YEAR 8$8--NO. 107 ONE STROKE GAINS BACK All Ground Fremch Lest in| Tv Hots Ir---- THOUSANDS TO WIN WHAT THEY NOW LOSE. a Enemy, Completely Taken by Sur. prise, Was Thrown Back in Disor- der and Suffered Exceptionally Heavy Losses. Paris, May 6.--The French suc- cesses on the left bank of the Meuse have 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- tion, have thrown back the Germans on the north-west side of Dead Man's ill 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- ous, costly attacks. Dead Man's Hill has twin summits, known respectively as Hills No. 266 and 2956 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 French attack, were thrown back in disorder and suf- fered exceptionally heavy losses, par- ticularly from the preliminary bom- bardment. _ The large number of Germans killed explains why so few prisoners were taken. ALLIES CAN SMASH 'ANY DRIVE OF HUNS. French Losses Have Not Im=- paired Powers of Of- fensive. 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 say 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. have positive information, however, that their batteries have suffered greatly from otir gunfire. 1 do not pretend that our guns have not suf- fered, hut we can always replace them. "The Allies can now smash German offensive, be delivered." any wherever it may BER EPEEPRER PPP bd bbb bbb > REFUSES TO ENLARGE SCOPE OF ENQUIRY. # -- + Ottawa, May 6.--In the + House of Commons yesterday +# afternoon Premier Borden re- # fused to enlarge the scope of the ¥ fuse enquiry now under way, as was moved for by Mr. Car- veli, saying that every lati- tude would be allowed in the matter of investigating all con- tracts for fuses in the present probe. PPP PPP PLHP LP 0 PR PHP Pr Ree | "FOOT AND MOUTH | DISEASE. Embargo Placed on. Animals, Hay, Ete, From Illinois to Canada. Ottawa, May 6.--Owing to an out- break of foot and mouth disease in the State of Illinois, which has been reported to Ottawa from Washing- ton, the Department -of Agriculture has imposed an embargo on all ani- mals, hay, straw, fodder, etc.,, com- ing from Illinois into Canada. The emba will be maintained until the Ahericau authorities have suc- celled in stamping out the disease. Byng to Succeed Alderson ? (Special to the Whig.) Toronto, May §.--The Globe has a report that Lieut-Gen. Alderson, commanding the Canadians, will be succeeded by Major-Gen.- Sir Julian Byng and that Sir Sean Hughes will also get a high command. -~ THE WHIG CONTENTS. Page : I--fllustrated Sectioi.' 2--~8cenves from the Front. A 3~Fage of Kingston and Nap- Learn and anee V f--direat French Gains: Colonel Sounds Call; Londen Not in §-~Churen Services: ers Caught. Victoria Day Events: Told in Twiligh Random Reels; Walt one] Sounds O 10---Eastern Ontariv News. S1EsAmusements; Timely An- 13-Siiary Matters, Theatrical Production of Whmen: les te Latest ; Financial. Cars in Kingston. Tin World or Travel; 18~-sthurin ne Autos; Cars in the Plays and Play Ee a et. "Matters: In CHANGE IN CANADIAN BY GERMAN PIRACY. @overnment Notifies Kaiser's on of Urgent Inquiry into Sinking of Rio Branco. Rio Janeiro, May 6.--The Brazil- fan 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 telegrams received here announce 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 has been carried on. Its lead is Tollowed by the other newspapers, which are strong in their denunciation. The Correio de Manha says: "Germany considers herself in a state of war with the entire world." The Gazeta de 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 has been shown it against the general sentiment of the country. All Brazil looks to President Braz, confident that he will measure up to the destinies of Brazil." b THE HOLY WAY. Paris, May 6.--A campaign was. begun yesterday to induce the French Gévernment to pre- serve the present battle line un- touched and to appoint soldiers to take charge of it after the war, and thus enable tourists to see the entrenched line exactly as it appears to-day. SEPP PIPPE EEE Serer errr bed i : i MMANDS AT FRONT. Gen. Alderson Lik Likely To As-| Tn Canada Who A 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 be made shortly, It is said that Gef. Alderson, who from the outbreak of the war has been in command of the Canadians, is to assume a new im- portant position. The Canadian forces will soon con- sist of four divisions 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 csovered himself with glory at Lange- marck and in later battles is men- tioned. General David Watson, it is intimated, will command the new fourth division, Nothing official can be obtained, and Sir Robert Borden and Major- General Hughes refuses to talk on the sgbject for publication. BIG HARD COAL STRIKE AVERTED BY AGREEMENT Men Get Higher Pay, Shorter Hours, and Virtual Union Recognition. Pottsville, Pa., May 6.--The en- thracite coal" contoversy which threatened to cause a strike of the 176,000 mine workers in the hard coalPregion 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 increased wages, shorter hours and virtual recognition of the union, by a vote of 581 to 208, 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. SEMERP FREER EP LE PPP IR RE, * WAR BULLETINS, The eyewitness story telis of & great work by Canadians 'in # driving the enemy back. 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 : Mcfaydyen beat off two sub- & marines in the Bay of Biscay. + CRP P PEP reer errr 1b Cabinet Resignation Withdrawn. Sydney, N.S.W., May 6.--The Min- istry of New 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 abolition of the upper Jouse of Par- Samet will be submitted to a refer- endum Prussian Losses Exceed 2,500,000. London, May 6.--The Copenhagen correspondent of the Daily Telegraph Says that the Jategt German official announcement of the Prussian loss- es brings the total of these losses to 2,537,124. {Pictures om Far and Near. Trouble Right For- ght. $- Editorial; Mason's Rh es: tow Son Died. : pouncements; The Forum. 14--Told in Twilight: Activities 81 ime Ta Automobile World; Along Gasoline Rew. Ie, Not 'of Science; "ee. | pride KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, MAY SCULPTOR MAKES NEW FACES. FOR DISFIGURED SOL- Lieut. Derwent Wood, stores them lo their original was badly injured at the Dard: a new eye, eyelashes and lids. aman em ee mn COL. HUGHES SOUNDS CALL for Recruits For For the 146th Battalion. CAN HARDLY BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE STILL MANY YOUNG MEN Are Not Doing Their "Bit"--Kingston Has Done Won- ders, But Can Do More. It is rather a coincidence that We Hughes, commands ing the 21st Canadian Battalion, now! in the trenches, should write a letter to Lieut.-Col. C. A. Low, command- ing the 146th Baftaljon, that con- tains, more than anything that has been written, a strong demand for young men to enlist and enlist now. In giving the letter to the Whig, Col. Low passed the remark that he need- ed.200 more men so that the order that the 146th Battalion should be up to otrength before going into camp could be obeyed. The 146th Battalion forms the third line, of which the 59th under Lieut.-Col. H.J. Dawson is the second, and the 21st is the first. All are commanded by 14th Regiment officers, and all are leading men of Kingston and district against the Huns. The letter reads: "We are batk now for a few days of well-earned rest, and [ am endeavor ing to catch up with my ecorrespon- dence, which always falls behind when we are in the line. Permit me to congratulate you on your ap- pointment to the command of the 146th Battalion. "You know how we look back with to the part our ancestors took dn the most of the great strug- gles in which the British Empire has been engaged, how we speak of Wa- terloo, Inkerman, Sebastopol, and hundreds of others of these great struggles; though a century has now passed since Waterloo was fought, and sixty years have elapsed since the Crimea battles were won, we yet point with pride to these events, and yet these great fights would not make a 'preliminary canter' to any of the big battles fought during"this war. The Germans have lost more men at Verdun since February 14th than the Allies commanded at Waterloo. Previous Wars Mere Pigmies. "With a battle line extending from the North Sea to Switzerland on the west, and from the Baltic to the Per- sian Gulf on the east, to say nothing of all the numerous. conflicts that have been waged and.won in other parts of the globe, compared with this all previous wars have been mere pigmies. : "Germany is rapidly losing her last colony, East Africa; she is driven from the seas; and is daily being crowded upon from all sides. There 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 months since the 21st Battalion mobilized, and to- night we will have been seven full months in France. It has been a very strenuous seven months, bui the boys of the 21st Battalion have from the outset clearly demonstrated their ability to dominate the situation each time they face the enemy in the line, and within the past ten days they bave emphasized their ability, when they were able to come to close grips with the Bosches. They are truly wonderful, and what I say 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 1815. "One realizes, after being in the what those brave lads must a rerod , and what it meant to A. makes wonderful face masks for disfigured Yer oven Ae EE R.A., well-known sculptor, soldiers, and re- The man shown g, and is being fitted with appearance. nelle 10 PLACE ROSEDALE TRANS-ATUANTIC WORK THIS SEASON IN THE Fifteen Canada Steamship Lines Vessels Now Have Been Transfer- red From Lake to Ocean Service, Announcement was made at the offices of the Canada Steamship Lines that another dake steamer, this Rosedale, wil be transferred this summer from operation on inland waters for service on the ocean, In addition, it is possible that still an- other ship will be taken off the lakes for trans-Atlantic work. The Rosedale is now on her way 'from Fort William with a full car- go of oats, and she is expected to ar- rive at Montreal on Monday next. The addition of these two beats to the present ocean fleet of the com- pany will bring the numerical strength up to fifteen steamers. When war broke out and the demand nage camé HE a con- sequence, the pfficials of the line saw the great advantages to be obtain- od by transfer of some of their Inke fleet to the sea, and at different periods during the last season eigh- teen boats were sent out to sea. These were the Acadian, Jaques, Gordon, Dundee; Gléenellah, placed on the American seaboard trade, two, the A. KE. McKinstry and Can- adian placed on the west Indian trade, and others, the Kenora, Neepawah, Renvoyle, Strathcona, Tagona, and Wigona, placed on the eastern Atlantic seaboard trade. The remaining five have been lost. These are the Empress of Fort Wil lam, torpedoed, Empress of Mid- land, mined, Dunelm, foundered, Midland Queen, shelled an sank, and the Donnaconna, foundered. On only one boat, the Dunelm, which sailed out tp sea and was never heard of again, was there any loss of life. All the crew foundered with this boat. Whie the a six steamers now on the oecan trade are earning more money than they would have dove if r:- tained on the lakes, an official of the line said to-day that the boats on the lakes are getting a much higher higher rate now, The Canada Steam- ship Lines have ample carrying facil- ities for their package freight trade this summer. SEYMOUR COMPANIES PASS TO THE HYDRO. Order-in-Council Has Been Passed Transferring Con- trol to Commission. Toronto, May 6.--Hon. Howard G. Ferguson, minister of lands, forests and mines, announced yesterday that an order-in-council has just been passed authorizing the transfer of control and operation of the Seymour Company's interests in the Trent Val- ley district, to the Hydro commis- sion. On the closing day of the last session of the Ontario Legislature a bill wag 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. A NEWSPAPER POLL ON GERMAN REPLY. Shows That Many U. 8. Edi- tors Do Not Approve of it. (Special to the Whig New York, May § ---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 Wilson's submarine note, 28 ap- prove, and 30 are non-committal. In the Times poll the eastern por- tion of the south is a trifle more hos- tile to the reply than any other sec- tion. The Sun's deduction from the edi- them to stand up to those terrible they received These do not include the Bavarisn,| Saxon or Wurttemburg losses, they received from the ~~ (Continued on Page 5.) degt' torial comment of the nation is that most of the papers deem the Presi- demands "substantially met. "| House to re-visit 8. 1916 ENEMY TAKES SOME GROUND From the French on Slope of Hill 304. MOST VIOLENT ATTACK FORCED FRENCH TO EVACUATE SOME TRENCHES EE -------- rr The German Advance at Other Points Checked--The Battle at Hill 304 is Still Proceeding. (Special to the Whig) Paris, May 6.--French troops have 4 : trenches on thé northern slope of Hill 304, the keystone of the French defensive positions, northwest of Verdun, under.a most violent Ger- man attack, it was officially admitted to-day. The attack launched by the Ger- mans yesterday was the most de- termined assault on the dominating position of Hill 204 since the Ver- dun drive began. The battle raged all day yest®rday and throughout last night, and was still continuing when the last official despatches were filed to the War Office. The Germans launched the at- tack after an unusually violent bom- bardment with big calibre and as- phixiating® gas shells, While the French positions on a wide front were under attack, the sector before Hill 304 received the brunt of the German rush. The bombardment by German guns wrecked part of the French trenches, making them untenable in the fire that raked the positions on the northern slopes, It was these trenches that were evacuated. French batteries posted on the summit of the hill and and adjoin- ally to the German bombardment that the German advance was checked everywhere else. During last night the Germans made a determined attack against French positions in the woods north west of Hill 304, but were repulsed by a bayonet charge. It has been confirmed, the War Office stated that in Thursday's at- tack against the northern slopes of 304, fresh German divisions partici: pated, suffering crushing tosses. Bast of the Meuse there was in- tense artillery. activity in the region of Vaux, north-east of Verdun. At Lassigny the French, by a bold surprise attack, captured Prisoners and inflicted heavy losses on the Ger- mans. In Argonne the French captured two mitrailleuses and made some prisoners. MADE VAIN ADVANCES TO IRISH IN TRENCHES. trish Air and Rule Britannia Played on Mouth Organs Answer to Overtures. 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 notice read: "Irishmen in Ireland are revolution, English guns are firing on your wives and children. Sir Ro- ger Casement persecuted. Throw your arms away. We. give you hearty welcome." Another sign read: "We are Sax- ons, and if you don't fire, we won't." The Irishmen replied by playing an Irish air and 'Rule Britannia" on mouth organs A SUBMARINE SUNK IN BATTLE WITH LINER. British Steamship Reaches Port After Attack in Bay of Biscay. London, May 6.--The British liner Clan MacFadyen has arrived in Gravesend from Africa somewhat damaged by the gunfire of two Ger- man Submarines. The steamer re- turend the fire, and it was believed on board that one of the submarines was destroyed. The steamer reports that the first attack on her was made in the Bay of Biscay, when a submarine fired sixty shots at a range of fifty yards. The steamer immediately brought her big gun into action and hit the submarine several times, and, it is believed, destroyed it. Three hours later another submar- ine fired a torpedo, but missed the Clan MacFadyen Fadyen by a few | a few feet. GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO END THE WAR. American Circles in Berlin Think WN ohands. a Great (Special to the Whig). Berlin, May S.--American circles here pointed out to-day the impor- ance of the peace 0 the contained n Germany's reply to the American note, and expressed the belief that President Wilson now has a great op- portunity to bring the war to an early end. Some even been forced to evacuate part of their |. ing positions responded so energetic- | bi | HOPE THAT WILSON WILL ACCEPT TERMS. Upon the Basis of Written International Law and Humanity. Berlin, May 6 (via London). -- The German answer to the American government's note with regard to Germany's submarine warfare has been published here and the news- papers generally refrain from an at- tempt to anticipate its contents or to forgcast the consequences which may follow. The Lokal Anzelger, however, prints the following signi- ficant comment: "Judging by what we have been able to learn concerning the spirit of the German answer to America, we cherish the expectation that the sense of justice of the American peo- ple which was emphasized in the American note will come into own, "The concessions made by Ger- as the dignity of the empire de- mands, solely born out of the consei- ousness of German strength, Ger- man successes and the justice of our cause, "The German standpoint can less be subjected to just criticism because of the fact that to the best of our knowledge it rests upon.the basis of written international law and manity repeatedly emphasized America." The Vossische Zeitung says: "Our investigations, made after the note was delivered, show that political circles cherish the hope that a conflict with America will be| avoided." HANGED HERSELF IN THE STOREHOUSE. Mrs. Wm.Wilcox, of Bancroft, Deliberately Takes Her Own Life. Bancroft, May 6.--A most dis- tressing affair took place on Wed- nesday when Mrs, William Wilcox committed suicide by hanging her- self. About eight o'clock she went into | the store house adjoining the resi- dence to procure a hat for her hus- band. Not returning promptly Mr. Wilcox went out to see what was de- taining her. He found the door fagened on the inside and looking in through the window was horrified to see hier hanging from a beam. He ran around to the front of the build- ing where he gained admission and cut the body down, but life was ex- iinet. She was not-absent from the house more than ten minutes, The suicide was most deliberate. She stood on a chair and after. fast- ening the rope around her neck, | stepped off and strangled to death. The deceased was of a most cheer- ful disposition, and no reason, other than that she had been in poor health for some time, can be as- signed for the terrible deed. THE EIGHTH REBEL TO BE EXECUTED. | dohn McBride, Sin Sinn Fein Lead- ,er, 8hot--Two Others Imprisoned. by | (Special 2 lo the w Y Dublin, May - ona McBride, Sian Fein leader, S the eighth rebel to be executed, was shot to-day, it was officially announced to-day. Two others sentenced to die receiv- ed commutation of their sentences to life imprisonment. PITH OF NEWS, Despatches From Near And Distant Places. " The Bishop of Michigan announc- ed himself strongly in favor of pro- hibition. Britain will release Austrians and Germans seized on the American ship China. The Cunard ine has acquired all the Canadian Northern Atlantic steamers. It is generally believed the Ger- man note will be acceptable to Presi- dent Wilson. Capt. A. McNab, Owen Sound, of the steamer Lambton, was drowned at Parry Sound. W. H. Perrin, a resident of Clin- ton for more than half a century, died at the age of eighty-five. A group of sixty-five strong, well- drilled Walpole Island Indians join- a4 Lambton county's '149th Battal- on. William A. Gibson, Belleville, is dead following paralysis. Deceased was born in 1834 in Prince Edward County. James Oliver, Paris, who on the 12th of July last attended his sev- enty-seventh Orange parade, is dead, at the age of minety-seven. The body df Pte. Frederick John Irvine; 111th Batt., missing from the barracks at Galt since April 18th, was found floating in the Grand Riv- er by twe comrades. Lou Sanderson, an unmarried farm laborer, aged forty-four, who had just enlisted in the Dufferin-Halton Battalion, died at a hotel in Orange- ville of an overdose of / laudanum, which he had taken for mnia. BASEBALL ON FRIDAY. International Baltilnore, 8; Buffalo, 5. Richmond, 9; Rochester, 8. National League. St. Louis, 9; Cincinnati, 7. nings). : its | | many in this connection js naturally, | hu-! Chicago, 5: Pittsburgh, 3 (13 fn-{{i LAST RDITION WIL OTB | MADE A PARTY In the Proposed Three-An- gled Diplomatic. Game. LONDON DISAPPOINTED OVER REPORTS THAT WILSON WILL LIKELY ACCEPT. | Sinking of the Lusitania, (Special to the Whig.) London, May 6. ~ Washington press despatches, reporting that President Wilson proliably will accept in sub- stance the German reply, brought dis- apyolutment to the London press to- ay | The English newspapers expressed | concern, too, over Germany's attempt to embroil Great Britain and America by making concessions conditional on 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. Lusitania Demonstration, (Special 3° the Whi, London, May 6.--A big Rmonstra- 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 Lusitania, one of the lost liner's lifeboats, and other relics will be carried in a procession, May Sound the Powers About Peace. (Special to the Whig). | Washington, May NE hadow- {ing in many minds the question of the President's acceptance of the German reply, is the interest in the small paragraph in the heart of the German note relating to peace, When the President replies to Germany, this paragraph may or may not be touched upon. Several officials to- day, in a guarded manner, indicated strongly that something may result directly from Germany's plain indi- cation that she is anxious for peace. It may be said with authority that some of those close in the counsels of the President, believe. he should & and may out the warring powers on the of possible peace as a result of the Ger- man note, Think Issue Is Closed, (Special to the Whi Wahaa May 6. he sub- marine issue between the United States and Germany is closed, This is the view of President Wilson's ad- ¥ | visers, with the official text of Ger-. many's reply to the American de- mands in hand. The President him- self received the official -text to-day but the White House withheld com- ment. So completely do the officials in touch with the situation consider the issue disposed of that it is said there will be no reply to the German note. STILL ANOTHER ZEPPELIN Out of Commission After Battle With British, (Special to the Whig London, May 6. he fishing boats report that agother German Zeppelin in sinking in the North Sea off Ameland, after an encounter with British aeroplanes, er a -------------- ~~ DAILY MEMORANDUM (TESTER, TEN head corn, FE BORN. - CORNETT--In St. Thomas, rsa, May 4th, 1916, to Dr. and Mrs. ' F. Cornett, a daughter. % DIED TROTMAN 91 irate David Trotman, of 21st Battalio April 23nd, 1918, aged 38 years, Toronto and Carleton Place please copy. IN MEMORIAM. An anniversary requiem high mass will be sung in St. Mary's Cathedral at 7.30 a.m. Monday, May Sth, for the repose of the soul of the late Pte. ward Barry, who died hospital from wound: battle of Langemarcke. Friends and acquaintances kindly attend. me AE 254 256 N and 47 for Am STREET. HALAL LLP Raat HST J. McAULEY, MP and n & German received in the ey York, 8; Boston, 4 a3 m- SE Lous, 5: Detroit, 4. that the time is now ripe for Col. Cleveland, 3; 0, i.