The Dai KINGSTON, ONTARIO, FRID A GALLANT w vi Leads hese Troops Against Lines 'Heavily Armed With Sy ritish Whig [= oe 12Pages LAST EDITION -- -- ee ---- STOP CRITICSH AY. APRIL 26, 1918. GERMAN PISTON MORE PERILOUS The Further the Enemy Advances Along the Road to Amiens. FRENCH CONTER ATTACK TO RECLAIM POSITIONS TAKEN AT MOUNT KEMMEL THE WORLD'S NEWS IN BRIEF FORM | Tidings From All Over Told in a Pithy and Pointed Way. Dr. A.C. Hawkins mayor of Halifax. : John Redmond, the Irish leader, who died recently, left an estate of £5,786, "About half the bees around Brant- ford perished through thre ig 1917, i was elected Ottawa, April 26.--In the Com- | Heavy Fighting Manitoba, 52,784. mons yesterday the following fig- | : | Saskatchewan, 26,111. ures of voluntary enlistments up to | 31st October, 1917, were: 290 |- 'Alberta, 36,279. ¥ B. [Columbia and Yukon, 42,609. Total, 439,806. GAINS D0 FOUGHT ALONG A FRONT OF ABOUT TEN MILES, of the winter, The time for completion of the Georgian Bay Canala has been ex- tended to May, 1921. Canadians in London refuse to send their families home unless those IN WHAT PREV ALLS issuing the orders do the. SAME... J moogpuicigi ans Nine sons of the late J. A. Mac- Bi. J. W. EDWARDS, Kay, of Montreal, who was buried Wednesday, a few weeks after his wife, are in khaki. : A saving. in national printing of $175,000 in the first five and a half months of its existence is the record of the Editorial Committee. Jeffrey Hale, London, former man- ager of the Canadian Bank of Com- merce, left an estate of $112,000, in which 'his "wife and two children share Ontario, 191,632. Hindenburg's Drive Was Started A Merited Recognition. ADIAN i A CROSS In Canada to October 31st, - - Were 439,806. ' mo Quebec, 48,934. bepmai A Nova Scotia and P.E.I., 23,436. Superior Enemy Forces Prevailed Mer New Brunswick, 18,022. ¢ 1 London, April 26.---The order of} : 2 2 Knight Commander of the Bath has | FOR THE PERRIBLE CASUALTIES been conferred on Admiral Keyes 'THE GERMANS SUSTAINED, in recognitfon of his services fn com- mand of the operations against Zee- brugge and Ostend. Commander Carpenter, for his services in com- mand of the Vindietive, has Deen promoted to captain. The Enemy Ariiy Leader's Reputa- tion is Beginmning to Suffer--Every German Assault That Fails Will Injure Him, : New York April 26.--The assem- bling of the Reichstag this week has increased the urgency for a quick German victory, "along the west 4 front; and it is principally to fore- stall criticism by the members of the Reichstag that von Hindenburg fis now trying to drive his semi-exhaust- ed troops to a further advance. A firm stand by the allies at this time and the consequent abandon- ment by von Hindenburg of his new offensive will undoubtedly have' a profound effect upon the Reichstag. There is n® question but that a eriti- A Statement Issued by the War Of- fice--The Fighting Is Still Going On With Much Viglence--Heavy Artillery Fighting South of Somme River, (Canadian Press Despatch) London April 26 --A footing has been obtained on Kemmel Mill by the Germans in attacks on the northern The Enemy Gains There Were Made at Frightful Cost--The Allied Re- serves Are Virtually Intact. {Canadian Press Despatch) On the French in France, April 26.~--The more they advance along the road towards Amiens, the more .., perilous becomes the salient the Germans are forming in the Somme region, especially in view of the fact that the Allied reserves are virtually intact and the Allied armies are now commanded by a single chief. The present moment is less favor- able to the German plans than when they started their advance on March 21st. Then a weak point existed be- tween the French and British armies, Now there is no sensitive part of the - S---- Frontenac Member Objects to Big Husky Foreigners Being Allowed to Shine, Shoes and Wait on Tables, (Special ro the Whig.) 2 Ottawa, April 26.--The agitation in rural Canada against the new Mili- tary regulations was reflected in the agricultural committee of the House of Commons to-day when several BRITISH FOOD CONTROLLER. He Has Resigned Owing to Condition of Health, | ee ---- oy London, April ;26.--The Victoria dian gr far Joost conspicuous i bravery and das en in command | from Fams For Military Service. of a squadron delailed for special ~ -- service of a very important nature. UNPATRIOTIC SELFISHNESS 12-255 gs : chine guns in thé centre and on the flanks, one line Deing about 200 yards the Gther, 12 } "the critical nature of the opematipn and how much depended on it, Flowerdew ered the troops ment, while he "the {remaining three troops to fcharge. The squadron, less one' Pp, passed over both Mmes, killing y 'of the enemy with the sword, © Wheeling about cent. of its rs: killed and i x ni rd ly protested against| WouRlded from fifle and machine | battlefront the War Office announced | One of the decisions arriv 3 | menybers vigorously pi . a, : ; s Germany 19 hire i porved. at 1 the new orders. Frank Glass,' East gullies Giteetod Ski from the front | 1; qqay. Fighting is still confinuing Rumania must leave the throne and | Middlesex, strongly questioned the : He enemy bréke and retired, and 3 the position i greatly superior enemy forces along the farmers, He described as folly a (dined after much | the front from Bailleul to Hollebeke, policy which took more skilled labor 2 by. Lieut. Har-|, distance of about tem miles, and from the farm. John Best, Dufferin, were compelled to give backed up Mr. Glass, and claimed : ." | Cross has heen Rar 10 Gordon Muriel Flowerdew; late of the Cana- Against - Taking More Experienced. Men tive . Saw two lines of the enemy each 60 strong, with ma- under Lieut. H V.C,, to dis- mount snd carry 88 @ special move- | they rode at thel again, though the squadron bad thea lost about 70 per in this region. The ' Allied forces allow his successor to be chosen by good judgment of the Government in} the survivors of !88 squadron éstab- | were engaged all day yesterday with Austria, "Making more experienced men from | lished themselves: OFFERED SENATORSHIP. | : dangerously | finally ethrough Bothy ground. d to cheer on The British and Australians have Flower wounded, being # thighs, but he line, since a' unifted command has given an opportunity to make the that something should be done in ex- tremé cases where land will be left idle. his men. Theréesn be no doubt that his bravery! a prime factor retaken Villers Bretonneux togéther {with a large number bf prisoners, cal attitude toward the stupendous west slaughter of Germans has The terri- n 7 the capture ofthe position. | The British surrendered some po- THE IRISH HIERARCHY sitions on the Metern-Wytschaete : DEFYING THE LAW line, but the Germans so far have compu failed to gain any high ground. Times Says They Have Virtual- ly Thrown Down Challenge arisen in the Reichstag. torial gains are coming to be consid- ered wholly inadequate compensa- tion for the heavy casualties, by a growing section of German public opinion. Unless von Hindenburg, therefore, can conjure up a new vie tory of stupendous proportions, he must submit to increasing criticism at home that will seriously threaten his prestige. The Reichstag has just heard from Minister of Marine von Capelle a very unconvincing statement about submarine successes. The Reichstag too, is beginming to realize 4hat the government's contempiuous disbe- Hef in America's ability to send-a great ariny to France is being shown most practical use of all the Allied troops, Dr. Edwards of Frontenac claimed that there was no use quarrelling with what had been done. He claim- ed that they were up against unpa- triotic selfishness. "This was true of certain farmers and city profiteers who went to church every Sunday with bibles 'as big as box stoyes.'" The doctor suggested that it should be an offense for any manufacturer to employ any physically fit man be- tween the ages of 19 and 35. He also strongly protested against big husky foreigners being allowed to shine shoes apd wait on tables. They should be forced to look for other jobs. : Capt. Reid of Prince Edward Is- land said the order was paralyzing farming condition on the Island. He suggested that a committee wait on the cabinet. The sub-committee appointed a week ago was instructed to make a report by next Wednesday in she fol- lowing points: (A), the listing of non odsential 'fodusipies; (B), Hsting of Taser Where WOR SAT SPI ion of military age; (C), obtaining ter- ritorfal reports on labor conditions. JASEBALL. + French Attack at Kemmel (Canadian Press Despateh) With the British Army in France, April 26,--The French this morning are counter-attacking at Mount Kem- mel in an attempt to reclaim the positions taken by the Germans, Yesterday's fighting was of a des. perate nature and the enemy gains were only made at a frightful cost. Occupy Kemmel Hill, (Canadian Press Despatoh) - London, April 26.---The Germans . after repeated assaults and suffering enormous losses, have occupied Kemmel Hill on Flanders front, it Was stated by General Delmarad Cliffe, chief director of operations to-day, ; Heavy Fighting Is On. to Pavliament. | Parte AO Be Hoavy artillery i aris, Je 3 ------------ | fighting is reported by the War London, April 36 ~The Times, in | Office, south of-éhe Somme river, to- a leader referring to the Roman Cath- | day. A» olic hierarchy of Ireland placing | \The statement follows: South of themselves at the head of the anti-| the Somme violent artillery fighting gonscriptionist mevement says: occurred during the course of the "It sayé much for the forbearance | Mght. We carried out a number of of the British people that so little, roads at different points on the front, : protest has been. made in public | especially in the region east of Las- BARON RHOND against whiel signy, between Miette and the Aisne,| .. cinaaian Press Despateh issue or ain. lel saises 4 near the Zonvaux in the region of London, April 26.--B& Rhond- i ; 'of | Eparges, in Lorraine and in Vosges. | da, the Daily Mail says it Understands oer Wan this ng tar We took prisoners. Everywhere elsefhas resigned the oftice of British vice on Irishmen. It is nothing less | the night was calm. Food Controller, which he has held y o ast tei onths, owing to at the bottom than the old claim of * Cleaned Up the Posts. Jo ane bast ie Polimcars to be the greatest blunder of thé a powe: religion . | : (Canadian Press Despateh) Secretary for the Food Ministry, has| war, Logdon, April 26.--German posts| been in charge temporarily. David| With the taflure of the submarines | which-wore holding out southeasi.ol| Altred Thomas, Ars. Baron RBOnGd®. fasd. the tatiure of 4a diorman wit. Villers Bretonneux on the front south has been known as Welsh coal King. [larists to forsee . what a i. of Somme, after its recapture by the wag on the Lusitania when she] part in the war would mean it is no British, were cleared up. The state: sank. wonder that members. of the Refch. ment says: We carried out a suc- - ILLORS stag are becoming skeptical of the cessful minor operation during the value of von Hindeuburg's recovery might west of Merville and captured at go tremendous a blood cost of ter- fifty prisoners and three machine ritory which he voluntarily aban- ASKING FOR AID FOR THE MILI. TARY YMCA, WORK art Ey SHATIE Jefferson City, Mo., April 26. Governor Gardiner tendered to Champ Clarke, speaker of the House of Representatives; the appointment ¥ apn as senator to succéeN to the late STEAMER NEFF SOLD WilNam J, Stone. TO THE GOVERNMENT i : wing vs Wastin arver uo- | ARRANGEMENTS ARE 'MADE ~dergoing Repairs at Buf- : falo, N.Y. ITH REGARD TO MEDICAL -- STUDENTS AT QUEEN'S. The stemmier Neff, . wiileh . has been laid up at Kingston all winter, and has been & well-known vessel at this port for many years, has 'been sold to the Government for war ) work, and will elear for Australia Just as soon as the vessel has un- #OU6 some necessary repairs at Buffalo, N.Y. The vessel was sold by Mr. MoKay, of Hamilton, to the State Marine Commercial Company of New York. . MUNITION PLANT DESTROYED. A Disastrous Fire on op . Chesley, Ont. tCanadian Press Despatch 5 Obobley: Ont., April Pb Fire hich started from the explosion of 4 pot of resin wiped out the entire munition plant of the Canada Beds, Limited, this morning, destroying the. machine shop and power house #itogether with thousands of shells in various = stages of manufacture, There 1s a suspicion. in town that alien enemies were responsible for the fire and an Investigation has al- ready commenced. i ap os "Phe Pprocee Poa Tha ne responsibility of thé Itish Roman Catholic bishops in incajeuld bly seri- ous and must not he forgotten. "It is throwing down a challenge to the imperial parliament," The Times continues. "The. Roman Catholic hierarchy has done far more than to repeat their old obscure intervention as individuals in the home rule con- troversy. They have openly assum- ed the right to interfere as a church in polities, and hy so doing they have shaken to its foundation the whole edifice of religious toleration in these islands." THURSDAY National League. New York.....6 'Brooklyn Pittsburg Cincinnati .. Philadelphia. St. Louis .. 2 American League. Washington. ...7 New York .. Boston Philadelphia Detroit Those in the First Three Years May - be Allowed to Continne Their Studies--A Summer Session. It is understood that as a result 3 of negotlations conducted at Ottawa by Dean J. C. Connell, of Queen's Medical Faculty, satisfactory ar- rangements will be made regarding the medical students who are likely { to be called to the colors under the latest regulations of "the Military Service Act. That fhe final year meh will be granted commissions within the next few weeks, if they are successful in their examinations, is the latest word, and it is also con- sidered probable that a summer ses- sion will be held for the men in the fourth year in order that they may be graduated quickly. Out of the whole faculty there are only about twenty-five men who are affected by the latest order-in- council calling . out men of from twenty to twenty-two years. In the meantime the men who are lable under the Military Service Act in the first three years will be placed in the C.AM.C. for medical work in Canada, and if conditions warrant it { they will 'be allowed to continue FOUND SKELETON IN SWAMP. | their studies in the fall. The demand for doctors is un- Perhaps Thut of Robewy Hoskins | precedented, and the men in the Who Disappeared Years Ago. faculty who come under the provi 'Belleville, 'April 26.---A skeleton | sions of the conscription act hawe oi an adult believed to be that of |offered their services on graduation. Roveri Hoskins, a well known " Thurlow farmer who disappeared HOARDING OF SUGAR STRICTLY PROHIBITED nearly four years ago, was discover- People Close to Dealers Can guns. Hostile artillery has been ac- doned a year ago. tive along our front from the Lys River to Givenchy. THE GERMAN LOSSES EXCEED FIVE MILLION According to Berlin Admissions --Recent Big Offensive Counted For 600,000 London, April 26.--German losses in killed and wounded in the great offensive amounted to no less than 600,000 men, according to réllable information received from Se¢andi- navian sources. These figures, which are, of course, unofficial, come from trustworthy sources. There has been much discussion as to the motive behind the disclosure of Karl Bleibtreu, in Neve Europa, that the German losses up to the end of Janu- ary this year amounted to, 4,456,000 men killed, wounded, and prisoners, excluding the navy and colonial] troops, auxiliary forces, and deaths due to sickness. Conibined with the 'figures of the recent battles Ger- many's total losses now exceed 5 000,900. The total given by Bleib- treu far exceeded anything Germany had previously admitted. There is a suggestion that Bleibtreu's article was intended to minimize proportion- ately the recent losses on the western front, which are causing serious dis- turbances in Germany. When the enormous casualties of the battle. field are added to the increased rate of mortality of the eivilian population it is clear Germany's losses cannot be recovered in a generation. BRITAIN'S ENORMOUS Von Hindenburg's reputation may even now be on the verge of collapse, There is no doubt but that his un- paralleled prestige as least is begin- ning to tremble with the halt of the German advance. The Reichs is privileged to ask questions of the government as long as the allies hold von Hindenburg at bay. Every Ger- man assault that fails along the west front will be provocative of further unrest among the members of the Reichstag in Berlin. And Save Solicitation Through The County--Moved = By The Ap- peal--Frontenac Will Not Fail In The Call Made To It. A deputation of gentlemen inter- ested in the campaign of the military Y.M.C.A., waited upon the members of the Frontenac County Council who were attending a meeting of the Finance and the Good Roads com- mittees. The deputation comprised Robert Meek, chairman of the cam- paign committee, W. R. Givens, Geo- rge Smith, J. G. Elliott, Mr. Thur- low, district organizer, Capt. John McNab and Lieutenant Topping. The chair was occupied by ex-Warden James Halliday and the Suncor present were Warden Reed, Coun- cillors Coulter, M¢Fadden, Patterson, Parks, Wensley, Cox and Truscott. County Clerk Bradshaw and County Treasurer Purdy were also present. Organizer Thurlow detailed the plan of campaign and suggested that Frontenac County through its coun- cil make a generous grant and avoid a campaign and personal solicitation throughout the district. Many other, Bible, : counties have done this making as-| ~Mr. Banday has served his answer sessments of from one to twe and'in the sult, in which he admits that one-half mills on the dollar. Robert|WWelr collaborated with him in writ- Meek gave a very lucid account of tng .. Great Love Stories' of the the way the Military Y. ¥. C. A,,| Bible," but denies that he has broken was helping at the front and the, ?RY agreement made with Weir, call there was to carry on the work CURTAIL CANDY MAKING. which makes for the greatest offici- envy among the soldiers. He urged Order Food y With- in Few Days, that Frontenac have a share in the work in view of the great number of men Who have gone from ts! Toronto, April 26.--An order by homes to the irenches. the Canada Food Board for the cur- Capt. McNab and Lieut. Sanping, dliment of the matiiacture of can- ; spoke with a personal knowledge of dies is expec Ww n the next few . OUTPUT OF MUNITIONS | ic co0q wor accomplished at the days. The Food: Board has already . . .. front, in the rest camps afd In Lon-| [@kén action rege ng. i of ice cream limiting the amount of butter fat which shall be used in its Can Go Through This Year| don und in Paris. Fro enae would Vithout Break into be honoring itself and the soldiers it w ing zr manufacture, While the manufacture of fep had sent by helping to maintain an institution which had the support the cream will 'go on, it will be of a poor- er quality, as t fat permitted and sympathy of Svery Canadian ove A essrs. Elliott and Smits 80as 4 3 will be reduced, thus releasing larger | quantities for the king of ¢ also Advanced reasons why Fronten: ac should have a share in helping in creating a pure, homelike atmos-|Dutter and other fo 8 phere amid the horrors of war, The details of the curtailment of There was a generous response on | "Onfectionery are not known here. the pant of the members of the coun- Ty cil, each 1 Medical Decisions, of the -Ottawa, Agril 26.--~In connection with the Committee ut is session, Col. MeGilllvray was a wit- ness. W. F. Nickle read a letter he ived from a prominent medi- ere Cal man L the decision of the aq Pensions Board as to disabilities and ation ot oma i to fail tery district before whom a HE WANTS TO FIGHT. Tail-End Collision On G.T.R, Brockville, April 26.--A wreck on the Grand Trunk Railway at Lan- caster resulted in a caboose and three freight cars catching fire and being consumed. It was a tail end collision with 'the BrockvillesMontreal way freight and an extra, the lattér over- hauling the other train which - was making the cross over to clear. En- gineer Rowledge and Fireman Pul- len, Brockville, were carried into the wreckage and both sevérely injured. The former was brought to the Gen- eral Hospital here and the latter re- ceived medical attention at Cornwall. Nixteen-year-old Boy Offers His Ser- view to the Premier. Ottawa, April 26.--A letter from a sixteen-year-old Toronto boy ask- ing Sir Robert Borden to help him to get into the Canadian army was read In the House of Commons by the Prime Minister yesterday -after- noon. "That is the spirit' of Can ada," said Sir Robert Borden. 'As long as the spirit remains like that we have nothing to fear for the des- tines of our country either iB the war or after the war." Friday at BILLY SUNDAY SUED. $10,000 Sought For Hreach of Cone tract, in Bible Love Stories, New York, April 26.--~The Rev. William A. Sunday, the evangelist, was sued in the Supreme Court yes- terday by Hugh C. Weir, of New Ro- chelle, to recover $190,000 for breach of a contract, under which Weir al- leges he wrote the series of "Great Love Stories of the Bible," which ap- peared with Bllly Sunday's name as the author, Weir also alleges that under the agreement with Sunday he was to write "Bill Sunday's Qwn Story" and other series based on th Caught Red-Handed, Belleville, April. 26.--Three boys, the eldest of whom is fourteen yoars were caught in the act of burglar- izing Hope McGinnis' grocery store in this city. Mr. McGinnis detected the boys taking out a_ pane of glass at the rear of the store. Ome of the lads dealt the proprietdr a severe blow over the head with a battle, rendering Nim partially unconscious. The culprits were apprehended and locked up. rate sson "en- larged the case until Monday next. One of the trio has another charge of the theft of a pair of rubber boots against him, . Invisible Gas Made. Amsterdam, April 26.--Speaking before the main committee of. the reichstag, Lieut-Gen. von Stein, Prus- sian minister of war, said that 20.- 000 men wounded in the battles on the western front have already re- turned to their regiments. He said that the Germans are now mauufac- turing a new invisible gas. He claim- ed that the German tanks were su- perior, particularly in speed, SRR . Long-Range Gun Destroyed. {Canaxdian P Des h Paris, April 26.--One of (he three German longsrange guns which has 'been bom! ain Paris has been de. » BCCO! to ut, firored. ug puty Charles Were Chosen Officers. ; Smith's Falls, April 26.--At the annual meeting of the Women's Canadian Club the following offi- cers were elected: President, Mrs. R. C. Fose; 1st vice-president, Mrs. W. M. Keith; 2nd v ident, Mrs. G. F. MoKimm; secretary, J. E. Ruby; treasurer, Mrs. S. H. Lewis; councillors, Mrs. Wark, R. Hawkins, Mrs. Ragsdale, Mrs. A. The, reported 'presence of German troops at Simferopol marks the cut- | of the railroad connecting the riress of Sebastopol with the main- The Duteh-German nan relations bave | : reached a critical stage. © 26 General : = . i, in the troops in Ireland, has Issued an order for- 'bidding anyone .to carry or possess arms, munition or in 11 counties, and also the cit- les of Cork and. unless lf ed on Wednesday afternoon in a swamp in Sheflfield's woods on the fifth. concession of Thurlow, pe Se The Price of Cheese. Have Only Fifteen Days' Ottawa, 26.--In answer to Supply. a ausstion of Mr. Sham. of Middle- ea sex, ¥ » ns as to (Cuadian Press Despatch) hg reports in the Ne -- Ottawa. April 26.--Drastic ord- of cheese for 1918 |ers restricting the hoarding of from 22 cents to | sugar were issued by. Canada's Food rge Foster replied | Board to-day, providing that any that he could mot say for sure, but | Derson other than a dealer or manu- that he presumed the report was |factyrer having on his premises correct. | wor ean sugar than is sufficient for : oo i fifteen days' supply, unless he lives more than two miles from a licensed dealer, shall be liable to a fine of from $100 to $1,000, or three} months' imprisonment, and any ex- cess over the prescribed amount may be seized and forfeited. dg The sugar hoarding regulation is in foree from this date. iv ing more than two miles Hoo. sed dealer are allowed thirty ; supply; five miles, sixty - ten | and more, 120 days. ; gE arrangements to revive the industry in Newfoundland They plan to sell 'the meat in the United States and mgkedhe fat into] 4 margarine. 'Last Sir Collingwood Schreiber, K.C. two 1 M.G., General Con g- | the nd on ER § if Frederick Johnston, MP. for Mountain, on Tuesday 5 ji | g t