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aily YEAR %5: NO. 3° - ' KINGSTON, ONTARIO, Factori ritish FEBRUARY \ Pages 1-8 mmm - J ~/ 1018. Whig [= LAST EDITION order. <i es, Shops, Theatres, Pool Rooms to Close Ottawa, Feb. 5.----An Order-in-Council has been issued that Quebec and Ontario fa food shops, must close on Feb. 9th, 10th and 11th to save fuel. Theatres, must remain closed every Monday from Feb. 18th to March 25th. - Munitio 'and public utilities are. Fines of $5,000 are provided for infringement of the ctories, industries and shops, except pool rooms and other places of amusement n plants are not excepted, but newspapers THE CHURCHES THE FUEL ORDER | 0 CONSERVE OF THE CABN The Minidterial Association fo Co-operale Passed on Monday Night----There Are Some in Fuel Economy. OR UNITED WHEREVER IT Pq ISSIBEE. Is Mayor Hughes Demands An Apolog: From Association Over Some Res marks Made By Several Members. | Ministerial! The meeting the cuss the after members of on Y.M.C.A. parlors to further dis the- fuel situation which taken up at the meeting in the morn ing. The members discussed the points brought out by Mayor Hughes and then, by a unanimous vote, pass ed the following resolution: "On the assurance of Mayor Hug that the coal h reached the eritical™ ge in Kings- ton, that a fuel commissioner to be appointed, and that are being taken to restrict amusement, and to shorteh business hours, the Ministerial of Kingston herehy declares its readiness to co-operate to the utmost in fuel economy by using Sunday sehool rooms for public worship, or wherever possible, by {uniting two or more congregations in one, and 'we hereby appeal to the people of the churches to sustain us in this de- cision by fidelity to the respective churches, and by a combined effort to conserve the tuel in every way possible," Monday noon "In was hes, shortage as 18 steps places of Association Congregations to Decide, A committee representing each de- nomination was appointed further with the matter. Whatever action is taken will Re decided by the congregations themseyves. The idea is to have churches cihsely located to combine. A committee was also appointed to arrange for regular Sunday services at the Mowat Memorial Hospital. For some time, ministers have been holding services at Rockwood Hos- pital, and It is desired to have the sume plan cover the military hospi- tals, A committee was also appointed to take over the work of visiting the military hospitals, and also Huking up the men with the pastors in their home town, when they are about to leave for home. Dean Starr was appointed chairman of this com- mittee, with Rev. 'G. 8, Clindinnen and Rey. H. R. McLean. "" Rev. J. D. Boyd, the presided at tho meeting. Mayor Resents Remarks, to deal president, vor Hughes informed the min-!|; on Monday that if the churches uld agreé to hand over the hard * coal they had in their cellars and ae- cept soft = coal there would be no need of them closing at all. Soft coal would supply their needs. Some strong remarks were made by three of the clergymen with re- gard to H. C7 Nickle, the fuel con- troller. They did not think he was Sympathetic enough for the position, Mayor Hughes strongly resented the remarks and called upon the #880 ciation for.an opology. Mr. Nickle had heen selected by himself for the po- sition and the Council had ratified the appointment, as Mr. Nickle was 7 deemed the best man possible to se- cure to act and he was. doing so without renumeration. Mayor Hughes told the Wiliig on Tuesday morning that an apology 'must he forthcom- ing from the members of the as. sociation who made the remagpks re- garding Mr. Nickle. : i ss a sont. Would Let Osteopaths Practice. Quebec, Feb. 5.--J. N Prancoeur, Deputy of Lotibiniere in the Legisla- ture, will Introduce a bill to admit Osteopaths to practice medicine on ' the same fpoting as medical doctors. TASTE 8 Bed doctors WHIG CONTENTS, I--Churches to Conserve; Extreme Clad Plays Havoe: To Dole Out 3 ph: Hung on West Front. Tw ty-seven Below Zero: Inci- nts of ghe Day. : 3A Slave Army Organised: Tele: - hie News. © . 4 rial: Riming Rhymes, S-dApputnted to Utilities: Duty of the Police. . arn Ontario News. 7--The Forum; Amusements: Souncements. " So MARary © Theatrical, $--Andlent Wonders: Nationalists An- Win, . et runing Wounded During Hat: with Exceptions. {MAY BE ISSUED LATER IF FOUND NECESSARY, Food Stores to Remain Open---Regu- lations Do Not Apply to Hotels or Places Where Meals Are Served Regularly, (Canadian Pp Ottawa, Feb. Ji the recom- of C. Magrath, Can- Controller last night passed an order-in-council suspending the operation of facturing plants for three days: February Sth, 10th, 11th," The only plants whicl "#iust be continuously operated seven days of 8 Despateh) mendation adian Fuel manu- exceptions are the week to avoid serious injury to manufactureded products, plants manyfacturir perishable foods for immediate con- plants devoted to the of daily newspapers. The order applies to all business and | professional offices, warehouses, wholesale retail stores, For the purpose of selling "food | only stores may retain necessary heat until 12 o'clock (noon), Feb. 9th and' 11th. The regulations do 'not apply to heating of restaurants, ho- tels or places where meals are rega- larly served. The regulations dé' not apply to Western Canada, nor to | or foods neces sumption, and publication and martime provinces. i | The order as passed will apply | to dll of Ontario and Quebec from | Fort William on the fest to Riviere du Loup on the east. ) It is under- stood ,that it was the| intention to pass this order last week, but it was ; held owing to a doubt as to farther action in United States and the. pos- | sibility of 4he discontinuance of their | order, v. ip ~-Mr. Magrath, who is in Washing- ton, is in close consultation with the | United States authorities and is co-| operating with them in every pos- sible manner to meet the present situation. This recommendation was decided upon by him as best for the present, although 'further orders along the same lipes may be issued later if necessary.d The Canadian order will go far- ther than the American in 'that -all munition plants must close down for the three days. The Canadian order also goes further than the American in that during the month of Febru- ary and March all golf, country, yacht, canoe or hunt clubs must be closed except on Wednesday and Saturdays. On: other days of the week 'the coal consumption is to be restricted to the quantity to prevent damage through freezing, For the present, heatless Mondays are ordered only for theatres, mov- ing picture houses, bowlifhg alleys, billiard rooms, private and public dance halls and other places of! amusement. They must remain closed every Monday beginning Feb ruary 18th and extending to March 25th. Excaption is made where en- ! tertainments or special fundtions have been advertised before Febru: | ary lst, { Tuesday the Better Day. | Toronto, Feb, 5.--The Retail Me | chants' Association of Ontario will | make a protest to the Government | respecting the fuel order, alleging | that stores could be closed Tuesday | with much less loss than Saturday, ! It is estimated here that 564,000 | workers in Ontario and more than one million in 'Ontario and Quebec will'be made idle by the order. Chief Officer Arrested. Halifax, N.S., Fb, 5.--Command- er Frederick W. Wyatt, chief ekam ination officer of the port at the time of the Mont Blane<Imo collision Jand the disastrous explosion which on sued, was arrested to<day on a charge of "unlawfully killing Pilot Hayes. oh the Imo." He appeared 'before Stipendiary Mcleod and was admit- ted to bail, » ds ei rth "We carried out successful raids last night south of Fleurbain (south 'hood of Ypres-Bisden Railway," says! to-ta¥'s British official report. : "Many Geraans were killed and !raptu - 8 | 1 the Cabinet © west Armentieres); and in neighbor-| SIR'PERCY GIROUARD. Kingston Royal Militass College graduate, who may be the new Governor British EasDAlriea. Ala ati A rt lt A Mt tl EXTREME COLD | PLAYS HAVOC With Telegraphic And Railroad Systems in Central And Western Ontario. BEATLESS DAYS ORDER HAS BEEN WELL RECEIVED AT, MOST POINTS. of HANNA GOING TO PERU, Ex-Food comtfillero speed" Up-0il Productions. | Toronto, Fel 5 { Hanna, who resigned the cHlice of | Pood Controller recently, will leave | for. Peru this weel: for the purpose of | adjusting some matters between the | International Petroleum Corporation and the Peruvian Gevernment | Mr. Hanna is a difector of the In- | ternational Petroleum Corporation i which produces a considerable { amount of crude oil in Peru. | of the oufput is conveyed in tank eas to the new refinery of the Imperial Oil Co. at Vancouver, and a considerable quantity is used in the nitrate plants in Chile. These in- dustries provide the raw material for tiie great powder manufacturers of the United Stases. It was genorally . understood in official circles that when Mr. Hanna quit the 'post of Food Controller he undertook: to stimulate the products ion of fuel oil for the Admiralty, and of gasoliie for the air service of both the British and United States War Deépartments. Mr. Henna will be absent abont two mnths Hon, W. J Temperatures Vary From Zéro at) Halifax to Sixty Below #n North Ontario--Coldest Day of Season, | (Canadian | # Despatch) Toronto, Feb. --Unusually cold weather prevailing in central and' western Ontario night played havoe with telegraphic and railroad | systems all over these territoric 3 | Communication was interrupted in| @ll directions whem wires were afféct-| ed and trains in such well organized | seetions as the forty-mile Toronto-| Hamilton line were many hours late or cancelled. Advices from all parts of Ontario indicate that the Canadian fuel con- froller's orders for heatless days in factories' and industries have been well received at most points, al- though it had been hoped that On- tario's 'exceptionally good electrical advantage would have obviated the 4 Necessity of their application here, | Wounded. a - Temperatires varying from sixty: General Wood's escape with vom, degross below zero Mn North Ontario paratively slight wounds was mirac- to zero in Halifax, with an average UlOUS. Seven splinters penetrated his of eighteen below in lower Ontario; Tight arm, one lodging on the main were the ranges of climate in this, herve and causing a slight local par- ¥hich is probably the most generally alysis which has since disappeared. cold day of the season all over Can-| CET ada. { last WOOI's NARROW ESCAPE, Officers Each Side of Him Killed by Gun Explosion. Paris, Feb. L.---(Generil food was iting .the French front last Sunday, and with- a party of { twenty or thirty others was watching the firing from g trench mortar in a training camp, when the premature detonation of hell burst e gun. Two French officers on nfide of General Wood were killed ihstantly as were five privates. Of the whole party 75 per. cent." were killed or The British | foe planes. THE PEAT DEPOSITS President Wilssn has, ordered ED state control of oil plants, ARE TO BE USED, The Ontario Government Is To: - Increase the Fuel Supply Immediately. (Canadian Press Despateh) " Taronto, Feb. 5. With the usual military and state ceremonies the fourth war session of the Ontario Legislature was opened this after noon by Si William Hendrie, Lieut Governor. The speech from the throne did 201 portend a lengthy sés- brought down ten * a i } sion, but included importint provis- duns in view of the fuel scarcity in Ontaria and the Dominion generally. The Government will set uside peat deposits and take measures to in- | crease the fuel supply by this means | : immediately. . : 3 ' Reference also was 'made to the development of the Chippewa-Queens-| ton power projects and other power projefts in various parts of Optasio. The need for further extrio inary efforts towards feod producti n was , and arraw | the reception and re-edy prisoners and machine guns were By Ba A part] keonard |* 10 DOLE OUT | | OAL SUPPLY { | | All Buying Must be Done Through King: ston's Fuel Controller. 2 IC. NCKLE APPOINTED BY ACT AS CITY COUNCIL TO DISTRIBUTOR. | The Controller Asks For Co-opéra- | tion--People Should Not Get Pani. cky--Some People Have Not a Day's Supply. { The City Council on Monday night appointed H. C. Nickle as fuel con-! troller for Kingston. From now un- til the first of May all orders for fuel mused go through his office and the amount to be delivered to each ap-! plicant will be limited to half a ton| or perhaps.a quarter of a ton at al time. The findnce committee recommen- | ded Council the appointment { Mr. Nickle, who had agreed to take {the office witheut renumerétion. | | The Council will appoint a clerk to] { to of | | for three year end of the a supply Jfe thought he some. could get PEACE DURING 1918 OF KAISER'S FALL Pastor Back From Germany Says People Are Ripe For Revolution. "An Atlautiec Port, Feb. § Opin- ion 'that unless the war ends within the year 1918 there will be a revolu- tion which will overthrow the Hohen- zollerns in Germany expressed by the Rev. Aloysius Dani Hewitt, Wis., on his arrival here yesterday from Germany by way Switzer- land. oop of he péople of Germany azre starv- said Rev Mr. Daniels, who 8 been studying in Westphalia. ere are few left who are more than 50 years old. All sue- cumbing to lack of nutrition, while the death rate among the children is frightful "President Wilson is anathematiz- ed throughout the empire, but hardly worse than is the Emperor, while what is said openly of the Crown Prince is not fit to repeat. "I believe they avill quell this in- cipient revolution, but there will be another unless the war ends before next year, and that one will be the Hohenzollerns, The Ger- gans are tragically short of all sorts of food." ing, HUNS BRIBED TURKS TO ENTER THE WAR 2850000 HUNG ON WEST FRONT 'The Naser Has Concentrated This Number For His Big Dive GREAT PREPARATIONS MADE ~ BY LAST THE ENEMY FOR * OFFENSIVE The Russian Frout Has Been Deci- mated--The Germans Have Sixty Inferior Div --_-- on That Front, With the French , Armies in the Field, Feb. 5.--The Gérmans to date have concentrated between 180 and 190 divisions (2,700,000 to 2,850,- R00 men) on the Western front in preparation for their expected spring offensive, Since the Allies' drive last April the maximum of the German con- centration on the Western front con [sisted of only 155 divisiong, until the | Russian armistice permitted the in crease to the present strength, | One hundred and fifteen divisions HIS lalready are on the lines, while the assist the controller at a wage of $12 Big Promises Made By QGer- y a week Mayor Hughes informed Council] in Ottawa last week he interviewed the Dominion fuel commissioner asked him for permission to bring some hard coal | into the city. The commissioner {informed him that if he could get the coat he could get, His"full pers | mission, Conditions now existed in Kingston that made it impossible for Mayor Hughes to continue to act as coal distributor." A controller was needed, and this need was emphas- tized "by the coal dealers of the gify { who had conference with the mayor last Mr. that when had and a many, Bulgaria. Londen, Feb. 5.---Georgé H. view, 8 Count d that the declaration on Hertling and Count Czer- nt that Germany and Austria agreed | opposing | with President Wilson in secret trdaties and seeret diplomacy did not accord with their acts. "There is the best reason for be- lieving," he said, "not only that a secret treaty was ratilied before the war, between Germany and Bulgaria, | but that as a result of the German Bmpeygrs visit to Constantinople a sgeret 'treaty was agreed to between | the four Central Powers, by which Turkey was to retain-all the terri-| Saturday afternoon. 1 Nickle or gay and his appoint=dories in her hands before the out- ment would ensure a fair and im- partial distribution so that those who! had not been able to buy coal last {summer and fall could get a suffi- clent supply to tide them over the winter. It was fitst necessary to { brotect the wives of the soldiers who {are fighting overseas; also the hospi- [tals and other public institutions, i Must Conserve. | | Mayor Hughes declared that there {had to be conservation of coal or { there would be a shortage. People | should order coal only when they | needed it and not get panicky when! i they had sufficient. coal on hand for {a month or two. The police were making an inspection of the city to i find out how much cod] the people had on hand, There were wild ru- mors as to the amount many citizens had. "It is even sald that I had thirty tons in my cellar," sald the Mayor. "I wish it was true, for 1 would then be. able to give some of it to those in need. The fact is that per- haps 1 have enough at present to last me until the end of this month. I am sure that if citizens lave more coal than they really need they will will- ingly give up some of it to those who have none." . The mayor intimated that if any coal merchant was hereafter caught selling coal without the order of the fuel controller, it might be the last he would sell as the ,controller has the right to cancel the licenses of coal dealers. Co-operation Needed. Mr. Nickle addressed the Council with regard to the task he was un- | dertaking and stated that many peo- ple have coal enough to last them from four to eight weeks, while others have not enough to Carry them over night. Monday afterncon he had supplied three families with coal, who had not enough for the night when they applied to him, and jin each case there were siek phildren that when they send in- orders for coal. Citizens who hoard coal to-day are causing children to suffer want absolute co-operation," Nie de. ¢ upon to accept coal © Bev -pound lumps. Ald. Hewitt asked if thers was not a good supply of soft coal in the city. a The mayor sald there was ite lot of that kind of coal lisa Ald. Hewitt-- Then 5 he poaple not use it?" why should * {in the house. People should consider | 1 | building up the industrial army for a break of the war. Germany, Aus- tria and Bulgaria agreed to do their best to recover for Turkey the pro- vices she has lost, and to give Tur- key a ffee hand in dealing with Arabia and Armenia as she thinks t.» WANT THE BAN LIFTED. By the United States on Exportation of Oleomargarine, Ottawa, , Feb. b.---Negotiations bave been started by the Canadian Food Controller, looking to a relaxa- tion of the ban on the export of mar- garine from the United States. Just when 'the Canadian people were get- ting accustomed to this table com- modity and before the manufacturers are able ip make it in large, quanti- ties, the prohibitory order against export will involve a measure of hardship. - Particularly is this the case when butte is upwards of fifty dents a pound. * -- pe ---------------- i, EAST AFRICA WANTS GIROUARD. Mass Meeting of Residents Appeal to British Government, Nairobi, British East Africa. Feb. 5, via Reuter's.----A mass meeting of the residents enthusiastically anti un- animously passed a recolution re- questing the Imperial Government to appoint former Governor Sir Per- ¢y Girouard as Military Governor of British East Afriea, and to proceed with the war with powers to organize the coldMy's efforts in the direction "of utilizing sueh a portion of Hs population as is unavailable for mili- tary service to develop its immense potential energies and resources in the immediate production of commo- dities which are urgently required.) | TO ENROLL 250,000 MEN. Seite N Government Recruiting Workers For Shipbuilding. Washington, ¥eb. 5.--The Depart ent of Labor has announced' that more than 12000 agents throughou! the country will be engaged for the next two weeks in the enrollment of 250,000 men skilled in the shipbuild- ing trades. Two thousand of the agents are appointees of trades unions, who are co-operating in final drive to victory. ------------ SENTENCE IMPOSED. o> He Cut Fingers From Hand to Evade Service. Greenville, '8.C, Feb. 5.--Seven years' sentence for cutting off three fingers of his right hand to evade military service has been imposed by a court-martial here on Private Edward J. Chausey of Dover, Tenn. and a four years' sentence was given to Private Lark L. Triplett of Gran- Austria and 2 Jroees presumably for the purpose Rob! erts, Minister of Labor, in an inter-| of | Lor $4.121.000,000, tu {remaining 65 to 75 are held in re. of rushing into a surprise offensive {or checking 'thé Allies, should the of the spring offensive, The Germans still have sixty dive | islons on the Russian front, coysist- ing of worn-out, decimated wu ts, from which the best soldiers have been transferred to thé Western = -» SAME, Volunteers TREAT ALL THE No Difference Between 'and Conscripts, London, Feb, 6.--In anticipation of the arrival of Canadian recruits under the new military law, General Turner has notified all commands In camps that these men must be treated with 'every consideration, and there must be ne defferentatiom because they are mot volunteers. prize gained by No. 2 platoon, No. 1 company (Ottawa. and Kingston), 2nd Battalion, in France. The com- petition was for gereral smartness and efficiehcy in attack, using lve ammunition. THE COST OF THE WAR. United States Has Already Spent Over # Hons, : (Chnadian Press Wespatch.) 3 Washington, Jan. 5.--~Tet months of war have cost the United States" about $7,100,000,000, at the rate of $710,000,000 a month, or nearly $24,000,000 a day. * More than half of been paid as loan to the Allies. ahd the balance, about 3,000,000,000, | represents America's purposes, exclusive of more than $600,000,000 for ordinary govern- mental expenses, GERMAN MONOPOLY LOST, Honduras Interns Traders and Ems bargoes Lighters, San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua, Feb, §,~~Cerman commission houses Amapala, a Pacific port of Hondurs as, have been cut off from mariti ; shippingp facilities, . President Ber- trand, of Honduras, has placed an embargo on all lighters belonging to Germans and hes interned het owners in the interior of the republic, Thus ends a German trade monoply in Southern Honduras, which lasted for more than thirty years. = Jhis huge sum," S er ' Huge Stores of Wheat, i Washington, Feb. 5.<Millions of bustiels of wheat are available in Australia to feed the armies of the allies if only ships can be obtained, Crawiord Vaughan, former Prémier of South Australia, to-day told twen- ty-eight state directors of the Public Service Reserve, who are aiding the campaign to enroll workers for ship- building, , "The prime need of the allies 18 ships," Nir. Vaaghan said. 1 are to-day 300,000,000 bushels of wheat in my coubtry. waiting for tonnage. The wgrkmen in the yards of America must realize that every time they slacken up or take off, the affects 18 just the same as If their artillery in France stopped the bare rage fire during a gharge." Wolves Killing Deer. Halifax, | N.8., Feb. b---Wolves in Nova Scotia to missioner Knight ; eok had been seen kill ing deer in is district, Twenty-two ite Falls, N.C., for similarly mutil- ating hig left hand. years ago Or. Myra shot the only : 'wolf then kzown of In Nova See 3 5) Germans leave to them the initiative * A fortnight's trip to Paris is the! . outlay for its own wad = "There =