YRAR 88: NO. ES ON REFERENDUM As to Whether There Shall Be Beer And Wine Licenses. A MINSTER 1S ARRESTED FOR DISTRIBUTING TEMPER- ANCE LITERATURE ON STREETS Without Having a Permit--Iin Que- bee the Vote Seems to be Largely in Favor of Licenses. (Canadian Press Despatch.) | THREATENED CANNON QUEBEC VOTING WITH A THRASHING Over His Reckless Taunt--W. F. Nickle Aiso Scores Dorchester Member. April 10.--Enraged over that Ontario members, in for . conscription, 'were actu- desire to win the Ottawa, a taunt voting ated election, G. B Algoma, who the war, 8 Hous denounced only by a lost his only son in his feet in the ns on Wednesday, Cannon, of Dor chester "a miserable, cowardly glanderer," and challenged him to "repeat the remark to my face out side." Parliamentary complained, prevented giving Mr Cannon a thrashing there and then but he intimated that he was guile ready to whip the Dorchester member if the latter dared reiterate the slander on the green outside the House Lucier as procedure, he him from Montreal, April 10.--The pro- vince of Quebec is to-day voting on! the referendum as to whether wince] and beer licenses shall be tssued or] whether the province "dry." Both liquor interests temperance organizations conducted vigorous campaigns, the vote Is expected heavy All Protestant ministers de- | nounced' the granting of wine and beer licenses, but Roman Catholic priests in some cases have not di- | rected their charges. { Last night the "wets" a torehlight procession in this city It marched through the city bear- | ing such andoumcements as "Let's all go bhame; Let Toronto ran the | show;" "Home Rule in Old Ques bec," "Vive La France, long live its{ wine,"" "Look at bone-dry Russia The Great War Veterans' Assoy ciation for Montreal district last night passed a resolution against prohibition. Rev. 8. F. Newton, pastor of (he East End Methodist church, was arrested yesterday afternoon for distributing jtemperance literature on the publi streets of Montreal without a perfiit. Mr. Newton was arrested outside the plant of the Consolidated Rubber Co. He said he had permission of the company <0 « operate there, He contended the literature was given away out- side Roman Catholic churches ev- ery Sunday, but no one was arrest- ed. shall go} and | have | anf to be have organized | More Temperance Workers Arrested {Canathian Press Despatch.) Montreal, April 10.--Three lay temperance workers were arrested on the streets of Montreal last night tor distributing literature. The tems perance forces in the city are up in arms at what they consider dis- crimination by the authorities "dry" forces. It is that while the "wet" was authorized in con- of the law, which says no public demonstration . of this character can be held within eight days of the vote, the distribu- tion of "dry" propaganda has been stopped 100 PERSONS DEAD IN A TORNADO. (Canadian Press Despateh.} Dallas, Texas, - April 10. One hundred known dead had heen listed as victims of the tornado which yestérday struck northern Texas, south- rn Oklahoma and parts of Arkansas, when order began to form to-day from chaos caused by the storm. Pro- perty damage is heavy. Tha injured, some of them so badly hurt that they cannot recover, are expected to num- ber several hundred. Steamer Lapland Arrives. (Canadian Press Despstch) Ottawa, April 10.--The steamer Lapland with forty-nine officers, forty-seven nursing sisters and 1,872 other ranks from Kinmel camp will arrive this afternoon at Halifax. {Word was received that the Minne- dosa sailed from England yesterday for St. John with fifty-one officefs, and 348 other ranks from Buxton camp; also 348 wives and 242 child- ren of Canadian soldiers. us "a Quebec City Favors Licenses, (Canadian Press Despatch.) Quebec, April 10.--Voting on wine and heer licenses early to-day seemed to be jareely in favor of the measure. Vo in rural dis- triets is lighi owing to bad roaas "apd the sugaring season. - -------------------------- Proclamation of the Soviet re public has been made in Salsburg, 'German Austria, near the Bavar- { furious, ler did Hon Al was \ Members were dis- the man in It was a stormy scene from Ontario and the west and the acrimonious cussion which ensued from reckless remarks of the Quebec might , very easily have resulted eg free fight Mr. Cannon bitterly opposed con- seription from the start and is al- ged have told his electors in Jorchester in 1917 that Canada had done enough in the war, that it was not Canada's war, and that we should not ruin our country for England When W. F. Nickle, the member for Kingston, charged him to Nicholson, of East | NGS TON, "THURSDA ¥ THE LATEST NEWS with making these serious slate- ments he did not deny them; neith- Dr. Beland, when ask-) ed directly by Mr Niekle, deny writing from his prison cell in Ber lin that Cannon's speech was being widely reproduced in the German newspapers to show that Canada getting weary of (he war RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED the Soviet Congress Being Held in Berlin. (Canadian Press Despatch.) Berlin, April 1¢.--A resolution adopted at the opening session of the Soviet congress here perempt- orily demanding the release of (Geore Ledebour, independent social- ist leader, arrested- during the Spartacan outbreak, has placed the Prussian and national government in an awkward predicament. 'I'he Prussian ministry of state is said to be opposed to setting Ledebour free, but independents propose to press the issue to the extreme limit and hurry a decision. Among the resolutions introduc- ed in congress is one calling upon the Government to appoint five delegates of congress as members of the German peace delegation. Twenty-four motions were announe- ed on printed celapder covering a wide range of subjects, including governmental military measures in connection with strikes, amnesty for political prisoners, food pro- blem, ranking of officers and the status of volunteer regiments which have been employed for the past few months in throttling insurree- tionary movements. The soldiers' factions submitted 'a resolution calling for the abolition of all in- signia of rank and 3f hénor medals, with the exception of a badge for wounded men, and cancellation of patents of nobility. Another reso- lution calls upon the state to as- sume the functions of an under- taker in that it assume chargé of all burials. At THE ENQUIRY PROUEEDS. The Man Who Selected Homer for Liquor Consignment, {Canadian Press Despatch) Toronto, April 10.--Sir William Meredith, sitting as a commission, to- day continued the investigation into Hartley Dewart charges into the license department particularly with relation to the famous Homer con- signmient about the time of the by- election in the adjacent city of St. Catherine. Charles Clide, formerly a hotel keeper, now a liquor dealer in the employ of a private agency, sald he was the map who selected Homer, as the place for the consign- ment of the Mguor. License inspect- or King, St. Catherines, told how he laid for the party bringing the lig- wor into Homer but failed to catch them, TRYING TO START TROUBLE By Having Wounded Soldiers Make a Demonstration. (Canadian Press Despatch.) Berlin, April 10.--Discordant elements seeking to disturb law and order are making a strenuous effort, according to official an- nouncement, to bring about a de-| monstration by wounded soldiers in connection with the Soviet con- gress, now in session here. The idea behind the plan, it is said, is to provoke loyal troops te pursue cruel tactics, with the result that Albany, April The he state, was passed w in the BRIEFLY GEN Despatches: {Thal Come From Near and, tb: = Places. Oo { 8 | oe TIDINGS FOR OLR READERS PRESENTED IN THE BRIEFEST POSSIBLE FORM. The Whig's Daily Condensation of the News of the World From Tele graphic Service and Newspaper Exchange. The government has declared May Ist a national holiday in Germany. Hon. Mr. Garry expects the prov- fucial revenue this year will Le be- tween 17 and 19 millions. Violent fighting has taken place between Hungarians and Czechs at Ungvar, near. the Moravian-Hun- garian border. The release of George Ledebour, demanded by the Soviet Congress in Berlin, has been refused, a ie sbateh from. Berlin says. Diplomatic relations established between the Russian and Bavarian Soviet Governments, according to the Zwolfuhrblatt. Citizens and officials of Wuerz- burg have struck against the Ba- varian Soviet - republic and the town is now in the hands of Gov- ernment troops, Rt. Rev. William Turner, D.D., formerly of the Catholic University of Washington, D.C., has been in- stalled as sixth bishop of the Ro- man Catholic diocese of Buffalo. A. H. W. Cleave has been appoint- ed deputy master of the mint at Ot- tawa, in succession to Dr. James Bonar. Mr. Cleave will take up his fnew office starting July lst next. Dr. Bonar is retiring from active work. The Ontario Legislature on Wed- nesday afternoon gave consent to Hon. T. W. McGarry's resolution for authority to borrow $10,000,000 for capital expenditure on Hydro, T.N.O. and other Government undertakings. Rev. James H. Hazlewood, field secretary of the Department of Evangelism and Social Service of the Methodist church, died sudden- ly in Toronto on Wednesday from an attack of heart failure. He was born in Brockville, and was in his sixty-second vear. TUMMISSION ON INDUSTRIES. Begins Inquiry After Easter--»Mirst Before June 1st. Ottawa, April 10.--The commis- sion to investigate industrial rela- tions will consist of two representa- tives each of employers, of the em- ployed and of the public. Chief Justice Mathers will be chairman. The members of the commission are: Chief Justice Mathers, Senator White and Charles Harrison, M.P., representing the public; Carl Rior- don, president of the Riordon Pulp and Paper Co. Montreal , and T. Pauge, lumberman, Montredl, repre= senting the employers; Tom Moore, president of the Trades and Labor Con , and J. W. Bruce, member of the labor appeal board, Toronto, representing the employeees, Thos. igough, Toronto, will be secre- tary. y have been AAA A ANN MP NAN -------- BELGIUM TO ATTEND TO THE EX-KAISER. (Canadian Press Despatch.) April 10,--Respon- sibility of the German ex- emperor for the war and bringing him to trial will fall on Belgium. Germany {must pay five billion dollars in the {Wo years These two were settled yester- Paris, next points day AM AAS nr A AE As ttn toh SIR WILLIAM CROOKES Famous British scientist, who has died at the age of eighty seven years. THE PRICE OF BUTTER. The price of butter, seventy cents a pound, is a scandal. It is simply the latest word in piling on "all the trade will bear." We have been told within a day or two by officials who are presumed to know that the price is but the legitimate outcome of the law of supply and demand. In this case, however, a new reading of the law must be supplied to ren- der the statement truthful. It is this: the "demand" is the price which the cold storage thinks it can get and consequendly asks;. and the "supply" is what it allows out of storage. That this is the fact of the case requires but little peneration of mind to discover. The already inflated price of butter being around fifty-five cents attracts a supply from faraway New Zealand. The price promptly goes up to sixty-- sixtyylive--seventy cents, not be- cause there is less butter available. but because there is more. The New Zealand supply was sent for- ward in order to open up a new outlet for their surplus, at a price to compete with the ruling rate of fifty-five cents. It is to be pre- sumed that this would show a satis. factory profit, notwithstanding the long haulage and the import duty of four cents a pound and the seven and a half per cent. ad valorum war tax. Now see what happens: the { LIFE WITH THE ALLIED TROOPS IN ARCHANGEL. \PECT CRISIS NEXT FORTNIGHT ! Plot to Oust Von Hindenburg And Seize the Volunteer Army. T0 BE DECISNE STRUGGLE BETWEEN SOLDIERS, AND HINDENBURG LEADERSHIP. The New Army Is Well Disciplined and If It Can Be Held, Germany Will Be Saved From Bolshevism. Berlin, April 10.--News reaching here from all parts of Germany shows that the struggle is on for the body, sofil and bayonets of the new German volunteer grmy. The German General Staff expects this movement to reach a crisis during the coming fortnight. By the hardest and most tireless work, the General Staff and the War -Ministryo-under Minister Gustav Noske awd his commanders, have 'fsucceeded in whipping 'the volunteer army into a fine fighting organiza- tion comparable with 'the old Ger- man army at its best, Ti's evolution of the new Ger- man army was thus explained by one of General Ludendorfi's ablest staff officers: "Yon Hindenburg saved Germany when he won his greatest victory-- over himself--and remained at the head of the army. He is moparch- istic at heart, but nevertheless, from that moment von Hindenburg and the entire corps of officers have loy- ally supported the Socialistic Gov- ernment, and they will centinue to do so." The driving power behind the paradoxical loyalty of these military monarchists to the Socialistic Gov- ernment. is their realization of the deadly peril of Bolshevism and their determination. to save the Father land. Having lost the war, Kaiser- less militarigm sees its sole enemy in Bolshevism, New Army Well Disciplined. "Von Hindenburg got the army home in perfect order," the inform- ant continued, "but after reaching home, being exposed to democratiz- ing influences, the old army went to pieces. We have succeeded in or- ganizing an efficient new volunteer army which now embraces the best elements of the old army and the flower of the surviving old officers' corps and the non-commissioned officers' corps. Its discipline is of the very highest order. If we can keep command over this army Germany will be saved from Bolshevism, un- less an unbearable dictated peacé causes irresistible reaction." It will be the decisive struggle be- from the hands of the present au- thorities it means inevitable Bol- il continue he Bee : th and su power Tu ly suppress 'Bolshevism, SOVIETS | shevism; if they fail, it means that| 'the Bbert Government wi | FOCH'S WARM PRAISE { OF BRITISH GENERAL { French Marshal Says British | Leader's Plans of Impor= i tance to Allies. { London April 10.--That Marshal {Foch foresaw the danger before the {outbreak of the war of German ag- jgressfon is Indicated in a letter which he has sent to London to be {read at a dinner which the mem {bers of the House of Parliament jare to give soon after Easter in thonor of General Sir Henry Wi ison, chief of the Imperial general istaff." Marshal Foch says: { "Long before the war General {Wilson and I worked together to {prepare for the struggle against the {German peril, which we both fore- isaw. It is due to the success of { his mobilization arrangements and his careful and detailed plans for j transporting troops that the British army was able to arrive quickly on the field of battle as soon as the | Government had come to a deci- | sion, . "During the | anxious days, {1917 and war in especially those 1918, often--it was | most every day---sometimes very | night, we worked together to | strengthen as rapidly as possible a weak spot in the link to combine jour efforts to reinforce our hard- tried armies and once again to ®n- |able them to go forward And, as [I recall these memories, still so | fresh in my mind, I can see him al- {ways before me as one of the most fcapable, most loyal and most vali |ant soldiers of the Allied armies, land one of the greatest servants of | his country." | er ---------- WAVE OF CRIMINALITY CHARGED TO PARENTS This Quebec Judge Will Show No Leniency To Any Robbers. Quebec, April 10 parents would send their children to school and watch them better when they start going out into the world, we should not have this wave of criminality that is causing anxiety to society and &egradation to a class of youngsters," said Judge Charles Langelier, when he sent William Mullins, a lad in his teens, to three years in the penitentiary; Yor robbery. There bas been 'an epidemic of ¢rime lately in Quebec city, and only last Saturday two young men from Montreal, Edouard Pilon and Louis Marcotte, were caught armed with revolvers, and breaking into a store, and sent up for seven years in the Penitentiary. Judge Langelier said that he would show no leniency to anyone convicted of robbery, and that he was on the war path against all thieves, yeggs and hold-up men. the most of al "If only the McKENZIE PROTESTS, Against Subsidies to Carry Canada's Food to Europe. Ottawa, April 10.--A vigorous protest against subsidizing steam- ship lines to carry foodstuffs out of the country while bufter is selling at 67 cents per pound in Toronto and other centres was lodged by Daniel in Parliament. Mr. McKenzie is sin- cere in his concern for the Canad- lan consumer, and argued that it was not right to vote hundreds thousands of dollars for subsidies to steamships while the poor people of the country were paying enormousl: high prices for foodstuffs and duty on boots, shoes and clothing entering the country. "It is not business,' said Mr. McKenzie. "Beef prices are enormously high, and before we grant subsidies for carrying beef out of the country the home market should be something like normal," ---------- SOME DESERTERS DIE. Others Get 30 Years--English Pun. ishment Severe. Ottawa, April 10.--Hon. Hugh Guthrie, stated in the Commons yesterday that he had been informed that a number of Canadian deserters overseas had been executed. Others bad received sentences up to thirty years. He said that punishments in England were more severe than in this country. Gen. Hughes said they had been tried by court-martial and shot, both in England and at the front. ---------- Strike at Drug Traffic. New York, April 10.--Using the broad powers of the recently enact- ed anti-narcotic law for the first time, the federal government reach- ed into New York City and struck heavily at the drug traffic, arresi- ing six physicians, four druggists, and herding more than 200 addicts, shaken, quivering physical wrecks, and all under 30 years old. in poi- ice headquarters. -------------------- To Stand By All Pledges. (Canadian Prost Despatch) . . London, April 10.--In reply to a message from Parliament yesterday, Premier Lloyd George said: = colleagues and I mean to stand faith- fully by all pledges which we gave our constituencies." ---------------- Dr. Bruce Taylor to Speak. seas Shee Se ' ver the ress at the andual convocation of the Uni vers Ry Hi Manitoba, Winnipeg S| May Reports from Vienna say acts of ings. Violence are becoming worse and conditions generally in the city are pute hati br transports bear, British relief force for the A | front will sail Wednesday night, The Bavarian peasants union have . a blockade on all provisions 5 nich and Augsburg. Berliy advices suy that three Bol- * BOXING BOUTS Were ficid on Wednesday Afternoon And Po ety sig TWO KNOCKOUTS SCORED ONE BY CADET M. M. SINCLAIR IN MIDDLEWEIGHT, Two Professional Bouts Staged by Toronto Boxers--Mayor Church of Toronto Was Among the Spec- tators, ' The annual boxing competition at the Royal Military College was concluded on Wednesday afternoon when seven bouts were held, the winners being the champions of their respective classes. 1 Ss a splendid exhibition and a\ 1a number of visitors was present. They included the college staff, re- presentatives from distriet head- quarters, Queen's University, Mayor Thomas Church of Toronto, Chas. Soday and Mr. Murphy, of the Sportsman's Patriotic Association, Toronto, Mr. Ballantyne, also of Toronto The students had the privilege of witnessing professional boxing in two six-round bouts by some of the foremost boxers in Canada. The first was between William Hunt and Eddie Joyce both of Toronto. Hunt was declared the winner. Both showed a high degree of scientific ability In the first round Joyce's cleverness was amagz- ing as, indeed, it was throughout, but Hunt solved his defence in the third round and adopted a straight from the shoulder punch that dis- concerted his antagonist, whose previously powerful left counter became useless. From this point, Hunt was the aggressor and he won the bout on points. . The second bout ' was between Frankie Bull, champion lightweight of Toronto, and Fred Crompton, late of the C.E.F., and Frankie Bull sustained his reputation by a marvelous exhibition of attack and defence, knoeking out the soldier in the fourth round. As in the pre- vious bout, British army rules were enforced and a clean breakaway from the chueh demanded. Despite this fact, the fight was fast, the champion showing superior skill throughout. He sent Crompton to the floor in the fourth, and he was counted out. The College Results. In the novice heavyweights J. Birmingham won from C, H. Ham- D. McKenzie, the Opposition Leader, | of | ilton, and in the heavyweight he won from E. C Elliott, who was disqualified for holding. In the first bout, Hamilton put up a game fight, particularly in the third round," when Birmingham's superi- ority "was not particularly evident, Two bouts were won by 8. 1. Bigelow, the novice lightweight, in which he defeated K. E. Ferrie, and the lightweight, in which he won from 'B. P. Ballantyne, Both of | these bouts were stubbornly con- tested, his opponents calling forth his best ability. His victory was worthily won. ly the. featherweight J. L. Black won from D, C. Macdonald, and de- monstrated superior condition aad ability. In the welterweight H. A, Me- Kenzie defeated A. C. Price. Me- Kenzie was the dggressor from the start, and the punishment he re- ceived never daunted him for a mo- ment, The middleweight was won by M. M. Sinclair, who knocked out C. B. Ahern in the first round. Sin. clair knocked out his opponent, Loomis, in the semi-finals last week, and of all the boxers he ghowed up best with 'the body punch, sxhich he followed with a lightning swing to the jaw, sending his antagonist to the mat. The officials were: Lieut. 8. C. Cutbush, referee; judges, Sergt.- Majors S. Batt and Spantou; an- nouncer, Sergt.-Major Downey; timekeeper, Major Hanson. An Assistant Physician. Dr. Mason, of Brockville, assum- ed the position as assistant phy- sician at Rockwdtd hospital. Thera has been no {stant physician at Rockwood for some time and ona is urgently required. It is not yet known when Dr. Edward Ryan will refur to take over his duties as superintendent of Rockwood. ' A Poor Mail Service. Several subscribers to the Weekly British Whig have been complaining that they do not receive their papers until the Wednesday and Saturday following publication. While the Whig greatly regrets that this Is so, there seems to be little remedy und- er the present train schedule to var- lous points, notable to Newburg post office and rural routes. The office officials state that the time at which these papers can pos- sibly reach Newburg office is 10.15 on Tuesday and y morn As the mail courier, having to cover some twentywie miles on roral route No, 1, leaves that office at 8.30 every morning, the papers have to be kept there until the following (day, which makes them two days late in reaching subscribers, Under the | existing train service this cannot be avoided, snd the Whig has therefore 10 ask its subscribers to be as patient as possible until such tithe as the aa ] armies are marching on mal delivery service can be improv.