YEAR s6: NO. 40 ngs' ie | Laurier a Grea Leader and Tr Died Today SIR WILFRID LAURIER PASSED | AWAY TO-DAY AT OTTAWA The Veloran LiBeral Leader Suffered a Stroke of Paralysis on Sunday--His Hours Were Numbered. {Canadian Press Despatch) Ottawa, Feb. 17.--Sir Wil= frid Laurier died at 2.50 p.m. Ottawa, Feb. 11. At 6.30 o'clock this morning, Sir Wiltrid Laurier, who was stricken with paralysis yes- terday, was speechless, and life was fast ebbing away, according to a re port from his residence. At 7.30 he "Was still growing weaker and it was stated it was hardly possible that life could be much further prolonged. Earlier in the morning Dr. R. E. Chevrier, after consultation with Dr. V. A. Lin, issued. a statement that the case seemed hopeless. The pa tient was unconscious and sinking slowly, At 10.16 o'clock this morning the doctors in attendance on Sir Wilfrid Laurier stated they did not expect the aged statesman to live nore than two hours. Growing Weaker. (Canadian Press Despatch) Ottawa, Feb. 17.---At 12.40 o'clock to-day, Sir Wilfrid Laurier has lapsed into unconsciousness, His pulse had grown very weak and the paralysis was extending on the left side. At 2 o'clock his condition re mained about the same, At 2.45 o'clock Sir Wilrid was reported still weaker. It was while dressing Sunday morning that Sir Wilfrid suffered a stroke of paralysis, from the effects of which he did not regain con- sciousness for some minutes, Sir Wilfrid attended the meeting of the Canadian Club on Saturday, at which M. Savic discussed the re lations of Jugo-Slavia and Italy.. He was deeply interested, and after the lecture remained for. a time at. the clubroom with: M. Savie, who ex- plained in greater detail the situa- tion on the Adriatic coast. Hon. N W. Rowell, who was present during this after-talk, said that Sir Wilfrid was intensely interested, in L the sab Jeet matter, by i at The © + "ot gril eonyersa- 1 he Hi The news of his fifess. was re ceived with general régret hy mem- bers of both political parties, and it was evident that among mcmbers of the Government as position there is fection for the .'stricken -ehieftain. The news wak a great surprise as well, because Sir Wilfrid took part in gatherings on Saturday and seem- ed in his usual health and spirits. He has been looking forward to the present session with keen anticipa- 'tion of important debates, his friends say, and the coming opening will be the first one he will miss for forty years. He is seventy-eight years of age, but lately his health has seemed somewhat improved, al- though he has had to conserve his st. h and not allow unusasl de- mands to be made upon it. In ® Sovornaant circles Sir Wilfrid's illness is received with the deepest regret. Although differing from him on vital political fssues, members of the Government have always held Sir Wilfrid in high personal regard. pn Whe Will Succeed Him? In some quarters here it is thought that Hon. W. 8. Fielding may take the temporary leadership. Mr. Flelding was returned by acela- mation as a Liberal supporter of Union Government. -- But, now the war is practically over, it is thought by some that Mr. Fielding "may slecide to return to the party of whieh he was ormerly so influential a member. . . Should Mr. Fielding not feel him- golf in a position to accept the tem- . porary leadership, choice will prob. best lie between the three ex-Cabi- 'net ministers on the Opposition side of the House--Hons. Dr. Béland, Rodolphe Lemieux and Charles Mur. 3 e name of D. D. MacKen- jitrid's desk-mate in the fto 'mentioned. It Is ex- caucus will be he Foden Opposition 1s on the Be that Union ment cannot last, and that na; be 8 new nt of eat personal af- word of t In eT 0 ying: rid Back to Nor mal Address to Canadian ell as the Op-| '11y lately made a number of public grata to the farmers as well as to the workers of Canada Sir Wilfrid was to have presided at a convention of representative Liberals from all parts of Canada| goon after the beginning of the pre- sent session. + Sketch of the Deceased, ! Sir Wilfrid Laurier's family came from Anjou in France and settled in the county of L'Assomption, Quebec province, and it was at St. Lin that Sir Wilfrid was born on the 20th of November, 1841 After leaving L'- Assomption College he took the law course at McQill University, Mont- real, and received the degree of B.C.L. in_ 1864 He was called to the- Quebec bar in 1865 and began the practice of law in Montreal, but his health was impaired by his ap- lication to study, and he soon after abandoned the law and entered up- on the career of journalism, as edi- tor of Le Defricheur, a Liberal news- paper published in Arthabaskaville It was not long, however, before he was able to begin the practice of the law in his new home, and he speed- ily built up a large business. It was not Hkely that abilities of ¢o high an order as his would be long over- looked by the leaders of the Liberal party, and Mr. Laurier was accord- ingly selected in 1871 ad a candi- date for the county of Drummond and Arthabaska in the Quebec Le- gislature, and was triumphantly elected. He remained in the pro- vincial house for three years, and the system of dual representation, which at that time permitted mem- bers of the Commons to hold seats in the local legislatures, gave hin colleagues of brilliancy and experi- ence. When Hon, Alexander Mac- kenzie made his successful appeal to the . country in 1874, he sought out the young deputy whose reputation had been so firmly estab- lished by' his success in the Quebec Legislatimg, and persuaded him to contest his own county for the Ot- tawa seat. Mr. Laurier responded to the call, and entered the House | of Commons, after a keen contest, as. member for Drummond and Ar. thabaska, Those who were present on. 30t March, 1874, when the address ws | moved in reply to the Speech from the. Throne witnessed a. remarkable display of oratory by the new mem- ber. Wow : : Mr. Laurier'entered Mr. Matken- zie's cabinet as Minister of Inland Revenue in September, 1877, and was defeated when he went back for re-election. He was at 'once offer- ed Bast Quebec, and ever since sat for that important constituency, holding it by immense / majorities. At a caucus of the Dominion Oppo- sition, held towards the end of the seasion of 1887, Mr. Laurier was unanimously chosen as leader of the party in the place of Hon. E. Blake, who resigned on account of ill- health. In 1891 Laurier led his party at the polls, but Sir John A. Macdon- ald"s Government was returned. In 1896 Laurier carried the Liberals to power, and alsp won at the general elections of 1900, 1904 and 1908. In 1911 he aceepted a challenge to £0 to the people on the reciprocity issue, and his Government was dde- feated. In December, 1917, Sir Wilfrid opposed the Union Govern- ment on the conscription issue and again met def From 1911 to the time of his death he led the Liberal party in opposition, 'and on- 4 addresses with regard to the reviv- ing of the old Liberal party. Sir Wilfrid Laurier was conceded by friend and opponent alike ta be unequalled as a parliamentary ora- tor. He was a kindly man, and a kgentleman of the old school. [EXTRA BUL BULLETIN. adian 'Press Despatch) ottawa. Feb, ~ 17.--S8ir Wiitrid urier, leader of the Liberal party Canada for many years, died at his home, on Laurier avenue, at 2.50 o'clock this afternoon. Death as due to paralysis, the first at- tack of which he experienced noon yeésterday. Drs. Valin a Chevrier were in attendance, but there was practically no hope of re- covery after ten o'clock this morn- was unconscious since 'morning. rites of the gant admin ity will, canvassers old-time Tories farmers who supported in the past are being urged to defeat nflderible. ho Fortine fert to Eady Michetham and her two sons, | THE LATE SIR WILFRID LAURIER. HARD FIGHT IN NORTH ONTARIO Majority on Either Side in Tuesday's By ection Likely Small. THREE CABINET MINISTERS IN RIDING SATURDAY NIGHT. Criticize the Leaders of the United Farmers 1Rcause of Their Hos- tility to the Union- 'Goverment. © ; Pabridge, eb." 17.--Ministers of the Ontario Government and party organizers are doing the hardest kind of work to insure the return of Major ish 8. Cameron to the Legislatu as North Ontario's re- preésentative in to-morrow's by-elec- tion. - While both sides express con- fidence as to the result, the major} ii i8 expected," be small Two, three and four public meet- ings a night aré being held during these closing days of the campaign; afe working up and down the eoncession lines, making the best use of private arguments; are being exorted by cabinet ministers to "stand to"; either the Liberals or Conservatives dW Widdifield .and thus, set the stamp of disapproval on the 7 F.0. becom- ing a political organization. Three Cabinet ministers were in the riding Satupday night telking of the good deeds of their adirinistra- tion. . Hon. Finlay G. Macdiarmid, Minister of Public Works, spoke at Sunderland; Hon. George S. Henry, Minister of Agriculture, and Hon. L' B. Lucas, Attorney-General, were the principal speakers at a meeting in the Music Hall here. There were three speakers----t two ministers and the Conservatijye candidate---~and 'each of them ség- erely criteized the leaders of the United Fhrmers, and Mr. Widdifieid particularly, because of. their hos- tility to Union Government during the Federal eléction. 7 LEFT $75,000,000, Lord Michelham 1. Leaves Most of i the estate of hate Lord will amount to about oie or two of which are NEW PROPOSALS ARE LIKELY TO BE MADE In Bringing Together the Vari= ous Factions Operating in Russia. (Canadian ross, Despatch) Paris, Feb. 17.---The attention of the delegates to the peace conferen- ¢ will' focus on Russia to-day, the Supreme Council having decided that, as the time allowed for the accept- ance of the lavitation te Prinkipo conference has expired, something else must, inston Spencer Churchill, Great Britain, has propos- ed that the invitation be renewed and that some of the conditions that made the first invitation unaccept- able to most of the différent Russian factions be omitted. If the Supreme Coyneil accepts this = proposal, as sees possibile; it probably will not insist that the conference be held at Prinkipo Island. NATURE'S HIGHWAY BEST THE GOVERN) ON TER) MUST DECIDE : PORT. Kingston Must Keep Up the Agita- tion--A Fine Dinner Tendered by the City to Hon. Mp. Carvell. The dinner given at thé Frontenac) Club by the eity fo Hon. F. B. Carvell, wag a happy affair. Caterer Tierney furnished a full course dinner, very appetising and 'wel served. 'Mayor Newman gracefully acted as host and in happy fashion iweleomgd the min- ister of public works to Kingston. He spoke of Kingston's history and its ambitions. He dwelt on the need of harbor improvements and asked that Tete de Pout. barracks be abandoned and turned over to the city. Hon. Mr. Carvell said in reply that Kingston was not unknown to him for he had spent some time in bar racks Were. If the plate was no bet- ter than when he was here the city would not get much beyond the site. He did not say definitely about the harbor but there must be a terminal _ {port at the foot of Lake Ontario when the Welland Canal is ready. That port must be ready then also. It would be for the government to make the decision. Xingston could keep up its agitation. He favored largely using nature's way for the carrying of grain. The greal waterway from Superior to the sea seemed to have been planned and set down for the traffic of the {wo great nations on this continent. He had had a good time in (Kingston. The company the broke: up into groups and smoked and chatted Jor an hour. Amo he guests not hitherto men ti as Principal R. Bruce Tayla 's. Sk ECONOMIC POINTS 10 GET PRIORITY Delegates Agreed Vital Work is to Gel "Word Bak to Normal, HURRY INTERIM TREATY IN ORDER TO PREVENT SERIOUS * DISTURBANCES Starvation May Not Has Enough And So That Prevail--Germany Food Until March. Paris, Feb, 17 of Nations temporarily the peace delegates their "efforts toward effecting a finite preliminary peace with many, which will enable mobilization and resumption of nor- mal industry out the world. conferes the most them. Semi-official reports from Ger- many indicate that that country has enough food to last until March. New crops will not be available be- fore June. In the interim, condi- With the League| disposed of, are dirgeting | de Ger. all the this is before Practically agreed that problem now have vital tions of actual starvation may pre- vail and bring about serious disturb- ances. A preliminary peace would cor- rect these conditions. The military status could be fixed by demanding immediate demobilization upon a peace basis, The economic status could be fixed by agreeing to what be lifted. That some such programme will be partially arranged under the new provisions for extension of the arm- istice is hinted at in certain official quarters, These provisions will' be presented to the Germans by Mar- shal Foch at Treves to-day, Consid- erable additional work must be done to perfect the plan, however, and toward this end the newly-créated supreme economic coupeil. will <o- apf Lie cipal opposition to lessen ing the onomic pressure against Germany comes from the French, who fear the advantages Germany might gaig if she were rmitted to obtain ty of raw materials, They also digfife to fhke a 'thance on Ger- many gpending moriey which she might otherwise dévote to paying re- paration claims. SPLIT IN. SOVIET. { Lenin Wants to Send Delegates to Marmora Conference, Helsingfors? Feb. 17.----A split has been produced in the members of the Moscow Central Soviet by the Bol- shevist note to the Allies accepting the invitation to the conference on Princes' Islands, Lenin and the majority want a conference, even hough they think it is bound to transform the Bolshevist policy into ohe of comparative moderation, Zinovieff, dictator of Petrograd, Kamenoff and Bucharin openly de+ nounce it as a "diabolical plan to bury Bolshevism." at---- CANADA'S BIG INTEREST Reply by Lloyd George to Remark by Secretary Lansing. Paris, Feb. 17.--~During the dis- cussion of the future of the German colonies, following Sir Robert Bord- en's speech supporting the claims of South Africa and Australia, United States Secretary Lansing asked: "What interest has Canada in Euro- pean politics?" *Canada was in the war from the start, and sacrificed more of her manhood to bring peace to Europe than did the United States," retort- ed Premier Lloyd George. 'Brockville Teachers' Raise. Brockville, Feb. 17.--The Public School Board will present to the neil a request for an estimate of 4,500, © increase is made np largely bya boost given teachers' € : assistant teachers were 'ral from $750 to $800, lady em teacher from $850 to $1,000, mapual training from §$1.- 500 to $1,600; domestice science | The general de-| and commerce through-| extent the economic blockade would) | Jews in Poland and protesting against [THE WORLD'S TIDINGS IN BRIEF FORM Tidings From All Over Told in a Pointed and Pithy Way. Hockey Montreal: Toronto Arenas, 8. The Supreme Council {considering the Russian problem. | "Jack" Johnson, former cham-| pion pugilist, is "broke" in Madrid, | Spain. | The next impérial Press Confer-| ence will be held in Canada early ii} the autumn of 1920, The public' of Munich, Bavaria, trying to drown its misery in orgy of amusement, Lloyd George has ference of' capital and labor settle industrial disturbances Lord Beaverbrook successfully un= derwent a serious operation. His | | condition is satisfactory, | The 1933 Victory bonds passed the] | 102 mark in Friday's trading on the | Toronto Stock Exchange. Dominion Government pro- | poses a vigorous 'policy of railway {construction in the Prairie Provinces, Senator Robertson told Labor men lat Torsnto that the unemployment situation would be over in sixty days. Foch refuses extension of time] {for the Germans, and they sign the | {new armistice conditions under pro- test. The American destroyers Aylwin and Wickds have landed an Allied commission at Danzig to inspect the shipyard there The republic Northern Portugal, ceiro, leader of the been arrébted. . Sir Ernest Cassel, the well known financier, has placed in the hands of trustees half a million pounds ster- ling for educational purposes. Action is begun to recover money spent by Burford Township Couneil on a deputation of farmers to Ot- tawa to protest against conscrips tion. Montreal Anglican 'synod adopted a resolution sympathizing with dhe at Canadiens, | 8; is again is] an| called a con-| to has been restored in and Piava Con- Monarchists, hag the: Polish trestmpnt of them. The control of the Montreal Fins ni- cial Times Publishing Company, Lim- ited, has passed to Ri. E. Cox, presi- dent of the Financial News Bureau of Canada. Premier™Str-Tomer Gouin and his colleagues. in the - Quebec Govern- ment have been deluged with tele- grams asking for beerg and wines to The British and Canadian Red om organizations at Viadivostok ave been amalgamated and placed in charge of the Canadian commissioner, Cot. J. 8. Dennis, Chief of Police Semin, of Brant- ford, reports that the foreigners in that city, numbering a tenth of the population, are responsible for a fourth of the ¢rime. Col, W. P, Anderson, who has oe- cupied the post of chief engineer of tHé Department of Marine and Fish- eries for the past thirty-seven years, has applied for superannuation Late information from Sofia and various poifits in Macedonia indicate that the presence of Italian, British, apd Freuch troops in the Balkans has had a dietinctly beneficial effect. Karl Radek, the Russian Bolshevik emissary, who was arrested while hiding in a villa, in Charlottenburg, will not be considered as a foreigner, and will receive no foreign protec- tion, but will be tried by the German Government as a common criminal. Government's SPARTACANS MAKE RAID On Gelsenkirchen In Wesphalia and Plunder City. (Canadian Press Despatch) Berlin, Fen. 17.--Spartacan troops from nearby towns marched into Gel- senkirchen, in Westphalia, early Sun- day and overpowered the local mili- tary and pelice forces, a porgion of which went over to the Spa any. Plundering of the city followed. Doors of nouses were blown in with hand grenades and miuch booty was secu by the Spartacans, Gelsen- kirchen banks and the city treasury hae oll warned in time and saved thetr funds. The raiding Spartacans came from Rattungen and Wattens- cheid. Casualties, ' Canadian Died--J. H. Bell, Stella. l--J. G. Leonard, Marmora. (highways, 10 PROVIDE WORK FOR UNEMPLOYED 11s Poly of Covemment in. Expedite of Pubic Money. HON. F. B. CARVELL SPEAKS {TO THE CAN ADIAN ( CLUB ON SAT- URDAY AFTHRNOON. "We Must Keep the People Employ- ed," He Declared---Hopeful That War Conditions Will Soon Become Normal. That the policy of the Government in its 'expenditure of public money until the country gets back to a peace basis would be to provide em- ployment for. the men in places where it was needed, was the outstanding statement of Hon. F, B. Carvell, ad- dressing the Kingston Canadian Club, 'at the luncheon held in the Frontenac Club, on Saturday, at which J. G. Elliott, the president of the club, presided. "We must keep the people em- ployed," said Mr. Carvell. "This pol- icy should ever be kept as our guid- ing star. We must keap at our work, keep cool, labor and capital must get together, all differences between cap- ital and labor must be settled and our 'policy should be a progressive I feel sure that the conditions brought about by the war will soon become normal." In introducing Hon. Mf¥. Carvell, Mr. Elliott aid the club was indeed nonored in having him present and deliver an address. Mr, Elliott paid a warm tribute to the service he had rendered to his country. "He isa man who has stood for country rather than for any other principle," said Mr, Elliott. "He has been true to one, Capadianism and to the British Em- pire." Hon. Mr. Carvell sald that he was glad to have had the Lf of visiting Kingston ag y appeal was wing and no person w ering the TAAr mannerantil he had inspection, Turning to Government affairs, Hon. Mr. Carvell stated that the Gov- ernment reached a crisis at the out- break of the wir, and that he had no regrets or apologies to make for the action he had taken. He considered that he was well able to think and act for himself. The Government had serious questions to face, and he re- marked that to interfere with a'man's liberty and say that he must take up arms, was one of the most important decisions any Government was called upon to make. But we had succeed- ed in the great conflict and he point- ed out how the Canadian army was up to its full strength at the time the armistice was signed. "I do not sup- pose that we who are sitting here to- day will see any more war of this kind, but if so, I hope the country will rise and p ame like we have already play this last big fight." : Canada's Great Problem. The speaker referred to the out. break of the war, when expenditure on publ ic works had to be eut off, Now tho yr was over, thers was still a great blem in getting the coun- try on a peace basis. e question of unemployment was the chief one to be considered. He was very glad to fiear that there was very little un. employment in Kingston. There was practically none in the maritime pro- vinees. The Government considered that it was its prime duty to provide work for the unemployed. The war brought about mamy changes. Perhaps we would never get back to conditions as they were before the wir broke.out. We must realize the fact that a gom-- plete revolution had taken place in the labor world. There were many subjects of an econdmic character which must be decided upon. Labor must receive special attention. #4 "There is some labor unrest and as a Government we feel that it is our duty to provide all the Govern- ment Work we can in these places ere unemployment is likely to be. And it is only the intention 10 spend Maney in the places where it The speaker brought forth much Apia use when he stated that some money w bo expended In assisting in the buflding of bible The automobile had de- manded that the rosdwaye receive at-' : (Continued on Page 10.) the world, He sald that fom fs already established fn Am- @ rp -------- The Hufon & Erle Corporation de- cided to double the par value of its shares at tLe anual meeting beld Yesterday. F