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= Jom the court, 2) PAGES YEAR 84: NO. CONSPIRATORS 60 T0 PRISON Kaltschmidt And His Associates Are Ser- ; tenced at Detroit, Mich. JURY OUT OVER 13 HOURS AND BROUGHT IN ITS VERDICT AT 3.30 AM. 2908 Kaltschmidt Before Sentence Was | and cellar full Passed, Expressed His Apprecia- tion of the Fair Treatment Ac-| corded Him. | Canadian Press Despatch) Detroit, Mich., Dec. 22.--Albert C.| Kaltschmidt, who with four others) was convicted in the Federal Court early this morning on a conspiracy] charge, was sentenced a few hours 1a-| ter to four years in the Federal prison at Fort Leavenworth and to} pay a fine of $20,000. It was the, mximum sentence possible Junder the | law for a conviction under the three' courts against him. | Mrs, Ida Neef, his sister, was sen-| tenced to three years in a local house | of correction and fined $15,000. | Fritz Neef, her husband and Carl] Schmidt and his wife Maria were| sentenced to two years and fined $10,000 each. , Franz Respa, 70 years old, a Ger- man, was the only one of the six ac- quitted on all three counts. He was held, however, to answer to two other indictments pending against him. The trial came to an end at 3.30 o'clock this morning after a session of the court lasting since early Fri- day forenoon. The jury was out more than thirteen hours, several times asking additional! instructions In passing sentence, Judge Arthur *Tuttle pointed out that the statute under which the defendants were convicted was framed by Congress during peace times and therefore it 8 not possible to impose heavier nalties. Kaltschmidt, in addressing the . Court before sentence, was passed, expressed his appreciation of the fair 'Areatment accorded him. The counts oh which Kaltschmidt was convicted charged setting foot the; United States of a military senterprise against Canada, a con- spiracy to dynamite the Detroit Screw Works and a plot to destroy the St. Clair river tunnel at Port Huron. TERRE RE * # RUSSIA WON'T ACUEPT 3 OFFENSIVE TERMS, + -- * % (Canadian Press Despatch.) % * Petrograd, Mec. 22.--Leo # Trotsky, Bolsheviki Foreign # Minister, in addressing the + Council of Soldiers and Work- 4 men, declared that if' the Ger- # man Emperor offered offensive + peace terms the Russians # would fight, SOA EAL LLL LES LULL ON BRITISH FRONT. A Few German Raiding Parties Were Repulsed. PEP PPPete p 1 4 » : (Canadian Press Despatch) Lowdon, Dec. 22---=The tull on tlie British front continues. German raids at several points last night are the only activities reported in to- day's official communication, which follows: "Hostile raiding parties were re- ulsed during the night in neighbor- vod of Bapaume-Cambria road east of Monchylepreux and south-east of Armenticres," -------- Steamship Not Sunk. (Canadian Press Despatch.) . An Atlantic Port, Dec. 22.--The British steamship City of Naples, re- ported a few days ago to have been sunk by a submarine torpedo off the: British coast while under a convoy of destroyers, arrived here to-day. -------- The Bolsheviki Government is hard pressed. (Civil war is raging in many places. Smallpox discovered in Hamilton, Ont., barracks. Entire force guar- antined. The United States has now ad- vanced four bilion dollars to the Allies. A steamer during a fog ran on the rocks off Pennant, N.8. French make -successful raids in | Wmie contents, 1 3 om Reels. Christmas Mail; A Prisoner Outari News. 0 ; The Forum. MASSES OF GERMANS LITERALLY STARVING | Bertin Vorwaerts Fears That There May be a Collapse in Germany. (Canadian Press Despatch.) London, Dec. 22.--According toa | Reuter's despatch from Amsterdam, | the Vorwaerts of Berlin in a plain- spoken attack on tlie system of Herr | Von Waldow, the German Food Con- f troller, declares that great masses of | German people are not only hungry | but are literally starving. The paper | adds: "Agricultural producers and rich | residents in towns are living in plen- ty, as Noiding is no longer prohibit. | ed. Every 'war profiteer and million- aire, says the paper, has his kitchen of ham and bacon. {The middle class takes a percarious | existence, spending all it possesses on food, but forty millions of the mas- ses are starving and are unlikely to sit silent. We might have within a month an absolute catastrophe in Germany and a collapse even worse han in Russia, resulting in German defeat and the loss of the war." Krtipp Plant Is On Fire (Canadian Press Despatch.) Maestricht, Holland, Dec. 22.-- (British Ad- miralty, r Wireless Press) --Workmen from Essen, Germany, say that the rant Krupp munitions establishment has been ablaze for twenty-four hours. bc. -- MORE APPEALS HEARD. By Judge Lavell At Court House on Friday Afternoon. Judge Lavell decided thirty more appeals for exemption from military service on Friday afternoon. He disallowed the assistant city engincer but allowed his married brother ex- emption A home mission worker came up and caused some one to say that there was great room for such work among the Germans, to which the judge replied: "The only good German is a dead one, and therefore this man should go." The appeals and the decisions given were: - William M. Patterson, Portsmouth, farmer, to continue as farmer. { Douglas M. Chown, 162 University avenue. are Parties, to continue as hardware partner, Gilbert C. Monture, Queen's Uni- versity, student, disallowed. William C.Ringleben, Queen's Uni- versity, research worker, allowed. Neil D. Patterson, Queen's Univer- sity, home mission worker, disallow- ed. 7 James Wilson, Queen's University, student, until May 1st, 1918 | I. P. Asselstine, Queen's University, student, until class 2 is called. Joseph C. Toland, 41 Union west, hardware clerk, allowed. ' Albert J. Armstrong, 210 street, student, disallowed. M. F. Ker .187 University avenue, student, until May 1st, 1918. Ewart G. MacFarland, Joyceville farmer, to 'continue as farmer. James 1.. Taber, 178 Barrie street manager Robertson's Ltd, until May Ist, 1918 A. G, Barrett, 97 Frontenac street, student, allowed May lst, 1918, P. Doyle, Rockwood Hospital, farm superintendent, disallowed. Bland Raymond, 187 University ave- nue, student, to continue as farmer. Joseph. Duffee, Kingston Mills, farmer to continue as farmer. Gordon S, Cliff, Portsmouth, farm- er, category "B. ' Gordon D. Dick, 75 Division street, Polson's employee, until Class 2 is called. E. W. Reece, 16 Division street, medical student ,until May 31st, 1919. John E. Crozier, Portsmouth, farm- er, to vontinue as farmer, Howard S. Dick, City Hall, assis- tant city engineer, disallowed. Robert A, McMahon ,30 Sydenham street, allowed. Edwin L, Moore ,283 Queen street, medical student, until May 31st, 1919. Union STOOK MARKETS Quotations Furnished by Bongard Ryerson & Co., 44 Clarence St., Howard 8, Folger, Manager. . New York Stocks. Am, Smelters .. .. Atchison B.4&0 .. .... CPR. .. .. Marine .. . Marine pid. NYC. .. Reading .. .. Southern Pac. Union Pacific The Daily B iti KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1917. # MERRY CHRISTMAS FOR SOLDIERS Special Amangements Have Beca Made in England And Franee. ~~ THOUSANDS OF CANADIANS TO BE ENTERTAINED IN VATE ENGLISH HOMES. PRI- The Canadian *Y" In London To Entertain Many--The Weather is Cold, With Snow in Parts of Eng- land. London, Dee. 22.--Christmas will be » day of good cheer to Canadians in France and England. At the front every man will have all possible lux- uries for the Christmas dinner. Men special feast later. In addition to this on duty at Christmas will have a net A ---- Christmas spread for every unit in English cgmps and hospitals, a spec- ia] effort will be made this year to have as many as possible, including men on leave from the front, en- tertained in the homes of English families. Naturally many friends, and are invited to their homes, but the majority have not. Of these, 5,000 from one Canadian camp have been provided for, mayors of surrounding towns having kindly arranged to place them in small grops for Christmas dinner in hospi- table private homes, and to stay the afternoon and evening. The Can- adian "Y" in London is entertaining 300 for the afternoon and evening, including dinner and theatre. The weather is very cold, with frost general, and snow in parts of the country, reminiscent of a Can- adian Christmas. Three aviators, Arthur Eden Webster, of Kingston, N.Y.; Russell Jenner, Kingsville, Ont.; and Cyrie Albert Baker, of Kent, Eng., were killed in an aeroplane collision to- day at Fort Worth, Texas. Hon. Rodolphe Lemieux denies that he will enter the Unionist Cabi- Ttalian forces make further pro- gress. "REMEMBER THE KIDDIES !" The Whig's Fund For Christmas Presents to Soldiers' Children. Mrs. R. 8. Waldron Senator Richardson .. W. J. Fair .. . Steacy's Limited ... H. OC. Nickle ... " cee ssa ws have; Whig [= KING OF THE BELGIANS ~ NEW PORTRAIT oe firing linelin Flanders. 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Dec. . 22.--28ir Wilfrid Laurier, according tJ statements made by those in his confidence; will continue to "carry on" as the leader of the.Opposition in the new Parliament, with two main motives: First, to do his utmost to counteract the process of disunion between the two races in Canada, and restore, if something of the amity and concord which which prevailed prior to the upgrowth of Nationalism under Bourassa in his own Province; and second, to re-establish the broken lines of Liberalism in Canada on the common basis of fundamental prin- ciples and loyalty to British tradi- tions of responsible government, He has no intention of giving up the Liberal leadership or of enter- ing the Union Cabinet. There is in the Oppositioh ranks no success- sor to the "Old Chief" at present in sight. Nor, so far as can be learn- ed, is there any prospect of Sir Wil- frid either being offered or accepting a place in Sir Robert Borden's Cabi- net. Ottawa, Quebec's Representation, The problem of Quebec's repre- sentation in the Cabinet is a big and a serious one. It is one of the most unfortunate aftermaths of the elec- tion. What will be done by the Government to deal with an isolated Quebec no one knows. The Gov- ernment realies, however, that the situation cannot very well be left as it is at present. Sir Wilfrid himself will endeavor to assist the reaching of a. solution that will tend to bring Quebec into line behind continued and more en- thusiastic war effort and national concord. He will go to Montreal next week to advise with his friends there as to what is the best and mo- derate course to pursue in achieving the ends he has always had in view. ------ Opposes Nationalists, As to the Nationalist attitude, Sir Soldier's Wife ...o .. ... ... ies sn ' an enough. For this Sir Wilfrid would not stand. Military Service, - In regard to the enforcement of conscription in Quebec, the Liberal leader sees a danger of passive re- sistance, possibly leading to serious disturbances, unless the situation is dealt with wisely and diplomatically by the Government. The Govern- ment will consider all phases of the question very carefully before re- sorting to any drastic coercive mea- sures, and il is probable that the advice and assistance of Sir Wil- frid will be sought and freely given. Sir Wilfrid was confined to his bed to-day suffering from a cold con- tracted during his Western trip. He Yeceived a few callers, and talked with them philosophically over the moral of the election, He de- plored especially the appeals to ra- cial and religious passion, and at- tributed the results in Western Can- ada largely to the operation of the restricted franchise of the War Times Electiop Act, AN OBJECT LESSON SET TO AUSTRALIA A British Newspaper Makes Comment On the Election in Canada. London, Dec. 22.----The Daily Mail says: "Canada has answered empa- hatically and triumphantly the ques- tion whether she was to drop out of the war. The vote is not gnly in fa- vor of the war, but of the adoption of a measure of vompulsory Egervice. The object lesson will not he wasted on Australia. We regard the verdict as not less momentous than a victory on the battlefield." The Morning Post says: "The Ger- man advocates who migrated across the border have failed in Canada as in America, nor will Canada's ex- ample be lost on Australia." The Express says: "If Canada had refused the obligation she would have strangled her nationhood at its birth." The Daily News says: 'It is a sig- nificant decieion, as emphatic in the West as in Ontario. Laurier's po- sition, which was exceptionally diffi- cult, has suffered what we may re- gard as final defeat. We may assume Quebec will loyally accept the de- tision of the majority, but the situ- ation Is fraught with disquieting pos- sibilities." The Chronicle says: 'The recru- descence of race cleavage is very much to be regretted. - It is to. be hoped it will not persist indefinitely." The Daily Graphic says: "Canada ranges herself by the side of the Mother Country and her great Am- | erican sister." GENERAL ALLENBY, ALLAH AND "NEWBY" Remarkable Prophecy Fulfilled Concerning ' Jerusalem London, Dec. 22.--The capture of Jerusalem has led to the discussion ¥ -- LAST EDITION CVE DIRECTION 10 THE GANGS To Systematize the Work of the Gencrous- ly Disposed. : A CENTRAL ORGANIZATION TO CONSIDER AND HELP WOR- THY WAR RELIEF FUNDS Mayor Hughes Will Head the Come mittee and Will Have a Strong Body of Citizens to Co-operate With Him. On Friday afternoon a goodly num- ber of citizens and clergymen ga- thered in the council chamber to con- sider a proposal as to the formation of a central organization to properly present to the people the needs .of the many War Relief Funds. Mayor Hughes presided and an interesting, discussion ensued as.to the best means to present the claims and tremendous needs for help to many worthy war necessities. Short, bright speeches were made by Prof. Chambers, Rev. Dr. Jordan, G. M. Macdonmell, 'R. Meek, Rev. Father Hanley, F. King, W. F. Nickle, J. G. Elliott, Archdeacon Dobbs and Rev. E. R. McLean. All urged that co- operation' and co-ordination were es- sential if effective assistance was to be obtained for the many calls for generosity and patriotic helpfulness. It was finally agreed that a general committée he created of all in at- tendance with the mayor as chair- man, and to this body will be added representatives from the various committees interested in collecting funds for war relief. It is proposed to consider the claims of the vari- ous funds and to give support and in- fluence in _ creating a beneficient public opinion in their behalf. It was, felt that endorséd by such an in- fluential body, funds could be much more readily obtained than by the methods hitherto in vogue. Plans will be arranged for a systematic presentation of the claims of the various funds, and especially those of the British Red Cross, the Navy League/~"the Armenian, Belgian and Serbian funds, as well as those for overseas Y.M.C.A., pris. oners-of-war, Chaplains' funds, etc. The mayor will summon all concern- ed to meet the first Friday in Janu- ary, when it is hoped all the worthy causes will have advocates and a workable system will be devised to place the claims before the generous- ly disposed citizens of Kingston. Dr, MceCallum made a brief ad- dress telling of the horrors of war in Turkey, where there are 2,500, 000 starving Armenians and 8y- rians. Every possible help is be- ing afforded. For two years he was in the Caucasus doing relief work, where there were 350,000 refugees from Turkey. Russia fed them un- til the revolutions began. Now {there is hard work in succoring them. J VICTORIA CROSSES FROM CAPTURED GUN Material of Bronze Cannon Ta= ken by Canadians Will be Used For Purpose. Ottawa, Dec. 22.--A bronze gun, captured by the Canadia troops overseas from the Germans, will be used by the British authorities for the manufacture of Victoria Crosses. The gun In question was captured by the 58th Canadian Infantry Bat- talion and Sir George Perley, in a letter to Gen. Mewburn, Minister o Militia, states that he has agreed t its: being turned over tp the British authorities. Sir George says-that it has been in the past the invariable practise to manufacture Victoria Crosses from bronze guns captured from the enemy. Modern guns, how- ever, are nearly all made of steel, ahd it is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain older guns of bronze, Sir George Perley, in authorizing the handifg over of the captured gun, pointed out the desirability of letting it be known that Canada, and parti- cularly the 58th Battalion, had pro- vided the trophy. In response the British War Office wrote a letter ex- pressing the warm thanks of the Army Council to the Dominion Gov- ernment for having met its wishes in the matter. ' DESTROY SUBMARINES FASTER THAN MADE Allies to Put Effective Scheme of Warfare Into Operation at Once. London, Dec. 22.--There is high authority for the statement that a scheme of warfare against U-bhoats will shortly be in operation ensuring their destruction at & more rapid pace than Germany's possible masi- This schemes does not i