PAGES St Attest BAPAUME EVACUATED | BY THE GERMANS YEAR 84: NO. 51 Who Have Fallen Back to East And North-- The British Attacked the Retreatirg Enemy Vigorously With Light Field Guns. | by a British attack on a large scale, - . fal W Paris, March 1. to-day is that the Germans have this morning fallen back to the east and north of Bapaume, by the advancing British, who, how- ever, did not immediately occupy the town of Bapaunfe, but attacked the retreating Germans vigorously with light - field guns. German artillery (8pec to the vig. ly removed when the powerful ham- mer-stroke was about to be struck. closely pressed the digging of new trenches in front of the German line, and the dis- placing of heavy, as well as light ar- tillery. This ma, be the aim of the enemy." The Frenen view is also quoted to the effect that the Germans retired fire seems unusually light, and ob-| in order to prevent overwhelming servers report big batteries taking | disaster. In any vent, thie Bexi bis Sek . 0 ¥ stru e on iis part o ; up positions «on the German | atruge e for the PR of Ba. Tront paume ridge and the serieg of heights north of Ancre, covering Bapaume, on the south-west > new Germans Yield Gommecourt. British 'headquarters in France, | < Feb. 28. Gommecourt, one of the German strong points which held out against the fury of the British offen- sive launched last July, is the latest of the French villages to be yielded by the Germans, whose retiring movement began a few days ago. Gommecourt has been the "nose" of the salient jutting into the British lines 'for months, and its upation marks the giving away of what was regarded as the northern hinge of the German line, which is now swing- ing back, and lends further color to the theory that this is but the first step towards shortening the line in the Arras-S8omme region. Ever since the beginning of the German withdrawal the British ad- vance has largel§ been won after severe fighting. The Germans appear to have picked their best men and officers to cover the retreat, these being left in machine-gun groups ap- proximately 90 men, protected by! high-velocity guns far in the rear and linked up with the retiring headquar- Quit For Special Reasons. (Special Sto the Whig.) Berlin, Mar. 1 Evacuation for special reasons of part of the German advanced positions on both sides of the Ancre was reported in to-day's official statement from German head- quarters, The trpops which were re- moved have bedn placed in other positions already 'prepared, it is sta- ted French Statement, (Special to the Whig.) Paris, Mar, 1.--Patrol encounters in the Argonne and east of Metzeral during the night resulted in loss to the French of some prisoners, There was {Mermittent artillery fire between the Oise and the Aisne and in the Champagne district near Auberive, | LE 4 + * oo rd * -* -> : : + FORT PRISONERS ters hy telephone =N ARE GOING SOON. rm-- * -- British Satisfaction. + It is learned that the Govern- It w i i grateation hd fhe Beitr ag led their troops through what once had been a beautiful park, surround- Ing the chateau of Gommecourt, on the way to occupy that town and points beyond. The assault launched against it last July was one of the most vicious of the war, the casual- ties on both sides being very heavy The assault was 'repeated several times during the summer and autumn offensive offensive, but despite the terrible hammering it received, the Germans managéd to hold it, only to yield now under the pressure of the British guns, which has been going on all through the long winter days apd nights. There has been a tre- mendous expenditure of ammunition in 'the continuous bombardments along the whole length of the British line, the results of whic are now bhe- coming more and more tangible. # ment has decided that the pris- % Ohiers of war at Fort Héhry will" # be taken in small batches to Ka- + puskasing Interment Camp, New % Ontario, within the next twg * weeks. Arrangements are now 4% being made for their transfer. > Tes TEP PEdb Reb b bb bbb bbb bib HIGH SCHOOL BOYS WANTED FOR FARMS Ontario Government to Induce Them to Aid in Greater Production Campaign. (Special to the Whig.) Toronto, March - 1.--The Ontario Government through the Trades and Labor Branch will inaugurate a cam- paign to interest aigh s¢hool boys in Guessing at the Reason. London, Mar. 1.--In London there is much speculation in the press as to the meaning of the enemy's ratire- ment at the Ancre. The general view is that it means the beginning of a realignment, which wil} involve the evacuation of the entire salient, now dangegous and costly, held by the Germans in the region west of Ba- _ baume and Arras, British guns now * command the only railway by which the southern part of the salient can be provided with food and shells. The road system is also menaced by Gen- oral Gough's possession of Serre. The Evening Standard presents its military correspondents opinion that "the Germans voluntarily gave up a strip of ground two miles wide in order to forestall the upset intended on the farms, with the view of secur® ing greater production. The boys will be™finder the supervision of the county district representative, tions provided for them are ngt satis- factory. Chasing the Turks. (Special to the Whig.) London, March 1.--Cavalry and, gunboats are continuing the pursuit of the beaten Turkish troops retreat- fig from Kut-el-Amara, an official statement *Trom the Mesopotamian front to-day said. The Steamer Arrived. (Special to the Whig.) Bordeaux,, March 1.--The Ameri- can freigater Rochester has arrived at the mouth of the Gironde. ny TIERRA KINGSTON, ONTARIO," THURSDAY, MARC 1, 1917. HEROES OF A YEQR AGO NOW ENJOY QUIETER LIFE. Information here] It is as if the anvil had been sudden- Delay is necessitated on our part by el ir ase tnon LAST EDITION On left is photo taken recently of le Marechal Joffre walking with his wife in Boulogne. On the right is Mr. Asquith with Dr. Lowe, his host's son at Ladybank, where the former | Prime Minister recently addressed a gathering of his constituents. He appears to be en- | joying civil life again. WANTED JAPAN | | od Make. War Against United States in Germany's Interests. . JAPAN WAS INDIGNANT AND ORDERED MEXICANS OUT OF THE COUNTRY, Foreign Secretary Zimmerman's Let- ter Seeking to Embroil Japan and Mexico Against U. 8S. Did Not Reach Its Destination. (Special to the Whig.) Washington, March 1.--The Asso- THE SENATE BILL 70 JOIN HEXCO " States, never reached either Mexico or Japan. ee TO DSCPLNE THE DRUGGITS At Any Time Instead of Only At the Annual Washington, March 1.--President ii Wilson has informed Congress that » he stands flatly behind the Senate ---- bill granting him full powens and a vote of credit to handle the inter- LEGISLATURE TO EXTEND COUNCIL POWERS. gational situation. President Will \8ign Measure, When It Meets His Full Desires. This was made known at the White House to-day Yollowing the re- ports that the President approves the House Bill which greatly modified his request. The President will sign the mea- sure only when it conforms with his full desires and for that reason he is putting all of the Administration strength behind the bill drawn by the Senate committee, IN Some Dealers Sell Cocaine to Soldiers Without 'the Authority of Doctors' Certificates--Special Reports De- layed. : (Special to the Whig.) Toronto, Manch 1.--The disciplin- | NEW PENSION SYSTEM | . FOR BRITISH ARMY | Widows Given Half Sum to Which Husbands Were Entitled. 4 1 | - Londen, March 1 An order ---- | council establishing a new pension platonic mein weir wa io The Gomans THK That the Chancel 1 sue o-day. Rader i rivates t Was Not Frank. tally disabled will receive a; 'mini- BEE pee i pT STIL i If this sum is insufficient to enable { the soldier to hve approximately wp {to his before-the-war standard he will be given an alternative pension based on his earnings previous to the war i No jingle Jenson, how. jem IMPORTANT QUESTIONS B 8 e i PX COSS 'vo shil ' SEEING ~ | lings week]; # WITH THE HUNS. | The allowance for childred is five - -- | shillings for the first child and a sum | Social Leader Claims Entente 1s | slightly | child. i less for each subsequent Waging a War of Conquest--(on- . servative Leader Claims the Ger- A soldier not totally disabled will mans Are Human Beings, | receive a pension based on the de- | gree to which his disablement affects London, March 1.--An Exchange f his earning powers. Widows will Telegraph despatch from Amster receive half the sum to which their {dams says that telegrams received | husbands were entitled if totally there Serli he [disabled. A disabled soldier requir. | he re from Berlin report that the ing the service of an attendant is al- | Chancellor's speech did not make a lowed Pees up to £1 a week for such | deep impression upon the German Nb y aows will be Sranied Public, it being felt this was no time special funds for the expenses o : 30% D > NOD. training to enable them to earn their for polemics, an that the speech own living. lacked frankness and clearness in The actuary's report accompany {ing the plan eésiimates the expense {for the first year at £25,000,000, which thereafter will decrease an | nually, War Tidings. | Germany notifies Holland that she { seven Dutch ships last week. many will give up nothing to United States. Guns are already being mounted on American Line steamers at New York. An Anglo-French war is being held at Calais with Premier Lloyd George in attendance. The Italians made small gains on the Carso; elsewhere nothing but the usual artillery duels. The British have taken Comme- now within one mile of Bapaume. Along the northwestern frontier of Rumania, in the Jacobeni-Kimpo- Russians, and taken more than 1,300 men prisoner. of the German regiments taken back in the Arras-Somme area transferred to some other point for aggressive service. will compensate her for the loss of Officials at Berlin still declare Ger- conference | court, Thilloy and. Puiseux, and are | lung sector, the Teutons have cap-| tured several hill positions from the] It is considered possible that some | will be! regard to the two leading questions peace and the new ortentation of German internal politics. Philip Scheidemann, the Socialist leader, said: "Our encmies are | waging a' war of conquest, waging a war of defence. Our ene mies declined our invitation to a peace conference more brutally and provokingly, and with a murder peace programme than anyone could | have expected Germany is unani- mous that our power, must be strain j ed to frustrate the plans of the ene- my. Our peace offer and President Wilson's message were regarded as | factors' which were allowed to have effect in enemy countries. We were disappointed, but much as we regret this we can understand how it came about. Premier Lloyd George, the father of new decisions and intensi fled warfare, decided upon it after the Rome conference. We desire it. It will bring peace soon. The first sequel has been a rupture with Am- erica. We regret this most' deeply, { but trust that our national strength, armed to the teeth, will render pos sible what our enemies consider im- possible." Claims Germans are Human. Count Friedrich Von Westrap, We are ( | ] | ¢ | | | | Sh ais iivive ship dr eters 4 | man Foreign Minister Zimmerman, cities and towns to work this summer | to |1 whom they may appeal if the posi- | | tions to Von Eckhardt, sent through. ciated Press is #nabled to reveal that Germany, In planning unrestricted submarine warfare and counting its consequence, proposed an alliance with Mexico and Japan to make war on the United States, if this country should not remain neutral. Japan, through Mexican mediation, was to be urged to abandon her al-| lies and join in the attack on the| \nited States. yo Mexico, for her reward, was to re- ceive general financial support from | Germany, rec onquer Texas, New Mexico and Arizona-- lost provinces | --and share in the victorious peace | terms Germany contemplated. New YOR . } vices from Tokio #eport that the Jap- anese Government has again been approached by Russia 'for a loan of 200,000,000 yen ($100,000,000) to be floated in the Japanese market. This is in addition to the loan of 120,000,000 yen raised last vear. It is said to be the intention of the Rus- sian Government to use some 70, 000,000 yen of the prospective issue | for the adjustment of outstanding { accounts for munitfons purchased in Japan, . Allies Want United States to Join. New York, March 1.-- "The Allies want us in the war; Lloyd-George wants us in the war; Premier Briand Details were left to German Min- | ; | ¢ | wants us in the war," was the word ister Von Eckhardt in Mexico City, | brought to the United States from who by instructions signed by Ger- United - States Sehator-elect from Maipe, who arrived aboard the Am- | erican liner Finland. Hale has been abroad several at Berlin, Jan. 19th, 1917, was di-| rected to propose the alliance with | Mexico to Gen. Carranza. and sug- est that Mexico seek to Bring Japan months studying war conditions be to the plot. | fore taking this seat in the next ¢6n- These instructions were \transmit- gress. ted to Von Eckhardt through Count --- eo -------- Von Bernstorff, former German Am-| U. 8. Army Appropriation; bassador here, now on his way home| Washington March 1.---A ne to Germany under a safe conduct | oo of $37,500 000 to th = ah obtained from his enemies by the! A oration BIN was ed oy Sout) sana Which he was Plot terday by the Senate military com- NE var, pletuzed. to Mexico, bs i mittee in completing revision of the broad intimation, England and the} neasure Which famed. the House, as Entente Allies defeated; Germany|. "1 be RO aTT 020s he, the and her allies triumphant and "in |yjo, 0 a of the amount carried world domination by the instrument ' i w. of unrestricted submarine warfare, |.» the existing la A copy of Zimmerman's instrue-| 'Canadian Casualties, Killed in action--A_ Forbes, Mer- rickgille; C. 8. Lett, Eganville, Seriously Ill--Charles Nelson, Belleville; P. H. Gardner, Arnprior. Wounded--R. E. Wannamaker, Von Bernstorff, is in possession of the United States Government. Japan Indignantly Refused. (Special to the Whig.) . OFIGAL WAR STATEAENTS _. ~ J 'French. | Hill 304. There is nothing to report Paris, Feb. 28 - The official com- | on the rest of the front." munication issued by the War Office] The afternoon report read: to-night reads: <'Therg was rather unusual activ- "Both ar'illéries were exceedingly ity of patrols last night at various active in all directions along the Points on the front, before Beauv- Avre front. Enemy reconnaissances j Faignes, in Avocourt Wood, at Spits- in the region of Roye failed. Our] enberg, northeast of St. Die and in batteries effectively shelled the Ger- | the region of Largitzen. We caught man organizations in the sector of | enemy reconnoitring parties under . jour fire and dispersed them. In the | region of Autréchen, between the "| Oise and the Aisne, we made a sur- prise attack on an enemy trench. The | night was ¢alm elsewhere." WHIG CONTENTS 1 Bapaume Evacuated; Wanted = Japan to Join Mexico; Holl. weg's Speech; To Disuipline 3 Italian, ) Drug Rome, Feb. 28.--Wednesday's on 2 Wi Madly Ste 'War Office report read: "The usual artillery actions 1 y Pp Out; Double Funeral Held: Charen 3 as well as the customary activity of Rvents, 3---llaondon fn War Time High Hearted, . +--{Editorlll Notes; Random | of canalt recounclifing parties. One s--Delighted Over Suffrage: Ald | at Boscomalo, on the Carso. Their! for Armenians: Kingston || throwing of hand grenades caused Won and Lost stern Ontario News. T--Amusements Announcements: | some fires and some ammunition ex- | plosions. $--Prince Carried Camera: "Enemy aeroplanes dropped bombs I cindetrle Totter: Nomemrioal || without result on Gorizia and on La- --Gads Hit by High Cost. A -------------- 0 & { Herrada, on the un the Upper astico." . Tokio, Japan, March 1..--The re-| Moira; M. Ayrhart, Carrying Place. velations of plots of the Germans to get Japanito secede from the Allies | and join Mexico and Germany in a| plot against the United States recali a visit. here, early in January, of a contingent of prominent Mexicans, with apparently a lot of money and authority. They made some indirect 200,000 to Repel Invader. { Washington, March 1.--An Ameri- | can army of slightly less than 200, {000 men would be immediately avaii- able in event of invasion, United States army officials say. Europe by Colonel Frederick Hale, | {ing by the Pharmacy Council of drug- HA) AEs Wino break PRA proposed in a bill introduced in the Legislature yesterday afternoon by Dr, 'Martyn East Lambton. At the present time the council 'has author- ity to discipline only at its regular meeting in August. The military authorities in some sections complain to the council that some druggists {are selling cocaine to soldiers with- out authority of doctors' certificates. The amendment asks 'that the council! be given authority to discipline at any time that a case is made out and make discipline retroactive, There are other minor amendments asked for also. Special Reports Delayed. Hon. Mr. Lucas informed Mr. Rowell that la spher of amend- ments: would be brought down to the Workmen's Compensation Act in about ten days. He also advised the Opposition leader that neither the report of Mr. Justice Hodgins, con- ducting the medical probe, nor that cf Mr. Justice Masten, carrying out the insurance investigation, would likely be completed in time to be brought down this session. Hon. Mr. Ferguson advised Mr. Carter that a return regarding the purchase of the Seymour Power Co. would be brought in as Soon as the Hydro Conrmission had prepared. its share of the information asked for. Government House a Monument. Capt. J. L. Hartt, East Simcoe, re- sumed the budget debate. After lauding the Government for its man- agement of thé financial affairs of the province, he had something to say about the West Simcoe byé- election campaign. A Taid Rad been made upon the constituency by Lib- eral members from all over the pro- vince, and things were said by them 'which had better have been left un- said, 'He took particular objection to J. 'C. Elliott, West Middlesex, for having made the statement at Col- lingwood that Government House, '1e--4Roxane's Confession: Menus. | successfully bom the 's ry Zimmerman's letter, 11--News from the Countryside 12--In the World of Sport, { billsting areas in the Asighborhaud through a Nieh Sermany hoped to approaches to the Government, but it is understood all the advances were indignantly repulsed, and the Mexi- cans were ordered out of the coun- try by the next boat. Since that date the Japanese Government has taken care to reiterate its loyalty to the cause of the British Allies. Could Not Induce Japan. - (Special to the Whig.) Washington, March 1.--Japanese Ambassador Sato here to-day said: "Germany is very much mistaken if she thinks that my country would combine with Mexico and herself to make war against United States. In this I speak authoritatively for my Government." Germany d not stop at any- theag. however, in the present state of affairs, which makes the report of such a plot very probable. | Letter Went Astray. (Special to the Whig.) Washingto® March Lit was of- ficlally asserted by the State Depart- ment officials that German Foreign Secreta al- United - liance with Germany against - »=~\ | Toronto, had better be sold or con- {verted ifito' an hospital for the care "BRITAIN BUSY of invalided soldiers. IN CAPTURING "Government House is one of the SUBMARINES. | greatest monuments to the wisdom iof~the late Sir James P. Whitney," (Capt. Hartt remarked. Generations yet unborn, he said, would look upon it with admiration and, perhaps, re- gard it as too small for its pur {Captain Hartt said he was oné of 170,000 Orangement who had gone or were going overseas to fight the bat- tle for freedom. rr ------------------ (Special to the Whig.) New York, March 1.-- Mailed advices from Eng- land to-day\indicate that the British have sunk and captured an unprecedent- ed number of submarines r th' 24 as much entitled to representati during the month of Feb- Two Canadian Women Suaved, the Australian States. on i a JAMES REID ruary, though the Ad London, March 1.--Two Canadian). -- | The Old Firm of Undertakers, miralty censors still, de- ladies among thé survivors of the ' 254 Pa, 00 TRISUESS STRENY Shine to perurit Jue he Laconia arrived in Fondon yesterday, | S444444 400444500400 0000 044 . ven oul. e wo! or r adventure. AE + bdr fey le k - |{They are Mrs. Reed, wite of Capt | NOT 80 BAD: + ROBERT J. REID British people have up- . [ICE ire Mis Reed, wi erick | Leading Undertak bounded . confidence in [I guccompe, 'former mayor Van-| + (Special to the Whig.) | PR, 230 Princess Street the power of the navy to |[lcouver, and Mrs. Gore Langton, also/# London, March 1.--In the +. TT eed overcome the menace, and fecently married to a Canadian of- 3 Jat week of Pebroaty 4,556 3 > --_-- 8 iliar is. 3 - . : e vessels arrived or depart- + oe voi a familia id ase % Me OW PT oie ot + Bas. | from British ports. Tove. + | Familiar Quotations i whey the depredations of |ixen bunker, has solered suit ror |e fore oyacked. but fought of 3 submarines are chroni- }1$150,000 against Mrs. C. G. Braxmar cled. ad hee daughter, Bessie, alleging altenalion # the submarines. Twenty-one 4 were sunk. No submmrine vie- + tims were reported y Fur the first time since the com-| Cousstyative leader in the Reich- ent of Germany's intensified | stag, sald: eg campaign," 'Wednésday| "The refusal of curispasce offer brought no reports of vessels having | was a blow in the face of the Ger- been sent to the bottom by under-| man people. The Entente declined water boats or mines. {in its declaration to President Wilson - - | to be compared with us as human be- FLYING CORPS DRAWS | ings. The German people cannot stand such an insult to the honor of UPON NATIONAL SERVICE| the Kaiser and ds We are 5. people now employing fighting re our last 4 There Are 12,000. Mechanics weapon "with which England's vital | Eligible for Camps and : i spot will be directly hit. | "In view of the recognition of the i | fact that England can reckon on the 3 | support of the American people the °F German peoule stand united and de- Ei { termined behind the Kaiser, even those who until now have raised ob- i jections against unrestricted subma- rine war." Ottawa, March 1. The National Service Board intends to avail itself of the offers made through the re- cent National Service census to re- cruit men for the Royal Flying Corps in Canada, the British Isles and else- where. There are twelve thousand mechan- ics eligible for the Flying Corps. Since only three thousand are need- ed, the call will be confined to east- ern Canada. Booklets describing the work expected of them in the Flying | Corps and the rates of pay will bel sent to those selected from the twelve thousand, | Sm cr, The service is not to work in the machine shops in cities nor for aerial A | THE DAILY 'BRITISH WHIQ work, but at the different Flying : y ---- § Is on Sale at the Following City E Corps camps and airdromes. - Those | Stores. E who enlist through this plan are pot | » ol : if | Ahern, Joseph, Jr. .... 308 Montreal St. prevented from advancing to pilots if | Bucknell's News Depot '.. 205 King St. they can pass the test. Clarke, J. W. & Co. .. ., 363 Princess - | College Book Store . . 163 Princess 3 4 Coulter's Grocery .. .. ., 209 Princess S | Cullen's Grocery, Cor. Princess & Alfred ¥ | Frontenac Hotel .. ., .. Ontario St. | Gibson's Drug Store . Market | McAuley's Book Store .... 88 Princess WANTED RY CANADA i McGall's Cigar Store, Cor. Prin. & King On On em | McLeod's Grocery . .. b1 Union §t. W, 9 ly ce M der on War | Scio Drug Store .. 380 University i Settlement Committee-- | Paul's Cigar Store 78 Princess The tot4l business done by the Im perial Canteen Committee during the past year tothls eighty million sterl- ing. Tr A A AA PP NN DALLY MEMORANDUM Band at Palace Rink tonight Band at Covered Rink tonight See ton of page 3, right hand corner, | for probabilities. hi Se sii MORE REPRESENTATION § Square gx 4 Prouse's Drug Store .... 312 Princess " Aired in Commons. Boutheott"s Grocery ...,.. Portsmouth . | ------ ! MARRIED London, March 1---The question of}... ULB i Fel Canada having only one representa- | PBLL-WILSON--In a tive on the committee appointed by | Wirlght, Kashleen Anta, daughicr the Colonial Office te consider the late T. C. and Mrs, Wilson settlement after the war, against five | ora Tiean lth Hell. son of for Australia and two for New Zon | 1 NGHAMN ELLE WORTH ds. Riakston land, was meutioned in the Commons | "on Feb, iSth, 1817. by Rev & Rn. to-day. e Colonial Secretary in- Maclean, Marion Ellsworth, daugh formed the House that he ot ht ter of (George Elsworth, cont: the Canadian Government would pre i Ont, to Dr. A. Kingham, BR. C. H. A, "1 of London, Eug. * fer a fuller represéntation, and he | ------t A : was taking steps toward this, | < DIED \ Donald MacMaster asked why it| PITT--dn Kingston, on Je b. 28 hs a1 ; did not occur to the Colonal Office | aEnes Figda, daughter of FEdware that such inequality would be se-| punters Akey any pa A months, |» : verely resented by Canada, the Col- | noon at 2 o'clock. : onial Sefretary replied: "I think the | : n. gedtleman knows quite well the | | IN MEMORIAM. . origin of the misunderstanding which | In memory of Mrs. John Bushell bs exists. It is the simple fact that the ther son, Willtam John. Australian = States are sovereign A yesr # fs away States, whereas the Provinces of, My mother left our 'midst, Canada are not." M MacMaster | Her spirit state unceasingly said the Provinces of To wee my earthly biss nada were | The ideal way is always the most practical way. The perfect way is way. erday. '#| : of her husband's affec-|e # {always the most profitable Ae sees Hou. ; PEPER tan | THOMAS