PAGES1-8 YEAR SS -- NO. on KINGSTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1 1916 LAST EDITION HELP 146TH BATTALION TO REACH "STREN GTH ~ COMMONS DISCUSSES BILINGUAL MOTION Speaker Sustained in Ruling Resolution in Order---Premier Opposes it-- Sir Wilfrid Adheres to Provincial Rights. Ottawa, May 11.---When House of Commons ' met yes-| terday afternoon, in anticipation of | the debate of the Lapointe bilingual | resolution being proceeded with, the | attendance of members was larger and there was a considerable crowd | of sypectators in the galleries. When the House was moved into committee | of supply Mr. Lapointe again mov- | chair were: W. B. Northrup, Bast Hastings. Hon, Frank Oliver, Edmonton. 'W. E, Knowles, Moosejaw. Levi Thompson, Qu'Appelle, Dr, Michael Clark, Red Deer, Robert Cruise, Dauphin, W. E. Nesbitt, North Oxford. James H. Douglas, Strathcona. W. A. Buthafan, Medicine Hat. | 'Mr. Lapoiute then proceeded vigny ruled that the point of order | claring that this had become a na- raised by W. BE. Knowles, of Moose | ional question which cannot be ig-| Jaw, on Tuesday, was not well tak- | en, and that the debate might pro- | ceed Sir Robert Borden said that it was not the duty of the Government to 'not for the purpose of depriv-! Sxaulive laws pamed the Ontario | xP . yovernment, e had, however, giv- Ing a Province Of any of its,rights, | en some attention to the matter, On~ | { tario, he said, supports such schools | | for training of bilingual teachers. | This did not look Hke an attempt to | restrict the French language. | He had, however, a respect for | {the constitution and for that reason he would oppose the resolution be- {cause it is against the best interests | of Canada as well as against the best | interests of the Province of Quebec | | iteself. W. F. Nickle Opposed. Dignity and sober thought domi- | { nated Parliament's discussion of the | bilingual situation. Men of both I'sides did themselves credit. There | | were few appeals | was little of party acrimony. There | seems to be a sérious undercurrent of The Canadian Delegation to Ci rose conviction to most of the speeches. | .{No one merely "played politics." No | one unleashed 'the ugly dogs of ra-| | elal diseord™ : vate mietbors such as Ernest | | Lapointe (Kamouraska), Liberal, | the mover of the resolution, and W, !F. Nickle (Kingston), Conservative, | | who opposed it on constitntional! | grounds, contributed not a little to "establishing and maintaining the ! high tone which prevailed. Sir Robert Borden based his oppo- sition to the resolution upon his in- terpretation of the constitutional grounds which, he believed," should govern the relationship between fed-| eral and provincial jurisdiction Hel interpreted the resolution as an ad- monition. Sir Wilfrid\ Laurier in- terpreted it as an appeal) | The Premier spoke briefly, 3 closely to the Rte] as The Liberal leader make an earnpst and emphatic declaration as to his fundamental adherence to the full measure of provincial rights. Sir Wilfrid spoke from the heart! of French Canada to the heart of her | Speaker Sustained, Anglo-Saxen sister, Ontario. | The Speaker's ruling wag sustain- The debate will be continued to-| ad cn a vote of 134 to 9. The nine! day. { PAA, AAA ar ! DOING USEFUL WORK, [5 dad dd di bdo bdo hb dS dd dvd SPEAKER SEVIGNY on but in order to give the House of Conmmons an opportunity to express its opinion." The Speaker noted that all kinds of matters have been brought up on the 'motion to go into committee of supply and no objection could be tak- en to Mr, Lapointe's proposal from the standpoint of precedent, W. HB. Sorthrup, of Kast' Hastings, promptly moved that the ruling of thé chair be appealed from, and W. EK. Knowles backed by Oliver Thomp- son, Cruise Buchanan, and others rose and asked that a vote be taken. > Canadian Foresters Surprised British Timber, London, May 11..--The first section of the Canadian Forestry Battalion is doing "useful work in hewing and preparing timber for military pur-! poses. The battalion is' moving! about to the sections where timber is available. It has had a turn at! the royal estates at Windsor, and the men express surprise at the abun- dance and quality of British timber. at FRENCH VICTORS ov VER GERMANS, hr - (Special to > the Whig.) Paris, May 11.--The French took a trench west of Mort Homnie, including two machine guns and some prisoners. The Germans were also de- feated by the French in the Sa- lonika region, where the Ger- mans are using 17-inch guns, Shih PEP Pr rere PEELE RE ELISE France Thanks Ozar For Troops. Papis, May 11,--M, Viviani, Min-| ister of Justice, and Albert Thomas, | Under-Secretary of State for War and Munitions, have arrived in Pet-| rograd, where they were received by | At Altona, Emperor Nicholas, to whom they ex-| Copenhagen, May 11.--Reports| pressed the thanks of France for the have been received here to the effect sending of Russian troops to the| that a few days ago a fire broke out | western battle front. fin an aeroplane factory at Altona, | ------------ { Prussia, an explosion occurring | Mrs. William Ridge, Sarnia, died | while a mechanic was pouring pet-| as a result of burns received the! rol into a machine, Sixty-two other] night before, while cooking ber sol- machines which were ready for ser-| dier husband's dinner, . {vice or partly finished were de- More positions are available for |stroyed, together with the factory, k2 returned soldiers than the Soldiers' | according to Teports. Aid Commission gan fill at present. Germany admitted sinking the | Sussex and offered indemnity to in- jured American citizens. Nr pn PRUSSIAN PLANES BURNED. Sixty-three Destroyed With Factory | BIG ATTACK ON RIGA | Has Been Started By the German Forces. (Special to the Whig). London, May 11.--That the Ger- mans have commenced a new attack lon the Russian port of Riga on ale {large scale is indicated in the official {German statement to-day claiming, & {the capture of six hundred yards of | Russian trenches near Jacobstadt. | The Russians also admit intense fero- | city of German attacks in that neigh- buthood. | a THE WHIG CONTENTS Page I--Bilingual Battlefields: Ottawa, 2-~Reviewed on Screen) tary Funeral 3--Busy Col. Porter; Bergeant. 1Arditorial: Walt Mason's Rhymes Donations to Red Cross So- ciety; Local Events. To Visit ring Afr at Issue; Cle A Mil New Police Random Reels: 5 | site takes in over to prejudice. There | o i ® | | | | | { Te whe who voted against the decision of the | ! | | This is one view of the Borden Concentration Milit: ary Camp at Angus Pine Plains, Ontario, Minister of Militia, 20,000 acres and is the largest camip in Canada. «dl his resolution and Speaker = Se- | speak in support of his resolution de- | CAMP in shape to receive about thirty' thous | Ge meral Sir Sam Hughes, by Col. Robert S. Low, W. F. NICKLE IS SELECTED Asa Parliamentarian to Visit |+ Battlefront. TEN IN Im 10 GO A$ GUESTS OF EMPIRE PARLIA- MENTARY ASSOCIATION. To England With Representatives | From Parliaments of Anstralia and NeW Zealimd. Ottawa, May 11.--At a meeting of the Canadian Branch of the Empire | held senators visit the Parliamentary Association terday afternoon, the four and six members who will battle front as guests of section were Senator Landry, PGE yes- | selected, They Senators A are: . W. F. NICKILE, M. P . A An | Belcourt and Ross, and Messrs. Frank | Sheppard, M.P., Nanaimo;. W. BK. Knowles, M.P., Moose Jaw; W. F. Nickle, M.P.. Kingston; Dr. Chabot, | M.P., Ottawa, and J. E. Armstrong, M.P. East Lambton. Sir George Foster will be the representative of the Cabinet, and will head the dele- gation. The delegation will cross to Eng-| from | land with similar delegations the Parliaments of Australia and New Zealand, who are expected to ar- Yive at Victoria about the middle of | ne. Sa a of the Canadian branch. { bers from the Antipodes to see the | war preparations of Banga The | | delegation - will sail for England | 'about July 1st. FRPP EEPELEPEIF PTE L NE PRES * + HOW THE FRENCH BROKE DORN ASSAULTS. + _ Paris, May 11.-- The Fgench # ascribe their success in break- % ing down the German assanlts % northwest of Verdun to the splendid work of machine guns and awtomatic rifles in the front trenches. the man w ho built Valeartier rr -------------- the British | Dennis, | They will be the guests in| An | { opportunity will be given the mem- | for the Dominion Government for a per Work has heen ¢ T and troops from all parts of Canada. amp. = KAISERIWRITES 70 WILSON To Urge the Mies *to Agree To ) Peace. [Se seevassnssnsestsnireiey! | % | 4 Priests Musta't Promote Dances, 0 Rome, May TL. torial congregation published a decree the decision of the third plen- ary council of Baltimore, for- bidding priests to promote charity balls. The decree par- ticularly directs the attention of American and Canadian bishops to the decision { The consis- yesterday + + we confirming : 13 J PEPPER PEPPER RR SRR bl [UNUSUAL ACTIVITY av French Trooes. PROLONGING STRUGGLE They Were Able to Meet the| LODKS Germans With Marked | | Success. TO THE KAISER QUITE USELESS, Efforts of Revenge on the Part of the Allies--Irish Rebellion Meant To Warn the United States AS (Special to othe Paris, May 11.---The French troops | repulsed with bayonets and. gren-| ades an attack delivered by the Ger-| mang early this morning west of Vaux Pond, north-east of Verdun. On the west bank of the Meuse, the only artillery activity oecurred dur- {ing last night, the War Office report- ed, the Germans failing to return to [the attack. | The Freneh artillery throughout | last night displayed unusual activify in the Champagne region, concentrat- ling its fire on the German positions | south-east of 'Tahure. About 110 yards of German trenches were de-| stroved, Four French war planes bombarded the railway stations at | Damvillers and Etain last night, set ting fire to a railway depot. Though the German artillery continues ac- tive on the west bank of the Meuse, | evidently in preparation for renew- ed attacks, the impressign is again growing in the French edpital that the Germans are preparing to aban- don the attack on Verdun. In this connection the statement) made by the semi-German news agen- | cy yesterday with reference to the | number of troops involved was cited. | | Whig London, ; doubt Telegraph, days made by May 1%. whatever," "There 18 the "that during the no Daily last few J says a definite heen the German Government to impress neutrals sire for attempt has with its strong de- peace, with a view to induc ing them to come forward as media tors and break up the alliance of its A AA | | French officers ridiculed the state- ment that. 800,000 Frenc 'htroops | were engaged at Verdun. | COULD HAVE MADE FUSES IN CANADA. | Major Hawkins Shatters Col. Carnegie's Opinion, And He is Expert. Ottawa, May 11.--The opinion of | Col. David Carnegie, the $25,000 a| year expert of the Shell Committee, | | that manufacture of fuses is the ex- clugive task" 'of super-inteliects,! above and béyond the reach of Can- adian genius and entérprise, was, badly shattered before the Meredith- | conclude a separate peaee, Duff Commission yesterday. "For the present it would not | Major Hawkins, formerly of the'serve any useful purpose to disclose United States Army and the United | the facts in their entirety, but it can States Government Arsenal at Frank-' be said that the Kaiser has personally fort, now chief expert for the Inter-!sent a letter to President Wilson in national Fuse Company, took sharp which, appealing to him as the great- issue with the contention of Col. est neutral authority, he expatiates Carnegie and General Hughes' corps on the necessity of urging the west- of counsel, declaring emphatically | ern powers not to prolong indefinite- BARON WIMBORNE Lord-Lieutenant 1 Is whose enemies by getting one of them to and unqualifiedly that nothing in the /ly what seems to him their *uite useless efforts of revenge.' 'Moreover, in the capitals of sev- Loral of the neutral countries the Ger- man representatives have been par- ticularly insistent in their- assur- { avices that if given a fair chance Germany would do her best to con- 23 NEGROES BURNED iliate her present opponents. te TO DEATH IN IN THEATRE.! y(cording to. the best informed way of fuse manufacture had been done in the United States which could not have been achieved in Can- | ada. | i opinions, this most recent attempt of ; | Following the he Explosion Of a|ihe Kaiser's diplomacy, besides Jini Gasol Pa apparent aim, namely, the cohclusion line Tank nic of an early peace, of which the idea | Otcurred. cannot be entertained by the Allied | | powers, another aim, and a far more (Special to the Whig | real one, namely, to make President Norfolk, Va., May I wenty. | (L00C, Namely, to make Presifen three negroes were burned to death | PEPPER FPPRLE PRR EE PIPER ROREY | at Wallacetown last night, following | ¢ . the explosion of a gasoline tank in a! # BRITISH HOLD NINETY frame moving picture theatre. <* MILES. em- | Tm p= Tr -------- THE SITUATION i | { | IS CLARIFIED By the Speeches on the Bi- lingual Question. TRUAX OF SOUTH GREY purchased by manent training camp. The ommenced for putting the he work is being supervised A PP Al MP i Wilson realize the glorious and no means unuseful part by patient enough to schemes to mature. "It is believed in allow many quarters the: Irish troubles were engineered | with the idea of bringing home to President Wilson an approximate es- timate of the internal dangers his own country would incur if it should be called upon to make war upon | Cermany with so many millions of Germans and Irishmen living under| the Stars and Stripes. i i I {2 1s THREATENED TO RESIGN, o" bod 4D (Special to the Whig.) Ottawa, May 11. -- At noon to-day, Justice Duff threatened to resign from the shell con- tract probe if Hon. Wallace Nes- Litt repeatel his © insinvations that Mr. Carvell, one of the Liberal counsel, had taken cer- tain papers. Sir Wildlam Mere- dith also rebuked counse] for his unseemly remarks. 2 - be oe oe oe oe iis * GebbEbEbed od Ett as 22 5 ol GERMAN RENDEZVOUS IN HEART OF LONDON Language of Most Treasonable| Kind Used in Public House. I.ondon, May 11 necessity for the realm regulation, Herbert Samuel, secretary for Home Affairs, stated that within the last few weeks there had been discovered in the heart of London a public house (saloon) oe- cupied by a naturalized ( a resort of other naturalized Ger-| mans, where language of the most treasonable and anti-British charac-| ter was used. He added that it] might have become a most danger-| ous centre, Mr. Samue! said he doubted] whether any charge could have been | formulated under the ordinary law, | but it was obviously necessary deal with such cases, and the a a] in' his hands enabled him promptly to intern all the men concerned. GERMANY IS STARVING. Discussing the defence of the Even the Middle: Classes and Rich Are Suffering. {Special to the Whig) London, May 11.--The Daily! Chronicle says "All news from Ger-| many indicates that the British blockade ig likely to prove a decisive ~ {tac tor in the war, The economic {pinch has hecome intolerably severe. | The masses of the popujation | half starved, particular}f in to | Even the middle classe and rich are | | suffering greatly. German. newspapers state that the German Government has - ordered reindeer, goats, storks, crows, star-| lings and sparrows to be killed for | food. i | FOURTEEN EXEC UTED And 1,708 Deported 2 as Result of Ir-| ish Rebellion. ! : (Special to the Whig.) | London, May 11.--From the be- | ginning of the Irish rebellion to May | Sth, 180 rebels or civiban non-com- | batants were killed and 614 wound- | ed. Premier Asquith announced in| the House of -Commons this, after- | noon. Fourteen persons have been exe- | cuted, the Premier said. The death | | sentence of two have been commut- | ed, seventy-three have been _sen-| tenced to penal servitude, six to hard | labor and 1,706 deported. Father And Son In 186th. Chatham, May 11.--When George that, so far as Germany is concerned, | man, and | 7 are] dhs TO VOTE WITH THE WESTERN LIBERAL MEMEERS. | It is Expected That Parliament Will Be Prorogued on Wednesday or Thursday of Next Week. (Special to the Whig). Ottawa, May 11.--That a division will be réached on the Lapointe bi- lingual resolution some time to- night, that much of remaining busi- ness before Parliament would be dis- posed of on Friday and Saturday, | that prorogation will take place on Wednesday and Thursday next, is | the general expectation at the Cap- | ital, which is in| store for him if he can wait and he] German | The speeches made yesterday on the bilingual issue have to a consid- erable degree clarified the situation. So far as can be gathered this mtorn- ing the Liberal bolters, when the vote is taken, will be confined large- ly to the western members, although there will likely be some from On- tario, including Truax of South Grey. LLOYD HARRIS, Made an imp ant Wesley A Du's Shell Committee before Commission investigation the Kyte charges at Ottawa. Mr. ris is of the Russell Motor Car Com- which tried in vain to secure * contracts which went exposition relations the into Har- The Premier and Provincial Treags- urer of Alberta arranged a $2,000,- 000 loan on better terms than a year | ago. gis ------ DAILY MEMORANDUM See top page 3, right hand corner, { tor probabilities. Runymage sale den Lion block, Friday morning, Gol- Wellington street. DIED. CLOGG---In Elginburg, May 10th, 1918, Joseph lrwin Clogg, aged 72 years 11 months FP uneral from his late residence, Elgin- burgh; Friday afternoon at two o'clock, to Cataragui cemetery. FLOOD---On Wolfe Island, May 11th, 1916, Michael Flood, aged §9 years | Funeral -from his laté residence, on Saturday morning at nine o'clook. MARSH In Collins Bay, on May '10th, 1816, George Marsh, aged 78 years. "uneral fro his late residence, on Saturday two o'clock 3 1s and quaintances are re- etfully invited to attend. ~In Kingston, on May 10th, ames A. Savage, aged 66 288 on Friday afternoon o'clock, to St. Paul's thence to Cataragul ceme- {BA | Fungrml rom his late residence, Barrie street, at two chusen, | Frie i and acquaintances are respect- fully invited to attend. " ROBERT J REIL REID | Phone B77 350. Princess Street. Ph Lo A Embaiming a Specialty. M. P. KEYES, Undertaker and and Fuge on Neo. Sse, ret-class Sresatsstese | | | | "The Marquis of Crewe announced | & in the House of Lords on Wednesday | # that Baron Wimborne, Lord Lieuten- | ¢ ant of Ireland, had resigned. | f--Fastern Ontario News. Te=Amusements: Timely nouncements: The Forum. S--Miltary Matters; Theatrical 9-Whig's Prosperity Number Congmended. . 10--Bleapytime Tales: Menus: Joking Most of the negroes were * ---- artillery bombardments are ac- % | ployees of the Norva Land and Laim- | & London, May 11.--British knowledged to have been over- | ber company, - When the explosion | # troops are now holding 90 miles & whelming, but the French held # occurred there was a wild panic. {* of the western front, it Was an- Eighteen thousand pounds of food | # on to their underground shel- #|'Manmy were crushed in the mad rush | + nounced to-day. * | brother have beer, members for some |i Jere dropped by aeroplanes into : ters and tien Jecitated the ap- #/ that followed for the door. s . The British en Send Sm : time. i ut-el-A British garris- ing infantry before the at- #/| point ner . : | on ray tov te su Jmonching organized. sl George Bernard Shaw condemns in | % point near the Somme. + The Toronto City Council refuses | In spite of science, men will not [est in peace until they have a faith, «Fr. Harrison. line The German + | Davey of Wallaceburg joined the * 186th Battalion yesterday he made [i {the third member of his family inf : that organization. His father and |} An- Australia at War. 14a Phy of Mystery: Ttelatives. 13Milicary Matters; Sporting. Thomas Kent, Irish rebel leader, | trons 1 terms the execution of Irish|e¢ @|to pay the provincial war tax until I was shot, FH0000s 000 irtsestisres | Tobe THIEL tee the courts give a ruling. ys