AP td AAA AA 12. PAGES | rt ttt Stated YEAR 84: NO. 104 10 TELL HORE Ih UBMARINE LOSSES As Soon As the Consent of France And Italy is Obtained--Lord Northcliffe Says Ger many's Condition is Besperate. Whig.) (Special to the In an interview to-day by the | nited Press with Lord Northeliffe, the wl newspaper proprietor, whois eredited with inside knowles sol all the war situations, it is intimated that the British Government will make more de- statement of the submarine {osses, as soon as the consent of her French and Halian alligs to do go is obtained. Lord Northelitte, while admitting : that the submarine men- ace is very serious, declares that the German claim that it can and will win the present war is preposterous. Northeliffe says that the German concealment pf on the western front and in Asia Minor is an indication of their desperatién. There i= no concealmeant of news by the Allies, he says, Regarding the Irish question: Lord Northeliffe pointed out there was no division bélween the English and the Irish on the matter. bul between the North and South of Ireland itself, and Lived George was bending his best energies for an early ex- pected settlement of this, ANOTHER BIG BRITISH ATTACK IS FORCING THE GERMANS BACK London, May 5 i" finite lasses * The Eneniy Fears British Possession of Gayrelle and Loos, and Are Also Afraid For Douai and.the Remaining Por- tions of' tie Hindenburg Line. (Special Jo the Whig.) sommes British Armies in the | Field, May 3.--In the darkness just | preceding dawn today, the British | again dealt a blow at the Germdns | over a wide front both north and| south of the Scarpe river At moment of cabling, the impression | here is that the -battle is going sat-| and by night isfactorily for the British. Prison- y £ ) D . ers are beginning to arrive and more| The Boches also fear for Douai German guns have been taken. | 20d the remaining portions of the Heavy fighting continues. Sieggried or Hindenburg line which + Since the fighting began on the | has already beén 'partly turned at ninth more than thirteen enemy di-|ATTas. visions have been exhausted on this| The attack this morning bggan un- front alone--and yet Hindenburg is| der and indigo sky. The n®on had desperately thrdwinf in fresh units) set, but during a brief period be- with pitiless orders to hold or die. | tween the hurricane barrage fire and To the north of Greenland hill and | the attack itself, the stars lit up the towards Fresnoy, Cherisy adn Bulle-| battlefield with a blueish light! yooury, reports to headquarters ind!- cate the British have gained ground, At Gavrelle and Loos the Prus- sians are counter-aftacking fiercely, The enemy is in a particular frency | over the British possession of these | parts because such a hold hampers | the work of the destruction of Lens. | Tat destruction is proceeding by day xv With '(he RECRUITING FELL OFF BIG LOSS OF LIFE IN MEDITERRANEAN IN LAST TWO WEEKS! A Transport " Torpedoed--A Toronto Lead the Procession Big Tanker Was With Kingston in Sixth Place. « (Special to the Whig) Ottawa, May 3.--Recruiting fell off again for the last two weeks in April as compared with the first fortnight of the month. Enlistments numbered 2,899 as compared with 3,329 during the previous fortnight, a decrease of 430. Enl stments singe the beginning of the war total 412,433. Toronto military district headed the list for the fortmight with 900 enlistments, the London district holding second place with 302. Kingston was sixth with 224. I TRpEIET London, May Arcadian was sunk ranean on April 15 279 "lives, according alty statement to-day o The Whig) The transport n the Mediter- th with a loss of to an Admir A Tanker Sunk. Philadelphia, May 3.- The big tanker Sun was torpedoed and su pc in the Mediterranean, according to advices received here to-day by the Sun Oil Co., owners, from its Lon- don agency. The crew is reported as having been saved. OFFICIAL WAR STATEMENTS British. The official report from headquarters in France reads: "An enemy raiding party was dri- ven off with loss early this morning, north of "Arleux-en-Goheltle, During the day the artillery was active on both sides, north of thé Scarpe and | in the neighborhood of Ypres. ) "Many air fights occurred again | yesterday. Ten German aeroplanes |g; were brought down, one of which fell | «Cayeasian front: South-west of in our lines. Six other hostile ma-| Gumiskhane the Turks launched sev- chines were driven down out of COU" 'eral attacks which were repulsed. trol by our aeroplanes. A seventh Tyrkish attacks north-west of Ognott was shot down in our lines by gun- also were beaten back. fire. Four of our machines are miss- "Black Sea: One of our submar: ing." ines in the Bosphorus sank a large A --------------------wh~nel sailing ship: of © 1,000 {ons and a : -, | steam tug. The crews fled ashore. "Aviation: A squadron of enemy aeroplanes flew over Tecuciu, drop- ping about 20 hombs on the town." The afternoon réport read: * "Both the artilleries were active during "the night at a npmber of points on our front between St. Quentin and Lens. In the neighbor- hood of Fauquissart a German raid- ing party was repulsed. Otherwise nothing special occurred." : Russian. Petrograd, May 2.---To-day's Rus- an official statements says: British ¢ to-night WHIG CONTENTS. 1--To Tell 'of Sub Losses: Na- tlonalize Railways: - Ta Be Peace Peelers; Get Food Coun: roller.' 24A Remarkable Record: Happenings. J--iFacts * ingsby om Local Rome, May 2.--"Artillery was par- ticularly active yesterday on the Asiago plateau and on the Carso," (says the official statement issued to- {day by. the Italian . War Office. "Attempts on the part of the enemy to enter our lines in the Ledro val- ley, north-west of Tolmino and in the middle Izonze, "were promptly re- pulsed by us. "There was considerable herial ac- tivity by machines of both. sides. Laut hehe two of our aeroplanes : railway station of Opcina safely." Russia; Dawson's Letter. jrorialy Random Reels; Rippling Rhymes SP elition for Suppression; Cha in Sign By-Law. Eastern Ontarie News v T--Amusements Announcements; $--Made Supreme Sacrifice; Mili- . tary Matters: Theatrical. $--drish DHemma for Britain; Look tt)» Canada for Cereals. 10---Roxane's Confession; Menus. ort pou puraide. --In World of Sport; Br + Up Father sing -- --_-- and . Con- Neo 1 G.N.R. is the chief topic of discus- KINGSTON, « INT ARIO, "THLRSD. AY, mM AY MATTRESSES AS LIFE-PRESERVERS. Reeruits enlisted in the A merican navy are s dergo a course of instruction and preparation for their work show's rookies with their matte esses tied to them. These ma sent to the Newport Training Station to un- in Unele Sam's fleet. Photo ttresses serve as life-preservers amd they always manage to keep the rookie on top if he happens to be dropped into the sea aryl 18 fipable to Swim. dremel. NATIONALIZE. THREE RAILWAYS This is the Recommendation of the Ma- Jority of the Royal Commission. ONE MEMBER DISAGREES BELIEVES IN CONTINUING VATE OWNERSHIP, All Three Commissioners Agree That the C.P.R. is Giving Good Service and Should Not be Interfered With, Ottawa, May PRI- 2 3 Immediate na- tionalization of the Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Northern and their amalgamation with the National Transcontinental and Intercolonial into one great publicly-owned system, operated by an independent board of five Commissioners on a strictly busi- ness and economic basis, free from thg danger of all political interfer- ence, is the special recommendation of Sir Henry Drayton and W, M. Ac- worth in-the majority report of the Royal Commission appeinted last July to inquire into the general prob- lem of transportation in Canada. This report presented Parlia- ment yesterday and accompanying it was a minority report by the taird Commissioner, A. H. Smith, Presi- dent of the New York Central. The American railfoad expert is opposed to Government ownership and opetation, believing that best results can be achieved by continuing private enterprise, with the reorgan- ization. and better 'co-ordination of the work of the Grand Trunk Paci- fie; Grand Trunk, National Transcon- tinental and Canadian Northern. He recommends, in brief, the taking over of 'the Grand Trunk Pacific with its branch lines in the West by the Can- adian Northern, leaving tae latter company free to operate in the west- ern part of Ganada, while the Grand Trunk should lease the eastern lines of the Canadian Northern from North Bay east,' and confine its operations to eastern Canada. With regard to the Imtercolonial and National Trans- continental, he believes that they should be left as at present as a continuous system from seaboard to the grain-distributing centres. Thé Commissioners agree that the Canadian Pacific is now giving good service and should not be interfered with. . The Commissioners also agree that present conditions are economi- cally bad, that there is wasteful duplication of lines, lack of co-or- dinated transportation economy, and heavy deficits to be met on behalf of the railways by, the people of \Lanada fof years to'come, unless some scheme of radical reorganiza- tion is promptly carried out. Chief Topic of Discussion, Teo Whig) ; report of the Roval Commission favoring the | acquisition and operation as a pub- lic-owned 'systé'ni of the Grand Trunk, Grand Trunk Pacific and was to elon in-all circles to-day. - Govern- ment action will not be taken. till the return to Canada of Premier Bor- den. 'It is known that the Can- adian Northern will oppose the pro- position, so will the Grand Trunk so far'as the eastern lines are com-. cerned. The Canadian Pacific also 'views with considerable anxiety the protect of & huge compet tor with Government support sueh as the proposed merger would be. ae Chinese Minister to Germany has left Berlin for Denmaark. A BRITISH OFFENSIVE - IN NEW DIRECTION Some Strong Hostile Positions Have Been Taken in the Advance. (8pec lal to The. Whig.) London May 3.-<After two days: of inaction, the British drive was re- newed in powerful force again to- '| day--and in a new direction, Field Marshal Haig reported today "There was heavy fighting all along the front, from the Hindenburg line south of the Bemsee River to! the 'Acheville-Vimy Road",, he said. | "We are 'progressing and have al- ready captured a number of strong hostile positions.' The British commander-in-chief'c report indicates. am.pffénsive extend- | ing over a front ¢ at least twelve | miles, It is that Wistamce from the | road between Vimy and Acheville on | the north, to the Sensee River on | the south, There has been almost edntinuous fighting areund Vimy, but the direc- tion of the thrust by the British offensive has heretofore been exerted in an easterly direction toward Douai. Haig'§ report today indicat- | ed a sudden switch to a northern push, out of Villerval, Qppy and Ar- leux. These towns lie approximately ! seven and a half miles north of Monchy le Preux, where the strength of the British drive was most, powerfully exerted It was apwinst further "advances here also that Hindenburg threw great forces of 'hig reserves. Tene 8,000 LOCOMOTIVES IDLE Accumulation at Essen, Germany, Due to Lack of Oil, London, May 3.---When -applica- tion was made in the Prize Court yesterday for condemnation of sever- al shiploads of lubricating oils and fats as enemy property, counsel read | an affidavit from a member of the War Trade Intelligence Department in which it was stated that the latest | reports in the hands of the Govern- ment showed that 8,000 locomotives | were laid up at Essen alone last month on account of wear and tear caused by the scagcity of lubricating | oils in Germany or by the employ- ment of bad lubricants, The lubrication of railway engines was said to be one of the mast press- | ing problems in Germany. Busy Building Submarines. (Sueclal to the Whig.) New York, May 3.--A United States expert says Germany will have 1,200 submarines afloat within one year, » x ' - To-morrow the Whig will publish a special page entitled "Home Build- ers' Guide, containing plans and }specifications for a semi-bungalow, wita the picture of the completed building. This is one of a popular series and the design will appeal to many. Accompanying it will be a directory of architects, builders and supply _ This page, while of general in to all our readers. will be of particular benefit to any- one who contemplates building a home 'of his own. It will show you just where the necessary labor and materials can be readily found. The Whig has no hesitation in referring to the reliability of the dealérs whose announcements will be presented on this page. Another of these specialgpages will be printed a week from to-morrow with the house designs, specifica: tions, ete. Watch' tor it. 1 =X formerly | MAY APPOINT F00D CONTROLLER But so Far the Coremen Hizs No » bomcement 10 lo Mate. PREMIER ALONE ENTITLED "0 BRING DOWN 1 THE HUGHES' CORRESPONDENCE. And Sir Thomas White Asked Post ponement of Discussion Till He | Returns--A Physical Welfare De- | partment Suggested. | Ottawa, May 3.---George Kyte, lof Richmond, asked the Government j.to-day if it was the intention to ap- { Doint an official controller of food Canada. Sir Thomas { products | White answered non-committally | that if there was any announcement to be made in that regard it would | be made in the House in due course, fang in a proper form. Dr. Steele, of Soyth/Perth, moved {that in the opinion of this'House the | efficiency" of the nation depends Llargely on the physical condition of {the people, and jin order that the (fatter may be conserved in the larg- | est possible measure there should be {organized a separate department of {the Government, having supervision lover all matgers pelating to the phy- sical welfare of the people of .Cana- da. In the absence of the Prime Minis- ter Sir Thomas White asked that dis- cussion on a motion of J. J. Hughes lof Prince Edward lsland, calling for all correspondence between Sir Robert Borden and General Sir Sam | Hughes leading up to the latter's |'resignation, ,be postporfed until the | Premier returned, the only person entitled to bring the correspondence | down eing thhe Premief Himself. "COME AND HELP U} in } | Woman Recruiter Appeals to Welsh- Kilbane Fight Fans. { New York, May 3.--Mrs. George | Wheeldon crawled through the | ropes of the ring ' at Manhattan Casino before the Welsh-Kilbane bout was staged, and pleaded for followers of the glove game to en- list. Two American bluejackets ac- companied her. 'You boys like a fight," she said, "We've fought a real fight for you. Come and help us ruh those hell- hounds of the ocean who are send- ing our boys to the bottom off the . She was cheered as she left the ring. 1 NVITATION DECLINED. Entente Commission Not Going to Winnipeg. Winnipeg, May 3.--The Winnipeg Industrial Bureau has senf to Ris Hon. A. J.. Balfour, Marshal J and other members of Eutente AL lies' commissions visiting the United States an invitation to visit Winnipeg in the interests of recruiting and na- tional kervice, following the visit of these gentlemen to Chicago. The in- ¥itation which was sent through Sir ge E. Foster in Washington, declined with many expressions of regret. Marconi With Italian Commission. Rome, May 3.--An official an- nouncement says thé special mission. to America will be y of Prince Udune, eldest -son of the 'Duke of Genoa: Senator Marconi, Marquis Borsarelli, Under for Foreign Affairs; and Deputies Giaffelli and Nitti, both former min sters, s RANEY AGAIN RAPS THE RACE TRACKS | Tells Toronto Clergy' of Big | Race Profits--Speeding Up During War. Toronto, May The which W. E. Raney, K.C,, is waging on racetrack gambling in Ontario was renewed when he addressed the Anglican clergyman, He went in- to detail, presenting .figures to show is claim that exorbitant profits were made by tae shareholders, which he estimated to be 700 per cent. in 7909 and 3,000 per cent. in 1916. The Woodbine Club, of - Toronto, he claimed, on an original invest- ment- of $01,000, made .profits of about $145,000 in 1916, as compar- ed with $66,678 in 1909; the Ham- ilton club on an orizinal investment of about $4,000, made profits in 1916 of about $140,000, as' compar- ed with $10,840 in 1909; the Fort Erie club made about $110,000 in 1916, and the Hendrie club at Windsor no less than $450,000 "Was there ever a. fairyland goose like this to lay golden eggs for King's favorites?' he asked He placed the respons ibility for the con tinuance of the evil at the door of the Ontario Government Ten jockey clubs will do business in this province this year as against five in 1909, and, said the speaker, 'it,As well within the mark to say that if the programme of the racing men for 1917 is carried out there will b€ four or five times the amoung of racetrack gambling in this pro- cince than there was in 1909 In England the racetracks are closed up, here they are Speeding up FRENCH IN ACTION AT MANY POINTS Spirited Fighting Is Resumed Along the Whole French © Front. 3 attack (Special the Whig) Paris, May Resumption of spirited fighting along widely scat- tered fronts of the whole French front was reported in today's official statement. The report showed French troops in action at such wide- ly distant points as south of St. Quentin; around Rheims, at Verdun and St. Mihiel. "In the Chemin des Dames region, there was great activity im artillery- ing and patrol encounters," the state-, ment said. "In the Champagné German at- tacks were repulsed in- «he. woods west of Monts Cornillet and Haut, our forces capturing 219 prisoners-- the entire garrison of a blockhouse. "Around Verdun the French pene- trated German trenches in the Avau- court Wood on the righit bank of the Meuse, "There was patrol fighting and cannonading at several points on the front, especially in the St. Mihiel sector." . GARBAGE COMMITTEE CONSIDERS OFFER To Collect the City Garbage, But Soaks Fuller S. \ Vv The application of Smith Elliott and W. Patterson to collect the city's garbage was considered by the Gar- bage commitiee on. Wednesday. alter- noon, and the applicants will be asked to give fuller details." They offer to collect all kitchen garbage | for $6,000 and feed it to hogs under government inspection . In case cholera broke out and the hogs had to be destroyed, the city would be required to pay $9,000 after for the collection. Members of the committee could not see that the city would benefit by accepting the offer, because it was specified that only kitchen gar- bage would be collected, The city collects cans, waste paper, etc., be- sides all garbage, and the incigerator would have to be kept in operation to receive this refuse. Last year it cost about $15,000 to collect the garbage and operate the incinerator. This year it is expected .that the cost will be reduced to $13,- 000 as three employees are to be re- leased and less wood is to be burned. Two carts are to be operated by one man on each instead of two, Alds. Newman (chairman), Clugs- ton, and Wright were in 'attendance, CANADA LOANS OFFICER Major Barlow Is Instructor at Platts. burg Camp. Plattsubrg, N.Y. May 1. --Lieuten: int-Colonél Paul' A. Wolf assumed 'ommand of the tratning camp for re serve officers here yesterday and ap- pointed Captain J. A. Baer, of the jecond Cavalry, his adjutant Major Barlow, of the Canadian rmy, who bas just returned from ac- ive duty in France, has reported at the camp as one of the instructors. & London, May 3.--The Admiralty annountef that the British steamer Gena wag sunk May 1st by a torpedo discharged from a German seaplane off Aldeburg (Suffolk, England). All hands on board the vessel were saved. It is added by the Admiralty that another seaplane which was con- cerned in the attack was brought down by the gunfire from the Gena, and its crew made prisoners. Passengers od. Sparta, Wis, 3.--After throwing the vestibule of the rear cosch, a ban- dit early yesterday robbed the pas- seugers on a Chicago and North- western train near here and made his escape. May PEACE FEELERS B ARE EXPECTED But Very Little is Experted to Result Them. from ALLIES. WILL NOT ALLOW GERMANY TO RETAIN ROAD TO BAGDAD. THR eign The Kaiser Still Has Firm Hold on His Allies Who Show Little Signs of Breaking Away. Washington, May ~The British Mission expects to be here at least ten days longer. - Then the party will leave for New York and possibly a short trip into the Middle West. .Sev- eral experts will remain permanently in Washington to help work out the arrangements agreed upon and to reinforce The_stall of the British Em- bassy \ Reports of fresh peace offers from Berlin forth the statement mission to-day that feelers were next brought from the of a serles expected during the months, as an immense amount of quiet peace effort has been under way by Teutonic emissaries especially by Austrians in Berne, but no credence is being placed in their acceptability Germany was stated to have made advances to the entente preposal surrendering her conquered territory in the east and west on condition of retaining her Balkan way to Bagdad and Mesopo- tamia, but the allies-have been more united again that plan than against any other proposal. Prospects"of a separate peace by any of the Teutonic countries are wholly discounted by the British mission on the ground that GQGer- many's hold on her allies is altogeth- er too firm. There is nt felt among the British commissioners to be the xlightest chance that Austria, Bul- garia or Turkey will break away from the alliace, despite increasing reports to that effect. few War Tidings. ' Gen. Maude's troops have driven the Turks from both sides of the Shatt el Adheim river. British cav- alry is making many captures. The U.S. Congress will speed up warships and freight ships to com. bat the serious submarine menace. The city of Spandau, one of the biggest munitions centres of Ger- many, is under martial law, follow- ing very serious strike riots A British ship was sunk off the Thames by a torpedo from a sea- plane. Thirty-eight British sixteen hundred tons and eighteen under sixteen hundred tons ere sunk by submarines last week. ships over The Latest Prohibition. 'Rpecial to the Whig.) London, May 3.-----Beginning May 9th barley, oats and corn will be pro- hibited for the manufacture of liq- uor. The manufacture of starch is also practically prohibited. To Speak in Washingion. (Special to the Whig. Washington, May 3---BFitish En- voy Balfour will address both houses of congress on Saturday. Considerable activity by British infantry and cavalry patrols in Pal- estine, near Gaza, is reported in an official statement. The Turkish pos- itions have been both raided and bombarded. DAILY MEMORANDUM i, right hand corner, THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG WHIGQ Is on Sale at the Fe Following City : Stores. Ahern, Joseph, J . 308 Montreal St. Best Drug Sto i Princess & Division Bucknell's News Depot .. 295 King St Clarke, J. W. & Co. .. 353 Princess College Book Store .. .. 163 Princess Coulter's Grocery .. 209% Princess Cullen's Grocery, Cor. Princess & Alfred Frontenac Hotel .. ,. Ontario St Gibson's Drug Store . Market Square McAuley's Book Store .... 88 Princess McGall's Cigar Store, Cor. Prin. & Kin Mcleod's Grocery __.. 51 Union St W Medley's Drug Store Paul's Cigar Store Prouse"s Drug Store . Southoott's Grocery .. DASEY--On April/24%h 1915, in Hotel Dieu Hospital, to Mr. and Mrs. Alf- red Dasey, 8 dagger MARRIED BOWES- DONOGHUE Ia Kingston, at 902 Centre street on May 2nd, 1917 by the Rev. J. W. Stephen, Ruby irene, daughter of Myx. Sarah Don- oghue. 10 Le" Rwy Thorne Bowes BAL HE Se, Omtawa, son of J A Bowes, Bowes, Dor ohesieor, N.B ~ JAMES REID brakeman from the | A world without a Sabbath would be like a man without a smile, like !a summer without flowers, and lke a homestead without a garden. It is the joyous day of the whole week. --HENRY WARD BEECHER,