a a i 14 PAGES FE A a. YEAR 84: NO. 133 0 REGISTRATION 1S T0 TAKE PLACE Under Canadian Conscription Act- -The First Class To Be Called Between 20 And 30 Years. (Special to the Montreal, June 8 The formed on political matters, "There will be no registration When the bill becomes law every years of age five will be divided into classes, and as troops the Grder designated "The first class includes who does not To judge applications for exe for each county, member of whic trict judge, and the other by the gated with such authority by the single Any one serter one "There The without the delay and expense iderably restricted, measure Gazette under male « a member of tae are men answer the call will be an appeal from this body, will permit of of registration." Will Be Single Men ¢ Whig.) Conservative, and generally, well In. says this morning i. Canadian Conscriptio and men called in the £ itizen between twenty e Canadian army. These needed, the classes will be between twenty and thirty years. to the colors will be treated as a de- mption, a court of two will be created h will be named by the county or dis- Ottawa authorities or by somebody dele- Government such appeal will be con- mobilization but immediate v An Important Liberal Caucus. (Special to Ottawa, June R morning and remained in/serious conference Jiberal whip, no statement until after the conference Frederick Pardee, chief 1 that there would be been brought down. Liberals gathered the Whig.) in caucus at half past ten this for over two hours. After the informed newspaper men military service bill had Members all express themselves as well satisfied with the results of the conference, v It is possible that today's caucus, whole trend of of opinion, may change the Capital and render recent Dredistiots + Bs mr RUSSIA CAN'T FIGHT 4 WHILE | mos RULES 500 Bankers and Business Men Meet to Demand a Change. Whig. 8.----Russia is (Special to the Pettograd, June hanging in. the balance between Czarism and mobism. The Allies must face the fact squarely that un- der present conditions Russia can- not fight. No man strong etough to control has vet grasped the Russian heim. Minister of War * Kerehesky, on whom. hope has centred, is, despite ill-health, working day and night. But even his speeches and inter- views have within the past week sounded a note of pessismism. A meeting of bankers and busi- ness meil to-day erystalized the first reaction against mob rule. Five hundred conservative men, unallied with the autocratic regime, , were there. The meeting was held in the offices of a bank. Several of those there were titled. The sense of the meeting was volced by a speaker in the declaration: "We were formerly mastered by Czarism. Now it is mobism that masters us." BAS BALL RESU 1 TS. International League. Richmond 1. Newark 4; National League. St. Louis 9; Boston 4 Brooklyn 5; Pittsburg 3 New York 10; Cincinnati 1. American League. Washington 1; Chicago 0. Canadian Casualties. wounded --G. Not now Ashton, Pembroke Wounded--T. C. A. Davey, anee; W. McLean, Collin's Bay; Joplin, Bath; E. M. Richardson, anoque. Nap- FH. Gan- was a free expression the at which there the political situation at ridiculous. A A A A gn | EOURASSA SPEAKS AGAINST CONSCRIPTION He Declares Quebec Will Not Have It, and Wilh Resist. (Special to the Whig.) Montreal, June 8 --We will resist conscription and we will not have conscription, mot because we are cowards, but because we have re- ceived from God and the King the mission of making this country a prosperous land and not one of exile and misery, and such would be the fate of our country if conscription was established." : This was the concluding sentence of a speech by Henri Bourassa, after midnight, in a meeting at4he Monu- ment Nationall, to oppose conscrip- tion, and attended by five thousand people. At Bourassa' suggestion the meet- ing broke up with the singing of "God save the King," and "0O' Can- ada." FORMAL PROPOSALS FOR SEPARATE PEACE With Russia Have Been Insti- tuted By the Austrian Gen- eral Rohr. (Special to the Whig.) Petrograd, June 8._Formal pro- posals for a separate peace have been instituted by the Austrian General Rohr. He authorized a delegation from each" Austrian division on, the front to enter the Russian lines and propose such a compact, it was re- ported here togay. Simultaneously news was received of a delegation of Austrians, includ- ing two generals, who were in Kish- eneff, urging a conference with the Workmen's and Soldiers' Council, Orders were issued for their ar- rest, The Argenting "ship Oriama was sunk by a German plunger. C OFFICIAL WAR STATEMENTS Italian. Romé, June 7.--The War Office re- norts: "In the Trentino there was normal artillery fighting, together with, small engagements among pa- trols. In the night the enemy at- tacked in force in the Bachre Valley, -but was repulsed with losses, mmm » rr -------- {east of Jamiano. WHI CONTENTS, Ta Be No Registration; §.009 Prisoners Taken: Predio Ex. tension; Consorfption BL Baby Found in Harbor; In. oldents of the Day, Wharld Net. Consider It; Counter Offensive Against French. . {--Editoral: Random Reeis; Rippling Rhymes Farmers May Big 1 > Wages: Letters to Editor fFastern Ontario News: Te--Amusements: Announcements: §--Sifton Government Wins; Military Matters; Theatrical $--Music In the Home: Uoal Dealers' I'rofit 10---Roxane"s Confession; Dainty Linen 1i--Remarkablé Scenes aia, illustrated. 13--Canng of Fruits; Origin of a nemAetlo. 3-News from the Countryside. Ra the Pde of Sport; Mut Mepus; in Rus- {fresh troops withdrawn ° "On the Julian front the enemy's artillery, energetically answered by our batteries, concentrated its fire as usual on Gorizia and other ip- habitated localities on the plain. "On the Carso yesterday enemy, reinforced by the numerous from an- | other theatre, was unusually active. | Violent attacks were made on our positions from Hill 247, south of Versix, to the houses on Hill 31, These positions | were strenuously defended by the infantry of the Sixty-First Division. The engagement lasted during the whole day, with varying fortune, but {in the evening the enemy was com- pletely repulsed and the positions re- | mained firthly in our possession. An- | other attempted attack from Flondar iin the direction of Sablici, was | stoped promptly by our fire before | it developed. Daring the various en- gagements we took 202 prisoners, in- | cluding four officers. {| "Two of our bombing squadrons | earried out important raids. One squadron, following the valley of the Adige River to its confluence with the Noce River, successfully bombed | military works near Mezolombardo, | north of Trent. The other caused: re- newed destruction of the sidings at St. "Pietro, on the Lubiana Railway, jo our machines returned safely." Che Daily 1 KINGSTON, ONTARIO, PASSENGERS ESCAPING FROM LINER 3ritish Whi "FRIDAY, JUN NE 8, 1917. [ship of the House is one of the most um "San Tay," torpedoed Here French last seen was waving his cap ¢ eA 6,000 PRISONERS ALREADY TAKEN In the Great British Driv; Below Ypres on Thursday. GERMAN LOSSES TERRIBLE SEVERAL BATTERIES WERE TAKEN PRACTICALLY INTACT. Brtish Cavalry Are In Haig's Forces Are Now Advancing On a Fifteen-Mile Front. With the British Armies in the Field, June 8.--8ix thousand pris- oners so far counted Is the score this morning in the new British of- fensive in Belgium, So complete is the success with which the drive was still progress- ing to-day that cavalry are in action Nothing could be cited as indicating in a more remarkable degree the captain remained onthe bridg Action--| 'whether {does not want | ercised | . but it is quite likely that Sir Robert Borden will go outside the member-| and take in men| {like Sir Harry Drayton and C. A. Ma- |grath to fill most of the vacancies There is some speculation as to! the Government does or) votes for women ex-| conscription election. | in a Opinions vary as to the views which| would prevail on this among women voters. question! muon OF SEVIGNY'S STORY NOT TRUE| LA ST EDITION 10 INTRODUCE BILL ON MONDAY Sir Robert Borden Makes Announcement | Regarding "Miltary Service Act, 1917." J Dectares Col. Henry R. Smith, | \ BIG DISAPPOINTMENT | Smith, | House of Commons, | ment made in the House by Hon | bert | effects {| chambers | Mr. liner was the sual pictures of a sinking ship on record. The and the | in the Mediterranean. Her crew acted splendidly ro til -the watep reached it. Then he ran to the stern and when ind shouting Vive La France. A RA A A A AA A AeA AA AAA AAA nines canal meet 'here at Commines. ft the retreating? Germans succeed | n crossing these waterways they will } g { iave to undertak® the operation un- | and must necessarily | N FX " SION ler shell fire, lose heavily, as British guns will | vantage on ridges. Optimistic Tories Think Laurier Will Not Put Government on Rocks. have points of s done by our | CLAIM PREMIER NOT BOUND "Excellent work tanks and every goth means of of-| Gen. Haig A MANDATE PEOPLE. fensive at our dispoBal," 'ontinued. PERSHING ARRIVES. Glad to be the Standard Bearers of United" States. TO RECEIVE FROM THE Although He Intimated to Laurier That This Would be Done Before Compulsory Service Was Put Into Effect. 4 "Ottawa, June 8.--While the rank and file of the Liberal party now expect an election, Conservative | members are not by any means 0 | confident. They say that Sir Robert Borden merely conceded the securing of a mandate in an effort to bring about coalition, and that he is not necessarily bound to adopt the prin- complete breaking of the tremen- ously strong German lines as this] ralling into the offensive of these juick-moving forces only available! 'n open fighting. Great torn fields, { | huge furrows, | plowed as by some Brobdingnagian | farmer, tons of loam turned and] churned into blackened dust, this was the mark across Belgium's fields to-day where yesterday the British turned loose every man-contrived engine of destruction and swept for- | ward in victory. 7 Enemy Batteries Taken Intact. | Many more prisoners are com- | ing in. No estimate of the number] »f guns captured is yet" possible, al- though it is known several German | batteries were taken practically in- tact. The night passed quietly on the front of the new attack, all the con- juered territory being held. Prisoners say that scores of Ger- man guns were destroyed during the British bombardment. The German losses in their counter-attacks were terrible. The full depths of the British attack was five thousand | yards. Three counter-attacks by the| Germans, which were not delivered in great force, were broken up last night. The British to-day are advancing on a fifteen-mile front. They no hold a line along ridges and hig lands, while the Germans have been forced into low-lying teritory which it would seem impossible for them to hold. An Enemy Stromghold Gone, (Special 'to the Whig.) London, June 8.--"The position we captured yesterday was one of the enemy's most important strong- holds cn the western front," Field 'Marshal Haig reported to-day. He | did not add any new details of the | fighting. i -------- 1 Germans Still Falling Back. (Special to the Whig.) London, June. 8 ---Although Gen-| oral Haig's front despatches on the British advance in Belgium to-day do not énter Inte details, it is plain- ly intimated in the German official statement from Berlin to-day that the Germans have found it necessary to withdraw from their supposedly 'impregnable line in that part of Belgium, to a new line which is spoken of as the "Nerve" line. Additional prisoners are arriving it Is stated that there will be from eight to ten thousand in the hands of of Ypres before nightfall. Various estimates are made 'of guns in Brit- ish hands. Some say at least one hundred field guns in good order were captured, and as many destroy- ed by the British bombardment. Successes of yesterday and day make the German position critical. The river Lys and the Com- | peditionary 'I* urday, and days preceding holidays, vell and McCraney may be chosen, behind the British lines to-day, and | the British from this third battle| ciple. Some of them, in fact, go so far prophesy that Sir Wilfrid Laurier will grant an extension of jterm after the conscription bill is | passed, because he is convinced that [the Government would go on the Jie a REDSHING {rocks in an effort to enforce the At a 'British "Port. June 8. j Freasure, Maj.-Gen. John J. Pershing, com-| Conservatives concede the loss of mander of the first American EX- politically all their French members Force to France, arriv-|in a conscription vote, but declaré o i Paplane to-day, acconrpanied |, Sir Robert's proposals to Sir A special train was in waiting for | Wiltrid were so reasonable that few, the party. It was due to arrive in | if any, of the English-speaking mem- London at three o'clock this after- bers will now split with the party. Boon, ave vory ind 30.98 he There will, however, be consider- ENE Tl gr oT country in age defections if an attempt is made this great war for civilization," Gen. oe rave n Ssighion of Jord) from Pershing asserted. "To land on eT A] Soyer ament | y a Jory British soil and receive such a wel- |," hangar of Calan Pots willy come is very significant and very! ognacially as the Government has deeply appreciated." Irady exceeded its term of office. as to MAJOR-GENERAL Guesses as to Cabinet. +| A number of new names are add- * N an vine % ed to those mentioned for the re- (Special to the Whig.) #| organized Cabinet. Sir John Willison * Ottawa, June 8. Messrs. + | | is quite likely to be taken in. Hon. + Pardee, Graham, Carvell and ior Reid will probably stay, in addi- + other Liberals have been invit- % {on to Messrs. Borden, Foster, + e® into the Unionist cabinet. ¥| White and Meighen, who are certain- # The elections are likely in the % ties. Sir Robert will have a fine : fall. #{ chance to get rid of Hon. Robert a # | Rogers. As" seems almost impos- rere pe pee sible to get pro-conscription French- | men, Mr. Blondin will likely be re- St. Thomas City Couneil has order- tained, especially as he is absent ed all stores except fruit and cigar | from the Capital. stores, to close at 7 p.m. except 8at-| From the Liberal side Messrs. Car- + INVITED TO CABINET. BRITISH MOVE THROUGH BELGIUM Map shows where British troops assisted by naval forces launched an attack in a new effort to force the Germans out of France. This would eall for a flanking movement which if Buccessfully earried out, wonld do much to further weaken | talking | gny stated in-the House Housé of Commons Ser- geant-at-Arms. Ottawa, June 8.--Col. sergeant-af-arms Henry R.| of the denies the state Al-| sent the speaker's home of | He states) sent by Mr. | that he had from the last year to the Sevigny in_Quebec. {that the .goods were | Sevigny himself Col. Smith said: | that I sent the articles I sent nothing. Mr. Sevigny sent them himself He did not consult {me at all. He ignored me entirely.' "Were the goods returned-in good | order, Mr. Sevigny stated in thle] | House Col. Smith was asked. "They were not," was the reply. "For example, the glass of one of the pictures was smashed, and one of the | Victrola records was broken in two." no hesitation about the matter, and added: "The whole story has not} | been told. Much of what Mr. Sevi- is absolute- ly false. I have had to interfere on bther occasions." Sevigny taken "It is not true to Quebec Col in| he Smith had HUNS BAR CANNED GOODS Claim Prisoners Received Communi- cations Enclosed in Them. London, June 8.--Lately there has been a considerable increase in| the number of acknowledgements re- ceived from priseners in Germany| by the Canadian Red Cross, proving that the parcél service is improving. | All prisoners' parcels were stopped by German aufhorities for a few days, but have sifce been continued. | The Germans have been taking out | all the canned goods lately, declaring | that some allied prisoners, though| not British, were discovered getting | communications in this way. How- ever, this illicit pratice was promptly suppressed by the allied Government |." in question, though only a few in- stances were discovered. [It is ex- pected the Canadians will be allowed canned stuff very shortly. WILSON FEARS FOOD PANIU Asks Legislators to Hurry Up Na-| tional Control Measures, Washington, June 8 --President Wilson has asked members of the Senate Agricultaral Committee to act | quickly on the pending legislation to give the government control over the nation's staple food supply. He ex- pressed the fear that if Congress de- | layed, European nations largely de pendent on American supplies might begin to compete with each other in buying here in such fashion as to] 'send prices in the United States to alarming heights, and bring about unrest in the great cities. ! The President urged also passage qf the Administration. Bill, under | which railroads could 'be compelled | to give preference to food and fuel] shipments. | ------------------------------ | | MARRIAGES IN oxr ARIO No Increase Owing to Consc ription Announcement. { Toronto, June 8.--The conserip-| ®! tion announcement by Sir Robert] Borden did not cause a rush of young | men in Ontario to the ranks &f the benedicts with a view of escaping the] first call which might be made on| single men without dependents, The | Ontario government does not compile | monthly statistics of marriage li-| censes issued, but the recorder of] licenses 'states that the number is-| sued during the past few weeks has been about the average for April and | previous months. April, he said, was! a little below the average of other years, City of Mons Heavily Fined. | Amsterdam, June 8.---The city of | Mons 'has been fined £20,000 be-| cause a Belgian paper, published in | Holland, announced that Crown | Prince. Rupprecht, of Bavaria, was | in Mons when the city was bombard- ed by Allied airmen. Hayti Breaks With Germany. (Special to the Whir,) London, June 8.--Relations tween Germany and Hayti have been formally broken off, according to] Central News despatches from Am-| sterdam today. | PEPER PREP PEFRR ELON > ZOO 15 TOO COSTLY; ! TO KILL RARE BEASTS 4 * of Paris, in the Jardin des & Plantes is to be sacrificed to & economic pecessities, Every & | animal feeding on hay or grain, 4 excepting rare specimens that cannot be easily replaced, is to be killed to save fodder for hor- ses and cattle and bread for the people. Certain species of beak and other animals, such as wild sheep of Algiers and wild hor- ses of pre-historic origin, will be spared. The wild boars and ®! the hind will be sold as game. The camels, because of their frugality, will be preserved. + PPP PPP RPP PPR ttt the morale of the German armies. | TO THE | galleries { nouncements of | Borden t next | ing maintained." i Medley's Drug Store ae | Paul's Cigar ip u® | Prouse's Drug Store ..,. | Frie be- [MAITLAND Paris, June 8.--A part of the | 34 important menagerie of the City $+ _ * Hiumine; what is CROWDED GALLERIES WHICH SHOWED DISGUST. Second Reading of Bill Not Decided Upon--Premier Intends to Plunge Into His Proposals Without Fur- ther Pourparlies, Ottawa, June 8.--A packed House, floor, gatherd yester day afternoon to listen to the an and the two leaders on {the past fortnight's negotiations. Sir ua Laurier engaged in animated conversation with Messrs. Graham, and Lemieux. Sir Robert sat moodily silent, Hon Robert Rogers was not in the House Sir Robert Borden announced that the Military Service Act of 1917 would on Monday Sir Wilfrid Laurier asked when the second reading might be expect Sir Robert Borden answered he would be glad to consult the leader of the Opposition on that but would: likesto have the matter expedited as much sible Thereupon, much to the surprise of the House and the chagrin of the fat ios crowds, Sir Robert called in "No. 21," and Sir Thomas White | called for the second reading of "An Pugsiey be introduced ad that question as pos | Aet respecting Insurance." Sir Robert rose and left the cham- her. Sir Thomas once more under took to explain his bill but nobody listensd to him . Crowd Disappointed. It was the biggest public disap pointment for many a day, and the crowd didn't restrain its disappoint ment Sir Thomas White strove ' vainly for a hearing to his technical explanations, and the Speaker was finally compelled to raise his voice above the tumult in the protest, "There is altogether too much talk in the House. Order must be The completeness of the surprise may be gathered from the fact that | representatives of Government house were present. The speed with which Sir Thomas White cleared the packed galleries would have been, mortifying even to the most modest of public men, and Sir Thomas not modest to any particular It is apparently now the intention of the Prime Minister to plunge headlong Into his conseription pro- posals without further pourparlies or explanations is Rev. W. E. Gilroy Named. Montreal, June 8.---Rev. W. E. Gilroy, Hamilton, was elected presi dent of the Congregational Union of Canada, which is holding its annual meeting here, DAILY MEMORANDUM 8ee top of page 3, right 'hand corner, | for probabilities. Faust" hy Boston English Opera Co Grand, 2.30 Saturday The and sets um sun rises Saturday at 4.17 am RL t 1.40 pam, m | THE DAILY BRITISH WHIQ | Is on Sale at the Following City Stores. Ahern, Joseph, Jr 30% Montreal 6t, Best Drug Store .. Princess & IMvision Bucknell's News Depot ,. 205 King Bt. Marke, J. W. & Co . 353 Princess llege Book Store .. 163 Princess ulter's Grocery 209 Princess ullen's Grocery, Cor Princess & Alfred Frontenac Hotel Ontarlo Bt. Gibson's Dru Store Market Square McA sey's Book Store . 88 Princess MoGall's Cigar Store, Cor. Prin. & King McLeod's Grocery . 81 Union Bt, W, 359 University 76 Princess "312 Princess . Portsmouth Store Southoott's Grocery DIED CAMPION Iu Kingston, on June 7th, 1917, Agnes, widow of the late Wil. lam Campion immeral ' (private) residence, 127 from the family Division street, ofi Saturday morning to St. Mary's Cis thedral, where 3 solemn requiem mass will be sung at 9 o'clock for the happy repose of her soul. nds and wcquaktences are kindly invited to attend the mass. At Tichborne, on June 8th, PP. Maitland, aged 74 years. WILMOT --At 50 Close Avenue, Toronto, on June ith, 1917, Henry ¥. Wilmot, aged 57 years Funeral! on Saturday at 1.30 pm. from the Outer G.T.R. station to Catar- aqui cemetery { Friends and acq inintances respectfully invited to attedd F 1817, W * JAMES REID The Old Firm of Undertakers. 256 PRINCESS STREETR Phone 147 for Ambulance, ROBERT J. REID The Leading Undertaker, Phone B77. 230 Princess Street Familiar Quotations What in me is dark low, raise and sup- port; ; | That athe laeight f Shis great Asp. a1 aut alata) Providence, @! And justify the ways of God to men, MILTON,