AAA A AO J 12 PAGES PA oD NLD ON A BARE A Fatal Accident at Richardson's Grain Elevator on Thursday Moring. LITLE ONE WAS AT PLAY WHEN A DERRICK FELL, CRUSH- | ING HIS SKULL. Child's Parents And Brothers And Sisters Were Abroad--An Inquest May Be Held on Friday Night. Ovila Lalonde, aged three years, was instantly %killed on Thursday morning about ten o'clock when a derrick fell on him while playing on the deck of the M.T. Co, barge Mont- real, at Richardson's grain elevator and crushed his skull The accident was witnessed by a member of the crew, Paul Lecompte. Whether one of the guy ropes holding up one of the tripods had been loosened or not, is unknown, but the crashing of the conrtlvance to the deck was the first intimation that anything was wrong. Dr. W. W. Sands was called to the scene of the. occurrence and viewed the remains. He stated that an in- -quest had not been decided upon, but that if it were held it would be on Friday night. The remains of the bright little tel- low were taken to Corbeft's under- taking establishment to await burial. When the other members of the fam- ily were seen on the barge they were all heartbroken, and were weeping bitterly. ¥ Besides his parents, Capt. and Mrs, Antoine Lalonde, the little lad is survived by four frothers, and three sisters, Their home is in Valleyfield, Quebec, but during the navigation season all reside on the barge except one brother, Degalma, who is also a marine captain, The remaing will be transferred on the midnight train to Valleyfield for burial, -------------- FE EPPRLPPOPEPE EL 00000000 - GERMAN WAR VESSELS * PENNED IN AT BRUGES. + + ® (Canadian Press Despatch.) # . # London, June '20.-«As the + % result of ® recent British + # naval operations at eZebrugge, + + twenty-one German destroyers, + # a number of submarines and a # + large number of other craft are # penned up in the Bruges Canal + * docks. + * + SPOPPIPP EL ILLLIVEE PLDI ---- WEST NEEDS RAIN Conditions of Next Two Weeks Will : Deterntine Crop. Winnipeg, June 20.--"Western Canada needs rain from Winnipeg to the Mountains, and weather condi- for the next two weeks will largely determine what the 1918 wheat crop will be," said J. D. Me- Gregor, Manitoba Director for the Food Board, on his return from an extended inspection, "While ideal weather conditions for the next two weeks,' said Mr. McGregor, "may tiirn this year's har- vest Into a bumper ome, the risk to crops is such as to make it necessary ut the present time to conserve as far as possible every bushel of wheat in the country. ' 1 BORDEN TALKS WITH KING. ---- Premier Also Confers With Gen, Smutz and Los Milner. London, June 20.--After Premier Borden had an audience with the King at Buckingham Palace yester- day he attended the meeting of the Imperial War Cabinet. He also had & conference with Lord Milner, War Secretary, and later attended, with Hon. N. W. Rowell and Hon. I. A. Calder, a conference with Sir Ed- ward Kemp respecting the Canadian overseas forces. In the afternoon he had an audience with Gen. Smuts. BRITAIN DOUBTFUL. Asks Holland Whore All Goods He- London, Sp 20 ee British Government, us Of th ry purposes. L supplies have com- | gE food of this ting is coming | McLLEAN REV. E ' far west ag Sunday Who goes to the schoal secretary, Rr FRENCH AND BRITISH : ACTIVE IN RAIDS Several Sectors of the Front Saw Some Sharp Local Fighting. | (Chadian Press Despatch) | Paris, June 20.--French troops entered the German lines between Montdidier and the Oise river last night and captuyed twenty prison- ors, says the official statement issu- ed to-day. There was nothing of importance on the rest of the frout. British Made Raids. (Canadian Press Despatch) London, June 20.--British raiding parties were active in several sectors along the front last night, taking prisoners and inflicting losses upon the Germans in numerous clashes, the War Office announced to-day. The text of the statement says: "A number of raids were carried out by us last night in the neighborhood of Boyelles (south-east of Arras), Lens and Givenchy, and in the Strazeecle and Ypres sectors (in Flanders). Certain of these enterprises led to sharp fighting, in which the enemy suffered many casualties. We cap- tared eighteen prisoners and three machine guns." ADMITS THE FAILURE OF U-BOAT CAMPAIGN Leading German Naval Critic Speaks of Allies Effective Defence Measure. ------ (Canadian Press Despatch) ndon, June 20.~The German U-boats are unequal to the warfare against them, was that virtual ad- niission of Captain Persius, the naval critic of the Berliner Tageblatt, Capt. Persius writes: "Every layman knows that U-boat losses are un- avoidable owing to the continually increasing sharpness and effective- ness of the defence measure of the enemy, which, perhaps, will further increase ag the war progresses. Oyr enemies are hoth carrying on war and living. From the beginning of the Usboat it was a mistake often committed amongst us to under- estimate the resources of our en- emies." : : i RIOTING BREAKS OUT IN VIENNA. (Canadian Press Despatch.) London, ' June 20.--Serious rioting broke out in Vienna yes- terday, says an Exchange Tele- graph despatch from Amster dam. A mob broke into a num- ber of bakeries, stones the re- sidence of the Premier and also one of the wings of the Hofburg Palace. Cavalry is being rush- ed to the capital to restore or- der. It is probablé martial law will be proclaimed. The riot- & ing was in protest against the % ® reduction of bread. + * Phere petaw She tpt rotor atrat Pete e by * PEEP PPPPPPLIL ER EIPER ELL IRD SINN FEINERS IN CHAIRS Preside at County Councils--En- couragement From Bishop. Belfast, June 20,--Two arrests have been made in connection with attempted murder of Sergt. Byrne andConstable Fallon, who were badly wounded, but are progressing favor- ly. Two Roscommon constables were shot at on Sunday whilst on patrol duty, the assailants escaping. Ma Cork County Council yesterday Wil Kent, who had we brothers en o Ditto fiom Ny . n can ite for the Ds Dili of the council admidst wild scenes. Bishop 'and fidelity 'be thers, At vario county couneils | Feiners have won cha The Daily British Whi KINGSTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JURE 20, 1918. ENEMY PRESSURE GROWS WEAKER |The Austrians Held Amst Completely in Check on Piave Line. THE ITALANS REPULSE AL EFFORTS OF THE ENEMY TO DEBOUCH., An Austrian General Was Deserted By His Staff In a Wood And Fought Single-handed Until Fatal- ly Wounded,' London, June 20.--It is re- ported thai the Italians have regained all the territory be- tween Zenson and the Fossetta canal. Austro-Hungary, it is declared, have been confined to ground belween Fossetla canal and the Sile canal on west bank & the Piave. Pressure Weakening, (Canadian Press Despatch) New York, June 20--The Associat ed Press war summary says: "Aus trian pressure on the front from Lake Garda to Adriatic Is growing weaker, although fighting is still stremuous along the Piave front from Montello to the sea. Since Sunday the enemy has been held almost completely in check on the Piave line and has made no gains on the mountain front, péated efforts to debouch from the the San Dona di Plave have been repulsed sanguinarily by the Italians and only around Capo Sile have the Austrians made any progress." Brave Austrian General Killed, {Canadian Press Despatch) Hallan Army Headquarters, June 20.--Deserted by his staff on Mon- tello * plateau, Major-General von Kronstadt of the Austrian army fought single-handed against the allan Arditi until he was wounded seriously. The general died later in hospital. It seems that the general and his staff became lost in the woods on Montello and can into a unit of the Arditl When the staff saw Halian soldiers, they ran away, The general was called upon to sur- render but refused to do so, and opened fire on the Arditi. In ex- change of shots he recely his death wound, : Italians Control The Air. (Canadian Press Despatch) Italian Army Headquarters, June 29.---The Italians have von complete control of the air along the Piave line where most determined. fighting of the present Austrian offensive is in progress. Yesterday not a single Austrian machine was aloft on this front. In general the situation of the Austrians along the Piave appears far from satisfactory to them. Pris- oners taken from the Italians all de- clare that the 'Austrian army has little food. Some of the prisoners have not eaten for forty-eight hours. ZEEBRUGGE ENTRANCE IS BADLY BLOCKED The Huns Are Workin g Day And Night to Clear Harbor * Amsterdam, June 20.--The en- \trance to the harbor at Zeebrugge is f blocked, according to Lieuts. George {Coward and John Read, of the Brit- 1ish Royal Air Force, who landed in the Province of Zeeland, Monday, and are to be interned at The Hague. In an interview published in the Telegrafl, they say the Germans are working day and night to clear the passage, but each night British avia- tors demolish the Germans' pro- gress, The cement ships sunk in the har- bor are still there, and the Germans are afraid to blow them up for fear they will also destroy the sluices. The lieutenants assert that no sub- marines can enter or leave Zee- brugge. The blockade of Ostend is not so complete, but the Germans are having great trouble there. The motor of the seaplane carry- ing Coward and Read failed while they were bombing Zeeb: man aviators attacked their machine, but they managed to reach Holland and to escape capture by the Ger- mans. : . 4 \ tm vi---- ; i FORM Re bank of river between Montello and| 80,000 HUNS LOST IN LAST OFFENSIV A Very Costly And Unsuccefss- ful Drive Near Montdidier ' Recently. Paris, June 20.--Eighty thousand Germans were killed, wounded or made prisoner during the offénsive between Montdidier and Noyon, Capt. Andre Tardieu, who accom- panied Premier Clemenceau to the front on Sunday, told Marcel Hu- tin, editor of The Echo de Paris, upon his return to Paris. "This is a figure which make even Ludentorff reflect," said. "One cannot insist enough upon the exceptional importance of the re- sults obtained by the counter-attacks of divisions under General Mengin against the right flank of Genersdl von Hutier's armies," he continued. "This magnificent operation has nailed the enemy to the spot and completely checked the advance toward Com- piegne. German officers who were made prisoner do not attempt to hide their chagrin at their inability to reach Compiegne, which they admit was their objective." Premier Clemenceau himself by remarking: pletely satisfied." should he contented "I am com- PATENT REMEDIES UNDER SUSPICION The License Board Frias iit tle Medicinal Value in Several Cases. Toronto, June 20.--Charges that are being laid by the Ontario License Board with the Provincial Board of Health may result in ten or a. dozen proprietary medicines being forced off the market. About a month ago the license Board secured samples of a large number of patent medicines and had them analyzed to see if they had sufficient medicinal value. In about a dozen Instances the analyst report- ed that the so-called medicines con- tained large quantities of alcohol and little of medicinal value, Under the amendment to the On- tario Temperance Act at the last session of the Legislature, the pro- vineial Board of Health ig the final authority as to the selling of pro- prietary medicines with lack of suffi- cient medicinal value. The com- pany infringing has no longer to be summoned to the courts. The Li- cense Board has notified the manufac- turers of the medicings which lack sufficient medieitinl value, to appear before the . Fovincial. ot Health on June 28th, with their for- mulae, prepared to answer to the charges. MAY REGULATE SALE OF WOOD ALCOHOL Amendment to Pharmacy Act Likely at Next Session of Legislature. Toronto, June 20.--According tol A. M. McGill, the Chief Analyst of the Inland Revenue Department Lab- oratory at Ottawa, the Dominion Gov- ernment has no control over the sale of wood alcohol. Mr. McGill so stat- ed in a letter to W. 8. Dingman, Vice- Chairman of the Ontario License Board, who asked, because of several fatalities from drinking wood alco- hol, if its sale could not be regulated. Inquiries were made locally after the receipt of this information, and it was found that the sale of wood alcohol comes within the jurisdiction of the Legislature, aithough the Do- minion Government has control over the sale of methylated spirits. The lagislature can regulate the sale of wood alcohol by an amendment to the Pharmacy Act. As the result of representations by the License Board, it is probable this amendment will be made at the next session of the Legis- ature. THE QUEBEC SITUATION 1S VERY GRATIFYING The Men Are Coming Along As Fast As They Can Be Ottawa, June 20.-- Reports receiv- ed by the Military Service branch of the Department of Justice indicate the changed spirit in Quebec contin- ues. The men are confing along just as fast as they can bé accommodat- ed, a Canadian Press representative was informed, The men are be- ing ordered to report in accordance with an arrangement reached be- tween the General Officer Command- ing the district and the Registrar un- der the Military Service Act. It is possible now, with the opening of summer camps, more men can be handled. No doubt is entertained that it r.ore men are called they will The situation is very grat- 1 #|have » with $546,334 to the same date last v= TERRIBLE FIRE STOPPED HUNG Forty Thousand Germans Around Rheims Unable to Make the Sightest Advance. THE NEW DRE CAECAED REGROUPING FRONT. ENEMY ON FRENCH THE FORCES It is Thought That the Next Enemy Smash Will Be birectly Hetween Montdidier and Chateau Thierry. {Canadian Press Despatch) With French Army in France, June 20.--~Forty thousand German troops which were concentrated fire from the French defence they were unable to make the slightest ad- vance, Standing firmly before the war- stricken city of Rheims, the French checked the new German drive, launched Tuesday night, five days after the offensive on the Montdidier- Noyon line came to a halt. In the fighting the active battle front has | been extended to a point five miles southeast of the cathedral city, . The connection between this as- sault 'and the one delivered between Montdidier and Noyon last week is rather difficult to trace, except that a straightening of the line would be of advantage to the foe. Enemy Regrouping Forces, Paris, June 20.--"The enemy fis re- preparing for a new attack; but the allies also are preparing," Marcel Hutin, military expert, dared in the Matin yesterday. Hutin expressed the belief that the next German smash would be direct- ed between Montdidier and Chateau Thierry, embracing all of the new Oise and half of the Marne front, AGED BIRD CHARMER OF TUILERIES DEAD Was Friend of Feathered 0¢~ cupants of Historic Gardens in Paris. emi Paris, June 20°---Thousands of Americans learn with grief that Henry Pol, famous bld bird-charmer of Tuileries Gardens, is dead. Every afternoon for the past forty years this old pensioned postal official at- tracted large crowds of visitors by his wonderful methods of calling to himself sparrows who make the Gar- dens their haunt, and feeding them from his hand. Many birds instantly replied to the names he had given them and circled round his head or perched on his shoulder at his order. Children regarded Pol as a ver- itable wizard and many grown-ups shared the belief. The old charmer, who was well over eighty, died at a home for pensioners at Auteuil, where he lived in bachelor 'comfort for many years. WORK OF WOMEN IN CANNERIES Factory Owners Want Modification of Existing Restrictions. Toronto, June 20.--A deputation of Ontario canners waited upon Sir William Hearst and Hon. Finlay Mac- diarmid yesterday to ask that the re- strictions placed about the employ- ment of women be modified during the canning season. At present wo- men are not allowed to work in can- ning factories wiier six o'clock, but it was pointed out that this summer the labor problem will be so acute that it will be impossible to get the maximum quantity of foodstuffs can- ned unless the factories are permit- 'ted to work overtime. The canners were promised consideration, and it is possible that some concessions may be nade under effective safeguards in order fo conserve as much as pos- sible of the fruit and vegetable crops. STANDING FOR POLICY Will Let No More Contracts For Wooden Ships. | Victoria, June 20.--Dr, 8. F. Tol- mie, M.P., is in receipt of a telegram frop the deputy minister of marine stating that the imperial munitions board will lst no more contracts for wooden ships in Canada, pending the receipt of word regarding the British Government's future policy in the construction of such ships. Toronto, June 20. Canadian war {time Methodist missionary zeal has) just made the new high mark of an thousand increase of one hundred by An official statement issued by the! board of Methodist Mission Board reported the receipts to June 18th, 1918, to totaled $646,064, compared | 300,000 GERMANS around Rheims met with such awful! grouping its forces on our fronts and | REV. DR: R. J. WILSON Inducted into pastorate of Chalmers Church, ON RUSSIAN FRONT There Are About 100,000 Ad- ditional Troops in Fin- land. Moscow, June 20.--(jerman and Austrian troops now oc cupying terri tory of the former Russian Empire number about 300,000. This ex- cludes Finland. The advanced en emy line begins at Narva, on the Bay of Narva, in Estho- nia (about ninety miles west of Petrograd), and runs through Pskov, Orsha' Kursk, Valuiki Nove Tcher- kask and Rostov on Don. ' More than one-half of the Black Sea fleet, which escaped from Se- bastapol is now at Novorossisk, where the Bolsheviki are in control, although German submarines are re- ported to be guarding the entrance to the harbor. Turkish troops; the strength of which is unknewn to the Russian authorities, have advanced in trans- Caucasia from Batum, on the Black Sea, to a point a few miles east of Alexandropol (on the railroad run- Ring south into Persia.) German and Austrian troops are #bout equally divided between the Ukraine and the district in the north, and are kept constantly moving, ap- parently with the purpose of prevent- ing the Bolsheviki from gaining the sympathy of the people, * The Gérman troops in Finland are estimated at from 50,000 to 100,00 They are ay Stmathitel Guards. In Finland the Ge have moved east from the railway to Lake Koumto, where they are re- pairing the fleet and erecting bar- racks for thousands of troops and ap- parently preparing for a movement against the Murmansk railway in the vicinity of Kim. The Germans and 'White Guards also are north of Tornea (at the head of the Gulf of Bothnia), and are beginning a rail- way extension toward Petohenga Bade. WHAT A CHEESE BOARD 'CONTRIBUTED IN MILK One Day's Yield Yearly Since 19156 Amounts In Value to $14,000. Belleville, June 30. At the open- ing session of the County Council of Hastings, Warden Montgomery refer- red to the impression which had gone abroad that the farmers were not loyal, and that they were kick- ers because of the action taken by certain sections, and declared that this sentiment did not represent 2 per cent. of the farmers of the county. He read figures to show that the farmers who are patrons of the fac- tories selling on thd Belleville Cheese Board had contributed $14,000 to the Red Cross and. Patriotic Society by giving one day's milk yearly since 1915. This was on only one cheese board and was only one of many ways in which Hastings bad con- tributed. NERVOUS DISEASE GRIPS HINDENBURG His Mental Capacity Affected And Ludendorff Doing All the Work. ---- Geneva, June 20.---The Tribune says it learns from a reliable source that Field Marshal von Hindenburg is suffering from an acute nervous disease, that his mental capacity is much affected and that he fa confin- ed in a private sanitarium. The 'newspaper adds that von Hindenburg took no responsible part in the re- cent oftensive on the Western battle- front, the work being chiefly done by General Ludendorfr. Lo NO MOREY TILL FALL Government Will Then Pay for the Otta Fa Wm : wa, Jane 25. Though the - of arbitrators has made award as to the valuation of the Canadian" Norther affway, ni "Seu TWENTY ENENY * DVSIONS READY To 86 Hurd Agast the Brilish od A ANOTHER GERMAN EFFORT MAE TO REACH THE CHANNEL PORTS, cad Allied Reserves Being Nursed In a Masterful Manner--The Enemy's Final Tramp Card Is Awaited. Vv MNanadian Press Despateh) British Headquarters in France, June 20.--Twenty German divisions {are ready to be hurled against the | British on the western front. The next few days will witness another attempt by the Germans to. reach | the channel ports, Despite the four great drives the | Germany have undertaken on the j French front since March 21st, in | which many divisions have heen en- | gaged two, three or four times, Von Hindenburg is still jealously guard- ing his untouched reserve divisions. It is positively known that the Ger- man high command plans repeated attacks between the North Sea and the Champagne region, to kill off or wear out the allied reserves. in the meantime, the Germans seek to advance their Hines toward Paris, along the Marne and the Ofse until they are convinced the allied resesves are completely axhansted. They they will throw in their final absolutely fresh divisions for a decisive battle before Paris. The allied reserves are being nurs- ed along in a masterful manner, yet, owing to the present numerical su- periority' of the Germans, nothing but continued arrival of Americans can give the allies the necessary ad- vantage in man-power when the en- omy plays its final trump. This card is hkely to be thrown down within the next two months, : -- T™ BE War Y The Vienna iArbeiter Zeitung, ro ceived at Amsterdam, in Austiia are at the tl ng h ve, | priconors and taken many guns and several hundred mnghine guns, the War Office annonces: ) Austro-Hungarian = troops have crossed the Fossetta canal Wt some points, the [Aystrian 'War Office an- nounces. : DEMANDS RELEASE : ON HABEAS CORPUS | 'R. B. Bennett Applies én Bo= half of Young Farmer Pre= viously : Calgary, June 20,--R. B. Bennett, former director-gemeral of the nation- al service, and member of parliament for Calgary introduced a sensational case in the appellant division of the supreme court here on Tuesday, when he applied with the necessary court documents for the reloase of Karl Lewis, a far- mer, contending that this young man previously had been exempted by .a military tribunal the authorities had no further right to force him into service. Mr. Bennett argued for habeas corfus. Judge Advocate-Geheral John Car- son, for the military department, ap- peared for the department. He sald that from 80,000 to 40,000 young men drafted for military service would be affected by the ruling of the court in this case. The case is based upon the ques- tion of exemption, but it is under- stood that the whole guestion of the; right of the govermment to order men into service by order-in<council contrary to the selective draft as im- posed by parliament will be taken up. The court ruled that the case should be continued. Major Carson Is com- municating with Ottawa and will re appear Friday morning. Pensions To Widows. : Washington, June 20.--The Sen ate passed a bill granting pensions of §12 monthly to widows of Spanish war and Boxer rebellion veterans, with allowances of $2 monthly for children under 16 yoars of age. It Is estimated that 15,000 new pensfon- ers would be provided for at a cost fo the government of $2,506,000 an- = i viiohe'