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YEAR 84: NO. 297 GE SCORES" SOME FARMERS at Investigation--Has ! 4 MEAT PACKERS FACTOR IN FOOD SHORTAGE | the Evidence. { - Washington, Dec. 21.--The meat {packing industry will be put under the KINGSTON, O HENRI BORASSA 5 FRIGHTENED he Daily Britis ER 21, 1917. element in the Unionist party wants to drive the Government to measures of reprisals against Quebec, Bour- assa says he likes to believe that the more solid heads of the Cabinet] Messrs. Borden and Doherty, will not' alow themselves to be carried along, by the hot heads of the party. SERIOUS ROWS " a IN PETROGRAD Who Arc Not Helping / Greater Production But Are 6618. ER REFUSED | HIS WAGES ARE ONLY $55 A MONTH, A CHEE BECAUSE © Goes Overseas the Farmers' Milk Can Easily Be Hauled to Some Other Factory. { Judge Lavell had thirty more ap-| plications for exemption from mili-| tary service beforé him on Thursday afternoon. In speaking about the] farmers, the judge said that he was, not fully in accord with the regula-| tions which permitted farmers to be exempted from military service. There were a great many cases in which the farmers were not doing anything towards greater production, | and were really doing nothing more or less than to profiteer because of | war conditions, ' One case heard was| that of a cheese-maker. A petition had been sent in to Judge Lavell by a number of the patrons of the fac- tory to say that this man was abso- lutely indispensable. Iu reply question, the judge found that these farmers were paying this "absoldtely [ indispensable' man just $55 a month. If he was sent overseas it would cost a little more to haul their milk to another factory. The following appeals were consid- ered: J. Stuart Crawford, grocer, ress. street, until December 1918, Stanley E, H. Rogeracholaior, 669 Princess street, disallowdd. Frank H. Stevenson, 18 Russell street, allowed. W. McK Omand, chief examiner of shell forging, 134 Earl street, to con- tinue such work. Charles E. Fl'ieber, farmer, Fern- leigh, disallowed. Lawrence J, Hannah, farmer, Can- onto, disallowed, Stanley Lyons, cheese maker, Fern- leigh, disallowed. * Stanley C. Babcock, farmer, Ar- doch, disallowed. Joseph C. Lloyd, disallowed. William J. McFedridge, assistant to Green Bros., butchers, disallowed. Ethelbert D. J. Bartholemew, stu- dent, Queen's Hotel, to complete edu- cation, T. G. HiIl, farmer, Godfrey, to con- tinne as farmer. C. M. Hall, medical student, University avenue, until 1918. A. B. Lawler, medical student, 218 Alfred street. Class C. * Hugh A. McLeod, student, 213 Al- bert street, unt May 1st 1918. 0. D, Boggs, 413 Johnson, research worker at Queen's, to continue pres- ent work. I. L. Sills, student, 98 Division, to ¥ontinue present work. J. P. Doran, shipyard laborer, 125 Queen, allowed. ¢ William B, Rea, shipyard laborer, 527 Albert, allowed. , J. McClure Givens, student, Centre, until June 1st, 1918. James F. Jarrell, boat builder, 66 Queen, allowed, CONTRACT IS LET FOR FLYING BOATS They Will be Constructed by L. E. Fry Company, Inc., of Clayton. Clayton, N.Y., Dec. 21.--The L. BE. Fry & Company, Inc., boat buildexs, have received a contract from the United States government for the manafacture of about 16 flying boats, each 32 feet long. The boats dre to be complete. The company has not received the blue prints and does not know exactly what the work is to be. After Jan. 1, the shop will be operated at its full capacity and will employ about 50 men. After Feb. 1, the shop will turn out one completed boat a week, The local company will manufac. ture the boats complete. In the past the contracts have been let for only a part of the work. To be Refused Naturalization, Watertown, N.Y. Dec. 21.--Many Austrians who have lived in this city for several Jose and who were pre- paring to me citizens will be | to a Prin- as farmer, Plevna, 25 256 June 1st, 76 'obliged to wait until after the war,| even though their loyalty is unques- tioned, as a result of the United States declaration of war upon Aus- tria who took out their first papers several years ago. udge 1 Frightened, foe Farmar Positions. Row; In nt DE her How: (igen E of the Schools. de Wdl beng Council; Loeal Hap- §--ooal News Br! 'Told, Te Amusements: The Sfifititary Matters; Theatrical $AdVE of the College Book 'Store. SNe in t 11-The S Now Grant; Ea- wa 0 L3-~News from Countryside. rm astrace; Poultry | | will searchlight of the Federal Trade Commission's investigating powers at open hearings now in session. Conditions have been found to exist which led to the decision that ex- tended investigation of meat packing was necessary as the biggest factor in the food situation. Interest in prospective disclosures centers in documentary "evidence which the commission has announced And Makes An Appeal to Premier Borden And Hon. Mr. Doerty. FEARS UNION HOTHEADS MAY DEMAND REPRISAL MEA- be introduced, without giving any hint of its "hature Francis "J. Heney, special counsel, will be in| charge of the hearings. | HENRI BOURASSA / LAKE SECTION TO HEAR BOOMING OF BIG GUNS Carriages for Heavy Artil- lery Made at Watertown Will Be Tested. Watertown, N.Y., Dec. 21.--All gun carriages mamifactured for the government at the New York Air Brake Company's new plant will be tested under actual battle condi- tions before being shipped, Tests will be made near the lake shore at Sacket Harbor, where a testing sta- tion will be erected within a few weeks, ARTILLERY FIGHTING Is Being Actively Carried on French Front, (Canadian Press Despatch) Paris, Dec. 21.---Active artillery fighting is going on on the Verdun front east of the Meuse. The artil- lery is active also at points on the eastern end of the line, especially in and east of Thann. | | wi 1,400 CHILDREN OF SOLDIERS HERE. + -- " The ladies who are making $ arrangements for the Christ- mas tree event for the children of soldiers, which is being held on the Friday after Christmas in the Armouries, have ascer- tained that there will be 1,400 children present by invitation. This is the largest number ever invited to such an event in Kingston, LEZ ESE 2X2 2 8 XX 2 SPP EP r eee e | | FORTY-SIX ARE DEAD. Following a Crash Into a Train at Shepherdville, Ky, (Canadian Press Despateh) Shepherdville, K.Y,, Dec. 21,~--~The death toll taken last night when the Louisville & Nashville train, Ne. 7, from Cincinnati to New Orleans, crashed into the rear end of a Louis- ville, Bardstown and Springfield ac- commodation train, a few hundred feet south of the railroad station here, reached forty-six to-day. ---------- ~~ LIRGE DEFENDER ARRESTED Was En Route From Germany For Internment, Geneva, Switzerland, Dec, 21.-- General Leman, known as the hero of Liege for his defence of that city at the time the Germans were going through Belgium in the first month of thé war, was expected to arrive in Switzerland this week, the German Government finally having agreed to his internment in this country. New difficulties arose, however, and the general was arrested Monday at the frontier at Constance. "DISPOSES OF $15,000 Architect Bequeaths $2,000 to Each of Sisters. Watertown, Dec. 21.---Approxi- mately $10,000 of the estate of John W. Griffir, architect, who died here will go to nephews and nieces un- der the will offered for probate here. The petition shows an estate of ap- proximately $15,000, of which $2,000 is left to each of his sisters. = Ground Retaken. (Canadian Press Despatch) Rome, Dee. 21.--A considerable Monte Asolone, front, east of Brenta river, has been retaken by the Italians, the War announces. the vicinity of Hartman's Wilerkopf, : ion of the ground gain the ey or Trotiannd Sined by the | SURES AGAINST QUEBEC. The Quebee Legislature to Debate a tesolution For That Province to Retire From Confederation, (Canadian Press Despatch.) Montreal. Dec. '21.--In Devoir to- day, Henri Bourassa says that the vic- tory of the Government is real and significant and wou!d havesbeen secured without the audacious acts preceding the election. It proves, he says, that the majority in English- speaking Canada wants to keep the Unionist Cabinet in power and ap- proves on the whole its war policy. | Letbiniere. Quebec Would Retire, (Canadian Press Despatch) Quebec, Dec, the province of Quebec to retire from the Confederation of the Canadian provinces is expressed in a resolution introduced in Quebec Legislature to- day by J. N. Francoeur, member for "Quebec is willing to re- tire," says the resolution, "if in op- inion of the other provinces obstacle to the wuiffion and and development of Canada.' be debated on Jan. 8th. " progress It will SAVE 10,000,000 TREES. Plan by British Government to Em- ploy Women to Plant Them. London, Dec. 21.--The Board of Agriculture finds there are in the hands of nurserymen in this country 10,000,000 forest trees whith will be destroyed if they cannot be planted in the forest during the coming plant- ing season, and to avoid such waste the board plans to train" forewomen to supervise planting operations, and organize gangs of women planters Stating that the more turbulent i for landowners who desire to under- take planting operations. "REMEMBER T HE KIDDIES !" The Whig's Fund For Christmas Presents to Soldiers' | © Children. Mrs. R. 8. Waldron W.F.Nickle ... ... ... .. Senator Richardson ... WwW. Fair .. ... ... Steacy's Limited ... H. C. Nickle . ., Mayor Hughes ... . Royal Military College C British Whig ... .. Standard Publishing A, Davis & Son R.C.H.A, Canteen N. C. Polson & Co. Macnee & Minutes . .. Dr. J. J. Harty Canadian Ordnance Corps adets Ald. H. W, Newman A. B, Cunningham ... Dr; and Mrs. J. C. Connell W. G. Craig & Co. ... . Robertson's Ltd. ... ,.. ... . Ancient St, John's Lodge, A.F. Anderson Bros. . Mrs. 8 .F. Kirkpatrick .. .. Geo. Robertson & Son, Ltd Dr. & Mrs. Bogart .. ... J.B. Carruthers ... ... ... ., Cataraqui Lodge No, 20, AF, Custom House . . Major G. I. Campbell . . . Col, and Mrs. Perreau .. F, Atkinson Wray .. ... . .. Mr. and Mrs. H. Hitchen . .. Mrs, Margaret Dever . .. Mr. and Mrs. Sandford Calvin . Great War Veterans' Ass'n, J. M, Farrell .. Alan G. Stevenson ... Capt. John Donnelly -- Col. and Mrs. G. Hunter Ogliv Rev. D. M. Gordont ... .... J. H. Sutherland & Bro. ... Capt. and Mrs. Peters Mrs, H. Staley . .. A I'riend ... . ReMopK ovis vvvives Mrs. E, J. B. Pense John Hickey .. ... Mrs. W. Kirkpatrick . . Mr. and Mrs. J. R. C. Dobbs . Mr. and Mrs, E. B. Sta "Betty" ui... George Masoud P.RilAnglin ....... .. .... Lend-a-Hand Circle, King's Box, Post Office ... ... . Major G. L. Starr ... ... ... Mrs. Jeremy' Taylor ..., .. Mrs. M. Easson .. , "Teddie" and "Jack" Archdcacon Dobbs esas Sen sen >... Banter 5), i... 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SPP eed heed | Incessant Fighting to Suppress the Con- duct of the Mobs. | FIFTEEN SOLDIERS ARE DEAD AS A RESULT OF EXCESSIVE | DRINKING IN A DISTILLERY | Persons Killed or Wounded In An Attack of An Armored Car<Many Were Burned to Death in Fire-- Rowdies Prevented Fire Depart. ment From Extinguishihg the Cone flagration, (Canadian Press Despatch) Petrograd, Dec. 21.---Incessant fighting has occurred in many] Iparts of Petrograd in con- | nection with efforts to check {drunkenness and prevent the raiding {of wine cellars. A mob raided one [distillery where 'fifteen soldiers drank themselves to death, Fifteen persons were killed and | wounded when an armored motor | car attacked the distillery which was set .on fire. The fire department was prevented from extinguishing the blaze by rowdies and many persons were burned before the situation was 'brought under control. - The streets are running with wine in many sections where soldiers are pumping wine out of cellars to pre- vent disorder. GERMANY'S IMPAIRMENT, Complete Restoration of Territories With Compensation Demanded. London, Dec. 21.--Lloyd+George told the Commons that the Brifish casualties were not over ome-fourth or one-fifth of those of the Germans 80 far. The Entente. man power and reserves are more than double those of the Teutons. Impairifient of the age in Germany has resulted in 33 . per cent. decreased output, Explain- ing the Government's war aims, the Premier demanded the complete re- storation of afl' territories taken by the enemy, with compensation. Great Britain did not enter the war, the Premier asserted, to increase by a yard the territory of anyone else, but because of the belief that Britain's honor, the question of standing by her word, was involved. The advent of America into the world's polities was an event which 'would loom large in the future. This was true also of the establishment of the International = Council at Ver- sailies. As for the disposition of the Ger- man colonies, the Premier said that 'must be settled by the Peace Con- gress, The future trustees of these countries must take into account the sentiments of the people themselves. The Premier told his hearers that a league of mations in which Germany was represented by triumphant mili- REJECTED PEACE TERMS, (Canadian Press Despatch.) London, Dec. 21.--It/is re- ported unofficially that the Ger- & mans have rejected the Russian + peace terms the Petrograd cor- respondent of the Exchange #' Telegraph Co., wires under date # of Thursday. : * + * * + BROUGHT THEM DOWN. Hostile Machines Put Out of Busi- ness in Air Fighting. (Canadian Press Despatch.) London, Dec. 21. The British War Office last night issued the fol- lowing statement on aviation activi- ties in France: Three hostile machines were brought down in air fighting on Wednesday and two others were driven down out of control. One of our machines is missing. Mike Ships Instead of Paper, Portsmouth, N.H., Dec, 21.--The Papermaking plant of the Colonial Paper Company, which was closed several years ago, was acquired to- day by the Atlantic Engine and Ship- building Company, of New York and Boston. It is announced that ten steel mer- chant ships for Government use will be constructed here. -------------- Pullman Company Gifts. 'Chicago, Dec. 21.--A holiday gift of between $500,000 and $600,000 will be distributed to 12,000 employ- ees of the Pullman Company. Con- ductors and porters, as well as office yees h Whig VIOLATED HOLY PLACES IN CITY OF JERUSALEM Turks Robbed Church of Holy Sepulchre and Brutally Mis=- treated Christian Dignitaries Washington, Dec. 21.--An official despatch received here from" France says that the Turks before surren- dering at Jerusalem to the British brutally mistreated Christian priests. carried off the famous treasure of the Church of "the Holy Sepulchre, valued at millions of dollars, and sent to Berlin the church's celebrat- ed ostensory of brilliants. 'Monsignor Camassei, the patriarch of Jerusalem, is said to have been deposed from his office, and Father Piccardo, an Italian priest, to have died from the effects of Turkish brutalities. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre had remained unmolested hereto- fore during all the centuries of Mos- lem occupation of Jerusalem. The same despatch told of -indig: nation among Musselmen of Asia Minor over the action of a German general in establishing staff head- quarters in the great mosque of the City of Alepo, near the Syrian bord- er. FAILED TO REPORT, GETS 2-YEAR TERM Woodstock Man Was Willing to Serve When He Heard Sentence. Woodstock, Dec. 21.--James Cur- tin of West Oxford was sentenced in the police court to two years in penitentiary on a ciarge of deser- tion. This charge came under the provisions of the Military Service Act. The accused had made no at- tempt to report for duty although eligible. After being sentenced he expressed willingness to fight for his country. > FEARS IT IS DEFEATED. (Canadian Press Despatch.) Sydney, Australia, Dec. 21. ~--Unless the soldier vote on the various fronts, which has not yet been counted, offsets the vote in Australia the Gov- ernment"s conseription scheme has been defeated in a refer- endum by a majority of about 150,000. PEPE PRP Eee PPP PRPe Pete te » bo p Ghastly Double Tragedy in Colorado Révealed by Agéd Woman. Montrose, Colo:, Dee. 21.--With the very axe with which her son, J. O. Bush, used to kill his eleven-year- old "son, Mrs. J. H. Bush, 72 years old, slew the father while he slept Sunday night, according to a con- fession of Mrs. Bush. She said Bush had killed his son, because the boy had stolen a sum of money, and then | PAGES 18 LAST EDITION SCI -- FRENCH IMPROVE THER POSITIONS Against the Teutons on the Northern Front in aly. ALLIES MORE CONFIDENT THAT THEY WILL HOLD BACK THE ENEMY. From the Plans of Haly--French Casualties Reduced----Can Ont- flank Any Austrian Attack on Up. per Piave, With the French Armies in Italy, Dec. 21.--There is growing confi- dence in the strength of the allied forces to hold back the Austro-<Ger- mans from breaking through into the plains. The snow, which, after fall- ing last week only in sufficient quan- tities to make the frontal postions plainly visible, but not enough to obstruct the enemy's progress, has now begun again, and apparently in earnest. Although the Aygstrians have had Beretta for thre days, every desperate effort to advance has been frustrated. A marked strengthening of the French positions since they took up their front has been noted, principal ly by greatly reduced casualties. The attacks have not ceased, nor lessen- ed in violénce, but the crack French troops have altered and deepened their trenches on the one hand, making themselves more secure against the enemy, and,on the other hand, are taking up positions that , give them controlling observation ad- vantages, which enable them to out- flank any Austrian attack on the Upper Piave.. The alteration of the trenches is going on everywhere, and fs considered of special importance, as the original shelters were so shal- low that the men were constantly exposed to rifle fire and sniping un- less they moved about bert nearly double, War Tidings. A Reuter despatch from Petro- grad says that a decree has heen is- sued turning over the entire admin- istration of the fleets to central com- mittees, A Government of Commissioner for the Caucasus has béen formed at Tiflis. E. P. Gerechkari, of Kutafs, has been chosen president of the commissioners. At Petrograd the commissioner of Justice is preparing a decree rein- stating the death penalty for "en- emies of the nation." lie had made her help boil the body in lye to hide the crime. A daughter visited the home after the murder, and, after seeing suspicious blood- stains on the . wall, reported the} fact to the authorities, who began' an investigatiod. Bush was reported first as having fled to the moun- tains. His wife says she disposed of 'his body as he had got rid of his son's. LAURIER FOR CABINET. Montreal Herald Urges Borden to Issue Inviation. Montreal, Dec, 21.--The Herald (Lib.) says: 'Now that the election is over and the people have given a mandate to the Union Government, a mandate that says that for the time being, at least, party politics are brushed aside, there is an oppor- tunity for the Prime Minister to do the biggest thing, personally, that perhaps any Prime Minister of Can- ada has ever had the opportunity to do. The whole country would ap- plaud the offer of a portfolio te Sir Wilfrid Laurier . . . . It would be an occasion for national rejoicing." Newspaper Traitor. San Juan, Porte Rico, Dee. 21.-- Vincente Balbas, editor of! Revista De Las Antillas, who was found guilty recently by a jury in the Un- ited States District Court on four out of five charges In connection with articles appearing in his newspaper, was sentenced to eight years' im- prisonment and a fine of $4,000-- two years and $1,000 on each of the counts, The court ordered that Balbas shall be confined in the prison at At- lanta. He will be the first. Federal prisoner ever sent to prison outside the island. Allies to Take Surplus. Calgary, Dec. 21.--It ig learned that the purchasing representatives of the Allied Governments have ar- ranged to take all the surplus flour] | and oatmeal manutaciired by the |® mills of Canada, and that already eéyery mill in the Dominion is work- ing to capacity and will continue to do s0 until the war is over. To License Fish Dealers. Ottawa, Dee. 21.--On and < after January 1st it will be illegal for any person other than a a fisherman or retailer to deal in Canadian fish to any amount exceeding 1,000 pounds in any oné month without first obtaining a license from the food controler. THE WORLD'S NEWS IN BRIEF FORM Tidings From All Over Told in a Pithy and Pointed Way. $50,000 for Halifax was sent by Hong Kong. The, old French cruiser Chateau- Renault was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean. Sir Robert Borden wil shortly take a few weeks* holidays after the labors of the election campaign. The Duke and Duchesss of Devbon- shire have gone to Halifax to visit the hospitals and aid the sufferers. There are approximately 300,000 drug addicts in New York City, and many of them are persons of "high social position." Ten years in a military prison will be the sentence imposed hereafter upon "conscientious objectors to the United States draft." A big decrease in the eggs and butter in cold storage on the 1st of December as compared with the 1st of November 1s reported. In connection with the report of the Penny Bank, it was stated that the money spent upon movies was double the amount of the deposits, Dr. Thomas Darlington, CE. M.D., former health commissioner of New York, has been brought to Halifax to assist the relief com- mittee, I ' -------------- Won Honors in the Field. Cobourg, Dec. 21.--{Lieut. Sylvest- er Hannan, formerly of Cobourg, who died of wounds at Birmingham, England, on Dee. 7th, received the D.8.0. for valiant service and later the Cross of the Legion of Honor. He went overseas with the first con- tingent, * -- # The French repulsed serious 4 German attacks in Lorraine : and. Upper Alsace. * § i : Seeded SRP PPO b0 te