POET TTTTP TCT TOeey oo PAGES 18 YEAR 84: NO. TITANIC ARTILLERY STRUGGLE PROGRESSES \ 143 On the Greater Part of the French Front. Hindenburg May Be Preparing a Coun- ter-Offensive Move Against the French Near Laon. ---- (Special to the Whig.) \ titanic struggle French to-day's 1S In progress War Oflice artillery front, Paris, June 20. the greater part of the statement revealed Between the Ailette and Moulin LafTaix and in seetions east of Chevreux wood and north of Rheims this fire was heaviest from the German bafteries. \ violent bombardment of French positions was directed there late al night. Along the Champagne front it was more of a duel of violence, guns an Lolth sides roaring unceasingly throughout the night. The Germans unsuccessfully attacked a small post near Monts Teton and Cornillel and further west, following a bom- bardment." the statement continued. The German attack was dispersed and thrown baek to the rman trenches from whieh it started." The violence of the bility that Hindenburg may on (ie German artillery fire suggests the possi- be preparing a counter-offensive move against the French. During the last three days the Ger- man fire has been intense. ; The positions under bombard- ment are mainly those commanding the valleys leading up to Laon, taken by the French in their April offensive drive. THE MLTARY SERVICE-ACT PRACTICALLY SURE OF PASSING Anti-Conscriptionists in the Senate 'Are Lining Up For a Fight--Senator Choquette Will Likely Introduce a Resolution for a Referendum. (Special to the Whig.) Military Service Act of 1917 is practicaliy sure of carrying. Anti-conscriptionists: in, the ate are lining up for a fight. expected Senator Choquette likely introduce a resolution for referendum. 20.--Speakers in the con- Ottawa, June the scription bill to-day include Hon. T W. Crothers, Ernest Lapointe of Kamouraski, J. A. Barette, of Ber-| thier, and probably Fred Pardee, | chief Liberal whip Sen- It is will a resumed debate on Guthrie for Conscription. Otthwa, June 20.--Hugh Guthrie, The debate this afternoon Liberal M.P., in a moderate and ear- trated the fact that on this issue the | Nest ap, ! for the adoption of thé i" i i ak he | COBSCTIpLI principle, applicable not 'whips exercise ng Dawer over the only to military service, but to all members. Fred. Pardee will oppose | pong of war effort, declared in the the referendum proposed by his! Commons yesterday that, in differing leader, and Ernest Lapointe will; from his leader, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, support it. Mr. Crothers will cp- {on the referendum amendment, he ! was following the patriotic advice of pose the referendum, but stand by | gir Wilfrid that each man should be . the bill. Mr. Barétte will oppose both the referendum and the bill. | guided solely by the dictates of his own conscience, He believed that It will be "go as you please" after- | the present bill did not go nearly far noon and evening. enough, but like Sir Sam Hughes, Mr. Barette's stand will be taken |urged that it would be far better by al Conservative-Nationalist | simply to invoke the Militia Act, with members. They oppose both the its wider and more drastic powers. In \ | regard to the referendum, he main- referen amendment of the Libe- | Fesar Teferendym ui iy Bill of the Cot tained that sueh a course was merely i shirki Parliament © servative Prime Minister. In hirking the duty of Parliament in th ; they will obviate the dange hour of crisis. He noted that Sig way ao ~ > > i ey F Wilfrid himself had not previously Lhe 30ve FIN 1 ng nea on ay | been an advocate of such a course, as the carrying of be Ane ment, and fi, anced in the case of reciprocity will also strengthen their awn Posi- |, i (pe naval issue. Mr. Guthrie did tion in Quebec by "going Laurier . 3 Sp not want the question left to the {e- one better" in their. opposition to | ion of the slackers at home, while compulsion. { ithe soldiers at the front were busy At least a dozen Liberal members | gppting. In conclusion he made an will vote against the Laurier amend- | gjoquent appeal for a further attempt ment and for the bill. Several oth- { 4f the leaders to get together and ers will vote for the amendment, but | make an honest endeavor to achjeve will stand by the bill if the amend- | 3 coalition Government, so that con- ment is defeated. | scription might have a fair chance Under the circumstances and a general election be avoided. i | Mikael Valandian, Armenian repre- ntative in the International Socials By Corman pr Last Week, th! ot Bureau, sent a telegram from Paris 1 British Adwirally Reports. |. -- » Hjalmur Branting, the Socialist ainst any peace which would leave at Stoc Tin, protesting Ia ¢ Armenians in power of the Turks. THOSE FOR THE WEEK ENDING | APRIL 22ND. illus of the greater than any other day on re- cord. At the same time the Admvir- alty is not pessimistic. It is point- ed out methods and means of fight- ing submarines are constantly growing. Sinkings For One One Duy Last Week | Greater Than For Any Other Day on Record--New Means of Fight. | dng Submarines. i al to the Whig.) | London. Jute 20 the Ad-uir-| alty has given an advance notice! that the weekly MNst to be issued | this evening of British ships sunk | by German submarines will indicate | | the high mark of losses by British | : in that direction. The statement says that the loss- _es will agoreximate a number an "tonnage comparable with the mi serious week since the German sub- marine campaign started. That was the week end ng April 22nd, when fifty-five ships were sunk and twenty-seven others were attacked but esciped. a It is Stated that the sinkings for! one particular day last week were ports ro GUTHRIE, M.P. SE a of *Jtilla in British Waters, KINGSTON, ONT ARIO, MEN AND GUNS ADVANCING TO TRENCHES IN FRANCE which have marked the spring o zone into which the troops are U-BOAT SPLIT IN TWO BY BRITISH GUNNER. Steamship Was Torpedoed and Sunk, But "Got" Sub- marine. 20 In a battle stranded British New York, June between a crippled, off the Italian coast in May both | craft were destroyed, according to the members of the American steam- ship Hilonian, which arrived here to- day. The Hilonian had already been re- ported sunk on May 6th, the crew being landed at Albenga. On the same day an unidentified British freighter carrying coal also was tor- pedoed, but the captain' managed to run his ship into shallow water be- fore she partly sank. Two days later, the Americans asserted, the submarine returned to the attack and launched a torpedo, which hit the 'steamer amidships and almost blew her apart. As the submarine came to the surface to observe the effects of the shot, two deck guns on the stern of the freighter were turn- ed on her . A six-inch explosive shell hit the U-boat, and she was seen to turn over twice and split squarely in two before going down.. During the fight, which took place less than a mile from shore, coast batteries also turned a fire on the U-boat. THE FIRST WOMAN MINISTER A RUSSIAN. Countess Sophie Panin Has As- sumed Important Duties at Petrograd. Petrograd, Fone 20.--In-a man's blouse and a leather skirt, Countess Sophie Panin yesterday appeared to take up the post of as- sistant minister of social tutelage, a department of state with the func tion @f administering the charitable and social institutions and also the care of children. The Countess is the world's [first woman nrinister. She is 45 years of age and very wealthy. She resides fo» palace which she transformed a "People's House," a combina- work- university. As an active worker of the Com- stitutional Democratic Party,, the Countess last week was elécted a member of one of the newly creat- ed sub-distriets. In a statement the Associated Press she declared that her staff of officials will comn- sist for the most part of women. She hopes that her appointment will be the signal for the transfer of soclal institutions in other countries into the hands of women. AMERICAN DESTROYERS SAVE EIGHTY PEOPLE From Two Torpedoed chant Shige Far Out at (Special to the Whig.) With the American Destroyer Flo- June 20 After a record breaking dash at night in response to wireless distress calls, two American destroyers arrivéd at their base in an Enghsh port to-day with eighty survivors of two tor- pedoed merchant ships. The rescues were made at a point at sea further from land than any tor. pedoings have yet been reported. Vice-Admiral Sims} the American fleet commander, who is now in charge of all Allied naval operations in this se@rion, personally talked with a number of the survivors on their arrival in port. The flag of the American admi 3 now floats from a flag "staff o promontory on the coast where § is visible for miles at sea. Large premiums are offered for the discovery of further deposits of phos- phates in Germany which can be used mn the manufacture of artificial fer- tilizer. "Billy" Sunday will give the entire "free will" oe ne of $116,000 i in] New York to the Red Cross and the Y. M: C. A. in equal amounts. steamship amd a German Submarige) | tion, of recreation" place and populard tof At the edge of this road, slightly sunk below the level of the surrounding fields, are. some troops waiting to advance to the trenches. The picture was obtained on one of the many wet days The line of broken trees indicates the proximity to the shell f 1917. advancing, all in a day's work. ee WE DNESD. Y, JU NE 20, 1917 7. - HON. MR. HANNA | Wide Powers. Arc Givea Him By the Order- in-Counel, HE MAY BUY AND AND INVESTIGATE QUANTITIES, | SOURCES AND PRICES. Provision is Made for the Conserva- | ¢on of Food and Preveation of Wadte. Ottawa, Jute 280--Sir Robert Borden this aftermoon announced that Hon. W. J. Hanna appointed food controller and has accepted on condition that no sal- ary be attached. Wide, indeed, are the powers giv- en to Food Controller 'W. J. Hanna under the order-if-council. These include the folowing: Investigate the quantities, loeation, sources, and prices of any food; to ascertain Can- | HON. J. HANNA Formerly Prd Secretary of | Ontario, is named food controller of | Canada by Premier Borden. i FOOD CONTROLLER! 4The texm. "casualty" d had been | { . |the Shipping Board's emergency fleet ada's requirements and facilitate fie export of the surplus to the Ail- lies; to make regulations governing | prices, storage sale, and distriba- tion; to provide for food conserva- | tion and waste prevention. { The controller may aiso puychase. | requisition, store, sell, and deliver | fcod; he may exercise these duties | either independently or in co-oper- ation with any Government depart- ment of Canada, her provinces, or ithe Allied nations. CANADIAN CASUALTIES | Nearly One Hundred Thousand Up to June Sth, 1917. | Ottawa, June 20--Sir Edward Kemp {informed the House of Commons that the total Canadian casualties up to {June 5th, 1917, were 99.639. Under the 'heading "Casualty" are included killed in action, died of wounds, died $f sickness, presumed dead, wounded {including gas and suffering from shell | shock, missing and. prisoners of 'war. s not apply to nwounded officers and men'in hospi- tals or convalescent homes. | Of the casualties 68,629 are in the wounded category. This: does not mean that that many men have been wounded, as some have-been wounded twice and other more often. On June 4th there were 23265 Canadian pa- tients in hospitals and convalescent lhomes in England. Of the remainder somé had recovered and returned to jduty, 1,500 medically unfit had taken their discharge in England, and 12,500 {had returned to ( -angda GOVERNMENT CUTS RATE - Steel is $56 a Ton for for Big Emergency Fleet. Washington, Jane 20.--A tentative [price of $56 a ton.was obtained by the {government on steel for the great fleet of merchant ships to be built by | corporation. - Previous coutracts, let before Congress gave the President {power to commandeer supplies, called {for steel at $95 : ------------------ Commands in Irish Waters. London, June 20.--(Special to the press).--Vice-Admiral Sims of the United States Navy will have charge of the Allied naval operation in Irish waters during the absence of the Bri- {tish naval commander-in-chief. All Seats Contested. Regina, Jane 20.--Nominations in {Saskatchewan yesterday showed all the fifty-nine seats contested. One of the three returned soldiers to be elected will be made a cabinet jmember without portfolio, the govern- . ment announces. 3 The debate in parliament will probably drag along for days. Clos- ure, which the government provided s0 soon after it took office, might be applied, but it would not be expedi- ent to prevent a free discussion of that which will be an issue in the impending election. Not until the bell is rung will it be clearly ap- parent how the house will divide. Eventually conscription will be pass- ed. as it ought to be, because the interests of Canada are imperilled, and nothing can or should reason- ably stop\the recruiting at this junc- ture. Conscription shoul be first voted upon as a general principle, and every member of parliament should be found supporting it. Even some who realize the defects of the measure, and may be intent upon improving it, will endorse the that compulsion must be em- ? ployed when voluntary enlistment fails, to maintain our armies at the 'rot. . The Whig has read most carefully Sir Wilfrid Laurier's' argument against the adoption of conscription until it has been approved by the CALL TO ARMS, NOW. factor in the war, if Canada's cause were not likely to suffer by delay, there would be greater regard for his contentions. But every day tells Indeed the government is deserving of censure for the time it has wasted in useless discussions in weary wrangling while the issue of the hour was made a subject of cabi- net conferences. There is great force in what Sir Wilfrid says, that the premier again and again---when he talked of the 500,000 contribu- tion to the army, and the need of na- tional service--pronounced against conscription, and his sudden change of position may be startling. The fact remains that those who Save had friends and relatives at the front, fighting in defeace of Can- ada, are impatient of anything that hinders the recruiting. and will not stand for anything which looks like an abandonment of fathers and sons! 10 their fate. If Canada is going to do anything more in support of the! cause which has been so gloriously; championed by the Canadian amy) it must do this mow, at once, hot next fall or next year. The 70,000 men who are wanted to fill up the ranks must be supplied immedi- er LAST EDNTON HUGHES HAS A CLASH WITH THE PREMIER He Declares That Borden More Than Once Told Him to Go Slow on Recruiting and He Has Letters ters to Prove it. Ottawa, June Sir Sam, Hughes in Commons, Tues-| day expre seed hes arty endorsement of | Premier Borden's ing a bill for service. Explaining prompted him to write 20. Major-General phim, " sald he somewhat sharply, it would be well for my honorable frie nd to consult me on that.' 'The letters are marked confiden- I am not ashamed of my part compulsory the correspondence." lac NY honorabe friend must a vio | Ris own course in the matter," reasol which | git Robert curtly. Sir Robert" "I will," said Gen. Hughes, Borden in May last protesting]! won't read the Premier's letters, against the Government's "lack of] hs I will remove the confidential action" with regard to the rom my own." He thereupon read a Sir Slt A gard oe he war, letter in which he had protested a " : 8 © win| against interferences with recruiting e war, do our full duty, maintain {and in which he had declared he our civilization, not to be weary in| would raise the 500,000 required Ye) doing, but stand or fall by the| without trouble. ! 03s In she Lem hes i | Hugh Guthrie, Liberal M.P. for ieneral Hughes referred to the | Guelph, declared himself in favor of agitation of labor leaders against! pe conscription bill. conscription, "labor leaders," he said, "who bear all the ear-marks of being in the pay of Germans from the DAILY MEMORANDUM United States." { © Board, 1.30 pm. Thursday General Hughes est a | o See top of page 3, rixhc band corner, there were 2 1000. 000 a tor ProBabiiiiiss. This day in age in Canada fit for service, 1,200,- Queen Victoria, 000 of which were single men. It] The was possible to send 100,000 men | and sets at without hurting production. He ven-| tured the opinion that within four' months 150,000 men could be enroll- ed, trained and equipped and dould; be sent to the trenches by October. action in introduc-| military | tial of take the said "and Sir | mmm heese histo 1 sun rises Thursday at pit pm BORN In Kingston, to Mr. and Mrs, H a son Kingston General Hospi- n June 16th, 1917, w Mr. Mrs. W. A. Stark, a son, . MARRIED EMBERLEY-CHAPMAN---In Kingston on Tuesday, June 18th, by Rev. J. D, Ellis, Mary Jessie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Chapman, 322 Queen street, to Clarence RB. Emberley, of Winntpeg,. Man, ens DIED An Battersea, Mary Elza Tasker, widow of late Anthony Lucy, aged 17 vears, 11 months. Funeral from son's resi- dence, Willam Lucy, Battersea, on Friday afternoon at 1.30 to vd Hill Cemetery Rie nds and abgqualntances fully invited to attend. | HANSON On June - 10. Deoroth vy: Succession of 418 am EMMONS 1917 mons, on June 16th, F. Em- . ria German Gold Responsible. General Hughes then dealt with| the question of why conscription Was | necessary. The voluntary system had done wonders, but had failed. "Ger- man gold," he declared, "cleverly ap- plied, did the trick." | "When recruiting was at its height, | an agitation was carried on with re- gard to labor. Ii was cleverly repre-| Lpey sented that enlistment must not be| permitted to interfere with munitions| work, etc. "At the time I thought the move. ment was engineered by German gold, and I informed the Prime Minister. The movement grew until the Im-| perial Munitions Board and Sir Thos. Hanson, infant daughter Y White lent themselves to it. Lord! and Mrs. Robert Hanson. Shaughnessey, head of the C.P.R.,| 3 onthe, 198 in To gapay: was weak "enough to fall in behind | Funeral Iva te); Thursday morning. it. If Sir Wiliam Van Horne had! sHAw--In Kingston on June 19th, been head of the system such a thing| 1917, Mary Elen, eldest daughter would not have occurred. To listen] of the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel to the wisy-washy words of the lead-| pu, orn "om the family residence, 143 <r of the Opposition one would think | Colborne street on Thursday he also was in the movement, { mprning at_s.30 lo St, Macys Onth. Sir Sam declared that the agita- eda Tr Ta ei, tr) many tion against enlistment at one time] wi] be ue fot She ¥ Iepuse became almost unbearable. The | Friends and ac Suaintances respectfully manager of the Donfinion Iron and] inyited ro attend. Steel Works at Sydney came to us| Bonin al i a Kina ol with tears in his eyes, he said, and begged us not to enlist and take men| away. The Prime Minister yielded! their first vice-president, Miss M, E. Shaw, at St. Mary's Cathedral, to these influpnces and suggested] there be a let- "up in recruiting. | June 21st, at 9 am, IN MEMORIAM. | In loving memory of Alice V. wife of PP. Edwards and beloved daughter of Mr. and Mes John Taylor, Lat. mer, who died June 20th, 1915 God June 20, 1917, respect- { The Clash With Premier. Sir Robert Borden here ward, '"'on what occasion," he asked, and his face flushed red, "did 1 ad-| that vise my honorable friend to slow up! She !s safe y a0 . j And "With this thdiught te comfort on recruiting? | We can all sorrows bear "On more than one occasion," re-| Remembs ring she is ever near plied the ex-Minister promptly. "You| pnd + call join her there told me to go slow on recruiting more| 3 Ne-no! ¢ A than once. You said so after a visit] ' to Toronto, where you had seen Mark! Irish and other men connected with|In Moving memory of our dear mother, the munitions board, . who declared| ~~ jAfice, V. Edwards who departed that men should not be taken from | = Tle fang TOL the factories.' | We loved you mother darbng: The Prime Minister wit his mous-| We loved SVS As mo tenkue can tel) tache, but seemed on the point Of (hrist Loved wo Be , asking another question. » NEI ie A you Sow ad Thought it "Let me point out," continued the! 1 0 teke you home with nlm to rest" ex-Minister, "that I will, if necessary, | Your Boys, Taylor, Borden, read, létters from the Prime Minister And Samuel MacDohald. whica will fully bear me out in this." AMES The Prime Minister sat back amid J REID cries of "hear hear," from the Op- The OM Firm of Undertakers. position side, and there were no more 254 and 256 PRINCESS STRENY Questions asked. ¥ Phone 147 for Ambulance. Premier Objected. | . ( JBER' At this point General Hughes Inti- | R TJ. REID mated that he intended reading cer- tain letters which had passed be-| tween himself and Sir Robert Bor- den marked confidential. ] confidentia | F io . | Sir Robert rose to his feet. | There is no day but has its share of night, | And somewhere in the dark there shines a light. There is no clond however dark and grim That does not touch the sunlight with its utmost rim. There is no sorrow borne without its gain---- No perfect joy that was not ushered in with pain. 'There is no woe that can outlive the years, No smile so sweet in life as that which follows tears. We learn to do without our own be- sat for-| "There is no death--ithank for within His care; us Mother, Brothers and Sisters No sun can rise until the sun has J SO -- No life be lived that has not some Tt were fot God if man could fathom" all His ways. SIR SAM HUGHES. And as the sun goes al down its western Who declared that labor men op-| posing conscription have the ear- Know, next to faith, His greatest marks of being in the pay of the Ger- gift to thee is mans. i