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YEAR 84: NO. 2065 =| The Daily British Whig PAGES 18 KINGSTON, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1917. / , LAST EDITION BULLETS WIN BATTLES: BONDS WIN WARS SISTER BASIL TELLS $410,000 IS SUBSCRIBED S0 FAR T0 Kingston Is Doing Nobly -- The Objective May Be Attained in One Three Weeks. The thermometer in front of the Whig office is still going up, show- ing that subscriptions for the Vie- tory War Loan are pouring into the coffers of the Minister of Finance for use in supplying the machines of war for the Canadian soldiers. On Tuesday night the mercury shot up "th $410,000, when the official infor- mation was received from the Vie- tory Loan headquarters that $160,- ood had been collected during the ay. A quarter of a million dollars the first- day and $160,000 on the se- cond day is certainly a record of which Kingston may be justly proud. In view of the large number of small subscriptions received on Tuesday the decrease in ihe total for the day's work does not show that there is any diminution in the interest in the campaign. "We are eminently satisfied with the result of the two day's canvass," said G. R. Warburton on Wednes- day morning, "and we only hope that we shall be able to attain our objective in one week instead of three weeks. From now on the sky's the limit. We are not going to think of objectives, but only of what Kingston can do if she wants to. My sincere hope is that this district will show the rest of Ontario that we are able to come out on top when we put our shoulder to the wheel. I had a meeting with - the canvassers this morning and we discussed the whole situation. I may say that the spirit of the canvassers is splendid, and we are fast getting down to the bed- rock of good, hard, 'consistent work. Everyone is encouraged with the re- sults to date, but we all realize that we have nearly three weeks' cam- paign ahead and we have to keep the pot boiling all the time." That the organizer and canvassers are doing their part is shown in a telegram which the Whig managed to see on Wednesday morning. It was sent by Norman Sommerville, headquarters organizer in Toronto, to G. R. Warburton, district organ. dzer, and reads as follows: "QOongratulations on your speedy returns afd splendid co-operation 'with provincial plans. Your divi- sion leads all others in the province in promptness in getting informa. tion to headquarters, making our work that much Hghter." Novel 'and unique schemes to pre. serve the interest and co-gperation of citizens in the campaig fre be- ing considered, and it is known that no person will be able to say that they didn't know anything about the campaign. "Arrangements have been made by the women workers to have every society in the city addressed by ladies who will explain the techni. calities of the bond issue. Factory employees are to have the install. ment. plan explained to them, and Practically every gathering of men will be addressed by the workers. At the opening of school at the Collegiate Institute on Tuesday afternoon the pupils had the whole scheme explained to them. Mayor Hughés acted as chairman and made a few remarks In which he asked for the co-operation of all the scholars to méke the loan a success in Kings VICTORY LOAN Week: Instead of ton. Addresses were also made by R. Meek, chairman of the executive committee, J. R. Henderson, chair- man of the Board of Education, and Mrs. Willoughby Cummings, To-| ronto. Following the addresses the | National Anthem was sung and the pupils were dismissed." A committee | was later formed among the scholars to assist the executive committee in | the promotion of the campaign. At half past three o'clock, the pub- lic school teachers of the city met at | Macdonald school where the same | speakers made addresses and called | for their co-operation. The teach- ers were asked to explain the bond | issue in simple terms to their pupils and thus encourage interest in the campaign. The ladies too, were not idle dur- ing the afternoon and evening and no less than seven gatherings of Joe | men were addressed during the day. | Mrs. John Wright and Mrs, W. F.| Nickle spoke at the Nurses' Alumnae | tea at Mrs. Marshall's, Mrs. John| Wright and Miss Machar at the! meeting of the W.C.T.U., Mrs. G.| Hunter Ogilvie and Mrs. C. N, Per- reau at a meeting in Cooke's Presby- terian church, Mrs. Sanford Calvin and Miss Foster at the Y.W.C.A., iMrs, Lavell at' the meeting of the union missionary societies in Syden- ham street Methodist church, Miss | Ronan and Miss Muckleson at the] meeting of the Hotel Dieu Ladies' Auxiliary, and Mrs, W, R. Givens and Mrs, Campbell Strange at the home of Mrs. G. 8. Clendinnen. A tumber of other addresses were given to-day. | | Victory Blasts. Buy a Victory Bond. The Minister of Finance announces he has arranged with the Canadian Bankers' Association whereby bonds up to $1,000 may be deposited with 'any bank for safe keeping without charge. Loans will be issued by chartered banks up to $500 at the discretion of she bankers at 5% per cent. in- terest to anyone wishing to buy Vie- tory Bonds. If you are impatient and can't Walt until thé canvassers reach your house, you can take your money for bonds to the committee room of the City Hall, where the Victory Loan headquarters are situated and in- vest it there. The Mayor and R. Meek will ad- dress a meeting in Sydgnham on Fri- day night. James Scally, village clerk of Portsmouth, is the accredited repre- sentative of the Victory Loan com- mittee and will endeavour to meet everyone in the village, ¥ "Phe papers are standing right behind me," remarked G. R. War- Burton to the Whig on Wednesday morning," dnd I certainly appreciate all that they are doing to help along the good cause." We thank you Mr. Organizer, ! THERE 1S A GOLDEN STREAM OF SUBSCRIPTIONS JUST NOW (Canadian Press Despatch) Toronto, Nov. 14.---Ontarlo is coining its sympathies into a golden stream of subscriptions for the Vie- tory Loan, The revised totals of subscriptions from all centres of this province re- porting up till noon to-day is $22. 36.850, with many points to hear from. It is announced here to-day that are being perfacted whereby the small wage earner will be able re CONTENTS, -------- Victor, Line 14410, : Loan; . Hh Ri den wilighi Red Grows of in (to buy a $50 or $100 bond and pay for it on $1 or $2 a week plan. Another new feature to be brought out shortly is post card contract form to take place for small buyers of pPesent bank contract which seems to be scaring many of them by its legal verbiage. 8 ury has exceeded its allotment by $28,000. It is announced that the whole of Northern Ontario is subscriblug very well particularly the miners who include many aliens. | SERVING ON NEWLY ORGANIZED INTER-ALLIED . MILITARY COMMITTEE + The conference of British, French and Italiah representatives has resulted in the creation of a permanent inter-Allied Military Committee.® New leadership for the Italian army has been pro- vided. General Cadorna, who has been in supreme' command of the Italian army since the ning of the war, has received a place on the new eommittee. General Foch, chief of staff of the French War Ministry, and General Wilson, sub-chief of the British General Ejatt, will serye ob He inter-allied committee with General Cadorna. CANNDT BREAK TALL LOE S Made By he Teatons In Northern MGI ole 1 0 Jot ENEMY 15 DRIVEN BACK AND ITALIANS LIBERATE SOME OF THE PRISONERS, Gen, Diag Made a Counter-Thrust Near Oanove--The Enemy Was Forced From the West Side of the Plave. London, Nov. 14.--The Italians apparently are holding the Teutonic allies fast along the greater part of the eurving battle-front extending from Lake Garda, south of thé Tren- tino: region, to the Adriatic Sea. Small gains have been reported for the Teutons on. the northern front and at one point along the southern reaches of the Piave River, On the Asiago Plateau, where it was feared he might break through the Italian line and force a retire- ment of the armies guarding the western bank of the Piave, the enemy again has met with several severe reverses, the Italians meet- ing his vigorous attacks with stamina and repelling them with serious' losses. Indeed, near Canove, to the west of Asiago, so strong and bril- liantly . executed was the counter-thrust that the forces of ate Malians who had been captured in" the aftempted flanking operation before the Italian line was stiffened last week. To the northeast of the town of Aslago the Germans report the cap- ture of the town of Fonzaso, and northwest of Asiago, on the Sette Comuni, the fortified position of Montlongara. On the southern Piave, 'between Montezan Dona and Zenson, some 23 miles northeast of Venice, the enemy forces crossed the stream and established a bridge head on the west side of the Piave. The Italians, however, immediately turned upon the ihvaders and forced them back towards the bank of the river. British. : London, Nov. 13.--The British offi- cial communication jssued Monday counter-shelled Uy us, Italian] General Diaz ever were able to liber- | bombarded our first lines in the Champagne in the region of the Monts and at sev- eral points of our front in the Ar- gonne, : The afternoon rep®rt said: "In the region north, west and east of Rheims last night the Germans after lively bombardments carried out several raids. Their efforts brought them no success." HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE The Germans ° Fire Gas Shells at Americans, With the American Army in France, Nov, 14.--The American in- fantrymen in the trenches and artil- lerists in the gun pits have had their first real experience with gas shells. The Germans have let loose many during the past two days, making the use of geas-masks mecessary. Shrap- mel has also been froghy us both sides. 'During 4 recent © en- emy machine guns were again turned on the American trenches, the Am- ericans replying with an equally vig- orous fire. DR. A. W\. RICHARDSON The Liberal Win-the-War Candidate for Kingston. d 4 A a or A SECOND SON DES IN ACTON Robert Baker, of Napanee, Has Lost Two Boysin the War. LET. HENRY A BAER WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED IN FRANCE LAST WEEK. Four-Yearold Son of P. Gleeson, Napanee, Dies of Escape From Death. 1 Our Own Correspondent) Napanee. Nov, 19. Robert Baker received the sad news that his son, Lieut, Henry A. Baker, was killed inaction last week: Lieut. Baker went overseas last fall with the 31st Canadian Battalion, and had been in active service since that time. This is Mr. Baker's second son, who Has given his life for his country. If is about two years ago that his young- est son, Lieut. Herbert 8. Baker was killed while on duty in Egypt. Death, claimed the four-year-old son of P, Gleeson, who was 80 severe- ly burned on Monday morning last. The little fellow was a great suffer- er. for the few hours he lived. Mr, and Mrs. Arthur Young had a narrow escape from death yesterday afternoon. They were going to Deseronto in their automobile. when something went wrong and the car turned turtle. Mr. and Mrs. Young were thrown into the ditch, but mir- aculously escaped with only a few minor brulses and a severe shaking up. [© T. B. Wallace is spending a few day in Toronto. . The subscriptions for the Victory J Loan yesterday arounded to 49,650, making $96,000, The French Cabinet has resigned after the defeat of the Chamber of in the two days' canvass, Peputies by 277 to 176. 7 Fee. When somebody blew him provide such Delicacies of Dinners for her Lord and Master. Big Blow. When a Neighbor Took Sick, A FABLE ON VICTORY BONDS There was once a Person who talked boastfully about his Swell Home and his Uppishly Upholstered Car. He would drive Fifty Miles to bé present at a Picnic where there were Free Eats. He always Finished First in races where there were Rich Prizes and No Entrance he would hurry home to id his Poor Wife because she could not et out of an Allowance which kept her Skimping on her own Clothing in order to furnish Decently Digestible his presence, lest the Omnivorous One should take it away, on the plea of saving the Little Folk from Severe Indigestion. At Home he was a regular Hurricane, for his Business Associates regarded him as a 'a Sudden Engagement calling him rapidly to Another Quarter of the Town, where he would not have to bother Calling the Doctor. When Giggling Girls came around to collect money for the Red Cross, he was ever ready to give them Free Advice, but fooked Pained when they ha to a Fine Supper at the Big Hotel, No Child dared Consume Candy in our Hero was always sure to have asked him for Cold Cash. If the Plea was Pressed, he took care to _ necessarily be a Patriot, but the my will in most cases be a Prune. Victory with their Blood. The Fellows they do not help buy it with their Yesterday's proceedings will be found on pages 11 and 13. Sister Basil continued her evidence in the Supreme Court, in her action for damages, when court resumed on Tuesday morning. Mr, Tilley had the witness in hand, and asked wit- ness some further particulars of the attempt at abduotion., After the taxi started out from the Orphanagh, with '| Father Mea on the running board, the car drove to the House of Provi- dence. Upon arrival at the House of Providence, Sister Magdelene an- nounced that witness was to be taken to Montreal, and told Father Mea that he had better return to the Or- phanage. Father Mea said that he would not return to the Orphanage, and when a start was made for the raflway station, Father Mea stated that he would go too, and to Mon- treal too, if necessary, Father Mea then told Constable Naylon that he had mo authority to «do what he was doing, and also ap- pealed to Sister Magdelene not to take part in the affair, He also stated that if it was necessary, he would appeal to people in the sta- tion platform, to prevent tham from taking Sister Basil to Montreal. Father Mea declared that he would ®0 80 far as to take out Habeas Cor- pus proceedings in Montreal, and would have all who were taking part in the abduction put in jail in Mon- treal. "I don't think the Archbishop would like this scandal, and I am surey would not," sabd Father Mea: wi i# also told of an occasion when she asked to see Dr, Morrison, but did not see him. Witness then gave in detail a lot of the conversation which took place on arrival at the House of Provi- dence. Sister Magdelene ordered her back to the Mother House. She did not care to go and finally argued to go back to the Orphanage, tire con- stable was willing, and the taxi driv- Burns eno Be enied for that stitution. It Mrs, Arthur Young Have was late when she arrived and was so frightened that she would not go to bed. She sat up in a chair in Father Mea"s office, and for eix nights did likewise. She was very sick, and was suffering from shock. Witness was afraid to go-to her own room, as she feared another attempt would be made to take her away. Witness told about going to Belle- ville. Later on, from Oect, 23rd till the middle of February, 1917, things went along there quite smoothly, During the latter part of February Sister Gabriel of Belleville, was call- ed to Kingston to the Mother House, On her return to Belleville she ap- peared to act "very cold" towards the witness, and did not seem to be the same in her relations with the witness. On one occasion Sister Ga- 'briel ordered her to her room and ptruck her on the shoulder. Wit- ness asked for an explanation for such treatment, and was told by Sis- ter Gabriel that she was to obey. At the time this assault was made on her, Sister Gabriel was in the act of signing for a registered parcel. Sis- ter Gabriel said, 'You bold woman, what are you doing?" Witness said that éhe sought Fath- er Mea as her counsel. She said that Sister Gabriel held up letters sent to her by Father Mea., Sister Gab- riel alse forbid her associating with the other Sisters and also refused har 4 attendance at any of the exer- Witness told of an assault made on her by Bister Justina at Belleville, "She left the place on the 14th of May. She feit that she was broken down and could not continue under the strain, Plaintiff said she went written by Mary Basil to Archbishop Spratt on the 22nd of May last tell- ing him that owing to nothing having done to give her relief she had 10 take refuge with Kingston friends. papdisiace; i any complaints, OF ATTEMPTED ABDUCTION Rev. Father Mea Said He Would Appeal to the People at Railway Station -- Sister Returned to Orphanage. vice of her priest and entered the Sisters of Charity, House of; | Provi- dence. After being in Kingston for a while she was sent as a nurse to the Brockville Hospital. Plaintiff declared that she had no troublg or disagreements there that she could remember. From Brockville she was recalled to the Mother House in Kingston in 1895. She could not remember going on a hunger strike, or of being examined by a Kingston physician, who said there was noth- ing the matter with her. A Brock- ville doctor had told her she haa stomach trouble. She denied that she had refused to take nourishment. There were no troubles of any kind between herself and other Sisters that she knew of. Later she was sent to Brockville by the Superior General to aseist, about 1902 she thought. Mr. McCarthy asked the witness if she ever had trouble with Rev, Fath- er Duffus. "Not that I know of ,"" replied Sis- ter Basil, "but I was told by my counsel recently that they said I had. I do not remember causing him any trouble." Neither did the witness recall having to.apologize to Father Duffus in regard to the con- fessional. She had not been asked to apologize fo him by the Superior General. Witness declared that she never questioned the authority of the Superior or refused to do any work assigned to, her. At. Brockville witness qualified ns" a4 nurse and where she re- Mpined until the end of 1909 or %he beginning of 1910, when she came out with a diploma as a quali- fied nurse in the community, but she did not know If she would be recognized as a qualified nurse out in the world. From about August, 1910, she was sent to Smith's Falls to assist. She did not know of any trouble she had there, but heard la- ter that they sald she had. Mary Frances Regis was superior at Smith's * Falls at that time. She heard that Mary Frances Regis had made complaint to the Superior Gen- eral, Mary Gabriel, but the former denied to her that she Bad made Witness denied re- tusing to go to Perth, although she did not feel able to do the work. Witness told of going to Smith's Falls, in January, 1914, on the ad- vice of the Archbishop. - Previous to this she came to the conclusion that she was held in disfavor of the Mother Superior. Her reason for thinking so was because of the fact that she had been ignored at the House of Providence. > Witness also spoke #0 the Arch- bishop telling him that she had been ignored. This was on her return from Daysland, Alberta, where she spent some time. She informed the . Archvbishop with a view to . being sent to another place. It was then she went to Smith's alls. Here Sisters Mary Austin and Mery Bea- trice were in charge, and she had plenty of' trouble all the time there, She remained at Smith's Falla {rom January, 1914 to March, 1915. Witness said she complained to Sister Mary Austin that she had not been given any work to do, and that she had been discriminated against. "Before you went to Smith's Falls you asked the archbishop for dis- pensation?" queried Mr. McCarthy. Counsel then read a letter sent to Archbishop Spratt by the witness, in which she asked for dispensation from her vows owing to her unhappi. ness, and In which she also asked for a change in residence. Witness consented to go to Smith's Falls, and went there on Jan, 15th, 1915. Mr. McCarthy produced a letter, bearing no date, written by the wit.