EY YEAR 84: NO. TWO DESPERADOES 226 ARE DEPORTED The Mecum Brothers No Longer in the Portsmouth Penitentiary. ARE ENROUTE TO DETROIT WHERE THEY WILL BE ARREST- ED BY U. 8, SHERIFF, And Taken to Iowa, Where They Es- caped From Prison After Shooting a Guard--They Are the Worst of Criminals, The notorious Mecum Bert and Charles, who have been serving a long term in the provincial penitentiary at Portsmouth, were re- leased early Friday afternoon, and | in company with Deportation Officer P. Devlin left on the G.T.R. Inter national Limited for Detrdit, Mich, where an American sheriff is in read inesd to receive the pair. Arrangements were lately complet ed between Ottawa and Washington | for the deportation. The United States authorities are willing to take charge of the Mecums whose future | home can be nothing elre than the | prison house. The pair are a men- | ace to soclety and are as tricky as| Old Nick highself. They were driven | to the G.T.R. junction in a hack { When they arrived at the outer sta- | tion a Whig representative had the | opportunity of a few minutes talk | with the brothers. Both are thick | set, dark complexioned men of about | thirty-five years of age, and have piercing brown eyes. | "You can tell the people from | me, sir," sald the one who calls him- | ,self Frank Jones, "that 1 have learn ed a lesson. 1 have found that the Canadian Government will give any- one a square deal if he acts right. It has been a hard six years in your prisons but it has taught me that the easiest way is to keep straight. You speak of the effect of the open air. It is great, It was March when we came here and the snow was on the ground. Everything looked dead and 1 f€lt that way. Tt sure is better to feel the going out than it was the going in just six years ago." The other brother who goes under the name of Kelly, was just as eager to talk. He #ald, "That judge's mame was Madden, wasn't it?" Receiving an affirmative reply he said, "I feel dopey since getting my freedom or rather expecting it. ¢ It is wonderful to see the country and the very free- dom in thé air. After this I am go- ing to stay straight and not get my name in the papers, For the last =ix years it has been associated with penitentiaries and I'm through." brothers, Think They Are Free. Both spdke confidently that they were to be given their freedom at Detroit and remarked that they were both to join the United States cav- alry, "because" said Frank, 'I have always been @ horseman." Mention of dinnér brought - back the thought of food to their minds and Jones said, '"We sure will punish those sandwiches when we get on the train. We didn't take any din- ner--had five years of them--at the big place and now contemplate some- thing different in the grub line." Dr. Robert Hanley, penitentiary physican, happened along and he shook hands with both Mecums. Then Frank said, "Pell the warden that we appreciate him coming out 'of his office to give us a hand shake and a lecture and we will follow what he sald, Tell him we're going to be good," : Quite a few 'people turned their attefition on the shackled men but they walked quietly into the coach with Inspector. Devlin and his as- #istant heedless 'of the stares of the people, They say"they are going to freedom but the officials' are taking no chances of a getaway, Sketch of Mecum Brothers, Jones and Kelly, "the notorious Mecum Brothers," are known in criminal circles, as men of desperate character. They made a reéord that will long remain unbeaten in the annuals of Canadian criminal his- tory, In the state of lowa, where they made their first start on the downward path, they are known as Bert and Charles Mecum, and openly made the boast that no jail could hold them. Charles Mecum was on Oct. 18th 1910 sentenced to a five-year term at the Anamosa Reformatory, Iowa, for housebreaking and theft. Although hot twenty years old, this was his second sentence, \ The prisoner hit the stone pile and (Continued on Page §.) WHIG CONTENTS. 1--Desperadoes Deported: German Fleet loves: Speedy Peace Not Near; British fro Gains, 1--Trsublhs of a Soldier; Incidents of the Day. S--Kingston Fair; ings, {---Editorials; Rippling Press Opinions; Thi Never Happen, b--Message fronf Twenty Cot Cases. §---Eastern Ontario News. T--Amusements; Announcements; The Forum. S--Milltary , Matters; Theatrieal News. Local Happen- Rhymes; ngs That the Front: #--AMusic fn the Home: Telegraphié News, 10ePoxane's Happenings. 11The News of the District. "12--In the World of Sport. Confession; Local | carrying | Health he Daily British Whig PAGES 18 ATTACKS BY GERMANS AT ZENNEBEKE FAIL Rl | British Break Up Attempts of Enemy to Regain Lost Ground. London, Sept. 28.--Another Ger man counter-attack was made last night against the new British posi- tion near Zennebeke. The attack was broken up by the British. The official statement says: "Yesterday evening counter-attack by the Germans against our positions in Zennebeke was broken up by our rifle fire and | artillery south of Lewer hamlet and {south of Polygen Wood Island. Strong positions in which parties of the enemy were holding out close to our new position have been cleared up. "We killed or captured many Ger- mans without loss to ourselves in out a successful raid last night south-west of Cherisy. "The enemy's artillery considerable activity night south of Lens on both sides has the battle front." The Germans made an attack last night in the Argonne region To- day's French official statement says they were repulsed three times, suf. fering heavy losses. another | | showed during the The artillery been active on - OANADIAN MOTHERS SCORED For Not Doing Their Duty to Their Infants. Press Despatoh.) Ottawa, Sept. 28.--Dr. Alan Brown, who is in charge of the child hygiene department of Toron- to, this morning in an address to delegates of the Canadian Public Association, deplored the fact that Canadian mothers do not do their duty in respect to maternal nursing. He quoted stdtistics to prove that American women and even foreign women were 'fifty per cent. ahead of their Canadian sisters in this respect. Though recogniz ing the many excellent measures ad- opted by communities for the bene- fit of the child, Dr. Brown asserted that the State has not as yet should- ered its respomsibility in this re- gard. (Canadian Found in Erie Canal. (Canadian Presg Despatch.) Rochester, N.Y., Sept. 28.--The body of Wm. A. Butler, a private in the 39th Battalion of the Canadian army, was found floating in the Erie Canal here to-day. His death, it is believed; was 'accidental. "His honie was at Cobourg, and he was station- ed at Kingston. The Canadian authorities were notified. OFFICIAL WAR REPORTS. Belgian, Paris, Sept. 27.--Thursday's War Office report said: '"The artillery has been quite ac- tive during the last two days, We carried out a bombardment in the night on the enemy communications and shelled several of his works and observations; - Our trench artillery tended to our advantage bombing action north of Dix mude. "Yesterday in co-operation with the French and British artillery our batteries took to task several German batteries in the region of Dixmude. To-day an enemy reconnaissance was repulsed with grenades north of Dix- mude, "Our aeroplanes carried out their daily missions." Italian. Rome, Sept, 27.--The Italian of- cial communication issued to-day Says: "On various sectors of the Tren- tino and Julian fronts gnemy parties attempted to surprise our look-out posts, but everywhere were driven back. In the Marmolada region the enemy in exploiding a mine tried to dislodge us from positions captured Friday night. The attempt failed. On the Carso plateau increased ac- tivity on the part of the enemy's ar- tillery was effectively countered. "Enemy railway plants at Grahove and Dottogliano were attacked yes- terday by our air squadrons, which dropped altogether five tons of bombs. The enemy's. reaction was very lively. One of our machines which was brought down in an aerial | combat over Asiago fell in flames inside our lines." RUSSIANS CAPTURE OROMARU A Russian Destroyer Sunk by: Mine in Baltic. (Canadian Press Despatch.) Petrograd, Sept. 28.--The Rus- sians have captured Oromaru twen- ty-four miles "west of Meri in the Caucasus, The Russian destroyer Ochotnik was sunk by a mine in the Baltic on Wednesday, "Francis H. Sheppard, member for Nanaiaro-in the House of Commons, has been selected by the Dominion Government, it is understood, for the position of inspector of dredging for British Columbia. BATTLESHIP AGROUND, (Canadian Press Despatch.) 'Washington, Sept. 28.--The & United States Navy Department $ at moon to-day authorized an 4 announcement that a battleship «+ PEP bobet ted 3 KINGSTON, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1917. MILITARY SERVICE APPLICANTS AT TORONTO. waiting to pass medical the United States. GERMAN FLEE MOVES UP BALTIC exar nd at Democratic Congress. 1,800 DELEGATES PRESENT AT SESSION BEING HELD UNIFY RUSSIA, TO Strong Revolutionary Power Respon- sible to All Elements Needed _to Save the Conquests of the Roel tion. (Canadian Press Despatch.) Petrograd, Sept. 28.--The Demo- cratic Congress held its first session last evening in the municipal theatre 1,800 delegates from all parts of Russia - being in attendance. Al members of the provisional Govern- ment headed by Pyemier Kerensky were present. Several members of the diplomatic: corps occupied a a special box. M. Tcheidse, prepident of Council of Soldiers' and Workmen's dele- gates, in opening the conference ex- plained that the extremely grave situation of the country necessitated the constitution of 'a strong revolu- tionary power responsible to all ele- ments. M. Avksentieff, president of the Council of Peasants delegates sald that the moment had arrived for demgqcracy to gather all its politi- cal wisdom to save the conquests of revolution, which were threatened with irreparable catastrophe if not safeguarded now. -- Kerensky Speaks, Premier Kerensky addressed con- gress to-day, receiving applause 'which came principally from the less radieal groups of delegates. He spoke in forceful style, with the air of chal- lenging his opponents. The address was largely a defence of the sets of overnment under his premiership. M. Kerensky was interrupted fre- quently 'by shouts from one group and another, which led at times to altercations lasting several minutes. At one point. the bolsheviki burst into loud cheers at something dero- gatory to the government. "Cheer my friend if you will," said M. Kerensky, "when he:he was able to make himself heard, "but bear in mind that the German fleet is mov- ing up the Baltic." The delegates of right jeered the 'bolsheviki, asking them why they 'did not cheer the Premier's remarks, inasmuch as the Germans were their friends. CAN DRIVE HUNS OUT And They Know That the Huns Can- not. Come Back. (Canadian Press Despatch.) London, it. ~Reuter's des- Patches from the British front de- scribing particularily the . brilliant work of Australian and Mother Coun- try troops in recent actions in Flan- ders, concludes with this paragraph. @ spirit of our men is amazing because they. know as never before that they can drive out the Huns and the Huns canbot come back." SEVERE PENALTIES In Attempting to Influence Military on Exemption Boards. (Canadian Press Despatch.) Ottawa, Sept. 28.--It is announc- ed to-day that severe penalties wili be impesed on anyone trying to in- fluence a medical board .or exemp- tion tribunal under "the Military Service Act. It is also made plain that any person feeling he has been wrongly classed by the medical boards in the presemt voluntary ex. amination may appeal to the exemp. tion tribunal for revision. Arrested at Belleville, Belleville, Sept. 28.--J. D. Carold, aged 27 years and unmarried 'was Blaced ydes arrest at the Grand lway Station, 'upon arrival of the express 'of shop-breaking. Carol claims to be a returned soldier and alleges he ¢ | was twice wounded while on active service. From two hundred to three hundred me This is What Kerensky Told the Bolsheviki nination. They@@ome from all COMRADE DESCRIBES LOST HIB LIFE. Ambushed by the § Forty Hostile the Air at the ne. -Paris, Sept. 28.4%Phe last fight of HOW HE y--At Least ines Were in Capt. Guynemer, France, premier ai man, who was credited in the army aviation record 9Yvith having shot down 53 Germangaeroplanes, and with having dosiggred at least 26 that were uncount@, is described by a comrade, who is 'quoted by the Ex- celsior as follows: "Guynemer' sighted five machines of the Albatross type D-3. Without hesitating, he bore;down on them At this moment enemy patrolling ma- chines, soaring at asgreat height, ap- peared suddenly amd fell upon Guy- nemer. "There were forty enemy machines in the air at this time, including Count von Richtofen and his circus division of machines, painted in diag- onal blue and white stripes" To- wards Buynemer's right some Bel- glan machines hove in sight, but it was too late. "Guynemer must have beemfit His machine dropped gently towards the earth and I lost track of it. All that I can say is that the machine was not on fire," Capt. Guynemer's greatest day's work was on May 17th, of this year, when he brought down four German machines, two of which he accounted for in the space aftwo minutes, hav- ing attacked a group of four., With only three cartirdges left, while in his homeward flight, he encountered the fourth German, and shot him down with-oné of the three remaining cartridges, One of the two victims he shot down on Aug. 4th last was Lieut. Hohendorf, a German aviator who flew for a French aeroplane company before the war and who had thot down twelve French machines. The fifty-three German machines officially credited to Capt. Guynem- er's record were worth something more than 1,500,000 francs. Some of them were manned by two or three men, and it is estimated that he accounted for more than eighty pilots, observers and gunners. ENGLISH OVER 'PHONE, Permissible in Paris for First Time Since 1914. Paris, Sept. 28.---Knglish now may be spoken over the telephone in Parts, for the first time since the War ovegan The presenc> ,ere of several thousaud newly.arrived Am- erieans, who have not peea able 'e riafter the French vernacular, in- duced the authorities to modify the rule laid down at the beginning of hoetilities that no languags but French @buld be used over the tele- rhione. Cost Russia $21,000,000,000, Petrograd, Sept. 28.--The Finance Minister has issued a statement of the financial position of Russia, showing that the expenses of the war up to Sept, 14th, have amounted to 41,000,000,000 ruble. The war costs are still further increasing, ow- ing to the demand for higher wages and the increased price of necessaries. The Minister urges the people to postpone their wage demands until the end of the war. GEORGE B. WILSON 4/~ Toronto's street commissioner, whose dismissal is demanded by ployes. in his 4 tment Becarine Te ed a Small Dhion Jack from city wagon. and in line daily at the armories in Toronto parts of Ontario and some from CONVENER'S ST FUGHTBRITISH HOLD | OST OF GANS o Heavy German Sheng Compelled Sigh Re- tiremeut Near Hill 40. ONLY A RIDGE SEPARATES THE ALLIES FROM THE OF FLANDERS. PLAINS Desperate Resistance by % Enemy Shows Importance of British Ad- vance--German Officers Admit Seriousness of the Situation. With the British Armies in the Field, Sept. 28.--Very heavy Ger- man shelling yesterday afternoon had apparently forced the British to retire slightly in the area of Hill No. 40, immediately north of Zonnebeke. The Zonnebeke railway station, in consequence, is again in German hands. However, outside the town and northeastward the major portion of the advances pemain in control of the British sn dui. aR The ridge over which the fighting that separates the allies from the plans of Flanders. Although the of- ficial German communications lately have been claiming British defeats or discounting the advances made, the desperate resistance of the Ger- mans is an.indication of the vital significance" of the recent allied gains. German officers taken prisoner ad- mit the: seriousness of the situation for their countey. War Tidings. Stockholm travellers say the spirit of 'riot rules in Russia. In London twelve were killed when thirty people were hit with a bomb on Monday. The Canadian divisions are resting behind the lines in Flanders, The British hold the new line firmly. The German losses are heavy, "A big naval battle in the Baltic be- tween the German and Russian fleet is expected in Petrograd. Italian troops have completed their occupation of the entire Bainsizza plateau, which is now firmly im Ital- fan hands, Stephen Panaretoff, Bulgarian minister to the United States, said his country had attained the sole ends for which it entered the war, and is ready to quit, providing she can keep the territory "which by language, nationality, and historic right belongs to her." In a striking article, the Leipziger Volkszeitung, the leading German minonity Socialist paper, openly says that Ginless the German Government accepts President Wilson's terms re- garding democratization, no peace Is possible, BUILD A MYSTERY TUNNEL Thirteen of Twenty-two Germans Hs- cape From English Camp, London, Sept. 28.--One of the most daring escapes from internment camps was affected at Kegworth, Nottingham, Twenty-two German prisoners including Capt. Muller, who commanded the cruiser Emden, and Lieut. Otto Thelan, disappeared through a tunnel extending from a hut in the camp to a point outside the barbed wire fence. How the tun- nel was dug is a ery. Nine of the prisoners were recap- tured including Capt. Muller and Lieut. Thelan. The latter made three previous escapes. With Lieut. Emil Tehmann, another of she recaptured prisoners, he flad from the détention barracks at Chelmsford last May. The Germans made dummy locks of cardboard, substituting them for locks on the cell doors. Dummy fig- ures to receive the sentry were made from bedelothes and some of their OWN garments. ° To make these figures the more /| realistic they were decorated with shocks of hair from their mattresses. Return to Winnipeg. Winipegn, Man., Sept. 28.--M. E. Nichols in recent years manager of Montreal Mail will 'shortly return to Winnipeg as manager Morning Tele- gram, Mr Nichols managed and edited the Telegram on several years | NEW IRE,.AND MAY BE | CONVENTION'S WORK Sir Horace Plunkett Hopes to See Change of Heart. { Cork, Sept, 28.--' 'We are getting ion, and all we want is a fair oppor- | tunity to perform the work for { which we were appointed," said Sir | Horace Plunkett, chairman of the Irish convention, at the luncheon given the members of the convention by wia Harbor Board. "The convention," saidS8ir Horace, in his address, "has made me hope as I never hoped before that I shall live {to see a change of heart, out of which a new Ireland will be born. 1 hope to hear all Irishmen say, 'My country is thy country," and in the larger patriotism, 'My God is thy God." " Sir Horace painstakingly explain- ed the objects of the secrecy sur- rounding the workings of the con- vention. * "It has made possible," he said, 'the utmost frankness in expression of opinion between the members, which, if they knew it were to be made public, would not be express- 4d." The delegates cheered again when they left the hotel for a tour of the city's industries The absence so far of any hostile demonstration by the Sinn Feiners, who opposed the convention, is be- lieved by many to augur well for its ultimate success. HOW SMALL SAVINGS WILL HELP THE ALLIES Minister of Labor Tells the People What Conserving Will Mean. Ottawa, Sept. 28 quantities of food, saved daily in a household will produce an enor- mous total when all of Canada is 'considered, is the subject of some in- teresting calculations made by Hon 'I. W. Crothers, minister of labor. "A half an ounce of butter," said -the minister to-day, "is what you would put on the end of your knife, yet the daily saving of that quantity would total up 45,625 tons of butter in all Canada in a year. At 50 cents a pound this would amount to $45, 625,000. "Take sugar as another example. Saving by each individual of half an ounce of sugar a day would amount in a year to $9,000,000 on the basis of ten cents a pound; saving half an ounce of tea per day 'at 40 cents a pound would save $36, 000,000 which is at the same. price, "The saving pér 'individual of 20 pounds of flour per year would make How small is now in progress is virtually allfavailable for export to the allies of 160,000,000 pounds or 800,000 bar- rells 'more than we are sending now." THE MOBILIZATION ON DECEMBER 20TH Proclamation Will Come as Soon as Tribunals San Han= dle Exemption Cases Toronto, Sept. 28.--The following table of dates 'and figures relating to the administration of the Military Service Act are said to be approxi mately correct: Date of proclamation 'is Call for first draft, Class 1, Grades A, B and C Tribunals begin sittings .. Nov. 1st Complete hearing appeals Nov. 20th Probable date of mobiliza- tion .. wn ea Dec. 20th Instructions have been issued from Ottawa to all of the provincial registrars under the Military Ser- vice Act to have their offices and staffs ready by the 6th of October. It is very likely that the proclama- tion calling up all men who come under the descriptions of class 1 under the act will be issued the day following, immediately as soon as officials are in a position to handle exemption cases, FLEECED TO TUNE OF MANY MILLIONS Ben Sweden's Best Known Keople Lose Through High Financier, Oct. 6th Stockholm, Sept. 28.--Losses ag- gregating twenty million, and pos- &ibly thirty million crowns have been suffered by many of Sweden's best known people as a result of the op- trations of a Gothenburg speculator, Einar Lundstroem, whose body was found a few days ago 'in the water néar the Gothenburg Yacht Club with a bullet in the head. Among the victims is Lieut. Erik Swartz, son of the Swedish Prime Minister, whose losses are estimaled $ a million crowns. The investiga- io! that ten others have lost from one to five millions each; twenty-two los- Ses running fifty thousand to ighty thousand crowns, and there is long list including officers, doctors, 'ertists, bank employees, and even hotel potters and waiters, whose 'losses are less. AWARDED DAMAGES, $7500 For Butcher With Musical Gifts, Vancouver, B.C., Sept. 28.--Ron- ald T. Tracey, a young butcher, sup- posed to have musical gifts, was awarded $7,500 damages by a jury against P. Burns and Company for the loss of four fingers in a sansage machine. He sued for $15,000. The accident which forced the basis of the 'suit, occurred at Grand Forks, .C. i ---------- The Liberal convention at Red Deer, Alta., declined previous to going wast. 2 A and the same with coffee, |. n that has been going on discloses} --_-- LAST EDITION A SPEEDY -PEACE OUT OF QUESTION Lord Neithelitle Issues Warning Against Tatertaining Such an Idea. EVERY PERSON MUST PUT HIS VERY SOUL INTO HELPING IN THE WAR. The Germans' Task of Defence is Easier Than That of Offence---- Thrift is Essential in Allied Coun- tries. Atlantic City, N.J., Sept. 28.-- Warning vehemently against "the dream of a speedy peace," Lord Northcliffe made burning appeal to the American Bankers' Association in convention here this afternoon for a "'pull-together' spirit. "That is our motto," he said. "Everyman, every woman putting their souls into the war. The Hun must be crushed. The evil thing he has reared must be driven out of our lives and the way to do it is with steel on the battlefield and with sil- ver bullet in the world's marts. Let us get the people to understand this vital fact and victory is assurred. "We find a remarkable unanimity of thought and purpose between the kaiser, the junkers and the mass of the people. We find the food situ- ation in Germany and Austria dis- tinctly better than it was 4 year ago. The capture of supplies in Rumania, no less than the extension of culti- vatable areas throughout the lands of the central powers, has relieved the tension in cereals and garden produce. "At the front, defence being eas- fer and less costly than attack, the Huns"task is easier. They have lost the initiative, but they are also hus- banding their resource. Diggin in requires less effort than digging out and that it what our men have to do now, Financially, Germany lives. in a circle, and she can go on a long time yet, spending her a money among her own people." Northcliffe solemnly warned that thrift in every household 'snd business was essential 0 win the War. $25,000 FOR HIS CROP, --pf-- Saskatchewan Farmer Pays for Pro. perty in First Year. : Zeneta, Sask., Sept. 28.----Charles Myer, w ast spring purchased an improved section of fand at $35 an acre on credit and seeded 550 acres to wheat, has just thresked 12,000 bushels of No. 1 northern. This grain will bring $25,000 at ghe. fix ed price, more than sufficient to give him a clear title td thd pro- perty. MAY BAN ICE OREAM. Hanna Probes Use of Cream in Its Manufacture. Toronto, Sept. 28.--Whanether or not Canadians will continue eating ice cream, in season and out of sea- son, may depend on tie investiga- tions being made by Food Controller Hanna into the charges that the ex. tensive use f cream in the manu. facture of ice cream, is responsible for the ever-soaring price of butter. FORMER PRISONER 18 NOW WOUNDED Pte. Walter Swann Admitted to London Hospital on Sept. 11th. 'Word bas been received by Rufus K. Ovens, 416 Johnson street, to the effect that Pte. Walter Harold Swann, of the infantry, previously reported a prisoner of war, interned in Swit- zerland, was now officially reported as having been admitted to the First London General Hospital, Camber- well, London, on Sept. 11th, and that further particulars would be forth- coming. 'He is suffering from wounds. Pte. Swann is twenty-one years of age, and well-known in Wilton and Kingston, having resided in both places, He took a course at the King- stop Business College. te. Swann made his escape when taken a prisoper, but the particulars of how he escaped were not received. Ogdensburg, N. Y., is contributing 750 to the war library fund. The amount fs being raised in connection with the national canvass for $1, 000,000 tor books for soldiers, | | § i ! 7 : HET th ihr altel, i g§ 2 § gE §E SELF LTPP etre t ee