FECT AAA DOr leroy | 90 PAGES EE ---- YEAR 83--NO. 107 be ly British » ; . * Whi 0 PAGES 5-12 -- JK INGSTON, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, MAY 6. 1916 LAST EDITION ONE STROKE GAINS BACK All Ground French Lost Two Months. GERMANS SACRIFICED THOUSANDS TO WIN WHAT THEY NOW LOSE. Enemy, Completely Taken by Sur. prise, Was Thrown Back in Disor- Suffered Exceptionally Heavy Losses, Paris, May 6 The French suc- on the left bank of the Meuse huve been of greater importance than indicated by first reports, according to a semi-official statement issued. The French troops, by a skilfully pre- pared and brilliantly executed opera- tioh, have thrown back the Germans on the north-west side of Dead Man's Hill beyond the line held at the begin- ning of March The enemy has thus lost by a single stroke his gains pain- fully made by two months of continu- costly attacks Dead Man's Hill has twin summits, known respectively as Hills No. 265 and 295 On the first of these the Germans had effected a footing, but now have been completely cleared from Hill No. 265 The Germans, surprised by the suddenness of the Krench attack, were thrown back in disorder and suf tered exceptionally heavy losses, par- ticularly from the preliminary bom bardment The large number of Liermans killed explains why few prisoners were taken, ALLIES CAN SMASH ANY DRIVE OF HUNS. French Losses Have Not Im- paired Powers of Of- ferisive. 'der and ous 50 Paris, May 6 General de la Croix, former president of the war council, writes: "Our losses have not impaired our powers of offensive 1 do not believe the Germans can the same "We can expect a gradual decline in their strength, which to-day con- sists largely of their quick-firing heavy guns and machine guns. 1 have positive information, however, that their batteries have suffered greatly from our gunfire I do not pretend that our guns have not suf- fered, hut we can alwavs replace them _-- I'he German be delivered." SAY now smash wherever lies can five, any may ff t off i Fd ddd deed odode de desde deod ple de de Lo REFUSES TO ENLARGE SCOPE OF ENQUIRY. & In the vesterday # Borden re- + scope of the under by Mr every lati- allowed in the investigating all con- + fuses in the present + * Mtawa House of atternoon May Commons Premier fused to enlarge the enquiry now wus moved for veli, saying that tude would be matter tracts probe + -* oo + fuse + as way, Car- » - of for + p * Cedi bbl bbb ob bb ded ob FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE, Embargo Placed on Animals, Hay, Ete, From Illinois to Canada. LDitawd, May 6.---Qwing to an out- break of foot and-mouth disease in the State of Hlinois, which has been reported to Ottawa from Washing- ton, the Department of Agriculture has~imposed an embargo on all ani mals," hay, straw, fodder, ete., com ing from Illinois into Canada. The embargo will be maintained until the American authorities have suc- ceeded In stamping out the disease Byng to Succeed Alderson ? (Special to the Whig) Toronto, May 6.--The Globe has a report that Lieut.-Gen. Alderson commanding the Canadians, will be succeeded by Major-Gen.- Sir Julian Byng and that Sir Sam Hughes will also get a high command. INN ANA AP AAAS i THE WHIG CONTENTS. Page Hlustrated Section 3 the Front ngston and enes from Nap-: Twiligh Editorial; Walt M Colonel How R Timely The Forum Matters: t Movement; Production ilight; Activit Tw i: Sleepy time long Gasoline Buying Antes: rid i ~Many Military Matters; the World of Sport Ae se---- Lanadians, i b BRAZIL INFLAMED BY GERMAN PIRACY. Government Notifies Kaiser's Legation of Urgent Inquiry | Into Sinking of Rio Branco. Rio Janeiro, May 6.--The Brazil-| lan Government has notified the Ger- man Legation that it has ordered an | urgent inquiry into the sinking of the Brazilian steamship Rio Branco | in order to be able to agt with cer-! tainty for the defence of its neutral rights Official announce telegrams that the Rio Branco was torpedoed The newspapers are greatly aroused and unanimously de- mand energetic intervention by the Brazilian Government Yesterday the Jornal do Commer- | cio advocated co-operation with the! United States to oppose submarine warfare as it bas been carried on Its lead is followed by the other newspapers, which are strong in their denunciation, The Correio de Manha says: "Germany considers herself in state of war with the entire world." The Gazeta dé Noticias says that | Bmperor William's general staff has declared war on humanity. It adds 'To combat infamous Prus- sianism is the duty of every nation." O Paiz says "Brazil sees in this world 'war no place for neutrals Whoever remains neutral will be vanquished Germany deserves no longer from our Government the consideration which bas been shown it against the general sentiment the country All Brazil looks President Braz, confident that will measure up to the destinies Brazil." received here a | of to he 0 of Sepdeobdedobdoded db 4 dobobdded dein d dodod ob > + THE Y WAY. * + Par May 6.7 campaign was begun yesterday Mo induce the French Government to pre serve the present battle line un- touched and to appoint soldiers take charge of it war, and thus enable t« see the entrenched as it appears Ebb hdd 3 + to after the * sts to % exactly uri * line Ea to-day > > fede clesdodeooodeob ole ode dood eof doses cdodooodo ob eid a CHANGE IN CANADIAN Gen. Alderson Likely To As- sume a New Important Position. Ottawa, May 6 It was rumored at Ottawa that-a big shake-up in the Canadian forces in France will made shortly, It is said that Gen Alder who from the outbreak of the war has been in command of the im } be ou, LO assume a new portant position I'he Canadian-force SisL of four divisions will soon con in the field, and | it is possible a Canadian General will be placed in command of the four di- visions. . General Turner, V. C., who overed himself with glory at Lange marck and ju later battles tioned General David W fs intimated, will command fourth division Nothing offic and Sir Robert Borden and Major General Hughes refuses to talk the sgbject for publication. BIG HARD COAL STRIKE AVERTED BY AGREEMENT Men Get Higher Pay, Shorter Hours, and Virtual Union Recognition. men on, it the new ial can be obtained, Pottsvillé, Pa., thraeite coal threaten®d to 176,000 May 6 The en contoversy which cause a strike of the mine' workers in the hard coal region came to an end through the ratification by the miners' con- vention of the agreement recently reached between the scale committee of Operators and miners at New York The delegates accepted the new scale, involving increa sed wages, shorter hours and virtual recognition of the union, by a vote of 581 to 206 The agreement takes the place of the one that expired on March 31st It will be retroactive to that date, and will continue for four years obelsfededeododeode dee de dodo dood ede odoode deseo oe WAR BULLETINS, The eyewitness story tells of great work by Canadians in driving the enemy back. * 4 > +> + An Austrian torpedo boat was sunk in the: Adriatic by a French submarine, The Russians are making steady progress in the Caucasus The British freighter Clan Mefaydyen beat® off two sub marines in the Bay of Biscay. FRRdd pbb bb db bbb bbb bbb db ddl BRP P RRL rrr rrr reer dd BRP dd Cabinet Resignation Withdrawn. Sydney, N.S.W., May 6,--The Min- istry of Wew South Wales has de- cided to withdraw its resignation Which had been presented to the La- bor party. An agreement has been reached whereby the question of the olition ef the upper house of Par- ament will be, submitted to a refer- endum. tual Prussian Losses Exceed 2,500,000, London, May 6.--The Copenhagen rrespondent of the Daily Telegraph Says that the latest German official announcement of the Prussian loss- 8 brings the total of these losses to | 2,537,124, These do not include the Bavarian Saxon or Wurttemburg losses, | om igainst the | point | SCULPTOR MAKES NEW FACES FOR DISFIGURED SOL-| Lieut. Derwent Wood makes wonderful face masks them to \ stores their original was badly indured at the Dardanelles a pew eye, eyelashes and lids, COL. HUGHES SOUNDS CALL : for Recruits For the 146th +... Battalion. CAN HARDLY BELIEVE COMMANDS AT FRONT. THAT THERE ARE STILL: MANY from Fort YOUNG MEN { In Canada Who Are Not Doing Their) "Bit"--Kingston Has Done Won- But Can Do More. | It rather a coin hieut.-Col ing the 'anadian Battalion in the tr ) 1 vrite a to Lieut ing the tains, been le that command | now! le tter| command is idence /: 8. Hughes, that cor more than anyth that * written; a i for young 1 | ol | 1 { to enl In giving Low passed ed that up 200 more men 146th to gtrength camp could be Battalion form which the 59th und Dawson the fir 14th Regime leading mer the of K Huns We are ba 1 well-earned rest ing 1 dence, wh to catcl wl n we are is congratulate the me to pointment to 146th Batt You know how pride took lion to the in m in which the gles h W Veen eng terloo, Inke hundreds of struggles; though a century HOW passed since Waterloo 1ght and sixty vea have elapsed since the Crimea batt with pride vet these grea a 'preliminary 1 to ar of big battles foug thi The Germans Verdun since the Allies comm ged rmat others reat was et ind Were work, wie nt {to th © t fight the witr at during hi lost more February 14th inded at Waterloo Ve mei Previous Wars Mere Pigmies. | "With a battle thé North to west, and from the sian=CGulf on the e of aH the have been line extending from! Switzerland on the fakic to the Per to say nothing numerous conflicts that waged and won in other parts of the globe, compared with this all previous wars have, been mere pigmies "Germany rapidly last colony, East Africa; she is driven from the and is daily being crowded upon from all sides. Theré never has been a war in which Brit ain engaged, in which her justifica tion for war was so clearly defined and outstanding "It is now eighteen mon the 21st Battalion mobiliz night we will have been seven full months, in France It has been a very strenuous seven months, but the boys of the 21st Battalion have from the outset clearly demonstrated their ability to dominate the situation each time they lace the enemy in the line, and within the past ten days they have -emphasized their ability, when they were able to come to close grips with the Bosches. They are truly wonderful, 'and what I 3a y about our boys I feel sure applies to most of the Canadians over here. "We are much better supported by artillery than were our comrades of the 1st Division, who fought so no- bly against great odds through the first half of the year 1915 "One realizes, after being in-the game, what those brave lads must have suffered, and what it meant to Sea losing her is seas, ths since , and to- For disfig | Order-in-Gouncil Has I passed hem to stand up to those terrible batterings they received from the (Continued on Page 5.) 9. RAL well-known edd appearance and seulptor, soldiers, and I'he nan shown 1s being fitted with 10 PLACE ROSEDALE IN ut Ie THE PRANS-ATLANT HIS SEASON WORK Fifteen Canada Steamship Lines Vessels Naw Have Been Transfer- red From Lake to Ocean Service, made at Canada the enrent the Steanwship this inland n the ocean In that stiil an taken off the lakes WOrkK., transferred eration o1 ibl Atlantic e Rosedale now with on her a ful] expected to.ar Monday next wddition of these two boats to € it fleet of the com- Will bring the numerical up to fifteen. steamers, W ar broke out and the demand fer orean Yonng a8 a con- sequence, the pffic s of the line saw the great lvantages 'to be obtain- i of some their sea, and at ason eigh is William amd Montreal way car she is ¢ on The th ocean piny trength n ge came of lifferent 1 ut to sea ad (lenellah, ie ' A an JAqies pl! vaboard 1 ind ( Indian Kenora, aced | wde, instry an e west ade, and thers, the N 1cona 1 on the eastery ! trade Mie rem have 1 | Mid foundered an ink ndered, On Imipress of Im elled { which never los e Dunelm 1 il thefe any foundered with NOW on the money have done Jf r: in official of the beats on 1h higher Canada Steam fa trade carrying freight summer SEYMOUR COMPANIES PASS TO THE HYDRO. Been Passed Transferring Con- trol to Commission. May § Hon. Howard G. minister of lands, forests innounced yesterday that order-in-council: has just been authorizing the transfer of control and operation df the Seymour Company's interests in the Trent Val ley district, to the Hydro' commis sion On the cloging day of the last session of the Ontario Legislature a bill was passed providing for the pur- chase of the chain of power plants owned and operated by the Seymour Company : The interests comprise twenty-two companies and were purchased for $8.350,000 Toronto, Ferguson and mines an A NEWSPAPER POLL : ON GERMAN REPLY. Shows That Many'U. S. Edi- tors Do Not Approve ori Whig) ~A poll of 132 representatives of American newspa- pers compiled here to-day by the New York Times from editorial com ment reveals that 74 disapprove of the reply of Germany to President Wilso submarine note, 28 ap- prove, and 30 are non-committal. In the Times poll the eastérn por- tion of the south is a trifle more hes, tile to the reply than any other Sec- tion, The Sun's deduction from the edi- torial comment of the nation is that most of thé papers, deem the Presi- degt's demands "substantially met." New York, M ay b ON NES SL WL OT BE : rE ------ { From FORCED ERENCH TO EVACUATE SOME TRENCHES ™ i The German Advance at Other Points | Checked--The Battle 1 Hill 304 | is' Still Proceeding. International Law and | Humanity. | : | Berlin, May 6° (via Loudon), -- See-- = | The, German answer to the American the French on Slope =:,:zec ote win ett' tn the Proposed Three-An- A | Germany's submarine warfare has I: been published here and the news-! . : of Hill 304. papers generally refrain from an at gled Diplomatic Game. -------- { tempt to anticipate its contents r ---- { lo forecast the consequences which | yay follow. The Lokal Anzeiger,! - noweyer, prints the following signi-{ icant éomment S---- "Judging by what we have been | able to learn concerning the spirit of oes : ; the German answer to America, we OVER REPORTS THAT :VILSO0N cherish the expectation that the WILL LIKELY ACCEPT. sense of justice of the American peo- a 5 ple which was emphasized in the' The German Reply Regarding Sub- American note will into its marine Warfare--A Demonstra- own tion In London to Commemorate Sinking of the Lusitania, coms Ihe concessions many in this conned the dighity of mands, solely born { ousness of German man successes and made by Ger tion is*naturally, I empire ut of the consci- strength, QGer- the justice of our (Special to the Whig Paris, May 6 French troops have been forced part their trenche northern slope of Hill 504, the French delensive northwest of Verdun, violent Ger man att; 1 admitted (Special to the Whig) London,May 6 Washington press despatches, reporting that President Wilson probably will accept in sub- stance the German reply, brought dis- appointment to the London press to- day. The English newspapers expressed concern, too, over Germany's attempt to embroil Great Britain and America by making concessions conditional gn a change in the British methods of warfare They unite in the declaration that the British Government will not al low itself to be made a party in such a three-angled diplomatic game, 0 evacuate de- the key of oli the pe under ene of Leal "The German standpoint subjected to-just criticism because | the fact that to best of our knowledge it rests upon the basis of written international law and hu | manity repeatedly emphasized by America." I'he Vossische Zeitung says "Our investigations, made the note was delivered, show political circles the that a conflict America can less 1 be unched by the Ger-|! the most. de dominating the Ver battle raged throughout continuing ince tion of 1} rive beg The vest®rday and t, and was still la official despatches War Office launched ily big «calibre shells Wh h positions on wide were under ack, the sector Hill 304 received German rus I'he bombardment by guns wrecked mak after that hope! will be last nigh when the were filed Ihe Germans tack after bardment phixiatir Frenc cherish with to the the at violent and e Lusitania Demonstration. (Special to the Whig). London, May 6.--A big demonstri- tion, commemorating the sinking of the Lusitania by a German submarine on May 7th, 1915, will be held in Hyde Park to-morrow. A large mo- del of the Lusitanifi; one of the lost liner's lifeboats, and other relics will be carried in a procession, an unus avoided,' bom- | --- cine a8- he HANGED HERSELF yTront IN THE STOREHOUSE. efore -- the brunt of the (Mrs. Wm.Wilcox, of Bancroft, German Deliberately Takes Her part of French Own Life. ug them untenable in raked the positions on slopes. It was these | were evacuated , h batteries posted on the. it the hill and and adjoin- itions ponded so energetic- thes German bombardment | that the German' advance was checked everywhere else During last night t made a termined attack French positio n tl of Hill 204, but 1 bayonet charge It has been confirmed, the War | ran arou Office stated that in Thursday's at tack against the northern slopes of 304, fresh German divisions partici pated, suffering erushing losses. Bast of the Meuse there was in- tense artillery activity in the region Yaux, north-east of Verdun 'At Lass French, by a bold surprise atta iptured prisoners ind inflicted h losses on the mans . In Argonne the French two mitrailleuses and prisoners the Bancroft, May tressing affair when that -- May Sound the Powers About Peace. (Special to the Whig). Washington, May 8.--Overshadow- Ing in many minds the question of the President's acceptance of the German reply, is the interest in the the store house adjoining-the resi- small paragraph in the heart of the dence to procure a hat for her hus- German note relating to peace, When band Not returning promptly Mr. the. President replies to Germany, Germans | Wilcox went out to see what was de- | this paragraph may or may not be against| taining her He found the door, touched upon Several officials to woods north | 'ned on the inside and looking in day, in a guarded manner, indicated were repulsed | { rough the window was horrified to strongly that something may result a beam. He directly from Germany's plain indi- nd to the front of the build- | cation that she is anxious for peace. ing where he gained admission and It may he said with authority that tut the body down, but life was ex- | Some of those close in the counsels | linct. She was not absent from the Of the President, believe he showld {house more than ten minutes, and may tentatively sound out the The suicide was most deliberate. warring powers on the question of She stood on a chair and after fast- | POSSible peace as a result of the Ger- ' the rope around her neck, | Man note stepped off and strangled to death ~i Ha The deceabed was of a most cheer Think Issue Is Closed. ful disposition, awd no reason, bther re : Whig) that she had been int poor | Washington, May $~~The : for éome time, can be as- | Marine issue between the United signed for the terrible deed States and Germany is closed. This -- { is the view of President Wilson's ad- THE EIGHTH REBEL visers, with the official text of Ger- TO BE EXECUTED. | many's reply to the American de- mands in hand. The President him- self received the official text to-day = John McBride, Sinn Fein Lead= Dut the White House withheld com- Irish Air and Rule Britannia er, S8hot--Two Others Played on Mouth Organs Imprisoned. Answer to Overtures. Ew = hig ment So completely do the officials in (Epecia the ) Dublin," May § John = MeBride, Sinn Fein leader, and the eighth rebel fouch with the situation consider the issue disposed of that it is said there will be no reply to the German note. ta be executed, was shot to-day, it} was officially announced to:day Two others sentenced to die rece iv-| ed commutation -of their sentences to STILL. ANOTHER ZEPPELIN life imprisonment 6 A Look place Mr Wil le by de most dis- on Wed- iam Wilcox ging her norther suic ha About eight o'clock she went into 1e wast by see her hanging from of ning k ( Ger. Special to the sub- than captured health made some MADE VAIN ADVANCES TO. IRISH IN TRENCHES. London, May 6 Immediately af ter the outbreak of the Irish revolu-| tion German soldiers in trenches op posite the Irish division, fighting on the western front put up signs invit ing Irishmen to join the Germans, according to-news received by John E. Redmond, the Irish Nationalist, | from his brother, Capt. William H,! K. Redmond, now at the front One| a : notice read: "Irishmen In Ireland are Despatches From Near And Distant revolution English guns are firing Places. on your wives and children Sir Ro The Bishop of Mic higan afinounec- ger Casement persecuted Throw! éd himself strongly in favor of pro-| your arms away We give you] hibition Ges hearfy welcome." Britain will release Austrians and | tor pre Another sign read: "We are Sax-| Germans seized on the American ship The and if you don't fire, we wont' China. _ St I'he Irishmen replied by playing an The Cunard line hag acquired all Irish air and "Rule Britannia' on! the Canadian Northern Atlantic] mouth organs st Out of Commission After Battle With British, 0 the jal t Whig) May 6.--Dutch fishing report that another. German Zeppelin in sinking in the North Sea { Off Ameland, after an encounter with | British aeroplanes --A. . London, PITH OF NEWS; | boats | ASA nm. urnrnt DAILY MEMORANDUM top page I, right hand corner, sbabilities, ar St. James will be picnic under auspices of ¢lican Church, Pittsburgh, Wednesday, June 14th ons, EY ~ Thursday, Mrs. W CORNRETT relieved Ger May wan note will be acceptable to Presi F. Cor dent Wilson Capt. A. MeNab, Owen Sound, of | the steamer Lambton, was drowned | at Parry Sound. W. H. Perrin, a resident of Clin- | Toro ton for more than half a century, died at the age of eighty-five -------- | A group of sixty-five strong, well- London, May 6.--The British liner | drilled Walpole Island Indians join- | w Clan MacFadyen has arrived in| ed Lambton county's 149th Battal- at Gravesend from Africa somewhat | ion damaged by the gunfire of two Ger- William A. Gibson, Belleville, is man Submarines The steamer re- | dead following paralysis. Deceased } turend the fire, and was believed | was born in 1834 in Prince Edward on board that one of the submarines | County. \ was destroyed. James Oliver, Paris, who.on the The steamer reports that the first 12th of July last attended his sev- attack on her was made in the Bay | enty-seventh Orange parade, is dead, of Biscay," when a submarine fired at the age of ninety-seven. | Phone" 577. 230 sixty shots at a range of fifty yards. The body of Pte. Frederick. John The steamer impediately brought | Irvine, 111th Baft., missing from AMES REID her big gun iho action and hit the | the barracks at Galt since April 18th, The Old Firm of Undertakers. submarine several times, and, it is was found floating in the Grand Riv- 254 and 256 PRINCESS STREET. believed, destroyed it. %r by two comrades. . s Phone 147 for Ambulance. , Three hours later another submar-| Lou Sanderson, an unmarried farm " : . I ------ ine fired a torpedo, but missed the laborer, aged forty-four, who had Clan MacFadyen by a few feet just enlisted in the Dufferin-Halton ------ ee | Battalion, died at a hotel in Orange- GREAT OPPORTUNITY | ville of an overdose of laudanum, TO END E WAR, hich he had taken for insomnia American Circles in Berlin Think Wilson Has a Great Chance. I. Hie and A SUBMARINE SUNK IN BATTLE WITH LINER. British Steamship Reaches Port After Attack in Bay of Biscay. Ni, DEED Private ttalion 19186, *arleton David Trotman, of killed action aged 28 years Place papers FROTMAN 2s B IN MEMORIAM requiem St high mass iry's Cathedral ay, May Sth, for the ul of the late Pre. Ed- i in a German *Ceived in the kindly it acquaintances ROBERT J REID The Leading Undertaker. Princess ------------------ . Undertaker and Funeral Director, 336 BROCK STREET, ome No. 1889, First-class Ambulance. BASEBALL ON FRIDAY. International League. Baltimore, 8; Buffalo, 5. tichmond, 9; Rochester, 8 (8pecial to the Whig) : Br Berlin, May 6.---American circles | here pointed out 'to-day the impor-! St. Tonis, 9; Cincinnati, tance of the peace feature contained; Chicago, §; Pittsburgh, 3 (13 in| FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS [HI emmema-------------------* in Germany's reply to the American | nings). | WORDS OF WISDOM FROM MANY THINKERS National Teague, note, and expressed the belief that| . President Wilson now has a gregt op- American Leagn=, portunity to bring the war to an'early| New York, 8; Boston, 4 end. | nings). (13 in-} Some persons even SuSgented | St. Louis, Our lives. must climb from hope to hope and realize our longing. 5 5 Detroit, 4. that the time is now ripe for Col. Cleveland House to re-visit European capitals, | 3; 2 Chicago, 2