women have rive hl From | the United States and Germany are to the open ocean from all Atlantic TISH fall into the hands of the United States or the Allies would be to pre- pare small bombs which could be fired by electrical contact at any given moment, and so placed as to destroy essential parts of the ma-| {chinery. Another captain disagreed with this suggestion because, as he said, he felt anything in the nature of an explosion should bé avoided, first, 3 . * . - {because it would be very hard to |nterned Liners m United simuiace a natural explosion in such . a way, and, second, because it might ; {be just as well not to run the risk of . {calling attention to what had been oo ---- 4 | done until concealment was no long- THE PLANS SUGGESTED rundaum sand and a few turns of certain parts of the machinery ? . lin the engine rooms, together SHOULD A DIPLOMATIC BREAK | with the dropping overboard of TAKE PLACE. & number of bags of coarse carbo- er possible. {some portions of this machinery, ---- | wonld be just as effective and make Secret Conference in New York To (the plot far less liable to discovery Discuss Methods For Putting "Teu. | Until such time as the ships were uc. in > tually about to be taken over and an tonic Ships Out of Bu : attempt made to put them into ser- Providence, RI, May 3.--The vice. Journal says: {| One of the German consular oa |olals suggested that the better plan It diplomatic relations between | might be to attempt a concerted dash severed in the near future the repre-! ports after first placing on board | sentatives of the German and Aus- some fairly heavy armament, which | tro-Hungarian Governments in this | With proper use might create tre-| country are determined that neither mendous consternation in translat- the United States nor the Allies shall | lantic traffic even if only a "small benefit in the slightest degree by the | Dumber of the boats got by the pa- accident of fortune that has kept | trol many of the finest liners of the] Three or four of the officers of the Hamburg-American Line, the North |various ships at once declared that German Lloyd and the Austro-Amer- [this scheme was impracticable, and icana Steamship Company tied up in would only meet with disaster if car- American ports. {ried out. 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Fresh from the looms in Switzerland, in very choice designs, | 50¢, 75¢ and $1.00, New Hats _ . Pearl and Steel Grey, Blue and Black. These are in new spring shapes in soft felt. Spring Coats and Spring Suits in our mafghless styles. Fair prices and good { lance of the American authorities, it would be utterly impossible | will result in the simultaneous de-| make any speed' such as { mania Club on Central Park South, | New York, at which there were pres- | Consul General's office in New York There is a plot on foot which, if 80 far as to say that the physical This man declared that the use ol' {be the guest of . the main stop valves twisted into knots. : . The conference adjourned alter about ome and one-half hours' dis- cusion, to meet again later on, but before breaking up it was decided unanimously that some scheme should be devised which would abso- lutely destroy the usefulness of all the Teutonic vessels in American ports for a long time to come, pro- vided the United States and Germany cease to maintain friendly relations. un ' T'wilight "00000 Mrs. E. F. Torrance the retiring secretary of the Ladies' Musical Chub entertained the members of the ex- ecutive at her home on Monday evening. » » » Mrs, N. P. Wheeler, Ottawa, who is at "The Avonmore," will leave on Friday for Toronte, where.she will Miss Florence Curry. * - . Mrs. W. A. Bellhouse, Earl street, entertained informally at tea this af- ternoon for Miss Marguerite Bell® house. : * " + Mrs, T. D. R. Hemming, King street entertained at tea on Satur- day for Miss Margaret Hemming. - - * -. . not frustrated by extraordinary vigi- {condition of the ships was such that | to] raiders | struction of certain portions of the [would require in order tp be effec-| engine room machinery of these |tive, and that before the ships could | ships, which will make it impossible | be brought to the proper condition to put them into commission without | for such purpose they would have to many months of hard work. {be completely overhauled, both inter- Last Wednesday afternoon there nally and externally. Most of the wa a secret conference at the Ger- |other captains agreed with this view | and said that the ships were praet)-| cally making steam now only by having their engines turned over by hand, and that disuse and the im- possibility of proper care under present conditions were disastrous. On the Bulow, with a tonnage of | 8,965 tons, all the fire bars in the af-| ter group of boilers were thrown | (overboard. The slide valves were | taken out of the main engine and the | starting engines were taken away | bodily. The flanges of the cylinders | were destroyed. On the other ships the destruction was varied and thorough. The | document read at the conferénce! showed that the starting gear of the! engines had been smashed, pistons of cylinders removed, thrust blocks of main engines abstracted, connecting pieces uniting main steam pipes from boilers to main engines broken off, steering engines taken down, | rods of bilge and feed pun¥ps smash- | ed with sledge hammers, main stop | valve chests smashed, steam passages | of auxiliary starting valves broken, | eccentric sheaves wrecked, cross heads of fan engines broken, cross-| heads of valve gears thrown over-| board, ir pumps smashed, and hun-! dreds of feet of connection piping of ent representatives of the German and of the German Embassy, and in addition at least seven captains of German and Austrian liners which are now tied up in the Hudson river. The purpose of this conference was to decide on the best method of put- ting all the self-interned ships own- ed by the Teutonic allies' steamship corporations out of business imme- diately after the giving out of an or- der from the various. German and Austrian consulates ih every port in the United States where such ships are being held. The discussion was a very frank one, and the Journal's information comes from a person who was pres- ent during most of the period of this conference. Every person pres- ent agreed that a break was immi- nent, and they all appeared to he equally positive that a rupture of friendly relations would mean war within a very short time afterward. The captain of one of the largest of the German ships in New York har bor suggested that the best and most practical method of making it certain that the vessels would eye, Ar A AA PA LA Pt tA A AA tN Pa AAA rN Mrs, L, W. Mulloy, Bagot street, is spending the week at Simcoe with her husband, Lieut.-Col Mulloy, who Is delivering recruiting addresses in that distriet. Mrs. John Laidlaw and the Misses| Laidlaw, Vancouver, will be guests of Mrs, D. G. Laidlaw, street, about the middle of May. The members of the Canadian Club of New York are giving a dance to-night ih the Hotel Biltmore in aid of the Motor Ambulance Fund. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Connaught is honorary patroness. Mrs, N. C. Polson, Miss Jessie Polson and Miss Una Polson, Univer- sity avenue, who have been spending the winter in California returned home yesterday. / * . * Dr. and Mrs. A, P. Lothrop, Union street west, left this week to spend | a month in Leaminster, Mass. Misses Macpherson 'who have been at weeks returned to Ottawa on Mon-| part Ww { day. Mrs. John Carson is en pension at "The Avonmore." Mrs. J G.. Wright, Rockwood Apartments, who is visiting friends in Syracuse, N.Y., will return home at the end of the week. Mrs. Austin Gillies has cottage at Whitby, near Eng., to 'be near Major Gillie 3 staticned there. Mrs W to visit Mrs. A, lL. ville, Mrs. A. who W. Winnett and Master at a a TT EY NINA AN Nf of Healthy Kidneys. In its circulation through the left in the bl body the blood not only carries nutri- tion to the cells and tissues, but also collects the waste material resulting from the breaking down of cells and tissues, the ashes left by the fire of life. ' In due course the blood passes through the kidneys to be purified of these poisonous impurities, and these filtering organs extract cach day about 50 ounces of liquids and 2 ounces of solids, 500 grains of urea and 10 grains of uric acid, the mater- . ial which is found in rheumatic joints. Pains severe headac matism are ti dening of t blood heart's action, I in ticipated unless We like to ti Liver Pills as p their timely use these dreaded di cines for kidney action of liver kidneys, and the systems. There is no the kidneys can the blood clean Sudden changes of temperature throw a great strain on the kidneys, but it is overeating and drinking that are the usual cause of trouble. In a vain effort to remove the excess of waste matter the kidneys break down, urie acid and other poisons are 'One pill & dose, 25 cents a "1 Sues Do wot be talked 'into accepting a substitvée, is-therefore the How the Blood Is Purified By the Searching and Painstaking Work tem is poisoned by impure blood. pressure, weakening of the ing of the whole filtering and excretory use of Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills. and much sought for at this time of year, when everybody feels the need of a medi: cine to cleanse from the system the accumu- lation of poisonous matter. box, all dealers, or Edmanson, Bates & Co., Limited, Toronto. od and the whole sys- the back and limbs, hes, lumbago and rheu- 1c natural result. Har- he arteries, excessive Sright's disemse msy be an prompt action is taken. ink of Dr. Chase's Kidneyv- reventive treatment, for hy you can readily prevent all Unlike other medi 7. troubles, they awaken the and bowéls as well 'as the reby effect a prompt cleans. sorders. way by which the action of be so quickly aroused and sed of impurities as by the It greatest of blood: purifiers fin » a | taken a; London, P. Peters left on Monday Mooney in Belle-| | Watertown. { | ardson who is also with | Ginnis wil] remain for another week. . (of Mrs. W. 8 Ellis, Albert street. {son are en pension at | a short visit with their si | Toronto for this week. i | street, was hostess at the Bridge Club jf on Tuesday evening. {land from New York yesterday to be {near 'her husband, Capt. Little, who DAY, MAY 3, 1016 NEW SPRING SUITS . 12 only smart Serge, Gabardine and Poplin Suits--the very . newest spring styles--priced up to $35.00 To-morrow $16.95 8 only Taffeta and Serge New York Combination Suits--exelusive nov- elties--priced up to $35.00 ..... To-morrow $35.00 CREAM SUITING SERGE The season's noveltv--120 vards pure wool inches wide, at to 2 3 x 88 vards, full 44 inches wide, worth $1.50 to $1.75 . BLACK TAFFETA SILK 160 yards jet black C. J. Bonnet's Chiffon Taffeta dve--full 36 inches wide--special value at $1.50 Bradford day's price worth $1.25 a vard Serge, full 40 To-morrow 75¢ ... To-morrow $1.00 ! ky Silk---real French To-morrow $1.19 BLACK DUCHESSE SILK ¢ } 180 vards real French Duchesse--avill not pull or slip--a beautiful lus- trous finish--full 36 inches wide; regular $1.35 a vard . To-morrow 98c *The Avonmore for the past two| ~~" anmanname= innett who have been London, Ont, are sailing from New York on Saturday to join Capt. Win- nett, in| i x a * * Profescor and Mrs. G A Stone | Lave taken Mrs. R. J. MacDowall's | house on Wellington street for the | summer | Jack Hamilton, Earl street tarred from Ottawa on Saturday Mr and Mrs. J. M. Hughes, vas} in Philipsburg, Que., returned | avenue, have returned Teo nis versity Miss May Ford, Arch has been visiting Mrs, T. nis in Philipsburg, Que. home on Tuesday Mrs. H street, win G. MeGin- returned W. Rich- Mrs. Me- * * Mrs. Pyirom, Ottawa, is the guest Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Hart and their Mrs. Brooks', Earl street Miss and Miss Kathleen Conn have returned to Ottawa after ster, Mrs Jessie Langley, at the "Belvidere Mr. and Mrs. Clarke Taylor mo- tored from Gananoque and spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Livingston. Miss Florrie Stewart is leaving for Toranto about the middle of May, where she will enter the Wellesley Hospital as nurse-in-training. Wallace Mackay, who has been spending the past two weeks with his parents in Pembroke, has returned to resume his studies at Queen's, 2 . Bessie Sanderson, Miss Barrie Mrs. C. W. Belton left on Saturday for Ottawa, where she and Lieut - Col. Belton have taken a house in Carling street. . Miss Isabelle Waldron, King street, is visiting Miss Isobel Macausland in Miss Hilda Hague was hostess at a small tea on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. W. J. B. White, University avenue, entertained at a children's party oh Tuesday in honor of Miss Vivian White. Miss Freda' Burns, Frontenac street, who is visiting her sister, Mrs. R. H. Patridge, Toronto, is expected home at the end of the week! Mrs. Thomas Little sailed for Eng- is with the Queen's Stationary Hos- pital. Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Best and their family have moved to their new home on Albert street. Herbert Baggett was in town from Toronto for the week-end, * » - » Mrs. J. L. Gurd, who is visiting her. sister, Mrs. J. C. Smith, Johnson street, will return to Montreal at the end of the week. Misses Browne, Barrie street, will return to town about May 15th, af- ter spending several months in Lon- don. Rev. W. T. Wilkins, Trenton, is spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. James Craig, Earl street, =~ Roy Campbell has returned from Ottawa to resume his studies at Queen's University. < (Continued on page 10.) Thirty-one German aeroplanes were brought down by French ma- chines during April, while in the same month six i machines were beaten in combats and fell be- hind the German lines. Cheese sales: Gouparneur, N.Y. Utica, of will leave Athens in the next day or so for Berlin by way of Sofia, ROLLED BACON GREEN BACKS Davies' Tea Now Selling at 33c¢ Pound The Wm.Davies Co.Ltd. Phone597 -------- |Spring Millinery Showing Now On {Of New Millinery and Im-. ported and Domestic Novel- 'ties. We aim to please and invite all ladies to examine our stock before ordering. BUTLER AND GRAHAM, Phone 1267. 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