---- ---- ------ ASSURED LLOYD.GEORGE tes GOES A.-FISHING. CASEMENT "FOR HIGH Irish Prisoner in German Interment Camp Tes- WITH CONSCRIPTION Three Honorary Colonels to Divide $237,000 Among Them---Miss Edwards, Mystery Associate of Allison, to Get Share. Ottawa, May 13.--Three of Gen- eral Sir Sam Hughes' Honorary Colonels are to divide $237,000 among them in commissions out of the fuse contract between the Can- adian Shell Committee and the Bas- sick-Yoakum-Cadwell trinity, other- wise known as the American Ammu- nition Company. Honorary Colonel George Wash- ington Stephens of Montreal gets $10,000, Honorary Colonel Bain gets $30,000, Honorary Colonel John Allison gets $197,000. So swore Benjamin F. Yoakum of Frisco rallway fame, one of the men who figured in the now notorious million-dollar spoils division, the Meredith-Duff Royal fon. * The American railway magnate's version of how General Hughes' "guide, philosopher and friend" has sheen "saving millions for the Em- pire" provided the most startling evidence yet unearthed by the inves- tigation, agreeing with the vindicat- ing in nearly every detdil the sensa- William Me- Wesley tional story of patriotism at a price! and subterranean finance Parliament on March 28th George W Kyte, ' Over and above the startling re- velations of the Stephens-McBain- Allison commissions, three other sin- ister faets stood out in Mr. Yoak- um's story: (1) That Bugene Lignanti, New York orchestra leader, figured in the million-dollar division over the American Ammunition Cempany's fuse contract. 2) Phat a mysterious gentleman named Craven who "was interesting himself in war contracts," was paid $30,000 by Yoakum upon orders from Allison. €3) That before the American Am- munition Co. secured its contract Allison and Yoakum agreed to di- vide whatever commission might be received as the result of contracts entered into with the Canadian Shell Kommittees, or upon any other war business, told last by Allison's Assigned Money Allison, in turn, had. people to whom he assigned part of his inter- SIR DOUGLAS HAIG INSPECTED 21871. The 21st Battalion was in- spected by General Sir Douglas Haig, commander-in-chief of the British army in France, on April 27th, was the information contained in letters received in the city on Saturday. One 21st man stated that it took the company to which he belonged two days to get cleaned up for the inspection, PELE 4FPH2 4222000 PEPE P PPO PT He London, - May 15.--Police were called out Saturday n to protoct ' Lansbury, Labor 'Member of ParHament, Mrs. Des- pard and other anti-conscriptionists, | who were addresing a meeting in the Ethical Society building. Crowds gathered round the place, hissing all persons who came to the meeting and shoutng threats of violence. 'Many ' of the anti-conscriptionists were badly mauled. The crowd closed sin on them weilding sticks and umbrellas. All members of the attacked were cut and bruised, Police ter oy arough ly way rou the Ee 'rescued them. x 1 1--Fuse Bartering: Trial of Casement; Ammunition Sold dllegnlly. T--alother's Day; Qity League wo Games. 3-iPa trjotisn in North; Doom of the Oak. . $~--Editorials. Press Opinions. Syalt, Masons Rhymes; Ran- a Vite of the Pulpit; Fine on. $---Bastorn Ontario = News in f Form. T--<Amusements; Timely An- nouncements; The Forum. 3-Milttary Sues: Theatrical hi ot Tabacco: Mutt time' Tales: Menus: an. , "a ship: Colors of 1 hry Matters; In ch a . before Commiss- est. Col. William McBain, the man who negotiated the land purchase at Valcartier, was to get $30,000; Major George Washington Stephens; $10,000; Eugene Lignanti, the mus- ical director, who figures in the Kyte charges, $50,000, and Miss Ed- wards, Col. Allison's Secretary, $105,000. The nature of the ser- vices rendered by Col. McBain and Major Stephens was not disclosed. Another beneficiary is J. R. Craven, of New York, a member of the firm of T. McAvity & Sons of St. John, N.B. According to the evidence, Craven gets $30,000, not from Al- lison alone, but jointly from Yoak- um and Allison. It was Craven who apparently "tipped off" Yoakum, Bassick and Cadwell to the fuse con- tracts. Yoakum investigated Craven's sug- gestion and it "seemed to be a good investment, looking to future orders from foreign governments." | Yoakum did not explain what he imeant by this expression. All the million has not yet been paid, it may be stated. As the money jcomes in "as and when the fuses are {paid for," it is divided pro rata {among those nominated by Allison. .So far, the payments have been as follows: Miss Edwards, $16,809 out {of $105,000; Signor Lignanti, $6,500 out of $50,000; Col. McBain, $3,899 lout of $30,000 and Major Stephens, $1,299 out of $10,000. Craven as- signed his share to one Austen B. { Fletcher, and Fletcher has been paid {$3,899 so far. | Profound, Painful Impression Following upon the heels of prev- {ous staggering exposures by Cad- Iwell, this new evidence of barter- ing in the Empire's necessity creat- ed a profound and painful impres- slon. As the United States promot- [or, matter-of-fact and complacent, unfolded his tale of profiteering and get-rich-quick fihdnce, the crowd of men and women in the court literal- ly gasped in amazement. General Hughes for once lost his outward ap- pearance of bored unconcern, and leaning forward in his seat eagerly drank in the witness' every word. His counsel, evidently confounded by the amazing frankness of the Yoakum recital and the damning evidence it disclosed, sat silent of- fering no word of interruption or objection. ' F. B. Carvell alone show- ed neither surprise nor perturba- tion. ANA iin END OF WAR IS NEAR AT HAND. Declared That There Will Not Be Another Winter Cam- paign. (Special to the Whig) New York, May 15.--Germany is beaten, and the end of the war is near at handy according to Samuel Hill, associated with his namesake, James J. Hill, in railway enterprises, who arrived late last night from Liv- erpool on the liner Philadedphia. "Germany cannot struggle against the overwhelming financial strain and the economic conditions since the war began," he sald, explaining why he believed peace would soon come. "There will not be another winter campaign, and peace will come just as suddenly as the war broke out." FRENCH DRIVE ENEMY From a First Line Trench South the Somme, (Special to the Whig). Paris, May 15.--French troops drove the enemy from a first line trench near Vermandovilliers, south of the Somme, said an official state- ment issued here to-day. Around Verdun heavy bombard- ment in the region of Avocourt wood constituted practically the only ac- tivity. In the Champagne region, the French cleaned out a German work west of Mont Tetu, taking some pris- oners, of ASQUITH IN BELFAST. {The Object of His Visit Is Causing Interest. (Special to the Whig). Londen? May The Premier As quith reached Belfast to-day in his 'tour of Ireland to study conditions leading up to the recent rebellion. Some of the newspapers said his vis- it to Belfast was connected with the proposal for either the disarmament of all parties in Ireland or for incor- poration of both Irish and Ulster vol- unteers into an auxiliary branch of the British Army. LG. Ireland, General Manager of Brantford Mu Railway and Blettile 0 sions, has resigned @ charge new Eastern Ontario roa fortoomany scheme under rd In T ena me resi: HUGHES SOLD ITILLEGALLY Government. Refuses to Ap- prove of Action. LIBERALS HAVE ASKED THAT MEREDITH COMMISSION | MAKE INQUIRY | Into the Disposal Through Hughes | To Allison eof the Defective Am- munition To the British Admi.| ralty. | Ottawa, May 15.--D. D. McKen- zie, M. P. for North Cape Breton, | took up in the Commons Saturday af- | ternoon the question of the sale of | | it Compulsory service in England had s most forceful advocate in the RL Hon. David Lloyd-George, regarded by some as the most powerful man in the British Governme 3,000,000 rounds of small arms am- age of the ond munition through Hon. Col. J. Wes: | ley Allison for the Vickers Company! by the Militia Department since the | war broke out. The ammunition was| sold at $20 per thousand, and was characterized as condemned or defec- | tive in the Canadian arsenal at Que-| bec. This has been admitted in evi-, dence by Sir Sam Hughes and Col. | Allison before the Davidson Commis-| sion Saturday morning. Mr. McKenzie laid down the prin- ciple that no such acts should be made without order-in-Council and without consent of the Governor-Gen- eral. He read a letter from the au- ditor-general to the Finance Minister in April last. in which the former declared that by the sale at $20 per thousand the country had lost $45, 000, since they were now paying over | $30 'per thousand for ammunition. | He had also reason to believe that the ammunition had not gone to Vickers, but had been re-sold at a profit of 25 per cent. s He moved, seconded by E, M. Mac- Donald, that the scofle of the Mere- dith-Duff Commission should be ex-| tended to include the question of the | sale of the ammunition in question. | Sir Robert Borden declared that | the motion should be rejected because the question was now under inquiry. Sir Wilfrid Laurier declared that the Prime Minister could not com- plain of. lack of notice, because for] months the Government had been] asked to Bring down the correspon-| dence. Hughes Aad No Warrant. | Sir Wilfrid declared the Minister| of Militia had taken upon himself! (0 sell ammunition with absolutely! RO warraat. "What he sold," he| said, "was not the property of Gen-| eral 8ir Sam Hughes, but of the Gov-| ernment and people of Canada. sold it illegally and without rant." i The strangest part of the affair was that the Governor-in-Council | had declined to sanction the sales or approve of further sales and the or-| der-in-Council had never been passed | despite the request of the Minister | of Militia. | "To this day the Government has not legalized the sale of Government property by its Minister of Militia. Is this parliamentary government? What is the meaning of this? This ammunition was sold illegally and the Government refuses to approve of the action of its colleague in sell- ing it to Col. J. Wesley Allison." Sir Sam Hughes declared that an order-in-Council had not been requir- ed and that.the Militia Department could have flung the ammunitien into the sea if it had wanted to. F. B. Carvell declared that the Minister's speech reminded him of the biblical quotation: "The wicked flee when no man pursueth." rd like to know who asked him to send our boys to the front with defective ammunition. The question is, why wag the "defective ammunition sold to J. W. Allison at a big rake-off? The motion was lost. He! war- | ! \ WAR BULLETINS. The Germans colitinue heavy attacks on the British front, but all have been repulsed. A 'German Zeppelin was de- stroyed by a British warship near the coast of Norway, The French have regained now nearly all ground lost since began their Ver- # deeb ab ode © Phe Germans sunk a British «ship in mid-ocean. leaving the. Lesa asad bile dtd l *est 20 "in boats to Rie + CLEPIPPPPRLLEEINIP IMI he went h for a short holiday can be obs ed enjoying his fas sport of fishing on the River Dwy at Criccieth In one picture he is showing his two young daughters how to bait a hook. The report says he did not hook a single fish but enjoyed the days' recreation jmmensely. (Special to the Whig). London, May 15.--Clad in a seedy dark suit, with frayed sleeves, Sir Roger Casement, once a favorite in the British consular service, went on trial to-day in the Bow Street Police Court on the chaxge of high treason, punishable by hanging, in his case, with a silken cord. Sir Roger entered' the court room smiling and nodding to some of the men who knew him before he was knighted. His face was covered with a stubby, greenish gray beard that gave his best smiles a ghastly look. He wore a pair of shoes re- quisitioned from the stocks of the | British army. Bow Street was packed. Case- ment was accompanied to the pris- oner"s dock by Daniel Bailey, a sol- dier arrested in Ireland. The Formal Charge. Sir Roger was calm when Attor- ney-General F. F. Smith began read- ing the formal charge against him and reviewing his life history. In his opening statement Attorney-Gen- eral Smith declared the Crown would prove that Sir Roger plotted not only the Irish rebellion, but planned to land expeditions in Ireland at several other places on the British coast. Sev- eral exchanged English prisoners will testify to this effect, he said. Smith said that the vast majority of the Irish prisoners in Germany treated Casement's overtures with contempt. "As a result," added the Attorney- General, "they were punished by the Germans, and the quantity of rations given them each day was reduced. A few unfortunately were seduced. Among these was the soldier Daniel Bailey, who occupies the prisoner's dock with Casement to-day." The Gernian auxiliary cruiser sunk MUST SEEK ALLIES' TERMS Declaration Made By the Pre- sident of France. TEUTONS "TERRIFIED AT INDIGNATION AND HATRED OF THE WORLD. tifies Casement Offered Each Man $50 to Desert the British Colors. bombs destined for the Irish rebels, Attorney-General Smith declared. Witnesses Heard. The first witness for the Crown was Police Inspector Parker, who tes- tified that when Casement was first arrested he made no attempt to save himself, but insisted that Bailey was innocent. John Robinson, an Irishman, for- merly a corporal in the British army, was the next witness. Robinson was a prisoner in one of the German military camps visited by Casement. He testified that Casement visited 300 Irishmen in his camp, offering $50 to each one 'who would desert the British colors. Robinson said he re- fused. About fifty of the three hundred Irishmen accepted the offer and en- listed in the German army, Robinson said. His testimony was corroborated by that of John Cronin, another ex- changed prisoner. Cronin said they were promised that if Germany em- erged from the war defeated, the German Government would pay their transportation to America. The Crown reserved much of its evidence for the formal trial to be held later. Enough was presented to-day, however, at the preliminary hearing to show that Casement plan- ned with German aid to land not only one, but several expeditions on the coast of Ireland and elsewhere on the British Isles. Accompanied Casement. Attorney-General Smith. presented la statement from Bailey, the British prisoner in Germany who confessed | the details of the plot. After de- serting the British army, Bailey said he. was summoned to Berlin and or- | dered to accompany Sir Roger aboard la submarine. | The collapsible boat in which they {left the submarine on approaching i the coast overturned, Bailey said, and he and Casement reached the shore with some difficulty. = They went to | a shop in Tralee, where Sir | was to meet the rebel leader, but A Peace Which Would Keep Europe Eternally Menaced Not Wanted off the Irish coast at the time Sir Ro- | learned that he had not arrived. Bai- ger Casement landed carried 20,000 ley said he was arrested as he enter- rifles, a million rounds of ammuni-|ed a motor car that was to drive them SIR ROGER CASEMENT NAPANEE PRIVATE DIES WOUNDS RECEIVED WITH MONTREAL BATTALION. OF Deserter From 146th Battalion Ar- rested---Pte. Clande Leggett, Yar- ker, Reported Wounded, Napanee, May 13.---Word has been received here that Pte. Ray MacConachie had died of his wounds. He enlisted here about a'year ago in the 39th Battalion and was later transferred to the 13th Royal High- landers, Montreal. He has two bro- thers in khaki: George, who is in France with the 21st Battalion, and Frank, in Engldnd with the 59th Battalion. Rev. T. Sellery, pastor of Grace Church, has received a <all from the Cobourg Methodist Church, Chief Barrett and Lieut. J. J. Gra- ham, 146th Battalion, went to Perth Road Friday to look for a deserter from the 146th Battalion and suc- ceeded in locating him about a mile and a half west of the railroad cross- ing. He was arrested in a small bush near the railroad, and was brought back fo Napanee and placed in the police cells to await triali : : Lieut.-Col., Gillespie of Kingston was here - Friday afternoon and in- specifed Napanee Collegiate Institute ter I. 0. D. E, furnished light re- freshments. In the evening in the Town Hall an extensive programme of musical and vocal selections, tab- leaus and dialogues were given by the pupils ot the Collegiate Institute, in ald of the "'Prisoners-of-War Fund. A crowded house turned out to hear their efforts; and a very fair sum is expected to hand over for the A Fight To a Finish Indicated. Nancy, May 165.~President Poin- care, in an address here yesterday, responded to Germany's declaration regarding peace contained in the German reply to the American note. "France does not want Germany to tender peace," said the president, "but wants her adversary to ask for peace." The president then made known clearly the only kind of peace which would be acceptable to France. The address was delivered at the Molitor garrison before a large number of Lorraine refugees, to whom the pre- sident, after expressing his sympa- thies and renewing promises of soli: citude and protection, said: Central Powers Terrified. "France will not expose her sons to the dangers of new aggressions. The Central EWpires, haunted by re- morse fog having brought on the war and terrified by the indignation and hatred they have stirred up in man- kind, are trying to-day to make the world believe that the allies alone are responsible for the prolongation eof hostilities--a dull irony which will deceive no one. "Neither direcfly nor indirectly have our enemies offered us peace. But we do not want them to offer it to us; we want them to ask it of us. We do not want to submit to their conditions; we want to impose ours on them. We do not want a peace which would leave Imperial Germany with the power to recommencé the war and keep Europe eternally men- aced. We want peace which re- ceives from restored rights serious | guarantees of equilibrium and stabil- ity. ? "So long as that peace is not as- sured to us; so long as our enemies will not recognize themselves as van- quished, we will not cease to fight." THE WORLD'S NEWS IN BRIEF FORM. Tidings From All Over Told In a Pithy and Pointed | ? Way. Mrs. Emil Huebner and her daugh- {ter Erma were found murdered in 'their home at Shoal Lake. The Munitions Committee of the |C. M. A. favors the employment of ! women in munitions factories. | Bdwin C, Coombes, 67 Shuter)] 'street, Toronto, died after taking an overdose of medicine to relieve pain from pneumonia. The bugle band of the 110th tion, ten machine guns, and many |to the rebel meeting place. CONCLUDING BUSINESS BEFORE PARLIAMENT. C. N. R. Loan And Increased Soldiers' Pensions To Be Considered. (Bpecial -to the Whig) Ottawa, May 15---There is a gen-| eral expectation that Parliament will be prorogued on Wednesday,although it may be Thursday before the ses-|- sion is finally concluded. The chief business before the House yet is the C. N. R. fifteen-mil- lion dollar loan and a bill to provide a larger scale of pensions for Cana- dian soldiers. GENERAL MAXWELL THANKS lin, Ireland. Dublin, May 15.--The behavior of the Roman Catholic clergy during the recent outbreaks was so courage ous that General Maxwell, comman~ der of the British forces sent Arch- bishop Walsh - a special letter of thanks requesting him to give the names of the priests who had dis- played special gallantry, Archbishop Walsh replied, express- ing appréciation, but declining to give names, as, he said, "it would be invidious to particularize the numer- ous cases." UNCLE SAM'S NEW ARMY, 8. May Have 206,000 Peace Strength Washington, May 15.--A regular army of 206,000 men at peace strength capable of 254,000 in time of war, was agreed upon Saturday by House and Senate conference on the army reorganiza- tion bill, first of the big national defence measures. The report will be submtted to both branches of Congress for ratification next week. TEN ARE KILLED In Explosion In the Dupont Powder Company's Plants. « 1 to the Walp). i : Philadelphia, May 15.--Ten were killed and thirty injured in an explo- sion at the Gibbstown plant of the Dupont Powder Company, according to a telephone message from Wood- bury this afternoon. They had big contracts for munitions for the Al- lies. uv. * pe Men at (& DAILY MEMORANDUM See top page 3, right hand corner, for probabilities. » BORN PRUDHAM--In Toronto, May 2nd, 1916, to 'Mr. and Mrs Harry Prud- ham (nee Olive Wart, formerly of Kingston), 651 Pap Avenue, a daughter. MoDONALD---In Kingston, on May th, 1916, to Mr. and Mps. Alex- ander McDonald, 360 ntreal street, a daughter. WIALSH---At the Hotel Dieu, on May 14th, 1916, to Corporal and Mrs. Thomas Walsh, John street, a son. DIED. FAHEY--In Kingston, on May 14th, 1916, Edward Fahey. Funeral (private), from his late resi- dence, 158 Bagot street, on Tues- day. .miorning at 9 o'clock to Bt Many's Cathedral where a solemn requiem mass will be sung for the repose of his soul Please omit wowers. McCAUGHERT Yin Watértown, Mon- day morning, May 15th, Hester Enna, beloved wife of Hugh Mc- Caugherty. Funeral notice later. ROBERTS-4At the Kingston General Hospital, on Sunday, May 14th, 1916, Hannah May Newman, wife of W. Charles Roberts. * Funeral from her fathers home 71 King street 'west, on Tuesday at m 3 pm. Friends and acquaintances respectfmni- ly invited to attend. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG Is on Sale at the Following City Stores; oulter's Grocery "er Princess Cullen's Grocery, Cor. Prificess & Alfred Frontenac Hotel ..........Ontarlo St. n's Square Prin expansion to MoLsod Lys g Store Bouthcott's Grocery . Valleau's Grocery .. ROBERT J REID _ The Undertaker. Fuad. Phe. Claude Leggett, who enlisted | here with the 39th Battalion, is re- | (L°'th) Battalion was presented with instruments by Ramsay Chap- ported wounded, in the latest list of | casngities. Pte. Leggett came from | Yatker. ter, L 0. D. E., at St. Mary's. The body of John Callard, & |to Port Stanley two weeks ago, was Berlin . reports said the Allies! found floating in the harbor there. would force Greeee to allow Serb! Mrs. 'Matilda M: ¢ troops to be transported across her market, seventy-six years of killed by a barn door, "Shere was a heavy loss of life in|its hinges by the wind, falling S| destroyed a storehouse, thros cav. WAS tents, on, Mysterious Fires. El Paso, Tex, May 15.--Army| posts and stations along the border Ji were on their guard against incen- t drug- ' diaries yesterday as a result of two ! gist, who disappeared while on & visit y fires Saturday night at Fort Bliss, where flames of undetermined origin { Be three horses and some a mam