"YEAR 88-- NO. 115 To Reach Germany to Fight For His Country. HE HID W A TRUNK IN. THE CABIN OF HIS ABOARD SHIP, Oould Not Get Passport--Sailed on Frederick VIII. at New York, and Was Caught at Kirkwall, Copenhagen, May 15.--The daring attempt by a young German reservist to reach Germany on the steamer Frederick VHI. by hiding in a trunk in his wife's cabin, on the trip from New York to Copenhagen, is related by the ship's physician in the newspaper, Politiken. He writes: "On the day the Frederick VIII, was to leave New York I was informed that one of the passengers, Mrs, Ag- nes Roever, was ill and needed medi- cal aid, I went to her cabin and found that she was suffering from a bad case of 'nerves.' Otherwise no- thing seemed to be the matter with her health, She told me that the condition of her nerves was the re- sult of her extreme worry about her husband, who, she said, had had a position in Japan and had been in- terned after war broke out with Ger- many, "The woman told me that her hus- band had had the one burning wish to be able to go back to Germany to fight, that the Japanese had re- leased him, but that he had been un- able to get a passport in New York. "I visited Mrs. Roever daily and found nervousness growing worse and worse, though 1 was unable to discover the cause. Curiously enough, her appetite was excellent, She took her meals in her cabin, and no- thing was ever sent back. '"I'o my. great astonishment I no- ticed that every day she ordered a large amount of sandwiches. Upon my inquiries she explained that her nervousness caused insomnia, that she often woke up during the night and always was very hungry. A few hours before the Frederick VII arrived in Kirkwall, however, the word was passed that all baggage would be inspected by the British authorities. The Discovery. "When we arrived at Kirkwall, the usual visit of the British author- ities was made. The papers of the passengers were inspected and the passport of the German woman was found to be perfectly all right, so she was in no way inconvenienced. 'Next morning one of the ship's officers came to me and said: 'We have a blind passenger on board.' Asked to explain, he told me to my great surprise that the man in ques- tion was the husband of my German woman patient, who had hidden throughout the trip in the trunk. Just before the search by the Brit- ish commenced he had left the trunk and hid in an unoccupied cabin. It was here he was discovered, "I was led to the cabin of the first officer and there I saw a pale-faced, apparently terribly exhausted young man sittitig in the corner. Upon my entering he staggered and re back entering he tried to get up and greet me, but he staggered and reeled back on the sofa. "It took him some time to gather his strength, and he then explained that he had been in hiding all the time in his wife's trunk. One of the British officers came, and he was led away. A heart-rending scene oc- curred when Mrs. Roever was" al- lowed to bid he¥ husband good-bye. The woman became hysterical and refused to let him go. ""Roever, however, had meantime regained his presence of mind. Calmly he consoled his wife as best he could, and only shook his head when she tried to give him some money. With the words: 'Greet the fatherland for me. I have tried my best; auf wiedersehen--' he shook his wife off and stepped into the boat, which took him to shore and to prison, "The trip must have been terrible for Roever. The trunk in which he hid was not large enough to allow him to stretch out, and [ myself am witness for the fact that he never left it at daytime, for every minute he had to be fearful of myself or the stewardess entering the cabin." Roever was arrested and taken to Edinburgh as prisoner of war. His wife was allowed to proceed unmo- --~ WIFE THE WHIG CONTENTS age Reach Germany: Put 'Rallways Into - Receivers; the Casement Oase. 2--Passed the Royal School of Artillery 3--8cou Letters to the itor. 4--Editorials; Press Opinions. ' Salt Masons Rhymes; Ran- dom Ree! 5-Utilitles' Meeting! Local Happenings. Cn Ontario in Brief Form. Amusements; : Timely An- hounceinents: The Forum. Sheen jeld Ambulance: itary ters: Theat:ical Badly Needed in France: T ina i eo Menus: Teost 1 lontreal. Page "From Ove Nows lested to Hamburg by way of Warne- munde. NEWFOUNDLAND MAY TAKE OVER ST. PIERRE. Readjustment of Whole Fish- eries Question is Regarded As Likely: St. John's, Nfid., May 16.--The possibility of the acquisition of the French colony of St. Pierre by New- foundland is being discussed in of- ficial circles as a result of condi- tions arising from the European con- flict. The idea was suggested by the re- cent negotiations which led to the re- laxation for the term of the war of the so-called Bait Act by the New- foundland Government in view of the shortage of" fish in france. The Bait Act was put in force in 1886 and prohibited the selling of herring to the French fishermen whose head- quarters were at St. Pierre. With the advent of the war France withdrew the last of her fishermen from this side of the Atlantic, result- ing in a critical shortage of fish at home. Representations were made to the Newfoundland Government, and in view of the circumstances it was decided to allow buyers from St. Pierre to purchase Newfound- land herring on the condition thgt the fish should not be used for bait, but should be devoted solely for food purposes. Within the next few months thou- sands of barrels of herring, it is said, will be shipped to St. Pierre. This concession, it is believed in some circles, will pave the way to a readjustment of the whole fisheries question after the war, and possibly to negotiations towards the taking over of St. Pierre by Newfoundland. The matter has been talk d of un- officially before, but has found no responsive echo in French Govern- ment circles because of the value of the little fishing colony as a train- ing school in seamanship for the navy. SPEER bT PREP RE PRR PEIRe + QUEBEC AGAIN GOING LIBERAL. (Special to the Whig.) Montreal, May 16. --Twenty- two Liberals and four Conser- vatives were elected by accla- mation yesterday in the Quebec nominations. Premier Gouin takes his seat without contest. Pheer ret bed PEPPER EPI | | ' SIR LOMER GOUIN. The Quebec Premier re-elected by acclamation in Provincial nominations Monday Selb b bere bree be Teacher Hung Himself, Delta, May 16.--Some time during Sunday afternoon while the rest of the family were at- tending church at Phillipsville, Charles Tackaberry, aged twen- ty-seven, took his life by -hang- ing himself in his father's barn. He was engaged in teaching school 'at Harlem and had been a student at Queen's University for one year. : SEPP rrr eee boty BRITISH SUBMARINES ~ CHASE ENEMY FLEET. Large German Fleet Leaves Kiel For Guif of Riga. (Special to the Whig). London, May 16.---A Copenhagen despatch says that a large German fleet left the Kiel canal for the Gulf of Riga. including battleships of the largest type. A German fleet outside Gothen- burg tried to capture a British ves- sel about. to sail. British subma- rines put the fleet to flight. . BASEBALL ON MONDAY. National League. New York, 3; Chicago, 2. Pittsburg, 8; Boston, 7. Philadelphia, 7; Cincinnati, 4. Brooklyn, 4; St. Louis, 2. American League. Cleveland, 6; New York, 4. Philadelphia, 5; St. Louis, 4. Washington, 6; Detroit, 5. International League. Providence, 6; Rochester, 4. ------------------ rong, M.P.P. for Muskoka, died at nm ----r--_--. ' KINGSTON, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1916 FIRST PICTURES OF SINN FEIN REBELLION. ce -------------- ee a These are amon reached this country. ing under shell fire outbreak of the trouble. INTO HANDS OF RECEIVERS Where Bennett Would Put 6. BLAMES BOTH PARTIES FOR PRESENT CONDITION THE RAILWAYS. Hon. George P. Graham Said If the Railway Was Nationalized All the Railways Should Be Taken Over, Ottawa, May 16.--When the House of Commons went into committee of supply yesterday afternoon on the item of a fifteen million dollar loan for the C.N.R., Deputy Speaker Rhodes ruled out of order Hon. Wil- liam Pugsley"s motion to the effect that a8 a condition of the loan, the Government should take an option under which the Government could take the system over at any time within five years, at any price which the Government might deem reason- able. The Deputy Speaker ruled that it was not within the power of the com- mittee to adopt sucn an amendment, R. B. Bennett, Calgary, asserted that the great mistake in connection with the C. N. R. was the recognition of it as a transcontinental line when its bonds were guaranteed to the ex- tent of $35,000,000 for the construc- tion of the Port Arthur-Montreal see- | tion. For this mistake both politi- cal parties must share the responsi- bility, because then the Conservative Opposition had not opposed it. The reason probably was that the 1911 general election was at hand. When the Conservatives came into power, he said, they should have assumed responsibility for the bond issue, and stopped construction of the line east of the Great Lakes. + Referring to the British Columbia main line, Mr. Bennett said that its! construction was due to an optimism | that was not justified. ! OF | Should Go To Receivers, The member for Calgary then told the House that the right thing to do is to let both the G. T. P. and the C. N. R. go into the hands of receivers. This would not be an alarming thing to do when it is remembered that one-seventh of the railroads of the United States are now in the hands of receivers. The Government, he said, is responsible for the guaran- tees anyway. Mr. Graham said he was not afraid of the question of the nation- alization of railways, but if done at all it should aim at the eventual tak- ing over of all the railways, Sir Thomas White. defended the action of the Government in putting the loans in the estimates on the ground that they were short loans, and complicated legislation was not Necessary. The House finally passed the loans. SINN FEIN PRESIDENT Is To Be Tried Shortly By Court- martial. (Special to the Whig). Dublin, May 16.--John Macnelll, president of the Sinn Fein volunteers, is Fig be tried shortly by court-mar- tial, No agreement hag yet been reach- ed as the result of Premier Asquith's visit to Ireland on the Irish disarma- ment plan, : Interned Prisoners Riot. : Special to the Whig. Ottawa, May 16.--Interned cam pris- oners at Kapu ) LP. And CNR. | g the first pictures of the rece The left picture from a gunboat in the river. the Sinn Fein uniform, photographed on the roof or PEP PPP Pree +P Samuel H. Bracebridge, Oat, from heart trouble. : shows a wall of one The right WAR BULLETINS. The Russians have taken the town of Rivandouza in their ad- vance on Mosul. * The French have captured 250 yards of trenches on the heights of the Meuse, Heavy fighting has occurred on the British front between #% Loos and Labasse canal, with + small advantage to either side. Bbddobdebdeobdededb dob ddd dodop Ss H. ARMSTRONG, M.P.P. For Muskoka who at Brace- bridge on M ay last died Were German Agents Responsible ? wspecial to e Whig). Washington, May 16.--Federal detectives are investigating the story that German agents are responsible for) the . explosion - in the. Dupont! Wdrks, Gibbstown, causing the death of twelve people. ---------------------- GOOD TIME TO ADVER- TISE. The hackneyed old phrase, "Now is the time to advertise," has special pertinence just now. It 1s in times of prosperity that money is made. As the result of hig crops, de- mand for war munitions, ete., the country has ,reached a high stage. of prosperity. There is plenty of money in eireu- lation, and people are in a mood to buy liberally. In such times as these advertising pays more generously than ever. The people are liopeful and confident, disposed to anticipate their wants, to buy the best qualities, and to puréhase things they_would not have felt they could afford a year ago. Merchants ought to be able to double their trade under these conditions. But they can't get it by wailing for it. They must aliract more attention, _ take a little more newspa- per space, describe their goods a little more fully. A greal deal of money will be spent in the next six months, the bulk of it with those dealers who Uniforms. of courl the most publicity. Irish Rebels, nt Irish rebellion in Dublin. which have of the rebel strongholds fall- picture shows two rebels in a building they were guarding, on the | TT eee UPSET PLANS OF CASEMENT County Kerry Farmer Discoy- ered the Landing. SAW THE FOOT PRINTS THREE PERSONS IN NEAR TRALEE, OF SANDS Informed Irish Constabulary and In. vestigation Resulted in Discovery Of Sir Roger in the Old McKenna Fort. (Special to the Whig.) London, May 16.---John MeCarthy, Kerry County, farmer, with a thick Irish brogue, upset the plans pre- pared for months in advance at Ber- lin for Sir Roger Casement to lead a rebellion that would sweep all Ire- land. This fact was disclosed to- day when the preliminary hearing of Casement and ene of his Irish sol- dier confederates, Daniel Bailey, was resumed in the Bow street Police court, On the morning of Good Friday, McCarthy said he wag walking along the Irish coast near Tralee when he noticed a small " boat floating to- ward shore. He walked down to the beach to pull it in and saw fresh footprints of three persons in the sands. They aroused Mec- Carthy's suspicions. He sent word to the barracks and immediately offi- cers were sent out to investigate. Sergeant Horne of the Irish Con- stabulary said they found Casement in an old fort known as MéKenna's Fort. The prisoner protested vig- orously against his arrest stating his name was Richard Morton, an au- thor, In spite of his protests he was es- corted to Ardfert Barracks. Upon him was found a paper on which were the words "await further in- structions, have decided to stay. Further ammunition and rifles are needed. Send another ship." Sergt. James Butler, of the Irish Constabulary, testified that Sir Rog- er broke down and sobbed when in- formed qf the .death of two Sinn Feiners drowned in a motor accident, Inspector Sandy Cock of Scotland Yard said Casement admitted his identity when he was removed to the Tower. Girl Identifies Casement, Mary Gorman, a pretty servant girl, identified Casement as one of three men she saw landing om the Irish coast near Tralee from the eol- lapsible boat which carried them from the German submarine U-19. John Hern, of thé Irish Constabu- lary, told about the circumstances leading up to the prisoner's arrest. Sir Roger moved uneasily through- out their testimony, stroking his short beard and hair, twitching his head from side to side and tapping his note pad nervously with his pen- cil, His eyes never left the witness- es while they were testifying. In his evidence, Daniel O'Brien said that after Casement left Lim- burg, recruiting for the Irish Bri- gade was carried on by an American priest named Nicholson, While most of the testimony of the day concerned Casement, an oc- casional question was put by the prosecution for the purpose of link- ing Bailey with the revolutionary movement. Witnesses answered that they saw him at Limburg in the uniform of the Irish Brigade, The Victoria Cross goés to an In- AUSTRIANS ABANDON ADVANCED POSITIONS Before Roverto, Anticipating Heavy Italian Offensive On Trent. (Special to the Whig.) | Rome, May 16.--Austrian troops have abandoned their advanced posi- tions before Rovereto in bxpectation of a heavy Italian offensive in the direction of Trent. All villages in the Adige river val- ley, up which Italian armies might be expected to move, have been clear- ed of non-combatants. The Austrian authorities put the order of evacuation into effect on Sunday, according to several Italian citizens of Trentino villages, who slipped by the Austrian lines. GENERAL MARCHAND KILLED IN ACTION. He Became Famous As Result of the Fashoda Inci= dent. (Special to the Whig.) Paris, May 16.--Gen. Marchand has been killed at the front, accord- ing to despatches received here this afternoon. Gen. Jean Baptiste Marchand was one of the most notable figures in the French, Army, not only because of his prominence in the present war, but because also of his clash with Lord Kitchener in 1898 which promised to result in a war between England and France and became known as the "Fashoda incident." | | MORE IMPORTANT THAN TAKING VERDUN. (Special to the Whig. Berlin, May 16.--Organizing food supplies for Germany's seventy millions of people is of greater importance than the capture of Verdun. Berlin newspapers declared to-day in urging the greatest care in the choice of a new Minister of Pro- % visions, TRPPRRRPREE PPE E SPER PERI BRP Pre r bre eer hb bbb bbb bbs *d MEMORIALS IN TOWNS OF CANADA PROPOSED. Monuments to Fallen Heroes Are Suggested in Ottawa. -- Ottawa, May 16.--A proposal is being considered to have erected in every town in Canada a monument to the dead heroes of the Dominion. Part of the expense might bs borne by the Government and the rest by the country, although the matter has not been decided. UNITED STATES TO INSIST Upon the Entire Freedom of Passage of Mail. (Special to the Whig) Washington, May 16.--The State Department is collecting a mass of figures showing how far Great Brit- ain hag gone in seizing American mail. Secretary Lansing declared to-day the entire subject of mails here "is under consideration." The Government will be insistent upon the entire freedom of passage for United States mail. ONLY ARTILLERY FIGHTING At Verdun Monday Night--Bombard. ments Were Heavy. (Special to the Whig). Paris, May 16.---A small German grenade attack north-west of Thiau- mont farm, north-east of Verdun, failed utterly, the War Office an- nounced to-day. Elsewhere on the Verdun front only artillery struggles occurred last night, Avocourt wood and Hill 304 being rather violently bombard- In the Woevre there were artillery struggles. ------------ > TURKEY SEEKING AID FROM KAISER. (Special to the Whig.) Athens, May 16.--Enver Pa- # sha, Turkish Dictator, has sent # a personal appeal to the Kaiser + for men and ammunition to # help block the Russian advance + on Bagdad, according to private # advices from Constantinople, PPP beer rete ---------------- ENQUIRY ADJOURNED. As Government Counsel Wisely Re- tires From the Case. (Special to the Whig). Ottawa, May 16.--The Davidson enquiry was adjourned this morning after Captain John Thompson, K.C., Government counsel, had officially announced his retirement as the re- sult of criticism that as a junior offi- cer of the overseas forces he was not in a position to independently exam- ine Sir Sam Hughes or Quartermas- ter-General Macdonald in matters be- fore the Commission. ' TESTIMONY TRUTHFUL. Allison To Admit a Division of $440,000. Ottawa, May 16.--It is learned) that Col. J. Wesley Allison will ad- mit the correctness of B. F. Yoak- um's testimony that the two were to +2 Mc PACES1-8 LAST ERDITION THEY PASSED EXAMINERS All Are Provisional - Lieuten- wis Sa te. EIGHTHCOURSEOFRS.A. THE OFFICERS CAME FROM MANY MILITARY DISTRICTS. A Splendid Record Made By the Offi- cers Who Gave Fine Attention and Devotion to Duty in The Studies Prescribed For Them, Below is given the list of officers who qualified at the last (eighth) course of the Royal School of Artil- lery. . All are provisional lieuten- ants with the exception of Lieut. D. G. Anglin, 50th (Queen's) Battery who qualified as a captain. Military District, No. 1 (headquar- ters at London)-- T, R. Banbury, G. H. Ellis, B. W. Fryer, E. W, Ferrier, H. K. Ingram, H. Jardine, J. C. Me¢- Ruer, A. McD, McBain, F. N. Mac- Crimmon, A. 8S. Robertson, J. Taylor, G. L. Wright, J. R. Wilson, Military District, No. 2 (headquar- ters at Toronto)---R. K. Armstrong, E. G. Archer, E, M. Cockshut, J. L. Coulson, G, Cruickshank, W, W. Da- vidson, W. G. Foster, E. L. Greene, A. M. Garden, A. E, Gilbert, R. D. Huestis, J, F. Henderson, G. Kilpat- rick, A. G. Leslie, J. L. McCullough, F. A. Ried, E. M. Rowann, G. B. Richardson, A. O. Secord, T, E. Tor- rance, K. Welton, J. N. Wilson, G. M. Willoughby, R. A. Williams, Military District, No. 8, (head- quarters at Kingston)--E, A. Bird, C. G. Bellamy, R. F. Castle, A, R. Cumming, C. Dawson, C. D. Fraser, C. C. Graham, G, R. Gorunlock, W. G. Garrett, D. C. Higgins, H. Irwin, C. W. H, Jackson, C. ¥. Johnston, C. J. Ketchum, A. J. Latonnell, J. A, Langley, M. A. McCurdy, J. C. B. McPherson, B. R. MacDougall, R. A. Olmsted, E. A. Plunkett, J, W. Peart, G. L. Pearce, C. D. Pearney, H. B. Rathbun, B. F, Reed, W. R. Skey, R. L. Smith, A, B. Thomson, W. G. Tough, W. F. Wright, J. B, Wilkin- son, H. B. Kennedy. Lieut. D. G. Anglin, Captain. Military District No. 4, headquar- ters at Montreal--W. K. Clarke, E. D. Hyndman. Military District No. ters #t Quebec--J. Al Tremblay. Military District No. 6, headquar- ters at Halifax--J. M. Boyer, R. A. Winslow. Military District No. 10, head- quarters at Winnipeg--@G. B. Aldous, 8. J. Crawley, A. E. Chatwin, H. C. (Continued on Page Two..) DAILY MEMORANDUM See top page 3, right hand corner, for probabilities. Midsummer Opening, Wednesday and following days at Mrs. Mclauchlin's, 113 Brock street MARRIED WIHITMARSH- PARRELLY At St. James' Chapel, on May 1st, 1916, by the Rev. Father Halligan, Ther- esa Gertrude, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Farrelly, Pitts- burgh, to John Whitmarsh, of Brockville, Ont. Brockville papers please copy. DIED GUESS--At Sydenham, on ' May 16th, 1916, Secord Barnabas, only son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Guess, aged three years and one month, Funeral Thursday afternoon o'clock. McCAUGHBERTY--In Watertown. Mon- day morning, May 15th, Hester Emma, beloved wife of Hugh Mec- Caugherty. Funeral Wednesday morning, 9.30, from 'her late residence, 14 Frontenac street north, Kingsten, Friends and acquaintances respectfully tnvited to attend. SPERRS-At Collings Bay, on Monday. May 15th, 1916, Samuel Bpeers, aged seventy-nine years. eral from his late residence Wednesday morning at o'clock Friends and acquaintances are spectfully invited to attend. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG Is on Sale at the Following City Stores: ucknell's News Depot ..295 Kir larke J. W. & Co. 3 +++.389 Pri 'ollege Book Store ....183 Pr oulter's Grocery ........200 Pr 'ullen's & y ens & J "rontenac Hotel \ 5, headquar-: Goulett, 8. 2 at Fun on 10 re- Molisod's racers. "ras ey's rng ore, Pauls r ® sirerves Prouse's Drug Store .. Southcott's Grocery .. Valleau's Grocer: St. WwW. 350 University