YEAR 84: NO. ---- 'FRENCH LIVELY ATLL PLACES And Succiss is Assured AL 6 Many Pots hove. "THE SWEEP OF THE ALLES ANOTHER TREMENDOUS ASSAULT IS NOW EXPECTED. ~ < "And St. Quentin Will Fall Into French Hn Ten New German Divisions Have Been Called Up to Repenlish the Lines, (Special to the Whig.y ~ Paris, April 19--"Everywhere suc- cess" was the epitome of to-day's offi- cial statement, detailing the continued sweep forward of Gen. Nivelle's armies. The great German defensive )ositions dominating . Nauroy and J were captured in this sweep east of Rheims. Smashing blows north of Villy and Ostel gained more ground northeast of Soissons. Desperate German attempts to create diversions elsewhere along the 'front failed. = All _the German counter- attacks on ground newly wrested from their bands in the St. Quentin to Rheims front signally failed To-day there is fighting along almost the en- tire French front. Around St. Quentin, Gen. Nivelle reported great activity of artillery. It may possibly be a precursor of an- other tremendous infantry assault there which will sweep the town, long} menaced, into French hands. In the Coucy forest further south in the bend of the fighting front, the statement reported patrol fighting. Still further along north of the Aisne, the French commander-in-clel feported "furth- er progress" nc th of Villy and Ostel. : » "In the Champagne, Gen. Nivelle re- ported his troops as "pursuing their success in the Moronvillers" region. "Attacks every where were success- ful," he said, "our troops carrying Mont Haut Swell and several heights to the east, including Hill 227. Dur- ing the course of the night two Ger- man batteries were captured." Identification of twelve new Ger- man divisions in the one sector he- tween Soissons and Auberives means the Germans have been forced to mass 1240000 new forces there not only to take the place of troops cut to pieces, by the French advance; but in an ef- fort to dam the flood-tide of the Jirench assaulting waves. . Every bat- ¢ te front ath received here em. hasizes 1 bloody execution of French artillery. Look For Speedy End of War. Speelal to the Wag.) London, April 18.--As a result of the recent Allied victories and heavy German 'losses, the néwspapers pre- dict a speedy and victorious end to the war. General sentiment is very optimistic to-day. \ British Consolidating. (Special to the Whig.) London, April 19.--British were evidently fairly inactive, comy solidating their positions, bring- up more supplies and seeking out the enemy's weak spots for the next turn they will have against the Germans. Field Marshal Halg reported nothing of special interest in the fighting all along his front. The first phase of the British drive has been entirely suc- cessful; now comes the pause in pre- paration for the second. ' French Capture Monchant. (Spevial to the Whig.) Paris, April 19.---The capture of Monchaut and several heights, in- cluding Hill 227 in further progress , of the great Champagne offensive was announced in to-day's French of- ficial statement. troops Earnings Unaffected. Montreal, April 19..-The new Bri- tish order requisitioning all vessels under the British flag is not expected to have any material effect on the "GArdings of the Canada Steamship Lines, as it is pointed out fully nine- tenths of the company's fleet are A PUTIN SENSATION tish -- THUKSBAY, APRIL 19, 1917. =r --_-- ' i REFUSES TO NAME PERSONS TO | - WHOM MONEY WAS PAID Two Witnesses Depart- Legislature to Appear Before Committee, Victoria, April 19.-°A political sen- | sation of the first magnitude devel-! oped here in the course of an inquiry into the financial affairs of "the Pa- cific Great Eastern Railway, whose bonds have been guaranted by province of British Columbia. About thirty million dollars have been spent on the railway, which remains un- completed bétween Vancouver and Prince George It will require an- other 'ten million dollars to finish the work. 'The contragtors, who were | Messrs. Foley, Welch and Stewart, are now under investigation. The last-mentioned member of the firm is. now General Stewart, in charge! of building light "railways in France. | Last Friday D'Arcy Tate, general counsel for, and vice-president of the Pacific Great Eastern, refused upon | the witness stand to give details of expenditure of half a million dollars, which he said was his own money. The legislature, which was in ses- sion, passed a resolution forcing him to tell. On Wednesday it was found that Mr. Tate had_gone to Seattle; leaving word behind that he declined again to appear. It is learned that Patrick Welch, a! millionaire and chief member of the contracting firm, has also returned from Vancouver to his home 'in Spo- kane. Mr. Foley lives in Minneapolis and has never taken an active part in, this contract. R. D. Thomas, secretary of the com- pany, on the witness stand this morn- ing, said that he knew of two cheques | of fifty thousand dollars each and of another of fifteen' thousand, which had been used for campaign purposes. He declined to say whether any of | the funds went to Sir Richard Bride, or W. J. Bowser, former Pre: mfer or to any leaders, of the Lib-| eral party, which now composes the | movement of British Columbia. TO FURTHER PRODUCTION. { Comprehensive Organization Formed | With Branches. | Wellington, April 19.--Prince Ed-| ward County has decided to form a counly organization consisting of the reeves and deputy reeves of each nfunicipality, the presidents and sec- retaries of all agricultural associa- tions, and of 'the:local branch of fhe Patriotic Fund, the president 'and chairman of the Picton Collegiate In- stitute Board, and the president of the Board of Trade, to take up the mattar of greatér produchivn. S. Mas- tin, Bloomfield, was appointed chair: man of the committee; J. H. Porte, vice-chairman, and A. P. Secretary. Organization is being per- fected-at-Picton, Bloomfield: and Wel- lington to niake a, thorough canvass for all available farm help. AS RESULT OF WAR. Some $7,000,000 of Losses Have Heen | Incurred. Likely to Be Asked to Force Them - the WHAT BRITISH GUNS DID TO * 1 | | { | | E TOWN OF BAPAUME. 23 . » . . -- Here is a picture of Rue de Peronne, th@ main street in Bapaume, the former Ger man stronghold;"and which was the immediate @bjéctive of the Somme. The Germans Are now far behind the own. THE LATEST NEWS WE GI Distant Places. 'Despatches That Come From Near And TIDINGS FOR OUR READERS PRESENTED IN THE BRIEFEST POSSIBLE FORM. The Whig's Daily Condensation of the News of the World From Tele- graph Service and Newspaper change. els. Ex- .Thé visiule supply of wheat in Can- adn is: estimated at 116,543,000 bush- The wages of all working men have MacVannel,; been increased ten per cent. by the Port Arthur Shipbuilding Company. ' Three members of the 21st Essex Fusilters were fined $5 and costs each for failing to be present at™a parade. The Erie, Oswego, Champlain and Cayuga and Seneca canals will; be opened for navigation on May 15th. Ithmar Nelson, superintendent of { the Industrial Home at St. Catharines, 4 cial To The Whig) | dropped dead while walking on the ound, "April 19.--Insurancé losses ! street, v Michael Lié Page, an old Widdifield farmer, dropped dead of heart failure while delivering a bag of potatoes in amounting to almost seven million | dollars have been incurred by Can- | adian insurance companies as a re- | sult of the war, according to an offi- cial statement given out to-day by the | of Finance. | { THE RATIO OF DEAD Wounded. 1 (8 Al to the Whig.) | Toronto, April reports that dead to wounded in receiit fighting five to one. North Bay. North Bay citizens adopted a reso- insurance branch of the Department | lution, on motion or sfayor Patton and ex-Mayor Michie, calling for minion prohibition. " The. coal miners of nearly of the men's affairs. Do- every | Ste | mine of the district are out on strike, Is About Ome to. Five of Those | because of the delay in the settlement | Retail food prices in New Zealand tralia is about the same. 19.--Stewart Lyon | have increased 30 per cent. compared | the ratio of Canadian | with July, 1914. The increase in Aus- | The door of the Senate Naval Af- fairs Committee in the Capitol build- | 7 information of naval was missing. Mobs - attacked 270 in Porto Alegre 4 burning many. The Duchess of Br or William's only da ter, has given birth to a daughter. § An agreement is J between the United 8 to round up all slacken tries. : The U.S. War nearly completed pid first levy of 500,000 camps by August 1s The German Ge Telle and Von Bond retired and' pension cent German rever: front. Mrs. George H. Hill, Brockville, died ans. Nothing rman houses g the night k, Emper- ly to occur dnd. Britain In both couu- i partment has to have the len in training Is Kaempf, in have been following re- the western had been ill for four. months. sons survive. She was a Preshy- terian. i All 'night -Jiquor Tifences-in New York will be cancelled. for the durs- tion of the War, beginning May '1st. Thereafter -all bars must be closed at one o'clock. Australia's admiration for the lat- est achievement' of Canada's army at the front is expressed in a cablegram from the governor-general of the sist- er Dominion received by the Duke of Devonshire. ingly fast and mixed with countless feints a" along the Array to Rheims front by British' and French troops are shaking the Hindenburg line. Major S. P. McMordie, of Niagara Falls, Ont., who had been reported killed in action, has been seen by Major Evan E. Fraser, who says he is in command of the camp at Crow- borough. \ | Assurances reached Washington to- | day that under no conditions that are now conceivable will the provis- ional government of Russia yield to the overtures from German and Aus- { trian Socialists. representatives to | negotiate a separate peace. Prince Zia-ed-Din, heir apparent to the Turkish throme, arrived on Sun- {day at German main headquarters, and handed Emperor William.a sword of honor, from the Sultan, "as 8 sign It Is stated that Edison has per- | ing, Washington, was "jimmied" dur-| of the royal comradeship in arms of fected devices to kill the submarine | ing the night. The police believe the| the Allied armies, and in recognition "job" was the work of spies seeking Of the deeds of ths German army." menace to Allied ships. FIRST PICTURE DEPICTING ACT UAL ALLIED ADVANCE IN FRANCE on Sunday, aged sixty-two years. She | Two Battering blows struck bewilder-' British offensive on the BRAZIL FACES ERMAN REVOLT The Teatons in AC Least Thi States Te Taken by Ams. OR ANY DETAILS OF THE HUN UPRISING. The: Treacherous Germans Are Well Armed, Even With: Some Artillery, and Are Plentifully Supplied. (Special vo the Whig.) © Buenos Aires; 'April 19.--Brazil's great German 'population in at least three states, has revolted. Despatches from Montevideo (Uruguay) to-day asserted that the Teutons were well armed, even with some artillery, and are plentifully supplied. Brazil's cen- sorship was:down tight on any de- tails. The rebellion apparently centred in the Brazilian states of Rio Grande, Parana and Santa Catharina. The German population, male and female, in this section, has been estimated at $500,000. : a BIG CAPTURES. The Alied Forces Have Had Big Sue. cedHes, (Special to the Whig.) London, April 19.--The Allied cap- tures in ten days total 31,000 men and 300 guns. Three villages were taken last night and large bodies of German troops. Petrograd, April 19.--Germans are burning several Rumanian towns and may quit Northern Rumania. The United States House Commit- tee. has changed the eligible age for volunteers and conserlots from 19 to 25 to 21 to' 40. Ans T0 USE STANDARDIZATION BRITISH PROGRAMME FOR SHIP. ment's shipbuilding programme, the | parliamentary secretary of the ship- and could be carried out of the submarine. Instructions to Customs Officers to BUILDING IS ENORMOUS ONE New Model Tramp Steamers win | Exceed in Speed Underwater Boats --Requisitioning Steamers. London, April 19.--Speaking in the House of Commons on the govern- a ping controller said the programme of construction was a very big one best by standardization. Tramp steamers were wanted most at the present time, but, they must be something more than the ordinary "tramp and exceed in speed the underwater speed About one-haif of all the merchant ships of the United Kingdom of over 2,000 tons gross were engaged for the army and navy, the colonies and the Entente Allies in connection with the war. The shipping controller, the secre- tary said, was rapidly 'extending the requisitioning to include all stéamers i, LAST EDITION RUSSIA FIRM FOR THE ALLES Forign Mister MARNOIE Makes State mat For the Covemoat. WILL CONTINUE 11S PART IN ANNIHILATING GERMAN MILI. TARISM WITH INTENSITY. The Russian Press Regards Ger. many's Peace "Feelers" as Hypo- critical and - Treacherous--No - De. sire to Strengthen Liberty With Ald of German Bayonets, (Special to the Whig.) Petrograd, April 19.--The pledge in the possession of the country. Re-| that Russia stands unswerving against garding the restrictions of imports and 't. 2 question of conserving ship- ping he said the government was mapping out the future not only for this year but for next. They were measuring the greatest possible los- ses they thought would occur and putting against them month by month what they expected to build and to buy--and, by dealing with the matter in that way, could make arrange- ments to defeat tne enemy -~in the campaign to destroy shipping. DEATH RATE APPALING. Twelve in Every Thousand People Die Each Month. The Hague, April 19.--Appalling figures have just been received point= ing out the situation in occupied Bel- giuim with more convincing details perhaps, than has been given before. In the city of Brussels twelve people out of every thousand die each month and practically every death is trace- able to starvation, This is the corf§ition that obtains in spite of the two and a half years of ceaseless effort on the part of the Belgian Relief Committee. Ome by one the less hardy fail, go Into dé- cline and die. The streets are filled with emaciated shadows of those who were robust and healthy two years ago-- all the victims of hunger, that weapon that Germany employed against helpless as a means of sub- jecting this nation which fought the battles of the Allies in the first days of the war. # And to make matters worse it is women and children, aged n and women, cripples and the who are the victims. It jis t the soldiers of Belgium had to leave behind when they went out to fight the battles of 'humanity. These are the conditions that the Belgian Relief Committee is asking the people of Canada to help better. Canada has plenty. Canada in her wealth and good forutne can spare the little that will help these unfor- tunate people. The Belgian Relief Committee that has its work to do in Belgium--has its offices at 59 St. Peter street, Montreal, and in prac- tically every town in Canada where e meeting tonight in partment offices (old Hub Hotel). Cig. Zens interested invited. Germany was given to-day by Foreign Minister Milukoff in welcoming the British and French labor delegates. "The -provisional government," he solemnly asserted, "will continue its part in annihilating German militar- ism with the greatest intensity. Our ideal is to prevent the future possi- bility of war. "I beg you will announce to your countries that free Russia Is doubly strong." The Russian press ~ regards Ger- many's peace "feeters" as "hypocri- tical" and "treacherous." words were those most used in editor- ials Lmovement and the activity of German and -Austrian Socialists for separate peace with the new provisional gov- These two to-day commenting on the raiment. : "No one in Russk: desires to strong. then liberty with the ald of Germ bayonets," Retich to-day. declaréd the newspaper "SON BORN TO MRS, DICK. Formerly Mrs, Astor, on Anniversary of Titanic Sinking. New York, April 19.--On the fifth" nniversary of the sinking of the Ti- tanic, April 15th, 1912, a son was born Sunday to Mrs: Willam K. Dick, widow of John went down with the big ship and whose $5,000,000 1ortune Mrs. Dick renounced to wed her present hus. hand about a year ago. Jacah Astor, who Cakes and pastties have beon plae- ed the i horn] 4 on the prohibited. list in London, d. Gen: Von Bissing, governor-general of Belgium, died on') Wednesday. The resignation of the Greek Cabi- net is impending. DAILY MEMORANDUM See t. f right hand corner, for Probabililies" a . Rummage sale' at First Congrega- Wonal Hall, Friday afternoon and ev. ening. Kingston Poiltry Association have Agricultural De- contributions to this great relief cause may be sent. 4 TU STOP SMUGGLING ON VESSELS. Precautions. Ottawa, April 19.--Instructions have been sent to customs collectors at lake or river ports along the bound- ary line and at seaports notifying {hem to take rigid precautions to stop the smuggling in of liquors on ves- plaints have been made to the Mini- ster of Customs that a considerable number of small parcels of liquor are being brought in on these vessels and delivered in Canada without reporting at Customs. Collectors are warned to take drastic action against all persons found evading Customs entry ° on liquors, and also to notify masters of vessels that their ships will be de- tained if made use of illegally in bringing in liquor. - POLITICS MUST NOT DEFEAT x BURNS---At Kimders) KENNBDY--At Kin m7 LAGHT-MAX WE THE DAILY BRITISH WHIQ 1s on Sale at the Following Olt; Stores. - y Ahern, Joseph, Jr. .... 308 Best Drug Store .. Bucknell's News Depot Clarke, J. W. & Co. College Book Store .. . Coulter's Grocery ., . Sillens Groce ry, Cor. ae Gibson's 8 sels arriving from foreign ports. Com- | Malley. St. W. Drug Store '. Book Store Store, eGall Leod' Sask, on A Rs a 13m, 1917, to . and Mrs rey Burns, a son. on, April 16th, , to Mr. and Mrs. -J. J. Ken- nedy, 301 Montreal St., a son. o n April 18th, 1917, at ®t The tion Army Bill--Wilson Determined. . Washington, April 19.--The Admin- istration de that politics shall not defeat the conscription army bill which army men say is absolute- al to the safety of the nation. President will Church, by the Rev. Del. Florence Eva Maxwell, to Keith Light, both of Kingston. WOOD-VAN WINCKEL At the home of th Ly under charter to French Government and are not available until next Feb- ruary at the earliest. A director points out that such being the ease the new order will make little change . in the reveaue of the company. Capt. Dickson's Post. Cobourg, April 19.--1t is stated that Capt. 8. J. Dickson, who was in charge of the Cobour Sampany of the 235th DAVY--In Sydenham. April 15th, 1917, Chester x Bry in his ih year. unera rom iste sre nee Lo ihe Methodist church, Fridey, TOYE --« On Anh, belo - Toy i" Funeral } from her Tate resi. dence, $2 Gore sireet on Saturday WHITTY--On April 18th, 1917. st the § is mie Wert beloved of le N. , mgell 285 years, § months. runeral fro her desidenve, 104 330 hi. to Hand TUT Deetoe: I . i JAMES - REID 23 it & je du il (Special to the Whig.) Ottawa, April 19.--The Hie | e :