hh "Its "existence," » lines based on mutual trust between =| The Daily British Whig [= Ig -- YEAR 84: No. 227 KINGSTON, ON, ONTARIO, : SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1917, -- LAST EDITION EDITION BIG CRISIS IS ON AT PETROGRAD Will Kereasky be he Die of Will the War En fad ! THIS 1S ISSUE T0 DECIDE AN UNUSUAL SCENE IN THE CON-| VENTION HALL. Premder Flung the Challenge-- Called a Mischief Maker--Russian Army Will Bare Its Breast to a Free Fatherland--The ter Stands Firm, (Canadian Presg Despatoh) Petrograd, Sept. 29.--A big crisis The is expected to-day at the Democratic Congress and this crisis, it is expect- ed, will bring about a decision which | Esplin, will make Kerensky the supreme dic- tator or completely obliterate that leader and his government and de- cide whether Russia will continue in the war or not, Premier Kerensky taken the initiative and Is facing coldly what] may be the supreme test of power of his government, At beginning of the Democratic Congress, called by the Maximalists and the Council] of Workmen's and Soldiers' delegates! to question his power and perhaps to demand a new government, the! premier accepted the challenge. The premier told the Congress that his] regime had saved Russia in its dark-| est hours, The government also in-| dicated its policy of a firm continua-| tion of the war when Gen, Verkhov- sky, the Minister of war, pledged the) convention te final victory over Ger- many if the diséipline in the army was restored. The general's refer- ence to the return of discipline and his announcement that the officers would be named by their superiors, instead of elected by the soldiers, was applauded only midly, but his address as a whole "evoked more cheers than did 'the premier's. has very Destroyed the Revolt, "I prevented it. I destroyed it. I} was informed from th® beginning of| déclared the Premier regarding the revolt of Gen. Korni- loft. A loud voice in the gallery shout- ed: "You are the great mischief worker 'of the country." From & bedlam of hisses and ap- plause, voices from the floor chal- lenged the heckler to arise. A pri- vate soldier in the back gallery arose) and with folded arms. across his brown blouse, steod calmly facing the torrent of hisses from the supporters of Premier Kerensky. This was only one of the unusual scenes of the convention, The convention was an unusual] sight, sombre colors in the clothes! of the peasants, workmen and pri- vate soldiers predominated. Here and there were brighter colors of the uniforms of officers. The section of General Verkhov- sky's speech concerning the efforts of Germany to obtain peace at the expense of Russia provoked great applause. "Our gallant Allies," the war minister said, "have replied to the dastardly offer by unecondition- ally rejecting it, believing, as I be- lieve, that the Russian army still will bare its breast to a free!father- land." The general said he would handle the army without gloves, al- thought it had plenw of good inten- tions. General Verkhovsky repeated his announced programme of chang- ing the army commanders, educating the troops along free revolutionary officers and men and disbanding of the useless hordes in the rear. The speach contained little comfort for pacifists in the audience. The war minister is a young man about the age 8f Kerensky, He spoke in a low, even voice and re ferred frequently to notes, gradually working up to the climax when he declared in & ringing voice: "The war must be continued until with certainly we have achieved the peace desired by all, peace with freedom. pf Will Soon Be Settled, Ottawa, Sept. 29.--Hon. 'T. W. Crothers, Minister of Labor, when asked if thefe was any hope of an early settlement of the Oren North- Western employes' strike, stated positively that iwi soon be bl tled." : Two Congressmen clinched in the U. 8. House of Representatives, fell over seats. Friends parted fighters, WHIG CONTENTS, 1 to 4--Picture Supplement, GA Big Crisis In Russia; Belgium ¢ Not Rejounced: Preparatory Work; Half Germany Remains &--Ch ae Trices; Incidents of ueen's New Head ok Twilight; Theatrical; s--Ealcoria. iin = : s--Condem 8 ymes; Ushes; Fair Ev a Ontarto poi --~Amusements; auncemonts; 1 Smite Ratters: eats! rical. 13 nd Authors; Man on hi President Jook Harty. in Twilight; Confesstons of - Roxane; Activities of Women, 15--Whig's Serial Story "Gold." ja the oral So World. 17 Day aT Tiee List; Lans- vad A CMark ts: Fi ial. re; * nane 1$~News from the Countrysi e 20-In orl of ; 'Bringing Up War Minis. 'MECUM BROTHERS FIGHT | FOR FREEDOM | Will Pro obably "Offer Them= selves For Overseas Service at Their Trial. The guards at the Portsmouth penitentiar re breathing somewhat easier is a result of the two notor- jous convicts, the Mecuimn brothers, being removed from that institution, aithougn it reported that during ast two years, the men had been inch behaved No doubt they had " ea that there chances for de- tion were good, and they did not ports to do anything that would hurt the negotiations put on foot to bring about deportation, It is believed that when they come up for trial for their crime, in Towa, | they will make a big plea for a chance, in view of the fact that they have already been severely punished j and further it is thought they will | offer themselves for service overseas in an attempt to keep out of prison. Spread False : Report. - T.ondon, Sept. 29 Harold Hague formerly a colonel in the Imperials and fruit farming some years in Canada; also for some time in a Canadian asylum, was sentenc- ed to six months for spreading false reports during air raids, GERALD BRABAZON, MP. Of Pontiac, Que, who may be ap- pointed Sergeant-at-arnms of the House of Commons GERARD SAYS BRITAIN SAVED THE WORLD Only For John Bull, Germany Would Have Had Us By _ the Throat. (Canadian Presg Despatgh.) Victoria, B, C:, Sept. 29.---'Ger- many started out in the fall of 1914 to conquer the world. If it had not been for Great Britain she would have had the world by the throat, and now we stand together on both sides of the line for the Monroe do¢- trine," said ex-Ambassador Gerard in his speech before the Canadian Club yesterday when he roused his hearers to a high pitch of enthusiasm by recounting his experiences as am-« bassador to Berlin during thirty-two months of war. "If Germany should win the war or possibly gain a draw, the policy of our great President Monroe, 1 am afraid, would totter from its secur- ity," continued Mr. Gerard. TWO RAIDERS BROUGHT DOWN No Casualties Caused by Friday Night Raid Over England, (Canadian Press Despatch.) London, Sept, 29. --Two German airplanes which took part in last night's raid over the southeast coast of England were brought down, it is announced officially, No casualties were caused by the raid. whichitook part in last night's raid over the southeast coast of England were brought down, it is announced officially, No casualties were caused by the raid. The following official announce ment is made: 'Lord French, com- -mander of the Home Defences, re- ports that the latest information fn- dicates that about twenty enemy ma- chines participated in last night's raid. Bombs were dropped in a number of places in Kent, Essex and §ffoik, but there were no casualties, and only. insignificant damage has been reported up to the present, "Repeated attacks were made on London but in no case did the raid- ers penetrate the outer defences. 'One enemy airplane is reported to have been shot down in the Thames estuary and a second one off the coast." Sr---- TO COPE WITH SUBMARINES 'I've able to accommodate «BELGIUM 1S NOF \ET RENOUNGED Germany, According to Statement 2 Made by Chancellor Michaelis. HAS NOT COMMUNICATED WITH ANY HOSTILE GOVERN- MENT REGARDING THE MATTER Imperial Government Has Free Hands For Eventual Peace Nego- tiations--Speech Before Main Committee of Reichstag. (Canadian Presg Despatch.) Copenhagen, Sept. 29. --Germany has not renounced Belgium and has not been in communication with any of her enemies, according to Berlin reports of a speech made before the Reichstag main committee by Chan- cellor Michaelis. The Chancellor is quoted as follows: "A liberal deputy correctly stated that the attitude of the Imperial Government as regards its war aims was clearly explained in my answer to the papal note. The Deace resolu- tion of July 19th was expressly men- tioned in this reply and further ex- planation thereof is unnecessary. "Moreover, I declare the statement that the Imperial Government had already communicated with this or that hostile Government and that it had in advance renounced occupied territories, thus abandoning most valuable advantage in peace nego- tiations, is untrue. 1 declare that the Imperial Government has free 'hands for eventual peace negotia- tions. This also refers to Belgium." THE WORLD'S NEWS IN BRIEF FORM Tidings From All Over Told In > a Pithy and Pointed Way. Violent artillery fighting occurred Friday night on the right bank of the Meuse, in the Verdun sector, says to-day's official statement, * Lieut.-Col. E. 8, Wigle who went overseas as commanding officer of the famous" 18th 'Battalion, will be offer- ed the nomination by the Conserva- tives of North Essex. 1t will be determined if it is feas< ible to set a price for Canada, or for zonea in the Dominion for he produotion and wholesale and reta distribution of milk. Crime in Montreal is attaining startling proportions. Gunmen, bur- glars and murderers are growing more daring every day, as they pull off one success afted another. The police seem helpless. Pope Benedict is endeavoring, through diplomatic pressure and in | inspired stories in Vatican organs, to assure formal and official replies to his recent peace note from all the Allies: George F. Henderson, K.C., cliair- man of commission investigating the profits of packing housés, such as William 'Davies Company, expects to be able to report his findings before November. It 18 computed by the Montreal Star that there are in the Province of Quebec about 98,000 men be- tween the ages of twenty and thirty- five. who will be available for service under the Military Service Aet. SEVEN TONS OF BOMBS DROPPED BY BRITISH On Military Establishments in Belgium During Thurs- : day Night. {Cdnadlan Press Despatch.) London, Sept. "29.--British avi. ators dropped seven tons of explo- gives in attacks Thursday night on German military establishments in Belgium. . On the night of Septem- ber 27th-28th there were bombing raids by naval aireraft on the fol- lowing objectives: The lock gates at Zeebrugge, the St. Denis-West- rom airdrome, the Gontrode airship shed, the Houttave airdrome. The bomb dropping at Zeebrugge ppeared to be good, while at Hout. ve bombs fell among hangers and south-west side of the Seven tons of explosives All machines re. utd on the airdrome. were dropped. turned. CA. REST CENTRE sms Music Hall. has secured the Strand site the famous Tivoli music and| will erect, at a cost bf $75,- 000, a centre for Canadians. Rr will be served by u staff of 200 adian ladies now in England. It ) 250 soldiers on leave in London. E Vaicouve: Sept. 29 --Couneillor Grimmett of the South Vancouver on Site of Tivoll| , Sept. 29.--The Canadian|, WOMAN LEARNS HUSBAND WAS KILLED IN FRANCE Mrs. McFadden of Three Mile Bay Informed of Fatality Last Month, | ------ | Watertown, Sept. 29.--Mrs. Jessie | McFadden, of Three-Mile Bay, has received notificatien of the death of her husband, Private H. Clyde McFadden, 28, of.the 156th Bat. talion, Canadian overseas forces, somewhere in France, August 25th. It required over three weeks for a letter from Sergeant James Ray- mond, a eousin of Mr.- McFadden, announcing the fatality, to reach here. | Mr. McFadden enlisted at Barrie field, Kingston, Ont., two years ago and sailed for England in October, 1916. He had been in. France but three months when he was killed in an attack on a German trench. He has two brothers fighting with the 156th in France. The soldier was bern' in Ottawa, Canada, but had lived in this coun- try for a number of years, being employed in paper mills in Brown- ville. Seven years ago he married "Miss Jessie Vosler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vosler of Three- Mile Bay, who survives him with one daughter, Florence. He is also survived by two brothers, James and Thomas. | | NEW SHEEL ORDERS TO KEEP PLANTS BUSY Ottawa, Sept. 29. --There is certainty now that Canada's big munition industry will suffer little diminution during the coming winter, Plants which have been manufacturing 8- inch and nine point two shells and whose contracts have been filled are now receiving orders for another size of shell which will keep them running during the winter. Plants engaged on smaller sizes than eight inch will also receive sufficient new orders to keep them in opera- tion during the winter. CPP Perr re rr rere TEL Ph pbb bp t err rrr ra®yg 4 TO SECURE UTMOST UNITY OF EFFORT The Purpose and Plan of Lord Reading's Visit to Ottawa. Ottawa, - Sept. 29.--Finance, the provision of food. suppkes, and the full use of Canadian shipbuilding facilities and of her manufacturing resources are among the subjects, it is announced, which will be taken up and dealt with during the coming visit of Lord Reading and Lord Northeliffe to Ottawa, The general object: of the visit is to insure the utmost unity of purpese and of ef- fort in all activities rendered neces- sary by the war. The mission will coffer with the various Government departments and arrange important matters in which co-operition be- tween eorresponding services in Great Britain, the United States of America and Canada is essential. Lord Reading and Lord North cliffe will be accompanied by the Viscountess Reading and several members of their respective mis- sfons. . They will be in Ottawa on October 4th, 6th and 6th. APPOINTED PRESIDENT pg -- M. M. Todd Becomes Head of G.P. & H. Street Railway. " Galt, Sept. 29.--1It is officially an- nounced that Milne M. Todd, third son of the late M. N. Todd, has been appointed to his father's position as president of the G.P. & H street railway, while Matthew W. Kirk- wood becomes general manager of both radicals, In the appointment of M. M. Todd the presidency remains in the family, his grandfather hav- ing been first head of the railway. The mew president is probably the youngest man to hold so important an office in Canada. He bas been assistant sperintendent for the past two years. 'The new general manager has been identified with G., P. & H. milway for years, and is now considered an authority on electrical radials, Three Liberals, Hugh Guthrie of Guelph, and J. G. Turiff and Edward Brown of the west are expected .to join the coalition cabinet, t Paris. THE PREPARATORY WORK NECESSARY Numerous cls eid to the Machinery For War-Time Polling. THE WORK HAS COMMENCED SEVEN WEEKS WILL BE SARY FOR WORK. NECES- { ------ Between Issue of Writs and Polling --Will Be Some Days Before Re-| sult Known. Ottawa, Sept. 29 --Certain pre- paratory work necessitated by the fact that Canada is to have an elec- tion under new statutes, or the War Time Elections Act and the Military Voters' Act, is now being begun in the State Department and the office of the Clerk of the Crown in Chan- cery. In the first place instructions have to be drawn up and printed for the returning officers and enumera-| tors, who are to carry out the pro- visions of the War Times Elections Act. As the election procedure var- ies in different provinces, particular instructions have been prepared for particular provinces. Instructions have also to be drafted for presiding officers who are to take the votes of Canadian soldiers, sailors and nurses in Canada, Britain, France and the West Indies. Numerous officials have to be 'ap- pointed to operate the electoral ma- chinery provided by the two statutes, An assistant clerk of the Crown in Chancery will. be named without de- lay and will shoktly proceed to Great Britain with instructions to divide the camps in England and Scotland into districts and arrange for the naming of a presiding officer, for each and for leave of absence from duty for such officials in order that they may perform their functions. A general returning officer to collate the results of the voting at home and aboard and announce the result at Ottawa, has also to be named, A re- turning officer and an enumerator must also be selected for every con- stitueney in Canada. The .Govern- ment will appoint the returning offi- cers and the latter will, in all proba- biliity, select the enumerators, chair- men of boards of appeal for On- tario, and revising officers for coun- ties in Nova Scotia have to be chosen. In Nova Scotia the county judges will bé the revising officers and will name barristers to act as revising officers in ridings where no judge resides. To Take Soldier Vote. In accordance with the terms of the Military Voters Act, six serut- ineers and some forty special return- ing officers will be appointed, half nominated in each case by Sir Rob- ert Borden and half by Sir Wilfrid Laurier. [The scrutineers will be empowered to flame deputy scrutin- eers. The special returning officers will be found in Canada and sent overseas. It will be their duty to take from the bags which will serve as ballot boxes, at military polling places, enclose the ballots in en- velopes, place them in ballot boxes for the constituencies to which they belong and, thirty-one days after polling in Canada, count them. As these officals must have knowledge of various localities to guide them in allocating .the ballots to the right ridings,"they will be taken from var- fous parts of Canada. It has been suggested that they should be sén- ior officials of post-offices. They will do their work in the office of the Canadian High Commissioner in Lon- don and that of the Commissioner in To assist them charts of the 232 constituencies in Canada will be prepared and Sent Sversasn, Military ballots cast in'Canada rmuda will be counted under nnd su ision of the general returning officer in Ottawa, Locked bags "with metal slits to be used in Filitacy and naval polls overseas will be made in Britain to save time and cost of transportation from Canada. Ballots for the military voters will be printed abroad. Mili ballots for use in Canada and the" West In- dies will be printed by the Govern- ment. Books for enumerators for use in preparing their lists have to be print- ed by the Clerk of the Crown in lots for the use of civilian of tors are printed under ers by returning officers in' each Bolas. on paper supplfed by the Govern- ment. Poll books have & to be pre- pared by returning officers, and, fin- ally, the writs of election have to be made ready for issue, Ten Weeks' Work, It is estimated that three g federal agents to a supply of matches, 1 will, therefore, be some weeks after polling day in Canada before the re- sult of the general election is defin- i known. % WRITE ON SOILED LINEN. PRR | Latest German Post From Mexico to | New York. | Mexico City, Sept. 29,--The latest | means of communication between the | German Legation in Mexico City and | New York, it is declared, is being carried out by means of soiled laun- dry. Women travellers proceeding from Mexico to the United States, to whom the laundry is given, are re- quested, it is said, to send it to a certain address in New York. It is inferred that these pieces of linen carry messages written in sympathe- tic ink. It is also said that some of them bear telegraphic symbolyg be- neath embroidery which conceals the dots and dashes. It is reported, but unconfirmed, that this plan originated with Cap- tain Heinstche, who came to the United States as a member of the ship's company of the submarine Deutschland, and who made his way into Mexico. J MEMILLAN M.P. for ( ,» wiho hav nounced duced to re- tion candida GERMANY CLOSED TIGHT. ST the field as conscrip- ' es Passage of Papers Suspendad ; Troop Movements Reported. The Hague, Sept. 29.-- After stop ping the forwarding of German par- cels to Holland by special railroads, on the grouhd of the inability of the railway staff to cope with special parcels, the Germans have now ap- parently suspended the passage of all Germah papers. No papers have reached Holland since yesterday's Berlin morning edftions. All the Rhenish papers have been missing for two dyys. An uncertain report frontier attributed the interruption of communication to large passage of troops from the east to the west fronts and heavy railway transports of wounded froin the western front. from the LAD LOSES EYE, Thomas English Hammers Explosive on Cellar Floor. Watertown, N.Y., Sept. 28. Thomas English, jr, aged fourteen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Eng lish, lost his left eye as a result of exploding a railroad track torpedo, He received the torpedo from a railroad man at the Railroad Y. M. C. A, of which his father is man- ager, and exploded it on the cement cellar bottom of his home with a hammer. A quantity of the powder ipto the boy's face. When examined by Dr. A. E. llet the left eye was found to be so badly torn that it would have to be removed to save the sight of the right eye. Dr. J. F. McCaw retoved the eye and the boy's condition is reported favorable. flew INDIANS DYIN a OUT, Tuberculosis Killing * Them in the North, Says Doctor. Vancouver, Sept. 29.----After six months spent in the Arctic, D. A, Cadzow, of the Museum of American Indians in New York, has arrived in Vancouver with one of the finest brought out of the north. While in the sArctic he found traces of Stef- ansson, the Canadian explorer, and met the Blonde JEskimos. The Northern Indizns of Canada are rapidly dying out, he says, as a Yye- "sult of tuberculosis, brought on Nj unsuitable clothing and .wethdds o living. Mr. Cadzow, after return- ing to New York, intends to join the American army and see service at thé front. SPRINGS, NOT MATCHES Mysterious Contents of Boxes From | Swedish Makers. Minneapolis, Minn., Sept 29 --W. J. Kennedy, proprietor of a cigar store, to-day called" the attention of ufactured in Sweden and pur. chased by Kennedy through a loeal wholesale house, which comtained scores of smallvsteel springs. Many boxes held two of the springs and contained only a few matches. Ken- nedy declared. It was said the auth- orities would try to determine wheth- er the consignment bad ed for some point ip of United States. ------------------ inferests demand greatly increased output from the}, United States to meet ths Submar- 'ine I." + Shei teri ee HALF GERMANY'S ARMY REMAINS The Kaiser is Shor of Over Fifty Per Cent. of Miltary Streagth. 6,800,000 MEN ARE LEFT TO MEET THE MILLIONS THE AL. LIES HAVE, The German Staff Cannot Fill the Gaps Except by Enlisting Youths Under Eighteen Years of Age. With the French Armies in the Field, Sept. 29. ---Germany to-day has 6,800,000 men as the "human ma- terial" with which to enforce her de- mand for "a place in the sun." This is the "man-power" that remains out of a total of 14,000,000 men who have figured on the German military lists and passed through the hands of Germany's military arbiters, Of the 6,800,000 approximately 6, 500,000 are actually at the front and 600,000 more are in reserve. The remaining 700,000 constitute one of the greatest tragedies of the war. They are the boy soldiers of the classes of 1919 and 1920. They con- stitute the only resource of "human "material" upon which Germany has to draw. They must fill up losses in the German army which with no ma- jor allied offensive in progross nor- mally total from 70,000 to 80,000 monthly To aete, however, the German gen- eral staff has not yet succeeded in imposing on the German people its right to seize these youths before they are 18. Therefore, this last drop of potential German manhood cannot pass into the army except in piecemeal lots, as the boys attain the age of 18, The figures cited herewith are based upon the highest and most accurate sources of information, War Tidings, The United States Board of Ship- ping will take over all merchant mar- ine and ship-building for the United States government and put them into service on Oct, 16th, Five members United States avia- tion corps have been arrested and interned at San Francisco, An army recruiting officer and two 'navy en- signs, said to be involved In & plot against the Government are also ar« rested. British shipping losses since the beginning of unrestricted submarine campaign last February approximate the total losses before that period, according to the British Controller of shipping. The censors have stopped all news despatches from the western front to-day and big events are ewpeeted. Another German air raid on Eng- land Friday night failed, No invader reached London, FARMERS ARE ASKING FOR HIGHER PRICES Actress Farm Owner Declares Cost is Out of Proportion to Returns. Watertown, N.Y., Sept. 29.--~May Irwin, actress, attended a meeting of the Dairymen's League when It voted to hold all milk until the ney prices voted upon are grafted by the milk companies. They set the October price at $3.30 a hundred and the November price at $3.60. The September price was $2.76 a hundred. At the above prices the farmer will be charging the distri. butor at the rate o cents a quart for October milk. Miss Irwin, who hag a farm near Clayton, had many trité comments to make on the milk situation. She said: ; "I own a farm and I feel it is. a good one. We raise good cattle that give a good grade of milk and we feel we should be paid a price for that milk that is a fair return for the cost of production. People in the cities do not know anything about the farmers' end of the deal, and they should know. I'm In favor of jutting, the people know what it costs the farmer to produce milk. Then they will pay the price. It is those who do not know who do all the kicking." TO MOVE SHIP PLANT 'or Purpose of Reining Vesdels . Brought in Sections, Detroit, Sept. 20.--It is reported here that the United States Govern- ment will © over a big ship repair equipment plant at Buffalo and re- mote it to [Montreal to re-join lake s whith are brought in sections ah the Welland Canal. fe, : SITUATION AS TO COAL BETTER THAN YEAR Ottawa, Sept, 29.--Cities ger towns are better su anthracite coal at ri received by § pile; iE faite [4