«18 TO BE HEARD BY LORD READ- ING. Ravk and File of Irish Rebels To Be Dealt With Leniently--Carson and Redmond Join in Appeal for Mercy (Special to the Whig). London, May 4.--S8ir Recor Case- ment will be brought to trial in Lon- don within a few days on the charge of high treason, with Baron Reading, Lord Chief Justice of England, pre- siding. Unless Sir Roger escapes the death sentence because he is found to be insane, he will be hanged with a silk- en rope, a "privilege" accorded con- demned members of the nobility by ancient custom. Other rebels are being disposed of by military court-martial. The rank and file of the Irish rebels will be dealt with leniently, it wag stated to- day. Sir Edward Carson, Ulster leader, and John Redmond, leader of the Irish Nationalists, have joined in an appeal to the Government for mercy. It is believed the majority of the Sinn Feiners will be given light sentences and that a few will be deported, A Dublin despatch to the Evening News to-day reported that in the Dub- lin hospitals alone the bodies of 188 victims 'of the seven days' rebellion have been counted. These include 66 soldiers and 122 rebels and civil fans. The Dublin morgues hold about 300 more bodies, some of them mangled beyond recognition. FRENCH CONSOLIDATE GAINS THEY MADE IN THE FIGHTING ON DEAD- MANS HILL. French Artillery Active on Whole Western Front -- A A Iso Backing Up British (Special to the Whig), Parth, May 4.--French troops last night extended and consolidated the gains they made in yesterday's fight- tng on Dead Man's Hill, north-west erdun, it was officiall - ced to-day. ¥ahnoun The French positions were im- proved while a violent bombardment | % Irish Believed That 60 Ger- man Subs Were Off the Coast. Dublin, May 4.--Each hour makes more clear the serious nature of the revolt. 1 have talked with several men who were prisoners of the re. bels. They say the rebels, beginning dast week, were wholly confident that Ireland was theirs. They de- clared English rule had ended for- ever, saying there were only 3,000 British troops in Ireland and that 50,000 Germans were landing at Tralee and 60 German submarines were in the Irish Sea to prevent any further English troops arriving. One proclamation issued on Monday night' read: "We are 'holding the enemy all along the line. Stand fast, Re- inforcements are coming. Long live the Irish republic." PRINCESS CHIMAY IN NEW ADVENTURE. Tries to Get Her Latest Fiancee in France Set ' Free. Paris, May 4.--Princess Caraman- Chimay, formerly Clara Ward, broke into the limelight yesterday with an- other adventure added to the string accumulated since she inherited the millions of her father, a multi-mil- lionaire Detroit, Mich., shipowner. By telegraph and other messages the Princess Chimay is frantically trying to obtain the release of her latest fiancee, Albino Chachabato, a 33-year-old orchestra director. Cha- chabato is under arrest at the Italian consulate at Chambery, France, for failing to respond to the Italian mo- bilization call. FEWER MARRIAGES IN ONTARIO LAST YEAR. Forty-nine Divorced Persons Were Wed in the Province. Toronto, May 4.--There were 739 fewer marriages in Ontario in 1915 than the year before, the figures be- ing 23,506 and 24,245. Nineteen divorced men and 30 divorced women were among the number in 1915. Fourteen of the divorced men mar- ried spinsters, two married widows, and three married divorced women. Twenty-one divorced women married bachelors, six married widowers, and three married 'divorced -men. The number of widowers who again mar- ried was 1,480,.while 1,078 widows were included in the total. Bhdbb dd bid b bbb dd bbb bd * A ZEPPELIN DESTROYED, +# -- + (8pecial to the Whig.) + London, May 4.--Zeppelin L % 20 was completely destroyed on + +» +» + > + +> * Tae ; Fouiwesiais 3 "Chuck us that bag o' be London Bystander. REFUSES 10 DISALLOW ACT The Ottawa Separate Schoo) Commission 'ead. IS FULLY SUSTAINED MUST STAND. Provincial Legislation Affecting Edu- cation Cannot Be Disallowed Un- less It Contravenes Section 93 of B. N. A. Act. THE PROF IONAL TOUCH. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAYS IT, 800 men employed in the C. P. R. the west coast of Norway. The # hbs, mate; it's under your SEER PTSPP REPL P REF R IPR + * + ASKS GOVERNMENT + * TO TAKE OVER GTP. # -- oo (Special to the Whig.) + Ottawa, May 4. -- Grand + # Trunk osalls upon the Govern- # + ment to take over the G. T. P. # #% as it can no longer finance the + eastern part of the road. + > &* * * ® Thdbddobiddd MOTHERS PROTESTING. Say Children Won't Go To Bed By New Time. Winnipeg, May 4.--After three experimenting with "Daylight Saving" time, over 1,200 of the 1, shops have voted to go back to stand- ard time. The company, which is anxious to please as many of its em- ployees as possible, has given its con- sent, and the old schedule has been resumed. The chief reason for the dissatis- WARM TRIBUTE PAID BIRRELL By John Redmond in the Bri- "tish House. BRRELL HOPES GOOD MAY RESULT FROM THE SMOK- ING RUINS OF DUBLIN He Tells the Commons That He Con- sidered It His Duty To Present Ireland In the Best Possible Light. London, May 4.--in the House of Commons yesterday afternoon, Mr. Birrell, Chief Secretary for Ireladd, who has resigned his Cabinet posi- tion candidly admitted that he had made an untrue estimate of the Sinn Fein movement and the possibility of disturbances such as had occur- red, especially as to the mode of war- fare that had been pursued and the desperate folly displayed by the lead- ers and their dupes. Therefore, at the moment he learned from General Sir John Maxwell that the rebellion had been quelled he placed his resig- nation in the hands of the prime minister, Souglt United Ireland. He wished to say that the error he had committed had not proceeded from any lack of thought, considera- tion or anxiety. From the outbreak of the war he took it to be only his duty to maintain unbroken and un- impaired, if possible, the position of Ireland as a whole to the common foe. In that hope and aim he had been gallantly assisted by Mr. Red- mond. He thought of nothing else, cared for nothing else, wished for nothing else. It had been said in the House, con- tinued the former secretary that Ire- land would be the bright spot in the empire in the country's hour of dire necessity, He was well aware of the difficulties of the situation and knew Ireland well enough to kngw that there was much which could' give cause for anxiety. He knew the diffi- culties were great and the ice would be thin, but he considered it his duty to run great risks to maintain Ire- land herself and especially in the face of Europe, a picture of broken unanimity within the boundaries of her soil. Sees Own Ambilion Riiftied. Mr. Birrell said that when he viewed the smoking ruins of Dublin and the ruins of his own ambitions, there was one sad hope in his heart that this was no Irish rebellion and that new bonds of union might be forged. He hoped that some meas- ure of good might come out of this Philadelphia Worker Sought For Windfall From Woman. New York, May 4.--A despatch to the Herald from Philadelphia says: As a result of a bit of gallantry. to a woman more than three years ago, Frank H. Canning, formerly of this city, and later of Clarksboro, N.J , is to receive $200,000 as soon as he can be located. He is supposed to be working in an eastern powder mill, and detectives are searching for him. Mrs. J. T. Elkins, of Detroit,widow of a wealthy ranch owner, died sev- eral weeks ago, leaving an estate of $400,000. Half of the money goes to Mr. Canning, the remainder to a charitable institution in Detroit. Mrs. Elkins was formerly Miss Irene Chad- ley of this city. i Miss Chadley was returning to her home on a trolley car late one night. | She was the only woman on the car, the other passengers being half a do- zen intoxicated men and Mr. Canning. Suddenly a fight started, and one of the men brushed against Miss Chad- ley and threatened her. Canning placed himself in front of the woman, and with the aid* of the conductor managed to overcome the rowdies. Miss Chadley was so upset that Mr. Canning called a cab and rode with her to her home in West Philadel- phia. : SCENE OF SOME REAL EXCITEMENT. Patriotic Gathering Broken Up by Young Soldier--Fired Three Shots. Brockville, May 4.--The lecture was proceeding, the audience was deeply interested, and Mons. G. Mar- sel Andre was giving his hearers a vivid description of conditions in France and Flanders as they exist to- day, when suddenly a young soldier of the 156th Battalion arose in the town hall at Athens and inquired of the lecturer what credentials he.pos- sessed.. The audience was breath- less and the lecturer somewhat per- turbed when the soldier resumed his seat, and to make the excitement real and more tense pulled out a revolver and fired three shots into the floor. That settled it. The audience lost no time in making for the exits, and in a few minutes the hall was clear- ed and the lecture of course did not proceed. "QPEN DOOR" OF CHINA MENACED BY TREATY. Japan And Russia Unite To Reverse United States Policy. Peking, May 4.--Russia and Jap- an have agreed upon a return the "closed door" for China. A new treaty has been negotiat- ed between Tokio and Petrograd by THAT WAR WON'T END BEFORE THE 31ST DAY OF DE- CEMBER, 1916. Peace Talk Strong in Berlin ~-- Ger- man People Féel That the War Ought to End By the Fall. (Spedial to the Whig). London, May 4.--Indicating a very strong belief ;that the war is begin- ning to draw to a close, Lloyds to- day posted new insurance rates, wagering only 1 to 3 that the war will not end before December 31st, 1916. For several weeks the rate of in- surance to guarantee against loss if the war ends by the end of the year {has been advancing-pteadily until it |is mow almost prohibitive. There has been much speculation as to whether the brokers have any substantial reason for their action. Peace Talk in Berlin. chal to the Whig). Berlin, April 28.--(By Mail).-- Though there is unquestionably = | strong undercurrent of peace talk in | Berlin at present, officials resent the intimation carried in a recent Wash- ington news despatch that Chancel- lor Von Betmann Holweg had asked Ambassador Gerard to cancel his vacation plans in order to transmit peace offers from Germany. | 'There is general feeling among all, {classes in Germany that the war ought to end by the fall. Some per- sons declare peace should be made | by November. The impression prevails here that lan belligerents would like to avoid |another winter campaign. Canadian Casualties. Killed in action--Frederick Ander- son, Mellville. Dangerously 1l1l--Reuben A. Ford, Smith's Falls. Wounded -- Joseph J. Llewellen, Cornwall. At Brockville, the daylight saving scheme received the unanimous en- dorsation of th e mem of the Re- tail Merchants oro, . tations will be made to the Government with a view to stop- ping unauthorized collections for pa- triotic purposes. Separated from her husband, Mrs. H. J. Crozier, 6 Pembroke street, To- ronto, committed suicide by inhaling illuminating gas. The Allies denied that thay had es- faction of the C. P. R. shopmen with the new time arrangement was the trouble it made in their domestic ar- rangements. In families in which great evil. The prime minister in making note of Mr. Birrell"s statement, said that without prejudicing the decision tablished a blockade of Gi -------- 'was going in the whole region west | of the Meuge, from Avocourt to Cum- | + eres. The War Office reported that | the German losses were heavy in yes- | & Ottawa, May 4.--The Minister of Justice yesterday afternoon tabled the papers relating to the petitions | received asking for the disallowance which the "open door' on the Chin- ese coast, so valiantly championed by the United States, is to be clos- | ed. majority of the crew perished. + The latest Zeppelin raid on the eastern coast of England and mn DAILY MEMORANDUM terday's fighting on the Deadman"s | + Hill sector, 4 On the east bank of the Meuse, | ¢ bombardments occurred around Vaux+> but there were no important infan- try clashes, East of St. Mihiel, south of Ver-| dun, French troops repulsed a strong enemy reconnaidance aimed at a Freneh post in Apremont Forest. French artillery not only is back- ing up the British. front in northern France, but is also active on that | portion of the line held by the Bel- glans, to-day's official statement re- vealed. During last night's fighting, French gunners destroyed a German works at the Grand Dune, along the Belgian sea coast, blowing up a Ger- man munitions depot. A KINGSTON WINDJAMMER "Js Loading a Cargo of Coal at Erie, Pa. "(Roecial to the Whig.) ' Erie, Pa., May 4.--Three "wind- jammers" came into Erie harbor yes- terday. They were old time sailing schooners under own canvas, pressed into service by sending so many of the lake ships to the ocean trade. Of the trio, the Ford River of , is loading 700 tons of coal, and the Arthur and Monatt of Port Hope will take 500 tons each of coal to Canada. 4 Given a Month To Enlist. the Whig.) London, May 4.-- The British com- pulsion bill passed its first reading, Youths of eighteen are given one month to enlist voluntarily. David Lloyd George, it is reported, will make a remarkably frank speech Saturday, that will. rival his "too late" oration of las! ber. ~N 2 Chronicle's the south-east coast of Scotland caused thirty-six casualties. One hundred bombs were drop- ped. WOULD HIT GERMANY HARD Russian General Talks of U. 8. En- © try Into War. London, May 4.--The London correspondent at the 4 the property. | ures for last half of April show thal headquarters of the Russian south- with General Brussiloff, the new commander-in-chief, who said 'that he regarded the possible entry of America into the war as of the great- est possible importance. i No blow, he said, would strike Germany more hard than the loss .of | the ships sheltered in American ports, but the chief effect would be a moral one; 'which it was impossible to over-estimate, and was bound to influence profoundly the trend of the War. Must Take Fortune, New York, May 4.--~Some persons are born rich, others acquire riches thrust upon them. To the last named class belongs Miss Edith H. Kitching, who must take a legacy of $194,860 left tid her by Ther uncle who died last Novem- ber. When first told of her legacy Miss Kitching saéd she would not accept | it because the money was "tainted" | and "coined from the life blood of | the people," but lawyers assert she must accept the riches, because no one has a right to abandon title to ENLISTMENT 318,038 { On the First of Mayy---Quebec Still Low. Ottawa, May 4.--Recruiting fig- in that period 9,080 men joined the colors. The enlistment by districts was: London, 796; Toronto, 1,863; Kingston, 790; Montreal, 833; Que- bec, 161; Maritime Provinces, 744; Manitoba and Saskatchewan, 2,318; British Columbia, 1,018, and rta 557. The total enlistments date are 318,938. nts; i ounce ment: nded 52 i THE WHIG CONTENTS, Page 1-<Will Not Disallow Aet; Silk Rote For Cajement; Warm e Paid. $--lAgree ment Possible unas, Sul e -Reitorial! Random It Mason's Rhy mes. Board of Works: Capt. KE. A. Booth Dead. h § nedn's Stationary Hospita THustrated. T Timely An- > The Forum. 8 Times; Military Matters; Theatrical. Queen's Stationary Hosphal Pictures. 1 ASlony time Tales: Menus:Dis- 1 eT AR amen oy's 2 2 12 Matters Rn of Sport. "7 SOCIALISTS ARRESTED. a, ern command had a conversation: of the legislation passed by the On- tario Legislature establishing the commission which has in charge the adurinistration of Separate schools in Ottawa. The papers show that definite ac- tion wag taken by thee Government on April 28th, the last day on which the legislation could have been dis- allowed. 'A report of the Privy Council dated April 28th, stated that: "The Minister (of Justice) re- commends that these statutes be left such operation as they have, and the committee concur in 'his recom- mendation." Refuses to Disallow. Thé foregoing constitutes the def- inite refusal of the Government to disallow the Ontario Act The return shows that the petition when received by the Government wag referred to the Ontario Govern- ment for a report in regard to the same. On April 4th, Premier W, H. Hearst sent to the Dominion Gov ernment a long statement, setting forth the attitude of the Ontario Government and its objections to dis- aMowance of the legislation. A num- ber of reasons were given, including the following: It is intra vires of the Ontario Legislature and 'has been so held by the courts. Regulation 17. 'Regulation 17 wag in force three years before the statutes appointing the commission was passed and would remain in force even if the statutes were disallowed. If it was intendéd to ask for dis- allowance the petition should have been presented at an earlier stage, before the commission was appoint- | ed and placed in charge. AProvincial legislation affecting education should not be disallowed unless it plainly contravenes section 93 of the B.N.A. Act, $2,000,000 For Pensions. New York, May 4.--Right Rev. William Lawrence, Bishop of Massa- chusetts, announced here that $2,- 000.000 ha been pledged toward the proposed /$5,000,000 pension fund for Episeopal clergymen. The cam- ign will~continue until March 1st. t is proposéd to pension all Episco- pal clérgymen who reach the age of sixty-eight years on a mimimum an- nuity of $600. Some 5,800 minis- {In a Riot were «five Wi Soule. Tajpydve. Were Special to the Whig). Berlin, "May 4 --Dr.. rl socialist ieader in the t other persons were riots in Berlin twenty-five | knecht, | tag, and in May 1st, when killed ters will be affected. King George" was present at the je in the Drury Lane or dF. R. Benson, the well- there are small children, mothers found it difficult to persuade the chil- dren to go to bed, even though the clock said "nine," when it was still broad daylight. Even when they brought parental authority to bear and forced the little ones to retire, the children found it impossible to get to sleep. The school regulations, however, require them to get up an hour earlier in the morning, and con- sequently the children were losing an hour's sleep a day, mattér of a good deal of importance to the health of a growing child. The mothers, it is said, brought arguments on the fa- thers, with the result that the time which might ultimately be taken, he was sure the House had heard Mr. Birrell not without emotion and sym- pathy and he assured Mr. Birrell that he possessed in a peculiar de- gree the affection of all his col- leagues. | Mr. Redmond said that the whole business in Ireland bad been to him a misery and a heartbreak. He paid warm tribute to Mr. Birrell He felt that he himself had incurred gome of the blame which Mr. Bir- caped the attention of the censor by reason of being sent by post instead of telegraph, indicate that Japan and Russia taking advantage of the tur- bulent situation brought about by the world war, are planning to set- tle the fate of China between them- selves. ELEVEN MILLIONS OUT. 'Mail orders from Tokio, Which es-| rell had laid at his own door. NAMED IN PLOT was changed. Not For Ontario. New York, May 4.--Seven hundred tons of Scotch whiskey, or 'exactly 24,892,000 highballs, at an ounce to the glass, arrived on the liner Tus- cany from Glasgow yesterday. It wag the largest single importation in history, Parliament decided to go on with the Hudson Bay Railway, putting through estimates for that purpose. amination---No Use to Unless the Scope {Special to the Whig). Toronto, May 4.--There was a sud- dent crisis at the Shell enquiry just 'béfore noon. E. F. B. Johnston, counsel for the Opposition, refused to continue the cross-examination of Brigadier-General Bertram, chairman of the defunct Shell Committee, when the commissioners ruled that ques- tions relative to other than the four contracts being investigated were not in the scope of the enquiry. Sir William Meredith advises that representations be made to parila- ment to extend the scope of the en- quiry. Bertram bas left the witness box. perforn tre, and ger. x jo After hearing Chairman Mere- directions and imitations as Mentioned. New York, May 4.--John Devoy, To Blow Up Welland----John Devoy editor of the Gaelic-American, and John T. Ryan, a Buffalo attorney, were mentioned In superseding indict- ments handed down. here yesterday |, "By the Federal Grand Jury which in- vestigated the alleged Germas plot | War Office Had to Pay Million More Than An Clark: Ottawa, May 4.--The er "sur-{& | plus" of $41,360,184, which has been one of the star exhibits of Col. Car- negie, General Bertram, General Hughes and other defenders of the old Shell Committee, as showing how much the committee as "contrae- tors" under Gen. Hughes for the War Office saved, comtpired with prices which the War Office authoriz- ed them to pay, got badly pungtured yesterday. to blow up the Welland Canal. The men ed t spiracy. PARLIAMENT T0 BE ASKED 70 WIDEN SCOPE OF ENQUIRY EF. B. Johnston, K.C., Refuses to Continue Cross-Ex- Proceed, He Declares, of the Enquiry is Enlarged. to what questions General Bertram and how "I resent this. not here." 4 Then followed more said he had 'intended calll Alison, Yoakum, Siz. Sam and many Wer prominent nesses after Gen. Bertram through. ere not indicted, but are alleg- have had cognizance of the con- he could ask they should be asked, Mr. Johnston said: If I am to be as polite as all this, T might just as well argument among the lawyers. Mr. Hellmuth a wit- was Mr. Johnson said it was no" use unless the scope of enquiry was widened, and it was finally decided hat 'Parliament would be asked for is. 3 In the meantime the Commission went on with the examination of a minor witness, Mr. : legal advisor for the Shell Com- mittee. Tr tice Duff, by performing a simple question in arithmetic, showed on one order for howitzer shells the statistician who made up the figures of "savings" was just eleven million dollars out. contract in question for ten millions less than the War Office authorized, as the "surplus" memorandum made out, the contract had been let for one million dollars more than the War Office authorized. "We had better have this statistician here to explain," comimented Sir William { Meredith. CHILDREN FIND $300,000. In Bills Beneath An Old Palace In Mexico. Mexico City, May 4.--The sum of $500,000 in $100 bills recently was found by two children, Raefael and Antegones Campos, inmates of the government refuge, which occupies a building formerly used as a legis- lative palace, and built by a New York contractor. The money was discovered in an old boiler underneath the palace. The children gave it to the director of the home, who gave them $100 as a reward. Later they showed the $100 to Maria Ruiz, whom they were visiting. : Mme. Rutz informed the authorit- fes and then strangely d Secret Service agents are nd out whete She money came. and who = the fortune has not been determin- ed. to from ------------------ Orde, who was| cer In the first place, Hon. Mr. Jus-| Instead of letting the|BOOTH See top page 3, right band corner, for probabilities. Don't forget rummage sale, Thurs. day afterfioon and Friday at Island Market. Rummage sale, cohner Wellington and Clarence, Fri- day, 3 to 8 pam. uy, Es en THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG Is on Sale ot the Following City tores : Bucknell's News Depot . e. J. W. & Co. . 359 lens Grocery, rontenac Hote ces Gibson's Drug Store . McAuley's Book Store MeGall's Cigar. Store, Co McLeod's Grocery ....0 st . Medley"s Drug Store, 2350 ndversity OTO ++ vase a cost Paul's Cigar Prouse"s Drug Store ....313 Southcott's Grocery .....«. u Valleau's Grocery ........308 Montreal MARRIED PAOLI-MURPHY---On May 15th, 1915, at St. Mary's Cathedral, by the Rev. Father Hanley, Mary Loretta Mur. phy, of this city, to Ambrose Aloysius Paoli, B.A. Charlotte- town, PEI 4 ~{In Kingston, on May 3rd, 1416, Captain E. A. Booth, aged 78 years. Funeral (private) from his late resi- dence, 172 Alfred street, on Friday at 2 p.m Please omit flowers. JARV n 18-1 on, on May 3rd, 1916, Elizabet t Jarvis, aged sixty- three years-and four months. Funeral (private) from her late resi- dence, 38 York Set Friday af- Jernoon at 2.30, to Cataraqul ceme- ery The disposition of | Golden Lion Block,