. sh 22 PAGES Th Daily Britis YEAR 84: NO. 249 CAN DEFEAT ~ THE U-BOATS b Stanly oat And Effecting Food Econdmi, Sys ooo. EACH POUND OF FAT GIVEN TO THE ALLIES IS AS VALUABLE AS A BULLET. mien The Problem Is One of Ships--The Problem of Endurance a Problem of Food Supply and Ships to Carry It. Washington, Oct. 27. --In a state- ment reviewing the world fod situ- ation, Food Administration Hoover said the fight against the submarine would be wom if the United States and Canada could stimulate produc- tion and effect economies so as to feed the Alles from this continent without sending a ship farther afield than the American seaboard. Ships, wheat and hogs are the great needs emphasized by Mr. Hoover. He said | deepest concern had been caused by! the fact that, despite high 'Prices, this country's pork consumption had in- creased during the war until produc- tion hae been outstripped; a situ- ation that must be changed. "If we discontinue exports," Mr, Hoover added, "we will move the German line from France to the At- lantic seaboard. Pork products have an influence in this present world situation wider than one 'would or- dinarily attribute to them. The hu- man body must have a certain amount of fat; we must increase pro- ' dunotion of hogs if we are to answer the world's craving. "The production of fats is to-day "The problem is thus simply one of ships. If ample shipping existed, 'there would be no need for saving or increased production of wheat on the part of the Auetiogn people, But If we can produce su economies and so stimulate production im the United States and Canada as to en- able us to feed the Allies absolutely from this continent, and thus en- able them to live without sending a farther afield than our Atlantic sea- board, we can resist the submarine indefinitely." Placing the United States wheat export | lus from this year's erop at 80,000,000 bushels and Canada's 50,000,000 bushels, Mr. Hoover] domestic economies to increase this country's surplus to 150,000,000 bushels, "This we could do," he said, "it our people would eat one pound lesss of wheat flour per week, and one pound of cornmeal instead, "The question of who wins this war is who can endure the longest, and the problem of endurance in a large degree is a problem of food supply and the ships to carry it. The fdrmer who works overtime and the consumer who economizes are fight. lug the the submarine with a positive Ey it or should come, Some, Mr. £5 'continued, large numbers would be and [ITALY 1S WELL ABLE KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1917. TO WEATHER HUN DRIVES | The Offensive on the lsonzo is Under Complete Direction of Berlin. London, Oct. 27.--Germany's of- fensive against, Italy looks serious at the stri----but the season is bad for such a campaign. Italy is wel munitioned and amply provided with troops and observes are United 'in complete confidence of her ability to weather whatever storm the Germans may raise, This view was expressed in various guarters here to-day. What interest- ed British observers the most in the whole situation was the fact that the Isonzo offensive was regarded as fur- ther evidence of Austria's military impotence, It is Germany which is waging the Italian drive. jerman troops---German officers--German munitions and German war plans are in coatrol. Well-informed observers here held the German control of this effort Hkewise established Germany's in- tention to keep Austria under com- plete vassalage to Berlin. Situation Grave. (Canadian Press Despat Rome, Oct. 2 / sem Cotticial statement issued last night says the struggle on the Isonzo front is more than bitter, and that its alternatives are undecided. The situation creat- ed by the power of the enemy, says the announcement, is certainly grave, Italians Repulse Thrusts. (Canadian Press Despatch.) Rome, Oct, 27.--Official statement says: After having crossed our boun- diary line between Monte Canin and the head of Sucrio Valley the enemy is attempting to reach an opening on the plains. On the Carso the hostile effort is increasing. Strong offensive thrusts by the enemy were repulsed by our troops. y ln t-- Quotations Furnished by TKongard, Ryerson & Co., 44 Clarence St., Howard 8, Folger, Manager. New York Stocks, a critical necessity for the preserva- Open--Close. pring of these people (the Allies) and| Am Smelters .. . 86% 1 the maintenance of their constancy Ateligon Cow ae 3 % 3% in the war. Every pound of fat is as CPR .. 144 144% sure "of service as every bullet, and | Brie Sas 18% 18% every hog is of greater value to the Marine .. ... 28 2 winning of this war than a shell." Narlie We pra. + I 13 ; z $ ' are. ey a 3 * Problem One of Union : As to wheat, the ee Eeiatrater Am, loco .. .. , 69% 9% said the Allies' deficiency of produc<| Anaconda . 63% 84% tion 4s 169,000,000 bushels, with im Beth Steel "'b" 845% 86% "ports of B71, 700, 000 bushels re-| Crucible .. ... 66% 61% quired to-metntatn ror normal consump | Inter Nickel 20% 28 tion. He estimated the aggregate | Kennicott vie 338 34 American, Canadian, Australian, In-| Mexican Pet .. . 86% 87% Allan and Argentine export surplus |'Rep. Steel .. 81 5 "at 710, 000, 000 bushels, but pointed|U. 8. St i 106% 106% out that lack of shiping made it ne-| Utah 81% 82% cessary for this country and Canada | Midv: ¥ 465 46 to bear the burden .of meeting the Bry is 103% 106% Allies' deficit, Am. Su 106% Canadian Stocks. (Canadian Press Despatch) London, Oct. 27.--On Tues # + * * 3 + dawn. Turkish col moving + + on h banks of from + & Terkt approached our positions & % at Samara on the Tigris above & # Bagdad, says an + pont from the + & front. The Turks up 4 the river during the with- $+ 3 out fighting on the advance of & : the British. «| 80a. * i ig! POLES FOR WEST FRONT. Paderewski Submits Plan to Raise TURKS WOULD NOT FIGHT sfpav re- | chell, an ex.policeman, 4 These four young ladies turned out from the' presses. and printing. THE VICTORY LOAN BONDS. are expert examiners of the Vi Whig [== 12 Loan Bonds as they are ctory The read every line to make sure ue are no blots or flaws. Any faulty bond it-at once rejected. The Victory Bonds will be masterpieces of fine engraving BRITISH MAKE MORE PROGRESS West of Passehendacle---The Ground Gain- of is Consolidated. FRENCH TAKE TRENCHES NORTH OF OBJECTIVES REACH- KD ON FRIDAY. Bombing Raids Carried Out By Bri- tish Naval Aircraft Railway Junc- tion and Airdrome in Belgium. (Canadfin Press Despatch.) London, Oct. 27.--British troops have made further progress west of Passchendaele, east of Ypres, says the offical statement from Field Marshal Haig to-day. Two German counter-attacks were repulsed dur- ing 'the night and the ground gained yesterday was consolidated. The sta follows: "Two heavy counter-attacks by yesterday afterhoon against Germans positions captured by us in the morn- ing wést and south of Passchendaele were successfully repulsed by the Canadians wito took prisoners. In the night the ground gained was con- solidated by us without interference from the enemy. est of Passchen- daele we made further progress in the course of - which we captured 'eighteen machine guns, French Take Trenches. (Canadian Press Despatch. Paris, Oet. Te ComInE their offensive in Belgium, French troops Bragilian. .. .. ... 35% 34 upturad Ge Stench os a coment Sok 0x Aros of 'objectives reached yester- Cons. Smelters . do 23% day, the War Office announces. Dom. Steel : Steel of Canada ., 51% 51% Sore British Aly Raita. War Loan, 3937 | M4 94% | osGon et 27 The Admiralty ARGS 4 __ |announices that yesterday afternoon "PI rr ® | bombing raids were carried out by aircraft on Varssenaere air- and the Thourout mailway " weather ficult,. All machines returned safely. Tiguor in Shells, Halifax, Oct: 2 Bayrield Mit- has been found guilty and sentenced to three months in jail for selling liguor in shells to wounded soldiers who is here on their return te Can. Thursday evening German PEL wore down twenty bombs of large <alibre on Dunkirk. There were thirty victims among the civil- fan population; | e220 %96 440% 40ét ese ALLIES STILL ADVANCE ON THE WEST FRONT. Canadian troops were again in the drive of Friday in large numbers, The French still continue to press forward against the Ger- man Crown Prince's forces and have captured several villages. New gains in Flanders on F netted eight hundred prisoners and a coasiderable number of guns, CPP P PPP PET SEPT RP WILSON ASKS MEN TO VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE Urges All Parties, in New York Particularly, to Set Example by Favoring Women. Washington, Oct. 27.--Speaking as a party leader and as individuai, Presi®fent Wilson urged the woman suffrage issue upon the voters of all states. © He told & delegation of one hundred members of the New York state woman suffrage party that he hoped the Ampalen would be sue- cessful and urged men of 'all parties n Pa particularly to vote for RO rt cian Phe wan, said the quickened community di azn sions 2 the yolls ott the suffrage question. He said he-would welvome these ox- pressions especially at this - time, PE - the prosecution of the war social foundations must be sound, One basic ple contributing to! plete democracy for women, orm sete Trolley Cars Collide, (Canadian Press Montreal, Oet. : Pity ve passengers were injured, some hav-| ing limbs broken but mostly cuts 'ment. A gemeral who tried to. prinei this condition, he declared, is a com-| NO MIDDLE WAY T0 RULE. IRELAND The Bish Coveament Must Adopt Er Force of Conclation NEAL DIFFICULTIES FACED IN SEEKING A PROPER COURSE OF ACTION. Bitterest Opponents of Conciliation Earnestly Seek For Methods Which Will Produce Results Without Pro- voking Hostilties, London, Oct. 27.--When informa. tion concerning the exposure of Irish intrigue in American had been cireu- {ated throughout jghe revolting ele- merits of Erin, it is bound to produce further discord, unlimited recrimina- tions and accusations and other ef- fects seriously hindering what good ed been done by the Irish sonven- the present session of Parliament will soon face real difficulties in seek- ing a proper course of action. Bri- tain's entire press devotes colmuns| to the attempt to set forth reasonable | views on the mooted questions. There lis virtual agreement that the Govern- ment now faces the alternative of statesmaniike conciliation or the ap- plication of strong arm methods. It is remarkable that 'even some of the bitterest opponents of conciliation | earnestly seek for methods which will hostilities against the convention. All recognize the danger in giv- ing any more leway to elements which advocated armed force but they can- not se any possibly good in jalling De Valerd or giving the Sinn Feiners another chance of making themselves 'martyrs, | = There are no two ways of going 4iabout the Irish question, .the press {virtually agrees. The Government] useless must adopt either conciliation or 'force, as the two can not reasonably {be combined. In as much as the | Government had adopted the policy of conciliation dating from the time 2 took up the convention plam, it is possible that Suis may be continued, 1" aime or ot . and they trutly reflect the offi- pial mental attitude. f . were court-martia'ed. \ ) THE. VICTORY WAR LOAN i un a upd hn, a3 Chima of the Views War Lown Bx of the loan depends pon its most cordial support bighe The three loans which have been floated in Canad differed from ach other in several respects. The number of , | tainly limited. This new loan, the fourth, and with an objective of $150. The sug. 000,000, will probably be oversubscribed by the many to Whom the: uluotat wi aesemalty agent, THS ¥a7.18 S0S8 10 3 ho ane mr. trabsaction. v to them was er- finance War Tidings. Gen. Von Ard : pert of the Berlin 'Sir George Buchanan Believed NS Evarsting points to tha Tact that] S. | four 'accomplish results without provoking} THE BRITISH ENVOY | MEETS WITH KERENSKY | to Have Protested Instruc- tions Given Paris Delegate Perograd, Oct. 27.--Political ecir- eles, according to The lzvestia, the organ of the Workmen's and = Sol- diers' Council, are interested in the visit paid to Premier Kerensky by Sir) George Buchanan, the British ambassador, which is believed to be connected with the instructions giv- en MM. Skobeleff, delegate of the workmen and soidiers té the Paris conference. The lzvestia learns that Foreign Minister Terestchenko will make an emphatic declaration before the pre- liminary Parliament with a view to dispelling the bad impression Sko. beleff's instructions are reported to have created. M: Terestchenko, it is said, is of the opinion that any desire for peace at the present would be prejudicial to Russia's interests. He will em phasize especially that the very lack of success of the Russian armies means a postponement of peace. M. Skobeleff declared at a meet. ing of the Congress of Peasants' De- puties that the Paris conference must frankly state the conditions on which the Allies are willing to make peace and that the war must be fin- ished in the shortest period possible. The formula of peace without an. nexations and indemnities, he add- ed, must expressed clearly. Russia, . Skobeleff said, must settle all her internal quarrels be- fore the conference. Otherwise, the conference, knowing the weakness of Russia, might make conditions which would be unacceptable. "I do not wish the shame of un. favorable conditions of peace," he said, "to be Taid at the door of the revolution." SIX TONS OF BOMBS FELL IN GERMANY The British Aviators Did Good Work Until Bad Weather intervened. (Canadian Press, Des; London, Oet. og official statement on tis" activities issu- od last night by the, War Office reads: "During the raid into Ger. many, carried out by our airplanes Wednesday night, another ton of bombs was dropped on Burbach works west of Saarbrucken in addi. tion to three and a half tons al- ready reported, making a total of Six tons of bombs in the course of the night's operations. Three ma- chines which took part in the rald missing, avin ern "Yesterday the weather was im. possible for flying during the day, but at nightfall' the sky cleared for a few hours and our bombing ma- chines left our ground and attacked hostile sirdromes. heavy bombs were dropped and in Forty-five one case a direct hit was obtained on a group of hangers. | "Before all our machines had re. turned the weather syddenly be-| came bad again, and those of our airplanes which were out had great, difficulty in reaching their airdrom. es. One machine has not retirned. THE GERMAN WITHDRAWAL Was Evidently to Solidify the Riga Defence. Petrograd, Oct. 27.--It is consid- ered in well 'informed military eir- cles that the object of thé German withdrawal beyond the Dvifia is so to consolidate the defence of Riga as to make its capture impossible, The enemy is also shortening his Baltic front by about 30 miles, rendering useless positions eof the Russian army on which much work had been tablishment of other positions closer to the enémy's new line. ---- i BRITISH TAKE FOUR MACEDONIAN VILLAGES {Canadian Press. Des; PHBL EI M § And Try to Poison Water at Wes- tern Barracks, expected cember 23rd. ---- LAST EDITION URGENT NEED T0 CONSERVE I od clr a 1 on Friday Evening. WHEAT, BEEF AND BACON MUST BE SAVED FOR THE MEN -AT THE FRONT. een Mr. Hanna Says It js Not His Duty to Interfere in Regard to Prices--- The Producer Must be Encour- aged. oa The urgent need for food counser- vation was brought home to Kings ton on Friday night in two addresses delivered' at the City Hall. The speakers were Hon. W. J. Hanns, food controller, and Mrs. Jean Mul- drew, government director of domes. tic economy, who spoke under the auspices of the Women's Canadian Club. The hall was filled to the doors and the addresses were listen- ed to with deep interest. Mrs, John Macgiltivray, president of the Wo- men's Canadian Club, presided, while several of the members of the club occupied seats on the platform. Mayor Hughes also occupied a seat on the platform. "Our primary duty as a food con. troller and organizat is to see that the men at the front, who are fight- ing our -battles, are not permitted to go hungry," said Hon. Mr. Hanna, during the coursé of -hi§ remarks, in which he dealt with some' of the many problems that confront the people of Canada to-day, and the manner in which they are being met, The speaker said that the frst duty taken up was that of impressing the people with the need for conserv- ing wheat, beef, and bacon The machinery had been at work now for three months, and this Was one point that was being emphasised in the campaign which was being cars ried out. He said that to-day the call for conservation was stronger than it had ever been before. The eall came to the people of Casada to do their utmost to conserve she food supply {or the men at the front, and to help out the Mother Country snd Hrer-aities during the great struggle: Conservation was a mighty factor in avery home, and with evervone who had charge of tho food supplies. lu conservation; te had referonce to the i preventjon of wasté and the subsi. {tution of food, , It was ahsolutely sary cand essential that. we do { our. utmost to save food. Why Conservation is Essential Hon. Mr. Hanns said that he pre ferred to deal with the production end of the work. Some wight ask the question as to what the members of the Women's Cansdiav-Clab had to do with this. He would say that they had a great deal to do with {(Continded on Page 5.) CLOSE OF NAVIGATION, Ocean Shipping on St. Lawrence Will Stop on Nov, 22 Ottawa, Oat. 27.--The Depart ment of Marine and Fishpries ex- that ocean shipping will be withdrawn from the St. Lawrence on November 22nd, and will make St. John and Halifax the ports of call for the winter after that date. Navigation on the St. Lawrence for smaller craft will open for some weeks alter the set for the withdrawal of ocean ing, and navigation on the Great is to remain open until De. Buffalo, Oct. eT statement made + United Sta Attorndy Lockwood, the rns i tity of sugar' warehouse