k ™ | 5 \ 0 Pages | dar YEAR 85: NO: 31 -- Daily British Whig [~ Pages 18 KINGSTON, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1918. } LAST EDITION E SPRING WARFARE IS NOW OPENING 0 I --_ As in Years Past the Armies Are Arousing And the Conflict Will Wage With Fierce- ness--The Enemy Repulsed With Capture of Priscners. (Canadian Press Despatch.) London, Feb. 6.--To-day's official says: 'Raids attemipied hy the enemy during the night in the nefghborhood of Meri- THE BRITISH GUNS GOING en a SP court and Avion in each ease were successfully repulsed. "We capliired a few prisoners. Except for some artillery activity | on both sides in the neighborhood of Hargicourt and south of Lens there is nothing further to report.' Raiding operations and artillery duels are increasing on | the westérn front as the time for the beginning of the spring operations approaches. Two years ago after a successful at- tack on Souchez the Germans began their drive on Verdun with heavy artillery fire on Feb. 21st, while last year the British ecap- fured Grandcourt, on the Somme front on Feb. 7th and the Ger- mans two weeks later retired from Angre, the first step »a the retreat to the Hindenburg line. ALL RETAIL. STORES MUST CLOSE FROM FRIDAY TILL TUESDAY : (Canadian Press Despatch.) Ottawa, Feh. 6.--That all retails stores should close Friday night and remain closed till Tuesday morning no matter how they are heated, by wooed, coal or gas, was the final decision of Assistant Fuel Controller Peterson this morning, after being interviewed and hearing the arguments of an influential depu- tation of retail merchants. Assistant Fuel Controller Peterson pointed oul that any change made now, substituting Tuesday for Saturday, would only make. further confusion and further hardship. BRITAIN KNOWS ny Sh Arne FREE ERR A TEUTONS' PLIGHT ELECTROOUTED FIXING FROZEN WATER PIPES. The Conditions Throughout te Catal Ex: pis As Bod A They Cn Be SOME SECRET KNOWLEDGE IN POSSESSION OF THE GOVERNMENT, May Have Influenced the Uncom- promising Attitude Adopted by the Inter-Allied Council at Versailles. London, Feb. 5.--Secret know- ledge in the possession of the British Government regarding conditions in Germany may have influenced the uncompromising attitude adopted by the Inter-allied Council at Versallies. Food conditions in the Central Impires are known to be increas- ingly serious. The Russian "'store- house," upon which the Central Em- pires were counting to relieve their own hunger, Is still locked, because Leon Trotsky oJutmanoeuvred both the Centrl Bmpire and the Ukrain- fans, ? Germany's plight is indicated by the recent order forbidding relatives to send pareels of food to. officers held prisoner in England and France, and. Siraning that monwy be sent in- stead. : ---- This has resulted in cutting off the pyMith Order of White Eagle export of thousands ef parcels from s rman weekly, For Work Along Red The e Telegraph de- Sea. : clares that mail from relatives to} 2k risoners p hare totals 100,000 letters| yv;.4 pas been received in the city 'a fortnight, Incoming by Mr. and Mrs. R. Carr-Harris, sald, reveal a state of Mack street, that their son-in-law, ~ was sunk off Kum Kale. were saved. Seven men | Pee E REE IIEd {Canadian Press Despatch. ) Ottawa, Feb. 6.--Forming a circuit between a broken eleet- rie light fixture and frozen water pipes, which he was at- tempting to fix, George Ham- mel, married, was electrocuted at his home last night. Pret re berets tD | JOHN L./SULLIVAN HONORED IN DEATH Great Crowds Attend at the + Burial of the Dead Pugilist. {Canadian Press Despatfh) Boston, Mass, #eb. 6.--Nnal tri- bute to John IL. Sullivan was paid to-day when his®body 'was buried in Calvary cemetery. Crowds lined the snow-filled streets as the casket was borne from thie home of Sullivdn's sister, Mrs. Annie Lennon, in Rox- 'bury district, 'to St. Paul's church, where the funeral mass was cele- brated. At the funeral were seen men and women from every walk of life. Leaders of the temperance movement were there to testify to their regard for the.-man who boast- ed his greatest viotory was gained when he conquered drink. Nor did the sporting fraternity forget their once great idol, and they came in numbers from far and near" BRITISH 2 THE KING OF SERBIA R " DECORATES J. A. GUNN letters, it in ston's former postmaster, had earned a coveted decoration ip Egypt., For his splendid work in the comstrue- tion of roads along the Red Sea, the King of Serbia has conferred on him the Order of the White Eagle. jor Gunn atter led the: 250,000 WORKMEN NEEDED The General Manager of the Emer« Major James A. Gunn, son of King-|pa ' teen cents an heur-is all the Queens- The little boy and girl are belng protected by the military policeman. WARNS LABOR OF 1S DUTY In Supplying Men. to. Work in the United States Shipyards. WILL THERE BE A BIG STEEL MERGER More Definite Talk Regarding Scotia Steel and Domin= ion Steel. Toronto, Feb, 6.--For a number of years past attempts of a greater or less importance have been made to amalgamate the Dominion Steel Corporation - and the Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company. It is un: derstood that the control of Scotia Steel stock is in the hands of Haydn, Stone and Company, of Boston, One it was proposed that Scotia Steel should be the senior issue, but latterly the tall has been the other way that Dominion Steel Corporation should acquire the stock of the Sco- tie Company. Certain large stock- holders of the former company ex- gency Fleet Corporation Issues an press their assurance that the deal Appesl af Washington For Ship-|will go through. The advantages of Te itn manta Bod Simca tos Washington, eb. Der Responsi- and coal assets. The iron deposits bility for the success or failure of the Coneéption Huy. NeWfaundiund, Government's shipbuilding program-|,. . ai ween them. aginary me Was put on labor to-day by. Charlés Plez, vice-president and Gen- eral Manager of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, in an appeal Yor ship- yard workers, ! "The Shipping TO KEEP AHEAD OF THE MARINE CAMPAIGN. SUB. ~ Germany's Dead 1,300,000. [zaricn Feb. 6.--The war has cost ermany alone 1,300,000 in dead and as"uany more have been syholly or partially incapacitated Sodlalist member Segitz declar in the\Ba- varian Diet, according to despatches received here to-day. board has the Necessary yards, material and money," he said. 'All that is lack- ing iz @ spirit in the nation that will send a quarter of a million American mechanics into the yards to give the best and most efficient work." The fact that the sghip-yards are working only one shift six days a week was characterized by Mr. Plez as "monstrous." "If we are to keep ahead of the submdrine campaign," sald he, "we must use three shifts a day for fifty- two weeks in the year." Mayor Issues Notice Regarding Fuel Supply To the Citizens: The coal situation in Kingston having become serious it has. been deemed advisable to appoint a fuel commissioner, and at my request Hugh C. Nickle has consented to act and has been formally appointed by the City Council. ! The conditions at present aré not any too encouraging, but 'if the citizens will put forth every effort to economise and wherever possible use substitutes fo» coal, such as electric and oll heaters, or wood, and promptly comply with the régula- tions which from time to time will be made by the Fuel Commissioner, a fuel famine will be averted. The coal merchants and Council are put- ting forth every effort to secure more coal. On and after Tuesday, 'February 5th, all orders for coal must be placed through the office of the Fuel Commissioner, and the coal merchants will fill only such orders as are Suthorized by him. For the present soft coal will have to be substituted 'for hard wherever poss- ible. , Any orders now placed with the i |merchants and not filled by Tues- day evening February 5th, are can- celled. All orders after Feb. 5th must be placed through the Fuel Commissioner. Coal will not{be de- livered unless the approaches to NEGOTIATIONS OFF. (Canadian Press Despatch.) # London, Feb. 6.--Negotiations & at Brest-Litovsk have been % & broken off, the correspondent # + at Petrograd of the Exchange # # Telegraph Company says he is # + informed. + * AEROPLANE CONSTRUCTION Brings Big Demand For British Columbia hn: Prince Rupert, B.C., Feb. 4.-- Northern British Columbia spruce is unequalled, the experts have found,, for aeroplane construction, and Grank Trunk Pacific. officials a Sad il Bid - + * the demand for this class of lumber, which is selling at an exceptionally price. 'These conditions will undoubtedly result in a tex m in the lumber industry in ritory. Pay For College Girls. 'Falls, Ont., Feb. 6. --Fif- this district fruit growers con- | co-eds who are volun- aah ur oe) t fie h : e » Sen the : Dardanelles of Dec. 27th under or- ders to compl the destruction of 'the former G Goeben, so HT ji | = NM | HANGED AT : ; Innocence to 'the Last. | raitord, Bebe 6 Protesting nocence to the last, Darmsile 1--pring Warfare On: Warns La- bor wty; Britain Knows Hun RTE a Dey Order. 3-Finshos dn Good Shape; Inci- dents ; Wierd » Day. a 4 Twilight: «© The| | bis WE, to Pay; Irish ood. house or coal bin are cleared so as to cause the teamster no delay. The reside! who have or can re wood will lot be given coal. "standard prices are as fol- oH $5. -50 Cannel coal . $3.25 $6.25 $12.00 i Payment must be made to th or tothe driver before t teams makes this meces- INTO ACTION "SOMEWHERE OVER THERE" ! EA ait measles 5, OPI 3 ER Se hh hci catia | A British battery Is going at top speed through a little French village to take its position on 8 new front, . - LIBERALS URGED 10 ORGNZE For the New Campaign to Take Place In * Ontario THE PEOPLE MRE WARNED THAT HEARST GOVERNMENT SEEKS TO GAIN POWER. On the Prestige of the Union Gov- ernment--Provincial Liberals Are in Harmony in Provincial Matters, Hamilton, Feb: retire Dewart, K.C., M.P.P. for "west 'Toronto, addressed a number of Lib- erals of Hamilton at a meeting at the Connaught Hotel, He humorously referred to the fact that he gathered from the newspaper reports that an election had recently been held and there appeared to have been some slight difference of opin- fon amongst the Liberals. Freedom of thought, however, had always been the Liberal doélettie and bitter as the feeling of resentment might Wave been on either side és to the result, we were face to fdee with a provincial situation in the province of Ontario as to which we should pre- gent a united front now. This wis the time to get together and cloge up the ranks. : ' 1 Mr. Dewart spoke particularly of provincial matters, in view of the opening of the session of the legis- lature next week, and the anmolince- ment made by the govern's ddvance agents that an election would be held next summer. Can Support Liberalism, "Mr. Proudfoot had been appointed the sessional leader and said Mr. De- wart, "I support him with all thé Lib- eral members of the House in the ad- vocacy of the same policy for which the -Liberal party has stood in the province for the past six years and of those Liberal principles that made the Liberal party a great power in Ontario in the past. "While Hon. Mr. Rowell has joined his services to the Borden Emergency Government at Ottawa, he Himself would make no secret of the fact that he is in avowed and entire accord with Mr. Propdfoot and with the On- tario Liberals in the continued advo- cacy of their aggressive snd pro- gressive policy of the last six years | in the Ontario Legislature. - "There Is therefore no reason wh we should not get together<>whether Liberals or Liberal-Un 'carry on' so that Liberal and Liberal ideas shall be the doutin- ant force in directing the administra- tion of the province." as 1t is ail too apparent 8 the intention of the Hearst G : the - eliv- | h CAUSED BY NO CHANGE LIKELY IN REGULATIONS. (Canadian Press Despatch. Ottawa, Feb. 6.--The pre- + sent attitude of the Government % is that no change is coming in 4 the healess days' regulations. + + 4 * + Seer be eed Ottawa, Feb. 6.--Heatless days and other features of the drastic or- der for fuel' conservation promul- gated by the Government have heen induced by several considerations, but two of them are eutstanding. | 1. The prolonged - cold spell and the fact that stores of fuel were run- ning low. . | 2. Strong representations that {Canada should emulate the restric- itive. example of the United States, especially in view of the fact that {such a large proportion of the do- | mestic coal supply is derived from (that country, | It is understood, furthermore, that United States figured in the con- clusions which have been arrived at. What primarily brought the mat- {ter to a head is the latest cold wave. The heatless day order was under consideration last week, but the inti- 'mation was given that as the United {States was likely to let up on fits period of enforced conservation, Canadians might forego the necessity of following suit, « The came the renewed drop in temperatures, calling not only for a greatly increased consumption, but badly handicapping the rallways and intensifying thé congestion in hand- ling fuel trains, 1 somite gibi asin op § Demands For Exemption. } ! Under the circumstances drastic measures were called for, and they "have' been taken not only because of the actual domestic situation, but also by reason of conditions across the line, as reported by the Fuel Controller, Mr. Magrath, who is in Washington, A flood of telegrams came to Ot- tawa yesterday, Among them there ;were a few protests; but the much 'great proportion were demands to be exempted from the operation of the order because of claims of the es- sential character of the industries affected. They are mainly manufae- turers of munitions, The Government, in dealing with the question, anticipated such re- quests and if there are exemptions of any munitions plants, it will be only those whose sustained output 18 of vital urgency. | It is explained that the present or- some element of pressure from the THE HEATLESS DAY ORDER US. PRESSURE Demands Are Made For Exemption -- Police To _ Enforce The Rules -- The Moral Support of the People Is Looked For. If results and conditions are such as to warrant it, the regulation may be considerably extended. In the United States, so far, the establish- ments affected have been closed down for ten days already. In Canada a start is to be made with a three-day period and those days--next Sat urday, Sunday and Monday, --are believed to involve the minimum of works and establishments Saturday is a hal-holiday and Sunday a whole one. . The provision which fixes Mondays for the closing of theatres is due to the fact that that day? it is thought, will involve the less inconvenience, as theatrical companies to their trav- elling at the week-end and to open on Tuesddy in place of Monday will not particularly. dislocate business. As To Amusement Places. Regarding a suggestion that the- artes, in place of closing on succes sive Mondays, might be given the op- tion of doing so in one week, it was stated that the regulations as draft- ed were considered to be the best solution of the difficulty, but any re- presentations which the amusement interests may make will receive con- sideration, As to the actual saving which will be affected by the prohibitory order, the fuel control authorities to-day would not venture even an approxi- mate estimate, They pointed out that it all depends on the weather, the consumption on days of severe cold being double that when the tem- perature is mild. It is calculcated, however, that whatever the weather, the fuel saving will be very consider- able, There will be also a measure of dislocation in business and a result- ant loss in wages, but as what is largely a half-holiday and also a Sun- day' are involved, it will be less than if three mid-week days had been selected, : ' tei Polife to Enforce Rules. The Railway War Board is a co operative agency in working out the new order. For some time the rafl- handing of sogi W0.AHe Fy Se ie e, o a . tion of services they have conserved large quantities of fuel. The enforcement of the new regu- lation will rest inly upon the words, the police. 0 provision has yet been made to employ local in- spectors under this latest war mea- sure. y NN In adopting its drastic policy, the Government has notimigimized the {inconvenience which willbe involved but the fuel situation, intensified by the cold weather, is so serious that something has to be done to meet it. "The fuel controller," said assist- . ant controller Petersen to-day, "will loo "Pmamoral support in carrying out! the order, Where there is any | doubt .as to whether an establish- ment should or should not keep open, the good citizen will close, The order in the United States has been splen- didly observed. We in Canada der isto a large extent experimental. of the parties in.the House during the last session when he had been a mem- ber. In regard to the leading ques- tions of provincial taxation, includ- ing the nickel legislation of the last session--the need for the developing and conserving New Ontario, the mineral and other resources of the North Country--the agricultural pol- fcy--the question of patronage--the failure to deal with the high cost of living and the dilatory policy of the Hearst adnrinistration with reference {to the questions of moral and social i peform, relating to the care of the feeble-minded and the spread of dis- ease,' True with regard to these lat- iter matters they were now showing {& belated activity but they had to be {prodded into action by the Liberal | Opposition; session after session, be- {fore they now showed a little ante- .election activity. He congratulated the ladies upon the extensive fran- chise for women granted at the last session because of the persistent Lib- eral pressure and compared it with the narrower Dominion franchise at (Ottawa. - Why Not a Real Coalition. Every member of the Hearst Gov- ernment had taken the stump in the recent Dominion elections in favor of a Unien Government. If they believ- ed in their own policy they must, to be consistent, create a Union Govern- ment in Ontario and avoid thé tur- moll and strife of a political cam- Fajen. hich they had so much depre- n Dominion affairs. This was the time, at the opening of the ses (gion, for Sir Willlam Hearst to take 1 with Mr. Proudfoot and form 'a Union Government in" Optario in whieh he would have the advice and assistance of members of both sides # the House In forming the policy and directing the administration of the affairs of the province until the war was over. To be consistent Sir William could do no less than that. or e---- political inconsistency r should emulate the example." in provincial agriculture was neces- sary in provincial administration. Some have found fault with me be- use I have ventured. to offer my humble suggestions as to where he should begin. The Premier knows that this weeding 18 necessary in the interést of the 'province. May Wwe not leave it to him in his new-found Sxperiencs to say how. it shoul be one." Mr. Dewart urged the creation of & portfolio of moral and social reform, for which no better or more inde- pendent man could be found than the member for South Wellington, his friend, Mr. Sam Carter. 2 1f Premier Hearst did not adopt in provincial matters the policy which, with Mr. Powell, they had united to carry out in Dominion matters, then he must stand guilty of the charge of sibility for the tt spon y for a vincial 'election must rest upon" nis shoulders. Mr. Déwart felt sure that the electors of Hamilton would place the responsibili'y where it belonged. The greater part of the Rumanian Srmy is Sow 2 in ussian troops, who are overrus- ning Moldavia and Bessarabia, while 'Bolsheviki 'troops are concentrating in Bukowina. : . Zebrugee was violently bom barded 'by aeroplanes. Bombs also fell in Bruges harbor. Twenty-eight German submarines were sunk monthly by the British, People Are Asked "to Shop Friday. As. the Dominion Fuel