12 PAGES Jd YEAR 83-NO. 277 2 S---- | GENERAL MOVEMENT | FOR HIGHER WAGES } 1 | Caused by Increased Cost of! N AHEAD Living, Recruiting and | | Scarcity of Labor. r-- (Special to the Whig.) i | Ottawa, Nov. 28-- Deputy Minister Towards the Rumanian Capital---Using (Gas | of fader Adiand, in the annual re- port o e partment, notes that And Tear Shells. "The pressure of the rising cost of living, recruiting and the increasing --T scarcity of labor have been the causes of the general movement in the di- FEW rection of higher wages." on endl OF Forty-five strikes occurred during the fiscal year, as compared with | forty-three during the previous year. { During the year 836 work people lost their lives, while 4,949 were in- jured as a result of accidents. The mining industry was responsible for 169 fatalities, while the railways furnished 117, agriculture 94, en- gineering and shipbuilding, 86, lum- bering 64, and navigation 50. SIX BOMBS DROPPED OVER LONDON CITY By a German Aeroplane at Noon Tuesday -- Four People Injured. (Special to the Whig.) London, Nov. 28.-- German aero- plane dropped six bombs over the | city of London early to-day. Lord French reported that four were in- jured, one woman seriously. The of- ficial statement said the aeroplane flew at a great height over the city and was partially concealed in the haze. It appeared between 11.50 o'clock and noon. Except for the four people injured, the statement said the damage done by the bombs was slight. CONSIDERING SWIFTNESS THE TEUTONIC ADVANCE Along the Danube There Is Artillery Bombarding--There Is No Change Reported in Dobrudja. {Bpecial to the Whig.) London, 'Nov. 28.---The entire line of the Atl river in Rumania, running north and south through the country from the Transylvanian Alps to the Danube, is now in the hands of the Teutonic allies. In all directions the invaders are continuing :0 make pro- gress, with Bucharest, their main ob- jective, daily coming nearoar, The southern and eastern drive in the Alt region ras brought the Teu- tonic forces across the Tonlog river, while to the south, between Rochi de Vede and Valen their line has been drawn considerably nearer the Ru- manian capital. Considering the swiftness of the advance of the Teutonic allies through Wallachia, comparatively few prisoners have been taken, al- though semi-official reports credit them with having captured consid- crable supplies of needed stores. Near Orsova, twenty-eight officers and 1,200 men were made prisoners, while in the Alt region, near Tigveni, ten additional officers and 4,000 men fell into the hands of the Teuton. ARE NOT WAR PRISONERS 150 Nevfoundlend Men Believed Captured Given Up As Dead, St. Johu's, Nfid., Nov. 28. --Gover- nor Davidson publishes an official message (rom the War Office. intima: ting that inquiries made through the American Embassy at Berlin, re- specting one hundred and fifty New- foundland soldiers, missing since the battle on the Somme on July first, in which the Newfoundland regiment was decimated, discloses that none of these Newfoundlanders are prisoners in Germany, hence they are now posted officially as believed to be killed. Statement From Bucharest. (Special to the Whig.) . Bucharest, ov. 28. -- Using gas and tear shells, the Teutonc- forces in patrol engagements backed up by artillery fire are attacking Rumanian troops in the Buse valley as far as Dragostavelo. Along the Danube, the statement reported artillery bom- barding. In Dobgudja the situation was sald to be ufichanged. WILL CHANGE ALLOCUTION Dispute at Vatican Over Service for Francis Joseph. Rome, Nov, 38 --Two strong cur- rents are making selves felt at the Vatican, one urging the necessity of having a great service for the re- pose of the soul of Francis Joseph, who was a staunch Catholic sover- eign and a loyal upholder of the rights of the Catholic religion. He was a faithful son of the Church, as he proved during the last Hucharistic Congress at Vienna, when, despite a downpour of rain, he followed the procession, headed by the Cardinal Legate of the Pope. The other party maintains that no such function must Sueur 81 Hp at. * ican, as it would be reg at the present moment as a violation of | * POTATO BOYCOTT that impartiality of which the Pope STARTS IN MONTREAL is so strict an adherent. . The strug- gle of the two groups continues most violent, but so far it seems that those opposing the funeral service will be victorious. The death of Francis Joseph, and the accession to the throne of Em- peror Charles, have obliged the Pope to change the allocution for delivery at the consistory on December 4. He will speak of the life of the Emperor, his attachment to religion and the Church, and he will express the hope that the reign of the new ruler may soon be crowned with the blessing of peace. CANADIAN PANAMA LINE Government Will Operate it Between Atlantic and Pacific Ports. 4 Ottawa, Nov. 28.--The Govern- ment announces the establishment of a State owned steamship line be- tween Canadian Atlantic and Paci fic ports, via the Panama Canal. There being no tonnage available, two vessels will be built in British Columbia, for which tenders will be called at once. The service will be under the con- trol of the Department of Railways and Canals, | CESS PP P0443 944 9 Montreal, Nov. 28.--The boy- cott of potatoes declared by the Montreal Housewives' League goes into effect to-day. Notices were sent out from the league's office to all the women's organ- izations in the city asking that they co-operate with the House- wives' League in boycotting po- tatoes until the prices are re- duced. Sed 2d a Sbddid COPS FSP PP EPP ee + - » eee MEXICANS SHOOT WOMEN. Charged With Being Spies, Three Women Face Firing Squad. Columbus, New Mexico, Nov. 28 That Margarito Acosta, one of three women put to death at El Valle for an alleged plot against the life of Col. nzales Diaz, was at one time in the employ of Villa was asserted here to-day. Letters and papers found; it is said, indicated this. She also is said by the Carranza officers to have carried papers signed by Gen. Trevino. The woman was called before Col. Diaz Tuesday. She was followed by her sister, Maria Castilla, and ser- vant, Maria Reis. She attempted to brazen out the situation, the Car- rahiza officers said. A search of her rperson is sald to have followed, and papers, a dirk and a pistol were taken from her, according to the of- Early next morning the women were shot, dying bravely, the officers declared ! A STEAMER MISSING, Then Reported Safe, But a Mistake Was Made, Special to the Whig.) Halifax, Nov. 28 The steamer Amerique, reported as sending out 8.0.8. calls early to-day, has arrived safely off North Sydney, according to Suyanned reports: received here. to- ay. Not the Amerique. ; Halifax, Nov. 38--A steamer ar- riving at Sydney, which at first was reported to be the Amerique, proved to be the Propatria, which had been ashore at Flat Point. Nothing has been heard of the Amerique. ---------------------------------------------- Watertown Man Suffocated. alartawn. N. Y,, Nov. 28.--John Geddes, 46, was suffocated last night in a fire in 3 Ywo-story ' lighted while at- 'warm himself in a room floor. KINGSTON, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1916 KING INSPECTS GUARDSMEN GOING TO THE FRONT. BRIAN REFUSES T0 PASS ENVOY From Austria to the United States, it is Amounced. ANCIENT RIGHT SET ASIDE NEUTRAL GOVERNMENT TO RECEIVE AMBASSADOR. OF News, Though Unofficial, Causes Un- favorable Impression at Washing. ton--Issue Will Not Be Permitted to Rest. London, Nov. 28.--The Foreign Of- fice Las sent Ambassador Page a note definitely refusing to grant a safe conduct to Count Adam Tarnowski Von Tarnow, the new Austro-Hun- garian ambassador to the United States. The reason for the refusal may be paraphrased as follows: Even if international law forbade the refusal of such a safe conduct the parade ground in Hyde Park after inspectin time in the history of the Household Cavalry actions of Austrian and German em- bassies and consulates abroad have! been so much in excess of regular diplomatic functions that the British; Government feels justified in with- | holding its consent for such diplomats | to travel to their posts. | Surprise at Washington. | Washington, Nov. 28 Another controversy between the American Government and the Entente Allies] is in prospect as a result of the re- fusal of the British Government to grant safe conduct to Count Tarnow- ski, the newly appointed Austro-Hun- garian ambassador to the United States. It was learned to-day that the State Department has not made a formal request for a safe conduct for the Austrian ambassador, but has confined itself to a transmission of the request of the Austrian Govern- ment for such a courtesy. There- fore, it is probable that if the issue] is to be made up it will be necessary | for the United States to make such| request on its own account. Great Britain's" attitude, if ad- hered to, would prevent a new Turk- ish ambassador and successors to Captains Boy-Ed and Von Papen, former naval and military attaches of the German émbassy, from reaching the United States. HOLIDAY FOR SIR SAM. General to Take Motor Trip in South- ern States. Ottawa, Nov. 28.--Lieut.-General Sir Sam Hughes, M.P., in a few days will proceed to the southern states on a motor trip ¢fccompanied by members of his family. The ex- minister has been occupied since his leaving the department in attending to personal business, and now feels free for a holiday. Sir Sam will be away from Ottawa for a couvle of weeks, Hing Destroyed; the Papier Tn ight : Governor-Gen. k Divorce Case; Random mas Trade; Endurance. tario News. Announcements; OE PROTEST TO BERLIN (Special to the Whig.) . - Washi Nov. 28." bassador T0 PUT BAN ON EGGS HOUSEWIYVES' LEAGUE EMBARGO IN HFRECT ON TUESDAY. J Dealers. Approve Of It -- Is Only Practical Method of Defeating Speculators, They Say--Eggs on Blacklist For Two Weeks. New York, Nov. 28.--A household embargo on eggs, the authors of the movement, expect, was inaugurated in New York city today. The move- ment has the endorsement of the Na- tional Housewives' League and other consumers' organizations, also of Commissioner of Foods and Markets Dillon, representing the state, and Commissioner of Weights and Meas- Ures Hartigan, representing the city Wholesale and retail egg dealers, too, have given the proposal their approval as the only practical me- thod of defeating the speculators. This 1s safd to be the first food boycott which has had the support of dealers. The suggestion for the embargo, as planned by Commission- er Hartigan, came in this case from a representative of one of the largest grocery firms in this city, and the presidents of all the retail grocery associations in this city will meet at the Municipal building on Wednes- day afternoon to work out a plan for co-operation between the public and retail dealers to strike at speculators in eggs and later to attack specula- tion in otheg foodstuffs. The National Housewives Lea- gue, which forced down the price of butter and meat two years ago by a boycott, will be joined in the pres- ent movement by the Consumers' League, the National Woman's move- mient to reduce the cost of living and other organizations of consumers. «=the plan, which is a development of that worked out by the House- wives' League and State Commission- er Dillon, calls for placing eggs on the housewives blacklist - for two weeks, followed by two weeks' black- list of butter and similar treatment for two weeks each of potatoes, poul- try and other food products. News from other cities of similar blacklisting movements promises that this winter will test the power of the housewife in all parts of the country to combat the food specula- tor by co-operative action. Jail for Speeding Doctor. Toronto, Nov. 28 Col. Denison, police magistrate, has refused to im-|- pose a fine instead of seven days on the jail farm upon Dr. James C. Beatty, who was charged with knocking down three men with his automobile. The King, with whom are seen in this picture the Queen and Princess Mary, leaving the the Household Battalion. "This is the first at an infantry battalion for active servicé has been formed from its regiments," said His Majesty in his speech. THO ZEPPELNS ARE DESTROVED By British Aviators Who Fought (he Raiders on Monday Night. ENGLSH EAST COUNTIES WERE VISITED BY A LARGE GERMAN AERIAL FLEET But No Casualties Are Reported-- One Zeppelin Was Shot Down on Durham Coast and the Other Off Norfolk. --y (Special to the Whig.) London, Nov. 28.-- Two Zep- pelins of a large aerial fleet which raided the English east counties last night were brought down by British avia- tors. Lord French, commander of the British home forces, said one of the Zeppeling was brought down aflame on the Durham coast. The second was destroyed nine miles off Nor- folk. Bothowere headed toward the sea when hit. Last night's was the twenty- seventh air raid over the east- ern counties since January 1st. The last raid was on Oct. 2nd, this time by an aeroplane. Judging from official state- ments, the two Zeppelins bag- ged last night bring the total of number so far destroyed lover and around England by British patrols up to six, at least three 'of these being of the latest super-zeppelin type. Eight others were destroyed elsewhere. The official statement of last night's raid said the Zeppelins passed over the northern and eastern counties, and that no casualties or damage had been reported. Story of Thrilling Air Figh y (Special to the Whig.) London, Nov. 28.--Eight thousand feet aloft, above the North Sea, Bri- tish hydroplanes sent a German Zep- LAST EDITION HYDRO POWER - NOW ASSURED 1 | pelin hurling down to destruction in! {flames to-day. A little earlier anti- {aircraft guns, co-operating with an {aeroplane, accounted for another] {German air-raider off York and Dur- | { ham counties, the great air cruiser| {also sinking, aflame, into the water. | Graphic details of the British suc-| cess in repelling the 27th aerial raid | {made the Germans since the first of | {the year were announced b¥ Lord | French, He said the damage in.lives {or property from bombs dropped by | |the raiders over York and Durham | { counties during the night were be-| lieved slight. | 4 Contract Approved on Monday by Utilities Commission. The first Zeppelin, which apparent- by an aeroplane as it turned home- | ly entered over Durham, was pursued 10 BE EXECUTED BY COUNCIL ward. Not until the Zeppelin was| . over the sea off the Durham coast| WORK WILL BE COMMENCED IN did the British aviator succeed in| FEW DAYS, reaching a vital part. Then he | - brought the great dreadnought of the Rate Is $28, Based on Actual Cone air down a burst of flame. sumption of 900 Horsepow | The second German Zeppelin en-| tered over the north midlands, drop- Serene Lagnting Question Has Been ed. ping bombs at several places, Lord ) The Utilities Commission at its 'ench's statement said. Then she | turned homeward A Sought ou | meeting Monday afternoon approved e 8 Su- Ae sn op rel of the power contract submitted by her aerial course. Finally the great |the Hydro-Electric Commission, and ivessel was apparently struck. The | decided to send it on to the City last part of the journey was made Council for execution. According to Yith, great Qs, thie Zeppelin the terms of the contract the city Jase a awa by daybreak. |3ETees to take 1,200 horsepower, for : which it will pay at the rate of $28 The Second Brought Down fper horsepower, being allowed a Later, somewhere aloft on the Nor-| leeway of 25 per cent. in the amount folk coast, the German crew appar-/of power. ently effected repairs. The machine | Engineer Kribs, of the Hydro Com- immediately proceeded eastwards, " arising rapidly to a height of 8,000 | Mission, stated that work would be feet. Then four naval aeroplanes at. | Sommepced on the line a very few tacked the invader nine miles at sea. | S005, after the contract was signed, ; whieh will likely be at the meeting An armed trawled aided in the at- the C tack. Finally a shot reached a vital |°' the Council next Monday night. The Utilities Commission and the part, and the great ship sank from | pire and Light Committee reached an the sky a blazing mass at 6.45 am. | understanding in regard to the street Thousands collected on the shore|)ignting account. The committee breathlessly witnessed the duel for|agreed to give an I1.0.¥. for the the forces of air, water and land, for | amount due the Commission, some- the shore batteries alsa poured their! thing over $5,000, on the understand- fire at one of the sky dreadnoughts,|ing ';at the profits of the electric joining in the fusilades from aero-| pian: which go to the city, would be planes and armed trawlers. There devoted, in part, to wiping out this was a great cheer from these specta-| deficit. tors of the combat as the Zeppelin The following members of the com- rushed downward, destroyed, like a| mittee waited upon the Commission: blazing comet. It is believed that|Alds. 'O'Connor (chairman), Corbett, none of the crew of either Zeppelin! Nickle and White. survived. | nn Germany has lost one or more of . , her Zeppelin fleet on every attemr Fire Committee's Case. she has made at a rald over Englan Ald. O'Connor pointed out that on- ly $16,000 had been placed in the since Sept. 3rd. ees estimates for street lighting, while War Tidings. | the wesoLR: Sealey BF he Lome. office admits th.t | Sion was far over ,000. Not having eR aon on the Vardur|the money required to meet the bill River {in full, the committee, as citizens, ap- > i » led to the Commission, as citizens, The Ellerman liner City of Bir-|bea mingham, 7,000 tons, has been sunk | 10 see if something could mot be done by a submarine, to reduce or wipe out the SOME thee 5 It is believed in London that | indebtedness. The alderman objected t may yet be saved and /4 | 0 the committee being charged with Bucharon de by the Russians | the full interest on the conduit de- DIE Be Serbians defeated picked Ger- | bentures, and suggested that as the 1 t to help the Bulgars.| commission was no longer required to iF gh ey continues on the | Pay taxes, which amounted to about mre | $6,000, it could very well afford to MG y { k that off the street te German exchange at New York on | Boek ht sum g | Continuing, Ald. O'Connor Jlonday sell to 45 16700) price Sno said that while the power consumers a ' and the electric light users had been being woyth only 334 oats against | oi en a lower rate there had been a nor v nts. | no reduction in the street lighting that | rates. | ted Sabb Pobbdd Shibbbbbbbbtes Commissioner Toye sta t # | Kingston was the cheapest lighted MILLIONS FOR RELIEF. + (Continued on page b.) New York, Nov. 28.--The Re- ceipts of the American commit- tee for Armenian and Syrian relief has reached $2,028,902, 68. The receipts for the last thirty days have been $769,124. Practically every cent has been cabled to relief centres in Tur- key and Russian Caucasia, the expenses of its collection having been borne by members of the committee. &| Joseph Brooks, theatrical manager, 4| was killed in New York by a fall from # his eighth fioor apartment in West 4 | Seventy-ninth street, DAILY MEMORANDUM See top of page 3, right band ooroe for probabilities. St. Luke's Christmas sate and Con- oert, Wednesday, Nov, 20th, Remember sale of work, Oalvary Congregational Chureh, Thursday, 3 and 7 p.m. BORN 7 MeGARVEY---lIn Kingston, on Nov, 2%th, 1916, to Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Mc. Garvey, 18 Cherry street, a daugh- ter. DIED jo ARMSTRONG--iAt thé residence of his parents, 376 Barrie street, King- ston, on Tuesday, November 28th 1916, Gerald, won of James and 'Mary Armstrong, aged 6 years, 11 eral took piace ta the Grand T Funeral to Pp e Gran Station, 1.40 pm. November CPE P Pere terror Po we MACKENSEN CAPTURES TOWN OF GIURGIN 38 Miles South of Bucharest-- | Serblans Capture An- other Hill. Special to the Wihig.) Berlin via wireless), Nov. 28. Glurgin (of Ciurgevo), a town on the ; Danube thirty-eight mies south of | ;,¢orment at St. John's Cemetery, To- Bucharest, hn Yuen captured by rante. EE tn aaa rsha yon ackensen's , FERGUSON -- n n nd War Office announced to-| France, Roderick Mackenzie Fer- La { guson, youngest son of J. M. Fer- day. he Danube army gained an IRON Banchory. Sostiand, ground, it was asserted. There was Second Lieutenant Gordon High- limited fighting in Dobrudja. n landers, late private {th Canadian Mounted Rifles, and Canadian Bank Serbians Capture Hill. (Specim to the Whi Paris, Nov. ~---- runk 28th of Commerce, ngeton, aged 31 33 28. --Led by French: Years. ' TCE id in action ar 2134 of i on vate "Richard A Mit. Zouaves, Serbian forces captured Hill chell, aged 23, Fourth Machine No. 1,050, northeast of Monastir, de- me Hy Touhy ioe spite the most violent efforts of the Mre. Se Riitchotl, Cal. Bulgarian-German defenders, the of- ficial statement related to-day. Four counter-attacks by Teutonic forces . da hew of the ov. ral Dean En, Tamworth. Re- were repulsed with heavy losses. commended for ¢he DCM. Fourth Year undergraduate of Trinkt Ae lege, Toronto; Divinity Student of the Diocese of Ontario. Requiescat in pace. Special memor ial Jorvice at 8t. George's Cathedral, 8 pai tonight na ----- HUSTLED PATIENTS OUT ON THE STREET See When Fire Broke Out in Grace 'Hospital, Toronto--No One Injured. Special he Whig.) ° Toronte Nov. 28 od not a shuffled," say the heroipe of Grace Hospital, as they modestly tell the story of how they hustled 116 bed-ridden adult patients the place with smoke, Night Hannah Wilson was with her staff of eight assistants had