boston, 2. Detroit, 4; Cleveland, | New York, 4; Philadelphia, 2. = : f National League. Philadelphia, 4; Boston, 0. incinnati, 4; Pittsburg, 5. KING OF BELGIUM THANKS YOUNG LADY. Miss Josephine MacGillivray| Is Congratulated For Sacrifice. Pholo shows the Zeppelin just before she disappeared by British gunners during its WILL FALL In Mesopotamia To The Ris- | mand to stop the submarine | paign refers to that part of the sub- | marine campaign - A " sian Fmies. FAL OF TREBIZOND OCCURRED SOONER THAN WAS | EXPECTED. Speedy Loss of Erzinjan, Kharput| And Dairbekr Expected, With | Complete Isolation of the Turkish | Armies, London, April 19.--The news of | the fall of Trebizond which comes | much earlier than had been expeet- ed, because it was known that the Turks had divisions in the neighbor- | hood of the city, and, it was sup- posed, would make a stubborn de- fence, is believed here to have been largely due to the successful em- | ployment of the Russian fleet in | | assisting the land operations, i Since the dash of the cruiser Mi-| dulu (formerly the Breslau) nearly a | fortnight ago, the Turks, aware of | ithe inferiority of 'their Black Sea fleet to that of the Russians, have | not undertaken any serious naval | operations for the defence of Trebi- | zond. The Russien strategy aimed | at keeping all the Turkish forces | brought from Constantinople for the| defence of Trebizond fully occupied | over the widest front. = Thus, while the Russian armies were making | | successful advance in the Kara Dere | London, Ont., April 19 sephine MaoGillivray, Heights", --Miss Jo-| of "Bellevue! who so generously donated | her pet pony to the Belgian relief! fund and. which was disposed of | through the sale of tickets, has re- ceived a most interesting letter from the sécretary of the King of Belgium commending her noble sacrifice for his people. The letter.is as follows: March 20th, 1916. Secretary to the King and Queen: Miss: --I havé been instructed to] inform you that it has been most | agreeable to the king to read your charming letter, His Majesty congra- tulates you upon the sacrifice which you have imposed wupon yourself, with* such good grace, to soothe the misfortunes of our fellow-country- men, Your kindness'is one of the most touching of which the sovereign has acquainfance, and it is most gratefully that he thanks you for it. Accept, I beg of you, dear young lady, my respectful acknowledge- ment. . The Secretary, Burgenbeny. To Miss Josephine E. McGillivray. 7 LADY COLEBROOK, Wie wiih: 28. other ladieg of title signed up "for six months' service in munition plants. brook work od eight hours & day and received the region, and bringing up. reinforce- ments by land and sea, they also | kept the Turks busy by continuous] attacks to the southeast, in the re- gion of Erzingan and Baiburt. { The Turks made desperate resist-| ance in the Tchoruk region, knowing | that the Russian seizure of Rachmed, which is the junction of the roads| leading to Trebizond, Erzerum and Erzingan, would involve the isola- { tion of Trebizond and the Erzingan armies'and seal the faté of both. Military critics are of the opinion | that the Turks were given no time to recover. and 'make a stand om the Jambokas Dere River, five miles west of Kara Dere. | The fall of Trebizond will cause rejoicing in all the Allied countries, | as it is thought it will probably in- volve the speedy loss to the Turks | of Erlinjan, Kharput and Dairbekr, | and the fall of these towns would] completely isolate the Turkish ar-! mies in Mesopotamia. BAD WEATHER IS SLOWING OPERATIONS. | Infantry Movements Not De-| sirable In the Thick | Fog Now On. er] (Special to the Whig.) } Paris, April 19.--A French offi-| cial communique says: A violent! bombardment occurred last night| north of Verdun, in the region south | of Haudremont, the War Office stat- ed to-day, but bad weather is hinder- ing infantry operations. Heavy | rain storms occurred on the Verdun) front yesterday, and a thick fog over-| hang most of the western theatre of | war, making definite operations out! of the question. { On the west bank of the Meuse the| Germans contented themselves with dropping' shells at infrequent inter- vals 'on Hill 304 and the Deadman's Hill positions. KANE GETS FIFTEEN YEARS 33rd Private Sentenced For Killing Qriebec Restaurant Keeper. Quebec, April 19.--Pte. Jas. Kane, a member of the 33rd Battalion who 'was found guilty of manslaughter for killing a focal Greek restaurant- keeper last New Year's Day, was yes- terday sentenced to 15 years in peni- tentiary by Judge Pelletier. Before sentence was passed Kane asked the court for his liberty to go to the avindmom wage of about 48 conts a day.! ed | hoping for a speedy recovery. WILSON SENDS ULTIMATUM TO GERMAN GOVERNMENT That Its Submarine Campaign Must Stop Immediately or That Diplomatic Relations Will Be Severed By the United States. (Special to the Whig.) Washington, April 19.--President Wilson to-day served notice that Germany must stop her submarine campaign immediately or diplomatic relations will be severed. 3 The note to Germany has gone, These two facts became known to- day following a conference between President Wilson and 'members of the Senate and House Foreign Rela- tions Committees this morning. President Wilson has sent an ulti- matum to Germany calling upon her to stop her submarine warfare im- mediately if friendly, relations be- tween the two countries are to be maintained. The communication to Germany, held up for twenty-four hours until the President could make arrange- ments for addressing a joint session of Congress and for laying the plan of his action before the members of the Foreign Relations Committee, is now on its way. Presumably the United States' de- cam- which allows the sinking of ships without warning. It will be noted that this note is different from previous notes in that it is a virtual ultimatum that friend- ly relations will cease after one more offense by Germany or submarines. German Ambassador Von Bern- | storff had an appointment with See- retary of State Lansing at 11.40 o'clock this forenoon. It was pre- sumed Bernstorffl sought to make an eleventh hour effort to stave off the pending German-American develop- | ments, U. 8, Has No Choice, (Special to the Whig.) Washington, April 19 --'"Unless the Imperial German Government should now immediately declare in effect an abandonment of its present methods of warfare against passen- ger and freight-carrying vessels, this Government can have no choice but to sever diplomatic relations with the Government of the German Em- pire altogether." This declaration was made 'by President Wilson to Congress this afternoon as the climax of a mess- age in which he indicted in severest terms the German submarine cam- paign. This decision was arrived at, the President said, with keenest re- gret, President Grave and Earnest. The President was grave and ear- nest as he spoke. Congress and the galleries séarcely stirred until he MAJOR H. L. BODWELL IN CASUALTY LIST. Hels a Graduate of the Royal Military College, Kings~ ton. Ingersoll, April 19.--In the cas- ualty lists appears the name of Ma- jor, Howard Lionel Bodwell, a son of thre late Eliphilet Bodwell of Dere- ham township. Major Bodwell en- listed at Vancouver under Lieut.-Col. W. M. Davis, and spent about one mouth in Ingersoll last fall in the | interests of recruiting for his Battal- ion, the 2nd Pioneers. Major Bodwell was well and fav- orably known in Ingersoll, and holds the respect and admiration of a wide circle of friends, all of whom will be anxiously awaiting further news and No particulars are given as to the nature of the wounds or how received, and in this réspect some suspense is felt. Major Bodwell is a graduate of the Royal Military College, Kingston, | and had been employed at one time by the Chinese Government as an engineer in "railroad construction work, and had also been employed in a like capacity by the Transcon- tinental Railway. NOT YET DECIDED On the Alcoholic Contents of Beers To Be Sold Toronto, April 19.--The Govern- ment has not yet decided on the al; | coholic content of beers to be sold in the Provindy after prohibition goes into effect. This became apparen when the temperance bill was under discussion in the Legislature = after midnight. Hom. W. J. Hanna said there was still in clause left. This - was the clause respecting alcoholic conteht. It was charged that a sergeant at the Ontario Reformatory who expos- ed wrongdoing had been compelled to retire, while the actual wrong- doers _got off lightly. A joint session of the United States 'Congress was to be held at noon to-day when President Wilson will tell his decision regarding the Subimaring tawus. ¥.q Bound has There were sales of 1,510 boxes at 15%e to 15%e. ° finished. No applause interrupted. A full minute after the President ceased speaking, a brief storm of ap- plause broke, with the members on the floor and in the galleries partici- pating. A "rebel" yell, given when he entered the chamber, was not re" peated. At the height of the cheering the President stepped down from the Speaker's platform and departed from the Chamber. He entered his auto- mobile and was driven directly back to the White House. The President had made no re- quest of Congress. He had simply fulfilled a promise that he would ad- vise Congress in case he took action such as he reported to-day having taken. The Senators returned to their chamber, and the House resum- od consideration of its agricultural The President said: "One of latest and most shocking instances of this method of warfare was that of the destruction of. the French cross channel steamer Sussex. It must stand forth as the sinking of the steamer Lusitania did, as so singu- larly tragical and unjustifiable as to constitute a truly terrible example of inhumanity of submarine warfare as the commanders of German vess- els have for the past twelve months been conducting it. If this instance stood alone, some explanation, some disavowal by the German Govern- ment, some evidence of criminal mistake or wilful disobedience on the part of the commander . of the vessel that fired the torpédo might be sought or entertained, but . un- happily such instances are many. Disregarded Solemn Assurances "Again and again the Imperial German Government has given the Government its solemn assurances that at least passenger ships would not be thus dealt with and yet it has again and agajn permitted its undersea commanders to disregard those assurancs with entire impun- ity, V Great liners like the Lusitania and the Arabic and mere ferry boats like the Sussex have been attached without a moment's warning, some- times before they had even become aware that they were in presence of an armed vessel of the enemy and the lives of non-combatant passen- gers and crew have 'been sacrificed 'wholesale in a manner in which the Government of the United States cannot but regard as wanton and without the slightest color of justifi- cation. The ominous toll of Hves: has mounted into hundreds." Norwegian Steamer Sunk. (Special to the Wi .) Lisbon, April Po he Norwegian steamer Terje Viken, 3,679 tons, has beén sunk; crew perished. Navigation is open on all the great lakes now. DAILY MEMORANDUM See tap page 3, right hand corner, for Probabilities. AAA THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG Is on Sale at the Following City Stores: Bucknell's News Depot ..295 King St. Clarke J. . & Co. ....358 College Book Store oiler, Crocery Pid 2] ullen's @rocery, Cor. " Frontenac Hotel .. SC Ontari Gibson's Drug Store Sais Cimar Store, Cor. Bri all's r Store, Cor. McLeod's Grocery ....51 Uni Medley"s Drug Store, 250 Paul's Cigar Store .. . use's rug Store Southcott's Grocery Valleau's Grocery .. DIED. BURTCH---At Jones Falls, on April 16th, 1916, Jeanette, wife' of Charles 8. 'Burich, aged eighty-six years, two months, two days. ROBERT J REID The Leading Undertaker. n. & Kin