; » hittin gta fia ai 4 12Pages TPT YEAR S85: o> -y . LAST EDITION eee eett. KINGSTON, ONTARIO, MONDAY, APRIL MESSINES RIDGE, THE THERMOPYLAE OF THE WAR ~~ a ------ NO. 94 My |THE WORLD'S NEWS iN BRIEF FORM | Tidings From All Over Told in i a Pithy and Pointed | Way. | Way GAS THE ENEMY ON BIG SCA Canadians Launched a Combined Projector da + Paris, Apt" 22. A high # | Italian official, in an interview * with the Exce.. lor, declared: La p a. 4] FRR PERE RE . - - | %*.. ITALY HAS GIVEN - * THE TIDE TURNS HER BEST TROOPS. + / in "The Italians sent to France are our best and most experi- Ea ---- Mrs. George Mulholland of Guelph { dropped of | heart failure, - | The Armenians have recaptured { Van, in Turkish Armenia, from the { Ottomans and have repulsed attacks | on Baku, { Fuel Controller Magrath states ¥ dead in church Php peter that all classes of consumers must as And Shell Bombardment. | practice conservation of coal to the SETTLED AN OL ACCOUNT THE BIGGEST OF ITS KIND SINCE i WAR BEGAN. a | TO LAUNCH OFFENSIVE BEFORE The Order-in-Council Must Be! HUNS START ANOTHER Tabled For Two Weeks. Dublin, April 22.--The net result + enced: fighters. This does not % + United States Military Mea Think the Foe time co-operating with the % % French. * Mrs, George Wilsher, Toronto, wife ge +O : : OF THE IRISH YET | children The Success of the Bombardment | : Rev, 8. F. Sharp, B.D., pastor of include the Italian aviators, is Halted For Good. THEE EERE 0S a soldier, dropped dead of heart Was Evident by a Lessening in the Exeter Presbyterian Church, died who 'have been here for some + NO CONSCRIPTION hag | failure, leavitig a family of seven (suddenly while preparing to take his Hostile Fire, Will Discourage Plans Of the Enemy To Undertake Offensives in Italy, | a Mace { morning service, facedonia or Palestine, / ) Canadian Headquarters in France, April 20. (Via London, April 21.) --apuring the last twelve hours the Canadians have carried out the big- and | 10 { Moscow and placed r {cnists under 'arrest, gest combined projector gas shell bombardment in the history of the western front. From early last night until early this morning. our heavies and howitzers rained shells upon the hostile battery positions, using lethal gas, lachrymatory gas and high explosives, while at two 'o'clock this morning over twelve hundred drums of lethal gas were projected against the enemy trench- es und support areas in an intensive concentrated bombardment of the Lens area immediately north of Lens. . Bombardment followed bombardment at great and lesser in- tervals, in a #écientific, careiul.y- thought-out programme of destruc- tion, designed to silence enemy guns and kill the gun crews, or at east to | anake the operation of their batter- ies impossible. The success of the bombardment was early seen in the lessening hostile fire, while some es- thuate of the likely damage caused may be gathered from the results of @ similar shoot on April 8th, in . which 22 out of 32 of the enemy batteries were put out of action and. have not since fired a shot. Settling an Old Account. In the midst of this destructive operation special units carried out a projector gas bombardment against Lens. In the few seconds oceupied in releasing the gas flares, which went up all along the enemy frout 'line, the men in our trenches could distinetly hear the cries of distress "rom the enemy caught without masks. When quiet had been restored and the Germans were presumably emerging from their dugonts and other 1 retreats, our artillery spraye front, support and assembly areas witht shrapnel. 2 ALL MUST REGISTER ETWEEN 16 AND 60 Will Not Be Able to Travel On a Train Without A Cer- tificate. (Special the Whig.) Ottawa, ADE 22.--Offictal an- nouncement is expected to-day of the Plans of the National Registration Board. Every male and female be: tween the ages of sixteen and sixty will have to register. The plans have been approved by the Cabinet. There are drastic regulations, which will make it necessary for ev- eryone to comply with the orders. It is understood, for instance, that a person without 4 registration card will be unable to travel on a railway train and will be unable to draw his pay envelope if working for a firm, - ' A " BISHOP FALLON GOES TO EUROPE Will Visit Canadian Battle Front and May Go to Ireland. Loudon. 0 > wdon, nt, April 22.---Right Rev. M. F. Fallon, bishop of the Roman Catholi¢ Diocese of London, has left for England and France to visit the Canadian forces at the re- quest of the army authorities over- seas. His | hip since the out- break of the war has had charge of the work of providing Roman Cath- ole 48, for the Canadians. Though no uncement has been made on the sabject here, the belief is held that he will take advantage ou his missioll overseas to visit Ire- 'During his absence the adminis- tration of the affairs of the diocese will be in ch of Very Rev. D. O'Connor, viemrsgeneral. : i ---------- Prorogue By May 24th, : : b ona Rp FE Fain of Parliament May 24th is now aimed 'and the Government is ex- ' France and "the OSE 'before the House scarce in supply out Canadian apples are whenever a Dominion troops reaches the { there it is a Jjoy-day The, Soviet soldiery are reported have stamped out disorders in 300 Anar- Canada's new man-power measure, which was signed on Saturday by the Governor-General, and is now in ef- fect, is expected to add 80,000 men of the ages of 20, 21 and 22. - HEAVY NEW TAXATION Announced in British Commons-- Britain's National Debt. {Canadian Press Despatch) London, Apr 22.--Chancellor Bonar Law, introducing the budget in the House of Commons .to-day, announced that in the last year Great Britain had advanced two and a half billion dollars to its Allies and that United States had advanc- {ed four and a 'half billion dollars to the Ententé natioms. Britain's na- tional debt is about thirty billion dollars, Bonar Law said. Heavy new taxation proposals are announc- ed. i "It is only necessary for us to lean on the United ~States to the amount the other Allies lean on us; or iin other words, we are self-sup- porting," the Chancellor said. He made certain suggestions regarding advances to the Allies which, if ad- opted, would lessen Great Britain's burden considerably without in any way increasing the total obligations of the United States. } SANK A A British Sea Captain is Awarded the D.S.0O. (Canadian Press Despateh) J fan Atlantic Port, April is now in port a British tr aotoh or ra to Europe shelled dnd sank a Ger- man submarine. The skipper was awarded a D.S/0. for his work. His steamer was well within the war zone when the forward lookout sighted a submarine on the surface only a short distance ahead. Travelling at full speed he rammed the U-boat, disabling the German craft ut not sinking her. The submarine sea boat was then shelled until it sank. SUBMARINE, 3 3 28." There Kingston Drafts Reach England. (Canadian Press Despatch: Ottawa, April 22.---The fol dwing Canadian troops have arrived safely in England. Infantry drafts from On- tario and western points; artillery, drafts from 'London, Guelph, To ronto, Kingston and western points; R.A.F. pilots, R.M.C, cadets, Imperial recruits and other details; total, 3,- 827 of all ranks. BUDGET SPEECH - ON THURSDAY More to be Taken From Big Incomes--Littie Tariff Change Likely. Ottawa, April 22.--The Budget for the present fiscal year will be presented to the Commons on Thursday by Hon. A. K. Maclean, Acting Minister of Finance. At about the same time Sir Thomas White will arrive in Washington from California to negotiate with the British and American representatives ways and means of meeting the big balance between cash income ang cash outgo which Canada has to meet this year. The two big items of this cash deficit are due, first, to furnish credits to Great Britain-fer approximately eight hundred mil- lions of war purchases in Canada for food and munitions during the twelve months, and, second, between four hundren and five hundred mil lions of an adverse trade balance with the United States. The Finance Minister will seek to complete pending arrangements for ear-marking four or five humdred illions of the United States loans 0 Great Britain for transfer by Great Britian to Canadian aceount in helping to pay for our financing of British orders in Canada. will also take up with the Washington MESSINES RIDGE NOT FAVORED The Alien Question Again Discussed By Veterans And Labor Men. ARMOUREES 1S CRITICIZED COMMANDANT OF THE A. ANID N. VETERANS. BY Who Charges That Men Are Employ- ed There And in Uniform Under False Pretences, At a meeting of the combined com- mittees of the Great War and the Army and Navy Veterans and the Trades apd Labor Council held Sun- day evening, the sub-committee ap-/ ed-to-obta jets regarding the employment of aliens and enémy | aliens made a report on its work dur-| ing the past week. Variou# indus-| tries were visited and every consider- ation was shown by the managers, who expressed sympathy and offered valitable suggestions which if follow. ed would remove misunderstanding and secure consideration for the re- turned soldier. It was not found that, any enemy aliens or foreigners were placed over British subjects in local industries, The committee made searching inquiries at the industries visited, but Tailed to find any con- crete "evidence of discrimination in favor of aliens, At. the office of the chief of police it was found that thirty-three enemy aliens are regis- tered und report to the office month- Iv Much discussion "arose over the status of a Canadian of German des- cent, one whose grandparents were both born in Germany, and of the at- titude that should be taken in sueh a case. At this point friction arose between the two veteran bodies, and the representative of one was told that he attended. .the Ottawa conven- tion but failed to produce credentials and was denied admission as the Kingston representative, and this was the reason why there were two bodies in Kingston. The remark drew forth a categorical denial. i The administration of military at-| fairs at the armouries was criticized by the Commandant of the Army and Navy Association, where he said, "men employed and in uniform un- der false pretences." "The facts of the employment 6 men in the arm- ouries are rotten," he declared. It was pointed out by the chair that the organization was formed to deal with the alien question, and discus- sion followed with regard to aliens in general and much dissatisfaction was expressed over the position of the alien allowed to carry on business in the eity. Dr. Thomas McdCarten has been elected without opposition to the House vé Sommons. for the Tulla- more division of King's County, Ire- land. He fs a Sinn Foiner. rd FEB ER SREP T PE PRS Sb bd playing w ~~ TO A LITTLE GIRL FIND ALIENS Fs PROVE FATAL 3-year-old Daughter, of Con- stable Marshall Armstrong Died Saturday Afternoon Following serious burns she suf- fered on Monday morning last, when she set fire to her clothing while 7ith atches, the death oc- curred in. the General Hospital on Saturday, afternoon of the three- year-old daughter of Police Con- stable Marshall Armstrong. The little tot suffered burns, but it was at first that she would Tecover. terrible thought However, iin #pite of the very best of care and treatment she 'was not able to with- stand the terrible shock: Unawares to her mother, the child secured some matches, and while playing with them in front of her home set fire t§ her clothing. Some passerby came WW her assistance and beat out the flames, but she was badly burned over her body. The parents .will have the sincere sym- pathy of a wide direle of friends in their sad bereavement. BASEBALL SCORES, National League. SATURDAYS SCORES. New York... 5 Boston .. Philadeiphia.'. 8 Brooklyn .. Other games postponed. SUNDAY"S SCORES. Chicago 8 Cincinnati ;.. .. 1 St. Louis-Pittsburg--Cold weather. American League. SATURDAY'S SCORES. Boston 4 New York Cleveland. ... 3 St. Louis .. .. Other games postponed--Rain. SUNDAY'S SCORES. Louis. ... 11 Cleveland .... Deffoit at Chicago--Rain, AF ------ All Quiet So s Far In Ireland. St. (Canadian Press Despatch.) London, April 22, Military authorities have taken over control of the principal Irish railways, the post offices and tele- phone exchanges. The po- lice on Saturday removed all arms and ammunition from gunsmith shops in Dublin, where it is report- ed that similar action will be taken throughout Ire- land. Nowhere does any disturbance or even ex- citement seem to hate oc- curred either at pledge- taking meetings or al the numerous political' gath- erings throughout Ireland Sunday at which conserip- tion was denoiinced in strong terms. : "| push on the Somme battlefront, tine Casualties. Killed in Action--R. G. Smith, Ot- tawa, " Died--A. Jocque, Died of Wounds--L. Pembroke. » # Martintown. man, Havelock, Missing--F. (. Kearns, Fenelon Falls, | ; IHC. Stewart, Colbeck, Presumed (0 Have Died--J. Kier- i Campbeliford; Nursing: Sister A. F. Forneri, Belle v FIGHT GERMANS The British on the Lys Front Force (the Enemy Back. A SHARP COUNTER-ATTACK RESTORES BRITISH LINE IN THE GIVENCHY SECTOR. Only Hun Attack Fails Dismally-- German Attack Is Apparently Brewiig on Front Between Arras and Albert. : London, April 22.---Fg¢ught to a standstill by the gallant defenders of the British line on the Lys front, the Germans have been forced from the one or two, forward positions in the Festubert-Givenchy sector. By a sharp counter-attack the first divis-. ion compelled the enemy fo give up all 'he had to show for His costly all day attack on Thursday. The at- tacking. Tommies attained . every thing they went after, and a com- plete re-establishment 6f the line, The only German activity reportec Sdturday resulted in dismal failure! when the British drove the attacking enemy 'back to their ' jumping-ofi point in the Robecq region, near the westerly tip of the Lys salient, British troops carried out a suc- cessful minor operation in the region of Arras, capturing a few prisoners. nine machine guns and a trench mor- tar. Apparently it was a feeling-out operation to see what forces the Ger- mans have ready fof an attack in this region, which is the logical point for the third phase of the Ger: , man offensive. In some way the Germans have | Bot to force back the British line be tween Arras and Albert before they can go much further ah®ad in theh as | their right flank is held fast by the British from Vimy to Albert and ha: not 'been able to keep pace with their left, south of the Somme. 3 The British anchor point bn this ling is Vimy Ridge, north of Arras | the turning of which from the nortt has been assumed to be one of thie German objectives in driving in the salient alsng the Lys, whence the) apparently hoped to work southward Stopped in this attempt by the Brit: ish in the fighting on Thursday and yesterday they must either strike here again or attack with a simile: purpose elsewhere if Vimy and the line it splits is not still to stand in the way of their southerly drive, British Make Gains. {Canadian Rress Despateh) London, April, 23.--The - British advanced their lines slightly last night in local operations on both of the principal battle fronts, the War Office announces. Gains were made near Villiers Hretonneux and (Albert on the rSomme front agd Robecq at the tip ot the Flanders' salient. A strong local attack by the Ger- nrans on the front north of 'Albert was repulsed after the enemy had captured one of the British advanced posts, iy German Raid Repulved. (Canadian Press ten) Paris, April 25 Todays official says: "A German raid last night east of Avre in the region of Thennes was repulsed. We took prisoners, Another German raid east of Rheims gained no greater success. 10 A STANDSTIL of the debates in Parliament has been to postpone indefinitely the applica- tion of conscription to Ireland, When the man-power bill passed this week every man in Great Britain up to the age of 50 became liable to military service. No man in Ireland will be liable until some time in the future when an order-in-councHl is issued applying the Act to Ireland. 'That order must lie on the table in the House of Commons subject to debate fourteen days before it can be issued. In that debate the' members, who in the recent division did not wish to embarrass the fate of the man-power scheme in England by giving effect to their opinions against ponscription vin Ireland, can vote on Ireland alone. Before that stage is reached the Gov- ernment has promised to introduce a Home Rule bill and also do its best to 'pass it and presumably put it in operation not merely on the statute book, where, of course, there As a good Home Rule Act alreadf, the withholding of which has caused so much trouble, This all involves time and it may well be months before there ig ac- tual application of conscription to Ireland. Unless, therefore, Irishmen should "shoot before they are shot at," as the labor Minister put ft, there seems to be no reason for dny immediate apprehension of blood: shed in Ireland. At the moment the state of the country is undoubtedly grave, but more in forecast than in actuality. 2,000,000 In Class 1. Washington, April 22.--Under the classification for men for the select- ive draft service, Provost Marghal Gen. Crowder has advised the Senate Military Committee , approximately two million will be placed in Class 1, from which it is expected all fut- ure calls will be taken, Fd bid bb dbbdbbddb bid dbdditd $ nesenves ivnaor, GEN. FOOH SAYS, Milan, Italy, April 22.-- "We hold ths boche waves, but that is not sufficient; we will do something more," Gen. Foch is quoted as saying in an inter- view published by The Corriere della Sera. 'Our ample reserves are still intact. We are satisfied with the progress of events." : PEP IPPEP rrr Sb PEP PP ETRE e 3 be HAISER NERVOUS OVER FAILURE Now Repudiates All Responsi= bility and Lays Burden on Hindenburg and Luden= dori. London, April 22.---Reliable formation received through diplo- matic channels indicates that the Kaiser is even more nervous and pet- ulent than he was on the day when he informed Ambassador Gerard that he would "stand no nonsense from America after this war." The All Highest is said fo be "thoroughly uncomfortable" about the way things are going on the western front, His feelings are regarded here as not unnatural inasmuch as Gen, Lud- endorff a@hred him Hindenburg would go-through the allies like a knife through cheese." Influenced by this picturesque optimism the Kaiser with characteristic impulsive- ness is said to have announced that "this is my battle." Now his Majesty, who, because of his tears over Lon- vain and the recent slaughter in the west, has become known as the "Crocodile Monarch," is reported to have repudiated all responsibility for the strategy of the German general staff, and to have laid the whole bur- den on the shoulders of Ludendorfr and Hindenburg. This performance is expected to goad the army chiefs to sacrifice their med with all the more reckless. ness and inhumanity in the hope of achieving a victory that will cause the Kaiser to deplore his disclaimet in- Washington, April 22.~-The tide has turned in France and the Ger- mans have been stopped for good, { members of the Senate Military Af- fairs Committee declared to-day af- ter their weekly conference with the | War Council, : : The allies are now prepared. -to +combat a third offensive, if the Ger- i mans launch one, without any lear of its outcome, committees members sald. That the allies may be racing to get an offensive movement launched before the Teutons cen renew theirs was the belief of some American | military mea to-day. k | Both sides are feverishly bringing up their reserves, reconstituting div- { islons that have heen badly torn In | battle and building reservoirs of am- | munitién. : It the allies can wrest the initia- i tive from the Germans mow it wilt | bé an accomplishment equal to a sub stantial gain in territory, the experts declare. ~ By turning the tide and forcing, the Germans back even though slow- ly, the allies will' discourage plans on the part of the émemy to yader- take offensive in Italy, Macedonia, or Palestine, they say, Movement of Italian forces to the western front is the first concrete result of the unity of eommand un- der "Foch. Italy has always had a surplus of men, perhaps as many as 2,000,000. Different causes have prevented the use of this man-power previously. War Tidings. The British succeeded in improv- ing their line in some pc nts on Sat- urday and captured some prisohers and machine guns. German artillery were active but infantry avere not Iu aerial operations on Friday and Saturday the British dropped several tons of bombs on German 'works and trains in Belgium with big results. The Germans made severe attacks on French and Belgian lines and in each case gained some ground - but were evicted with great losses in counter-attacks. The American steamship Florence H., was blown up in a French port by an internal explosion at midnight, April 17th. In addition to the destruction by fire of 'the German airplane plant at Manzell, reported several days. ago, the Zeppelin manufactory at Freld- erichshafen is said to have been burned down, The neutrality of Switzerland has been violated 586 times up to the end of January, according to ah official announcement. In 418 in- stances aviators were responsible. Maj-Gen. ¥. B. Maurice, chief- director of military operations at the British War Office, will he assigned to important duties in the field, ac- cording to a London despatch, German troops on Saturday night made an attempt to push their way through the British Moes dear Ypres, but were stopped by British guns, The Germans aré massing big forces with many gums on various parts of the French front and big attacks are expected, BENTENCED TO PEATH By a Mixed Jury of Men and Woe men, {(Camadian. Press ch) San Francisco; pei 'or the first time in the history of California, a mixed jury of men and women re- turned a first degree murder verdict in the Superior Court here Saturday. The verdict leaves the trial judge no option but to sentence to death the Defendant, Antonio Lepara, who shot and killed Marjo Aliota. Seven women were on the jury and a verdict was reached in less than an hour. ~ 1,000,000 BUSHELS OF GRAIN To be Rushed to Belglans Who Are L in Need. ¥ . Washington, DiC. April 22. Food shipments to the civilian populations of the--Allied countries will be suspended for .ten days to move thee million bushels of grain to the Belgians, who are declared 40 be in desperate straits. a a & AAA Sold bd a : el Gassed---@G. A. Brownlee, Perth; H. 'F. A. Copp, R.'W. Johnson, 8. Roth- « | well, Peterboro; E. Newton, Vankleek] # | Hill; H. B. Haines, Kingston; J, C. 22. --Dutring # nnis, Lanark, © © Wounded----C, Sarles, Trenton; O./¢ MAKE G. Fillion, Cataraqui;-A. G: Cameron, Lanark; 1. P. Vandewater, Picton;i® = ---- oe J. Robertson, Odessa: ¥. D. Eliott,|# (Canadian Press Despateh.) + | Renfrew: C. Thaw, Cobourg; F, C.|% Dublin, April 22.-Sole '| Hunter, Millbrook, "hn : ledges to resist I » ro---- : ? were made all over Irela Duke Frederick, decond ruler of the German Duchy of Anhalt, is Pallenstedt . Castle, aged Government the question of largely increasing American war orders from Sunads this year. / be a substant toll on. trom the men 0 of will fi - of Great Britain and tails of the new in this respect. conjectural, but i the : : * WAR BULLETINS, . Active artillery fighting continued at differ- Se # The British Of personal responsibility for the ent points on the front." bat tle, . The continued _ concentration of regained Gera divisions betwgen k Afvas andie ground in counter-uttacks. B & mminénce of A savage onset against the allies in : Germans made ue attacks. that sector. 3 io rouch and eee -------- aiding the Mail Bag Thief Gels 3 Years. coast, Bevis, bel 22.--Herbert : Artie -- en, 48 8 ear checker, |4 ermans suffered was on- Saturday sentenced to three! . ro am gas attacks, years in the penitentary for stealing |@ --® Overseas parcels from a mail bag. , Selim etnias + rela A bh 1 Capt. Von Richthofen the famous Hight i HH aviator, has : : he FR a Vn ratitel ith meinen killed Ho - $ t oY + MORE GERMANS SLAIN 3 i THAN WOUNDED. + Berne; April # the present. offensive and for + + the first "time sifee the war + began, the number of German + dead has been greater than de-14 that of the wounded. : 25 + * 3 9040000000048 is pretty © + that Government will take, the | | How's share of anything over thousand per year. ~ So far as the tariff is ¢ J or ua thane is : e yes- "#idead at * + * » + * 199 Allfed {# *