8 $1 THRE DONATIONS OF 5500 LARGER and in fifteen minutes Lieut.-Col. W.| IN ORDER 70 SEEK OUT "Milling Co., Kingston Whig, W. R. . GQ. A, Wright, et AE | 12Pages ¥ Baily British Whi | Pages 13 YEAR 85: NO. 109 & SUBSCRIPTIONS 10 MLTARY The People Responding to the Appeals of Se the Colectos, i i i ALONSTITUTE THE +, AMOUNTS RECEIVED TO-DAY The Committee Working Hard to Sex cure Kingston's Allotment of $15, 000--Hundreds of People Yet to be Seen. : 'Fhe workers in the Red Triangle campaign are still very active, They, report that, although subscriptions are very general, they are not as; generous as the needs of the Military Y.M.C.A, demand. AM classes of citi-} zens are giving donations to the fund, but the canvassers state that many do not realize the wu gency of the Red Triangle call. In the préss and the pulpit and on the plétform the activi- ties of the Red Triangle at the front have heen vividly told. The returned soldiers are enthusiastic over the work that the association has done for them in the battle area and they are calling for money to be devoted to supplying comforts for their com- rades. Any person who feels that they can augment their subseriptions to the fund should do so. Additional subscriptions are: 500A, Duvia & Sons, George on 'Chown, Canadian | oR Works. $260----N. c. Folk 0, $1560--Mrs. W. W. Kirkpatrick. $100---R. Waldron, Annandale Chapter 1,0.D.E. $60---J. Wright, R. J. Carson, |W. Waldron, Mrs, B. A. Muirhead, "Wil- liam Jackson, J. .L. Whiting, J. A. Minnes, J. Swift & 'Co., Kingston Givens. $29.40- Ladies of the Somme club. $26-<J, M. Farrell. H. D. Bibby, R. Crawford, 8. Green, King's Daughters of Sydenham church, Dr, €. C, Nash, George Mills & Co., J. H. Dairs, F. W, Coates, 'W, H. Dyde, Newman & Shaw, . 'Taylor, Marion BE. Lewis, Mrs. R: MeCann, J. MeKel:| vey. oh : 3 $15-<Dr. Brueé Taylor, L! W. Wil- Hams, Mr. and Mrs, FJ Wilson, Women's Institute, Inverary. $10---E. E. Horsey, Dr. BE. B. Sparks, J. F'. MéDondld, W. L. Good- 'win, J. EB. Davy, C.' Maclean, Ander- son Bros, C. H. Boyes, Dr. H. E. Day, Minden Lodge of Masons, G. Mahood, L. T. Best, Leman Guild, G. A, Macdonald, Prof. Mac gillivray, O.. D. 8kelton, Prof, R. M. Hicks, J. MeCulla, Miss B, Of. Powell, Clugston Bros, Capt, D. T. Bisson. notte. Jf. J. Chapman, G. W. Bell, G, A. Bateman, F. Simmons, Mrs E. J. McLelland, Miss McIntyre, Charles Smith, Wiliam Coekburn, W. A. Flemming, D. 8m R. E. Kent, Mrs. J. Taylor, C. Dr. Bogart, C. C. Simmons, Charity Circle King's Do, Wood nthe Guild il oe . man, the ld family, Mra. IL. 1. MeKeivey, G. 1 Guiliort $5--W. @ 'erguson, T. W. Timms, Mrs. Pj Mi hy Graves, J. BE. BR) Sliter, 6G. W. son, G. C, 'Mi W. Dyde, Mrs. Hudson, W. A. 3 Jerrell, H. B, rq Lambert, G. W 'apt. J. Miss A. M. R. H.T Watt, W. Peters, T Mitohelt, Mrs. and ( W. Murphy, W. A. Guan Machor, the Misses Lesslie Hayvey, Mrs. E. L. MeDowall, Mrs Hatcher, Mrs. W. 8. Kinnear, Miss A. J. 8S. Kinnear. Mrs. J, A. Hendry. Mrs, M. King, Dr. Williamson, Sanger, G. Boyd, W. R. Draffin, FE. Steaey, Dr. W. Gibson, I. Lesslie, J. Kavanagh, Dr. W. R. Glover, Friend, G. C. Dewer, Mrs. | R. C. Carton, Mrs. E. Pense, Mrs. 8. | Birch, G. H. Smythe, C. E. Willis, | Mrs. E. W. T. Kinner, C. G. Graham: i The amounts under $5 aré yet to be tabulated and acknowledged. The men of the Depot Batteries at Artillery Park, under Major Croeck- er, subscribed $150 to the Military "Y* this afternoon. They lined up ! { i i i 1 G. Anglin had the coin Earg and Give Campaign. "The ea%¥n and give campaign for the Red Triangle which has been conducted by officials of the local YM.C.A. among the boys of the city during the past week closes to-night. It was announced at the association building on Thursday afternoon that fifty pledges of ten dollars had been given by city boys, most of whom are in the Collegiate Institute. The money will be earned during ~the sunumer months, and the boys have until October 1st to pay in amount. A number of others have intimated. that they will give the Red Triangle fund ten dollars if they can save that amount during 4he summer, WHEAT CROP IN U.S. LARGEST IN HISTORY Estimates Say Winter Wheat Yield Will Reach 572, 000,000 Bushels. Wishington, May 9.--Theé Ameri- can farmer, responding to war ne- cesgities, will tarn out a bumper wheat crop this year. . Estimates hy the Agriculture De- partment to-day were that the wint- er wheat crop would run to 572,- 000,000 bushels, one of the largest in history. This estinvate was 12.- 000,000 bushels in advance of that made a month ago and compared with a 418,000,000 bushel produe- tion for 1917. * The acreage sown to winter wheat was a third lower than the entire acreage harvested last year. ASQUTH MOVES i% ert. Canadian Pless Teupatch) London, May 0.----Moving in the Commons this afternoon for the ap- pointment of a select committees to investigate the charges ' 'made by Gen. Mwurice, former Director of Military Operations, ex<Premier As- quith said he thought it was not the business of Pyriament to constantly inquire into the conduct of succes- sive phases of the war. The Com- mons, he added, had more than en- ough of such inquiries already Ex-Prewier Asquith denied that his motion respecting the Maurice affair was designed to obtajn a vote of censure of the Government, say- ing jt was absurd to describe it as such. Should he find it his duty to censure the Government he said he hoped that he would have the cour age to do so in direct and unequivo- cal form. Has Answer To Charges: (Canadian Press Deipatch) New York, 'May 9.~-An Associated Press cable {rom London do-day says: Although indications are that the Government will' weather to-day's Storm, it is interesting to note that for the first time in the history of the Lloyd-George administration in- apired intimations appear in that postion of the press which supports rmer Premier Asquith that in feated there exists an y government ready to step into the breach. It is confidently declared in some quarters, even should the Gov- ernment survive to-day, its days are numbered. On the Government it is asserted that the Premier has a complete answer to the accusations of Gén. Maurice, Treated Unfairly, Says Premier, Canadian Presd Despatoh) London, May 9 Premier Lloyd: e was cheered loudly when he } Dix, L.| the | fous event of the Government being de t Heo) side and poi d made mistakes, he de- | KINGSTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1918. OVER 40 GERMAN WARSHIPS SUNK The Great Work Dade by British Subd rines is Res yumtsd. NAVIGATION MINE FIELDS THEIR QUARRY, The Teutons Fear to Allow Their Above-Water Craft Beyond the Confines of Their Harbors, Washington May 9. ---More than 40 German %arships have been at- thcked suecessfully by British sub- marines. British statement received here and made public yesterday by the Com- mittee on Public Information. The review was the most extensive ever received in this country on work of the British underwater eraft econ- cerning the activities of which little mews hys regehed America since their famous raids in the Dardanelles and the Baltic Sea, : Various exploits of individual craft are recounted. In many Instances ihe submarine commanders have threaded their way through danger- mine fields to seek out their quarry and so successful have they been in penetrating the defences of the German eoast that the report notes that the enemy "rarely allows his above water eraft beyond the eon fines of his harbors." Torpedoed Dreadnoughts, Most of the battles narrated in the review were with German destroyers which had sallied forth presumably on raiding expeditions, but in one in- stance a submarine commander told of sighting tour Dreadnoughis of the "Kaiser" class off the Danish coast, and of discharging torpedoes at two of them, The submarine submerged as the torpedoes were fired, hut from the sounds of explosions which the commander heard, he concluded that two of the battleships were hit. The submarine was prevented by German destroyers from rising to the surface 0 observe Steels of tack. k @ ona a British submarine meeting a German U-boat and how the pair jockeved for posi- tion to<launeh a torpedo until the German finally decided safety lay in 'Hght.» The review also deals with the hazard of operations in the North Sea during the winter months, and tells of the hardships and suffering of the crews from extreme cold. Fre- quently periscopes and wireless sets were covered with ice so that they could not be used. 18 UNDER ARREST, ------ International Bible Students' Head- quarters Raided by Police. New York, May 9. --Joseph i" Rutherfold, successor to * Pastor" Russell as head of the International Bible Students' Association, and five other leaders of organizations found- ed by Russell, were arrested in a raid. by Federal authorities on the headquarters of the Bible Students' Association in Brooklyn yesterday. It is charged that the six men sought to bring about "mutiny, dis- order and unrest" and to persuade | men to refuse to enter miliary sesr- vioow by articles published in "The Waieh Towet," the Bible Student and the Kingdom News, organs of the Russell cult. The Kingdom News was suppressed by Govern- ment agents last week. Those amested with - Rutherford vanna de Cecea, A. Hugh MdMullen, J. Martin and Frederick A. Robiusen. 4 WBLCOME RAIN IN WEST, Orop Conditions Distinctly Above 2 Average, ; Winnipeg, May 9.--Very welcome rains have visited the greater part of the spring wheat area of the Ca- nadian prairie west. Seeding is prac- tically completed, and the precipita- tion will do much good, especially on light lands, such as in Brandon dis- This was disclosed by an official | were- William BE. Van Ambergh, Glo-1 NOW CUTTING WOOD FOR WINTER FUEL {Government Makes a Start, But Municipalities Are Backward. Toronto, May 9.--The Ontatio Government has let contracts for the cutting of about 25000 cords of wood in Algonquin Park for the use of the various public institutions. This is in acfordance with the policy announced in the Legislature by Hon. G. 'Howard Ferguson, who stat- ed that in order to increase the sup- ply of coal available for domestic users the Government intends to substitute wood for coal as fuel. So far the municipalities of On- tario have shown little enterprise in ensuring adequate fuel supplies for next 'winter, despite the announced readiness of the Government to furn- ish the wood and to assist the muni- cipalities in getting it cut, * Up to date only two municipalities, Hamil- ton and Guelph, have actually started cutting in the park. A number of others, however, have taken the mat- ter up and are getting plans in shape for securing a wood supply. LIEUT. WALTER H. BLLI8 With the 4th Canadian Slege Bat- tery in France for the past three years. He is a son of Mrs. W, 8, Ellis, Albert street emy to Fight. By W. A. Willison, C.P.A. Correspond- Army Headguarters, Frdnce, J.--Early yesterday morning strong" raiding parties of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick troops entering an enemy output 1line at Newville-Vitasse village, in- flicted many ecasuaities on the Bosche, and in addition captured prisoners and machine guns. They retired after this operation with very slight losses. Canadian artillery forces provided demonstrations to increase the con- fusion of the enemy during the raids of the Maritime Provinces infantry. Returning the Canadian radders sav the only disappointing feature of the raids was the reluctance of the en- emy to fight. DRESDEN SOCIALISTS QUILTY OF TREASON For Advocating Overthrow of German Empire and Bring=~ ing About Strike. (Canadian Press Despatch) Amsterdam, May 9.--Twelve Dres- den members of the independent So- cialist party of Germany have been convicted of high treason by the Imi- perial Court at Leipsig, a despateh from that city to the Vorwaerts of Berlin reports. They distributed pamphlets last year advocating the overthrow of the German empire and helped to b about the strikes of last summer; advocating them as a means of obtaining peace. They were sentenced to penal servitude for terms varying from eighteen months to eight years, [have been increasing THE NEXT PHASE OF HUN GANBI Is Already Overdoc Bat the Allies Are Waiting For It THE LEAPFROG METHODS TO BE AGAIN RELIED UPON BY THE ENEMY. Who Has His Guns Massed to the Same Depth and Profusion As For the First Advance. With the British Armies in the Field, May 9.--We may assume that preparations for the next German at- tack have been proceeding steadily during the present lull. At some parts I believe they must be nearly complete, and I think the enemy mgy be expected to deliver violent blows at more than one place. ¥ Amiens has not heen lost sight of in the fighting for the Flemish hills, Since the failure of the last local thrust at Villers-Bretonneux that! portion of the German line astride the Somme and the Ancre has been very quiet, The region behind, how- ever, is full of activity, and sufficient time has elapsed since broke down from lack of adequate artillery support for the enemy to bring up his heavy batteries, Prob- ably it has been possible for him to mass his guns to the same depth and profusion as for the first advance, on March 21st. The railways which feed his front through Peronne and Nesle are said to have been rebuilt, with unusual quickness. Additional lines have been laid, and all the machinery for a great battle has been thrown forward &nd re-established in the open country between the valleys, Next Phase of Gamble, It is no seeret, and the Germans themselves make very little attémpt to disguise this obvious industry or to conceal its purpose, The next great phase of their desperate gamble already is overdue. Prisoners admit without exception that thie troops S3ttot: 10 go on almost itamed i 'that the ; advance in the March atta sent- one division through anothe the hope of exhausting the hard. essed armies of the allies, must be relied on to an even greater extent. Local attacks = have been profitless, and when the storm breaks I think it will probably affect a great part of the present battlefront. The Gérman soldiers still seem to have two goals distinct in their minds---Amiens 'and Calais. Meanwhile, the Australians the difficulties of the enemy's advance bétween the Somme and the Anere by pushing him back. ¥ Amiens is attacked in great strength the German divisions pre. sumably would fry to capture the high ground west of Albert and the triangle between the river, of which Corbia is the apex, as well as -Villars- Bretonneux, which they took and lost in a few days. Between the rivers they never have been able to get nearer than six miles from Corbie and since Saturday their line has been thrown back around the village of Morlancourt, Germans Digging In. East of Amiens the battlefield has not yet been seriously affected by the rain, although the roads and the tields are very muddy, but in Flan- ders it is impossible for the enemy to move his heavy guns in certain places, and the continued downpour must seriously affect his operations. Between the forest of Nieppe and the Flemish hills the Germans are busily digging trenches and rifle pits and pufting out wire, 1 hear Mete- ren is being sheathed with protective entanglements and that the ruins of Bailleul have been converted into the same kind of a labyrinth, For all his boasts of racing to the coast the Hun is ta no chances. He has met defeat before, War Tidings, Wholesale deportations of the "ivilian tion from the invaded districts of northern Italy have start- ed again. i . Sweden, Germany and Finland, It is announced officially, have decid- od to negotiate already regarding the demolition 2 Lhe fortifications: ' the offensive | [Hamilton, $21.37, and ; 324. re * LAST EDITION SWUNG ON HUN'S JAW. | ! --p---- {Canadidn Skipper Missed Sab Voy- } age tw Germany. An Atlantic Port, May 9.--A solid British fist and the opportune ar- rival of an Allied | destroyer saved [Cwptain D. J. McDonald, skipper of the three-masted schooner John G. Walter, now at the bottom of the Atlantic, from being carried a pris- ofier in a submarine to Germany. { Captain McDonald told the story on his arrival here yesterday on an American stéamship. \ The U-boat had fired a torpedo int schoon- er, on her way from a ian port to Europe. "The submadNine commander had) ordered Captain MoDonald, whose home is on Prince Edward Island, into the undersea craft. While some of the German crew were busy on the sinking schocner, arranging to transfer stores needed by the U-boat, the two captains stood in the unclosed con- ning fower as spectators. "I'm going to take you to Ger- many for a spell and see Jow you like it," the German commander in- formed the Briton. "Are you?" queried Captain Mc: Ponald, as he swung his fist to the German's jaw. As the U-boat com- mander fell, stunned, McDonald climbed gut of the tower and dived into the sea. He swam deep to avoid being shot.' There was wreckage floating, and good fortune brought McDonald to the surface behind it, so that he was hidden from the sight of the enranged submarine crew. Durirg the search for him, a destroyer hove in view. The Germans hastily aban- doned the schooner and the U-boat fled. The schooner, of 209 tons gross, sank. HUNGER HEADACHE AVOIDED. | Small Measure of Relief Offered Ger- man People by Drug. Amsterdam, May 9.--'To bear hunger without at the same time suf- fering from theadache or other indis- position is very difficult for most people," reads the ppening sentence of a significant advertisement insert- ed in Sunday's Taglische Rundschau of Berlin by a Berlin chemical firm, praising - a newly-invented drug which "though not forming a subst)- tute for the minimum daily susten- ance, is an excellent preparation for stilling premature hunger and en- ables one to hold out umtil the next meal time." GERMANS LAUNCH of Ypres, But Are Re- pulsed. tCanadian Press Despatch) London, May 9.-The Germans launched an attack south-east of Ypres on the British and . French aver a fivesmile front as apparently a4 prelude to the resumption of hos thities. For the most part the en- emy were defeated. Hindenburg presumably in the same positidn now as on March 21st, with two imporiant qualifications--his troops then were wholly fresh and doped with the in- fallibility of the German plans, and had the advantage of a long winter of preparation in machinery; where- as the new drive must be undertaken with men doubting their own ability. Heavy artillery fighting on both sides of the Avre Rivér on a fromt below Amiens is reported in today's official French communication. British Repulse Attacks, ' {Canadian Press Despatch) London May Or -By 'a. counter: attack delivered last night by the British troops, the Germans were driven from portions of the Allied front line they had enteréd on the Flanders front in the Laclytte-Voor- mezeele sector, Further progress was made last night by the British on the front east of Amiens between the Somme and Anecre rivers. . Yesterday's attack on the Flanders line was carried outsby two German divisions, who Sustained heavy casu- alties inflicted by the Britsh, This morning the Germans made a new attack in great force north of Mount Kemmel, miaking slight pro- gress at one point on this sector. Repulsed By French. {Canadian Press Despatch) Paris, May 9.---Spirited artillery fighting occurred last night no and south of the Avre. German pa- trols attempting to approach our lines in the region of Cambells Staighan were repulsed. og Ald To YMCA, Toronto, May 9.--Contributions is much . i of various counties to the Military : fund are reported as dol- lows: York, $45,000; Middlesex, $30, 000; Elgin, $17,000; Kent, $15,000; Essex, $20,000; Wentworth, $15, 000; Welland, $10,000; Prince Hd- ward, $7,000; Renfrew, $16,000; Halton $201 and Sault Ste. Ma- rie, $8,000. Other places heard from were: Bruce Satin. 1 Gana- conditions the decision will GOVERNMENT 10 PRESS DECISION On the Issue That JssRaised by Major General Maurie, -- BUT THE DAYS OF THE GOVERN. MENT ARE NUMBERED, Old Charges May Be Recalled-- Radical Government Might Result If the Coalition Cabinet Is Forced to Resign, London, May 9.--It is understood that if Asquith's supporters do not press a decision to-day on General Maurice's charges, the Government will. Both sides are strenuously drumming up supporters. "The Government may survive the debate, but its days are numbered," wrote the lobby correspondent of the Westminster Gazette yesterday, The Manchester Guardian says the Government has no alternative but to clear itself completely in the eyes of the country, "for these statements went to the heart of the responsibility for our recent reverses," The general opinion of the provin- cial newspapers is that the Govern- ment will weather the storm, espe~ cially as few members of the House of Commons can be found who think in the Government so necessary that it could be relieved at any cost at the present period of the war, May Recall Old Charges, London, May 9.--As the result of the Cabinet's decision to withdraw, its offer to appoint two judges to in- jawire into the charges made by Maj.- Gen, F. B. Mauriee, former Chief Director of Military Operations at the War Office, in which the veracity of Ministers of the Government wags im- pugned, and the determination of the Cabinet not to aceept an inquiry by a select committee, as suggested in the motion made by former Pra. is stil obseure. If ees "his motion 'to a depend lar on action of the older Conservatives who, while anxious to give the Gov- ernment a knoek, do net wish to bring about a general election during the war, and prefer the Coalition Gov- ernment to the radical one wich might result if the Cabinet were de- feated and forced to resign. ~ The absence of the Irish National- ists also will help the Government, for, in addition to their dissatisfac- tion with the Government's irish po- licy, there are among them several critics of the War Cabinet's relations with the army. Newspaper Oomment, London, M 9.--The intense ipn- terest in the crisis brought about by the letter of Major-General Maurice is reflected in the morning newspa- pers. They give much "to the progpects of to-day's doings in the House of Commons and the at- titude of the political parties toward the Government and General Maurige, respectively, and speculate upon the probable outcome. , Editorially, the papers again deal with the subject very fully. The opinion is general that if for. mer Premier Asquith forces his mo- tion to have a select committee fn- vestigate the charges made against the Government by General Maurice to a division, the Government will ob- tain a majority which some commen- tators believe will be substantial, However, views differ as to how far this will satisfy the public.' Paved Streets With Valuable Ore. Butte, Mont., May 9.--City officials and residents of Butte have discov- ered that they have been paving their with manganese ore worth streets J rth| about $32 a ton. Now this question ~ arises: "Shall the city rip up the streets and sell the ore, use the to construct new streets, and keop the profit?" A few years ago this manganese rook was considered worthless, But the war has changed every The for making manganese implements of warfare constantly has been growing heavier , No Vole for-US Soldiers. Washington, May 0.----American soldiers in France will not Be per- itted to vote in the coming elec f E : 16 20S I 00S 1