Daily British Whig (1850), 17 May 1919, p. 1

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| 16 PAGES | YEAK 56: BE NO. 116 1S SEAPLANE REACH AZORES Left Trcpdssey Bay, NA. Amer Six O'clock Friday Evenih. AIRES IN GALA ATTRE TO GREET THE AIRMEN FLYING OVER THE OQUEAN, Washington Was. in Touch With the Progress of the Flyers When They Were 1,200 Miles Distant. (Canadian Press Despatch.) SFP hdd ddb dvb do del bdo doi db bbb \ - * » + > oo % United States airplane, # has arrived at Horta # Azores, in completion # most difficult "leg" # trans-Atlantic trip -> 1 § ARRIVES AT AZORES. * ' + 4 ol * * * Soletededob deloddedr bob de dedodo dodo odode Washington, May 17.--The N.C.-4, Island, of the of her i Washington, May 17 Naval seq plane N.C.-4 was one hundred miles from the Corvo Islands; Azores, a 5.45 o'clock this morning, Washing ton time A despatch from Azores says that the other planes were g ing strong in the wake of their leader. The average speed of N.O.- 4 was computed at more than se- venty-five miles an hour. The sec tion of the harbor where the planes will be moored has been cleared of all ¢¥#t to permit of a safe landing. Two destroyérs are ready to assist the planes if they alight outside the breakwater. The city here is in gala dress for! the expected event of the day; and erowds gathered on the water fron' shortly after daybreak. The water Was misty and visibly poor 'early this morning, but clearing weather was predicted for this afternoon When ths planes are dne to arrive. From the time the aerial voyage | urs left Trepassey Bay, shortly at- ter six o'clock last evening, they had passed destroyer No. more than 600 miles out of radio stations on this coast, were abla" to trace thelr progress by in- tercepted radio messages. By this means the powerful government station at Bar Harbor, Maine, kept the Navf¥ Department constantly informed regarding the expedition for , more than eight thours, Although the radio appar- atus on board the seaplanes was only designed for a radius of about 250 miles, the Maine station inter- cepted messages exchanged between the planes 'when they were more than 1,200 miles distant. This was declared by expert radio officers at the department to he ome of the most surprising features of the epochal undertaking. When the flight was planned it was not ex- Pected that the stations on this side would be able to hear Commander Tower's messages after his 'squad+ ron was 200 miles at sea. The official despatch to the Navy Department sald: "The NO-4 arrived | at Horta (Island of Fayal, Azores), at 12.20." The time given was ap- parently confused in some way and could not be translated accurately into Washington time, but was taken to mean 8.20 a.m, The NC-4 left Tre- passey, Nfid., at 6.07 p.m, yesterday, Which would make her time fourteen Bours and thirteen minutes for the 1,200 miles flight to Horta. Z0- until 13, British Aitmen to Fly, (Canadian Press Despatch.) St. John's, Nfld.,, May 17.--Bri- tish airmen here will in an pro- bability fly this afternoon, ee ONE BRITISH FLEET OUTSIDE OF MEMEL. re - 9 4 ¥ . 4 4 - 9 4 LE A r {Canadian Press Despatch.) London, May 17.--The Brit- ish fleet is anchored outside of Memel, East Prussia, close to #* the Russian frontier and the British are expected to occupy the place in a few days, accord- ing to a Copenhagen despatch, EPP P eset 50d PHF P Eee pd & King Albert journeyed from the Belgian capital in an-airplans Fri- day to England, PENTRERATN RN Sissi mii ain init WHIG CONTENTS vi. 8 Airplanes Reaoh Azo a. Plebiscite For dermany; Met. al Works Have Meeting; Need More * Food to Lower Prices; Want to Know Austrian Terms. Z--incidents of the Day; Women's Auxiliary of Y.M.C.A Market Quotations, ¥ Fn Kingston's: Social Whirl; The = aiinoriaie, ae fd] rile; Empire Calendar: a Metal Workers® Neat. SRY WC AL 5 Makin P s Theatrical Notices. © wns; §-detters to the Editor; Ganan- aque News T---Announcements, Amusements, Nos % ae Forum. $--Military News: Theatrical v tices, Slaughter in © Infernal Regiohd LO by Philip Gibbs, : s 10-~in Social Circles: In the Realm of Women. Hooks and Thei 5 A Church Notices. oir Authors; 12-AnSthe Automobile World, bey VO; Vaent fon, : * : $r-Cunada Revisited; Letters by lgraph operators the i "tion from that hour. he Canadian V.C., Lieut, R. G11 fC Where to Spend] The Baily Britis KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1919. PRICE OF BEEF. Plans for Reduction Discussed Packers and Producers. Chicago, May 17.--Plans for cut- ting the price of beef was the prin- cipal topi¢ of discussion among rep- resentatives of packers and live stock producers in session here fo- day. It was proposed to put the cat- I'tle Industry on such a co-operitive basis that prices could be lowered, and at the same time yield fair pro- fit to dealers. It was the opinion of Hve stock men that cost could be materially re- duged by arranging for faster trans- portation, more efficient handling of' live stock>at the markets, elimina- tion of waste, and a steady, rather than a spasmodic, flow of cattle to the packers, THE By IRISH PRIEST IS HELD. Made Remarks on Shipboard About British Government. New York, May 17.--The Rey, Brother Thomas A. Rahilly, of Cork, | Ireland, was detdined by the im- m.gration authorities when he ar- rived here yesterday on the Royal George from Liverpool. His deten- tion is said to be the outcome of complaints made by Canadian officers on board the ship, of sentiments ex- pressed by the priest during the voyage, regarding the British Govern- ment. a WINNIPEG TIED . UP COMPLETELY The City is Isolated From AN Outside Communicafion. LABOR UNIONS IN CONTROL RUMORED THAT TRAIN MEN MAY VOTE ON STRIKE. People Laying in Food-----No Serious Disturbances--Plenty of Breco Being Baked For All (Canadian Press Despatch) Winnipeg, May 17.--The strike sit- uation is growing worse. The news- papers did not publish Friday. Tele- in railways, news bureaus and brokers' offices will go out to-day. - Winndpeg is wholly governed by the strike comittee of two members, from, each of the sixty-two striking unions, and five delegates 'at large from the Labor Couneil, A pathetic feature has been the appeal for younlg babies, and the city is establishing depots to assist in this phase of distribution, as deaths are feared. The situation here to-day in the great general strike 18 practically unchanged except for the addition at noon of all telegraphers in the city, which will completely isolate the city from outside communiea- All industry is tied up, and the people are laying fn all the food they can obtain. There have been no serious -dis=y turbance, although the police and military are held well in hand in preparation for any eventuality. Practically all unions are out ex- cept the typographical, and tha whole affair looks at present like the triumph of 'one big union" idea now favored in the west. A limited bread and milk deliv. ery. system was maintained this morning, as 'was promised at yes- terday's meeting of the strike com- mittee. Plenty of bread is being baked for the needs of all. The third day of the general strike dif- fered from the preceding days, in that the streets were not crowded. Hundreds of automobiles are - still cartying on. No announcement was made, but the leaders of the trajn men, Te- port persisted at union labor halls; that a strike vote would be taken to-day. The union men linked this report with a rumor wholly uncon- firmed from any official course, but much discussed in strike eircles, that a force of mounted police has been ordéred to Winnipeg. Chicago Milk Strike Settled. (Canadian Press Despatch) Chicago, May 17.--The strike and lockout of three thousand milk wagon drivers, which has been in ef- fect for the last three days, was set- tled early to-day. The drivers de- mand an increase in wages from $26 a week to $35, was granted. SAYS ACTION UNJUSTIFIABLE K. MacLean in answer to a ques tion in the House to the Winnipeg strike, said that the Minister of Lab- could to settle the difficulties; ] ckengie. hd 15-The Market Reports: Financial] 5 d faiters. 16--In the Sporting World © | cluesette there or was closely in tough with the sit- uation and was ready to do all heli. A PLEBISCIE ARRANGED FOR By the German Government on the Peace Treaty. THE ASTRAY NOEMNTY ONE-TWENTIETH THAT OF GERMANY, TO BE m-- = Italy Relinquishes Claims to the Dodocanez Islands Off Asia Min- or in Favor of Greece. (Canadian Press Despatch) Berlin, May 17.--The German government has arranged for a if the Allies refuse to make concessions in the treaty of peace, according to the Zgfitung Am Mittag Austria's Indemnity, (Canadian Press Despatch.) Paris, May 17.--The indemnity clause of the Austrian peace treaty provides for a payment one-twen- tieth as large as that demanded from Germany. ~The sum asked for is five billion gold bond. Italy Relinquishes Claim, (Canadian Press Despatch) Paris, May 17.--Italy has relin- quished her claims to Dodocanez ls- lands, off the Asia Minor coast, in favor of Greece!" This ends one of the most acute~€ontroversies before the peace conference, * Ukrainian Reds Cross Dneister. (Canadian Press Despaten) London, May 17.--A Vienna des- patch to the Exchange Telegraph Company says that according to the Hungarian official agency report, M. Tdhitcherin, Bolshevik foreign min- ister, Russia has telegraphed to Bela Kun, head of the Soviet gov- ernment of Hungary, that the Ukrainian red army has defea{ed the Rumanians along the Dmeister River and have crossed that stream, Pope Seeks Mitigation. (Canadian Press Despatch) Rome, May 17.--In response to a petition from the entire German episcopat¢/begging his good offices in securing a mitigation of 'the terms of peace, Pope Benedict has 'taken steps to cognmunicate with the head of one of the most important delega- tions at the peace con nce with a view to getting' the conditions modified. . ' The Adriatic Question, (Canadian Press Despatch) Paris, May 17.--Premier Orlando, Count Maceli di Cellere Italian. am- bassador to the United States, and Col. 'E. M. House of 'the American peace mission, continued to-day their conferences looking toward a setfle- ment of, the Adriatic question, It was stated that the outlook was hopeful, but it 'was said in official heircles that over-optimisnd at present should be discouraged. . PROBLEMS FOR EMPIRE Voice of Dominions and India Must Be Heard. London, May 17.--The Times, in an editorial offering suggestions for Imperial development and recon- struction, says there are several ques- tions of profound interest to the Do- minions and which ° are certain to claim attention from them. It in- stances as the most important, the sea-power of the Empire, and the share the Dominions are to have in the future distribution of the naval forces, as it is inconceivable, the Times says, that the Dominions and India should have no voice in form- ing the new plans. Bull Sold for $25,000. Madison, N.J., May 17.--Florham Leader, a two-months-old Guernsey bull calf, was sold for $25,000, said 10 be a new record price for any ani- mal of its breed. Oaks Farms and Hugh Bancroft, both of Massachus- etbts, combined to make the purchase, paying $10,500 above the previous record. The calf is a son of Ne Plus Ultra, out of Langwater Nancy, cow that produced 18,783.5 pou of milk, containing 1,011.66 ; of butter fat, in a year, a record has been exceeded by only Guernsey cows, ity was announced before the sale. The auction, which was at F! Farms, resulted in the 83 Guernseys, including pions. and the highest p blood lines of the breed, it for a total of $180,275, an approximately $2,172 a No x Gove Ottawa May 17.--Hon. ing asked 'in the 0 form of government f Ottawa, similar to that of Washing: hy Mr. Carvel An extensive Allied naval con- centration has been completed at Smytna , In _connection with a man- date marks without ! to Greece to administer the} 4 a 4A SPLENDID WAR RECORD. Harris Was With Forestry Corps. Lieut. James Harris, Canadian Forestry Corps, is one of the King- stonians who arrived in Canada on thle 8.8. Scotian from overseas on Friday. Lieut. Harris is a son of Mr. and Mrs. James Harris, 44 Frontenac street, whose family has a splendid war record. In 1914, at the time of the outbreak of war, he was quar- termaster-sergeant in No. 8 Company, C.A.8.C.; and he immediately volun- teered for overseas, sacrificing a growing electrical business, He went to Valcartier Camp, but was unable to get a place in the First Division. He succeeded in being placed on an overseas draft in February, 1915, and sailed for England on March 29th of that year. He was for near- ly two years regimental quartermas- Lieut. Canadian LIBUT. JAMES HARRIS fer sergeant and regimental ser- geant-major in the C.A8.C. training depot in England, where he served In various Canadian hospitals and concentration areas. In the egrly part 'of 1917 he went to France as staff-sergeant, and served there in the Canadian Forestry Corps. After about a year in France he was grant- ed a commission, &hd be hi die cessivély as quartermaster ad- jutant . of his unit until he left France on his way to Canada about two months ago. His younger broth- er, Sergt. Thomas Harris, arrived home from overseas a short time ago, after four years and - eight months service. Previous to coming to Canada from Scotland, of which country he is a native, Lieut. Harris held the rank of corporal in the Royal Garrison Volunteer Artillery in Edinburgh, Scotland. Before the war he was in business as an. elec. trician, and was doing well. THE METAL WORKERS MEET AND HEAR ADDRESSES BY TOR. ONTO LEADERS, In the City Hall On Friday After- noon----Pass Resolution Endorsing Action of Toronto Federation. A mass meeting of the Federation of Metal Workers of the city was held in the eity hall on ¥Fiday after- neon. President Finley occupied the chair. He said that labor had res- ponded to every call throughout the duration of the war--pot. only in Kingston, but all over Canada. They made no demands on behalf of them- selves up to the present time. He introduced R. C. Brown, president of the Metal Trades Council, Toron- to, who reviewed the circumstances during the past three months, Mr. Brown said-<The council was formed because the other organiza- tions were not doing the work expect- ed of them. had become mutual admipation societies. ? The first thing the council did was to prepare schedules of wages for the malgamated trades. © The it to' the compan- / replies tion declared that as a matter wages are higher in the same trades in the United States than in Canada. They tell us that they cannot think of accepting the eight hour day. of Tact /#said the people NORE FOOD 0 LOWER PRICE Minister of Labor Says There Is No Great Surplus in Canada. HINTS AT A PROGRAMME TO REGULATE THE HIGH COST OF LIVING. | . Purchasing Power One-half Households Are Much to Blame For the High Cost of Things. Ottawi, May 17.--That there is a shortage of food in the world, that Canadian prices are regulatted by demand abroad, that there is no great surplus of food supply in Can- ada, that the duty of Canada % food production for the benefit of itself and the world, that the Gov- ernment may present a programme to regulate the cost of living, and that industrial unrest can de trac- ed to the cost of living, were stated 'to the Senate by the Hon. Mr. Rob- ertson, Minister of Labor, Hon. Mr. Robertson said that there appeared to be a great deal of misunderstanding in Canada, as in- dicated by press comments and re- solutions, calling for inquiry to re- duce the cost of living, and charg- ing present high prices of food to hoarding for profit. Mr. Robertson of Canada should know that ther, is no surplus of food in Canada, and unless produ tion is increased there was litle hope for much reduction of food prices. As to food in cold storage, if at oncesreleased, little would be done to relieve the situation. If all the butter in storage on May 1st were divided it would give each Canadian 1.7 ounces; a division of oleomar- garine would give each Canadian a quarter of an ounce; a division of the cheese would give each person less than a quarter of a pound. The quantity of butter in cold storage was 868243 pounds; oleomargar- ine, 313,764; cheese, 1,064,318 pounds; eggs, a ttl over 3,000, 000, or a third of a dozén per head; pork, two and a half, and beef three and a half pounds per person. What portion had been sold for overseas consdmption he could not say. He gave the figures to show the incor- rectness of the idea that the pre- sent high price of butter, for in- stance, was due -to there being large quantities in storage, held for the profit of the owners. This was the season of egg production, when, usually, they are collected for stor- ing; but to-day eggs were not forthcoming, and therefore only small igfooks. are. being. laid away. Unless production increased, there was the prospect of an egg famine within a year. Purchasing Power One-Half. The unrest in Canada was the natural consequence of the fact that the purchasing power of the aver- age workman's earnings to-day was less than half its purchasing power four years ago. Light had to be turned on, or conditions would grow worse instead of better. Mr. Robertson explained tht fig- ures of the ®ost of living obtained by his department were carefully gathered weekly from 64 Canadian centres, and had been checked up with the' figures obtained by the Cost of Living Commissioner, From 1900 to 1913, thirteen years, there had been a gradual rise of 36 per cent. In the cost of living in Canada. In 1914 it was only one per cent. higher than in 1913, but from 1914 to the present time the. cost of living in Canada had doubled. These were wholesale prices. Retail figures gave more startling results. The purchasing power of a dollar was but half fis purchasing power four years ago. A 'brief interim report from Justice Mathers, of the Royal Commission on Industrial Relations, indicated that the declining purchasing power of the dollar, the existing unem- ployment, and the fear of unem- ployment, were the chief contribut- ing causes which had produced a situation which is regarded in a number of parts of Canada as seri- ous. , Increase in the cost of living was not peculiar to Canada. In Bri- dain, in March, the cost was 120 per cent. higher than in. 1914; mM France," the living cost had in- creased two and a half times; In Denmark 90 per cent. and in the United States over 100 per cent. In 'Canada, if the exportation of butter were forbidden, the farmers would reduce its production. Peo- ple should know that international £0! longs "I am 'not attempting to excuse, exorbitant profits on ¢he part 'of manufacturers, because some of them are guilty; but I can say, in 'all candor, that so far as I have been able to gather, the manu- facturer's original profit in most instances is not unreasonable to anything like the same degree as are the profits of the people who handle their goods, after they leave factories." No one was to be blamed for making a good profit on a transaction; machinery placed at the disposdl of municipalities for investigation of these matters' had not been made use of. The people of Canada could look close at home for much of the high cost of living, and Individuals could provide some remedy. As long as the ladies of households called up their grocer before nine in the morning for a box of matches, for a little lettuce in the afternoon, and something else in the evening, necessitating three deliveries In he day. so-long the cost of necessfies would be in- creased, In the opinion of Senator Robertson, faulty methods of dis- tribution and handling goods in a retall way was largely responsibie for exorbitant prices. REV. C. BE. JREAKINS, BRANTFORD Was chosen for a third term as presi- dent of the Ontario G.W.V. A For vice- president Comrade E. D. O'Flynn, of Belleville, was elected. SOLDIER RAISES CRY Of Fraud in Dividing $12,000,000 | Estate, San Francisco, May 17, ~ Papers filed dn court here to-day in an action by Lieut. W. JH. Crothers, laté of the Canadian army, to secure a redistri- bution. of the will of the late James G. Fair, in wihich he was named as an heir, on the ground that he was de- prived of his legal shaves through fraud practiced in the California Su- preme Court, Fair left a $12,000,000 estate. The action was based on conten- tions in the repont of John B. Dens- more, federal director general of em- ployment and other publisher accura- tions that a bribe of $410,000 was given Judge P. W, Henshaw, then a Justice of the Supreme Court. It was alleged -that-this change was the primaiy cause of the will being finally broken in this court, upon a rehearing of the case, TO NATIONALIZE PORT. Bill Before Commons To Take Over foie St, John Harbor, St. .John, N.B., May 17.--Word received from Ottawa is that Hon. F. B. @arvell, R. W. Wigmore, 'M.P., and Stanley« BE. Elkin, M.P. of St. John, have officially concluded with Hon. C. 'C. Ballantyne, Minister of Marine, details of the agreement for the taking over of the St. John har 'bor by the Federal Prryliament. It is learned that in a few days a bill will, Be drafted for introduction to Parliament as a Government measure, and that there is no doubt that it will 'become law. It js understood that the compen- sation to be allowed the city or its capital investment in the harbor will be in the neighborhood of $2,260, 000. ' ---- in SIR DOUGLAS HAIG Warns British of Danger of Yellow Peril, ; May 17.--Sir London, Douglas | Haig, installed rector of St. Andrew's University, referred in his reétorial address to the yellow peril. It need- ed only a little reffection he said to understand that this problem was a matter of the utmost seriousness, de- serving all the 'thought that could be given to its solution. The Chinese must eventually demand a place in the European labor market. India was begin®ing to turn toward social, industrial and political development. This tremendous problem was only soluble by giving all the races what he proudly segarded as British free. dom and justice. x' THREE WERE CONVICTED, -- Light Sentences Given Slayprs of Red Berlin, May 17.--Three of the per- Sons on trial, charged with the mur- Set ot In. Rar Lieb! Silknacht and Rosa xemburg during Spartacan dis- orders here last winter, werd conviet- ed by the court-martial. The Hussar named Runge was son- tenced to two years in prison and - {four years' deprivation of civil rights, Lieut. Kurt Vogel was sentenced to two years in prison and four months under arrest, with dismissal from the ce. Lieut, was = sen Contrary to all newspaper reports, : go the peace treaty, » Berlin says, Ea it is stated on good authority that the veroment will =~ not despatch LAST EDITION ee ee ------ MALL NATIONS UNE. IN DEMAND Want (0 Know Conditions of Treaty Be- fore Austrians Receive It. SOME FOUGHT FOR. ENEMY ASSESSMENT OF WAR REPARA» TIONS RAISES POINTS, Decision of Council to Divide Banat Between Serbia and Rumania Une acceptable to the Latter. Paris, May 17.--I1 hear, writes J. M. Tucky, that Greece, Serbia, Jugo- Slavia, Czecho-Slovakia and Rumania have united im a demand upon the Big Four that they shall be acquaint ed with the conditions of the Austrian treaty three days before it is pre- - sented to the Austrians so as to en- able these states to make representa- tions on the points affecting them. Thie position of {the new states which fought for Austria before their Mberation raises sonle very delicate points, especially in the assessment, of the war reparations to pe paid. A new element has been intro- duced into the question of pooling thie merchantile tonnage by the Pol- ish demand for a share of the Gere man merchantile fleet. 'The claim is not considered seriously, Rumania Latest To Make Protest. Geneva, May 17.--The Rumanian delegation may possibly withdraw from the Peace Conference. Advices from Paris, made public by the Ru- maman Bureau at Berne, say that owing 'to the decision of the Council of Ten to divide Banat between Ser- bila and Rumania, Premier Bratiano and the Rumanian delegation will quit Paris unless there is a modifica tion of the terms. These are consid- ered by the Rumanians to be umac, ceptable, ees FROM GULF TO CANADA AFOOT. Sergt. Edward" Gray, Veteran of Two Armies, Oswego, N.Y., May 17.--After hiking 2,298 miles in ninety-four days, en route from "Wallus, Texas, to Kingston, Ont; gt. Baward Gray, aged sixty-threp years, arrived here Wednesday night, with stick and bundle on shoulder. He will hike to Sackets Harbor to see the military Post where Le enlisted for five years' service on the plains, and then hoof it to Cape Vincent to get the Kingston ferry. . He served with a Canadian corps in the Boer war, was atiached for a time to Col, Theo- dore Roosevelt's band of lion and ; elephant hunters in Africa, came back Lo. America; and had been Pe in the Texas oil fields, until tumed off that a returned soldier might be employed. He has 'worn out three pairs of shoeMon his hike and could usé a fourth pair right now. CHICAGO SOCIETY EXCITED Learns Capt. L. McCormack Not Liy- ing With Wife, Chicago, May 17.----Chicago society is much exercised by the admission of Mrs. Hamilton L. Mc¢Cormick that her son, Captain Leander MdCor- mick, who recently returned from France, {s living apart from his young wife, who was Miss Alice Cud- ahy, daughter of Edward A. Cudahy the packer. Captain McCormick was with the Black Hawk Division while in France. He was educated in Eng- land and is a grandson of the foun- der of the International Harvester Conipany. His wife, with, whom his parents are trying to effect a recon- ciliation, was a famous beauty and enjoyed much popularity in soclety up to the time of her marriage No- vember 3, 1917. -------------- WARNING TO MOTHERS American Girls Should Remain U.S. Strong New York, March 17.--Octavius Norris, a retired judge, one of the passengers on the when she docked yesterday, who has been in. Paris loking after his real estate interests, brought back the most scathing criticism upon the Ameri- can girl that has yet come out of France. ! "I would warn the American peo- ple," he said, "to keep the girls at home. The actions of a great many of the American girls who have gone over have been no credit to them- selves or to their country. They went went over to e and they have dome it. 1 am disgusted with the way many of these Am- erican girls have acted." VALUABLE SERVICES, British Premier Praises Work of Sir Robert secretary, Philip Kerr, to apologise for his inability to say fargwell to Canadian Prime Minister personally and to , POU would be enabled to re- hope that he turn, 8ir Douglas Haig can go to India as commander-in-chief of the Bri- tish forces there If he wishes. This signiis the highest military honor in Des mes within the of the Government. | i.

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