16 PAGES - Toa 5 BEGINING KINGSTON, ONTARIO, BATURDAY, MAY 31, 1010. RAPID CHANGE IN CONDITIONS THE LATEST NEWS BRIEELY GIVEN R.CHA. SWEPT GAPS Tn Thick Advancing Hordes of Hun Storm Troops. The following appeared in the offi- cial report regarding the fighting of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery during that awful week in March, 1918, when the Germans began their mighty offensive: "AH through the first day the guns meeting at midnight to go out in sympathy with the present moved ment . Several important unions are meeting to-morrow, some to take Strike votes and others to decide Whether to cast a ballot on this im-| portant question. in the mean- time, the business:of the eity appears to be going on as usual. Hundreds of millions of dollars in riot insur- ance has been written, rwever, in- THE W.C.T.U. OFFICERS ELECTED FOR YEAR Hastings, Lennox and Adding- ton Counties Convention Concludes. Belleville, May 31.--The tenth an- nual convention of the W. C. T. U dicatipg an inténse anxiety as to the 01 the Winnipeg Strike, With Arbitration Conferences Under Way. VETERANS AND STRIKERS PARLIAMENT WINNIPEG. PARADED TO BUILDINGS IN A' Nation-Wide Strike of Members of Telegraphers and Electrical Union Workers Threatened in United States. (Canadian Press Despatch) Winnipeg, May 31.--With- arbi- tration conferences actually 'under way on the basic industrial dispute of the general strike, the walk-out of metal trades, and hundreds of employees returning. to work, a gradual settlement of the elvie and industrial tie-up which has been al- most complete since May 15th, was beginning to-day, according to Gov- ernment officlals. Edmonton @Respatches Indicated that the resumption of public ser- vice functions is now complete there, although strike headquarters asserted that workers In thirty-two trades were still out. Votes on a general strike, now being 'taken at _Nancouver and Victoria, will bo completed and announced within a few days. \ Reports from mining districts in Ontario and British Columbia - sald that the labor situation at Cobalt and Fernie was seute, though not directly related ¢o the Winnipeg strike gituation as are the general strikes under way or under dis- cussion at other points. Though the first outward demon- stration of disaffection occurred ii Winnipeg yesterday in a parade of veterans and strikers to the Parlia- ment Buildings, no disorders oc¢- | curred, 'The veterans promised to return again to-day to Insist on speedy action te legalize collective 'bargaining, one of the chief points sought by the metal trades in their 'walk-out, "which precipitated the general strike, When the members "of the railroad. Riothernonds oue- ceeded in beginning the first arbi- pds ay efforts 'to ra riking workers * generally siackened except 'in the police, fire and postal services. wo ---- > : ike Threatened - fCanndinn Despateh) Washington, Mdy 31,--According 10 an announcement here by F. Me- Donnell, chairman of the executive of the hoard of the Washington Dis: trict Council, President 8. J. Konen- kamp, of the International Com- mercial. Telegraphers' Union, hag sanctioned the ultimatum sent yea- terday to the officials of the Am- erican Telephone and Telegraph and other wire companies at Atlanta, Ga., in which a nation-wide strike of the members of the Telegraphers | and Electrical Union workers 3 threatened unless a number of tele- phone operators resently discharg- ed fn Atlanta and vielnity are Fein- __#tated by noon Monday.' Railway Men Must Return. (Canadian Press Despatch.) Winnipeg, May 31.---At a general conference of officials representing all the railways having headquarters In Winnipeg, it was decided to issue a notice to all 'employees on strike that unless they report for duty not + later than ten o'clock iday, June 2nd, they will be ered as hav- ing left the service and their places "will be filled. Railway mail clerks . tp-day officially called" off the sym- pathetic strike, Labor leaders in Regina have announced that no ac- tion will be taken before Tuesday, i FES No More Out in Toronto. Morente, Moy 31. cBiuris of civic hy SL orts civ and n oo ators are being 'continued to-day to ent further BAILEY Tanta Ne ag nio Sata? . ér of unions called out future, Inspected by Brig.-Gen. Williams Kingston Collegiate Institute cadet corps was conducted on Queen's up- per campus Brig.-Gen. V, A. 8S. Williams, G. 0. ) C., Lieut,-Col, G.. H. Gillespie and other officers; and also took the salute at the march past. two hundred, were then marched to the Colleglate grounds, genera dressed Bruce Taylor, commander corps, upon the. splendid showing of his command, pleasure at the interest which had been tiaining. nee also made a few words of con- gratulation, that uniform and equipment would be securad from next year, tition--Prize £2. H.'Stephen; G. Marks, G. Fleming, J. Emery, G. Wilkinson, C. Burns, C. Vokes, C. Daykin. Sills. Company, 1919---"A" Co; G. J. Wood; "B" Co., J. Emery; Co., J. Findlay; "'D" Co., C. Francis; "E"" Co., P, Cunningham; "F" Co. O. Bearance; "G" Co., F. Morris, Silver medal, J. Emery, F. Morris; bronze medal, L. McKay, G. Wilkin- son, Van Mills, P\ Nicholson; Francis, C. Francis, P. Donnelly, G. A Convict Who Escaped and Wound. ful North Bay prisoner who made a sensational get-away from the inside of about two months ago,' was commit- ted for trial at the June Sessions by County Magistrate Bradshaw on Fri- fay afternoon, | case was ohe ' that ' 'created much excitement owing to the cir- 'cumstances conn ticularly the fact daylight and the prisouves pass three sentries out of reach, He was employed in the kitchen and made a pretext to £0 to the west gate where he suc- ceeded in getting the guard, J. Ber rigan, to open it when he struck hin a blow on the head and stabbed him .with a knife. 3 a short time afterward in the resi- dence of J. G. Ettinger, that Roger will have to face are es- oipe from prison and wounding « guard. When G.T.R" Train Was Derailed ported to have been seriously jured on Friday morning when a G. T. R. train was derailed at Trenton, loaded with soldiers left the tracks and turned over. passengers were 'more or less jured, but Lieut. Jordap was seri- ously hurt. morning no reply had been receiv- ed ¢o a telegram inquiring as to (he extent of Lieut. Jordan's Injuries, and thers was considerable fhiension as to his condition. Lieut. Jordan, who resides at 3568 Brock street, is in charge of the R.C.H.A. recruiting depot in Toronto, was bringing some recruits to the <¢ity. AN ! Held on Friday Night Good 'meeting in the interests Barrieficld, when am address delivered by sent, and gave a number of lantern slides illustrating how roads sl ; rs M:P.P:. Prof. Scoit was "also Despatches That Come from Nea and Distant Places. PRESENTED IN THE BRIEFEST POSSIBLE FORM. COLLEGIATE CADET CORPS ---- Friday Afternoon; The annual inspection of the on Friday afternoon. viewed', the maoeuvres, with The Whig's Daily Condensation of the News of the World From Tele graphic Service and Newspaper Exchange. Rev, G. A. Mcintosh, Ottawa, was elected secretary of the Montreal Methodist' Conference. In the past five months, the Can- adian national railways have car: ried 116,328 returning troops. Meld "Marshal Von Hindenburg expects to go to Swilzeriand shori- ly, He intends to take a long rest. The Bolsheviki have driven the Poles from Rovno, after fierce fight- ing, and occupied the town. » At. Rio Janeiro unfavorable weather on Friday prevented com- plete observation of the total eclipse of the sun. Villa forces have proclaimed Gen. Felipe Angeles proyisional pro- gident of Mexico, and Villa himself, secretary of war, ' During two weeks of strike in Winnipeg, over 30,000 workers have Been idle. The loss # wages is es- timated at $1,250,000. vn account of (he great delay in thi¢ Settlement of the peazo trealy, an cxtra. session of Parliament wil probably be set for early autumn. «The militia department states that there are approximately 84,000 troops still to be brought over. This figure includes those now in hospital. Adjutant-General Thacker is ill in London with pneumonia, but is recov- ering. Col, "Almond, director of chaplain services, is also 411, but con- vajescent. Scores of petitions are arriving at the Justice Department, appealing for commutation of the. sentence of death passed on Frank McCullough, 'Toronto. Right Hon. Austen Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Exchequer, -an- nounced in the House of Common his intention to ask authority vo is- sue a mew loan on June, 2nd. Official figures show a large falling off in the India. . Only a Ly 'per cent, of he A 3 L aenge is also thirty-three per cent. The boys, who numbered over where the commanding ad- He complimented of the officer them, and expressed his the Mac- 'apparently taken in Lieut.~Col. 'W. H. and assured the boys the government Prizes for Shooting. Imperial Challenge Shield Compe- H. Searle(Capt.), Prize for Highest Score, 1918--V. Prize for highest score in, each arks, wor Medals for ten highest targets-- M. COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. ed a Le Leon Leopold Rogers, the youth- the Portsmouth penitentiary tle more than seven: ected with it; par- 1 that it was in broad last had to before getting need died: May 19tph was left to his four children, to De divided equally, ae- cording Ww the provisions of the will. The estate, according to officials, amounts to about $200,000 . The proposed programme for the 1920 Olympic games at Paris, con: tains no Marathon or Decathlon events, amd 06 rugby 'football Throwing of the grenade has been added to the discus, weight and ha events. At Montreal on Friday, the Daught of thé Empire convention had a ily session regarding the Ltedrafting of the constitution, Fin ally It 'was decided to refer the mat- ter to the various chapters and con- sider the redraft next year. bo : He was captured The charges ---- LIEUT. JORDAN INJURED, Near Trenton, Sunday. Lieut. 8. Jordan, R.C.H.A., 1s re- m- near A parlor car and a coach PARIS-NEW YORK FLIGHT A number of the in- itied Aviator Stop Trip. orate, Tork, _-- Toten La. % he @ fayette ed Brevoort, has offered a prize of $26,000 for a non-stop Might New York to Paris, or on Saturday At the RCHA. Non- appre- and. MEETING AT BARRIEFIELD, | in the Inter- ests of Roads. On Friday night a well-attended of good "Anthony I» should not be built. it acted John iimot ac 2 prospective wheat erop "otf 'Bishop David Greer, New Yofk, who | $25,000 Stands For Five Years "For A ; Ee adh It is the of the Canadian Horse Artillery Swept gaps in' the thick Rdvaneing 'hordes of Hun storm t 8. Some- times before they limbered up to take a new position they were firing point-blank on the Germans, moving lines in each succeeding wave," said one artillery officer. "sometimes the attackers, were = divided, and. they would: sweep by us and we would find we were actually in front of our own infantry, but not for long did that sheer weight of human flesh stay in our rear. In spite of chang- ing positions, seven or eight times bringing horses inside the barrage and taking the guns out, only two of the Canadian guns; were lost or de- stroyed. At one tithe some Hun cav- alry were behind them, but the teams with the undamaged guns drove crashing through the small troops that tried to stop them." i ughnessy Denies Ambitions. » Totouto, Mey 31.--Lord Sheugh- nessy has no political ambitions, In- terviewed just price to his depatture for he made light of the rumor that had its origin in Ottawa, The federal arena or any other line of political endeavor has no attrac. tion for Nim try be could not in y than a figment of imag RARER Fay / Polish Ministers Appointed. Paris, May 30.--M. Sowbek been appointed Polish min Great Britain. Other ministers clude; Prince Casimir: Lwbomirsky, minigter to the United States; R. V. Dmowskl,, minister; dn Paris; M. now, minister in Tokio. . D1 nmin. : May. $l-~--Ancther TY has heen sec for ly {our agreement. |remain at your fhack pending a settlement, A eS ish els, - ---- ' METAL TRADES COUNCIL » WILL ACCEPT ENGINEERS' BRO- THERHOOD AS MEDIATORS. The Statement of the Labor Leaders Is That the Strike Will Be Called Off as Soon as the Dispute Shows Bigns of Arrangement. (Canadian. Press Despatch) Winnipeg, May 31.--A rapid change in conditions has brought the labor dispute withid sigirt of Ssrtionfent: Ash Kennedy, one of the leading ex. ecutive of the Brotherhood of Engi: neers, announced that the Metal Trades. Council has accepted the siig- gestion that the brotherhood act as mediators. The labor leaders say: "Phe strike will be called off as soon as the metal workers' dispute shows signs of settlement." Conditions Re-assuring. Ottawa, May 31---We have a very reassuring telegram from Senator Robertson to-day that the condi- tions in Winnipeg is improved, said Sir Robert Borden in the House yes- tenday dn reply to F. 8. 'Cahill, Pontiac. One hundred and ten railway mail clerks who went out have returned to work, and we have a number of returned soldiers ap- plying for 'work in thé post office. ------- Against Intimidation. Winnipeg, May 31.--An order from the executives of the Canadian Unions"of Maintenance of Way em- every union in and west of Winni- peg. The order was signed by A. McAndrew, general chairman of the Canadian Pacific Union, and by P. Woods, = general chairman of the Canadian National Railway Union. The order reads in part: "It has come to our notice that some of our men are being intimi- dated and are leaving work and are joining the general : sympathetic strike. This is in direet violation ol We fdvise you to "day, wl t is ex- the men will be ordered -- yo Out in Toronto. an 'Press Despatch) Toronds, May 31.--About . three thousand men obeyed the order to 0 'out yesterday. A vote is to be en to-night by the large labor 'bodies to decide whether they wiil join in' the strike. Conditions Elsewliere, : London, May 3 Sughd is threatened with a country- police strike, ' The Metropolitan police of London voted to stop work next Mon- "jday night. Toledo, Ohio, May 31.--The street car service is again resumed after a 'tie-up of six hours, pending an official report from the War Board. 3 ROLSHEVIKI SURPRISED. Majority of the Riga Garrison Made Stockholm ay A doapateh received here dealing with the re- . capture of Riga by Letts, says the Bolsheviki were completely sur- A 'majority of the garrison ployees has been issued and sent tof. for Hastings, Lennox and Addington Counties was brought to a close here on' Thursday. The officers, elected were as follows :Hon. president, Mrs. 8. Williams, Belleville; Advis- ory President Mrs. O. N. Rockwell, Napanee; President, Mrs. S. Gibson, Belleville; = Western Vice-president, Mrs. T, Hutton, Trenton; Correspond- mg Secretary, Miss Lucy Anderson, Napanee; Recording Secretary, Mrs. D. V. Sinclair, Belleville; Treasurer, Miss Maud Reeves, Belleville; Loyal Temp. Legion Secretary, Miss Lillian Gandier, Newburgh; Associate, L. T. L. Secretary, Miss Georgia Miller, Belleville. ] RUSSIA MUST, SAVE HERSELF. The British There May be With. drawn, London, May. 31.---Winston Spen- cer Churchill, Secretary for War, speaking in the House of Commons, foreshadowed the possibility of the Withdrawal of foreign troops - from Russia by the end of summer, owing to the favorable situation. "As soon as. peace was signed, he said the Rhine army could be reduced from ten to six divisions, and .still more when it was seen that peace was be- ing effectively carried out, The British pdlicy, said the Secre- tary, was that Russid must be saved by the Russians, and that new Rus- sia must be a democratic state. The five 'Gredt Powers. had decided te make it a condition of their further support and formal recognition of the anti-Bolshevik governments: in Russia that those governments must give a clear understanding that their victory would be immediately tollow- ad by the summoning of a constitu- nt assembly on a democratic fran- chise. WAS A LOW RATE. Britain Paid $82,000,000 for Trans- porting U. 8. Men, Washington ,May 31.--England's bill for transporting a 'million: Amer- ican soldiers across the Atlantic in British ships is $82,000,000. This caused quite a little discus- sion, Brig.-Gen. ¢lines sald Great Britain originally ked $150 for transporting each soldier to France, but the cost was finally reduced to $81.75. Thirty-five million dollars already had been paid, Congress- men asked if the general did not think the charge excessive, but he re- plied he believed the gost of trays 3 ships DO RS 1a Fi 'out (0 be Righar. i IRISH QUESTION. Greatly Surprised by Extraordinary Hostility to Wilson by Republicans ~=Distrust Was Exicusive. Eondon, May 31.--When the Stars and Stripes first fluttered along the roads of war in France, said Philip Gibbs, addressing a large gathering at Birbeck College, a new thing had + It was the entry of the most democratic power in the world into the affairs of Europe and a bridge of boats had been built across the Atlantic which had utterly brok- £n the isolation of America. £ uching upon his recent visit to America, Mr. Gibbs dealt with the American point of view with regard to. European affairs, which, he said, all; Americans were watching with the keenest interest, and some alarm. Le was much surprised on reaching merica by the extraordinary and passionate hostility towards Presi dent Wilson, which was displayed by the Republican party. In New York it 'was so violent that husbands quar- reled with wives, sistérs with bro- thers, and friends with friends over the personality and policy of the ST Be SETIED QO = - pb PHILIP GIBBS DEALS WITH THE FEARS POWERS WILL 8 IN TRYING HIM. Se It Is Reported That the Kaiser May y Offer to Place Himself Before Neutral High Court. ; Amorengen, Holland, May 81, Since the former German emperor has been woquainted with the peace terms he has become even more in- visible to the outer 'world. The only possibility of catching a glimpse of his former majesty is when he crosses the draw-bridge twice daily, going to and returning from His log sawing in the garden of the castle, and then he is only within sight for about four seconds. Replying to a repeated request for a declaration, the former emperor sent the following words: "Tel the Associated Press that my attitude is unchanged." g ; y The messenger, General von Ha torff, gave the correspondent no hope that anything was Itkely tb be given out for publication. It is virtually impossible to glean anything regard- ing the former emperor's life or plans, as everybody in the eastle is under strict orders to maintain silence. Apparently there Is no excitement among the members of his suite over the terms, the only portion of which interests the imperial is the clause relating to self. vid "The former empress ap) to more affected r hus and evidently under the g the powers will succeed him before a tri vi tion of the personal es Hohenzollarns in Berlin. x untarily may offer | before a neutral high upon the war. There i$ 2 movement induce the ex-kaiser to. The idea originated: cle of personal fr loyal to him. but it is almost tal unsuccessful, Minister of terior: Heine yesterday, Republican distrust of President] br he sald, was based on the fact that under what he called his pacifist policy, he had humiliated