FAA AE tg 12 PAGES | T YEAR 84-NO. 10 he Baily a ---- bh) * ritish KINGSTON, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12 1917 PAGES 18 LAST EDITION BRITISH WARSHP 1S SUBMARN It Was Sunk by a U-Beat in the Mediter- [ancan. 1 | | i -- ALL SAVED BUT THRTEEN WHO WERE KILLED IN THE BIG EXPLOSION, This Ts the. First Allied Battleship to He Sunk by an Enemy Suoma- vine in Two Years. Ion 13. port don, Jan An Admiralty re "uvs * Cornwallis, Captain A. P. DS.O.. was sunk b> an enemy submariné ..n the 9h (Tues- day) in the Mediterra®ean. "The are sa HAMS Davidse n, captain and all the officers od, but there are thirteen men and it is feared thes kitled by the explosion "H. M. seaplane carrier Ben-My- Chree, commander C. R. Samson, D. | 8.0., was sunk by gunfire in Kastel- oribo harbor. Asia Minor, vesterday. "The only casualties were one of-'| ficer and four men." The battleship Cornwallis was laid down in 1901. She was 405 fear long and was armed with four i2- inch, twelve 6<inch,' and twelve 2- inch guns, six 3-pounders and four torpedo tubes Her normal comple- ment was 7560 men. She was of 14,- 000 tons, The Ben-My:Chree was a convert- ed "merchantman of 2.651 tons gross. She was 375 feet long, was built in Barrow in 1908, and owned by 'the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, of Douglas. The Cornwallis is the first Allied battleship to be torpedoed by'a sub marine in two years. missing, were - Sad "WIN THE WAR" LOAN, (Special to the Whig.) London, Jau. 12.-----The Bank of England smashed all tradit- ion to-day by opening its doors before nine o'clock, in response to the demands of eager throngs outside demanding co: pies Of the prospectus on the # "win<the-war" loan. 4 Troe : i ---------- Munition Stocks Advance. {Special to the Whig. New York, Jan. 12--The Entente's réply to President Wilson's note to the belligerents was the basis of a géneral advance in' munition stocks on the Stock Exchange to-day. * * + > + + *| + * | *| * | +> $| + "> - + oe = + * * * + - + a SALLE LE - ree | { ~ ¢ LATE SERGT. (FORGE ANDERSON (amounted to one hundred and sixty-| 'United States jdrén a durable peace CANADA'S REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE 170 Millons Spent for War, Purposes During Past Nine Months. 1 (Special to the Whig.) 1 Omawa, Jan. 12.--Canada's total | revenue for the first nine months of! the fiscal year ending December 31st six millions, an increase of forty-four | millions as compared with the corres- | ponding period the preceeding! year. Expenditures, exclusive of war, for! in {the first nine months totalled a hun-| dred million. Should the average not | be exceeded for the remaining three! wionths, there will be a surplus of re- {venue over ordinary and capital ex-| penditure of about sixty millions to be | applied for war purposes. Of the in-| crease im revinue, Customs is re-| sponsible for twenty-eight million dol- | lars, exeise for about two million dol- | lads, and post office for a million and | a half, i At the end of December the net debt stood at 722 million, an increase of over two hundred millions, as com- paréd with December, 1915, Canada has spent for war purposes during the nine months 170 millions, which just about exactly the! amount expended for the same pur- pose during the first nine months of the preceeding fiscal year. For the month of December the total expendi- | ture for the war was $22,702,217, © PEPLFEIIIII PIPIDE $09 | in WANT BETTER ANSWER. (Special to the Whig.) London, Jan. 12.--Greece must return a more definite an- swer to the Allies' ultimatum. An authoritative report to-day was that sueh a demand had heen cabled to Athens. » wew DES hh, L Papers ei Entente © 7 (Special to the Whig.) New York, Jan. 12° Prominent | United States papers to-day as al rule commend - the definiteness and | tone of the Allies' reply to President | Wilson's peace note. The New York | Herald says it is a new declaration of independence on behalf of civil gation, The Times asks iI Germany and' the Central Powers: will have the ef- | frontery-to say that. every one of the | Allles' peace terms are not just? i The Philadelphia Enquirer thinks | the note leaves no - hope of early | peace. ! i - + °! | <> + * | + + @ PLT P Sree. &* TION VILIZATION | Com= | i ' § FRANCE DEMANDS ALSAGE-LORRAINE | This and Belgium Deliverance | First Articles of Her i me. 4 { | Paris, Jan. 12.--Paul Deschanel, dn addressing the Chamber of Depu- ties yesterday after his re-election as president of that body said: "The first articles of our program- me remain the deliverance of Bel- glum and the restoration of Alsace Lorraine. This is the only program me tha can recompense us for our sacrifices and to assure to our chil worthy of France and the Republic." Telegraph Office Burned. (Special to the Whig.) 3 St. Catharines, Jan. 12.---The C. N. W. telegraph office was gutted by fire this morning. The instruments were destroyed, the books saved. A Calm Night, Paris, Jan. 12.--The French offi- cial statement reports a calm night on the whole front, | { Paris, Jan. 11.--The communica- tin fssunq by the War Office to-night reads: "Artillery actions have taken place in Upper Alsace, in the Woevre, and in the region of Verdun. Quiet vailed on the rest of the front." The afternbon communication said: "In Argoune at La Fille Morte we have gxploded a mine, causing heavy damages in a trench of the enemy. On the right bank of the River Meuse a Germax attack upon one of our trenches in the wood of Caurieres has heen reru'red after a spirited fight, luring the course of which th: enemy suffered heavy losses.' 6 CONTENTS } ans Save: Wars C8 ined: Terms of \ Shells troyed. +=Th Tdqusr Cases; King £3 Blamed: Gen. Traghes' Speech. 1 Notes; Random e John WW, Eiljste: 2 Siapptnings. tern tario News hentsiAnnounce mente: n's Student; itary Matters: Theatrical " » ex in Germany. News: Helping » World of Sport. pre- were i i § Rome, Jan. 11.--Thursday's War Office report said: "On the Trentino | feed front the activity of our artillery was hindered by heavy snowfalls and thick mist. On the Julian front there! ttent artillery and tench -and some activity un our patrols. Our . mortar aetl the part of Vi NR | sacrifice. {The Swiss }l a guarantee that the vessels shall LET CANADIANS BEGIN TO SAVE And Keep Canada's War Debt in the Hands of Our People. SR THOMAS WHITES CAL | PEOPLE TO SAVE, SAVE, SAVE TO THE For the Purposes of the "Dominion | and Imperial Governments in the | Prosecution of the War. { Ottawa, Jan, 12.--"This is a time or national and individual * self- Self-indulgence and extra- vagance are crimes against the na- tion and its brave defenders," said Sir Thomas White, Minister of Fin- ance in the courst of an addrédss to the Ottawa Board of Trade last night, "Let the new year resolution of all be to save, save, save," said Sir Thomas. "As business men you f | have no doubt often thought of our! increasing national debt. How will the country meet the heavily increas- ed interest and pension charges? Only hy economy and increased pro- duction. In other words, by hard work, more efficient individual and national organization and by saving. "The policy for the Dominion, provinces and municipalities should be that of rigid economy. It will be good for us financially and morally. ' Extravagance and self-indulgence | never yet have made a good man or a great nation. of station h uml should like to see is a determined EVERY GIRL MER OWN PORTER. elp in England makes it necessary er their own from shows Women Nour : ng theig luggage from at the Victoria station, London. | effort on the part of the Canadian people to save their money for the THE TURNI purpose of the Dominion and Im- OF perial Governments in the prosecu-! Now Running th f th . 1 should like to see! Cada ar debt I held vy Road to Vic Straight to its Appoint- ed End. g the Canadian people. This would' make for a very strong situation af- ter the war. In the meantime na-| tional saving will ensure a continua- tion of present business safeguards! and immunity against the economic | aftermath of the war and above all! materiatly help to hing the war to the' wan an end by making possible the manu- | * facture on an' increasing scale of} Cision was id With that com. $0 essential to our sue-| Pleteness y which is obly cess at the front and the saving of | Possible for statesmen who have all the lives of our soldier" fellow- | the facts before them, and are single citizens there." | minded in their determination to z ---- i set the cause of all above the nat- ional interest§ of each. On Monday | We warned e public with what plainness compitible with dis- cretion thdt the Aliled Governments, as unanimous as the peoples they re- | present in their will for peace hy | victory alone, were about fo reach momentous decisions upon which the date of the victory might well de- pend. These decisions have now Xho died ihis week at Scarborough at | ich [NOICA LUC Me SaGisfind that the age of mninety-four, had spent | road to victory, long though it may seventy-two . years At! be, is now rumning straight to its twenty-one she contracted an engage- { appointed end." ment Wwhich-did not meet with _the | The Times in. its neVa coluitins approval of her father, who forbade |, concerning the conference: the wedding. In disappointment, she "The British delegates rd the tack to bed. hiars she remained conference as the most satisfactory Baer) a a a i of the series of Allied War Councils. for Scarnorongh. a an ze) The Allies already had achieved complaint "until the end when she i unity of aim, but were less success was ill two days, She enjoyed a good | ful in gecuring unity of action. The appetite in spite of lack of exercise, conference, however, marked an ad- : | vonce in converting the theory of a common front into a reality." i 3 London, Jan, 12.--The ' Times prints the following editorial: "The conference at Rome may well prove to be ong of the turning points of More one vital de- SPENT 72 YEARS OF HER LIFE IN BED Although She Suft No lliness Until Two Days Before Death. London, Jan. 12.--An old lady | and bad the complexion of a girl, She took great interest in the affairs of the outside world, especially the war. ROTH BODIES FOUND. of Lieuts. Dunstan and ---- Wrong Recovered. X i Ask Tmmusiity for Their Toronto, Jan. 12------The hope of Provision i relatives for months thet Lieut. F. Guy nstan, son of K. J. Dunstan, Geneva, 'Jan. 12 ~The Neue Zu- of the il Pelephone Company, who richer Zeitung, which is' supported bad been reported nifssing since BF Several Sthet leading Swiss news| jC, might be alive was shattered nt tiations with Ger. Yesterday upon the receipt of news Inany iu order to secure & Eaarauiee | from -Brig.-Gen, Sand, of. the Im- that German submarines will' not at. Perial forces; that bis body had been tack vessels under. the Swiss flag, [ould by the chaplain of the bat- talion with which he was serving. Sw land at the sume time to give It had been in a front line trench for six months. The body of Lieut. Harold V. . | Wrong, son of Prof. G. M. Wrong, | has also been found. OPEN NEGOTIATONS. | Remains. » 3 foodstuffs, 5 Munition Plant Wrecked, New York, Jon. 12.--Great explos- fons wrecked part of the Canada Car Foundry m plant at New THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THEM AT ALL. They Aldo, Waut a Reorganization of All Europe--The Huns. Have Sent Another Note to the Neutrals. London, Jan. 12.-<It has been learned by the Associated Press that the Entente reply to President Wil- ison's note makes.specific designation |of its terms of peace, which: includes i the restoration of Belgium, of Serbia {and Montenegro, and compifite repar- 'ation for the damage they sustaified, and the evacuation of the -invaded territories of France, Russia and. Ru- mania, with such reparation as is considered just. The terms also provide for the re- organization of Europe, guaranteed | by a stable regime and founded upon the respected nationalities and the full liberty and security of all great and small nations. While Alsace and. Lorraine and the Italian Tyrol are not speeificially named, yet the terms require the res- titution of territories previously severed from Aled nations by force or contrary to _ wishes of their populations. is is considered clearly to refer to Alsace and Lor- raine and the Italian Tyrol. « The terms also require the libera- tion of Italians, Slavs, Rumanians and Czech Slavs from foreign do- mination. The retirement of the Turkish Eni- pire from Europe also is required. While Russia's claim to Constan- tinople is not specineally to, of Tur- The assurances las of Russia concerning/Poland are also indorsed. TSE ------- Berlin, via Sayville, Jan. 12. ~The German Government vesterday sent a new note to neutral nations. It first stated that the German Government had received the En- tente's reply to the note of Decem- ber 12th, and, continuing, the Press Bureau said the note "'contained a proposition to enter at once into peace negotiations." "The note," the Press Bureau said, continues: : 'Our adversaries decline this pro- position, giving as a reason that it is a propesition without sincerity and without importance. The form in which they clothe their communi cation excludes answer to them, but the Imperial Government considers it important.to point out to the gov- ernsments of neutral powers its opin- ion about the situation. "The Central Powers have no rea- son to enter into any discussion about the origin of the world wah" the note continued, according to the Press Bureau text. "History will judge upon whom the immense guilt of the war falls." ~ Allies' Reply at Washington. (Special te the Whig.) Washington, Jan. 12 --The Allies' reply to President Wilson note is a clear, positive and histérical docu- menl, It demands restoration, re- | piiration, restit¥tion, eviction of the {| Turks from 'Europe and pesce guar- {antees for the future. i | { { Results Will Be Slow. | (Special to the Whig ) is still open, but no tangible resuits are to be expected in the near future. This was the British view as reflected in the press and on the streets to-day as to the effect of the Allies' reply to President Wilson's™ peace JSugges" tions, "WE WANT PEACE," . | "TRENCH MESSAGE the Words to With the British Armies in the Field, Jan, 12.---"We want peace" is the cry of Germans in their trenches. They call the words to our men fro 1 of paper on which the written, but this hunger } makes no difference to the There is no love-making trenches where our men go It is m work if the guns ot already finished the, job. Ping "the past few "days the y's artillery has retaliated here d there with more formidable gun 1 ring the Somme bat- hag now brought up batter. ies, Enraged by constant bombard- ment from our, side, he has been forced' to un k them and break his stern rulg'of economy by flinging back su storms 'of shells. The enemy is extraordinarily nervous of our raids, and has reason to be, be- cause not a day has passed during the past week. 'without a sudden bombardment breaking out upon some section of their line, followed by a guick entry into their trenches, a quick killing and a quick return. In water-logged trenches the German soldiers stare through the mists for any movement to send up distress rockets. When there is no move- ment from our side they tray spasms of rifle and amachine gun fire for no 800d reason except that of fear, which is always good enough. LIQUOR ADS. VIOLATE SPIRIT OF THE LAW Belleville Clergy Urge AH Christians to Oppose Un- patriotic Action. Belleville, Jan. 12.--The Minfs- terial Association of this city at § regular meeting unanimously = car- ried a resolution that the attention of the Christian public be called the\fact "that - the publicatio o of Ontario § - avin . newspapers of s an o us violation of thespirit if not the letter of the prohibition Jaw of this Pro- vince, :We therefore urge all Christ: ian people 'use: every .egitimate means to the continuation of this unpatriotic action by the of- fending ne . weak in ties he London, Jan. 12.--The peace door WAR, MANY SHELLS . ARE. DESTROYED A Thousand et Bs Ae FOLLOWING AN EXPLOSION AT THE PLANT OF THE iil The Damage Is Set at Over Five Mil. lion Dollars--The Russian Govern- ment Stock of Shells Badly De- pleted--High Explosives Were Un. touched. New York, Jan. 1 S Piva million dollars damage, half a million three- inch shells for the Russian Govern- | ment destroyed, and a thousand peo- { ple homeless is the result of the Ca- | nadian Car Company's explosion in New Jersey: High Explosives Untouched. (Special to the Whig.) Jersey City, NJ. aa 12.~Inter- mittent explosions, caused by the bursting of stray shells, could still be heard early to-day in the wreck- age of the plant of the Canadian Car and Foundry Company, destroyed late yesterday with a loss estimated from six to twelve millions. «Stored in two conerete buildings, as yet undamaged, were tons of tri- nitrotoluol--the most powerful of explosives--used in making high ex- plosive shells. The danger of this powerful explosive letting go is now believed to he past. ' } TEC WAR BULLETINS. 4 British troops in France ear- + ried enemy trenches on a three- + quarters of a mile front and L 2 g » = - = bo 3 3 z ® 2 British successes . on Sinai peninsula and on the River Tigris continue. New British food orders for- + bid candy and chocolate trim- 4 mings for cakes, also bars ex- {pensive sweets, a Be -- + _ London official summary plac- + @® es the German casualties in the # ¢ war to date at over four mil- # lon. ! + # * FREP0000000 NNN 2000 ATE "ROUGH ON RATS." ---- Lad Got Bread and Jam Mother Had Placed in Closet. " Peterbore', Jan, 12.--A Coroner's jury decided (hat ten-year-old lad Howard W. Clark came to his death from arsenical poisoning. His moth- er had spread "rough on rats" mixed with jam on bread placed in a closet and the evidence indicated that the lad had eaten some of the bread, DAILY MKMORA VOUW Band at the Palace Rink tonight. Hockey, § pam. Quesn's vs. 228th Battalion. See top of page 3, right hand corner for probabil i" pete x No hf Sonnell, an " M uwesvion," Convoeation 4 on Admission Dm, LOMOTTOW. free. Ev: ory woman urged to attend. 7 BORN A ant ae Ave, & pon. tote ep BPI 24040000404020 12h 19117, to Buarich, 7 Hiren Mr. and Clergy street on Aith, 1917, t oun anuaty ip 00 3 -<On Friday morning, Jan. , 1917, at _his home, 372 Brock street, Johi Sealty Elliott, aged iLy+three y Puncral will be held from his late residence, on Saturday afternoon at 3.39 o'clock to Cataraqui céme- on Jas, 12th, Rery. IND--dn Kin ee TH Macy Ta: Pound, widow of the late Jo aged 66 years nn wits on y on oD asian - ing at 10 o'clock to Cataraqui ceme- tery. Kingston, Jan. . Hegtle only daoghter of rs ho aged twenty- from her inte resi. | wireet, on Satur. to Cataraqu) ceme-