those > ER. 12 PAGES YEAR 84: NO. 263 The Daily KINGSTON, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1917. pitish Whig PAGES 18 LAST EDITION SHARE IN VICTORY; BUY VICTORY BONDS KERENSKY IS IN CONTROL | OF PART OF PETR Gains Complete Victory Over the Maximalists -- Lennie Has Failed To Form a Cabinet -- The Maximalists Will Soon Be Driven Com- pletely Out. (Canadian Press Despatch) Copenhagen, Nov. 13.--Premier Kereusky's troons are in control of part of Petrograd, especially Nevsky Prospekt, according to a telégram re- ceived by the Stockholm News Agency and forwarded Copen- hagen. The Bolsheviki are said to have taken refuge in the Smeloy in- stitute. . Kerensky Gains Victory. (Canadian Press Despatch) London, Nov. 13.--A despatch from Copenhagen says that travellers arriving in Saparanda, Sweden, from Russia, confirm the report that Premier Kerensky has gained a com- plete victory over the Bolshevik. Failure of Lenine. Stockholm, Sweden, Nov. 13. --A bloody encounter has taken place near Gatchina between soldiers from the front, headed by Premjer Ker- ensky, and Bolsheviki forces from Petrograd, according to advices Ira Nelson Morris, the American Mipis- ter, from reliable sources. The re- sult of the battle was mot reported to Mr, Morris. ravelers arriving on the frontier from Russia report that the attempt of Nikolai Lenine to form a cabinet in Petrograd failed; that the Foreign Office officials refused to accept Leon Trotzky as (Foreign Minister, and that in Moscow another government has been proclaimed, and it is feared there will be much bloodshed. - In Finland the travelers are re- ported as saying the situation is des- perate, Anarchy is on the increase, and acts of violence and even murder committed on the streets 'by the Maximalists are a frequent occur rence, ---------- Kerensky Too Weak. Washington, Nov. 13.--One of the encouraging signs seen here in the news from Russia is the mention of Prof. Paul N. Milukoff as one of associated with the new Provisional at Foreign Minister in the original Pro- visional Government, formed after the otherthrow of the Czar, is well known in 'this country and is regard- ed as one of the strongest men in Russia. . Confidence is stronger than ever among officials and diplomats that the Bolsheviki soon will be driven out of control at Petrograd, and that in time a Government really re- presentative of Russia's aspirations will take the reins with a firmer grip than the Kerensky regime was able to establish. { It is predicted that while Prem- fer Kérensky will continua to be {one of the chief figures in the reor- ganized Ministry} he will not again exert the almost dictatorial powers he assumed when he became. com- mander-in-chief of the army. r------ Korniloff Leads Kerensky Troops. Washington, Nov, 13.--A cable- gram received here to-day from Pet- rograd, via Paris, says that the Nar- jdnce Slove, publishes a ukase dy Kerensky dated from Gatchina, an- nouncing his arrival there at the head of loyal troops and ordering all units of the garrison who had joined the Bolsheviki to return immediate- ly to their duties. The paper also prints an order from General Kerni- loff, who had been named by Ker- ensky as commandant of the forces and of the operations against Petro- grad, demanding from the garrison that delegates should be sent 40 him in order to know who were traitors to the country, Calms Kerensky's Defeat. (Canadian Press Despatch.) London, Nev. Te ompiais de- feat of Premier Kerensky and Gene- ral Korniloff is claimed in the Rus- ston communication received here by wireless. "After bitter fighting near Tsarskoo. Selo, the revolution: ary army completely . defeated the counter.revolutionary forees of Ker- ensky and Kerniloff yesterday." sdys the announcement. '"The Sol- diers' and Workmen's deputies have ordered that all measures necessary to he taken for the capture of Ker. -ensky, who is retiriag before our Moscow. Prof. Milukoff, who 'was ! . British. London, Nov. 1%.--The report from Field Marshal Haig to-night reads as follows: "The, hostile artillery has shown considerable activity during the day north-east of Ypres and in'the nétgh- borhood of Steinbeek. Our own ar. tillery aotivity continues. : "There is mothing further to re- "Beyond the usual artillery active 'ity on both sides of the battle area - there Is nothing of special interest to report," says the afternoon an- nouncement. CONTINUES BOMBARDMENT Fiske abng Is Proceeding Along the Lower Piave : River. \ (Canadian Press Despatch) Head , Nov, 1 Plave nivef, marking the opening stages of extensive new Moe. , Berlin Clalms Captures. a, Bertin, Nov. 13. Austre-terman Official War Statements operations on this | Am. Smelters .. . Atchison . U.S. Steel .. ... nsky 'In Control: rs} S Over $350.00 so offensive." French. Paris, Nov. 12.--Mouday night's War Office announcement read: "Quite violent artillery actions oc- curred in the region north of the Chemin-des-Dames, between Miette and the Aisne, as well as in the sec- for of Chaume Wood." : The afternoon report said: "On the front between Chaume Wood and 'Bezonvaux (Verdun sector) active artillery" fighting continued during the night." On the remainder of the {front the night was calm." J -- ©" Russian. Nucragrad, ) Nov. ment was © to-day that no offi- cial communication has been receiv. ed from army headquarters. = Open--2.45 p.m. B&O. .. C. P. R Erie Blame Reading .. ... . o Le hae Uta o.oo Nw as ana WN intic | de 0GRAD 12.--Announce- | ® The British batteries have reached the Italiat'line of defence, where they are aiding the Italians to check the Teuton drive. They expect to rout the Austro-Germans, who ar ¢ now fighting on Italian soil. Br wo 101 GEORGE CREATES STR By Reforming to the "Incredible Bimdess" of the Allis. HS SPEECH IN PARS ENDORSED IN THE MAIN BY SOME LONDON PAPERS. Rumor Has It That Field «Haig and Gen. Robertson, (Canadian Press wespiton) E 13.--The speech of London, Nov. made yesterday by Lloyd-George in Paris has made a stir in the loeal press where. his references to the Allies" "ineredible blunder" and oth- er matters are printed under sensa: tional headlines. Comment on the speech is mixed up with criticism of the new Allied War Council as an- nounced here yesterday by Chan- tellor Bonar Law, Some of the news- [papers endorse the speech in the main or are non-committal. Others criticize adversely the new military plan and accuse the Premier of wish- ing to take over the strategic direc tioh of the Allied campaign. Rumors in Sunday newspapers of the impending retirement of Field Marshal Haig and General . Robert- #0on, Chief of General Staff, caused some comm tors-to insinuate that the reports were.sent afloat inten- ionally by semi-official hints, lloyd George's Address. iated action without delay. W repair it, made it ispensi to com- ght aT the powers i pit The action brought by Sister Mary Basil against Archbishop Spratt al al for $29,000 for damages for al- leged abduction will come before the Bupreme Court sittings here this af- ternoon, presided over by Justice Britton. The trial will be held in the City Hall, : A. B. Cunningham 'has been in charge of the case for the plaintiff. His counsel at the trial will be W, N. Tilley, K.C., of Toronto, T. J. Rigney, K.C., and Lally McCarthy, K.C., the latter of Toronto, will appear for the Slater Mary Basil futhr ister ary Sthe s was formerly, Mie Johanna Curran of Holyoke, where a brother, Maurice Curran, an attorney still re- sides. For some months er Basil has been living with ends in Kingston. + Ske is a woman of good address, over forty-five years of age. She has spent twenty-nine years in the convent of the Order eof the Sfsters of Charity whose mother house in this city. District Registrar Will Refer Cases to the Crown At- torney to Take Action. Major Cooke, district registrar, is receiving anndymous letters from people all through this district giv- ing him the names of eligible men under the M Service Act who 'have not and not intend to re- i # B > i thers be some of these cases started by ti crown attorney in the near future. A Warning to the People. "(Canadian Despatoh. 7 Plymouth, Ene Nov. 13 --sir Auckland Geddes in 'a h hi iy = » ANOTHER ENTERPRISE. : The North Side Flour Mills To Run ' Again. Renfrew, Nov. 13--The . Mercury learns that the contract has been let to 2 mill machinery company to repair and place in modern condition the stone and brick flour mills that were formerly operated by the Renfrew Milling Company and that have been out of commission for some years past. The mill will be owned and operated by M. J. O'Brien, Limited, but ds this business will be one of a chain of three mills linked up in busi. ness--one at Saskatoon, Sask, one at Strome, Alberta ,and at Renfrew --it' may be that the name of the In- terprovincial Flour Mills will be used as the business caption. = The mills are expected to be ready for opera- tion early in the new year. MET HORRSBLE DEATH \ Sleeve Caught in Wheel, Victim Whirled Around. Cobiurg, Nov. 13.--While bend- ing over the revolving wheel of an engine at the Brighton Canning Com- pany's factory, Brighton, Robert Sprental! had the sleeve of his coat caught on a setscrew and he was instantly carried around at a tremen- dous rate. At every tum the unfor- tunate man was hurled against the floor, death being practically instan- THE VOLONTARY RATIONNG PLAX A Schedule Preparcd By the British Dires- tor of Food. EACH WEEK FOR THE MAN WHO LABORS, And Two Pounds of Meat--Pho Children Are Not to be Affegted © With Any Definite J Arthur Yepp, Director of Food and Economy, outlined here yesterday his plan for voluntary rationing. Fol- lowing are the suggested weekly al- lowances of bread: Men on heavy industrial or agri- ordinary industrial or other manual work, seven pounds; men on unoe- cupied or on sedentary work, four pounds, eight ounces. Women on heavy industrial or ag- ricultural work, tive pounds; women on otdinary industrial work or do- mestic service, four pounds; women on unoccupied or on sedentary work, three pounds, eight ounces. Other foods, the allowance is the same for all, and apportioned as fol- lows: Cereals, than bread, twelve ounces; meat, two pounds; butter, margarine, oils and fats, ten ounces, and sugar, eight ounces. Children are not affected by the scheme, no definite rations having been ffked for them. oes. Elsewhere night was calm. * i d-------- Chosen For Lanark County. Pertly, Nov. 12.--Boyd A. C. Cald- EGAT POUNDS OF BREAD Manchester, Eng. Nov, 13.--8in} cultural work, sight pounds; men on Big Victory Loan Parade More than half the population of Kingston was on the streets on Mon. day evening to witness the finish-! ing 'touches put upon the inaugural' of the Victory Loan campaign, and if organization, including demonstra- tions and addresses, will get results, Kingston should more than raise its allotted share of the Victory Loan, viz., $600,000, Following the Monday morning in- augural of whistle-blowing, bell ringing and gun-firing, and a day of tsuccessful canvass of portions of the city came the great military and automobile parade at seven o'dlock in {he evening when fully 15,000 peo- ple lined the streets to view the dem- onstration, 'With bands playing, bugles blow- ing, horns trumpeting thely various sounds and hundreds of other noises to' break any stillness which might still have been left in the night air, one of the biggest parades ever seen here moved through the streets to show the people that the launching of Canada's fourth and Victory Loan had taken place and that they should £0 to the big meeting that was to b held at the City Hall, ; The route of the parade was from the market square, along King, up Princess, along = University . ave- nue to Brock street, along Barrie, down Princess, along Wellington, down Johnsen street, along ng street and te the market square. Compotition om of the Parade. The joteds a magnificent suc- cess. was 3d Dy two trumpe- their places 'a few feet ahead of the car which bore Brig.:Gen. T. D. R. Hemming, accompanied by Col. G. Hunter Og- Hvie, A.A.G., and Major T. Ashmore Kidd, D.A.A. and QM.G. The first two trumpeters were from the R.C. H.A., and immediately behind the car which hore the G.0.C3 were four mounted trumpeters from the De- pot batteries, The next if the line were the ca- dets from the Royal Military College. Following the cadets came the band of the Royal Canadian Horse ARE NEGOTIATING WITH KERENSKY? Maximalists Would New Socialist Cabinet-- Hope For Support of Army (Canadian Press Despatch Sra is ABET a, ald of Nikolal * Lenine at the Smoluy Isstitute, the 'Associated Press for his views on the situation sg follows: "I may say that we are making all our statements now by means of ory . Inhave nothing to say other- { {of the Bepot One of the big Kelly OVER $250,000 IS RAISED IN FIRST DAY'S CAMPAIGN on Monday Evening Fol- : lowed by an Enthusiastic Citizens' Meeting in the City Hall, Where Patriotic Addresses Were Delivered. JArtillery unit, and the Depot of that These artillerymen and those Batteries, which~im- mediately followed were also heartily {rolauded for their splendid+show- ug. Lieut. T. Scott was in command of No. 5 Field Company, Canadian En- gineers, which' was in the line of march behind the artillerymen. The returned soldiers, who were able to march, formed a gallant and well appearing body behind the En- gineers, singing popular melodies. The crowds welcomed them in a most cordial way. The First Depot Battalion, com- manded by Major J, L. Newman, niade a fine showing with its band to lead it. The battalion looks good, particularly to the thousands of young men along the line of march who will soon be wearing the uni- form, : Major A. E. Bywater commanded No, 3 Bpecial Service Company for the parade and it turned out wail, The majority of these men have seen service and received the mpplause 'accorded to the other veterans on the march. The Canadian Army Service Corps was a splendid feature of the parade. The men of the company were in front. and were followed by every available transport of the service. trucks was transformed into a tank as Shed in France, and this was certainly the Dost exhibition 1s, the evening. Be corated on each side with flags and on the back with a big poster point- ing out the duty of everv narson now --+tp buy a Victory bond---it was a credit to the designers, Following the "tank," the Mowst Memorial Hospital boys had a car "which blaged forth the picture of the trenches. It showed two head- lights striking their blazing {llumin- ation into the air to represont: the parapet of the trenches of Flanders. The Salvation Army bard made its usual fine showing. J. Burns also had his boys in the line to furnish excellent music for the marching. The 14th Regiment band under Bandmaster Hunt was a pleasant sur- prise to the many friends of the regi. ment. 3 The veterans who were not in uni- form and those unable to walk were in cars at this point of the parade. Under Lieut. Devlin, St. Mary's (Continued on Page 3.) A GROWING IMPATIENCE Captain Pérsius Gives Warning to U-Boat Optimists, Copenhagen, Nov. \\13.--Captain Persius, naval expert of the Berliner Tageblatt, notes a4 "growing impa- Jone among Germans with the re- Hts of the submarine campiign reg-, istered in a swelling flood of letters demanding an answer to the ques- tion, 'When shall we have England beaten?' " . He throws cold water on the opti- mists and warns them agalust accept- ing as reliable figures on destroyed tonnage, including those apparemtly German, and other statistical ma- terial. Captain Persius says that with the 1917 harvest and the fmports of "| grain thé food problem can starcely become a motive, for the next six || months at least, to make Great Bri- for the British willibe not "Can we continue the war?" but "Will «t pay?" COoliege in Difficulties. New York, Nov. 13.--With more than eighty-five per cent. of its stu- dents enlisted for Service in the war