Five arrangements a | The YEAR 85: NO. 290 Ud Nr' ily British Whig PAGES 13 KINGSTON, ONTARIO. EEar. DECEMBER 13, 1918. STR POLICE LEND THER AID Wen Crowd of Looters Wrecked 2 Cloth ing Store in Montreal. THIEVES HOLDING SWAY AND THE OITY 18 PULL OF PICK: , POCKETS, In Case of a Big Fire Troops Will be Used--Trades and Labor Council Offers to Mediate. (Canadian Pregs Despateh) Montreal, Dec, 18. This icity this morning 'was still without police and fire protection as the result of the strike of employees of these depart- ments of ithe rity's services. Re- ports came in early indicating that thieves had mot det the opportunity ship, while it #8 said the city is crowded with [pickpockets. The . ¢lothing store of Mende! Malick, op- posite (No. 13 fire station, was wrecked and its whole stooR carried away. A Tew yards farther west the front of the Laurier moving pic- ture palace was likewise wrecked. The disturbance was such that word was 'telephoned to Mayor Martin, 'who in turn telephoned te Captain Carle, head ' of the wpolicemen's union, and this officer, in order to demonstrate that the policemen and firemen (had no sympathy with raid- ers, called up a number of his men, and together they made a deseent upon Maliek's store, which was then overrun by @bout a hundred people. Phe ex-policemen first scattered ithe crowd by firing cart- ridges from their revolvers, and then they arrested thirteen indivi- duals, 'who /were removed to police headquarters and there locked mp. Mr. Malek estimates his Joss' at $36,000. It became known that 'the men belonging to all ithe lJoeal mobilized forces 'were confined to barracks yesterday. "There Is mo doubt that in case wf a big conflagration or Undue disturbance, troops will he ready if called pot. iA nasty fire at the stables of the Montreal Light, Heat and [Power Company this morning was 'put out by soldiers with the assistance of civilians. In Notre Dame de Grace ward citizens took full charge of the policing and Phe [Montreal [Trades and Labor Council thas offered to act as medi- ator between the strickers and the eity's administration. The . unions affected considered this offer at a meeting held this morning. It was intimated this after- noon 'that the strike of police and firemen would spread to the tram- 'Ways employees. Damage estimated at ($400,000 has already been done by rioters and thieves, I The fire department is now falr- ly well staffed, many returned sol- diers managife. EE spe PROF. SKELTON ON UNEMPLOYMENT Gave An Address in Conncction With the THE REMEDIES SUGGESTED BETTER TECHNICAL TRAINING WOULD BE A HELP. 7 Vocational Guidance is Necessary to Permit Boys and Girls to Choose Their Life Work. Unemployment was the subject of the address given Thursday night by Professor Skelton in the : social service series organized at Queen's University. The speaker first reviewed the factors making up the supply of labor and the demand for labor, and pointed out that the wonder was, not that there should be some fail- ure in adjustment between supply and demand, but that it should be 80 close as was, The special causes of unemployment were stat- ed to be changes in the structure of methods of industry, rendering men's hard<won sk#l superfluous; the seasonal character of many trades; and the ebb and flow of business through cyeles of prosper- ity and depression. An analysis was made of the causes of this ebb and flow. The failure to organize a market for labor, some systematic method of bringing the man and the Job together, resulted in much waste of time and loss of work even when work was to be had. Personal de ects determined which men should be out of a job in slack times, rath- er than how many men As to remedies, betd@r technical training would make men more ad- aptable. Vocational guidances was necessary to permit boys and girls to choose their life work with their eyes open. The organization of the labor market by a sysiem of labor exchanges, such as had been estab- lghed in the United Kingdom, and were about to be established here, would be of mueh service. The policy reserving government con- tracts for slack times, in order to prevent extreme fluctuations, was difficult to carry out in practice, though "fortunately there were al present in Canada many important Hand. necessary piblie works which bad been postponed on account of the war to keep tM wheels of in- Justry turning. Unemployment in- surance was the last resort, difficult to apply unless a test of the genuine- ness of unemployment could be made. Apparently the plan was working well in the special trades in England, émploying 2,500,000 men, in which it had been establish- ed in 1912, close connection with labor exchanges, | the national STOCK MARKETS, Quotations Furnished By Bongard, Ryerson & Co.. 280 Bagot Street, Kew York Stocks. Open. 2 533% 77% 843% 10135 305 1294 111% 27 p.m, 54 76% 84% 01% 30% 46% 130 111 27% 114 127 29y 52% 25% 637% 75% 83% 664% 47° 78% 67 57% 45% 76% Reading NE Southern Pac. So. Railway St. Paul... .. ... Union Pacifis ., Atlaintic Gulf Marine .. .. .. .. Marine, pra. .. .. 1 Gen. Motors .. ... 1 Maxwell Motors . . . Studebaker |. WillisOveriand Am. Loc. : Baldwin Loco. Am. Smelters |. Anaconda. . . Mapiration Utah Coppe: h HE Re TE 3 00 ~T 0D OVO 0D NOB D IDLO Rr D3 0 BFE EEEER Ww-aa ono FEE 0 oo *® There it wag worked in} takes an aclive TIDINGS FOR PRESENTED IN the News of the anges, ion. 5 real with services © Reports police, dended in London. WAR WORKERS OF IRELAND IRELAND MAY HAVE SELF-GOVERNMENT Col: Churchill Leclares Britain Goes to the Peace Table So Prepared. Dundee, Scotland, Dec. 13.---Col. Winston Spencer Churchill, Minister of Muniticns, speaking here, emphu- sired the impossibility of coercing Ulster in the matter of home rule for Ireland, and says that the present Government is anxious that the prob- lem be solved as soon as possible. In discussing this feature of the elee- ton campaign, Colonel Churchill said "Before the war we had reached a definite agreement with the leaders | ¢ of the Nationalist party that Ulster was not to be coerced. Jt never was -the policy of the late Liberal Government to take coercive steps in ireland, Why do not the Irish lead- ers come forward now and take up the burden of responsibility of gov- ernment with the British Empire? Why do not they, by a spontanebus t feeling of comradeship, win Ulster? "The Government is most anxious that the Irish question be pressed forward vigorously to a solution. L AST EDITION BIND PIE BY AVIATION The. Immense Possibilities of Aerial Devel opmcal in Bish Dominios, THE IMPORTANT BEARING WF INTER-IMPERIAL COMMUNI- CATION ON THE PROBLEM. The Necessity For a Preliminary Dis- cussion With the Dominions and the Allied Countries, London, Dec. 13.--Many interest- ing, points in connection with the fu- ure development of aviation ape touched ow in the report of the Civil Aerial Transport Committee of the Air Board. The committee urges ment wpon Ireland. It is only to this great question. nestly hope they will endeavor avery means, tience, road. to embark upon the Great Britain goes to the Peace Con- ference ready to bestow self-govern- the quarrels and disputes of the Irishmen themselves that prevent a solution Let us ear- by even of practising pa- proper Let us pray they will labor immediate commencement of prelimi- nary work, such as inquiries regard- ing routes, landing grounds and air- dromes, and the establishment of a research bureau. It all emphasizes the necessity for a preliminary dis- cussion with the dominions and Al- lied countries on broad questions of prineiple, and considers it is a mat- tér of urgent necessity to establish The Countess of Drogheda, A NN Pl Ng a AA INN POSSIBLE FORM, The Whig's Daily aph Service and Newspaper Ex- military service east] Canad the neighborhood of tour Rioting a otime are rife in Mont- strike. hat King George contem- plates a visit to the United States are The steamer Olympic docked Fri- day -at-Halfax with several thousand! returned Canadians, The, former German empress has the Hon. Mrs. interest in all war charities. ---- suffered another serious heart attack OUR READERS and specialists have been summoned. J. FF. Macgillivray, K.C., Kenora, has been appointed fo succeed John Thom as chief taxing officer at Os- goode Hall. W. IN. Milley, K.C., Toronto, has been appointed consulting counsel of the C.P.R. company. This is a new office, Philip 'Seheidemant, iin addressing Boris crowds Thursday, said that Aroops must be brought to Sut 40 preserve order, unless there was an improvement in condi- tions. It is estimated that the returns will show a total of something like twen- ty-five trousand men guilty of of- fences under the Military Service Act, including offences both serious and minor. Intimation has already beens made of the intention of the Government to prosecute defaulters. THE BRIEVEST of Warld From Tele- Condensafion firemen and eivic ~~ The Whig's - Don't lot the them while daddy your own children years. The Whig Kingstonians this kiddies will thank Dr. J A Friend ... Waldron's . W. B. Dalton Col. and Mrs. J. L. Whiting Col. and Mrs. understand and appreciate. ing subscriptions have already been received: W. F. Nickle ... ... James A. Richardson .. ... ... ... + British Whig Publishing Co. .. ... .. J. J. Haety ... 'e Anderson Bros. J. M. Farrell . Major E. HM. Lancaster ... .. 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A ERP Ea A a SAM Ea phy awn ae ye ave xix hes a. ay se wwe ss SL SCOR OT SI SG ee Know ww mw 2 Ernest Guinness, and Capt. G. Waller, K. The Countess of Drogheda is one of the most popular society women in Great Britain and ' mier made his appearance. K.0.8.B, SAYS HIS LIFE IS COMPLETE Clemenceau Mkts naa Sih ler His Alsac-Loreaing Vi... ALL HISTORY SURPASSED HAVE WEPT LONG EN. - OUGH," SAID GIRL. "WE "We May Now Smile"'--Young Girls Kissed the Tiger of France in Ex. uberance of Their Joy. Paris, Dec, 13.-- Returning from redeemed AlsacedLorraine yester- day, Premier Clemenceau delivered one of the most remarkable spéech- es ever heard in the Chamber of Deputies. The speech dealt with AlsacedLorraine, and the Premier was greeted with enthusiasm. The Chamber was quietly discuss- ing the question of mining privi- leges in Algeria, when the aged Pre- There was hearty applause from all sides of the House as the "Old Tiger" as- cended the tribune and began kia address in a low voice. ""For me in' this life, which at times has seemed miserably long," said M. Clemenceau, 'it has been permitted that I should travel over the stage of the crime whicly has been committed between Bordeaux and Strasbourg. What has been ao complished surpasses anything his- tory has ever registered before. "The redemption of Alsacé-Lor- raine has been the goal of my life. A young girl to whom I e in Strasbourg, said t6 me, e may now smile, M, Clemenceau, We have wept long enough.' "I was speechless. Silence alone colild cope with such a situation Many times ave 1 felt life * worth living, but since young ait from Alsace-Lorraine in the exuber- ance of their joy kissed me, saying, Saviour!' my Journey of, life is fin- ished. "Some day some "one will tell about these heroic sacrifices which have lasted balf a century. We must 'go to the homes *of the Alsatians 3 and Lorrainians." te ate rt ---- Forty Years' Sentence. Camp Dix, N.J., Dee. 13.--Pte. a | dore Curzon, of Philadelphia, who Jdeserted from here, and when recap: turea refused to put on 4 uniform} was sentenced by court { forty years' imprisonment, with hard Jaber, at Fort Jay, N.Y... The sen- tom tion for local Fair Price Committees. Lary hing to prepare a way by which they shall ja enable this settlement of the Irish problem to be achieved so that Ire- land will no longer remain the sick and ailing child of the British Eni- pire, but will take her proud place with all those great national forces which have been woven together to make up the mighty Empire which stands so high to-day." ts a KING OF BAVARIA C SORRY TO QUIT! Said to Be Plotting in Switzer= |, land Restoration of , |v Dynasty. n Paris, Dec. 13. --A despatch to the Temps from its Geneva correspon- 8 dent says that a German news: spaper C. in Switzerland announces that Crown Prince Rupprecht, of Bavaria, accom- panied, by several high personages of the fogmer Bavarian kingdom, are now at Cerre, in the canton of Gri sons. The newspaper, the eorre-|® spondent adds, says Rupprecht . is preparing to attempt the restoration of the House of Wittelbach, the rul- ing house of Bavaria - Roki WOMAN FINED $200. ---- Carried Liquor ¥rom Coteau to Cornwall. Cornwall, Dec. 13--In the Police Court Magistrate Danis imposed a fine of $200 and costs or three months in jail on a Cornwall woman who was caught bringing liquor up from Coteaft on a Grand Trink pas- senger train. This is the first time one of her sex has been molested for an infraction of the Ontario Temper ance Act in this locality. @ An Indian from St. Regis Island was also fined $200 and costs or three months in jail for being caught with a battle of liquor in his possession and was given another three months for refusing to supply the mame of the person from whom he secured the liguor. Inspector Sykes, Brockville, pro- duced three boxes, containing thirty- six bottles, and a suit case, supposed to contain seven bottles of Hquor, in the Police Court here, but when the suit case was opened it was found to contain only three bottles, one of which was broken. Mr. Sykes says he packed seven bottles in it at Brockville on Monday and where the other four vanished in transit is not known. The forty-three bottles were seized by him on a train between Coteau and Cornwall, but had been taken on to Brockville and brought back. The magistrate ordered the lquor con- fiscated, as well "as the five or six bottles and gallon of port wine taken from the woman. Ww fr 8 Pp 0! T G » RESTAURANTS UNDER LAW. Local Price Committees Should Take Action. Ottawa, Dec. 13.----The Department of Labor, having found that the res- taurants which had decreased the ot quantity of food served without re- ducing their charges were not sub- ject to the law against profiteering. immediately secured a revision of the law, making the operation of all pub- lic eating-houses clearly within the law. This, of course, did not allow prosecution for large profits made before the new law was passed early in October, and only large profits made since that date by the Cost of Living Commissioner showed the ne- cempity for inquiries in all parts of Canada, and demonstrated that they must be made locally. © As no suffi- ciently large staff of Dominion em- ployees wax available to conduct the . survey throughout the country, free scope: was given to the toeal' 'authorities to correct abuses. Now the influenza epidemic has subi , the Department of Labor suggests. in a memorandum issued pos i that investigation into the practices of restaurant keepers become a fruitful feld of ac- b, To Man States' Navy. 'Washington, ee. 13. Three hun men will be needed fo man' the mae port and thousand miles, as British stectives, peror William's force of sleuths into the harbor through by battleships of the French, British and American navies. She dropped anchor about a 'mile off shore in a tumultuous demonstration. Special trains bearing guards of honor of F prominent French diplomats and soldiers, Bredt early in the morning to wel. come the president. son was officially greeted on landing E.. Motherwell, mo ture, in the Martin provincial ernment, has resigned in retest against that government's afcapte ance of the federal government's icy on land settlement, return of winclal resources and war meas act. The resignation han "been acs, cepted. Grand Duke Nicholas in system of propaganda throughout the whole Empire of the vast inipor- nee and possibilities of aerial trans- _ familiarize governments nd local" authorities with the sub- ject Vast Distances Covered. "It requires but little imagination to envisage. the possibilities of aerial communication in such a country as anada, where a journey from Hal- } ix to Victoria is one of nearly three passing such centres Quebee, Montreal! Ottawa, Toron- ), Winnipeg, Calgary and Vanecou- er, or in Australia, where the jour- ey round the coast from Brisbane to Perth through Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide is slightly longer, or in outh Africa, where the journey from apetown to Johannesburg is one of eight hundred miles, and leads on to Bulewayo or Salisbury and thence across northern Rhodesia, and what as once German East Africa nd Cairo It is East Africa, ' to the Nile valley obvious how im- portant a bearing an improvement in iter-Imperial communication is like- 1y to have on the greatest of problems ~namely, the problem of th ~frelations to one another of future he selfs overning States of the British Em- ire." EX-EMPEROR GUARDED! HE FEARS ASSASSINS The Head of the Late German "Emperor Rests Very Un- easily Now. (Canadian P "ross Despatch) London, Dec. 13. --8everal score of the pick of former Bm- at Potsdam, are staying at Amerongen shadowing every movement of Herr Hohenzollern, Amerongen correspondent of the Bx- press, who claims to have talked with ~ some HohenzoHern stant dread of bomb throwers and other assassins and always carries a small revolver. The former emper- according to the of these men. 'Herr is said to be in con- r's suite and detectives have added at least a rendeed to the population of the villages of Amerongen, correspondent states. the OFFICIALLY WELCOMED. he Mayor of Brest Greeted the U.S. (Canadian Press Despatch) Brest, France, Dec. 13.--Steamer eonge Washington, with President Wilson and party aboard, entered the harbor this morning and was met Pwith thunders of guns from land and sea * Brest, Dec. 13.--The United States regident's ship, on arrival, moved ies formed rench and American soldiers, with and American arrived at President Wil- y M. Conde, mayor of Brest. MINISTER RESIGNED, He: Was Not in Accord With the Government's Pol 'Canadian Press Deh Reging, Sask. Dec. 19 Hon. WwW. of a a London, Dec. 13 Nicholas Kikolaieviteh, former mander-in-chief of the Russian army, is now in command of a i Cossacks in southern Russia, accord- ing to a Russian wireless received here to-day. hemdgoarters is at Katorinovka Sta- during the pia south-east of Whaterinorlav. : t i te-- v of His *