iat a PAGES 18 --_--_. ---- YEAR 88-NO. 273 KINGSTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1916 LAST EDITION 1 : 15 DEMOCRATIC And fie May Not Allow the Kaiser to Dominate Him. NEW RULER OF AUSTRM MAY EXERCISE PROFOUND IN.| FLUENCE IN CENTRAL EMPIRES, | | If Greater Power Is Given to People | in Public Affairs it May Be That | End of War Will Be. Drawn Nearer. | (Special vo the Whig) | New York, Nov. 23.-----A large gain to the democracy in Austro-Hungary, | with a corresponding fall in power of Teutonic militarists, may be'the most important result of the Archduke Carl's ascension to the Hapsburg throne, The new emperor was not brought up as a probable ruler of the most aristocratic and precedent-governed EW EMPEROR (Pavie 10 In Good Spirit (Special to the Whig.) Ottawa, Nov. 23.--War lex collections are com- ing into the Dominion ex- cheaquer in a most salis- factory manner, accord- ing to officials of the De- partment ~ of Finance. They state the business interests are paying up in the best spirit and with- out friction. Sir Thomas White's estimate of a revenue of $36,000,000 in three years from the war tax will probably be exceeded. Neri i-------- BRITISH AVIATORS BOMBARDED ZEEBRUGGE And Damage German Seaplane Sheds and Destroyers An- chored Alongside Mole. VIENNA ROYAL PALACE AND AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN ROYALTY, 'RULERS Lg 5 8; LA 3 a A AN APPA AAA SENDS SUPPLIES OLD AND NEW 10 MISTAKING | TOMMIES' UNIFORMS TO BE STERILIZED Woman Bacteriologist Has Method for Minimizing Wound Infections. Paris, Nov, 23. --Miss Mary Davies, bacteriologist for the Robert Walton Geolet Research Mund, has just com-| pleted experiments at Les Organis| | Hospital, where Dr. Jos. A. Blake is! head, which marks another advance in minimizing wound infections con- | tracted on the battlefield. One of the greatest causes of in- fection found in all military hospitals | has been pieces of uniforms shot into | the body, | Miss Davies' experiments consist in | treatment of cloth by antiseptic sub- | stances, so that after months of sub- | jection to all forms of dirt and germs {it remains absolutely sterile, Re- | sults of the experiments are now in|, | the hands of the French and British authorities, with a view to having all | uniforms at the front treated with | the Davies preparation. In England | the preparation has the approval of | David Lloyd George, so for the next | consignment of clothes sent to the {""Tommies" such sterilization has | been ordered. Aside from prevent- ling infection of wounds, the prepar- ation has another great advantage. In the words of Miss Davies: "Body lice, which are the greatest discom- | { FAVOR BULDING THE HIGANAY That Would Traverse Ontario From the East 10 the West. r-- WAS ADOPTED BY ASSOCIATED BOARDS OF TRADE. R. Meek Presemted it and Spoke Strongly in Favor of One Trunk Line From Ong End of the Prov. ince to the Other. At the Associated Boards of Trade convention in Hamilton, on behalf of the Kingston Board of Trade, R. Meek, of Kingston, introduced the following resolution: "Resolved that "a provincial highway should be established tra- versing Ontario from east to west: "And that such a highway would not only be of the greatest value in | facilitating traffic and travel for the | people of Ontario, but would also |draw an immense tourist trac into | the country from adjacent states and (Special to the ) London, Nov. 23.-- A successful air raid against rman hydroplanes and naval forces at Zeebrugge was Whig.) | find these antiseptic substances en- court in Europe. In his youth there |tirely inimical to their well being." yd al to th vell- . were several lives between him and the imperial ¢rown. He attended | | | | HOSPITAL SHIP i: of trench life, will henceforth | heise { i€ 'A Teuton Submarine Deliber NEGRO CREATES TERROR public schools and imbibed a strong liking for democracy. He has the reputation of being the best "'mix- er" Europe has known among her modern monarchs. For this reason the possibility of differences develop- ing between German and Austro- Hungarian thrones must be taken in- to - consideration. Instéad of the Kaiser dominating the new twenty- nine-year-old head of Hapsburg, it may be that the young man will ex- ert a profound influence upon the democratic tendencies in Germany as well as Austria, If' Austria-Hungary, under her new emperor, were to give greater power to the people in public affairs, it might be that the end of the war would be drawn nearer. FOE PLOTTERS LEAVE MINISTERS OF CENTRAL POW- | ERS DEPART FOR KAVALA. Departure is Quiet--National Flags of Diplomats at Malumast of the Steamer, London, Nov. 23.--The ministers representing the Central Powers at Athens, together with their staffs, left yesterday for Kavala on the Greek steamer Mykall, says a Reuter despatch from Athens under to-day's date. {fhe steamer flew at (he mainmast the national flags of the diplomats on board, \ The departure of the ministers, adds the despatch, was without in- cident. + The ministers representing the announced in an Admiralty state ment to-day. Yesterday it was de- clared, naval aeroplanes - dropped bombs over the seaplane sheds at the Belgian port, now held by the Ger- mans and also on German destroyers anchored alongside the Mole. A We- stroyer was hit and the sheds dam aged by the bombs, His Twenty-second Aeroplane, (8pectal To The Whig) Paris, Nov, 23.-- Lieut, Guynemer brought down twenty-second German aeroplanes in an aerial ac- tion reported in to-day's official statement. The night was calm along the entire front ,the statement says -~ NEW YORK STOCKS. The Prices Obtaining on the Stock Exchange. New York Stocks. n 1.30 p.m. 9 861% 171% 107% 147% 73% 90% 98% 8814 45% 124% Atchison ., .. Baltimore & Ohio .. . Canadian Pacific .. New York Central ... Reading .. .. .. Unjon Pacific .. Am. Car Fdy. Am. Loco. .. Apaconda .. .. .. Rep. Steel .. .. Int. Nickel .. U. 8. Steel .. Canadian Stocks. Steel of Canada .. 7% Cement .. 6814 Smelters .. : 383% Steel Corpn. .. 13% 10 U. $. EWOY, | Ambassador Penfield at Vieana Orders 60.- 000 Pous of Provisions. ~~ | GERARD WIL ALSO TAKE | | ny SOME SUPPLIES BACK TO BERLIN | WITH HIM. A Shortage in the Teuton States-- Other Neutral Nations Send Neves. | saries to Their Representatives. Vienna, Nov --PHe first Ameri- can to defy aud try to break the Brit- ish hunger blockade of the Central Empires is Ambassador Frederic C. Penfield, stationed here: The American Ambassador has or- dered approximately 60,000 pounds of food from America for his Em- bassy corps and the seven consulate corps within his jurisdiction. Secretaries, attaches and consuls, a38pecially these on small salaries, have been-serfously handicapped, not only by the difficulties they have ex- serienced in obtaining food, but specially by the unprecedented rices. Consul-General Palstead communi- sted with Consul-General Skinner at Condon, in the same manner that Consul-General Lay at Berlin had lone, asking whether the British Jovernment would permit the ship- ment of food for the Embassy and 23 Fab pFe repr rete prt ctyres include 1ged Francis Joseph, who heir-preswmptive, he 8 and his wife, Zita Charle / +> MAY INVOLVE GERMANY (Spgcial to the Whig.) * Washington, . Nov. 23.--The % destruction of the great British + hospital ship Britannic serious- # ly threatened # to the tangle of submarine com- plications between the United States and Germany. The re- ported presence of American surgeons aboard the vessel made the case one for gerious reflection and possibly rious action. » * + The German Artillery Belching. (Special t) the Whig London, Nov. 23.--@Gen. Sir Doug- 23 is dead, | day to enter in- + | wl Fide bbb bb RR eb bbs | the Greatest Vessel A CONDENMATON 1S ITER | i | | The Britannic Carried the Usual Hos- pital Emblems--New Details of Sinking of Vessel Received in Lon- don, HUN FRIGHTFULNESS. (Special to the Whig.) London, Nov. 23.--With new de- | tails of the sinking of the hospital | ship Britannic received, making it appear certain that the greatest ship | afloat was the victim of a Teuton WITH UNITED STATES | submarine, press and public alike to-| : nA & day united in bitter condemnation of | what was termed another example of | German '/frightfulness." It was pointed out here to-day that | there could be no _mistakin j character of the Britammier "Ni m "#ub- arine commander could have failed to identify the ship, not only from | the fact that she carried the usual | hospital emblems, but because she {| was the biggest ship of her kind in the world. That the vessel was, | therefore, the victim of a deliberate, to negotiate. |attack was the verdict here. In an additional statement to-day the Admiralty asserted t {and the hospital staff. acy Todo the] his. journal, Theodore Wolff re-ap- | Armed With Big Knife He Raids | Pullnan, | New York, Nov. 23.--Armed with | | a six-inch knife, a squat, muscular | negro, who was known to | strike-breakers on the New other | York, | OF THIS LATEST EXAMPLE OF | New Haven and Hartford Rallroad|which it would | Company's piers at Fox Point, near | | Providence, R.I., only as "Black | Bill," made himself the virtual mas-| Iter of the fast New Haven Express, | | which reached the Grand Central] | tarminal, According to stories told | by passengers, "Black Bill" stabbed one man, robbed another of $25, and | for a time threatened to "cut up" ' the terrified passengers in one of the cars in the solid Pullman train if | money he said had been stolen from | kim was not returned. { TALKS OF PEACE AGAIN | Significant Visit of Baron Burian to { Berkin. Amsterdam, Nov, 28.--After a | long interval since the suspension of pears in th¢ Tageblatt. He suggests a connection between Baron Burian's visit to the Chancellor and peace ne- gotiation rumors. Since the Chancellor's speech the whole world, he says knows Germany would not refuse to consider propos- | "We may Ambme | | that the object of Burian's visit there tannic carried no wounded, and those | 22d about the future of Earope: aboard were only the regular crew | Wolff warns his readers, however, | not to over-estimate the tmportance | | | of these things, since there are very | provinces with large resulting pro- fits; ' "And that its character as a main artery of commerce and travel he- tween east and west, and its location along the extreme southern limits of most of the municipalities through pass commend it par- ticularly as a work to be undertaken at the expense of the province; "And that a recommendation be made accordingly to the Provincial Government." Mr. Meek spoke in favor of one trunk line from one end of the prov- ince to the other. He had. reason to believe that the Ontario Government would regard with favor a 'proposal of this kind. He pointed out the rev- enue collected from automobiles yearly, $600,000, part of which came back for road repair and construction indirectly. If roads such as this one proposed were built throughout the province there would be twice the automobile traffic, and consequently twice the amount of revenue. If the Ontario Government took up the scheme, he was confident that the Ot- tawa Government would follow in the near future, as Hon. Robert Rogers had intimated that he would give such measures his support; Mr. Meek also spoke of the benefits to the farmer accruing from the scheme, Seconding the motion was W, J. Storey, of Brockville. Holding that the motion was a step in the right direction, G. F. he Bri. Was to talk both about Polish affairs | McKim, of Smith's Falls, supported it. "The present roads of the province are a reproach to the people of On- tario; to say the least," said Mr. Me- las Haig reported German artillery firing during the night on both sides of the Ancre and also in the neigh- borhood of Hebuterne, in to-day's Central Powers at Athens, in re- questing an audience with King Con- stantine, stated that they did not re- gard the action of the Entente Pow- few indications of any inclination to-| ie ! TOPbId that oe suvald ever ward peace on the part of the Allies. "God for! a shou e! 7s » be called upon to defend from the in- vader our native land," said Col. Steamers ,. .. .. .. 41 | General Electric .. ..122% Toronto Live Stock. consular corps. Mr. Skinner appears 'o'have answered that the British de- lined the request. But Mr. Penfield, taking the stand War Tidings, Allied troops have raided Kjupri on the Macedonian front, 65% % 8% 3 1% 124% HURRY XMAS PARCELS ers in demanding their departure from Greece as involving responsi- bility on the part of the Greek Gov- ernment or the King, nor as being a hostile act as far as Greece was con- cerned, says a Reuter despatch from the Greek capital under date of No- vember 20th. "The Greek ministers accredited to the Central Powers," adds the de- spatch, "will remain at their posts. The minfsters and the personnel of the legations of the Central Powers at Athens will remain on board the Marienbad (an Austrian merchant vessel) until a Greek vessel or other neutral ship is available to take them to Dedeaghatch. The vessel will fly the flags of all the ministers to avoid the risk of the ship being torpedoed." » -- BRITAIN IS FIRM. Must Attain Object For Which She Fights, Says Lord Derby. London, Nov. 23.--Discussing peace with a group of American newspaper correspondents Lord Der- by declared that any proposal from Germany &t this time would be met with the consideration of its worth. He added that "any proposal giv- ing up what we are fighting for will mot be considered for an instant," and England's position still is exactly | as Lloyd George outlined in his re-| cent interview with the United Press. | Brothers in Belgidn Army. Paris, Nov. 23.--Two brothers of the new Austrian empress, Princes Xavier afd Sixte of Parma, are ser- ving in the Belgian army, President Poincare recently decorated both the princes with the War Cross. WHIG CONTENTS 1--~New Emperor Democratic: 8 Supplies to Envoy: No : Mistaning Ship: Favor the gE Highway. : i 2-<4AN Deserters Released: Lo. cal Happenings. S--Cherry 'mn Trenches: Church nniversary. . Edit Notes: Random ws sind ally of Queen's: Smokes ro News. Announcements; The S$~Teutons Still Pressing: Mili- ty 'Matters: Theatrical. 's New Push; German Peace Efforts. " 10-dRoxune's Confession; Menus: 4 at, Great Fe 4 ey Cigar Stores Asvt 12dn World of Sport! Bringing + Up Father. Receipts fair; trade draggy; prices practically unchanged. Chicago Grain. Wheat--December, $1.80%; May, $1.87. Corn--December, 93 3%c. New York Cotton. December, $20.08; March, $10.18; May, $20.45. ~~ DREADFUL MASSACRE. (Special to the Whig.) London, Nov. 23.--A special + agency despatch from Baku, As- + jatic Russia, via Petrograd, de- 3% clareg the Turks have 'massa- + cred between five thousand and + six thousand Armenians at + Sivas Turkey. ; BebbEE PRE IRISH CONGRESSMAN. Would Have a Food Embargo to Hit Britain. Washington, Nov. 23.--Rep. Fitz- gerald, Democrat, chairman of the house appropriation committee, an- nounced yesterday that he favored an embargo on foodstuffs, and that it was his purpose to prepare a bill and to press the subject early in the com- ing of congress to hit Britain. President Wilson and the Cabinet are understood to oppose it. - + + + + + + + + + + + HAVE THEY DUCKED, From Under the Encircling Arm of Gen. von Falkenhayn. (Special t+ the Whig) London, Nov, 23.--The Rumanian official statement, issued to-day after two days silence at Bucharest in face of the sweeping German claims of " army, has served to increase hope here that the forces of the Balkan ki in the Jiul valley, at least, had d Gen. von Falkenhayn's advance. from under the encircling arm of | the 'hat employees of the American Gov- rnment, many of whom were work- ng for the belligerents by looking Jfter their prisoners and taking care »f their interests, had a right to ex- pect an opportunity to obtain food at yrices within reach of their salaries, yromptly tobk the matter into his own hands, Without any negotiations with London, Mr. Penfield cabled to Secre- 'ary of State Lansing for two car- 'oads of food, and Mr. Lansing or- lered the quartermaster-general of 'he army to fill the order. It is now in route on the Noordam of the Hol land-America Line. ATTACK POST; LOST HALF OF FORCE Unsuccessful German Attempt '$o Capture Small Garrison in East Africa. London, Nov. 23.--An unsuccess- ful attack by a German column upon + small British post in German East Africa, following which the Germans! vere driven away with heavy losses! %y British relief forces, is announc-| 'd in an official statement issued 'to- lay. The statement reads:. i stytement, Sr --T Are Rumanians Penned Up ? (Special to the Whig.) London, Nov. Bucharest has not spoken since Sunday concerning the German claims of the entire success of the Teu- ton enveloping move- ment in Wallachia. This silence has created con- siderable uneasiness here to-day as to what had be- come of the Rumanian army which the German statements, the only ones obtainable, so far have asserted is penned up in that seetion of Rumania south of the Danube be- tween Orsova and Crai- O« ~L Jva. "The enemy, 400 strong, with 'hree guns and eight machine guns, Attacked a sniall British post at Lupembe. The garrison repulsed all assaults, inflicting heavy casualties. "Later two-British columns closed 'n. on Lupembe and the enemy fled In a north-easterly .directioff, taking heir woundéd with them, and aban- foning one heavy gus with its am- Munition. Forty-seven dead were ollected on the field." ad TWO CANADIANS ESCAPE. > (Spelal to the Whig.) New York, Nov. Ha ng r eat, ubli- Chairman "i Posse tittee / | tracts by December 7th. It is rumored in New York that| United States doctors and nurses | were aboard the Britannic when sunk by German submarine. London newspapers agree that the death of Franz Josef will not effect Austria's course in the war. A report of the Militia -Depart- ment says the values of Canadian shipping have increased two hundred per. cent since the war began, Joffre Lauds Sarrail. Paris, Nov. 23.--General Joffre has sent a telegram to General Sar- rail, commanding in Macedonia, cor- dially congratulating him and his men for having taken Monastir. The! message includes a special general | army order addressed to the officers alld men of the army of the east, Should Be Forwarded by First Week in December, London, Nov. 23.--The War Office announces that all Christmas parcels for the troops in France should be despatched as early as possible, and should in no case be forwarded later than the first week in December. If despatched later, it is stated, delivery by Christmas Day is mot probable. Transport is limited. Senders can materially assist the military author- ities by despatching early, Parcels must be gre eleven and under fifty- six pounds. Every officer and man will receive an extra ration of plum pudding on Christmas Day. Ponton, of Belleville; 'but if such Bee top for probabil | should be the case, the road proposed | would be valuable for strategic pur- | poses in mobilization." The resolution was finally carried. Welland Canal Motion Lost. The Welland Canal motion, urging that the Government push the work on the waterway, was the first and only resolution to be lost, it being the opinion of the convention that its completion should be deferred till after the war. R. Meek presented the resolution, and Ald. Newman seconded it, DAILY MEMORANDUM of page 3, right band corner litles, HONG KONG TO PAY SHARE praising them for having driven the Germans and Bulgars from western | Macedonia. In conclusion the més- | sage says: "You have deprived the enemy of Monastir; to-morrow you will end | by beating him." British Food Invention. London, Nov. 23.--The Board of Trade has issued an order requiring all persons cultivating more than ten acres in the kingdom to make a re- turn of their potato stocks and con- ~ Of Britain's War Bills--Already © « Planning loan. Washington, Nov. 23.--The Brit- ish port of Hong Kong, China; under an arrangement just completed be- tween. the Imperial and colonial gov- ernments will bear its share of Brit- ain's war debt. The colony, accord- ing to a report today to the Ameri- M can government, now is planning a loan of $1,500,000 gold for the pur- pose, - Frontenac Hote THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG i Sale at the s on at Hollowiag Chip kane Sys Bip 41 oliege Book re i. rocery ke ullen's Groce a. versity ¢ Brincoss nd Princess rs Gi n's Drug cavaseesdl eeesBl 'Congratulates Wilson. 4 (Special to the Whig.) Washington, Nov. 22.--Charles Evans Hughes, Republican candidate, now des his defeat, and has sent his congratulations to Wilson. President Wilson to-day sent the MW ENKIN--At Kin SPAFFO Moses Spaflo) Fugeral on Rt urday lat, sidence, DIED. : Raton General Hos ital, on Nov. 23rd, 1918, Susie Jen- in, daughter of the late Edward] Uenkin. Funeral from the residence of her bro ther, Isaac Jenkin. 27 University Avenue, Time announced later. ord's Corne Vv, 23rd, 1916, aged 63 years. J 2 pm. from his ydenhat ceme- Loughboro, on © Te tery. Welland, Nov. 23.--Welland High a conference with