~ 12 PAGES sk Lh YEAR 84: NO. + > 188 dhe Whio KINGSTON, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, I917. POPE. PROPOSES - PEACE TERNS Belligereats to Stale Conditions in Concerted Toms. HE SUGGESTS RESTORATION OF Ad sks BELGIUM, SERBIA MANIA. And Peaceful Solution of Problem of Aldace-Lorraine, Trent, Triest and Pblhnd. (Special to the Whig) Rome, Aug. 14---His Holiness, Pope Benedict, to-day renewed his formal proposals of peace. The Pope suggests the restoration of Belgium, Serbia and Rumania, and a peaceful solution of the prob- lems of Alsace-Lorraine, Trent. Trigst and Poland, according to re- ports received from Vatican eources. It Is éxpected the proposals will be published to-day by the Vatican, The note makes a new and formal appeal for peace. It invited the bel- ligerents to state their conditions in concerted terms so as to facilitate a prefminary understanding, says an- other report. AND RU. Washington Has Knowledge. (Special to the Whig). Washington, Aug. 14.---The State Department acknowledges that it has received unofficial knowledge of Pope Bendict's peace proposals be- fore to-day's mews despatches were received. What consideration is 'given to them will be after consulta- tion with the Alies. Pope, Bengdict has made several peace proposals in the last two years but all have been of general nature. He has hitherto' made no specific sug- gestions for conferences or other de- finite steps, /Pope Benedict has re- cently Bos 'shoving a great desire to save stria Hungary, which, un- like Germany is a Roman Catholict country. <® » + NEARLY 10,000 MURDERED # BY GERMAN PIRATES. #% +» London, Aug. 14,--It is offi- 2% clally. stated that "the number # of 1Ives reported lost on Brit- ish merchant vessels from en- omy action from the beginning # of the war until June 30 last + was 0,748, namely, 3,828 pas- % sengers and 5,920 officers and + seamen. "» P42 420000 | ---------- BRITISH MADE RAIDS. The German Artillery More Active Monday Night. (Special 10 the Whig.) London, Aug. 14.--Northeast of Gouzerkcourt and at two points east of Vermilles, British troops raided the German lines last night. taking a few prisoners, Field Mar- shal Haig announced to-day. A number of the éhemy were killed by bombs in their dug-outs. North of .Rouex a hostile raid was repulsed. To the east and north- east of Yp and in the neighbor- hood of Lombartzde' on the coast, the enemy's artillety was more act- ive during thé night, i ---- British airmen t down sev- enteen planes in day. There is a decided improvement > the morale of the Russian infan- ry. 'British airnien 'report they have never seen the ground so heaped with German dead as on the battle- Held of Glencorse Wood, east lof: | Ypres. : In the region of Ocna the Russians and Rumanians drove the Austro- Germans from a series of heights. The adi lines ave been gradually tightening about Leps, and the Canadians now hold strong positions df the western environs. EVACUATION ORDER IN PETROGRAD CITY The Government Considering the Weeding Out of Unpro= ductive Element. Petrograd, Aug. 14---A partial evacuation of Petrograd by idle and non-productive elements of the popu- latidn in order to alleviate the econo- mic crisis, which daily is becoming more geute, was favorably considered by the Government at a conferenco yesterday, and the question referred to the Minister of Justice for his ap- proval, - In order to ameliorate the food shortage such a measure is absolutely necessary, according to 'the conclu- sions reached by the Government. The order of evacuation, If proul- gated, and it is T'kely that it will be, will provide for the transfer of all institutions and individuals not pro- ductively engaged in Petrograd or necessary to the economic or official life of the eity. The measure will adm to remave from the capital the burden of the idle parasite popula- tion, which foments disorders, and which, to a great extent, was re- sponsible for the redent wuprisings. School property will be in¢luded among the institutions transferred from the city. A special permit designating ithe business of the bearer will be re- quired of persons entering the city. A GERMAN CAPTURED BY U.S. CAPTAIN Officer With French Crosses "No Man's Land" and Bags the Prize. With American Expeditionary Army, Aug. 14.--An American cap- tain who returned from the French front yesterday took a German pri- soner. The officer was at the front only for observation, but when he heard that a small raid was planned he begged to be included im the party. His French guide objected, saying: "My orders are not to get you kill- ed." I hope you carry out your orders," replied the American, "but I have been instructed to see just as much as I can." He won his point and made the trip over 'No Man's Land" to a close lying trench. The German was subdued when prodded in the abdomen with an automatic, but the captain was anxious to reserve his souvenir in- tact. The German was a sergeant. His captors found It impossible to move "him to enthusiasm by the in- |formation that he had the honor to be the first German captured by an American, He weighed -220 pounds ahd was the largest German taken on that particular front in more than a month. - -- ENGLAND NOT IN WANT Plenty of Food and Good Harvest in Sight, New York, Aug. 14.--Ian Forbes Robertson, the English actor, who ar rived at an Atlantic port yesterday, discussed the British food situation "There is plenty of food in Great Britain," he said, "in spite of all re- Ports to the contrary, and from what T saw of the crops during a tour of England and Wales this summer, there would be an abundant harvest. The submarines' are not preventing the supply of foodstufts from reach- ing England. I saw a convoy of twenty-five ships entering a British port just before I left. They were protected by a flotilla of destroyers and patrol boats" Ian Robertson is a brother of Sit Johnston Forbes- Robertson. Stewart Lyon Returning. - Toronto, Aug. 14.--Stewant Lyon, representative of the Canadian Press at the front, is returning to Canada immediately. Under the original en gagement he was to remain at the front six months. He has pow been there eight months, during "which Dberiod his despatches have been a regular (Specidl to the Whig.) Toronto, Aug. 14.--The G.N.W. has named F. H. Markey, K.C., Montreal, as, its representative on the Board of Conciliation. This shelves a strike for the present. AAAS SONI SAI { to carry two wounded men. The ambulance can possibly go. Ramm In rough country, where roads do not exist. or roads, the sure footed mule is requisitioned for manyiparpe among others, carrying the wounded. The photogrs method. of conveyance in a special litter which enables each mule MULE CARRYING WOUNDED SERBIAN SOLDIERS FROM FRONT Be cat: Sona edd oN A e merely cart and, shows the animal can pick its way where no COLONEL MOLLOY NEARLY DROWNED Whe Swimming Near Ms Sumnei Cot tg thos Ma: --~ 7913 he was appolited professor of history at the Royal'Military College. Since the war broke out he has been greatly interested fa recruiting, and recently organized a win-the-war convention which held its meetings at 'Winnipeg. 5 TWO SECRET LOANS WT GERMAN BANK -King. Gonstantine Had EVERY SOLDIER 0 HAVE VOTE Maisie of Justis ees Important Bill in House of Commons. UDED AMONG THOSE WHO ARE TO HAVE THE FRANCHISE, The Vote to be Taken Overseas amd There Will be Twenty:Nine Voting Days. : . Ottawa, Aug. 14.--Hon. .C. G. Do- herty, Minister of Justice this after- noon introduced a bill entitled "The! Military Voters 'Act of 1817." Mr. Doherty declared that the purpose of the bill was to make, more complete ' GAMBLING ON WHEAT EXCHANGES MUST END Price of orp in United States to be Fixed by Com= mission. Washington, Aug. 14.--A fight to ;lators and profiteers in wheat and a ign to cut down the hich cost of living. That much was made evi- dent to-day im an announcement issued Ty Herbert, C. Hoover, in of the war programme. \ The price to be paid for the wheat crop of 1917, Mr. Hoover stated, would, with the full approval of President Wilson, be fixed by a com- , mission headed by Harry A. Garfield, a son of ex-President Garfield, and President of Williams College. Gambling on the wheat exchanges, r. Hoover said, must end, even if the Government has to go to the ex- treme of puréhasing the entire sup* ply of the nation. { A drive to reduce the price of bread, by thus putting flour under one Government control, the direc | flour by the Food Administration inj whom the President has placed wre BUILD BIG CARGO tically unlimited power in this et PAGES 18 -- LAST EDITION CERMANY oon the 'issue will be wagered on specu-| Conference of Control Powers at Viewsa Designed to Cement Her Dominion. FLEET WILL COMBAT THE EXPECTED COMMERCIAL-ALLIANCE | Between America and Entente When {Peace : European a y The Hague, Aug. 14.--Consider., [able importance is attached to the" conference of representatives of Ger- many, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey, at Vienna, for the pre- paration of an economic agreement, provision for the taking of the sol-/tjon of wheat and flour for the Al- Germany has been protesting vigor diers' vote during the present war than exists under the Aet of 1915. He declared "that conditions had changed. materially since that Act was passed. was five times as great. tion facilities were not nearly as good It was therefore proposed te modify that Act completely rather than to amend its provisions. A change was to be made in the quali- fication for military vbling. It was proposed to extend the vote not only to men of age, but to men under 21 who were overseas. I was also proposed that not only should men in the Canadian forces vote but men who enrolled in Canada and who were now in the Imperial units. This applied particularly to the aviation corps and naval units, It was also proposed to do away with any distinction of sex among those engaged in active service; nurses would be included. The fact that a soldier might be an Indian, moreover, would not prevent him from voting. - To Take Vote Overseas. ~The Bill, sald Mr. Doherty, pro- vided for complete machinery over- seas to take the vote as A though an election were actually 'being con- cted there. . The Jjsent to Canada and would THEN be lies and for domestic purposes, is contemplated as one of the darly steps the campaign for lower pri- t can be stated that the Food Administration, despite the protests | was extortionate and against the best interésta of the consuming public, It is even believed entirely possible , in some quarters that a standard eix- , teen ounce loaf could be sold with a reasonable profit at five cents once 'the Food Administration had the , power to regulate the cost of wheat and flour. DRASTIC SLAUGHTER * OF GERMAN CATTLE Shortage of Fodder Makes the Farmers' Measure Necessary. Copenhagen, Aug. 14w--Represen- tatives of the German Farming In- terests and the War Food Bureau, at a meeting recently held in Berlin, | decided that the shortage of fodder necessitated drastic slaughtering of cattle this summer and autump. The farmers reported that pasturage was good, that the hay and clover crops were scanty owing to drought and that only small amounts of potatoes and grain were available for fodder above the requirements of human n. To avoid the earlier mistake of ol and: barely keeping © cattle alive .through the winter Qreeve Tied to the Teu= ton interests. Athens, Aug. 14--Finance Minis ter Negropontis, replying te an in- CAUGHT IN SWIFT CURRENT considered in conjunction with the | the farmers were advised to market results in Canada. The combined re- all except milch cows, indispensable sults would determine the electipn. |draft cattle now largely replacing Under the 1915 act, provision was horses, and such animals for which made for each returning officer to | winter fodder to keep them in good AND WAS BEING CARRIED DOWN THE RIVER. ip Saved by Lieut. Robert Caldwell and "Dr. Charles Williams, of Cardinal, the Latter a Queen's Graduate. (Special to the Whig.)* Iroquois, Aug. 14.--Col. W. Mul- loy, the blind professor of history at the Royal Military College, just es- caped drowning at his summer ocot- tage near Iroquois by an ace about two o'clock on Monday afternoon when he was carried along by a swift current of the St. Lawrence river. Col. Mulloy, who spends the sume mer at his camp at Point .Iroqudls went in swimming 'shortly hefore two o'clock. Whils in the water he asked Miss Minnie Caldwell if she would guide him mro the. wharf 80 that he would be able to swim: in the quiet water. In doing so, hog- ever, he lost his grasp of hér hands and was drawn by the swift current away from the shore. : Wieut. Robert Caldwell, who has kle, made an heroic attempt to res- cue the blind battle hero who struggling for life in the water. 'He been to the front and was returned] "| through wounds received in the an- terpéliation in the Chamber, stated that the Cabinet of ex-Premier Skou- loudis contracted two secret loans with the Bleichroeder Bank of Ber- lin of 40,000,000 marks each, re- payable in three months after the signing of peace.! The first lcan was arranged January 2nd, and the second Mi April, 1916, and the Lam- bres Ministry obtained a third simi- nr Joan of 40,000,000 in January, AT. Qf these loans omly ' 60,000,000 marks bad been paid up by the bank. M. Negropontls further declared that the Venizelos Government would ac- cept lability for these loans. At the -same i he emphasized the heavy responsibility of the Skouloudis Gov- efnment which negotiated the loans without the authority of the Cham bees, and kept them secret w 'the very time they were trying to oblige the Western powers to make 'them another loan of 120,000,000 + marks. ! The Minisfer also called attention [to the fact that the second loan al- coincided 'ment of Fort Ruprel to the Bulgar- fans. - \ * do dn : 4 HAS DECLARED WAR. * (Special to the Whig.) % London, Aug. 14--China de- % clared war on Germany and # Austria to-day, Pekin de- * despatehes assert. . TRE send the ballots téken by him to the Clerk of the Crown of Chancery in Canada. They were to be assorted by the latter according to comstitu- encies. That womld have been easy at the time when transportation faci- litles were better and the Humber of the troops less. But thers was now danger of the ballots being lost in transit, It was therefore provided that the returning officers should send the ballots taken in France to the High Commissioner in Paris, and those ta- ken in England to the High Com- missioner in London. They would by this be transferred to a general returning officer, wi duty it would be to count and the ballots according to constitusneies. The results would then be communi- cated to Canada. They would here be counted in conjunction with the Canadiah home vote by another Spe- cial general returning officer, Who with the 'abandon- |, paper. 8 for Government or op) particular candidat condition was available. | The measure was recognized as dangerous, in respect to meat ra- tions this winter and in 1918, to the future of the. live stock industry and the supply of manure, but the hopes of the farmers, it was said, were set on an early peace. STILL DETERMINED TO SEND DELEGATES | To thé Stockholm Conference Despite the British Gov- ernment's Opposition. (Special to the Whig). | London, Aug. 14.--The executive | committee of the Labor party to-day decided not to change its attitude to- ward the Stockholm Socialist con- ference. °* This means that in-so-far as favor- ing British labor representatives at|® Stockholm is concerned, the Labor ty wil] stand behind Arthur Hen-| n and the convention of last ously against what she calls the wick- ed machinations of the Entente for countering economic discriminations, {such as were practiced in the past, The number of men'of some of the bread-making. inter~|Dut in the meantime, with her usual Transporta-| esta, has felt that the present level |foresightedness she has been prepar- ing far-reaching proteciionist plans. Germany's idea is to creat a solid economic union with 'AVstria-Hun- gary, Bulgaria, and Turkey, which free Germany for a State-alded at- tack on the world markets; An enormous scheme for the re- construction of the German mér- cantile fleet at a cost of many mil- lions of dollars is sufficient ifldica- tion that big ideals are contemplated. Doubtless, too, Germany is begianing to fear the competition of 'America's merchant fleet in the war, The greatest stress has been laid on the reconstruction of the fleet. Large subsidies are to be granted. graduated according to the rapidity of the completion of the vessels af- ter the war, Undoubtedly the character of the economic conference at Vienna has ! heen modified since America's oh- trance on the scene, Germany 'most anxious to disdover what, Jf any, economic agresment the En tente and America have made. The Hambyrg-to-Bagdad scheme, which is nearing completion, is an [economic agreement with \Austria- Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey, with Germany in chief po d micall vibe \ other scheme European | mate hope of includi ental Europe against: and the United States. APPOINTED MINISTER George N. Barnes is the Successor of Henderson. (Special to the Whi» London, Aug. 14. me N Barnes, former machinist, became & member of England's war cabinet to- day, succeeding Arthur Henderson, and the crisis resulting from Hen- derson's activities in connection with the Stockholm soclalieh conference, appears to be averted. h all contin- it Britain The Workmen's Council kK now warmly supports the Russian Gove ernment. : ' --a-------- : 14. Martial & proclaimed # 4 throughout Spain as a result of ¢ # renewed strike disorders, which # : day. -y *- . (Special to the Whig). 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