~ 1! 12 PAGES > SR -------------- YEAR 84. NO. 08 r PAGES 9-12 KINGSTON, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY 1 The Baily British Whig | a MARCH 21, 1917 SECOND SECTION : EVERY VILLACE [But putdenty rom the snail grows | Wag Troubled With FOR lil BANK on oes, anatorsiowy, (Wey ware! Shorties of Breath. Ontario Vulnerable at Thres Points: Fres- - | guidance of this old man. { mans said he, had revenged . . | selv French Military Eye-Witness Describes | champier Conditions At the Front. 1 | Jritish Headquarters in France, CIVILIANS CRY f R {March 20.--The . refreat continues. | : wy | Yesterday ly i 'n had seen, ! WANT ALL TRECOLORED CLOTH | YNOMCas on) our airmen had seen, |, [8 rn THAT CAN,BE FOUND. Peronne Is a Rubbish Heap--The Place Was Thoroughly Looted Be- fore the Buildings Were Destroyed Paris, March 20.--A "military eye-|4¢ an extraordinary height. witness' writing from the front says: "The forward march of our troops is 80 rapid and villages are so prompt- 1y #eed that one is unable to stop in afiy: of them to give a description Furthermore, all are similar---pillag- &d, devastated to the foundations "At Nesle, a village of 2,500, French cavalry entered at 10 o'clock in the morning. The entire popula- tion was in the streets crying for joy and waving all the tri-colored cloth that was to be found. A French aero- plane had the first honor of alighting at Nesle. . The flying over the city, saw on the roof of a house i & a man waving 3 Frénch flag. He landed immediately; the last of the Germans had just left, "At Roye the entry to the village was difficult. Streets no longer exjst. Gaping holes caused by the explosion of big mines separite the quarters, which are in groups. The Avre river penetrated some of the large excava- tions, which were transformed into little lakes. Here again pillage was savagely and. methodically organized. The entire village, looming up like an amphitheatre, offers to the view the aviator, «lothe n blue who had arrived.' "We left the village under the The Ger- them- even on the fields. In faet, |everywhere the trees were cut down, When the heart becomes affected, there ensues a feeling of a choking sensation, a shortness of breath, pal- pitation, throbbing, irregular beat- ing,. smothering sensation, dizziness, and a weak, sinking, .all-gone feel- ing of oppression and anxiety. The nerves become unstrung, you dread to be alone, have a horror of Ives {all the' apple trees from Roy to and the fine trees along the Roiglize road suffered the same {fate colt One of These. Peronne Rubbish Heap. Our | gone men on the leagues. of front have! blue coming weakened or the nerves un- strung, Milburn's Heart and Nerve They are just were as. re- What you require at this time, They mote as the moon, seemed to-day not | Fe8ulaté and stimulate the heart, | uL -- »| even withn the war zone, they Were ad strengthen and restore the whole The Block House as Reared _ Sti into 'Places which ERECTED ON SITE oF HOUSE IN TOWN, | whica, | wire beyond and trench the acres of -barbed works, | 50 quiet, | nerve system. Stands, Recalling the Features of | Nothing German was to be seen| Mrs. C. M. Cormier, Buctouche, the Grounds--The Last Time {near Peronne except a Boche plane |N.B., writes: "Since two years ago I : . me Was Occupied Was in 1886. Prescott Journal When the UE A week! Was troubled with a shortness of ago Mont St. Quentin, outside Pe-|breath, and sometimes I could hardly ronne, so overlooked our positions breathe. I went to see several doc- {that the Germans were then pursuidg | tors and they said it was from my the game of sniping wayfiarers at a | heart and nerves, but they did not | far distance with field guns. This seem to do me any good. One day morning one could walk right into |I got one of your B.B.B. Almanacs the city through gates of astonishing and read of a case similar to mine. | barriers of barbed wire. The Boche! "I bought a box of Milburn's Heart loves wide wird barriers and 4900p | Hes Fuck viacys aL Hak it 1 dugouts. I hear nothing but the fall taking them until I had used four more jof beams which have burned through | boxes, when | was cured." [and collapsed, for the Germans have |, Milburws Heart and Nerve Bilis are | destroyed the town. The French and | geaters or mailed direat on Fecelpt of | British spared it as much as possible. price by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, | There is not much evidence of shell | Toronto, Ont. | fire. I could not find a hole in the | ' | roadway in the Grand Place, but HARDEN'S VIEWS ON | there is not in Peronne one habitable THE FALL OF BAGDAD | house. The Boche has blown out the ---- Only a Blockhead Would Deny | tronts of most bidildings and others he burned These yesterday were] Its Importance Says Ger= man Writer. Loyalists landed i hands of the British . At the mout Oswegatchie, garriscned by Britis ings of the Americans towards th the new -British-sobjects had Hothin to fear, tier forts on the American side wer with them Fort Oswegatch'e. Upper Canada is vulnerable a three points only and one of these | Prescott. An enemy, holding th river at this point, can cut off pavi R aon and is in striki still smouldering and occasionally & 5 king distance o breaking into flames again. The six-| teenth century Church of St. Jean is] but a relic. The Hotel de Ville is| partially destroyed. Enough is left, | Harden, writing in the last issue of > . ; " ) nowever, to support a notice board, : 8 8 and even probable enemy, determin put there to greet the British.. The Die Zukunft and quoted by Reuter's | edto fortify 'the bank of the St. Law | Amsterdam correspondent, says with only live thing about the place was| p says te British Government, seeing London, March 21.--Maxmilian road. Beyond a prisoner was dis-|DOthing, or lies to himself in order to [the fort on Chimney Island . No only houses with bare walls and floors broken in. Tapestries, dishes, | linen, pictures and the smallest ob-| jects were carried off and sent to-| ward Germany. Furniture was burn-| ed or transported to the trenches, | where is was afterwards broken up. | Each inhabitant was left a mattress, | a chair, but only what was necessary, | "Roye retains the aspect of a .vi-| lage, for the church is there and the| organ resounds. To describe the joy | of the inhabitants is impossible. | They grasped our hands in passing. | »The day for which they have waited | 80 long has arrived We question | them unceasingly. Many of them did | not hope to see the return of our troops. The Germans had spoken of evacuating all. "On February 17th one hundred and ninety of them had received at five o'clock ip tae morning an order to leave toward evening. They left, crying. Sincé then no more have been taken away. | ""The Germans did not expect you so soon,' was the unanimous cry. We.were told by the inhabitants who remain that the Germans grouped in certain villages the populations of a number of hamlets. Lived Like a Savage. "Continuing our visit in Roye we encountered on the summit of the city an old man, tall, with white hair and moutache, He waved iis arms, being incapable at first in his emo» tion of saying a word. He lived in the last house of the town; where he spent the existence of a savage, de- ciding not to see the Germans. Two days ago, realizing that something new was in preparing, he went up to the roof of his house and from afar saw masses of soldiers in blue, their helmets scintillating in the sun. "'l was waiting for the French,' he said. 'I looked for their red trou- sers, but saw only men in unknown uniforms. My bl turned. I said to myself: Are they more Germans? onymous letter Monday, threatening that unless he callgd another meet- ing of the Board of Trade and has its recent rgsolution in favor of compul- sory service rescinded he would be assassinated, ted States minister to Russia doubts whether the revolution in Russia will be permanently successful. He fears that mo good results will follow the abdication of the throne by the Czar. covered near a dugout, waiting for|lie better to others, can deny the our arrival. He protested that he importance of the change of power in was not German, but of Danish blood, | Turkish Asia, : For the rest, thec ity is rubbish and "Since the birthday of the sub- thé neighborhood empty of anything marine war, which was greeted with of interest except evidence .of the] gushing hope, the greatest republics mind of the foe before use. He even |of the earth, the Unifeq States and smashed things he could not take, China, have resolved to break off and left them on the road. It is clear | diplomatic relations with Germany." he thoroughly looted Peronne before, Herr Harden suggests the possibil- he destroyed the buildings. {ity of a triple alliance between the -- United States, China and Japan, OOK COW TO FRONT | which, he says, would permit more T | energetic participation in the war. | To doubters of such a possibility he ON SPECIAL TRAIN replies that Great Britain, France I Russia, (before yielding, would Mad Plenty of Milk in Jap War | 2nd attenipt everything imaginable, and While His Army Was { declares that the limits of the imag- Starving. | Ination are not to be underestimated | with the powers whom Australia ana ! Africa obey, and who dominate the Petrograd, March Bi<1One of thei sud and water from New York to 1 Py 9 X 4 killed during the revolution was | Retrograd and from Kamtchatky lo General Stokelburg. General Stokel- | burg w notoriety in the Japanese | War by transporting a cow to the] front on a special train to supply op a . himeelf and family with milk at a Of Canadian Defense Force to be time when his army was starving. ! Issue From Headquarters, His house was entered -by soldiers, | Tt lations 1 I w who werg sent to arrest him. The! le regulations governing the ne general asked for leave to retire to| 'Canadian Defence Force" as it' is his private apartment, from where |¢alled, are being prepared at head- he opened fire with a machine gum. | duarters and will be issued in fullfteq of four 24 pounders, two 18 He was later over powered and kill-| immediately. Among the points that | pounders, ang three 12 pounders. ed | will be brought out are the details At the river's ge where now : px the Scheme such as pay, allow-|stands the old C.P.R. Station was a " shaw amide _j ances, etc. battery for te defence of te river. Z. Hebert, president of the Mont i Over on East street near the foot of ad | The force is not to exceed 50,000, real Board: of Trade, recei aN an" | g}though supernumeraries are allow- Henry" street was another stockade. 1 believe a few of the old buildings able, these to be used' in cases of urgent necessity or to fill the vacan- within it are still standing. Within cles caused by overseas enlistment. it were contained the Hospital, Bar- Men may enlist for eithér the C.E.F.}rack stores and the Dispensary. or C.D.F., but "it is hoped that many{ A path led from the corner of the pWill transfer to the latter, The age Fort Field, to the gate, as is the case today. Three hundred and thirty limit is eighteen to forty-five years. No one under eighteen may enlist yards back of the block house were without written consent of the par-| found many buildings. Here were ents or guardians." The physical|the Artillery Barracks, Engineers' standard is the same as that of the Stores, Stables, Forge, a large wood C.EF. "Special attestation papers yard, and officers' quarters, Nearby was a large lime-kiln. Many other will be issued. huildings in. the village of Prescott place for a fortification. 1812, the present position of the fort fortification begun, ar to 'ts present appearance and is Edward Jessup who town in 1810; The grounds of the fort contained 82% acres, and extended from Boun- dary street tq East street and from the river in a direction North 24 degrees West 800 yards, "WHh the exception of a few acres in the rear of the property it was all cleared. The main building was the block- house in the same position as it is found today and no doubt it is the Same structure. The interior of the building was divided up somewhat differently, as it contained officers' quarters, men's quarters, . pantry, Kitchen, ete., with' the well in the position as it is at the present. The palisade fence was nearly the same except that as there was no sally port it was straight on the southern side. The gate was on the northern side. The armament of the fort consis- founded the few men of prominence. DETAIL INSTRUCTIONS Dr. Andrew D. White, former Upi- 2 Saves required. hy, 2 bal Tr unit but in pre<war days, and that invitation to dinner to a judge of the dente: a ula of sgh uatitnl adda hé was in England and at the front|Johnstown District, with --~ doubt 33 etpuoh Miemaateiy te oh Tea will be of great value in assisting in|of its acceptance. It took an Am- 2 wae : water and flavoring. Mix gis and the training of other units, erican raid on Brockville to destroy 1easpoan . bake in moderate oven one hour. ae Jamisg the Canadian Ex-|this friendly Intercourse, but all The old 1 led for six and no powder itionaary ree, Col. Smart was|through the war, letters frequently hs Jasthon Six eggs . peling 3 Sumab of the Cobourg asylum, but | passed from 23g side of the river to - "© Booklet ipes which economize in an Ss position to accept the over-|the other. is is to 'be explained other expehaive ingredients mailed free. Address seas command. In th = nand. e smallest dis-|by the fact that many of the Ameri- ars, Ma der Cau. 8 81. Lawrence Hov- trict In Cinada in which a unit was| adds none but healthful Made in Canada oe * Royal Baking Powder makes it possible to pro- duce appetizing and wholesome cakes, muffins, corn bread, etc., with fewer eggs than are usually In many recipes the number of eggs may be re- duced and excellent results obtained by adding an additional quantity of Royal Baking Powder, about a teaspoon, for each egg omitted. The following tested recipe is a practical illustration; ericans were not disposed to make Es SPONGE CAKE His splendid work in organizing the | war on their neighbors, so*we need : 1 cup sugar RETAINS: Jet sugar and water 136th Battalion and the fact that his] not be surprised when we find David % Sub water stiffly beaten whites of eggs. beating until experience while at Barriefield, not | Parish, perhaps the most influential the mixture is cold. T her three 2 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder {men the flour, salt and hating powder Absolutely Pure No Alum Civic tribunals will be autaorized i | to determine cases of men who are| were algo occupied by the officers and used for store houses, : {in doubt as to whether they should The block house was built tq ac- proceed overseas or not. commodate 144 men and 9 subal- terns, while the barracks north of the fort was built for 110 men. 'All of the above buildings were constructed under the direction, of British engineers, and many of the militia 6f Grenville county aided in their erection. Fort Wellington was not long left in idleness, - A garrison was station- ed in it 4nd a close watch kept on the op; te shore. Then as now there was a great'deal of communi- cation between the two sides of the river and both Canadians and Am- HEADQUARTERS APPOINTEE Lieut.-Col. R. W, Smart Has Been Given Important District Position. Lieut.-Col. R. W. Smart, Port Hope, and formerly officer command- ing the 136th Port Hope Battalion, has been . appointed bdrigade-major for training for Military District No. 3 and will take over his new duties immediately, The appointment of this popular officer to the Kingston headquarters staff is approved of in all quarters. only while commanding that overseas | person in Ogdensburg, sending an raised, he was Yuetenslul in building up one of the finest battalions that| tame to Barriefield last year. BRANTFORD TAX RATE ee riotic Purposes, Brantford, March 21.--The tax rate for 1917 will be 27% mills on the dollar, on all property, business and income assessed for public school purposes, and 28% mills on the dol- lar on all property, and an N ' ---- society, start at the least noise and | : teh SS or WANTON BLT On the first sign of the heart be- y FIRST Grenville County in June, 1784, they found both sides of the river in the of the Oswegatchie River stood Fort regulars, so that, although the feel- Loyalists were not the kindest, yet By Jay's Treaty of 1796, the fron- handed over to the United States and the three railways from the west, so that it is no surprise to us that the in the rising nation to the south a possible rence where river navigation began, doubt he reperted it as a suitable However, when the hostility of the United States became so great that war was actually declared in June was chosen and the erection of the The main building was very simil- erected on the site of the house of A Cop vp rr cans had emigrated to Grenville | ~~ County and had taken up land. Then] a garrison with nothing to do but a! little sentry duty do not : become | "saints" and no doubt they often} arma a e antagonized the settlers near by The result was that the settlers re- | fused to sell the soldiers provisions -with the consequence that in 1813, martial law was proclaimed at Pres- cott and the provisions seized when needed, = Two, attacke were made by the gar-| rison on Ogdensburg. The first was | made in boats. It was unsuccesstut | as the expedition was met by a sharp | fire and was compelled to retreat. | On the 22nd of February 1813, a| second attack was made, which was more successful. The garrison had] been accustomed to drill upon the ice, and a jerring crowd on the Am-| erican side were often spectators. gq; | This morning, the garrison got or- ders to attack the village at the close | of their drill. The surprise wad) it { complete. . Ogdensburg was captured | with much provisions and war gp. I made it with my same old recipe but I used Lantic Sugar On account of its Fine granulation it dissolves instantly making a clear jelly. 108 2 &51b. cartons, 10, 20& 1001b.sacks and this was the next year, 1814, | Jump from Bed when Gen. Wilkinson's fleet passed | . . n[down. The fort fired upon the fleet | in Morning and | Drink Hot Water | in 'the night without doing material h | damage. : -- : tt -Tells why everyone should drink | hot water each morning plies. . : | ! n Only once was the fort in action | i | | When peace was declared in 1815, | e| Fort Wellington was allowed to go | out of repair. Prescott was being | g | Tapifily settled especially at the East, | and in 1823 the Government offered | for sale, the lots to the West and to' before breakfast. I e | the North; the Stockade disappeared, | i and the barracks and other buildings | t ® Be denn oh nie Stier angel Why is man and woman, half the Fort Wellington again became . time, feeling nervous, despondent, ol scene of activity. Col. Young was | Worried; some days headachy, dull > sent with a small garrison to occupy and Snstruns; ome days really in "12 4 5 '| capacitated by ness, t]it, but being much out of repair, it ; If we all would practice inside ba thing, what a gratifying change would take place. Instead of thou- sands of half-sick, anaemic-looking souls with pasty, muddy complexions we should see crowds of happy, heal® i thy, rosy-cheeked people everywhere. was practically useless and we are told that at the time of the landing of the Americans there was not a man in it. " After the Battle of the Windmill -| Capt, Dunham' Jones, furnished a garrison o fmilitia. Engineers came eB a hic ly| feference to the occupation of Bad-| The first location chosen = wal | from Kingston, refortified it: the gun | The reason is that the human system a tortoise-shell cat, which eagerly] vid itish : % 3 : . i . does not rid itself each day of all - followed our men everywhere, A | dad by the British: Windmill Point, then called 'New | positions being much the same as to-| 0 waste which il accumulates up ea cavalry pony, saddled and equipped, _ 'Only a blockhead or one to whom | Jerusalem. Here Amher: had had |day, a gun at each corner of the der our present mode of tiving For Never have we display- was found tethered on a forgotten | tle map of the world has taught | his headquarters when h reduced | parapet and a swivel over the gate. | | every ounce of food and drink ta-| | ken Into the system nearly an ounce of waste material must be carried out, else it ferments and forms ptom aine-like poisons which are absorb ed into the blood. Just as necessary as it is to elean | | the ashes from the furnace each day | before the fire will burn bright and | hot, so we must each morning clea: | the imside organs of the previous day's accumulation | of indiggstible waste and body toxins. Men and wo- men, whether sick or well, are ad- vised to drink each morning before breakfast, a glass of real hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phos- | phate in it, as a harmless means of washing out of the stomach, liver, ed such dainty effects In. women's fine shoes for spring wear. ) An interesting story is told about the gun placed on the south-west angle of the fort. Those who have visited the structure will have noticed that instead of the regular gun pivot, an iron cannon is placed upright in the ground. This gun is blackened, and appears to have been through a fire. The incident con- nected with this cannon is as follows. "In early days Canada had more to fear from secret foes than 'her open enemies. During the troublesome times 'of the Rebellion, American sympathizers brought across a can- non and secreted it beneath a straw mow at the home of a settler. Young men of Prescott, hearing of | i thle, ad " jhe Sloeivg ot the far! kidneys and bowels the indigestible and drew it to Prescott. Here they | Material, waste, sour bile and toxins: burnt the carriage and placed the [thus cleanking, sweetening and pur- cannbn as a back log to a fireplace, | ifying the entire alimentary canal be- When (the engineers rebuilding the { fore putting more food into the stom- {01d ihe story and Lhe cannon stands, MIBIOS of people who liad their where. the yplaced it." : turit at constipation, bilious attacks. After the Rebellion a garrison of acid stomach, nervous days and sleep- the Royal Artillery was stationed at less nights have become real cranks Prescott and evidently remained for about. the morning iffside-bath. A some years, In 1866, it was again | Quarter pound of limestone phos unoccupied, but on the threat ot | phate will not cost much at the drug Fenian raids, a local regiment of | Store, bu sufficient to demonstrate Garrison Artillery, took charge of it. | 0 anyone"its cleansing, sweetening Some of these veterans are still alive| 2nd freshening efféct upon the. sys- and tell interesting stories of the|!®™- ' times '66. | . Your Order The last time that Fort Wellington | possessed a garrison was in 1886, at] For Fresh Curly Lettuce the time of the North-West Rebellion resh Green Onions and C HN t Vas d d t the fo rn op of the 156th Radish ( surly . 5 cents bunch. | Battalion. | J.R.B. Gage, | At Thompson's Grocery Women who take a genu ine pride in their' appear ance will find a real charm in our selection of fine shoes. The newest in black kid, grey, Havana brown, Champagne and tan. The Sawyer Shoe Store have had no internal troubles and | our neighbors to the south, after | ~ feeling the benefits of 100 years of | peace; 'have Tar from hostile feelings! towards us, i Since that date forttnately. we MONTREAL ST. TO REGISTER WOMEN. PHONE 540 » ------_. I | i Capt. Guynemer, y 1 Province to Relieve Municipalities | 294 Princess Street, French avin RE h ac aus Under New Franchise Act. | Phone 387. thirfy-fith German aeroplane op Toronto, Mhrch 20.--The Provin-| urday. cial Government, it is understood, | =~ a ri i pny has under consideration a prosposal | co to undertake registration of the | women of the province who are eli- gible for the franchise under the En-| franchisement Act, which will be | passed by the Legislature this ses- | sion. | The proposal is that, instead of | having the municipal assessors enrol? women upon the voters' ksts and the municipalities bear the cost of the extra work involved, a force of spe- clal Government registration agents be employed to make the registration of each county. " Times Have Changed. Little Mildred came home from a day's visit in the home of little Har- riet. "She was awfully rude to me, mam- ma," said Mildred. "She talked cross to me, and she wouldn't let me play with her doMes and she told me her father was richer than mine, and everything." "Why didn't you come home?" : asked the mother. '"That's what I should have done # a playmate had treated me that way when I .was a little girl." "Maybe that's i 8 SHAMPOO == | - i maintains healthy hair, corrects unnatural scalp conditions, and assists nature in os Fewest! | 7 od 1] rt what you would have done, mamma," Mildred re- plied. "But times have changed since you were a little girl. When Harriet acted mean I just slapped her face and staged." rs Do You ¥now Her? Friend of Shopkeeper--That's a nice ain You Dave 18 Your shop. [I've seen her in the window several sees 3 eral days Shopkeeper (wearily) --She , an employee. She's a woman try; DcoANUTOR "| to decide ou a new hat! . + : All Drugygists, Everywhere, or - deal. Fou wih (he mld wren, "PY The Gilchrist bill to authorize New York City authorities to food and clothing and sell them to MUTUAL SALES CoO. 32 Front Street West . Toronto,